[Event "Gibraltar Masters 18th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2020.01.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Flom, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Adhiban,B"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2020.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Nc6
9. Nf3 Nge7 (9... Bb8 10. Bd3 Nge7 11. O-O a6 12. Nbxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Ba7 14.
Be3) 10. Nxc7+ Qxc7 11. Bd3 a6 12. O-O g6 (12... Nf5 13. Qe1) 13. g4 h5 14. h3
Bd7 15. Bd2 Na7 (15... Nc8 16. a4 Nb6 17. b5 Ne7 18. Ba5 Qc5 19. Bxb6 Qxb6 20.
Qd2) 16. a4 b5 17. a5 Nac6 18. Ng5 hxg4 (18... Nd8 19. Qf3) 19. hxg4 Ng8 (19...
Rf8 20. Nh7 Rh8 21. Nf6+ Kd8 22. Kg2) 20. Kg2 Nce7 21. Rh1 Rh6 22. Qf3 Rc8 23.
Rxh6 Nxh6 24. Rh1 Neg8 25. Rh4 (25. Rxh6 Nxh6 26. Qh3 Nxg4) 25... Kf8 26. Nh7+
(26. Nh7+ Kg7 27. Nf6 Qd8 (27... Nxf6 28. exf6+) 28. g5) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9394"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1993.11.07"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Mueller, Matthias"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Ambroz,J"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1993.11.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Erfurt"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. Nb5
Bc7 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 a6 11. Nxc7+ Qxc7 12. Bb2 (12. Ne2 Bd7 $5 {
Yermolinsky,A-Vaganian,R, Tilburg 1993} (12... Qxe5 13. Bb2 (13. Qd3 Nbc6 14.
Bb2 Nf5 (14... Bd7 {Chandler,M-Vaganian,R, Manila izt 1990}) 15. O-O-O Qf6 16.
Nxd4 {Liberzon,V.M-Vaganian,R, Haifa 1989}) 13... Nbc6 14. O-O-O Qd6 15. f4 e5
16. fxe5 Qxe5 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Bf5 19. Qh4 Rc8 20. Rd2 Qe3 21. Kd1 Qxd2+
$1 $17 {Klovan-Lputian, UdSSr 1985})) 12... Qxe5+ 13. Ne2 Qf6 14. f4 Nbc6 15.
Qd3 (15. O-O-O e5 16. fxe5 Qg5+ 17. Kb1 Bf5 18. h4 Qe3 19. Qh5 Bg4 20. Qh7 Bf5
$10) 15... Nf5 16. O-O-O Qh6 (16... e5 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Qb3 Ne3 19. Rxd4 Nxf1
20. Rf4 $16) (16... Bd7 17. g3 $13) 17. Kb1 Bd7 {[#]} 18. Re1 (18. Nxd4 Ncxd4
19. Bxd4 Qxf4 20. g3 Qxd4 (20... Qh6 $5 21. Bg2 $13) 21. Qxd4 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Bc6
$5 {/\ e5|^}) (18. g3 Rc8 $1 (18... Ne3 19. Rc1 Ng4 (19... Nxf1 20. Rcxf1) 20.
Bxd4 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 $14) 19. Nxd4 (19. Bxd4 Ncxd4 20. Nxd4 Nxg3 (20... Rxg3 $2
21. hxg3 (21. Nxf5 Rxd3) 21... Qxh1 22. Nxf5) 21. Rg1 Qxh2 22. Rg2 (22. Ne2 Bb5
) 22... Qh4 $13) 19... Ncxd4 20. Bxd4 Nxg3 21. Rg1 Bb5 (21... Qxh2 22. Rd2 $16)
22. Qd2 (22. Rxg3 Bxd3 23. Rxg8+ Kd7 24. Rxc8 Bxf1 25. Rb8 Qxf4 $15) (22. Qf3
Bxf1) 22... Bxf1 23. Rxg3 (23. Rdxf1 Nxf1 24. Rxg8+ Kd7 25. Qg2 Nd2+ $17) 23...
Rxg3 24. hxg3 Bb5 $1 $13 {/\ Ba4, >< c2}) (18. Qd2 Rc8 19. Nxd4 Ncxd4 20. Bxd4
Rg4 $5 {Hawelko-Schmidt Wl., Polska 1987} (20... Ng3 21. hxg3 Qxh1 22. Bxa6 $14
{Klovans-Legkij, UdSSr 1986})) 18... Rc8 19. g3 (19. Nxd4 Ncxd4 20. Bxd4 Qxf4
$5 21. Be5 Qg5 {/\ Ba4->}) (19. g4 $5 Nd6 $13 (19... Ne3 20. Nxd4 $1 Nxd4 21.
g5 Qh4 22. Rxe3 Nxc2 23. Rg3 Qxf4 24. Qh7 Rf8 25. Bd3 $16 {Kremeneckij-Legkij,
Odessa 1988})) 19... Ne3 (19... Kf8 $5 $13 {Yudasin-Lputian, UdSSr 1986}) 20.
Nxd4 (20. Bxd4 Nxc2 21. Rc1 N6xd4 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Qxd4 Rxg3
$17) 20... Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Nxc2 22. Rc1 Nxd4 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Qxd4 Rxg3 $17 25.
Bd3 Rh3 26. Rg1 Qh8 $1 27. Qc5 Bd7 28. Qd6 $1 f5 (28... Rxh2 $2 29. Rg8+ $1
Qxg8 30. Qb8+) 29. Re1 {>< e6} Qf6 30. Qxd5 Rxh2 31. Re5 Qg6 32. Re1 (32. Bxf5
$4 Qg1+) 32... Qf6 33. Re5 Rf2 34. Bxf5 $2 (34. Qxb7 Rxf4 $17 {>< Kb1}) 34...
Qxf5+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qg4
$1 g6 (8... Kf8 9. Qd1 Nc6 10. Nf3 $14) 9. Qd1 $1 (9. Ra2 {RR} Nc6 10. Nf3 Nge7
11. Bd3 (11. Qf4 cxd4 12. Ng5 Nf5 13. g4 h6 14. Nxf7 g5 15. Qf3 Rf8 16. gxf5
Rxf7 {0-1 Porrasmaa,T-Kekki,J/FIN-chT 1986/EXT 86ch2 (31)}) 11... Nf5 12. Qf4
h6 13. h4 Bd7 14. g4 Nfe7 15. dxc5 Qxf4 16. Bxf4 h5 17. Nh2 hxg4 18. Nxg4 Nf5
19. Nf6+ Kd8 20. Bxf5 gxf5 21. h5 {1-0 Hazai,L-Kekki,J/Espoo 1987/EXT 87b (24)}
) 9... cxd4 (9... Nc6 {RR} 10. Nf3 b6 {0-1 Renttinen,J-Kekki,J/Kuopio op 1992/
EXT 92op (34)}) 10. Rb1 $1 d3 (10... Qxa3 11. cxd4 $44 {/\ Bb4~/= ><h6,f6 ^^})
11. Bxd3 $1 (11. cxd3 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 $14) 11... Qxa3 12. Nf3 $44 Qc5 13. h4 $1
h6 14. O-O Nd7 15. Re1 a6 (15... Ne7 16. Qc1 $1 $40) 16. c4 $5 (16. Nd4 b5 17.
h5 $44) 16... dxc4 17. Be4 c3 (17... Ne7 $2 18. Bb4 $16) 18. Be3 Qc4 19. Bd4 (
19. Bxb7 Bxb7 20. Rxb7 Rd8) 19... Nc5 20. Re3 $1 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Bd7 (21... Ne7
$2 22. Bb6 $18) 22. Re3 $1 Ne7 23. Rxc3 Qd5 24. Rc5 Qe4 25. Rc7 $44 b5 (25...
Bc6 $2 26. Rxe7+ $1 Kxe7 27. Bc5+ Ke8 28. Qd6 $18) 26. Bc5 Nd5 $2 (26... Qd5 $8
27. Qe1 Rc8 28. Rxc8+ Nxc8 29. Bb4 {/\ Rd1~/=}) 27. Rxd7 $1 (27. Rb4 $2 {RR}
Qxb4 28. Bxb4 Nxc7 29. Qd6 Nd5 $13) 27... Kxd7 28. Rb4 $18 Qxb4 (28... Qf5 29.
g4) 29. Bxb4 Rhc8 30. Bd6 Rc4 31. Nd2 Rd4 32. c3 Rd3 33. c4 Rxd2 34. Qxd2 bxc4
35. Qxh6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2007.02.03"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Areshchenko/Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qb1
{Dieses Damenmanöver (Idee Qb3) liegt zwar voll im Trend, aber z.B. 8.Qg4 oder
8.Nf3 kommen ebenso in Betracht.} a6 ({Ein ganz anderes Thema ist} 8... c4 {
, z.B.} 9. Nh3 (9. Ne2) (9. h4) 9... Nc6 10. Nf4 $13) 9. Qb3 $5 (9. Nf3 {
(9.Nh3; 9.h4)} Nc6 (9... Ne7 10. Qb3 Qxb3 11. cxb3 Nbc6 12. Rb1 $1 {/\ Bd3+/-
^^(), ECO (C4)}) 10. Bd3 (10. Qb3 Qxb3 11. cxb3 Na5 12. Rb1 c4 {, siehe
Anmerkung unter 11.Nf3}) 10... cxd4 11. Qb6 (11. cxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13.
O-O Ne7 14. Re1 Nc6 15. Re3 h6 16. a4 Bd7 17. c3 Qc5 18. Bc1 O-O-O 19. Ba3 Qa7
20. c4 d4 21. Re2 f6 22. f4 f5 23. Bd6 $16 {1:0/47, Kritz,L (2561)-Tischbierek,
R (2466)/Osterburg 2006/CBM 112}) 11... dxc3 12. Bxc3 Nge7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfb1
Ng6 15. Qc5 Rd8 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bd7 19. Rxb7 Rdc8 20. Qb6 {
remis, Sutovsky,E (2674)-Socko,B (2615)/Gothenburg 2005/CBM 109}) 9... Qxb3 10.
cxb3 {In diesem frühen Endspiel sehen offenbar beide Parteien ihre Chancen.}
Nc6 (10... cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. Bc3 $14) 11. dxc5 $5 (11. Nf3 Na5 12. Rb1 c4
13. bxc4 dxc4 14. Ng5 Ne7 15. Ne4 O-O $13) 11... Nxe5 12. Bf4 $5 ({Womöglich
eine Neuerung, Alternativen: I} 12. f4 $5 Nd7 13. Be3 Ngf6 14. Bd3 e5 15. fxe5
Nxe5 16. Bc2 O-O 17. Bd4 Re8 18. O-O-O Bg4 $13 {remis/67, Macieja,B (2593)
-Socko,B (2615)/Ermioni Argolidas 2005}) ({II} 12. c4 Ne7 13. cxd5 exd5 14.
O-O-O Bf5 15. Bc3 f6 $13 {remis/38, Baklan,V (2578)-Nikitin,A (2453)/Cappelle
la Grande 2005}) 12... Ng6 13. Bd6 e5 $6 ({Mit dem König in der Mitte
erscheint dieser Aufzug ziemlich forsch. Eine passable Möglichkeit war} 13...
Nh6 {, z.B.} 14. Nf3 (14. Bd3 f6) 14... Nf5 15. Bc7 Bd7 16. O-O-O $14) 14.
O-O-O Be6 (14... Nf6 $6 15. Bd3 (15. f3 $5 Be6 16. h4 $36) 15... Ne4 16. Bxe4
dxe4 17. Ne2 Bg4 18. Rhe1 Bxe2 (18... f5 19. Rd2 Bxe2 20. Rexe2 Kf7 21. g4 Kf6
22. gxf5 Kxf5 23. Re3 $14) 19. Rxe2 f5 20. g4 $1 $16 Nf4 21. Re3 Nd3+ 22. Rdxd3
exd3 23. Rxe5+ Kd7 24. Re7+ Kc6 25. gxf5) 15. Bd3 (15. h4 h5 16. f4 $6 (16. Bd3
N8e7) 16... exf4 17. Bd3 Nf6 $1 (17... N8e7 18. Ne2 Bg4 19. Rd2 Bxe2 20. Rxe2
Kd7 21. c4 $40) 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Nh3 Bxh3 20. Rxh3 O-O-O 21. Rf3 Rhe8 $11)
15... N8e7 16. Ne2 Nc8 $6 ({Der Störenfried auf d6 kann sich prächtig auf den
dunklen Feldern tummeln, daher ist Schwarz besser beraten, mit der langen
Rochade mehr Sicherheit zu suchen.  I} 16... e4 17. Bc2 Nf5 18. Bc7 Rc8 19. Bb6
O-O 20. c4 $1 $36) ({II} 16... O-O-O $5 17. h4 e4 (17... h5 18. Ng3 f6 19. Be2
$16) 18. Bc2 Nf5 19. h5 Ngh4 (19... Nge7 20. Bf4 $16) 20. Be5 f6 (20... Nxg2
21. h6 $16) 21. Nd4 $1 Rhe8 22. Nxf5 Nxf5 23. Bf4 $14) 17. Bc7 Kd7 18. Ba5 Nce7
(18... Kc6 19. c4 $1 $16) 19. b4 $5 ({Strenger war} 19. c4 $142 $1 Ke8 (19...
d4 20. Be4 Nc6 21. Bb6 f5 22. Bxc6+ bxc6 23. f4 $18) (19... Kc8 20. Bb6 $16)
20. h4 $5 (20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Rd2 Rc8 22. b4 Bxg2 $13) 20... dxc4 21. bxc4 Bf5
22. Bxf5 Nxf5 23. h5 $16) 19... Nc6 20. Bb6 Ke7 21. Bc2 a5 ({Die Probleme in
Verbindung mit dem Wanderkönig nehmen allmählich überhand. Oder z.B.: I} 21...
Kf8 22. h4 Nge7 23. f4 Bg4 24. Rhe1 exf4 25. Rd2 $16) ({II} 21... Rhc8 22. h4
$16) ({III} 21... Kf6 22. f4 $1 Nxf4 23. Rhf1 Ke7 24. Nxf4 exf4 25. Rxf4 $16)
22. b5 Na7 (22... Nb8 23. Bc7 Nd7 24. c4 dxc4 25. Bd6+ Kf6 26. Nc3 $18) 23. a4
$6 (23. c4 $1 d4 (23... dxc4 24. Nc3 Nf4 25. Rhe1 $16) 24. Rhe1 Bxc4 25. a4 Nc8
26. Bc7 $18) 23... Nc8 24. Bc7 Kd7 25. b6 Kc6 {Mit der Sprengung des
Bauernzentrums bringt Weiß sein aktives Übergewicht schwungvoll zur Geltung.}
26. c4 $1 d4 (26... Kxc5 27. cxd5 Bxd5 28. Rd3 $18) 27. f4 $1 Bxc4 28. Rhe1
Kxc5 $2 ({Der vorentscheidende Fehler mit dem ohnehin schon dreist in Szene
gesetzten Monarchen. Zu versuchen war} 28... f6 $1 29. fxe5 fxe5 30. Ng3 Re8 (
30... Bd5 31. Rd2 Re8 32. Bd3 $18) 31. Be4+ Bd5 32. Bxg6 hxg6 33. Bxe5 $16) 29.
fxe5 Bxe2 30. Rxe2 Nf4 31. Rf2 Ne6 $2 ({Auch nach dem erforderlichen} 31... Nd5
{dürfte Schwarz kaum überleben, z.B.} 32. Rxf7 (32. Bb3) 32... Ne3 33. Be4 (33.
Rd3 Nxc2 34. Kxc2 Nxb6 35. Bxb6+ Kxb6 36. Rxd4 Rac8+ 37. Kd3 Rhe8 38. Rd5 $16)
33... Nxd1 34. Kxd1 Ra6 35. Bxb7 Rxb6 36. Bxc8 Rxc8 37. Bxb6+ Kxb6 38. Rxg7 $16
{/+-} {(} Re8 39. Rxh7 Rxe5 40. g4 Re4 41. g5 Rg4 42. h4 Kc5 43. Ke2 Kc4 44.
Kf3 Rg1 45. Ke4 $18 {)}) 32. Be4 $18 Nxc7 33. bxc7 Ne7 34. Rc2+ Kb6 35. Rb2+
Kxc7 36. Rxb7+ Kd8 37. Rxd4+ Ke8 38. Rdd7 Rc8+ 39. Kb2 Ng6 40. Rxf7 Rc4 41. e6
1-0

[Event "GRE-chT 32nd"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2003.07.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2003.07.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. dxc5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Ne7 8.
Nf3 $6 {This looks like a wrong move despite of the fact that some people
still goes for it.} (8. Qg4 $142) 8... Nd7 $1 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Bxd7 Bxd7 $36 {
Black is clearly better. White's game with all these broken pawns is in bad
shape.} 11. O-O (11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Bb5 13. Rb1 Ba6 14. c4 $1 Qc7 $1 $17 {
and it is a question how white's king will castle into safety.} (14... Bxc4 $2
15. Rxb7 Qa5+ 16. Qd2 Qxa3 17. Bxe7 Qa1+ $11)) 11... Qc7 12. Be3 (12. Rb1 Rab8)
12... Nf5 13. Bd4 b6 $1 $15 {That is the way black takes the initiative.} 14.
cxb6 axb6 15. Qb1 Rfc8 16. Rc1 b5 17. Nd2 Ra4 18. Qb2 h5 19. Ra2 Qd8 $1 {
A great shift towards whites weakened kingside.} 20. Rd1 Qe7 21. h3 Be8 22.
Rda1 {Draw offer.} Qg5 $6 {This does not give enough damage on the kingside.} (
22... Nh4 23. g3 Qg5 24. Rd1 Ng6 25. Nf3 Qf5 26. Kg2 h4 27. Qc1 $15) 23. Nf3
Qg6 24. Qc1 Rac4 25. Qf4 Nxd4 $2 (25... Ra8 $142) 26. cxd4 Rxc2 27. Kh2 Rxa2
28. Rxa2 Qb1 29. Re2 Rc3 30. Qg5 Qc1 31. Re3 $2 $138 {He gets tired.} (31. Qe7
Qf4+ (31... Rc8 32. Re3 $14) 32. Kg1 Rc1+ 33. Re1 Bc6 $11) 31... Qxa3 {Believe
or not I have burned most of time left for this simple capture. Tell me what
is happening with me?} 32. Qd8 Kf8 33. Rxc3 Qxc3 34. Qd6+ Kg8 35. Qb8 Qc6 36.
Nd2 $1 $15 {Now white is almost safe.} Kh7 37. Nb3 Qd7 38. h4 Qe7 39. g3 f6 40.
Nc5 fxe5 41. Qxe5 Bf7 $1 {I have to spend some time to untangle his pieces.} (
41... Qf6 42. Qxf6 $1 gxf6 43. Nxe6 b4 44. Nc5 Bg6 45. Kg2 Bc2 46. Kf3 b3 47.
Na4 Kg6 48. Ke3 Kf5 49. f3 $11) 42. Kg2 Qf6 43. Qe3 Bg6 44. f3 Bf5 45. Kf2 Qe7
{Black has difficulties to make more profit out of his extra pawn.} (45... b4
$6 46. Qd2 e5 47. dxe5 Qxe5 48. Qxb4 $11) 46. Qe5 g5 47. hxg5 (47. g4 $2 hxg4
48. fxg4 Bxg4 49. hxg5 Qf7+ 50. Ke3 Kg6 51. Nd3 Bf5 52. Qh2 Bxd3 53. Qh6+ Kf5
54. Kxd3 Qg6 $17) 47... Qxg5 48. f4 Qg4 $6 (48... Qg7 49. Qe3 Qg4 $15) 49. Qd6
Qg7 50. Nxe6 $1 Bxe6 51. Qxe6 Qxd4+ 52. Kf3 $11 {The queens ending does not
give chances for black.} Qd3+ 53. Kf2 Qc2+ 54. Kf3 Qc3+ 55. Kg2 $1 (55. Kf2 b4)
55... Qc2+ 56. Kh3 Qe4 57. Qf7+ Kh6 58. Qf6+ Qg6 59. Qh8+ Qh7 60. Qf6+ Qg6 61.
Qh8+ Qh7 62. Qf6+ {Game ended by threefold repetition.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "SRB Central-ch op-A 6th"]
[Site "Paracin"]
[Date "2013.07.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stojanovski, Dejan"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2013.07.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f6 $5 {
Especially for this particular little line I have chosen the French Winawer
again.} (7... f5 8. Qg3 (8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qd1)) 8. Bd2 $5 {An inspired move.} (8.
Nf3 c4 9. Qg3 Qf7 10. Be2 Ne7 $5 11. exf6 gxf6 12. O-O Na6 13. Nh4 Bd7 14. Qd6
O-O-O 15. Bf4 $140 $2 Ba4 $19) (8. Bb5+ Kf8 $1 9. Nf3 $1 (9. a4 $6 cxd4 10. Ne2
fxe5 11. cxd4 a6 12. Qf3+ Nf6 13. dxe5 Qxe5 14. Qa3+ Kf7 $1 15. Bd3 Nc6 16. Bf4
Qh5 $17) 9... Qa5 10. Rb1 a6 11. Be2 Qxc3+ 12. Kd1 $1 (12. Bd2 Qxc2 13. Rc1 Qg6
14. Qf4 c4 15. exf6 Nxf6 $13) 12... Nc6 13. Bb2 Qa5 14. dxc5 f5 15. Qf4 Nge7
16. Nd4 $1 (16. g4 Ke8 17. Nd4 Rf8 $13) 16... Nxd4 17. Bxd4 $1 (17. Qxd4 Bd7)
17... Qxa3 18. Qd2 Qa4 19. f4 Kf7 20. Ke1 $1 $14 {is a tiny line to give White
an advantage.}) (8. Bd3 Qf7 $5 (8... c4 $2 9. Bxh7)) 8... c4 (8... fxe5 $6 9.
Bb5+ (9. Qg3 Nc6 10. Bb5 Nf6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Qxe5 Qe7 14. O-O
Ne4) 9... Nc6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 13. dxe5 Rb8 14. Be3
Rb5 15. a4 Ra5 16. c4 $132) 9. Qg3 Qf7 10. f4 $1 {The point behind Bd2.} Bd7
11. a4 Nc6 (11... fxe5 12. dxe5 Ne7 13. Nf3 O-O 14. Be2 Na6 15. Qf2 b6 16. Be3
Nf5 17. g3 Qg6 18. O-O Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Qxc2 20. Nd4 Qg6 21. f5 exf5 22. e6 Rae8
23. Bf3 $44) 12. Nf3 Nge7 13. Be2 O-O-O 14. O-O Nf5 $5 ({I sensed the drawish
nature of} 14... Qg6 15. Qxg6 Nxg6 16. a5 $11) 15. Qf2 h5 16. Nh4 Nce7 17. Nxf5
Nxf5 18. a5 h4 $2 {A bad tactical oversight...} (18... Qg6 $2 19. a6 b6 20.
Bxc4 dxc4 21. Qf3 $18) (18... Bb5 19. Bc1 a6 20. Ba3 g5 $132) (18... Bc6) (
18... Kb8 19. Rfb1 Bc6) 19. Bg4 $2 ({...which should be punished by} 19. a6 $1
b6 (19... b5 20. Bc1 Qg6 21. Bf3 (21. Ba3 Ng3) 21... Bc6 22. Re1 Kd7 23. Ba3
$16) 20. Bxc4 $3 dxc4 21. Qf3 Bc6 22. Qxc6+ Kb8 23. Qxc4 Rd5 $16) 19... Qg6 20.
Bh3 Ne7 $1 21. Bc1 f5 $1 {Now Black starts playing against the misplaced Bh3.}
22. Ba3 Qe8 23. Bc5 Kb8 24. Rfb1 Nc8 25. Qe3 Bc6 (25... a6 26. Rb2 Na7 27.
Bxa7+ (27. Rb6 Nb5) 27... Kxa7 28. Rb6 Bc6 $15) 26. Kf2 Rd7 (26... Rg8 27. g3
g5 28. fxg5 Qh5 29. gxh4 Qxh4+ 30. Qg3 Qxg5 31. Qxg5 Rxg5 $15) 27. Rh1 g5 28.
fxg5 Qg6 $2 {An unnecessary pawn sacrifice.} (28... Rg7 29. Ba3 Rhg8 30. Bc1
Rxg5 31. Qxg5 Rxg5 32. Bxg5 a6 33. g3 Na7 34. Bd2 Nb5 $40) 29. Qf4 $2 {
Mistakes keep on coming mutually in this part of the game.} ({He had to try to
hold the pawn by a manoeuvre with his bishop:} 29. Ba3 $1 a6 (29... f4 30. Qe2
Rf7 31. Rhf1 Bd7 32. Kg1 Qxg5 $13) 30. Bc1 Na7 31. Bd2 Nb5 32. Qf4 Rg7 33. Rab1
Rh5 34. Ra1 Qh7 35. Qf3 Be8 36. Bf4 Rgxg5 37. Bxg5 Rxg5 $44) 29... Rh5 30. Rhb1
Rdh7 31. Rb2 Rxg5 32. Rab1 Qh6 33. Ke3 Rhg7 34. Rf1 Qh5 35. Kf2 Rg8 36. Rfb1
R5g7 37. Rg1 Rf7 38. Ke1 Qh7 (38... Rg4 $5 39. Bxg4 fxg4 40. Qe3 h3 $44 {
did not look to me sound.}) 39. Kd2 Rfg7 40. Rbb1 Be8 (40... Rg4 $2 41. Bxg4
Rxg4 42. Qf2 $16) 41. Rbf1 Rg5 42. Kc1 Ne7 43. Bd6+ Ka8 (43... Kc8 44. Bxe7)
44. Bxe7 {Still White has problems with Bh3.} (44. a6 $5 bxa6 $1 (44... b6 $2
45. Bxe7 Qxe7 46. Qxh4 Qg7 47. g4 Rh8 48. Qg3 Bh5 49. Qe3 Rg8 50. Rg3 fxg4 51.
Rf6 Kb8 52. Bg2 Qe7 53. Kd2 $16) 45. Bxe7 Qxe7 46. Qxh4 Ba4 $17) 44... Qxe7 45.
Qxh4 Qa3+ $6 {I could have skipped taking the pawn back but pressed him on the
other flank.} (45... Ba4 $142 $1 46. Qf2 (46. Qf4 Rh5) 46... Rh5 $17) 46. Kd2
Qxa5 47. Qh6 $2 $138 {A waste of time.} ({He could have equalised with} 47. g4
$1 a6 (47... Bh5 48. Rg3) 48. Rg3 Ka7 (48... f4 49. Rxf4 Qa2 50. Rg1 Bg6 51.
Rc1 Bd3) 49. gxf5 Rh5 50. Qf4 Rgh8 51. Qe3 exf5 52. Bg2 Rxh2 53. Rxf5 Qa2 54.
Rf1 Ba4 55. Rc1 Qa3 $11) 47... R5g6 48. Qh7 Qd8 49. Rf4 Qg5 50. Qh4 Rh6 $1 $17
{After the exchange of queens White is in dire straits.} 51. Qxg5 Rxg5 52. Rgf1
Kb8 (52... b6 $5 {might have accelarated things.}) 53. R1f3 Rgh5 54. Rg3 Kc7
55. Rg8 Bc6 56. Rg7+ Kb6 57. Kc1 a5 58. Kb2 Rh7 59. Rxh7 $2 {A bad mistake! In
such positions the weaker side has to keep all 4 rooks on the board.} (59. Rg6
R5h6 60. Rg8 Kc7 61. Rf3 Bd7 62. Rfg3 Rh4 $17) 59... Rxh7 60. Rf3 Rh4 61. Rg3
Kc7 62. Rg7+ Kd8 63. Rg8+ Ke7 64. Ra8 a4 65. Rg8 Be8 66. Rg7+ Bf7 67. Ka3 b5
68. Rg3 (68. Kb4 Re4) 68... Re4 69. Kb2 Re2 $19 {Once the rook infiltrates
after unavoidable exchanges White will lose his entire queenside.} 70. Rf3 Bh5
71. Rf4 ({Even the more logical retreat loses on the spot:} 71. Rf1 a3+ 72.
Kxa3 Rxc2 73. Rb1 Rxc3+ 74. Kb4 Rd3 75. Kc5 Rb3 $19) 71... a3+ 72. Kxa3 Rxc2
73. Kb4 Rb2+ 74. Kc5 b4 {The end of the best game I have played so far this
year.} (74... b4 75. cxb4 c3 76. Rf1 c2 77. Rc1 Bd1 $19) 0-1

[Event "BIH-chT 2nd"]
[Site "Jahorina"]
[Date "2003.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "237"]
[EventDate "2003.06.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Napredak"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 {The Armenian Line in French
Defence. Basically two people made it popular: GM Vaganian and GM Lputian but
two people from Sankt Peterburg made the most theoretical work it seems to me:
El Khalif and GM Sergey Ivanov.} 6. Qg4 {Alexey usually does not chose this.}
Ne7 7. dxc5 (7. b4 cxb4 $1 8. Nb5 b3+ 9. c3 Nf5 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Qh3 a6 12. g4
Qh4 $17 {is bad since Timman-Vaganian,Horgen 1995.}) 7... Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Ng6 {
If black wants to play Qa5 this is not the exact move order.} (8... Qa5 9. Bd2
Ng6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Bd3 ({or} 11. c4 Qc7)) 9. Nf3 ({Baklan's} 9. Bd3 {prevents
basically Qa5 lines.}) 9... Qa5 10. Bd2 Nd7 11. c4 $5 {Usually this move is
underestimated. However this game shows that it contains a lot of sting.} Qc7
12. cxd5 O-O $5 {This is a well known trick.} (12... Ndxe5 $6 13. Bb5+ Kf8 (
13... Bd7 $2 14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. Qa4+ $16) 14. Qg3 (14. d6 $2 Qxc5 15. Bb4 (15.
d7 Bxd7 16. Bb4 Nxg4 17. Bxc5+ Ke8 $17) 15... Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 (16. Qxf3 Qe5+ 17.
Qe3 Qxa1+ 18. Ke2 Qf6 19. d7+ Kg8 20. Qxa7 Nf4+ 21. Kd1 h5 22. Qxa8 Qa1+ 23.
Kd2 Qd4+) 16... Qe5+ 17. Kd2 Kg8 $17) 14... exd5 15. O-O Bf5 16. Rfe1 Nxf3+ 17.
gxf3 $1 $16) 13. Qd4 $1 $146 {Now things are not that simple for black since
he is walking in a very narrow path to equality.} exd5 14. Qxd5 Ndxe5 $6 {
This ain't the best.} (14... Nxc5 15. Qd6 {Shirov} (15. Bb4 $6 b6 16. Qxa8 Be6
17. Qxf8+ Kxf8 18. Be2 a5 19. Bd2 Ne4 $17 (19... Nxe5 20. Nd4 Bc4 $17)) 15...
Qxd6 (15... Qb6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Bc4 Bg4 $13) 16. exd6 $14) 15. Nxe5 (15. Qd6
$2 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Re8+ 17. Kd1 Qd7 $1 18. Qxd7 Bxd7 $17) 15... Nxe5 (15... Re8
$6 16. O-O-O Qxe5 (16... Rxe5 17. Bf4 Rxd5 18. Bxc7 $16) 17. Qxe5 Nxe5 18. Bf4
$16) 16. Qd6 {Now the bells started to toll for black.} (16. O-O-O $2 Ng4)
16... Qxd6 17. cxd6 Bf5 18. Bf4 $1 {The right direction for the bishop since
f2 needs protection in some lines.} (18. Bc3 $6 Ng4 19. h3 Rfe8+ 20. Be2 Rac8
21. hxg4 Rxc3 22. gxf5 Rxc2 23. O-O Rcxe2 24. d7 Rd8 25. Rac1 Kf8 26. Rfd1 (26.
Rc7 Rd2) 26... Ke7 27. Rc7 Rb2 $15) 18... Ng6 19. Bg3 $1 (19. Be3 Bxc2 (19...
Rfc8 20. c4) 20. Bc4 Rfd8 21. Rc1 Ba4 22. Bd5 Rxd6 23. Bxb7 Rb8 24. Be4 Re8 $11
) 19... Rfc8 20. c4 b5 $1 {Good or bad the only chance!} 21. O-O-O $6 {White
had to accept the second pawn since in that case in my opinion black would not
be able to bring enough power into the game to compensate the material deficit.
} (21. cxb5 Rc2 22. Kd1 Rac8 23. Be2 f6 $1 {Black has to act very quick.} (
23... Rb2 $2 24. a4 Rcc2 25. Bf3 f6 (25... Rd2+ 26. Ke1) 26. a5 Ne5 27. Bxe5
fxe5 28. b6 a6 29. Rc1 (29. g4 e4) 29... Rd2+ (29... Rxc1+ 30. Kxc1 Rb1+ 31.
Kd2 Rxh1 32. Be4 $1 (32. g4 Rb1 33. gxf5 Kf7 34. Be2 Ke8 35. Bxa6 Kd7 36. Bd3
Rb4 37. Kc3 $18) (32. b7 $2 Rb1 33. Be4 Bxe4 34. d7 Rxb7 35. d8=Q+ Kf7 36. f3
Bc6 37. Qc8 Rd7+ 38. Ke3 Bb5 $11) 32... Bd7 33. b7 $18) 30. Ke1 Rxd6 31. h4 $16
(31. Be2 Bd3)) 24. Bf3 Ne5 25. Bxe5 fxe5 26. Bd5+ Kf8 27. Re1 Rxf2 28. Rxe5
Bg4+ 29. Ke1 Rf6 30. h3 Bd7 31. a4 Rc5 32. Ke2 Rxd6 33. Rf1+ Rf6 34. Rd1 $16)
21... bxc4 $6 {In this game obvious moves turns out to be bad.} (21... Nf8 $1 {
After the game before some table tenis matches Kasim and I reached to the
conclusion that this was the most exact move.} 22. Kd2 $1 (22. Rd5 $6 Bd7 23.
Kd2 bxc4 24. Kc3 Be6 $1 (24... Rc6 25. Ra5 Rb8 26. Be2 Rb3+ 27. Kc2) (24...
Rab8 25. Bxc4) 25. Rd4 Nd7 26. Be2 Nb6 27. Bf3 Rab8 28. d7 Na4+ 29. Kd2 Rb2+
30. Ke3 Rb3+ $11 31. Kd2 $11 ({since} 31. Kf4 Rd8 {is dangerous for white.}))
22... bxc4 23. Kc3 Nd7 $13) 22. d7 Rd8 23. Bxc4 Rxd7 24. Rxd7 Bxd7 $14 {
Now black is clearly worse.} 25. Kb2 $1 {For a while white has to avoid small
traps by black who is trying to equalize.} (25. Rd1 $6 Rc8 26. Rxd7 Rxc4+ 27.
Kb2 f5) 25... Be6 {Whites bishops are too powerful.} 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Rc1 e5 (
27... Kf7 28. Rc7+ Kf6 29. f3 e5 {should also be taken into consideration.})
28. Rc7 $6 {Losing the advantage!} ({After} 28. Kb3 $142 $16 {White is on the
drivers seat.}) 28... h5 29. h4 Nf4 30. Kb3 (30. Bxf4 exf4 31. Kc3 (31. Rc5 Re8
) 31... Re8 32. Kd3 Rd8+ 33. Ke2 f3+ $1 34. Kxf3 Rd3+ 35. Kf4 Rxa3 36. Kg5 Ra2
37. Kg6 Rxf2 38. Rxg7+ Kf8 $11) (30. Re7 $5 Kf8 (30... Nxg2 $2 31. Bxe5 Nxh4
32. Rxg7+ Kf8 33. Rh7 $16)) 30... Re8 $1 $11 {Now black is back in the game.}
31. Rxa7 Nxg2 32. a4 (32. Ra5 e4 33. Re5 Kf7 $1 $11 ({Even} 33... Rxe5 34. Bxe5
Nxh4 35. a4 Nf3 36. Bc7 Kf7 37. a5 Ke6 38. a6 Nd4+ 39. Kc4 Nc6 40. Bd8 $1 Kd6
$1 $11 {leads to an equality.})) 32... e4 $2 {First major mistake by black who
could immediately equalize or in a way force white to equalize.} (32... g5 $1
33. hxg5 (33. a5 gxh4 34. Bh2 Ne1 35. a6 Nf3 (35... Re6 36. Ra8+ Kf7 37. a7 Ra6
38. Bxe5) 36. Rb7 Ra8 37. a7 Rxa7 38. Rxa7 Nxh2 $17 {looks even dagerous for
white.}) 33... h4 34. Bh2 Ne1 35. a5 (35. Ra6 $2 Nf3 36. Rg6+ Kh7 37. Rh6+ Kg7)
35... Nf3 36. a6 Nxh2 (36... Re6 37. Ra8+ Kg7 38. a7 Ra6 39. Bxe5+ Nxe5 40. Re8
Rxa7 41. Rxe5 Rf7 (41... Kg6 42. f4 h3 43. Re6+ Kf5 44. Rh6 Kg4 45. g6 Rg7 46.
f5 $11)) 37. Rb7 Nf3 38. a7 Nd4+ 39. Kc4 Nc6 40. Kd5 Nxa7 41. Rxa7 Rf8 42. Ra6
$11) 33. Rc7 e3 34. fxe3 Nxe3 (34... Rxe3+ 35. Rc3 Re6 36. a5 Ne3 37. Rc5 $1
$16 (37. a6 $2 Rb6+)) 35. Rc5 Rf8 36. a5 {White could have won the pawn .} (36.
Rxh5 Rf3 37. Be5 g6 38. Rg5 Nf5+ 39. Kb4 Kf7 40. a5 Re3 41. Bb8 $18) 36... Nf5
37. Bf2 Nd6 38. Rd5 Rf3+ 39. Kb4 (39. Ka4 $18) 39... Nb7 40. Bd4 $2 {Falling
into the trap.} (40. a6 Rxf2 41. Kb5 $1 $18) 40... Nxa5 $1 $11 {Now it is a
dead draw!} 41. Rxa5 Rf4 42. Kc4 Rxh4 43. Rg5 Rg4 $1 {g7 pawn is much more
important than h5.} 44. Rxh5 Kf7 45. Kd5 Rg2 46. Ke4 Rg4+ 47. Ke3 Kg6 48. Rd5
Kh7 49. Kf3 Rg6 50. Rd7 Kg8 51. Kf4 Rg2 52. Kf3 Rg6 53. Ra7 Kh7 54. Ra2 Rd6 55.
Ke4 {It was safer to keep the rook on the 7th rank and defend g7 horizontally.}
Rg6 (55... Rd7 56. Be5 Rb7 57. Kf5 Rf7+ 58. Kg5 Rb7 59. Ra1 Rd7 60. Rh1+ Kg8
61. Kg6 Rd6+ 62. Kf5 Rd7 63. Ke6 Rb7 64. Rd1 Kh7 65. Kf5 Rf7+ 66. Kg5 Rb7 67.
Rd8 Ra7 $11) 56. Kf4 Kg8 57. Kf5 Rg3 58. Rh2 Kf7 59. Rh8 Rg2 $2 (59... Rf3+ 60.
Kg4 Rd3 $11) 60. Bc5 $1 {That was a cold shower for me. Not to defend g7 pawn
horizontally was costly on me. After the text black is forced to move his pawn
forward and should be ready to defend a pure R+B vs R ending.} g6+ 61. Ke4 Rg4+
62. Ke5 Rg5+ 63. Kd6 Rh5 64. Rc8 Kf6 65. Rf8+ Kg7 66. Rf1 Rh4 67. Be3 Ra4 68.
Ke5 Ra5+ 69. Ke6 g5 70. Bd4+ Kg6 71. Be5 Ra2 72. Rb1 Re2 73. Rb8 Re1 74. Rg8+
Kh5 75. Kd5 Rb1 76. Bf6 Rb5+ 77. Ke6 Kg4 78. Ra8 Kf3 79. Ra3+ Kf2 80. Bd4+ Kf1
81. Be5 Kf2 82. Ra2+ Kf3 83. Kf5 Rc5 $2 {Whites hasty play allowed black for a
second time with an immediate draw.} (83... g4 84. Ra3+ Kf2 85. Ke4 Rxe5+ $1 {
How can I miss that?} 86. Kxe5 g3 87. Kf4 (87. Ke4 g2 88. Rf3+ Ke2 $11) 87...
g2 88. Ra2+ Kf1 89. Kf3 g1=N+ 90. Ke3 Nh3 91. Ra8 Ng1 92. Rf8+ Ke1 93. Rg8 Kf1
$1 94. Ra8 Kg2 95. Rf8 Nh3 96. Rf7 Ng1 $11 {I think I can not succeed in
losing a R vs N ending.}) 84. Ra3+ Ke2 85. Ke4 Rc2 86. Rg3 {Now it is clear
that Black is losing the pawn and has to play R+B vas R ending.} Rd2 87. Bc3
Rc2 {In the beginning I was trying to defend like Norri did with me in Pula
using the technic based on keeping R and B a square apart.} 88. Rg2+ Kd1 89.
Rg1+ Ke2 90. Bd4 g4 91. Rg3 Kd2 92. Rg2+ Kd1 93. Rg1+ Ke2 94. Rg3 Kd2 95. Be3+
Ke2 96. Bf4 Rc4+ 97. Kf5 Rc2 98. Kxg4 Rc8 99. Re3+ Kf2 100. Re4 Rc2 101. Bg3+
Kg2 102. Re3 Rc4+ 103. Bf4 Rc2 104. Rh3 Rf2 105. Rd3 Re2 106. Be3 Kf1 107. Kf3
Rf2+ 108. Ke4 Rc2 109. Bf4 Ke2 110. Re3+ Kf2 111. Bg3+ Kg2 112. Be5 Rc4+ 113.
Bd4 Rc2 114. Ra3 Kf1 115. Kd3 {Here I have decided to change the defensive
mechanism which eventually led to a catastroph.} Rc8 (115... Rh2 116. Be3 Rb2
117. Ra5 Kg2 118. Ke4 Rb4+ (118... Re2 $2 119. Rf5 $1 $18) 119. Bd4 Rb3 $11) (
115... Re2 116. Ra1+ Re1 117. Ra2 Rd1+ 118. Ke3 Re1+ 119. Kf3 Re2 120. Ra1+ Re1
121. Ra8) 116. Ra2 Rd8 $4 {Now I have pushed the self destruction button. It
is disgusting and worrysome to lose such an elementary ending like R+B vs R no
matter if one is low on time etc...} (116... Rf8 117. Ra1+ Kg2 118. Rg1+ Kh3
119. Ke4 Kh4 120. Be5 Kh5 121. Rg3 Kh4 (121... Rf7 122. Bf4 Re7+ 123. Kf5 Rf7+
124. Ke5 Re7+ 125. Kf6 Rb7 126. Rg5+ Kh4 127. Rg1 Rb5 128. Be5 Ra5 129. Kf5 Ra3
130. Bf6+ Kh3 131. Kf4 Ra4+ 132. Kf3 Ra3+ 133. Kf2 Ra2+ $11) (121... Rf1 $4
122. Bf4 {goes into Philidor's position.} Rb1 123. Kf5 Rb5+ 124. Be5 Rb4 125.
Rg1 Rc4 126. Rg5+ Kh4 127. Rg7 Kh3 128. Rg3+ Kh4 129. Rd3 Rc5 130. Rd2 $18))
117. Rf2+ $18 {Of course after this check it is all over. I was braindead in
this very moment.} Ke1 118. Rf7 Rd5 119. Re7+ {Now what to do? Well I am going
through the notes of two games by Alex - Martinovsky-Yermolinsky, Chicago 1996
where he has won being the attacking side and Christiansen-Yermolinsky, when
he drew on the defending side.} (119. Re7+ Kf1 120. Rg7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Kavala op 14th"]
[Site "Kavala"]
[Date "2005.08.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2005.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 $5 {This line is always my
favorite in French Defence.} 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 dxc3 10.
bxa5 Nbc6 11. f4 {I like the other line for white.} (11. Nf3 $142 $1 Qc7 12.
Bf4 Bd7 13. a6 $1 b6 14. Bd3 O-O-O 15. Bg3 $1 (15. O-O f5 $5) 15... Ng6 16.
Bxg6 fxg6 $44) 11... Nd4 $1 12. Qd3 $6 {A conventional move.However black is
ok after this.} (12. Nh3 $5 Qxa5 (12... Qc7 13. Ng5 Rxg5 14. fxg5 Qxe5+ 15. Kf2
Bd7 16. Bd3 Bb5 17. Bxb5+ Nxb5 $44) 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. Qd3 Qa4 15. Ra2 Bd7 $132) (
12. Ne2 Nxe2 13. Bxe2 Qxa5 14. Bh5 Rf8 $14) 12... Nef5 13. Nf3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3
Bd7 $1 $146 {Black has to keep the queen in her original square trying to keep
the options open.} (14... Qh4+ $6 {is illogical because of this.}) 15. Qf2 Bc6
$1 16. Rg1 (16. h4 Ng3) 16... d4 17. g3 (17. g4 $2 Nh4 18. Rg3 Qd5) 17... Rh8
$1 18. Bd3 $2 (18. a6 b6 {would have helped white more.}) 18... Qxa5 $17 19. h4
O-O-O 20. h5 Bb5 $1 {Black has to exchange white's best piece.} 21. g4 Bxd3 22.
cxd3 Ne7 23. Qe2 Nc6 24. Kf2 Rd5 25. a4 $2 (25. Rh1 Rb5 $17) 25... b5 $1 $19 {
Now black gets a pair of connected passers.} 26. f5 b4 27. fxe6 Rxe5 28. Qf3
Rxe6 29. Bf4 (29. Qxf7 Rhe8) 29... Qc5 30. Rae1 b3 31. Rxe6 fxe6 32. g5 b2 {
A race starts again.} 33. g6 c2 34. g7 Rg8 35. h6 b1=Q 36. Bc1 Qb8 $1 {A very
important move.} 37. Rg2 Qf5 $1 {Easiest.} 38. h7 Qxf3+ $138 (38... Qxh7 39.
Qxc6+ Qc7 40. Qxe6+ Kb8 41. Qb3+ Ka8 42. Qd5+ Qb7 $19 {was winning easier.})
39. Kxf3 Kd7 40. Rh2 Rxg7 $1 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden op"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2003.07.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2003.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. dxc5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Ne7 8.
Qg4 Ng6 {Why do I do this?} ({I wanted to play Qa5 but I knew the finesses in
the Armenian line without this move too.} 8... Qa5 9. Bd2 Ng6) 9. Bd3 $5 {
Kosikov's students always search for the truth in very well known positions.
This prevents Qa5.} Nd7 (9... Qa5 10. Ne2 $5) 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. O-O Nxc5 12. h4
$6 {I am not happy with this move. Very original but maybe not that sound.} (
12. Be3 $142 {is the theoretical and critical move.}) 12... Nxd3 $6 {After I
have sank into some thought and decided to get some material but possibly I
have had a better option.} (12... f6 $1 13. Bxg6+ hxg6 14. Qxg6+ Qf7 15. Qg4
Bd7 $44 {Black's compensation is huge considering the fact that white has h4
in.}) 13. cxd3 Qxc3 14. h5 $1 Nxe5 (14... Qxa1 $6 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Qb4 $1 {
White has a dangerous attack.} f6 (16... a5 17. Qc5 a4 (17... f6 18. Bh6 Qxf1+
19. Kxf1 Rxh6 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. Qd6 $16) 18. Bg5 Rh1+ 19. Kxh1 Qxf1+ 20. Kh2 $18)
17. Bh6 $1 (17. Qb3 d4 18. Bh6 Qc3 19. Qxc3 dxc3 20. Bxg7 Rh5 21. exf6 Bd7 22.
Rc1 Rc8 $17) 17... Qxf1+ 18. Kxf1 Rxh6 19. Nd4 $44 {There is some sort of lack
of coordination in between my pieces in the resulting position.}) 15. Nxe5 Qxe5
16. Bf4 {Here Volodia came up with a surprising draw offer. After carefully
examining the position I have agreed for it.} ({Black seems to keep his edge
after all of the following lines but it requires a lot of skills and accurate
moves. I simply did not want to play, I have chickened out. However maybe this
decision made me to win the tournament. Who knows?} 16. Bf4 Qf6 17. Rfe1 (17.
h6 $2 gxh6 $1) (17. Bd6 $5 Bd7 (17... e5 18. Qa4+ $1 (18. Qb4 Kd7 $1 19. Bf8 $3
b6 20. Qb5+ Qc6 21. Qb4 $11) 18... Bd7 19. Qb4 $40) 18. Qg3 Rg8) 17... O-O 18.
h6 $1 (18. Bd6 $2 Re8 (18... e5 $6 19. Qb4 Re8 20. Bxe5 Qa6 (20... Qf5 21. h6)
21. Qd4 $44) (18... Rd8 $2 19. Be5 Qh6 20. Bf4 e5 21. Qh4 $14) 19. Be5 (19. Qa4
Qd8) 19... Qh6 20. Rac1 (20. Bf4 e5 21. Qh4 Qf6 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. d4 Bg4 24.
dxe5 fxe5 $17) 20... f6 21. Bf4 g5 22. hxg6 Qxg6 23. Qxg6+ hxg6 24. Rc7 g5 25.
Bd6 d4 $15) 18... Qg6 19. Qh4 f6 20. d4 Rf7 21. Rac1 Bd7 22. Rc7 $44) (16. d4
Qf6 17. Bg5 Qf5 18. Qxf5 exf5 19. Rac1 (19. h6 gxh6 {and only black can win
this.}) 19... h6 $17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1997.08.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Nbc6 13. Nf3 Qf8 (13... c4 14.
Be2 Bd7 15. h4 Qa5 16. Qd2 Nf5 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 d4 19. Bf6 dxc3 20. Qf4
Qc7 21. Qxc4 Qxc4 22. Bxc4 Rc8 23. Ba2 h6 24. h5 g5 25. O-O-O Re8 26. g4 Ng7
27. Rh3 Ref8 28. Rxc3 Bc6 29. Bc4 Rxf6 30. exf6 Rxf6 31. Rd8+ Kf7 32. Bb5 Rf3
33. Rdd3 Rxd3 34. Bxd3 Ne8 35. Bg6+ {1-0 Komarov,D-Naumkin,I/Porto San Giorgio
1996}) 14. O-O c4 15. Be2 h6 16. Bc1 {[%cal Yg5c1,Yc1a3,Ya3d6,Yd6e5] Leitet
das Manöver Lg5-c1-a3-d6-e5 ein} ({A popular continuation. White is preparing
the set-up Bc1+ Qd2, reserving for his bishop the diagonal f8-a3. The most
popular alternative is 16.Be3. It is important to note that the recent game
Hachian-Rychagov, Moscow 1996, saw an important novelty:} 16. Bd2 $1 Nf5 17.
Qc1 g5 $2 {(a mistake, after which White obtains a large advantage; essential
was 17...Kh7)} 18. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qc5 20. g4 $1 $16) (16. Bh4 Nf5 17. Bg3
g5 18. Qd2 Bd7 19. h4 Qe7 20. hxg5 Nxg3 21. fxg3 hxg5 22. Qe3 Raf8 23. Nxg5
Rxf1+ 24. Bxf1 e5 25. dxe5 Qxe5 26. Qxe5 Nxe5 27. Be2 Bg4 28. Re1 Bxe2 29. Rxe2
Ng4 30. Re7 Rf5 31. Nf3 Rf7 32. Re8+ Rf8 33. Re7 Rf7 34. Re8+ Rf8 35. Re7 {
1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Jussupow,A/Novgorod 1995/CBM 48/[Dolmatov]}) 16... Qg7 (16...
Bd7 17. a4 Qg7 18. Ba3 g5 19. Rb1 b6 $14 {occured in the game Lukin-Berelovich}
) 17. Qd2 Kh7 (17... g5 {can be effectively met by} 18. h4) 18. a4 {[%cal
Gc1a3,Ga3d6,Gd6e5] Vacating a3-f8 diagonal for the bishop.} Bd7 19. Ba3 g5 ({
It would be a mistake to try to prevent bishop's invastion to d6: 19...Nc8 is
just too passive, whereas} 19... Nf5 {fails to} 20. g4 Nfe7 21. Bd6 Raf8 22.
Ne5 $1 $16 {/\f4}) 20. Bd6 Nf5 ({Weaker is} 20... g4 21. Ne5 {, and White is
clearly better.}) 21. Be5 Qg6 {Now the threat is 21... g4, forcing the white
knight to retreat to a very unfortunate position on e1. 21.g4 is too risky:
after 21...Nfe7 black doubles his rooks along f-file, and his pressure on
White's kingside becomes dangerous. White could continue now 21.Bg3 (/\Ne5),
and if 21...Ng3 22.hg3+/=, intending Rae1 and Bd1. Black can reply by 21...Qg7,
preventing 22.Ne5 and it is unclear. whether White has anything better than
repeating moves.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares Anibal op 04th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Black "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Bd3
cxd4 9. Ne2 dxc3 10. Qxg7 Rg8 11. Qxh7 Nbc6 (11... Qxe5 12. Bf4 Qf6 13. h4 Rxg2
14. Kf1 Rg4 15. Bg5 Qe5 16. f3 Rc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. f4 $16 {was seen in
Apicella-Seknadje, Brussels 1993.}) 12. Bf4 ({The main continuation.} 12. f4 $6
{seems to be an unfortunate choice:} Qb6 {, and Black gets a good counterplay
due to the control over the diagonal g1-a7.}) 12... Bd7 13. Bg3 ({Another
interesting continuation is} 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Rae1 Rh8 $6 15. Qg7 d4 16. Bh7
Qa5 17. Ng3 Kb8 18. Ne4 d3 19. cxd3 Nd4 20. Qxf7 Nd5 21. Bg5 Rc8 22. Qxd7 Rc7
23. Qd6 Rhxh7 24. Qd8+ {1-0 Atlas,V-Wild,M/Genf op (1) 1992}) 13... Nxe5 14.
O-O O-O-O 15. Rfe1 N7c6 ({A radical solution of the problem with the pinned
knight was tested in the important for the estimation of this line game
Shabalov,A-Gulko,B/USA Ch (1) 1993:} 15... Rxg3 $6 16. Nxg3 Bc6 {Shabalov
demonstrated a convincing refutation of Black's idea:} 17. Rad1 N7g6 18. Qg7
Nxd3 19. Rxd3 Nf4 20. Rxc3 d4 21. Rc4 Qa5 22. Re4 Qxa3 23. Nf1 Qd6 24. Ng3 Qa3
25. h4 d3 26. cxd3 Nxd3 27. Red4 Rd5 28. Rxd5 exd5 29. Rc3 Qa1+ 30. Kh2 {1-0})
16. Nxc3 ({An attractive at the first glance continuation} 16. Nd4 {is met now
by} Rxg3 $1) 16... Nd4 $1 ({The best move. The main drawback of} 16... a6 {
is weakening of the square b6. After} 17. Rab1 {, threatening Na4, White gets
a dangerous intiative.}) 17. Ne2 ({Certainly, not} 17. Bxe5 $2 Nf3+ {or 17.
Re5? Rg3.}) 17... Ndc6 ({This obvious move is an improvement over the
contination} 17... Ndf3+ {, occured in the game Rodriguez,A-Paneque,P/La
Habana 1990. After} 18. gxf3 Nxf3+ 19. Kg2 Nxe1+ 20. Rxe1 e5 {White found a
convincing way to develop an initiative:} 21. Bf5 Rg5 22. Bxd7+ Rxd7 23. h4 $1
Rg6 24. h5 Rg5 25. Qh6 f6 26. Qxf6 Rxh5 27. Nf4 $1 exf4 28. Re8+ Rd8 29. Bxf4 {
1-0 After the text move the position is very complex and requires a thorough
analysis. White did not venture to play for an advantage and forced a move
repetition:}) 18. Nc3 Nd4 19. Ne2 (19. Qh5 {was an interesting option here.
Black must choose between} Nef3+ 20. gxf3 Qxc3 {and 19...f6, with a very
complicated play in both cases.}) 19... Ndc6 20. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1997.08.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Qa5 13. Bd2 Nbc6 14. Nf3 Qc7 $5
{A good alternative to the standard 14...c4:} (14... c4 15. Be2 Bd7 16. O-O Kg7
(16... Nf5 17. Qc1 Raf8 18. a4 Nd6 19. Ng5 Rf6 20. Qa3 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Qxd2 22.
Qxd6 Bc8 23. Bxc4 Qxg5 24. Bd3 Qf4 25. Qc5 b6 {1/2-1/2 Vehi Bach,V-Alvarez
Ibarra,D/San Sebastian op 1994}) 17. Qc1 Ng8 18. Bf4 Raf8 19. Bd6 Qxc3 20. a4
$1 $16 {1-0 Topalov,V-Jussupow,A/Dortmund 1997 (74) Black aims at 15...e6-e5,
keeping the tension between the d4 and c5 pawns.}) 15. O-O (15. Ng5 Rf6 16. f4
{fails here to} cxd4) (15. Qe2 $4 {loses after} c4) 15... e5 16. Ng5 Rf8 17. c4
({The seemingly powerful} 17. Nxh7 {falls short after} Kxh7 (17... e4 $5 18.
Nxf8 exd3 19. Bh6 Nf5) 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Bxg6 Nxg6 20. Qxg6+ Qg7) 17... exd4 18.
Re1 (18. cxd5 {does not yield White anything in view of} Ne5) 18... Bf5 19.
cxd5 Nxd5 ({Now} 19... Ne5 $4 {loses after} 20. Bf4) 20. Bc4 Rad8 21. Qf3 Qd6 (
21... Qd7 {was worth considering.}) 22. Qb3 b6 23. Ne4 Bxe4 (23... Qd7 $5 24.
Bg5 $140 Bxe4 25. Bxd8 Na5) 24. Rxe4 Na5 25. Bxa5 bxa5 26. Rb1 Kg7 27. Qh3 Rd7
28. Rbe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Terres Catalanes"]
[Site "Manresa"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pablo Marin, Alejandro"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1996.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3
Ne7 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 cxd4 11. Kd1 Bd7 12. cxd4 ({A new and risky
continuation. The standard move} 12. Qh5+ {does not promise White any
advantage:} Kd8 (12... Ng6 13. Ne2 d3 $1 14. cxd3 {Tal,M-Botvinnik,M (01)/Wch/
1960/1-0/} Nc6 $1) 13. Ne2 (13. Nf3 {Tal,M-Botvinnik,M (12)/Wch/1961/} Ba4 $1)
(13. f4 $6 dxc3 14. Rb1 Qc5 $1 $13) 13... dxc3 14. Qf3 (14. f4 Qc5 15. Qf3 d4
16. Qd3 Nbc6 17. Rb1 a6 18. Rxb7 Nd5 19. Rb1 Kc7 20. h4 Rab8 $17 {Popovic,
M-Despotovic,M/Jugoslavija 1969}) 14... Nbc6 15. Qxc3 Nxe5 16. Qxc7+ Kxc7 17.
Nd4 Ng4 18. Ke1 e5 $17 {Prill_Gassenmann,T-Soellig,M/corr QTV-26
Bornheim-Muenstertal 1991}) 12... Qc3 13. Qh5+ Kd8 14. Ra2 Qxd4+ (14... Nbc6 $2
15. Bb2 $16) 15. Bd3 Qxf2 16. g3 $2 ({This move yields Black a clear advantage.
An enterprising pawn sacrifice} 16. Qf3 $5 {, stipulated by the high potential
energy of the passes pawn h2, was the only meaningful attempt to justify
White's play, e.g.:} Qxg2 17. Qxg2 (17. h4 $5 Nbc6 $140 18. Bg5 $44) 17... Rxg2
18. h4 $44) 16... Be8 17. Qe2 Qxe2+ 18. Bxe2 (18. Nxe2 Nbc6 $140 (18... Bh5 19.
Kd2 {/\Nf4}) 19. Nf4 {was to be preferred, since after the text White pieces
are very passive.}) 18... Nd7 19. Nf3 Nc5 20. Ke1 Bh5 21. Rb2 b6 22. Be3 Ne4 {
A dominating position of the Ne4 and control over the important diagonal d1-h5
and files "c", "g", and "h" determines Black's indubitable advantage.} 23. Rf1
Rh8 $1 {Threatening Bf3 and Rh2} 24. c4 Rc8 $1 25. cxd5 $2 ({This continuation
does not leave White any chances. The only playable move was} 25. Rc2 {, with
the idea} Bxf3 26. Bxf3 dxc4 27. Bxe4 fxe4 28. Bg5) 25... Nxd5 26. Bd2 Ke7 27.
Nh4 Bxe2 28. Kxe2 Rhd8 29. Rf3 Rc4 30. Bh6 Rdc8 31. Rd3 Rc2+ 32. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 33.
Bd2 Ndc3+ 34. Ke1 {White resigned because of the line 34...Nd2 35.Rd2 Rc1+,
followed by Ne4+.} 0-1

[Event "Terres Catalanes"]
[Site "Manresa"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vehi Bach, Victor Manuel"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1996.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Ne7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Bd3 b6 12. Ne2 Ba6 13. Bb4 Bxd3 14. cxd3 Rf7
$1 $146 ({An original approach to the well-known position, which calls into
question White's strategical concept. The standard plan, connected with the
set-up Nb8-c6 and Rf8-c8, was significantly undermined in the game Diez del
orral,J-Portisch,L/Buenos Aires (ol) 1978, where after} 14... Nbc6 15. Bd6 Qd7
16. O-O Rfc8 17. h4 Ng6 18. h5 Nh8 19. h6 g6 {White got a clear advantage by}
20. Nf4 $1 Nxd4 21. Ra2 Qb7 22. a4 Rc6 23. Qe3 Nc2 24. Rxc2 Rxc2 25. Nxe6 {
and beautifully won the game after} Nf7 26. Nd4 Ra2 27. Nxf5 Nxd6 28. exd6 gxf5
29. Qg5+ Kf8 30. Re1 Qf7 31. Re7 {/\31...Qg6 32.Qg6 hg6 33 h7+-. Placing Rf8
at f7 instead of c8, Black retains a positional threat f5-f4 and reaches a
harmonious set-up, featured by an efficient interaction between the pieces.})
15. O-O Nbc6 16. Bd6 {It was probably better to withdraw the bishop to d2,
although after 16...Qd7 Black has good perspectives in the middlegame.} Qd7 17.
a4 {Parring the threat Nc8, but overlooking an unexpected blow at the kingside.
} f4 $1 {The key move of Black's plan.} 18. Qg4 $2 ({White definitely
overlooked or underestimated Black's reply here. It was essential to take the
pawn, although after} 18. Nxf4 Nf5 {the failure of White's opening strategy is
evident.}) 18... f3 $1 ({The strongest continuation. White apparently counted
on} 18... Nf5 19. Nxf4 Ncxd4 20. Nh5 Nxd6 21. Qxd4 {, with good counterchances.
}) 19. gxf3 Nf5 20. Ba3 ({Now} 20. Nf4 {does not make sense, becuase of} Nfxd4
{/\Rf4, /\Rf5, Qf7-/+}) 20... h5 $1 {The decisive blow. After the loss of Pd4
White's position is unbearable.} 21. Qxh5 Nfxd4 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Bd6 Rf5 24.
Qh3 Nxf3+ 25. Kg2 Qf7 $1 26. Rac1 (26. Rh1 Qg6+ 27. Kf1 Nd2+ 28. Ke1 Rf3 $19)
26... Rh5 ({Black could also have won by} 26... Rg5+ 27. Kh1 Rh5) 27. Qxf3
Rxh2+ 28. Kxh2 Qxf3 29. Rc2 Kh7 $1 {Involving the rook in the attack, Black
forces mate.} 30. Rg1 Rh8 0-1

[Event "Ptuj zt"]
[Site "Ptuj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Atlas, Valeri"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Nh6
(8... Ne7 9. Nf3 a6 10. Nxc7+ Qxc7 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. Bb2 Ba4 13. O-O Nbc6 14. Rf2
Rc8 15. Rc1 g6 16. Qd2 a5 17. b5 Na7 18. Qe2 Nf5 19. g4 Ne7 20. b6 {1-0 Lanc,
Alois-Hagara,Eduard/Topolcianky ch-SVK (03) 1994}) 9. Nf3 (9. Bd3 Bd7 10. Nf3
Bxb5 11. Bxb5+ Nc6 12. Nxd4 O-O 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nxc6 Qd7 15. Nd4 Bb6 16. Be3
Rfc8 17. O-O Rc3 18. Bf2 Rac8 $17 {Wallace-Landenbergue, Moscow ol, 1994}) 9...
Bd7 10. Nxc7+ (10. Bb2 O-O 11. Nxc7 Qxc7 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. O-O a6 14. Qe2 Nf5 15.
Kh1 Rac8 16. Rf2 f6 17. Re1 fxe5 18. fxe5 Qd8 $15 {Duschek-Landenbergue, Bern
1994}) 10... Qxc7 11. Bd3 a6 12. a4 $1 $146 {[#]} (12. O-O Bb5 13. Bxb5+ axb5
14. Qd3 Nc6 15. Qxb5 Qd7 16. Ng5 (16. Qc5 Rc8 17. Re1 Nf5 18. Qb6 h5 19. Re2
O-O 20. Bb2 Nce7 21. Nxd4 Rc4 22. Nb3 d4 23. Nc5 Qd5 24. Nb3 d3 25. Rf2 Rxc2
26. Nd4 Rxf2 27. Kxf2 Rc8 28. Kg1 Nh4 {0-1 Almasi,Z-Hug,W/Altensteig (02) 1994}
) 16... f6 17. Nf3 O-O 18. Bb2 fxe5 19. fxe5 Nf5 20. Qd3 h6 21. Bxd4 Nfxd4 22.
Nxd4 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Nxd4 24. Qxd4 Rxa3 25. c4 {1/2-1/2 Bichsel,W-Hug,W/SUI-chT
(7) 1994}) 12... Nc6 (12... Nf5 13. Qd2 $14) (12... Ng4 13. Qd2 $14) (12... b5
{d} 13. axb5 Qb6 (13... Qb7 14. Nxd4) 14. Ra5 $1 {/\Bb2+/-}) 13. Qd2 Nf5 (13...
Qb6 14. Ba3 Nf5 15. b5 $1 $16 (15. a5 $6 Qa7 16. O-O Ne3 {/\Nc4}) 15... Na5 16.
g4 $1 {a} (16. Bxf5 Nc4 17. Qb4 Nxa3 18. Rxa3 exf5 {/\Rc8<=>d}) 16... Ne3 17.
Qb4 O-O-O 18. bxa6 Qxb4+ 19. Bxb4 Nc6 20. Bd6 {/\Rb1+-}) 14. Bb2 Qb6 15. b5
axb5 16. axb5 Rxa1+ 17. Bxa1 Qa5 {[#]} 18. bxc6 (18. Ke2 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Na5 (
19... Nce7 20. g4) 20. g4 Ne3 (20... Ne7 21. Bxd4 Nc4+ 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Ra1
$16 O-O $140 24. Bc5) 21. Nxd4 Nac4+ 22. Ke2 h5 $1 (22... O-O 23. Rg1 Ra8 24.
Bc3 $16) 23. g5 g6 $14) (18. Bb2 $142 $1 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Na5 20. Ra1 b6 21. g4
$1 Ne3 $140 22. Bxd4 Nec4+ 23. Kc3 Ke7 (23... Bxb5 24. Bxb6 $18) 24. Bxb6 $18)
18... Qxa1+ 19. Kf2 Qxh1 20. cxd7+ Kxd7 21. Bxf5 (21. Qb4 Kc8) 21... exf5 22.
e6+ (22. Qb4 Kc8 23. Qc5+ Kb8 $10) 22... fxe6 (22... Kxe6 $2 23. Nxd4+ Kf6 24.
Qe3 $18) 23. Ne5+ Kc8 24. Qxd4 {/\Qc5+-} Rd8 $8 25. Qc5+ Kb8 26. Qb6 Kc8 27.
Qc5+ Kb8 28. Qb6 Kc8 29. Qxe6+ Kc7 30. Qe7+ Kc8 31. Qe6+ Kc7 32. Qe7+ Kc8 33.
Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "AUT-chT 9798"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "1997.10.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Atlas, Valeri"]
[Black "Weinzettl, Ernst"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hohenems"]
[BlackTeam "Ottakring"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 {A rare move,
which, however, often leads to a sharp play.} 7. Qg4 g6 8. a4 $5 ({Fogarasi
had shown a convincing treatment of this position in the recent game:} 8. Nf3
Qa5 9. Bd2 Qa4 10. Ra2 h6 11. Bd3 b6 12. h4 Ba6 13. O-O Bxd3 14. cxd3 cxd4 15.
Rc1 Qb5 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 a5 18. Qf3 Rh7 19. Rac2 Rd8 20. Rc7 Qa6 21. a4
Rd7 22. Qd1 f5 23. R7c6 Rhe7 24. Qb3 Rb7 25. Rd6 Kf7 26. Rcc6 Qa8 27. Rxb6 Rxb6
28. Rxb6 Qc8 29. Rb5 Ra7 30. Rb8 Qd7 31. Qa3 Ne7 32. Bxh6 Rb7 33. Rf8# {
1-0 Fogarasi,T-Totsky,L/Budapest FS03 GM 1996}) 8... Qc7 (8... f5 9. Qd1 Qa5
10. Bd2 Nge7 11. Nf3 (11. h4 Bd7 12. Nf3 c4 13. Qc1 h6 14. Rb1 Nc8 15. Bxh6 Nb6
16. Bd2 O-O-O 17. Qb2 Rdg8 18. Be2 Nd8 19. Ng5 $14 {1-0 Vukovic,Z-Maksimovic,B/
JUG-chT Cetinje 1990 (35)}) 11... c4 12. h4 h6 13. Qc1 Nd8 14. Qa3 Bd7 15. Rg1
Rc8 16. Qb4 $14 {1-0 Gligoric,S-Maksimovic,B/JUG-chT Cetinje 1991 (41)}) (8...
cxd4 {is met by} 9. cxd4 Nb4 10. Bb5+ (10. Qd1 {fails to} Qc7) 10... Bd7 11.
Qe2 $16) 9. Bd2 {Setting control over the b4-square. Black was threatening 9...
cd4 10.cd4 Nb4.} f6 10. Nf3 $1 ({After} 10. exf6 Nxf6 {Black has a dangerous
initative. Using tactical features of the position, White retains a positional
advantage.}) 10... fxe5 11. Nxe5 Nf6 (11... Nxe5 {leads to a better ending for
White after} 12. Qf4 $1 (12. Qg3 $6 Nf6 $132) 12... Ne7 13. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 14. dxe5
{, with the idea Bg5-f6.}) 12. Qf4 O-O 13. Nxc6 (13. Nxg6 {proves a dubious
undertaling after} Qxf4 14. Nxf4 cxd4) 13... Qxc6 14. Bb5 {The key move in
this line. White wins an important tempo for developing his pieces.} Qb6 15.
dxc5 (15. O-O $2 {would be a big mistake, since after} c4 {the white b5-bishop
is imprisoned.}) 15... Qxc5 16. Qd4 Qxd4 ({If} 16... Qe7 {then} 17. O-O a6 (
17... e5 $2 {falls short after} 18. Rae1 $1) 18. Bd3 e5 19. Rae1 Re8 20. Qh4 {
/\Bg5+/=/+/-.}) 17. cxd4 Ne4 18. f3 Nd6 ({The most stubborn. After} 18... Nxd2
19. Kxd2 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gh1e1,Ge1e6,Ga1b1,Gb1b6] White has all the chances
to convert his ending advantage.}) 19. Bd3 (19. Bb4 {is dubious in view of}
Nxb5 20. Bxf8 Nxd4 21. O-O-O Nxf3) 19... Nf5 $2 {An imprecise move. Stronger
was 19...Nc4.} 20. c3 Bd7 21. O-O Rac8 22. Rfb1 Nd6 23. h4 {Not missing the
opportunity to push the h-pawn. White prepares an attack on the kingside.} Bc6
24. Be1 $1 {From e1 the bishop can access the diagonal b8-h2.} Rfe8 25. Bg3 Nc4
$6 {Another imprecision. This time knight had to go to f5.} (25... Nf5 26. Bf2
e5 27. g4 Nd6 28. dxe5 Rxe5 29. Bxa7 $16) 26. Kf2 Na5 $2 ({The final mistake.
Black does not feel the danger. Correct was} 26... Re7) 27. h5 $1 {[%csl Rg8,
Rh7][%cal Gd3h7,Rg3e5,Re5h8,Gb1h1,Ga1h1,Gh1h8] The decisive blow! Now White
develops irresistible attack.} gxh5 28. Rh1 Bd7 29. Rxh5 Rxc3 (29... Re7 {
allows an elegant combination:} 30. Rah1 Rxc3 31. Bxh7+ Kf7 32. Bg6+ $1 Kxg6
33. Rh6+ Kf7 (33... Kf5 34. R1h5#) 34. Rh7+ Ke8 35. Rh8+ Kf7 36. R1h7+) 30.
Bxh7+ Kf7 (30... Kf8 {loses after} 31. Bd6+ Kf7 32. Bb4 {[%csl Ra5,Rc3][%cal
Gh7c2,Gb4a5,Gb4c3]}) 31. Rg5 $1 Ke7 32. Rg7+ Kd8 33. Bg6 $1 Rh8 34. Be5 $1 {
Threatening Rd7+. Hunting the h8-rook, the white darsk-squared bishop aims at
the rook on c3!} Rf8 (34... Nb3 35. Ra3 Rh6 36. Bd6 $1 Rxg6 37. Rxg6 Rc2+ 38.
Ke3 Rc3+ 39. Kf4 $18) 35. Bd6 Nb3 (35... Rh8 {loses after} 36. Bb4) 36. Rh1 $1
{[%cal Gh1h7,Gh7d7,Rd6f8,Rg6e8] Mobilizing the last resource.} 1-0

[Event "Gausdal Classic"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "2004.09.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sammalvuo, Tapani"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2004.09.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Bd7 14. h4 Rf5 15.
h5 gxh5 16. Rxh5 Raf8 17. Rh3 Be8 18. Ng5 Qa5 19. Bd2 Rxg5 20. Bxg5 Rf5 21. Bd2
Qa4 22. Qd1 Bg6 23. Ra2 Rf8 24. g4 b6 25. f3 b5 26. Qb1 Rf7 27. Ke2 Rf8 28. Kf2
Rf7 29. Kg3 Rf8 30. Rh2 Rf7 31. Bg5 Qa5 32. Bd2 Qa4 33. Be1 Rf8 34. Ra1 Rf7 35.
Qb2 Rb7 36. Rb1 Rb6 37. Kf4 Rb7 38. Bh4 Rb6 39. Kg3 Rb7 40. Bg5 Rb8 41. Qc1 Qa5
42. Qb2 Qa4 43. Ra1 Qa5 44. Be3 Qa4 45. Rf1 Rf8 (45... a5 {is met by} 46. f4
Ne7 47. Rhf2 Rf8 48. f5 exf5 49. Bg5 {, retaining an edge}) 46. Qc1 Qa5 47. Qb2
Qa4 48. Bg5 Qa6 49. Kh4 Qa4 50. Rhf2 Rf7 51. Kg3 h5 $6 (51... Qa5 {was more
tenacious, although after} 52. f4 Be4 53. f5 {White has a decisive advantage
anyway.}) 52. gxh5 Bxh5 53. Rh1 Bg6 54. Rfh2 Rc7 55. Qc1 Kf7 56. Qf4+ Bf5 57.
Rh7 Qxc2 (57... Rc8 {fails to} 58. Bf6 Rg8 59. Qg5 Bxh7 60. Rxh7 Qxc2 61. Rxg7+
Rxg7 62. Qxg7+ Ke8 63. Qg8+ Kd7 64. Qf7+ Kc8 65. Qxe6+ {, winning.}) 58. Bd8 $1
Nxd8 {[%tqu "En","How can White finish his attack?","Expose the enemy king!",
"Sacrifice your rook!","h7g7","This nice rook sacrifice forces mate in a few
moves.",6]} 59. Rxg7+ $1 {[%csl Gf4,Rf7,Gg7,Gh1] The final culmination of
White's attack! Now mate is inevitable.} Kxg7 60. Qg5+ Kf7 61. Rh8 {Black
resigned, as the threat 62.Qf6 cannot be parried.} 1-0

[Event "Asker 75th"]
[Site "Asker"]
[Date "1997.11.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Black "Johannessen, Leif Erlend"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f6 $6 {
A rare and as it seems, not the strongest continuation. The standard moves
here are 7...f5 and 7...Ne7.} 8. Nf3 c4 9. Qg3 (9. Be2 Qf7 (9... Nc6 10. Qg3
Qf7 11. O-O Bd7 12. a4 b6 13. Ba3 Nge7 14. Rfb1 Nf5 15. Qh3 h5 16. exf6 gxf6
17. Nh4 Nxh4 18. Qxh4 O-O-O 19. Qf4 Qg7 20. Bf1 h4 21. a5 e5 22. dxe5 fxe5 23.
Qe3 Nxa5 24. Bd6 {Mitkov,N-Schoonmaker,N/US-op 1997/EXP 58/1-0 (37)}) 10. Qh4
Ne7 11. exf6 gxf6 12. g4 h6 13. Rg1 Nbc6 14. Qg3 Bd7 15. Qc7 b6 16. h4 e5 17.
dxe5 fxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 O-O-O 20. Bf4 Kb7 21. O-O-O Ba4 22. Qc7+ Ka6
23. Be3 Rd7 {1-0 Tseshkovsky,V-Yermolinsky,A/Tashkent 1987/EXT 87}) (9. Bf4 Qf7
10. h4 Qg6 11. Qxg6+ hxg6 12. g4 g5 13. Bg3 gxh4 14. Rxh4 Rxh4 15. Nxh4 Nc6 16.
f4 Bd7 17. Be2 fxe5 18. dxe5 Nge7 19. O-O-O Kf7 20. Rf1 $14 {1/2-1/2
Gabrielsen,S-Johannessen,L/NOR-chJ 1996/EXT 97 (47)}) 9... Qf7 10. h4 h5 (10...
Qg6 $5 {was worth considering here:} 11. h5 (11. Qxg6+ hxg6 $132) 11... Qxc2 (
11... Qxg3 12. fxg3 {/\h6}) 12. Nd2 (12. Qxg7 $2 Qxc3+ 13. Kd1 Bd7 $1 {/\14...
Ba4+ 15.Ke2 Qd3+, followed by 16...Qd1#.}) 12... Kf7 $13) 11. a4 (11. Be2 Bd7
12. a4 Ne7 13. O-O Nf5 14. Qh2 Nc6 15. Ba3 O-O-O 16. Rfb1 Rdg8 17. a5 a6 18.
Bc5 Nfe7 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Bb6 e5 21. dxe5 Nf5 22. exf6 Be8 23. Rd1 {1-0
Fogarasi,T-Vincze,I/Kobanya op 1992/TD 92\11}) 11... Nc6 12. Ba3 Bd7 13. Qf4
O-O-O 14. g3 Nge7 $6 ({Allows White to obtain a durable positional advantage.
Stronger was} 14... Qg6) 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Ne5 $1 Qh7 ({Also} 16... Nxe5 17.
dxe5 {is in White's favor.}) 17. Nxd7 Rxd7 18. Bh3 f5 ({After} 18... Qxc2 {
White obtains an advantage by} 19. Rc1 Qxa4 20. Qxf6 Rhd8 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22.
Bxe6+ Kb8 23. O-O) 19. O-O Rg8 20. Kh2 Rg6 21. Rae1 Ng8 22. Re2 {[%csl Re6,Rf5]
[%cal Ga3f8,Gh3c8,Ge2e6,Gf1e1,Ge1e6,Gf4f5] White has a better position. Among
the most important factors, determining his advantage one can mention: active
position of all his pieces, full control over the dark squares, chronical
weakness of the e6 pawn, good chances to use the diagonal c8-h3.} Qh6 $6 (22...
Nf6 {is clearly bad in view of} 23. Rxe6 Ng4+ 24. Bxg4 Rxe6 25. Bxf5 $18) (
22... Nh6 {was a better choice.}) 23. Bc1 $1 {Stressing on White's domination
over the dark squares.} Qf8 24. Rfe1 Nd8 25. Qf3 $1 {Opening the way to the
dark-squared bishop.} Nf6 26. Bg5 Ng4+ 27. Kg2 Qd6 28. Qf4 $1 Nf6 $2 ({This
voluntary knight retreat allows a thematic combination, which yields White a
winning poisition. The motive of the combination is the weakness of the c8-h3
diagonal.} 28... Kc7 {was more persistent:} 29. f3 (29. Qxd6+ Kxd6 (29... Rxd6
$2 30. Bf4 $18)) (29. Bxd8+ Kxd8 (29... Rxd8 30. Rxe6 Qxf4 31. Re7+ (31. gxf4
Ne3+) 31... Kd6 32. gxf4 Ne3+ 33. Kf3 Kxe7 34. Rxe3+ $14) 30. Qxd6 Rxd6 31. f3
Nh6 $132) 29... Qxf4 30. Bxf4+ Kc6 31. Kf1 Nh6 $14 {/+/-}) 29. Rxe6 $1 {
[%csl Rc8,Rd7,Re6,Rf5,Rg6][%cal Gh3c8,Gf5g6] This thematic sacrifice,
destroying the pawn bastion e6-f5, makes the h3-bishop the key figure of the
following events.} Nxe6 30. Qxd6 Rxd6 31. Bxf5 Rxg5 32. hxg5 Ne4 {The only
move. All other conintuations lose immediately.} 33. Rxe4 $1 {The decisive
sacrifice.} dxe4 34. d5 Kd8 35. Bxe6 Ke7 36. Kf1 a5 ({Black tries to create
the passed pawn on a-file, but the White king is just in time.} 36... Ra6 {
falls short after} 37. Ke2 Rxa4 38. Ke3 Ra2 39. Kxe4 Rxc2 40. f4 Rxc3 41. f5
Rxg3 42. f6+) 37. Ke2 b5 38. axb5 a4 39. Kd2 a3 40. Kc1 Rb6 41. g6 Kf6 ({After
} 41... Rxb5 42. g7 a2 43. g8=Q a1=Q+ 44. Kd2 {Black is entirely lost. But
after the text move the White bishop gains access to the key c6-square.}) 42.
Bd7 Kxg6 43. Bc6 Kf5 44. d6 Kg4 45. d7 Rb8 46. Bxe4 a2 47. Kb2 Rxb5+ 48. Kxa2
Rb8 49. Ka3 Kg5 50. Bf3 $1 {Aiming at the h5 pawn and preventing the black
king march to e7.} h4 51. gxh4+ Kxh4 {Now the black king is maxinally
distanced from the d7 pawn, and White undertakes the decisive operation.} 52.
Bb7 $1 {Threatening 53.Bc8 and opening the way to the center for the white
king.} Rf8 53. Kb4 Kg5 54. Kc5 Kf6 55. Kd6 {Black king does not get to d8.
Black is entirely lost.} Rh8 56. Bd5 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[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 {Kortschnoj} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7.
h4 Qa5 8. Bd2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Qa4 10. c3 {The most natural and at the same time a
very rare move! In this position White has a great bunch of different options,
and it is in order to outline them here:} (10. Qg4 Nf5 11. c3 Nc6 12. Be2 b6
13. h5 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 15. h6 gxh6 16. Qf4 Na5 17. g4 Ne7 18. Ne2 Rc8 19.
Rxh6 {1/2-1/2 Kuczynski,R-Summermatter,D/Geneve-B 1988 (37)}) (10. Bc3 b6 11.
h5 h6 12. g4 Ba6 13. Bg2 Nbc6 14. Rh3 Rf8 15. Ne2 f5 16. exf6 {1/2-1/2
Kuczynski,R-Matlak,M/POL-ch 1988 (35)}) (10. Bb4 Nbc6 11. c3 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 Bd7
13. h5 h6 14. Bd3 Nxb4 15. axb4 O-O 16. f4 a5 17. bxa5 Nc6 18. Nf3 Nxa5 19. Kc2
Nc4 20. Kb3 Na5+ 21. Kb4 b6 22. Nd2 Ra7 23. Ra3 Rc8 24. Rha1 Rac7 {1/2-1/2
Gavrikov,V-Farago,I/Texta 1988}) (10. h5 h6 11. Nf3 b6 12. Rh4 Ba6 13. Rg4 Rg8
14. Nh4 Bxf1 15. Kxf1 Nbc6 16. Kg1 Rc8 17. Rb1 Na5 18. Rf4 Nb7 19. Rb3 {
1-0 Wang Zili-Yu Shaoteng/Lee Cup 1995 (30)}) (10. Nf3 b6 11. Qb1 Ba6 12. Qb3
Qd7 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. a4 Rc8 15. O-O Qc6 16. Rfb1 O-O 17. Qd3 Nb8 18. Bb4 Rfe8
19. a5 h5 20. axb6 axb6 21. Ra7 Nf5 22. c3 Rc7 23. Rba1 Rec8 24. g3 Qd7 25.
Rxc7 Qxc7 26. Ng5 g6 27. Qb5 Nc6 28. Ra6 Nxb4 29. Qxb4 Qxc3 30. Qxc3 {1/2-1/2
Ernst,T-Nijboer,F/Sonnevanck 1992 (40)}) (10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. Bc3 b6 12. Nf4 O-O
13. Nd3 Nb8 14. h5 h6 15. Bb4 Qd7 16. g4 Nbc6 17. c3 f6 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. g5
hxg5 20. Qg4 Qc7 21. Bxe7 Nxe7 22. Rc1 e5 23. Qxg5 exd4 24. Rg1 Re6+ 25. Kd2
Nf5 26. Bh3 Nd6 27. Bxe6+ {1-0 Milos,G-Poldauf,D/Groningen op 1994 (52) As can
be seen, Milos opts now for a less sharp continuation than in 1994. The text
move forces an intersting ending, in which White seems to have preferable
chances. Perhaps, Milos' conituation will become very popular in this line.}) (
10. Nf3 $14 {Kortschnoj}) 10... Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 Nbc6 (11... b6 $142 {Kortschnoj}
12. a4 Ba6 13. Bb5+ Nec6 $14) 12. h5 h6 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Ne2 Na5 15. Rb1 b6 16.
g4 Nc4 17. Bc1 Rc8 18. f3 {White is planning the pawn advance g4-g5. The text
move allows White after 19.Kf2 to effectively transfer his b1-rook to the
kingside.} (18. f4 {Kortschnoj} f6 $14) 18... Rf8 (18... f6 {Kortschnoj} 19.
exf6 gxf6 20. Nf4 Kf7 21. Kf2 Z0 22. Ng6 Nxg6 23. hxg6+ $16) 19. Kf2 Bc6 $6 {
After this move White seizes a dangerous initiative on the kingside.} (19... f6
20. exf6 Rxf6 $14 {was to be preferred.}) 20. g5 $1 hxg5 21. Bxg5 Nf5 $2 (21...
Kd7 {was a better choice. After the text move Black's position is critical.}) (
21... Nxa3 {Kortschnoj} 22. Ra1 Bb5 23. Rxa3 Bxd3 24. Rxa7 f6 25. Z0 Rf7 $14)
22. Bxf5 $1 {This exchange proves very efficient here, since White is going to
explore the dark squares, and his light-squared bishop is not essential for
this operation.} exf5 23. Rbg1 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gg1g7,Gh5h6,Gh1h6,Gh1h5,Gg5c1,
Ge2f4,Ge5e6]} Rh8 (23... Nxa3 $2 {fails to} 24. Bc1 Nc4 25. Rxg7 {, and the
passed h-pawn determines White's decisive advantage.}) 24. Bc1 Rh7 25. Nf4 Bb7
(25... Ke7 {Kortschnoj} 26. Rg5 $16) 26. h6 $1 {[%cal Gf4h5,Gh5f6,Gg1g7] This
excellent move, vacating the h5-square for the white knight, yields White a
decisive advantage.} gxh6 (26... g6 {is bad in view of} 27. e6 {קg6} (27. Nh3
{must also suffice})) (26... Rxh6 {Kortschnoj} 27. Nh5 Rxh5 28. Rxh5 g6 29. Rh7
$16) 27. Nh5 Ke7 28. Nf6 Rhh8 29. Rg7 {White's powerful expansion on the
kingside is does not leave Black any hope.} Na5 30. Bxh6 Rxc3 31. Nh7 Rc2+ (
31... Rxa3 32. Bg5+ Kd7 (32... Ke6 33. Rh6+ $18) 33. Nf6+) 32. Kg3 Kd7 33.
Rxf7+ Kc8 34. Bg7 $1 {The simplest way. Black is entirely defenceless against
the e-pawn march.} Rd8 35. e6 {[%csl Re8][%cal Ge6e7,Gh7f6,Gf6e8,Ge7e8]} Re2
36. e7 Re8 37. Be5 Kd7 (37... Bc6 {Kortschnoj} 38. Nf6 $18) (37... Nc6 {
Kortschnoj} 38. Rf8 Kd7 39. Nf6+ $18) 38. Nf6+ Ke6 39. Rhh7 $1 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[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 {Finkel,A} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5
Bc7 8. f4 Bd7 9. Nf3 {In this system White can choose, which of the black
bishops will be exchanged for his b5 knight. Exchange of the dark-squared
bishop is more popular in the modern practice:} (9. Nxc7+ $5 {It looks logical
to exchange the better bishop.} Qxc7 10. Bb2 $5 (10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Bb2 Nge7 12.
Bd3 a6 13. O-O h6 14. Qd2 O-O 15. Kh1 Nf5 16. Rfe1 Rac8 17. a4 Ne3 18. Nxd4 Nc4
19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Bd4 Bd5 22. Ra3 {1/2-1/2 Apicella,M-Dimitrov,V/
Sofia tt 1990 (41)}) 10... Nh6 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Bd3 Rc8 13. Qe2 Nf5 14. O-O Ne3
$5 15. Rfc1 Nc4 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. Bxd4 $14 {Sevillano,E-Comas Fabrego,L/Moscow
olm PHI-ESP 1994 (47)}) ({White can also opt for} 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Ngf3 Nh6 11.
Bd3 Bb6 12. Bb2 O-O 13. O-O Rc8 14. Kh1 Nf5 15. Nxf5 exf5 16. c4 dxc4 17. Bxc4
Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qb3 Qe7 20. Rad1 {1/2-1/2 Jakubiec,A-Bashkov,V/Katowice
op 1993 (46)}) 9... Bxb5 ({Vaganian's patent. He exchanges the bad bishop.
After} 9... a6 10. Nxc7+ Qxc7 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. Bd3 Nge7 13. O-O g6 14. Kh1 Qb6
15. Qd2 Rc8 16. Qf2 Qc7 17. Rac1 h5 18. Rfe1 Ng8 19. Nxd4 {White gains a large
advantage (Held,P-Namyslo,H/OLWuert 1993).}) 10. Bxb5+ Nc6 $5 ({In his recent
game against Gallagher, Vaganian opted for} 10... Nd7 11. O-O Ne7 12. Nxd4 O-O
13. Bd3 g6 14. Bb2 Nb6 15. Qf3 Na4 16. Bc1 Bb6 17. Be3 Nb2 18. a4 a6 19. a5 Ba7
20. Nb3 Nxd3 21. cxd3 d4 22. Bf2 Qd5 23. Qxd5 Nxd5 24. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 25. Nxd4 Rfd8
$1 $17 {0-1 Gallagher,J-Lputian,S/WchT 4th 1997 (39) - see CBM62. The text
move is more popular.}) 11. Nxd4 (11. O-O {is an important alternative:} Nge7
12. Bd3 Nf5 (12... a6 13. Bb2 Bb6 14. Kh1 h6 15. Qe2 Qd7 16. Rae1 g6 17. Nh4
Nf5 18. Nxf5 gxf5 19. g4 fxg4 20. Qxg4 O-O-O 21. Qh5 Rdf8 22. f5 {Hellers,
F-Dimitrov,V/WchJ 1986/1/2-1/2 (56)}) 13. Bxf5 exf5 14. Qd3 Qd7 15. Bb2 O-O 16.
Kh1 Bb6 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Rd2 g6 19. Rad1 Nd8 20. Bxd4 Ne6 21. Bxb6 axb6 22. c4
d4 23. Nxd4 {1-0 Dragovic,M-Gavela,D/JUG-chT2 1994 (45)}) ({or} 11. Bd3 $5 Nge7
12. Qe2 Bb6 13. O-O Nf5 14. Kh1 Qc7 15. Bxf5 $5 exf5 16. Qd3 Qd7 17. Bb2 Rc8
18. b5 Na5 19. Bxd4 $14) 11... Nge7 12. c3 $6 ({This continuation is very
risky and probably inferior to} 12. Be3 Bb6 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. O-O O-O 15. Nxc6
Nxc6 16. Bd3 a5 17. Rab1 axb4 18. axb4 Ne7 19. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 20. Kh1 Ra8 21. g4 f5
22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Rbe1 Ng6 24. f5 exf5 25. g5 Rd6 26. Rxf5 Rad8 27. Qe3 {
1/2-1/2 Cladouras,P-Budnikov,A/Berlin Summer op 1992}) 12... Bb6 13. Be3 O-O
14. Qd2 (14. Bd3 {Finkel,A} Nxd4 15. cxd4 (15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. cxd4 Qb6 $15 {
[%csl Rd4]}) 15... Nf5 (15... a5 $5) 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. O-O Rc8 18. Qd3 Qd7 19.
Rfc1 g6 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Rc1 Rc6 22. b5 Rc7 23. Kf2 Qc8 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. Ke2
$11) (14. O-O $5 {Finkel,A} Bxd4 15. cxd4 a5 $13 (15... Nf5 16. Bf2 Qb6 17. Bd3
$14 Nfxd4 $2 18. b5 $18)) 14... Bxd4 $1 {Finkel: Giving up another bishop, but
getting in return strong counterplay on the queenside.} ({This subtle move
yields Black excellent play. Much weaker was} 14... Nxd4 15. cxd4 a5 16. O-O {
, and White retains a durable advantage.}) 15. cxd4 a5 $1 {[%csl Rb5][%cal
Ga5b4,Gd8b6,Gc6b4,Gb6b4] Only this continuation justifies Black's previous
move. Using an unfortunate postion of White's light-squared bishop, Black
develops a dangerous initiative on the queenside.} 16. O-O $6 {Finkel: From
now on white starts to face problems.Correct was} (16. bxa5 Nxa5 {followed by
Nc4 yields Black good prospects in the middlegame.} (16... Qxa5 {Finkel,A} 17.
Qxa5 (17. a4 $2 Qxb5 $19) 17... Rxa5 18. a4 $8 Nf5 19. Bd2 Ra7 20. Bxc6 bxc6
21. Bc3 Rfa8 22. a5 Ne3 23. Kf2 Nc4 24. Ra2 $1 $132 {with unclear position.}))
16... axb4 17. a4 $1 (17. axb4 {falls short after} Qb6 {, and Whtie cannot
solve his b-pawn problem. The text move yields White certain compensation for
the sacrificed pawn.}) 17... b3 $15 {[%cal Gc6a5,Ga5c4]} 18. g4 f5 {The
essential move. Otherwise after 19.f5 White develops a very dangerous
inititative on the kingside.} 19. exf6 (19. h3 $6 {Finkel,A} Na5 20. Rab1 Rc8
21. Rfc1 Nc4 $1 22. Qf2 fxg4 23. hxg4 Ng6 $17 {[%csl Rf4]}) 19... Rxf6 20. Qd3
$6 ({A dubious decision. The light-squared bishop retreat} 20. Bd3 {is
strongly met by} Qa5 $1 21. Qb2 (21. Qe2 Qc3 22. Rac1 (22. Rfc1 b2 $1 $19)
22... Qb4 $17) 21... Qb4 $17) ({More chances yielded} 20. Bf2 $1 {/\Bh4} Qb6
21. Rad1) (20. Rab1 {Finkel,A} Na5 21. Rfc1 {[%csl Rc4]} Rc8 22. Rxc8 Nxc8 23.
Qe1 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Ge3d2]} Nd6 $15) 20... Na5 21. Rae1 h6 {Finkel: Covering
square g5 in case of f5.} 22. Bf2 $2 {Now this maneuver is not efficient. By
simple means Black gets a winning position.} (22. Re2 {was to be preferred,
although in this case Black retains an advantage.}) 22... Rxf4 23. Rxe6 Nec6
24. Qg3 Qd7 $1 25. Qxf4 Qxe6 26. Bd3 Nc4 {White has no compensation for a
sacrificed pawn, whilst Black's passed b-pawn is very dangerous. Finkel: The
pawn on b3 has managed to survive and will cause white many problems!} 27. Bf5
Qf6 28. Qf3 Rd8 29. Qd3 (29. Qxb3 {Finkel,A} Nxd4 30. Qxb7 Nxf5 31. gxf5 Qxf5
$17) 29... b2 30. Re1 Qg5 31. Qe2 Rf8 {Threatening 31...Rf5.} 32. Qe6+ Kh8 33.
h4 (33. Qxd5 {is refuted by} Nd2 34. Be3 b1=Q $19) 33... Qf6 34. Qxd5 ({
Finkel: Some chances to save the game would leave} 34. Qxf6 gxf6 35. Rb1 Re8
36. Kf1 $17) 34... Nd2 $1 $19 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Yf8f2]} 35. Be3 b1=Q 36. Bxb1
Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "Politiken zt"]
[Site "Munkebo"]
[Date "1998.09.19"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Black "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[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"]

{[%mdl 2176]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7.
Nf3 b6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bd3 Ba4 10. h4 Ne7 11. h5 h6 12. Rh4 $5 {White opts for
an immediate assault on the K-side.} (12. O-O Nd7 13. Re1 a6 {- 60/290} (13...
Qc6) 14. Nh4 $1 {0-1 Kuczynski,R-Hertneck,G/Deutschland 1994/Inf 62/ (38)} (14.
Rb1 $5 Qc6 15. Nh4 $1)) 12... Nd7 13. dxc5 $6 b5 14. Qe2 a6 15. Rg4 Kf8 (15...
Qxc5 16. Bd2) 16. Rb1 Rc8 17. Rbb4 Nc6 18. Bf4 Nxc5 $15 (18... Nxb4 $6 19. axb4
$40) 19. Rb1 Na5 20. Kf1 Nxd3 (20... Ne4 $5 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Qxe4 (22. Nd4
Qxc3) 22... Qc4+ 23. Qxc4 Nxc4 $15) 21. cxd3 Nb3 22. Bd2 Kg8 (22... Nxd2+ 23.
Qxd2 Qxc3 $2 24. Qxc3 Rxc3 25. Rxa4 bxa4 26. Rb8+ Ke7 27. Rxh8) 23. Be1 Qc5 24.
Rb4 Na5 25. Nd4 Nc6 26. Nxc6 Qxc6 (26... Rxc6 $5 27. c4 $140 dxc4 28. dxc4 Rc8)
27. Rg4 a5 28. Qe3 Kh7 (28... Qc5 $5 29. Qxc5 (29. Qg3 Rh7 30. Bd2 Qxa3 31.
Bxh6 Qf8) 29... Rxc5 30. Ke2 $11) 29. Rc1 Rhg8 30. Rf4 Rc7 31. Qf3 Qd7 {
with the idea 32...d4.} 32. Bd2 Qe7 33. Rg4 Rd8 (33... Qxa3 $5) 34. Qf4 Qf8 (
34... Qxa3 $5 35. Rxg7+ Kxg7 36. Qxh6+ Kg8 37. Qg5+ Kh7 38. Qxd8 Qe7 39. Bg5
Qxd8 40. Bxd8 Ra7 41. Ke2 (41. Ra1 Bc2) 41... Bb3 42. Ra1 a4 $44) 35. Re1 d4 {
Otherwise Re1-e3-g3, xg7.} 36. cxd4 Rcd7 37. Re4 {This is not the best
continuation.} (37. Bxa5 $1 {was much stronger:} Rxd4 38. Re4 $1 (38. Qxd4 Rxd4
39. Rxd4 Qxa3 $13) 38... Rxd3 39. Bxd8 Rd1+ 40. Re1 (40. Ke2 Rxd8 $40) 40...
Qxd8 41. Qe4+ Kg8 42. Kg1 $16) 37... Bc2 38. Qe3 b4 39. axb4 a4 40. Rg3 a3 41.
Reg4 a2 {This is the best move for Black, which should have led to a draw.} (
41... f6 $2 42. exf6 Qxf6 43. Rg6 Qxd4 44. Qxd4 (44. Qxh6+ $2 Kg8) 44... Rxd4
45. Rxg7+ Kh8 46. Bc3 Bxd3+ 47. Kg1 (47. Ke1 Re4+ 48. Re3 Rxe3+ 49. fxe3 Rd5
50. g4 $16) 47... e5 48. Bxd4 exd4 49. Ra7 Be4 $1 (49... Be2 50. Rgxa3 d3 51.
Ra8) 50. Rgxa3 d3 51. Ra1 d2 52. Rd1 Bc2 53. Raa1 Kg7 54. f3 $18) 42. Rxg7+
Qxg7 43. Rxg7+ Kxg7 44. Qxh6+ Kg8 45. Bc3 Bxd3+ 46. Kg1 Rc8 47. Qg5+ Kh7 48.
Qd2 Bf5 49. Ba1 Rc2 50. Qg5 (50. Qf4 Rdc7) 50... Rc8 (50... Rdc7 $2 {loses to}
51. Qf6 $1 Rc1+ 52. Kh2 Rxa1 (52... Rc8 53. Qxf7+) 53. h6 Rh1+ 54. Kxh1 a1=Q+
55. Kh2 $18) 51. Qd2 Rc2 52. Qg5 Rc8 53. Qd2 Rg8 $2 (53... Rc2 $11) 54. Qxa2
$18 Be4 55. g3 Rc7 56. Qd2 Rc2 57. Qf4 Bf5 58. d5 Rg4 59. Qe3 Re4 60. Qa7 Re1+
61. Kh2 Kh6 62. Bd4 Be4 63. Be3+ Kg7 64. g4 Bxd5 65. Qe7 Rh1+ 66. Kg3 Rg1+ 67.
Kh4 Rc4 68. f3 Bxf3 69. Qf6+ Kg8 70. Qxf3 Rxb4 71. h6 Rbb1 72. Bxg1 Rxg1 73.
Qf6 1-0

[Event "AUT-chT 9900"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "2000.03.18"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Atlas, Valeri"]
[Black "Weinzettl, Ernst"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "1999.10.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hohenems SK"]
[BlackTeam "Ottakring SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nh6 $5 {This rare
knight move is gaining popularity in the modern practice.} 7. Nf3 ({Series of
exchanges does not seem to be profitable for White here:} 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+
Nxd7 9. Bxh6 gxh6 10. Qh5 Rg8 11. Ne2 cxd4 12. O-O dxc3 13. Rab1 b6 14. Qxh6
Nxe5 15. f4 Ng4 16. Qxh7 Nf6 17. Qh3 Qc7 18. Rb3 Qc5+ 19. Kh1 Ne4 20. Qh4 Qe3
21. Qe1 Kd7 22. Nxc3 Ng3+ 23. Qxg3 Rxg3 24. Nxd5 {0-1 Huber,A-Rott,G/Graz op-A
1999/http://w3.to/ajelibre/ (24)}) 7... Nc6 8. Bd3 Nf5 ({An important
alternative here is:} 8... Bd7 9. Rb1 Qc7 10. O-O c4 11. Be2 O-O-O 12. Bxh6
gxh6 13. Qc1 Ne7 14. Qxh6 Nf5 15. Qd2 Rhg8 16. Ne1 f6 17. exf6 Rdf8 18. Nf3
Rxf6 19. Ne5 Be8 20. Bg4 Nd6 21. f3 h5 22. Bh3 Bg6 23. Qg5 Qg7 24. Rf2 Bf5 25.
Qxg7 Rxg7 26. Bxf5 exf5 27. Re2 a6 28. a4 Kc7 29. Kf2 {1/2-1/2 Klovans,J-Rott,
G/Graz op-A 1999/http://w3.to/ajelibre/ (66)}) 9. O-O $5 ({Another option:} 9.
dxc5 {yielded White a strong attack after} Nh4 10. Nxh4 Qxh4 11. Qe2 d4 12. O-O
dxc3 13. f4 Bd7 14. Rb1 Qe7 15. Rxb7 Qxc5+ 16. Be3 Qd5 17. Rfb1 Nd8 18. Rxd7
Kxd7 19. Bb5+ Kc8 20. Rd1 Qa2 21. Qd3 Nb7 22. Qxc3+ Kb8 23. Ba6 {1-0 Dueball,
J-Rott,G/Germany 1998/EXT 99 (23)}) 9... Qa5 10. Bd2 c4 11. Be2 (11. Bxf5 $5
exf5 12. a4 {leads to unclear play.}) 11... Bd7 12. g4 Nfe7 13. Nh4 {[%cal
Gf2f5] Preparing the f-pawn march.} h5 $5 14. gxh5 O-O-O 15. Kh1 Rh7 16. Rg1
Rdh8 17. Rg2 g6 18. Bf3 ({Allowing for the exchange sacrifice, which yields
Black good counterplay. Stronger was} 18. Rg5 $1 {, and White keeps better
chances.}) 18... Rxh5 $5 ({After} 18... gxh5 19. Qe2 {White has better
prospects.}) 19. Bxh5 Rxh5 20. Nf3 Nf5 21. Rg5 Rh8 22. a4 $5 {[%cal Gd1c1,
Gc1a3,Ga3c5] Sacrificing the a-pawn for the possibility to bring the white
queen to the f8-a3 diagonal.} Nd8 23. Qc1 Bxa4 24. Qa3 b5 25. Qc5+ Qc7 26.
Qxc7+ Kxc7 27. Ra2 Nc6 28. Rg4 Kd7 29. Bg5 a5 30. Rg1 Nce7 31. Bc1 $1 {[%cal
Gc1a3,Ga3e7] Now the Bishop comes to the a3-square.} Nc6 32. Ng5 Ke8 33. Ba3
Rh5 34. Bc5 Nfe7 35. h3 Nf5 36. Kh2 Nh4 37. Kh1 Nd8 38. f4 $6 ({A risky pawn
move in a time-trouble. After the more prudent} 38. Rg4 Nc6 {the chances are
about equal.}) 38... Nf5 39. Re1 Rh4 40. Kg2 Rxf4 41. Nh7 Nc6 42. Nf6+ Kd8 43.
Ba3 Nce7 44. Bc1 Nh4+ 45. Kg3 Nef5+ ({Another interesting option here was} 
45... Rf3+ 46. Kxh4 Nf5+ 47. Kg5 ({certainly, not} 47. Kg4 $4 Rg3+ 48. Kf4 g5#)
47... Rxc3 (47... Rg3+ 48. Ng4) 48. Bd2 Rg3+ 49. Ng4 c3 $13 {, with good
compensation for the rook.}) 46. Kxf4 Ng2+ 47. Kf3 Nxe1+ 48. Ke2 Nxc2 49. Bg5
Kc7 50. Kd2 Kc6 51. Rxc2 $6 (51. Rxa4 {is strongly met by} Ncxd4 $1) (51. Bf4
$5 {/\Ra4 was to be preferred, altgough after} Ncxd4 52. cxd4 Nxd4 53. Ng4 {
the position remains very unclear.}) 51... Bxc2 52. Kxc2 b4 53. Bc1 a4 $1 54.
Ng4 a3 $1 {[%cal Ga3a1,Gb4b1]} 55. cxb4 (55. Nh6 {is refuted by} b3+ 56. Kb1
a2+ 57. Kb2 Nh4 (57... Nxd4 58. cxd4 c3+ 59. Ka1 Kb5 60. Nxf7 Kc4 61. Nd6+ Kd3
62. Nb5 Kc2 63. Nxc3 Kxc3 64. Bb2+ Kd3 65. h4 Kc2 66. Ba3 Kc3 67. Bb2+ Kd3 $19)
) 55... Nxd4+ 56. Kb1 Nb5 57. Ne3 c3 58. Nc2 d4 59. Nxa3 d3 60. Nxb5 Kxb5 61.
Be3 Kxb4 62. Kc1 Kc4 63. Bb6 {[%cal Gc4b3,Gd3d2,Gc3c2]} Kd5 $6 (63... Kb3 $1 {
was the simplest way to victory:} 64. Be3 (64. Kd1 c2+ 65. Kc1 d2+ 66. Kxd2 Kb2
) (64. Bd4 d2+ 65. Kd1 Kc4 66. Bb6 Kd3) 64... d2+ 65. Kd1 Kb2 {/\c2-+} (65...
c2+ 66. Kxd2 Kb2 67. Kd3 c1=Q 68. Bxc1+ Kxc1 69. Ke4 Kd2 (69... g5 $2 70. Kf3
Kd2 71. Kg4 Ke3 72. Kxg5 $18) 70. Kf4 Kd3 71. Kg5 Ke4 72. Kf6 g5 73. Kxg5 Kxe5
74. h4 Kd6 75. Kf6 e5 $11) 66. Bd4 (66. Bxd2 cxd2 67. Kxd2 Kb3 68. Kd3 Kb4 $19)
66... g5 $1 $19 {(.)}) 64. Ba5 Kxe5 $2 ({If} 64... Kd4 $2 {, then} 65. h4 $1
Kc4 66. Bb6 Kb3 67. Be3 d2+ 68. Kd1 Kb2 69. Bd4 $11) ({Correct was} 64... Kc4
$1) 65. Bxc3+ Ke4 66. Kd2 f5 67. h4 e5 68. Ba5 f4 69. Bb6 (69. Bc7 {is met by}
Kd4 70. Bb6+ Kc4 71. Bc7 f3 72. Bb6 e4 73. Bf2 Kd5 74. Be1 Ke5 75. Ke3 Kf5 {
/\Kg4-h3-g2 -+}) 69... Kf3 70. Kxd3 e4+ 71. Kd4 $2 $138 (71. Kd2 $1 Kg2 $140
72. Ke2 e3 73. Ke1 Kf3 74. Bd8 Ke4 75. Bg5 f3 76. Bh6 Kd3 77. Kf1 {was to be
preferred. After the text move Black is winning easily.}) 71... e3 72. Ke5 Kg3
73. Kf6 e2 74. Ba5 f3 75. Be1+ f2 76. Bxf2+ Kxf2 77. Kxg6 e1=Q {...} 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Qa5 9. Bd2 f5 10. exf6 Rxf6 11. Qh5 Nf5 12. dxc5 (12. Nf3 {is the main
alternative:} Nc6 (12... c4 13. Bxf5 Rxf5 14. Ng5 h6 15. h4 Nd7 16. g4 Rf6 17.
Ne4 Rf8 18. Nd6 Nf6 19. Qg6 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. g5 hxg5 22. hxg5 Qf5 23. Qxf5
Rxf5 24. Rh4 Bd7 25. Rxe4 Kf7 26. Rh4 Bc6 27. Bf4 Kg6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Mnatsakanian,E-Zontakh,A/Budapest Spring op 1991 (35)}) 13. O-O c4 14. Be2 Nd6
15. Qh4 Bd7 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nf5 18. Qh3 Rf7 19. Rfb1 Qc7 20. Re1 Ba4 21.
Ra2 Qb6 22. Bg4 Re8 23. Bxf5 Rxf5 24. Be3 Rxe5 25. f4 Rxe3 26. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 27.
Rxe3 Kf7 28. Re2 Rd8 $44 {1/2-1/2 Nguyen Anh Dung-Andrienko,A/Budapest FS10 GM
1994 (52)}) 12... Nd7 (12... g6 {is an important option in this position.
White suffered a terrible debacle after} 13. Qg5 $6 (13. Qh3) 13... Nd7 14.
Bxf5 $6 {A wrong decision, yielding Black dangerous initiative.} Rxf5 15. Qe7 (
15. Qg3 $142) 15... Qxc5 16. Qxe6+ $2 ({The decisive mistake. Essential was} 
16. Qxc5) 16... Rf7 {Now White is lost.} 17. Nf3 Nf6 18. Qe2 Re7 19. Ne5 Bg4
20. f3 Rae8 21. Bf4 Qxc3+ 22. Kf2 Ne4+ $1 {0-1 Filipenko,A-Kosikov,A/Smolensk
op 1991/EXT 91op}) 13. g4 g6 14. Qh3 Ne7 15. Nf3 Qxc5 (15... e5 {deserves now
attention. White might respond by} 16. c4 Qxc5 $140 $2 17. Bb4 $18 {, with
sharp and unclear play.}) 16. Ng5 $1 {[%csl Rf2,Rh7][%cal Ge1d1,Gh1f1,Yc5f2,
Yf6f2,Gh3h7,Gg5h7,Gf1f2] An excellent resource. White incites 16...Qf2+ 17.
Kd1, and Black is defenceless against the threats Qh7+, since 17...Nf8 loses
in view of 18. Rf1.} Nf8 17. f4 $1 {Preventing the advancement e6-e5.} Nc6 (
17... Bd7 {, with the idea Ne7-c8-d6 was here an interesting alternative.}) 18.
Qg3 Bd7 19. Kd1 $1 {[%csl Ye5,Re6][%cal Gh1e1,Ge1e6,Gg5f3,Gf3e5] Another
impressive move. Now the white king is in security and White obtains the
e-file to the h1 rook.} Re8 20. Re1 Na5 21. Nf3 Ba4 22. g5 Rf7 23. Ne5 Rg7 ({
An exchange sacrifice} 23... Nc4 $5 {deserved now serious attention.}) 24. Ng4
Rc8 25. Qe3 $1 {Forcing a better ending.} Qxe3 (25... Qc7 26. Qe5 (26. Qd4 $16
{->})) 26. Bxe3 Nc6 {Preventing Bd4.} (26... Rxc3 {fails to} 27. Kd2 (27. Bd4
$4 {loses after} Rxd3+) 27... Rc8 28. Bd4 {, winning the exchange, since the
g7 rook cannot move in view of Ng4-h6#.}) 27. Rb1 Rgc7 $6 {This move
aggravates Black's position. Better was 27...b6, preventing the efficient
bishop 's thrust, which yielded White a huge advantage after the text move.}
28. Bc5 $1 {[%csl Rc7,Yd7,Rf6,Yf7,Rg8,Rh6][%cal Gc5d6,Gg4f6,Gf6d7,Gg4h6,Gh6g8,
Gh6f7,Gd6c7] Threatening 29. Bd6, after which 29...Rd7 loses in view of 30.
Nf6+, whilst 29...Rf7 fails to 30.Nh6+.} Kf7 29. Nh6+ Ke8 30. Bd6 Rd7 31. Bxf8
{Winning the pawn and retaining the attacking prospects.} Kxf8 32. Rxe6 Nd8 33.
Rf6+ Kg7 34. Kd2 d4 35. c4 Rc6 36. Ng4 {Black is clearly lost.} Rxf6 37. Nxf6
Re7 38. Nd5 Re6 39. h4 Bc6 40. Rf1 Bxd5 41. cxd5 Re3 42. f5 {The simplest. The
rest needs no comment.} gxf5 43. Rxf5 Rh3 44. Rf4 Rh2+ 45. Kc1 Nf7 46. Rxd4 Nd6
47. Rf4 b6 48. Kb2 Rh3 49. Kc3 Nb5+ 50. Kc4 Nd6+ 51. Kd4 Nb7 52. Ke5 Re3+ 53.
Re4 Rf3 54. d6 Nc5 55. Rf4 Re3+ 56. Kd5 Re8 57. Rf6 Re3 58. Bf5 1-0

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[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 "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 {Finkel,A} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 {Finkel: One of the
most favorite variations of armenian grandmaster.} 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4
Bd7 9. Nf3 ({In this system White can choose, which of the black bishops will
be exchanged for his b5 knight. Exchange of the dark-squared bishop is more
popular in the modern practice:} 9. Nxc7+ Qxc7 10. Nf3 (10. Bb2 $5 {Finkel,A}
Nh6 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Bd3 Rc8 13. Qe2 Nf5 14. O-O Ne3 $5 15. Rfc1 Nc4 16. Bxc4
dxc4 17. Bxd4 $14 {Sevillano,E-Comas Fabrego,L/Moscow olm PHI-ESP 1994 (47)})
10... a5 (10... Nc6 {Finkel,A} 11. Bb2 Nge7 12. Bd3 a6 $5 13. O-O h6 $1 14. Qd2
O-O 15. Kh1 Nf5 16. Rfe1 Rac8 $132 {Apicella,M-Dimitrov,V/Sofia team 1990 (41)}
) 11. Bd2 axb4 12. axb4 Rxa1 13. Qxa1 Nh6 (13... Qxc2 {Finkel,A} 14. Qa8 Qc8
15. b5 $1 Ne7 16. Bd3 O-O 17. O-O $44) 14. Bd3 Nf5 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Nc6
17. Qf2 O-O 18. O-O Ne7 19. Be3 f5 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. Bd4 Rf7 22. Be5 Qc8 23.
Qh4 h6 {Novik,M-Lputian,S/Moscow Alekhine op 1992/CBM 33/1-0 (62)}) (9. Nxd4 $5
{Finkel,A} Nc6 10. Ngf3 Nh6 11. Bd3 Bb6 12. Bb2 O-O 13. O-O Rc8 14. Kh1 Nf5 15.
Nxf5 (15. Bxf5 exf5 16. Qd3 Ne7 17. Rae1 Qc7 $132) 15... exf5 16. c4 $5 (16.
Qd2 $5) 16... dxc4 17. Bxc4 Be6 (17... Nxb4 $5 18. Bxf7+ Rxf7 19. axb4 Bc6 $132
) 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qb3 Qe7 $11 {Jakubiec,A-Bashkov,V/Katowice op 1993/1/2-1/2
(46)}) 9... Bxb5 (9... Ne7 {Finkel,A} 10. Nbxd4 Nbc6 (10... Ba4 $5 11. Bd3 a6
12. Ng5 $6 (12. O-O Nbc6 13. Bb2 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Rc8 15. f5 $1 $36) 12... g6 13.
h4 h5 14. g4 $6 Nbc6 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 $15 {Tonning Erik-Lyrberg Patrik/It (open)
"Peer Gynt", Gausdal (Norway) 1995 (26)}) 11. Be3 Nxd4 (11... f6 $5 12. Bd3
Nxd4 13. Nxd4 fxe5 14. fxe5 O-O $15) 12. Nxd4 Bb6 13. c3 (13. Bd3 $5 Qc7 14.
Qd2 O-O {/\ f6}) 13... Rc8 (13... a6 14. Bd3 Bxd4 15. cxd4 Bb5 $15) 14. Rc1 a6
(14... Nc6 15. Bd3 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Rxc1 17. Qxc1 a6 18. O-O Bb5 $11 {Lacasa,
J-Comas Fabrego,L/Olot op 1994 (40)}) 15. Bd3 Bxd4 16. cxd4 Bb5 17. Bxb5+ axb5
18. Rc5 b6 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 $15 {=/+ Kovacevic,V-Lputian,S/Geneve (open) 1986})
10. Bxb5+ Nd7 ({Another popular move is} 10... Nc6 11. O-O (11. Bd3 $5 {
Finkel,A} Nge7 12. Qe2 Bb6 13. O-O Nf5 14. Kh1 Qc7 15. a4 $6 (15. Bxf5 $5 exf5
16. Qd3 Qd7 17. Bb2 Rc8 18. b5 Na5 19. Bxd4 $14) 15... Nxb4 16. Bxf5 exf5 17.
Qb5+ Nc6 18. Ba3 Qd7 19. Bd6 Na5 $1 $15 {Stefansson,H-Mueller,K/Altensteig
1992/1-0 (100)}) (11. Nxd4 {Finkel,A} Nge7 12. Be3 Bb6 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. O-O O-O
15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Bd3 a5 17. Rab1 axb4 $11 {Cladouras,P-Budnikov,A/Berlin
Summer op 1992 (26)}) 11... Nge7 12. Bd3 a6 (12... Nf5 13. Bxf5 exf5 14. Qd3
Qd7 15. Bb2 O-O 16. Kh1 Bb6 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Rd2 g6 19. Rad1 Nd8 20. Bxd4 Ne6
21. Bxb6 axb6 22. c4 d4 23. Nxd4 Nxd4 24. Qxd4 Qc6 25. Rc1 Ra8 26. Rc3 Rfc8 27.
Qd5 {Dragovic,M-Gavela,D/JUG-chT2 1994/EXT 94ch/1-0 (46)}) 13. Kh1 h6 14. Qe2 (
14. Bb2 {Finkel,A} Bb6 15. Nd2 (15. Qd2 $6 O-O 16. a4 Qc7 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5
Na5 19. Bxd4 Nc4 20. Qb4 Ng6 $15 {Short,N-Vaganian,R/Biel izt 1985/0-1 (52)}))
14... Qd7 15. Bb2 Bb6 16. Rae1 Rc8 (16... g6 17. Nh4 Nf5 18. Nxf5 gxf5 19. g4
fxg4 20. Qxg4 O-O-O 21. Qh5 Rdf8 22. f5 Bc7 23. f6 Rfg8 24. Bc1 Qe8 25. Bf4 Qf8
26. Rg1 Rxg1+ 27. Rxg1 {1/2-1/2 Hellers,F-Dimitrov,V/WchJ 1986/EXT 86ch (56)})
(16... O-O-O $5 {Finkel,A}) 17. g4 g6 18. Nh4 h5 19. f5 hxg4 20. fxg6 Rxh4 21.
gxf7+ Kf8 22. Bc1 Nf5 23. Bxf5 d3 24. Bxd3 g3 25. Qg2 Rxh2+ 26. Qxh2 gxh2 27.
Bh6+ Ke7 28. Bg5+ Kf8 29. Bh6+ Ke7 30. Bg6 Bc7 31. Bg5+ Kf8 32. Bh6+ Ke7 33.
f8=Q+ Rxf8 34. Bxf8+ Kd8 35. Rf7 Qe8 36. Bg7 Nxe5 37. Bf6+ {1-0 Chandler,
M-Vaganian,R/London 1986/MCL 02}) 11. O-O (11. Bb2 $6 {Finkel,A} Ne7 12. Bxd4
Nf5 13. c3 O-O 14. Bd3 Nxd4 15. cxd4 f6 (15... Rc8 $2 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Ng5+
$18 {[%cal Gd1h5]}) 16. O-O Rc8 $13) 11... Ne7 12. Nxd4 O-O 13. Bd3 g6 (13...
Bb6 $6 {Finkel,A} 14. c3 Rc8 15. Bb2 Nc6 16. Kh1 $36) 14. Bb2 $6 {Finkel:
Bishop's place is on e3,but also after move in the game white keeps slightly
better chances. A dubious decision. Now Black obtains a chance to develop a
strong initiative on the queenside. After the natural 14.Be3 White retains a
minimal advantage.} Nb6 $1 {This knight is playing major role in black's play.
Intending to penetrate to a4.} 15. Qf3 ({Now} 15. a4 {is strongly met by} Nc4 (
15... a5 16. b5 Nc4 {is also good for Black}) 16. Bxc4 (16. Bc1 {falls short
after} Bb6) (16. Bc3 {is bad in view of} Ne3) 16... dxc4 {/\Bb6, /\Nd5, with
dangerous initiative.}) (15. Nb5 $6 {Finkel,A} Na4 16. Bd4 Bb6 17. Kh1 Bxd4 18.
Nxd4 Nb2 19. Qd2 Nxd3 20. cxd3 Qb6 $11) 15... Na4 16. Bc1 Bb6 17. Be3 Nb2 $1 {
The b8-knight works very efficiently in this game. Now White's active
light-squared bishop cannot escape the exchange, since 18.Be2 is strongly met
by 18...Rc8.} 18. a4 $6 {Finkel: White is too optimistic about his chances in
this position.} ({Unnecessarily weakening the b4-pawn. It seems that the
ingenuous} 18. Rab1 Nxd3 19. cxd3 {was much better.} (19. cxd3 {Finkel,A} Rc8 (
19... Nc6 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Rbc1 Rc8 22. Bc5 $1 $14) 20. Rbc1 $11 {was more in
spirit of position.})) 18... a6 {Otherwise 19.a5 is very unpleasant.} 19. a5
Ba7 20. Nb3 $6 ({This dubious move yields Black a large advantage. Again,} 20.
Rab1 Nxd3 21. cxd3 {was to be preferred.}) 20... Nxd3 21. cxd3 d4 $1 {Finkel:
Of course the assesment of the position still lies very close to equality,but
now black is the one who fights for the advantage. Correct decision. Weakness
of the d4-pawn is fully compensated by the actvity of the black pieces gaining
now access to d5.} 22. Bf2 Qd5 $1 {Forcing the queen exchange.} 23. Qxd5 (23.
Qd1 {is strongly met by} Nf5 {/\Ne3} (23... Nc6 {is also very unpleasant for
White})) ({If} 23. Nd2 {, then} Qxf3 24. Nxf3 Nd5) 23... Nxd5 24. Bxd4 Bxd4+
25. Nxd4 Rfd8 $1 ({It is much stronger than} 25... Nxb4 26. Rab1 Nxd3 27. Rxb7)
26. Nb3 (26. Rab1 $6 {Finkel,A} Rac8 $1 (26... Ne3 27. Rf3 Rxd4 28. Rxe3 Rxf4
29. Re4 Rxe4 30. dxe4 Rc8 31. Kf2 $11 {[%cal Gb4b5]}) 27. Nb3 Nxb4 28. Nc1 Nxd3
29. Nxd3 Rxd3 30. Rxb7 Rc2 $17) (26. Ne2 $5 {Finkel,A} Nxb4 27. Rfb1 Nxd3 28.
Rxb7 Rac8 $36 {[%cal Gc8c2]}) 26... Nxb4 27. Nc5 Rab8 28. Rab1 (28. Ra3 $5 {
Finkel,A} Rd5 29. Rb1 Nc2 $1 30. Rc3 Rc8 $1 31. Rxc2 Rcxc5 32. Rxc5 Rxc5 33.
Rxb7 Rxa5 $15) 28... Nxd3 29. Nxb7 Rd5 {Finkel: Now the advantage of black is
beyond any doubt.} 30. g3 (30. Nd6 {Finkel,A} Rxb1 31. Rxb1 Nxf4 (31... Rxa5 $6
32. Rb8+ Kg7 33. g3 $132) 32. Rb8+ Kg7 33. Rb7 Nd3 34. Nxf7 Rxa5 35. h4 Kg8 $17
) 30... g5 $1 {This natural move destroys White's pawn chain and opens the way
for the black king.} 31. Rb3 Kg7 32. fxg5 ({Uneasy decision, but Black is
threatening by gxf4 followed by Kg6-f5, whilst} 32. Rd1 $2 {fails to} Nxf4)
32... Nxe5 33. h4 Rc8 $1 {[%cal Gg7g6,Gg6h5,Gh5g4,Gd5d2,Gc8c2] Involving the
rook into play. White pieces are discoordinated, his knight has no moves,
whereas Black has manifold possibilities to activate further his pieces.} 34.
Rfb1 Kg6 {White is helpless.} 35. Rb6 Kh5 {[%csl Rb1,Rg1][%cal Gc8c2,Ge5f3,
Gf3d2,Gf3g1,Yd5d2,Yd2g2,Gc2d2]} ({King's march wins easily, but the most
natural} 35... Rc2 $1 36. R6b2 (36. Rd6 Nf3+ 37. Kf1 Nd2+ $19) (36. R6b3 Rdd2
$19) 36... Nf3+ 37. Kf1 (37. Kh1 Rd1+ $19) 37... Rcd2 $1 {followed by ...Rf5
was simpler.}) 36. Rd6 {Finkel: Despiration,but it's not so easy to give white
a good advice!} ({Taking the chance to exchange the rooks. It is obvious that
after} 36. Rxa6 Rc2 {White is defenceless.}) 36... Rc2 37. Rxd5 exd5 38. Rb4 {
Preventing the killing ...Kg4.} d4 $1 {Using the tactical motive (the d-pawn
is invulnerable in view of ...Nf3+). White is entirely helpless against the
d-pawn march.} 39. Nd6 d3 40. Nf5 {White resigned in view of 40...d2.} 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.12.11"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Rudolf, Henrik"]
[Black "Schmidt, Bodo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Neukoelln"]
[BlackTeam "Godesberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Nf3
b6 9. c4 Ba6 10. cxd5 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 exd5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Qe2 Ne7 14. e6 f6
15. c4 d4 16. g3 Qc6 17. h4 Na6 18. h5 Rb8 19. Kg2 O-O 20. Bf4 Rb6 21. Rhe1 Nc7
22. Bxc7 Qxc7 23. Rab1 Qc6 24. Rb5 Rfb8 25. Reb1 ({Or} 25. a4 a6 26. Rxb6 Rxb6
{, keeping an edge.}) 25... Rxb5 26. cxb5 Qd5 27. a4 d3 (27... Rb6 28. Re1 Rd6
{was a tempting alternative.}) 28. Qe3 Rb6 $6 ({Better was} 28... Nf5 29. Qf4
Re8 {retaining an advantage.}) 29. Rc1 $1 c4 30. Qf4 Rxe6 31. Rxc4 $4 ({
A terrible mistake severely punished by Black. Essential was} 31. Qxc4 {
, with equal chances.}) {[%tqu "En","How would you take advantage of White's
big mistake on the previous move?","The passed pawn is Black's main trump in
this position...","Exploit a shaky position of the white rook and the pin on
the main diagonal.","d3d2","Of course! This nice move wins a rook and the game.
",3]} 31... d2 $1 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Gd5c4,Gd5g2] This simple move was obviously
overlooked by White. Now the game is over.} 32. Rd4 ({Or} 32. Qxd2 Qxc4) 32...
d1=Q 33. Qb8+ Kf7 34. Rxd1 Qxd1 35. Qxa7 Qb3 36. Qa8 Rd6 37. h6 Qd5 38. Qb8 Rd8
39. Qf4 Ng6 40. Qc7+ Rd7 0-1

[Event "AUT-chT 9596"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Atlas, Valeri"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Nh6
(8... Ne7 9. Nf3 a6 10. Nxc7+ Qxc7 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. Bb2 Ba4 13. O-O Nbc6 14. Rf2
Rc8 15. Rc1 g6 16. Qd2 a5 17. b5 Na7 18. Qe2 Nf5 19. g4 Ne7 20. b6 {1-0 Lanc,
Alois-Hagara,Eduard/Topolcianky ch-SVK (03) 1994}) 9. Nf3 (9. Bd3 Bd7 10. Nf3
Bxb5 11. Bxb5+ Nc6 12. Nxd4 O-O 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nxc6 Qd7 15. Nd4 Bb6 16. Be3
Rfc8 17. O-O Rc3 18. Bf2 Rac8 $17 {Wallace-Landenbergue, Moscow ol, 1994}) 9...
Bd7 10. Nxc7+ (10. Bb2 O-O 11. Nxc7 Qxc7 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. O-O a6 14. Qe2 Nf5 15.
Kh1 Rac8 16. Rf2 f6 17. Re1 fxe5 18. fxe5 Qd8 $15 {Duschek-Landenbergue, Bern
1994}) (10. Nfxd4 $5 {N} a6 11. Nxc7+ Qxc7 12. Bd2 $14 (12. Bb2 $5) 12... Nc6
13. Nf3 $1 Ne7 14. a4 {[#]} Nef5 (14... Nc8 $5 {/\ Nb6-c4} 15. a5 Ne7 {/\ Bb5})
15. Bd3 Qb6 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Qf2 d4 $2 (17... Qxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Ng4+ $1 19. Ke2 f6
{/\ Be8-h5}) 18. h3 $16 Bc6 19. O-O Ne3 20. Rfe1 Nef5 $2 (20... Bxf3 21. Qxf3
Nhf5 22. g4 Ne7 $16) 21. Ng5 $18 f6 (21... g6 22. g4 Ne3 23. c3 {/\ cd4}) 22.
Nxe6 Rfe8 23. a5 Qa7 24. exf6 gxf6 25. g4 Kh8 26. gxf5 Rg8+ 27. Kf1 Rg2 28. Qh4
{1-0 Hellers,F-Knaak,R/Novi Sad (ol) 50/322 1990}) 10... Qxc7 11. Bb2 (11. Bd3
a6 12. a4 $1 $146 (12. O-O Bb5 13. Bxb5+ axb5 14. Qd3 Nc6 15. Qxb5 Qd7 16. Qc5
(16. Ng5 f6 17. Nf3 O-O 18. Bb2 fxe5 19. fxe5 Nf5 20. Qd3 h6 21. Bxd4 Nfxd4 22.
Nxd4 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Nxd4 24. Qxd4 Rxa3 25. c4 {1/2-1/2 Bichsel,W-Hug,W/SUI-chT
(7) 1994}) 16... Rc8 17. Re1 Nf5 18. Qb6 h5 19. Re2 O-O 20. Bb2 Nce7 21. Nxd4
Rc4 22. Nb3 d4 23. Nc5 Qd5 24. Nb3 d3 25. Rf2 Rxc2 26. Nd4 Rxf2 27. Kxf2 Rc8
28. Kg1 Nh4 {0-1 Almasi,Z-Hug,W/Altensteig (02) 1994}) 12... Nc6 (12... Nf5 13.
Qd2 $14) (12... Ng4 13. Qd2 $14) (12... b5 {d} 13. axb5 Qb6 14. Ra5 $1 {
/\Bb2+/-}) 13. Qd2 Nf5 (13... f6 $142 $5 {Hug,W} 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Bb2 Nf7 16.
b5 axb5 17. axb5 Rxa1+ 18. Bxa1 Ne7 19. Bxd4 e5 $132) (13... Qb6 14. Ba3 Nf5
15. b5 $1 $16 Na5 16. g4 $1 {a} Ne3 17. Qb4 O-O-O 18. bxa6 Qxb4+ 19. Bxb4 Nc6
20. Bd6 {/\Rb1+-}) 14. Bb2 Qb6 15. b5 axb5 16. axb5 Rxa1+ 17. Bxa1 Qa5 18. bxc6
(18. Bb2 $142 $1 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Na5 20. Ra1 b6 21. g4 $1 Ne3 $140 22. Bxd4
Nec4+ 23. Kc3 Ke7 24. Bxb6 $18) (18. Ke2 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Na5 20. g4 Ne3 21. Nxd4
Nac4+ 22. Ke2 h5 $1 23. g5 g6 $14) 18... Qxa1+ 19. Kf2 Qxh1 20. cxd7+ Kxd7 21.
Bxf5 (21. Qb4 Kc8) 21... exf5 22. e6+ (22. Qb4 Kc8 23. Qc5+ Kb8 $10) 22... fxe6
(22... Kxe6 $2 23. Nxd4+ Kf6 24. Qe3 $18) 23. Ne5+ Kc8 24. Qxd4 Rd8 $8 25. Qc5+
Kb8 26. Qb6 Kc8 27. Qc5+ Kb8 28. Qb6 Kc8 29. Qxe6+ Kc7 30. Qe7+ Kc8 31. Qe6+
Kc7 32. Qe7+ Kc8 33. Qe6+ {1/2-1/2, Atlas V-Kindermann, Ptuj zt 1995}) 11... a6
(11... Ba4 $5) (11... a5 $5 12. Bd3 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 O-O 15. Bxd4
Nc6 16. Bc5 Rc8 17. O-O b6 18. Bd6 Qd8 19. Qd1 Ne7 20. Ng5 Nef5 21. Qh5 Ba4 22.
Bxf5 exf5 23. Rf3 Rxc2 $17 {Smirin,I-Lputian,S/Lvov zt 1990}) 12. Nxd4 $1 $146
{+/=} (12. a4 $6 Nc6 13. Ba3 Nf5 (13... O-O $5 14. b5 axb5 15. axb5 Ne7 $1 (
15... Rxa3 $2 16. Rxa3 Nb4 17. Nxd4 $18))) (12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Nxd4 Qb6 $1 14. c3
Rc8 15. g4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Bb5 17. h3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Qb5 19. Kd2 Kd7 20. Rhc1 f5
21. Qxb5+ axb5 $14 {Frick,R - Hug,W/Bern zt (04) 1990}) 12... Nc6 (12... Ba4 $5
13. Bd3 Nc6 14. O-O Qb6 15. Kh1 (15. Rf2 Bb5) 15... Bb5 16. f5 $5 $36 (16. Nxb5
axb5 17. f5)) 13. Nf3 (13. Nb3 $5 $14) (13. Bd3 $5 Qb6 $1 14. c3 Rc8 (14...
Nxd4 15. cxd4 Bb5 $5) 15. g4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Bb5 {- see game Frick,R - Hug,W, 90}
) 13... Ne7 (13... O-O $5 {/\Nf5}) 14. a4 $1 {[#]} (14. Bd3 $6 Bb5 $1) 14...
Nc8 (14... O-O 15. Bd3 $16) 15. Bd3 Nb6 16. a5 Nc4 (16... Na4 17. Bd4) 17. Bd4
Bb5 18. O-O g6 (18... Nf5 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. e6 $1 $16) 19. Qe1 $1 {/\Qh4, ><f6}
Nf5 20. Bc5 (20. Bxf5 gxf5 21. Qh4 Qe7 $14) 20... h5 21. h3 (21. Bxf5 gxf5 22.
Qh4 Qd8 23. Qg3 Kd7 $14) 21... Qd7 (21... O-O-O $6 22. Bxc4 Bxc4 23. Bb6 Qc6
24. Bxd8 Bxf1 25. Bf6) 22. g4 $1 hxg4 23. hxg4 Ne7 24. Nd4 $5 (24. Kg2 $1 {
/\Rh1+/-}) 24... O-O-O 25. Kg2 Nc6 26. Nxb5 $5 (26. Rh1 Rxh1 $140 27. Qxh1 Ne3+
28. Kf3) 26... axb5 27. Rh1 $6 (27. a6 $5 bxa6 (27... b6 28. Bxc4 dxc4 29. Bd6
$16) 28. Rxa6 Kb7 29. Bxc4 Kxa6 30. Bxb5+ Kb7 31. Qe2 $44 (31. Ba6+ $143 $2
Kxa6 32. Qe2+ Kb7 33. Ra1 Kc8 $1 $8 34. Ra8+ Nb8 $19)) (27. Rd1 d4) 27... g5 $6
(27... Rxh1 $142 $1 28. Kxh1 g5 $1 29. Bxc4 dxc4 30. Bd6 $13) 28. Rxh8 $1 Rxh8
29. Bxc4 dxc4 30. Rd1 $1 $16 Qe8 (30... Qc7 31. Rd6 $16) 31. fxg5 (31. Qe4 $142
$1 Rh4 $8 (31... gxf4 32. Rd6 {/\a5-a6+-} Qg8 33. Rxc6+ $18) 32. fxg5 Qh8 33.
a6 $1 (33. Rd6 $2 Nxe5) 33... Rh2+ 34. Kg1 Qh3 (34... Qh4 35. axb7+ Kc7 36. Qf3
$18) 35. axb7+ Kc7 36. Bf2 $1 $18) 31... Qg8 32. Qe4 Qh7 $8 (32... Qxg5 33. a6
$1 $18) 33. Qxh7 Rxh7 34. Bd6 $16 {_|_} (34. g6 $5) 34... Rg7 35. Kf3 Rxg5 36.
Kf4 Rg7 $2 (36... Rg8 $142 37. Rh1 Kd7 38. Rh7 Ke8 39. g5 $16) 37. Rh1 $18 Kd7
38. Rh8 Nd4 $2 39. Rb8 Kc6 40. Rc8+ Kd7 (40... Kd5 41. Rc5#) 41. Rc7+ Kd8 42.
Rxb7 1-0

[Event "Pamplona 9798 8th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. Bd2
Qc7 9. Bd3 (9. Rc1 Qa5 10. h4 Qxa3 11. h5 h6 12. Rh3 c4 13. Rf3 Nbc6 14. Rf4 b5
15. Qf3 Nd8 16. g4 Ke8 17. Nh3 Rb8 18. g5 Nf5 19. Bg2 a5 20. gxh6 Nxh6 21. Qg3
Kf8 22. Rf3 Nc6 23. Ng5 Rb7 24. Bh3 Nd8 25. Qg1 Ng8 26. Bg4 {1-0 Polgar,
J-Nikolic,P/Linares14th 1997 (58)}) 9... Bd7 $6 ({A new move, which is
probably weaker than the standard} 9... b6 10. Nf3 Ba6 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Bxa6
Nxa6 13. c4 Qc6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. O-O h6 16. Rfe1 Qe6 17. Qa4 Kg8 18. Rab1 Kh7
19. Qh4 Kg8 20. Rb7 Nf5 21. Qf4 Nb8 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Nikolic,P/EU-chTM 1997 
(38)}) 10. a4 $1 {An essential advance. Otherwise after ...Ba4 /\ c4 White has
serious problems with his c-pawn.} c4 11. Be2 Qb6 $6 {Provokes the
dark-squared bishop transfer to the f8-a3 diagonal.} ({Still, after} 11... Nbc6
12. Nf3 {White is clearly better.}) 12. Bc1 (12. Nf3 Qb2 13. Rc1 Bxa4 14. Bd1 {
yields White a good compensation, but the text move is much stronger.}) 12...
Qa5 13. Kd2 $1 {With the closed center, White has no reason to have seious
concerns about the security of his king on d2, whose centralized position
yields White good possibilities for a rapid mobilization of his forces.} Bxa4
14. Ba3 Nbc6 15. Nf3 Kg8 16. h4 b5 17. Bc5 (17. h5 {would be a serious mistake
in view of} b4 18. cxb4 c3+ $1 (18... Nxb4 $2 19. c3) 19. Kxc3 Nxb4 $1 20. Bxb4
$140 Rc8+ $19) 17... Rb8 ({An untimely advance} 17... b4 18. cxb4 c3+ {(/\19.
Kc3 Nb4!) is refuted by} 19. Kc1 $1 $18) ({Perhaps,} 17... h5 {could offer
have Black more defensive chances.}) 18. h5 h6 19. Ra2 $1 Kh7 ({What happens
after} 19... b4 20. Rha1 bxc3+ {?} {Correct is King's fearless excelcior:} 21.
Ke3 $1 (21. Kc1 {loses after} Qb5 22. Rxa4 Qb2+ 23. Kd1 Qb1+ 24. Rxb1 Rxb1#) (
21. Ke1 {admits an elegant refutation by} Nb4 $1 22. Rxa4 Nxc2+ 23. Kf1 (23.
Kd1 Nxa1 $1 24. Rxa5 Rb1#) 23... Qxa4 24. Rxa4 Rb1+ 25. Bd1 Ne3+ $3 26. fxe3 c2
27. Bxe7 (27. Ne1 cxd1=Q 28. Qxd1 Rxd1 29. Bxe7 c3 $17) 27... cxd1=Q+ 28. Kf2
Qxa4 29. Bf6 Rh7 $19) 21... Nf5+ 22. Kf4 f6 23. Rxa4 fxe5+ 24. Nxe5 Qc7 25.
Rxa7 $1 $18) 20. Rha1 $1 {Doubling his rooks along the a-file, White prevents
a pawn advance b5-b4 and can then comfortably mobilize his forces for attack
on the kingside.} Rhf8 21. Nh4 Qd8 22. f4 Qd7 23. Rf1 {Planning 24. Qh3
followed by g2-g4 and f4-f5.} f5 24. Qh3 (24. exf6 $2 Rxf6 {/\Rf8 would pass
advantage to Black.}) 24... Rf7 25. g4 fxg4 {Otherwise White could play 256.g5,
with a very dangerous attack.} 26. Bxg4 Nf5 27. Nxf5 exf5 28. Bf3 {Despite the
extra pawn, Black is lost. He is entirely defenseless against the attack along
the g-file.} Rd8 ({Or} 28... Nd8 29. Bd6 $18) 29. Re1 Qe6 (29... Re8 {fails to}
30. Qg2 {קd5}) 30. Rg1 {Threatening 31.Rg6} Ne7 31. Bxa7 Re8 32. Qg2 Qd7 33.
Bb6 Qe6 34. Bc5 Rd8 35. Bb4 $1 {Cutting a way back for the black bishop. Now
White can comfrtably transfer his a2-rook to the kingside.} Rd7 36. Raa1 Rd8
37. Qh3 Rd7 38. Rg3 Rd8 39. Rag1 Kh8 40. Qg2 {[%csl Rd5,Rg7][%cal Gg1g7,Gb4e7,
Gg2d5]} ({Black resigned in view of} 40. Qg2 Rg8 41. Bxe7 Qxe7 42. Bxd5) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 25th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.07.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Qa5 ({In a recent game Artur
opted for} 12... Nbc6 13. Nf3 Qf8 (13... c4 14. Be2 Bd7 15. h4 Qa5 16. Qd2 Nf5
17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 d4 19. Bf6 dxc3 20. Qf4 Qc7 21. Qxc4 Qxc4 22. Bxc4 Rc8
23. Ba2 h6 24. h5 g5 25. O-O-O Re8 26. g4 Ng7 27. Rh3 Ref8 28. Rxc3 Bc6 29. Bc4
Rxf6 30. exf6 Rxf6 31. Rd8+ Kf7 32. Bb5 Rf3 33. Rdd3 Rxd3 34. Bxd3 Ne8 35. Bg6+
{1-0 Komarov,D-Naumkin,I/Porto San Giorgio 1996}) 14. O-O c4 15. Be2 h6 16. Bh4
Nf5 17. Bg3 g5 18. Qd2 {+/= Timman,J-Yusupov,A/Novgorod 1995}) 13. Bd2 Nbc6 14.
Nf3 c4 15. Be2 Bd7 16. O-O Kg7 $6 ({An interesting concept, which was, however,
refuted byTopalov in this game. The popular alternative is} 16... Nf5 17. Qc1
Raf8 18. a4 Nd6 19. Ng5 Rf6 20. Qa3 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Qxd2 22. Qxd6 Bc8 23. Bxc4
Qxg5 24. Bd3 Qf4 25. Qc5 b6 {1/2-1/2 Vehi Bach,V-Alvarez Ibarra,D/San
Sebastian op 1994}) 17. Qc1 $1 {Forcing 17...Ng8 and preparing bishop transfer
to the b8-h2 diagonal.} Ng8 18. Bf4 Raf8 (18... Qxc3 $4 {loses immediately
after} 19. Bd2 {Black sacrifices the exchange hoping to get sufficient
compensation. It seems the most reasonable decision. Otherwise after 19.Ne5 
(or 19.Be5) White has a huge advantage.}) 19. Bd6 Qxc3 20. a4 $1 {[%csl Rc3]
[%cal Ga1a3,Ga4a5,Ga3c3]} ({The strongest reply. After} 20. Bxf8+ $6 Rxf8 {
><d4, Black gets good counterplay. In the presence of the dark-squared bishop
the d4 pawn is indirectly protected. The text move creates the threat of 21.a5
followed by 22.Ra3.}) 20... Nf6 {Threatening Nd4.} 21. Rd1 Ne4 ({After} 21...
Rd8 {the black queen is in the trouble:} 22. a5 $1 Nb4 23. Ra3 $1 Qxc2 24. Bxb4
Qxe2 25. Re1 $18) 22. Ra3 Qa5 23. Bxf8+ Rxf8 24. c3 {Essential move,
preventing 24...c3 and fixing White's advnatage.} Qb6 25. Re1 Nd6 26. Bd1 Rf6
27. Ra2 Nf7 28. Qa3 Na5 29. Ne5 Nxe5 30. Rxe5 Qd8 31. Re3 {Black clearly did
not obtain sufficient compensation for the exchange. Yet, White needs to finds
the effiicient way to convert his advantage.} Qf8 32. Qc1 {Queen exchange
would be in Black's favor.} Nb3 33. Qb1 Na5 34. h3 b6 35. Bg4 Qd6 36. Qe1 {
Aiming at e6 pawn.} Nc6 37. h4 Nd8 38. g3 Nf7 39. Rae2 Nd8 {[%csl Re6][%cal
Ge1e6,Gg4e6] Black managed to protect his weakest e6 pawn, but White has other
resources for imporving his position.} 40. Qa1 Nc6 41. Rf3 $1 {Rook exchange
increases White's attacking chances and yields him more freedom for aggressive
actions.} Rxf3 42. Bxf3 Nd8 43. Bg4 Nf7 44. Re1 Kf6 45. Qc1 Ke7 46. h5 $1 Kf6 (
46... g5 {fails to} 47. Qc2 h6 48. Qg6 {, and the white queen penetrates the
kingside.}) 47. hxg6 hxg6 48. Kg2 Kg7 49. Bd1 Qe7 50. Bc2 Qg5 51. Qd1 Nh6 52.
Qe2 Qf6 53. Rh1 Be8 54. f4 g5 {Otherwise after 55.Qf3 followed by g4 Black's
position is unbearable.} 55. Rf1 $1 Bf7 56. fxg5 Qxg5 57. Rf4 Bg8 58. Qe3 Kh8
59. Qc1 $1 {Excellent maneuver, allowing White to transfer his queen to the
diagonal a3-f8. The white queen's invasion into the Black's kingside decides
the game.} Kg7 (59... Qe7 $4 {loses after} 60. Rh4) 60. Qa3 Bf7 61. Qd6 Ng4 62.
Kf3 $1 Nf6 63. Qe7 Qh5+ 64. Ke3 Qg5 65. Ke2 a6 66. Kd1 $1 {The final subtlety.
Transferring his king to the queenside, White develops irresistible attack.}
Qh5+ 67. Kc1 Ng8 68. Qc7 b5 69. axb5 axb5 70. g4 Qh1+ 71. Kb2 Nh6 72. Qe5+ Kg8
73. Qg5+ Kf8 74. Qd8+ Kg7 75. Qf6+ {In view of 76.g5 Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Najdorf Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1997.05.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Panno, Oscar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. Bd2
(8. a4 Qc7 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nbc6 11. Qc5 Bd7 12. Bb5 a6 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Ba3
Qa5 15. O-O Qxc5 16. Bxc5 f6 17. Rfb1 Nd8 18. Bb6 Nec6 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Nd2
Kg7 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Nikolic,P/Reykjavik 1991 (54)}) 8... Qc7 9. Rc1 $5 ({
Interesting, although very risky move. White sacrifices material hoping to
mate the black king. Prudent retreat} 9. Qd1 {, analogous to that of Kasparov
in his game against Nikolic also deserved attention}) 9... Nbc6 10. Bd3 Qa5 11.
h4 c4 12. Be2 Qxa3 13. h5 h6 14. Rh3 b5 15. Rf3 Qb2 {Planning march of a-pawn.}
16. Nh3 a5 17. Nf4 Kg8 18. Nd3 $5 {An interesting sacrifice. White tries to
get control over the diagonal b1-h7, planning to attack the g7 pawn.} cxd3 (
18... Qa3 {seems weak in view of} 19. Nc5) 19. Bxd3 Nf5 20. Qf4 {With the idea
g4.} Ra7 21. g4 Nfxd4 22. Rg3 {The threat is g5.} Re7 23. g5 Nf5 24. Bxf5 exf5
25. gxh6 Re6 26. Rxg7+ Kf8 27. Qg5 Nxe5 $2 {A losing mistake in a complex
position.} (27... Rexh6 $4 {also loses after} 28. Rg8+ Rxg8 29. Qxh6+ Rg7 30.
Qh8+ Rg8 31. Bh6+ Ke7 32. Qf6+ Ke8 33. Qxc6+ $18) (27... f6 {seems to be the
strongest continuation:} 28. Rf7+ Kxf7 (28... Ke8 $5 29. Qg7 Nxe5 {deserves
attention}) 29. Qg7+ Ke8 30. Qxh8+ Kd7 31. Qg7+ Re7 32. Qxe7+ Kxe7 33. h7 Nxe5)
(27... Ne7 {is also a plausible alternative:} 28. Rxf7+ (28. h7 f6 29. Qh6 Ke8
30. Rg1 {/\Qg7} d4 $5 31. Qg7 Rxh7 32. Qxh7 Rxe5+ $13) 28... Ke8 29. Qg7 Rhxh6
30. Bxh6 Qxc3+ 31. Kf1 Qh3+ 32. Kg1 Qxh5 33. Rxe7+ Rxe7 34. Qg8+ Kd7 35. Qxd5+
Ke8 {It seems that White cannot win:} 36. Qc6+ (36. Rd1 $2 {is is refuted by}
Qg6+ 37. Qg2 (37. Kf1 $2 Rd7 $1 $19) 37... Qxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Rxe5) 36... Kf7 (
36... Bd7 $4 37. Qa8+ Kf7 38. Qf8+ Ke6 39. Qf6+ $18) 37. Qf6+ Ke8 $11) ({
Logical seems} 27... Qa3 $5 {, returning the queen into play.} 28. h7 (28.
Rxf7+ $2 {loses after} Kxf7 29. Qg7+ Ke8 30. Qxh8+ Qf8) 28... Ne7 {At first
glance, all White's threats are parried, but} 29. h6 $1 {discloses White's
resources:} Rxe5+ 30. Kf1 Qd6 31. Rg8+ Nxg8 (31... Rxg8 32. hxg8=Q+ Nxg8 33.
Qg7+ Ke7 34. h7 $1 $18) 32. Qg7+ Ke7 33. Qxh8 Nf6 34. Bg5 $18) 28. Qd8+ Re8 29.
Qd6+ Re7 30. Kd1 $1 {Instead of draw by repetition, White goes for the
decisive involving his bishop into attack.} Ng4 (30... Nc4 {is refuted by} 31.
Qd8+ Re8 32. Qc7 Be6 33. Qc5+ Re7 34. Bg5 $18) 31. Rxg4 $1 {Wins immediately.}
fxg4 32. Bg5 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.04.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qh5+
(8. Qg3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Ne7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Bd3 b6 12. Ne2 Ba6 13. Nf4 Qd7 14. h4
Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nbc6 16. Rh3 Rac8 17. Rg3 Rf7 18. h5 Nd8 19. c3 Rf8 20. Kf1 Rc4
21. Kg1 Nf7 22. a4 Rfc8 23. Qb1 Nc6 24. Qd1 Ne7 25. h6 g6 26. Qh5 Rxa4 27. Rxa4
Qxa4 28. Nxe6 Qc2 29. Qh4 f4 30. Bxf4 Nf5 31. Rxg6+ {1-0 Kasparov,G-Short,N/It
1997}) 8... g6 9. Qd1 Bd7 10. Nf3 cxd4 (10... Ba4 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qc3+
13. Bd2 Qxd3 14. cxd3 Bxd1 15. Kxd1 Nc6 $11 {0-1 Polgar,J-Morovic,I/Buenos
Aires 1992 (56)}) 11. cxd4 Ba4 12. Bd2 (12. Ra2 Nd7 13. Bd2 Ne7 14. Bd3 h6 15.
h4 Nb6 16. Qc1 Ng8 17. Rb2 Nc4 18. Rb4 Nxd2 19. Nxd2 Bd7 20. c4 $36 {1-0
Kamsky,G-Panno,O/Buenos Aires Najdorf 1993 (38)}) 12... Nc6 (12... Bxc2 $6 13.
Rc1 Bxd1 14. Rxc7 Bxf3 15. Rxb7 $1 $16) 13. Bd3 h6 $1 (13... O-O-O $143) 14. h4
O-O-O 15. Kf1 Kb8 16. Rh3 Rc8 17. Qe1 (17. Kg1 Na5 $15) 17... Qd7 18. Rc1 Nge7
19. Kg1 Ka8 20. Rg3 Rh7 21. Qe2 Rch8 22. Rh3 (22. c4 $2 g5 $1 $17) 22... Nc8
23. c4 dxc4 24. Bxc4 Nb6 25. Ba2 g5 (25... Nd5 $5 26. Qc4 Nce7) 26. d5 $8 (26.
hxg5 hxg5 27. Nxg5 Rxh3 $17) 26... g4 (26... Nxd5) 27. dxc6 Bxc6 28. Rg3 gxf3
29. gxf3 Bd5 30. Be3 f4 (30... Bxa2 31. Bxb6 Bd5 32. Rc7 Qe8 33. Rxh7 Rxh7 34.
Qb5 Rh8 (34... Qb8 35. Bxa7 $1 $18) (34... Qc8 35. Qc5 Rh8 36. Bxa7 Qxc5 (36...
f4 $2 37. Qa5 $1 $18) 37. Bxc5 {and White preserves winning chances in the
endgame due to the poor position of the Black's King, extra pawn and
possessing the open g-file.}) 35. Qa5 Qb8 36. Bc7 Qc8 37. Bb6 a6 $5 (37... Qb8
$11) 38. Bd4 Qc6) 31. Bxf4 Bxa2 32. Qxa2 Nd5 33. Qc4 Qd8 34. Qe4 Rd7 (34...
Qxh4 $4 35. Qxh7 $18) 35. Bd2 Ne7 36. Be3 Nf5 37. Rg4 Rd3 38. Rb1 Qd7 39. a4
Rc8 40. a5 Nxe3 41. fxe3 a6 42. Rg2 $1 Rd5 43. f4 Rxa5 44. Rgb2 Rc7 45. Kh2 $1
Rd5 46. Rb6 h5 47. Kh3 $1 Qg7 48. Qg2 Qh7 49. R1b2 Qd3 50. Kh2 Ka7 (50... Qxe3
$2 51. Qg8+ Ka7 52. Rxa6+ Kxa6 53. Qa8+ Qa7 54. Ra2+ $18) 51. Rxe6 Qxe3 52. Qf2
$18 {The endgame is won for White due to more advanced passed pawns.} Qxf2+ 53.
Rxf2 Rd4 54. Rg6 Re4 55. e6 Rc6 56. f5 $1 Rxh4+ 57. Kg2 Re4 58. Rg8 $1 Rexe6 {
Black is unable to prevent f6-f7-f8Q.} 59. fxe6 Rxe6 60. Rg7 Rb6 61. Rf5 h4 62.
Rh5 Rb3 63. Kf2 h3 64. Rgh7 h2 65. Ke2 Kb6 66. Kd2 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[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"]

{[%mdl 132]} 1. e4 {Baburin} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6.
bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nbc6 {Baburin: 'GM Sergey Ivanov
employs this line from time to time, but in this game this variation does not
pass the test against one of the main experts in the French with 3 Nc3 - GM
Dolmatov.'} 10. Qh5 (10. Nf3 f5 11. Qh3 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qa4 13. c3 Na5 14. g4 Nb3
15. Bc2 Qc4 16. Rb1 Nxd2 17. Kxd2 b6 18. Rhg1 Bd7 19. gxf5 Rxf5 20. Rb4 Qa2 21.
Rgb1 Rc8 22. R1b2 Qxa3 23. R4b3 Qa1 24. Rb1 Qa2 25. R1b2 Qa1 26. Rb1 {1/2-1/2
Gdanski,J-Ivanov,S/Lubniewice 1994/EXP 45 (26)}) 10... Nf5 11. Nf3 f6 12. O-O (
12. g4 $2 g6 13. Qh3 Nfxd4 $17) 12... Bd7 13. Rb1 b6 14. Qh3 $1 {A very strong
new move. After 15. g2-g4 which Black cannot prevent his most advanced piece
-knight on f5 - will be flung back and it will be difficult for Black to
regroup his forces. The course of the game proved White's plan sound. '!?'
Baburin. Baburin: 'A new attempt - White wants to force his opponent to weaken
the kingside somehow, in view of the threat of 15 g4.'} (14. Re1 fxe5 $6 15.
Nxe5 $1 Nxe5 (15... Ncxd4 $2 16. c3 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Rxe6 $18) 16. Rxe5
Rc8 17. Bd2 Qf6 18. c3 Be8 19. Qe2 Bg6 20. f3 $1 (20. Re1 $6 Nxd4 $1 21. cxd4
Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Qxf2+ 23. Kh1 Rc2 $3 $17) (20. Rxe6 Nxd4 $1 21. cxd4 Bxd3 $11)
20... Nh4 $2 21. Re1 $16 {Morosevic,A-Ivanov,S/Russia (ch) 1992/Inf 57 (21)} (
21. Re1 {Baburin} Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Rfe8 23. Qe2 Qg6 24. Kh1 Kf7 25. g4 h6 26. f4
Kg8 27. f5 Qf6 28. Rf1 Rc6 29. fxe6 Qd8 30. Qf2 Qe7 31. Qf7+ Kh8 32. Bxh6 Qxf7
33. exf7 Rf8 34. Bd2 {1-0 Morozevich,A-Ivanov,S/Orel 1992/EXT 92ch (34)}))
14... h6 (14... g6 $5 15. exf6 Qxf6 16. Bg5 Qg7) 15. Bb2 fxe5 16. dxe5 Be8 {
Trying to gain some space by preparing d5-d4. Yet, an offensive at the K-side
which White start now turns out to be more significant.} 17. g4 {'!' Baburin.}
Nfe7 18. Nh4 d4 (18... Rf4 19. Ng2 {and 20.f4}) 19. f4 Nd5 20. Ng2 {White's
knight will remain here till the end. His vis-a-vis on d5 which transfered in
the center from f5 is again neutralized.} Nc3 (20... Qe7 21. g5 h5 22. g6 $16)
21. Rbe1 Qd5 22. Qg3 {Finalizing preparations for an advancement f4-f5.} Na4
23. Bc1 Nc5 24. f5 $1 $40 {Baburin: 'All White's pieces are supporting his
kingside attack, giving him a great advantage in force. Note that at least one
of Black's pieces (the a8-rook) is not taking any part in the action, while
the others are less active than their White counterparts.'} Nxd3 25. cxd3 Nd8
26. f6 g5 27. h4 {'!' Baburin. Baburin: 'Black is not given any rest.'} Bc6 28.
Re2 $1 {White rooks control all avenues of approach to the K-side.} Nf7 29.
hxg5 {'+-' Baburin.} Nxg5 (29... hxg5 30. Qh3 Bb5 31. Ne1 Rfc8 32. Rh2 Kf8 33.
Qh7 $18) 30. Qh4 $1 Nf3+ (30... Qf3 31. Qh5 Nh3+ (31... Qxd3 32. Bxg5) 32. Kh2
Qxd3 33. Rf5 $18) 31. Rxf3 Qxf3 32. Bxh6 (32. Qxh6 $2 Qxg4) 32... Rf7 (32...
Qxe2 33. Qg5+ Kf7 34. Qg7+ Ke8 35. Qe7#) 33. Qg5+ Kh8 (33... Kh7 {is met by}
34. Qh5 Rc7 35. Bg5+ Kg8 36. Qg6+ Kh8 37. f7 Rxf7 38. Bf6+ Rxf6 39. exf6 $18)
34. Bg7+ Kg8 35. Qh6 Rd7 36. Rf2 Qd1+ 37. Rf1 {An impressive victory!} 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Petrushin, Alexander I"]
[Black "Totsky, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cherepovets Severstal"]
[BlackTeam "Ekaterinburg Agat"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Nf3
(8. Qb1 {This move issues more serious challenge for Black .} c4 9. Nh3 (9. Nf3
) (9. g3) 9... Nc6 10. Be2 (10. g3 Bd7 11. Nf4 $5 O-O-O 12. Bh3 {Kruppa,
Y-Krivoshey,S/Nikolaev (zt) 64/280 1995} (12. h4 $5)) 10... Bd7 (10... f6 11.
f4 $5 (11. exf6 Nxf6)) 11. O-O (11. Nf4 O-O-O 12. Nh5 f6 $13) 11... O-O-O 12.
Nf4 f6 $6 (12... g6 $5) 13. Bg4 f5 $8 14. Be2 Nge7 15. h4 g6 16. Nh3 h6 17. Qc1
Ng8 {+/- Golubev,M-Koutsin,S/Nikolaev (zt) 64/(280) 1995} (17... Ng8 18. g4 $1
Nce7 19. Rb1 $16)) 8... b6 {Portish's recommendation. After 9...Ne7 White can
choose between 10.Qb1 and 10.dxc5.} 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. dxc5 $6 {Other
continuations: 10.0-0, 10.Ng5, and 10.Ba6 don't promise White an advantage
either. With the text White stakes on the attack, but the game shows that
Black has sufficient resources to neutralize White's initiative.} bxc5 11. O-O
Ne7 12. Rb1 $6 {Instead White probably had to launch play at the K-side.} (12.
Ng5 h6 13. Nh3 (13. Qh5 $6 g6 14. Qh3 c4 15. Qh4 (15. Be2 Qxc2) 15... Nd7 16.
Nf3 Bb5 $1)) 12... Nd7 13. Re1 (13. Qe2 $4 c4) 13... h6 (13... O-O {can't be
refuted by means of} 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Ng5+ Kg8 16. Re4 Qxe4 $1 {but 13...h6
is more flexible.}) (13... O-O 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nh3) 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 15. Nh4 Qa4 $1
{[%cal Gd7b6,Gb6c4] Black nips any attempt of White to organize a play on the
K-side.} (15... Qxa3 16. Qg4 $44) 16. g3 Nb6 17. Ng2 Nc4 18. Nf4 O-O 19. Bc1
Rab8 20. Ra1 Qa5 21. Bd2 (21. Qd3 Nc6 $19) 21... d4 $1 $19 {[%csl Rc3,Rd2]
[%cal Gf8d8,Gd8d1,Gd4c3,Ga5d2,Gc4d2]} 22. Re4 Rfd8 23. Nd3 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 Nf5
25. Rd1 dxc3 26. Qc1 Rd4 27. Rde1 Rbd8 28. Kg2 Qb6 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Qb1 Qc6+
31. f3 c4 32. Nf2 Rd2 33. Qb8+ Kh7 34. Qxa7 Rxc2 35. Re4 Rd2 36. Kh3 c2 37. Ng4
Qxe4 (37... c1=Q 38. Nf6+ gxf6 39. Qxf7+ Ng7 $19) 38. fxe4 c1=Q 39. exf5 Qf1+
40. Kh4 Qxf5 41. Nf6+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "ENG-CHN"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wang, Zili"]
[Black "McDonald, Neil R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.04.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Qc7 8. Rh3
Nbc6 (8... b6 9. h5 h6 10. Qg4 Rg8 11. Bd2 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Qe2 Nb8 14.
Qd3 Nd7 15. Ne2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qc4 17. Qxc4 dxc4 18. Nc3 a6 19. Ne4 $16 Nd5 20.
Rg3 f6 21. Bxh6 Kf8 22. Bd2 fxe5 23. Rf3+ Ke8 24. Bg5 N5f6 25. Bxf6 Nxf6 26.
Nd6+ Kd7 27. Nxc4 {1-0 Tischbierek,R-Casper,T/E.Germany-ch Stralsund 1988}) 9.
h5 h6 (9... cxd4 $6 10. cxd4 h6 11. c3 $1 {><d4} Bd7 12. a4 {/\ Ba3-d6, Bd3+/-}
(12. Qg4 Nf5 13. Bd3 $2 Ncxd4 $1) 12... f6 $1 13. exf6 $6 {Rantanen,
Y-Kindermann,S/Gausdal (open) 60/286 1994} (13. f4 $14)) 10. Qg4 Nf5 11. Qf4 f6
$1 {The ensuing endgame promises Black a sufficient counterplay.} (11... cxd4
12. g4 f6 (12... Nfe7 13. cxd4 $14) 13. gxf5 (13. exf6 e5 14. Qf3 dxc3 (14...
Nd6) 15. gxf5 Nd4 $44) 13... fxe5 14. Qg4 exf5 15. Qg6+ Qf7 16. Qxf7+ Kxf7 17.
Bb2 $14) 12. exf6 Qxf4 13. Bxf4 gxf6 14. dxc5 e5 15. Bd2 Be6 16. Nf3 {A new
try in this position. Theory saw} (16. Rf3 Kf7 17. Rb1 Rab8 18. g4 Nfe7 19. Bh3
Rbg8 20. Rg3 (20. Rxb7 Bc8 21. Rc7 $5) 20... Bc8 21. Nf3 Nd8 22. Nh4 Ne6 23.
Nf5 Nxf5 24. gxf5 Nxc5 25. Rg6 b6 26. a4 (26. Bxh6 Rh7) 26... Nxa4 $17 {
0-1 Steinbacher,M-Short,N/BL 9091 Solingen-Heidelberg [1] 1991 (36)}) 16...
O-O-O 17. Nh4 Nce7 18. Nxf5 Bxf5 19. Rg3 Bxc2 20. Rg7 Rd7 (20... Kd7 $5) 21.
Rc1 Bf5 22. Rf7 Ng8 23. Rf8+ Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. f3 Rh7 26. Be3 {Due to the
Bishop pair White has nothing to fear. A draw is the most likely result.} Ke8
27. Rd1 Be6 28. Rb1 Rc7 29. a4 Kf7 (29... f5 $5 30. f4 e4 31. Bd4 Bc8 32. c4
Ne7) 30. a5 Bd7 31. a6 bxa6 32. Bxa6 Kg7 33. Kf2 Ne7 34. g4 Nc6 35. Kg3 f5 36.
gxf5 Bxf5 37. Rd1 d4 38. cxd4 Nxd4 39. Kf2 Nc2 (39... Rxc5 $4 40. Rxd4 $18) 40.
Rd5 (40. Rd5 Nxe3 41. Kxe3 Kf6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linz"]
[Site "Linz"]
[Date "1997.05.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wach, Markus"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1997.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. Nf3
b6 9. Qh5 $5 {White explores yet another way to fight for the initiative.
Recent practice also saw:} (9. Bd2 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. O-O h6 12. Nh4 Rc8 13.
Rac1 Nb8 14. f4 g6 15. Qh3 Nbc6 16. Be3 Na5 $132 {0-1 Weidenbach Tim-Naumkin
Igor/It open 1991 (39)}) (9. h4 Ba6 10. h5 h6 11. Nh4 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 cxd4 13.
Rh3 Qc7 14. Rf3 Nd7 15. Bf4 dxc3 16. Re1 Rg8 17. Ree3 Qc4+ 18. Kg1 Ke8 $17 {
0-1 Borkowski,F-Naumkin,I/Moscow4 1991 (39)}) 9... h6 ({Could Black continue} 
9... Ba6 {? An immediate} 10. Ng5 Ng6 11. Qf3 Qd7 {allows Black to consolidate
the position.}) 10. a4 Qc7 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Bd3 Nbc6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Re1 Be8
15. Qh4 Kg8 16. c4 Nb4 17. cxd5 Nexd5 18. Be4 Rb8 19. Ra3 Nc6 20. h3 Nce7 21.
Nd2 Rb4 22. c4 Ng6 23. Bxg6 fxg6 24. Ne4 Ne7 25. Nd6 Kh7 26. Bd2 Rb2 27. Bc3
Rb8 28. Nxe8 $6 Rhxe8 29. Qe4 Red8 30. Qc2 Nc6 31. Raa1 Qf7 $1 32. Rad1 Qf4 33.
Bd2 Qh4 34. Be3 Nd4 35. Bxd4 Rxd4 36. Rxd4 Qxd4 $17 37. Re4 Qa1+ 38. Kh2 Rb2
39. Qc3 Ra2 $6 {After Black has outplayed his opponent, he does not find the
best way to realize his advantage.} (39... Qa2 $142 $1 {[%csl Rf2,Rg2][%cal
Gb2f2,Ga2f2]} 40. Rg4 Rxf2 41. Qe3 (41. Qd3 Qc2) 41... Qe2 42. Qxc5 Qe1 $19)
40. Qe3 Qb1 41. Rf4 $1 Rxa4 42. Qxc5 Qb7 (42... Ra1 43. Rf7 $1) 43. Qf8 {
This move allows White to win a Queen, yet not the game.} ({He should have
played} 43. Qd6 $1 {instead:} Ra6 44. Qd8 Qb6 45. Qe8 Qc6 46. Qe7 $18) 43...
Qc7 (43... Qb2 44. Qe8 Qxe5 {-game}) 44. Qe8 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gf4f8,Gf8h8,
Ge8h8]} Qxe5 45. g3 Qxf4 $8 46. gxf4 Rxc4 47. Kg3 Rc5 $1 {Black succeeds in
building a fortress, which cannot be destroyed. The text is pprobably the only
way to a draw.} (47... a5 $2 48. Qb5 $1 (48. Qxe6 Rc5 $11 {/\ Rf5-h5-f5}) 48...
Rd4 49. Qxa5 Rd5 50. Qe1 Rf5 51. Qxe6 Rh5 52. Kf3 (52. Kg4 Rb5 53. Qe5 Rxe5 54.
fxe5 Kg8 55. f4 Kf7 56. Kf3 Ke6 57. Ke4 g5 58. fxg5 (58. f5+ Ke7 $11) 58...
hxg5 59. Kd4 Ke7 60. Kd5 Kd7 61. e6+ Ke7 62. Ke5 Kd8 63. Kd6 Ke8 64. e7 g4 65.
hxg4 g5 66. Ke6 $11) 52... Rf5 53. Ke4 Rh5 54. Kd4 (54. Qe5 Rxh3 55. f5 Rh4+
56. f4 g5 57. Qe7 Rxf4+ 58. Ke5 Rf2 59. Qf7 Re2+ 60. Kd6 Rf2 61. Ke7 Rb2 62.
Qg6+ Kh8 63. Qa6 Rf2 64. Qc8+ Kh7 65. Kf7 $18) 54... Rf5 55. Qe5 Rxe5 (55...
Rh5 56. Kd5 Rxh3 57. Ke6 (57. f5 Rh5) 57... Rh5) 56. fxe5 $18) 48. Qe7 Rf5 49.
Qxa7 e5 50. fxe5 Rxe5 51. f4 Rf5 52. Qd7 Rh5 53. Kf3 Rf5 54. Ke4 Rh5 55. Qe6
Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[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 "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. Bd2
$5 Qc7 {This move is often played if White opts for 8.a4. After 8.Bd2 Black
usually chose the other fields for the Queen:} (8... Qb6 9. dxc5 Qb2 10. Qd1
Nd7 11. Nf3 Nxc5 12. c4 Qb6 13. Be2 Bd7 14. O-O Rc8 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. c4 $14 {
Orlov,V-Karpeshov,O/Elista RUS-ch (5) 1994}) (8... Qa5 9. a4 Nbc6 10. Nf3 Qb6
11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. Bd3 h6 13. O-O Qb6 14. Rfe1 Bd7 15. c4 $14 {Short,N-Nikolic,
P/London PCA (1) 5' 1994}) 9. Bd3 b6 10. Nf3 Ba6 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Bxa6 Nxa6
13. c4 {A typical advancement in this type of positions. Precariousness of the
Black's King and temporary disconnection of his forces determines White's
advantage.} Qc6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. O-O h6 16. Rfe1 Qe6 17. Qa4 {White could
have opted for the endgame after} (17. Qxe6 fxe6 18. Rab1 Rb8 19. Rxb8+ Nxb8
20. Rb1 Nbc6 21. Rb5 $14) 17... Kg8 18. Rab1 Kh7 19. Qh4 Kg8 20. Rb7 Nf5 21.
Qf4 Nb8 $1 22. Reb1 Nc6 23. c3 Kh7 24. Rc7 Rhc8 25. Rbb7 Rxc7 26. Rxc7 Rc8 {
Now the game is equal.} 27. Rxc8 Qxc8 28. h3 Qe6 29. g4 Nfe7 30. Be3 c4 31. Nd4
Nxd4 32. Bxd4 a6 33. Qe3 Qg6 34. Kg2 Nc6 35. f4 Qb1 36. Bc5 Qb5 37. Kg3 g5 38.
Bd4 Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "VISA GP"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor"]
[Black "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bb5+
Bd7 9. Bd3 Ba4 10. O-O Ne7 11. Ne1 (11. h4 h6 12. h5 Nd7 13. Re1 a6 14. Rb1 Bb5
15. Bxb5 axb5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rxb5 Ra4 18. c4 {1/2-1/2 Hnydiuk,A-Matlak,M/
Polanica Zdroj op 1995 (36)}) (11. Nh4 Nbc6 12. Be3 Na5 13. f4 g6 14. Bf2 cxd4
15. cxd4 h5 16. h3 Nc4 17. Ra2 O-O-O 18. Qe2 b5 {Logie,M-Monakhov,Y/Cappelle
op 1995/0-1 (45)}) (11. Re1 Nd7 12. Bf4 a6 13. Bg5 Nc6 14. h4 Na5 15. h5 h6 16.
Bh4 Bb5 17. Nh2 Bxd3 18. cxd3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Qc3 20. Rc1 Qxd4 21. Nf3 Qb2 22.
Qa4 {1-0 Klovans,J-Shaked,T/Koop Tjuchem op 1996 (31)}) 11... Nd7 12. f4 cxd4
13. cxd4 Qc3 14. Rb1 Qxd4+ 15. Kh1 b5 16. Qe2 a6 17. Nf3 Qa7 18. Be3 Qc7 19. f5
$1 ({A principal move. After} 19. Bd4 {, but} g6 {or 19...0-0-0 yield Black a
clearly superior position.} (19... O-O $2 {is refuted by} 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21.
Ng5+ Kg8 22. Qh5 Bxc2 (22... Qxc2 23. f5 $18) 23. f5 $1 Bxf5 24. Rxf5)) 19...
Nxf5 (19... O-O-O {fails to} 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Ng5) (19... exf5 {was more
prudent:, e.g.} 20. Bg5 Nc5) 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. e6 $1 {Otherwise after 21...0-0
White's position is lost.} fxe6 22. Bf4 {[%csl Rd5,Re6,Re8][%cal Ge2e6,Gb1d1,
Gd1d5,Gf1e1,Ge1e6,Gf3d4,Gf3g5,Gg5f7,Gd4c6]} Qxf4 $2 ({A mistake, after which
White's attack becomes irresistible. Correct was} 22... Qb6 $1 23. Bc7 Qxc7 24.
Qxe6+ Kd8 {, and although White has a durable initiative, Black has good
chances to consolidate his position and convert his big material advantage.})
23. Qxe6+ Kd8 24. Rbd1 b4 ({If} 24... Qe4 {, then} 25. Qd6 Qe7 26. Qxd5 Kc7 (
26... Ra7 27. Rfe1 {followed by 28.Ne5}) 27. Rfe1 $18) 25. Qxd5 Kc7 26. Rd4 Qh6
27. Rc4+ Bc6 28. Nd4 Nb8 29. Qa5+ Kb7 (29... Kd7 30. Qxf5+ {winning}) 30. Qxb4+
(30. Qxb4+ Kc7 (30... Kc8 31. Nxc6 Nxc6 32. Qb6) 31. Qe7+ Kc8 32. Rb1 {
followed by 33.Rc6+(33.Nc6) and 34.Qb7+.}) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[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 "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Belarus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Be3 O-O-O (13...
d4 $6 {took place in Spassky,B-Kortchnoi,V/Beograd (m/2) 24/236 1977.}) 14. g3
(14. Bf2 d4 15. g3 Nf5 16. Bg2 Nce7 17. Be4 Bc6 18. h3 Qb6 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20.
Rg1 Kb8 21. Nc1 Ne3 22. Ke2 Nxc2 23. Rb1 Nxa3 $17 {Bronstein,D-Schmidt,W/
Copenhagen Unibank 1991.}) 14... Nf5 15. Bf2 Kb8 16. Bh3 Nce7 17. g4 Nh6 18.
Rg1 Rc8 19. Nd4 Ng6 20. Qe3 $1 {threatening 21.Ne6.} b6 21. a4 Ka8 {The
crucial moment of the game. White had in his disposal other continuations and
the text might be not the strongest move in the position. With 22.Bf1 White
prepares breakthrough a4-a5, but Black finds a possibility to counterattack in
the center.} 22. Bf1 (22. f5 exf5 (22... Nxg4 23. Rxg4 exf5 24. Rxg6 (24. Rg1
f4 25. Qf3 Qxe5+ $40) (24. Rg5) 24... fxg6 25. Bg2) 23. gxf5 (23. Qxh6 Qxe5+
24. Qe3 Qxh2 25. Qg3)) (22. a5 $5 {Apparently, White could have played this
move without preliminary 22.Bf1.} b5 23. g5 Nf5 24. Nxf5 (24. Bxf5 exf5 25. h4)
24... exf5 25. Qd4 Be6 26. Bg2 $14) 22... f6 $1 $132 23. a5 (23. exf6 Nxf4 $17)
(23. f5 Nxe5 24. fxe6 Nexg4 $19) 23... fxe5 24. axb6 Qxb6 (24... exd4 $4 25.
Qxd4 Qc6 26. b7+ $1 $18) 25. fxe5 Nf7 26. Nb5 (26. Nf3 $5 {This move could
secure a better endgame for White.} Qxe3+ 27. Bxe3 Ngxe5 (27... Rc7 28. Bb6 Rb7
29. Bd4 Rc7 30. h4 $16) 28. Nxe5 Nxe5 29. Rxa7+ Kb8 30. Be2 Rc7 (30... Rh8 $2
31. Bd4 Nc6 32. Bxh8 Kxa7 (32... Nxa7 33. Be5+ Kb7 34. h4 $16) 33. Bxc3 $18)
31. Ra1 Ng6 (31... Nc4 32. Bd4 e5 33. Bxc3 d4 34. Bf3) 32. h4 $1) 26... Qxe3+
27. Bxe3 Nfxe5 28. Rxa7+ Kb8 29. Rg3 Rgf8 30. Nd6 Rc6 {Black's pieces dominate
in the centre and this factor fully compensates the weakness of his King.
White has nothing better than to force a draw by perpetual.} (30... Rc7 $5 31.
Ra6 Rc6) 31. Rb7+ Ka8 32. Ra7+ Kb8 33. Rb7+ Ka8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch52"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1997.06.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 $5 {A rare move,
gaining the popularity in the modern practice.} 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qb1 c4 9. h4 $5 (
{An interesting alternative to} 9. Nh3 Nc6 10. Be2 (10. g3 Bd7 11. Nf4 O-O-O
12. Bh3 (12. h4 $5 {Kruppa,Y} f6 13. Bh3 Re8 (13... fxe5 14. Nxe6 Bxe6 15.
Bxe6+ Kb8 16. dxe5 Re8 17. Bxg8 Nxe5 18. Bxd5 Qd7 19. Qxb7+ Qxb7 20. Bxb7 Kxb7
21. O-O-O $16) 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. O-O Ne4 16. Qd1 $16) 12... h5 13. Qd1 h4 14.
g4 f6 15. O-O Nge7 16. exf6 gxf6 17. g5 Rdg8 18. Nxe6 b6 19. Kh1 fxg5 20. Bg4
Nd8 21. Nxg5 Kb7 22. Rg1 Ka6 23. Be3 Bxg4 24. Rxg4 Rf8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Kruppa,
Y-Krivoshey,S/Nikolaev (zt) 1995 (41)}) 10... Bd7 (10... f6 {Golubev,M} 11. f4
$5 (11. exf6 Nxf6)) 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Nf4 f6 13. Bg4 f5 14. Be2 Nge7 15. h4 g6
16. Nh3 h6 17. Qc1 Ng8 {+/- Golubev,M-Koutsin,S/Nikolaev (zt) 1995} (17... Ng8
{Golubev,M} 18. g4 $1 Nce7 19. Rb1 $16)) 9... Nc6 10. h5 h6 11. Ne2 Nge7 12.
Qc1 (12. g4 {/\Ng3 deserved here serious attention.}) 12... Bd7 13. g3 $6 {
13.g4 was more natural continuation in this position.} O-O-O 14. Bh3 Kb8 15.
Be3 Ka8 16. Qd2 Rc8 17. g4 Nb8 18. Ng3 (18. O-O Rc6 19. Rfb1 {/\ Rb4 was a
preferable choice in this postion.}) 18... Rc6 19. O-O Rb6 20. f4 g6 21. Kh2 a6
22. Rf2 Nbc6 23. f5 $2 {A dubious decision. It is very difficult for White to
improve his position without this thematic advancement, but in this situation
it was much better to wait with active operations on the kingside. After the
text move White gets an unpleasant position.} exf5 24. gxf5 Bxf5 25. Bxf5 Nxf5
26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. Rxf5 Nd8 {Planning knight transfer to e6 and opening way for
the queen.} 28. Bf2 Qd7 29. Qf4 Ne6 30. Qg4 Qa4 31. Qd1 Ng5 $1 32. Be3 Ne4 {
Now the consequences of White's unfortunate operation on move 23 are quite
evident: White's forces are totally discoordinated, the black knight dominates
over the white bishop, White's queenside pawns are terribly weak.} 33. Rxf7 Rb2
34. Rc1 Nxc3 35. Qf3 Ka7 36. e6 Re8 37. Rf8 $2 {A mistake in a difficult
position. Better was 37.e7.} Rxe6 38. Qg3 Re8 39. Bxh6 Rxc2+ 40. Rxc2 Qxc2+ (
40... Qxc2+ 41. Rf2 (41. Kh3 Ne4 (41... Rxf8 42. Bxf8 Qf5+)) 41... Re2 $19) 0-1

[Event "VISA GP"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vidarsson, Jon Gardar"]
[Black "Ward, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Ra2 (9. Nf3 $5 {is a popular alternative here:} Qxc2 10. dxc5 Bd7 11. Nd4
Qe4+ 12. Qxe4 dxe4 13. Rb1 Bc6 14. Nb5 Bxb5 15. Rxb5 Nc6 16. Rxb7 Nxe5 17. Bb5+
Kf8 18. Bf4 {1-0 Renet,O-Eustache,B/Clichy op 1991 (25)}) 9... c4 (9... Nc6 {
leaves White smaller choice, as Black threatens 10...cd4 and 10...Ne5.} 10. Nf3
Nge7 11. Bd3 (11. Qf4 cxd4 12. Ng5 Nf5 13. g4 h6 14. Nxf7 g5 15. Qf3 Rf8 16.
gxf5 Rxf7 17. f6 Nxe5 {0-1 Porrasmaa,T-Kekki,J/FIN-chT 1986 (31)}) 11... Nf5
12. Qf4 h6 13. h4 Bd7 14. g4 Nfe7 15. dxc5 Qxf4 16. Bxf4 h5 17. Nh2 hxg4 18.
Nxg4 Nf5 19. Nf6+ Kd8 20. Bxf5 gxf5 21. h5 {1-0 Hazai,L-Kekki,J/Espoo 1987 (24)
Now White can choose between retreating his queen to d1 and keeping it on the
kingside.}) 10. Qd1 (10. h4 $5 {seems to me more attractive option:} h6 11. h5
g5 12. Qg3 Qb5 13. Ra1 Qb2 14. Rc1 Ne7 15. f4 Nf5 16. Qf3 g4 17. Qxg4 Nc6 18.
Qf3 {1-0 Grabics,M-Iltchouk,E/EUchJW-U18 1994 (42)}) 10... Nc6 11. Be2 (11. h4
f6 $140 $6 12. h5 $1 $36 {was a better continuation.}) 11... Bd7 12. g4 $6 {
Again, 11.h4 /\h5 was to be preferred. The text move just weakens the kingside
and yields Black excellent counterplay.} f6 $1 {A strong response. Now Black
seizes initiative and start effective actions in the center and on the king
side.} 13. Nf3 O-O-O 14. h4 $6 {Untimely advancenment. Essential was 14.Bf4
followed by 15.Qd2.} h5 $1 {Having his king at the secure resort on the
queenside, Black has all the reasons to maximally open the position on the
opposite wing. Now White run into serious troubles.} 15. gxh5 $6 (15. g5 {
was to be preferred, although after} fxe5 {followed by Ng8-e7-f5 Black has a
superior position.}) 15... Rxh5 16. exf6 Rf5 $1 ({It is much stronger than} 
16... Nxf6 17. Ng5 Rhh8 $140 $2 18. Nf7 {, although after 17..e5 Black has
excellent compensation for the exchange.}) 17. Rg1 Nxf6 {Planning 18...Ne4} 18.
Ng5 Rf8 {Planning 18..e5} 19. Be3 $2 {White's position is critical, but after
this move Black gets decisive advantage. Better was 19.f4-/+.} Qa5 $1 {
Provoking 20.Qd2 and preparing the exchange sacrifice, after which Black's
attack becomes irresistible.} 20. Qd2 Rxg5 $1 {[%csl Rc3,Rd2,Rd4,Rf2][%cal
Gf6e4,Ge4d2,Ge4c3,Ge4f2,Gf8f2,Ga5c3,Gc6d4] This move decides the game.} 21.
hxg5 Ne4 22. Qc1 Qxc3+ 23. Bd2 Qxd4 24. Be3 Qc3+ 25. Bd2 Qh3 {Transferring his
queen to the kingside, Black initiates the next phase of his attack.} 26. c3
Qh2 27. Rf1 Rxf2 28. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 29. Kd1 Na5 {Opening the e8-a4 diagonal to the
bishop and threatening 30...Nb3.} 30. Qc2 Qg1+ ({White resigned. After} 30...
Qg1+ 31. Be1 {Black has a pleasant choice between} Nf2+ 32. Kd2 $140 Qxg5# {
and 31...Ba4 32.Qa4 Nc3-+.}) 0-1

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2003.07.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "Bacrot,E"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[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. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Nbc6 (12... Qa5 13. Bd2 Nbc6 14.
Nf3 Qc7 15. dxc5 $1 $146 e5 16. Ng5 Rf8 17. c4 e4 18. cxd5 exd3 19. d6 Qd7 20.
dxe7 Qxe7+ 21. Be3 $16 {Lutz-Pelletier Bienne (2)}) 13. Nf3 Qf8 14. O-O c4 15.
Be2 h6 16. Bc1 Kh7 17. a4 Bd7 18. Ba3 Qb8 19. Qd2 Nf5 20. Rab1 Qc7 $146 {
Une nouveauté intéressante. Je pense néanmoins que les blancs ont l'avantage
grâce aux deux fous et а leur meilleure structure de pion.} (20... b6 21. a5 $1
$14 {Shirov-Timman 03}) 21. Bc1 $5 (21. g4 {est trop direct} Nfe7 22. Bc1 Ng8
$11) 21... g5 22. h4 g4 (22... gxh4 23. Nxh4 Nce7 24. Nxf5 Nxf5 25. Bg4 $14)
23. Nh2 h5 24. Qg5 Ng7 (24... Rh8 25. Qxh5+ Kg8 26. Qg5+ $1 Rg7 27. Qf4 $18)
25. Re1 {Pendant la partie, je pensais garder l'avantage en préparant "f3",
mais il était possible de sacrifier la pièce} (25. Bxg4 $5 hxg4 26. Nxg4 $44)
25... Rh8 (25... Ne7 26. f3 Bxa4 27. fxg4 Bxc2 28. Rb2 $16) 26. Nf1 Rf5 27. Qe3
Ne7 28. Qg3 $1 {Les blancs s'emparent des cases noires.} Qc8 (28... Rc8 29. a5
$1 $14) 29. f3 {Il faut ouvrir le jeu, le roi noir devient plus faible et le
Fou e2 va enfin être utile. Protéger le pion "a4" aurait permis aux noirs de
consolider leur position en préparant l'arrivée d'un cavalier en "f5" par Tf7.}
gxf3 30. Bxf3 Bxa4 31. Bg5 $44 Ng6 32. Ra1 b5 33. Qd6 {Les blancs préparent
l'arrivée du cavalier en "g3".} Qf8 34. Qh2 {La meilleure case pour la dame.} (
34. Qxf8 Rhxf8 35. Ng3 Rxf3 $17) 34... Rf7 35. Ng3 Kg8 36. Re2 Qd6 (36... Rh7
37. Rf2 a5 38. Raf1 $44) 37. Qh3 Nf4 {Les échanges de pièces sont en faveur
des blancs car le fou "a4" et la tour "h8" ont du mal а rentrer rapidement en
jeu. Le coup passif 37...Cf8 semble meilleur.} 38. Bxf4 Rxf4 (38... Qxf4 39.
Rf1 (39. Re5 $5 Bxc2 40. Nxh5 Qd2 41. Nxg7 Qxc3 42. Nxe6 Qxa1+ 43. Kh2 $18)
39... Qh6 40. Ref2 $14) 39. Re5 Qe7 40. Rg5 Bxc2 41. Nxh5 {Fin de la pression
du temps. La partie était toujours très tendue mais finalement j'ai pris
l'avantage.} Rxh5 {Yannick réfléchit une bonne demi-heure sur ce coup. Sur 41..
.Tf7, il pensait que 42.Txa7 gagnait mais il a manqué une ressource. Le simple
42.Ta6 donne une initiative gagnante} (41... Rf7 42. Ra6 $5 (42. Rxa7 Qxa7 43.
Qxe6 Rxh5 $1 44. Bxh5 b4 $1 $13) 42... Bf5 (42... Rh6 43. Qg3 $16) 43. Qg3 Rh7
44. Qb8+ Qf8 45. Qxb5 $16) 42. Bxh5 Rf5 43. Rxf5 Bxf5 44. Bg4 $2 (44. Qg3 {
est plus précis. par exemple:} Kh7 45. Bf3 b4 46. cxb4 c3 47. Qf4 c2 48. g4 $18
) 44... b4 $1 {Les noirs obtiennent du contre jeu.} 45. Bxf5 Nxf5 46. Qg4+ Kf8
47. cxb4 Qxb4 48. Qg6 $1 Qb6 49. Qf6+ Kg8 (49... Ke8 50. Kh1 Qxd4 51. Qxe6+ Kd8
52. Ra3 $16) 50. Kh1 $1 {Pour gagner, il convient de chercher le mat et éviter
les échanges de dames.} c3 (50... Qxd4 51. Qxe6+ Kg7 52. Qd7+ Kg8 53. Qc8+ Kg7
54. Qc7+ Kg8 55. Ra3 Qxh4+ 56. Rh3 $18) 51. Rc1 Ng3+ (51... Qc6 52. g4 $18) 52.
Kh2 Ne4 53. Qg6+ Kf8 54. Rf1+ Ke7 55. Qg7+ Kd6 56. Qf8+ Kc6 57. Qe8+ Kd6 58.
Rf7 Qxd4 59. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "Odorheiu Secuiesc zt"]
[Site "Odorheiu Secuiesc"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Bd3
c4 9. Be2 O-O $5 10. f4 (10. Bg5 $5 Qa5 (10... Kh8 11. Nf3 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13.
Bh6 (13. Bf4 $2 e5 $1) 13... Rg8 14. Qh4 Nd7 {/\ Nf5} 15. g4 e5 16. dxe5 Ng6
17. Qh5 Ndxe5 (17... fxe5 18. Bg5 $5 Qa5 19. Kd2 $5 d4 $2 20. Nxd4 $1 $16) 18.
Nd4 $14) 11. Kd2 Nf5 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. Rhb1 $5 $13) 10... f6 $5 (10... Qa5 11.
Bd2 Qa4 12. Bd1 {/\ Nf3,Qh5 -> h7,g7} f6 $5 13. Nf3 Nbc6 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. Ne5
$36 Nxe5 16. fxe5 $14) 11. Nf3 Nbc6 12. a4 $6 (12. exf6 Rxf6 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14.
fxe5 Rf8 (14... Rg6 $6 15. Qh3 {/\ Bh5}) 15. Bg5 $36) 12... Qa5 $5 13. Bd2 b5
14. O-O bxa4 15. Rfb1 Rb8 (15... f5 $6 16. Qh4 $5 (16. Qh5 Bd7 17. Rb2 Be8 18.
Qh3 Nd8 $5 19. Be1 Rc8 $13 {/\ Rc6-b6}) 16... Bd7 17. Rb7 $14) 16. Rxb8 Nxb8
17. Qg3 Nbc6 18. Qe1 Bd7 $15 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Bartel,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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 "Cuba"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CUB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Qc7 8. h5
h6 9. Bd2 Nbc6 10. Qg4 {The best move.} ({I had played this position earlier
this year and after} 10. Nf3 Bd7 11. Bd3 c4 12. Be2 O-O-O 13. Bf4 Qa5 14. Qd2
Kb8 15. g4 Nc8 {1/2 (40) Tomczak,J (2603)-Bartel,M (2625) Poznan 2016, Black
was already better.}) 10... Nf5 11. Nf3 c4 (11... cxd4 12. cxd4 O-O {is also
possible, but leads to a more open position where the pair of bishops may play
a role. There is, however, nothing wrong with this.}) 12. Qf4 Bd7 ({There was
the typical option of playing} 12... Qb6 {, but I'm afraid that White would be
happy with the following line:} 13. Be2 Qb2 14. O-O Qxc2 15. Bd1 Qe4 16. Qh2
Nfe7 17. Re1 (17. Rc1 $5 Qh7 18. Qh4 $44) 17... Qh7 {. This is Black, who is
pawn up, however.}) (12... Qa5 $5 13. g4 Nfe7 14. g5 Bd7 {may be a way for
Black to play in future games.}) 13. Be2 $5 {This move came as a surprise to
me, since I had only analysed the direct g2-g4.} Rf8 $6 {Defending f7, but
maybe it was not the right moment for this.} ({It was hard to go for} 13... Qa5
14. a4 b5 {as after} 15. Ra2 bxa4 16. O-O {I don't really like Black's
position. I have the feeling that Black is worse on both wings. I may be wrong
and the engines indicate that this is balanced position, so maybe it was
better than my choice in the game.}) 14. g4 ({It's interesting that after} 14.
a4 $1 O-O-O 15. a5 {engines love White's position. After some time I
understand the point - now Black's counterplay is very limited and the bishop
from d2 may turn out to be a star very soon.}) 14... Nfe7 15. Qg3 $6 {Too slow.
Of course, the queen is not placed very well on f4, but on g3 it isn't placed
better, while the tempo is lost.} (15. g5 $1 {gave White a better position, e.
g.} hxg5 (15... Ng8 16. gxh6 gxh6 17. Nh2 $1 $14) (15... Nf5 16. gxh6 gxh6 17.
Nh4 $16) 16. Nxg5 f6 17. exf6 Qxf4 18. Bxf4 gxf6 19. Nf3 {and the h-pawn is
very dangerous.}) 15... Qa5 {Typical and strong, as this is a very good square
for the queen.} 16. Nh4 O-O-O 17. f4 f6 {Starting from 15.Qg3 Quesada is
playing for a kingside space advantage. This is risky, as White will face a
problem to hide the king later on. My move ...f6 prepares action in the centre.
} 18. Nf3 Rf7 $5 {A very creative move, which prepares further play on the
kingside.} 19. O-O Rg8 $15 {At this point of the game, I thought that my
position is much better. Probably, objectively it's not, but it's visible that
Black got more from the opening. breakthrough with g7-g6 or g7-g5 is coming 
(f6-f5 shouldn't be forgotten either), so at any moment now White can be
facing an unpleasant attack.} 20. Kh1 $2 {This is not a very good place for
the king. Of course, something bad may happen with a rook and the king on the
same file, but it seems that the king on h1 is placed even worse.} ({Since one
of the possible threats is f6-f5, it was better to play} 20. Qh2 {and if} f5
21. g5 g6 {White escapes with} 22. Kf2 $1) 20... g6 $6 ({I could have achieved
a better position after} 20... f5 $1 21. g5 {(what else?)} g6 22. gxh6 (22.
hxg6 Nxg6 {seems better for Black, as the king on h1 should be in trouble very
soon e.g.} 23. Rf2 $5 Rh7 24. Rh2 Nf8 $1) 22... Rh7 23. Ng5 Rxh6 24. Nf7 gxh5
$1 {and Black is better. 20...f5 was among the moves I considered, but somehow
I had the feeling that my attack down the h- and g-files may not be strong
enough.}) 21. hxg6 (21. exf6 Rxf6 22. hxg6 Nxg6 {was also promising for Black
as there are several weaknesses in White's camp.}) 21... Nxg6 ({White would be
fine in the event of} 21... Rxg6 22. exf6 (22. Nh4 Nf5 23. Nxf5 exf5 24. Qe3
fxe5 25. fxe5 Qd8 $1 $15) 22... Rgxf6 (22... Rfxf6 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. fxe5 Rxf1+
25. Rxf1) 23. Rf2 $5 Qa4 24. Rh2 $13) 22. Qh2 $6 (22. exf6 $5 {was a real
alternative since after} Rxf6 23. Qh2 $1 Rgf8 {White can play} 24. Ne5 {
which leads to crazy complications with perpetual at the end.} Nxd4 $1 (24...
Ngxe5 25. fxe5 Rxf1+ 26. Bxf1 $13) 25. g5 $1 hxg5 26. fxg5 Rxf1+ (26... Rh8 27.
Bh5 Nxe5 28. Rxf6 Ndf3 29. Bxf3 Rxh2+ 30. Kxh2) 27. Rxf1 Rh8 28. Bh5 $1 Nxe5
29. Qxe5 Rxh5+ 30. Kg2 Nf5 31. Rxf5 $1 exf5 32. Bf4 Kd8 33. Qf6+ $11) 22... Qa4
$6 {A pointless move, as the best place for the queen is a5 - from a5 the
queen attacks both a3 and c3 (also d2 sometimes!) and is quick enough to join
the attack on the kingside with ...Qd8. At the same time, ...Qxc2 is not a
threat, something which the game shows perfectly.} ({Black had, at least, two
logical options. The positional attempt was} 22... f5 23. gxf5 Rxf5 24. Rg1
Nce7 {which looks very promising, but White can try to sharpen the game with}
25. Nh4 Rff8 26. Nxg6 Nxg6 27. Qh5 {with a double-edged position.}) ({The best,
however, was} 22... fxe5 $1 23. Nxe5 ({After} 23. fxe5 {there is the strong}
Qa4 {as now taking on c2 is an option}) (23. dxe5 Rgf8 24. Nh4 (24. Ne1 Ngxe5)
24... Nxh4 25. Qxh4 d4 $1 $15) 23... Ngxe5 24. dxe5 {and now} h5 $5 {is
tempting:} 25. g5 (25. gxh5 Nd4 $1 26. Rg1 Rh8) 25... Ne7 $15) 23. exf6 Rxf6
24. Ne5 $2 (24. Bd1 {kept the evaluation around equal:} Rgf8 25. Nh4 Nxh4 26.
Qxh4 Ne7 {and White is quite solid.}) 24... Qxc2 $4 {A horrible mistake in a
better position. It's actually the typical mistake of a weak player - collect
the pawn and not think about consequences...} ({Instead of this impatient
capture, I could have played} 24... Ncxe5 25. dxe5 ({after} 25. fxe5 Rxf1+ 26.
Rxf1 Qxc2 27. Bd1 Qb2 {Black collects some material, which should be decisive.}
) 25... Rff8 $15 {and now Black's position is very pleasant - all the pawns on
the queenside are weak, the d5-d4 breakthrough is coming and at the same time
there is always the question about White's king safety.}) 25. Bd1 $1 Qb2 $2 (
25... Qe4+ 26. Bf3 Qc2 27. Rfc1 Qa4 28. Nxd7 Kxd7 29. f5 {was also bad for
Black, but - maybe - better than the game.}) 26. Nxd7 ({When taking on c2 I
calculated only} 26. Ba4 {where Black is better:} Ngxe5 27. dxe5 Nxe5 {and
here the nice line I saw was} 28. Rfb1 (28. Bxd7+ Nxd7) (28. fxe5 Rxf1+ 29.
Rxf1 Bxa4) 28... Nxg4 29. Rxb2 Nxh2 30. Bxd7+ Kxd7 31. Kxh2 Rf5 {with mate.
The move 26.Nxd7 came as a shock...}) 26... Kxd7 27. Ba4 {Now the game is over
since both white bishops are awake and hungry after long time sleeping.} Qb6
28. f5 $1 exf5 29. Rxf5 Re6 (29... Rff8 30. Bxh6 Rxf5 31. gxf5) 30. Rxd5+ Kc8
31. Rd6 Ree8 (31... Rxd6 32. Qxd6 Nge7 33. Qe6+ Kb8 {was the lesser evil, but
Black is completely lost anyway.}) 32. Bc2 $1 Nge7 33. Re1 (33. d5 $18) 33...
Qb2 34. Bh7 Rh8 35. Be4 (35. Rb1 $18) 35... Qxa3 36. d5 Nd8 37. Rf6 Ref8 38.
Qe5 Rxf6 39. Qxf6 Rg8 40. d6 Nec6 41. Bd5 Qb2 42. d7+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.02"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Salih, Akar Ali Salih"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Bartel,M"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[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 "Iraq"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRQ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 {This line, as
far as I know, has always been recognised as a dubious one. However,
Grandmaster Igor Kovalenko has showed several times that if you play for a win,
you can try this one. Winning in style versus Radjabov was something which
gave me hope that this line is playable. Black's plan includes placing the
queen on a4 and later (in most cases) pushing c5-c4 which leads to complex and
closed positions. It's very difficult to evaluate such positions, since a
large number of decisions have long-term consequences.} 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qb1 {
The standard and most common reply, but not the most critical.} ({Apart of 8.
h4 or 8.Nf3, White plays} 8. Qg4 {which is the most aggressive and
straightforward attempt. Black has two options now:} Kf8 (8... g6 {is probably
worse since after} 9. Nf3 {taking on c2 seems to be very risky and other moves
aren't anyhow inviting.}) 9. Nf3 Ne7 {and now GM Motylev showed a very
interesting idea of} 10. h3 $5 {which is a very deep plan for, if I understand
properly, protecting the queen in some lines.} (10. Bd3 c4 11. Be2 Qxc2 12. O-O
Nbc6 13. Bd1 Qg6 14. Qh4 Bd7 {1/2 (46) Kryvoruchko,Y (2693)-Mehmeti,D (2415)
Baku 2016, gave White an initiative for the pawn, but it was not sufficient
for getting a full point.}) 10... Nd7 {was Kovalenko's choice, but after} ({
The crucial line, of course, was} 10... Qxc2 11. Rc1 Qg6 (11... Qe4+ 12. Qxe4
dxe4 13. Ng5) 12. c4 {, but it looks as if White is better prepared for the
opening of the centre.}) ({It is also possible to play} 10... Nbc6 {and here
White can try, probably} 11. dxc5 {(the queen is protected!) which may lead to
a complex endgame like this:} Qxc2 12. Rc1 Qe4+ 13. Qxe4 dxe4 14. Ng5 Nxe5 15.
Nxe4) 11. Bd3 c4 12. Be2 Qxc2 13. O-O h6 14. Rfe1 $5 Qe4 15. Qxe4 $1 dxe4 16.
Nh2 Nb6 17. a4 Bd7 18. a5 Nbd5 19. Reb1 Bc6 20. Bxc4 {1-0 (60) Motylev,A (2660)
-Kovalenko,I (2667) Poikovsky 2016. White's advantage was huge}) 8... c4 ({
Black can also go for} 8... a6 {, but it forces a slightly worse endgame after}
9. Qb3 Qxb3 10. cxb3 Nc6 11. dxc5 Nxe5 12. f4 $14) 9. h4 ({One of the most
instructive games in this line saw} 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. h4 Bd7 11. h5 h6 12. Be2
O-O-O 13. Nh4 Nge7 14. Qc1 Rdf8 15. Bf4 $6 Qa5 $1 16. Bd2 g5 17. Nf3 f6 18.
exf6 Rxf6 $15 {0-1 (38) Radjabov,T (2739)-Kovalenko,I (2694) Reykjavik 2015,
with a serions advantage on the kingside and in the centre.}) 9... Nc6 10. h5
h6 11. g3 Bd7 12. Nf3 ({The other setup may be} 12. Bh3 Nge7 13. Ne2 O-O-O 14.
Nf4 {to put pressure on e6. It's very prophylactic, but at the same time -
passive. White can't do much here, while Black may try to regroup his forces
on the kingside, including Ne7-c8-b5 at some point.}) 12... O-O-O 13. Nh4 ({
It was probably better to focus on castling first, eg.} 13. Bh3 Nge7 14. O-O
Kb8 15. Qb2 {with an equal game.}) 13... Nge7 14. f4 {This is risky - there
was no need to strengthen the centre, while the disadvantages are visible -
the white king remains in the centre. Engines, however, believe that there's
nothing wrong with this one, not yet.} f6 15. Bh3 fxe5 16. fxe5 Rdf8 17. Rf1 $6
({A very nice, computer-like, idea was} 17. Qb2 $1 {and long castling later on.
It's difficult for a human player to switch the way of playing so quickly, but
when short castling is no longer possible, it was a perfect moment to prepare
another hideaway for the monarch.}) 17... Nd8 $5 {My last two moves follows
the plan of improving the bishop's position. First, I needed to clear the
d8-square for the knight, later put a knight there to defend the e6-pawn. Now
the bishop is able to go to e8 and attack h5 or prepare g7-g6.} 18. g4 $6 {
I don't like this move, since there is not much logic in it. Blocking the
bishop, leaving the knight without defence, while g4-g5 isn't really part of
your plan must be suspicious.} (18. Qb2 {was again a nice option.} Be8 19. Rxf8
Rxf8 20. Bg4 {and it still would be very complex.}) 18... Be8 19. Qd1 $6 {
This is too slow and also does not really improve White's position.} ({It was
also difficult after, let's say} 19. Rxf8 Rxf8 20. Bg2 g5 21. Nf3 {because, I
believe, Black would be able to regroup his pieces in several ways, but make
real progress, e.g.} a5 $1 22. Be3 Kc7 23. Kd2 Nc8 $15) 19... Kb8 ({It was
possible to play} 19... g5 {but I thought there is no hurry for it and I have
time to improve my pieces.}) 20. Ra2 Nc8 21. Rxf8 Rxf8 22. g5 {This is
probably not the best move, but there was no other good plan for White at the
moment.} hxg5 23. Bxg5 Qa5 {A typical move in many Winawer positions - Black
attacks the c3-pawn once it's not defended.} 24. Bd2 Rf4 $6 {Objectively, it's
a mistake. Black was just better and there was no need to make things
complicated. On the other had, such moves have a "shock effect" and may win
the game on the spot, as the opponent may be psychologically destroyed. It
happens, unfortunately, mainly with lower rated opponents...} (24... Rh8 {
was very strong since after} 25. Bg4 (25. Qg4 Qb6 $1 26. Ra1 Qb2 27. Rc1 Rxh5)
25... Qc7 {Black is about to win some material. It's also visible that the
white rook on a2 is out of play.}) 25. Bxf4 ({It's not a bad move, but White
should have played} 25. Ng2 {and I'd rather go for} Re4+ {(a better move would
be ...Rf7 or ...Rf8)} 26. Kf1 Ne7 27. Bg4 Nf5 28. Bf3 {but here White is just
better. It was what may happen when you play such moves as 24...Rf4 without
good reason.}) 25... Qxc3+ 26. Kf2 $2 ({After} 26. Qd2 Qxh3 27. Qh2 $1 Qg4 (
27... Qc3+ 28. Qd2 Qh3 $11) 28. Qg3 Qxh5 29. c3 $1 {, where the rook from a2
would finally enter the game, the position would be terribly unclear.}) 26...
Qxh3 {Now Black is much better as White is not able to coordinate his forces.}
27. Bg3 ({Also after} 27. Ng6 Bxg6 28. hxg6 Nc6 29. Qf3 Qxf3+ 30. Kxf3 Nxd4+ {
Black would be almost winning.}) 27... Nf7 $1 {Simple and strong - the g5 and
e4-squares are just beckoning this knight.} 28. Qf1 Qg4 {Queens shouldn't be
traded yet.} 29. Nf3 Nh6 (29... Ng5 $1 30. Nxg5 Qxd4+ {was a nice tactical
subtlety, since the knight on g5 is lost.}) 30. c3 Bxh5 $6 (30... Nf5 31. Qg2 (
31. Bh2 Bxh5 $19) 31... Bxh5 {was better, as the white pieces would be placed
even worse.}) 31. Nh2 Qe4 32. Qe1 Qg6 33. Qe3 $2 (33. Kg1 Nf5 34. Rg2 {gave
White chances to survive as the rook would join the defence.}) 33... Qb1 $6 ({
Another impatient move. White would have no hope after} 33... Nf5 34. Qf4 Nb6
35. a4 a5 {with the gain of the a4-pawn in the future.}) 34. Qd2 Nf5 35. Bf4 $6
(35. Nf1 {was better as it is the knight which should be improved.}) 35... Nce7
$6 (35... Nb6 {was more logical.}) 36. Rb2 $2 ({The final mistake. After} 36.
Rc2 {which would limit the black queen, Black would be better, but not winning.
}) 36... Qe4 37. Bg5 Nh4 (37... Qh1 38. Nf1 Ng6 {was stronger.}) 38. Bxh4 (38.
Kg1 Nef5 39. Bxh4 Nxh4 40. Qf2 Nf3+ {would still be very difficult for White,
but some technique would be required.}) 38... Qxh4+ 39. Kg1 Qg3+ 40. Qg2 Qxc3
41. Rf2 Bg6 {Now it's simple as the material advantage is overwhelming.} 42.
Nf3 Qxa3 43. Nh4 Qc1+ 44. Rf1 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "POL-ch 68th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2011.02.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jakubowski, Krzysztof"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "Bartel,M"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2011.02.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the 2nd round. My opponent, a very dangerous player,
won his 1st encounter versus 5-times Polish champion, Tomasz Markowski, in
convincing, attacking style (that game was also awarded the tournament beauty
prize at the closing ceremony). That fact made me a bit unsure before the game.
} 1. e4 {In several previous games Krzysztof tried 1.d4.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3
Bb4 {I used to play the Winawer a lot when I was a teenager. Later I tried
also the classical 3...Nf6.} 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 ({It's
not a big secret that} 7. Qg4 {is the crucial continuation.}) 7... Nbc6 8. Rb1
{An interesting move, which my opponent had employed in the past. White is
attacking the b7-pawn and Black must play Qc7 to allow the bishop to develop.
Of course, c7 is not a bad place for the queen at all, but Black usually likes
to put the lady on a5, to confuse the white pieces and attack the pawn
weaknesess.} Qc7 9. h4 Bd7 10. h5 h6 11. Be2 {This is the correct move. The
more natural looking Bd3 is a waste of time - Black will wait for short
castling and then will play ...c5-c4 and the bishop will be back on e2, but
Black will already have c4 on the board.} O-O-O 12. O-O f6 13. Bf4 ({The real
alternative was} 13. exf6 gxf6 14. dxc5 e5 {with a very complex position.
White with the pair of bishops and an extra pawn would try to show that those
factors are more important than strong central pawns and some attacking
chances on the g-file.}) 13... c4 $146 {Sooner or later Black must play this
move. Now it's a good moment - White wanted to play Bg3 or Bh2 and there would
be no time to close the position. Why is this so important? White with his
strong bishops will be visibly better when the central pawns disapear.} ({RR} 
13... f5 14. dxc5 g5 15. hxg6 Nxg6 16. Bh2 Qa5 17. Nd4 Qxc5 18. Nb5 Ngxe5 19.
Re1 a6 20. Nd4 Nf7 21. Qd3 Qa7 22. Qg3 e5 23. Qg6 Rhf8 24. Nxc6 Bxc6 25. Qe6+
Rd7 26. Bh5 Ng5 27. Qxe5 Ne4 28. Rxe4 {Bologan,V (2585)-Nadera,B (2390)/Manila
1992/TD/1-0 (38)}) ({RR} 13... g5 14. exf6 Qxf4 15. fxe7 Rde8 16. Bb5 Rxe7 17.
Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Ne5 Be8 19. Nd3 Qd6 20. Nxc5 b6 21. Nd3 Qxa3 22. Rb3 Qd6 23. Qa1
Bxh5 24. Rfb1 Qc7 25. Ne5 Be8 26. c4 dxc4 27. Nxc4 Rhh7 28. Rc3 {Jakubowski,K 
(2507)-Bugalski,M (2244)/Polanica Zdroj 2006/CBM 113 ext/1-0 (34)}) 14. Qc1 $2
{I think this move is a serious mistake which allows Black not only to
equalise, but also to begin active operations on the kingside.} ({My opponent
rejected} 14. Bh2 {(or Bg3) because of} Qa5 {but after} 15. Qc1 $1 {the game
would remain very unclear. It was probably the best and the most natural
choice for White.}) 14... g5 $1 {Not a very typical move in such structures.
My opponent didn't seriously consider that option, which is not a big surprise
as it looks a bit dubious. However, it makes real sense.} 15. exf6 ({Vugar
Gashimov tried here} 15. hxg6 Nxg6 16. Bh2 fxe5 17. dxe5 Rdg8 {and Black got a
very promising position, but finally White managed to win.} 18. Kh1 Nge7 19.
Ng1 Be8 20. Nh3 h5 21. Nf4 Bf7 22. Re1 Qa5 23. Qb2 b6 24. a4 Ng6 25. Qa3 Nxf4
26. Bxf4 Qc5 27. Qxc5 bxc5 28. Rb5 Kc7 29. Bf3 a6 30. Rb2 Bg6 31. Bxd5 exd5 32.
e6+ Kd8 33. Rb6 Ne7 34. Rb8+ Nc8 35. e7+ Kd7 36. e8=Q+ Rxe8 37. Rb7+ Kd8 38.
Bc7+ Kd7 39. Be5+ Ke6 40. Bxh8+ Kd6 41. Rxe8 Bxe8 42. a5 Bd7 43. f4 Bf5 44.
Be5+ Kc6 45. Rf7 Bd7 46. Rf6+ Kb5 47. f5 Kxa5 48. Rf7 Ba4 49. Rc7 {1-0,
Gashimov Vugar (AZE) 2703 - Petrik Tomas (SVK) 2487, Dresden (Germany) 2008.11.
14}) 15... gxf4 16. fxe7 Rdg8 $1 {Of course, Black can't take the pawn on e7,
because the knight must control the e5-square. It is also useful to put both
rooks on the g-file as soon as possible. During the game I wasn't sure what's
the evalution of the position which has just arisen. At first sight it looks
that White should be better - no visible weaknesses, some presure on the
e-file and the e5-square - but there is a very important factor - the f4-pawn,
which makes the difference. Because of that originally placed pawn White can't
defend the king (or at least it's higly complicated) and also the white pieces
have less space for maneuvres. So, it seems that starting from now Black has
something of an edge.} 17. Re1 Rh7 18. Bf1 $2 {This innocent move is probably
losing!} ({Both players thought White is not bad at all yet, so nobody
considered the only move:} 18. Nh4 $1 {which allows White to put pieces in
defending positions.} Nxe7 19. Bf3 {and Black is better, but there is no clear
way to convert that advantage - the white king looks quite safe.}) 18... Rxe7
19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Rf7 {A first sight at this position will provide us a
rather wrong evalution. White has a very active rook on e5, the other rook is
also active on the b-file, the king is more or less protected. However, every
second we spend over the board will help us to realise that White has
absolutetely no plan while Black is already on his way to mating the white
monarch!} 21. Qb2 Kb8 $1 {There were probably also other paths leading to
victory, but this move I like most. Black is ready to attack, but it's much
better to put the king on b8 and the bishop on c8 first. This allows Black to
have an extremely safe king.} 22. a4 Bc8 23. Qa3 Qd8 $1 {It has been clear for
several moves that the black queen will transfer to h4.} 24. a5 (24. f3 {
was not better - it wouldn't stop attack, but it would only enclose the white
bishop! In such cases even all endings should be easily winning.}) 24... f3 $1
25. g3 Qh4 $1 {Finally the queen is on h4. The last 2 moves were so natural
that calculations were in fact senseless. However, at this moment I thought
that my position is completely winning and I lost my concentration...} 26. Qd6+
Ka8 27. Re3 (27. Rxe6 Bxe6 28. Qxe6 Rfg7 {is of course hopeless.}) 27... Rf5 $2
{A big mistake.} ({Some moves ago I planned to play here} 27... Rf4 $1 {
but when the position did arise at the board I decided there is no reason to
play so 'risky'. Of course, this move is completely safe and there are almost
no calculations requiered... The idea of Rf4 is simple - Qd6 is the last hope
for the g3-pawn. After} 28. Bg2 Rxg3 $1 29. fxg3 Qxg3 30. Rxf3 Rxf3 31. Qxg3
Rxg3 {the endgame is easily winning in many ways. I saw that position, but for
some reason I thought it might be not so easy....}) 28. Rxb7 $2 {When my
opponent played this move I was really scared. As I mentioned I thought I am
completely winning, lost my concentration and any complications came to me as
a shock. Luckily, the text move is a mistake.} ({I would have been in a
completely different mood I had seen my opponent playing} 28. Qc7 {. I was
extremely lucky that not only I but also my opponent had stopped calculating
at the same moment:} Rxh5 29. Qxc8+ Rxc8 30. gxh4 Rg8+ {and here we were sure
that game is over, however the simple} 31. Bg2 $1 (31. Kh2 $4 Rxh4+ 32. Bh3
Rg2+ 33. Kh1 Rxh3#) 31... Rxg2+ 32. Kf1 {leads to a complex endgame in which
all results are possible!}) 28... Bxb7 29. a6 Bxa6 30. Rxe6 Bb5 $1 {I was
happy when I found that move (which was missed by Krzysztof when he sacrified
the rook). Now Black is well protected and White even can't check! So, the
game is over.} 31. Rg6 Qd8 32. Rxg8 Qxg8 33. Bh3 Qf8 34. Qe6 Rg5 0-1

[Event "YUG-chT"]
[Site "Cetinje"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Vasiljevic, Dragan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[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. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 (11... Bd7) 12. Qd3 Nf5 $5 (12...
b6 13. Nxc3 Nf5 14. Bb2 Qe7 15. O-O-O Bd7 16. Nb5 O-O-O 17. g4 $1 Rxg4 18. Bh3
Rxf4 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Qxd5 $16 {Van der Wiel,J-Hertneck,G Groningen 1987 Inf
45/338/}) (12... d4 13. Nxd4 (13. Ng3 $6 Bd7 14. Be2 Nf5 15. Ne4 Rxg2 16. Bf3
Rg6 17. Rb1 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Qxe5 $44 {Vekler,P-Eingorn,V Cuxhoven 1993 Inf 57/
298/}) 13... Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bd7 15. Rg1 Rh8 16. h3 Nf5 17. Qf2 Qc6 18. Bd3 Qd5
19. Rb1 Bc6 20. Rb4 Qa2 21. Qc5 $16 {Wang,Z-Kuijf,M Luzern 1989 Inf 48/408/})
13. Ng3 $146 (13. Qxc3 Bd7 14. Rb1 O-O-O $13) (13. Nxc3 a6 $13) (13. Rg1 Qe7
14. h3 (14. g3 $5) 14... Bd7 15. Rb1 b6 16. g4 Qh4+ 17. Ng3 (17. Kd1 Qf2 18.
gxf5 Rxg1 19. Nxg1 Qxg1 20. Be3 Qg3 $13 {Psakhis/}) 17... Nfe7 18. Qxc3 Rc8 $13
{Psakhis,L-Hertneck,G West Berlin 1989/}) 13... Bd7 (13... d4 $6 14. Ne4 Nxe5
15. fxe5 Qxe5 16. Qb5+ $16) 14. Nxf5 (14. Be2 O-O-O 15. Nxf5 exf5 16. O-O d4
17. Bf3 Be6 $10 {Sveshnikov,E-Webb,L Hastings 1977 Inf 25/268/}) 14... exf5 15.
Qxc3 (15. Qxd5 $6 O-O-O 16. Qd3 (16. Qxf7 $2 Nxe5 $1 $17) 16... Qa5 17. Rb1 Be6
18. Qb5 Qc7 $44) 15... O-O-O 16. Bb2 d4 17. Qd2 f6 (17... Rge8 18. Be2 f6 19.
exf6 $14) (17... Rde8 18. O-O-O $5 $16) (17... Be6 $5 18. Bd3 Qb6 19. O-O-O Qc5
$44) 18. exf6 Rde8+ $6 (18... Qd6 $5 19. f7 (19. Bd3 Rde8+ 20. Kf1 Qxf6) 19...
Qe7+ 20. Be2 Qxf7 21. O-O Qf6 $13) 19. Kf2 Re4 (19... Qb6 $6 20. Bd3 Qxb2 $6
21. f7 $18) (19... d3 20. cxd3 $1 Qb6+ 21. d4 Be6 22. Re1 $16) 20. g3 Qb6 21.
Bd3 $1 (21. Rb1 $2 d3+ 22. Kg2 Nd8 23. cxd3 Bc6 $19) 21... Qxb2 22. Rhb1 Qc3
23. Qxc3 dxc3 24. Bxe4 fxe4 $16 25. Re1 Bf5 26. Re3 Rf8 27. Rb1 Rxf6 28. h3 $6
(28. Rb5 $5 b6 29. Rxc3 $16) 28... Bh7 $2 (28... Bxh3 $5 29. Rxe4 Bf5 30. Re8+
Kc7 31. Rb3 $14) 29. Rd1 Kc7 30. Rxc3 $18 Rf5 31. Ke3 Rh5 32. h4 Bf5 (32... Rh6
33. Rd5) 33. Rd5 b6 34. Rc4 Kb7 35. c3 (35. Rxe4 Bxe4 36. Rxh5 Bxc2 37. Rh8 $18
) 35... Ne7 36. Re5 Nc6 37. Rb5 (37. Re8 $16) 37... a6 38. Rd5 Ne7 39. Rd6 Bc8
40. Rd8 Bf5 41. Rd6 Bh3 42. Kf2 e3+ 43. Ke1 b5 44. Re4 Nf5 45. Rg6 Bg2 46. Re5
Bf3 47. Rg5 Rxg5 48. fxg5 Bg4 49. h5 Kc6 50. h6 1-0

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.07.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ernst, Thomas"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2005.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "1:59:55"]
[BlackClock "1:32:15"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 ({Earlier I was
used to play} 6... Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3 Ne7 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 cxd4 {leading
to wild complications, which I am not at all against. However my latest games
has shown that white has got a clear advantage if he plays correctly and
especially the rapid game Anand-Curt Hansen, SIS-MH Masters 2003 is of
particular importance.}) 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbc6 ({Another interesting move is} 
8... f5 {which the Swedish champion Stellan Brynell used later on in the same
tournament to defeat Ernst.}) 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6
13. Qg4 Bd7 {Here black has the solid alternative} (13... Qf7 {with the idea
14...Qf5 forcing exchange of queens and stops the white kingside attack.}) 14.
h4 {White prepares to break up the wall of pawns in front of the black king
with h5.} Rf5 {Doesn't stop h5, but prepares ...Raf8 to create counterplay on
the f-file.} 15. h5 gxh5 16. Rxh5 Rxh5 {This move is considered dubious
according to theory, which possibly could be right. However I didn't find
anything special for white during my preparations and so I was ready to try it.
Usually} (16... Raf8 17. Rh3 {is played. Black later on sacrifices an exchange
on the white knight to get control over the light squares. However the most
recent games has shown that still white has the better prospects. Black has an
esthetical attractive position, but no concrete play. Instead he must play
expectant and concentrate on stopping the white pawn break f4-f5.}) 17. Qxh5
Be8 {The bishop is heading for g6 where it has an excellent outpost. But
before that white will cause black some trouble as the e6 pawn now is
unprotected.} 18. Qh3 {Not only threatening the e6 pawn but also Ng5 with
double threats on e6 and h7.} Nd8 $1 {Protecting the e6 pawn and also
neutralizing the Ng5-attack as will be shown in the comments to white's next
move.} 19. Bg5 $1 {Here my opponent used up a lot of time, but he also found
the seemingly best continuation. After the tempting} (19. Ng5 {I had planned
to reply} h6 $1 20. Nxe6 Qa5 {with counterattack for black. Not only the c3
pawn is threatened, but also the simple ...Bd7 winning a piece. To avoid
getting a worse position white must continue energetic with} 21. Bxh6 $1 ({
After} 21. Nxd8 {there will follow} Qxc3+ 22. Ke2 Qxc2+ 23. Kf1 Rxd8 24. Qe6+
Bf7 25. Qe7 Re8 26. Qxb7 Qc3 {with an edge for black.}) 21... Nxe6 22. Qxe6+
Bf7 23. Qh3 $1 (23. Qg4 {is bad in view of} Qxc3+ 24. Kd1 (24. Ke2 {is
answered with} Qxc2+ {followed by Qh7 and the attack is over for white.}) 24...
Qxa1+ 25. Ke2 Bh5 $1 26. Qxh5 Qxd4 {The black queen is coming back to defend
in time with a winning position for black.}) 23... gxh6 24. f4 {with an
interesting game. White has only got two pawns for the sacrificed bishop, but
on the other hand it is two connected passed pawns and moreover the black king
is seriously weakened. I believe the position still is ok for black but he
must play careful to avoid getting in trouble. A possible continuation is} Qb6
{with the idea to transfer the queen to the kingside. Now the h6 pawn is
protected and black has the threat of ...Qb2, which makes the otherwise
natural move f4-f5 impossible.}) ({At last white also got the interesting move
} 19. Kd2 {as have been played in a few games with incredible good score for
white. However my conclusion is that the results more depends on that white
was the higher rated player than that the position should be better for him.
There might follow} Bg6 20. g4 Nc6 21. Nh4 Qf7 22. f4 Rf8 23. Rf1 Ne7 24. Rf2
Be4 25. Nf3 Bxf3 26. Rxf3 {and instead of} h6 $2 {played in the game
Külaots-Kuemin, Istanbul 2004 black can continue with} (26... Qg6 {with a
fully playable position and nice control over the light squares.})) 19... Bf7 {
A boring move to play but also a necessary one. In case of} (19... Qd7 $2 {
white wins a pawn playing} 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21. Ng5) 20. Kd2 (20. Bxd8 {can now
be answered with} Qxd8 {protecting against Ng5.}) 20... Qd7 {Protecting e6 and
prepares ...Bg6.} 21. Rh1 Bg6 {This far everything was following preparation
and I was just waiting to answer 22.Nh4 with Qf7 equalizing.} 22. Bxd8 $1 {
I was underestimating this natural move that seem s to lead to an advantage
for white. Suddenly the knight comes to g5 with even more power than in
earlier variations.} Rxd8 23. Ng5 {White activates a double threat against h7
and e6. At first it doesn't seem to be any defence at all. However there are
some nuances in the position that soon will be revealed. Protecting both of
the pawns is impossible, but instead black can sacrifice the h7 pawn to start
a couterattack on c2 with ...Qa4 afterwards.} Bf5 $2 {The alternative was} (
23... Re8 $1 24. Nxh7 Qa4 {with the idea} 25. Nf6+ Kf7 26. Nxe8 (26. Rc1 gxf6
27. Qh4 $1 {can now be met with} fxe5 28. dxe5 Rg8 $1 {and after} 29. Qf6+ Ke8
30. Qxe6+ Kf8 31. Qd6+ Kf7 $1 {Its important for black to play exactely.} ({
After} 31... Ke8 $4 {there will follow} 32. Qb8+ Kf7 33. e6+ $1 Kg7 34. Qe5+
Kf8 35. Qd6+ Ke8 (35... Kg7 36. Qe7+ Kh6 37. Rh1+ Bh5 38. Qf6+ Rg6 39. Qh8+ Kg5
40. Qe5+ Kg4 41. f3#) 36. Qb8+ {and the black rook falls.}) 32. Qxd5+ Kf8 {
white has nothing more than perpetual checks.}) 26... Qxc2+ 27. Ke1 Qc1+ 28.
Ke2 Qc2+ {with perpetual. If white tries to get away with} 29. Kf3 {he might
well loose the game instead after} Qxc3+ 30. Kf4 Qxd4+ 31. Kg3 Qxe5+ {and soon
the e8-knight will fall with a huge material advantage to black.}) 24. g4 Bg6
25. f4 $6 {Now black will get away. White should have played} (25. Nxh7 Qa4 26.
Nf6+ Kf7 27. Rc1 {with the idea} gxf6 28. Qh4 $1 {and white is winning. The
parry I had planned during the game was} Kg8 29. Qxf6 Qe8 30. Rh1 Bh7 31. Qg5+
{with perpetual checks. But after} (31. Rh5 $1 {which I totally missed in my
calculations the game is lost for black. Therefore black must play something
else than 27...gxf6, but in any case white has good winning chances.})) 25...
h6 26. Nxe6 Qxe6 27. f5 Qf7 28. fxg6 Qxg6 29. Qf3 {White has some press and
could he play Rf1 he would get some serious winning chances.} Qf7 30. Qf5 ({
In case of} 30. Qxf7+ Kxf7 31. Rf1+ Ke6 {white has got the f-file, but the
black king is to active and white has no way to break through.}) 30... Rf8 31.
Qxf7+ (31. Rf1 {is met with} Qe7 32. Qxf8+ Qxf8 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 {leading to the
game.}) 31... Kxf7 $1 {The clearly best move. The king should be activated in
the endgame and on e6 it has an excellent position. However allowing a pawn
ending you must always do some correct calculations.} ({After} 31... Rxf7 32.
Ke3 {black is still under pressure and must play exactly not to loose the game.
}) 32. Rf1+ Ke7 33. Rxf8 Kxf8 34. g5 $1 {White's only hope of winning the pawn
ending is to create an entry for his king. Black threatened to play ...g6
closing the position completely with a dead draw as result.} hxg5 (34... h5 $4
{is loosing for black after} 35. g6 $1 Ke7 36. Ke3 Ke6 37. Kf4 h4 38. Kg4 h3
39. Kxh3 Kf5 40. Kh4 Kxg6 (40... Ke6 {doesn't help either} 41. Kg5 b5 42. Kf4
Kd7 43. Kf5 Ke7 44. e6 Kd6 45. e7 Kxe7 46. Ke5 a6 47. Kxd5 Kf6 48. Kc6 Kxg6 49.
d5 Kf7 50. d6 Ke8 51. Kc7 {and the white d-pawn will queen.}) 41. Kg4 {White
has now reached a won pawn ending. The winning idea is to exchange the e-pawn
against the black g-pawn Then black will be unable to defend the weak d5-pawn
as the variation below illustrates.} b6 42. Kf4 b5 43. Kg4 Kf7 44. Kf5 g6+ 45.
Kg5 Kg7 46. e6 a6 47. e7 Kf7 48. e8=Q+ Kxe8 49. Kxg6 Ke7 50. Kf5 Kd6 51. Kf6 a5
52. Kf5 Kc6 53. Ke6 {And finally the d5-pawn falls and white is winning.}) 35.
Ke3 Kf7 36. Kf3 Kg6 37. Kg4 b5 38. e6 $1 {White sacrifices another pawn to be
able to enter with his king. A very dangerous idea that easily could have been
overseen by black when playing 31...Kxf7. But luckily I had counted even this
variation to the bottom.} ({White cannot win any tempi playing} 38. Kg3 {
because black can always play the waiting-move ...Kh6 when needed.} {but
playing} Kf7 {is bad in view of} 39. Kf3 {and after} Kg6 40. Kg4 {white has
won a tempi. However he still has the resource} a6 $1 {keeping the draw.})
38... Kf6 39. e7 Kxe7 40. Kxg5 {The white king has come to far inside the
black territory and so he cannot make use of his extra pawn. Instead he must
give back either the g7 or the d5 pawn. As a loss of the g7-pawn also will
mean loosing the d5 the choice is quite obvious.} a6 41. Kg6 Kf8 42. Kf5 Kf7
43. Ke5 Ke7 44. Kxd5 Kd7 45. Ke5 Ke7 46. Kf5 Kf7 47. Ke5 {Here white offered a
draw because he cannot proceed without going forward with the d-pawn which
only gives black unnecessary winning chances.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.09"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Sollentuna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Nbc6 13. Nf3 Qa5 14. Qd2 {
This move seems to be a good alternative to the more usual reply} (14. Bd2 {
when the play usually goes} Qc7 15. dxc5 e5 16. Ng5 Rf8 17. c4 e4 18. cxd5 exd3
19. d6 Qd7 20. dxe7 Qxe7+ 21. Be3 Rf5 {with a interesting position that still
needs more practice. According to theory White should have the better
prospects, but Black has the initiative and some development advantage in
exchnage for the sacrificed pawn, so it is not at all that clear.}) 14... Qc7
$146 {According to my databases this move seems to be a novelty. Ofcourse it
looks a bit strange to move the Queen back at once, but the idea is clear. I
didnät like to allow White playing Bf4 taking full control over the e5-square.
Now as the White Queen has left protection over the f3-knight an exchange
sacrifice there can also become interesting.} ({The normal developing move} 
14... Bd7 {seems to give Black some trouble after} 15. h4 $1 ({In case of} 15.
O-O {Black might continue} cxd4 16. cxd4 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 Rxf3 18. gxf3 Nxd4 19.
Kg2 Rc8 20. Rab1 b6 {with compensation for the exchange in Alsina Leal,
D-Gonzalez Garcia,J/Badalona 2005/CBM 107 ext (47).}) 15... Nf5 16. h5 cxd4 17.
hxg6 hxg6 18. Qf4 $1 {Smirnov,P-Potkin,V/Kazan 2001/EXT 2002 continued} Rg7 ({
After} 18... Qxc3+ 19. Ke2 {White is just clearly better with a powerful
attack to follow.}) 19. Qh2 Kf7 20. g4 e5 21. gxf5 {This gives Black
unnecessary chanses. Better was} (21. Rb1 Nd6 22. Kf1 {and Black is without
counterplay.}) 21... Qxc3+ 22. Bd2 $2 {This is a misstake.} (22. Kf1 {should
have been played with the idea} Qxa1+ 23. Kg2 Qxh1+ 24. Kxh1 {nad White keep
the advantage.}) 22... Qxa1+ 23. Ke2 Qxa3 24. Ng5+ Ke7 25. f6+ Kxf6 26. Qh4 Ke7
$2 {Now the game quickly went into White's hand. Instead Black could play the
strange-looking} (26... Qe7 $1 {ignoring the discovered check and remaining
with a clear advantage. Ofcourse the position looks risky for Black, but he
has a lot of material and as White has nothing concrete he might be just
winning.}) 27. Bc1 $1 Qb4 28. Ne4+ $2 (28. Bd2 {was objectively better
repeating moves}) 28... Kf7 29. Qf6+ $2 {Again giving the game to Black.} (29.
Ng5+ {was better.}) 29... Kg8 30. Bh6 Bg4+ $2 (30... Qe7 {would give Black a
winning position after} 31. Bxg7 Qxg7 {with a huge material advantage.
Ofcourse Black still has to be careful not to go wrong, but with correct play
he should be wining.}) 31. f3 Bxf3+ 32. Qxf3 dxe4 33. Qxe4 Qe7 {The final
mistake. After the correct} (33... Qd6 {Black is still in the game.}) 34. Bxg7
Qxg7 35. Qd5+ Qf7 36. Rh8+ {1-0 Smirnov,P-Potkin,V/Kazan 2001/EXT 2002}) (14...
cxd4 {gives White some advantage in the upcoming endgame due to the pair of
bishops.} {It might continue} 15. cxd4 Qxd2+ 16. Bxd2 Nf5 ({Now after} 16...
Rxf3 17. gxf3 Nxd4 18. f4 {White has the advantage of not having castled yet
in contrast to the prior variation. The King will be more usuful in the center
for instance on d2 were it can protect the c2-pawn. White has a small but
stable plus.}) 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bd7 19. Rb1 b6 20. O-O Rc8 21. Rfc1 {
as in Macieja,B-Masternak,G/Wisla 1992/TD (40). White is about to play c4
opening lines and diagonals for the bishops, remaining with a solid plus.}) ({
Perhaps} 14... c4 {is the move to be played, but I still prefer White after}
15. Be2 Nf5 16. Ne5 ({Not} 16. Bf4 $2 Nfxd4 17. cxd4 Rxf4 {as in Mazzilli,
P-Farago,I/Rome 2005/EXT 2006 (28) and Black won a pawn and later also the
game.}) {The game Ernst,T-Giddins,S/Gausdal 1995/CBM 046 ext quickly went to a
draw after} 16... Rf8 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bf4 c5 19. Be5 cxd4 20. cxd4 Qxd2+ 21.
Kxd2 Nh4 22. g3 Nf3+ 23. Ke3 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Bd7 25. f4 Rab8 {but I am sure
there are several ways to improve for White, for instance 17.0-0 and even the
final position isn't that dead draw. I cannot see any risk for White playing
on here while Black has to be a lot more careful not to let the White King
enter on the queenside.}) 15. O-O cxd4 {Here I was using up a lot of my time
trying to find something great. Ofcourse} (15... Rxf3 {was in my dreams but
unfortunately I couldn't get it work in a good way.} {After} 16. gxf3 cxd4 {
White doesn't need to take back on d4 but can continue} 17. Rfe1 ({Also
interesting is} 17. f4 Qa5 18. Bf6 Kf7 19. Be5 Qxc3 20. Qe2 {with a promising
position for White.}) 17... e5 18. Bf1 {and the Black center starts lookinga
bit shaky. Black has got a pawn for the exchange but far from full
compensation.}) 16. Nxd4 $1 ({Ofcourse} 16. cxd4 {would be met by} Rxf3 17.
gxf3 Nxd4 18. Kg2 e5 {and here in comparision to the prior variation Black has
very good compensation. A possible continuation would be} 19. f4 Qd7 $1 20. Qe3
e4 {with a strong initiative for black, for instance} 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Bxe7
Nf3 23. Qb3+ Kg7 24. Qc3+ Kh6 25. Bf8+ Kh5 {and the Black King goes for vitory!
}) 16... a6 {Preparing for ...e5.} ({At first I thought that} 16... e5 {
would just give me a strong center and a good game, but after} 17. Nb5 Qd7 18.
c4 {White breaks it up having the advantage.}) 17. Rae1 e5 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. f3
$1 {A very strong prophylactic move that gives Black a very difficult
defensive task. The e5-pawn is weak and will soon be attacked by the white
queen. Black has no way defending it and must search for tactical counterplay
instead.} Nf5 20. Qe2 Qb6+ (20... h6 {Is solving one problem, the e5-pawn but
creates another.} 21. Bc1 Re7 22. g4 $16 {nad the h6-pawn will go lost.}) 21.
Qf2 ({The point is that after} 21. Kh1 Bd7 {the e5-pawn is tactically
protected, but by the cost of some kingside weakening White can still with the
pawn} 22. g4 (22. Qxe5 $2 {is met with} Re8 23. Qf4 Ne3 {and now it's White
who has to fight for equality.}) 22... Ng7 23. Qxe5 Re8 24. Qd4 $16 {White is
clearly better.}) 21... Qc7 22. Qc5 {Now White doesnt win any material at once,
but he has a strong initiaitve and Black is under pressure.} Bb7 $1 {An ugly
but good denfensive resource. After} (22... Bd7 $2 23. c4 $1 {Black cannot
handle the problems any longer.}) 23. Rf2 {White starts to increase the
pressure on e5. Now after} (23. c4 {Black can simply play} Re8 {and everything
is protected.}) 23... Re8 24. Rfe2 Ng7 {Black is still fighting andnow
threatens with ...Ne6 to shoo away the White Queen from c5.} 25. Bh6 Rfe7 ({Now
} 25... Ne6 {is met with} 26. Rxe5 $1 {as there is a mte to follow on f8.}) 26.
Bf4 Kf7 27. Bg3 Nf5 $2 {The final mistake. Now White forces the win by tactics.
Necessary was} (27... Nh5 {and it's all not so clear any longer.}) 28. Bxf5 $1
{This move came as a surprise to me, but ahving seen the idea it's all coming
clear.} gxf5 29. Qb4 $1 {Now White threatens the e5-pawn as the bishop on b7
will hang in the end. MOreover Qh4 is a nasty threat giving Black lots of
headaches.} f4 (29... h6 {was a better try with some survivial chances. It
might continue} 30. Bxe5 (30. Qh4 f4 {is less clear.}) 30... Rxe5 31. Rxe5 Rxe5
32. Rxe5 Qxe5 33. Qxb7+ Kf8 {and even though a pawn down Black is not totally
without drawing chances.}) 30. Rxe5 $1 {Clearing things up!} Rxe5 31. Qxf4+ Kg6
(31... Kg8 32. Qg4+ Qg7 (32... Kh8 33. Bxe5+ Rxe5 34. Qd4 $18) 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7
34. Bxe5+ Kg6 35. g4 {is also hopeless for Black.}) 32. Qg4+ ({I could only
hope for} 32. Rxe5 Qxe5 33. Qxe5 Rxe5 34. Bxe5 {with some practical drawing
chances because of the opposite coloure bishops, but this is also lost due to
the extra pawns on the queenside.}) 32... Rg5 (32... Kf7 {is met by} 33. Bxe5
Rxe5 34. Qf4+ Ke6 35. Qh6+ Kf5 36. g4#) 33. Rxe8 (33. Re6+ $4 {Would be a
terrible blunder leading to a draw after} Kf7 {as now 34.Qxg5 can bet me by ...
Qb6+.} 34. Bxc7 Rxg4 35. Rxe8 Rxg2+ 36. Kxg2 Kxe8 {with a technical draw
because of the opposite coloured bishops.}) 33... Rxg4 ({Now after} 33... Qb6+
{there is} 34. Qd4 $18) 34. Bxc7 Rc4 35. Rb8 Rxc3 36. Rxb7 Rxc2 37. Be5 c5 38.
g4 $1 d4 39. Rg7+ Kh6 40. Rg8 {Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.13"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Black "Zhang, Pengxiang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sollentuna"]
[BlackTeam "Taldea Gros Xake"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 {The latest try
for Black in the Winawer variantion. The idea is to put the Queen on a4,
blocking the advance of the White a-pawn. This keeps the c1-bishop away from
its favorite diagonal a3-f8 at least at the first stage. Moreover the Queen
attacks c2 and the central d4-pawn. Ofcourse there are also some drawbacks. As
a Queen is not the best blocker it can easily be threatened away by a White
piece sooner or later. The Queen might also become a bit ofside on the
queenside allowing White to create an attack on the other side of the board.}
7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qg4 {A stright forward move that forces Black to weaken his
kingside. The alternative is the rook solid} (8. Qb1 {threatening both Bb5+
and Qb3 thus forcing Black to reply} c4 {closing the position. White has some
advantage because of the pair of bishops that will become useful after opening
up on the kingside. However Black has a solid position without weaknesses so
it's not easy for White to break though.This might be suitable for the
positional player with a lot of patience, but I definitely prefer to play more
active.}) 8... g6 {The usual reply. Also} (8... Kf8 {has been played with the
idea to keep the pawn formation intact. The drawback is ofcourse that the king
no longer is ina safe position.}) 9. Qd1 {The Queen has done her work and now
it's time to go back protecting the c2-pawn. The d4-pawn is now left en prise,
but this is included in White's plan. An opening of center is favorable to the
pair of bishops.} Nc6 (9... b6 {is a worthy alternative with the idea of
playing ...Ba6 getting rid og the "bad bishop".} 10. h4 h5 (10... Ba6 11. Bxa6
Nxa6 12. Ne2 (12. h5 cxd4 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. Rh4 Ne7 15. cxd4 Rc8 16. c3 Nc5 $1)
12... h5 13. Bg5 Rc8 14. O-O Ne7 15. Bf6 Rf8 16. Qd2 Nb8) 11. Nf3 Ba6 12. Bxa6
(12. Bd3 Nd7 13. O-O Bxd3 14. cxd3 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Ne7 16. Bg5 Nc6 $11) 12...
Qxa6 13. Bg5 Nd7 14. Qd3 Qxd3 15. cxd3 Rc8 16. Kd2 Ne7 17. a4 Nc6 18. dxc5 bxc5
19. Rhb1 Rc7 $11 {Chandler-N.Pert British Team Ch 2001.}) (9... cxd4 {will now
be met with} 10. Rb1 $1 {with good compensation for the pawn.}) 10. Rb1 $5 {
An interesting move, putting pressure along the b-file and threatening Bb5..
Usually} (10. Nf3 {is played, but then Black gets time for} b6 {and ...Ba6 to
swap off the bishops.}) 10... a6 ({In case of} 10... c4 {White can continue}
11. h4 Qxa3 (11... h6 {is met by} 12. Qc1 {giving Black some problems to
fullfill his kingsde development.}) 12. h5 {with good compensation for the
sacrificed pawn.}) 11. Nf3 b5 12. h4 {Trying to provoke some more weaknesses
in the Black camp.} (12. Bd3 {was also worth thinkning about, but I didn't
like to allow Black playing} c4 {winning tempo and after} 13. Be2 Qxa3 {
Black ahs at least a pawn to the good. Ofcourse White has obvious compensation
with control over the Black squares, but it's hard to find anything convincing.
}) 12... h6 ({After} 12... cxd4 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. Bd3 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 {White
has a strong initiaitve and the pawn deficit doesn't mean much in this
position.}) 13. dxc5 $6 {A try to open up the position, but this is not the
right way. Better was} (13. Bd3 c4 14. Be2 Qxa3 15. h5 g5 16. Ra1 Qb2 17. O-O {
with compensation.}) 13... Nge7 (13... Qe4+ 14. Be3 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Qd4
$14 {gives White a solid plus in the endgame.}) 14. Bd3 ({A strange-looking,
but rather interesting move is} 14. c4 $5 {with the idea to open up some lines
and close the connection for the Black Queen on the fourth rank. After} dxc4
15. Qc1 {the Black Queen has no squares and White starts putting some pressure
on the Black kingside.}) 14... Nf5 {Black prevents White from castling as now
the h4-pawn will hang and soon Black is about to tranfer his Queen to g4.} ({
Eliminating pawns by means of} 14... Qxa3 15. O-O (15. Rb4 $5 {might also come
into consideration.}) 15... Qxc5 {only helps White and after} 16. Qc1 {with
excellent compensation on the black squares.}) (14... Qg4) 15. Rb4 $5 {An
interesting positional exchange sacrifice that makes life a bit easier for
White.} Qxa3 ({Taking the exchange at once with} 15... Nxb4 $2 {is bad in view
of} 16. axb4 {[%csl Ra4,Rc8] and Black faces problems both with his Queen and
bishop.}) 16. O-O {There is no need to move away the rook. The exchange
sacrifice will still give White good compensation.} Bd7 17. Qe2 d4 $5 {A smart
move. Black sacrifices a pawn to open up a diagonal for his "French Bishop".
Now White will get a pawn for the exchange, but keeping the position closed
would be preferable.} 18. Rxd4 {Probably a mistake. At first sight it doesn't
look too bad, but Black will soon get a solid block in the center giving some
more stability to his position. Even though White still has reasonable
compensation it's hard to proceed and any misstake might give Black the
advantage.} ({Better was} 18. Rb3 Qxc5 19. Ra1 {and Black is unable to defend
all his pawns. Now b5 is hanging and if he protects himself with} Ra7 {he will
soon face other trouble.} (19... O-O {is bad in view of} 20. g4 {and the
h6-pawn will falll.}) 20. g4 Nfe7 21. Qe4 $1 {A strong move winning back the
pawn as ...dxc3 falls to Be3. White will win back d4 with a stable plus.}) ({
Another interesting idea was} 18. h5 dxc3 ({After} 18... g5 {White can play}
19. Nxd4 {as now Black can not recapture with his g-.pawn on f5 in case of 19..
.Nxb4 20.Nxf5.} Nfxd4 20. Rxd4 Qxc5 (20... Nxd4 21. cxd4 {[%csl Ra3] gives a
clear advantage to White as the BLack Queen is left offside and White also
threatens to break up the kingside with f2-f4!}) 21. Re4 $16 {Here too White
is clearly better. NOw Black is more active, but on the other hand White has
not given the Exchange and he has a strong pair of bishops.}) 19. Rb3 Qxc5 20.
Rxc3 $44 {with compensation for the sacrifices pawn.}) 18... Ncxd4 19. cxd4 Bc6
20. Be4 Rc8 21. Bxc6+ Rxc6 22. Qe4 ({A worthy alternative was} 22. c4 $5 {
putting direct pressure to Black's position.} b4 ({After} 22... bxc4 23. Rb1
O-O 24. Qxc4 {White has good compensation for the exchange.}) 23. Qe4 Rc8 24.
Qb7 O-O 25. Qxb4 Qxb4 26. Bxb4 {White has two pawns for the exchange and is
materially leading so his position must be preferable, allthough Black isn't
without chanses either.}) 22... Ne7 23. Nh2 $1 {A smart manouvre that forces
Black to further weaknesses.Now Ng4 is a threat.} h5 24. Bg5 Nd5 25. Bf6 Rf8 ({
Far too risky is} 25... O-O $5 {for instance} 26. Rd1 b4 27. Nf1 Rcc8 28. Rd3
Qa1 29. Rg3 Kh7 30. Rg5 {with a decisive attack for White.}) 26. Nf3 {The
knight heads back for g5 to get closer to the Black position.} Qc3 27. Ng5 Qc4
{Protecting the knight.} ({After} 27... a5 {White has at least a draw with} 28.
Nxe6 $5 fxe6 29. Qxg6+ Rf7 30. Qg8+ {but also possible is 28.Rb1 with the idea
...b4 29.Qe2 and Blacks king is not so safe any longer.}) 28. Rd1 ({It was
also interesting to play} 28. Qf3 {at once with the idea of Ne4 with good
attacking prospects. However giving away the d4-pawn is also very risky. In
case the White atttack doesn't crush through his position might be a disaster.}
Qxd4) 28... Kd7 29. Qf3 Qxc2 ({Also interesting was the strange-looking} 29...
Nxf6 {Black gives up his most important piece, the blocking knight on d5, but
this might well be enough as White has not so many pieces left to attack with
for instance} 30. Qxf6 Qxc2 31. Qf3 Qf5 32. d5 exd5 33. Qxd5+ Kc7 34. Ne4 Qe6
35. Qd2 Kb8 {and the Black king is now in safety. Still White has compensation
for the exchange but it's not easy to find a clear plan.}) 30. Bg7 Re8 31. Ne4
$1 ({Ofcourse not} 31. Nxf7 Qf5 $1 {forcing exchange of Queens and Black is
winning.}) 31... Kc7 {Naturally Black want to transfer his king to the
Queenside as here it will be less exposed, but yet it cannot go safe anywhere
as the game will show.} 32. Kh2 {Preparing Rd2 without allowing a check on the
back rank.} Re7 33. Rd2 Qc1 {Black keeps the rook under control not to let the
White knight to d6.} 34. Bh6 {Defending the rook and preparing for Nd6} ({
Less convincing is} 34. Bf8 Rd7 35. Bd6+ Kb7 {and the bishop on d6 is not very
useful even though it's in an attractive position. This is worth thinking
about only if White will be able to tranfer his Queen to the 8th rank.}) 34...
Rd7 35. Nd6 Qb1 ({Giving back the exchange here is not an alternative as after
} 35... Rcxd6 36. exd6+ Kb7 {White can sacrifice his bishop with} 37. Ra2 Qxh6
38. Qa3 {and White wins. Black can fight on with 37...Qc3, but in the long run
White will still be winning. The Black rook is doomed to passivity and the
queenside pawns can never advance as then the Black King gets vulnerable and
will soon be mated.}) 36. Rd1 {At this stage we were both in timetrouble. As I
couldn't see anything clear for White and wasn't sure whether I was better or
not I decided to g for some repetion to pass the 40 moves.} (36. Qa3) 36... Qc2
37. Rd2 Qc3 {My opponent clearly didn't like to repeat position, but now he is
already in real danger.} 38. Rd3 Qb2 39. Rd2 $2 {A misstake caused by the
timetrouble. Ofcourse White should go for the win immediately with} (39. Nxf7
$1 $18 {with a similar position as followed in the game. White has a winning
advantage, because of the opening of the f-file and weaknesses on e6 and g6.})
39... Qb4 $4 {It's not easy to make the correct 40th move, but now Black
forces White to play the best and winning move. Better was 39...Qb1 trying to
repeat the position.} 40. Nxf7 Ne7 41. Nd6 Nf5 42. Bg5 $22 {Black is in
Zugzwang. It's not easy to undrstand this, black has so many pieces on the
board, but no one of them, not even the pawns can do any move without worsen
the position.The knight on f5 must stay there not to allow WHite's Queen to
get in to f8. The King cannot move as then it would loose the guard on the
c6-rook. The rooks cannot move unless giving exchange sacrifice on d6. There
is the exception of 42...Rh7, but this will loosse important control as shown
in the variation below. The Queen do have a few moves, but any of them will
loose control of c5 allowing White to play d5! witha crushing attack.} a5 ({
After} 42... Rh7 {White has several winning ways. I will give a line including}
43. Bd8+ {to give a good reason why the rook was realy needed on d7 for
protaction.} Kxd8 (43... Kd7 {doesn't help. After} 44. d5 {everything opens up
and Black is completely lost.}) 44. Qxc6 Nxd6 45. Qb6+ Ke8 46. Rd3 Nf5 47.
Qxe6+ Ne7 48. Qxa6 {White takes the pawns one after one and Black has no sign
of any counterplay.} Qc4 49. Rf3 Qd5 50. Qxb5+ $18 {Black is still alive, but
with four pawns and a very good attacking prospects White is totally winning.})
43. Rd3 {All ways leading to victory, but easier was} (43. d5 exd5 44. Qxd5 {
forcing} Nxd6 45. cxd6+ {with atotally crushing position, for instance} Kb6 46.
Qe6 Qg4 47. Qe8 a4 48. Qa8 $18 {and so on. Having two connected passed pawns
and dangerous attack against the Black King White has aclear win.}) 43... Nxd6
{This is more or less forced as Rb3 was threatened and after} (43... a4 {
White reply with} 44. Bd2 {and Ba5+ comming next winning the rook on c6.}) 44.
exd6+ Kb7 45. Qh3 Rdxd6 {The last desperate try, but still giving White some
technical trouble because of Black's connected passed pawns on a5 and b5.} ({
After} 45... Qc4 46. d5 {Black also have to give up a rook to survive.} Rcxd6
47. cxd6 Rxd6 {Perhaps this was a better try, but here too White should be
winning rather easy i.e.} 48. Qf3 Rxd5 49. Rc3 Qd4 50. Bd8 a4 51. Rc7+ Kb8 (
51... Ka6 52. Rc6+ Kb7 53. Rxe6 $18) 52. g3 b4 53. Rh7 Rd7 54. Bf6 Qd5 55. Be5+
Ka8 56. Qf8+ Ka7 57. Qb8+ Ka6 58. Qc8+ {etc.}) 46. Bd2 $1 {A strong
intermediate move that forces the Black Queen away before capturing the rook,
not to give unnecessary counterplay.} Qc4 47. cxd6 b4 ({Ofcourse} 47... Rxd6
48. Bxa5 $18 {is totally hopeless for Black.}) 48. Qf3 ({Also possible was} 48.
Bf4 Rc8 49. Be5 a4 50. Qf3+ Qd5 51. Qf7+ Kb6 52. d7 $18 Rd8 53. Qe7 Rxd7 54.
Qxb4+ Qb5 55. Qc3 $18) 48... Qd5 49. Qxd5 (49. Qf7+ Ka6 {is less clear.}) 49...
exd5 50. Bf4 {threatening d7!} Rc8 (50... Kc8 {is met by} 51. Re3 Kd8 52. Re7
b3 53. Ra7 b2 54. Bg5+ $18) 51. Rd1 $1 {From the first rank the rook has a
better distance and can easily take care about the passed Black pawns when the
start running.} Rd8 (51... Kb6 {looses to} 52. Bg5 Kc6 53. Rc1+ Kd7 54. Rxc8
Kxc8 55. Bd2 Kd7 56. f4 Kxd6 57. g4 $1 hxg4 58. Kg3 $18 {nad Black has not
enough time to tranfer his King to the queenside and the pawns cannot advance
by them self as} b3 {is met by} 59. Bc1 {with a solid block.}) 52. Rc1 Kb6 (
52... Ka6 53. Rc6+ Kb5 54. Rc5+ Ka4 55. Rxd5 b3 56. Bc1 Kb4 57. d7 a4 58. Bg5
$18) (52... b3 53. Ra1 Kb6 54. Ra3 a4 55. Rxa4 Kb5 56. Ra1 Kc4 57. Be5 b2 58.
Rb1 Kc3 59. Kg3 Kc2 60. Rxb2+ Kxb2 61. Kf4 $18) 53. Rc5 b3 54. Bd2 $1 {Using
the tactics now wins by force. Less clear is} (54. Bc1 Rxd6 55. Ba3 Rc6 {
with counterplay for Black.}) 54... b2 55. Bxa5+ Ka6 (55... Kb7 56. Bxd8 b1=Q
57. Rc7+ Kb8 58. d7 Qf5 59. Bg5 $18) 56. Bxd8 b1=Q 57. Rc6+ Ka7 58. d7 Qf5 {
Funny enough Black has no threats at all as the d7-pawn is protected by the
check on c7 winning the Queen!} 59. Bb6+ (59. Rc7+ Kb6 60. Bg5 $18 {was
another option.}) 59... Kb7 60. d8=Q ({During the game I was also considering
to play} 60. d8=N+ $5 {but ofcourse I had no good reason for this.} Ka6 ({
In case of} 60... Ka8 {White wins easy with} 61. Bc7 Ka7 62. Rc5 Qf6 63. Ra5+
$18 {winning the Queen and}) (60... Kb8 61. Rc7 Qf4+ 62. Kg1 {also forced
Black to give up the Queen not to get mated.} Qxc7 63. Bxc7+ $18) 61. Bc7+ Kb5
62. Bg3 $18 {Ofcourse White is still winning, but here there is nothing
obvious.}) 60... Qf4+ 61. Kg1 {Fortunately the check on c1 is still protected
by the hanging rook on c6.} Kxc6 {Black resigned.} 62. g3 ({Ofcourse} 62. Qc7+
$18 {is also winning, but I saw no reason to give up material.}) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.08.30"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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 "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 {This came as a surprise to me as I mainly had
expected 3.Nd2.} Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9.
Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 12. h4 $5 {A very common idea in this line
of the Winawer. However it's rather unusual to play it this early. While White
pushes his h-pawn forward he also creates the possibilty to develop his rook
to h3.} (12. Qd3 {has been the main choice for a long time, but after the
recent success of 12.h4 I am sure we will see more of that move in the future.
Although I have been studying similar lines rather deeply, I didn't have much
use of it now, since this move order by White makes it a different story.})
12... d4 {I played this move rather quickly, so as not to get into deep
thought too early.} (12... Bd7 {is a more flexible move for Black when after}
13. h5 O-O-O {As soon as Black castles he creates the threat of ...Nf5 when
White's queen might get trapped, so now it's time to return to d3. As a rule
White should not waste time taking the pawn on f7 under any circumstances as
it will either be a straightforward win for Black or give him very dangerous
counter chances.} (13... d4 {would transpose to the game.}) 14. Qd3 {Here
Black's main continuation is} Nf5 ({Once again} 14... d4 {transposes back to
the game.}) 15. h6 ({Now the computer's top choice is} 15. Qxc3 d4 {and here}
16. Qc4 $1 $14 {seems to bring White some advantage, although the position is
very sharp.} ({After} 16. Qd3 $6 Na5 {Black is doing well and has a lot of
active counterplay for the sacrificed pawn.})) (15. Rb1 {is another
interesting option that can be found commented on by Edouard in Mega 2012.})
15... Rg6 16. h7 Rh8 17. Be3 d4 $2 {18.Bf2 gave White a stable advantage in
1-0 Leko,P (2730)-Bartel,M (2674)/Dortmund 2012/Mega2012 Update 30 (33)} ({
However Black would have been absolutely fine after} 17... Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Rg7 {
as Leko points out in connection to his comments on Leko-Caruana in NIC
Magazine.})) 13. h5 ({I was hoping for} 13. Qd3 {when after} b6 $1 {Black is
doing fine according to theory.}) 13... Bd7 ({Now} 13... b6 $4 {1-0 (25) Abreu
Delgado,A (2470)-Marin,S (2329) Cartagena 2012}) 14. Qd3 O-O-O 15. Rb1 (15. h6
{is supposed to be even stronger which has an excellent score for White. White
tries to force Black's rook to passive defence on h8 when after} Rg6 (15... Kb8
16. h7 Rh8 17. Rb1 Bc8 18. g4 b6 19. Bg2 Bb7 20. Kf2 {gave White a clear
advantage in}) 16. h7 Rh8 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 {1/2-1/2 Matic,P (2262)-Skare,
G (2276)/Belgrade 2011/CBM 141 Extra (28); the position is a bit complicated,
but White is objectively better.}) 15... Kb8 $6 $146 (15... Nf5 $1 {would
transpose back to well known theory, usually reached via the move order 12...
Bd7 13.h5 0-0-0 14.Qd3 Nf5.}) 16. Ng3 (16. h6 $5 {might be stronger when after}
Rg6 17. h7 Rh8 18. Nxd4 $14 {White is better.}) 16... Bc8 $6 {This is simply
too passive here. My intention to sacrifice a piece on e5 simply fails as the
game will show.} ({Instead} 16... Nf5 $1 {would have been a better
continuation with the idea of Nce7 when Black has a fully playable position.})
17. Ne4 Nxe5 $2 {This is a standard idea for Black, but right here it just
doesn't work.} ({It was necessary to play} 17... f5 $1 {when} 18. exf6 Nd5 {
and Black has good practical counterplay, although White is objectively better
after} 19. Qf3 $14) 18. fxe5 Qxe5 19. Qf3 $1 {The best continuation, opening
the diagonal for the bishop on f1 as well as creating the threat Bf4.} Nd5 20.
Bc4 Ne3 {Black's counterplay comes just a bit too late.} (20... d3 {is
thematic, but does not work in view of} 21. cxd3 c2 22. Rb5 f5 23. Bxd5 exd5
24. Qf4 $1 $18) (20... f5 {is also insufficient after} 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. Bf4+ (
{Not} 22. Nf6 Qe5+) 22... e5 23. Nf6 Qd6 24. Nxg8 exf4 25. O-O Rxg8 26. Qxf4
$18) 21. Rb5 ({The simple} 21. Bxe3 dxe3 22. h6 $18 {also wins for White.})
21... Qc7 22. Bxe3 dxe3 (22... Qxc4 23. Rb4 $18) 23. Rc5 Qb6 24. O-O f5 (24...
e2 {was the best practical chance, but after} 25. Bxe2 f5 26. Qf4+ Ka8 27. Qc7
Qxc7 28. Rxc7 fxe4 29. Rff7 $1 $18 {White has a won endgame thanks to his
strong passed h-pawn and active rooks.}) (24... Rd4 25. Qxf7 $1 $18) 25. Qf4+
$1 {A nice intermediate check after which the win is very simple.} Ka8 26. Qxe3
Bd7 (26... fxe4 {looses to} 27. Rxc8+ Rxc8 28. Qxb6 axb6 29. Bxe6 $18 {when
the upcoming rook endgame is hopeless for Black.}) 27. Nf6 Bc6 28. Nxg8 Rxg8
29. Rf2 {Now the rest is simple for White.} f4 30. Qe5 f3 31. Bf1 fxg2 32. Bxg2
Bxg2 33. Rxg2 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Rxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Qxc2+ 36. Kf3 Qd3+ 37. Kf4 Qd2+ 38.
Qe3 Qd6+ 39. Kg4 Qd1+ 40. Kf4 Qd6+ 41. Ke4 b6 42. Rxc3 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Black "Berelowitsch, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sollentuna"]
[BlackTeam "Eupen Rochade"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 {An interesting
variation that I have played with Black myself for several years now. However
lately I have switch over to  6...Ne7. I think the reason will become quite
clear after this game.} 7. Qg4 f5 ({Black has also two other choices,} 7... Ne7
{or}) (7... f6 {but White still has clearly better prospects and its not easy
to hold on to the Black position.}) 8. Qg3 Ne7 $6 {This move which I have
played with the Black pieces allready since 1992 with good results I now
consider as dubious. In my last games I have faced big trouble on the Black
side and this game is another example of what Black has to deal with.} ({
More solid is} 8... cxd4 9. cxd4 {and now} Ne7 {Now Black will castle next as
the g7-pawn cannot be taken beacuse of ...Rg8 followed by ...Qc3+. I still
believe that this variation is playable for Black, but I would definitely
prefer to be on the White side.}) 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 cxd4 11. Ne2 {This is
the old mainline of the variation. Last few years White has mosly tried} (11.
Kd1 {with the idea of putting the knigh on f3 and get it more active. However
in a rapid game Anand-Curt Hansen, Middelfart SIS-MH Masters 2003 Anand
reintroduced 11.Ne2 with some new interesting ideas for White.}) 11... Nbc6 {
This is a bit more flexible than} (11... dxc3 {but usually they lead to the
same thing.}) 12. h4 {During the game I thought some time trying to remember
the game of Anand but failed to play the same moveorder. Anyway the idea is
the same and perhaps this is even more accurate.} ({Anand-C. Hansen continued} 
12. Qh5+ Ng6 (12... Kd8 {is a try to avoid the trouble of the pin, but after}
13. Bg5 $1 (13. f4 {is less clear as White now has some problems to find
squares for his bishops and especially the one on c1. In the game Baklan,
V-Borovikov,V/UKR t-ch Alushta 2002 there followed} dxc3 14. Be3 Qa5 15. Qh4 b6
16. Qf2 Ba6 17. h4 Kd7 18. Rh3 {and the players agreed to adraw.}) 13... dxc3
14. f4 {White has a very good position.}) 13. Bg5 Qxe5 14. f4 Qg7 15. h4 dxc3
16. Rd1 d4 17. Qf3 e5 18. Qd5 {with a decisive attack. WHite was even allowed
to some fireworks after} Nge7 19. Qd6 Bd7 ({I was once faced to defend this
terrible position as Black. Aware of the Anand game I decided to go for the
Novelty} 19... Kf7 {and miraculously managed to defend a half point after a
good deal of fighting chess.}) 20. Nxc3 Nc8 21. Qc7 dxc3 22. Be2 {and after}
Rh8 23. fxe5 {White soon decided the game.}) 12... dxc3 (12... Qxe5 {will be
met by} 13. Bf4 $1 (13. Qh5+ Ng6 14. Bg5 dxc3 15. f4 {transposes to the game.})
13... Qe4 14. cxd4 {nad now after} Nxd4 {White wins by means of} 15. f3 $1
Nxc2+ ({or} 15... Qxc2 16. Bd6 Ndc6 17. Rc1 Qb2 18. Rxc6) 16. Kd2 Qa4 17. Bd6 {
and Black is lost.}) 13. Bg5 Qxe5 14. Qh5+ Ng6 (14... Kd8 {is no better. White
will continue with} 15. Rh3 d4 16. Qf7 {with continuos hevy pressure.}) 15. f4
Qe4 $5 {Now Black avoids a repetion of the game of Anand and White is forces
to play by his own.} 16. Rh3 d4 $2 {This move allows White to open up the
whole position and that's just what his pair of bishops are waiting for.} ({
Better was} 16... Qxc2 {but it doesn't look either after} 17. Rxc3 Qb2 18. Rac1
$36 {with a very strong initiative for White.}) 17. Qh7 $1 {A strong
intermediate move that opens up for tacical possibilities for White.} Nge7 (
17... Nce7 {looses to} 18. h5 Rh8 19. hxg6 (19. Qg7 Rg8 20. Qxd4 $16) 19...
Rxh7 20. gxh7 Ng6 21. O-O-O {winning for White.}) 18. O-O-O $1 {A strong move
with many purposes. White defends his c2-pawn, put his king into "safety" and
activates the deadly threat of Rxd4. Thus Black is forced to open up the
center in front of his vulnerable king.} e5 (18... Rxg5 {doesn't help Black.
After} 19. hxg5 $18 {White is completely wiining as Black ha no time for long
castle.}) 19. Nxc3 $5 {In a try to find the excellent winning combination I
here give Black unnecessary chances to get back into the game. Better was the
simple} (19. fxe5 {and the win for White is rather easy, for instance} Rxg5 (
19... Qxe5 {walks into} 20. Qh5+ $1 Kd8 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Re3 Rxg5 23. Qxg5 Qc5
24. Rxd4+ {with acrushing win.}) 20. hxg5 Be6 21. Nxd4 $1 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Qxd4
23. Bb5+ Kd8 24. Rd3) 19... dxc3 20. Bb5 Rxg5 $8 {forced as after} (20... exf4
21. Rhd3 $1 $18 {Black will get mated very soon.}) 21. hxg5 Be6 ({In case of} 
21... Qxf4+ 22. Kb1 Qxg5 {Black looses after} 23. Qh8+ Qg8 (23... Ng8 {is too
passive, e.g.} 24. Rh7 $1 Be6 25. Rxb7 {and so on...}) 24. Qf6 {and now Rh8
winning the queen is to follow.}) 22. Qg7 Bd5 $1 {A very nice parade. During
the game when playing 19.Nxc3 I had seen this move, but not fully understood
the strength of it. I thought it was just a last desperate try and now it
"should just be" something crushing for White. This little missing detail in
my calculations could have cost me dearly. If it was not for my opponents
terrible timetrouble the game could have entered a second battle.} 23. Rxc3 $1
{A good decision. Now the White king is much safer, while Black still faces
some trouble. Practically the Black position is hard to defend, but if playing
accurate it should still be possible.} ({Taking material with} 23. Rh8+ $2 {
is very risky. After} Kd7 24. Rxa8 Qe3+ 25. Kb1 Qc5 {White has alot of
material, but his extremely exposed kings position force him to give back an
exchange not to get mated.} 26. Rxd5+ ({In case of} 26. Ba4 {Black simply
continues with} b5 {with the idea} 27. Bb3 Qxa3 28. Rxd5+ Kc7 29. Rxa7+ $1 Qxa7
30. Rxe5 Qg1+ 31. Ka2 Qa7+ {with perpetual checks.}) 26... Qxd5 27. Bd3 Qc5 {
Now White is under pressure and must ply accurate not to get into deep trouble.
It might continue} 28. Qf7 e4 29. Be2 Qxa3 {and here I belive only Black can
play for a win.}) 23... exf4 $4 {The decisive mistake. Now its all over for
Black. Necessary was} (23... Qxf4+ 24. Kb2 {and now} Rd8 $1 {and there is
still alot to play for.}) 24. Qh8+ Bg8 (24... Ng8 {falls to} 25. Rxd5 $1 Qxd5
26. Bc4 {winning for White.}) 25. Bc4 Kf8 (25... Qe5 {looses back one piece
after} 26. Qxe5 Nxe5 27. Bxg8 Nxg8 28. Re1 {and the knight on e5 is lost.}) 26.
Rd6 Rd8 (26... Qe5 {also looses} 27. Qh6+ Ke8 28. Qh5+ $18 Kf8 29. Rf6+) 27.
Qh6+ Ke8 28. Qh5+ {Black resigned. Mate or big material loss is to follow.} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.10.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 {This is
the critical test to the Winawer line of the French Defence. Recently Black
has had great problems and I still havn't seen anything convincing. During the
last few years I have tried a few different lines myself in order to find
something satisfactory. After 7...0-0 Black might survive somehow after a
stubborn defence, but there is no easy road for Black and usually a lot of
suffering on the way. Therefore when playing on the first board for Sweden
against Russia I decided to go for a pawn sacrifice where Black gets a lot of
activity and development advantage. Maybe this line is better for White as
well, but at least he will need to be carefull. Playing Black against Svidler
was of course an excellent test to find out if the line was working.} cxd4 ({
After} 7... Qc7 {White can transpose to the game with 8.Qxg7, but he also has
the additional option} 8. Bd3 {with the idea} cxd4 9. Ne2 dxc3 10. Qxg7 Rg8 11.
Qxh7 {when White no longer has the usual development problems. Having the
Bishop on d3 instead of f1 is a great improvement.}) 8. Qxg7 ({Here} 8. Bd3 {
is well met by} Qa5 $1) 8... Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3
dxc3 {This is all very well know variations, but from here on White has quite
a few possible choices.} 13. Rg1 $5 {This came as a surprise to me as I hadn't
seen this move beeing play right at this moment, although the idea is well
know. White would like to push g4 in order to control the f5-square and
restrict the Black Knight on e7. Usually White takes the pawn on c3 either
with the Queen or the Knight, when Black gets some counterplay along the
c-file. Now with the pawn left on c3, Black must act different.} O-O-O {
Black completes his development and prepares to push...d4 in order to support
c3 and aslo to restrict the White Bishop on c1.} (13... Qb6 $5 {has been
played in two previous game of of totally three games according to my database.
However after} 14. Be3 Qb2 15. Qd1 $1 {the Queen on b2 doesn't look that
healthy to me and has managed to get out with his Bishop from c1.} ({Here} 15.
Qxc3 {looks far too dangerous for White. After the forced line} Qxc3+ 16. Nxc3
d4 17. Nb5 dxe3 18. Nc7+ Kf8 19. Nxa8 Nd4 {[%csl Ra8,Gd4,Ge3][%cal Od4c2,Rd4f3]
Black has a lot of compensation for the sacrificed material.}) 15... Nf5 (15...
b6 16. g4 Rc8 17. Qb1 d4 18. Bc1 Qxb1 19. Rxb1 Nd5 20. Rg3 f6 21. exf6 Nxf6 22.
h3 Ne4 23. Rf3 Nc5 24. Ng3 e5 25. Bd3 Kd8 26. Kf2 Re8 27. fxe5 Nxe5 28. Bg5+
Kc7 29. Bf4 Kc6 30. Bxe5 Rxe5 31. Rb4 Ne6 32. Nf5 Nc5 33. Bb5+ Kb7 34. Bxd7
Nxd7 35. Nd6+ Kc7 36. Nxc8 Kxc8 37. Rxd4 Nc5 38. Rxc3 Kb7 39. Re3 {1-0 Inhoven,
S-Wielsch,K/Ladenburg 1992/GER}) 16. Bf2 d4 17. g4 Ne3 18. Bxe3 dxe3 19. Qb1
Na5 20. Qxb2 cxb2 21. Rb1 Nc4 22. Nd4 Rc8 23. Bd3 Rh8 24. Rg2 b6 25. Ke2 Ba4
26. Bxc4 Rxc4 27. Kd3 b5 28. Rxb2 Rh3 29. Re2 Rh4 30. Nxb5 Bxb5 31. Rxb5 Ra4
32. Kxe3 Rxg4 33. Rb3 Rgxf4 34. Kd2 Kd7 35. Kc1 Kc6 36. Kb2 Rf5 37. Rbe3 Kd5
38. Rd3+ Kc6 39. Kb3 Ra5 40. Rde3 Rb5+ 41. Ka2 Rc5 42. Kb2 Rb5+ 43. Kc1 Rc5 44.
Kd2 Rd5+ 45. Kc1 Rc5 46. Re4 Ra5 47. Kb2 Rd5 48. h4 Rb5+ 49. Kc3 Rf3+ 50. R2e3
Rc5+ 51. Kd2 Rf2+ 52. Re2 Rf5 53. c4 Ra5 54. R2e3 Rf2+ 55. Ke1 Rf5 56. Ke2 Kb6
57. Rb3+ Kc6 58. Ke3 Rfxe5 59. Rxe5 Rxe5+ 60. Kf4 Re1 61. Rh3 f6 62. h5 Rf1+
63. Ke3 Rb1 64. Kd4 Rd1+ 65. Kc3 Rd7 66. h6 Rh7 67. Kd4 Kd6 68. Rh5 Kc6 69. a4
Rd7+ 70. Ke4 Rh7 71. Kd4 {1/2-1/2 Fontan,M-Juarez Flores,C/Mexiko 1997/EXT 2000
}) 14. g4 $146 {A novelty. In the only other game in the database White
decided not to allow the advance ...d4 and played} (14. Nxc3 {which is which
is a very interesting option. But this opens up the position before White is
finnished with development which might be very risky. In the game Black
continued energetically with} Nf5 15. g4 Nxe5 $5 16. fxe5 Qxe5+ 17. Kd1 {
but as the game showed there were not enough compensation.} Qxh2 18. Ne2 Nd6
19. Bf4 Qh8 20. Qc3+ Qxc3 21. Nxc3 Ne4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Kd2 f6 24. g5 e5 25.
Bh2 Ba4+ 26. Ke3 Rxg5 27. Rxg5 fxg5 28. Bxe5 Rf8 29. Bh3+ Kd8 30. Rd1+ Ke8 31.
Bg4 Bxc2 32. Bh5+ {1-0 Mitkov,N-Aguera Naredo,J/Aviles 1992/EXT 1999}) 14... d4
{Now Black threatens to play ....Qb6 and Whites queenside would be totally
cramped.} 15. Rb1 $1 {Activates the Rook and preventing ...Qb6.} ({Grabbing
the pawn gives Black far too much counterplay after} 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 (15... Be8
16. Nb5 $1) (15... Qb6 16. Ne2) 16. Qxd4 Bb5 17. Qxa7 Nc6 18. Qf2 Bxf1 19. Kxf1
Nd4 {and White's King is in bug troubble.}) 15... Be8 {A standardmanuvre for
Black in this line. Black protects the d4-pawn and prepares the f6-break
followed by ...Bg6 at some point. It is necessary for Black to do something
active before White has strengthen his position and developed his pieces. If
Black manages to open up the center, then White's King will be in danger.} 16.
Rg3 {A useful move. Now it will be possible for WHite to develop the Kings
Bishop to g2 without having the g4-pawn hanging. Moreover the Rook has a
imortant work along the third rank where it protects against a possible
comming ...d3-break.} (16. g5 {was possible in order to prevent the ...
f6-break. But here after} Rh8 17. h3 Nf5 {Black has excellent control over the
light squares.}) 16... f6 ({In case of with the idea to play ...f6 next, White
has the strong reply} 16... Nd5 17. Qh7 $1 {as Svidler mentioned during the
postmortem.} (17. g5 {is better now then in the previous move, but even here
Black can be satisfied after} Rh8 18. Rh3 Rxh3 19. Bxh3 Nde7 {with control of
the position..})) 17. exf6 Nd5 (17... Bg6 $2 {can be met by} 18. f5 {but even
stronger is} (18. fxe7 $1 Bxd3 19. exd8=Q+ Qxd8 20. cxd3 {with a clear
advantage to White and no sign of counterplay for Black.}) 18... Nxf5 19. gxf5
Bxf5 20. Qc4 $16) 18. Qc4 $6 ({Here} 18. Nxd4 $1 {was possible as after} Nxf6 {
White can play the incredible} 19. Nb5 $1 {which we both missed during the
game.} ({After} 19. Nxe6 $2 Rxd3 20. Nxc7 Rxg3 {things are completely
different as now the e-file is open and} 21. Nxe8 {looses to} Rxe8+) 19... Rxd3
20. Nxc7 Rxg3 21. Nxe8 Nxe8 22. hxg3 Rxg4 23. Kf2 {with a clear advantage to
White. The pair of Bishops are superior in this open position and the
weaknesses of c3 and e6 will at least cost Black a pawn in the nearest future.}
) 18... e5 {Now the center opens up and White need to act very carefully.} 19.
g5 {This gives Black an excellent opportunity for an exchange sacrifice.} ({
Perhaps} 19. fxe5 {was more sensible, but Black has good couterplay here too
after} Bf7) 19... Bf7 $2 {A clear mistake, that even turned out to be decisive
as after this Black never got any real chances to get back into the game.} ({
Necessary was} 19... exf4 $1 20. Bxf4 (20. Nxf4 $5 {should be considered.} {
Allthough it looks very risky for White after} Nxf4 21. Qxg8 {hes till has a
lot of extra material and his king might find a safe spot on g1.}) 20... Nxf4
21. Qxg8 {and here Black has a very promising position after} d3 $1 22. cxd3
Nxe2 23. Bxe2 Nd4 {as mentioned by Svidler. Still there is a lot of material
sacrificed and somehow White should be able to defend. However in practice
this would have been an excellent choice.}) 20. Qd3 $1 {Now threatening to
push ...g6.} Bg6 ({After} 20... exf4 21. Qf5+ Kb8 22. Bxf4 Nxf4 23. Qxf4 {
White exchanges pieces and gets a clearly better endgame. The passed pawn on
the Kingside will decide, sooner or later.}) 21. f5 Bh5 22. Qe4 $1 {By
blocking the advance of the e-pawn White eliminates every possiblity of
counterplay from Black.} Rge8 23. Kf2 {Going out from the X-ray attack. White
is in no hurry and does best just to play some profylactic moves before going
into action.} Bf7 24. Bg2 Nb6 25. g6 Bd5 26. Qg4 e4 27. f7 Ne5 28. Qf4 e3+ 29.
Kg1 Re7 30. Bxd5 (30. Rxb6 $1 {was another winning move.}) 30... Nxd5 31. Qxd4
Nxf7 32. gxf7 Rxf7 33. Bxe3 Rxf5 34. Qxa7 Re8 35. Qa8+ Qb8 36. Qxb8+ Kxb8 37.
Nd4 Nxe3 38. Rxe3 Rxe3 39. Nxf5 Re2 40. Nd4 Rd2 41. Rb4 {The timescramble was
over and Black resigned. Theoretically speaking White was doing well in this
game, although giving Black some unnecessary chances.} 1-0

[Event "WDR Match TV g/60"]
[Site "Cologne"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Borik,O"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1990.08.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Bd3
cxd4 (8... c4 9. Be2 Nf5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Qh5 h6 12. O-O Bd7 13. g4 $10 {
Sax,G-Short,N Skelleftea 1989.}) 9. Ne2 Qxe5 $6 (9... Nd7 $14 {Short}) 10. Bf4
Qf6 11. Bg5 Qe5 12. cxd4 h5 (12... Qc7 13. Bf4 Qd8 14. Qxg7 Rg8 15. Qxh7 Rxg2
16. Bg3) 13. Qh4 Qc7 14. Bf4 Qa5+ 15. Bd2 (15. c3 Bd7 16. O-O Bb5) 15... Qd8
16. g4 e5 (16... Ng6 17. Qxd8+ Kxd8 18. gxh5 Rxh5 (18... Nh4 19. Bg5+) (18...
Ne7 19. Nf4 Nbc6 20. c3) 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Nf4 Rh6 (20... Rh4 21. Nxe6+ Kd7 (
21... Bxe6 22. Bg5+) 22. Nc5+) 21. O-O-O Nc6 22. c3 g5 23. Nd3 Rg6 24. Rdg1 g4
25. Nf4) 17. dxe5 Bxg4 18. Rg1 Qd7 (18... Ng6 19. Qg3 Qh4 20. Qe3 Nc6 (20...
Qxh2 21. e6) 21. O-O-O) 19. f3 Be6 $6 (19... Bxf3 20. Rxg7 Nf5 21. Qg5 Nxg7 22.
Qxg7 Rf8 23. Bb4) (19... Bf5 20. Rxg7 Bxd3 (20... Ng6 21. Qf6 Bxd3 22. Rxg6) (
20... Bg6 21. Nf4) 21. cxd3 Nbc6 (21... Nf5 22. Qg5) 22. d4) 20. Nd4 Nbc6 (
20... g6 21. Bg5 Nbc6 22. Nxc6 Nxc6 23. Bf6 Rf8 (23... Rg8 24. Qxh5) 24. Rb1)
21. Nxc6 Nxc6 22. Rxg7 Qc7 (22... Nxe5 23. Qg3 Nc6 (23... Ng6 24. Bxg6 Kf8 25.
Bxf7 Bxf7 26. Bb4+ Ke8 27. O-O-O) (23... Nxd3+ 24. cxd3 Rc8 (24... Rf8 25. Bb4)
25. Bb4 Qb5 26. Qg5 Rc7 27. Kd2 a5 28. Rc1) 24. Rg8+ Ke7 25. Bg5+ f6 26. Bxf6+
Kxf6 27. Qg5+ Kf7 28. Qg7#) 23. f4 Nxe5 24. fxe5 $1 Qxe5+ 25. Kf2 Qxg7 (25...
Qxa1 26. Bb4 f6 (26... Kd7 27. Rxf7+ Bxf7 (27... Kc6 28. Qf4) (27... Kc8 28.
Qf4 Bxf7 29. Bf5+) 28. Qe7+ Kc6 (28... Kc8 29. Bf5+ Kb8 30. Bd6#) 29. Bb5+ Kxb5
30. Qc5+) 27. Re7+ Kd8 28. Rxe6) 26. Rg1 $1 (26. Bb4 $2 f6 27. Re1 Kf7 $13)
26... Qb2 (26... Bg4 27. h3 (27. Bb4 Qd4+ 28. Kg2 Bf3+) (27. Re1+ Kf8 (27...
Be6 28. Bb4) 28. Qe7+ Kg8)) 27. Bb4 f6 28. Re1 O-O-O (28... Kf7 29. Rxe6 Kxe6
30. Qh3+ Kf7 31. Qd7+ Kg8 32. Qxd5+ Kg7 33. Qd7+) 29. Rxe6 $16 Kb8 30. Qxf6 Qa2
31. Qd4 Rc8 32. Bd2 Ka8 33. Be3 Rxc2+ 34. Bxc2 Qxc2+ 35. Ke1 Qb1+ 36. Kd2 Qa2+
37. Kd1 Qb1+ 38. Ke2 Qc2+ 39. Bd2 Rf8 40. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Magem Badals, Jordi"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1992.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. h4 Qa5 8. Bd2
cxd4 9. cxd4 Qa4 10. Nf3 b6 11. h5 h6 12. Qb1 Ba6 13. Qb3 Qc6 $13 (13... Qd7 $5
) 14. Bb4 Bxf1 15. Rxf1 Qd7 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. c4 Rc8 18. Rc1 dxc4 19. Rxc4 Nc6
20. Kd2 Na5 21. Qb4+ Ke8 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Rc1 Rxc1 24. Kxc1 g5 25. hxg6 fxg6
26. Kd2 Kf7 27. Ke3 Qc6 28. Nd2 Qxg2 29. Ne4 g5 30. Qb5 Ke7 31. Qb4+ Ke8 32.
Nf6+ Kf7 33. Qb1 Qh3+ 34. Ke2 Qf5 35. Qc1 g4 36. Qc7+ Kg6 37. Qh7+ Kg5 38. Qg7+
Qg6 39. Ne4+ Kh5 40. Ng3+ Kg5 41. Qe7+ Kf4 42. Qf6+ Qxf6 43. exf6 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Black "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1992.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. a4
b6 9. Nf3 h6 10. Ba3 Qc7 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. O-O Bxd3 13. cxd3 Na6 (13... Nd7 14.
c4 $14) 14. c4 Rd8 15. dxc5 (15. Rac1 $5) 15... bxc5 16. cxd5 (16. d4 $5) 16...
Rxd5 17. Qc4 Nb8 18. d4 Kg8 19. dxc5 (19. Bxc5 Nd7 20. Rac1 Nxc5 21. dxc5 Nc6
$14) 19... Nbc6 20. Rad1 Kh7 (20... Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Qxe5 (21... Rxe5 22. Rd6 $1)
22. c6 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Nd5 24. Qc2 $1) 21. Qe4+ Ng6 (21... g6 22. Qf4) 22. Rxd5
exd5 23. Qxd5 Rd8 24. Qe4 Ncxe5 25. Nxe5 (25. Nd4 $1 Nc4 26. Ne6 $16) 25...
Qxe5 26. Qc2 Kg8 27. Bc1 (27. c6 $5) 27... Ne7 28. Bb2 (28. h3 $1 {} Rc8 29.
Rd1) 28... Qd5 29. Re1 Nc6 30. h3 a5 31. Qc3 f6 32. Qe3 Kh7 (32... Kf7 $5) 33.
Bc3 (33. Qe6 $5) 33... Qc4 34. Qe4+ Qxe4 35. Rxe4 Rd5 36. Rc4 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Rc1
38. f4 Rc2 39. Kg3 (39. Kg1 $17) 39... g5 40. Kf3 gxf4 41. Ke4 Ne5 42. Bxe5
Rxc4+ 43. Kd5 Rxc5+ (43... Rxa4 $1 $19 {/\Ra2-g2-g8} 44. c6 $2 fxe5 45. c7 Rd4+
) 44. Kxc5 fxe5 45. Kd5 Kg6 46. Kxe5 Kg5 47. Ke4 h5 48. Ke5 Kh4 49. Kxf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1989.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 h6 10. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 11. Qxh6 Nf5 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. Nh3 (13. O-O-O
$1 {Dieser von Murray Chandler stammende Zug wurde zuerst von seinem
Vereinska- meraden Söhnke Maus (beide HSV) erfolgreich gegen Robert Hübner in
Lugano 1989 angewandt. Im CBM 13 folgen weitere Informationen.} f4 14. Nh3 Ne7
15. Ng5 Bf5 16. g4 Be4 17. Rhe1 Qb6 18. e6 Bg6 19. Rd3 {1-0; Maus,So-Huebner,R/
Lugano op/1989/}) 13... f6 14. Qg6+ Kh8 15. Qh6+ Kg8 16. Qg6+ Kh8 17. O-O-O $1
{17.Qh6 =; Oll,L-Dokhoian,Y/URS-FL Klaipeda/1988/} fxe5 (17... c4 18. Rde1 Qe7
19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. Re3 $1) (17... Qe7 18. Qh6+ Kg8 19. Rd3 Rf7 20. Rg3+ Rg7 21.
exf6) (17... f4 18. Qh6+ Kg8 19. Nxf4 Bf5 (19... fxe5 20. dxe5 Bf5 21. Rxd5 Qe7
22. Nh5 Nxe5 23. Re1 Nd3+ 24. Rxd3 Qxe1+ 25. Kb2 $18) 20. Nh5 Qe7 21. Nxf6+
Rxf6 22. exf6 Qh7 23. Qxh7+ Bxh7 24. dxc5) 18. Qh6+ Kg8 19. Qg6+ Kh8 20. Rd3 f4
21. Qh6+ Kg8 22. Qg6+ Kh8 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Rg3+ $1 fxg3 25. Qg6+ Kh8 26. hxg3
Qh4 27. gxh4 Bf5 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Ng5 exd4 30. Rh3 Ne5 31. Rg3 Bg6 32. Ne6 Kf7
33. Nxf8 Rxf8 34. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1989.03.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1989.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. dxc5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qc7 8.
Nf3 Nd7 9. Bb5 Qxc5 10. a4 a6 11. Bxd7+ Bxd7 12. O-O Qxc3 13. Bd2 Qc4 14. Rb1
Qc7 15. c4 Ne7 16. Bb4 Bc6 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Bd6 Qd7 19. Rc1 Rc8 20. Ng5 Rxc1
21. Qxc1 Nf5 (21... h6 $5 22. Bxe7 Kxe7 23. Qc5+ Ke8 $13 24. Nh3 (24. Rc1 $2
hxg5 25. Qc8+ Qd8 $1)) 22. Ba3 f6 {'!' Bulletin.} 23. exf6 gxf6 24. Qc3 {
'?!' Bulletin.} (24. Nh3 $5 Kf7 25. Nf4 $13) 24... Rg8 25. Qxf6 (25. Nf3 Nd4 $1
26. Qxd4 (26. Nxd4 $2 Rxg2+) 26... Rxg2+ $1 27. Kh1 (27. Kxg2 Bxf3+ 28. Kxf3
Qxd4 $19) 27... Rg1+ 28. Kxg1 Qg7+ $1 $19) 25... h6 {'?' Bulletin.} (25... Qg7
$1 26. Qxg7 Rxg7 27. f4 h6 28. Nf3 Ne3 29. Rf2 Bxf3 30. Rxf3 Rxg2+ 31. Kh1 Re2
32. h3 Kd7 $17) 26. Re1 {'!' Bulletin.} (26. Rc1 $2 hxg5 27. g4 Qg7 28. Rc8+
Kd7 29. Rd8+ Kc7) 26... hxg5 (26... Rxg5 $2 27. Qf8#) 27. Qxf5 {'+/-' Bulletin.
} Kd8 28. Qe5 Kc8 29. Bc5 Qg7 30. Qg3 Qc7 31. Qa3 Kd7 32. Be3 Qd6 33. Qb2 Kc8
34. Qd4 Kd7 35. Rd1 Ke7 36. h3 Kf7 37. Rc1 Qd8 38. Qg4 Bc6 39. Rc5 Bd5 40. Qh5+
Rg6 41. Bd4 e5 42. Bxe5 Be4 43. Rc7+ Ke6 44. Bg3 Qd4 45. Qg4+ Kf6 46. Qc8 Rg7
47. Qf8+ Kg6 48. Rxg7+ Qxg7 49. Qe8+ Kf5 50. Qc8+ Kf6 51. Be5+ 1-0

[Event "Bled 30th Anniversary"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1961.09.29"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1961.09.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3
Ne7 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 cxd4 11. Kd1 Bd7 12. Qh5+ Kd8 (12... Ng6 13. Ne2 d3 $1
14. cxd3 {Tal,M-Botvinnik,M (01)/Wch/1960/1-0/} Nc6 $1) 13. Ne2 $1 (13. Nf3 {
Tal,M-Botvinnik,M (12)/Wch/1961/} Ba4 $1) (13. Bg5 $6 {! Tal (1960)}) (13. f4
$6 dxc3 14. Rb1 Qc5 $1 $13) 13... Ba4 $6 (13... dxc3 $1 14. Qf3 $1) (13... d3
14. cxd3 Ba4+ 15. Ke1 Qxe5 (15... Nbc6 $142 $14) 16. Bg5 $16) 14. Nf4 $1 Qxe5 (
14... Qxc3 $2 15. Ra2 $16 Qc6 (15... Bd7 16. Bd3) 16. Qf7 Kd7 17. Nh5) 15. Qf7
(15. Bd3) 15... Bd7 16. Bd3 $1 Qd6 (16... Nbc6 $142 17. Re1 Qh8 18. Nxe6+ Bxe6
19. Qxe6 (19. Rxe6 Qxh2) 19... Rg6) 17. Re1 (17. cxd4) 17... e5 18. a4 $1 $16 {
/\Ba3} Be8 19. Qe6 Qxe6 20. Nxe6+ Kd7 21. Nc5+ Kc8 22. Rxe5 Nbc6 23. Re2 Rxg2 (
23... dxc3 24. Bf4 $1) 24. Bxf5+ $1 Kd8 (24... Kc7 25. Bf4+ Kb6 26. Rb1+ $1
Kxc5 27. Rb5+ Kc4 28. Bd3+ Kxc3 29. Bd2#) (24... Nxf5 $5 25. Rxe8+ Nd8) 25.
Nxb7+ Kc7 26. Bf4+ $1 Ne5 (26... Kxb7 27. Rb1+ Ka6 28. Bd3+ Ka5 29. Bc7+ Kxa4
30. Ra1#) 27. Rxe5 Nxf5 28. Re7+ $1 Kc6 29. Rc7+ Kb6 30. Rb1+ Ka6 31. Rc6+ $1 (
31. Rc6+ Bxc6 32. Nc5+ Ka5 33. Bc7#) 1-0

[Event "Lugano Open-10"]
[Site "Lugano"]
[Date "1985.03.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stein, Bernd"]
[Black "Farago, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1985.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Qc7 (7...
O-O 8. Bd3 Nbc6 9. Nf3 f5 10. exf6 Rxf6 11. Bg5 Rf7 $13) 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7
cxd4 10. Kd1 (10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 12. Qd3 Bd7) 10... Nbc6 11. Nf3 dxc3 (
11... Nxe5 12. Bf4 Qxc3 13. Nxe5 Qxa1+ 14. Bc1 Rf8 15. Bd3 $13) 12. Ng5 (12. h4
Qb6 13. Be3 d4 14. Bg5) 12... Nxe5 13. f4 Rxg5 $1 14. fxg5 N5g6 15. h4 e5 16.
h5 Nf8 17. Qg7 (17. Qd3 Bf5) 17... Bg4+ 18. Ke1 O-O-O 19. Qxf7 Bf5 $1 20. Rh4 (
20. g6 e4 $1 21. g7 Ne6) 20... Ne6 21. g4 (21. h6 e4 22. Qh5 Ng6 {/\ ...Qg3})
21... e4 $1 22. Kf2 $2 (22. gxf5 $1 Nxg5 (22... Qg3+ 23. Kd1 Nd4 24. Rf4 Nf3
25. Rxf3) 23. Bf4 $1) 22... Rf8 23. Qxf8+ Nxf8 24. gxf5 Nxf5 25. Rf4 (25. Bh3
Qg3+) 25... Qe5 26. Bh3 e3+ 27. Kf3 Ne6 $1 28. Rxf5 Nd4+ 29. Kg2 Nxf5 30. Bxf5+
Qxf5 31. Bxe3 d4 $1 (31... d4 32. Bxd4 (32. Bf2 Qxg5+) 32... Qe4+) 0-1

[Event "Christmas Congress 1970/71-46 Premier"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1970.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1970.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 (11. cxd4 $2 Nxd4) 11... Bd7 12. Qd3
dxc3 13. Nxc3 a6 (13... Nf5 14. Nb5 Qd8 15. Nd6+ Nxd6 16. exd6 Qb6 $15) 14. Rb1
Na5 (14... O-O-O $2 15. Qxa6 $1) (14... Nf5 15. g4 $1 Rxg4 16. Bh3 $14) (14...
Rc8 15. h4 $1 Na7 16. Rh3 Nb5 17. Rb3 Nf5 {Bednarski-Uhlmann, Marianske Lazne
1965}) 15. h4 Nf5 16. Rh3 O-O-O (16... f6 $5 {Selmidt-Diez del Corral, 1963})
17. h5 Nc4 18. Rb4 Bc6 19. Ne2 Bb5 20. a4 Nxe5 21. Qc3 Bxe2 22. fxe5 Bxf1 23.
Qxc7+ Kxc7 24. Kxf1 d4 $10 25. h6 Rg6 26. c3 d3 27. h7 Rh8 28. Rc4+ Kb6 29. g4
Ne7 30. Be3+ Ka5 31. Bd2 Nc6 32. Rxd3 Rxh7 33. Rd7 Rh1+ 34. Ke2 Rh2+ 35. Kd1
Rg8 36. Rxb7 Rd8 37. Rb2 Rb8 38. Rxb8 Nxb8 39. Kc2 Nd7 40. Rc6 Kxa4 41. c4 a5
42. Rc7 Nxe5 43. Rc5 Rxd2+ 44. Kxd2 Nxg4 45. Kc3 f5 46. Rc6 e5 47. Rb6 Nf2 48.
c5 Ne4+ 49. Kc4 f4 50. c6 Nd6+ (50... f3 51. Rb2 Ka3 52. Rb3+) 51. Kc5 Ne8 52.
Rb7 f3 53. Rf7 e4 54. Rf4 Nc7 55. Rxe4+ Kb3 56. Re3+ Kb2 57. Rxf3 Ne6+ 58. Kd5
Nc7+ 59. Kd6 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Skelleftea"]
[Date "1989.08.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1989.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Bd3
{'!?' Bulletin. Bulletin: 'Perenyi'} c4 {'?!' Bulletin. Bulletin: '?; ECO 18/
14,82'} (8... cxd4 $5 9. Ne2 dxc3 10. Qxg7 Rg8 11. Qxh7 Nbc6 12. f4 Bd7 13. O-O
O-O-O $13 {ECO C18/14}) 9. Be2 Nf5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Qh5 {Bulletin: '11.Qh3!+/-;
Uhlmann ECO18/14,82'} h6 12. O-O Bd7 13. g4 Nfe7 14. Ng5 Rf8 15. Nh7 Rh8 16.
Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SUI-ch op"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1994.07.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Golubev, Mikhail"]
[Black "Legky, Nikolay A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1994.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. a4
b6 9. Ba3 Qc7 10. Nf3 Kg8 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxd4 $1 g6 14. O-O Kg7
15. f4 Qc5 16. Kh1 Nc6 17. Qg5 $1 Rf8 $2 (17... Nxd4 18. cxd4 Qxd4 19. Qf6+ Kg8
20. h4 $1) 18. f5 $1 Nxd4 (18... exf5 19. Qf6+ Kg8 20. Qxc6) 19. cxd4 Qxd4 20.
fxg6 hxg6 21. Bxg6 $1 (21. Bxg6 {Nach} fxg6 22. Qe7+ {wird der schwarze König
auf die Strecke gebracht.}) 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 52nd"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grabarczyk, Bogdan"]
[Black "Schmidt, Wlodzimierz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1995.02.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Nf3 f5 10. exf6 Rxf6 11. Bg5 e5 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13. Qh4+ Rh6 14. Bxh6
gxh6 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Be6 17. f4 Qd7 18. Qf2 Rg8 19. h3 $2 (19. Qxc5)
19... d4 $1 20. g4 Qc6 21. Kd2 dxc3+ 22. Kxc3 Nd5+ 23. Kb2 Qb5+ 24. Kc1 Nc3 25.
Qe3 Na2+ 26. Rxa2 Bxa2 27. Qd3+ Qxd3 28. cxd3 Kg6 29. Kd2 Kf7 30. Ke3 Bd5 31.
Rc1 b6 32. d4 c4 33. f5 b5 34. Kf4 a5 35. Rb1 Rb8 $2 (35... c3 $1 36. Rxb5 Rc8
$19) 36. e6+ Kf6 $2 (36... Bxe6 37. fxe6+ Kxe6 $19) 37. h4 c3 38. g5+ hxg5+ 39.
hxg5+ Ke7 40. Ke5 c2 41. Rc1 $2 (41. f6+ $1 $18) 41... Bxe6 $8 42. fxe6 (42.
Rxc2 $1) 42... Rg8 43. Rxc2 Rxg5+ 44. Kf4 Rd5 45. Ke4 Kxe6 46. Rc6+ Rd6 47. Rc5
Rb6 48. Rh5 Rb8 49. Rh6+ Kf7 50. Ra6 b4 51. Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.10.13"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3
Ne7 (8... cxd4 9. cxd4 Ne7 10. Qxg7 (10. Bd2 O-O 11. Bd3 b6 12. Ne2 Ba6 13. Nf4
$36) 10... Rg8 11. Qxh7 Qc3+) 9. Qxg7 (9. Bd2 O-O 10. Bd3 b6 11. Nh3 Ba6 12.
Nf4 Qd7 13. h4 Bxd3 14. cxd3 Nbc6 15. Be3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rac8 17. h5 {
Smyslov-Botvinnik, 1957}) 9... Rg8 10. Qxh7 cxd4 11. Kd1 (11. Ne2) 11... Nbc6 (
11... Bd7) (11... Qxe5 $2 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. cxd4 $16) (11... Qxc3 $2 12. Rb1 d3
13. Bxd3 Qxe5 14. Qh5+ $16) 12. Nf3 $1 Nxe5 (12... dxc3 13. Bg5) (12... Bd7 13.
Bg5) 13. Bg5 $1 (13. Bb5+ Bd7) (13. Bf4 Qxc3 14. Bxe5 Qxa1+ 15. Ke2 b6 16. Bxd4
Qc1) 13... N5g6 (13... Nf7 14. Bxe7 Rh8 15. Qg7 Qxe7 16. Ne5 $1 {Gligoric}) (
13... Nxf3 $2 14. Bb5+ Bd7 $4 15. Qxe7#) 14. Bxe7 $6 (14. Bf6 $1 Rf8 (14... Bd7
15. Nh4 $1 {Gligoric} (15. h4 $5)) 15. Bg7 $1 Rg8 16. h4 {Gligoric}) 14... Nxe7
15. cxd4 $16 Bd7 16. Bd3 $1 (16. Ne5 $2 Qb6 $1 (16... Qc3)) 16... Qd6 (16...
Rxg2 17. Ke2 $1 Rg8 18. Rag1) 17. Qh5+ Ng6 18. Ne5 O-O-O $1 19. Nxg6 (19. Nf7
Qf4 20. Nxd8 Qxd4 $13) 19... Be8 $10 {Pachman} 20. Qe2 (20. Bxf5 $2 exf5 21.
Qxf5+ Bd7 {Gligoric}) 20... Bxg6 21. g3 Rh8 22. Kd2 (22. h4 $2 Bh5 23. f3 Qxg3)
22... Rh3 23. Qe5 Qxe5 24. dxe5 Rdh8 25. Ke3 Rxh2 26. Rxh2 Rxh2 27. f3 (27. g4
$1 f4+ (27... d4+ 28. Kf4 $1 Rxf2+ 29. Kg5 Bh7 30. Rh1) (27... Rh4 28. f3 Bh7
29. Kf4 fxg4 30. fxg4 Bxd3 31. cxd3) 28. Kxf4 Bxd3 29. Kg3 $1 {Gligoric}) 27...
Be8 28. g4 (28. Rg1 $142 Kd8 (28... Ba4 29. g4 fxg4 30. fxg4 Kd8 (30... Bxc2
31. Bxc2 Rxc2 32. g5 Rc7 33. g6 Rg7 34. Kf4) 31. g5 Ke7 32. g6 Kf8 33. g7+ Kg8
34. Bg6 Kxg7 35. Be8+ $18) 29. g4 fxg4 30. Rxg4 $14) 28... fxg4 29. fxg4 Kd8
30. Rb1 b6 31. Rb4 $6 Rh1 $1 32. Rf4 (32. Kf4 $142) 32... Re1+ 33. Kd4 Rg1 (
33... Ra1 34. g5 Rg1 35. Rf6 Rg4+ 36. Ke3 Rxg5 37. Kf4) 34. Be2 Ke7 35. Rf6 Ra1
36. Rf3 Bg6 37. Rc3 Kd8 38. Rc6 Bf7 39. Rc3 Bg6 40. Rc6 Bf7 (40... Kd7 41. Bb5
a6 42. Rd6+) 41. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-GER Kings"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2015.11.01"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Parligras, Mircea Emilian"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Bulmaga,I"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2015.10.30"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {In Runde zwei hat GM Lupulescu seinen Gegner mit 1.e4 überrascht,
jetzt macht GM Parligras das Gleiche.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 {Blübaum
entscheidet sich, die Überraschung 1.e4 seinerseits mit einer Überraschung
zu beantworten und mit 3...Bb4 eine Variante zu spielen, die er jahrelang
nicht angewandt hat. In dieser Stellung spielt Blübaum normalerweise 3...Sf6.}
4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. h4 (7. Qg4 {Führt zur scharfen,
theoretisch gründlich untersuchten Hauptvariante.}) 7... Qa5 8. Bd2 Qa4 9. Nf3
b6 10. dxc5 bxc5 (10... Ba6 {Schwarz sollte versuchen, die weißfeldrigen
Läufer abzutauschen, denn ohne diese Läufer hat Weiß Schwierigkeiten,
Angriff zu entwickeln.} 11. h5 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 Qc4+ $13) 11. h5 h6 (11... Ba6 12.
h6 Bxf1 13. Kxf1 g6 $13) (11... Nf5 12. h6 gxh6 13. Bxh6 Qe4+ 14. Be2 Nxh6 15.
Rxh6 Ba6 16. Kf1 Bxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Qxe2+ 18. Kxe2 $14 {und die Schwäche auf h7
sichert Weiß leichten Vorteil.}) 12. Rh4 Qc6 13. Rg4 Nf5 14. Bd3 {[#]} O-O $4
{Eine sehr natürliche Fortsetzung, die jedoch brillant widerlegt wird!} (14...
Ba6 $5 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. Rxg7 Qa4) (14... Kf8 15. c4 {mit Vorteil für Weiß.})
15. Qc1 $1 Kh8 16. Rxg7 $3 {[#]} Nxg7 (16... Kxg7 17. Bxh6+ Nxh6 18. Qg5+ Kh8
19. Qxh6+ Kg8 20. Qh7#) 17. Bxh6 Rg8 (17... f5 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Bxg7+ Kxg7 20.
Qg5+ Kf7 21. Ne5+ $18) 18. Bg5 Nxh5 19. Bf6+ Rg7 20. Qh6+ Kg8 21. Qxh5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-23"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1978.10.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Diez del Corral, Jesus"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Byrne/Mednis"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1978.10.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

{Inf.26/247} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7.
Qg4 f5 8. Qg3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Ne7 10. Bd2 (10. Qxg7 $2 Rg8 11. Qh6 Qc3+) 10... O-O
11. Bd3 b6 12. Ne2 $1 Ba6 13. Bb4 $1 (13. Qf3 Qd7 14. O-O Bxd3 15. cxd3 Nbc6
16. Be3 Kh8 17. Rac1 $14 {Mednis-Foldi 1958}) 13... Bxd3 $6 (13... Rf7) 14.
cxd3 $1 (14. Nf4 $2 Qxc2) 14... Nbc6 15. Bd6 Qd7 16. O-O Rfc8 $10 17. h4 Ng6 $6
(17... Kh8 $142 $5 18. h5 Ng8 {(Pachman)}) (17... h6 $142 18. h5 Kh7) (17...
Qe8 $142 $1 18. Nf4 Ng6 $1 $10) 18. h5 Nh8 19. h6 g6 20. Nf4 $1 $16 Nxd4 (20...
Nf7 $2 21. Nxg6 $1 $18) 21. Ra2 Qb7 $6 (21... Qa4 $1) (21... Nb5 22. Nh5) (
21... Nf7 $2 22. Nxg6 $1 $18) (21... Rf8 $5) 22. a4 $1 Rc6 23. Qe3 Nc2 24. Rxc2
$1 Rxc2 25. Nxe6 Nf7 26. Nd4 Ra2 $6 (26... Nxd6 $142 $16) 27. Nxf5 $1 $18 Nxd6
(27... gxf5 $4 28. Qg3+ Ng5 29. Qxg5+ Kh8 30. e6 (30. Be7) 30... Rg8 31. Be5+
$18 {(Borik 79)}) 28. exd6 $1 gxf5 (28... Qf7 29. Ne7+ Kf8 30. Qe5) 29. Qg5+
Kf8 (29... Kh8 30. Re1 Qf7 (30... Rg8 $4 31. Qf6+) 31. d7 $1 Qxd7 (31... Qf8
32. Re8 $1 Rxe8 33. dxe8=Q Qxe8 34. Qg7#) 32. Qf6+ Kg8 33. Re7) 30. Re1 Qf7 31.
Re7 (31. Re7 Qg6 32. Qxg6 hxg6 33. h7) 1-0

[Event "Dilijan FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Dilijan"]
[Date "2013.06.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Danielian, Elina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2013.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 {Elina Danielian chose the Winawer Variation of
the French Defense against Anna Muzychuk. Black made some inaccuracies in the
opening and her rook was forced to leave the g-file and go to h8.} 4. e5 c5 5.
a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4
dxc3 12. h4 Bd7 13. h5 d4 14. h6 O-O-O 15. Qd3 a6 16. h7 Rh8 17. Rb1 Be8 18. g4
f6 19. exf6 Bg6 20. fxe7 $2 (20. f5 $1 Nxf5 21. gxf5 Bxf5 22. Bf4 {was winning.
}) 20... Bxd3 21. exd8=Q+ Kxd8 22. cxd3 Rxh7 {and Black has at least equal
chances.} 23. Bg2 Rxh1+ 24. Bxh1 Qh7 25. Be4 Qh4+ 26. Kf1 Qh3+ 27. Kf2 Qh2+ 28.
Bg2 Qh7 29. Rb6 Qxd3 30. Rxb7 Qc2 31. Bxc6 d3 32. Rd7+ Kc8 33. Rxd3 Qxd3 34.
Bf3 c2 35. f5 exf5 36. g5 Qd6 37. Nf4 Qd4+ 38. Kg2 Qd1 39. Ne2 Qd6 40. Nf4 Qd1
41. Ne2 Qd6 42. Nf4 Qd1 43. Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 {Nothing like a good old
poisoned pawn Winawer French to add some drama in Vitiugov's games.} 12. h4 {
A line that some sources say is the most dangerous way to play nowadays,
though it is far from the most popular. The line is sharp and Vitiugov is a
well known theoretician in these waters.} Bd7 13. Qd3 d4 14. h5 O-O-O 15. Rb1
Kb8 {So far we have been following a Palac-Berg game, which Berg mentioned was
dangerous to him. Nepomniachtchi however is the first to deviate.} 16. g3 (16.
Ng3 {was played before.}) 16... Bc8 17. Bg2 b6 {The typical retransfer of the
bishop gives Black good play here. Relative to other variations Black's pieces
have good hope of activating well.} 18. Bf3 Bb7 19. g4 Na5 {Already it is
clear that Black's coordination will be a headache for White. His pawns are
not so far advanced on the kingside yet where they would become a headache,
and right now they are a bit of a target.} 20. Rh3 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Nb7 22. h6 Nc5
23. h7 Rh8 $17 {The pawn made it to h7, but now it is blockaded. Meanwhile
there is the looming threat of a d3 break in the center. Black is much better.}
24. Qg2 Qd7 25. f5 d3 {Black crashes through.} 26. Nxc3 Qd4 27. Kd2 (27. Bd2
dxc2 {is curtains.}) 27... Nd5 28. Nxd5 Ne4+ 29. Kd1 Qxd5 (29... Rxd5 {was
more precise, but the move in the game is good enough.} 30. Rb4 Qf2 $1 {
is the pretty point.}) 30. Ke1 Qa2 31. Rxb6+ axb6 32. Qxe4 Qb1 33. cxd3 Qxc1+
34. Ke2 {The rook is a nice amount of material to have, but also the fact that
White is getting mated is important.} Rc8 35. Kf3 Rc2 36. Kg3 Qg1+ 37. Kf4 Rf2+
38. Kg5 exf5 39. Rh1 fxe4 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Black "Rychagov, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1996.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Nbc6 13. Nf3 Qf8 (13... Qc7 14.
O-O e5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. Rfe1 Qd6 19. Bc4 Bc6 20.
Bxe7 Rxe7 21. Rxe7 Qxe7 22. Bxd5+ $16 {Oll,L-Bruynlles/Antwerpen/1993/1|0/44/})
(13... Qd6 14. O-O c4 15. Be2 Nf5 16. Qd2 Ng7 17. g3 Qf8 18. Bf4 $16 {Vogt,
L-Hansen,L/Altensteig/1993/1|0/55/}) 14. O-O c4 15. Be2 h6 16. Bd2 (16. Bh4 Nf5
17. Bg3 g5 18. Qd2 Bd7 19. h4 Qe7 20. hxg5 Nxg3 21. fxg3 hxg5 22. Qe3 $14 {
Timman,J-Yusupov,A/Novgorod/1995/0,5/35/}) (16. Bc1 Bd7 17. a4 Be8 18. Qd2 g5
19. Ba3 Rd8 20. Rae1 Qg7 21. Bd1 Rf6 $132 {Howell,J-Edelman,D/New York/1990/
0|1/44/}) 16... Nf5 17. Qc1 g5 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qc5 (19... Qg7 $22 20. f4
(20. g4 Qxe5 21. gxf5 (21. Re1 Nh4 $19) 21... Qxe2 $17) 20... g4 $132) 20. g4
Ne7 (20... Nh4 $2 21. Bxg5 hxg5 22. Qxg5+ $18) 21. Be3 Qa5 22. f4 (22. Qd2 Ng6
23. f4 gxf4 24. Bxf4 Nxf4 25. Rxf4 Rxf4 $2 (25... Qc5+ 26. Kg2 Rxf4 27. Qxf4
Qf8 28. Qd4 Bd7 29. Rf1 Qg7 30. Rf6 b6 $22 31. Qf4 Rf8 32. Qxh6 Qxh6 33. Rxh6
Kg7 34. Rh3 Ba4 35. Bd1 Rf4 $44) 26. Qxf4 Qxc3 27. Rf1 $18) 22... Qxc3 23. fxg5
Rxf1+ 24. Bxf1 Ng6 25. gxh6 Bd7 (25... Nxe5 26. Bf2 Nf7 27. g5 $16) 26. Rb1 Bc6
27. Qd2 Qxd2 28. Bxd2 Nxe5 29. Bg2 d4 (29... Nxg4 30. Bh3 $1 Ne5 31. Bxe6+ Kh7
32. Bf5+ Ng6 (32... Kg8 33. h7+ Kg7 34. Bc3 $18) 33. Re1 $18) 30. Re1 Bxg2 (
30... Nxg4 31. Bxc6 bxc6 32. Rxe6 Kh7 33. Re7+ Kh8 34. Re4 Rg8 35. Rxd4 Nxh6+
36. Kf2 $16) 31. Rxe5 Bh3 $2 (31... Bd5 32. Rg5+ (32. h4 Rf8 33. g5 c3 34. Bc1
Bc4 35. Re1 Rf3 $13) 32... Kh8 33. Bf4 Rf8 (33... d3 34. cxd3 cxd3 35. Kf2 $16)
34. Be5+ Kh7 35. Bxd4 Kxh6 36. Rh5+ Kg6 37. Bxa7 Rf4 38. h3 Rf3 $146) 32. Rh5 (
32. Rh5 Bxg4 33. Rg5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 Kf8 $5 (
7... f6) (7... f5 $5) 8. Kd1 (8. Ra2 Nc6 9. Nf3 Nge7 10. Be2 Bd7 11. O-O Nf5
12. Bg5 h5 13. Qf4 Nce7 14. Nh4 Ba4 15. Nxf5 Nxf5 16. Qd2 Kg8 17. Rb1 $14 {
Lasker,E-Platz,J/New York/1940/0,5/37/}) 8... b6 $5 {/N/} (8... Nc6 9. Nf3 Bd7
10. a4 Nge7 11. Ba3 Qa5 12. Bxc5 Qxc3 13. Rb1 b6 14. Bd6 Kg8 15. Bd3 Nf5 16.
Bxf5 exf5 17. Qf4 Rc8 $10 {Lasker,E-Platz,J/New York/1940/0,5/19/}) 9. h4 $5 (
9. a4 $5 Ba6 10. Bb5 Ne7 11. Qe2 $5 (11. Ne2 $5) 11... Bb7 12. a5 cxd4 13. cxd4
Qc3 14. Ra4 a6 15. Bd2 Qb2 16. Bd3 b5 17. Bc1 Qc3 18. Bd2 Qb2 $10) 9... Ba6 10.
Bxa6 Nxa6 11. h5 $6 (11. Qe2 $5 Qb7 12. h5 h6 13. Nf3 Ne7 14. a4 $14) 11...
cxd4 12. cxd4 (12. h6 $6 Nxh6 (12... Qxe5 $2 13. Bf4 Qf6 14. hxg7+ Qxg7 15.
Bd6+ Ne7 16. Bxe7+ $18) (12... g6 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. Qe2 $2 (14. Ne2 Qxc2+ 15.
Ke1 $13) 14... Qc3 $1 15. Qxa6 Qxd4+ 16. Ke1 Rxc2 17. Rb1 Qe4+ $1 (17... Qxf2+
18. Kd1 Qxg2 19. Ne2 Rxe2 20. Qc8+) 18. Kd1 (18. Ne2 Rxe2+ 19. Qxe2 Qxb1) (18.
Kf1 Rc4 19. Qb5 Qd3+ 20. Ne2 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Qxb5 $19) 18... Rc4 19. Qb5 Qxg2
20. Qd7 Rd4+ 21. Ke2 (21. Kc2 Qxf2+ 22. Kb3 Rd3+ 23. Ka4 (23. Kb4 Qc5+ 24. Ka4
Qa5#) 23... Qc2+ 24. Kb5 Qc4#) 21... Qe4+ 22. Be3 Qd3+ 23. Kf3 Qf5+ 24. Ke2
Qd3+ $10) 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. cxd4 Rg8 15. Qf3 Rg6 16. Ne2 Qc4 $13) 12... Rc8 13.
Ne2 $8 (13. Qe2 $2 Qc3 14. Qxa6 Qxd4+ 15. Ke1 Rxc2 16. Rb1 Qe4+ (16... Qxf2+
17. Kd1 Qxg2 18. Ne2 Rxc1+ (18... Rxe2 19. Qc8+) 19. Rxc1 Qxh1+ 20. Kd2) 17.
Kf1 (17. Ne2 Rxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Qxb1) (17. Kd1 Rc4 18. Qb5 (18. Rb2 Qd3+ 19. Bd2
Rc1+ 20. Kxc1 Qxa6 $19) 18... Qxg2 19. Qd7 Rd4+ $5 (19... Qf1+ 20. Kd2 Rd4+ 21.
Kc3 Qc4+ 22. Kb2) (19... f5 $5) 20. Ke2 (20. Ke1 Qe4+ $19) (20. Bd2 Qf1+ 21.
Kc2 Qd3+ $19) 20... Qe4+ 21. Be3 Qd3+ 22. Kf3 Qf5+ 23. Ke2 Qd3+ $10) 17... Rc4
18. Qb5 Qd3+ 19. Ne2 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Qxb5 $19) 13... Qxc2+ 14. Ke1 h6 15. Rh3
Qe4 (15... Ne7 $5 16. Bd2 Qe4) 16. Qxe4 dxe4 17. Rc3 $1 Rxc3 18. Nxc3 f5 19. a4
(19. Nb5 $6 Ne7 20. Nxa7 Kf7 21. Bd2 Nc7 22. Rb1 Ra8 23. Nb5 Nxb5 24. Rxb5 Nd5
$17) 19... Ne7 20. Ba3 (20. a5 Nb4 21. Ke2 bxa5 22. Rxa5 Nbc6 23. Ra4 Kf7 $19)
20... Kf7 21. Nb5 Ra8 22. Rc1 Nd5 $15 23. Rc6 (23. g3 $5) 23... Nab4 24. Bxb4
Nxb4 25. Rc7+ Kg8 26. Nxa7 Nd5 27. Rb7 $6 (27. Rc8+ $1 Rxc8 28. Nxc8 Kf8 $6 (
28... g5 $5 29. hxg6 Kg7 30. Kd2 Kxg6 31. g3 h5 $15) 29. g3 Ke8 30. Kd2 Kd7 31.
Nd6 $10) 27... f4 28. Kf1 e3 29. fxe3 fxe3 30. Nc6 (30. Ke2 $2 Rf8 31. Nc6 Rf2+
32. Ke1 Nf4 $19) 30... Rf8+ (30... Rxa4 31. Ne7+ Kh7 32. Nxd5 exd5 33. Ke2 (33.
Rxb6 $5 Rxd4 34. Rd6 Kg8 (34... Rd2 35. e6 d4 36. e7 d3 37. Rxd3) 35. Ke2 Rd2+
36. Kxe3 Rxg2 37. Rxd5 Rg5 38. Ke4 Rxh5 39. Rd8+ Kf7 40. Rd7+ Kf8 41. Kd5)
33... Rxd4 34. Kxe3 Re4+ 35. Kf3 Rxe5 36. g4 Re6 37. Rd7 b5 38. Rxd5 Rb6 39.
Ke2 b4 40. Kd2 b3 41. Kc1 Rb4 42. g5 hxg5 43. Rxg5 Rb7 44. Kb2 Kh6 45. Rd5 Rb4
46. Re5 Rh4 47. Kxb3 Rxh5 48. Re6+ g6 49. Kc4) 31. Ke1 Nf4 32. Rb8 Nxg2+ (32...
Nxh5 $2 33. Ne7+ Kf7 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Nc8 Ke8 36. Nxb6 Kd8 37. Nc4) 33. Ke2
Rxb8 34. Nxb8 Kf7 35. Kf3 Nf4 36. Kxe3 Nd5+ 37. Kd3 g6 38. hxg6+ Kxg6 39. Ke4
Kf7 $6 (39... Nc3+ 40. Kd3 Nxa4 41. d5 exd5 42. Kd4 h5 43. Kxd5 Nc3+ 44. Kd4 h4
45. Ke3 Kf5 46. Nc6 b5 47. Kf3) (39... h5 $5 40. Kf3 Kf5 41. Nd7 (41. Nc6 h4
$19) 41... h4 $19) 40. Nc6 Ke8 (40... Nc3+ 41. Kd3 Nxa4 42. d5 exd5 43. Kd4 Ke6
44. Nb4 Nc5 45. Nxd5 Nb3+ 46. Ke4 Nd2+ 47. Kd4 Nf3+ 48. Ke4 Ng5+ 49. Kd4) 41.
Na7 (41. a5 $4 Kd7 $1) 41... Nc3+ 42. Kd3 Nxa4 43. d5 Nc5+ 44. Kd4 h5 45. dxe6
Nxe6+ 46. Ke4 Kd7 47. Kf5 Ng7+ 48. Kg5 Kc7 $6 (48... Ke6 49. Kf4 (49. Nc6 Kd5
50. Kg6 Ne8 51. Ne7+ Ke6 52. Nc8 h4 $19) 49... Kd5 50. Nb5 Kc5 51. Nc7 Kc6 (
51... b5 52. Kg5 Kc6 (52... b4 53. Na6+ Kc4 54. Nxb4 Kxb4 55. Kg6 $10) 53. Nxb5
Kxb5 54. Kg6 $10) 52. Na6 b5 53. Kg5 Kb6 (53... Kd5 54. Nc7+ Kc6 55. Nxb5 Kxb5
56. Kg6 $10) 54. Nb4 Kc5 55. Na6+ (55. Na2 $1 Kd4 (55... Kd5 56. Nc3+ Kc4 57.
Nxb5 Kxb5 58. Kg6 $10) 56. e6 Nxe6+ 57. Kxh5 Kc4 58. Kg4 Kb3 59. Nc1+ Kb2 60.
Nd3+ Kc3 61. Nc1 Nc5 62. Kf3 Nd3 63. Ne2+ $10) 55... Kd4 56. e6 Nxe6+ 57. Kxh5
Kc4 58. Kg4 Nc5 59. Nb8 Kd5 $19) 49. Kg6 Ne6 $6 (49... Kd7 $5 50. Kxg7 Ke6 51.
Nc6 b5 52. Kg6 h4 53. Nd4+ Kxe5 54. Nf3+ Ke4 55. Nxh4 b4 56. Nf5 b3 57. Nd6+
Kd3 58. Nb5 b2 59. Na3 $10) 50. Kxh5 Nd4 51. Kg4 Kb7 52. e6 Nxe6 53. Nb5 Kc6
54. Nc3 Nc7 55. Kf3 Nd5 56. Ne4 (56. Nxd5 $4 Kxd5 $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-13c"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1985.07.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1985.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Bd7
9. Nf3 Ne7 10. Bb2 $6 Bxb5 11. Bxb5+ Nbc6 12. Bd3 (12. Bxd4 $142 Bb6 13. c3 $10
{Suetin}) 12... Bb6 13. O-O a6 14. Kh1 h6 15. Qd2 O-O 16. a4 Qc7 17. b5 axb5
18. axb5 Na5 19. Bxd4 Nc4 20. Qb4 $6 (20. Qf2 $10) 20... Ng6 $1 21. g3 Rfc8 22.
Rfc1 Ba5 $1 23. Qb3 Nf8 24. c3 Nd7 25. Ra2 Nc5 26. Bxc5 Qxc5 27. Nd4 Bb6 28.
Qb1 Ne3 29. Re2 Qa3 30. Nb3 Rc7 31. h3 h5 32. Kh2 h4 33. gxh4 Rac8 34. Qa2 Qxa2
35. Rxa2 g6 36. Nd2 Rxc3 37. Rxc3 Rxc3 38. Be2 Nf5 39. h5 Be3 40. hxg6 Bxf4+
41. Kg1 Rg3+ 42. Kf2 Be3+ 43. Ke1 Rxg6 44. Bg4 Nd4 45. b6 Nc6 46. Nf3 Bxb6 47.
Rb2 Ba5+ 48. Ke2 Bc3 49. Rxb7 Nxe5 50. Nxe5 Bxe5 51. Bh5 Rf6 52. Bf3 Rf4 0-1

[Event "Linares-05"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1985.03.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1985.03.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Nf3
Nbc6 9. Bd3 f5 10. exf6 Rxf6 11. Bg5 Rf7 12. Qh5 g6 (12... h6 13. Bh7+ $1 Kxh7
(13... Kf8 14. Bg6) 14. Qxf7 hxg5 15. g4 $1 (15. Nxg5+ Kh6 16. Nxe6) 15... Ng6
16. h4 gxh4 17. Nxh4 Nxh4 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Rxh4 {/\ 20.g5 ->}) 13. Qh4 c4 14.
Be2 Qa5 15. Bd2 Nf5 16. Qg5 Bd7 17. g4 (17. h4 h6 $1 18. Qg4 e5) (17. O-O)
17... Nd6 18. h4 Ne4 19. Qe3 Raf8 $6 (19... e5 $1 $132 20. dxe5 (20. Ng5 Nxg5
21. Qxg5 exd4 (21... Re8 22. h5) (21... Raf8) 22. cxd4 c3 23. Be3) 20... Re8 (
20... Bxg4 21. Ng5 $1) 21. h5 g5 $1 22. h6 Nxe5 (22... Kf8 $1 23. Rb1 Nxe5 24.
Nxe5 Rxe5 25. f3 Nxd2 26. Qxe5 Nxf3+ 27. Bxf3 Re7) 23. Nxe5 Rxe5 24. f3 d4 25.
cxd4 Nxd2 26. dxe5 $1 (26. Qxe5 Nxf3+) (26. Qxd2 c3) 26... Nxf3+ 27. Kd1) 20.
h5 $1 $36 gxh5 21. Rxh5 Rg7 22. Ng5 $1 $36 {[#]} Be8 $6 (22... Nxg5) (22...
Nxd2 23. Kxd2 (23. Qxd2 $142) 23... e5 $1 24. dxe5 d4 25. Bxc4+ Kh8 26. Qd3
Qxc3+ $17) 23. Nxe6 $1 Bxh5 24. Nxg7 Bg6 (24... Kxg7 25. gxh5 (25. Qh6+ Kg8 26.
gxh5 Rxf2 $6 27. Qe6+ $1) 25... Rxf2 26. Qh6+ (26. Bf3 $1 Rxd2 27. Bxe4 Rxd4
28. h6+ Kf6 29. Bxh7 $18) 26... Kg8 27. Bg4 Nxd4 $19) 25. Nf5 (25. Ne6 Re8 26.
Nf4 Ng5 27. Qg3 Ne4 $10) 25... Qc7 (25... Bxf5 $5 26. gxf5 Kh8 (26... Rxf5 27.
f3) 27. f3 Ng3 28. Qg5 $1 Nxf5 29. Kf2) 26. O-O-O $1 Qa5 27. Kb2 Rf6 28. Bf3 $1
Ne5 $6 (28... Nd8 $5 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Qxe4 Rb6+ 31. Ka2 Qb5 32. Qd5+ Qxd5 33.
Ne7+ Kg7 34. Nxd5 Bxc2 $1) 29. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 (29... Rb6+ 30. Ka2 Qb5 31. Bxd5+
Kf8 (31... Qxd5 32. Ne7+) 32. Qh6+ Ke8 33. Bc6+ $1 Rxc6 (33... bxc6 34. Nd6+)
34. Rb1 Qa4 35. Ng7+ Kd7 36. dxe5) 30. dxe5 Rb6+ 31. Ka2 Qb5 32. Qxb6 $1 axb6 (
32... Qxb6 $5 33. Be3 Qe6 34. Rd8+ Kf7 35. Nh6+ Kg7 36. Bg5 $1 a6 (36... Be8
37. Nf5+ Kg6 38. Bf6) (36... e3 37. f4 $1 e2 38. f5 $18) 37. Rb8 (37. Ka1 $2 e3
38. f4 $2 e2) (37. Kb2 $2 Qb6+) 37... Qd5 38. Rc8 Qe6 39. Rd8 $1) 33. Bf4 Qa4 (
33... Qe8 34. Rd6) (33... Bxf5 34. gxf5 $18) 34. Rd8+ Kf7 35. Nd4 $1 e3 36. e6+
Kf6 37. fxe3 Bxc2 38. Rf8+ Ke7 39. Rf7+ Kd8 40. Bd6 $1 Bb1+ 41. Kb2 (41. Kxb1
Qd1+ 42. Kb2 Qd2+ 43. Nc2 Qxd6 44. Rd7+) (41. Kb2 Bg6 42. Rxb7) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1985.01.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1985.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Qxc3 O-O-O 14.
Rb1 d4 $1 15. Qc5 (15. Qd3 Nd5 $13 {(Schiller 87)}) 15... b6 16. Qc4 Kb8 17.
Bd2 Bc8 18. Ng3 Bb7 19. Bd3 Nd5 20. O-O Qe7 21. Be4 Qh4 22. Rf3 Rg4 23. Bxd5
Rxd5 24. Qd3 Rd8 25. Be1 Rdg8 26. a4 Rxf4 27. Rxf4 Qxf4 28. Bd2 Qh4 29. Re1 Ne7
30. Re2 Rh8 31. Nf1 Nf5 32. a5 bxa5 33. Bxa5 Qg4 34. Be1 Rg8 35. Bg3 Ka8 36.
Re1 Rc8 37. Qe2 Qg6 {i39/375(Beliavsky)} 0-1

[Event "Lloyds Bank op 08th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Reefschlaeger, Helmut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1984.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 $5 6. b4 $1 cxd4 (6... cxb4 7.
Nb5 f5 $1 8. axb4 (8. Nd6+ Kf8 9. Bd2 bxa3 10. Rxa3 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Nh6 $1) 8...
Bxb4+ 9. c3 Be7 10. Ba3 Bxa3 11. Rxa3 Nc6 12. Nd6+) 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. Nb5 Bc7 9.
Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 a6 11. Nxc7+ Qxc7 12. Bb2 $6 (12. Ne2 Bd7 $1 13. f4 Nbc6 (
13... a5 $6 14. bxa5 $1 Qxa5+ 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. Ng3 Nbc6 17. Nh5 O-O-O 18. Nf6
Rh8 19. Qd3 Nf5 20. Be2 $1) 14. Bb2 O-O-O 15. Qd3) 12... Nbc6 13. f4 Bd7 14.
Nf3 O-O-O 15. Qd3 Nf5 16. O-O-O f6 (16... Ne3 17. Rd2 Nxb4 18. axb4 Bb5 19.
Qxd4 $1 Nxf1 20. Rf2 $16) 17. Nxd4 Ncxd4 18. Bxd4 Bb5 19. Qd2 Bxf1 20. Rhxf1
Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Rxg2 22. Rd2 Rxd2 23. Kxd2 f5 (23... fxe5 24. Qxe5 Qc6 25. h4 Rg8
26. Rf2) 24. Rg1 Kb8 25. Rg3 $1 Qh7 26. h3 Rc8 27. Rc3 Rxc3 28. Qxc3 Qg6 29.
Qe3 Qg2+ 30. Kc3 Qf1 31. Kb2 a5 32. bxa5 Qb5+ 33. Qb3 $1 (33. Qb3 Qxa5 34. Qb4
Qa7 35. Qd6+) 1-0

[Event "Hastings 8899"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Qxc3 Rc8 $6 (
13... Nf5 $5 14. Rb1 O-O-O 15. Rg1 d4 (15... f6 16. g4 Nh6 17. exf6 Rxg4 18.
Rxg4 Nxg4 19. f7 $16) 16. Qd3 Na5 17. g4 Ba4 $1 18. c3 Bc2 $3 19. Qxc2 d3 20.
Qa2 Qc5 21. Rg2 Ne3 $1 $19) 14. Rb1 Nf5 15. Bd2 a6 $6 {! Zaitsev,I/Karpov in
Inf.45/340: 16.g3 b5 17.Bh3 Qb6! ->Tal,M-Farago,I/Wijk/ 1987/remis/} (15... b6
$6 16. g3 $1 Qb7 17. Qd3 Nce7 18. Rg1 {/\ g4 Karpov,An-Farago,I/Wijk/1987/1-0/}
) 16. Rg1 $1 $16 (16. g3 b5 17. Bh3 Qb6 $1 18. Qd3 (18. Bxf5 d4 $1 19. Qd3 exf5
$13) 18... Nce7 19. g4 Nh4 20. Rf1 Rc4 $1 21. Rb4 Rh8 $1 22. Ng3 Nc6 23. Rb2
Qd4 $1 24. Qxd4 Nxd4 25. Kd1 Nhf3 26. Nh5 Nxd2 27. Kxd2 Ra4 28. Ra1 Ke7 29. c3
{remis/ Tal,M-Farago,I/Wijk1987/}) 16... b5 17. g4 Nh4 18. Rg3 Qb6 19. Qd3 Rh8
20. Rh3 Ne7 21. Nd4 Rc4 22. c3 Ra4 23. Qg3 Nhg6 24. Rxh8+ Nxh8 25. Bd3 Nhg6 26.
h4 Rxa3 27. h5 $18 Nf8 28. h6 Neg6 29. f5 Ne7 30. Qh2 exf5 31. h7 Neg6 32. gxf5
Nh8 33. Qh5 Qc7 34. Kf1 Rxc3 35. e6 Rxd3 36. exf7+ Kd8 37. Qg5+ Kc8 38. Rc1
Rxd4 39. Rxc7+ Kxc7 40. Ba5+ Kb7 41. Qd8 Rf4+ 42. Kg1 Rg4+ 43. Kh2 1-0

[Event "URS-ch54"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1987.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 dxc3 (10... Qxe5 $2 11. Bf4 Qf6 12. cxd4 $16) 11.
f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 Nf5 $5 {?! Suetin} 13. Rg1 $1 (13. Nxc3 Na6 $1 14. Nb5 Qa5+ 15.
Bd2 Qa4 $10 16. Rg1 Nc5 {Parma,B-Bronstein,D/Belgrade/1964/}) 13... Nc6 14. g4
Qb6 (14... Nh4 $2 15. Qh7 $16) 15. Rg2 $1 Nh4 16. Rg3 O-O-O 17. Nxc3 $1 Kb8 18.
Rb1 $16 {Gligoric} Qa5 19. Qb5 Qc7 20. Qc5 Rc8 21. Nb5 Qd8 22. Nd6 Rc7 23. Ba6
(23. Nxf7 $142 {Gufeld}) 23... Bc8 24. Bxb7 Bxb7 25. Rgb3 Ka8 26. Nxb7 Ng2+ $1
27. Kf1 Qh4 28. Rg3 Qxh2 29. Rxg2 Qh1+ 30. Qg1 Qxg1+ 31. Kxg1 Rxb7 32. Rxb7
Kxb7 33. Be3 Ka6 34. Bc5 Kb5 35. Bd6 Kc4 36. Kf2 Nd4 37. Ke1 Rh8 38. Kd2 Rh3
39. f5 exf5 40. gxf5 Nxf5 41. Rf2 Rh5 42. c3 d4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Muenster op"]
[Site "Muenster"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Arakhamia Grant, Ketevan"]
[Black "Libeau, Rene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Arakhamia,K.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7.
Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Qf7
14. Ng5 Qe8 {Polgar,J.-Uhlmann,W. 1992} 15. f4 Ne7 16. O-O h6 17. Nf3 Qa4 $6 (
17... Bd7 {/\...Sf5, ...La4}) 18. Ra2 a5 19. Rb1 Ra6 20. Bd2 $6 Qc6 $6 21. a4
$1 Rb6 22. Rba1 Qe8 23. Bc1 Rf5 (23... Rf7 24. Ba3 Bd7 25. Nh4 Kh7 26. Bc5 Rc6
27. Rb1 $16) 24. Ba3 g5 25. fxg5 Ng6 26. gxh6 gxh6 27. Bc1 $1 Kh7 28. Be3 Rc6
29. Rf1 Rc7 30. Qh3 Qf8 31. Raa1 Nf4 32. Bxf4 Rxf4 33. Ng5+ Kg6 34. Nxe6 1-0

[Event "Horgen"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1995.10.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. Qg4 (6. dxc5 $5 d4 7. b4
dxc3 8. Qg4 g6 (8... Ne7 9. bxa5 O-O 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Bd3 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13.
Qh4 Nf5 14. Qc4 Nd5 15. O-O Qxa5 16. Rb1 Qc7 17. Be4 Nfe7 18. Bg5 Rb8 19. Bxe7
Qxe7 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Qxc3 Bf5 22. Nd4 Rbc8 23. Rfe1 {Nisipeanu,L-Casangiu,P/
ROM-chJW Singeorz ;TD 93\02 1993/1-0 (41)}) 9. bxa5 Qxa5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Bd3
Qxc5 12. Bf4 Nge7 13. O-O b6 14. Ng5 Nf5 15. Ne4 Qa5 16. Nf6+ Kd8 17. Bxf5 exf5
18. Qf3 Kc7 19. e6+ Kb7 20. exf7 Rf8 21. Ne8 Bd7 22. Nd6+ {1-0 Winge,
S-Solbrand,S/Rilton Cup (04) ;EXT 90op 1990}) 6... Ne7 7. b4 (7. dxc5 $5 Bxc3+
8. bxc3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Ng6 10. h4 (10. Nf3 Nd7 11. c4 Qa4 12. h4 Qxc2 13. cxd5 Qb2
14. Rc1 Ngxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 16. Be2 h5 17. Qg5 exd5 18. Rh3 O-O 19. Rd3 d4 20.
Bf4 Qxg5 21. hxg5 b6 22. cxb6 axb6 23. Rxd4 Nc5 24. Rc3 Re8 25. Be3 g6 26. Bb5
Rf8 27. f3 Ba6 28. Rb4 Rfd8 29. Kf2 Bxb5 30. Rxb5 Rd5 31. Bxc5 {1/2-1/2 Short,
N-Vaganian,R/Rotterdam WCup ;CBM 13 1989}) 10... h5 11. Qg5 Nd7 12. c4 Qa4 13.
cxd5 (13. Nf3 dxc4 14. Qe3 O-O 15. Rc1 b6 16. cxb6 Nxb6 17. Qg5 c3 18. Be3 Nd5
19. Qxh5 Ngf4 20. Qg5 Qe4 21. Bd3 Nxd3+ 22. cxd3 Qxd3 23. Rd1 Qe4 24. O-O Ba6
25. Rd4 Qh7 26. Rc1 Rfc8 27. h5 Be2 {Lau,R-Vaganian,R/BL 9293 (1993) ;BL 90
1993/0-1 (42)}) 13... Qe4+ (13... Ndxe5 14. Be2 Qe4 15. O-O-O O-O 16. Bc3 f6
17. Qd2 Qxg2 18. Nh3 exd5 19. Bxh5 Nc4 20. Qd4 Nge5 21. Nf4 Qe4 22. Qxd5+ Qxd5
23. Nxd5 Kh7 24. Rhg1 Bf5 25. Ne7 Be4 26. Rd4 Bf3 27. Bg6+ Kh8 28. h5 Rad8 29.
Rh4 {1-0 Short,N-Timman,J/Amsterdam Euwe-mem (01) ;CBM 23 1991}) 14. Ne2 Qxd5
15. f4 Nxc5 16. Nc3 Qd4 17. Rb1 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 19. Kd1 O-O 20. Bd3 Qd5 21.
Rb5 Qd4 22. Ke2 b6 23. Rb4 Qd5 24. Be3 Bb7 25. Kf2 Rac8 26. Rd4 Qa2 27. Rc1
Qxa3 28. g4 Rc5 29. gxh5 Nxe5 30. fxe5 f6 31. Qg6 fxe5+ 32. Kg1 exd4 33. h6 Rc7
34. Bg5 Rf5 35. Qxe6+ Rcf7 36. h7+ Kh8 37. Re1 Qf8 38. Be7 {1-0 Short,
N-Lputian,S/Manila izt (09) ;CBM 19 1990}) 7... cxb4 8. Nb5 b3+ $1 (8... bxa3+
9. Kd1 O-O 10. Bd3 f5 11. exf6 Rxf6 12. Bg5 e5 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qh5+ Rh6 15.
Bxh6 gxh6 16. Qf7+ Kh8 17. Rxa3 Nbc6 18. Qf6+ Kh7 19. Rg3 Nf5 20. Qg6+ Kh8 21.
Nd6 Be6 22. Nxf5 {1-0 Yudasin,L-Brynell,S/Leningrad ;CBM 14 1989}) 9. c3 Nf5 (
9... Bc7 10. Qxg7 Rg8 11. Qxh7 a6 12. Nxc7+ Qxc7 13. Qd3 Bd7 14. Rb1 Bb5 15.
Qf3 Bc4 16. Nh3 Nf5 17. Ng5 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Nc6 19. h4 Rc8 20. g4 Ncxd4 21. cxd4
Qc2 22. gxf5 Qxb1 23. fxe6 Qxc1+ 24. Kg2 Rxg5+ 25. hxg5 Qxg5+ 26. Kh2 fxe6 27.
Qxb3 Rc7 28. Qg3 Rh7+ 29. Kg2 Qxg3+ 30. fxg3 Rxh1 31. Kxh1 Kf7 32. a4 b5 33.
axb5 axb5 34. Kg2 {0-1 Sedlak,I-Berecz,A/Szeged op (09) ;EXT 93op 1993}) 10.
Bd2 O-O 11. Qh3 a6 12. g4 Qh4 $1 $17 13. Qxh4 Nxh4 14. Nd6 b5 15. Rb1 Nd7 16.
Rxb3 Nb6 17. Bf4 f6 18. Bg3 Ng6 19. f4 fxe5 20. fxe5 Ra7 21. Ne2 Nc4 22. Bh3
Bd7 23. Rf1 Raa8 24. Nxc4 dxc4 25. Rb1 Bc6 26. Kd2 Bf3 27. Ng1 Be4 28. Rbe1
Rxf1 29. Bxf1 Bc6 30. Bh3 Rf8 31. g5 Bd5 32. Bg4 Bd8 33. h4 Nxh4 $1 $19 34.
Bxh4 Rf4 35. Bxe6+ Bxe6 36. Bg3 Rg4 37. Ne2 Bxg5+ 38. Kd1 h5 39. Rf1 h4 40. Bf4
Be7 41. Be3 g5 42. Ke1 Bd5 43. Rg1 Rxg1+ 44. Nxg1 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Oslo Schakselskaps Jubilee"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "1984.04.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1984.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Nxc3 a6 14. Rb1
Rc8 15. Bd2 Na5 16. h4 (16. Qd4 $2) (16. Qf3 $2) (16. Qh3 $6) 16... Nc4 17. Rh3
$5 Nxa3 18. Rb3 Nc4 19. h5 b5 20. h6 Qc5 21. Ne2 a5 22. Ng3 Rh8 23. h7 b4 24.
Nh5 Ba4 25. Nf6+ Kd8 26. Ne4 Qc6 (26... Qb6 $17 {Suetin}) 27. Ng5 Ke8 28. Be2
Nxd2 29. Qxd2 Bxb3 30. cxb3 Ng6 31. Bh5 Qc5 32. Rf3 Qg1+ 33. Rf1 Qh2 34. Bxg6
Qg3+ 35. Rf2 fxg6 36. Kf1 Qxb3 37. Kg1 Qb1+ 38. Kh2 Rc7 39. Qe2 Rhxh7+ 40. Nxh7
Rxh7+ 41. Kg3 Qb3+ 42. Rf3 Qc4 43. Qe3 Rb7 44. Qe1 a4 45. Qh1 b3 46. Kg4 b2 47.
Rh3 b1=Q 0-1

[Event "Oslo Schakselskaps Jubilee"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "1984.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1984.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Qxc3 Nf5 14. Rb1
Rc8 15. Bd2 d4 $5 16. Qd3 Nce7 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 {[#]} Nf5 $5 (18... Bc6
19. Qxa7 $1 (19. Bb4 Bxg2 20. Rg1 Bxf1 (20... Qxc2 21. Rd1 Qe4+ 22. Qxe4 Bxe4
23. Rxg8+ Nxg8 24. Bb5+ Bc6 25. Bd3 $16) 21. Rxg8+ Nxg8 22. Kxf1 Qxc2 (22...
Nh6 $5 23. Qd6 Qxd6 24. Bxd6 b6 $1) 23. Rd1 Qc6 24. Kg1 $16 Nh6 25. Qxa7 Nf5
26. Qf2 f6 27. Qe2 Qb6+ $10) 19... Bxg2 $10 {Makarichev} 20. Rg1 Bxf1 21. Rxg8+
Nxg8 22. Kxf1 Qxc2 23. Qxb7 Ne7) 19. Qxa7 $1 $16 Qxc2 20. Qxb7 Rc7 {[#]} 21.
Qb8+ $1 (21. Qb4 $2 Nd4 22. Kf2 Rb7 $1) (21. Qa8+ Rc8 22. Rb8 $2 Ke7 $1 23.
Bb4+ Rc5 $1 24. Bxc5+ Qxc5 25. Rxg8 Qc1+ 26. Ke2 Bb5+ $1 $19 {Makarichev})
21... Rc8 22. Qb4 Nd4 $1 23. Kf2 Rg4 (23... Qe4 24. Re1 Qd5 25. Rc1 $18) 24.
Qxd4 $16 (24. Rc1 $18 Rxf4+ 25. Kg3 Ne2+ 26. Bxe2 Rxb4 27. Rxc2 Rb3+ 28. Rc3
Rbxc3+ 29. Bxc3 Rxc3+ 30. Bf3 Bc6 31. h4 $18) 24... Qxb1 25. Rg1 $1 Qa2 26. Be2
Rc2 27. Rd1 $1 (27. Ra1 $2 Rxf4+ $1) 27... Rg8 28. g3 (28. Qd3) 28... Bc6 (
28... Qd5 29. Qb4 $16) 29. Qd3 $18 Bd5 30. Qb5+ Kf8 31. f5 exf5 (31... Kg7 32.
f6+) 32. Qxd5 Qxd5 33. Bh6+ Ke7 34. Rxd5 Ke6 35. Rd6+ Kxe5 36. Bf4+ Ke4 37. Rd7
Ra8 38. Re7+ 1-0

[Event "Vejstrup"]
[Site "Vejstrup"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1989.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Notes by Judit Polgar} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6.
bxc3 b6 {One of L.B.Hansen's pet lines} 7. Qg4 (7. Nh3 Ng6 8. a4 Ba6 {8...c5!?}
9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. O-O Nb8 11. f4 Qd7 12. f5 $16 {Nunn,J-Hansen,LB/Lugano/1989/ 
-> TD 1989/1}) 7... Kf8 {7...Ng6 is more usual} 8. Nf3 (8. h4 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6
10. h5 h6 11. Ne2 c5 12. Rh3 Rc8 13. a4 cxd4 14. Ba3 dxc3 15. Rf3 $13 {
Lgumina-Hansen,LB/Lugano/1989/ -> TD 1989/1}) 8... Ba6 9. Bd3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxd3
11. cxd3 bxc5 12. O-O Nd7 13. a4 Nc6 14. Ba3 h6 {14...Kg8!? /\ h6} 15. c4 $1
Ncxe5 $8 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Qg3 (17. Qd4 Nd7 18. cxd5 Kg8 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. Qxc5
Qxd5 $10) 17... Nc6 (17... Ng6 18. Bxc5+ Kg8 19. Rab1 Qd7 20. Qd6 {+/=/+/-})
18. Bxc5+ Kg8 19. Rab1 Kh7 $1 (19... Qd7 20. Qd6 $1) 20. Rb7 Qf6 21. cxd5 (21.
Bd6 Nd4) 21... exd5 22. Qg4 $5 {against 22...Rab8 23.Rc7 Rhc8} Rhd8 23. h3 Kg8
24. d4 $6 (24. Rfb1 Re8 $14) 24... Re8 $1 {>< e4} 25. Qh5 Rad8 (25... Nxd4 26.
Bxd4 Qxd4 27. Qxf7+ Kh8 $10) 26. Rd1 Re4 27. Rd3 $5 {Start of an interesting
plan} Re1+ 28. Kh2 Qxf2 29. Rf3 Qg1+ 30. Kg3 g6 $8 31. Qxh6 Re2 32. Kh4 $1 (32.
Rbxf7 Rxg2+ 33. Kh4 Qe1+ 34. Rf2 Qe4+ 35. R7f4 g5+ 36. Qxg5+ Rxg5 37. Rxe4 dxe4
38. Kxg5 Nxd4 $10) 32... Qxg2 $4 {Black overlooks a pretty combination in a
heavy timetrouble} (32... Re4+ 33. g4 (33. Kg3 Re2 34. Kh4 Re4+ 35. Kg3 $10
Qe1+ 36. Kh2) 33... Qe1+ 34. Rg3 Rde8 $13) 33. Qg7+ $3 {Judit Polgar} (33. Qg7+
Kxg7 34. Rfxf7+ Kh8 35. Rh7+ Kg8 36. Rbg7#) 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qb1
$1 (8. Qg4 g6 (8... Kf8 9. Qd1 b6 10. h4 Ne7 11. h5 h6 12. Rh4 Ba6 13. Bxa6
Nxa6 14. Rf4 Qd7 15. Qf3 Nc6 16. Nh3 {/\g2-g4-g5 Fischer,R-Hook/Siegen ol/1970/
}) (8... Ne7 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 cxd4 {Untested}) 9. Qd1 (9. Rc1 Nc6 10. Nf3
h6 11. Bd3 c4 12. Be2 Bd7 13. Qf4 Rh7 14. h4 O-O-O $13 {Parma,B-Portisch,L/
Bled/1961/})) 8... a6 $6 (8... c4 $5 9. Nf3 (9. g3 Ne7 10. Bg2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7
12. Nf3 O-O-O 13. O-O f6 14. Ra2 Ng6 $13 {Chandler,M-Kosten,A/London/1988/})
9... Nc6 10. g3 Nge7 11. h4 (11. Bg2 Bd7 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Re1 h6 14. Qc1 g5
15. h4 $1 g4 16. Nh2 $14 {Vasiukov,E-Mazukevich/URS/1956/}) 11... Bd7 12. h5 h6
13. Bh3 O-O-O 14. O-O Rdf8 15. Re1 g6 16. Qc1 Ng8 17. Qd1 Nce7 18. Rb1 Kb8 19.
Rb4 Qc6 20. Qe2 Re8 21. Nh2 Nf5 22. Reb1 $16 {Watson,W-Kosten,A/London/1990/})
9. Nf3 Ne7 10. Qb3 Qxb3 11. cxb3 $14 Nbc6 12. Bd3 (12. Rb1 $1 $16 {/\ Bd3 () ^^
}) 12... Na5 13. Bc2 c4 14. b4 Nac6 15. O-O $14 (15. Ke2 $5) 15... f5 16. h4
Bd7 17. a4 Nd8 18. g3 Nf7 19. Kg2 h6 $6 (19... O-O-O $5) (19... b6 $5 {
/\Ke8-d8-c7}) 20. h5 $16 Kd8 21. Rh1 Kc7 22. Rag1 {/\g3-g4} Rag8 23. Kf1 g5 24.
hxg6 Rxg6 25. Nh4 $16 Rg7 26. f3 (26. Ng2 {/\Ng2-f4-h5-f6}) 26... Ng5 27. Kf2
Rf8 28. Ng2 Ng8 29. Rh4 Be8 30. Rgh1 b5 31. a5 $6 Kd7 32. Rf4 Rgf7 33. Ne3 Kc6
34. Ke2 Bd7 35. Ng2 Be8 36. g4 {Thematic} fxg4 37. fxg4 Kd7 38. Kf2 Ke7 39. Kg3
Rg7 40. Rxf8 Kxf8 41. Nf4 Bf7 42. Rf1 Ke7 (42... Ke8 $5 {><e7:Ne7}) 43. Kh4 Ke8
44. Nh5 Bxh5 45. Kxh5 Ne4 46. Bxe4 dxe4 47. Rf4 Rf7 48. Kg6 Ne7+ 49. Kxh6 Rxf4
(49... Ng8+ $5 50. Kg5 Rg7+ 51. Kh4 Ne7 52. Rxe4 Nd5 $16 {Now it's more
difficult to advance the g-pawn.}) 50. Bxf4 Nd5 51. Bc1 e3 (51... Nxc3 52. g5)
52. Kg7 Ke7 53. g5 e2 54. Bd2 Ne3 55. g6 Nf5+ 56. Kg8 Ke8 57. g7 Ne7+ 58. Kh7
Kf7 59. Be1 (59. Be1 Ng8 60. d5) 1-0

[Event "Lone Pine op Louis D. Statham Masters"]
[Site "Lone Pine"]
[Date "1979.03.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grefe, John Alan"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1979.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. bxa5
dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. f4 Qxa5 12. Rb1 Qc7 (12... Nd4 $1 13. Qd3 (
13. Nh3 Bd7 14. Ng5 O-O-O 15. Nxf7 Nef5 $1 $17) 13... Nef5 14. Nf3 Nxf3+ 15.
Qxf3 Bd7 16. Rxb7) 13. Nf3 Bd7 14. Qd3 d4 15. g3 $1 O-O-O 16. Bg2 Nf5 17. O-O
Nce7 (17... Na5 $1 $13 {Hort}) 18. Ng5 $16 {Matanovic} (18. Nxd4 $2 Bc6 $1)
18... Bc6 19. Bxc6 Nxc6 20. g4 Nfe7 21. h3 Nd5 22. f5 Nxe5 23. Qxd4 exf5 24.
Rxf5 Rge8 25. Qxa7 f6 26. Ne4 Nf3+ 27. Rxf3 Rxe4 28. Rd3 Re1+ 29. Kg2 Qc6 30.
Kf2 Re4 31. Qa8+ Kc7 32. Qa5+ b6 33. Qa7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.07.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. Nf3
(8. h4 $6) (8. Qd1 $5) (8. Bd3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qa4 10. Qh5 {Polgar-Drasko Berlin
open 1989}) (8. a4 $5 Qc7 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nbc6 11. Qe3 Nf5 12. Qf4 g5 $2 (
12... Nce7) 13. Qxg5 Nxe5 14. Qf6 Nxf3+ 15. gxf3 Rg8 16. Ba3+ Ke8 17. O-O-O $16
{Oll-Eingorn Debrecen 1989}) 8... Qa5 9. Bd2 Qa4 10. Ra2 b6 11. Qf4 h6 12. h4 (
12. dxc5 Qxf4 13. Bxf4 bxc5 {Ernst-Eingorn Tallinn 1989}) 12... Nd7 13. h5 $6 (
13. Bd3 Ba6 14. O-O $14) 13... Ba6 $10 {(Short)} 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 $10 15. Rh3 Qb5
16. Ra1 Qa4 17. Ra2 Qb5 18. Ra1 Qa4 19. Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch24 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.02.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1957.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Nf5 (7...
O-O 8. Nf3 Nbc6 9. Bd3 f5 10. exf6 Rxf6 11. Bf4 $1 $36) 8. Bd3 h5 9. Qh3 (9.
Qf4 $142 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qh4 11. Qxh4 Nxh4 12. g3 Nf5 13. Ne2) 9... cxd4 10. Nf3
(10. Bxf5 $5 exf5 11. Qg3 g6 (11... Be6 $5 12. Qxg7 Kd7 $10) 12. cxd4) 10...
Nc6 $2 (10... Qc7 $1 11. Rb1 Nc6 12. g4 Nfe7 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qc3+ 15.
Bd2 Qxd4 16. f4 Ng6 17. c3 $1 Qc5 18. gxh5 $14 {Konstantinopolsky-Ivashin/USSR/
1952/}) (10... dxc3 11. g4 Ne7 12. gxh5 $14 {Sorokin-Gudim USSR 1960}) 11. g4
$1 Nfe7 12. gxh5 $1 (12. cxd4 h4 $13) 12... Qc7 (12... dxc3 $2 13. Qg4 $1 $16)
13. Bf4 (13. cxd4 $2 Nxd4 $17) 13... Ng6 (13... dxc3 14. Qg4 $16) 14. Qg4 {
/\ Ke2,Rg1,Re1,Bg3,Kf1} Nxf4 (14... Ngxe5 $5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qxg7 Nf3+ (16...
Rxh5 $2) (16... Nxd3+ 17. cxd3 Qxc3+ 18. Ke2 Qc2+ 19. Bd2 Rxh5 20. Rac1 Qa4 21.
Rc7 $16) 17. Kf1 Qxf4 18. Qxh8+ Ke7 19. Qg7 $1 $16) 15. Qxf4 dxc3 (15... Rxh5
16. cxd4 $14 Qe7 (16... Bd7 $2 17. Qg4) 17. Rg1 Qf8 18. Ke2 (18. Ng5 $5 {+/=/})
18... Bd7 19. Qg4 g6 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. Qxg6+ Qf7 22. Qg8+ Ke7 (22... Qf8 $1 $10
) 23. Qxa8 Nxd4+ 24. Nxd4 Rxe5+ 25. Kf1 Re4 26. Qh8) 16. Qg5 $1 (16. Rg1 f6 $1)
16... Qe7 17. Qxg7 Qf8 18. Qg5 Qh6 19. Rg1 $16 Qxg5 (19... Qxh5 $2 20. Qf6 $1
Qh6 $2 21. Rg8+ $18) 20. Rxg5 Bd7 21. Ke2 (21. h6 $1 $16) (21. h6 $1 $16) 21...
Ke7 22. Ke3 Raf8 23. Rag1 Be8 24. Nd4 f5 $6 $18 (24... f6 $5 25. Rg7+ $5 Bf7 (
25... Rf7 26. exf6+ Kxf6 27. R1g6+) 26. Nxc6+ bxc6 27. f4 $1 fxe5 (27... Rxh5
28. Bg6 {/\ 29.Rb1}) 28. fxe5 Rxh5 29. Kd4 $1 $16) 25. Nxc6+ $1 Bxc6 26. Kd4 f4
27. Rg7+ Rf7 28. Rg8 Rxg8 29. Rxg8 Rf8 30. Rxf8 Kxf8 31. h6 b6 32. Kxc3 {
Er sichert den Damenflügel.Schwarz kann garnichts unternehmen.} Kg8 33. Bg6 a5
34. Kd4 Kf8 35. c3 Kg8 36. h7+ Kg7 37. Bf7 Bd7 38. Bg8 Bc8 39. Kd3 Bd7 40. Ke2
Kh8 41. Kf3 b5 42. Kxf4 d4 $1 {Die einzige Chance ,wenn er weiterspielen will.
Der Plan scheitert an einem einzigen Tempo.} 43. cxd4 b4 44. axb4 a4 45. d5 a3
46. dxe6 a2 47. exd7 a1=Q 48. d8=Q Qc1+ 49. Kf5 Qb1+ 50. Ke6 Qg6+ 51. Kd7 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.10.18"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Sievers, Stefan"]
[Black "Kummerow, Heiko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1997.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "St Ingbert"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Be3 Nf5 14. Bf2
d4 15. h3 $4 (15. g3) 15... Qa5 $17 16. Nxd4 $2 Ncxd4 17. Bxd4 Rg3 18. Qd1
O-O-O (18... Qa4 $5 19. Bf2 Qxf4 $17) 19. Bf2 {[#]} Ba4 (19... Bc6 20. Bd3 (20.
Qb1 Rd2 $19) 20... Rxg2 $19) 20. Qe2 Rd2 21. Qc4+ Kb8 22. Qb4 Qd8 23. Qxa4 Re3+
24. Bxe3 Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Black "Mohr, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 (7. Nf3
Ne7 8. a4 b6 $5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bd3 Nbc6 11. O-O h6 $13) 7... f6 $5 8. Bb5+ (8.
a4 $2 cxd4 $1 {>< c3}) (8. exf6 $6 Nxf6 9. Qg3 Qxg3 (9... Qf7 10. Nh3 O-O 11.
Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O c4 13. Be2 Ne4 $17 {Johnstone,G-Lindsay,F/Saint John op/1988/
0-1/36/}) 10. hxg3 Nc6 11. Ne2 (11. Nf3 Ne4) 11... e5 $15) (8. Qg3 Qf7 {8...c4}
9. Nf3 Nc6 10. dxc5 $5 Nge7 11. Bd3 Ng6 (11... fxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Qxe5 O-O
14. O-O Nc6 15. Qg3 e5 16. Be3 Bf5 17. Rab1 Bxd3 18. cxd3 Rae8 19. f4 Qc7 20.
fxe5 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 Qxe5 22. Qxe5 Nxe5 23. Rd1 Kf7 24. h3 Nc6 25. Bf4 $16 {
Smyslov,V-Botvinnik,M (20)/Wch Moscow/1957/1-0/42/}) 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. O-O O-O
14. Bg5 Qxc3 15. Nh4 Nd4 16. Rae1 Nf5 17. Nxf5 exf5 18. Qd6 Qd4 19. h4 Nxh4 20.
Be7 {1-0; Shilov,I-Doroshkievich,V/Voroshilovgrad/1989/}) (8. Nf3 c4 $5 9. Be2
(9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Qh4 Nc6 $10 {/\ ...Qa5}) (9. h4 Nc6 10. Rh3 h5 11. Qg6+ Qf7
12. Qxf7+ Kxf7 13. Bf4 Nge7 14. Kd2 Bd7 15. Re1 Raf8 16. Be2 Ke8 17. Bd1 Kd8 {
Pliester,L-Martin,A/Edingburgh op/1988/1/2-1/2/40/}) 9... Nc6 10. O-O Qf7 $5 {
/\ ...Nge7} (10... fxe5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Bf4 Qf6 14. Qg3 Nh6 15.
Be5 $16) 11. Qh3 (11. Qg3 Nge7 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Nh4 e5 14. Bh6 Rg8 15. Qe3 Nf5
16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. dxe5 fxe5 18. Bf4 O-O-O 19. Bg3 Bxc2 20. Qc5 Qg6 21. Ra2 b6
22. Qb5 Kb7 23. Rb2 Bb3 {Szalanczy,E-Lehtivaara,R/Balatonbereny op/1988/1-0/32/
}) 11... Nge7 12. a4 Bd7 13. Ba3 O-O-O $1 14. a5 h5 $1 15. Nd2 Nf5 $1 $15 {
/\ ...g5} (15... fxe5 16. dxe5 Qf4 $13 {Matulovic,M-Byrne,R/Sousse izt/1967/
1-0/32/})) 8... Kf8 $5 (8... Nc6 9. Nf3 Qf7 10. O-O Nge7 11. a4 Bd7 12. Ba3 f5
{Diez del Corral,J-Keene,R/Montilla/1974/} 13. Qh4 $1 c4 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Rfb1
$14) 9. Nf3 (9. a4 $5 cxd4 (9... c4 10. Ba3+ $44) (9... fxe5 {! Andrew Martin:
The French Winawer.TUI.1988. page 12.} 10. Ba3 Nf6) 10. Ne2 (10. Ba3+ Kf7 11.
Nf3 Qxc3+ 12. Ke2 Qxc2+ 13. Nd2 Nh6 14. Qh5+ Qg6 15. Qxg6+ Kxg6 16. Rhc1 fxe5
17. Rc7 a6 18. Bd3+ e4 $19 {Tischbierek,R-Ruf,M/Balatonbereny op/1988/0-1/26/})
10... fxe5 11. cxd4 a6 (11... e4 12. Bf4 Qa5+ 13. c3 Nf6 14. Qg3 $13) 12. Qf3+
Nf6 13. dxe5 Qxe5 14. Qa3+ Kg8 (14... Kf7 15. Bf4 Qh5 16. Bd3 $13) 15. Bd3 Qc7
16. c4 $44 {Hjartarson,J-Nikolic,Pr/Tilburg/1988/1/2-1/2/45/ -> CBM 9; Inf.46/
378}) 9... a6 {9...c4} 10. Bd3 cxd4 11. O-O dxc3 (11... fxe5 $2 {Pachmann} 12.
Qg3 Qxc3 $5 13. Nxe5 Qxa1 $2 14. Qf3+ Nf6 15. Bh6 $18) 12. a4 f5 13. Ba3+ Ne7
14. Qh5 Nbc6 15. g4 Qd8 (15... fxg4 16. Ng5 Nxe5 17. Rae1 Nf3+ 18. Nxf3 gxf3
19. Re3 g6 20. Qh6+ $40) 16. gxf5 exf5 17. e6 $1 Qe8 (17... Bxe6 18. Ng5 Bg8
19. Bxf5 $18) 18. Qxf5+ Kg8 19. Qg4 h5 20. Qh3 Ng6 21. Qg3 Nge7 22. Rae1 Rh6
23. Ng5 Nd4 24. Qc7 Ndc6 25. a5 Rf6 26. Qd6 b5 27. axb6 a5 28. Qc7 Rb8 29. Bc5
Rb7 30. Qd6 Nb4 31. Bxb4 axb4 32. Ba6 Nf5 33. Qxd5 Ne7 34. Qe4 Rg6 35. Bxb7
Rxg5+ 36. Kh1 Bxb7 37. Qxb7 {ChessBase/Jacoby} 1-0

[Event "Match/Nation URS-USA (7-3) (5,5-4,5)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1946.09.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1946.09.11"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 (5. Bd2) 5... Ba5 6. Qg4 Ne7 7.
dxc5 $5 (7. b4 cxb4 8. Nb5 bxa3+ $6 (8... b3+) 9. Kd1 O-O 10. Bd3 f5 11. exf6
Rxf6 12. Bg5 e5 13. Bxh7+ $1 $16 {Yudasin-Briunell/Leningrad/1989}) (7. Bd2)
7... Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nd7 $5 (8... Qa5 9. Bd2 Ng6 10. h4 (10. Nf3 Nd7 11. c4 Qa4
12. h4 {Short-Vaganian Rotterdam 1989}) 10... h5 11. Qg5 Nd7 12. c4 Qa4 (12...
Qxc5 13. Nf3 Ndxe5 (13... dxc4 $6 14. Bb4 Qc7 15. O-O-O $1 $40) 14. Nxe5 Qd4
15. Rd1 Qxe5+ (15... Nxe5 $2 16. Bb4 Qxc4 17. Be2 $18) 16. Qxe5 Nxe5 17. cxd5 {
P 18. f6[]}) 13. cxd5 Ndxe5 (13... Qe4+) (13... Nxc5 $5 {Bronstein}) 14. Be2
Qe4 $5 (14... exd5 15. Nf3 $14) 15. O-O-O O-O (15... f6 $1 {Timman} 16. Qe3 (
16. Qg3 exd5 {P f5}) 16... exd5 17. Nf3 $14) 16. Bc3 (16. d6 $5) 16... f6 17.
Qd2 (17. Qg3 Nf4) 17... Qxg2 18. Nh3 (18. f4 $5 Qxh1 19. fxe5 Qxd5 (19... Nxe5
20. Bxe5 fxe5 21. Nf3 Qg2 22. Rg1 {~/=}) 20. Qe3 Qa2 21. exf6 $44) 18... exd5
19. Bxh5 Nc4 $2 (19... Bf5 20. Bxg6 Qxg6 21. Qxd5+ $14) 20. Qd4 $16 {
Short-Timman/Amsterdam/1991}) (8... O-O 9. Bd3 Ng6 {Vaganian} (9... Nd7 10. Nf3
f5 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Qh4 Qc7 13. Bf4 Qxc5 14. Be5 Nf5 15. Qh3 $40 {
King-Lputian/Dortmund/1988} (15. Qb4 $1)) 10. Nf3 f5 (10... Nc6 $5) 11. exf6
Qxf6 12. Qd4 $1 (12. O-O e5 13. Qh5 Bf5 $1 $10 {Liberzon}) 12... e5 $2 (12...
Nc6 $1 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. c4 d4 15. Be4 Rd8 $132 {Savon}) 13. Qxd5+ Be6 14. Qxb7
$1 Nd7 (14... e4 15. Qxe4 $1 Qxc3+ 16. Kd1 Qxa1 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 18. Ng5 Qf6 19.
Qh3 h6 20. Ne6 Rf7 21. Bxh6 $1 $18 {Liberzon}) 15. Bg5 Qf7 16. c6 $18 {
Savon-Legkij/Odessa/1989/}) (8... Nf5 9. Bd3 h5 10. Qh3 Nc6 11. g4 $16 {Schwarz
}) 9. Qxg7 $6 {This hasty move brings White nothing but trouble; in this sort
of position, the White e-pawn is clearly more valuable than Black's g- and
h-pawns. Botvinnik} (9. Nf3 $5 Ng6 $1 (9... Qc7 10. Qxg7 Rg8 11. Qxh7 Nxe5 12.
Qh5 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Bd7 14. Bf4 e5 $2 15. Bg3 f5 (15... O-O-O 16. Qf6 $1) 16.
Qh5+ Ng6 17. Bd3 $18 {Shamkovich-Gipslis/29th URS-ch/1961}) 10. h4 h5 11. Qg3
Nxc5 $132 {Suetin}) 9... Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nxe5 (10... Qc7 11. Nf3 Nxe5 12. Qh5 (12.
Be2 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Qxc5 $15 {BCO/82}) 12... Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Bd7 14. Bf4 e5 {
BCO/82}) 11. Be2 {Now we see the consequences of White's error on move 9.
Rather than develop his knight to f3 at once, he must develop his bishop to
the passive square e2. Botvinnik} (11. Nf3 $142 $15 {Schwarz}) 11... Qa5 $1 (
11... Rxg2 $2 12. Qh8+ Rg8 13. Qxe5 $18) 12. Bd2 Qxc5 13. Nf3 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 e5
$1 $17 {Clearly, Black's opening difficulties are a thing of the past. His
pawns control the center, and once he develops his queen's bishop and castles
queenside, he can begin the decisive assault. Botvinnik} 15. Bh5 Bf5 $1 {
-+ eco/74} (15... Be6 $6 16. O-O O-O-O 17. Bxf7 $16 {Botvinnik}) 16. Bxf7+ (16.
Qxf7+ Kd7 17. O-O (17. Qf6 Rxg2 $17) 17... Raf8 $17 {Botvinnik}) 16... Kd7 17.
Qh6 Rxg2 $2 (17... Rh8 $1 18. Qf6 (18. Qg5 Rh7 19. Bh5 Rg8) 18... Qc6 $1 19.
Qxe5 (19. Qxc6+ bxc6 20. f3 Raf8 $17) 19... Rh7 $17 {Botvinnik} 20. Bxd5 Qxd5
21. Qxd5+ Nxd5 $19 {Yudovich}) 18. Rf1 Qb6 (18... Qc4 $142 $1 19. Rb1 $1 Qe4+
20. Qe3 b6 21. Qxe4 Bxe4 $17 {Botvinnik}) 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. O-O-O $1 {Correct!
White returns the pawn in order to unite his rooks. Botvinnik} Rxa3 21. Kb2 Ra4
22. Be3 Be6 23. Bxe6+ Kxe6 24. Bxb6 Rxh2 25. Rg1 Rh6 26. Rg7 Rg6 {Black's
winning chances would be better if he could exchange even one pair of rooks,
since this pawn structure greatly favors the knight over the bishop.
Unfortunately, such an exchange is difficult to attain ... Botvinnik} 27. Rh7
Nf5 $6 {This only appears strong; in reality, this sacrifice of the b-pawn
reduces Black's possibilities. Botvinnik} (27... Rc4 $142 $1 28. Bd8 (28. Ba5
b5 $17) 28... Nc6 $17 {Botvinnik}) 28. Rxb7 $1 Nd6 29. Kb3 $1 {Despite his
terrible time-pressure, Reshevsky chooses the best continuation, since now
White's rook occupies the important square c6. Botvinnik} (29. Rc7 $2 Rg8 30.
Rc6 Rb8 $19 {Botvinnik}) 29... Ra8 30. Rc7 Rb8 31. Rc6 Kd7 32. Rc7+ Ke6 33. Rc6
Rb7 (33... Kd7 $10 {(Euwe)}) 34. c4 $1 $8 (34. Kb4 Kd7 35. Kc5 Ne4+ 36. Kxd5
Rxc6 37. Kxe4+ Ke6 $17 {Yudovich}) 34... dxc4+ (34... d4 35. Rh1 (35. c5 Kd5)
35... Kd7 36. Rc7+ Rxc7 37. Rh7+ Kc6 38. Bxc7 $10 {(Botvinnik)}) 35. Kb4 Ke7 (
35... Kd7 $2 36. Kc5 $18 {Botvinnik}) 36. Ka5 (36. Rd5 $5 $16 {Yudovich}) 36...
Kd7 37. Rxc4 Re6 $6 {By this time I too had practically used up all my time,
so that for the rest of the moves in this session, both sides were playing
with hanging flags. Botvinnik} (37... Rg8 $1 38. Rxd6+ Kxd6 $19 {Botvinnik})
38. Ka6 {According to Botvinnik, Reshevsky lost several crucial seconds here
when he forgot to press his clock. Euwe, Keres, Denker, and Steiner stood by
but no one said a word. Finally, Reshevsky himself saw his error.(Evtl. im 36.
Zug)} Rb8 39. Rc7+ Ke8 40. Ka7 (40. Rh1 $1 Ra8+ (40... Nf7 41. Rb1 $13 {
Yudovich}) 41. Ba7 Rxa7+ 42. Kxa7 (42. Rxa7 Nc8+) 42... Nb5+ 43. Kb7 Nxc7 44.
Kxc7 $10 {Botvinnik}) 40... Rd8 41. Rh1 $4 {Reshevsky had no time to write
down, or even to count, his moves; here on move 41 he committed a tragic
blunder,saving his rook on d1 from the threat of b5, but forgetting to save
the rook on c7 from the same threat. Botvinnik} (41. Rb1) (41. Ka6 $8 {=
Botvinnik}) 41... Nb5+ 42. Kb7 Nxc7 43. Bxc7 {This position appears in the
Encyclopedia of Chess Endings, position #1604.} Rd4 $3 $8 {The sealed move,
and the only move which prevents a probable draw after 44 f4. All peoples,
russians and americans, watching the game were convinced, that the game would
end in a draw. Only I,my wife and Ragozin knew,that I would win. B} (43... Rd2
44. Rc1 $15 {Keres}) (43... Rd7 $2 44. Rh8+ Ke7 45. Rh7+ $10 {Botvinnik}) 44.
c3 (44. Re1 Rb4+ 45. Ka7 (45. Kc8 Rc4 $17) 45... e4 $17 {Botvinnik}) 44... Rc4
45. Ba5 Kd7 46. Rh8 Rf6 $1 {A very strong move, found during analysis. The
pressure against the f-pawn forces White's rook to a passive position too.
Botvinnik} 47. Rd8+ Ke7 48. Rd2 Rd6 $1 {Occupying an important file, and
assuring the king's participation in the forthcoming mating attack. Botvinnik}
49. Ra2 (49. Bb4 Rxb4+ $19 {Botvinnik}) (49. Re2 Rd5 50. Bb4+ Kd7 $19 {
Botvinnik}) 49... Kd7 50. Rb2 Rc5 51. Bb6 $8 (51. Bb4 Rc7+ $19 {Botvinnik}) (
51. Ra2 Rb5+ 52. Ka7 Kc8 $1 $19 {Botvinnik}) 51... Rxc3 52. Rb4 Ke6 53. Rb2
Rdd3 54. Ra2 Rd7+ 55. Ka6 Rb3 56. Be3 Rd6+ 57. Ka5 Rd8 58. Ka6 $2 Rxe3 (58...
Rxe3 59. fxe3 Ra8+ 60. Kb5 Rxa2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Naestved Nimzowitsch Memorial"]
[Site "Naestved"]
[Date "1985.09.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1985.09.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. bxa5
dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 (10... Bd7) (10... Qc7 $5 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. Bf4 (
12. Bh6 $5 Nbc6 $6 (12... Ba4 $5) (12... Bc6 $5) 13. Bg7) 12... Nbc6) 11. Nf3
Qc7 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. O-O Nxe5 $5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Qd3 $1 $16 (
16. Rb1 $2 Rh8 $19) 16... d4 $5 17. Rb1 $5 (17. Rd1 $5 Qd5 $2 (17... Nf5 18.
Rb1 (18. Qf3 Qd5 19. Qxd5+ exd5 $10) 18... Qd5 19. f3 Nh4 (19... Rac8 20. Qe4
$16) 20. Rb5 Rxg2+ 21. Kf1 Qd6 22. Be3 (22. Qxd4 $2 Rg1+ 23. Kxg1 Nxf3+) 22...
e5 23. Qe4 $18) (17... Nc6 18. Qf3 Qd5 19. Qxd5+ exd5 20. Rb1) 18. Qxd4 Rxg2+
19. Kf1 Rxh2 $2 20. Qa4+ $18) 17... Qd5 $14 18. f3 Rac8 19. Bf4 (19. Qe4 f5 (
19... Kc6 20. Rb4 $16) 20. Rxb7+ Rc7 21. Rxc7+ Kxc7 22. Qxd5 Nxd5 23. Rd1 e5
24. f4 Kd6) 19... e5 (19... Nf5 $5) 20. Bg3 f6 $10 21. Rb4 $1 Rc7 22. f4 $1 a6
$1 (22... Kc8 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. a6 b6 25. Rb5 e4 26. Rxd5 exd3 27. Rxd4 Rd7 28.
Rc4+ Kd8 29. Rxc3 $18) 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Re1 $14 (24. Rf6 $6 Kc8 25. Rc4 Nc6
$15) 24... Nc6 25. Rc4 Kd8 (25... Kc8 26. Rxc3 Kb8 27. Qf5 $16) (25... Rg5 26.
Rxc3 $2 (26. Re4 $5) 26... e4 $1) 26. Rxc3 Re7 (26... Nb4 $2 27. Rxe5 $18) (
26... Rxg3 $5 27. hxg3 Qxa5 (27... Nb4 28. axb4 Rxc3 29. Qg6 e4 30. Rf1 $16)
28. Rd1 e4 29. Qc4 Rd7 $14) 27. Re4 (27. Qc4 Qxc4 28. Rxc4 Kd7 $15) 27... Kd7
28. Rc4 Qxa5 (28... Nxa5 $2 29. Rcxd4 $18) 29. Qb3 Qb5 $1 30. Qxb5 (30. Rcxd4+
$2 exd4 $1 $19) 30... axb5 31. Rc5 Kd6 32. Rxb5 Ra8 $44 33. Rb3 Kd5 34. Re1 Ra5
(34... e4 $5) 35. Bh4 Rg7 36. Rd1 $1 Rc5 37. Rb2 $2 (37. c3 $1 d3 38. c4+ $1
Rxc4 39. Rbxd3+ Rd4 $10) 37... e4 38. Bf6 Rd7 (38... Rf7 39. Bxd4 $1 Nxd4 40.
Rb4 Rc4 41. c3 e3 42. Rxd4+ Rxd4 43. Rxd4+ Ke5 44. Rd3 Ke4 45. Rd4+ $10) 39. g4
e3 40. Kg2 Ke4 $17 41. Re1 Ne5 (41... Rf7 42. g5 Ne5 43. h4 $1 Nf3 44. Rh1 e2
45. Kf2) 42. Bxe5 Kxe5 43. Kg3 Rdc7 44. Re2 Ke4 45. h4 Rf7 46. Rb4 $1 Rc8 47.
h5 Rf3+ 48. Kg2 $1 Rf4 49. Kg3 Rf3+ (49... Rg8 $2 50. Rxd4+ $1 $18) 50. Kg2
Rcf8 51. Rxb7 R3f7 $1 (51... Rf2+ 52. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 53. Kg3 $13) 52. Rxf7 (52. Rb6
$5) 52... Rxf7 53. a4 (53. Kg3 Rf3+ 54. Kg2 Kf4 $19) 53... Kf4 (53... Rf4 54.
Kg3 Rf3+ 55. Kg2 Kf4 56. a5 Kxg4 57. a6 Rf6 58. c3 $10) 54. a5 Rg7 $1 55. Kf1 (
55. Kh3 Kf3 56. Rg2 e2 57. Rxe2 Kxe2 58. Kh4 Kf3 59. g5 Kf4 60. h6 Re7 $1 61.
Kh5 Kf5 $19) 55... Kf3 $1 56. a6 $2 (56. h6 $5 Rc7 $1 (56... Rxg4 $2 57. Rh2
$10) (56... Rb7 $2 57. Re1 $10) 57. g5 (57. Rh2 d3 58. Rh3+ Kxg4 59. h7 dxc2
60. Rh4+ Kg5 61. Rh5+ Kg6 62. Rh6+ Kf7 $19) 57... d3 58. Rxe3+ Kxe3 59. cxd3
Rc5 $3 (59... Rc1+ $2 60. Kg2 Rc5 61. Kg3 $1 Rxg5+ 62. Kh4 Kf4 63. h7 Rg1 64.
Kh5 Kf5 65. Kh6 $10) 60. g6 (60. h7 Rf5+ $1 $19) 60... Rf5+ 61. Ke1 Rh5 62. h7
Rh1#) 56... Ra7 57. Re1 Rxa6 58. Rb1 Ra2 59. Rc1 e2+ 60. Ke1 Ke3 61. h6 Ra7 62.
Rb1 d3 $1 (62... d3 63. cxd3 Rf7) 0-1

[Event "Debrecen"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1989.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Kf8 $6 {
Alekhine; ECO 18/7,46} 8. a4 (8. h4 {ECO 18/7,46} Qa5 9. Bd2 Qa4 10. Kd1 (10.
h5 h6 11. Rh3 Nbc6 12. Rf3 Nxe5 13. Qf4 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 c4 $17 {Kveinis,
A-Tatabadze,T/Belgorod GMA-qual/1989/0-1/43/ -> TD 1989/II}) 10... Nbc6 11. Nf3
Bd7 12. h5 h6 13. Qf4 $14 {ECO 18/7,46; Vasiukov,E-Lahti/Uppsala/1956/}) (8.
Qd1 b6 9. Nf3 h6 (9... Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. O-O cxd4 12. cxd4 Rc8 13. Bb2 Nb8
14. Qd3 Qc7 15. Rfc1 Qc4 16. Qd2 Nbc6 17. a4 Na5 18. Ba3 Qc7 19. Qf4 Kg8 20.
Nd2 h6 21. c3 Qd7 22. Bb4 {1/2-1/2; Rogers,I-Chernin,A/London Lloyds Bank/1989/
}) 10. a4 Ba6 {Kindermann,S-Eingorn,V/Debrecen/1989/1/2-1/2/19/ -> CBM14}) (8.
Nf3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qa4 10. Ra2 b6 (10... Nbc6 11. Bd3 b6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Bxa6 Qxa6
14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Rb1 h6 16. h4 Rb8 17. Rxb8+ Nxb8 18. Rb2 Nd7 19. a4 Nc6 20.
Qf4 Nb6 21. Be3 Nxa4 22. Ra2 d4 23. cxd4 Qc4 $13 {Szalanczy,E-Tatai,S/
Dortmund-C/1989/1/2-1/2/39/ -> TD 1989/V}) 11. Bd3 (11. Qf4 h6 12. dxc5 Qxf4
13. Bxf4 bxc5 14. Be3 Nd7 15. Rb2 c4 16. g3 Nc6 17. Bd4 Ke7 18. Bg2 Ba6 19. Kd2
Rhc8 20. Re1 Rab8 21. Ra2 Rb7 $15 {Ernst,T-Eingorn,V/Tallinn/1989/0-1/57/})
11... Ba6 {1/2-1/2; Blatny,P-Chernin,A/CSR-chI Prague/1989/} 12. O-O) (8. dxc5
Nbc6 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Be2 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. Qf3 Qc7 13. O-O Qxc5 14. a4 Qc7
15. Ba3 Bd7 16. c4 dxc4 17. Rfd1 {Vitolinsh,A-Tabatadze,T/Frunze op/1-0/50/ ->
TD 1989/IX}) 8... Qc7 9. Nf3 cxd4 (9... b6 10. Ba3 h6 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. O-O Kg8
13. a5 Bxd3 14. cxd3 Nd7 15. c4 Kh7 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Qe4+ g6 18. Rfc1 $16 {
Arnason,J-Eingorn,V/Reykjavik/1989/1-0/39/ -> CBM13}) 10. Qxd4 Nbc6 11. Qe3 Nf5
12. Qf4 (12. Qc5+ $5 Kg8 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Bf4 h6 $13 15. Qa3 Nce7 16. g4 $6 Ng6
$1) 12... g5 $2 (12... h6 $1 {/\ Nce7}) 13. Qxg5 Nxe5 14. Qf6 $1 $16 Nxf3+ 15.
gxf3 Rg8 16. Ba3+ Ke8 17. O-O-O Qd8 $2 (17... a6 18. Bd3 Qd8 19. Qe5 $16) 18.
Bb5+ $18 Bd7 19. Bxd7+ Kxd7 (19... Qxd7 $2 20. Rhg1 $1) 20. Qxf7+ Ne7 21. Rhe1
Rg6 22. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-13 Final A"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1958.10.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1958.10.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[BlackTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CSR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Nf5 8. Bd3
h5 9. Qf4 $1 Qh4 $6 (9... cxd4) (9... Nc6) 10. Ne2 $1 (10. Bxf5 Qxf4 11. Bxf4
exf5 12. dxc5 Nd7 (12... Be6 $11) 13. O-O-O Nxc5 14. Rxd5 Ne6 15. Be3 Bd7 16.
Nf3 Bc6 17. Rd6 f4 18. Bd4 Ke7 {Pachman}) (10. Nf3 $6 Qxf4 11. Bxf4 c4 $11) (
10. Qd2 $5 Nc6 (10... cxd4 11. Nf3 dxc3 12. Qxc3 $40 {Keres}) 11. Bxf5 exf5 12.
Ne2 c4 13. a4 $14 {Keres}) 10... Qxf4 11. Nxf4 Ne7 $1 (11... cxd4 $2 12. Bxf5
exf5 13. Nxd5 $16 {Gligoric}) (11... g6 $2 12. dxc5 $1 Nd7 13. Bxf5 gxf5 14.
Nd3 $16 {Gligoric}) 12. Be2 $1 (12. Be3 $16 {Bisguier,A-Fine,R/New York 1948})
12... h4 (12... g6 13. dxc5 Bd7 14. Rb1 Nec6 15. Nd3 Na5 16. Bg5 $16 {Gligoric}
) 13. Nh5 $1 $14 (13. dxc5 $6 Nbc6 14. Nd3 d4 $1 {Gligoric}) 13... Kf8 $1 (
13... Rh7 14. Bg5 $1 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nbc6 16. O-O-O $16 Ng6 17. g4 Bd7 18. f4 a6
19. Rhf1 $16 {Gligoric,S-Foguelman/Belgrade 1962}) 14. Bg5 cxd4 $2 (14... Nbc6)
15. cxd4 b6 $1 16. g4 $1 (16. Bxh4 $2 Nf5 17. Bg5 Nxd4 $17 {Gligoric}) 16...
hxg3 17. fxg3 Ba6 18. g4 $1 Bxe2 19. Kxe2 $16 Nbc6 20. c3 $14 Rc8 21. h4 Kg8
22. Rhf1 $1 Ng6 23. Rf3 Rc7 24. Raf1 $1 Rh7 25. Kf2 Na5 26. Kg3 Nc4 (26... b5)
27. a4 Nf8 28. R1f2 (28. Nf4 $4 Nd2) 28... Ng6 29. Nf4 Nxf4 30. Bxf4 Rh8 31.
Bc1 Na5 32. Bd2 Nc4 33. Bg5 Na3 34. Bc1 Nb1 $2 (34... Nc4 35. h5) 35. Bb2 $1
Kh7 36. Rxf7 (36. Rc2 $1 Rhc8 37. Rd3 Rc4 38. Rc1 $18 {Gligoric}) 36... Rhc8
37. g5 Nxc3 38. Bxc3 Rxf7 (38... Rxc3+ 39. Kg4 R8c7 40. Kh5 {Gligoric}) 39.
Rxf7 Rxc3+ 40. Kg4 Rc4 41. Kh5 Rxd4 (41... Rxa4 42. Re7 Rxd4 43. g6+ $18) 42.
Rxa7 Rf4 43. Re7 d4 44. g6+ $1 (44. Rxe6 $2 g6+ $3 45. Rxg6 Rxh4+ 46. Kxh4 Kxg6
$11 {Gligoric}) 44... Kg8 45. Rxe6 Kf8 46. Kg5 Rf3 (46... Re4 47. Kf5 Rxh4 48.
Rxb6 $18 {Gligoric}) 47. Rxb6 1-0

[Event "World-ch23 Botvinnik-Tal +10-5=6"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.04.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1961.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3
Ne7 (8... cxd4 9. cxd4 Ne7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Bd3 b6 12. Ne2 Ba6 13. Nf4 Qd7 $10 {
(Gligoric)}) 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 cxd4 11. Kd1 {This move was first played in
Gligoric-Petrosian Belgrade 1959, but it had been suggested as early as 1948
by Euwe.} Bd7 $1 12. Qh5+ Kd8 $1 (12... Ng6 {Tal,M-Botvinnik,M (01)/
Wch23-Moscow/1960/1-0/}) 13. Nf3 (13. Ne2 dxc3 $1 14. Qf3 $1) (13. f4 $5 dxc3
14. Rb1 Qc5 $5 {(Moles 75)}) (13. Bg5 {Tal}) 13... Qxc3 $6 (13... Ba4 $1 $15 {
(Keres 69)}) (13... dxc3 $6) 14. Ra2 $1 {"This ugly move is practically forced.
" (Tal 75)} (14. Rb1 $6 Ba4 $1 15. Ne1 (15. Rb2 d3 $17 {(Euwe, Schwarz 67)})
15... Nbc6 16. f4 $6 Rxg2 $1 17. Bxg2 d3 18. Rb2 Nd4 $17 {(Bronstein)}) 14...
Nbc6 (14... Ba4 15. Bd2 $14) 15. Rb2 (15. Bb2 Qc5 16. Qh4 (16. h3 d3 $1 {
(Moles 75)}) 16... Rg4 {(Moles 75)}) 15... Kc7 (15... Rc8 $5 16. Rb3 (16. Qh6
$1 Ng6 17. h4 $1 Ngxe5 $2 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Qf6+ $18 {(Flohr)}) 16... Qc5 $2 (
16... Qa1 $5 {(Euwe)}) 17. Rb5 Qc3 18. Bb2 $18 {(Euwe)}) 16. Rb5 $1 Rh8 (16...
Qa1 $6 17. Rb2 Rh8 18. Qg5 Rag8 19. Qd2 $16 {"... and the black queen is under
arrest." (Tal 75)}) (16... a6 $5 17. Bb2 axb5 18. Bxc3 dxc3 19. Bxb5 Rxa3 20.
Ke2 Ra2 $132 {(Moiseev)}) 17. Qxh8 $6 (17. Qg5 $1 Rag8 18. Qd2 (18. Qxg8 Rxg8
19. Bb2 $14 {+/= (eco 81) +/- (Euwe)}) 18... Qxd2+ (18... Ng6 {(Gligoric)}) 19.
Bxd2 Ng6 {(Schwarz 67, Moles 75)}) 17... Rxh8 18. Bb2 Qxf3+ $1 $8 (18... Qa5 $2
19. Rxa5 Nxa5 20. Bxd4 $16 {(Gligoric)} (20. Nxd4 $16 {(Euwe)})) (18... a6 $2
19. Bxc3 axb5 20. Nxd4 $16 {(Tal 75)}) 19. gxf3 {White's e-pawn will be
virtually impossible to defend, and after its elimination, the Black center
pawn mass becomes menacing. However, White has the characteristically powerful
passed h-pawn as compensation.} Ng6 $6 (19... Rh4 $1 $10 {= (Pachman 68, eco
74) =/+ (Botvinnik)} 20. f4 $1 (20. Bc1 f4 {(Tal 75)}) 20... Ng6 (20... Rxf4
21. h4 Nxe5 22. Rb3 {"Black [will] have a hard struggle against White's passed
pawn." (Tal 75)} Ng4 23. Ke1 Ba4 (23... Nxf2 24. Bc1 $1) (23... e5 24. Be2 $1
Nxf2 25. Rf1 {(Moles 75)}) 24. Rg3 Bxc2 25. Be2 (25. Bc1 $143 Re4+ 26. Kd2 Nxf2
27. Rh2 Ng4 28. Rxg4 fxg4 $1 29. Kxc2 g3 {(Moles 75)}) 25... d3 26. Bxg4 $1
Rxg4 27. Rxg4 fxg4 28. Kd2 $1 $18 {(Moles 75)}) 21. Bc1 Nxf4 22. Bxf4 Rxf4 23.
h4 $1 Nxe5 24. Rb3 (24. Rb4 Ng4 $17 {(Euwe, eco 81)}) 24... Ng4 (24... Ba4 25.
Rb4) (24... Rxf2 25. h5 (25. Ke1 Rxc2) (25. Be2 d3) 25... Ba4 26. Rb4 (26. Rg3
$2 Rxc2 $1) 26... Bxc2+ 27. Ke1 Rf4 28. h6 Nf3+ 29. Ke2 $1 $18 {(Moles 75)})
25. Ke1 Nxf2 (25... Be8 $2 26. h5 Nxf2 27. h6 $1 Nxh1 28. h7 Rh4 29. Rh3 $18 {
(Moles 75)}) 26. Rg1 (26. h5 $2 Nxh1 27. h6 Rh4 28. Rh3 Rxh6 29. Rxh6 Ng3 $17 {
(Moles 75)}) 26... Ng4 27. h5 Be8 28. Rh3 Re4+ 29. Be2 $1 $18 {(Moles 75)} (29.
Kd2 Re3 $1)) (19... Nxe5 $2 20. Bxd4 $1) 20. h4 $1 $16 {(Schwarz 67)} Ngxe5 $6
(20... Rxh4 21. Rxh4 Nxh4 22. f4 $16 {(Gligoric, Euwe, Tal)}) (20... Ncxe5 $5
21. Rc5+ (21. Rb3 Nc6 22. h5 e5 $15 {(Euwe)}) 21... Kd6 22. Bxd4 Rxh4 $14 {
(Flohr)} 23. Rxh4 Nxh4 24. Rc3 (24. f4 Nef3 $1) 24... Nhxf3 {(Moles 75)}) (
20... Nxh4 21. f4 $16 {(Moles 75)}) 21. h5 Nf7 $6 (21... Nxf3 $5 22. Bc1 (22.
Rb3 Nfe5 23. Rg3 Ng4 24. Ke1 e5 {(Thomas)}) (22. h6 $5) 22... Nfe5 23. Bf4 Kc8
{(Thomas)}) (21... Ng6 $5 {(Euwe)}) 22. f4 $1 $16 {(Moles 75)} Nd6 23. Rb3 Ne4
24. Ke1 Rh6 25. Be2 Be8 26. Rd3 $1 Nf6 (26... Nc5 27. Rg3) 27. Bxd4 Nxd4 28.
Rxd4 Bxh5 $2 29. Rd3 Rh7 (29... Bxe2 30. Rc3+ $1 $18) 30. Rdh3 Bg6 31. Rxh7+
Nxh7 (31... Bxh7 32. Rh6 $18) 32. Rh6 Nf8 33. Rh8 Nd7 34. Rg8 Bf7 35. Rg7 Be8
36. Re7 Kd8 37. Rxe6 Bf7 38. Rh6 Ke7 39. Bd3 Be6 40. Rh5 Nf6 41. Rg5 (41. Rg5
Ne4 42. Bxe4 dxe4 43. Rg7+ Bf7 44. Kd2 $18 {(Euwe)}) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-13c"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1985.07.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1985.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Ne7
9. Nf3 Bd7 10. Nbxd4 Nbc6 11. Bd3 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bb6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Qd2 Rc8 15.
a4 a5 (15... a6 $2 16. a5) 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18. bxa5 Qc5 19. axb5 O-O
20. Ra4 Nf5 $44 21. Qb4 Qe3+ 22. Kd1 Qf2 23. Qd2 Qc5 24. Re1 d4 25. Re4 h5 26.
Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch53"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1986.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. Nb5
Bc7 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 a6 11. Nxc7+ Qxc7 12. Bb2 Qxe5+ 13. Ne2 Qf6 (13...
Nbc6) 14. f4 (14. O-O-O e5 15. f4 Bf5 (15... Rh8 16. Qd3 Qh6 17. Qd2 f6 18. g3
Nbc6 19. Bg2 Be6 20. Rde1 O-O-O 21. fxe5 (21. h3) 21... Qxd2+ 22. Kxd2 fxe5 23.
Nxd4 Nxd4 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Rxe6 $16 {(Magar)}) (15... Nbc6 $1 16. fxe5 $1) 16.
Qh5 (16. fxe5 $4 Qg5+ $19) 16... Qc6 17. Rd2 d3 18. Ng3 $14) (14. Qd3 $5 Nbc6
15. Nxd4 Nf5 16. c3 (16. O-O-O Nfxd4 17. Bxd4 e5 18. Bb2 d4 19. f3 Bf5 $40 {
(Yudasin)}) 16... e5 $5 17. Nxf5 Bxf5 18. Qxd5 Rd8 $44 {(Yudasin)}) 14... Nbc6
15. Qd3 (15. O-O-O e5 $1) 15... Nf5 16. O-O-O Qh6 (16... e5 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18.
Qb3 Ne3 19. Rxd4 Nxf1 20. Rf4 $16) 17. Re1 Bd7 (17... Ne3 18. Bxd4) (17... e5
18. Kb1 e4 19. Nxd4 $1) (17... Ne5 $5 18. Qb3 (18. Qh3 Qxh3 19. gxh3 Nf3 20.
Rd1 Ne3 21. Rd3 e5 22. fxe5 Bf5 (22... Nxe5 $2 23. Rxe3) 23. Nxd4 $1 {(Yudasin)
}) 18... Ng4 (18... Nc4 19. Ng3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Qxh1 21. Bxd4 $40 {(Yudasin)})
19. Kb1 Nf2 20. Rg1 Qxh2 21. Nxd4 $1 Qxg1 $4 22. Bb5+ {(Yudasin)}) 18. Kb1 (18.
Qd2 Ne3 (18... Rc8) 19. Nxd4 Nxf1 20. Rexf1 Nxd4 $132) 18... Rc8 19. g3 (19. g4
$5) (19. h3) 19... Kf8 (19... Nce7 20. Bxd4 b5 21. Qd2 Nxg3 22. Nxg3 Rxg3 23.
hxg3 Qxh1 24. Bxb5) (19... Ne3 20. Rc1) 20. h4 Nce7 21. Nxd4 Nxg3 (21... Rxg3
22. Nxf5 Nxf5 23. Qd2) 22. Rh2 Qxf4 (22... Nxf1 23. Rxf1) (22... Ne4 23. f5 e5
24. Nf3 $40) (22... Nef5 $5 23. Nb3 $5 {(Yudasin)}) 23. Bc1 Qd6 24. Qh7 e5 (
24... Ne4 25. Rg2 $1) 25. Rg2 Be6 (25... Qg6 $1 26. Bh6+ Ke8 27. Qxg6 Rxg6 28.
Rxe5 f6 29. Re1 Rxh6 (29... Ne4) 30. Rxg3 Kf8 $1 (30... Kf7 $6 31. Rg7+ $1) 31.
Ne6+) (25... exd4 $2 26. Bh6+ Ke8 27. Qxg8#) 26. Nxe6+ Qxe6 27. Bf4 exf4 (27...
Nxf1 28. Bh6+ Ke8 29. Rxg8+ Nxg8 30. Qxg8+ Kd7 31. Qg5) 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Qh6+
Kf7 30. Qxf4+ Ngf5 31. h5 Rc4 32. Bxc4 Rxg2 33. Bd3 Rg1+ 34. Kb2 Kf6 35. Qb8
Rh1 36. Qxb7 1-0

[Event "EU-chT 04th Final"]
[Site "Kapfenberg"]
[Date "1970.05.10"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1970.05.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CSR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 (7. Nf3 $5
) 7... f5 8. Qg3 (8. exf6 Nxf6 9. Qg3 Qxg3 $10) (8. Qh5+ $5) 8... cxd4 9. cxd4
Ne7 (9... Qxc2 $6 10. Bd2) 10. Bd2 (10. Qxg7 $2 Rg8 11. Qxh7 Qc3+) 10... O-O
11. Bd3 b6 $1 12. Ne2 Ba6 (12... Rf7 13. h4 $1 $14 {(Petrosian)}) 13. Nf4 $1
Qd7 14. Bb4 $14 (14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. Qd3 Nb8 16. h4 $10) 14... Rf7 $1 $14 (14...
Bxd3 $6 15. Nh5 $1 Ng6 16. Bxf8 $16 (16. Bxf8 Ba6 $1 17. Bxg7 Qb5 (17... Qa4)
18. O-O-O $1 Nc6 19. Qh3 Kf7 20. g4 $1 $16)) 15. h4 $5 (15. O-O $10) (15. Nh5
Kh8) (15. O-O) (15. O-O $10) 15... Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nbc6 17. Rh3 Rc8 $1 $15 18.
Rg3 Nd8 $1 19. h5 $14 Rc4 $1 20. h6 Nec6 21. Nh5 $6 (21. c3 $1) (21. Bc3 $5)
21... g6 $1 $17 {"The ex-World Champion has probably no equal in the playing
of this type of position. He does not fear the loss of the exchange, for in
the resulting position his cavalry will be poised for action." (Nei 75)} (21...
Rxd4 $2 22. Rxg7+ $1 Rxg7 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. Nxd7 Rxd3 25. hxg7+ Kxg7 26. cxd3
$18 {(Petrosian)}) 22. Nf6+ (22. Bc3 Kh8 23. Nf6 Rxf6 24. exf6 Nf7) 22... Rxf6
$1 23. exf6 Nf7 (23... Nxd4 $142 $1 {Petrosian}) (23... Nxd4 $1) (23... Nxd4 $5
) 24. Qd2 (24. c3 e5 $1 $17 (24... a5 $17)) 24... Rxd4 25. Rd3 Rh4 $1 (25...
Rxd3 $2 26. cxd3 e5 27. Rc1 $13 {(Euwe)}) 26. Rh3 Rg4 27. Kf1 $6 (27. Rg3 $5
Rxg3 28. fxg3 e5 29. Rd1 d4 30. c3 $1 $13 {(Euwe)}) 27... Nd6 28. Re1 Kf7 29.
Bc3 (29. Bxd6 $142 $17) (29. Bxd6 $17) 29... Ne4 30. Qd3 (30. Qe2 Rf4 $1 31.
Rf3 $8 Rxf3 32. Qxf3 Ne5 $1 33. Qe3 Ng4 $17 {(Euwe)}) 30... Nc5 31. Qd1 Rc4 32.
Bb2 b5 33. Qe2 Qd6 34. Kg1 Ne4 35. Rd3 Qc5 36. Rc1 e5 $19 37. Qe3 d4 38. Qe2
Nxf6 39. Rdd1 Nd5 40. Qd2 e4 41. Qg5 Nc7 42. Rd2 Ne6 43. Qh4 a5 44. Rcd1 Rxc2
45. Rxc2 Qxc2 46. Rc1 Qxb2 47. Rxc6 d3 48. Ra6 Qd4 $1 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-10b"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1976.07.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Mecking, Henrique"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1976.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Rb1 O-O-O 14.
Qxc3 Nf5 15. Rg1 $5 (15. Bd2) (15. g3) (15. Be3 $2 d4 $1) 15... f6 $5 16. g4 (
16. exf6 d4 17. Qd3 e5 $1 $13 {Minic}) 16... Nh6 17. exf6 Rxg4 $14 18. Be3 Rxg1
19. Bxg1 Nf5 20. Rd1 $1 $14 Rf8 21. Rd3 b6 $2 (21... Nd6) 22. Rh3 d4 23. Nxd4
Nfxd4 24. Bxd4 Qxf4 25. Be3 Qxf6 26. Qxf6 Rxf6 27. Bg2 e5 28. Rh6 Rxh6 29. Bxh6
Nd4 30. Kd2 Bf5 31. c3 Nb5 32. Bf8 Kd7 33. Bf1 Nc7 34. h4 Bg4 35. Bg7 Ke6 36.
Bc4+ Kf5 37. Ke3 e4 38. Bg8 Bf3 39. Bh7+ Kg4 40. Bxe4 Bxe4 41. Kxe4 Kxh4 42. c4
Ne6 43. Be5 Nc5+ 44. Kd5 Kg4 45. Bb8 a6 46. Be5 Kf5 47. Bc3 Na4 48. Bd4 Kf4 49.
Kc6 Ke4 50. Bxb6 Kd3 51. c5 Kc4 52. Ba7 a5 53. Bb6 Kb3 54. Kb7 Nc3 55. Bxa5 Nd5
56. Bb4 Ne7 57. c6 1-0

[Event "New York International Masters-01"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1924.04.14"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1924.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 cxd4 6. axb4 dxc3 7. bxc3 $6 Qc7 $1
8. Nf3 Ne7 $1 $15 {(mco 82)} (8... Qxc3+ $2 9. Bd2 Qc7 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Qe2 Nb6
12. O-O Nc4 13. Bc3 Bd7 14. Nd4 $14 {(Schwarz 67)} h5 $2 15. f4 Ne7 $16 {
(Schwarz 67) Alexander-Rossolimo 1947}) 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. O-O $1 Nd7 (10... Nxe5
$143 $2 11. Bf4 $1 Nxf3+ (11... f6 12. Nxe5 fxe5 13. Qh5+ {(Pachman 75)}) 12.
Qxf3 e5 (12... Qe7 13. Qg3 $16 {(Schwarz 67)} Nc6 14. Qxg7 {(Pachman 75)}) 13.
Rfe1 f6 14. Qxd5 $16 {(Pachman 75)}) 11. Re1 (11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Qd4 Nb6 13. Bg5
Bd7 $17 {(Pachman 75)}) 11... Qxc3 $1 $17 {(Fine 48)} (11... Ndxe5 $143 12.
Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bf4 {(Pachman 75)}) 12. Bd2 Qc7 $17 {(eco 74/81)} 13. Qe2 O-O 14.
Qe3 Nb6 15. Qg5 Nc4 16. Bc3 (16. Bc1 f6 $1 17. exf6 gxf6 (17... Rxf6 $143 18.
Qh5) 18. Qh5 (18. Qh6 Qg7 {(Pachman 75)}) 18... Qf7 {(Pachman 75)}) 16... h6 $1
{"Black can only play this move because the White bishop has left the diagonal
QB1-KR6." (Pachman 75)} 17. Qg4 (17. Qh5 Nf4) 17... Ne7 18. Qh5 Bd7 19. g4 {
"Black's position now looks precarious in view of the threat 20 g5. But here
an old maxim proves true: the best defence to some threats is simply to ignore
them." (Pachman 75)} Bb5 $1 {"Maroczy quietly improves the position of his
pieces and prepares to return  the pawn, after which he succeeds in gaining
the initiative." (Pachman 75)} 20. g5 (20. Nd4 Be8 21. g5 Nxe5 $1 (21... f6 22.
Qh3) 22. gxh6 f5 23. Qg5 N5g6 {(Pachman 75)}) 20... g6 $1 21. Qxh6 Nb6 $1 {
"An excellent defensive manoeuvre. After the exchange of bishops White's
attack is virtually at an end, whereupon he is left with incurable pawn
weaknesses." (Pachman 75)} 22. Ra3 Bxd3 23. cxd3 Nf5 24. Qh3 Qe7 $2 {"Here
Black begins to play irresolutely and gradually throws away his advantage. The
open QB file is an important operation base, and its control would soon lead
to a decisive advantage." (Pachman 75)} (24... Na4 25. Rc1 b5 26. Bd2 Qb6 27.
Ra2 Rfc8 28. Rac2 Qb7 {(Alekhine)}) (24... Rfc8 25. Rc1 Qd7 26. Ra2 Na4 {
"... Black can soon bring about an exchange of rooks and reach an endgame
which, in view of his superiority on the queen's wing, is clearly advantageous
to him." (Pachman 75)}) 25. Qg4 Kg7 (25... Rfc8 $142) 26. Rea1 Rfc8 27. h4 Na4
$1 28. Bd2 b5 29. R3a2 Rh8 30. Kg2 (30. Nd4 Nxd4 31. Qxd4 Rac8 {(Pachman 75)})
30... Rac8 31. Rh1 Qc7 $2 (31... Qd7) 32. Nd4 Qd7 (32... Qxe5 $2 33. Nf3 Qd6
34. Bf4 Qd7 35. Be5+ $16 {(Pachman 75)}) 33. Nxf5+ exf5 34. Qd4 Qe6 35. Qxa7 $2
d4 $1 (35... Qxe5 $4 36. Be3) 36. Raa1 Qxe5 $2 (36... Rc2 $1 37. Bf4 (37. Rad1
Qd5+ 38. f3 Qxe5 39. Kf1 Nc3 40. Re1 Qd5 $19 {(Pachman 75)}) 37... Qd5+ 38. Kg3
Nc3 $19 {(Pachman 75)}) 37. Rae1 Qd5+ 38. Kg3 Rhe8 39. h5 $1 gxh5 40. Rxe8 Rxe8
41. Rxh5 Nc3 $2 (41... f4+ $1 42. Kh4 $1 (42. Bxf4 Re1 $19) (42. Kxf4 Re2 $19)
42... Qh1+ $1 43. Kg4 Qg2+ 44. Kf5 Qd5+ 45. Kg4 Re2 46. Qb8 Qg2+ 47. Kf5 Qd5+
$10 {(Pachman 75)}) 42. Qb6 Ne2+ 43. Kh2 Qe6 $4 {"This incomprehensible move
leads to a loss." (Pachman 75)} (43... Re6 $1 44. Qb8 Qd6+ 45. Qxd6 Rxd6 46.
Kg2 Ra6 47. Rh4 Ra2 $10 {(Pachman 75)}) 44. Qxb5 $1 Qd6+ 45. Kg2 Nf4+ 46. Bxf4
Qxf4 47. Qxe8 Qg4+ 48. Kf1 Qxh5 49. Qe5+ Kg8 50. Qxf5 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1986.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Bd7
9. Nf3 (9. Qg4 g6 10. Nf3 Nh6 11. Qg5 Nf5 12. Qxd8+ Bxd8 13. g4 Ne3 14. Nd6+
Ke7 15. Bd3 Nxg4 16. Nxb7 Bc7 17. a4 {Benjamin-Djurhuus Thessaloniki 1988})
9... Bxb5 $6 10. Bxb5+ Nc6 11. O-O Nge7 12. Bd3 a6 13. Kh1 h6 14. Qe2 $1 Qd7
15. Bb2 Bb6 16. Rae1 Rc8 $6 (16... g6) (16... O-O $6 17. g4) (16... O-O-O $5) (
16... Nf5 17. Bxf5 exf5 18. Qd3 O-O $10) 17. g4 $1 $40 g6 18. Nh4 h5 $6 19. f5
$1 hxg4 20. fxg6 Rxh4 21. gxf7+ Kf8 22. Bc1 $1 Nf5 23. Bxf5 d3 $5 (23... exf5
24. e6 Qd6 25. Bf4 Qe7 26. Qd2) 24. Bxd3 g3 25. Qg2 $1 Rxh2+ 26. Qxh2 gxh2 27.
Bh6+ Ke7 28. Bg5+ Kf8 29. Bh6+ Ke7 30. Bg6 $1 $18 Bc7 (30... Rf8 31. Bg5#) (
30... d4 31. f8=Q+ Rxf8 32. Bxf8+ Kd8 33. Bd6 Kc8 34. Rf7 $18) 31. Bg5+ Kf8 32.
Bh6+ Ke7 33. f8=Q+ Rxf8 34. Bxf8+ (34. Bg5+ Rf6 35. exf6+ Kd6 36. f7 $18) 34...
Kd8 35. Rf7 Qe8 36. Bg7 Nxe5 37. Bf6+ (37. Bf6+ Kc8 38. Rxc7+ $1) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. bxa5
dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. Nf3 Qc7 $5 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Bd3 O-O-O (13...
Rxg2 14. Bg3) 14. Bg3 Qxa5 (14... Ng6 $5) 15. O-O Qc5 16. Rfe1 Rh8 (16... Ng6
$5) (16... Nd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Qxf7 Nf5 19. Bxf5 Rdf8 20. Qe7 Rxf5 21. Qb4
$16) 17. Qxf7 Rdf8 18. Qg7 Nf5 19. Bxf5 Rhg8 20. Qh6 Rxf5 21. Qe3 $1 b6 $1 (
21... d4 22. Qe4 $16) 22. Red1 $5 (22. Rab1 Qxa3 23. Rb3 Qc5 24. Rxc3 Qxe3 25.
Rexe3 Kb7 $10) (22. Qxc5 bxc5 23. Rab1 a6 $5 (23... Kc7 24. Rb5 c4 25. Reb1 Bc8
26. Rc5) (23... Rg4 $5) 24. Rb6 Kc7 25. Rxa6 (25. Reb1 Nb4) 25... Rb8 26. h4
Rb3 $44) 22... Rg4 23. Rd3 Rc4 (23... d4 24. Qe2 Qd5 25. Re1 Na5 26. h3) 24. h4
Qb5 (24... Be8 $5) 25. Nd4 $1 Qb2 26. Re1 Nxd4 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 28. Qxd4 Qxc2 29.
Kh2 Qd2 30. Qxd2 cxd2 31. Rd1 Kb7 (31... Bb5 32. Rxd2 Bc4 33. Kh3) (31... Be8
$142 32. Rxd2 Rf7 $1 33. Rc2+ (33. h5 $2 Rh7) (33. Kh3 Rc7 34. Kg4 Rc4+) 33...
Kb7 (33... Rc7 34. Rxc7+ Kxc7 35. Bf4 Kc6 36. g4 d4 37. h5 Kd5 38. f3 Kc4 39.
Kh3 Kc3 40. Kh4 d3 41. g5 d2 42. Bxd2+ Kxd2 43. g6 $18) 34. Kh3 Rg7 35. f3 Bg6
$14) 32. Rxd2 Kc6 33. f3 Kb5 34. Rd4 $1 Be8 35. Kh3 a5 36. Bh2 Kc6 37. f4 Bg6
38. g4 Rf8 39. Bg1 (39. h5 $1 Be4 40. g5 b5 (40... Kc5 41. Bg1) 41. g6 $18)
39... b5 40. h5 Be4 41. Be3 Ra8 42. Kh4 b4 43. axb4 a4 44. Rd2 a3 45. Bd4 Bb1
46. f5 $18 exf5 47. g5 f4 48. g6 f3 49. Kg5 a2 50. h6 Bxg6 51. Kxg6 a1=Q 52.
Bxa1 Rxa1 53. Rf2 Rg1+ 54. Kf7 Rg5 55. h7 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1986.07.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "1986.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. Bd2 Nc6 7. Nb5 Nxd4 8. Nxd4
cxd4 9. Bb5+ (9. Nf3 Ne7 10. Nxd4 Nc6 $132) 9... Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Kxd7 11. Nf3
Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Qb6 13. O-O (13. O-O-O Ne7 14. Nxd4 Nc6 $10) 13... Ne7 14. Nxd4
Rhc8 (14... Nc6 $2 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. c4 $16) 15. c3 h6 16. Kh1 $6 (16. Rad1 Nc6
17. Qe2 Ke7 18. Rd3 $10) 16... Nc6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Rae1 Qc4 19. Kg1 a5 20.
Re3 $10 Ke7 21. Rf3 $2 (21. Qc2 $5 d4 $6 22. Rg3 g6 23. Qe4 $40) 21... Kf8 22.
Rf4 Qb3 23. Qe2 Ra6 24. Rd1 $15 Rac6 25. Rfd4 Qa2 26. R1d2 Rc4 27. Rxc4 Rxc4
28. f3 Kg8 (28... b5 29. Qd1 Rc7 $15) 29. Qd1 Rc6 30. h3 Qc4 (30... b5) 31. Qe2
Qb3 (31... Qxe2 $32 32. Rxe2 g5 33. Kf2 Kg7 $15) 32. Qe3 b6 33. Kh2 Rc4 34. Qf2
Qb5 35. Kg1 Kf8 36. Kh1 Ke8 37. Qg3 g5 38. Qf2 Kd7 39. Qe3 Kc6 40. Qd3 Rf4 41.
Qb1 (41. Qxb5+ Kxb5 $17) 41... Qc5 (41... h5 $17 {/\g4}) 42. Qd1 {/\b4} Kb7 43.
Re2 h5 44. Rd2 Qc7 (44... g4 $5 45. fxg4 hxg4 46. Rd4 Rf5) 45. Qe1 Rf5 46. Re2
Qc4 47. Kg1 Kc6 (47... g4 48. fxg4 hxg4 49. Rf2 (49. h4 $2 g3 50. Re3 Qxh4 $17)
49... Qc5 50. b4 $10) 48. Rd2 Qf4 49. Re2 h4 50. Re3 Qc4 51. Qd2 Kb7 52. Qe1
Qc7 53. Kh1 Qc4 54. Kg1 Kc7 55. Qd2 Kd7 56. Qe1 Ke7 57. Qd2 Kf8 58. Qe1 Qf4 59.
Qd2 $2 Kg8 $2 (59... Rxe5 $19) 60. Qe1 Kg7 61. Qd2 $2 b5 $2 (61... Rxe5 $19)
62. Qe1 Qc4 63. Qd2 Kg6 64. Kf2 Rf4 65. Rd3 Qe4 66. Rd4 $2 (66. Re3 $32 Qf5 67.
Kg1 Rc4 $15) 66... Qxe5 (66... Qf5 67. Qe2 $10) 67. Rxf4 gxf4 68. Qd3+ Kf6 69.
Qxb5 d4 $17 70. Qb6 (70. Qxe5+ $2 Kxe5 71. c4 a4 $19) 70... Qe3+ (70... dxc3
71. Qd8+ Kf5 72. bxc3 Qxc3 $17) 71. Kf1 d3 72. Qd8+ Kf5 73. Qxh4 Qc1+ (73... d2
$1 74. Qh5+ Kf6 75. Qh4+ Ke5 76. Qg5+ f5 77. Qg7+ Kd5 78. Qd7+ Kc4 79. Qa4+ Kd3
80. Qd1 Qb6 $17) 74. Kf2 Qxb2+ 75. Kg1 Qb6+ 76. Kh2 Qe3 77. Qh5+ Kf6 78. h4 Ke7
79. Qxa5 d2 80. Qc7+ Kf6 81. Qd8+ Ke5 82. Qa5+ Kd6 83. c4 Qd4 $2 (83... Ke7 84.
Qc7+ Kf6 85. Qd8+ Ke5 $17) 84. Qd8+ Kc5 $4 (84... Ke5 85. Qg5+ Kd6 $10) 85.
Qc7# 1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.06.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 (8... Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 $14) 9. exf6 Rxf6
10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Nbc6 (12... Qa5 13. Bd2 Nbc6 14. Nf3 c4 15. Be2
Bd7 (15... Nf5 16. O-O Nd6 17. Qe1 Ne4 $14 {Ruban,V-Uhlmann,W/Budapest/1989/
Inf 47/371}) 16. O-O Raf8 $14 {Sax,G-Ehlvest,J/Reykjavik/1988/}) 13. Nf3 Qf8 (
13... Bd7 14. h4 Qc7 15. h5 e5 16. hxg6 $13 {Atlas,V-Schlenker,J/LIE/1991/})
14. O-O $6 (14. Qd2 $5 Rxf3 $8 15. gxf3 Qxf3 16. Rg1 $14) 14... c4 15. Be2 h6
16. Bh4 Nf5 17. Bg3 g5 18. Qd2 Bd7 19. h4 (19. Ne5 $6 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Nxe5 21.
dxe5 Qg7 22. Qd4 Rf5 23. f4 g4 $10) 19... Qe7 (19... g4 20. Ne5 Nxg3 21. fxg3
Nxe5 22. dxe5 $40) 20. hxg5 Nxg3 21. fxg3 hxg5 22. Qe3 (22. Nxg5 Rg7 (22...
Rxf1+ $2 23. Rxf1 $14) 23. Nf3 Rxg3 24. Qf4 Qg7 $132) 22... Raf8 23. Nxg5 Rxf1+
(23... Rg7 $2 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Nh3 $16) 24. Bxf1 (24. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1
Qxa3 26. Nxe6 $6 Qe7 27. Qg5+ (27. Bg4 Nd8) 27... Qxg5 28. Nxg5 Bf5 $15) 24...
e5 25. dxe5 (25. Re1 e4 $44) 25... Qxe5 26. Qxe5 Nxe5 $44 27. Be2 (27. Rd1 Ng4
28. Be2 (28. Rxd5 $2 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Ne3+ $19) 28... Ne3 $44) 27... Bg4 28. Re1
Bxe2 29. Rxe2 Ng4 $10 30. Re7 Rf5 31. Nf3 Rf7 32. Re8+ Rf8 33. Re7 Rf7 34. Re8+
Rf8 35. Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 03rd"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azov Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg FINEK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. bxa5
dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. a6 $2 (13. Bd3 O-O-O
14. Bg3 Qxa5 15. O-O Qc5 16. Rfe1 $14 {Dolmatov,S-Lputian,S/Manila/1990/1:0/55/
}) 13... O-O-O $1 {N/} (13... b6 14. Bg3 O-O-O 15. Bd3 Ng6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 $13 {
Psakhis,L-Eingorn,V/URS/1987/0,5/50/}) 14. Bd3 (14. Bg3 Nf5 $40) 14... f5 $1
$40 15. exf6 $8 Qxf4 16. fxe7 Rde8 17. Bg6 Ne5 $6 (17... Rh8 $5 18. Qg7 Qg4 $1
19. axb7+ (19. Qf6 $2 Rh6 $19) 19... Kxb7 (19... Kb8 $2 20. Ne5) 20. h3 $8 Qxg2
21. Ke2 Rhg8 22. Rag1 Rxg7 (22... Qxg1 23. Rxg1 Rxg7 24. Bxe8 $132) 23. Rxg2
Reg8 24. Rhg1 Nxe7 25. Ne5 $15) 18. Bxe8 Rxg2 $1 (18... Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Qd2+ 20.
Kf1 Rxe8 21. axb7+ Kb8 22. Rg1 $18) 19. Bxd7+ Kc7 (19... Kxd7 $2 20. e8=Q+ Kxe8
21. Qh8+ Ke7 22. Qxe5 $18) 20. e8=N+ $3 (20. Bb5 $2 Nxf3+ 21. Kf1 Rxf2+ $1 (
21... Nd2+ $2 22. Ke1 Qxf2+ 23. Kd1) 22. Kxf2 Nh4+ 23. Ke1 Qd2+ 24. Kf1 Qg2+
25. Ke1 Nf3+ $19) (20. Kd1 $2 Rxf2 $1 $19) (20. Kf1 $2 Qxf3 21. Qh4 Ng4 $19)
20... Kb8 21. Kf1 Rxf2+ $8 (21... Qxf3 $2 22. Qh4) 22. Kxf2 Qxf3+ 23. Kg1 Qe3+
24. Kf1 (24. Kg2 $2 Qe2+ $19) 24... Qf4+ 25. Kg2 $10 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 03rd"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Zarubin, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Surgut Fakel-Surgutgazprom"]
[BlackTeam "Cherepovets Severstal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nd7 $2 9. Nh3 (9. Nf3 $5 f5 10. Qh3 Nb6 11. a4 c4 12. Be2 a5 13. Rg1 $1 $16 {
Sax,Gy-Dolmatov,S/Clermont Ferrand/1989/1:0/22/ Inf 48/404/}) 9... f5 10. Qf3
Nb6 11. O-O (11. a4 Bd7 12. a5 Nc4) 11... Bd7 12. Nf4 Rc8 13. a4 (13. h4 Na4
14. c4 $40) 13... cxd4 14. cxd4 Nc4 15. Qg3 (15. h4 Nc6 16. c3 (16. Nxd5 Nxd4
17. Qf4 exd5 18. Qxd4 Be6 $132) 16... Qxh4 17. Nxd5 N4xe5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Qf4
Qxf4 20. Nxf4 g5 21. Re1 $16) 15... Qe8 16. Ba3 $2 (16. h4 Nc6 17. c3 $16)
16... Nxa3 17. Rxa3 Nc6 18. Rb1 Na5 (18... Nxd4 $5 19. Rxb7 Nxc2 20. Rab3 (20.
Bb5 $2 Nxa3) 20... Nd4 21. Rb1 $44) 19. h4 Qe7 20. Ra2 Rc7 21. h5 Nc6 22. Rab2
b6 23. c4 (23. c3 Na5 24. h6 Rxc3 25. Nh5 g6 $15) 23... dxc4 24. Bxc4 Nxd4 25.
Ba2 Rfc8 $15 26. Rd2 Rc3 (26... Nc6 $2 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Bxe6+ Kh8 29. Bxd7
Qxd7 30. e6 $16) 27. f3 $2 (27. Rd3 $5 Qa3 (27... Rxd3 28. Qxd3 Nc6 29. Qxf5
Rf8 30. Qe4 $14) 28. Rxc3 Rxc3 (28... Qxc3 $2 29. Qxc3 Rxc3 30. Rd1 $16) 29.
Qg5 $40) 27... Rc2 28. Rxd4 Rxa2 29. h6 (29. Rbd1 Bxa4) 29... Rxa4 30. Rxa4
Bxa4 31. Nxe6 g6 32. Nd4 (32. Ng7 $5 Qc5+ (32... Kf8 $5) 33. Kh2 Qe3 34. Nxf5
$16) 32... Qc5 33. Qh4 Re8 (33... Qxe5 34. Re1 $132) 34. Re1 Rxe5 35. Rxe5 (35.
Qd8+ Kf7) 35... Qxe5 36. Qd8+ Kf7 37. Kh1 Qe7 38. Qc8 $4 (38. Qd5+ Kf6 39. f4
$132) 38... Be8 $2 (38... Qh4+ $19) 39. Nc2 g5 40. Qc3 Kg6 41. Ne3 Bd7 42. Nd5
Qf7 $19 43. Qe5 f4 (43... Kxh6) 44. Kh2 (44. Ne7+ Kxh6 45. Qd6+ Qe6 $19) 44...
Kxh6 45. Nf6 Kg6 46. Ne4 h6 47. Nd6 Qe6 48. Qd4 h5 49. Qd3+ Kh6 50. Qd4 h4 51.
Nc4 Kh7 52. Ne5 Bc8 53. Qd3+ Kg7 54. Qc3 Kf8 55. Qc7 Ke8 56. Nc6 Qd7 57. Qe5+
Kf7 58. Qe4 Kg7 59. Qe5+ Kh7 60. Ne7 g4 61. Nd5 $2 (61. Qe4+ Kg7 62. Qg6+ Kf8
63. Qf6+ Ke8 $19) (61. fxg4 Qxg4 62. Nd5 $132) 61... g3+ 62. Kh1 Qf5 $19 63.
Qe7+ Kh6 64. Nc3 (64. Qxh4+ Qh5 65. Qxh5+ Kxh5 66. Nxf4+ Kg5 $19) 64... h3 65.
Ne4 Be6 66. Qd8 hxg2+ 67. Kg1 Kg6 68. Qe8+ Bf7 69. Qc6+ Qe6 70. Qc7 Qc4 71.
Qd6+ Be6 72. Qd1 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "Neckar op-A 17th"]
[Site "Deizisau"]
[Date "2013.03.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sipila, Vilka"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2013.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 $5 {A move which is coming
back into fashion.} 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 (7. Qg4 {is also critical.}) 7... Bc7 8.
Nf3 (8. f4 {is a main move.}) 8... Nc6 9. Bf4 Nge7 10. Bd3 a6 (10... Ng6 {
first also makes sense.}) 11. Nbxd4 $6 (11. Nd6+ $6 Bxd6 (11... Kf8 $5) 12.
exd6 Ng6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 {followed by ...f6 and Black is better.}) (11. Nxc7+
Qxc7 12. O-O Ng6 13. Bg3 {had to be played and White would have decent
compensation. Also it would be the only way to give the move 8.Nf3 some sense.}
) 11... Nxd4 (11... f6 $5 {I must admit I considered this strong move for less
than a minute.} 12. Qe2 (12. exf6 Bxf4 $15) 12... fxe5 13. Nxe5 (13. Nxc6 $2
Nxc6 14. Nxe5 Qf6 $19) 13... Nxd4 14. Qh5+ g6 15. Bxg6+ Nxg6 16. Nxg6 Kd7 $1
17. Nxh8 Bxf4 18. Qxh7+ Kc6 {and Black is better.}) 12. Nxd4 Ng6 13. Bxg6 fxg6
(13... hxg6 {is not bad either but in this kind of closed position in the
French it is very typical to take with f-pawn.}) 14. Qd3 O-O 15. Bg3 Bd7 (15...
Bb6 $1 {(preventing c4)} 16. O-O Bd7 {followed by ...Rc8 (idea ...Rc4, ...Qc7)
is clearly better for Black.}) (15... Qg5 16. Rd1 $1 Bxe5 $140 $2 17. Nf3 $14)
16. c4 $5 dxc4 17. Qxc4 Qc8 18. Rd1 (18. O-O Bb6 19. Qd3 Ba4 {is strategically
totally winning for Black - though it does not appear clear-cut at first sight!
}) 18... Bb6 19. Qb3 Qe8 20. Rd2 (20. O-O $2 Ba4 21. Qxe6+ Qxe6 22. Nxe6 Bxd1
23. Nxf8 Bg4 $1 $19) 20... Rd8 (20... g5 $5) 21. O-O Ba4 22. Qb2 Rd5 (22... g5
$5) 23. Ne2 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Bc6 25. Nc3 (25. Bf4 {folowed by Be3 was White's
best chance to hold the game.}) 25... Qe7 26. Qc2 $2 {Any move, but not this
one! Now after Black's next move White is losing by force.} h5 $1 $19 {Two
bishops can be really strong!} 27. Ne2 (27. Qd2 g5 $1 (27... h4 28. Bf4 h3 29.
g3 Qf7 30. Qe2 Qf5 $19) 28. h3 h4 29. Bh2 g4 30. hxg4 h3 $19) 27... h4 28. Bf4
h3 (28... Qf7 $5) 29. Be3 (29. g3 Qf7 $19 (29... g5 $5 30. Be3 Qf7 $19)) 29...
Bxe3 (29... hxg2 30. Re1 Bxe3 31. fxe3 Qg5 $19) 30. fxe3 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 hxg2+
32. Kg1 Qg5 33. Qc1 Qxe5 34. Nf4 Qe4 35. Ne2 Kh7 36. Nf4 e5 37. Nh3 Qg4 38. Nf2
Qe2 39. h3 Bb5 40. Kxg2 Bc6+ 41. Kg1 Qf3 42. e4 Qg3+ 43. Kh1 Qxf2 44. Qc5 Bxe4#
0-1

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Zhukova, Natalia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 12. h4 $5 {A very interesting
move order!} ({If White starts} 12. Qd3 {then} d4 13. h4 b6 $1 {is a different
story. With the text move, ...b6 is simply too slow.}) 12... Bd7 (12... b6 $6
13. Rh3 $1 d4 14. Rg3 $5 {or 14.Ng3!? makes a huge difference.}) 13. h5 O-O-O
14. Qd3 Nf5 (14... d4 15. h6 $1 {would come back into the rather famous game
Salgado-Alekseev, European Championship 2009 (this game prevented Russia from
getting the gold medal).}) 15. Rb1 $1 {A strong move in my opinion! White is
taking control of the b6-square and intends to go Rg1 and g4!} (15. Qxc3 {
was played by Vallejo in 2010, but after} d4 $1 {Black eventually got some
counterplay:} 16. Qd3 Nce7 17. h6 Ba4 18. h7 Rh8 19. Ra2 Bc6 20. Rb2 {1/2-1/2
Vallejo Pons-Arizmendi Martinez, Spain 2010}) 15... Na5 $6 {The only technical
way to control the g1-square.} (15... d4 16. Rg1 $1 {is the main line. Some
complications are coming but I believe they're completely fine for White. For
example:} f6 17. g4 Nh6 (17... fxe5 18. gxf5 Rxg1 19. Nxg1 exf5 20. fxe5 Re8
21. Be2 $1 Qxe5 22. Kf1 $1 $16) 18. exf6 Rxg4 19. Rxg4 Nxg4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21.
Qxd4 $16) 16. Rg1 $1 Nc4 17. g4 Qc5 18. Qxc3 Nh4 $6 (18... a5 {was the only
move to keep on fighting, as it avoids Qb4. However White is much better.} 19.
Qb3 $5 b6 (19... b5 20. a4 Nd4 21. Nxd4 Qxd4 22. Rg3 b4 23. h6 $16) (19... Bc6
20. gxf5 Rxg1 21. Nxg1 Qxg1 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Qh3 $16) 20. gxf5 Rxg1 21. Nxg1
Qxg1 22. Qh3 $16) (18... Nh6 19. g5 (19. Bh3 $18) 19... Nf5 20. Bh3 $18) 19.
Rg3 $5 {Black's pieces cannot move anymore. The position is strategically
winning.} (19. Qh3 $5 Nf5 20. gxf5 Rxg1 21. Nxg1 Qxg1 22. h6 $16 {/+-}) 19...
b6 $6 (19... Qc7 20. Nd4 $18) 20. Qb4 $1 $18 Qc7 $6 21. Qe7 $1 {The knight on
h4 is lost!} Nxe5 {A hopeless try.} (21... Ba4 22. Qxh4 Bxc2 23. Rb4 $18) 22.
fxe5 Nf5 23. gxf5 Rxg3 24. Nxg3 Qc3+ (24... Qxe5+ 25. Ne2 $18) 25. Kd1 Rg8 26.
Ba6+ Kb8 27. Qd6+ Ka8 28. Qxd7 Qf3+ 29. Ne2 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.04"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Brkic, Ante"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Kf8 $5 {
This line became fashionable a few years ago, when people understood 7...Ne7
was better for White.} 8. Nb5 Bb6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Bb2 {The most critical move!}
(10. Qf4 a6 11. Nbxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qc7 13. Bb2 f6 (13... Ne7 $5) 14. exf6 gxf6
15. Qd2 e5 16. Ne2 Ne7 $5 $146 (16... Be6 17. f4 {was risky for Black in 0-1 
(56) Dourerassou,J (2505)-Bauer,C (2630) Nice 2014}) 17. f4 Nf5 18. fxe5 Ne3
19. exf6 Nxc2+ 20. Kd1 Ne3+ 21. Ke1 $11) (10. Bf4 Nge7 11. Bd3 Ng6 12. h4 a6
13. Nd6 h5 14. Qg3 Nxf4 15. Qxf4 f6 $17 {0-1 (32) Svetushkin,D (2588)-Edouard,
R (2659) Haguenau 2013}) 10... Nge7 11. Nbxd4 (11. Bd3 $5 {was the last trend,
but seems to lead to a forced draw:} Ng6 12. Qg3 f6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Nbxd4
Nxe5 15. Nxe5 fxe5 16. Qxe5 $5 (16. Nf3 e4 17. Ne5 Kg8 18. Qxg6 Qe7 $1 19. Ng4
Bd7 (19... e5 $5) 20. Nf6+ Kf8 21. Nh7+ Kg8 22. Nf6+ Kf8 23. Nh7+ Kg8 24. Nf6+
Kf8 {½-½ (24) Grischuk,A (2766)-Mamedyarov,S (2801) Saint Louis 2018}) 16...
Rh5 $1 17. Nxe6+ (17. Qg3 Qc7 18. O-O-O e5 19. Qf3+ Qf7 20. Qxf7+ Kxf7 21. Nf3
e4 22. Ne5+ Kg8 $1 23. Rxd5 Be6 $11) 17... Bxe6 18. Qxe6 Qe8 19. Qxe8+ Rxe8+
20. Kd1 Rg5 21. g3 Bxf2 22. Bc1 (22. Kd2 $5 Rf5 23. Rad1 Re4 $11 {½-½ (32)
Sevian,S (2591)-Chandra,A (2490) Atlantic City 2016}) 22... Rf5 23. Rb1 Re4 24.
Rb3 Kf7 25. Bf4 Ke6 26. h4 Bd4 27. Re1 Be5 $11 {1-0 (59) Shankland,S (2679)
-Ashwin,J (2468) Atlantic City 2016}) 11... h5 12. Qf4 Ng6 13. Nxc6 Nxf4 {
I had already played this ending a few years before, and knew there was an
annoying improvement for White. My previous game being pretty old, I was
hoping for my opponents not to know it, but he did!} (13... bxc6 14. Qg3 $1 (
14. Qd2 Nh4 {mis more solid}) 14... h4 15. Qg4 $14 {is just annoying for Black.
}) 14. Nxd8 Bxd8 15. g3 Ng6 16. Bd3 $1 $146 {A very annoying move: White does
not need to prevent ...h4 by playing it himself. Not just he wins one tempo,
but he keeps h3-g4 option.} (16. h4 {isn't threatening:} Bd7 17. a4 Ne7 18. b5
(18. Bd3 Nc6 19. b5 Na5 20. Ke2 Rc8 21. Nd2 b6 22. f4 Be7 $11) 18... Ba5+ 19.
Kd1 Bb6 $5 $146 (19... Rc8 20. Bd3 Nf5 {was not much for White either in ½-½
(45) Feller,S (2602)-Edouard,R (2647) Agen 2016}) 20. Bd4 (20. Nd4 a6 21. bxa6
bxa6 22. Bd3 f6 $11) 20... Nf5 21. Bxb6 axb6 22. Bd3 Ke7 $11) 16... Ne7 {
This is what GM Adrien Demuth (who was helping the French team to prepare for
the games) and I thought to be the best defence for Black.} (16... h4 {just
makes Black's counterplay even slower:} 17. O-O hxg3 18. hxg3 Ne7 19. b5 $14) (
16... Bd7 17. a4 $1 Rc8 18. b5 $14) 17. b5 $1 {The right move: if Black plays .
..Nc6 he can breathe, as then he will be able to answer b5 with ...Na5.} a6 18.
a4 g6 $5 (18... Ba5+ {just helps White:} 19. Ke2 g6 20. Bc1 $14) (18... axb5
19. axb5 Rxa1+ 20. Bxa1 {doesn't help neither: White will play Ke2 and open up
the position with c4 at some point.}) 19. Ke2 {Definitely logical - there's no
need for White to castle.} Bd7 20. Rhb1 Kg7 21. Bc1 Nf5 $1 {Still home
preparation, and an important move. Black wants to take on b5 and play ...Bb6,
and be able to play ...Rfc8 in case of Bg5.} 22. h4 $6 {A really dubious move:
giving Black enough time to do what he wants, and also depriving himself of
h3-g4 ideas.} (22. bxa6 $1 bxa6 23. a5 Bc7 {is a bit sad for Black: but it
isn't easy for White to breakthrough!}) 22... axb5 23. axb5 Bb6 24. Rxa8 Rxa8
25. Bb2 Ra4 26. Bc3 Ra3 27. Bb2 Ra4 28. Bc3 Ra3 29. Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 28th"]
[Site "Eilat"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Leer Salvesen, Bjarte"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Geneve"]
[BlackTeam "SOSS"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 Ne7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 12. h4 $5 {An interesting way
to play, instead of the normal 12.Qd3, where Black can enter other lines like
12...d4.} b6 $146 (12... Bd7 13. h5 O-O-O 14. Qd3 Nf5 15. Rb1 $1 Na5 (15... d4
16. Rg1) 16. Rg1 Nc4 17. g4 Qc5 18. Qxc3 {1-0 (29) Edouard,R (2600)-Zhukova,N 
(2443) Aix-les-Bains FRA 2011}) 13. Rh3 $1 d4 14. Rg3 $1 {The right way to
play against 12...b6, according to my analysis.} (14. Ng3 Bb7 15. Ne4 O-O-O {
is very different compared to the game, and just very unclear.}) 14... Rxg3 $2
(14... Rf8 {is the only move, while after} 15. a4 $1 {the position is better
for White.}) 15. Nxg3 Bb7 16. Ne4 O-O-O 17. Qxf7 {In this kind of positions
Black needs his two rooks to get enough counterplay.} Nxe5 (17... Kb8 $8 18.
Ng5 $16 (18. Qxe6 $6 Nb4 $1 {gives Black some counterplay.})) (17... Nb4 $2 18.
Nd6+ $18) 18. Qxe6+ Kb8 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. fxe5 Bxe4 21. Bg5 Re8 22. O-O-O $18
Ng6 (22... Nc6 23. Re1 $18) 23. Re1 $5 {First trapping the black pieces in the
e-file, with the idea of taking the Black's pawns later!} (23. Rxd4 Rxe5 24.
Bd3 $18) 23... Rxe5 24. g3 $5 {The move I considered to be the simplest.} (24.
g4 $5 {wins a piece:} Kc7 (24... Kc8 25. Bf6 Re6 26. g5 $18) 25. Bc4 $1 Rc5 26.
Bf7 $18) (24. Bc4 {was my first idea:} Rc5 (24... Kc7 25. g4 $18) 25. Rxe4 Rxc4
26. g4 $18) 24... Kc7 25. Bf6 $6 {Played too fast.} (25. Bh6 $5 {followed by
Bg7 would just win.}) 25... Ra5 $8 {I simply overlooked this move.} 26. Rxe4
Rf5 27. Bd8+ $6 {To be honest, I liked the idea behind this move and just
played it, thinking the rook ending was just winning, but among the logical
moves it is the one that gives the most chances, though it is winning.} (27.
Be2 $5 Rxf6 28. h5 $18) (27. Bd3 Rxf6 28. h5 Nh8 (28... Nf8 29. Rf4 $18) 29.
Kd1 $18) 27... Kxd8 28. Rxd4+ (28. Bd3 $5 Rd5 29. h5 $1 Nh8 (29... Ne5 30. h6
$18) 30. g4 $18) 28... Ke7 29. Bd3 Rf6 30. Bxg6 Rxg6 31. Rd3 Rc6 32. Kd1 Ke6 (
32... b5 33. Ke2 a5 34. Rd4 $1 {should win easily.}) 33. Ke2 Ke5 34. Rf3 b5 (
34... Rc4 35. Rf4 $18) (34... Rc5 35. Ke3 {followed by g4 and White wins
easily.} (35. h5 $5)) 35. Kd3 Ra6 36. g4 (36. h5 $5) 36... Ra4 (36... Rxa3 37.
h5 $5 Ra4 (37... Ra1 38. Rf5+ Ke6 39. Rxb5 $18) 38. Rf5+ Ke6 39. Rg5 Kf6 40. h6
$1 $18) 37. h5 $5 {The most technical.} Rxg4 38. Rh3 Rg7 (38... b4 39. h6 $5 (
39. axb4 Rxb4 40. h6 $18) 39... Rd4+ 40. Ke2 $18) 39. h6 Rh7 40. Kxc3 {Black
cannot hold such a position with a passive rook on h7, and has no time to take
the h6-pawn and enter a pawn ending.} 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2020.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 $5 {
A tricky line with a growing popularity, the classical 7.Qg4 leading to masses
of theory.} Qc7 $5 8. h5 h6 ({Black can also capture the pawn with} 8... cxd4 {
but after} 9. cxd4 Qc3+ 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nf3 Qe4+ 12. Be2 Nf5 {this is just a
complicated line, where White enjoys fine compensation, as Black's king stands
in the center, while the e4-queen is a bit too exposed.}) 9. Rb1 $5 {This move
has a simple idea: to free the queen from d1, as otherwise Qg4 would be met
with ...cxd4 and ...Qc3+.} b6 10. Qg4 Rg8 11. Bb5+ $1 {A typical move. White's
idea is to provoke ...Bd7 or ...Nbc6, in both cases making ...Ba6 next
impossible.} Kf8 $1 $146 {But Nepo finds an easy solution, and doesn't move
either of his minor pieces.} (11... Bd7 {quickly went wrong for Black in the
only existing game:} 12. Bd3 $1 Nf5 $2 (12... Kf8 $142) 13. Qf4 Nc6 $2 14. Bxf5
exf5 15. e6 $1 $18 {1-0 (36) Bartel,M (2629)-Jaroch,K (2254) Zgierz 2017}) 12.
Bd3 Ba6 13. dxc5 $5 {This way look like an awkward change of pawn structure,
keeping isolated doubled c-pawns, but actually there are several good reason
to play this move: (1) it is to White's advantage to open the b-file, since he
has a rook on b1 (2) Black will have to capture on d3 soon or late and the
pawn structure will be back to normal (3) it avoids ideas like ...Bxd3
followed with ...c4 that would create a hole on c4 in Black's favour and (4)
it works tactically, as after ...Qxe5+ White would just go Ne2 and the Black
queen would be too exposed after a coming Bf4.} Bxd3 (13... bxc5 14. Nf3 {
would be likely to transpose.} ({And not} 14. Rxb8+ $4 Rxb8 15. Bxa6 c4 $17))
14. cxd3 Nd7 15. d4 bxc5 16. Qd1 {Until now both players had spent little time
and both seemed to be inside their home preparation. Engines give equality
here, and online commentators claimed that Black is doing alright. Even Magnus
Carlsen said: "this is probably the best ...Kf8 Winawer I have ever seen". But
I fully disagree with that assessment. White is behind in development but has
a future for his pieces and especially his king, while Black doesn't have as
long as queens are on the board. I definitely prefer White here. I would also
tend to believe this could be al AlphaZero suggestion, as here we're
witnessing a typical long-term pressure on the black position.} Qa5 17. Bd2 $1
{Of course Maxime doesn't mind sacrificing his a3-pawn.} Rb8 ({Obviously} 17...
Qxa3 {was playable, but again, after} 18. Ne2 Qa6 19. O-O {I believe White has
excellent middle and long-term compensation.}) 18. Ne2 c4 $2 {This is
definitely a mistake, making White's life too easy. It is true that it avoids
Bd2-b4 forever, but the bishop may get to this diagonal through c1 and a3.} (
18... Rxb1 19. Qxb1 Qa6 {looked like the human way to play, although after} 20.
a4 $1 {I like White. If Black takes the pawn, White can castle. If not, Qb5
should guarantee White a small advantage.}) 19. O-O Rb6 20. Qc2 Rh8 $6 {
Definitely, Nepo has no idea what to do, and this is the main problem of his
position from the start.} (20... Ra6 21. Bc1 Qa4 {to try to stop the bishop
going to a3 would probably not work for long after} 22. Qd2 {with the idea of
Rb4.}) 21. a4 Ke8 22. Rb4 Nc6 23. f4 $1 {Superb! Just ignoring the hanging
rook on b4.} Ne7 (23... Nxb4 24. cxb4 Qa6 25. f5 {and Black is facing a
terrible attack, while he cannot make use of his extra exchange.}) 24. Rfb1 f5
({Another reaction would have been} 24... g6 {after what White could have
played} 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. f5 $5 gxf5 27. Nf4 {with Qd1 next and devastating
compensation.}) 25. Rb5 Qa6 26. Bc1 $1 {Finally the bishop is about to join
the a3-f8 diagonal.} Kf7 $2 ({It may have been the last moment to play} 26...
g6 {but after} 27. Ba3 $1 gxh5 28. Ng3 {Black is in huge trouble anyway.}) 27.
Ba3 Rhb8 (27... Rxb5 28. Rxb5 Rb8 {trying to liquidate everything would just
lose after} 29. Rxb8 Nxb8 30. Bxe7 $1 Kxe7 31. g4 $1 {and the white queen gets
to g6, from where it is going to collect quite a few pawns.}) 28. Bxe7 $1 Kxe7
29. g4 $1 {Same as above! Black's position starts to collapse.} Rxb5 (29...
fxg4 $2 30. Qg6 $18) 30. axb5 Rxb5 31. gxf5 $1 {Perfect play by Maxime.} (31.
Rxb5 $2 Qxb5 32. gxf5 Qb3 {would give Black serious chances to hold.}) 31...
Rxb1+ 32. Qxb1 exf5 33. Ng3 $1 {Finally, the crucial f5-pawn falls.} (33. Qxf5
{would be less precise due to} Qe6 $1 {and White should watch out for Black's
a-pawn.}) 33... Qb6 34. Nxf5+ Kf8 35. Qa1 Qe6 {Black is despearately seeking
for counterplay on the kingside.} 36. Ng3 $1 {Again, perfect! The knight makes
room for the white pawns to advance and will be a perfect defender of the
white king.} Qg4 37. Kg2 Qxf4 ({At the press conference Maxime showed the
following lines, that he had calculated during the game:} 37... g6 38. Qa3+ Ke8
39. Qd6 gxh5 40. e6 Nf8 (40... Nb6 41. f5 h4 42. Qb8+ Ke7 43. Qc7+ $18) (40...
Nf6 41. Qb8+ Ke7 42. Qc7+ $1 Kxe6 43. f5+ $18) 41. f5 h4 42. Qb8+ Ke7 43. Qc7+
Kf6 44. Qf7+ Kg5 45. Qg7+ Kf4 46. Qe5+) 38. Qxa7 Ke7 (38... Qg4 39. Qa8+ Ke7
40. Qxd5 $18) 39. Qa3+ Kd8 40. Qd6 $1 {Now it's easy. Black is parlyzed, the
d5-pawn is hanging, and as explained earlier: Black has no chance of giving a
perpetual check.} g5 (40... Ke8 41. Qe6+ Kd8 42. Qxd5 $18) (40... Qd2+ 41. Kh3
Qxc3 42. e6 $18) 41. hxg6 h5 42. g7 {The black queen will have to leave the
f4-square, from where it was "pinning" the e5-pawn, and e5-e6 is unavoidable.
What a victory for Maxime, at the most crucial time of the first half of the
event!} 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch 91st"]
[Site "Agen"]
[Date "2016.08.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Feller, Sebastien"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Kf8 $5 8. Nb5
Bb6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Bb2 {The most consistent move.} (10. Bf4 Nge7 11. Bd3 Ng6
12. h4 a6 13. Nd6 h5 14. Qg3 Nxf4 15. Qxf4 f6 $17 {0-1 (32) Svetushkin,D (2588)
-Edouard,R (2659) Haguenau FRA 2013}) (10. Qf4 a6 11. Nbxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qc7
13. Bb2 f6 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Qd2 e5 $13 {0-1 (56) Dourerassou,J (2505)-Bauer,C
(2630) Nice FRA 2014}) 10... Nge7 11. Nbxd4 (11. Bd3 Ng6 12. Qg3 f6 $5 $146 (
12... a6 13. Nbxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 $14 {1-0 (29) Safarli,E (2663)-Mirzoev,A 
(2518) Baku AZE 2016}) 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Nbxd4 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 fxe5 16. Qxe5 Rh5
17. Nxe6+ Bxe6 18. Qxe6 Qe8 $44) 11... h5 12. Qf4 (12. Qg3 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4
14. Bxd4 Nf5 15. Qf4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Qb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (48) Leko,P (2723)-Dubov,D
(2629) RUS 2014}) 12... Ng6 13. Nxc6 Nxf4 $146 {Probably the best choice.} (
13... bxc6 14. Qd2 Nh4 15. Nxh4 Qxh4 16. Bd3 a5 17. O-O g6 {was also solid in
1/2-1/2 (45) Berg,E (2583)-Haug,J (2307) Oslo NOR 2016, but White is always a
bit better in those positions.}) 14. Nxd8 Bxd8 15. g3 Ng6 16. h4 {A logical
move, but losing an important tempo.} (16. Bd3 h4 17. O-O-O {might be a better
try.}) 16... Bd7 17. a4 Ne7 $5 (17... f6 18. Bd3 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. Nxe5
Be8 {was also fine.}) 18. b5 (18. Bd3 Nc6 {is fine for Black as b5 will then
always be met by ...Na5.}) 18... Ba5+ 19. Kd1 Rc8 (19... g6 $5 {followed by ...
Kg7 was also interesting, while Black should not be afraid of} 20. Bc1 {
since after} Kg7 21. Bg5 Rhe8 22. Bf6+ Kf8 23. g4 Ng8 {he will just be better.}
) 20. Bd3 Nf5 21. Ke2 Ke7 22. Rhd1 (22. Ba3+ Ke8 23. Rhd1 Bc3 24. Rab1 f6 25.
exf6 gxf6 26. Bxf5 exf5 27. Rxd5 Be6 $44) 22... Rhd8 (22... Nh6 $5 {was also
possible.}) 23. Nd4 ({I was expecting} 23. Rac1 {to try to open the position
with c4 but even after} Bc3 $5 24. Bxc3 Rxc3 25. Bxf5 exf5 26. Nd4 (26. Rxd5 f4
$44) 26... Rdc8 {Black is just fine.}) 23... Nxd4+ 24. Bxd4 Bc3 25. Bxc3 Rxc3
26. Ke3 f6 27. Kd4 Rdc8 28. Re1 $6 (28. Rdb1 Be8 29. Rb4 {to prevent ...Bg6
was required.}) 28... Be8 $1 {Suddenly White is in trouble.} 29. f4 Bg6 30. Re2
Be4 31. Ra2 Kf7 32. a5 Kg6 33. Ra4 Bxd3 34. cxd3 Rb3 (34... Kf5 $5 {was also
possible. White would have to play} 35. Raa2 {and the position is unpleasant
for him, but not lost.}) 35. exf6 Kxf6 36. b6 axb6 37. axb6 Rcc3 38. Re3 Rc1
39. Re5 Rd1 $6 (39... g6 $1 {with the idea} 40. Ra8 $6 Rb4+ 41. Ke3 Re1+ {
was way better.}) 40. Re3 Rxb6 $6 ({It was better to repeat the position once.
} 40... Rc1) 41. Ra8 Rc6 42. Rf8+ Ke7 43. Rb8 $4 ({After} 43. Rg8 {the
position would just be a draw, as} Rc4+ 44. Ke5 Rxd3 {would fail to} 45. Rxg7+
Kf8 46. Rxd3 Kxg7 47. Kxe6 {and only White can win.}) 43... Kf6 $4 {Just
missing a win despite a very long thinking!} (43... Rc4+ 44. Ke5 Rb4 45. Rg8 ({
I just missed that after} 45. d4 {the pawn on d4 would be hanging!} Rdxd4 $19)
45... d4 $1 46. Re4 (46. Re2 Kf7 47. Rd8 Rxd3 48. Rd7+ Ke8 $5 49. Rxg7 Re3+ $19
) 46... Rb5+ 47. Kxd4 Rd5+ 48. Kc4 b5+ 49. Kb4 Kf7 $19) 44. Rf8+ Ke7 45. Rb8
Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chA 86th"]
[Site "Caen"]
[Date "2011.08.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Bricard, Emmanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2011.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. Nf3
{A bad option. But I couldn't remember anything.} (8. a4 {or}) (8. Bd2 {or}) (
8. Bd3 {or}) (8. h4 {are the other possibilities.}) 8... Qa5 9. Bd2 Qa4 {
Of course 8.a4 was the most logical, in order to prevent that manoeuver, but 8.
..Qc7 was a problem.} 10. Ra2 (10. c4 {was my idea but} Qxc2 11. dxc5 Nbc6 {
is just fine for Black.}) 10... b6 11. Qf4 Ng6 (11... h6 $5 {was also fine,
for instance:} 12. dxc5 Qxf4 13. Bxf4 bxc5 {and White has no way to break
through.}) 12. Qe3 Ba6 13. Bd3 ({Of course not} 13. dxc5 Bxf1 14. Rxf1 Nd7 {
and Black is better.}) 13... Nc6 $6 {Now White is better. A weird choice.} (
13... Nd7 $5) (13... cxd4 {was the most natural:} 14. Nxd4 (14. cxd4 Nc6 15.
O-O Bxd3 16. cxd3 Nge7 {and Black is just fine.}) 14... Bxd3 15. cxd3 Nc6 16.
Nxc6 Qxc6 17. O-O {with an unclear position. But of course Black should never
end up worse here, I guess!}) 14. dxc5 Bxd3 15. cxd3 Qb5 16. Ke2 $1 Qxc5 (16...
bxc5 17. a4 Qb6 18. Raa1 {is very unpleasant for Black.}) 17. Qxc5+ bxc5 18.
Be3 d4 $2 {It was a bad idea to open the position with such a king on f8!} (
18... Ngxe5 19. Bxc5+ Ke8 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Rb1 Nd7 22. Bd6 (22. Be3 Kd8 $5 23.
Rb7 a6 24. Rab2 Kc8 {and I'm not sure White can really improve on anything,
though it is of course slightly better!}) (22. Bd4 e5 23. Be3 Ke7 $5 {Black
has got the e6-square for his king.}) 22... Nb6 23. a4 Kd7 24. Bg3 {and Black
is under pressure.}) 19. cxd4 cxd4 20. Nxd4 (20. Rc1 $5 Ncxe5 $1 (20... dxe3
21. Rxc6 exf2 22. Rc7 {should be sort of winning, since Rb2-Rb7 is coming.})
21. Nxd4 {is the same as the game!}) 20... Ncxe5 (20... Nxd4+ 21. Bxd4 Nf4+ 22.
Kf3 Nd5 23. Rb1 {just wins.}) 21. Rc1 (21. Rb2 $5 {could make a few favourable
differences.}) 21... Ke7 $8 (21... Ne7 {was the other option, since Black
absolutely must reorganise his play, but after:} 22. Nb5 Nd5 23. Nc7 $1 {
White wins.}) 22. Rc7+ Kf6 23. Nb5 $6 {Threatening Nd6-Ne4.} (23. h3 $1 Rhd8 (
23... Rhc8 24. Rac2 $16) 24. Rb2 $1 {was very strong. Black has huge problems
to reorganise his pieces.} ({Not} 24. f4 $6 Nxf4+ $1 25. Bxf4 Rxd4 26. Bxe5+
Kxe5 27. Rxf7 {giving Black drawing chances.})) 23... Rhd8 24. d4 Nd7 $1 (24...
Ng4 {doesn't make sense: Black will have to take on e3 sooner or later!} 25.
Nxa7 $16) 25. Nxa7 Ne7 26. Rb7 $5 {It is important to keep my rook there!} Nd5
$2 {A technical mistake. The other knight has to come there.} (26... Nb6 $1 {
was the last moment to defend:} 27. Rc2 Ned5 28. Bc1 Rdb8 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 {
and Black has drawing chances.}) 27. Bd2 N7b6 28. a4 Nc4 29. Nc6 Rdc8 $2 (29...
Nxd2 30. Kxd2 (30. Nxd8 $2 Ne4 $132) 30... Rd6 31. Ne5 (31. Nb8 $5 Ne7 32. a5
Rxd4+ 33. Kc3 $16) 31... Ne7 32. Rd7 $16) (29... Rf8 30. Kd3 $18) 30. Ne5 $1
Nd6 (30... Nxe5 31. dxe5+ Kg6 (31... Kxe5 32. Rxf7 $18) 32. Ra3 $18) 31. Rd7
Ra6 $2 {The last mistake...} (31... Rd8 $2 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Kd3 $18) 32. Ra3
$1 {Black gets sort of mated.} g5 33. Rf3+ Nf4+ 34. Bxf4 gxf4 35. Rxf4+ Kg7 36.
Nxf7 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 11th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2010.06.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 cxd4 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 12. Nxc3 {[%cal Yc3b5,Yb5d6]
Quite a rare continuation.} (12. Qd3 {is far more popular.}) 12... Nd4 $5 {
First of all, we note that Black does not take the pawn back, which gives
White an opportunity to play with an extra pawn. However, Black's active
pieces and the vulnerable position of White's king may promise Black
sufficient compensation. Apparently, this variation was prepared for the
Topalov-Kamsky match. Last year, the Bulgarian super grandmaster preferred to
avoid a theoretical discussion in this sharp variation, but now we have a
chance to see what exactly Kamsky's team had prepared!} ({Another way to cover
the b5-square is} 12... a6 {, after which there is no obvious way to get an
advantage for White. For example, in event of} 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. O-O-O O-O-O {
[%cal Yc6a5,Ya5c4] , Black seems to be OK, thanks to a strong centre and the
vulnerable position of White's king.} 15. Qd3 (15. Qxf7 $5 Rgf8 16. Qh7 Rxf4
$13) (15. g3 Nf5 16. Qxf7 Ncd4 $44 {[%cal Gd4c2]}) 15... Na5 16. g3 Kb8 (16...
Nc4 17. Qd4) 17. Ne2 Bb5 18. Qc3 Qb6 19. Qd4 Qc7 20. Qc3 Qb6 21. Nd4 Rc8 (21...
Bxf1 22. Rhxf1 Nc4 23. Rd3 $14) 22. Qb4 Nec6 23. Nxc6+ Nxc6 24. Qd2 Na5 (24...
Bxf1 25. Rhxf1 Na5 $44) 25. Bc3 Rxc3 $2 (25... Nc4 $142 $13) 26. Qxc3 Rc8 27.
Qb2 $16 {1-0 Shirov,A (2737)-Dvirnyy,D (2450)/Arvier 2010/CB17_2010 (35)}) ({
The most principled reply,} 12... Nxe5 {, favours White:} 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. Be2
N5g6 $6 (14... a6 15. O-O (15. fxe5 Qxe5) 15... axb5 16. fxe5 Qxe5 17. Qxf7+
Kd8 18. Qf2 $16) (14... Ng4 $142 15. O-O a6 16. Bxg4 Rxg4 17. Nd4 $14) 15. O-O
Bd7 16. Rb1 a6 17. Nd4 Qc7 18. Bd2 O-O-O 19. Rb3 $16 {1-0 Kosintseva,T (2524)
-Hou,Y (2570)/Nalchik 2010/CB18_2010 (53)}) 13. Bb2 (13. Qd3 {allows Black to
activate his second knight:} Nef5) ({The direct} 13. Nb5 {enables Black to win
the pawn back:} Qxc2 $1 14. Qd3 (14. Nd6+ Kd7 15. Qd3 Nec6 $132 {[%cal Yg8g2]})
14... Qxd3 15. Bxd3 Nxb5 16. Bxb5+ Bd7 $15) 13... Bd7 14. O-O-O {White simply
completes his development and attacks Black's knight.} (14. Nxd5 {seems very
dangerous for White. Obviously, without deep analysis, White should not play
this way.} Nxc2+ 15. Kd1 (15. Kd2 $2 Qa5+ 16. Kxc2 exd5 $40 {[%cal Ga8c8,Yd7f5]
}) 15... exd5 $1 {opening the c8-h3 diagonal for the bishop.} 16. Qxc2 Bg4+ 17.
Kc1 Qb6 18. Qa4+ $13) 14... Qb6 $1 {[%cal Ya8c8] Black keeps his knight on an
active position and prepares to put some pressure along the c-file.} 15. Qd3 {
Bringing the queen back to its camp and driving away Black's knight from its
active position.} (15. Nxd5 {is once again too dangerous.} Nb3+ 16. cxb3 exd5
$132 {[%cal Yd7f5]}) ({I believe that the following continuation was
investigated by Kamsky's team as well:} 15. Ne4 $5 Nb3+ $1 16. cxb3 dxe4 17.
Qxe4 Rc8+ 18. Kb1 Qxb3 19. Qd3 Qxd3+ (19... Qa4 20. Qd4 $14) 20. Rxd3 (20. Bxd3
Rxg2 21. h4 Ba4 $132 {[%cal Ya4c2]}) 20... Bc6 21. Rg3 Rxg3 22. hxg3 Kd7 $11 {
[%cal Yc8g8,Ye7f5]} (22... Nf5 23. g4 $14)) 15... Ndf5 (15... Nef5 $2 {is now
refuted by} 16. Nxd5 $1 $18) 16. Nb5 Rc8 $146 {Here comes the improvement! It
makes much more sense to occupy the c-file with the rook rather than castle
long. Black keeps the king in the centre, where it is quite safe, thanks to
his strong centre.} (16... O-O-O $2 {gives White sufficient time to
consolidate his forces.} 17. g3 a6 18. Nd4 Kb8 19. Qb3 $16 {1-0 Nijboer,F 
(2525)-Wirschell,T (2325)/Antwerp 1996/EXT 1997 (27)}) 17. g3 (17. Nd4 {
is now met by} Ba4 $1) (17. Bd4 Qa5 18. Qb3 Kf8 $1 $44 {[%cal Ya7a6]}) 17...
Rc4 $6 {It may be the case, that the former European champion forgot his
analysis... After this inaccuracy, White could have got an advantage.} ({
In my opinion, Black should have preferred} 17... a6 18. Nd4 Ba4 19. Rd2 Rc4
20. Nxf5 Nxf5 21. Qf3 Rc6 $44 {[%cal Yf5e3] All Black's pieces take part in
the game, which is impossible to say about their counterparts. The position is
very sharp and only careful analysis and further games will clarify the
situation as to whether Black's compensation is sufficient.} (21... Ne3 {
is nice, but less convinving, in view of} 22. Bxc4 Nxc4 23. Qc3 $14)) 18. Nd6+
$2 {Missing a wonderful opportunity to obtain a clear advantage after} (18. Nd4
$1 Ba4 19. Qd2 $1 {It seems that Karjakin might have missed this move in his
calculations.} Rc8 (19... Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Rxc2+ 21. Qxc2 Bxc2 22. Bxb6 Bxd1 23.
Bb5+ $18) 20. Bd3 a5 (20... Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Qb3 22. Bb2 {[%cal Yc1b1]} Bb5 (22...
Qa2 23. Qa5) 23. Qb4 $14) 21. Qf2 $16 {[%cal Yd1d2]}) 18... Nxd6 19. exd6 Nf5
$15 {[%csl Rc1,Rc2][%cal Gd7a4,Ye8d7,Yg8c8,Gc8c2] The position obtained is
quite irrational.Neither king is safe, Black has a strong centre, but White
has the pair of bishops. It seems to me, that it is easier to play such a
position with the black pieces, since he has a clear plan of attack on the
queenside....} 20. Kb1 $6 {This natural move leads to a very unpleasant
position for White.} ({Apparently, White should have played} 20. Qf3 $5 Nd4 $1
(20... Rc8 21. Bd3 $11) 21. Bxd4 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Qxd4 {with a seemingly
dangerous position for White. However, Fritz stays cool and claims that after}
23. Be2 {[%cal Yh1d1] White's position is still OK.}) 20... Ba4 21. Rd2 Kd7 $1
{Preparing to bring the other rook to the c-file.} 22. Bh3 Nd4 23. f5 $2 {
White opens up the game, which makes sense, since he's got a pair of bishops
and Black's king is still in the center. But, in this particular position, it
helps Black to build a strong centre, which strengthens the position of
Black's pieces in the centre and makes the monarch feel safer. In any event,
other continuations do not make White's life easier:} (23. c3 $5 Nb3 $1 (23...
Nb5 $2 24. Qh7 $1) (23... Rh8 24. cxd4 Rxh3 25. f5 $13) 24. Re2 Re4 $1 {
[%cal Ya4b5]} 25. c4 Nc5 26. Qf3 dxc4 $17) (23. Qh7 $4 Bxc2+ 24. Rxc2 Rxc2 25.
Qxf7+ Kxd6 $19) 23... e5 24. f6+ Kxd6 25. c3 e4 $17 {[%csl Ra3,Rb1,Rb2,Rc3,Gc4,
Gd4,Yd5,Ye4] A strong centre, extremely active pieces and the vast number of
White's weaknesses promise Black a long-term advantage.} 26. Qe3 Nb5 $2 {
Moving the knight away from the centre was a serious mistake.} (26... Nf3 $1 {
was simpler and much stronger.} 27. Qxb6+ axb6 28. Rf2 Ne5 29. Bf1 Rc5 $17) 27.
Qxb6+ axb6 28. Rc1 d4 $6 {Apparently, that's what Emil had in mind when he
played 26...Nb5. It seems that Black got overoptimistic about his position and
tried to win the game right away, even though his advantage was not decisive
yet. Probably, Black should have improved his position with the simple 28...
Re8.} (28... e3 $5 29. Re2 Re8 30. Bf5 (30. Bf1 $5) 30... d4 31. cxd4 Rxc1+ 32.
Kxc1 Kd5 33. Bd7 (33. h4 Nxd4 34. Bxd4 Kxd4 $17) 33... Nc3 $1 $15) (28... Re8
$5 {[%cal Ye4e3]} 29. Bf1 (29. Re2 Bb3) 29... e3 30. Re2 (30. Rg2 Rc5) 30...
Kc6 $15 {[%cal Yb5d6]}) 29. cxd4 e3 30. Re2 Rxc1+ 31. Kxc1 Re8 32. Re1 (32. Bf5
$6 {would enable him to play} Kd5 {, which leads to the 28...e3!? variation.})
32... Nc7 {Moving the knight back to the centre.} 33. Bf5 Nd5 34. h4 Nxf6 ({
Black does not have sufficient resources to play for a win in this position.
For example, after} 34... Bd7 35. Bxd7 (35. Bd3 Nxf6) 35... Kxd7 36. Kd1 Rg8 (
36... Nxf6 37. Ke2 $14) 37. Rg1 {Black must be careful to maintain equality
with} Rc8 $1 $11 (37... Ke6 $2 38. Ke2 Kf5 39. Kf3 Rg4 40. h5 $16)) 35. d5 $1 {
Opening up the long diagonal for the bishop.} Nh5 $1 {Black can not allow
White's h-pawn to move forward freely.} (35... Nxd5 36. h5 $36) 36. g4 Nf4 37.
h5 Ng2 38. Re2 Nf4 39. Re1 $11 Bd7 $6 {Now it was time to admit that White's
pair of bishops and the passed h-pawn compensate for Black's active pieces and
the passed e-pawn.} (39... Ng2 $11) 40. Bxd7 Nd3+ 41. Kd1 Kxd7 $4 {A blunder.
It seems to me that Black simply missed White's next move.} ({Black still has
a draw after} 41... Nxb2+ 42. Kc2 Kxd7 43. Kxb2 Re4 $1 44. Kc3 Rxg4 45. Rh1 $1
Kd6 46. h6 Rg8 47. h7 Rh8 48. Rh5 (48. Kd4 e2 $11 {[%cal Ye2e1]}) 48... f5 $11)
42. Bg7 $3 Nxe1 43. Kxe1 $18 {Now, White's h-pawn cannot be stopped. The worst
of all for Black is that the endgame with doubled b-pawns against White's
bishop and a3-pawn is lost.} Rc8 (43... Kd6 {leads to a lost endgame.} 44. h6
Kxd5 45. h7 Ke4 46. h8=Q Rxh8 47. Bxh8 Kf4 48. Ke2 $18 {Please refer to the
annotations for the 47th move, which explain why this endgame is lost for
Black.}) 44. h6 Rc1+ 45. Ke2 Rh1 46. Kxe3 Ke7 47. Kf4 {White's king is going
to help the h-pawn to get promoted to the queen, while the d-pawn will
distract Black's king.} Rh3 ({Black is lost after} 47... Kd6 {as well:} 48.
Bf8+ (48. Kf5 Rf1+ 49. Kg5 Rh1 50. Bf8+ Ke5 $1 51. d6 Ke6 52. d7 Kxd7 53. Kf6
Ke8) 48... Kxd5 49. Kf5 {[%cal Yf5f6,Yf6f7,Yf6g7]} Rf1+ 50. Kg5 {[%cal Yh6h7,
Yf8h6]} Rh1 51. Kf6 Rf1+ 52. Kg7 Rg1 53. h7 Rxg4+ 54. Kxf7 Rh4 55. Kg6 Rxh7 56.
Kxh7 {Unfortunately for Black, his doubled pawns kill him and this endgame is
lost. It should be noted that if Black had only one b-pawn, White would not be
able to create a zugzwang to force Black push the b-pawn, which would help
White's pawn to move from a3 to b4. Here are approximate variations:} Ke6 57.
Kg6 Kd7 58. Kf7 Kc8 59. Ke6 Kb8 (59... Kc7 60. Bd6+) 60. Kd7 Ka7 61. Kc8 Ka8
62. Bd6 b5 (62... Ka7 63. Bb8+ Ka8 64. a4 $18) 63. Bb8 b6 64. Bf4 ({White
should still be careful, since after} 64. Kc7 $4 b4 65. axb4 b5 $11 {Black
survives!}) 64... Ka7 65. Bd6 Ka8 (65... Ka6 66. Kb8 $18) 66. Bb8 $18 {
Zugzwang.}) (47... Rf1+ 48. Kg5 Rh1 49. Be5 b5 50. Bf4 $18 {[%cal Yd5d6,Yd6d7,
Gg5f6]}) 48. g5 Kd6 49. Kf5 Rh1 (49... Ke7 50. Be5 {[%cal Yd5d6]}) 50. Bf8+ Kd7
51. Kf6 Ke8 52. Bb4 Rh5 53. d6 b5 54. Bc5 Kd7 55. Bb4 Ke8 56. Bd2 Rh2 57. Kg7
f6 58. g6 {A very interesting game, which enabled Sergey to share first place
in the tournament!} 1-0

[Event "Bad Lauterberg Bohemia"]
[Site "Bad Lauterberg"]
[Date "1991.11.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vogt, Lothar"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1991.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Ng5 (11. O-O c4 12. Be2 f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. g3
Bd7 15. Be3 Raf8 16. Bg5 R6f7 17. Rab1 $10 {J.Polgar - Hertneck, BRD 1991.})
11... h6 12. Nxf7 Qxf7 13. Qxg6 Qxg6 $1 {Auf 13.-Dxf2+? folgt 14.Kd1! und
Weiss steht besser.} 14. Bxg6 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Bb2 Nf5 18. g3
a6 19. Kd2 Bb5 20. Bxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gausdal MI 9394"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ernst, Thomas"]
[Black "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Ne7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Bd3 b6 12. h4 $5 (12. Ne2 Ba6 13. Nf4 Qd7 14.
Bb4 (14. Nh5 Ng6 15. Bxa6 Nxa6 16. h4 Rac8 $6 17. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 18. h5 Qg7 19.
hxg6 Qxg6 20. Qd3 Rc4 21. exf6 Qxf6 22. c3 $13 {Minasjan,A-Borovikov,V/URS-chT
Podolsk/1990/}) 14... Rf7 15. h4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 $13 {Hort,V-Petrosian,T/
Kapfenberg/1970/}) 12... Ba6 13. Ne2 (13. h5 $2 Bxd3 14. cxd3 Nbc6 15. Ne2 f4
16. Qg4 Nxd4 $1 $17) 13... Nec6 $6 (13... Bxd3 14. cxd3 Nbc6 15. Rc1 Qd7 $10)
14. Rc1 $1 Qe7 15. Bxa6 (15. h5 Qxa3 $13) 15... Nxa6 16. h5 Rac8 17. h6 g6 18.
Nf4 Kf7 $5 (18... Nxd4 $2 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Qxg6+ Kh8 21. Bg5 $18) (18... Kh8
$1 19. c3 Nc7 (19... Na5 $2 20. Qxg6 $1 hxg6 21. Nxg6+ Kh7 22. Nxe7 $16) 20. a4
Rf7 $10) 19. Nxg6 $1 hxg6 20. h7 Rh8 21. Bg5 (21. Rh6 Kf8 $1 (21... Nxd4 $2 22.
Qxg6+ Kf8 23. Qh5 Qg7 24. Rf6+ Ke7 25. Bg5 $18) 22. Qxg6 Rc7 23. Qh5 Rxh7 24.
Rxh7 Qxh7 25. Bh6+ Ke7 26. Bg5+ Kf8 27. Bh6+ $10) 21... Qf8 $1 (21... Qc7 $2
22. Bf6 Nxd4 23. Rh6 $18) 22. Qd3 Nc7 $2 $16 (22... Nc5 $1 23. dxc5 Nxe5 24.
Qd4 Qg7 25. Qa4 Nc6 (25... Rc7 26. cxb6 axb6 27. Bf4 Re7 28. Bg5 $10) 26. cxb6
Qe5+ (26... Qc3+ 27. Kf1 axb6 28. Qa6 Qc4+ 29. Qxc4 dxc4 30. Rb1 Rb8 31. Rd1
Rb7 32. Rd6 $14) 27. Kf1 axb6 28. Qa6 Qc7 29. Rb1 Rb8 30. Rh3 Na5 $1 $13) 23.
Bf6 Na5 (23... Ne7 $1 24. Qg3 Ne8 25. Bxh8 $1 (25. Qg5 $2 Nxf6 26. exf6 Ng8 $1
{Henrik Danielsson's Zug.} (26... Nc6 $2 27. Rh6 $16) 27. hxg8=Q+ Qxg8 28. Kd2
Qd8 $1 29. Rxh8 Qxh8 $19) 25... Qxh8 26. Rh6 Nc7 $1 (26... Ng7 27. Qg5 Nh5 28.
Kd2 Qg7 29. Rh1 Rh8 30. R1xh5 $1 gxh5 31. Rf6+ $18) 27. Qg5 Ke8 28. c4 $1 (28.
Kd2 $2 Nb5 29. Qf6 Kd7 30. c4 $4 Nxd4 31. cxd5 Nb3+ $19) 28... Kd7 29. cxd5
Ncxd5 30. Rxc8 Kxc8 31. Kf1 (31. Qc1+ Kb7 32. Qc4 Nc6 33. Kf1 $16 {/\ Kg1, 35.
Rg6 Qh7 36.Re6}) 31... f4 $5 (31... Kd7 32. Kg1 Nc3 $2 33. Rxg6 $1 Ne2+ (33...
Nxg6 34. Qxg6 $18) 34. Kf1 Nxd4 35. Rg7 Ndc6 36. Qf6 $18) 32. Kg1 Kd7 33. Rh3
Ke8 34. Qg4 $16) (23... Ne8 $6 24. Bxh8 Qxh8 25. c4 dxc4 26. Rxc4 $18) 24. Qg3
Nc4 (24... Nb5 25. Qg5 Nxd4 26. Rh6 Ke8 27. Rxg6 $3 Rxh7 28. Rg8 Rcc7 $5 {
Tisdall} (28... Rh1+ 29. Kd2 Nc4+ 30. Kd3 $18) 29. f3 $1 Rh1+ (29... Nab3 30.
Qg6+ Rcf7 31. cxb3 Rh1+ 32. Kf2 Rxc1 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Qh6+ $18) (29... Nc4
30. Kf2 Nxa3 31. Qg6+ Rcf7 32. Bg5 $1 Nc4 33. Re1 $18) 30. Kf2 Rxc1 31. Qh5+ $1
Kd7 (31... Rf7 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Qh8# $18) 32. Rxf8 R7xc2+ 33. Ke3 $1 {
The only winning move!} (33. Kg3 $4 Ne2+ 34. Kh2 Rh1+ $3 $19) 33... Re1+ (33...
Nc4+ 34. Kf4 Ne2+ 35. Kg5 Kc6 36. Qe8+ Kc5 37. Qxe6 $18) (33... f4+ 34. Kxf4
Ne2+ 35. Kg5) (33... Re2+ 34. Kxd4 Rd1+ (34... Nb3+ 35. Kd3 Rd2+ 36. Ke3 Rc3+
37. Kf4 Rd4+ 38. Kg5 $18) 35. Kc3 d4+ 36. Kb4 Nc6+ 37. Kb5 $18) (33... Rc3+ 34.
Kf4 Ne2+ 35. Kg5 $18) 34. Kxd4 Nb3+ 35. Kd3 Rd2+ 36. Kc3 Re3+ 37. Kb4 Rd4+ 38.
Kb5 $18) 25. Qg5 Ke8 26. Bxh8 Qxh8 27. Rh6 $1 Kd7 28. Rxg6 Kc6 29. Rg8 $18 (29.
Rg7 Ne8 30. Rf7 Nc7 31. Qg6 $16) 29... Qxh7 30. Rxc8 Nxa3 31. Ke2 a5 (31... Kb7
32. Qd8 Nab5 33. Rb8+ Kc6 34. c4 $1 Nxd4+ 35. Kd2 Qh6+ 36. Kd3 $18) 32. Qd8
Nab5 (32... Qh5+ 33. f3 Nab5 34. c4 Nxd4+ 35. Kd3 $18) 33. Qe8+ Qd7 (33... Kb7
34. Rb8+ Ka7 35. Qc8 Nxd4+ 36. Kd2 Qh6+ 37. Kd3 $18) 34. Qxd7+ Kxd7 35. Rxc7+
Kxc7 36. Kd3 Na3 37. Rh1 Nc4 38. Rh7+ Kd8 39. Kc3 b5 40. Rb7 b4+ 41. Kb3 Ke8
42. Ka4 1-0

[Event "VISA GP"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jonsson, Bjorgvin"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Nh6
9. Nf3 Bd7 (9... Nc6 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. O-O a6 12. Nxc7+ Qxc7 13. Kh1 Rc8 $10 {
Van der Wiel-Hort/Amsterdam/1988/CBM9}) 10. Nxc7+ (10. Nfxd4 $5 a6 11. Nxc7+
Qxc7 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. Nf3 $1 Ne7 14. a4 Nef5 15. Bd3 $14 {Hellers,F-Knaak,R/
Novi Sad (ol) 50/322 1990 (27)}) 10... Qxc7 11. Bd3 (11. Bb2 a5 $1 (11... a6
12. Bd3 (12. Nxd4 $1 Nc6 (12... Ba4 $5 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. O-O Qb6 15. Kh1 Bb5 16.
f5 $5 $36) 13. Nf3 (13. Nb3 $5 $14) 13... Ne7 (13... O-O $5 {/\Nf5}) 14. a4 $1
{[#]} (14. Bd3 $6 Bb5 $1) 14... Nc8 (14... O-O 15. Bd3 $16) 15. Bd3 Nb6 16. a5
$16 {Atlas,V-Kindermann,S/AUT-chT 1996 (41)}) (12. a4 $6 Nc6 13. Ba3 Nf5) 12...
Nc6 13. Nxd4 Qb6 14. c3 Rc8 15. g4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 $13 {Frick,R-Hug,W/Bern zt
1990/1/2-1/2 (76)}) (11... Ba4 $5) 12. Bd3 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 O-O 15.
Bxd4 Nc6 16. Bc5 Rc8 17. O-O b6 18. Bd6 Qd8 $11 {Smirin,I-Lputian,S/Lvov zt
1990 (40)}) 11... a6 (11... Nf5 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. Qe2 (13. Qd2 Rc8 14. O-O O-O
15. Bxf5 exf5 16. Bxd4 $5 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Qc3 18. Rfd1 $11 {Apicella,M-Lputian,S/
Capelle la Grande op 1991 (36)}) 13... Qb6 14. O-O a6 15. Kh1 h5 16. Qf2 Rh6
17. Bxf5 exf5 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 $14 {Sion Castro Marcelino-Vallejo Pons
Francisco/It (cat.9) Leon (Spain) 1996 (28)}) (11... a5 $5 12. b5 $5 a4 13. O-O
Nf5 14. Bxf5 exf5 15. Nxd4 O-O 16. Rb1 $14 {Mokry,K-Kinsman,A/Dieren op 1990 
(40)}) (11... Nc6 12. O-O Qb6 13. Qe2 a6 14. Bd2 Nf5 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. Kh1 h5
17. Qf2 Ne7 18. a4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Novik,M-Budnikov,A/Berliner Sommer 1994}) (
11... Qb6 $5 12. Bb2 Bb5 13. Bxd4 Qa6 14. a4 $5 Bxd3 15. cxd3 Nc6 16. Bc3 Qb6
17. b5 Ne7 18. Qd2 $14 {Wedberg,T-Kinsman,A/Rilton Cup op 1992/1-0 (54)}) 12.
a4 {[#]} (12. O-O Bb5 13. Bxb5+ axb5 14. Qd3 Nc6 15. Qxb5 Qd7 16. Ng5 (16. Qc5
Rc8 17. Re1 Nf5 18. Qb6 h5 19. Re2 O-O $132 {Almasi,Z-Hug,W/Altensteig (02)
1994 (28)}) 16... f6 17. Nf3 O-O 18. Bb2 fxe5 19. fxe5 Nf5 20. Qd3 h6 21. Bxd4
Nfxd4 22. Nxd4 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Nxd4 24. Qxd4 Rxa3 25. c4 {1/2-1/2 Bichsel,W-Hug,
W/SUI-chT (7) 1994}) 12... Nc6 (12... Ng4 13. Qd2 $14) (12... b5 13. axb5 Qb6 (
13... Qb7 14. Nxd4) 14. Ra5 $1 {/\Bb2+/-}) 13. Qd2 f6 $5 (13... Nf5 14. Bb2 Qb6
(14... O-O $5 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. Bxd4 Nxd4 $5 17. Nxd4 f6 (17... Qc4 $5) 18. Nf3
(18. exf6 $5 Rae8+ 19. Kf2 Rxf6 20. c3 Rf7 21. g3 Rfe7 22. Rhe1 Re4 23. a5 $13)
18... fxe5 $6 19. Nxe5 $14 {Almasi,Z-Lputian,S/EU-chTM 1997 (43).}) 15. b5 axb5
16. axb5 Rxa1+ 17. Bxa1 Qa5 {[#]} 18. bxc6 Qxa1+ 19. Kf2 Qxh1 20. cxd7+ Kxd7
21. Bxf5 (21. Qb4 Kc8) 21... exf5 22. e6+ $36 {Atlas,V-Kindermann,S/Ptuj zt
1995 (32)}) (13... Qb6 {Atlas,V} 14. Ba3 Nf5 15. b5 $1 $16 (15. a5 $6 Qa7 16.
O-O Ne3 {/\Nc4}) (15. O-O Ne3 16. Rfb1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. b5 d3+ 19. Kh1 $16
) 15... Na5 16. g4 $1 {a} (16. Bxf5 Nc4 17. Qb4 Nxa3 18. Rxa3 exf5 {/\Rc8<=>d})
16... Ne3 17. Qb4 O-O-O 18. bxa6 Qxb4+ 19. Bxb4 Nc6 20. Bd6 {/\Rb1+-}) 14. exf6
gxf6 15. Bb2 Nf7 (15... Qb6 $6 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 Rxa1+ 18. Bxa1 Qa5 19. Qxa5
(19. bxc6 $6 Qxa1+ 20. Kf2 Qxh1 21. cxd7+ Kxd7 22. Bb5+ Kc8 23. Qxd4 $44) 19...
Nxa5 20. Bxd4 $14 {[%cal Gd4h8]}) 16. O-O O-O (16... e5 $6 17. fxe5 fxe5 18.
Ng5 $1 Nxg5 19. Qxg5 Be6 20. b5 $1 $16) 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Rxa1 19. Bxa1 Ne7
20. Qb4 ({Deserved attention} 20. Bxd4 Nd6 (20... e5 $2 21. fxe5 fxe5 22. Nxe5
$1 Nxe5 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Qf4+ $18) 21. b6 Qc6 22. Re1 Nef5 23. Qb4 Ne4 24.
Bb2 $14 {with better prospects.}) 20... Nd6 21. b6 $6 ({The pawn's place is on
b5,where it controls very important square c6 so better was} 21. Nxd4 $1 Qb6
22. Kh1 Ra8 23. Qe1 $1 $36 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gd4e6,Ge1g3,Ga1f6]}) 21... Nc6 $5
22. Qa3 (22. Qc5 $5) 22... Qb8 23. Nxd4 Ne4 24. Nxc6 (24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Qg3+
Kh8 26. Nxc6 Bxc6 27. Rd1 $1 Qe8 28. Qh4 $14) 24... Bxc6 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Qe7
$1 {[%csl Rf6]} Qc8 $1 {Important defensive move letting black to hold the
position.} 27. Rd1 (27. Bxf6 $2 Rf7 28. Qd8+ Qxd8 29. Bxd8 Rd7 30. Bf6 Rd2 $15)
27... Bd5 $1 28. Bxf6 {Simplifying position and practically forcing a draw.}
Rf7 29. Qd8+ Qxd8 30. Bxd8 Rxf4 31. Bg5 $11 Rf8 32. Be3 Rc8 33. Rd2 Kg7 34. Kf2
Kg6 35. Ke1 Rf8 36. Rf2 Rxf2 37. Kxf2 Kf5 38. Bd2 h5 39. Ke3 e5 40. Kf2 Kg4 41.
h3+ Kf5 42. Kg3 e3 $5 43. Bxe3 Kg6 44. Kf2 Kf5 45. g3 Kg6 46. g4 hxg4 47. hxg4
Bh1 48. c4 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[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 "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Nh6
{Preventing Qg4} 9. Nf3 Bd7 (9... Nc6 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. O-O a6 12. Nxc7+ Qxc7 13.
Kh1 Rc8 $10 {Van der Wiel-Hort/Amsterdam/1988/CBM9}) 10. Nxc7+ (10. Nfxd4 $5)
10... Qxc7 11. Bd3 (11. Bb2 a5 $1 (11... a6 $5 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Nxd4 Qb6 14. c3
Rc8 15. g4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Bb5 $13 {Frick,R-Hug,W/Bern zt 1990/1/2-1/2 (76)}) 12.
Bd3 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 O-O 15. Bxd4 (15. Ng5 $6 Nf5 16. g4 Ne3 17.
Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Bxd4 Nxc2+ 19. Bxc2 Qxc2 $15) 15... Nc6 16. Bc5 Rc8 17. O-O b6
18. Bd6 Qd8 $11 {Smirin,I-Lputian,S/Lvov zt 1990 (40)}) 11... a6 (11... Nf5 12.
Bb2 Nc6 13. Qe2 (13. Qd2 Rc8 14. O-O O-O 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. Bxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4
Qc3 $11 {Apicella,M-Lputian,S/Capelle la Grande op 1991 (36)}) 13... Qb6 14.
O-O a6 15. Kh1 h5 16. Qf2 Rh6 17. Bxf5 exf5 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 $14 {
Sion Castro Marcelino-Vallejo Pons Francisco/It (cat.9) Leon (Spain) 1996 (28)}
) (11... a5 $5 12. b5 $5 a4 13. O-O Nf5 14. Bxf5 exf5 15. Nxd4 O-O 16. Rb1 $14
{Mokry,K-Kinsman,A/Dieren op 1990 (40)}) (11... Nc6 12. O-O Qb6 13. Qe2 a6 14.
Bd2 Nf5 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. Kh1 h5 17. Qf2 Ne7 18. a4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Novik,
M-Budnikov,A/Berliner Sommer 1994}) (11... Qb6 $5 12. Bb2 Bb5 13. Bxd4 Qa6 14.
a4 $5 Bxd3 15. cxd3 Nc6 16. Bc3 Qb6 17. b5 Ne7 18. Qd2 $14 {Wedberg,T-Kinsman,
A/Rilton Cup op 1992/1-0 (54)}) 12. a4 (12. O-O Bb5 13. Bxb5+ axb5 14. Qd3 $5
Nc6 15. Qxb5 Qd7 16. Qc5 $5 (16. Ng5 f6 17. Nf3 O-O 18. Bb2 fxe5 19. fxe5 Nf5
$11 {Bichsel,W-Hug,W/SUI-chT Winterthur-Zürich 1994 (24)}) 16... Rc8 17. Re1
Nf5 18. Qb6 h5 19. Re2 $14 {Almasi,Z-Hug,W/Altensteig 1994 (28)}) 12... Nf5 (
12... Nc6 13. Qd2 $1 Qb6 14. Ba3 Nf5 (14... O-O 15. O-O Rfc8 16. Ng5 $16) 15.
O-O Ne3 16. Rfb1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. b5 d3+ 19. Kh1 $16) 13. Qd2 Nc6 14. Bb2
O-O $5 (14... Qb6 15. b5 axb5 16. axb5 Rxa1+ 17. Bxa1 Qa5 $5 (17... Na5 18. g4
Ne7 19. Bxd4 Qd8 (19... Qc7 20. b6) 20. O-O h5 21. h3 hxg4 22. hxg4 Nc4 23. Qb4
$16) 18. bxc6 $2 (18. Ke2 $1 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Na5 20. Nxd4 (20. g4 Ne3 21. Nxd4
Nec4+ 22. Ke2 h5 23. g5 Ke7 24. Bc3 $16) 20... Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Nc4+ 22. Bxc4 dxc4
23. Rb1 O-O 24. Kc3 Rc8 25. Kb4 Kf8 26. Ra1 $16) 18... Qxa1+ 19. Kf2 Qxh1 20.
cxd7+ Kxd7 21. Bxf5 exf5 22. e6+ (22. Qb4 Kc8) (22. Qxd4 Rc8) 22... fxe6 23.
Ne5+ Kc8 24. Qxd4 Rd8 $10 {Atlas,V-Kindermann,S/Ptuj (zt) 1995 (30)}) 15. Bxf5
exf5 16. Bxd4 Nxd4 $5 17. Nxd4 f6 ({Very serious attention deserved} 17... Qc4
$5 {keeping white king in the center.}) 18. Nf3 (18. exf6 $5 Rae8+ 19. Kf2 Rxf6
20. c3 (20. Rhd1 Re4 21. g3 Bxa4 $1 22. Rxa4 Rxd4 23. Qxd4 Qxc2+ 24. Rd2 Qxa4
25. Qxd5+ Rf7 26. Qd8+ Rf8 27. Qd5+ $11) 20... Rf7 21. g3 Rfe7 22. Rhe1 Re4 23.
a5 $13) 18... fxe5 $6 {Still 18...Qc4! was quiet reasonable option.} 19. Nxe5
$14 {Now white can complete development and the difference in strength of
minor pieces determines white's advantage.} d4 $6 20. O-O Rad8 21. Nf3 $1 {
Showing a clear intention to take a pawn on d4.} d3 22. cxd3 $16 Qb6+ 23. Kh1
Bc6 24. Ne5 Bd5 25. Rac1 h6 26. Rc5 $1 {Look how methodically white takes all
the board under controle.Now he doubles major pieces over c-file penetrating
to seventh rank.} Kh7 27. Qc3 Qf6 28. h3 {There is no place to hurry so white
improves the position of all his pieces.} Rfe8 29. Kh2 Re7 30. Rc7 Rxc7 31.
Qxc7 Qf8 32. Qc5 Qe8 33. a5 Be6 {Black is deprived of counterplay so he has to
wait for white's actions.} 34. Qb6 $1 Qe7 35. Rc1 $18 Bd5 36. Rc7 Qd6 37. Qxd6
Rxd6 38. Rd7 $1 {The arising endgame is completely wining for white.He simply
brings the king to the center and black is absolutely defenceless.} Rxd7 39.
Nxd7 Kg8 40. Nb6 Bc6 41. g3 Kf7 42. Kg1 Bb5 43. d4 Ke6 44. d5+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.04.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 a5
9. Bd2 Nh6 10. Nf3 (10. Bd3 $5 Bd7 11. Nxc7+ Qxc7 12. Nf3 Nf5 13. b5 $1 Qc5 14.
Qe2 O-O 15. a4 f6 16. O-O Ne3 17. Rfe1 $16 {Almasi,Z-Kortschnoj,V/EUCup f
Budapest 1996 (32)}) 10... axb4 (10... Nf5 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O (12. Bxf5 $6
exf5 13. Nfxd4 Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Nxc7 Qxc7 16. Be3 f6 $11 {Minasian,
A-Lputian,S/Philadelphia World op 1994 (22)}) 12... Nc6 13. Nxc7 Qxc7 14. b5
Nce7 15. Qe2 Bd7 16. g4 Ne3 17. Bxe3 dxe3 18. Qxe3 $14 {Leko,P-Ivanov,S/EUCup
f Budapest 1996 (83)}) 11. axb4 Rxa1 12. Qxa1 O-O (12... Nf5 13. Nfxd4 $6 (13.
c3 $1 Ne3 (13... dxc3 $6 14. Qxc3 Nc6 15. Nxc7+ Qxc7 16. b5 $18) (13... O-O 14.
Nxc7 Qxc7 15. cxd4 Qc2 16. g4 $1 $14) 14. Nfxd4 Nxf1 15. Nxc7+ Qxc7 16. Nb5 Qc6
17. Nd6+ Kf8 18. Rxf1 $14) 13... Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bb6 15. Qd3 O-O 16. Be3 Bxe3 17.
Qxe3 Nc6 18. c3 f6 $17) 13. Nxc7 Qxc7 14. Nxd4 Nf5 $6 {After this move white
may be does'nt get such a big opening advantage,but black deprives himself
counterplay and against such player as Svidler it's extremly dangerous} (14...
f6 $5 15. exf6 Rxf6 16. Bd3 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Qd4 $14) 15. Nxf5 exf5 16.
Qc3 Qxc3 17. Bxc3 $14 {White has a lot of small,but very meaningful pluses:
bishops pair,better pawn structure,more active king,in the future controle
over the a-file.All this factors make defense very difficult} Be6 18. Kd2 Rc8
19. Bd3 Nc6 20. Rb1 $1 {It was tempting to play} (20. b5 {immideatly,but after}
d4 $1 21. Bb2 Nb4 22. Bxd4 Nxd3 23. cxd3 Bd5 $14 {white wins a pawn,but
does'nt have real chances to win the game!}) 20... Ra8 21. b5 Na5 22. Bxa5 Rxa5
23. Rb3 $1 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gb3c3,Gc3c7] Penitrating through the c-file on the
seventh rank} b6 (23... Ra1 24. Rc3 Rg1 25. g3 Rg2+ 26. Ke3 Rxh2 27. Rc7 $18)
24. Rc3 Ra7 25. Rc6 Rb7 26. c4 $1 (26. Rd6 $5 Kf8 27. g4 fxg4 28. f5 Bd7 29.
Rxd5 Ke7 30. c4 $14) 26... dxc4 27. Bxc4 Bd7 28. Rd6 $16 {The difference in
the strength of two remaining pieces is huge,it means that material balance
won't stay for long.} Kf8 29. Bd5 Rc7 30. Rxb6 Rc5 31. Bc6 Bxc6 32. bxc6 {
It's very useful to see how Svidler step by step wins this endgame.} Ke7 33.
Rb7+ Ke6 34. Rc7 h5 35. Kd3 h4 36. h3 g6 37. Kd4 Rc2 38. Rc8 $1 {Preparing the
place for a king} Ke7 39. Kd5 Rd2+ 40. Kc5 Rxg2 41. Rb8 $18 Rc2+ 42. Kb6 Rb2+
43. Ka7 Ra2+ 44. Kb7 Rb2+ 45. Kc8 Rc2 46. c7 g5 47. fxg5 Ke6 48. Kd8 1-0

[Event "Dresden zt 1.2"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1998.04.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rogulj, Branko"]
[Black "Atlas, Dimitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1998.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 10816]} 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7.
Qg4 Ne7 8. bxa5 dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Bxc6
$6 {A new move in old variation and as shows the game it's not exactly an
improvment!} (13. O-O $5 O-O-O $5 (13... Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16.
Qd3 d4 $5 (16... Rac8 17. Rb1 Rc7 18. Be3 (18. Rb4 $5 Nc6 19. Rh4 Nxa5 20. Qb5+
Nc6 21. Bf4 Qg7 22. g3 a6 $13 {Horvath,I-Luther,T/Szekszard op 1989 (33)})
18... Nc6 19. f4 Qd6 20. Bd4 Qxa3 21. Ra1 Qb4 $132 {Balashov,Y-Lputian,S/
Uzhgorod 1988/1/2-1/2 (60)}) (16... Rh8 $6 17. g3 Qc7 18. Bg5 Rhc8 $6 19. Rab1
Rab8 20. Rfe1 $14 {Ortega,J-Del Campo,J/Sevilla op 1992 (30)}) 17. Rb1 $5 Qd5
18. f3 Rac8 19. Bf4 e5 20. Bg3 f6 $132 {Chandler,M-Vaganian,R/Naestved 1985/
0-1 (62)}) 14. Bg5 (14. Bxc6 Nxc6 $5 (14... Bxc6 15. Ng5 $5 Qxe5 16. Qxf7 $2 (
16. Nxf7 $1 Rg7 (16... Rxg2+ $2 17. Kxg2 d4+ 18. f3 Qe2+ 19. Kg1 Rg8+ 20. Ng5
$18) 17. Nxe5 Rxh7 18. Bg5 Rg8 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Rad1 $14) 16... Rxg5 17. Bxg5
Qxg5 18. f4 Qh4 19. Rae1 Rh8 $17 {Lengyel,B-Mueller,K/Utasellato IM-B 1990 (44)
}) 15. Bg5 Nxe5 $1 16. Bxd8 Nxf3+ 17. Kh1 Qxd8 18. gxf3 Rh8 $36 {Bloessl,
W-Pohlenz,K/Nuernberg op 1990 (30)}) 14... Nxe5 $5 15. Nxe5 Bxb5 16. Nxf7 Bxf1
17. Nxd8 Rxg5 18. Nxe6 Rxg2+ 19. Kh1 $1 Qe5 $11 {Liedtke,M-Wendt,R/BL2-O 1994 
(24)}) 13... Bxc6 14. O-O $6 {Another inaccuracy after which white finds
himself in serious troubles.} (14. Qd3 Rxg2 15. Bf4 (15. Qxc3 d4 $1) 15... Qxa5
16. Bg3 O-O-O 17. Qf1 Rxg3 18. hxg3 d4 $17) 14... d4 15. Ng5 Qxe5 16. Qxf7+ Kd7
17. Qf4 $2 {Missing simple,but extremly beuatiful tactical blow immideatly
finishing the game.After correct} (17. f4 Qd5 18. Nf3 Rae8 {[%csl Ra1,Rc1]} (
18... Rxg2+ $5 19. Kxg2 Rg8+ 20. Kh3 (20. Kh1 Qxf3+ 21. Rxf3 Bxf3#) (20. Qxg8
Nxg8 21. Kg3 Nf6 22. Ne5+ Kc7 $17) 20... Rh8+ 21. Kg3 Rg8+ $11) 19. g3 Kc8 20.
a4 Nf5 $17 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Gc6g2] black has much better prospects,but white
can hold on.}) 17... Rxg5 $1 18. Qxg5 Rg8 $3 $19 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gg7g2]} 19.
Qxe5 Rxg2+ 20. Kh1 Rxf2+ 21. Kg1 Rg2+ 22. Kh1 Rg3+ 0-1

[Event "Edmonton 11th"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Fischer,J"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. bxa5
dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. a6 O-O-O 14. axb7+
Kb8 15. Qd3 Rg4 16. g3 Ng6 17. Qxc3 Nxf4 18. h3 Nxh3 19. Rxh3 Re4+ 20. Kd2 f6 (
{The first new move. A previous game continued} 20... Qb6 21. Rh2 d4 22. Qb3
Qa5+ 23. Kc1 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. Bd3 Re1+ 26. Kb2 Rxa1 27. Kxa1 Bc6 28. Rh7
Rd7 29. Qb4 a5 30. f4 axb4 31. fxe5 bxa3 32. Ka2 Kxb7 33. Kxa3 Kb6 34. Kb4 Ra7
35. g4 Ra4+ 36. Kb3 Ra7 37. Kc4 {1/2-1/2 (37) Dos Santos,R (2376)-Converset,J 
(2270) Buenos Aires 2006}) 21. Bd3 Qb6 22. Rh2 {[#]} Rxe5 {Black decides to
give the exchange to create counterplay. But objectively this should not be
enough.} ({However, after} 22... Rg4 23. exf6 {White is three pawns up and it
is difficult to see how Black can create convincing threats.}) 23. Nxe5 fxe5
24. Kc1 Nd4 25. Rb1 Qd6 26. Rh7 Nc6 27. Bb5 Nd4 28. Bd3 Nc6 {Offering a
repetition of moves - which White declines more or less politely.} 29. f3 Be8
30. Rh8 e4 31. fxe4 dxe4 32. Bxe4 Nd4 33. Qd3 Ne2+ 34. Kd2 (34. Qxe2 $4 Qxa3+
35. Rb2 Qa1+ 36. Rb1 Qa3+ {and Black has a perpetual.}) 34... Nd4 35. Rb4 e5
36. Rc4 Qe7 37. Rc8+ {Now it is White who attacks.} Rxc8 38. bxc8=Q+ Kxc8 39.
Qa6+ Kd8 40. Qa5+ Kc8 41. Ke1 Qg5 42. Qc5+ Kd7 43. Rh7+ Ke6 44. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4
cxd4 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 12. Qd3 Bd7 13. Nxc3 a6
14. Rb1 Nf5 (14... Rc8 15. h4 Na7 16. Bd2 Nb5 17. Ne2 d4 18. h5 Nf5 19. Rh3 Bc6
20. h6 Bd5 21. Ng3 Ne3 22. Nh5 Rh8 23. Nf6+ Ke7 24. Nxd5+ Nxd5 $16 {
Psakhis-Stevanovic/Bela Crkva/1987/}) 15. Ne2 (15. g4 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Qxe5+ 17.
Ne2 Rxg4 18. h3 Rc4 19. Rg1 O-O-O 20. Rg4 Bb5 21. Bb2 d4 $14 {Namyslo-Apicella/
Lugano op/1989/}) 15... Na7 $5 (15... Nce7 {Ernst} 16. Qc3 Bc6 17. Rg1 O-O-O
18. Nd4 $1 $16) 16. Qc3 (16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxc2) 16... Bc6 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18.
Qxd4 Nb5 (18... Bb5 19. Qd2 Rc8 $132) 19. Qc5 (19. Qd2 d4 $1) 19... d4 $1 20.
Rb3 (20. Rg1 O-O-O $132) (20. Bxb5 $2 axb5 21. Qxd4 Rd8 22. Qe3 (22. Qc5 Rd1+
$1 23. Kxd1 Bf3+ $19) 22... Bxg2 23. Rg1 Qxc2 $19) 20... Qd8 $1 21. Rh3 (21.
Rg3 $2 Qh4 22. Rg1 $8 Rxg3 23. hxg3 Qxg3+ $19) (21. Kf2 Qh4+ 22. Kg1 Qe1 $19)
21... Rc8 22. Rg1 (22. Qb4 Nc3 $40) 22... Nc3 23. Bd3 Be4 24. Qd6 (24. Qa7 Qd5
$17) (24. Qb4 Bxd3 (24... Qd5 {Ernst} 25. Qb3 Qc6 $17) 25. Rxd3 Na2 26. Qb2
Nxc1 27. Qxc1 Qh4+ 28. g3 Qxh2 $19) 24... Qxd6 25. exd6 Kd7 26. Bb2 (26. g4
Kxd6 $17) 26... Bxg2 27. Rh7 Rcf8 28. Kf2 Bd5 29. Rxg8 Rxg8 30. Bxc3 (30. Rxf7+
Kxd6 31. f5 Nd1+ $19) 30... Rg2+ 31. Kf1 dxc3 32. Rxf7+ Kxd6 33. h4 (33. f5 e5
34. Rf6+ Kc5 $19) 33... Rh2 34. Rh7 Kc5 35. h5 Kd4 36. Kg1 (36. h6 Ke3 37. Rg7
Rxh6 $19) 36... Rg2+ 37. Kf1 Ke3 38. f5 Rd2 39. Kg1 (39. Ke1 Bf3) 39... Rxd3 {
Ftacnik,L} (39... Rd1+ 40. Kh2 Kf4 $19) (39... Rxd3 40. cxd3 c2 41. Rc7 Bc6 $19
) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Bd7 14. h4 Rf5 15.
Ng1 {In the classical variation of the French Defence White does not have a
viable alternative to the attempt at a kingside attack. The knight retreats to
g1 in order to start the manoeuvre to a more promising spot. Due to the closed
character of the position the loss of time does not play an important role.}
Raf8 16. Ne2 Ne7 (16... b5 17. Ng3 Qa5 18. Kd2 Be8 19. f3 Ne7 20. Bg5 Nc6 21.
Be3 Ne7 22. Bg5 Nc6 {1/2 Landa,K (2600)-Timman,J (2630)/Netherlands 2005}) 17.
Ng3 Qa5 18. Kd2 h5 19. Qh3 R5f7 (19... Nc6 20. Ne2 Qc7 21. g4 Rxe5 22. Qg3 hxg4
23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Bf4 Rxf4 25. Qxf4 Nf3+ 26. Kc1 e5 27. Qe3 Qc6 28. Rd1 Bf5 29.
Ng3 {1-0 Landa,K (2550)-Apicella,M (2532)/Paris 2004 (40)}) 20. Ne2 Nf5 21. Bg5
Ne7 $6 {Socko has not mastered his defensive tasks well. It seems that the
original knight move to h6 would solve all the problems.} (21... Nh6 $1 22.
Bxh6 (22. f4 Ng4 $17) 22... gxh6 23. f4 Kg7 24. Rhg1 Rg8 25. g4 hxg4 26. Qxg4
Kh7 27. h5 g5 $11) 22. f4 Nf5 (22... Nc6 23. g4 b6 24. gxh5 gxh5 25. Rhg1) 23.
g4 hxg4 $2 {The second mistake will be painful for Black. Opening the files in
front of one's own king does not make for a clever plan.} (23... Ne7 24. Bxe7
Rxe7 25. gxh5 gxh5 26. Rhg1 $13) 24. Qxg4 Be8 (24... Ba4 25. h5 gxh5 26. Qxh5
Rd7 27. Qg6 Qb6 28. Rh2 Bxc2 29. Kxc2 Qb3+ 30. Kc1 Ne3 31. Kd2 $18) 25. h5 gxh5
$6 {The last inaccuracy probably does not really spoil things, since White has
already managed to gain a lot in the attack.} (25... Rd7 26. hxg6 Bxg6 27. Rag1
$1 (27. Bd8 Qxd8 28. Qxg6 Qe8 $11) 27... Bh7 (27... Qb6 28. Bf6 Bh7 29. Qh5 g6
30. Rxg6+ Bxg6 31. Qxg6+ Rg7 32. Bxg7 Nxg7 33. Rh7 Qc7 34. Qh6 $18) 28. Qh5 g6
29. Bf6 Rg7 30. Qg5 $18) 26. Qxh5 Rd7 (26... Nh6 27. Qh4 $1 Rf5 28. Bxh6 $18)
27. Qh7+ Kf7 28. Rh6 $1 {[%mdl 128] The exchange sacrifice decides matters on
the spot; the white pieces are approaching with the speed of light.} Nxh6 (
28... b5 29. Rf6+ Ke7 30. Rxf5+ $18) 29. Bxh6 Rg8 (29... Ke7 30. Bg5+ Kf7 31.
f5 $1 exf5 32. Rf1 $18) 30. f5 $1 {Black defenders on light squares are unable
to help at all.} Kf8 (30... Qb6 31. Rf1 $18) 31. fxe6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 15th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2014.03.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Prizant, Jaroslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2014.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. h4 {Serious
experts in the French Defence used to swear by 7.Qg4, but even the modest
h-pawn advance is not so easy to meet.} (7. Qg4) 7... Qc7 8. h5 cxd4 9. cxd4
Qc3+ 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nf3 Qe4+ {It seems, that the black queen is obliged to
accept the invitation to a dangerous dance in the centre. The modest retreat
would make it easier for White to develop his initiative.} (11... Qb6 $2 12. h6
g6 13. Bd3 Nbc6 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Bf6 O-O 16. Qd2 Re8 17. Kf1 d4 18. Qg5 $16 {
Milos,G-Playa,M/Asuncion/1992/1-0 /39/}) 12. Be2 Nf5 13. O-O {Another great
idea in the position is to retreat with the white king for only one step, in
order to keep the rook active on the h-file. Probably only the best experts in
the line would be able to sell the secret as to which line is more dangerous
for the defender.} (13. Kf1 b6 (13... Nc6 14. Bd3 Qg4 15. Rb1 f6 16. Qe1 O-O
17. Rh3 fxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 Qd4 20. Qe1 $11 {1-0 (34) Kuczynski,R 
(2510)-Portisch,F (2385) Passau 1994}) 14. Bb5+ (14. Bd3 $2 Ba6 $17) 14... Bd7
(14... Kf8 15. Kg1 $1 Ba6 16. Bd3 Qg4 (16... Bxd3 17. cxd3 Qxd3 $4 18. Bb4+ $18
) 17. Bxf5 $1 Qxf5 18. h6 gxh6 19. Nd4 Qe4 20. Bxh6+ Ke8 21. Qd2 $16 {
Kuczynski,R-Schmidt,W/POL/1990/ 1-0 (34)}) (14... Nd7 15. Kg1 O-O 16. Bd3 Qg4
17. h6 g6 18. Bb4 Nc5 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. Qd4 Ba6 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Qxc5 $11 {
1/2 (38) Van Kampen,R (2602)-Nakar,E (2398) Caleta 2014}) 15. Bd3 Qg4 16. h6 (
16. Rh3 $5 Nc6 17. Qe1 Qa4 18. Kg1 h6 19. Rb1 Rc8 20. Bb4 $44 {Kuczynski,
R-Schmidt,W/Polanica Zdroj/1989/ 1-0 (36)}) 16... gxh6 17. Bxh6 (17. Bxf5 $2
Qxf5 18. Rxh6 Rg8 19. Bb4 (19. Kg1 $1 $44) 19... Bb5+ 20. Kg1 Qe4 $1 $17 21.
Rh4 (21. Ne1 Qxe5 22. Rxh7 $17) 21... Be2 $1 22. Rxe4 Bxd1 $17 {0-1 (33) Najer,
E (2455)-Rustemov,A (2475) Moscow 1995}) 17... Nc6 18. Bg5 Rc8 19. Bf6 Rg8 20.
g3 Na5 21. Rxh7 Ba4 {0-1 (60) Aseev,K (2545)-Rustemov,A (2435) St Petersburg
1994}) (13. h6 gxh6 14. Kf1 Rg8 15. Bd3 Qg4 16. Ne1 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Nc6 18. Bxf5
exf5 19. Rxh6 Be6 20. Nd3 O-O-O 21. Rxh7 Rh8 22. Rxh8 Rxh8 {1/2 (22) Kuczynski,
R (2485)-Schmidt,W (2440) Slupsk 1988}) 13... Nc6 14. Re1 Nfd4 {The exchange
of the knights diminishes White's attacking postential, but it also costs time
and energy. White has enough for the sacrificed pawn and the situation remains
more dangerous for Black.} (14... O-O 15. h6 Nxh6 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Rb1 Kh8 18.
Bb5 Qg6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Rb4 Rg8 21. Nh4 Qg5 $15 {1/2 (58) Almasi,Z (2707)
-Vallejo Pons,F (2705) Beijing 2011}) 15. Nxd4 Qxd4 (15... Nxd4 $2 16. Bb5+ $18
) 16. Bb5 Bd7 (16... a6 17. c3 Qh4 18. Bxc6+ bxc6 19. Rb1 O-O $13) 17. Rb1 f5 {
Prizant would love to put the lid on the mounting attack by White, but the
move with the f-pawn seriously weakens the point e6.} (17... O-O 18. Bxc6 bxc6
19. Rb4 Qc5 20. h6 f5 21. hxg7 Rfb8 22. Rh4 $14) 18. h6 (18. exf6 O-O 19. Bxc6
Qxf6 20. Bxd7 Qxf2+ 21. Kh2 Qh4+ 22. Kg1 Qf2+ $11) 18... g6 19. c3 Qc5 $6 (
19... Qh4 $5 20. Qc1 f4 21. Bxf4 O-O 22. g3 Qe7 23. Bf1 Na5 $13) 20. c4 $1 {
As a consequence of Black's failure to spot the best defence with 19...Qh4
Almasi is getting the chance to open up the centre at the moment, when the
defender is ill prepared for the fight.} dxc4 (20... d4 21. Bb4 Nxb4 22. Bxd7+
Kxd7 23. axb4 Qe7 (23... Qxc4 24. Rc1 Qxb4 25. Rb1 $16) 24. Qxd4+ Kc7 25. Qa1
$16) 21. Be3 Qe7 (21... Qxa3 22. Bxc4 Bc8 23. Bg5 $16) (21... Qd5 22. Qc1 Nxe5
23. Qc3 Bxb5 24. Red1 $18) 22. Bxc4 b6 23. Qd2 O-O (23... Qxa3 24. Bb5 O-O-O
25. Rec1 Kb7 26. Bg5 $18) 24. Bg5 Qe8 25. Red1 $6 {The celebrated bon mot
insists that it is next to impossible to play well on open files with the
rooks when there are multiple options and attractions. Most players would not
hesitate to centralise the rook from the b-file - and they would most likely
be right!} (25. Rbd1 $1 Rf7 26. Qa2 Nd8 27. a4 $16) 25... Rf7 26. Qa2 Nxe5 27.
Rxd7 $6 {[%mdl 128] Almasi is as fallible as any chessplayer and it seems that
he has hastened the tactical solution of the position. The modest retreat of
the bishop to b3 would keep too many threats, the defender would not be able
to meet them all.} (27. Bb3 $1 Rc8 (27... b5 28. Rxd7 Nxd7 29. Bxe6 Nc5 (29...
a6 30. Re1 Nc5 31. Bxf7+ Qxf7 32. Qxf7+ Kxf7 33. Re7+ Kg8 34. Rg7+ Kf8 35. Rxh7
$18) 30. Bd5 Rb8 31. Qb2 Qf8 32. Be7 $18) 28. Bf4 Nc6 29. Rd6 Na5 30. Rxd7 Rxd7
31. Bxe6+ Kf8 (31... Rf7 32. Rd1 $18) 32. Re1 Rcd8 33. Qb2 Rd4 34. Bd2 $18)
27... Nxd7 28. Bxe6 Nc5 29. Bd5 Rc8 30. Qa1 {The position of Prizant is
precarious, but a direct solution is not to be seen. The computer tries to
help with a suggestion of the clever move 30.Rd1!? combining various threats.}
(30. Rd1 $5 Ne4 31. Be3 Nf6 32. Be6 Kf8 33. Bxc8 Qxc8 34. Bd2 $14) 30... Qf8
31. Re1 Ne4 32. Bf4 $2 {White has failed to guess which line would be the most
dangerous. Paradoxically it is an exchange of rooks; the defender would
struggle due to the threat along the a1-h8 diagonal.} (32. Rc1 $1 Rxc1+ (32...
Nc5 33. Be3 Rd8 34. Ba2 f4 35. Bxc5 bxc5 36. Rxc5 Qxh6 37. Rc7 Rdf8 38. Qe5 Qg7
39. Rxf7 Rxf7 40. Qe8+ Qf8 41. Bxf7+ $18) 33. Bxc1 Nxf2 (33... Nc5 34. Qd4 Ne4
35. Bb2 $18) 34. Bxf7+ Kxf7 35. Qa2+ $16) 32... g5 $1 33. Bxg5 (33. Be5 Qc5 34.
Qa2 Kf8 35. Bxf7 Qxe5 $11) 33... Nxg5 34. Qf6 {The opening of the shield
protecting the black king is dangerous, but he can take some consolation from
the extra rook.} Ne4 35. Qxf5 Nd6 36. Qf6 (36. Qg4+ Kh8 37. Bxf7 Nxf7 (37...
Qxf7 38. Qd4+ Kg8 39. Qxd6 $18) 38. Qd4+ Kg8 39. Qg4+ Kh8 $11) 36... Re8 37.
Rc1 (37. Rxe8 Nxe8 38. Qe5 a6 39. a4 b5 40. axb5 axb5 41. Ba2 b4 42. Qe6 Nc7
43. Qe5 $11) 37... Ne4 38. Qf4 Nd6 $2 {The defender has lost control in time
trouble and indirectly expected that a repetition of the previous solution
will be sufficient. This crude judgement has failed him, as Almasi finally
gets the chance to efficiently include the rook in the decisive attack.} (38...
Nc5 39. Qf6 (39. Rc3 Re1+ 40. Kh2 Ne6 41. Qg4+ Kh8 42. Bxe6 Qxh6+ 43. Kg3 Qg7
44. Rc8+ Rf8 $17) 39... Ne4 40. Qf4 $11) 39. Rc3 $1 Kh8 (39... Qe7 40. Re3 Ne4
(40... Qd7 41. Qf6 $18) (40... Qd8 41. Qg4+ Kf8 42. Bxf7 $18) 41. Rxe4 Kf8 42.
g3 Qd7 (42... a6 43. Rxe7 Rxf4 44. Rxe8+) 43. Bxf7 Rxe4 44. Qxe4 Qxf7 45. Qa8+
$18) 40. Bxf7 (40. Bxf7 Qxf7 (40... Nxf7 41. Qf6+ Kg8 42. Rg3+ $18) 41. Qd4+
Kg8 42. Rg3+ Kf8 43. Qxd6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. Nb5
Bc7 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 a6 11. Nxc7+ Qxc7 12. Ne2 Bd7 $5 (12... Qxe5 13. Bb2 (
13. Qd3 Nbc6 14. Bb2 Nf5 (14... Bd7 15. O-O-O Qf6 16. Nxd4 Qxf2 17. Nf3 Nf5 $10
{Chandler,M-Vaganian,R/Manila izt/1990/}) 15. O-O-O Qf6 16. Nxd4 $14 Nfxd4 17.
Bxd4 e5 18. Bb2 Be6 19. Qd2 O-O-O 20. f4 $1 $16 {Liberzon,V-Vaganian,R/Haifa/
1989/0.5 (61)}) 13... Qf6 $1 (13... Qc7 14. f4 Nbc6 15. Qd3 Nf5 16. g3 (16.
O-O-O Bd7 17. Re1 Rc8 18. Kb1 Nce7 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Qxf4 21. g3 Qf5 22.
Qd2 Rg4 23. Bb2 Bb5 24. Bd3 $14 {Nunn,J-Kinsman,A/London Lloyds (03)/1993/1-0 
(36)}) (16. c3 dxc3 17. Bxc3 Bd7 18. g3 Qb6 19. Bh3 Nd6 20. Bd4 Nxd4 21. Qxd4
Qxd4 22. Nxd4 Rc8 23. O-O Rc3 24. Rfc1 $10 {Lau,R-Haugli/Naestved op (1)/1988/
0.5 (28)}) 16... e5 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Qb3 d3 19. cxd3 d4 20. Nf4 Ne3 21. Be2
Bg4 22. Rc1 Qd6 23. Bxg4 Rxg4 24. Ke2 $15 {Johannesson,L-Karlsson,La/Gausdal
Arnold-Cup (8)/1990/0-1 (44)}) (13... Nbc6 14. O-O-O Qc7 (14... Qd6 15. f4 e5
16. fxe5 Qxe5 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Bf5 19. Qh4 Rc8 20. Rd2 Qe3 21. Kd1 Qxd2+
22. Kxd2 Rxc2+ 23. Ke3 Be4 24. g4 $13 {Klovan,Y-Lputian,S/USSR/1985/0.5 (32)})
(14... Rh8 15. Qd3 Rxh2 16. Rxh2 Qxh2 17. Nxd4 Bd7 18. Qe3 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Rc8
20. g3 Nf5 21. Qf4 Bb5 22. Kb1 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 Qh7 24. b5 $13 {Arnason,J-Herzog/
Randers zt/1982/0-1 (50)}) 15. f4 e5 16. Qd3 $6 e4 17. Qd2 e3 18. Qe1 Bf5 19.
Kb1 Nxb4 20. axb4 Qxc2+ 21. Ka2 a5 22. b5 {Almasi,I-Almasi,Z/Zalakaros op (03)/
1992/0-1 (22)}) 14. f4 (14. Qd3 e5 15. f4 Bf5 16. Qd2 Qh4+ 17. g3 Qh7 18. Bg2
f6 19. O-O Nbc6 20. Rf2 Rh8 21. Bh1 Be4 22. Re1 O-O-O 23. a4 Rhg8 24. b5 $15 {
Cabrilo,G-Vaganian,R/Manila izt (11)/1990/0.5 (35)}) 14... Nbc6 15. Qd3 Nf5 16.
O-O-O Qh6 $1 17. Kb1 $5 (17. Re1 e5 $5 (17... Bd7 18. Qd2 (18. Kb1 Rc8 19. g3 (
19. g4 $1 Ne3 $6 20. Nxd4 $1 Nxd4 21. g5 Qh4 22. Rxe3 Nxc2 23. Rg3 Qxf4 24. Qh7
$1 $16 {Kremenietsky,A-Legky,N/Odessa/1988/0-1 (29)}) 19... Kf8 20. h4 Nce7 21.
Nxd4 Nxg3 22. Rh2 Qxf4 23. Bc1 Qd6 24. Qh7 $36 {Yudasin,L-Lputian,S/USSR ch/
1986/1-0 (36)}) 18... Rc8 19. Nxd4 Ncxd4 20. Bxd4 Rg4 $5 (20... Ng3 21. hxg3
Qxh1 22. Bxa6 Qh5 23. Re5 Qh1+ 24. Re1 $44 {Klovan,Y-Legky,N/USSR/1986/0.5 (33)
}) (20... Ba4 21. c3 Qg6 22. Bf2 d4 23. c4 Nd6 24. Bd3 $13 {Hadraba-Sonsky/
CSFR ch corr/1988/0.5 (30)}) 21. Bc5 $1 a5 22. Bd3 Qg7 23. Kb1 Rxg2 $2 24. Qxg2
$1 $16 {Hawelko,M-Schmidt,Wl/Polska/1987/1-0 (45)}) 18. Qd2 e4 19. Nxd4 Nfxd4
20. Bxd4 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Qxf4+ 22. Kb1 Be6 23. c4 O-O-O 24. c5 $13 {Van de
Oudeweetering,A-Timmer,R/Nederland/1987/1-0 (50)}) 17... Ne3 18. Re1 Nc4 $5 19.
Bc1 Qf6 $13 {Haist,W-Steckner,J/Bad Worishofen/1987/}) 13. Bb2 (13. f4 Ba4 14.
Kd1 Rg6 $1) 13... a5 14. Nxd4 (14. f4 axb4 15. axb4 Rxa1+ 16. Bxa1 Qb6 17. c3
Qa7 18. Qb1 d3 19. Nd4 Nbc6 20. g3 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Bb5 $36) 14... Qxe5+ 15. Be2
Nbc6 16. Rd1 (16. Qd3 axb4 (16... Rxg2 $36) 17. O-O bxa3 18. Nb5 Qxb2 19. Nc7+
Kd8 20. Nxa8 $14) 16... axb4 17. axb4 Ra2 18. Nxc6 (18. Bc3 Rxg2 $36) 18...
Qxb2 19. Nxe7 Rh8 20. Qd3 Kxe7 21. h4 Rc8 (21... Qxb4+ 22. c3 Qc5 23. h5 $15)
22. Rd2 Qxb4 23. O-O Ra3 24. Qd4 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 Rxc2 26. Bf3 b5 27. h5 Rc4 28.
Rd2 f5 29. Rb2 Rac3 30. Be2 Rc2 31. Rfb1 Rxb2 32. Rxb2 Rc8 33. f4 Rb8 34. Kf2
b4 35. Ke3 b3 36. g3 Rb4 37. Bd3 Bb5 38. Bb1 d4+ 39. Kd2 Kf6 40. Kc1 Rc4+ 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 09th final"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "1993.12.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1993.12.10"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hilversum"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Kf8 (7...
O-O 8. Nf3 Nbc6 9. Bd3) 8. Bd3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qa4 10. c4 (10. Kd1) (10. Ra2 Nbc6)
10... dxc4 11. dxc5 Bd7 12. Be2 $6 (12. Qxc4 Qxc4 13. Bxc4 Bc6 14. Nf3 Nd7 15.
O-O Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nxe5 17. Be2 $13) 12... Bc6 13. f4 (13. Nf3 $2 c3 $1 14. Bf4
(14. Qxa4 cxd2+ $19) 14... Ng6 15. g3 Nd7 $17) 13... h5 $1 14. Qg3 (14. Qg5 Nd7
15. Nf3 Nf5 {/\ f6}) (14. Qh3 c3 15. Bxc3 Qxf4 $17) 14... h4 15. Qg4 Qxc2 16.
Rc1 Qf5 17. Kf2 (17. Qxf5 Nxf5 18. Nf3 (18. Kf2 Ng3 $1 19. hxg3 hxg3+ 20. Kxg3
Rxh1 $19) 18... h3 $1 19. g3 Nd4 20. Kf2 Nxe2 21. Kxe2 Bd5 $17) 17... Qxg4 18.
Bxg4 Bd5 19. Be2 Nd7 20. Bxc4 Nxc5 21. Bxd5 $6 (21. Nf3 Rc8 22. Be2 $17) 21...
Nd3+ 22. Ke3 Nxc1 23. Be4 Nb3 24. Bb4 Rc8 25. Nf3 Nc5 26. Rd1 (26. Rc1 b6)
26... Ke8 27. Nd4 Nxe4 28. Kxe4 a6 29. Bxe7 Kxe7 30. Rb1 b5 31. a4 Rc4 (31...
Rc4 32. axb5 Rd8 $19) 0-1

[Event "URS-ch28 Final & Zonal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.01.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stein, Leonid"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1961.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 (4... Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 {
/\ 7...Ba6}) 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Nf5 (7... cxd4 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7
Qc7 10. Ne2 $13) (7... O-O 8. Bd3 Nbc6 9. Nf3 f5 10. exf6 Rxf6 $13) 8. Bd3 h5
9. Qf4 (9. Qh3) 9... Nc6 $6 (9... Qh4) (9... cxd4 10. cxd4 Qh4 11. Qxh4 (11.
Ne2) 11... Nxh4 12. Bg5 $14) 10. Ne2 $1 (10. Nf3) 10... Nce7 (10... c4 11. Bxf5
exf5 12. Ng3 g6) 11. Ng3 Ng6 $6 (11... c4 12. Nxf5 $6 (12. Be2 g6) (12. Bxf5
Nxf5 (12... exf5 13. Qg5 $1) 13. Nxf5 exf5 14. a4 {/\ Ba3 (Euwe)}) (12. Be2)
12... exf5 13. Be2 Qa5 $132) (11... Bd7) 12. Qd2 Bd7 $6 (12... Qa5) (12... cxd4
13. cxd4 Ngh4 (13... Nxd4 $2 14. Bxg6) 14. Nxf5 Nxf5 15. Bxf5 exf5) 13. Rb1 $1
Rb8 $10 (13... Qc7 14. Qg5 $1) 14. O-O c4 (14... h4 15. Nxf5 exf5 16. dxc5 {
/\ 17.a4}) 15. Be2 $14 Nxg3 (15... h4 16. Nxf5 (16. Nh5 $1) (16. Nh5 {/\ 17.g4}
) 16... exf5 17. Bf3 Be6 18. a4 $1 $16) 16. fxg3 $1 h4 (16... Ba4 17. h4 $1)
17. Bg4 $1 (17. a4 $1) 17... hxg3 18. hxg3 Qe7 $2 (18... Ba4) (18... Ba4 $5 19.
Qf2 O-O 20. Be3 $16 {(Euwe)}) 19. a4 $1 Bxa4 (19... O-O 20. Ra1 Qd8 21. Ba3 Re8
22. Bd6) (19... f6 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Qe2) 20. Ra1 b5 21. Ba3 Qd7 22. Rf2 Rb7
23. Raf1 Qd8 (23... Qc8 24. Qg5 $1 {e.g.} Rh6 25. Bh5 $1) (23... Nf8 24. Rxf7
Qxf7 25. Rxf7 Rxf7 26. Bxf8 {/\ 27.Bxe6, Bxd5}) 24. Qd1 $1 Rh6 (24... a5 25.
Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 26. Rxf7 Kxf7 27. Qf3+ Ke8 28. Bxe6 Qc7 29. Bd6 Qb7 30. Bxd5 $18)
(24... Qc8 25. Bh5 $1 $18) 25. Bc1 $1 Rh7 26. Bxe6 $1 (26. Bxe6 fxe6 (26... Nh8
27. Qf3 $1) 27. Qg4) 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9495"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Madl, Ildiko"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1994.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. Bd2 Nc6 7. Nb5 Nxd4 $1 8.
Nxd4 (8. Nd6+ $6 Kf8 $17) 8... cxd4 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Kxd7 11. Nf3 Bb6 12.
O-O Ne7 13. a4 (13. Bb4 Nc6 14. Bd6 Bc7 15. Nxd4 Nxe5 $15) 13... a6 14. Ng5 (
14. Ra3 h6 15. Rb3 Nc6 16. a5 Bc7 {Stefansson-Hug,W/Luzern WchT/1993/} 17. Rxb7
Rb8 18. Rxb8 Qxb8 $15) 14... Qe8 15. Qf3 Bc7 $1 (15... h6 16. Nxf7 Rf8 17. Qb3
$1) 16. Qxf7 (16. Nxf7 $2 Rf8 $19) 16... Qxf7 17. Nxf7 Rhf8 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nf3
Nc6 20. Rfe1 Rxf3 $5 (20... Rf5 21. Re2 Bxe5 22. Rae1 $14) 21. gxf3 Nxe5 22.
Kg2 Rf8 23. Ra3 (23. Bb4 Rf4 $15) 23... Nc4 24. Bb4 (24. Rd3 $2 Nxd2 25. Rxd2
Ba5 $19) 24... Rf5 25. Rd3 Ne5 26. Rb3 Ng6 27. Kf1 Ne5 (27... Nh4 28. Ke2) 28.
Kg2 d3 $1 29. cxd3 Rg5+ 30. Kh1 (30. Kf1 Nxf3 31. Rd1 $2 Rg1+ 32. Ke2 Nd4+ $19)
30... Nxf3 31. h4 (31. Rd1 Rh5 32. Kg2 Nd4 $1 33. Ra3 Rxh2+ 34. Kg1 Nf3+ 35.
Kf1 Rh1+ 36. Ke2 Nd4+ 37. Kd2 Bf4+ 38. Kc3 Rxd1 39. Kxd4 Bg5 $19) 31... Rg4 32.
Rc1 Bf4 33. Rd1 Rxh4+ 34. Kg2 Nd4 35. Rc3 Rh2+ 36. Kg1 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hansen,Cu} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7.
Qg4 Kf8 8. h4 {Cf. Survey C18: 8...Kf8/Hansen,Cu/ CBM 43} Qc7 $5 (8... Qa5 9.
Bd2 Qa4 10. Kd1 (10. h5 Qxc2 11. h6 gxh6 12. Qh3 Ke8 13. Qxh6 Nbc6 {Huebner,
R-Nikolic,Pr/Munich/1990/1/2-1/2/}) 10... Nbc6 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. h5 h6 13. Qf4
$14 {Vasyukov,Y-Lachti/Helsinki/1956/1-0 (34)}) 9. Qd1 (9. Ne2 cxd4 10. cxd4
Qxc2 11. Bg5 Nbc6 12. Rc1 Qa4 $13) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 Qc3+ 11. Bd2 Qxd4 12. Nf3
Qe4+ 13. Be2 b6 14. O-O Ba6 15. c4 (15. Bxa6 Nxa6 16. Re1 Qg4 $13) 15... Nbc6 (
15... dxc4 16. Ng5 Qxh4 17. Bf3 c3 (17... Nbc6 18. Bxc6 Rd8 19. Qf3 $16) 18.
Bxa8 cxd2 19. Qxd2 Nd5 20. Rfc1 $16) (15... Bxc4 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. Ng5 (17. Bb4
Nbc6 18. Qd7 Qd5 19. Bd6 $40) 17... Qd5 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. Bb4 Nbc6
21. Rad1 Nf5 $1) 16. Ng5 Qxe5 (16... Qxh4 17. cxd5 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 exd5 19. f4
$13) 17. Re1 Qf6 18. Bh5 g6 (18... Bxc4 19. Nxf7 g6 20. Nxh8 gxh5 21. Qxh5 Kg8
(21... Qxh8 22. Bh6+ Kg8 23. Qg4+ Kf7 24. Qxe6+ Ke8 25. Qxc6+ $18) 22. Bg5 Qxh8
23. Qg4 Nf5 24. Bf6+ Ng7 25. Bxg7 Qxg7 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Qxc6 $18) (18... Ng6 {
Hansen,Cu} 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Rc1 $16) 19. cxd5 exd5 (19... Nxd5 $1 20. Bg4 (20.
Bf3 h6 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Nf3 $15) (20. Ne4 Qxh4 21. Bh6+ Kg8 22. g3 Qxh5 23.
Qxd5 Qxh6 (23... exd5 $4 24. Nf6#) 24. Qxc6 Rf8 $17) (20. Qa4 Bb7 21. Bg4 Ne5
22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Qe4 Nf7 24. Nxe6+ Kg8 $17) 20... Ne5 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qa4
Nd3 $17) 20. Bg4 h6 (20... Rd8 21. Be6 (21. Qa4 Bc8 $1) 21... fxe6 22. Rxe6 (
22. Nxe6+ Kf7 23. Bg5 Qxe6 (23... Qf5 24. Bxe7 Nxe7 25. Ng5+ Ke8 26. Qa4+ $16)
24. Rxe6 Kxe6 25. Qg4+ Kf7 26. Re1 Nf5 27. Bxd8 Rxd8 $15) 22... Qf5 23. g4 Qd3
24. Re3 Qc4 25. Rc1 $40) 21. Ne6+ $1 fxe6 (21... Kg8 22. Nc7 $16) 22. Rxe6 Qf7
(22... Qb2 23. Qf3+ Nf5 24. Bc3 $16) 23. Qa4 (23. Rc1 Bc4 $140 24. Rc3 {
Kasparov}) 23... Bc4 (23... Bb7 24. Bc3 (24. Rae1 $40) 24... d4 25. Bxd4 Nxd4
26. Qxd4 Kg8 27. Rf6 Nc6 28. Qd6 (28. Qc3 $18 {Hansen,Cu}) 28... Rd8 29. Be6
Rxd6 30. Bxf7+ Kg7 31. Rxd6 $18) (23... Bc8 24. Rxc6 Bxg4 25. Rc7 Rc8 (25...
Be6 26. Bb4 Re8 27. Qxa7 $40) 26. Rac1 Rxc7 27. Rxc7 Qe6 28. Bb4 Rh7 29. Qxa7
$16) 24. Rxc6 (24. Bc3 {Hansen,Cu} b5 25. Qd1 d4 $17 26. Bxd4) (24. Rae1 {
Hansen,Cu} b5 $13) 24... Nxc6 (24... b5 25. Qb4 $16) 25. Qxc6 Re8 26. Bd7 Kg7 (
26... Re2 27. Qc8+ Kg7 28. Bc3+ $18) (26... Rd8 27. Bb4+ (27. Be6 {Hansen,Cu}
Bb5 $1 28. Qc3 d4 29. Qb3 Qf6 30. Re1 $13 Bd7) 27... Kg7 28. Bc3+ Kh7 29. Be6
$16 (29. Be6 Qe7 30. Bxh8 Rd6 $15)) 27. Bc3+ Kh7 28. h5 (28. Bxh8 {Hansen,Cu}
Rxh8 $15) (28. Bxe8 {Hansen,Cu} Rxe8 $15) 28... Rhf8 (28... gxh5 29. Bf5+ $1
Qxf5 30. Qc7+ $18) (28... Rd8 29. hxg6+ Qxg6 30. Qc7 $18) 29. hxg6+ Qxg6 30.
Bxe8 Qxe8 (30... Rxe8 31. Qd7+ Kg8 32. Rd1 a6 33. Rd4 h5 34. Rf4 $40) 31. Qd6
Qf7 32. Bd4 $1 Re8 33. Rc1 Re4 34. Be5 Rg4 (34... Qf5 35. Qe7+ Kg6 36. Qg7+ Kh5
37. f3 Qxe5 38. Qf7+ Kg5 39. fxe4 $16) (34... Re2 $1) (34... b5 $5 {Hansen,Cu /
\a7-a5} 35. Rc3) 35. Rc3 Rg6 36. Qd8 Rg8 37. Qh4 Rg5 (37... Qe6 38. Re3 $18)
38. f4 Rh5 $2 (38... Rg6 39. f5 (39. g4 $16 {Hansen,Cu} d4 $2 40. Rxc4 $18)
39... Rg8 40. Rh3 $18) (38... Rg8 39. Re3 {/\ Bd4} (39. Rh3 $36 {Hansen,Cu}))
39. Qd8 (39. Qd8 Rxe5 40. fxe5 Qf1+ 41. Kh2 Qf4+ 42. Rg3 $18) 1-0

[Event "DDR-ch 36th"]
[Site "Glauchau"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Goldberg, Alexander"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Goldberg,A"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1987.02.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH 4/1987} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. h4 Nbc6 8. h5 h6 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Bd7 11. Rb1 Qc7 12. Bd3 c4 13. Be2 O-O-O
14. Nh4 g5 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Nf3 g5 17. Nh2 $1 Nf5 18. Ng4 Rdf8 ({Nicht} 18...
Be8 $2 19. Bxg5) 19. Nf6 Be8 20. Qc1 Bg6 21. Qb2 {Bindet Schwarz an b7} Ng7 ({
Evtl. wäre} 21... b6 {zu erwägen.}) 22. f4 $5 {Forciert die Ereignisse.} ({
In Betracht kam} 22. Be3 {Kd2 und Verdoppelung in der h-Linie.}) 22... Ne8 {
Der lästige Vorposten muss beseitigt werden.} 23. fxg5 hxg5 24. Rxh8 Rxh8 25.
Bxg5 Nxf6 26. Bxf6 Rh2 27. Bg4 Qh7 $1 (27... Bf5 $2 28. Bxf5 {und Kf2 ist
weisser Vorteil.}) 28. Bxe6+ Kb8 29. Bg8 $1 {[#]} (29. Bxd5 $2 Bxc2 30. Rc1 Be4
$1) 29... Rh1+ $2 {Dies sollte verlieren.} ({Richtig war} 29... Qd7 $1 30. Bxd5
Rh1+ 31. Kd2 Rxb1 32. Bxc6 Qxc6 ({Bei} 32... Rxb2 33. Bxd7 {sind die weissen
Freibauern sehr stark.}) 33. Qxb1 Qxg2+ 34. Kc1 Qf1+ 35. Kb2 Qxb1+ 36. Kxb1 Bf7
$11) 30. Kf2 Rxb1 31. Bxh7 Rxb2 32. Bxg6 Kc7 33. Bf5 b5 34. g4 a5 35. Ke3 $6 (
35. g5 {gewann schnell:} b4 36. axb4 axb4 (36... a4 37. g6 a3 38. g7 a2 39.
g8=Q a1=Q 40. Qc8+) 37. g6 b3 38. g7 bxc2 39. Bxc2 Rxc2+ 40. Kf3 Rxc3+ 41. Kf4
Nxd4 42. g8=Q Ne2+ 43. Kf5 Nd4+ 44. Kg4) 35... b4 36. cxb4 axb4 37. axb4 Nxb4
38. Kd2 Nc6 39. Kc3 Ra2 40. g5 Ra3+ 41. Kb2 Rg3 42. e6 c3+ 43. Ka3 $6 (43. Ka2
{war genauer}) 43... Rf3 44. g6 $2 {Erst hier wurde der Sieg vergeben,} ({
der mit} 44. Bg4 Rf4 45. e7 Re4 46. Bf3 {- jetzt sieht man, wieso 43. Ka2
genauer wäre, denn dann gewänne Be5+, was jetzt an Nxe5 nebst Nc4+ scheitert -}
Re3 47. Bxd5 Nxe7 48. Bf7 {zu erreichen gewesen wäre.}) 44... Rxf5 $1 45. g7
Rxf6 46. g8=Q Kd6 $1 47. Qg3+ Kxe6 48. Qxc3 Ne7 49. Kb4 Kd7 50. Qh3+ Kc7 51.
Qg3+ Kd7 52. Qg4+ Kd8 53. Kc3 Rc6+ 54. Kd3 Rc4 55. Qh4 Kd7 56. Qh5 Rc6 57. Qh7
Rc8 58. Ke3 Rc4 59. Qd3 Rc6 60. Qb5 Ke6 61. Qb3 Rc4 62. c3 Rc8 63. Qc2 Rc6 64.
Kf4 Kf6 65. Qf2 Ke6 66. Qe2+ Kd7 67. Qb5 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nikolaev zt"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Golubev, Mikhail"]
[Black "Koutsin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Golubev,M"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qb1
(8. Qg4 Kf8 (8... g6 $1) (8... Ne7 $5) 9. Qd1) (8. Nf3 Nc6 $5 9. dxc5 f6 10.
Nd4 Nxd4 11. cxd4 Qxd4 12. Bb5+ Kf7 13. O-O Qxe5 14. c4 $13 {Stripunsky,
A-Krivoshey,S/Nikolaev(zt)/1995/}) 8... c4 9. Nh3 Nc6 10. Be2 (10. g3 Bd7 11.
Nf4 O-O-O 12. Bh3 h5 13. Qd1 $14 {Kruppa,Y-Krivoshey,S/Nikolaev(zt)/1995/})
10... Bd7 (10... f6 $32 11. exf6 (11. f4 $5) 11... Nxf6) 11. O-O (11. Nf4 O-O-O
12. Nh5 f6 $13) 11... O-O-O 12. Nf4 f6 $6 (12... Nge7 13. Nh5) (12... g6 $5)
13. Bg4 (13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Bf3 g5 $5 (14... e5 15. Nxd5) 15. Nh5 $36) 13... f5
$8 14. Be2 Nge7 15. h4 (15. Nh5 $5) 15... g6 16. Nh3 h6 17. Qc1 Ng8 18. Re1 $2
(18. g4 $1 Nce7 19. Rb1 $16) 18... Rf8 19. Rb1 Rf7 20. Qb2 b6 21. Qc1 Rfh7 22.
Bf3 Nge7 23. g3 Be8 24. Bg2 Bf7 25. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Utrecht OKU op"]
[Site "Utrecht"]
[Date "2005.06.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wissen, Michiel"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2005.06.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Nf3 (9. Bg5 $5 {gilt als anspruchsvoller.}) 9... f5 10. exf6 Rxf6 11.
Qh5 h6 12. Ne5 (12. O-O c4 13. Be2 {ist die übliche Folge.}) 12... c4 (12...
Nxe5 13. dxe5 Rf8 14. O-O c4 15. Be2 Bd7 {ist durchaus möglich.}) 13. Ng4 ({
Ein neuer Versuch.} 13. Bg5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Rf8 15. Bg6 Qc7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. h4
Bd7 {sahen wir in Morgan-Lputian, Los Angelos 1991.}) 13... cxd3 14. Nxf6+ gxf6
15. cxd3 e5 16. O-O (16. Qxh6 Qf8 17. Qxf8+ Kxf8 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. d4 Nd3+ 20.
Ke2 Nxc1+ 21. Raxc1 Nf5 {ist naheliegend.}) 16... Bf5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 $6 (17...
fxe5 $5 18. Rd1 Qa5 {kommt Schwarz zugute.}) 18. d4 Nf7 19. Bxh6 Bg6 20. Qh3 $2
(20. Qh4 Nxh6 21. Qxh6 {sieht freundlicher für Weiß aus.}) 20... Qc8 21. Qxc8+
Rxc8 22. Rfe1 Nf5 23. Bd2 N7d6 24. f3 Nc4 25. Bf4 Kf7 26. Rab1 $2 (26. g4 Ng7
27. h4 {mit etwa gleichen Chancen.}) 26... b6 27. Rb5 {treibt Weiß ins
Verderben.} Ne7 28. a4 a6 29. Rb4 Nc6 30. Rxc4 dxc4 31. Re2 Ne7 0-1

[Event "Lippstadt Turm op"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "2009.06.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Becker, Martin Alexander"]
[Black "Teske, Henrik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2009.06.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. Bd2 Nc6 7. Qg4 g6 ({Eine
vorbereitete Überraschung. Die üblichen Fortsetzungen sind} 7... Kf8) ({oder} 
7... Nge7) 8. dxc5 Nxe5 9. Qd4 ({In Frage kam} 9. Qg3 Nd7 10. Nf3 {mit
besseren Aussichten für Weiß.} Ne7 (10... Ngf6 11. b4 Bc7 12. Qh4 O-O 13. Bg5
$16) 11. Qh4 O-O 12. b4 Bc7 13. Be2 Nf5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. g4 Ne7 16. Nb5 Bb8
17. Nd6 $14) 9... f6 10. O-O-O Ne7 11. f4 Ng4 12. Nf3 O-O 13. h3 $2 ({Nach} 13.
Qg1 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 {stünde Weiß klar überlegen.} Qc7 (14... Nf5 15. Bd2) 15. h3
Nh6 16. g4 Qxf4+ 17. Bd2 Qxf3 18. Bxh6 Rd8 19. Bd3 $16) 13... Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Nf5
15. Qd2 Nge3 16. Re1 Nxf1 17. Rhxf1 Ng3 18. Rg1 Bd7 19. Qd4 Rc8 20. Nd2 Qc7 21.
Qf2 $6 ({Vorzuziehen war} 21. Qe3 Nf5 22. Qf2 Ng7 $15 {und der weiße Nachteil
bleibt in Rahmen.}) 21... Nh5 22. f5 exf5 $6 ({Viel stärker wäre} 22... e5 23.
fxg6 hxg6 24. Kb1 Nf4 $17 {mit Vorteil für Schwarz gewesen.}) 23. g4 Nf4 24.
Re7 ({Auch nach} 24. Qf3 fxg4 25. hxg4 g5 26. Nb3 Ba4 27. Nd4 Qxc5 $15 {
bleibt Schwarz am Ruder.}) 24... Qxc5 25. Qxc5 Rxc5 26. Rf1 $2 ({Hartnäckiger
war} 26. Bb4 Nd3+ 27. Kb1 Nxb4 28. Rxd7 Nxc2 29. gxf5 g5 30. Rxb7 Nd4 31. Rxa7
Nxf5 $15 {mit Plus für Schwarz.}) 26... Rf7 27. Bxf6 Nxh3 28. g5 (28. Rxf7 Kxf7
29. Bd4 Ra5 30. Nf3 fxg4 31. Ne5+ Ke6 32. Nxg4 h5 $17) 28... Rxe7 29. Bxe7 Rc6
({Zu überlegen war} 29... Rc8 $5 30. Bf6 f4 $17) 30. Bf6 Rc8 31. Nf3 f4 32. Nd4
Bf5 $6 ({Zum entscheidendem Vorteil führte} 32... Re8 33. Kd2 Kf7 34. Nf3 h6
$19) 33. Kd2 ({Das kleinere Übel wäre} 33. Nxf5 gxf5 34. Rf3 Ng1 35. Rf1 Ne2+
36. Kd2 Re8 37. Re1 f3 38. Rf1 Kf7 39. Rxf3 Kg6 $17) 33... Be4 34. Be5 Kf7 ({
Zeitnot, stärker war} 34... Re8 $1 $19) 35. Re1 Nxg5 36. Bxf4 Nf3+ ({Und hier} 
36... Ne6 37. Nxe6 Kxe6 38. c3 h5 $19) 37. Nxf3 Bxf3 38. Bg5 Be4 39. c3 Kg7 40.
Rf1 Bf5 41. Rh1 Re8 (41... a6 42. Rh4 Re8 43. Rb4 Bc8 44. Rb6 Rf8 45. Rd6 Rf2+
46. Kc1 Rg2 $17 {kam ebenfalls in Betracht.}) 42. Bh6+ Kf6 43. Be3 g5 44. Bxa7
Kg6 45. Be3 Re4 46. b4 b5 47. Ra1 (47. Rg1 g4 48. Ra1 Bd7 $17) 47... Rh4 (47...
Bd7 $17) 48. Bf2 Rh3 49. a4 (49. Bd4 Bd7 $17) 49... bxa4 50. Rxa4 Rd3+ 51. Ke2
({Mehr Widerstand konnte Weiß nach} 51. Ke1 Rxc3 52. Ra6+ Kh5 53. Rd6 Rb3 54.
Rxd5 Kg4 55. Bc5 h5 $17 {leisten.}) 51... Rxc3 52. b5 $2 ({und hier nach} 52.
Ra6+ Kh5 53. Rd6 Be4 54. b5 Rb3 55. b6 Kg4 56. Rh6 Kf4 $17) 52... Bd3+ 53. Kd2
Bxb5 0-1

[Event "Merida m"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hernandez Guerrero, Gilberto Eduardo"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1996.11.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 {For a long time Kortschnoj,V
has preferred 3. - Nf6 to 3. - Bb4. Now he plays 3. - Bb4 but in connection
with the risky 5. - Ba5. It would be interesting to know why the great expert
of the french opening avoids the mainline 5. - Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 which has
earned him many victories.} 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 a5 {The idea of
Lputian - as far as I know.} 9. Bb2 $6 {More difficult for black is 9. Bd2!
which was played in the later game Almasi-Kortschnoj.} axb4 10. axb4 Rxa1 11.
Bxa1 Nc6 12. Qd2 Nh6 {A typical manouvre for this variation. The diagonal
d8-h4 is left open and the Nh6 controls both f5 and g4. Just like the N on a6
controls both c5 and b4 in many Kings-indian lines.} 13. Nf3 Nf5 14. Bd3 O-O
15. Nxc7 (15. O-O $5 {Maybe white could have waited one move to decide how to
take back the P.}) 15... Qxc7 16. O-O Bd7 17. Bxf5 exf5 18. Bxd4 (18. Nxd4 Nxd4
19. Bxd4 Ra8 $10) 18... Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Ra8 {White has got a strong Nd4 against
the "bad french bishop". Does he have a clear advantage then? Not rearly.
Black controls the important a-file and whites pawn-postion is somewhat loose.}
20. h3 h6 21. Rb1 Qc4 22. Kf2 Ra2 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Yd7a4]} 23. Rb3 Kh7 (23...
Ba4 $2 24. Rc3) 24. Qd3 g5 (24... Qxd3 $5 25. Rxd3 Ba4 $1 $132 (25... Rb2 $2
26. Rb3 $14)) 25. g3 $14 Kg6 26. b5 {/\27.Qxc4 dxc4 28.Rb4} Ra4 27. Qxc4 dxc4 (
27... Rxc4 28. Ke3 $14) 28. Rb1 Ra3 29. Rb4 Rc3 30. Ra4 $16 {Black is drifting
into trouble. The N on d4 is now stronger than Bd7.} gxf4 31. gxf4 Be6 32. Nxe6
fxe6 33. Ra7 Rxh3 (33... Rxc2+ 34. Ke3 $16 {The white K will be able both to
control blacks c4-P and support whites own passed P in the b-line.}) 34. Rxb7
Rc3 35. Re7 Kh5 {White is going to have two passed pawns. Black would have
liked to control the b-pawn with his rook and the e-pawn with his K. However
there is a big risk that white will get connected pawns in the e and f-lines
if black stays passive.} (35... Rxc2+ 36. Ke3 Rb2 37. Rxe6+ Kg7 38. b6) 36.
Rxe6 Kg4 37. Rxh6 Kxf4 38. e6 Rxc2+ 39. Ke1 Ra2 (39... Rb2 40. e7) 40. e7 Ra8
41. Re6 Re8 42. b6 c3 43. b7 Kf3 44. Kd1 f4 45. Rf6 1-0

[Event "Donner Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht King} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7.
Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3 f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Nbc6 (12... Qa5
13. Bd2 Nbc6 14. Nf3 c4 15. Be2 Bd7 16. O-O Raf8 $14 {Sax,G-Ehlvest,J/
Reykjavik/1988/}) 13. Nf3 Qf8 (13... Bd7 14. h4 Qc7 15. h5 e5 16. hxg6 $13 {
Atlas,V-Schlenker,J/LIE/1991/}) (13... Qa5 14. Bd2 (14. Qd2 c4 (14... cxd4 15.
cxd4 Qxd2+ 16. Bxd2 Nf5 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bd7 19. Rb1 b6 20. O-O Rc8 $10 {
Macieja,Bartlomiej-Masternak,Grzegorz/Wisla BES (09) 1992 (40)}) 15. Be2 Nf5
16. Ne5 Rf8 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bf4 c5 19. Be5 cxd4 20. cxd4 Qxd2+ 21. Kxd2 Nh4
22. g3 Nf3+ 23. Ke3 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Bd7 25. f4 Rab8 {1/2-1/2 Ernst,T-Giddins/
Gausdal 1995}) 14... Qc7 (14... Qa4 15. O-O cxd4 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Ne5 Rf8 18.
Bb4 Re8 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Qxd4 $16 {Vogt,L-Bus,M/Copenhagen Unibank (06) 1991 
(25)}) (14... c4 15. Be2 Nf5 (15... Bd7 16. O-O Nf5 17. Qc1 Raf8 18. a4 $13 {
Vehi,V-Alvarez Ibarra,R/San Sebastian op (02) 1994}) 16. h4 (16. O-O Nd6 17.
Ng5 Rf8 18. f4 {1/2-1/2 Kovalev,A-Uhlmann,W/Porz Citroen-Cup (03) 1990}) 16...
Bd7 17. h5 e5 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. dxe5 Re8 20. g4 $16 {Ernst,T-Giddins,S/Gausdal
International 1994 (31)}) (14... Bd7 15. h4 $1 e5 $5 16. c4 $1 (16. Nxe5 Nxe5
17. dxe5 $13) 16... Qa4 17. Ng5 dxc4 (17... Rff8 18. Nxh7 $1 $40) 18. Be4 Bf5
19. Nxf7 Bxe4 20. Qg4 $1 c3 21. Bg5 $18 {Epishin,V-Ulibin,M/Minsk 1990 (35)})
15. O-O e5 16. Ng5 Rf8 17. c4 e4 18. cxd5 exd3 19. dxc6 Qxc6 20. cxd3 Bf5 21.
Re1 $16 {Ernst,T-Schmidt,P/Vienna op (06) 1991}) (13... Qc7 14. O-O c4 (14...
e5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. Rfe1 Qd6 19. Bc4 $16 {Oll,
L-Bruyneels/Antwerpen op(02) 1993}) 15. Be2 Bd7 16. Qd2 Re8 17. Rfe1 Nc8 18.
Bh4 Qf4 19. Qd1 Qh6 20. Bg3 Qf8 21. Qd2 h6 $10 {Khalifman,A-Brenninkmeijer,J/
Groningen 1990}) (13... Qd6 14. O-O c4 15. Be2 Nf5 16. Qd2 {/\ Bf4} Ng7 17. g3
Qf8 (17... Bd7 18. Bf4 Qf8 19. Ne5 $16) 18. Ne5 (18. Bf4 Rxf4 $5 19. Qxf4 (19.
gxf4 Nh5 20. Rfe1 Nxf4 21. Bf1 Bd7 {/\ Qf6, Rf8~/=}) 19... Qxf4 20. gxf4 Nh5
21. f5 $1 $14 {Vogt,L-Hansen,LB/Altensteig 58/326 1993/1-0 (55)}) 18... Nxe5
19. dxe5 Qc5 20. g4 Bd7 21. Be3 Qc7 22. Qd4 b6 $14 {Sion Castro,M-De la Villa
Garcia,J/Leon 1991 (48)}) (13... Qc7) (13... Qa5) 14. O-O (14. Qd2 $5 Rxf3 $8
15. gxf3 Qxf3 16. Rg1 $14) 14... c4 (14... Nf5 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 c4 17.
Bxf5 gxf5 18. Bf6 Rxf6 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Qd4 $16 {Tatai-Luce/Pau op 1988 (33)})
15. Be2 h6 16. Bc1 (16. Be3 Bd7 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. h3 Nf5 19. Nh2 Qg7 20. f4 Raf8
21. Bf2 Nd6 $10 {Timoshchenko,G-Berelovich,A/Berliner Sommer (05) ,EXP 47 1995
(39)}) (16. Bh4 Nf5 17. Bg3 g5 18. Qd2 Bd7 19. h4 (19. Ne5 $6 Nxg3 20. hxg3
Nxe5 21. dxe5 Qg7 22. Qd4 Rf5 23. f4 g4 $10) 19... Qe7 (19... g4 20. Ne5 Nxg3
21. fxg3 Nxe5 22. dxe5 $40) 20. hxg5 Nxg3 21. fxg3 hxg5 22. Qe3 (22. Nxg5 Rg7
23. Nf3 Rxg3 24. Qf4 Qg7 $132) 22... Raf8 23. Nxg5 Rxf1+ (23... Rg7 $2 24.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Nh3 $16) 24. Bxf1 (24. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Qxa3 26. Nxe6 $6 Qe7
27. Qg5+ Qxg5 28. Nxg5 Bf5 $15) 24... e5 25. dxe5 (25. Re1 e4 $44) 25... Qxe5
26. Qxe5 Nxe5 $44 {Timman,J-Yusupov,A/Novgorod (08) ;CBM 48 1995 (35)}) 16...
Qg7 (16... Bd7 17. a4 Be8 18. Qd2 g5 19. Ba3 Rd8 20. Rae1 Qg7 21. Bd1 Rf6 22.
h4 Bh5 $10 {Howell,James-Edelman,Danny/New York op (04) 1990 (44)}) 17. Qd2 Nf5
18. h4 (18. g4 Nd6 19. Qxh6 Qxh6 20. Bxh6 Ne4 $132 {[%csl Rc3]}) 18... Bd7 19.
Bb2 {[%cal Ya1e1,Ye2d1,Ye1e6] /\Rae1,Bd1,<->e} Qf6 20. g3 e5 {[%csl Rb2]} 21.
dxe5 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 {[%cal Yf5g3] /\Nxg3} 23. Bf3 Nxh4 24. Bxd5 Be6 $15 25.
Bh1 Nf3+ 26. Bxf3 Rxf3 27. Rae1 (27. Qxh6 $4 Rxg3+ 28. fxg3 Qxg3+ 29. Kh1 Bd5+)
27... Qf6 28. Qxh6 Rf8 29. Bc1 $1 {King: Both sides strive for the initiative,
and with opposite coloured bishops, and the kings a little exposed, the stakes
are high.} Rf7 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Yf7h7,Ye6d5,Yd5h1,Yh7h1] /\Rh7,Bd5,Rh1#} (29...
Rxf2 30. Bf4 $10 (30. Qxf8+ {King} Qxf8 31. Rxf2 $16)) 30. Bf4 Rh7 31. Qg5 Qxg5
32. Bxg5 Bd7 {[%csl Re8] ><e8} (32... Bd5 33. Re8+ Kf7 (33... Rf8 34. Rxf8+
Kxf8 35. f3 $14) 34. Re7+ Kg8 35. Rxh7 Kxh7 36. Bd2 $10) 33. Re7 {King: Black
was threatening ...Bc6, so this simplification is forced and the game fades to
a draw.} Rxe7 34. Bxe7 Rxc3 35. Rc1 Bf5 36. Bb4 Rxc2 37. Rxc2 Bxc2 {Hecht:
Ungleiche L; blockierte sB-Mehrheit am Damenflügel} 38. Kf1 Kf7 39. Ke2 Ke6 40.
Kd2 Ba4 41. Bc5 b6 42. Be3 Kd5 43. Kc3 Bb3 44. Kd2 Kc6 45. Kc3 Kb5 46. Bg5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Polgar,Zsu} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7.
Qg4 Qc7 8. Bd3 c4 9. Be2 (9. Bf1 O-O (9... Nf5 10. Qd1 Bd7 11. g4 Ne7 12. Bh3
Nbc6 13. Ne2 O-O-O $13 {Szalanczy,E-Almasi,I/Kecskemet/1993/}) 10. f4 f5 11.
Qe2 Qa5 12. Bd2 Bd7 $13 {Perenyi,B-Damjanovic,M/Zurich op/1981/}) 9... O-O (
9... Qa5 10. Bd2 Nf5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Qh5 Bd7 13. g4 Nh6 $13 {Watson,W-Arkell,S/
London WFW/1989/}) (9... Nf5 10. Nf3 (10. Qh3 Nc6 (10... Bd7 11. g4 Ne7 12. Bd1
Nbc6 13. Ne2 O-O-O 14. Ng3 f6 15. f4 Qb6 16. Rf1 Rdf8 17. Ne2 Rf7 $13 {
Apicella,M-Lamoureux,C/Clichy/1993/}) (10... Qa5 11. Bd2 Bd7 12. Nf3 Nc6 13.
Ng5 h6 14. g4 Nfe7 15. f4 Rf8 16. Nf3 $14 {Stripunsky,A-Maiwald,JU/Katowice
open/1993/}) 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. O-O O-O-O 13. a4 $13 {Kosanovic,G-Paulic,B/
Beograd open/1989/}) (10. Bd1 Nc6 11. Ne2 O-O 12. Bg5 Kh8 13. Ng3 Qa5 14. Bd2
f6 15. f4 Ne3 $15 {Talavera,JC-Matamoros,C/Expo/1992/}) (10. h4 Bd7 11. Qf3 h5
12. Bg5 Qa5 13. Kd1 Ba4 14. Kc1 Nd7 15. Nh3 f6 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Bd2 O-O-O $15
{Skrebnevskis,R/Antonsen,M/J-EM/1993/}) (10. Nh3 Nc6 11. Qh5 h6 12. Nf4 Bd7 13.
Bg4 Nce7 14. Bxf5 Nxf5 15. g4 Ne7 16. a4 $13 {Pedzich,D-Matlak,M/POL-ch/1993/})
10... Nc6 (10... Bd7 11. Nh4 Rg8 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. Qh3 h6 14. Qg3 Qc6 $13 {
Bellin,R-Short,N/BCF-ch/1987/}) (10... Qa5 11. Bd2 Bd7 (11... Nc6 12. O-O Bd7
13. Ng5 $2 Ncxd4 $17 {Nielsen,UV-Brinck Claussen,B/Unibank/1991/}) 12. O-O Ba4
13. Ra2 Nc6 14. Qh3 h6 15. g4 Nfe7 16. Be1 O-O-O 17. Nh4 g5 18. Ng2 $15 {
Szalanczy,E-Apicella,M/Budapest/1991/}) 11. Qh5 h6 12. O-O (12. Nh4 g6 13. Qg4
Qd8 14. Nf3 Bd7 15. Qf4 Qa5 16. Bd2 O-O-O 17. h4 $13 {Polgar,J-Anand,V/Monaco/
1992/}) 12... Bd7 13. g4 {0,5/Sax,G-Short,N/Skelleftea/Wcup/1989/}) 10. h4 {
/\h4-h5-h6 ><f6,><g7} (10. Nf3 Nbc6 (10... Qa5 11. Bd2 f6 12. O-O Nbc6 13. exf6
Rxf6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Rf8 16. Qh3 Bd7 $10 {Rogers,I-Kindermann,S/Biel/
1990/}) 11. O-O (11. Ng5 Qa5 12. Bd2 f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. Qh5 h6 15. Nf3 Bd7
$10 {Odeev,H-Totsky,L/Odessa/1991/}) (11. h4 f6 12. exf6 Rxf6 13. Qg3 Qxg3 14.
fxg3 Bd7 15. Bg5 Rf7 16. Kd2 $14 {Polgar,Zso-Arribas,M/Novi Sad ol-W/1990/}) (
11. Bg5 Qa5 12. Kd2 f5 13. Qh3 Bd7 14. a4 $13 {Polgar,J-Gdanski,J/Budapest
play-off/1993/}) 11... f6 (11... Qa5 12. Ra2 f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. Qh5 Bd7 15.
Bg5 Rf7 $10 {Pedzich,D-Gdanski,J/Slupsk op/1992/}) 12. Bf4 Ng6 13. Bg3 Qa5 14.
exf6 Rxf6 15. Be5 Rf5 (15... Ncxe5 16. dxe5 Rf4 17. Qh5 $14 {Schabanel,S-Praud,
JL/Paris-ch/1991/}) 16. Nh4 $4 Ncxe5 17. dxe5 Rf4 $19 {Brustman,A-Kaminski,M/
Capelle la Grande/1993/}) 10... f6 11. f4 {ץc1} (11. Nf3 Nbc6 $132) 11... Nbc6
12. Nf3 b5 13. h5 a5 14. Bd2 (14. h6 g6 15. exf6 Rxf6 $10 (15... e5 $2 16. Qg5
$16)) 14... Rb8 (14... f5 $5 {Polgar,Zsu} 15. Qh4 Bd7 {plan b5-b4}) 15. O-O b4
(15... f5 $1 {Polgar,Zsu}) 16. axb4 axb4 17. cxb4 c3 $2 (17... Nxb4 {Polgar,Zsu
} 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. c3 Nd3 20. Bxd3 cxd3 21. Ne5 $16) 18. Bxc3 Nxe5 19. fxe5
Qxc3 20. Bd3 h6 (20... Rxb4 21. Ra7 $16 (21. h6 g6 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Qg5 Rf7
$13)) (20... Qxb4 21. h6 g6 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Ne5 $16) (20... f5 {Polgar,Zsu}
21. Qh4 Nc6 22. b5 Nb4 23. Ra7 Rb7 24. Rxb7 Bxb7 25. h6 $16) 21. b5 $16 f5 22.
Qh4 {פe7} Qc7 23. Rfb1 {/\b5-b6,Ra1-a7} Rf7 24. Qe1 {/\Qe1-b4-c5} Bd7 25. Ra6
Nc8 26. b6 Qb7 (26... Rxb6 27. Rbxb6 Nxb6 28. Qa5 $18) (26... Nxb6 27. Qb4 $18
(27. Qa5 $18)) 27. Qa5 Bc6 28. Qc5 {/\Nd2-b3-a5} Qd7 29. Ra3 (29. Nd2 $1) 29...
Qe8 30. Rc3 Bb7 31. Qb5 Qd8 (31... Qxb5 32. Rxb5 Ba6 33. Rbc5 $16) 32. Qa5 Ra8
33. Qc5 Re7 34. Qb4 Qe8 35. Nh4 Ra4 (35... Qxh5 36. Rxc8+ Rxc8 37. Qxe7 $18)
36. Qb5 Qxh5 37. Nxf5 (37. Qxa4 Qxh4 $16) 37... exf5 38. Qxa4 Qh4 39. Bxf5 $18
Rxe5 40. Bxc8 Bxc8 41. Rxc8+ Kh7 42. Rf8 Rh5 43. Rh8+ Kxh8 44. Qe8+ (44. Qe8+
Kh7 45. Qxh5 Qxh5 46. b7 Qh4 47. b8=Q Qxd4+ 48. Kh1 Qh4+ 49. Qh2) 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Knaak} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 b6
8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bd3 Ba4 10. h4 (10. O-O Nbc6 (10... c4 11. Be2 h6 (11... Nbc6
12. Ng5 h6 13. Nh3 Kd7 14. Nf4 g6 15. Re1 Kc7 16. Bg4 $14 {Johansson,M-Kroll,O/
SWE-DEN/1990/}) 12. Re1 Nbc6 13. Nd2 Qd7 14. Nf1 O-O-O 15. Ng3 g6 $10 {Zadrima,
A-Antonsen,M/Forli open/1991/}) (10... Qc7 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nh3 Nd7 13. Nf4 (13.
Be3 Qc6 14. Rb1 a6 15. Rb2 Bb5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Qb1 O-O 18. Bxb5 axb5 19. Rxb5
Rxa3 $17 {Nijboer,F-Brenninkmeijer,J/NLD-ch/1992/}) 13... O-O-O $13 {Stepanov,
P-Shtirenkov,V/Budapest/1991/}) 11. Re1 Qd7 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Be3 c4 14. Bf1
Rb8 $10 {Wedberg,T-Short,N/Dortmund/1983/}) (10. dxc5 bxc5 11. O-O c4 12. Be2
Ng6 13. Ng5 Nxe5 14. f4 $40 {Nunn,J-Nikolic,P/Beograd/1991/}) 10... h6 11. h5
Qc7 (11... Nbc6 12. Rh4 (12. g3 Rc8 13. Be3 Na5 14. O-O Qd7 15. Nh4 Bb5 16. Qg4
$14 {Dolmatov,S-Dokhoian,Y/Irkutsk/1986/}) 12... c4 13. Bf1 (13. Be2 Kd7 14.
Be3 Qg8 15. Qd2 Qh7 16. Rc1 Kc7 17. Rf4 Raf8 18. Nh4 Nd8 19. Bg4 Kb7 $10 {
Sokolov,A-Yusupov,A/Riga (m)/1986}) 13... Kd7 14. Rf4 Qg8 15. g3 Qh7 16. Ra2 g5
17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Nh2 $14 {Mortensen,E-Sorensen,J/Aarhus/1993/}) (11... c4 12.
Be2 (12. Bf1 Nbc6 13. g3 Kd7 14. Bh3 Qg8 15. O-O Qh7 16. Ra2 $14 {Anand,
V-Quillan,G/Prestwich/1990/}) 12... Kd7 13. Nh4 (13. O-O Qg8 14. g3 Qh7 15. Ra2
Na6 16. Nh4 Raf8 $10 {Dolmatov,S-Hansen,LB/Polanica Zdroj/1993/}) 13... Qg8 14.
Bg4 Qh7 15. Ra2 Na6 16. Rh3 Nc7 17. Kf1 Raf8 $15 {Georgiev,Ki-Yusupov,A/Las
Palmas/1993/}) 12. O-O (12. Bf4 Nd7 13. Qd2 O-O-O 14. O-O Kb7 $13 {Bologan,
V-Hertneck,G/BL/1994/}) (12. g3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qc3+ 14. Bd2 Qxd3 15. cxd3 Bxd1
16. Kxd1 Nbc6 $15 {Lau,R-Hansen,LB/Copenhagen Chess Cup/1992/}) (12. Rb1 $5 {
Knaak} Nd7 13. Rh4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Rc8 15. Rb2 Qc3+ 16. Kf1 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18.
Qe2 Ne4 $13 {Yudasin,L-Casper,T/Leipzig/1986/}) 12... Nd7 (12... c4 13. Be2
Nbc6 (13... Nd7 14. g3 O-O-O 15. Nh4 Kb7 16. Bg4 Qc6 17. Re1 Rdg8 $13 {
Tischbierek,R-Kindermann,S/BW/1992/}) 14. g3 (14. Re1 O-O-O 15. Bf1 Rdg8 16.
Nh2 Kb7 $10 {Kuczynski,R-Hansen,LB/Groningen open/1988/}) 14... O-O-O 15. Nh4
Rdg8 16. Bg4 $14 {Ehlvest,J-Yusupov,A/USSR/1988/}) (12... Nbc6 13. Rb1 (13. Re1
c4 14. Bf1 O-O-O 15. Nh2 $14 {Spassky,B-Short,N/London/1982/}) 13... c4 14. Be2
O-O-O 15. Nh4 f6 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Bg4 $14 {Gavilanes,A-Pecorelli Garcia,H/
Cuba ch/1989/}) 13. Re1 (13. Bd2 O-O-O (13... a6 $5 {Knaak}) 14. Qb1 Nc6 15.
Bb5 Bxb5 16. Qxb5 Na5 $15 {Pliester,L-Kindermann,S/Aruba/1992/}) 13... Qc6 {
/\Bb5} (13... O-O-O 14. Nh4 Kb7 15. Ra2 Qc6 $13 {Dolmatov,S-Nikolic,P/Moscow
GMA/1990/} (15... Qc6 {Knaak} 16. Qg4 Rdg8 17. Rb2 g5 18. Nf3 c4 19. Bf1 Rf8
$13 {Dolmatov,S-Nikolic,P/Moscow/1990/})) 14. Rb1 a6 {/\Bb5} 15. Nd2 cxd4 (
15... Bb5 16. c4 (16. Bxb5 axb5 17. Qe2 (17. Qg4 Nf5 $10) 17... Ra5 18. Nb3 Ra4
$10) 16... dxc4 17. Be4 (17. Nxc4 {Knaak} Bxc4 18. Bxc4 cxd4 19. Qxd4 Nf5 $13)
(17. Bxc4 Bxc4 $5 (17... cxd4 18. Bxb5 axb5 19. Nf3 $14) 18. Nxc4 Nf5 19. dxc5
Qxc5 $13) 17... Nd5 18. a4 Bxa4 19. Nxc4 $40) 16. cxd4 Bb5 17. Rxb5 $1 (17.
Bxb5 axb5 18. Qe2 Qxc2 19. Rxb5 O-O $10) 17... axb5 18. Qe2 Ra4 (18... Qc3 19.
Nb3 Rc8 (19... Nc6 20. Bd2 Qb2 21. Qg4 $40 Qxa3 22. Bxb5 Ncb8 23. Ra1 Qxa1+ 24.
Nxa1 Rxa1+ 25. Kh2 Kf8 26. Bb4+ Kg8 27. Qh4 $18) 20. Bd2 Qb2 {Bulletin} 21. Bb4
$1 {CH} Nc6 22. Bd6 (22. Qg4 $5 Nxb4 23. axb4 (23. Qxg7 $2 Nxd3 $19) 23... O-O
24. Re3 $40) 22... Nxd4 $6 (22... Na5 23. Qg4 Rg8 24. Nxa5 bxa5 25. Bh7 $18)
23. Qg4 {Knaak} Nxc2 24. Qxg7 Rf8 25. Bxb5 Kd8 26. Bxf8 $18) (18... b4 $6 {
Knaak} 19. axb4 Qc3 20. Nb3 $1 Qxb4 21. Bd2 $44) (18... Nc8 $6 {Knaak} 19. Qg4
O-O 20. Re3 f5 (20... Kh8 21. Rg3 Rg8 22. Ne4 $40) 21. exf6 Rxf6 22. Rg3 Rf7
23. Qg6 $40) (18... O-O $1 {Knaak} 19. Bxb5 Qc7 $10) 19. Nb3 (19. Bxb5 Qxc2 {
Knaak} 20. Bxa4 Qxa4 $17) 19... Rc4 20. Bd2 Nf5 (20... O-O 21. Bb4 Re8 22. c3
$14 {/\Nd2}) 21. Bb4 {>< Ke8, >< Rh8, /\ c2-c3, Nd2xc4} Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Rxd4 23.
Bxb5 Qc8 {/\Re4} 24. Rd1 Rxb4 $6 (24... Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Qc7 (25... f5 {Knaak}
26. exf6 gxf6 27. Qg4 $18) 26. c3 {/\Qa4} (26. f4 Kd8 $13) 26... Kd8 $13) 25.
axb4 Qc3 (25... O-O 26. c4 $16) 26. Qg4 Qxe5 27. c4 f5 28. Qg6+ Ke7 29. cxd5
exd5 30. Bxd7 Kxd7 31. Qf7+ Kc8 (31... Kc6 32. b5+ Kc5 33. Qd7 $16) 32. Qa7 $18
Re8 33. Rc1+ Kd8 34. Qb7 1-0

[Event "Vikings GM 1st"]
[Site "York"]
[Date "1999.12.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[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 {Psakhis} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4
Qc7 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. Ne2 dxc3 (9... Nbc6 $5 {Psakhis}) 10. Qxg7 Rg8 11. Qxh7 Qxe5
12. h4 {'N' Psakhis. As far as I know opening theorys judgement of this type
of position is that white has good compensation. Because of the passed P in
the h-<-> and in the short term the somewhat more safe K-position. However
better than the textmove is probably the more often played: Psakhis: 'New and
interesting move, white's chances are slightly better according to theory
after'} (12. Bf4 Qf6 13. h4 $44 {in that case the possibility Bf4-g5 makes it
difficult for black to avoid Q-exchange and in the endgame the h4-P could
easily become quite powerful Psakhis: 'for example'} (13. Bxb8 Rxb8 14. Bb5+
Bd7 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Qh3 Nf5 17. Rd1 Rbc8 18. Qf3 Rc4 $17 {Ashley,M-Morris,M/
New York op 1991/0-1 (45)}) 13... Nd7 {'!' Psakhis. Psakhis: 'The Black knight
should control f6.'} (13... Nbc6 $6 14. Bg5 Qe5 15. Qh6 $16 (15. Qh6 Bd7 16.
Qf6 $16 {Geller-Sokolsky, URS-ch 1950.})) 14. Bg5 Qh8 (14... Qh8 {Psakhis} 15.
Qxh8 Rxh8 16. Nxc3 a6 17. O-O-O $1 (17. a4 f6 18. Bc1 $6 Nc5 19. Ba3 Nxd3+ 20.
cxd3 Nf5 21. h5 Bd7 22. Bb2 Kf7 23. Ne2 Rag8 24. Nf4 Rg4 $1 $17 {0-1 Milu,
R-Shachar,E/Kfar Sava-A 1993 (57)}) 17... b5 18. h5 f6 19. Be3 Bb7 20. f4 Kf7
21. Rh4 Rag8 $13 {1-0 Acs,P-Berkes,F/Zalakaros Kupa 1999 (56)})) 12... Qd6 13.
Bg5 {[%cal Rg5e7]} Nbc6 14. O-O {[%cal Ye2c3,Yc3b5]} a6 ({Surely not} 14... d4
$6 {Psakhis} 15. Ng3 {[%cal Gg3e4]}) 15. Rab1 (15. Nxc3 e5 $5 $13 (15... Qe5 $1
{[%cal Re5c3,Rg8h8] Psakhis})) 15... b5 16. a4 (16. Ng3 $5 {Psakhis}) 16... b4
17. Ng3 {White has made sure than blacks K will not fell safe on the Q-side.
However the advance of the b-P to b4 has also improved blacks P-position on
the Q-side} Bb7 18. Rfe1 ({Dangerous just for White} 18. Nh5 {Psakhis} O-O-O
19. Qxf7 Rdf8 20. Qh7 Rh8 21. Qg7 Rfg8 22. Qf7 (22. Bxe7 Nxe7 23. Qf7 d4 $17)
22... Rxg5 23. hxg5 Ne5 24. Qf4 Rxh5 $17) 18... Kd7 {'!?' Psakhis. Because the
black Ps shelter the K so well this is a good squares for the K} (18... Ne5 {
Psakhis} 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20. Nf5+ exf5 21. Qxf5 f6 22. f4 $40 {[%csl Ge1,Re7,Gf5]
}) 19. Nh5 {'?' Psakhis.} ({Difficult to explain why Emil didn't continue} 19.
Qxf7 $5 {Psakhis} Raf8 20. Qh5 e5 21. Qe2 $1 $36 {with initiative}) 19... Rxg5
$5 {'!' Psakhis.} 20. hxg5 Nd8 {Blacks sacrifices the exchange with the idea
of following with this passive move. What is the idea? First of all it is not
so easy for white to use his Rs in a efficient way. Secondly by taking on g5
black got rid of whites passed P Psakhis: 'It looks that Black has at least
enough compensation for exchange'} (20... Ne5 $5 {Psakhis}) 21. Nf6+ Kc8 22. g6
$2 {Blacks pieces are not yet placed in a harmonious way. With:} (22. a5 $1 {
white could both stop black for getting the safe and secured P-chain a5-b4-c3
and make it much more difficult for black - than in the game - to develop Ra8})
(22. Qh8 {Psakhis} a5 23. Bb5 Kb8 $13) 22... Nxg6 23. Bxg6 fxg6 24. Ne8 (24. a5
$5 {Psakhis}) 24... Qd7 25. Qxg6 a5 $1 $17 {'!' Psakhis. Suddenly Ne8 and Qg6
look a little lonely as they alone try to attack the black army.} 26. Re5 (26.
Ng7 {Psakhis} Ra6 27. Qf6 d4 28. Rbd1 Rd6 {[%csl Ga5,Gb4,Gc3,Gd4]}) 26... Ra6
27. Rbe1 $2 {a obvious but bad move} Qf7 $1 {because of the very strong Ps on
the Q-side the endgame is not just better but winning for black} 28. Qxf7 Nxf7
29. Rh5 (29. Rxe6 Rxe6 30. Rxe6 b3 $1 31. cxb3 c2 32. Re1 d4 $19) 29... d4 30.
Rh7 d3 {'-+!' Psakhis.} 31. Rxf7 (31. cxd3 {Psakhis} Bc6 (31... c2 $5 32. Rxf7
Rc6 {[%csl Gb4,Gc2]}) 32. Nf6 c2 33. Ng4 (33. Rxf7 b3 $19) 33... b3 34. Ne3 Ne5
$19) 31... d2 {'!' Psakhis.} 32. Ra1 Be4 {Black is a R down but the P-chain
from a5 to d2 is a joy for the eye} 33. g4 Bxc2 (33... b3 $1 {Psakhis} 34. cxb3
c2 $19) 34. g5 Rc6 (34... d1=Q+ {Psakhis} 35. Rxd1 Bxd1 36. g6 e5 $19) 35. Rf8
b3 (35... Bb1 $5 {Psakhis} 36. Rxb1 c2) 36. Kg2 b2 37. Rh1 b1=Q 0-1

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 30th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2000.05.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Psakhis} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4
f5 8. exf6 {Psakhis: 'Rare move'} Nxf6 9. Qg3 (9. Qf4 {Psakhis} Qxf4 (9... Qa5
$1) 10. Bxf4 Nc6 11. Nf3 Ne4 12. c4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. f3 O-O 15. Be5 Nf6
16. O-O-O Bd7 17. Rxd4 Bc6 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Bd3 $14 {Vielbahn,D-Heckoetter,C/
Recklinghausen op 1999/1-0 (52)}) 9... Qe7 {'N?!' Psakhis.} ({It is
interesting what Shirov prepared against the natural} 9... Qa5 $5 {Psakhis} 10.
Be2 $2 (10. Bd2 O-O) 10... O-O 11. Qd3 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Nc6 13. Qd3 Ne4 $17 {
Heidenfeld,M-Clarke,T/IRL-ch 1996/0-1 (35)}) (9... Qf7 {Psakhis} 10. Nh3 O-O
11. Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O c4 13. Be2 Ne4 14. Qe3 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. f3 Nf6 17. Nf2
Re8 18. Bd1 Bf5 $36 {Johnstone,G-Lindsay,F/St John op 1988/0-1 (36)}) 10. Bf4
Nh5 11. Qg4 Nxf4 12. Qxf4 c4 $6 {This game is an instructive example of how to
play against the bad french whitesquared B. However I think black made three
bad decisions that helped white a lot. The textmove gives white some
initiative though black may still be ok. I think he should have consisered
playing like in the game - but without c5-c4. In that case the option c5xd4
with counterplay in the c-<-> could have become quit useful.  Psakhis:
'Strange move, why not'} (12... Nc6 $5 13. Nf3 (13. Bb5 {Psakhis} Bd7 14. Bxc6
(14. Nf3 e5 $1) 14... Bxc6 15. Nf3 Ba4 $11 {with equal chances?}) 13... Bd7 14.
Be2 (14. g3 Qf6 15. Qe3 O-O 16. Bg2 Rae8 $5 (16... cxd4 17. cxd4 Be8 18. O-O
Bg6 $11 {[%csl Rc2,Re6]} (18... Bh5 $11 {[%csl Rc2,Re6]})) 17. O-O e5 18. dxc5
Bf5 $13) 14... c4 $5 {This is much better than the game because Be2 is not
well placed on e2. The question is whether white would have played 14.g3
without c5-c4 having been played}) 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. g3 $1 {[%cal Yf1g2,Yf1h3]}
Qf6 15. Qe3 O-O ({Deserves attention} 15... Bd7 $5 {[%cal Ge8c8] followed by
long castle. (Psakhis)}) 16. Bg2 Bd7 17. O-O Rae8 {[%cal Ye6e5]} ({
Unfortunately for Black he can't improve the position of the bishop -} 17...
Be8 18. Rae1 Bg6 19. Qxe6+ Qxe6 20. Rxe6 Bxc2 21. Ne5 $16 {leads to a game
with clear white's advantage. (Psakhis)}) 18. Rae1 b6 (18... Qd8 $5 {[%csl Ra3,
Rc3][%cal Yd8a5]}) (18... Re7 {[%cal Gd7e8,Ge8g6] Psakhis} 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20.
dxe5 $14) 19. Qd2 {[%csl Re5] ok - white got control over the important square
e5. But he still has some weak Ps on the Q-side. Black should try to deviate
whites attention from the e-<-> by putting pressure on these Ps:} Re7 $2 (19...
Qe7 $1 $44 {[%csl Ra3] That was blacks second chance to make whites task
considerably more difficult}) (19... Qe7 $5 {Psakhis}) 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Rxe5
Ref7 {[%csl Ra3,Rc3,Rd7,Re5,Re6]} (21... Be8 {Psakhis} 22. Rfe1 Bg6 $2 23. Bxd5
$18) 22. f4 $16 {Psakhis: 'The character of the game became clear - White's
advantage is obvious but it is very difficult to force the enemy's defence.'}
Qh6 23. h4 Rf5 24. Re3 Qg6 25. Kh2 R5f6 26. Rfe1 Re8 27. R1e2 Qf7 28. Qe1 Kf8 (
28... Rf8 $5 {Psakhis} 29. Bh3 Qg6 30. Bxe6+ $140 Bxe6 31. Rxe6 Rxe6 32. Rxe6
Qxc2+) 29. Bh3 h5 {'!?' Psakhis. Psakhis: 'Good idea.'} 30. Re5 g6 31. Qb1 Kg7
32. Qb4 Qf8 33. a4 {Psakhis: 'Hoping for 34. a5'} Qxb4 $2 {Together with the
game-continuation this is a dubious decision. Why improve whites P.-structure?}
(33... Bc8 $142 $16) 34. cxb4 a6 35. c3 Kf7 ({Deserves attention} 35... Rf5 $5
{Psakhis} 36. Bxf5 $140 $2 gxf5 37. a5 b5 $11) 36. Ra2 Ke7 37. Bg2 Kd6 38. Bf3
Ref8 39. Bd1 Be8 40. Rf2 Rh8 41. a5 b5 {[%csl Ra6] Now white does not have to
take care of any weak Q-side Ps anymore and can fully concentrate on the
K-side. Of course it is also of importance that blacks Ps are fixed on white}
42. g4 {Psakhis: 'Beggining of active plan'} hxg4 43. Kg3 Rff8 44. Kxg4 Bf7 45.
Kg5 {Psakhis: 'It is easy to see, that Shirov made big progress, but still
Black has chances for successful defence.'} Ke7 46. Bf3 Rfg8 47. Rfe2 Rh5+ {
'!' Psakhis.} 48. Kg4 ({The Rook is untouchable -} 48. Bxh5 $2 {Psakhis} gxh5+
49. Kh6 Kf6 50. Kh7 Rg7+ $11) 48... Kf6 49. Kg3 Rhh8 50. Bg4 Re8 51. h5 $1 {
a very nice breakthrough. White uses the greater activity of his pieces to the
maximum} gxh5 52. Bh3 h4+ 53. Kh2 Re7 (53... Rhg8 {Psakhis} 54. f5 exf5 55.
Rxf5+ Kg7 56. Rg2+ Kf8 57. Rgf2 Re7 58. Rf6 {[%cal Rh3e6,Rf6a6]}) 54. f5 Rhe8
55. Rg2 Bg8 (55... exf5 {Psakhis} 56. Rxf5+ Ke6 57. Rg7 $18) 56. Rg6+ Kf7 57.
Rgxe6 Kf8 58. Rxe7 Rxe7 59. Rxe7 Kxe7 60. f6+ 1-0

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Knaak} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4
O-O 8. Bd3 Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 $1 {Hertneck} 11. Be3 (11. O-O $6 c4 12.
Be2 f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. g3 Bd7 15. Be3 $6 (15. Bg5 $142 {Hertneck}) 15... Raf8
$15 {Judit Polgar-Hertneck,Koln TV 1991}) (11. Ng5 h6 12. Nxf7 Qxf7 13. Qxg6
Qxg6 (13... Qxf2+ $2 14. Kd1 {/\Rf1+-}) 14. Bxg6 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Bd3 Bd7
17. Bb2 Rf4 $1 18. Bc1 Rf7 19. Bb2 Rf4 20. Bc1 {1/2-1/2;Gelfand-Hubner,Wijk
aan Zee 1992}) (11. a4 $5 c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qh3 Qa5 14. Bd2 Bd7 15. Qg4 Ne7
16. h4 h6 $13 {Judit Polgar-Gdanski,Budapest zt 1993}) 11... c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6
13. Qg4 Qf7 $1 14. h4 $146 (14. Ng5 Qe8 15. h4 h6 16. Nh3 Ne7 17. Nf4 Bd7 18.
Rh3 Rf5 19. Kd2 $1 Qf7 20. Ne2 Rf8 $10 {Judit Polgar-Uhlmann,Aruba 1992}) 14...
Qf5 $5 (14... h6) 15. Qxf5 Rxf5 (15... gxf5 $6 16. h5 $14) (15... exf5 $5 {
/\Nd8-e6}) (15... gxf5 $10 {Knaak}) 16. Ke2 $14 {|^ >>} h6 17. g4 Rf7 18. Rag1
Bd7 19. Ne1 Raf8 20. f4 {/\h5} Rxf4 $6 (20... Be8 21. Nf3 $14 (21. Ng2 $14) (
21. h5 $6 gxh5 22. Rxh5 (22. f5 exf5 23. gxf5 Rxf5 24. Bxh6 R8f7 $15) (22. gxh5
$2 Rf5 $17) 22... Rxf4 23. Bxf4 Bxh5 24. Bxh6 Bg6 25. Bg5 Be4 $15) (21. f5 $2
exf5 (21... gxf5 22. gxf5 Rxf5 23. Bxh6 Rf2+ 24. Ke3 $2 (24. Kd1 Bh5+ 25. Kc1
R8f7 $15) 24... Bh5 $1 25. Rxg7+ Kh8 26. Rg2 $8 Rxg2 27. Bxf8 (27. Nxg2 Rf3+
28. Kd2 Rf2+ $19) 27... Re2+ 28. Kf4 Rf2+ 29. Kg5 Rf5+ $1 30. Kh6 Nd8 31. Bg7+
Kg8 $19) 22. gxf5 Rxf5 $17)) 21. Bxf4 Rxf4 22. Rg3 $1 Nd8 23. Ng2 Rf8 24. Ke3
$1 {/\Nf4} Ba4 25. Rc1 g5 $8 (25... Kh7 {Knaak} 26. Nf4 {/\ 27.h5+/-}) 26. hxg5
hxg5 27. Rh3 Nf7 28. Rh5 Rc8 29. Ne1 Rc6 30. Rb1 $1 Rc7 31. Kd2 Be8 32. Nf3 Re7
33. Rbh1 Rc7 34. Rh7 (34. Nxg5 $2 Nxg5 (34... g6 $2 35. Nxf7 gxh5 36. Nd6 $18)
35. Rxg5 g6 {X Rg5}) 34... Rc6 35. R1h5 Rc8 (35... Ra6 $6 36. Nxg5 Nxg5 (36...
g6 37. Rxf7 $1 gxh5 (37... Bxf7 38. Rh7 Be8 39. Rxb7 $18) 38. Re7 $1 Kf8 (38...
Bg6 39. gxh5 (39. Nxe6 $18 {Knaak}) 39... Bxh5 40. Nxe6 $18) 39. Rxb7 $18 {
/\Nh7}) (36... Nh6 37. R5xh6 gxh6 38. Rxh6 $18) 37. Rh8+ Kf7 38. Rxg5 g6 39.
Rxe8 $1 (39. Rh7+ $2 Kg8 40. Rxb7 Bf7 $1 {X Rg5}) 39... Kxe8 40. Rxg6 Kf7 41.
Rf6+ Kg7 (41... Ke7 42. g5 Rxa3 43. g6 $18 (43. Rf1 Ra6 44. g6 Rc6 45. Rf7+ Ke8
46. Rxb7 Kf8 47. Ke3 a5 48. Kf4 a4 49. Kg5 Ra6 50. Kf6 Ra8 51. g7+ Kg8 52. Rb1
a3 53. Rh1 $18)) 42. a4 $1 $18 (42. a4 {/\ Ke3-f4-g5-h5, Pg5-g6, Rf7 +-} Rxa4
43. Rxe6 b6 44. Rd6 Ra5 45. Ke3 $18)) 36. Ke3 (36. Nxg5 $6 Nxg5 $1 (36... g6 $2
37. Rxf7 $1 gxh5 (37... Bxf7 38. Rh7 Rf8 39. Ke3 $22 $18) 38. Rxb7 $18) 37.
Rh8+ Kf7 38. Rxg5 g6 $1 39. Rh7+ Kg8 40. Rxb7 a5 $1 $13 {X Rg5}) 36... a5 $6 {
With this and the following moves Black secures his queenside,but abandons any
possible counterchances based on Ba4 or Rc6-a6.} 37. Rh1 a4 $6 38. R7h2 b5 39.
Rf2 Rc7 40. Rh5 Re7 41. Rf1 Rb7 42. Kf2 Rb6 (42... Nh6 43. Rhh1 Nxg4+ $2 44.
Ke2 $18) 43. Kg3 Ra6 44. Rxg5 $1 Nxg5 45. Nxg5 Bg6 46. Rf2 Rb6 47. Kh4 Ra6 48.
Nh3 Be4 $6 (48... Ra7 49. Kg5 (49. Nf4 Rf7 (49... Bf7) 50. Kg3 Rxf4 $5 51. Kxf4
Be8 {Can White break through?}) 49... Be4 50. Kh5 $1 {/\Ng5} Rf7 $5 51. Rxf7
Kxf7 52. Ng5+ Ke7 53. Nxe4 dxe4 54. Kh4 Kd7 55. Kg3 Kc6 56. Kf4 Kd5 57. Ke3 $1
(57. g5 $2 b4 $1) 57... g5 58. Ke2 b4 $8 (58... Kc6 59. Kf2 $22 $18) 59. cxb4
Kxd4 60. c3+ $1 Kxe5 $8 (60... Kxc3 61. b5 Kd4 (61... Kb2 62. b6 c3 63. b7 c2
64. b8=Q+ $18) 62. b6 c3 63. b7 c2 64. Kd2 $18) 61. Ke3 Kd5 62. b5 Kc5 63. Kxe4
Kxb5 64. Ke5 Kc5 65. Kxe6 Kc6 66. Kf6 Kd5 67. Kf5 $1 Kd6 68. Kxg5 Ke5 69. Kh6
$18) 49. Kh5 $1 $16 Ra7 50. Ng5 Re7 51. Nxe4 dxe4 52. Kg6 e3 53. Re2 Rf7 54.
Rxe3 Rf2 55. Re1 $1 Rxc2 56. Rb1 Rxc3 57. Rxb5 Kf8 58. Rb4 Rxa3 59. Rxc4 Ra1
60. g5 a3 61. Ra4 a2 62. Ra7 $18 Ke8 63. Kxg7 Kd8 (63... Rg1 64. Rxa2 Rxg5+ 65.
Kf6 $18) 64. g6 Ke8 65. Ra6 $1 Ke7 (65... Kd7 66. Kg8 Rg1 67. Rxa2 Rxg6+ 68.
Kf7 $18) 66. Ra8 $22 Kd7 67. Kg8 Ke7 (67... Rg1 68. Rxa2 Rxg6+ 69. Kf7 $18) 68.
Ra7+ Ke8 69. g7 Rh1 (69... Kd8 70. Kf7 $18) 70. Rxa2 Ke7 71. Ra7+ Ke8 72. Ra5
Ke7 73. d5 exd5 74. Rxd5 Rh2 75. Ra5 Rh1 76. Ra7+ Ke8 77. e6 Rh2 78. Rf7 Rh1
79. e7 Rh2 80. Rf8+ $1 Kxe7 81. Rf3 {Lucena} Ke8 82. Re3+ Kd7 83. Re4 1-0

[Event "Czerniak Memorial 12th"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shmuter, Leonid"]
[Black "Zifroni, Dov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Kf8 $5 {
An interesting line introduced by Eingorn and often employed by Nikolic.} 8. a4
(8. h4 Qc7 9. Qd1 $5 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qc3+ 11. Bd2 Qxd4 12. Nf3 Qe4+ 13. Be2 b6 (
13... Nbc6 14. h5 Nxe5 15. h6 $44 {Kasparov,G-Nikolic,P/Paris PCA rapid/1995/})
14. O-O Ba6 15. c4 $5 Nbc6 16. Ng5 $5 Qxe5 17. Re1 $44 {Kasparov,G-Nikolic,P/
Horgen/1995/}) (8. Nf3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qa4 10. Ra2 b6 11. Qf4 h6 12. h4 Nd7 13. h5
Ba6 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 15. Rh3 Qb5 16. Ra1 Qa4 17. Ra2 Qb5 18. Ra1 Qa4 19. Ra2 {
1/2-1/2/Sokolov,A-Eingorn,V/URS ch/1988/}) 8... b6 $1 9. h4 Ba6 10. Bxa6 (10.
Bd3 $5) 10... Nxa6 11. Ne2 Rc8 {Here we see Black s idea in this variation: He
wants to exploit White s weak queen side pawns.} 12. O-O h6 13. Ba3 Nf5 14. g3
Kg8 15. Nf4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rxc2 $17 {White hopes to create counterplay down the
c-file, but it turns out to be nothing.} 17. Rfc1 Qc8 18. h5 Nb4 $1 19. Qd1 Qc4
20. Bxb4 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Qxb4 22. Ng6 $2 fxg6 23. hxg6 Qf8 24. Qc2 Ne7 25. Qc7
Nxg6 $19 26. Qxa7 Kh7 27. Rc7 Rg8 28. Qxb6 Qf5 29. Qa7 h5 30. Kg2 Qg4 31. Rf7
Nh4+ {A very smooth win for Black in an underestimated variation. White has to
play very actively (like Kasparov!) to exploit the insecure position of the
Black king. If Black is given time to consolidate, he will have a clear
positional advantage due to White`s weak queenside pawns.} 0-1

[Event "WchT 3rd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Hug, Werner"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1993.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 $5 (5... Bxc3+) 6. Bd2 (6. b4
cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. Nb5 Bc7 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 a6 11. Nxc7+ Qxc7 12. Ne2 Bd7
13. Bb2 a5 14. Nxd4 Qxe5+ 15. Be2 Nbc6 16. Rd1 $13 {Yermolinsky,A-Vaganian,R/
Tilburg/1993/}) 6... Nc6 $1 {A good move,which neutralizes 6Bd2.} 7. Nb5 Nxd4
$1 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. Bb5+ (9. Nf3 Bb6 10. Bd3 Ne7 11. Ng5 h6 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh3
Nc6 14. f4 Qe7 15. O-O Bd7 16. Nf3 O-O-O $13 {Richmond-Hug,W/Debrecen/1992/})
9... Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Kxd7 11. Nf3 Bb6 12. O-O Ne7 $10 13. a4 $5 a6 14. Ra3 $1 h6
15. Rb3 Nc6 16. a5 Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Site "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Black "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1996.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 c4 13. Be2 Nbc6 14. Nf3 Qf8 15.
Qd2 Nf5 16. g4 Nd6 17. Bh6 Ne4 18. Qe3 Qd6 19. O-O Bd7 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 e5
22. f4 exd4 23. cxd4 Re8 24. Bf3 Rfe7 25. c3 Nd8 26. f5 gxf5 27. gxf5 Kh8 28.
Bf4 Qf6 29. Rf2 Nf7 30. Bxd5 Bc6 31. Bg2 Rg8 32. Bg3 Bxg2 33. Rxg2 h6 34. Rf1
Kh7 35. Re2 Ng5 36. Rxe7+ Qxe7 37. Kh1 Ne4 38. Re1 Re8 39. Rxe4 Qxe4+ 40. Kg1
Qe3+ 41. Qf2 Qxf2+ 42. Kxf2 {L-T: offene Linien, w Bauernschwächen, klare
Technik} Rf8 43. Ke3 Rxf5 44. Ke4 Kg6 45. d5 Rf1 46. Kd4 Ra1 47. d6 Kf7 48.
Kxc4 Ke6 49. Kb3 Rb1+ 50. Kc2 Rf1 51. a4 h5 52. Kb3 Rb1+ 53. Kc2 Rb6 54. Bf4 h4
55. Bg5 h3 56. Bf4 Ra6 57. Kb3 Ra5 58. Be3 Kxd6 59. Kb4 b6 60. Bf4+ Kc6 61. Kb3
Rf5 62. Bg3 Rf3 63. Bb8 Rf8 64. Be5 Kd5 65. Bc7 Rc8 66. Bg3 Ke4 67. Bd6 Kd3 68.
Be5 Rc5 69. Bd4 Rf5 70. Kb4 Ke2 0-1

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.08.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wang, Zili"]
[Black "Hoang, Thanh Trang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Nbc6 8. h5
Qa5 9. Bd2 Qa4 10. Nf3 h6 11. Rb1 Qxa3 12. Ra1 Qb2 13. Rb1 Qa3 14. Ra1 Qb2 15.
dxc5 a5 16. Rh4 a4 17. Rhxa4 Rxa4 18. Rxa4 O-O 19. Bd3 f6 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. Nd4
e5 22. Nb5 e4 23. Be2 Bd7 24. Qc1 Qxc1+ 25. Bxc1 Ne5 26. Ra7 Bc6 27. Nd4 Nf5
28. Ra8+ Kh7 29. Nxf5 Rxf5 30. Be3 Nd7 31. Rc8 Rf8 32. Rc7 Ra8 33. Bd4 Kg8 34.
c4 dxc4 35. Bxc4+ Kf8 36. Be6 Rd8 37. c4 Ke8 38. Bd5 Nf6 39. Bxf6 gxf6 40. Rh7
Bxd5 41. Rh8+ Bg8 42. Rxg8+ Ke7 43. Rxd8 Kxd8 {Tempofragen, Übergänge ins
Damenendspiel} 44. Kd2 Kd7 (44... Ke7 45. Ke3 f5 46. Kf4 Kf6 47. g3 $1 Ke6 48.
g4 {siehe Partie}) 45. Ke3 f5 46. Kf4 Ke6 47. g4 fxg4 48. Kxe4 (48. Kxg4 Ke5
49. Kg3 Kf5 50. f4 e3 51. Kf3 e2 52. Kxe2 Kxf4 53. Kd3 Kg4 54. c6 bxc6 55. Kd4
Kxh5 56. Kc5 Kg5 57. Kxc6 h5 58. c5 h4 59. Kb7 h3 60. c6 h2 61. c7 h1=Q+ 62.
Kb8 $11) 48... Kf6 49. Kd5 (49. Kf4 Ke6 50. Kxg4 Ke5 51. f3 Kd4 52. Kf5 Kxc5
53. Kg6 (53. f4 $142 $1 Kxc4 54. Ke5 b5 55. f5 b4 56. f6 b3 57. f7 b2 58. f8=Q
b1=Q 59. Qc8+ $18) 53... Kxc4 54. Kxh6 b5 55. Kg5 b4 56. h6 b3 57. h7 b2 58.
h8=Q b1=Q $18 {Tablebase}) 49... Kf5 50. c6 (50. Kd6 Ke4 51. Kc7 Kd4 $1 52.
Kxb7 Kxc5 53. Kc7 Kxc4 54. Kd6 Kd3 55. Ke5 Ke2 56. Kf4 Kxf2 57. Kxg4 Ke3 58.
Kf5 Kd4 59. Kg6 Ke5 60. Kxh6 Kf6 $11) 50... bxc6+ 51. Kxc6 Ke4 52. c5 Kf3 53.
Kd5 (53. Kd5 Kxf2 54. c6 g3 55. c7 g2 56. c8=Q g1=Q 57. Qc5+ Kf1 58. Qxg1+ Kxg1
59. Ke4 Kf2 60. Kf5 Ke3 61. Kg6 Kf4 62. Kxh6 Kf5 63. Kg7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.04.28"]
[Round "15.2"]
[White "Berndt, Stephan"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Neukoelln"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bb5+
Bd7 9. Bd3 Ba4 10. O-O Nd7 11. Re1 Ne7 12. Bd2 h6 13. g3 O-O-O 14. dxc5 Nxc5
15. Qe2 Kb8 16. Nd4 Nc6 17. Rab1 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Nxd3 19. cxd3 Rc8 20. Rec1 Qd7
21. Bb4 Kb7 22. Qd2 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Kf1 a5 25. Bd6 f5 26. h4 Ka6 27. Ke2
Rc6 28. Rxc6 Qxc6 29. Qb2 g5 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Kd2 Qd7 32. Qc1 Kb7 33. Qh1 Qg7
34. Qh5 Ka6 35. Qh1 Be8 36. Qc1 Kb7 37. Qh1 Ba4 38. Qh5 Ka6 39. Qh1 f4 40. Qh5
Qg8 41. Qh1 fxg3 42. fxg3 g4 43. Qf1 Qg5+ 44. Ke2 Qh6 45. Qf8 Qh2+ 46. Kf1 Qh1+
47. Kf2 Bc6 48. Ke2 Qh2+ 49. Qf2 Qh3 50. Ke3 Bb5 51. Kd2 Qh7 52. Qe2 Qh3 53.
Qf2 Qh6+ 54. Kc2 Ba4+ 55. Kb2 Qh1 56. Qf8 Qg2+ 57. Ka1 Qg1+ 58. Ka2 Qg2+ 59.
Ka1 Bc6 60. Qc8+ Bb7 61. Qxe6 Qg1+ 62. Ka2 Qf2+ 63. Kb3 Qd2 64. a4 Qxd3+ 65.
Ka2 Qxd4 66. Qd7 Qc4+ 67. Kb2 d4 68. Qb5+ Qxb5+ 69. axb5+ Kxb5 {"Viele Hunde
sind des Hasen Tod"} 70. e6 Bc6 71. e7 Be8 72. Kc2 Kc4 73. Bc7 Kc5 74. Kb2 a4
75. Ka3 b5 {Die Doppelfunktion für den Le8, Block für den Be7 und Deckung für
den Bb5, ist hier praktisch ohne Bedeutung, weil es ja noch den Ba4 sowie das
g-Bauernpärchen gibt.} 76. Ba5 Kc4 {[%cal Gc4d3,Gd3e2,Gd4d3]} 0-1

[Event "POL-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Brzeg Dolny"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pedzich, Dominik"]
[Black "Matlak, Marek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qh5+
g6 9. Qd1 Bd7 10. Nf3 Ba4 11. Rb1 c4 12. g4 fxg4 13. Ng5 Qc6 14. h3 g3 15. fxg3
h6 16. Nf3 Na6 17. Bg2 O-O-O 18. O-O Rf8 19. Ng5 Rxf1+ 20. Qxf1 hxg5 21. Qf8+
Qe8 22. Qg7 Ne7 23. Bxg5 Bxc2 24. Rb2 Bb3 25. Bxe7 Rg8 26. Qf6 Nc7 27. Rf2 Kd7
28. Bb4 b6 29. h4 g5 30. hxg5 Rg6 31. Qf7+ Qxf7 32. Rxf7+ Kc6 33. Be7 Nb5 34.
Rf6 Bc2 35. Bh3 Kd7 36. Bb4 Rxf6 37. gxf6 {[#] Je zwei Freibauern auf den
Flügeln bei blockierter Stellung, Taktik, Tempofrage} Bg6 38. Bg4 a5 39. Bf8
Nxc3 40. Kf2 b5 41. Ke3 Na2 42. Kf4 b4 43. axb4 axb4 44. Kg5 Bf7 45. Kh6 b3 46.
Ba3 Ke8 47. Kg7 Nc3 (47... c3 48. Be2 b2 49. Bb5+ Kd8 50. Bd3 Ke8 51. Be7 Kd7
52. Kxf7 Nc1 53. Bc2 $18) 48. Bh5 Bxh5 49. g4 Bf7 50. g5 Nb5 51. g6 Bxg6 52.
Kxg6 Nxa3 53. Kg7 b2 54. f7+ Kd7 55. f8=Q b1=Q 56. Qd6+ Kc8 57. Qc6+ Kb8 58.
Qd6+ Kc8 59. Qc6+ Kb8 60. Qd6+ Kc8 61. Qc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Platonov Memorial"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Golubev, Mikhail"]
[Black "Koutsin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qb1
c4 9. g3 Nc6 10. Bg2 Bd7 11. Nh3 O-O-O 12. Nf4 f5 13. h4 g6 14. Bh3 Rf8 15. Qc1
Nce7 16. Rb1 Rf7 17. Rb4 Qa6 18. a4 Nc6 19. Rb1 Qxa4 20. Qb2 Qa6 21. Ra1 Qb6
22. Qxb6 axb6 23. Ra8+ Kc7 24. Bg2 Nce7 25. Ke2 Kc6 26. Bc1 Nc8 27. h5 gxh5 28.
Rxh5 h6 29. Ba3 Rhh7 30. Bxd5+ exd5 31. e6 Re7 32. Bxe7 Rxe7 33. Rxf5 Bxe6 34.
Nxe6 Rxe6+ 35. Re5 Rxe5+ 36. dxe5 {T-SS: Freibauernrennen} Nge7 37. g4 Kc7 38.
f4 Nc6 39. Ke3 b5 40. e6 d4+ 41. cxd4 b4 42. d5 N6e7 43. Kd4 b3 44. cxb3 cxb3
45. Ra3 Kd6 46. Rxb3 Nxd5 47. f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 07th round of 32"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Arnason, Jon Loftur"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1989.04.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Reykjavikur Taflfelag"]
[BlackTeam "Anderlecht Brussels"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 12. Qd3 Bd7 13. Nxc3 a6 14. Rb1
Rc8 15. Ne2 Na7 16. Qb3 Bb5 17. Nd4 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Nac6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Rb2
Nf5 21. Qd3 Rxg2 22. Kxg2 d4+ 23. Kg1 Ke7 24. Qf1 Qe4 {^D} 25. h3 (25. Kf2 Rc3
26. Qg2 Rxc2+ $18 {Timman}) (25. c4 Ne3 $1 (25... dxc3 26. Re2 Qd4+ 27. Qf2 $10
) (25... d3 26. h3 $1 $10) 26. Bxe3 Qxe3+ $19 {Timman} 27. Rf2 {Hübner} (27.
Qf2 Rg8+ 28. Kf1 Qc1+ $19 {Timman}) 27... Rg8+ 28. Qg2 Rxg2+ (28... Qc1+ 29.
Rf1 Rxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Qxc4 31. h4 {Der Vormarsch dieses Bauern sichert Weiß
beachtliche Gegenchancen. Hübner}) 29. Kxg2 Qe4+ 30. Rf3 d3 31. Kg3 {/\ 32.
Rff1 Weiß kann sich noch wehren. Hübner}) 25... Nh4 26. Rh2 Nf3+ 27. Kh1 Rg8
28. Rf2 Nd2+ 29. Qg2 Rxg2 30. Rxg2 Nf3 31. Rf2 Qe1+ 32. Kg2 Nh4+ 33. Kg3 Qg1+
0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.08"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Black "Farago, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "Huschenbeth,N"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Nagykanizsa"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 (10... Bd7 $2 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nxf7 $18) 11. Be3 c4 (
11... Nce7 {ist die Alternative, die mein Gegner bisher immer gespielt hatte.}
12. h4 Bd7 13. Rb1 $5 {ist eine interessante Neuerung von Karjakin. Die Idee
ist es Bb5 zu verhindern, was nach 13. Qg4 zum Ausgleich führt (siehe Variante)
.} b6 (13... c4 14. Bxg6 fxg6 15. Qg4 Nf5 16. Bd2 Be8 17. Ng5 Qe7 18. Qh3 $40)
14. Qg4 f5 15. Qh3 cxd4 (15... h6 16. h5 Nh8 17. O-O cxd4 18. cxd4) 16. cxd4
Ba4 17. h5 Nh8 18. Bd2 Rac8 19. Qh4 Qd7 20. Rb2 $16 {1-0 Karjakin,S-Jussupow,A
Amsterdam 2006 (44)}) 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Qf7 14. Ng5 Qe8 15. h4 h6 16. Nh3
Ne7 (16... a5 $6 17. Qe2 b5 18. h5 gxh5 19. Nf4 g6 20. Nxh5 $1 gxh5 21. Rxh5 {
1-0 Macieja,B-Vaisser,A Istanbul 2003} Ne7 22. Rxh6 Kg7 23. Bg5 Rf5 24. Qg4 $18
) 17. Qe2 Nf5 $6 $146 {Dadurch gewinnt Weiß eigentlich nur ein Tempo, da er eh
irgendwann g4 spielen möchte.} (17... a5 18. g4 b5 19. h5 gxh5 20. g5 $1 {
und Weiß öffnet mit einem thematischen Bauernopfer die Stellung am
Königsflügel.} hxg5 21. Nxg5 g6 22. Kd2 Rf5 23. Rag1 b4 24. Rxh5 $3 bxc3+ 25.
Kxc3 $1 gxh5 (25... Qa4 26. Bc1) 26. Ne4+ Kh7 27. Nf6+ Rxf6 28. exf6 Nf5 29.
Rg5 {mit starken Angriff für Weiß.}) 18. Nf4 (18. g4 $5 Nxh4 19. f4 Qe7 20. Ng1
Rf7 21. Qh2 g5 22. fxg5 hxg5 23. Qd2 Qf8 24. Qe2 Qe7 $13) 18... Bd7 19. h5 (19.
g4 Nxh4 20. Rxh4 g5) 19... g5 20. Ng6 Rf7 21. g4 $1 {Sonst könnte Schwarz im
nächsten Zug mittels Ne7 einfach den starken Springer auf g6 abtauschen.} Ne7
$2 (21... Nxe3 {muss geschehen, obwohl Weiß auch danach klar besser steht.} 22.
Qxe3 Ba4 23. Kd2 Qd7 24. Rhf1 (24. Raf1 Qb5 25. Kc1 Bxc2 $1 26. Kxc2 Qb3+ 27.
Kd2 Qb2+ 28. Ke1 Qb1+ 29. Ke2 Qc2+ 30. Qd2 Qe4+ $11) 24... Qb5 (24... b5 25. f4
gxf4 26. Rxf4 $16) 25. Rab1 Qa6 26. f4 $16) 22. f4 gxf4 (22... Nxg6 23. hxg6
Rf8 24. fxg5 hxg5 25. Rh8+ Kxh8 26. Qh2+ Kg8 27. Qh7#) 23. Nxf4 {Und nun wird
klar, dass der weiße Angriff am Königsflügel mittels g5 viel schneller und
gefährlicher sein wird als der schwarze mittels a5, b5 und b4. Trotzdem ist
das natürlich der einzige schwarze Versuch noch Gegenspiel zu erzeugen.} Qd8
24. Kd2 b5 25. Ng6 $1 {Der Springer steht hier sehr stark und darf nicht
abgetauscht werden, da sich dann nach g5 gleich die h-Linie öffnen würde.} a5
26. g5 b4 27. gxh6 bxc3+ 28. Kxc3 a4 29. Nxe7+ $1 (29. Rab1 Qa5+ 30. Rb4 Nc6 {
wollte ich lieber nicht machen, da mir das noch zu kompliziert war. Fritz
zeigt aber, dass das auch gewinnt:} 31. h7+ $1 Kxh7 32. h6 Nxb4 33. hxg7+ Kxg7
34. Rh7+ $1 Kxh7 35. Qh5+ Kg7 36. Qh6+ Kg8 37. Qh8#) 29... Rxe7 (29... Qxe7 30.
Qg4 Raf8 31. Rh3 Rf1 32. Bg5 Qf7 33. hxg7 Rf3+ 34. Be3 $18) 30. Rab1 {Und mit
einem Turm auf b4 steht der weiße König auf c3 nahezu vollkommen sicher.} Rf7
31. Rhg1 Kh7 32. Qg4 Qe7 33. Qg6+ Kh8 34. hxg7+ Kg8 (34... Rxg7 35. Qxg7+ Qxg7
36. Rxg7 Kxg7 37. Rb7 Rd8 38. Bg5 $18) 35. h6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Huschenbeth,N"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,10,25,25,42,45,30,24,34,34,34,13,27] In my first World Cup I was
paired against Arkadij Naiditsch. That was good and bad news at the same time.
Bad news, because Naiditsch is a very strong grandmaster and in our three
encounters so far, I lost two and drew one. Good news, because Naiditsch's
fighting nature meant that I certainly would get chances. I was paired to play
with the white pieces in the first game. For me, this meant to apply pressure
right from the start and play aggressively. Bei meinem ersten World Cup wurde
ich gegen Arkadij Naiditsch gepaart. Diese Nachricht war gut und gleichzeitig
auch schlecht. Schlecht, weil Naiditisch ein sehr starker Großmeister ist und
ich von unseren drei bisherigen Begegnungen zwei verlor und eine remisierte.
Gut, weil Naiditschs Kämpfernatur bedeutete, dass ich bestimmt Chancen
bekommen würde. In der ersten Partie bekam ich die weißen Figuren zugelost.
Für mich hieß das, von Beginn an Druck auszuüben und aggressiv zu spielen.} 
1. e4 e6 {A slight surprise. Usually Naiditsch prefers 1...e5 and the Berlin
Defence. Eine leichte Überraschung. Gewöhnlich bevorzugt Naiditsch 1...e5
und die Berliner Verteidigung.} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6.
bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 {Finally, Naiditsch reveals his cards. In the past he had
played 7...0-0, but I did not really expect it as according to theory it is
not sound for Black. With 7...cxd4 the main line of the Winawer is introduced,
one of the sharpest and most difficult variations in opening theory.
Fortunately, I had an intuition before the game and checked this line briefly.
Schließlich deckt Naiditsch seine Karten auf. In der Vergangenheit hatte er 7.
..0-0 gespielt, aber ich hatte es nicht wirklich erwartet, da es laut Theorie
für Schwarz nicht gesund ist. Mit 7...cxd4 wird das Hauptabpiele von Winawer
eingeleitet, eine der schärfsten und schwierigsten Varianten in der
Eröffnungstheorie. Zum Glück hatte ich vor der Partie eine Eingebung und
checkte dieses Abspiel kurz.} 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 {Black sacrifices two
pawns, but hopes to obtain compensation in form of better development and the
often vulnerable white king. Schwarz opfert zwei Bauern, hofft aber,
Kompensation zu erhalten in Form besserer Entwicklung und des oft anfälligen
weißen Königs.} 10. Qd3 $1 {The exclamation mark is not so much for the
objective value of this move (that is still open for discussion), but rather
for the practical value. This rare move, championed by Alphazero in the match
against Stockfish, brought my opponent out of his preparation. And to my mind,
this is an important factor in opening preparation battles these days. Who
surprises who first! Das Ausrufezeichen ist weniger für den objektiven Wert
dieses Zuges (der noch zur Diskussion steht), sondern vielmehr für den
praktischen Wert. Dieser seltene Zug, verfochten von Alphazero im Match gegen
Stockfish, brachte meinen Gegner aus seiner Vorbereitung. Und in meinen Augen
ist dies ein wichtiger Faktor bei Eröffnungsvorbereitungsschlachten
heutzutage. Wer überrascht wen zuerst!} (10. Ne2 {is the clear main line. ist
das eindeutige Hauptabspiel.}) 10... Qxe5+ (10... dxc3 {was Stockfish's choice
and strikes me as the better continuation. Further games will show if Black is
doing fine here. war Stockfishs Wahl und scheint mir die bessere Fortsetzung.
Weitere Partien werden zeigen, ob Schwarz hier ordentlich steht.} 11. Nf3 (11.
Ne2 {with the intention to transpose to the game after 11...Qxe5. But Black
does not have to comply: mit der Absicht, nach 11...Dxe5 zur Partie
überzuleiten. Aber Schwarz muss nicht mitmachen:} Nbc6 12. Qxc3 Bd7 $1 13. f4
{in fact transposes to a main branch of the Winawer. leitet de facto zu einem
Hauptzweig von Winawer über.}) 11... b6 12. h4 Ba6 13. Qd4 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 Nd7
15. h5 Rc8 16. h6 Qc4+ 17. Qxc4 Rxc4 18. Bg5 $14 {was seen in AlphaZero -
Stockfish, London 2018. Alphazero tortured its opponent for 123 moves, but in
the end Stockfish held the draw. sah man in AlphaZero - Stockfish, London 2018.
Alphazero quälte seinen Gegner 123 Züge lang, aber am Ende hielt Stockfish
das Remis.}) 11. Ne2 dxc3 12. Qxc3 Nbc6 (12... Qxc3+ {is the alternative.
Black argues that the white knight is worse placed on c3. However, after ist
die Alternative. Schwarz argumentiert, dass der weiße Springer auf c3
schlechter steht. Doch nach} 13. Nxc3 Bd7 14. h4 f6 15. h5 Kf7 16. h6 $14 {
the strong pawn on h6 promises White an advantage. verspricht der starke Bauer
auf h6 Weiß Vorteil.}) 13. Qxe5 Nxe5 {How should this endgame be evaluated?
The white trumps are the bishop pair and the passed pawn on the h-file. Black,
on the other hand, controls the center and has the slightly better pawn
structure as he has two pawn islands and White three. Therefore, White should
apply pressure before Black is fully coordinated and starts to create threats
of his own. Wie ist dieses Endspiel einzuschätzen? Die weißen Trümpfe sind
das Läuferpaar und der Freibauer auf der h-Linie. Schwarz hingegen
kontrolliert das Zentrum und hat die leicht bessere Bauernstruktur, denn er
hat zwei Bauerninseln und Weiß drei. Daher sollte Weiß Druck machen, bevor
Schwarz vollständig koordiniert ist und anfängt, selber Drohungen
aufzustellen.} 14. Ng3 (14. Nf4 $5 {was chosen in correspondence games and is
likely more precise. wurde in Fernschachpartien gespielt und ist
wahrscheinlich genauer.}) 14... f6 {As Black is lacking the dark-squared
bishop and he is vulnerable on these squares, he tries to build a barricade
with f7-f6 and potentially e6-e5 later. Da Schwarz der schwarzfeldrige Läufer
fehlt und er auf diesen Feldern anfällig ist, versucht er, mit f7-f6 und
später potentiell e6-e5 eine Barrikade zu errichten.} 15. Bb2 Kf7 16. Nh5 Nd7
(16... b6 {allows erlaubt} 17. Nxf6 $1 Kxf6 18. f4 $18) (16... N7g6 {was seen
in another game. geschah in einer anderen Partie.} 17. f4 Ng4 18. Be2 e5 19.
fxe5 N6xe5 20. O-O $18 {was crushing in Beerdsen,T (2488)-Sarvadh,S (2103)
Maastricht 2019 war vernichtend in Beerdsen,T (2488)-Sarvadh,S (2103)
Maastricht 2019}) 17. O-O-O b6 ({So far we were following a game by Van
Foreest which I had briefly clicked though before my game. Here Van Foreest's
opponent played Bis hierher folgten wir einer Partie von Van Foreest, die ich
vor meiner Partie kurz durchgeklickt hatte. Hier zog Van Foreests Gegner} 17...
a6 {and after und nach} 18. Be2 e5 19. Rhg1 b5 20. f4 Bb7 21. g4 {White
obtained a winning position in Van Foreest,J (2626)-Karthik,V (2462) Zuerich
2019 erlangte Weiß Gewinnstellung in Van Foreest,J (2626)-Karthik,V (2462)
Zuerich 2019.}) 18. Rg1 $1 {White wants to push the kingside pawns, expose the
dark squares once again and open up the position for the two bishops and
against the black king. Weiß will die Königsflügelbauern vorstoßen, die
schwarzen Felder erneut exponiert und die Stellung öffnen für die zwei
Läufer und gegen den schwarzen König.} Bb7 19. g4 Rh8 {The start of a
creative, but ultimately flawed maneuver to stop my pawn assault. Der Beginn
eines kreativen, aber letztlich verfehlten Manövers, um meinen Bauernangriff
zu stoppen.} ({As I only found out afterwards, up to this point we followed a
correspondence game. Even there, with lots of time and the assistance of
engines, Black was not able to hold the position. That certainly tells you the
amount of trouble Black is already in. Wie ich erst nachher feststellte,
folgten wir bis zu diesem Punkt einer Fernpartie. Selbst dort, mit massenhaft
Zeit und der Unterstützung von Engines, gelang es Schwarz nicht, die Stellung
zu halten. Das sagt sicher einiges über das Ausmaß an Schwierigkeiten, in
welchen er bereits steckt.} 19... Bc6 20. h4 Rac8 21. Kb1 Ba4 22. Rc1 Rc5 23.
g5 fxg5 24. hxg5 Rgc8 25. Bd3 Ng6 26. f4 $16 {Guerra,R (2217)-Beer, D (2077)
ICCF 2019 Guerra,R (2217)-Beer, D (2077) ICCF 2019}) 20. f4 Rh6 21. Be2 Rah8 {
Black has stopped g4-g5 successfully (due to Rxh5), but the setup of his
pieces allows a tactical strike. Schwarz hat g4-g5 erfolgreich gestoppt (wegen
Txh5), aber die Aufstellung seiner Figuren erlaubt einen taktischen Schlag.}
22. Nxf6 $1 Nxf6 (22... Rxf6 23. g5 {is the problem for Black. He is losing at
least an exchange. ist das Problem für Schwarz. Er verliert mindestens eine
Qualität.} Rxh2 24. gxf6 Nxf6 25. Bd3 $18 {White should have no difficulties
in converting his extra material. Weiß dürfte keine Probleme haben, sein
Mehrmaterial zu verwerten.}) 23. g5 Rxh2 24. gxf6 (24. Bxf6 $5 {is also
attractive, but I preferred opening the g-file. ist auch attraktiv, aber ich
zog es vor, die g-Linie zu öffnen.}) 24... Nf5 (24... Rxe2 {does not work due
to funktioniert nicht wegen} 25. Rg7+ Kf8 26. Rxe7 Rhh2 27. Rc7 $18 {and the
plan of Be5-d6 will force resignation soon. und der Plan Le5-d6 wird bald die
Aufgabe erzwingen.}) 25. Bd3 {White threatens to take on f5 and intrude on g7,
therefore the reply is forced. Weiß droht, auf f7 zu schlagen und auf g7
einzudringen, daher ist die Antwort erzwungen..} R8h7 {In this position, I
took a long think, pondering how to proceed. In the end I settled on the trade
on f5 which I believe is a good practical choice. In dieser Stellung
überlegte ich lange, wie es weitergehen soll. Am Ende entschied ich mich für
den Tausch auf f5, was meines Erachtens eine gute praktische Wahl ist.} 26.
Bxf5 exf5 27. Bd4 $1 {An important move, stopping the d5-d4 idea and
activating the bishop once and for all. In positions with opposite-colored
bishops the activity of each bishop is crucial. Here my bishop is clearly
superior to the black one. Ein wichtiger Zug, er stoppt ein für allemal die
Idee d5-d4 mit Aktivierung des Läufers. In Stellungen mit ungleichfarbigen
Läufern ist die Aktivität der jeweiligen Läufer äußerst wichtig. Hier ist
mein Läufer dem schwarzen klar überlegen.} (27. Rg7+ Rxg7 28. fxg7 Bc6 $1 (
28... d4 {is premature. White wins after ist verfrüht. Weiß gewinnt nach} 29.
Rxd4 Rh1+ 30. Kd2 Rh2+ 31. Ke1 Rh1+ 32. Kf2 Rh2+ 33. Kg3 Rg2+ 34. Kh3 Ke7 35.
Rc4 $18) 29. Be5 (29. c4 {shows why I placed my bishop on d4. zeigt, warum ich
meinen Läufer auf d4 platzierte.} d4 $1 30. Bxd4 Be4 {and Black is back in
business. and Black is back in business.}) 29... Ba4 30. Rxd5 Rxc2+ 31. Kb1 Rc8
32. Bd4 Kg8 {White still has good winning chances, but it will be anything but
easy to convert this position. Weiß hat noch immer gute Gewinnchancen, aber
es wird alles andere als leicht sein, diese Stellung zu verwerten.}) 27... Ba6
{A creative idea which came as a surprise to me. However, it is not enough to
save Black. Eine kreative Idee, die für mich überraschend kam. Allerdings
reicht sie nicht aus, um Schwarz zu retten.} (27... Bc8 {was the move I
expected. war der Zug, den ich erwartete.} 28. Rde1 Be6 29. Rg7+ Rxg7 30. fxg7
Rh6 31. Re3 $1 {White invades via c3-c7 and one after the other, the black
pawns will fall. Weiß dringt über c3-c7 ein, und die schwarzen Bauern werden
fallen, einer nach dem anderen.}) (27... Bc6 {also does not save Black: rettet
Schwarz ebenfalls nicht:} 28. Rde1 Ba4 29. Re7+ Kf8 30. Rgg7 Rxc2+ 31. Kb1 Rh1+
32. Bg1 {The rooks on the seventh rank are too strong and allow White to pick
up Black's queenside pawns. Die Türme auf der siebten Reihe sind zu stark und
erlauben Weiß, die schwarzen Damenflügelbauern einzusammeln.} Rc4 33. Ref7+
Ke8 34. Rxa7 Kf8 35. Raf7+ Ke8 36. Rb7 Kf8 37. Rxb6 $18) 28. Rg7+ Rxg7 29. fxg7
Be2 30. Rg1 Bg4 {Here we see Black's idea. He is blocking the path ways into
his position with his bishop. Hier sehen wir die Idee von Schwarz. Er blockt
die Zugangswege in seine Stellung mit seinem Läufer.} 31. Re1 Be2 (31... Re2 {
allows the rook to enter after erlaubt das Eindringen des Turms nach} 32. Rh1
Re8 33. Rh8 Rg8 34. Rh6 $18 {and rook to c6 or d6 will come next. und als
Nächstes kommt Turm nach c6 oder d6.}) 32. Rg1 Bg4 33. Re1 Be2 {I repeated
moves once to get closer to move 40 and the time control. Ich wiederholte
einmal die Züge, um näher an den 40. Zug und die Zeitkontrolle heranzukommen.
} 34. a4 $1 {This is the way. White needs to open more files for the rook. In
the meantime, Black is paralyzed. He cannot move the bishop as the white rook
could invade via the e-file. And the rook is tied to defending the bishop. Das
ist der Weg. Weiß muss weitere Linien für den Turm öffnen. In der
Zwischenzeit ist Schwarz paralysiert. Er kann den Läufer nicht ziehen, da der
weiße Turm über die e-Linie eindringen könnte. Und der Turm ist an die
Verteidigung des Läufers gebunden.} Kg8 35. Kb2 a5 {This stops a4-a5, but has
its own drawbacks. There was no salvation for Black anyway. Dies stoppt a4-a5,
hat aber seine eigenen Nachteile. Es gab sowieso keine Rettung für Schwarz.} (
35... a6 36. a5 bxa5 (36... b5 37. Ka3 $18 {and the king enters via the dark
squares. und der König dringt über die dunklen Felder ein.}) 37. Ka3 Kf7 38.
Rg1 {Now the bishop cannot block all pathways anymore. There are too many open
files. Nun kann der Läufer nicht mehr alle Zugangswege blockieren. Es gibt zu
viele offene Linien.} Kg8 (38... Bg4 39. Rb1 $18) 39. Rg6 Bb5 40. Rd6 Re2 {
Black stays alive for now, but White can just calmly pick up the pawns. Für
den Moment bleibt Schwarz am Leben, aber Weiß kann einfach in Ruhe die Bauern
einsammeln.} 41. Rxd5 Re6 42. Rxf5 $18) 36. Ka1 $1 {An aesthetic move,
preparing Re1-b1. I did not want to place the king on a2 or a3 as it runs into
checks by the rook or bishop. Ein ästhetischer Zug, zur Vorbereitung von
Te1-b1. Ich wollte den König nicht nach a2 oder a3 stellen, da er in Schachs
von Turm oder Läufer hineinrennt.} Kf7 37. Rb1 Rh6 38. Rg1 Kg8 (38... Bg4 39.
Re1 {Now Bg4-e2 is not possible anymore. Nun ist Lg4-e2 nicht mehr möglich.}
Rg6 40. Rh1 $18 {and the rook is going to enter. and the rook is going to
enter.}) 39. Rg3 {Naiditsch resigned as the invasion of the rook cannot be
stopped. Naiditsch gab auf, denn die Invasion des Turms ist nicht aufzuhalten.}
(39. Rg3 {A sample line of how play could have continued: Eine Mustervariante,
wie das Spiel hätte weitergehen können:} Bh5 40. Rc3 Re6 41. Kb2 Kh7 42. Rc7
Kg8 43. Rb7 Be8 44. Rb8 Kf7 45. Kc3 Kg8 46. Be5 Kf7 47. Kd4 $18 {Black is
completely passive and with the white king approaching, it is soon game over.
Schwarz steht komplett passiv, und mit dem herannahenden weißen König heißt
es bald Game over.}) 1-0

[Event "Ubeda"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1997.02.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Illescas Cordoba,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[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. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. h4
Qc7 9. Qd1 Bd7 $5 $146 (9... cxd4) 10. Bd2 (10. a4 cxd4 $17) 10... Ba4 11. Bd3
(11. Ra2 $5) 11... Nbc6 12. Nf3 c4 (12... f6 $5) 13. Be2 Ke8 $1 14. h5 h6 15.
Nh4 Kd7 16. f4 $11 {><c2} Rag8 $1 (16... Qd8 17. g4 Qg8 18. f5 Qh7 19. O-O $16)
17. Bg4 g5 $5 18. hxg6 Nxg6 (18... fxg6 19. Nf3 Nf5 20. Kf2 $13) 19. Kf2 (19.
Nxg6 $5 Rxg6 (19... fxg6 $5) 20. Bh3 Ne7 21. g4 $14) 19... Nxh4 20. Rxh4 Qd8 $1
21. g3 Ne7 $1 $132 22. Rc1 {><c2 /\Qh1} h5 $1 23. Rxh5 Rxh5 24. Bxh5 Nf5 $44
25. Bg4 $8 (25. Bxf7 $2 Rg7 26. Bh5 Nxg3 $19) 25... Rh8 26. Qg1 $8 Qg8 27. Bxf5
(27. Bf3 Rh3 28. g4 Nh4 29. Be2 Qh7 $40) 27... exf5 28. Qg2 Kc6 29. Rh1 $1 Bxc2
30. Rh4 $1 Bd3 (30... Rxh4 $142 31. gxh4 Qxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Bd1 {/\Kc6-b5-a4} 33.
h5 $8 (33. Kg3 Bh5 $19) 33... Bxh5 34. Kg3 $11) 31. Qh3 $11 Rxh4 32. gxh4 Kd7
33. h5 Qg4 34. Qxg4 fxg4 35. Kg3 Bf5 36. a4 b6 37. Bc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-CHN Summit Men 4th"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "2007.08.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Zhang, Pengxiang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "Inarkiev,E"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2007.08.20"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{It was the last round of the 1st cycle. I had +1, the opponent 50 percent.
Dies war die letzte Runde des ersten Durchgangs. Ich hatte +1, der Gegner 50
Prozent.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2
Qa4 {Zhang Pengxiang periodically uses this variation of the French Defense.
Black immediately creates pressure on White's weaknesses on the queenside,
limiting the activities of White pieces. Diese Variante der Französischen
Verteidigung wendet Zhang Pengxiang regelmäßig an. Schwarz drückt sofort auf
die gegnerischen Schwächen am Damenflügel und hemmt die Aktivität der weißen
Figuren.} 8. Nf3 ({The main line is Das Hauptabspiel ist} 8. Qb1) 8... Nc6 9.
Rb1 c4 {The threat of bishop b5 forces Black to release the pressure in the
centre. Die Drohung Lb5 zwingt Schwarz, den Druck im Zentrum aufzuheben.} 10.
Qc1 f6 {Here Black offered a draw. It is not easy to understand why. Hier bot
Schwarz remis an. Es ist nicht leicht zu verstehen warum.} 11. h4 fxe5 12. Nxe5
$146 {This move is a novelty. Dieser Zug ist eine Neuerung.} ({After Nach} 12.
dxe5 {it is much more difficult for White to protect the e5-pawn: ist es
wesentlich schwieriger für Weiß, den Bauern e5 zu decken:} Nge7 13. h5 h6 14.
Rh4 Qa5 15. Be2 Qc7 $13 16. Kf1 Bd7 17. Rg4 {1/2-1/2, Galkin,A-Ibragimov,I/
Sochi 2007 RUS-chT (club)}) 12... Nxe5 ({If Auf} 12... Nf6 {the most simple is
geschieht am einfachsten} 13. f3 {limiting the knight. And if , was den
Springer einschränkt. Und falls} Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 {, then , so} 15. Be3 $1 $14
Nxe5 16. Bd4) 13. dxe5 Ne7 14. h5 O-O ({It's easy to understand, why Black
didn't want to play Es ist leicht zu verstehen, warum Schwarz nicht} 14... h6 {
as it gives White clear ideas for play on the kingside. Both Rh1-h3-g3, and
g2-g4-g5 are dangerous. Even so, it was necessary anyway to play this way...
wollte, denn dies gibt Weiß klare Ideen für Spiel am Königsflügel. Sowohl
Rh1-h3-g3 als auch g2-g4-g5 sind gefährlich. Wie dem auch sei, so hätte man
spielen müssen...}) 15. Be2 {The right plan, but an inaccurate move. It's easy
to see that White cannot attack immediately, and if the White king stays in
the centre, Black always will have counterchances with d5-d4, so White should
put the king in a safe place, and only after this, start any actions. Der
richtige Plan, aber ein ungenauer Zug. Es ist leicht zu sehen, dass Weiß nicht
sofort angreifen kann, und wenn sein König in der Mitte bleibt, wird Schwarz
immer Gegenchancen mit d5-d4 haben; daher sollte Weiß zuerst den König in
Sicherheit bringen und erst danach irgendwelche Aktionen einleiten.} ({White
should start with Richtig war zunächst} 15. h6 $1 {and only after und erst nach
} g6 16. Be2) 15... b6 16. O-O $6 (16. h6 $1 {is still strong. ist noch immer
stark.}) {While my opponent was thinking, I was trying to understand how will
I attack the kingside, and only here I clearly realized how good h5-h6 is for
White. Während mein Gegner nachdachte, versuchte ich zu verstehen, wie ich den
Königsflügel angreifen soll, und erst hier wurde mir richtig klar, wie gut
h5-h6 für Weiß ist.} 16... Bb7 $2 ({Black had to play Unumgänglich war} 16...
h6 $1) 17. h6 $1 Ng6 {Black lets White destroy the kingside, hoping to
compensate the strategical minuses by the activity of his pieces. Schwarz
lässt Weiß den Königsflügel aufreißen in der Hoffnung, die strategischen
Mängel durch die Aktivität seiner Figuren zu kompensieren.} ({After Nach} 17...
g6 18. Bg5 Rf7 19. Bg4 $16 {White has a clear advantage. hat Weiß klaren
Vorteil.}) 18. Bg4 Qc6 19. hxg7 Rf7 20. Bh3 {Protecting point g2, and removing
the bishop from a possible attack after Ng6xe5. Deckt den Punkt g2 und
entzieht den Läufer einem möglichen Angriff nach Sg6xe5.} Re8 $1 {An excellent
move, making the maximum difficulties for White. Ein ausgezeichneter Zug, der
Weiß die größtmöglichen Schwierigkeiten bereitet.} ({Just bad is einfach
schlecht ist} 20... Nxe5 $2 21. Qe1 $18) ({Not good either is Ebenfalls nicht
gut ist} 20... Rxg7 $6 21. Bh6 $1 Rf7 22. Qe3 $16 {Black has no activity any
more, but still has weaknesses in his position. Schwarz hat keine Aktivität
mehr, doch die Schwächen in seiner Stellung bleiben.}) {Now, Nxe5 is a threat,
and there's no simple way to protect the pawn. Nun ist Sxe5 eine Drohung, und
der Bauer ist nicht einfach zu decken.} 21. Be3 $1 ({A complicated position
results from Eine komplizierte Stellung entsteht nach} 21. Bh6 $6 Nxe5) ({
Even losing is Zum Verlust sogar führt} 21. Re1 $2 d4 $1 22. cxd4 Rf3 $1 $19) (
{White has only an edge after Nur ein leichtes Plus beschert Weiß} 21. Qe1 $6
Nf4 $1 22. Bxf4 Rxf4 {Without a dark-squared bishop, it is very difficult to
exploit the weakness of Black's kingside. Ohne schwarzfeldrigen Läufer ist es
sehr schwer, die Schwächen am schwarzen Königsflügel auszunutzen.}) 21... d4 $2
{After long thought Black goes for a combination. Obviously , White had to
foresee it. It is significant that Black had a difficult choice. Nach langem
Nachdenken startet Schwarz eine Kombination, die Weiß natürlich voraussehen
musste. Dabei stand Schwarz vor einer schwierigen Wahl.} ({Captures on g7 lead
to a clear advantage for White: Das Schlagen auf g7 führt zu klarem Vorteil
für Weiß:} 21... Kxg7 22. Re1 $1 $16 {(/\Bg5-f6)}) ({or oder} 21... Rxg7 22.
Bh6 Rf7 23. Re1 $16) (21... Nxe5 {doesn't help after hilft nichts nach} 22. f4
$1 ({but not aber nicht} 22. Bd4 Nf3+ $1 23. gxf3 e5 {and Black has a strong
attack. und Schwarz hat starken Angriff.}) 22... Ng6 23. Bd4 $16 {The bishop
is enormously powerful and it is almost impossible to build a defense. Der
Läufer ist extrem kraftvoll, und es ist fast unmöglich, eine Verteidigung zu
errichten.}) 22. cxd4 Nh4 23. f3 Nxf3+ {This is the point of 21...d4. Dies ist
die Pointe von 21...d4.} 24. Rxf3 $1 Rxf3 25. gxf3 Qxf3 {At the cost of a
knight, Black stripped White's king and activated the queen+bishop tandem. But
it's not enough. Um den Preis eines Springers hat Schwarz den weißen König
entblößt und das Dame-Läufer-Tandem aktiviert. Aber es reicht nicht.} 26. Kh2
$1 {The king is going away from the diagonal h1-a8, after which Black's bishop
does not help the queen any more.  Der König zieht aus der Diagonalen h1-a8,
wonach der schwarze Läufer der Dame nicht mehr helfen kann.} Qe2+ 27. Kg3 $1 c3
({The real danger for the White king could be if the rook takes part in the
attack. Playing 21.Be3, I was calculating Wirklich gefährlich könnte es für
den weißen König werden, wenn der Turm in den Angriff eingreift. Bei 21.Be3
rechnete ich mit} 27... Re7 {The most precise here is Am genauesten hier ist}
28. Kh4 $1 {threatening queen f1-f8. mit der Drohung Dame f1-f8.} ({Also
possible is Möglich ist auch} 28. Qd2 Rxg7+ 29. Kh4 Qf3 30. Qf2 Qe4+ 31. Qf4
$18 {and the checks finish. und die Schachs gehen zu Ende.}) 28... Rxg7 29. Qf1
$18 {and the threat of mate forces Black to exchange the queen. und die
Mattdrohung zwingt Schwarz, die Damen zu tauschen.}) 28. Kh4 $1 {Threatening
queen f1. The march of the king is the best way to realize the advantage.
Droht Df1. Der Königsmarsch ist der zwingendste Weg, den Vorteil zu
realisieren.} ({After Auch nach} 28. Qg1 Qxc2 29. Rf1 {White also has a
decisive advantage. But here Black still has some checks and the c-pawn. hat
Weiß entscheidenden Vorteil. Doch hier hat Schwarz noch ein paar Schachs und
den c-Bauern.}) 28... Bd5 29. Bh6 $1 {The last chord! Der Schlussakkord!} Qf2+
30. Kg5 Ba2 31. Ra1 Qxd4 32. Qf4 {Black resigned. Schwarz gab auf.} 1-0

[Event "Vaujany op 5th"]
[Site "Vaujany"]
[Date "2014.07.14"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "Istratescu,A"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2014.07.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Nbc6 13. Nf3 Qa5 14. Bd2 (14.
Qd2 Nf5 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bd7 17. h4 c4 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 19. f4 h5 20. Ke2 Ba4
21. g4 hxg4 22. h5 Be8 23. hxg6 Bxg6 24. Rh6 Kf7 25. Rg1 Rg8 26. Rxg4 Qxa3 27.
Qe3 b6 28. Qh3 Qa4 29. Kf1 d4 30. cxd4 Qxc2 31. Rxg6 Qb1+ 32. Kg2 Qe4+ 33. Kf1
Qb1+ 34. Kg2 Qc2+ 35. Kf1 Qd1+ 36. Kg2 Qe2+ 37. Kg1 Qe1+ 38. Kg2 Qd2+ 39. Kf1
Qd1+ 40. Kg2 Rxg6 41. Qh7+ {1/2-1/2 (41) Robson,R (2613)-Naiditsch,A (2727)
Antalya 2013}) 14... c4 (14... Qc7 {Ivanchuk,V (2752)-Brynell,S (2484) EU-chT 
(Men) 15th 2005 (4.1) 1-0}) 15. Be2 Nf5 16. h4 Nd6 17. h5 $146 (17. Ng5 Rg7 {
Ernst,T (2480)-Giddins,S (2290) Arnold Cup Gausdal 1994 (1) 0-1}) 17... Ne4 18.
hxg6 hxg6 19. Kf1 (19. Rh4 Rh7 20. Rxh7 Kxh7 21. Kf1 {Shankland,S (2652)
-Timman,J (2593) Tata Steel-B 77th 2015 (4) 1/2}) 19... Bd7 20. Qc1 Qc7 21. Rh4
e5 22. dxe5 (22. Bxc4 $142 {[%csl Re4] Prenant un pion et activant la plus
mauvaise pièce des blancs}) 22... Nxe5 23. Bf4 Qb6 24. Qe3 (24. Be3 {car après
} Qf6 25. Rf4 ({et non pas} 25. Bd4 $2 Nxf3 $1 26. Bxf6 Ned2+ 27. Qxd2 Nxd2+
28. Ke1 Rxf6 29. Kxd2 Rxf2 30. Rah1 Raf8) 25... Qh8 {le coup oublié en se
décidant pour 22de5} 26. Rh4 Qf6) 24... Ng4 25. Qxb6 axb6 26. g3 Re8 {Un coup
très fort posant de gros problèmes aux blancs} 27. Ng5 Nd2+ 28. Ke1 Rfe7 29.
Be3 Nxe3 30. Kxd2 Nxc2 0-1

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh4 h6 12. Bxe7 (12. Nf3 Nbc6 (12... hxg5 {
-46/380})) 12... Qxe7 (12... Rxe7 13. Ne2 $5 {-46/(380)}) 13. Qg3 (13. Qxe7
Rxe7 14. O-O-O $5 {Kruppa - Savchenko, Kherson 1989}) 13... Nc6 14. Nf3 c4 (
14... Qf6 15. Rd1 Bd7 16. O-O {1/2-1/2 Kindermann - Uhlmann, Dortmund 1991})
15. Bg6 Rf6 16. O-O Bd7 17. Ne5 (17. Rfe1 Be8 18. Bxe8 Rxe8 19. Ne5 $10 {
Oll - Uhlmann, Debrecen 1989}) 17... Nxe5 $5 (17... Be8 $10) 18. dxe5 Rff8 19.
f4 Qc5+ $2 (19... Be8 $142 20. Bxe8 $140 Qc5+ $1 21. Qf2 Qxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Raxe8
$10) 20. Kh1 Be8 21. Rf3 Rd8 (21... Qe7 $14 {/\Bg6,Qf7}) 22. Qg4 $2 (22. f5
Bxg6 23. Qxg6 exf5 $13) (22. h4 $5) (22. Raf1) 22... Qe7 $10 23. Raf1 (23. f5
Bxg6 24. fxg6 Rxf3 25. gxf3 Rf8 $17) 23... Bxg6 24. Qxg6 Qf7 25. Qg3 d4 26.
cxd4 Rxd4 27. Qf2 Qd7 $1 28. h3 $2 (28. c3 $8 Rd3 (28... Rd2 29. Qxa7 Qd5 $44)
29. Qxa7 Rxf3 30. Rxf3 Qd1+ 31. Qg1 Qxg1+ 32. Kxg1 Ra8 33. g4 $10) (28. f5 $2
Rxf5 29. Rxf5 exf5 30. e6 Qd5 31. e7 Re4 $19) 28... Rd2 $17 29. Qxa7 Rxc2 30.
Kh2 Qd5 {/\Rf4} 31. Rg3 {/\Rb1} Rb2 32. Qg1 $6 $138 {/\Rd1} Rd2 $1 33. Qb6 Rf7
34. a4 (34. Rg6 Qd3 $1 $19 (34... Kh7 35. Qxe6 Rxg2+ 36. Kh1 $1)) 34... c3 $19
35. Qb5 Qxb5 36. axb5 Rc7 $1 $138 {Yusupov} (36... c2 $2 37. Rc3 Rd1 38. Rg1 $1
) (36... Rc7 37. Rc1 c2 38. Ra3 g5 $19 (38... Rd1 39. Raa1 Rxc1 40. Rxc1 g5 $19
)) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.17"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Black "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Kapengut"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[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 "Macedonia"]
[BlackTeam "Belarus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

1. e4 {Shulman,Y} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7.
Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 12. Qd3 Bd7 13. Rb1
O-O-O 14. Nxc3 Na5 (14... a6 $2 15. Qxa6 $1 $16) 15. Rg1 $5 (15. h3 {-44/359})
(15. Be3 $6 Kb8 (15... d4 $5 16. Qxd4 Nf5 17. Qc5 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Kb8 19. g3 Rc8
$132 {(Moles 75)}) 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. Qxb5 Nec6 (17... d4 18. Bd2 Nac6 {(Euwe)})
(17... Nf5 $142 18. Bd2 Nc4 {(Moles 75)}) 18. g3 d4 19. Bd2 Rd5 20. Qd3 Rc5 21.
Bg2 Nc4 22. O-O Nb6 23. Rb5 Qe7 24. Rfb1 $16 {(Moles 75) Line Zuidema,
C-Kchouck/Havana ol 1966}) (15. Qf3 Nf5 16. Bd2 Nc4 17. Ne2 Bc6 18. Rg1 Nce3
19. Bxe3 d4 {0-1 Nicks,J-Bowles,S/USA corres 1986}) (15. h3 a6 (15... Kb8 16.
g4 Rc8 17. Bd2 Nc4 18. Rb3 Ng6 19. Qd4 Qc5 20. Qxc5 Rxc5 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Rf1
Ka8 23. Rb4 Rc5 24. Kd1 a5 25. Na4 $1 $16 {Schlesinger,O-Nothnagel,H/Hessen-ch
qual-D ;GER 02 1989}) (15... Nc4 16. g4 Qc5 {[#]} 17. Ne4 $1 Qc7 (17... dxe4
18. Qxc4) (17... Qa5+ 18. Bd2 Qxa3 19. Qxa3 Nxa3 20. Nd6+ Kb8 21. Rxb7+ Ka8 22.
Bd3 Nc6 23. Rb3) 18. Qb3 {[/\ Bc4, Nd6]} dxe4 (18... Na5 19. Nd6+ Qxd6 20. exd6
Nxb3 21. dxe7 $18) 19. Qxc4 Bc6 20. Bg2 Qa5+ 21. Qb4 Qd5 22. O-O Rh8 23. Be3 (
23. Qxe7 Rxh3 24. Bxh3 e3) 23... Ng6 24. Rfd1 Qa2 (24... Qxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rxd1+
26. Kh2 Nh4 27. Bxe4 $16) 25. Qc5 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Kxd8 28. Kh2 {
[/\ Qa7, Qd6, f5 +-] Gil Sierra 1-0 Gil Sierra,J-Fluegge,G/corr 8/9 ICCF Cup
prel. 1990/92 ;CYB 12 1990}) 16. g4 Bc6 (16... Ng6 $5 {/\ 17.Bg2 Nh4} 17. h4 $5
Nxe5 $5 18. fxe5 Rxg4 19. Bg5 Qxe5+ 20. Be2 Rh8 21. Rf1 f5 $13) 17. Bg2 Ng6 (
17... d4 18. Ne4 Nd5 19. Bd2 $14) 18. O-O Nc4 19. Ne2 $1 {>< d4} Bb5 (19... Nh4
$5 20. Bh1 $14) 20. Nd4 Qc5 (20... Ncxe5 21. Nxb5 Nxd3 22. Nxc7 Nxc1 23. Rbxc1
Kxc7 24. c4 $1 $16) 21. Qc3 $1 (21. Rf2 Ncxe5 $17) 21... Kb8 22. Rf2 Bd7 23.
Nb3 $1 {/\ Nd2} Qc7 (23... Qa7 24. Na5 Nxa5 25. Be3 $1 Qa8 26. Qxa5 $16) 24.
Nd2 Nh4 (24... Nxd2 25. Qxc7+ Kxc7 26. Bxd2 $16) 25. Bf1 Bc6 $5 (25... Nxd2 26.
Qxc7+ Kxc7 27. Bxd2 Kc8 28. Bb4 Bc6 29. Kh2 $16) 26. Kh2 {/\ 27.Nc4 dc4 28.Be3
Nf3 29.Kg3+/-} b5 (26... Nxd2 27. Bxd2 d4 28. Qa5 Nf3+ 29. Rxf3 $1 Bxf3 30.
Qxc7+ Kxc7 31. Ba5+ Kc8 32. Bxd8 $18) 27. Qd4 $1 $16 {Przewoznik,J-Matlak,M/
Naleczow 44/359 (Przewoznik,J) 1987} (27. Nxc4 dxc4 28. Bxc4 $2 Bd5 $19) (27.
a4 d4 $13)) (15. Qd4 Kb8 16. Be3 b6 17. Qb4 Rc8 18. Qxe7 Qxc3+ 19. Bd2 Qxc2 20.
Rc1 Qe4+ 21. Kf2 Rxc1 22. Bxc1 Qc2+ 23. Be2 Bb5 $36 {Vidic-Szemesi/Yugoslavia
corres 1988}) (15. Ne2 Nf5 16. Rg1 (16. h3 Ba4 17. Rb2 d4 18. g4 Ne3 19. Bxe3
dxe3 20. Qc3 Bc6 21. Rg1 Qd7 22. Rb1 Nc4 23. Rg3 Nd2 24. Ra1 Nf3+ 25. Rxf3 Qd2+
$17 {Egger,J-Pupo,E/Santiago Wch-jr 1990}) 16... Ba4 17. c3 Bb3 18. Nd4 Bc4 19.
Qd2 Kb8 20. g3 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 Nc4 22. Qd3 Nxd4 23. cxd4 Rc8 24. Rf2 Qe7 25. Kf1
Rc6 26. f5 $1 $16 {Mitkov,N-De la Villa Garcia,J/Elgoibar 1995}) 15... Kb8 (
15... Nf5 16. g4 Qc5 17. Rg2 (17. Ne2 Nc4) 17... Nh4 18. Rg3 Nc4 19. Ne2 Ba4
20. Nd4 $13) 16. g4 Ng6 (16... Rc8 17. Rg3 Ng6 (17... Nc4 18. h4 Qc5 19. h5
Nxa3 20. Bxa3 Qxa3 21. Qa6 Qxa6 22. Bxa6 Rc7 23. Ne2 Ba4 24. Rc3 $16 {Poulton,
J-Martin,Be/It, Sheffield ENG 1996}) 18. Qd4 Nc6 19. Qc5 $5) 17. Ne2 (17. Qd4
$5) 17... Rc8 18. Nd4 Ba4 (18... f6 $5 19. exf6 Nxf4 20. Qg3 (20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21.
Qg3 Qxg3+ 22. Rxg3 e5 $132) 20... e5 $36) 19. Bd2 Nc4 20. Rb4 Qd7 (20... Nxd2
$6 21. Qxd2 Bxc2 22. Ba6 $1) 21. Bc1 Ka8 22. Qg3 a5 23. Rb1 Qe7 24. Bd3 f6 (
24... Qc5 $5 25. Qf2 Nxa3 $132) 25. exf6 (25. Nxe6 $6 Qxe6 26. Bxg6 Rxg6 27. f5
Qe8 $1 28. fxg6 Bxc2 $17) 25... Qxf6 26. Ne2 Qe7 $6 (26... e5 $5 27. f5 (27. g5
$140 $6 exf4) 27... Nh4 (27... e4 $6 28. Bxc4 Rxc4 29. fxg6 Bxc2 30. Rb2 (30.
Bb2 $2 Qb6) 30... Bd3 31. Qf4 $16) 28. g5 Qh8 $44) 27. g5 Qc5 28. Qf2 Qd6 29.
Bxc4 (29. h4 $1 $16) 29... Rxc4 30. Qb6 Qxb6 31. Rxb6 Bxc2 32. Rxe6 Bf5 33. Rf6
Nh4 (33... Re8 $6 34. Rxf5 Rxc1+ 35. Kd2) 34. Kf2 Re8 35. Re1 Bd3 $6 (35... d4
36. Kg3 (36. Nxd4 $2 Rxe1 37. Kxe1 Rxc1+ 38. Kd2 Rc5) 36... d3 (36... Rxe2 37.
Rxe2 Rc3+ 38. Be3 $1) 37. Kxh4 Rxe2 38. Rxe2 dxe2 39. Bd2 Rxf4+ $16) 36. Bd2 $2
(36. Nd4 $3 Rxe1 37. Kxe1 Rxd4 (37... Rxc1+ 38. Kd2 $18) 38. Be3 Ng2+ 39. Kf2
Nxe3 40. Kxe3 Ra4 41. Kxd3 Rxa3+ 42. Kd4 $18) 36... Rc2 37. Kg3 Rxd2 38. Kxh4
Rdxe2 39. Rxe2 Rxe2 40. h3 $6 $138 (40. f5 $1 Rxh2+ 41. Kg3 Rh1 42. g6 $132)
40... Rg2 (40... Be4 $1 41. f5 $140 (41. g6 Ka7 42. Kh5 d4) 41... d4 42. Rf8+
Ka7 43. f6 d3 44. f7 Rf2 $19) 41. Kh5 Be4 (41... d4 $140 $6 42. Rd6 Be2+ 43.
Kh6 d3 44. g6 $18) 42. f5 d4 43. Rf8+ Ka7 44. f6 d3 45. f7 Rf2 46. g6 d2 47.
Rd8 Rf5+ 48. Kh6 Rd5 $8 (48... Rf6 49. Rxd2 Rxg6+ 50. Kh7 Rg3+ 51. Kh8 Rxh3+
52. Kg7 Rg3+ 53. Kf6 Rf3+ 54. Ke7 $10) 49. f8=Q d1=Q 50. Ra8+ Kb6 51. Qf6+ Kb5
52. Qb2+ Kc6 (52... Ka4 $4 53. Qb4#) (52... Kc4 $2 53. Rc8+ Rc5 54. Qa2+ Kb5 (
54... Kd4 55. Qf2+) 55. a4+ Kb4 56. Qb2+ Kc4 57. Qb5+ $18) 53. Qc3+ (53. Rc8+
$6 Kd6 (53... Kd7 $2 54. Qxb7+ Kd6 55. Qc7+ $18) 54. Qf6+ (54. Qh2+ Ke6 55.
Re8+ Kf5 56. Qf2+ Bf3 57. Rf8+ Ke4) 54... Kd7 55. Qd8+ (55. Rd8+ Kc7) 55... Ke6
$17) 53... Kb6 54. Qf6+ Rd6 55. Qb2+ Kc7 56. Qg7+ (56. Qc3+ $6 Bc6 57. Qxa5+ b6
58. Qa7+ Bb7 59. Qb8+ Kc6 60. Qe8+ Kc5) 56... Kb6 (56... Rd7 $6 57. Qe5+ Qd6
58. Qxa5+ (58. Qxe4 $140 $2 Qd2+ 59. Kh5 Rd5+ 60. Kg4 Rd4 $19) 58... b6 59.
Qa7+ Bb7 60. Qb8+ Kc6 61. Qxd6+ $16) 57. Qb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup 18th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Black "Steingrimsson, Hedinn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 {Mit mehr
Ambitionen kommt 7.Qg4 daher.} b6 8. a4 {Und hier gilt 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Bd3 als
geeigneter, Vorteil zu erkämpfen, aber siehe unten.} Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qe2
Nb8 11. O-O Ne7 12. c4 {Es ist vernünftig, die schwarzfeldrige Kette c3-d4-e5
aufzulösen bevor Schwarz zu Nb8-c6-a5 kommt.} dxc4 13. dxc5 bxc5 (13... Qxc5 $2
14. Ba3 Qc8 15. Nd2 $40) 14. Qxc4 Nd7 15. Re1 $14 {Zunächst glaubte ich, daß
der Schwarze hier gleiches Spiel hat. Er hat ja auch - nach dem Festlegen der
Variante mit 6...Qc7 und 7...b6 - alles richtig gemacht, während Weiß
scheinbar recht harmlos agierte. Aber bei näherem Hinsehen gefällt mir die
weiße Stellung besser. Es ist nicht so, daß es einen klaren Plan gibt, gegen
den sich Schwarz nicht wehren kann. Doch Raumvorteil gestattet ein schnelles
Umgruppieren der Kräfte. Der Bc1 ist stark und auch der Nf3 hat bessere
Perspektiven als die beiden schwarzen Springer.} Rb8 {Die Tatsache, daß Weiß
den Zug Rb4 nicht verhindert, obwohl es leicht möglich wäre, läßt mich
vermuten, daß 15...Rb8 durch einen nützlicheren Zug hätte ersetzt werden
sollen, etwa 15...0-0.} 16. Qh4 $1 Rb4 17. Qh5 g6 (17... O-O 18. c3 Rb3 19. Ng5
h6 20. Ne4 $36) 18. Qh3 $16 h5 {[%csl Rd6,Rf6,Rg5] So spielt Schwarz manchmal
im 'Franzosen', aber hier gibt es zwei offene Linien und dazu noch etliche
schwache Felder.} 19. Ng5 Nc6 (19... Nxe5 20. Qc3 Rd4 21. Bb2 $16) 20. c3 Rb6
21. f4 Ne7 22. Ne4 Kf8 23. Rd1 Nd5 24. Qh4 {droht 25.c4.} c4 25. f5 $1 exf5 (
25... Nxe5 $5 26. fxe6 fxe6 27. Rf1+ Kg7 28. Be3 $3 {(Fritz); noch stärker als
Bxb6 droht Bd4!} Nd3 (28... Nxe3 29. Qf6+ Kh7 (29... Kg8 30. Qf8+ Kh7 31. Nf6#)
30. Ng5+ Kh6 (30... Kg8 31. Qf8#) 31. Qxh8+ Kxg5 32. h4+ Kg4 (32... Kxh4 33.
Qf6+ g5 34. Qf2+ Kg4 35. Qxe3 $18) 33. Qf6 $18) 29. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 30. Kh1 $16) 26.
Rxd5 $18 fxe4 27. Ba3+ Kg7 28. Qe7 $1 Rb7 29. Rd6 Nf8 (29... Qd8 30. Qxd8 Rxd8
31. Rad1 {/\ Ba3-c1-g5} e3 32. Kf1 Rb3 33. Bc1 Rxc3 34. e6 $18) (29... Qc8 30.
Rf1 Qe8 31. Re6 Rb8 32. Bc1 Rc8 33. Rxg6+ Kxg6 34. Qg5+ Kh7 35. Qxh5+ Kg8 36.
Qg4+ Kf8 37. e6 $18) 30. Qf6+ Kh7 (30... Kg8 31. Rd8 $18) 31. Rd8 Rb8 32. Rxb8
Qxb8 33. Qxf7+ Kh6 34. Bc1+ g5 35. Bxg5+ 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1992.01.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1992.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 $1 10. Nf3 Qc7 $1 {Hertneck} 11. Ng5 (11. O-O $6 c4 12. Be2 f6
$15) 11... h6 12. Nxf7 Qxf7 13. Qxg6 Qxg6 (13... Qxf2+ $4 14. Kd1 $18) 14. Bxg6
cxd4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Bd3 $10 {+/=} Bd7 17. Bb2 Rf4 (17... Nf5 18. g3 a6 19.
Kd2 Bb5 20. Bxf5 {1/4:1/4 Vogt-Hertneck/Bad Lauterberg/1991/CBM27}) 18. Bc1 Rf7
19. Bb2 Rf4 20. Bc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Terrassa"]
[Site "Terrassa"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Pomes Marcet, Juan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. bxa5
dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. Nf3 $14 Qc7 (11... Qxa5 12. Bd3 $1 Bd7 13.
O-O O-O-O 14. Bg5 Rh8 15. Qg7 Rdg8 16. Qf6 $14 {Haszai-Raaste/Helsinki/1989})
12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Bd3 O-O-O 14. Bg3 Rdf8 $6 {N} (14... Qxa5 15. O-O Qc5 16. Rfe1
Rh8 17. Qxf7 Rdf8 18. Qg7 Nf5 19. Bxf5 Rhg8 20. Qh6 Rxf5 $13 {Dolmatov-Lputian/
Manila izt/1990/CBM19/i49/352}) 15. a6 Ng6 16. axb7+ Kxb7 17. O-O $16 Ka8 18.
Rab1 Nge7 19. Qh4 Qa5 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. Qxe7 Bc6 22. Rb4 Nf5 23. Bxf5 exf5 24.
Rfb1 f4 25. Qd6 Qa6 26. Bxf4 d4 27. Bg3 Rd8 28. Qf6 d3 29. e6 Bb7 30. Qxc3 d2
31. Rd1 Qe2 32. Rbb1 fxe6 33. Qe3 Qxe3 34. fxe3 Be4 35. Rb2 {Time} 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 $1 10. Nf3 {/\ 11.Ng5 h6 12.Nxf7!} Qc7 $1 {Hertneck} (10...
Nce7 11. dxc5) 11. O-O (11. Ng5 $1 h6 12. Nxf7 Qxf7 13. Qxg6 Qxg6 (13... Qxf2+
$4 14. Kd1 $18) 14. Bxg6 cxd4 $10 {Vogt-Hertneck/Bad Lauterberg/1991/CBM 27})
11... c4 12. Be2 (12. Ng5 $6 h6 13. Nxf7 cxd3 14. Nxh6+ gxh6 15. Qxg6+ Qg7 $17)
12... f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 $15 14. Bd1 (14. g3 Bd7 15. Be3 $6 Raf8 16. Bg5 {
Polgar,J-Hertneck/Köln Fernsehpartie/1991} Be8 $1 $17) 14... Bd7 15. Re1 Raf8
16. Rb1 h6 17. Kh1 $6 Nce7 18. Kg1 b6 19. Bd2 Qd8 20. Rf1 Rf5 21. Qh3 e5 $5 22.
g4 $8 e4 $1 23. gxf5 Bxf5 24. Qg3 exf3 25. Bxf3 Bxc2 26. Rbc1 Bd3 27. Rfe1 Nf5
28. Qh3 Nfh4 29. Bh5 Kh7 30. Qg3 Qf6 31. Bg4 Bf5 32. Bxf5 Qxf5 $17 33. f4 $1 (
33. Re2 Nf3+ 34. Kh1 Qd3 $19) 33... Qh5 34. Rf1 Ne7 35. Rce1 Nef5 36. Qh3 Rf6
37. Kh1 Rg6 38. Rf2 Rg4 39. Bc1 Nd6 (39... Qg6 $1 $17 {/\ 40...Nd6 41.f5 Nhxf5!
}) 40. f5 $1 Ndxf5 (40... Ne4 $5 41. Rff1 $8 Rg2 42. Be3 $13) 41. Bf4 $1 Qg6
42. Qf1 b5 43. Qe2 a5 (43... Qh5 $5 44. Ref1 (44. Be5 $2 Re4 $1 45. Qd1 (45.
Qxh5 Rxe1+ 46. Rf1 Rxf1#) 45... Rxe1+ 46. Qxe1 Qg4 47. Qe2 Qh3 48. Qd2) (44.
Qe5 $2 Ng6 $1 45. Qc7 Nxf4 46. Rxf4 Ng3+ 47. Kg2 Ne2+ 48. Rxg4 Qxg4+ 49. Kf2
Nxc3 $19) (44. h3 $2 Rxf4 $1 45. Qxh5 Ng3+ 46. Kh2 Nxh5 $19) (44. Qd1 Ng6 45.
Rg2 Rh4 46. Qxh5 Rxh5 $15) 44... Ng6 45. Rg2 Rh4 46. Qxh5 Rxh5 $15) 44. Qe5 Rg2
45. Qe2 Rg4 (45... Rxf2 46. Qxf2 Qg4 47. Rg1 Qh3 48. Bg3 $13) 46. Qe5 Rg2 47.
Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nordic zt"]
[Site "Ostersund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Black "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Bg5 $5 {Die neue Wunderwaffe?} Qa5 10. Ne2 Ng6 (10... cxd4 $6 11. f4
Nf5 (11... Bd7 12. O-O dxc3 13. Rf3 Ng6 14. Rh3 Nb4 15. Qh5 h6 16. axb4 Qxa1+
17. Kf2 Kh7 18. Bxh6 Rh8 19. Bxg6+ fxg6 20. Qg5 Kg8 21. Qxg6 Rh7 22. Rg3 Be8
23. Qf6 {1-0 Koch,B-Apicella/Pau op/1988}) 12. O-O dxc3 13. Bf6 Qc5+ 14. Kh1
Nce7 15. Bxf5 Nxf5 16. Ng3 g6 17. Nxf5 exf5 18. Qh4 $16 {Degraeve-Wessman/
Arnhem jr/1988}) (10... Qa4 $5 11. O-O Nxe5 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13. Qh5+ Kg8 14.
Bxe7 Re8 15. dxe5 Rxe7 16. f4 $13 {Orlov-Ivanov,S/GUS/1992/i54/275}) 11. h4
Nxd4 12. Qg3 $146 (12. f4 Nxe2 13. Kxe2 Qxc3 14. h5 c4 15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. Rac1
Qd4 17. h6 Qe4+ 18. Kd2 Qd4+ 19. Ke2 Rf5 20. hxg7 Rxe5+ 21. Kf1 h5 22. Bf6 Qe3
23. Bxe5 Qxc1+ 24. Kf2 Qxc2+ 25. Qe2 Qxe2+ 26. Kxe2 $19 {Ankerst-Kindermann/
Munich op/1991/92}) 12... Nxe2 13. Bxe2 Nxe5 $1 14. f4 (14. Qxe5 f6 15. Qg3
fxg5 16. hxg5 $13) 14... Nd7 15. Bh6 g6 16. Bxf8 Nxf8 17. h5 Bd7 18. hxg6 fxg6
19. O-O $44 Re8 (19... Qa4 $1) 20. c4 $1 Qd2 21. Qd3 Qxd3 22. cxd3 $14 Bc6 23.
Bf3 Nd7 $6 24. Rae1 Nb6 25. cxd5 Nxd5 26. g4 $1 Rf8 27. Rxe6 Nxf4 (27... Rxf4
$2 28. Rxc6 $1 bxc6 29. Bxd5+ $18) 28. Rd6 Bxf3 29. Rxf3 Rf7 30. Kh2 $16 Kg7
31. Re3 b6 32. Kg3 g5 33. Re5 h6 34. a4 Ng6 (34... Rc7 35. Re8 $16) 35. Re8 Nh4
36. Red8 Rf3+ 37. Kh2 Rf2+ 38. Kg1 Rd2 39. R8d7+ Kf8 40. Rxh6 Nf3+ 41. Kh1 Kg8
42. Rxa7 Ra2 43. Rb7 Rxa4 44. Rg6+ Kh8 45. Re6 Ra8 46. Rf7 Nh4 47. Rxb6 Re8 48.
Rbb7 Kg8 49. Kg1 Rd8 50. Rg7+ Kh8 51. Rh7+ Kg8 52. Rbg7+ Kf8 53. Rh8+ Kxg7 54.
Rxd8 Ng6 55. Rd5 Kf6 56. Kf2 Nf4 57. Rf5+ Kg6 58. Ke3 Ne6 59. Ke4 Kh7 60. Re5
1-0

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bobras, Piotr"]
[Black "Can, Emre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Bg5 {Instead of the more frequently played moves 9.Qh5 and 9.Nf3.
Statt der häufiger gespielten Züge 9.Qh5 und 9.Nf3.} Qa5 10. Ne2 Qa4 $6 {
Up till now this was considered an interesting sub-variation, but perhaps this
judgement will have to change. Bisher galt das als interessante Nebenvariante,
aber vielleicht wird man dieses Urteil ändern müssen.} (10... Ng6 11. O-O c4
12. Bxg6 fxg6 $14 {/=}) 11. h4 {An innovation, though typical for this sort of
position. Eine Neuerung, allerdings auch typisch für diese Art Stellung.} c4 (
11... Nxe5 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13. Qh5+ Kg8 14. Bxe7 Re8 15. dxe5 Rxe7 16. Qg5 $14)
12. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 13. Kd2 $1 Nf5 {Black can no longer fend off the attack
which follows; but I cannot see anything better than the knight move. Schwarz
kann den nun folgenden Angriff nicht parieren, aber ich sehe auch nichts
Besseres als den Springerzug.} 14. Rh3 Bd7 (14... f6 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Bxf6 gxf6
(16... Bd7 17. g4 Nd6 18. g5 Nf5 19. Rf3 Be8 20. g6 Nh6 21. Rg1 Qxa3 22. Bxg7
Kxg7 23. Rf7+ $18) 17. Qg6+ Ng7 18. Rg3 Rf7 19. exf6 Ne7 20. Qxg7+ Rxg7 21.
Rxg7+ Kf8 22. Rxe7 $18) 15. Qh5+ Nh6 (15... Kg8 16. Bf6 $1 Nce7 17. Qg5 Ng6 18.
h5 gxf6 19. exf6 $18) 16. Rg3 Qa5 17. Be3 Ne7 (17... Rh8 18. Bxh6 g6 19. Qg5
$18) 18. Rxg7+ Kxg7 19. Bxh6+ 1-0

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Podgorica"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Maksimovic, Branimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 {Der Protagonist
dieses Zuges ist Maksimovic. Die Idee besteht darin, dem Ng8 evtl. ein anderes
Feld zu verschaffen bzw. zunächst f7-f6 zu spielen. Außerdem wird sofort Druck
auf das weiße Zentrum gemacht.} 7. Qg4 $1 {Zu 7.Nf3 s.a. Kuczynski,R-Matlak,M/
POL-ch/1996/CBM 53} g6 8. a4 $1 {Nimmt der Qd8 die Möglichkeit Qd8-a5-a4 und
läßt im Gegensatz zu 8.Nf3 den Rückzugsweg Qg4-d1 offen.} f5 9. Qd1 Qa5 10. Bd2
Nge7 (10... c4 11. h4 $1 {/\ Nh3-f4}) 11. Bb5 $1 {Gligoric tauscht seinen B
lieber bevor er durch c4 eingesperrt wird.} (11. Nf3 c4 $5 {Hier, wo schon f5
und a4 gespielt sind, macht dieser Zug einen größeren Sinn. Der Bf1 beißt
zunächst auf Granit, der Pa4 kann belagert werden. Die Erfahrungen von
Maksimovic sind nicht schlecht.} 12. h4 h6 13. Qc1 Nd8 $1 (13... Bd7 14. Rb1 $1
Nc8 $1 15. Bxh6 Nb6 16. Bd2 O-O-O 17. Qb2 $13 {Vukovic,Zd-Maksimovic,B/
Jugoslavija 52/(287) 1990}) 14. Qa3 Bd7 15. Rg1 $5 (15. Be2 Nf7 16. O-O Nc8 $5
{/\ Qd8, g5, /\ Nb6 ><a4}) 15... Rc8 $1 {/\ Rc6} 16. Qb4 (16. g4 Rc6 17. gxf5
exf5 $1 $15) 16... Nec6 (16... Qxb4 17. cxb4 c3 $5 $13) 17. Qb2 Ne7 $13 {
1-0 Gligoric,S-Maksimovic,B/Jugoslavija i52/287 1991 (40)}) 11... Bd7 12. Nf3
c4 {Wahrscheinlich sollte Schwarz den Plan ändern und hier auf c4 verzichten.}
(12... a6 $5) 13. Bxc6 Nxc6 14. Qc1 Nd8 15. Qa3 Nf7 16. Ng5 $1 {Glasklar
gespielt. Nach dem Tausch der Springer verbleibt Weiß mit einem deutlich
besseren B.} h6 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. h4 $16 Bc6 19. Ke2 Qd8 20. a5 a6 (20... Qf8
21. Qc1 {Weiß tauscht natürlich nicht die Damen. Schwarz muß sich auf eine
lange und unangenehme Verteidigung einrichten.}) 21. Rag1 g5 $6 {Flucht nach
vorn.} 22. f3 (22. hxg5 $2 hxg5 23. Rxh8 $2 Qxh8 24. Bxg5 $2 Qh5+ $19) 22...
gxh4 (22... Kg7 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Rxh8 Kxh8 25. Qc1 $18) (22... f4 23. g3 $18)
23. Be1 {Weiß muß nur normale Züge machen. Der Rest ist einfach.} Qe7 24. Qa1
Rag8 25. Bxh4 Qf8 26. Bf6 Rh7 27. g4 fxg4 28. fxg4 Rg6 29. g5 Ke8 30. Rh5 Kd7
31. Qf1 Rf7 32. Qh3 Ba4 33. Rb1 b5 34. gxh6 Rgxf6 35. exf6 Rxf6 36. Rf1 Bxc2
37. Rxf6 Qxf6 38. h7 Bd3+ 39. Ke3 Qh8 40. Rg5 Qf6 41. Rg3 1-0

[Event "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Site "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polgar, Sofia"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Nce7 11. Ng5 $2 (11. dxc5 $1 Qc7 12. O-O Nf5 13. Re1
Qxc5 14. Bd2 {+/=/+/- Vasiukov-Naumkin/Voskresensk/1990/CBM19/i50/324}) 11...
h6 12. Nf3 (12. Nxf7 $2 Kxf7 13. h4 Qe8 {/\ Kg8 Naumkin}) 12... c4 13. Bxg6
fxg6 $15 14. Qg4 Bd7 15. a4 Qa5 16. Kd2 $2 g5 $1 17. Kd1 (17. Ba3 Rf4 18. Qg3
Nf5 19. Qh3 g4 $19) 17... Qxc3 18. Ra3 Qb4 19. h4 Rf4 20. Bxf4 gxf4 21. Ra1 Rf8
22. Ke2 Qc3 23. Rac1 Rf5 24. Rhe1 Bxa4 25. Kf1 Be8 26. Qh3 Nc6 27. Ng5 Qxh3 28.
Nxh3 Nxd4 29. c3 Nb3 30. Rc2 b5 31. Ng1 a5 32. Nf3 b4 33. Rb1 Rf8 0-1

[Event "HUN-ch"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tolnai, Tibor"]
[Black "Farago, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh4 h6 12. Bxe7 Rxe7 13. Nf3 e5 $5 (13... Nc6)
14. dxe5 Rxe5+ 15. Kd2 Qxh4 16. Nxh4 Nc6 $10 17. f4 Re7 18. Ng6 Re8 19. Rhe1
Bd7 20. Bb5 Kh7 21. Bxc6 Bxc6 22. Ne7 $1 Bb5 23. Re5 Rad8 24. Rae1 b6 25. g3 (
25. Nxd5 $4 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Bc4 $19) 25... d4 26. cxd4 Rxd4+ 27. Kc1 Red8 28. Nf5
Rd2 $6 (28... R4d7 29. Re7 Rxe7 30. Rxe7 Rd7 31. Rxd7 Bxd7 $10) 29. Re7 Ba4 (
29... R2d7 30. Nxg7 $18) 30. Rxg7+ Kh8 31. Rxa7 Rxc2+ $2 (31... Bxc2 $5 32.
Nxh6 Bb3 33. h4 (33. Ree7 $4 Rc2+ 34. Kb1 Rd1#) 33... Rc2+ (33... Rg2 34. g4
Bg8 35. Rb7 Rd3 36. Rxb6 Rxa3 $132) 34. Kb1 Rg2 35. g4 Bg8 {/\ R8d2=} 36. Rb7
$1 $16) 32. Kb1 Rdd2 33. Ra8+ Kh7 34. Re7+ Kg6 35. Ne3 Rb2+ 36. Kc1 Rxh2 $6 (
36... Kf6) 37. f5+ (37. Rg8+ Kf6 38. Nd5+ Kf5 39. Re5#) 37... Kg5 38. Rg8+ Kf6
39. Nd5+ Kxf5 40. Rf8+ (40. Rf8+ Kg4 41. Rg7+ Kh3 42. Nf4#) (40. g4#) 1-0

[Event "Ubeda"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1997.02.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 12. Qd3 Bd7 13. Be3 {Die
vielfach gespielten Hauptfortsetzungen sind 13.Qxc3 und 13.Nxc3, wobei noch
nicht geklärt ist, welcher Zug den Vorzug verdient. Daneben hat auch 13.Rb1
eine gewisse Bedeutung.} Rc8 {Viel häufiger wird das relativ seltene 13.Be3
mit 13...Nf5 14.Bf2 d4 beantwortet, aber gerade diese Variante wird wohl
Almasi vorbereitet haben.} 14. g3 Nf5 15. Bf2 Qa5 16. Bh3 d4 $1 {Ein typischer
Zug; Schwarz wird die Diagonale h1-a8 für seine Aktionen nutzen.} 17. O-O (17.
Bxf5 exf5 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Bc6 20. Bxc3 Qa4) 17... Rd8 18. Rfd1 Nxe5 $1 {
Auch das ist ein typischer Zug in diesem Stellungstyp.} 19. fxe5 Bb5 20. Qe4
Bc6 21. Qf4 Qd5 $44 22. Kf1 Qh1+ 23. Ng1 (23. Bg1 Ne3+ (23... Rg4 24. Bxg4 Ne3+
25. Qxe3 dxe3 26. Rxd8+ Kxd8) 24. Kf2) 23... Qxh2 24. Rd3 $2 (24. Bxf5 $1 {
Hätte zum Remis führen sollen.} Qg2+ (24... exf5 25. Rxd4 Rg4 $2 26. Rxd8+ Kxd8
27. Rd1+ Ke8 28. Qxf5 Qg2+ 29. Ke2 (29. Ke1 $4 Re4+ 30. Ne2 Qh1+ $19) 29...
Re4+ 30. Kd3 $18) 25. Ke1 (25. Ke2 $6 exf5 26. Rxd4 $6 Bb5+ 27. Kd1 Qf1+ 28.
Be1 Qxf4 $17) 25... exf5 26. e6 {Jussupow hofft auf Vorteil nach 26...fxe6 27.
Rxd4, aber ...} (26. Rxd4 Rg4 27. Rxd8+ Kxd8 28. Rd1+ Ke8 29. Qh6 Re4+ 30. Ne2
Rxe2+ 31. Kxe2 Bf3+ 32. Ke1 Bxd1 33. Qh8+ Ke7 34. Qf6+ $11 {Jussupow (Schach 4/
97)}) 26... Rg6 $1 27. exf7+ Kxf7 28. Qxf5+ Rf6 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ $11)
24... Ne3+ $1 25. Ke2 (25. Rxe3 dxe3 26. Qxe3 Rh8 27. Bg4 Qg2+ 28. Ke1 Bb5 29.
Be2 Bxe2 30. Qxe2 Rd2 31. Qb5+ Kd8 32. Qa5+ b6 33. Bxb6+ axb6 34. Qxb6+ Ke8 35.
Qb8+ Rd8 36. Qb5+ Kf8 37. Qb4+ Rd6 $3 $19) (25. Bxe3 dxe3 26. Qxe3 Bb5 27. Qf2
Bxd3+ 28. cxd3 Qxg3 $17) 25... Bb5 $17 26. Rb1 Ba6 27. Qf6 Ng4 (27... Nxc2 28.
Bxe6 Rf8 {würde Fritz spielen.}) 28. Bxg4 Rxg4 29. Qf3 Rg5 30. Rxb7 Rxe5+ 31.
Kf1 Rf5 32. Qc6+ Kf8 33. Nf3 Qh1+ 34. Ke2 Bxd3+ 35. cxd3 c2 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 {
/\ 8.Qg7 Rg8 9.Qh7 Qc7 Hauptvariante; bei 7...Qc7 muß 8.Bd3!? beachtet werden.}
8. cxd4 (8. Bd3 Qa5 $1 9. Ne2 Ng6 10. O-O dxc3 11. h4 Nc6 12. f4 h5 13. Qg3
Nce7 14. Nd4 $44 {ECO}) 8... Qc7 9. Ra2 (9. Kd1 O-O (9... Nf5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11.
Bd3 Nce7 12. Bd2 $14) 10. Nf3 (10. Bd3 f5) 10... f6 11. Bd3 Nf5 12. Qh3 Nc6 13.
g4 fxe5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Rb1 Nh6 17. Re1 Qc7 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19.
g5 {Spaski-Kortschnoj/Belgrad m/1977/78/i24/235} Rxf2 20. gxh6 Qf4 21. Qg3+
Qxg3 22. hxg3 $10 {ECO}) 9... Nf5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Bd2 $6 (11. Bd3 h5 12. Qg5
Ncxd4 13. Nxd4 Qc3+ 14. Kf1 Qxd4 15. Bb2 Qg4 16. Qd2 $13 {ECO} h4 17. h3 Qh5
$15) 11... Qb6 $1 12. Ra1 Qb2 13. Rc1 Ncxd4 $17 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Bb5+ Bd7 16.
Qe2 Qe4 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7 18. Qxe4 dxe4 19. Rb1 Kc6 20. Rb4 Rhd8 21. Rxe4 Rd4 22.
Rxd4 Nxd4 23. Kd1 Kd5 (23... Rd8 24. Re1 Nb5 25. Re3 Rd4 26. Rf3 $10) 24. c3
Nb5 25. a4 Na3 26. Bc1 Nc4 27. f4 Rd8 (27... Nb6 $1 28. a5 (28. Kc2 Nxa4 29.
Rd1+ Kc6 30. Rd6+ Kc7 31. Be3 Nb6 32. Bxb6+ axb6 $17) 28... Nc4 29. a6 b5 30.
Kc2 Rc8 31. Rd1+ Kc6 32. Kb3 Kb6 33. Kb4 (33. Rd7 Rc7 34. Rxc7 Kxc7 35. Kb4 Kb6
36. g4 g6 37. h4 h5 38. g5 Kc6 39. Kb3 Kc5 40. Kc2 Kb6 $19) 33... Kxa6 34. Rd7
Nb6 35. Rxf7 Nd5+ 36. Kb3 Rxc3+ 37. Kb2 Rc7 $17) 28. Kc2 Kc6 29. Re1 $1 Rd5 30.
Re4 $10 b5 31. axb5+ Kxb5 32. Kb3 Na5+ 33. Kc2 Nc4 34. Kb3 Nd2+ 35. Bxd2 Rxd2
36. Rb4+ Ka6 37. Ra4+ Kb7 38. Rb4+ Kc6 39. Ra4 Rxg2 40. Rxa7 Rxh2 41. Rxf7 Rg2
42. Kc4 h5 43. Ra7 h4 44. Ra6+ Kd7 45. Ra7+ Ke8 46. Kd4 h3 47. Ra8+ Kf7 48. Rh8
h2 49. Ke4 Ke7 50. Kf3 Rc2 51. c4 Rxc4 52. Rxh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund op-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Szalanczy, Emil"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4
O-O 8. Bd3 Nbc6 9. Nf3 f5 10. exf6 Rxf6 11. Bg5 e5 $1 12. Qg3 (12. Bxh7+ Kxh7
13. Qh5+ Kg8 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. dxe5 Qf8 $1 $15) (12. Qh4 e4 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14.
Qxf6 Qf8 15. Qxf8+ Kxf8 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Ng5 cxd4 18. Nxe4 Bf5 $15 {Arkell,
K-McDonald/GB-ch/1988}) 12... Rxf3 $1 13. gxf3 c4 $15 14. Be2 (14. Bxe7 $6 Qxe7
15. Be2 exd4 16. Kf1 Bf5 $17 {Abramovic-Dokhoian/Belgrad/1988}) (14. Bxh7+ $6
Kxh7 15. Rg1 Qf8 16. Qh4+ Kg8 17. Bf6 Nf5 18. Qg5 exd4 $17 {Honfi-Portisch/
Hungary-ch/1958}) 14... exd4 15. O-O {N} (15. Bf6 Qf8 16. Bxd4 Nf5 17. Qg5
Nfxd4 18. cxd4 Bf5 19. c3 Re8 20. Ra2 Re6 21. h4 $15 {Maliutin-Piskov/Moscov/
1989/i47/374}) (15. cxd4 $6 Nxd4 16. Bd1 (16. Qe5 Qa5+ $1 17. Kd1 Qc3 18. Rc1
Bf5 $19) 16... Qa5+ 17. Bd2 c3 18. Be3 Ndf5 $17 {Efimov}) 15... Bf5 16. Rfe1 (
16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Bd1 Bxc2 $17) 16... dxc3 $17 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Rxe7 (18. Bxe7
Nxe7 19. Qe5 Kf8 $19) 18... Nxe7 19. Re1 Qb8 $1 20. Rxe7 (20. Bf4 $5 Qf8 21.
Bd6 Re8 22. Qe5 (22. Qh4 Ng6 23. Qxc4+ Kh8 24. Bxf8 Rxe1+ 25. Kg2 Nxf8 26. Qf4
(26. Qc5 Ng6 $1 $19) 26... g6 $17) 22... Bh3 23. Re3 (23. Qh5 Ng6 24. Rxe8 Qxe8
25. Qxh3 h6 $17) 23... Rd8 24. Bxe7 Rd1+ 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 Qxf3 $19) 20...
Qxg3+ 21. fxg3 Bxc2 $19 22. Rxb7 Bd3 23. Kf2 h6 24. Bf4 g5 25. Be5 c2 26. Bb2
Re8 27. f4 c3 28. Bc1 Re2+ 0-1

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Borriss, Martin"]
[Black "Gokhale, Jayant Suresh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Bd7 8. h5
h6 9. Qg4 Rg8 (9... Qa5 10. Bd2 Nbc6 $5 11. Qxg7 O-O-O $44 12. Qg4 $2 Qa4 $1 {
/\ Nxe5} 13. Nf3 Qxc2 14. Qf4 Qe4+ $17 {Drimer-Dückstein/Raach zt/1969}) 10.
Bd3 Nf5 11. Qf4 Nc6 12. dxc5 $6 (12. Nf3 $14) 12... Qa5 13. Bd2 Qxc5 14. Ne2
O-O-O 15. g4 Nfe7 16. Nd4 f6 $1 17. Nb3 (17. exf6 e5 18. Nb3 Qd6 $17) 17...
fxe5 18. Nxc5 exf4 19. Nxd7 Kxd7 20. Bxf4 Rgf8 $2 (20... e5 21. Bg3 e4 22. Be2
Ke6 $10) 21. Bg3 e5 22. c4 $1 e4 23. cxd5 exd3 24. dxc6+ Nxc6 25. O-O-O Rf3 26.
Rxd3+ Rxd3 27. cxd3 $14 Ke6 28. Re1+ Kf7 29. Kd2 Rd5 30. Rb1 Rd7 31. Kc3 a6 32.
Re1 Nd4 33. Re3 Nb5+ 34. Kb3 Nd4+ 35. Kb2 Nc6 36. Kc3 Rd5 37. Re4 b5 38. Rf4+
Ke6 39. Re4+ Kf7 40. f3 Rc5+ 41. Kd2 Rd5 42. Ke3 a5 43. f4 Rc5 44. f5 b4 45.
axb4 axb4 46. Rc4 $4 (46. Bd6 b3 47. Kd2 Rc2+ 48. Kd1 Rg2 49. Kc1 $13) 46...
Rxc4 47. dxc4 b3 48. Kd3 Nd4 49. Kc3 Ne2+ 50. Kxb3 Nxg3 51. c5 Ke7 52. Kc4 Ne4
53. c6 Nf6 54. Kc5 Nxg4 55. c7 (55. Kb6 Nf6 56. c7 Nd5+ 57. Kc6 Nxc7 58. Kxc7
Kf6 $19) 55... Kd7 56. Kd5 Nf6+ 57. Ke5 Nxh5 58. c8=Q+ Kxc8 59. Ke6 Kc7 60. Ke7
Nf6 61. Kf7 h5 0-1

[Event "Women-Veterans"]
[Site "Aruba"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1992.08.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 $146 c4 12. Bxg6 (12. Ng5 $2 h6 13. Nxf7
cxd3 14. Nxh6+ gxh6 15. Qxg6+ Qg7 $17) 12... fxg6 13. Qg4 Qf7 14. Ng5 Qe8 15.
h4 h6 16. Nh3 Ne7 17. Nf4 Bd7 18. Rh3 Rf5 19. Kd2 Qf7 20. Ne2 Rf8 21. f4 Qe8 (
21... Kh7 $1 22. Qf3 Bc6 23. Rf1 (23. g4 $2 Rxe5 $1) 23... h5 $13 {/\
Ne7-g8-h6 (Uhlmann)}) 22. Qf3 Bc6 23. Bf2 (23. g4 $6 Rxe5 24. dxe5 d4 $13)
23... Qd8 $6 (23... h5 $13) 24. Qe3 $6 (24. g4 $1 Rxe5 25. dxe5 d4 $16 {
(Uhlmann)}) 24... h5 25. Rhh1 Qa5 26. g4 hxg4 27. Qg3 Kf7 28. Qxg4 Ke8 $15 29.
h5 $1 gxh5 30. Qxg7 Kd7 31. Rxh5 Rxh5 32. Qxf8 Rh2 33. Rf1 Qd8 34. Qf7 Qe8 (
34... Qh8 $2 35. f5 exf5 36. Bg3 Rh7 37. Qf6 $16) 35. Qxe8+ Kxe8 $15 36. Ng1
Nf5 37. Nf3 Rg2 38. Ke1 Ba4 39. Rh1 $1 Bxc2 40. Ng5 Kd7 41. Rh8 Ne7 42. Nf7 Ng6
43. Rg8 Nxf4 (43... Rh2 44. Bg3 $1) (43... Bd3 44. Rg7 $1 Nxf4 45. Ng5+ Kc6 46.
Nxe6 $10) 44. Rxg2 Nxg2+ 45. Kd2 Bg6 46. Nd6 Kc6 (46... b6 47. Bg3 $44 {>< Ng2}
) 47. Nc8 Kc7 48. Nxa7 Be8 49. Bg3 Kb8 50. Ke2 Kxa7 51. Kf2 Ka6 52. Kxg2 Kb5
53. Bh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ermenkov, Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxb4 $5 7. Nb5 Nc6 8.
axb4 Bxb4+ 9. c3 Be7 10. Ba3 Nh6 11. Bxe7 $1 Qxe7 12. Nd6+ Kf8 13. Bb5 $1 f5 $2
(13... f6 $1 14. Bxc6 (14. f4 Nf7 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nxc8 Rxc8 17. Nf3 fxe5 18.
fxe5 g6 19. Ra6 Rc7 20. Qa4 Kg7 21. O-O Qd7 22. Ra1 {Salm,M-Sagorovsky,V/corr
Wch4/1962/}) 14... bxc6 15. Qa4 Bd7 $13) 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qa4 Bd7 16. Rb1 Nf7
(16... c5 17. Qa3 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nf7 19. Ne2 $44) 17. Qa3 $1 $16 {Der Mehrbauer
a7 ist wertlos.} Nd8 18. Ne2 h6 19. Nf4 Be8 20. Nd3 Kg8 21. O-O Kh7 22. Rb2 Rf8
23. f4 Bh5 24. Nc5 Kg8 25. Qa6 Qc7 26. Rfb1 Bf7 27. g3 Qe7 28. Ndb7 Rb8 (28...
Qc7 29. Nxd8 Rfxd8 30. Rb7 Qc8 31. Qa5 $18) 29. Qxa7 Nxb7 30. Rxb7 Rxb7 31.
Rxb7 Qe8 32. Nd7 Bh5 33. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1994.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hansen,LB} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7.
Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 $1 (11. Ng5 {Hansen,LB} h6
12. Nxf7 Qxf7 13. Qxg6 Qxg6 14. Bxg6 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Bb2 Rf4
18. Bc1 Rf7 19. Bb2 Rf4 20. Bc1 {1/2-1/2,Gelfand,B-Hubner,R/Wijk/1992/}) 11...
c4 12. Bxg6 (12. Be2) 12... fxg6 13. Qg4 Bd7 $5 (13... Qf7 14. Ng5 (14. h4 Qf5
(14... h6 {Hansen,LB}) 15. Qxf5 Rxf5 (15... gxf5 {= Knaak} 16. h5 $14 {Hansen,
LB}) (15... exf5 $5 {Hansen,LB}) 16. Ke2 $14 {Kamsky,G-Yusupov,A/Linares (01)/
1993/}) (14. Kd2 {!? Kamsky} Qf5 15. Qg3 Bd7 16. Nh4 Qf7 17. f4 Ne7 $13 {
/\ Ba4 >< c2 Minasian,A-Apicella,M/Cannes/1994/}) 14... Qe8 (14... Qf5 $2 15.
Qe2 $16 Nxe5 $6 (15... Re8 $16) 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Qd2 $18 {Kasparov,G-Short,N/
Muenchen PCA-Blitz/1994/} (17. Qd2 {Hansen,LB} Bd7 18. O-O h6 19. f4 Qd6 20.
Nf3 $18 {Kasparov,G-Short,N/Munchen PCA-blitz/1994/})) 15. h4 h6 16. Nh3 Ne7
17. Nf4 Bd7 18. Rh3 Rf5 19. Kd2 Qf7 20. Ne2 Rf8 21. f4 Qe8 (21... Kh7 $1 22.
Qf3 Bc6 23. Rf1 (23. g4 $2 Rxe5 $1) 23... h5 $13 {/\ Ne7-g8-h6 (Uhlmann)}) 22.
Qf3 Bc6 23. Bf2 Qd8 $6 {Polgar,J-Uhlmann,W/Aruba/1992/} 24. g4 $1 Rxe5 25. dxe5
d4 $16 {Uhlmann}) 14. h4 Rf5 15. h5 gxh5 16. Rxh5 Raf8 (16... Rxh5 $2 {Hansen,
LB} 17. Qxh5 Be8 18. Qh3 $16) 17. Ng5 (17. Kd2 $1 Be8 18. Rh2 $1 $14 {/\ 18...
h5 19.Qh3 (Ivanchuk)} (18. Rh3 h5 19. Qg3 Rxf3 $1 20. gxf3 Ne7 $44)) (17. Kd2
$5 {Hansen,LB}) 17... Qa5 $1 18. Bd2 (18. Kd2 $4 {Hansen,LB} Rxf2+ $19) 18...
Rf4 $1 19. Qh3 Rxf2 $2 (19... h6 $8 20. Rxh6 $1 (20. Bxf4 Rxf4 $17 {Ivanchuk} (
20... Rxf4 {Hansen,LB} 21. Ke2 $5 (21. Nxe6 $2 Nxd4 $1 $19 {Tischbierek}) (21.
Kf1 Rf5 $1 22. Nxe6 $5 Rf7 $1 {Tischbierek}) 21... Rf5 $1 (21... Qa4 22. Ra2) (
21... hxg5 $2 22. Rh8+ Kf7 23. Rh5 (23. Qh5+ Ke7 24. Qxg5+ $18)) 22. Nxe6 $1
Bxe6 $1 (22... Rxh5 23. Qxh5 Bxe6 24. Qe8+) (22... Rf7 $2 23. Rh1 $40) 23. Rxf5
Bxf5 24. Qxf5 Qxc3 $13)) (20. f3 hxg5 21. Rh8+ Kf7 22. Qh5+ Ke7 23. Qxg5+ Ke8
24. Qh5+ g6 25. Qxg6+ Kd8 $15 {Ivanchuk}) 20... gxh6 21. Qxh6 R4f7 $1 (21...
R8f7 22. f3 Ne7 (22... Rg7 $5 23. Kf2 Rxd4 24. Rh1 Rxd2+ 25. Ke1 $18) 23. Kf2
Nf5 24. Qh5 Rg7 25. Bxf4 Qxc3 26. Rd1 Qxc2+ 27. Rd2 Qa4 28. g4 c3 29. gxf5 cxd2
30. f6 Be8 31. Qh6 Rd7 32. Nxe6 $1 (32. Nf7 $5 Rxf7 33. Qg5+ Kh8 34. Qh6+ Kg8
$10 {Tischbierek}) 32... d1=N+ (32... d1=Q $2 33. Qf8+ {#7 (Fritz)} Kh7 34.
Ng5+ Kg6 35. Qxe8+ Kh6 36. Nf7+ Kh5 37. Nd6+ $18) 33. Kg3 Qxa3 34. Qg5+ Kh8 35.
Qh4+ Kg8 36. Qg4+ Kh8 37. Ng7 $16) 22. f3 (22. O-O-O Qxa3+ 23. Kb1 Nb4 $1 24.
cxb4 c3 25. Bxc3 Qxc3 26. Rh1 Qxb4+ 27. Kc1 Qa3+ 28. Kb1 $10 {Ivanchuk}) 22...
Ne7 $1 23. Kf2 Rg7 $1 (23... Nf5 24. Qh5 $18 {Ivanchuk}) 24. Rh1 Ng6 25. Nh7
Rff7 (25... Qa4 $4 {! Ivanchuk, wohl ohne Fritz/probaply without Fritz} 26.
Nf6+ Rxf6 (26... Kf7 27. Qxg7+ Kxg7 28. Rh7#) 27. exf6 $18) 26. Nf6+ Kf8 27.
Bg5 Ba4 (27... Qxc3 $4 28. Qh8+ $1 Nxh8 29. Rxh8+ Rg8 30. Rxg8+ Ke7 31. Nxd5#)
28. Nh5 $5 (28. Nh7+ Ke8 29. Nf6+ $10) 28... Qxc3 29. Bf6 Qxd4+ 30. Kg3 Ke8 31.
Nxg7+ Rxg7 32. c3 $5 (32. Bxg7 Bxc2 $13) 32... Qf4+ 33. Qxf4 Nxf4+ 34. Bxg7
Ne2+ 35. Kf2 Nxc3 $13) 20. Nf3 $18 Rxd2 21. Kxd2 h6 22. Qg4 Kf7 23. Rh3 Ne7 24.
Nh2 Ke8 25. Rf1 Rxf1 26. Nxf1 Qxa3 27. Qxg7 Nf5 28. Qh8+ Qf8 29. Qxf8+ Kxf8 30.
g4 Ne7 31. Rxh6 Kg7 32. Rh1 a5 33. Ng3 a4 34. Nh5+ Kg6 35. Rf1 Ng8 36. Rf8 Nh6
37. Rd8 Bc6 38. Nf4+ Kg5 39. Nxe6+ Kxg4 40. Nc7 Nf5 41. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "Dortmund op-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ernst, Thomas"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxb4 $5 7. Nb5
Nc6 8. axb4 Bxb4+ 9. c3 Be7 10. Ba3 (10. Bd3 {Ernst} a6 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. Ba3 f5
13. Qf4 Bxa3 14. Rxa3 Nh6 15. Nf3 Nf7 $16 {Liberzon-Khasin/URS/1960/}) 10...
Nh6 11. Nd6+ $6 (11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nd6+ Kf8 13. Bb5 (13. Bd3 f5 14. Nf3 Nf7 15.
Nxf7 Kxf7 16. h4 Rf8 17. Ng5+ Kg8 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qe2 Bd7 20. f4 h5 $15 {
Richter-Edzelins/World-ch corres/1965}) 13... f6 $1 14. f4 Nf7 15. Bxc6 bxc6
16. Nxc8 Rxc8 17. Nf3 fxe5 18. fxe5 g6 19. Ra6 Rc7 20. Qa4 Kg7 21. O-O $44 {
Salm-Zagorovsky/World-ch corres/1962}) 11... Bxd6 12. Bxd6 f6 $1 $17 13. Nf3
Nf7 14. Ba3 fxe5 15. dxe5 Bd7 16. Bd3 Qc7 17. O-O Nfxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Re1
Qxc3 $1 20. Bb5 (20. Qh5+ g6 (20... Kd8 $5) (20... Kd8 $17 {Ernst Knaak.}) 21.
Qg5 Qxd3 22. Qf6 Qd4 23. Rxe6+ Bxe6 24. Qxe6+ Kd8 $19 {Ernst} (24... Kd8 {Ernst
} 25. Qd6+ Kc8 26. Qe6+ Kc7 27. Qd6+ Kb6 $17)) 20... O-O-O 21. Bxc6 Bxc6 22.
Be7 Rde8 23. Rxa7 Kd7 $1 24. Ra3 (24. Bg5 Ra8 $19) 24... Qc4 25. Bg5 h6 (25...
d4 $19) (25... e5 $1 $19 {Ernst}) 26. Bd2 Rhf8 27. Rc3 Qd4 $2 (27... Qa4 $19 {
/\ d4}) 28. Qe2 Rf7 29. Re3 Qc4 $1 30. Qh5 (30. Rxe6 Qxe2 31. R6xe2 Rxe2 32.
Rxe2 d4 $19) 30... Rfe7 (30... Ref8 $1 {Ernst} 31. Rxe6 Rxf2 32. Re7+ Kc8 33.
Qh3+ R8f5 34. g3 $17) 31. Bc3 Kc8 32. Qe5 Rf7 33. Ra1 $6 (33. g3 $17) 33... Qf4
$1 $19 34. Ra8+ Kd7 35. Rf3 Qxf3 $6 (35... Qc1+ 36. Be1 Rxf3 37. Rxe8 Kxe8 38.
Qxe6+ Kd8 39. gxf3 Qg5+ 40. Kh1 d4 $19) 36. gxf3 Rxa8 37. Bb4 $132 Re8 (37...
Rf6 $5 38. Qd6+ Kc8 39. Bc3 $6 Rg6+ 40. Kf1 Bb5+ 41. Ke1 Rg1+ 42. Kd2 Ra2+ 43.
Ke3 d4+ $1 (43... Re2+ 44. Kd4 Rd1+ 45. Kc5 $13) 44. Kf4 (44. Bxd4 Re2+ 45. Kf4
g5#) 44... e5+ $1 (44... g5+ 45. Ke5 Re2+ 46. Kf6 dxc3 $13) 45. Kxe5 Re2+ 46.
Kd5 dxc3 $19) 38. h4 Kc8 (38... d4 $5 39. Qxd4+ Bd5 40. f4 Rc8 $15) 39. Bd2 b6
$2 (39... g5 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. Bxg5 Rf5 42. Qg7 Rxf3 $17) 40. Be3 Rb7 $2 (40...
d4 $5 41. Bxd4 Bxf3 42. Bxb6 $10) 41. Qd6 Ba4 42. Bxb6 $16 e5 $6 43. Ba5 $1
Rb1+ (43... d4 $5 44. Qa6 Bb5 45. Qa8+ Rb8 46. Qd5 Rb7 47. Qc5+ $16) 44. Kh2
Kb7 45. Qc7+ Ka6 46. Bc3 $1 Rb6 (46... d4 $2 {Ernst} 47. Qa5+ Kb7 48. Qxa4 dxc3
49. Qxe8 c2 50. Qf7+ Kb8 51. Qg8+ Kb7 52. Qxg7+ Ka8 53. Qg8+ Kb7 54. Qh7+ $18)
47. Bxe5 Rf8 48. f4 g6 (48... g5 {Ernst} 49. Qc5 $16) 49. Qc5 Re8 50. Qxd5 Rc8
51. f5 gxf5 52. Qd3+ Bb5 53. Qxf5 Rc1 54. Bd4 Rbc6 55. Be3 R1c4 56. Kg3 Rd6 57.
Qf7 Ka5 58. h5 Ka4 59. Qa7+ Ba6 60. Qg7 Bc8 61. f3 Rd3 62. Qxh6 Rcc3 63. Qf4+
Kb5 (63... Ka3 {Ernst} 64. Qf8+ $2 (64. h6 $1 {Ernst} Rxe3 65. h7 Re8 $1 (65...
Bb7 $2 {Ernst} 66. Qd6+ Ka2 67. h8=Q Rxf3+ 68. Kg4 Rc4+ 69. Kg5 $18) 66. Qf7 $1
{66.Dd4 Tb3=} Rce3 67. h8=Q Rxh8 68. Qa7+ $16) 64... Ka4 65. h6 Rxe3 66. h7 Bb7
$1 $10) 64. Qe5+ Ka4 65. Kf4 Rc4+ (65... Rxe3 66. Qxe3 Rxe3 67. Kxe3 Bf5 68.
Kf4 (68. Kd4 $1 {Ernst} Kb5 69. Kd5 Kb6 70. Kd6 Kb7 71. h6 Kc8 72. Ke7 Kc7 73.
Kf6 Bh7 74. Kg7 $18) 68... Bh7 69. Ke5 Kb5 70. f4 Kc6 71. Ke6 $1 Kc7 72. h6 Kd8
73. Kf7 Kd7 (73... Bb1 {Ernst} 74. Kf6 Ke8 75. f5 Bxf5 $1 $10) 74. Kg7 Be4 75.
h7 Bxh7 76. Kxh7 $18) 66. Kg3 (66. Kg5 {Ernst} Bb7 $1 $132) 66... Rcc3 67. Qf4+
Kb5 68. Qb8+ Ka4 69. Qa8+ Kb3 (69... Kb4 {Ernst} 70. h6 Rxe3 71. h7 Re8 72.
Qb8+ Ka5 (72... Kc5 {Ernst} 73. Qc7+ Kb4 74. Qf7 Rh8 75. Qg7 Re8 76. Qd4+ Kb3
77. Qd5+ $16 {Wir haben eine Position aus der Partie erreicht.}) (72... Ka4 {
Ernst} 73. Qf4+ Kb5 {73.-Kb3? 74.Df7+ und 73.-Ka3 führt zu der Variante 63.
-Ka3. Schliesslich führt 73.-Ka5 zu der Subvariante 72.-Ka5 (Erste Variante
mit 69.-Kb4.)} 74. Qf7 $1 Rd8 {74.-Tce3 75.Dd5+!} 75. Qh5+ Kb6 76. h8=Q Rxh8
77. Qxh8 $16) (72... Ka3 {Ernst} 73. Qd6+ $1 {73.Da7+ Kb2!; 73.Db5 Tf8!} Kb2 {
73.-Kb3 74.Dd5+ führt wieder zu der Partie.} 74. Qd2+ Rc2 75. Qb4+ Kc1 76. Qd4
$16) 73. h8=Q Rxh8 74. Qe5+ Kb4 75. Qxh8 Bb7 $2 76. Qd4+ $18) 70. h6 Rxe3 71.
h7 Re8 72. Qd5+ Kc2 (72... Kb4 {Ernst} 73. Qf7 $1 Rce3 {73.-Th8 74.Dg7} 74.
h8=Q Rxf3+ $6 (74... Rxh8 {Ernst} 75. Qf4+ $16) 75. Qxf3 Rxh8 76. Qe4+ Kb3 77.
Qd3+ Ka2 78. Qc2+ $18) 73. Qg8 Rxg8+ 74. hxg8=Q Kb2 75. Qd5 Rb3 76. Kh4 Rb4+
77. Kg5 Ba6 78. Qd2+ Kb3 79. Qe3+ Ka4 80. f4 Rb5+ 81. f5 Bc8 82. Qe4+ Kb3 (
82... Ka5 {Ernst} 83. Qa8+ Ba6 84. Kg6 $18) 83. Qb1+ 1-0

[Event "WDR Match TV g/60"]
[Site "Cologne"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "176"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 $1 10. Nf3 Qc7 $1 {Von Hertneck hiermit in die Praxis
eingeführt.} 11. O-O (11. Be3 $142 $1) 11... c4 12. Be2 f6 $15 13. exf6 Rxf6
14. g3 Bd7 15. Be3 Raf8 16. Bg5 R6f7 17. Rab1 Bc8 18. Bd2 Rf6 19. Kg2 h6 20.
Nh4 Nxh4+ 21. Qxh4 Qa5 22. Ra1 Bd7 23. f3 Be8 24. Rfb1 b6 25. a4 Bg6 26. Ra2
Bh7 27. Rb5 Qa6 28. Qh5 Qc8 29. Bc1 Qe8 30. Qxe8 Rxe8 31. h4 Bg6 32. Bf4 Rxf4
33. gxf4 Rf8 34. Bf1 Rxf4 35. Kg3 Rf6 36. Bh3 Kf7 37. Bg4 h5 38. Bh3 Ke7 39.
Kf2 Kd6 40. Ke3 Be8 41. Rb1 Ne7 42. Rh1 Ng6 43. Bf1 Rf4 44. Be2 Rxh4 45. Rxh4
Nxh4 46. a5 g5 47. axb6 Nf5+ 48. Kf2 axb6 49. Ra8 Bg6 50. Rh8 Kc7 51. Rg8 Ne7
52. Rg7 Kd6 53. Bf1 g4 54. fxg4 hxg4 55. Be2 g3+ 56. Kg2 Be4+ 57. Kh3 Nf5 58.
Rg8 g2 59. Kh2 Ne3 60. Kg1 Nxc2 61. Rb8 Kc7 62. Re8 Bf5 63. Kxg2 Na3 64. Rg8
Nb1 65. Rg3 b5 66. Kf2 Kb6 67. Ke1 Ka5 68. Kd1 b4 69. cxb4+ Kxb4 70. Kc1 Nc3
71. Bg4 Nb5 72. Bd1 Nxd4 73. Kd2 Nb3+ 74. Bxb3 cxb3 75. Kc1 Ka3 76. Rf3 d4 77.
Rf2 Bc2 78. Rf8 e5 79. Ra8+ Kb4 80. Rb8+ Kc3 81. Rc8+ Kd3 82. Re8 e4 83. Re7 e3
84. Re8 Ke2 85. Rh8 d3 86. Rh2+ Kf3 87. Rh1 d2+ 88. Kb2 d1=Q 0-1

[Event "Oslo Cup"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Black "Ostenstad, Berge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1991.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Qxc3 O-O-O 14.
Rb1 Nf5 15. Rg1 f6 (15... d4 $1) 16. g4 Nh6 17. exf6 Rxg4 18. Rxg4 $5 {N} (18.
Be3 Rxg1 19. Bxg1 Nf5 20. Rd1 Rf8 21. Rd3 {Mecking-Uhlmann/Manila izt/1976/i23/
231}) 18... Nxg4 19. f7 Qd6 (19... e5 {>=}) 20. Qg7 $1 {>< Ng4} e5 21. Bh3 Qf8
22. Qg6 Qh8 (22... Nxh2 23. Qg3) 23. Bxg4 Qh4+ 24. Ng3 Bxg4 25. Qg7 $1 $18 Nd4
26. f8=Q Nf3+ 27. Kd1 Nd4+ (27... Ng5+ 28. Kd2 Qxh2+ 29. Kc3 Qxg3+ 30. Kb2 $18)
28. Ne2 Bxe2+ 29. Kd2 Rxf8 30. Qxf8+ Kc7 31. Qg7+ Kd8 32. Qf8+ Kc7 33. Qf7+ Kd6
34. Rxb7 Qxf4+ 35. Qxf4 exf4 36. c3 Ba6 37. Rxa7 Nf3+ 38. Kc2 Ne1+ 39. Kd1 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. Qg4 Ne7 7. dxc5 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Ng6 10. h4 h5 11. Qg5 Nd7 12. c4 Qa4 13. cxd5 Ndxe5 {N} (13...
Qe4+ 14. Ne2 Qxd5 {(ich empfahl 14...Nde5)} 15. f4 $14 {Short-Lputian/Manila
izt/1990/CBM 19}) 14. Be2 Qe4 15. O-O-O $1 $14 {^^} O-O 16. Bc3 f6 17. Qd2 Qxg2
18. Nh3 exd5 19. Bxh5 Nc4 20. Qd4 Nge5 21. Nf4 Qe4 22. Qxd5+ Qxd5 23. Nxd5 Kh7
24. Rhg1 Bf5 25. Ne7 Be4 26. Rd4 Bf3 27. Bg6+ Kh8 28. h5 Rad8 29. Rh4 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-14a"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1987.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Nf3
Nbc6 9. Bd3 f5 10. exf6 Rxf6 11. Bg5 Rf7 12. Bxe7 Rxe7 13. Qh4 g6 14. O-O c4
15. Be2 Bd7 16. Rfe1 Qf8 17. Bd1 {/\ Ne5, Bg4 (Tal)} (17. Bf1) 17... Rae8 18.
Ne5 (18. Qg3 $5 {(Tal)}) 18... Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Ba4 $2 (19... Kg7 {/\ Qf6}) 20.
Bf3 $2 (20. Qg5 {/\ Qd2, Bg4} Kg7 21. Qd2 h5 22. Rg5 $16 {(Tal)}) 20... Kg7 $1
(20... Bxc2 $2 21. Rae1 {/\ Bd5} h6 22. Bxd5 g5 23. Rxe6 $18 {(Tal)}) 21. Qg5
Bxc2 22. Rae1 Qf6 23. Qe3 Kf8 (23... Kf7 24. g4 $5) (23... Kf8 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25.
Qe3 {(Tal)}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Long Beach"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Kortschnoj} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7.
Qg4 Qc7 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. Ne2 dxc3 (9... Qxe5 {Polgar,J-Knaak,R/TV-game/1990/}) (
9... h5 $5 {Polgar,J-Timman,J/Paris immopar/1992/}) 10. Qxg7 Rg8 11. Qxh7 Nbc6
12. Bf4 Bd7 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Rfe1 Nxe5 15. Bg3 Rxg3 $146 {?! Kortschnoj} (
15... N7c6 16. Nxc3 Nd4 $1 (16... Qa5 $13 {Kortschnoj}) 17. Ne2 Ndf3+ $2 (17...
Ndc6 {(Rodriguez)}) 18. gxf3 Nxf3+ 19. Kg2 Nxe1+ 20. Rxe1 e5 21. Bf5 $16 {
Rodriguez,Am-Paneque,P/La Habana/1990/}) (15... Nf5 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. Qh4 $1
Ng6 (17... Rg4 $2 18. Qf6 Re4 19. f3 $18) 18. Qb4 $14 {Szalanczy,E-Uhlmann,W/
Budapest op/1987/}) 16. Nxg3 Bc6 (16... Ba4 $2 17. Rxe5 $1 Qxe5 18. Qh4 $18)
17. Rad1 N7g6 (17... d4 $5 18. Qg7 Rd5 $14) (17... f6 18. Qg7 $16) 18. Qg7 $1 {
>< Pc3} Nxd3 (18... Ba4 $5 19. Ne2 $1 Rh8 20. h3 f5 21. Qxc7+ Kxc7 22. Nxc3 Bd7
$14) 19. Rxd3 $16 Nf4 20. Rxc3 d4 21. Rc4 Qa5 {?! Kortschnoj} (21... Nxg2 $5 {
Kortschnoj} 22. Re4 f5 23. Qxc7+ Kxc7 24. Rexd4 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 Ne1 26. Kf1 Nf3
$14) 22. Re4 Qxa3 23. Nf1 Qd6 (23... Qc1 24. Qxf7 $18) 24. Ng3 (24. Rcxd4 $2
Ne2+ 25. Rxe2 Qxd4 26. Qxf7 Bd5 $13) 24... Qa3 25. h4 $18 d3 26. cxd3 Nxd3 27.
Red4 Rd5 28. Rxd5 exd5 29. Rc3 Qa1+ 30. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Hafnarfirdi"]
[Site "Hafnarfirdi"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Howell, James C"]
[Black "Jonsson, Bjorgvin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Qxc3 Nf5 14. Rb1
O-O-O 15. Rg1 d4 16. Qd3 f6 17. g4 Nh4 18. Qg3 {N} (18. exf6 e5 19. f5 e4 $1
20. Qxe4 Rge8 21. Qd3 Ne5 22. Qb3 d3 $19 {B. Nikolic-Plchut/corr/1989/i47/377})
18... Rh8 19. exf6 e5 20. f5 Qa5+ $1 21. Bd2 Qc5 22. Bg5 (22. Rc1 e4 $17) 22...
e4 $1 23. Bxh4 e3 24. Bg2 (24. Rc1 Rxh4 25. Qxh4 (25. Bg2 $5) 25... Qa5+ 26. c3
d3 27. Rd1 Ne5 28. Bg2 Ba4 $19) 24... Qxc2 $19 25. Rd1 Rxh4 $1 26. Nf4 (26.
Qxh4 d3 27. Nf4 Nd4 28. Rxd3 Qc1+ 29. Rd1 Qc3+ 30. Kf1 Bb5+ $19) 26... Rxg4 $1
(26... Rxg4 27. Qxg4 (27. Qf3 Qf2+ 28. Qxf2 exf2+ 29. Kxf2 Rxf4+ $19) 27...
Qf2#) 0-1

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[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"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Rb1 d4 14. Ng3
O-O-O 15. Ne4 $2 (15. Be2) 15... Nxe5 $1 16. fxe5 Qxe5 17. Qe2 Bc6 18. Ng3 Qh8
$5 (18... Qd5 19. Qc4 Qd6 20. Ne2 e5 21. g3 Kb8 22. Rg1 Ka8 23. Bg2 Nd5 $17 {
Tarasov-Hajduk/Leningrad/1951}) 19. Qf2 Rg6 20. Bd3 Rf6 21. Qe2 Rd5 22. Ne4
Rff5 23. Kd1 Ng6 24. g3 Rfe5 $17 25. Qg4 f5 $1 (25... Ne7 26. Qh4) (25... Be8
26. Ng5 f5 27. Qf3) 26. Qxg6 fxe4 27. Bc4 e3 $1 {/\ 28...Be8-+} (27... Be8 28.
Qh6) 28. Rf1 d3 $5 (28... Qxh2 29. Rf8+ Kc7 30. Rf7+ Bd7 31. Ke1 e2 $17) (28...
Be8 29. Qf6 Qxh2 $19 {/\ 30...e2, 30...d3}) 29. Bxe3 $8 (29. Bxd3 e2+ $19)
29... dxc2+ (29... Be8 $5) 30. Kxc2 Rxe3 31. Bxd5 $6 Bxd5 $2 (31... Qxh2+ 32.
Kb3 c2+ 33. Kb2 Qh8+ $3 $19) 32. Kc1 $1 Re2 33. Rb5 $16 Bc6 34. Rc5 Qd8 35. Rd1
Re1 36. Qc2 Rxd1+ 37. Qxd1 Qf6 38. Qd6 Qh6+ 39. Kc2 Qe3 40. Rxc3 1-0

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Nbc6 8. h5
Qa5 9. Bd2 cxd4 $6 (9... h6 10. Qg4 Bd7 $1 11. Qxg7 O-O-O $13) 10. cxd4 Qa4 11.
Nf3 $5 {N} (11. Bc3 b6 12. h6 gxh6 13. Qd3 a5 14. Qd2 Nf5 15. Rb1 Ncxd4 16. Kd1
Rg8 17. Rxb6 Bd7 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Qxd4 Nxd4 $13 {Short-Kortschnoj/Wijk/1987})
(11. c3 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 h6 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. f4 Na5 15. Nf3 Nc4 16. Ke2 Nb2 17.
Rab1 Nxd3 18. Kxd3 b6 19. g4 Bc8 20. Nh4 $14 {Van Riemsdijk-Vilela/Capablanca/
1991}) 11... Nxd4 12. Bd3 Nec6 13. Kf1 $1 {/\ 14.Rh4} Nxf3 14. Qxf3 b6 (14...
h6 $2 15. Qg3 Kf8 16. Rh4 d4 17. Rg4 Rg8 18. Bxh6 $18) (14... Nxe5 $2 15. Qg3
Qd4 (15... Nxd3 16. Qxg7 Rf8 17. Bh6 Qxc2 18. Qxf8+ Kd7 19. Qxf7+ Kc6 20. Rh3
$18) 16. Bc3 $1 Qxc3 17. Bb5+ $18) 15. h6 Ba6 $1 (15... g6 16. Qf6 {/\ 17.Rh4})
16. hxg7 Rg8 17. Bxa6 (17. Rxh7 $2 Qxc2 $19) (17. Qf6 $2 Bxd3+ 18. cxd3 Qd4 $17
) 17... Qxa6+ 18. Kg1 Rxg7 19. Qf6 Rg8 20. Rxh7 Qb7 21. Bg5 Nd4 $1 22. c4 $6
Ne2+ 23. Kh2 Nc3 $1 24. Rh8 Rxh8+ 25. Qxh8+ Kd7 26. Qh7 (26. Qg7 $5 Kc6 27.
cxd5+ Nxd5 (27... Kxd5 28. Qh7 $16) 28. Rc1+ Kb5 29. Qh7 $16) 26... Rf8 $1 27.
Bh6 Re8 28. Qxf7+ Re7 29. Qg6 (29. Qg8 $5 Qc7 30. Bg5 Qxe5+ 31. f4 Qg7 32. Qb8)
29... Qb8 $1 30. cxd5 $6 (30. f4 Qh8 31. g4) 30... Nxd5 31. Rd1 $6 (31. Re1 Qh8
32. g4 Rh7 33. g5 Re7 $13) (31. f4 $5 Qh8 32. Kg3 $1 (32. g4 Nxf4 $17) 32...
Rh7 33. Bg5 Rg7 34. Qe4 $14) 31... Qxe5+ $10 32. f4 Qh8 33. f5 Qe5+ 34. Kh1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hafnarfirdi"]
[Site "Hafnarfirdi"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Arnason, Jon Loftur"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Nbc6 8. h5
h6 9. Qg4 Nf5 $6 (9... Qa5 10. Bd2 Bd7 $1 11. Qxg7 O-O-O $13 12. Qg4 $6 Qa4 13.
Nf3 Qxc2 14. Qf4 Qe4+ 15. Be2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nf5 $17 {Drimer-Dückstein/Raach zt/
1969}) (9... Kf8 $14) 10. Bd3 Rh7 {N} 11. Qf4 c4 12. Bf1 (12. Bxf5 $1 exf5 13.
Ne2 $16) 12... Qa5 13. Bd2 Qb5 14. Bc1 Qa5 15. Qd2 f6 16. g4 Nfe7 17. f4 Bd7
18. Nf3 O-O-O 19. Bh3 Rf8 20. Bb2 fxe5 21. Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sao Paulo zt"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Riemsdijk, Herman Claudius"]
[Black "Panno, Oscar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Nbc6 8. h5
h6 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Bd2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qa4 12. c3 $10 (12. Bd3 $5) (12. Rb1 $5) (
12. Rh4 b6 $10) 12... Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Na5 14. Rb1 Bd7 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Nh4 b6 17.
f4 (17. Rh3 $1 {/\ >< Pc3}) 17... Nc4 18. Bc1 Nf5 $5 (18... Na5) 19. Nxf5 exf5
20. Rg1 f6 $1 (20... Ke7 21. g4 fxg4 22. f5 $16) 21. Kf2 O-O 22. Re1 Rfe8 23.
Be2 Kf7 24. Bf3 Be6 25. Re2 Ke7 26. Rb5 Red8 27. Ra2 Na5 28. Bd2 Rc4 29. a4 Rc7
30. Ke2 Bf7 31. Kd3 Ke6 32. Bc1 Be8 33. Ba3 $6 (33. Rb1 Rdc8 34. Bb2 Nc4 35.
Ba1 $10) 33... Bxb5+ 34. axb5 Nc4 35. Bb4 fxe5 36. dxe5 Rdd7 37. Kd4 Nxe5 $2 (
37... Na5 38. g3 (38. Bxa5 $6 Rc4+ 39. Kd3 bxa5 40. g3 Rdc7 41. Ra3 R4c5 42.
Rxa5 Rxc3+ 43. Ke2 d4 $17) (38. Ke3 Rc4 $15) 38... Nb3+ 39. Ke3 Rc4 $15) 38.
fxe5 $16 Rc4+ 39. Kd3 Kxe5 40. Re2+ Re4 $6 41. Bxe4 dxe4+ 42. Kc2 Kf4 $6 (42...
f4 43. Rd2 Rf7) 43. Rd2 Rf7 44. Rd8 Kg3 45. Rf8 $1 Rxf8 46. Bxf8 e3 47. Kd3 Kf2
48. Be7 f4 49. Bh4+ Kxg2 50. Ke4 Kh3 51. Be1 Kg4 52. c4 Kxh5 53. Kxf4 e2 54.
Kf3 Kg5 55. Kxe2 Kf4 56. Kd3 h5 57. Bf2 g5 58. Be3+ Kf5 59. c5 bxc5 60. Bxc5
Ke6 61. Ke4 h4 62. Bxa7 h3 63. Bb8 g4 64. Be5 1-0

[Event "Stockholm"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Karlsson, Lars"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Nc6
(8... Nh6 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. Nxc7+ Qxc7 {/\ a5}) 9. Nxc7+ Qxc7 10. Bd3 Nh6 11. Nf3
Nf5 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. Qe2 a6 (13... Rc8 14. O-O O-O 15. Rf2 a6 16. g4 Ne3 17.
Nxd4 Nc4 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Bd4 $16 {Lanc-Schmidt,Wl/Prague Bohemians/1989/
CBM12 S.59}) 14. O-O Ne3 15. Rfc1 Nf5 (15... Nc4 $5 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. Qxc4 Rc8
18. Nxd4 {+/-/}) 16. Qf2 O-O 17. c3 $5 dxc3 18. Rxc3 Qd8 19. Re1 d4 20. Rc5
Nce7 21. g4 Nh6 22. h3 $16 Bb5 23. Bxb5 axb5 24. Nxd4 b6 25. Rc3 Nd5 26. Rf3
Qd7 27. f5 Rfe8 28. Rf1 Nc7 29. Qh4 Qd5 30. f6 Qxe5 31. fxg7 Qxg7 32. g5 e5 33.
Rg3 Ng4 34. Nf5 Qf8 35. Qxg4 Ne6 36. Nh6+ 1-0

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Steinbacher, Matthias"]
[Black "Russek Libni, Guil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. h4 Qc7 8. Rh3
Bd7 $6 (8... b6 {/\ Ba6}) 9. a4 Nbc6 10. Ba3 b6 11. h5 Na5 12. Qg4 $16 Rg8 13.
Bd3 Nf5 14. Ne2 Nc4 15. Qf4 $1 {/\ 16.g4, 16.Bf5 ef5 17.e6} Nxa3 16. Rxa3 c4 $2
17. Bxf5 exf5 18. e6 1-0

[Event "Balkaniad"]
[Site "Kavala"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cabrilo, Goran"]
[Black "Dimitrov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. Bd2 Nc6 7. Nb5 Nxd4 $10 8.
Nxd4 cxd4 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Kxd7 11. Nf3 Bb6 12. c4 dxc3 13. Qa4+ Kc7 14.
Bxc3 Rc8 15. Qg4 Ne7 16. Qxg7 Qg8 $1 (16... Qd7 17. Qxf7 Rcf8 18. Qg7 Rfg8 19.
Qf6 Rf8 20. Qh4 $13 {Garcia,G-Arencibia,W/Bayamo/1989}) 17. Qxg8 Rhxg8 $15 18.
g3 Nf5 19. Ke2 Kd7 20. Rhc1 Rg4 21. Nd2 h5 22. h3 Rgg8 23. Nf3 Rc4 24. Rd1 Rgc8
25. Rd3 Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1990.09.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. h4 Nbc6 8. h5
cxd4 9. cxd4 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qa4 11. Bc3 b6 12. Nf3 (12. h6 gxh6 13. Qd3 a5 14.
Qd2 Nf5 15. Rb1 Ncxd4 (15... Nfxd4 $5) 16. Kd1 Rg8 17. Rxb6 Bd7 18. Bxd4 Qxd4
19. Qxd4 Nxd4 20. Rxh6 $14 {Short-Korcnoi/Wijk-A/1987}) 12... Ba6 13. Bxa6 Qxa6
$10 14. a4 Rc8 15. Rh3 O-O 16. h6 g6 17. Qe2 Qxe2+ 18. Kxe2 f6 19. exf6 Rxf6
20. Kd3 Nf5 21. Re1 Nd6 22. Ng5 Rxf2 23. Rxe6 Nc4 24. Rg3 a5 25. Nh3 Rf1 26.
Rf3 Rd1+ 27. Ke2 Nxd4+ 28. Bxd4 Rd2+ {1.43-1.33} (28... Rd2+ 29. Ke1 Rxd4 30.
Ng5 Rh4 (30... Rg4 $2 31. Re7 $1 Rxg5 32. Rg7+ Kh8 33. Rff7 $18) 31. Rf7 Rxh6
32. Rd7 $44) 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 $1 {11.Dh4 wurde mehr gespielt.} g6 (11...
h6 $6 12. Bh7+ Kxh7 (12... Kf8 $2 13. Bg6 $1 $18) 13. Qxf7 hxg5 14. Nf3 $16)
12. Qd1 $1 {Die Idee von Sax mit den eingeschobenen Zügen Lg5 und Tf7. Das
könnte für Schwarz zum Problem werden.} Qa5 (12... Qf8 13. Nf3 Nbc6 14. O-O Nf5
15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 c4 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. Bf6 $16 {Tatei-Luce/Pau/1988}) 13.
Bd2 Nbc6 14. Nf3 Bd7 15. h4 $1 {Im Unterschied zur Partie Sax-Ehlvest/
Reykjavik/1988/1-0/(CBM10) steht der schwarze Turm auf f7 und erlaubt evtl.
Sg5 mit Tempo.} e5 $5 16. c4 $1 (16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 $13) 16... Qa4 17. Ng5
dxc4 (17... Rff8 18. Nxh7 $1 $40) 18. Be4 Bf5 19. Nxf7 Bxe4 20. Qg4 $1 c3 21.
Bg5 $18 Bf5 22. Nh6+ Kf8 (22... Kg7 23. Bf6+ $1 Kxf6 24. dxe5+ $18) 23. Bxe7+
Nxe7 24. Qg5 Kg7 25. Qxe7+ Kxh6 26. h5 Qe8 27. hxg6+ Kxg6 28. Qxh7+ Kf6 29.
Rh6+ Kg5 30. Qg7+ Bg6 31. dxe5 Qe6 32. f4+ Kf5 33. g4+ Kxf4 34. Rxg6 Qd5 35.
Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Black "Piskov, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Nd7 $6 {N; Im Falle der sofortigen Annahme des
Qualitätsopfers hat Schwarz gutes Spiel gegen c3 und d4. Doch statt 8.Sf3 hat
Weiß 8.Ld3 gespielt und kann dadurch ein wichtiges Tempo gewinnen.} 11. Qh4 $1
(11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Qf4 Qa5 13. Qd2 c4 14. Be2 Ne4 $44) 11... h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6
13. dxc5 $14 e5 14. f3 e4 (14... Qa5 $6 15. Qb4 $16) 15. fxe4 Qa5 $6 (15...
dxe4 $5 16. Bxe4 $5 (16. Bc4+ $14) 16... Qe8 $1 17. O-O-O (17. Ne2 $6 Bg4 18.
Bf3 Nf5 19. Qf2 Ne3 $44) 17... Bg4 18. Bf3 Qa4 $13) 16. Ne2 dxe4 17. Bxe4 $1
Bg4 (17... g5 18. Qxh6 Nxe4 19. O-O Qxc5+ 20. Nd4 $40) 18. Bf3 Nf5 19. Qf2 Bxf3
20. gxf3 Re8 21. O-O Ne3 {Ein Zug zu spät. Weiß hat mit diesem Springer keine
Probleme.} 22. Rfb1 Qxc5 23. Rxb7 Re5 24. Rab1 a6 25. Ng3 Qc6 26. R7b6 Qc7 27.
Qd2 Re8 28. Ne4 Nfd5 29. R6b4 Qf4 30. Qd4 Re5 31. Ng3 Qg5 32. Rb8+ Kh7 33. Qd3+
Nf5 34. Rf8 Nde7 35. f4 Qxf4 36. Rf1 Qe3+ 37. Qxe3 Nxe3 38. Re1 Ng6 39. Rf2 Nc4
40. Rxe5 Ngxe5 41. a4 a5 42. Ne4 g5 43. Rf6 g4 44. Kf2 h5 45. Nd6 Nb6 46. Rf5
Nbd7 47. Rxh5+ Kg6 48. Rf5 Nc4 49. Rf4 Nce5 50. Nc4 1-0

[Event "Skei"]
[Site "Skei"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Black "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Tisdall} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4
cxd4 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 dxc3 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 Nbc6 13. Qxc3 Nf5
14. Rb1 d4 15. Qd3 O-O-O 16. Rg1 f6 17. g4 Nh4 18. exf6 Be8 (18... e5 $5) (
18... e5 $5 {Tisdall}) 19. Rg3 Bg6 $2 $146 {Von Nogueiras empfohlen. A
recommendation of Nogueiras.} (19... e5 20. g5 Bf7 21. Bh3+ $6 Kb8 22. fxe5
Nxe5 $19 {Sznapik,A-Nogueiras,J/Thessaloniki ol/1988/}) 20. f5 $1 $16 (20. Qc4
Bf7 {/\ e5-/+ (Nogueiras)}) 20... exf5 (20... Ne5 21. Qe4 exf5 22. gxf5 Bxf5
23. Qxh4 Qxc2 24. f7 $18) 21. Bf4 $1 Qa5+ (21... Ne5 {Tisdall} 22. Bxe5 (22.
Qb5 $5 Rge8 23. Rgb3) 22... Qxe5 23. Qc4+ Qc7 (23... Kb8 24. Rxb7+ $1 $18) 24.
Qxc7+ Kxc7 25. g5 $16) 22. Kf2 Qd5 (22... fxg4 23. Qb3 (23. Qc4 $1 {Tisdall
Hellers.} Rge8 (23... Qd5 24. Qxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxg4) 24. Rgb3) 23... b6 24. Rxg4
$16) 23. Qb5 Qd7 $6 (23... Qxb5 24. Rxb5 $16) 24. Rgb3 $18 b6 25. Qa6+ Qb7 26.
Qxb7+ Kxb7 27. Rh3 Rh8 28. g5 Bf7 29. Bg3 (29. Bg3 {Tisdall} Ng6 30. Rxh8 Rxh8
31. Bg2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sherzer, Alex"]
[Black "Hug, Werner"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. Bg5 $2
(8. f4) 8... Ne7 (8... f6 $5 9. exf6 gxf6 10. Qh5+ Ke7 11. Bh4 a5 (11... e5 12.
Nf3 Nc6 13. Nxc7 Qxc7 14. O-O-O Be6 15. b5 Na5 16. Qxe5 Nb3+ 17. Kb1 Qc3 18.
cxb3 $10 {Stopher,HE-Nevestveit,O/Thematic corres/1989}) 12. Qd1 axb4 13. axb4
Rxa1 14. Qxa1 Nc6 15. Qa3 Bd6 $17 {Meder,U-Hauser,J/Thematic corres/1989/}) 9.
f4 Nbc6 10. Nf3 a6 11. Nbxd4 (11. Nxc7+ Qxc7 12. Bxe7 Kxe7 $1 $17) 11... Nxd4
12. Nxd4 Bb6 13. c3 Qc7 14. Rc1 Ng6 $17 {>< Bg5} 15. c4 dxc4 16. Rxc4 Qd7 {
/\ 17...h6} 17. Nf3 Qxd1+ 18. Kxd1 h6 19. Bh4 Bd7 20. Bg3 O-O 21. Bd3 Bb5 22.
Rc3 Ne7 23. Be4 (23. Bxb5 axb5 24. Kc2 Nd5 $19) 23... Rfd8+ 24. Kc1 Nd5 25.
Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Kb2 Rad8 27. Rhc1 a5 $19 28. bxa5 Bxa5 29. Rc8 Bc6 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8
31. Ne1 Be4 32. Nf3 Rd3 33. Rc8+ Kh7 34. Be1 Bxf3 35. Bxa5 Bxg2 36. Rc2 Bd5 37.
Rf2 Rb3+ 38. Kc2 Rxa3 39. Bc3 b5 40. f5 exf5 41. Kb2 Ra2+ 0-1

[Event "Isle of Lewis"]
[Site "Isle of Lewis"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Motwani, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Qxc3 O-O-O (
13... Rc8 $6 14. Rb1 Nf5 15. Bd2 a6 $6 (15... b6 $6 16. g3 $1 Qb7 17. Qd3 Nce7
18. Rg1 {/\ g4 Karpov,An-Farago,I/Wijk/1987/1-0/}) 16. Rg1 $1 $16 b5 17. g4 Nh4
18. Rg3 Qb6 19. Qd3 Rh8 20. Rh3 Ne7 21. Nd4 Rc4 22. c3 Ra4 23. Qg3 Nhg6 24.
Rxh8+ Nxh8 25. Bd3 Nhg6 26. h4 Rxa3 27. h5 $18 Nf8 28. h6 Neg6 29. f5 Ne7 30.
Qh2 exf5 31. h7 Neg6 32. gxf5 Nh8 33. Qh5 {Short,N-Kosten,A/Hastings A1 ;CBM
11 1988/1-0 (43)}) (13... Nf5 14. Rb1 O-O-O 15. Rg1 d4 (15... f6 16. g4 Nh6 17.
exf6 Rxg4 18. Rxg4 Nxg4 19. f7 $16) 16. Qd3 f6 $5 (16... Rg6 17. g4 Rdg8 18.
gxf5 Rxg1 19. Nxg1 Rxg1 20. Kf2 Rg8 21. f6 {Isaev,D-Georghiou,A/Moscow olm ;
EXP 44/1-0/1994/}) (16... Rh8 17. g4 Nh4 18. Ng3 f5 19. exf6 e5 20. f5 e4 21.
Nxe4 Ne5 22. Qb3 Bc6 23. Ng5 Nhf3+ 24. Kf2 Rxh2+ 25. Kg3 Nd3+ {0-1 Schmidt,
B-Kuhn,A/Wiesbaden op (07) ;GER 02 1988}) (16... Na5 $6 17. Rb4 $1 (17. g4 Ba4
$5 18. gxf5 $5 (18. c3 Bc2 $3 19. Qxc2 d3 20. Qa2 Qc5 21. Rg2 Ne3 $1 $19) 18...
Bxc2 19. Qb5 Rxg1 20. Nxg1 Bxb1 21. Qxb1 Nb3 22. Kd1 {Borner,D-Von Allmen,A/
SWZ-chT ;TD 93\08 1993/1-0 (50)}) 17... Bc6 18. Ng3 $16) (16... Nce7 $5 17. g4
(17. Rb4 $2 {Die richtige Reaktion auf 16...Sa5 ist jetzt nicht so gut..} Nd5
18. Rc4 Bc6 19. Nxd4 $6 (19. g4 Nfe3 20. Bxe3 (20. Rxd4 Bb5 $1) 20... dxe3 $17)
19... Nb6 {Renet,O-Huebner,R/Deutschland Cup ;CBM 16/0-1/1989/}) 17... Ba4 $1
18. Rb2 $1 $36) 17. g4 Nh4 {B.Nikolic-Plchut/corr/1989/i47/377} 18. exf6 $14 {
Hellers,F-Djurhuus,R/Skei; CBM 36/1-0/1993/ [Knaak]} e5 $5 19. f7 Rxg4 20. Rxg4
Bxg4 21. Bh3 Qd7 22. Bxg4 Qxg4 23. Qg3 Qh5 24. Rb3 e4 25. Qg7 d3 26. cxd3 Nf3+
27. Kf2 Qxh2+ 28. Qg2 Qxg2+ 29. Kxg2 exd3 30. Kxf3 dxe2 31. Re3 Rf8 32. Bb2
Rxf7 33. Rxe2 Kd7 34. Kg4 Ne7 35. Be5 Nc6 36. f5 Nxe5+ 37. Rxe5 Re7 {1/2-1/2
Hellers,F-Djurhuus,R/Gausdal Int (05) ;TD 92\08 1992}) 14. Rg1 (14. Ng3 Rh8 15.
Bd2 Rdg8 16. O-O-O Kb8 17. Bd3 Nc8 18. Rdg1 Nb6 19. Qb3 Rc8 20. Ne2 Na4 21. Bb4
Nxb4 22. Qxb4 Nc5 23. Kd2 a6 24. Rb1 d4 25. Nxd4 Rhd8 26. Qb6 Nxd3 27. cxd3 Ba4
28. Ke3 Qxb6 29. Rxb6 Rc3 30. Rhb1 Bb5 31. Nxb5 Rdxd3+ 32. Ke2 axb5 33. R6xb5
Rd7 34. R5b3 Rc2+ 35. Kf3 Rdd2 36. Rxb7+ Kc8 37. g3 {1-0 Spassky,B-Nogueiras,J/
Montpellier ct (11) ;CAND 1985}) (14. Rb1 {main line} d4 15. Qd3 Nf5 16. Rg1 {
cf. 13..Nf5 cf. 13...Nf5}) 14... d4 (14... Kb8 15. Rb1 Rc8 16. g4 Rh8 17. h3 d4
18. Qb2 Nd5 19. Rg3 b6 20. c4 dxc3 21. Nxc3 Nce7 22. Ne4 Ba4 23. Bd2 Bc2 24.
Rc1 Bxe4 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Bd3 Bxd3 27. Rxd3 Ng6 28. Qd4 Rhc8 29. f5 Rc4 30.
Qf2 Nxe5 31. Qg3 Re4+ 32. Kd1 Kb7 33. fxe6 fxe6 34. Rb3 {Frick,R-Melas,R/
Moscow olm (04) LIE-CYP ;EXP 44 1994/0-1 (50)}) 15. Qc5 $5 {A new idea} (15.
Qd3 {normal}) 15... Be8 16. g4 Nd5 17. Rg3 Nb6 $2 (17... f6 $142 $5) 18. Bg2
Na4 19. Qc4 Nb6 20. Qd3 Qe7 21. g5 $1 Rh8 22. h3 Qc5 23. Bd2 Nc4 24. Rb1 a5 25.
Qb3 Rd7 26. Rd3 Rh4 27. Qb5 (27. Bc1 {Motwani /\Ne2-g3-e4}) 27... Qxb5 28. Rxb5
$18 Kc7 29. Rc5 Nxd2 30. Rxd2 Kb6 31. Rc4 Kb5 32. Bxc6+ bxc6 33. Rcxd4 Rxd4 34.
Rxd4 c5 35. c4+ Kb6 36. Rd8 Bc6 37. Rf8 Rh7 38. h4 Be4 39. Ng3 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qh5+
g6 9. Qd1 {Die Q muß c2 verteidigen.} Bd7 10. Nf3 Ba4 11. Bd2 $1 (11. Bd3 $6
cxd4 12. cxd4 Qc3+ 13. Bd2 Qxd3 14. cxd3 Bxd1 15. Kxd1 Nc6 16. Rb1 b6 17. Rc1
Kd7 $15 {Polgar,J-Morovic Fernandez,I/Buenos Aires ;TD 92\05 1992/0-1 (56)})
11... Nd7 (11... cxd4 $2 12. cxd4 Bxc2 (12... Qxc2 13. Bb5+ $18) 13. Bb5+ Nd7
14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Qe2 {/\Ba4} Qd8 16. Ng5 $18) 12. Bd3 c4 {Ich bin kein Freund
von diesem Zug. Schwarz beraubt sich der Möglichkeit, auf der c-Linie Druck zu
machen (der B steht bereits auf a4!). Die Gefahr, daß Weiß mit dxc5 die
Stellung öffnet, erachte ich dagegen als geringer.} (12... h6 {/\ Ne7, 0-0-0,
Kb8, Rc8}) 13. Be2 h6 14. h4 O-O-O {Damit scheidet auch eine mögliche
Aktivität mit b5, a5 und b4 fast aus, doch den K in der Mitte zu lassen, ist
noch weniger empfehlenswert.} 15. Qc1 Nb6 16. Rh3 Be8 17. Rb1 Na4 18. Kf1 Qg7
19. Ng1 a5 20. Bf3 Ne7 21. Ne2 Bc6 22. Rg3 {Weiß hat keineswegs vergessen, daß
seine einzige Möglichkeit, die Stellung zu öffnen, in g2-g4 besteht. Doch
vorher gilt es, die Figuren optimal zu plazieren und g6-g5 zu verhindern.} Rdg8
23. Kg1 b5 24. Nf4 Qf7 25. Nh3 Qf8 26. Be2 Kd7 27. Ra1 Rh7 28. Bf4 Rhh8 29. Qd2
Rh7 30. Re1 Kc8 31. Qc1 Bd7 32. Bd2 Bc6 33. Kh2 Kd7 {Ich finde, mit Bd7 ist
der kritischen Punkt Pe6 besser gedeckt.} 34. Rh1 Rhh8 35. Kg1 Rh7 $6 (35...
Kc7 {/\ Bd7}) 36. Nf4 Rf7 37. Bf3 Rh7 38. Ne2 Rgh8 39. Kf1 Rf7 40. Rgh3 Rhh7
41. Nf4 Rhg7 42. Be2 Rg8 43. g4 $5 {Endlich! Weiß hätte aber durchaus auch
zuvor f2-f3 spielen können.} g5 (43... fxg4 44. Bxg4 Nf5 45. h5 {war eine
spielbare Alternative. Der größere Raum zum Manövrieren gibt Weiß einen
kleinen Vorteil.}) 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Nxe6 $1 {Natürlich! Sonst würde Schwarz
mit f5-f4 zumachen.} Kxe6 46. Rh6+ Ng6 (46... Rg6 $5 47. gxf5+ {Das schlägt
Kamsky selbst vor.} Rxf5 (47... Kxf5 $2 48. Bxg5 $1 Rxg5 49. Qxg5+ $1 Kxg5 50.
R6h5+ Kg6 51. Rg1#) 48. Rxg6+ Nxg6 49. Bg4 Kd7 (49... Bd7 50. Rh7 $1 $18) 50.
Bxg5 Kc7 51. Qe3 $1 {Kamsky} Rf4 (51... Nb6 52. e6) (51... Kb7) 52. Bxf4 Qxf4
53. Qxf4 Nxf4 54. Rh6 $18) 47. gxf5+ Rxf5 48. Bg4 $18 Kd7 49. R1h5 Kc7 50. Bxf5
Qxf5 51. Rxg5 Qe4 52. Qd1 b4 53. axb4 (53. f3 Rf8 54. Rgxg6 Rxf3+ 55. Kg1 {
ist eine Ausgeburt von Fritz}) 53... axb4 54. cxb4 Qxd4 55. Rg4 Nc3 56. Rxd4
Nxd1 57. b5 Bxb5 58. Ba5+ Kb7 59. Rxd5 Ba6 60. Rd7+ Kb8 61. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Porz Citroen-Cup"]
[Site "Cologne"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kovalev, Andrei"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1990.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Qa5 (12... Nbc6 13. Nf3 Qc7 $5 {
gefällt mir besser, siehe Khalifman-Brenninkmeijer}) 13. Bd2 Nbc6 14. Nf3 c4
15. Be2 Nf5 16. O-O Nd6 17. Ng5 Rf8 18. f4 $14 (18. f4 h6 $6 19. Nh3 Ne4 20.
Bf3 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rostock-10 GM Group"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "1984.08.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lanc, Alois"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1984.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Nf3
Nbc6 9. Bd3 f5 10. exf6 Rxf6 11. Bg5 Rf7 12. Bxe7 Rxe7 13. Qh4 g6 $1 (13... h6
14. O-O c4 15. Bg6 Bd7) 14. O-O c4 15. Be2 Qf8 (15... Kg7 $5) 16. Rfe1 Bd7 17.
Bf1 Rae8 18. Re2 Rg7 19. Qg5 Rf7 20. h4 Ree7 21. Rae1 Rf5 22. Qd2 Qf6 23. Nh2
Qxh4 24. g3 Qh5 25. g4 Rg5 26. f3 Qh4 27. Rg2 h5 28. f4 Rxg4 29. Nxg4 hxg4 30.
Re3 Rh7 31. Rh2 Qxh2+ 32. Qxh2 Rxh2 33. Kxh2 Ne7 34. Rg3 Ba4 35. Rxg4 Bxc2 36.
Rg2 Bf5 37. Rb2 b6 38. a4 Nc6 39. Bh3 Bxh3 40. Kxh3 Kg7 41. Kg4 Na5 42. Re2 Kf6
43. Rh2 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 09th Group6"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "1993.09.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dutreeuw, Marc"]
[Black "Matlak, Marek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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 "Antwerpse Koninklijke OSK"]
[BlackTeam "Karvina SK Banik CSA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 Ne7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Nxc3 a6 14. Ne2
Nf5 (14... Rc8 $5) 15. h3 (15. Rb1) 15... Na5 16. g4 Bb5 17. Qc3 Qxc3+ 18. Nxc3
Bxf1 19. Rxf1 Nd4 20. Rf2 $146 (20. Ra2 Rc8 21. Bd2 Rh8 22. Ne2 Rxc2 23. Rxc2
Nxc2+ 24. Kd1 Nxa3 25. Bxa5 Nc4 26. Bd2 Rxh3 27. Bc1 b5 $44 {Timman,J-Short,N/
Rotterdam/1989/}) 20... Rh8 $1 (20... Rc8 21. Bb2 Nc4 22. O-O-O $16) 21. Bb2
Rxh3 22. Nxd5 O-O-O (22... Rh1+ $2 23. Kd2 Ndb3+ 24. cxb3 Nxb3+ 25. Ke2 $1 Rxa1
26. Nc7+ Kd7 27. Nxa8 $18) 23. Bxd4 Rxd5 $10 24. c3 Nb3 25. Rd1 Nxd4 26. cxd4
Rxa3 27. f5 Kd7 28. fxe6+ Kxe6 29. Rf6+ Ke7 30. Rb6 Re3+ 31. Kf2 Rexe5 32.
Rxb7+ Kf8 33. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISL-FRA"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jonsson, Bjorgvin"]
[Black "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Qxc3 Nf5 14. Rb1
O-O-O 15. Rg1 d4 16. Qd3 {Eine wichtige Stellung, die über verschiedene
Reihenfolgen erreichbar ist. An important position, reachable over different
moveorders.} Na5 (16... Kb8 $2 17. g4 Nh4 18. Rg3 Rh8 19. Bd2 b6 20. a4 Ka8 21.
c3 dxc3 22. Nxc3 Bc8 23. Nb5 Qe7 24. Nd6 f6 25. Qe4 Bb7 26. Nxb7 Qxb7 27. Ba6 {
Schlosser,M-Quillan,G/Prestwich (4)/1990/1-0 (34)}) (16... Nxe5 $2 17. fxe5
Qxe5 18. Bf4 Qf6 19. Rxb7 $1 e5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Qa6 {Lizan,L-Salminen,J/WT/
M\402 CCYB 4\189/1989/1-0 (21)}) (16... Nce7 $6 17. g4 $1 (17. Rb4 $2 Nd5 18.
Rc4 Bc6 19. Nxd4 $6 Nb6 $1 20. Rxc6 bxc6 21. Qa6+ Kb8 22. Nxf5 exf5 23. Bd3 f6
$1 $19 {Renet,O-Huebner,R/Deutschland Cup (2)/1989/0-1 (31)}) 17... Nh4 (17...
Ba4 $5 18. Rb2 $1 Ne3 19. Bxe3 dxe3 20. Qxe3 Bxc2 21. Qxa7 $16) 18. Rg3 Ba4 19.
Rb2 a6 $6 20. Nxd4 $16 Nc6 21. Be3 Qa5+ 22. Kf2 Bb5 23. c4 Ba4 24. Nxc6 Bxc6
25. Qb3 Rd7 26. Bb6 Rd2+ 27. Be2 {Hellers,F-Hjelmas,L/Gausdal International (3)
/1992/1-0 (30)}) (16... Rh8 $5 17. g4 Nh4 18. Ng3 $6 f5 19. exf6 e5 $1 20. f5
e4 $1 21. Nxe4 Ne5 22. Qb3 Bc6 23. Ng5 Nhf3+ 24. Kf2 Rxh2+ 25. Kg3 {Schmidt,
B-Kuhn,A/Wiesbaden op (7)/1988/0-1 (25)}) (16... Be8 $5 17. g4 Nh4 $1 (17...
Nfe7 18. Rg3 f6 19. exf6 Nd5 20. g5 Bg6 (20... e5 $5) 21. Qc4 Rge8 22. Bd2 e5
23. Bh3+ Kb8 24. f5 Bh5 25. Bg2 e4 26. Bf4 Nxf4 27. Nxf4 {Timman,J-Martin,B/
Manila olm (01.07.1)/1992/1-0 (41)}) 18. Rg3 (18. g5 $6 Rh8 19. Ng3 Ng6 $1 20.
Rg2 Ncxe5 $1 $17 21. fxe5 Nxe5 22. Qe2 d3 23. cxd3 Nxd3+ 24. Qxd3 Rxd3 25. Bxd3
Rxh2 26. Kf1 $1 Qc3 27. Be4 {Machala,R (CSR)-Sorensen,T (DEN)/IV EU Ch/1990/
0-1 (31)}) 18... f6 $1 19. exf6 e5 $5 (19... Bg6 20. Qc4 Bf7 {/\ e5-/+
Nogueiras}) 20. g5 $1 Bf7 $1 21. Bh3+ $6 (21. Rh3 Bg6 22. Qc4 Bf7 23. Qa4 $13 {
Nogueiras}) 21... Kb8 22. fxe5 $2 Nxe5 $19 {Sznapik,A-Nogueiras,J/Thessaloniki
(ol)/1988/0-1 (29)}) (16... f6 17. g4 (17. exf6 $6 e5 18. g4 Nd6 19. h3 $6 Be6
20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. Qd1 d3 $1 22. cxd3 Ne4 23. Bg2 Nxd3+ 24. Qxd3 Rxd3 25. Bxe4
Qa5+ 26. Rb4 Rxh3 $5 27. Bxb7+ {Bryson,DM-Handel,H/NPSF 40 1984-87 (CCYB 02)/
1984/0-1 (62)}) 17... Nh4 (17... Nh6 $6 18. exf6 Rxg4 19. Rxg4 Nxg4 20. f7 $1
Rf8 (20... e5 21. Bg2 Be6 22. h3 Nf6 23. fxe5 Nxe5 (23... Nd7 24. Bf4 Ndxe5 25.
Bxe5 Qa5+ 26. Kd1 Qxe5 27. Bxc6 {Tischbierek,R-Paehtz,T/Halle/1987/1-0 (34)})
24. Qxd4 Bd5 25. Bxd5 Qa5+ {Balashov,Y-Kosten,A/Minsk 42/366/1986/1-0 (26)})) (
17... fxe5 18. gxf5 Rxg1 19. Nxg1 exf5 20. Ne2 Be6 21. Bd2 e4 22. Qg3 e3 23.
Bb4 Kb8 24. Qh4 Rc8 25. Qf6 Qd7 26. Bg2 b6 27. Rd1 {Cladouras,P-Heyken,E/
Budapest Elekes/1989/1-0 (34)}) 18. exf6 (18. Qg3 Rh8 19. exf6 e5 (19... Be8
20. Kf2 Na5 21. Bb2 Nc4 22. Bxd4 Nd2 23. Bg2 Nxg2 24. Qxg2 Bc6 25. Be5 Qd7 26.
Rb4 Bxg2 27. Rxg2 {Ott,F-Knoedler,D/WÜRT-ch Giengen (4)/1987/0-1 (30)}) 20. f5
Qa5+ $1 21. Bd2 Qc5 22. Bg5 e4 $1 23. Bxh4 e3 24. Bg2 Qxc2 $19 {Howell,
J-Jonsson,B/Hafnarfirdi (08)/1992/0-1 (26)}) 18... e5 19. f5 $6 (19. g5 $5 Bf5
20. Bh3 $1 {Antoszkiewicz}) (19. h3 $5 e4 (19... Rdf8) 20. Qxe4 d3 21. cxd3
Rge8 22. Qc4 Be6 23. Qc3 Nf3+ 24. Kf2 Nxg1 25. Kxg1 Qh7 26. f5 Bxf5 27. gxf5 {
Cladouras,P-Djurhuus,R/Gausdal Troll Masters (6)/1991/1-0 (41)}) (19. f7 $5
Rxg4 20. Rxg4 Bxg4 21. Bh3 $1 Qd7 $8 22. Bxg4 Qxg4 23. Qg3 Qh5 $8 24. Rb3 $1 e4
$1 25. Qg7 d3 $10 {Hellers,F-Djurhuus,R/Gausdal 55/290 [Djurhuus,R]/1992/0.5 
(37)}) 19... e4 $1 20. Qxe4 Rge8 21. Qd3 Ne5 22. Qb3 d3 $19 {B. Nikolic-Plchut/
corr/1989/i47/377}) 17. g4 (17. Rb4 $1 Bc6 (17... a6 18. a4 Qc5 {Rufenacht-van
Manen, corr 1988}) 18. Ng3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Rg6 20. Be2 $16 Bd5 21. Rxd4 Nc6 22.
Ra4 Bxg2 23. Qc3 Bd5 24. Be3 $1 b6 25. Qb2 Ne7 26. Bf2 Rh8 27. Rd4 {
Antoszkiewicz,G-Eisenacher,H/Germany 1990/91 CCYB 5\139/1991/1-0 (33)}) 17...
Nh4 (17... Ba4 $1 18. Rb2 $1 (18. c3 $6 Bc2 $1 19. Qxc2 d3 20. Qa2 Qc5 $1 21.
Rg2 Ne3 $1 22. Bxe3 $6 Qxe3 $17 {(Nogueiras/Siero-Gonzalez) Hjartarson,
J-Nogueiras,J/Belfort/1988/0-1 (33)}) (18. gxf5 Bxc2 19. Qb5 Rxg1 20. Nxg1 Bxb1
21. Qxb1 Nb3 $13 {(Nogueiras/Seiro-Gonzalez)}) 18... Ne3 $1 19. Nxd4 $5 (19.
Bxe3 dxe3 20. Qc3 Rd2 21. Qxc7+ Kxc7 22. Rg3 Nc4 23. Ra2 Bxc2 24. Nc3 Bd3 25.
Bxd3 Rxd3 26. Nb5+ Kc6 27. Ke2 {Pieper,T-Heiling,T/2.BLS 8990 Markth'feld-Ulm 
[7]/1989/0.5 (46)}) 19... Nxc2+ $6 (19... Nac4 $1 20. Rxb7 Qa5+ $13) 20. Rxc2
Bxc2 21. Qxc2 Rxd4 22. Qxc7+ Kxc7 23. h4 $16 Nc4 24. h5 b5 25. g5 Kd7 26. Be2
a5 27. h6 {Casares Ripoll,F-Gallagher,B/Europe corres/1990/1-0 (32)}) 18. Rg3
$14 Ba4 19. Rb2 Qc5 20. Bd2 Nc6 (20... Nc4 $5 21. Rb4 b5 {/\ Ne3}) 21. Ng1 $5
Rh8 22. Qc4 $16 Qxc4 23. Bxc4 Ng6 24. Nf3 Nce7 25. Ng5 Be8 26. Ne4 Rxh2 27.
Nd6+ Rxd6 28. exd6 Rh1+ 29. Kf2 Ng8 30. Rg1 Rh2+ 31. Rg2 Rh1 32. f5 Ne5 33.
fxe6 Nxc4 34. d7+ Kd8 35. Rxb7 fxe6 36. Bg5+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch57"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Kf8 {
Eingorn bleibt diesem Zug treu, trotz einiger schmerzlicher Erfahrungen.} 8. a4
(8. dxc5 $5) 8... b6 $1 (8... Qc7) 9. Nf3 (9. Ba3 Ba6 $1 10. dxc5 Bxf1 11. Kxf1
Nd7 12. cxb6 Nxe5) 9... Ba6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 (10... h6 11. dxc5 Bxd3 12. cxd3 $14)
11. cxd3 Nd7 12. Ba3 Kg8 13. O-O h6 14. a5 (14. c4 Kh7 15. dxc5 $36) 14... Kh7
$15 15. dxc5 (15. axb6 axb6 {/\ Ra4}) (15. c4) 15... bxc5 16. d4 (16. Qf4 Ng6
17. Qxf7 Rf8 18. Qxe6 Rxf3 $40) (16. Qa4 $5) 16... Re8 17. a6 Qc8 18. Qf4 (18.
Rfb1 Rb8) 18... Ng6 $1 19. Qd2 (19. Qxf7 $2 Re7) 19... cxd4 20. cxd4 Qxa6 21.
Bc5 (21. h4 $1 Qb7 22. Rfb1 $44) 21... Qb7 (21... Qc6 22. Bxa7 Rec8 23. Rac1)
22. Rfb1 Qc6 (22... Nb6 23. Qd3 $44) 23. Bxa7 Rec8 24. Ra5 (24. Rc1 $2 Rxa7)
24... Qc3 (24... Rc7 $1 25. Rba1 (25. Bc5 Rxa5 26. Qxa5 Nxc5 27. Rc1 Nb3 28.
Rxc6 Rxc6 29. Qa3 Rc1+ 30. Qxc1 Nxc1 $19) 25... Qc3 $17 {Eingorn}) 25. Qxc3
Rxc3 $17 {>< d4} 26. h3 (26. h4 $5) 26... Rc7 27. Rba1 Nf4 (27... Rac8 28. g3
Ne7 (28... Rc2 29. Rb5) (28... Kg8 $5) 29. Bc5 $1 Nxc5 30. dxc5 Rxc5 31. Rxc5
Rxc5 32. Ra7 $13) 28. Bc5 Rxa5 29. Rxa5 Nxc5 30. Rxc5 Rb7 31. Rc2 (31. h4)
31... g5 32. Kh2 Rb3 33. Ra2 Kg6 34. Rc2 Rd3 35. Ra2 Rc3 (35... h5 {/\ Nh3!})
36. Rb2 Kg7 37. Ra2 Ng6 38. Rd2 Ne7 39. Ng1 Nf5 40. Ne2 Ra3 41. g3 h5 42. Kg2
Kh6 43. Kh2 h4 44. Kg2 (44. g4 Ne7 {/\ Ng6-f4 -+}) 44... hxg3 45. fxg3 Kg6 46.
Rb2 (46. Kh2 Ne3) 46... Ne3+ 47. Kg1 Ra1+ 48. Kh2 Rd1 (48... Kf5 49. Nc3) 49.
g4 Rd3 50. Ra2 Kg7 51. Ng3 (51. Kg1) (51. Rb2 $17) 51... Rxd4 52. Nh5+ Kg6 53.
Ra8 Rxg4 54. hxg4 Nxg4+ 55. Kg3 Kxh5 56. Rh8+ Nh6 57. Kf3 Kg6 58. Ke3 Nf5+ 59.
Kf3 Nh6 60. Ke3 Kg7 61. Ra8 Nf5+ 62. Kd3 (62. Kf3 Nd4+ 63. Kg4 Nc6) 62... Ne7
63. Ra1 (63. Ra6 $8) 63... Nc6 64. Re1 Kg6 65. Re3 g4 66. Re2 Kg5 0-1

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Brenninkmeijer, Joris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[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. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Nbc6 13. Nf3 Qc7 $5 {N; /\ 14.
h4 e5!; Weiß erreicht nun gar nichts, also 7...0-0 lebt!} 14. O-O c4 15. Be2
Bd7 16. Qd2 Re8 17. Rfe1 Nc8 18. Bh4 Qf4 19. Qd1 Qh6 20. Bg3 Qf8 21. Qd2 h6 22.
a4 Rh7 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Nd6 25. Bf3 a5 26. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Dimitrov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Nbc6 8. h5
h6 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. Bd3 Qa5 (10... Qc7) 11. Bd2 c4 12. Be2 $14 O-O-O 13. O-O Rdf8
(13... f5 $5 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Nh4 $13) 14. a4 Kb8 15. Qc1 Qc7 16. Re1 Nc8 17.
Qa3 a5 18. Rab1 b6 19. Qc1 Ka7 20. Ra1 Qd8 21. g3 Qe8 22. Kg2 N6e7 23. Qd1 Bxa4
24. Bc1 Bd7 $6 (24... Bc6) 25. Ba3 $44 Ka6 26. Qb1 Na7 27. Qb2 Nb5 28. Reb1
Rfg8 {/\ Nc8} 29. Nd2 {/\ Nxc4!} Bc6 30. Kg1 Nc8 31. Nxc4 $1 dxc4 32. Bxc4 Qd7
33. Bd6 Ncxd6 $5 (33... g6 34. Ra3 gxh5 35. Rb3 Ncxd6 36. exd6 Rg5 $13) 34.
exd6 Rb8 35. Ra3 Rhc8 36. Rb3 (36. Bf1 $5) 36... Qxd6 37. Bxb5+ (37. Rxb5 $2
Bxb5 38. Qxb5+ Kb7 $17) 37... Bxb5 38. Rxb5 $14 Rc4 39. Re5 (39. Qb3 $1 Qc6 (
39... Rcc8 $6 40. c4 Qxd4 41. c5 Qd8 42. cxb6 $18) 40. Rxa5+ $1 Kxa5 (40...
bxa5 41. Qxb8 {game}) 41. Ra1+ Qa4 $1 (41... Ra4 42. Qb4+ $16) 42. Rxa4+ Rxa4
43. c4 b5 $14) 39... Qc6 $2 (39... Ka7 40. Ra1 (40. Qb3 Qc7 $10) 40... Qc7 41.
Ra3 Rc8 $10) 40. Rxa5+ $1 bxa5 $6 (40... Kxa5 $1 41. Ra1+ Qa4 42. Rxa4+ Rxa4
$13) 41. Qxb8 Rxc3 42. d5 $5 exd5 43. Re1 Qc5 $2 (43... Qb7 44. Qe5 $44) 44.
Qa8+ $16 Qa7 (44... Kb5 45. Qb7+ Kc4 46. Re7 Kd4 47. Rxf7 $16) 45. Qxd5 Rxg3+
46. Kf1 Rc3 47. Re5 $1 $18 Qc7 48. Qa8+ Kb6 49. Qxa5+ Kb7 (49... Kc6 50. Qb5+
Kd6 51. Qd5#) 50. Rb5+ (50. Rb5+ Kc8 51. Qa8+ Kd7 52. Rb7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Lvov zt"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Nh6
9. Nf3 Bd7 10. Nbxd4 {Kann weniger gefallen.} (10. Nfxd4 a6 11. Nxc7+ Qxc7 12.
Bb2 Nc6 13. Nb3 Ne7 14. Bd3 Bb5 $10 {Wang Zili-Hug,W/Luzern/WchT/1989/CBM16})
10... Nc6 11. c3 Bb6 12. Bd3 Nxd4 13. cxd4 a6 14. a4 Nf5 15. Bb2 Ne3 16. Qe2
Nc4 17. O-O Rc8 18. Bc1 Qe7 19. a5 Ba7 20. Rb1 f5 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Kh1 f5 23.
Bd2 O-O 24. b5 axb5 25. Bb4 Qf6 26. Bxf8 Rxf8 27. Ne5 Be8 28. Bxc4 dxc4 29. Qf3
Qg7 30. d5 exd5 31. Qxd5+ Kh8 32. Rf3 Qc7 33. Rg3 c3 34. Rc1 b4 35. Nd3 Bc6 36.
Qb3 Qxa5 37. Nxb4 Bd4 38. Rd1 Qc5 39. Nxc6 bxc6 40. Rgd3 Bf6 41. Rd7 Qf2 42.
Qc4 c5 43. Rf1 Qe3 44. Rf7 Rxf7 45. Qxf7 Qe7 46. Qd5 Qe2 47. Rg1 c2 48. Qxf5
Kg7 49. Qd7+ Kf8 50. Qc8+ Kg7 51. Qc7+ Be7 52. Qa7 Qe3 53. Qa1+ Bf6 54. Qc1 Qf2
55. Qa3 c4 56. Rc1 Qd2 57. h3 Kf7 58. Qa7+ Be7 59. Qg1 Bd6 60. Qf1 Kf6 61. Ra1
Qc3 62. Qc1 Qd4 63. Qf1 h5 64. Rc1 Qd2 65. Qg1 h4 66. Rf1 Kf5 67. Qa7 c1=Q 68.
Qf7+ Ke4 69. Qe6+ Kd3 70. Qxd6+ Ke2 71. Rxc1 Qxd6 72. f5 Qf4 73. Rc3 Kd2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-14 Final A"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1960.11.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1960.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

{Obwohl nur 21 Züge lang und dann auch noch mit Remis endend ist die Begegnung
zwischen dem frischgebackenen Weltmeister Tal und dem 17jährigen Fischer die
zentrale Partie der Schacholympiade in Leipzig gewesen.} 1. e4 e6 {Tal soll 12
Minuten für diesen Zug gebraucht haben.} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5
6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 {Bis heute ist die Güte dieses Zuges ungeklärt. Mit 7.Nb5
kann es Weiß ruhiger angehen.} Ne7 8. bxa5 dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11.
Nf3 Qc7 12. Bb5 {Aus heutiger Sicht kann höchstens 12.Bf4 Chancen auf
vorteilhaftes Spiel geben} Bd7 13. O-O O-O-O $1 {Nach} (13... Nxe5 14. Nxe5
Qxe5 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Qd3 {hätte Schwarz einige Probleme, seine Figuren zu
koordinieren.}) 14. Bg5 {Fischer gab} (14. Bxc6 {als Verbesserung an, doch}
Bxc6 15. Qxf7 d4 16. Qxe6+ Kb8 17. Ng5 Ba4 18. Qf6 Rg6 19. Qf7 Rdg8 20. e6 Ka8
21. h4 Bxc2 $13) 14... Nxe5 $1 15. Nxe5 $1 {Nach} (15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 $1 {(Tal)}
16. Nxe5+ Qxe5 17. Bxe7 Rh8 18. Rae1 Rxh7 19. Rxe5 Kxe7 $17 {hat Schwarz laut
Hübner ein klar besseres Endspiel erreicht.}) 15... Bxb5 ({Nach} 15... Qxe5 16.
Bxe7 Rh8 17. Rae1 $1 Qb8 (17... Qxe1 $2 18. Bxd7+ Kxd7 19. Qxf7 $18) 18. Bxd7+
Kxd7 19. Bd6 $1 Rxh7 20. Bxb8 Rxb8 {sieht Dr. Hübner keine Verlustgefahr für
Weiß.}) 16. Nxf7 {Nun wird die Partie forciert remis. Eher fragwürdig war} (16.
Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Rfe1 $13 Rdf8 18. a4 Ba6 19. Qh3 d4 20. Rad1 Rd8 21. Re4 Qc7 22.
f4 Qc5 23. Nxf7 d3+ 24. Qe3 Rd5 $13) 16... Bxf1 17. Nxd8 Rxg5 18. Nxe6 Rxg2+ $1
19. Kh1 $1 $8 (19. Kxf1 $2 Rxh2 20. Qf7 Qc4+ $1 (20... Rh1+ $6 21. Kg2 Qh2+ 22.
Kf3 {läuft der König ins Freie.}) 21. Kg1 Rh8 {steht Schwarz besser.}) 19...
Qe5 20. Rxf1 Qxe6 21. Kxg2 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch22 Tal-Botvinnik +6-2=13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1960.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1960.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Tal hatte schon geraume Zeit vor dem Match versprochen, mit dem
e-Bauern zu eröffnen.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7
{Dieser Zug hat nach wie vor eine hohe Bedeutung, obwohl er viel weniger
gespielt wird als 6...Ne7. Der Punkt ist, dass in 70% der Partien nun nicht 7.
Qg4 folgt und Schwarz gelangt damit in die ruhigen Positionsvarianten des
Winawer-Farnzosen.} 7. Qg4 $1 {Das ist der prinzipielle Zug.} f5 8. Qg3 ({Auch
} 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qd1 {wird gespielt.}) 8... Ne7 $5 {Führt zu sehr verwickelten
Varianten. Heute hat} (8... cxd4 9. cxd4 Ne7 {mit positionellen Stellungen
eine höhere "Einschaltquote".}) 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 cxd4 11. Kd1 {Tal selbst
tadelt diesen Zug, doch es gibt fast keine Partien mit dem Alternativzug 11.
Ne2.} Bd7 $1 12. Qh5+ Ng6 $2 ({Ein Jahr später beim Revanchematch kam} 12...
Kd8 $1 {aufs Brett. Dann gibt es drei Möglichkeiten:} 13. Nf3 {Tal,M-Botvinnik,
M (12)/Wch24-Moscow/1961/1-0/} (13. Bg5 {(Tal)} dxc3 $13) (13. Ne2 dxc3 14. Qf3
(14. f4 Qc5 $1) 14... Nbc6 15. Qxc3 Nxe5 16. Qxc7+ Kxc7 17. Nd4 {Diese
Stellung wurde von Keres als besser für Weiß angegeben. Doch die Praxis zeigte
ein anderes Bild.} Ng4 $1 18. Ke1 e5 $17) 13... Ba4 $1 {(Keres)}) 13. Ne2 d3 {
Botvinnik hat hier 37 Minuten nachgedacht, aber vermutlich den 16. Zug von
Weiß übersehen. Vermutlich scheute sich Botvinnik mit zwei Minusbauern zu
spielen, doch das scheint unumgänglich zu sein.} (13... Nc6 $5 14. cxd4 O-O-O {
Das ist fast die gleiche Stellung wie in der Anmerkung zum 14. Partiezug von
Schwarz, nur steht der Bauer hier auf c2 statt c3. Das ist wohl eher ein
Vorteil für Schwarz.}) (13... dxc3 $2 14. Nf4) (13... Qxe5 $2 14. cxd4) (13...
Ba4 $2 14. Nf4) 14. cxd3 Ba4+ $2 {Treibt den weißen König auf ein besseres
Feld.} ({Nach} 14... Nc6 15. d4 O-O-O {kann sich Schwarz Hoffnungen auf ein
Spiel gegen den weißen König machen, doch zwei Minusbauern sind eine schwere
Hypothek.}) 15. Ke1 Qxe5 $6 {Schwarz verbleibt danach mit nur noch einem
Minusbauern, aber auch ohne Kompensation.} (15... Nc6 $5 16. f4 O-O-O 17. Bd2
$16 {(Tal)}) (15... Bb5 $6 16. Bg5 $1 Bxd3 17. Kd2 $16 {(Tal)}) 16. Bg5 $1 {
Verhindert die lange Rochade. Weiß kann ebenfalls nicht mehr rochieren, aber
das ist auch nicht notwendig, denn der König steht auf e1 sicher. Doch für das
schwarze Spiel (für den Minusbauern) wäre die lange Rochade lebensnotwenig.}
Nc6 (16... f4 $6 17. d4 $1 Qf5 18. Nxf4 Qc2 19. Ne2 $16 {(Tal)}) 17. d4 Qc7 18.
h4 $1 {Der Rh1 wird einfach über h3 entwickelt.} e5 (18... Nce7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7
20. Qg5 $18 {(Tal)}) 19. Rh3 Qf7 20. dxe5 Ncxe5 (20... Rh8 21. e6 $1) 21. Re3
Kd7 22. Rb1 b6 $6 ({Auf das zähere} 22... Bc6 $1 {gibt Tal diese Variante an:}
23. Nd4 f4 24. Rxe5 $1 Nxe5 25. Qxf7+ Nxf7 26. Bxf4 Rae8+ 27. Kd2 $16) 23. Nf4
{Spätestens jetzt ist alles klar: Weiß hat einen gesunden Mehrbauern, das
Läuferpaar und die bessere Königsstellung.} Rae8 24. Rb4 Bc6 25. Qd1 Nxf4 26.
Rxf4 Ng6 27. Rd4 Rxe3+ 28. fxe3 Kc7 29. c4 $1 dxc4 30. Bxc4 Qg7 31. Bxg8 Qxg8
32. h5 {Quelle: "Im Feuer des Angriffs" (russ.) Tal, Moskau 1978} 1-0

[Event "Nikolaev zt"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zulfugarli, Magomed"]
[Black "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Bd3
cxd4 9. Ne2 dxc3 10. Qxg7 Rg8 11. Qxh7 Qxe5 12. Bf4 Qf6 13. h4 Nbc6 (13... Rh8
$2 14. Bg5 $1 $16) (13... e5 $2 14. Bg5 Qb6 (14... Qg7 15. Qxg7 Rxg7 16. Bf6
$16) 15. Bxe7 Rxg2 16. Bg5 $16) (13... Rxg2 $2 14. Kf1 $1 $16) 14. Bg5 Qe5 15.
Bf4 $5 (15. Rh3 $5 d4 (15... Rh8 16. f4 Rxh7 17. fxe5 $16) 16. f4 Qc7 $2 (16...
Qc5 17. Ng3 $16) 17. Nxd4 $1 Bd7 (17... Nxd4 18. Bxe7 Rxg2 19. Bg5 Rg1+ 20. Kf2
Rxa1 21. Qh8+ Kd7 22. Qxd4+ $18) 18. Nb5 Qb8 19. Nxc3 f5 20. Be2 Rf8 21. Qg7 {
1-0 Den Ouden,A-Mostert,H/corres 1971}) (15. Qh6 $1 Bd7 16. Qf6 $1 $16 {
(Keres 69, eco 74/81)} Qxf6 (16... Rc8 $2 17. f4 $1 Qe3 (17... Qxf6 18. Bxf6 {
/\ 19.h5+-}) 18. h5 e5 19. h6 e4 20. Bb5 Rxg5 21. h7 $1 Bg4 22. Qxg5 Qd2+ 23.
Kf1 Bxe2+ 24. Bxe2 Nd4 25. h8=Q+ {1-0 Geller,E-Sokolsky,A/USSR-ch Moscow 1950})
17. Bxf6 e5 18. Bh7 d4 $1 19. h5 $6 Bf5 {(Bonch-Osmolovsky 50)}) (15. f4 Qe3 (
15... Qc7 $13) 16. f5 Rxg5 17. hxg5 $13) 15... Qh8 16. Qxh8 Rxh8 17. Nxc3 $10 (
17. Bg5 $5 e5 18. Bf6 Rg8 (18... Rh6 $2 19. Bg7 Re6 20. h5 e4 21. Bb5 $18) 19.
Bh7 $1 (19. h5 e4) 19... Rxg2 20. Kf1 (20. h5 $5) 20... Rg4 21. h5 (21. f3 Rc4
22. h5 (22. Bd3 Rc5 23. Ng3 {[%cal Gh4h8]}) 22... Bf5 23. Bxf5 Nxf5 24. h6 Kd7
$5 (24... Ne3+ $2 25. Kf2 Nxc2 26. h7 Kd7 27. Rag1 $18) 25. h7 Ke6 26. h8=Q
Rxh8 27. Bxh8 d4 28. Kf2 b5 $13) 21... Kd7 22. f3 Ra4 23. h6 Ke6 24. Bg7 Bd7
25. Bd3 Nb4 26. Nxc3 Ra5 27. h7 Nxd3 28. cxd3 Nf5 $13) 17... e5 18. Bg5 e4 19.
Bb5 Be6 20. O-O-O a6 21. Bxc6+ bxc6 22. f3 exf3 23. gxf3 Rb8 24. Rd4 Kd7 25.
Ra4 Ra8 26. Rd1 Nf5 27. Ne4 Kc7 28. Nc5 Kb6 29. Nd3 (29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. Re1 Rae8
$13) 29... c5 $17 30. Kd2 Kb5 31. Rf4 d4 32. Rb1+ Kc6 33. Ne5+ Kd5 34. Nxf7
Rhf8 35. Nh6 Nxh6 36. Bxh6 Rxf4 37. Bxf4 Rf8 38. Bc7 Rxf3 39. Rb6 Bf5 40. Rxa6
(40. Rf6 c4) 40... Rf2+ 41. Kd1 Kc4 42. Bd8 Rh2 43. Ra4+ Kc3 44. Ba5+ Kb2 45.
Rc4 Bg4+ 46. Ke1 Re2+ 47. Kf1 Rxc2 48. Rxc2+ Kxc2 49. Kf2 c4 0-1

[Event "Dresden Uhlmann"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7
8. Nf3 (8. f4 {Ftacnik} Ne7 9. Nf3 Nbc6 10. Bd3 a6 11. Nxc7+ Qxc7 12. O-O Bd7
13. Bb2 Qb6 14. Kh1 $36) 8... Nc6 (8... Ne7 9. Nbxd4 Nbc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bd3
Ng6 12. Bb2 Rb8 13. Bd4 {+/= Mnatsakanian,E-Lputian,S/Erevan 1984}) 9. Bf4 Nge7
(9... a6 {Ftacnik} 10. Nxc7+ Qxc7 11. Bd3 Nge7 12. O-O Bd7 13. Re1 (13. Bg3 Rc8
14. Qd2 Ng6 15. Rfe1 Qb6 16. h4 h6 17. h5 Nge7 18. Qf4 Nf5 19. Bh2 Qd8 20. a4
g5 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. Qd2 Qe7 23. Rab1 Ra8 24. b5 {Karpov,An-Shmulevich,M/St
Martin simul/1992/0.5 (43)}) 13... h6 14. Qd2 Qb6 15. Rab1 Ng6 16. Bg3 Nce7 17.
h4 Bb5 18. h5 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Nf8 20. Nxd4 Nd7 21. Bf4 Rc8 22. Rb3 Rc4 23. Rd1
O-O 24. Qd2 {Manca,F-Hug,W/Novi Sad olm (09) ITA-SWZ/1990/0.5 (69)}) 10. Nbxd4
(10. Nxc7+ Qxc7 11. Bd3 Ng6 12. Bg3 a5 (12... Bd7 $2 13. O-O Qb6 14. Re1 h6 15.
Rb1 O-O 16. Qd2 Nce7 17. h4 Nf5 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. h5 Ne7 $16 {Tseshkovsky,
V-Lputian,S/Erevan 1984/1/2-1/2 (60)}) (12... Ngxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bb5+ (14.
O-O f6 15. Re1 O-O 16. Rxe5 fxe5 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qg5 Qc3 19. Rf1 e4 20. Bb5 a6
21. Be8 Rxe8 22. Be5 Rf8 23. Qe7 Rf7 24. Qe8+ {Riemersma,L-Mueller,Ka/Bad
Woerishofen (3)/1991/0.5 (25)}) 14... Bd7 (14... Ke7 15. Qxd4 f6 16. O-O Qb6
17. Bxe5 Qxb5 18. Qg4 Rg8 19. Qh4 Bd7 20. Bd4 Qc4 21. Rad1 Rac8 22. Qxh7 Kf7
23. Qh5+ g6 24. Qf3 {Gdanski,J-Tondivar,B/Cappelle op (8)/1994/1-0 (61)}) 15.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Qxd4 f6 17. O-O Rhc8 18. Rfe1 Qc3 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. Qh4 $13 {
Lputian}) 13. h4 $5 (13. b5 Ncxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. O-O f6 $13) 13... axb4 14.
axb4 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 O-O $6 (15... Nxb4 16. h5 Ne7 17. Nxd4 $14) (15... Ngxe5 16.
Nxe5 Nxe5 17. O-O f6 18. Qxd4 $14) (15... h6 $5 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 O-O $14)
16. O-O (16. b5 $5) 16... Nxb4 17. h5 $1 Ne7 18. h6 gxh6 19. Qc1 $2 (19. Bh4
Nxd3 20. cxd3 Nf5 21. Bf6 h5 22. Nxd4 h6 $1 $14) 19... Nxd3 $17 {0-1 Horvath,
Jo-Lputian,S/Sochi 1985} (19... Nxd3 {Ftacnik} 20. Qxh6 Nb4 21. Rd1 Qxc2 22.
Rxd4 Qg6 23. Qh3 Qb1+ 24. Kh2 {Horvath,Jo-Lputian,S/Sochi 40/364/1985/0-1 (30)}
)) (10. Bd3 $6 {Ftacnik} Ng6 11. Bxg6 hxg6 $15) 10... Bd7 (10... Ng6 11. Nxc6
bxc6 12. Bg3 a5 13. Bd3 Ba6 $10) (10... Nxd4 {Ftacnik} 11. Qxd4 Bd7 12. Bd3 a6
13. a4 Nc6 14. Qb2 Nxb4 15. O-O Nxd3 16. cxd3 O-O 17. Qxb7 Qb8 18. Rfb1 Ra7 19.
Qxb8 Rxb8 20. Rxb8+ Bxb8 21. Rb1 Bc7 22. Be3 Ra8 23. Rb7 Rc8 24. a5 {Poulsen,
A-Brynell,S/Copenhagen Obro/1989/0.5 (33)}) 11. Nxc6 Nxc6 12. b5 (12. Bd3 {
Ftacnik} Qb8 $1 13. Qe2 f6) 12... Ne7 (12... Na5 {aber der N kann am anderen
Flügel fehlen.}) (12... Na5 {Ftacnik} 13. Nd2 $14) 13. Bd3 Ng6 14. Bg3 Ba5+ 15.
Kf1 Qe7 16. h4 $1 Bc3 (16... h5 $13) (16... h5 {Ftacnik} 17. a4 $14 (17. Bxg6
fxg6 18. Qd3 Qf7 19. Nd4 Rc8 $10)) 17. h5 $5 (17. Rb1 Qxa3 18. h5 Ne7 {steht
der N natürlich weitaus besser als in der Partie.} 19. h6 gxh6 20. Rxh6 $44)
17... Nf8 (17... Bxa1 {Das konnte man sich durchaus zeigen lassen.} 18. hxg6
Qxa3 $1 (18... Bb2 {Ftacnik} 19. Rxh7 Rxh7 (19... O-O-O 20. Bh4 f6 21. Bxf6 $18
) 20. gxh7 O-O-O 21. Bh4 f6 22. c3 $1 $40) 19. gxf7+ (19. Rxh7 Rxh7 20. gxh7
Ke7 21. Bh4+ (21. Qd2 Rh8 22. Qg5+ Kf8 $13) 21... f6 $15) 19... Kf8 20. Ng5 h6
$13) 18. Rb1 (18. h6 $1 {Ftacnik} gxh6 19. Bh4 Qc5 20. Rb1 $16) 18... Qxa3 (
18... h6 $5 {Ftacnik}) 19. h6 gxh6 (19... g6 {Ftacnik} 20. Bh4 $44) 20. Rxh6
Rg8 21. Bf4 Qc5 $6 {Hier fiel mir schon nichts mehr ein. Besser 21...0-0-0+/-}
22. Ng5 $1 Ng6 $6 (22... Rxg5 23. Bxg5 Bxe5 24. Qf3 $16) (22... Rg7 23. Qh5 $16
) (22... Bxe5 23. Nxe6 $1 Bxe6 24. Bxe5 $16) 23. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 (23... Nxf4 24.
Nd6+ $18 (24. Nd6+ {Ftacnik} Kf8 (24... Kd8 25. Nxb7+ $18) 25. Rf6+ Kg7 26.
Qg4+ Ng6 27. Rxg6+ hxg6 28. Qxg6+ $18)) 24. Rxh7+ Ke8 (24... Rg7 {Ftacnik} 25.
Bxg6+ Kxg6 26. Qh5#) 25. Bg5 $1 (25. Bxg6+ Kd8 26. Qd3 $1 $18) (25. Qh5 $18 {
Ftacnik}) 25... Nf4 $8 26. Bxf4 Kd8 27. Qh5 Rf8 (27... Kc7 {Ftacnik} 28. b6+
axb6 29. Rxd7+ Kxd7 30. Qf7+ Qe7 31. Bb5+ $18) 28. Qh6 Bxe5 29. Be3 {lenkt die
Dame von f2 ab.} (29. Bxe5 $4 {Ftacnik} Qxf2#) 29... Qa3 (29... d4 {Ftacnik}
30. Bg5+ Kc8 31. Be7 $18) 30. Bg5+ Kc7 (30... Kc8 {Ftacnik} 31. Be7 $18) 31.
Qxe6 (31. Qxe6 Qd6 32. Rxd7+ Qxd7 33. Qxe5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Kecskemet"]
[Site "Kecskemet"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[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. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh4 (11. Qh5 $1) 11... h6 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13.
Qxe7 Rxe7 14. Nf3 Bd7 $5 (14... Nc6 15. dxc5) 15. O-O c4 16. Bg6 Nc6 17. Rfe1
Rf8 18. Rab1 Rf6 19. Bh5 g6 20. Bg4 Be8 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Kf8 23. Rbe1 Bf7
24. h4 Ke8 25. g3 Kd8 26. f4 h5 27. Bh3 Re8 28. Kf2 Kc7 29. Ke3 Rd8 30. Kd2 Rd6
31. Kc1 Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Cabrilo, Goran"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. Nb5
Bc7 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 a6 11. Nxc7+ Qxc7 12. Ne2 Qxe5 13. Bb2 (13. Qd3 $1)
13... Qf6 (13... Qc7 $1 14. f4 Nbc6 (14... e5 $5 {/\ Bf5}) 15. Qd3 Nf5 16. c3
dxc3 $10 {Lau,R-Haugli,P/Naestved op/1988}) 14. Qd3 (14. f4 $1) 14... e5 15. f4
Bf5 16. Qd2 (16. fxe5 $2 Qh4+ 17. g3 Bxd3 18. gxh4 Be4 $19) 16... Qh4+ 17. g3
Qh7 18. Bg2 f6 $15 19. O-O Nbc6 20. Rf2 Rh8 21. Bh1 Be4 22. Re1 O-O-O 23. a4
Rhg8 $6 24. b5 axb5 25. axb5 Nb8 26. Qb4 Kd7 27. Ba3 Nf5 28. Bxe4 dxe4 29. fxe5
fxe5 30. Qc5 Nxg3 31. Qd5+ Kc8 32. Qc4+ Kd7 33. Qd5+ Kc8 34. Qc4+ Kd7 35. Qd5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Voskresensk"]
[Site "Voskresensk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Black "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 {9...h6 und 9...Nf5 sind nicht mehr spielbar, also ...} (9...
Nf5 10. Nf3 f6 11. g4 c4 12. gxf5 $1 {N} cxd3 13. Rg1 exf5 (13... Ne7 14. exf6
Rxf6 15. Bh6 Nxf5 16. Bg5 $16 {Khalifmann/Nesis}) 14. Bh6 Rf7 15. Kd2 Be6 16.
Bxg7 Rxg7 17. Rxg7+ Kxg7 18. Rg1+ {1-0/Khalifmann,A-Nikolic,Pr/Moscov GMA/1990}
) 10. Nf3 Nce7 11. dxc5 {N} (11. h4 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Qh6 Rf7 14. h5 Nf8 15.
O-O c4 16. Be2 Nf5 17. Qf4 Qd6 18. Re1 Bd7 19. a4 $14 {Kamsky,G-Umezinwa,G/
Chicago US-op/1989}) 11... Qc7 12. O-O Nf5 13. Re1 Qxc5 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. Rab1
$14 Bd7 16. Ng5 Nh6 17. Rb4 f5 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Bxg6 Rxg6 20. Nf3 Rf8 21. Qe5
Qc8 22. Nh4 Rgf6 23. Bxh6 Rxh6 24. Rg4 Rhf6 25. Re3 Qb8 26. Qg5 R8f7 27. Nf3
Rg6 28. Qh4 Rxg4 29. Qxg4 Qf4 30. Qxf4 Rxf4 31. Nd4 Kf7 32. g3 Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. Nb5
Bc7 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 a6 11. Nxc7+ Qxc7 12. Ne2 Qxe5 13. Qd3 Nbc6 (13... Qc7
$5 14. Nxd4 e5 15. Nb3 Bf5 $13) 14. Bb2 Bd7 (14... Nf5 15. O-O-O Qf6 16. Nxd4
$14 {Liberzon-Vaganian/Haifa/1989}) 15. O-O-O Qf6 16. Nxd4 Qxf2 17. Nf3 Nf5 18.
Qd2 Qe3 19. Bd3 Nce7 20. Rhe1 Qxd2+ 21. Rxd2 $14 Rc8 22. h4 Bb5 23. Bxb5+ axb5
24. h5 Rc4 25. Rh1 Ng3 26. Rh3 Ne4 27. h6 f6 28. h7 Rh8 29. Re2 Kf7 30. Nd4 e5
31. Nxb5 Kg6 32. c3 Rxh7 33. Rxh7 Kxh7 34. Kc2 Nf5 35. Kd3 Neg3 36. Re1 e4+ 37.
Kd2 Kg6 38. a4 d4 39. Na3 dxc3+ 40. Bxc3 Rc8 41. Nc2 Kg5 42. b5 Rd8+ 43. Kc1
Nh4 44. Re3 Nhf5 45. Re1 Rc8 46. Bd2+ Kg4 47. Kb2 Rd8 48. Bc3 Rd6 49. a5 Rd5
50. b6 Kf4 51. Kb3 e3 52. Kc4 Rd6 53. Nb4 Ke4 54. Kc5 Rd8 55. Bxf6 Rc8+ 56. Kb5
Nd6+ 57. Ka4 Nc4 58. Bg5 Rc5 59. Be7 Rxa5+ 60. Kb3 Nd2+ 61. Kc3 Nf5 62. Nc2 Rd5
63. Bf8 Rd3+ 64. Kb4 Rb3+ 65. Ka4 Rc3 66. Na3 Rc8 67. Bb4 Ra8+ 68. Ba5 Nd4 69.
Nb5 Nc4 70. Na7 Nxa5 71. Kxa5 e2 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. Qg4 Ne7 7. dxc5 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Ng6 10. h4 $5 {N} h5 11. Qg5 Nd7 12. c4 Qa4 13. cxd5 Qe4+ 14.
Ne2 Qxd5 (14... Ndxe5 $1 15. Qe3 $13) 15. f4 $14 {^^} Nxc5 16. Nc3 Qd4 17. Rb1
Ne4 18. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 19. Kd1 O-O 20. Bd3 Qd5 21. Rb5 Qd4 22. Ke2 b6 23. Rb4 Qd5
24. Be3 Bb7 25. Kf2 Rac8 26. Rd4 Qa2 27. Rc1 Qxa3 28. g4 Rc5 29. gxh5 Nxe5 30.
fxe5 f6 31. Qg6 fxe5+ 32. Kg1 exd4 33. h6 Rc7 34. Bg5 Rf5 35. Qxe6+ Rcf7 36.
h7+ Kh8 37. Re1 Qf8 38. Be7 1-0

[Event "Stara Zagora zt-A"]
[Site "Stara Zagora"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kuczynski, Robert"]
[Black "Dimitrov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. dxc5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Ne7 {
Mit 7...Dc7 kann man verhindern, daß die weiße Dame nach g4 geht. (i47/(366))}
8. Qg4 Qc7 {>= 8...Sd7} 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. Qxg7 Rg8 11. Qh6 (11. Qxh7 $1 Nxe5 12.
Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Kxd7 14. Qh5 f5 15. Rb1 $1 $16) 11... Nxc5 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 $1 $15 14. O-O Ne4 15. a4 Nf5 16. Qf4 h5 17. h3 Qxc3 {Dieser Bauer
hatte Zeit. Gut möglich war 17...Tg7.} 18. Ra3 Qc4 19. Nh4 $1 Rg5 {Sieht
gekünstelt aus.} (19... Ned6 $5 20. exd6 Qxf4 21. Bxf4 Nxh4 22. Rb3 $1 b6 23.
a5 Ng6 (23... Nxg2 24. Bg3 Nf4 25. Kh1 $10) 24. Bh2 e5 $13) 20. f3 Qc5+ 21. Re3
$8 Rag8 22. fxe4 Nxh4 23. Qxh4 Qxc2 $2 (23... Rxg2+ 24. Kh1 Qxc2 25. Qf4 R2g7
26. Qf3 Rg2 27. Qxf7+ Kd8 28. Qf4 (28. Qf6+ Kd7 29. Qf4 $2 Rf8 $1 $19) 28...
R2g7 $10) 24. g3 $18 d4 25. Ref3 R5g7 26. Qf4 Qxa4 27. Kg2 Kc8 28. Qd2 Rd8 29.
Ba3 d3 30. Bd6 Qxe4 31. Rc1+ Kd7 32. Rc7+ Ke8 33. Re7+ Kf8 34. Rexf7+ Kg8 35.
Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Taastrup"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bronstein, David Ionovich"]
[Black "Farago, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Qh5 (10. Bg5 $1) 10... h6 $1 11. g4 c4 $5 (11... Nbc6 12.
g5 g6) 12. g5 g6 13. Qd1 Rf7 $2 (13... Rf8 $10) 14. Bxg6 $3 Nxg6 15. Qh5 Nh8
16. Nh3 e5 17. Rg1 Bxh3 18. gxh6+ Kf8 19. h7 Qc8 20. Rg8+ Ke7 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22.
Qxe5+ Be6 23. Qxh8 1-0

[Event "Lvov zt"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nd7 $6 9. Nf3 f5 10. Qh3 Qa5 11. Bd2 Nb6 12. g4 $16 Nc4 13. Rg1 cxd4 14. gxf5
Nxf5 15. Bh6 $3 {Zeigt, daß Schwarz kaum etwas droht, während die Attacke am
Königsflügel nicht zu parieren ist.} Rf7 16. Bxg7 (16. Ke2 $1 g6 17. Rxg6+ hxg6
18. Rg1 $18 {Minasian}) 16... Rxg7 17. Rxg7+ Kxg7 18. Ke2 Qd8 19. Rg1+ Kh8 20.
Ng5 Qg8 $2 (20... Qe7 21. Bxc4 Bd7 22. Bd3 $16 {Minasian}) 21. Bxf5 exf5 22.
Qh4 $1 Be6 23. Nxh7 $1 Qxg1 24. Ng5+ Kg8 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Qh6+ Ke8 27. Qxe6+
Kd8 28. Qxd5+ Kc7 29. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Lvov zt"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Nh6
$1 {Verhindert Qg4.} 9. Nf3 Bd7 (9... Nc6 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. O-O a6 12. Nxc7+ Qxc7
13. Kh1 Rc8 $10 {So die Stammpartie von 8...Nh6: Van der Wiel-Hort/Amsterdam/
1988/CBM9}) 10. Nxc7+ Qxc7 11. Bb2 a5 $1 (11... a6 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Nxd4 $10 {
Frick,R-Hug,W/Bern zt/1990/CBM17}) 12. Bd3 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 O-O 15.
Bxd4 Nc6 16. Bc5 Rc8 17. O-O b6 18. Bd6 Qd8 19. Qd1 Ne7 20. Ng5 Nef5 21. Qh5
Ba4 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. Rf3 Rxc2 24. h3 Rc1+ 25. Rf1 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Qc8 27. Qh4
d4 28. Nf3 d3 29. Qe1 Qc4 30. Kg1 Bc6 31. Qh4 f6 32. exf6 Bxf3 33. Qg3 Qd4+ 34.
Kh2 Bg4 35. Be5 Qd7 36. hxg4 Nxg4+ 37. Kg1 gxf6 38. Bb2 d2 39. Qb3+ Kg7 40. Qd1
Qd3 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Summit"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 cxd4 $6 {Auch Eingorn kann die
Rechtmäßigkeit dieses Zuges nicht nachweisen.} 6. axb4 dxc3 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. Bd3
Nd7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Nxb4 11. bxc3 Nxd3 12. cxd3 O-O 13. Ra4 f6 $6 (13... f5
$5) 14. Rg4 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 fxe5 16. Rxe5 Rf5 $6 17. Qe2 g6 (17... Qf6 18. Rxf5
Qxf5 19. Bh6 g6 20. Rf4 $18) 18. Bh6 Kf7 19. h4 Bd7 20. Rb4 a5 21. Rxb7 Qc8 22.
Rxf5+ exf5 23. Qb2 a4 24. Qb5 Ke6 25. Rb6+ 1-0

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[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. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. h4
(8. a4 $1 {Oll-Ejngorn/Debrecen/1989/CBM14,S.59}) 8... Qa5 9. Bd2 Qa4 10. h5 {N
} (10. Kd1 {Am,Rodriguez-Dolmatov/Sochi/1988/TD88_01/i46/379}) 10... Qxc2 11.
h6 gxh6 12. Qh3 Ke8 13. Qxh6 Nbc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest zt-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hansen,LB} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7.
Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. a4 $1 $146 c4 (11... cxd4 $5 12.
O-O (12. Ba3 $2 Ncxe5 $19) (12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 $2 Qc3+ $19) 12... dxc3 13.
Ng5 h6 14. Nxf7 Qxf7 15. Bxg6 Qc7 16. Ba3 $44) 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qh3 $1 $14 (
13. Qg4 {Hansen,LB}) 13... Qa5 (13... Qf7 14. Ba3 $1 Ne7 15. Ng5 $1 Qxf2+ 16.
Kd1 h6 17. Bxe7 (17. Nf3 $2 Nf5 $1) 17... Re8 18. g4 $1 (18. Nf3 Rxe7 19. Re1
Bd7 20. Rc1 Rf8 21. Re2 (21. Qg4 $6 Rxf3 $1 22. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 23. gxf3 Bxa4 $17)
21... Qf1+ 22. Kd2 Rxf3 23. Rxf1 Rxh3 24. gxh3 Bxa4 25. Ref2 $10) 18... hxg5
19. Rf1 $1 (19. Bxg5 Rf8 20. Be3 Qf7 21. Kd2 Bd7 22. Rhf1 $14) 19... Qh4 20.
Qf3 Bd7 21. Bd6 $16) (13... h6 14. Ke2 Qf7 15. g4 $14) 14. Bd2 Bd7 15. Qg4 $1 {
/\ h4, Qh3, g4} Ne7 16. h4 h6 17. Qh3 Rf7 (17... b5 $5 {Hansen,LB}) 18. Ke2
Raf8 19. Rhf1 Qd8 (19... Kh7 $5 $132 {Hansen,LB}) 20. a5 Nc6 (20... b6 $5 {
Hansen,LB} 21. axb6 (21. a6 Qc8 {X a6}) 21... Qxb6 $132) 21. Qg4 Kh7 $6 (21...
Ne7 22. Ng1 $14 {/\ Nh3}) 22. h5 g5 (22... gxh5 {Hansen,LB} 23. Qxh5 Rf5 24.
Qg4 (24. Qh3 Qe8 {/\ Qg6=/+ X /^b1-h7}) 24... Qe8 25. Rh1 Ne7 {/\ Qg6=/+} 26.
Bxh6 $2 gxh6 27. Rxh6+ Kxh6 28. Rh1+ Qh5 $1 (28... Rh5 $4 29. Qg5+ $18) 29.
Rxh5+ Rxh5 $17) 23. Bxg5 $1 hxg5 24. Nxg5+ Kh8 25. h6 $1 g6 (25... gxh6 26. Rh1
Rxf2+ 27. Ke3 R2f6 28. exf6 Qxf6 29. Raf1 $18) 26. Nxf7+ Rxf7 27. Qxg6 $18 Qf8
28. f4 Ne7 29. Qg5 Rf5 30. Qg7+ (30. Qg3 {Hansen,LB} Be8 $13) 30... Qxg7 31.
hxg7+ Kxg7 32. Rab1 Bc8 33. Rf3 Rh5 34. Rbf1 Rh4 35. Rg3+ Kf7 36. Rff3 Ng6 37.
Kf2 Bd7 38. Rh3 Rxh3 39. Rxh3 Kg7 40. Ke3 Ba4 41. g4 Ne7 (41... Bxc2 $2 {
Hansen,LB} 42. Rh2 {/\ Rb2;f5}) 42. Kd2 Bd7 43. Rh5 Be8 44. Rh1 Bd7 45. Rb1 Bc6
46. Kc1 Kg6 47. Kb2 Ng8 48. Ka3 Nh6 49. Rg1 Bd7 50. Kb4 b6 51. axb6 axb6 52.
Ka3 Kf7 53. Kb2 Kg6 54. Kc1 Be8 55. Kd2 Ba4 56. Ra1 Be8 57. Rg1 Ba4 58. Rg2 Kg7
59. Ke3 Kg6 60. Kf3 Kf7 61. Kg3 Kg6 62. Rh2 Nf7 63. Kh4 Nh6 64. Rf2 Bd7 65. Rf1
Ba4 66. Rb1 b5 67. Rc1 Ng8 68. Rf1 Bxc2 (68... Nh6 {Hansen,LB} 69. Rf2 $22 $18)
69. Rf2 Be4 (69... Bb3 {Hansen,LB} 70. f5+ $18) 70. Rb2 Nh6 71. Rxb5 Bf3 72.
f5+ exf5 73. Rb6+ Kg7 74. g5 Ng8 (74... Ng4 {Hansen,LB} 75. Rb7+ {/\ e6+-}) 75.
Rb7+ Kf8 (75... Kg6 {Hansen,LB} 76. e6 $18) 76. g6 f4 77. e6 Ne7 78. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "London WFW"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Watson, William N"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[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. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 $6 (
7... Ne7) 8. Qb1 $1 c4 $16 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. g3 Nge7 11. h4 Bd7 12. h5 h6 13. Bh3
O-O-O 14. O-O Rdf8 15. Re1 g6 16. Qc1 Ng8 17. Qd1 Nce7 18. Rb1 Kb8 19. Rb4 Qc6
20. Qe2 Re8 21. Nh2 Nf5 22. Reb1 Bc8 23. Qg4 Nge7 24. Qf3 Ng7 25. Ng4 Nxh5 26.
Nxh6 Ref8 27. g4 g5 28. Bxg5 Ng8 29. gxh5 Nxh6 30. Qf6 Rfg8 31. Kf1 Nf5 32.
Bxf5 Rxh5 33. f4 Qe8 34. Bg4 Rh1+ 35. Kf2 Rxb1 36. Rxb1 Rg6 37. Qe7 Qxe7 38.
Bxe7 Rxg4 39. Bg5 Kc7 40. Kf3 Rxg5 41. fxg5 Kd8 42. Kg4 Ke7 43. Kh5 Kf8 44. Kh6
Kg8 45. g6 1-0

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[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. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Nf3
(8. Bd3 $1) 8... Nbc6 9. Bd3 f5 10. exf6 Rxf6 11. Bg5 e5 $1 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13.
Qh5+ Kg8 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. dxe5 Qf8 16. O-O-O $6 {Zwar wird so der schwache
Punkt c2 gedeckt, aber der Bauer e5 sollte wohl wichtiger sein.} (16. O-O $13)
16... fxe5 $17 17. Rhe1 Qf4+ 18. Rd2 Bg4 19. Qg5+ Qxg5 20. Nxg5 Rf8 21. h3 Bc8
22. g3 d4 23. cxd4 cxd4 24. f4 exf4 25. gxf4 Rxf4 26. Rg2 Kf8 27. Rg3 Bf5 28.
Rf3 Rxf3 29. Nxf3 Bxh3 30. Re4 d3 31. cxd3 Bf5 32. Rf4 Ke8 33. Kd2 Bg6 34. Nd4
Nxd4 35. Rxd4 Bf7 36. Ra4 Nc6 37. Rh4 Ke7 38. Kc3 b5 39. a4 a6 40. axb5 axb5
41. Rh6 Be6 42. Rh5 b4+ 43. Kb2 Kd6 44. Rb5 Bd5 45. Kc1 Ke5 46. Kd2 Kd4 47. Rb7
Kc5 48. Ke3 b3 49. Kd2 Nb4 0-1

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1989.11.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bb5+
Bd7 9. Bd3 Qc7 {An dieser Stelle neu. 9...c4 10.Lf1 und 9...La4 10.Sg5!? sind
die Alternativen} 10. O-O {10.a4+/=} Ba4 $10 11. Re1 h6 12. Ra2 Nd7 {Mit der
Aufstellung seiner Springer beugt Schwarz einer Öffnung des Zentrums vor.} 13.
Nh4 O-O-O 14. g3 Kb8 15. Rb2 Ka8 16. Ng2 Nc6 {Da ein Schließen der Stellung
mittels c5-c4 noch nicht erfolgt ist, muß Weiß bei seinen Aktionen am
Königsflügel stets auch mit cxd4 rechnen.} 17. Qg4 Rhg8 18. Be3 (18. Bh7 $2 f5
19. exf6 Nxf6 $19) 18... c4 19. Bf1 f5 $1 {Ein Bauernopfer, welches Weiß
schlecht ablehnen kann.} 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Qxe6 Rge8 22. Qf5 Ne4 $44 {Die
weißen Schwächen am Damenflügel kompensieren den geopferten Bauern.
Andererseits spielt auch die Bauernschwäche d5 eine Rolle.} 23. Nf4 Qd6 24. Bh3
Nb8 (24... Qxa3 $2 25. Nxd5 Qxb2 26. Nc7+ Kb7 27. Nxe8 Rxe8 28. Qd7+ $18) (
24... Ne7 25. Qf7 Qxa3 26. Rbb1 $13) 25. Bg2 Bc6 (25... Qxa3 $2 26. Nxd5 Rxd5
27. Bxe4 $1 (27. Qxd5+ Bc6) 27... Rxe4 28. Qxe4 Bc6 29. Rbb1 $18) 26. Ra2 $6 (
26. Bxe4 $13 {Nikolic}) 26... Nxc3 27. Raa1 g5 28. Ne2 Bd7 29. Qf7 Re7 30. Qh5
Be8 31. Qh3 Ne4 $6 (31... Na4 $17) 32. Bxe4 Rxe4 33. Nc3 $10 {>< d5} Re7 34.
Bd2 Bd7 35. Qg2 Bc6 36. Rxe7 Qxe7 37. a4 Qh7 38. Rc1 Qf5 39. h3 Bb7 40. Be3 Nc6
41. g4 Qf6 42. Rd1 Ne7 43. Qg3 Ng6 44. a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baden-Baden-B"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "1992.12.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. h4 Nbc6 8. h5
Qa5 9. Bd2 Bd7 10. h6 gxh6 11. Nf3 O-O-O 12. Bd3 (12. a4 $6 {Mainka-Uhlmann/
Baden-Baden/1992}) 12... c4 13. Be2 Ng8 $1 14. Kf1 f6 15. Qe1 fxe5 16. dxe5 Rf8
17. g3 Be8 $2 (17... Qc7 {(Uhlmann)} 18. Bf4 Nce7 19. Nd4 Ng6 $13) 18. Nd4 $1
$16 Nd8 19. Bg4 Bd7 20. Kg2 Nc6 21. Bxe6 Bxe6 22. Nxe6 Re8 23. Nd4 Qa4 (23...
Rxe5 24. Nxc6 $18) (23... Nxe5 24. f4 $18) 24. Bf4 Nge7 25. Qd2 Ng6 26. Nf5 $1
Kb8 27. Rab1 Ncxe5 28. Bxe5+ Rxe5 29. Nd6 $18 Qc6 30. Rxb7+ (30. Nf7 $2 d4+ $13
) 30... Ka8 31. Qd4 Qa6 32. Rhb1 Rf8 33. Rd7 Rb8 34. Rxb8+ Kxb8 35. Qc5 1-0

[Event "CHN-CIS"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wang, Zili"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. bxa5
dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Bg3 {N} (13. Bd3 {
Hauptvariante} Nxa5 {N; war vielleicht auch hier geplant.} 14. O-O (14. Bg5 $4
Rxg5 $19) 14... Nc4 15. Nd4 O-O-O $10) 13... Nxa5 $1 14. Bd3 Nc4 15. O-O Nb2 {
Eine interessante Idee.} 16. Rfb1 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Nf5 $15 18. Rb3 Rc8 19. Rab1 b5
20. Rb4 Qc5 21. R1b3 a5 22. Rf4 Qc4 $3 23. Rxc4 dxc4 24. Qxc3 cxb3 25. Qxb3 Rg4
$17 {קc2, Bg3, Nf3} 26. h4 Rgc4 27. Qd3 (27. Ne1 Rc3) 27... Rxc2 28. h5 R8c4
29. h6 $6 Nxh6 30. Qh7 Rc1+ 31. Kh2 Ng4+ 32. Kh3 Rh1+ 33. Nh2 Rxh2+ $1 (33...
Rxh2+ 34. Bxh2 Nxf2+ 35. Kg3 Ne4+ 36. Kf3 (36. Kf4 Nf6+ $19) 36... Ng5+ $19)
0-1

[Event "Elbow Beach Club GM-A"]
[Site "Paget Parish"]
[Date "2001.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2001.01.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Nd7 11. Qh4 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. dxc5 e5 14. f3 b6 $146
{[%mdl 8]} (14... Qc7 15. Ne2 (15. Qf2 Be6 16. Ne2 e4 17. fxe4 dxe4 18. Qf4
Ned5 19. Qxc7 Nxc7 20. Rb1 exd3 21. cxd3 Bd5 22. O-O Na6 23. d4 Nc7 24. Ng3 Rd8
25. Nf5 Be4 26. Rbe1 Bxf5 27. Rxf5 Nb5 28. c6 bxc6 29. Rc5 Rd6 $13 {Gallagher,
J-McDonald,N/Hastings 1993/}) 15... Qxc5 16. Qb4 Qc7 17. Rb1 b6 18. O-O Be6 19.
Rbe1 a5 20. Qh4 Nf5 21. Qf2 Bd7 22. Ng3 Nxg3 23. Qxg3 Qxc3 24. Rxe5 Qxa3 25.
Bg6 Qc5+ 26. Kh1 a4 27. Rfe1 Kh8 28. Re7 a3 29. Bd3 $36 {Pupo,E-Alonso,R/CUB
1989/}) (14... e4 15. fxe4 Qa5 (15... dxe4 16. Bc4+ Kh8 17. Ne2 Nf5 18. Qf4 $16
{Namyslo,H-Laengl,J/Willsbach 1997/}) 16. Ne2 dxe4 17. Bc4+ Kh8 18. Qf2 Nf5 19.
h3 e3 20. Qf4 Qxc5 21. Bd3 Bd7 22. O-O Nh5 23. Qg4 Nf6 24. Rxf5 {1-0 Enders,
P-De Francesco,K/Passau 1998/}) 15. c6 (15. cxb6 $5 Qxb6 16. Ne2 $16) 15... Qd6
16. Ne2 Qxc6 (16... Nxc6 17. O-O $14) 17. O-O (17. c4 $5) 17... Nf5 18. Bxf5
Bxf5 19. Rfc1 Rc8 20. h3 Bg6 21. Qg3 Kh7 22. Qxe5 Re8 23. Nd4 Qxc3 24. Qf4 Nh5
25. Qh4 Re5 (25... Ng3 26. Qxg3 Qxd4+ 27. Qf2 $16) 26. Rd1 Qc5 (26... Bxc2 27.
Rdc1 Qe3+ 28. Qf2 $16) 27. Rd2 (27. Kh2 $16) 27... Rg5 (27... Qc3 28. Re1 Qxd2
29. Rxe5 $16) 28. a4 (28. Re1 $5) 28... Qd6 29. Qe1 Qf6 30. Rad1 Nf4 31. Kh1
Bh5 32. h4 (32. Kh2 $18) 32... Rg6 33. Kh2 Qd6 34. g3 Ne6 35. Nxe6 Rxe6 36. Qf2
Qe7 37. g4 Be8 38. Kg3 Bxa4 39. Rxd5 Bc6 40. R5d3 Bb5 41. Rc3 h5 42. g5 Be2 (
42... a6 43. Rd2 $16) 43. Rd2 Bb5 44. Qd4 Re1 45. g6+ (45. Qf4 $142 $5) 45...
Kxg6 46. Qd6+ Kh7 47. Qxe7 Rxe7 48. Kf2 Ba6 49. Rd5 g6 50. Rd6 Bb7 51. Re3 Rc7
(51... Rf7 $142 $5) 52. Rde6 $1 $18 Rxc2+ 53. Re2 (53. Kg3 $5) 53... Rxe2+ 54.
Rxe2 Kh6 55. Re7 Bd5 56. Rd7 Bc4 57. Rxa7 b5 58. Rb7 Bd3 59. Ke3 Bc4 60. f4 Bf1
61. Kd4 Be2 62. Ke5 Bd3 63. Kf6 Bc4 64. Rd7 Bb3 65. Rd2 Bc4 66. Rd8 Kh7 67. Kg5
Kg7 68. Rd7+ Kf8 69. Kxg6 b4 70. Rd4 (70. Rd4 Ba2 71. Rxb4 $18) 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 57th"]
[Site "Plock"]
[Date "2000.05.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hnydiuk, Aleksander"]
[Black "Grabarczyk, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 Nd7 (7...
f5 8. c4 Ne7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. dxc5 Na6 13. O-O Nxc5
14. c4 Nc3 15. Qe1 Qd3 16. Bd2 N3a4 17. Bb4 b6 18. Qc1 Rd8 19. Ra2 O-O 20. Rd2
Qe4 21. Re1 Qb7 22. Red1 $14 {Maksimovic,B-Rasidovic,S/Belgrade 1988/}) (7...
f6 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O c4 11. Be2 Nc6 12. a4 Ne4 13. Ra3 Bd7 14.
Re1 Rf6 15. Bxc4 Nxf2 16. Kxf2 dxc4 17. Kg1 Nd8 18. Ne5 Bc6 19. Rf1 Rxf1+ 20.
Qxf1 Bd5 21. Ra1 b6 22. Ba3 Nf7 23. Nxf7 Qxf7 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. Bd6 {1/2-1/2
Rueppel,G-Kemmerzell,H/Bad Zwesten 1999/}) 8. Bd3 c4 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (8... Nb6
9. O-O (9. a4 c4 10. Be2 Bd7 11. Ba3 Nxa4 12. Qd2 Ne7 13. h4 h6 14. Rh3 b5 15.
h5 a5 (15... Bc6 16. Nh4 O-O-O 17. Bg4 a5 18. Bd6 Qb7 19. Rf3 Be8 20. Rb1 Nc6
21. g3 Qb6 22. Ng2 Nb8 23. Nf4 Kb7 24. Ne2 f5 25. exf6 Qxd6 26. fxg7 Rg8 27.
Qxh6 Qe7 28. Qxe6 Qxe6 29. Bxe6 Rxg7 30. g4 $13 {Walura,K-Kludacz,M/Lubniewice
1998/}) 16. Nh4 Qb7 17. Rf3 Nf5 18. Nxf5 exf5 19. Bd6 g5 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Qf4
Be6 22. Rb1 g5 23. Qh2 f4 24. Qh5+ Qf7 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26. Rxb5 Bg4 27. Rxf4+
gxf4 28. Bxg4 h5 29. Bf5 Rhd8 30. Rb7+ Kg8 31. Be6+ Kh8 32. Be7 Rf8 33. Bxf8
Rxf8 34. Bxd5 Nxc3 35. Bxc4 a4 36. Ra7 Rb8 37. f3 Rb4 38. e6 Rb8 {1-0 Iwaniuk,
D-Kludacz,M/Krynica 1997/}) 9... c4 10. Be2 Na4 11. Bd2 Bd7 12. Re1 Ne7 13. Ng5
h6 14. Nh3 O-O-O 15. Nf4 g6 16. Bf1 Kb8 17. g3 Ka8 18. Qf3 Bc6 19. h4 h5 20.
Bh3 Rdf8 21. Reb1 a5 22. Ng2 Nc8 23. Bg5 $16 {Panov,V-Liublinsky,V/Moscow 1945/
}) 9. Be2 Nb6 10. Qd2 Na4 11. Qg5 f6 12. Qe3 Bd7 13. O-O (13. Bd2 O-O-O $11)
13... O-O-O 14. Bd2 Ne7 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Nh4 Nc6 17. Bf3 (17. Qf3 Rhf8 $11)
17... Qa5 18. Bg4 Rde8 19. Rfe1 Qd8 (19... h5 $5) 20. Bh5 Re7 21. Qf3 Qf8 22.
Bf4 Rg7 23. Qe3 Qd8 24. Bh6 Re7 25. Qf3 Rg8 26. Re3 Be8 27. Bxe8 (27. Bg4 $5)
27... Rexe8 28. Rae1 f5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28... e5 $142 $5) 29. Rxe6 $16 Rxe6
30. Qxf5 Qxh4 $4 (30... Qd7 $142 31. Qxe6 Qxe6 32. Rxe6 Nxc3 $16) 31. Qxe6+ $18
Kc7 32. Qf7+ $1 (32. Qxg8 $6 Qxh6 33. Qxd5 Nxc3 34. Qxc4 Qd2 $16) 32... Kb6 (
32... Kc8 33. Qxg8+ $18) 33. Rb1+ Nb2 34. Rxb2+ (34. Rxb2+ Nb4 35. Rxb4+ Kc6
36. Qxb7+ Kd6 37. Qa6+ Kd7 38. Rb7+ Kd8 39. Qd6+ Ke8 40. Qd7#) 1-0

[Event "Lasker Memorial op"]
[Site "Barlinek"]
[Date "2001.07.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dworakowska, Joanna"]
[Black "Borovikov, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2001.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Bd7
9. Nxc7+ Qxc7 10. Nf3 a6 (10... Ba4 11. Bd3 Qc3+ 12. Bd2 Qxd3 13. cxd3 Bxd1 14.
Kxd1 a6 15. Nxd4 Ne7 16. b5 Kd7 17. Bb4 axb5 18. Kd2 Nbc6 19. Nxb5 Nxb4 20.
axb4 Nc6 21. Kc3 f6 22. d4 fxe5 23. fxe5 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Rf8 25. Nd6 Kc7 26. b5
Ne7 27. Ra7 Rb8 28. Ra1 Rf8 {1/2-1/2 Berndt,S-Tischbierek,R/Fuerstenfeld AUT
2001/}) 11. Bb2 (11. a4 Ne7 12. Bd3 Nf5 13. O-O Nc6 14. Qe1 Qb6 15. Rb1 Nce7
16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 Ne3 18. Rf2 Nc4 19. h3 Nf5 20. Re2 h5 21. Qf2 Ra4 22. Re1
g6 23. Bxf5 exf5 24. Nxd4 O-O 25. c3 $14 {Anand,V-Lputian,S/Wijk aan Zee 2000/}
) 11... Ne7 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (11... Nc6 12. Bd3 Nge7 13. O-O g6 14. Kh1 Qb6 15.
Qd2 Rc8 16. Qf2 Qc7 17. Rac1 h5 18. Rfe1 Ng8 19. Nxd4 Nh6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Bd4
Bb5 22. Bc5 Ng4 23. Qe2 Bxd3 24. cxd3 Qd8 25. Bd6 Rc6 26. Rxc6 bxc6 27. Kg1
Qb6+ 28. Bc5 Qb5 29. Qc2 Kd7 30. a4 $16 {Held,P-Namyslo,H/Wuerttemberg 1993/})
12. Nxd4 Nbc6 13. Nf3 (13. Be2 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Nf5 $11) 13... Nf5 (13... Qb6 $5)
14. Bd3 Nce7 15. Qe2 h5 16. O-O Qb6+ 17. Qf2 Qxf2+ 18. Rxf2 Bb5 19. Bxf5 Nxf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Zlin-B"]
[Site "Zlin"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Cech, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Bd3
c4 9. Be2 Nf5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Nh4 Nce7 12. O-O h6 (12... Nxh4 $5 13. Qxh4 O-O
$13) 13. a4 Bd7 14. Ba3 $5 Nxh4 15. Qxh4 Ng6 (15... Nf5 16. Qh3 Bxa4 17. g4 Ne7
18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Rxa4 $18) 16. Qg3 Bxa4 17. Ra2 Qd8 18. f4 (18. Bh5 Qg5 (18...
Qh4 $5 19. Bxg6 Qxg3 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. fxg3+ Kg6 $10) 19. Qxg5 hxg5 20. Bxg6
fxg6 21. Bc1 Bc6 22. Bxg5 a5 $132) 18... Bd7 19. Bh5 Qh4 20. Qf3 Nxf4 21. Bg4
h5 22. Qxf4 hxg4 23. Qxf7+ Kd8 24. Bd6 $1 (24. Qxg7 Qxh2+ 25. Kf2 Qf4+ 26. Ke1
Qe4+ 27. Kd1 Kc7 $17) 24... Qxh2+ 25. Kf2 Kc8 26. Qxg7 g3+ 27. Ke3 Rd8 28. Rf8
Qg1+ 29. Kd2 Qxg2+ 30. Kc1 Qh1+ 31. Kb2 Qh5 (31... g2 32. Rxd8+ Kxd8 33. Qe7+
Kc8 34. Qf8+ $18) 32. Rxd8+ Kxd8 33. Ra1 g2 34. Qxg2 b6 35. Rh1 Qf7 36. Rf1 Qh5
(36... Qh7 37. Rf8+ Be8 38. Qg5+ Kd7 39. Qf6 Rc8 (39... Kc6 40. Qxe6 Bd7 41.
Qf6 Rxf8 42. Qxf8 Qf5 43. Qa8+ Kb5 44. Qxd5+ Ka6 45. Qxc4+ Bb5 46. Qa2+ Kb7 47.
c4 $18) 40. Rh8 Qf7 41. Qh4 Kc6 42. Rh7 Qg6 43. Qe7 Kb5 44. Qxa7 $18) 37. Rf8+
Be8 38. Qg7 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS03 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Videki, Sandor"]
[Black "Totsky, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Knaak} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4
Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 dxc3 $5 (10... Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3
dxc3) 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 (12. Nd4 $5 Qb6 13. Be3 Qb2 $2 14. Nb3 $1 $18 {/\Bc1})
12... Nf5 {Knaak: wenig gespielt} 13. Nd4 {Knaak:sieht seltsam aus, führt aber
auch schnell zu klarem Vorteil.} (13. Nxc3 Na6 $13 {the idea of D.Bronstein}) (
13. Rg1 {Knaak}) (13. Nxc3) (13. g4) 13... Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Nc6 {Knaak:Gibt den
Bauern zu schnell auf.} (14... Qa5) 15. Qxc3 Qb6 16. Qd3 Nd4 $1 {Totally
unexpected. In a similar position black plays usually Tc8 or 0-0-0, followed
by d5-d4.} 17. c3 Nb3 18. Be3 (18. Rb1 Nxc1 (18... Ba4 $5 {like in the game})
19. Rxc1 Qb2 20. Qd2 $1 (20. Rb1 Qxa3 21. Rxb7 $2 Qc1+ $19) 20... Qxa3 21. Bd3
$10) (18. Qh7 {Knaak  Fritz} Rf8 19. Rb1) 18... Qa5 19. Rb1 Ba4 (19... Qxa3 {
Knaak}) 20. Kf2 Rc8 21. Qh7 $2 (21. Bd4 Nxd4 (21... Rc4 22. Rxb3 Bxb3 23. Qh7
$1) (21... a6 22. Be2) 22. Qxd4 (22. cxd4 {Knaak} Rc3 (22... Bc2 23. Qb5+ Qxb5
24. Rxb5 b6 $13) 23. Qh7 Rc2+ 24. Kg1 Rf8 $13) 22... Rxc3 23. Be2 {White would
consolidate his position}) 21... Rf8 22. Bd3 (22. Be2 {Knaak} Rxc3 23. Rhd1 Nc5
$17) 22... Rxc3 23. Rhe1 {This move is a blunder, but to find a good one is
hardly possible.} d4 24. Bc1 Nxc1 (24... Nxc1 25. Rexc1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Qd2+ $19)
0-1

[Event "URS-ch25 Final"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.01.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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. e4 {1) Kortschnoj and Lyublinskogo in the tournament bulletin no.11, p,4-5.}
e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Nf5 8. Bd3 h5 9.
Qh3 cxd4 10. Nf3 (10. Bxf5 exf5 11. Qg3 g6 12. cxd4 Nc6 $13) (10. Ne2 $5) (10.
cxd4 Qh4 11. Qxh4 (11. Bxf5 Qxd4 $1) 11... Nxh4 12. Bg5 Nf5 $10) (10. g4 Ne7 (
10... Qa5) 11. cxd4 Qc7 12. Ne2) 10... Qc7 $1 (10... dxc3 $6 11. g4 Ne7 12.
gxh5 Nbc6 (12... Bd7 13. Rg1 $16) 13. Rg1 Qc7 14. Bf4 $16 Ng6 $5 15. Bxg6 (15.
Bg3 $142) 15... fxg6 16. Rxg6 Qf7 $1 17. Qg3 Rf8 18. Rg4 (18. Rxg7 $2 Qxf4 19.
Qg6+ Kd8) 18... Bd7 19. Nh4 Nd4 $1 $17) (10... Nc6 $2 11. g4 Nfe7 12. gxh5) (
10... Qa5 $6 11. Rb1 $5 dxc3 (11... Qxc3+ 12. Bd2) 12. g4 Ne7 13. gxh5) 11. Rb1
dxc3 $1 (11... Nc6 12. g4 Nfe7 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qc3+ 15. Bd2 Qxd4 16. f4
$16 Ng6 17. c3 $1 Qc5 18. gxh5 $16 Ne7 $16) (11... Qxc3+ $2 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. g4
$16) 12. g4 Ne7 13. gxh5 Nbc6 14. Bf4 (14. Qg3 Rxh5 15. Qxg7 Nxe5 16. Ng5 Nxd3+
17. cxd3 Ng6 18. Qg8+ Nf8 19. f4 f6 {Kortschnoj}) (14. Kd1 $5) 14... Ng6 $1 {
[#]} (14... g6 $2 15. h6 Nf5 16. O-O Nce7 17. h7 Ng7 18. Ng5 $16) 15. Bg3 $1
Ngxe5 16. Nxe5 {"White incorrectly restricts his own possibilities. The
critical continuation was to move the king without exchanging knights -- 16
Kf1." Kortschnoj} (16. Kf1 $5 Bd7 (16... f6 17. Bb5 $13 Bd7 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 $1
19. Qxe6+ (19. Re1 O-O-O $1) 19... Qe7 $132) 17. Re1 (17. Bb5 Qa5 $5 (17... f6)
18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bxb5+ 20. Ke1 $13) 17... f6 18. Bg6+ Kd8 $13) 16... Nxe5
17. Kf1 (17. Kd1 $2 Nxd3 $1 $17) 17... Bd7 (17... f6 $6 18. Rg1 $1) 18. Qh4 $2
{"This move, made with the aim of activating his queen, is a serious mistake,
which should have led to a difficult position for White." Kortschnoj} (18. Re1
$142 f6 19. Rg1 (19. Bg6+ Kd8 $36 20. Qh4 Kc8) 19... O-O-O 20. Bxe5 fxe5 21.
Rxg7 e4 $15 22. Be2 Rdg8 23. Qg3 Qxg3 24. Rxg3 Be8 $1 25. Rxc3+ Kd8) (18. Rg1
$5) 18... f6 $2 (18... Nf3 $1 19. Qg4 $6 (19. Qb4 Qc6) 19... Nd2+ 20. Ke2 e5
21. Qxg7 O-O-O $17) 19. Bxe5 $1 Qxe5 (19... fxe5 20. Bg6+ Kf8 21. Qb4+ Kg8 22.
Qxb7 $1 (22. Qe7 $2 Bb5+)) 20. Rxb7 Rb8 $1 $8 21. Rxb8+ Qxb8 22. Qg4 (22. Rg1
g5) 22... Kf8 23. Rg1 {[#]} g5 $1 {"The only defense, but a sufficient one.
Black returns the last of his extra pawns, but his king finds a safe refuge at
g7." Kortschnoj} (23... Rg8 24. h6 $16 g5 25. h4 Qf4 26. hxg5 Qxg4 27. Rxg4 e5
28. Rb4 $16) 24. hxg6 (24. h4 Qf4 $10) 24... Kg7 25. h4 a5 {"A useful
prophylactic move, preventing the possible intrusion of the white queen into
Black's position via b4. Now Black must be constantly on the watch to
safeguard his position against penetration by the white queen." Kortschnoj} 26.
Rg3 Qb1+ 27. Kg2 (27. Ke2 Bb5 $1) 27... Qb7 28. h5 d4+ (28... e5 $5) 29. Be4 (
29. f3 Qd5 30. Rh3 e5 31. Bf5 Bxf5 32. Qxf5 d3 $1) 29... Bc6 $2 $10 (29... Qb5
30. Rh3 Qg5 $17) 30. Bxc6 Qxc6+ 31. Kg1 Qd5 32. Qf4 Qe5 33. h6+ $2 (33. Qf3 $1
Qd5 34. Qf4 $10 (34. Qxd5)) 33... Rxh6 34. Qxh6+ Kxh6 35. g7 Qxg3+ {"By no
means faultless, but a very sharp game, and also interesting from the
theoretical point of view." Kortschnoj} 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden-B"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "1992.12.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mainka, Romuald"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. h4 Nbc6 8. h5
Qa5 9. Bd2 Bd7 10. h6 gxh6 11. Nf3 O-O-O 12. a4 Rdg8 13. g3 Rg4 14. Bd3 Qc7 {
While white,having neglected development of his pieces,pushed his h-pawn far
ahead inorder to create weaknesses in black`s camp,black properly used given
him time,and threatens already to destroy white`s pawn center.} 15. Nh2 {
The only way to protect pawn d4.After 15.Le3 black,besides 15...Sf5 can play
15...cd 16.cd Sd4!? 17.Sd4 Dc3 18.Kf1 Td4 with an active position.} Rgg8 16.
Nf3 Rg4 {The position is still equal-repetition of moves should be a logical
end of the game.} 17. Kf1 $2 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Nxe5 19. Be2 {After 19.f4 black had
various opportunities:19...Sc4 20.Dg4 Sd2 21.Kg2 Dc3,or 19...Sd3 20.Dg4 Tg8!
21.Dh4 Sc5 with a strong initiative in both cases.} Re4 $1 {Black threatens
with positional sacriface:Te2!} 20. Bd3 Nc4 21. Rxh6 e5 {Every move of black
deserves an exclamation mark-white is already lost.} 22. Nb5 Qc5 23. Bxe4 dxe4
24. Bc1 Nf5 25. Rh5 Rg8 26. Qe2 e3 27. Na3 Nxa3 28. Bxa3 Qxc3 29. Rd1 exf2 0-1

[Event "Schahin Cury"]
[Site "Americana"]
[Date "1997.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Black "De Toledo, James Mann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1997.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Nxc3 a6 14. Rb1
Rc8 15. Ne2 Na7 $1 $44 (15... Nf5 16. h3 Nce7 17. g4 Nh4 18. Nd4 Nc6 19. Nxc6
Qxc6 20. Rh2 Rh8 21. Kd1 Qc7 22. Qb3 Qc5 23. Qb6 Qxb6 24. Rxb6 Bc6 25. Rf2 d4
26. Bb2 Bd5 27. Bxd4 Nf3 28. c4 Be4 29. Rd6 Ng1 30. Kd2 Kf8 31. Ke3 Bc6 32. f5
exf5 33. Rxf5 Rh7 34. e6 Re8 35. Kf2 Nxh3+ 36. Bxh3 Rxh3 37. exf7 Rh2+ 38. Kg3
{1-0 Chandler,M-Timman,J/Linares 1988/CBM 06}) (15... Na5 16. Nd4 Ba4 17. Bd2
Nec6 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Qh7 Rg6 20. Bd3 Bxc2 21. Rc1 Bxd3 22. Rxc6 Nxc6 23. g3
Nd4 24. Kf2 Rc2 25. Qh8+ Kd7 26. Ke3 Be4 27. Rc1 Nf5+ 28. Ke2 Rh6 29. Qb8 Rxh2+
30. Ke1 Rh1+ 31. Ke2 Nxg3+ 32. Ke3 Nf5+ 33. Ke2 Nd4+ {0-1 Nepali,B-Mahmoud,P/
Calcutta op 1996/EXP 50}) 16. Be3 Nb5 17. Ng3 $146 (17. Rb3 Nf5 18. Bf2 Qa5+
19. Qd2 Qa4 20. Ng3 Nbd4 21. Bd3 Nxg3 22. Bxg3 Nxb3 23. cxb3 Qxb3 24. O-O Rc3
25. Rf3 Qxa3 26. Be1 Qc5+ 27. Kh1 d4 28. f5 Bc6 29. Rf2 Qxe5 30. fxe6 fxe6 31.
Re2 Rxg2 32. Rxe5 Rxd2+ 33. Be4 Bxe4+ 34. Rxe4 Rd1 {0-1 Van Riemsdijk,
H-Szmetan,J/Buenos Aires BCA op 1988/EXT 88op2}) (17. a4 d4 18. Bf2 Nc3 $44)
17... Nc3 18. Bb6 (18. Rb4 Bb5 19. Qd2 Bxf1 20. Kxf1 a5 $1 21. Bb6 (21. Rd4 Nb5
$44 (21... Nf5 $44)) 21... Qc6 22. Bxa5 $2 Qa6+ $19) 18... Qc6 19. Rb4 Ne4 20.
Nh5 (20. Rxe4 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Nd5 22. Nd6+ Ke7 23. Nxc8+ Rxc8 24. Ba5 Qxc2 $15)
20... Rg6 21. Kd1 $6 (21. Rb2 Qa4 {/\} 22. Z0 (22. c4 $5) 22... Rc3 $17) 21...
Nf5 22. Nf6+ Rxf6 $1 23. exf6 d4 $19 24. Ke1 Qxc2 25. Qxc2 Rxc2 26. Rb1 (26.
Bxd4 a5 27. Rxb7 Rc1+ 28. Ke2 Nxd4+ 29. Ke3 Nf5+ 30. Kxe4 Nd6+ $19) 26... Nc3
27. Ra1 (27. Bd3 $142) 27... Bc6 28. Bd3 Rxg2 29. Rf1 Be4 $1 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Women) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.08"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Kosintseva, Nadezhda"]
[Black "Socko, Monika"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "Kosintseva,N"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia (W)"]
[BlackTeam "Poland (W)"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

{This game was played in round 6 of the European team championship, where we
faced the Polish team. So far, we had done well and won all of our matches,
having already met with traditional rivals Georgia and Ukraine. As a result,
we were leading the event, and, many people no doubt that the rest would be a
"matter of technique". But we were the only ones who did not think so. As
practice had shown on many occasions, it is dangerous to relax too early and
to count one's chickens before they have hatched. This was espebeen a
difficult opponent for us, as our previous results have shown, and our matches
are always very tense. This time too, none of our team took things lightly.
Events developed as follows: both our games with Black were quickly, drawn,
without any chance of real play developing. Valentina Gunina, with White on
board 3, obtained a very nice position, but played too aggressively at a
certain moment, and sacrificed a piece for an attack, but at every moment, she
saw her compensation diminish. There was no miracle escape, and she eventually
lost. So then it became clear that only a win in this game would save the
match for us. I am very pleased that I managed to bring home the point for my
team at this critical moment, to make up for two defeats in the matches
against Georgia and Ukraine. I present this game for your judgement.} 1. e4 e6
2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Kf8 {Monika and
her husband Bartel have both played this rare line of the French several times
in practice. Black voluntarily gives up castling rights, banking on play
against White's damaged pawn structure on the queenside.} 8. a4 {Slightly more
common are 8. h4 and 8.Nf3. With the text move, White immediately starts
concrete play, immediately preparing to pressurise the pawn on c5, so as to
make maximum use of her two bishops.} Qc7 ({If} 8... b6 9. Nf3 Ba6 {then} 10.
Bb5 {is strong.}) 9. Nf3 ({If} 9. Qd1 {, then White must reckon with} cxd4 10.
cxd4 Qc3+ $1 11. Bd2 Qxd4 12. Nf3 Qe4+ 13. Be2 Nbc6 {with an extra pawn.}) 9...
cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nbc6 11. Qc5 Qa5 ({Practice has also seen} 11... b6 12. Qd6 Qxd6
13. exd6 Ng6 {and now possible, for example, is} ({or} 13... Nf5 14. Ba3 Bd7
15. c4 $14) 14. h4 h5 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. a5 bxa5 17. c4 dxc4 18. Bxc4 $36) ({On} 
11... Bd7 {it is useful to play} 12. Bb5 {forcing} a6 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Ba3 Qa5
15. O-O Qxc5 16. Bxc5 f6 17. Rfb1 $14 {as in the game Ivanchuk - Nikolic, 1991.
}) ({whilst after} 11... f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Be2 e5 ({or} 13... Qa5 14. Qa3 {
taking the game into a position that occurred in the game}) 14. Nh4 Be6 15. O-O
{,White has completed his development and, as analysis shows, can rightly
count on rich play, with attacking chances against the black king.}) 12. Qa3 {
According to my database, this is a novelty.} ({Previously, White had tried} 
12. Ba3 Qxc5 13. Bxc5 {, but when preparing for the game, I did not see
anything significant after} f6 14. exf6 gxf6 15. c4 Kf7) ({whilst in the game
Volokitin-Wisniewski, 2000} 12. Bb5 a6 13. Ba3 axb5 14. axb5 {was refuted by}
Ke8 15. O-O b6 16. Qd6 Qxb5 17. Nd4 Qc4 $19) 12... f6 $2 {Unjustified
fearlessness. Despite her weak king position and my two bishops, Black breaks
all positional laws and opens up the game.} ({It seems to me that Black should
prefer the more solid} 12... Kg8 {with the idea of putting the king on h7.
Then it is possible to play} 13. Bb5 $5 (13. Be2 $5 Ng6 14. O-O h6 $1 (14...
Ngxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. c4 d4 (16... Nxc4 $2 17. Qe7 h6 18. Qe8+ Kh7 19. Qxf7
$18) (16... dxc4 17. Rd1 h6 18. Rb1 $36) 17. Bb2 Nc6 18. c3 $36) 15. c4 dxc4 (
15... d4 16. Rd1 Ngxe5 17. Nxd4 $36) 16. Rb1 $44) 13... Ng6 14. O-O Ngxe5 15.
Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qe7 h6 17. Bf4 Ng6 18. Qe8+ Kh7 19. Qxf7 Rf8 20. Qc7 Qxc7 21.
Bxc7 Rf7 22. Bg3 e5 23. Rfe1 Bf5 24. Bxe5 Nxe5 25. Rxe5 $14) 13. exf6 gxf6 14.
Be2 {White's intention is simple and clear - to complete development as soon
as possible and pressurise the balck central pawns, to get closer to her king.}
Kf7 ({On} 14... Kg7 {it is interesting, similarly to the game, to play} 15. O-O
({also the preliminary} 15. Nd4 e5 16. Nxc6 Nxc6 17. O-O Rg8 18. c4 $36) 15...
e5 16. c4 dxc4 17. Bxc4 {with the initiative}) 15. O-O Qc7 ({On} 15... e5 {
I intended} 16. c4 d4 (16... e4 17. Nd2 Nd4 18. Bh5+ Ng6 19. Rb1 dxc4 20. Qe3
$16) (16... Rg8 17. Rb1 $36) 17. Nd2 {and then we can offer this variation:} ({
On} 17. Rb1 {the reply} Bf5 {is interesting:} 18. Rxb7 Rhb8 19. Bd2 Qd8 20.
Rxb8 Rxb8 21. Rc1 Ng6 $13) 17... Qc3 (17... f5 18. f4 e4 19. Nb3 Qc7 20. Bb2
Rd8 21. Rad1 $16) (17... Bf5 18. Bd3 Qb4 19. f4 $36) 18. f4 Qxa3 19. Rxa3 Bf5
20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. Nb3 Rhd8 22. Bb2 N5c6 23. Rf4 Rac8 24. Nxd4 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 Ng6
26. Rxf5 Rxd4 27. Ra5 a6 28. Rb3 Rc7 29. Bf3 $14) 16. c4 e5 $6 {Once again,
extremely optimistic.} ({If} 16... d4 17. Nd2 {is now strong:} (17. c3 {
is less clear:} dxc3 18. Qxc3 Rd8 {eg.} 19. c5 e5 20. Qc4+ Kg7 21. Rd1 Rxd1+
22. Bxd1 Bf5 23. Qh4 Ng8 $13) 17... f5 (17... Kg7 18. Ne4 Qe5 19. f4 $1 Qxe4 $2
20. Bd3 $18) 18. c5 $36) ({Better was} 16... Rd8 {although this also does
guarantee Black an easy game for a long time to come .} 17. Rd1 (17. cxd5 $5
Nxd5 18. c4 Nf4 (18... Nde7 19. c5 $36) 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Rfd1 Bd7 21. Rab1
Rab8 22. g3 Qc7 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 Bc6 25. Rh4 $14) 17... Kg7 18. cxd5 Nxd5
19. c4 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Qxf4 22. Nd2 Bd7 23. Ne4 $14) 17. cxd5 Nxd5
18. Nh4 $1 Nd4 {This is already the decisive mistake.} ({White's task would be
somewhat more complicated after} 18... h5 19. Bc4 Be6 (19... Nce7 20. Bxd5+
Nxd5 21. Qd3 Ne7 (21... Be6 22. Qg6+ Ke7 23. Ba3+ Kd7 24. c4 Nf4 (24... Qxc4
25. Qg7+ Kc6 26. Rac1 Nc3 27. Qxf6 $18) 25. Rfd1+ Kc8 26. Qxf6 $18) 22. Ba3 Be6
(22... Rh6 23. f4 $40) 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Ng6 $18) {although here too, White's
initiative develops almost of its own accord:} 20. f4 Ncb4 (20... Nd4 21. Bxd5
Bxd5 22. fxe5 $16) (20... Nxf4 21. Bxe6+ Nxe6 22. Qf3 Qd8 23. Rb1 Rb8 24. c3 $1
$16) 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. fxe5 Rag8 23. Rf2 Qxe5 24. Nf3 Qc3 25. Ng5+ $18) ({
White does not face such a hard task after} 18... Nf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Rfe1
Kg7 21. Bb5 Ne5 22. Qb4 $16) 19. Bh5+ Ke6 {Other moves are immediately bad:} (
19... Kg7 20. Qg3+ Kf8 21. Bh6+ Ke7 22. Qg7+ Kd6 23. Qxh8 $18) (19... Kg8 20.
Bh6 $18) 20. Bb2 $1 {The most precise.} ({At first, I had intended} 20. Qh3+
Ke7 (20... f5 21. Re1 $1 {, underlining the weakness of the central pawns.} Qc3
(21... Nxc2 22. Qxf5+ $18) 22. Qxc3 Nxc3 23. Bb2 Ne4 24. f3 $18) (20... Kd6 21.
Ba3+ Kc6 22. Qd3 Be6 (22... Nf4 23. Qc4+ Kd7 24. Qf7+ $18) 23. Nf3 $18) 21. Qg3
{but after} Be6 {I stopped calculating. But here, after} 22. c4 $1 Nb4 (22...
Qxc4 23. Qg7+ Kd6 24. Ba3+ Kc6 25. Rac1 $18) 23. Qg7+ Kd6 24. Qxf6 {the
computer has no doubts about White's large advantage.}) 20... Qc4 {It is
already hard to know what to recommend to Black.} ({If} 20... Nxc2 {the
simplest win of all is} 21. Qf3 Nxa1 22. Qg4+ Kd6 (22... Ke7 23. Qg7+ Ke6 (
23... Kd6 24. Ba3+ Kc6 25. Rc1+ $18) 24. Bg4+ Kd6 25. Ba3+ Kc6 26. Rc1+ $18)
23. Ba3+ Kc6 24. Qc4+ $18) ({On} 20... Qd6 {the most effective is} 21. Qh3+ Ke7
22. Qg3 $18) ({whilst after} 20... Qg7 {this nice variation could follow:} 21.
Bxd4 exd4 22. Rfe1+ Kd7 23. Nf5 Qf8 24. Re7+ Nxe7 25. Qd6#) 21. Bxd4 {A human
decision.} ({The computer prefers} 21. Rad1 Nf4 $140 ({or} 21... Qb4 22. Qa2
Rd8 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Rfe1+ Kd6 25. Re4 Kc5 26. Rdxd4 Qxd4 27. Rxd4 Kxd4 28. c4
$18) 22. Rxd4 exd4 23. Re1+ Kd7 24. Nf5 Qd5 25. Qe7+ Kc6 26. Nxd4+ Kb6 27.
Qxf6+ $18) 21... Qxd4 22. g3 {Again, I did not find the computer's first line.
However, White's position is so good that he can allow himself such small
blemishes along the way, without any punishment.} ({From the point of view of
the fearless silicon monster, more precise is} 22. Qg3 Bd7 (22... Qf4 23. Qg7
Qxh4 24. Bf7+ Kd6 25. Qxh8 $18) (22... Nf4 23. Rad1 Nxh5 24. Qb3+ $18) 23. Rfd1
Qf4 24. Qg7 $18) 22... b5 ({On} 22... Bd7 {I intended} 23. Rfd1 Qc4 (23... Qc3
24. Bg4+ $18) 24. Rxd5 Qxd5 25. Rd1 $18) (22... Qb4 23. Qa2 $18) ({whilst after
} 22... Rd8 {I planned to develop the initiative by means of} 23. Rad1 Qc4 24.
f4 $18) ({Nor does} 22... Rg8 23. Rfd1 Qxh4 24. Qb3 $18 {help.}) 23. Rad1 {
Hurrying to make my move, I simply mixed up my rooks.} ({The move which won
immediately was} 23. Rfd1 Qc3 ({or} 23... Qb4 24. Qf3 $18) 24. Bf3 $18) 23...
Qc3 24. Bg4+ {Again a human choice.} ({There was another way, but it depends
on more complicated calculation, it seems to me.} 24. Qa2 Qc4 ({or} 24... Bb7
25. Rxd5 Bxd5 26. Bf7+ Kxf7 27. Qxd5+ Kg7 28. Qd7+ Kh6 29. Qg4 $18) 25. Bg4+
Kd6 (25... Kf7 26. Qxc4 bxc4 27. Bxc8 Nc3 28. Rd7+ Ke8 (28... Ke6 29. Rd3+
Raxc8 30. Rxc3 $18) 29. Nf5 Rxc8 30. Rxa7 $18 {with total dominance, despite
the virtually equal material.}) 26. Rxd5+ $1 {This is what I missed.} ({
I only considered} 26. Qxc4 bxc4 27. Bf3 (27. Rxd5+ $2 Kxd5 28. Bf3+ e4 $17)
27... Be6 28. Rxd5+ Bxd5 29. Rd1 Kc5 30. Rxd5+ Kb4 {and, afraid I may have
missed something, I refrained from 24.Qa2 altogether.}) 26... Kxd5 (26... Qxd5
27. Rd1 $18) 27. Rd1+ Kc5 (27... Kc6 28. axb5+ Qxb5 29. Bf3+ $18) 28. Qa3+ {
and in all cases, White keeps a large material advantage.} Kb6 (28... Qb4 29.
Rd5+ $18) (28... b4 29. Qe3+ Kc6 30. Bf3+ $18) 29. Bf3 e4 (29... Bb7 30. a5+
Ka6 31. Rd6+ $18) 30. Bxe4 $1 Qxe4 31. a5+ Kb7 32. a6+ Kb6 33. Rd6+ Kc7 34.
Qc5+ Kb8 35. Rc6 $1 Qe1+ 36. Kg2 Qe4+ 37. Nf3 $18) 24... Kf7 25. Qa2 Bxg4 26.
Qxd5+ Kg7 27. Qb7+ Kh6 28. Rd6 Rhf8 29. Qe7 e4 {Natural.} ({If} 29... bxa4 {
then} 30. Rxf6+ Rxf6 31. Qxf6+ Kh5 32. Nf5 Bxf5 33. Qxf5+ Kh6 34. Qf6+ Kh5 {and
} 35. Rd1 {including the rook decisively.}) 30. Qxe4 Bh3 31. axb5 $6 {A move
in the style that has characterised my play in the whole game - diverting my
forces just at the moment when my opponent is about to resign.} ({The simple} 
31. Rc6 Qd2 ({or} 31... Qa5 32. Rc5 Kg7 33. Rh5 Rh8 34. Qb7+ $18) 32. Rc7 $18 {
ends the game at once.}) 31... Rae8 32. Nf5+ Kg6 33. Ne7+ Kg7 34. Re1 Qc7 ({
With} 34... Qe5 35. Qxe5 fxe5 36. Rxe5 Rf6 37. Rd4 {,White has to make do with
3 extra pawns.}) 35. Rc6 {Another inaccuracy, but now in conditions of serious
time-trouble.} ({There was a clean win by} 35. Rd5 {with the idea of Rh5, and
on} Rh8 36. g4 $18) 35... Qd7 {Here, to be honest, I panicked a bit. At this
moment, the other games in the match has finished, the score was minus-1
against us, and I had to win to save the match. Of course, I understood that
my position was now winning, but with my pieces somewhat scattered, my
opponent's mating threats, and my general dissatisfaction at the way I had
realised my advantage, plus the time-trouble, meant that anything could happen.
This all started to affect me at the worst possible moment. However, after I
managed to calm myself down for a moment and find the move} 36. Rc3 {...with
the idea of Re3, coordinating my forces, the panic started to subside, and it
seemed to me that my opponent had begun to realise that she would not manage
to save the game.} Kh8 ({Not} 36... Rf7 37. Nf5+ Qxf5 38. Qxe8 $18) ({whilst
after} 36... Qg4 {the most accurate line is} 37. Rc7 Qxe4 38. Rxe4 Rf7 39. Rxa7
Kf8 (39... Rd8 40. Re1) 40. b6 Rb8 41. f3 Rxb6 $140 42. Ra8+ Kg7 43. Rg8+ Kh6
44. Rh4#) ({and if} 36... Qxb5 {then after} 37. g4 {Black loses the bishop.})
37. Rce3 ({Again, the computer considers more accurate} 37. Rc5 {with the idea
of Rh5. But when I played Rc3, I already intended to play more solidly and
centralise.}) 37... Qxb5 {This helps White to find a more or less forced way
to achieve the longed-for objective. However, there was probably nothing
clearly better.} ({For example,} 37... Bf5 38. Qf3 (38. Qxf5 Rxe7) 38... Bxc2
39. Qc6 $1 $18) 38. Qh4 Qd7 39. Ng6+ ({The game could be ended at once with} 
39. Qh6 $1 {with the idea of Ng6} Qg4 40. Re4 $18) 39... Kg7 ({On} 39... Kg8 {
White can repeat with} 40. Ne7+ ({,tor play} 40. Nxf8 Rxe3 41. fxe3 Qd2 42.
Qc4+ Kxf8 43. Qe2 $18) 40... Kg7 $140 41. g4 $1 Bxg4 42. h3 Bf3 43. Qg3+ Kh8
44. Qxf3 $18) 40. Re7+ ({Again, White had a quicker way to win:} 40. Nxf8 Rxe3
41. Qxf6+ Kxf6 42. Nxd7+ Bxd7 43. Rxe3 $18) 40... Rf7 ({White mates after} 
40... Kxg6 41. Qxh7+ Kg5 42. f4+ Kg4 43. Qh4+ Kf3 44. R1e3#) 41. Rxe8 Kxg6 {
White's position is now absolutely winning. In addition, the time-control was
past and there was no longer anything to worry about.} 42. Rg8+ Rg7 43. Qe4+
Bf5 44. Rxg7+ Qxg7 45. Qe8+ Kh6 46. c4 Qc7 47. Qe3+ Kg6 48. c5 a5 49. Qe8+ Kh6
50. Qf8+ ({Or the immediate} 50. Re7 {forcing} Qc8 (50... Qxc5 51. Qf8+ Kg5 52.
Rg7+) 51. Qxc8 Bxc8 52. c6 $18) 50... Kg6 51. Re7 Qc6 52. Qe8+ ({It was
quicker to play for mate:} 52. Qg8+ Kh6 ({or} 52... Kh5 53. g4+ Bxg4 54. Rxh7#)
53. g4 Bg6 54. h4 {with the unstoppable Qg7. But, looking firstly to exchange
queens, knowing that then the c-pawn can hardly be stopped, I did not even
calculate this variation.}) 52... Qxe8 53. Rxe8 a4 (53... Bd7 54. Rd8 Bb5 55.
Rb8 Bd7 56. Rb6 Kf7 57. c6 Bg4 58. c7 $18) 54. c6 a3 55. c7 {and Black
resigned.} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ashley, Maurice"]
[Black "Watson, John L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "Kostakiev,D"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 ({Bulgarian ICCF GM Nikolay Ninov
resuscitated successfuly} 5. Qg4 $5) 5... Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 $5 {
Bohatirchuk 1934. Long years Botvinnik and Fischer kept different opposit
oppinions about the line starting with 3...Bb4. Finaly In tom 3 of his
splendid last books Botvinik recgnized that 7.Qg4! is giving advantage to
White. Statistic confirmed - 56%:44%. Besides it two other variations draws
attention:} (7. h4 $5 {The sharpest line where White marks better score. (58%).
}) (7. Nf3 {The calmest solid continuation in which White also has good score 
(54%).}) 7... O-O (7... cxd4 $1 {Knaak} 8. Qxg7 (8. cxd4 $2 Qc7 9. Qd1 Qc3+ $17
) 8... Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 $1 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 {
Lilienthal-Levenfish/Moscow/1936}) (7... Qa5 $6 8. Bd2 Qa4 $6 {1-0 Bohatirchuk,
F-Alatortsev,V/Leningrad 1934/URS-ch (31)}) 8. Bd3 Nbc6 (8... Qa5 9. Bd2 Nbc6
10. Qh5 h6 11. g4 {1/2-1/2 Karjakin,S-Barsov,A/Hastings 2003/CBM 93_01 (22)}) (
8... f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Nbc6 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,
A-Timman,J/Wijk aan Zee 2003/CBM 93_01 (38)}) 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. O-O c4
12. Bxg6 (12. Be2 f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. Bg5 Nf4 {Oll,L-Dolmatov,S/Groningen
1993/CBM 39/1/2-1/2 (54)}) 12... fxg6 13. Qh3 (13. Qh4 Bd7 14. Bd2 Rf5 {
'1/2-1/2 Singer,K-Adamski,M/Laczna 2002/CBM 89 ext (25)'} 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nf3 {
1/2-1/2 Singer,K-Adamski,M/Laczna 2002/CBM 89 ext (25)}) 13... h6 14. a4 $146 (
14. Qg4 Qf7 15. Ne1 Bd7 16. Qe2 g5 17. Rb1 b6 18. Bd2 Ne7 {Rodriguez,R-De la
Villa Garcia,J/Alcobendas 1993/EXT 98/0-1 (62)}) 14... g5 15. Qg4 Qf7 16. h4
gxh4 17. Bxh6 $6 (17. Nxh4 $5) 17... Ne7 $6 (17... h3 $1 18. Be3 hxg2 $11) 18.
Nxh4 $16 Nf5 19. Bc1 (19. Bg5 $142 $1 Nxh4 20. Qxh4 $16) 19... Nxh4 20. Qxh4 {
[#] Classic example "Bc1>>Bc8". Pc4,Pd5,Pe6 are fixed on the B's c8 color.
Hope for salvation is only ^-} Qg6 21. Ba3 Re8 22. Ra2 Bd7 23. Bd6 Qf5 24. f4
Qh7 25. Qg5 Qf5 26. Qh4 Qh7 27. Qg5 Qf5 28. Qxf5 exf5 29. a5 Bc6 30. Rb2 Rad8 {
[#]} 31. Rfb1 $6 ({More chanses to win gave:} 31. g4 $142 $1 $18 {Only as
ilustration:} g6 $140 32. Kg2 Kf7 33. Kg3 Rh8 34. Rbb1 fxg4 35. f5 $1 gxf5 36.
Rxf5+ Kg6 37. Rf6+ Kg7 38. Kxg4 Rh2 39. Rg1 Bd7+ 40. Kf3+ Kh8 41. e6 $18) 31...
Rd7 32. Bc5 a6 33. Kf2 Re6 34. Rh1 g6 35. Rbb1 Rh7 36. g4 Rxh1 37. Rxh1 fxg4
38. Kg3 Bd7 39. Kh4 Kg7 40. Bd6 Kf7 41. Kg3 Kg8 42. Rh4 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.21"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[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 "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ {Es gibt noch die alte
Variante 5...Ba5, die zuletzt jedoch selten gespielt wird, und hier folgt
warum:} (5... Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Bd7 9. Nxc7+ Qxc7 10. Nf3 Ba4 11.
Bd3 Qc3+ 12. Bd2 Qxd3 13. cxd3 Bxd1 14. Kxd1 Ne7 15. Nxd4 $14) 6. bxc3 Ne7 7.
Qg4 $1 {Weiß kann nur so um Vorteil kämpfen, andere Züge führen zu nichts.} (7.
Nf3 b6 {Der einfachste Weg zum Ausgleich.} 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bd3 Ba4 10. h4 h6 11.
h5 c4 12. Be2 Kd7 $1 {Das ist die richtige Idee - die Dame geht nach h7 und
der König zum Damenflügel.} 13. Bf4 Qg8 14. Nd2 Qh7 15. Ra2 Na6 $11 {Bologan -
Vitiugov (Dagomys, 2010)}) ({Nach} 7. a4 Qa5 8. Bd2 Nbc6 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. Bb5 Qc7
11. O-O O-O $132 {entsteht eine Stellung mit guten Gegenchancen.}) 7... cxd4 {
Die Hauptalternative heute ist der Zug 7...0-0:} (7... O-O 8. Bd3 f5 (8... Nbc6
9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Qf7 14. Ng5 Qe8 15. h4
$36) 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Nbc6 13. Nf3 c4 14. Be2 $14)
8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 12. Qd3 {So weit waren die
Züge für beide Seiten erzwungen, nun hat Schwarz die Wahl.} d4 (12... Bd7 13.
Rb1 $1 {Meiner Meinung nach der einfachste Weg zu einem leichten Vorteil.}
O-O-O 14. Rg1 d4 15. g4 $14) 13. Nxd4 {Eine gute Möglichkeit besteht auch in
13.Ng3:} (13. Ng3 Bd7 14. Be2 O-O-O 15. O-O Qb6 16. Ne4 Nd5 17. Nd6+ Kb8 18.
Nxf7 $16 {Karjakin - Kamsky (Nalchik, 2009)}) 13... Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bd7 15. Rg1
Nf5 {Schwarz kann noch nicht lang rochieren.} (15... O-O-O $4 16. Qxa7 $18) 16.
Qf2 Qc6 {Weiß wollte g4 spielen, Schwarz stört ihn daran.} (16... Bc6 17. g4
$16) 17. Bd3 $1 (17. g4 $2 Qe4+ 18. Be2 Nd4 $17) 17... Qd5 18. Rb1 Bc6 19. Rb3
O-O-O 20. Rxc3 Kb8 21. Rc5 $5 {Eine interessante neue Idee. Bis jetzt wurden
nur andere Züge ausprobiert:} (21. Qc5 Rxg2 22. Qxd5 Rxg1+ 23. Kf2 Rdg8 $3 {
und Schwarz hatte gute Kompensation nach} 24. Qd8+ Rxd8 25. Kxg1 Rg8+ 26. Kf1
Nh4 27. Be2 Rg2 $15 {Muzychuk - Lahno (Moscow, 2010)}) (21. Rc4 b6 22. g4 Bb5 {
Es ist offensichtlich, dass Schwarz eine starke Initiative besitzt.} 23. Rc3
Nd4 24. Bxb5 Qxb5 $36 {Kuipers - Stellwagen (Netherlands, 2011)}) 21... Qa2 22.
Rxc6 $5 {Ein strategisches Qualitätsopfer. Weiß zerstört das schwarze
Angriffspotenzial und hat mit dem Läuferpaar und zwei Bauern gute Kompensation.
} bxc6 23. Qc5 Rxd3 $1 {Schwarz findet den besten Weg, um die Partie gleich
zum Remis zu führen.} (23... Qd5 $2 24. Qxd5 cxd5 25. Kf2 $16 {Das Endspiel
ist natürlich viel besser für Weiß.}) 24. cxd3 Rxg2 25. Rxg2 Qxg2 26. Be3 {
Auch nach 26.Qf8 erreicht Schwarz leicht das Remis.} (26. Qf8+ Kb7 27. Qxf7+
Ka6 28. Qxe6 Qg1+ 29. Kd2 Qe3+ 30. Kd1 (30. Kc2 Nd4+ 31. Kc3 Ne2+ $19) 30...
Qxd3+ 31. Ke1 Qe4+ $11) 26... Nxe3 27. Qxe3 Qh1+ 28. Ke2 (28. Kd2 Qxh2+ 29. Kc3
Qh1 $11) 28... Qxh2+ {Der Rest ist klar - dem Remis können beide Spieler nicht
mehr ausweichen.} 29. Qf2 Qh1 30. Qd4 Qg2+ 31. Ke1 Kb7 32. a4 a5 33. Kd1 Qf1+
34. Kd2 Qg2+ 35. Kc3 Qf1 36. Qd7+ Kb6 37. Qd8+ Kb7 38. Qd7+ Kb6 39. Qd8+ Kb7
40. Qd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 {Die alte Hauptvariante. Heute wird sehr oft die
Alternative 3.....Nf6 gespielt.} (3... Nf6 4. e5 (4. Bg5 {galt lange als
Hauptzug, doch nach 4...dxe4 bekommt Schwarz gleiches Spiel.} dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7
6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Bh4 c5 $11) 4... Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6
8. Qd2 $132 {Es entsteht eine Stellung mit verschiedenen guten Möglichkeiten
für beide Seiten.}) 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 {Eine Nebenvariante, die
jedoch präzises Spiel vom Weißspieler verlangt.} (6... Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O (7... Qc7
{Das Bauernopfer galt lange Zeit als interessant, heute hat Weiß jedoch klaren
Vorteil nachweisen können.} 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3
12. Qd3 Bd7 13. Rb1 O-O-O 14. Rg1 $14 {/\g4-Rg3}) 8. Bd3 $132) 7. Qg4 f5 {
Nach 7....Ne7 geht die Partie zur 6....Ne7 Variante über.} 8. Qg3 ({
Betrachtung verdient die Variante} 8. Qh5+ $5 g6 9. Qd1 {Weiß hat Schwarz dazu
gezwungen, schwarze felder am Königsflügel zu schwächen, er hofft später diese
Schwächen auszunutzen.} Bd7 10. Nf3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Ba4 12. Bd2 h6 (12... Qxc2
13. Qxc2 Bxc2 14. Rc1 Ba4 15. Rc7 Bc6 16. Ng5 $18) 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. O-O Nge7 15.
h4 $14 {Sutovsky - Moskalenko (Evry, 2004)}) 8... Nc6 {Alternativen sind 8...
cxd4 und 8...Ne7.} (8... cxd4 9. cxd4 Ne7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Bd3 b6 12. Ne2 Ba6
13. Nf4 Qd7 14. h4 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nbc6 16. Rh3 Rac8 17. Rg3 Rf7 18. h5 $36 {
Kasparov - Short (Novgorod, 1997)}) (8... Ne7 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 cxd4 11. Ne2
Nbc6 12. Qh5+ Ng6 13. Bg5 $1 Qxe5 14. f4 Qg7 15. h4 $16 {Anand - Hansen 
(Middelfart, 2003)}) 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nge7 {Der wichtige Unterschied zur
Variante 8....Ne7 ist, dass Weiß nicht auf g7 nehmen kann.} 11. Bd2 (11. Qxg7
$2 Rg8 12. Qxh7 Nxd4 $1 $17 {Plötzlich steht Schwarz auf Gewinn.}) 11... O-O
12. Bd3 Bd7 13. O-O {Weiß muss den König verstecken, Schwarz hat die Drohung
f4 aufgebaut!} (13. h4 f4 $1 14. Bxf4 (14. Qg5 h6 15. Qh5 Be8 16. Qg4 Nxd4 $3
17. Nxd4 Qxe5+ 18. Kf1 Qxd4 19. Qxe6+ Bf7 $19) 14... Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Qc3+ 16. Ke2
Qxd4 $15 {Lacasa Diaz - Moskalenko (Sants, 2003)}) 13... Be8 {Schwarz will
seinen schlechten französischen Läufer aktivieren.} 14. c4 $2 {Ein einfacher
Einsteller.} (14. Qh3 $5 {Erstmal bleibt der Läufer passiv. Dann kann man
Rfc1-c4 spielen.}) 14... dxc4 15. Bxc4 $2 {Nun sieht's ganz schlecht aus. Die
beste Chance war 15.Ng5.} (15. Ng5 Nd8 (15... cxd3 16. Nxe6 $18 {Die Dame
hängt und Matt auf g7 droht.}) 16. Rfc1 b5 17. a4 $44 {Und Weiß hat zumindest
eine gewisse Kompensation für den Bauern.}) 15... Nxd4 $1 {Schwarz gewinnt
einfach den Bauern und damit eigentlich schon die Partie.} 16. Nxd4 Qxc4 17.
Bb4 Rf7 (17... Qxd4 18. Bxe7 Rf7 19. Bd6 Bc6 $17 {Weiß hat sehr geringe
Chancen, die Partie zu halten.}) 18. Qc3 {Es ist schon die richtige
Entscheidung, die Damen zu tauschen, doch die Stellung bleibt weiterhin sehr
schwierig.} (18. Bxe7 $2 Rxe7 19. Rfd1 Rd8 $19) 18... Qxc3 19. Bxc3 Nd5 20. Bd2
Bd7 21. Rfc1 Rff8 {Nun kann Schwarz langsam aufspielen. Zuerst bringt er den
König nach e7 (nachdem er h6 spielt, um das Schach von g5 zu verhindern),
danach tauscht einen Turm und rollt die Bauern am Damenflügel auf.} 22. a4 $2 {
Ein ganz schlechter Zug. Der Bauer wird auf a4 fixiert und wird zur
andauernden Schwäche.} a5 $1 23. Rcb1 b6 {Die schwarzen Bauern sind
unantastbar. Dafür ist der weiße Turm nun für immer an die Verteidigung des
Bauern a4 gebunden.} 24. Ne2 $1 {Weiß findet den einzigen Weg, sich vorerst zu
retten, nämlich die Springer zu tauschen.} Rfc8 25. Nf4 Nxf4 26. Bxf4 Rc4 $1 {
Doch das Endspiel ist auch ohne Springer sehr schwer zu halten.} 27. Be3 Bxa4
$1 {Nur so!} (27... Rxa4 $4 28. Rxa4 Bxa4 29. Rxb6 Bd7 30. Rb7 Be8 31. Ra7 Rxa7
32. Bxa7 a4 33. Bc5 $11) 28. Rxb6 Bc6 {Der a-Bauer läuft!} 29. f3 a4 30. Rc1 (
30. Bc1 Ra5 31. Bb2 Rd5 $19 {Die schwarzen Türme kommen auf die 2. Reihe.})
30... Bd5 {Nun macht der Türmetausch nichts mehr aus - der Bauer läuft zu weit.
} 31. Rxc4 Bxc4 32. Rb7 a3 33. Ra7 Rxa7 34. Bxa7 f4 $1 {Weiße Bauern werden
auf den weißen Feldern fixiert.} 35. g3 g5 36. Kg2 Bd5 37. Kf2 Kf7 38. gxf4
gxf4 39. Ke2 a2 40. Bd4 Ke8 {Weiß ist hilflos - der schwarze König marschiert
zum Damenflügel und sein weißer Kollege ist an die Verteidigung des Bauern f3
gebunden.} 0-1

[Event "Bucharest Kings 6th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2012.11.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2012.11.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 $5 {Dieser Zug
gewann zuletzt an Popularität. Die zwei Alternativen sind 6...Qc7 und 6...Ne7.}
7. Bd2 {Es droht 8.c4 mit Öffnung der Stellung, daher muss Schwarz noch einen
Damenzug machen.} Qa4 (7... Ne7 8. c4 Qa4 9. dxc5 $14) 8. Qg4 {Diese Idee hat
einen Vorteil und einen Nachteil. Der Vorteil ist, dass Schwarz das
Rochaderecht einbüßt und seinen König am Königsflügel behalten muss. Der
Nachteil ist, dass Weiß viel Zeit verliert, weil die Dame im nächsten Zug
zurückkehren muss. Schwarz hat dadurch genug Zeit, um sein Spiel zu
organisieren.} (8. Qb1 $5 {Ich glaube, dass diese Variante zurecht die
Hauptvariante ist. Hier hat Schwarz sehr wenig Gegenspiel und Weiß steht etwas
besser.} c4 (8... a6 9. Qb3 Qxb3 10. cxb3 Nc6 11. dxc5 Nxe5 12. Bf4 {Weiß hat
die besseren Chancen wegen dem Läuferpaar und der Schwäche der schwarzen
Feldern.} Ng6 13. Bd6 e5 14. O-O-O Be6 15. Bd3 N8e7 16. Ne2 Nc8 17. Bc7 Kd7 18.
Ba5 Nce7 19. b4 Nc6 20. Bb6 $14 {1-0 Areshchenko,A (2640)-Socko,B (2630)/
Germany 2007/CBM 118 (41)}) 9. h4 Nc6 (9... f6 10. h5 fxe5 11. dxe5 Nc6 12. f4
Nh6 13. Ne2 Bd7 14. Qb2 O-O-O 15. Nd4 Nf5 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. Be3 $14 {1-0
Jakovenko,D (2667)-Zhang Pengxiang (2622)/Ergun 2006/CBM 114 (50)}) 10. h5 h6
11. Nf3 Bd7 12. g3 O-O-O 13. Bh3 Nge7 14. O-O $14 {1-0 Svidler,P (2739)-Lima,D
(2493)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2011/CBM 145 (52)}) 8... Kf8 9. Qd1 (9. Bd3 c4 10. Be2
Qxc2 $15 {Weiß hat nicht genug für den Bauern, weil die Stellung geschlossen
ist. Die schwarze Dame kehrt nach g6 zurück, die Springer gehen nach c6 und e7,
und es ist nicht klar, was Weiß da machen kann.}) 9... Ne7 {Meiner Meinung
nach ist die Idee 9...b6 und ...Ba6 aus strategischer Sicht etwas besser.} (
9... cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd4 $4 {Der Bauer ist tabu!} 11. Bb4+ $18) (9... b6 10. c4
(10. Nf3 Ne7 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Bxa6 Qxa6 14. a4 h6 $132 {1/2-1/2
Berg,E (2606)-Maksimovic,B (2423)/Budva 2009/CBM 130 (30)}) 10... Ne7 11. cxd5
Qxd4 12. dxe6 Qxe5+ 13. Be2 Bb7 $1 {und Weiß hat nichts Besseres gefunden, als
die Züge zu wiederholen.} 14. Bf4 Qc3+ 15. Bd2 Qe5 16. Bf4 Qc3+ 17. Bd2 {
1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A (2720)-Shulman,Y (2565)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2005/CBM 111}) 10.
Qb1 $1 {Weiß nutzt die Zugfolge, die Schwarz gewählt hat und erlaubt kein ...
b6 mehr.} Nbc6 (10... b6 $4 11. Bb5 Qa5 12. c4 $18) (10... cxd4 11. Bb5 Qa5 12.
cxd4 $16) 11. Nf3 c4 {Wieder konnte man kein ...b6 spielen.} (11... b6 12. Bb5
Qa5 13. c4 $18) 12. g3 {In dieser Stellung ist es nicht so wichtig, wie man
konkret spielt. Die Idee von Weiß ist es, sein Spiel am Königsflügel zu
organisieren. Das ist jetzt besonders unangenehm, weil der schwarze König am
Königsflügel steckt.} (12. h4 Ke8 (12... h6 13. g3 Ke8 14. Bh3 Kd8 15. O-O $14
{1/2-1/2 Cornette,M (2562)-Housieaux,D (2436)/Mulhouse 2011/CBM 142 Extra (50)}
) 13. h5 h6 14. g4 Kd8 15. g5 hxg5 16. Nxg5 Ke8 17. Be2 b6 18. Bg4 Bd7 19. Qd1
$14 {1-0 Karjakin,S (2599)-Nikolic,P (2676)/Wijk aan Zee 2005/CBM 105 (47)})
12... h6 13. Nh4 {Weiß will Bh3 spielen und dann versuchen, die typische Idee
f4-f5 zum Leben zu bringen.} Ke8 $1 {Schwarz hat keine Wahl - er muss seinen
König evakuieren, sonst wird er einfach Matt gesetzt.} 14. Bh3 Rg8 $1 {Schwarz
macht es Weiß unmöglich, f4-f5 zu spielen.} 15. Qd1 {Die Dame nimmt das Feld
g4 unter Kontrolle.} (15. f4 $4 g5 $1 16. fxg5 hxg5 17. Nf3 (17. Ng2 g4 $19)
17... g4 $19) 15... Ng6 {Wieder eine genaue Verteidigung - Schwarz macht alles,
um den Vorstoß des weißen f-Bauern zu verhindern.} (15... Kd8 16. f4 Kc7 17.
O-O $16) 16. Ng2 $1 {Natürlich darf man auf g6 nicht nehmen, danach würde die
Idee f4-f5 nicht mehr realisierbar sein.} (16. Nxg6 fxg6 17. Bg2 Bd7 18. Ra2
Kd8 19. Qg4 Ne7 20. O-O Kc7 $132) 16... Nce7 17. O-O Bd7 18. Ne3 $1 {Der
Springer steht auf e3 ideal - er verteidigt den Bauern c2 und bereitet den
Vorstoß f4-f5 vor. Nicht zu vergessen - Schwarz kann nicht rochieren, weil
sein König schon gezogen hat. Das heißt, er muss viel Zeit verlieren, um seine
Figuren zu koordinieren.} Qa5 19. Qh5 Nf8 {Ivanchuk findet die letzte Chance.
Man muss sagen, dass die Stellung von Schwarz jedoch schlecht war und schlecht
bleibt.} (19... Kd8 20. f4 Kc7 21. f5 exf5 22. Nxf5 Bxf5 23. Bxf5 Raf8 24. e6
Nxf5 25. Qxf5 $18) 20. f4 g6 (20... Rh8 21. f5 exf5 22. Bxf5 $1 Nxf5 23. Nxf5
Bxf5 24. Qxf5 $16) 21. Qxh6 Nf5 22. Bxf5 $6 {Warum mit dem Läufer, warum nicht
mit dem Springer?!} (22. Qg5 $2 Nxe3 23. Bxe3 Qxc3 $132) (22. Nxf5 gxf5 23. Bg2
$18 {Die Stellung ist absolut gewonnen.}) 22... gxf5 {Auch hier steht Weiß auf
Gewinn, aber den Läufer würde man später eher brauchen, wenn man anfängt g4
durchzuführen.} 23. Kh1 Rc8 24. Rg1 {Weiß braucht nur noch einen Zug - g4 -,
und man wird gleich nach Hause gehen können. Unglaublicherweise hat's dann
doch nicht gereicht...} Qa4 25. Qh4 $6 {Man konnte doch gleich g4 spielen.} (
25. g4 $1 fxg4 26. Nxg4 Kd8 (26... Rxg4 27. Rxg4 Qxc2 28. Rg8 Qe4+ 29. Kg1 Ke7
30. f5 $18) 27. Qf6+ Kc7 28. Qxf7 Rh8 29. Ne3 $18) 25... Rc6 $5 {Schwarz hat
da was im Sinne gegen 26.g4.} 26. g4 Ng6 $1 (26... fxg4 27. Nxg4 Rxg4 28. Rxg4
Qxc2 29. Rg8 Qxd2 30. Qh6 $18) 27. gxf5 {Auch 27.Qh7 ist sehr stark.} (27. Qh7
$5 Kf8 (27... Rh8 28. Qg7 Rf8 29. gxf5 exf5 30. Nxd5 $18) 28. Qh6+ Ke8 29. Rac1
$18) 27... exf5 28. Qh7 Rh8 (28... Kf8 29. Qh6+ Ke8 30. Be1 $18) 29. Qg7 Rh3
30. Qg8+ $2 {Wieder unverständlich, warum Weiß nicht die einfachen Züge macht,
das Nehmen auf d5 sah doch wirklich gut aus!} (30. Nxd5 Qxc2 31. Qg8+ Nf8 32.
Rg2 $1 {und Weiß gewinnt} Qe4 33. Nf6+ Rxf6 34. exf6 Bc6 35. Re1 $18) 30... Nf8
31. Rg7 Be6 {Nun ist es nicht mehr so leicht, Schwarz hat sich erstmal
verteidigt.} 32. Rg3 Rh5 {Schwarz hatte eine interessante taktische
Möglichkeit:} (32... f6 $5 33. Qg7 Rh7 34. Qxf6 Bd7 35. Qg5 Rg6 36. Qxg6+ Nxg6
37. Rxg6 $16 {Es ist jedoch schwer zu sagen, welche Stellung einfacher zu
spielen ist, diese oder die in der Partie.}) 33. Qg7 Rb6 $1 {Schwarz kommt
langsam aber sicher zu Gegenspiel. Es sieht so aus, als ob Weiß seinen Vorteil
schon verspielt hat.} 34. Rgg1 Rb2 {Vermutlich waren beide Spieler schon in
Zeitnot.} 35. Rgb1 $2 (35. Qf6 $1 {kommt der Turm nach g8, wird Schwarz
aufegeben müssen} Rxc2 (35... Qd7 36. Rg8 Qe7 37. a4 Qxf6 38. exf6 Rb6 39. Bc1
$18) 36. Nxc2 Qxc2 37. Rg8 Qxd2 (37... Qe4+ 38. Kg1 Qe2 39. Rg2 Qd3 40. Qg7 Rh3
41. Rf1 $18) 38. Rxf8+ Kxf8 39. Qd8+ Kg7 40. Rg1+ Kh7 41. Qg8+ Kh6 42. Qh8#)
35... Rxc2 $2 {Gegenfehler. Besser wäre das Nehmen auf b1:} (35... Rxb1+ 36.
Rxb1 b6 $14 {und Weiß hat nicht genug Angriffspotenzial, um wirkliche
Drohungen aufzubauen.}) 36. Rb4 $4 {Der letzte Fehler, der Schwarz erlaubt,
Remis zu forcieren. Wie Weiß seinen Vorteil realisiert hat, ist natürlich
alles andere als gut.} (36. Qg2 $1 {und Weiß sollte sehr leicht gewinnen} Rxd2
(36... b6 37. Rb4 Rxd2 38. Qxd2 $18) 37. Qxd2 $18) 36... Rxd2 $1 {Das hat Weiß
wohl übersehen.} 37. Rxa4 Rdxh2+ 38. Kg1 Rh1+ 39. Kf2 R5h2+ 40. Kg3 $1 {
Richtig, Weiß kann nicht mehr auf Gewinn spielen.} (40. Ng2 $2 Rxa1 41. Kg3 Rh7
42. Qf6 a6 $17) 40... Rh3+ 41. Kg2 R3h2+ 42. Kg3 Rh3+ 43. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 40th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2012.07.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ {Es gibt noch eine alte
Variante - 5...Ba5, die zuletzt jedoch selten gespielt wurde, und hier ist
warum:} (5... Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Bd7 9. Nxc7+ Qxc7 10. Nf3 Ba4 11.
Bd3 Qc3+ 12. Bd2 Qxd3 13. cxd3 Bxd1 14. Kxd1 Ne7 15. Nxd4 $14) 6. bxc3 Ne7 7.
Qg4 $1 {Weiß kann nur so um Vorteil kämpfen, andere Züge führen zu nichts.} (7.
Nf3 b6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bd3 Ba4 10. h4 h6 11. h5 c4 12. Be2 Kd7 $1 {Das ist die
richtige Idee - die Dame geht nach h7 und der König zum Damenflügel.} 13. Bf4
Qg8 14. Nd2 Qh7 15. Ra2 Na6 $11 {Bologan - Vitiugov (Dagomys, 2010)}) ({Nach} 
7. a4 Qa5 8. Bd2 Nbc6 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. Bb5 Qc7 11. O-O O-O $132 {entsteht eine
Stellung mit guten Gegenchancen.}) 7... cxd4 {Die Hauptalternative heute ist
der Zug 7...0-0:} (7... O-O 8. Bd3 f5 (8... Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3
c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Qf7 14. Ng5 Qe8 15. h4 $36) 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7
11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Nbc6 13. Nf3 c4 14. Be2 $14) 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2
(10. cxd4 $4 Qc3+ $19) 10... Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 12. Qd3 {So lange waren die Züge
für beide Seiten erzwungen, nun hat Schwarz die Wahl.} (12. h4 $5 {Diese
Variante hat Leko später im selben Turnier gespielt.}) 12... d4 13. Nxd4 {
Eine gute Möglichkeit ist auch 13.Ng3.} (13. Ng3 Bd7 14. Be2 O-O-O 15. O-O Qb6
16. Ne4 Nd5 17. Nd6+ Kb8 18. Nxf7 $16 {Karjakin - Kamsky (Nalchik, 2009)})
13... Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bd7 (14... Nf5 15. Bb5+ Bd7 16. Qxd7+ Qxd7 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7
18. Kf2 $16 {Greet - Pyrich (Edinburgh, 2009)}) 15. Rg1 Nf5 {Schwarz kann noch
nicht lang rochieren.} (15... O-O-O $4 16. Qxa7 $18) 16. Qf2 Qc6 {Weiß wollte
g4 spielen, Schwarz hindert ihn daran.} (16... Bc6 17. g4 $16) 17. Bd3 $1 (17.
g4 $2 Qe4+ 18. Be2 Nd4 $17) 17... Qd5 18. Rb1 Bc6 19. Rb3 O-O-O 20. Rxc3 Kb8
21. g4 {Das ist der Hauptzug, die Alternativen sind nicht ausreichend.} (21.
Rc5 $5 Qa2 22. Rxc6 $5 {Ein strategischer Qualitätsopfer. Weiß zerstört das
schwarze Angriffspotenzial und hat mit dem Läuferpaar und zwei Bauern gute
Kompensation.} bxc6 23. Qc5 Rxd3 $1 {Schwarz findet den besten Weg, um die
Partie gleich zum Remis zu führen.} (23... Qd5 $2 24. Qxd5 cxd5 25. Kf2 $16 {
Das Endspiel ist natürlich viel besser für Weiß.}) 24. cxd3 Rxg2 25. Rxg2 Qxg2
$11 {Ganguly - Shulman (Ningbo, 2011)}) (21. Qc5 Rxg2 22. Qxd5 Rxg1+ 23. Kf2
Rdg8 $3 {Schwarz hatte gute Kompensation nach} 24. Qd8+ Rxd8 25. Kxg1 Rg8+ 26.
Kf1 Nh4 27. Be2 Rg2 $15 {Muzychuk - Lahno (Moscow, 2010)}) (21. Rc4 b6 22. g4
Bb5 {Es ist offensichtlich, dass Schwarz eine starke Initiative besitzt.} 23.
Rc3 Nd4 24. Bxb5 Qxb5 $36 {Kuipers - Stellwagen (Netherlands, 2011)}) 21... Nd4
22. Rg3 Qh1+ {Der stärkere von zwei Damenzügen.} (22... Qa2 23. Be3 Qa1+ 24.
Kd2 Nxc2 25. Bxa7+ Ka8 26. Rxc2 Ba4 27. Bc5 Bxc2 28. Kxc2 Rc8 29. Kb3 Qd1+ 30.
Kb2 Rgd8 31. Bd6 $18 {Ernst - Einarsson (Reykjavik, 1990)}) 23. Bf1 {Nach Qf1
hat Schwarz die Chance, ein Endspiel mit ungleichfarbigen Läufern zu bekommen.}
(23. Qf1 Nf3+ 24. Kf2 Qxh2+ 25. Qg2 Qxg2+ 26. Rxg2 Ne1 27. Rg3 Nxd3+ 28. Rcxd3
(28. cxd3 Rh8 $44) 28... Be4 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $11 {Przewoznik - Barbulescu 
(Naleczow, 1988)}) 23... b6 {Die stärkste Fortsetzung.} (23... Rxg4 24. Rxg4
Nf3+ 25. Rxf3 Bxf3 26. Qg1 Rd1+ 27. Kf2 Rxc1 (27... Qxg1+ 28. Rxg1 Rxc1 29.
Kxf3 $18) 28. Qxh1 Bxh1 29. Bd3 $18 {Leviczki - Racz (Hungary, 2011)}) (23...
Qe4+ 24. Be3 Nb5 25. Rd3 $16) 24. Bb2 {Das ist eine neue Idee, früher wurde
nur 24.a4 gespielt.} (24. a4 Qe4+ 25. Rge3 Qd5 26. Red3 Qa5 27. Ba3 Nb5 28. Qd2
Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Nxa3 30. Rxa3 Qxd2+ 31. Kxd2 Rxg4 $44 {Borisovs - Cerrato (ICCF
email 2009/Corr 2011)}) 24... Be4 (24... Rh8 25. h3 Be4 26. a4 $14) 25. a4 {
Weiß will a5 spielen und den schwarzen König schwächen. Daher spielt Schwarz ..
.Rd5, um a5 zu verhindern.} Rd5 26. Ba3 (26. a5 Nxc2+ $1 27. Rxc2 Bxc2 28. Qxc2
Rgd8 $17 {Weiß ist hilflos gegen die Drohung ...Rd1.}) 26... Rc8 27. Bd6+ Kb7
28. Rxc8 Nf3+ $4 {Ein Fehler, der von Leko nicht ausgenutzt wird.} (28... Kxc8
29. c4 Nc2+ 30. Ke2 Rd4 $44) 29. Ke2 Rd2+ (29... Kxc8 30. Rxf3 Bxf3+ 31. Qxf3
Rd2+ 32. Ke3 Qxf3+ 33. Kxf3 Rxh2 34. Bd3 $18) 30. Ke3 Kxc8 31. Rg1 $4 {Weiß
greift ebenfalls fehl. Nach 31.Ba6+ könnte er gewinnen.} (31. Ba6+ Kd8 32. Qf1
Qxh2 (32... Qxf1 33. Bxf1 $18) 33. Rh3 $18) 31... Nxg1 {Nun kommt die Stellung
langsam zum Gleichgewicht.} 32. Kxd2 (32. Ba6+ Bb7 33. Bxb7+ Kxb7 34. Kxd2 Nf3+
(34... Nh3 $2 35. Qg3 Qf1 36. Qe3 Nxf4 37. Qe4+ Ka6 38. h4 $18) 35. Kd3 Qd1+
36. Ke3 Nd4 $44) 32... Nf3+ 33. Kc3 Nxh2 34. Be2 (34. Ba6+ Bb7 35. Bxb7+ Kxb7
$44) 34... Qa1+ 35. Kd2 Qh1 36. Qg3 $2 {Führt sofort zum Remis. Die letzte
Chance war 36.a5.} (36. a5 $5 Kb7 37. axb6 axb6 38. Be7 Nf3+ 39. Ke3 Nh2 $44 {
und Schwarz hat immer noch genug Kompensation.}) 36... Nf1+ $1 {Das Endspiel
mit ungleichfarbigen Läufern ist einfach Remis.} 37. Bxf1 Qxf1 38. Qe3 Qg2+ 39.
Qe2 Qxe2+ 40. Kxe2 Bxc2 41. a5 bxa5 42. Kd2 Bg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 40th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2012.07.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ (5... Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5
Bc7 8. f4 Bd7 9. Nxc7+ Qxc7 10. Nf3 Ba4 11. Bd3 Qc3+ 12. Bd2 Qxd3 13. cxd3 Bxd1
14. Kxd1 Ne7 15. Nxd4 $14) 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 (7. Nf3 b6 {Der einfachste Weg
zum Ausgleich.} 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bd3 Ba4 10. h4 h6 11. h5 c4 12. Be2 Kd7 $1 {
Das ist die richtige Idee - die Dame geht nach h7 und der König zum
Damenflügel.} 13. Bf4 Qg8 14. Nd2 Qh7 15. Ra2 Na6 $11 {Bologan - Vitiugov 
(Dagomys, 2010)}) ({Nach} 7. a4 Qa5 8. Bd2 Nbc6 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. Bb5 Qc7 11. O-O
O-O $132 {entsteht eine Stellung mit guten Gegenchancen.}) 7... Qc7 {Nun folgt
eine Serie von erzwungenen Zügen.} (7... O-O 8. Bd3 f5 (8... Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6
10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Qf7 14. Ng5 Qe8 15. h4 $36) 9.
exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Nbc6 13. Nf3 c4 14. Be2 $14) 8. Qxg7
Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 (10. cxd4 $4 Qc3+ $19) 10... dxc3 11. f4 Nbc6 12. h4
$5 {Ein seltener aber interessanter Zug. Die Hauptfortsetzung ist 12.Qd3} (12.
Qd3 d4 (12... Bd7 13. Rb1 $1 {Meiner Meinung nach der einfachste Weg zum
leichten Vorteil.} O-O-O 14. Rg1 d4 15. g4 $14) 13. Nxd4 {Gute Moeglichkeit zu
spielen ist auch 13.Ng3} (13. Ng3 Bd7 14. Be2 O-O-O 15. O-O Qb6 16. Ne4 Nd5 17.
Nd6+ Kb8 18. Nxf7 $16 {Karjakin - Kamsky (Nalchik, 2009)}) 13... Nxd4 14. Qxd4
Bd7 15. Rg1 Nf5 {Schwarz kann noch nicht lang rochieren.} (15... O-O-O $4 16.
Qxa7 $18) 16. Qf2 Qc6 {Weiß wollte g4 spielen, Schwarz stört ihn daran.} (16...
Bc6 17. g4 $16) 17. Bd3 $1 (17. g4 $2 Qe4+ 18. Be2 Nd4 $17) 17... Qd5 18. Rb1
Bc6 19. Rb3 O-O-O 20. Rxc3 $14 {Ganguly - Shulman (Ningbo, 2011)}) 12... Bd7
13. h5 {Die Idee von Weiß ist leicht zu verstehen - er will so schnell wie
möglich den Bauern nach vorne bringen, um die schwarzen Figuren zu binden.} (
13. Rh3 $6 {Diese Idee sieht logisch aus, hat jedoch einen drastischen
Nachteil - die weiße Dame wird aus dem Spiel ausgeschaltet.} O-O-O 14. Rxc3 Nf5
$1 15. Qh5 d4 $44 {Ljubojevic - Beliavsky (Thessaloniki, 1984)}) 13... O-O-O
14. Qd3 {Diese Stellung konnte man auch mit der Zugfolge 12.Qd3 erreichen.} Nf5
{In dieser Stellung hat Schwarz keine Zeit zu verlieren und kann daher kaum 14.
..d4 spielen.} (14... d4 15. h6 Be8 16. h7 {Weiß ist sehr schnell, sein Bauer
wird stark und der schwarze Turm ist gezwungen, eine passive Stellung zu
nehmen.} Rh8 17. g4 $1 {Weiß muss sehr genau spielen.} (17. Rh3 $2 f6 $1 18.
exf6 Bg6 (18... Nd5 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 $14 {Navara - Petrik (Hustopece,
2010)}) 19. fxe7 Bxd3 20. exd8=Q+ Qxd8 21. Rxd3 Qh4+ 22. g3 Qh2 $11) 17... f6
18. exf6 Bg6 19. f5 Nxf5 20. gxf5 Bxf5 21. Bf4 Qb6 (21... Bxd3 22. Bxc7 Kxc7
23. cxd3 $16) 22. Qc4 Qb2 23. Bg2 Qxa1+ 24. Kf2 Qb2 25. Bxc6 $18) 15. h6 {
Der direkteste Versuch. Öfter wird 15.Rb1 gespielt.} ({Nach} 15. Qxc3 d4 {
hat Schwarz gute Kompensation:} 16. Qd3 Nce7 17. h6 Ba4 18. h7 Rh8 $44 {
Vallejo Pons - Arizmendi Martinez (El Sauzal, 2010)}) (15. Rb1 d4 (15... Na5
16. Rg1 Nc4 17. g4 Qc5 18. Qxc3 Nh4 19. Rg3 $14 {Edouard - Zhukova 
(Aix-les-Bains, 2011)}) 16. Rg1 f6 17. g4 fxe5 18. gxf5 exf5 19. Rxg8 Rxg8 $44
{Brkic - Martinovic (Zagreb, 2012). Es kann sein, dass Weiß hier besser steht,
aber die Stellung ist sehr scharf und hat überhaupt kein strategisches Bild.})
15... Rg6 (15... d4 $2 16. h7 Rh8 17. g4 Nfe7 18. Bg2 $16 {Weiß hat sehr viel
Zeit gewonnen.}) 16. h7 Rh8 17. Be3 $5 (17. Rh3 d4 18. Rb1 Be8 19. Qf3 Qd8 20.
g4 Nh4 21. Qh1 Rxg4 $17 {Bronstein - Uhlmann (Tallinn, 1977)}) 17... d4 $2 {
Schwarz sollte nun den Läufer nehmen.} (17... Qa5 18. Bf2 Nh6 19. Qxc3 Qxc3+
20. Nxc3 Rxh7 21. Bd3 $18) (17... Kb8 18. Bf2 Rg7 19. Rb1 d4 20. g3 $14 {
Pieczonka - Bakiera (Poland, 2007)}) (17... Nxe3 $5 {Das ist der kritische Zug.
Ich kann nicht sagen, wie Leko hier auf Vorteil spielen wollte.} 18. Qxe3 Rg7
$1 {Schwarz will den Bauern h7 gewinnen und damit eine strategisch bessere
Stellung bekommen.} 19. O-O-O (19. Nxc3 d4 20. Qd3 Qa5 $19) 19... Rgxh7 20.
Rxh7 Rxh7 21. Nxc3 a6 22. Na4 Ne7 23. Bd3 Rh8 24. Nb6+ Kb8 $11) 18. Bf2 $1 {
Weiß behält den Läufer und die Kontrolle über die schwarzen Felder.} (18. Bxd4
Ncxd4 19. Nxd4 Rg3 20. Nf3 Bc6 $44) 18... Qa5 (18... Rg7 {Schwarz kann nicht
im nächsten Zug auf h7 nehmen.} 19. Rh3 a6 (19... Rgxh7 20. Rxh7 Rxh7 21. g4
$18) 20. Rb1 Qa5 21. Nxd4 Ncxd4 22. Bxd4 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Rgxh7 24. Qxc3+ Qxc3+
25. Rxc3+ $16) 19. Rh3 f6 $1 {Schwarz muss die Stellung öffnen, um an den
gegnerischen König ranzukommen.} (19... Rg7 20. Nxd4 Ncxd4 21. Bxd4 Nxd4 22.
Qxd4 Rgxh7 23. Qxc3+ Qxc3+ 24. Rxc3+ $16) 20. Nxd4 {Es sieht so aus, als ob
Weiß nach 20.exf6 zu großem Vorteil kommen würde, doch die Stellung ist so
scharf, dass es sicherlich praktischer ist, einfach auf d4 zu nehmen und einen
stabilen Vorteil zu bekommen.} (20. exf6 e5 (20... Rxf6 21. Nxd4 e5 22. Nxc6
Bxc6 23. g4 Ne7 24. fxe5 Qxe5+ 25. Qe3 $18) 21. f7 $1 Rf6 22. g4 Rxf7 (22...
Ne3 23. Bxe3 dxe3 24. g5 Rxf7 25. g6 Rg7 26. Rg3 exf4 27. Nxf4 $18) 23. gxf5
Bxf5 24. Qc4 Rfxh7 (24... Bxh3 25. Bxh3+ Kb8 26. Qxf7 $18) 25. Rxh7 Rxh7 26.
fxe5 d3 (26... Bxc2 27. Bxd4 $18) 27. cxd3 c2+ 28. Qc3 Qxc3+ 29. Nxc3 Nxe5 30.
d4 (30. Kd2 Rh2 $17) 30... Nf3+ 31. Ke2 Bg4 32. Ke3 Rh1 33. Bg3 $18) 20... fxe5
(20... Ncxd4 21. Bxd4 Nxd4 22. Qxg6 $18) 21. Nxf5 {Wieder die einfachste
Entscheidung.} exf5 22. Rd1 {Weiß bringt alle seine Figuren ins Spiel.} (22.
Qxc3 Qxc3+ 23. Rxc3 exf4 24. Bxa7 Rxh7 $14) 22... Rg7 (22... Be6 23. Qd6 exf4
24. Bd4 Nxd4 25. Qxd4 $18) 23. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 24. Rxc3 {Das Endspiel ist viel
besser für Weiß.} exf4 (24... Kb8 25. fxe5 Nxe5 (25... Rgxh7 26. Bg3 $18) 26.
Bd4 Re7 27. Re3 $18) 25. Bxa7 Rhxh7 26. Bc5 $1 {Die Idee von Weiß ist klar -
er will den Läufer nach d6 stellen und den Bauern f4 gewinnen. Schwarz kann
kaum etwas dagegen machen.} Be8 (26... Rg3 27. Rxg3 fxg3 28. Bd6 Rh4 29. Bxg3
Re4+ 30. Kd2 Ra4 31. Bd6 Rd4+ 32. Kc1 $18) 27. Bd6 Rh4 28. Kf2 {Die Stellung
ist fast schon gewonnen für Weiß.} Rd7 29. Rdd3 (29. Be2 Bh5 30. Bxh5 Rxh5 31.
Rcd3 Rh4 32. Kf3 $18) 29... Bh5 (29... Bf7 30. Be2 Bh5 31. Bxh5 Rxh5 32. Bxf4
Rxd3 33. cxd3 $18) 30. Rc4 Rg4 31. Bxf4 Re7 32. g3 Rg8 33. Ra4 1-0

[Event "Berliner Sommer 15th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Poldauf, Dirk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Bd3
cxd4 9. Ne2 dxc3 10. Qxg7 Rg8 11. Qxh7 Nbc6 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Bg3
d4 15. Rfe1 Be8 $2 16. Nf4 $1 $16 Rg5 $6 (16... Nxe5 $2 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bxe5
$18) (16... Kb8 17. Bh4 $1 {/\ Bf6, h4-h5-h6} (17. Nh5 $16)) 17. Qh6 Rg8 (17...
Rxe5 $2 18. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Qxe6+ $18) 18. Bh7 Rh8 19. Qg7 Bd7
20. Qxf7 Rhf8 21. Qg7 Nf5 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. Rab1 Rdf8 (23... Rxe5 24. Nxe6 $18)
(23... Qa5 24. Nxe6 $18) 24. Nd5 $1 Qd8 (24... exd5 25. e6 $18) 25. Nf6 b6 26.
h4 $18 R5xf6 (26... Qe7 27. Qg4 $18 {/\ h5}) 27. exf6 Qxf6 28. Qxf6 Rxf6 29.
Rb5 Be8 30. Rg5 (30. h5 $142 Rh6 31. Bf4 Rxh5 32. Rxh5 Bxh5 33. Rxe6 $18) 30...
Bg6 31. Rc1 Kb7 32. h5 Bf5 33. Rg7+ Ka6 34. Bh4 Rf8 35. f3 e5 36. g4 Be6 37. h6
d3 38. cxd3 Nd4 39. Kh2 c2 (39... Nxf3+ 40. Kh3 $18 (40. Kg3 Nd4 {/\ Ne2})) 40.
h7 Bb3 41. Bf6 (41. Bf6 Ne2 42. Rxc2 Bxc2 43. Rg8 $18) 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Bd3
c4 9. Be2 Nf5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Qh5 h6 12. g4 (12. Ng5 $6 Rf8 $1 13. Nh3 Bd7 14.
g4 $4 g6 $19) 12... Nfe7 13. Ng5 Ng6 $6 (13... g6 $6 14. Qh3 Nxe5 $2 15. dxe5
Qxe5 16. Qg3 $1 $18) (13... Rf8 $1 14. Nh3 Qa5 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. f4 O-O-O $10 {
>< Nh3}) 14. Nh3 Qa5 $1 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. f4 Nge7 17. Ng5 $1 Rf8 18. Nf3 O-O-O
19. O-O Qa4 $2 {Black had to keep the pressure on c3 and d4, so as to
immobilise the bishop on d2 and hence, the knight on f3.} (19... Rh8 $1) 20.
Ra2 Rh8 $1 21. Qh3 (21. Qxf7 $2 h5 $1 {is much too dangerous for White.}) 21...
f5 22. Nh4 $1 Qa5 23. Bc1 $1 Rdg8 24. gxf5 exf5 25. Ng2 g5 26. a4 $1 {White
slowly takes over the initiative.} Ng6 27. Bh5 $1 Nd8 28. Kh1 Ne6 29. Ra1 $1
Qd8 30. a5 Rg7 $6 (30... a6 $142) 31. a6 b6 32. Qf3 Nc7 33. Ba3 g4 {Black is
now forced to close the game if he wants to hold both d5 and f5.} 34. Qg3 Ne7
35. Ne3 Be6 36. Qg2 $6 {Playing for tricks on my opponent's time-trouble.} (36.
h3 $1 $16 {was much stronger right away.}) 36... Rhg8 $1 37. Bd6 Qd7 38. Rfb1
Qc6 39. Rb4 $6 Kd7 $1 40. Rbb1 Nb5 41. Bb4 Ng6 42. Qg3 Qc8 43. Rf1 $1 {/\ 44.
Ng4 fg4 45.f5} Kc7 44. h3 $1 {Back on track.} gxh3 45. Rg1 $1 Qe8 (45... Nxe5
$2 46. Qxg7+ Rxg7 47. Rxg7+ Nd7 48. Bf3 $18) 46. Raf1 (46. Qxh3 $2 Nxf4 $1 47.
Rxg7+ Rxg7 48. Bxe8 Nxh3 49. Bxb5 f4 $1 $40 {/\ Nf2}) 46... Kc8 47. Qxh3 Qd7 {
/\ 48...Nf4!} 48. Rg2 Nc7 $2 $138 (48... Ne7 49. Rfg1 Rxg2 50. Rxg2 Rxg2 51.
Qxg2 Nc6 52. Bf3 $1 Nxb4 53. cxb4 Nc7 (53... Nxd4 54. Bxd5 $16) 54. c3 $16) 49.
Qh2 $1 Nxa6 50. Rfg1 Nxb4 51. cxb4 Nf8 52. Bf3 $1 Ng6 53. c3 Qf7 $2 {A losing
blunder} (53... Kb8 54. Rg3 $16 {/\ R1g2, Qg1}) 54. Bh5 $18 Qe8 55. Rg3 $1 Kd8
56. R1g2 Qa4 57. Bxg6 Qa1+ 58. Rg1 Qxc3 59. Nxf5 Qxg3 60. Nxg3 Rxg6 61. f5 {
A bit lazy.} (61. Qf2 $18 {was cleaner}) 61... Bxf5 62. Nxf5 Rxg1+ 63. Qxg1
Rxg1+ 64. Kxg1 a5 65. bxa5 bxa5 66. Ne3 c3 67. Kf2 a4 68. Nc2 Ke7 69. Ke3 Kf7
70. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Leko,P"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Bd3
c4 9. Be2 Nf5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Qh5 Bd7 $2 (11... h6 $1) 12. g4 $1 Qa5 $8 (12...
Nfe7 13. Ng5 Ng6 14. f4 Nce7 15. O-O $16 {Almasi,Z-Masserey Horgen "B" 1995})
13. Bd2 Nh6 $1 $8 (13... Nfe7 14. Ng5 Ng6 (14... g6 15. Qh6 $16) 15. f4 $16)
14. Qg5 $1 (14. Rb1 O-O-O 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Kd2 Rhg8 17. Rhg1 Rg6 $13) (14. Ng5
O-O-O 15. f4 Rdf8 $13) 14... O-O 15. Rb1 $1 (15. Qh5 f6 $1 16. exf6 Rxf6 17.
Qh3 (17. g5 Rf5) 17... Rff8 $1 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nf7 20. Qg3 Ba4 $1 $13)
15... f6 (15... b5 $5) 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Rxb7 Rg6 18. Qf4 {*} e5 $8 (18... Bc8
19. Qc7 $1 (19. Rc7 e5 $1) 19... Bxb7 20. Qxb7 Rb8 21. Qxc6 e5 22. Qc5 $16) 19.
Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Qxe5 $2 (20. dxe5 $1 Bxg4 21. Rg1 $1 Rf8 (21... Bxe2 22. Rxg6
hxg6 23. Rxg7+ $1 (23. Kxe2 Nf5) 23... Kxg7 24. Qxh6+ Kf7 25. Qh7+ Ke6 26.
Qxg6+ Kd7 (26... Kxe5 27. f4#) 27. Qd6+ Kc8 28. Qc6+ $18) 22. Qd4 Bxe2 23. Rxg6
hxg6 24. Kxe2 $16) 20... Re8 21. Rb8 Rge6 22. Rxe8+ (22. Qxe6+ Bxe6 23. Rxe8+
Kf7 24. Rh8 Nxg4 25. Rxh7 Qxa3 26. O-O Nf6 27. Rh4 Qb2 $17) 22... Rxe8 23. Qf4
Nxg4 $1 $138 (23... Bxg4 24. f3 Bf5 25. Rg1 Bg6 26. Kf2 $44) 24. Rg1 (24. f3
Qxa3 25. O-O Nf6 26. Rf2 a5 27. Rg2 Qe7 $17) (24. Rg1 Qxa3 25. Rg3 Qb2 $3 (
25... Qa1+ 26. Bc1 Rf8 27. Qd2 $1 (27. Qg5 h6 28. Qxd5+ Kh8 $17) 27... Nxf2 28.
Rxg7+ $1 $10) 26. Rf3 (26. Be3 Qxc3+ 27. Kf1 Nxe3+ 28. Rxe3 Qxe3 $1 29. fxe3
Rf8 $19) (26. Kf1 Rf8 $19) 26... Nf6 27. Kf1 Qxc2 $17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ARM-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2012.01.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2012.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3
Nc6 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nge7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. O-O Be8 14. h4 Bh5
15. Ng5 Nxd4 16. c3 f4 17. Qh3 Nb3 18. Nxe6 Qc8 19. Ra2 Nc5 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21.
Rb2 b6 22. Rb4 f3 23. g4 Bg6 24. Bxg6 Nxg6 25. Re1 Ne7 26. Qg3 Nc6 27. Rf4 Rxf4
28. Bxf4 Rf8 29. e6 Qxc3 30. Re3 $2 (30. Rc1 Qf6 31. Rxc6 $11) 30... Qc4 $19
31. Bg5 Nd4 $6 (31... h6 32. Bxh6 gxh6 $17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hagen, Andreas Skytte"]
[Black "Erturan, Yakup"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Let's Check Training"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3
Nc6 9. Ne2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nge7 11. c3 O-O 12. h4 Bd7 13. h5 Rac8 14. h6 g6 15.
Rh3 Rf7 16. Nf4 Kh8 17. Rb1 Rg8 18. Bd3 g5 19. Ne2 f4 20. Qg4 Nxe5 21. dxe5
Qxe5 22. Bb2 Qd6 $4 23. Qh5 Rf6 24. c4 e5 25. cxd5 Bxh3 26. Qxh3 Qxd5 27. Bc4
Qxc4 28. Bxe5 Rgf8 29. Rxb7 Qe4 30. Qe6 Nd5 31. Bxf6+ Nxf6 {[%tqu "En","","",
"","e6f6","",10]} 32. Qxf6+ $1 1-0

[Event "Dresden zt 1.2"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1998.05.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1998.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 (6... Qa5 $5) (
6... Qc7) 7. Qg4 Qc7 ({In der modernen Großmeisterpraxis ist gegenwärtig (2004)
die Fortsetzung} 7... O-O {populärer.} 8. Bd3 $5 f5 (8... Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10.
Nf3 Qc7 $13) 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7) 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6
11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Nxc3 a6 14. Rb1 Na5 15. h4 Nf5 16. Rh3 O-O-O 17. h5
Rg4 (17... Nc4 18. Rb4 Bc6 19. Ne2 Bb5 20. a4 Qc5 21. Ba3 Bc6 22. Qc3 Qa7 23.
a5 $13 {Hort,V-Nogueiras,J/ Biel 1988/ 1/2-1/2 (43)}) 18. Nd1 $5 $146 ({
Sehr stark ist} 18. Qf3 $1 Rdg8 19. h6 $16) 18... Ba4 19. Qc3 Qxc3+ 20. Rxc3+
Nc4 21. Nb2 Bc6 22. Nxc4 dxc4 23. Rxc4 Kd7 $1 $44 24. Rb3 Bxg2 25. Rd3+ Ke8 26.
Rc7 (26. Rxd8+ Kxd8 27. Be2 Rh4 $44) 26... Bxf1 27. Kxf1 Rh4 28. Kg2 Rxd3 29.
cxd3 Rxh5 30. Rxb7 Nh4+ 31. Kf2 {[%mdl 4096]} (31. Kg1 $5 Nf5 $44 {/\ R h3})
31... Nf5 32. Kg2 Nh4+ 33. Kf1 Nf5 34. Ke2 Rh1 $6 (34... Rh2+ $142 $5 35. Kd1 (
35. Kf3 {Comp Fritz8} Rh3+ 36. Ke4 Rh1 37. Bd2 Rh2 $14) 35... Nd4 $44 (35...
Rh1+ {Comp Fritz8} 36. Kd2 Nd4 $14)) 35. Be3 {/\ Bc5} Nxe3 36. Kxe3 $16 Ra1 37.
Rb8+ Kd7 38. Rb7+ Ke8 39. Rb3 a5 40. Kd4 a4 41. Rc3 Rf1 ({Auf} 41... Kd7 $2 {
folgt entscheidend} 42. Kc5 $18) 42. Ke3 (42. Rc4 Rxf4+ 43. Kc3 Rf5 44. d4 f6
$14) 42... Ra1 43. Kd2 Kd7 44. Kc2 Ra2+ 45. Kc1 (45. Kb1 Rd2) 45... Ra1+ $2 {
Der entscheidende Fehler.} ({Mit} 45... Kd8 $142 {hätte Schwarz Remis halten
können:} 46. Kb1 Rd2 47. Rc4 Rxd3 48. Rxa4 Rf3 49. Kb2 Kc8 $11) 46. Kb2 Rd1 47.
Rc4 Rxd3 48. Rxa4 Rf3 (48... Kc6 49. Ra7 $18) 49. Rc4 f6 (49... Ke7 50. a4 $18)
50. exf6 Ke8 51. a4 $18 Kf7 52. a5 Rd3 53. a6 Rd7 54. Ra4 Ra7 55. Kc3 {und
Schwarz gab auf.} (55. Kc3 Kxf6 56. Kd4 $18 {/\ Kc5-b6}) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "Macieja,B"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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 {Psakhis} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4
O-O {Vaisser's favourite variation.} 8. Bd3 Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3
c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Qf7 ({It is quite possible that} 13... Bd7 {[%cal
Gf8f5] (Psakhis) is safer than the move in the game.}) 14. Ng5 ({5 rounds
earlier Ilia Smirin played much less precisely and lost a lot of time after} 
14. Kd2 $2 h6 15. h4 Bd7 16. Ng1 b5 17. Nh3 a5 18. Nf4 Ne7 {As eventually
Vaisser won that game I expected he could try to play the same against me.})
14... Qe8 (14... Qf5 $2 15. Qe2 $1 $16 {Kasparov-Short, Munich 1994}) 15. h4 h6
16. Nh3 {It is easy to compare, that white is much more advanced, than in
Smirin's game.} a5 $6 ({Black tries to organise a counterplay on queen's side,
but he should have been first thought about protecting his king.} 16... Ne7 {
looks more solid.}) (16... b5 {Psakhis} 17. Qe2 (17. Nf4 Ne7 18. Kd2 a5 19. Qh3
Bd7 20. Rab1 Qf7 21. f3 Rab8 22. Ne2 Nc6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Jussupow,A/
Corsica Masters 2002/CBM 92 (53)}) 17... Bd7 18. g4 a5 19. h5 gxh5 20. g5 (20.
Rg1 Ne7 21. gxh5 Kh7 22. Qg4 Nf5 23. Kd2 Qe7 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Nf4 Nh4 26. Qg4
Rxf4 $1 27. Bxf4 Rf8 28. Rh1 Nf5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Almasi,Z/Budapest 2003/ 
(52)}) 20... hxg5 21. Nxg5 g6 $132 {0-1 Van den Doel,E-Psakhis,L/Bled Olympiad
2002/CBM 92 (33)}) 17. h5 $1 {It is very important, that white doesn't have to
go 17.Nf4 first and after 18.h5 g5 come back with the knight to h3.} gxh5 ({Now
} 17... g5 {is immediately met with} 18. f4 $16) 18. Qe2 b5 $6 {Psakhis:
'Probably a serious mistake'} ({Black's counter-play on queen's side is
definitely too slow and cannot be seriously taken into consideration.
Vaisser's real idea was to open 7th rank to develope Ra8. Nevertheless the
last chance to organise defence was to sacrifice an exchange: Psakhis: The
future of this variation depends upon the evaluation of position after} 18...
Bd7 {'!?' Psakhis.} 19. Nf4 Rxf4 $1 20. Bxf4 Qf7 21. Be3 Be8 {with some
compensation.}) 19. Nf4 g6 20. Nxh5 $3 $18 ({A very strong novelty, which
finishes a game immediately. Svidler against Bareev (Elista 1997) played} 20.
g4 Ne7 $1 21. Ng2 $1 (21. gxh5 g5 $13) 21... Kh7 22. Qd2 $1 Ng8 $1 {which led
to unnecessary complications.}) 20... gxh5 21. Rxh5 {For a piece white have
only one pawn, but will win the second and in the worst case an exchange in a
good redaction. There is no defence for black.} Ra7 {Psakhis: 'This move looks
very logical - the rook is included in the defence, but White has good
opportunities to develop his attack. From other point of view it is very
difficult to find a satisfactory defence for Black. For example:'} (21... Kf7
22. Bxh6 Rg8 23. Qf3+ Ke7 24. Bg5+ Rxg5 25. Rh7+ $1 Kd8 26. Qf6+ Ne7 27. Qxg5
$18) (21... Qg6 22. Rxh6 Qxg2 (22... Qg7 23. Rh3 $18) 23. Qh5 $18) (21... Rf5
22. Rxh6 Ra7 23. O-O-O $18) (21... Ne7 22. Rxh6 Kg7 23. O-O-O Rh8 24. Rdh1 Rxh6
25. Rxh6 Qf7 26. Rf6 $18) 22. Bxh6 Rff7 $6 ({A little bit longer black would
play after} 22... Ne7 23. Rg5+ Ng6 24. Qh5 Rg7 {though it would not change the
result of the game} 25. O-O-O Rf5 $8 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 (26... Rxg5 27. Qxg5 Kxg7
28. Qf6+ Kg8 29. Rh1 $18) 27. Rh1 Rxg5 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Qxg5 $18) 23. Qg4+ Rg7
24. Bxg7 Rxg7 25. Qh4 Qxh5 (25... Qg6 26. Rh8+ Kf7 27. Qf4+ $18) 26. Qxh5 Bd7
27. Kd2 Rh7 28. Qg4+ Rg7 29. Qf3 Rf7 30. Qe3 Rh7 31. g4 Be8 32. Qg5+ Rg7 33.
Qf6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.20"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Wang, Zili"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Makarichev,S"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[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 "China"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. h4 Nbc6 8. h5
Qa5 9. Bd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa4 11. Bc3 b6 12. Qd3 $5 (12. h6 gxh6 13. Qd3 a5 $5 (
13... Nf5 14. Qb5 Qxb5 15. Bxb5 Bd7 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. g4 $14 {Wegener,
D-Shcmidt,B/BUL/1992/}) 14. Qd2 Nf5 $15 {Short,N-Kortchnoi,V/Wijk aan Zee/1987/
}) 12... h6 13. Nf3 a5 $1 14. Qd2 Ba6 $15 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Qd3 (16. Rh4 Qc4 $1
{xf1/}) (16. Kf1 $6 Kd7 $1 17. Rh4 Rc8 18. Rf4 Ke8 $17 {xc2/}) 16... Qc4 17.
Ke2 Rf8 $5 (17... Qxd3+ $6 18. cxd3 $1 $132) 18. Nd2 Qxd3+ 19. Kxd3 (19. cxd3
f6 20. g4 $140 $2 (20. f4 $4 Nf5 $19 {xd4,g3/}) (20. Nf3 $5 Kd7 $15) 20... fxe5
21. dxe5 d4 $1) 19... f6 20. f4 (20. Nf3 fxe5 21. dxe5 Kd7 $15 (21... Rf4 22.
Rh4 $13)) 20... fxe5 21. fxe5 Rf4 $1 22. Ke3 (22. Raf1 $2 Rg4 23. Rf2 Nf5 $17)
22... Rg4 $1 23. Kf3 $8 Rxd4 $1 $40 24. Bxd4 Nxd4+ 25. Kf2 Nxc2 26. Ra2 {xa3/}
Nd4 27. Nf3 Nb3 28. g4 $1 (28. Rb1 a4 29. Nd2 Nc5 $1 $17 {xe5/}) 28... b5 (
28... Kd7 $6 29. Rb1 Nc5 $6 (29... a4 $13) 30. Ke3 $14) 29. Rb1 a4 30. Nd2 Nd4
$1 31. Nf3 Nb3 32. Nd2 Nd4 33. Nf3 Nxf3 (33... Nb3 $10) 34. Kxf3 Nc6 35. Kf4 (
35. Rxb5 $4 Nd4+) 35... Rb6 36. Rg2 (36. Rab2 $5 Nd4 (36... b4 $6 37. axb4 a3
38. Ra2 (38. Rb3 $2 a2 39. Ra1 Rxb4+ $1 40. Rxb4 Nxb4 41. Kf3 Kd7 42. Ke2 d4
43. Kd2 Kc6 $19) 38... Nxb4 39. Rb3 $1 $14 (39. Rxa3 $2 Nd3+ $17)) 37. Rb4 Nb3
$13 (37... Ne2+ 38. Ke3 Nc3 39. Rg1 $132 (39. Rc1 $2 Na2))) 36... Rb7 37. g5
hxg5+ 38. Rxg5 b4 $1 $15 39. Rg6 Rf7+ $1 (39... Kf7 $4 40. Rbg1) 40. Ke3 Kd7
41. axb4 Nxe5 42. Rg5 Kd6 43. Rbg1 $1 Rf3+ 44. Ke2 Rh3 45. R1g3 Rh2+ 46. Rg2
Rh4 47. Rxg7 Rxh5 48. Ra7 $10 Nc4 49. Rxa4 Re5+ 50. Kf2 Rf5+ 51. Ke2 Re5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.09"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[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 "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Kf8 $5 {
Strategically, a very ambitious move. Black defends the g7-pawn without
exposing his king to an immediate attack or creating any sort of weakness. He
also hopes that the queen's placement on g4 will prove a bit too committal and
that the queenside weaknesses will tell in the long run. Everything is very
logical, but Black will have one big problem with connecting rooks. It is
mostly about a few tempi, but time is important in chess, too. The classic
experts of this variation are Eingorn and Predrag Nikolic. The Socko family
has also taken it up as a home specialty over the past 10 years or so.} 8. a4 (
{Despite the favourable result, Naiditsch' only previous experience with this
line does not seem too encouraging:} 8. Nf3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qa4 10. Rc1 Nbc6 11. Be2
b6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Bxa6 Qxa6 14. Ng5 h6 15. Qh5 Nd8 {Naiditsch,A (2700)
-Drozdovskij,Y (2603) Odessa 2009 (1-0, 34). White's attack does not seem to
be really going anywhere, while the queenside situation is depressing.}) ({
One older game I remembered when annotating this one went} 8. h4 Qc7 9. Qd1
cxd4 10. cxd4 Qc3+ 11. Bd2 Qxd4 12. Nf3 Qe4+ 13. Be2 b6 14. O-O Ba6 15. c4 {
Kasparov,G (2805)-Nikolic,P (2655) Horgen 1994 CBM 043 [Ftacnik,L] (1-0, 39).
Kasparov knew how to stir up more trouble than his opponent could handle, but
objectively Black should probably not be worried.}) 8... Qc7 9. Qd1 $5 {
White agrees to "lose" two tempi in order to correct his main drawback of
coordination. Indeed, Black will need more than that to get castled
artificially.} cxd4 $146 {Nobody has been curious enough to test the pawn grab
in this specific position so far.} ({Socko was not keen on repeating} 9... b6 {
The simple} 10. Nf3 {is better, using the a4-pawn for other purposes.} ({True,
} 10. a5 {fails to impress:} Ba6 11. Nf3 (11. axb6 $6 axb6 12. Nf3 $2 Be2 $1 {
Mokrinsky,Y-Pichugin,A (2400) Odessa 2003 (0-1, 26)}) 11... Bxf1 12. axb6 Qb7
13. Rxf1 axb6 14. Ba3 Nd7 $11 {Rocha,S (2390)-Kristjansson,S (2431) Bled 2002 
(1-0, 84)}) 10... Ba6 {A bit too straightforward.} ({The more flexible} 10...
h6 {would transpose to Perunovic-Drasko from this same tournament, which I
have annotated as well.}) 11. Bb5 $1 h6 12. O-O Bxb5 $2 ({I do not understand
this concession. Black should have played the same plan as in the game without
the exchange on b5. If White reacts in the same way, things would be quite
different:} 12... Kg8 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. c4 d4 {[%cal Ga6b7]}) 13. axb5 Kg8 14.
dxc5 bxc5 15. c4 Nd7 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Re1 Nf8 18. c4 d4 19. Ra6 Ne6 20. Qd3 g6
21. Bd2 Kg7 22. Rea1 (22. h4 $5 $40) 22... Qb7 23. Nh4 Nc7 24. Rd6 a6 25. bxa6
Nxa6 $2 (25... Rxa6 $16) 26. Rb1 $1 Qc8 27. e6 (27. Qf3 $18) 27... Rd8 28. Rxd8
Qxd8 29. exf7 $18 {1-0 (45) Areshchenko,A (2595)-Socko,B (2583) Warsaw 2005}) (
9... Nbc6 {1-0 (54) Kreiman,B (2493)-Kaidanov,G (2596) Seattle 2002 CBM 087 
[Psakhis,L]}) 10. cxd4 Qc3+ 11. Bd2 Qxd4 12. Nf3 Qe4+ ({Provoking h2-h3 with} 
12... Qg4 13. h3 Qe4+ 14. Be2 {most likely favours White, since he takes the
g4-square away from the black queen.}) 13. Be2 {White has used rather well the
tempi wasted by the greedy black queen. His advance in development is obvious
and although there are no weaknesses in Black's camp, White's compensation is
beyond any doubt.} Nbc6 ({We can feel that a3-a4 is more effective than
Kasparov's h2-h4 since Nikolic' plan does not work out properly anymore:} 13...
b6 $2 14. a5 $1 Ba6 15. axb6 axb6 16. O-O $16 Bxe2 $2 17. Rxa8 Bxd1 18. Rxb8+
Nc8 19. Rxc8+ Ke7 20. Ng5 Qd4 21. Bc3 $18 {[%cal Gc8h8]}) 14. Bc3 Ng6 15. O-O
Nf4 {A very appealing move, taking over the control of the light squares,
which fails to solve Black's problems, though.} (15... Ngxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17.
Re1 Nc6 (17... Qf4 18. g3 Qf5 19. a5 {[%cal Ga1a4]}) 18. Ra3 {[%cal Gc3b2,
Ga3g3,Gc2c4]}) (15... Nh4 16. Nxh4 Qxh4 17. Bb2 {[%cal Gc2c4,Ga1a3]} Na5 $6 18.
Ba3+ Kg8 19. c4 $16 Nxc4 $2 20. g3 Qg5 21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. f4 $18) ({It makes
some sense to play a neutral move like} 15... Kg8 {keeping both ...Ngxe5 and ..
.Nf4 in reserve.} 16. g3 $1 {Surprisingly, this parries one of the threats and
prepares well against the other.} (16. Re1 Nh4 17. Nxh4 Qxh4 18. Bb2 Na5 19. g3
Qb4 20. Ba3 Qc3 21. Bd3 Bd7 $13) (16. Bb2 {[%cal Gc2c4] This basically loses
some time with respect to the game.} Nf4 17. Bd3 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Qf5 19. a5 h6
$13) 16... Ngxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Re1 f6 (18... Nc6 $2 19. Bd3 $1 $18) 19. Bh5
Qc4 (19... Qf5 20. f4 Nc6 21. Bg4 Qg6 22. f5 $18) 20. Bxe5 fxe5 21. Rxe5 h6 $14
) 16. Bd3 $1 {A crucial move, leaving the black queen in a narrow space on the
kingside.} (16. Re1 Qg6 17. Nh4 Qg5 18. g3 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 h6 {looks comfy for
Black.}) 16... Nxd3 17. cxd3 Qf5 18. a5 $1 {Preparing to undermine the enemy
knight, although a5-a6 may not be a threat yet. Actually, I feel that the more
important detail at this stage of the game is that White clears the a4-square
for the rook. Black's position still looks solid, but he cannot complete his
development properly. Remarkably, White does not intend to launch a kingside
attack. He rather sets up pressure on the queenside, where due to his poor
coordination, Black will be a rook down (actually we could also count the
queen!!) Knowing in advance the ulterior course of the game and the lines
below, I would express my serious doubts about the corectness of Black's
novelty. Engines award a neutral +/=, but I would be inclined towards at least
+/-.} a6 $6 {This certainly looks premature, but I am not sure if Black could
avoid it in the long run.} (18... h6 19. Qe2 (19. a6 b6 {looks OK for Black.})
19... Kg8 20. Rfc1 Kh7 (20... a6 21. h3 Kh7 {Black only needs to play ...Rd8
and ...Kg8 to be fine, but he does not get to it so easily:} 22. Bd2 $3 {
[%csl Gf5] threatening to trap the queen with 23.g4 Qg6 24.Nh4.} g5 {Not a
recommendable weakening, but what else?} 23. Rab1 $16) 21. a6 $16 b6 $2 22. Bd2
$3 $18 Bd7 (22... Ne7 23. Nh4 {[%csl Gf5]}) 23. Rxc6 Bxc6 24. Nd4 $18) ({
Apart from weakening the dark squares,} 18... g6 {leaves the queen in trouble
after} 19. Qd2 Kg7 20. Ra4 $1 {[%cal Ga4f4]}) 19. Qb1 {Taking advantage of
Black's over-cautious previous move.} (19. Qe2 $16 {is also possible.}) 19...
h6 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 {According to all the rules, such an overwhelming
advance in development with opposite coloured bishops should be decisive.} Kg8
22. Rc1 Kh7 23. Rc7 Rd8 24. Bc5 d4 $5 (24... Qxe5 25. Rxf7) 25. Be7 Rd5 (25...
Rd7 26. Rxd7 Bxd7 27. Qxb7 $18) 26. Bd6 {[%cal Gb1c2,Gc7e7,Gc2c7]} f6 27. Re7
fxe5 28. Qb6 Qf8 29. Qc7 b5 (29... Kg6 30. Re1 Rxd6 31. Qxd6 Kf6 32. Rxe5 $3
Qxe7 33. Rf5+ $1 {Nice trick!} Kxf5 34. Qxe7 $18) 30. Rf7 (30. axb6 $18) 30...
Qxf7 (30... Qg8 31. Rf8 $18) 31. Qxf7 Rxd6 32. Rc1 Rd8 33. Rc7 Rg8 34. g4 e4
35. g5 e5 36. Qh5 Kh8 37. gxh6 gxh6+ 38. Kf1 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.04.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qg4
Kf8 {For more details about this line please check my article on French trends,
published on this same DVD, written shortly before analysing this new game.} 9.
Nf3 b6 $6 {A rare continuation and as it will turn out not a very inspired one.
The problem is that it does not contribute directly to what Black needs most -
development.} ({In the article I have mainly examined} 9... Ne7 {Motylev,A 
(2660)-Kovalenko,I (2667) Poikovsky 2016 (1-0, 60)}) 10. c4 $146 {Abstractly
the most logical continuation. Given Black's delay in development and the
recent weakening of the long diagonal, he needs to open the centre. One
important detail is that this way he removes the pin along the fourth rank.} ({
In practice the unpinning move} 10. Qf4 {has worked out well but mainly
because of Black's inaccurate play.} h6 $6 ({Not a dveloping move, the same as
} 10... Qxc2 $6 11. Ng5 Qf5 12. Qxf5 exf5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Be3 c4 15. O-O-O
Be6 16. Bxc4 $16 {Butkiewicz,L (2430)-Bednarek,S (2333) Mrzezyno 2011 (½-½,
42). The point is that} dxc4 17. Rd8+ Ke7 18. Rhd1 $18 {leaves Black with both
(!!) wings undeveloped for instance} Bd7 19. R1xd7+ Nxd7 20. Rxa8) (10... c4 {
is more solid, preventing dxc5, but it also looks like a slight concession.
Still, after} 11. Ng5 Qe8 {the whole fight lies ahead.}) ({Abstractly I prefer
the developing} 10... Ne7 {for if} 11. dxc5 Qxc2 $13 {[%cal Gc2f5]}) 11. dxc5
Qxf4 12. Bxf4 bxc5 13. Be3 c4 14. Bc5+ Ke8 15. Nd4 Na6 16. Bd6 $14 {½-½ (22)
Kim,A (2460)-Szwed,J (2369) Marianske Lazne 2016}) 10... Ne7 $1 $14 {Black
tries catching up in development in the 25th hour.} (10... cxd4 $2 11. Bb4+ Ne7
12. cxd5 $18) (10... dxc4 $2 11. dxc5 $16) 11. Bd3 $1 {Same policy for White.
This is a particular case with central tension when at least in the beginning
it is best for both sides to avoid releasing it.} (11. cxd5 exd5 {[%csl Ge6]
[%cal Gc8f5] simplifies Black's play by clearing space for his minor pieces.}
12. Qf4 Nbc6 13. c3 h6 14. Be2 Nd8 $5 (14... Kg8 15. O-O Bf5 {also looks fine})
15. O-O Ne6 16. Qe3 Ba6 {with normal play for Black.}) (11. dxc5 {may run into}
b5 $5 12. Qf4 bxc4 13. Ng5 Qe8 $13 {In the long run the c5-pawn is doomed and
White does not have enough development for starting an effective attack.})
11... dxc4 $6 {deviating from the principle mentioned above.} (11... Ba6 $5 12.
O-O Bxc4 13. dxc5 Nbc6 (13... bxc5 14. Bxc4 Nd7 15. Rab1 $14) 14. cxb6 axb6 15.
Rab1 b5 16. Bb4 $14) 12. dxc5 (12. Be4 Nbc6 13. O-O $16 {looks slightly
stronger as Black would not have a clear way of neutralising White's minor
piece activity. After the game move Black will get another chance of keeping
his disadvantage within tolerable limits.}) 12... bxc5 $6 {Once again failing
to keep the tension with a developing move.} (12... Nd7 $5 13. cxb6 axb6 (13...
Nxb6 {defends c4 but leaves the back rank vulnerable. The difference with
respect to the next line is felt after} 14. Be4 $16 c3 15. Bg5 Ng6 {with ...
axb6 instead of ...Nxb6 this would already be better for Black due to the pin
along the fourth rank but here White has either the simple 16.Rd1 followed by
Rd4 or the stronger} 16. Nd4 $18 {based on} Qxd4 17. Rd1 f5 18. exf6 Qe5 19.
fxg7+ Kxg7 20. Be3 {[%csl Ga8,Re5,Rg7][%cal Re3d4,Ge3b6]}) 14. Qxc4 (14. Be4 $6
{does not work out so well now:} c3 15. Bxc3 Nd5 16. Bd4 Ba6 17. Bxd5 Qa5+ 18.
Nd2 Qxd5 $44) 14... Qxc4 15. Bxc4 Bb7 $14 {Black is a pawn down but at least
his position looks normal strategically.}) 13. Ng5 $1 {[%csl Ra8,Rf7][%cal
Gg4f3] The start of a decisive attack.} h6 14. Nh7+ Rxh7 (14... Kg8 15. Bxh6
Ng6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Nf6+ Kf7 18. Qf3 $18 {[%csl Ga8,Gf7]}) 15. Bxh7 Bb7 16.
O-O {White has won an exchange and his attacking chances are intact. The rest
is a mere formality even for a lesser player than Caruana.} Nbc6 $6 ({It makes
more sense to defend the d-file with} 16... Bd5 {After the game move the
bishop will be passive and exposed.}) 17. Rab1 Ba6 18. Be3 Qa5 19. Rfd1 Nxe5
20. Qg3 f6 (20... N5c6 21. Rd7 $5) (20... N7c6 21. f4 $5) 21. Rd6 Bc8 22. Rbd1
Nd5 23. Bf4 Rb8 (23... Nxf4 24. Rd8+) (23... Nf7 {and} 24. R6xd5 exd5 25. Bd6+
{lead to a mating attack.}) 24. Bxe5 fxe5 25. Qxe5 Qd2 {This looks like some
sort of spite check before resigning. Still, it would have been more elegant
to do it a few moves earlier.} 26. Rd8+ Kf7 27. Bg8+ Kg6 28. Qe4+ Kf6 29. Qf3+
1-0

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.24"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Magem Badals, Jordi"]
[Black "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 {One of the sharpest variations of
the French Defence. Analyzing it is far from easy and playing it over the
board, even more difficult. Black's compensation for the sacrificed pawn
consists of the fact that the enemy king has problems finding a safe residence
on either wing, while White's space advantage can easily transform into a
chronic weakness of the light squares. Well, this is just a brief description,
in reality things are much more complicated thanthat, with several tactical
details interferring in the complex strategic battle.} dxc3 ({Black could
avoid the text variation by employing a slightly different move order:} 11...
Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3) 12. Nxc3 {This early pawn capture has become fashionable at
top level lately.} ({The normal continuation is} 12. Qd3 Bd7 ({Possibly, White
wanted to avoid} 12... d4 $5 {, which has been played many times already.}) 13.
Nxc3 a6 {Alekseev,E (2715)-Vitiugov,N (2638)/Kallithea 2008/CBM 127/[Vitiugov]
(1/2, 34)}) 12... a6 {The most solid answer.} (12... Nxe5 $6 {Kosintseva,T 
(2524)-Hou,Y (2570)/Nalchik 2010/CBM 136/[Mikhalchishin] (1-0, 53)}) (12... Nd4
$5 {Karjakin,S (2739)-Sutovsky,E (2661)/Poikovsky 2010/CBM 137/[Erenburg] (1-0,
58)}) 13. Bb2 {White finally avoids a transposition to the traditional main
lines.} (13. Qd3 b5 $6 ({This weakens the queenside without needing it.} 13...
Bd7 {would transpose back to one of the main lines.}) 14. Rb1 Bb7 15. h4 O-O-O
16. Rh3 d4 17. Ne2 (17. Ne4 $2 Nxe5 $1 18. fxe5 Qxe5 $17) 17... Na5 18. a4 $1
$36 {Nijboer,F (2605)-Timman,J (2625)/Gouda 1997/EXT 99 (1-0, 43): The white
hyper active rooks make the black king feel insecure:}) 13... Bd7 14. O-O-O
O-O-O 15. Qh4 {The queen returns to the base without interferring with other
pieces' action.} (15. Qd3 {is a faster retreat, but allows Black install a
knight on c4.} Na5 16. g3 Kb8 17. Ne2 Bb5 18. Qc3 Qb6 19. Qd4 Qc7 20. Qc3 Qb6
21. Nd4 Rc8 22. Qb4 Nec6 23. Nxc6+ Nxc6 24. Qd2 Na5 25. Bc3 {I happened to be
around when this position was reached. The young player with black, obviously
excited by the possibility of attacking the king of the author of Fire on
Board, could not control his reactions and played rather quickly, eventually
being outplayed.} Rxc3 $6 {There was no need for this sacrifice. I remember a
similar situation from my own practice. Having given the possibility to
sacrifice an exchange on f6 against karpov, I did not hesitate for a single
moment. The former World Champion defended calmly and won after 80 moves...} (
25... Nc4 $132) (25... Nb3+ $5 26. cxb3 Ba4 $3 27. Bc4 (27. bxa4 Qb3 28. Bc4 $8
$17) 27... Bxb3 28. Qd4 Qxd4 29. Rxd4 Bxc4) 26. Qxc3 Rc8 27. Qb2 (27. Qb4 $1 {
is stronger. After} Qe3+ 28. Kb1 {the a5-knight remains under attack.}) 27...
Qe3+ 28. Kb1 Bxf1 ({In the game, Black played} 28... Rc5 $6 {, with the deadly
threat of ...Bxf1 and ...Rb5. In doing so, he missed} 29. Bd3 $1 {, after
which White defended and preserved his material advantage, 1-0 Shirov,A (2737)
-Dvirnyy,D (2450)/Arvier 2010/CBM 136 Extra (35)}) 29. Rhxf1 Rc3 $11 {[%cal
Ga5c4] Facing the threat of ...Nc4, White has to force a draw by perpetual
attacking of the queen, either with his rooks or with Qe1 (...Qb6, Qb2).})
15... Kb8 {With the queen on h4, the e7-knight is hanging. Therefore, Black
has to play some generally useful moves before ...Na5.} (15... Qb6 {[%csl Gf2]}
16. Rd2 Nf5 17. Qf2) 16. Qf2 {White has increased his control over d4, while
leaving the f1-c4 diagonal open.} Na5 17. Kb1 Rc8 18. Bd3 $5 $146 {Given the
fact that ...Nc4 usually is answered by Bxc4, this may lead to a loss of a
tempo in some cases.} ({The problem is that it is hard to imagine other useful
move than} 18. Rg1 {, but this is likely to become rather harmful if White
intends to start advancing his h-pawn.} Nc4 ({The only way of delaying this
exchange I can figure out is} 18... Qd8 $5 19. g4 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 {,
although after} 21. Rg3 {White seems to more or less stabilize the position,
with chances to make his extra pawn come to tell. However, controlling the
whole board is far from easy in the presence of opposite-coloured bishops and
with the disrupted structure. The logical follow-up of Black's plan would be
the transfer of the reserve knight closer to c4 (and a4).} Nc8 {(Making use of
the square that has been just cleared by the rook).} 22. Rdd3 Nb6 $132) 19.
Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Qd4 Nf5 21. Qxc4 Rxc4 22. g3 (22. g4 Ne3 $17) 22... Rh8 $6 ({
This is correct strategically, but seems to be flawed tactically.} 22... Rgc8
23. Rd3 d4 {looks like leading to adequate counterplay.} 24. g4 {This leads to
general exchanges and a draw by perpetual.} dxc3 25. Rxd7 cxb2 26. gxf5 Rxc2
27. Rg8 Rc1+ 28. Kxb2 R1c2+ $11) 23. h4 ({Why not} 23. Nxd5 {[%cal Gb2h8]})
23... Rg8 $6 ({The paradoxical rook retreat} 23... Rcc8 $1 {allows Black
regroup in optimal way after} 24. h5 Rcg8 {[%cal Gg8g4]}) 24. h5 $36 {
Thavandiran,S (2318)-Dvirnyy,D (2457)/Chotowa 2010/CBM 137 Extra (1-0, 51).
Not really a lucky variation for Danyil Dvirnyy.}) 18... Nc4 ({With his rook
on h1, White is better prepared against} 18... Qd8 {, for instance} 19. h4 $5
Nc4 20. h5 Qa5 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Rh3 {The far advanced h-pawn considerably
restricts Black's attacking possibilities.}) 19. Bxc4 (19. Ne2 Ba4) 19... Qxc4
20. Rd2 Nf5 21. Ne2 $6 {This offers the e4-square to the enemy queen.} (21. Rg1
$5 {[%cal Gg2g4] looks like the critical continuation.} Rg4 22. g3 {[%cal
Gh2h3]}) 21... Qe4 22. Nd4 ({White could not transpose back to the line
reccomended above, because after} 22. Nc3 {Black can deviate with} Qe3 $1 23.
Qxe3 Nxe3 24. g3 Rh8 $44 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gc8g8,Ge3c4,Gd7b5,Ge3f5,Ge3g4] White
is under pressure on both wings.}) (22. Rg1 {arrives a bit too late to
seriously bother Black:} Rc4 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. Bxd4 (25. Qxd4 Rxg2
$1 $11 26. Qxe4 $2 Rxg1+) 25... Ba4 $13 {The vulnerability of the white king
in the presence of opposite coloured bishops compensates for the missing pawn.}
) 22... Ne3 23. Re1 Rxg2 $1 {Had he overlooked this move when embarking the
whole line?!} 24. Qxg2 Qxg2 25. Rxg2 Nxg2 $15 {Black has retrieved the pawn
and retains the more compact structure.} 26. Rg1 Nxf4 27. Rf1 Ng6 28. Rxf7 Nxe5
29. Rg7 Ba4 30. Nxe6 $2 {Abandoning the king's defence.} (30. Bc1 $1) 30...
Bxc2+ 31. Ka2 Nc4 32. Bd4 Re8 33. Nf4 (33. Nc5 Re2 34. Rxb7+ Kc8 35. Rg7 (35.
h4 Bb3+ $1 36. Kxb3 Na5+) 35... a5 $40 {[%cal Ga5a4,Gc2b3]}) 33... a5 $3 {
The decisive move. New forces join Black's attack.} 34. Nxd5 a4 35. Bf2 (35.
Bc5 Bb3+ 36. Kb1 Re1#) (35. Bb2 Bb3+ 36. Kb1 Nxb2 $19) 35... Rf8 36. Bg3+ Ka7
37. Re7 Rf3 38. Ne3 Bb3+ 39. Ka1 Nxa3 $19 40. Kb2 Nb5 41. Re5 Ka6 42. Re8 b6
43. Re4 Na7 44. Ng4 Nb5 45. Re3 Rf8 46. Re4 Rc8 47. Ne3 Rc3 48. Be5 a3+ 49. Kb1
Rd3 50. h4 Nc3+ 51. Bxc3 Rxc3 52. Re8 Kb7 53. Re7+ Kc6 54. h5 a2+ 55. Kb2 Rc1
56. Ra7 Rb1+ 57. Kc3 a1=Q+ 58. Rxa1 Rxa1 59. Kxb3 Rh1 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.16"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Perunovic, Milos"]
[Black "Drasko, Milan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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 "Serbia"]
[BlackTeam "Montenegro"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MNE"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. Qd1
({For} 8. a4 Qc7 9. Qd1 cxd4 $146 {see Naiditsch-Socko from this same
tournament and CBM issue.}) 8... Qc7 9. Nf3 b6 10. a4 h6 $5 {A flexible move,
which will be useful anyway, while the queenside plan may be adapted to the
circumstances.} ({I have examined the straightforward} 10... Ba6 {in the
comments to the aforementioned game. Of course, ...Ba6 remains a permanent
positional threat after the game move.}) 11. a5 {This looks logical and active,
but it deprives White from Bb5 as an answer to ...Ba6.} (11. Bd3 {kind of
loses one tempo since the bishops will be exchanged anyway.} Ba6 12. dxc5 bxc5
13. O-O Kg8 (13... c4 14. Be2 Nbc6 15. Ba3 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. f4 $36) 14.
Re1 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nd7 (15... Nbc6 16. Ba3 Na5 17. Nd2 Ng6 18. Rab1 a6 19. Qe2
Kh7) 16. c4 Qc6 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Ba3 Rc8 19. Nd4 $36 {Sax,G (2563)-Sorensen,J
(2399)/Saint Vincent 2000/CBM 078 (0-1, 72)}) (11. h4 {is a logical attempt to
keep his own in the tempi race. However, ...h7-h6 is more useful than h2-h4,
which could sometimes prove a weakening.} Ba6 12. Bb5 Nec6 $2 {After this move,
the game loses relevance from Black's point of view. Black loses too much time
and spoils the dynamic balance between his wings.} ({He should have continued
the standard plans on both sides with, for instance} 12... Kg8 13. O-O Qb7 14.
Qe2 Bxb5 15. axb5 a6) 13. O-O Na5 14. Nd2 Kg8 15. Bb2 h5 16. c4 $36 {Willemze,
T (2409)-Delemarre,J (2455)/Netherlands 2010/CBM 138 Extra (1-0, 30)}) 11...
Qc6 $146 (11... bxa5 $2 {Vallejo Pons,F (2415)-Scavo,F (2255)/Montecatini
Terme 1998/EXT 2000 (1-0, 44)} 12. Ba3 $16) 12. Ba3 (12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Ba6 {
would offer Black good chances for a blockade on d5.}) 12... Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6
14. O-O Rc8 15. Qe2 Nb8 16. Rfb1 {A critical moment. So far, Black has managed
to keep his strategic coherence, but is a couple of tempi away from completing
his development, while White's piece pressure becomes threatening.} g6 {
(!) Usually, Black refrains from wakening the dark squares this way. In this
concrete position, his main idea was to prepare the king's evacuation but
retain the possibility of using His Majesty for defensive purposes in the
centre if needed.} ({The natural} 16... Kg8 {would allow White several ways of
taking over the initiative:} 17. Qb5 (17. dxc5 bxc5 18. c4 $14 d4 $2 19. Nxd4
$1 $16 {After 16...g6 instead of ...Kg8, the e7-knight would be defended if
White tries the same.}) 17... Nd7 18. dxc5) (16... Nd7 17. c4 $5) 17. h4 $1 ({
The main difference is that} 17. Qb5 Nd7 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Qxc6 Nxc6 20. Rb7 {
is ineffective due to} Ke8 21. a6 Kd8 {followed by ...Rc7. If Black manages to
reduce the pressure, his strategic advantage would be beyond any doubt.}) (17.
c4 Kg7) 17... Nd7 18. h5 Kg7 $6 {But this looks like working with
half-measures instead of going all the way.} ({The principled move is} 18... g5
19. Nd2 (19. Nh2 Kg7 20. Ng4 Nf5) 19... Kg7 20. f4 gxf4 21. Qg4+ Kh7 22. Qxf4
Rhg8 $13 23. Qxf7+ $6 Rg7 24. Qf2 Rcg8 $15) 19. dxc5 $6 {This unfortunate
exchange weakens the e5-pawn and absolves Black from problems along the a-file}
(19. axb6 $1 axb6 20. hxg6 Nxg6 21. Bc1 Ra8 22. Rxa8 Qxa8 23. Rb3 $1 {[%cal
Gb3a3]} Qb7 24. Ra3 Qc7 25. Ne1 $36 {[%cal Ge2h5]}) 19... bxc5 20. c4 (20. hxg6
Nxg6 21. Bc1 Qc7 {is safe enough for Black.}) 20... Rhe8 21. Bc1 g5 $13 {
Finally. The position remains tense, but White's chronic pawn weaknesses
prevent him from claiming an advantage.} 22. Rb3 Nf5 23. Bb2 Qa6 24. Rd1 Nb8
25. Rb5 dxc4 26. Qxc4 Nc6 27. Rd7 Ncd4 28. Nxd4 cxd4 29. Qb3 Rxc2 30. Rbb7 Qe2
31. Rxf7+ Kh8 32. Bxd4 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Qxh5+ 34. Qh3 Qxh3+ 35. gxh3 Nxd4 36. Rh7+
Kg8 37. Rbg7+ Kf8 38. Rxa7 Kg8 39. Rag7+ Kf8 40. Rd7 Kg8 41. Rhg7+ Kh8 42. Rh7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Women-ch k.o."]
[Site "Antakya"]
[Date "2010.12.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ruan, Lufei"]
[Black "Baginskaite, Camilla"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2010.12.04"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 {The
critical test of Black's setup.} Kf8 $5 {This move, advocated in the past by
Eingorn and Nikolic, intends to avoid major commitments such as losing the
g7-pawn (7...Qc7) or coming under an immediate attack (7...0-0). In the long
run, though, Black may face difficulties connecting his rooks.} 8. Bd3 {
In practice, White has tried many moves. Her choice in the main game is one of
the most popular, but one that has not scored too well. Its drawback is that
it fails to put immediate pressure on Black.} (8. a4 {and}) (8. h4 {are held
to be among the best.}) ({At a later stage of the same match, White deviated
with} 8. Qd1 $5 {White intends to restore her initial coordination and prove
that connecting Black's rooks will cost her more than the two tempi she was
awarded.} Qa5 9. Bd2 Qa4 10. Qb1 (10. Nf3 {is more popular.}) 10... c4 11. h4
$146 (11. Nf3) 11... h5 {(?!) Weakening the g5-square and giving White a clear
target for attack on h5.} ({To my taste,} 11... Nbc6 12. h5 h6 {is more solid,
but I must admit that I am not a French expert.}) 12. Nh3 Nbc6 13. Be2 Ng6 14.
Qd1 Nxh4 15. Ng5 Nf5 16. Rxh5 Rxh5 17. Bxh5 $40 {Ruan,L (2480)-Baginskaite,C 
(2336)/Antakya 2010 (1-0, 30)}) 8... Qa5 9. Bd2 Qa4 10. Ra2 b6 11. Nf3 Ba6 12.
O-O Bxd3 13. cxd3 c4 {Strategically speaking, Black has achieved everything
she could dream of, with chances of getting an ending with a good knight
against a bad bishop. On the way to the ending, she has to avoid being mated,
though.} 14. Nh4 $146 ({The only game between grandmasters continued with} 14.
Ng5 h6 15. Qh5 g6 16. Qh4 Nd7 17. dxc4 Qxc4 18. Rb2 Nf5 19. Qh3 Kg7 20. Nf3 Qd3
21. Rd1 Qa6 22. Ra1 Qd3 23. Rd1 Qa6 24. Ra1 Qd3 {1/2 Balashov,Y (2540)-Eingorn,
V (2450)/Minsk 1983/MCD}) (14. dxc4 Qxc4 {was played in several games at a
lower level, but does not seem to bother Black at all.}) 14... h6 15. f4 g6 16.
Qf3 Nf5 17. Nxf5 gxf5 18. Qd1 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 cxd3 20. a4 Nc6 21. Bc1 Ke7 22.
Rxd3 Na5 $15 {Black has fulfilled the first part of her programme. The
technical phase was eventually crowned by success.} 23. Ba3+ Kd7 24. Rg3 Rhg8
25. Rxg8 Rxg8 26. Kf2 Rc8 27. Bb4 Nc6 28. Ba3 Nb8 29. Bb2 h5 30. Ke3 Nc6 31.
Ba3 Na5 32. Bb4 Nc4+ 33. Kd3 h4 34. Ba3 Rg8 35. Bc1 Kc6 36. Be3 Kb7 37. Bc1 Ka6
38. Be3 Ka5 39. Bc1 a6 40. Be3 h3 41. gxh3 Nxe3 42. Kxe3 Rh8 43. Kf3 Rxh3+ 44.
Kg2 Rxc3 45. h4 Rc8 46. Kh3 Rh8 47. Kg3 Rh7 48. Ra1 b5 49. axb5+ Kxb5 50. Rh1
Kc4 51. h5 Kxd4 52. Kh4 Ke3 53. Kg5 d4 54. Re1+ Kd2 55. Ra1 d3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 17th"]
[Site "Gjakova"]
[Date "2016.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KOS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 {The Winawer Variation of the French Defence,
named after thePolish player Szymon Winawer (who, among other results, tied
for 1st place with W. Steinitz in the famous Vienna 1882 tournament). It leads
to rather irrational positions and original pawn structures.} 4. e5 c5 5. a3
Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 $5 {One of the possible variations, Black starts creating
some discomfort on White's queenside, by placing his queen on a4.} (6... Ne7 {
is the main line} 7. Qg4 {and now Black opts between the wild complications
after 7...cxd4 (or 7...Qc7, nearly the same) or a more solid approach with 7...
0-0. Both lines have been tried frequently by strong players.}) 7. Bd2 Qa4 8.
Qg4 $1 {I like this idea, White forces Black to make some concession on the
kingside, taking advantage of the fact that the bishop is no longer there on
f8.} Kf8 (8... g6 {is also possible} 9. Nf3 $5 (9. Qd1 b6 10. h4 Ba6 11. Bxa6
Nxa6 12. Ne2 (12. h5 cxd4 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. Qg4 Ne7 $1 $13 {with a complicated
position}) 12... h5 13. Bg5 Rc8 14. O-O Nb8 $5 15. Qd2 Nd7 $11 {looks
positionally acceptable}) 9... Nc6 (9... Qxc2 $6 10. dxc5 {not only getting
the pawn back, but opening important lines} Qe4+ $2 (10... Ne7 {still leaves
Black with positional problems, but is a better choice} 11. Nd4 $5 $36) 11.
Qxe4 dxe4 12. Ng5 {is simply bad for Black} f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Bc4 $16 {
1/2-1/2 (26) Van Kampen,R (2529)-Timman,J (2555) Germany 2011}) 10. Be2 {
the position remains tense, but I like White's chances.}) 9. Qd1 {After
finishing its duty, the queen returns and white develops normally from now on,
trying slowly to create threats against the black king.} b6 10. Bd3 (10. dxc5
$5 {is a move I prefer, avoiding queen exchanges, and trying to open up the
position somehow to create threats against Black's king} bxc5 11. c4 Ba6 12.
cxd5 Bxf1 13. Kxf1 exd5 14. g3 $1 $14 {Then Kg2, Nf3, Re1, 1-0 (30)
Mekhitarian,K (2589)-Song,M (2316) Arlington 2015}) 10... Ba6 11. dxc5 bxc5 12.
Nf3 Ne7 13. h4 Nd7 14. h5 Bxd3 $5 {Now that Black is almost consolidating his
development, I like this decision. Moreover, 15.Rh4 could be annoying.} (14...
h6 15. Rh4 {would be played, forcing Black to allow c4, or to play c4 himself,
both of them making positional concessions} c4 16. Be2 $13 {It is not easy to
say what is going on, but White has the potential to build an attack on g7.})
15. cxd3 Qxd1+ 16. Kxd1 h6 {Stopping h6, that would create problematic
weaknesses on the kingside.} 17. Rb1 Nc6 18. Rh3 Ke8 $1 (18... Ncxe5 $6 {
is risky because White is much better developed. For example:} 19. Nxe5 Nxe5
20. Bf4 Nd7 21. Bd6+ Ke8 22. Kc2 $44 {followed by Rb7, and Rh1-Rhb1}) 19. Rg3
Rh7 {Looks very passive for Black, but after Kd8-Kc7, he will slowly regroup
and try to play for an advantage, making use of the solid structure.} 20. Rb5 (
20. d4 {is possible to reinforce e5, but it always allows Na5-Nc4 or even ...
c4 right away} Na5 $5 (20... c4 $5)) 20... Kd8 21. c4 {This attempt to leave
the c5-pawn on a dark square is dangerous, because later we'll see that
White's e5-pawn is also potentially in trouble.} (21. Be3 {keeping an eye on
c5 would be more flexible} a6 22. Rb1 Kc7 23. Ke2 $11 {with balanced chances.})
21... d4 22. Bf4 Kc7 23. Nd2 a6 24. Rb2 Rf8 $1 {A nice move, threatening ...g5
to take advantage of White's weird bishop placement.} 25. Ne4 g5 26. hxg6 fxg6
27. Bd2 (27. Rg4 $5 g5 28. Bh2 {followed by f4} Rhh8 29. f4 Ne7 30. fxg5 Nf5 $1
{threatening ...Ne3+} 31. Ke1 hxg5 32. Bg3 $13) 27... g5 {Now Black is
preparing to take on e5 some time soon.} 28. Rh3 (28. f4 $5 gxf4 29. Rg6 Re7 (
29... f3 30. gxf3 Rxf3 31. Rxe6 Rxd3 $13) 30. Rf6 $3 Nxf6 31. exf6 Rh7 32.
Bxf4+ e5 33. Nxc5 $1 $44) 28... Rhh8 29. Ke2 Ncxe5 30. Rb1 $1 {White has lost
a pawn, but there is strong counterplay on the h-file.} Kc6 31. Rbh1 Nf7 32. f4
gxf4 33. Bxf4 Rfg8 34. g3 Rg6 35. Rh5 e5 36. Bd2 Rb8 37. Bxh6 $2 (37. Rf5 $1
Nd6 38. Nxd6 Kxd6 39. Rfh5 $1 $132) 37... Nd6 (37... Nf6 $1 38. Nxf6 Rb2+ 39.
Bd2 Rxf6 {and White lacks counterplay, since Rh6 is not possible now (see
Black's 38th move analysis). There is a strong e4 idea coming at some point}
40. g4 Rg6 41. Rf1 (41. R5h4 e4 $1 42. dxe4 Ng5 $17) 41... e4 $1 42. dxe4 (42.
Rxf7 e3 43. Rff5 Kb6 $1 44. Rxc5 Rxg4 $17) 42... Nd6 $17 {and Black has a big
advantage.}) 38. Nxd6 Kxd6 (38... Rb2+ 39. Bd2 Kxd6 40. Rh6 $1 $132) 39. Bg5 $2
(39. Bc1 $1 {stopping ...Rb2+ was urgent} Rxg3 40. Rh6+ Kc7 41. Rxa6 $11 {
and White has enough counterplay.}) 39... Kc7 (39... Rb2+ $1 40. Kf3 e4+ 41.
Kxe4 Rf2 {threatening Re6 mate!} 42. Bf4+ Ke6 43. Rf5 Nf6+ 44. Rxf6+ Rxf6 $17)
40. Kf3 Rbg8 41. Bh4 Rf8+ 42. Ke2 Rb8 43. Rf1 Rb2+ 44. Kf3 Rd2 45. Ke4 Re2+ 46.
Kf5 Rg8 47. Bg5 $2 (47. Be7 $1 Rg7 48. Bf6 Rxg3 49. Rh7 $132 {with decent
counterplay.}) 47... Rf8+ 48. Ke6 Rxf1 49. Rh7 Rf8 50. Rxd7+ Kc8 51. Rd5 (51.
Ra7 $5 Kb8 52. Rh7 e4 53. dxe4 d3 54. Rh1 {and White has some chances to
survive.}) 51... e4 52. Rxc5+ $6 {Makes it easier for Black. The position was
difficult, but there were still some practical chances with 52.dxe4.} (52. dxe4
Rxe4+ 53. Kd6 Rf7 $1 54. Kxc5 Rd7 55. Rxd7 Kxd7 56. Kd5 Re3 57. Kxd4 Rxa3 58.
Bd2 Rxg3 59. Kc5 Kc8 $19 {now Black has forced mate in 50, according to the
endgame tablebases, meaning it is definitely not easy.}) 52... Kb7 $19 53. dxe4
Rxe4+ 54. Kd5 Rg4 55. Kd6 d3 56. Ke7 Rc8 57. Rd5 Rxg3 58. Bf4 Rf3 59. Rd4 Kc6
60. Bd2 Kc5 61. Re4 Rb8 62. Kd7 Rf7+ 0-1

[Event "World op 43rd"]
[Site "Arlington"]
[Date "2015.07.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag"]
[Black "Song, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2015.07.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 {
An interesting line for Black. Normally, Black goes for c4 at some point 
(after 8.Qb1 for example, forcing it), and a long positional struggle takes
place. Instead of that, I tried to find something to open up the position
early on, with a quick dxc5, as soon as he plays b6 (a typical move to insert
Ba6)} 8. Qg4 $5 Kf8 9. Qd1 {After Black has lost the right to castle, the
queen can go back home, a thematic idea in the Winawer variation.} b6 10. dxc5
(10. c4 $5 {is a similar idea, I'm not so sure about the move order here.})
10... bxc5 11. c4 $1 {Well, White wants to open diagonals and files as much as
possible, because it is going to take a while before the black king finds a
decent shelter (g6-Kg7 wouldn't be smart, without having the dark-squared
bishop).} Ba6 (11... Ne7 $5 {was another possibility} 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nf3 {
with a complex dynamic struggle. Black would be happy to take advantage of his
positional triumphs, as happened in the game} Nbc6 14. Rb1) 12. cxd5 Bxf1 13.
Kxf1 exd5 14. g3 $1 $146 {I was happy when I analysed this novelty at home,
White has a very clear plan with Kg2, Nf3, Re1, possibly Rb1, and at some
point e6 ideas will appear, as well as a direct attack against the central
pawns on c5/d5.} (14. f4 {had been played before. I didn't like this move
which kind of helps Black to get a blockade on the kingside, and also weakens
my own king as well.} Ne7 15. Nf3 h5 (15... g6 $5 $13 {even this was possible,
now that the white bishop is closed in on d2}) 16. Kf2 Nbc6 17. c3 Qa6 18. Qc2
g6 19. Be3 Qa5 20. c4 d4 21. Bd2 Qa6 22. Rhb1 Kg7 $13 {1/2-1/2 (79) Svetushkin,
D (2592)-Akopian,V (2660) Jerusalem 2015}) 14... Ne7 15. Nf3 Qc6 16. Kg2 Nd7
17. Re1 Re8 (17... Ng6 $13 {was another idea, to stop Ng5. Now e6 could be
playable, as well as adding forces to the initiative with 18.Rb1.}) 18. Ng5 $1
Ng6 19. f4 $5 (19. e6 $1 {I wanted very much to play this move, but couldn't
make it work. After all, it was correct, but by no means easy:} d4+ {this was
the move that had me worried during the game} (19... fxe6 $2 20. Qf3+ Nf6 21.
c4 $1 {This is very strong, now White has the pretty threat of 22.Nxe6+! (in
some cases 22.Rxe6) Rxe6 23.cxd5! Qxd5 24.Qxd5 Nxd5 25.Rxe6} Z0) 20. Kg1 fxe6
21. c3 $5 {I had no idea this quiet move was that strong, threatening to open
the c-file} h6 22. Ne4 e5 23. Qf3+ Kg8 24. cxd4 exd4 {is the best chance,
provoking:} (24... cxd4 25. Rac1 {following with Rc7, Bb4 - looks difficult
for Black, for example:} Qe6 26. Rc7 Rf8 27. Qh5 $16 {at the very least, White
is getting the a7-pawn, and remains with a huge initiative}) 25. Nf6+ $1 Qxf6
26. Rxe8+ Kf7 27. Qxf6+ Kxf6 28. Rxh8 Nxh8 29. Rb1 $16 {should be good for
White, because of Rb7 and Rxa7, but there is play with the two passed pawns.})
19... h6 20. Nf3 Ne7 21. Qe2 Nf5 (21... g6 $5 {similar to the analysis on 14.
f4, this move is possible now, giving some air to the black king} 22. Rab1 Kg7
23. e6 $5 Nf5 24. Qb5 Rxe6 25. Qxc6 Rxc6 26. Rb7 $36 {with a strong initiative.
}) 22. Qd3 $5 (22. Rab1 $5 {is always possible, with ideas of Qb5 and starting
to bother the black pawns.}) 22... g6 23. g4 (23. Rab1 $5 {once again this
could be considered, but I decided on a more direct approach on the kingside.})
23... Ne7 (23... Ng7 $1 {the computer suggestion, following with h5} 24. h3 (
24. f5 h5 $1 {a very cold-blooded defensive idea} 25. e6 hxg4 26. Ng5 Nxf5 $1
27. exd7 Qxd7 $132 {with three pawns for the piece, and very interesting
counterplay}) 24... h5 25. Rab1 {I thought this was very bad for Black, but
there's a good Nb6-Nc4 idea, meanwhile the other pieces keep watching f5.} Nb6
$1 $13) 24. h3 $1 {Strengthening the position, possibly with Kg3 at some point,
leaving the a8-h1 diagonal, and also defending g4, just in case.} (24. f5 $2 {
would be unwise} gxf5 25. gxf5 c4 $1 $132) 24... d4 $2 {This is very bad. The
whole plan White had is to open up the position with c3 when ...d4 comes.} (
24... h5 25. e6 $5 fxe6 26. Ng5 $40) 25. c3 $1 dxc3 26. Bxc3 $16 {With the
bishop in play, the attack is even stronger, and will be decisive in a few
moves.} Nd5 27. Kg3 $1 {Threatening the simple Rad1.} c4 28. Qd4 Nc5 $2 {
Losing right away, but it's already hard to give good advice.} 29. e6 $1 Rh7 (
29... f6 30. Bb4 $1 {taking advantage of the weak f6-pawn.} Rc8 31. Rad1 $18)
30. Ne5 {And everything falls apart.} 1-0

[Event "Batumi FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2016.04.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Javakhishvili, Lela"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:09:21"]
[BlackClock "0:13:54"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 12. Nxc3 (12. Qd3 {is far more
popular.}) ({But a new try is very tempting:} 12. h4 b6 13. h5 Bb7 14. h6 Rg6
15. a4 Nf5 16. g4 Rxg4 17. Bh3 Rg6 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. Qh8+ Kd7 20. Qxa8 Rxh6 21.
e6+ $1 Rxe6 22. Qf8 Nd4 23. Rh7 Kc6 (23... Rxe2+ 24. Kd1 Qd8 25. Rxf7+ Kc8 26.
Ra3 $1) 24. Rh6 {Ganguly,S (2660)-Tregubov,P (2582)/Tallinn 2016, with a
strong attack.}) 12... Nd4 {This has become very popular.} ({A more solid move
is} 12... a6 13. Qd3 (13. Bb2 Bd7 14. O-O-O O-O-O {[%cal Yc6a5,Ya5c4] , Black
seems to be OK, thanks to a strong centre and the vulnerable position of
White's king.} 15. Qd3 (15. Qxf7 $5 Rgf8 16. Qh7 Rxf4 $13) (15. g3 Nf5 16. Qxf7
Ncd4 $44 {[%cal Gd4c2]}) 15... Na5 {Shirov,A (2737)-Dvirnyy,D (2450)/Arvier
2010, with blockading ideas.}) 13... Bd7 14. Bd2 O-O-O 15. g3 Nf5 16. Bg2 Na5
17. Bh3 Bc6 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. Qxf5+ Kb8 20. Qd3 d4 21. Ne4 f5 {Kosintseva,N 
(2560)-Hou,Y (2575)/Hangzhou 2011, and White got into trouble.}) ({The most
principled reply} 12... Nxe5 {favours White:} 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. Be2 N5g6 $6 (
14... Ng4 $142 15. O-O a6 16. Bxg4 Rxg4 17. Nd4 $14) 15. O-O Bd7 16. Rb1 a6 17.
Nd4 Qc7 18. Bd2 O-O-O 19. Rb3 $16 {1-0 Kosintseva,T (2524)-Hou,Y (2570)/
Nalchik 2010/CB18_2010 (53)}) 13. Bb2 (13. Qd3 {allows Black to activate the
second knight:} Nef5) ({The direct} 13. Nb5 {enables Black to win the pawn
back:} Qxc2 $1 14. Qd3 (14. Nd6+ Kd7 15. Qd3 Nec6 $132 {[%cal Yg8g2]}) 14...
Qxd3 15. Bxd3 Nxb5 16. Bxb5+ Bd7 $15) 13... Bd7 14. O-O-O (14. Nxd5 {seems to
be very dangerous for White:} Nxc2+ 15. Kd1 (15. Kd2 $2 Qa5+ 16. Kxc2 exd5 $40
{[%cal Ga8c8,Yd7f5]}) 15... exd5 $1 {opening the c8-h3 diagonal for the bishop}
16. Qxc2 Bg4+ 17. Kc1 Qb6 18. Qa4+ $13) 14... Ndf5 ({Here} 14... Qb6 {is a
very serious option:} 15. Qd3 ({An equally solid try is} 15. g3 Rc8 16. Bd3 Kf8
17. Qh6+ Ke8 18. Qh7 Kf8 19. Qh6+ Ke8 20. Qh7 {1/2 Becerra Rivero,J (2547)
-Bhat,V (2511)/ICC INT 2013}) 15... Ndf5 (15... Nef5 $2 {is now refuted by} 16.
Nxd5 $1 $18) 16. Nb5 Rc8 17. g3 (17. Bd4 Qa5 18. Qb3 Kf8 $1 $44 {[%cal Ya7a6]})
17... a6 18. Nd4 Ba4 19. Rd2 Rc4 20. Bg2 (20. Nxf5 Nxf5 21. Qf3 Rc6 $44 {
[%cal Yf5e3]} (21... Ne3 {is nice, but less convinving, in view of} 22. Bxc4
Nxc4 23. Qc3 $14)) 20... Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Qb5 22. Bf1 Qc6 23. Qe2 (23. Qh7 Rg7 24.
Qh8+ Rg8 25. Qh7 Rg7 26. Qh8+ Rg8 27. Qh7 {1/2 Horvath,C (2515)-Balog,I (2539)/
Budapest 2013}) 23... Nf5 24. Bb2 Rh8 25. Qf2 Nxg3 26. Bxc4 Nxh1 27. Qa7 Qxc4
28. Qb8+ Kd7 29. Qxh8 Bxc2 $1 30. Rxc2 Qf1+ 31. Kd2 Qf2+ {1/2 Svidler,P (2747)
-Vitiugov,N (2712)/Paris/St Petersburg 2013}) 15. Nb5 (15. Qh3 {is not that
strong:} Qc5 16. Rd2 O-O-O 17. g4 Ne3 18. Nd1 Nxf1 19. Rxf1 Bb5 20. Re1 Nc6 21.
f5 d4 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Nf2 Nxe5 $11 {Karjakin,S (2786)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2703)
/Moscow 2013}) 15... Qc5 ({Another possibility was the sharp line} 15... Bxb5
16. Bxb5+ Kf8 17. Bd3 Rc8 18. Rd2 Qb6 19. g3 Ne3) 16. Nd6+ ({An interesting
idea was to sacrifice a pawn for opening the dark squares a bit later,
improving the king:} 16. Bd4 Qc6 17. Kb2 a6 18. Nd6+ Nxd6 19. exd6 Qxd6 20. g3)
16... Nxd6 17. exd6 Qxd6 18. g3 Qc5 19. Bd3 b5 20. f5 $1 {More active than the
solid} (20. Rhe1) 20... exf5 ({More complicated for White would be} 20... O-O-O
21. f6 Nc6 22. Qxf7 Rgf8 23. Qg6 Ne5 24. Qg7 Rf7 25. Qg5) 21. Rhe1 Be6 22. Bxf5
Qd6 (22... O-O-O {was simply bad:} 23. Bxe6+ fxe6 24. Rxe6) 23. Rxe6 $1 fxe6
24. Re1 Rf8 (24... exf5 {is losing too:} 25. Qxg8+) (24... Kd7 25. Rxe6 Qxe6
26. Bxe6+ Kxe6 {and the black king is too exposed.}) 25. Rxe6 Qc5 26. Qg6+ Rf7
27. Re1 $1 {It's very important to protect her own back rank. Black has no
defence against White's next assault.} Rd8 28. Qg8+ Rf8 29. Bg6+ Kd7 30. Qe6+
Kc7 31. Qxe7+ Qxe7 32. Rxe7+ Kd6 33. Re1 Rg8 34. Bf6 Rc8 35. Bf7 Rg4 36. Be7+
1-0

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Maribor"]
[Date "2012.11.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Akhmetov, Ayan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2012.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 {An old classical line
favoured by the great Mikhail Bovinnik. 30 years ago the Armenian GMs Raphael
Vaganian and Smbat Lputian revived it. But at the moment this system is
considered as rather dubious.} 6. b4 {The most principled and sharpest
approach.} cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. bxa5 ({Another topical move is} 8. Nb5) 8... dxc3
9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. Nf3 (11. f4) 11... Qxa5 ({Classical masters
preferred} 11... Qc7 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. O-O Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16.
Qd3 $1 (16. Rb1 $2 Rh8 $19) 16... d4 $5 17. Rb1 $5 Qd5 $14 18. f3 Rac8 19. Bf4
(19. Rb5 Rc5) 19... e5 (19... Nf5 $5) 20. Bg3 f6 21. Rb4 $1 Rc7 22. f4 $1 a6 $1
(22... Kc8 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. a6 b6 25. Rb5 e4 26. Rxd5 exd3 27. Rxd4 Rd7 28.
Rc4+ Kd8 29. Rxc3 $18) 23. fxe5 fxe5 {with very sharp play, Chandler,
M-Vaganian,R/Naestved 1985}) 12. Rb1 {The younger players know modern theory.}
({A more aggressive approach was} 12. Ng5 {'!?' 'Fischer'} Rf8 13. f4 Bd7 {
'+/=' '(bco 82)'} 14. h4 (14. Rb1 $1 {(Suetin 88)}) 14... Qa4 $6 (14... Nd4 $5
15. Bd3 (15. Qd3 Qa4 $13) 15... Ba4 {'!?'} (15... Nef5 16. g4 $16) 16. g4 (16.
h5 $6 Nef5 17. Kd1 Bxc2+ 18. Bxc2 Nxc2 19. Kxc2 Qa4+ $17) 16... O-O-O 17. Be3 (
17. Nxf7 Rxf7 18. Qxf7 Bxc2 $13 {'<=>' '(Mikhalchishin)'}) 17... Nec6 18. Nxf7
Rxf7 19. Qxf7 Bxc2 $13) 15. Bd3 Nd4 16. Rb1 Nef5 17. Kd1 $16 {1/2 Short,
N-Lputian,S/Erevan 1984}) (12. Bd3 $6) 12... Qc7 (12... a6 13. Be2 (13. h4 $5)
13... d4 $146 (13... b5) 14. Ng5 Qxe5 (14... Nxe5 $142 15. Ne4 $1 (15. Bf4 Rf8
16. Ne4 N7g6 17. Bh6 d3 $13) 15... Rxg2 (15... d3 $2 16. Nf6+ Kd8 17. Be3 $18)
16. Nf6+ Kd8 17. Qe4 Rg6 (17... d3 18. Qxg2 d2+ 19. Bxd2 cxd2+ 20. Kd1 Qxa3 21.
h4 $16) 18. Qxd4+ Nd7 19. Rxb7 $5 (19. Nxd7 Bxd7 20. Bf3 $14) 19... Nd5 20.
Nxd5 Qxd5 21. Qxd5 exd5 22. Rb3 d4 23. h4 $14) 15. Qxf7+ Kd7 16. Bf4 {
Nisipeanu,L (2679)-Almeida,O (2462)/Sants 2005; with better play.}) (12... Bd7
$5 13. Rxb7 O-O-O) 13. Bf4 ({A more dynamic option would be} 13. Bb5 Rxg2 (
13... Bd7 14. O-O O-O-O 15. Re1 $14) 14. Kf1 Rg6 15. Rg1 $36) 13... Bd7 14. Bg3
{White prepares to castle and strenghtens his kingside.} O-O-O {Logical
developmen, Aggressive moves such as} (14... Qa5 {would be premature and not
to be recommended.}) 15. Bd3 d4 (15... Qa5 {would be met with} 16. Rb3 {
and then doubling of the rooks on the b-file.}) (15... Ng6 $6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17.
O-O Kb8 18. Rfd1 Qa5 19. Rb3 Qc5 20. Rdb1 b6 (20... Na5 21. Rb4 $1) 21. Bh4 $1
Rh8 22. Qxg6 Rdg8 23. Qf7 Bc8 24. Bf6 $6 (24. Bg3 $1 $14 {(Rabar)}) 24... Rf8
25. Qg6 Rhg8 26. Qd3 d4 $1 $44 27. Qf1 $2 Qd5 $1 28. Ne1 Nxe5 $1 29. Rb5 Nf3+
$17 {(Schwarz 67) Damjanovic,M-Udovcic,M/Vrnjacka Banja 1963}) (15... Rdf8 $11)
16. O-O Be8 ({After} 16... Rdf8 17. Qh4 Rh8 18. Qf4 Nd5 19. Qe4 {White's
central queen position would promise him clearly better chances.}) 17. Qh4 Qa5
({It was preferable to evacuate the king:} 17... Kb8) 18. Rb3 ({Another good
plan was} 18. Bf4 {transferring it to g5.}) 18... Qc5 ({Once more it was
necessary to look after his own king with} 18... Kb8) 19. Ng5 $1 {A very
strong and logical knight transfer.} Nf5 (19... Nxe5 {lost immediately:} 20.
Ne4 Qc7 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Qxe7 $18) 20. Ne4 $2 ({A good option was} 20. Bxf5
exf5 21. Qf4 Qxe5 22. Qxe5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Rxg5 24. Bf6) 20... Nxh4 $2 ({Here
Black had a very good counterstrike:} 20... Qd5 21. Nd6+ Qxd6 22. Bxf5 Nxe5 23.
Bh7 Rxg3 $1 24. hxg3 Nc4) 21. Nxc5 Nxe5 22. Be4 {Now all White's pieces start
to chase the black king, even without queens on the board.} Bc6 23. Bxc6 bxc6 (
23... Nxc6 {is simply bad:} 24. Bxh4) 24. Rfb1 Nhg6 25. Rb7 $1 {This move does
not allow any escape for the king.} Rd5 26. Rb8+ Kc7 27. R1b7+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch (Women) 15th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2014.07.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bulmaga, Irina"]
[Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2014.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 12. h4 d4 13. Qd3 b6 {Black has
the possibility to develop the bishop differently:} (13... Bd7 14. h5 O-O-O 15.
h6 (15. Rb1 Nf5 16. h6 Rg6 17. h7 Rh8 18. Rh5 a6 19. Qh3 Qa5 20. g4 d3 21. gxf5
d2+ 22. Bxd2 cxd2+ 23. Kd1 exf5 24. Qb3 {with advantage, Horvath,A (2508)-Toth,
E (2388)/Harkany 2009}) 15... Be8 (15... Kb8 16. h7 Rh8 17. Rb1 Bc8 18. g4 b6
19. Bg2 Bb7 20. Kf2 Na5 21. Rh3 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Nec6 23. a4 Qe7 24. Qe4 {White
obtained fantastic centralisation in Salgado Lopez,I (2555)-Alekseev,E (2725)/
Novi Sad 2009/CBM 133 (44)}) 16. Rb1 (16. h7 Rh8 17. Rh3 f6 18. exf6 Nd5 19.
Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Rxh7 21. Qxa7 Rxh3 22. gxh3 Bc6 {with balanced chances,
Navara,D (2718)-Petrik,T (2532)/Hustopece 2010}) 16... Ng6 17. Rh3 (17. h7 Rh8
18. Kf2) 17... Qe7 18. Ng3 f6 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Ne4 Qe7 21. Qg3 Qf8 22. h7 Rg7
23. Ng5 {White is winning, Gdanski,J (2485)-Spiess,G (2410)/Germany 1997/
GER-chT2 (34)}) 14. h5 ({The most serious option here is to capture the pawn:} 
14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Nf5 16. Bb5+ Bd7 17. Qxd7+ Qxd7 18. Bxd7+ Kxd7 19. Rh2 (
{There are no real prospects after} 19. Kf2 Rg4 20. Be3 Rag8 21. Rag1 Nxh4 22.
g3 Nf5 {Bologan,V (2692)-Kamsky,G (2695)/Reggio Emilia 2010}) 19... Rad8 (19...
Rg4 20. h5 Rag8 21. h6 Rh8 22. Kf2 Rg6 (22... Rxh6 23. Rxh6 Nxh6 24. Kf3 Rg8
25. Be3 Kc6 26. a4 Nf5 27. Bf2 {with a very small advantage, Borosova,Z (2284)
-Berg,E (2550)/Caleta 2012}) 23. h7 Rg7 24. Be3 Rgxh7 25. Rd1+ Kc6 26. Rxh7
Rxh7 27. Rd3 Rg7 28. Rxc3+ Kd5 29. Bd2 {Black has very slight compensation for
the pawn, Svetushkin,D (2621)-Giri,A (2714)/Melilla 2011}) 20. Kf2 Kc6 21. Rh3
Rd1 22. h5 Kd5 23. Rxc3 Nh4 24. g3 Nf5 25. Rb1 {White will realise his two
extra pawns, Petr,M (2521)-Petrik,T (2534)/Czechia 2012}) 14... Bb7 15. Rg1 $6
({It is better to push the h-pawn as far as possible:} 15. h6 O-O-O 16. h7 Rh8
17. Ng3 (17. Rh3 Nd5 (17... Ng6 18. Kf2 Nf8 19. Ng3 Kb8 20. Rb1 f6 21. exf6
Rxh7 22. Rxh7 Nxh7 23. Qg6 Rf8 {with unclear play, Bernadskiy,V (2438)
-Vysochin,S (2550)/Lvov 2010}) 18. Rb1 (18. g4 $142) 18... f5 $1 19. exf6 Nxf6
20. Qg6 Rdf8 21. f5 Ne7 {Black obtained serious counterplay, Hernandez Estevez,
Y (2230)-Moreno Trujillo,A (2533)/Linares 2013}) 17... Nd5 18. Ne4 Kb8 19. Ng5
Qe7 20. Qh3 f6 21. exf6 Qxf6 22. Qh6 Qe7 23. Bd3 e5 24. Qe6 {with a big
advantage, Wang,H (2739)-Vitiugov,N (2703)/St Petersburg 2012}) 15... O-O-O 16.
Rb1 ({A slightly more logical try was} 16. g4 Kb8 17. h6 Rh8 18. g5 Nf5 19. Bg2
Nce7 {but even here White's pawns are completely blocked, Von Meijenfeldt,B 
(2154)-Maatman,N (1994)/Dieren 2011}) 16... Nd5 17. g4 f6 $1 {Destroying her
opponent's centrak pawn structure.} 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. h6 Nb8 $2 ({The transfer
of the knight to c5 immediately was very good:} 19... Nd7 20. Qh7 Qd6 21. g5
Rh8 22. Qg6 Ne7 23. Qd3 Nc5) 20. Nxd4 $1 Nc6 21. Nb5 Qe7 22. Qxc3 $6 ({
Slightly unnnecessary materialism - it was much better to support the pawns on
the kingside} 22. Qh3 Nd5 23. g5) 22... Ne4 $1 23. Nxa7+ Kc7 24. Nb5+ (24. Qh3
{was wrong:} Rd1+ 25. Kxd1 Nf2+) 24... Kb8 25. Qe3 (25. Qf3 {was no better:}
Qh4+ 26. Ke2 e5) 25... Qh4+ 26. Ke2 Rxg4 27. Qxb6 Rxg1 28. Qxg1 Qh5+ 0-1

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2010.04.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosintseva, Tatiana"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2010.04.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[BlackClock "0:19:00"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 Ne7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 {A very complicated line - one
of the most complicated after the Botvinnik variation. In women's chess we
seldom see such openings tabiyas. They also require huge preparational work
and serious practical testing. Here White has many moves, the most popular is
13.Qd3.} (11... Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Rb1 (13. Qxc3 O-O-O 14. Rb1 Nf5 15. Rg1 d4
16. Qd3 Na5 17. Rb4 Nc6 18. Rc4 Be8 19. g4 Nh4 20. Rg3 f6 21. exf6 Bg6 22. Rxc6
Qxc6 23. Nxd4 Qh1 24. f5 exf5 25. Bf4 Be8 26. Qc4+ Bc6 27. Qe6+ Bd7 28. Rc3+ {
1-0 Shirov,A (2732)-Ganguly,S (2637)/Edmonton CAN 2009}) 13... d4 14. Rg1 O-O-O
15. g4 Nd5 $5 (15... Be8 {— 61/292}) 16. Nxd4 $146 (16. Rg3) 16... Nxd4 (16...
Nxe5 $2 17. fxe5 Qxe5+ 18. Be2 Qxh2 19. Be3 $16) 17. Qxd4 Kb8 18. Rg3 (18. h4
$142 Bc6 19. Be2 f6 20. h5 $14) 18... Bc6 19. Qc5 (19. Qc4 $142 f6 20. exf6
Nxf6 21. g5 Nd5 22. Bg2 $14) 19... f6 $1 $11 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Qe5 (21. Be3 b6
22. Bg2 Bxg2 23. Qxc7+ Kxc7 24. Rxg2 Nxg4 25. Rb3 Nxe3 26. Rxc3+ Kd6 27. Rxg8
Nxc2+ 28. Rxc2 Rxg8 $11) 21... Nxg4 22. Qxc7+ Kxc7 23. f5 exf5 24. Bf4+ Kc8 25.
Rxc3 Nf6 26. Rc4 Nd5 27. Rd1 Nxf4 28. Rxd8+ Kxd8 29. Rxf4 Be4 30. Bd3 {1/2
Dominguez Perez,L (2717)-Grischuk,A (2733)/Linares 105/84 2009/Inf 105/
[Dominguez Perez,L]}) 12. Nxc3 {A very interesting decision - this move was
not popular before.} ({In old games what was tried was the most logical plan
for White - to push his own h-pawn as far forwards as possible.} 12. h4 $146
Bd7 13. Rh3 O-O-O 14. Rxc3 $2 (14. Qd3 $142 $13) 14... Nf5 $44 {#EE} 15. Qh5 d4
16. Rd3 (16. Rh3 d3 $5 17. Rxd3 Ncd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 $44 19. Rxd4 $140 $2 Qc3+
$17) 16... Nce7 17. Bb2 Nd5 18. Rc1 (18. Bxd4 Nxf4 19. Nxf4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 $140
$2 Qc3+ $17) 18... Bc6 19. g3 Rh8 20. Qg4 Qa5+ 21. Kf2 Nde3 22. Qh3 Qd5 $1 {
Ljubojevic,L-Beliavsky,A/Thessaloniki 1984, with a very strong initiative.}) (
12. Qd3 d4 13. h4 ({It seems very logical to take the pawn on d4} 13. Nxd4 Nxd4
14. Qxd4 Bd7 15. Rb1 Nf5 16. Qf2 Qc6 17. Rb4 Qd5 18. Rg1 Bc6 19. Rc4 O-O-O 20.
Bd3 Kb8 21. Rxc3 Qa2 22. Be3 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Rxg2 24. Rxg2 Bxg2 25. Kf2 Bc6 26.
Be4 Bxe4 27. Qxe4 Qb1 28. Re3 Rc8 {Mamedyarov-Alekseev,EU Cup 2009. with
sufficient counterattack against the unsafe white king.}) 13... b6 (13... Bd7 {
seems to be weaker:} 14. h5 O-O-O 15. h6 Kb8 16. h7 Rh8 17. Rb1 Bc8 18. g4 b6
19. Bg2 Bb7 20. Kf2 {Salgado Lopez,I -Alekseev,E ,Novi Sad 2009 and the white
king is safe, plus the h7-pawn is doing its function.}) 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4
Nf5 16. Bb5+ Bd7 17. Qxd7+ Qxd7 18. Bxd7+ Kxd7 19. Kf2 Rg4 20. Be3 Rag8 21.
Rag1 Nxh4 22. g3 Nf5 23. Rh3 Ke7 24. Kf3 Nxe3 25. Kxe3 Rd8 {Bologan,V-Kamsky,G/
Reggio Emilia 2010. With an equal rook ending.}) 12... Nxe5 $6 {It is a too
primitive reaction; a much more serious one was the active} (12... Nd4 13. Qd3
Nef5 14. Bb2 Ne3 $1 15. Rc1 $1 Ndf5 16. g3 Nxf1 17. Kxf1 Bd7 {is a position
for future excavations, but the first impression is that Black has serious
compensation for the pawn.}) 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. Be2 N5g6 (14... Nc4 {is looking
more active, but it would be dangerous to leave the king's flank without
defence.}) 15. O-O Bd7 16. Rb1 a6 17. Nd4 Qc7 18. Bd2 ({It was possible to
place the bishop differently} 18. Be3 b5 19. Bd3 {which was possible and
looked more active.}) 18... O-O-O ({People want to have a safe king, but some
French specialists would play actively} 18... b5) 19. Rb3 $5 {This move is
sooner or later necessary and some activation was possible.} (19. Bd3 Qc5 20.
Be3 Nc6 21. c3) 19... Nc6 20. Rc3 (20. c3 {is possible, but when you have
placed a rook on b3, then you can use it for a pin!}) 20... Rdf8 21. Be3 Qa5
22. Rd3 Qd8 (22... Qc7 {was slightly better.}) 23. Nxc6 Bxc6 24. Bc5 Nh4 $1 {
A powerfull counterattacking move, Black is close to equalising.} 25. Rg3 ({
The risky and weakening} 25. g4 Nf5 26. Bxf8 Qxf8 27. Qh3 d4 {would promise
the bishop on c6 a bright future.}) 25... Rh8 26. Qd3 Nf5 27. Bxf8 ({possible
was} 27. Rg5 Rfg8 28. Bd4 Rh6 {but the threat of ...f7-f6 is unpleasant.})
27... Nxg3 28. Qxg3 Qxf8 29. Qc3 Rg8 (29... Qh6 $1 {would be good try to fight
for the initiative.}) 30. Bf3 Qd6 (30... Qe7 {with the intention of coming to
h4 allowed Black to fight for an advantage.}) 31. Qb4 Kc7 $6 (31... Qxb4 32.
axb4 Kd7 33. Kf2 Bb5 34. Rc1 Rc8 35. c3 Ke7 {and Black would divide the tasks
- the king stops the h-pawn, the rook attacks the queenside.}) 32. h4 f6 {
Black decides for counterplay in the centre, but still preferable was} (32...
d4 33. Bxc6 Qxb4 34. axb4 Kxc6 {with a serious activation of Black's king.})
33. h5 e5 34. fxe5 Qxe5 $2 {A huge mistake, which is difficult to explain and
to understand. It is a typical mistake of Chinese players, who make decisions
based not on the basic chess rules, but on pure calculation.} ({It is clear
that Black's main task is to keep the strong position of the centre pawns, but
not to be nervous, because of White's connected h- and g-pawns (when they will
connect, who knows?)} 34... fxe5 35. Be2 Qxb4 36. axb4 Kd6 37. Kf2 ({The
immediate} 37. g4 {would be wrong:} Bb5 $1)) 35. Re1 $1 {Now the black king
comes under fire.} Qg3 36. Rf1 {Maybe it is just checking the opponent's
intentions to play for a draw or for a win.} (36. Re3 Kb8 37. Qd4 {would be a
more logical continuation.}) 36... Qe5 37. Qh4 Bb5 $6 {A risky attacking move.}
({Correct was} 37... Qe3+ 38. Kh1 Qg5 39. Qd4 Qe5 40. Rd1 Qxd4 41. Rxd4 Kd6 {
what would gave Black a chance to activate her king and to come very close to
equalisation.}) 38. Re1 Qf5 39. Kh1 Rg7 $6 (39... Kb8 {would be better.}) 40.
Qh2+ $1 {Now the black king starts to feel uncomfortable.} Kb6 41. Qd6+ Ka7 42.
Qc5+ b6 (42... Kb8 43. Qf8+ {Now it is clear, why it was necessary to control
the back rank.}) 43. Re7+ Rxe7 44. Qxe7+ Qd7 45. Qxd7+ Bxd7 46. Bxd5 {The
bishop ending is simply won for Kosintseva.} Bf5 47. c4 b5 48. cxb5 axb5 49.
Bg8 $1 {Supporting the promotion of her own pawn.} Kb6 50. h6 Ka5 51. h7 Bxh7
52. Bxh7 Ka4 53. Bd3 1-0

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Konya"]
[Date "2012.07.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Miroshnichenko,E"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2012.07.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Istanbul Teknik Uni"]
[BlackTeam "Manisa TS Alyans"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. h4 $6 {
I can hardly call this move a side line, as over a thousand games were
continued like that, but still I believe the sharp} (7. Qg4 {to be White's
best option.}) 7... Nbc6 8. h5 h6 9. Qg4 Nf5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Qh3 $5 {A new
move, which may change an evaluation of the whole line.} (11. Ne2 cxd4 12. cxd4
Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qa4 14. Rb1 $4 Nxe5 {0-1 Nepomniachtchi,I (2729)-Savchenko,B 
(2616)/Olginka 2011.}) (11. Nf3 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qa4 13. Qf4 c4 14. Bxf5 exf5 15.
Kd1 $5 {with complicated position where White's attacking prospects look more
serious to me (Tomczak,J (2544)-Wintzer,J (2324)/Warsaw POL 2011/)}) 11... cxd4
$5 {The most principle!} (11... Qa5 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. g4 Nfe7 14. Nf3 cxd4 15.
O-O dxc3 16. Bxc3 {and White has unpleasant initiative for the pawn.}) 12. g4
Nxe5 $5 (12... Nfe7 {was worth to try -} 13. g5 $5 (13. Nf3 Qc7 14. Qg3 (14.
cxd4 Nxd4) 14... f6 15. exf6 Qxg3 16. fxg3 Rxf6 17. Nxd4 e5 18. g5 hxg5 19.
Nxc6 Nxc6 20. Bxg5 Rf3 $17) 13... Nxe5 14. gxh6 Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 Nf5 16. hxg7
Kxg7 17. cxd4 Kh8 {and the black king looks relatively safe.}) 13. gxf5 dxc3
14. Nf3 $6 ({It is still not clear to me what was wrong with} 14. Ne2 exf5 (
14... Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 e5 16. Rg1 $16 {and Black failed to develop in time.}) 15.
Bf4 Re8 16. Rg1 {and I believe White to have better chances.}) 14... Nxd3+ 15.
cxd3 Re8 (15... e5 $5 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Re8+ 18. Kf1 (18. Be3 Bd7 19. Rg1
Qf6 20. Rg4 Kh8 $17) 18... Qf6 19. Qxc3 Bxf5 20. Bb2 {with very complicated
position, where it seems to be easier to play with white.}) 16. Qg3 $1 Qf6 17.
Bf4 exf5+ 18. Kf1 $1 ({Of cource not} 18. Be5 $2 f4 $19) 18... Bd7 (18... d4 $5
19. Rg1 (19. Be5 f4 20. Bxf6 fxg3 21. Bxd4 Bg4 22. Ne5 Bf5 23. Bxc3 Rac8 24.
Bd4 Rcd8 25. Rh4 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 Bh3+ 27. Kg1 gxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Rxe5 {, and Black
shouldn't lose this.}) 19... Kh8 20. Kg2 $1 $16) 19. Kg2 (19. Be5 $5 f4 20.
Bxf6 fxg3 21. Bxc3 Bf5 22. Ne1 gxf2 23. Kxf2 {and it's not clear if Black has
enough compensation for the piece.}) 19... Re2 20. Be5 f4 21. Bxf6 fxg3 22.
Bxc3 gxf2 23. Nd4 Re3 24. Rad1 Bg4 25. Kxf2 Rae8 26. Rdg1 Rxd3 (26... f5 27.
Re1 Rxe1 28. Bxe1 {and White's advantage is beyond any doubt.}) 27. Rxg4 Rxc3
28. Rhg1 Kf8 29. Rxg7 Re5 $6 {The white knight is too strong on d4, so Black
should have tried to bother it with} (29... Re4 30. Rg8+ (30. Nf5 $4 Rf4+ $19)
(30. R1g4 Rxa3 31. Rg8+ Ke7 32. Nf5+ Ke6 33. Nxh6 Ra2+ 34. Kg3 Re3+ 35. Kf4
Re4+ 36. Kg3 Re3+ $11) 30... Ke7 31. Nf5+ Kd7 32. R8g3 Rc2+ 33. Kf3 Re5 34.
Nxh6 Rxh5 {with very good drawing chances.}) 30. Rg8+ Ke7 31. Rb8 (31. R1g3 $1
Rxg3 (31... Rc4 32. Re3 $1) 32. Rxg3 Rxh5 33. Rb3 b6 34. Nc6+ Kd6 35. Nxa7 {
and White's chances to win and Black's to draw are roughly even.}) 31... Rxa3
32. Rxb7+ Kf6 33. Rg4 Rxh5 $6 {It's so tempting to capture the last pawn!} (
33... Ra2+ $1 34. Kg3 Ra3+ 35. Nf3 (35. Kh4 $4 Ree3 36. Rg2 Re4+ 37. Rg4 Rxg4+
38. Kxg4 Ra4 $19) 35... Rxh5 36. Rf4+ Rf5 $11) 34. Rf4+ Ke5 35. Rbxf7 Rh2+ $4 (
35... Ra2+ $1 36. Kf3 (36. Kg3 Rg5+ 37. Kf3 Ra3+ 38. Ke2 Ra2+) 36... Rhh2 37.
R7f5+ Kd6 38. Rf6+ Kc5 39. Rc6+ Kb4 40. Ne6+ Kb5 {and the black king escapes
the danger.}) 36. Kg1 $1 {Now it's all over as Black is losing one of the
rooks.} Rb2 (36... Rha2 37. R7f5+ Kd6 38. Nb5+ $18) (36... Raa2 37. Nf3+ $18)
37. Nf3+ Kd6 38. R4f6+ {Black resigned. A game of tremendous tension!} (38.
R4f6+ Kc5 39. Rc7+ Kb4 40. Rb7+ Kc3 41. Rc6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.02"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. h4
Nc6 9. h5 h6 10. Nf3 Nge7 11. Rh4 c4 12. Rf4 Bd7 13. Be3 Rf8 14. Kd2 O-O-O 15.
Nh4 Nf5 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. g4 fxg4 18. Rxg4 Rg8 19. Rg1 Bf5 20. Ra2 Qa5 21. Qf3
Be6 22. Bh3 Rdf8 23. Raa1 Qc7 24. Rg3 Ne7 25. Rag1 Qd7 26. Bf1 Bf5 27. Qf4 g5
28. hxg6 fxg6 29. Qxh6 Qa4 30. Ke1 Qxc2 31. Bc1 Bd3 32. Qd2 Qxd2+ 33. Bxd2 Bxf1
34. Kxf1 Kd7 35. Ke2 Rf7 36. Bg5 Nf5 37. Rg4 Rgf8 38. Bf6 Ne7 39. R1g2 Rg8 40.
Bxe7 Kxe7 41. Rxg6 Rgf8 42. Rd6 Rf3 43. Rxd5 Rxc3 44. Rg7+ Ke6 45. Rd6+ Kf5 46.
f3 Rc2+ 47. Ke3 Rc3+ 48. Kf2 Rd3 49. Rxb7 c3 50. Rc7 Kg5 51. Rg7+ Kh5 52. Rf6
Rxf6 53. exf6 Rxd4 54. Ke3 Rd6 55. Rxa7 Rc6 $2 {[%mdl 4096]} (55... c2 56. Rc7
Ra6 57. f7 Rxa3+ 58. Ke4 Ra8 59. Rxc2 Kg6 60. Rc7 Kf6 $11) 56. f7 $4 (56. Rh7+
{hätte gewonnen:} Kg5 (56... Kg6 57. f7 c2 (57... Re6+ 58. Kf2 Rf6 59. f8=Q
Rxf8 60. Rc7 $18) {[%tqu "De","Wie lautet die weiße Pointe?","","","h7h6","",8]
} 58. Rh6+ $3 Kxh6 59. f8=Q+ {und Turm oder c-Bauern geht verloren:} Kh7 60.
Qf7+ Kh6 61. Qf4+ Kg7 62. Qd4+ Kh6 63. Qh8+ Kg6 64. Qe8+ $18) 57. f7 c2 58. Rh1
Rc3+ 59. Ke4 Rc8 60. Rc1 $18) 56... c2 $19 57. Ra5+ Kg6 58. f8=Q c1=Q+ {
Schwarz zieht mit Schwarz ein und kann nun forciert Matt setzen. Vermutlich
waren beide Seiten in hochgradiger Zeitnot.} 59. Kf2 Rc2+ 60. Kg3 Qg1+ 61. Kf4
Qd4+ $6 (61... Rc4+ 62. Ke5 Qd4+ 63. Ke6 Rc6+ 64. Ke7 Qd6+ 65. Ke8 Rc8#) 62.
Kg3 Qg1+ 63. Kf4 Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Petrosian Memorial Internet"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2004.12.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2004.12.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Bd7
9. Nf3 Bxb5 10. Bxb5+ Nc6 11. O-O Nge7 12. Bd3 Nf5 13. Bxf5 exf5 14. Bb2 Qd7
15. Kh1 O-O 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Rfd8 18. Rf3 Bb6 19. Rd3 Rac8 20. Bxb6 axb6
21. Qd2 Qc6 22. Rd1 Qxc2 23. Qxc2 Rxc2 24. g3 Kf8 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 Ke7
27. Rd6 Rc6 28. Rd2 Rc3 29. Kg2 Rxa3 30. Rd6 Ra6 31. b5 Ra8 32. Rxb6 Rb8 33.
Kh3 Kd7 34. Kh4 h6 35. g4 fxg4 36. Kxg4 Kc7 37. Rd6 Rd8 $2 {tauscht in ein
verlorenes Bauernendspiel ab.} (37... Re8 $2 38. b6+ Kc8 39. Kh5 Re7 40. Rd5
Re6 41. Rc5+ Kd8 42. Rc7 Re7 43. Rxe7 Kxe7 44. f5 $18) (37... Ra8 $1 38. b6+
Kc8 39. Rd4 (39. Rd5 Ra4 $1) 39... Ra2 40. Rc4+ Kd7 41. Rc7+ Ke6 {bot noch
gewisse Rettungschancen.}) 38. Rxd8 Kxd8 39. Kh5 Ke7 40. f5 b6 (40... Kd7 41.
f6 gxf6 42. exf6 Ke6 43. Kxh6 Kxf6 44. h4 Ke5 (44... Kf5 45. Kg7 $18) 45. h5 f5
46. Kg5 f4 47. h6 f3 48. h7 f2 49. h8=Q+ $18 {mit akustischem Beiklang}) 41. h3
$1 {[%mdl 4096] Weiß geht zu recht sparsam mit seinen Reservetempi um} Kf8 42.
f6 $1 {entwurzelt den Bauern h6.} Kg8 43. fxg7 Kxg7 44. h4 Kh7 45. Kg4 Kg6 46.
h5+ Kh7 47. Kf5 Kg7 48. Ke4 f6 (48... Kf8 49. Kd5 Ke7 50. Kc6 Ke6 51. Kxb6 Kxe5
52. Kc6 $18) 49. Kf5 fxe5 50. Kxe5 Kf7 51. Kd6 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. a4
Qc7 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nbc6 11. Qc5 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Be2 e5 14. Nh4 Be6
15. O-O Rg8 16. f4 e4 17. f5 Bf7 18. Bh6+ Ke8 19. a5 Kd7 20. Bf4 Ne5 21. Qe3
Rac8 22. Qxa7 Ra8 23. Bb5+ Kd6 24. Qe3 Qc5 25. Qxc5+ Kxc5 26. Rfb1 Kd6 27. Be2
Rgb8 28. g3 Be8 29. c4 d4 30. Rd1 Kc5 31. Bc1 Nxc4 32. Ng2 Nxf5 33. Rf1 Bd7 34.
g4 d3 35. cxd3 Nd4 36. Bd1 exd3 37. Be3 Nxe3 38. Nxe3 Ne2+ 39. Bxe2 dxe2 40.
Rfe1 Bb5 41. Rac1+ Kd4 42. Nf5+ Kd5 43. Ne3+ Ke4 44. Kf2 Rc8 45. Rb1 Rxa5 46.
Nf5 Ke5 47. Rxb5+ Rxb5 48. Rxe2+ Kf4 49. Nd6 Rcc5 50. Re4+ Kg5 51. Nxb5 Rxb5
52. Re7 Kxg4 53. Rxh7 Rb2+ 54. Ke3 Rb3+ 55. Ke2 f5 56. Rg7+ Kf4 57. h4 Rb2+ 58.
Kf1 Kf3 59. Kg1 f4 60. h5 Rb1+ 61. Kh2 Kf2 62. Rf7 f3 63. Kh3 b5 64. Rb7 Kg1
65. Rg7+ Kf1 66. h6 f2 67. h7 $2 {ist zu hastig.} (67. Kg3 {war vonnöten:} Rb3+
68. Kh2 Ke2 69. Rg2 Rf3 70. h7 Kd3 (70... Rf8 71. Kg3 $11) 71. h8=Q f1=Q 72.
Qe5 $11) 67... Ke2 68. Rg2 Rh1+ 69. Rh2 Rxh2+ 70. Kxh2 f1=Q 71. h8=Q Qf4+ {
Schwarz gewinnt, weil der weiße König in der Verlustzone abgeschnitten ist:}
72. Kh3 b4 ({Nach} 72... Qe3+ $4 73. Kg4 $11 {könnte der König die Remiszone
in der Nordostecke erreichen.}) 73. Qg7 Qf3+ 74. Kh2 b3 75. Qb2+ Ke1 76. Qa3 (
76. Qa1+ Qd1 77. Qf6 Qe2+ 78. Kg1 b2 79. Qc3+ Kd1 80. Qd4+ Qd2 81. Qa4+ Kc1 82.
Qc4+ Qc2 83. Qf4+ Kb1 84. Qd4 Qc1+ 85. Kf2 Qc6 86. Kg1 Qf3 87. Qd2 Qg4+ 88. Kh2
Qe4 89. Kh3 Ka2 90. Qa5+ Kb3 91. Qb6+ Kc2 92. Qc5+ Kd1 93. Qh5+ Ke1 94. Qa5+
Kf2 95. Qa2 Qe2 96. Kh4 Kf1 97. Kg3 Qd3+ $19) 76... Qc3 77. Qe7+ Kd1 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Luch, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qb1
c4 9. h4 f6 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. h5 fxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ne7 14. Be2 b6 15.
O-O h6 16. Be3 Nf5 17. Bd4 O-O 18. g3 Ba6 19. Rd1 Rf7 20. Kg2 Bb7 21. Ra2 Raf8
22. Rf1 Qd7 23. a4 Qd8 24. Qc1 Bc6 25. Qd2 Qe7 26. Bg4 Qd7 27. a5 b5 28. a6 Rb8
29. Bxf5 exf5 30. f4 Qe6 31. Kf2 Re8 32. Qe3 Qd7 33. Ke2 Kh7 34. Raa1 Kg8 35.
Rf2 Kh8 36. Kd2 Ree7 37. Raf1 b4 38. g4 b3 39. g5 Re6 40. Rg2 bxc2 41. Rfg1 Qc8
42. gxh6 $1 {und der Angriff wird unwiderstehlich:} Rxh6 (42... Qxa6 43. Rxg7
c1=Q+ 44. Rxc1 Qb7 45. Rg6 Bd7 46. Qg1 $18) (42... gxh6 43. Rg6 $18) 43. e6 $1
{Öffnet die Schleusen.} Qxe6 44. Qxe6 Rxe6 45. Rxg7 Rxg7 46. Rxg7 {Gegen diese
Batterie ist kein Kraut gewachsen.} Rh6 47. Kxc2 Ba4+ 48. Kc1 Bb3 49. Kb2 Bd1
50. Rxa7+ Kg8 51. Rg7+ Kf8 52. a7 Ra6 53. h6 1-0

[Event "Monaco Grand Prix-02 GM"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1968.04.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Byrne, Robert Eugene"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Myers,D"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1968.04.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. h3 $5 (12. cxd4 $2 Nxd4 $17)
(12. Rb1) (12. g3 {Levenfish}) 12... dxc3 13. g4 O-O-O 14. Qd3 d4 (14... Ng6
15. Bg2 Nh4 16. Bf1 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Qxe5 18. Qxc3+ Qxc3+ 19. Nxc3) 15. Rb1 (15.
Ng3 $5 Ng6 16. Be2 $2 (16. Bg2 Ncxe5 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Qe2 Nxg4 {(Moles 75)})
16... Ngxe5 17. fxe5 Nxe5 {(Moles 75)}) (15. Bg2 $1 Na5 (15... Qb6 $5 {
(Uhlmann)}) (15... Nf5 $6 16. Be4 {(Korelov)}) 16. Nxd4 $2 (16. Qxd4 $6 Bc6 17.
Qf2 Rd2 $5 {(Moles 75)}) (16. O-O Bc6 {(Moles)}) 16... Bc6 $1 {(Moles 75)})
15... Nxe5 $5 (15... Ng6) (15... Be8 16. Bg2 f6 $2 (16... Ng6 {(Watson 84)})
17. exf6 Bg6 18. Be4 {(Moles 75)}) 16. fxe5 Bc6 $1 17. Rg1 Ng6 $1 $44 {(eco 81)
} 18. Bf4 $5 (18. Qg3 $1 {Uhlmann} d3 (18... Be4 $5 {Larsen} 19. Bg2 Bxc2 20.
Rxb7 Qc4 21. Qf3 $5 Nxe5 22. Rb8+ Kd7 23. Qb7+ Kd6 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Bf4 d3
$13 {(Watson 84)}) 19. cxd3 c2 20. Rb4 Nxe5 21. Bf4 Rxd3 22. Bxe5 Rxg3 23. Bxc7
Rxg1 24. Bf4 $1 $14 {(Uhlmann)}) 18... Nxf4 19. Nxf4 Qxe5+ 20. Ne2 Rd5 $1 (
20... Be4 $1 21. Qc4+ Kb8 22. Bg2 Bxg2 23. Rxg2 Qe4 24. Rf2 f5 $44 {(Uhlmann)}
25. Qd3 $5 {(Moles 75)}) 21. Bg2 Bb5 $132 22. Qe4 $6 (22. Rxb5 Rxb5 23. Qxd4
Rb1+ 24. Kf2 Qxd4+ 25. Nxd4 Rxg1 26. Kxg1 Rd8 $10 {(Uhlmann)}) 22... d3 $1 23.
Qxe5 (23. Rxb5 Rxb5 24. Qxe5 (24. cxd3 Qc5 $13 {(Gligoric)}) 24... Rxe5 25.
cxd3 Rd8 26. Be4 c2 $1 {(Gligoric)}) 23... Rxe5 24. Rxb5 $6 Rxb5 $6 (24...
Rxe2+ $1 25. Kd1 (25. Kf1 Rxc2 26. Bxb7+ Kc7 27. Be4 Rd8 $1 {(Gligoric)}) 25...
Rd2+ 26. Kc1 Rxc2+ 27. Kb1 Rd8 $1 $17 {(Watson 84)} 28. Bxb7+ Kc7 29. Be4 Re2 {
(Gligoric)} 30. Bxd3 $17 {(Moles 75)}) 25. Nxc3 dxc2 26. Kd2 Rb2 27. Be4 c1=Q+
28. Kxc1 Rb3 29. Kc2 Rxa3 30. Rf1 Rg7 31. Rf4 Kb8 $2 (31... f5 $1 32. gxf5 Rc7
$1 33. Rf3 exf5 34. Bxf5+ Kd8 35. h4 Rcxc3+ $10 {(Gligoric)}) 32. Bd3 Ra1 33.
h4 Rh1 34. g5 Rh2+ 35. Kb3 Kc7 $2 (35... a6) 36. Nb5+ Kd7 37. Nxa7 e5 38. Rb4
b6 39. Bf5+ Kc7 40. Rc4+ Kb7 41. Nb5 Ka6 42. Nd6 b5 43. Rc6+ Ka7 44. Nxb5+ Kb7
45. Rc4 1-0

[Event "Monaco Grand Prix-02 GM"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1968.04.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Myers,D"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1968.04.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Qxc3 Nf5 14. Rb1
$1 d4 15. Qc4 $1 Qa5+ $5 (15... O-O-O 16. Bd2 f6 $1 17. exf6 Rdf8 $132 {
(Watson 84)} (17... Nd6 $132 {(Watson 84)})) 16. Bd2 Qxa3 17. Rxb7 Qa1+ $6 (
17... Ne3 $1 {Portisch} 18. Bxe3 dxe3 19. Qc3 (19. Qb3 Qa5+ 20. c3 $5 Ke7 21.
Qd1 Rgd8 {(Watson 84)}) 19... Qxc3+ 20. Nxc3 Nd4 21. Ne4 Bc6 22. Nd6+ Kd8 23.
Nxf7+ $10 {(bco 82)}) 18. Kf2 Rc8 19. Qd3 Nce7 (19... Nd8 {O'Kelly} 20. Rb3 Ba4
$6 21. Ra3 Qd1 22. Rxa4 $6 (22. Nxd4 $1 Bxc2 (22... Nxd4 $2 23. Qxd4 Bxc2 24.
Bb5+) 23. Qb5+ Kf8 24. Qb4+ Kg7 25. Rg1 Nxd4 26. Qxd4 Nc6 27. Rg3+ Kh8 28. Rh3+
Kg7 29. Qe3 $132 {(Judovic 68)}) 22... Rxc2 23. Qb5+ Kf8 24. Bb4+ Kg7 25. Ra3
$1 {(Portisch 68)}) 20. c4 $1 $16 {(eco 74/81)} Qa6 21. Rb2 Qxc4 22. Qxc4 Rxc4
23. Rg1 $16 {(Moles 75)} Ne3 $5 24. Bxe3 dxe3+ 25. Kxe3 Nd5+ 26. Kd3 Rc8 27. g3
a5 28. Bg2 Nb4+ 29. Ke3 Ke7 30. Rc1 Bb5 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Be4 Bxe2 33. Kxe2 f6
34. exf6+ Kxf6 35. Rb3 e5 36. f5 Rc4 37. Kf3 a4 38. Ra3 Nc2 39. Bxc2 Rxc2 40.
Rxa4 Kxf5 41. h4 Rc3+ 42. Kg2 Rc2+ 43. Kh3 e4 44. Ra5+ Kf6 (44... Ke6 45. Kg4
Rf2 46. Ra8 Kd5 47. Re8 Kd4 48. h5 e3 49. h6 Rh2 (49... e2 50. h7 Rh2 51. Rxe2
Rxh7 52. Kf5) 50. Kf4 $1 Rxh6 (50... e2 51. g4) 51. Rd8+) 45. Ra8 Kf7 46. Ra4
e3 47. Re4 e2 48. Re3 {i5/208(Portisch)} 1-0

[Event "Monaco Grand Prix-02 GM"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1968.04.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Byrne, Robert Eugene"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Myers,D"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1968.04.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3
Ne7 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 cxd4 11. Ne2 (11. Kd1) 11... Nbc6 (11... dxc3 12. f4
Nbc6 13. Qh3 (13. Nxc3 Nd4 14. Nb5 Nxb5 15. Bxb5+ Bd7 16. Qh5+ Kd8 $1 $17 {
(Vukovic)}) 13... d4 14. Rb1 b6 {Saigin-Batygin USSR 1953}) 12. f4 $1 (12. Bf4
$6 Bd7 13. Rd1 dxc3 $132 {(Keres 69)} 14. Qh3 Ng6 15. Qxc3 Nxf4 16. Nxf4 Qxe5+
$15 {(eco 81) Sherbakov-Antoshin USSR 1959}) 12... Bd7 (12... dxc3 $5) 13. Qh3
dxc3 14. Qxc3 O-O-O 15. g3 Be8 16. Bg2 Bh5 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. Rf1 Kb8 $10 {
(eco 74/81)} 19. Bf3 Bg4 $1 20. O-O-O d4 21. Qb3 Qa6 22. Qd3 Qa4 23. Qb3 Qa6
24. Qd3 Qb6 25. Qb3 Qa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch49 Final"]
[Site "Timisoara"]
[Date "1985.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ghinda, Mihail Viorel"]
[Black "Ionescu, Constantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Myers,D"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1985.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. Bd2 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4
Ne7 (8... Nc6 9. Qg4 g6 10. Nf3 $14 {(Suetin 88)}) (8... Nh6 9. Qh5 Nf5 10. Nf3
g6 11. Qh3 h5 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Bxf5 gxf5 14. Nbxd4 $14 {(Suetin 88)
Janosevic-Matanovic Yugoslavia 1955}) 9. Nf3 Nbc6 10. Bd3 a6 (10... Ng6 11. h4
h5 12. Qe2 a6 13. Nbxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxh4 15. g3 Ng6 16. Rxh5 $14 {(Suetin 88)
}) 11. Nbxd4 Bb6 12. c3 Bd7 13. Be3 Rc8 14. O-O h5 $5 15. Qe2 g6 16. Qf2 Nxd4
17. Nxd4 (17. Bxd4 $5) 17... Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Bb5 19. Rad1 (19. Bxb5+ axb5 20. a4
$36 {(Suetin 88)}) 19... Bxd3 20. Rxd3 Nf5 21. Bc5 Rc6 22. a4 Qa5 23. Ba3 Kd7
24. Qa7 Kc7 25. c4 dxc4 26. Bd6+ Rxd6 27. exd6+ Kc6 28. Rc1 Qc5+ 29. Qxc5+ Kxc5
30. d7 Rd8 31. b3 b5 32. axb5 axb5 33. bxc4 bxc4 34. Kf1 Nd6 35. Ra3 Rxd7 36.
Rd1 Rb7 37. Ra5+ Nb5 38. Rb1 c3 39. Ke1 Kc4 40. Ra4+ Kd3 41. Rd1+ Kc2 42. Rb4
Nd6 43. Rxb7 Nxb7 44. Rd7 Na5 45. Rxf7 Kb2 46. Rc7 c2 47. Kd2 Nb3+ 48. Kd3 c1=Q
49. Rxc1 Kxc1 50. Ke4 Kd2 51. g3 Nc5+ 52. Ke5 Ke3 53. Kf6 Kf3 54. Kxg6 Kg4 55.
Kf6 Kh3 56. f5 Kxh2 57. fxe6 Nxe6 58. Kg6 Ng7 {i41/349 (Ionescu)} 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-05"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1962.01.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yanofsky, Daniel Abraham"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Annotator "Myers,D"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1962.01.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "23"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Nf5 8. Bd3
h5 9. Qf4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qh4 11. Qxh4 $1 Nxh4 12. Bg5 $1 (12. g3 Nf5 13. Ne2 b6
14. a4 Nc6 15. c3 Na5 16. Bg5 $1 Bd7 17. f3 Rc8 18. Kf2 $14 {Kortschnoj}) 12...
Nf5 (12... Nxg2+ $6 13. Kf1 f6 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Bxf6 Rf8 16. Bg6+ $16 {Keres}
Kd7 17. Kxg2 Rxf6 18. Bxh5 $16 {Yanofsky}) 13. Ne2 Nc6 (13... Ne7 $5 14. c3 b6
15. O-O Ba6 16. Bxa6 Nxa6) 14. c3 $14 {+/- Gligoric} Na5 (14... Bd7 $5 15. Bxf5
exf5 16. Nf4 $14 {Keres} Be6 17. Rb1 Na5 (17... b6 18. Rb5 $14 (18. c4 $1 $16))
18. Rb5 b6 19. Nxd5 a6 $1 20. Nc7+ $5 (20. Nxb6 $2 axb5 21. Nxa8 Kd7 22. Nb6+
Kc6 23. d5+ Bxd5 (23... Kxb6 24. dxe6 fxe6) 24. Nxd5 Kxd5 $10) (20. Rxa5 bxa5
21. Nc7+ Kd7 22. Nxa8 Rxa8 $10) 20... Kd7 21. Nxe6 axb5 22. Nxg7 Nc4 (22...
Rhg8 23. Bh6 $1 Nc4 24. Nxh5) (22... Rag8 23. Bf6 Rh7 24. Nxf5 Rxg2 25. Ng3 h4
26. Kf1 hxg3 27. Kxg2 gxh2 28. Rxh2 $18) 23. Nxf5 Rxa3 24. O-O Rxc3 25. Bf6 Ra8
(25... Rg8 $5 26. Ne7 $1 (26. Ng7 $2 Rxg7 $1 27. Bxg7 b4 $17) (26. Nh6 Rg6 27.
Nxf7 Rxf6 $1 28. exf6 Ke6 $15) (26. d5 Rd3 27. Nd4 Rxd4 $1 28. e6+ fxe6 29.
dxe6+ Kxe6 30. Bxd4 Rd8 $15) 26... Ra8 27. Nd5 Rb3 (27... Rd3 28. Nf4 $16) 28.
Nf4 Nd2 29. Re1 $14 {Schiller}) 26. Ng7 (26. d5 Rd3) 26... b4 (26... Rd3 27.
Nxh5 b4 28. Nf4) 27. d5 Rd3 28. e6+ fxe6 (28... Kc7 29. exf7 Rxd5 30. Be7) 29.
dxe6+ Kd6 30. Re1 $1 (30. e7 Kd7 31. Re1 Nd6) 30... b3 31. e7 b2 32. Bxb2 Nxb2
33. e8=Q Rxe8 34. Nxe8+ Kd5 35. f4 $16 {Schiller}) 15. Nf4 Ne7 16. Be2 $1 $14 {
Pachman} g6 (16... h4 $2 17. Nh5 Nf5 18. g4 $1 $16) 17. Bf6 Rh7 (17... Rg8 18.
h3 Bd7 19. g4 $16) 18. Bb5+ $1 (18. Nh3 Ng8) 18... Bd7 19. Bxd7+ Kxd7 20. Nh3
h4 $6 (20... Ng8 $1 21. Ng5 (21. Bg5 $5) 21... Nxf6 22. exf6 Rhh8 23. Nxf7 Rhf8
24. Ne5+ Kd6 25. f7 Rac8 $1 26. Rc1 $2 Nb3 27. Rc2 Nxd4 $17 {Darga}) 21. Ke2 (
21. Ng5 $2 Rh5 22. Nxf7 $2 Ng8 $1 {(Moles 75)}) 21... Ng8 22. Bg5 $1 (22. Ng5
$2 Rh5 23. Nxf7 Rf8 $17) 22... Rc8 23. Kd3 Rc6 24. g3 $1 $16 Nc4 (24... hxg3
25. hxg3 Nc4 26. Nf4 $1 Rxh1 27. Rxh1 Nxa3 28. Rh7 $1 $18 {Darga}) 25. Bxh4 Rh5
26. f4 Ne7 27. Nf2 Rh8 28. Bf6 Rhc8 29. Rhb1 R8c7 30. g4 $1 Nc8 31. h4 Na5 32.
Nd1 Nb6 33. Ra2 Na4 34. Rc2 Nc4 35. Rb3 Ke8 36. h5 gxh5 37. gxh5 Kf8 38. Rg2
Ncb2+ 39. Nxb2 Rxc3+ 40. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 41. Kd2 1-0

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Abramovic, Bosko"]
[Black "Dokhoian, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Myers,D"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Nf3
Nbc6 9. Bd3 f5 10. exf6 Rxf6 11. Bg5 e5 $5 12. Qg3 (12. Bxh7+ $5 Kxh7 13. Qh5+
Kg8 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. dxe5 Qf8 $146 {(Psakhis)}) 12... Rxf3 $1 $8 13. gxf3 c4
14. Bxe7 $6 (14. Be2 exd4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Qe5 Nec6 $1 $44 {(Dokhoian)}) 14...
Qxe7 15. Be2 exd4 16. Kf1 Bf5 $17 {(Short)} 17. Re1 Qf7 18. f4 Bxc2 19. Bf3
dxc3 20. Rg1 Bd3+ 21. Kg2 Nd4 22. Bg4 Rf8 23. Re5 c2 24. Kh3 Qxf4 25. Rxd5 c1=Q
26. Rxc1 Qxc1 0-1

[Event "Leningrad-ch56"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1983.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lukin, Andrei M"]
[Black "Cherepkov, Alexander V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Nesis,G/Fedorov,VI"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1983.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{35/390} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4
Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Kd1 Nbc6 11. Nf3 dxc3 12. Bg5 $5 Bd7 13. Bf6
O-O-O 14. h4 Ng6 $1 15. Bxd8 Rxd8 16. Qg7 Ngxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. h5 d4 19. h6
d3 20. Bxd3 Nxd3 21. cxd3 Bb5 22. h7 c2+ ({Lukin:} 22... Qc4 $5 23. Qg3 $1 (23.
Qg5 $142 {:Laios}) 23... Rxd3+ 24. Kc1 Qb3 25. h8=Q+ Kd7 26. Qxd3+ Bxd3 27.
Qd4+ Kc6 28. Qxd3 Qb2+ 29. Kd1 Qxa1+ 30. Ke2 Qxh1 31. Qxc3+ $11) 23. Kc1 Qf4+
24. Kb2 e5 25. h8=Q Qd4+ 26. Ka2 Qd5+ 27. Kb2 Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1986.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Hug, Werner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Nunn,J"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1986.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Dolmatov} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. Bd2 {White
avoids the critical variations starting with 6 b4, but the positional 6 Bd2
can also be dangerous, e.g Sax-Korchnoi, Lugano 1986, which was won by White.}
Nc6 {More logical than 6...cxd4 7 Nb5 Bxd2+ 8 Qxd2, as played in the
Sax-Korchnoi game, since Black retains the option of capturing on d4 with the
knight.} 7. Nb5 Nxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxd2+ {This could be a mistake. I assumed that 8..
.cxd4 was bad because of 9 Bb5+ Bd7 10 Bxd7+ Kxd7, but in Rogers-Korchnoi from
Biel White could find no way to exploit the position of Black's king and soon
stood worse.} 9. Qxd2 cxd4 10. Nf3 {White has the slight plus characteristic
of this type of French position; control of d4 and the good bishop. However 10
Qxd4 was better, followed by Nf3,Bd3 and 0-0-0, since the queen can swing to
the kingside more easily.} Ne7 11. Nxd4 (11. Qxd4 $6 {Dolmatov} Nc6 12. Qg4 O-O
13. Bd3 f5 $132) 11... O-O 12. f4 Nc6 13. O-O-O Bd7 {White's position may
appear promising, but Black can develop counterplay by ...Nxd4 and ...Qa5,
aiming for ...Bb5. Any attempt at a kingside attack by White would be too slow,
so he must aim to nullify Black's queenside play.} 14. Be2 Rc8 15. Rhf1 Nxd4 (
15... a6 $22 {Dolmatov} 16. Kb1 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Bb5 18. Bxb5 axb5 $132) 16. Qxd4
Qa5 17. Qb4 {Or else ...Bb5 follows.} Qxb4 {A mistake. Black should draw the
ending, but it requires accurate defence. 17...Qc7 18 Bd3 a5 followed by ...b5
was much more dangerous for White.} 18. axb4 f6 {A good move. Black must not
wait passively for White to improve his position. Instead he removes the
cramping effect of the e5 pawn and activates the f8 rook. Although there is a
hole at e5 White cannot easily exploit it.} (18... a6 {Dolmatov} 19. Kd2 Bb5
20. Bxb5 axb5 21. Ra1 Rc4 22. c3 d4 23. Ra5 $14) 19. exf6 {After 19 Kd2 fxe5
20 fxe5 Rxf1 21 Rxf1 Rf8 the bishop ending is drawn, as a timely ...b6
prevents any penetration by White's king.} Rxf6 (19... gxf6 $6 {Dolmatov} 20.
f5 $16) 20. Kd2 h6 {Again a good defensive move. White now has to worry that
Black will play ...g5 followed, after an exchange of pawns, by ...e5 freeing
the bishop.} 21. Bd3 Kf8 {For the moment 21...g5 is impossible because of 22
fxg5 Rxf1 23 Rxf1 hxg5 24 Rf6 winning a pawn. Therefore Black plans ...Ke7-d6,.
..Rcf8 and only then ...g5.} 22. Ke3 Ke7 23. b3 {White must become active on
the queenside to stop Black's plan. After 23 Kd4 Kd6 (threat ...Rxf4+) 24 g3
g5! 25 fxg5 Rxf1 26 Rxf1 hxg5 Black has active play by ...e5+ or ...Rh8.} (23.
b5 $5 {Dolmatov} Rc5 24. Kd4 b6 25. b4 $16) 23... a6 {Black is very close to
equality. This move threatens ...Bb5, but also makes sure that a bishop on c6
cannot be driven off the c6-h1 diagonal by b5.} (23... g5 {Dolmatov} 24. g3 a6
$14) 24. c4 dxc4 25. bxc4 Bc6 26. g3 Rd8 {The first of a series of weak moves
caused by time pressure. Black should have stuck to his original plan by 26...
Rcf8 intending ...g5.} 27. Be4 Bxe4 {Objectively Black would have done better
to admit his error and play 27...Rc8, but such moves are always hard to make
and this is especially true when short of time.} 28. Rxd8 Kxd8 29. Kxe4 {
This ending is very unpleasant for Black since his rook is badly placed and
his e-pawn is weak. Nevertheless he should draw it with correct defence. To
begin with he adopts the right plan by bringing his rook back into play.} Ke7
30. Rd1 Rf8 31. c5 {The critical moment. Black must meet the threat of Rd6
followed by either Rb6 or Ke5. 31...Rd8 32 Rxd8 Kxd8 33 Ke5 loses as White
advances g4, then h4-h5 or h3-h4-h5 depending on the Black king position, then
g5 and gxh6.} Rc8 {This fails to meet the threat. Two accurate moves were
enough: 31...b6! 32 c6 (32 cxb6 Rb8 and 32 Rd6 bxc5 33 bxc5 Rc8 are no better)
Rd8! and after 33 Ra1 (33 c7 Rc8) Ra8 followed by ...a5 the a-pawn secures the
draw.} (31... b6 $5 {Dolmatov} 32. Ra1 bxc5 33. bxc5 Ra8 34. Ra5 Kd7 35. Ke5
Ra7 36. g4 $16) 32. Rd6 {Black must lose a pawn within a few moves and
although the win may be some moves off, Black has no chance.} Rc7 (32... a5 {
Dolmatov} 33. Rb6 axb4 (33... Rc7 34. bxa5 Rxc5 35. Rxb7+ Kf6 36. a6 Ra5 37. a7
$16) 34. Rxb7+ Kf6 35. Kd4 $18) 33. Ke5 a5 34. Rxe6+ Kf7 35. Rb6 axb4 36. Kd5
b3 37. Rxb3 Kf6 38. g4 Rd7+ 39. Kc4 Re7 40. Rb6+ Kf7 41. Kb5 Ke8 42. f5 Kd8 43.
Re6 Rd7 44. Kb6 Rd2 45. Kxb7 Rxh2 46. Rg6 h5 47. gxh5 Rxh5 48. c6 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.20"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 {
A dangerous line, (I am talking here from my own experience), in the sense
that White must be really vigilant in order to meet the line. It is all about
plans and ideas in this line. I learned that lesson the hard way a long time
ago in this line when I lost to Psakhis in a last round game for first place
in the Andorra open. I had another tough game in this line with WGM Lagno in
Wijk an Zee a long time ago; she played brilliantly for her age then.} 8. Qb1 {
My preference would be 8.Qg4! and I did play that against Huzman in the last
round of the Biel Open 2002; this time it was sucessful.} (8. h4 Nc6 9. h5 Nge7
10. h6 gxh6 11. Nf3 cxd4 12. Rh4 Ng6 13. Rxh6 dxc3 14. Bxc3 Bd7 15. g3 Rc8 16.
Bd3 d4 17. Bd2 Ncxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Qe2 Nxd3+ 20. cxd3 Rc5 21. Bb4 Qc6 $5
22. Bxc5 Qxc5 $44 {0-1 (39) Almasi,Z (2689)-Kovalenko,I (2700) Bastia (rapid)
2015}) 8... c4 {Kovalenko has obviously been very sucessful with this line
recently.} 9. Nf3 (9. Nh3 Nc6 10. Nf4 Bd7 11. Nh5 g6 12. Nf4 O-O-O 13. Be2 f6
14. exf6 Nxf6 15. O-O Ne4 16. Be1 Rhf8 17. g3 g5 18. Ng2 e5 19. f3 Nf6 20. dxe5
Nxe5 21. Bf2 Bh3 22. Bd4 Nc6 23. Bc5 Rfe8 $17 {0-1 (33) Kogan,A (2540)
-Kovalenko,I (2700) Bastia (rapid) 2015}) 9... Nc6 10. h4 Bd7 11. h5 h6 12. Be2
({Another possible plan is} 12. g3 O-O-O 13. Bh3 Nge7 14. O-O Kb8 15. Nh4 Rdg8
16. Qd1 g6 17. Kh2 Nf5 18. Ng2 Ng7 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Ne3 Ne7 21. Ng4 g5 22. Nf6
Rf8 23. f4 gxf4 24. Bxf4 {1-0 (40) Najer,E (2653)-Demchenko,A (2613)
Vladivostok 2014; with complicated play but at least in this game White showed
a good plan.}) 12... O-O-O 13. Nh4 (13. O-O Nge7 14. Nh2 Rdf8 15. Ng4 Be8 16.
Qb2 b6 17. Bf4 Nf5 18. Ne3 Nfe7 19. Bg3 f5 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Bd6 Kd7 22. Bf4
Kc8 {1/2-1/2 (40) Alekseev,E (2683)-Bauer,C (2664) Eilat 2012; with a highly
interestesting and complicated game.}) 13... Nge7 14. Qc1 $6 {He wants to
prevent g5, but that is not possible.} (14. Be3 Kb8 15. f4 Nc8 $5 16. O-O N8e7
$5 {Coming back!? obviously not satisfied with the Nb6-a4 manoeuvre.} 17. Rf2
Rdg8 18. g4 g6 $1 19. Kh2 gxh5 20. gxh5 Nf5 21. Nxf5 exf5 22. Bf3 Qa5 23. Qe1
Ne7 24. Rf1 Be6 25. Bf2 Re8 26. Rg1 Rhg8 27. Rxg8 Rxg8 28. Bh4 Nc8 {1/2-1/2 
(42) Najer,E (2652)-Al Modiahki,M (2579) Moscow 2006; with unclear play.})
14... Rdf8 15. Bf4 Qa5 16. Bd2 (16. Qd2 g5 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Bh2 g5 19. Nf3 Be8
{Black is more than fine.}) 16... g5 $1 17. Nf3 f6 18. exf6 Rxf6 {Black has
already achieved a perfect position in this line.} 19. O-O Qc7 20. Nh2 Nf5 21.
Ng4 Rff8 22. Qb2 {Sad, but Radjabov's play in this game was conducted without
any plan...} (22. Be1 {wih the idea to advance f4} Be8 $1 {Black is better.})
22... Nd6 23. Rae1 Ne4 24. Bc1 Be8 25. Ne3 Nf6 26. g4 Ne4 $17 {Black provoked
g4 on purpose to weaken the kingside.} 27. Ng2 Rf6 28. Bd1 Rhf8 29. f3 Qg3 $1
$19 30. Be3 Rxf3 31. Bxf3 Rxf3 32. Rxf3 Qxf3 33. Rf1 Qxg4 34. Qa1 Qxh5 35. Rf8
Kd7 36. Qe1 Ke7 37. Rf1 Qh3 38. Bf2 Bh5 0-1

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2003.07.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[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. e4 {Stohl} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 {Stohl: 'Morozevich himself with Black
prefers'} (3... Nf6 {(Stohl) after} 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3
{his trademark is the move} a6 $5 8. c4 f5 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Qd2 c5 11. d5 O-O 12.
O-O-O Bg7 13. h4 (13. Kb1 {loses a valuable tempo after} exd5 14. Nxd5 Nc6 15.
h4 b5 $5 16. h5 h6 17. Rh3 f4 18. Qxf4 $6 Bxh3 19. gxh3 Kh8 20. Rd2 bxc4 21.
Bxc4 Rb8 22. a3 Na5 23. Ba2 Rb7 24. Qa4 Qc8 $1 25. Ne3 Rb5 $19 {Lutz,
C-Morozevich,A/Biel/2003/}) 13... exd5 14. Nxd5 Nc6 15. h5 h6 16. Rh3 f4 $6 (
16... b5 $142 $5) 17. Rh4 Nb4 18. Nxb4 Qxd2+ 19. Rxd2 cxb4 20. Rxf4 Be6 21. Nd4
Bxd4 22. Rdxd4 Rac8 23. b3 Rc5 24. g4 $16 {Shirov,A-Morozevich,A/Astana/2001/})
4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. h4 {'!?' Stohl. Stohl: 'This idea was
introduced into practice by Herman Pilnik in the forties, but gained
popularity only in the late eighties, when Short started using it regularly.
Later even Anand and Kasparov gave it a try. White wants to create weaknesses
in the enemy camp by advancing the RP and gain more space on the >> for his
own forces.'} ({However, the main move is} 7. Qg4 {(Stohl) the line} O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 {caused Pelletier considerable
problems in Biel later on:} {Later Yannick tried} Nbc6 (12... Qa5 13. Bd2 Nbc6
14. Nf3 Qc7 ({more usual is} 14... c4 $14 {/<=>}) 15. dxc5 $5 $146 e5 16. Ng5
Rf8 17. c4 e4 18. cxd5 exd3 19. d6 Qd7 20. dxe7 Qxe7+ 21. Be3 Bf5 (21... Rf4
$142 $5 {/\} 22. O-O Qxg5 23. g3 Qd5 $1 24. Bxf4 Bh3 25. f3 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 d2
$14 {<=>}) 22. cxd3 Rad8 23. Qb3+ Kh8 24. Qc3+ Qg7 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Rb1 Rd7
27. O-O $16 {Lutz,C-Pelletier,Y/Biel/2003/}) 13. Nf3 Qf8 14. O-O c4 15. Be2 h6
16. Bc1 Kh7 17. a4 Bd7 18. Ba3 {[%cal Ra3d6] /\Bd6 White wants to strengthen
his control of the dark squares.} Qb8 19. Qd2 Nf5 20. Rab1 Qc7 {, but White
cleverly forced new weaknesses by} 21. Bc1 $1 g5 22. h4 $1 g4 23. Nh2 h5 24.
Qg5 Ng7 25. Re1 Rh8 26. Nf1 Rf5 27. Qe3 Ne7 28. Qg3 Qc8 29. f3 $1 $40 {Bacrot,
E-Pelletier,Y/Biel/2003/}) ({The solid moves as} 7. a4 {Stohl}) ({or} 7. Nf3 {
(Stohl) are currently rather out of fashion.}) 7... Qa5 {Stohl: 'The routine
reaction.'} (7... Nbc6 {Stohl} 8. h5 {usually transposes into the game, but
Black has original continuations as}) (7... b6 {(Stohl) or}) (7... Qc7 $5 {
Stohl}) 8. Bd2 Nbc6 9. h5 h6 {Stohl: 'Black could increase his pressure
against White's [+], but the point is White is not interested in defending the
Pd4-he wants to sacrifice it to open the game:'} (9... cxd4 {Stohl} 10. cxd4
Qa4 11. Nf3 $1 {was introduced by Kasparov, the premiere game went} Nxd4 12.
Bd3 Nec6 13. Kf1 Nxf3 14. Qxf3 b6 $2 (14... Qd4 $142 15. Re1 Nxe5 16. Qg3 Nxd3
17. cxd3 $32 {->}) 15. h6 $1 Ba6 16. hxg7 Rg8 17. Bxa6 Qxa6+ 18. Kg1 Rxg7 19.
Qf6 Rg8 20. Rxh7 Qb7 21. Bg5 $16 {Kasparov,G-Anand,V/Linares/1992/}) (9... Qa4
{Stohl} 10. Nf3 {is similar to the above line, if Black doesn't accept the
sacrifice White may protect d4 with Rh4, or even consider dxc5. We'll see both
motifs in the game yet.}) ({However, Black can probably do without prophylaxis,
in practice he has the best results with the direct} 9... Bd7 $1 {(Stohl)
aiming to finish development as soon as possible. After} 10. Nf3 $142 (10. h6
gxh6 $1 11. Nf3 O-O-O $32 {Black has promising <=> in the [+]:} 12. Bd3 c4 13.
Be2 Ng8 $1 14. Kf1 f6 15. Qe1 fxe5 16. Nxe5 (16. dxe5 Rf8 17. g3 Qc7 $15) 16...
Nxe5 17. dxe5 Ne7 18. Bxh6 Rhg8 19. Bf3 Be8 20. a4 Bg6 21. Ra2 Rd7 (21... Be4
$5 $36) 22. Bc1 Nc6 23. Ba3 Qxa4 24. Rh6 Qa5 25. Bg4 Re8 26. Ra1 {Short,
N-Psakhis,L/Isle of Man op/1999/} d4 $1 $17) 10... O-O-O 11. Bd3 $13 (11. Be2
$5)) 10. Rh4 {Dieses merkwürdige Manöver ist nicht besonders effektiv, da
Schwarz seinen Königsflügel gut schützen kann.} ({Morozevich likes extravagant
moves, but objectively better seems to be} 10. Qg4 $142 $5 {(Stohl) White
maybe didn't want to win material at the cost of development after} Bd7 11.
Qxg7 O-O-O 12. Nf3 $14 {/\} Qa4 13. Bd3 c4 14. Bh7 $1) 10... Bd7 (10... Nf5 {
Stohl} 11. Rf4 Qc7 12. Nf3 $14 {[%cal Yf1d3,Yg2g4] /\Bd3,g4}) 11. Rg4 {Stohl:
'Targeting the vulnerable Pg7 is consistent, otherwise after 0-0-0 Black has
no problems.'} ({Auf} 11. Rf4 {, was die lange Rochade verhindert, hatte ich
vor, in die entgegengesetzte Richtung zu laufen:} O-O $5) 11... Qc7 $1 (11...
Rg8 {Stohl} 12. Bd3 Nf5 13. Rf4 ({More circumspect is} 13. Nf3 $5 $13) 13... c4
14. Bf1 g5 $6 (14... f6 $142 $5 $132) 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. g4 Nfe7 17. Rf6 O-O-O
18. Qf3 Qb5 19. Nh3 Rde8 20. Nf4 Nd8 21. Bh3 Qb2 22. Qd1 Qb6 23. Qb1 Qa5 24.
Qb4 $16 {Kroll,O-Anselmo,A/Groningen/1973/}) 12. Nf3 (12. Rxg7 {'?' Stohl.}
Nxe5 (12... Nf5 {Stohl} 13. Rg4 cxd4 $17 {completely breaks up White's [+].}))
({However} 12. Bd3 $5 {(Stohl) was a serious and probably better alternative,
as Black could play the game continuation only after releasing the [+] tension
with} c4 13. Bf1 $13) 12... g5 {'!' Stohl. Stohl: 'Radically solves the
question of the ><g7 and at the same time limits White's Rg4.'} ({Ungenügend
ist} 12... O-O-O {wegen} 13. Rxg7 cxd4 14. Bf4 ({oder} 14. Bd3) 14... dxc3 15.
Bd3 {[%csl Rf7] und Weiss steht besser.}) (12... Nf5 $143 {Stohl} 13. Bd3 Nce7
14. dxc5 $1 $14 {|^}) 13. hxg6 {Stohl: 'Without the N on f3 White could
consider an advance of his f-pawn, now the text is more or less forced.'} fxg6
14. Rb1 g5 $6 {Stohl: 'The same motif as on move 12, Morozevich decides to
free the R immediately.'} ({Nach diesem leichtsinnigen Zug kann der weisse
Turm gelegentlich zum Damenflügel überführt werden. Der richtige} 14... cxd4
15. cxd4 g5 {[%csl Rg4] hätte die weisse Strategie in Frage gestellt, da der
Rg4 ausser Spiel bleibt.}) 15. dxc5 {[%cal Yg4a4] '!?' Stohl. Stohl: 'A
double-edged concept. White opens lines and ranks for his rooks and bishops,
but on the other hand "sacrifices" his [+].'} (15. Bd3 $13 {Stohl}) 15... O-O-O
({Nur} 15... Ng6 {hätte noch erlaubt, um die Initiative zu kämpfen. Nach dem
Textzug wird Schwarz etwas Zeit verlieren müssen, um nach vorne zu kommen.} 16.
Bd3 {Stohl} Ngxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 18. Kf1 O-O-O $13 {/=/+}) (15... Nxe5 $143 $6
{Stohl} 16. Rgb4 $36 {and Black has problems safeguarding his K. Therefore he
castles, but deserving attention was}) 16. Bd3 Rhg8 $6 {Stohl: '/\Ng6'} ({
Stohl: Even one move later} 16... Nxe5 $6 17. Rgb4 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 {kann kaum
gefallen, da Weiss nach} Bc6 19. Qf6 (19. Qh3 $14 {(Stohl) doesn't seem ideal.}
) 19... Rde8 20. Kf1 {aktiver ist.}) ({Stohl: However, the text is rather slow
and clumsy. Stronger seems the typically French manoeuvre Stark war aber} 16...
Be8 $1 {[%csl Re5][%cal Ge8g6,Ge8h5] Stohl: 'with chances to fight for an
advantage:'} 17. Ra4 {Stohl} Bh5 18. g4 Bg6 $15 {[%cal Rg6e4,Rh6h5] /\Be4,h5})
17. Qe2 {'!' Stohl. Stohl: '/\Ba6'} Rdf8 {Stohl: 'Black parries the threat by
freeing d8 for his K.'} 18. c4 $1 {Alexander fühlt den richtigen Augenblick,
um weitere Linien aufzumachen. Nur ein Tempo hätte Schwarz erlaubt, mittels
Ng6 den Bauern e5 zu erobern.} Ng6 {Stohl: 'Continuing his plan.'} ({Das
Qualitätsopfer} 18... Rxf3 {(18...dxc4 19.Rxc4)} 19. gxf3 Nxe5 {Stohl: 'fails
to' sieht stark aus, aber Weiss verfügt über die Ressource} (19... dxc4 {Stohl}
20. Be4 $1 {[%cal Rf3f4] /\f4} Qxe5 21. Qxc4 $16) 20. cxd5 $1 (20. Rg3 Nf5 $1
$44) 20... Nxg4 (20... exd5 21. Rgb4 Bc6 22. Bb5 $16 {[%csl Rb7]} (22. f4 $16 {
(Stohl) /\} gxf4 $2 23. Bxf4 Rg1+ 24. Kd2 Rxb1 25. Bxe5 $1 Qa5 26. Bc3 Rxb4 27.
Qxe7 $1 $18)) 21. Ba6 $1 $16 {'!' Stohl.} ({oder} 21. c6 $5) 21... Qxc5 {Stohl}
22. Rxb7 Kd8 23. fxg4 Qxd5 24. Bc3 $5 $16 {[%csl Ga6,Gc3,Rd8] /+-,^^,עd8}) (
18... dxc4 {Stohl} 19. Rxc4 g4 20. Nd4 $36 {/\} Nxe5 $6 21. Rcb4 Qxc5 {viazne
na} 22. Rxb7 Qxd4 23. Ba5 $1 $18 {->}) 19. cxd5 exd5 {Stohl: 'This is risky,
but Black has no completely safe alternatives.'} 20. Ba6 $5 {'!' Stohl. Stohl:
'White not only ignores the attack on his Rg4, but sacrifices another piece on
the opposite side of the board. This leads to immense complications.'} ({
Stohl: Even the very natural Dieser interessante Angriffszug hielt ich während
der Partie fälschlicherweise für inkorrekt. Daher nahm ich alle Opferangebote
an! Zum weissen Vorteil führte aber} 20. e6 {Stohl: 'doesn't promise clarity
after'} Re8 {'!' Stohl.} 21. Bf5 Rxe6 ({Leider funktionniert} 21... Kb8 $6 {
nicht:} 22. Kf1 $1 Rgf8 {'!' Stohl.} (22... Nf8 23. Bf4 $1 {[%cal Gg4g8]}) 23.
Bxg6 (23. Qd3 {Stohl} Bxe6 24. Bxe6 Rxe6 25. Qxd5 Ref6 $44) 23... Rxe6 24. Qd3
Rxg6 25. Qxg6 Bxg4 26. Qxh6 $16) 22. Bxe6 Re8 23. Be3 $1 Rxe6 (23... Bxe6 24.
Ra4) 24. Ra4 Re8 25. Kd1 $16) (20. Ra4 {Stohl} g4 (20... Re8 $5) 21. Nd4 Nxd4
22. Rxd4 Nxe5 $36 {עe1}) 20... bxa6 $2 ({Wegen des von beiden Kontrahenten
übersehenen Zwischenzugs 21.e6! (siehe nächste Anmerkung) ist dies ein Fehler.
Schwarz musste} 20... Bxg4 21. Rxb7 {Stohl: 'and now:'} Bxf3 {'>=!' Stohl.
spielen} ({, aber nicht} 21... Qxb7 $2 22. Bxb7+ Kxb7 23. Qb5+ Kc7 24. Ba5+ {
'!' Stohl.} Nxa5 25. Qxa5+ Kc8 {Stohl: '(ine ustupy stracali strelca po sachu
zo stvrteho radu)'} (25... Kb8 $2 {Stohl} 26. Qb4+ $18) (25... Kd7 $2 {Stohl}
26. Qa4+ $18) 26. Qxa7 $18 {'!' Stohl. Stohl: '/\'} ({also good is} 26. Nd4 {
Stohl} Rg7 27. f3 $1 $40) 26... Bxf3 {Stohl} 27. e6 $1 Ne5 28. gxf3 $18 {
and Black's forces are too uncoordinated to withstand the ->.}) 22. Rxc7+ (22.
gxf3 $2 Qxb7 23. Bxb7+ Kxb7 24. Qb5+ Kc7 25. Ba5+ Nxa5 26. Qxa5+ Kd7 $17) 22...
Kxc7 23. gxf3 Ngxe5 {'!' Stohl.} (23... Nd4 $2 {Stohl} 24. Qd3 Nxe5 (24...
Nxf3+ 25. Kd1 Nxd2 26. Qxd5 $1 $18) 25. Qh7+ Nd7 26. Ba5+ Kc6 27. c4 $40) 24.
Ba5+ Kd7 (24... Nxa5 $2 25. Qxe5+ $18) 25. Bb5 $13 Rb8 $13 {Stohl}) 21. Qxa6+
$6 {Stohl: 'White insists on the sacrifice and retains a dangerous initiative,
but more realistic was the sober regain of material with'} (21. e6 $1 {hätte
das Opfer gerechtfertigt, denn Weiss gewinnt die Figur zurück und behält
seinen Angriff, z.B:} Re8 ({oder} 21... Bxe6 22. Qxe6+ Qd7 23. Qe2) (21... Be8
$2 {Stohl} 22. Qxa6+ Kd8 23. Rb7 $18) 22. exd7+ {'|^!' Stohl. Stohl: 'The Rg4
is taboo and'} (22. Qxa6+ $2 Kd8 23. Nxg5 Bxe6 24. Nxe6+ Rxe6+) (22. Nxg5 $2 {
Stohl} hxg5 23. Qxa6+ Kd8 24. Bxg5+ Nge7 $19) 22... Kxd7 (22... Qxd7 23. Be3 {
'|^' Stohl. Stohl: 'and White is better, e.g.,' Stohl: 'leads to the main line'
} Nge5 (23... Kc7 {Stohl} 24. Qxa6 Rb8 25. Rgb4 $1 Nxb4 26. axb4 $44 {->}) 24.
Qxa6+ Kd8 25. Nxe5 Rxe5 26. c4 $1) 23. Be3 $40) 21... Kd8 22. Rb7 Qc8 (22...
Bxg4 $2 {Stohl} 23. Rxc7 Kxc7 24. Ba5+ {-20...Bg4 A)}) 23. e6 $1 {Stohl:
'White's attack can't go on without sacrifices, the text lures the B to a more
exposed square and bares the 7-th rank.'} ({After} 23. Nd4 $2 {Stohl} Ngxe5 $19
{Black's position is solid.}) 23... Bxe6 24. Nd4 {'!' Stohl. Stohl: 'Avoids a
possible Rf3 and activates the N with tempo.'} Bd7 $2 {Stohl: 'This time
White's pieces are taboo:'} ({Stohl: However a possible alternative was} 24...
Nge5 {'!?' Stohl. hätte zum Dauerschach geführt nach} 25. Ba5+ (25. Nb5 $5 {
Stohl} Bd7 $8 26. Nd6 Qa8 {is interesting-Black's Q is offside and ...Nxg4 is
still impossible due to Qxc6!, threatening mate. However, it's not easy to
find a final blow for White.}) 25... Nxa5 (25... Ke8 $2 {Stohl} 26. Nb5 $18)
26. Nxe6+ (26. Qd6+ $6 Bd7 27. Ne6+ Ke8 28. Rc7 Nxg4 29. Rxc8+ Bxc8 {und
Schwarz hat zuviel Material für die Dame}) (26. Qxa5+ {Stohl} Ke8 {is less
forced and more ambitious, but even here Black's defence is not so easy to
crack:} 27. Qxa7 (27. Rc7 Qb8 28. Nb5 Rf7 $1 29. Rb4 Kf8 $15) (27. Rxa7 Nc4 $5
28. Qa4+ Bd7 29. c6 Bxg4 30. Ra8 Kf7 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 $17 {wins the Q, but
favours Black}) 27... Rf7 (27... Bxg4 28. Rb8 {and Black's K is more exposed
than in the line above, which gives White reasonable <=>}) 28. Rxf7 Bxf7 {
and White should be glad he has a perpetual after} (28... Nxf7 $5 29. Rg3 $44)
29. Nf5 $1 Qxf5 (29... Qd8 $2 30. Ra4 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra7b7,Ra4a8] /\Qb7,Ra8})
30. Qb8+ Kd7 31. Qd6+ Kc8 32. Qa6+ $11) (26. Nxe6+ Ke8 27. Nc7+ Kf7 28. Nxd5+
$1 Qxb7 29. Qf6+ Ke8 30. Qxe5+ Kd8 $1 {[]} (30... Kd7 $2 31. Rd4 Kc8 32. Qe6+
Kb8 33. Rb4 Re8 34. Ne7 $1 $18) 31. Qd6+ (31. Rd4 $2 Nc6 32. Qd6+ Qd7 $17)
31... Qd7 32. Qb8+ Qc8 33. Qd6+ $11) 26... Ke8 27. Nc7+ Kf7 28. Nxd5+ {'!'
Stohl.} Qxb7 29. Qf6+ Ke8 30. Qxe5+ Kd8 {'!' Stohl. Stohl: '[]'} (30... Kd7 $2
{Stohl} 31. Rd4 Kc8 32. Qe6+ Kb8 33. Rb4 Re8 34. Ne7 $1 $18) 31. Qd6+ (31. Rd4
$2 {Stohl} Nc6 32. Qd6+ Qd7 $17) 31... Qd7 32. Qb8+ Qc8 33. Qd6+ {'=' Stohl.}
Qd7 {usw. Nicht unbedingt leicht zu sehen, zumal die Partiefortsetzung auch
vernünftig aussieht!}) (24... Bxg4 $2 {Stohl} 25. Nxc6+ Ke8 26. Rb8 $18) (24...
Nxd4 $2 {Stohl} 25. Rxd4 Rg7 (25... Ke8 26. Rdb4 $18) 26. Qd6+ Rd7 27. Qxe6 $1
Qxb7 28. Ba5+ Kc8 29. c6 $18) {[#]} 25. Ba5+ $2 ({Stohl: After the weak text
move White's attack should have failed. Morozevich had a fantastic tactical
shot Nach dem unglaublichen} 25. Rxg5 $3 {'!' Stohl. wäre Schwarz wohl vor
einer unlösbaren Aufgabe gestanden. Die folgenden Varianten sind sehr
kompliziert aber auch sehr schön.} Nge5 {'>=' Stohl. Es führt hier zum Verlust,
die Geschenke anzunehmen:} ({Stohl: Greed once again fails:} 25... hxg5 {
'?!' Stohl.} 26. Bxg5+ Nce7 {'[]' Stohl.} (26... Ke8 $2 27. Nb5 $18) (26...
Nge7 $2 27. Nxc6+ Qxc6 28. Rb8+ {'+-' Stohl.}) 27. c6 $1 {'->' Stohl. Stohl: '/
\'} ({Stohl: promising is also} 27. Qxa7 {ist unklar nach} Ke8 (27... Ne5 {
Stohl} 28. Nb5 $1 Rg6 29. Rb8 $40) 28. Nb5 Nf5 29. Rb8 Nge7 30. Nd6+ Nxd6 31.
cxd6 Qxb8 32. Qxb8+ Nc8) 27... Ne5 28. Ne6+ $1 Ke8 (28... Bxe6 $2 {Stohl} 29.
Qa5+ $18) 29. cxd7+ Nxd7 30. Nc7+ Kd8 31. Bxe7+ {'!' Stohl.} Kxe7 32. Nxd5+ Kd8
33. Qxa7 $18 {Stohl: '/\Rc7+-'}) ({oder} 25... Nxd4 26. Rxd5 {'|^' Stohl.} Rf7
27. Rxd4 Re7+ 28. Kd1 Ke8 29. Rxa7 $16) {Nun kann Weiss mit der folgenden
forcierten Variante seinen Angriff fortführen:} 26. Ba5+ (26. Nxc6+ {Stohl}
Nxc6 27. Rxd5 Rf7 $15) ({White can fuel his attack with a further sacrifice} 
26. Rxe5 $1 {Stohl} Nxe5 27. Qxa7 Nc6 (27... Ke7 28. c6 $1 Nxc6 29. Nxc6+ Qxc6
30. Bb4+ Ke8 31. Rb6 $18 {because after a Q-move Black gets mated}) 28. Qb6+
Ke8 29. Rc7 $40) (26. Ba5+ Ke8 27. Nb5 hxg5 $5 (27... Nc4 28. Rxd5 Rf7 29. Nxa7
$1 $40 (29. Rbxd7 Qxa6 30. Nc7+ Kf8 31. Ne6+ $11)) 28. Nd6+ Ke7 29. Nxc8+ Rxc8
$15 {/-/+}) (26. Nxc6+ Nxc6 27. Rxd5 Rf7 $15) 26... Ke8 27. Nxc6 (27. Nb5 {
Stohl} hxg5 $5 (27... Nc4 28. Rxd5 Rf7 29. Nxa7 $1 $40 (29. Rbxd7 Qxa6 30. Nc7+
Kf8 31. Ne6+ $11)) 28. Nd6+ Ke7 29. Nxc8+ Rxc8 $15 {/-/+}) 27... Nxc6 28. Qe2+
Kf7 (28... Ne7 29. Re5 Rf7 30. Rc7 $18) 29. Rf5+ Kg7 30. Qg4+ Kh8 31. Bc3+ d4
32. Bxd4+ Nxd4 33. Qxd4+ Rg7 34. Rxf8+ Qxf8 35. Rxa7 {Vier Bauern für eine
Figur sind natürlich mehr als genug. Aber diesen Vorteil umzumünzen, ist nicht
so einfach, da die Bauern am Damenflügel zersplittert sind. In meiner Analyse
konnte ich jedenfalls keinen Gewinnweg finden. Allgemein sollte man merken,
dass Schwarz alle Schwerfiguren nicht tauschen sollte, da das folgende
Endspiel verloren wäre. Als beste Strategie gilt es, die Türme zu tauschen und
die Damen zu behalten. Nur so wird es dem Nachziehenden gelingen, den
gegnerischen König zu belästigen, und eine Blockade auf der langen Diagonale
zu bauen. In diesem Sinne lautet der beste Zug} Qf5) (25. Nb5 {Stohl} Nge5 $5 {
leads to the position from the note above, line 24...Nge5-that is, if Black
doesn't have anything better.}) 25... Ke8 ({Eine sichere Alternative war} 25...
Nxa5 26. Qxa5+ Ke8 {Zwar gewinnt Weiss die Dame nach} 27. Qxa7 Bxg4 28. Rb8 {
aber der materielle Ersatz ist mehr als genug, um Schwarz Vorteil zu sichern.})
26. Qe2+ (26. Nb5 Rf6 {'-+!' Stohl. und}) (26. Nxc6 Qxc6 {bringen nichts ein.})
26... Nge7 $2 ({Stohl: Even stronger is Aus irgendeinem Grund dachte ich, dass
dieser oder jener Springer mache keinen Unterschied. Neben} 26... Nce5 {
'!' Stohl. Stohl: 'Both White's R are en prise and even tricks don't help:'
gewann auch} 27. Rc7 $19 {Stohl} (27. Nb5 {Stohl} Qxc5 28. Bb4 Bxb5 29. Rb8+ (
29. Rxb5 Qxf2+ 30. Qxf2 Rxf2 $19) 29... Kf7 30. Rxb5 Qc8 $19) (27. Rc7 $19 Qb8)
27... Qb8) (26... Nce7 27. Rc7 (27. Nb5 Rf6) 27... Bxg4 (27... Qb8 $17 {Stohl})
28. Nb5 (28. Rxc8+ Bxc8) 28... Rf6 29. Nd6+ Kf8 30. Rxc8+ Bxc8 {Weiss ist
materiell klar in Rückstand und von einem Angriff ist nicht mehr die Rede.}) (
26... Kf7 $4 {Stohl} 27. Qe6+ $18) 27. Rc7 Qb8 $4 {Stohl: 'And this final
heavy mistake, presumably in time-trouble, ends the game abruptly.'} ({Nach 27.
Rc7 übersah ich einfach alles!} 27... Nxa5 {'[]' Stohl.} 28. Rxc8+ Bxc8 {
hätte Schwarz immer noch Vorteil versprochen, obwohl die Sache nach} 29. Rg3
Kd8 {immer noch nicht leicht wäre.} (29... Nc4 $15 {(Stohl) /~~ was still
fully playable for Black, although realizing his material advantage might
prove impossible.})) 28. Nxc6 {Stohl: 'Now Black's position collapses.'} Qb1+
29. Kd2 Rg7 30. Rb4 {Stohl: 'This R was en prise for 10 (!) moves, but it
stayed alive long enough to deliver the final blow.'} 1-0

[Event "SUI-GER m"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2002.09.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2002.09.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Psakhis} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4
O-O 8. Bd3 Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Nce7 $6 {Psakhis: 'This is a quite new move
first time was played just in 1989, but just now became very popular.'  Diese
Nebenvariante ist zweifelhaft. Nicht ohne Grund wird sie von Stefan Kindermann
& Ulrich Dirr in ihrem ausgezeichneten Buch kritisiert. Schwarz lässt im Druck
gegen e5 nach und erlaubt 11.dxc5, was vor allem die aktive Stellung des Bd3
sichert. Natürlich war ich mir all dessen bewusst und hatte meine eigene Idee.}
(10... Qc7 11. Be3 c4 ({oder} 11... Nce7 {lautet die bessere Spielweise.})) (
10... Qc7 $5 {Psakhis: still is more common.}) 11. dxc5 {Psakhis: 'It is very
understandable, that having two bishops, White is trying to open position.'} (
11. Ng5 $6 {Psakhis} h6 12. Nf3 c4 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. Qg4 Bd7 $11 {0-1 Polgar,
S-Lputian,S/Rimavska Sobota 1991/ (33) just wasting time and gives to Black at
least equal game}) 11... b6 {'N' Psakhis. Psakhis: 'Interesting novelty.'} ({
After} 11... Qc7 {Psakhis} 12. O-O Nf5 (12... f6 {Psakhis} 13. exf6 gxf6 14. c4
$36) 13. Re1 Qxc5 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. Rab1 Bd7 16. Ng5 {1/2-1/2 Vasiukov,Y-Naumkin,
I/Voskresensk 1990 (32) Black failed to equalize}) 12. c6 $1 ({Nach} 12. cxb6
axb6 {[%csl Ra3,Rc3,Gd3][%cal Gc8a6] gelingt es dem Nachziehenden, mittels Ba6
den gefährlichen Bd3 abzutauschen. Danach hätte er wegen der einigen
Bauernschwächen im weißen Lager gutes Spiel. Dass der Bauer auch vorbeistoßen
kann, hatte ich unterschätzt.}) 12... Qc7 13. O-O f5 ({Die Alternative} 13...
Nxc6 14. a4 {bringt nichts ein, da} Ncxe5 $4 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Bxg6 {
bekanntlich eine Figur verliert.}) (13... Qxc6 {Psakhis} 14. c4 Bb7 $1 (14...
dxc4 {Psakhis} 15. Ng5 h6 16. Be4) 15. Bg5 Nf5 {also leads to unclear game.})
14. exf6 ({Christopher öffnet die Stellung für sein Läuferpaar und zerstört
gleichzeitig meine Rochade.} 14. Re1 Qxc6 15. a4 Qxc3 16. Ba3 Bd7 {war unklar.}
) 14... gxf6 {Psakhis: 'It's extremely difficult to evaluate this position.'}
15. c4 $5 ({Es kam auch in Frage, die Züge} 15. Nh4 $5 f5 {und den Abtausch
auf g6 einzuschalten, bevor man den Vorstoß c4 durchsetzt.}) 15... dxc4 (15...
Qxc6 16. Re1 $1 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gf3d4] ist unangenehm.}) 16. Bxc4 Qxc6 17. Bb3
{[%csl Rg8][%cal Gb3g8]} Kh8 {Natürlich bemüht sich Schwarz, die Aktivität des
Bb3 mittels e5 und Be6 zu beschränken. Aber Weiß kommt zuerst dran.} 18. Nd4 $2
({Weiß scheint, über viele verheißungsvolle Möglichkeiten zu verfügen. Während
der Partie untersuchte ich} 18. Bb2 $6 e5 19. Rfe1 {[%cal Gf3e5] mit der
gewaltigen Drohung eines Opfers auf e5. Aber nach} Bb7 {[%csl Yb7,Yc6,Rg2]
[%cal Yg6f4] entfaltet die schwarze Stellung dank der Drohung Nf4 gutes
Gegenspiel.}) ({Möglich war auch} 18. Bh6 {, was im Anbetracht der Variante}
Rd8 19. Rfe1 e5 $2 20. Rxe5 $1 fxe5 21. Nxe5 {sehr stark zu sein scheint. Hier
mindestens gewinnt der Angriff rasch nach z.B.} Rd5 22. Qf3 Qe6 23. Nxg6+ hxg6
24. Qf8+ {Aber es gibt für Schwarz noch 19...Nf5!, nachdem die Welt für ihn in
Ordnung ist.}) ({Die richtige Fortsetzung war sehr schwer zu entdecken, denn
man musste die Ideen der beiden vorigen Alternativen kombinieren. Nach} 18. Re1
$1 {muss Schwarz den Vorstoss e5 sorgfältig vorbereiten, da ständig
Opfermöglichkeiten drohen.} Nf5 ({eben nicht} 18... e5 $2 19. Bh6 {, wonach
praktisch unausweichlich Rxe5! folgt.}) 19. Bb2 Qc7 ({und wieder nicht} 19...
e5 $2 20. Rxe5 $1) 20. Qg4 (20. Rad1 e5) 20... e5 21. Qe4 Bd7 22. Rad1 Rad8 $14
{mit haltbarer wenn auch mühsamer Stellung.}) 18... Qe4 (18... Qc3 19. Be3 e5
20. Ne2 Qc6 {war ebenfalls möglich, aber mir gefiel meine Dame auf der langen
Diagonale.}) 19. Rd1 ({After} 19. Bh6 {Psakhis} Nh4 $1 20. f3 (20. Nf3 $2 {
Psakhis} Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 Rg8+ 22. Kh1 Qf5 $19) 20... Qxd4+ 21. Kh1 Ba6 $5 (21...
Rd8 {Psakhis} 22. c3 $8 Qxc3 23. Qxh4 Nf5 24. Rac1 Nxh4 25. Rxc3 Nf5) 22. Rad1
Bxf1 23. Rxd4 Bxg2+ 24. Kg1 Nxf3+ 25. Kxg2 Nxd4 {Black has more than enough
compensation for the queen.}) (19. c3 {Psakhis} e5 20. Nb5 Nc6) 19... Rd8 $1 ({
Diese überraschende ("halbe") Fesselung löst die schwarzen Probleme.} 19... e5
$2 20. f3 Qh4 (20... Qb7 21. Nb5 $18 {[%cal Gb5d6,Gd6f7]}) 21. Qxh4 Nxh4 22.
Nb5 $16 {war hingegen sehr schlecht.}) 20. Be3 ({Nach} 20. f3 Qe5 21. Qg4 h5 $1
22. Qe4 Qxe4 23. fxe4 e5 {[%csl Rd1]}) ({oder} 20. Bb2 e5 {[%csl Re3] hat
Schwarz mehr vom Spiel,}) ({während das Opfer} 20. Bh6 Rxd4 21. Rxd4 Qxd4 22.
Rd1 {am einfachsten mittels} Qe4 {[%cal Ge7g8] widerlegt wird.}) 20... e5 21.
Ne6 {Psakhis: 'Only move'} (21. Nf3 $2 {Psakhis} Bg4 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Ng5 $8
fxg5 24. Qxg5 Rf8 $19) (21. Qf3 {Psakhis} Qxf3 22. Nxf3 Bg4) 21... Bb7 $5 ({
Voll in die Verwicklungen hinein, während} 21... Bxe6 22. Bxe6 Nh4 (22... Qxc2
23. Qf3 $44) 23. Qg4 (23. Bh3 {Psakhis} Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rg8 $36) 23... Qxg4 24.
Bxg4 Nhf5 {zum Ausgleich geführt hätte.}) 22. Qh3 Rg8 ({Der Zwischentausch auf
d1 schwächt beide Grundreihen, aber nach} 22... Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rg8 {'?'
Psakhis.} 24. Nd8 $1 {profitiert nur Weiß davon!}) 23. Bg5 $2 {Psakhis: 'This
move may looks active, but this is actually a mistake. Good or bad, but Lutz
had to play 23.Rd7.'} ({Nach diesem Fehler steht Schwarz endgültig besser.
Nötig war hier} 23. Rd7 $1 {(23.Re1? Qh4! oder 23.Ng5?! fxg5 24.Bxg8 Nxg8!? 25.
Bxg5 Nf4 26.Bxf4 Qxf4 27.Rd7 Be4 sind für Schwarz günstig) , worauf ich rasch
angenommen hatte, dass 23...Nh4 gut war. Aber in diesem Fall übernimmt Weiß
die Führung mittels 24.Ng5! fxg5 25.Rxe7.} {Nach dem Turmzug müsste also
Schwarz die richtige Erwiderung} Qxg2+ $1 {finden. Die Alternativen sind
hingegen nachteilig, z.B:} (23... Rae8 $6 24. Bg5 $1 fxg5 25. Nxg5 Qxg2+ 26.
Qxg2 Bxg2 27. Nf7+ Kg7 28. Kxg2 $14) (23... Nf8 $6 24. Rxe7 $1 (24. Nxf8 Raxf8
$1 25. Bxg8 Rxg8 26. Rxb7 Qxb7) 24... Rxg2+ 25. Kf1 Rg1+ 26. Ke2 Rxa1 27. Qh6
$1 {[%csl Rh8] und Weiß erhält Angriffschancen! Nach} Qf3+ 28. Kd2 Rg1 29. Rxb7
Qd1+ (29... Qxb7 30. Qxf6+ Rg7 31. Ng5 $16) 30. Kc3 Rc8+ 31. Rc7 Rxc7+ 32. Nxc7
$14 {leidet einfach der Nachziehende.}) {Nun aber nach} 24. Qxg2 Bxg2 25. Ng5 (
{nicht} 25. Nc7 $2 Nh4 {[%cal Gh4f3]}) ({aber} 25. Bg5 {ist auch möglich:} fxg5
26. Kxg2 Nf5 $13) 25... fxg5 26. Kxg2 (26. Bxg8 Bc6) 26... Rg7 {bleibt die
Stellung kompliziert.}) 23... fxg5 24. Nxg5 Qh4 {Psakhis: 'Maybe Lutz missed
this move in his calculations.'} (24... Qxg2+ $2 25. Qxg2 Bxg2 {ist leicht
besser für Weiß wegen} 26. Nf7+ Kg7 27. Kxg2 {[%csl Gb3]}) 25. Qxh4 Nxh4 26.
Bxg8 Rxg8 27. Rd8 $6 $138 ({Hartnäckiger war} 27. Nf7+ {auch wenn Schwarz
mittels} Kg7 28. Nxe5 Bxg2 29. Rd4 Nf3+ 30. Nxf3 Bxf3 {[%csl Rg1] klaren
Vorteil bewahrt.}) 27... Rxd8 28. Nf7+ Kg7 29. Nxd8 Bxg2 30. Rd1 Bd5 {[%csl
Rd8]} 31. c4 Bxc4 32. Rd7 Kf8 $1 {[%csl Rd8] Immer noch gegen den Randspriger
gespielt. Bald werden sogar beide weißen Figuren in der Ecke gefangen.} 33.
Rxa7 Ke8 34. Nb7 (34. Ra8 Kd7 {oder}) (34. Rc7 Nf3+ $1 35. Kg2 Bd5 36. Nb7 Nd4+
37. Kg3 Nb5 {ändern nichts.}) 34... Nhf5 35. a4 ({Nach} 35. Ra8+ Kd7 36. Rh8
Bg8 {geht es nicht besser.}) 35... Nc8 (35... Bd5 {gewann schneller, aber auch
mir blieb hier noch wenig Zeit.} 36. Ra8+ Kd7 37. Ra7 Nc6 38. Ra8 Kc7) 36. Ra8
Kd7 {[%csl Ra8,Rb7]} 37. a5 Bd5 38. a6 Kc7 39. Kf1 Nfe7 40. Ke1 Bf3 $6 $138 ({
Wegen Zeitnot behielt ich den statu quo, aber} 40... Nc6 {hätte einige Züge
gespart.}) 41. Kd2 Nc6 42. Ke3 Bd5 43. f4 ({Um den Turm zu retten, gab es nur} 
43. Nd6 {, aber nach} Nxd6 44. Rh8 Nc4+ {ist es natürlich vorbei.}) 43... exf4+
44. Kxf4 N6a7 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.16"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Perunovic, Milos"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Perunovic,M"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Serbia"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Kd1 {I was surprised by the opening choice of my
opponent, so I decided to play the line that had been employed many times by
the famous Serbian grandmaster Milan Matulovic.} (10. Ne2 {is the main line.})
10... Nbc6 11. Nf3 Nxe5 $5 {After this move play is forced and requires high
precision from both sides.} (11... dxc3 12. Ng5 Nxe5 {now White has two
options.} 13. Bf4 (13. f4 f6 {!} 14. fxe5 fxg5 15. Qh5+ Kd8 16. Bxg5 Qc5 17. h4
Bd7 $13 {with an unclear position in which there are many opportunities for
both sides}) 13... Qb6 $5 (13... f6 14. Nf3 Qb6 15. Nxe5 fxe5 16. Bxe5 Qxf2 17.
Bxc3 $13) 14. Bxe5 Rxg5 15. Qh4 Rg8 16. Qd4 Qxd4+ 17. Bxd4 Bd7 (17... Nf5 18.
Bxc3 $13) 18. h4 $13) 12. Bf4 Qxc3 13. Nxe5 Qxa1+ 14. Bc1 d3 $6 {I knew the
move 14...Rf8 and during the game I thought that 14...d3 was a strong move.
But I was encouraged in thinking that it was not part of the preparation of my
opponent, because he spent a lot of time.} (14... Rf8 15. Bd3 Bd7 (15... Nc6 {?
} 16. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 17. Qg8+ Ke7 18. Ke2 $1 $16) 16. Ke2 {the position is very
unclear, but I think White has better chances. I will show some ideas:} Nf5 (
16... Qc3 17. Bh6 Qc7 18. f4 O-O-O 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Qg7 Qd8 21. Nxf7 Rg8 22.
Qf6 Qf8 23. g4 $16) 17. Re1 O-O-O 18. Nxf7 Rde8 19. Ne5 $5 (19. Kf1 $36) 19...
Ba4 20. Ng6 Rg8 21. Bf4 Qc3 (21... Rg7 22. Qxg7 Qxe1+ 23. Kxe1 Nxg7 24. g4 $16)
22. Kf1 Rg7 23. Qh5 $36 {with the idea g4 and White has a strong initiative.})
15. Qxf7+ Kd8 16. Qf6 dxc2+ 17. Kd2 $6 (17. Kxc2 $5 Qa2+ 18. Bb2 Bd7 19. Nf7+
Ke8 20. Nd6+ Kd8 21. Bd3 Ba4+ 22. Kd2 Rxg2 (22... Kd7 23. Re1 $18) 23. Nxb7+
Ke8 24. Qh8+ Rg8 25. Qh5+ Kf8 26. Qe5 d4 27. Qf6+ Ke8 28. Nd6+ Kd7 29. Nc4 Rab8
30. Qxd4+ Kc8 31. Qe5 $16) 17... Qd4+ 18. Bd3 (18. Kxc2 Qc5+ 19. Kb1 $5 Bd7 20.
Bd3 Rc8 21. g4 Kc7 22. Re1 Rcf8 23. Nxd7 Kxd7 24. Qxe6+ Kd8 25. f4 $16) 18...
Qc5 (18... Ke8 19. Ke2 Bd7 20. Be3 Qb2 21. Rc1 Rc8 22. Nxd7 d4 23. Nb8 $3 $18 {
A crazy computer move!} (23. Bd2 $13 {Bronstein,L-Uhlmann,W/Zagreb 1965})) 19.
Ke2 Bd7 20. Be3 d4 (20... Qxa3 $2 21. Ra1 $1 Qb4 22. Bd2 Qc5 (22... Qb6 23.
Bxc2 $18) (22... Qb3 23. Nf7+ Ke8 24. Nd6+ Kd8 25. Rc1 $18) 23. Nf7+ Ke8 24.
Bf4 Nc8 (24... Nf5 $2 25. Bxf5 Bb5+ 26. Kf3 Qe7 27. Qxe6 Qxe6 28. Bxe6 $18) (
24... Qb6 $2 25. Bd6 Nc8 26. Ba3 $18) 25. Nh6 Rxg2 26. Bg6+ Rxg6 27. Qxg6+ Ke7
28. Qg7+ Ke8 29. Qg8+ Qf8 30. Qg6+ Ke7 31. Bg5+ Kd6 32. Nf7+ Kc7 33. Bf4+ Kb6
34. Qxc2 $18) 21. Bxd4 Qd5 (21... Qxa3 $5 22. Nf7+ Ke8 23. Be5 Nf5 24. Bxf5
Bb5+ $5 25. Kd2 Qb4+ 26. Kc1 Qb1+ 27. Kd2 Qb4+ 28. Ke3 (28. Kc1 Qb1+ $11) 28...
Qc5+ 29. Kd2 $11) 22. Rc1 Bb5 $2 {The last mistake in time trouble.} (22... Rc8
23. Bxa7 Rc3 24. Nf7+ (24. Bd4 Rxd3 25. Kxd3 Ba4 26. g3 Re8 27. Qf3 Qb5+ 28.
Kd2 Nf5 29. Qd3 Nxd4 30. Qxd4+ Kc7 31. Qc4+ Qxc4 32. Nxc4 Rd8+ 33. Kc3 Rd1 34.
Kb2 b5 35. Ne5 Rd2 $44) 24... Ke8 25. Qxc3 Kxf7 26. Qc5 Rxg2 27. Qxd5 Nxd5 28.
Bb8 Rg8 29. Be5 Ra8 30. Bxc2 $14) (22... Ba4 23. Bxc2 Bb5+ 24. Bd3 Rc8 25. Rd1
Rc2+ 26. Ke3 $16) 23. Rxc2 Bxd3+ (23... Rc8 24. Rd2 $18 {!}) 24. Kxd3 Qb3+ $2 (
24... Re8 {was better:} 25. Rc5 Qb3+ (25... Qa2 $4 26. Nf7+ Kd7 27. Qf4 Qxa3+
28. Ke4 Rg8 29. Rc7+ Ke8 30. Nd6+ Kd8 31. Nxb7+ Ke8 32. Nd6+ Kd8 33. Rxe7 Kxe7
34. Qf7+ Kxd6 35. Be5+ Kc6 36. Qxe6+ Kb5 37. Qd7+ Ka6 38. Qc6+ Ka5 39. Bc7+ Kb4
40. Bd6+ $18) 26. Rc3 Qd5 (26... Qb5+ 27. Kd2 Rc8 28. Rd3 Kc7 29. Nc4 $5 Qxc4
30. Rc3 Kd7 31. Rxc4 Rxc4 32. Bxa7 $18) 27. Ke2 {with the threat Bc5 or Bb6.}
Qa2+ 28. Ke3 Rc8 29. Bc5 Rxc5 30. Rxc5 Qxa3+ 31. Nd3 $16) 25. Kd2 Qd5 26. Ke3 (
26. Rc3 $18 {with the idea Rd3.}) 26... Re8 27. Nf7+ Kd7 28. Ne5+ Kd8 29. Bc5
Qb3+ 30. Kd2 Qd5+ 31. Kc1 Rc8 32. Bxe7+ Rxe7 33. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Polgar,J"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[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. e4 {Knaak} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4
O-O 8. Bd3 f5 (8... Nbc6 $2 9. Qh5 h6 10. Bxh6 gxh6 11. Qxh6 Nf5 12. Bxf5 exf5
13. O-O-O c4 14. Nh3 f6 15. Qg6+ Kh8 16. Rhe1 fxe5 17. dxe5 f4 18. Qh6+ Kg8 19.
Nxf4 Qe7 20. Re3 Bg4 21. Nxd5 Qxa3+ 22. Kb1 {Vogt,L-Uhlmann,W/Berlin Ost/1989/
1-0/22/}) (8... Nd7 9. Nf3 f5 10. Qh3 Nb6 11. Rg1 Qc7 12. Bd2 Nc4 13. g4 Nxd2
14. Kxd2 Kh8 15. gxf5 Nxf5 16. Rg5 cxd4 17. Rag1 dxc3+ 18. Kd1 Qe7 19. Rh5 Nh6
20. Rxg7 $18 Kxg7 21. Rxh6 Rh8 22. Rf6 Kg8 23. Rf4 h5 24. Rf6 {Polgar,
J-Sinkovics/Budapest/1990/0-1/}) 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 h6 {N} (11...
g6 12. Qd1 Qa5 13. Bd2 Nbc6 14. Nf3 Bd7 15. h4 e5 16. c4 Qa4 17. Ng5 dxc4 18.
Be4 Bf5 19. Nxf7 Bxe4 20. Qg4 $16 {Epishin-Ulibin/Minsk/1990/1-0/35/}) 12. Bg6
Rf8 13. Nf3 Nbc6 14. O-O (14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Qxh6 Nxg6 16. Qxg6+ Kh8 17. Qh6+
$10) 14... Qc7 $6 (14... Bd7 15. Rae1 (15. dxc5 Be8 (15... e5) (15... e5 {Knaak
}) 16. Bxe8 Qxe8 17. Qxe8 Raxe8 18. Be3 Nf5 $44) (15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Qxh6 Nxg6
17. Qxg6+ Kh8 18. Ng5 $17 (18. Qh6+ $10) (18. Qh6+ $10 {Knaak}) 18... Qe7 19.
f4 Be8 20. Qh6+ Kg8 21. Rf3 Rf6 $17) 15... Be8 16. Bxe8 Qxe8 17. Qxe8 Rfxe8 18.
Bxe7 Rxe7 19. dxc5 e5 $13) 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 (15... Nxe7 16. Ne5 $16) 16. Rae1 Qf6
$6 (16... cxd4 17. cxd4 Qxa3 18. Bd3 Ne7 19. Ne5 $40) (16... Bd7 17. c4 $13)
17. Ne5 $1 cxd4 $6 (17... Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qe7 19. f4 Bd7 20. Re3 (20. g4 Be8 21.
f5 $14) 20... Be8 21. Rg3 Rf5 $10) 18. f4 $1 dxc3 (18... Nxe5 19. fxe5 Qg5 (
19... Qe7 20. Rxf8+ Qxf8 21. Rf1 Qc5 22. Bd3 dxc3+ 23. Kh1 { 1/4h5-g6  1/
4h5-f7}) 20. Rxf8+ Kxf8 21. Qf3+ Ke7 22. Qf7+ Kd8 23. Qf8+ Kc7 24. Qd6#) 19. g4
$1 Qe7 (19... Nxe5 20. fxe5 Qe7 21. Rxf8+ Qxf8 22. Rf1 Qc5+ 23. Kg2 Bd7 24. Bd3
(24. Bf7+ $1 Kh7 25. g5) 24... Be8 {24...<<f8}) 20. Bd3 $1 (20. g5 Nxe5 21.
Rxe5 Qc5+ 22. Kg2 Qd4 $13) 20... Qe8 $8 21. Ng6 Bd7 (21... Rf7 22. g5) 22. g5
$1 Rf7 23. gxh6 gxh6 24. Kh1 $18 (24. Qxh6 Rh7 25. Qg5 Rg7 26. f5) 24... Ne7
25. Rg1 Nf5 (25... Nxg6 26. Bxg6) 26. Ne7+ $6 (26. Bxf5 Rxf5 27. Qxh6 Kf7 28.
Qh7+ Kf6 29. Ne5 $18) 26... Kf8 27. Nxf5 {27.<<g8} Rf6 28. Qg4 Qf7 29. Nd6 Rxf4
30. Nxf7 Rxg4 31. Rxg4 Kxf7 32. Rh4 $6 (32. Rf1+ Ke7 33. Rg7+ Kd6 34. Rh7 $18)
32... Rh8 33. Kg2 Kf6 34. Rh5 Ke7 35. Kf2 (35. Rxd5 $4 Bc6 36. Bc4 Rd8) 35...
Kd6 36. Re3 Be8 37. Rhe5 Rf8+ 38. Ke1 Rf6 39. Re2 Bc6 40. R5e3 d4 41. Rg3 e5
42. Rg6 Rxg6 43. Bxg6 b5 44. Be4 Bd5 45. Bxd5 Kxd5 46. Rf2 a5 47. Rf8 b4 48.
axb4 axb4 49. Rc8 h5 50. Ke2 h4 51. Rc7 h3 52. Rc8 e4 53. Rc7 {53...<<e5 54.
<<c4} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Rb1 O-O-O 14.
Nxc3 {This sharp line requires deep preparation from both sides. Black is a
pawn down, but White's king is uncastled. All theory so far.} Na5 15. h3 $1 {
Dominguez deviates first from his own game. This continuation definitely needs
more testing at the top level. I would say that this move is promising for
White, the idea of g2-g4 covering the f5 square is good enough.} (15. g3 Kb8
16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. Rxb5 Rc8 18. Be3 b6 (18... Nc4 $6 19. Bf2 Qc6 20. Rc5 Qa6 21.
Be2 Rxc5 22. Bxc5 Qa5+ 23. Bb4 $16 {1-0 Areshchenko,A (2570)-Williams,S (2487)/
Coventry 2005/CBM 105 ext (32)}) 19. Bc5 (19. Be2 $5 Qxc2 20. Bd2 Qxd3 21. Bxd3
Nc4 $13 {Psakhis}) 19... Nf5 20. Bh3 Nb7 21. Bf2 Qxc2 22. Qxc2 Rxc2 23. O-O Nh4
24. Rb3 Na5 {[%cal Oa5b3,Ga5c4]} 25. Rd3 Nc4 $15 {[%csl Gc4,Gh4] 1/2-1/2
Dominguez,L (2639)-Shulman,Y (2550)/Buenos Aires 2005/CBM 109 (46)}) (15. Nb5
Bxb5 16. Qxb5 {To my mind the sacrifice of the Pc2 is dubious.} (16. Rxb5 Kb8 {
transposes to the 15.g3 line.}) 16... Qxc2 17. Bd2 Qe4+ 18. Kd1 a6 19. Qb6 Qa4+
20. Ke1 Nec6 21. h4 $2 (21. Kf2 $13) 21... Rg3 $17 {[%csl Gg3] 0-1 Xu Jun 
(2626)-Zhang Zhong (2658)/Tianjing 2003/EXT 2004 (36)}) 15... Kb8 (15... a6 {
Covering the b5-square does not solve Black's problems.} 16. g4 Ng6 17. h4 Bc6
18. Bg2 (18. Qd4 $16) 18... Nxf4 $1 {White should be aware of such tactical
strikes in this opening line since his king is vulnerable in the centre.} 19.
Bxf4 Rxg4 20. Bg3 d4 21. Ne4 Rdg8 22. Rh3 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 f5 24. exf6 Rxg3 25.
Rxg3 Rxg3 26. Qxd4 Rg8 27. Qe3 Kb8 28. h5 Rg3 29. Qb6 Qe5 30. Qd8+ {1/2-1/2
Antal,G (2405)-Berkes,F (2372)/Budapest 2000/CBM 079 ext}) 16. g4 Rc8 (16... d4
$2 {is bad in view of} 17. Ne4 $16) 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. Rxb5 a6 $6 {To my mind
this move is a waste of time.} (18... Qxc2 $2 {loses material:} 19. Qxc2 Rxc2
20. Kd1 Rgc8 21. Bd2) (18... Nc4 $5 19. Be2 Qc6 20. Rb1 Qc5 {followed by the
manoeuvre Ne7-c6-d4 might yield Black reasonable compensation.}) 19. Rb1 Nc4
20. Qc3 d4 $5 {This is a typical push. At a price of another pawn Black opens
as many lines as possible, attempting to harass the white monarch. Objectively,
this does not work out properly in this case, but from the practical point of
view this is a chance worth taking.} (20... Qc6 {[%cal Gd5d4]} 21. Qd4 Qa4 22.
Bd3 Qa5+ 23. Kf1 Nc6 24. Qf2 $14) 21. Qxd4 Rgd8 22. Qxc4 Qa5+ {Forced. In the
event of an exchange of queens Black can forget about compensation.} (22...
Qxc4 $2 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Rh2 $16) 23. Qb4 Qd5 24. Be3 $2 {Instead of this
White had two ways for an advantage.} (24. Rh2 Qd1+ 25. Kf2 Rxc2+ 26. Kg1 Qxf1+
27. Kxf1 Rd1+ 28. Qe1 Rxe1+ 29. Kxe1 Rxh2 30. Rb3 Rh1+ 31. Kd2 Rf1 32. Kc2 Nd5
33. h4 $16 {[%csl Gh4]}) (24. Qxb7+ Qxb7 25. Rxb7+ Kxb7 26. Rh2 Rc3 27. Rd2 $16
) 24... Qf3 $2 {It looks like both players miscalculated one of the lines that
could arise in the event of 24...Qxh1. Basically, this kind of sharp position
is nearly impossible for human players to play precisely, this task is for
engines.} (24... Qxh1 25. Qb6 (25. Qxe7 Qf3 26. Be2 Qh1+ 27. Bf1 Qf3 $11) (25.
c4 Ng6 26. Qb6 Nh4 27. Qa7+ Kc7 28. Bb6+ Kc6 29. Bxd8 Qe4+ 30. Kf2 Qxf4+ 31.
Kg1 Qg3+ 32. Kh1 Qf3+ 33. Kg1 $11) 25... Rc7 $1 26. Qxa6 Nd5 27. Qa7+ Kc8 28.
Qa8+ Kd7 29. Qa4+ Ke7 30. Rxb7 Nxe3 31. Rxc7+ Kf8 32. Rxf7+ Kg8 33. Rg7+ Kh8
34. Rh7+ Kg8 35. Rg7+ $11) 25. Qxb7+ Qxb7 26. Rxb7+ Kxb7 27. Bd3 {Three pawns
against an exchange should be sufficient for a win.} Nd5 28. Bd2 Nc3 29. Kf2
Rd4 30. Ke3 Ra4 {The a-pawn is Black's last chance.} 31. Bxc3 Rxc3 32. h4 Raxa3
33. Kd4 Rc8 34. h5 Ra4+ 35. Ke3 a5 36. h6 Rb4 37. g5 a4 38. h7 Rh8 39. Ra1 Kb6
40. c3 Rb3 41. Rxa4 Rxc3 42. Kd2 Rxd3+ (42... Rb3 43. Kc2 Rxd3 44. Kxd3 {
leads to the same position as in the game.}) (42... Rcc8 43. Ra6+ Kb7 44. g6
fxg6 45. Rxe6 $18 {[%cal Gd3a6,Gd3g6]}) 43. Kxd3 Rxh7 44. Ra8 Kb7 (44... Kc6 {
was a bit more stubborn.} 45. Ra7 ({Black is hoping for} 45. Ke4 Kd7 46. Ra7+
Ke8 47. g6 $4 {[%tqu "En","Black is in trouble, or is he?","","","f7f5","",2]}
f5+ $1 $19 {[%cal Gh7a7]}) 45... Kd5 46. Rd7+ Kc6 47. Rd6+ Kc7 48. g6 fxg6 49.
Rxe6 Rh4 50. Ke3 Rg4 51. Rd6 $18) 45. Ra1 Rh3+ 46. Ke2 Rc3 47. Rh1 Kc8 48. Rh7
Rc7 49. g6 $1 {Transforming into a a won pawn ending.} fxg6 50. Rxc7+ Kxc7 51.
Kf3 (51. Kf3 Kd7 (51... Kc6 52. Kg4 Kd5 53. Kg5 Ke4 54. Kxg6 Kxf4 55. Kf6 $18)
52. Kg4 Ke7 53. Kg5 Kf7 54. Kh6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 {The main
test to the Winawer variation of the French.} cxd4 {Grischuk is accepting the
challenge and choosing the sharp line. Black is giving up both his kingside
pawns, but ruining White's central pawn chain.} ({Another common theoretical
line is:} 7... O-O 8. Bd3 Nbc6) 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 ({
Here and on the next move it is bad for White to take on d4.} 11. cxd4 $2 Nxd4
$1) 11... Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Nxc3 {This is the main continuation.} (13. Qxc3
{has appeared in practice many times as well.}) ({An interesting idea was
recently succesfully employed by Shirov and Svidler.} 13. Rg1 $5 {White is
trying to push his pawn majority as fast as possible, without wasting time on
capturing the Pc3.} O-O-O 14. g4 d4 15. Rb1 (15. h4 $6 Be8 16. h5 f6 17. exf6
Nd5 18. Bh3 Kb8 19. g5 Bxh5 $17 {1-0 Shirov,A (2739)-Shulman,Y (2616)/
Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2007/The Week in Chess 682 (39)}) 15... Be8 16. Rg3 f6 (
16... Rh8 $5) 17. exf6 Nd5 18. Qc4 e5 19. g5 Bf7 20. Qd3 Bg6 21. f5 Bh5 22. Qe4
Rge8 23. Kf2 Bf7 24. Bg2 $18 {1-0 Svidler,P (2732)-Berg,E (2593)/Crete 2007/
CBM 121 (41)}) 13... a6 14. Rb1 Na5 15. h4 {Pushing the passed pawn forward
and preparing to develop the kingside rook via h3.} Nf5 {[%csl Rg3]} 16. Rh3
O-O-O {The position is very complicated and dynamic. Black definitely has a
compensation for the sacrificed pawn. The main question is whether White will
be able to parry Black's threats and keep his extra pawn...} 17. h5 Nc4 (17...
d4 $6 18. Ne4 Bb5 19. Rxb5 $1 axb5 20. Nf6 Rh8 21. g4 Ne3 22. Bxe3 dxe3 23.
Qxe3 Kb8 24. Bxb5 Qxc2 25. Be2 Nc4 26. Qc3 Qb1+ 27. Kf2 Nb2 28. Kg2 $14 {
1-0 Seres,L (2400)-Brinck Claussen,B (2359)/Budapest 2006/CBM 112 ext (40)})
18. Rb4 Bc6 19. Ne2 ({After} 19. h6 $6 Rg6 20. h7 Rh8 {[%csl Rh7] the pawn is
most likely to be surrounded and captured.}) 19... Bb5 20. a4 Qc5 $1 {All
theory so far...} 21. Qc3 $2 {The critical moment. According to the ChessBase
website, Cheparinov said after the game that he forgot the right move 21.Ba3
which was analysed at home. Had this position been totally unknown and not
investigated, I don't think that he would reveal in public which move is the
right one. However, the explanation to Cheparinov's candour is simple: this
position already appeared in practice 20 years ago in an encounter between
renowned grandmasters! It is also curious that the wrong move executed by the
Bulgarian GM is not new as well. In modern chess it's really hard to create
even a bad novelty!} ({Let's see, what could possibly happen if Cheparinov had
made the right move.} 21. Ba3 Bc6 22. Qc3 (22. Qb3 $2 Nce3 {[%csl Rc2,Rg2]} 23.
Rxb7 Nxc2+ 24. Kd2 Nxa3 25. Rb8+ Kc7 $19) (22. h6 Rg6 23. h7 Rh8 24. Qb3 Qa7 (
24... Nce3 $2 25. Rxb7 Nxc2+ 26. Kd2 Nxa3 27. Rb8+ Kc7 28. Rxh8 $18) 25. Rxc4
dxc4 26. Qxc4 Qb6 $15) 22... Qa7 (22... Rg4 $5 23. a5 Rh8 $13) 23. a5 Kb8 24.
Rb6 $1 Nxb6 25. Bc5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Hort,V (2595)-Nogueiras,J (2550)/Biel 1988/
CBM 009 (43)}) 21... d4 $1 {This is a thematic thrust in these "French
positions". Grischuk proves convincingly that one mistake in a sharp position
is enough.} (21... Bc6 $2 22. a5 Bb5 23. Rxb5 Qxb5 24. Nd4 Nxd4 25. Qxd4 Qb1
26. Kd1 $13 {1/2-1/2 Maros,M (2225)-Hagara,E (2271)/Slovakia 2000/EXT 2001 (42)
}) 22. Qb3 Na5 23. Rxb5 {The exchange sacrifice does not really make White's
life easier.} (23. Qa3 Bxe2 $1 24. Kxe2 (24. Bxe2 Rxg2 $19) 24... d3+ $1 25.
cxd3 (25. Rxd3 Rxd3 26. cxd3 Ng3+ 27. Ke1 Qg1 $19) 25... Nc6 26. Rc4 Qg1 27.
Qc5 Rxg2+ 28. Ke1 Rd4 $1 (28... Nfd4 $6 29. Qxd4 $1 Rxd4 30. Be3 Rxc4 31. dxc4
Qh2 32. Rxh2 Rxh2 33. Be2 Ne7 {is less convincing.}) 29. Rc2 Ng3 30. Qf8+ Rd8
31. Rxg3 Rxg3 32. Qc5 Qh1 $19) (23. Qb2 $1 {would be objectively better,
though extremely dangerous for White.} Bxe2 (23... Bc6 24. h6 Nc4 25. Rxc4 Qxc4
26. h7 Rh8 27. Ng3 Qd5 28. Nxf5 Qe4+ 29. Kf2 Qxf5 30. Bd3 Be4 31. Qa3 Rxh7 32.
Qc5+ Kb8 33. Qe7 {and White is still alive.}) 24. Kxe2 Ng3+ 25. Rxg3 $1 (25.
Kf2 $2 {falls into} d3+ 26. Be3 d2 $1 27. Bxc5 d1=Q {[%csl Rf1][%cal Gd8d2]}
28. Qb1 Rd2+ 29. Kg1 Rxg2+ $1 30. Kxg2 Qd5+ 31. Kf2 Qxc5+ 32. Kf3 Nxf1 33. Qxf1
Qxb4 $19) 25... Rxg3 26. Kf2 Rc3 27. Bd3 {Of course, White is clearly worse
but, not lost yet.}) 23... Nxb3 24. Rxc5+ Nxc5 {White is an exchange down
without any real compensation.} 25. Ng1 (25. c3 d3 26. Nd4 Ng3 $1 (26... Nxd4
$6 27. cxd4 Rxd4 28. Be3 Rd5 29. h6 {gives White practical chances.}) 27. h6
Rg4 {followed by 28...Rh8 with a winning position.}) 25... Rg3 26. Ba3 d3 $1 {
Opening the d-file.} 27. Rxg3 Nxg3 ({There is a nice line pointed out by an
engine:} 27... d2+ $6 28. Kd1 Ne4 $1 29. Rf3 Nf2+ $1 30. Rxf2 Ne3+ 31. Ke2
d1=Q+ 32. Kxe3 Qd4+ 33. Kf3 Qc3+ 34. Bd3 Qxa3 35. g4 Qxa4 36. h6 {It is
interesting that with an extra queen Black's winning task is much harder than
with an extra exchange...}) 28. cxd3 Nxa4 29. Ne2 (29. Be2 Nc3 {is lost for
White as well.}) 29... Nxh5 30. g4 Rxd3 $1 {Well calculated.} 31. gxh5 Rxa3 32.
h6 Ra1+ $1 ({The last trap that had to be avoided was} 32... Rd3 $2 {[%tqu
"En","How can White save the game?","","","e2c3","",5]} 33. Nc3 $3 Rd8 (33...
Rxc3 $4 34. h7 $18) 34. Nxa4 Rh8 {White should not have many problems to hold
this endgame.}) 33. Kf2 Rd1 34. h7 Rd8 {The rook is just in time to stop the
h-pawn. The game is over.} 35. Nd4 Nc5 36. Nf3 Kd7 37. f5 exf5 38. Bh3 Ke7 39.
Bxf5 a5 40. Bb1 a4 41. Nd4 Rh8 42. Nf5+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "Linares 26th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.02.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Rb1 d4 (13...
O-O-O {is a more common line, but Grischuk definitely studied the game
Dominguez-Stellwagen from the recent Wijk tournament where the Cuban
grandmaster got an advantage.}) 14. Rg1 {Both players had already played this
position last year in the World blitz championships.} (14. g3 O-O-O 15. Bg2 Na5
16. O-O Bc6 17. Bxc6 Naxc6 18. Qe4 Qa5 19. Rd1 Qc5 20. Rd3 Nd5 21. Kg2 Rge8 22.
Qf3 f6 23. exf6 Nxf6 $17 {1-0 Dominguez Perez,L (2719)-Grischuk,A (2719)/
Almaty 2008/EXT 2009 (53)}) ({Capturing the pawn is too risky for White:} 14.
Nxd4 $6 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Nf5 16. Qf2 Bc6 17. Rg1 O-O-O {White's king is in real
danger in the center.} 18. Qxa7 Nd4 19. Kf2 f6 20. Be3 fxe5 21. Bc4 Qh7 $40 {
0-1 Nijboer,F (2606)-Stellwagen,D (2600)/Hilversum 2007/CBM 119 (36)}) 14...
O-O-O 15. g4 Nd5 (15... Be8 16. Rg3 f6 17. exf6 Nd5 18. Qc4 $6 (18. Nxd4 $1
Nxf6 19. Nb5 $1 Rxd3 20. Nxc7 Rxg3 21. Nxe8 Nxe8 22. hxg3 Rxg4 23. Kf2 $16 {
Berg,E}) 18... e5 $13 {1-0 Svidler,P (2732)-Berg,E (2593)/Heraklio 2007/CBM
121 (41)}) 16. Nxd4 {Now, after Black has closed the d-file, it's time to
capture this pawn.} Nxd4 17. Qxd4 {[%csl Ra7]} Kb8 {Frankly speaking, White
should be better. However, it is difficult to prove in practice as White's
king is uncastled and might be in danger.} 18. Rg3 $6 {This move is quite
standard in such positions, but in this particular case not the best one.
White should develop his bishops and roll his kingside pawn majority forward
as soon as possible.} (18. Be3 Qa5 (18... b6 19. h4 Bc6 20. h5 Qe7 21. g5 Qxa3
22. Bd3 $16) 19. h4 Qxa3 20. Kf2 Bc6 21. Bd3 $16) 18... Bc6 19. Qc5 (19. Qc4 {
This is the suggestion of "Rybka".} f6 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. h3 (21. g5 Ne4 22. Bg2
Rd2 $1 23. Bxe4 (23. Rg4 Rxg2 $1 24. Rxg2 Nd6 25. Qe2 Bxg2 26. Qxg2 Qc5 $44)
23... Qxf4 24. Qd4 $3 Rf8 $1 25. Rxc3 $1 Bxe4 26. Rd3 $1 Qxh2 27. Bxd2 Qh1+ 28.
Ke2 Qh5+ {with perpetual check. This computer variation is another proof for
how weak the human players are, compared to engines.}) 21... e5 22. Bg2 Rd1+ $1
{Nice blow wins the queen.} 23. Kxd1 Bf3+ 24. Rxf3 Qxc4 {[%tqu "En","Please
enter a move for White.","","","b1b7","Counterstrike!",5]} 25. Rxb7+ $1 {
Counterstrike!} Kc8 26. Rb4 Qc5 {This position is still very difficult to
estimate.}) 19... f6 $1 {Opening as many lines as possible against the white
monarch.} 20. exf6 (20. Be3 fxe5 $1 {Black should not be afraid of one check!}
(20... Nxe3 $2 21. Qxe3 Rd2 22. exf6 Rxh2 23. g5 {should be won for White.})
21. Qxa7+ Kc8 22. fxe5 Rh8 $44) 20... Nxf6 {[%cal Gf6e4] Threatening a direct
fork on e4 which reveals the drawback of 18.Rg3. Another threat is Rd8-d1+!}
21. Qe5 {The best decision, at least from a practical point of view. After the
exchange of queens the white king is out of danger. For this purpose he has to
give back his extra pawn.} Nxg4 22. Qxc7+ Kxc7 {The resulting position is
about equal, but Dominguez is the one who has to be on his guard here.} 23. f5
{Opening the diagonal for the bishop.} (23. Rxc3 $6 Nxh2 $15 {[%cal Gh2f3]})
23... exf5 24. Bf4+ Kc8 25. Rxc3 Nf6 (25... Rge8+ 26. Be2 Re4 27. Rb4 $1 $11)
26. Rc4 Nd5 27. Rd1 Nxf4 28. Rxd8+ Kxd8 29. Rxf4 Be4 30. Bd3 {After the
exchange of bishops the rook endgame is completely drawish.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade RAD 30"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1977.01.31"]
[Round "13.4"]
[White "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexey S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Bd2
(8. Qxg7 Rg8 {La grande ligne}) 8... cxd4 9. cxd4 Qxc2 10. Rc1 (10. Qxg7 Rg8
11. Qh6 Qb2 12. Rc1 Qxd4 13. Bc3 Qe4+ 14. Ne2 Nbc6 15. f3 Qf5 16. Qe3 Bd7 17.
Ng3 Qg5 18. f4 Qh4 19. Bd3 d4 {0-1 (19) Seiffert,R-Uhlmann,W Jena 1953}) 10...
Qe4+ 11. Qxe4 dxe4 12. Ne2 {[%cal Ge2g3,Ge2c3]} Nbc6 {[%csl Rd4]} 13. g3 (13.
Be3 O-O 14. Nc3) 13... f5 $146 (13... b6 14. Bg2 Ba6 15. Bxe4 Rc8 16. Bb4 Kd7
17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Kd2 Bxe2 19. Kxe2 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Rxc8 Kxc8 22. Kd3 b5
23. h4 h6 24. f4 Kc7 25. h5 Kb6 26. g4 Ka5 27. Kc3 Ka4 28. Kb2 b4 29. Bc2+ Kb5
30. Bd3+ Ka4 31. Bc2+ Kb5 32. Bd3+ Ka4 33. Bc2+ Kb5 34. Bd3+ Ka5 35. f5 exf5
36. gxf5 Nc6 37. e6 fxe6 38. fxe6 Ne7 39. Be4 Kb5 40. Bd3+ Ka4 41. Bc4 bxa3+
42. Kc3 a2 43. Bxa2 {Akopian,G-Nikitin,Y Moscow 1967 1/2-1/2}) 14. exf6 gxf6
15. Bg2 f5 16. f3 e3 17. Bxe3 Nd5 18. Kf2 Bd7 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bh4 (20. Bd2 Ke7)
20... Nce7 21. f4 {[%csl Rh4]} Bc6 22. Nc3 Kf7 23. Rhe1 $14 Rac8 24. Nxd5 Nxd5
25. Re5 Rhe8 $6 26. Bf3 $1 {[%cal Gf3h5]} Nf6 27. Bxc6 Rxc6 28. Rxc6 bxc6 29.
Ra5 $36 (29. Rc5) 29... Re7 30. Bxf6 Kxf6 31. Rc5 Rc7 32. Kf3 {[%csl Rc6,Re6]
Les Blancs ont une bonne finale} h5 33. Kg2 Ke7 34. Kh3 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Gh3h4]
} Kd6 35. Kh4 Rb7 36. Rc2 Rb3 37. Kxh5 {[%csl Gh2]} Rxa3 38. Kg6 a5 (38... Ra4
39. Rd2 Kd5 $132) (38... Kd5) 39. Rg2 $1 {[%cal Gh2h4]} a4 (39... Rd3 40. h4
Rxd4 41. h5 $40 Rb4 42. h6 Rb8 43. Kg7) 40. h4 Rb3 41. h5 a3 42. h6 a2 (42...
Rb2 43. h7 Rxg2 44. h8=Q) 43. h7 a1=Q 44. h8=Q Qa5 45. Qf8+ Kd5 46. Qe7 Qa3 47.
Qd8+ Ke4 48. g4 fxg4 49. Qd7 Re3 50. Qxe6+ Kd3 51. Qxe3+ Kxe3 52. Rg3+ Kxf4 53.
Rxa3 1-0

[Event "Match/Training Botvinnik-Kan +8-0=8"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1954.01.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1954.01.22"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 (5... Bxc3+) 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4
Ne7 8. Qxg7 (8. Nb5 {[%cal Gb5d6];Kan,I-Botvinnik,M Moscow training m2 1953})
8... Rg8 9. Qxh7 Bc7 10. Nb5 a6 11. Nxd4 Bxe5 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. Nge2 Nbc6 $32 14.
Qd3 (14. Rd1) 14... Bd7 15. g3 Rc8 {[%csl Rc2]} 16. Rc1 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18.
Qxd4 Nf5 $36 19. Qa1 $6 (19. Qf4 $142 {[%cal Gf4c7]}) 19... Bb5 $1 20. a4 Bc4
$17 21. Qc3 Qd7 22. Qa1 Qd6 23. Qb2 d4 {[%csl Rc2]} 24. Rd1 Qe5 (24... Qd5 {
[%csl Rh1]}) 25. Rd2 Bd5 26. Rg1 Nh4 $1 27. gxh4 Rxg1 28. f4 Qe4 29. Qxd4 Qxd4
30. Rxd4 Rh1 31. Ng3 Rxh2 32. c4 Bf3 33. f5 Rd8 34. Rxd8+ Kxd8 35. fxe6 fxe6
36. a5 Ke7 37. b5 Kd6 38. bxa6 bxa6 39. c5+ Kxc5 40. Bxa6 Rxh4 41. Kf2 Bd5 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 14th final"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1999.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Psakhis"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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 "Warszawa Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Breda Panfox"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 {Favoured variation of
Vaganian.} 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Bd7 9. Nf3 Bxb5 10. Bxb5+ Nc6 ({Lputian,
another big expert in this line, prefers} 10... Nd7 $5 {to move in tne text.})
11. O-O $1 {Black,s problems are not so big after} (11. Nxd4 Nge7 12. c3 Bb6
13. Be3 O-O 14. Qd2 Bxd4 15. cxd4 a5 $1 {~ 0-1 Bologan,V-Vaganian,R/Wch
Groningen 1997/CBM 63 (36)}) 11... Nge7 12. Bd3 Bb6 {N/} (12... a6 13. Kh1 h6
14. Qe2 (14. Bb2 $5 Bb6 15. Qd2 O-O 16. g4 f6 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. g5 $40 {
1-0 Zapf,H-Meyer,U/corr 1992 (29)}) 14... Qd7 15. Bb2 Bb6 16. Rae1 Rc8 17. g4
g6 18. Nh4 h5 19. f5 $40 {1-0 Chandler,M-Vaganian,R/London 1986/Inf 41 (37)}) (
12... Nf5 13. Bxf5 exf5 14. Qd3 Qd7 15. Bb2 O-O 16. Kh1 Bb6 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18.
Rd2 g6 19. Rad1 $36 {1-0 Dragovic,M-Gavela,D/YUG t-ch 1994 (46)}) 13. Kh1 Nf5
14. Bxf5 exf5 15. Bb2 Qd7 16. Nxd4 ({Deserves attention} 16. Qd3 $5) 16... O-O
(16... Bxd4 17. Bxd4 O-O (17... Nxd4 18. Qxd4 O-O $6 19. c4 {+-}) 18. Bc5) 17.
Nf3 $1 (17. Qd3 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Rfc8 {=}) 17... Rfd8 18. Qd3 Rac8
19. Rad1 Ne7 20. Bd4 Rc4 $2 {White chances are slightly better after} (20...
Bxd4 $5 21. Nxd4 Rc4 {+= but everything goes much worse for black after move
in the game.}) 21. Bxb6 axb6 22. e6 $1 Qc8 (22... fxe6 23. Ne5 {+-}) (22...
Qxe6 23. Qxc4 {+-}) 23. exf7+ Kf8 24. Rfe1 Rd6 25. Nd4 (25. Ng5 h6 26. Rxe7
Kxe7 27. Qe2+ Kf8) 25... Rf6 (25... Qd7 26. Rxe7 $1 Rxd4 (26... Qxe7 27. Nxf5)
27. Qxd4 Qxe7 28. c4 {+-}) 26. Qe3 Rxf7 (26... Qd7 27. Ne6+ Kxf7 28. Ng5+ Ke8
29. Rxd5 $1 {+-}) 27. Ne6+ Kg8 28. Ng5 {+-} Re4 29. Qh3 h6 30. Nxf7 Kxf7 31.
Rxe4 dxe4 32. Qb3+ Kg6 33. h3 Kh7 34. c3 Ng6 35. Qf7 $1 e3 (35... Nxf4 36. Rd7
Qxc3 37. Qxf5+ Ng6 38. Qxe4 {+-}) 36. Rd6 Nh4 (36... Nxf4 37. Rd7 Qxc3 38.
Qxf5+ Ng6 39. Re7 {+-} (39. Rd6 Qa1+ 40. Kh2 Qe5+ 41. Qxe5 Nxe5 42. Re6 Nc4 43.
a4 {+-})) 37. Qe7 Nxg2 (37... Ng6 38. Qxe3) 38. Kxg2 Qxc3 39. Kf3 e2+ 40. Kxe2
Qxh3 41. Qe3 Qg2+ 42. Ke1 1-0

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Black "Schneider, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 {This is not bad
way for Black to avoid complexities of the 6...Ne7 7.Qg4! and steer the game
into more placid channels.} 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3 (8. Qh5+ $5 g6 9. Qd1 {[%cal
Gh2h4] could be interesting alternative to the move in the game.}) 8... cxd4 (
8... Ne7 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 cxd4 11. Kd1 $1 $132) 9. cxd4 Ne7 10. Bd2 O-O 11.
Bd3 b6 12. Ne2 Ba6 13. Nf4 Qd7 14. h4 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 {This variation became
quite popular in last 3-4 years.} Nbc6 $6 {Although this reply has proved
quite popular, I remain suspicious about its value.} (15... Rc8 $142 {[%cal
Gc8c4]}) 16. h5 Nd8 $146 (16... Rac8 {RR} 17. h6 (17. Ke2 Na5 18. Bb4 Rc4 19.
c3 Rfc8 20. g4 Nb3 21. Rab1 Nc5 $36 {0-1 Gerasimov,D-Heitmann,M/corr 1992 (33)}
) 17... g6 18. O-O Nd8 19. a4 Rc4 20. a5 b5 21. a6 Nf7 22. Rfb1 Rb8 $13 {
Korneev,O-Pogorelov,R/Dos Hermanas op 2002/1-0 (42)}) 17. a4 $1 Rc8 18. a5 b5 {
[%csl Rc5]} (18... bxa5 $5) 19. h6 g6 20. a6 $1 {[%csl Rb5] Black's opening
strategy can be punished only by energetic play! The typical position for the
whole system. White's pawns has penetrated into the enemy camp and it
certainly creates some problems for Black.} Rc4 21. c3 Qc6 22. O-O Nf7 23. Rfb1
(23. Qg3 $5 {[%cal Gf4d3]}) 23... Rb8 (23... Nxh6 24. Nxe6 Qxe6 25. Bxh6) 24.
Rb3 Kf8 $6 {This artificial move just increasing black's troubles!} (24... Nxh6
$142 $5 25. Nxe6 Qxe6 26. Bxh6 Nc6 $13 {[%cal Gb5b4]}) 25. Qb1 Rb6 26. Ra5 {
Black should have stuck to a passive defense.} (26. Nd3 $5 {[%cal Gd3b2,Gd3c5]}
Rxa6 $142 27. Nb2 Rxa1 28. Qxa1 $16) 26... Nxh6 (26... Nc8 $5) 27. Rbxb5 (27.
Nd3 $5 {[%cal Gd3b2]}) 27... Nc8 (27... Rxa6 28. Nxe6+ Qxe6 29. Bxh6+ Kf7 30.
Rxa6 Qxa6 31. Bg5 $18 {[%csl Rd5,Rf7]}) 28. Rxb6 Nxb6 29. Rc5 $1 {White's
advantage now can be seen with the naked eye!} Qd7 (29... Rxc5 30. dxc5 Nd7 (
30... Nc4 31. Qb8+) 31. Qb7 $1 Qa4 (31... Qxb7 32. axb7 Nb8 $8 33. Nxe6+ Ke7
34. Nd4 $18) 32. g3 $18) 30. Rxc4 Nxc4 (30... dxc4 31. Nxe6+ Qxe6 32. Bxh6+ Kf7
33. Qb5 Qd5 34. Qb4 $18 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Rb4f8]}) 31. Nxe6+ Qxe6 32. Bxh6+ Ke7
33. Bg5+ 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qg4
(8. Qb1 c4 9. h4 Nc6 10. h5 h6 11. Nf3 (11. Ne2) 11... Nge7 12. g3 (12. g4 Bd7
13. Nh4 O-O-O 14. Qb2 Rdg8 15. Bh3 g6 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. O-O-O g5 18. Ng2 Be8
19. f4 Bg6 20. Rhf1 Be4 21. Rde1 Nd8 {1/2-1/2 Yurtaev,L-Nikolic,P/Elista ol
1998/ChessBase (67)}) 12... Bd7 13. Bh3 O-O-O 14. O-O Rdf8 (14... Nf5 15. Qc1
Rdf8 16. Ne1 Qa5 17. Ng2 Qc7 18. a4 Nfe7 19. Nf4 Nd8 20. Qa3 Nec6 21. a5 Rfg8
22. Rfe1 Re8 23. a6 b6 24. Bc1 Rhg8 25. Qa2 f6 26. Ng6 Nf7 27. f4 f5 28. Ba3
Nh8 29. Bd6 {Matsuura,E-Burgos,M/Sao Paulo Copa Itau 2003/ChessBase/1-0 (38)})
(14... Kb8 15. Qc1 Rdg8 16. Kh2 Qa5 17. a4 Qd8 18. Qe1 Nf5 19. g4 Nh4 20. Nxh4
Qxh4 21. f4 Qd8 22. f5 Qe8 {1-0 Iordachescu,V-Luciani,V/Nereto op 1999/ (39)})
15. Nh4 (15. Re1) (15. Qd1) (15. Qb2) 15... g5 (15... f5 $2 16. exf6 Rxf6 (
16... gxf6 17. Qc1 $16) 17. Bf4 $16) 16. Ng2 f5 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Ne3 Rf7 19.
Re1 Ng8 20. Ng4 Nf6 21. Nxf6 Rxf6 22. Re2 Rhf8 23. Bg4 Nd8 $11 {0-1 Sadvakasov,
D-Pogorelov,R/Moscow ChessBase (54)}) (8. Qg4) 8... Kf8 (8... g6 $5 {is more
popular move.}) 9. Qd1 (9. Ra2 Nc6 (9... Nd7 10. Nf3 b6 11. h4 Ne7 12. h5 h6
13. Rh3 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 15. Qf4 Kg8 16. Ra1 Qa4 17. Kd1 Rc8 18. g4 Qc4 19.
Ne1 Qf1 20. Rd3 Nc6 21. Kc1 Qe2 {0-1 Formanek,E-Hook,W/USA op New York 1974/
ChessBase (48)}) 10. Nf3 b6 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. O-O Bxd3 13. cxd3 c4 $1 14. dxc4
Qxc4 15. Raa1 Na5 16. Qf4 h6 17. Bc1 Qa4 18. h4 Ne7 19. h5 Rc8 20. Bd2 Qc2 21.
c4 Nb3 22. Rad1 Rxc4 23. Bb4 Ke8 $1 {0-1 Liberzon,V-Hook,W/Nice olm 1974/
ChessBase/(72)}) 9... Nc6 ({Black could try also a typical for the French
defense move} 9... b6 $5 {[%cal Oc5d4,Gc8a6] with the idea to trade the
light-coloured bishops. The continuation could be:} 10. h4 (10. c4 Ba6 11. cxd5
Qxd4 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. dxe6 Qxe5+ 14. Ne2 Qxe6 15. O-O Rd8 16. Nf4 Qc4 17. Qf3
Nc7 18. Bc3 Nb5 19. Rad1 Nd4 20. Rxd4 cxd4 21. Bb4+ Ne7 22. Re1 Kg8 23. Rxe7
Qxc2 24. Nd5 Qg6 25. Re8+ {1-0 Pavlovic,M-Weiss,C/Oberwart op 2003/}) 10... Ba6
(10... Ne7 11. h5 h6 12. Rh4 $1 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Rf4 $1 Qd7 15. Qf3 Nc6
16. Nh3 $1 Rc8 17. g4 Qe8 (17... Qe7 $2 18. g5 $1 hxg5 19. Nxg5 Qxg5 20. Rxf7+)
18. g5 Ne7 19. gxh6 gxh6 (19... Rxh6 20. Rh4) 20. Rf6 Nf5 21. Nf4 Ke7 22. Nxd5+
Kd8 23. Ne3 $1 Nxe3 24. Bxe3 Rc7 25. dxc5 $1 Nxc5 26. Rd1+ Ke7 (26... Kc8 27.
Qa8# {#}) 27. Bxc5+ bxc5 28. Rxe6+ {1-0 Fischer,R-Hook,W/Siegen (ol) 1970/
ChessBase} (28. Rxe6+ Kxe6 29. Qf6# {#})) 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. h5 h6 13. Rh4 (13.
Nf3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Qc4 15. c3 Ne7 16. Qb1 Nc6 17. a4 Na5 18. Rh3 Rb8 19. Qd1 Nc7
20. Nh4 Nb3 21. Ra3 Nxd2 22. Qxd2 b5 23. Rf3 Ke7 {1/2-1/2 Sammalvuo,T-Rojas,L/
Calvia Olympiad 2004/ (58)}) 13... Rc8 14. Rf4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Ne7 16. Qf3 Ke8
17. c3 Rf8 18. Nh3 Nb8 19. Qg4 Rg8 20. Qf3 Rf8 21. Qg3 Rg8 22. Qf3 {1/2-1/2
Cheparinov,I-Nikolic,P/Wijk aan Zee Corus-B 2005/The Week in Chess 534}) 10.
Nf3 Nge7 $146 (10... c4 11. h4 f5 12. h5 Bd7 13. h6 gxh6 14. Bxh6+ Nxh6 15.
Rxh6 Re8 16. g4 fxg4 17. Ng5 Re7 18. Kd2 {1-0 Jordan,J-Bohak,J/corr EUR t-ch
1999/ICCF Telechess}) 11. Qb1 c4 12. h4 {[%cal Gh4h6]} (12. g3 Bd7) 12... Ke8
$5 {The king is running to a safe place.} 13. h5 h6 14. g4 Kd8 (14... b6 $5 15.
Nh4 {[%cal Gf2f5]}) 15. g5 (15. Nh4 $5) 15... hxg5 16. Nxg5 Ke8 $1 (16... Rf8
17. h6 gxh6 18. Rxh6 $36) 17. Be2 b6 18. Bg4 (18. h6 $5 gxh6 19. Nf3 Nf5 20.
Nh4 $44) 18... Bd7 19. Qd1 (19. h6 $5) 19... Ng8 $1 {[%cal Gg8h6,Gc6e7] Good
prophylactic move.} 20. Be3 Nh6 21. Kd2 (21. Bh3 $5) 21... Kd8 {White is
amassing a big army on the king side, so in such cases the player under attack
has to consider a king escape from the dangerous area.} (21... Nxg4 22. Qxg4
Ne7 23. Nf3 Nf5 24. Nh4 $36) 22. Qf3 Kc7 {Black has a very solid position, but
it's quite difficult for him to get active counterplay.} 23. Nh3 {[%cal Ge3h6]}
Raf8 (23... Nxg4 24. Qxg4 Rag8 25. Ng5 $36) 24. Bxh6 $1 Rxh6 25. Qe3 {[%cal
Ge3g5]} Rfh8 26. Rhg1 (26. Ng5 Be8) 26... g6 (26... Be8 $5 27. Be2 $140 Ne7 $1)
27. hxg6 (27. Ng5 Nd8) 27... Rxg6 28. Nf4 Rgh6 (28... Rgg8 $5 $132) 29. Qf3 {
[%cal Gf4h5]} Be8 30. Nh5 f5 $5 {Nikolic decides to change character of the
game.} (30... Ne7 $5 31. Nf6 Ng6 $13 {seemed quite playable but thorough
analysis is needed for more precise conclusions.}) 31. exf6 Bg6 $5 (31... Bxh5
32. Bxh5 Rxh5 $2 33. Rg7+ Kd6 34. f7 Rf5 35. Qg3+ $18 {[%csl Ra4,Gf7]}) 32.
Rac1 Kb7 (32... Bxh5 33. Bxh5 Kb7 34. f7 {[%csl Gf7]}) 33. Nf4 ({This position
probably requires more active decisions:} 33. Ng7 $5 Be4 34. Qf4 $36) 33... Be4
34. Qe3 Rxf6 35. Bxe6 (35. f3 $5 Rh2+ 36. Rg2 Rxg2+ 37. Nxg2 Bf5 38. Bxf5 exf5
39. Qe8 $36) 35... Rhf8 36. Rg4 $6 ({A natural development of the initiative
can be achieved by} 36. Rg7+ $5 Kb8 37. Rg8 Qxa3 38. f3 Bf5 39. Rcg1 $36) 36...
Qxa3 {[%cal Ga3d6]} 37. f3 $8 (37. Re1 Qd6 38. f3 Rxf4 39. Rxf4 Rxf4 40. fxe4
Rxe4 41. Qh6 Rxe1 42. Kxe1 Ne7 $19) 37... Bxf3 (37... Rxe6 $5 38. Nxe6 Rxf3 39.
Rxe4 $8 dxe4 40. Qxe4 Qxc3+ 41. Ke2 Rf2+ $5 42. Kxf2 Qd2+ 43. Kf3 Qxc1 44. Nd8+
Kc7 45. Qxc6+ (45. Nxc6 $6 Qh1+) 45... Kxd8 $11) 38. Qxf3 Rxe6 39. Qxd5 Rd6 (
39... Ref6 $2 40. Rg7+ Ka6 $8 (40... Ka8 41. Qd7 Rb8 42. Ne6 $18) 41. Rb1 $1
Qa4 42. Qd7 $18) 40. Qxc4 Qa5 (40... Ka8 $5) 41. Nd3 Nxd4 {A risky, but
interesting attempt - Black is rejecting all drawing continuations.} ({Nikolic
could play} 41... Rc8 $5 {with almost force continuation} 42. Rg7+ Kb8 43. Nb4
$1 Nxb4 $1 44. Qf7 Rxd4+ $1 (44... Qa6 45. Qf4 Rcd8 46. cxb4 $16 (46. Rg8 $2
Rxg8 47. Qxd6+ Ka8 48. cxb4 Qc4 $1 $19)) 45. cxd4 Nxc2+ 46. Ke2 Nxd4+ 47. Kd3
Qb5+ 48. Rc4 Qxc4+ 49. Qxc4 Rxc4 50. Kxc4 $11) 42. Rf1 (42. Rg7+ $2 Ka8 43. Qc7
Nb3+ $1 44. Ke3 (44. cxb3 Rxd3+ $1 45. Ke2 Qh5+ $19) 44... Re6+ $19) 42... Rc8
$2 (42... Ne6 43. Rxf8 Nxf8 44. Qf4 Rd8 45. Qf6 Qd5 46. Rg7+ $36) (42... Nf5 $1
$11) 43. Rg7+ Kb8 44. Rf8 $1 {A wonderful resource!} Nf3+ (44... Rdc6 45. Rxc8+
Rxc8 46. Qxd4) 45. Ke2 Ng1+ 46. Ke3 $1 Rxd3+ 47. Kxd3 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 36th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2001.05.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2001.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Kf8 {
Very popular move in modern practice ( to be honest I don't understand why!)}
8. Bd2 {Hoping to prevent black's counterplay on c line. Also white tried and
not without success} (8. a4) (8. h4) (8. Nf3) 8... Qc7 {[%cal Gc7c2]} (8... b6
9. h4 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. h5 h6 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. Qf3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Qe8 15. Rh4
Rxc2 $6 16. Nc3 $1 Qc8 17. Qd3 Rb2 18. Nd1 Rxd2 19. Kxd2 $16 {1-0 Chandler,
M-Pert,N/London Chapman m 2000/ (39)}) 9. Bd3 b6 {Stronger than} (9... cxd4 10.
cxd4 b6 11. Ne2 Ba6 12. Nf4 Bxd3 13. cxd3 Qd7 14. Nh5 Rg8 15. a4 Nbc6 16. O-O
Qb7 17. Rfb1 Rc8 18. h3 Nf5 19. Bc1 $36 {[%cal Gc1a3] 1-0 Short,N-Levitt,J/
BCF-ch Torquay 1998 (37)}) 10. Nh3 {White tried also energetic} (10. h4 Ba6 11.
h5 h6 12. Rh3 {but Black managed to defend his monarch after} Bxd3 13. cxd3
Nbc6 14. Ne2 Kg8 15. Rf3 Rf8 16. Rf4 Na5 17. Rd1 c4 $1 18. Bc1 Nb3 19. Bb2 Qc6
$13 {0-1 Goloshchapov,A-Drozdovsky,Y/Ukraine 1998 (36)}) ({Black did well and
after} 10. Nf3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Ba6 12. Bb4 Bxd3 13. cxd3 Nbc6 14. Bd6 Qd7 15. O-O
Kg8 16. a4 h6 17. Qf4 Ng6 18. Qe3 Kh7 19. Nd2 Rhc8 $15 {0-1 Rudolf,H-Socko,B/
Polanica Zdroj op 2000/ (31)}) 10... Ba6 11. O-O (11. Nf4 $5) 11... Bxd3 12.
cxd3 Nd7 $6 $146 {Passive move! Good or bad, but Nogueiras should play} (12...
Nbc6 $5 {[%csl Rd4] organizing pressure on white pawns in the center of the
board, for example} 13. dxc5 $6 bxc5 14. Rfe1 Ng6 15. d4 c4 16. Ng5 Qd7 17. Re3
Kg8 18. Rf3 Rf8 19. Rb1 Nce7 20. h4 h6 21. h5 hxg5 22. Qxg5 Qc7 23. Rh3 Rb8 24.
Rxb8+ Qxb8 25. hxg6 Nxg6 26. Rxh8+ Kxh8 $15 {Gdanski,J-Socko,B/POL-ch Warsaw
2001/ /1/2-1/2 (62)}) 13. Nf4 {[%cal Gf4h5]} Qc6 14. Nh5 g6 $2 {Second and
already decisive mistake} (14... Ng6 15. f4 $16 {[%cal Rf4f5] looks terrible,
but}) (14... Nf5 $142 $5 15. Ng3 $5 Ne7 {black's position is still tough
enough.} (15... Nxg3 16. fxg3 {[%cal Gf1f8]}) 16. f4 $140 g6) 15. Bh6+ Ke8 16.
Ng7+ $1 Kd8 17. Qh4 {[%cal Rh4d8] A very annoying move !. Black's king is in
great danger and the very next move would be fatal for him.} Rg8 $8 18. Bg5
Rxg7 19. Bxe7+ Kc7 (19... Ke8 20. Qh6 Rg8 21. Bd6 Nf8 22. Qg5 Qd7 23. dxc5 bxc5
24. Bxc5 $18) 20. Qh6 Rgg8 (20... Rag8 $2 21. Bf6 $18) 21. Qxh7 $18 Rae8 22.
Qxf7 {White has huge material and positional advantage and rest is simple.} c4
23. dxc4 dxc4 24. a4 (24. h4 $5) 24... a6 (24... g5) 25. Rab1 Kb7 26. Rb4 Ka8
27. Bd6 g5 28. f3 Kb7 (28... g4 29. fxg4) 29. h3 Kc8 30. Rfb1 Rh8 (30... Kb7 $2
31. Rxb6+) 31. Qg6 Kb7 32. Rxb6+ $1 Qxb6 (32... Nxb6 33. a5) 33. Qe4+ Ka7 34.
Rxb6 Kxb6 (34... Nxb6 35. Bc5) 35. a5+ {Surely it was bad day for Nogueiras!} (
35. a5+ Ka7 (35... Kxa5 36. Qc6) 36. Qc6 $18) 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2003.08.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fontaine, Robert"]
[Black "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2003.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh4 g6 ({As usual Black played} 11... h6 $5 12.
Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qxe7 Rxe7 14. Nf3 Nc6 $11 {with more or less eqal position, but
Apicella, a great expert of the French defence, preferes another line.}) 12.
Nf3 Nbc6 13. Bf6 ({White employed a different plan in the game Tancsa,
R-Popescu,D/Paks IM 2001 -} 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 c4 15. Be2 Qa5 16. O-O Nc6
17. Qg3 Qc5 18. h4 d4 19. Bf6 dxc3 20. h5 Nd4 21. Bd1 Nf5 22. Qg5 Bd7 23. hxg6
hxg6) 13... Qa5 $146 (13... Qf8 14. Ng5 Nf5 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. Nxf7 Qxf7 17. O-O
h6 18. Rfe1 g5 19. Qxh6 {1-0 Brunelli,G-Celestini,M/Gubbio op 1999 (19)}) 14.
O-O c4 15. Bxe7 (15. Ng5 {leads to interesting complications after} cxd3 16.
Nxf7 Kxf7 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Qxh7+ Ke8 19. cxd3 Qxc3 $132) 15... Rxe7 16. Ne5 $5
(16. Be2 Qxc3) 16... Qc7 ({It is quite possible, that Black could play and} 
16... Re8 $5 17. Bxg6 $5 (17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Qf6 Qc7 20. Qxg6+ Kf8
$15) 17... hxg6 18. Nxg6 Kg7 19. Rae1 $5 $132) 17. Ng4 (17. Be2 Nxe5 18. dxe5
Rf7 $11) 17... Rg7 ({Worth considering brave} 17... cxd3 $5 {for example:} 18.
Qf6 h5 19. Qxg6+ Kf8 $8 (19... Rg7 $4 20. Nf6+ $18) 20. Qh6+ Ke8 21. Qxh5+ Kd8
22. cxd3 Qf4 $13 {After move in the game Black should play very accurately in
order not to get the worst position.}) 18. Be2 h5 $5 (18... Kh8 19. f4 $14 {
[%cal Gf1f3]}) 19. Ne3 (19. Nh6+ Kh7) 19... Bd7 (19... Qa5 $5) 20. f4 ({
Worth considering and} 20. Rab1 $5 b6 $140 21. f4 $14) 20... Qa5 $1 {[%csl Rc3]
} 21. Qe1 Rf8 22. Qd2 Rgf7 23. g3 Ne7 $1 $11 {[%cal Ge7c8,Gc8d6]} 24. Bf3 Nc8
25. Ng2 {[%cal Gg2h4,Gh4f3,Gf3e5]} Nd6 26. Nh4 Rf6 27. Rae1 $5 (27. Bg2 $5 Nb5
28. Rf3) 27... Nb5 $2 {Apicella cracks under pressure!} (27... Bc6 $142 $1 $13)
28. Re3 $2 {Playing pretty good and interesting chess up to here, White did
not bear the pressure of the struggle. Fontaine could play} (28. f5 $142 $1
Qxc3 (28... gxf5 $2 29. Qg5+ Kh7 30. Bxh5 $18) 29. Qxc3 Nxc3 30. Nxg6 $16 {
with clear advantage.}) 28... Qxa3 29. f5 (29. Bg2 Qb2 30. Nf3 a5 $1 31. Ne5
Be8 {[%csl Ga5][%cal Ga5a1]}) 29... gxf5 30. Bxh5 Qe7 {[%cal Ge7h7]} (30... Rh6
31. Be2 Nd6) 31. Ref3 ({The immediate} 31. Ng6 $2 {is bad because of} Rxg6 $1
32. Bxg6 Qg5 $19) 31... Qg7 32. Qf4 $2 (32. Rf4 $5 $17) 32... Rh6 33. Bg6 (33.
Bg4 Nxc3 $1 34. Rxc3 fxg4 $19) 33... Rxg6 34. Nxg6 Qxg6 $19 35. g4 {An attempt
to launch an attack, which is easily suppressed by black.} e5 $6 (35... Kf7 $5
36. Rg3 Qf6) 36. dxe5 $6 (36. Qxe5 $142 $1) 36... Nc7 37. e6 (37. Qg3 $5) 37...
Nxe6 {An optimal place for the knight.} 38. Qd6 Rf7 (38... Bc6 39. Re3 Rf6 $19)
39. Qb8+ Nf8 40. Qxa7 f4 $1 41. Rxf4 (41. h3 Ne6 42. Qb8+ Kh7 $19) 41... Bxg4
$1 42. Kh1 (42. Qe3 Bf3+ 43. Kf2 Rxf4) 42... Rxf4 43. Rxf4 Bf5 {[%cal Rf5e4]}
0-1

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[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 "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. Qg4 Ne7 7. dxc5 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Ng6 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. O-O Nxc5 $1 {Much stronger than} (11...
Ndxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. Qa4+ Ke7 16. Qb4 Rab8 17.
f4 $16 {Leko,P-Khalifman,A/Linares 2000/CBM 75/ 1/2-1/2 (38)}) 12. a4 $146 {
Later on Leko played} (12. Be3 {but after} Bd7 $1 (12... O-O 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14.
Ng5 Qxc3 15. Rae1 f5 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Qh5 h6 18. Bxg6 Rxg6 19. Qxg6 hxg5 20.
Qe8+ {1-0 King,D-Schmidt,B/BL 1988 (20)}) 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. h4 Qxc3 15. Qg3
O-O-O 16. Rab1 f6 17. Rfe1 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 fxe5 19. Qxg7 Rdg8 20. Qxe5 Qxe5 21.
Rxe5 Kc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Vaganian,R/Istanbul olm 2000/ (22) didn't got
opening advantage}) 12... O-O ({Too risky for Black} 12... Nxd3 $2 13. cxd3
Qxc3 14. Ba3 $16 {[%csl Re8]}) 13. Ba3 b6 14. Rfe1 f5 $1 15. exf6 Nxd3 $5 (
15... Rxf6 16. Bxc5 $14) 16. cxd3 Rxf6 17. Qg3 $5 Qxg3 (17... Qxc3 $5 18. Bd6 (
18. Qd6 Ba6 $1 19. Rac1 Qxd3 20. Rxe6 (20. Rc7 Nf4 $1 {[%cal Gf6g6]}) 20... Rf7
21. Ng5 $140 Rxf2 $1 22. Kxf2 Qd4+ 23. Ke1 Qg1+ 24. Kd2 Qxg2+) 18... Qxd3 19.
Rac1 Qb3 20. Rc7 $44) 18. hxg3 Bd7 19. Bd6 $14 {[%cal Gd6e5]} Rc8 20. Be5 Nxe5
(20... Rxf3 21. gxf3 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Rxc3 23. f4 g6 (23... Rxd3 24. Rc1 $1) 24.
Re2 $5 Rxd3 25. Rc1 $36 {[%cal Rc1c7]}) (20... Rff8 21. Bd4 $1 {[%cal Ga4a5]})
21. Nxe5 {[%csl Ge5] The logical follow-up to the exchange of the black knight
: occupation of square e5.White keeps maybe not so big but stable advantage
and Black must be ready to suffe for long time!} Be8 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Gc8c5,
Gc5a5]} 22. Ra3 Rc5 23. f3 Ra5 24. Rea1 Kf8 25. Kf2 {[%cal Yf2b3]} Ke7 26. d4
Bd7 27. Ke3 Rf8 28. Kd2 Rb8 29. R3a2 Be8 30. Nd3 Rc8 31. Ne5 Kd6 32. Kc2 Kc7
33. Kb3 Kb7 34. g4 {White will systematically improve his position, and it is
difficult for black to defend both flanks} h6 35. f4 Rc7 36. Kb4 Ka6 37. Ra3 $6
{Inaccuracy!} (37. f5 $5 {kept clear advantage}) 37... Rb7 $1 {[%cal Rb6b5]
Hinting that white's king also can be in danger} 38. Kb3 (38. c4 Rc7) 38... Rc7
({It was possible to play} 38... b5 $5 {but after} 39. Nd3 (39. axb5+ Rbxb5+
40. Kc2 Rxa3 41. Rxa3+ Ra5 $11) 39... bxa4+ 40. Kc2 Kb6 (40... Bg6 41. f5 $1)
41. Rb1+ Rb5 42. Re1 $36 {white's chances are better}) 39. R3a2 Kb7 40. Kb4 Ka6
41. f5 exf5 42. gxf5 h5 43. Rf1 Rb7 $5 44. Nd3 $1 (44. f6 $2 b5 $1 $15) 44...
Rc7 45. Ne5 Rb7 46. Nd3 Rc7 47. Kb3 Kb7 48. Re1 Bc6 (48... Bd7 49. Re5) 49. Re6
Bd7 50. Re5 Bc6 51. Nf4 h4 52. Ne6 {Leko finally managed to improve position
of all his pieses, but Khalifman continue stubborn resistance.} Rd7 53. Re3 Kc8
54. g4 (54. Rh3 Rf7 55. Rxh4 Rxf5 56. Nxg7 Rf1 57. Rh8+ Kd7 58. Rh7 Rf7 59. Nh5
$1) (54. g3 $5 Rf7 55. gxh4 Rxf5 56. Nxg7 Rf1 $14) 54... Re7 $1 {[%cal Gc6d7]}
(54... hxg3 55. Rxg3 {[%csl Rg7]}) 55. Rh3 Bd7 56. Nf8 (56. Rxh4 Bxe6 57. Re2
Kd7 58. Rxe6 Rxe6 59. fxe6+ Kxe6 60. Kb4 (60. Rh5 b5) 60... g6 $1 {[%cal Ge6f6]
}) 56... Re4 $2 {Obverlooking brilliant chance!} ({After} 56... Bb5 $3 {
[%cal Rb5c4] Khalifman could level game , for example} 57. axb5 (57. Ra1 Bc4+
58. Ka3 Bb5 $11) 57... Rxb5+ 58. Ka4 Ra5+ 59. Kb3 Rb5+ 60. Ka4 $11) 57. Nxd7
Kxd7 58. Rxh4 Ke7 (58... Kd6 59. Rh7 Rxg4 60. Rf2 $3 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Rf5f6]})
59. Rg2 (59. Kb4 Rc5 $1 $14) 59... b5 60. Rh7 $1 (60. Kb4 Rxa4+ 61. Kxb5 Rc4
$16) 60... Kf8 (60... Kf6 61. g5+ Kxf5 62. Rxg7 bxa4+ 63. Kb4 Ra6 64. g6 $18)
61. g5 bxa4+ (61... Kg8 62. g6 bxa4+ 63. Ka3 $1 (63. Kb4 Ra6 64. Rgh2 Kf8 65.
Rh8+ Ke7 66. Rg8 Kf6 67. Rf8+ Kg5 68. Rg2+ $1 Rg4 69. Rxg4+ Kxg4 70. f6 a3 71.
fxg7 a2 72. Rf1 Rxg6 73. Kc5 Rxg7 74. Kxd5 $18) 63... Ra6 64. Rgh2 Kf8 65. Rh8+
Ke7 66. Rg8 Kf6 67. Rf8+ Kg5 68. Rg2+ $18) 62. Kb4 Ra6 63. f6 a3 (63... gxf6 $2
64. g6 $1) 64. Rxg7 Ree6 $1 (64... a2 65. Rh2 $1 Ra4+ 66. Kc5 Ra5+ 67. Kd6 Ra6+
68. Kd7 $18) 65. Rb7 $1 $18 (65. Rh2 $4 Reb6+ 66. Kc5 Ra5#) 65... a2 (65... Re1
66. Kc5 (66. Rh2 $2 Rb1+) 66... Ra5+ 67. Kd6 Ra6+ 68. Kxd5 Ra5+ 69. Kd6 Ra6+
70. Kc5 Ra5+ 71. Rb5 $18) 66. g6 Ra4+ (66... Reb6+ 67. Rxb6 Rxb6+ 68. Kc5 Rxf6
69. Rxa2 $18) 67. Kb3 {The technical part of the game was nicely conducted by
Leko} (67. Kb3 Ra3+ 68. Kc2 $1 Rxc3+ 69. Kb2 $1) 1-0

[Event "Alushta Autumn 1st"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2004.09.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Paramonov, Dimitriy"]
[Black "Neelotpal, Das"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2004.08.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Qc7 {
A sharp line and black had many troubles in recent practice in getting a
comfortable position.} (7... O-O {is much more popular nowadays.}) 8. Qxg7 Rg8
9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Qxc3 $5 (13. Rb1 {or}) (
13. Nxc3 {could be good alternative to the text.}) 13... O-O-O 14. Rb1 Nf5 15.
Rg1 {[%cal Gg2g4]} d4 $5 16. Qd3 f6 17. exf6 e5 18. g4 Nh4 ({Worth considering
} 18... Nd6 {for example:} 19. g5 e4 20. Qb3 Kb8 21. f7 Rg7 22. h4 Rxf7 23. h5
d3 24. cxd3 exd3 25. Ng3 Qa5+ 26. Bd2 Re7+ 27. Be2 Qc5 $36 {0-1 Brenke,
A-Farago,I/Lippstadt 1994 (34)}) 19. f7 (19. h3 $5 e4 20. Qxe4 d3 21. cxd3 Rge8
22. Qc4 Be6 23. Qc3 Nf3+ 24. Kf2 Nxg1 25. Kxg1 Qh7 26. f5 Bxf5 27. gxf5 Qxf5
28. Nf4 Rd4 29. Rb4 $18 {1-0 Cladouras-Djurhuus/Gausdal Troll 1991 (41)}) 19...
Rxg4 20. Rxg4 Bxg4 21. Bh3 Qd7 22. Bxg4 Qxg4 23. Rb3 {A critical position of
the variation,since it is the end of series of more or less forced moves.} (23.
Qg3 $5 Qh5 (23... Qf3 24. Qxh4 e4 25. Ng1 Qh1 26. Kf1 Rf8 27. Qg4+ Kc7 28. Qg8
Qxh2 29. Qxf8 Qxc2 30. Qg7 Qxb1 31. f8=Q+ Kb6 {1-0 Anukhin,A-Hasanov,M/Kirov
sf-RUS 1993 (31)}) 24. Rb3 e4 25. Qg8 Qd5 26. Qg7 Nf3+ 27. Rxf3 exf3 28. f8=Q
Qe4 29. Qxd8+ Nxd8 30. Qe5 Qxc2 31. Nxd4 Qxc1+ 32. Kf2 Qd2+ 33. Kxf3 Qxh2 34.
Qf5+ Kb8 35. Qd7 {1/2-1/2 Gutsche,D-Anda,H/corr 2000}) 23... Qd7 $146 (23...
Ng2+ 24. Kf2 exf4 $2 (24... Nxf4 $1) 25. Qb5 $1 $18 (25. Qh3 Ne3 26. Nxf4 Qxh3
{1-0 Muzychuk,A-Harika,D/Wch G12 Oropesa del Mar 2001 (43)})) (23... Rf8 $5)
24. Qh3 $6 {Apart from this move, Paramonov had another interesting
continuation:} (24. fxe5 $142 Nxe5 (24... Ng2+ 25. Kf1 Nxe5 26. Qb5 $1 Qxf7+
27. Kxg2 Rd5 28. Qa4 $18) 25. Qe4 Nhg6 (25... Qxf7 26. Qxe5 Nf3+ 27. Rxf3 Qxf3
28. Bf4 $18 {[%csl Rc8]}) 26. Bf4 $5 Nxf4 27. Qxe5 $18 {and the position of
Black is almost desperate.}) 24... Nf5 $5 25. Ng3 Nd6 (25... Nxg3 $142 $5 26.
Qxd7+ Kxd7 27. hxg3 (27. Rxb7+ $5 Kc8 28. Rb5) 27... b6 28. fxe5 Nxe5 29. Bg5
$14) 26. Qxd7+ Kxd7 27. fxe5 Nxe5 28. Bf4 {And once again White fails to find
the better continuation!} (28. Bb2 $5 Nc6 (28... Rf8 29. Bxd4 Rxf7 30. Bxe5 (
30. Bxa7 Nf3+ 31. Ke2 Nxh2) 30... Re7 31. h4 $16) 29. Ne2 Rf8 30. Nxd4 $16)
28... Ke6 29. Bxe5 $2 {This move reverses the outcome of the game.} ({Even now
after the best} 29. Ne2 $142 $1 $16 {[%csl Rd4] black's position is not simple
at all.}) 29... Kxe5 30. Rf3 Rf8 {Amazingly, White has already lost winning
chances.} 31. Ke2 Rxf7 32. Rxf7 Nxf7 $11 33. Kd3 Kd5 34. c4+ $5 dxc3 35. Kxc3
a5 36. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS12 GM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Horvath, Adam"]
[Black "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2001.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. h4 Nbc6 (7...
Qc7 $5 8. Nf3 b6) 8. h5 h6 9. Qg4 Rg8 (9... Kf8 10. Qf4 Qa5 11. Bd2 b6 12. Rh3
Ba6 13. Rf3 Nd8 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 15. dxc5 Rc8 16. Ne2 Rxc5 17. Nd4 Ke8 18. g4 Kd7
19. Qg3 Rc4 20. Rd3 Ndc6 {1/2-1/2 Vacek,M-Taborsky,R/CZE t-ch2 9900 2000/EXT
2001 (51)}) (9... Qa5 $5 10. Bd2 Bd7 11. Qxg7 O-O-O 12. Ne2 $5 (12. Bd3 Qa4 13.
dxc5 Rhg8 14. Qxh6 Nxe5 15. Qf4 {1/2-1/2 Dominguez,L-Berkes,F/Aviles op 1999/
Ajelibre (15)}) 12... Qa4 13. Qf6 Qxc2 14. Bxh6 Nf5 15. Rc1 Qa4 16. Bd2 cxd4
17. cxd4 Nfxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Bg5 Kb8 20. Qf4 Qxf4 21. Bxf4 $14 {1-0 Krause,
T-Scheidt,J/corr 1993 (34)}) 10. Bd3 Nf5 11. Nf3 (11. Bxf5 exf5 12. Qg3 Qa5 13.
dxc5 Ne7 14. Ne2 Qxc5 15. a4 Qa5 16. Rh4 Be6 17. Ba3 Nc6 18. Qe3 O-O-O 19. Bb4
Qa6 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Kd7 22. Qe2 Qxe2+ 23. Kxe2 Rc8 24. c3 Rc4 25. a5 f6 {
Hedman,E-Wahlbom,M/SWE-ch Ronneby 1998/1/2-1/2 (42)}) 11... Qa5 $5 $146 {
[%mdl 4] Important improvment compare to} (11... Qb6 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Bd2 d4
14. cxd4 Nfxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. O-O {1-0 Barthel,A-Anton,J/Westpfalz op 1998/
(18) with great position for White}) 12. Bd2 Qa4 13. Qf4 c4 14. Bxf5 exf5 {
[%csl Ga4,Rc2] Black got nice game, his queen stops white's activiti on the Q
side and it is very difficult for White toi make any progress on other side of
the board.} 15. Ra2 Be6 16. Ke2 {Horvath decides to keep king in the centre
and, possibly, this decision is wrong.} (16. Nh4 Ne7) (16. O-O $5 {Worth
considering}) 16... O-O-O 17. Nh4 Ne7 18. Rb1 Rh8 $5 {[%cal Gg7g5] Preparing
counterplay on the king's side} 19. Qh2 (19. Rb4 Qa6 20. Rab2 Rd7) 19... g5 20.
hxg6 fxg6 {[%cal Gg6g5]} 21. f4 Rdg8 22. Nf3 ({Maybe} 22. Qg3 $142 $5 {with
possible continuation} g5 23. fxg5 hxg5 24. Bxg5 Rh5 25. Nf3 Nc6 $44 {was
stronger than text.}) 22... g5 $1 23. g3 Qe8 24. Rab2 b6 25. Rh1 gxf4 26. Bxf4
({It is difficult to recommend} 26. gxf4 Rg4 27. Ng5 Ng6 28. Nxe6 Qxe6 {
with big advantage of Black}) 26... Ng6 27. Bxh6 $2 {Final mistake} ({Good or
bad, but White had to play now} 27. Ke3 $142 Nxf4 28. gxf4 Qa4 $36 {[%csl Ra3,
Rc3,Re3] with some chances for defence.}) 27... f4 $1 28. gxf4 $2 (28. Qg2 fxg3
29. Qxg3 Ne7 30. Qf4 Qg6 {could just postpone for few moves end of the game})
28... Ne7 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Re7f5,Gh8h2]} (28... Ne7 29. Qh5 Qd7 30. Kf2 Nf5 $19
) 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2003.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2003.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 $1 {
Black has many problems in recent practice after this active and strong move.}
O-O (7... Qc7) (7... Kf8 $5) 8. Bd3 Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 (10... Nce7 $5
{can be only substitute o the move in the game.}) 11. Be3 c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13.
Qg4 Qf7 (13... Bd7 $5 {[%cal Gf8f5]}) 14. Ng5 Qe8 (14... Qf5 15. Qe2 $1 {
[%cal Rg2g4]}) 15. h4 h6 16. Nh3 Bd7 17. Qe2 b5 18. g4 a5 19. h5 gxh5 {The
future of this variation depends upon the  correct evaluation of this position.
} 20. g5 $1 {[%mdl 192]} ({White failed to get any advantage after} 20. Rg1 Ne7
21. gxh5 Kh7 22. Qg4 Nf5 23. Kd2 Qe7 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Nf4 Nh4 26. Qg4 Rxf4 $5
27. Bxf4 Rf8 28. Rh1 Nf5 29. Be3 Be8 $44 {Leko,P-Almasi,Z/Budapest 2003/CBM 95/
[Psakhis]/1/2-1/2 (52)}) 20... hxg5 21. Nxg5 g6 22. O-O-O $5 $146 {This is a
new try, but as this game shows, Black has nothing to fear here} ({Black is
doing well after} 22. Kd2 b4 23. Rag1 bxc3+ 24. Kd1 Rf5 25. Rxh5 gxh5 26. Ne4+
Kh8 27. Nd6 Qg8 $2 (27... Rb8 $1 $19) 28. Bg5 $2 (28. Rxg8+ Rxg8 29. f4 $36)
28... Rb8 $1 $19 29. Qxh5+ Qh7 30. Qg4 Rxg5 31. Nf7+ Qxf7 32. Rh1+ Kg7 33.
Qxg5+ Qg6 {0-1 Van den Doel,E-Psakhis,L/Bled Olympiad 2002/CBM 92/[Psakhis] 
(33)}) ({Worth considering quite} 22. Qf1 Rf5 23. Qg2 Ne7 24. Ke2 Kh8 25. Nf3
Qf7 26. Nh4 Rf8 27. Raf1 Kh7 28. Bg5 Nc6 29. f4 $16 {1-0 Karjakin,S-Papa,S/
Biel MTO 2003 (45)}) 22... Qe7 ({Looks natural but probably after this game
Black will explore the approved idea of} 22... b4 {In this case however after}
23. Rdg1 {Black captures on c3 without check and White wins a tempo for attack.
} bxa3 (23... Rf5 24. Nf3 $1 bxa3 25. Nh4 a2 26. Kb2 $18) (23... Kh8 24. Nf3 $1
{[%cal Rf3h4]})) (22... Rf5 {is worth considering as well}) 23. Rdg1 $1 Qxa3+ {
Now the queen is little bit too far from the kingside.} (23... Rf5 $5) 24. Kd2
b4 $2 {It looks like Black has managed to cause serious threats, but it is
just an illusory thing. This attempt meets an immediate tactical refutation.} (
{Black should have preferred} 24... Rf5 $142 $1 25. Nf3 (25. Nxe6 Bxe6 26.
Rxg6+ Kf7 27. Rxh5 b4 28. Rxf5+ Bxf5 29. Rf6+ Ke7 30. Rxf5 Qxc3+ 31. Kd1 Qa1+
32. Kd2 Nxd4 $19) 25... b4 $132 {with compleatly unclear game.}) 25. Ne4 $1
dxe4 {Black hasn't a big choice.} (25... bxc3+ 26. Nxc3 Kf7 27. Rxg6 $1 {
[%cal Re2h5]} Ke8 28. Qxh5 Kd8 29. Rg7 $18) (25... Rf5 26. Rxg6+ Kf7 (26... Kf8
27. Rxh5 $1 dxe4 28. Rxf5+ exf5 29. Qh5 {mating}) 27. Nd6+ (27. Rf6+ Ke8 28.
Rxf5 exf5 29. Qxh5+ Kd8 $132) 27... Kxg6 28. Nxf5 Qxc3+ 29. Kd1 Qa1+ 30. Bc1
Rh8 $1 31. Qe3 $40) 26. Qxh5 Rxf2+ ({Nothing change and} 26... Qxc3+ 27. Kd1
Qa1+ 28. Ke2 $18) 27. Bxf2 Qxc3+ 28. Kd1 Qf3+ 29. Qxf3 exf3 30. Rxg6+ Kf7 31.
Rf6+ Ke7 32. Rh7+ ({Winning one more rook or mating -} 32. Rh7+ Kd8 33. Rf8+
Be8 (33... Kc7 34. Rxa8) 34. Bh4+ {Black resigned.}) 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Val d'Isere"]
[Date "2004.08.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Le Roux, Jean Pierre"]
[Black "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2004.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Nf3
$6 (8. Bd3 $142 $1) 8... Nbc6 9. Bd3 f5 10. exf6 Rxf6 11. Qh5 {It seems this
plan doesn't promise much, but after} (11. Bg5 e5 $5 (11... Rf7) 12. Qg3 Rxf3
$1 13. gxf3 c4 $44 {Blac has nothing to worry about}) 11... h6 12. Be3 $146 {
This move appears to be a novelty, but I doubt whether it's any better than 12.
..Ne5 which was previously tried in this position:} (12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 (13.
Qxe5) 13... Rf8 14. O-O c4 15. Be2 Bd7 16. a4 Qc7 17. Ba3 Rf5 18. Bd6 Qc6 $11 {
0-1 Foldvary,F-O'Connor,J/corr ICCF Champions League 2002/ICCF Telechess CBM
94 (23)}) (12. O-O Bd7 (12... c4 13. Be2 Bd7 14. Rb1 b6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Qxe5
Ng6 17. Qg3 Ba4 18. Rb2 Qe7 19. Bh5 Kh7 20. Re1 Raf8 $36 {0-1 Nunez Garcia,
A-Moreno Ruiz,J/Madrid-ch 2004 (40)}) 13. Re1 c4 14. Be2 Be8 15. Qh3 Qa5 16.
Bd2 Bg6 17. Bd1 Raf8 18. Re2 Be4 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Rg6 $17 {Lau,
R-Vladimirov,E/Moscow GMA-op 1989/0-1 (39)}) 12... c4 13. Be2 Qf8 {[%cal Gc8d7,
Gd7e8]} (13... Qa5 $5 14. Bd2 Ng6 {with a great game for Black.}) 14. O-O Bd7
15. Rae1 Ng6 {[%cal Gf8a3,Gg6f4] White must have mixed up something: black's
position is very promising and he has many simple and strong plans.} (15... Be8
$5 16. Qg4 Bg6 $36 {[%csl Ra3,Rc2,Gg6] could be a good alternative to the text.
}) 16. Kh1 (16. Ra1 {[%csl Ra1] looks too passive}) 16... Qxa3 17. g4 Nf4 (
17... Be8 $5 18. g5 hxg5 19. Bxg5 (19. Nxg5 Nf8 {[%cal Ga3c3]}) 19... Rf5 $17)
18. Bxf4 Rxf4 19. g5 Be8 ({I would prefer} 19... Rf5 $5 20. Qg4 h5 $5 21. Qxh5
Qxc3 22. Nh4 Be8 23. Qg4 Nxd4 $5 24. Nxf5 exf5 $17 {[%cal Ge8c6]}) 20. Qh3 h5
$5 21. Nh4 $6 ({I think White should have taken his chances with} 21. Qxe6+ Bf7
22. Qd7 Qe7 $5 $15) 21... Nxd4 $1 {[%cal Ga3h3]} 22. Bd1 Rxh4 $1 (22... Nf5 23.
Nxf5 Rxf5 24. Rxe6 Qf8 25. Bxh5 Bxh5 26. Qxh5 Rxf2 $17) 23. Qxh4 Qxc3 24. Bxh5
(24. Re3 Qd2 {[%csl Gd4]}) 24... Nf3 $1 (24... Nf5 25. Qg4 Qxc2 26. Rxe6 Bd7
27. Re5 $132) 25. Qh3 ({Even after the best} 25. Bxf3 $142 Qxf3+ 26. Kg1 Qf5
$17 {Black would have had many pawns and a serious initiative for a exchange.})
25... Bxh5 26. Re3 (26. Qxh5 Nxe1 27. g6 Qf3+ $19) 26... Nxg5 $1 27. Qxh5 Qf6
28. Rg1 Ne4 29. Rf3 (29. Rg6 $5 Qf5 30. Qh6 Qf7) 29... Qe7 30. Rf4 Rf8 31. Rh4
(31. Rxf8+ Qxf8 32. f3 Nc5 $19) 31... Nxf2+ 32. Kg2 Rf5 $1 {Le Roux has
managed to avoid immediate defeat but his position is desperate anycase..} 33.
Qh7+ Kf7 34. Rh5 Rf4 $1 $19 35. h3 Qf6 (35... Ne4 $5) 36. Kh2 Ne4 {A glorious
finish of the knight march!} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Black "Kristjansson, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. h4
Qa5 9. Bd2 Qa4 10. Rc1 $6 {I don't like this passive move - if white wants
pretend for advantage he has to choose between} (10. h5 $5 h6 11. Rh3 Nbc6 12.
Qf4 (12. Rf3 $4 Nxe5 13. Qf4 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 c4 $19 {Kveinis,A-Tatabadze,T/
Belgorod 1989/0-1 (43)}) 12... b6 13. Rf3 Nd8 14. dxc5 $5 Qxf4 15. Rxf4 bxc5
16. c4 Ndc6 17. Nf3 g5 18. hxg6 Nxg6 19. Rg4 Ncxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Rh4 h5 $13
{1-0 Dominguez,L-Pogorelov,R/Ubeda op 2001/ (55)}) ({or} 10. Kd1 $5 Nbc6 11.
Nf3 h6 12. h5 b6 13. Qf4 cxd4 (13... Ba6 14. dxc5 Qxf4 15. Bxf4 Bxf1 16. Rxf1
bxc5 17. Rb1 Nb8 18. Rb7 Ke8 19. Ke2 {Bouton,C-Nogueiras,J/Linares 1997/Inf 69
(19)}) 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 (15. Qxd4 $5) 15... Ba6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Bb4 Ke8
18. Kd2 Rc8 $132 {0-1 Rodriguez,A-Dolmatov,S/Sochi 1988/Inf 46 (40) with
interesting and complicated posistions in both  cases.}) 10... Nbc6 11. h5 h6
12. Nf3 b6 $1 {[%cal Gc8a6] Typical move - white light coloured bishop much
stronger than his black colleague and Kristjansson prepares his exchange.} 13.
Rh3 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 15. Nh4 cxd4 $146 {Inaccuracy!} (15... Qc4 $5 {[%cal
Rc6e5]} 16. Rg3 Rg8 17. Qf4 Ke8 $1 {was stronger, for example} 18. Rf3 Kd7 19.
Qe3 cxd4 20. cxd4 Nxd4 21. Rxf7 Ke8 22. Rf4 Nxc2+ 23. Rxc2 Qxc2 $19 {0-1
Malinin,V-Legky,N/Paris-ch 2000/ (44)}) 16. cxd4 Qc4 17. Rg3 $6 {Mistake} (17.
Nf3 Nf5) ({White had to play} 17. Bc3 $1 Nxe5 18. Qf4 Nd7 19. Ng6+ Nxg6 20.
hxg6 $132 {with unclear consequences.}) 17... Rg8 $6 ({White will need good
advice after brave} 17... Nxd4 $1 18. Qxg7+ Ke8 19. Re3 (19. Qg4 Nxc2+) (19.
Qxh8+ $2 Kd7 $19) 19... Rg8 $17) 18. c3 Rc8 19. f4 (19. Qf4 Ke8 $1) 19... f5
20. exf6 ({Black doing well after} 20. Qd1 $142 $5 Kf7 $15 {but, maybe , it
was less evil.}) 20... gxf6 21. Ng6+ (21. Qh3 Kf7 (21... f5 $5)) 21... Kf7 22.
Qh3 (22. Nh8+ Ke8 $1) 22... Nf5 23. Rd3 Nce7 24. g4 Nd6 $17 {[%csl Rc1,Re1]
[%cal Gd6e4] Black's advantage is obvious now, his knight is going to e4,
white king is weak.} 25. Re3 Ne4 26. f5 exf5 27. gxf5 Rce8 {[%csl Rf5][%cal
Ge8e1,Ge4d6]} 28. Qg4 Qc8 $2 {Frivolous move!} ({After} 28... Nd6 $1 {[%csl
Rf5] Black could get decisive advantage}) 29. Rf3 $2 {Final mistake!} ({
In the case of correct} 29. c4 $1 Qd7 $1 (29... Qxf5 $6 30. Qxf5 Nxf5 31. cxd5
$1 Nxe3 $140 $4 32. Rc7+ $18) 30. cxd5 Nd6 $132 {willbe very difficult to
predict result of the game.}) 29... Ng5 $1 $19 {[%csl Re1] Rest is simple} 30.
Nxe7 Rxe7+ 31. Kd1 Nxf3 (31... Qc4 $1 $19 {Was even easy.}) 32. Qxf3 Qc4 33.
Kc2 Re2 $19 34. Rd1 Rgg2 35. Qf4 Rxd2+ $1 36. Rxd2 Qa2+ 37. Kd3 (37. Kc1 Rg1+
38. Rd1 Qa1+ $19) 37... Qb1+ 38. Ke3 Qe1+ (38... Qe1+ 39. Kf3 Rxd2 40. Qc7+ Qe7
{Interesting game, in spite of numerous mistakes.}) 0-1

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2003.07.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[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. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Qa5 (12... Nbc6 13. Nf3 Qf8 $5 {
much more popular, than move in the game.}) 13. Bd2 Nbc6 14. Nf3 Qc7 ({It is
easy to recommend, knowing what happened in the game ,move} 14... c4 {but and
in this case after} 15. Be2 Nf5 16. O-O Nd6 17. Re1 Bd7 (17... Ne4 18. Bf1 Bd7
19. Rxe4 $1 dxe4 20. Ng5 $44) 18. Ng5 Re7 19. Bg4 Rae8 20. h4 $36 {1-0 Huebner,
R-Hammes,M/GER-ch Altenkirchen 2001/CBM 87 (35) White get better chances.}) 15.
dxc5 $1 e5 16. Ng5 Rf8 17. c4 $1 {A very annoying move in such a position!} e4
(17... d4 18. O-O Bf5 19. Re1 $16) 18. cxd5 exd3 19. d6 Qd7 20. dxe7 Qxe7+ 21.
Be3 Bf5 $146 (21... h6 22. Nf3 Kh7 23. h4 Bf5 24. cxd3 Rad8 25. O-O Bxd3 26.
Re1 Be4 27. Bd2 Rfe8 28. Qb3 $16 {Gutsche,D-Terreaux,G/corr 2003/Telechess CBM
95/[Morgado]/1-0 (46)}) 22. cxd3 Rad8 23. Qb3+ Kh8 24. Qc3+ Qg7 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7
26. Rb1 Rd7 27. O-O (27. Ne4 Rxd3 (27... Ne5 28. Nd6) 28. Rxb7+ Rf7 29. Rxf7+
Kxf7 30. Nd6+ Ke6 31. a4 Ra3) 27... Re8 (27... Bxd3 $2 28. Ne6+) 28. Ne4 (28.
Rfd1 Ree7 $5 29. Ne4 $140 Rxd3) 28... Bxe4 29. dxe4 Rxe4 30. Rfd1 Rxd1+ ({
Perhaps Black should have considered} 30... Rf7 $5 {keeping rooks on the board.
}) 31. Rxd1 {[%mdl 4096] Everything become more or less clear:White keep big
advantage in endgame and black's chances for survival are very small.} Kf6 32.
h3 h5 33. Rd6+ Kf5 34. Rd7 Re7 35. Rd3 (35. Rxe7 Nxe7 36. f3 $6 h4) 35... Ne5
36. Rd4 Rd7 37. Rf4+ (37. Rxd7 Nxd7 38. c6 bxc6 39. Bxa7 c5 $1 {[%csl Ra7]})
37... Ke6 38. Ra4 Nc6 39. Re4+ Kd5 40. Rf4 Ke6 41. f3 Rd3 42. Re4+ Kd5 43. a4
Rb3 (43... Rc3 $142 44. Kf2 $140 Rc4 45. Rxc4 Kxc4) 44. Kf2 Rb4 45. Rxb4 Nxb4
46. Kg3 {[%csl Rg6,Rh5][%cal Gg3f4,Gf4g5]} Ke6 (46... Nd3 47. c6 $1) 47. Kh4 (
47. Kf4 Nd5+) 47... Kf5 48. g4+ hxg4 49. fxg4+ Kf6 (49... Ke4 50. Bd2 Na6 51.
Kg5 $18) 50. Bd4+ Kf7 51. Kg5 Nc6 52. Bc3 $18 {[%cal Gh3h5]} Nd8 53. Kh6 Ne6
54. Bb4 Kf6 (54... a5 $5 55. Ba3 g5 56. Kh5 Kf6 57. Bb2+ Kf7 58. Bc3 Nxc5 59.
Bxa5 Nxa4 60. Kxg5 $18) 55. h4 Kf7 56. a5 $5 a6 57. g5 Nd4 (57... Ng7 58. Be1)
58. Be1 $5 Nf5+ (58... Ne6 59. Bf2 Ng7 60. Kh7) 59. Kh7 Ng7 60. Bg3 $22 Nf5 (
60... Nh5 61. Be5 {[%csl Rh5]}) 61. h5 $1 gxh5 62. g6+ Ke6 (62... Kf6 63. Bh4+
Ke6 64. g7 Nxg7 65. Kxg7 Kd5 66. Be7 Kc6 67. Kg6 Kb5 68. Bd8 h4 69. Bxh4 Kxa5
70. Kf5) 63. g7 Nxg7 64. Kxg7 Kd5 65. Bd6 {White's bishop had a splendid
career in this game.} Kc6 (65... h4 66. Kf6 h3 67. Ke7 Kc6 (67... h2 68. Bxh2
Kxc5 69. Bg1+ Kb5 70. Bb6 $18) 68. Kd8 h2 69. Bxh2 Kxc5 70. Bg1+ $18) 66. Kf6
Kd7 (66... Kb5 67. Ke7 Kxa5 68. Kd7 {[%csl Rb7]}) 67. Ke5 Kc6 68. Ke6 h4 69.
Ke7 (69. Ke7 h3 70. Kd8) 1-0

[Event "SUI-ch"]
[Site "Leukerbad"]
[Date "2002.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jenni, Florian"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2002.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 Bd7 8. h4
Qa5 9. Bd2 Nbc6 10. h5 h6 11. Bd3 (11. Rh4 c4 12. Rg4 Rg8 13. Nh4 O-O-O 14. Qf3
Qa4 15. Kd1 Nf5 $13 {0-1 Rantanen,Y-Vaganian,R/Tallinn 27/254 1979 (44)}) 11...
c4 (11... O-O-O $5 12. O-O c4 13. Be2 Kb8 14. g3 Ka8 15. Nh4 Nf5 16. Ng2 Qa4
17. Bg4 Bc8 18. Ra2 Rhf8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Dolmatov,S/EUR-Cup Panormo
2001/ (74)}) 12. Bf1 (12. Be2 f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Nh4 (14. Rb1 O-O-O 15. Qc1
Rdg8 16. Kf1 Nf5 17. Nh4 Nce7 18. g4 Nxh4 19. Rxh4 Nc6 20. Rh3 e5 $36 {0-1
Drei,A-Naumkin,I/Montecatini Terme 2001/ (37)}) 14... O-O-O 15. Bg4 Qc7 16. O-O
e5 17. dxe5 fxe5 18. f4 e4 19. f5 Ne5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Kuczynski,R-Rozentalis,E/
BL 1993 (29)}) 12... f6 (12... O-O-O 13. g3 f6 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Bh3 e5 16.
Bxd7+ Rxd7 17. Nh4 Qd8 18. Be3 Qg8 $15 {1/2-1/2 Saravanan,V-Berelovich,A/
Calcutta op 1998 (43)}) 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14. g3 Rdf8 $146 (14... Qa4 15. Bf4 g5
16. hxg6 Nxg6 17. Bxh6 fxe5 $132 {Berzinsh,R-Kupruks,R/Latvia ch 1993/1-0 (41)}
(17... Qa5 $5)) 15. Bh3 Nd8 16. O-O ({Worth considering} 16. exf6 $142 $5 gxf6
17. O-O {with interesting possibilities for both sides.}) 16... f5 $1 {Good
idea, Black keeps the position as closed as possible, it's still about equal,
but white fails to find a correct plan and is being outplayed move by move.}
17. Nh4 Be8 18. Kh2 g5 $1 19. hxg6 Nxg6 20. Ng2 (20. Nf3 f4 $5) ({Black will
have easy game after} 20. Nxg6 Bxg6 {[%cal Gd8f7,Gf7g5,Gh6h5]}) 20... Nf7 21.
Nf4 Nxf4 22. gxf4 (22. Bxf4 Ng5 $15) 22... Rfg8 {Black has a better pawn
structure, which enables him to try various plans here, while White has to
stay passive. Such positions are very difficult to hold} 23. Rg1 (23. Qd1 {
[%cal Gf1g1]}) 23... Rxg1 24. Rxg1 $2 {White takes too much risk} ({Modest} 24.
Kxg1 $1 $15 {was better try}) 24... Qxa3 25. Qd1 Nd8 $1 $17 {It looks that
White has lost simply his pawn without getting any compensation.} 26. Qb1 Qe7
27. Qa1 Nc6 28. Rg3 Bf7 (28... Bh5 $5) 29. Bc1 Rg8 30. Ba3 Qh4 31. Qc1 (31. Bc1
$1) 31... Qd8 32. Bd6 Rxg3 33. fxg3 Bh5 34. Kg2 Qg8 {[%cal Gh5g4]} 35. Kf2 Qg6
(35... Bg4 $5) 36. Qh1 Bg4 37. Bg2 Qh5 38. Qxh5 Bxh5 $19 {[%csl Ga7,Rg2]
White's bishops are quite weak now and Black has both positional and material
advantage, so the rest is pretty clear.} 39. Ke1 (39. Bf8 Bd1) 39... Bg4 40.
Bf8 h5 41. Kd2 Kd7 42. Kc1 Ke8 43. Bg7 $6 (43. Bd6 $142 Kf7 {[%cal Gf7g6,Gh5h4,
Gg6h5]}) 43... b5 44. Bf6 a5 45. Kb2 Na7 (45... b4 $5) 46. Bh4 b4 {[%cal Ga7b5]
} 0-1

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Kf8 {
Nikolic,s speciality. He played this move against strongest chessplayers (
Kasparov is included) with reasonable results. We decided not to follow main
lines ( 8.h4, 8.a4) and to choose rare continuation.} 8. Bd2 Qc7 {N/ New and
may be good move. Nikolic likes to put Q on c7 in many variations in French
defence.} (8... Qa5 9. a4 Nbc6 10. Nf3 Qb6 11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. Bd3 h6 13. O-O Qb6
14. Rfe1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Nikolic,Pr/London PCA 5' 1994 (49)}) (8... Qb6 9.
dxc5 Qc7 (9... Qb2 10. Qd1 Nd7 11. Nf3 Nxc5 12. c4 Qb6 13. Be2 Bd7 14. O-O Rc8
15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. c4 $16 {1-0 Orlov,V-Karpeshov,O/Elista 1994 (36)}) 10. Nf3
Nd7 11. Be2 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. O-O h5 14. Qf3 Qe4 15. Qd3 Nc6 16. Rfe1 h4
17. h3 f6 18. Rab1 $16 {1-0 Kamsky,G-Ljubojevic,L/Melody Amber blind 1995 (59)}
) 9. Rc1 $5 {It is not in character of Judit Polgar to worry to much about her
pawns. Normal chessplayer will play 9.Bd3.} Qa5 $1 10. h4 Qxa3 11. h5 h6 12.
Rh3 c4 $1 {Just in time! White's light bishop was ready to jump on d3 and
later on g6.} 13. Rf3 $6 {Typical plan of attack, but not the best one. After
clever} (13. Qd1 $1 Qa5 14. Ra1 Qd8 15. Bc1 {[%cal Yc1a3,Ya3f8] Judit could
get reasonble compensation fora pawn.}) 13... Nbc6 $17 14. Rf4 b5 {Sergey
Dolmatov, coach of Kramnik, told me now " You can stop to worry, she has
nothing to lose already ". It was not so easy to stop to worry, but,
unfortunately, he was right in estimation of  position.} 15. Qf3 Nd8 16. g4 ({
And now desevrs attention} 16. Qd1 Qa5 17. Ra1 Qb6 18. Bc1 a5 19. Ba3 b4 $140
$2 20. Bxb4) 16... Ke8 17. Nh3 Rb8 (17... a5 $5 18. Rb1 (18. Qd1 Nec6) 18...
Bd7 19. Qd1 Nc8) 18. g5 (18. Qd1 Qa6 19. Ra1 Qb6 20. Bc1 a5) 18... Nf5 19. Bg2
(19. Rxf5 $5 exf5 20. gxh6 gxh6 21. Qxd5 $17) 19... a5 $1 20. gxh6 Nxh6 21. Qg3
Kf8 (21... Qf8 22. Ra1 Nc6) (21... Nf5 $143 22. Rxf5 exf5 23. Qxg7 Rxh5 24. Nf4
$132) 22. Rf3 Nc6 (22... Nf5 $5) 23. Ng5 Rb7 24. Bh3 Nd8 {Nikolic defended all
squares around his king,his pawns are ready to move, White needs to do
something quickly.I was sure that Judit will play now 25.Ke2 with idea to use
passive rook c1 in attack, but she choose strange..} 25. Qg1 {[%cal Ye1e2,
Yc1a1]} Ng8 26. Bg4 Qb2 27. Nh3 {[%cal Rh3f4,Rf4g6]} b4 ({After the game Judit
show me fanny variation} 27... Nc6 28. Ke2 Ke8 (28... Nge7 $5) 29. Bf5 Nge7 (
29... Kf8 30. Rb1 Qa3 31. Ra1 Qe7 32. Bg6 $132) 30. Qxg7 $1 Rg8 $2 31. Qxf7+ $3
Kxf7 32. Bg6+ Kg7 33. Rf7+ Kh8 34. Rh7# {but this is just a dream.}) 28. Nf4
Ne7 29. Bh3 (29. Ng6+ Nxg6 30. hxg6 b3) 29... b3 (29... bxc3 $5 30. Rxc3 (30.
Be3 $5) 30... Ndc6) 30. Ke2 (30. cxb3 cxb3 31. Nd3 Qa2) ({I think, that
stronger was} 30. Qg5 $5 {with many tactical possibilities} Ke8 (30... Kg8 $6
31. Rg3 Rh7 32. h6 g6 33. Nh5 $40) (30... a4 $2 31. Ng6+ $1 $18) 31. Qxg7 Rg8
32. Qh7 Rg1+ 33. Bf1 a4) 30... a4 31. Ng6+ (31. cxb3 axb3) (31. Qg5 $5) 31...
Nxg6 32. Qxg6 Qa3 (32... Kg8 33. Qg5 Nc6 34. Rg1 Rh7 35. Rfg3 Qxc2 36. Qf6 Kf8
37. Rxg7 Qd3+ 38. Ke1 $132) 33. h6 {Finally White manage to organize strong
attack, but, unfortunately black pawns too strong.} (33. Rg1 Ke8 34. Qxg7 Qf8
35. h6 b2 $19) 33... Rxh6 $1 34. Bxh6 gxh6 35. Qf6 (35. Rg1 Ke8) (35. Qxh6+ Ke8
36. Rg1 Qf8) 35... Ke8 36. Rg1 Qf8 {At that moment each player had 1-1,5
minutes left. Honestly, I was completely desperate and thought already what I
have to say to Judit after game. But she doesn't lose her head and admit
really brave decision-kihg must to block pawns himself!} (36... Qe7 $5 37. cxb3
(37. Qh8+ Kd7 38. Rg8 Kc7) 37... cxb3 38. Kd2 a3 39. Qxe7+ Kxe7 40. Kc1) (36...
Qf8) 37. cxb3 $1 cxb3 38. Kd2 $1 b2 (38... a3 39. Kc1 a2 40. Kb2 Ra7 41. Ka1)
39. Kc2 a3 40. Kb1 a2+ $2 {Last move in time troubles and very serious mistake.
} ({Black could easy win after} 40... Bd7 {For example} 41. c4 (41. Rfg3 a2+
42. Kxa2 Ra7+ 43. Kxb2 Qa3+ 44. Kc2 Qa2+ 45. Kd3 Bb5+ 46. Ke3 Qe2+ 47. Kf4 Qe4#
{Matt!}) 41... a2+ 42. Kxa2 b1=Q+ $1 (42... Ra7+ 43. Kxb2 Qb4+ 44. Rb3 Qd2+ 45.
Kb1 Qa2+ 46. Kc1 Qa1+ 47. Kc2 Ra2+ 48. Kd3 dxc4+ 49. Ke3 Qxg1 50. Qh8+ Ke7 51.
Qf6+ Kf8 52. Qh8+ (52. Qxd8+ Be8 $19) 52... Qg8 53. Qxg8+ Kxg8 54. Rb8 Kf8 $1
55. Rxd8+ Ke7 {[%csl Ga2][%cal Ya2a3,Ya3h3]}) 43. Rxb1 Ra7+ 44. Kb3 (44. Kb2
Qb4+ 45. Kc1 Qe1+ 46. Kc2 Ra2+ 47. Rb2 Qe2+ $19) 44... Qa3+ 45. Kc2 Ba4+ 46.
Kd2 Qa2+ 47. Ke3 Qxb1 48. Qh8+ Kd7 49. Bxe6+ fxe6 50. Qg7+ Kc8 51. Qxa7 Qc1+
52. Kd3 dxc4+ $19) 41. Kxa2 Ra7+ $6 {Second mistake and now White's chances
are better!} ({Better was} 41... Bd7 $1 42. Rb1 Ra7+ 43. Kxb2 Qa3+ 44. Kc2 Ba4+
45. Kd3 Qa2 46. Rg1 Qc2+ 47. Ke3 {and Black have draw but maybe nothing more.})
42. Kxb2 Qa3+ 43. Kc2 Qa2+ 44. Kd3 Qc4+ 45. Ke3 Qxc3+ 46. Kf4 Qxd4+ 47. Kg3 {
According to material balance Black is OK, but knight and bishop are very
passive.} Re7 48. Bf1 $1 {[%cal Rf1b5]} (48. Rc1 Ba6 49. Rfc3 Bc4) 48... Qb2
49. Bd3 Nc6 50. Re3 d4 51. Rf3 {Simply and strong.} (51. Be4 Nb4 (51... dxe3
52. Bxc6+ Kd8 53. Rd1+ Kc7 54. Qxe7+ Kxc6 55. Qd6+ Kb7 56. fxe3 $18) 52. Rd1
Rc7) 51... Qb8 52. Re1 Kd7 53. Kh3 {Black is hopeless now.All white pieces
will take part in final hunt.} Qb4 54. Rc1 $1 Qa4 (54... Qb6 55. Be4 Bb7 56.
Rb1 Qa7) 55. Be4 Bb7 56. Rd3 Qa7 57. Rc4 $18 Qa1 (57... Qa8 58. Rb3) 58. Bxc6+
Bxc6 59. Rdxd4+ (59. Rdxd4+ Bd5 60. Rxd5+ exd5 61. Qd6+ Ke8 62. Rc8# {Nice end
(for a White!) of long and dramatical fight.}) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Qa5 $5 {This line became very popular, mostly thank's to efforts of GM
Rustemov, who manage to win many good and instructive games using 8... Qa5.} 9.
Ne2 {Nigel tring to avoid theoretical discussion.Most principal continuation
is , surely,} (9. Bd2 Nbc6 10. Nf3 f5 11. exf6 Rxf6 12. Qh5 {but it is
difficult to find any advantage for white after} Nf5 $1 13. g4 c4 {for example.
} 14. Be2 Nd6 15. Ne5 Ne4 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. f3 Nxd2 18. Kxd2 c5 19. Qe5 cxd4
20. Qxd4 Qc7 $36 {[%csl Rd2] 0-1 Videki,S-Farago,I/HUN t-ch 2000 (36)}) 9...
cxd4 10. Bg5 (10. Bd2 dxc3 11. Bxc3 Qc7 12. h4 Nbc6 13. Rh3 Nf5 14. Qf4 d4 15.
Bb4 Nxb4 16. axb4 Bd7 17. g4 Ne7 18. Qxd4 Rfd8 19. Qe4 Ng6 $132 {0-1
Gabrielsen,S-Djurhuus,R/NOR-ch Asker 2000/ (35)}) 10... Ng6 11. f4 Nd7 12. h4
$146 {This new move hardly can be recommended. Shabalov played} (12. Bxg6 {
and quickly won game after} hxg6 $2 ({but in the case of correct} 12... fxg6 $1
13. Qxe6+ Rf7 14. Qe8+ Rf8 15. Qe6+ Rf7 {Black equalise immediately} 16. a4 h6
(16... Nf6 $5 17. Qd6 Ne4 18. Qb4 Qxb4 19. cxb4 Nxg5 20. fxg5 Bd7 21. Nxd4 Re8
$13) 17. Qe8+ Rf8 18. Qe6+ Rf7 19. Qe8+ Rf8 20. Qe6+ {1/2-1/2 Baklan,V-Gdanski,
J/BL 2001/ (20)}) 13. h4 $1 f5 14. Qh3 Nc5 15. h5 gxh5 16. Qxh5 Ne4 17. Be7 Bd7
18. Qg6 Qb5 19. Rh7 Rf7 20. Bf6 {1-0 Shabalov,A-Rustemov,A/Bad Wiessee op 1999
(20)}) 12... f5 $1 13. Qg3 (13. Qh3 {[%cal Gg2g4] Worth considering}) 13... Rf7
14. h5 Ngf8 15. Qh4 (15. h6 g6) 15... Nc5 16. Be7 dxc3 $19 {Results of opening
are really sad for White - he lost ( sucrifice?) two pawns and hasn't any
compensation for material defecit.} 17. Rh3 Bd7 18. Nd4 Rc8 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20.
Qf2 Ba4 21. Ke2 Qb6 22. Rg1 $6 (22. Rhh1 $1 {[%cal Gh1b1] with the idea to use
rook for defence was much stronger, but, I suspect, Nigel just wanted finish
this game as soon as possible.}) 22... Nd7 {[%cal Gd7c5,Gc5e4]} 23. g4 $2 fxg4
24. Rxg4 Nxe5 $1 0-1

[Event "CUB-ch"]
[Site "Holguin"]
[Date "2002.04.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vazquez Igarza, Renier"]
[Black "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2002.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 {Black now are
trying all possible moves with idea to avoid} (6... Ne7 $5 7. Qg4) 7. Qg4 g6 8.
Qd1 {I am not sure that this is the best move.Worth considering} (8. Nf3 $5 Qa5
9. Bd2 Qa4 10. Ra2 Bd7 11. Qf4 c4 12. Be2 h6 13. O-O Rh7 14. Qh4 Rg7 15. Rb1
$14 {1-0 Agdestein,S-Knott,S/BCF t-ch 0102 2002/The Week in Chess 386 (34)}) ({
or} 8. a4 $5 Qc7 9. Bd2 f6 10. Nf3 fxe5 11. Nxe5 Nf6 12. Qf4 O-O 13. Nxc6 Qxc6
14. Bb5 Qb6 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Qd4 $1 Qxd4 17. cxd4 $14 {1-0 Atlas,V-Weinzettl,
E/AUT-chT 1997/CBM 61 (36)}) 8... Qa5 9. Bd2 Qa4 10. Nf3 b6 $5 {[%cal Gc8a6]} (
10... Bd7 11. Bd3 O-O-O 12. dxc5 f6 13. Qe2 Qa5 14. O-O Qxc5 15. Rfb1 Kb8 16.
c4 $16 {1-0 David,A-Claesen,P/Andorra zt 1998 (25)}) (10... c4 11. g3 Bd7 12.
h4 h6 13. Bh3 O-O-O 14. O-O Kb8 15. Re1 Rc8 16. Qc1 $1 $14 {1-0 Rodriguez,
A-Dimitrov,V/Mondariz op 1994 (27)}) 11. Qb1 (11. Bg5 Ba6 12. Bd3 h6 13. Be3
cxd4 14. cxd4 Rc8 15. O-O Nge7 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Qd3 Qxd3 18. cxd3 Nf5 $15 {
0-1 Penttinen,J-Kekki,J/Heart of Finland 1992 (34)}) (11. dxc5 $5 bxc5 12. c4)
11... Ba6 12. Bxa6 ({White get nothing after} 12. Qb3 Qxb3 13. cxb3 Bxf1 14.
Rxf1 Na5 $11) 12... Qxa6 13. a4 {[%cal Gb1b5]} cxd4 (13... Qc4 14. Qb3 Na5 15.
Qb5+ $1 $13) 14. cxd4 Qc4 15. Qb5 (15. Qb3 Nxd4 $1) 15... Nge7 16. h4 (16. Ra3
$5 {[%cal Gb5b2]}) 16... h6 $1 17. h5 g5 18. c3 O-O-O $1 19. Nh2 $1 {[%cal
Gh2g4] Good plan. Vazquez brings night to g4 and black must play carefully,
other case he will found himself in the bad position soon} (19. Rb1 $5) 19...
Na5 20. Ng4 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gg4e3]} Qc7 21. Rh3 (21. Ne3 Nf5) ({I would
prefer white's position after} 21. f4 $1 gxf4 22. O-O $36) 21... Nc4 22. Ne3 (
22. Rf3 Nf5) 22... Nxe3 23. Rxe3 Nc6 {[%cal Gc6a5] Another knight is running
to c4.} 24. a5 {This idea looks better than it is in reality. White has
nothing to worry about after} (24. Rf3 Na5 25. Rf6 {[%cal Gf2f4]}) 24... Nxa5
25. Rxa5 bxa5 26. c4 Qb6 {Black has many pieces around the king and White
can't creat real attack.} 27. Qa4 dxc4 $1 28. Qxc4+ (28. Bxa5 Qa6 $1 $19) 28...
Kd7 (28... Qc7 $2 29. Qxc7+ Kxc7 30. Bxa5+) 29. d5 exd5 30. Qa4+ (30. Qxd5+ Ke8
31. Qa2 Rb8 $17 {doesn't help.}) 30... Qc6 ({Worth considering brave} 30... Ke6
$5) 31. Qxa5 Rb8 32. Qxa7+ (32. Rd3 Ke6) 32... Rb7 33. Qa1 Re8 $5 ({Arencibia
decided not to count variations like} 33... Rhb8 34. e6+ Ke7 35. Qg7 Rb1+ 36.
Ke2 Qc4+ {and choose a simple and strong move.}) 34. Qd1 {White queen new and
better days} Qc4 {[%csl Re1] White had problems with this square!} 35. Bc3 Reb8
0-1

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent Crown"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2000.10.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2000.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 {Again and again Alexander
choose this extremely risky move!} 6. b4 (6. dxc5 $5) ({Just two weeks later
Leko played in this position} 6. Qg4 $5 Ne7 7. dxc5 {and won game after long
fight.}) 6... cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. bxa5 dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. Nf3
Qc7 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Bd3 (13. Bg3 Nxa5 14. Bd3 Nc4 15. O-O Nb2 16. Rfb1 Nxd3 17.
Qxd3 Nf5 18. Rb3 Rc8 19. Rab1 b5 20. Rb4 Qc5 21. R1b3 a5 $17 {0-1 Wang,
Z-Lputian,S/Beijing 1991/Inf 54 (33)}) 13... O-O-O 14. Bg3 Qxa5 $5 ({Worth
consideration and} 14... Rh8) 15. O-O Rh8 ({Black got quite good game and after
} 15... Qc5 16. Qxf7 Rdf8 17. Qh7 Rxf3 18. gxf3 Nxe5 19. Be2 d4 20. Rfe1 Bc6
$44 {1-0 Shirov,A-Akopian,V/Merida 2000/CBM 78 (47)}) 16. Qxf7 ({Judit Polgar
two rounds later played} 16. Qg7 {but after} d4 17. Qg4 Nf5 18. Rfb1 Nxg3 19.
Qxg3 Qc7 20. Kf1 Rhg8 21. Qf4 f5 $36 {0-1 Polgar,J-Khalifman,A/Hoogeveen
Essent 2000/ (37) it is clear, that initiative belongs to Black}) 16... Rdf8
17. Qg7 Rhg8 18. Qh6 Rxf3 $1 $146 {[%mdl 4] Strong novelty.We could see
already on the previous examples that exchange sacrifice is carte-de-visite
for Black in this line. Black will get long run initiative and completely ruin
white's pawn structure instead of not so big material shortages.} (18... Qa4
19. Qe3 Be8 20. Ng5 Nd4 21. f4 Bc6 22. Rf2 Rh8 23. Rb1 a5 24. Bf1 Rh6 25. Qxc3
$16 {1-0 Kovacevic,A-Stanojevic,B/Vrsac op 2000/Chess-international (41)}) 19.
gxf3 Nd4 20. Qf4 Nef5 {[%cal Gf5h4]} 21. Kh1 (21. a4 {[%cal Ga1a3]} Nh4 $5)
21... Bb5 $1 ({It is funny, but this position it is not new one! In the game
Lutz,C-Lyrberg,P/Katrineholm 1999/CBM 71 (41) opponents got it with different
move order ( Black played 14... Rh8) and Lutz managed to win after} 21... Qc5
22. Rg1 Rf8 23. Qg4 Bc6 24. Rg2 Bb5 25. Bxb5 Qxb5 26. Bf4 Kb8 27. Bg5 Rc8 28.
Rc1 Qe2 29. Be7 Qxe5 30. Bg5 Qe2 31. Be3 e5 32. Bxd4 Nxd4 33. Qd7 Qxf3 34. Qd6+
Ka8 35. Qxe5 $16 {Move in the text is stronger. Khalifman exchange very
important white's bishop and and start to attack weak white pawns.}) 22. Rfd1 (
22. Bxf5 Nxf5 23. Rg1 d4 {[%csl Rc2,Rg3,Rh1][%cal Gb5c6]}) 22... Bxd3 23. Rxd3
Qc5 24. Qc1 (24. Rad1 $2 {fails after} Ne2 $1 (24... Nxc2 $2 25. Rxd5 $1 $16)
25. Qb4 Nfxg3+ 26. fxg3 Qf2 {[%cal Re2g3]} 27. Qh4 (27. Rxc3+ Kb8 28. Rb3 Nxg3+
29. hxg3 Rh8+ 30. Qh4 Rxh4+ 31. gxh4 Qxh4+ 32. Kg2 Qg5+ 33. Kf1 Qxe5 $19)) (24.
Rc1 $2 Ne2) 24... Kb8 25. Qd1 Rc8 26. Bf4 Nc6 27. Qe1 Qc4 {It is not so easy
to comment this part of the game.Black slowly but surely improves position and
White has nothing to do , just wait.} 28. Bg5 Ncd4 29. Qd1 Qa4 30. Ra2 Qc4 31.
Ra1 Qa4 32. Ra2 Nb5 33. f4 $2 {This mistake just weaken position of white's
monarch} (33. Bf6 Rg8 $44) 33... Qe4+ 34. f3 (34. Kg1 Rg8) 34... Qa4 35. Qe1 d4
36. h4 Nc7 37. Qe4 $4 {Blunder, but and after correct} (37. Qb1 Nd5 $17 {
[%cal Gd5e3,Ga4e8,Ge8h5] black keep clear advantage.}) 0-1

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent Crown"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2000.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2000.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. bxa5
dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Bd3 O-O-O 14. Bg3
Qxa5 15. O-O Rh8 $1 {It is interesting why Judit decided to repeat this line -
just two round ago Khalifman won nice game against Galkin - without preparing
real improvement.} 16. Qg7 $146 (16. Qxf7 Rdf8 17. Qg7 Rhg8 18. Qh6 Rxf3 19.
gxf3 Nd4 20. Qf4 Nef5 21. Kh1 Bb5 22. Rfd1 Bxd3 23. Rxd3 Qc5 24. Qc1 Kb8 $15 {
0-1 Galkin,A-Khalifman,A/Hoogeveen Essent 2000/ (37)}) 16... d4 17. Qg4 Nf5 $1
{[%mdl 4] Black manage to keep material balance ( rare achievement in this
variation! ) and I think that his position already better.} 18. Rfb1 (18. Bxf5
exf5 19. Qf4 Be6 {[%cal Ga5a4]}) 18... Nxg3 {Eliminating main defender of e5
pawn.} (18... Rdg8 19. Qf4 Nxg3 20. hxg3 $13) 19. Qxg3 {What else?} (19. hxg3
$2 Nxe5 20. Qxd4 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 Qh5 $17 {lose almost by force}) 19... Qc7 $1 {
[%cal Gc7g3]} 20. Kf1 {Trying to escape fronm the dangerous zone.} (20. Qf4 f5)
20... Rhg8 21. Qf4 (21. Qh4 Nxe5) 21... f5 $1 {[%cal Gg8g4]} ({Worth
consideration and} 21... f6 $5 22. Qxf6 Rdf8 23. Qh4 Nxe5) 22. h3 Kb8 $5 {
Khalifman hasn't reasons to hurry up and find  time to improve position of the
king} 23. Re1 (23. Nxd4 $2 Nxd4 24. Qxd4 Bc6 $19) 23... Bc8 {[%cal Gb7b6]} 24.
Ng5 Rd5 (24... Qg7 25. h4 Ne7 $5 $17 {[%cal Ge7d5,Ge7g6]}) 25. Nf3 $8 Ne7 (
25... Qg7) 26. Rab1 ({Maybe} 26. Nxd4 $5 {was better, at least after posiible
continuation} Ng6 27. Qe3 f4 28. Qe4 Rxe5 29. Qf3 Nh4 30. Rxe5 $8 Nxf3 31. Nxf3
$17 {White have chances for successful defence.}) 26... Ng6 27. Qh2 (27. Qg5
Rg7 $1 {[%csl Re5]}) 27... Qh7 {Black's pieses coming to the king's fland one
after another.} 28. Rb4 (28. Rb5 $5 Rd7 $5 {[%cal Gd7g7]}) 28... Nh4 $19 29.
Nxd4 (29. Nxh4 Qxh4 {[%csl Rf1,Rh2,Gh4] looks terrible for White}) 29... Nxg2
30. Reb1 Qd7 31. Ne2 (31. Bb5 Qd8 32. Nc6+ bxc6 33. Bxc6+ Kc7 34. Bxd5 Qxd5 $19
) 31... Rxd3 $1 {Nice end of good game!} 32. cxd3 Qxd3 {[%csl Rf1,Rh2][%cal
Rd3f1]} 33. Rc1 c2 {[%cal Gb7b6,Gc8a6]} 34. Rd4 $8 Qf3 35. Nf4 (35. h4 b6)
35... b6 $1 36. Nxg2 Ba6+ 37. Kg1 Bb7 0-1

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.19"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 (7. Qg4 Ne7
8. bxa5 dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. Nf3 {leads to more complicated game}
) 7... Bc7 8. f4 Bd7 9. Nxc7+ {Eliminate one of the best defender} Qxc7 10. Bd3
a6 11. Nf3 Nh6 12. Bb2 $5 {[%mdl 4]} ({In the case of} 12. O-O Bb5 $1 13. Bxb5+
axb5 14. Qd3 Nc6 15. Qxb5 Qd7 16. Qc5 (16. Ng5 f6 17. Nf3 O-O 18. Bb2 fxe5 19.
fxe5 Nf5 20. Qd3 h6 21. Bxd4 Nfxd4 22. Nxd4 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Nxd4 24. Qxd4 Rxa3
25. c4 {1/2-1/2 Bichsel,W-Hug,W/SUI-chT 1994 (25)}) 16... Rc8 {Black got good
counterplay, for example} 17. Re1 Nf5 18. Qb6 h5 19. Re2 O-O 20. Bb2 Nce7 21.
Nxd4 Rc4 $44 {0-1 Almasi,Z-Hug,W/Altensteig 1994 (28)}) ({Worth considering and
} 12. a4 $5 {with possible continuation} Nf5 13. Qd2 Nc6 14. Bb2 O-O (14... Qb6
15. b5 axb5 16. axb5 Rxa1+ 17. Bxa1 Qa5 18. bxc6 Qxa1+ 19. Kf2 Qxh1 20. cxd7+
Kxd7 21. Bxf5 exf5 22. e6+ fxe6 23. Ne5+ Kc8 24. Qxd4 Rd8 25. Qc5+ Kb8 26. Qb6
Kc8 27. Qxe6+ Kc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Atlas,V-Kindermann,S/Ptuj (zt) 1995/Inf 63/ (31)
}) 15. Bxf5 (15. O-O $5 Ne3 16. Rfb1 Nc4 17. Bxh7+ $1 Kh8 18. Qf2 g6 19. Qh4
Kg7 20. Ng5 Rh8 21. Rf1 $40 {1-0 Zezulkin,J-Ribic,K/Oberliga Nord O9899 1999 
(29)}) 15... exf5 16. Bxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 f6 18. Nf3 fxe5 19. Nxe5 d4 20. O-O
Rad8 21. Nf3 {Almasi,Z-Lputian,S/Pula 1997/1-0 (44) with white's advantage})
12... Ba4 $146 {Novelty} ({After} 12... O-O 13. Ng5 f5 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. O-O {
white's attack on >> is quite dangerous-} Nc6 16. Nxh7 Rxf4 17. Qh5 Qe5 18. Ng5
Be8 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Bg6 Bxg6 21. Qxg6 Qf5 22. Qxf5 Rxf5 23. Nxe6 $14 {1/2-1/2
Minasian,A-Lputian,S/EU Cup Gr1 Yerevan 1997/EXT 2001 (49)}) ({Black could
exchange bishops} 12... Bb5 {but he must pay price for it-} 13. Bxb5+ axb5 14.
Nxd4 {[%csl Rb5]} Qc4 15. Qd3 $16) 13. Bxd4 (13. Nxd4 Nc6 14. O-O O-O $13)
13... Bb5 {This is an idea of Vaganian's strategy- d4 square occupied by
bishop and White can't win pawn so quickly.But, unfortunately for Black, White
keep advantage any case.} 14. O-O (14. Bxb5+ axb5 15. Bc5 b6 16. Bd6 $140 Qc3+)
14... Nf5 15. Bf2 h5 (15... O-O 16. g4 Bxd3 (16... Ne7 17. Bxb5 axb5 18. Bc5
Nbc6 19. Qd3 $16) 17. cxd3 {[%cal Ga1c1]}) 16. Ng5 $5 {Even stronger than} (16.
a4 Bxd3 17. cxd3 Qd7 18. Qd2 $36 {also with good game}) 16... Bxd3 $6 {Open
c<-> what is clearly to white's fvour. Vaganian had to play} (16... Nc6 $5 {
and in the case of} 17. Bxb5 axb5 18. Qd3 Qd7 19. Qxb5 $140 Nxe5 $13 {with
complicated game.}) 17. cxd3 Nc6 18. Rc1 Qd8 (18... Qd7 $5) 19. Re1 Rc8 20. Bc5
$16 {[%csl Re8,Rh8] White's advantage is obvious thank's to bad position of
black monarch.} Ncd4 21. h3 b6 (21... h4 $142) 22. Bxd4 Nxd4 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24.
Qa1 $1 Nf5 (24... Nc6 25. Rc1 {[%cal Gc1c8]}) 25. Rc1 Qd7 26. Qc3 {Ponomariov
keeps control on c <->, his pieces are more active, but Black still has some
defensive chances.} O-O {Better later than never!} 27. Qc6 Qd8 (27... Qxc6 28.
Rxc6 Rb8 29. Rc7 Rf8 30. Kf2 $18) 28. Qb7 Nd4 29. Kf2 Qb8 $8 30. Rc7 (30. Qxb8
$5 Rxb8 31. Rc7 f6 $140 $6 32. exf6 gxf6 33. Nh7 $18) 30... Qxb7 31. Rxb7 {
[%mdl 4096]} b5 ({Maybe} 31... f6 32. exf6 gxf6 (32... Rxf6 33. Rxb6 Rxf4+ 34.
Ke3 e5 35. Rxa6 $18) 33. Nf3 Nxf3 34. Kxf3 $16 {was the smallest evil.}) 32.
Ra7 h4 $5 (32... f6 33. exf6 Rxf6 34. Ke3 Nf5+ 35. Kd2 Nd4 36. Ra8+ $1 Rf8 37.
Rxa6 Rxf4 38. Nxe6 $18) 33. Ke3 ({Worth considering} 33. Nf3 $5 {and rook
ending will be very difficult for black.}) 33... Nf5+ 34. Kf3 g6 (34... Nd4+
35. Kg4 f6 36. Nf3 $18) 35. Kg4 Ne3+ $8 36. Kxh4 Nxg2+ 37. Kg3 Ne1 (37... Ne3
$5 38. Rxa6 Nf5+) 38. Rxa6 Nxd3 39. Ra7 Rc8 ({I have feeling that} 39... Nb2 $5
40. Rb7 d4 {could be last real chance for Black, for example} 41. Rxb5 d3 42.
Ne4 Nc4 43. a4 $16) 40. Nxf7 Rc4 (40... Rc3 41. Kg4) 41. Nh6+ (41. Nd6 $1 Rxf4
42. Re7) 41... Kh8 42. Rf7 g5 (42... Rc3 43. Kg4 Rxa3 44. Kg5 $18 {[%csl Gg5]})
43. fxg5 Nxe5 44. Rf6 Kg7 (44... Rc3+ $5) 45. Rxe6 Rc3+ 46. Kf4 $18 Ng6+ 47.
Kf5 Rf3+ 48. Kg4 Rxa3 49. Nf5+ Kh7 50. h4 {Rest is simple} Rb3 51. h5 Rxb4+ 52.
Kg3 Rb3+ 53. Kf2 Rb2+ 54. Ke1 Nf8 55. Rf6 Rg2 56. Rf7+ Kg8 57. Nh6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.11"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[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 "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Kf8 {
Risky but interesting move} 8. Bd2 b6 ({Worth considering} 8... Qc7 $5 {
[%cal Gc7c2] for example} 9. Bd3 b6 10. Nf3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Ba6 12. Bb4 {[%csl
Gb4]} Bxd3 13. cxd3 Nbc6 14. Bd6 Qd7 15. O-O Kg8 16. a4 h6 17. Qf4 Ng6 18. Qg4
Kh7 19. h4 Rhc8 20. h5 Nge7 $13 {0-1 Szelag,M-Socko,B/POL t-ch Glogow 2001/ 
(83) with mutial chances}) 9. dxc5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Interesting novelty.
Stefansson is trying to open position for his bishops.} (9. Nf3 h6 10. a4 Ba6
11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rfb1 Qd7 14. Ra2 Kg8 15. Ne1 Qc6 16. a5 b5 17.
Rab2 Rb8 18. Qe2 c4 19. g4 Kf8 20. Ng2 Ke8 21. Nf4 g6 22. Qf3 Kd7 23. Ne2 Nc7 {
Timoshenko,G-Kononenko,T/UKR t-ch Alushta 2000/1/2-1/2 (44)}) (9. h4 Ba6 10. h5
h6 11. Bxa6 (11. Ne2 Nbc6 12. Rh3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nf5 14. Bc3 Qg5 15. Qxg5 hxg5
16. O-O-O g4 17. Rh1 Rc8 $36 {0-1 Karjakin,S-Efimenko,Z/Kramatorsk Governor's
Cup-2 2001/ (43)}) 11... Nxa6 12. Ne2 Qc7 (12... Rc8 13. Qf3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Qe8
15. Rh4 Rxc2 16. Nc3 Qc8 17. Qd3 Rb2 18. Nd1 Rxd2 19. Kxd2 Nb8 20. Rc1 $16 {
1-0 Chandler,M-Pert,N/London Chapman m 2000/The Week in Chess 306 (39)}) 13.
Qf3 Kg8 14. Rh4 Nf5 15. Rf4 Rf8 16. Rg4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Qc4 18. c3 Kh7 19. Ng3
Nxg3 20. Qxg3 Rhg8 $14 {Mitkov,N-Ostenstad,B/Bergen op 2001/ /1-0 (80)}) (9.
Bd3 Ba6 10. Nh3 Bxd3 11. cxd3 Nbc6 12. O-O cxd4 13. cxd4 Nf5 14. Be3 Qh4 15.
Qxh4 Nxh4 16. Rac1 Rc8 17. Rc2 Ke8 18. Rfc1 Kd7 19. Ng5 Nf5 $15 {0-1 Betschart,
O-Dittmar,P/Pizol op 1996 (45)}) 9... bxc5 (9... Ba6 10. cxb6 Qxb6 11. Bd3 $36)
10. Nf3 ({I am sure that} 10. c4 $5 {will be checked quite soon.}) 10... c4 $5
{[%csl Rc8,Rf1] Stops 11.c4 and activization of white bishop, but this move
has and scarcity- it will be very difficult for Black to include Bc8 to the
game.} 11. Nd4 Nbc6 12. Nxc6 (12. Qg3 Qb6) 12... Nxc6 13. Qg3 (13. f4 Qb6)
13... Qb6 14. Bc1 (14. Be3 Qa5) ({White could play and} 14. Be2 $5 {and in the
case of} Qb2 15. O-O Qxc2 16. Qe3 $44 {he will have enough compensation for
the pawn, for example} Nxe5 $140 $2 17. Qxe5 Qxd2 18. Qd6+ Ke8 19. Qc6+ $16)
14... Bd7 15. a4 {[%cal Gc1a3]} h6 16. Be2 Kg8 17. Bh5 Qc7 $5 18. f4 ({Worth
considering} 18. Bf4 {with some chances for initiative}) 18... Ne7 19. Ba3 Nf5
20. Qf2 g6 (20... Bxa4 21. g4 Ne7 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Rxa4 g6 24. Bxg6 (24. Rg1
gxh5 25. g5 $5 Rh7 26. gxh6+ Kh8 $13) 24... fxg6 25. O-O {and White keep small
advantage- his king is better protected.}) 21. Bg4 (21. Bf3 Bxa4) 21... Bxa4
22. Bxf5 gxf5 23. Bd6 Qb6 24. Bc5 Qc6 (24... Qb2 25. O-O Qxc2 26. Qg3+ Kh7 27.
Rfc1 (27. Rf2 Qe4 28. Rxa4 Rhg8 29. Qf3 Qb1+ 30. Rf1 Qb5 $19) 27... Qb3 28.
Rcb1 $11) 25. Bxa7 {Short ,but important for theory game} (25. Bxa7 Kh7 26. O-O
$13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Nxc3 a6 14. Rb1
Na5 (14... Rc8 15. Ne2 Na7 $5 16. Qb3 Bb5 17. Nd4 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Nac6 19. Nxc6
Qxc6 20. Rb2 Nf5 $44 {J.Arnason - J.Timman, Antwerpen 1989}) 15. Bd2 (15. h4
Nf5 16. Rh3 O-O-O (16... Rc8 17. h5 Bc6 18. h6 Rh8 19. g4 Ne7 20. Qd4 Nc4 21.
Bxc4 dxc4 22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Nd5 24. f5 Qc5 25. fxe6 $16 {Lhagva - P.Carton,
Novi Sad (ol) 1990}) 17. h5 ({RR} 17. Bd2 Nc4 18. Ne2 Bb5 19. a4 Bxa4 20. Nd4
Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Bxc2 22. Rc1 Ba4 23. h5 Bc6 24. h6 Rg6 25. h7 Rh8 26. Bc3 Rg7 27.
Qd3 Qe7 28. Bd4 Qb4+ 29. Kf2 Nd2 30. Kg1 Nxf1 31. Kxf1 Kd7 {Klimov,S-Ivanov,S/
St Petersburg-ch 2005/FCD546/1-0 (49)}) 17... Nc4 $5 (17... Rg4 $5 18. Qf3 $5 (
18. h6 Rh8 19. h7 Rg7 20. Rb4 Nc4 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Qxd5 Na5 23. Bc4 Rhxh7 24.
Rf3 Rh1+ 25. Bf1 Kd8 $17 {A.Hagstrom - K.Haglund, Corr.1978}) 18... Rdg8 (18...
Nh6 $6 19. f5 $1 Qxe5+ 20. Ne2 d4 21. Bxh6 exf5 22. Bf4 Qc5 23. h6 Bc6 24. Qd3
{1-0 L.Yurtaev - S.Lputian, USSR 1979}) 19. h6 R4g6 20. h7 Rh8 21. g4 Ne7 (
21... Nd4 22. Qf2 $1 $16) 22. Bd2 (22. a4 $5 Nc4 23. Bd3 Rg7 24. Qf2 $1 (24.
Qe2 Ng6 25. Bxc4 Rgxh7 $1 26. Rxh7 Rxh7 27. Nxd5 Rh1+ 28. Kd2 exd5 29. Bd3 d4
$19 {Baluev - Nikolic, Corr.1974/75}) 24... Kb8 25. Qh4 $1 $16 {A.Khasin - de
Carbonnel, Corr.1977}) 22... Rg7 23. Bd3 Ng6 $36 {0-1 Lang,H-Nyman,K/corr 1986/
ChessBase (30)}) 18. Rb4 (18. Nd1 Bb5 19. Qc3 d4 $1 20. Qb4 Qc6 21. Nf2 Nfe3
22. Bxe3 dxe3 23. Nd1 e2 24. Bxe2 Rxg2 25. Rd3 Rg1+ 26. Bf1 Rdg8 27. Rbb3 Rxf1+
$1 28. Kxf1 Qg2+ 29. Ke1 Qg1+ {0-1 Lhagva - J.Gdanski, Novi Sad (ol) 1990})
18... Bc6 (18... b5 19. Ne2 d4 20. g4 $1 a5 21. Rb1 Rxg4 22. h6 Nce3 23. h7 Rh8
24. Nxd4 Nxf1 25. Nxf5 exf5 26. e6 $1 fxe6 27. Bb2 Qxf4 28. Bxh8 {1-0
Charushin - K.J.Harrison, Corr.1987/92}) 19. Ne2 (19. h6 $5 Rg6 20. h7 Rh8 21.
Ne2 Rg7 22. g4 $1 Rxg4 23. Nd4 Ne7 24. Nf3 $5) 19... Bb5 20. a4 (20. Qf3 d4 $1
21. a4 $6 (21. g4 Nfe3 22. Nxd4 (22. Bxe3 Nxe3 23. Nxd4 Qc3+ $1) 22... Nxf1 $1
23. Nxb5 axb5 24. Kxf1 Rd2 $1 25. h6 Rxc2 26. Rb1 Nb6 27. Be3 Qc4+ 28. Kg1 Nd5
29. h7 Rh8 {Rc3, Nf4}) 21... Nce3 $1 22. axb5 Nxc2+ 23. Kf2 Nxb4 24. Bd2 d3 $1
{(Van Damme - A.V.Vojna, Corr.1985)} 25. Bxb4 Qb6+ $1 26. Ke1 Qxb5 27. Qe4 a5
$1 28. Ba3 Rg3 $1 29. Nxg3 (29. Rxg3 Nxg3 30. Nxg3 d2+) 29... d2+ 30. Kf2 Qb6+
$1 $19 {A.V.Vojna}) 20... Qc5 (20... Nxe5 21. Qc3 Bxe2 22. fxe5 Bxf1 23. Kxf1
$14) (20... Bc6 $5 21. Nc3 (21. h6 $5 Qa5 22. c3) 21... Qa5 22. Rb1 Rg4 23. h6
Rh8 24. h7 Rg7 25. Bd2 Nxd2 26. Qxd2 Rgxh7 {J.Pihlajinen - R.Andersson, Corr.
1990}) 21. Ba3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Hort,V-Nogueiras,J/Biel 1988/ (43)}) 15... Nc4 16.
Ne2 (16. Ne4 $5 Nxd2 (16... Nxe5 17. Nf6+ Kd8 18. Qc3 $1 $16) (16... dxe4 17.
Qxc4 Qxc4 18. Bxc4 Rxg2 $5 (18... Bc6 19. Rg1 Nf5 $13) 19. Rxb7 Bc6 20. Rc7 (
20. Rb1 e3 $5 (20... Nf5) 21. Bxe3 Rxc2) 20... Rxd2 $1 (20... e3 $2 21. Bb4) (
20... Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Nxc8 22. Bxa6) (20... Kd8 21. Ba5) 21. Rxc6 (21. Kxd2 $2
e3+ 22. Kxe3 Bxh1) 21... Rxc2 {(/\ Rc1, Nc6)} 22. Kd1 Rc3 $13) 17. Nf6+ Kd8 18.
Qxd2 Rh8 19. c4 $1 Bc6 20. Be2 $16 {1-0 Schleinitz,J-Myers,D/corr 1991/
ChessBase (27)}) 16... Nf5 (16... Bb5 17. Nd4 Nxe5 $1 18. Qc3 Nc4 19. g3 Nc6
20. Nxb5 axb5 21. Rxb5 Rxa3 22. Rb3 Ra4 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Qb2 Na5 $13 {
Heissler-Rosenthal,D/BL 1993/ChessBase/1-0 (49)}) 17. h3 (17. Ng3 Nxg3 18. hxg3
Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Ba4 20. Bd3 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 Jandovsky,V-Nemec,Z/CZE t-ch2 9900 2000/
EXT 2001}) 17... Qc5 $146 {Funny, but only this move turns out to be a novelty.
} (17... Nxd2 18. Kxd2 Bb5 19. Qc3 Qxc3+ 20. Kxc3 Ne3 21. Kd2 Nxf1+ 22. Rhxf1
Rxg2 23. Rfe1 Rc8 24. Rb3 Rc4 25. Kd1 Re4 26. Nc3 Rd4+ 27. Kc1 Bc6 28. Ne2 Re4
29. Kd1 Ke7 30. Rb4 Re3 31. Rb3 Re4 32. Rb4 {Todorov,I-Srebrov,H/BUL t-ch
Bankia 1991/0-1 (54)}) 18. g4 (18. Bb4 Qb6 {[%cal Ra6a5]} 19. g4 Nfe3 20. Qh7
O-O-O $132) 18... Nxa3 (18... Nfe3 19. Bxe3 Nxe3 20. Qc3 Qa7 $132 (20... Nxc2+
21. Kd2 Qxc3+ 22. Nxc3 Nxa3 23. Rxb7 $16)) 19. Rb2 Nc4 (19... Ba4 20. gxf5
Nxc2+ 21. Rxc2 Bxc2 22. Qd4 $16) 20. Rxb7 Nfe3 {Unlike White, who has not
completed his development yet, all black pieces are involved in the struggle
and aim at the White king. But the situation is not so simple!} (20... Nxd2 21.
Kxd2 Bc6 22. Rb3 d4 23. Rg1 $14) 21. Bxe3 $6 ({Worth a consideration was the
brave move} 21. Qh7 $142 $5 {and after} O-O-O 22. Rxd7 $1 Kxd7 23. Qxf7+ Qe7
24. Qxe7+ Kxe7 25. Bxe3 Nxe3 26. Nd4 $36 {White's chances are better in the
endgame.}) 21... Nxe3 22. Rb3 $2 (22. Qc3 $142 $1 Qxc3+ 23. Nxc3 d4 24. Ne4 Bc6
25. Nd6+ Kd8 26. Nxf7+ Kc8 27. Nd6+ Kd8 $11) 22... Nxc2+ 23. Kd2 Rc8 24. Qc3 $2
(24. Rc3 Qb4 25. Kxc2 Ba4+ 26. Kd2 Bb5 27. Qd4 Rc4 28. Qb6 Rxc3 29. Nxc3 Qb2+
30. Ke3 Qxc3+ 31. Kf2 Qd2+ 32. Kg3 $11) 24... Qa7 $1 {The move Karjakin had
certainly overlooked. Black gets a very strong attack against White's poor
monarch.} 25. Qb2 (25. Qa5 $5 {[%cal Ga5b6]} Nd4 $15) 25... Ba4 (25... d4 $5)
26. Rc3 Rxc3 27. Qxc3 Kd7 $1 {[%cal Gg8c8]} 28. f5 Rc8 29. Qf3 Qc5 $19 {
[%csl Rd2] The smoke has cleared, Black has decisive advantage and manages to
turn it quickly into a win.} 30. fxe6+ (30. Bg2 Qb4+ 31. Nc3 Qd4+ 32. Qd3 Qf2+
33. Ne2 (33. Qe2 Qf4+) 33... Nd4 34. fxe6+ Kd8 $19) 30... fxe6 31. Qf7+ (31.
Bg2 Qb4+ 32. Nc3 Qd4+ 33. Qd3 Qf4+ 34. Kd1 Nb4+ $19) 31... Kd8 32. Qf6+ Kc7 33.
Qf4 Kb8 34. Ng3 (34. Qxa4 Qe3+ 35. Kd1 Qd3+ 36. Kc1 Nd4+) 34... Qc3+ 35. Ke2
Qe1+ ({Another promising possibility was} 35... Rc4 $5 36. Qf8+ Kb7 37. Qf7+
Kb6) 36. Kf3 Rc3+ 37. Kg2 Ne3+ 38. Kg1 (38. Kh2 Rc2+) 38... Bb5 (38... Nxf1 39.
Nxf1 Bb5 {wins by force, for example:} 40. Rh2 Bxf1 41. Qxf1 Qxf1+ 42. Kxf1
Rc1+ 43. Kg2 Rc2+ 44. Kg3 Rxh2 45. Kxh2 Kc7 46. h4 Kd7 47. h5 Ke7 $19 {but,
possibly, Ni Hua didn't want to count a so long variation.}) 39. Qf8+ (39. Qf2
Qb1) 39... Kb7 40. Qf2 Qb1 41. Kh2 (41. Rh2 Nxf1 42. Nxf1 Bxf1) 41... Nxf1+ {
A glorious finish of the knight march!} 42. Nxf1 (42. Rxf1 Bxf1 43. Nxf1 Rc2
44. Nd2 Qd1 45. Qf7+ Kb6 46. Qxe6+ Kc5 47. Qd6+ Kd4 48. Qb4+ Kd3 $19) 42... Qd3
43. Qf7+ (43. Qe3 Qc2+ 44. Qd2 Rxh3+ $1 45. Kg1 (45. Kxh3 Bxf1+) 45... Rxh1+
46. Kxh1 Qb1) 43... Kb6 44. Qf2+ Kc6 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timoshenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 $5 {Lputian's spesiality} 6. b4
cxd4 7. Nb5 (7. Qg4 $5 Ne7 8. bxa5 dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. Nf3 Qc7
12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Bd3 O-O-O 14. Bg3 Qxa5 15. O-O Rh8 16. Qg7 d4 17. Qg4 Nf5 18.
Rfb1 Nxg3 19. Qxg3 Qc7 $132 {0-1 Polgar,J-Khalifman,A/Hoogeveen Essent 2000/
CBM 80 (37)}) 7... Bc7 8. f4 Bd7 9. Nxc7+ Qxc7 10. Nf3 Ne7 11. Bd3 a6 12. a4 (
12. O-O Bb5 13. Nxd4 Bxd3 14. cxd3 Nbc6 15. Be3 O-O 16. Rc1 Qb6 17. Rc5 a5 $1
18. Nc2 axb4 19. axb4 d4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Rfd8 $15 {0-1 Khachian,
M-Lputian,S/ARM-ch Yerevan 1999/CBM 74/[Psakhis,L] (34)}) 12... Nbc6 ({Black
couls play and} 12... Nf5 13. O-O Qb6 {for example:} 14. Bxf5 exf5 15. Qxd4
Qxd4+ 16. Nxd4 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Bb2 O-O 19. Bd4 Rfc8 20. c3 Bd7 21. Kf2
Rc4 22. Ke3 h6 23. h3 a5 24. b5 Re8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Wedberg,T-Ivanov,S/Stockholm
GM 2000/ (33)}) 13. Qd2 $146 (13. Rb1 {[%cal Gb4b5]} Na7 14. b5 Qb6 15. O-O
axb5 16. axb5 Qc5 17. Qe2 Nf5 18. Re1 h5 19. Rb3 Nc8 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. Qd3 Ra2
$132 {Kuczynski,R-Syrtlanov,V/Koszalin op 1997/1/2-1/2 (66)}) ({Worth
considering} 13. Bd2 $5 {with possible continuation} Nf5 14. b5 Na5 15. Bxf5
exf5 16. Bb4 Nc4 17. Qxd4 a5 18. Bd6 Nxd6 19. exd6 Qxd6 20. Qxg7 O-O-O {
Cladouras,P-Foetsch,D/Dresden op 1998/1-0 (50)}) 13... Nf5 14. Bb2 O-O 15. Kf2
$6 {Brave decision.Timoshenko could simply play} (15. Bxf5 $5 exf5 16. Bxd4 {
with chances for small advantage.}) ({Black position is very tough in the case
of} 15. O-O Qb6 $5 ({Big complications could come after} 15... Ne3 $5 16. Rfe1
Nc4 17. Bxh7+ $5 Kxh7 18. Ng5+ Kg8 (18... Kg6 19. Qd3+ f5 20. Qg3) 19. Qd3 Rfc8
20. Qh7+ Kf8 21. Qh8+ Ke7 22. Qxg7 Rf8 23. f5 $132) 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 Nce7
$13) 15... f6 $1 {[%cal Rf8f2] Natural reaction on the last white's move} 16.
Bxf5 (16. b5 Nxe5 $1 17. fxe5 fxe5 {[%csl Gd4,Gd5,Ge5,Ge6,Rf2]}) 16... fxe5 $1
{[%mdl 512]} ({Black has nothing to worry about and after} 16... exf5 17. Rhe1
fxe5 18. Nxe5 Rfe8 $11 {but text is much stronger.}) 17. Bh3 (17. b5 $5 e4 $5 (
17... Na5 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. fxe5) 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Rf7) 17... Rxf4 $44
18. g3 Rf6 {It is easy to see, that Lputian gor more more than enough
compensation for the piece- strong pawn center and good possibilities for
attack.} 19. Kg2 Nxb4 $1 (19... Raf8 20. Rhf1 Nxb4 21. Nxe5 $5 (21. Nxd4 exd4
22. Rxf6 Rxf6 23. Qxb4 e5 24. Bxd7 Qxc2+ (24... Qxd7 $5 $13) 25. Kg1 Qf2+ (
25... Rf2 26. Be6+ Kh8 27. Bxd5 $16) 26. Kh1 Qf3+ $11) 21... Qxe5 (21... Nxc2
22. Rxf6 Rxf6 23. Nxd7 Ne3+ 24. Kh1 Qxd7 25. Bxd4 $16) 22. Rxf6 Qxf6 23. Qxb4
Qf3+ 24. Kg1 $14) 20. Qxb4 Rxf3 $1 {One blow after another!} 21. Qd2 $1 {
Only move.} ({In the case of most principal} 21. Kxf3 Qxc2 (21... Rf8+ $5 22.
Qxf8+ (22. Kg4 Qxc2 {[%csl Rg4]})) 22. Rac1 e4+ $1 (22... Qe4+ 23. Kf2 Rf8+ 24.
Qxf8+ Kxf8 25. Rhe1) 23. Kg4 (23. Kf4 Qf2+ 24. Ke5 Qf6+ 25. Kd6 Qf8+ 26. Kxd7
Qxb4 27. Bxe6+ Kh8 $19) 23... Qe2+ 24. Kh4 g5+ $1 25. Kxg5 Qe3+ {white monarch
went too far into the enemy camp -} 26. Kf6 (26. Kg4 e5+ $19) 26... Qh6+ 27.
Ke5 Qg7+ 28. Kd6 Qf8+ $19) 21... Rf6 (21... Raf8 22. Rhf1 Rxf1 23. Rxf1 Rxf1
24. Kxf1 Qb6 $5 25. Qg5 (25. c3 d3 $1) 25... h6 26. Qxe5 Qxb2 27. Bxe6+ Bxe6
28. Qxe6+ Kf8 29. Qd6+ Ke8 30. Qe6+ Kd8 31. Qxd5+ $11) 22. Rhe1 Rc8 23. Re2 Qb6
(23... Be8 {[%cal Ge8g6]} 24. Rf1 $5 {[%cal Gh3e6]} (24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Bxe6+
Rxe6 26. Rxe6 Bg6 $17)) 24. Ra2 Rc4 ({Maybe} 24... Rcf8 $5 {is stronger} 25.
Rxe5 $140 Rf2+ 26. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 27. Kxf2 d3+) 25. Rxe5 Bxa4 26. Bc1 Qc6 {[%cal
Gc6g2]} 27. Re2 h6 {Why not} (27... e5 $5 28. Rxe5 $8 Bxc2 29. Re1 Be4+ 30. Kg1
d3 $17 {with big advantage?}) 28. Ba3 Kf7 (28... e5 $5) 29. Bg4 Qc7 30. Qe1 Bd7
$17 {Black chances are still better, but it looks that Lputian was
dissapointed with last moves and decided to offer draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nagykanizsa 1st"]
[Site "Nagykanizsa"]
[Date "2003.11.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Timoshenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Farago, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2003.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Qa5 {This move has become quite popular in the last couple of years.} 9. Bd2
Nbc6 10. Nf3 f5 11. exf6 Rxf6 12. Qh5 Nf5 13. g4 c4 14. gxf5 cxd3 15. Rg1 {
[%cal Gg1g7]} Bd7 16. Qg5 (16. c4 Qc7 17. Bh6 Be8 18. Qh4 Rxh6 19. Qxh6 dxc4
20. cxd3 cxd3 21. f6 Bg6 22. Qxg7+ Qxg7 23. fxg7 Rd8 24. Rg4 Bf5 $11 {Shirov,
A-Khalifman,A/Dos Hermanas-A 2003/CBM 95/[Psakhis]/1/2-1/2 (44)}) 16... Rf7 17.
f6 (17. cxd3 exf5 18. Ne5 Re8 19. f4 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qa6 21. Ke2 Bb5 22. Qg3 Qa4
$13 {0-1 Vehi Bach,V-Garcia Martinez,S/Barbera del Valles op 2003/ (49)}) 17...
Qd8 18. Ne5 $146 {Interesting novelty.} (18. Qh6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 Rxf6 20. Ne5
Nxe5 21. dxe5 Rf5 22. cxd3 Rxe5+ 23. Be3 Rh5 24. Rb1 Bc6 25. Bf4 e5 $17 {
0-1 Sumets,A-Drozdovskij,Y/Odessa-ch 2000 (40)}) (18. cxd3 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 Rxf6
20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Rf5 $11) 18... Nxe5 19. dxe5 dxc2 {Black has a small
material advantage, but White retains many interesting tactical opportunities
on the kingside.} 20. Be3 {A critical position of the variation, since it is
the end of series of more or less forced moves.} (20. Qh6 Qf8 21. Rc1 Kh8)
20... Rc8 (20... Ba4 21. Qh6 Qc7 22. Bd4 {[%cal Ge1d2,Gg1g3,Ga1g1]}) 21. Kd2
Ba4 22. Bd4 Rc4 {[%cal Rc4d4]} 23. Qe3 Kh8 24. Rg4 (24. fxg7+ Kg8 $1 $13 (24...
Rxg7 $143 $2 25. Rxg7 Kxg7 26. Rg1+ Kh8 27. Qh6 Qe7 28. Qf6+ $1 Qxf6 29. exf6
$18 {[%cal Rf6f7]})) 24... Qf8 25. h4 $5 b6 (25... Rfc7 $5 26. h5 $36 (26. Rag1
Qxa3 $132)) 26. h5 {[%mdl 128] Black should have stuck to a passive defense.}
Bb3 27. f4 (27. Rag1 Rcc7 {[%cal Gf8a3]}) 27... Ra4 {Black creates some
threats on the queen side, trying to prevent White's activity on the opposite
flank.} (27... Rc6 $5) 28. f5 $1 {Further casualties are unavoidable for Black
because of the unstable position of his king.} exf5 (28... Rxa3 29. Rc1 Qe8 30.
fxe6 Qxe6 31. Qg3 $18) 29. Rxg7 Rxg7 (29... Rxa3 30. Qh6 $18) 30. fxg7+ Qxg7
31. e6 {[%csl Gd4] White has played vigorously and has obtained an practically
winning position.} Rxd4+ 32. cxd4 $1 {[%csl Ge6]} (32. Qxd4 $143 Qxd4+ 33. cxd4
Kg7 34. Rg1+ Kf6 35. h6 $16) 32... Ba4 33. e7 Qg2+ 34. Kc3 Qe4 (34... Be8 35.
Rg1) 35. Qxe4 dxe4 (35... fxe4 36. h6) 36. Rg1 h6 (36... e3 37. Kd3 $1 f4 38.
Ke4 $18) 37. d5 f4 38. Kd4 f3 39. Ke3 (39. Kxe4 $6 f2 40. Rc1 Kg7) (39. Ke3 Be8
40. d6 Kh7 41. Rc1 Kg7 42. Rxc2 Kf7 43. Rc8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS04 GM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2002.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hoang, Thanh Trang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 Nce7 $5 12. O-O {It looks for me that
Black can't have to big troubles after this move.} (12. h4 $5 {leads to more
complicated game, for example.} Bd7 13. a4 f5 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. O-O c4 16. Bxg6
Nxg6 17. Qg5 e5 18. dxe5 Rxf3 19. gxf3 Rf8 20. Qg3 Qxe5 21. Qxe5 Nxe5 22. Rfd1
Nxf3+ 23. Kf1 Rf5 24. Bxa7 Rh5 25. Ke2 Bg4 26. Rdb1 Nxh4+ {Anand,V-Lputian,S/
FIDE-Wch New Delhi/Theran 2000 1-0 (45)}) 12... c4 13. Be2 Bd7 {Black is ready
to play now f6 and Be8} 14. a4 {[%cal Ge3c1,Gc1a3]} f6 15. Rfe1 fxe5 ({Worth
considering} 15... Be8 16. exf6 (16. Qh3 Nf5) 16... gxf6 $13) 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17.
Qxe5 Qxe5 18. dxe5 {[%mdl 4096] With two bishops White has some chances for
advantage, but , I think, Black must defend without too many troubles.} Rfc8 $6
(18... Nc6 $5 19. f4 g5 $13) 19. a5 Nf5 20. Bd2 Be8 {[%cal Ge8g6]} 21. Reb1 Rc7
22. f4 Bg6 23. Kf2 Ne7 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Ge7c6]} (23... h5 24. Ra2 {[%cal Ga2b2,
Gg2g3,Gh2h3]}) 24. Ra2 Be4 25. g4 Nc6 (25... g5 $5 26. f5 h6 $13) 26. h4 $1 Rf8
27. Kg3 h5 28. Be3 hxg4 29. Bxg4 Kf7 $2 {Black puts finger into fire, after} (
29... Bf5 30. Bf3 g6 $11 31. Rab2 $140 Rff7 {he could keep more or less equal
chances.}) 30. Rab2 $1 Rb8 (30... Nxa5 31. Bxa7 $16) 31. Bc5 Rbc8 (31... Rd7
32. Bd6 Rbd8 33. Rxb7 Bxc2 34. R1b2 Be4 35. Rxd7+ Rxd7 36. a6 $1 {[%cal Gb2b7]}
) 32. Rxb7 Nxa5 33. Rxa7 Bxc2 {Mistake!} (33... Rxa7 $8 34. Bxa7 Rc7 $1 $14 {
was the last and not bad chance for Black!}) 34. Rb8 $1 Rxb8 (34... Rxa7 35.
Rxc8 {[%cal Gc8f8] doesn't help}) 35. Rxc7+ Kg6 36. Bxe6 {Now the game is over.
White keeps both material and positional advantage.} Nb3 37. Bxd5 Rb5 38. Bf7+
Kf5 39. Be3 Na5 40. e6 Ba4 41. e7 Rb3 42. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Julian Borowski-A 4th"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2002.05.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Qf7 (13... Bd7 $5
{[%cal Gf8f5]}) 14. Ng5 Qe8 (14... Qf5 $6 15. Qe2 {[%cal Gg2g4]}) 15. h4 h6 (
15... Ne7 16. Qe2 Nf5 $6 17. g4 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 h6 19. Nh3 Qe7 20. Qg3 Bd7 21. f4
$14 {1-0 Nijboer,F-Harikrishna,P/Wijk aan Zee B 2001 (33)}) 16. Nh3 Ne7 {
Fashionable line. Black's position looks dangerous (it is!), but he also has
chances for counterplay.} (16... b5 17. h5 gxh5 18. Qe2 a5 19. Nf4 g6 20. g4
Ne7 21. Ng2 Kh7 22. Qd2 Ng8 23. Nf4 hxg4 24. Ke2 g5 $132 {1-0 Svidler,P-Bareev,
E/Elista 1997/CBM 59/[Svidler] (33)}) 17. Qe2 $146 {New move in a well known
position.} (17. h5 $5 gxh5 18. Qe2 Qg6 19. Nf4 Qg4 20. Nxh5 Qxe2+ 21. Kxe2 $14
{1-0 Dutreeuw,M-Hochgraefe,M/BL2 0102 2002/ (29)}) ({After the most popular
move} 17. Nf4 {Black did quite well in modern practice, for example:} Qf7 18.
Qe2 (18. Rh3 Bd7 19. Kd2 b5 20. Rah1 a5 21. Rg3 Kh7 22. h5 g5 23. Ng6 Nxg6 24.
hxg6+ Qxg6 25. Qxg5 Qxg5 26. Rxg5 Be8 $15 {0-1 Resika,N-Galyas,M/Budapest-10
IM-A 2001/ (40)}) 18... Bd7 19. g4 Ba4 20. Rh3 a5 21. h5 g5 22. Ng2 b5 23. f4
gxf4 24. Nxf4 b4 $1 $132 {0-1 Szabo,G-Apicella,M/Bucharest Ciocaltea mem 2000/
CBM 77 (33)}) 17... Bd7 18. g4 b5 19. h5 a5 (19... gxh5 20. g5 $5 $36) 20. g5
Rf5 ({After} 20... hxg5 21. Nxg5 $40 {white's attack is irresistible}) 21. gxh6
(21. hxg6 $142 $1 hxg5 (21... h5 22. Nf4 Nxg6 23. Nxh5) 22. Nxg5 Qxg6 23. Qg4
Kf8 (23... Rxg5 24. Bxg5 Nf5 25. f3) 24. Rh8+ Ng8 25. Qh4 $16) 21... Rxh5 22.
Kd2 $6 (22. hxg7 Qf7 23. Bg5 Qf5 24. Qe3 Nc6 $14) 22... gxh6 23. Rag1 Kh7 24.
Ng5+ $2 (24. Rxg6 $6 Qxg6 25. Nf4 Rxh1 26. Nxg6 Nf5 $1 $17) (24. Bg5 $6 hxg5
25. Nxg5+ Kh8 $8 26. Rxh5+ gxh5 27. Rh1 Kg7 28. Rxh5 Qg6 $17) (24. Nf4 $5 Rxh1
25. Rxh1 Nf5 26. Rg1 $13 g5 27. Nh5) (24. Qg4 $5 Nf5 25. Nf4 Rxh1 26. Rxh1)
24... hxg5 25. Rxh5+ gxh5 26. Rxg5 Qf7 27. Rxh5+ Kg8 28. Bg5 (28. Qg4+ Ng6 29.
Rh6 Be8 $19) 28... Be8 29. Rh1 Nf5 30. Bf6 Qg6 31. Rh8+ Kf7 32. Qf3 Bc6 $19 33.
Rh3 Rg8 (33... Rf8 {[%cal Gf7e8]}) (33... b4 $5) 34. Qh1 Qg2 35. Rh7+ Kf8 36.
Qh5 Qxf2+ (36... Qg6 37. Qh2 b4 $19 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Gc6a4]}) 37. Kc1 {[%mdl
8192]} Qf4+ $4 (37... Qg1+ 38. Kb2 Qg6 39. Qh2 b4 $19) (37... Be8 $4 38. Qh6+
$1 Nxh6 39. Be7#) 38. Kb2 Be8 39. Qxf5 $1 {Unpleasant surprise!} Rg4 $2 (39...
Qc1+ $142 $1 40. Kxc1 Rg1+ 41. Kd2 exf5 42. e6 Rg6 43. Rh8+ Rg8 44. Be7+ Kg7
45. Rxg8+ Kxg8 46. Ke3 f4+ 47. Kxf4 Bg6 48. Ke5 Be4 49. Bc5 Kg7 50. Kd6 $18) (
39... Qxf5 40. Be7#) 40. Rh8+ (40. Qxe6 $18) (40. Bg7+ Ke7 41. Qf8+ $1 Qxf8
$140 42. Bf6#) 40... Kf7 41. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Nf3
({Black experiences much more difficulties after} 8. Bd3 $142 $5) 8... Nbc6 9.
Bd3 f5 10. exf6 Rxf6 11. Bg5 e5 12. Qg3 {This move allows a typical exchange
sacrifice after which Black receives very good compensation and very easy play.
} (12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13. Qh5+ Kg8 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. dxe5 Qf8 $1 16. O-O Bf5 17.
Rfe1 Qf7 18. Qh6 Rf8 19. Qe3 fxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Qxe5 Ng6 $13 {1/2-1/2
Schmaltz,R-Jussupow,A/Philadelphia World op 2002/ (25)}) (12. Qh4 e4 13. Bxf6
gxf6 14. Qxf6 exd3 15. cxd3 Bf5 16. O-O cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Nc6 19. Qe3
Qf6 20. Qf3 Qf7 $11 {0-1 Trepat,J-Matamoros,C/Lorca Yepes mem 2004 (42)}) 12...
Rxf3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 13. gxf3 c4 14. Be2 Qa5 (14... exd4 $5 15. Bf6 Qf8 16.
Bxd4 Nf5 17. Qg5 (17. Qf4 $6 Nfxd4 18. Qxf8+ Kxf8 19. cxd4 Nxd4 20. Bd1 c3 21.
O-O Bf5 22. Ra2 Re8 $19 {0-1 Campello,L-Teixeira,R/BRA-ch Rio de Janeiro 2004/
(32)}) 17... Nfxd4 18. cxd4 Bf5 19. c3 Re8 20. Ra2 Re6 $44 {1/2-1/2 Thoma,O-Do
Prado,L/corr World Cup 2000/(30)}) 15. Bd2 Nf5 (15... exd4 16. cxd4 c3 17. Be3
Nf5 18. Qf4 Bd7 19. O-O Rf8 20. Bd3 g6 21. Bxf5 Bxf5 22. Qd6 Rd8 23. Qf6 Rf8 {
1/2-1/2 Erlacher,M-Fuerlinger,H/AUT t-ch2 0102 2002/PG (23)}) 16. Qg5 Bd7 17.
dxe5 $146 (17. Rg1 Rf8 18. h4 Qa4 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. f4 Nf7 21. Qg2 Bc6 {
'(Szalanczy - Hertneck, Vienna 1996) doesn't change much in essense '} 22. Kd1
d4 23. Bf3 d3 24. Rc1 N7d6 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Be3 Nb5 27. Ke1 Nxa3 28. cxd3 cxd3
29. Bd4 Re8+ 30. Be3 Nc2+ 31. Kd2 Qa2 32. Qxc6 Nb4+ {0-1 Szalanczi,E-Hertneck,
G/Wien op-1 1996 (32)}) 17... Nxe5 {White must have mixed up something. All
this happened before and it was known as bad for White. As a compensation for
the exchange Black have two strong knights in the center of the board and
white's pawn structure is really terrible.} 18. f4 Nf7 19. Qg2 N7d6 20. Rg1 Re8
21. Kd1 Ne4 {[%csl Ge4,Gf5] Black's play is easier as White's bishops are
passive and his heavy pieces act discordantly.} 22. Bg4 (22. Bf3 $5 {[%cal
Gf3e4]}) 22... Nxc3+ ({A natural development of the initiative can be achieved
by} 22... Re7 $142 $5 23. Kc1 (23. Bxf5 Bxf5 24. Qf3 d4) 23... Nxd2 24. Kxd2 d4
$40) 23. Kc1 (23. Bxc3 Qxc3 24. Ra2 Qd4+ 25. Kc1 c3 26. Kb1 Qd2 $17 {[%cal
Gd5d3]}) 23... Nd4 $1 24. Be6+ $5 (24. Bxd7 $4 Nde2+ 25. Kb2 Qb6+ {mating}) (
24. Bd1 g6 $1) 24... Nxe6 25. f5 Ne2+ 26. Kd1 Nc3+ 27. Kc1 (27. Bxc3 Qxc3 28.
fxe6 (28. Rb1 Nc5 $19) 28... Qxa1+ 29. Kd2 Qd4+ $19) 27... Ne2+ 28. Kd1 Qc7 {
Surely Black is playing for win.} 29. fxe6 Bxe6 30. Re1 ({Very sad is} 30.
Qxg7+ Qxg7 31. Rxg7+ Kxg7 32. Kxe2 Bg4+ 33. Kf1 Bh3+ 34. Kg1 Kf7 {[%cal Ge8g8]}
) 30... Nd4 31. Qg3 (31. Bc3 Nc6 {[%cal Rd5d4]}) 31... Qf7 (31... Qxg3 32. fxg3
Bg4+ 33. Kc1 Ne2+ 34. Kb2 d4 $17) 32. Bc3 Nc6 {[%cal Gd5d4] An optimal place
for the knight} 33. Be5 d4 (33... Bf5 $5 34. f4 Be4) 34. f4 Bf5 {[%csl Rd1]
White's advantage can be seen with the naked eye} 35. Kd2 $5 (35. Rb1 Qh5+ 36.
Kc1 Nxe5 37. fxe5 (37. Rxe5 Rxe5 38. fxe5 Qe2 $19) 37... Qh6+ 38. Kd1 (38. Kb2
c3+ 39. Ka1 Qa6 $19) 38... Rd8 39. Rxb7 d3 $19) 35... c3+ (35... Nxe5 36. fxe5
(36. Rxe5 c3+ 37. Kc1 Rxe5 38. fxe5 Be4 $19) 36... Qd5 $19) 36. Kc1 Rd8 37. Rb1
Rd7 (37... Nxe5 $142 38. Rxe5 Qa2 39. Rxf5 d3 $19) 38. Ra1 h6 39. Rg1 Kh7 $5
40. Qf2 Qd5 $5 {[%cal Gd5b5] Further casualties are unavoidable because of
unstable position of White's king.} 41. Qg2 Nxe5 42. Qxd5 Rxd5 43. fxe5 Rxe5
$19 {[%csl Gc3,Gd4,Ge5,Gf5]} 44. Rb1 (44. Kd1 $5) 44... Re2 45. Rxb7 Rxc2+ 46.
Kd1 Rd2+ 47. Ke1 Bg6 48. Rd7 d3 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.11.27"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Brynell, Stellan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tegernsee"]
[BlackTeam "Neukoelln"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. Bd2 {An old-fashioned move
which nowadays is totally displaced by} (6. b4 $5) 6... Nc6 7. Qg4 (7. Nb5 Nxd4
8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Kxd7 11. Nf3 Bb6 12. a4 Ne7 13. a5 Bc7 14.
a6 Nc6 15. axb7 Rb8 16. c3 dxc3 17. Bxc3 Ke8 18. O-O Rxb7 19. Qa4 Qd7 20. Rfc1
Bb6 {1-0 Krakops,M-Barsov,A/Patras op 2001/The Week in Chess 351 (50)}) 7...
Kf8 (7... Nge7 8. dxc5 Nf5 (8... O-O 9. f4 f6 10. Nf3 fxe5 11. fxe5 Ng6 12.
O-O-O Ngxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Qg3 Nc6 15. Nb5 Bxd2+ 16. Rxd2 b6 17. Nc7 Rb8 18.
Bb5 {1-0 Van den Doel,E-Tondivar,B/NED-sf Leeuwarden 2004/The Week in Chess 489
}) 9. Nf3 Bc7 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. Bb5 b6 12. cxb6 axb6 13. O-O-O Ba6 14. Nxd5 Bxb5
15. Nc3 Qc8 16. Nxb5 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Qxf5 exf5 19. Nd6+ Kd7 20. Nxc8+
Kxc8 21. Rhe1 f6 {1-0 Moreno Carnero,J-Rodriguez Gonzalez,J/Madrid Gorbea mem
2003/ChessBase (26)}) 8. dxc5 Nxe5 9. Qg3 Ng6 (9... Nd7 $5) 10. O-O-O (10. Bd3
Bd7 11. Nge2 Bc7 (11... Bc6 12. O-O d4 13. Ne4 $14) 12. f4 Nf6 (12... f5 $6 13.
h4 $16) 13. O-O $14) 10... Nf6 (10... Bc7 $146 11. f4 Qh4 (11... Nf6 $142) 12.
Qxh4 Nxh4 13. Nb5 (13. g3 Nf5 14. Bd3 Nge7 15. Nb5 Bb8 16. Nf3 $14) 13... Bb8
14. c4 (14. g3 $142) 14... Nf6 15. cxd5 exd5 (15... Nxd5 16. g3 Nf5 17. Nf3 Bd7
18. Bc4 h5 19. Rhe1 $14) 16. g3 Bf5 {'!'} (16... Bf5 $1) 17. Nh3 (17. Re1 $1
Be4 (17... a6 18. Nc3 d4 19. Na4 Be4 20. Rxe4 Nxe4 21. gxh4 Nf2 22. Nb6 Ra7 23.
Bg2 $16) 18. Rxe4 Nxe4 19. gxh4 Nf2 20. Bg2 Bxf4 (20... Nxh1 21. Bxh1 a6 22.
Nc3 Ba7 23. b4 $16) 21. Bxf4 Nd3+ 22. Kd2 Nxf4 23. Bf3 $16) 17... Be4 18. Rg1
Nf3 19. Rg2 d4 20. Ba5 a6 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 {1-0 Dominguez,L-Almeida,O/Santa Clara
91/(252) 2004/Inf 91/[Dominguez,L] (41)}) 11. f3 (11. Nge2 Bc7 12. f4 Bd7 13.
h4 Ne7 14. Qf3 b6 $13) 11... Bd7 12. h4 $5 $146 {[%cal Ca5c7,Cc7g3,Rh4h6]
White immediately takes this opportunity to grab space on the kingside.
According to my database, this position appeared for the first time} (12. Nge2
Bc7 13. Qf2 b6 14. Be3 Ne7 15. g4 bxc5 16. Bxc5 Bb6 17. h4 Bxc5 18. Qxc5 Qb6
19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Bh3 Ne8 (20... h6 21. Kb1 g5 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. f4 gxf4 24.
Nxf4 Rg8 25. Nh5 Nxh5 26. gxh5 Bc6 27. Na2 {1/2-1/2 Kuhne,D-Evans,G/corr 2004/
Telechess CBM 101}) 21. f4 h5 22. g5 g6 23. Nd4 Kg7 24. Nf3 Nc7 25. Ne5 Rhd8
26. Ne2 Nc6 {Kasparov,G-Khalifman,A/Linares 2000/ChessBase/[Kasparov,G,Psakhis,
L]/1/2-1/2 (55)}) 12... Ne7 (12... h6 13. h5 Ne7 {leads just to moves
transposition.}) 13. h5 h6 14. Nge2 (14. Bd3 $5) 14... Rc8 15. Nd4 {[%cal
Cc8c5,Gd4b3] White has almost completed his development - his chances are
preferable since Black's king cannot be safe in center.} Bc7 ({Worth
considering} 15... Qc7 $5 {trying to exchange queens}) 16. Qf2 b6 (16... e5 17.
Nb3 $36) 17. Nb3 bxc5 (17... a5 $5) 18. Ba6 Rb8 19. Nxc5 Bc6 20. g4 {Beggining
of attack against black monarch.} Bd6 21. Nb3 Qc7 (21... e5 $5) 22. Be3 (22.
Kb1 $5) 22... Nd7 (22... Bf4 $5 {with unclear and complicated game.}) 23. f4
Rxb3 $5 24. cxb3 d4 (24... Qa5 25. Bd3 Bxa3 26. bxa3 Qxc3+ 27. Qc2 Qa1+ 28. Kd2
Qxa3 29. Bd4 $16 {[%csl Rh8]}) 25. Bxd4 Bxh1 26. Rxh1 Qc6 {[%cal Rc6a6,Rc6h1]}
27. Qf1 $8 Bxf4+ ({White keeps initiatiative and after} 27... Bc5 28. Bxc5 Nxc5
29. Bc4) 28. Kb1 Nb6 (28... Qc7 29. Qf2 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Od4a7,Gh1f1]}) 29. Rh3
(29. Bd3 $5) 29... e5 30. Bb5 Qe6 (30... Qc7 $142 {[%csl Gc5]}) 31. Bc5 $1 g6 (
31... Kg8 $5) 32. hxg6 fxg6 33. Ne2 $1 {First of all White has to include new
forces into offence.} ({Sokolov had already good choice -} 33. Re3 $5 {[%cal
Rf1f4]} g5 (33... Qf7 34. Re4) 34. Rd3 $36 {leads also to very promising
position.}) 33... g5 $8 (33... Qf6 34. Nxf4 exf4 35. Rd3 {[%cal Gc5d4]}) 34.
Nxf4 (34. Qf3 $5 Qd5 35. Qxd5 Nbxd5 36. Bxa7 Nf6 $140 37. Nxf4 gxf4 38. g5 $1)
34... gxf4 35. Rd3 {Suddenly Black king finds himself in big trouble.} Kg7 (
35... Qxg4 36. Rd8+ Kg7 37. Rxh8 Kxh8 38. Bxe7 $18) 36. Ka2 (36. Qe2 $5 {
[%cal Gc5d4]}) 36... Rf8 $6 (36... Rc8 $142 $5) 37. Rd6 (37. Qe2 $5 {[%cal
Gd3d6]}) 37... Qxg4 38. Qh1 {[%cal Oh1h6,Gh1b7]} (38. Qe1 $5 Rf5 (38... Ng6 39.
Rxg6+ Qxg6 40. Qxe5+ Kg8 41. Bxf8 Kxf8 42. Qb8+ $18) 39. Bd3 $40) 38... Nf5 39.
Re6 Rf7 ({I think Black should have taken his chances with} 39... Rf6 $5 40.
Rxe5 f3 {[%csl Gf3]}) 40. Rxe5 $2 (40. Bd6 $1 Nd7 41. Bxd7 Rxd7 42. Bxe5+ Kh7
43. Qe4 $18) 40... f3 (40... Nd7 41. Bxd7 Rxd7 42. Qa8 $40) 41. Bd3 {This move
doesn't spoil anything but it wasn't essential.} (41. Re1 $142 $5 h5 (41... Ng3
42. Qh2 h5 43. Rg1 h4 44. Bf2 $18) 42. Bf2 $18) 41... Ng3 ({Black could have
offered a tough resistance after} 41... Nd7) 42. Qg1 {[%cal Rg1g7]} Nd7 43. Re4
(43. Bd4 $5) 43... Qg5 $8 44. Qd4+ Nf6 (44... Qf6 45. Rg4+) 45. Re5 Qg4 (45...
Qd2 46. Bb4 $1) 46. Qe3 $18 {[%csl Rg7]} Ne2 (46... f2 47. Qxf2 Nge4 48. Bxe4
Nxe4 49. Qd4 $18) 47. Bc4 (47. Re7 $5) 47... Qg3 (47... Nf4 48. Bxf7 Kxf7 49.
Re7+ Kg6 50. Bd4) 48. Bxe2 $18 {A rather picturesque position.} Ng4 49. Rg5+ $1
hxg5 50. Qxg5+ (50. Qxg5+ Kh8 51. Bd4+) 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Werle, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2002.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. Qg4 ({White had good
results in last tournaments after} 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5) 6... Ne7 7. dxc5 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Ng6 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Nd7 11. Bd3 {Simple and strong move, black's task
was easy after} (11. c4 Qc7 12. cxd5 O-O $1 13. d6 Qxc5 14. Qb4 Ngxe5 15. O-O-O
Qxf2 16. Bc3 Nc6 17. Qb2 e5 18. Kb1 f6 19. Be1 Qb6 20. Bc4+ Kh8 {0-1 Baklan,
V-Borovikov,V/Governor's Cup Kramatorsk 2001/The Week in Chess 361 (33)}) 11...
Nxc5 12. O-O Bd7 $6 $146 {Black faced big troubles after this new move.} (12...
O-O 13. h4 (13. Rfe1 Bd7 14. h4 Ne4 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Qh5 f6 17. exf6 Nxf6 18.
Qg5 Ne4 19. Qh5 Nf6 20. Qg5 Ne4 21. Qh5 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 Aseev,K-Ivanov,S/RUS-ch
Samara 2000 (21)}) 13... Qa4 14. Qxa4 Nxa4 15. h5 Ne7 16. h6 Bd7 17. Rab1 b6
18. hxg7 Kxg7 19. Rb4 Ng6 20. Re1 Rac8 21. Re3 Nc5 22. Rg4 Ne4 23. Bxe4 dxe4
24. Nd4 Bc6 {1/2-1/2 Minasian,A-Lputian,S/ARM-ch Yerevan 2001/ (46)}) ({
Worth considering} 12... Ne4 $5 13. Be3 h5 14. Qh3 Qxc3 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Rab1
Nxe5 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qg3 Ng4 19. Rb3 Qa5 20. Rxb7 Qe5 21. Qxe5 Nxe5 22. Rfb1
O-O 23. h3 {Ponomariov,R-Borovikov,V/Governor's Cup Kramatorsk 2001/ 1-0 (68)})
13. c4 $1 Qa4 14. Bb4 Nxd3 15. cxd3 $16 {[%csl Gb4,Re8] White's adantage is
obvious - black king is weak and it is easy to see difference between bishops.}
a5 16. Bd6 dxc4 17. dxc4 h5 (17... Rc8 18. Rac1 (18. Nd2 $5)) 18. Qd4 h4 19.
Ng5 $5 ({I would prefer} 19. h3 $5 {[%csl Rh4]}) 19... h3 20. g3 Qc2 (20... Qc6
21. f3 Rc8 (21... Ne7 22. Bxe7 $1 Kxe7 23. Rab1 $16) 22. Rab1 Qxc4 23. Qxc4
Rxc4 24. Rxb7) 21. Qg4 (21. Rac1 Qf5 22. f4 Bc6) 21... Rc8 (21... Qf5 22. Qxf5
exf5 23. Rab1 Bc6 24. e6 $1) 22. Rac1 (22. Rab1 $5 Rxc4 23. Qf3) 22... Qf5 23.
Qxf5 exf5 24. Rfd1 ({Worth considering} 24. f4 $14) 24... f4 $5 25. Ne4 Bc6 26.
Re1 fxg3 27. fxg3 Bxe4 $2 {Mistake! Bishop c6 was too importand defender and
White wins now quite easy.} (27... Rd8 $142 $5 {[%cal Ge8d7,Gd7c8]}) 28. Rxe4
Kd7 29. Rb1 $1 Ke6 {What else?} (29... Kc6 30. Rf1 f6 31. exf6 $1 Kxd6 32. fxg7
Rh6 33. Rf6+ $18 {lose as well}) 30. Rxb7 Rc6 31. c5 $18 {[%csl Gd6]} Rhc8 (
31... Rh5 $5 {[%cal Gh5f5]}) 32. Re1 a4 33. Rf1 Rxc5 (33... Nh8 {[%csl Rh8]})
34. Bxc5 Rxc5 35. Rbxf7 Nxe5 36. Rxg7 Rc2 37. Rh7 Ng4 (37... Ng4 38. Rxh3 $18)
1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kreiman, Boris"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2002.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Kf8 {
Risky move} 8. a4 Qc7 9. Qd1 (9. Kd1 b6 10. a5 bxa5 11. Ba3 cxd4 12. Bd6 Qb6
13. Nf3 Nbc6 14. Nxd4 Kg8 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Nxc6 Nxc6 17. h4 d4 18. h5 dxc3 19.
Rh4 g6 20. Ke2 Kg7 21. Rah1 Nb4 22. hxg6 {1-0 Blatny,P-Jurek,J/Osterreich 1992/
Inf 56/[Blatny,P] (22)}) (9. Nf3 cxd4 (9... b6 10. Bd3 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12.
O-O Rc8 13. Ba3 Kg8 14. Nh4 Ng6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Rfb1 Nb8 $13 {1/2-1/2
D'Innocente,S-Bukal,V/Porto San Giorgio op 2001/Ajelibre (51)}) 10. Qxd4 Nbc6
11. Qc5 b6 12. Qd6 Qxd6 13. exd6 Ng6 14. Bb5 Bb7 15. Ba3 f6 16. c4 Nce5 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Nijboer,F-Atlas,D/Cappelle la Grande 1996/Inf 66 (39)}) 9... Nbc6 ({
Worth considering typical} 9... b6 $5 {[%cal Gc8a6]}) 10. Ra3 $146 {[%mdl 4]
Interesting novelty. Once white got good game after} (10. Nf3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nb4
12. Kd2 $8 Bd7 13. Ba3 Nbc6 14. Bd6 Qa5+ 15. c3 Rc8 16. Qb3 $14 {1-0 Aveskulov,
V-Yeremenko,V/UKR-ch B14 Simferopol 2000/UKR (31) but surely not everyone
wants to get king on d2 already on 12th move!}) 10... b6 11. Nf3 a5 $6 {
[%csl Rb6][%cal Gc8a6] I do not like this move. Kaidanov prepares bishop
exchange, but , unfortunately , makes too many weaknesses on the queen's side.}
12. Rb3 h6 {[%cal Gf8g8,Gg8h7]} (12... Ba6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Ba3 $36) 13. Ba3
c4 14. Rb1 Kg8 15. h4 Bd7 16. h5 f6 $6 (16... Kh7 $5 $14 {[%cal Gf7f6,Gh8f8]
looks more safely and solidly than text}) 17. Bd6 Qd8 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Nh4 $1
{[%csl Rb6,Rf6,Rg6][%cal Gd1f3] Black has troubles and with king and with
pawns on boths flangs} Kh7 20. Qf3 Nc8 21. Be5 (21. Bf4 $5) 21... Rf8 (21...
Nxe5 22. dxe5 f5 23. Ng6 Re8 24. Bxc4 Bxa4 25. Bd3 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Rg2g4]})
22. Ng6 Rf7 23. Bf4 $16 {[%csl Rh6]} Qg8 (23... N8e7 24. Bc1 $5 {[%cal Gf3e3]})
24. Bd2 Nd6 ({Stubborn} 24... Rb8 $5 {was better choice, but maybe Kaidanov
just overlooked next white's move}) 25. Bxh6 $1 {Nice tactik, but} (25. Qf4 Nf5
26. Rxb6 Re8 $16 {[%cal Ge6e5] was not bad too.}) 25... Kxh6 (25... Ne4 26. Bc1
) 26. Qf4+ Kh7 27. Qxd6 Qb8 28. Qf4 Qxf4 29. Nxf4 {Black managed to exchange
queens , but in endgame he hasn't real chances for survival.} Rb8 30. g3 {
[%cal Gf1h3]} Na7 {Attacking only weakness in white's camp - pawn a4} (30...
Ne7 {[%cal Ge6e5,Gd7a4]} 31. Bh3) 31. Bh3 f5 32. Ra1 b5 33. axb5 Nxb5 (33...
Rxb5 34. Kd2 $18) 34. Kd2 Ra8 (34... a4 $5 35. Rxa4 $140 $6 Nxc3) 35. Bg2 (35.
f3 $5 {[%cal Gf4g6,Gg6e5] looks good too.}) 35... Ra6 36. Ng6 Be8 37. Rhe1 Nc7
38. Rab1 (38. Nf4 $5) 38... a4 39. Rb8 a3 40. Nf4 Bd7 41. Bf3 a2 42. Ra1 {
[%csl Ra2][%cal Gd2c1,Gc1b2]} Nb5 43. Ng6 (43. Nxd5 $5 exd5 44. Bxd5 Rg7 45.
Bxc4 $18 {wins easy, but text is good enough.}) 43... Na3 44. Kc1 $1 (44. Rxa2
$4 Nb1+) 44... Nb1 45. Kb2 Bc6 46. Rxa2 $18 {Rest is simple} Rxa2+ 47. Kxa2
Nxc3+ 48. Kb2 Nb5 49. c3 Nd6 50. Nf8+ $1 Rxf8 51. Rxf8 Be8 52. h6 (52. Rf6 Bf7
53. h6 {[%cal Gf3d5]}) 52... Bg6 (52... Kxh6 53. Rf6+) 53. Rf6 Bf7 54. Bxd5 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4 {The most popular answer, but in recent
tournaments} (11... Nce7 $5 {also happend few times}) 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Qf7
({Worth considering} 13... Bd7 $5 {[%cal Gf8f5,Gc7a5]}) 14. Ng5 Qe8 (14... Qf5
15. Qe2 Rd8 (15... Nxe5 $2 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. O-O h6 19. f4 Qd6 20.
Nf3 Rf5 21. Rae1 Raf8 22. Nh4 R5f6 23. Bd4 Rxf4 24. Rxf4 Qxf4 25. Qxf4 Rxf4 26.
Nxg6 $18 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Short,N/Munich Intel Express 1994 (35)}) 16. g4 Qf8
17. f4 h6 18. Nf3 Bd7 19. a4 Rdb8 20. O-O b5 21. axb5 Rxb5 22. Bc1 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Arakhamia,K-Peng/Tilgurg ct w(7) 1994 (37)}) 15. h4 Ne7 16. Qe2 Nf5 17.
g4 $146 {[%mdl 4] A quite natural and strong move} ({After} 17. Bd2 h6 18. g4
Ne7 19. Nh3 Bd7 20. Rg1 Qf7 21. Rg3 Kh8 22. Nf4 Qg8 23. Be3 Qh7 24. Qd2 Rf7 25.
Ke2 Raf8 26. Rh1 Rxf4 $1 27. Bxf4 Ba4 {Dominguez,L-Harikrishna,P/Istanbul olm
2000/ 1/2-1/2 (67) Black managed to build a strong defensive position. Nijboer
doesn't care about his bishop and, maybe, he is right.}) 17... Nxe3 18. Qxe3 h6
19. Nh3 Qe7 20. Qg3 Bd7 21. f4 {White slowly but surely improves his position
and Black can't organise any counterplay.} Be8 22. Kd2 b5 23. f5 $1 {A nice
breakthrough!} gxf5 (23... exf5 24. g5 $1) 24. g5 $1 {An excellent move,
securing an outpost for the knight.} h5 25. g6 {[%cal Gh3f4,Gf4h5]} (25. Nf4 $2
g6 $11) 25... f4 $8 (25... a5 26. Nf4 b4 27. Qf3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf3h5]}) 26.
Nxf4 Rf5 27. Rhf1 Bc6 $6 ({After} 27... Bd7 $142 $5 28. Rf3 Raf8 29. Raf1 Qxa3
30. Nxh5 b4 {Black still could fight}) 28. Rf3 a5 29. Raf1 b4 $4 (29... Raf8 $8
{Was the last chance.}) {[%tqu "En","How White can quickly break Black's
defence?","","","f4e6","",5]} 30. Nxe6 $1 $18 bxc3+ (30... Rxf3 31. Qxf3 Qxe6
32. Qxh5 bxc3+ 33. Kc1 $18) 31. Ke2 Bd7 32. Rxf5 Bxe6 33. Qf3 $1 Bxf5 (33...
Bxf5 34. Qxf5 Qf8 35. Qxh5) 1-0

[Event "ARM-ROW m"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.06.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2004.06.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rest of the World"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 Nce7 ({Another possible line is} 11... c4
$5 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Bd7 14. h4 Rf5 $132 {with very complicated game}) 12.
h4 (12. O-O $143 c4 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. Qh3 Bd7 15. g4 b5 16. Qg3 Qa5 17. Bd2 Nc6
18. Rfd1 h6 19. Kg2 Rf7 20. Ng1 Raf8 21. f4 Qb6 22. Ne2 a5 $15 {0-1 Sulc,
D-Drasko,M/Bosnjaci op 2004 (59)}) 12... Nf5 $146 {Interesting novelty, before
Black tried} (12... Bd7 {with possible continuation:} 13. a4 (13. Qg5 f6 14.
exf6 Rxf6 15. h5 h6 16. Qg3 Nf4 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. Qxf4 Rxf4 19. Ne5 Be8 20. g3
Rf8 21. dxc5 Nc6 22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. Rb1 (23. f4 e5 24. fxe5 Rae8 25. O-O-O Rxe5
26. g4 Bd7 27. Bg6 Bxg4 28. Rde1 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Bf5 30. Re7 {1/2-1/2 Baklan,
V-Drasko,M/Paris op 2004/(30)}) 23... Rf3 24. Rb3 Raf8 25. Rh2 a5 26. a4 e5 27.
Be2 {Senff,M-Drasko,M/Metz op 2001//1/2-1/2 (50)}) (13. Qg4 f5 14. Qh3 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Bb5 16. O-O Bxd3 17. cxd3 Nh8 18. h5 Nf7 19. h6 g6 20. Qh4 $14 {1/2-1/2
Cheparinov,I-Matamoros Franco,C/Sevilla op 2004/ (49)}) 13... f6 14. exf6 Rxf6
15. O-O c4 16. Bxg6 Nxg6 17. Rfe1 Raf8 18. a5 Qc8 19. Ne5 Be8 $11 {1-0
Dominguez,L-Matamoros,C/PanAM Rio de Janeiro 2003 (33)}) 13. g4 $5 Nxe3 14.
fxe3 cxd4 $1 {[%cal Gc7c3]} ({Much weaker is} 14... c4 15. Ng5 $1 h6 16. Bxg6
fxg6 17. Qxg6 hxg5 18. hxg5 Qe7 (18... Rf7 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. g6 $18) 19. Qh5 {
[%cal Rg5g6]} g6 20. Qh8+ Kf7 21. Rh7+ $18 {with decisive attack}) 15. cxd4
Qc3+ 16. Ke2 Bd7 17. Rab1 $1 {Great move!} (17. Ng5 $6 h6 18. Nxf7 {leads just
to draw after} Rxf7 (18... Nf4+ 19. exf4 Rxf7 20. Qg6 $16) 19. Qxg6 Rf2+ $1 20.
Kxf2 Qd2+ 21. Kg3 Qxe3+ 22. Kg2 Qd2+ $11) 17... Be8 $1 {Lputian finds best
defense, after} (17... b6 18. Rb3 Qc7 19. Ng5 h6 20. Nxf7 $1 $40 {white's
advantage is obvious}) 18. Ng5 h6 19. Rxb7 $1 {Avoiding nice trap: after} (19.
Rb3 Qc6 20. Nxf7 Nf4+ $1 21. exf4 Bxf7 22. Bg6 Bxg6 23. Qxg6 Rxf4 $17 {it will
be very difficult to protect white king .}) 19... Qc8 $5 20. Rhb1 $1 ({White
could try also} 20. Rxf7 hxg5 $1 (20... Rxf7 21. Nxf7 Nf4+ 22. exf4 Bxf7 23.
Bg6 Qc4+ $11) 21. Bxg6 Rxf7 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Bxf7 Bxf7 24. Kd2 $1 $13 {but
text is stronger}) 20... Nxe5 $5 {Only move!} ({An optional alternative
demonstrates that White's threats are serious:} 20... hxg5 $6 21. hxg5 Bd7 22.
Rh1 Re8 $8 23. Rbb1 $1 Rb8 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Rxb8 Qxb8 26. Rf1 $16) 21. dxe5 $1
(21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. dxe5 f6 23. Nf7+ (23. Bg6 fxg5 24. hxg5 Qc4+ $19) 23... Kxh7
24. exf6 Qxc2+ 25. Kf3 Rc8 $1 $40) 21... f5 $8 22. exf6 $1 (22. Rxg7+ Kxg7 23.
Rb7+ Qxb7 24. Nxe6+ Kg8 25. Qxh6 $132) 22... Rxf6 (22... Bxh5 23. Bh7+ $1 Kh8
24. fxg7#) 23. Nf7 $1 {Both players making best moves!} Rxf7 (23... Bxf7 24.
Qe5 $18 {[%cal Gg4g5]}) 24. Rxf7 Bxf7 25. Qe5 $36 {A critical position of the
variation,since it is the end of series of forced moves.Despite numerous
exchanges, White has maintained an edge.} Qd8 (25... Qe8 $5) 26. Rb7 Qf8 27. g5
$40 hxg5 28. hxg5 g6 29. e4 $5 (29. c4 $5) 29... a5 $1 30. Qf6 Rb8 (30... Qg7
31. c4 $5 (31. e5 $5)) 31. Ra7 $5 Ra8 32. Rd7 {[%csl Gd3,Gd7,Gf6]} Be8 $5 {
Black's position looks cheerless and he sacrifices a pawn to try to improve
the situation.} (32... Qg7 $5) 33. Qxe6+ (33. Re7 $5) 33... Bf7 34. Qe7 Re8 35.
Qxf8+ Kxf8 36. Kf3 dxe4+ 37. Bxe4 {Black has managed to avoid immediate defeat
but he has big troubles in endgame.} Re5 (37... Rc8 $5) 38. Kf4 Rc5 39. Ra7 Be8
40. Ra6 (40. Bd3 Bf7) 40... Ke7 41. Bxg6 Bxg6 42. Rxg6 Rxc2 (42... Rc3 $5 43.
Ra6 Rxa3) 43. Ra6 Rc4+ $1 (43... Rc5 44. Kg4 $1 Kf7 $6 45. Kh5 $18 {is
hopeless for Black: he will lose the a5 pawn soon.}) 44. Kf5 Ra4 $8 45. Ra7+ (
45. Re6+ Kf7 46. Re3) 45... Kf8 46. Kf6 Rf4+ 47. Kg6 Ra4 $1 48. Rf7+ ({After
natural} 48. Ra8+ Ke7 49. Kh7 Rxa3 50. g6 {I don't see how White can win after}
a4 $1) 48... Kg8 49. Rf3 Rc4 50. Rb3 Rc6+ 51. Kh5 Ra6 $3 {Brilliant defense!
Black can allow himself to play passively.} ({Not} 51... Rc4 $2 52. Rb8+ $1 Kg7
53. Rb7+ Kg8 54. Kh6 Rc6+ 55. g6 Rc8 56. Ra7 $1 $18 {[%csl Ra5]}) 52. a4 ({
In the case of} 52. Rb8+ Kg7 53. Rb7+ Kg8 54. a4 Kh8 55. g6 Kg8 56. Kh6 Ra8 {
endgame is drawish}) 52... Ra7 53. Rb5 Kg7 54. Kg4 ({Here} 54. g6 {gives Black
additional defending chance:} Kh8 55. Kh6 Rh7+ $5 56. Kg5 Ra7) 54... Kg6 55.
Kf4 Ra6 $2 {Mistake! Correct} (55... Rf7+ $1 56. Ke4 Re7+ 57. Kd3 Rf7 $1 58.
Rxa5 Rf4 $11 {leads to draw}) 56. Ke4 $1 Ra8 (56... Re6+ 57. Kd5 Ra6 58. Kc4
$18 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gb5c5,Gc4b5]}) 57. Kd4 ({It looks that} 57. Re5 $1 {
[%cal Ge4d5]} Rb8 58. Rxa5 Rb4+ 59. Kd5 Kxg5 60. Ra8 {was the best way to
victory.}) 57... Rd8+ $2 ({Good or bad, but Black had to play} 57... Rf8 $1 {
activating the rook.For example} 58. Rxa5 ({Or} 58. Ke4 Re8+ $1 59. Kd3 Rf8 $3
60. Rxa5 Rf4 $11) 58... Rf4+ 59. Kc3 Rf3+ 60. Kb4 Rf4+ 61. Kb5 Kxg5 {with good
chances for a draw.}) 58. Kc4 $18 Rd1 59. Rxa5 Ra1 60. Kb3 Rb1+ 61. Ka3 1-0

[Event "Vikings GM 2nd"]
[Site "York"]
[Date "2000.12.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 {
According to the common opinion this is the most dangerous move for black} O-O
8. Bd3 Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 Nce7 {This move got some popularity
after the famous game Anand-Lputian, Wch New Delhi.} (11... c4 $5 12. Bxg6 fxg6
13. Qg4 Qf7 $132 {leads to big and unclear complications.}) 12. h4 Bd7 ({
Worth of consideration is} 12... c4 $5 {and doesn't work} 13. Ng5 $2 h6 14.
Nxf7 cxd3) 13. Qg5 $146 {[%cal Rh4h6] Possible improvment compare to} (13. a4
f5 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. O-O c4 16. Bxg6 Nxg6 17. Qg5 e5 18. dxe5 Rxf3 $1 19. gxf3
Rf8 $44 {Anand,V-Lputian,S/Wch New Delhi 2000/ /1-0 (45)}) 13... f6 ({Looks
quite risky, but maybe not so bad for black} 13... h6 14. Qg4 Nf5) 14. exf6
gxf6 15. Qg3 ({Rowson could get a strong attack after} 15. Qh6 $5 {for example}
cxd4 16. h5 (16. Bxd4 e5 17. h5 Nf5 18. Bxf5 Bxf5 19. hxg6 Bxg6 $1 $132) 16...
Qxc3+ $1 (16... Nf5 17. Bxf5 Qxc3+ 18. Bd2 $1 Qxa1+ 19. Bc1 $18) 17. Ke2 (17.
Kf1 Qxa1+ 18. Bc1 Kf7 $1 19. Qxh7+ Ke8 $17) 17... Nf5 18. Bxf5 (18. Bxd4 Nxh6
19. Bxc3 Nf4+ $19) 18... Bb5+ 19. Kd1 dxe3 20. Ra2 $1 $16 {but he preferes a
small advantage in the ending.}) 15... Qxg3 16. fxg3 c4 ({Maybe} 16... h5 {
could be a better choice}) 17. Bxg6 (17. h5 cxd3 18. hxg6 d2+ $5 19. Kxd2 Nxg6)
17... Nxg6 18. h5 Ne7 19. Kd2 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Gg3g5]} Kg7 20. h6+ $5 (20. g4
h6 $1) 20... Kg8 21. g4 e5 ({I am not sure, that white's advantage is real
after} 21... Ng6 $142 $5 22. g5 fxg5 23. Nxg5 Rf6 {[%cal Ga8f8]}) 22. dxe5 Bxg4
23. Bc5 Rae8 24. exf6 Rxf6 25. Ne5 Bc8 $2 ({Just playing} 25... Bf5 $142 26.
Raf1 Re6 {Hillarp Persson could organize real resistance.}) 26. Rae1 b6 27. Bd4
{[%csl Gd4,Ge5,Rg8]} Rff8 (27... Bf5 28. Nd7 $1) 28. g4 {[%cal Gh1h5] Takes
the very important square f5 under control.} (28. Rh5 Rf5) 28... Be6 {[%cal
Ge6f7,Gf7g6]} (28... Rd8 29. Rh5 $18) 29. Rh5 Bf7 (29... Rf6 30. Nxc4 Rg6 31.
Ne5 Rf6 32. Nd3 $5 Rg6 33. Nf4 $18) 30. Rg5+ Bg6 (30... Ng6 31. Nd7 Rxe1 32.
Nf6+ Kh8 33. Kxe1 Rd8 34. Nxd5+ Kg8 35. Ne7+ Kf8 36. Nxg6+ Bxg6 37. Rxg6 $1
hxg6 38. h7) 31. Nd7 $18 Rf7 32. Rxg6+ $1 (32. Nf6+ Kf8 33. Rxg6 hxg6 34. h7)
32... hxg6 33. h7+ (33. h7+ Rxh7 34. Nf6+) 1-0

[Event "Vikings GM 2nd"]
[Site "York"]
[Date "2000.12.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Black "Barsov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2000.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 {Black faces real problems in this line in
modern practice} c4 (11... Nce7 $5) 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Bd7 {It is not clear
what is the best move in this position: move in the text or} (13... Qf7 $5) 14.
h4 Rf5 15. h5 gxh5 16. Rxh5 Raf8 17. Rh3 {Probably the best solution. Black is
doing well after} (17. Ng5 Qa5 18. Bd2 Rf4 19. Qh3 h6 $1 (19... Rxf2 $2 20. Nf3
Rxd2 21. Kxd2 h6 22. Qg4 Kf7 23. Rh3 Ne7 24. Nh2 Ke8 25. Rf1 Rxf1 26. Nxf1 Qxa3
{1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Lutz,C/Muenchen 1994/Inf 60/ (41)}) 20. Rxh6 gxh6 21. Qxh6 R4f7
$132) ({or} 17. Kd2 Be8 18. Rh2 Qb6 19. Kc1 Qa5 20. Kd2 Qb6 21. Kc1 Qa5 22. Kd2
Bg6 23. Rb1 Qa4 24. Rc1 Qxa3 $17 {0-1 Ernst,T-Hillarp Persson,T/SWE-ch Orebro
2000/ (29)}) 17... Be8 18. Kd2 $6 $146 {Too slowly!} ({Black's defence is not
easy after} 18. Ng5 $5 Qa5 19. Kd2 {and I think black already must sacrifice
an exchange} Rxg5 $1 (19... Bg6 20. Nxh7 (20. Nxe6 $5 Rxf2+ 21. Bxf2 Rxf2+ 22.
Ke1 Rxc2 $2 23. Rf3 $18) 20... Bxh7 21. Rah1) (19... Rxf2+ 20. Bxf2 Rxf2+ 21.
Ke1) 20. Qxg5 Bg6 $44 {with some compensation.}) 18... h5 19. Qh4 Rxf3 {
Typical and strong sacrifice. Black manages now to build a tough defensive
position.} 20. gxf3 Ne7 21. a4 Nf5 22. Qg5 Qe7 23. Qg2 (23. Qxe7 Nxe7 $44 {
[%csl Re3,Rf2,Rf3]}) 23... Kh7 24. Ke2 Rh8 25. Rhh1 {It is not clear how White
can improve the position, and the opponents decided to finish the game now.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Sanxenxo"]
[Date "2004.11.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Moreno Carnero, Javier"]
[Black "Jerez Perez, Alfonso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. bxa5
dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. a6 ({White doing
well and after} 13. Bd3 $5 O-O-O 14. Bg3 Qxa5 15. O-O Rh8 16. Qg7 d4 17. Qg4
Nf5 18. Rfe1 (18. Rfb1 Nxg3 19. Qxg3 Qc7 20. Kf1 Rhg8 21. Qf4 f5 $1 $15 {
0-1 Polgar,J-Khalifman,A/Hoogeveen Essent 2000/CBM 80 (37)}) 18... Qc7 19. Qf4
Nxg3 20. fxg3 $5 Kb8 21. h4 Bc8 22. Kh2 $14 {1-0 Jakovenko,D-Werle,J/Wch B18
Oropesa del Mar 2001/ (64)}) 13... O-O-O (13... b6 14. Bd3 (14. g3 O-O-O 15.
Qd3 d4 16. Qc4 Nd5 17. h3 Be8 18. Rd1 Nxf4 19. gxf4 Rd5 20. Rg1 Rxg1 21. Nxg1
b5 22. Qd3 f6 {1/2-1/2 Muratet Casadevall,A-Jerez Perez,A/ESP-ch Barcelona
2000/ (34)}) 14... O-O-O 15. Bg3 Rdf8 16. O-O Na5 17. Rfe1 Qc5 18. Qh4 Kc7 19.
Re3 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Nf5 21. Qf4 Nxe3 22. Bd3 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Qxc4 24. Nd4 Qxa6 25. h4
Rh8 26. Qf6 Qc4 {1-0 Bryson,D-Mcgowan,D/SCO-ch Stirling 2002/ (72)}) 14. axb7+
(14. Bd3 f5 $5 {gives enough counterplay for Black, for example} 15. exf6 Qxf4
16. fxe7 Rde8 17. Bg6 Ne5 18. Bxe8 Rxg2 $1 19. Bxd7+ Kc7 20. e8=N+ Kb8 21. Kf1
Rxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Qxf3+ $11 {1/2-1/2 Dolmatov,S-Ivanov,S/Russia 1995/Inf 65/ (25)}
) 14... Kb8 (14... Qxb7 $6 $146 15. Qd3 Qb2 16. Qd1 $1 {[%csl Rb2,Rc8] Maybe
White has some problem with development, but black monarch is too weak.} Kc7
17. Bd3 Rg4 ({After} 17... Rxg2 18. Bg3 {[%csl Rg2] rook is trapped.}) 18. Bg3
Ra4 {Greedy move!} (18... Nf5 $5 {was stronger, with possible continuation} 19.
Rb1 $140 Qxa3 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. e6+ f4 $132) 19. O-O Rxa3 20. Rb1 Qa2 21. Qe2 (
21. Ng5 $5 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gd1h5] worth considering}) 21... Ra5 22. Qe3 $16 {
[%csl Ra2] 1-0 Bryson,D-Wagener,C/EU t-ch m Leon 2001/CBM 86/[Psakhis] (33)})
15. Qd3 d4 $146 (15... Ng6 16. Bg3 Ncxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Qd4 f6 19. Rb1 Rg7
20. Rb3 Qd6 21. Rxc3 Bc6 22. Be2 Bxb7 23. O-O Ka8 24. Re1 Rdg8 25. Bf1 Rg4 26.
Bxe5 Rxd4 27. Bxd6 {1-0 Matulovic,M-Osmanagic,D/Sarajevo 1965/ChessBase}) (
15... Rg4 16. g3 {white chancea are better, for example} Ng6 17. Qxc3 Nxf4 18.
h3 (18. gxf4 $2 Rxf4 $36) 18... Nxh3 (18... d4 19. Qc5) 19. Rxh3 Nxe5 (19...
Re4+ 20. Be2 (20. Kd1) (20. Kd2 $143 Qb6 21. Rh2 d4 $132) 20... Be8 21. Rb1
Nxe5 22. Qxc7+ Kxc7 23. Nxe5 Rxe5 24. b8=Q+ $1 {1-0 Pletanek,D-Kohout,V/corr
1998/}) (19... Ra4 20. Be2 d4 21. Qc5 Ra5 22. Qd6 $16 {Ruch-Barnsley, ICCF
Email 2000}) 20. Qxc7+ Kxc7 21. Nxe5 Re4+ 22. Kd2 Rxe5 23. Bd3 Rg5 (23... Kxb7
24. f4 $18) 24. Rh7 Be8 25. Re1 e5 26. f4 $1 {1-0 Volokitin,A-Lputian,S/Calvia
Olympiad 2004/ (39)}) (15... Qa5 16. Qb5 Qxb5 17. Bxb5 Nb4 18. axb4 Bxb5 19.
Bg5 Rd7 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. Nd4 Rxb7 22. h4 Rxg2 23. h5 Rg8 24. h6 Be8 25. h7 Rh8
26. Ke2 f6 27. Rag1 Bf7 28. exf6 Kc7 29. Rg7 Kd6 30. Nf3 {Gacnik,L-Krpanec,Z/
corr 1988/1-0}) 16. Bg3 (16. Rb1 Rg4 17. Bg3 Nf5 18. Be2 {looks also great for
white.}) 16... Nf5 17. Qc4 Nce7 ({White's advantage is obvious and after} 17...
Nxg3 18. hxg3 Rh8 19. Rh4 $5) 18. Rb1 {[%csl Gb7] White has an edge after the
opening.} Bc6 (18... Qxc4 19. Bxc4 Bc6 20. Ke2 {doesn't change evaluation of
position.}) 19. Bd3 Bxb7 (19... Bd5 20. Qxc7+ Kxc7 21. Ke2 Bxb7 22. Rb4 $1 {
with material and positional advantahe of white.}) 20. Qxc7+ (20. Rb4 $5) 20...
Kxc7 21. Ke2 Bd5 ({Worth considering} 21... a5 22. Rb5 Rd5 {preventing Rb4})
22. Rhd1 (22. Rb4 $5) 22... Nxg3+ 23. hxg3 Nc6 {[%csl Re5]} (23... Bxf3+ $2 24.
gxf3 Nc6 25. f4 $18) 24. Ba6 $5 Bxf3+ $6 {Serious mistake. This looks like a
disaster: Black exchanges his almost only active piece...} ({After stubborn} 
24... Rb8 {Jerez Perez could hope for successful defense.}) 25. gxf3 Nxe5 26.
f4 $1 (26. Rb7+ $143 Kc6 27. f4 Nd7 {[%cal Gd7c5]}) 26... Nc6 (26... Nd7 27.
Rxd4) 27. Rb7+ Kd6 28. Rxf7 {Black has lost simply a pawn without getting
anything for it.} Kc5 ({Or} 28... Rb8 29. Bc4 Rb2 30. Kd3 {[%cal Rd1e1]}) 29.
Bd3 (29. Bb7 $5 Nb8 30. Rc7+ Kb6 31. Re7) 29... Rgf8 30. Rh7 Rh8 31. Rdh1 Rxh7
32. Rxh7 $18 {[%csl Gd3,Gf4,Gg3,Gh7]} Kb6 (32... Kd5 33. Rh5+ Kd6 34. Be4 $18)
33. Rh6 Re8 34. Be4 {[%cal Ge2d3]} (34. Bc4 Kc5 35. Rxe6) 34... Nd8 35. Kd3 Nf7
36. Rf6 Nd6 37. Kxd4 1-0

[Event "ARM-ROW m"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.06.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2004.06.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rest of the World"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 (7. Nb5 $5
Bc7 8. f4) 7... Ne7 8. bxa5 (8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Bc7 10. Nb5 a6 11. Nxc7+ (11.
Nxd4 $6 Bxe5 12. Bb2 Qb6 13. Ngf3 Bf6 14. Qh6 Rg6 15. Qd2 e5 16. Nb3 Nbc6 $44 {
0-1 Mela,B-Jerez Perez,A/Castellar del Valles op 2004/ (29)}) 11... Qxc7 12.
Bb2 Qxe5+ 13. Ne2 Nbc6 14. Qd3 Nf5 15. O-O-O Qf6 16. Nxd4 Nfxd4 17. Bxd4 e5 18.
Bb2 d4 (18... Be6 $5) 19. Qd2 Bf5 20. g3 Be4 21. Rg1 Bf3 $13 {1-0 Videki,
S-Zaja,I/Split Cvitanovic mem 2004 (55)}) 8... dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6
11. f4 (11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Bg3 O-O-O 14. Bd3 Qxa5 15. O-O Rh8 16. Qxf7
Rdf8 17. Qg7 Rhg8 18. Qh7 Rh8 19. Qg7 Rhg8 20. Qh7 Qc5 21. Kh1 Rh8 22. Qg7 Rhg8
23. Qh7 Rh8 24. Qg7 Rhg8 25. Qh7 Rh8 {1/2-1/2 Kulaots,K-Ivanov,S/SWE t-ch 0304
2003 (25)}) 11... Nd4 $146 {Novelty, but this move doesn't work well in this
game} (11... Qc7 12. Nf3 Bd7 13. Rb1 O-O-O 14. a6 b6 15. Ng5 Rxg5 $1 16. fxg5
Qxe5+ 17. Be2 Nf5 $36 {0-1 Anderson,J-Short,P/Kilkenny op 2000/ (24)}) (11...
Qxa5 12. Nf3 (12. Rb1 Nd4 13. Qd3 Nef5 14. Nf3 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Bd7 16. Rxb7 Bc6
17. Rb4 Qc5 18. Qf2 d4 19. Rg1 a5 20. Rb1 O-O-O 21. Bd3 Kc7 22. g4 Ne3 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Borriss,M-Vaganian,R/BL 0001 2001 (60)}) 12... Bd7 13. Rb1 O-O-O 14.
Qd3 Nf5 (14... a6 15. g3 Nf5 16. Bg2 Qc5 17. Rb3 d4 18. Ng5 Rxg5 19. fxg5 Qxe5+
20. Kf2 Qc5 21. Re1 Nd6 22. Bf4 Nc4 $44 {0-1 Tirard,H-Zontakh,A/Krakow 2001 
(58)}) (14... d4 15. g3 Kb8 16. Be2 Ka8 17. Kf2 Be8 18. Rd1 Nf5 19. Qc4 a6 20.
a4 Rd5 21. Bd3 f6 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. Rb5 $1 $16 {1-0 Lutz,C-Kortchnoi,V/GER-SWZ
Berlin 2002/ (33)}) 15. Rg1 $5 Rg4 16. g3 Rh8 17. Kf2 Qc5+ 18. Be3 Qxa3 19. Rb3
Qa4 20. Rxc3 d4 21. Bxd4 Nfxd4 22. Qxd4 Rxh2+ 23. Rg2 Qxd4+ 24. Nxd4 Rh1 25.
Bb5 $14 {1-0 Vescovi,G-Lputian,S/Poikovsky 2003/CBM 95 (40)}) 12. Qd3 Nef5 13.
Ne2 (13. a6 Qh4+ 14. Kd1 b6) 13... Nxe2 14. Qxe2 Bd7 ({Vaganian could continue
} 14... Qh4+ 15. Qf2 Ng3 {but after} 16. Bb5+ Bd7 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7 18. Rb1 $1 {
[%cal Gb1b7] white's advantage is obvious}) 15. Rg1 Qxa5 16. Qf2 {[%cal Gf1d3]}
Qa4 (16... Rh8 17. g4) 17. Rb1 $1 {Avoiding bishop's exchange} (17. Bd3 Bb5 $1)
17... Qe4+ (17... b6 18. g4) 18. Kd1 d4 19. Bd3 Qd5 20. g4 {We can consider
that the opening has taken a favourable turn for White.} Ne7 (20... Nh6 21. h3
{[%csl Rh6]}) 21. Rb4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rd4] White has managed to complete his
development and has a significant advantage} O-O-O 22. Rxd4 Qa5 23. Ke1 $5 Bc6
24. Rd6 (24. h4 $5 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Gh4h6]} Rxd4 25. Qxd4 Bf3 26. Rg3 $1 Bxg4
$140 $4 27. Qg1 $18) 24... Bd5 25. h4 Nc6 ({In the case of} 25... Rxd6 26. exd6
Nc6 27. h5 {[%csl Gh5] white's pawn h is very strong}) 26. h5 Rh8 27. Rxd8+
Qxd8 28. Rg3 {[%csl Rc3]} Qh4 (28... f6 29. exf6 Qxf6 30. g5 $18) 29. Be2 $1 {
[%cal Gg3c3]} Kb8 30. Rxc3 $18 {After this move there is no doubt of White's
overwhelming advantage.} Qh1+ 31. Qf1 (31. Bf1 $5) 31... Qh4+ 32. Qf2 Qh1+ 33.
Bf1 Rg8 (33... Qe4+ 34. Re3) 34. Rg3 (34. Rh3 Qe4+ 35. Qe2 Rxg4 36. h6 Rg8)
34... Qh4 {A bluff that worked perfectly.} 35. Be3 $2 {Playing pretty good and
interesting chess up to here, White did not bear the pressure of the struggle.}
({Here White could have achieved decisive advantage by} 35. c4 $1 Be4 (35...
Bh1 36. Rh3) 36. Re3 Qxf2+ 37. Kxf2 $18) 35... Rxg4 36. Rxg4 Qxg4 {Suddenly
Black is back in the game! White still has clear advantage but he must play
now very carefully.} 37. Qh2 Be4 38. h6 Qg6 39. Bd3 (39. Bg2 Ne7 (39... Bxc2
40. Bxc6 bxc6 41. Qd2) 40. Bxe4 Qxe4 $16) 39... Bxd3 40. cxd3 Qxd3 41. Kf2 $2 (
41. Qd2 $1 $16 {[%csl Gh6] could still promise winning chances for White
thanks to his strong passed h6-pawn.}) 41... Nd4 $1 $11 {Having obtained his
chance, Vaganian finds way to finish game with drawish result.} 42. Bxd4 Qxd4+
43. Kf1 Qd1+ 44. Kg2 Qe2+ 45. Kh3 Qh5+ 46. Kg3 Qg6+ 47. Kf3 Qd3+ 48. Kf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "ARM-ROW m"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.06.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2004.06.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rest of the World"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 (7. Qg4 Ne7
8. bxa5 dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 $132) 7... Bc7 8. f4 Bd7 9. Nxc7+ Qxc7 10.
Nf3 Nh6 11. Bd3 a6 (11... Nf5 12. Bb2 a6 13. a4 Nc6 14. Qd2 Qb6 15. b5 axb5 16.
axb5 Rxa1+ 17. Bxa1 Qa5 18. Ke2 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Na5 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Nc4+
22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Rb1 $36 {1-0 Sedlak,N-Hindermann,F/EU t-ch B18 Balatonlelle
2000/ (32)}) 12. Bb2 (12. O-O O-O 13. Ng5 g6 14. Qe1 Kg7 15. Qh4 Rh8 16. f5
Nxf5 17. Bxf5 h6 18. Nxe6+ Bxe6 19. Qf6+ Kh7 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Qxe6 Kg7 22. Rf6
Nc6 23. Rxg6+ Kf8 24. Rf6+ Kg7 25. Qg4+ {1-0 Grewal,B-Rendle,T/Millfield
School Specsavers YM 2004/ (25)}) (12. a4 Nc6 13. Qd2 f6 $5 14. exf6 gxf6 15.
Bb2 Nf7 16. O-O O-O 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Rxa1 19. Bxa1 Ne7 20. Qb4 Nd6 21. b6
$36 {1/2-1/2 Jonsson,B-Kindermann,S/Reykjavik op 1998/CBM 64 (48)}) 12... Bb5
$146 {According to my database, this position appeared for the first time} (
12... Nc6 13. Nxd4 Qb6 14. c3 Rc8 15. g4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Bb5 17. h3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3
Qb5 19. Kd2 Kd7 20. Rhc1 f5 21. Qxb5+ axb5 22. g5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Ng8 24. Rc5 b6
25. Rc3 Ne7 $11 {Frick,R-Hug,W/Bern zt 1990/1/2-1/2 (76)}) (12... Ba4 13. Bxd4
Bb5 14. O-O Nf5 15. Bf2 h5 16. Ng5 Bxd3 17. cxd3 Nc6 18. Rc1 Qd8 19. Re1 Rc8
20. Bc5 Ncd4 21. h3 b6 22. Bxd4 Nxd4 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Qa1 $1 $36 {Ponomariov,
R-Vaganian,R/WchT Yerevan 2001/CBM 86/[Psakhis]/1-0 (57)}) 13. Bxb5+ axb5 14.
Nxd4 O-O $5 {Interesting pawn sacrifice, but after} (14... Qc4 15. Qd3 $1 {
[%csl Rb5] Black also can't keep material balance}) 15. Nxb5 Qb6 {The future
of this variation depends upon the evaluation of this position.} 16. Nd4 ({
Worth considering} 16. Nd6 $5 {for example:} Qe3+ (16... Nc6 17. b5 Nf5 18.
bxc6 Qxb2 19. Nxf5 (19. cxb7 Qc3+ $36) 19... exf5 20. cxb7 Qxb7 21. O-O Ra4 $14
) (16... Nf5 17. Nxf5 exf5 18. Qd4 Qxd4 19. Bxd4 Rc8 20. Kd2 Nc6 {[%cal Gc6d8,
Gd8e6]}) 17. Qe2 Qxf4 18. Nxb7 Nf5 19. g3 $14) 16... Rc8 17. g4 {[%csl Rh6]} (
17. Qd3 Rc4 $44) (17. O-O Nf5 {[%cal Gf5e3]} 18. Qd3 Rc4 $44) 17... Rc4 {
Surely, that Black has some compensation for the pawn , but is it enough?} 18.
O-O (18. h3 Nc6 19. Ne2 Qa7 20. Qd2 b5 $44) 18... Nc6 19. c3 Rc8 20. Rf2 Nxd4
21. cxd4 Qd8 $5 {[%cal Gb7b5,Gf7f5]} 22. h3 (22. Rg2 Qh4 23. Qf3 Rc2) 22... f5
$5 23. exf6 (23. g5 Nf7 {[%csl Rb2]}) 23... Qxf6 24. Qe2 {[%csl Re6]} (24. g5
$2 Qg6 {[%cal Gh6f5]}) 24... b5 25. Re1 R8c6 26. f5 $5 {After this move there
is no doubt of White's advantage.} Rc2 $5 27. Qxc2 (27. Qxb5 Qh4 (27... Rxf2
28. Kxf2 Qh4+ 29. Ke2) 28. Qf1 $8 Rxf2 29. Qxf2 Qxh3 30. fxe6 Rxe6 31. Rxe6
Qxg4+ 32. Kf1 Qxe6 $132 {[%csl Ga3,Gb4][%cal Gh6g4]}) 27... Rxc2 28. Rxc2 exf5
29. Bc1 ({I think that White rightly avoided the line} 29. Re8+ Kf7 30. Re5 Qh4
31. Rc3 (31. Rc7+ Kf8) 31... g6 $5 $13 (31... fxg4 32. Bc1 gxh3 33. Rf3+ Kg6
34. Rg5+ Qxg5+ 35. Bxg5 Kxg5 36. a4 $18)) 29... fxg4 ({Maybe Black should have
preferred} 29... Qxd4+ 30. Kh2) 30. Rf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Bacrot is trying to
complicate the struggle although he could simplify it.} (30. Re8+ $1 Kf7 31.
Rf2 Qxf2+ (31... Nf5 32. Re5 g6 33. hxg4 $18) 32. Kxf2 Kxe8 33. Bxh6 gxh6 34.
hxg4 Kf7 35. Ke3 Kf6 36. Kd3 {[%cal Gd3b3] and looks, that White must win this
endgame}) 30... Qg6 $11 31. Bxh6 gxh6 32. hxg4 Qd3 {[%csl Gd3]} 33. Re8+ Kg7
34. Re7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Barsov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cuba"]
[BlackTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CUB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UZB"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Qa5 9. Bd2 Nbc6 10. Nf3 f5 11. exf6 (11. Qh3 Qa4 12. Rg1 c4 13. Be2 Qxc2 14.
Rc1 Qb2 15. g4 Na5 16. Bd1 Nb3 17. Rc2 Qxa3 18. Bh6 Ng6 $132 {1/2-1/2
Langheinrich,F-Kindermann,S/BL 0102 2002/}) 11... Rxf6 12. Qh5 Nf5 13. g4 (13.
c4 $5 Qa4 14. cxd5 Ncxd4 15. Ng5 h6 16. Ne4 Rf8 17. O-O b6 18. Ng3 Ba6 19. Nxf5
exf5 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Seres,L-Erdos,V/Budapest-4 GM 2003/The Week in
Chess 441 (28)}) (13. Ne5 $5) 13... c4 14. gxf5 (14. Be2 Nd6 15. Ne5 Ne4 16.
Nxc6 bxc6 17. f3 Nxd2 18. Kxd2 c5 19. Qe5 cxd4 20. Qxd4 Qc7 21. Ke3 Bb7 22. f4
Re8 23. Qe5 Qb6+ 24. Kd2 Qf2 25. Raf1 Qc5 {0-1 Videki,S-Farago,I/HUN t-ch 2000/
ChessBase (36)}) 14... cxd3 15. Rg1 Bd7 16. Qg5 $5 (16. c4 Qc7 $1 {It is
necessary for Black to show big care -} (16... Qd8 $2 17. Bh6 Rf7 18. Ng5 Qa5+
19. Kf1 Raf8 20. Nxf7 Rxf7 21. Bxg7 $1 Rxg7 22. f6 {1-0 Timman,J-Van Haastert,
E/Amsterdam Lost Boys op 2002}) 17. Bh6 Be8 18. Qh4 Rxh6 19. Qxh6 dxc4 (19...
dxc2 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21. f6 Bf7 22. fxg7+ Kg8 23. Qf6 Qa5+ 24. Kf1 Qc3 25. Rc1
Qxa3 26. Kg2 dxc4 27. Rxc2 Bd5 28. Rd2 Re8 {0-1 Golod,V-Terreaux,G/corr 2003/
Telechess CBM 97 (71)}) 20. cxd3 cxd3 21. f6 $5 $146 Bg6 $8 22. Qxg7+ Qxg7 23.
fxg7 Rd8 {[%mdl 4096] 1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Khalifman,A/Dos Hermanas-A 2003/CBM 95/
[Psakhis] (43) It is not so easy to estimate correctly this position, but it
looks that Black can keep equal chances.}) 16... Rf7 17. f6 (17. cxd3 $143 exf5
18. Ne5 Re8 19. f4 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qa6 21. Ke2 Bb5 22. Qg3 Qa4 23. Kf2 Qc2 24.
Ke2 Qa4 25. Kf2 d4 26. c4 Bc6 27. Ke2 Re6 {0-1 Vehi Bach,V-Garcia Martinez,S/
Barbera del Valles op 2003/(48)}) 17... Qd8 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 dxc2 {
The game scenario is clear now: White is attacking on the right, Black is
doing the same on the left. Who has an edge?} 20. Be3 Rc8 ({Worth considering
move} 20... Kh8 $5 {with possible continuation} 21. Kd2 (21. fxg7+ Kg8 22.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 23. Kd2 Ba4 $13) 21... d4 $1 22. Bxd4 Bc6 23. fxg7+ Kg8 24. Qxd8+
Rxd8 25. Kxc2 a6 26. Kd3 Rxf2 27. Raf1 Rxf1 28. Rxf1 Kxg7 29. Rf6 Re8 30. Kc4
Bd5+ 31. Kc5 Rf8 32. Kd6 Rxf6 33. exf6+ Kf7 {1/2-1/2 Zhigalko,A-Llobel Cortell,
E/ECC t-ch Izmir 2004/ (33)}) (20... Qf8 21. Bd4 Be8 22. Kd2 Rc7 23. Qg4 Qf7
24. h4 Kh8 25. Qh3 gxf6 26. exf6 Bb5 27. Rg7 Qh5 28. Qxe6 Rc4 29. Rag1 {
1-0 Bobras,P-Vysochin,S/Bad Wiessee op 2004/}) 21. Kd2 Qa5 $146 (21... Ba4 22.
Bd4 Rc4 23. Qe3 Kh8 24. Rg4 Qf8 25. h4 b6 26. h5 Bb3 27. f4 Ra4 28. f5 exf5 29.
Rxg7 Rxg7 30. fxg7+ Qxg7 31. e6 $40 {Timoshenko,G-Farago,I/Nagykanizsa 2003/ 
(Psakhis)/1-0 (39)}) 22. Bd4 Rc4 23. Qe3 $1 {[%cal Gf2f5]} Be8 $6 (23... Qb5 $5
24. f4 Qb2 25. Rac1 Qxa3 26. f5 $140 exf5 27. e6 Rxd4+ $1 28. Qxd4 Bxe6) 24. f4
$1 {[%cal Od2c2,Rf4f5] Dominguez plays very aggressively, hoping, that this is
the precisest way to punish Black for his opening strategy.} Kf8 25. Kc1 $1 (
25. f5 $143 $6 exf5 (25... Bd7 26. Kc1 $1 $18) 26. Kc1 Qa6 27. Rxg7 Rxg7 28.
Qh6 Rcc7 $8 29. fxg7+ Rxg7 30. e6 Qf1+ 31. Kb2 Qb5+ $11) 25... b6 $2 ({
Possibly Black should have preferred} 25... Qa6 $142 {for example:} 26. Qh3 (
26. f5 exf5 27. e6 Rxd4 $8 28. exf7 Rd1+ 29. Rxd1 cxd1=Q+ 30. Kxd1 Ba4+ 31. Kd2
Qxf6 $13) 26... Kg8 27. f5 exf5 28. Qxf5 Bd7) 26. f5 {White brings more pawns
into attack, making Black's survival impossible.} (26. Qh3 $5) 26... Ra4 (26...
exf5 27. Rxg7 $1 Rxd4 (27... Rxg7 28. Qh6 Rcc7 29. fxg7+ Kg8 30. Qd6 $1 Rxg7
31. Qe6+ $18) 28. Rxf7+ Kxf7 29. cxd4 $18) 27. fxg7+ Kg8 (27... Rxg7 28. Qh6)
28. Qh6 (28. Qh6 {[%cal Ce6f5,Rh6h7]}) 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.08.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wang, Zili"]
[Black "Reefat, Bin Sattar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Nbc6 (7...
Qc7 $5) (7... b6 {[%cal Gc8a6]}) 8. h5 Qa5 9. Bd2 Bd7 10. Nf3 (10. a4 O-O-O 11.
Nf3 Qc7 12. g3 f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. a5 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nf5 16. a6 b6 17. c4 Ncxd4
18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Rc1 Qe5+ 20. Be3 Nf5 $17 {0-1 Darius-Uhlmann,W/DDR 1974 (31)}
) 10... O-O-O 11. Rb1 $5 {[%cal Gb1b5][%mdl 4] Interesting move- Rb5 is quite
strong threat and black's task is not easy.} (11. Bd3 c4 12. Be2 Rdf8 13. h6
gxh6 14. Bxh6 Rfg8 15. g3 Nf5 16. Bd2 h5 $132 {Negro Peres,J-Reinaldo
Castineira,R/POR t-ch Barreiro 2001/The Week in Chess 348/0-1 (53)}) (11. h6
gxh6 12. Rxh6 Rdg8 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. Rh4 Nf5 15. Rf4 f6 16. exf6 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5
18. Nxe5 Qxe5+ $36 {0-1 Kotter,R-Kindermann,S/BL 0001 2001/The Week in Chess
334 (32)}) 11... h6 $146 {New, but not very strong move.} ({Possibly, Black
has to play} 11... c4 $5 {with possible continuation.} 12. h6 gxh6 13. Qc1 Rdg8
14. Qb2 b6 15. g3 Nf5 16. Bh3 Rg6 $13 {Normantas,V-Koltsov,V/corr 1994/ICCF
tele 5/2001/1-0 (65)}) (11... Qxa3 $6 12. Ra1 Qb2 13. dxc5 $1 f6 14. Rh4 $1 {
[%csl Rb2]} d4 15. Nxd4 Nxe5 16. Rxa7 Nd5 17. Rh3 $18 {Wang Zili-Shulman,Y/
Yerevan olm 1996/1-0 (49)}) (11... cxd4 12. cxd4 Qxa3 13. h6 gxh6 14. Bd3 $44)
12. Rb5 Qxa3 13. Qb1 $1 {White gets big advantage after this strong move.} (13.
Rxc5 a6 $5 {[%csl Rc5]}) 13... c4 $8 (13... b6 14. dxc5 $1) (13... Nxd4 14.
Nxd4 (14. cxd4 Bxb5 15. Bxb5 a6) 14... cxd4 15. Rxb7 Bc6 16. Rb3 $16) (13...
cxd4 14. cxd4 b6 15. Rb3 $1 $18 {[%csl Ra3]}) 14. Rxb7 {[%mdl 16]} Qa6 15. Rb2
Kc7 {[%cal Rd8b8] Hoping to find counterplay on the <<, but after..} 16. Ra2
Rb8 $1 17. Qa1 Qb5 18. Bc1 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc1a3][%mdl 32] became clear that
this hope is fae avay from reality.} Qb1 19. Nd2 (19. Be2) 19... Qxa1 20. Rxa1
Nc8 (20... f6 21. f4 {[%cal Gc1a3]}) 21. Be2 a5 $5 {[%cal Gc1a3]} 22. Rh3 $5
N8a7 23. Rf3 Nb5 (23... Be8 24. Rg3 Nb5 25. Nb1 $5 Rg8 $140 $2 26. Bxh6) 24.
Nb1 $5 {Fanny move, almost all white piecec coming back to srat position.} Rhf8
25. Na3 $16 Nba7 (25... Ne7 26. Nxb5+ Rxb5 27. Ba3 Kd8 28. Kd2) 26. Nxc4 $1 {
[%mdl 512] Final blow.} dxc4 27. Ba3 Rbe8 {What else?} (27... Nb5 28. Bxf8 Rxf8
29. Bxc4 $18 {looks desperate.}) 28. Bd6+ Kd8 29. Bxf8 (29. Bxc4 $5 Rg8 30.
Rxf7 Nc8 31. Bc5) 29... Rxf8 30. Rg3 Ke7 (30... f6 $5 $16) 31. Rxg7 Ra8 32.
Bxc4 $18 {Rest is simple- Black just can;t stop all white's pawns.} Nc8 33. Rb1
a4 34. Rg8 {[%cal Rg2g5]} a3 35. g4 Nb6 $8 36. Rxa8 Nxa8 37. Ra1 Nb6 38. Bb3
Nd5 39. Bxd5 exd5 40. f3 Nd8 41. Rxa3 Ne6 42. Ra7 {Good positional achievment
of Wang Zili.} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 (7. Nb5 {
is more popular recently.}) 7... Ne7 8. bxa5 dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11.
Nf3 Qc7 12. Bf4 (12. Bb5 Bd7 13. O-O O-O-O (13... Nxe5 14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. Nxe5+
Qxe5 16. Qd3 Rac8 17. Rb1 Rc7 18. Be3 Nc6 19. Rb3 Kc8 20. a6 b6 21. Rd1 Na5 22.
Rb5 Nc4 23. Bd4 Qg5 24. Qf3 Nxa3 25. Rb3 Nxc2 26. Bxc3 Qg4 27. Be5 Rc4 {
0-1 Aguilar,A-Whatley,A/Buenos Aires American Continental 2003/CBM 97/[Hecht] 
(73)}) 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Qxf7 Rdf8 16. Qxe6+ Bd7 17. Qxe7 Rxg2+ 18. Kxg2 Bh3+
19. Kxh3 Qxe7 20. Kg2 Qh7 21. Ng5 Qxc2 22. Be3 Rg8 23. h4 Qe4+ 24. Kg3 d4 25.
Rac1 Qxe5+ {0-1 Meslem,L-Van der Heijden,A/corr 1991/ChessBase (54)}) 12... Bd7
13. a6 $5 ({White is doing well after} 13. Bd3 $5 O-O-O 14. Bg3 Qxa5 15. O-O
Rh8 16. Qg7 d4 17. Qg4 Nf5 18. Rfe1 (18. Rfb1 Nxg3 19. Qxg3 Qc7 20. Kf1 Rhg8
21. Qf4 f5 $1 $15 {0-1 Polgar,J-Khalifman,A/Hoogeveen Essent 2000/CBM 80 (37)})
18... Qc7 19. Qf4 Nxg3 20. fxg3 $5 Kb8 21. h4 Bc8 22. Kh2 $14 {1-0 Jakovenko,
D-Werle,J/Wch B18 Oropesa del Mar 2001/ (64)}) 13... O-O-O {Although this
reply has proved quite popular, I remain suspicious about its value.} (13... b6
$5 {worth considering}) 14. axb7+ (14. Bd3 f5 $5 {gives enough counterplay for
Black, for example} 15. exf6 Qxf4 16. fxe7 Rde8 17. Bg6 Ne5 18. Bxe8 Rxg2 $1
19. Bxd7+ Kc7 20. e8=N+ Kb8 21. Kf1 Rxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Qxf3+ $11 {1/2-1/2 Dolmatov,
S-Ivanov,S/Russia 1995/Inf 65/ (25)}) 14... Kb8 (14... Qxb7 $6 $146 {New and
not strong move, but after} 15. Qd3 Qb2 16. Qd1 $1 {[%csl Rb2,Rc8] Maybe White
has some problems with development, but Black monarch is too weak.} Kc7 17. Bd3
Rg4 ({After} 17... Rxg2 18. Bg3 {[%csl Rg2] the Rook is trapped.}) 18. Bg3 Ra4
{Greedy move!} (18... Nf5 $5 {was stronger, with possible continuation} 19. Rb1
$140 Qxa3 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. e6+ f4 $132) 19. O-O Rxa3 20. Rb1 Qa2 21. Qe2 {
1-0 Bryson,D-Wagener,C/EU t-ch m Leon 2001/CBM 86/[Psakhis] (33)} (21. Ng5 $5 {
[%csl Rf7][%cal Gd1h5] worth considering})) 15. Qd3 Rg4 (15... Ng6 16. Bg3
Ncxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Qd4 $16 f6 19. Rb1 Rg7 20. Rb3 Qd6 21. Rxc3 Bc6 22. Be2
$16 {1-0 Matulovic,M-Osmanagic,D/Sarajevo 1965 (27)}) (15... d4 16. Rb1 Rg4 17.
Bg3 Nf5 18. Be2 Na5 19. O-O Bc6 20. Rb4 Bd5 21. Rfb1 Be4 22. Qd1 Nc6 23. Rb5 d3
24. cxd3 Ncd4 25. Ne1 Rxg3 26. hxg3 Nxb5 27. Rxb5 Nd4 28. Rb4) 16. g3 (16. Be3
Nf5 17. Bc5 Re4+ 18. Kd1 (18. Be2 Qa5 $44) 18... Rc4 19. Qxf5 Rxc5 20. Qxf7 d4
{0-1 Ricardi,P-Forster,R/Elista ol 1998 (34)'}) 16... Ng6 17. Qxc3 Nxf4 18. h3
$3 {Great idea putting Black's variation in doubt.} (18. gxf4 $2 Rxf4 $36)
18... Nxh3 (18... d4 19. Qc5) 19. Rxh3 Nxe5 $146 (19... Ra4 20. Be2 d4 21. Qc5
Ra5 22. Qd6 $16 {Ruch-Barnsley, ICCF Email 2000}) (19... Re4+ 20. Kd1 (20. Kd2
$143 Qb6 21. Rh2 d4 $132) (20. Be2 Be8 21. Rb1 Nxe5 22. Qxc7+ Kxc7 23. Nxe5
Rxe5 24. b8=Q+ $1 {1-0 Pletanek,D-Kohout,V/corr 1998/})) (19... d4 20. Qc5 Nxe5
21. Qxc7+ (21. Qxe5 Re4+ $5 22. Qxe4 Qc3+ 23. Kd1 Qxa1+ 24. Kd2 Qc3+ $11 25.
Ke2 $6 Bb5+) 21... Kxc7 22. Nxe5 Re4+ 23. Kd2 Rxe5 24. Bg2 $16) 20. Qxc7+ Kxc7
21. Nxe5 Re4+ 22. Kd2 Rxe5 23. Bd3 $1 {[%cal Cc7b7,Rf2f4] Despite numerous
exchanges, White has maintained an edge.} Rg5 (23... Kxb7 24. f4 $18) (23... d4
24. Rb1 Rb8 25. Rh7 Be8 26. Bg6 $5 (26. Rb4 Rxb7 27. Rxd4 $18) 26... Rxb7 27.
Rxb7+ Kxb7 28. Bxf7 Bxf7 29. Rxf7+ Kb6 30. Kd3 $18) 24. Rh7 $1 Be8 (24... Kxb7
$5 25. Rxf7) 25. Re1 $1 {[%cal Cc7b7,Re1e6] A wonderful resource!} e5 (25...
Kxb7 26. Rxe6 $1 $18) (25... Kb8 26. Rh8 Kxb7 27. Bb5 Bxb5 28. Rxd8 $18) 26. f4
$1 (26. Rh8 e4 {[%cal Gg5e5]}) 26... exf4 27. Rh8 (27. gxf4 $5 Rg8 (27... Rg2+
28. Kc3 Kxb7 29. Re7+ Kb6 30. Kd4 {[%cal Rh7h8]} (30. Rh8 Rc8+ 31. Kd4 Bd7 32.
Rxc8 Bxc8 33. Rxf7 $18) 30... Rg8 31. Rh6+ Bc6 32. Rxf7 $18 {[%csl Gd4,Gf7,Gh6]
}) 28. Re7+ (28. Ba6 Rg2+ 29. Kc1 Kb6) 28... Kd6 29. b8=Q+ Rxb8 30. Rxa7 $18 {
[%csl Ga3]}) 27... fxg3 (27... Rxg3 28. Rexe8 Rxe8 29. Rxe8 Kxb7 30. Re7+ Kc6
31. Rxf7) 28. Ba6 $1 g2 ({There wasn't a rescue in} 28... Bc6 29. Re7+ (29.
Rxd8 $2 Bxb7 $1) 29... Kb6 30. Rxd8 Bxb7 31. Bxb7 d4 32. Rd6+ Kc5 33. Rc6+ Kb5
34. Re1 $18) 29. Rhxe8 Rg8 (29... g1=Q 30. Rxg1 Rxe8 31. Rxg5) 30. Rxd8 Rxd8
31. Rg1 {White's positional and material advantage is decisive.} Rg8 32. Ke2
$18 Kb6 33. Bd3 Kxb7 34. Kf3 Kb6 35. Rxg2 (35. a4 $5 Ka5 36. Bb5 Kb4 37. Rxg2
Rxg2 38. Kxg2 Kc3 39. Bd3 Kb4) 35... Rxg2 36. Kxg2 Ka5 37. Kf3 Ka4 38. Ke3 Kxa3
39. Kd4 Kb4 (39... a5 40. Kxd5 Kb2 41. c4 a4 42. c5 a3 43. Bc4) 40. Kxd5 f5 (
40... Kc3 41. Kc5 f6 42. Kb5 Kd4 43. Ka6) (40... f5 41. c4 a5 42. c5 a4 43. c6
a3 44. Bc4) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ramirez Alvarez, Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Costa Rica"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRI"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4 ({Sometimes Black tried also} 11... Nce7
{with possible continuation} 12. h4 $5 Bd7 13. Qg4 f5 14. Qh3 f4 15. Bd2 Nf5
16. O-O c4 17. Be2 Ba4 18. Ra2 {[%csl Rf4] 1-0 Nataf,I-Pelletier,Y/Cap d'Agde
Gp B 2002/ (85)}) 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Bd7 (13... Qf7 14. Ng5 Qe8 15. h4 h6
16. Nh3 Ne7 17. Qe2 a5 $146 ({An improvement in comparison with} 17... Bd7 18.
g4 b5 19. h5 a5 20. g5 $1 Rf5 21. gxh6 Rxh5 22. Kd2 gxh6 23. Rag1 $36 {(Lutz,
C-Jussupow,A /Essen-A  2002 /CBM 90/[Psakhis] (41)) with strong attack for
White.}) 18. g4 b5 19. h5 gxh5 ({It is too dangerous for Black to continue} 
19... g5 20. f4 $1 gxf4 21. Nxf4 Bd7 22. Rg1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Rg4g5]}) 20. g5
$5 {Typical move} (20. gxh5 $13 {also worth considering}) 20... hxg5 $8 21.
Nxg5 g6 {1/2-1/2 Stellwagen,D-Dgebuadze,A/Groningen Harmonie 2002/CBM 93/
[Psakhis] (35)}) 14. h4 Rf5 15. Qh3 $5 ({White employed a similiar plan in the
game Bacrot,E-Apicella,M/FRA t-ch final 2004} 15. Ng1 $5 Qa5 16. Ne2 Raf8 17.
Kd2 Ne7 18. Ng3 Rxf2+ 19. Bxf2 Rxf2+ 20. Ne2 Nf5 21. Raf1 Rxf1 22. Rxf1 Qxa3
23. Qg5 Be8 24. Nf4 $36 {Bacrot,E-Apicella,M/FRA t-ch final 2004/1-0 (52)}) (
15. h5 gxh5 16. Rxh5 Raf8 17. Rh3 (17. Kd2 Be8 18. Rxf5 exf5 19. Qg3 Nd8 20.
Ng5 Bg6 21. Rh1 Qc6 22. Qh4 f4 23. Nxh7 Qa4 (23... fxe3+ $5 24. Kxe3 Re8 (24...
Bxh7 25. Qxh7+ Kf7 $13) 25. Ng5 $140 Nf7) 24. Nxf8 Qxc2+ 25. Ke1 Qb1+ (25...
fxe3 26. fxe3 Bd3 27. Qh8+ Kf7 28. Rf1+ Bxf1 29. Kxf1 Qxc3 30. e6+ Nxe6 31.
Nxe6 $11) 26. Ke2 Qd3+ 27. Kf3 Qe4+ 28. Ke2 Qd3+ {1/2-1/2 Carlsen,M-Ostenstad,
B/NOR-ch playoff Oslo 2004}) 17... Qa5 18. Kd2 Be8 19. Ng5 Rxg5 20. Qxg5 Bg6
21. Rhh1 Qa4 22. Ra2 Rf5 23. Qg4 Na5 24. Qd1 b6 25. Qb1 Qd7 $44 {1-0
Goloshchapov,A-Dgebuadze,A/Le Touquet op 2004/ (61)}) 15... Raf8 $146 (15...
Qa5 16. Kd2 Raf8 17. Ng5 h6 18. f4 Rxf4 19. Bxf4 Rxf4 20. Nf3 Nxd4 21. Nxd4
Rxd4+ 22. Kc1 Rd3 23. cxd3 Qxc3+ 24. Kb1 Qb3+ 25. Kc1 c3 26. Rb1 Qxa3+ 27. Kd1
Qa2 {0-1 Agopov,M-O'Connor,J/ECC t-ch Izmir 2004/The Week in Chess 518}) 16.
Ng1 $5 {[%cal Ge2g3,Gg1e2]} Qa5 (16... Qb6 17. Ne2 Qb2 18. Kd2 {[%csl Rb2]})
17. Ne2 Qa4 18. Kd2 Rxf2 $5 (18... b5 19. f3 {[%cal Ge2g3,Gh4h5]}) 19. Bxf2
Rxf2 20. h5 $1 {Refuting his opponent's strategy in the most energetic way.} (
20. Qe3 $5 Rf8 21. Nf4 $16 {looks also great for White.}) 20... Rxe2+ (20...
gxh5 21. Qxh5 h6 22. Raf1 Rxf1 23. Rxf1 Nd8 $8 24. Qh4 Nf7 (24... Nc6 25. Qf4
$1 $18) 25. Qe7 Be8 26. Nf4 $18 {[%csl Re6]}) (20... Be8 21. Qxe6+ $18) ({
Possibly Black should have preferred} 20... h6 $5 {[%cal Gg6g5]} 21. hxg6 Ne7)
21. Kxe2 Qxc2+ 22. Kf1 gxh5 (22... Qb2 23. Re1) 23. Kg1 $1 {[%csl Gg1][%cal
Oh3h5,Ga1f1]} Qg6 (23... Ne7 24. Rf1 Qg6 (24... Nf5 25. g4 $1) 25. Qxh5) 24.
Qxh5 Qxh5 25. Rxh5 Ne7 26. Rh3 {White has big material advantage and only
needs to find a plan of breaking through.} Be8 27. Rf3 Ng6 (27... Bh5 28. Rf2
Nf5 29. Rb2 b6 30. a4 $18) 28. a4 $1 b6 (28... a5 29. Rf2 Bc6 30. g3 Ne7 31.
Rb2 Kf7 32. Rab1 $18 {[%cal Cc6a4,Gb2b7]}) 29. Rf2 {[%cal Ga4a5,Ga5a6]} a6 (
29... h6 30. a5 b5 31. a6 $18) 30. g3 {[%csl Gf4]} h5 $6 ({Black could have
offered a tougher resistance after} 30... Nf8 $142 $5 31. Rb2 Nd7 {but in any
case White is winning already.}) 31. Rb2 b5 32. axb5 Bxb5 (32... axb5 33. Rf2
$1 Bc6 34. Ra7 {[%cal Ra7c7]}) 33. Rh2 $1 $18 h4 34. gxh4 Ne7 35. Kf2 Nf5 36.
Kf3 Kh7 37. h5 Kh6 38. Kf4 {[%cal Ga1g1,Gg1g5] To be honest, I just don't know
when Black made a mistake. Maybe, the hole variation is bad!?} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Estonia"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EST"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 (7. Nb5 $5)
7... Ne7 8. bxa5 dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. f4 (11. Nf3 $5 Qc7 12. Bf4
Bd7 13. a6 $5 O-O-O 14. axb7+ Qxb7 15. Qd3 Qb2 16. Qd1 Kc7 17. Bd3 Rg4 18. Bg3
Ra4 19. O-O Rxa3 20. Rb1 $16 {1-0 Bryson,D-Wagener,C/EU t-ch m Leon 2001/CBM
86 (34)}) 11... Qxa5 12. Nf3 (12. Rb1 $5 Nd4 13. Qd3 Nef5 14. Nf3 Nxf3+ 15.
Qxf3 Bd7 16. Rxb7 Bc6 17. Rb4 Qc5 18. Qf2 d4 19. Rg1 a5 20. Rb1 O-O-O 21. Bd3
Kc7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Borriss,M-Vaganian,R/BL 0001 2001 (60)}) 12... Bd7 13. Rb1 {
This line became very popular after the game Anand-Khalifman, Linares 2000.} ({
Black gets strong initiative after} 13. Ng5 O-O-O $1 (13... Rf8 14. Rb1 O-O-O
15. Nxf7 Rxf7 16. Qxf7 Be8 17. Qxe6+ Bd7 18. Qf6 Bf5 19. e6 d4 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21.
cxd3 Qa4 22. O-O Qc2 23. Rb5 $18 {1-0 Ernst,T-Gunnarson,A/Reykjavik op 1994/
ChessBase (33)}) 14. Nxf7 Nf5 15. Nxd8 Qxd8 16. Qh3 Ncd4 17. Qxc3+ Kb8 18. g3
Qb6 19. Bd3 Rc8 $44 {0-1 Van der Weide,K-Werle,J/Groningen SON-ON 2001/
ChessBase (24)}) 13... O-O-O 14. Qd3 d4 (14... Nf5 15. Rg1 $1 Rh8 (15... d4 16.
g4 Nfe7 17. Rg3 $1 Be8 18. h4 Nf5 19. Rg1 Ne3 20. Bxe3 dxe3 21. Qxe3 Ne7 22.
Bc4 $14 {Anand,V-Khalifman,A/Linares 2000/ 1-0 (42) White managed to keep some
advantage.}) 16. g4 Nh4 17. Nxh4 Rxh4 18. h3 $14) 15. g3 Kb8 (15... Qd5 16. Bg2
Qa2 17. Rb5 a6 18. Rc5 Kb8 19. O-O Na7 20. Nxd4 Bb5 21. Qe4 Nd5 22. Nxb5 axb5
23. f5 Qa1 24. Qe2 Qa2 25. fxe6 fxe6 26. Rd1 Ne7 27. Rxc3 Rc8 28. Rxc8+ Rxc8
29. Qf3 Rc7 30. Qb3 {Grischuk,A-Vaganian,R/ECC t-ch Izmir 2004/ 1-0 (42)}) (
15... Nf5 16. Be2 (16. Bg2 Qc7 17. O-O Nce7 $1 (17... Na5 $6 18. Bh3 Nc6 $6 (
18... Bc6 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Nxd4 Be4 21. Qe3 a6 22. Rb4 $5 $14) 19. a4 $1 Nce7
20. Ng5 $16 {1-0 Shirov,A-Romero Holmes,A/Espana 73/332 1998/ (40)}) 18. Ng5 (
18. Nxd4 $2 Bc6 19. Nxc6 Rxd3 $17) 18... Bc6 19. Nxf7 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rd5 $44)
16... Nce7 17. Ng5 Bc6 18. Rg1 Rxg5 19. fxg5 Ng6 20. Bf4 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22.
Kf2 Rh8 23. h4 Rxh4 24. Rg2 Qe3+ 25. Qxe3 dxe3+ 26. Kf1 Rh1+ {0-1 Pflug,
M-Heika,M/Bad Woerishofen op 2004/PG}) 16. Bg2 $146 {This move appears to be a
novelty, but I doubt whether it is better than 16.Be2 which was previously
tried in this position.} (16. Be2 $142 $5 Ka8 17. Kf2 Be8 18. Rd1 Nf5 19. Qc4
a6 20. a4 Rd5 21. Bd3 f6 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. Rb5 axb5 24. Qxd5 $36 {Lutz,
C-Kortchnoi,V/GER-SWZ Berlin 2002/1-0 (33)}) 16... Bc8 17. Ng5 b6 {[%cal Cg5f7,
Gc8a6] Black achieved everything he wanted from the opening and all his pieces
have occupied ideal positions in this variation.} (17... Rxg5 $6 18. fxg5 Nxe5
19. Qe4 $16) (17... Rg7 18. h4 b6 19. Qb5 Qxb5 20. Rxb5 Bb7 21. h5 d3 22. cxd3
Nd4 23. Bxb7 Kxb7 24. Rb1 Nef5 $132 {Lutz}) 18. Bxc6 (18. Qb5 Qxb5 19. Rxb5 Ba6
20. Rb1 d3 $1 $132) (18. Nxf7 Ba6 19. Qe4 d3 $1 20. Nxd8 d2+ 21. Bxd2 cxd2+ 22.
Kf2 Rxd8 $40) 18... Nxc6 (18... Rxg5 $143 19. Bf3 $5 $14 (19. fxg5 Nxc6 20. Bf4
Ba6 21. Qe4 Ne7 $40)) 19. Nxf7 (19. Rb5 Qa4 {[%cal Rc8a6]}) 19... Ba6 $1 {
[%mdl 128] This is the crucial moment of the game. Even though White is an
exchange up, Black has fantastic play on the light squares.} 20. Nxd8 (20. Qf3
d3 $5 (20... Rd5 $5)) 20... Rxd8 $1 (20... Qd5 $143 21. Nxc6+ Qxc6 22. Qxa6
Qxh1+ 23. Qf1 Qxh2 24. Qf2 Qh1+ $11) 21. Qe4 d3 $3 $19 {It becomes clear that
badly developed White pieces are absolutely useless.} 22. Be3 (22. cxd3 c2+ 23.
Rb4 Nxb4 (23... Qc5 $5) 24. Qxb4 $8 (24. axb4 Qa1 25. Kf2 Bb7 $19) 24... Qd5
25. O-O Qxd3 $19 {[%csl Ga6,Gc2,Gd3,Rg1]}) (22. Qxc6 d2+ 23. Bxd2 cxd2+ 24. Kf2
Bb7 25. Qc4 Qxa3 $5 {[%cal Ra3f3]} (25... Bxh1 26. Rxh1 d1=Q 27. Rxd1 Rxd1 28.
Qxe6 $17) 26. Qb3 Qxb3 27. cxb3 Bxh1 28. Rd1 (28. Rxh1 d1=Q $19) 28... Rd3 29.
Ke2 Be4 $19) 22... dxc2 23. Rc1 (23. Qxc2 Bd3 $19) 23... Qb5 $1 24. Rxc2 (24.
Qf3 Nd4 $1 25. Bxd4 Rxd4 {[%cal Cf3g2,Cd4d1,Rb5b2]}) 24... Bb7 25. Kf2 (25. a4
Qb3) (25. Rg1 Nd4 $1) 25... Nd4 {A glorious finish of the knight march!} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Canada"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 (7. Qg4 $5)
7... Bc7 8. f4 Bd7 (8... Nc6 $5) (8... a5) 9. Nxc7+ ({Another popular line is
connected with move} 9. Nf3 {with possible continuation} Bxb5 10. Bxb5+ Nd7 (
10... Nc6 11. O-O (11. Nxd4 Nge7 12. O-O Bb6 13. Be3 Kf8 14. c3 Bxd4 15. cxd4
a5 16. bxa5 Qxa5 17. a4 Nf5 18. Bf2 h5 19. Rc1 g6 20. Qd3 Kg7 21. g3 Na7 22. h3
Nxb5 23. axb5 Rhc8 24. Kg2 Qb4 {1/2-1/2 Matsuura,E-Rodi,L/Sao Paulo 8th
Magistral Comunic 2004/ChessBase (52)}) 11... Nge7 12. Bd3 (12. Kh1 a6 13. Bd3
g6 14. Bb2 Bb6 15. Qe1 Nf5 16. Bxf5 gxf5 17. Rd1 Rc8 18. Qe2 Qd7 19. Rd2 Na7
20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Nb5 22. Rf3 Rc4 23. Bc5 Qc6 24. Qf2 b6 {1/2-1/2 Herrera,
I-Almeida,O/Havana Capablanca mem-B 2003/(49)}) 12... Bb6 13. Kh1 Nf5 14. Bxf5
exf5 15. Bb2 O-O 16. Qd3 Qd7 17. Rad1 Rac8 18. Rd2 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 h6 20. h3 Rc7
21. Bxd4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Qa4 24. Qd3 g6 {1/2-1/2 Lacasa Diaz,
J-Jerez Perez,A/Castelldefels op 2004/ChessBase (35)}) 11. O-O (11. Nxd4 Ne7
12. O-O O-O 13. Kh1 g6 14. Bd3 a6 15. Be3 $1 (15. Bb2 {Gallagher-Lputian 
(Luzern 1997)}) 15... Nb6 16. Qe2 Rc8 17. Bf2 $1 {/\ Bf2-h4-f6} Na4 18. Qg4 h5
$2 (18... Bb6) (18... Nb2) 19. Qh3 Bb6 20. g4 Nc3 $2 (20... hxg4 21. Qh6 (21.
Qxg4) 21... Bxd4 22. Bh4 f5 $1) 21. gxh5 Ne4 22. hxg6 Nxg6 23. Nxe6 Nxf2+ 24.
Rxf2 Qh4 25. Qxh4 Nxh4 26. Nxf8 Bxf2 27. Nd7 Kg7 28. Rf1 Bd4 29. f5 Rd8 30. e6
{1-0 Paehtz,E-Mkrtchian,L/Wch G20 Yerevan 2000/ChessBase/[Paehtz,T]}) 11... Ne7
12. Bd3 (12. g4 $6 a6 13. Bd3 h5 $1 14. h3 hxg4 15. hxg4 Nb6 $15 {/\ Nb6-c4-e3,
van den Doel-Lputian (Wijk aan Zee B 1999)}) 12... g6 13. Nxd4 a6 14. Kh1 $146
(14. Be3 $5) 14... Nb6 15. Qe2 (15. Be3 Nc4 16. Bf2 Nb2 17. Qd2 Nxd3 18. cxd3
Rc8 19. Rac1 O-O $14) 15... Rc8 16. g4 (16. b5 $5 a5 ({a)} 16... axb5 17. Bxb5+
Kf8 ({*)} 17... Nd7 18. f5 $1 gxf5 19. Nxf5 $1 Nxf5 (19... exf5 20. e6 fxe6 21.
Qxe6 $18) 20. Rxf5 $1 h6 (20... exf5 21. e6 O-O 22. e7 Qe8 23. Bh6 $1 $18) 21.
a4 (21. Rh5 $16) 21... exf5 22. e6 $18 {->}) 18. a4 $36) 17. g4 Nc4 18. f5 Bxe5
19. c3 $44) 16... Nc4 17. f5 $3 Bxe5 (17... gxf5 $2 18. gxf5 Bxe5 19. fxe6 Bxd4
20. exf7+ Kf8 (20... Kd7 21. Qg4+ Kc7 22. Qxd4 $18) 21. Bh6+ Bg7 22. Bxg7+ Kxg7
23. Bxc4 Rxc4 (23... dxc4 24. Qe5+ $18) 24. Qe5+ Kh6 25. Rf6+ Ng6 26. Rg1 $18)
18. c3 $44 {1-0 Bruzon Bautista,L-Gluckman,D/Bled (ol) 86/303 2002/ (36)}) 9...
Qxc7 10. Nf3 (10. Bd3 $5 Ba4 11. Ne2) 10... Ba4 11. Bd3 Ne7 (11... Qc3+ 12. Bd2
Qxd3 13. cxd3 Bxd1 14. Kxd1 a6 $1 {Tischbierek-Vaganian (Deizisau 2000)}) 12.
Bb2 Nbc6 (12... a6 13. O-O Nbc6 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bb5 16. a4 Bxd3 17. cxd3
O-O 18. a5 Qd7 19. g4 Rac8 20. Ra2 Rfe8 21. Qf3 Nc6 22. Bc5 d4 23. Qe4 Rcd8 24.
Rc2 {1/2-1/2 Moreno Carnero,J-Jerez Perez,A/ESP t-ch Lanzarote 2003/}) 13. Nxd4
$146 (13. Qe2 a6 14. O-O Qb6 15. Qf2 Bb5 16. Nxd4 Bxd3 17. cxd3 Rc8 18. Rfc1
O-O 19. Nxc6 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Vaganian,R/ARM-ROW Match Moscow 2004/ChessBase}
) (13. Qd2 a6 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bb5 16. O-O Nf5 17. Bc5 b6 18. Bf2 h5 19.
Rfc1 Bc4 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. a4 Rh6 22. Ra3 Re6 23. a5 b5 24. Bd4 Qc6 25. Rh3 g6
26. Qf2 O-O-O 27. Rd1 Rde8 {Spraggett,K-Ross,D/CAN-ch Richmond 2002/The Week
in Chess 386/1-0 (86)}) (13. O-O Qb6 14. Rf2 Bb5 15. Nxd4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nxd4
17. Bxd4 Qc7 18. Bc5 b6 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20. f5 Qxe5 21. Raf1 Raf8 22. Re2 Qd6 23.
Qd4 Rhg8 24. c4 dxc4 25. Qh4+ Kd7 {1-0 Sivokho,S-Biriukov,O/St.Petersburg-sf
2001/CA (37)}) 13... Qb6 14. Qd2 a5 (14... O-O 15. Qf2 $14) (14... Na5 $5 15.
Rd1 Nc4 16. Bxc4 dxc4 $13) 15. Bc3 $5 (15. Nxc6 Qxc6 $5 {[%cal Ga4b5]} (15...
Nxc6 16. Qf2 Qxf2+ 17. Kxf2 $14)) 15... axb4 (15... Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Qc6 17. bxa5
$5 $36 {[%cal Ga1b1]}) 16. axb4 Kd7 $5 17. Nxc6 (17. Be2 Rhc8) 17... Qxc6 $5 (
17... Nxc6 18. b5 $5 Bxb5 $140 19. Rb1 Na7 20. f5 $40) 18. O-O Bb5 {Now we can
see, that Black has succeeded in solving his opening problems.} 19. Bd4 (19.
Bxb5 Qxb5 20. Bd4 Rhc8 $13) 19... Nf5 (19... Bxd3 20. cxd3 $1 {[%cal Gc1c6]})
20. Bc5 b6 21. Bxb5 (21. Bf2 Bxd3 22. cxd3 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Ra8 $36) 21... Qxb5
22. c4 $1 {A straightforward approach - White wants to open as many files as
possible.} Qxc4 23. Bxb6 Rhc8 24. Bc5 h5 {[%csl Gf5]} (24... d4 $5 {[%cal
Gf5e3]}) 25. Rfc1 Qe4 $1 (25... Rxc5 26. bxc5 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Qxc5+ 28. Qf2 $16)
26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. b5 d4 (27... Ra4 $5 $132 {[%csl Rf4]}) 28. Rd1 Qd5 $2 {
After the move in the game Lputian has to be very careful in order to be able
to keep the balance.} ({After the correct} 28... Rc8 $5 29. Re1 Qd5 $15 {
Black could pretend for initiative.}) 29. Bxd4 $1 {Seemingly, this move
escaped Lputian's attention. White has the upper hand.} Ke8 (29... Ra2 30. Bc3
$8) 30. Bc3 Qxb5 31. Bb4 {[%csl Re8]} Rb8 (31... Qb6+ $142 $5 32. Kh1 Rd8) 32.
Ba3 h4 33. Qc3 Qa4 34. Qd3 Qa7+ $6 (34... Qb5 $5) 35. Kh1 Qb7 36. h3 $5 {
A necessary prophylactic move.} Qd5 $6 (36... f6 $5 {[%cal Ge8f7]}) 37. Qc2 (
37. Qxd5 $2 exd5 38. Rxd5 $4 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 Ng3 $19) 37... Ne3 (37... Qb7 38. Qc5
$40) 38. Qa4+ Qb5 39. Qa7 {[%cal Ra7e7]} Nd5 ({Worth considering} 39... Nf5 40.
Qc7 Ra8 41. Bc5 $40 {and this position might look very dangerous for Black,
but it wouldn't be so easy for White to find anything decisive.}) 40. Kh2 $2 (
40. f5 $5) ({White could already begin decisive actions by} 40. Bd6 $1 Rd8 (
40... Rc8 41. f5 $1) 41. f5 $1 Rd7 42. Qd4 $18 {[%csl Re8][%cal Rd4h4] but
Bluvshtein prefers to get to the time control without changing the position.
Typical mistake!}) 40... Qb6 41. Qa4+ Qb5 42. Qa7 Qb6 43. Qa4+ Qb5 44. Qc2 $5 {
[%cal Cb8a8,Ca8a3,Gc2h7]} Kd7 (44... g6 45. Ra1 $5 Ra8 $140 46. Bd6 $1) 45. f5
$2 (45. Rc1 $142 $36) 45... Qb3 $1 46. fxe6+ (46. Qxb3 $142 $5 Rxb3 47. Bf8 g6
(47... Rg3 48. Rd4 $1) 48. fxg6 fxg6 49. Rd4 $11) 46... fxe6 47. Qc5 $4 {
[%mdl 8192]} (47. Qxb3 Rxb3 48. Bf8 g5 49. Bh6 Rg3 50. Rd4 $11) 47... Qxd1 $1
$19 48. Qd6+ Kc8 49. Qxe6+ (49. Qa6+ $5 Rb7 50. Qxe6+ Kb8 51. Qg8+ (51. Bd6+
Ka7 52. Bc5+ Nb6 53. Qa2+ Kb8 54. Qg8+ Kc7 55. e6 Nd5 $1 56. e7 $140 Nxe7 57.
Bxe7 Qd4 $1 $19 {[%csl Rh2]}) 51... Ka7 52. Bc5+ Nb6 53. Qa2+ Kb8 54. Qg8+ Kc7
$19) 49... Kb7 50. Qd7+ (50. Bd6 Rd8 $5 51. Qf7+ Kc6 $19) 50... Ka6 51. Bc5 (
51. Qc6+ Nb6) 51... Rb1 $1 52. Qe6+ Kb5 {[%csl Gb1,Gb5,Gd1,Gd5] Lputian
comfortably placed all his pieces on light squares.} 0-1

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Qf7 14. Ng5 Qe8
15. h4 h6 16. Nh3 Bd7 $5 (16... b5 17. h5 gxh5 18. Qe2 Bd7 19. Nf4 Rxf4 $1 20.
Bxf4 Qf7 21. Be3 Be8 22. g4 hxg4 23. Qxg4 Qg6 24. Qh3 Ne7 25. Kd2 Qf5 $44 {
1/2-1/2 Michiels,B-L'Ami,E/Groningen Harmonie 2003 (60)}) (16... Qf7 17. Nf4
Ne7 18. Qe2 Bd7 19. g4 Ba4 20. Rh3 a5 21. Kf1 Ra6 22. Rb1 Bc6 23. Kg1 b5 24. h5
Be8 25. Rf1 Rb6 26. hxg6 Nxg6 27. Nh5 Ne7 28. Qd2 Qg6 29. f3 $36 {1-0
Tischbierek,R-Naumkin,I/Porto San Giorgo op 2003/ (53)}) 17. Qe2 b5 18. g4 a5
19. Nf4 $6 $146 {[%cal Gh4h5] This is a novelty in this position, although the
idea is not new at all. To be honest I don't like this move: a more
interesting game raised after} (19. h5 gxh5 20. g5 $1 {for example:} (20. Rg1
Ne7 21. gxh5 Kh7 22. Qg4 Nf5 23. Kd2 Qe7 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Nf4 Nh4 26. Qg4 Rxf4
$1 27. Bxf4 Rf8 28. Rh1 Nf5 $44 {Leko,P-Almasi,Z/Budapest 2003/CBM 95/[Psakhis]
/1/2-1/2 (52)}) 20... hxg5 21. Nxg5 g6 22. O-O-O (22. Qf1 $5 Rf5 23. Qg2 Ne7
24. Ke2 Kh8 25. Nf3 Qf7 26. Nh4 Rf8 27. Raf1 Kh7 28. Bg5 Nc6 29. f4 $36 {
1-0 Karjakin,S-Papa,S/Biel MTO 2003 (45)}) (22. Kd2 b4 23. Rag1 bxc3+ 24. Kd1
Rf5 25. Rxh5 gxh5 26. Ne4+ Kh8 $132 {0-1 Van den Doel,E-Psakhis,L/Bled
Olympiad 2002/CBM 92 (33)}) 22... Qe7 23. Rdg1 Qxa3+ 24. Kd2 Rf5 $1 (24... b4
$2 25. Ne4 $1 dxe4 26. Qxh5 Rxf2+ 27. Bxf2 Qxc3+ 28. Kd1 Qf3+ 29. Qxf3 exf3 30.
Rxg6+ Kf7 31. Rf6+ Ke7 32. Rh7+ {1-0 Bacrot,E-Vaisser,A/FRA-ch Aix les Bains
2003/CBM 97/[Psakhis] (32)}) 25. Nf3 b4 $132) 19... Ne7 (19... b4 $5 20. h5 (
20. axb4 axb4 21. Rxa8 Qxa8 22. O-O bxc3 23. Nxg6 Rb8 $132) 20... g5 21. Ng6
Rf7 22. f4 $5 $13) 20. h5 (20. Kd2 $5) 20... g5 21. Nh3 b4 $1 {Black has a
more obvious way of developing the initiative on the queenside.} 22. f4 (22.
axb4 axb4 23. Rxa8 Qxa8 24. cxb4 Nc6 $44) 22... gxf4 23. Bxf4 bxc3 (23... b3 $5
{[%csl Gb3]}) 24. Qe3 Ba4 25. Qxc3 Rb8 26. Kd2 (26. Rg1 $5 {[%cal Gg4g5]})
26... Qb5 {[%cal Gb5b2]} 27. Ra2 (27. Rab1 Qxb1 28. Rxb1 Rxb1 29. Qxa5 c3+ $1
$36) 27... Qb6 {[%csl Rd4]} 28. Ke2 (28. g5 hxg5 29. Be3 g4 30. Nf4 Nf5 $36)
28... Nc6 {White's king is in great danger and the very next move could be
fatal for him.} 29. Be3 Na7 $1 {[%cal Ga7b5] Knight is going to the optimal
place- b5.} 30. Bf2 (30. g5 Nb5 31. Qd2 c3 32. Qd1 hxg5 33. Nxg5 Rf5 $5 {
[%csl Rd4,Rg5]}) 30... Qa6 $1 {[%cal Ra6e2,Ga4b3] Smeets immediately begins an
offensive against White's weak king.} 31. Ke3 (31. g5 Bb3 32. Raa1 Bxc2 $1 33.
gxh6 (33. Qxc2 Rb2 $1) 33... Rb3 $19) 31... Rf7 (31... Bb3 $142 $5 32. Raa1
Bxc2 33. Qxc2 Rb3+ 34. Kd2 Rxh3 $19) 32. Be1 Rbf8 {[%csl Re3] White's position
looks just terrible now!} ({Another promising possibility was} 32... Qb6 $5 33.
Nf4 Nb5 34. Qd2 Nxd4 35. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 36. Kxd4 Rxf4+ 37. Ke3 Rxg4 38. Bxa5 d4+
$19) 33. Qxa5 Rf3+ 34. Ke2 Qxa5 35. Bxa5 Nc6 (35... c3 $5 {[%cal Ga4b5]} 36.
Ke1 Nc6 $19) 36. Bb6 (36. Bb4 $8 Nxd4+ 37. Kd2 R8f7 $19) 36... c3 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.10.03"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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 "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 {This move has
become very popular in the last couple of years.} 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Nf3 (8. Qg4 $5)
(8. Qb1 $5) 8... c4 9. h4 (9. g3 Ne7 10. Bh3 Nbc6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Nh4 O-O-O 13.
f4 Nf5 14. Ng2 h5 15. Ne3 g6 16. Bg2 Kb8 17. Bf3 Bc8 $11 {Gunnarsson,J-Psakhis,
L/Torshavn op 2000//0-1 (51)}) 9... Nc6 10. h5 h6 11. g3 $146 {This is a
novelty in this position, although the idea is not new at all.} (11. Nh4 Nge7
12. g4 (12. Rh3 $5 Bd7 13. Rf3) 12... Bd7 13. Bg2 O-O-O 14. O-O g5 15. Nf3 Rdf8
$132 {Roiz Baztan,D-Fernandez Diaz,I/Asturias t-ch 2003/1-0 (42)}) 11... Bd7
12. Bh3 O-O-O 13. Bf4 Nge7 (13... g5 14. hxg6 fxg6 15. Bg2 $14 (15. Bg4 Rf8 16.
Qd2)) 14. Qd2 Rdf8 15. Nh4 {[%cal Gh4g2,Gg2e3] A space advantage gives White
better chances, nevertheless Black's position is still fairly solid.} Rh7 (
15... Qa5 $142 $5 {[%cal Gg7g5]}) 16. Ng2 Kb8 (16... Nf5 17. g4) (16... g5 $5
17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Bxh6 $140 $4 Rfh8 $19) 17. Ne3 Ka8 18. Bg2 Nc8 {[%cal Gc8b6,
Gb6a4]} 19. g4 $36 {[%cal Gf4g3,Gf2f5]} Qa5 (19... Nb6 20. Bg3 Qa5 {leads just
to moves transpozition.}) 20. Bg3 Nb6 21. a4 $1 {[%mdl 512] The players have
completed their development and now White is rushing to the attack.} Nxa4 22.
Ra3 b5 {[%cal Gg2a8]} (22... Qb5 23. O-O $16) 23. O-O Qd8 24. Rb1 {In return
for the pawn, White has attacking chances against black's exposed king.} a6 25.
Nxd5 $1 {This is typical sacrifice for such positions. Bologan open all
possible lines and diagonals and black king never will get now safe place on
the board.} exd5 26. Bxd5 {[%csl Ra4,Ra8,Gd5,Rh7]} Rhh8 (26... Qe7 27. Rxa4 $5
bxa4 28. Qe2 Rc8 (28... Rb8 29. Rxb8+ Kxb8 30. Be4 $5 Rh8 31. e6+ Ka7 32. d5
$40) 29. Qxc4 Ka7 30. e6 $1 fxe6 (30... Bxe6 31. Qxc6 $1 Rxc6 32. Bb8+ Ka8 33.
Bxc6+) 31. Be4 Rhh8 32. f3 {[%cal Rg3f2]}) 27. Bg2 Qc8 28. f4 {White's
position is still formidable despite the fact he is a piece down.} Ka7 (28...
Bxg4 $142 29. d5 (29. Rxa4 $5 bxa4 30. d5 Rd8 31. Qf2) 29... Rd8 (29... Nxe5
30. fxe5 Qc5+ 31. Bf2 Qxa3 32. d6+ Kb8 33. Qd5 $18) 30. Qf2 {with terrible
attack}) 29. Bf2 {It seems that Black's position can no longer be saved -
there are too many White' pieces pointed at the black king, who is all alone}
Na5 (29... Ka8 30. d5) (29... Nb6 30. Rxb5 $18) 30. Rxa4 bxa4 31. d5+ 1-0

[Event "Tel Aviv"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2001.02.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gruenfeld, Yehuda"]
[Black "Haimovich, Tal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2001.02.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Nce7 ({As usual Black played in this position} 10...
Qc7 {but after, for example} 11. Be3 c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Qf7 14. Ng5 Qe8
15. h4 Ne7 16. Qe2 Nf5 17. g4 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 h6 19. Nh3 Qe7 20. Qg3 $36 {
1-0 Nijboer,F-Harikrishna,P/Wijk aan Zee-B 2001/CBM 81 (33) White got better
chances}) 11. dxc5 Bd7 $146 {[%cal Gd7e8,Gf7f6] Novelty and interesting one.
Haimovich wants to bring bishop on the king's side where it will be very
useful in defence.} (11... Qc7 12. O-O Nf5 (12... f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Nh4 f5
15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Qh4 Rf7 17. Bf4 e5 18. Bg5 e4 19. Be2 Qxc5 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21.
Qxe7 Rxe7 22. c4 dxc4 23. Bxc4+ Be6 {0-1 Sneddon,I-Wurth,T/corr 1994 (35)}) 13.
Re1 Qxc5 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. Rab1 Bd7 16. Ng5 Nh6 17. Rb4 f5 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Bxg6
Rxg6 20. Nf3 Rf8 21. Qe5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Vasiukov,Y-Naumkin,I/Voskresensk 1990 
(32)}) 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. O-O Be8 {[%cal Gf7f6]} 14. Re1 Nc6 {[%cal Gf7f6]} 15.
Ng5 ({worth considering} 15. Qh3 {[%cal Gh3e6]}) 15... h6 16. Nxe6 (16. Nf3 f5)
16... fxe6 17. Bxg6 Rf5 $1 {Maybe Gruenfeld overlook this strong move, when he
played 15.Ng5} 18. Qg4 ({I think, that just after queen sucrifice-} 18. Bxe8 $5
Rxh5 19. Bxh5 {White could pretend for advantage, for example} Nxe5 $140 $6 20.
Bf4 Nf3+ 21. Bxf3 Qxf4 22. Rxe6 $16) 18... Nxe5 19. Qg3 (19. Bxf5 Nxg4 20.
Bxe6+ Bf7 21. Bxg4 Qxc5 $13) 19... Bxg6 20. f4 Nc4 ({Also} 20... Kh7 $5 21.
fxe5 Qxc5+ 22. Be3 Qc7 $36 {doesn't look too bad}) (20... Qxc5+ $5 21. Be3 Qxc3
22. fxe5 Kh7 23. Rxb7 Rc8 $15) 21. Qxg6 Rf6 22. Qd3 Qxc5+ {[%csl Gc4] Black's
chances are clearly better now. thanks to strong knight on c4 and ruined
white's pawn structure} 23. Kh1 b6 24. h3 (24. Qd4 Qxd4 25. cxd4 Rc8 $17 {
[%csl Rc2][%cal Gc4d6,Gd6e4]}) (24. a4 $5 $15) 24... Raf8 $6 ({Why just not to
take pawn?} 24... Nxa3 $1 $17) 25. a4 $1 $15 Kh8 26. Rb4 Qc6 (26... e5 $6 27.
Rb5 $1 (27. fxe5 $6 Nxe5 28. Rxe5 Rf1+ 29. Kh2 Qg1+ 30. Kg3 Qf2+ 31. Kh2 Rxc1
$17)) ({Maybe queen's transfere to the king's side} 26... Qf2 $5 27. Rf1 Qh4 {
[%cal Gg7g5] was the best chance for Black to increase positional advantage.})
27. Kh2 Qc7 28. Kg1 Qc5+ 29. Kh2 Qc6 30. Kg1 Qc5+ $15 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 {New fashion!} 7.
Bd2 Ne7 (7... Qa4 $5) 8. Nf3 Bd7 9. h4 Nbc6 10. h5 h6 11. Be2 {Surely this
move is not the most popular in a well known position, but it is not bad at
all!} (11. a4 O-O-O 12. Qc1 f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Be2 e5 15. Rb1 Qc7 16. Qa3
cxd4 17. cxd4 Nf5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Minasian,A-Lputian,S/ARM-ch Erevan 1995 (38)}) (
11. Bd3 O-O-O 12. O-O c4 13. Be2 Kb8 14. g3 Ka8 15. Nh4 Nf5 16. Ng2 Qa4 17. Bg4
Bc8 18. Ra2 Rhf8 19. Re1 Rg8 20. Kh2 Rdf8 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Dolmatov,S/
EUR-Cup Panormo 2001}) (11. Rh4 c4 12. Rg4 Rg8 13. Nh4 O-O-O 14. Qf3 Qa4 $1 15.
Kd1 Nf5 16. Nxf5 exf5 $132 {0-1 Rantanen,Y-Vaganian,R/Tallinn 1979 (45)}) 11...
O-O-O 12. O-O (12. Rh4 Qc7 13. Kf1 Kb8 14. Rb1 Ka8 15. Qc1 Na5 16. Qb2 Rc8 17.
c4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. dxc5 Nd5 {Niemers,J-Brustman,A/Osteropen 2001/ (63)})
12... f6 13. c4 $146 {Typical move, White has two bishops, and it is good for
him to open the position, but Black is getting good counterplay, thank's to
his active pieces.} ({Worth considering} 13. exf6 $142 $5 gxf6 14. Re1 Rdg8 15.
Bf1 {with interesting position, for example} Qa4 16. Rb1 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nxd4 18.
Rb4 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Qc6 20. Qxf6 $16 {1-0 Klovans,J-Martin,A/Velden op 1997 (43)
}) 13... Qc7 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. c4 Nde7 16. exf6 gxf6 {I am sure, that White
will be happy to keep pawn on h2!} 17. d5 {Double-edged pawn sacrifice.Black
has nothing to worry about in the case of} (17. dxc5 $5 e5 {[%csl Rg1]}) 17...
exd5 18. Qc1 (18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Qc2 $44) 18... Bg4 $6 ({It is not clear if
will be possible for White to get enough compensation after} 18... d4 $5 19.
Bf4 (19. Bxh6 Bg4 20. Bf4 Qd7) 19... Ne5 $15) 19. Bf4 Qd7 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. Bg3
$44 {[%csl Gg3] White's king is safe now and bishop g3 is very strong. but
Black has his own trumps.} Qf5 $2 {Serious, almost decisive mistake.Bartel
could play} (21... Qe8 $5 {with complicated game, for example} 22. Re1 $140
Qxh5 23. Qxc5 Nf4) 22. Qxc5 $16 Rhe8 $6 ({Even after best} 22... Qxh5 23. Nd4 {
Black needs good advice -} (23. Ba6 Nde7) (23. Rfc1 $40) 23... Bxe2 24. Nxc6 b6
$8 25. Qc2 (25. Ne7+ Kd7 26. Qxd5+ Kxe7 27. Qe4+ Kf7 $13) 25... Bxf1 26. Nxd8+
(26. Nb8+ Nc3 $8 27. Qxc3+ Qc5 28. Qf3 $40) 26... Kxd8 27. Rxf1 $16 {[%csl Rd8]
}) 23. Nd4 $1 $18 {Now game is over.} Rxe2 24. Nxc6 (24. Nxf5 Bxf5 25. Rac1 $18
) 24... Rc2 (24... b6 25. Ne7+ Kd7 26. Qd6+ Ke8 27. Nxf5 $18) 25. Ne7+ (25.
Ne7+ Kd7 26. Qd6+ Ke8 27. Nxf5 Rxd6 28. Nxd6+ Kd7 29. Nxb7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Metalska Trgovina CC 90"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "2002.01.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Farago, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2002.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Nbc6 13. Nf3 Qc7 (13... Qf8 $5)
14. O-O c4 (14... e5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. Rfe1 Qg7 19.
Rad1 Bc6 20. Re6 $36 {1-0 Cseshkovsky,V-Goncharov,V/RUS t-ch Kazan 1995 (34)})
15. Be2 Nf5 {Favourite line of Hungarian GM.He managed to defend black's
position many times.} 16. Qd2 $146 {New move} ({After} 16. Qc1 Bd7 17. Bf4 $2 {
Doesn't work, because of tactical trick -} ({better is} 17. g4 {but it is not
clear who's chances are better after} Nd6 18. Qe3 Ne4 19. Bh6 Re8 20. Ng5 Nxg5
21. Bxg5 e5 22. Qg3 Bc8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Mrdja,M-Farago,I/Bolzano op 2000/ (36)})
17... Nfxd4 $1 18. Bxc7 Nxe2+ 19. Kh1 Nxc1 20. Raxc1 Raf8 $17 {1/2-1/2 Gross,
D-Farago,I/HUN t-ch 1998 (54)}) 16... Nd6 {[%cal Gd6e4]} (16... Bd7 17. Bf4 $1
{[%csl Gf4]}) 17. Bh6 ({Volokitin could play already} 17. Bf4 $5 {with small
advantage in ending after} Ne4 18. Bxc7 Nxd2 19. Nxd2 Rxc7 20. f4 $14 {but he
pretends for more}) 17... Ne4 18. Qe3 Bd7 $2 {Inaccuracy!.Good or bad, but
Black had to play} (18... Ne7 {[%cal Ge7f5]} 19. Ne5 Nf5 20. Qh3 Nxh6 21. Qxh6
Nxc3 22. Rfe1 $44 {[%csl Ge5,Re6] Surely that White has enough compensation
for the pawn, but, at least, Black will be pawn up!}) 19. Bxc4 $1 Ne7 20. Bd3
Nf5 21. Qc1 Nxh6 22. Qxh6 Qxc3 {After more or less force moves, White got very
good position.} 23. Ne5 $2 {Volokitin had big choice of promising moves, but
unfortunately, he made wrong one.} (23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Ng5 Rg7 25. Nxe4 Qxd4 26.
Rfe1 Bc6 27. Rad1 $36 {was enough for advantage,but}) (23. Rab1 $142 $1 {
was even stronger, for example} b6 $140 24. Rb3 Qc7 25. Ne5 $16) 23... Rxf2 $1
{Maybe young Ukranian GM missed this move in his calculations?} 24. Qe3 (24.
Nxd7 Qxd4 25. Kh1 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Nf2+ 27. Rxf2 Qxf2 $15) 24... Bc6 25. Rxf2 (
25. Ng4 $5 {could be interesting alternative to the text, for example} Rxf1+
26. Rxf1 Qxa3 27. Nf6+ Kg7 (27... Nxf6 $2 28. Qxe6+) 28. Qf4 $44) 25... Qxa1+
26. Rf1 Qxa3 27. Qh3 Re8 28. Kh1 ({Maybe Black could try} 28. Kh1 a5 29. Qg4
Qe7 {but players decided to stop game now. Pity!}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 20th"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2004.10.07"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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 "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Ekaterinburg Max Ven"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 (7. Nb5 Bc7
8. f4) 7... Ne7 8. bxa5 dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. f4 (11. Nf3 Qc7 12.
Bf4 Bd7 13. Bd3 O-O-O 14. Bg3 $11 Qxa5 15. O-O Rdf8 16. Rfe1 Kb8 $132 {0-1
Gregory,P-Rendle,T/Portsmouth op 2003/(43)}) 11... Qxa5 12. Nf3 Bd7 13. Rb1 (
13. Ng5 O-O-O $5 (13... Rxg5 $5) 14. Nxf7 Nf5 15. Nxd8 Qxd8 16. Qh3 Ncd4 17.
Qxc3+ Kb8 18. g3 Qb6 19. Bd3 Rc8 20. Qb4 Bb5 $44 {0-1 Van der Weide,K-Werle,J/
Groningen SON-ON 2001 (24)}) 13... O-O-O 14. Qd3 d4 (14... Nf5 15. Rg1 d4 (
15... Rg4 16. g3 Rh8 17. Kf2 Qc5+ 18. Be3 Qxa3 19. Rb3 Qa4 20. Rxc3 d4 21. Bxd4
Nfxd4 22. Qxd4 Rxh2+ 23. Rg2 Qxd4+ 24. Nxd4 Rh1 25. Bb5 $14 {1-0 Vescovi,
G-Lputian,S/Poikovsky 2003/CBM 95 (40)}) 16. g4 Nfe7 17. Rg3 Be8 18. h4 Nf5 19.
Rg1 Ne3 20. Bxe3 dxe3 21. Qxe3 $16 {Anand-Khalifman (Linares 2000)}) (14... a6
{This move has become quite popular in the last couple of years.} 15. g3 $1 (
15. Ng5 $6 Rxg5 $1 (15... Be8 16. h4) 16. fxg5 Nf5 17. Bf4 Qxa3 $44 18. Rb3 Qa4
19. g3 d4 $36 {[%cal Gc6a5] 1-0 Anand,V-Khalifman,A/Dortmund 2000 (47)}) 15...
Nf5 16. Bh3 $146 (16. Bg2 Qc5 17. Rb3 d4 18. Ng5 Rxg5 19. fxg5 Qxe5+ (19... Na5
$5 20. Rb4 Bb5 21. Rxb5 axb5 22. Bf4 Ne3 23. Bf3 Nac4 $36 {0-1 Andriasian,
Z-Gaehler,M/EUR-ch B14 Halkidiki 2003 (36)}) 20. Kf2 Qc5 21. Re1 Nd6 22. Bf4
Nc4 23. Kg1 e5 $44 {0-1 Tirard,H-Zontakh,A/Krakow 2001 58)}) 16... Nce7 (16...
d4 17. Bxf5 exf5 18. Nxd4 Qd5 (18... Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Bc6 20. Qc4) 19. Nf3 $14)
17. g4 (17. Rb3 $5 {[%csl Rc3]}) 17... Rh8 $5 18. Ng5 (18. Bg2 Nh4 19. Nxh4
Rxh4) 18... Nh6 {[%csl Rh6]} 19. Rg1 $6 (19. Rb3 $142 Bc6 20. Qd4 $5 $36 {
with very complicated struggle where White has slightly better prospects.})
19... Bb5 {[%csl Gb5]} 20. Qf3 Nc6 21. Bf1 (21. Qf2 d4 $5 22. Ne4 d3 $132)
21... Nd4 22. Qf2 Qa4 $8 $132 {0-1 Belov,V-Ivanov,S/RUS-ch qual St Petersburg
2004/CBM 102/[Psakhis] (39)} (22... Bxf1 23. Qxd4 Bc4 24. Rb4 {[%csl Rc3]}))
15. g3 (15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Bc6 17. Qc4 Kb8 18. Rg1 $44) (15. Rb5 $6 Qc7 16.
a4 a6 17. Rb1 Qa5 18. Qc4 Qd5 19. Qxa6 Nb4 $1 20. Qe2 Nec6 21. Kf2 Qa2 22. Rxb4
Nxb4 23. Nxd4 Bxa4 $17 {Arachamia-Kindermann (Wien 1996)}) 15... Qd5 (15... Kb8
$142 {/\ b7-b6, Bd7-c8-a6} 16. Be2 $5 {>< a6-f1, Lutz-Korchnoi, GER-SUI 2002} (
16. Bg2 Bc8 17. Ng5 $5 Rg7 (17... Rxg5 18. fxg5 Nxe5 19. Qe4 {/\ 20.0-0 +/-}) (
17... b6 $5 18. Bxc6 $2 (18. Qb5) 18... Nxc6 (18... Rxg5 $143) 19. Nxf7 Ba6 $1
20. Nxd8 Rxd8 21. Qe4 d3 $1 $36 22. Be3 (22. cxd3 c2+ 23. Rb4 Qc5 $5) 22...
dxc2 23. Rc1 Qb5 $1 $19 24. Rxc2 Bb7 25. Kf2 Nd4 {0-1 Kulaots,K-Vaganian,R/
Calvia Olympiad 2004/Chess Today/[Golubev]}) 18. h4 b6 $5 19. Qb5 Qxb5 20. Rxb5
Bb7 21. h5 d3 22. cxd3 Nd4 23. Bxb7 Kxb7 24. Rb1 Nef5 $132 {Lutz}) 16... Ka8
17. Kf2 Be8 {/\ f7-f6, Be8-g6} 18. Rd1 {>< Pd4} Nf5 (18... f6 $2 19. exf6 Bg6
20. fxe7 Bxd3 21. exd8=Q+ Rxd8 22. Bxd3 $18) 19. Qc4 $1 {/\ Be2-d3-e4} (19. Qe4
$2 f6 20. exf6 Nd6 21. Qxe6 Bf7 22. Qh3 Bg6 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. Rxd3 Qd5 $132 {|^}
) (19. Qb5 Qc7 20. Qc4) 19... a6 (19... Ne3 $5 20. Bxe3 dxe3+ 21. Kxe3 Rxd1 22.
Rxd1 Ne7 23. Kf2 Ba4 24. Nd4 Nd5 25. Bf3 $16) (19... f6 20. Qxe6 Bd7 21. Qb3
$16) 20. a4 {1-0 Lutz,C-Kortchnoi,V/GER-SWZ Berlin 2002 Lutz} (20. Qb3 $2 b5))
(15... Be8 16. Bg2 $5) 16. Bg2 Qa2 17. Rb5 (17. Rb3 $5 Na5 $140 18. Nxd4 Nxb3
19. Qxc3+ Bc6 20. Nxc6 Nxc6 21. Bxc6 Kb8 22. Qxb3 Qxb3 23. cxb3 bxc6 24. Ke2
$16 {[%csl Gh2]}) 17... a6 (17... Nd5 $5) 18. Rc5 Kb8 {'N' This novelty
doesn't change much the character of position: White has clear advantage, and
Black must be ready for long defence.} (18... Qb1 19. O-O Qb6 20. Qc4 $6 (20.
Qxd4 $1 $18) 20... Kb8 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 Bb5 23. Qb4 Nd5 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25.
Be3 Qd8 26. Re1 Qh4 {Devide,Z-Testor,S/Aschach Donau op 2002/ 1-0 (59)}) 19.
O-O Na7 {'?!'} ({Being fully aware of what is going to happen, I would
recommend the following for Black:} 19... Be8 $5 {keeping important d4 pawn on
the board.}) 20. Nxd4 {'!'} Bb5 (20... Nb5 21. Ne2 {[%cal Ge2c3]}) 21. Qe4 Nd5
(21... Rd5 22. Nxb5 Nxb5 23. a4 Nd4 24. Rxd5 Qxd5 25. Ba3 $18) 22. Nxb5 axb5 (
22... Nxb5 23. a4 Na7 24. Rxc3 $1) 23. f5 {'!?' White completely ignores his
Queen-side and continues King-side actions!} ({Another promising possibility
was} 23. Rxc3 $5 Rc8 $140 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Rf2 Qb1 26. Qe1 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Qxc2
28. Be4 $18) 23... Qa1 24. Qe2 (24. Qd3 $5 {[%cal Gg2d5]}) 24... Qa2 25. fxe6 (
25. Qh5 $5 Rd7 26. fxe6 fxe6 27. Qh6 {[%csl Re6]}) 25... fxe6 26. Rd1 {White's
advantage can be seen with the naked eye.} Ne7 (26... Nc6 27. Rxb5) 27. Rxc3 {
Black simply lost his pawns without getting anything for them!} Rc8 (27...
Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Qa1 29. Rd3 $18) 28. Rxc8+ Rxc8 29. Qf3 Rc7 (29... Nd5 30. Bh3
Rc6 31. Bxe6 $1 Rxe6 32. Qxd5 Qxd5 33. Rxd5 $18) 30. Qb3 {Grischuk tends
toward simplifications, trying to avoid any surprises.} (30. Bg5 $5 {[%cal
Gh2h4]}) 30... Qxc2 31. Qxc2 Rxc2 32. h4 {'+-!'} Rc3 33. Kh2 (33. Kf2 $5) 33...
Nf5 34. Bf4 Nc6 35. h5 Kc7 36. h6 Rxa3 37. g4 (37. h7 Ra8 {[%cal Ga8h8]}) 37...
Nh4 38. Be4 Ne7 {'[]'} 39. Bg5 Nhg6 40. Bxe7 Nxe7 41. h7 Ra8 42. g5 1-0

[Event "BIH-chT"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2002.06.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Lekic, Dusan"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2002.06.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Banja Luka"]
[BlackTeam "Kiseljak"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 {Again and again Armenian
chessplayer use this sharp and quite dubious from positional point of view
line.} 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 (7. Qg4 $5) 7... Bc7 8. f4 Bd7 9. Nxc7+ Qxc7 10. Bd3 (
10. Nf3 a6 11. a4 Ne7 12. Bd3 Nf5 13. O-O Nc6 14. Qe1 Qb6 15. Rb1 Nce7 16. b5
axb5 17. axb5 Ne3 18. Rf2 Nc4 19. h3 Nf5 20. Re2 h5 21. Qf2 Ra4 22. Re1 g6 23.
Bxf5 exf5 24. Nxd4 O-O {Anand,V-Lputian,S/Wijk aan Zee-A 2000/CBM 75/[Psakhis,
L]/1-0 (61)}) (10. Bb2 Ba4 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Nf3 Nge7 13. O-O a6 14. Qe2 Qb6 15.
Qf2 Bb5 16. Bxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd3 18. cxd3 Rc8 19. Rac1 O-O $11 {0-1 Hall,
J-Vaganian,R/BL 9900 2000 (45)}) 10... a6 ({Worse attention} 10... Ba4 {
and after for example} 11. Ne2 Nc6 12. O-O Nge7 13. b5 Na5 14. Qd2 Qb6 15. Rb1
Nc4 $15 {0-1 Van den Doel,E-Werle,J/Windesheim op 2002 (32) Black got great
game.}) 11. Nf3 $5 $146 (11. a4 Nc6 12. Bd2 a5 13. b5 Nb4 14. Nf3 Nxd3+ 15.
cxd3 Qb6 16. O-O Ne7 17. Nh4 O-O 18. g4 f6 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Qe2 Raf8 21. Rae1
Ng6 $15 {Skolarski,H-Vaganian,R/Porz DPMM 2000/EXT 2001/0-1 (59)}) 11... Bb5 {
Black managed to exchange light-squared bishops , but he has to pay big price
for it - his pawn formation is seriously compromised on the queenside} (11...
Ne7 $5) (11... Nc6 $5) 12. Bxb5+ axb5 13. O-O Ne7 14. Bb2 Nbc6 15. Bxd4 $1 {
[%cal Gd4c5]} Nxd4 (15... Nf5 16. Bf2 O-O 17. Qd3 $14 {[%csl Rb5]}) (15... Ng6
16. Be3) 16. Nxd4 $14 {Playing quite naturally White has reached a
particularly good position} Qb6 (16... O-O 17. Rf2 (17. Nxb5 $2 Qb6+ 18. Nd4
Nf5 19. c3 Ne3 $17) 17... Qb6 (17... Qc4 18. Qd3 Qxd3 19. cxd3 Nc6 20. Nxb5
Nxb4 21. Rd2 $14) 18. Qd3 $14) 17. Qd3 Nc6 18. c3 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Rc8 $5 (19...
O-O 20. f5 (20. Rac1 $5)) 20. f5 Rc4 21. fxe6 (21. Rad1 exf5 22. Qxf5 O-O 23.
Rf4 $14) 21... Qxe6 (21... fxe6 $2 {[%csl Re8]}) 22. Rf4 O-O 23. Raf1 {Now
Black should have stuck to a passive defense} Qd7 (23... Qc6 24. Qg3) 24. h3
Rc7 25. Rh4 h6 $8 26. Qg3 ({It will be very difficult to defend black's
position after} 26. Rg4 $142 $1 {for example} Rfc8 (26... Rc6 27. Qxb5 Rfc8 28.
Rgf4 $18) (26... Kh8 27. Rg6 $1 Qe7 (27... fxg6 28. Rxf8+ Kh7 29. Qf3) 28. Rb6
$18) 27. Qg3 g6 28. Qf4 $16) 26... Rc6 27. Rf6 (27. Rg4 $5 f5 $5) 27... Kh8 28.
Qf4 Qd8 29. Rhxh6+ $2 {Strange decision!} ({After} 29. Rh5 $142 {[%cal Gf6d6]
Lekic could play for a win without any risk, for instance:} Rxf6 $6 30. exf6
Qxf6 31. Qxf6 gxf6 32. Rxd5 Ra8 33. Rxb5 Rxa3 34. Rxb7 $18) 29... gxh6 30.
Qxh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Noyabrsk Fakel Jamala"]
[Site "Noyabrsk"]
[Date "2003.11.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Reutsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2003.11.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. exf6
(8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qd1 Bd7) (8. Qg3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Ne7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Bd3 b6 $5 $13
{[%cal Gc8a6]}) 8... Nxf6 9. Qg3 Qe7 (9... Qf7 10. Nf3 Ne4 11. Qh4 c4 12. Bxc4
Qc7 13. Ne5 O-O 14. O-O Nc6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Bd3 Qxc3 17. Be3 Nf6 18. Rfe1 Bd7
19. Rab1 Ba4 {Van Kerkhof,D-Schmitz,A/Dieren op 2003/1-0 (42)}) (9... Qxg3 10.
hxg3 Bd7 $5 11. Nf3 Ba4 12. dxc5 Nbd7 13. Rh4 Bxc2 14. Nd4 Bf5 15. Be3 O-O 16.
c6 bxc6 17. Nxc6 $36 {0-1 Dobrowolski,A-Zielinska,M/Barlinek Lasker mem 2001/ 
(23)}) ({Worth considering} 9... Qa5 $5 10. Bd2 O-O {with interesting game})
10. Bg5 (10. Bf4 $5 Nh5 11. Qg4 Nxf4 12. Qxf4 c4 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. g3 Qf6 15. Qe3
O-O 16. Bg2 Bd7 17. O-O Rae8 18. Rae1 $14 {Shirov,A-Short,N/Sarajevo 2000 1-0 
(60)}) 10... Nc6 $146 (10... cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Bd3 Qf7 14. Qh4
h6 15. Be3 Nh5 16. O-O Nf4 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. Qxf4 Rxf4 19. c3 $14 {[%csl Re5]
1/2-1/2 Frank,W-Baulig,B/Hessen-ch B20 1997/EXT 2002 (32)}) 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bd3
Bd7 (12... Qf7 $5 {[%cal Gc5c4,Gf6e4]}) 13. Ne5 c4 (13... Qe8 $5) 14. Be2 Qe8
15. f3 (15. Bh6 Qe7 $5 16. Bg5 Rae8 $11) (15. Bf3 $5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ne4 17. Bxe4
dxe4 $13 {[%cal Gd7c6]}) 15... Nh5 $1 16. Qh4 (16. Qg4 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qg6) 16...
h6 17. Bd2 Nxe5 18. dxe5 g5 $1 {A brave and correct idea!} 19. Qg4 Nf4 20. h4 {
White is trying to exploit the not so stable position of the black king, but...
} Qb8 $1 {and it becomes clear, that Black has a good game with many tactical
possibilities.} 21. g3 (21. hxg5 $5 h5 (21... Qxe5 22. gxh6+ Kh7 23. Qg7+ Qxg7
24. hxg7+ Kxg7 25. g3 Nxe2 26. Bh6+ (26. Kxe2 Rh8 $11) 26... Kg8 27. Bxf8 Nxg3
28. Rg1 Rxf8 29. Rxg3+ Kf7 $13) 22. Qxf4 $5 (22. Qg3 Qxe5 23. Qf2 Ba4 $36)
22... Rxf4 23. Bxf4 Be8 $132) 21... Nxe2 22. f4 $5 (22. hxg5 Qxe5 23. gxh6+ Kh7
24. Qg7+ Qxg7 25. hxg7+ Kxg7 {leads to previous line.}) 22... Nxg3 $1 23. Qxg3
(23. hxg5 $4 Nf5 $19) 23... g4 $1 (23... Be8 24. hxg5 h5 25. g6 $1 $36) 24.
Qxg4+ Kh7 25. O-O-O (25. Rg1 $6 Rg8 $17) 25... Rg8 26. Qf3 Qf8 {[%cal Gf8f5,
Gd7a4]} 27. f5 $5 {This pawn sacrifice is the only way to complicate the
situation. Otherwise, White is doomed.} Qxf5 (27... Qxa3+ 28. Kb1 exf5 29. Qxd5
$132) 28. Qe3 Qh5 29. Rdf1 Raf8 30. Kb2 Be8 (30... b6 $5 $15) 31. Qc5 (31. Qxa7
Qxe5 32. Qxb7+ Rg7) 31... Rf5 (31... Rxf1 $5 32. Rxf1 Bg6 33. Qe3 Bf5 $17) 32.
Rxf5 Qxf5 33. Qe3 Qh5 34. Rf1 Bg6 $6 (34... Qxh4 $142 $5 35. Qxa7 Bg6 {with a
clear advantage of Black.}) 35. Rf6 $1 {In this position Black's advantage is
already under question.} Re8 36. Qxa7 Qxe5 (36... Qxe5 37. Qxb7+ Kh8 38. Rxg6
Rb8 39. Rxh6+ Kg8 40. Rg6+ Kh8 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Linkoping"]
[Date "2001.07.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2001.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 {Avoiding
dangerous} (6... Ne7 7. Qg4) 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qh5+ (8. Qg3 Ne7 $5 {Leads to big
complication.Text is more solid}) 8... g6 9. Qd1 Bd7 10. Nf3 Ba4 11. Rb1 ({
Weaker is} 11. Bd3 $6 cxd4 12. cxd4 {and Black can use nice tactical idea -}
Qc3+ 13. Bd2 Qxd3 $1 14. cxd3 Bxd1 15. Kxd1 Nc6 16. Rb1 b6 17. h4 h6 18. Ke2
Nge7 19. Rhc1 Kd7 $11 {1-0 Kovacevic,A-Zlotnik,B/Mallorca op 2000/The Week in
Chess 318 (45)}) (11. Bd2 Nc6 12. Bd3 h6 13. h4 Nge7 14. Qc1 O-O-O 15. Rh3 Rh7
16. Kf1 Rdh8 17. Kg1 c4 18. Be2 Nd8 19. g3 Nec6 20. Nh2 g5 21. g4 $6 h5 $1 $36
{0-1 Zhao Zong Yuan-Berg,E/Wch B20 Athens 2001/The Week in Chess 354 (79)})
11... Nc6 $146 (11... Nd7 12. Be2 (12. dxc5 $5 Nxc5 13. Be3 Ne4 14. Qd4 Nxc3
15. Bd2 $1 $40 {1-0 Groszpeter,A-Atanu,L/Paks GM 2000/The Week in Chess 304 
(21)}) 12... h6 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Rb4 Bd7 15. O-O Ne4 16. Bd3 Ne7 17. Nd4 Nxc3
18. Qe1 Na2 19. Rb3 Nxc1 20. Qxc1 b6 21. Bb5 Kf7 22. a4 Rad8 23. Re1 a6 24.
Bxd7 Rxd7 25. Qb2 Rb8 26. Rh3 Ng8 27. Rc3 Qb7 {Timman,J-Shaked,T/Merrillville
71/303 1997/Inf 71/[Timman,J]/1-0 (41)}) (11... c4 12. g4 $5 fxg4 13. Ng5 Qc6
14. h3 g3 15. fxg3 h6 16. Nf3 Na6 17. Bg2 O-O-O 18. O-O Rf8 {Pedzich,D-Matlak,
M/POL-ch 1996/[Hecht]/1/2-1/2 (61)}) 12. dxc5 $5 {Interesting move. Having two
bishops, White are trining to open game.} h6 13. h4 Rh7 14. Rh3 $5 (14. Bf4 Qa5
15. Qd2 Qxc5) 14... Nxe5 (14... O-O-O 15. Nd4) 15. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 16. Re3 {[%csl
Gb1,Ge3]} Qf6 17. Qxd5 {Finally White got initiative, but black's defensive
chances could't be understimated.} Re7 (17... Qxc3+ 18. Rxc3 exd5 19. Bf4 $36 {
[%cal Gf4d6]}) 18. Qd4 Bxc2 19. Rb2 Qxd4 ({Worth considering} 19... Be4 $5 20.
Bb5+ Kf7 $13 {with unclear game.}) 20. cxd4 {[%mdl 4096]} Be4 {[%csl Ge4]} 21.
Bc4 O-O-O (21... Rd8 $5) 22. Rb4 Nf6 23. Rg3 (23. f3 Bd5) 23... a5 (23... Rxd4
$2 24. Bxe6+) 24. Rb6 Rxd4 25. Bxe6+ Nd7 26. Bb2 $2 ({After correct} 26. Rxg6
$142 Bd5 27. Be3 Bxe6 28. Rgxe6 Rxe6 29. Rxe6 Rxh4 30. c6 $16 {white's
advantage is obvious and it will be not so easy for Black to save game.}) 26...
Ra4 $6 ({I don,t think that White could get something real after} 26... Bc6
$142 $1 27. Rxc6+ (27. Bxd4 Rxe6+ 28. Re3 Rxe3+ 29. Bxe3 Nxb6 30. cxb6 Bxg2 $11
) 27... bxc6 28. Bxd4 Rxe6+ {for example:} 29. Re3 Rxe3+ 30. Bxe3 h5 31. Kd2
Nf8 32. Kc3 Ne6 33. g3 Kb7 34. a4 Ka6 $11) 27. Rxg6 Kc7 28. Bxd7 Bc6+ 29. Re6
$6 {Missing last real chance for advantage.} (29. Kf1 $142 $1 Kxd7 (29... Rae4
30. Kg1) 30. Rxh6 $16) 29... Kxd7 30. Rxe7+ Kxe7 31. g3 Rc4 $11 32. Rb3 Rxc5 {
Chances are equal now.} 33. Re3+ Kd6 34. Kd2 Be4 35. Bc3 Rd5+ 36. Ke2 b6 37. f3
Bc2 38. Bg7 Bd1+ 39. Ke1 h5 40. Rc3 b5 41. Bh6 Kd7 (41... b4 42. axb4 axb4 43.
Bf8+) 42. Bd2 Ba4 (42... b4 43. axb4 axb4 44. Re3) 43. Re3 Rd6 $1 44. Bxa5 Re6
45. Kf2 Rxe3 46. Kxe3 Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL Supercup"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2001.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kuczynski, Robert"]
[Black "Grabarczyk, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2001.06.23"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 Nd7 {
[%cal Gd7b6] Interesting idea,Grabarczyk wants to bring knight on b6. More
commom continuation is} (7... Ne7 {or}) (7... b6 {[%cal Gc8a6]}) 8. a4 Ne7 9.
Bd3 c4 (9... b6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bxh7+ Kxh7 12. Ng5+ Kg6 13. Qg4 f5 14. Qh4 Nxe5
15. Bf4 N7c6 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Rae1 Ba6 18. Rxe5 {1-0 Andersen,L-Larsen,T/
Esbjerg 1996 (18)}) 10. Be2 a5 $5 $146 {[%csl Ra4] Great Mikhil Botvinnik used
this plan sometimes. White cannot keep a pawn after this move, but in exchange
he will get strong bishop on a3 and possibilities for active play on the
king's side.} (10... Qa5 11. Qd2 Nb6 12. Ba3 Bd7 13. Bb4 Qa6 14. a5 Nbc8 15.
Qf4 Ng6 16. Qg5 h6 17. Qg4 h5 18. Qg5 h4 19. h3 $14 {Kaufmann,A-Cross,R/
Hollywood 1954/0-1 (61)}) (10... f6 $5 11. exf6 gxf6 12. O-O Ng6 13. g3 Ndf8
14. Bh6 Rg8 15. Qd2 Bd7 16. h4 O-O-O $13 {Kuindzi-Antoshin,V/USSR 1971/1-0 (40)
}) 11. h4 Nb6 12. h5 h6 13. Nh4 Bd7 14. Rh3 Nxa4 15. Rg3 Rg8 16. Ba3 b5 17. Qd2
Qb6 $6 {Wasting of time.} ({He had to play} 17... Ra6 {[%cal Ga6b6,Gc7b8,Gb5b4]
} 18. Bd6 $140 $6 Rxd6 19. exd6 Qxd6 $17) 18. Rb1 Qd8 19. Qf4 Rb8 20. Bd6 Rb6
21. Rf3 Nf5 ({Worth considering} 21... Rf8 $5 22. Ng6 $1 Nxg6 23. hxg6 f5 24.
Bxf8 Kxf8 25. g4 $1 Qe8 $14 {with some chances to hold position}) 22. Nxf5 exf5
23. Rg3 $1 {[%cal Rf4h6]} Be6 24. Qxh6 $1 Nxc3 $2 {Capitulation! Black should
take queen and after} (24... gxh6 25. Rxg8+ Kd7 26. Rxd8+ Kxd8 27. Kd2 $16 {
[%csl Rh6][%cal Gf2f3,Gg2g4] try to safe difficult ending}) 25. Qh7 Kd7 26.
Rxc3 b4 27. Rg3 Kc6 {[%csl Rh7]} 28. Be7 $1 {Avoiding simple trap:} (28. Rxg7
$2 Rh8 {[%csl Rh7]}) 28... Qe8 29. Bf6 a4 {Getting fun , at least!.} 30. Bxg7
a3 31. Qh6 Kd7 (31... b3 32. cxb3 a2 33. Ra1 cxb3 34. Qc1+ Kb7 35. Qb2 $18 {
[%cal Rh5h8] and h pawn will decide .}) 32. Bd1 Qa8 33. Qd2 f4 {Last attempt
to catch fish in dirty water.} (33... Rgb8 34. h6 b3 35. cxb3 cxb3 (35... a2
36. Ra1 cxb3 37. Qb2) 36. Rgxb3 a2 (36... Rxb3 37. Rxb3 a2 38. Rxb8 Qxb8 39.
Qxa2) 37. Ra1 Rxb3 38. Qxa2 $18 {[%csl Gh6]}) 34. Qxf4 b3 (34... a2 35. Ra1 Qa5
36. Kf1) 35. cxb3 Rgb8 36. Bg4 {[%cal Rf4f7] Beggining of the end} f5 37. Bxf5
a2 38. Ra1 cxb3 39. Bxe6+ Rxe6 40. Qf7+ Re7 41. e6+ Kc6 42. Rc3+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2
Qa4 8. h4 $5 {Ftacnik: 'Morozevich is making his mark of originality already
in the opening, white used to have met problems with the weak pawn on c2.'} f6
$6 (8... b6 $142 9. h5 Ba6 10. Qg4 Kf8 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Rc1 h6 13. Ne2 Ne7 14.
Rh3 Nc7 15. Rf3 Kg8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Iordachescu,V-Agdestein,S/Port Erin Monarch
Assurance 2003/}) 9. Qg4 $1 Kf7 (9... Qd7 {Ftacnik} 10. Bb5 Nc6 11. Nf3 $14) (
9... g6 $6 {Ftacnik} 10. h5 $1 $16) 10. Rh3 {[%mdl 128]} h5 {This move only
weakens the kingside. Also bad was} (10... Qxc2 11. Bd3 Qb2 12. Rb1 Qxa3 13.
Rg3 $40) ({or} 10... fxe5 11. Qh5+ Kf8 (11... Ke7 12. Qg5+ Kf8 (12... Kf7 13.
Rg3 g6 14. Rf3+ Ke8 15. Qxe5 $18) 13. Rf3+ Nf6 14. dxe5 $18) 12. Rf3+ Nf6 13.
dxe5 $18) ({Possibly} 10... f5 $5 {was lesser evel, but after for example} 11.
Qh5+ g6 12. Qd1 cxd4 13. h5 g5 14. Bxg5 h6 15. Bc1 {[%csl Rf7] white chances
are better}) 11. Qf4 Nc6 (11... Qxc2 12. Bd3 Qb2 13. Rb1 Qxa3 14. Nf3 $40 (14.
Rg3 $5)) 12. Rg3 (12. Nf3 $5 c4 $140 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Ne5+ $1 Nxe5 15. dxe5
Qxc2 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Bd3 $1 Qb2 $8 (17... cxd3 18. Rf3 $18) 18. Qc7+ Bd7 19.
Rb1 Qxa3 20. Rf3 $40) 12... Nce7 ({the g8-knight has to defend the f6-pawn, as
the following line shows:} 12... Nge7 $6 13. Rxg7+ (13. Bd3 $5 f5 14. Nh3 $40)
13... Kxg7 14. exf6+ Kf7 15. fxe7+ Kxe7 16. Qg5+ Kf7 $8 17. Be2 $16) (12...
cxd4 13. Nf3 Qxc2 14. Bd3 $1 Qb2 15. Rb1 Qxa3 16. cxd4 $40) 13. Nf3 c4 {
An optional alternatives demonstrates that White's threats are very serious:
Ftacnik: 'Shipov is radically preventing activity of the opponent's white
squared bishop. Despite that white's attack is gaining strength by each move. '
} (13... Qxc2 14. Bd3 (14. exf6 $5 gxf6 15. Ne5+) 14... Qb2 15. Rb1 Qxa3 16.
exf6 gxf6 17. Ne5+ Ke8 (17... Kf8 18. Rxg8+ $1 Nxg8 19. Ng6+ Ke8 (19... Kg7 20.
Qc7+ $18) 20. Qd6 $18)) (13... Nf5 14. Rxg7+ $5 {A fabulous idea!} (14. Bd3 {
Morozevich} Nxg3 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Qxg3 $44) 14... Kxg7 15. exf6+ Kf8 16. Ne5
Nxf6 (16... Rh7 17. Qg5 $40) 17. Ng6+ Kg7 18. Nxh8 Ne4 19. Qe5+ Kg8 20. Bd3 $16
) (13... Ng6 14. Rxg6 Kxg6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Bd3+ Kf7 17. Qc7+ Kg8 18. Ne5 $40)
14. exf6 gxf6 (14... Nxf6 {Ftacnik} 15. Ne5+ Kf8 16. Rxg7 Kxg7 17. Qg5+ Kh7 18.
Qxf6 $18) 15. Ne5+ Ke8 (15... Kf8 $5 16. Rxg8+ $140 (16. Kd1 $5 {Ftacnik})
16... Nxg8 (16... Kxg8 {Ftacnik} 17. Qxf6 Rh7 18. Bh6 Bd7 19. Be2 $16) 17. Ng6+
Kg7 18. Nxh8 Qxc2 $14 19. Qf3 {Ftacnik} Qh7 20. Be2 $14) 16. Ng6 $1 {A very
annoying move! Black's king is in great danger and the very next move would be
fatal for him.} Nxg6 17. Rxg6 Qxc2 18. Qg3 Kf8 (18... Ne7 19. Rxf6 Qb2 20. Rd1
Qxa3 21. Be2 $18) 19. Be2 Qf5 (19... e5 20. Rc1 $1 (20. dxe5 Bg4 $1) 20... Qe4
21. f3 (21. dxe5 Bg4 (21... Qxe5 22. Bf4 $40) 22. Rxf6+ $1 Nxf6 23. f3 Qh7 24.
exf6 $16) 21... Qf5 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. Bf4 $18) 20. Bf4 $18 {White's positional
advantage is decisive and Morozevich chooses the most vigorous way of
realisation. Ftacnik: 'Bringing dark squared bishop into play decides
immediatelly, the defender is grossly underdeveloped. '} (20. Rg7 e5 21. dxe5
$18) 20... e5 (20... Ne7 21. Bd6 Rh7 22. Rg8+ Kf7 23. Bxe7 Kxe7 24. Qc7+ $18)
21. dxe5 Bd7 22. exf6 Re8 (22... Nxf6 23. Bd6+ Ke8 24. Rg5 Qe6 25. Re5 $18) 23.
Be3 (23. Bh6+ $5 Kf7 24. Rg7+ Kxf6 25. Be3 $1 Rxe3 26. fxe3 $18) 23... Nxf6 (
23... Rxe3 $8 24. fxe3 Nxf6 25. O-O-O $5 $18) 24. Bc5+ 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Kortschnoj-B"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2001.04.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Hug, Werner"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2001.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 {This move became very popular,
thanks to efforts of Lputian and Vaganian.} 6. Qg4 ({Maybe} 6. b4 {is more
ambitios try, but many strong GM ( Leko, Svidler, Short, Sutovsky) prefer text,
which leads to also very complicated, but not so force lines.}) 6... Ne7 7.
dxc5 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nd7 9. Nf3 Ng6 {White's pawn structure looks terrible but
pair of bishops and active position of all pieces fully compensate this defect.
} 10. Bd3 (10. h4 h5 $5 (10... Qc7 11. Qg3 Nxc5 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 14.
O-O Nc5 15. h5 Ne4 16. Qg4 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Rb1 b6 {1-0 Descovich,
J-Behrmann,K/corr 1996 (36)}) 11. Qd4 (11. Qg3 Nxc5 {[%cal Gc5e4]}) 11... Qa5
12. a4 Ne7 {[%cal Ge7f5]} 13. Bb5 Nc6 14. Qe3 a6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nd4 Qc7 $13
{0-1 Pietrow,A-Barsov,A/Utrecht op 1999 (31)}) 10... Nxc5 11. Be3 Qc7 12. O-O
O-O $146 ({Vaganian played} 12... Bd7 {and comfortably equalized chances after}
13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. h4 Qxc3 15. Qg3 O-O-O 16. Rab1 f6 17. Rfe1 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 fxe5
19. Qxg7 Rdg8 20. Qxe5 Qxe5 21. Rxe5 Kc7 22. c4 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Vaganian,R/
Istanbul olm 2000/ (22)}) 13. Bd4 (13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. h4 Qxc3 {[%cal Gg6e5]})
13... b6 14. Rfe1 ({Black doing well and after} 14. h4 Nxd3 15. cxd3 Ne7 $1 $11
{[%cal Ge7f5,Gc8a6]}) 14... f5 15. Qh5 $6 {I think Svidler overstimated his
chances for attack in this moment.} ({Best what White could do now is to play} 
15. exf6 $5 e5 16. Qg3 Nxd3 17. cxd3 gxf6 18. Nh4 (18. Be3 Kh8 $13) 18... Qg7
$11) 15... Nf4 16. Qh4 (16. Qg5 Ncxd3 17. cxd3 Nxd3 18. Re3 h6) 16... Ncxd3 17.
cxd3 Nxd3 18. Re3 Nc5 {[%cal Gc5e4]} 19. Ng5 h6 20. Nh3 {Surely White have
some compensation for a pawn but good question is it enough?} Qd8 ({Worth
consideration} 20... Ne4 $5 21. f3 Nd2 {[%cal Gd2b3,Gd2c4]}) 21. Qh5 Qe8 22.
Qh4 Qd8 23. Qh5 (23. Qg3 Ne4) 23... Qe8 24. Qh4 {Hug won theorethical duel and
didn't want to take serious risk against so strong opponent.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.05.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 Nce7 $5 ({More common is} 11... c4 12. Bxg6
fxg6 13. Qg4 $14) 12. h4 Bd7 13. a4 (13. Qg5 f6 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. h5 h6 16. Qg3
Nf4 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. Qxf4 Rxf4 19. Ne5 Be8 20. g3 Rf8 $11 {Senff,M-Drasko,M/
Metz op 2001/ 1/2-1/2 (50)}) 13... b6 $5 $146 {New and maybe not so bad move.}
(13... f5 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. O-O c4 16. Bxg6 Nxg6 17. Qg5 e5 18. dxe5 Rxf3 19.
gxf3 Rf8 20. Qg3 Qxe5 21. Qxe5 Nxe5 22. Rfd1 Nxf3+ 23. Kf1 Rf5 24. Bxa7 $14 {
Anand,V-Lputian,S/FIDE-Wch New Delhi/Theran 2000/CBM 81/ 1-0 (45)}) 14. Qg4 f5
15. Qh3 $5 ({Natural} 15. exf6 Rxf6 16. h5 {is not dangerous for Black because
of cool and strong} cxd4 $1 17. hxg6 (17. Bxd4 $2 e5 18. Qg3 Rxf3 19. Qxf3 Rf8
$19) 17... dxe3 18. gxh7+ (18. Rxh7 $2 Qxc3+ 19. Ke2 Qxa1 20. Qh5 Kf8 21. Rh8+
Ng8 22. Qh7 Ke7 $19) 18... Kh8 19. fxe3 e5 $36) 15... f4 {[%cal Ge7f5]} (15...
cxd4 $5 16. cxd4 Qc3+ 17. Ke2 Nc6 $132 {[%cal Gf5f4]}) 16. Bd2 Nf5 17. O-O Qd8
18. h5 Ngh4 19. Nh2 {Interesting idea.Smirnov avoids knights exchange.} (19.
Nxh4 Nxh4 (19... Qxh4 $4 20. Bxf5 $18) 20. Qg4 {looked very good for White,
but Black has strong reply} c4 21. Be2 f3 $1 22. gxf3 (22. Bg5 fxe2 23. Bxd8
exf1=Q+ 24. Rxf1 Nf3+ $1 25. gxf3 Raxd8 {with reasonable compensation for a
queen.}) 22... Nf5 $44 {[%csl Gf5]}) 19... cxd4 {It is difficult to find
another move.} (19... Qg5 $143 $6 20. g3 Nxg3 $8 21. fxg3 Qxg3+ 22. Qxg3 fxg3 {
just look cool- after} 23. Ng4 Nf3+ 24. Rxf3 Rxf3 25. h6 $1 $16 {white's
advantage is obvious.}) 20. cxd4 $6 ({Worth considering} 20. Bxf4 $5 {and
Black can get problem with knights in nearest future.}) 20... Nxd4 21. h6 (21.
Qg4 $5 $13) 21... Qg5 (21... gxh6 $5 {[%cal Gf8g8,Gg8g2]}) 22. hxg7 Kxg7 (22...
Rf7 $5 {with the idea to capture on g7 with the rook looked better.} 23. Ng4
Rxg7 24. Nf6+ Kh8 $36) 23. Kh1 {[%cal Gg2g3]} Ng6 (23... Be8 24. g3 Nhf5 25.
Bxf4 $16) 24. Ng4 Nf5 25. Nf6 Rxf6 $1 26. exf6+ Kxf6 27. c4 $1 {Trying to open
second front in the center of the board.} e5 ({Worth consideration} 27... dxc4
28. Bxc4 e5 29. Qh2 Rd8 $132 {with full compensation for exchange.}) 28. Qh2
Bc6 29. cxd5 Bxd5 30. Rfe1 Nh6 {'?!'} ({After natural} 30... Rd8 $1 $132 {
Dolmatov could ger great counterplay.}) 31. f3 Nh4 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Still} 31...
Rd8 $1 {was a good idea.}) {[%tqu "En","Try to find strongest move for White",
"","","e1e5","A terrific blow, which completely refutes Black's strategy.",6]}
32. Rxe5 $1 {A terrific blow, which completely refutes Black's strategy.} Qxe5
(32... Kxe5 33. Bxf4+ $1 Qxf4 34. Re1+ $18) 33. Qxh4+ Qg5 (33... Kf7 34. Rc1
$18) 34. Bc3+ 1-0

[Event "Pamplona 14th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2004.12.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De la Riva Aguado, Oscar"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.12.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. bxa5
dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bf4 (12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Bxc6 {
A new move in old variation and as shows the game it's not exactly an
improvment!} Bxc6 14. O-O $6 {Another inaccuracy after which white finds
himself in serious troubles.} (14. Qd3 Rxg2 15. Bf4 (15. Qxc3 d4 $1) 15... Qxa5
16. Bg3 O-O-O 17. Qf1 Rxg3 18. hxg3 d4 $17) 14... d4 15. Ng5 Qxe5 16. Qxf7+ Kd7
17. Qf4 $2 {Missing simple,but extremly beuatiful tactical blow immideatly
finishing the game. After correct} (17. f4 Qd5 18. Nf3 Rae8 {[%csl Ra1,Rc1]} (
18... Rxg2+ $5 19. Kxg2 Rg8+ 20. Kh3 (20. Kh1 Qxf3+ 21. Rxf3 Bxf3#) (20. Qxg8
Nxg8 21. Kg3 Nf6 22. Ne5+ Kc7 $17) 20... Rh8+ 21. Kg3 Rg8+ $11) 19. g3 Kc8 20.
a4 Nf5 $17 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Gc6g2] black has much better prospects,but white
can hold on.}) 17... Rxg5 $1 18. Qxg5 Rg8 $3 $19 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gg7g2]} 19.
Qxe5 Rxg2+ 20. Kh1 Rxf2+ 21. Kg1 Rg2+ 22. Kh1 Rg3+ {0-1 Rogulj,B-Atlas,D/
Dresden zt 1998/CBM 65/}) (12. Kd1 Bd7 13. Ng5 O-O-O 14. Nxf7 Nf5 15. Nxd8 Rxd8
16. f4 Qxa5 17. g4 Nfe7 18. Bd3 d4 19. Rg1 Nd5 20. Rb1 Ne3+ {1-0 Vazquez,
R-Rodriguez Gonzalez,J/Madrid-ch 2004/ChessBase (30)}) 12... Qxa5 (12... Rg4
13. g3 Bd7 14. Bd3 O-O-O 15. Qxf7 Rgg8 16. Bh7 Rgf8 17. Qg7 d4 18. Ng5 Nd5 19.
Nf7 Nxf4 20. gxf4 Nxa5 21. Nxd8 Qxd8 22. Rg1 Nc4 {1-0 Biliy,V-Fingerov,D/
Ilyichevsk 2003/ChessBase (38)}) (12... Nxa5 13. Be2 Bd7 14. Ng5 O-O-O 15. Nxf7
Rdf8 16. Bh6 Nf5 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. Bd3 Nc4 19. O-O Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Rae1
Qd4 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 {1-0 Areshtchenko,A-Tokel,A/Baku jr 1999/ChessBase (48)}) ({
"Normal' continuation is} 12... Bd7 13. a6 O-O-O {but in recent practice White
got big successes and Vaganian it trying relativly new line.}) 13. Bd3 $146 ({
Worth considering and move} 13. Rb1 $5 {which was tested in the next game:} Bd7
14. Ng5 Nxe5 15. h4 Qc7 16. Rh3 Rf8 17. Qg7 N7g6 18. Nh7 Rh8 19. Nf6+ Ke7 20.
Bg5 Kd6 21. h5 Ne7 22. Bf4 N7c6 23. Bb5 {1-0 Fressinet,L-Lputian,S/ICC
Petrosian mem Internet 2004/}) 13... Nb4 ({White chances are better and after} 
13... b6 14. Ng5 Nxe5 15. Be2 $1 Qa4 (15... Bb7 16. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 17. Bxe5 $16)
16. g3 Ba6 (16... f6 17. Bxe5 fxe5 18. h4 $16 Ba6 $140 $2 19. Bxa6 Qxa6 20.
Qf7+ $18)) 14. O-O Nxd3 15. Qxd3 {[%mdl 4]} ({De la Riva had already a nice
choice -} 15. cxd3 $5 Bd7 16. Rfc1 $36 {promise also initiative to white.})
15... b6 16. Rfb1 Ng6 (16... Ba6 17. Qh7 {[%cal Ca6e2,Ce2f3,Gf3d4,Gf3g5]}) 17.
Bg5 Ba6 (17... Qc5 18. h4 $1 $16 {[%csl Gg5,Gh4]}) 18. Qe3 Rc8 {Black is going
to play with the king in center so he must use all other pieces at full power.}
(18... Qc5 19. Nd4 {[%csl Gd4]}) 19. Rb4 (19. Nd4 $5 {[%cal Gf2f5]} Rc4 20. Rd1
$16) 19... Rc4 20. Rxc4 Bxc4 21. h4 $16 {Black has big problems now: white
pawn h4 is too strong.} Kd7 22. h5 Nh8 {[%csl Rh8] This is too much. The
knight goes to an awkward position, at which he is very passive and, more over,
can be easy targeted by white pieces.} ({But and after} 22... Ne7 23. Qf4 (23.
Bxe7 $5 Kxe7 24. Qf4 {[%cal Gh5h6,Gf3g5]}) 23... Nf5 $140 24. g4 $18 {it's
impossible to defend black's position.}) 23. Bf6 Qc5 (23... Kc7 24. Qh6) 24.
Nd4 {White knight is very strong, especially compare to his black colleague!}
Ba6 25. f3 (25. a4 $5) 25... Rc8 26. Qf4 (26. a4 $5) (26. Rd1 $5 Qxa3 $140 27.
Qh6 Qf8 28. Qxf8 Rxf8 29. Ra1 $18) 26... Kc7 27. g4 Kb8 {Finally black king
came to safe place.} 28. Kg2 Qf8 29. Kg3 {White doesn't hurry and simply
improves his position. Black hasn't any counter-play.} Rc4 30. Rd1 {
Undoubtedly the best way to protect important knight.} Bc8 (30... Qxa3 31. Bxh8
$18) (30... Ka8 31. Qg5 Qb8 (31... Qc5 32. Qg8+) 32. f4 Rc8 33. f5 $18) 31. Qg5
$18 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Rg5g7]} Qxa3 32. Bxh8 Rxd4 (32... Qc5 33. Qe3) 33. Rxd4 b5
(33... Qb2 34. Rd3 Qxc2 35. Qe3 $18) 34. Bf6 Qb2 35. Be7 $1 Kb7 (35... Qxc2 36.
Bd6+ Kb7 37. Qe7+ Ka6 38. Bb8) 36. Bd6 {[%cal Cb2b1,Cb1c2,Rg5d8]} Qb1 37. Qe3 (
37. Qe3 Qxc2 38. Rf4 {with mate in few moves. It looks that Black has serious
troubles in this line.}) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Black "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 {"Armenian Variation" still
alive, but White managed to get many successes in last yesr in this line .} 6.
b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Ne7 9. Nf3 Bd7 {[%cal Gd7b5]} 10. Nxc7+ {Zhang Zhong
preferes to eliminate dark coloured bishop.} Qxc7 11. Bd3 a6 12. Bb2 {Possible
improvement compare to} (12. a4 Nbc6 13. Qd2 Nf5 14. Bb2 O-O 15. Kf2 f6 16.
Bxf5 fxe5 17. Bh3 Rxf4 18. g3 Rf6 19. Kg2 Nxb4 $1 $17 {1/2-1/2 Timoshenko,
G-Lputian,S/EUR-ch Ohrid 2001/CBM 84 (30)}) 12... Nbc6 (12... Bb5 13. Bxb5+
axb5 14. Nxd4 Qc4 15. Qd3 O-O 16. O-O Nd7 17. Nxb5 $16 {1-0 Lanc,A-Gizynski,T/
Porabka 1986/EXT 2001 (32)}) 13. O-O Rc8 (13... Qb6 14. Kh1 h6 (14... O-O-O 15.
a4 Qxb4 16. Ba3 Qa5 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxe7 Rde8 19. Bd6 Bc6 20. c3 Nf5 21. Bxf5
exf5 22. Qd4 Re6 23. Rfb1 Rd8 24. Bc5 Qc7 25. Bb6 Qe7 26. Bxd8 Qxd8 27. Rd1 Qe7
28. Ra2 h5 29. Rad2 Qc7 30. c4 Bxa4 31. cxd5 Bxd1 32. dxe6 Bb3 33. e7 {1-0
Nunn,J-Hug,W/Zürich op 1984 (33)}) 15. Rb1 Rc8 16. Ba1 Nf5 17. Qe1 Qc7 18. Bxf5
{1/2-1/2 Luther,T-Lastin,A/EUR-ch Ohrid 2001/The Week in Chess 344 (18)}) 14.
Qe1 $1 {[%mdl 4]} (14. g4 h6 15. Qe2 b5 16. Kg2 a5 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Qb7
19. f5 Rc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4+ 21. Kg1 exf5 22. gxf5 O-O 23. e6 Nc6 24. Bc5 Re8 25.
exf7+ Kxf7 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. f6 Re5 28. f7+ Kh7 29. f8=N+ {1-0 Tan,K-Jansen,B/
NED-ch B16 Hengelo 2000/Ajelibre (29)}) 14... Nf5 $146 (14... g6 15. g4 Qb6 16.
Qh4 Ng8 17. Rae1 Qd8 18. Qg3 Nge7 19. h3 b5 20. Qh4 Ng8 21. Qf2 Nge7 22. Kg2
$16 {Olzem,L-Heinsohn,T/OL-NW 1995/1-0 (47)}) ({Maybe Black could castle} 14...
O-O 15. Bxh7+ {but after typical} ({Worth considering} 15. a4 $5) 15... Kxh7
16. Qh4+ Kg8 17. Ng5 Rfe8 18. Qh7+ Kf8 19. Qh8+ Ng8 20. Nh7+ Ke7 21. Qxg7 Kd8
$8 22. Ng5 {white'a attack is too strong}) 15. Qf2 Nce7 {[%cal Gd7b5] Dreaming
about bishop exchange} 16. a4 $1 O-O (16... Ne3 17. Rfb1 N7f5) 17. Nxd4 {
Zhang Zhong perfecty played opening and his advantage is obvious} Nc6 (17...
Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Nf5 19. Bc5 $16 {[%csl Gc5,Gd3]}) 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 (18... Qxc6 19.
b5) 19. b5 Bd7 20. g4 $1 {Last active black piece must go back!} (20. bxa6 bxa6
21. Ba3 Rfe8 22. Bxa6 Ra8 23. Bb5 $140 Bxb5 24. axb5 Qc3) 20... Nh6 21. h3 {
[%csl Rh6]} Qd8 (21... Rfe8 22. f5 exf5 23. g5 $16) 22. Bd4 axb5 23. axb5 {
[%csl Gd3,Gd4,Rd7,Rh6] Compleat domination!Black pieses just can't move} Rc4 {
Desperation, but after} (23... Ra8 24. Rxa8 Qxa8 25. f5 $18 {[%cal Rf5f6]
black's position is terrible}) 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. Rfd1 Qc8 (25... Bxb5 26. Bc5)
26. Rab1 Re8 27. Bb6 {Great positional achievment of chinise chessplayer.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 11th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2004.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norilsk Norilsky Nikel"]
[BlackTeam "Samara Termosteps"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Bg5 $5 (9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 (10... Nce7 $5)) 9... Qa5 10. Ne2 Ng6 (
10... cxd4 11. f4 $1 {[%csl Ge5]} dxc3 12. O-O Ng6 13. Qh5 Qc5+ 14. Kh1 Nce7
15. Rf3 f5 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Rh3 Rf7 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Qxh7+ Kf8 20. Rg3 Qf2
$132 {1-0 Shaposhnikov,E-Riazantsev,A/Moscow Geller mem 2000 (41)}) 11. O-O c4
(11... Qa4 12. f4 (12. Qg3 c4 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. Rfc1 Bd7 15. h4 Rf7 16. f3 Raf8
17. Kf2 b6 18. Ke1 Qa5 19. Kd2 Rf5 20. Rh1 Be8 21. Qh3 h6 22. Be3 Bd7 $11 {
Bologan,V-Kosyrev,V/Moscow Aeroflot-A 2004/1-0 (60)}) 12... c4 13. Bxg6 fxg6
14. Ra2 Bd7 15. h4 Rf5 16. h5 gxh5 17. Qxh5 h6 18. g4 Rf7 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. f5
Rg7 21. f6 Be8 22. Qxh6 Rh7 23. Qg5+ Kh8 $132 {0-1 Szieberth,A-Galyas,M/
Magyarorszag 2002 (66)}) 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. f3 $146 (13. f4 Bd7 14. h4 Rf7 15.
h5 gxh5 16. Qxh5 Raf8 17. g4 Be8 18. Qh3 h6 19. Kg2 hxg5 20. Rh1 Rxf4 21. Qh7+
Kf7 22. Nxf4 gxf4 23. Raf1 Ke7 $17 {Michalczak-Hintze/Endrunde playchess.com
2003/0-1 (37)}) (13. h4 Qc7 14. f3 Qf7 15. Kf2 Qf5 16. Qxf5 gxf5 17. h5 h6 18.
Be3 Bd7 19. Nf4 Rf7 20. Ke2 b6 21. Bf2 Rb8 22. Kd2 Rb7 23. Rh1 Rb8 24. Ke3 b5
25. Rhb1 {1/2-1/2 Renet,O-Dolmatov,S/Cannes op A 1994 (25)}) 13... Qc7 14. Qh3
b5 {[%cal Ga7a5,Gb5b4] Having no desire for passive defence, Black tries to
break open the files on the queenside} 15. g4 (15. a4 $5 bxa4 $140 16. Bc1)
15... a5 16. f4 {The space advantage gives White a slight edge, nevertheless
Black's position is fairly solid.} Qf7 (16... Rb8 $5) 17. Qg2 Bd7 {The closed
position gives Black an opportunity to neutralize White's activity and to
obtain a competent play.} 18. Bh4 b4 $132 19. f5 $5 exf5 (19... gxf5 20. gxf5
exf5 21. Nf4 Be6 22. axb4 axb4 23. Bf6 $44) 20. Nf4 bxc3 (20... Be6 21. gxf5
gxf5 22. axb4 axb4 23. Bf6 $1) 21. Rad1 $6 ({Being fully aware of what is
going to happen, I would recommend the following to White:} 21. Nxd5 $142 $5
Be6 $140 $6 22. Nxc3 Nxd4 23. Rad1 {[%csl Rd4]}) 21... Be6 22. g5 {[%csl Gf4]
As know how badly this move turned out for White in this game,} ({I dare
suggesting} 22. gxf5 gxf5 23. Bf6 Rfe8 $1 {but, of course, that would have
been another game!}) 22... Rfd8 23. Be1 Qe7 24. Rf3 (24. Bxc3 $5) 24... Nb8 {
[%cal Gb8d7,Gd7b6]} 25. Rxc3 Nd7 $5 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. Qxd5+ Kh8 {[%cal Ge7g5,
Gc7b6]} 28. Qg2 Nb6 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Gb6d5] Dolmatov managed to find a clue to
the position - he will get clear advantage after black knight will come to the
key square d5.} 29. Bf2 (29. Rh3 Qe6 30. Qg3 Nd5 31. Qh4 Qg8 {[%csl Gd5]} (
31... Kg8 $5 32. Qxh7+ Kf7)) 29... Qe6 30. Rb1 Rac8 $36 {[%csl Gb6,Rf2]} 31.
Qf1 Qc6 32. Re3 (32. Rh3 $5) 32... Nd5 {[%csl Gd5] A glorious finish of the
knight march!} (32... Rxd4 $2 33. Rg3 $1 {[%cal Gf2b6]}) 33. Ree1 Kg8 34. Qg2
Rc7 35. Qf3 h6 $5 (35... c3 $5 {[%cal Ga5a4]}) 36. Bh4 (36. gxh6 gxh6 37. Qh3
Kh7 $36) {After this move White should have stuck to a passive defense} 36...
h5 $1 37. Bf2 Re7 38. Rb2 c3 39. Rbb1 a4 40. Bg3 Qc4 41. Red1 Kf7 {[%cal Gf7e6]
} (41... Qa2 $5 {[%csl Ra3,Rc2]}) 42. Qd3 Qxd3 43. Rxd3 Ke6 $17 {[%cal Gd8d7,
Gd7b7] The arisen endgame is not safe for White.} 44. Kg2 $2 {Serious mistake
in already quite difficult position.} h4 $1 $19 {The final blow, and no matter
how long the rest seems, the game was decided here.} 45. Bf2 (45. Rb5 hxg3 46.
Kxg3 $19) 45... Nf4+ 46. Kf3 Nxd3 47. cxd3 Rc7 48. Rb6+ Ke7 49. Rxg6 (49. Rb1
c2 50. Rc1 Ke6) 49... Kf7 50. Ra6 c2 51. g6+ Ke8 52. Be3 c1=Q 53. Bxc1 Rxc1 54.
Rxa4 Rg1 55. Ke3 (55. Ra6 Rxd4) 55... Rxg6 56. Ra5 f4+ (56... Rg2 $5) 57. Kxf4
Rxd4+ 58. Kf5 Rc6 0-1

[Event "Petrosian Memorial Internet"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2004.12.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2004.12.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8192]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4
Ne7 8. bxa5 dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bf4 Qxa5 (12... Bd7
13. a6 $5 (13. Bg3 O-O-O 14. Bd3 Qxa5 (14... Rxg3 $6 15. hxg3 Nxe5 16. Nxe5
Qxe5+ 17. Kf1 Be8 18. a6 b6 19. a4 Qc7 20. Qg7 e5 21. Rh8 $16 {1-0
McDonald-Karlsson,L/Gausdal Arnold-Cup 1990 (43)}) 15. O-O Qc5 (15... Qa4 16.
Rfe1 Ng6 17. Qh6 Rh8 18. Qe3 d4 19. Qe2 Nce7 20. Rab1 Bc6 21. Rb4 Qxa3 22. Rxd4
Bd5 23. Ng5 $16 {1/2-1/2 De Firmian,N-Lputian,S/Yerevan (ol) 1996/}) (15... Rh8
16. Qxf7 Rdf8 17. Qg7 Rhg8 18. Qh6 Rxf3 19. gxf3 Nd4 20. Qf4 (20. Kh1 Nef5 {
[%csl Gd4,Gf5]} 21. Qf4 (21. Qh7 $5 Qd8) 21... Qc5 22. Rg1 Rf8 23. Qg4 Bc6 (
23... Bb5 $5) 24. Rg2 Bb5 $1 {1-0 Lutz,C-Lyrberg,P/Katrineholm 1999/CBM 71/
[Psakhis,L] (40)}) 20... Nef5 21. Rfb1 a6 22. Rb4 Qc5 23. Rab1 b5 24. Rxd4 Qxd4
25. Qxd4 Nxd4 26. Kg2 {1/2-1/2 Rogers,I-Peek,M/Port Erin Monarch Assurance
2004/}) (15... Nf5 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. Qxf7 Rdf8 18. Qh7 f4 19. Bxf4 Bf5 20. Qh4
Rh8 21. Qg3 Rhg8 22. Qh4 Rh8 23. Qg3 Rhg8 24. Qh4 {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A-Vaganian,
R/Calvia Olympiad 2004/The Week in Chess 520}) 16. Qxf7 $5 $146 (16. Qh4 a6 (
16... Rg7 17. Rfb1 a6 18. h3 Rdg8 19. Kh2 d4 20. Be4 Nd5 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. Rd1
Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxd4 Rxg3 25. fxg3 Bc6 26. Rad1 f6 27. Rg4 Re8 28. Rc4
Qe2 29. Rxc6+ bxc6 30. Qd4 {1-0 Lutz,C-Mueller,K/GER-ch Altenkirchen 1999/CBM
74/[Psakhis] (30)}) 17. Ng5 Be8 18. Qf4 Nd4 19. Rfe1 Nef5 20. a4 Rg7 21. Nf3
Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Qd4 23. Qxd4 Nxd4 24. Re3 Nc6 25. Kf1 Bd7 26. Be2 d4 27. Re4 Kc7
28. Bd3 Kb6 29. Rb1+ Kc5 30. Rxb7 Bc8 {Polgar,J-Vaganian,R/Groningen PCA 1993/
0-1 (40)}) (16. Rfe1 Rh8 17. Qxf7 Rdf8 18. Qg7 Nf5 19. Bxf5 Rhg8 20. Qh6 Rxf5
21. Qe3 b6 22. Red1 Rg4 23. Rd3 Rc4 24. h4 Qb5 25. Nd4 Qb2 26. Re1 Nxd4 27.
Rxd4 Rxd4 28. Qxd4 Qxc2 29. Kh2 Qd2 30. Qxd2 cxd2 {Dolmatov,S-Lputian,S/Manila
(izt) 1990/ (55)}) 16... Rdf8 17. Qh7 Rxf3 $5 {Strong and promising exchange
sacrifice} 18. gxf3 Nxe5 {'/\'} 19. Be2 (19. Kh1 $5 Nxf3 20. Qh5 $14) ({
Black doing well after} 19. f4 Nxd3 20. cxd3 d4 $44 {[%csl Gc3,Gd4]}) 19... d4
(19... N5g6 $5 20. Bd3 $5 Ne5 $140 21. Kh1) 20. Rfe1 (20. f4 N5g6 {[%cal Gg6f4]
}) 20... Bc6 $36 {1-0 Shirov,A-Akopian,V/Merida 79/272 2000/ChessBase/[Psakhis]
(46) It is easy to see that Akopian has great compensation for exchange}) (13.
h4 O-O-O 14. a6 Nf5 15. axb7+ Qxb7 16. Bd3 Rh8 17. Bxf5 Rxh7 18. Bxh7 Qa6 19.
Bg5 Rh8 20. Bd3 Qa4 21. Bf6 Rh5 22. O-O Nd4 23. Nxd4 Qxd4 {0-1 Gheng,
J-Vaganian,R/Deizisau-A 2000/ChessBase (38)}) 13... O-O-O $5 (13... b6 14. Bg3
O-O-O 15. Bd3 Ng6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Rd1 Rde8 18. O-O g5 19. Qd3 g4 20. Nh4 Ne7
$44 {1/2-1/2 Psakhis,L-Eingorn,V/USSR (ch) 1987}) 14. axb7+ Kb8 (14... Qxb7 15.
Qd3 Qb2 16. Qd1 Kc7 17. Bd3 Rg4 18. Rb1 Qa2 19. g3 Ng6 20. Bxg6 Rxg6 21. O-O
Qc4 22. Be3 d4 23. Nxd4 Nxe5 24. Bf4 f6 25. Rb4 Qc5 26. Qh5 Rg5 27. Qf7 Qd5 28.
Qxf6 Rh5 29. Re1 Bc6 30. Bxe5+ Kc8 31. Rb8+ {1-0 Nunez Garcia,A-Rodriguez
Gonzalez,J/Madrid-ch 2004/ChessBase}) 15. Qd3 Rg4 16. g3 Ng6 17. Qxc3 Nxf4 18.
h3 $3 (18. gxf4 $2 Rxf4 $36) 18... Nxh3 (18... d4 19. Qc5) 19. Rxh3 Nxe5 (19...
Ra4 20. Be2 d4 21. Qc5 Ra5 22. Qd6 $16 {Ruch-Barnsley, ICCF Email 2000}) (19...
Re4+ 20. Kd1 (20. Kd2 $143 Qb6 21. Rh2 d4 $132)) 20. Qxc7+ Kxc7 21. Nxe5 Re4+
22. Kd2 Rxe5 23. Bd3 $1 $16 {1-0 Volokitin,A-Lputian,S/Calvia Olympiad 2004/
(39)}) 13. Rb1 $146 (13. Bd3 Nb4 14. O-O Nxd3 15. Qxd3 b6 16. Rfb1 Ng6 17. Bg5
Ba6 18. Qe3 Rc8 19. Rb4 Rc4 20. Rxc4 Bxc4 21. h4 Kd7 22. h5 Nh8 23. Bf6 Qc5 24.
Nd4 Ba6 25. f3 Rc8 26. Qf4 Kc7 27. g4 Kb8 {De la Riva Aguado,O-Vaganian,R/
Pamplona 2004//1-0 (37)}) 13... Bd7 ({Worth considering brave} 13... Qxa3 $5
14. Bb5 (14. h4 Qa2 15. Rc1 $15) (14. Ng5 Rf8 $1 $132 (14... Nxe5 15. h4 $1 f6
16. Bxe5 fxe5 (16... fxg5 17. Bb5+ Bd7 18. Bf6 Qd6 19. Be2 $5 $18 {[%csl Re8]})
)) 14... Bd7 15. Bg5 $132 {The future of this variation depends, probably,
upon the evaluation of this position.}) 14. Ng5 {[%mdl 128]} Nxe5 (14... Rf8
$142) 15. h4 (15. Bxe5 $5 Rxg5 16. Bg7 $1 Bc6 (16... O-O-O 17. Bf6 {[%csl Gf6]}
) (16... Rxg7 17. Qxg7 Ng6 18. Bd3 $18) 17. h4 {with big advantage of white.})
15... Qc7 $8 (15... d4 16. Ne4 $1 Kd8 17. Nf6 Rf8 18. Qg7) (15... Rxg5 16. Bxg5
N7g6 17. h5 Nf8 18. Qg7 $18 {[%csl Gh5]}) 16. Rh3 ({Perhaps White should have
considered} 16. Kd1 $1 f6 (16... Rf8 17. Nf3 N7g6 18. Bg3 {[%cal Rh4h5]}) 17.
Bxe5 fxe5 (17... Qxe5 18. Qf7+ Kd8 19. Qxg8+ $1 Nxg8 20. Nf7+ Kc7 21. Nxe5 fxe5
22. Rh3 d4 23. h5 $18) 18. Qf7+ Kd8 19. Qf6 $16 {but move in the text is good
enough.}) 16... Rf8 (16... Bc6 17. Nxf7 Nd3+ 18. Bxd3 Qxf4 19. Rf3 Qh2 $140 20.
Rxb7 $1 Bxb7 21. Bb5+ Bc6 22. Bxc6+ Nxc6 23. Qxg8+ $18) 17. Qg7 (17. Nxf7 $5 {
also promised better chances, but move in the text is stronger.}) 17... N7g6 $8
18. Nh7 {Unlike Black who has not completed his development yet, all white
pieces are involved in the struggle and aim at the Black king.} ({BTW White
cold play also} 18. Bh2 $5 {[%cal Rh4h5] nad after} f6 19. Nxe6 $1 $18 {
wins immediately.}) 18... Rh8 ({There wasn't a rescue in} 18... O-O-O 19. Bxe5
Qxe5+ 20. Qxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxf8 Rxf8 22. Rxc3+ $18 {or}) (18... Nd3+ 19. Bxd3 Qxf4
20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. Qxf8+ Qxf8 22. Nxf8 Kxf8 23. Rxb7 $18) 19. Nf6+ Ke7 (19...
Kd8 20. h5) 20. Bg5 $18 Kd6 $8 21. h5 (21. Ne4+ $1 dxe4 (21... Kc6 22. Rxc3+)
22. Rd1+ Kc6 23. Rxc3+ Kb6 24. Be3+ $18) 21... Ne7 22. Bf4 {[%cal Of4e5,Rf4c7]}
N7c6 23. Bb5 (23. Ne4+ $5 dxe4 24. Rd1+ Kc5 25. Be3+ Nd4 26. Bxd4+ Kc6 27.
Rxc3+) 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 73th"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "2001.11.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Hammes, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2001.11.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Nbc6 13. Nf3 Qa5 14. Bd2 ({
Worth considering and} 14. Qd2 Bd7 15. h4 $1 {with big complications -} Nf5 16.
h5 cxd4 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Qf4 Rg7 19. Qh2 Kf7 20. g4 $40 {1-0 Smirnov,P-Potkin,
V/RUS-ch B20 Kazan 2001/CA (36)}) 14... c4 ({It is not easy for white to get
any advantage after} 14... Qc7 {[%cal Ge6e5] for example} 15. O-O e5 16. Nxe5
Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. c4 Bf5 19. Bxf5 Nxf5 20. Re1 Qd4 21. cxd5 Qxd5 22. Bc3
Nd4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Stefansson,H-Potkin,V/Pardubice Czech op 2000/The Week in
Chess 299 (38)}) 15. Be2 Nf5 16. O-O Nd6 17. Re1 $146 (17. Qe1 Ne4 18. Ng5 Nxd4
19. cxd4 Nxd2 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. f3 Qc3 22. Qh4 Nxf1 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. Qh8+ Kf7
25. Rxf1 Qxc2 26. Bd1 Qf5 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Re1 a6 {1/2-1/2 Voss,M-Moissl,R/
corr 1993 (38)}) (17. Ng5 $5 Rf8 18. Re1 (18. f4 {1/2-1/2 Kovalev,A-Uhlmann,W/
Porz Citroen-Cup 1990 (18)}) 18... e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Be3 Bd7 21. Qd4 Rfe8
22. Rad1 Bc6 23. Qf4 Nef7 24. Nxf7 Nxf7 25. Bd4 $36 {[%csl Gd4,Gf4] 1-0 Mrazik,
L-Abegg,B/Email 2000/ICCF tele 5/2001 (41)}) 17... Bd7 $6 {Small mistake with
big consequences.} (17... Ne4 18. Bf1 Bd7 {[%cal Ga8f8] black position is not
bad at all!}) 18. Ng5 $1 {[%csl Ge4]} Re7 19. Bg4 $14 Rae8 20. h4 $1 {[%csl
Rg8] Black safely protect e6 pawn and Dr. Huebner starts attack on the king's
side} e5 21. Bxd7 Rxd7 22. h5 Qd8 ({After stubborn} 22... Rde7 $142 $1 {
white's task will be more difficult}) (22... Nf5 23. Qg4 $1 {[%cal Gg5h7]}
Ncxd4 $140 24. cxd4 Qxd2 25. Rad1 Qxc2 26. Nxh7 $36) 23. dxe5 (23. hxg6 hxg6
24. Qg4 $36) (23. Qf3 $5) 23... Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Nxe5 25. Bf4 {It is very
difficult to defend now black's position - his king is weak and knighs can't
find safe places in the center of the board} Ndf7 (25... Ne8 {lose immediately
after} 26. Qe2 $18) 26. Nxf7 Nxf7 27. Qg4 Kg7 (27... g5 $142 $5 28. Be3 $16 {
[%csl Ge3,Rg8]}) 28. Be3 $1 Rd6 29. Bd4+ Kg8 30. Re1 $18 {[%csl Gd4,Ge1,Rf7,
Rg8] Rest is uite simple - Black can't protect his monarch any more.} b6 31.
Re3 {[%cal Gg4e2,Ge3h3]} Qf8 32. Qe2 Rd8 33. Re7 (33. hxg6 hxg6 34. Bf6 Ra8 35.
Qg4 $18 {was as simple as text}) 33... Qh6 (33... gxh5 34. Bf6 $18) 34. Qe6 Rf8
35. Qf6 (35. Qf6 g5 36. Qxh6 Nxh6 37. Rg7+) 1-0

[Event "POL Supercup"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2002.06.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Schmidt, Wlodzimierz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.06.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Poznan Pocztowiec"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 12. Qd3 d4 (12... Bd7 {is most
popular move in this position}) 13. Rb1 (13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bd7 15. Rg1 Nf5
16. Qf2 Qc6 17. Bd3 Qd5 18. g3 Nd4 19. Rf1 Bc6 $13 {0-1 Semina,S-Ludwig,K/BLw
0001 2000/ (59)}) 13... Bd7 14. Ng3 O-O-O 15. Be2 Nf5 16. Kf2 $5 $146 {New and
interesting move} (16. Nxf5 {After "normal" continuation} exf5 17. Bf3 f6 $5 (
17... Be6 18. a4 Qa5 19. Qb5 Qxb5 20. axb5 Na5 21. Ra1 b6 22. Kf2 $16 {1-0
Zhuravlev,V-Kuzmichev,A/Rostov 1975 (39)}) 18. exf6 Rgf8 19. O-O Rxf6 {Black
is getting sufficient counterplay}) ({Just bad} 16. Ne4 $2 {- after typical
sacrifice} Nxe5 $1 17. fxe5 Qxe5 18. g3 Bc6 19. Bf3 Nh4 $1 20. gxh4 f5 $17 {
advantage of Black is obvious}) 16... Nce7 (16... Nxg3 17. hxg3 Rh8 18. Rh3 $1)
({Worth considering} 16... f6 $5 17. exf6 Rdf8 18. Ne4 Nd6 $13) 17. Ne4 Bc6 18.
g4 $1 Nh4 ({After} 18... Nh6 19. Rg1 {[%csl Rh6] Black will have troubles with
a knight}) 19. Rd1 (19. Nd6+ Rxd6 $1 20. exd6 Qxd6 $44) 19... Kb8 ({It looks
that} 19... Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Nc6 21. a4 {[%cal Gc1a3]} Ng6 {[%cal Gg8h8] leads to
nice position for Black}) 20. Rb4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Nc6 22. Rb1 Ka8 ({Again} 22...
Ng6 {[%cal Gg8h8] was not a bad idea, for example} 23. Ba6 b6 24. Be2 Rh8 25.
Bf3 Nge7 $13) 23. a4 a6 (23... Ng6 $1) 24. Ba3 {[%cal Ga3d6,Ga3c5]} Rd5 $4 {
[%mdl 8192] It was a last chance to play} (24... Ng6 $142 $5 {with the idea to
organize couterplay on the h line and i am not sure, that White can get any
advantage, for example} 25. Bc5 (25. Rb3 Rh8 26. Kg1 f5 $1 $132) 25... Rd5 26.
Bd6 Rxd6 27. exd6 Qxd6 28. Rb6 $140 Nxf4 29. Bxa6 Nd5 $1 30. Bxb7+ Ka7 $17) 25.
Qh7 $1 $18 {Now game is over, Judit doesn't lose her chance to win key pawn
and , soon , game.} Qd8 $8 26. Qxf7 Rd7 27. Qf6 Qa5 28. Qxe6 Rgg7 29. Bd3 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Villamayor, Buenaventura"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 {The whole idea
of this move is quite simple - black wants to meet 7.Qg4 with f5. I played
myself this difficult and complicated line a few times - and not without
success - but I am afraid that white's chances are higher here.} 7. Qg4 f5 8.
Qg3 (8. Qh5+ $5 {is also not bad move.}) 8... cxd4 9. cxd4 Ne7 10. Bd2 O-O 11.
Bd3 b6 {[%cal Gc8a6]} 12. Ne2 {[%csl Re6][%cal Ge2f4]} Ba6 13. Nf4 Qd7 14. h4
Bxd3 15. Qxd3 {A very important theoretical position. It is clear that white
has good perspectives on the king's side and black can hope for organizing
counterplay on the c-line.} (15. cxd3 $5) 15... Nbc6 $6 ({Better was} 15... Rc8
$1 {[%cal Gc8c4] and after} 16. Rh3 Rc4 17. Rg3 Nbc6 {black's position is not
so bad, for example} 18. c3 Kh8 (18... Rf8 19. Ke2 Rf7 20. Kf1 Ra4 21. Qc2 Rc4
22. Qd1 Nd8 23. Nh3 Qe8 24. a4 Nec6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Gofstein,L-Psakhis,L/ISR t-ch
1998 (45)}) 19. Qe2 Na5 20. Qd1 Rc6 21. Kf1 Nc4 22. Bc1 b5 23. Nh5 Ng6 24. Nxg7
Kxg7 25. h5 Rh8 26. Bg5 Kf8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Hansen,C/Esbjerg North Sea
Cup 2000/CBM 78 (40)}) 16. Rh3 (16. h5 Rac8 17. Rh3 Nd8 18. Rg3 Qa4 19. c3 Qe8
20. Kf1 Rc6 21. Qf3 Nf7 22. Kg1 Nh6 $13 {Fercec,N-Brumen,D/Bled op 1998/1-0 
(56)}) (16. O-O Rac8 17. a4 Nd8 18. a5 b5 19. a6 Rc4 20. Rfb1 Nec6 21. c3 b4
22. cxb4 Rxd4 23. Qc3 Rc4 24. Qb2 Nf7 25. Nd3 Rb8 26. b5 $36 {1-0 Haist,
W-Kelecevic,N/Pontresina SEM-HT I 2000/Ajelibre (36)}) 16... Rf7 (16... Rac8
$142 {Kasparov,G} 17. Rg3 Nd8 $1 18. Nh5 (18. Kf1 Qc6 19. c3 Qc4 $15) (18. c3
$5) 18... Ng6 19. Nxg7 (19. Nf6+ gxf6 20. h5 fxe5 21. hxg6 e4 22. gxh7+ Kh8)
19... Kxg7 20. h5 Nf7 21. Ke2 (21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Ke2 (22. Rxg6+ $2 Kxg6 23.
Qg3+ Kh7 24. Ke2 (24. O-O-O Rxc2+ $1 25. Kxc2 Qa4+ 26. Qb3 Qxd4 $1 27. Rh1+ Kg6
$19) 24... f4 $1 (24... Qb5+ $2 25. Kf3 f4 26. Rh1+ Nh6 27. Qg5 $18) 25. Qxf4
Qb5+ $19)) 21... Qd8 $1 22. Rh1 Rh8 23. c3 Qe7 $13) 17. Rg3 Rc8 18. h5 Nd8 {
[%cal Gd7a4,Gc8c4]} 19. c3 Qa4 $146 {Vellamayor follows a recomendation of
Kasparov.} (19... Rf8 20. Kf1 Rc4 21. Kg1 Nf7 22. a4 Rfc8 23. Qb1 Nc6 24. Qd1
Ne7 25. h6 g6 26. Qh5 Rxa4 27. Rxa4 Qxa4 28. Nxe6 Qc2 29. Qh4 f4 30. Bxf4 Nf5
31. Rxg6+ {1-0 Kasparov,G-Short,N/Novgorod 1997/Inf 70 (31)}) (19... Ndc6 20.
Kf1 Na5 21. Rb1 Nc4 22. Bc1 Rc6 23. Kg1 Rc7 24. a4 Rf8 25. Qd1 Kf7 26. h6 g6
27. Nh5 Ng8 $13 {1-0 Dworakowska,J-Bobrowska,M/POL t-ch Krynica 1997 (52)}) 20.
h6 g6 21. Nh3 $5 {[%cal Gd2g5] In many positions like this the answer is:
"Bring more pieces into the attack and create an advantage of forces in a
particular area". Here Minasian gives a nice illustration to this idea:} (21.
Nh5 Kh8 22. Nf6 Ng8 $1) 21... Kh8 22. Bg5 Ng8 {Black's position is quite
passive, but it is not easy for White to increase pressure.} (22... Nec6 23.
Bf6+ Kg8 24. Nf4 $40) 23. Nf4 {[%csl Re6]} Qe8 24. Qd2 Rfc7 {[%cal Gd8f7]} 25.
Kf1 {[%cal Ga1e1]} Nf7 {[%csl Rh6] Pawn on h6 became a real weakness, but it
is a good question if Black have to take it!} 26. Bh4 Nfxh6 27. Re1 {[%cal
Gh4f6,Ge1e6]} Nf7 28. Bf6+ $1 Nxf6 29. exf6 {[%csl Ge1,Gf4,Gg3] Minasian
managed to improve his position and it is clearly that White have more than
enough compensation for the pawn.} Nd6 (29... Nd8 $142 $5) 30. Rxe6 Qb5+ 31.
Kg1 Ne4 32. Nxg6+ $1 {Final blow!} hxg6 33. Rh3+ Kg8 34. Qh6 Kf7 35. Re7+ (35.
Re7+ Kxf6 36. Qg7+ Kg5 37. f4+ Kxf4 38. Qh6+ g5 39. Rf3+) 1-0

[Event "Sanjin Hotel Cup"]
[Site "Taiyuan"]
[Date "2004.07.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Qa5 (7...
Qc7 $5 8. h5 h6 9. Nf3 b6 $13) 8. Bd2 Nbc6 9. h5 Bd7 ({In case of} 9... cxd4
10. cxd4 Qa4 {White could sacrifice a pawn -} 11. Nf3 Nxd4 12. Bd3 Nec6 13. Kf1
Nxf3 14. Qxf3 b6 15. h6 {Kasparov,G-Anand,V/Linares 1992. with good
compensation}) ({Worth considering} 9... h6 $5 {to stop White weakening the
dark squares on the kingsize, for example:} 10. Nf3 Bd7 11. a4 O-O-O 12. Qc1 f6
$13) 10. h6 gxh6 11. Nf3 Ng8 $5 $146 {It looks like a novelty - Black doesn't
hurry to return an extra pawn. Apparently nobody has had the courage to play
the text before!} (11... Qa4 12. Rb1 O-O-O 13. Bb5 (13. Qc1 $5) 13... Qxa3 14.
Ra1 Qb2 15. Rb1 Qa3 {1/2-1/2 Krug,G-Plewe,T/BL 1989 (15)}) (11... O-O-O $5 12.
Bd3 (12. a4 Rdg8 $5 13. Rxh6 (13. g3 Rg4 14. Bd3 Nf5 15. Kf1 Rhg8 16. Nh2 R4g7
17. Nf3 Rg4 18. Nh2 R4g7 19. Nf3 Rg4 20. Nh2 {1/2-1/2 Perunovic,M-Firman,N/EU
t-ch B18 Balatonlelle 2001/Week in Chess 347 (20)}) 13... Nf5 14. Rf6 Qd8 15.
Be3 Rg6 16. Rxf7 Be8 17. Rxf5 exf5 18. g3 Bd7 19. Qd2 Rhg8 $132 {1-0 Bologan,
V-Uhlmann,W/Dresden 1997 (45)}) (12. Rxh6 Ng8 13. Rh4 f6 14. c4 Qc7 15. cxd5
exd5 16. Bf4 Re8 17. Be2 Qa5+ 18. Kf1 Nge7 19. Bd2 Qc7 20. exf6 Nf5 $13 {
0-1 Sbarra,M-Contin,D/Milan Trophy 2003/ (61)}) 12... Rdg8 (12... c4 13. Be2
Ng8 14. Kf1 f6 15. Qe1 fxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Ne7 18. Bxh6 Rhg8 19. Bf3
$14 {Short,N-Psakhis,L/Port Erin 1999}) 13. Kf1 Nf5 14. a4 c4 15. Be2 f6 16.
exf6 Qd8 17. Bf4 Qxf6 18. Qd2 Be8 19. g3 Rf8 20. Ke1 Rhg8 $13 {1/2-1/2
Spraggett,K-Rodriguez Guerrero,E/Sevilla op 2004/The Week in Chess 480 (37)})
12. c4 {White plays very aggressively, hoping, that this is the precisest way
to punish black for his opening strategy.} Qc7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. dxc5 $5 {
[%mdl 2080]} (14. c3 $5 {[%csl Gd4]}) 14... O-O-O ({Of course the e5 pawn is
poisoned:} 14... Nxe5 15. Bc3 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 f6 17. Qh5+ $16) 15. Be2 Bg4 (
15... Nxe5 16. Bc3 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Re8+ (17... f6 18. Qxd5 $16) 18. Kf1 f6 19.
Qxd5 $16) 16. Kf1 h5 {This pawn is not so important by itself but it limits
the activity of the h1 rook.} (16... Nge7 17. Rxh6 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Qxe5 19. Rb1
d4 20. c3 $5 dxc3 21. Qb3 Rxd2 $140 22. Qxb7+ Kd8 23. Qa8+ Nc8 24. Rxc6 $18)
17. Rb1 ({Black doing well after} 17. Bg5 f6 $5 18. exf6 Qf7 19. Rb1 Nxf6 $132)
17... f6 $5 {Interesting idea: Black doesn't try to win the e5 pawn, but would
like to exchange it!} 18. e6 $1 {Best move, in the case of} (18. exf6 Nxf6 19.
Bg5 Qg7 $132 {[%csl Rf1] black pieces are very active.}) 18... Nge7 19. Ne1 Ne5
(19... Bxe6 20. Nd3 (20. Rxh5 d4 $13) 20... Ng6 21. Rxh5 Rhe8 $13) 20. Nd3 N7g6
21. a4 {[%cal Ga4a6]} Rhe8 (21... Qc6 $5 22. a5 Nc4 {with nice game for Black})
22. a5 Rxe6 {Lputian could make and another interesting moves:} (22... a6 $5) (
22... Nc4 $5) 23. f3 Bf5 24. a6 Nxd3 $2 {Serious mistake!} ({Lputian had to
play} 24... bxa6 $5 {surely that this move requires courage and accurate
calculation. Continuation could be next} 25. Rxh5 Nc4 $3 (25... Ne7 26. Nf4 $5
$36) 26. Rxf5 Qh2 27. Ne1 (27. Kf2 Nh4 28. Nf4 Rg8 $19) 27... Qh1+ 28. Kf2 Qh4+
29. Kf1 (29. g3 Qd4+ $19) (29. Kg1 $2 Qd4+ $19) 29... Qh1+ $11) 25. axb7+ Kb8
26. Bxd3 Bxd3+ 27. cxd3 h4 ({Or} 27... Qxc5 28. Rxh5 $16) 28. d4 $16 Rde8 29.
Rb2 $2 {Now it's time for white's mistakes.} (29. Qa4 $142 $5 Qc6 (29... Nf4
30. Ra1 a6 31. c6 $1 $18) 30. Qxc6 Rxc6 31. Be1 $16) 29... R8e7 $2 {I dare say
this is the major cause of Black's defeat.} ({I think Black should have taken
his chances with} 29... Nf4 $1 30. Bxf4 (30. Qb1 Nxg2 $1 $132) 30... Qxf4 $132)
30. Qc1 a6 {All White's pieces stand very well except for his h1 rook. Short
finds a way to include it into game.} 31. Rh3 $1 {[%cal Gf3f4,Gh3a3]} Re8 (
31... Nf4 32. Bxf4 Re1+ 33. Kf2 (33. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 34. Kxe1 Qxf4) 33... Rxc1 34.
Bxc7+ Rxc7 35. Rxh4 $18) 32. f4 {[%cal Gh3a3]} Ne7 33. Qb1 $5 $18 Nc6 (33... f5
$5) 34. f5 $1 {[%cal Gd2f4]} Re4 35. Rb6 Qd7 $2 {Black slips up in a difficult
position.} (35... a5 $142 $5 36. Ra6 $1 (36. Qb5 $2 Re1+ $1 37. Bxe1 Qf4+ 38.
Rf3 Qc1 $19) 36... Nb4 37. Ra8+ Kxb7 38. Rxe8 Rxe8 39. Bxb4 axb4 40. Qxb4+ Kc8
41. Rxh4 Re4 $16) 36. Rxa6 (36. Kg1 $5) 36... Qxf5+ 37. Rf3 Re1+ 38. Qxe1 Rxe1+
39. Bxe1 Qd7 40. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "NED-chT playoff"]
[Site "Enschede"]
[Date "2004.05.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Blees, Albert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.05.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. a4
Nbc6 (8... Qa5 9. Bd2 Nbc6 10. Nf3 h6 11. Be2 c4 12. h4 Bd7 13. h5 b5 14. O-O
bxa4 15. Ra3 Rb8 16. Rfa1 Nd8 17. Nh4 Qc7 18. Qf4 Kg8 {Schoonhoven,J-Valentine,
S/corr 2001/Telechess CBM 91/1/2-1/2 (48)}) (8... b6 $5 9. Ba3 (9. Bd3 Ba6 10.
Nf3 Bxd3 11. cxd3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nbc6 13. O-O h6 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Rfc1 {1/2-1/2
Karjakin,S-Novik,M/WICC qual Dubai 2002/EXT 2003 (15)}) 9... Qc7 10. Nf3 Ba6
11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. cxd3 Nd7 13. O-O Kg8 14. c4 dxc4 15. dxc4 Ng6 (15... Nc6 16.
Qe4 Rc8 17. Rfd1 cxd4 18. Bd6 Nc5 19. Qb1 Qd7 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 Qc6 22. a5
$36 {1/2-1/2 Antal,G-Efimenko,Z/Wch B16 Oropesa del Mar 2000/ (36)}) 16. Qe4
Rc8 17. Rfe1 cxd4 18. Bd6 Nc5 19. Qxd4 Nb3 20. Qb2 Qxc4 21. Nd2 Qd4 22. Qxb3
Qxd2 23. Qf3 $44 {0-1 Nijboer,F-De Jong,M/Leeuwarden op 1995 (40)}) (8... Qc7
9. Nf3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nbc6 11. Qc5 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. c4 Kf7 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15.
Bd3 Qa5+ 16. Qxa5 Nxa5 17. Bd2 Nc6 18. Rb1 Rb8 19. O-O e5 {1/2-1/2 Zaragatski,
I-Drozdovskij,Y/EUR-ch B18 Peniscola 2002(19)}) 9. Qd1 $5 $146 (9. Bd3 Bd7 10.
h4 Qa5 11. Bd2 c4 12. Be2 Nf5 13. Qf4 h6 14. g4 Nfe7 15. Rh3 Ng6 16. Qe3 Ke8
17. h5 Nge7 18. Nf3 Kd8 19. Bc1 b5 20. Kf1 Kc7 {1-0 Luch,M-Baraniuk,S/Polanica
Zdroj op 2001/ (20)}) (9. Bb5 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nb4 11. Rb1 Nxc2+ 12. Kd1 Qc7 13.
Bd3 Nb4 14. Rxb4 Qc3 15. Bd2 Qxd3 16. Ne2 h5 17. Qg5 b6 18. Nf4 Qf5 19. Qg3 Nc6
20. Rb2 Ba6 21. Qe3 h4 22. Rc2 Bc4 23. h3 Kg8 {Boros,D-Kappler,J/Budapest IM
1994/0-1 (37)}) 9... Bd7 10. Nf3 Rc8 (10... Qa5 $5 11. Bd2 $140 (11. Qd2 $5)
11... c4) 11. Ba3 cxd4 (11... Qa5 12. Qd2 b6 13. Bb5 $5 $36) 12. cxd4 Qa5+ 13.
Qd2 f6 (13... Qxd2+ $5 14. Kxd2 Na5 15. Bb4 Nc4+ 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Rhb1 $36)
14. c3 $5 {Keeping queens on the board.} fxe5 15. dxe5 Ke8 {Black does not
have weak pawns but falls behind in development} (15... Kg8 $5) 16. Be2 (16.
Bd3 $5 {[%csl Gd3]}) 16... Qxa4 17. O-O $44 {[%csl Ga3,Ge2,Re8]} Qe4 18. Rae1 (
18. Rfb1 $5 b6 19. Ba6 Rd8 20. Bd6 Rf8 {[%cal Gf8f3]}) 18... Ng6 (18... Nxe5
19. Nd4 {[%csl Gd4]}) 19. Bd3 {White's position is formidable despite the fact
he is a pawn down.} Qg4 20. h3 Qh5 21. Bd6 {White has got an excellent
attacking chances while Black still has no any counter play.} Rf8 (21... Qh6
22. Ng5 $5) (21... Na5 22. Qe3) 22. Bxg6+ Qxg6 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Nd4 {[%cal
Gf2f5] White's advantage can be seen now with the naked eye !} (24. Rb1 b6 (
24... Na5 25. c4 $5 Nxc4 26. Qf4+ Ke8 27. Rxb7 $16) 25. c4 $5) 24... Kg8 25.
Re3 (25. f4 $5) 25... Na5 26. Rg3 Qh5 27. Qa2 $5 b6 28. f4 {[%cal Rf4f5]} Qf7 (
28... Rf8 29. f5) 29. Kh2 ({Another promising possibility was} 29. Rgf3 $5 Nc4
30. Qxa7 Nd2 31. Qxb6 Nxf1 32. Rxf1 $18 Rxc3 $140 33. f5 $1) 29... Rc5 30. Qe2
Nc6 31. f5 $1 $18 {Finally!} Nxd4 $8 32. fxe6 Qxe6 33. cxd4 Rc8 34. Qa6 (34.
Qa2 $5 {[%cal Gf1f6]}) 34... Rc7 (34... Qc6 35. Rgf3 h6 36. Qa3 $18 {[%cal
Gf3f8]}) 35. Qa3 $1 Qe8 $8 36. Rgf3 Rc8 37. Qxa7 {Rest is simple.} Qe6 38. Qa3
h6 39. Rf8+ Rxf8 40. Qxf8+ Kh7 41. Qd6 (41. Rf7 $1) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch qual 57th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2004.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Belov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. bxa5
dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. f4 (11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Bd3 O-O-O
14. Bg3 Qxa5 15. O-O Rdf8 16. Rfe1 Kb8 $132 {0-1 Gregory,P-Rendle,T/Portsmouth
op 2003/(43)}) 11... Qxa5 12. Nf3 Bd7 13. Rb1 (13. Ng5 O-O-O $1 14. Nxf7 Nf5
15. Nxd8 Qxd8 16. Qh3 Ncd4 17. Qxc3+ Kb8 18. g3 Qb6 19. Bd3 Rc8 20. Qb4 Bb5 $44
{0-1 Van der Weide,K-Werle,J/Groningen SON-ON 2001 (24)}) 13... O-O-O 14. Qd3
a6 {This move has become quite popular in the last couple of years.} (14... Nf5
15. Rg1 $1 Rg4 16. g3 Rh8 17. Kf2 Qc5+ 18. Be3 Qxa3 19. Rb3 Qa4 20. Rxc3 d4 21.
Bxd4 Nfxd4 22. Qxd4 Rxh2+ 23. Rg2 Qxd4+ 24. Nxd4 Rh1 25. Bb5 $14 {1-0 Vescovi,
G-Lputian,S/Poikovsky 2003/CBM 95 (40)}) (14... d4 15. g3 Kb8 16. Be2 Ka8 17.
Kf2 Be8 18. Rd1 Nf5 19. Qc4 a6 20. a4 Rd5 21. Bd3 $16 {1-0 Lutz,C-Kortchnoi,V/
GER-SWZ Berlin 2002(33)}) 15. g3 (15. Ng5 $6 Rxg5 $1 16. fxg5 Nf5 17. Bf4 Qxa3
18. Rb3 Qa4 19. g3 d4 $36 {[%cal Gc6a5] 1-0 Anand,V-Khalifman,A/Dortmund 79/
271 2000/ (47)}) 15... Nf5 16. Bh3 $146 (16. Bg2 Qc5 17. Rb3 d4 18. Ng5 Rxg5
19. fxg5 Qxe5+ (19... Na5 $5 20. Rb4 Bb5 21. Rxb5 axb5 22. Bf4 Ne3 23. Bf3 Nac4
$36 {0-1 Andriasian,Z-Gaehler,M/EUR-ch B14 Halkidiki 2003 (36)}) 20. Kf2 Qc5
21. Re1 Nd6 22. Bf4 Nc4 23. Kg1 e5 $44 {0-1 Tirard,H-Zontakh,A/Krakow 2001 58)}
) 16... Nce7 (16... d4 17. Bxf5 exf5 18. Nxd4 Qd5 (18... Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Bc6 20.
Qc4) 19. Nf3 $14) 17. g4 (17. Rb3 $5 {[%csl Rc3]}) 17... Rh8 $5 18. Ng5 (18.
Bg2 Nh4 19. Nxh4 Rxh4) 18... Nh6 {[%csl Rh6]} 19. Rg1 $6 (19. Rb3 $142 Bc6 20.
Qd4 $5 $36 {with very complicated struggle with slightly better prospects for
white.}) 19... Bb5 {[%csl Gb5]} 20. Qf3 Nc6 21. Bf1 (21. Qf2 d4 $5 22. Ne4 d3
$132) 21... Nd4 22. Qf2 Qa4 $8 (22... Bxf1 23. Qxd4 Bc4 24. Rb4 {[%csl Rc3]})
23. Rg2 ({I think that White rightly avoided the line} 23. Bxb5 Nxc2+ 24. Kf1
axb5 25. Qc5+ Kb8 26. Qxc3 (26. Qxb5 Qxb5+ 27. Rxb5 d4 {[%csl Gc3,Gd4]}) 26...
Qc4+ 27. Qxc4 bxc4 $36) 23... Bxf1 (23... Nxg4 24. Bxb5 axb5 25. Rxg4 Nxc2+ 26.
Kf1 Nd4 27. Be3 {with white's advantage}) 24. Kxf1 Qc4+ 25. Kg1 $6 ({It is not
easy to assess positions arising after} 25. Ke1 $5 Qa2 $140 26. Rb6 Qa1 27. Kd1
) 25... Qa2 $1 26. Rb4 Qa1 (26... Nc6 $5 27. Rb3 d4 28. Ne4 $1 $13) 27. Qe1 (
27. Qxd4 $2 Qxc1+ 28. Kf2 Nxg4+ $1 29. Rxg4 Rxh2+ $19) (27. Qe3 Nc6 {[%cal
Gd5d4]}) 27... Nc6 28. Rb3 Kb8 (28... d4 $5 29. Ne4 $132) 29. Rxc3 Rc8 {
A critical, complicated position. Certainly, Black has compensation for the
pawn, but is he better?} 30. Bd2 (30. Nf3 $5) 30... Qb2 31. Qd1 ({Perhaps
Belov should have considered} 31. Qc1 $142 $5 Qb5 $44 {and Black must still
work hard to convert his initiative into something real.}) 31... Nd4 $1 {
First of all Black has to include new forces into offence.} 32. Rgg3 (32. Rxc8+
Rxc8 33. Bb4 Rxc2 34. Rxc2 Nxc2 $36) 32... Nxc2 ({Another promising
possibility was} 32... Nb5 $5) 33. Kh1 (33. Rb3 Qd4+ 34. Kg2 Qa4 $132) 33...
Nd4 34. Rcd3 Rc4 35. Rh3 (35. Rg2 $5 {[%cal Gg2b2]}) 35... Rhc8 $1 {[%cal
Rc4c1] Seemingly, this move escaped Belov's attention. Black has the upper hand
} 36. Qg1 {This voluntary retreat is dubious.} (36. Rxh6 $142 Rc1 37. Bxc1 Rxc1
38. Rxd4 Qb1 39. Qxc1 Qxc1+ 40. Kg2 Qb2+ 41. Kh3 Qxd4 42. Rf6 Qe3+ $17) 36...
Ne2 $1 $19 37. Qf1 Nc1 (37... Nxf4 $1 38. Bxf4 (38. Rxh6 Nxd3 39. Qxd3 Rxg4)
38... Rxf4 $19) 38. Rxh6 (38. Bc3 Rxc3 39. Rxc3 Rxc3 40. Rxh6 Nd3 41. Rh8+ Ka7
42. Qg1+ b6 $19) 38... Nxd3 39. Qxd3 Rd4 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Pogorelov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 {This old move
become very popular in modern practice.Black wants to put queen on a4, close
position and hope to explore weaknesses of white's pawn structure in future.
Surely, that queen is a bad blocker, but, in practice , Black successfully
realize this plan many times.} 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qb1 ({I have feeling that} 8. Qg4
$5) ({or} 8. Nf3 $5 {are more dangerouse for black, but text move also has
suppoters.}) 8... c4 ({could be reasonable alternative to the text, for example
} 8... a6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Qb3 Qxb3 11. cxb3 Na5 12. Rb1 c4 13. bxc4 (13. b4 Nb3
{[%cal Ga6a5]}) 13... dxc4 14. Ng5 Ne7 15. Ne4 O-O 16. Nd6 b5 $13 {1/2-1/2
Smirnov,P-Lysyj,I/RUS-ch B20 Vladimir 2002/The Week in Chess 384 (24)}) 9. f4 {
Somehow limits activity od dark coloured bishop, I suspect that} (9. Nf3 Nc6
10. Be2 {was better choice, for example} (10. g3 Nge7 11. Bg2 Bd7 12. O-O O-O-O
13. Ra2 f5 14. Rb2 b6 15. Ng5 Rdf8 $13 {1-0 Milos,G-Garcia Palermo,C/Sao
Paulo-sf 1997 (48)}) 10... Nge7 11. O-O Bd7 12. Re1 h6 13. g3 O-O-O 14. Nh4 f5
15. exf6 gxf6 16. Qc1 e5 17. dxe5 fxe5 18. Bxh6 Rdg8 19. Bg5 $16 {1-0 Aseev,
K-Cosma,E/Cappelle la Grande op 1999 (48)}) 9... Ne7 10. Nf3 Nbc6 11. g3 Bd7 $5
(11... b6 12. Bg2 Bd7 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Ra2 Kb7 15. Qe1 f5 16. h3 Rdf8 17. Qe3
h6 18. Kf2 Be8 19. Rh1 Bh5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Karjakin,S-Psakhis,L/Moscow Aeroflot
op 2002}) 12. Bh3 O-O-O 13. O-O Rdf8 14. Qb2 $146 (14. Nh4 f6 15. exf6 gxf6 16.
Re1 (16. f5 e5) 16... f5 17. Kh1 Rhg8 18. Qd1 Kb8 19. Ra2 Rf6 $15 {0-1 Atakisi,
U-Williams,S/WchJ B20 Yerevan 1999/AdE (34)}) 14... f5 $6 {Pogorelov wants to
close position on the king's side, but the road to hell is paved by good
intentions! The text move is artificial and throws Black into very serious
trouble.After modest} (14... Kb8 15. Rab1 Bc8 $13 {black's position is tough
and it is very difficult to prove any advantage of White.}) 15. exf6 gxf6 16.
f5 $1 {Obvious and strong move} e5 (16... Nxf5 $5 17. Bxf5 exf5 18. Nh4 $14)
17. Bh6 Rf7 (17... Rfg8 18. dxe5 Bxf5 (18... fxe5 19. Ng5 $16) 19. Bxf5+ Nxf5
20. Bf4 $36 {[%csl Gf4]}) 18. dxe5 Nxe5 (18... fxe5 19. Ng5 $1 Rxf5 20. Bxf5
Nxf5 21. Nf7 $16) 19. Nd4 $16 {[%csl Gd4,Gh6] Open character of the position
in combination with the limiting d5 pawn and bishop's pair strongly favour
white's chances.} Rg8 20. Bg2 Qa5 21. a4 $1 {[%cal Gd4b5]} Ng4 22. Bf4 Qc5 (
22... Nxf5 23. Nxf5 Bxf5 24. Qb5 $1 Qxb5 25. axb5 Be4 26. h3 $16) 23. Rfb1 {
Maybe, this move is a step to the false direction. I can't believe that
black's position is defendable after} (23. Qb4 $142 $1 Qxb4 (23... b6 24. a5
$16) 24. cxb4 {[%csl Gd4,Gf4,Gg2]}) 23... b6 24. h3 $6 (24. a5 b5 25. a6 Nxf5)
({Again} 24. Qb4 $5 $16 {was stronger}) 24... Ne5 25. Kh2 Nxf5 26. a5 $1 {
Black managed to creat some counter chances on the king's side, but , any case
white's attack is quicker.} b5 $8 27. Nxf5 (27. Nxb5) 27... Bxf5 28. Qxb5 Qxb5
29. Rxb5 Be4 (29... Be6 30. Re1) 30. Rab1 {[%csl Rc8] Weak king is Achilles
heel of black's position.} Rgg7 31. a6 Kd7 32. Bh6 Rg8 (32... Rg6 33. Rb7+ Ke6
34. Be3 $18) 33. Rxd5+ $1 {Begginning of the end.} Bxd5 34. Bxd5 Rc8 35. Rb7+
Rc7 36. Rxc7+ Kxc7 37. Bxf7 Nxf7 38. Be3 $18 {Black can't protect all weak
pawns - game is over} Ne5 (38... Kc6 39. Bxa7 Kb5 40. Bd4 Kxa6 41. Bxf6 $18) (
38... Kb8 39. g4 Nd6 40. Kg3 Ne4+ 41. Kf4 Nxc3 42. Kf5 $18) 39. Bxa7 Nf3+ 40.
Kg2 Ne1+ 41. Kf2 Nxc2 42. g4 {[%csl Rf6]} Na3 43. Ke3 Nb5 44. Bd4 Nd6 {Black's
night jumped like crazy!} 45. Bxf6 (45. h4 $1 Kc6 46. h5) 45... Kb6 46. Kd4
Kxa6 47. Kd5 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 Nce7 12. h4 (12. O-O c4 13. Be2 (13. Bxg6
fxg6 14. Qg4 Bd7 15. Bg5 Nf5 16. Nh4 Ba4 17. Ra2 Qf7 18. Qh3 h6 19. Nxf5 gxf5
20. Bf4 Kh7 21. g3 Qg6 $15 {[%csl Ra2,Ga4] 1/2-1/2 Perunovic,M-Drasko,M/YUG-ch
Subotica 2000/ (60)}) 13... Bd7 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nh3 Qa5 16. Bd2 b5 17. Rfe1 a6
18. g4 Bc6 19. g5 hxg5 20. Nxg5 Rfc8 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. h4 $36 {1-0 Maliangkay,
R-Van de Lagemaat,J/corr 1995 (40)}) (12. dxc5 b6 $1 13. O-O bxc5 14. Ng5 h6
15. Nf3 f5 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Nh4 Nxh4 18. Qxh4 e5 19. f3 Bf5 $15 {0-1 Gutov,
A-Ivanov,S/RUS t-ch St.Petersburg 1999/CBM 71 (34)}) 12... Bd7 13. a4 ({Maybe} 
13. Qg5 $5 {produces more problems for Black -} f6 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Qg3 (15.
Qh6 $5) 15... Qxg3 16. fxg3 c4 17. Bxg6 Nxg6 18. h5 Ne7 19. Kd2 $14 {1-0
Rowson,J-Hillarp Persson,T/York Viking GM-A 2000/ (33)}) 13... f5 14. exf6 ({
Surely not} 14. g4 $2 Be8 $5 {and white's queen is in danger} (14... Nf4 15.
Qg5 (15. Bxf4 Be8 16. Qg5 h6 $19 {[%csl Rg5]}) 15... Nxd3+ 16. cxd3 cxd4 $36)
15. Ng5 h6 16. Nxe6 Qa5 {[%csl Rh5]}) 14... Rxf6 15. O-O (15. dxc5 e5 $36)
15... c4 16. Bxg6 (16. Be2 $2 Rf5 17. Qg4 (17. Ng5 h6) 17... e5) 16... Nxg6 17.
Qg5 {[%cal Gh4h5,Gf3e5]} e5 $5 (17... h6 18. Qg3 Qxg3 19. fxg3 h5 {Doesn't
look too bad for Black, but Lputian prefers more complicated line.}) (17...
Raf8 18. h5 h6 (18... Rf5 19. Qg3 Nf4 $5 (19... Qxg3 20. fxg3 Ne7 21. g4) 20.
Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Qxf4 Rxf4 22. Ne5 Be8 23. g3 Re4) 19. Qg3 Qxg3 20. fxg3 Ne7 21.
a5 $36 {[%cal Gg3g4,Gf3e5]}) 18. dxe5 (18. h5 $1 Rf5) 18... Rxf3 $1 {[%mdl 512]
Typical exchange sacrifice.} 19. gxf3 Rf8 20. Qg3 (20. f4 Rf5 21. Qg3 Qa5 $44 {
[%csl Ra4,Rc3,Rh4][%cal Gg6f8,Gf8e6]} (21... Rh5 22. Qf3)) 20... Qxe5 (20...
Nxe5 $2 21. Bd4 Nxf3+ 22. Kg2 Qxg3+ 23. fxg3 Nxd4 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. cxd4 $16)
21. Qxe5 Nxe5 22. Rfd1 Nxf3+ 23. Kf1 Rf5 (23... Bh3+ 24. Ke2 Bg4 25. Rxd5 Nxh4+
26. Kd2 $14) 24. Bxa7 Rh5 (24... Re5 $5 25. Kg2 $5 Nxh4+ 26. Kg3 Nf5+ 27. Kh2
$14) 25. Ke2 Bg4 {[%cal Gg4d1]} 26. Rdb1 $1 {[%csl Rb7]} Nxh4+ 27. Kd2 $6 (27.
Ke3 $142 {Anand} Re5+ $140 28. Kd4 Nf3+ 29. Kc5 $16) 27... Nf3+ 28. Kc1 (28.
Ke3 $5 Re5+ 29. Kf4 {and it is not easy to find how Black can explore too
active position of White monarch.}) 28... d4 $5 (28... Rh1+ 29. Kb2 Rxb1+ 30.
Rxb1 $14) 29. Rb5 (29. Rxb7 $5 dxc3 (29... Rh1+ 30. Kb2 dxc3+ 31. Ka2 $18 {
[%csl Ga4]}) 30. Kb1) (29. cxd4 $4 c3 $19) (29. Bxd4 $4 Nxd4 30. cxd4 c3 $19)
29... Rxb5 (29... Rh1+ 30. Kb2 dxc3+ 31. Ka2 Rxa1+ 32. Kxa1 Bd7 $5 33. Rb4 h5
34. a5 $16) 30. axb5 dxc3 31. Bc5 {[%cal Ga1a7]} Bf5 32. Ra4 Nd2 $6 (32... g5
$1 {Anand} 33. Rxc4 g4 $16 {[%cal Gh7h2]}) 33. Bd4 $1 {[%csl Gd4]} Be6 34. Ra8+
Kf7 35. Rh8 Nf3 (35... Bf5 36. Rb8 Be4 37. Bxc3 $18) 36. Bxc3 Ng5 37. f4 Ne4
38. Be5 h6 (38... Kg6 39. Re8 (39. Rb8 Bd5) 39... Bd5 (39... Kf7 40. Rb8 Bd5
41. f5) 40. Re7) 39. Rb8 Bd5 40. f5 $1 $18 {[%csl Gb8,Ge5]} Nf6 (40... g6 41.
Rh8) 41. Rc8 h5 42. Rc5 Be4 43. Rc7+ Kg8 44. Bxf6 gxf6 45. Kd2 (45. Kd2 h4 46.
Rxc4) 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen CU 75th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2002.02.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Ward, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2002.02.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 {I don't believe
my eyes, but this, almost forgotten in recent past move,suddenly became one of
most popular black's answer.} 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Rb1 (8. Qg4 {is most dangerous
move for black.}) 8... c4 9. Qc1 Nc6 10. Nf3 f6 $146 {[%mdl 4]} (10... b6 11.
Be2 Bd7 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. Bh5 Be8 15. f4 Nge7 16. Bg4 Bd7 17. Qb2
h6 18. Nf3 Kb7 {Krajnc,L-Bohak,I/corr 1995/1/2-1/2 (109)}) ({Nick De Firmian
already had negative expierence in this line. He lost to Rustemov after} 10...
Nge7 11. g3 b6 12. Bg2 Bd7 13. O-O h6 14. Re1 O-O-O 15. Re2 Nf5 16. h4 Rdg8 17.
Ra1 Kb7 18. Bf4 Ka8 19. Qd2 Nfe7 {De Firmian,N-Rustemov,A/Copenhagen PC 2001/
but at this moment white's position is quite nice.}) 11. g3 ({Good question :
where to put bishop.} 11. Be2 fxe5 12. Nxe5 Nf6 (12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ne7 14.
Bh5+ $5 g6 15. Bg4 $14) 13. Bf4 O-O $13 {leads to unclear position.}) 11...
fxe5 12. dxe5 ({Black position is not bad after} 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ne7 14.
Bg2 O-O 15. O-O b6 {[%cal Gc8d7,Gd7e8,Ge8g6]}) 12... Nge7 13. Bg2 O-O 14. O-O
Ng6 ({Worth considering and} 14... b6 $5 {hope to bring on g6 bishop, but Ward
has another idea in mind.}) 15. Re1 Rf5 16. g4 (16. Nd4 Rxe5 17. Be3 Nxd4 18.
cxd4 Rf5) 16... Rxf3 $5 {Typical for french exchange sacrifice.} (16... Rf8 17.
h4 {[%cal Gh4h5]}) 17. Bxf3 Ncxe5 18. Bg2 (18. Be2 Nh4) ({Some greedy players
would play, maybe} 18. Bd1 $5 {but Nick doesn't like so passive moves.}) 18...
Nxg4 19. Qd1 Nf6 20. Bg5 Qc6 ({I would prefer ( I am very greedy player!)} 
20... Qxa3 {with possible continuation} 21. f4 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Ne4 {but Ward
doesn't like so active moves. ( Joke!)}) 21. Qd4 (21. Qd4 {Maybe black still
could play for win after} e5 22. Qd2 Be6 23. Rbd1 Ne4 $5 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lvov Cup of Galychina"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2001.12.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Firman, Nazar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2001.12.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 dxc3 (10... Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 $132 {
- main line}) 11. f4 Bd7 {Sharp and complicated line, but maybe not correct
for all 100%} (11... b6 12. Nd4 Ba6 13. Bxa6 (13. Bb5+ Bxb5 14. Nxb5 Qc6 $13) (
13. Nb5 Bxb5 14. Bxb5+ Nbc6 $13) 13... Nxa6 14. O-O Nc5 15. a4 a6 16. Ba3 $36 {
1-0 Rychagov,M-Lehtivaara,R/Helsinki 1991 (31)}) 12. Qd3 Nf5 13. Rg1 $1 {
Strongest reply, Black did well after} (13. Nxc3 a6 14. Ne2 Bb5 15. Qd2 Nc6 16.
Rg1 Qb6 17. Rb1 Qa7 18. Rh1 d4 19. g3 O-O-O 20. Rb3 Bc4 21. Rb1 d3 22. Nc3 Ncd4
23. Bg2 Nxc2+ 24. Kf1 Nfe3+ {0-1 Conner,S-Myers,D/corr 1990 (24)}) (13. Rb1 $5
Na6 14. Qxc3 Nc5 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Ba4 17. Rb2 O-O-O 18. Bd2 b6 19. g3 Qc6
20. Be2 Kb8 21. O-O Ne4 22. Be3 Ka8 23. Bd3 Nc5 24. Be2 Ne4 25. Rb4 Bxc2 26.
Rc1 Qc5 27. Qxc5 bxc5 {Vehi Bach,V-De la Cruz,G/Balaguer op 2001/Ajelibre/1-0 
(41)}) 13... Qb6 14. g4 Nc6 $5 ({In the case of} 14... Bb5 15. Qxc3 Bxe2 {
White has great responce -} 16. Rb1 $1 (16. Qc8+ $2 Ke7 17. Qxg8 Qxg1 18. Kxe2
Nd4+ 19. Ke1 Nbc6 20. Qxa8 Nf3+ 21. Ke2 Ncd4+ 22. Kd3 Qxf1+ 23. Kc3 Qc4+ 24.
Kb2 Qxc2# {0-1 Olteanu,A-Popescu,T/corr 1990 (24)}) 16... Qc6 (16... Qxb1 17.
gxf5 $1 $18) (16... Qxg1 17. Qc8+ Ke7 18. Rxb7+) 17. Qxc6+ Nxc6 18. Kxe2 Nfd4+
19. Kf2 $16 {with almost winning position.}) 15. Qxc3 $2 $146 {Bad move. It is
very interesting what Firman had in mind, if White would choose strongest move,
at least according to theory -} (15. Rg2 $1 Nh4 16. Rg3 O-O-O 17. Nxc3 Kb8 18.
Rb1 Qa5 19. Qb5 Qc7 20. Qc5 $16 {Kupreichik,V-Dolmatov,S/USSR (ch) 1987/Inf 43/
1/2-1/2 (42)}) (15. gxf5 Rxg1 16. Nxg1 (16. Be3 Qb2 $1) (16. fxe6 Bxe6 $13)
16... Qxg1 17. Be3 Qxh2 18. fxe6 Bxe6 (18... fxe6 $5) (18... fxe6 $5) 19. O-O-O
$13) 15... Nfd4 16. Rg3 (16. Nxd4 $2 Nxd4 17. Rg2 Rc8 $17) 16... Rc8 $36 {
[%csl Gb6,Gc8,Gd4][%cal Gc8c3] It is easy to see that black catch initiative}
17. Bb2 ({After} 17. Ra2 Nxe2 18. Bxe2 Nd4 19. Qd2 Nxe2 20. Kxe2 Rc4 $36 {
White will need good advice.}) 17... Nb4 $1 18. Nxd4 (18. Qxc8+ Bxc8 19. Nxd4
Nxc2+ 20. Nxc2 Qxb2 21. Bd3 Bd7 $17) 18... Rxc3 19. Bxc3 Na2 $1 {Nice trick!}
20. Bd2 Qxd4 ({Worth considering} 20... Qb2 21. Nb3 (21. Rxa2 Qxa2 22. Bc1 Qa1)
21... Ba4 22. Rd1 Rh8 23. h3 Qxc2 24. Bd3 $17) 21. Rxa2 a6 $15 {Black's
chances are better but to win this position is not easy at all.} 22. Be3 Qc3+
23. Bd2 Qd4 24. Be3 Qe4 25. Bd3 (25. Rb2 $5 d4 $140 $2 26. Bg2 $16) 25... Qh1+
26. Bg1 Rh8 27. c3 (27. Rb2 Rxh2 28. Rxb7 Bb5 $17) 27... Bb5 $1 {Black happy
to exchange light coloured bishopa - as usual in French defence.} (27... Ba4 $5
28. Rb2 b5 29. f5 Kd7 $15) 28. Bxb5+ axb5 29. Rag2 $1 {[%csl Rh1] Position on
black queen is quite funny, but his rook is still active} Kd7 {[%cal Gh8a8]}
30. f5 (30. Ke2 Ra8 31. Bc5 b6 $1 32. Bb4 Rh8 $1) 30... Ra8 31. f6 Rxa3 32. g5
({After} 32. Kf2 d4 $1 33. cxd4 b4 $19 {wins easily}) 32... Rxc3 $1 {rook made
great carrer!} 33. Kf2 (33. Rg4 Re3+ 34. Kd2 (34. Re2 Qf3) 34... Rxe5 35. g6
fxg6 36. Rf2 Rf5 $19) 33... Rxg3 34. Kxg3 b4 {Beggining of the end - White
can't successfully fight against queen and two passed pawns.} 35. Kh3 (35. g6
fxg6 36. Kf2 b3 37. Rg4 b2 38. Rb4 Qe4 $1 $19) 35... b3 36. g6 (36. Kg3 Qxg2+
37. Kxg2 b2) 36... fxg6 37. f7 Ke7 $8 38. Rf2 Kf8 39. Rf1 d4 $1 $19 {Rest is
simple} 40. Kg3 b2 41. Rb1 Qc6 (41... Qe4 42. Rxb2 Qxe5+ $19) 42. Bxd4 Qc2 43.
Rxb2 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "Linares 19th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.02.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4
O-O 8. Bd3 f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Nbc6 13. Nf3 Qf8 14.
O-O c4 15. Be2 h6 16. Bc1 Bd7 {Black did quite successfully in this
complicated line in modern practice Ftacnik: 'Black players have finally found
a way to cope with the challenges of this sharp opening line. Ponomariov is
challenged to look for an advantage for his bishop's pair.'} 17. Ne1 $146 {
[%mdl 2048] A new plan, White wants to play f4 in the future. Usually White
continued here} (17. a4 {with possible continuation} Qg7 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. Ba3 g5
20. Rab1 b6 21. Bd6 Ng6 $5 $13 {><e5} (21... Nf5 22. Be5 Qg6 23. h3 $1 Rg8 24.
g4 $16 {Macieja-Schmidt (Polen 1998)})) 17... g5 18. g3 Nf5 (18... Qg7 19. f4 (
19. Ng2 $2 e5 $1 20. dxe5 Qxe5 $36 {><c3})) (18... e5 {Ftacnik} 19. dxe5 Nxe5
20. f4 gxf4 21. Bxf4 Bh3 22. Ng2 N5g6 $13) 19. Ng2 (19. f4 $5 {Ftacnik} Nd6 (
19... gxf4 {Ftacnik} 20. Bxf4 $14) 20. Bh5 (20. fxg5 {Ftacnik} Rxf1+ 21. Bxf1
Ne4 22. Be3 hxg5 23. Bg2 $14) 20... Rf5 21. Nf3 Ne4 22. Bg4 $14) 19... Qg7 20.
f4 Nd6 {[%cal Gd6e4]} 21. Qe1 (21. a4 $2 {[%cal Gc1a3]} Ne4 22. Qe1 Nxc3 $1 23.
Qxc3 Nxd4 24. Kf2 $8 gxf4 25. Nxf4 (25. gxf4 Nxe2 26. Qxg7+ Rxg7) 25... e5 $17)
(21. Bh5 {Ftacnik} Rff8 22. Bf3 Nb5 23. Bd2 gxf4 24. a4 Nbxd4 $1 25. cxd4 Qxd4+
26. Kh1 fxg3 $13) 21... b5 {[%cal Ga7a5,Gb5b4] Starting counterplay on the
Qside} ({Worth considering} 21... g4 $1 {[%cal Gc6e7,Ge7f5]} {and after} 22. a4
(22. Ne3 {Ftacnik} h5 23. h3 gxh3 24. Bxh5 Re7 $13) 22... Ne7 $5 (22... Ne4 23.
Ba3 b6 24. Ne3 h5) 23. Ba3 Nef5 24. Bxd6 Nxd6 25. Ne3 h5 $13) (21... Ne4 $2 22.
Bxc4 $1 dxc4 23. Qxe4) 22. fxg5 Rxf1+ 23. Bxf1 hxg5 24. Ne3 (24. h4 {Ftacnik}
e5 $1 25. Bxg5 exd4 26. Nf4 Re8 $15) 24... Rf8 25. Bg2 a5 (25... Be8 {Ftacnik}
26. Ng4 Nxd4 27. cxd4 Qxd4+ 28. Be3 Qxg4 29. Bc5 $1 Nf7 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. Qb4+
$16) 26. Bd2 Qg6 $6 {'?' Ftacnik.} ({At this moment Ivanchuk lost great chance.
He could play} 26... b4 $1 $132 {attacking white's pawn chain and starting big
and unclear complications, for example.} 27. cxb4 $142 {'!' Ftacnik.} (27. axb4
axb4 28. Ra6 bxc3 29. Bxc3 Nb5 30. Nxd5 Nxc3 31. Nxc3 (31. Qxc3 Nxd4 32. Ne7+
Kf7 $1 $19) 31... Qxd4+ 32. Kh1 Nb4 33. Ra5 Nxc2 $132) 27... axb4 (27... Nxd4
28. bxa5 $14 Nf3+ 29. Bxf3 Rxf3 30. Rb1 $16) 28. Bxb4 Nxb4 29. axb4 Qxd4 $13 {
After text Ponomariov easily got an advantage and with hard hand won game -
opportunity seldom knocks twice!} 30. c3 $14) 27. Ng4 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik:
'Fine manouvering of white pieces has presented Ivanchuk with distinct
positional problems due to the weakness of the e5 square.'} Rf5 (27... Ne4 28.
Bxe4 (28. Qe3 $5 $36) (28. Rb1 $14 {Ftacnik}) 28... dxe4 29. Qe3 e5 30. Nxe5
Nxe5 31. dxe5 Rf5 32. Qa7 Qe6 33. Be3 Rxe5 34. Rd1 $16) (27... Qxc2 28. Qe3 Qg6
29. Qxg5 $16) 28. Qe3 $16 {[%csl Rg5,Rg8]} Kg7 (28... a4 {Ftacnik} 29. Rf1
Rxf1+ 30. Bxf1 $14) 29. Rb1 Kh7 30. a4 {'!?' Ftacnik.} (30. h3 $5 $16) 30...
bxa4 (30... b4 $2 {Ftacnik} 31. cxb4 axb4 32. Bxb4 Nxb4 33. Rxb4 $18) 31. Bc1 {
'!' Ftacnik.} Rf7 32. Ba3 Qxc2 $2 (32... Nf5 33. Qe2 Qg7 (33... Ncxd4 34. cxd4
Nxd4 35. Qe5) 34. Bc5 $16) (32... Ne4 $142 $13 {Ftacnik}) 33. Rc1 Qf5 34. Bh3 {
'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'This part of game is dominated by the tactics, black
has to part with some material. '} (34. h3 $16) 34... Ne4 (34... Nb5 35. Ne5 $1
Qxh3 (35... Qf2+ 36. Qxf2 Rxf2 37. Nxd7 Rf3 38. Bb2 a3 39. Ba1 $16) 36. Nxf7
Kg6 37. Rf1 Qxf1+ $8 38. Kxf1 Kxf7 39. Bc1 $18) 35. Ne5 Qf2+ (35... Qxh3 {
Ftacnik} 36. Nxf7 Qg4 37. Nd6 Nxc3 38. Qxc3 Qxd4+ 39. Qxd4 Nxd4 40. Kf2 $14)
36. Qxf2 Rxf2 (36... Nxf2 $5 37. Nxf7 Nxh3+ 38. Kg2 g4 39. Nd6 $16 (39. Rb1 {
Ftacnik} Kg6 40. Rb7 $16)) 37. Nxd7 Ra2 38. Bc5 Nd2 39. Bg2 (39. Bg4 $1 a3 (
39... Kg7 $5) 40. Nf8+ Kh6 41. Nxe6 Nb3 42. Rf1 $18) {Ivanchuk play his last
trump - aP} 39... a3 40. Nf8+ (40. Re1 Nb3) 40... Kh6 $2 {Ftacnik: 'The last
inaccuracy will prevent black's counterplay from exploiting it's whole
potential.'} (40... Kh8 $1 41. Re1 (41. Nxe6 $5 Nb3 42. Rf1 Rxg2+ 43. Kxg2 a2
44. Nc7 a1=Q 45. Rxa1 Nxa1 46. Nxd5) 41... Nb3 42. Bxa3 Rxa3 43. Nxe6 Nd2 44.
Rc1 $16) (40... Kg8 {Ftacnik} 41. Nxe6 Nb3 42. Rf1 Rxg2+ 43. Kxg2 a2 44. Nc7
a1=Q 45. Rxa1 Nxa1 46. Nxd5 Nb3 47. Nb6 $16) 41. Re1 $18 {'!' Ftacnik. It
seems that Black's position can no longer be saved - there are too many White'
pieces pointed at the black king, who is all alone} e5 (41... Ne4 42. Bxe4 dxe4
43. Nxe6 $18) (41... Nd8 {Ftacnik} 42. Nxe6 Nxe6 43. Rxe6+ Kg7 44. Re7+ (44.
Bxd5 {Ftacnik} Ra1+ 45. Kg2 a2 $11) 44... Kg6 45. Re1 Rc2 46. Bxa3 Rxc3 47. Bc5
$18) 42. dxe5 {[%csl Ge5]} g4 43. e6 Nf3+ 44. Bxf3 gxf3 45. Kf1 $1 {Avoiding
last trap} ({It is still open question if White can win after} 45. e7 $2 {
for example} Nxe7 46. Rxe7 (46. Re6+ Kh5 47. h3 Rg2+ 48. Kf1 Nf5 49. g4+ Kh4
50. gxf5 a2 51. Re1 Rb2 52. Ng6+ Kxh3 53. Nf4+ Kg3 54. f6 Rb1 55. Bf2+ Kxf4 56.
f7 Rxe1+ 57. Bxe1 a1=Q 58. f8=Q+ Ke4 59. Qe7+ $16) 46... Rg2+ 47. Kf1 a2 48.
Re1 $1 (48. Be3+ Kh5 49. Re5+ Kg4 50. Rg5+ Kh3 51. Rh5+ Kg4 52. Rg5+ $11) 48...
Re2 $1 (48... Rb2 49. Be3+ Kh5 50. h3 $1 {[%csl Rh5]} Re2 (50... Rb1 51. Bc1 {
[%cal Re1e5]}) 51. Ra1 Rxe3 (51... Rb2 52. Bc1 Rb1 53. Rxa2 Rxc1+ 54. Kf2 Rxc3
55. Ne6 $18) 52. Rxa2 Rxc3 53. Rxa5 $18) 49. Ra1 (49. Rc1 Rb2) 49... Rb2 50.
Be3+ Kg7 51. Bc1 Rb1 52. Rxa2 Rxc1+ 53. Kf2 Kxf8 54. Ra3 Rc2+ 55. Kxf3 Rxh2 56.
Rxa5 Rd2 $11) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 {Morozevich won
two games in tournament, playing this line:in 4th round he crashed Sergei
Shipov with white pieces and now successfully used it with opposite coloures.}
7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qb1 {[%cal Rf1b5] Very popular move and interesting move, but I
am not sure that it stronger than} (8. Qg4 $5 {[%cal Rg4g7] or}) (8. Nf3) 8...
c4 ({Black also could try} 8... a6 {Black also could try}) 9. Ne2 {[%cal Ge2g3,
Gg3h5]} f6 (9... Nc6 10. Nf4 Bd7 11. g3 Nge7 12. Nh5 Rg8 13. Bh3 O-O-O 14. O-O
Kb8 15. Qb2 Nc8 16. Rae1 Nb6 17. f4 Qa5 {1/2-1/2 Berzinsh,R-Glavas,D/Pula op
2003/ (46)}) 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. g3 $146 (11. Ng3 Nc6 12. Be2 O-O (12... b6 13.
O-O Bd7 14. Bg5 O-O-O 15. Bf3 Rdf8 16. Qc1 Ne8 17. Re1 h6 18. Bf4 g5 19. Be5
Rh7 {Ledger,D-Ward,C/BCF-ch Torquay 2002//0-1 (47)}) 13. O-O {RR} Bd7 14. Re1
b6 15. Bg5 Rae8 16. Qd1 h6 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. Bg4 g6 19. Qd2 Kg7 20. h4 Qa5 {
1/2-1/2 Smirnov,P-Rustemov,A/RUS-ch Krasnodar 2002/ (32)}) 11... Nc6 12. Bg2 b6
13. O-O Bd7 14. Qb2 O-O 15. Rae1 Rae8 {Black has a very solid position, but
it's very difficult for him to get active counterplay.} 16. Bf4 Rf7 17. f3 Nh5
(17... e5 $5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nd4 Rfe7 20. Qb4 $1 Qa6 $13) 18. Bd6 g6 19. g4
Ng7 {[%csl Rg7] I think, that Black would prefer to have bishop on g7 instead
of knight.} 20. h3 Qa5 21. Kh1 b5 22. f4 Qb6 $1 23. Bc5 Qc7 24. a4 bxa4 25. Qa3
h5 $1 {Having no desire for defence, Black tries to break open h line.} 26. Ng1
$6 (26. Bf3 $5 Qd8 27. Kg2) 26... hxg4 27. hxg4 Qd8 $1 28. Bh3 (28. g5 Nf5 {
[%csl Gf5]}) 28... Qh4 29. Qc1 (29. Bd6 e5 $1) 29... e5 $1 {Now Black has a
technically almost winning position. White could play maybe longer and more
stubborn than what Jakovenko did, but with the same result.} (29... g5 $5 30.
fxg5 $140 Rxf1 31. Rxf1 e5 $1) 30. fxe5 $8 Bxg4 31. Rxf7 Kxf7 32. Qf4+ (32.
Rf1+ Nf5 33. Rf4 Rh8 $1) 32... Nf5 33. e6+ Kg7 $40 34. Rf1 $6 {The text move
is artificial and throws White into serious trouble. However, he has already
serious problems anyway.} (34. Qc7+ Nfe7) 34... Ng3+ 35. Kg2 Bxh3+ (35... Nxf1
$5 36. Qf7+ Kh6) 36. Nxh3 Qxf4 37. Rxf4 Ne4 (37... Nf5 38. Rf2 Nd8 39. Nf4 Nxe6
40. Nxd5 Nxc5 41. dxc5 a3 $19) 38. Rf7+ Kg8 {Rest is simple.} 39. Ba3 (39. Rc7
Nxc5 40. Rxc6 Nxe6 $19) 39... Rxe6 40. Rd7 Nxc3 $19 41. Nf4 Re4 42. Nxd5 Nxd5
43. Rxd5 Nxd4 0-1

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2001.10.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Borovikov, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2001.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. Qg4 (6. b4 $5 {is more
popular nowdays}) 6... Ne7 7. dxc5 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Ng6 10. Nf3 (10. h4
h5 11. Qg5 Nd7 12. c4 Qa4 13. Nf3 dxc4 14. Qe3 O-O 15. Rc1 b6 16. cxb6 Nxb6
$132 {0-1 Lau,R-Vaganian,R/BL 1993 (42)}) 10... Nd7 11. c4 (11. Bd3 Nxc5 12.
O-O Ne4 $1 (12... O-O 13. h4 (13. Rfe1 Bd7 14. h4 Ne4 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Qh5 f6
17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Qg5 Ne4 19. Qh5 Nf6 20. Qg5 Ne4 21. Qh5 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 Aseev,
K-Ivanov,S/RUS-ch Samara 2000 (21)}) 13... Qa4 14. Qxa4 Nxa4 15. h5 Ne7 16. h6
Bd7 17. Rab1 b6 18. hxg7 Kxg7 19. Rb4 Ng6 20. Re1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Minasian,
A-Lputian,S/ARM-ch Yerevan 2001/The Week in Chess 359 (46)}) 13. Be3 (13. Bxe4
h5) 13... h5 14. Qh3 Qxc3 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Rab1 Nxe5 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qg3 Ng4
19. Rb3 Qa5 $13 {1-0 Ponomariov,R-Borovikov,V/Governor's Cup Kramatorsk 2001/
(68)}) 11... Qc7 {[%mdl 4]} (11... Qa4 12. Qd4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. Bb4 a5 15.
O-O Qc6 16. Bd2 Nxc5 17. Be3 b6 18. Rab1 Bb7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Rowson,J-Vaganian,R/
Istanbul olm 2000/The Week in Chess 312 (48)}) 12. cxd5 O-O {Funny position.
White has two pawns advantage, couple of bishops, but it is not clear that he
has any advantage.} 13. d6 Qxc5 14. Qb4 Ngxe5 15. O-O-O $146 {It is difficult
to believe, but just this move is a new one.} (15. Nd4 Qd5 16. O-O-O a5 17. Qb2
Ng4 18. Be3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Qe5 20. Bb5 Qxe3+ 21. Kb1 Rd8 22. Rhe1 Qh6 23. Ka2
Qxh2 $13 {0-1 Cseshkovsky,V-Lputian,S/Podolsk 1990 (48)}) 15... Qxf2 {In the
last three moves Black took three white pawns!} 16. Bc3 (16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Qe4
f6) 16... Nc6 ({Too risky} 16... Nxf3 17. gxf3 Qxf3 18. Bd3 {[%csl Gc3,Gd3]
[%cal Gh1g1,Gg1g8]}) 17. Qb2 e5 $1 18. Kb1 (18. Bc4 Kh8 {[%cal Gf7f6]}) 18...
f6 {[%csl Rc3] Black managed to close one of white's bishp and can look with
optimizm into the future.} 19. Be1 Qb6 20. Bc4+ Kh8 21. Bb3 Nc5 $1 22. Bf2 {
[%cal Gf2b6]} Bf5 {[%csl Rb1,Gf5] White monarch doesn't look very secure
already.} 23. Ka2 (23. Bxc5 Qxc5 $17) (23. Nh4 Be4 24. Rhe1 Nd4) 23... Qa5 {
[%cal Gc6b4]} 24. Bxc5 (24. Be1 Qa6) 24... Qxc5 25. Rd5 Qb6 26. c4 Qa6 (26...
Be4 27. Rb5 Qa6) 27. Qc3 Be4 28. Rd2 (28. Rb5 Bxf3 29. gxf3 Nd4 30. Rd5 Rad8
$19) 28... Bxf3 29. gxf3 Nd4 30. c5 (30. Rxd4 exd4 31. Qxd4 Rae8 32. d7 Re2+
33. Kb1 Rd8 $19) 30... Qc6 31. Rc1 ({More chances for survival White could get
after} 31. Rxd4 $5 exd4 32. Qxd4) 31... b6 $1 32. f4 (32. cxb6 Qxb6) (32. Rxd4
exd4 33. Qxd4 Rad8 $18) 32... Rac8 33. Qg3 bxc5 (33... bxc5 34. Rg1 Qb7 35. Bc4
e4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 16th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2003.12.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2003.12.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. bxa5
dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. f4 Qxa5 12. Nf3 Bd7 13. Rb1 O-O-O 14. Qd3
Nf5 15. Rg1 $1 {Lately Black has experienced problems in this line.} d4 (15...
Rg4 16. g3 Rh8 17. Kf2 Qc5+ 18. Be3 Qxa3 19. Rb3 Qa4 20. Rxc3 d4 $6 (20... Nxe3
$5) 21. Bxd4 Nfxd4 22. Qxd4 Rxh2+ 23. Rg2 Qxd4+ 24. Nxd4 Rh1 25. Bb5 $36 {
Vescovi,G-Lputian,S/Poikovsky 2003/CBM 95/[Psakhis,Vescovi]/1-0 (40)}) 16. g4
Ne3 $146 (16... Nfe7 17. Rg3 Be8 18. h4 Nf5 19. Rg1 Ne3 20. Bxe3 dxe3 21. Qxe3
Ne7 22. Bc4 $1 $16 {Anand,V-Khalifman,A/Linares 2000 1-0 (42)}) 17. Bxe3 dxe3
18. Qxe3 {A good and natural move,} ({but I think, that white's chances are
clearly better and after} 18. Rb3 $5 Ne7 19. Qxc3+ Qxc3+ 20. Rxc3+ Bc6 21. Bc4
$5 $16) 18... Ne7 19. Ng5 Rxg5 $5 {Black sacrifices an exchange, having no
desire for passive defense.} (19... Nd5 20. Qd4 {[%cal Gg1g3,Gg5e4]}) 20. fxg5
Bc6 21. Rg3 $1 Nd5 22. Qf2 Qc7 23. Bg2 ({Worth considering and} 23. Qd4 $5 {
with the possible continuation} Nf6 $140 $5 24. Qxa7 Qxe5+ 25. Qe3 Nxg4 26.
Qxe5 Nxe5 27. Be2 $18) 23... Qxe5+ 24. Kf1 Qxg5 ({Maybe Black should have
preferred quite} 24... Kb8 $5 {with some compensation for the exchange.}) 25.
Qxa7 Qd2 26. Qf2 $1 {White's advantage can be seen now with the naked eye.} Nf4
(26... Rh8 27. h3) 27. Bxc6 bxc6 28. Rxc3 $5 ({Another promising possibility
was} 28. Rf3 $5 e5 29. Qxd2 cxd2 30. Rd1) 28... Qxc3 29. Qxf4 {[%csl Rc8][%cal
Rf4b8]} e5 (29... Qh3+ 30. Kg1) 30. Qf5+ Kc7 $8 (30... Rd7 31. Rd1 Qh3+ 32. Kg1
Qe3+ 33. Kh1 Qa7 34. h4 $18) 31. Qxf7+ Rd7 32. Qb3 $5 (32. Rb7+ Kxb7 33. Qxd7+
Kb6 34. Qd3 $18) 32... Qxb3 33. Rxb3 ({White had already a good choice -} 33.
cxb3 $18 {leads to a winning ending for white.}) 33... Rd1+ 34. Kg2 (34. Ke2
Rh1 35. h3 {works well as well.}) 34... Rd2+ 35. Kg3 Rxc2 36. h4 $18 {[%csl
Gg4,Gh4]} Rc1 37. g5 Kd6 38. Kg4 Ke6 39. Rb8 Rg1+ 40. Kh5 c5 41. Kh6 (41. Kg6
$5 {[%cal Gh4h7]}) 41... c4 42. g6 c3 43. Rc8 Kf6 44. h5 Rg3 45. g7 $1 {
[%cal Rc8c3]} Kf7 46. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 {Lputian is one
of the main authorities of this sharp line, but in this game was a tough test.}
7. Qg4 Kf8 {A very popular move in modern practice ( to be honest I don't
understand why ! )} ({In many games, after} 7... O-O {Black is checkmated very
soon. And not everybody likes the gambit line after}) 8. Bd2 {This move became
quite popular just in the last 2-3 years. Earlier White tried other moves like}
(8. h4 $5) (8. a4 {or}) (8. Nf3) 8... b6 (8... Nbc6 9. Nf3 Qb6 10. dxc5 Qb2 11.
Rc1 Qxa3 12. Bd3 Qxc5 (12... Ng6 13. O-O Ngxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Qf4 Nxd3 16.
Qd6+ Ke8 17. cxd3 Qa4 18. Qg3 Kf8 19. Qd6+ Ke8 20. Qg3 Kf8 21. c4 Qc6 22. cxd5
Qxd5 23. c6 bxc6 24. Bb4+ Kg8 25. Bc3 g6 26. Qf4 h5 27. Bxh8 Kxh8 28. Qxf7 {
1-0 Groszpeter,A-Portisch,F/Zalakaros Kupa 2002/Magyar Versenyek}) 13. O-O a5
14. Rb1 a4 15. Rb5 Qa7 16. Be3 Qb8 17. Qh5 h6 18. Bc5 a3 19. Ra1 Bd7 20. Rb3 a2
21. Rb2 b6 {1-0 Spassky,B-Legky,N/FRA t-ch 2002/IXM (40)}) ({Worth considering
was} 8... Qc7 $5 {[%cal Gc7c2] for example} 9. Bd3 ({Much weaker is} 9. Rc1
$143 $6 Qa5 $1 10. h4 Qxa3 {and it is not clear whether White has sufficient
compensation for the pawn, for example} 11. h5 h6 12. Rh3 c4 13. Rf3 Nbc6 14.
Rf4 b5 15. Qf3 Nd8 16. g4 Ke8 17. Nh3 Rb8 18. g5 Nf5 19. Bg2 a5 20. gxh6 Nxh6
21. Qg3 Kf8 22. Rf3 Nc6 23. Ng5 Rb7 $17 {Polgar,J-Nikolic,P/Linares 1997/CBM
57/ /1-0 (59)}) 9... b6 {Psakhis: 'Stronger than'} (9... cxd4 10. cxd4 b6 11.
Ne2 Ba6 12. Nf4 Bxd3 13. cxd3 Qd7 14. Nh5 Rg8 15. a4 Nbc6 16. O-O Qb7 17. Rfb1
Rc8 18. h3 Nf5 19. Bc1 $36 {[%cal Gc1a3] 1-0 Short,N-Levitt,J/BCF-ch Torquay
1998 (37)}) (9... c4 10. Bf1 Bd7 11. Nh3 $1 {The knight is headed for h5. If
Black plays g7-g6, the dark squares on the kingside will be very weak.} Ba4 12.
Qd1 Nd7 13. Be2 h6 14. O-O Kg8 15. f4 Rf8 16. f5 $5 {White sacrifices a pawn
in order to activate his rook and bishop on d2.} Nxf5 17. Nf4 Nxe5 $6 18. dxe5
Qxe5 19. Bg4 Nd6 20. Ne2 $5 {1-0 Korneev,O-Kristjansson,S/Reykjavik op 2002/
ChessBase}) 10. Nf3 (10. Nh3 Ba6 11. O-O (11. Nf4 $5) 11... Bxd3 12. cxd3 Nbc6
$5 {[%csl Rd4] organizing pressure on White's pawns in the center of the board,
for example} (12... Nd7 $6 $146 13. Nf4 {[%cal Gf4h5]} Qc6 14. Nh5 g6 $2 {
The second and already decisive mistake.} (14... Ng6 15. f4 $16 {[%cal Rf4f5]
looks terrible, but}) (14... Nf5 $142 $5 15. Ng3 $5 Ne7 {and Black's position
is still tough enough.} (15... Nxg3 16. fxg3 {[%cal Gf1f8]}) 16. f4 $140 g6)
15. Bh6+ Ke8 16. Ng7+ $1 Kd8 17. Qh4 {[%cal Rh4d8] A very annoying move !
Black's king is in great danger and the very next move would be fatal for him.}
Rg8 $8 18. Bg5 Rxg7 19. Bxe7+ Kc7 (19... Ke8 20. Qh6 Rg8 21. Bd6 Nf8 22. Qg5
Qd7 23. dxc5 bxc5 24. Bxc5 $18) 20. Qh6 Rgg8 (20... Rag8 $2 21. Bf6 $18) 21.
Qxh7 $18 {1-0 Vallejo Pons,F-Nogueiras,J/Havana Capablanca mem-A 2001/CBM 84/
[Psakhis] (34)}) 13. Nf4 (13. dxc5 $6 bxc5 14. Rfe1 Ng6 15. d4 c4 16. Ng5 Qd7
17. Re3 Kg8 18. Rf3 Rf8 19. Rb1 Nce7 20. h4 h6 21. h5 hxg5 22. Qxg5 Qc7 23. Rh3
Rb8 24. Rxb8+ Qxb8 25. hxg6 Nxg6 26. Rxh8+ Kxh8 $15 {Gdanski,J-Socko,B/POL-ch
Warsaw 2001/ /1/2-1/2 (62)}) 13... Rc8 (13... Qd7 14. Nh5 Nf5 15. a4 h6 16. a5
Nxa5 17. Rfb1 c4 18. Bc1 g6 19. Ba3+ Ne7 20. Nf6 Qd8 21. Bd6 Nb7 {1-0
Dworakowska,J-Socko,M/POL-chW Brzeg Dolny 2001/ (52)}) 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. d4 h6
16. Rfc1 Na5 17. Qd1 Rb8 18. Rab1 c4 19. Rxb8+ Qxb8 20. Rb1 Nb3 21. Nd3 Qc7 22.
Nc5 Nxc5 23. dxc5 Nc6 24. Qa4 Ke7 25. Qa6 Rb8 26. Rxb8 Qxb8 27. f4 Kd7 28. a4
Qb3 29. Kf2 Kc7 {0-1 Nyysti,S-Ostenstad,B/ECC Cup Rethymnon 2003/}) (10. h4 Ba6
11. h5 h6 12. Rh3 Bxd3 13. cxd3 Nbc6 14. Ne2 Kg8 15. Rf3 Rf8 16. Rf4 Na5 17.
Rd1 c4 $1 18. Bc1 Nb3 19. Bb2 Qc6 $13 {0-1 Goloshchapov,A-Drozdovsky,Y/Ukraine
1998 (36)}) 10... Ba6 $5 (10... cxd4 11. cxd4 Ba6 12. Bb4 {[%csl Gb4]} Bxd3 13.
cxd3 Nbc6 14. Bd6 Qd7 15. O-O Kg8 16. a4 h6 17. Qf4 Ng6 18. Qg4 (18. Qe3 Kh7
19. Nd2 Rhc8 $15 {0-1 Rudolf,H-Socko,B/Polanica Zdroj op 2000/ (31)}) 18... Kh7
19. h4 Rhc8 20. h5 Nge7 $13 {0-1 Szelag,M-Socko,B/POL t-ch Glogow 2001/ (83)
with mutial chances}) 11. dxc5 (11. O-O Bxd3 12. cxd3 Nd7 13. a4 h6 14. a5 Rb8
15. axb6 axb6 16. Nh4 Kg8 17. f4 Nf8 18. f5 exf5 19. Nxf5 Nxf5 20. Qxf5 Ne6 21.
dxc5 bxc5 22. Ra6 Qe7 23. h4 h5 24. Bg5 {1-0 Sokolov,A-Crut,A/Saint Chely
d'Aubrac op 2004/ChessBase (28)}) 11... bxc5 12. Bxa6 (12. O-O Bxd3 13. cxd3
Nd7 14. Rfe1 h6 15. c4 d4 16. h4 Rb8 17. Rab1 Rxb1 18. Rxb1 Nc6 19. Qe4 Kg8 20.
h5 Nd8 21. Qa8 Kh7 {1/2-1/2 Sion,M-Patino,R/ESP t-ch 1998 (21)}) 12... Nxa6 13.
c4 {A typical advancement in this type of positions. The precariousness of
Black's king and the temporary disconnection of his forces determine White's
advantage.} (13. O-O h6 14. c4 (14. Rab1 Kg8 15. c4 Qc6 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Rfc1
Qe6 18. Qh4 Nf5 19. Qa4 Kh7 20. Rb7 Rhb8 {1/2-1/2 Gurcan,S-Priehoda,V/EUR-ch
Batumi 2002/The Week in Chess 398 (45)}) 14... Rd8 $6 (14... Qc6 $5 15. cxd5
exd5 {[%cal Gc6e6] transpose to Timman-Nikolic game}) 15. cxd5 Rxd5 ({After} 
15... exd5 {White can choose between the simple} 16. Rfe1 $5 {[%cal Ge5e6]} ({
and the pawn sacrifice} 16. e6 $5 Qc8 17. Ne5 Qxe6 18. Qxe6 fxe6 19. Rab1 $1
$44) 16... Qc8 17. Qxc8 Rxc8 18. Rab1 $36) 16. Rab1 $36 {[%csl Ra6,Rf8] The
results of the opening are not favourable for Black - His king is bad and he
has big trouble with the knight on a6.} Ng6 (16... c4 17. Bb4 $5 Nxb4 18. Rxb4
c3 19. Rfb1 $16) 17. Qa4 Nb8 18. Ba5 Qc8 19. c4 Rd3 $8 20. Rfd1 $16 {1-0 Lutz,
C-Socko,B/EU t-ch Batumi 1999/CBM 74/[Psakhis,L] (38)}) 13... Qc6 (13... Ng6
14. O-O Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Rfe1 Qd6 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Rab1 Qc6 19. Qg5 f6
20. Qe3 Qd7 21. Qe6 Qxe6 22. Rxe6 Rb8 23. Rbe1 Nc7 24. Rc6) (13... Nb8 14. cxd5
Nxd5 15. Qe4 Qc6 16. Rb1 Nd7 17. O-O Rc8 18. c4 N5b6 19. Qd3 h6 20. Be3 Ke7 21.
Rb5 Rhd8 {1-0 Aveskulov-Drozdovsky/Lvov 2003/ChessBase (60)}) 14. cxd5 exd5 15.
O-O Re8 (15... h6 16. Rfe1 Qe6 17. Qa4 {White could have opted for the endgame
after} (17. Qxe6 fxe6 18. Rab1 Rb8 19. Rxb8+ Nxb8 20. Rb1 Nbc6 21. Rb5 $14)
17... Kg8 18. Rab1 Kh7 19. Qh4 Kg8 20. Rb7 Nf5 21. Qf4 Nb8 $1 22. Reb1 Nc6 {
1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Nikolic,P/Pula 1997/EXP 57 (38)}) 16. Rfe1 Nc7 17. Rab1 Ne6
18. Rb2 (18. Ng5 Nxg5 19. Qxg5) (18. Rb3 h5 19. Qh3 c4 20. Rb4 a5 21. Rbb1 Qa4
22. Ng5) 18... h5 19. Qh3 Ng6 (19... Qa4 20. Ng5 Nc6 (20... Nxg5 21. Bxg5) 21.
Nxe6+ Rxe6 22. Qc3) 20. Qf5 Ne7 21. Qd3 (21. Qh3 Ng6 22. Qf5) 21... h4 {
1-0 Tinture,L-Mukherjee,A/corr 1998/ICCF Telechess CBM 98/[Laurent Tinture] 
(63)}) (8... Qa5 9. a4 Nbc6 10. Nf3 Qb6 11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. Bd3 h6 13. O-O Qb6
14. Rfe1 Bd7 15. c4 $14 {Short,N-Nikolic,P/London PCA (1) 5' 1994}) 9. a4 (9.
dxc5 {An Interesting novelty. Stefansson is trying to open the position for
his bishops.} bxc5 (9... Ba6 10. cxb6 Qxb6 11. Bd3 $36) 10. Nf3 ({I am sure
that} 10. c4 $5 {will be checked quite soon.}) 10... c4 {Stops 11.c4 and
activation of the white-squared bishop, but this move has scarcity- it will be
very difficult for Black to include Bc8 to the game.} 11. Nd4 Nbc6 12. Nxc6 (
12. Qg3 Qb6) 12... Nxc6 13. Qg3 (13. f4 Qb6) 13... Qb6 14. Bc1 ({Instead of} 
14. Be3 Qa5) ({White could play} 14. Be2 $5 {() and in case of} Qb2 15. O-O
Qxc2 16. Qe3 $44 {he will have enough compensation for the pawn, for example}
Nxe5 $140 $2 17. Qxe5 Qxd2 18. Qd6+ Ke8 19. Qc6+ $16) 14... Bd7 15. a4 h6 16.
Be2 Kg8 17. Bh5 Qc7) (9. Nf3 h6 10. a4 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rfb1
Qd7 14. Ra2 Kg8 15. Ne1 Qc6 16. a5 b5 17. Rab2 Rb8 18. Qe2 c4 19. g4 Kf8 20.
Ng2 Ke8 21. Nf4 g6 22. Qf3 Kd7 23. Ne2 Nc7 {Timoshenko,G-Kononenko,T/UKR t-ch
Alushta 2000/1/2-1/2 (44)}) ({Worth considering was} 9. h4 {with the possible
continuation} Ba6 10. h5 (10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. cxd3 Qc7 12. dxc5 Qxe5+ 13. Ne2 bxc5
14. h5 h6 15. Rb1 Nbc6 16. Rh3 Qf5 17. Qa4 f6 18. g4 Qh7 19. Nf4 Kf7 20. Rb7
Rhb8 21. Qxc6 Rxb7 22. Qxb7 Qg8 23. Re3 Qc8 {1-0 Shomoev,A-Drozdovskij,Y/
Internet RUS Cup 2004/CBM 102 ext (32)}) 10... h6 (10... Bxf1 $2 11. h6) 11.
Bxa6 (11. Ne2 Nbc6 12. Rh3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nf5 14. Bc3 Qg5 (14... Rc8 15. Ng3
Bxf1 16. Kxf1 Qg5 17. Qd1 Kg8 18. Bd2 Nxg3+ 19. Rxg3 Qh4 20. Qg4 Qxg4 21. Rxg4
Ne7 {1/2-1/2 Jackova,J-Efimenko,Z/Hengelo YM 2001/ChessBase (40)}) 15. Qxg5
hxg5 16. O-O-O g4 17. Rh1 Rc8 $36 {0-1 Karjakin,S-Efimenko,Z/Kramatorsk
Governor's Cup-2 2001}) 11... Nxa6 12. Ne2 Qc7 (12... Rc8 13. Qf3 cxd4 14. cxd4
Qe8 15. Rh4 Rxc2 16. Nc3 Qc8 17. Qd3 Rb2 18. Nd1 Rxd2 19. Kxd2 {1-0 Chandler,
M-Pert,N/London Chapman m 2000/}) 13. Qf3 Kg8 14. Rh4 Nf5 15. Rf4 Rf8 16. Rg4
cxd4 17. cxd4 Qc4 18. c3 Kh7 19. Ng3 Nxg3 20. Qxg3 Rhg8 $14 {Mitkov,
N-Ostenstad,B/Bergen op 2001/ /1-0 (80)}) (9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Nh3 Bxd3 11. cxd3
Nbc6 12. O-O cxd4 13. cxd4 Nf5 14. Be3 Qh4 15. Qxh4 Nxh4 16. Rac1 Rc8 17. Rc2
Ke8 18. Rfc1 Kd7 19. Ng5 Nf5 $15 {0-1 Betschart,O-Dittmar,P/Pizol op 1996 (45)}
) (9. Nh3 $5 Ba6 10. Bxa6 (10. Bd3 h6 11. Nf4 Bxd3 12. cxd3 Nbc6 13. Nh5 Nf5
14. Ng3 Qh4 15. Qf3 Nfe7 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Qe2 Ng6 18. O-O Ngxe5 19. f4 Nd7 20.
f5 e5 {0-1 Zufic,M-Filipovic,M/CRO t-ch jr 1st league Pula 2002 (53)}) 10...
Nxa6 11. O-O $146 (11. Qe2 Nb8 12. O-O Nbc6 13. Be3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Na5 15. Nf4
Rc8 16. Nh5 Qc7 17. Bd2 Nc4 18. Be1 g6 19. Nf6 Ng8 {Wernert,W-Nothnagel,M/
BL2-Ost 0102 2002/CBM 88 ext/1-0 (59)}) 11... Rc8 12. Nf4 $6 {I think that
White keeps better chances after this move, but} cxd4 ({In the case of} 12...
Nf5 {White could play} 13. c4 $5 dxc4 $140 14. d5 $1 {with complicated and
interesting game.}) 13. cxd4 Nf5 (13... Rxc2 14. Be3 $44 (14. Bb4 $5)) 14. c3
Rc4 15. Qf3 {[%cal Rg2g4]} ({Worth considering was} 15. a4 $5 {[%cal Ga4a5]
with very pleasant position for white.}) 15... h5 $5 {[%cal Gg7g6,Gf8g7]} 16.
h3 (16. a4 $5) 16... g6 17. g4 hxg4 18. hxg4 Qh4 $1 {0-1 Hracek,Z-Kristjansson,
S/Selfoss 2002/CBM 92/[Psakhis] (26)}) 9... Ba6 10. Bb5 Qc7 $146 (10... Qc8 $5
11. Ne2 Nbc6 12. O-O Bxb5 13. axb5 Na5 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Nd4 Nc4 16. Bc1 h6 17.
Re1 Kg8 18. Qh5 Qc7 19. Ra4 Qd7 20. Qf3 Rc8 21. Qd3 a5 22. f4 h5 23. Nc6 Rc7
24. Nxe7+ Qxe7 25. f5 exf5 26. Qxf5 Qe6 27. Qd3 Nxe5 28. Qg3 Re7 29. Rf4 Nf3+
30. Rxf3 Qxe1+ {0-1 Golubev,M-Drozdovskij,Y/Odessa Geller mem 2005/ (30)}) 11.
Ne2 cxd4 (11... Bxb5 $5 12. axb5 a5) 12. cxd4 Bxb5 (12... Qxc2 13. Bb4 $1 Bxb5
14. axb5 Qc4 15. Rb1 $44 {[%csl Gb4][%cal Gb4f8]}) 13. axb5 Qc4 (13... Qxc2 14.
Bb4) 14. O-O Nd7 {A very important moment of the game. Possibly Lputian had to
play} (14... Qxb5 $5 15. Rfb1 Qc4 16. Bb4 Nbc6 $132 {at least in this case
Black would have a material advanatge.}) 15. Qf3 Nf5 {After this move Black is
in serious trouble. He would have more chances for reasonable counterplay after
} (15... Qxb5 $5 16. Rfb1 (16. c4 $5 Qxc4 17. Rfc1 Qb5 18. Rab1 Qa6 19. Bb4 Ke8
20. Nc3 $40) 16... Qc4 17. Bb4 $44) 16. Qd3 $5 {The middlegame without queens
is obviously better for white due to the better pieces, sounder pawn structure
and a weak black pawn on a7.} Qxd3 17. Bb4+ Ke8 18. cxd3 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Gb5,
Gd4,Rd7]} f6 (18... Kd8 19. Rfc1) 19. f4 Nb8 {[%cal Ge8d7]} (19... Kf7 20. Rfc1
{[%cal Rc1c7]}) (19... Nf8 20. Ra6) 20. Rac1 (20. g4 $140 $1 Ne3 (20... Ne7 21.
f5) (20... Nh6 21. f5 $1 exf5 22. Nf4 $18) 21. Rfc1 Kd8 (21... Nxg4 $4 22. Rc8+
) 22. h3 {[%csl Re3][%cal Gg1f2]}) 20... Kd7 $6 (20... Kd8 $140 21. g4 (21. Rc3
a5 $1) 21... Ne3 (21... a5 22. Bc5 $1 bxc5 23. gxf5 exf5 24. dxc5 $18) 22. Rf3
Nxg4 23. Rg3 h5 24. h3 $16) 21. g4 $1 Ne3 22. Rf3 Nxg4 23. Rg3 f5 (23... h5 24.
h3 Nh6 25. Rxg7+ $18) 24. h3 h5 $8 25. hxg4 hxg4 26. Bd6 {An extra piece
should be sufficient for a win, but White still has to show some technique.}
Rc8 27. Rg2 a6 (27... Rxc1+ 28. Nxc1 {[%cal Gg2c2]}) 28. Rxc8 (28. Ra1 $5 a5
29. Rh2 $18) 28... Kxc8 29. Nc3 axb5 30. Rc2 $1 Nc6 (30... Kb7 31. Nxd5 exd5
32. Rc7+ Ka6 33. e6 $18) 31. Nxd5 Kb7 32. Nb4 $18 Rc8 (32... Nxb4 33. Rc7+ Ka6
34. Bxb4 {[%cal Gd4d5]}) 33. d5 $1 {Decisive breakthrough in the centre.} (33.
Nxc6 Rxc6 34. Rb2 Rc1+ 35. Kf2 Kc6 $16) 33... Nxb4 (33... exd5 34. Nxc6 Rxc6
35. Re2 $18) 34. Rxc8 Kxc8 {This move isn't the most stubborn though Black's
position is already lost anyway} (34... Nxd5 $140 $5 35. Rb8+ (35. Re8 Nxf4)
35... Kc6) 35. Bxb4 exd5 36. Kf2 (36. e6 $5) 36... Kd7 37. Ke3 Ke6 38. d4 Kd7
39. Be1 {[%cal Ge3b4]} Ke6 40. Kd3 g5 41. Bg3 (41. Bg3 gxf4 42. Bxf4 Kd7 43.
Kc3 Kc7 44. Kb4 Kc6 45. e6) 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch KO 74th"]
[Site "Rivne"]
[Date "2005.08.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2005.08.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 {A rare move,
which, however, often leads to sharp play.} 7. Qg4 (7. Nf3 Qa5 8. Bd2 Nge7 {
- C 19} (8... Qa4 $5 {/\} 9. dxc5 $6 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O e5))
7... g6 8. a4 (8. Nf3 Qa5 (8... Bd7 9. Be2 Qa5 10. Bd2 c4 11. Qh4 h6 12. O-O
Nge7 13. Qf6 O-O-O 14. a4 Rh7 15. Rfb1 Rg8 16. Qh4 Nf5 17. Qh3 g5 18. g4 h5 19.
gxf5 g4 20. Qg2 exf5 21. Rb5 Qd8 22. Ne1 Be6 23. Rab1 f6 {1-0 Usachyi,M-Gufeld,
E/UKR-sf Kiev 1960/EXT 2003 (28)}) 9. Bd2 Qa4 (9... f5 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Qh4
O-O 12. Bd3 c4 13. Be2 Ne4 14. Ng5 Nxg5 15. Qxg5 e5 16. O-O Bf5 17. dxe5 Nxe5
18. Rab1 b6 19. g4 Bxc2 {1/2-1/2 Leitao,R (2550)-Lima,D (2519)/Sao Paulo zt 2.
4 2003/ (41)}) 10. Ra2 c4 (10... b6 11. Qf4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Bd7 14.
Bd3 Ne7 15. Ke2 Rc8 16. Rb1 Qxd4 17. cxd4 Nc6 18. Ke3 f6 19. f4 O-O 20. a4 g5
21. g3 fxe5 22. fxe5 Be8 23. Rf1 Bg6 24. Raa1 Kg7 {0-1 Ermolaev,A (2372)
-Khmelnitsky,A (2483)/Voronezh Master op 2003/ (46)}) (10... h6 11. Bd3 c4 (
11... b6 12. h4 Ba6 13. O-O Bxd3 14. cxd3 cxd4 15. Rc1 Qb5 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17.
cxd4 a5 18. Qf3 Rh7 19. Rac2 Rd8 20. Rc7 Qa6 21. a4 Rd7 22. Qd1 f5 23. R7c6
Rhe7 24. Qb3 Rb7 25. Rd6 Kf7 26. Rcc6 Qa8 27. Rxb6 Rxb6 28. Rxb6 Qc8 29. Rb5
Ra7 30. Rb8 Qd7 31. Qa3 Ne7 32. Bxh6 Rb7 33. Rf8# {1-0 Fogarasi,T-Totsky,L/
Budapest FS03 GM 1996}) 12. Be2 Bd7 13. h4 O-O-O 14. O-O Rf8 15. Re1 Rh7 16.
Nh2 Nce7 17. Qh3 f5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Ng4 e5 20. dxe5 Ne4 21. e6 Bxe6 22. Qe3
Nf5 23. Qf4 Qe8 24. f3 Nfg3 25. Qe3 Nxd2 26. Qxd2 Bxg4 27. fxg4 Re7 {0-1 Otero,
D (2394)-Herraiz Hidalgo,H (2491)/Havana Capablanca mem-B 2003/}) 11. Be2 (11.
h4 h6 12. Be2 Bd7 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Qf4 Rf8 15. Be1 Qa5 16. Qc1 f5 17. Bd2 Qa4
18. g3 Rf7 19. Kg2 Rfh7 20. Rh1 Nge7 21. Bf4 Kb8 22. Ra1 Nc8 23. Qb2 Nb6 24.
Rag1 Qa5 {1/2-1/2 Onischuk,V (2349)-Kruppa,Y (2525)/Kiev Independence Cup-A
2005/ (44)}) 11... Bd7 12. Qf4 h6 13. h4 (13. O-O Rh7 14. Qh4 Rg7 15. Rb1 b6
16. g4 g5 17. Qh3 O-O-O 18. Ne1 Rf8 19. Ng2 f6 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Qxh6 Rgg8 22.
f3 e5 {1-0 Agdestein,S (2572)-Knott,S (2383)/BCF t-ch 0102 2002/ (34)}) 13...
Rh7 14. h5 g5 15. Qg3 (15. Qe3 O-O-O 16. O-O Rf8 17. Nh2 f5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19.
f4 Ne4 20. fxg5 Rxf1+ 21. Nxf1 Nxg5 22. Qg3 Qb5 23. Qe1 Rg7 24. Kh1 e5 25. dxe5
d4 26. cxd4 Nxd4 27. Bc3 Nxe2 28. Qxe2 Bc6 29. Qg4+ Kb8 30. Rb2 Qc5 31. e6 Nf3
32. Qf4+ Kc8 33. Qxf3 Bxf3 34. Bxg7 Qxh5+ 35. Nh2 Bc6 {0-1 Arakhamia,K (2413)
-Socko,M (2354)/Bled Olympiad w 2002/}) 15... O-O-O 16. Nh2 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6
18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. Bxg4 Qa5 20. Qe3 e5 21. Bxd7+ Rdxd7 {1/2-1/2 Averjanov,A 
(2398)-Kruppa,Y (2522)/St Petersburg 300 Years 2003/}) (8. h4 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qa4
10. Ra2 (10. Rh3 Nxe5 11. Qf4 Nc6 12. dxc5 Qxf4 13. Bxf4 e5 14. Bxe5 f6 15. Bd6
Bxh3 16. Nxh3 Nge7 17. Rb1 O-O-O 18. Bb5 Nf5 19. Bh2 Ne5 20. Nf4 a6 21. Ba4 Nc4
{1/2-1/2 Loskutov,O (2406)-Kruppa,Y (2544)/Samara op 2002/ChessBase (44)})
10... Nxe5 11. Qf4 Nc4 12. h5 Nxd2 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. Qe5 $1 (14. Kxd2 Ne7 15.
Nf3 Bd7 16. Ng5 Rf8 17. Qe5 cxd4 18. Rxh7 dxc3+ 19. Ke3 Nc6 20. Qd6 Qd4+ {
0-1 Asadpour,M-Mihajlovskij,S (2245)/Hallsberg op 1996/ChessBase/[Ernst]})
14... Nf6 15. Qxf6 Rf8 16. Qg7 Nxf1 17. Rxh7 Qd7 18. Qxg6+ Rf7 19. Rh8+ Ke7 20.
Qg5+ Kd6 21. Rd8 {and White wins}) 8... Bd7 (8... Qa5 9. Bd2 f5 10. Qh4 Bd7 11.
Nf3 Nge7 12. Bb5 O-O-O 13. Qh6 Qb6 14. Bg5 Rde8 15. O-O cxd4 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17.
Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Bxd7+ Kxd7 19. Bf6 Rhf8 20. Rab1 b6 21. Rfd1 Qc5 22. Qxh7 Kc8 23.
a5 Qc7 24. axb6 axb6 25. h4 Kb7 26. c4 Ng8 27. Rxb6+ Kxb6 28. Rb1+ Kc6 29.
cxd5+ {1-0 Rechlis,G (2510)-Berkovich,M (2430)/Tel Aviv ASA 1994/ChessBase}) (
8... f5 $1 9. Qd1 (9. exf6 $6 Nxf6 10. Qh4 Qa5 $1 11. Bd2 (11. Qxf6 Rf8) 11...
Ne4 $15) (9. Qf4 Qa5 10. Bd2 c4 11. h4 h6 12. g4 Nge7 13. Bh3 Bd7 14. Ne2 O-O-O
15. Qg3 Rdg8 16. Bc1 g5 17. gxf5 g4 18. fxe6 Bxe6 19. Bg2 Nf5 20. Qf4 Nfxd4 21.
Qd2 Nxe2 22. Kxe2 Nxe5 23. Ba3 Nf3 24. Bxf3 gxf3+ 25. Kd1 Rg4 26. Bb4 Qb6 27.
a5 Qc6 28. Kc1 Re4 29. Re1 Rxh4 30. Kb2 Bd7 31. Re5 Re8 32. Rxd5 Re2 {1/2-1/2
Timoshenko,G-Dobrowolski,P/Cappelle la Grande 1994/ChessBase}) 9... Qa5 10. Bd2
Nge7 11. Nf3 c4 12. h4 h6 13. Qc1 Nd8 $1 (13... Bd7 14. Rb1 Nc8 15. Bxh6 Nb6
16. Bd2 O-O-O 17. Qb2 Rdg8 18. Be2 Nd8 19. Ng5 $14 {1-0 Vukovic,Z-Maksimovic,B/
JUG-chT Cetinje 1990 (35)}) 14. Qa3 Bd7 15. Rg1 $5 (15. Be2 Nf7 16. O-O Nc8 $5
{/\ Qd8, g5, /\ Nb6 ><a4}) 15... Rc8 $1 {/\ Rc6} 16. Qb4 (16. g4 Rc6 17. gxf5
exf5 $1 $15) 16... Nec6 (16... Qxb4 17. cxb4 c3 $5 $13) 17. Qb2 Ne7 18. g4 $6 (
18. Qb4) (18. Qb4) 18... Rc6 19. Bh3 Ra6 $15 {1-0 Gligoric,S (2465)-Maksimovic,
B (2385)/Jugoslavija 1991//[Maksimovic,B] (40)}) (8... Qc7 9. Bd2 {Gaining
control over the b4-square. Black was threatening 9...cxd4 10.cxd4 Nb4.} f6 10.
Nf3 $1 ({After} 10. exf6 Nxf6 {Black has a dangerous initative. Using tactical
features of the position, White retains a positional advantage.}) 10... fxe5
11. Nxe5 Nf6 (11... Nxe5 12. Qf4 $1 (12. Qg3 $6 Nf6 $132) 12... Ne7 13. Qxe5
Qxe5+ 14. dxe5 {, with the idea Bg5-f6.}) 12. Qf4 O-O 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Bb5 {
The key move in this line. White wins an important tempo for developing his
pieces.} Qb6 15. dxc5 (15. O-O $2 c4) 15... Qxc5 16. Qd4 Qxd4 17. cxd4 Ne4 18.
f3 Nd6 ({The most stubborn. After} 18... Nxd2 19. Kxd2 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gh1e1,
Ge1e6,Ga1b1,Gb1b6] White has all the chances to convert his ending advantage.})
19. Bd3 {1-0 Atlas,V (2460)-Weinzettl,E (2375)/AUT-chT 1997/CBM 61/[Atlas,V] 
(36)} (19. Bb4 {is dubious in view of} Nxb5 20. Bxf8 Nxd4 21. O-O-O Nxf3)) (
8... cxd4 {is met by} 9. cxd4 Nb4 10. Bb5+ (10. Qd1 {fails to} Qc7) 10... Bd7
11. Qe2 $16) 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Bd2 c4 11. Be2 (11. h4 h6 12. Qf4 Rh7 13. g3 O-O-O
14. Bh3 Rf8 15. O-O Kb8 16. Qe3 Ka8 17. Bc1 f5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Ba3 Re8 20.
Ne5 Ne4 21. Bb4 Qc7 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Bg2 Nd6 {0-1 Bologan,V (2675)-Kruppa,Y 
(2530)/Moscow Aeroflot-A 2004/ChessBase (39)}) 11... O-O-O 12. O-O f5 $146 (
12... f6 13. Rfb1 fxe5 14. dxe5 Rf8 15. Rb5 Qc7 16. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Marusenko,P 
(2327)-Kruppa,Y (2520)/Kiev Independence Cup 2003/}) 13. Qg5 (13. exf6 Nxf6 14.
Qf4 Ne4 {[%csl Ge4]}) 13... Be8 {[%cal Gh7h6]} (13... Nge7 14. Qh6 $5 {[%cal
Gh2h4]}) 14. Qh4 Rd7 {[%cal Gd7g7]} 15. Rfb1 a6 16. Ng5 Nd8 (16... Bf7 $5 {
[%cal Gh7h6]}) 17. Qh3 {[%cal Gd2c1,Gc1a3]} Re7 18. Bc1 Nf7 19. Nxf7 ({Worth
considering is} 19. Nf3 $5 {. Baklan has a huge space advantage and should
avoid any unnessacary exchanges.}) 19... Rxf7 20. Qf3 (20. Ba3 $5 Bxa4 21. Bb4
Qb5 22. Bc5 Qe8 23. Ra2 $44 {[%cal Gb1b6]}) 20... h6 21. Ba3 Bc6 22. Bc5 Qd8
23. Rb6 Ne7 24. Rab1 (24. Qe3 $5 {[%cal Ge3c1]}) 24... Qd7 25. Qg3 Rg7 26. a5 {
White's position is better due to his big space advantage, but the Black
position is very solid, as he has no weaknesses.} Kd8 $5 {[%cal Ge7c8]} 27. f4
Nc8 28. Qh4+ Kc7 (28... g5 29. fxg5) 29. R6b2 g5 30. fxg5 $6 {Possibly short
of time, Baklan begins to lose the thread of the game.} ({It was more sensible
to continue} 30. Qg3 Kb8 $13 {and now Black will get better chances.} (30...
gxf4 31. Qxf4 {[%cal Gc5d6]})) 30... Qd8 $1 31. Rf1 (31. Qf2 $5) 31... hxg5 32.
Qg3 Kb8 {[%csl Ra5]} 33. Bb4 Be8 $1 {[%cal Ge8h5]} 34. Rf2 (34. Rfb1 Bh5 35.
Bf1 f4 $36) 34... Rgh7 35. h3 Bh5 36. Bf1 f4 $36 37. Qh2 {[%csl Rh2]} Bg4 $1 {
[%cal Gg4f5,Gf5e4]} 38. Rb1 Ne7 $17 {[%cal Cf1e2,Ce2g4,Ge7f5]} 39. Bxe7 Qxe7
40. Rb4 Qg7 (40... f3 $5) 41. Rb1 Qg6 {[%csl Rc2,Rh2][%cal Gg4f5]} 42. Re1 Bf5
43. Ree2 (43. Rc1 Rh4 $19 {[%cal Rg5g4]}) 43... Qe8 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Ge8d8,
Re8a4]} 44. Qh1 {[%csl Rh1]} (44. Re1 Qa4) 44... Qa4 45. g3 {Desperation, but
I can't see real improvement for White.} Bxh3 46. Rh2 (46. gxf4 Bxf1) 46... Qa1
47. Kf2 (47. Qf3 Bxf1 48. Qxf1 Qxf1+ 49. Kxf1 Rxh2) 47... fxg3+ (47... Qxc3 $5
48. gxf4 gxf4) 48. Kxg3 Qxc3+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Firman, Nazar"]
[Black "Kornev, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 {
Black had many troubles in recent practice in getting a comfortable position
in this sharp line.} (7... O-O $5 {but Poldauf has great experience in this
interesting and extremely sharp line.}) 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6
11. f4 dxc3 12. Qd3 Bd7 13. Qxc3 (13. Rb1 {or}) (13. Nxc3 {could be a good
alternative to the text.}) 13... O-O-O 14. Rb1 Nf5 15. Rg1 d4 16. Qd3 Na5 $5 {
Beyond any doubt this move is the most crucial for the evaluation of the whole
variation.} ({Black experiences much more difficulties after} 16... f6 17. exf6
e5 18. g4 Nh4 ({Worth considering is} 18... Nd6 {for example:} 19. g5 e4 20.
Qb3 Kb8 21. f7 Rg7 22. h4 Rxf7 23. h5 d3 24. cxd3 exd3 25. Ng3 Qa5+ 26. Bd2
Re7+ 27. Be2 Qc5 $36 {0-1 Brenke,A-Farago,I/Lippstadt 1994 (34)}) 19. f7 (19.
h3 $5 e4 20. Qxe4 d3 21. cxd3 Rge8 22. Qc4 Be6 23. Qc3 Nf3+ 24. Kf2 Nxg1 25.
Kxg1 Qh7 26. f5 Bxf5 27. gxf5 Qxf5 28. Nf4 Rd4 29. Rb4 $18 {1-0
Cladouras-Djurhuus/Gausdal Troll 1991 (41)}) 19... Rxg4 20. Rxg4 Bxg4 21. Bh3
Qd7 22. Bxg4 Qxg4 23. Rb3 (23. Qg3 $5 Qh5 (23... Qf3 24. Qxh4 e4 25. Ng1 Qh1
26. Kf1 Rf8 27. Qg4+ Kc7 28. Qg8 Qxh2 29. Qxf8 Qxc2 30. Qg7 Qxb1 31. f8=Q+ Kb6
{1-0 Anukhin,A-Hasanov,M/Kirov sf-RUS 1993 (31)}) 24. Rb3 e4 25. Qg8 (25. Qg7
d3 26. cxd3 Nf3+ 27. Kf2 Qxh2+ 28. Qg2 Qxg2+ 29. Kxg2 exd3 {1/2-1/2 Stepashkin,
E-Belov,A/Kaluga 1996/EXT 2000 (29)} (29... exd3 30. Kxf3 dxe2 31. Re3 Rf8 32.
Bb2 Rxf7 33. Rxe2 Kd7 34. Kg4 Ne7 35. Be5 Nc6 36. f5 Nxe5+ 37. Rxe5 Re7 {
1/2-1/2 Hellers,F-Djurhuus,R/Gausdal 1992/TD (37)})) 25... Qd5 (25... Ng6 26.
Rg3 $16 (26. Ng3 Qxh2 27. Qxg6 Qg1+ 28. Kd2 e3+)) 26. Qg7 Nf3+ 27. Rxf3 {'!'}
exf3 28. f8=Q Qe4 29. Qxd8+ Nxd8 30. Qe5 Qxc2 31. Nxd4 Qxc1+ 32. Kf2 Qd2+ (
32... Qb2+ 33. Kxf3 Qxa3+ 34. Kg4 Qa2 35. h4 Qg2+ 36. Kh5 Qd2 37. Kg6 Qg2+ 38.
Kf6 Qg8 39. Qc5+ Kd7 40. Qxa7 Qf7+ 41. Kg5 Ne6+ 42. Nxe6 Qe7+ $18 {etl 1-0
Kilgour,D-Dorner,J/Pelikan mem-A 1998/77 telechess}) 33. Kxf3 Qxh2 34. Qf5+ Kb8
35. Qd7 {1/2-1/2 Gutsche,D-Anda,H/corr 2000}) 23... Qd7 $146 24. fxe5 $142 (24.
Qh3 $6 Nf5 $5 25. Ng3 Nd6 26. Qxd7+ Kxd7 27. fxe5 Nxe5 {1/2-1/2 Paramonov,
D-Neelotpal,D/Alushta Autumn 1st 2004/CBM 103/[Psakhis] (35)}) 24... Nxe5 (
24... Ng2+ 25. Kf1 Nxe5 26. Qb5 $1 Qxf7+ 27. Kxg2 Rd5 28. Qa4 $18) 25. Qe4 Nhg6
(25... Qxf7 26. Qxe5 Nf3+ 27. Rxf3 Qxf3 28. Bf4 $18 {[%csl Rc8]}) 26. Bf4 $5
Nxf4 27. Qxe5 $18 {and the Black's position is almost hopeless.}) ({Another
possible move here is} 16... Be8 {with the possible continuation} 17. g4 Nh4 (
17... Nfe7 18. Rg3 f6 19. exf6 Nd5 20. g5 Bg6 21. Qc4 Rge8 22. Bd2 e5 23. Bh3+
$18 {Timman-Martin, Manila Ol. 1992}) 18. Rg3 (18. Bd2 f6 19. exf6 Bg6 20. Qg3
Qh7 21. f7 Rg7 22. Qb3 Rxf7 23. Qxe6+ Rfd7 24. f5 Nf3+ 25. Kd1 Bf7 {1/2-1/2
Heurtebize,O-Moldovan,D/Avoine op 2002/ (49)}) 18... f6 19. exf6 Bg6 (19... e5
20. g5 $1 Bf7 $1 (20... Bh5 21. f5 $1 Qa5+ 22. Bd2 Qd5 23. Qb3 Qxb3 24. Rbxb3
$13) 21. Rh3 (21. Bh3+ $6 Kb8 22. fxe5 $2 Nxe5 $19 23. Qe4 Rge8 $3 24. Kf1 (24.
Qxh4 Qxc2 25. Rb2 Nf3+ $19) 24... Neg6 $1 25. Qg4 Qxc2 26. Bf4+ Nxf4 (26... Ka8
27. Rc1 Qb2 28. Rd3 Nxf4 29. Rxd4 Be6 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {1-0 Kondou,E-Petraki,M/
Athens 1991/Vaiser (65)}) 27. Qxf4+ Ka8 28. Re1 d3 29. Qxh4 Qxe2+ $1 {0-1
Sznapik,A-Nogueiras,J/Thessaloniki (ol) 1988}) 21... Bg6 22. Qc4 Bf7 23. Qa4
$13 Rh8 24. fxe5 Be6 25. Bf4 Qd7 26. Rd3 Ng6 27. Nxd4 Nxf4 {1-0 Brueckner,
J-Naumovic,J/corr 1998/ChessBase}) 20. f5 (20. Qc4 Bf7 21. Bh3 (21. Qa4 $1 Rd5
$5 22. Bd2 (22. Rb5 e5 $44) 22... e5 23. fxe5 Rxe5 24. Kd1 $1 Re4 $44) 21... e5
22. g5+ Kb8 23. Be6 Bxe6 24. Qxe6 Rge8 25. Qg4 e4 26. Qxh4 d3 27. Qg4 $146 dxe2
28. Be3 Nb4 29. Qxe2 Nxc2+ 30. Kf1 Nxe3+ 31. Qxe3 Rd3 32. Qe2 Qxf4+ 33. Qf2 Qd6
34. f7 Rd8 35. Re1 Rd5 36. Re2 Rd1+ 37. Kg2 {1-0 Balabaev,F-Fernandez Alvarez,
R/corr 2002/ChessBase/[Perez]}) 20... exf5 (20... Ne5 21. Qb5 exf5 22. Bf4 Rge8
23. gxf5 Bxf5 24. Rg7 Rd7 25. Rxd7 Bxd7 26. Bh3 Ng2+ 27. Kd1 Ne3+ 28. Bxe3 dxe3
29. Bxd7+ Nxd7 30. Rb3 Re5 31. Qb4 Nc5 32. Rc3 Qd7+ {1/2-1/2 Rudolf,H-Kummerow,
H/BL 1999/ChessBase (60)}) 21. Bf4 Qd7 22. g5 Bh5 23. Qb5 (23. Kf2 Rge8 24. Bd2
Ne5 25. Qb5 d3 $1 26. Qxd7+ Rxd7 27. Nf4 Ng4+ 28. Kg1 dxc2 29. Rc1 Rxd2 30.
Nxh5 Re3 $1 $19) 23... Rge8 24. Kf2 Re4 25. Bd2 Re5 26. Qd3 Ng6 27. Nf4 Re3 {
1-0 Polzin,R-Poldauf,D/Melk AUT 1999 (41)}) 17. g4 (17. Rb4 {[%csl Gc4]} a6 {
[%cal Gd7b5]} (17... Bc6 18. g4 Nh4 19. Rg3 Bd5 20. Nxd4 Nc6 21. Nxc6 Bxc6 22.
Qc3 Qd7 23. Rd3 $18 {1-0 Smirnov,P-Kazakov,P/Russian Cup Tomsk 2002}) (17...
Nc6 18. Rb2 Be8 19. g4 Nh4 20. Kf2 Qe7 21. g5 Nf5 22. Bg2 a6 23. Bd2 Qc5 {
1-0 Tatar Kis,S-Gyarmati,P/HUN t-ch2 1998 (27)}) 18. g4 Nh4 19. a4 $146 {
Steflitsch takes the important square b5 under control.} (19. Nxd4 Bb5 $5 20.
Nxb5 axb5 21. Qe4 Qc3+ 22. Kf2 Rd1 $132 {0-1 Von Buelow,G-Poldauf,D/BL 0102
2002/ (36)}) 19... f6 $5 (19... Bc6 20. Rg3 Bd5 $13) 20. exf6 e5 {[%csl Re1]
Black sacrifised two pawns, but the position of White's king in the centre of
the board gives him full compensation.} 21. f7 (21. g5 e4 $5 22. Qxe4 Bf5 $36)
21... Rgf8 (21... Rxg4 22. Rxg4 Bxg4 23. Bh3) 22. Rg3 $6 (22. Qg3 $5 Qxc2 23.
Qxh4 Nb3 24. Rxb3 Qxb3) 22... Rxf7 23. Rh3 $2 (23. f5 Re8 $132 {[%cal Ga5c6,
Ge5e4]}) 23... Bc6 $1 {0-1 Steflitsch,E-Poldauf,D/EU-Cup Halkidiki 2002/CBM 92/
[Psakhis] (39)}) (17. c3 $5) 17... Ba4 {A critical position of the variation,
since it is the end of a series of more or less forced moves.} 18. Rb2 (18. c3
Bc2 $5 19. Qxc2 d3 20. Qa2 Qc5 21. Rg2 Ne3 $1 22. Ng3 (22. Bxe3 $6 Qxe3 $17 23.
Rg3 $6 d2+ 24. Kd1 Qf2 25. Kc2 d1=Q+ 26. Rxd1 Rxd1 27. Kxd1 Qxf1+ 28. Kd2 b5 $1
$19 {0-1 Hjartarson,J-Nogueiras,J/Belfort 1988/ChessBase (33)}) 22... Nxg2+ 23.
Qxg2 {White's chances are better.}) (18. gxf5 Bxc2 19. Qb5 Rxg1 20. Nxg1 Nb3 $5
$146 21. Rxb3 Bxb3 22. Bd2 Qc2 23. Nf3 d3 {1-0 Goloshchapov,A-Adrian,C/France
2004/ (42)}) 18... Ne3 19. Bxe3 dxe3 20. Qc3 Nc4 {Black has good compensation
for the pawn, thanks to the active position of all his pieces.} 21. Ra2 Qc5
$146 (21... Rd2 {[%csl Gc4,Gd2]} 22. Nd4 (22. Ng3 $5) 22... Rd8 (22... Nxe5 $5)
23. Qxc4 R8xd4 24. Qxc7+ Kxc7 25. Rb2 Rxf4 26. Rg3 Rxh2 27. Rb4 Rxb4 28. axb4
Rh1 29. Rf3 Bb5 {0-1 Delorme,A-Adrian,C/FRA t-ch 2003/ (29)}) 22. Rg3 (22. Ng3
e2 $1 23. Nxe2 Rd2 24. Rg3 Rgd8 $40) (22. Qb4 $2 Qd5 $18 23. Nd4 $140 Nb6 24.
c3 Qxa2) (22. Bg2 Rd2 23. Qb4 Qxb4 24. axb4 Bxc2 25. Nc3 Rgd8 $17) 22... Rd2 (
22... Kb8 $5 23. Qb4 $140 $2 Qd5 $19) (22... Bc6 $5) 23. Qb4 Qxb4 (23... Qc6
24. Nc3 Nb6 25. Rxe3 Rxh2 26. g5 $14) 24. axb4 Bxc2 25. Nc3 Bd3 (25... Bb3 $5
26. Bxc4 Bxa2 27. Bxa2 Rc2 28. Rxe3 Rxg4 29. Kd1 Rb2 30. f5 Rg1+ 31. Re1 Rgg2
$132) 26. Bxd3 Rxd3 27. Rc2 Kb8 $1 (27... Rd2 28. Rxd2 (28. Rc1 Rxh2) 28...
exd2+ 29. Ke2 $16) 28. Nb5 (28. Ke2 $5 Rd4 (28... Rgd8 $5 29. Rg2 Rd2+ 30. Kf3
Na3 $13) 29. Kf3 Rc8 $132) 28... Rc8 {Things have definitely gone wrong for
White who now needs to adjust and to fight for a draw} 29. Ke2 (29. Rc3 $5 Rd5
30. Na3 Nxa3 31. Rxa3 Rc4 32. Raxe3 Rxf4 33. h4 Rxb4 34. h5 $13) 29... Rb3 (
29... Rd5 $5 30. Nc3 Na3 31. Rc1 Rd2+ 32. Kxe3 Rxh2 $17) 30. h4 Rxb4 31. Na3 $2
{A blunder. It is hard to understand, what exactly was missed by Firman, but
in any case White's task was already not simple at all.} (31. Nd4 $8 Rd8 (31...
Rb1 32. h5 Rh1 $15) 32. Nf3 a5 33. h5 a4 34. h6 a3 $17) 31... Nxa3 32. Rxc8+
Kxc8 33. Rxe3 Nc4 $19 34. Rc3 (34. Rh3 Nb6 35. h5 Nd5) 34... Rb2+ 35. Kf3 b5
36. h5 Kd7 {Apart from this move, Kornev had a another strong continuation:} (
36... a5 $5 37. Rc1 (37. h6 Rh2) 37... a4 38. Rh1 Rd2 39. h6 Rd8 40. h7 Rh8 $19
) 37. g5 Rh2 38. Kg4 Ke7 (38... a5 $5) 39. h6 (39. Rb3 $5 a6 40. h6) 39... a5
40. Rc1 (40. Kg3 Rh1) 40... Kf8 $1 41. Kg3 Rd2 42. f5 Rd3+ 43. Kh4 (43. Kg4
exf5+ 44. Kxf5 Rd5 45. Re1 a4) 43... exf5 44. g6 (44. e6 Ne5 $5) 44... fxg6 45.
e6 (45. Kg5 Kf7 46. e6+ Kxe6 47. Rh1 Ne5) 45... Kg8 (45... Ke7 $5) 46. Kg5 Kh7
47. Kf6 a4 48. e7 (48. Rg1 Re3 49. Rxg6 Rxe6+) 48... Re3 (48... Rd6+ $5 49. Kf7
Ne5+ 50. Kf8 Rf6+ 51. Ke8 a3 $19) 49. Rd1 a3 50. Rd7 Kxh6 51. Rd3 a2 (51...
Rxd3 52. e8=Q Rd6+ 53. Kf7 Ra6 $19) 52. Rd1 Kh5 53. Ra1 Nd6 54. Rxa2 Nc8 {
A glorious finish of the knight march!} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Cao, Sang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Bd7 8. h4
(8. dxc5 Ba4 (8... Ng6 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Rb1 Ncxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Rxb7 Qc8 13.
Rb4 Qxc5 14. O-O Nxd3 15. cxd3 O-O 16. Qg4 f6 17. c4 a5 18. Be3 d4 19. Rb7 Rad8
20. Bd2 Rf7 21. f4 Qxa3 {0-1 Johannesson,J-Albrecht,R/corr ICCF Champions
League 2002/ICCF Telechess (57)}) (8... Qc7 9. Bd3 Ba4 (9... Na6 $5 10. Bxa6
bxa6 11. O-O Qxc5 12. a4 Qxc3 13. Ba3 Nf5 $13) 10. Rb1 Nec6 (10... Nd7 11. Rb4
Bc6 (11... Nxc5 $4 12. Rxa4 $16) 12. O-O {- 24/234} (12. Be3 $14) 12... Nxc5
13. Rg4 Ng6 14. Re1 Ne4 15. Nd4 h5 16. Bxe4 hxg4 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Nxe6 Qf7 19.
Qxg4 Rh5 20. Bg5 Qd7 21. Bf6 Kf7 {1-0 Minasian,A-Fomichenko,E/Krasnodar op
1998/ChessBase (33)}) 11. O-O Nd7 12. Be3 h6 {N} 13. Re1 $16 O-O-O (13... O-O
14. Qd2 Ndxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxh6 $1 $16) 14. Rb4 $5 (14. Qe2 $1 {/\ Rb4})
14... Nxb4 15. axb4 a6 16. Nd4 $1 Nb8 $6 17. b5 (17. Qa1 $2 Bc6 18. f4 g6 $1
19. Bf2 $5 (19. Rb1 Kd7 $1) (19. Qd1 $5 $16) 19... Rhg8 {1-0 Shirov,A-Polgar,Z/
Pardubice 1994/Inf 61/[Shirov,A] (33)}) 17... axb5 18. Bxb5 Bxb5 19. Nxb5 Qxe5
(19... Qa5 20. Qb1 $1 {/\ Qb2+-}) 20. Bd4 $1 Qg5 21. Na7+ Kd7 (21... Kc7 22.
Be5+ Kd7 23. Qb1 $18) 22. Qb1 $18) 9. Rb1 Nd7 10. Rxb7 Nxc5 11. Rb4 Qa5 12. Nd4
Rc8 13. Qh5 O-O 14. Be2 Ng6 15. O-O Ne4 16. c4 Rfd8 17. Bg4 Qa6 18. cxd5 Rxd5
19. Nxe6 Nf6 20. Qh3 Nxg4 21. Ng5 Bd7 22. e6 Bxe6 {1/2-1/2 Rechlis,G-Poulton,J/
FRA t-ch Drancy 1998/ChessBase (73)}) 8... Ba4 9. h5 h6 10. dxc5 (10. Rh4 c4 (
10... Qa5 11. Bd2 c4 12. Rg4 Nf5 13. Nh4 Nxh4 14. Rxh4 Nd7 15. Rg4 Ke7 16. Rxg7
Rag8 17. Rxg8 Rxg8 18. Qb1 Bc6 19. Qb4+ Qxb4 20. axb4 a6 21. Bxh6 Rh8 22. Bg5+
Ke8 23. g4 f6 24. exf6 Kf7 25. f4 Nxf6 26. Bxf6 Kxf6 27. Be2 Bd7 28. Kf2 Rg8
29. Ke3 Kf7 30. g5 Kg7 31. Bf3 Rf8 32. h6+ Kg6 33. Ra5 Be8 34. Bg4 Bf7 35. Rc5
{1-0 Jenni,F-Berry,F/Dos Hermanas qual 2004/ChessBase}) 11. Rg4 Nf5 12. Rf4 Nc6
13. g4 Nfe7 14. Bd2 g5 15. hxg6 Nxg6 16. Rf6 Nce7 17. Ng1 Ng8 18. Rf3 Qe7 19.
Qb1 O-O-O 20. Qb4 Bxc2 21. Qxe7 N6xe7 22. Rxf7 Bg6 23. Rf3 h5 {0-1 Becerra,
J-Garcia,G/Cuba simul 1998/ChessBase (51)}) (10. Bd3 c4 (10... Nd7 11. Rh3 Qc7
12. Kf1 O-O-O 13. Bf4 Kb8 14. Qd2 Rc8 15. Rg3 c4 16. Be2 Nf5 17. Rh3 Qd8 18. g4
Ne7 19. Nh4 Ka8 20. Be3 Qg8 21. f4 g6 22. hxg6 fxg6 {0-1 Morovic Fernandez,
I-Nikolic,P/Wijk-A 1994/ChessBase (59)}) 11. Be2 Kd7 (11... Nbc6 12. O-O Kd7
13. Nh4 Qg8 14. f4 Qh7 15. f5 Kc7 16. Bg4 Raf8 17. Ra2 Nd8 18. Qe1 Kb8 19. Bh3
Ka8 20. Rf2 Bd7 21. f6 Nc8 22. a4 a5 23. fxg7 Qxg7 24. Rf6 Nb6 25. Nf3 Nxa4 26.
Nh2 Rh7 27. Ng4 Rfh8 28. Rf4 Bc6 29. Nf6 b5 30. Rg4 Qf8 31. Ba3 {1-0 Alekseev,
E-Kniest,O/Santo Domingo op 2003/}) 12. Bf4 {N} (12. Nh4 g5) 12... Qg8 (12...
Nbc6) (12... Na6) 13. g3 (13. Qb1 $5 b5 $8 14. Qb4 Nc8 15. O-O a5 16. Qb2 Qh7
17. Bd1 Nc6 $14) 13... Qh7 14. Ra2 Kc7 15. Nh2 Nd7 16. Ng4 Rae8 (16... Raf8 $2
17. Nf6 $1 $18) 17. O-O (17. Nf6 $2 gxf6 18. exf6+ e5 19. dxe5 Nc6 20. e6+ Nde5
$17) 17... Kc8 18. Rb2 Nc6 (18... Rhf8 $5 19. Qb1 $140 Bc6 {/\ Nf5}) 19. Qb1 b6
20. Bf3 Rhf8 21. Re1 $14 Kb7 22. Kg2 a6 {0-1 Beshukov,S-Shulman,Y/Gausdal 1994
(38)} (22... f5 23. Ne3 $16 {/\ 24. Nc4 dc4 25. Rb4}) (22... f6 $5)) (10. Rb1
Qc7 11. Bd3 c4 12. Be2 Nbc6 13. Bf4 O-O-O 14. Qd2 Kb8 15. Nh2 Nc8 16. Ng4 a6
17. Rh3 N8a7 18. Rg3 Nb5 19. Ne3 Rh7 20. Ra1 Ne7 21. Nd1 Qa5 22. Rh3 Rc8 23.
Kf1 Ka8 {1-0 Klovans,J-Topolewski,D/Sauerland Stern Hotel op 2001/EXT 2002 (51)
}) 10... Qa5 (10... Nd7 11. Rh4 Bc6 12. Rg4 Kf8 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Qd4 Qc7 15. Bd3
b6 16. cxb6 axb6 17. Qf4 Nc5 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Bd2 Nc6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Qg3 Ra4
22. Rb4 Ne4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Be3 b5 25. Rxa4 {Roser,K-Bohnenblust,S/Besancon
2001/FRA/1-0 (40)}) 11. Rh4 Nd7 (11... Qxc3+ $4 12. Bd2 Qxc2 13. Rxa4 Qxc5 14.
Rc1 Qb6 15. Rb4 Qd8 16. Rxb7 O-O 17. Nd4 {1-0 Hjartarson,J-Andrews,T/Las Vegas
1997/ChessBase}) 12. Rb4 $146 (12. Bd2 Bc6 (12... Nxc5 13. c4 Qd8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Be3 Ne4 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. Nd4 {Urosevic,G-Zlatanovic,B/Yugoslavia 1996] 
(17)}) 13. Rg4 Qc7 14. Rxg7 Nf5 15. Rg4 Nxe5 16. Bf4 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Qe7 18. Bd3
Qxc5 19. Kf1 O-O-O 20. Be5 d4 21. Qf4 Qxc3 22. Rb1 f6 {0-1 Royset,J-Walseth,T/
Harstad op 1997/Nordic (36)}) 12... Bc6 (12... Nc6 $142 $5 13. Be3 $5 (13. Bd2
Ndxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. c4 d4 $13) 13... O-O (13... Ndxe5 $4 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15.
Qd4 $18 {[%cal Rb4a4,Rd4e5]}) 14. Qd2 $5 {[%cal Ob4b7,Ge3h6]} (14. Bd4 a6 $132
{[%cal Cb4b7,Ga4b5]} (14... Nxb4 $2 15. axb4 $18)) 14... Ndxe5 $140 15. Nxe5
Nxe5 16. Qd4 Nc6 17. Rxa4 Nxd4 18. Rxa5 Nxc2+ 19. Kd2 Nxa1 20. Rb5 $16 {
[%csl Ra1]}) 13. Bd3 (13. Nd4 Qc7 14. Bf4 O-O 15. Qg4 Kh8 $132) 13... Qxc5 (
13... Nxc5 $5 {[%cal Gc5e4]}) 14. Be3 Qa5 (14... Qxc3+ $6 15. Kf1 {[%cal Cd5d4,
Cd4e3,Re3d4]} d4 16. Bxd4 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 $16 {[%csl Gd3,Gd4]}) 15. Kf1 d4 {
Black doesn't want to stay passively and tries to get some counterplay on the
k-side.} (15... O-O 16. Bxh6 $5 d4 (16... gxh6 17. Rg4+ Kh8 18. Qd2 Ng8 19.
Rxg8+ $1 Kxg8 20. Qxh6 f5 21. Qg6+ Kh8 22. Ng5 $18) 17. Rxd4 (17. cxd4 gxh6 18.
Qd2 Nf5 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Qxh6 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qd5 22. Ke2 $16 {[%cal Ra1g1]})
17... gxh6 18. Rg4+ Ng6 19. hxg6 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Qd2 $16) (15... Nc5 $5
{[%cal Gc5e4]}) 16. cxd4 Nd5 17. Rb3 Nxe3+ 18. fxe3 O-O 19. Qe1 Qc7 20. Qg3 (
20. Kg1 $5 f6 21. Qg3 fxe5 $140 22. Qg6 $16) 20... Nf6 (20... Bd5 $5 21. Rbb1
f5 {[%cal Gd7f6,Gc7g3]}) 21. Qh4 (21. Kg1 $5 Nxh5 $140 22. Qg4 g6 23. Rf1 $16 {
[%csl Gd3,Gf1,Gf3,Gg4,Rg8]}) (21. c4 Be4 22. Be2 $16) 21... Nd5 {It becomes
clear that Black's temporary initiative does not compensate White's extra pawn.
} 22. e4 {White gets a strong central pawn that secures him an initiative in
the middle game.} Ne7 23. Kg1 f5 24. exf6 Rxf6 25. Rf1 $18 Raf8 26. Rbb1 $6 {
Giving up the major part of the advantage.} (26. Qg4 $5 Bd7 27. Ne5 Rxf1+ 28.
Bxf1 Qd6 (28... Nc6 29. Rg3 $1) 29. c3 $18) 26... Qa5 27. Qh3 (27. Bc4 Qxa3 28.
e5 Rxf3 (28... Rf4 $1 29. Bxe6+ Kh7 30. Rb3 $1 Rxh4 31. Rxa3 Bxf3 32. Rfxf3
Rxf3 33. gxf3 Rxd4 34. Rxa7 Nc6 35. Rxb7 Nxe5 36. Kf2 $18 {[%csl Rh7][%cal
Gf2e3]}) 29. Bxe6+ Kh7 30. gxf3 Qe3+ 31. Kh2 Rxf3 (31... Nf5 32. Rbe1 Qd2+ 33.
Qf2 Qf4+ $132)) 27... Qxa3 28. e5 {It seems that Fedorov underestimated
Black's reply.} Rf5 $5 {An important resource which allows Black to avoid
difficulties.} 29. Bxf5 (29. Kh2 $5 Bd5 30. Nd2 $1 Rxf1 $140 31. Bh7+ Kxh7 32.
Qxa3 R1f2 33. Qd3+ Nf5 34. Rg1 b5 35. Kh3 $14) 29... Nxf5 30. Qg4 (30. Rb3 Qa4
31. Qg4 Bd5 $14) 30... Qe3+ 31. Rf2 Be4 {Black's initiative becomes more and
more unpleasant. Fedorov has won an exchange, but his pieces lack good
coordination. So the players signed the peace agreement, but possibly after} (
31... Be4 32. Rb3 Qc1+ 33. Kh2 Bd5 34. Rc3 Qb2 35. Rd3 Bc4 $14 {White's
chances are still better.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch KO 74th"]
[Site "Rivne"]
[Date "2005.09.01"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2005.08.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4 ({Sometimes Black tried also} 11... Nce7
{with the possible continuation} 12. h4 $5 Bd7 13. Qg4 f5 14. Qh3 f4 15. Bd2
Nf5 16. O-O c4 17. Be2 Ba4 18. Ra2 {[%csl Rf4] 1-0 Nataf,I-Pelletier,Y/Cap
d'Agde Gp B 2002/ (85)}) 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Qf7 (13... Bd7 $5 {for example}
14. h4 Rf5 15. Ng5 Raf8 16. Qe2 h6 17. Nh3 Qd8 18. g3 b5 19. Qd2 Qe7 20. Ke2 a5
21. Rh2 Rb8 22. g4 Rff8 23. Nf4 Be8 24. h5 g5 25. Nh3 b4 $36 {0-1 David,
A-Enders,P/BL9900 2000 (34)}) 14. Ng5 Qe8 (14... Qf5 15. Qe2 Rd8 (15... Nxe5 $2
16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. O-O h6 19. f4 Qd6 20. Nf3 Rf5 21. Rae1 Raf8 22.
Nh4 R5f6 23. Bd4 Rxf4 24. Rxf4 Qxf4 25. Qxf4 Rxf4 26. Nxg6 $18 {1-0 Kasparov,
G-Short,N/Munich Intel Express 1994 (35)}) 16. g4 Qf8 17. f4 h6 18. Nf3 Bd7 19.
a4 Rdb8 20. O-O b5 21. axb5 Rxb5 22. Bc1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Arakhamia,K-Peng/Tilgurg
ct w(7) 1994 (37)}) 15. h4 h6 (15... Ne7 16. Qe2 Nf5 17. g4 $146 {A quite
natural and strong move} Nxe3 18. Qxe3 h6 19. Nh3 Qe7 20. Qg3 Bd7 21. f4 {
White slowly but surely improves his position and Black can't organise any
counterplay.} Be8 22. Kd2 b5 23. f5 $1 {A nice breakthrough!} gxf5 (23... exf5
24. g5 $1) 24. g5 $1 {1-0 Nijboer,F-Harikrishna,P/Wijk aan Zee-B 2001/CBM 81/
[Psakhis] (33)}) 16. Nh3 b5 (16... Ne7 17. Qe2 (17. Nf4 Bd7 (17... Rf5 18. Qe2
Bd7 19. g4 Rf7 20. h5 g5 21. Nh3 b5 22. f4 gxf4 23. Nxf4 a5 24. O-O b4 25. cxb4
c3 26. Qe1 Bb5 27. Rf2 Qc6 28. a4 Bxa4 29. bxa5 Bb5 30. Ra3 Rc8 31. Qa1 Ba6 32.
Rb3 Qc4 33. Qe1 Rc6 34. Rb8+ Kh7 35. g5 hxg5 36. Nh3 {1-0 Neelotpal,D (2468)
-Pap,G (2371)/Budapest-04 GM 2005/}) 18. Rh3 Rf5 19. Ne2 Ba4 20. Kd2 h5 21. Qg3
Rf8 22. Nf4 a5 23. Qf3 Qf7 24. g4 g5 25. hxg5 Ng6 26. gxh5 Nxf4 27. Rh4 Ng6 28.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 29. hxg6+ Kxg6 30. Rb1 {1/2-1/2 Cranbourne,C (2465)-Atakisi,F (2490)
/corr World-ch 1999/ICCF tele 1/2002}) 17... b5 (17... Bd7 18. g4 b5 19. h5 a5
20. g5 $1 Rf5 21. gxh6 Rxh5 22. Kd2 gxh6 23. Rag1 $36 {with a strong attack
Lutz,C-Jussupow,A /Essen-A  2002 /CBM 90/[Psakhis] (41)}) 18. g4 a5 19. h5 g5 (
19... gxh5 20. g5 $5 (20. gxh5 $13 {is also worth considering}) 20... hxg5 $8
21. Nxg5 g6 22. Nh3 $1 ({Weaker is} 22. Kd2 $6 Rf5 (22... Nf5 $5) 23. Rag1 b4
24. Rxh5 $5 {Looks great for White, but his opponent has good a defence.} (24.
axb4 axb4 25. cxb4 c3+ 26. Kxc3 Ra2 $40) 24... bxc3+ 25. Kd1 gxh5 $8 {The only
move.} 26. Ne4+ $1 (26. Nxe6+ Kf7 27. Nc7 Qc6 28. Nxa8 Qxa8 29. Bg5 Qc6 $19 {
loses without any fight.}) 26... Kh7 $8 (26... Kh8 27. Nd6 Qf8 28. Bg5 $18 {
[%cal Re2h5]}) 27. Nd6 Qf8 28. Nxf5 ({In case of} 28. Rh1 Rb8 $1 {[%csl Rd1]}
29. Nxf5 Rb1+ 30. Bc1 Rxc1+ $1 31. Kxc1 Nxf5 32. Rxh5+ Nh6 $17 {Black is very
close tp victory}) 28... Qxf5 29. Rg5 Qf7 $8 30. Rxh5+ Kg8 {1/2-1/2 Stellwagen,
D (2426)-Dgebuadze,A (2537)/Groningen Harmonie 2002/CBM 93/[Psakhis] (36)})
22... Nf5 23. Bg5 {[%cal Gh3f4,Gg5f6,Gh1g1] with great compensation for the
pawn}) 20. f4 gxf4 21. Nxf4 Bd7 22. Qg2 $146 (22. Kd2 b4 23. axb4 axb4 24. cxb4
c3+ 25. Kxc3 Bb5 26. Qd2 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Nc8 28. Kb2 Nb6 29. Kb1 Nc4 30. Qe1 Nxe3
31. Qxe3 Qe7 32. Ra3 Qxb4+ 33. Rb3 Qa5 34. Kc1 Bc4 35. Rb7 Qa1+ 36. Rb1 Qa6
$132 {Luther,T-Rychagov,A/GRE t-ch 2001 0-1 (57)}) (22. Rg1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal
Rg4g5]}) 22... b4 23. Ke2 $6 (23. g5 $5 Kh7 $5 24. gxh6 gxh6 25. Ng6 Rg8 $132)
23... bxc3 24. g5 {White completely ignores his queenside and continues his
kingside actions!} Kh7 $1 25. Ng6 (25. gxh6 gxh6 26. Rag1 Nf5 (26... Rf7 $2 27.
Qg6+ $3 Nxg6 28. hxg6+ Kg8 29. gxf7+ Kxf7 30. Rxh6 $18) 27. Qg6+ Kh8 $15) 25...
Rg8 (25... Nxg6 26. gxh6 $1 Nf4+ $8 (26... gxh6 27. hxg6+ Qxg6 28. Qxg6+ Kxg6
29. Rxh6+ Kf7 30. Rf1+ $18) 27. Bxf4 gxh6 28. Qg6+ Qxg6 29. hxg6+ Kxg6 30. Bxh6
$40 {[%csl Rg6]}) 26. Nxe7 (26. gxh6 gxh6 27. Qh3 $5) 26... Qxe7 27. Rag1 Ba4
$1 {[%csl Rc2] 0-1 Adamson,R (2373)-Abrahamyan,T (2238)/USA-ch San Diego 2004/
CBM 105/[Psakhis] (45)}) (16... Qf7 17. Nf4 (17. h5 Ne7 18. Kd2 gxh5 19. Qe2
Nf5 20. Nf4 h4 21. Qg4 {1/2-1/2 Goloshchapov,A-Harikrishna,P/Calcutta
Goodricke op 2000/ (21)}) 17... Ne7 18. Qe2 (18. Rh3 $5 Qf5 19. Qe2 Bd7 20. g4
Qf7 21. Kd2 a5 22. h5 b5 23. g5 b4 24. gxh6 Qf5 25. hxg7 Rfb8 26. hxg6 Ba4 27.
Rh8+ Kxg7 28. Rh7+ $18 {1-0 Solozhenkin,E-Apicella,M/St.Petersburg-Paris 1996 
(31)}) (18. Rb1 b6 19. Rh3 Bd7 20. Qe2 Kh7 21. g4 Qe8 22. h5 g5 23. Ng2 Rf7 24.
f4 gxf4 25. Nxf4 Qf8 26. Qh2 Ng8 27. Ra1 Ne7 28. Kd2 b5 29. Rg1 $16 {1-0 Milu,
R-Popescu,C/ROM t-ch 1994 (33)}) 18... Bd7 19. g4 Ba4 20. Rh3 a5 21. Kf1 (21.
h5 g5 22. Ng2 {[%cal Gf2f4]} b5 23. f4 gxf4 24. Nxf4 b4 25. Kd2 $2 {A strange
move!} (25. axb4 axb4 26. cxb4 Nc6 27. c3 $13 {was more natural and stronger})
25... bxc3+ 26. Kxc3 {[%csl Rc3]} Rab8 {0-1 Szabo,G (2399)-Apicella,M (2509)/
Bucharest Ciocaltea mem 2000/CBM 77/[Psakhis,L] (33)}) 21... Ra6 22. Rb1 Bc6
23. Kg1 b5 24. h5 Be8 25. Rf1 Rb6 26. hxg6 Nxg6 27. Nh5 Ne7 28. Qd2 Qg6 29. f3
$36 {1-0 Tischbierek,R (2522)-Naumkin,I (2406)/Porto San Giorgo op 2003/}) 17.
Qe2 (17. h5 gxh5 18. Qe2 Bd7 (18... a5 19. Nf4 g6 20. g4 Ne7 21. Ng2 Kh7 22.
Qd2 Ng8 23. Nf4 hxg4 24. Ke2 g5 25. Nh5 Qf7 26. f4 gxf4 27. Bxf4 Qg6 28. Raf1
g3 29. Nxg3 Qg4+ 30. Ke1 Ra7 31. Ne2 Raf7 32. Qe3 Qg6 33. Rfg1 {1-0 Svidler,
P-Bareev,E/Elista 1997/CBM 59/[Svidler] (33)}) 19. Nf4 Rxf4 20. Bxf4 Qf7 21.
Be3 Be8 22. g4 hxg4 23. Qxg4 Qg6 24. Qh3 Ne7 25. Kd2 Qf5 26. Qh4 Bg6 {1/2-1/2
Sokolov,A (2580)-Apicella,M (2530)/Saint Chely d'Aubrac op 2004/ChessBase (38)}
) (17. Nf4 Ne7 18. Kd2 (18. O-O Bd7 19. Rab1 Qf7 20. h5 gxh5 21. Nxh5 Kh7 22.
f4 Nf5 23. Bc1 Be8 24. Ng3 Nxg3 25. Qxg3 Qd7 26. Be3 Bg6 {1/2-1/2 Firnhaber,
I-Kitson,K/corr 2001/IXM (37)}) (18. Rh3 Rf5 19. Qe2 a5 20. g4 Rf7 21. Qd2 Bd7
22. h5 g5 23. Ng2 b4 24. axb4 axb4 25. Rxa8 Qxa8 26. cxb4 Qa1+ 27. Qc1 Qc3+ 28.
Qd2 Qa1+ 29. Qc1 Qc3+ 30. Qd2 Qa1+ {1/2-1/2 Davila,M-Halldorsson,J/corr 1998 
(30)}) 18... a5 19. Qh3 Bd7 20. Rab1 Qf7 21. f3 Rab8 $13 22. Ne2 Nc6 {It looks
for me that Black has solved all his opening problems.} 23. Rb2 b4 {1/2-1/2
Anand,V (2755)-Jussupow,A (2622)/Corsica Masters 2002/CBM 92/[Psakhis] (53)} ({
Worth considering} 23... Qe7 $5 {[%cal Gb5b4]})) 17... Bd7 18. g4 a5 19. h5 {
Beyond any doubt this move is the most crucial for the evaluation of the whole
variation.} (19. Nf4 $6 $146 {[%cal Gh4h5]} Ne7 (19... b4 $5 20. h5 (20. axb4
axb4 21. Rxa8 Qxa8 22. O-O bxc3 23. Nxg6 Rb8 $132) 20... g5 21. Ng6 Rf7 22. f4
$5 $13) 20. h5 (20. Kd2 $5) 20... g5 21. Nh3 b4 $1 {Black has a more obvious
way of developing the initiative on the queenside.} 22. f4 (22. axb4 axb4 23.
Rxa8 Qxa8 24. cxb4 Nc6 $44 (24... Qa1+ 25. Qd1 Qa3 26. O-O Qxb4 27. Qa1 Qa4 28.
Qc3 Ra8 29. Rb1 Nc6 30. Kg2 Qa3 31. Qxa3 Rxa3 32. Rb7 Be8 {1/2-1/2 Balogh,C 
(2356)-Almasi,I (2420)/Budapest-4 GM 2000/(42)})) 22... gxf4 23. Bxf4 bxc3 (
23... b3 $5 {[%csl Gb3]}) 24. Qe3 Ba4 25. Qxc3 Rb8 {0-1 Lahno,K-Smeets,J/Wijk
aan Zee-C 2004/CBM 99/[Psakhis] (36)}) 19... gxh5 20. g5 (20. Rg1 Ne7 21. gxh5
(21. g5 $5) 21... Kh7 22. Qg4 Nf5 23. Kd2 Qe7 24. Qg6+ Kh8 (24... Kg8 25. Bxh6
Be8 26. Qg5 Qxg5+ 27. Bxg5 Bxh5 28. Nf4) 25. Nf4 Nh4 ({RR} 25... Kg8 26. Qg4
Be8) 26. Qg4 Rxf4 {'!' Psakhis.} 27. Bxf4 Rf8 28. Rh1 Nf5 {Leko,P-Almasi,Z/
Budapest 2003/CBM 95/[Psakhis]/1/2-1/2 (52)}) 20... hxg5 21. Nxg5 g6 22. Qf1 (
22. Kd2 b4 23. Rag1 bxc3+ 24. Kd1 Rf5 25. Rxh5 gxh5 26. Ne4+ Kh8 $132 {0-1 Van
den Doel,E-Psakhis,L/Bled Olympiad 2002/CBM 92 (33)} 27. Nd6 Qg8 {0-1 Van den
Doel,E-Psakhis,L/Bled Olympiad 2002/ (33)}) ({RR} 22. O-O-O Qe7 23. Rdg1 Rf5 (
23... Qxa3+ 24. Kd2 Rf5 $1 (24... b4 $2 25. Ne4 $1 dxe4 (25... Rf5 $5 $146 26.
Rxg6+ Kf7 (26... Kf8 27. Rxh5 dxe4 28. Rxf5+ exf5 29. Qh5 Qxc3+ 30. Kd1 Qa1+
31. Ke2) 27. Nd6+ $1 Kxg6 28. Nxf5 $1 (28. Rg1+ $2 Kh7 29. Nxf5 Be8 $1) 28...
Rh8 $2 (28... Qxc3+ 29. Kd1 Qa1+ 30. Bc1 Rh8 31. Qe3 $1 exf5 32. Qg5+ Kf7 33.
Qf6+ Ke8 34. Qxh8+ Ke7 35. Qf6+ Ke8 36. e6 Qxd4+ 37. Qxd4 Nxd4 38. exd7+ Kxd7
39. Rh4 Nb5 40. Rxh5) 29. Rg1+ {1-0 Smikovski,I (2498)-Rodshtein,M /Moscow
2005/} (29. Rg1+ Kf7 30. Nd6+ Ke7 31. Bg5+ Kf8 32. Qf3+)) 26. Qxh5 Rxf2+ 27.
Bxf2 Qxc3+ 28. Kd1 Qf3+ 29. Qxf3 exf3 30. Rxg6+ Kf7 31. Rf6+ Ke7 32. Rh7+ {
1-0 Bacrot,E-Vaisser,A/FRA-ch Aix les Bains 2003/CBM 97/[Psakhis] (32)}) 25.
Nf3 b4 $132) 24. Nf3 Be8 25. Nh4 Qxa3+ 26. Kd2 b4 27. Nxf5 Qxc3+ 28. Kd1 Qa1+
29. Bc1 exf5 30. Qxh5 Qxd4+ 31. Bd2 Qa1+ 32. Bc1 Qd4+ 33. Bd2 Qa1+ {1/2-1/2
Philippe,C (2411)-Apicella,M (2553)/Paris-ch 2005/ (33)}) 22... Ra7 $146 {
Only this move turns out to be a novelty.} (22... Rf5 23. Qg2 Ne7 (23... b4 24.
Ke2 bxc3 25. Rag1 Rb8 26. Rxh5 Rb2 27. Qh3) 24. Ke2 Kh8 25. Nf3 Qf7 26. Nh4 Rf8
27. Raf1 Kh7 28. Bg5 Nc6 {Karjakin,S (2560)-Papa,S (2372)/Biel (open) 2003/}) (
22... b4 23. Qg2 b3 24. Kd2 Rb8 25. Rxh5 gxh5 26. Nf7+ Kxf7 27. Rg1) (22... Ne7
23. Qg2 Nf5 24. Nh3 (24. Ke2 Ng7 25. Nf3 Rxf3 26. Qxf3 Qf7 27. Qg2 Qf5 28. Kd2
Rf8 29. Rh4 g5 30. Qxg5 Qxg5 31. Bxg5 Rxf2+ {0-1 Sulypa,A (2484)-Apicella,M 
(2543)/Bois Colombes BC Masters 2004/(48)}) 24... Nh4 (24... b4 25. Nf4 Kh7 26.
axb4) 25. Qg3 Nf5 (25... Nf3+ 26. Ke2) 26. Qg5 Nxe3 27. fxe3 Qf7 28. Nf4 Qf5
29. Qxg6+ Qxg6 30. Nxg6 Rf7 31. Rxh5) 23. Qg2 Rf5 24. Nf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3h4]
White has managed to execute his opening plan in the most favourable
circumstances and Black has difficult problems to solve.} Qf7 (24... Rf7 25.
Rxh5 $1 (25. Qxg6+ Rg7 26. Qh6 Qg6 27. Qxg6 Rxg6 28. Rxh5 $16) (25. Bg5) 25...
Rxf3 26. Rh6 $1 Rxe3+ $8 27. fxe3 Ne7 28. Qh3 $18) 25. Nh4 Kh7 {[%cal Ch4f5,
Rh1h7]} (25... Be8 $5) 26. Ke2 $6 {This natural move is too slow and allows
Black to regroup his pieces.} (26. f3 $142 $5 Be8 $140 27. Nxf5 Qxf5 28. Rh4 {
[%cal Ca7f7,Cf5f3,Rh4f4]}) 26... Be8 27. Rh3 Qf8 28. Rg3 (28. Kd1 $5) 28... Rg7
(28... g5 $2 29. Bxg5) 29. Nxf5 Qxf5 (29... gxf5 $2 30. Rg1 Rxg3 31. Qxg3 $18)
30. Kd2 Ne7 (30... Rf7 31. Rg1) 31. Bg5 Qf7 32. Bf6 Rg8 33. Bxe7 (33. Rg1 Nf5
34. Rh3 Bc6 {[%csl Gf5]}) 33... Qxe7 34. Rf3 Rf8 (34... b4 35. axb4 axb4 36.
Rf6 $5) 35. Kc1 Kh6 36. Kb2 g5 (36... b4 37. Rxf8 Qxf8 38. axb4 axb4 39. Qg3 $5
) (36... Rxf3 $5 37. Qxf3 g5) 37. Rxf8 Qxf8 38. f4 g4 (38... Qxf4 39. Rf1 Qe4
$132 40. Qf2 $140 Bg6) 39. f5 $1 {This sacrifice destroys the seemingly safe
position of Black's K and gives White a strong attack.} (39. Qd2 Qf5 {[%cal
Ge8g6]}) 39... Qxf5 40. Rf1 Qe4 (40... Qg5 41. Rf6+ Bg6 42. Rxe6 h4 {[%csl Gg4,
Gh4]} (42... g3 $5)) 41. Qd2+ Kh7 42. Rf4 Qh1 $2 {Having achieved a bad
position from the opening Black has done everything he could but now he goes
astray. After} (42... Qg6 $8 43. Rf6 Qg7 44. Rxe6 Bd7 (44... g3 45. Rxe8 g2 46.
Qe2) 45. Rd6 $16 {Q Efimenko could continue resistance.}) 43. Rf8 $18 Bg6 (
43... Qe4 44. Qg5) 44. Qg5 Qe4 45. Qe7+ Kh6 46. Rh8+ Bh7 47. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch KO 74th"]
[Site "Rivne"]
[Date "2005.08.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Black "Andreev, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.08.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Kf8 {
An interesting line introduced by Eingorn and often employed by Nikolic.} 8. a4
Qc7 (8... b6 9. Nf3 (9. h4 Ba6 10. Bxa6 (10. Bd3 $5) 10... Nxa6 11. Ne2 Rc8 {
Here we see Black's idea in this variation: He wants to exploit White's weak
queenside pawns.} 12. O-O h6 13. Ba3 Nf5 14. g3 Kg8 15. Nf4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rxc2
$17 {Shmuter,L (2490)-Zifroni,D (2455)/Tel Aviv Czerniak 1996/ChessBase/ (31)})
9... Ba6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. cxd3 Nd7 (11... cxd4 12. cxd4 Nbc6 13. O-O h6 14. Be3
Rc8 15. Rfc1 {1/2-1/2 Karjakin,S (2460)-Novik,M (2465)/WICC qual Dubai 2002/
EXT 2003}) 12. O-O h6 13. Ba3 Kg8 14. Rfe1 Rc8 15. c4 Nf8 16. dxc5 bxc5 17.
Rab1 Qa5 18. Rb5 Qxa4 19. Bxc5 Nfg6 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21. Rb7 {1-0 McDonald,N-Pert,
N/BCF t-ch 1997/ChessBase (47)}) (8... Nbc6 9. Qd1 $5 $146 (9. Bd3 Bd7 10. h4
Qa5 11. Bd2 c4 12. Be2 Nf5 13. Qf4 h6 14. g4 Nfe7 15. Rh3 Ng6 16. Qe3 Ke8 17.
h5 Nge7 18. Nf3 Kd8 19. Bc1 b5 20. Kf1 Kc7 {1-0 Luch,M-Baraniuk,S/Polanica
Zdroj op 2001/ (20)}) (9. Bb5 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nb4 11. Rb1 Nxc2+ 12. Kd1 Qc7 13.
Bd3 Nb4 14. Rxb4 Qc3 15. Bd2 Qxd3 16. Ne2 h5 17. Qg5 b6 18. Nf4 Qf5 19. Qg3 Nc6
20. Rb2 Ba6 21. Qe3 h4 22. Rc2 Bc4 23. h3 Kg8 {Boros,D-Kappler,J/Budapest IM
1994/0-1 (37)}) 9... Bd7 10. Nf3 Rc8 11. Ba3 cxd4 (11... Qa5 12. Qd2 b6 13. Bb5
$5 $36) 12. cxd4 Qa5+ 13. Qd2 f6 (13... Qxd2+ $5 14. Kxd2 Na5 15. Bb4 Nc4+ 16.
Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Rhb1 $36) 14. c3 $5 {Keeping the queens on the board.} fxe5 15.
dxe5 Ke8 {Black does not have weak pawns but falls behind in development} (
15... Kg8 $5) 16. Be2 (16. Bd3 $5 {[%csl Gd3]}) 16... Qxa4 17. O-O $44 {
[%csl Ga3,Ge2,Re8] 1-0 Nijboer,F (2578)-Blees,A (2389)/NED t-ch playoff
Enschede 2004/CBM 101/[Psakhis] (41)}) 9. Nf3 (9. Bd2 b6 10. a5 Ba6 11. Bxa6
Nxa6 12. Qe2 Qb7 13. Nh3 b5 14. Nf4 Rc8 15. Rb1 Nc7 16. Nh5 a6 17. Bc1 Ne8 18.
Ba3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Rc4 20. Bc5 Kg8 21. O-O Qc7 22. Rb3 h6 {0-1 Rocha,S (2430)
-Kelly,B (2490)/Calvia Olympiad 2004/FCD (49)}) (9. Kd1 b6 10. Nf3 h6 11. Ba3
Ba6 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. cxd3 Nd7 14. Ke2 Kg8 15. h4 Nf5 16. Qf4 f6 17. g4 Ne7 18.
h5 Nc6 19. Qg3 Rf8 20. Nh4 Rf7 21. Ng6 Rh7 {0-1 Lugo,B-Nogueiras,J/Havana ISLA
1994/ChessBase (47)}) 9... b6 (9... cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nbc6 11. Qc5 (11. Qe3 Nf5 12.
Qf4 Nce7 13. Qd2 Ng6 14. Be2 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Ba3+ Kg8 17. O-O Bd7 18. c4
Bc6 19. Rfe1 Rd8 20. Qa5 Qf6 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22. Rad1 Rc8 23. c4 Bxg2 24. Bb2 Qh4
25. Kxg2 Qg5+ 26. Kh3 Qh4+ 27. Kg2 Qg5+ 28. Kh3 {1/2-1/2 Areshchenko,A (2595)
-Socko,B (2583)/EUR-ch Qualification Warsaw 2005/}) 11... Qa5 (11... b6 $146
12. Qd6 Qxd6 13. exd6 Ng6 14. Bb5 (14. c4 d4 $5 (14... Nb4 $2 15. d7 Bxd7 16.
Ba3 a5 17. c3 $18) 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Be4 Rc8 $132) (14. Ba3 $142) 14... Bb7 (
14... Bd7) 15. Ba3 f6 16. c4 Nce5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. f4 Nc4 (19...
Bxg2 $2 20. Rg1 Nf3+ 21. Kf2 Nxg1 22. Kxg2 $18) 20. Bxc4 Bxc4 21. d7+ $6 (21.
O-O-O Kf7 22. Rd4 Bd5 $11) 21... Kf7 22. O-O-O Rhd8 {1/2-1/2 Nijboer,F (2475)
-Atlas,D (2320)/Cappelle la Grande 1996/Inf 66/[Atlas,D] (39)}) (11... Bd7 12.
Ba3 $5 Kg8 (12... Rc8 13. Qe3 Kg8 14. Bd3 $14) (12... f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. c4
$13) 13. Bd3 Ng6 14. Qd6 Rc8 (14... Qxd6 15. Bxd6 Rc8 16. a5 f6 17. Bxg6 hxg6
18. Ke2 fxe5 (18... g5 {/\ g4}) 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Rh5 21. Bd4 a6 $11) 15.
Qxc7 Rxc7 16. Bd6 Rc8 17. a5 f6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Kd2 Kf7 $6 (19... g5 $1 20.
Rhb1 (20. h3 $2 g4 21. hxg4 Rxh1 22. Rxh1 Nxa5 $17) 20... g4 21. Ne1 Nd8 $15)
20. Rhb1 Nd8 {1/2-1/2 Gongora,M (2454)-Nogueiras,J (2533)/Cuba (ch) 2005/ (38)}
) (11... f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Be2 (13. c4 Kf7 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Bd3 Qa5+ 16.
Qxa5 Nxa5 17. Bd2 Nc6 18. Rb1 Rb8 19. O-O e5 {1/2-1/2 Zaragatski,I-Drozdovskij,
Y/EUR-ch B18 Peniscola 2002(19)}) 13... e5 14. Nh4 Be6 15. O-O Rg8 16. f4 e4
17. f5 Bf7 18. Bh6+ Ke8 19. a5 Kd7 20. Bf4 Ne5 21. Qe3 Rac8 {0-1 Nijboer,F 
(2549)-Nikolic,P (2676)/Wijk aan Zee Corus-B 2005/CBM 105/[Mueller,Karsten] 
(77)}) 12. Bb5 (12. Ba3 Qxc5 13. Bxc5 f6 $132) 12... a6 (12... b6 13. Qd6 Bb7 (
13... Qxc3+ 14. Bd2 $1 (14. Ke2 Qb4 15. Ba3 $18) 14... Qxa1+ 15. Ke2 Qxh1 16.
Bxc6 $18)) 13. Ba3 (13. Bg5 $2 axb5 14. axb5 Qxa1+ 15. Kd2 Qa5 $1 16. Ra1 Qxa1
17. bxc6 Qa3 18. Bxe7+ Ke8 19. Qxa3 Rxa3 20. cxb7 Bxb7 21. Bxa3 Kd7 $17) 13...
axb5 (13... Bd7 14. Bb4 Qc7 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. O-O $16) 14. axb5 f6 (14... Qa7
15. Qd6 Qb8 16. bxc6 Qxd6 17. exd6 $18) (14... Ke8 15. Kd2) 15. O-O Qc7 16.
bxc6 Kf7 17. Qxe7+ Qxe7 18. Bxe7 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 {1-0 Volokitin,A (2447)
-Wisniewski,A (2292)/Polanica Zdroj op 2000/}) 10. Ba3 Ba6 (10... Kg8 11. Bd3
cxd4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxd4 $1 g6 14. O-O Kg7 15. f4 Qc5 16. Kh1 Nc6 17. Qg5 $1
Rf8 $2 (17... Nxd4 18. cxd4 Qxd4 19. Qf6+ Kg8 20. h4 $1) 18. f5 $1 Nxd4 (18...
exf5 19. Qf6+ Kg8 20. Qxc6) 19. cxd4 Qxd4 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Bxg6 $1 {1-0
Golubev,M (2545)-Legky,N (2525)/Luzern 1994/EXT 99}) 11. Bb5 $5 $146 (11. Bd3
$5 h6 (11... Bxd3 12. cxd3 Nd7 13. O-O Kg8 14. c4 dxc4 15. dxc4 Nc6 (15... Ng6
16. Qe4 Rc8 17. Rfe1 cxd4 18. Bd6 Nc5 19. Qxd4 Nb3 20. Qb2 Qxc4 21. Nd2 Qd4 22.
Qxb3 Qxd2 23. Qf3 $44 {0-1 Nijboer,F-De Jong,M/Leeuwarden op 1995 (40)}) 16.
Qe4 Rc8 17. Rfd1 cxd4 18. Bd6 Nc5 19. Qb1 Qd7 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 Qc6 22. a5
{1/2-1/2 Antal,G (2405)-Efimenko,Z (2430)/Wch B16 Oropesa del Mar 2000}) 12.
O-O Kg8 (12... Bxd3 13. cxd3 Na6 $6 (13... Nd7 14. c4 $14 (14. Rfe1 Kg8 15. c4
Rc8 16. h4 Qb7 17. a5 Kh7 18. a6 Qc6 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Nd4 cxd4 21. Bxe7 dxc4
22. dxc4 Rhe8 23. Bd6 Qxc4 24. Qe4+ Kg8 25. Red1 Nb6 {1-0 Raaste,E-Naumkin,I/
Heart of Finland 1993/ChessBase (41)})) 14. c4 Rd8 15. dxc5 (15. Rac1 $5) 15...
bxc5 16. cxd5 (16. d4 $5) 16... Rxd5 17. Qc4 $1 $16 Nb8 18. d4 Kg8 19. dxc5 $1
(19. Bxc5 Nd7 20. Rac1 Nxc5 21. dxc5 Nc6 $14) 19... Nbc6 20. Rad1 Kh7 (20...
Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Qxe5 (21... Rxe5 22. Rd6 $1) 22. c6 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Nd5 24. Qc2 $1)
21. Qe4+ Ng6 $5 (21... g6 22. Qf4) 22. Rxd5 exd5 23. Qxd5 Rd8 {1/2-1/2 Hellers,
F (2500)-Eingorn,V (2590)/Debrecen 1992 (49)}) 13. Rfb1 Bxd3 14. cxd3 Kh7 15.
dxc5 bxc5 16. c4 Rc8 17. d4 Nd7 18. Qf4 Kg8 19. Qd2 dxc4 20. Rc1 Nc6 21. Rxc4
Na5 22. Rc3 c4 23. Qc2 Qc6 24. Rc1 Rab8 25. Nd2 Qd5 {Papp,G (2476)-Moor,O 
(2387)/Mitropa Cup Steinbrunn 2005/ /1/2-1/2 (48)}) (11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. O-O Kg8
13. dxc5 (13. c4 h5 14. Qg5 dxc4 15. Nd2 Nd5 16. Ne4 Rh6 17. Qd2 cxd4 18. Qxd4
Rg6 19. f4 Rg4 20. g3 Qc6 21. Bd6 Rc8 22. h3 Rg6 23. Kh2 c3 24. Rad1 Qc4 25.
Rf3 Qa2 26. f5 exf5 {0-1 Djurhuus,R (2483)-Ostenstad,B (2492)/NOR-ch Molde
2004/ (42)}) 13... Nxc5 14. c4 h5 15. Qf4 Ng6 16. Qd4 Rd8 17. Rfd1 h4 18. Bxc5
bxc5 19. Qe3 d4 20. Qe4 Rh5 {0-1 Nijboer,F (2590)-Adams,M (2670)/Wijk aan Zee
blitz 1998/ChessBase (45)}) 11... h6 (11... Bxb5 12. axb5 a6 (12... Nd7 $5) 13.
O-O $1 axb5 $140 14. Bxc5 $1 $16) 12. O-O Kg8 {It looks so that Black
completrly forgot his development!} 13. c4 $1 {White exploits Black's lag in
development and breaks through in the centre.} Bb7 (13... Bxb5 14. axb5 Nd7 15.
cxd5 Nxd5 16. c4 $16 {[%csl Rg8]}) 14. cxd5 Nxd5 (14... Bxd5 $5) 15. dxc5 bxc5
16. Rfe1 $16 a6 (16... Nc6 17. Bxc5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 $1 (18. Nxe5 $143 Qxc5 19.
Qf3 Qc7) 18... Qxc5 19. c4 a6 (19... Nf6 20. Qxe6 $1) 20. cxd5 axb5 21. dxe6
Bxf3 22. exf7+ Kh7 23. Qf5+ g6 24. Qd7 $1 $18) 17. Bd3 Nd7 18. Rab1 $1 {
White has strong pressure in the centre and both flanks and it is almost
impossible to find counter-play for Black.} Rc8 (18... Bc6 $5) 19. Rb3 (19. Nd2
$142 $5 $16 {[%cal Gd2c4,Gc4d6]}) 19... a5 (19... Nb4 $142 $5) 20. Bb5 (20. Nd2
$5 Bc6 21. f4 Bxa4 22. Rb2) 20... Bc6 (20... Nb4 $5 {[%cal Ob4c2,Gb7f3]}) 21.
h4 (21. Bb2 $5 {[%csl Ge5]} Nb4 22. Nd2 Nxc2 $140 23. Rg3 g6 24. Rc1 Nb4 25.
Nc4 $16 {[%csl Rg8]}) 21... Nb4 $1 22. Re2 Nb6 (22... Bxf3 $5 23. Qxf3 Nxe5 24.
Qe4 $44) 23. Nd2 {[%cal Ch6h5,Ch5g4,Rb3g3]} (23. c3 Bxb5 24. axb5 Qd7 $5 25.
Rd2 Nd3) 23... h5 $6 {This nervous move only leads to the creation of
weaknesses.} (23... Bxb5 24. axb5 Nxc2 25. Rg3 Rh7 26. Bb2 $40 {[%cal Gd2e4]})
24. Qg5 Rh6 25. Bxc6 Qxc6 26. Ne4 Nd7 (26... Rg6 27. Qxh5 Nxc2 (27... Nxa4 28.
Ng5) 28. Bxc5 $16) 27. Rg3 Rh7 (27... Rg6 28. Qxh5 Rxg3 29. fxg3 $1 {[%cal
Re4g5,Re4d6]}) 28. c4 (28. Bxb4 $142 $1 cxb4 29. Qe7 $18 {[%cal Re7d7]}) 28...
Qxa4 (28... Re8 {[%csl Ge7]} 29. Qf4 $5 {[%cal Ge4g5]}) 29. Rd2 $1 $18 {
[%cal Rd2d7] This strong move had to be foreseen a few moves ago.} Qc6 (29...
Kf8 30. Qf4) 30. Rxd7 Qxe4 31. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp1 49th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2005.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2005.08.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Nce7 $5 ({Usually Black plays} 10... Qc7 {in this
position, but after for example} 11. Be3 c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Qf7 14. Ng5
Qe8 15. h4 Ne7 16. Qe2 Nf5 17. g4 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 h6 19. Nh3 Qe7 20. Qg3 $36 {
1-0 Nijboer,F-Harikrishna,P/Wijk aan Zee-B 2001/CBM 81 (33) White got better
chances}) (10... Bd7 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nxf7 {(Naumkin 90)}) 11. dxc5 (11. Ng5 $6
h6 12. Nxf7 $2 (12. Nf3 c4 13. Bxg6 fxg6 $15 14. Qg4 Bd7 15. a4 Qa5 16. Kd2 $2
g5 $1 17. Kd1 (17. Ba3 Rf4 18. Qg3 Nf5 19. Qh3 g4 $19) 17... Qxc3 18. Ra3 Qb4
19. h4 Rf4 20. Bxf4 gxf4 21. Ra1 Rf8 22. Ke2 Qc3 23. Rac1 Rf5 24. Rhe1 Bxa4 25.
Kf1 Be8 26. Qh3 Nc6 27. Ng5 Qxh3 28. Nxh3 Nxd4 29. c3 Nb3 30. Rc2 b5 31. Ng1 a5
32. Nf3 b4 33. Rb1 Rf8 {0-1 Polgar,S (2425)-Lputian,S (2565)/Rimavska Sobota
1991/ChessBase/[Knaak]}) 12... Kxf7 13. h4 Qe8 {/\ Kg8 (Naumkin 90) Knaak: '/\
Kg8 Naumkin'}) (11. h4 Qa5 $1 12. Bd2 c4 13. Be2 (13. Bxg6 fxg6 $1 14. Qg4 h6
15. Ke2 Bd7 $15 {(Naumkin 90)}) 13... Nf4 $5 $13 {(Naumkin 90)} (13... f6 $5))
11... b6 $1 {Pelletier is trying to seize the initiative at an early stage
regardless of the colour of pieces.} (11... Qc7 12. O-O Nf5 (12... f6 13. exf6
gxf6 14. c4 (14. Nh4 f5 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Qh4 Rf7 17. Bf4 e5 18. Bg5 e4 19. Be2
Qxc5 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Qxe7 Rxe7 22. c4 dxc4 23. Bxc4+ Be6 {0-1 Sneddon,
I-Wurth,T/corr 1994 (35)})) 13. Re1 (13. g4 $5 Nfe7 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nf3 $40 {
(Naumkin 90)}) 13... Qxc5 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. Rab1 {'/\ Rb4 -> >>'} (15. g4 $5 Nfe7
16. Ng5 h6 17. Nf3 Nc6 $5 18. Re2 $1 $16 {(Naumkin 90)}) 15... Bd7 16. Ng5 (16.
Rb4 a5 17. Rg4 f6 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Ng5 Nf8) 16... Nh6 $1 (16... h6 $6 17. Nxf7
$1 (17. Nf3) 17... Kxf7 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. e6+ Bxe6 20. Rxe6 Kxe6 21. Qxg6+ Kd7
(21... Rf6 $2 22. Re1+ Kd6 23. Bf4+ $18 {(Naumkin 90)}) 22. Qxg7+ Kc6 23. Qxh6+
Qd6 $1 24. Qxd6+ Kxd6 25. Rxb7 $16) 17. Rb4 f5 $8 18. exf6 (18. g4 $5 a5 (18...
Nxe5 $5 19. Bf4 Nxd3 20. Bxc7 Nxe1 {(Naumkin 90)}) 19. gxf5 axb4 20. fxg6 $44 {
(Naumkin 90)}) (18. f4 $5) 18... Rxf6 19. Bxg6 $1 (19. Nxh7 $5 Kxh7 20. Rh4 (
20. Rg4 Be8) 20... Qc5 $5 21. Rf1 (21. Re3 Bb5 $5) 21... Qf8 $13 {(Naumkin 90)}
) 19... Rxg6 (19... hxg6 $6 20. Qe2 $1 $16 {(Naumkin 90)}) 20. Nf3 Rf8 (20...
Nf7 $2 21. Rh4 $1) 21. Qe5 $1 {1/2-1/2 Vasiukov,Y (2540)-Naumkin,I (2445)/
Voskresensk 1990/ChessBase} (21. Ne5 Rf5)) (11... Bd7 $146 {[%cal Gd7e8,Gf7f6]
An interesting novelty. Haimovich wants to bring his bishop on the king's side
where it will be very useful in the defence.} 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. O-O Be8 {[%cal
Gf7f6]} 14. Re1 Nc6 {[%cal Gf7f6]} 15. Ng5 ({Worth considering is} 15. Qh3 {
[%cal Gh3e6]}) 15... h6 16. Nxe6 (16. Nf3 f5) 16... fxe6 17. Bxg6 Rf5 $1 {
Maybe Gruenfeld overlooked this strong move, when he played 15.Ng5.} 18. Qg4 ({
I think, that just after the queen's sacrifice-} 18. Bxe8 $5 Rxh5 19. Bxh5 {
White could pretend for advantage, for example} Nxe5 $140 $6 20. Bf4 Nf3+ 21.
Bxf3 Qxf4 22. Rxe6 $16) 18... Nxe5 19. Qg3 (19. Bxf5 Nxg4 20. Bxe6+ Bf7 21.
Bxg4 Qxc5 $13) 19... Bxg6 20. f4 Nc4 (20... Kh7 $5 21. fxe5 Qxc5+ 22. Be3 Qc7
$36 {doesn't look too bad either.}) (20... Qxc5+ $5 21. Be3 Qxc3 22. fxe5 Kh7
23. Rxb7 Rc8 $15) 21. Qxg6 Rf6 {1/2-1/2 Gruenfeld,Y (2520)-Haimovich,T (2302)/
Tel Aviv 2001/CBM 82/[Psakhis] (30)}) 12. c6 Qc7 13. O-O (13. a4 Qxc6 14. O-O
a5 15. Ba3 Ba6 16. Nd4 Qxc3 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. axb5 Ra7 19. Bd6 f5 20. exf6 Rxf6
21. Rae1 Nf5 22. Be5 Nxe5 23. Qe8+ Rf8 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Rxe5 g6 26. Qxb6 Qxe5
27. Qxa7 Nd4 28. Qxa5 Rf4 29. Qd8+ Kg7 30. b6 Rf7 31. Rb1 Qf4 32. b7 Qxf2+ 33.
Kh1 Ne2 34. Bxe2 Qxe2 35. Qb6 Rf1+ 36. Qg1 {1-0 Bromberger,S (2490)-Vilar
Lopez,M (2180)/Banyoles op 2005}) 13... f5 (13... Nxc6 14. a4 Ncxe5 15. Nxe5
Qxe5 16. Bxg6) (13... Qxc6 14. c4 Bb7 ({RR} 14... dxc4 15. Ng5 h6 16. Be4) 15.
Bg5 Nf5) 14. exf6 (14. Re1 Qxc6 15. a4 Qxc3 16. Ba3 Bd7) 14... gxf6 15. c4 (15.
Nh4 f5) 15... dxc4 (15... Qxc6 $143 16. Re1 Qe8 17. Bh6 Ne5 18. Rxe5 fxe5 19.
Qxe5 Rf7 20. Ng5 Ng6 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Nxf7 Qxf7 23. Re1 Bd7 24. Re3 Rc8 25.
Rh3 Rxc4 26. Bg5 {1-0 Rodriguez Guerrero,E (2500)-Vilar Lopez,M (2147)/Andorra
op 2003/ChessBase}) 16. Bxc4 Qxc6 17. Bb3 Kh8 18. Nd4 (18. Bb2 e5 19. Rfe1 Bb7
(19... Bf5 20. Nxe5) 20. Rad1 Nf4 21. Qg4 Rg8 $5 $132) (18. Bh6 Rd8 19. Rfe1 (
19. Rad1 Bb7) 19... e5 $140 (19... Nf5 20. Rad1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Bb7) 20. Rxe5
fxe5 21. Nxe5 Rd5 22. Qf3 Qe6 23. Nxg6+ hxg6 24. Qf8+) 18... Qe4 {[%csl Rg2]
[%cal Oe4d4,Gc8b7]} (18... Qc3 19. Be3 e5 20. Ne2 Qc6) 19. Nb5 $2 $146 {
Volokitin underestimates the danger.} (19. Bh6 Nh4 20. f3 (20. Nf3 Nxf3+ 21.
gxf3 Rg8+ 22. Kh1 Qf5) 20... Qxd4+ 21. Kh1 Ba6 (21... Rd8 22. c3 Qxc3 23. Qxh4
Nf5 24. Rac1 Nxh4 25. Rxc3 Nf5) 22. Rad1 Bxf1 23. Rxd4 Bxg2+ 24. Kg1 Nxf3+ 25.
Kxg2 Nxd4) ({Possibly White must try to find an improvement in line which
starts with} 19. Rd1 $5 Rd8 20. Be3 (20. Bh6 Rxd4 21. Rxd4 Qxd4 22. Rd1 Qe4)
20... e5 21. Ne6 (21. Nf3 Bg4 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Ng5 fxg5 24. Qxg5 Rf8) ({RR} 
21. Qf3 Qxf3 22. Nxf3 Bg4) 21... Bb7 (21... Bxe6 22. Bxe6 Nh4 (22... Qxc2 23.
Qf3) 23. Qg4 (23. Bh3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rg8) 23... Qxg4 24. Bxg4 Nhf5) 22. Qh3 Rg8
(22... Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rg8 24. Nd8) 23. Bg5 (23. Rd7 Qxg2+ (23... Rae8 24. Bg5
fxg5 25. Nxg5 Qxg2+ 26. Qxg2 Bxg2 27. Nf7+ Kg7 28. Kxg2) (23... Nh4 24. Ng5
fxg5 25. Rxe7 g4 26. Qg3 Rg7 27. Rxe5 Qxg2+ 28. Qxg2 Nxg2 29. Bg5) 24. Qxg2
Bxg2 25. Ng5 (25. Nc7 Nh4 26. Bxg8 Rxg8) (25. Bg5 fxg5 26. Kxg2 Nf5) 25... fxg5
26. Kxg2 (26. Bxg8 Bc6) 26... Rg7) 23... fxg5 24. Nxg5 Qh4 (24... Qxg2+ 25.
Qxg2 Bxg2 26. Nf7+ Kg7 27. Kxg2) 25. Qxh4 Nxh4 26. Bxg8 Rxg8 27. Rd8 (27. Nf7+
Kg7 28. Nxe5 Bxg2 29. Rd4 Nf3+ 30. Nxf3 Bxf3) 27... Rxd8 28. Nf7+ Kg7 29. Nxd8
Bxg2 {Lutz,C-Pelletier,Y Zurich 2002}) 19... Nf5 (19... Qc6 20. a4 {[%cal
Gc1a3]}) 20. Nc3 Qc6 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Oc6c3,Gc8b7] The opening phase has gone
extremely well for Black. White hasn't played systematically and now stands
worse.} 21. Ne2 $6 (21. Qh3 Bb7 22. Ne2 Ba6 $5) 21... Bb7 {An unnecessary
move! I didn't found a defense for White after the agressive} (21... Ngh4 $142
$5 {[%csl Rg2] for example:} 22. f3 $8 (22. Nf4 Rg8 23. Kh1 (23. f3 Bd7 $1 (
23... Qc5+ 24. Kh1 Qe5 25. Rb1 Nxg2 $5 26. Qf7 $1 (26. Nxg2 $4 Ng3+ $1)) 24.
Bb2 Raf8 $19 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Ca1e1,Ce1e6,Rd7e8]}) 23... Nxg2 24. f3 Ba6 $19)
22... Qc5+ 23. Rf2 $8 (23. Kh1 Qe5 $19) 23... Ba6 $5 24. c4 $8 Nxg2 $1 $19 25.
Kxg2 $140 Ne3+ 26. Bxe3 Qxh5) 22. f3 (22. Qh3 $5 Ba6 (22... Rg8 23. Ng3) 23.
Re1 Qe4 $17) 22... Rad8 (22... Qc5+ 23. Rf2) 23. Bb2 $6 {In such crazy
positions one mistake is enough to lose a game.} (23. Bh6 $8 Rg8 24. Rae1 Qc5+
25. Kh1 Ba6 $36) 23... Ba6 (23... Qc5+ $5 24. Rf2 $140 Rd2) 24. Qg5 {It is
hard to understand, what exactly was missed by Volokitin, but in any case
White's task was already not simple at all.} (24. Rf2 $142 Bxe2 25. Qg5 $5 (25.
Rxe2 $2 Nf4) 25... Rd4 $1 26. Bxd4 Nxd4 27. Qe3 Qd6 28. Kh1 Qe5 29. Qxe5 fxe5
30. Re1 Nf4 $19) 24... Ne5 $1 $19 {After this move there is no doubt about
Black's overwhelming advantage.} 25. Bxe5 (25. Qf4 Qc5+ 26. Rf2 Bxe2 27. Bxe6
Nd4 $19) 25... Qc5+ 26. Rf2 (26. Kh1 Qxe5 {[%csl Re2]}) 26... Qxe5 27. Qc1 Bxe2
28. f4 Qc5 {[%cal Rc5g1]} 29. Qe1 Bc4 0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 04th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2003.04.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2003.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 {Lputian together with
Vaganian are the main experts in this system for Black.} 6. b4 $5 cxd4 7. Nb5 (
7. Qg4 Ne7 8. bxa5 dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 $132) 7... Bc7 8. f4 Ne7 9.
Nf3 a6 ({Worth considering} 9... Bd7 $5) 10. Nxc7+ (10. Nbxd4) 10... Qxc7 11.
Bd3 Nd7 {A new idea, White did very well after " normal "} (11... Nbc6 12. Bb2
Bd7 13. O-O Qb6 14. Kh1 O-O 15. a4 $5 $36) 12. Bb2 (12. O-O Nb6 13. Bb2 Nc6 14.
Nxd4 $140 Na4) 12... Nb6 13. Bxd4 Bd7 {[%cal Gd7b5] Black is ready to offer
exchange of light-coloured  bishops.} ({Premature castle leads to big troubles
-} 13... O-O 14. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 15. Ng5+ Kg8 16. Qd3 $1 {[%csl Yc2]} Nf5 (16...
Ng6 17. Qh3 Re8 18. Qh7+ Kf8 19. Bc5+ Re7 20. h4 $40) 17. g4 $40) 14. Qe2 Na4
15. O-O Rc8 16. Rac1 {[%cal Gc2c4]} (16. f5 $6 Nxf5 $1 17. Bxf5 exf5 18. e6 (
18. Ng5 Qc4 $5 19. Qe3 Nc3 20. Rf2 Be6 $15) 18... fxe6 19. Bxg7 Rg8 $17) 16...
Nc3 $6 {White get better chances as a result of opening and , possibly , black
should have considered pawn sacrifice} (16... Bb5 $5 17. Bxb5+ axb5 18. Qxb5+
Qc6 $44 {with small compensation for the pawn.}) 17. Qe3 Bb5 $6 ({Being fully
aware of what is going to happen, I would recommend the following to Black:} 
17... Nf5 $5 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. e6 Bxe6 20. Bxg7 Rg8 21. Be5 Qc4 22. Rfe1 $14)
18. Bc5 ({Svidler thinks that an extra pawn in the ending after} 18. Bxc3 $5
Qxc3 19. Bxb5+ axb5 20. Qxc3 Rxc3 21. Nd4 Rxa3 22. Nxb5 Ra2 23. Nd6+ Kd7 24.
Nxf7 (24. c4 $5) (24. Nxb7 $5) 24... Rc8 (24... Rb8 $5) 25. Nd6 $16 {will be
not enough for victory, but I am not so optimistic about black's chances for a
draw.}) 18... Na4 $6 ({Interesting was} 18... Nf5 $142 $5 {with possible line}
19. Bxf5 {the following lines might have arisen -} (19. Qe1 $5) 19... Bxf1 (
19... Ne2+ $5 20. Kh1 Nxc1 21. Rxc1 exf5 22. e6 $1 f6 23. Nh4 g6 24. Qd4 b6 $5
25. Bxb6 Qc3 $132) 20. Rxf1 exf5 21. Qxc3 (21. Nd4 $143 $2 Ne4 22. Nxf5 Nxc5
23. Nd6+ Ke7 24. Nxc8+ Rxc8 25. bxc5 Qxc5 {and White gets an obviously
inferior ending}) 21... b6 $1 22. e6 f6 23. Rd1 bxc5 24. Rxd5 $44) 19. Bxe7 (
19. Bxb5+ axb5 20. Nd4 Nf5 (20... O-O 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 $44) 21. Nxf5 exf5 22. Qg3
{with clear advantage.}) (19. Bd6 Qb6 20. Nd4 $36) 19... Qxe7 20. f5 $1 $40 {
Without special effects Peter obtained a almost winning position.} Bxd3 $8 (
20... O-O 21. Nd4 $1 (21. f6 $143 gxf6 22. Bxh7+ Kg7 $1 (22... Kxh7 $2 23. exf6
$18)) 21... Bxd3 22. f6 $16) (20... exf5 21. Nd4 (21. Bxb5+ $5 axb5 22. Nd4 {
[%csl Rb5,Gd4,Rf5]}) 21... Bxd3 22. cxd3 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 O-O 24. Nxf5 Qe6 25. Qg5
g6 26. Nh6+ Kh8 27. Qf6+ $5 Qxf6 28. exf6 $18 {[%csl Gh6,Rh8]}) 21. cxd3 Rxc1 (
21... O-O 22. f6 gxf6 23. exf6 Qxf6 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Ne5 $18) 22. Rxc1 O-O 23.
f6 $2 {White is in hurry to break the enemy king's shield.} ({H~~ could
develop a crushing kingside attack by playing} 23. Nd4 $1 Nb6 24. Rf1 $1 {
/\ f5-f6 +-}) 23... gxf6 24. exf6 Qxf6 25. Ne5 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Re5d7]} Qg7 $8
$132 {Only move!} ({Quickly lose and} 25... Qe7 $2 26. Rc7 $1 Qxc7 27. Qg3+ Kh8
28. Ng6+ hxg6 29. Qxc7 $18) ({and} 25... Qh4 $2 26. Nd7 Rd8 27. Qe5 $1 Rxd7 28.
Rc8+ Rd8 29. Qg3+ $1 Qxg3 30. Rxd8+ Kg7 31. hxg3 $18 {with big advantage in
ending.}) 26. Rf1 (26. Rc7 b5 27. h3 $44) 26... Nc3 $5 {Avoiding cunning trap -
} (26... f6 $2 27. Rf3 d4 $5 (27... Kh8 28. Rg3 Qe7 29. Ng6+ hxg6 30. Qh6+ $18)
28. Qd2 fxe5 29. Rg3 $16) (26... f5 27. Rf3 Kh8 28. d4 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gf3g3]}
) 27. Rf3 d4 $1 {Best defense!} 28. Qe1 Kh8 $138 (28... Qh6 $5 {[%cal Gc3a2,
Gh6c1]} 29. Qg3+ (29. Nd7 Rc8 $15) 29... Kh8 30. Nxf7+ Rxf7 31. Qb8+ Kg7 32.
Rg3+ Kf6 33. Rf3+ $11) 29. Nd7 Rd8 $6 {Too passive} ({Black could maintain
balance after} 29... Rc8 $142 $1 {for example} 30. Nf6 $5 ({In the case of} 30.
Rg3 Qh6 31. Qe5+ f6 32. Nxf6 Ne2+ $1 33. Qxe2 Rc1+ 34. Kf2 Qxf6+ $36 {White
should play very accurately in order not to get the worst position.}) 30... h6
31. h4 Nd5 32. Nxd5 (32. Nh5 Qg4 33. Qe5+ f6 34. Rxf6 (34. Nxf6 Rc1+) 34...
Nxf6 35. Qxf6+ Kh7 $11) 32... exd5 33. Qe7 Rg8 $11) 30. Nf6 $5 (30. Rg3 Qh6 (
30... Qxg3 31. hxg3 Rxd7 32. Qe5+ Kg8 $13) 31. Ne5 (31. Qe5+ f6 32. Nxf6 Qc1+
33. Kf2 Qd2+ $11) 31... Rf8 32. Nd7 $11) 30... Nd5 (30... h6 $143 $6 31. h4 $1
{great idea - White takes g5 square under the control.} Nd5 32. Nh5 Qg6 33.
Qe5+ Kh7 34. Rg3 f6 35. Rxg6 fxe5 36. Rxe6 $16) 31. Nxh7 $5 (31. Qh4 Rc8 $1 32.
Nxd5 Rc1+ 33. Rf1 Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 exd5 35. Qd8+ Qg8 36. Qxd5 Qg4 $11) 31... Ne3
32. Rg3 Qxh7 ({Black could play} 32... Qe5 {but after} 33. Ng5 Rf8 34. Nf3 Qf4
35. Nxd4 $1 Qxd4 36. Rxe3 Rc8 37. Kh1 {[%csl Rh8] White's chances are higher
any case.}) 33. Rh3 Qxh3 34. gxh3 Rg8+ (34... Rd5 $142 $1 35. Qh4+ Kg7 36. Kf2
Nf5 37. Qg5+ $36) 35. Kf2 e5 $2 (35... Rg2+ 36. Kf3 Kg7 37. Qh4 (37. a4 $5)
37... Nf5 $1 {with great chances for a draw.}) 36. Kf3 $16 {'The queen is
clearly stronger than R+N and with precise play Svidler brings game to the
victory.} Rg6 37. Qh4+ Kg7 38. Qe7 Rf6+ (38... Re6 39. Qxb7 Kg6 40. a4 f5 41.
b5 e4+ 42. Ke2 $18) 39. Ke2 Re6 40. Qxb7 Kg6 41. a4 $18 {Rest is quite simple.}
e4 $5 42. dxe4 Nc4 43. Qd5 (43. Kd3 $5 Nb2+ 44. Kxd4 Nxa4 45. e5 $5 $18) 43...
Nb6 44. Qf5+ Kg7 45. a5 Na4 $1 {[%cal Ga4c3]} 46. Kd3 Nc3 47. Kxd4 Nb5+ 48. Kc5
Rg6 49. h4 Re6 (49... Rh6 50. e5 Rg6 (50... Nc7 51. Qg5+ Rg6 52. Qe7 Nb5 53. h5
) 51. h5 Rh6 52. Qg5+ Kh7 53. Qxh6+ Kxh6 54. Kb6 $18) 50. Qxe6 $1 {The
shortest way to victory} fxe6 51. Kb6 {[%csl Ga5,Gb4]} e5 (51... Nc3 52. e5 $1
Nd5+ 53. Kxa6 Nxb4+ 54. Kb5 Nd5 55. a6 Nc7+ 56. Kb6 Nxa6 57. Kxa6 Kg6 58. h5+
$1 Kxh5 59. Kb6 $18) 52. Kxa6 Nd6 53. Kb6 Nxe4 54. Kc6 Nd6 {'!?'} 55. a6 (55.
Kxd6 e4 56. a6 e3 57. a7 e2 58. a8=Q e1=Q 59. Qa7+ Kf8 60. Qc5 $18 {was good
enough}) 55... Nc8 56. Kd5 Kf6 57. h5 {White just have too many pawns!} Na7 58.
h6 Nb5 59. h7 Kg7 60. Kxe5 Kxh7 61. Kf6 $1 {[%cal Gf6d7] Avoiding last trap -}
(61. Kd5 $4 Nc7+ {[%cal Gc7d5,Gc7a6]}) 61... Nc7 62. a7 Nd5+ 63. Ke5 Nb6 64.
Kd4 {The technical part of the game was greatly conducted by Svidler} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2000.07.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 {Brave Khalifman choose second
time this risky line against Anand and second time gets good position!} 6. b4
cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. bxa5 dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. f4 Qxa5 (11... Bd7
12. Rb1 Qc7 13. Ne2 O-O-O 14. Qd3 d4 15. Ng3 Ng6 16. Be2 Nh4 17. O-O Ne7 {
[%csl Rg1][%cal Ge7f5] 0-1 Sulskis,S-Ivanov,T/Pardubice op 1996 (45)}) 12. Nf3
Bd7 13. Rb1 ({For some reasons white almost stop to play in this position} 13.
Ng5 $5 {with big complications} Rf8 (13... Rxg5 $5) 14. Rb1 O-O-O 15. Nxf7 Rxf7
16. Qxf7 Be8 17. Qxe6+ Bd7 18. Qf6 Bf5 19. e6 d4 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. cxd3 c2+ 22.
Rb4 Nxb4 23. axb4 Qxb4+ 24. Ke2 Qc5 25. Qe5 Rd5 26. Qh8+ Kc7 27. Kf2 $16 {
1-0 Ernst,T-Djurhuus,R/Oslo open 1994 (38)}) 13... O-O-O 14. Qd3 a6 $146 (14...
d4 15. g3 (15. Ng5 Rxg5 16. fxg5 Nxe5 17. Qxd4 Nf5 18. Qb4 Qd5 19. Qxc3+ Bc6
20. Bd2 Nd4 21. Rd1 Qe4+ 22. Kf2 Ng4+ 23. Kg1 Ne2+ {0-1 Luedigk,R-Meslem,L/cr
1989 (23)}) 15... Nf5 16. Bg2 a6 17. O-O Qc5 18. Ng5 Be8 19. Ne4 Qa7 20. a4 Ne3
21. Bxe3 dxe3 22. Nd6+ Rxd6 23. exd6 {1-0 Nurkiewicz,M-Hindermann,F/Sas Van
Gent jr 1998 (23)}) (14... Nf5 15. Rg1 d4 16. g4 Nfe7 17. Rg3 Be8 18. h4 Nf5
19. Rg1 Ne3 20. Bxe3 dxe3 21. Qxe3 Ne7 22. Bc4 Bc6 23. Rb3 Kb8 24. Qxc3 Qc7 25.
Be2 Nd5 26. Qc4 Qa5+ 27. Kf2 Ba4 28. Rb2 Rc8 29. Qd4 $16 {Anand,V-Khalifman,A/
Linares 2000/ 1-0 (42)}) 15. Ng5 $6 ({It is intreresting what Khalifman
prepared against natural} 15. Rb3 $5 {Maybe we'll find answer in the third
encounter between same players?}) 15... Rxg5 $1 {Typical, but strong sacrifice}
(15... Be8 16. h4 {[%cal Gh4h7]}) 16. fxg5 Nf5 17. Bf4 Qxa3 $36 {[%cal Gc6b4]
It looks for me, that Black got more than enough compensation for exchange,
white position is very dangerous, but Anand can lose game but never head.} 18.
Rb3 (18. g4 Nb4 $1 19. Qd1 (19. Rxb4 Qxb4 20. gxf5 Qxf4 21. Qxc3+ Bc6 $19)
19... Nd4 20. Bd3 Ba4 $17) 18... Qa4 (18... Qa1+ 19. Kf2 d4 20. h4 $1 {[%csl
Gh4]}) 19. g3 d4 20. Be2 Na5 21. Rb1 Bb5 22. Rxb5 $1 {Obligatory move, White
can't resist after} (22. Qd1 Ne3 $40) 22... axb5 23. O-O Nc4 24. g4 Ne7 25. Bg3
{[%csl Gh2]} Nb2 $2 (25... Nc6 $5 $36 26. Rxf7 $140 $2 N4xe5 $19) ({It will be
interesting to see how Anand will defend after} 25... Ne3 $5 26. Rc1 ({Lose} 
26. Rxf7 b4 $1 27. Rxe7 b3 $1 28. cxb3 Qc6 $19 {[%cal Rc3c1] and White can't
stop black pawn.}) 26... b4 $36) 26. Qh7 $1 (26. Qxb5 Qxb5 27. Bxb5 Nd5 {
[%csl Gb2,Rc2,Gc3,Gd4][%cal Gd5e3]}) 26... d3 27. cxd3 Nxd3 (27... Qd4+ 28. Kg2
(28. Bf2 Qxe5) 28... Nd5 $132) 28. Qxf7 Qd4+ 29. Kh1 Qd5+ 30. Bf3 Qd7 31. g6 $1
Nc6 $2 {White managed to improve position in last few moves, but he got
advantage just after text. Black should play} (31... c2 $5 32. Bh4 (32. g7 c1=Q
33. Rxc1+ Nxc1 34. Bh4 Ng8 35. Qf8 Re8 36. Qc5+ Kb8 37. Qxc1 Qxg7 38. Bf2 $44)
32... Re8 33. g7 Nxe5 $1 $13 {with very interesting position} (33... c1=Q 34.
Rxc1+ Nxc1 35. Bxe7 $18) (33... Ng8 34. Qxd7+ $1 Kxd7 35. Be2 $1 c1=Q 36. Rxc1
Nxc1 37. Bxb5+ $18)) 32. Be4 Nc5 (32... Ndxe5 33. Qf6 Qd6 (33... Nc4 34. Qxc3
$18) 34. g7 $18) 33. Bh4 $1 (33. Bg2 b4) 33... Nxe5 (33... Nxe4 34. Bxd8 Qxd8
35. g7 Ne7 36. Qxe7 Qxe7 37. g8=Q+ Kd7 38. Rf7 $18) 34. Qxd7+ (34. Bxd8 Nxf7
35. gxf7 Nxe4 36. f8=Q Qxd8 37. Qg7 c2 $13) 34... Rxd7 35. Bg3 Nxg6 (35... Nxe4
36. Rf8+ Kc7 37. Bxe5+ Kb6 38. Rc8 $18) (35... Nc6 36. Rf8+ Nd8 37. Bc2 b4 38.
Bh4 $18) 36. Bxg6 Rg7 ({Maybe after} 36... b4 $5 {Khalifman will organize more
serious resistance}) 37. Be8 Nd7 (37... Ne4 38. Bxb5 Nxg3+ 39. hxg3 Rxg4 40.
Kg2 $18) 38. Bxd7+ (38. Bd6 $5 Rxg4 39. Rf7 Nb8 (39... c2 40. Bxd7+ Kd8 41. Ba3
$18) 40. Bxb5) 38... Kxd7 39. Be5 Rxg4 40. Bxc3 $18 b4 41. Bf6 b3 42. Bb2 {
[%cal Gf1f3]} Re4 43. Rf3 Rb4 44. Re3 Rb5 45. Kg2 Kd6 46. h4 e5 47. h5 (47. h5
Ke6 48. h6 Kf7 49. Rh3 Kg8 50. h7+ Kh8 51. Rh5) 1-0

[Event "North Sea Cup 15th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2000.07.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 {I like to play
this risky and complicated line myself.} 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3 ({Deserves attention
} 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qd1 {[%cal Gh2h5]}) 8... cxd4 9. cxd4 Ne7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Bd3
b6 12. Ne2 Ba6 13. Nf4 Qd7 14. h4 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Rc8 $5 {[%cal Gc8c4,Gb8c6]
Small improvement compare to} (15... Nbc6 16. Rh3 Rac8 17. Rg3 Rf7 18. h5 Nd8
19. c3 Rf8 20. Kf1 Rc4 21. Kg1 Nf7 22. a4 Rfc8 23. Qb1 Nc6 24. Qd1 $36 {
1-0 Kasparov,G-Short,N/Novgorod 1997/Inf 70 (31)}) 16. Rh3 Rc4 {[%csl Gc4]} 17.
Rg3 Nbc6 18. c3 Kh8 $146 ({White didn't get to much and after} 18... Rf8 19.
Ke2 Rf7 20. Kf1 Ra4 21. Qc2 Rc4 22. Qd1 Nd8 23. Nh3 Qe8 24. a4 Nec6 25. Nf4 Kh8
26. Kg1 Na5 27. Kh2 Rcc7 28. Nh3 Rfd7 29. Nf4 Nc4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gofstein,
L-Psakhis,L/ISR t-ch 1998 (45)}) 19. Qe2 {[%cal Ge2h5]} Na5 {[%cal Ga5b3]} 20.
Qd1 {Protect b3 square from black's knight.} Rc6 {[%cal Ga5c4]} 21. Kf1 Nc4 22.
Bc1 b5 $1 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Gc6a6]} 23. Nh5 (23. Nd3 $5 {[%cal Gd3c5]} Qe8 $13)
23... Ng6 ({After} 23... Rg8 24. Bg5 $1 {[%cal Rh5f6] it is very difficult to
find defence against threat Nf6}) 24. Nxg7 Kxg7 25. h5 {Black position looks
rather dangerous, but he has enough protective resources.} Rh8 $1 26. Bg5 Kf8
27. Bf6 Rg8 28. hxg6 (28. Qc1 $5 Qf7 29. hxg6 Rxg6 30. Rxg6 Qxg6 31. a4 $5)
28... Rxg6 29. Rh3 Ra6 30. Qc1 $6 ({Maybe perpetual check, possible after} 30.
Qh5 $5 Kg8 31. Qxg6+ $1 hxg6 32. Rh8+ Kf7 33. Rh7+ $11 {was the best option
for White in this position.}) 30... Kg8 31. g3 {[%cal Gf1g2,Ga1h1]} Nd6 $1 {
[%cal Gd6e4]} 32. Kg2 Ne4 {[%csl Ge4]} 33. Qf4 Rc6 34. Rah1 Rxc3 35. R1h2 (35.
Rxh7 Qxh7 36. Rxh7 Kxh7 {[%cal Rc3c2]} 37. Qh4+ $140 Rh6 $19) 35... Rc2 36. Kg1
Qc7 37. Qh4 Rc1+ $2 {Maybe Hansen was short on time, other case he will play} (
37... f4 $1 {with clear advantage , for example} 38. Qxh7+ (38. Qxf4 $2 Qc3 (
38... Nxf6 $5 39. Rh6 Ne4) 39. Qe3 Qa1+ 40. Kg2 Nxf2 $1 41. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 42. Kxf2
Qxd4+ 43. Ke2 Rg4 $19) (38. Qh5 $2 {[%cal Rh5g6]} Nxf6 39. exf6 fxg3 40. Qxg6+
hxg6 41. Rh8+ Kf7 42. R2h7+ Kxf6 43. Rf8+ Kg5 44. Rxc7 gxf2+ 45. Rxf2 Rxc7 $19)
(38. Be7 $2 Rc1+ 39. Kg2 f3+ 40. Kxf3 Qc3+ 41. Kg2 Rg1+ $1 $19) 38... Qxh7 39.
Rxh7 Nxf6 $1 (39... Rc1+ $2 40. Kg2 f3+ 41. Kxf3 Rxf6+ 42. exf6 Ng5+ 43. Kf4
Nxh7 44. f7+ Kxf7 45. Rxh7+ Kf6 46. Rxa7 $16) 40. exf6 fxg3 $17) 38. Kg2 Rc2
39. Kg1 Rc1+ $2 40. Kg2 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2003.02.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Goloshchapov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Qa5 {Quite fashionable line, could be good alternative to still more popular} (
8... Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 $132) 9. Bd2 Nbc6 10. Nf3 f5 11. exf6 Rxf6 12.
c4 ({White could play and differently -} 12. Qh5 $5 Nf5 $1 13. g4 c4 {leads to
big complications, for example} 14. gxf5 cxd3 15. Rg1 Bd7 16. c4 Qc7 17. Bh6
Be8 18. Qh4 Rxh6 19. Qxh6 dxc4 20. cxd3 cxd3 21. f6 Bg6 $1 22. Qxg7+ Qxg7 23.
fxg7 Rd8 24. Rg4 Bf5 25. Rf4 Ne7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Khalifman,A/Dos
Hermanas-A 2003/The Week in Chess 438 (44)}) 12... Qa4 13. Qh5 Nf5 14. cxd5
Ncxd4 ({Weaker is} 14... exd5 15. dxc5 $1) 15. Ng5 h6 16. Ne4 Rf8 17. O-O b6 {
[%cal Gc8b7]} 18. Rae1 $5 $146 {[%mdl 2688] Interesting novelty from Emil
Sutovsky. He avoids popular line} (18. Nc3 Qe8 19. Qxe8 Rxe8 {with possible
continuation} 20. a4 Bd7 21. dxe6 Bxe6 22. Nb5 Re7 23. Bc3 Nxb5 24. axb5 Nd6
25. Be5 Nc4 26. Rfe1 Rae8 $14 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,A-Rustemov,A/BL 0203 2003/The 
(34) and sacrifice pawn.In return for the pawn, White has attacking chances
against black's exposed king.}) 18... exd5 {Goloshchapov has chosen the course
of principle! Othercase he could play} (18... Nxc2 19. Qd1 Nfd4 $132) 19. Ng3 (
19. Nc3 Qd7 $5 (19... Qc6 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. Be4 Qf7 $5 22. Qxf7+ Kxf7 23. Bxa8
Nxc2 $132) 20. Nxd5 Bb7 $13) 19... c4 $5 (19... Qd7 20. c3 (20. Re5 c4 21. Bxf5
Nxf5 22. Nxf5 Rxf5 23. Rxf5 Qxf5 24. Qe8+ Kh7) 20... c4 21. Bb1 Nxg3 22. fxg3
$1 $13) (19... Bd7 20. c3) 20. Bxf5 $8 Nxf5 21. Re5 Qxc2 ({Real value of
Sutovsky's idea could be established just after serrious checking of this line
-} 21... Nxg3 $5 22. hxg3 (22. fxg3 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 c3 $1 $17) 22... Qxc2 23.
Bb4 Bf5 24. Re2 Qd3 25. Re3 Qd4 $15 {1-0 Cheparinov,I-Barria,D/Malaga op 2003/
The (31)}) 22. Bb4 Rf6 ({Being fully aware of what is going to happen, I would
recommend the following to Black next line} 22... Nxg3 $5 23. hxg3 Bf5 {
which leads with transposition of the moves to previous comments.}) 23. Qe8+ $1
Kh7 24. Re2 Qb3 {This position requires better solutions.} ({Goloshchapov
could try} 24... Qd3 $5 {for example} 25. Nh5 (25. Nxf5 Bxf5 $1) (25. Rd2 Nd6
$1 26. Qe5 Qg6 $1) 25... Qd4 $1 26. Nxf6+ Qxf6 27. Rfe1 a5 $132 {with not so
bad game.}) 25. Nxf5 Rxf5 26. Re3 $5 (26. Qc6 Rb8 27. Bd6 (27. Qc7 Ra8 $11)
27... Rf6 28. Re7 Bf5 $132) 26... Qc2 $8 (26... Qa2 27. Rg3 Rg5 28. Rxg5 hxg5
29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. Qxg5 $18 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gb4c3,Rg5d5]}) 27. Rg3 Rf6 $6 {
Saving himself from one threat, Black is under a new one! Risky} ({could be
better option, for exmaple.} 27... Rg5 $142 $5 28. Rxg5 hxg5 29. Qc6 (29. Re1
Qg6) 29... Rb8) 28. Bc3 {[%csl Gc3]} Rg6 (28... Qf5 29. Qe7 Rg6 30. Qxg7+ $1
Rxg7 31. Rxg7+ Kh8 32. Re1 $18 {[%csl Gc3,Ge1,Gg7,Rh8]}) 29. Bxg7 $1 {Sutovsky
removes the only longstop standing between White's army and Black's king.} Rxg7
({There wasn't a rescue in} 29... Kxg7 30. Qe5+ Kh7 31. Qxd5 {[%csl Ra8,Rh7]})
30. Re1 $1 Bg4 (30... Be6 $5) 31. Qxa8 Qd2 $8 32. Qe8 {Further casualties are
unavoidable because of unstable position of Black's king.} c3 (32... Rg8 $8 33.
Qe5 Rg5 $16) 33. Rxg4 $1 $18 Rxg4 34. Qf7+ Rg7 35. Qf5+ Rg6 36. Re7+ Kh8 37.
Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[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. e4 {Hecht} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4
O-O 8. Bd3 f5 (8... Nbc6 9. Qh5 h6 10. Nf3 Qc7 {could be valuable alternative
to the move in the game}) 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh4 h6 12. Bxe7 {
Most popular move in famous theoretical position. Black has no any troubles in
the case of} (12. Bd2 $6 Nbc6 13. Nf3 c4 14. Be2 Qf8 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ng6
17. Qg3 Nf4 18. Bxf4 Rxf4 $15 {Luethgens,E-Komarov,D/Cattolica op 1993/0-1 (47)
}) ({Interesting complications could be raised after} 12. Nf3 $5 {for example}
hxg5 13. Qh7+ (13. Nxg5 $6 c4 14. Qh7+ Kf8 15. Qh8+ Ng8 16. Bh7 Qxg5 17. Bxg8
$1 Qh6 $1 18. Qxh6 gxh6 19. Bxf7 Kxf7 $17) 13... Kf8 14. Ne5 (14. Qh8+ Ng8 15.
Bh7 Ke7 $1 16. Bxg8 Kd6 $1 17. Nxg5 Rf5 18. h4 Qf8 $1) 14... Rf5 15. Bxf5 (15.
Qh8+ Ng8 16. g4 $1 Nc6 17. Ng6+ $1 Kf7 18. gxf5 exf5 19. Qh5 Nh6 $16) 15...
exf5 16. Qh8+ (16. h4 $6 Nbc6 17. h5 Qa5 18. O-O Nxe5 19. h6 gxh6 20. Qxh6+ Kg8
$1 {20...Kf7 21.Qh7 /\ Qh8, Qe5->} 21. dxe5 Qa6 $1 $17 {1-0 Vogt,L-Hertneck,G/
DDR/FRG Potsdam 1988 (40)}) 16... Ng8 17. Ng6+ Kf7 18. Ne5+ $11 {and Black
must repeat moves, because} Kf6 $140 $2 19. h4 g4 20. Qh5 Ke6 21. O-O {leads
to terrible attack}) 12... Rxe7 ({Also possible} 12... Qxe7 $5 {and it is not
easy for White to prove advantage, for instance} 13. Qxe7 Rxe7 14. f4 $5 cxd4 (
14... c4 15. Be2 Bd7 16. h4 g5 17. fxg5 hxg5 18. hxg5 e5 19. Nf3 Nc6 20. dxe5
Nxe5 21. Kd2 $16 {1-0 Almasi,Z-Uhlmann,W/Dresden 1997 (29)}) 15. cxd4 b6 16.
Nf3 Ba6 17. Bg6 Nc6 18. Kd2 Rf8 19. g3 Rc7 20. Rhe1 Rf6 21. Bh5 Kf8 22. Bg4 Ke7
23. Re3 Kd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Wach,M-Kindermann,S/AUS-BL 1994 (34)}) 13. Nf3 (13.
Ne2 Nc6 14. O-O c4 15. Bg6 Bd7 16. f4 Be8 17. Bxe8 Qxe8 18. Qg4 Kh7 19. Rae1
Rd8 20. Ng3 Qg6 21. Qxg6+ Kxg6 22. Rxe6+ Rxe6 23. f5+ Kf7 24. fxe6+ Kxe6 25.
Nh5 Rg8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Almasi,Z-Farago,I/ch-HUN 1993 (32)}) (13. Qg3 Qa5 $5 14.
Ne2 c4 15. Bg6 Nc6 16. f4 Bd7 17. O-O Be8 (17... Rf8 $5 18. Qe3 $1 Be8 19. Bxe8
Rexe8 20. g4 $1 { []g3}) 18. Bxe8 (18. f5 $6 exf5 19. Nf4 Bxg6 $1 $15) 18...
Raxe8 19. a4 $5 (19. Qg6 $1) 19... Qd8 $5 $11 {1-0 Gdanski,J-Farago,I/Haifa 48/
407 1989 (41)}) 13... Nc6 ({Deserves attention and} 13... e5 $5 14. dxe5 Rxe5+
15. Kd2 Qxh4 16. Nxh4 Nc6 17. Rae1 Bd7 18. f4 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Re8 20. Rxe8+ Bxe8
$11 {1-0 Kwiatkowski.F-McDonald.N/British Ch. 1988 (42)}) 14. O-O c4 15. Bg6 (
15. Be2 $6 Bd7 16. Qg3 Qb8 $1 17. Qxb8+ (17. Ne5 $5 $11) 17... Rxb8 18. Rad1
Be8 19. Rfe1 Bg6 20. Rd2 Be4 $15 {0-1 Rivera,D-Farago,I/Orebro tt 1966 (40)})
15... Qd6 {I would prefer} (15... Bd7 $142 16. Rfe1 Be8 {with good chances foe
equalization, for example} 17. Bxe8 Qxe8 (17... Rxe8 18. Qg3 $5) 18. Ne5 Nxe5
19. Rxe5 Rf7 20. Qg4 Qa4 21. Qxe6 Qxc2 22. Qxd5 Qxf2+ 23. Kh1 Rc8 $11 {1/2-1/2
Hjartarson,J-Yusupov,A/Linares 1988 (36), but move in the text is also not bad}
) 16. Ne5 Nxe5 (16... Bd7 17. f4 Rf8 18. g4 Be8 19. g5 $36 Qd8 20. Qh5 Rf5 21.
Ng4 e5 22. Rae1 exf4 23. h4 {1/2-1/2 Atlas,V-Bareev,E/USSR 1988/Inf 46 (23)})
17. dxe5 Qc5 (17... Qd8 18. f4 Bd7 19. Rae1 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Qc5 21. h3 Rf8 22. g4
Be8 23. Bxe8 Rexe8 24. f5 $36 {1-0 Ehlvest,J-Temirbaev/Kuibyshev 1986 (35)})
18. Rfb1 {[%cal Gb1b7] N/ New interesting move} (18. Qd4 b6 $5 (18... Qxd4 19.
cxd4 Bd7 20. c3 Rf8 21. f4 Be8 22. Bc2 h5 23. f5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Koppe-Van Nevele/
corr 1988 (53)}) (18... Rc7 $5 {[%cal Gc8d7,Gd7e8]})) 18... b6 19. Rb5 $5 {
Interesting chance} (19. a4 Bd7 20. a5 Be8 $5 {is not dangerous for black})
19... Qxb5 20. Qxe7 Qd7 21. Qxd7 {Queens exchanged is the best chance for white
} (21. Bf7+ Kh7) (21. Qh4 Bb7 22. f4 Rf8 $13) 21... Bxd7 {[%mdl 4096] From the
first look Black has nothing to worry in ending, but Landa found nice way to
keep initiative.} 22. h4 $1 Be8 (22... Kf8 23. h5 Ke7 24. f4 Rf8 25. Rf1 {
[%cal Gg2g4]}) 23. h5 Bxg6 24. hxg6 {[%csl Gg6,Rg8][%cal Gf2f4] Hecht: '[#]
eingeklemmter schwarzer König; weiße Strategie: Durchsetzen von f5 unter
Zentralisierung des Königs'} Rf8 (24... Kf8 $142 {Hecht} 25. f4 (25. g4 $5 Ke7
26. Kg2 Rf8 27. Kg3) 25... Ke7 26. g4 (26. Kf2 Rf8 27. Ke3 h5 28. Rh1 Rf5 29.
g4 hxg4 30. Rh7 g3 $132) 26... Rf8 27. Rf1 h5 28. f5 hxg4 29. f6+ gxf6 30. g7
Rd8 31. exf6+ Kf7 32. Kg2 e5 $13) 25. Rf1 {Landa wants to push pawns on the
king,s side and it is very difficult to prevent this simple and strong plan.}
h5 (25... Rf4 26. f3 $1 Kf8 27. g3 Rf5 28. f4 Ke7 29. g4 Rf8 30. Kg2 {[%csl
Ge5,Gf4,Gg4,Gg6]}) 26. f4 h4 {[%cal Gf8f5,Gf5h5]} (26... Rf5 {Hecht} 27. g3 Kf8
28. Kg2 Ke7 29. Kf3 {[%cal Yf1h1,Yg3g4,Rh1h7]}) 27. Kh2 Rf5 28. Kh3 Rh5 29. Kg4
Rh6 30. f5 $1 ({White doesn,t need unclear comlications , possible  after} 30.
Kg5 h3 31. g4 $5 h2 32. Rh1 Rh3 33. f5 $132) 30... exf5+ (30... Kf8 31. fxe6+
Ke7 32. Rf7+ Kxe6 33. Rxg7 $18) 31. Kxf5 Kf8 $1 {Only chance in difficult
position} (31... Rh5+ 32. Ke6 Rg5 33. Kd6 Rxg6+ 34. e6 $18) 32. Ke6+ {This
natural move maybe is not the strongest one.} ({Valuable alternative could be} 
32. Kg5+ $5 Ke7 (32... Ke8 33. Rf7 h3 34. gxh3 Rxh3 35. Rxg7 Rxc3 36. Rxa7 Rxc2
37. g7 Rg2+ 38. Kf6 $18) (32... Kg8 33. e6) 33. Rf7+ Ke6 34. Rxg7 h3 $1 35.
gxh3 Rxh3 36. Rxa7 $16) (32. Rd1 $2 Ke7 33. Rxd5 h3 $1) 32... Ke8 33. Kd6 {
'!' Hecht.} Rxg6+ 34. e6 Rf6 $8 (34... Rxg2 35. Rf7 g5 36. Rxa7 $18 (36. Rh7 {
Hecht} Kf8 37. e7+ $18)) 35. Rb1 {Hecht: 'auf der Suche nach einer offenen
Linie, zu schaffen mit a4-a5'} Rf2 $6 {Lost by force, last and only chance for
defence was} (35... Rf4 $1 {[%cal Gd5d4] with dream to play d5-d4. Game could
continue} 36. Rh1 (36. a4 d4 $1 37. a5 dxc3 38. axb6 axb6 39. Rxb6 Rd4+ 40. Ke5
Rd2 $11) (36. Rd1 g5 $1 (36... Rf2 $2 37. Rh1 $1) 37. Rxd5 Rg4) 36... d4 (36...
g5 37. g3) 37. Ke5 (37. g3 Rg4 38. gxh4 dxc3) 37... Rf2 38. cxd4 (38. Rxh4 dxc3
39. Rxc4 Rxc2 $11) 38... Ke7 {and black is ok.}) 36. Rh1 $1 $18 {Hecht: 'nun
also mit g3, und wenn diese Linie nicht aufgeht, dann gibt es einen zweiten
Freibauern '} g5 (36... Rf4 37. g3 $1) 37. g3 Rd2 ({Lost unfortunately for
black} 37... hxg3 38. Rh8+ Rf8 39. Rh7 $1 Rf6 (39... Rf3 40. Rxa7 Kf8 41. e7+
Kf7 42. Ra8 Re3 43. Rf8+ Kg6 44. e8=Q+ $18) 40. Rxa7 Kf8 41. Kd7 Rxe6 42. Kxe6
g2 43. Kf6 $1 Ke8 (43... Kg8 44. Rg7+) 44. Re7+ $18) 38. gxh4 d4 (38... g4 39.
h5 g3 40. h6 Rh2 41. Rg1 g2 42. h7 Rxh7 43. Rxg2 Kf8 (43... Rh8 44. Rg7 $18)
44. a4 $1 a6 45. Rf2+ Ke8 46. Rf1 Rh3 47. Rf7 $18) 39. h5 $1 $18 dxc3+ (39...
d3 40. cxd3 Rxd3+ 41. Ke5 Kf8 42. h6 Kg8 43. h7+ Kh8 44. e7 Re3+ 45. Kf6 g4 46.
Rh5 g3 47. Re5 $18) 40. Ke5 Ke7 (40... Kf8 41. h6 Kg8 42. h7+ Kh8 43. Re1 Rd8
44. e7 Re8 45. Kf6 $18) 41. h6 Rd8 42. h7 Rh8 43. Rd1 (43. Rd1 g4 44. Rd7+ Ke8
45. Rxa7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Hastings 0203 78th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2003.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Barsov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2002.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Qa5 {This line became so popular mostly efforts of Rustemov, who used it many
times with big success.} 9. Bd2 Nbc6 10. Qh5 {Quite rare move, more popular is}
(10. Nf3 $5 {with possible continuation} f5 11. exf6 Rxf6 12. Qh5 Nf5 13. c4
Qa4 14. cxd5 Ncxd4 15. Ng5 h6 16. Ne4 Rf8 17. O-O b6 18. Nc3 Qe8 19. Qxe8 Rxe8
20. a4 Bd7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,A-Rustemov,A/BL 2003/ (34)}) 10... h6 11. g4
$146 {This is a new try, but as this game shows, Black has nothing to fear here
} (11. Nf3 c4 12. Be2 f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. Ne5 ({Black's chances are better
after} 14. g4 Ng6 15. g5 Nf4 16. Qg4 e5 $1) 14... Nxe5 15. Qxe5 Nc6 16. Qe3 Qa4
17. Ra2 Bd7 18. O-O Raf8 $13 {0-1 Pedzich,D-Rustemov,A/Swidnica 1999/CBM 71/
[Psakhis,L] (39)}) (11. dxc5 b6 $5 12. cxb6 Ba6 13. Qe2 Bxd3 14. cxd3 axb6 15.
Nf3 Qc5 16. O-O Rxa3 17. Rxa3 Qxa3 $11 {0-1 Shaposhnikov,E-Rustemov,A/Saint
Petersburg 74/313 1998 (36)}) 11... c4 ({Too dangerous for Black will be to
play} 11... cxd4 12. cxd4 Qa4 13. c3 Nxd4 14. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 15. Qxh6 $40 {
with dangerouse attack}) 12. Be2 f6 $1 13. exf6 (13. f4 Bd7 {[%cal Gd7e8]})
13... Rxf6 14. g5 {An attempt to launch an attack, which is quite easily
suppressed by black} g6 $1 (14... hxg5 15. Nf3 Bd7 16. Nxg5 $40) 15. Qh4 ({
Black have great compensation for the pawn in the case of} 15. Qxh6 Rf7 16. Qh4
(16. Qh3 e5) 16... Nf5 17. Qh3 e5 $44 {[%csl Gc6,Re1,Gf5,Rh3]}) 15... Nf5 ({
I think that Black rightly avoided the line} 15... hxg5 16. Qxg5 Rf5 17. Qg3 e5
18. Nf3 $1) 16. Qf4 (16. Qg4 h5 $1) 16... e5 $5 17. dxe5 Re6 18. gxh6 (18. Nf3
h5 $5 19. Nd4 Re7 $44) 18... Nxe5 {[%cal Ge5d3]} 19. Kf1 $5 ({Or} 19. h4 $5 Nf7
$1 (19... Nd3+ $143 $2 20. cxd3 cxd3 21. h5 $40) 20. h5 g5 21. Qf3 Kh8 $132 {
with big and unclear complications}) 19... Nf7 $1 20. Bf3 (20. h4 Re4) 20... g5
$1 21. Qg4 Rxh6 22. Qg2 ({Barsov played all game beyond praise and I suppose
that after for example} 22. Qg2 Nh4 23. Qg3 d4 $5 $36 {[%csl Ga5,Rf1,Gh4,Gh6]
he could continue game without any risk}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.06"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Kf8 {
Risky, maybe even too risky line, but it is not easy to refute it.} 8. Bd2 (8.
h4 $5) (8. a4 $5) 8... Qc7 $5 9. Bd3 ({Much weaker is} 9. Rc1 $143 $6 Qa5 $1
10. h4 Qxa3 {and it is not clear if White have sufficient compensation for the
pawn, for example} 11. h5 h6 12. Rh3 c4 13. Rf3 Nbc6 14. Rf4 b5 15. Qf3 Nd8 16.
g4 Ke8 17. Nh3 Rb8 18. g5 Nf5 19. Bg2 a5 20. gxh6 Nxh6 21. Qg3 Kf8 22. Rf3 Nc6
23. Ng5 Rb7 $17 {Polgar,J-Nikolic,P/Linares 1997/CBM 57/ /1-0 (59)}) 9... b6
10. Nf3 h6 $146 (10... Ba6 $5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Bxa6 (12. O-O Bxd3 13. cxd3 Nd7
14. Rfe1 h6 15. c4 d4 16. h4 Rb8 17. Rab1 Rxb1 18. Rxb1 Nc6 19. Qe4 Kg8 20. h5
Nd8 21. Qa8 Kh7 {1/2-1/2 Sion,M-Patino,R/ESP t-ch 1998 (21)}) 12... Nxa6 13. c4
Qc6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. O-O h6 16. Rfe1 Qe6 17. Qa4 Kg8 18. Rab1 Kh7 19. Qh4 Kg8
20. Rb7 Nf5 21. Qf4 Nb8 22. Reb1 Nc6 $13 {Timman,J-Nikolic,P/Pula 1997/EXP 57/
1/2-1/2 (38)}) 11. O-O Ba6 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. c4 Rd8 $6 (14... Qc6
$5 15. cxd5 exd5 {[%cal Gc6e6] transpose to Timman-Nikolic game}) 15. cxd5 Rxd5
({After} 15... exd5 {White can choose between simple} 16. Rfe1 $5 {[%cal Ge5e6]
} ({and pawn sacrifice} 16. e6 $5 Qc8 17. Ne5 Qxe6 18. Qxe6 fxe6 19. Rab1 $1
$44) 16... Qc8 17. Qxc8 Rxc8 18. Rab1 $36) 16. Rab1 $36 {[%csl Ra6,Rf8]
Results of opening are not favourable for black- king is bad, he has big
troubles and with knight on a6.} Ng6 (16... c4 17. Bb4 $5 Nxb4 18. Rxb4 c3 19.
Rfb1 $16) 17. Qa4 Nb8 18. Ba5 Qc8 19. c4 Rd3 $8 20. Rfd1 $16 {Lutz increase
preassure on black position with simple and strong moves.} Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 ({
White chances mucg better and after} 21. Rxd1 $5 Qc6 (21... Nc6 22. Rd6 Nge7
23. Qb5 $18) (21... Ke7 22. Qc2 $5 Nc6 $140 23. Qd2 $16) 22. Qb3 Nd7 (22... Ke7
23. Bd8+ $5 Rxd8 24. Rxd8 Kxd8 25. Qxb8+ Ke7 26. Qxa7+ $16) 23. Rd6 Qc8 24. Qb5
$5 Ke7 25. Rc6 Qb8 26. Bc7 $16) 21... Kg8 22. h4 $5 Kh7 (22... Nc6 23. Qd6 $1)
23. Qc2 {[%cal Rh4h5]} Kg8 (23... Nc6 $5) 24. h5 Ne7 25. Bd2 {[%csl Rh8]} g6 {
Leads to additional weaknesses, but Black can,t play whole game without rook
on h8} (25... Nd7 26. Qd3 Nc6 27. Bc3 $16) 26. hxg6 (26. Qe4 $5) 26... Nxg6 27.
Be3 Kg7 28. Qe4 Rd8 (28... Nd7 29. Rb7) 29. Qg4 Qc7 (29... Nd7 30. Nh4 Ndxe5
31. Qh5 $16) 30. Nh4 $1 Qe7 {What else, lose immediately} (30... Qxe5 31. Nxg6
fxg6 32. Bxh6+ $1 Kxh6 33. Qh4+ $18) ({looks terrible and} 30... Nd7 31. Nxg6
fxg6 32. Qxe6 Qxe5 33. Qh3 h5 34. Rb7 $18) 31. Nxg6 fxg6 32. Qf4 $18 g5 (32...
Rh8 33. Bxc5 $1) 33. Qe4 ({Very strong also} 33. Bxc5 $5 gxf4 34. Bxe7 Rc8 35.
Bd6 $18 {but Lutz doesn,t want to exchange queens.}) 33... Nd7 34. Rb7 {
[%csl Ra7,Rc5,Rg7][%cal Rb7g7]} a5 35. Rc7 {[%cal Re3c5]} Qf7 (35... Kh8 36.
Qc6 Nxe5 37. Rxe7 Nxc6 38. Rxe6 $18) 36. Bxc5 Kg8 37. Bd6 {[%cal Rc4c6]} Qh5
38. f3 Nf8 39. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Presov 2nd"]
[Site "Presov"]
[Date "2000.08.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Novkovic, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2000.08.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Bd7 ({Here Black
also play} 13... Qf7 {with the idea to relocate his queen to f5. Yet, White
keeps some initiative after} 14. h4 (14. Ng5 Qe8 15. h4 h6 16. Nh3 Ne7 17. Nf4
Qf7 18. Qe2 Bd7 19. g4 Ba4 20. Rh3 a5 21. h5 g5 22. Ng2 b5 $36 {0-1 Szabo,
G-Apicella,M/Bucharest Ciocaltea mem 2000/CBM 77 (33)}) 14... Qf5 15. Qxf5 Rxf5
16. Ke2 Bd7 17. g4 Rff8 18. Ne1 b5 19. Ng2 a5 20. Rhb1 Rab8 21. Kd2 Rfc8 22.
Nf4 Kf7 23. h5 $14 {1-0 Hracek,Z-Stimpel,F/Bad Wiessee op 1999 (38)}) 14. h4
Rf5 15. h5 gxh5 16. Rxh5 Rxh5 ({Perhaps,} 16... Raf8 $5 {is better than the
move which Black employed in the game.} 17. Ng5 Qa5 18. Bd2 Rf4 19. Qh3 Rxf2
20. Nf3 Rxd2 21. Kxd2 h6 $132 {Ivanchuk,V-Lutz,C/Muenchen 1994/Inf 60/ /1-0 
(41)}) 17. Qxh5 Rf8 18. Kd2 Be8 19. Qh3 $1 $146 {[%cal Rh3e6,Rf3g5] This is an
important novelty, which possibly changes the evaluation of the whole line
with 16...Rh5. White combines the attack upon the enemy king with the pressure
on the e6-pawn.} (19. Qg4 Qe7 20. Rh1 Bg6 21. Ng5 Rf5 22. Nf3 Rxf3 $5 23. Qxf3
Qxa3 24. Rb1 Qe7 25. Qg4 a6 26. Rb6 Bf5 27. Qd1 Na7 $44 {[%cal Ga7b5] Heer,
B-Kipper,J/Crailsheimer op 1998/1/2-1/2 (67)}) 19... Rxf3 {This is a typical
exchange sacrifice, but here it does not work too well for Black.} (19... Nd8
20. Ng5 (20. Rh1 Bg6) 20... Bg6 21. Nxe6 Nxe6 22. Qxe6+ Qf7 $14) 20. Qxf3 Bg6
21. a4 Na5 (21... Qa5 22. Qg4 Bf5 23. Qd1 {[%cal Gd1b1]}) 22. Kd1 Qd7 23. Bc1
Be4 24. Qh3 Bf5 25. g4 Be4 26. f3 Bg6 {Black has some compensation and it is
not easy to crack his position. However, White gradually grinds him down:} 27.
Qh4 h6 28. Be3 Qc7 29. Rb1 Qd7 30. Rb5 b6 31. Kd2 Qe8 (31... Qf7 $5) 32. f4 $1
{[%cal Gf4f5] White is getting ready for the decisive break on the kingside.}
Qd7 (32... Be4 $5 {[%cal Ge8g6]} 33. f5 $140 exf5 34. gxf5 Bxf5 35. Rxd5 $2
Qxa4) 33. f5 exf5 34. e6 $1 (34. g5 h5 35. Qxh5) 34... Qxe6 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36.
Qxd5 Qxd5 37. Rxd5 fxg4 {Thanks to his pawns on the kingside Black still has
some chances, but the d-pawn is too dangerous.} 38. Bf2 {[%csl Gd4]} Be8 (38...
Nc6 39. Rd7 Bf5 40. Rd6 (40. Rc7 Be4 {[%cal Ge4d5,Ge4h1]})) 39. Rd8 Bxa4 40. d5
Nb7 41. Ra8 Nd6 42. Bd4 (42. Rxa7 Ne4+ 43. Ke1 Bxc2 44. Bd4 h5 45. Rxg7+ Kh6)
42... a5 (42... Nb5 43. Be5 $18) 43. Ra7 Kg6 (43... Nf5 44. d6 $1) 44. Rxg7+
Kf5 45. Bxb6 Ke4 (45... g3 $5 {was Black's last chance to complicate the issue.
}) 46. Rxg4+ Kxd5 47. Rd4+ Ke6 48. Bc7 (48. Rh4 $5) 48... Nb7 49. Rxc4 Be8 50.
Re4+ Kd7 51. Bf4 $18 h5 52. Bg5 Nd6 53. Re7+ Kc6 54. Bf4 Bd7 55. Bxd6 Kxd6 56.
Rh7 Bg4 57. Ra7 h4 58. Rxa5 h3 59. Ke3 Bd1 60. Rg5 h2 61. Rg6+ Kc5 62. Rh6 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 41th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia "]
[Date "1998.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Drei, Andrea"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Kf8 $5 {
Risky, but not a bad move} 8. h4 Qa5 ({Deserves attention} 8... Qc7 {[%cal
Gc5d4,Gb7b6,Gc8a6] for example} 9. Qd1 Bd7 10. Bd2 Ba4 11. Bd3 Nbc6 12. Nf3 c4
13. Be2 Ke8 14. h5 h6 15. Nh4 Kd7 16. f4 Rag8 17. Bg4 g5 $1 $13 {1/2-1/2 Leko,
P-Illescas Cordoba,M/Ubeda 1997/CBM 58 (37)}) 9. Bd2 Qa4 10. h5 $5 (10. Ra2 $6
b6) 10... h6 (10... Qxc2 11. h6 $40) 11. Kd1 b6 {Preparing light bishops
exchange.} 12. Nf3 Ba6 (12... Nbc6 13. Qf4 cxd4 (13... Ba6 14. dxc5 $5 Qxf4 15.
Bxf4 Bxf1 16. Rxf1 bxc5 17. Rb1 Nb8 $5 18. Rb7 Ke8 19. Ke2 $14 {Bouton,
C-Nogueiras,J/Linares 1997}) 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Bb4
Ke8 18. Kd2 Rc8 $132 {0-1 Rodriguez,A-Dolmatov,S/Sochi 1988/Inf 46 (40)}) 13.
Bxa6 Nxa6 (13... Qxa6 $5 14. Qf4 Nbc6 15. g4 $2 Qc4 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Nd4 Kg8
18. Rg1 Rc8 19. Rc1 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Qxa3 $17 {Barden,L-Lloyd/Bognor 1960 (20)})
14. Qf4 Rc8 $1 {N/ Improvement compare to} (14... cxd4 $6 15. Nxd4 Qd7 16. g4
Nc5 {[%cal Gc5e4]} 17. f3 $1 Rc8 18. g5 hxg5 19. Qxg5 Na4 20. h6 $40 {1-0
Krasavin-Csirkov/Moscow 1990 (28)}) 15. g4 Ke8 $1 {King start evacuation from
the dangerous place.} 16. g5 cxd4 17. gxh6 gxh6 ({Maybe stronger was to play} 
17... Rxh6 $1 {for example} 18. Nxd4 (18. Qg5 dxc3 19. Rh4 (19. Qxg7 cxd2 $19)
19... Qb5 20. Qxg7 cxd2 21. Nxd2 (21. Qxh6 Qf1+ 22. Kxd2 Qxf2+ $19) 21... Nf5
22. Qg8+ Ke7 23. Qxc8 Nxh4 $19) (18. Qg4 Rh7) (18. Rg1 Rxh5 19. Rxg7 Rf5 $17 {
[%csl Gf5]}) 18... Nc5 19. Rg1 Rh7 $17 {with great game for a Black.}) 18. Nxd4
(18. Qf6 Rh7 (18... dxc3 $5 19. Qxh8+ (19. Rh4 $5) 19... Kd7 20. Qxh6 cxd2 21.
Qxd2 Qg4 $132) 19. Nxd4 Nc5 {[%cal Gc5e4]} 20. f3 Nd7 21. Qf4 Rc4 22. Rg1 Rh8
$15 {[%csl Ra1,Rd1][%cal Ge7c6,Ge7f5]}) 18... Nc5 19. Qf6 Rg8 ({Boring ( but
not bad!)} 19... Rh7 $5 {not in Lputian style.}) 20. Qxh6 (20. f3 $5) 20... Ne4
{[%csl Ge4][%cal Gg8g2,Gc8c3]} 21. Qe3 Rg2 22. Be1 (22. Rf1 Qc4 23. Ke1 Rh2 $17
) 22... Nc6 $6 (22... Rxc3 $5 23. Bxc3 Nxf2+ 24. Kc1 Nxh1) 23. Nxc6 (23. Nf3
Na5 (23... Nb4 $5 24. Nd4 $1 (24. Rc1 Na2 $1)) 24. Nh4 Nc4 25. Qd4 Rg4 $40 {
[%csl Ga4,Gc4,Ge4,Gg4]} (25... f6 $5)) 23... Qxc6 24. Rh4 $2 {Decisive mistake,
stronger was to play} (24. h6 $1 Rg8 (24... Kd7 25. Qf3 $1 $18) (24... Ke7 25.
h7 Rh8 26. f3) (24... d4 25. Qxd4 Rd8 (25... Rg4 26. Rh3 $1 Rd8 27. Qxd8+ Kxd8
28. h7 $18) 26. h7 Rxd4+ (26... Nxf2+ 27. Bxf2 Rxd4+ 28. Bxd4 $18) 27. cxd4 Qa4
(27... Nxf2+ 28. Bxf2 Rxf2 29. h8=Q+ Kd7 30. Ra2 $1 $18)) 25. h7 Rh8 $13 {
with unclear position}) 24... Rg1 $1 25. Ke2 Qc7 (25... Qb5+ $5 26. Qd3 Qb2 27.
Rd1 Rc4 $40 28. h6 $140 Nc5) 26. f3 (26. Qd4 Qd8 $1 27. Rh3 Qg5 $17) 26... Qc4+
27. Qd3 (27. Kd1 $2 Nxc3+ 28. Kc1 Ne2+ $19) 27... Ng3+ 28. Bxg3 (28. Kf2 Qxh4
29. Qb5+ Kd8 30. Kxg1 Qh1+ 31. Kf2 Qh2+ 32. Ke3 Nf5+ 33. Kd3 Qxe5 $19) 28...
Qxd3+ 29. Kxd3 $6 (29. cxd3 $142 Rxa1 30. h6) 29... Rxa1 30. h6 Kd7 $19 31. h7
(31. Rf4 Rxa3 (31... Rf8 $5) 32. Rxf7+ Ke8 33. Rb7 Raxc3+ 34. Ke2 Rxc2+ 35. Ke3
R2c7 36. h7 Kd7 $19) 31... Rh8 32. Rh6 (32. Bf4 {[%cal Rf4g5,Rg5f6]} Rg1) 32...
Rg1 33. Rh3 (33. Bh4 Rg7 34. Bf6 Rgxh7) 33... Ke8 34. Ke2 Kf8 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.28"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Steflitsch, Erich"]
[Black "Poldauf, Dirk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Klagenfurt"]
[BlackTeam "Berlin SF"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 {
Rare move in modern practice, much more popular nowadays} (7... O-O $5 {
but Poldaud has great experience in this interesting and extremely sharp line})
8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Rb1 dxc3 13. Qd3 O-O-O 14.
Qxc3 Nf5 15. Rg1 d4 16. Qd3 Na5 ({Another possible move here is} 16... Be8 $5 {
with possible continuation} 17. g4 Nh4 18. Rg3 f6 19. exf6 Bg6 20. f5 exf5 21.
Bf4 Qd7 22. g5 Bh5 {1-0 Polzin,R-Poldauf,D/AUT t-ch Melk 1999 (41) with crazy
game.}) 17. Rb4 {[%csl Gc4]} ({Worth consideration and old move} 17. g4 {
and after} Ba4 18. c3 Bc2 $5 19. Qxc2 d3 20. Qa2 Qc5 21. Rg2 Ne3 22. Ng3 Nxg2+
23. Qxg2 {1-0 Geist,H-Borchers,H/corr 1998/ICCF tele 5/2001 (34) white's
chances are better.}) 17... a6 {[%cal Gd7b5]} (17... Bc6 18. g4 Nh4 19. Rg3 Bd5
20. Nxd4 Nc6 21. Nxc6 Bxc6 22. Qc3 Qd7 23. Rd3 $18 {1-0 Smirnov,P-Kazakov,P/
Russian Cup Tomsk 2002/The Week in Chess 402 (39)}) (17... Nc6 18. Rb2 Be8 19.
g4 Nh4 20. Kf2 Qe7 21. g5 Nf5 22. Bg2 a6 23. Bd2 Qc5 {1-0 Tatar Kis,S-Gyarmati,
P/HUN t-ch2 1998 (27)}) 18. g4 Nh4 19. a4 $146 {Steflitsch takes the important
square b5 under control.} (19. Nxd4 Bb5 $5 20. Nxb5 axb5 21. Qe4 Qc3+ 22. Kf2
Rd1 $132 {0-1 Von Buelow,G-Poldauf,D/BL 0102 2002/ (36)}) (19. Rg3 Bb5 20. Rxb5
axb5 21. Qxb5 Nc4 22. h3 Kb8 {Voekler-Poldauf (Bundesliga 2002)}) 19... f6 $5 (
19... Bc6 20. Rg3 Bd5 $13) 20. exf6 e5 {[%csl Re1] Black sacrificed two pawns,
but the position of the white king in the center of the board gives him full
compensation.} 21. f7 (21. g5 e4 $5 22. Qxe4 Bf5 $36) 21... Rgf8 (21... Rxg4
22. Rxg4 Bxg4 23. Bh3) 22. Rg3 $6 (22. Qg3 $5 Qxc2 23. Qxh4 Nb3 24. Rxb3 Qxb3)
22... Rxf7 23. Rh3 $2 (23. f5 Re8 $132 {[%cal Ga5c6,Ge5e4]}) 23... Bc6 $1 24.
Qa3 (24. Rxh4 Qe7 {[%cal Re7h4,Re7b4]}) 24... exf4 (24... Ng2+ 25. Bxg2 Bxg2
26. Rg3 Be4) 25. Kf2 ({I think that White rightly avoided the line} 25. Rxh4 f3
26. g5 fxe2 27. Bxe2 Re8 {[%csl Re1][%cal Gf7e7]}) 25... Re8 {[%cal Ge8e3]} ({
Perhaps Black should have considered} 25... Nf3 $5 26. Rxf3 Bxf3 27. Qxf3 (27.
Kxf3 Nc6 $40) 27... Qc5 {[%cal Gc5b4,Gd4d3]}) 26. Rxd4 (26. Nxd4) (26. Rxh4 f3
27. Nxd4 Qe7 {[%cal Re7h4,Re7e1]}) 26... f3 (26... Ng2 27. Bxg2 Bxg2 28. Kxg2
Rxe2+ 29. Kf1 Re8 30. Rc3 Nc6 31. Qd6 $16) 27. Nf4 (27. Ng3 $5) 27... Ng2 28.
Rxf3 $2 {Helping black to create threats against the white king} (28. Qb4 $142
Bd7 $5 {[%cal Ga5c6]} 29. Nd5 Qxc2+ 30. Qd2 Qc5 $13) 28... Bxf3 29. Qxf3 Qxc2+
({Black missed an easy victory -} 29... Nxf4 $1 30. Bxf4 (30. Rxf4 Qxc2+ 31.
Kg1 Rh7 $19) 30... Qc5 $19) 30. Kg3 Qxc1 31. Kxg2 Ref8 {It seems that White's
position can no longer be saved - there are too many Black's pieces pointed at
the white king} 32. Kg3 Nc6 (32... Qe1+ $5 33. Kh3 Qe5 $19) 33. Rc4 Qe1+ 34.
Kg2 Kb8 35. Re4 Qd2+ (35... Qxe4 $5 36. Qxe4 Rxf4 $19) (35... Qc1 $1 36. Kg3
Ne5 $19) 36. Kg3 Qd6 37. Bc4 Rf6 38. Qe3 Ne7 $1 39. Rxe7 Rxf4 40. Re8+ (40.
Re8+ Rxe8 41. Qxe8+ Kc7 $19) 0-1

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1999.01.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ashley, Maurice"]
[Black "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1999.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Qc7 9. Ra2 (9. Kd1 O-O 10. Nf3 f6 (10... f5 11. Qh4 Nbc6 12. Bd3 Bd7 13.
Rg1 Ng6 14. Qh5 Nce7 15. Bd2 Rac8 16. Ke2 $14 {1-0 Kamsky,G-Nikolic,P/Amber
rapid 1996 (47)}) 11. Bd3 Nf5 12. Qh3 Nc6 13. g4 fxe5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5
Qxe5 16. Rb1 Nh6 17. Re1 Qc7 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. g5 $1 $16 {1-0 Spassky,
B-Kortchnoi,V/Belgrade mg#12 1977 (40)}) (9. Bd2 $6 Qxc2 $1 10. Qxg7 (10. Rc1
$2 Qe4+) 10... Rg8 11. Qh6 (11. Qf6 $2 Nf5 $1 12. Nf3 Nd7) 11... Qb2 $1 (11...
Nbc6 12. Nf3 Bd7 $15 {(Keres)}) 12. Rc1 Qxd4 13. Bc3 Qe4+ 14. Ne2 Nbc6 15. f3
Qf5 16. Qe3 Bd7 17. Ng3 Qg5 18. f4 Qh4 19. Bd3 $2 d4 $1 {0-1 Seiffert,
R-Uhlmann,W/DDR 1954 (19)}) (9. Ne2 $5 Qxc2 10. Qxg7 Rg8 11. Qh6 Nbc6 12. Qd2
Qxd2+ 13. Bxd2 Nf5 14. Bc3 b6 15. O-O-O Ba6 16. Nf4 $14 Bxf1 17. Rhxf1 $14 {
1-0 Ivkov,B-Pietzsch,W/Dresden 1959 (42)}) 9... Nf5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Bd2 (11.
Bd3 h5 $1 12. Qg5 (12. Qf4 Ncxd4 13. Nxd4 Qc3+ 14. Bd2 Qxd4 15. Bxf5 Qxf4 16.
Bxf4 exf5 $15) 12... Ncxd4 13. Nxd4 Qc3+ 14. Kf1 Qxd4 $15 15. Bxf5 $4 Qd1# {
0-1 Smart,L-Giddins,S/Gausdal TM 1994 (15)}) 11... Qb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6b1]} 12.
Ra1 Qb2 13. Rc1 Ncxd4 14. c3 $6 {N/} (14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Bb5+ Bd7 16. Qe2 Qe4
17. Bxd7+ Kxd7 18. Qxe4 dxe4 19. Rb1 Kc6 20. Rb4 Rhd8 21. Rxe4 Rd4 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Hjartarson,J-Nikolic,P/Reykjavik WCup 1991 (52)}) 14... Nc2+ 15. Kd1
Nxa3 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Bxf5 exf5 18. Qxg7 O-O-O 19. Qxf7 Rhe8 20. Re1 $2 (20.
Qxh7 Nc4 {[%cal Re8e5]} 21. Rc2 (21. Bg5 Ba4+ 22. Ke1 Nxe5 23. Qxf5+ Bd7 24.
Qxe5 Rxe5+ 25. Nxe5 Re8 $19) 21... Qb1+ 22. Bc1 (22. Rc1 Qe4 $19) 22... Ba4 (
22... Rh8 23. Qf7) 23. Qxf5+ Kb8 $19 {[%cal Rd5d4]}) 20... Qb3+ 21. Ke2 Qc4+ (
21... Qc4+ 22. Kd1 Ba4+) 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1999.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Bd7
9. Nf3 Bxb5 10. Bxb5+ Nd7 $5 {Lputian,s patent, black have some problems after
theoretical} (10... Nc6 11. O-O Nge7 12. Bd3) 11. O-O Ne7 12. g4 $6 {N/} (12.
Nxd4 O-O 13. Bd3 g6 14. Bb2 (14. Be3 $5 $14) 14... Nb6 15. Qf3 Na4 16. Bc1 Bb6
17. Be3 Nb2 $13 {0-1 Gallagher,J-Lputian,S/Luzern 71/300 1997/Inf 71 (39)})
12... a6 13. Bd3 h5 $1 14. h3 hxg4 15. hxg4 Nb6 {[%cal Gb6c4,Gc4e3]} 16. b5 {
Trying to open second front on the queen side, White is clearly worse after} (
16. Nxd4 Nc6 (16... Nc4 $5) 17. Nf3 (17. Nxc6 Qh4 18. Qe2 Nc4 $1 19. Nd4 Bb6
20. c3 Qg3+ $19) 17... Nc4 $15) 16... Nc4 17. bxa6 Rxa6 18. Rb1 (18. Nxd4 $2
Bb6 19. c3 Nc6 $17) 18... Rb6 19. Rb3 (19. Rxb6 Bxb6 $17) 19... Rxb3 20. cxb3
Ne3 21. Bxe3 dxe3 22. Kg2 {[%cal Gf1h1]} d4 $1 23. Bb5+ (23. Nxd4 Nd5 {[%cal
Rd8h4]} (23... Qd5+ 24. Nf3 g5 $5 25. Qc2 gxf4 26. Qxc7 Qxd3 27. Qb8+ Qd8 28.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 29. Ng5) 24. Qe1 e2 $1 25. Rf3 Bb6 $17) 23... Kf8 24. Qxd4 Qxd4 25.
Nxd4 Nd5 26. Ne2 (26. Kf3 g5 $1) 26... g5 $1 27. f5 (27. Kf3 Rh3+ 28. Kg2 (28.
Ke4 gxf4 29. Nxf4 $2 Nc3+ $19) 28... Rh4 29. Kf3 gxf4 30. Nxf4 Bxe5 31. Nxd5
exd5 32. Kxe3 Rxg4 $17) 27... Bxe5 28. fxe6 Rh2+ 29. Kg1 (29. Kf3 fxe6 30. Ke4+
Bf4 31. Bc4 Nf6+ $17) 29... f6 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5,Gh2]} 30. Rd1 Nc7 31. Bc4 Nxe6 $1
$19 32. Rd7 Rf2 33. Rxb7 (33. Bxe6 Rxe2 34. Rxb7 Rh2 $19 {[%cal Re3e2]}) 33...
Nf4 34. Nxf4 gxf4 35. g5 f3 $2 {Only moment in the game then Lputian played
second hand move, black could win easily after} (35... fxg5 36. Rf7+ Ke8 37.
Rf5 Bd4 $19) 36. gxf6 (36. g6 Rg2+) 36... Rg2+ 37. Kf1 $2 ({Why not} 37. Kh1 $1
{nad it is not easy to find win for a black, for example} Rh2+ (37... e2 38.
Rf7+) 38. Kg1 f2+ 39. Kf1 Rh1+ 40. Kg2 Rg1+ 41. Kf3 $11) 37... e2+ 38. Bxe2
fxe2+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch 73rd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.04.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.04.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Bg5 {Quite rare move, White continue as usual in this position} (9. Qh5
Ng6 10. Nf3 {with big complications}) 9... Qa5 10. Ne2 Ng6 $1 ({White's
initiative is very strong in case of} 10... cxd4 11. f4 $1 dxc3 (11... b6 12.
Bf6 Ng6 13. h4 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 15. h5 gxf6 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Qxe6+ Kg7 18.
Qd7+ Rf7 19. Rxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qxf7+ Kh6 21. Kf2 {1-0 Nijboer,F-Vysochin,S/
Cappelle le Grande 1997 (21)}) 12. O-O Ng6 13. Qh5 Qc5+ 14. Kh1 Nce7 15. Rf3 f5
16. exf6 gxf6 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. Qxh7+ Kf8 19. Rg3 $40 {1-0 Shaposhnikov,
E-Riazantsev,A/Moscow Geller mem 2000 (40)}) 11. O-O Qa4 {[%cal Rc6e5,Ra4g4]}
12. f4 (12. f3 Ngxe5 13. dxe5 Qxg4 14. fxg4 c4 15. Bf4 cxd3 16. cxd3 b6 17. Rf3
Ba6 18. Kf2 Rac8 19. Ke3 {1/2-1/2 Paehtz,E-Schnur,G/Bad Woerishofen op 2000 
(19)}) 12... c4 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. Ra2 Bd7 (14... b5 15. Bh4 Bd7 16. Qg3 Qa6 17.
Rb1 Rab8 18. Qe1 Rb6 19. Raa1 Rfb8 20. Qd2 Qc8 21. g4 Qf8 $11 {0-1 Libeau,
R-Uhlmann,W/BL 1995 (45)}) 15. h4 Rf5 16. Ng3 $146 (16. h5 gxh5 17. Qxh5 h6 18.
g4 Rf7 19. Kg2 Be8 20. Qh3 hxg5 21. f5 exf5 22. gxf5 Ne7 23. Rh1 Rxf5 24. Ng3
$132 {1/2-1/2 Koch,J-Apicella,M/France 1994/Inf 62/[Apicella,M] (41)}) 16...
Be8 {[%mdl 512] Risky move, deserves attention} (16... Qa5 $5 {and just after}
17. Nxf5 gxf5 18. Qg3 (18. Qf3 h6 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Qh5 Kg7 21. Rf3 Be8 $1)
18... Be8 $44 {[%cal Ge8h5] with good compensation for exchange}) 17. Nxf5 gxf5
18. Qf3 (18. Qg3 Bh5 19. Bf6 Bg4 $1 $17) 18... h6 19. g4 $6 {Much more
dangerous for Black will be} (19. Bf6 $142 $1 Kf7 $5 (19... gxf6 20. exf6 Kf7
21. Qh5+ Kxf6 22. Qxh6+ Ke7 23. Qg5+ Kd7 24. h5 $16) (19... Qa5 $5) 20. g4 $1
Qa5 (20... gxf6 21. gxf5 $40) (20... fxg4 21. Qxg4 gxf6 22. f5 $18) 21. g5 $1
$16) 19... Bg6 $1 (19... hxg5 20. gxf5 Qa5 21. f6 $16 {looks terrible for Black
}) 20. Bxh6 (20. Bf6 $5 gxf6 21. exf6) 20... gxh6 21. h5 Bf7 (21... Bh7 22. g5
Kh8 23. g6) 22. gxf5 (22. g5 Kg7 23. Qg3 Rh8 $15) 22... exf5 23. Kh1 Kh7 {
It looks that Black can be happy with results of complications.} 24. Qh3 Be6
25. Qh4 Rf8 26. Rg1 Qa5 27. Rb2 (27. Rg6 Qd8 $1 28. Qh3 Qd7 $17) 27... Qxc3 ({
Also was possible to play} 27... b6 {but after} 28. Rg6 {White have enough
resources for a draw, for example} (28. Rg3 Qxa3 29. Rb1 Qe7) 28... Qxc3 29.
Rxh6+ $1 (29. Rxe6 Rg8 $5 30. Rxh6+ Kxh6 31. Qf6+ Kh7 32. Qxf5+ Kh8 33. Qf6+
Rg7 34. Qf8+ Kh7 35. Qf5+ Kg8 36. Qe6+ $11) 29... Kxh6 30. Qg5+ Kh7 31. Qg6+
Kh8 32. Qh6+ $11) 28. Rg6 (28. Rxb7+ Rf7 29. Rg7+ $1 (29. Rxf7+ Bxf7 30. Rg2
Nxd4 31. Qf6 $11) 29... Kxg7 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Qg6+ Kh8 32. Qxh6+ Kg8 33. Qg6+
$11) 28... Rf7 29. Rb1 (29. Rxe6 $2 Qxb2 $19) 29... Qf3+ 30. Kh2 Nxd4 31. Rbg1
Qe2+ (31... Qg4 $6 32. R1xg4 Nf3+ 33. Kh1 Nxh4 34. Rxh4 Re7 35. c3 $16) 32. Kh3
Qf3+ 33. Kh2 Qe2+ 34. Kh3 Qf3+ 35. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.21"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Erdogdu, Mert"]
[Black "Weiss, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Istanbul"]
[BlackTeam "Ansfelden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 $5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8.
Qg4 g6 9. Qd1 b6 10. Nf3 ({Another popular line connected with typical for
this line} 10. h4 $5 {with possible continuation} h5 (10... Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6
12. Ne2 h5 13. Bg5 Rc8 14. O-O Ne7 15. Bf6 Rf8 16. Qd2 Nb8 17. Rfb1 Nd7 18.
dxc5 Rxc5 19. Rb4 Qa6 20. Nd4 Nxf6 21. exf6 Nc6 22. Nxc6 Rxc6 23. Rd1 Kd8 24.
Qf4 Kc8 25. Ra4 Qb7 26. c4 Rd8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Chandler,M (2526)-Pert,N (2455)/
London Chapman m 2000/ (38)}) 11. Nf3 Ba6 12. Bd3 $5 ({I don't think that
White cn get something real after} 12. Bxa6 Qxa6 {[%cal Ga6f1]} 13. Bg5 (13. a4
Nc6 14. Qb1 Qc4 15. dxc5 Nge7 16. Qb5 Qxc5 17. Qd3 Nf5 18. O-O Rc8 19. Rfe1 O-O
20. g3 d4 21. cxd4 Ncxd4 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 {0-1 Colovic,A (2362)-Psakhis,L (2574)/
Andorra op 2002/ (39)}) 13... Nd7 14. Qd3 Qxd3 15. cxd3 Rc8 16. Kd2 Ne7 17. a4
Nc6 18. dxc5 bxc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Chandler,M (2529)-Pert,N (2474)/BCF t-ch 0001
2001/ (34) black can hope for equal chances in this complicated endgame.})
12... Nd7 13. Bg5 (13. O-O Bxd3 14. cxd3 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Ne7 16. Bg5 Nc6 17. Be3
cxd4 18. cxd4 Rc8 19. Ne1 Ne7 20. f3 Nf5 21. Bf2 Nb8 22. Ra2 Nc6 23. Nc2 Kd7 {
1/2-1/2 Skorchenko,D (2420)-Lysyj,I (2330)/RUS-ch B20 Vladimir 2002/ (51)})
13... Rc8 (13... Bxd3 $5 14. cxd3 Qxd1+ 15. Kxd1 Ne7 $13) 14. Qd2 Ne7 15. Bxe7
Kxe7 16. Qg5+ Kf8 17. Bxg6 (17. O-O $5) 17... fxg6 18. Qxg6 Qc4 19. O-O-O Qxc3
20. Ng5 Qa1+ 21. Kd2 Qxd4+ 22. Kc1 Qa1+ 23. Kd2 Qd4+ 24. Kc1 Qa1+ {1/2-1/2 Kim,
A (2449)-Lysyj,I (2506)/Pardubice op-A 2005/}) 10... Ba6 11. Bxa6 (11. dxc5
bxc5 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. O-O Ne7 14. Bg5 (14. Re1 Bxd3 15. cxd3 Qxd1 16. Raxd1 O-O
17. Rb1 Rab8 18. h4 Nc6 19. Bf4 Na5 20. Nd2 Nc6 21. Nf3 Rb6 22. Rxb6 axb6 {
1/2-1/2 Kozlitin,O (2405)-Lakhno,K (2340)/RUS-ch B20 Samara 2004/EXT 2005 (41)}
) 14... Nc6 15. Qd2 h6 16. Bxh6 Ndxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bg7 Rh5 19. Rfe1 Nxd3
20. cxd3 Rb8 21. d4 Rf5 {0-1 Kulicov,O (2422)-Hasangatin,R (2503)/Alushta
Summer II 2004/ (42)}) 11... Nxa6 12. h4 $1 {[%cal Gh4h5]} h6 $5 $146 {Despite
its obviousness, Black's last move looks like a novelty} (12... h5 13. O-O Rc8
14. Bg5 Nb8 15. Qd2 Nd7 16. Rfc1 Qa5 17. Qd3 Ne7 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Qe3 Kf8 20.
Qf4 Kg7 21. c4 cxd4 22. cxd5 Qxd5 23. Rd1 Rc4 24. Rd3 Rf8 {1/2-1/2 Lopez
Martinez,J (2468)-Narciso Dublan,M (2458)/Badalona 2005/ (55)}) 13. O-O (13.
Qb1 $5 {[%cal Gb1b3]}) 13... Rc8 14. Ra2 Ne7 15. Qc1 (15. Qb1 {[%cal Gb1b3]}
Nb8 $5 16. Qb3 Qd7 {[%cal Gb8c6]} (16... Qxb3 17. cxb3 c4 18. b4 a6 19. a4 $14)
) 15... h5 {[%csl Rg5]} (15... Nf5 $5 16. g4 $140 $6 cxd4 $1 17. gxf5 dxc3 18.
Bf4 gxf5 $36 {[%cal Gc8c4,Ga6b4]}) 16. Bg5 Nf5 17. Bf6 Rg8 {This is a very
typical position, which is still hard to assess precisely.} 18. Qd2 Rc7 (18...
Qc4 $5) 19. Rb1 Kd7 $13 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Rb4 Qa6 22. Ng5 $1 Kc8 23. a4 $5 (23.
c4 $5 dxc4 24. Qc3 $132) 23... Ne4 $6 (23... Nd7 $142 24. a5 Nxf6 25. exf6 b5
$1 26. Qe2 Rb7 27. Nf3 Nd6 $132) 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Rxe4 (25. a5 $5 Rc5 26. Qf4
Rxa5 27. Qxe4 Kb8 28. Rba4 Rxa4 29. Rxa4 Qb5 $13 {[%cal Gb5d5]}) 25... Rd7 26.
Qe1 Kb8 27. a5 $1 Rc8 ({Perhaps Black should have considered} 27... Rd5 $5) 28.
Qb1 b5 $8 (28... Rxc3 29. axb6 Qxb6 30. Rb4 Rd1+ $1 31. Qxd1 Qxb4 32. Qa1 $1
$40) 29. Rb4 Rb7 30. Rab2 Rc5 31. c4 $1 {White's advantage can be seen with
the naked eye!} Qxa5 (31... Rxc4 32. Rxb5 Rcc7 {[%cal Cf6d8,Cd8c7,Gf5d4]} 33.
c3 $1 $16) 32. cxb5 ({Another promising possibility was} 32. Rxb5 Rbxb5 $140
33. cxb5 Nd4 34. b6 $1 $16) 32... Qb6 33. c4 Rd7 34. Ra2 Rd4 35. Ra6 $6 {
Pushing too hard!} (35. Rba4 Rdxc4 36. Rxc4 Rxc4 37. Kh2 $16) ({It looks that
Erdogdu could easy win now playing} 35. Qb3 $1 {[%cal Cf5h4,Gb4a4]} Qb7 36.
Rba4 Rg4 37. f3 Nd4 38. Qe3 $18) 35... Qb7 36. Rc6 $1 Qd7 $1 37. Kh2 Rd1 38.
Qe4 (38. Qb2 $2 Qd3 $1 39. Qb3 $8 Qf1 40. Qxd1 Qxd1 41. Rxc5 Qd2 42. Rb3 $8
Qf4+ 43. Kg1 Qd4 $1 $19 {[%cal Od4c5,Rd4d1]}) 38... Qd2 $1 {Amazingly, White
has already lost winning chances.} 39. Rxc5 (39. Rb1 Rxb1 40. Qxb1 Qf4+ 41. Kg1
Qxc4 $36) 39... Qxf2 40. Rc8+ $1 Kxc8 41. Qc6+ Kb8 42. Qe8+ Kb7 (42... Kb7 43.
Qxf7+ $2 Kb6 44. Qxe6+ Ka5 $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 04th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2003.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 {Lputian as usual has chosen
the course of principle!} 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 (7. Nb5 $5) 7... Ne7 8. bxa5 dxc3
9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. f4 (11. Nf3 $5 Qc7 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. a6 $5 O-O-O
14. axb7+ Qxb7 15. Qd3 Qb2 16. Qd1 Kc7 17. Bd3 Rg4 18. Bg3 Ra4 19. O-O Rxa3 20.
Rb1 $16 {1-0 Bryson,D-Wagener,C/EU t-ch m Leon 2001/CBM 86 (34)}) 11... Qxa5
12. Nf3 (12. Rb1 $5 Nd4 13. Qd3 Nef5 14. Nf3 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Bd7 16. Rxb7 Bc6
17. Rb4 Qc5 18. Qf2 d4 19. Rg1 a5 20. Rb1 O-O-O 21. Bd3 Kc7 $132 {1/2-1/2
Borriss,M-Vaganian,R/BL 0001 2001 (60)}) 12... Bd7 13. Rb1 {This line became
very popular after game Anand-Khalifman Linares 2000.} ({Black get strong
initiative after} 13. Ng5 O-O-O $1 14. Nxf7 Nf5 15. Nxd8 Qxd8 16. Qh3 Ncd4 17.
Qxc3+ Kb8 18. g3 Qb6 19. Bd3 Rc8 $44 {0-1 Van der Weide,K-Werle,J/Groningen
SON-ON 2001 (24)}) 13... O-O-O 14. Qd3 Nf5 (14... d4 15. g3 Kb8 16. Be2 Ka8 17.
Kf2 Be8 18. Rd1 Nf5 19. Qc4 a6 20. a4 Rd5 21. Bd3 $16 {1-0 Lutz,C-Kortchnoi,V/
GER-SWZ Berlin 2002/ 33)}) 15. Rg1 Rg4 $146 {This move looks little bit
artificial, but after} (15... d4 16. g4 Nfe7 17. Rg3 $1 Be8 18. h4 Nf5 19. Rg1
Ne3 20. Bxe3 dxe3 21. Qxe3 Ne7 22. Bc4 $14 {Anand,V-Khalifman,A/Linares 2000/
1-0 (42) white managed to keep some advantage.}) 16. g3 ({Worth considering} 
16. Rb5 $5 Qc7 (16... Qa4 17. Qxc3) 17. Qxc3 {with better chances.}) 16... Rh8
({Maybe Lputian had to try} 16... d4 $5 17. Bh3 Rg6 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. Nxd4 Nxd4
20. Qxd4 Bc6 {with some compensation for the pawn}) 17. Kf2 (17. Rb5 $5) 17...
Qc5+ 18. Be3 $1 Qxa3 (18... d4 19. Bc1 {[%cal Gb1b5,Gd3b5]}) ({Rightly avoiding
} 18... Nxe3 19. Qxe3 d4 20. Qd3 Qxa3 21. h3 Rg7 22. Qc4 Kb8 23. Bg2 {[%csl
Rb8][%cal Gb1b8,Gg2b7] and Black king is in serios danger.}) 19. Rb3 Qa4 20.
Rxc3 (20. h3 $5) 20... d4 $2 ({It is quite possible, that Black should have
preferred} 20... Nxe3 21. Qxe3 $14 {[%cal Ge3c5]}) 21. Bxd4 Nfxd4 22. Qxd4 $6 {
White missed a very good oportunity to get a big advantage -} (22. Rc4 $142 Qa5
23. Qxd4 $16) 22... Rxh2+ 23. Rg2 (23. Bg2 $5) 23... Qxd4+ 24. Nxd4 Rh1 25. Bb5
$36 {[%csl Gb5,Gd4]} Kc7 26. Bxc6 (26. Be2 Rg7 27. Nb5+) 26... Bxc6 27. Nxc6
bxc6 28. Kf3 $14 {[%mdl 4096] The smoke has cleared , and Vescovi has clear
edge in endgame.} Rg8 (28... Rg7 $142 $5 29. Rd2 Rg1 30. Kf2 Ra1 31. Rd6 Ra6)
29. Rd2 Rf1+ 30. Ke2 Ra1 31. Rd6 {Black should have stuck to a passive defense}
Ra6 32. Rcd3 {[%csl Rc6,Rf7]} Kb6 33. Rd7 Rf8 (33... Rg7 34. f5 $5) 34. Rb3+
Kc5 35. Kf3 $6 (35. Rc7 $5 {[%cal Gb3b7]} Kd4 36. Rbb7 {with clear advantage})
35... Ra4 (35... Ra2 $5 36. Rc3+ Kb6 37. Rd6 Rc8) 36. Rc3+ Kb6 (36... Rc4 37.
Rxc4+ Kxc4 38. Rxa7 c5 39. Rc7 $18) 37. Rd6 Rc8 38. Kg4 (38. g4 $5 {[%cal
Gg4g5]}) 38... Rg8+ (38... Rc7 39. Kg5 a5 40. Kf6 $16) 39. Kh4 Ra1 40. Rdxc6+ {
I don't know what happen now, maybe Lputian lost on time. Othercase after} (40.
Rdxc6+ Kb5 {he could have good chances for a draw.}) 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Chartres"]
[Date "2005.08.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2005.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4 {Psakhis: 'The most popular answer, but
in recent tournaments'} (11... Nce7 $5 {also happend few times}) 12. Bxg6 fxg6
13. Qg4 Qf7 {It is a good question whether Black needs to make this move or
not.} ({Worth considering is} 13... Bd7 $5 {for example. Psakhis,Macieja,
Barsky: 'is safer than the move in the game.'} 14. h4 Rf5 15. Ng5 Raf8 16. Qe2
h6 17. Nh3 Qd8 18. g3 b5 19. Qd2 Qe7 20. Ke2 a5 21. Rh2 Rb8 22. g4 Rff8 23. Nf4
Be8 24. h5 g5 25. Nh3 b4 $36 {0-1 David,A-Enders,P/BL9900 2000 (34)}) 14. h4 (
14. Ng5 $5 Qe8 (14... Qf5 15. Qe2 Rd8 (15... Nxe5 $2 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Qd2 Bd7
18. O-O h6 19. f4 Qd6 20. Nf3 Rf5 21. Rae1 Raf8 22. Nh4 R5f6 23. Bd4 Rxf4 24.
Rxf4 Qxf4 25. Qxf4 Rxf4 26. Nxg6 $18 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Short,N/Munich Intel
Express 1994 (35)}) 16. g4 Qf8 17. f4 h6 18. Nf3 Bd7 19. a4 Rdb8 20. O-O b5 21.
axb5 Rxb5 22. Bc1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Arakhamia,K-Peng/Tilgurg ct w(7) 1994 (37)}) 15.
h4 h6 (15... Ne7 16. Qe2 Nf5 17. g4 $146 ({After} 17. Bd2 h6 18. g4 Ne7 19. Nh3
Bd7 20. Rg1 Qf7 21. Rg3 Kh8 22. Nf4 Qg8 23. Be3 Qh7 24. Qd2 Rf7 25. Ke2 Raf8
26. Rh1 Rxf4 $1 27. Bxf4 Ba4 {Dominguez,L-Harikrishna,P/Istanbul olm 2000/ 1/
2-1/2 (67) Black managed to build a strong defensive position. Nijboer doesn't
care about his bishop and, maybe, he is right.}) 17... Nxe3 18. Qxe3 h6 19. Nh3
Qe7 20. Qg3 Bd7 21. f4 {White slowly but surely improves his position and
Black can't organize any counterplay.} Be8 22. Kd2 b5 23. f5 $1 {A nice
breakthrough!} gxf5 (23... exf5 24. g5 $1) 24. g5 $1 {1-0 Nijboer,F (2578)
-Harikrishna,P (2514)/Wijk aan Zee-B 2001/CBM 81/[Psakhis] (33)}) 16. Nh3 Ne7 (
16... Bd7 $5 17. Qe2 b5 18. g4 a5 19. h5 (19. Nf4 $6 $146 {[%cal Gh4h5] This
is a novelty in this position, although the idea is not new at all. To be
honest I don't like this move: A more interesting game raised after} Ne7 20. h5
(20. Kd2 $5) 20... g5 21. Nh3 b4 $1 {and Black has a more obvious way of
developing the initiative on the queenside.} 22. f4 (22. axb4 axb4 23. Rxa8
Qxa8 24. cxb4 Nc6 $44 (24... Qa1+ 25. Qd1 Qa3 26. O-O Qxb4 27. Qa1 Qa4 28. Qc3
Ra8 29. Rb1 Nc6 30. Kg2 Qa3 31. Qxa3 Rxa3 32. Rb7 Be8 33. Bc1 Rc3 34. Rb2 Kf8
35. Bd2 Ra3 36. Rb6 c3 37. Be3 Ra2 38. Rb7 Rxc2 39. Bxg5 hxg5 40. Nxg5 Nxd4 41.
h6 gxh6 42. Nh7+ {1/2-1/2 Balogh,C (2356)-Almasi,I (2420)/Budapest-4 GM 2000/
The Week in Chess 283})) 22... gxf4 23. Bxf4 bxc3 (23... b3 $5 {[%csl Gb3]})
24. Qe3 Ba4 25. Qxc3 Rb8 {0-1 Lahno,K-Smeets,J/Wijk aan Zee-C 2004/CBM 99/
[Psakhis] (36)} 26. Kd2 (26. Rg1 $5 {[%cal Gg4g5]}) 26... Qb5 {[%cal Gb5b2]}
27. Ra2 (27. Rab1 Qxb1 28. Rxb1 Rxb1 29. Qxa5 c3+ $1 $36) 27... Qb6 {[%csl Rd4]
0-1 Lahno,K (2493)-Smeets,J (2505)/Wijk aan Zee-C 2004/CBM 99/[Psakhis] (36)})
19... gxh5 20. g5 $1 (20. Rg1 Ne7 21. gxh5 Kh7 22. Qg4 Nf5 23. Kd2 Qe7 24. Qg6+
Kh8 25. Nf4 Nh4 26. Qg4 Rxf4 $1 27. Bxf4 Rf8 28. Rh1 Nf5 $44 {Leko,P-Almasi,Z/
Budapest 2003/CBM 95/[Psakhis]/1/2-1/2 (52)}) 20... hxg5 21. Nxg5 g6 22. O-O-O
(22. Qf1 $5 Rf5 23. Qg2 Ne7 24. Ke2 Kh8 25. Nf3 Qf7 26. Nh4 Rf8 27. Raf1 Kh7
28. Bg5 Nc6 29. f4 $36 {1-0 Karjakin,S-Papa,S/Biel MTO 2003 (45)}) (22. Kd2 b4
23. Rag1 bxc3+ 24. Kd1 Rf5 25. Rxh5 gxh5 26. Ne4+ Kh8 $132 {0-1 Van den Doel,
E-Psakhis,L/Bled Olympiad 2002/CBM 92 (33)}) 22... Qe7 23. Rdg1 Qxa3+ 24. Kd2
Rf5 $1 (24... b4 $2 25. Ne4 $1 dxe4 26. Qxh5 Rxf2+ 27. Bxf2 Qxc3+ 28. Kd1 Qf3+
29. Qxf3 exf3 30. Rxg6+ Kf7 31. Rf6+ Ke7 32. Rh7+ {1-0 Bacrot,E-Vaisser,A/
FRA-ch Aix les Bains 2003/CBM 97/[Psakhis] (32)}) 25. Nf3 b4 $132) (16... Qf7
17. Nf4 (17. h5 Ne7 18. Kd2 gxh5 19. Qe2 Nf5 20. Nf4 h4 21. Qg4 {1/2-1/2
Goloshchapov,A-Harikrishna,P/Calcutta Goodricke op 2000/ (21)}) 17... Ne7 18.
Qe2 (18. Rh3 $5 Qf5 19. Qe2 Bd7 20. g4 Qf7 21. Kd2 a5 22. h5 b5 23. g5 b4 24.
gxh6 Qf5 25. hxg7 Rfb8 26. hxg6 Ba4 27. Rh8+ Kxg7 28. Rh7+ $18 {1-0
Solozhenkin,E-Apicella,M/St.Petersburg-Paris 1996 (31)}) (18. Rb1 b6 19. Rh3
Bd7 20. Qe2 Kh7 21. g4 Qe8 22. h5 g5 23. Ng2 Rf7 24. f4 gxf4 25. Nxf4 Qf8 26.
Qh2 Ng8 27. Ra1 Ne7 28. Kd2 b5 29. Rg1 $16 {1-0 Milu,R-Popescu,C/ROM t-ch 1994
(33)}) 18... Bd7 19. g4 Ba4 20. Rh3 a5 21. Kf1 (21. h5 g5 22. Ng2 {[%cal Gf2f4]
} b5 23. f4 gxf4 24. Nxf4 b4 25. Kd2 $2 {A strange move!} (25. axb4 axb4 26.
cxb4 Nc6 27. c3 $13 {was more natural and stronger}) 25... bxc3+ 26. Kxc3 {
[%csl Rc3]} Rab8 27. Rf3 Nc6 $40 {[%cal Rf7b7,Rb7b2] 0-1 Szabo,G (2399)
-Apicella,M (2509)/Bucharest Ciocaltea mem 2000/CBM 77/[Psakhis,L] (33)
prepares the queen lift to b7}) 21... Ra6 22. Rb1 Bc6 23. Kg1 b5 24. h5 Be8 25.
Rf1 Rb6 26. hxg6 Nxg6 27. Nh5 Ne7 28. Qd2 Qg6 29. f3 $36 {1-0 Tischbierek,R 
(2522)-Naumkin,I (2406)/Porto San Giorgo op 2003}) (16... b5 17. h5 (17. Nf4
Ne7 18. Kd2 a5 19. Qh3 Bd7 20. Rab1 Qf7 21. f3 Rab8 22. Ne2 Nc6 $13 {1/2-1/2
Anand,V-Jussupow,A/Corsica Masters 2002/CBM 92 (53)} (22... Nc6 23. Rb2 b4 $132
{Anand - Jussupow, Corsica (rapid) 2002})) 17... gxh5 (17... Kh8 18. Qe2 Bd7
19. Nf4 Rxf4 20. Bxf4 Qf7 21. Be3 Be8 {1/2-1/2 Maze,S (2470)-Dgebuadze,A (2530)
/FRA t-ch 0405 2005}) 18. Qe2 Bd7 19. Nf4 Rxf4 $1 20. Bxf4 Qf7 21. Be3 Be8 22.
g4 hxg4 23. Qxg4 Qg6 24. Qh3 Ne7 25. Kd2 Qf5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Michiels,B-L'Ami,E/
Groningen Harmonie 2003 (60)}) 17. Qe2 (17. h5 g5 $1 $146 (17... gxh5) 18. f4
Nf5 19. Kd2 Qa4 20. Rhe1 $1 gxf4 21. Nxf4 Bd7 22. Ng6 {1/2-1/2 Bezgodov,A 
(2546)-Alavkin,A (2471)/Saint Petersburg 2004/[Bezgodov,A] (36)}) 17... b5 ({
An improvment compared to} 17... Bd7 18. g4 b5 19. h5 a5 20. g5 $1 Rf5 21. gxh6
Rxh5 22. Kd2 gxh6 23. Rag1 $36 {Lutz,C-Jussupow,A /Essen-A  2002 /CBM 90/
[Psakhis] (41) with a strong attack.}) 18. g4 a5 19. h5 g5 (19... gxh5 20. g5
$5 {A typical move.} (20. gxh5 $13 {is also worth considering.}) 20... hxg5 $8
21. Nxg5 g6 22. Nh3 $1 ({Weaker is} 22. Kd2 $6 Rf5 23. Rag1 b4 24. Rxh5 $5 {
Looks great for White, but his opponent has a good defence.} (24. axb4 axb4 25.
cxb4 c3+ 26. Kxc3 Ra2 $40) 24... bxc3+ 25. Kd1 gxh5 $8 {The only move.} 26.
Ne4+ $1 (26. Nxe6+ Kf7 27. Nc7 Qc6 28. Nxa8 Qxa8 29. Bg5 Qc6 $19 {loses
without any fight.}) 26... Kh7 $8 (26... Kh8 27. Nd6 Qf8 28. Bg5 $18 {[%cal
Re2h5]}) 27. Nd6 Qf8 28. Nxf5 ({In case of} 28. Rh1 Rb8 $1 {[%csl Rd1]} 29.
Nxf5 Rb1+ 30. Bc1 Rxc1+ $1 31. Kxc1 Nxf5 32. Rxh5+ Nh6 $17 {Black is very
close to victory.}) 28... Qxf5 29. Rg5 Qf7 $8 30. Rxh5+ Kg8 {1/2-1/2
Stellwagen,D-Dgebuadze,A/Groningen Harmonie 2002/CBM 93/[Psakhis] (35) Black
has managed to keep his material advantage, but White's attack is still strong
and helps him to mantain the balance.}) 22... Nf5 23. Bg5 {[%cal Gh3f4,Gg5f6,
Gh1g1] with great compensation for the pawn}) 20. f4 gxf4 21. Nxf4 Bd7 22. Qg2
$146 (22. Kd2 b4 23. axb4 axb4 24. cxb4 c3+ 25. Kxc3 Bb5 26. Qd2 Rxa1 27. Rxa1
Nc8 28. Kb2 Nb6 29. Kb1 Nc4 30. Qe1 Nxe3 31. Qxe3 Qe7 32. Ra3 Qxb4+ 33. Rb3 Qa5
34. Kc1 Bc4 35. Rb7 Qa1+ 36. Rb1 Qa6 $132 {Luther,T-Rychagov,A/GRE t-ch 2001
0-1 (57)}) (22. Rg1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Rg4g5]}) 22... b4 23. Ke2 $6 (23. g5 $5
Kh7 $5 24. gxh6 gxh6 25. Ng6 Rg8 $132) 23... bxc3 {0-1 Adamson,R (2373)
-Abrahamyan,T (2238)/USA-ch San Diego 2004/CBM 105/[Psakhis] (45)}) 14... h6 (
14... Qf5 15. Qxf5 Rxf5 (15... gxf5 16. h5 h6 17. Nh4 Ne7 18. g3 Bd7 19. Kd2
Rac8 20. Rab1 Rb8 21. Ng2 Rfc8 22. Nf4 Rc6 23. f3 Ra6 24. Ra1 b5 25. g4 Ra4 26.
Rhg1 fxg4 27. fxg4 a5 28. Bf2 Kh7 29. Bh4 Nc6 {1-0 Gouliev,N (2514)-Apicella,M
(2543)/FRA t-ch Top 16 GpA Noyon 2005/ (60)}) 16. Ke2 h6 17. g4 Rf7 18. Rag1 (
18. Nd2 Bd7 19. f4 Ne7 20. a4 Raf8 21. Nf3 a5 22. Rhb1 Rb8 23. Bc1 Nc8 24. Ra2
Bc6 {0-1 Rajlich,V (2364)-Hoang Thanh Trang (2465)/Budapest-2 GM 2001/ (50)})
18... Bd7 19. Ne1 Raf8 20. f4 Be8 21. Rg3 b5 (21... Rc7 22. Ng2 Ne7 23. Bc1 Rc6
24. Rf1 Rb6 25. Ne3 Rb1 26. Kd2 a5 27. Rgf3 Bd7 {1/2-1/2 Rajlich,V (2337)
-Hoang Thanh Trang (2465)/Budapest Elekes-A 2001/ (56)}) 22. Ng2 Rb7 23. Rf1
Kh7 24. Ne1 a5 25. Kd2 Kh8 26. Nf3 b4 27. axb4 axb4 28. cxb4 Nxb4 {0-1 Rajlich,
V (2337)-Berkes,F (2393)/Budapest-6 GM 2001/T 343 (42)}) 15. Ng1 $146 {[%cal
Gf2f4,Gg1e2,Ge2g3]} (15. Kd2 Ne7 16. Ng1 Bd7 17. Nh3 a5 18. Nf4 b5 19. Rab1
Rab8 20. Rb2 Rb6 21. Rhb1 Rfb8 22. Ke1 Kh7 23. h5 g5 24. Ne2 Nf5 25. Ng3 Nxg3
26. fxg3 Qf8 27. Ra2 b4 28. axb4 axb4 29. Ra7 bxc3 {0-1 Delorme,A (2071)
-Apicella,M (2501)/FRA t-ch 2003/ChessBase (36)}) ({RR} 15. h5 g5 16. Ng1 b5
17. Ne2 a5 18. f4 gxf4 19. Nxf4 Ne7 20. O-O Nf5 21. Qh3 Qe8 22. Ng6 Rf7 23. g4
Nxe3 24. Rxf7 Qxf7 25. Qxe3 b4 26. Rf1 Qe8 27. cxb4 axb4 28. axb4 Bd7 {1-0
Gouliev,N (2526)-Dgebuadze,A (2534)/Livry Gargan op rapid 2005/(44)}) 15... Bd7
16. h5 (16. Ne2 Ne7 $13 {[%cal Gd7a4]} (16... Qf5 17. Qxf5 gxf5 18. h5 $15))
16... g5 17. Nh3 {[%cal Gf2f4]} Qf5 18. Qe2 (18. Qxf5 exf5 19. f4 g4 20. Nf2
Kf7 $11) 18... b5 {[%cal Ga7a5,Gb5b4]} 19. f3 (19. f4 g4 $1 20. Nf2 g3 21. Nd1
Be8 {[%csl Rh5]}) 19... a5 {Black has solved all his opening problems and has
rather easy play here.} 20. O-O b4 {Taking the opportunity to gain some space
and to get counterplay on the queenside, otherwise White's attack will become
very dangerous soon.} 21. g4 (21. axb4 axb4 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. g4 Qh7 $36) 21...
Qh7 22. Rf2 (22. f4 gxf4 23. Rxf4 Rxf4 24. Nxf4 Qe4 $5) 22... b3 {[%csl Gb3]} (
22... bxc3 23. f4 Qe4 24. Rd1 $132) 23. cxb3 (23. f4 gxf4 24. Nxf4 Qe4 $36)
23... cxb3 {[%cal Ga5a4,Gc6a5] The position looks promising for White but
Sokolov defends very skillfully.} 24. a4 $1 Ne7 (24... Rac8 25. Bc1 $5 {
[%cal Gc1a3]}) 25. Bc1 g6 $5 26. f4 {Sokolov is looking for a way to make the
position more complicated.} (26. hxg6 Nxg6 $36 {[%cal Gg6h4] is in Black's
favour.}) 26... gxh5 27. Ba3 {An interesting-looking tactical idea, but as it
turns out Apicella has enough resources to extinguish White's initiative.} (27.
fxg5 hxg4 28. Qxg4 h5 $1 $15) (27. gxh5 Qf5 {[%cal Gg5g4]}) 27... hxg4 (27...
Rfc8 28. fxg5 Rxc3 29. Nf4 Rc2 30. Qe1 $13) 28. Qxg4 Kh8 (28... Rae8 $5) 29.
Nxg5 (29. Rh2 gxf4 30. Ng5 b2 $1 31. Rf1 b1=Q 32. Nxh7 Qxh7 33. Bxe7 Rf7 $19 {
[%cal Of7e7,Ra8g8]}) 29... Rg8 $1 30. Rh2 Nf5 31. Kf2 $1 {[%cal Ga1h1]} Rab8
32. Rah1 b2 {It may seem that Black has obtained excellent prospects. However,
Sokolov had foreseen one move further!} (32... Rg6 $142 $5 33. Bf8 $5 Rxf8 34.
Nxh7 Rxg4 35. Nxf8 Bxa4 36. Nxe6 Bb5 $15 {[%csl Ga5,Gb3]}) 33. Nf7+ $1 Qxf7 34.
Rxh6+ Nxh6 35. Rxh6+ Qh7 36. Rxh7+ Kxh7 37. Qh5+ Kg7 38. Qg5+ Kh7 39. Qh5+ Kg7
40. f5 $5 exf5 $8 41. Qg5+ (41. e6 b1=Q 42. Qg5+ $11) 41... Kh7 42. Qh5+ Kg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 08th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2000.05.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.05.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nh3 {This rare move got some popularity between Hungarinan
chessplayers} (10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Qf7 14. Ng5 Qe8 15.
h4 h6 16. Nh3 Bd7 17. Nf4 Ne7 18. Qe2 b5 19. g4 a5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Balogh,
C-Almasi,I/Budapest-4 GM 2000/ (42)}) 10... Qc7 11. Be3 $146 (11. O-O cxd4 (
11... c4 12. Be2 f6 13. f4 Qf7 14. a4 Nge7 15. Ba3 Qxh5 16. Bxh5 f5 17. a5 a6
18. Rfb1 g6 19. Be2 Re8 20. Kf2 Na7 21. Bc1 Nb5 22. Bd2 Bd7 {Almasi,Z-Holzke,F/
Elekes Memorial 1993/1-0 (39)}) 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nxf7 Qxf7 15. Bxg6
Qc7 16. Bd2 a5 17. Rad1 Nf5 18. g4 Nd4 19. f4 Bd7 20. g5 Be8 21. Bxe8 Raxe8 22.
gxh6 Re7 23. Bxa5 Qxa5 24. Rxd4 Qc5 25. Qd1 gxh6 26. Qd3 {Almasi,Z-Portisch,F/
Zalakaros 1992/1/2-1/2 (63)}) 11... Nce7 12. f4 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qa4 {[%cal Rc5c4]
A typical move in these positions.} 14. g4 $6 {[%mdl 512] Maybe too agressive,
White could take on c5-} (14. dxc5 b6 $5 15. cxb6 axb6 {[%csl Rc2,Rc3][%cal
Gc8a6] with unclear position}) 14... c4 15. Be2 ({Deserves attention} 15. Bxg6
$5) 15... Qxc2 16. Rc1 Qb2 17. Ng5 {Provoces h6} h6 18. Nh3 {[%cal Gg4g5]} f6
$1 {Strong defensive move} 19. g5 hxg5 20. exf6 (20. fxg5 $2 fxe5 21. dxe5 Bd7
$17) 20... Rxf6 21. Nxg5 (21. fxg5 $2 Rf7 $17) 21... Nf8 22. Qe8 Nf5 (22...
Qxa3 $5 23. Bh5 $140 Nf5 24. Bf7+ Kh8 25. Bxe6 Qe7 $17 {leads to black's
advantage}) 23. Bg4 Qxa3 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 {White hasn't sufficient compensation
for two pawns.} 25. O-O Qd6 26. Rce1 Rb8 27. Rf3 {[%cal Rf3h3]} Bd7 (27... g6
$5 {[%cal Rc8d7]} 28. Qa4 a6 $17) 28. Qh5 g6 (28... Be8 $2 29. Qh4 Bg6 30. Rh3
Nh7 31. Nxh7 Rh5 32. Nf6+ gxf6 33. Qxf6 Rxh3 34. Qxg6+ Kh8 35. Qf6+ Kg8 36. Kh1
$18 {[%cal Re1g1]}) 29. Qh4 Qe7 $8 30. Ra1 $1 {[%cal Gd2c1,Gc1a3] Judit tries
to find chances in very bad position.} e5 $5 (30... a6 $5 31. Bc1 Nh7) 31. dxe5
(31. fxe5 $5 Rxf3 32. Nxf3 Qxh4 33. Nxh4 a6 $15) 31... Ne6 32. Rh3 Nxg5 33.
fxg5 Qg7 34. e6 (34. Re1 Rxe5 35. Rxe5 Bxh3 36. Bf4 Rf8 $1 $17) 34... Bxe6 35.
Re1 Re8 $2 ({Why not} 35... Bd7 {[%cal Gb8f8] and} 36. Re7 $140 {fails} (36.
Be3 Re8 37. Bd4 Rxe1+ 38. Qxe1 Rxg5+) {because of} 36... Rf1+ $1 37. Kxf1 Bxh3+
38. Qxh3 Qxe7 $19) 36. Rhe3 Qf7 $2 ({After} 36... Qd7 37. Rh3 Rf1+ 38. Rxf1
Bxh3 $17 {Black still could get better game}) 37. Rh3 Qg7 38. Rhe3 Qf7 39. Rh3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bermuda-B"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2003.02.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3
Ne7 $5 {Old? but not so bad move , nowadays cautious} (8... cxd4 9. cxd4 Ne7 {
is more popular, but move in the game has also some advantages.}) 9. Qxg7 Rg8
10. Qxh7 cxd4 11. Kd1 $5 (11. Ne2 Nbc6 12. Qh5+ Kd8 $5 {aldo leads to very
complicated game.}) 11... Bd7 {[%cal Gd7a4]} 12. Qh5+ Kd8 13. Nf3 ({White
could try to avoid complexities of this line and steer the game into more
placid channels with} 13. Ne2 dxc3 14. Qf3 Nbc6 15. Qxc3 Nxe5 16. Qxc7+ Kxc7
17. Nd4 Ng4 18. Ke1 e5 $132 {0-1 Ernst,T-Brynell,S/SVE-ch Haninge 1997 (27)
but, Black has nothing to worry about in this endgame.}) (13. h4 Qxc3 14. Ra2
Nbc6 15. Rh3 Qc5 16. Nf3 d3 17. Bxd3 Qxf2 18. Ne1 Qd4 $36 {0-1 Gongora,
M-Arencibia,W/CUB-ch Holguin 2002/The Week in Chess 387 (59)}) 13... Qxc3 14.
Ra2 (14. Rb1 Ba4 $40) 14... Nbc6 15. Rb2 Kc7 16. Rb5 $5 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Rc1b2]
White's main threat now is to catch black's queen} a6 $5 $146 {Interesting new
idea. Instead of} (16... Rh8 17. Qg5 $1 (17. Qxh8 $5 Rxh8 18. Bb2 Qxf3+ 19.
gxf3 {1-0 Tal,M-Botvinnik,M/Moscow mg#12 1961/ (41)} Rh4 $1 $44) 17... Rag8 18.
Qxg8 $1 Rxg8 19. Bb2 $14 {Berg prepared queen sacrifice.In return for the
queen, Black is getting R+N+P and attacking chances against white's exposed
king}) 17. Bb2 axb5 $1 18. Bxc3 dxc3 $44 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Ga8a3] The future of
this variation depends upon the evaluation of this position.} 19. Bxb5 (19. Qh6
Rxa3 20. Qe3 Ra1+ 21. Ke2 b4 $36) 19... Rxa3 20. Ke2 Rxg2 (20... Nxe5 21. Nxe5
Bxb5+ 22. Kf3 $13) 21. Rb1 Ra2 {[%csl Rc2]} 22. Kf1 Rg4 23. Bd3 Rb2 $6 (23...
Ng6 $142 $36 {[%cal Gg6e5,Gg6f4] and I would prefer black's position.}) 24. Rc1
Nb4 $6 {This rather mechanical move is not the most accurate. After} ({It is
not easy to assess positions arising after} 24... Ng6 $5 $132) 25. Qh6 $1 Nxd3
$2 ({The lesser evil for Black was} 25... Nec6 $5 26. h3 Rg8 $13) 26. cxd3 d4
27. h3 {[%csl Rd4] I just can't beleive, that Black missed this simple move.}
Ng8 (27... Rg6 28. Qf8) (27... Rg8 28. Nxd4) 28. Qf8 $18 Rf4 29. Qd6+ (29. Nxd4
$5 Rxd4 (29... Rbxf2+ 30. Kg1 $18) (29... Rfxf2+ 30. Ke1 $18) 30. Qc5+ $18)
29... Kd8 30. Kg2 $1 {[%cal Gg2g3]} (30. Qf8+ Be8 31. Ra1 Ne7 32. Ra8+ Nc8)
30... Ne7 31. Ra1 $6 {Strange move, after simple} (31. Kg3 Rxf3+ 32. Kxf3 $18 {
Black could just resign.}) 31... Nc8 32. Qf8+ $2 {Quite bad move, this
position requires more active decisions. After} (32. Ra8 c2 $140 33. Qf8+ Be8 (
33... Kc7 34. Rxc8+ $1) 34. Rxc8+ Kxc8 35. Qxe8+ Kc7 36. Qe7+ $18 {White still
could win game without big fight.}) 32... Kc7 33. Kg3 Rxf3+ $8 34. Kxf3 Rd2 35.
Ra8 {White missed a very good oportunity to get a big advantage} (35. Qc5+ $142
$1 Bc6+ 36. Kf4 Rxd3 37. Ra8 {[%cal Rc5f8]}) 35... Rxd3+ 36. Kf4 Rxh3 $2 {
[%mdl 8192] Berg forgot about white's main threat.} ({In the case of correct} 
36... b6 $1 37. Qb4 Kb7 $132 {black's position will be not bad at all.}) 37.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 38. Qd6# 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.07.30"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Pilaj, Herwig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 (6... Ne7) (6...
Qc7) 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qg4 Kf8 (8... g6 {is a much more popular alternative.}) 9.
Qd1 (9. Bd3 $2 c4 10. Be2 Qxc2 $19) (9. c4 $146 Nc6 10. dxc5 Qxc2 (10... Nxe5
$5 11. Qd4 Nxc4 12. Nf3 $44) 11. Nf3 Nxe5 12. Qg3 (12. Nxe5 Qb2 13. Rd1 Qxe5+
14. Be2 Nf6 $13) 12... Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 f6 14. Qc7 $16 {->} Qb2 (14... Qg6 $2 15.
c6 Qf7 16. Qd8+ Qe8 17. Bb4+ Kf7 18. cxb7 Bxb7 19. Qc7+ $18) 15. Qd8+ Kf7 16.
Rd1 {1-0 Vogt,L (2510)-Krivoshey,S (2475)/Leutersdorf /ChessBase/[Vogt,L] (21)}
) (9. Ra2 $2 Nc6 (9... Nd7 10. Nf3 b6 11. h4 Ne7 12. h5 h6 13. Rh3 Ba6 14. Bxa6
Qxa6 15. Qf4 Kg8 16. Ra1 Qa4 17. Kd1 Rc8 18. g4 Qc4 19. Ne1 Qf1 {0-1 Formanek,
E-Hook,W/USA op New York 1974/ChessBase (48)}) 10. Nf3 b6 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. O-O
Bxd3 13. cxd3 c4 $1 14. dxc4 Qxc4 15. Raa1 Na5 16. Qf4 h6 17. Bc1 Qa4 18. h4
Ne7 19. h5 Rc8 20. Bd2 Qc2 21. c4 Nb3 22. Rad1 Rxc4 23. Bb4 Ke8 $1 24. Rfe1 a5
25. Bd6 b5 26. g4 Nc6 27. Kg2 a4 28. Kg3 Rg8 $1 29. Kg2 g6 $1 30. Qxh6 gxh5 31.
Qxh5 Qg6 32. Qxg6 Rxg6 $132 {0-1 Liberzon,V (2515)-Hook,W (2200)/Nice olm 1974/
ChessBase/ (72)}) 9... Nc6 ({I would prefer} 9... b6 $5 {with a typical french
defense idea: Exchanging the light-squared bishops. White can choose now
different plans:} 10. h4 (10. c4 Ba6 (10... Ne7 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Nf3 Nbc6 13.
Bd3 dxc4 14. Be2 Nd5 15. O-O h6 16. Be3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Kg8 18. Qd6 Kh7 19. Qxc5
Ba6 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. exd4 Qd7 22. c3 Rhc8 {1-0 Gross,D (2455)-Unzicker,F (2290)
/BL2 0304 2004/ChessBase (54)}) 11. cxd5 Qxd4 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. dxe6 Qxe5+ 14.
Ne2 Qxe6 15. O-O Rd8 16. Nf4 Qc4 17. Qf3 Nc7 18. Bc3 Nb5 19. Rad1 Nd4 20. Rxd4
cxd4 21. Bb4+ Ne7 22. Re1 Kg8 23. Rxe7 Qxc2 24. Nd5 Qg6 25. Re8+ {1-0 Pavlovic,
M (2569)-Weiss,C (2405)/Oberwart op 2003/}) 10... Ba6 (10... Ne7 11. h5 h6 12.
Rh4 $1 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Rf4 $1 Qd7 15. Qf3 Nc6 16. Nh3 $1 Rc8 17. g4 Qe8 (
17... Qe7 $2 18. g5 $1 hxg5 19. Nxg5 Qxg5 20. Rxf7+) 18. g5 Ne7 19. gxh6 gxh6 (
19... Rxh6 20. Rh4) 20. Rf6 Nf5 21. Nf4 $18 {1-0 Fischer,R-Hook,W/Siegen (ol)
1970/ChessBase}) (10... Nc6 11. Nf3 Ba6 12. h5 Bxf1 13. Kxf1 h6 14. Rh4 Nge7
15. Rf4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Kg8 17. Kg1 Rc8 18. Qb1 Nf5 19. c3 Na5 20. g4 Ne7 {
0-1 Van der Weide,K (2454)-Moser,E (2339)/Augsburg IDJM 2002/ (45)}) 11. Bxa6
Nxa6 12. h5 h6 13. Rh4 (13. Nf3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Qc4 15. c3 Ne7 16. Qb1 Nc6 17. a4
Na5 18. Rh3 Rb8 19. Qd1 Nc7 20. Nh4 Nb3 21. Ra3 Nxd2 22. Qxd2 b5 {1/2-1/2
Sammalvuo,T (2435)-Rojas,L (2385)/Calvia Olympiad 2004/ (58)}) 13... Rc8 14.
Rf4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Ne7 16. Qf3 Ke8 17. c3 Rf8 18. Nh3 Nb8 19. Qg4 Rg8 20. Qf3
Rf8 21. Qg3 Rg8 22. Qf3 {1/2-1/2 Cheparinov,I (2572)-Nikolic,P (2676)/Wijk aan
Zee Corus-B 2005/}) (9... cxd4 10. cxd4 b6 11. Bb4+ Ne7 12. Ne2 Ba6 13. Qd2 Qd7
14. g4 Nbc6 15. h4 Rc8 16. h5 h6 17. Rh3 Ke8 18. Rf3 $14 {1-0 Zagorovsky,
V-Berta,M/corr Vidmar mem 1975/ChessBase (49)}) 10. Nf3 c4 (10... Nge7 11. Qb1
a6 12. Qb2 Nf5 13. g4 Nfe7 14. h3 h5 15. Rg1 Rb8 16. Be3 b6 17. Bd3 Bd7 18. Kf1
Be8 19. Ng5 Kg8 $13 {0-1 Oliveira,S-Giaccio,A/Sao Jose do Rio Preto YB 2005 
(31)}) 11. h4 Nge7 $146 (11... f5 12. h5 Bd7 13. h6 gxh6 14. Bxh6+ Nxh6 15.
Rxh6 Re8 16. g4 fxg4 17. Ng5 Re7 18. Kd2 {1-0 Jordan,J (2490)-Bohak,J (2395)/
corr EUR t-ch 1999/ICCF Telechess}) (11... Bd7 12. h5 f5 13. Rh4 Be8 14. Ng5
Ke7 15. g4 Nh6 16. Bh3 fxg4 17. Bxg4 Nd8 18. Nxe6 Nxg4 19. Nc5 Qc6 20. Qxg4 Ne6
21. Bg5+ Nxg5 22. Qxg5+ Kf8 23. Rf4+ Kg8 24. Qe7 Bxh5 25. Ne6 {1-0 Piber,
V-Bohak,J/Bled Senior 1999/ChessBase}) 12. h5 h6 13. g4 $1 {[%cal Gg4g5]} Ke8 {
[%cal Ge8c7]} 14. Bh3 (14. g5 Nf5 $140 15. Nh4 Nce7 16. Nxf5 Nxf5 17. Bh3 $36)
14... Bd7 15. Rg1 Kd8 16. g5 Kc7 (16... hxg5 17. Nxg5 (17. Rxg5 $6 g6) 17...
Rf8 18. Nh7 $16) 17. gxh6 gxh6 {[%csl Gh6]} 18. Bf4 (18. Nh2 $5 Rag8 19. Rxg8
Rxg8 20. Ng4 {[%csl Rf6,Rh6]}) 18... Rag8 19. Rxg8 Nxg8 {[%csl Rg8,Rh8] Black
is tired even of the thought of complications and heads for quieter waters.} (
19... Rxg8 $142 $5 20. Bxh6 $140 Rh8 21. Qd2 Qa5 $1) 20. Kd2 (20. Nh2 $5) 20...
Rh7 21. Qe2 Nce7 22. Nh2 $1 {Finally!} b5 $6 (22... Rg7 $142 $5 23. Ng4 $140
Nf5) 23. Ng4 {White has improved the position of all his pieces and is now
prepared for more active actions.} Kb7 (23... Nf5 24. Nf6 Nxf6 25. exf6+ Nd6 (
25... Kc6 26. Qe5) 26. Bxd6+ Kxd6 27. Qe5+ Kc6 28. Qb8 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb8g8]})
24. Nf6 {Black has failed to coordinate his forces and now material loss is
unavoidable.} Nxf6 $8 25. exf6 Nc6 (25... Ng8 26. Qe5) 26. Bd6 $2 (26. Qg4 $142
$5 Nxd4 27. cxd4 c3+ 28. Kd3 Qc4+ 29. Ke3 $18) 26... Qa5 27. Rg1 Nxd4 $2 {
A blunder. Pilaj missed the following reply but White's advantage is beyond
doubt anyway.} (27... Qd8 $8 $16) 28. Qe3 {Black definitely underestimated
this move!} Qb6 (28... Nc6 29. Rg7 d4 30. Qf3 $18) 29. Bf4 (29. cxd4 Qxd6 30.
Rg7 Rh8 31. Rxf7 Kc8 32. Re7 $1 $18 {[%csl Re6]}) 29... e5 (29... Nf5 30. Bxf5
exf5 31. Rg7 Qxe3+ 32. Kxe3 Rh8 33. Rxf7 Kc6 34. Kd2 $18 {[%csl Gf6,Rh6]} Be8
$140 35. Rc7+ Kb6 36. f7) 30. Bxd7 Qxf6 31. cxd4 exf4 32. Qe5 Qxe5 33. dxe5 1-0

[Event "Sarkisov Memorial"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Fomichenko, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Kf8 {
Risky, but not bad move} 8. Nf3 {Another options are} (8. h4 $5) (8. a4 $5 {
[%cal Gc1a3]}) 8... Qa5 9. Bd2 Qa4 {[%cal Gb7b6,Gc8a6,Ga4g4,Ga4c2] Typical
manouevre:queen blockades queen side.} 10. Ra2 {Stronger than} (10. Kd1 b6 11.
h4 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Qxa6 {with nice position for Black}) 10... b6 11. Qf4 (11. Bd3
Ba6 12. O-O Bxd3 13. cxd3 Nbc6 14. Qh5 h6 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Rb2 Qxa3 17. Rfb1
Kg8 18. Rb7 Qa6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Gongora,M-Nogueiras,J/Santa Clara-A 1999 (33)})
11... h6 12. dxc5 {I just can't believe that Black can get serious problems
after queen exchage, but and after} (12. h4 Nd7 13. h5 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 15.
Rh3 Qb5 16. Ra1 Qa4 17. Ra2 Qb5 {chances are equal, 1/2-1/2 Sokolov,A-Eingorn,
V/USSR-ch Moscow 1988 (19)}) 12... Qxf4 13. Bxf4 bxc5 14. h4 $146 ({White
tried before} 14. Be3 {but without big success-} Nd7 15. Rb2 c4 16. g3 (16. Be2
Nc6 17. Bd4 Ke7 18. O-O Ba6 19. Rbb1 Rhb8 20. Rfe1 Bb5 21. Rec1 Ba4 22. Bd1 a5
{Rodriguez Talavera,J-Adla,D/Coria op 1995/1/2-1/2 (77)}) 16... Nc6 17. Bd4 Ke7
18. Bg2 Ba6 19. Kd2 Rhc8 20. Re1 Rab8 21. Ra2 Rb7 22. h4 Rcb8 23. Raa1 Bb5 24.
a4 Ba6 25. h5 Rc7 26. Re3 Bc8 27. g4 a5 $15 {[%csl Ra4] 0-1 Ernst-Eingorn/
Tallinn 1989 (57)}) 14... Ba6 {I even not sure that Black need to exchange
bishops, deserves attention} (14... Nd7 {[%cal Gc5c4] and c4 will follow.}) 15.
Rb2 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 Nd7 17. h5 Ke8 (17... Nb6 18. Rb5 Nc4 19. a4 $14) 18. Rh4 Nb6
(18... g5 $5 {was the simpliest way to equalise chances, for example} 19. hxg6
Nxg6 20. Rxh6 (20. Rg4 $2 h5) 20... Rxh6 21. Bxh6 Ngxe5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 $11 {
with more or less equal game.}) 19. Rg4 Nf5 ({again} 19... g5 {was possible-}
20. hxg6 Nxg6 21. Be3 Rc8 22. Rb5 Nc4 23. Bxc5 a6 24. Rb7 h5) (19... Rg8 $5 20.
Be3 Rc8 $13) 20. Rb5 Kd7 $2 {Very strange move, why not} (20... Rc8 {[%cal
Ge8c6] with nice position?}) 21. Rxc5 Rhc8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Nd4 $1 Rc4 $2 {
Last and already fatal mistake} (23... Rxc3 24. Nxf5 exf5 25. Rxg7 $18 {
[%csl Gh5]}) ({After correct and stubborn} 23... Rg8 $8 {way to victory for
White still is not easy at all-} 24. Nxf5 exf5 25. Rg3 Nc4 26. Bxh6 Rh8 27.
Bxg7 Rxh5 28. Rh3 $1 Rg5 (28... Rxh3 29. gxh3 Nxa3 30. h4 $18) 29. Bf6 Rg8 $14)
24. g3 $18 {[%csl Rf7,Gg4,Rg7,Rh6] Now game is over} Rxd4 (24... Nxd4 25. cxd4
Rxd4 26. Rxg7 Ke8 27. Rg8+ Kd7 28. Bxh6 $18 {[%cal Rh5h8]}) 25. cxd4 Nc4 26.
Bc1 a5 27. Rf4 Ke8 28. Ke2 a4 29. Kd3 Ne7 30. Kc3 Nc6 31. g4 Ke7 32. Rf3 Kf8
33. Rh3 $1 Kg8 34. f4 Kf8 35. f5 {[%cal Rf5f6]} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.03.12"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "David, Alberto"]
[Black "Enders, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1999.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Godesberg"]
[BlackTeam "Passau"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 (11. Ng5 h6 12. Nxf7 Qxf7 13. Qxg6 Qxg6 14.
Bxg6 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Be3 Nc6 17. f4 b6 18. Bd3 Nb8 $5 19. a4 Ba6 20. a5
bxa5 21. Bxa6 Nxa6 22. O-O Nb4 $13 {0-1 Gritsaenko,V-Khlusevich,S/corr 1997 
(52)}) (11. h4 $5 {leads to wild complications-} c4 12. Ng5 h6 13. Bxg6 fxg6
14. Qxg6 hxg5 15. hxg5 Nxe5 16. Qh5 Rf5 17. Qe8+ {1/2-1/2 Skorchenko,D-Potkin,
V/RUS-ch B20 Ufa 2000 (17)}) 11... c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Bd7 ({Also possible
} 13... Qf7 14. Ng5 Qe8 15. h4 h6 16. Nh3 Bd7 17. Nf4 Ne7 18. Qe2 b5 19. g4 a5
20. h5 g5 21. Nh3 b4 {1/2-1/2 Balogh,C-Almasi,I/Budapest-4 GM 2000/ (42) with
interesting possibilities.}) 14. h4 Rf5 15. Ng5 ({I am doubt if White can get
real advantage after} 15. h5 $5 gxh5 16. Rxh5 Rxh5 (16... Raf8 17. Ng5 Qa5 18.
Bd2 Rf4 19. Qh3 Rxf2 20. Nf3 Rxd2 21. Kxd2 h6 22. Qg4 $16 {Ivanchuk,V-Lutz,C/
Muenchen 1994/Inf 60/[Ivanchuk,V]/1-0 (41)}) 17. Qxh5 Rf8 18. Qh3 Rxf3 $5 19.
Qxf3 Be8 {for example} 20. Qh3 Qd7 21. a4 Bg6 22. Kd1 Na5 23. Bc1 Bf5 24. Qh4
h6 25. f3 Kh7 26. Ra2 Qe8 $44 {Ionov,S-Sergienko,S/RUS t-ch St.Petersburg 1999
/0-1 (46)}) 15... Raf8 16. Qe2 $146 (16. h5 Qa5 17. Bd2 h6 18. Nh3 gxh5 19. Qg3
Kh7 20. Rb1 b5 21. Kd1 Qxa3 22. Nf4 Rxf4 23. Bxf4 Rxf4 24. Qxf4 Qxc3 25. Rh3
Qxd4+ 26. Qxd4 Nxd4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Lingnau,C-Kipper,J/BL2-W 1998 (31)}) 16... h6
17. Nh3 Qd8 $1 18. g3 b5 {[%cal Ga7a5,Gb5b4] Black prepares counterattack on
the queen's side} 19. Qd2 Qe7 20. Ke2 (20. Nf4 $5 Qf7 $13 (20... Kh7 21. g4 $1)
) 20... a5 21. Rh2 Rb8 22. g4 (22. Nf4 Be8) 22... Rff8 23. Nf4 Be8 24. h5 g5
25. Nh3 {[%cal Gf2f4]} b4 26. f4 $6 ({Even after correct} 26. axb4 axb4 27.
cxb4 Nxb4 $15 {black's chances are better}) 26... gxf4 27. Nxf4 Qg5 28. Kf3 $8
{[%cal Rf8f3] What else?} (28. Rg1 bxc3 29. Nxe6 (29. Qxc3 Rxf4 $19) (29. Qc1
Nxd4+ $1 30. Bxd4 Rxf4 31. Bxc3 d4 $19) 29... Qe7 30. Qxc3 Qxe6 $19 {lose
immediately}) 28... bxc3 29. Qxc3 Ne7 $1 {Nice and very cunning move!} 30. Rg1
(30. Qxa5 $142 {Was better try but after} Bg6 $3 {[%cal Gg6e4] White needs
good advice, for example} 31. hxg6 Nxg6 32. Qd2 c3 $1 33. Qc1 Rxf4+ $1 34. Bxf4
Rf8 35. Kg3 Rxf4 36. Qd1 Re4 $17 {[%csl Rg3]}) 30... Bg6 $3 {[%mdl 192] Great
move! Black bishop comes into the game and White just can't protect king from
numerous dangers.} 31. Ke2 (31. hxg6 Nxg6 32. Rh5 Rxf4+ 33. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 34. Ke2
Qe4+ 35. Kd2 Rf8 36. Rh3 (36. Qe3 c3+ $1 37. Qxc3 Rf3 38. Qc8+ Nf8 $19) (36.
Kc1 Nf4 {[%cal Rf4e2]}) 36... Rf2+ 37. Kd1 Nf4 $19) 31... Rxf4 32. hxg6 Re4 33.
Kd2 Qxg6 {[%cal Gb8f8,Gf8f3,Ge4g4]} 34. Qxa5 $6 Rxe3 $1 (34... Rxe3 35. Kxe3
Qe4+ 36. Kd2 Qf4+) 0-1

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.10.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1999.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 {[%mdl 4] Maybe in future this
variant will gen name- Armenian variant-armenian grandmasters Vaganian and
Lputian made biggest investment in theory of this variant in last 15-20 years.}
6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 ({Deserves attention} 7. Qg4 $5 {with unclear complications/}
) 7... Bc7 8. f4 Bd7 9. Nxc7+ Qxc7 10. Nf3 Ne7 11. Bd3 a6 ({Black could play
also} 11... Nf5 {for example} 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. O-O Nc6 14. b5 Na5 15. Nxd4 Nc4
16. Kh1 a6 $1 17. Qh5 Qb6 18. Nxf5 Qg6 19. Ng3 Qxh5 20. Nxh5 O-O 21. bxa6 Rxa6
22. Rb1 b5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Sutovsky,E-Royz,M/ISR t-ch 1999 (28)}) 12. O-O ({
More dangerous for Black could be} 12. a4 $5 {with the idea not to allow
bishops exchange, for example} Nbc6 13. Bd2 Nf5 14. b5 Na5 15. Bxf5 exf5 16.
Bb4 Nc4 17. Qxd4 $36 {1-0 Cladouras,P-Foetsch,D/Dresden op 1998 (50)}) (12. Bb2
Bb5 13. Nxd4 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nbc6 15. O-O h5 16. Nf3 Nf5 17. Rae1 Rc8 18. Rf2
Nce7 $11 {0-1 Leib,A-Hug,W /SUI t-ch 1999}) 12... Bb5 13. Nxd4 Bxd3 14. cxd3
Nbc6 15. Be3 O-O $146 (15... Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Rc8 17. Bc5 O-O 18. Rc1 {1/2-1/2
Roiz,D-Mateos,G/Spain t-ch 1992 (18)}) 16. Rc1 Qb6 $1 {Nice move} 17. Rc5 (17.
Nf5 {leads to equal chances after for example} d4 $1 18. Nxe7+ (18. Bxd4 $2
Nxd4 19. Nxe7+ Kh8 20. Rc5 Rae8 $19) 18... Nxe7 19. Bf2 Rac8 $11) 17... a5 18.
Nc2 ({Black has nothing to worry about after} 18. Nxc6 Nxc6 19. b5 d4 $1 $132)
18... axb4 19. axb4 d4 $1 (19... Nxb4 $2 20. Rc4 $1 Qxe3+ 21. Nxe3 dxc4 22.
dxc4 $16) 20. Nxd4 (20. Bxd4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Nd5 $5 22. Qb3 Qxb4 $15) 20... Nxd4
21. Bxd4 Rfd8 22. Rd5 $5 ({In case of} 22. Bf2 Qxb4 23. Rc4 Qb2 24. Bh4 Nd5 $5
{leads to good game for example:} 25. Bxd8 Ne3 26. Qf3 Nxf1) 22... Qxb4 23. Bc5
(23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Ba1 Ra8 $5 $17 {[%csl Ra1,Ge7][%cal Ge7d5]}) 23... Qa5 24.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Qf3 (25. Bxe7 $5 $15) 25... Nd5 26. f5 {It looks that White got
serious initiative on the king side, but Lputian has another opinion.} Qc7 27.
d4 (27. Bd6 Qb6+ 28. Kh1 Qe3 $1) 27... h6 (27... b6 $2 28. fxe6 $18) 28. Qh3
Qc6 29. f6 $2 {Big mistake, White had to play} (29. Bd6 $8 {but after} Qd7 {
black,s chances are preferebale any case, for example} 30. f6 $140 $2 Nxf6)
29... Ra2 30. Qg3 (30. fxg7 Ne3 $1 $19) 30... g5 $1 {[%cal Gb7b6]} 31. h4 $6 (
31. Qf3 $5 Ne3 32. Qxc6 bxc6 $17) 31... Ne3 $1 32. Rf2 Ra1+ 33. Kh2 Qe4 $19 {
[%cal Re3g4]} 34. hxg5 Ng4+ 0-1

[Event "URS-ch54"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1987.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. bxa5
dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Qc7 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. Bf4 Nbc6 13. a6 b6 14. Bg3 (14.
Ng5 $6 Rf8 15. Bd3 Nxe5 $15) (14. Bd3 Rxg2 $2 (14... O-O-O) 15. Bg3) (14. Bg5
$2 Rxg5 $17) 14... O-O-O 15. Bd3 (15. Qxf7 $6 Rdf8 16. Qh5 Nf5 $36) 15... Ng6
16. Bxg6 (16. Qxf7 $6 Ngxe5) 16... fxg6 17. Rd1 Rde8 18. O-O g5 $1 (18... Ne7
$5) 19. Qd3 g4 20. Nh4 Ne7 21. f4 $6 (21. f3 $5) (21. Rfe1) 21... Qc5+ 22. Bf2
Qxa3 $17 23. Rb1 Kb8 24. Rb3 Qa4 25. Qxc3 Rc8 26. Qb2 Ka8 27. g3 Qc6 28. Rc1
Be8 29. Bd4 Qc4 30. Rb4 Qc7 31. Rb3 Ba4 32. Rc3 Qd7 33. Rxc8+ Rxc8 34. c3 Bb5
35. Qa3 Qe8 36. Rb1 Bd3 37. Rd1 Be4 38. Qa2 Qb5 39. Kf2 Nf5 40. Nxf5 Bxf5 41.
Ke3 Rh8 42. c4 Qxc4 43. Qxc4 dxc4 44. Bc3 Bd3 45. f5 exf5 46. Kf4 Rh6 47. Re1
Re6 48. Rh1 Be4 49. Rd1 Bd3 50. Rh1 Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ordzhonikidze zt 1.9"]
[Site "Ordzhonikidze"]
[Date "2000.06.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Brodsky, Michail"]
[Black "Berelowitsch, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2000.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. Bd2 Nc6 7. Qg4 {This move
was introduced into tournament practice by Garry Kasparov} Nge7 $146 (7... Kf8
8. dxc5 Nxe5 9. Qg3 Ng6 10. O-O-O (10. Bd3 Bc7 11. f4 Nf6 12. Nge2 Bd7 13. h3
Bc6 14. Qf2 b6 15. Nd4 Ne7 16. Nxc6 Nxc6 17. Nb5 Nd7 18. Be3 d4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4
20. Bxd4 bxc5 21. Be3 Bb6 22. Rd1 {Mitkov,N-Zaja,I/Pula zt 2000/0-1 (57)})
10... Nf6 11. f3 Bd7 12. Nge2 Bc7 13. Qf2 b6 14. Be3 Ne7 15. g4 bxc5 16. Bxc5
Bb6 17. h4 Bxc5 18. Qxc5 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Bh3 Ne8 21. f4 h5 22. g5 g6 23.
Nd4 Kg7 24. Nf3 Nc7 {Kasparov,G-Khalifman,A/Linares 2000/CBM 75/1/2-1/2 (55)})
8. dxc5 O-O 9. Nf3 (9. f4 f6 $5 $13) 9... f6 10. exf6 Rxf6 11. O-O-O e5 12. Qa4
{I think that White could be satisfied with the results of the opening - he
won a pawn and it is not clear if Black has sufficient compensation for it.}
Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Qc7 14. Bb5 ({Deserves serious attention} 14. Nxe5 $5 Nxe5 15.
Re1 {for example} N7c6 (15... Rf5 16. Rxe5) (15... N5c6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qh4
$36) (15... Bd7 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Rxe5 Bxa4 18. Rxe7 Rxf2 19. Bd3 $16) 16. Bxe5
Nxe5 17. Qe8+ Rf8 18. Qxe5 $16) 14... d4 15. Bd2 Bg4 16. Bg5 Rff8 17. Qb3+ Kh8
18. Rde1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 {At least Black succeded in ruining white's pawn
structure on the king's side} Ng6 20. h4 Nf4 21. Re4 Na5 22. Qa4 ({Black doing
well after} 22. Qb4 Nd5 23. Qe1 Qxc5 24. Qxa5 a6 $132) 22... a6 23. Bf1 Ne6 ({
It was possible already to take pawn} 23... Qxc5 $5 24. Bxf4 (24. b4 $6 Qc3 25.
bxa5 (25. Bxf4 Qxf3 $1) 25... Qxf3 $36 (25... Qa1+ 26. Kd2 Qc3+ $11)) 24...
exf4 25. Bd3 Nc6 $13 {with reasonable game}) 24. b4 Nc6 25. Qb3 {[%cal Gb3f3,
Gb3e6]} (25. Bc4 a5 (25... Nxg5 $2 26. hxg5 Rxf3 27. Reh4 $16) 26. Bxe6 axb4
27. Qb5 (27. Qb3 Rxa3 28. Qb2 Qa5 29. Kd1 Raxf3 $36) 27... Rxf3 28. a4 Ra3 $132
) 25... a5 $3 {[%mdl 640] Great idea! Berelovich sucrifice knight and gets
dangerous counterplay on the queen side} 26. Qxe6 axb4 27. a4 ({White's
position is very perilous after} 27. axb4 Nxb4 28. Qxe5 (28. Rxe5 Ra1+ 29. Kd2
Qa5 30. Rf5 (30. Qb6 Qa3 $19) 30... Na6+ 31. Kd3 Qc3+ 32. Ke4 Nxc5+ 33. Rxc5
Re1+ 34. Be3 Qxc5 $19) 28... Ra1+ 29. Kd2 Qa5 30. Bd8 $3 Qa2 $40 (30... Qxd8
31. Rg1 $132)) (27. Bg2 bxa3) ({Maybe the best way for white was to play} 27.
h5 $5 {[%cal Gh5h6] but after possible continuation} bxa3 28. Bc4 Rfe8 $1 29.
Qf7 $140 a2 $1 30. Bxa2 (30. Kb2 Qa5 31. Bxa2 Qc3+ 32. Kb1 Nb4 $19) 30... Qxf7
31. Bxf7 Rf8 $15 {[%cal Ra8a1] black's chances are better any case}) 27... Rxa4
28. Qd6 (28. f4 Qa5 29. Bg2 Ra1+ 30. Kd2 b3+ 31. Ke2 Rxh1 32. Bxh1 b2 $19)
28... Qf7 {[%cal Rf7f3]} 29. Bc4 $2 {Loses immediately. Good or bad but
Brodsky had to play} (29. f4 $8 b3 $1 30. Kd2 (30. cxb3 Ra1+ 31. Kd2 Rfa8 $19)
30... bxc2 31. Bd3 Na5 $132 {with big complications}) 29... Qxf3 $19 30. Rh3
Qxf2 {Now game is over - white king is weak and unprotected!} 31. Kb2 Rfa8 32.
Rxe5 (32. Bb3 Ra1 {[%cal Rf2g1]}) 32... Qg1 0-1

[Event "Ordzhonikidze zt 1.9"]
[Site "Ordzhonikidze"]
[Date "2000.06.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Berelowitsch, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Nbc6 13. Nf3 Qf8 (13... Qc7 14.
O-O c4 15. Be2 Nf5 16. Qc1 Bd7 17. g4 Nd6 18. Qe3 Ne4 19. Bh6 Re8 20. Ng5 Nxg5
21. Bxg5 e5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Mrdja,M-Farago,I/Bolzano op 2000/ (36)}) 14. O-O c4
15. Be2 h6 16. Bd2 (16. Bh4 Nf5 17. Bg3 g5 18. Qd2 Bd7 19. h4 Qe7 20. hxg5 Nxg3
21. fxg3 hxg5 22. Qe3 Raf8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Jussupow,A/Novgorod 1995/
[Dolmatov] (35)}) (16. Bc1 $5 Qg7 17. a4 Bd7 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. Ba3 g5 20. Rab1 b6
21. Bd6 Nf5 22. Be5 Qg6 23. h3 Rg8 24. g4 $36 {1-0 Macieja,B-Schmidt,W/POL
t-ch Lubniewice 1998 (58)}) 16... Nf5 {This system is a difficult nut to crack.
Black got from opening a solid position, elastic pawn structure and it is not
easy for white to make real progress.} 17. g3 $146 (17. Qc1 g5 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19.
dxe5 Qc5 20. g4 Ne7 21. Be3 Qa5 22. f4 Qxc3 23. fxg5 Rxf1+ 24. Bxf1 Ng6 25.
gxh6 Bd7 26. Rb1 Bc6 27. Qd2 Qxd2 28. Bxd2 Nxe5 29. Bg2 d4 30. Re1 Bxg2 31.
Rxe5 Bh3 32. Rh5 {1-0 Hachian,M-Rychagov,A/Moscow op (Chekhov) 1996 (32)})
17... Bd7 18. h4 Nd6 {[%cal Gd6e4,Gf7f3]} 19. Ne5 $5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Nf5 ({
Much weaker was to play} 20... Ne4 21. Be1 {[%cal Gf2f3]}) 21. Qe1 ({White
could try to play} 21. a4 {with the idea not to allow activisation of the
black's bishop, but after} Qc5 (21... Qg7 $5 {[%csl Re5]}) 22. Kg2 Bc6 $36 {
black position is very active}) 21... Ba4 {[%csl Rc2]} 22. Rc1 Qg7 23. h5 (23.
f4 h5) 23... Raf8 24. Kh2 g5 ({It was little bit premature to take pawn on e5 -
} 24... Qxe5 25. hxg6 Rg7 26. Bf4 Qf6 27. Bh5 {but now it is a real threat})
25. Bg4 Bc6 {[%cal Gd5d4]} 26. Qe2 b5 {Now White can't stop d5-d4} 27. f3 d4 $1
28. Rf2 d3 $5 29. cxd3 cxd3 30. Qxd3 Qxe5 31. Rg1 (31. f4 Qc5 32. Rcf1 Bd5 {
[%cal Gd5c4]}) 31... Qc5 32. Qe2 Bd5 33. f4 gxf4 {It is not so bad move, but
was much stronger to play} (33... e5 $142 $1 34. Bxf5 $140 Rxf5 35. g4 $1 Bc4
36. Qe1 Rxf4 $5 37. Bxf4 exf4 $17 {[%csl Gc4,Gc5,Gf4]}) 34. Rxf4 (34. gxf4 Kh7)
34... Kh7 (34... Bc4 $142 $5 35. Qf3 Rd8 $132) 35. Qe5 $1 {Slowly but surely
Baklan took initiative into his hands.} Qxa3 36. Rgf1 Qa2 37. R4f2 Qc4 38. Be2
Qc5 39. g4 $2 {Serious mistake, after} (39. Bd3 $1 $16 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Rd3h7,
Rf2f7,Rg3g4] it is impossible to find satisfactory defence for black}) 39...
Nd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] A proved old rule - loses who makes the last mistake!} ({
After} 39... Qe7 $1 40. Kg1 Rg7 $17 {already white's king is in danger.}) 40.
Rxf7+ Rxf7 (40... Nxf7 41. Qf6 Qd6+ 42. Bf4 e5 43. Bxe5 $1 $18) 41. Be3 (41.
Bd3+ Kg8 42. Bxh6 Rf2+ 43. Kg3 $1 $18) (41. Be3 Rxf1 42. Bxc5 Rh1+ 43. Kg3 Ne4+
44. Kf4 Nxc5 45. Qc7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Merida"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2000.06.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2000.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 {The last word in fashion in
Winawer variation} 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. bxa5 dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6
11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Bg3 O-O-O 14. Bd3 Qxa5 15. O-O Qc5 (15... Qa4 16.
Rfe1 Ng6 17. Qh6 Rh8 18. Qe3 d4 19. Qe2 Nce7 20. Rab1 Bc6 21. Rb4 Qxa3 22. Rxd4
Bd5 23. Ng5 $16 {1/2-1/2 De Firmian,N-Lputian,S/Yerevan (ol) 1996/Inf 67 (50)})
16. Qxf7 $146 {New but not very successful attempt to get advantage in this
double-adged line} (16. Qh4 a6 (16... Rg7 17. Rfb1 a6 18. h3 Rdg8 19. Kh2 d4
20. Be4 Nd5 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. Rd1 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxd4 Rxg3 25. fxg3 Bc6
26. Rad1 f6 27. Rg4 Re8 28. Rc4 Qe2 29. Rxc6+ bxc6 30. Qd4 {1-0 Lutz,C-Mueller,
K/GER-ch Altenkirchen 1999/CBM 74/[Psakhis] (30)}) 17. Ng5 Be8 18. Qf4 Nd4 19.
Rfe1 Nef5 20. a4 Rg7 21. Nf3 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Qd4 23. Qxd4 Nxd4 24. Re3 Nc6 25.
Kf1 Bd7 26. Be2 d4 27. Re4 Kc7 28. Bd3 Kb6 29. Rb1+ Kc5 30. Rxb7 Bc8 {Polgar,
J-Vaganian,R/Groningen PCA 1993/0-1 (40)}) (16. Rfe1 {could be recomended} Rh8
17. Qxf7 Rdf8 18. Qg7 Nf5 19. Bxf5 Rhg8 20. Qh6 Rxf5 21. Qe3 b6 22. Red1 Rg4
23. Rd3 Rc4 24. h4 Qb5 25. Nd4 Qb2 26. Re1 Nxd4 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 28. Qxd4 Qxc2 29.
Kh2 Qd2 30. Qxd2 cxd2 {Dolmatov,S-Lputian,S/Manila (izt) 1990/Inf 49/[Dolmatov,
S]/1-0 (55)}) 16... Rdf8 17. Qh7 Rxf3 $1 {Strong and promising exchange
sacrifice} (17... Rh8 $5 18. Qg7 Rhg8 19. Qh6 Nf5 $44) 18. gxf3 Nxe5 19. Be2 ({
Black doing well after} 19. f4 Nxd3 20. cxd3 d4 $44 {[%csl Gc3,Gd4]}) 19... d4
20. Rfe1 (20. f4 N5g6 {[%cal Gg6f4]}) 20... Bc6 $36 {[%csl Gc6,Ge5,Rg1] It is
easy to see that Akopian has great compensation for exchange} 21. Kf1 Nxf3 22.
Bxf3 Bxf3 23. Re5 (23. Qf7 $5 Bd5 24. Qf4 Kd7 $132) 23... Bd5 24. Kg1 Kd7 25.
Rd1 $2 (25. Qf7 $142 $5 {with unclear consequences}) 25... Qxa3 26. Qh4 Qa4 $2
{[%mdl 8192] Terrible mistake, and what is even more painful in the moment
when Balck could get a big advantage -} (26... d3 $142 $1 27. Rxd5+ (27. cxd3
$2 c2 $19) (27. Rxd3 $2 Qc1+ $19) (27. Qf4 dxc2 (27... d2 $5) 28. Rc1 Rg4 $1)
27... exd5 (27... Nxd5 28. Qh7+) 28. Rxd3 Qc1+ 29. Kg2 Qxc2 $17) 27. Rxe6 $1 {
Refutaion of the last black's move} Rxg3+ (27... Bxe6 28. Rxd4+) (27... Kxe6
28. Re1+ {[%csl Re6]}) 28. hxg3 Nf5 29. Qh7+ Kxe6 30. Qg6+ Kd7 (30... Ke5 31.
f4+ Ke4 32. Re1+ Kf3 33. Qxf5 $18) 31. Qxf5+ Kc6 32. Qf6+ Kc5 33. Qe7+ Kc4 34.
Qe5 Kc5 35. f4 $1 {[%csl Gf4] Black are stock-still on the queen's side and
white's passed pawns quickly decide game to White favour.} b5 36. f5 Kc6 37.
Qf6+ (37. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 38. Rxd4 a5) 37... Kc5 38. Qe5 Kc6 39. Rxd4 $1 Qa1+ 40.
Kf2 Qh1 41. Rxd5 $1 (41. Rd3 b4 $1) 41... Qxd5 42. Qxc3+ Kd6 {It looks that
Akopian just decided to stop sufferings possible in case of} (42... Kb6 $1 43.
f6 $18) 43. Qd3 $18 a5 (43... Qxd3 44. cxd3 a5 45. Ke3 a4 46. Kd2 Ke5 47. g4 a3
48. Kc2 b4 49. Kb3 Kf6 50. d4 $18) 44. Ke3 a4 45. Qxd5+ Kxd5 46. Kd2 b4 47. Kc1
(47. Kc1 Ke5 48. g4 Kf6 49. Kb2 Ke5 50. c3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Nbc6 13. Nf3 Qf8 14. O-O c4 15.
Be2 h6 16. Bc1 Kh7 $146 {This is a new try, but I think that White keeps some
preassure on black's position.} (16... Bd7 17. a4 (17. Ne1 g5 18. g3 Nf5 19.
Ng2 Qg7 20. f4 Nd6 21. Qe1 b5 $13 {Ponomariov,R-Ivanchuk,V/Linares 2002/ 1-0 
(45)}) 17... Qg7 18. Ba3 g5 19. Bd6 Ng6 20. Qd2 Rd8 21. h3 Bc8 22. Bg3 Nf4 $13
{1-0 Nataf,I-Drasko,M/Jugoslavija 85/283 2002 (39)}) (16... Qg7 17. Qd2 Nf5 18.
h4 Bd7 19. Bb2 Qf6 20. g3 e5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. Bf3 Nxh4 24. Bxd5
Be6 25. Bh1 Nf3+ 26. Bxf3 Rxf3 27. Rae1 Qf6 28. Qxh6 Rf8 29. Bc1 Rf7 30. Bf4
Rh7 31. Qg5 {Polgar,J-Timman,J/Amsterdam 1995/Inf 64/[Timman,J,Hansen]/1/2-1/2
(46)}) 17. a4 Bd7 18. Ba3 Qb8 {Timman doesn't like to see white bishop on d6}
19. Qd2 Nf5 20. Rab1 b6 21. a5 Qd8 ({Black could take pawn -} 21... Nxa5 {
but after} 22. Ne5 Rg7 23. Bc1 g5 24. Re1 Nc6 25. Bg4 $44 {White would have
good compensation for it}) 22. axb6 axb6 {Although the position is more or
less balanced, it looks that White seems to have the easier play.} 23. Bc1 (23.
Ra1 Be8 24. Bb4 Rfa7 25. Rxa7+ Rxa7 26. Re1 $14) 23... g5 24. Ne5 $6 ({Worth
considering simple} 24. h3 $36 {[%cal Gf3h2,Ge2h5] with very complicated
struggle with slightly better prospects for white}) 24... Nxe5 25. dxe5 Qc7 {
Now White needs to invest a very big effort to get something real} 26. Bh5 Rg7
(26... Rff8 $5 27. f4 Qc5+ 28. Kh1 Ra2 $132) 27. Bg4 Rf7 28. f4 Qc5+ 29. Qf2
gxf4 30. Bxf4 Qxf2+ 31. Rxf2 b5 $11 {[%cal Ga8a2]} 32. Be3 (32. Bh5 Rff8 33.
Bd2 Be8 $5 34. Bxe8 $140 Rfxe8 35. Rxb5 h5 $44) 32... Kg6 33. Bc5 h5 34. Bf3
Rc8 (34... Ra2 $5) 35. Bb4 Bc6 36. h3 (36. Ra1 Ra8 37. Rxa8 Bxa8 $11) 36...
Rcc7 37. Kh2 Nh4 38. Rbf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Chartres"]
[Date "2005.08.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bagheri, Amir"]
[Black "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd3 c5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nbc6 8.
Qg4 c4 (8... Ng6 9. h4 Qa5 10. Bd2 Nce7 11. h5 Nf8 12. c4 Qa4 13. Ne2 Qc6 14.
dxc5 dxc4 15. Be4 Qxc5 16. Bb4 Qxe5 17. Bc3 Qc7 18. Qxg7 Rg8 19. Qh6 e5 20.
Bxh7 Rh8 21. Qe3 Rxh7 22. Bxe5 Qb6 {0-1 Shcherbenko,A-Vorobiov,I/Kiev
Independence Cup-B 2005 (42)}) (8... Qa5 9. Bd2 c4 10. Be2 O-O (10... Nf5 11.
Nf3 Bd7 12. Ng5 h6 13. Qh3 ({Timman has played the risky} 13. Qh5 Rf8 14. Nh7 {
a long time ago and after} Rg8 15. g4 Nfe7 16. g5 Rh8 17. Nf6+ gxf6 18. gxf6
Nf5 19. Rg1 Rf8 20. Rg7 O-O-O {I am not sure that White has enough
compensation for the piece, despite the positive result of the game 1-0
Timman-Velimirovic/Sarajevo 1985 (45)}) 13... Rf8 14. Nf3 O-O-O 15. g4 Nfe7 16.
Nh4 f6 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. f4 Rdf8 $36 {Vehi-Nikitin,A, Groningen op 1995}) 11.
h4 (11. Nf3 f6 12. h4 fxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ng6 15. f4 Nxf4 $5 16. Bxf4
Qxc3+ 17. Kf2 Qxe5 18. Kg3 Qc3+ 19. Qf3 Qxc2 $132 {1/2-1/2 Kovtun,S-Yunusov,A/
Voroshilovgrad 1989 (66)}) 11... f6 12. f4 Qa4 {N/} (12... Nf5 13. Rh3 Qb6 14.
Nf3 Qb2 15. Rc1 Qxa3 16. Ng5 $6 fxg5 17. hxg5 g6 $17 {0-1 Kleehammer,O-Kamp,C/
Passau op 1998 (45)}) 13. Bd1 {To make this move similar to a draw proposal,
White had to play} (13. Kd1 $5 {if they wanted to continue game}) 13... Qb5 {
[%cal Gb5b2]} 14. Bc1 $8 Qa5 15. Bd2 (15. Ne2 $2 Nxd4 $1 $19) (15. Kd2 $2 Nxd4
$19) 15... Qb5 16. Bc1 Qa5 17. Bd2 {1/2-1/2 Short,N (2697)-Shulman,Y (2523)/
Dhaka 1999/CBM 70/[Psakhis,L]}) 9. Be2 Nf5 (9... O-O $5 10. h4 (10. Nf3 f6) (
10. Nh3 f6 11. f4 Nf5 12. O-O Bd7 13. Bd2 Be8 14. Kh1 Bg6 15. Ng1 Qe7 16. Qh3
Nh6 17. Rfc1 Be4 18. Bf3 f5 19. Qg3 {1/2-1/2 Jackova,J (2406)-Zakurdjaeva,I 
(2260)/EUR-chW Chisinau 2005}) 10... f6 (10... f5 11. Qg3 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qa4 13.
Nh3 $6 (13. Bd1 $1 {(Dvoretsky)}) (13. Kd1) (13. Ra2 $6 Qb5) 13... Qxc2 14. Bh6
Ng6 (14... Rf7 15. Bh5 g6 (15... Ng6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Rc1 Qe4+ 18. Be3 Qg4 19.
Qxg4 fxg4 20. Ng5 Rf8 21. Ke2 {(Dvoretsky)}) 16. Nf4 $1 {(Dvoretsky)} (16. O-O
f4 $1 {(Dvoretsky)})) 15. h5 f4 $1 16. Nxf4 Rxf4 17. hxg6 (17. Bxf4 $2 Nxf4 $19
) 17... gxh6 18. Rxh6 $1 $44 Bd7 $1 $132 {0-1 Heuer,V-Dvoretzky,M/USSR 1972/
ChessBase (35)} (18... Ne7 $2 19. gxh7+ Kh8 20. Qg7+ $3 {'!'} Kxg7 21. h8=Q+
$18 {'(Dvoretsky)'}) (18... Rf8 $2)) 11. Nf3 fxe5 12. Nxe5 (12. dxe5 Ng6 13.
Qh5 Qe8) 12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qc7 14. f4 (14. Be3 Bd7 15. Bd4 Nf5 16. O-O Ba4
17. Ra2 b6 18. g3 Rf7 19. f4 h5 20. Qh3 g6 21. Bf3 Qe7 22. Qg2 Raf8 {1/2-1/2
Eilmes,D (2315)-Knudsen,J (2485)/Email 2001/ICCF tele 9/2002 (38)}) 14... Bd7
15. h5 Nf5 16. h6 g6 17. Qh3 Ba4 {and Black has a nice game 0-1 Pavlovic,
M-Drasko,M/Jugoslavija 1997}) 10. a4 $5 $146 (10. Nf3 h5 (10... Qa5 11. Bd2 Bd7
12. Ng5 h6 13. Qh3 (13. Qh5 Rf8 14. Nh7 Rg8 15. g4 Nfe7 16. g5 Rh8 17. Nf6+
gxf6 18. gxf6 Nf5 19. Rg1 Rf8 20. Rg7 O-O-O 21. Bg4 Nxg7 22. fxg7 Rg8 23. Qxh6
Ne7 24. h4 Qa4 {1-0 Timman,J (2500)-Velimirovic,D (2610)/Sarajevo 1985/
ChessBase (45)}) 13... Rf8 14. Nf3 O-O-O 15. g4 Nfe7 16. Nh4 f6 17. exf6 Rxf6
18. f4 Rdf8 19. g5 hxg5 20. fxg5 Rf2 21. Nf3 e5 22. Qg3 Rxe2+ 23. Kxe2 Nf5 24.
Qg1 exd4 25. cxd4 c3 26. Bc1 Qa4 {0-1 Vehi,V-Nikitin,A/Groningen op 1995/
ChessBase}) 11. Qh3 (11. Qf4 Bd7 12. a4 Qa5 13. Qd2 f6 14. O-O O-O-O 15. Ba3 h4
16. h3 Be8 17. Rfe1 $14 {1-0 Shaposhnikov,E (2215)-Nikitin,A (2290)/St.
Peterburg Chigorin 1995/ChessBase (36)}) 11... Qa5 (11... g6 12. Ng5 f6 13.
exf6 Qxf6 14. f4 Bd7 15. Rb1 O-O-O 16. O-O Rdf8 17. Qf3 Nh4 18. Qf2 Nf5 19. a4
Re8 20. Ba3 Nd8 21. Rb4 Bc6 22. Nf3 Nf7 23. Ne5 Ne7 24. Rfb1 Nd8 25. a5 a6 26.
Rb6 {Buenermann,V (2310)-Fichtl,A (1610)/Frankfurt Mala mem op 2004/EXT 2005/
1-0 (53)}) 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. g4 Nfe7 14. Ng5 f6 15. Nf3 O-O-O 16. gxh5 fxe5 17.
Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Rdf8 19. Bg4 Nf5 20. Rg1 Rf7 21. Bxf5 Rxf5 22. Rg5 Rxg5 23.
Bxg5 Rxh5 24. Qxh5 Qxc3+ {Gonzalez Consuegra,A (1815)-Martin Arranz,L (1955)/
Terrassa op-B 1996/ChessBase/0-1 (35)}) 10... Qa5 11. Bd2 Bd7 (11... O-O $142
$5 {[%cal Gf7f6]}) 12. Qh5 h6 (12... O-O 13. Nf3 f6 $13) 13. Bg4 g6 $6 (13...
Nce7 $5) 14. Qh3 O-O-O $6 {This natural move has a drawback: The black king
will be under fire now up to the end of the game. Worth considerating is the
principal line:} (14... Nce7 {[%cal Gd7a4]} 15. Ne2 Bxa4 16. O-O Qb5 17. Ra2
Qd7 $13 {and at least Black will suffer for a pawn!}) 15. Ne2 Nce7 (15... h5
16. Bxf5 exf5 17. Qh4 $16) 16. O-O Bxa4 {Black has to accept this pawn
sacrifice, otherwise it's difficult to justify his previous play.} 17. Rfb1 $36
{This position looks very promising for White who is ready to start direct
action.} b5 18. Bc1 $1 {[%cal Gc1a3]} Rdg8 19. Qf3 {Now White has space and
attacking chances for only one pawn.} Qc7 (19... h5 $6 20. Bxf5 Nxf5 21. Bg5 {
[%csl Ra4][%cal Gh2h4] and White has more than enough compensation for the
pawn.}) 20. h4 $5 {A typical pawn advance for this type of position.} g5 (20...
Nxh4 $2 21. Qxf7 $16) (20... h5 21. Bh3 {[%cal Gg2g3,Ca4c2,Gc1g5]} (21. Bxf5
gxf5 22. Bg5 $5 $14) 21... Bxc2 $6 22. Rxb5 {[%csl Rc8]}) 21. h5 $1 {[%cal
Ca4c2,Ga1a2,Gc1a3] For the cost of only one pawn Bagneri has firmly seized the
initiative. Now Black has to solve some rather difficult problems.} Bxc2 (21...
Qd7 22. Ra2 Rf8 23. Ba3 f6 24. Qh3 fxe5 25. dxe5 $16 {[%cal Ge2d4]}) 22. Rxb5
Be4 23. Qh3 Kd7 24. Ba3 (24. Rc5 $5 Qb6 25. Rca5 Nc6 26. R5a2 {[%cal Gf2f3,
Ga2b2]}) 24... Rb8 25. Bd6 (25. Rc5 $5 Qb6 26. Bf3 Bc2) 25... Nxd6 26. exd6
Kxd6 (26... Qxd6 $5 27. Rxa7+ Kc8 28. Rc5+ Kd8 $13) 27. Ra6+ Kd7 $2 {A fatal
mistake, after which White's attack becomes very dangerous. Essential was} (
27... Rb6 $8 {and after} 28. Qg3+ (28. Rc5 Qb7) 28... Kd7 29. Qxc7+ Kxc7 30.
Rxa7+ {he has a safe move} Kb8 $1 {with the possible continuation} 31. Rba5 Nc6
$1 32. Ra8+ $8 Kc7 33. Rxh8 Nxa5 34. Rxh6 Rb1+ 35. Kh2 Kd6 $132) 28. Bxe6+ $1
fxe6 $6 (28... Kd8 $5 29. Rxb8+ Qxb8 30. Bxf7 Nf5 31. Bg6 Rf8 32. Bxf5 Bxf5 33.
Qg3 $5 $16) 29. Qxe6+ Ke8 30. Rc6 $1 $18 Qd8 (30... Qxc6 $4 31. Rxb8+ Qc8 32.
Rxc8#) 31. Qe5 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Cb8b5,Re5b8,Ob5b8,Re5h8]} Rxb5 32. Qxh8+ Kd7
33. Rd6+ Kxd6 34. Qxd8+ Ke6 35. Ng3 (35. Qh8 $5) 35... Bc2 36. Kh2 (36. Qh8
$142) 36... Rb6 37. Qa8 a6 38. Nf1 $1 {[%cal Gf1e3]} Bd1 39. f3 Rb2 40. Qxa6+
Kf7 41. Qa1 $1 {[%csl Rb2,Rd1]} 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 38th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2003.05.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2003.05.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Qh5 h6 11. g4 Nbc6 (11... c4 12. g5 g6 13. Qd1 Rf7 14. Bxg6
Nxg6 15. Qh5 Nf8 16. Nh3 e5 17. gxh6 Qf6 $132 {Spiriev,P-Kishnev,S/Budapest
1992}) 12. Ne2 $5 $146 {White employed a different plan in the game David,
A-Kindermann,S/Frankfurt op 1998} (12. g5 g6 13. Qxh6 (13. Qh3 Rf7 14. Qg3 h5
15. Nf3 Qa5 16. Bd2 c4 17. Be2 Nf5 18. Qg2 Bd7 19. O-O Raf8 20. a4 Nd6 $36 {
0-1 Haist,W-Jurek,J/Baden op 1998 (41)}) 13... Rf7 14. Bxg6 Rg7 15. Bd3 e5 $1
16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Qh4 (17. Be2 N7g6 18. f4 Rh7 19. fxe5 Rxh6 20. gxh6 Qh4+ 21.
Kd1 Qe4 22. h7+ Kh8 23. Nf3 Bg4 {0-1 Lugo,B-Alonso,R/Cardenas 1990 (23)}) 17...
Nf5 18. Qf4 Qe8 19. Be2 Ng6 20. Qf3 Qe5 $132 {with big complications.}) 12...
Qf8 {This move requires courage and accurate calculation.} (12... c4 $5 13. g5
Rf8 14. gxh6 cxd3 15. hxg7 (15. Rg1 Rf5 16. Rxg7+ Kh8 17. Qg4 Qf8 $17) 15...
Rf5 16. Qh8+ Kf7 17. cxd3 Bd7) 13. g5 g6 14. gxf6 $6 {[%mdl 512] Entering
complications which favor mostly Black} (14. Qh4 $5 Rf7 15. Nf4 e5 16. Nxg6
Nxg6 17. Bxg6 Rg7 $132 {should have been preferred}) 14... gxh5 15. fxe7 Nxe7
16. Rg1+ Kf7 17. Nf4 {[%csl Gd3,Gf4,Gg1]} e5 (17... Ke8 $5 18. Be2 (18. Ng6
Nxg6 19. Rxg6 Qf3) 18... Qf5 $15) 18. dxe5 Qh8 $5 19. Ng6 $8 Nxg6 20. Bxg6+ Ke7
21. f4 (21. Bf4 Bg4 {[%cal Ga8f8]}) 21... Bg4 22. Be3 b6 23. Kd2 (23. Bd3)
23... Rg8 (23... Qc8 $5) 24. Bd3 Ke6 $5 ({Another promising possibility was} 
24... c4 $5 25. Bf1 Bf5 {[%csl Gf5]}) 25. a4 $5 {[%cal Ga4a5]} Bf5 26. a5 Rxg1
27. Rxg1 Qh7 $1 28. Be2 $6 {It is likely that this move makes life even harder
for White.} ({Stronger was} 28. axb6 $142 axb6 (28... Bxd3 29. bxa7 (29. cxd3
c4 $5 30. dxc4 dxc4 31. Bd4 Qd3+ 32. Ke1 axb6 $17) 29... Qxa7 30. Kxd3 (30.
cxd3 d4 31. cxd4 cxd4 32. Rg6+ Kf7 33. Rf6+ Ke7 34. Bf2 Qa2+ 35. Ke1 Qb1+ 36.
Kd2 Qb2+ 37. Ke1 Qc3+ 38. Ke2 Qc2+ 39. Ke1 Qxd3 $19) 30... Qh7+ 31. Kd2 Qe4 $15
) 29. Rb1 Qa7 $15 {and the assessment of the position is not completely clear})
28... Bxc2 29. axb6 axb6 30. Ra1 Bb1 $1 $19 {[%cal Rh7c2] Black has both
positional and material advantage, so the rest is pretty clear.} 31. Ke1 Qe4
32. Kf2 d4 33. cxd4 (33. Bd2 dxc3) 33... cxd4 34. Bc4+ Kf5 35. Bc1 (35. Bd2 d3
36. Rxb1 Qe2+ 37. Kg1 Qxd2 $19) 35... Qc2+ 36. Kf3 Qxc4 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.05.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Ne7 (7...
Qa4 $5) 8. Qg4 Kf8 9. a4 $1 Nbc6 (9... Qc7 10. Bd3 b6 11. Nf3 h6 12. h4 Ba6 13.
O-O Bxd3 14. cxd3 Nbc6 15. h5 Na5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Czakon,J-Szoen,D/POL t-ch2J
Krynica 2001 (20)}) 10. h4 ({White employed a different plan in the game Short,
N-Nikolic,P/London PCA 1994} 10. Nf3 $5 Qb6 11. dxc5 $5 Qxc5 12. Bd3 h6 13. O-O
Qb6 14. Rfe1 Bd7 15. c4 Qc7 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Qf4 $16) 10... Qb6 11. Nf3 (11.
dxc5 Qb2 {[%csl Re5]}) 11... cxd4 (11... Qb2 $142 $5 12. Rc1 c4 {[%csl Gd3]}
13. Qh5 $140 Qa3 14. Ng5 Nd8 15. Rh3 h6 16. Nf3 Qxa4 $132) 12. cxd4 Qb2 13. Rc1
Nb4 14. Bd3 $5 Na2 ({I think that Black rightly avoided the line} 14... Qa3 15.
O-O Nxd3 16. cxd3 Qxa4 (16... Nc6 17. Qg5 $5 {[%cal Rc1c6]} Bd7 18. Qe3 Qxa4
$140 $2 19. Ra1 Qc2 20. Rfc1 Qb2 21. Rcb1 Qc2 22. Ne1 $18 {[%csl Rc2]}) 17. Rc7
$1) 15. Rd1 Nc3 16. Bxc3 Qxc3+ 17. Kf1 (17. Ke2 $5) 17... Bd7 18. Rh3 h6 (18...
Bxa4 19. Ng5 $1 Bxc2 $140 $2 20. Qf4 $18) 19. Rg3 Rg8 (19... g6 20. h5 $1 g5 (
20... Rg8 21. hxg6 $40) 21. Nxg5 hxg5 22. Qxg5 Ke8 (22... Rg8 23. Qh6+ Ke8 24.
Rxg8+ Nxg8 25. Qg7 Ne7 26. Qh8+ $18)) 20. Qf4 ({Another promising possibility
was} 20. Nd2 $5 {[%cal Rd3h7]} Qc7 21. Ra1 $14 (21. Bh7 Nf5 $1)) 20... Nf5 $6 (
{It is not easy to assess positions arising after} 20... Bxa4 $142 $5 $132) 21.
Bxf5 exf5 22. e6 $5 {[%mdl 640] Entering complications which favor white} Bxe6
23. Qd6+ Ke8 24. Ne5 (24. Re1 $5 Qc4+ 25. Kg1 Qc6 26. Qxc6+ bxc6 27. Ne5 $1)
24... Qxc2 25. Re1 Rd8 26. Qb4 (26. Qa3 $5 Qc7 27. Rc3 Qe7 28. Qxe7+ Kxe7 29.
Rc7+ Kf6 30. Rxb7 Ra8 $11) 26... Qc7 27. Rb3 (27. Rc3 Qe7) 27... f6 (27... Rb8
$5 28. a5 $44) 28. Ng6 (28. Nd3 $5 Kf7 29. Qxb7 Rd7 (29... Qxb7 30. Rxb7+ Rd7
31. Reb1 $36) 30. Qa6 $36) 28... Kf7 29. h5 Rd7 {[%cal Gc7h2]} 30. Kg1 $44 f4
31. Rbb1 {[%cal Ge1c1]} ({The following does not give anything to White} 31.
Rc3 Qb8 32. Rf3 Re8 33. Nxf4 Bf5 $15) 31... Rc8 32. Qd2 Qc2 ({Perhaps Black
should have considered} 32... Qd6 $5 33. Nxf4 $140 Bf5 34. Rb5 Be4 35. f3 a6
36. Ra5 Rc2 37. Qe3 Re7 $1 $132) 33. Qxf4 $5 {Gashimov could force a peaceful
end by playing} (33. Nh8+ Kg8 34. Rec1 Qxd2 35. Rxc8+ Kh7 36. Ng6 Bg8 37. Nf8+
Kh8 38. Ng6+ $11 {but he decided to continue game. And I also think that
although the position is more or less balanced, White seems to have the easier
play.}) 33... Qf5 34. Qe3 Qe4 (34... Re8) 35. Qa3 Qxd4 $2 {Black finally
cracks under pressure!} ({He should have preferred} 35... Qg4 $1 $13) 36. Rxe6
$1 Kxe6 37. Re1+ Kf7 (37... Kf5 38. Qh3+ Kg5 39. Qxd7) 38. Qh3 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Qf7 (13... Bd7 $5
14. h4 Rf5 15. h5 gxh5 16. Rxh5 Raf8 17. Rh3 Be8 18. Ng5 Qa5 19. Kd2 Rxg5 20.
Qxg5 Bg6 21. Rhh1 Qa4 22. Ra2 b5 23. Rha1 Bf5 24. g4 Be4 $44 {1/2-1/2 Ernst,
T-Rylander,D/SWE-ch Umea 2003/The Week in Chess 451 (38)}) 14. Kd2 {Quite rare
and not most energetic move. Black had big troubles after more common} (14. Ng5
$142 $5 Qe8 15. h4 h6 16. Nh3 {for example:} a5 17. h5 $5 gxh5 18. Qe2 b5 19.
Nf4 g6 20. Nxh5 $1 gxh5 21. Rxh5 Ra7 22. Bxh6 Rff7 23. Qg4+ $40 {1-0 Macieja,
B-Vaisser,A/EUR-ch Istanbul 2003/ (33)}) 14... h6 (14... Qf5 15. Qg3 Bd7 16.
Ng1 Na5 17. Ra2 Ba4 18. Ne2 Rac8 19. Rc1 Rc6 20. Ke1 Rb6 21. Qh4 Nc6 22. h3 h6
23. Qg4 {1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Harikrishna,P/Istanbul olm 2000/The Week in Chess 313 
(23)}) (14... Bd7 15. Ng5 Qe8 16. h4 b5 17. h5 h6 18. Nf3 Ne7 19. hxg6 Qxg6 20.
Qxg6 Nxg6 $11 {Skrzypnik,M-Debowiak,M/POL-ch B18 Zakopane 2001/The Week in
Chess 332/1-0 (60)}) 15. h4 Bd7 16. Ng1 b5 $146 (16... Ne7 $5 17. Ne2 Qf5 18.
Qg3 Ba4 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Qh3 Rc6 $11 {1-0 Rodriguez,A-Gallardo,A/Spain 1994 
(42)}) 17. Nh3 a5 18. Nf4 Ne7 (18... Kh7 19. h5 g5 20. Ng6 Rfb8 21. f4 (21.
Rhf1 b4 $132) 21... gxf4 22. Qxf4 Qxf4 23. Bxf4 $14) 19. Qe2 {[%cal Gg2g4]} (
19. Rh3 Kh7 20. Rg3 b4 $132) 19... Rfb8 20. g4 Kh7 21. h5 (21. g5 $6 h5 {
[%csl Gh7]}) 21... g5 22. Nh3 {[%cal Gf2f4,Re3g5] Finally white's plan became
clear.Ilya Smirin prepared f2-f4, and, by the way, Bxg5 is also serious threat.
} Qf8 {[%cal Gf8b4]} 23. f4 (23. Rhf1 b4 24. f4 gxf4 25. Rxf4 $5 Qd8 26. g5
bxc3+ $132) 23... gxf4 24. Nxf4 b4 $132 25. Rhf1 (25. g5 $5) 25... bxc3+ 26.
Kxc3 Qd8 $1 {[%cal Ga5a4,Rd8a5] Black has already managed to open the files
for attack of the white king.} 27. Rfb1 $6 ({Worth considering} 27. Kd2 $5 {
hoping to find better use for rook f1 in future.}) 27... Rb6 (27... a4 28. Kd2
Qa5+ 29. Kd1 Qc3 30. Rc1 $13) 28. Kd2 (28. g5 $5 Nf5 29. Rg1 a4 $5 $13) 28...
Rab8 29. Kc1 (29. Rg1 $5) 29... Ba4 (29... Qc7 $5 {[%cal Gc7b7]}) 30. Qd2 Kg8
31. Qc3 Nc8 {[%cal Gc8a7,Ga7b5]} 32. Rxb6 ({Possibly Smirin should have
preferred} 32. Bd2 $5 Qh4 33. Qf3 $132) 32... Qxb6 33. g5 (33. Ne2 $5 {[%cal
Gg4g5]}) 33... hxg5 34. Ng6 $2 {Serious mistake} ({White position will be not
easy and after} 34. Ne2 $140 Na7 (34... g4 $13) 35. Bxg5 Nb5 36. Qe3 c3 $5 37.
Nxc3 Bxc2 $36 {but it was best choice.}) 34... Na7 35. Bf2 (35. Kd2 Nb5 {
[%csl Rc3]}) (35. Kd1 $5 Qb2 36. Kd2 Bxc2 $1 37. Qxb2 Rxb2 38. Kc3 Rb1 39. Rxb1
Bxb1 $19) 35... Nb5 36. Qh3 (36. Qb2 c3 37. Qb1 Qa7 $19) (36. Qe3 Nd6 $1 (36...
c3 $5) 37. Kd1 (37. exd6 Qb2+ 38. Kd2 Qxc2+ 39. Ke1 Rb1+ 40. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 41. Kd2
Qc2+ 42. Ke1 Qd1#) 37... Bxc2+ 38. Ke1 Qb2 39. Rc1 Ne4 $19) 36... Nxd4 $1 {
The smoke has cleared, Vaisser has material advantage and strong attack and
manages to turn it into a win.} 37. Kd1 ({There wasn't a rescue in} 37. Bxd4
Qxd4 38. Qxe6+ Kh7 $19) 37... Qb2 (37... Bxc2+ 38. Ke1 Bd3 $19) 38. Bxd4 Qxd4+
39. Ke2 Qxa1 (39... Bxc2 $19) (39... g4 $5 $19) 40. Qxe6+ Kh7 41. Qf5 Bxc2 $1
0-1

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. Qg4 Ne7 7. dxc5 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Ng6 9. Nf3 Nd7 (9... Qa5 10. Bd2 Nd7 11. c4 Qc7 12. cxd5 O-O 13. Qd4 $1
exd5 14. Qxd5 Ndxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qd6 Qxd6 17. cxd6 {1-0 Shirov,A-Atalik,S/
BIH t-ch Jahorina 2003/ (119) with better endgame.}) 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. O-O Nxc5
12. Be3 Bd7 (12... O-O 13. Bd4 b6 14. Rfe1 f5 15. Qh5 Nf4 16. Qh4 Ncxd3 17.
cxd3 Nxd3 18. Re3 Nc5 19. Ng5 h6 20. Nh3 Qd8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Hug,W/
Zuerich 2001/CBM 83/[Psakhis] (24)}) 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. h4 Qxc3 15. Rfe1 $1 $146
{[%csl Ge5] Nijboer protects key pawn e5 and it is quite strange, that,
despite its obviousness, White's last move looks like a novelty.} (15. Qg3
O-O-O 16. Rab1 (16. h5 Ne7 17. Qxg7 $36) 16... f6 17. Rfe1 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 fxe5
19. Qxg7 Rdg8 20. Qxe5 Qxe5 21. Rxe5 Kc7 22. c4 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Vaganian,R/
Istanbul olm 2000/}) 15... h5 {[%csl Rg6]} (15... O-O-O 16. h5 Ne7 17. Qxg7
Rdf8 18. Qf6 $16) (15... Rg8 16. h5 Nf8 17. h6 $36) 16. Qg3 {It is clear that
White has long term compensation for the pawn.} O-O-O (16... Rh6 17. Ng5 {
[%csl Re8,Rg6,Rh6]}) 17. Rab1 (17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Qxg6 Rdf8 {[%cal Gf8f3]})
17... Qc5 (17... Rh6 18. Rb3 Qc7 19. Nd4 {with strong preassure on all board})
18. c4 $5 {In return for the pawn, White has attacking chances against black's
exposed king.} ({Another promising possibility was} 18. Ng5 $5) 18... Bc6 (
18... d4 19. Ng5 {[%csl Rf7]}) (18... dxc4 19. Bxg6 (19. Ng5 Qxa3) (19. Bxc4 $5
) 19... fxg6 20. Ng5 Qe7 21. Rec1 $40) 19. cxd5 (19. Ng5 Qe7 20. Nxf7 $5 Qxf7
21. Bxg6 Qc7 22. cxd5 Rxd5 23. Rbc1 $36) 19... Rxd5 (19... Qxd5 20. Be4) 20.
Bxg6 (20. Be4 $5) 20... fxg6 {Here Black's pawn formation is seriously
compromised on the kingside} 21. Ng5 $6 (21. Qxg6 $140 Qe7 22. Rec1 $16 {
[%csl Gc8,Ge6,Gh5]}) 21... Qe7 22. Rec1 (22. Ne4 $5 {[%cal Ge4d6]}) 22... Rc5
$5 (22... Kd7 23. Nh3 $5 {[%cal Gh3f4]}) 23. Rxc5 Qxc5 24. Nxe6 Qc4 {[%csl Gc4,
Gc6]} 25. Ng5 Rd8 26. Qh3+ ({Perhaps White should have considered} 26. e6 Rd3
27. Qe5 Qd4 $13 (27... Qg4 28. f3 Qxh4 29. e7 Qd4+ 30. Qxd4 Rxd4 31. Rc1 $1 Kd7
32. Re1 Ke8 33. Ne6)) 26... Qg4 $5 27. Qxg4+ hxg4 {[%mdl 4096]} 28. e6 Rd2 (
28... g3 29. fxg3 Rd2 30. Re1 Kd8 $5 31. Re3 Rxg2+ 32. Kf1 $36) 29. Re1 Kd8 30.
e7+ (30. Re3 $5) 30... Ke8 31. Ne6 (31. Re3 Rd7) 31... Kxe7 32. Nd4+ Kd6 33.
Nxc6 Kxc6 34. Re4 b5 {The situation on the board has changed very quickly and
the arisen endgame is not safe for White.} (34... g3 $5 35. fxg3 b5 36. Rg4 Rd6
) 35. Rxg4 Rd6 36. f4 a5 37. f5 b4 (37... gxf5 38. Rxg7 b4 39. axb4 axb4 $17)
38. axb4 a4 $1 39. Kh2 Kb5 40. h5 gxf5 $2 {Terrible mistake.} ({Black should
have preferred} 40... a3 $19 {with the possible continuation.} 41. Rg5 $140
gxf5 42. Rxf5+ Kxb4 43. Rf4+ Kc3) 41. Rxg7 a3 42. Rf7 Kc4 {Amazingly, but
Black has already lost winning chances.} ({Maybe} 42... a2 $5 {with possible
continuation} 43. Rxf5+ Kxb4 44. Rf1 Kc3 (44... Ra6 45. Ra1 Kc3 46. g4 Kb2 47.
Rxa2+ Rxa2 48. h6 Kc3+ 49. Kg3 Kd4 50. Kf4 Rh2 51. g5 Kd5 52. Kf5 Kd6 $11) 45.
g4 Rb6 $13 {was better try for Black.}) 43. Rxf5 Rd5 (43... Ra6 $5) 44. Rf4+
Kb3 45. Rf3+ Kxb4 46. g4 $1 $18 Ra5 (46... a2 47. Rf1) 47. h6 Ra8 (47... a2 48.
Rf1 a1=Q 49. Rxa1 Rxa1 50. g5 $18) 48. g5 Rh8 49. Kg3 a2 50. Rf1 Kc4 51. Ra1
Ra8 {It is quite funny, that finally the rooks come to the place from where
they started to fight.} (51... Kb3 52. Kg4 Kb2 53. Rxa2+ Kxa2 54. Kh5 $18) 52.
h7 1-0

[Event "Benasque champions 25 ann"]
[Site "Benasque"]
[Date "2005.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 {'!?' Psakhis,L.} 11. Be3 (11. O-O c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6
13. Qg4 (13. Qh3 Bd7 14. a4 Qa5 15. Nh4 Rf7 16. f4 g5 17. fxg5 Rxf1+ 18. Kxf1
Rf8+ 19. Ke2 Ne7 20. g6 Nxg6 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Bd2 b5 23. Qg4 bxa4 24. Qxg6 Qd8
25. Bg5 Qe8 {1/2-1/2 Papp,G-Farago,I/Budapest-05 GM 2004/The Week in Chess 495}
) 13... Qa5 14. Bd2 Bd7 15. h4 Ne7 16. h5 gxh5 17. Qxh5 Rf5 18. Qg4 Raf8 19.
Ra2 Rxf3 20. gxf3 Rf5 21. Kg2 Be8 22. Rh1 Bg6 23. f4 Nc6 24. Qd1 Rf8 25. a4 Bf5
{0-1 Gao Rui-Wang Hao/Torch Real Estate Cup 2005/The Week in Chess 555 (63)})
11... c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Qe7 $5 (13... Qf7 14. Ng5 Qe8 (14... Qf5 15. Qe2
Rd8 (15... Nxe5 $2 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. O-O h6 19. f4 Qd6 20. Nf3 Rf5
21. Rae1 Raf8 22. Nh4 R5f6 23. Bd4 Rxf4 24. Rxf4 Qxf4 25. Qxf4 Rxf4 26. Nxg6
$18 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Short,N/Munich Intel Express 1994 (35)}) 16. g4 Qf8 17. f4
h6 18. Nf3 Bd7 19. a4 Rdb8 20. O-O b5 21. axb5 Rxb5 22. Bc1 $14 {1/2-1/2
Arakhamia,K-Peng/Tilgurg ct w(7) 1994 (37)}) 15. h4 h6 (15... Ne7 16. Qe2 Nf5
17. g4 $146 {A quite natural and strong move} Nxe3 18. Qxe3 h6 19. Nh3 Qe7 20.
Qg3 Bd7 21. f4 {White slowly but surely improves his position and Black can't
organise any counterplay.} Be8 22. Kd2 b5 23. f5 $1 {A nice breakthrough!} gxf5
(23... exf5 24. g5 $1) 24. g5 $1 {1-0 Nijboer,F-Harikrishna,P/Wijk aan Zee-B
2001/CBM 81/[Psakhis] (33) An excellent move, securing an outpost for the
knight.}) 16. Nh3 Ne7 (16... Bd7 $5 17. Qe2 b5 18. g4 a5 19. Nf4 $6 $146 {
[%cal Gh4h5]} (19. h5 gxh5 20. g5 $1 {for example:} (20. Rg1 Ne7 21. gxh5 Kh7
22. Qg4 Nf5 23. Kd2 Qe7 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Nf4 Nh4 26. Qg4 Rxf4 $1 27. Bxf4 Rf8
28. Rh1 Nf5 $44 {Leko,P-Almasi,Z/Budapest 2003/CBM 95/[Psakhis]/1/2-1/2 (52)})
20... hxg5 21. Nxg5 g6 22. O-O-O (22. Qf1 $5 Rf5 23. Qg2 Ne7 24. Ke2 Kh8 25.
Nf3 Qf7 26. Nh4 Rf8 27. Raf1 Kh7 28. Bg5 Nc6 29. f4 $36 {1-0 Karjakin,S-Papa,S/
Biel MTO 2003 (45)}) (22. Kd2 b4 23. Rag1 bxc3+ 24. Kd1 Rf5 25. Rxh5 gxh5 26.
Ne4+ Kh8 $132 {0-1 Van den Doel,E-Psakhis,L/Bled Olympiad 2002/CBM 92 (33)
Psakhis: '0-1 Van den Doel,E-Psakhis,L/Bled ol 2002/CBM 92 (33)' Psakhis: '0-1
Van den Doel,E-Psakhis,L/Bled Olympiad 2002/CBM 92 (33)'} 27. Nd6 Qg8 {0-1 Van
den Doel,E-Psakhis,L/Bled Olympiad 2002/ (33)}) 22... Qe7 23. Rdg1 Qxa3+ 24.
Kd2 Rf5 $1 (24... b4 $2 25. Ne4 $1 dxe4 26. Qxh5 Rxf2+ 27. Bxf2 Qxc3+ 28. Kd1
Qf3+ 29. Qxf3 exf3 30. Rxg6+ Kf7 31. Rf6+ Ke7 32. Rh7+ {1-0 Bacrot,E-Vaisser,A/
FRA-ch Aix les Bains 2003/CBM 97/[Psakhis] (32)}) 25. Nf3 b4 $132) 19... Ne7 (
19... b4 $5 20. h5 (20. axb4 axb4 21. Rxa8 Qxa8 22. O-O bxc3 23. Nxg6 Rb8 $132)
20... g5 21. Ng6 Rf7 22. f4 $5 $13) 20. h5 (20. Kd2 $5) 20... g5 21. Nh3 b4 $1
{Black has a more obvious way of developing the initiative on the queenside.}
22. f4 (22. axb4 axb4 23. Rxa8 Qxa8 24. cxb4 Nc6 $44) 22... gxf4 23. Bxf4 bxc3
(23... b3 $5 {[%csl Gb3]}) 24. Qe3 Ba4 25. Qxc3 Rb8 {0-1 Lahno,K-Smeets,J/Wijk
aan Zee-C 2004/CBM 99/[Psakhis] (36) 0-1}) (16... Qf7 17. Nf4 (17. h5 Ne7 18.
Kd2 gxh5 19. Qe2 Nf5 20. Nf4 h4 21. Qg4 {1/2-1/2 Goloshchapov,A-Harikrishna,P/
Calcutta Goodricke op 2000/ (21)}) 17... Ne7 18. Qe2 (18. Rh3 $5 Qf5 19. Qe2
Bd7 20. g4 Qf7 21. Kd2 a5 22. h5 b5 23. g5 b4 24. gxh6 Qf5 25. hxg7 Rfb8 26.
hxg6 Ba4 27. Rh8+ Kxg7 28. Rh7+ $18 {1-0 Solozhenkin,E-Apicella,M/St.
Petersburg-Paris 1996 (31)}) (18. Rb1 b6 19. Rh3 Bd7 20. Qe2 Kh7 21. g4 Qe8 22.
h5 g5 23. Ng2 Rf7 24. f4 gxf4 25. Nxf4 Qf8 26. Qh2 Ng8 27. Ra1 Ne7 28. Kd2 b5
29. Rg1 $16 {1-0 Milu,R-Popescu,C/ROM t-ch 1994 (33)}) 18... Bd7 19. g4 Ba4 20.
Rh3 a5 21. Kf1 (21. h5 g5 22. Ng2 {[%cal Gf2f4]} b5 23. f4 gxf4 24. Nxf4 b4 25.
Kd2 $2 {A strange move!} (25. axb4 axb4 26. cxb4 Nc6 27. c3 $13 {was more
natural and stronger}) 25... bxc3+ 26. Kxc3 {[%csl Rc3]} Rab8 27. Rf3 Nc6 $40 {
[%cal Rf7b7,Rb7b2] 0-1 Szabo,G-Apicella,M/Bucharest Ciocaltea mem 2000/CBM 77/
[Psakhis,L] (33) prepares the queen lift to b7}) 21... Ra6 22. Rb1 Bc6 23. Kg1
b5 24. h5 Be8 25. Rf1 Rb6 26. hxg6 Nxg6 27. Nh5 Ne7 28. Qd2 {1-0 Tischbierek,
R-Naumkin,I/Porto San Giorgo op 2003/ (52)}) (16... b5 17. h5 (17. Nf4 Ne7 18.
Kd2 $146 (18. O-O Bd7 19. Rab1 Qf7 20. h5 gxh5 21. Nxh5 Kh7 22. f4 Nf5 23. Bc1
Be8 24. Ng3 Nxg3 25. Qxg3 Qd7 26. Be3 Bg6 {1/2-1/2 Firnhaber,I-Kitson,K/corr
2001/IXM (37)}) (18. Rh3 Rf5 19. Qe2 a5 20. g4 Rf7 21. Qd2 Bd7 22. h5 g5 23.
Ng2 b4 24. axb4 axb4 25. Rxa8 Qxa8 26. cxb4 Qa1+ {Psakhis: '1/2-1/2 Davila,
M-Halldorsson,J/corr 1998 (30)'} 27. Qc1 Qc3+ 28. Qd2 Qa1+ 29. Qc1 Qc3+ 30. Qd2
Qa1+ {1/2-1/2 Davila,M-Halldorsson,J/corr 1998 (30)}) 18... a5 {Black has to
find some counterplay on the queenside - on the other flank he has many
problems.} 19. Qh3 Bd7 20. Rab1 Qf7 21. f3 Rab8 22. Ne2 Nc6 {It looks to me
that Black solved all opening problems.} 23. Rb2 b4 24. axb4 axb4 {1/2-1/2
Anand,V-Jussupow,A/Corsica Masters 2002/CBM 92/[Psakhis] (52)}) 17... gxh5 (
17... Kh8 18. Qe2 Bd7 19. Nf4 Rxf4 20. Bxf4 Qf7 21. Be3 Be8 {1/2-1/2 Maze,
S-Dgebuadze,A/FRA t-ch 0405 2005}) 18. Qe2 Bd7 (18... a5 19. Nf4 g6 20. g4 Ne7
21. Ng2 Kh7 22. Qd2 Ng8 {1-0 Svidler,P-Bareev,E/Elista 1997/CBM 59/[Svidler] 
(33)}) 19. Nf4 Rxf4 $1 20. Bxf4 Qf7 21. Be3 Be8 22. f3 (22. g4 hxg4 23. Qxg4
Qg6 24. Qh3 Ne7 25. Kd2 Qf5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Michiels,B-L'Ami,E/Groningen Harmonie
2003 (60)}) 22... Qc7 23. g4 Ne7 24. Kd2 Qa5 25. Qg2 Kf8 26. Rag1 Bf7 27. Bf2
Qa4 28. gxh5 Nf5 29. Rh4 Ke7 30. Rf4 Rg8 31. Rxf5 exf5 32. e6 Bxe6 33. Re1 Qa6
{1-0 Kurnosov,I-Nilsson,A/Copenhagen PC 2005/The Week in Chess 559 (48)}) 17.
Qe2 b5 ({This is an improvement, compare} 17... Bd7 18. g4 b5 19. h5 a5 20. g5
$1 Rf5 21. gxh6 Rxh5 22. Kd2 gxh6 23. Rag1 $36 {with a strong attack Lutz,
C-Jussupow,A /Essen-A  2002 /CBM 90/[Psakhis] (41)}) 18. g4 a5 19. h5 {Worth a
consideration is} g5 (19... gxh5 20. g5 $5 {A typical move} (20. gxh5 $13 {
is also worth considering}) 20... hxg5 $8 21. Nxg5 g6 {I would prefer} 22. Nh3
$1 ({Weaker is} 22. Kd2 $6 Rf5 (22... Nf5 $5) 23. Rag1 b4 24. Rxh5 $5 {Looks
great for White, but his opponent has a good defence.} (24. axb4 axb4 25. cxb4
c3+ 26. Kxc3 Ra2 $40) 24... bxc3+ 25. Kd1 gxh5 $8 {The only move} 26. Ne4+ $1 {
Psakhis: 'Just look the already mentioned game Van den Doel,E-Psakhis,L/Bled
ol 2002 and you will agree that I have all rights to suspect guys in
plagiarizm!'} (26. Nxe6+ Kf7 27. Nc7 Qc6 28. Nxa8 Qxa8 29. Bg5 Qc6 $19 {
loses without big fight}) 26... Kh7 $8 (26... Kh8 27. Nd6 Qf8 28. Bg5 $18 {
[%cal Re2h5]}) 27. Nd6 Qf8 28. Nxf5 ({In case of} 28. Rh1 Rb8 $1 {[%csl Rd1]}
29. Nxf5 Rb1+ 30. Bc1 Rxc1+ $1 31. Kxc1 Nxf5 32. Rxh5+ Nh6 $17 {Black is very
close to victory.}) 28... Qxf5 29. Rg5 Qf7 $8 {1/2-1/2 Stellwagen,D-Dgebuadze,
A/Groningen Harmonie 2002/CBM 93/[Psakhis] (35)}) 22... Nf5 23. Bg5 {[%cal
Gh3f4,Gg5f6,Gh1g1] with great compensation for the pawn}) 20. f4 gxf4 21. Nxf4
Bd7 22. Qg2 $146 (22. Kd2 b4 23. axb4 axb4 24. cxb4 c3+ 25. Kxc3 Bb5 26. Qd2
Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Nc8 28. Kb2 Nb6 29. Kb1 Nc4 30. Qe1 Nxe3 31. Qxe3 Qe7 32. Ra3
Qxb4+ 33. Rb3 Qa5 34. Kc1 Bc4 35. Rb7 Qa1+ 36. Rb1 Qa6 $132 {Luther,T-Rychagov,
A/GRE t-ch 2001 0-1 (57)}) (22. Rg1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Rg4g5]}) 22... b4 {
0-1 Adamson,R-Abrahamyan,T/USA-ch San Diego 2004/CBM 105/[Psakhis] (45)}) 14.
h4 Rf5 15. Qh3 $146 (15. h5 gxh5 16. Rxh5 Rxh5 17. Qxh5 Bd7 (17... Qf7 18. Qh2
Bd7 19. Kd2 Rf8 20. Rh1 h6 21. Ne1 b5 22. g4 a5 23. g5 h5 24. g6 Qxg6 25. Ng2
b4 26. Nf4 Rxf4 27. Bxf4 b3 28. Rc1 Be8 29. Qg3 Qf5 30. Be3 Bg6 31. Qg5 b2 {
0-1, Pelletier-Jussupow (Basel 2005)}) 18. Kd2 (18. Ng5 h6 19. Nh3 (19. Nf3 Rf8
) 19... Qf7 20. Qg4 Qf5 $5 $13) 18... Be8 19. Qh4 Bg6 20. Qxe7 Nxe7 21. Rb1 b6
22. Bg5 Kf7 23. Nh4 Nf5 24. Nxf5 Bxf5 25. Be3 h6 {1/2-1/2 Froeyman,H-Hammes,M/
BEL t-ch2 0405 2005/T (25)}) (15. Ng1 Bd7 16. Ne2 Be8 17. Ng3 Rf8 18. h5 gxh5
19. Nxh5 Bg6 20. Kd2 b5 21. Nf4 Bf5 22. Qh5 Qf7 {1/2-1/2 Kritz,L-Jussupow,A/
GER-ch 2005/ (22)}) 15... h6 16. g4 Rf7 (16... Rf8 17. h5 g5 18. Ng1 Bd7 19.
Ne2 Rf7 20. f4 Raf8 21. O-O $36) 17. Ng5 $1 {[%mdl 640] Having a better
development, White is entitled to open the position of the black king by
tactical means.} (17. h5 g5 18. Ng1 Bd7 19. Ne2 Raf8 $17) 17... Rf8 (17... hxg5
18. h5 $3 (18. Bxg5 Qf8 19. f4 Rxf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 $132) 18... gxh5 $8 19. Qxh5
Rf3 (19... Rf4 20. Bxf4 gxf4 21. g5 $18) (19... Rf8 20. Bxg5 Qd7 21. Bf6 $18)
20. Ke2 $18) 18. h5 gxh5 (18... Qe8 $5 19. O-O-O (19. Nf3 g5 20. Nxg5 (20. Bxg5
$2 Qf7 $1 21. Ke2 hxg5 22. h6 gxh6 23. Raf1 Qxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Rxf3 25. Kxf3 Kg7
$17) 20... hxg5 21. Bxg5 Qf7 22. f4 Kh7 $13) 19... gxh5 (19... hxg5 20. h6 Qe7
21. hxg7 Qxg7 22. Bxg5 Rf7 23. Rh2 $3 Qh7 24. Rdh1 Qxh3 25. Rxh3 Rf8 26. Rh7
$18) 20. Nf3 {[%cal Gg4g5]}) (18... Bd7 $5 19. hxg6 Be8 20. Nh7 Bxg6 21. Nxf8
Rxf8) 19. Qxh5 Qe8 (19... Bd7 20. Qg6 hxg5 21. Bxg5 Qe8 22. Qh7+ Kf7 23. Rh6
$18) 20. Qxe8 Rxe8 21. Nf3 (21. Nh3 $5) 21... Rf8 22. Ke2 Bd7 23. g5 {Black
has great problems to defend his king even without the queens on the board.} h5
(23... hxg5 24. Nxg5 $16) 24. g6 Ne7 25. Rag1 Ba4 (25... Be8 26. Rxh5 (26. Nh4
$5) 26... Bxg6 27. Rhg5 Kf7 28. Nh4 Bxc2 29. Rxg7+ Ke8 30. Bg5 $16) 26. Ng5
Bxc2 27. Nxe6 Rf5 $2 $138 {A Serious mistake in big time-trouble.} ({I had to
play} 27... Be4 $140 $5 {forcing an additional exchange-usually that's good
for the defending side.} 28. Nxf8 (28. Rh2 Rf5 29. Nf4 Rc8 30. f3 Bd3+ 31. Kd2
Rc6) 28... Bxh1 29. Rxh1 Rxf8 30. Rxh5 Nxg6 $13) 28. Nf4 Raf8 29. Nxh5 $6 $138
{This natural move allows Black to consolidate his position.} (29. Rh4 $5 b5
30. f3 $36) 29... Be4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] A fatal mistake, after which White
easilys gets a decisive advantage. Essential was} (29... Nxg6 $1 30. Rxg6 Rxh5
31. Rxg7+ Kxg7 32. Rxh5 Rh8 33. Rg5+ (33. Rxh8 Kxh8 34. e6 Kg7 35. Bg5 Bf5 36.
e7 Kf7) 33... Kf7 $14 34. f4 $140 Ke6 35. Rg7 Rh7 {and Black can make draw
without any troubles.}) 30. Nxg7 $1 $18 Bf3+ 31. Kd2 Bxh1 32. Nxf5 Rxf5 33.
Rxh1 Nxg6 34. Rb1 Rf7 (34... b6 $142 35. Rb5 Ne7 36. a4) 35. Rb5 Rd7 36. e6 Re7
37. f4 Kg7 (37... Rxe6 38. f5 Rb6 39. Rxb6 axb6 40. fxg6 Kg7 41. a4 Kxg6 42.
Bf4 Kf5 43. Bc7 Ke4 44. Ke2 $18) 38. Rxd5 Kf6 (38... Rxe6 39. f5 Ne7 40. Rd7
Re4 41. Bg5 Kf8 42. Rxe7 Rxe7 43. Bxe7+ Kxe7 44. d5 $18) 39. Rh5 1-0

[Event "Japfa Classic"]
[Site "Bali"]
[Date "2000.04.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 {Alexander Khalifman often
used this risky and complicated line in last tournaments.} 6. b4 (6. Bd2 Nc6 7.
Qg4 $5) 6... cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. Nb5 Bc7 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 a6 11. Nxc7+ Qxc7
12. Bb2 (12. Ne2 Qxe5 13. f4 Qf6 14. Bb2 Nbc6 15. Qd3 Nf5 16. O-O-O Qh6 17. Re1
Bd7 18. Kb1 Rc8 19. Nxd4 Nfxd4 20. Bxd4 Qxf4 21. Bb2 Ne7 22. g3 Qf2 {0-1
Elliott,S-Spence,D/BCF t-ch2 9900 2000 (51)}) 12... Qxe5+ 13. Ne2 Qc7 (13...
Nbc6 14. O-O-O Qf6 15. f4 e5 16. fxe5 Qg5+ 17. Kb1 Bf5 18. h4 Qe3 19. Qh5 Nxe5
20. Nxd4 Bg4 21. Rh3 Qe4 22. Qh6 Bxd1 23. Re3 Ng4 24. Rxe4 Nxh6 25. Re5 Bg4 {
0-1 Devide,Z-Zaja,I/Zagreb 1997 (36)}) 14. Ng3 $2 $146 {It is difficult to
explain reasons why Timman made this move. According to theory, white keep
small edge after} (14. f4 $142 $1 Nbc6 15. Qd3 (15. O-O-O $2 e5 16. fxe5 Bf5
17. Qh6 Nxb4 18. c3 Na2+ 19. Kd2 dxc3+ 20. Nxc3 Nxc3 21. Bxc3 d4 22. Bb4 Qc2+
23. Ke1 Qe4+ 24. Kf2 Rg6 $19 {0-1 Soentges,K-Reinhardt,W/corr 1988 (30)}) 15...
Nf5 16. O-O-O {for example} Bd7 17. Re1 Rc8 18. Kb1 Nce7 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4
Qxf4 21. g3 Qf5 22. Qd2 Rg4 23. Bb2 Bb5 24. Bd3 Bxd3 25. cxd3 $14 {1-0 Nunn,
J-Kinsman,A/London LB 1993 (36)}) 14... e5 {[%csl Gd4,Gd5,Ge5]} 15. Be2 ({
Maybe Jan missed in preparation that after} 15. Nh5 Qb6 $5 (15... Bf5 $2 16.
Nf6+ Kd8 17. Qh4 $5 $16) 16. f4 $140 Kf8 {[%cal Rc8f5] his queen will be in
danger?}) 15... Be6 {Black is very close to finish development and his
advantage is obvious now.} 16. f4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Terrible blunder} (16. O-O {
[%cal Gf2f4] was the last chance to organize resistance.}) 16... exf4 17. Nh5
Qe5 {[%csl Re1][%cal Rg8g2]} 18. O-O Bf5 $1 $19 {[%csl Rh7] And everything
became clear- Black wins game by force.} 19. Qh6 Rg6 $1 20. Qxf4 Rxg2+ $1 21.
Kxg2 Qxe2+ 22. Kg3 Qxh5 23. Bxd4 Nbc6 24. Rae1 Nxd4 25. Qxd4 Qh3+ 26. Kf2 Qxh2+
(26... Qxh2+ 27. Ke3 Rc8 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.02"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Brynell, Stellan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden III"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Qa5 13. Bd2 Nbc6 14. Nf3 Qc7 {
[%cal Cd4c5,Ge6e5]} (14... c4 15. Be2 Nf5 (15... Bd7 16. O-O Kg7 $6 17. Qc1 Ng8
18. Bf4 Raf8 19. Bd6 (19. Be5+ Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Qxc3 21. Nxf7 Rxf7 22. Rb1 b6 23.
Qb2 Qxb2 24. Rxb2 Nf6 25. Bf3 Ne8 26. c3 Nc7 27. Rc1 Kf6 28. Re2 Nb5 {1-0
Bacrot,E (2664)-Jussupow,A (2589)/BL 0304 2003/ (70)}) 19... Qxc3 20. a4 $1 $16
{Topalov-Jussupow (Dortmund 1997)}) 16. O-O Nd6 17. Re1 (17. Qe1 Ne4 18. Ng5
Nxd4 19. cxd4 Nxd2 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. f3 Qc3 22. Qh4 Nxf1 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. Qh8+
Kf7 25. Rxf1 Qxc2 26. Bd1 Qf5 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Re1 a6 {1/2-1/2 Voss,M-Moissl,R/
corr 1993 (38)}) (17. Ng5 $5 {Psakhis,Huebner: '! Kindermann/Dirr'} Rf8 (17...
Re7 18. f4 Bd7 $11) 18. Re1 (18. f4 {1/2-1/2 Kovalev,A-Uhlmann,W/Porz
Citroen-Cup 1990 (18)}) 18... e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Be3 Bd7 21. Qd4 Rfe8 22.
Rad1 Bc6 23. Qf4 Nef7 24. Nxf7 Nxf7 25. Bd4 $36 {[%csl Gd4,Gf4] 1-0 Mrazik,
L-Abegg,B/Email 2000/ICCF tele 5/2001 (41)}) 17... Bd7 (17... Ne4 18. Bf1 Bd7 (
18... Nxc3 19. Qc1 Rxf3 20. gxf3 Nxd4 21. Re3 $18) (18... Rf5 19. Bh6 b5 20.
Re3 Nxc3 21. Qe1 Ne4 22. Rxe4 dxe4 23. Qxe4 Qc7 24. a4 Rb8 25. axb5 Nd8 26. Ne5
Rxb5 27. Bxc4 Rb4 28. Bb3 Qc3 29. Rd1 Nf7 30. Nxf7 Rxf7 31. h4 Qc7 32. h5 Qd7
33. Rd3 Rf5 34. g4 Rf6 35. Rc3 {1-0 Robson,N (2550)-Von Saleski,M (2050)/corr
2004/Telechess CBM 107}) 19. Rxe4 $1 dxe4 20. Ng5 Rf5 21. Nxe4 Qd5 22. g4 Rff8
23. Bg2 Qa5 24. Qe2 $14) 18. Ng5 $1 Re7 (18... Rf6 19. Bg4 $16 {#5Ed7}) 19. Bg4
Rae8 20. h4 (20. f4) 20... e5 21. Bxd7 Rxd7 22. h5 {1-0 Huebner,R (2612)
-Hammes,M (2377)/GER-ch Altenkirchen 2001/CBM 87/[Psakhis] (35)}) 15. dxc5 $5 (
15. O-O e5 $1 16. Nxe5 (16. Ng5 Rf8 17. c4 exd4 (17... cxd4 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19.
Bc4 Nce7 20. Bb3 h6 21. Ne4 Kh7 22. Re1 {1/2-1/2 Korneev,O (2602)-Rodriguez
Guerrero,E (2430)/Linares Anibal op 2005/}) 18. cxd5 Ne5 19. Be4 Ng4 20. g3 Nf6
21. Bf4 Qd7 22. d6 Ned5 23. Bxd5+ Nxd5 24. Be5 b6 25. Re1 Rf5 26. h4 Bb7 27.
Qg4 Qc6 28. Qh3 Re8 29. f4 Ne3 30. Re2 h6 31. h5 Bc8 32. Qh2 Rxg5 33. fxg5 Rxe5
34. hxg6 Rxg5 {0-1 Ernst,T (2459)-Brynell,S (2484)/SWE-ch Goeteborg 2005/})
16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Re1 $5 $146 {An interesting novelty - White's
aims are to play Be3 and Qd2 and then get play for his two bishops. During the
game Black failed to find any convincing remedy.} (18. c4 Bf5 (18... d4 19. Qe1
Qxe1 20. Raxe1 Bf5 21. h3 Nc6 22. Bh6 Re7 23. Rxe7 Nxe7 24. g4 Bxd3 25. cxd3
Kf7 26. Kg2 b6 27. Bf4 Nc6 28. Re1 Rd8 29. Kg3 Rd7 30. h4 Rb7 31. h5 gxh5 32.
Rh1 Re7 {Aagaard,J-Akesson,J/Malmo SWE 20041-0}) 19. Bxf5 (19. Re1 Qf6 20. Qe2
Bxd3 21. cxd3 dxc4 22. dxc4 Nc6 23. Qe3 Nd4 24. Rac1 Raf8 25. f3 Qd6 26. Kh1
Rf5 27. Qe7 Qxe7 28. Rxe7 R5f7 29. Re3 Rd7 30. Be1 Kf7 31. Kg1 Re8 {1/2-1/2
Szabo,K (2394)-Farago,I (2455)/Budapest-12 GM 2004/}) 19... Nxf5 20. Re1 Qd4
21. cxd5 Qxd5 22. Bc3 Nd4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Stefansson,H-Potkin,V/Pardubice Czech
op 2000/ (38)}) 18... Qf6 19. Be3 b6 ({Of course, not} 19... d4 $2 20. cxd4
cxd4 21. Bh6 Qxf2+ 22. Kh1 $18 {- having won the pawn, Black falls behind a
fatal attack.} Bd7 23. Bg5 $1 Bc6 24. Qg4 {Material loss is inevitable for
Black.}) (19... Qxc3 20. Bg5 Nc6) 20. Qd2 Nf5 21. Bg5 Qc6 22. Re5 Bb7 23. Rae1
Nd6 24. f3 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Nxe8 26. c4 $1 {0-1 Bluvshtein,M (2502)-Barsov,A 
(2471)/Hastings 2005/Chess Today/[Vlassov] (48)}) 15... e5 16. Be2 $5 $146 (16.
Ng5 Rf8 (16... Rf6 17. c4 e4 18. Be2 Qe5 19. f4 exf3 20. Nxf3 Rxf3 21. gxf3 Bh3
22. Kf2 Nf5 23. Bg5 d4 24. Qd2 Qxc5 25. Bd3 Rf8 26. Rhb1 Nd6 27. Bh6 Rxf3+ 28.
Kxf3 {1/2-1/2 Gutsche,D (2490)-Mauro,L (2320)/corr 2003/Telechess CBM 95}) 17.
c4 e4 (17... d4 18. O-O Bf5 19. Re1) 18. cxd5 exd3 19. d6 Qd7 (19... Qb8 20.
dxe7 (20. cxd3) 20... Qe5+ 21. Kf1 (21. Be3 d2+) 21... Nxe7 22. cxd3 Qxc5 23.
Ne4) 20. dxe7 Qxe7+ 21. Be3 h6 (21... Bf5 22. cxd3 Rad8 23. Qb3+ Kh8 24. Qc3+
Qg7 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Rb1 Rd7 27. O-O Re8 (27... Bxd3 28. Ne6+) 28. Ne4 (28.
Rfd1 Ree7 29. Ne4 Rxd3) 28... Bxe4 29. dxe4 Rxe4 30. Rfd1 $16) (21... Rf5 22.
Nf3 (22. h4 h6 23. Nf3 Rd5 24. cxd3 Bg4 25. Qb3 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Qf7 27. Rg1 Rad8
28. Rb1 Ne5 29. Rg3 R8d7 30. Kf1 Nxf3 31. Qc4 Kh7 32. Qe4 Ne5 33. h5 Qf5 34.
hxg6+ Nxg6 35. Kg2 {1/2-1/2 Smirnov,P (2624)-Djachkov,S (2387)/RUS t-ch Sochi
2005/ (68)}) 22... Be6 (22... dxc2 23. Qxc2 Be6 24. Rd1 Bd5 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26.
Rxd4 Raf8 $44) 23. Nd2 (23. O-O dxc2 24. Qxc2 Rxf3 (24... Bd5 25. Nd2 Qh4 26.
h3 Raf8) 25. gxf3 Bd5 26. Qd1) 23... Bd5 24. O-O Ne5 25. cxd3 Nxd3 ({RR} 25...
Qh4) 26. Qg4 ({RR} 26. Qc2) 26... Nxc5 27. Rac1 Ne4 28. Nxe4 Qxe4 {1/2-1/2
Lutz,C (2614)-Jussupow,A (2645)/Bad Lauterberg (rapid) ) 2001/ [Lutz,Ch]}) 22.
Nf3 Kh7 23. Qxd3 (23. h4 Bf5 24. cxd3 Rad8 25. O-O Bxd3 26. Re1 Be4 27. Bd2
Rfe8 28. Qb3) 23... Bh3 24. gxh3 Rxf3 25. O-O-O (25. Rg1 Qg7 26. Rb1 Rf7 27.
Kf1 Rd8 28. Qc4 Nd4 29. Qc3 Nf3 {1/2-1/2 Cheparinov,I (2621)-Dochev,D (2357)/
BUL-ch Pleven 2005/ (48)}) 25... Rd8 26. Qb3 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rxh3 28. Rd6 Rxh2
29. Qd3 Rh1+ 30. Kb2 Qg7+ 31. c3 Ne5 32. Qd5 Rh5 {1/2-1/2 Korneev,O (2594)
-Gonzalez Garcia,J (2478)/Badalona op 2005/ (64)}) 16... Qa5 $6 (16... Bg4 17.
O-O (17. Ng5 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Rf6 19. c4 $140 Nd4 $132) 17... e4 18. Nd4 Bxe2 19.
Qxe2 Nf5 $13) 17. c4 $1 Qxc5 18. O-O $5 {Ivanchuk offers a pawn sacrifice
which, if accepted gives him a tremendous initiative.} (18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. c4 e4
$5 20. cxd5 exf3 21. Bxf3 Nd4 $132) 18... Bf5 (18... dxc4 $143 19. Be3 Qb5 20.
a4 Qa6 21. Ng5 Rf8 22. Qd6 $36 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gg5e6,Gd6c5]}) 19. Bb4 $1 {
White's initiative becomes more and more unpleasant.} Nxb4 (19... Qb6 20. cxd5
Nxb4 21. axb4 e4 22. Ne5 $16) 20. axb4 Qxb4 (20... Qd6 21. cxd5 (21. c3 $5)
21... e4 22. Ng5 Rf6 23. c4 h6 24. c5 $5 Qe5 (24... Qxd5 25. Qxd5+ Nxd5 26. Bc4
$18) 25. Bc4 hxg5 26. d6+ $16) 21. Nxe5 Rff8 (21... Rf6 $5 22. cxd5 Qe4 23. f4
Qxc2 24. d6 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 Rxd6 26. Qb3+ $16) 22. cxd5 Qc3 (22... Qd6 23. Bc4 (
23. Re1 $5 Qxe5 24. d6 Qc5 25. dxe7 Rfe8 26. Bf3 Rxe7 27. Bd5+ $18 Kh8 $140 28.
Ra5 $1) 23... b5 24. Bb3 $16) 23. Bc4 $1 Bxc2 {Now the material balance has
been restored, but Ivanchuk's advantage is beyond any doubt.} (23... Kg7 $5) (
23... Qxe5 24. d6+ Kg7 25. Re1 $18) 24. Qe1 $1 {This nice move yields White a
decisive advantage.} Qxe1 $8 25. Rfxe1 Kg7 {This move isn't the most stubborn
though Black's position is already very bad anyway} (25... Nf5 $8 26. Ra2 Nd4
27. d6+ Kg7 $16) 26. Ra2 $18 {[%csl Rc2,Re7]} Bf5 27. g4 Bc8 28. d6 Nc6 29.
Nxc6 bxc6 30. d7 $1 (30. d7 Bxd7 (30... Bb7 31. Re7+ Kf6 32. Rae2 {[%cal Of2f4,
Re7e8]}) 31. Re7+) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.26"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Jacimovic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Skopje Alkaloid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Nf3
(8. Qg4 $142 $5) 8... b6 $5 (8... c4 $5 {is another popular option.}) 9. Qb1 (
9. Be2 Ba6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Bxa6 Qxa6 12. Ng5 h6 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qh3 Ne7 15. a4
Qc4 16. Nf3 Nf5 17. g4 Ne7 18. Ra3 Nc6 {Mork,K-Williams,S/Hampstead IM-B 1999/
0-1 (52)}) (9. dxc5 bxc5 10. c4 Ne7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. c4 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 d4 14.
Bd3 Nbc6 15. Rb1 Bg4 16. Be4 Rc8 17. Bf4 O-O 18. O-O Ng6 {Smith,A-Lalic,S/BCF
t-ch 0001 2001/ 0-1 (34)}) 9... Ba6 {It's clear that the exchange of the
light-squared bishops is favourable for Black.} 10. Bxa6 $146 (10. Qb3 Qxb3 11.
cxb3 Bxf1 12. Rxf1 f6 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. Rfe1 Kf7 15. Re2 Rc8 16. Kb2 Ne7 17. h4
Nc6 {Leppala,J-Kekki,J/FIN t-ch 1989/1-0 (52)}) 10... Qxa6 11. a4 {[%cal Gb1b5]
} Qc8 (11... Ne7 12. Qb5+ Nec6 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. c4 $1 $36) (11... Nd7 12. Qb5
Qc8) 12. Qb5+ (12. O-O $5) (12. a5 Nd7 13. axb6 axb6 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. O-O Ne7
$11) 12... Nd7 13. O-O Ne7 $11 14. Qd3 {[%cal Gf3g5]} h6 $1 15. Nh4 {[%cal
Gf2f5]} cxd4 (15... O-O 16. f4 f6 $5) 16. cxd4 Qc4 17. Qxc4 (17. Qg3 Qxd4 18.
Nf3 $140 Qe4) 17... dxc4 {[%csl Gd5]} 18. f4 ({Worth considering} 18. g3 $5 {
[%cal Gh4g2,Gg2e3] with the idea to bring knight on e3}) 18... g6 19. g3 (19.
g4 $2 h5) 19... Rc8 20. Ng2 Nb8 {Little bit too slow} ({Black could play} 20...
c3 $5 21. Bc1 Rc4 {with nice game.}) 21. Ne3 Nf5 22. d5 (22. c3 $5 Nxe3 23.
Bxe3 Nc6 24. g4 $140 Ne7) 22... Nxe3 23. Bxe3 exd5 24. Rfd1 ({Black hasn't
reasons to worry and after} 24. a5 Nc6 25. axb6 axb6 26. Bxb6 Kd7 $13) 24...
Nc6 $1 25. Rxd5 (25. c3 Rd8 {[%cal Ge8e6]}) 25... Nb4 26. Rd2 c3 {[%csl Gc3]}
27. Re2 Ke7 (27... Kd7 $5 28. a5 Kc6 29. axb6 axb6 30. Ra3 Nd5) 28. a5 Rhd8 29.
axb6 axb6 30. Rb1 {Macieja is trying to get winning chances and pushing too
hard.} ({with possible continuation} 30. Bxb6 $5 Rd2 31. Rxd2 cxd2 32. Ba5 Nd5
$5 33. Rd1 (33. Bxd2 Rxc2 $44) 33... Rxc2 34. Bxd2 (34. Rxd2 Rxd2 35. Bxd2 h5
$11) 34... Ke6 $44 {was good enough for a draw.}) 30... Rc4 31. Kf2 $6 (31.
Bxb6 $142 Rd2 32. Rxd2 cxd2 33. Ba5 $11) 31... Rb8 $1 32. Rd1 b5 (32... Nc6 $5)
33. f5 gxf5 34. Bxh6 Re4 $1 {[%csl Rc2]} 35. Be3 ({White could get more
chances for survival after} 35. Bg5+ $5 Ke6 $140 $4 36. Rd6+ Kxe5 37. Bf4#)
35... Rc8 $1 36. Rd6 (36. h4 $5) 36... Rxe5 37. Rb6 f6 {[%cal Ge7g6]} 38. h4
Kf7 {[%cal Gc8e8]} 39. h5 Rce8 $19 {[%cal Rb4d5] Very quickly White found
himself in lost position} 40. Rb7+ Kg8 41. Kf3 (41. Rd7 Nd5 42. Rxd5 Rxd5 $19)
41... Nd5 42. Rxb5 Rxe3+ 43. Rxe3 Rxe3+ 44. Kf2 Re5 45. Rb7 Ne3 46. Rc7 Re4 47.
h6 Kh8 48. Rc6 Ng4+ {The technical part of the game was greatly conducted by
Jacimovic} 0-1

[Event "American Continental 3rd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2005.08.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2005.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Rb1 (13. Qxc3 $5)
(13. Nxc3 $5) 13... O-O-O 14. Nxc3 Na5 15. g3 {This move is not bad at all,
but it looks like White should play more energetically in order to reach a
advantage. Worth considering is:} (15. Nb5 {for example:} Bxb5 16. Qxb5 $5 (16.
Rxb5 Kb8 (16... Nf5 17. g3 Nc4 (17... Rh8 $5) (17... Kb8) 18. Bh3 $5 Qd7 $6 (
18... Qc6 $5 {/\ d4}) 19. Rb4 Kb8 20. O-O Rc8 21. Rd1 $16 {1-0 Rodriguez,A 
(2555)-Larrosa,J (2325)/Orense 1997/EXT 99/}) (16... Nc4 17. g3 a6 18. Rb3 Qc5
19. Be3 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 d4 21. Qd3 Nd5 22. Qc4 Qxc4 23. Bxc4 Ne3 24. Bd3 Rh8 25.
h4 Rhg8 26. Kf2 Rg7 {1-0 Souleidis,G (2382)-Kokolias,K (2127)/Ikaros op 2003/
The Week in Chess 454 (60)}) 17. Qd2 (17. Be3 $5) 17... Nc4 18. Qf2 d4 (18...
Nxa3 $2 19. Rc5 $18) 19. Rb3 (19. Bd3 $2 Qc6 $1) 19... Nf5 (19... Nd5 $142 $1
$44 {with double eged game.}) 20. Bd3 Qa5+ (20... Nfe3 21. Be4 Na5 $13) 21. Ke2
Qd5 22. Rg1 Nfe3 23. Qf3 Na5 24. Rb5 $16 {1-0 Rodriguez,A (2515)-Paredes,E/
Mondariz op 1994/ChessBase (34)}) 16... Qxc2 $5 17. Bd2 Qe4+ 18. Kd1 $146 a6 $8
19. Qb6 $6 (19. Qb4 $5 Qxb4 20. Bxb4 Nec6 21. Bc5 Nc4 22. g3 $13) 19... Qa4+
20. Ke1 $36 {0-1 Xu Jun (2626)-Zhang Zhong (2658)/China (36)}) ({Other moves
are not very dangerous for Black, for instance} 15. Rg1 Kb8 16. g4 Ng6 17. Nb5
Bxb5 18. Qxb5 Nc4 19. Rg3 Ka8 20. a4 Rd7 21. Rbb3 a6 22. Qb4 Rc8 $44 {0-1
Sanden,S-Schulman,J/Rilton Cup 1997 (31)}) ({or} 15. h3 Kb8 16. Ne2 Nec6 17. g4
Nc4 18. Qc3 Be8 19. g5 Qe7 20. h4 Qc5 21. h5 d4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Timoshenko,
G-Poldauf,D/Cairo-B 1997 (29)}) 15... Kb8 16. Nb5 (16. Ne2 Ba4 17. Nd4 {
and after, for example} (17. c3 $6 {A dubious move!} Nf5 (17... Bb3 $5) (17...
Bb3 $5) 18. Bh3 $6 {Allows a breakthrough in the centre of the board. Maybe it
was better to play} (18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Bc2 20. Rb2 Nb3 21. Qe3 (21. Qb4 a5
$1 22. Qb5 Qxc3+ 23. Kf2 Qd4+ 24. Ke1 (24. Be3 Qxb2) 24... Qe4+ 25. Kf2 Qxh1
$19) 21... Be4 (21... d4 $5) 22. Rg1 Nxc1 23. Qxc1 Qc5 {'-+' Kortschnoj.} 24.
Rf2 d4 $36) 18... d4 $1 {0-1 Svidler,P (2713)-Ivanchuk,V (2714)/Linares 1999/
CBM 70/[Psakhis,L (39) White needs good advice after this typical move.}) 17...
Rc8 (17... Nf5 18. Rb4 (18. Be3 b6 19. Nxf5 Bxc2 20. Rc1 Bxd3 21. Rxc7 Kxc7 22.
Bxd3 exf5 23. Bxf5 $44) (18. Nb3 {Kortschnoj} Rc8 {Black would have had a very
active position anyway.}) 18... Nxd4 19. Rxa4 Nxc2+ 20. Kd1 Rc8 21. Bd2 Nc4 22.
Rxc4 dxc4 23. Qxc2 Qc6 24. Rg1 c3 25. Bc1 Qb6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Pedzich,D-Pupo,E/
Santiago Wch-jr 1990 (31)}) 18. Bd2 Nec6 (18... Nc4 19. Rb4 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 Qd7
21. Ba6 Rc7 22. O-O Ka8 23. Bd3 Rgc8 24. Qe2 Rc3 25. Rfb1 $16 {1-0 Kovalev,A 
(2500)-Djurhuus,R (2405)/Gausdal International 1990/ChessBase (43)}) 19. Nb5
Bxb5 20. Qxb5 Nc4 21. Qc5 Qd7 22. Qf2 Nxa3 $36 {1/2-1/2 Kokkila,T-Norri,J/
Espoo KvT 1987 (29)}) 16... Bxb5 17. Rxb5 Rc8 (17... Nc4 18. Be2 a6 19. Rb3 Qc5
20. Be3 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 d4 22. Qd3 Rd7 23. O-O Nd5 24. Kh1 Ne3 25. Rf2 Nxc2 26.
Bf3 $40 {1-0 Reinaldo Castineira,R (2400)-Cooke,E (2220)/Padron op 2002/ (48)})
18. Be3 (18. Bd2 Nc4 19. Bg2 Qc6 20. Rb3 Nf5 21. O-O Nxd2 22. Qxd2 Qxc2 23. Qb4
b6 $11 {0-1 Carlsson,D-Antonsen,M/Hallsberg jr 1993 (53)}) 18... b6 $146 (18...
Nc4 19. Bf2 (19. Rc5 Qd7 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8 21. Bd2 Qc6 22. Bb4 Nf5 {0-1 Santarem,
L-Haugen,A/corr 1986/ChessBase}) 19... Qc6 20. Rc5 Qa6 21. Be2 Rxc5 22. Bxc5
Qa5+ 23. Bb4 $18 {1-0 Areshchenko,A (2570)-Williams,S (2485)/Coventry op 2005/
(32)}) 19. Bc5 (19. Be2 $5 Qxc2 20. Bd2 Qxd3 21. Bxd3 Nc4 $13) 19... Nf5 (19...
Nb7 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Be2 $14) 20. Bh3 (20. Be2 Nc4 $44 {[%csl Gc4,Gf5]}) 20...
Nb7 {Both opponents play very inventively and now a very sharp position has
arisen.} 21. Bf2 (21. Bg1 $5 Qxc2 22. Qxc2 Rxc2 23. Bxf5 exf5 24. Rxd5) 21...
Qxc2 22. Qxc2 Rxc2 23. O-O (23. Bxf5 $2 Rc1+ $19) 23... Nh4 (23... Ne7 $13) 24.
Rb3 (24. f5 $6 Nf3+ 25. Kg2 Nd2 26. Re1 Ne4 $36) (24. Bd4 Rd2 $132) 24... Na5 {
[%cal Oa5b3,Ga5c4]} 25. Rd3 Nc4 {[%csl Gc4,Gh4]} 26. g4 {Perhaps this move is
too ambitious.} (26. Kh1 Ng6 (26... Nb2 $5 27. Rb3 Nf5 28. Bxf5 exf5 $132))
26... Ng6 (26... Rh8 $5) 27. Bg3 Nd2 $5 $36 28. Rf2 (28. Re1 Ne4) 28... Rc1+
29. Kg2 Ne4 30. Re2 (30. f5 Nxf2 31. Kxf2 Ne7 32. fxe6 fxe6 $17) 30... Rh8 (
30... Rgc8 {[%cal Cf4f5,Cf5g6,Gc8c3]}) 31. f5 Nh4+ (31... Nxg3 32. hxg3 Ne7 33.
fxe6 $5 fxe6 34. g5 $1 $13) 32. Bxh4 Rxh4 33. fxe6 fxe6 34. Rxe4 $8 {A
desperate attempt to complicate things, which ends in a full success.} (34.
Ree3 Rc2+ 35. Kg1 Nf2 $19) (34. Rb3 Ng5 {[%csl Rg4,Rh3]}) 34... dxe4 35. Re3 {
[%csl Gg4,Gh2]} Rh8 $2 {After this inaccuracy the win becomes problematic.} (
35... Rd1 $142 $1 {[%cal Cg2g3,Cg3h4,Rd1d3]} 36. Kg3 Rh8 37. g5 Rd3 38. Rxd3
exd3 39. Bg4 d2 40. h4 Kc7 41. g6 Rf8 $3 42. h5 $140 Rf5 $1 43. Bd1 (43. g7 Rg5
$19) 43... Kd7 $19) 36. Kg3 Rd8 37. Bg2 $1 {An important resource which allows
White to avoid difficulties.} Rd3 38. Kf4 Rxe3 (38... Rd2 39. Bxe4 Rxh2 40. Kg5
$5 {[%csl Gg4,Gg5]}) 39. Kxe3 Rc2 (39... Rg1 $5 40. Kf2 Ra1 41. h4 (41. g5 Ra2+
42. Kg1 e3 43. Bf3 e2 44. Kf2 e1=Q+ 45. Kxe1 Rxh2 46. g6 {[%csl Gg6]}) 41...
Ra2+ 42. Kg3 e3 43. Bf3 $132) 40. Bxe4 Rxh2 41. g5 {[%csl Gg5]} Rh8 42. Kf4 (
42. g6 Rf8 $1 {[%cal Gf8f1]}) 42... Kc8 43. g6 Kd7 44. Kg5 Rg8 $8 (44... Ke7
45. g7 Rd8 46. Kg6 $18) 45. Kh6 Rh8+ 46. Kg5 Rg8 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Continental 3rd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2005.08.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Rojas Keim, Luis Alberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Nf3
(8. c4 $6 Nc6 9. dxc5 Nge7 $44) 8... Nc6 ({I would prefer} 8... b6 $5 {with
the possible continuation} 9. Qb1 (9. Be2 Ba6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Bxa6 Qxa6 12. Ng5
h6 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qh3 Ne7 15. a4 Qc4 16. Nf3 Nf5 17. g4 Ne7 18. Ra3 Nc6 {
Mork,K-Williams,S/Hampstead IM-B 1999/0-1 (52)}) (9. dxc5 bxc5 10. c4 Ne7 (
10... Ba6 11. cxd5 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 exd5 13. h4 Ne7 14. h5 h6 15. Rh4 Qc6 16. Qe2
Nd7 17. Re1 Qe6 18. g4 Rb8 19. g5 Rb6 20. Kg2 Nf8 21. Rf4 Nh7 22. gxh6 gxh6 23.
Kh2 Rg8 {0-1 Browne,W (2455)-Ibragimov,I (2585)/USA-ch San Diego 2004/ (48)})
11. cxd5 exd5 12. c4 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 d4 14. Bd3 Nbc6 15. Rb1 Bg4 16. Be4 Rc8 17.
Bf4 O-O 18. O-O Ng6 {Smith,A-Lalic,S/BCF t-ch 0001 2001/ 0-1 (34)}) (9. Bd3 Ba6
10. O-O (10. dxc5 $6 {Other continuations: 10.0-0, 10.Ng5, and 10.Ba6 don't
promise White an advantage either. With the text White stakes on the attack,
but the game shows that Black has sufficient resources to neutralize White's
initiative.} bxc5 11. O-O Ne7 12. Rb1 $6 {Instead White probably had to launch
play at the kingside.} (12. Ng5 h6 13. Nh3 (13. Qh5 $6 g6 14. Qh3 c4 15. Qh4 (
15. Be2 Qxc2) 15... Nd7 16. Nf3 Bb5 $1)) 12... Nd7 13. Re1 (13. Qe2 $4 c4)
13... h6 (13... O-O {can't be refuted by means of} 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Ng5+ Kg8
16. Re4 Qxe4 $1 {but 13...h6 is more flexible.}) (13... O-O 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nh3)
14. Bxa6 Qxa6 15. Nh4 Qa4 $1 {[%cal Gd7b6,Gb6c4] Black nips any attempt of
White to organize a play on the kingside.} (15... Qxa3 16. Qg4 $44) 16. g3 Nb6
17. Ng2 Nc4 18. Nf4 O-O 19. Bc1 Rab8 20. Ra1 Qa5 21. Bd2 (21. Qd3 Nc6 $19)
21... d4 $1 $19 {[%csl Rc3,Rd2][%cal Gf8d8,Gd8d1,Gd4c3,Ga5d2,Gc4d2]} 22. Re4
Rfd8 23. Nd3 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 Nf5 25. Rd1 dxc3 26. Qc1 Rd4 27. Rde1 Rbd8 28. Kg2
Qb6 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Qb1 Qc6+ 31. f3 c4 32. Nf2 Rd2 33. Qb8+ Kh7 34. Qxa7 Rxc2
35. Re4 Rd2 36. Kh3 c2 37. Ng4 Qxe4 (37... c1=Q 38. Nf6+ gxf6 39. Qxf7+ Ng7 $19
) 38. fxe4 c1=Q 39. exf5 Qf1+ 40. Kh4 Qxf5 41. Nf6+ Kg6 {0-1 Petrushin,A (2425)
-Totsky,L (2490)/RUS t-ch 1998/CBM 66/[Atlas,V]}) 10... Bxd3 11. cxd3 Qxd1 12.
Rfxd1 Nd7 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Be3 Na4 15. Rdc1 Ne7 16. c4 Kd7 17. Rab1 Rac8 18.
Ng5 f6 19. Nf7 Rhf8 20. Nd6 Rc6 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Nb5 Ra8 23. Rb4 Nc5 24. cxd5
exd5 {1-0 Nurkiewicz,M (2390)-Socko,B (2550)/POL Supercup Warsaw 2004/EXT 2005
(58)}) (9. h4 Ba6 10. h5 Nc6 (10... h6 11. Rh4 $14 {Bologan,V}) 11. Rh4 Bxf1
12. Kxf1 h6 13. dxc5 Qa6+ 14. Kg1 bxc5 15. c4 d4 16. c3 dxc3 17. Be3 Rd8 18.
Qb3 Qa5 19. Qb5 Qxb5 20. cxb5 c2 21. Rf1 Na5 22. Ra4 Nb3 23. Rc4 Ne7 {1-0
Stopa,J (2334)-Szoen,D (2465)/POL-ch B20 Sroda Wlkp 2005/ (34)}) (9. c4 $5 Ba6
(9... dxc4 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Ng5 $5 $44) 10. cxd5 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 exd5 12. h4 $5
$146 (12. dxc5) 12... Ne7 $6 (12... Nc6 $142 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. h5 Nge7 $13) 13.
h5 Nf5 (13... cxd4 $5) 14. h6 Rg8 (14... cxd4 $142) 15. c3 $1 Qc4+ 16. Qe2
Qxe2+ 17. Kxe2 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nc6 19. Kd3 $16 {Kovalev,A (2540)-Hasangatin,R 
(2517)/Karvina 88/(270) 2003/Informat 88/[Kovalev,A]}) 9... Ba6 {It's clear
that the exchange of the light-squared bishops is favourable for Black.} 10.
Bxa6 (10. Qb3 Qd7 $5 (10... Qxb3 11. cxb3 Bxf1 12. Rxf1 (12. Kxf1 Ne7) 12... f6
13. O-O-O Nd7 14. Rfe1 Kf7 15. Re2 Rc8 16. Kb2 Ne7 17. h4 Nc6 {Leppala,J-Kekki,
J/FIN t-ch 1989/1-0 (52)}) 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. a4 Nc7 13. Be3 Qc6) 10... Qxa6 11.
a4 {[%cal Gb1b5]} Qc8 (11... Ne7 12. Qb5+ Nec6 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. c4 $1 $36) (
11... Nd7 12. Qb5 Qc8) (11... Nd7) 12. Qb5+ (12. O-O $5) (12. a5 Nd7 13. axb6
axb6 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. O-O Ne7 $11) 12... Nd7 13. O-O Ne7 $11 14. Qd3 {[%cal
Gf3g5]} h6 $1 15. Nh4 {[%cal Gf2f5]} cxd4 (15... O-O 16. f4 f6 $5) 16. cxd4 Qc4
17. Qxc4 (17. Qg3 Qxd4 18. Nf3 $140 Qe4) 17... dxc4 {[%csl Gd5] 0-1 Macieja,B 
(2607)-Jacimovic,D (2469)/EU-Cup Halkidiki 2002/CBM 92/[Psakhis,Jacimovic] (48)
}) (8... c4 $5 {is another popular option.} 9. h4 (9. g3 Ne7 10. Bh3 Nbc6 11.
O-O Bd7 12. Nh4 O-O-O 13. f4 Nf5 14. Ng2 h5 15. Ne3 g6 16. Bg2 Kb8 17. Bf3 Bc8
$11 {Gunnarsson,J-Psakhis,L/Torshavn op 2000//0-1 (51)}) 9... Nc6 10. h5 h6 11.
g3 $146 {This is a novelty in this position, although the idea is not new at
all.} (11. Nh4 Nge7 12. g4 (12. Rh3 $5 Bd7 13. Rf3) 12... Bd7 13. Bg2 O-O-O 14.
O-O g5 15. Nf3 Rdf8 $132 {Roiz Baztan,D-Fernandez Diaz,I/Asturias t-ch 2003/
1-0 (42)}) 11... Bd7 12. Bh3 O-O-O 13. Bf4 {'+/=!' '[#5Ee5]'} Nge7 (13... g5
14. hxg6 fxg6 15. Bg2 $14 (15. Bg4 Rf8 16. Qd2)) 14. Qd2 Rdf8 15. Nh4 {[%cal
Gh4g2,Gg2e3] A space advantage gives White better chances, nevertheless
Black's position is still fairly solid.} Rh7 (15... Qa5 $142 $5 {[%cal Gg7g5]})
16. Ng2 Kb8 {1-0 Bologan,V (2650)-Roiz,M (2554)/EU Cup Rethymnon 2003/CBM 98/
[Psakhis,Bologan] (31)} (16... Nf5 17. g4) (16... g5 $5 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Bxh6
$140 $4 Rfh8 $19) (16... f6 17. Nh4 fxe5 18. dxe5 Rhh8 19. O-O $14)) 9. dxc5 $1
Qe4+ (9... f6 $5 10. Nd4 (10. Rb1 $5 fxe5 11. Bb5 Qe4+ 12. Qe2 $5 $13 (12. Be3
Bd7 13. O-O Nf6 14. Bd3 Qg4 15. Be2 Qg6 16. Rxb7 O-O 17. Bb5 e4 18. Nd4 Ne5 19.
Bxd7 Nfxd7 20. c6 Nc5 21. Rb5 Na4 22. Rb3 Nb6 {0-1 Socko,B-Koutsin,S/
Frydek-Mistek opA 1997/ChessBase (42)})) (10. exf6 Nxf6 11. c4 O-O 12. c3 Qa5
13. cxd5 exd5 14. c4 Qxc5 15. Be3 Re8 16. Be2 Rxe3 17. fxe3 dxc4 18. Nd4 Bd7
19. O-O Re8 20. Rc1 b5 21. Kh1 a6 22. a4 Ne5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Nc2 Bc6 25. Qd4
Qe7 {1/2-1/2 Sanikidze,T (2250)-Rodshtein,M (2344)/EUR-ch B14 Budva 2003/ (42)}
) 10... Nxd4 11. cxd4 {[1]} Qxd4 12. Bb5+ Kf7 (12... Bd7 $2 $146 13. Bxd7+ Kxd7
14. O-O $36 {'!'} Ne7 $5 (14... Qxe5 $6 15. Re1 $32) 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Rb1 Rab8
17. Rb4 $1 Qxc5 18. Be3 Qa5 19. c4 $5 (19. Qf3 $5) (19. Qf3 $5) 19... b5 $2 (
19... Qxa3 $1 20. Bc5 Qa5 21. Rb5 Qa6) 20. cxb5 Rxb5 21. Ra4 Qc7 22. Rxa7 Rb7
23. Qa4+ Nc6 24. Ra6 $1 $18 (24. Ra6 $1 $18) 24... Qd6 25. Rc1 Rc8 26. h3 Rbc7
27. Bb6 Rb7 28. Ba5 Qe5 29. Bb4 Rbc7 30. Ba5 Qb2 31. Rc2 Qd4 32. Kh2 Qe5+ 33.
g3 Qd6 34. Bxc7 Rxc7 35. Qh4 Qe7 36. Qf4 Qd8 37. Qa4 {1-0 Kovalev,A (2490)
-Mihajlovskij,S (2355)/Minsk 78/(314) 2000/ChessBase/[Kovalev,A]}) 13. exf6 {
[5]} (13. O-O Qxe5 14. Re1 (14. Rb1 Ne7 15. Bd3 h5 16. Qf3 Qc7 17. c4 d4 18.
Rfe1 e5 19. Be4 Rb8 20. Bd5+ Be6 21. Rxe5 Qxe5 22. Re1 Qxe1+ 23. Bxe1 Rbd8 24.
Bxb7 Bxc4 25. Qf4 Bd5 26. Ba6 Be6 {1-0 Pavlovic,M-Maksimovic,B/Vrsac op 2000/
(41)}) 14... Qc7 (14... Qd4 $6 15. Qe2 {/\ Rad1}) 15. c4 d4 16. Qh5+ g6 17. Qh4
Ne7 18. Qxd4 Rd8 $1 $146 (18... Nf5 19. Qe4 Rd8 20. Bc3 e5 21. c6 Nd4 22. Qh4
h5 23. f4 $36) 19. Qh4 h5 (19... Rxd2 $2 20. Qxh7+ Kf8 21. Qh6+ $18) 20. Rad1
Nf5 (20... e5 $2 21. f4 $40) 21. Qe4 e5 22. Bc3 Be6 {0-1 Zezulkin,J (2465)
-Koutsin,S (2440)/Czech 1997/ [Koutsin,S] (61)} (22... Be6 $11)) 13... Nxf6 14.
O-O {[11]} Qxc5 15. Rb1 {[3] [0.34] [A new move in this position, which I
think is entirely logical.]} Rd8 16. Bg5 {[3]} d4 $2 {[After this, White gets
real ~/= for the P]} (16... e5 $142 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Bd3 (18. Qh5+ Kg8) 18...
Kg8 $13) 17. Bxf6 {[5]} Kxf6 (17... gxf6 18. Bd3 Kg8 19. Qf3 $44) 18. Bd3 {[4]}
g6 19. Rb5 $44 {[3]} Qxa3 $2 (19... Qe7 20. Qf3+ Kg7 21. Re1 $44) 20. Qf3+ {
[10] [0.59]} Kg7 21. h4 $1 Qf8 (21... Qd6 22. h5 Rf8 23. Qe4 a6 24. Re5 Rf5 25.
f4) 22. Qg3 {1-0 Saravanan,V (2428)-Singh,G (2278)/IND-chB Nagpur 2001/
ChessBase/[Saravanan,V] (36)}) (9... Nge7 10. Bd3 Na5 11. O-O Nc4 12. Nd4 Bd7
13. f4 Rc8 14. Rb1 O-O 15. Rxb7 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Rxc5 17. f5 Nxf5 18. Bxf5 exf5
19. g4 Bc8 20. Rb4 Qxa3 21. Rb3 Qa5 22. gxf5 f6 23. e6 Ba6 24. Re1 Re8 25. Rb4
Re7 26. Nb3 {1-0 Karlsson,K-Lohage,A/Stockholm 1993/ChessBase}) 10. Be3 (10.
Be2 Nxe5 11. O-O Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Qa4 13. Re1 Ne7 14. Rb1 O-O 15. Bc1 Nc6 16. Qd3
Qa5 17. Rb5 Qc7 18. Qe3 Bd7 19. Rb1 Rad8 20. Qg5 f6 21. Qh4 Ne5 22. Re3 Nxf3+
23. Rxf3 e5 24. Qb4 Bc8 {Olszewski,M (2131)-Totsky,L (2495)/ 2001/ 0-1 (39)})
10... Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. Bb5+ Kf8 $146 {A new move, which actually doesn't
change the assessment of this line as clearly favourable for White.} (12... Bd7
13. Bxd7+ Kxd7 14. O-O Nf6 (14... Ne7 15. Rb1 Qc7 16. c4 Ke8 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18.
Qf3 Rb8 19. c4 Ne7 20. Rfd1 f6 21. Rd6 Kf7 22. Rbd1 Rbd8 23. h4 Nc6 24. Qh5+ g6
25. Qh6 Rxd6 26. cxd6 Qd7 27. Qf4 e5 28. Qe4 Qe6 29. Bxa7 {Struk,J (2270)
-Fiodorov,M (2352)/Bydgoszcz op 1999/ChessBase/1-0 (38)}) 15. Rb1 Qc7 16. c4
Ke7 17. Qf3 Rad8 18. cxd5 Rxd5 19. c4 Rd2 20. c6 Qxc6 21. Qxc6 bxc6 22. Bc5+
Ke8 23. Rb8+ Rd8 24. Rb7 Ne4 25. Be3 Nd6 26. Rxa7 Nxc4 27. Rb1 {Manca,F (2380)
-Martinez Martin,D (2285)/Montecatini op 1998/ChessBase/1-0}) 13. O-O (13. Qd4
$14) 13... Nf6 (13... Ne7 $5 {[%cal Oe5c3,Ge7f5]}) 14. c4 $1 {Exploiting
Black's mistake White starts an attack without delay.} a6 15. Ba4 Qc7 (15...
Qe4 $5 16. Rb1 $5 Qxc4 $140 17. Bb3 Qh4 18. c4 $36 {[%csl Rf8]}) 16. Rb1 $1 (
16. cxd5 $5 Nxd5 17. Bd4 Bd7 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. c4 Nf6 20. Bxf6 Qxd1 21. Rfxd1
gxf6 22. Rab1 $16) 16... Ne4 (16... Bd7 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. c4 $18)
(16... Rb8 $5) 17. cxd5 $1 {Black definitely underestimated this move.} Nc3 (
17... exd5 18. Qd4 Bd7 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Rfd1 $18) 18. d6 Qd8 (18... Nxd1 19.
dxc7 {[%csl Gc7]}) 19. Qg4 Nxb1 20. Rxb1 $18 {[%csl Ga4,Gb1,Ge3,Rf8,Gg4][%cal
Cf7f5,Cf5g4,Rc5c6]} Bd7 21. Rxb7 (21. Bxd7 $142 Qxd7 22. Qe4 Qc6 23. f3 $1 $18)
21... Qa5 $8 22. Rb4 Bxa4 23. Qe4 Rc8 (23... Rd8 24. Bg5 (24. Qb7 h6 25. h3 Kg8
26. c6 Bxc6 27. Qxc6 Qxa3 28. Rd4 $16 {[%csl Gd6]}) 24... Qxc5 (24... Be8 25.
Qb7 f6 26. Qe7+ Kg8 27. Bd2 Qxa3 28. h4 $1 $18) 25. Be7+ Ke8 26. Bxd8 Qxd6 (
26... Bc6 27. d7+ Kxd7 28. Qd3+ Qd6 29. Rd4 Bd5 30. Bg5 $18) 27. Rd4 Qb8 (27...
Bc6 28. Rxd6 Bxe4 29. Bh4) 28. Ba5 $18 {[%csl Re8]}) 24. Qb7 $6 {Instead of
winning on the spot, Dominguez makes his life much more difficult.This move
appears to be a serious inaccuracy which Black failed to exploit.} (24. c6 $142
$5 Bxc6 25. Qxc6 Qd8 26. Qxa6 Rxc2 27. Qa7 $18 {[%csl Gd6]}) 24... Re8 $2 {
A serious error that ruins the game} (24... Qd8 $8 25. Rxa4 $1 Rb8 26. c6 $1
Rxb7 27. cxb7 Ke8 (27... Qxd6 28. Bc5 $1 Qxc5 29. b8=Q+ Ke7 30. Qb7+ Kf6 31.
Rf4+ Kg5 32. Qxf7 $18) 28. Ba7 Kd7 29. b8=Q Qxb8 30. Bxb8 Rxb8 31. Kf1 Rb6 32.
Rg4 $5 g6 33. Rb4 Rc6 34. Rb7+ Kxd6 35. Rxf7 Rxc2 $13) 25. h3 $1 Kg8 26. c6 $18
h6 27. d7 Rf8 (27... Bxc6 $142 28. Qxc6 Rd8 29. Bb6 Qxa3 30. Bxd8 Qxb4 (30...
Qc1+ 31. Kh2 $18) 31. Bc7 Kh7 32. Qxa6 $1 $18) 28. Bb6 Bxc6 29. Bxa5 Bxb7 30.
Rxb7 Kh7 31. c4 {[%cal Rc4c8]} 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance 08th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "1999.11.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. h4 {This move
was a surprise for me-Nigel never used this active and dangerous continuation
in his practice} Nbc6 ({Just one round ago I played} 7... Qc7 $5) 8. h5 Qa5 9.
Bd2 Bd7 (9... cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa4 {Could be reasonable alternative for black,
for example} 11. Nf3 Nxd4 12. Bd3 Nec6 13. Kf1 Nf5 14. Kg1 Qg4 15. Qe2 f6 16.
h6 fxe5 17. hxg7 Rg8 18. Rxh7 e4 $132 {Fedorov,A-Gulko,B, Wch Las Vegas 1999})
10. h6 gxh6 (10... g6 $2) 11. Nf3 O-O-O {Interesting position.White got some
achivements on the king,s side, but Black keeps good chances for counterplay}
12. Bd3 (12. a4 Rdg8 $5 (12... Ng8 13. Bb5 Nce7 14. dxc5 a6 15. c4 Qc7 16. cxd5
Nxd5 17. c4 Nde7 18. Bxd7+ Rxd7 19. Qb3 Nf5 20. Qb6 Nge7 21. Bxh6 Qc6 22. Qxc6+
Nxc6 23. Rd1 $14 {Drimer-Uhlmann,W/Raach 1969 (23)}) 13. g3 Rg4 14. Bd3 Qc7 15.
Nh2 Rgg8 16. Nf3 Rg4 $132 {0-1 Mainka,R-Uhlmann,W/Baden Baden-B 1992 (29)})
12... c4 $5 ({Black could play also} 12... Rhg8 13. Kf1 Nf5 14. Bxf5 exf5 15.
Rxh6 Rg4 16. Nh2 Qb5+ 17. Kg1 Re4 18. Rb1 Qc4 19. Bg5 Rg8 20. Qh5 Qa2 21. Rf1
Rg6 22. Rxh7 Be6 23. Nf3 Rg4 {1/2-1/2 Hall,J-Karlsson,L/Malmoe 1999 (51) but I
prefe rmove, which was made in the game}) 13. Be2 Ng8 14. Kf1 f6 15. Qe1 fxe5
16. Nxe5 $6 $146 {New and not the best move.} (16. dxe5 $5 {was better
alternative, but black is OK after} Rf8 17. g3 Qc7 $1 {improvment compare to} (
17... Be8 $2 18. Nd4 Nd8 19. Bg4 Bd7 20. Kg2 Nc6 21. Bxe6 Bxe6 22. Nxe6 Re8 23.
Nd4 Qa4 24. Bf4 Nge7 {1-0 Tischbierek,R-Uhlmann,W/Baden Baden-B 1992/ (35)})
18. Bf4 Nce7 19. Nd4 Ng6 $13) 16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 Ne7 {[%cal Ge7c6,Ge7f5,Gd7e8,
Ge8g6]} (17... Ba4 18. Bg4 (18. Ra2) 18... Bxc2 19. Bxe6+ Kb8 20. Be3 $13) 18.
Bxh6 (18. Rxh6 Rdg8 $36) 18... Rhg8 $1 19. Bf3 (19. Qd2 Nf5 20. Bg5 Rxg5 21.
Qxg5 Qxc3 $44) 19... Be8 $1 {[%cal Ge8g6,Gg6c2]} 20. a4 Bg6 $17 {It is easy to
see, that Black seize initiative} 21. Ra2 Rd7 ({Deserves attention} 21... Be4
$5 {Black could use this idea and in future.}) 22. Bc1 Nc6 (22... Be4 $5 23.
Bxe4 dxe4) 23. Ba3 Qxa4 {To be honest, I was sure in this moment, that game is
over-Black have material and positional advantage, and Short had big problems
with clock already.} (23... Be4) 24. Rh6 $1 $138 {Best try, I waited} (24. Qb1
Qb3 $1 $19 (24... Nxe5 $5)) ({or} 24. Bg4 Re8 (24... Nd8 $5)) 24... Qa5 (24...
Rf7 25. Bg4 Nd8) (24... Bxc2 $5 {was good alternative, for example} 25. Rxe6
Be4 $1 26. Bxe4 (26. Qe3 Qb3 (26... Bxf3 $5 27. Qxf3 d4) 27. Ra1 Bd3+ 28. Kg1
Qxc3 $19) 26... dxe4 27. Ra1 (27. Qxe4 Qd1+ 28. Qe1 Qd5 29. Rxc6+ Qxc6 $19)
27... Qc2 28. Kg1 (28. Bd6 Qd3+ 29. Qe2 (29. Kg1 Rxg2+ $1 30. Kxg2 Qf3+ 31. Kh2
Qh5+ 32. Kg1 Rg7+ 33. Kf1 Qh3+ $19) 29... Qxc3 $19) 28... e3 $5 29. Qxe3 Rd1+
30. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 31. Kh2 Rxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Qg4+ 33. Qg3 Qxe6 $17) 25. Bg4 Re8 26.
Ra1 Qa4 (26... d4 $5 $19 27. Bf3 $140 Nxe5) 27. Qc1 Qa5 (27... Nxe5 28. Bd6
Qxa1 29. Qxa1 Nxg4 (29... Rxd6 30. Bh5 $1) 30. Rxg6 hxg6 31. Qa3) 28. Qe1 Rf7
$138 29. Be7 {[%tqu "En","Try to find simple, but nice combination","","",
"f7f2","",0]} Rfxe7 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Terrible mistake, I had to play} (29...
Rxf2+ $1 {but after} 30. Kg1 $1 {I didn,t found} (30. Kxf2 Qb6+ 31. Qe3 Qxe3+
32. Kxe3 Rxe7 33. Kf4 Kd7 $19) 30... Re2 $3 31. Bxe2 (31. Bxe6+ Kb8 32. Bd6+
Ka8 33. Qd1 Qxc3 $19) 31... Qb6+ 32. Kh1 Rxe7 $17 {[%csl Rc2,Rc3,Re5]}) 30.
Rxa5 Nxa5 31. Qd2 Nc6 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Final zeitnot mistake.} (31... Kc7 $1 $13
{leads to unclear position.}) 32. Qxd5 $18 {Now Black is lost} Kb8 33. Qxc4 Rc7
34. Qf4 Ne7 35. Bxe6 Nc6 36. Bd5 Nxe5 37. c4 a6 38. Rh3 Bxc2 39. Re3 Rce7 40.
Kg1 Ka8 41. c5 Bg6 42. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Budapest Hunguest Hotels"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2003.04.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2003.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Qf7 14. Ng5 Qe8
15. h4 h6 16. Nh3 b5 {Increibly popular variation in modern practice.} 17. Qe2
$1 ({In the case of} 17. h5 $5 gxh5 18. Qe2 Bd7 19. Nf4 {Black sacrifice
exchange -} Rxf4 $1 20. Bxf4 Qf7 21. Be3 Be8 22. g4 hxg4 23. Qxg4 Qg6 $13 {
1/2-1/2 L'Ami,E-Dgebuadze,A/Dieren op 2002 (49) with good game}) 17... a5 18.
g4 Bd7 {Preparing counter-play on the queen side.} 19. h5 gxh5 20. Rg1 $146 ({
I have strong feeling that Leko could get strong attack after} 20. g5 $5 hxg5
21. Nxg5 g6 22. Rg1 $1 $40 {[%csl Ge3,Gg1,Gg5,Rg8] with numerous threats.} (22.
Kd2 b4 23. Rag1 bxc3+ 24. Kd1 Rf5 $132 {0-1 Van den Doel,E-Psakhis,L/Bled ol
2002/CBM 92/[Psakhis] (33)})) 20... Ne7 (20... h4 21. g5 $40) 21. gxh5 ({
Worth considering} 21. g5 $5 hxg5 (21... g6 $5 22. gxh6 Kh7 23. Ng5+ Kh8) 22.
Bxg5 Nf5 23. Nf4 $44) 21... Kh7 22. Qg4 Nf5 {[%csl Gf5] Black has good chances
for successful defense, thanks to strong position of his knight.} 23. Kd2 (23.
Nf4 $5) 23... Qe7 {[%cal Ge7h4,Gb5b4]} 24. Qg6+ (24. Nf4 Be8) 24... Kh8 $1 ({
Stronger than} 24... Kg8 25. Bxh6 Be8 26. Qg5 Qxg5+ 27. Bxg5 Bxh5 28. Nf4 $36 {
with unpleasant pressure.}) 25. Nf4 Nh4 (25... Kg8 $5 26. Qg4 Be8) 26. Qg4 Rxf4
$1 {[%mdl 512] Black sacrificed exchange in every second game in this line.}
27. Bxf4 Rf8 28. Rh1 Nf5 {[%csl Ge7,Gf5,Gf8][%cal Gb5b4] It is very difficult
for White to make any progress.} 29. Be3 (29. Kc1 b4 (29... a4 $5)) 29... Be8
30. f4 Bf7 31. Bf2 Rb8 32. Qh3 Kh7 $11 33. Ra2 Be8 34. Rb1 Rb7 35. Qf3 ({Or} 
35. a4 bxa4 {[%csl Ga4]}) 35... Qf8 36. Raa1 Bf7 37. Rb2 (37. a4 b4) 37... Be8
({Another promising possibility was} 37... Qe8 $5 {[%csl Rh5]}) 38. Rbb1 Rf7
39. Be3 Qe7 40. Bf2 Qf8 41. Be3 Kg8 {Good question: who is pretending for
advantage?} 42. Qg4 Rb7 43. Bf2 Bf7 44. Rb2 Kh8 45. Qh3 Kh7 46. Qf3 Qe8 47. Rh1
Qe7 48. Ra1 b4 (48... Qe8 $11) 49. axb4 axb4 50. cxb4 Rxb4 51. Rxb4 Qxb4+ 52.
Qc3 Qe7 $44 1/2-1/2

[Event "Elgoibar 12th"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "2002.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Herraiz Hidalgo, Herminio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[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. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qb1
{[%cal Gf1b5] Interesting move, but playing this line many times with black I
came to conclusion that} (8. Qg4 $5 {or}) (8. Nf3 $5 {maybe even stronger than
text}) 8... c4 9. Ne2 {[%cal Ge2f4,Gf4h5]} (9. Nf3 Nc6 10. g3 {[%cal Gh2h4,
Gf1h3]}) 9... Nc6 ({Worth considering} 9... f6 $5 {for example} 10. exf6 Nxf6
11. Ng3 O-O 12. Be2 Nc6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Re1 b6 15. Bg5 Rae8 $13 {1/2-1/2
Smirnov,P-Rustemov,A/RUS-ch Krasnodar 2002/ (32)}) 10. Nf4 Nge7 11. Nh5 (11. g3
$5 b6 12. Bg2 Bd7 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Nh5 Rhg8 15. Qb2 Kb7 16. Rae1 Rdf8 17. f4
Ka6 18. g4 Qa5 19. Re2 h6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Fedorov,A-Asrian,K/Bled Olympiad 2002/
The Week in Chess 417 (46)}) 11... Rg8 12. g3 Bd7 13. Bh3 O-O-O 14. O-O Kb8
$146 {[%cal Ge7c8,Gc8b6] Funny, but just this move is a new one.} (14... Rdf8
15. Re1 Kb8 16. Qb2 Nc8 17. Re3 Nb6 18. Rf1 Qa5 19. Qc1 Be8 $13 {Rowson,
J-Motwani,P/SCO-ch Aberdeen 2001/CBM 83 ext/[Rowson]/1-0 (50)}) 15. Qb2 Nc8 16.
f4 (16. Rab1 Nb6) 16... Nb6 17. Rf2 Rdf8 18. Re1 Qa5 {[%cal Gb6a4]} 19. a4 $5
Nxa4 20. Qa3 Nb6 $1 21. Qd6+ {This move may look active, but it just put his
queen to very dangerous position, while not bringing any definite benefits} (
21. Qb2 $1 Na4 $5 22. Qa3 $11) 21... Ka8 {[%csl Rd6]} 22. f5 (22. Nxg7 Rd8 (
22... Nc8 23. Qxd7 Nb8 24. Nxe6 $1 Nxd7 25. Nxf8 Nxf8 26. Bxc8 Ne6 $1 27. Bxe6
fxe6 28. f5 $132) 23. Nh5 Bc8 24. Qc5 Qxc5 25. dxc5 Na4 26. Nf6 Rh8 $15) 22...
Rd8 $1 23. Nf4 ({Maybe Korneev missed in calcultions that after} 23. Bg5 {
Black has nice choice between} Nc8 $1 ({not bad and} 23... Qxc3 24. Re3 Qxd4
25. Bxd8 Rxd8 26. Re1 Bc8 $17) 24. Bxd8 Rxd8 25. Qc5 Qxc3 {[%cal Rb7b6] wil
serious threat 26...b6 and it is mot easy for white queen to escape from
dangerous region.}) 23... exf5 {Appetite comes with eating and Black avoids
already} (23... Nc8 24. Qc5 Qxc5 25. dxc5 exf5 26. Nxd5 Be6 $17) 24. Bg2 Bc8 (
24... Be6 25. Nxe6 (25. Qc5 Qxc5 26. dxc5 Na4 $19) 25... Rxd6 26. Nc7+ Kb8 27.
exd6 Rd8 28. Ne8 $1 {and White still have chances}) 25. Qc5 $8 Qxc5 26. dxc5
Na4 {White just losing some pawns without getting anything for them} 27. Bxd5 (
27. Nxd5 Nxc5 28. Nb4 $5 $17) 27... g5 28. Bxf7 $6 (28. Bxc6 $5 bxc6 29. Nh5
$17) 28... gxf4 29. Bxf4 (29. Bxg8 fxg3 30. hxg3 Rxg8) 29... Nxc5 {[%csl Ge6]}
30. Bxg8 Rxg8 $19 {Black have now and positional and material advanatage and
slowly but surely finished game to his favour} 31. Rd1 Ne4 32. Rf3 Be6 {
[%csl Gc6,Ge4,Ge6]} 33. Re3 a5 34. Ra1 b5 {White must just wait and see how
his opponent improves position- sad destiny!} 35. Ree1 Kb7 36. Red1 Nxc3 (36...
h5 $5) 37. Rd6 Re8 38. h4 b4 {White easily could resign here, but Korneev
fights few more moves.} 39. h5 Ne4 (39... b3 40. cxb3 cxb3 41. Rd2 a4 $19) 40.
Rdd1 Kb6 41. Kg2 Kb5 42. Kf3 Nc3 43. Rdc1 Bd5+ 44. Ke3 a4 45. h6 a3 46. Kd2
Nxe5 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 27th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1999.07.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1999.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Nbc6 13. Nf3 c4 ({White keep
some initiative after} 13... Qd6 14. O-O c4 15. Be2 Nf5 16. Qd2 Ng7 17. g3 (17.
Rfe1 Bd7 18. Bf1 Raf8 19. Re2 b6 20. Bh6 Re8 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Ba4 23. g3
Nf5 24. Bf4 $14 {1-0 Apicella,M-Deslandes,P/Avoine op 1999/Ajelibre (41)})
17... Qf8 18. Bf4 Rxf4 19. Qxf4 Qxf4 20. gxf4 Nh5 21. f5 Nf4 22. Rae1 exf5 23.
Bd1 Bd7 24. h4 $14 {1-0 Vogt,L-Hansen,L/Altensteig 1993/ (55)}) ({but deserves
attention} 13... Qf8 {and just after} 14. O-O c4) 14. Be2 Qf8 15. Qc1 $5 $146 {
Interesting novelty of Anand, ussualy white continued} (15. O-O {and after} h6
16. Bh4 Nf5 17. Bg3 Bd7 (17... g5 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. h4 g4 20. Ne5 Nxg3 21. fxg3
Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bd7 23. Rxf7+ Qxf7 24. Rf1 $36 {1/2-1/2 Willemze,J-Berelovich,A/
Dieren op 1999 (40)}) 18. Re1 g5 19. Bf1 Nxg3 20. fxg3 Qd6 21. Qd2 b5 22. Re3
Raf8 $13 {just black can pretend for an advantage , 0-1 Perunovic,M-Drasko,M/
Vrnjacka Banja 1998 (40)}) ({Once white tryed} 15. Qd2 {but after} Nf5 16. g4
Nd6 17. Bh6 Ne4 $1 18. Qe3 Qd6 19. O-O Bd7 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 e5 $13 {
black position is nice, Blatny-Neverov, Lazne Bohdanec 1996}) 15... Nf5 16. h4
$5 h6 17. Bf4 Bd7 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Ne7 20. Qe3 Nc6 21. Bg3 Re8 {[%cal
Gf8g7,Ge6e5]} 22. h5 g5 23. O-O {[%cal Gf2f4]} Ne7 24. Be5 $5 (24. f4 Nf5 {
is clearly to black favour}) 24... Nc6 25. Bh2 Rg7 ({Now after} 25... Ne7 {
Anand could play} 26. g4 {[%cal Gf2f4]}) 26. Bg4 {White keep initiative, but
black position is very tough and it is difficult for white to organized
breakthrough} (26. f4 $6 g4 $1 {[%csl Re2,Rh2]}) 26... Qf6 ({Maybe Timman
could sacrifice pawn-} 26... e5 $5 27. Bxd7 Rxd7 28. dxe5 (28. Bxe5 Qf5 {
[%cal Gf5c2]}) 28... Qf5 29. Rae1 Re6 $44 {with some compensation}) 27. Rae1
Qe7 {[%cal Ge7a3]} 28. a4 b6 29. Qh3 Nd8 {[%csl Ra4,Re6]} (29... Qf7 30. f4 $1)
30. Re2 (30. f4 $5) 30... Bxa4 31. f4 $1 $16 {[%cal Gf4f5]} Bd7 32. f5 Rf7 33.
Rfe1 Rf6 34. Be5 Rxf5 $6 (34... Rf7 35. Bc7 $5) 35. Bxf5 exf5 36. Bc7 {Enough,
but} (36. Bf6 $1 Qxf6 37. Rxe8+ Bxe8 38. Rxe8+ Kf7 39. Re5 $18 {wins
immediately}) 36... Ne6 $8 37. Qxf5 Qf7 (37... Nxc7 38. Rxe7 Bxf5 39. Rxe8+
Nxe8 40. Rxe8+ Kf7 41. Rh8 Kg7 42. Rd8 $18) 38. Qxf7+ Kxf7 39. Bd6 $18 {
[%csl Rd6][%cal Ge2e6,Ge1f1,Gf1f7]} a5 (39... Kg8 $5 40. Re5 Ng7 41. Rxe8+ (41.
Re7 $5) 41... Bxe8 {[%cal Ge8h5]}) 40. Rf1+ Kg7 41. Re5 Nf4 (41... Bc6 42. Ref5
) 42. Rxe8 Bxe8 43. Be5+ $1 Kg8 44. Bxf4 gxf4 45. Rxf4 Kg7 46. g4 a4 47. Kh2 (
47. Kh2 a3 48. Rf1 Ba4 49. Ra1 (49. Kg3 a2 50. Ra1 Bb3 $1 51. Kf4 Kf6) 49...
Kf6 (49... Bxc2 50. Kg3) 50. Rxa3 Bxc2 51. Kg3 Kg5 52. Ra8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Selfoss Milk Masters 1st"]
[Site "Selfoss"]
[Date "2002.10.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Kristjansson, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2002.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. Bd2
$5 {This move became quite popular just in the last 2-3 years. Before white
tried other moves like} (8. h4 $5) (8. a4 {or}) (8. Nf3) 8... b6 9. Nh3 $5 (9.
dxc5 bxc5 10. Nf3 c4 11. Nd4 Nbc6 12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. Qg3 Qb6 14. Bc1 Bd7 15. a4
h6 16. Be2 Kg8 17. Bh5 Qc7 18. f4 Ne7 {1/2-1/2 Stefansson,H-Ivanchuk,V/EU t-ch
m Leon 2001/CBM 86/[Psakhis] (25)}) ({Worth considering} 9. h4 {with possible
continuation} Ba6 10. Bxa6 (10. h5 h6 11. Ne2 Nbc6 12. Rh3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nf5
14. Bc3 Qg5 15. Qxg5 hxg5 $17 {0-1 Karjakin,S-Efimenko,Z/Kramatorsk Governor's
Cup-2 2001/ (43)}) 10... Nxa6 11. h5 h6 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. Qf3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Qe8
15. Rh4 Rxc2 16. Nc3 Qc8 17. Qd3 Rb2 18. Nd1 Rxd2 19. Kxd2 $16 {1-0 Chandler,
M-Pert,N/London Chapman m 2000/The Week in Chess 306 (39)}) 9... Ba6 10. Bxa6 (
10. Bd3 h6 11. Nf4 Bxd3 12. cxd3 Nbc6 13. Nh5 Nf5 14. Ng3 Qh4 15. Qf3 Nfe7 16.
dxc5 bxc5 17. Qe2 Ng6 18. O-O Ngxe5 19. f4 Nd7 20. f5 e5 {0-1 Zufic,
M-Filipovic,M/CRO t-ch jr 1st league Pula 2002 (53)}) 10... Nxa6 11. O-O $146 (
11. Qe2 Nb8 12. O-O Nbc6 13. Be3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Na5 15. Nf4 Rc8 16. Nh5 Qc7 17.
Bd2 Nc4 18. Be1 g6 19. Nf6 Ng8 {Wernert,W-Nothnagel,M/BL2-Ost 0102 2002/CBM 88
ext/1-0 (59)}) 11... Rc8 12. Nf4 $6 {I think, that White keeps better chances
and after this move, but} (12. Bg5 {was even stronger, for example} h6 (12...
cxd4 13. cxd4 Rxc2 14. f4 $5 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Gf4f5]}) 13. Bxe7+ Qxe7 14. c4 $5
$36) 12... cxd4 ({In the case of} 12... Nf5 {White could play} 13. c4 $5 dxc4
$140 14. d5 $1 {with complicated and interesting game.}) 13. cxd4 Nf5 (13...
Rxc2 14. Be3 $44 (14. Bb4 $5)) 14. c3 Rc4 15. Qf3 {[%cal Rg2g4]} ({Worth
considering} 15. a4 $5 {[%cal Ga4a5] with very pleasant position for white.})
15... h5 $5 {[%cal Gg7g6,Gf8g7]} 16. h3 (16. a4 $5) 16... g6 17. g4 hxg4 18.
hxg4 Qh4 $1 19. Qg2 ({White could try} 19. Rfb1 {with possible line} Qh2+ (
19... g5 20. Nxe6+ fxe6 21. gxf5 g4 22. Qg2) 20. Kf1 Qh1+ 21. Qxh1 Rxh1+ 22.
Ke2 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Ne7 24. Nd3 $14 {and chances for small advantage.}) 19... Nc5
$3 {[%mdl 512] I'm almost sure that White missed in his calculations this
brilliant move, which , maybe, doesn't change the evaluation of the position
as preferable for white, but completely changes the character of the game.} (
19... Ne7 20. Nd3 Nc7 21. a4 $36) 20. dxc5 (20. gxf5 $143 gxf5 21. dxc5 (21.
Nxd5 exd5 22. Bg5 Qh7 $17) 21... Rxf4 $1 22. Bxf4 Qxf4 23. cxb6 axb6 $17 {
[%cal Gh8g8]}) 20... g5 $1 21. cxb6 axb6 22. Qh3 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Terrible
move! Hracek missed a very good oportunity to keep the balance (at least!) on
the board.} (22. Nxe6+ $142 $1 fxe6 23. f3 Ne7 (23... Ng3 24. Rfe1 {[%csl Rg3]}
) 24. Rab1 $14) 22... Qxh3 23. Nxh3 Rxg4+ 24. Kh2 Nh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4f3]} 25. f3
Rg2+ 26. Kh1 Rxd2 (26... Rxd2 27. Rf2 Rxf2 28. Nxf2 Nxf3+ 29. Kg2 Nxe5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas-B"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2005.04.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Fernandez Romero, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2005.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 Nce7 ({Another possible line is} 11... c4
12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Qf7 $132 {leads to big and unclear complications.}) 12.
h4 (12. dxc5 b6 $1 13. O-O bxc5 14. Ng5 (14. Rfe1 c4 15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. Qg4 Nf5
17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Rab1 Qa5 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Qd4 Qxa3 21. Ra1 Qb2 22. Qd2 Rf6 23.
Rxa7 Rxa7 {1/2-1/2 Goloshchapov,A-Barsov,A/BL2W 0405 2005}) 14... h6 15. Nf3 f5
16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Nh4 Nxh4 18. Qxh4 e5 19. f3 Bf5 $15 {0-1 Gutov,A-Ivanov,S/
RUS t-ch St.Petersburg 1999/CBM 71 (34)}) (12. O-O c4 13. Be2 (13. Bxg6 fxg6
14. Qg4 (14. Qh3 Bd7 15. g4 b5 16. Qg3 Qa5 17. Bd2 Nc6 18. Rfd1 h6 19. Kg2 Rf7
20. Ng1 Raf8 21. f4 Qb6 22. Ne2 a5 $15 {0-1 Sulc,D-Drasko,M/Bosnjaci op 2004 
(59)}) 14... Bd7 15. Bg5 Nf5 16. Nh4 Ba4 17. Ra2 Qf7 18. Qh3 h6 19. Nxf5 gxf5
20. Bf4 Kh7 21. g3 Qg6 $15 {[%csl Ra2,Ga4] 1/2-1/2 Perunovic,M-Drasko,M/YUG-ch
Subotica 2000/ (60)}) 13... Bd7 14. a4 {[%cal Ge3c1,Gc1a3]} (14. Ng5 h6 15. Nh3
Qa5 16. Bd2 b5 17. Rfe1 a6 18. g4 Bc6 19. g5 hxg5 20. Nxg5 Rfc8 21. Qh7+ Kf8
22. h4 $36 {1-0 Maliangkay,R-Van de Lagemaat,J/corr 1995 (40)}) 14... f6 15.
Rfe1 fxe5 ({Worth considering} 15... Be8 16. exf6 (16. Qh3 Nf5) 16... gxf6 $13)
16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Qxe5 Qxe5 18. dxe5 {1-0 Nakamura,H-Hoang Thanh Trang/
Budapest-4 GM-A 2002/CBM 89/[Psakhis] (41) With two bishops White has some
chances for advantage, but , I think, Black must defend without too many
troubles.}) 12... Nf5 (12... Bd7 13. a4 (13. Qg5 $5 f6 ({Looks quite risky,
but maybe not so bad for black} 13... h6 14. Qg4 Nf5) 14. exf6 gxf6 (14... Rxf6
15. h5 h6 16. Qg3 Nf4 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. Qxf4 Rxf4 19. Ne5 Be8 20. g3 Rf8 21.
dxc5 Nc6 22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. f4 (23. Rb1 Rf3 24. Rb3 Raf8 25. Rh2 a5 26. a4 e5
27. Be2 {Senff,M-Drasko,M/Metz op 2001//1/2-1/2 (50)}) 23... e5 24. fxe5 Rae8
25. O-O-O Rxe5 26. g4 Bd7 27. Bg6 Bxg4 28. Rde1 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Bf5 30. Re7 {
1/2-1/2 Baklan,V-Drasko,M/Paris op 2004/Chess Today '1/2-1/2 Baklan,V-Drasko,M/
Paris op 2004/(30)'}) 15. Qg3 (15. Qh6 $5 cxd4 16. h5 (16. Bxd4 e5 17. h5 Nf5
18. Bxf5 Bxf5 19. hxg6 Bxg6 $1 $132) 16... Qxc3+ $1 (16... Nf5 17. Bxf5 Qxc3+
18. Bd2 $1 Qxa1+ 19. Bc1 $18) 17. Ke2 (17. Kf1 Qxa1+ 18. Bc1 Kf7 $1 19. Qxh7+
Ke8 $17) 17... Nf5 18. Bxf5 (18. Bxd4 Nxh6 19. Bxc3 Nf4+ $19) 18... Bb5+ 19.
Kd1 dxe3 20. Ra2 $1 $16 {but he preferes a small advantage in the ending.})
15... Qxg3 16. fxg3 c4 ({Maybe} 16... h5 {could be a better choice} 17. dxc5
$13 (17. Rb1 c4 $5 18. Bxg6 Nxg6 19. Rxb7 Rfb8 20. Rb4 a5 21. Rxb8+ Rxb8 22.
O-O Rb2 23. Rf2 Ba4 $36)) 17. Bxg6 (17. h5 cxd3 18. hxg6 d2+ $5 19. Kxd2 Nxg6)
17... Nxg6 18. h5 Ne7 19. Kd2 $14 {1-0 Rowson,J-Hillarp Persson,T/York Viking
GM-A 2000/ (33)} Kg7 20. h6+ $5 (20. g4 h6 $1) 20... Kg8 21. g4 e5 ({I am not
sure, that white's advantage is real after} 21... Ng6 $142 $5 22. g5 fxg5 23.
Nxg5 Rf6 {[%cal Ga8f8]}) 22. dxe5 Bxg4 23. Bc5 Rae8 24. exf6 Rxf6 25. Ne5 $16 {
1-0 Rowson,J-Hillarp Persson,T/York Vikings GM 2000/CBM 81/[Psakhis] (32)}) (
13. Qg4 f5 14. Qh3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Bb5 16. O-O Bxd3 17. cxd3 h6 (17... Nh8 18. h5
Nf7 19. h6 g6 20. Qh4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Cheparinov,I-Matamoros Franco,C/Sevilla op
2004/ (49)}) 18. h5 Nh8 19. Kh1 Kh7 20. Bf4 Rac8 21. Rg1 Qd7 22. g4 fxg4 23.
Rxg4 Nf5 24. Rag1 Qe8 25. R4g2 Rc7 26. Bd2 Qf7 27. Qg4 Qd7 28. Kh2 b6 29. Kh1
a5 30. Kh2 Qe7 31. Rb1 Rc6 32. Rbg1 Rc7 33. Rb1 {1/2-1/2 Ivanovic,B-Drasko,M/
SCG t-ch Budva 2004/ChessBase}) 13... f6 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. O-O (15. dxc5 e5 $36
) 15... c4 16. Bxg6 (16. Be2 $2 Rf5 17. Qg4 (17. Ng5 h6) 17... e5) 16... Nxg6
17. Rfe1 $1 (17. Qg5 e5 (17... Rxf3 18. gxf3 Rf8 19. h5 Rf5 20. Qg3 Nf4 $11) (
17... h6 18. Qg3 Qxg3 19. fxg3 h5 {Doesn't look too bad for Black, but Lputian
prefers more complicated line.}) (17... Raf8 18. h5 h6 (18... Rf5 19. Qg3 Nf4
$5 (19... Qxg3 20. fxg3 Ne7 21. g4) 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Qxf4 Rxf4 22. Ne5 Be8 23.
g3 Re4) 19. Qg3 Qxg3 20. fxg3 Ne7 21. a5 $36 {[%cal Gg3g4,Gf3e5]}) 18. dxe5 (
18. Nxe5 Rf5 19. Qg3 Nxe5 $11) (18. h5 $1 Rf5) 18... Rxf3 $1 {'Typical
exchange sacrifice.'} 19. gxf3 Rf8 20. Qg3 $5 Qxe5 $6 (20... Nxe5 $2 21. Bd4
Nxf3+ 22. Kg2 Qxg3+ 23. fxg3 Nxd4 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. cxd4 $16) (20... Be6 $5
$44 {[%cal Gf8f5] Anand}) 21. Qxe5 Nxe5 22. Rfd1 Nxf3+ (22... Bc6 23. Bxa7) 23.
Kf1 Rf5 $13 {1-0 Anand,V-Lputian,S/New Delhi (m/2) 80/316 2000/ChessBase/
[Anand,Psakhis] (44)} (23... Bh3+ 24. Ke2 Bg4 25. Rxd5 Nxh4+ 26. Kd2 $14))
17... Raf8 $146 (17... e5 18. dxe5 Rf5 19. Ng5 Nf8 $8 20. g4 $1 (20. e6 $5)
20... Rxf2 (20... g6 $2 21. Qh6 $18) (20... Be8 $2 21. Ne6 $1 Nxe6 22. Qxf5 $16
) 21. Bxf2 Be8 22. Nf7 Bxf7 23. Qg5 Bg6 24. Qd2 Be4 25. Rxe4 (25. Rab1 $5)
25... dxe4 26. Qd5+ Qf7 (26... Kh8 27. Rb1 $14) 27. Qxf7+ Kxf7 28. Re1 Ke6 29.
Rxe4 Kd5 30. Rd4+ Kxe5 31. Rxc4 $14) (17... Qd6 18. Bg5 Rf5 19. Qg4 Nh8 20. Ne5
Nf7 21. Bf4 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Qe7 23. Re3 Raf8 24. Rg3 R8f7 25. h5 Be8 {1/2-1/2
Smirin,I-Dolmatov,S/Moscow Aeroflot op 2003/The Week in Chess 433 (61)}) 18. a5
Qc8 (18... Rxf3 19. gxf3 e5 20. dxe5 Rf5 21. Qg4 Be6 $44 (21... Nxe5 $2 22. Bf4
$1 Nxg4 23. Bxc7 Rxf3 24. Bg3 Rxc3 25. Re7 Bc6 26. a6 $1 $16)) (18... e5 $5)
19. Ne5 Be8 (19... Rf5 $6 20. Nxg6 Rxh5 21. Ne7+ Kf7 22. Nxc8 Bxc8 23. Bg5 $1 {
/\ g4}) (19... Nxe5 20. Qxe5 Be8 21. f3 $14) 20. Qg4 (20. Qd1 $5 Rf5 21. Nxg6
Bxg6 22. f3 Qc7 23. Bf2 R5f6 24. Re5 $14) 20... Rf5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Dominguez,
L-Matamoros Franco,C/Rio de Janeiro 2003 (32)}) ({Worth of consideration is} 
12... c4 $5 {and doesn't work} 13. Ng5 $2 h6 14. Nxf7 cxd3) 13. g4 Nxe3 14.
fxe3 cxd4 ({Much weaker is} 14... c4 15. Ng5 $1 h6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Qxg6 hxg5
18. hxg5 Qe7 (18... Rf7 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. g6 $18) 19. Qh5 {[%cal Rg5g6]} g6 20.
Qh8+ Kf7 21. Rh7+ $18 {with decisive attack}) 15. O-O (15. cxd4 Qc3+ 16. Ke2
Bd7 17. Rab1 (17. Ng5 $6 h6 18. Nxf7 {leads just to draw after} Rxf7 (18...
Nf4+ 19. exf4 Rxf7 20. Qg6 $16) 19. Qxg6 Rf2+ $1 20. Kxf2 Qd2+ 21. Kg3 Qxe3+
22. Kg2 Qd2+ $11) 17... Be8 (17... b6 18. Rb3 Qc7 19. Ng5 h6 20. Nxf7 $1 $40 {
white's advantage is obvious}) 18. Ng5 h6 19. Rxb7 (19. Rb3 Qc6 20. Nxf7 Nf4+
$1 21. exf4 Bxf7 22. Bg6 Bxg6 23. Qxg6 Rxf4 $17 {it will be very difficult to
protect white king .}) 19... Qc8 20. Rhb1 ({White could try also} 20. Rxf7 hxg5
$1 (20... Rxf7 21. Nxf7 Nf4+ 22. exf4 Bxf7 23. Bg6 Qc4+ $11) 21. Bxg6 Rxf7 22.
Qh7+ Kf8 23. Bxf7 Bxf7 24. Kd2 $1 $13 {but text is stronger}) 20... Nxe5 ({
An optional alternative demonstrates that White's threats are serious:} 20...
hxg5 $6 21. hxg5 Bd7 22. Rh1 Re8 $8 23. Rbb1 $1 Rb8 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Rxb8 Qxb8
26. Rf1 $16) 21. dxe5 (21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. dxe5 f6 23. Nf7+ (23. Bg6 fxg5 24. hxg5
Qc4+ $19) 23... Kxh7 24. exf6 Qxc2+ 25. Kf3 Rc8 $1 $40) 21... f5 22. exf6 (22.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 23. Rb7+ Qxb7 24. Nxe6+ Kg8 25. Qxh6 $132) 22... Rxf6 (22... Bxh5
23. Bh7+ $1 Kh8 24. fxg7#) 23. Nf7 Rxf7 (23... Bxf7 24. Qe5 $18 {[%cal Gg4g5]})
24. Rxf7 Bxf7 25. Qe5 $16 {1-0 Anand,V-Lputian,S/ARM-ROW m Moscow 2004/CBM 102/
[Psakhis] (60)}) 15... f6 16. cxd4 $146 {Only this move turns out to be a
novelty.} (16. Ng5 fxg5 17. Rxf8+ Kxf8 (17... Nxf8 18. Bxh7+ Nxh7 19. Qe8+ Nf8
20. Rf1 Qc5 21. cxd4 Qxa3 22. Qf7+ Kh7 23. Qh5+ $11) 18. Qxh7 Qxe5 19. Qxg6
Qg3+ 20. Kh1 Qh3+ 21. Kg1 Qxg4+ 22. Kh2 Qxh4+ 23. Kg2 Qg4+ 24. Kh2 Bd7 25. Rf1+
Ke7 26. Qxg7+ Kd6 {Lopez Martinez,J-Fernandez Romero,E/ESP-ch GpB Seville 2004/
The Week in Chess 511/1/2-1/2 (68)}) (16. exd4 $5) 16... Bd7 $8 17. exf6 (17.
Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qxg6 Rac8 $44) 17... Qg3+ (17... Be8 $5 18. f7+ Rxf7 19. Ne5 $36)
18. Kh1 Rxf6 (18... gxf6 $2 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Qxg6+ Kh8 21. Qh6+ Kg8 22. g5 $18
) 19. Ng5 $1 (19. g5 $2 Rff8 $36) 19... Qxh4+ $8 {It's clear that it'll be
easier for black to defend without the queens, even though white would've kept
some pressure in endgame anyway.} 20. Qxh4 Nxh4 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 (21... Kf8 22.
Kh2 Ke7 23. Kg3 Raf8 (23... Ng6 24. Bxg6 Rxg6 25. Rf7+ $16) 24. Rf4 $1 (24.
Rxf6 gxf6 25. Kxh4 Rh8 26. Rh1 $1 Kf8 $1 $11) 24... Ng6 25. Bxg6 Rxg6 26. Rxf8
Kxf8 27. Nf3 $16) 22. Bd3 Raf8 23. Kh2 Nf3+ (23... Ng6 $5 24. Kg3 Rxf1 25. Rxf1
(25. Bxf1 e5 $1) 25... Rxf1 26. Bxf1 e5 $5 $14) 24. Nxf3 Rxf3 25. Rxf3 Rxf3 26.
Kg2 $14 {With natural moves White has achieved his normal edge from this line,
but it is very difficult to transfere it to victory.} Rf8 27. Kg3 Kg8 28. Rh1
b6 29. g5 $5 Ba4 {[%cal Gf8c8,Gc8c3]} 30. Bh7+ (30. c4 $5 $36) 30... Kf7 31.
Rf1+ (31. Kf4 Ke7+ 32. Ke5 Rh8 $1) 31... Ke7 32. Rxf8 Kxf8 33. Kf4 Ke7 34. Ke5
Bb5 35. c3 ({And after} 35. e4 dxe4 36. Bxe4 Kd7 37. Bf3 Ke7 $14 {White could
hold the position with accurate defence.}) 35... Be2 {Black can easy protect
only weakness in his camp - pawn e6 -and the game heads towards a peaceful
conclusion.} 36. Bc2 (36. Bg8 Bg4) 36... Bg4 37. Bd3 a5 38. Bf1 (38. c4) 38...
Bf5 39. Be2 Bh3 40. Bd3 Bg4 41. c4 {[%cal Oc4d5,Rc4c5]} dxc4 $8 42. Bxc4 Bh3
43. e4 Bg4 44. Bb5 Bd1 45. Bc4 Bg4 46. Bb5 Bd1 47. Bc4 Bg4 48. d5 exd5 49. exd5
({Doesn't change outcome of the game and} 49. Bxd5 b5 50. Kd4 b4 51. axb4 axb4
52. Kc5 Bf3 53. Kxb4 Kd6 $11 {with quick draw.}) 49... Bd7 $1 {[%cal Gb6b5]}
50. d6+ Ke8 51. Be2 Ba4 52. Kd5 Kd8 53. Bd3 Kd7 54. Bf5+ Kd8 55. Bg4 Ke8 56.
Bh5+ Kd7 57. Bg4+ Ke8 58. Bh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen Harmonie+"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2002.12.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Black "Dgebuadze, Alexandre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.12.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4 ({Sometimes Black tried also} 11... Nce7
{with possible continuation} 12. h4 $5 Bd7 13. Qg4 f5 14. Qh3 f4 15. Bd2 Nf5
16. O-O c4 17. Be2 Ba4 18. Ra2 {[%csl Rf4] 1-0 Nataf,I-Pelletier,Y/Cap d'Agde
Gp B 2002/ (85)}) 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Qf7 14. Ng5 Qe8 15. h4 h6 16. Nh3 Ne7 (
{Very similiar direction took also game Van den Doel,E-Psakhis,L/Bled ol 2002/
CBM 92 (33) -} 16... b5 17. Qe2 $5 (17. Nf4 Ne7 18. Kd2 a5 19. Qh3 Bd7 20. Rab1
Qf7 21. f3 Rab8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Jussupow,A/Corsica Masters 2002/CBM 92 
(53)}) 17... Bd7 18. g4 a5 19. h5 gxh5 20. g5 $1 hxg5 21. Nxg5 g6 22. Kd2 b4
23. Rag1 bxc3+ 24. Kd1 Rf5 25. Rxh5 gxh5 26. Ne4+ Kh8 $132 {0-1 Van den Doel,
E-Psakhis,L/Bled ol 2002/CBM 92 (33)}) 17. Qe2 a5 $146 ({Improvment compare to
} 17... Bd7 18. g4 b5 19. h5 a5 20. g5 $1 Rf5 21. gxh6 Rxh5 22. Kd2 gxh6 23.
Rag1 $36 {with strong attack Lutz,C-Jussupow,A /Essen-A  2002 /CBM 90/[Psakhis]
(41)}) 18. g4 b5 19. h5 gxh5 ({Too dangerous for Black continue} 19... g5 20.
f4 $1 gxf4 21. Nxf4 Bd7 22. Rg1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Rg4g5]}) 20. g5 $5 {Typical
move} (20. gxh5 $13 {also worth considering}) 20... hxg5 $8 21. Nxg5 g6 22. Kd2
$6 ({I would prefer} 22. Nh3 $1 Nf5 23. Bg5 {[%cal Gh3f4,Gg5f6,Gh1g1] with
great compensation for the pawn}) 22... Rf5 (22... Nf5 $5) 23. Rag1 b4 24. Rxh5
$5 {[%mdl 512] Looks great for White, but his opponent has good defense.} (24.
axb4 axb4 25. cxb4 c3+ 26. Kxc3 Ra2 $40) 24... bxc3+ 25. Kd1 gxh5 $8 {Only move
} 26. Ne4+ $1 {Just look already mentioned game Van den Doel,E-Psakhis,L/Bled
ol 2002 and you will agree that I have all rights to suspect guys in
plagiarizm!} (26. Nxe6+ Kf7 27. Nc7 Qc6 28. Nxa8 Qxa8 29. Bg5 Qc6 $19 {lose
without big fight}) 26... Kh7 $8 (26... Kh8 27. Nd6 Qf8 28. Bg5 $18 {[%cal
Re2h5]}) 27. Nd6 Qf8 28. Nxf5 ({In the case of} 28. Rh1 Rb8 $1 {[%csl Rd1]} 29.
Nxf5 Rb1+ 30. Bc1 Rxc1+ $1 31. Kxc1 Nxf5 32. Rxh5+ Nh6 $17 {Black is very
close tp victory}) 28... Qxf5 29. Rg5 Qf7 $8 30. Rxh5+ Kg8 {Black managed to
keep material advantage, bur white's attack is still strong and helps them to
mantain balance.} 31. Qg4+ Ng6 (31... Qg6 32. Rg5) 32. Rh6 Kg7 33. Qh5 $1 Nf8 (
33... Qf5 $2 34. Bg5 $1 $18) 34. Qg4+ {Instead of instant draw White could try}
(34. Qh2 $5 {for example} Qf3+ 35. Kc1 Qe2 36. Qg1+ Kf7 37. Rf6+ Ke8 38. Bh6
Rb8 39. Rxf8+ Kd7 $132) 34... Ng6 35. Qh5 Nf8 36. Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yagupov, Igor"]
[Black "Nikitin, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 $5 {Risky but
interesting variant.} 7. Bd2 Qa4 {[%cal Gb7b6,Gc8a6]} 8. Qb1 $5 {[%cal Rf1b5]
Interesting idea, but} (8. Qg4 $5 {surely the most dangerous move for Black} g6
(8... Kf8 $5) 9. Qd1 {typical and strong manoeuvre} cxd4 $6 10. Rb1 $1 d3 11.
Bxd3 Qxa3 12. Nf3 Qc5 13. h4 h6 14. O-O Nd7 15. Re1 a6 16. c4 $1 $40 {1-0
Anand,V-Nikolic,P/Wch Groningen 1997/CBM 63 (35)}) 8... c4 {It is not to black
favour to close position in the centre, but unfortunately this move is
obligatory.} 9. h4 {[%cal Gh4h6]} (9. Nf3 Ne7 10. g3 Nbc6 11. Bh3 Bd7 12. O-O
O-O-O 13. Re1 h6 14. Bg2 g5 15. h4 g4 16. Nh2 h5 17. f3 gxf3 18. Nxf3 Nf5 $132
{Milev,Z-Uhlmann,W, DDR 1954}) 9... f6 ({I would prefer in this position} 9...
Nc6 $5 10. h5 h6 {with unclear game for example} 11. Ne2 Nge7 12. Qc1 Bd7 13.
g3 O-O-O 14. Bh3 Kb8 15. Be3 Ka8 16. Qd2 Rc8 17. g4 Nb8 $6 18. Ng3 Rc6 19. O-O
Rb6 $13 {Nijboer,F-Nikolic,P/Rotterdam 1997/CBM 60/ 0-1 (40)}) 10. Nf3 Nc6 11.
h5 fxe5 $146 (11... Bd7 12. g3 O-O-O 13. Bg2 Rf8 14. Qd1 fxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16.
dxe5 Ne7 17. h6 gxh6 18. Bxh6 Rf7 19. O-O Qa5 20. Qd2 Nf5 21. Bg5 Qc5 22. Kh2
h5 $11 {1-0 Pyhala,A-Kekki,J/FIN t-ch 1987 (35)}) 12. h6 Nxh6 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14.
Nxe5 Qa5 (14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qa5 16. Qb4 $5 $36) 15. Rh3 (15. Qb2 Nxe5 16.
dxe5 Bd7 17. Rxh6 O-O-O {[%cal Gd7e8,Ge8g6]}) 15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 d4 $6 {
Too optimistic!} (16... Qc7 $5 17. f4 Rf8 18. Qc1 Qg7 $13 {leads to balance
game.}) 17. Bxc4 (17. f4 Rf8 $5 18. Bxc4 $140 Rxf4 19. Qb5+ Qxb5 20. Bxb5+ Bd7
21. Bxd7+ Kxd7 22. Rxh6 Rg8 $11) 17... Qxe5+ 18. Kf1 O-O $5 {[%csl Rg8] Looks
not very nice but Black position is dangerous any case.Unfortunately for Black,
the residence of her monarch isn't safe, which White proves energetically} (
18... dxc3 19. Bb5+) 19. Qb4 {[%cal Ga1e1,Gb4e7]} (19. Qe1 Qxe1+ 20. Rxe1 dxc3
21. Rxc3 Rd8 22. Re4 $44) 19... Bd7 20. Qxb7 (20. Re1 Qf4 21. Rf3 Qh4 $132)
20... Rad8 (20... Rac8 21. Qxd7 Rxc4 22. Re1 $16) 21. Rd1 Kh8 22. Rxd4 (22.
cxd4 Qf5 23. Rf3 Qxc2 24. Bb3 $36 {doesn't look bad either, but move in the
text even stronger}) 22... Rb8 23. Qxd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] First, but
unfortunately for White, not last big mistake} (23. Qe4 Rb1+ 24. Ke2 $18 {
wins easily.}) 23... Rf7 $3 {Brilliant idea!} (23... Rb1+ $2 24. Rd1 Qc5 25.
Kg1 $1 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Qxc4 27. Qd4+ $18) 24. Bb3 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 Rf8 26. Rhd3 $6
({After} 26. Rxh6 $1 Qb5+ (26... Qf5 27. Rhxh7+ Qxh7 28. Rxh7+ Kxh7 29. Bxe6
$18) 27. Rd3 Qc5 28. f3 Qxa3 29. Rxe6 $16 {[%csl Gb3,Gd3,Ge6] white's
advantage is obvious}) 26... Qh2 (26... Qc5 $5) 27. f3 $2 {One mistake follows
another!} (27. Bxe6 $1 {was the only chance for resistance} Qh1+ 28. Ke2 Qxg2
29. Bf5 $1 Re8+ (29... Rxf5 $2 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. Rg3+ Qxg3 32. fxg3 $16) 30. Re3
Rxe3+ 31. Kxe3 Qg5+ 32. Ke4 $13) 27... Qh1+ 28. Kf2 Rg8 29. g4 h5 $1 30. Bxe6
Re8 $1 (30... Qh2+ 31. Kf1 Qh1+ 32. Ke2 Qh2+ $132) 31. Rf7 (31. Re3 $8 hxg4 32.
fxg4 Qh6 33. g5 Qxg5 $19) 31... Qh4+ $19 {[%cal Gh4f2,Gh4d8]} 32. Kf1 Rxe6 33.
Rdd7 Re1+ 34. Kg2 Re2+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Cao, Sang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qb1
(8. Qg4 $5 Kf8 (8... g6 $1) (8... Ne7 $5) 9. Qd1) (8. Nf3 $5 Nc6 $5 9. dxc5 f6
10. Nd4 Nxd4 11. cxd4 Qxd4 12. Bb5+ Kf7 13. O-O Qxe5 14. c4 $13 {Stripunsky,
A-Krivoshey,S/Nikolaev(zt)/1995/}) 8... c4 9. Nh3 {[%cal Gh3f4,Gf4h5] Beyond
any doubt this move is the most crucial for the evaluation of the whole
variation with 8.Qb1} (9. Nf3 Nc6 10. g3 {[%cal Gh2h4,Gf1h3]}) (9. g3) (9. Ne2
{[%cal Ge2g3,Gg3h5]} f6 (9... Nc6 10. Nf4 Bd7 11. g3 Nge7 12. Nh5 Rg8 13. Bh3
O-O-O 14. O-O Kb8 15. Qb2 Nc8 16. Rae1 Nb6 17. f4 Qa5 {1/2-1/2 Berzinsh,
R-Glavas,D/Pula op 2003/ (46)}) 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. g3 (11. Ng3 Nc6 12. Be2 O-O (
12... b6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Bg5 O-O-O 15. Bf3 Rdf8 16. Qc1 Ne8 17. Re1 h6 18. Bf4
g5 19. Be5 Rh7 {Ledger,D-Ward,C/BCF-ch Torquay 2002//0-1 (47)}) 13. O-O {RR}
Bd7 14. Re1 b6 15. Bg5 Rae8 16. Qd1 h6 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. Bg4 g6 19. Qd2 Kg7 20.
h4 Qa5 {1/2-1/2 Smirnov,P-Rustemov,A/RUS-ch Krasnodar 2002/ (32)}) 11... Nc6
12. Bg2 b6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Qb2 O-O 15. Rae1 Rae8 {Black has a very solid
position, but it's very difficult for him to get active counterplay.} 16. Bf4
Rf7 17. f3 Nh5 (17... e5 $5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nd4 Rfe7 20. Qb4 $1 Qa6 $13) 18.
Bd6 g6 19. g4 Ng7 {[%csl Rg7] 0-1 Jakovenko,D (2564)-Morozevich,A (2679)/
RUS-ch Krasnoyarsk 2003/CBM 98/[Psakhis] (43) I think, that Black would prefer
to have bishop on g7 instead of knight.}) 9... Nc6 (9... f6 $145 $5 10. Be2
fxe5 11. dxe5 Ne7 (11... Nc6 12. f4 Nge7 13. Bh5+ g6 14. Bf3 Bd7 15. O-O O-O-O
16. Qb2 h6 17. Rfe1 Rdg8 18. Nf2 h5 19. Nh3 Nf5 20. Reb1 $36 {1-0 Timman,J 
(2625)-Jacimovic,D (2438)/EUR t-ch Gothenburg 2005/The Week in Chess 560 (82)})
) (9... f5 10. Be2 Nc6 11. O-O b6 12. Bh5+ g6 13. Bf3 Bd7 14. Qc1 O-O-O 15. Ng5
Rf8 16. h4 h6 17. Nh3 Rf7 18. g3 Rfh7 19. Bg2 Nge7 20. Rb1 Kc7 21. Re1 Bc8 22.
Bf3 Bd7 23. Be3 Bc8 24. Qb2 Bd7 25. Bc1 Be8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Junior-Ponomariov,R 
(2704)/Bilbao Man Machine 2005/ (153)}) 10. Nf4 (10. Be2 Bd7 (10... f6 11. f4
$5 (11. exf6 Nxf6) 11... f5 12. O-O Nge7 13. Bh5+ g6 14. Be2 (14. Bf3 h6 15.
Be1 b6 16. Bh4 Bd7 17. Bf6 Rh7 18. Ra2 O-O-O 19. Qe1 Rf8 20. Be2 Kc7 21. Qh4
Rff7 22. Qg3 b5 23. Rfa1 Be8 {1-0 Bellin,R (2395)-Pert,N (2495)/BCF t-ch2 0405
2005 (72)}) 14... Bd7 15. Qb2 O-O-O 16. Rfb1 b6 17. Qc1 h6 18. Be1 Rdg8 19. Kh1
Be8 20. Qd2 Na5 21. Bh4 g5 22. fxg5 Ng6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Short,N (2702)-Akopian,V
(2693)/FRA t-ch 2004/The Week in Chess 492 (88)}) 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Nf4 f6 (
12... Nge7 13. Nh5) (12... g6 $5) 13. exf6 (13. Bg4 f5 $8 (13... Re8 $5 $132)
14. Be2 Nge7 15. h4 g6 16. Nh3 h6 17. Qc1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Golubev,M (2570)
-Koutsin,S (2435)/Nikolaev zt 1995/ChessBase/[Golubev] (25)}) (13. Nh5 fxe5 14.
Nxg7 exd4 (14... Nf6 $5 15. dxe5 Ne4 16. Be1 Rhg8 17. Nh5) 15. Bg5 $1 $132 {
0-1 Fedorov,A (2598)-Rustemov,A (2598)/Russia 2002/[Rustemov,A] (38)}) 13...
Nxf6 14. Bf3 (14. f3 Rhe8 15. Qb2 e5 16. Rfb1 b6 17. dxe5 Rxe5 18. Bf1 Bf5)
14... g5 $5 (14... e5 15. Nxd5) 15. Nh5 $36) (10. g3 Bd7 (10... h5 11. Nf4 Bd7
12. Qd1 g6 13. h4 O-O-O 14. Bh3 Kb8 15. O-O Nge7 16. Ng2 Nc8 17. Bg5 Rdf8 18.
Re1 Nb6 19. f3 Qa5 20. Re3 Na4 21. Qd2 Bc8 22. g4 Qb6 {1-0 Skorchenko,D (2430)
-Nikitin,A (2483)/Voronezh Master op 2003/ (44)}) 11. Nf4 {Rustemov,A: 'Inf.64/
280'} O-O-O 12. Bh3 (12. h4 $5 f6 13. Bh3 Re8 (13... fxe5 14. Nxe6 Bxe6 15.
Bxe6+ Kb8 16. dxe5 Re8 17. Bxg8 Nxe5 18. Bxd5 Qd7 19. Qxb7+ Qxb7 20. Bxb7 Kxb7
21. O-O-O $16) 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. O-O Ne4 16. Qd1 $16) 12... h5 (12... Nge7 13.
Nh5 Rdg8 14. O-O {/\ f4_f5+/-}) 13. Qd1 $14 h4 14. g4 (14. O-O $5 hxg3 15. fxg3
$14) 14... f6 15. O-O Nge7 (15... fxe5 16. Ng6 Rh7 17. Bg5 Re8 18. dxe5 $14)
16. exf6 (16. g5 f5) 16... gxf6 17. g5 Rdg8 18. Nxe6 {1/2-1/2 Kruppa,Y (2555)
-Krivoshey,S (2420)/Nikolaev (zt) 1995/ (41)}) 10... g6 (10... Nge7 11. Nh5 (
11. g3 Bd7 (11... b6 12. Bg2 Bd7 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Nh5 Rhg8 15. Qb2 Kb7 16.
Rae1 Rdf8 17. f4 Ka6 18. g4 Qa5 19. Re2 h6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Fedorov,A-Asrian,K/
Bled Olympiad 2002 (46)}) 12. h4 O-O-O 13. Bh3 Kb8 14. O-O Nc8 15. Nh5 Rhg8 16.
Qd1 Nb6 17. Ra2 Rdf8 18. Qg4 f5 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Qf3 f5 21. Re1 Ka8 22. Bf4
Qa5 23. Bc7 Nxd4 24. Qe3 Nb5 25. Be5 {Ni Hua (3354)-Narciso,M (2716)/Dos
Hermanas Internet qualifier S17 2005/1-0 (49)}) 11... Rg8 12. g3 (12. h4 Bd7
13. Rh3 O-O-O 14. Bg5 Rdf8 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Rf3 Be8 17. Nf4 Bd7 18. g3 g6 19.
Bh3 h6 20. Bg4 g5 21. hxg5 hxg5 22. Nh5 Rh8 23. Kd2 Ng8 24. Qb4 Qxb4 25. cxb4
Rh6 {Dabo Peranic,R (2262)-Glavas,D (2333)/Bosnjaci op-A 2006/ /1/2-1/2 (52)})
12... Bd7 13. Bh3 (13. Bg2 O-O-O 14. O-O Kb8 15. Kh1 Rdf8 16. Re1 Nc8 17. Qd1
Nb6 18. Bh3 Qa5 19. f4 Na4 20. Re3 Qd8 21. Qf1 Ka8 {1-0 Quezada,Y (2502)
-Giaccio,A (2478)/Santa Clara Garcia mem Prem II 2005/The Week in Chess 552 
(74)}) 13... O-O-O 14. O-O Kb8 {[%cal Ge7c8,Gc8b6]} 15. f4 $5 (15. Qb2 Nc8 16.
f4 (16. Rab1 Nb6) 16... Nb6 17. Rf2 Rdf8 18. Re1 Qa5 $13 {[%cal Gb6a4] 0-1
Korneev,O (2551)-Herraiz Hidalgo,H (2458)/Elgoibar 2002/CBM 93/[Psakhis] (46)})
15... Nc8 16. g4 Nb6 17. f5 Qa5 18. Qe1 Na4 19. Qe3 a6 20. Nf4 Na7 21. fxe6
fxe6 22. g5 Rde8 23. Bg4 $36 {1-0 Korneev,O (2594)-Marches Rios,J (2223)/
Badalona op 2005/ (30)}) 11. h4 h6 $5 $146 {[%csl Gg5] This obvious move is
definitely better than the previously played} (11... Nge7 12. h5 g5 13. Nh3 h6
14. g4 Bd7 15. Be2 O-O-O 16. O-O Rdf8 17. f4 gxf4 18. Bxf4 Qa5 19. Rf3 Rfg8 20.
Nf2 Rh7 21. Qc1 Qd8 22. Rg3 Qf8 23. Qd2 Na5 24. Rf1 Ba4 25. Nd1 Bd7 26. Ne3 {
Skorchenko,D (2478)-Mokhna,N/Krasnodar Stepanov mem op 2004/EXT 2006/1-0 (57)})
12. g3 Bd7 13. Be2 O-O-O 14. Qc1 Kb8 15. Ng2 {[%cal Gd2h6]} Rc8 16. Bf4 Ka8 17.
O-O Qa5 (17... f6 $5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Bxh6 Ne4 20. Bd2 e5) 18. Qd2 Rf8 $13 {
[%cal Gf7f6]} 19. a4 f6 ({It would be interesting to check the sharp} 19... g5
20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Bxg5 f6 22. exf6 Nxf6 23. Bxf6 (23. f3 Rhg8) 23... Rxf6 {
with some compensation for the pawn, thanks to the vulnerable position of the
white king}) 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. f3 Nh5 ({Again Cao Sang could sacrifice a pawn:
} 21... g5 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Bxg5 e5 {with unclear compensation. I have the
feeling that white's chances must be better here, but he must play very
carefully to prove this evaluation.}) 22. Bd6 Rf7 23. g4 Nf6 {Both opponents
play very inventively and now a very sharp position has arisen.} 24. Qe3 g5 $5
{Just in time!} 25. h5 (25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Qxg5 $2 Qxc3 $17) 25... Bc8 ({
It looks that after} 25... Re8 $5 {[%cal Ge6e5] with idea to play in nearest
future e6-e5 black could get a very promising position.}) 26. Bh2 Rg8 (26... e5
$5 27. dxe5 Re8) 27. f4 $5 gxf4 28. Rxf4 {Stronger than} (28. Bxf4 Rfg7 $5 (
28... Nxg4 29. Bxg4 Rxg4 30. Bxh6 $13) 29. Bxh6 (29. g5 e5 $1 30. dxe5 hxg5 31.
Bg3 Ne4 $19) 29... Nxg4 $1 30. Bxg4 Rxg4 $36 {[%csl Rg1] and initiative
belongs to Black.}) 28... e5 $1 {Both players show great fighting spirit!} 29.
dxe5 Nxg4 {Black had already a good choice. He could play also} (29... Re8 $5 {
or}) (29... d4 $5 {with good counter play in both cases. Possibly these moves
were stronger than text.}) 30. Bxg4 Rxf4 31. Bxc8 $8 Re4 $1 32. Qh3 $8 (32.
Bxb7+ Kxb7 33. Rb1+ Ka8 34. Qxh6 Qc7 $17) 32... Nxe5 33. Kh1 $1 Ng4 $1 34. Bxg4
Rexg4 {Volokitin managed to keep a small material advantage, but his king is
too open and needs protection.} 35. Nf4 Qd8 {[%cal Cf4e6,Ce6d8,Gg4h4]} 36. Ng6
({Unfortunately for white after natural} 36. Ne6 Rh4 $1 37. Nxd8 (37. Nc7+ Kb8
38. Nb5+ Ka8 {leads just to draw.}) 37... Rxh3 38. Ne6 a6 39. Nc7+ ({or} 39.
Nf4 Rxc3 40. Nxd5 Rxc2) 39... Ka7 40. Nxd5 Rd8 $132 {black's chances are not
worse.}) 36... Re4 37. Rf1 Rge8 $1 38. Qf5 d4 $5 {Who is playing for the win?}
39. cxd4 $1 ({After} 39. Bg1 d3 $5 (39... dxc3) 40. Qc5 Rh4+ 41. Kg2 Rg4+ 42.
Kh3 Rxg1 $1 43. Rxg1 dxc2 {[%csl Gc2,Rh3]} 44. Qd4 Qc8+ 45. Kh2 Rd8 $36 {
it is White who must think about survival.}) 39... Qxd4 (39... Rxd4 $5) 40. Bg3
(40. Bg1 $5 Qd6 41. Qc5 $5 Qxc5 42. Bxc5 Re1 $5 43. Kg1 $140 R1e4 44. Bf8 Rg4+
45. Kf2 Rg5) 40... a6 41. Bf2 Qd6 42. a5 (42. Qc5 $5) 42... Qc6 43. Kg1 c3 $1
44. Rd1 (44. Rb1) 44... Qc8 $6 {This move appears to be a serious inaccuracy
which White failed to exploit.} (44... Re2 $5 $132) 45. Qxc8+ Rxc8 46. Kf1 (46.
Bb6 Re2 {[%csl Rc2]}) 46... Ra4 47. Ne5 $6 {Mistake!} ({The natural
development of the initiative could be achieved by} 47. Bb6 $142 Ra2 48. Rc1 $1
$16) 47... Rg8 48. Rd5 Ra2 49. Be3 (49. Nf7 Rf8 50. Nxh6 $140 Rxc2 51. Ng4 Ra2
$132) 49... Rxc2 50. Bxh6 Rh2 51. Nd3 (51. Nd7 Rh8 52. Nb6+ Ka7 53. Be3 R2xh5
$11) 51... Rh8 $11 52. Bg7 R2xh5 53. Rxh5 Rxh5 54. Bxc3 b6 $5 55. axb6 Kb7 56.
Ke2 (56. Bd4 Rd5 57. Nc5+ Kxb6 $11) 56... Kxb6 57. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 {Fashionable line worked very good for Black in last years.} 9. Qh4 {
Modest responce.} (9. Bg5 Qa5 10. Bd2 f5 11. exf6 Rxf6 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qg5 Rf7
14. Nf3 c4 15. Be2 Qc7 16. h4 e5 17. h5 Bf5 18. Kd1 Re8 {1-0 Fogarasi,T-Holzke,
F/Budapest 1992 (36)}) (9. Qh3 Ng6 10. Nf3 c4 11. Be2 f6 12. Qg3 fxe5 13. Nxe5
Ngxe5 14. dxe5 Qc7 15. f4 Qb6 16. h4 Bd7 17. h5 Ne7 18. a4 Nf5 19. Qh3 d4 20.
a5 Qc5 21. Bf3 Bc6 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. O-O d3+ {Reuss,A-Buhmann,R/GER-ch B18
Oberhof 1999/0-1 (39)}) ({White must play} 9. Qh5 $5 Ng6 10. Nf3 $36 {if he
wants pretend for advantage.}) 9... Ng6 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 {It is difficult to
believe, that White can organize serious preasure on the king's side after
queen exchange.} 11. Be3 $146 (11. Nf3 b6 12. h4 h6 13. g4 Bb7 14. Rh3 Rac8 15.
Be3 Na5 16. h5 Nf8 17. g5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Rd7 19. h6 $36 {1/2-1/2 Zunker,
R-Mohrenstecher,J/Langenwang op 1994 (30)}) 11... Bd7 12. h4 Nge7 {[%cal Ge7f5]
} 13. g4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Na5 $1 {[%cal Gd7a4,Ga5c4]} 15. h5 (15. Bg5 $5 Re8 16.
h5 {is little bit more accurate, but doesn't change estimation of position as
equal.}) 15... Ba4 16. Bg5 Rd7 17. h6 g6 18. Nf3 a6 $5 {[%cal Ga4b5] Preparing
typical for Frence defence light-coloured bishops exchange.} 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20.
g5 {[%cal Gf3h2,Gh2g4,Gg4f6] Dreaming to bring knight one day to f6} Rc7 $36 {
[%csl Rc2][%cal Ga8c8]} 21. Kd2 Rac8 22. Rhc1 Bb5 $1 23. Bxb5 axb5 {[%csl Ra3,
Rc2]} 24. Kd1 Rc3 25. Ng1 {All white pieces went back to the first rank and
black's advantage is obvious.} Nc4 26. Ne2 Rf3 ({Also possible} 26... Rh3 $5
27. Ng3 Rh4 28. c3 Rg4 29. Ke2 Rxg5 30. a4 $5 bxa4 31. Rxa4 Rg4 32. Rca1 Rh4 {
with better chances}) 27. Ke1 Rxa3 28. c3 (28. Rxa3 Nxa3 29. Kd1 b4 $1) 28...
Ra4 $1 29. Rab1 {[%csl Rb5]} Na3 30. Rb2 Kf8 31. Kd1 Rca8 32. Nf4 R8a5 33. Nd3
Nc4 34. Rbc2 b6 $17 {It is difficult to understand why Black agreed draw in
much better position.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.11.10"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Qf7 14. Ng5 Qe8
15. h4 h6 16. Nh3 b5 17. Qe2 $146 (17. Nf4 Ne7 18. Kd2 (18. Rh3 Rf5 19. Qe2 a5
20. g4 Rf7 21. Qd2 Bd7 22. h5 g5 23. Ng2 b4 24. axb4 axb4 25. Rxa8 Qxa8 26.
cxb4 Qa1+ 27. Qc1 Qc3+ 28. Qd2 Qa1+ 29. Qc1 Qc3+ 30. Qd2 Qa1+ {1/2-1/2 Davila,
M-Halldorsson,J/corr 1998 (30)}) 18... a5 19. Qh3 Bd7 20. Rab1 Qf7 21. f3 Rab8
22. Ne2 Nc6 23. Rb2 b4 24. axb4 axb4 25. cxb4 c3+ 26. Nxc3 Na5 27. Ke2 Nc4 28.
Rb3 Nxe3 29. Kxe3 Qf4+ 30. Kd3 Rfc8 31. Qg4 Rxc3+ 32. Kxc3 Rc8+ {Anand,
V-Jussupow,A/Bastia Corsica Masters 2002/ 1/2-1/2 (53)}) (17. h5 gxh5 18. Qe2
Bd7 19. Nf4 Rxf4 20. Bxf4 Qf7 21. Be3 Be8 22. g4 hxg4 23. Qxg4 Qg6 24. Qe2 Qf5
25. O-O-O Bg6 26. Rdg1 Ne7 {1/2-1/2 L'Ami,E-Dgebuadze,A/Dieren op 2002 (49)})
17... Bd7 (17... a5 18. g4 Rb8 19. h5 gxh5) 18. g4 (18. h5 gxh5 19. Nf4 Rxf4
20. Bxf4 Qf7 21. Be3 Be8 $44) 18... a5 (18... Qd8 19. h5 g5) 19. h5 $5 (19. Nf4
$5) 19... gxh5 (19... g5 20. f4 gxf4 21. Nxf4 $36) 20. g5 (20. gxh5 Rf5 $13)
20... hxg5 21. Nxg5 g6 (21... Qg6 22. Rxh5) 22. Kd2 (22. O-O-O b4) (22. Rg1 $5
Ne7 (22... Rf5 23. Nf3 $1 {[%cal Gf3h4]}) 23. Nh3 Rf5 24. Bg5 $36) 22... b4 23.
Rag1 bxc3+ 24. Kd1 Rf5 $1 (24... Qb8 $6 25. Nxe6 Qb1+ 26. Bc1 Kf7 27. Rxg6 $1
Bxe6 28. Qxh5 Ke7 29. Rxe6+ $18) (24... Rb8 $6 25. Ne4 $1 (25. Rxh5 $2 Rb1+ 26.
Bc1 Rxc1+ 27. Kxc1 Qb8 28. Qe3 Qb2+ 29. Kd1 Qb1+ 30. Ke2 Qxc2+ 31. Ke1 Qd2+ 32.
Qxd2 cxd2+ 33. Kxd2 gxh5 34. Nxe6+ Kf7 35. Nxf8 Kxf8 36. Kc3 Na7 $19) 25... Kh7
26. Qg4 Rb1+ 27. Bc1 dxe4 28. Rxh5+ Kg8 29. Rgh1 $18) 25. Rxh5 {[%mdl 512]} (
25. Ne4 $6 dxe4 26. Rxh5 Rb8 27. Rh6 Rb1+ 28. Bc1 Ne7 29. Rgh1 Kf8 30. Rh8+ Ng8
31. Qe3 g5 $19) 25... gxh5 26. Ne4+ Kh8 $1 $138 (26... Kh7 $2 27. Nd6 Nxd4 28.
Bxd4 Qb8 29. Be3 Rxe5 $140 30. Qf3 Qf8 31. Qg3 Qf6 32. Bd4 Rb8 33. Bxe5 Rb1+
34. Ke2 Rxg1 35. Bxf6 Rxg3 36. fxg3 $18) 27. Nd6 Qg8 $2 $138 (27... Nxd4 $5 28.
Bxd4 Qb8 29. Be3 Qb1+ 30. Bc1 Rg8 31. Rh1 Rgg5 $8) (27... Rb8 $1 28. Nxe8 (28.
Kc1 Nxd4 $1 29. Bxd4 Rb1+ $19) (28. Nxf5 exf5 29. Qf3 Nxd4 $5 30. Qf4 Rb1+ 31.
Bc1 Rxc1+ 32. Qxc1 Kh7 $19) 28... Nxd4 29. Qe1 Nf3 30. Qf1 Bxe8 $19 {[%csl Gb8,
Gf3,Gf5]}) 28. Bg5 $2 $138 (28. Rxg8+ Rxg8 29. Qf1 Rff8 (29... Ne7 30. Qh1 Be8
31. Ke2) 30. Qh1 Rg6 31. Qxh5+ Kg7 32. Bg5 $36) 28... Rb8 $1 $18 {[%csl Rd1]}
29. Qxh5+ (29. Kc1 Rxg5 $5 (29... Rb1+ 30. Kxb1 Qb8+ 31. Kc1 Qb2+ 32. Kd1 Qb1+
33. Bc1 Nxd4 34. Nf7+ Kh7 $19) 30. Nf7+ Qxf7 31. Rxg5 Qf4+ $19) (29. Bf6+ Kh7)
29... Qh7 30. Qg4 Rxg5 (30... Rb1+ 31. Bc1 Rxf2 $19) 31. Nf7+ (31. Qxg5 Rb1+
32. Ke2 Qxc2+ 33. Kf3 Nxd4+ 34. Kg2 Rxg1+ 35. Kxg1 Nf3+) 31... Qxf7 32. Rh1+
Kg7 33. Qxg5+ Qg6 0-1

[Event "Katrineholm"]
[Site "Katrineholm"]
[Date "1999.05.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Lyrberg, Patrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. bxa5
dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Bd3 (13. a6 b6 (
13... O-O-O $5) 14. Bg3 O-O-O 15. Bd3 Ng6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Rd1 Rde8 18. O-O g5
19. Qd3 g4 20. Nh4 Ne7 $44 {1/2-1/2 Psakhis,L-Eingorn,V/USSR (ch) 1987}) 13...
O-O-O 14. Bg3 {In this compleatly unclear position black used few
continuations .Lyrberg choose rare and interesting move} Rh8 $5 {but is is not
easy to prove advantage of white and after mainstream} (14... Qxa5 $5 15. O-O
Qc5 (15... Qa4 16. Rfe1 Ng6 17. Qh6 Rh8 18. Qe3 d4 19. Qe2 Nce7 20. Rab1 Bc6
21. Rb4 Qxa3 22. Rxd4 Bd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 De Firmian,N-Lputian,S/Yerevan (ol)
1996/Inf 67 (50)}) 16. Qh4 a6 17. Ng5 Be8 18. Qf4 Nd4 19. Rfe1 Nef5 20. a4 Rg7
$13 {0-1 Polgar,J-Vaganian,R/Groningen PCA 1993 (40)}) (14... Rxg3 $6 15. hxg3
Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 17. Kf1 Be8 18. a6 b6 19. a4 Qc7 20. Qg7 e5 21. Rh8 $16 {
1-0 McDonald-Karlsson,L/Gausdal Arnold-Cup 1990 (43)}) 15. Qxf7 {N/} (15. Qg7
Qxa5 16. O-O d4 17. Rfe1 Rdg8 18. Qxf7 Rf8 19. Qg7 Rfg8 20. Qf7 Rf8 21. Qg7
Rfg8 {1/2-1/2 De Firmian,N-Lyrberg,P/DEN t-ch 1999 (21)}) 15... Rdf8 {for
sacrificed pawn black opened all lines on the king,s side and their bishop can
quickly come to the game.} 16. Qg7 Rhg8 17. Qh6 Qxa5 18. O-O Rxf3 $5 {[%mdl
544] Another sacrifice! Lyrberg plays in great style. Whites material
advantage is big, but almost all pieces are badly situated and it looks that
black has reasonable compensation.} 19. gxf3 Nd4 20. Kh1 Nef5 {[%csl Gd4,Gf5]}
21. Qf4 (21. Qh7 $5 Qd8) 21... Qc5 22. Rg1 Rf8 23. Qg4 Bc6 (23... Bb5 $5) 24.
Rg2 Bb5 $1 {White will have troubles with protection important c pawn after
bishop exchange.} 25. Bxb5 Qxb5 26. Bf4 Kb8 27. Bg5 Rc8 {Not a bad move, but
why not to take pawn immediately-} (27... Nxc2 $142 $1 28. Rc1 Qe2 29. f4 Ncd4
$1 {leads to black advantage}) 28. Rc1 Qe2 29. Be7 $5 Qxe5 (29... Nxc2 30. Bd6+
Nxd6 (30... Ka8 31. Qg8 $18) 31. exd6 Qd2 32. d7 $1 Qxc1+ (32... Rd8 33. Qg3+
Ka8 34. Rb1 $18) 33. Rg1 $18) ({Deserves attention coldblooded} 29... a6 $1 {
with unclear game, for example} 30. Bd6+ Ka8 31. f4 (31. Qh5 Nxf3 32. Qh7 $140
Qe4 $1) 31... Nf3 {[%cal Gd5d2]} 32. Qg6 Ne1 $132) 30. Bg5 Qe2 (30... Qd6 31.
Be3 Qxa3 32. Qf4+ Ka8 33. Rcg1 $16) 31. Be3 (31. Bf6 $5 Qd2 (31... Nxf3 32.
Qf4+ Ka8 33. Qc7 $1 Rb8 34. Rb1 $5 {[%cal Rc7b7]} Nh6 35. Qxc3 $16) (31... e5
32. f4 e4 33. Be5+ Ka8 34. Qxe2 Nxe2 35. Re1 Ned4 36. Reg1 $16) 32. Be5+ Ka8
33. Bf4 Qe2 34. Qg8 Ne7 $1 $13) 31... e5 $1 (31... Nxf3 32. Bf4+ (32. Qf4+ Ka8
33. Qc7 $1 Qc4 $8 (33... Rb8 34. Rb1 Qa6 35. Bf4 Rf8 36. Qxc3 $18) 34. Qxc4
dxc4 35. Rd1) 32... Ka8 33. Qg8 Ne7 34. Qg7 Qe4 35. Qxe7 Qxf4 36. Rb1 Rb8 37.
Qxe6 $16) 32. Bxd4 Nxd4 33. Qd7 (33. f4 $5 Qxg4 34. Rxg4 e4 $13 (34... exf4 35.
h4)) 33... Qxf3 (33... Qc4 34. Rg7 $18) 34. Qd6+ $2 (34. Rb1 $8 b6 35. Qd6+ Kb7
36. Qxe5 Nxc2 $17) 34... Ka8 35. Qxe5 Nxc2 $4 {[%mdl 8192] I think that last
moves opponents made in huge time troubles, other case Lyrberg will play surely
} (35... Ne2 $1 {with force victory-} 36. Qe3 $8 (36. Qe6 Qxg2+ $1) 36... Qxe3
37. fxe3 Nxc1 38. Rg1 Ne2 (38... Na2 39. Ra1) 39. Re1 d4 $1 40. Rxe2 d3 41. Re1
d2 42. Rd1 Rg8 $19) 36. Qg3 $1 $18 {Now game is over.} Qf5 37. Qg4 Qxg4 38.
Rxg4 Nxa3 39. Rxc3 Nc4 40. Rd4 Rc5 41. h4 1-0

[Event "Torshavn op 3rd"]
[Site "Torshavn"]
[Date "2000.10.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2000.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FAI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nh3 Qc7 11. Be3 (11. O-O c4 12. Be2 f6 13. f4 Qf7 14. a4
Nge7 15. Ba3 Qxh5 16. Bxh5 f5 17. a5 a6 18. Rfb1 g6 19. Be2 Re8 20. Kf2 Na7 {
1-0 Almasi,Z-Holzke,F/Elekes Memorial 1993 (39)}) 11... c4 (11... Nce7 12. f4
Qa5 13. Bd2 Qa4 14. g4 c4 15. Be2 Qxc2 16. Rc1 Qb2 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nh3 f6 19. g5
hxg5 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. Nxg5 Nf8 {1/2-1/2 Polgar,J-Hillarp Persson,T/Malmoe
2000/The Week in Chess 290 (39)}) 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qh4 $6 $146 (13. Qg4 Rf5
14. Nf4 Qf7 15. h4 Ne7 16. h5 gxh5 17. Nxh5 Qg6 18. Qxg6 {1/2-1/2 Joachim,
S-Libeau,R/Gladenbach tt 1996/ (18)}) 13... b5 14. O-O Bd7 15. f3 a5 16. Bd2
Qb6 17. Kh1 b4 18. Rfb1 b3 19. a4 Rfb8 (19... Rab8 $5 20. cxb3 cxb3 21. Ra3 b2
22. Ra2 Qb3 23. Raxb2 Qxb2 24. Rxb2 Rxb2 25. Be3 Ra2 $36) 20. cxb3 cxb3 21. Rb2
Qa6 22. Ng5 $5 h6 23. Nh3 g5 24. Qg4 Rb7 25. f4 $1 Rf8 $5 26. Kg1 (26. fxg5 $5
Rf1+ 27. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 28. Ng1 hxg5 29. Bxg5 $132) 26... Qc4 $1 {[%cal Gc4g4]} 27.
fxg5 Nxe5 28. Qg3 Nd3 29. gxh6 Bxa4 30. Rbb1 (30. Rxa4 Nxb2 (30... Nc1 31. Nf4)
31. Rxc4 Nxc4 32. Bc1 Rf6 $17) 30... Bb5 $4 $138 {[%mdl 8192]} (30... Nc1 $5
31. Rxc1 b2 32. Nf4 Bb5) (30... b2 $1 31. Rxa4 Nc1 $1 (31... Qxa4 32. hxg7 (32.
Qxd3 Qb5 33. Qe3 (33. Nf4 Qxd3 (33... Rxf4 34. Qxb5 Rxb5 35. Bxf4 a4 36. Bd6)
34. Nxd3 a4 $19) 33... Rbf7 34. Nf4 (34. Qxe6 Qd3 $19) 34... Rxf4 35. Qxe6+
R4f7 $19) 32... Rf6 $5 (32... Rf1+ $6 33. Rxf1 (33. Kxf1 Qc2 $19) 33... b1=Q
34. Qf3 Qxf1+ $8 35. Qxf1 Rxg7 (35... Rf7 36. Qb1 Rb7 (36... Qc4 37. Bh6) 37.
Qxd3 Qd1+ 38. Kf2 Rf7+ 39. Ke3 Qg4) 36. Qxd3 Qd1+ 37. Kf2 Rf7+ $13) 33. Qxd3
Qc4 34. Qg3 Qe2 35. Qe5 Qd3 36. Qe1 a4 37. Bg5 Rff7 $17) 32. Qe1 (32. Qxg7+
Rxg7 33. Rxc4 Ne2+ 34. Kh1 Rgf7 $19) (32. Nf4 Qxa4) (32. Kh1 Rf1+ 33. Ng1 Qxa4
34. Rxb2 $140 Ne2 $19) (32. Rxc4 Ne2+ 33. Kh1 Nxg3+ 34. hxg3 dxc4 $19) 32...
Qxa4 (32... Ne2+ 33. Kh1 Qxa4 34. Qxe2) 33. Bxc1 bxc1=Q 34. Rxc1 Qe8 $17) 31.
Qd6 Qc6 $4 $138 (31... Re8 32. Rxa5 b2 $14) 32. h7+ 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 07th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1999.06.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hall, Jesper"]
[Black "Karlsson, Lars"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1999.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. h4 {Maybe
sharpest continuation in this position.} Nbc6 8. h5 Qa5 9. Bd2 Bd7 10. h6 (10.
Rb1 O-O-O 11. Nf3 Qxa3 12. Ra1 Qb2 13. dxc5 f6 14. Rh4 d4 15. Nxd4 Nxe5 16.
Rxa7 Nd5 17. Rh3 $14 {1-0 Wang Zili-Shulman,Y/Yerevan olm 1996 (49)}) 10...
gxh6 {Pawn structure on the king side looks terrible, but black can hope for
counterplay and on the queen side and on the open g line.} 11. Nf3 (11. Rxh6 $6
O-O-O 12. Nf3 Rdg8 13. Nh2 Qc7 14. Be3 Nf5 15. Rh3 h5 16. Qd2 h4 17. Nf3 Rg4
$36 {0-1 Haro,M-Robledo,N/Itapiruba masters 1997 (23)}) 11... O-O-O 12. Bd3 (
12. a4 Rdg8 13. g3 Rg4 14. Bd3 Qc7 15. Nh2 Rgg8 16. Nf3 Rg4 $13 {0-1 Mainka,
R-Uhlmann,W/Baden Baden-B 1992 (29)}) 12... Rhg8 $146 {Improvment compare to} (
12... c4 13. Be2 Ng8 14. Kf1 f6 15. Qe1 fxe5 16. dxe5 Rf8 17. g3 Be8 18. Nd4
Nd8 19. Bg4 $16 {and White got an advantage in the Tiscbierek,R-Uhlmann,W
baden-Baden-B 1992} (19. Bg4 Bd7 20. Kg2 Nc6 21. Bxe6 Bxe6 22. Nxe6 Re8 23. Nd4
Qa4 24. Bf4 Nge7 25. Qd2 Ng6 26. Nf5 Kb8 27. Rab1 Ncxe5 28. Bxe5+ Rxe5 29. Nd6
Qc6 30. Rxb7+ Ka8 31. Qd4 Qa6 32. Rhb1 Rf8 33. Rd7 Rb8 34. Rxb8+ Kxb8 35. Qc5 {
1-0 Tischbierek,R-Uhlmann,W/Baden Baden-B 1992 (35)})) 13. Kf1 Nf5 14. Bxf5
exf5 15. Rxh6 Rg4 $132 {[%csl Ra3,Rc2,Rc3,Rf7,Rh7][%cal Gd8g8]} 16. Nh2 Qb5+
17. Kg1 Re4 ({Also possible modest} 17... Rg7 $5) 18. Rb1 Qc4 19. Bg5 Rg8 20.
Qh5 {[%cal Gh5f7,Gh6h8]} Qa2 21. Rf1 Rg6 $6 {Mistake, stronger was to play} (
21... Be6 $5 22. Rxh7 Qxa3 {and after possible continuation} 23. Rh8 Rxh8 24.
Qxh8+ Kc7 25. Qf8 Qxc3 26. Qd6+ Kc8 {repetitions of the moves is best what
White can do .}) 22. Rxh7 Be6 23. Nf3 $1 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gh7h8,Gf3h4] With
strong threat 24.Nh4} Rg4 24. Rh6 Rxh6 25. Qxh6 Qxc2 (25... Qxa3 $5) 26. Nh2
Rxg5 $5 {Exchange sacrifice is more or less force, because} (26... Re4 27. Qf8+
Kd7 28. Qxc5 $16 {leads to white favour}) 27. Qxg5 Qxc3 {[%cal Rc5c4]} 28. dxc5
Qxc5 29. Qc1 b6 $1 {Position is still very complicated in spite of white,s
small material advantage} 30. Nf3 Kb7 31. Qb2 Na5 32. a4 Nc4 33. Qc3 Bd7 34.
Ra1 a5 $6 (34... Na5 $5 {looks stronger}) 35. Ng5 (35. Nd2 $142 $1) 35... Be6
36. Rb1 $1 {[%cal Gb1b5]} d4 37. Qf3+ Qc6 38. Qf4 Qd5 $2 {Serious mistake} (
38... d3 $1 {was the only move}) 39. Nf3 $2 ({After} 39. Rb5 $1 Qd7 40. Nxe6
fxe6 41. Qf3+ {Hall could win immediately, for example} Qc6 (41... Ka7 42. Qd3
$18) 42. Qd3 Nb2 43. Qxd4 Qc1+ 44. Kh2 Qh6+ 45. Kg3 Qg6+ 46. Kf3 $18) 39... d3
40. Rd1 Qe4 {It is easy to see, that Black improved position in last few moves
and now it is time for White to think abou equalization.} (40... Bd7 $5) 41.
Qc1 Bd5 42. Qc3 d2 43. Qd4 $8 Qxd4 44. Nxd4 Bc6 45. Nb5 $1 (45. Nxc6 $6 Kxc6
46. Kf1 b5 $1 47. axb5+ Kxb5 48. Rb1+ Kc5 49. Ke2 a4 50. Rb7 $8 (50. f4 a3 51.
Rb7 Kd4 52. Rxf7 Kc3 $19) 50... a3 51. Rxf7 Kb6 $1 52. Rf6+ Kb5 53. Rxf5 a2 54.
e6+ Kb4 $19) 45... Bxb5 (45... Ka6 46. Nc3) 46. axb5 a4 $1 47. Kf1 a3 48. Ke2
Nb2 $5 (48... Kc7 49. Rh1 {[%cal Gh1h8,Gh8a8]} (49. f4 $5 Nb2 $2 50. Rxd2 a2
51. Rc2+ $1 Kd7 52. Rc1 $18)) 49. Rxd2 a2 50. Rd7+ Kb8 51. Rd8+ {Nice result
of interesting and complicated game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Qa5 {Thanks to efforts of Rustemov, this line become very popular in modern
practice} 9. Bd2 Nbc6 10. Nf3 f5 11. exf6 $5 (11. Qh3 Qa4 12. Rg1 c4 13. Be2
Qxc2 14. Rc1 Qb2 15. g4 Na5 16. Bd1 Nb3 17. Rc2 Qxa3 18. Bh6 Ng6 $132 {1/2-1/2
Langheinrich,F-Kindermann,S/BL 0102 2002/}) 11... Rxf6 12. Qh5 Nf5 13. g4 (13.
c4 $5 Qa4 14. cxd5 Ncxd4 15. Ng5 h6 16. Ne4 Rf8 17. O-O b6 18. Ng3 Ba6 19. Nxf5
exf5 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Seres,L-Erdos,V/Budapest-4 GM 2003/The Week in
Chess 441 (28)}) (13. Ne5 $5) 13... c4 14. gxf5 cxd3 15. Rg1 Bd7 16. c4 Qc7 $1
{It is necessary for Black to show big care -} (16... Qd8 $2 17. Bh6 Rf7 18.
Ng5 Qa5+ 19. Kf1 Raf8 20. Nxf7 Rxf7 21. Bxg7 $1 Rxg7 22. f6 {1-0 Timman,J-Van
Haastert,E/Amsterdam Lost Boys op 2002}) 17. Bh6 Be8 18. Qh4 Rxh6 19. Qxh6 dxc4
20. cxd3 cxd3 21. f6 $5 $146 {Interesting novelty.} ({White failed to get any
advantage after} 21. Rd1 Bg6 22. Rxg6 hxg6 23. Qxg6 Qa5+ 24. Kf1 Qxf5 25. Qxf5
exf5 26. Rxd3 Rd8 27. d5 Rd6 {1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Goloshchapov,A/Montecatini Terme
op 1999 (35)}) 21... Bg6 $8 22. Qxg7+ Qxg7 23. fxg7 Rd8 {[%mdl 4096] It is not
so easy correctly estimate this position, but it looks that Black can keep
equal chances.} 24. Rg4 {[%csl Rd4]} (24. Rd1 Nxd4 25. Ne5 Bf5 $44) 24... Bf5 (
{In the case of} 24... Bh5 25. Rg3 Bxf3 26. Rxf3 Nxd4 {[%cal Rd4c2,Rd4f3]} 27.
Rf8+ $8 Rxf8 28. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 29. Rb1 $14 {white's chances are better}) 25. Rf4
Ne7 {[%cal Ge7d5,Ge7g6]} (25... Kxg7 $5) 26. Kd2 Ng6 27. Rxf5 $8 exf5 28. Rb1 (
28. Kxd3 Kxg7 29. Rb1 Nf4+ $11) 28... b6 29. Rb5 $5 Ne7 $1 {Good defense.} ({
I think that Black rightly avoided the line} 29... f4 $2 30. Kxd3 Kxg7 31. h4
$16) 30. Re5 Rd7 31. Kxd3 {Maybe White still has a slight positional advantage,
but Khalifman manages to defend this position with confidence.} Kxg7 32. h4 (
32. Re6 $5) 32... Kf6 33. Ng5 Ng6 34. Re6+ Kg7 35. Kc4 Rc7+ (35... Nxh4 $5 36.
d5 $44 {[%csl Gd5]}) 36. Kb5 Nxh4 37. Rxb6 $1 {Shirov hurries to restore
material balance.} (37. d5 $4 Rc5+) 37... axb6 38. Ne6+ Kf6 39. Nxc7 Nf3 {
[%csl Gh7][%cal Rh7h1] Strong pawn h allows to Black to keep balance.} 40. Nd5+
(40. Kxb6 Nxd4 41. a4 Nb3 42. a5 $140 $6 Nxa5 43. Kxa5 Ke5 $17) (40. d5 h5 {
[%csl Gh5]}) 40... Kg5 41. Kxb6 Nxd4 42. Kc5 (42. a4 Nb3) 42... Ne6+ 43. Kd6
Nd4 $1 44. Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.09.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[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 "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Kf8 {
Predrag Nikolic likes this risky move, he played it many times and as usual
with success.} 8. Bd2 Qc7 $5 (8... b6 9. h4 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. h5 h6 12. Qe2
Nb8 13. g4 Nbc6 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. f4 Qb6 16. Nf3 Rb8 $13 {1-0 Spence,D-Garner,
D/Witley rated 1998 (52)}) 9. Nf3 {N/ Novelty, usually white tryed to defend
pawn, with bishop} (9. Bd3 b6 10. Nf3 (10. h4 Ba6 11. h5 h6 12. Rh3 Bxd3 13.
cxd3 Nbc6 14. Ne2 Kg8 15. Rf3 Rf8 16. Rf4 Na5 17. Rd1 c4 $11 {0-1 Goloshchapov,
A-Drozdovskij,Y/UKR-ch Alushta 1998 (36)}) 10... Ba6 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Bxa6
Nxa6 13. c4 Qc6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. O-O h6 16. Rfe1 Qe6 17. Qa4 Kg8 18. Rab1 $14
{1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Nikolic,P/Pula 1997/EXP 57 (38)}) ({or with rook.} 9. Rc1 Qa5
$5 10. h4 Qxa3 11. h5 h6 12. Rh3 c4 13. Rf3 Nbc6 14. Rf4 b5 15. Qf3 Nd8 16. g4
Ke8 $17 {1-0 Polgar,J-Nikolic,P/Linares 1997/CBM 57 (59)}) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4
Qxc2 11. Rc1 Qg6 (11... Qe4+ 12. Qxe4 dxe4 13. Ng5 Nbc6 14. Nxe4 $5 Nxd4 15.
Bb4 Ndc6 16. Bd6 $44) 12. Qh3 ({Deserves attention} 12. Qxg6 $5 hxg6 13. Rc7
Nbc6 14. Bb5 Ke8 $140 15. Bb4 $36 {[%csl Gb4,Gb5,Gc7][%cal Rf3g5] with
compensation.}) 12... Nbc6 13. Ng5 $5 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Gf1d3,Gf1e2,Ge2h5]} f6
$1 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Bd3 Nf5 16. Nf3 Rg8 {Avoid trap-} (16... e5 $2 17. dxe5
fxe5 18. Nxe5 $1 Nxe5 $140 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Bxf5 Qb6 21. Bb4+ Qxb4+ 22. axb4
Rc1+ 23. Kd2 Rxh1 24. Qh6+ $18) 17. O-O Qg4 $1 {Again} (17... e5 $6 {doesn,t
work well, but now for another reason} 18. dxe5 fxe5 (18... Nxe5 19. Nxe5 fxe5
20. Rxc8+ $1 $18) 19. Rxc6 $1 ({now} 19. Nxe5 $2 {lead to black,s favour} Nxe5
20. Rxc8+ Rxc8 21. Bxf5 Qxg2+ $1 22. Qxg2 Nf3+ 23. Kh1 Rxg2 24. Kxg2 Nh4+ 25.
Kg3 Nxf5+ 26. Kf4 Ne7 $17) 19... bxc6 20. Nxe5 Qe6 (20... Qf6 21. Qxh7 Ne7 (
21... Qxe5 22. Bxf5 Rxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Bxf5 24. Bh6+ Ke8 25. Qg8+ $18) 22. Re1 $1
$18 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Rd2h6,Rd2b4]}) 21. Qxh7 Rg7 22. Bb4+ Nd6 (22... Ke8 23.
Qh8+ Rg8 24. Qh5+ Kd8 25. Nf7+ Kc7 26. Ba5+ Kb8 27. Rb1+ Bb7 28. Bxf5 $18)) 18.
Qxg4 Rxg4 19. h3 Rg8 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. Rc5 Kf7 22. Rxd5 {From the first look
white is compleatly OK, they took back pawn, black pawns on the king,s side
are ruined, but...black bishop is much stronger then his white colleague, and
pressure on g line very unpleasand for white.} Be6 23. Rb5 (23. Rc5 Rad8 24.
Rb1 Rd7 $15) 23... Ne7 $1 24. Rxb7 (24. Re1 b6 {[%csl Ge6,Rg1]}) 24... Bd5 25.
Rc7 (25. Rxe7+ Kxe7 26. Nh4 Kd7 $1 $17) 25... Bxf3 26. Re1 Rae8 (26... Rxg2+
27. Kf1 Re8) 27. Bb4 (27. g3 $2 Be4 $1) 27... Rxg2+ 28. Kf1 Rh2 29. Rexe7+ Rxe7
30. Rxe7+ Kg6 31. Ke1 Rxh3 32. Rxa7 h5 $17 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rh5h1]} 33. Kd2 (
33. Bf8 f4) 33... h4 34. Be7 Rh1 35. Ra6 (35. Ke3 Bd5 36. Rd7 Re1+ 37. Kd2 Rxe7
$1 38. Rxd5 (38. Rxe7 h3 39. Re1 h2 40. Ke3 h1=Q 41. Rxh1 Bxh1 42. f3 Bg2 $19)
38... h3 39. Rc5 {[%tqu "En","Try to find easy way to victory","","","e7e1","",
10]} Re1 $1) 35... Kf7 $1 {Finish game immediately.} 36. Ke3 (36. Bxf6 h3 37.
Be5 h2 38. Bxh2 Rxh2 39. Ke3 Be4 $19) 36... Bb7 37. Ra7 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 06th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.05.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Black "Sergienko, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[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 "Sankt Petersburg Lentransgaz"]
[BlackTeam "Voronezh OShK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 $5 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4 ({Good alternative to the move in
the game could be} 11... Nce7 $5 {with possible continuation} 12. dxc5 b6 13.
O-O bxc5 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nf3 f5 16. exf6 Rxf6 $11 {0-1 Gutov,A-Ivanov,S/RUS
t-ch St.Petersburg 1999 (34)}) 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Bd7 $5 {Black tryed also}
(13... Qf7 {but after} 14. Ng5 Qe8 15. h4 h6 16. Nh3 {[%cal Gh3f4]} b5 17. h5
$5 gxh5 18. Qe2 a5 19. Nf4 g6 20. g4 $40 {1-0 Svidler,P-Bareev,E/Elista 1997/
CBM 59 (33) White got strong attack}) 14. h4 Rf5 15. h5 (15. Ng5 Qa5 16. Bd2
Raf8 17. O-O Nd8 18. Qe2 Ba4 19. Rac1 Re8 20. g4 Rff8 21. Kg2 Nf7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Kovacevic,A-Sparic,N/YUG t-ch 1994 (29)}) 15... gxh5 16. Rxh5 Rxh5 ({Deserves
attention} 16... Raf8 {[%cal Gd7e8] and after careless} 17. Rh6 $2 (17. Kd2 Be8
18. Rh4 Bg6) 17... Be8 $1 18. Rxe6 $2 {Black won immediately} Bh5 19. Qh4 Bxf3
20. gxf3 Qf7 21. Rd6 Rh5 $19 {0-1 Kekelidze,M-Hertneck,G/BL2 1997 (29)}) 17.
Qxh5 Rf8 18. Qh3 $5 {[%cal Gh3e6] N/} ({In the case of} 18. Kd2 Be8 19. Qg4 Qe7
20. Rh1 Bg6 {1/2-1/2 Heer,B-Kipper,J/Crailsheimer op 1998 (67) I would prefer
black position.}) 18... Rxf3 $1 {[%mdl 516] Very interesting positional
exchange sacrifice! Black will transfere bishop on g6, white pawns on the
queen side are week, and it is not clearly how White can use rook for active
plan.} 19. Qxf3 (19. gxf3 $6 Qc8 20. Kd2 Be8 21. Rh1 Bg6 {[%csl Re3,Gg6][%cal
Gc6e7,Ge7f5]}) 19... Be8 20. Qh3 Qd7 21. a4 Bg6 22. Kd1 Na5 23. Bc1 {[%cal
Gc1a3]} Bf5 24. Qh4 (24. g4 $5 Be4 25. f3 Bg6 26. Qh4) 24... h6 25. f3 Kh7 26.
Ra2 Qe8 27. Ba3 $5 (27. g4 Bg6) 27... Qg6 {[%mdl 512]} ({After} 27... Qxa4 28.
Qe7 {[%cal Rg2g4] is very strong}) 28. Qf2 $6 ({It is not easy to believe, but
after} 28. g4 $6 Bxc2+ $1 29. Rxc2 Qd3+ 30. Rd2 (30. Kc1 $2 Qf1+ $1 (30... Nb3+
31. Kb1 Qd1+ 32. Bc1 Nxc1 33. Rxc1 Qb3+ $11) 31. Kd2 (31. Kb2 Nb3 {[%cal Rf1a1]
}) 31... Nb3+ 32. Ke3 Qd3+ $19) 30... Qxc3 {Black has more then enough
compensation for the rook!}) ({Deserves attention} 28. Bb4 {with big and
unclear complications after} Qxg2 (28... Nc6 29. g4) 29. Bxa5 Qxf3+ 30. Kc1 (
30. Ke1 $2 Bg4 $19) 30... Qf1+ 31. Kb2 Qe2 32. Qh1 (32. Kc1 $11) (32. Ka3 b6
33. Bb4 Qd1 $44) 32... b6 $1 33. Bb4 a5 34. Ba3 (34. Bf8 Qxc2+ 35. Ka1 Qxc3+
36. Rb2 Qxd4 $19) 34... Qxc2+ 35. Ka1 Qxc3+ 36. Bb2 {but, maybe, white chances
are better now.}) 28... Qh5 $1 {[%cal Gh5h1]} 29. Bb4 Nc6 30. Qe1 Qh2 31. Qf1 (
31. g4 Bd3 $5) 31... h5 $1 32. Ba3 h4 33. Kc1 $6 (33. Rb2 b6) (33. Bc1 $5 h3
$140 34. gxh3 Bxh3 35. Bf4 $1) 33... Qf4+ 34. Kb1 $2 (34. Kd1 $8) (34. Kb2 Qd2)
34... Qd2 35. Qh1 h3 $1 36. gxh3 (36. g4 Qg2 $19) 36... Qxc3 {[%csl Ra4,Rc2,
Rd4,Rf3,Gf5]} 37. Bc5 b6 38. Bd6 Nxd4 $19 39. Qd1 Qb3+ $1 40. Rb2 Bxc2+ 41.
Qxc2+ Nxc2 42. Rxb3 cxb3 43. Kb2 Nd4 44. Kc3 Kg6 45. Bb8 Nc6 46. Bd6 Kf5 {
Good positional game} (46... Kf5 47. Kxb3 Kf4) 0-1

[Event "VAM Hoogeveen 2nd"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "1998.10.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Shaked, Tal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1998.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. Qh3 {Rare, double-edged move. Usual continuation is something like} (9.
exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Qa5 13. Bd2 Nbc6 14. Nf3 c4 15. Be2
Nf5 {with complicated game.}) 9... Qa5 10. Bd2 Nbc6 {deserves attention} (10...
Qa4 11. dxc5 Nd7 {for example} 12. Nf3 Nxc5 13. O-O b6 14. Be3 Ng6 15. Rfd1 Ne4
16. Bd4 Ba6 17. Nd2 Rac8 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qe3 Ne7 {0-1 Bragin,A-Rychagov,A/
RUS t-ch Orel 1997 (24)}) 11. Nf3 Qa4 12. Rg1 {[%cal Gg2g4,Rg1g7,Rd2h6][%mdl
512]} ({White could play also} 12. Kd1 Bd7 13. g4 cxd4 14. Rg1 {1-0 Ginzburg,
M-Robledo,N/Buenos Aires FMDA tt 1992 (24) with big complications, but Judit
never worried too much about pawns.}) 12... c4 13. Be2 Qxc2 14. Rc1 Qb2 15. g4
Na5 $1 {[%csl Gb3][%cal Ga5b3]} 16. Bd1 Nb3 17. Rc2 Qxa3 {Judit sucrificed (
lost?) two pawns and only her chance for survival is just to give checkmate to
oppenent. With real astonishment I found, that this crazy position came to
life not in the first time , ant instead of Polgars,} 18. Bh6 {[%mdl 128]} ({
Velimirovic played} 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nf3 Nxd2 20. Kxd2 fxg4 21. Rxg4 Nf5 22. Nh4
Bd7 23. Nxf5 exf5 24. Rg1 Kh7 25. Qg2 Qe7 26. Qxd5 b5 $132 {1/2-1/2
Velimirovic,D-Drasko,M/YUG t-ch 1996 (71) just one thing is interesting for me:
did Judit know about this game?}) 18... Ng6 ({White has dangerous attack after
} 18... Na1 $6 19. Rd2 $1 (19. gxf5 $143 $2 Nxc2+ 20. Bxc2 Qxc3+ 21. Kd1 Nxf5
22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. Rxg7+ Kf8 24. Rxh7+ Ke8 25. Be3 $13) 19... Qxc3 20. Bxg7 Kxg7
21. gxf5+ Kh8 (21... Ng6) 22. Qh6 Rf7 23. Ng5 $18) ({everithing is more
complicated in the case of} 18... f4 19. Ng5 $1 Rf7 $8 (19... gxh6 20. Qxh6 Rf7
21. Qh5 $1 (21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Qxh7+ Ke8 23. g5 Na1 $5) 21... Ng6 22. Nxf7 $18)
(19... Nxd4 20. Bxg7 $1 Nxc2+ 21. Kd2 $18) 20. Qh5 (20. Nxf7 Nxd4 $1 21. Rd2
Nb3) 20... Ng6 (20... g6 21. Qh4 {[%csl Rf6,Rg7,Rg8]}) 21. Nxf7 Na1 (21... Kxf7
22. Bxf4 $16) 22. Rd2 Kxf7 23. Bxf4 Kg8 $1 $132) 19. gxf5 Rxf5 (19... exf5 20.
Rxg6 hxg6 21. Bf4 Na1 22. Rc1 (22. Ng5 Nxc2+ 23. Bxc2 Re8 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Qh8+
Ke7 26. Qxg7+ Kd8) 22... Kf7 23. Qh7 $40) 20. Be3 {[%cal Rf3g5]} Bd7 21. Ng5
Nf8 {Black organized tough defence, but Judit found way to increase preasure
on the black king} 22. f4 $1 {[%cal Gc2g2]} Na1 $6 {Knight moves too far.} ({
It,s funny what white will do after} 22... Qa1 $1) 23. Rcg2 Qxc3+ 24. Kf2 g6 $2
{Decisive mistake, it was obligatory to sucrifice exchange} (24... Rxg5 $142
25. Rxg5 (25. fxg5 Nc2 $19) 25... g6 {with unclearconsequences.}) 25. Nxh7 $1
$18 Rxf4+ (25... Nxh7 26. Rxg6+ Kh8 27. Qh6 Rf7 (27... Rxf4+ 28. Bxf4 Qxd4+ 29.
Be3 Qxe5 30. Qxh7+ $1 $18) 28. Rg7 Rxf4+ 29. Qxf4 $18) 26. Bf3 Qc2+ (26... Nxh7
27. Rxg6+ Kh8 28. Bxf4 Qxd4+ 29. Be3 Qb2+ 30. Be2 Rf8+ 31. Kg2 $1 Qxe2+ 32. Kh1
Qxe3 $8 33. Qxe3 d4 34. Qxd4 Bc6+ 35. R6g2) 27. Kg3 Rxf3+ (27... Rf5 28. Rxc2 (
28. Nf6+) 28... Nxc2 29. Qh6 $18) 28. Kxf3 Qe4+ 29. Kf2 (29. Kf2 Qc2+ (29...
Qf5+ 30. Qxf5 exf5 31. Nxf8 Kxf8 32. Rxg6 $18) 30. Kg3 Nxh7 31. Rxc2 Nxc2) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2000.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 {Brave Lputian doesn't
afraid to test his favourite risky variant even against Anand} 6. b4 cxd4 7.
Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Bd7 9. Nxc7+ $5 ({Black showed good results in modern practise
after} 9. Nf3 Bxb5 $5 10. Bxb5+ Nd7) 9... Qxc7 10. Nf3 {Exact order of moves.
White don't need to be in hurry in the definition of the black-squared
position.} (10. Bb2 Ba4 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Nf3 Nge7 13. O-O a6 14. Qe2 Qb6 15. Qf2
Bb5 16. Bxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd3 18. cxd3 Rc8 19. Rac1 O-O 20. g3 h6 21. Kg2
Rfd8 22. Kg1 a5 23. bxa5 Qxa5 24. Qb2 Qa6 {Hall,J-Vaganian,R/BL 9900 2000/0-1 
(45)}) 10... a6 $146 {[%cal Gd7b5]} (10... Ba4 $5 11. Ra2 (11. Bd3 $142 $5)
11... Nc6 12. Bd3 Nh6 13. Bb2 Nf5 14. Qd2 Qb6 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. Bxd4 Qb5 17. e6
fxe6 18. Bxg7 Rg8 19. Bd4 Qc4 20. c3 Rg4 21. Rb2 Rc8 22. Kf2 Nxd4 23. cxd4 Qc3
24. Qe2 Kd8 25. g3 {Van den Doel,E-Barsov,A/Dieren op 1998/1/2-1/2 (58)}) (
10... a5 11. Bd2 $1 axb4 12. axb4 Rxa1 13. Qxa1 Nh6 14. Bd3 Nf5 15. Nxd4 Nxd4
16. Qxd4 Nc6 17. Qf2 O-O 18. O-O Ne7 19. Be3 f5 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. Bd4 Rf7 22.
Be5 Qc8 23. Qh4 h6 24. Rf3 $16 {1-0 Novik,M-Lputian,S/Alekhin mem.op 1992 (62)}
) 11. a4 $1 {Surely not allow bishop exchange} Ne7 12. Bd3 Nf5 13. O-O Nc6 14.
Qe1 $44 {[%mdl 4] Black managed to keep pawn on d4 for a long time, but Abnand
proves that initiative is more important than pawn.} Qb6 15. Rb1 {[%cal Gb4b5]}
Nce7 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 Ne3 18. Rf2 Nc4 19. h3 Nf5 (19... Bxb5 $6 20. Qb4 Ra5
21. Nxd4 Nc6 (21... Qxd4 22. Bxc4 Bxc4 23. Qxa5 $16) 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Bxc4
dxc4 24. Be3 Qc7 25. Rd2 $16) 20. Re2 h5 ({Pawn on b5 is still poisoned-} 20...
Bxb5 21. Qb4 Ra5 22. Bd2 Qa7 23. Qb3 $5 (23. Bxc4 Bxc4 24. Qxa5 Qxa5 25. Bxa5
Bxe2 26. Rxb7 O-O) 23... Ba4 24. Qxb7 Qxb7 25. Rxb7 Ra8 26. Bb4 $1 $16 {
[%csl Re8]}) 21. Qf2 Ra4 ({Deserves attention} 21... Nfe3 $13) (21... Bxb5 22.
Bxf5 exf5 23. Nxd4 Ra5 24. Bd2 $1 Nxd2 25. Rxd2 $18) 22. Re1 g6 23. Bxf5 exf5
24. Nxd4 {Finally Anand regain material balance and his advantage is now
obvious.} O-O 25. c3 Rc8 26. Be3 Nxe3 (26... Qa5 27. Nb3 {[%cal Rb3c5]}) 27.
Rxe3 Be6 28. Kh2 {[%csl Gd4,Re6] White will systematically improve now his
position and Black has great troubles in defense.} Ra3 29. Rc1 Rc4 30. Rc2 Kh7
31. Rf3 Qc7 32. Qh4 Qd7 33. Rg3 Ra8 34. Qf6 Re8 {[%cal Gd7e7] Lputian must
exchange queens and in this time White occupied important a line} (34... Qd8
35. Qxd8 Rxd8 36. Ra2 $16) 35. Ra2 $1 {[%cal Ga2a7]} Qe7 36. Qxe7 Rxe7 37. b6
$1 $18 Re8 38. h4 $1 {Now result of the game is more or less clear and the
technical part of the game was greatly conducted by Anand.} Kg7 39. Ra7 Rb8 40.
Kg1 {[%cal Gg1b2] First he brings king to the queen side} Bd7 41. Kf2 Kf8 42.
Ke2 Ke8 43. Kd2 Rcc8 44. Re3 {Now time for rook} Ke7 45. Re1 Bc6 46. Rea1 {
[%cal Ga1a5,Ga5c5]} Bd7 47. R1a5 Be6 48. g3 Kd8 49. Kc2 Ke7 50. Kb2 Kd8 51. Rb5
Rc4 52. Raa5 $1 {[%cal Rb5c5] White plan became clear.Anand prepare rook
exchange on c5 and after this exchange nobody can stop white pieces from
penetration to the enemy's camp.} Rbc8 53. Rb3 Rb8 (53... Kd7 $5 54. Ra7 Rb8)
54. Rb4 $1 Rcc8 (54... Rxb4+ 55. cxb4 Rc8 56. Rc5 Rxc5 57. bxc5 Bd7 58. Kc3 {
[%csl Rd5][%cal Gd4c2,Gc2b4]}) 55. Rbb5 $18 {[%cal Gb5c5]} Ke7 56. Rc5 Kd7 57.
Rxc8 Rxc8 {Hecht: '[#] Riesenspringer gegen schlechten Läufer. Dazu kommt die
Schwäche h7 und das komplett fehlende Gegenspiel von Schwarz. '} 58. Ra7 Rb8
59. Kb3 Kd8 60. Kb4 Kd7 61. Ra5 {[%cal Ga5c5,Gc5c7]} (61. Ra5 {Hecht} Rc8 62.
Rc5 Kd8 63. Rxc8+ Kxc8 64. Kc5 Kd7 65. Nb5 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Rb5d6]} Kc8 66. Kd6
Kd8 67. Nc7 $18) 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch 78th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Klimov, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2005.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 12. Qd3 Bd7 13. Nxc3 a6 14. Rb1
Na5 15. h4 (15. h4) 15... Nf5 16. Rh3 O-O-O 17. Bd2 (17. h5 Nc4 (17... Rg4 $5
18. Qf3 $1 Rdg8 19. h6 R4g6 (19... Nxh6 20. Rxh6 Rg3 21. Rh8 $1 Rxf3 22. Rxg8+
Be8 23. gxf3 Qxc3+ 24. Bd2) 20. h7 Rh8 21. g4 Ne7 22. a4 Nc4 23. Bd3 Rg7 24.
Qf2 {1-0 Khasin,A-De Carbonnel,H/cr 1975/ChessBase (43)}) (17... Bc6 18. Rb4 f6
19. exf6 Qf7 20. Ne2 Bb5 21. Qf3 d4 22. h6 $36 {1-0 Cheparinov,I-Szymanski,M/
Linares Anibal op 2005/(42)}) 18. Rb4 (18. h6 Rg6 19. h7 Rh8 20. Qf3 Nce3 21.
Bxe3 Qxc3+ 22. Bd2 Qxf3 23. Rxf3 Rxh7 24. Bxa6 Bc6 25. Bf1 d4 $44 {1/2-1/2
Skripchenko,A-Nepeina Leconte,M/FRA t-ch 2003/ (37)}) 18... Bc6 19. Ne2 Bb5 20.
a4 Qc5 $5 21. Ba3 Bc6 22. Qc3 Qa7 23. a5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Hort,V-Nogueiras,J/Biel
1988/(43)}) 17... Nc4 18. Ne2 $146 {[%csl Gd4,Rg3] Klimov is looking for new
paths in a well-known position.} (18. a4 Bc6 19. Bc1 Qa5 20. Kf2 Qc5+ 21. Ke1
Rg4 22. h5 Rdg8 23. h6 Rh8 24. Qe2 Rg6 25. h7 Ng3 $132 {Belaska,P-Matlak,J/
Mlada Boleslav op 1993/ChessBase/1/2-1/2 (77)}) (18. Rb3 Qc5 19. Ne2 Bb5 20.
Qc3 d4 21. Qb4 Qc6 22. h5 Ba4 23. Rbf3 Bxc2 {0-1 Huergo,J-Paneque,P/CUB-ch S.
Spiritus 1989}) (18. h5 Bc6 (18... Nxa3 19. Rb3 Nc4 20. h6 Rg6 21. h7 Rh8 22.
Ne2 Bb5 23. Nd4 Nxe5 24. Qc3 Nxd4 25. Qxd4 Bxf1 26. fxe5 Bc4 $17 {Robson,
R-Song,R/Wch B10 Heraklio 2004/ 0-1 (60)}) 19. h6 Rg6 20. h7 Rh8 21. Ne2 Nxd2
22. Qxd2 Rg7 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. Qxd4 Rgxh7 $11 {Volokitin,A-Tillmann,M/Biel op
2000/ /1-0 (43)}) 18... Bb5 $5 {[%cal Rb5d3]} 19. a4 ({I think that White
correctly avoided the line} 19. Nd4 Nxe5 20. Qc3 Nc4 (20... Nxd4 21. Qxc7+ Kxc7
22. fxe5 Rg4 $5 $13) 21. Nxb5 axb5 22. Rxb5 Nfd6 {[%cal Gd6e4,Od6b5,Gd5b5]} 23.
Bxc4 $8 dxc4 24. Ra5 Qb6 $5 {[%cal Gb6b1,Rb6g1]}) 19... Bxa4 20. Nd4 (20. h5
Bb5) 20... Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Bxc2 22. Rc1 Ba4 (22... Bf5 $5 23. Rb3 b5) 23. h5 $5 {
[%csl Gh5]} (23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Qxc4 Qxc4 (24... Bc6 $5) 25. Rxc4+ Bc6 {with
good chances for initiative}) 23... Bc6 24. h6 Rg6 $1 {[%cal Gd8h8] A typical
manoeuvre for this kind of positions.} 25. h7 Rh8 26. Bc3 (26. Qa7 Rg7 27. Bd3
Rxg2 28. Bxc4 dxc4 29. Rxc4 Rxd2 $5 30. Kxd2 $140 Qa5+ 31. Rcc3 Qa2+ 32. Ke3 (
32. Rc2 Rd8+ 33. Rd3 Rxd3+ 34. Kxd3 Qb3+ 35. Kd2 Qb4+ $11) 32... Kc7 $1 33. Qc5
Qg2 $132) 26... Rg7 27. Qd3 (27. Bd3 Rxg2) 27... Qe7 (27... b5 $5 {[%csl Gc4]})
28. Bd4 Qb4+ 29. Kf2 (29. Bc3 $142 Qc5 30. Bd4 Qb4+ $11) 29... Nd2 {Apart from
this move, Ivanov had a very strong and interesting continuation:} (29... Rhxh7
$5 30. Rxh7 Rxh7 31. Qxh7 Qd2+ 32. Kg3 Qxc1 33. Bxc4 (33. Qg8+ Kc7 34. Qxf7+
Bd7 35. Bxc4 Qa3+ $5 36. Kh4 dxc4 37. Bb6+ Kc6 (37... Kxb6 38. Qxd7 c3 $13) 38.
f5 Qc1 $19) 33... Qxc4 34. Qg8+ Kc7 35. Ba7 $1 Qb4 $8 36. Qxf7+ Bd7 $15) 30.
Kg1 Nxf1 31. Kxf1 {[%csl Gd4,Gh7]} Kd7 $5 ({Black could also play} 31... Kb8 {
but Ivanov thinks that his king will get safe position in the centre of the
board.}) 32. Kg1 Bb5 (32... Rhxh7 $5 33. Rxh7 Rxh7 34. Rb1 (34. Qxh7 Qxd4+ 35.
Kh1 Qxf4 $19) 34... Qa4 35. Qc3 $5 {[%cal Gc3c5]}) 33. Qe3 Rhxh7 34. Rxh7 Rxh7
{It looks that White simply lost his pawns without getting anything for them,
but his pieces are very active and the way to victory for Black is not so
simple.} 35. Bc3 {[%cal Oc3b4,Ge3b6]} Qe7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35... Qa3 $5 36.
Ra1 Qe7 $17) 36. Bb4 $2 (36. Ba5 $1 Qh4 (36... Bc6 $2 37. Rxc6 $1 bxc6 38. Qa7+
Ke8 39. Qb8+ Kd7 40. Qc7+ $18) 37. Rc7+ Ke8 38. Rc8+ Kd7 39. Rc7+ $11) 36...
Qd8 $2 (36... Qxb4 37. Qb6 Ke7 $1 {[%cal Ge7f8,Gf8g7]} 38. f5 $1 Kf8 39. Rc8+ (
39. f6 Qa4 40. Rc8+ Be8 41. Qc5+ Kg8 $19) 39... Kg7 40. f6+ Kg6 41. Rg8+ Kf5
42. Qf2+ Qf4 43. Qc2+ Kxe5 44. Qxh7 Qxf6 $19) 37. Qc5 Bc6 38. f5 Qc7 (38... Kc8
$5) 39. Qe7+ $6 (39. f6 $142 {[%csl Gf6]}) 39... Kc8 40. Qf8+ Qd8 41. Qc5 d4 $6
({Ivanov had a much better option -} 41... Qh8 $1 {and White's position is
very unpleasant, due to the exposed position of his king, for example:} 42. Kf2
Rh2 43. Qe7 Qh4+ 44. Qxh4 Rxh4 $19) 42. Qa7 Qd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5g2]} 43. Qa8+ Kc7
$2 {An absolutely unnecessary move, which is spoiling Black's victory.} (43...
Kd7 $1 44. Qg8 Qe4 $1 $19 {[%cal Oe4e3,Ge4h4]}) 44. Qg8 $1 d3 $4 {[%mdl 8192]}
(44... Qxe5 $8 45. Rxc6+ Kxc6 46. Qxh7 d3 $17) 45. Bd6+ $1 $18 {A very simple
and strong answer, which was for sure overlooked by Black.} Kd7 (45... Kb6 46.
Rb1+ Bb5 (46... Ka5 47. Qd8+ Ka4 48. Rb4+ Ka3 49. Rb5+) 47. Qd8+ Ka7 48. Qb8+
Kb6 49. Qc7+ Ka7 50. Bc5+ $18) 46. fxe6+ Qxe6 (46... Kxe6 47. Qg4+ f5 48. Qg6+)
47. Qxh7 d2 48. Rf1 Bd5 49. Qc2 {White's queen has made a good job!} 1-0

[Event "United Insurance 6th"]
[Site "Dhaka"]
[Date "2003.03.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Neelotpal, Das"]
[Black "Barsov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Qa5 9. Bd2 Nbc6 10. Qh5 {Quite rare and not very dangerous move for Black.} ({
As usual White continue} 10. Nf3 $5 f5 11. exf6 Rxf6 12. Qh5 Nf5 {and now he
has choice between three intersting moves:} 13. c4 (13. g4) (13. Ne5 $5)) 10...
h6 11. Nf3 ({In the case of} 11. dxc5 {Black continue} b6 $5 {[%cal Gc8a6]
with next Ba6 and good game on the queen side.}) 11... c4 12. Be2 f5 13. exf6
Rxf6 14. g4 ({Worth considering} 14. Ne5 $5 {with possible continuation} Qa4
15. Ra2 Nxe5 16. Qxe5 Nc6 (16... Bd7 17. O-O Be8 18. Bg4 Qd7 19. Re1 Bf7 20.
Raa1 Nc6 21. Qg3 Bg6 $13 {Lutz,C-Vallejo Pons,F/Bled ol 2002/1-0 (41)}) 17. Qc7
$5 $132 {with unclear consequencess.} (17. Qd6 $6 e5 $1 18. Qxd5+ Be6 19. Qe4
exd4 20. O-O Rd8 $17 {0-1 Ahn,M-Ivanov,S/EUR t-ch Halkidiki 2002/ (44)})) 14...
Bd7 $146 {New move.} ({It is interesting what white prepare in the case of} 
14... Ng6 $5 {[%cal Gg6f4] at least} 15. g5 Nf4 16. Qg4 e5 (16... h5 $5) 17.
Qg3 hxg5 18. dxe5 Rf5 19. Rg1 Nxe2 20. Kxe2 g4 $1 $36 {0-1 Vazquez,R-Reinaldo
Castineira,R/Havana Capablanca mem-C 2002 (38) leads to great game for Black})
15. g5 Be8 16. Qg4 (16. Qh3 hxg5 17. Nxg5 Bg6 $13) 16... h5 {Black chooses a
concrete principled fight, trying to punish White for a pretentious opening.} (
{He could make also brave move} 16... hxg5 {and it is very difficult for White
to get even shadow of advantage, for example:} 17. Qxg5 (17. h4 $5 gxh4 18.
Rxh4 Ng6 19. Rh2 e5 $5 $132) 17... Qa4 18. Bd1 Bg6 $13) 17. Qh3 Rf8 {[%cal
Ge8g6]} 18. Qxe6+ Bf7 19. Qh3 Rae8 {[%csl Re1] Finalised the development of
all pieces} 20. O-O (20. Kd1 Nc8 $5 {[%cal Gc8e4]}) 20... Ng6 {So natural is
not the best move.Worth considering} (20... Nf5 $5 {[%cal Gf5d6] with idea to
bring knight to e4 square and after} 21. Qxf5 $140 Be6 22. Qg6 Bg4 {[%cal
Re8e6] is is difficult to safe white's queen.}) 21. Rfe1 Re4 {[%csl Ga5,Ge4,
Gg6]} 22. Bf1 Rg4+ (22... Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Qxa3 24. Qd7 $13) {Inaccuracy!} 23. Kh1
$6 ({Neetotpal could play} 23. Bg2 $142 $5 Nf4 24. Bxf4 Rxf4 25. Ne5 $14 {
with initiative.}) 23... Nf4 24. Bxf4 Rxf4 25. Nh4 (25. Ne5 $5 Nxe5 26. Rxe5
Qa4 $132 (26... Rxf2 27. Bxc4 $1)) 25... Qd8 $1 (25... Rxf2 26. g6 Be8 27. Be2
$5) 26. g6 (26. Nf3 Bg6 27. Ne5 Nxe5 28. Rxe5 (28. Qe6+ Nf7 $1 29. Qxg6 Qxg5
30. Qxg5 Nxg5 $15 {[%csl Rf2]}) 28... Rg4 $36) 26... Qxh4 {Missing last
chances for advantage.} (26... Rxh4 $142 27. gxf7+ Rxf7 28. Qe6 (28. Re8+ Qxe8
29. Qxh4 Rf6 $1 $15) 28... Qc7 {with initiative.}) (26... Be8 $5 27. Ng2 (27.
Qe6+ Kh8 28. Ng2 R4f6 29. Qh3 Bxg6 $17) 27... R4f6 28. Ne3 Bxg6 29. Bg2 Ne7 30.
Rab1 $5 $13 {[%cal Gb1b5]}) 27. gxf7+ R8xf7 28. Re8+ (28. Qxh4 $5 Rxh4 29. Bg2)
28... Kh7 29. Qxh4 Rxh4 30. Kg1 Rg4+ (30... Rf3 31. Re3 Rxe3 32. fxe3 {[%csl
Rd5]}) 31. Bg2 Rf6 (31... Rf5 32. Re3 h4 33. h3 Rg6 34. Kh1 $13) 32. Kh1 Rxf2 {
Players made here peace agreement, but it looks that white could continue to
play without big risk, for example} (32... Rxf2 33. Bxd5 g6 (33... Rxc2 $6 34.
Be4+ Rxe4 35. Rxe4 Rxc3 36. d5 $16) 34. Rb1 $5 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.11.12"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Jenni, Florian"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[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 "Godesberg"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bb5+
Bd7 9. Bd3 Ba4 (9... c4 10. Be2 Ba4 {leads to similiar positions, for example:}
11. Ng5 h6 12. Nh3 Nc6 13. O-O O-O-O (13... Nge7 14. f4 O-O-O 15. g4 f5 16. g5
Rdf8 17. Rf2 Nd8 18. Rg2 hxg5 19. Nxg5 Rh6 20. Be3 Nf7 21. Nf3 Ng6 22. Qd2 Rg8
23. Bf2 Qe7 24. Ra2 Nf8 25. h4 Rhh8 {0-1 Jimenez Albadalejo,M-Moskalenko,V 
(2509)/Barcelona Sants op 2001/ (60)}) 14. f4 f5 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Nf2 g5 17.
g3 Rdg8 18. Bg4 Nxg4 19. Nxg4 Qe7 20. Qe2 h5 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. Qxe5 gxf4 23.
Bxf4 Kb7 24. Rf2 Rh7 25. Re2 h4 26. Qd6 Qxd6 27. Bxd6 Rg6 28. Rf1 hxg3 {
1/2-1/2 Slaby,J (2400)-Moskalenko,V (2530)/Salou op 2005}) 10. Bf4 $146 (10. h4
$6 {allows small and typical combination-} cxd4 11. cxd4 Qc3+ 12. Bd2 Qxd3 $1
13. cxd3 Bxd1 14. Kxd1 Ne7 (14... h5 15. Rc1 Kd7 16. Rc2 Nc6 17. Be3 Nge7 18.
Kd2 Na5 19. Rb1 Nf5 20. g3 Rhc8 21. Rbb2 f6 22. Ke2 Rxc2+ 23. Rxc2 Rc8 24. Rxc8
Kxc8 {1/2-1/2 Herrera,I-Matamoros,C/Santa Clara-A 1997/ChessBase (42)}) 15. a4
Nbc6 16. a5 b5 17. Kc2 a6 18. Kb3 Nf5 $36 {Capia (2237)-Morot (2771)/Dos
Hermanas Internet 2002/ChessBase/0-1 (44) with clear advantage in endgame.}) (
10. O-O $5 Ne7 (10... c4 11. Be2 Ne7 12. g3 h6 13. Nh4 Nbc6 14. f4 g6 15. g4 h5
16. gxh5 O-O-O 17. Kh1 gxh5 18. f5 Nxf5 19. Nxf5 exf5 20. Rxf5 Qd7 21. Rxh5
Rxh5 22. Bxh5 Rg8 {1/2-1/2 Horvath,A (2455)-Johannessen,L (2290)/Wch B18
Marina d'Or 1998/ChessBase (41)}) 11. Re1 (11. Be3 Nd7 12. Ng5 h6 13. Qh5 g6
14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bxg6+ Kd8 16. Bf7 Nf8 17. Bxh6 Bxc2 18. Qg5 Bg6 19. Bxf8 Rxf8
20. Bxe6 Qc6 21. Bh3 Bf5 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. Qh4 Kd7 24. f4 Rg8 25. Ra2 cxd4 26.
cxd4 Qc3 27. Qf2 Rg4 28. Rc2 Qd3 29. Rd2 Qe4 {0-1 Goldberg,A (2385)-Haba,P 
(2495)/BL2 0001 2001/GER}) 11... h6 (11... Nd7 12. Bf4 h6 13. h4 O-O-O 14. Qb1
Kb7 15. Qb2 Rdg8 16. g3 Ng6 17. Bd2 c4 18. Bf1 Ndf8 19. Bg2 Ne7 20. Nh2 a5 21.
Nf1 Nf5 22. Ne3 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 Qe7 24. Rf3 Nd7 {1/2-1/2 Manca,F (2345)-Haba,P 
(2530)/AUT t-ch2 0203 2003/ChessBase (34)}) 12. Ra2 (12. Rb1 Nd7 13. Be3 a6 14.
Nh4 b5 15. Rb2 O-O-O 16. dxc5 Nc6 17. Qg4 Rdg8 18. Qe2 Ndxe5 19. Bf4 g5 20.
Bxe5 Nxe5 21. Qxe5 Qxe5 22. Rxe5 gxh4 {1/2-1/2 Bruzon,L (2569)-Johannessen,L 
(2427)/Linares Anibal op 2002/ (61)}) 12... Nd7 13. Nh4 O-O-O $5 14. g3 (14.
Qg4 g5) 14... Kb8 15. Rb2 Ka8 16. Ng2 Nc6 17. Qg4 Rhg8 (17... g5) 18. Be3 (18.
Bh7 $2 f5 19. exf6 Nxf6 $19) 18... c4 19. Bf1 (19. Bh7 $2 f5 20. exf6 Nxf6)
19... f5 $5 (19... Rde8 $13) 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Qxe6 Rge8 {1/2-1/2 Ehlvest,J 
(2620)-Nikolic,P (2600)/Beograd 1989/ (44)}) 10... c4 11. Bf1 h6 12. h4 f5 $5 (
12... Ne7 $5) 13. h5 Qf7 14. Nh4 Ne7 15. Be2 Na6 $5 {[%cal Ga6c7,Gc7b5]} (15...
Nbc6 {[%cal Ge8c8]}) 16. g3 (16. Ng6 Nxg6 17. hxg6 Qe7 18. g4 O-O-O $132) 16...
O-O-O 17. Qc1 Nc7 18. Ng2 Kb7 19. Ne3 Qf8 20. Nd1 (20. Qb2 $5) 20... Rd7 21.
Nb2 Bc6 22. a4 a5 $1 {[%csl Ra4]} 23. Nd1 Ka7 24. Ne3 Qf7 25. Ng2 Rb8 26. f3 {
[%cal Gg3g4]} Rh8 {Position is more or less balanced, White has weaknesses on
the queenside , but they are well covered.} 27. g4 (27. Be3 $5 {[%cal Gg2f4,
Gg3g4]}) 27... fxg4 28. fxg4 Rf8 29. Rf1 Qg8 30. Qe3 (30. Qa3 $5) 30... Rf7 $5
{[%cal Gd7d8,Gd8f8]} 31. Kd2 Rd8 32. Nh4 (32. Rfb1 Rdf8) 32... Rdf8 (32... Qh7
$5) 33. g5 (33. Ng6 Nxg6 34. hxg6 Re7 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gc6e8]}) 33... hxg5 34.
Bxg5 Rxf1 35. Rxf1 ({It is not easy to assess positions arising after} 35. Bxf1
Nf5 36. Nxf5 (36. Qh3 $5 Be8 37. Ng6 Bxg6 38. hxg6 Qh8 39. Re1 $5 Qxh3 $140 40.
Bxh3 Rh8 $2 (40... Ng3 $142 $132) 41. Bxf5 exf5 42. e6 {[%csl Ge6]}) 36... exf5
$5 $13 {[%cal Gc7e6]}) 35... Rxf1 36. Bxf1 Qe8 {[%cal Ge8h5,Oc6a4,Ge8a4]} 37.
Be2 (37. Bh3 Bxa4) 37... Bxa4 38. Qf4 Kb7 39. Bg4 b5 $5 {[%cal Gb5b4]} (39...
Bd7 $5 {[%cal Gb6b5]}) 40. Bxe7 $2 {The text move is artificial and throws
White into serious trouble. However, he has some problems anyway, for example:}
(40. Qf1 b4 41. Qa1 Nc8 $5 $15 {[%cal Gc8b6,Gc7b5]}) 40... Qxe7 41. Ng6 Qa3 $1
$19 {[%cal Rb5b4,Ra3b2]} 42. Bxe6 (42. Qe3 b4 43. Nf4 (43. cxb4 axb4 44. Qxa3
bxa3 45. Kc1 c3 46. Kb1 Bxc2+ $19) 43... Bxc2 $19) 42... b4 $1 43. Bxd5+ (43.
Qf3 Qxc3+ 44. Qxc3 bxc3+ 45. Kxc3 Nxe6) 43... Nxd5 44. Qf7+ Nc7 45. Qxc4 b3 $1
(45... Qxc3+ $6 46. Qxc3 bxc3+ 47. Kxc3 $17) 46. cxb3 (46. d5 bxc2) 46... Qb2+
47. Ke3 Bb5 48. Qg8 Qxc3+ 0-1

[Event "Swidnica"]
[Site "Swidnica"]
[Date "1999.03.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pedzich, Dominik"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1999.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {King} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O
8. Bd3 Qa5 (8... f5 $5) (8... Nbc6 $5 9. Qh5 Ng6) 9. Bd2 Nbc6 $5 ({Black
played here generally} 9... f5 {but after} 10. exf6 Rxf6 11. Qh5 Nf5 12. dxc5
$1 {white chances are better, for example:} Nd7 (12... g6 13. Qg5 Nd7 14. g4
Ng7 15. h4 Qxc5 16. Nh3 d4 17. Qxc5 Nxc5 18. cxd4 Nxd3+ 19. cxd3 $36 {1-0
Kruppa,Y-Baklan,N/Alushta ch-UKR 1994 (43)}) 13. g4 g6 14. Qh3 Ne7 15. Nf3 Qxc5
16. Ng5 Nf8 17. f4 Nc6 18. Qg3 $14 {1-0 Sakaev,K-Rustemov,A/St.Petersburg 1997/
CBM 62 (58)}) 10. Qh5 h6 11. Nf3 {N/} ({Black is OK and after} 11. dxc5 b6 $1 {
[%cal Gc8a6]} 12. cxb6 Ba6 13. Qe2 Bxd3 14. cxd3 axb6 15. Nf3 Qc5 16. O-O Rxa3
17. Rxa3 Qxa3 18. Rb1 Rb8 $11 {0-1 Shaposhnikov,E-Rustemov,A/St.Petersburg
Chigorin 1998 (36)}) 11... c4 12. Be2 f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 {[%cal Gc8d7,Gd7e8,
Ge8g6]} 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Qxe5 Nc6 (15... Qa4 $5) 16. Qe3 {[%cal Ga3a4]} Qa4 {
Queen is the best blocker, of course, but not in this case.} 17. Ra2 Bd7 18.
O-O Raf8 (18... Re8 $5 {[%cal Ge8e7,Gd7e8]}) 19. g3 Be8 20. Bg4 Nd8 ({Deserves
attention} 20... Bg6 $5 21. Bxe6+ Kh8 22. Bd7 $8 (22. Bxd5 Re8 $19 {[%csl Re3]}
) 22... Bxc2 $15 {with great position.}) 21. Qe2 Bg6 {[%cal Gg6f5]} 22. Bf4
Rxf4 $5 {[%mdl 512] Interesting, but not obligatory exchange sacrifice, black
has nothing to worry and after the simple  King: 'A more traditional French
exchange sacrifice: the f-pawns are doubled so White's king finds itself a
little exposed.'} (22... Bf5 $5 23. Be5 R6f7) 23. gxf4 Rxf4 24. Bxe6+ Nxe6 25.
Qxe6+ Kh7 {[%csl Ra2,Rc2,Rc3,Rg1] King: 'Again, the reason the sacrifice works
is that Black's position, particularly that of his king, is so secure. From g6,
the bishop controls a crucial diagonal.'} 26. f3 Bxc2 27. Rb2 ({Maybe Pedzich
had to play now} 27. Qxd5 $5 Qb3 28. Rxc2 (28. Raa1 Qxc3 29. Qxb7 Qe3+ $1 30.
Rf2 (30. Kh1 Rxf3 $1 31. Rxf3 Be4) 30... Rf6 31. Raf1 Bd3 $19) 28... Qxc2 29.
Qxc4 {but any case black keeps initiative after for example} Rf5 $5 30. f4 $8 (
30. Kh1 Rh5 31. Qc7 Qe2 $19) 30... Qe4 $36) 27... Rf6 28. Qxd5 Bd3 29. Re1 (29.
Ra1 $5 {was better}) 29... Qxa3 30. Rxb7 Rg6+ 31. Kh1 Qxc3 $17 32. Qe5 (32.
Rbe7 Rg5 33. Qe6 Qd2 34. Qh3 (34. Rg1 Rxg1+ 35. Kxg1 Qd1+ 36. Qe1 Qxf3 $19)
34... c3 $17) 32... Qd2 33. Rg1 Rxg1+ 34. Kxg1 Qd1+ 35. Kf2 Qf1+ 36. Ke3 (36.
Kg3 Qg1+ 37. Kh4 c3 {'-+' King.} 38. Rc7 c2 $19) 36... Qg1+ 37. Kf4 Qxh2+ 38.
Ke3 Qg1+ 39. Kf4 c3 0-1

[Event "Vikings GM 1st"]
[Site "York"]
[Date "1999.12.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[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 {Hansen,Cu} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4
{Hansen,Cu: 'If one does not know the opening theory of this line this move
may at first sight be a surprise. However it is in fact quite logical. White
has a () on the K-side and furthermore black has exchanged his main defender
of g7 - the blacksquared B. Whites intention is now to weaken the black
squares further with h4-h5-h6 or put g7 under pressure with h4-h5 and Rh3-g3'}
Nbc6 (7... Qc7 $5) 8. h5 Qa5 9. Bd2 Bd7 $5 {Hansen,Cu: 'With this move black
questions not so much the white setup on the K-side but whether the use of
three tempi is worth the weakening of the dark squares when black will place
his K on the Q-side anyway.'} (9... cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa4 {could be reasonable
alternative to the move in the text.}) 10. h6 gxh6 {[%csl Ra3,Rc2,Rc3,Rh6,Rh7]
[%cal Gh8g8,Gg8g3] Black's pawn structure on the king's side is compleatly
ruined, but he can dream about organizing counter-play on the g-line Hansen,Cu:
'more or less forced now, but still a big decision for a french player.
Normally black has the sounder P-stucture in compensation for whites () on the
K-side, and my guess is there would be some supporters of the french defence
that would see the textmove as destroying the black position. However it is
worth mentioning that the textmove was played by the french-specialist
Wolfgang Uhlmann as early as 1969, and has been played by the german
grandmaster several times since then.'} 11. Nf3 O-O-O 12. Bd3 c4 (12... Rdg8
13. Kf1 c4 14. Be2 Nf5 15. Nh4 Nxh4 16. Rxh4 Qd8 17. Rxh6 Rg6 18. Rh2 f6 19.
Bh5 Rgg8 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Qf3 Qe7 22. Qf7 Qd6 23. Qf4 Qe7 24. Qf7 Qd6 25. Qf4
{1/2-1/2 Luther,T-Uhlmann,W/Dresden op 1992 (25)}) 13. Be2 Ng8 $1 14. a4 $146 {
[%cal Gd1c1,Gc1a3] New , but absolutely typical move in those kind of
positions, but , to be honest, I think that Black has no even shadow of
troubles in whole line.} (14. Kf1 f6 $5 15. Qe1 fxe5 16. Nxe5 $6 (16. dxe5 $5)
16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 Ne7 18. Bxh6 Rhg8 19. Bf3 Be8 $1 $17 {1-0 Short,N-Psakhis,
L/Isle of Man op 1999 (42)}) 14... Rf8 $1 {[%cal Gf7f6]} 15. Qc1 f6 16. Qa3 Rf7
17. Bf4 {Hansen,Cu: 'Black has managed to play f7-f6 but white will still be
in firm kontrol of the important square e5 if black continues with the
thematic f6xe5'} Nge7 (17... f5 $5 {[%cal Yc6e7,Ye7g6] Hansen,Cu: I think
black could consider to change plans at this juncture} 18. Bxh6 Nxh6 19. Rxh6
Rg8 $132) 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Bxh6 Rg8 ({Black could sacrifice an exchange} 19...
Rxh6 20. Rxh6 Nf5 21. Rh1 Nfxd4 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 {with reasonable compensation,
but why he must do it?}) 20. Kf1 {Hansen,Cu: 'Whites K is relatively safe, and
black has serious weaknesses on the black squares and i the h-<->'} (20. g3 $1
{Hansen,Cu} Nf5 21. Bd2 h6 $13) 20... Nf5 21. Bd2 Rfg6 22. g3 {Hansen,Cu: '/\
Bd2-f4+/-'} e5 $3 {[%mdl 192] '!' Hansen,Cu. Perfect move in correct time!
White already in Dire Straits} 23. Rxh7 {Hansen,Cu: 'When I looked at this
game for the first time I thought this was a serious mistake. I failed to see
a good continuation for black after:'} ({In case of} 23. Nxe5 $5 Nxe5 24. dxe5
Rxg3 $1 25. Qb4 (25. fxg3 Nxg3+ 26. Ke1 (26. Kg2 Ne4+ 27. Kf3 Nxd2+ 28. Ke3 Nb3
$1 $19) (26. Kf2 Qb6+ $1 27. Kf3 Nxh1 28. Rxh1 Bg4+ $19) 26... Nxh1 $17) 25...
Qxb4 26. cxb4 R3g7 $17 {black's advantage is obvious}) (23. dxe5 Rxg3 24. fxg3
Nxg3+ 25. Kf2 Qb6+ 26. Nd4 (26. Be3 Ne4+) 26... Nxd4 27. cxd4 Qxd4+ 28. Be3 (
28. Qe3 Ne4+ {[%cal Rd4a1]}) 28... Qxe5 {Hansen,Cu: 'with a strong attack.
Blacks seems to have the better chances dispite being a whole R down at the
moment. The whole idea with 22..e5 is quite well worked out. But then again
black had to change the structure of the position since white would have a
nice positional edge if he was allowed to play 23.Bd2-f4'} 29. Qc5+ Bc6 $17)
23... e4 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4,Rf1,Gf5,Gg6,Gg8] Hansen,Cu: 'Now whites K-position is
serioously weakened in connection with e4-e3. '} 24. Ne5 {'?' Hansen,Cu.} (24.
Nh4 Nxh4 (24... Nxg3+ {Hansen,Cu} 25. fxg3 Rxg3 26. Kf2 Qd8 27. Qd6 Rh3 $15 {
Still I think this complicated line with material advantage for white would
have posed black greater problems}) 25. Rxh4 Nxd4 26. cxd4 Qxd2 27. Qc5+ Bc6
28. Qxa7 {[%cal Rh4h7]} R6g7 $1 $36 {doesn't bring relief to Black}) 24... Nxe5
25. dxe5 e3 $1 26. Bxe3 (26. Bh5 $1 exf2 $5 27. Bxg6 Nxg3+ 28. Kg2 (28. Kxf2
Qb6+ 29. Be3 Qxg6 30. Qc5+ Bc6 $19) 28... Ne4 $17) 26... Nxe3+ 27. fxe3 Rxg3
28. Kf2 (28. Qe7 Bc6 $19 (28... Qd8 $5 29. Qxd8+ Kxd8 30. Rh1 Rxe3 $19)) 28...
Qb6 $19 {[%csl Rf2] Game is over} 29. Rf1 Rxe3 $1 (29... Qxe3+ $6 30. Ke1 Rg2
$2 (30... Rg1 31. Rhf7 Be8 $19) 31. Rf8+ Be8 32. Rc7+ $1 Kxc7 (32... Kb8 33.
Rxb7+ $1 Kxb7 (33... Ka8 34. Rb8+ $1) 34. Qe7+ Ka6 35. Rf6+) 33. Qd6+ Kc8 34.
Qe6+ Kc7 35. Qd6+ $11) 30. a5 (30. Ke1 Qb1+ 31. Kd2 Rxe2+ 32. Kxe2 Qxc2+ $19) (
30. Qd6 Rxc3+ 31. Qxb6 axb6 $19) 30... Rg2+ $1 31. Kxg2 Qg6+ (31... Qg6+ 32.
Bg4 Qxg4+ 33. Kh1 Qe4+ $1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Czerniak Memorial 15th"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1999.04.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Blees, Albert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 12. Qd3 b6 {Move was introduced
into practice by Hertneck in the end of 80 ties and never got big popularity.}
(12... Bd7 {is a main line}) 13. Nxc3 $5 (13. Rb1 d4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Bb7
16. Rb3 Nd5 17. Bb5+ Kf8 18. Rg1 Rd8 {0-1 Timmerman,G-Blees,A/Ostend 1993 (38)}
) 13... Nf5 14. Bb2 $1 {Much stronger than} (14. Bd2 Ncd4 15. Nb5 Nxb5 16.
Qxb5+ Bd7 17. Qb2 $13 {Howell,J-Hertneck,G/Groningen 1987 and black has good
compensation for the pawn.}) (14. g4 $5 Rxg4 15. Qh3 (15. Bh3 Nxe5 $1 16. fxe5
Qxe5+ $44) 15... Nxe5 $1 16. fxe5 Qxe5+ $44) 14... Ncd4 $6 {N/} ({White keeps
initiative after} 14... Qe7 15. O-O-O Bd7 16. Nb5 (16. Qxf5 $5 exf5 17. Nxd5
Qc5 18. Nf6+ Ke7 19. Rxd7+ Kf8 20. Rc7 $5 $44 {->}) 16... O-O-O 17. g4 $1 Rxg4
18. Bh3 Rxf4 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Qxd5 $14 {1-0 Van der Wiel,J-Hertneck,G/
Groningen 1987/ but maybe it was less evil for black, than move in the text.})
(14... Bb7 $2 15. Nxd5) (14... Bd7 15. Nb5 $1 Qd8 16. Qh3 a6 17. g4 axb5 18.
gxf5 $16) (14... a6 $5 {/\ Na5, Bb7}) 15. O-O-O $16 {[%csl Rd4,Rf5][%cal Rh1g1,
Rg2g4]} (15. Nxd5 $6 Nxc2+ 16. Kd2 exd5 17. Rc1 Nfe3 18. Qxe3 Nxe3 19. Rxc7
Nxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Rxg2+ $11) 15... Bb7 (15... Qc5 $5 {[%cal Gc5g1]} 16. Nxd5 exd5
17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxa3+ 19. Kb1 $16) 16. Rg1 $1 Rc8 $6 (16... Qc5 {
Was the best move, but any case white,s adavntage is obvious after, for example
} 17. g4 $5 (17. Na4 Qc6 (17... Qxc2+ 18. Qxc2 Nxc2 19. Bb5+ Kd8 20. Kxc2 Ne3+
21. Kd2 Nxd1 22. Kxd1 $18) 18. Bxd4 Qxa4 19. Qb5+ Bc6 $5 $16) 17... Nc6 18. Rg2
Qe3+ (18... Ne3 19. Na4) 19. Kb1 Qxd3 20. Rxd3 Nh4 21. Rgg3 $16) 17. g4 Qc5 (
17... Nf3 18. gxf5 (18. Qxf3 d4 19. gxf5 $1 Rxg1 20. Bb5+ Kf8 21. Qd3 dxc3 22.
Rxg1 $16) 18... Nxg1 19. Nb5 Qd7 20. Nd6+ Kd8 21. Qe3 $1 $18 {[%csl Rg1]}) 18.
Bh3 Nf3 (18... Nc6 $5 19. Rge1) 19. Rgf1 N5d4 20. Kb1 $1 (20. Rxf3 Nxf3 21.
Qxf3 d4 $1 22. Qxb7 dxc3 23. Qd7+ (23. Ba1 Qxa3+ 24. Kb1 Qb4+ $11) 23... Kf8
24. Qd6+ Kg7 (24... Qxd6 $5) 25. Qxc5 cxb2+ 26. Kxb2 Rxc5 27. Bf1 $14) 20...
Rh8 (20... Nxh2 21. Rf2 $18) 21. Bg2 (21. Rxf3 $2 Nxf3 22. Qxf3 d4 23. Qxb7
dxc3) 21... Nxh2 (21... Nh4 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Bxd4 Ba2+ 24. Kb2 $1 $18) 22. Rh1
$1 (22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Nxf1 24. Bxf1 Rh1 25. Rd1 $18 {was enough for
victory, but move in the text even stronger}) 22... Nc6 23. Nb5 (23. Qg3 $5 Na5
(23... Nd4 24. Rxh2 Rxh2 25. Qxh2 Nb5 26. Rd3) 24. Rxh2 Rxh2 25. Qxh2 Nc4 26.
Qh3 $18) 23... Qf2 24. Nd6+ Kd7 (24... Kf8 25. Qd2 $5 $18 (25. Nxc8 Qxg2 26.
Nd6 $18)) 25. Bxd5 $1 $18 {Quickest way to the victory} exd5 (25... Kc7 26.
Bxe6 fxe6 27. Ne4 $18) 26. Qf5+ Kd8 27. Qf6+ Kd7 28. Qxf7+ (28. Ne4 $1) 28...
Ne7 29. Nxc8 Rxc8 30. e6+ Kd8 (30... Kd6 31. Be5+) 31. Qf8+ Kc7 32. Be5+ Kc6
33. Qxe7 1-0

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timoshenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Schmidt, Wlodzimierz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Qa5 (8... Nbc6 $5) (8... f5 $5) 9. Bd2 Nbc6 $5 {Move was introduced into the
modern practice by Rustemov. Black tried also} (9... f5 {but without big
success, after} 10. exf6 Rxf6 11. Qh5 Nf5 12. dxc5 Nd7 13. g4 $1 g6 14. Qh3 Ne7
15. Nf3 Qxc5 16. Ng5 Nf8 17. f4 $36 {1-0 Sakaev,K-Rustemov,A/St.Petersburg
1997/CBM 62 (58) White got very promising pozition.}) 10. Nf3 $5 {[%cal Rd3h7]
Improvment compare to} (10. Qh5 h6 11. Nf3 c4 12. Be2 f6 $1 13. exf6 Rxf6 14.
Ne5 Nxe5 ({also interesting} 14... Qa4 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Bd1 Bd7 17. O-O Raf8
18. g3 e5 19. dxe5 Rf5 20. Qg6 Nxe5 21. Qd6 Nf7 22. Qc5 Bc6 23. Bf4 Re8 $13 {
1/2-1/2 De Gleria,F-Goloshchapov,A/Montecatini Terme op 1999 (31)}) 15. Qxe5
Nc6 16. Qe3 Qa4 17. Ra2 Bd7 18. O-O Raf8 19. g3 Be8 20. Bg4 Nd8 21. Qe2 Bg6 $15
{0-1 Pedzich,D-Rustemov,A/Swidnica 1999/CBM 71 (39) and black seized
initiative.}) 10... f5 ({Provocative} 10... c4 $2 {doesn,t work well-} 11.
Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 12. Qh5+ Kg8 13. Ng5 Rd8 14. Qh7+ Kf8 15. Qh8+ Ng8 16. Nh7+ Ke7
17. Qxg7 $16 {[%cal Rh2h8] gives to white terrific attack.}) 11. exf6 Rxf6 12.
Qh5 g6 $146 {Weakened dark squares on the king,s side, but} (12... Nf5 13. g4
c4 14. gxf5 cxd3 15. Rg1 Bd7 16. c4 Qc7 17. Bh6 $40 {1/2-1/2 Sax,
G-Goloshchapov,A/Montecatini Terme op 1999 (35) looks very risky for black.}) (
12... h6 $6 13. Qe8+ Rf8 14. Bh7+) 13. Qg5 Rf7 ({Deserves attention exchange
sacrifice-} 13... Rxf3 {but I think that after} 14. gxf3 c4 15. Be2 Bd7 16. h4
$1 {White,s chances are better any case.}) 14. h4 $1 c4 15. Be2 Bd7 16. h5 Raf8
17. hxg6 Nxg6 18. Qh6 {Very quickly White organized strong threats on the king
side, and Black needs good advice.} Nce7 (18... e5 19. Ng5) 19. Ng5 Nf5 20. Qh2
Rg7 21. Nxh7 {White has now and material and positional advantage.} Rd8 22. g4
$1 Nfe7 (22... Nfh4 23. Nf6+ Kf7 24. Nh5 Rh7 25. Qg3 $18) 23. Nf6+ Kf7 24. g5 (
24. Nh5 $5 Rh7 25. Qg3 $16) 24... Nf5 $6 (24... Ba4 $5 25. Rc1 $1 {[%cal Ge2h5]
}) 25. Bh5 $1 Ke7 26. Bxg6 Rxg6 27. Qe5 $18 Kf7 28. Ke2 (28. Rh7+ Rg7 29. Nh5
$1 {wins immediately, for example} Rxh7 30. g6+ Kg8 (30... Kxg6 31. Qf6+ Kxh5
32. Qg5#) 31. gxh7+ Kxh7 32. Nf6+ $18) 28... Ba4 29. Rh7+ Rg7 (29... Ng7 30.
Nh5) 30. g6+ $1 Ke7 (30... Kxg6 31. Rg1+) 31. Bg5 (31. Bg5 Rxh7 32. gxh7 {
[%cal Rf6g8,Rf6d5]}) 1-0

[Event "Vikings GM 1st"]
[Site "York"]
[Date "1999.12.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Barsov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 $5 {This sharp line became
very popular in modern practice,mostly thank's to efforts of Lputian and
Vaganian.} 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Bd7 $5 (8... Nh6 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. Nxc7+
Qxc7 11. Bd3 a6 12. a4 Nf5 13. Qd2 Nc6 14. Bb2 O-O 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. Bxd4 Nxd4
17. Nxd4 $14 {1-0 Almasi,Z-Lputian,S/Pula 1997/EXP 57 (44)}) 9. Nxd4 (9. Nf3
Bxb5 10. Bxb5+ Nd7 $1 11. O-O Ne7 12. g4 a6 13. Bd3 h5 14. h3 hxg4 15. hxg4 Nb6
16. b5 Nc4 17. bxa6 Rxa6 18. Rb1 Rb6 19. Rb3 Rxb3 20. cxb3 Ne3 21. Bxe3 dxe3
$36 {0-1 Van den Doel,E-Lputian,S/Wijk aan Zee-B 1999/CBM 69 (38)}) (9. Nxc7+
$142 $5 Qxc7 10. Nf3) 9... Nh6 10. Ngf3 Bb6 (10... Nc6 11. Bb2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4
Nf5 13. Bf2 Bb6 14. Qd2 Bxf2+ 15. Qxf2 Qc7 16. Qd2 a5 17. b5 Qc5 18. a4 Rc8 19.
Bd3 Ne3 20. Ke2 Nc4 21. Qc1 O-O 22. Re1 f6 23. Kf1 Be8 24. exf6 Rxf6 25. g3 {
Arakhamia,K-Shaw,J/SCO-ch Edinburgh 1999/1-0 (36)}) 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. c3 Bxd4 $5
$146 {[%mdl 4] Interesting novelty in well known position. Barsob prefer to
keep knight on the board in quite close position.But to do justice Black did
Ok and after} (12... Nxd4 {for example} 13. cxd4 a6 14. a4 Nf5 15. Bb2 Ne3 16.
Qe2 Nc4 17. O-O Rc8 18. Bc1 Qe7 19. a5 Ba7 20. Rb1 f5 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Kh1 f5
23. Bd2 O-O 24. b5 axb5 25. Bb4 Qf6 26. Bxf8 Rxf8 27. Ne5 {Minasjan,A-Lputian,
S/Lvov (zt) 1990/ 0-1 (73)}) 13. cxd4 Nf5 14. Bb2 Qb6 15. Be2 ({Black has
nothing to worry about after} 15. Bxf5 exf5 {[%cal Gc6d8,Gd8e6,Gd7b5]}) 15...
Na5 16. Kf2 $6 ({Deserves attention} 16. bxa5 $5 Qxb2 17. Qc1 Qxc1+ 18. Rxc1
Ke7 19. Kd2 $14 {[%cal Gg2g4,Gc1c7] and White keeps small edge}) 16... Nc4 17.
Bc1 {[%cal Gg2g4]} h5 $8 18. g3 {[%cal Gh2h3,Gg3g4]} O-O-O 19. Rb1 (19. h3 h4
$5 20. g4 Ng3) 19... f6 {[%cal Gd7e8,Ge8g6] It is clear now that it is just
Black who can pretend for advantage} 20. a4 Kb8 21. Re1 (21. Bd3 $142) 21...
Be8 $1 {[%cal Ge8g6]} 22. Bd3 Bg6 23. a5 Qc6 (23... Qb5 $6 24. exf6 gxf6 25.
Rxe6 $16) 24. b5 Qd7 25. Bd2 Rc8 26. Bb4 Ka8 (26... Qf7 $5) 27. Bc5 Qf7 28. Qa4
$6 ({It was much better to play} 28. Bxc4 $5 dxc4 29. Rc1 Ne7 30. Rxc4 Nd5 $44
{and Black has great compensation for the pawn, but White has something to
suffer for at least.}) 28... h4 $1 $36 {Beggining of the crucial attack} (28...
Nh6 $5) 29. Bxc4 (29. g4 $6 Nh6 $19) 29... hxg3+ 30. hxg3 dxc4 31. Qxc4 $4 {
Final mistake} ({Good or bad White had to play} 31. Rbc1 $1 Rh3 $132) 31...
Nxg3 $1 32. Kxg3 (32. Rb3 Ne4+ 33. Kg1 fxe5 34. fxe5 Rh3 $1 $19) 32... Bxb1 33.
exf6 (33. Rxb1 $2 Qg6+ {[%cal Rg6b1]}) 33... gxf6 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Rf7h5,Rc8g8]
} 34. Qxe6 Rhg8+ 35. Kf2 Qg6 36. a6 Qg2+ 37. Ke3 Rge8 0-1

[Event "Stepanakert-B"]
[Site "Stepanakert"]
[Date "2005.10.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Black "Galstian, Beniamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2005.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Qf7 14. Ng5 Qe8 (
14... Qf5 $6 15. Qe2 Rd8 (15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. O-O h6 19.
f4 Qd6 20. Nf3 Rf5 21. Rae1 Raf8 22. Nh4 R5f6 23. Bd4 Rxf4 24. Rxf4 Qxf4 25.
Qxf4 Rxf4 26. Nxg6 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Short,N/Munich Intel Express 1994 (35)}) 16.
g4 Qf8 17. f4 h6 18. Nf3 Bd7 19. a4 Rdb8 20. O-O b5 21. axb5 Rxb5 22. Bc1 $14 {
Arakhamia,K-Peng/Tilgurg ct w(7) 1994}) 15. h4 Bd7 $146 {This simple move has
not occurred before but it possibly can strengthen this line, where black had
so many problems in modern practice.} ({Harikrishna tried few times} 15... Ne7
{but without big success.} 16. Qe2 Nf5 17. g4 (17. Bd2 h6 18. g4 Ne7 19. Nh3
Bd7 20. Rg1 Qf7 21. Rg3 Kh8 22. Nf4 Qg8 23. Be3 Qh7 24. Qd2 Rf7 25. Ke2 Raf8
26. Rh1 {1/2-1/2 Dominguez,L (2534)-Harikrishna,P (2500)/Istanbul olm 2000/ 
(67)}) 17... Nxe3 18. Qxe3 h6 19. Nh3 Qe7 20. Qg3 Bd7 21. f4 {'White slowly
but surely improves his position and Black can't organise any counterplay.} Be8
22. Kd2 b5 23. f5 $1 gxf5 24. g5 h5 25. g6 $1 {1-0 Nijboer,F (2578)
-Harikrishna,P (2514)/Wijk aan Zee-B 2001/CBM 81/[Psakhis] (33)}) ({White
keeps initiative and in the case of popular line} 15... h6 16. Nh3 {Possibly}
Bd7 $5 {is the best move, but any case it is much easy to play with white
pieces} ({After} 16... Ne7 17. Qe2 b5 ({Improvment compare to} 17... Bd7 18. g4
b5 19. h5 a5 20. g5 $1 Rf5 21. gxh6 Rxh5 22. Kd2 gxh6 23. Rag1 $36 {with
strong attack Lutz,C-Jussupow,A /Essen-A  2002 /CBM 90/[Psakhis] (41)}) 18. g4
a5 19. h5 {white's initiative is very dangerous, for example:} g5 (19... gxh5
20. g5 $5 {Typical move} (20. gxh5 $13 {also worth considering}) 20... hxg5 $8
21. Nxg5 g6 22. Nh3 $1 Nf5 23. Bg5 {[%cal Gh3f4,Gg5f6,Gh1g1] with great
compensation for the pawn}) 20. f4 gxf4 21. Nxf4 Bd7 22. Rg1 $5 {[%csl Rg8]
[%cal Rg4g5]} (22. Qg2 b4 23. Ke2 $6 (23. g5 $5 Kh7 $5 24. gxh6 gxh6 25. Ng6
Rg8 $132) 23... bxc3 24. g5 {White completely ignores his Q-side and continues
King-side actions!} Kh7 $1 25. Ng6 Rg8 26. Nxe7 (26. gxh6 gxh6 27. Qh3 $5)
26... Qxe7 27. Rag1 Ba4 $1 {[%csl Rc2] 0-1 Adamson,R (2373)-Abrahamyan,T (2238)
/USA-ch San Diego 2004/CBM 105/[Psakhis] (45)}) 22... Kh7 23. Qd2 Qd8 24. Ke2
Rb8 25. Rab1 Rf7 26. g5 Rxf4 27. Bxf4 Nf5 28. Rg4 Be8 29. Rh1 Qe7 {1-0
Fogarasi,T (2442)-Pap,G (2371)/Budapest-04 GM 2005/}) (16... b5 17. h5 gxh5 18.
Qe2 Bd7 19. Nf4 Rxf4 $1 20. Bxf4 Qf7 21. Be3 Be8 22. g4 hxg4 23. Qxg4 Qg6 24.
Qh3 Ne7 25. Kd2 Qf5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,A (2580)-Apicella,M (2530)/Saint
Chely d'Aubrac op 2004/ChessBase (38)}) 17. Qe2 b5 18. g4 a5 19. h5 gxh5 20. g5
$1 (20. Rg1 Ne7 21. gxh5 Kh7 22. Qg4 Nf5 23. Kd2 Qe7 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Nf4 Nh4
26. Qg4 Rxf4 $1 27. Bxf4 Rf8 28. Rh1 Nf5 $44 {Leko,P-Almasi,Z/Budapest 2003/
CBM 95/[Psakhis]/1/2-1/2 (52)}) 20... hxg5 21. Nxg5 g6 22. O-O-O (22. Qf1 $5
Rf5 (22... Ra7 23. Qg2 Rf5 24. Nf3 Qf7 25. Nh4 Kh7 26. Ke2 Be8 27. Rh3 Qf8 28.
Rg3 Rg7 29. Nxf5 Qxf5 30. Kd2 Ne7 31. Bg5 Qf7 32. Bf6 Rg8 33. Bxe7 Qxe7 34. Rf3
Rf8 {1-0 Areshchenko,A (2625)-Efimenko,Z (2643)/UKR-ch KO Rivne 2005/(47)}) 23.
Qg2 Ne7 24. Ke2 Kh8 25. Nf3 Qf7 26. Nh4 Rf8 27. Raf1 Kh7 28. Bg5 Nc6 29. f4 $36
{1-0 Karjakin,S-Papa,S/Biel MTO 2003 (45)}) (22. Kd2 b4 23. Rag1 bxc3+ 24. Kd1
Rf5 25. Rxh5 gxh5 26. Ne4+ Kh8 $132 {0-1 Van den Doel,E-Psakhis,L/Bled
Olympiad 2002/CBM 92 (33)}) 22... Qe7 23. Rdg1 Qxa3+ (23... Rf5 24. Nf3 Be8 25.
Nh4 Qxa3+ 26. Kd2 b4 27. Nxf5 Qxc3+ 28. Kd1 Qa1+ 29. Bc1 exf5 30. Qxh5 Qxd4+
31. Bd2 Qa1+ 32. Bc1 Qd4+ 33. Bd2 Qa1+ {1/2-1/2 Philippe,C (2411)-Apicella,M 
(2553)/Paris-ch 2005/}) 24. Kd2 Rf5 $1 (24... b4 $2 25. Ne4 $1 dxe4 26. Qxh5
Rxf2+ 27. Bxf2 Qxc3+ 28. Kd1 Qf3+ 29. Qxf3 exf3 30. Rxg6+ Kf7 31. Rf6+ Ke7 32.
Rh7+ {1-0 Bacrot,E-Vaisser,A/FRA-ch Aix les Bains 2003/CBM 97/[Psakhis] (32)})
25. Nf3 b4 $132) 16. Qe2 (16. h5 h6 17. Nf3 (17. Nh3 gxh5 18. Qe2 Qg6 $5 19.
Nf4 Rxf4 20. Bxf4 Be8 $44) 17... g5 $13) 16... b5 17. g4 {Step to wrong
direction-} ({Worth consideration straight} 17. h5 $5 {with possible
continuations} gxh5 (17... h6 18. Nh3 (18. hxg6 Qxg6 19. Nh3 Qxg2 {[%cal Og2h1,
Ce2f1,Cf1g2,Gg2f3]}) 18... g5 19. f4 gxf4 20. Nxf4 a5 21. Ng6 $36) 18. Rxh5 h6
19. Nh3 Ne7 20. g4 $5 $14) 17... Qd8 18. h5 ({It will be interesting to check} 
18. f4 $5 {keeping tension.}) 18... gxh5 19. Rxh5 (19. gxh5 Ne7 $5 {[%cal
Ge7f5]}) 19... h6 20. Nf3 (20. Nh3 $2 Be8) 20... Qa5 21. Bd2 Rf4 $1 {[%cal
Rf4e4] Seemingly, this move escaped Lahno's attention. Black has the upper
hand.} 22. Kf1 (22. Kd1 Raf8 $1 23. Bxf4 $140 Qxc3 24. Rb1 Rxf4 {[%csl Rd1,Rd4]
}) 22... Rxg4 (22... Raf8 $5 $17) 23. Nh2 Rg6 (23... Re4 $1) 24. Nf3 Rg4 25.
Nh2 Re4 $1 26. Qf3 (26. Qd1 Rf8 27. Kg1 Be8 $1 (27... Qd8 $143 28. Ng4 Be8 29.
Rh2 $1 {[%cal Gf2f3]}) 28. Rh3 Qd8 29. Ng4 h5 $17) 26... Nxd4 (26... Be8 $1 27.
Rh3 Nxd4) 27. Qg2 $8 Kh7 (27... Be8 $142 $5 28. Rxh6 (28. Bxh6 Qc7 29. Rh3 Nf5
$17) 28... Nf5 $17) 28. Ng4 (28. Bxh6 gxh6 $8 29. cxd4 Qd2 {[%cal Ch2f3,Cf3d2,
Ga8g8,Gd2d4]}) 28... Rxg4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Qxg4 Nf5 {[%csl Gf5]} 30. Ke2 Qc7
31. Bf4 Rf8 $17 {[%cal Gd7e8,Ge8g6] White's pawn formation is seriously
compromised and Black controles sitiation all around the board.} 32. Rg1 {
An attempt to launch an attack, which is easily suppressed by black.} Be8 33.
Rh3 d4 (33... a5 $5) 34. cxd4 Nxd4+ 35. Kf1 (35. Kd1 Nf5) 35... Nf5 36. Kg2 Rg8
37. Kh2 Bf7 38. Qf3 Qc5 {[%csl Gc5,Gf5]} 39. Rd1 Be8 $1 {[%cal Ge8c6]} 40. Bg3
Bc6 41. Qg4 Rf8 $19 {[%cal Gf8f2,Gc5f2]} 42. Rg1 a5 $5 {[%cal Gb5b2]} (42...
Nxg3 $1 43. Rhxg3 (43. fxg3 Qf2+) 43... Rxf2+ (43... Qxf2+ $2 44. R1g2 $1) 44.
Kh3 g5 $1 $19 {[%cal Cg4e6,Gc5e5]} 45. Qxe6 $140 Qd4 $1 {[%cal Od4h4,Rc6d7]})
43. f4 Qd5 44. Be1 Qe4 45. Rh5 ({There wasn't a rescue in} 45. Rf1 Qxc2+ 46.
Kg1 Nd4) 45... Rg8 (45... Qxc2+ $5 46. Kh3 Qb3+ 47. Kh2 (47. Bg3 Bf3) 47...
Qa2+ 48. Kh3 Qxa3+ 49. Kh2 Qb2+ 50. Kh3 Qb3+ 51. Kh2 Qc2+ 52. Kh3 b4 53. Qg6+
$140 Kh8 54. Qxe6 Qd3+ 55. Bg3 Bd7 $1 $19) 46. Bxa5 $2 (46. Rxf5 exf5 47. Qg6+
Kh8) ({The lesser evil for White was} 46. c3 $8) 46... Qxc2+ 47. Kh3 Qb3+ 48.
Kh2 Qa2+ 49. Kh3 Qxa3+ 50. Kh2 Qxa5 51. Qg6+ Kh8 52. Rxf5 Qd2+ 53. Kh3 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "United Insurance 4th"]
[Site "Dhaka"]
[Date "1999.02.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[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"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Bd3 {Rare
move, never was popular between strong players, but maybe Nigel just hasn,t
strong weapon against French. In his next "french" game in 8th round Short
choose} (7. Qg4 {but, unfortunately for him was just crushed}) 7... Nbc6 8. Qg4
Qa5 {Most natural move, black could try also} (8... c4 9. Be2 O-O {for example}
10. h4 f6 11. Nf3 fxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qc7 14. f4 Bd7 15. h5 Nf5 16. h6
g6 17. Qh3 Ba4 {with nice game, 0-1 Pavlovic,M-Drasko,M/Jugoslavija 1997}) 9.
Bd2 c4 10. Be2 O-O (10... Nf5 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. Ng5 h6 13. Qh3 ({Long time ago
Timman played risky} 13. Qh5 Rf8 14. Nh7 {and after} Rg8 15. g4 Nfe7 16. g5 Rh8
17. Nf6+ gxf6 18. gxf6 Nf5 19. Rg1 Rf8 20. Rg7 O-O-O {I am not sure that white
have enough compensation for the piece, despite positive result of the game
1-0 Timman-Velimirovic/Sarajevo 1985 (45)}) 13... Rf8 14. Nf3 O-O-O 15. g4 Nfe7
16. Nh4 f6 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. f4 Rdf8 $36 {Vehi-Nikitin,A, Groningen op 1995})
11. h4 (11. Nf3 f6 12. h4 fxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ng6 15. f4 Nxf4 $5 16.
Bxf4 Qxc3+ 17. Kf2 Qxe5 18. Kg3 Qc3+ 19. Qf3 Qxc2 $132 {1/2-1/2 Kovtun,
S-Yunusov,A/Voroshilovgrad 1989 (66)}) 11... f6 12. f4 Qa4 {N/} (12... Nf5 13.
Rh3 Qb6 14. Nf3 Qb2 15. Rc1 Qxa3 16. Ng5 $6 fxg5 17. hxg5 g6 $17 {0-1
Kleehammer,O-Kamp,C/Passau op 1998 (45)}) 13. Bd1 {To make this move is
similar to draw proposal, white had to play} (13. Kd1 $5 {if they wanted to
continue game}) 13... Qb5 {[%cal Gb5b2]} 14. Bc1 $8 Qa5 15. Bd2 (15. Ne2 $2
Nxd4 $1 $19) (15. Kd2 $2 Nxd4 $19) 15... Qb5 16. Bc1 Qa5 17. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch 71st"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "1999.11.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Mueller, Karsten"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1999.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 $5 {Most
dangerous line for Black. Another opportunity is} (7. Nb5 Bc7 {with mutial
possibilities}) 7... Ne7 8. bxa5 dxc3 9. Qxg7 {[%mdl 4]} Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11.
Nf3 $1 ({Weaker} 11. f4 Qxa5 12. Nf3 Bd7 13. Ng5 O-O-O $1 14. Nxf7 Nf5 15. Nxd8
Qxd8 16. Qh3 Ncd4 17. Qxc3+ Kb8 {0-1 Ernst,T-Kinsman,A/Gausdal 1995 (23) with
great compensation for exchange.}) 11... Qc7 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Bd3 O-O-O 14. Bg3
Qxa5 ({In the case of} 14... Rdf8 15. a6 Ng6 (15... b6 $5) 16. axb7+ Kxb7 17.
O-O Ka8 18. Rab1 Nge7 19. Qh4 Qa5 20. Nd4 $16 {white,s advantage is obvious})
15. O-O Qc5 (15... Qa4 16. Qh6 Qg4 17. Rab1 Nf5 18. Qf4 Qxf4 19. Bxf4 Rg4 20.
g3 Nce7 21. h3 Rxf4 22. gxf4 d4 23. Kh2 Be8 24. Rfd1 Bc6 25. Ng5 {1-0 Giaccio,
A-Tempone,M/Mar del Plata op 1998 (33)}) 16. Qh4 (16. Rfe1 Rh8 17. Qxf7 Rdf8
18. Qg7 Nf5 19. Bxf5 Rhg8 20. Qh6 Rxf5 $13 {1-0 Dolmatov,S-Lputian,S/Manila 
(izt) 1990/Inf 49/}) 16... Rg7 $146 (16... a6 17. Ng5 Be8 18. Qf4 Nd4 19. Rfe1
Nef5 20. a4 Rg7 21. Nf3 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Qd4 23. Qxd4 Nxd4 24. Re3 Nc6 25. Kf1
Bd7 26. Be2 d4 {0-1 Polgar,J-Vaganian,R/Groningen PCA 1993 (40)}) 17. Rfb1 {
It looks that white,s chances are better-he has two bishops and what is very
important, safe position of the king, thank you to bishop g3.} a6 18. h3 Rdg8
19. Kh2 d4 {Black wants to organize some counterplay, but now d pawn becames
weak.} (19... Nf5 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. Rd1 $1 Be6 22. Nd4 $36) 20. Be4 $1 Nd5 (
20... Nf5 21. Bxf5 exf5 22. Rd1 {[%csl Rd4]}) 21. Bxd5 $1 Qxd5 22. Rd1 {
[%csl Rd4]} Nxe5 {Very funny idea, but, unfortunately for black, doesn,t
brings real relief.} (22... Rg6 23. Qf4 $5 {[%cal Rf3d4]} (23. Nxd4 Nxe5 24.
Ne2 $1 Qf3 $1 (24... Qc4 25. Qxc4+ Nxc4 26. Rd3 $16) 25. Nf4 $140 Rxg3 26. fxg3
Qf2 $44 {[%cal Gd7c6]}) 23... f6 24. exf6 e5 25. Nxe5 Rxg3 (25... Qxe5 26. f7
$18) 26. fxg3 Qxe5 27. Qxe5 Nxe5 28. Rxd4 $18) 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxd4 $1 $16 {
[%csl Rc8,Gg3]} (24. Bxe5 $4 Rxg2+ 25. Kh1 Bc6 $1 $19) 24... Rxg3 {Sacrifice
of desperation.} (24... Bc6 $142 $5 25. Rad1 Qg5) 25. fxg3 Bc6 26. Rad1 f6 (
26... Kb8 27. Rd8+ Rxd8 28. Qxd8+ Ka7 29. Qd4+ $18) 27. Rg4 Re8 28. Rc4 $18 Qe2
(28... Rg8 29. Rd3) 29. Rxc6+ bxc6 30. Qd4 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 70th"]
[Site "Bremen"]
[Date "1998.11.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zeller, Frank"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Qa5 8. Bd2
cxd4 9. cxd4 Qa4 10. Rb1 (10. Bc3 b6 11. h5 h6 12. Rh3 Ba6 13. Ne2 Nbc6 14. Bb4
Bc4 15. Rb1 Qa6 16. g4 Rc8 17. f4 Kd7 18. Re3 g6 19. Bh3 Bxe2 20. Rxe2 gxh5 21.
gxh5 Rhg8 {0-1 Fischer,T-Rudolf,M/Wuertenberg tt 1994 (43)}) (10. h5 h6 11. Nf3
b6 12. Qb1 Ba6 13. Qb3 Qd7 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. O-O Rc8 16. a4 O-O 17. Qb5 Qb7 $11
{0-1 Wapner,J-Blees,A/Amsterdam op 1996 (36)}) (10. Nf3 Nbc6 11. Bc3 b6 12. h5
h6 13. Qd3 a5 14. Qd2 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. g4 Kd7 $11 17. Nh4 Nxe5 18. dxe5
Qe4+ 19. Qe2 Qxh1+ 20. Kd2 Qxh4 21. Qxa6 Qxf2+ 22. Kc1 Rc8 {0-1 Werner,
M-Mueller,O/BL 1994 (22)}) (10. c3 $5 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 Nbc6 12. h5 h6 13. Bd3 Bd7
14. Ne2 Na5 15. Rb1 b6 16. g4 Nc4 17. Bc1 Rc8 18. f3 Rf8 19. Kf2 $14 {1-0
Milos,G-Kindermann,S/Wch Groningen 1997/CBM 63 (39)}) 10... Qxd4 11. Nf3 Qe4+
12. Be2 Nbc6 13. Bc3 (13. h5 h6) 13... h6 (13... Ng6 14. O-O Ngxe5 15. Nxe5
Nxe5 16. Bb5+ $44) 14. Kf1 Nf5 (14... O-O $5 15. Bd3 Qg4) 15. Bd3 Qg4 (15...
Qa4 16. Bb5 Qxa3 17. Bb4 Qa2) 16. Rh3 b6 17. Kg1 Bb7 18. Qf1 Qa4 (18... O-O-O)
(18... O-O $5 19. Nh2 Qa4 20. g4 Nfd4) 19. Bb4 $1 a6 (19... Rc8 20. Rb2 $1 $16
{[%cal Rd3b5]} (20. Bb5 Qxc2 21. Rc1 Qe4)) 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. Qd3 g6 $2 (21...
Qb5 22. Qxb5 (22. Qxf5 Bc8 $1 (22... a5 $2 23. e6 $18) (22... Nxb4 23. Rxb4 $36
) 23. e6 $8 Bxe6 24. Re1 O-O-O $1 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. Qxe6+ Kb7 27. Qf7+ Ka8 $19)
22... axb5 23. Bd6 $44) 22. e6 $5 (22. Bd6 $5) (22. h5 $5) 22... fxe6 23. Qe3 {
[%csl Ra4][%cal Re3e6,Re3b6]} O-O-O (23... Nd8 $5 24. Ne5 Qxc2 25. Re1 $40) 24.
Qxb6 Qb5 25. Qe3 Rde8 (25... a5 $2 26. Qxe6+ Rd7 27. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 28. Qxe5 Rhd8
29. Rc3+ Bc6 30. Qe6 $18) 26. a4 Qc4 (26... Qxa4 $5) 27. Qb6 Nxb4 (27... Qxc2
28. Bd6) 28. Rxb4 Qc6 29. Qd4 (29. Qa7 {[%cal Rf3e5,Rh3c3]} d4 $1 (29... e5 30.
Nxe5 $1 Rxe5 31. Rxb7 $1 $18)) 29... Rh7 (29... Qxc2 30. Ne5 $18) 30. Ne5 Qd6
31. Rc3+ $2 {Miss easy victory, possible after} (31. Rb6 $1 Qf8 (31... Qd8 32.
Rc3+ Rc7 33. Nf7 $1 $18) 32. Rc3+ Kb8 (32... Rc7 33. Rxc7+ Kxc7 34. Qc3+ $1
Kxb6 35. Nd7+ Ka7 36. Nxf8 $18) 33. Nc6+ Ka8 34. Rb1 Bxc6 35. Rxc6 Ra7 36. Rxe6
$1 $18) 31... Rc7 32. Rbb3 (32. Rcb3 $5 $18) 32... Rxc3 {Stronger was} (32...
Kb8 $1 {with little chanses for escape after for example} 33. Rb6 Qxb6 34. Nd7+
Rxd7 35. Qxb6 g5 $16) 33. Rxc3+ Kb8 34. Nf7 $2 {Why not} (34. Nc6+ $1 Bxc6 35.
Qb6+ Ka8 36. Qxa6+ Kb8 37. Rxc6 $18) 34... e5 35. Nxd6 (35. Re3 $1 $16) 35...
exd4 36. Rb3 Re1+ 37. Kh2 Re7 38. Rb4 (38. Kg3 Ka7 39. Rxb7+ Rxb7 40. Nxb7 Kxb7
41. Kf4 Kb6 $1) 38... a5 $6 39. Rxd4 $2 (39. Rb5 Rd7 40. Nxb7 Rxb7 41. Rxa5 Rc7
42. Rxd5 Rxc2 43. Rxd4 $16) 39... Re2 40. Nxb7 Kxb7 41. Rxd5 Rxf2 42. Rd6 $6 (
42. h5 gxh5 43. Rxa5 f4 $11) (42. Rxa5 Rxc2 43. h5 f4 $1 $11) 42... Rf4 43.
Rxg6 $6 (43. g3 $5 $11) 43... Rxh4+ 44. Kg3 Rxa4 45. Rxh6 Rc4 {Unbelievly, but
after all suffering so much in the middlegame black went to ending with small 
( very small!) chanses for success.} 46. Rd6 a4 47. Rd5 f4+ 48. Kf3 Kb6 49. Rd8
Rxc2 50. Kxf4 Rxg2 51. Ke3 Kc5 52. Kd3 $11 Kb4 53. Rb8+ Ka3 54. Kc3 Ka2 55. Rh8
a3 56. Rh7 Rg1 57. Kc2 Rg8 58. Rc7 Rg2+ 59. Kc1 Kb3 60. Rb7+ Ka2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.03.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32768]} 1. e4 {Kortschnoj} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+
6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3
dxc3 13. Rb1 (13. Qxc3 $5) (13. Nxc3 $5) 13... O-O-O 14. Nxc3 Na5 15. g3 {
It looks, that move in the text doesn,t raised real problems for black.
Another interesting possibility could be} (15. Nb5 $5 {for example} Bxb5 16.
Rxb5 Kb8 (16... Nf5 17. g3 $1 Nc4 18. Bh3 Qd7 19. Rb4 Kb8 20. O-O Rc8 21. Rd1
$16 {1-0 Rodriguez,A-Larrosa,J/Orense 1997/EXT 99 (53)}) 17. Qd2 $5 {
improvement, compare to} (17. g3 Rc8 18. Bd2 Nc4 19. Bg2 Qc6 20. Rb3 Nf5 21.
O-O Nxd2 22. Qxd2 Qxc2 23. Qb4 b6 $11 {0-1 Carlsson,D-Antonsen,M/Hallsberg jr
1993 (53)}) (17. Be3 $5) 17... Nc4 18. Qf2 d4 (18... Nxa3 $2 19. Rc5 $18) 19.
Rb3 (19. Bd3 $2 Qc6 $1) 19... Nd5 $1 $44 {with double eged game.} (19... Nf5
20. Bd3 Qa5+ 21. Ke2 Qd5 22. Rg1 Nfe3 23. Qf3 Na5 24. Rb5 $16 {1-0 Rodriguez,
A-Paredes,E/Mondariz op 1994 (34)})) ({Other moves are not very dangerous for
Black, for instance} 15. Rg1 Kb8 16. g4 Ng6 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. Qxb5 Nc4 19. Rg3
Ka8 20. a4 Rd7 21. Rbb3 a6 22. Qb4 Rc8 $44 {0-1 Sanden,S-Schulman,J/Rilton Cup
1997 (31)}) ({or} 15. h3 Kb8 16. Ne2 Nec6 17. g4 Nc4 18. Qc3 Be8 19. g5 Qe7 20.
h4 Qc5 21. h5 d4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Timoshenko,G-Poldauf,D/Cairo-B 1997 (29)}) 15...
Kb8 {[%cal Gd8c8] '!' Kortschnoj. Kortschnoj: 'This move is stronger than 15...
a6, what has been played before - black obtains a good game.'} 16. Ne2 Ba4 17.
c3 $6 {N/ New and not the best move, it was better to continue Kortschnoj:
'Dubious move'} (17. Nd4 {and after, for example} Rc8 (17... Nf5 18. Rb4 (18.
Be3 b6 19. Nxf5 Bxc2 20. Rc1 Bxd3 21. Rxc7 Kxc7 22. Bxd3 exf5 23. Bxf5 $44) (
18. Nb3 {Kortschnoj} Rc8 {black would have had anyway a very active position.})
18... Nxd4 19. Rxa4 Nxc2+ 20. Kd1 Rc8 21. Bd2 Nc4 22. Rxc4 dxc4 23. Qxc2 Qc6
24. Rg1 c3 25. Bc1 Qb6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Pedzich,D-Pupo,E/Santiago Wch-jr 1990 (31)
}) 18. Bd2 Nec6 (18... Nc4 $13) 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. Qxb5 Nc4 21. Qc5 Qd7 22. Qf2
Nxa3 $36 {game is compleatly unclear, 1/2-1/2 Kokkila,T-Norri,J/Espoo KvT 1987
(29)}) 17... Nf5 (17... Bb3 $5) 18. Bh3 $6 {Allows breakthrough in the centre
of the board. Maybe better was to play} (18. Rb4 $5 Bb3 $1 $13 {with unclear
position}) (18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Bc2 20. Rb2 Nb3 21. Qe3 (21. Qb4 a5 $1 22.
Qb5 Qxc3+ 23. Kf2 Qd4+ 24. Ke1 (24. Be3 Qxb2) 24... Qe4+ 25. Kf2 Qxh1 $19)
21... Be4 (21... d4 $5) 22. Rg1 Nxc1 23. Qxc1 Qc5 {'-+' Kortschnoj.} 24. Rf2 d4
$36) 18... d4 $1 {'-/+!' Kortschnoj. White needs good advice after this
typical move.} 19. Bd2 {What else?} (19. Bxf5 dxc3 20. Nd4 (20. Qxc3 Rd1+ 21.
Kf2 Rxh1 22. Qxc7+ Kxc7 $19) 20... exf5 21. Rb4 Bc6 22. O-O Be4 {[%csl Ge4]
[%cal Rd8d3,Ga5c6]}) (19. Kf2 Bc6 $1 20. Rg1 Rh8 21. Bxf5 Rxh2+ $17) ({Maybe
Svidler just forgot that in the case of} 19. O-O dxc3 20. Qxc3 Qxc3 21. Nxc3 {
he lose after simple combination} Nxg3 $1 22. Nxa4 (22. hxg3 Rxg3+ 23. Kh2 Rxc3
$19) 22... Nxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Rd1+ 24. Ke2 Rgg1 25. Rb5 $1 Rxc1 26. Rxa5 (26. Kf2
b6) 26... Rc2+ 27. Ke3 Rxh2 $19 {[%csl Rh3]}) (19. c4 {Kortschnoj} Ne3 $1 $19)
19... Nb3 20. Bxf5 (20. c4 Nc5 21. Qf3 Bc6 $19) (20. cxd4 Nfxd4 21. Nxd4 Rxd4
22. Rxb3 (22. Qh7 Rgd8 $40) 22... Rxd3 23. Rxd3 Qc4 $1 24. Re3 $8 Qc2 $19 {
[%cal Rc2d1,Rg8d8]}) 20... dxc3 21. Qxc3 Nxd2 22. Qxc7+ Kxc7 23. Rc1+ Bc6 $1 {
[%csl Gc6,Gd2]} 24. Bh3 (24. Bc2 Kb6) 24... Kb6 25. Rxc6+ {White can,t keep
material equality any case} (25. Kf2 Bxh1 26. Rxh1 Rd3) 25... bxc6 $17 26. Kf2
c5 27. Bg2 c4 28. h4 {Pawn h - last whites hope} Nb3 29. h5 Rd2 {'-+'
Kortschnoj.} 30. Ke3 (30. h6 Nd4 31. Bf3 Kc5) 30... Ra2 31. h6 Rxa3 32. h7 Rh8
33. Nc3 Ka5 34. Ne4 Nc5+ ({Interesting alternative to the move in the game
could be} 34... Kb4 $5 {for example} 35. Ng5 Nc5+ 36. Kf2 Nd3+ 37. Ke3 Nxe5+
38. Kd4 Ng4 39. Nxf7 Rd3+ 40. Ke4 Kc5 $1 41. Rh5+ Rd5 $19) 35. Ke2 {
Unfortunately the king can't move into the centre -} (35. Kd4 Kb4 $1 (35...
Nxe4 {Kortschnoj} 36. Bxe4 Kb4 {with a threat Rd8-+}) 36. Nxc5 Rd8+ 37. Nd7
Rxd7+ 38. Ke4 Kc5 $1 {[%cal Rd7d4] loses immediately}) 35... Nxe4 {Unnacuracy
in won position} (35... Ra2+ $142 $1 36. Ke3 Rxg2 37. Nxc5 Rxg3+ 38. Kd4 Kb5
$19 {leads to easy victory}) 36. Bxe4 Rxg3 37. Rb1 Rh3 38. Kd2 $2 ({After} 38.
Rb7 $142 {Black must demonstrate good ending technique, after move in the text,
game is over.}) 38... Rd8+ 39. Kc2 Rd4 (39... Rd4 40. Rh1 Rxh1 41. Bxh1 Rd8 $19
) 0-1

[Event "United Insurance 4th"]
[Site "Dhaka"]
[Date "1999.02.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Neelotpal, Das"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[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"]

1. e4 {Kortschnoj} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7.
Qg4 {In 8th round Short played against Shulman} (7. Bd3 {but without big
success}) 7... Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Kd1 {Last years almost
everyone played in this position 10.Ne2, but Nigel nowdays doesn,t like follow
mainstream lines and very often choose rare variations with let say not
perfect reputations, sometimes it works, but not in this game!} dxc3 ({Another
possible continuation could be} 10... Nd7 11. Nf3 Nxe5 {for example} 12. Bf4
Qxc3 13. Nxe5 Qxa1+ 14. Bc1 Rf8 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Re1 Nc6 17. Nxf7 Rxf7 18. Bg6
O-O-O 19. Qxf7 e5 20. Ke2 e4 21. Kf1 Qc3 $13 {with crazy position}) 11. Nf3
Nbc6 12. Ng5 ({Black hasn,t too many problems after} 12. Bf4 Qb6 $5 ({deserves
attention and} 12... Bd7 13. Ng5 O-O-O $5 14. Nxf7 Rdf8 15. Rb1 Nf5 16. Nd6+
Nxd6 17. exd6 Qd8 18. Bg3 e5 19. Qd3 d4 20. Be2 Qg5 $13 {with complicated game
1/2-1/2 Thipsay,P-Levitt,J/BCF-ch 1985/}) 13. Be3 (13. Bg3 Bd7) 13... Qb2 14.
Rc1 Bd7 15. h4 {[%cal Gh4h7]} (15. Bc5 O-O-O 16. Qd3 Nf5 17. g3 Rg4 18. h4 Rc4
19. Be3 Re4 20. Bg5 Rg8 21. Bf6 Qxa3 22. Bh3 Nb4 23. Qxe4 (23. Qf1 Na2 24. Rb1
Rb4) 23... dxe4 24. Bxf5 exf5 {0-1 Bauer-Schmidt/DDR 1988 (24)}) 15... O-O-O $1
16. Bd3 $1 (16. Qxf7 Rdf8 17. Qh7 Nf5 $1) (16. Bg5 Qxa3) 16... Nf5 $1 (16...
Rxg2 17. Ke2 $1 $13) 17. Bxf5 (17. Bg5 $1 Rh8 $1) 17... exf5 {and black
chances are higher, for example} 18. Qxf7 Rgf8 $1 (18... Rdf8 19. Qxd5 $1) (
18... d4 19. Bg5 d3 20. Qb3) 19. Qg6 (19. Qg7 d4 {/\ d3-/+}) 19... d4 20. Bg5
d3 $1 21. cxd3 (21. Bxd8 d2 $1 $19) 21... Ne7 $1 22. Qh6 (22. Bxe7 Ba4+) 22...
Bb5 $1 {/\ 23... Rd3 24. Ke1 Rd1} 23. Bd2 Kb8 $1 24. Rxc3 Nd5 $1 25. Rc1 Qb3+ {
0-1 Steil,J-Farago,I/Budapest 1986/} (25... Qb3+ 26. Ke1 Qxd3)) 12... Nd8 {
N/ New and interesting move, but according to theory black is ok and after
'N!?' Kortschnoj. Kortschnoj: 'Up to now 12...Rf8 or 12...Qe5 were considered
obligatory for black.'} (12... Nxe5 13. f4 Rxg5 14. fxg5 N5g6 (14... N5g6 $5
15. h4 e5 $1 16. h5 Nf8 17. Qg7 Bg4+ 18. Ke1 O-O-O 19. Qxf7 Bf5 (19... Ne6 20.
Be2 Bf5 21. Rf1 Rf8 22. Qxe6+ Bxe6 23. Rxf8+ Kd7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Krstev,
K-Lehikoinen,P/corr 1985 (36)}) 20. Rh4 Ne6 21. g4 e4 22. Kf2 Rf8 23. Qxf8+
Nxf8 24. gxf5 Nxf5 25. Rf4 Qe5 {0-1 Stein,B-Farago,I/Lugano op 1985 (31)})) ({
or} 12... Qxe5 13. Qxf7+ Kd7 14. Bf4 Qd4+ 15. Ke1 e5 16. Be3 Qg4 17. Be2 Qf5
18. g4 Qxc2 19. Nh7 Kc7 20. Nf6 Rd8 21. Bf3 d4 22. Bxc6 dxe3 23. Qxe7+ Kxc6 24.
Qxd8 Qxf2+ {0-1 Busquets,L-Ivanov,I/Irvine op 1997 (24), funny what Nigel
preper in this lines or it was just bluff from his side?}) 13. f4 Bd7 {[%cal
Gc7c5,Gd7b5]} 14. h4 {White knight and queen are very active , but it's very
difficult for them to fulfill development and Nigel decided to to push h-pawn
- his main trump card.} ({Or} 14. Be3 {Kortschnoj} Rxg5 15. fxg5 Qxe5 {with
compensation.}) 14... Qc5 15. h5 Bb5 16. Bxb5+ (16. Bd3 $5) 16... Qxb5 17. h6 {
[%cal Rh7g8] From the first look you can get illusion, that white is winning
already but it is not truth.} (17. Qd3 {Kortschnoj would be more circumspect,
but here white still has not had any suspicion on approacing dangers.}) 17...
Rg6 $1 {[%csl Rh7]} 18. f5 $2 (18. Qh8+ $5 Kd7 19. h7 (19. Qf8 {Kortschnoj}
Ndc6 $1 20. Qxa8 Rxh6 21. Re1 Rh2 {and black develops a devastating attack.})
19... Rh6 $1 20. Rg1 (20. Re1 Rh2 (20... Rh2 21. Be3 (21. Nf3 Rxg2 22. Nd4 Ndc6
$1 23. Qg8 Nxg8 24. hxg8=Q Raxg8 25. Nxb5 d4 {black is winning.}) 21... Nf5 22.
Qf8 Qf1)) 20... Qc4 $40) 18... Nxf5 $1 19. Qh8+ (19. Qxg6 fxg6 20. h7 Nf7 21.
h8=Q+ Nxh8 22. Rxh8+ Kd7 $19) 19... Kd7 20. h7 Rh6 $1 {Kortschnoj: 'Winning
move!'} 21. Re1 (21. Nh3 Rh4 {[%cal Gh4d4]} 22. Qg8 Nd4 23. Re1 Qa4 24. Re2
Nxe2 $19) 21... Rh2 $19 22. Nxe6 (22. Qg8 Rxg2 {[%cal Rb5d3]}) 22... Nxe6 23.
Qxa8 Rxg2 $1 {Nice move,} 24. Ra2 ({white can,t play now} 24. h8=Q {because of}
Qd3+ $3 25. cxd3 c2#) 24... Ne3+ $1 {Final blow!} 25. Bxe3 Qb1+ 26. Bc1 Rd2# {
Terrible defeat recent challenger for chess crown!} 0-1

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2000.03.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Szabo, Gergely Andras"]
[Black "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2000.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 $5 11. Be3 c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Qf7 {It is a
good question if Black need make this move, deserves attention} (13... Bd7 $5 {
for example} 14. h4 Rf5 15. Ng5 Raf8 16. Qe2 h6 17. Nh3 Qd8 18. g3 b5 19. Qd2
Qe7 20. Ke2 a5 21. Rh2 Rb8 22. g4 Rff8 23. Nf4 Be8 24. h5 g5 25. Nh3 b4 $36 {
0-1 David,A-Enders,P/BL9900 2000 (34)}) 14. Ng5 Qe8 15. h4 h6 16. Nh3 Ne7 (
16... Qf7 $5 17. h5 Ne7 18. Kd2 gxh5 19. Qe2 Nf5 20. Nf4 h4 21. Qg4 {1/2-1/2
Goloshchapov,A-Harikrishna,P/Calcutta Goodricke op 2000/ (21)}) 17. Nf4 Qf7 {
Quite important theorethical position.} 18. Qe2 $146 (18. Rh3 $5 Qf5 19. Qe2
Bd7 20. g4 Qf7 21. Kd2 a5 22. h5 b5 23. g5 b4 24. gxh6 Qf5 25. hxg7 Rfb8 26.
hxg6 Ba4 27. Rh8+ Kxg7 28. Rh7+ $18 {1-0 Solozhenkin,E-Apicella,M/St.
Petersburg-Paris 1996 (31)}) (18. Rb1 b6 19. Rh3 Bd7 20. Qe2 Kh7 21. g4 Qe8 22.
h5 g5 23. Ng2 Rf7 24. f4 gxf4 25. Nxf4 Qf8 26. Qh2 Ng8 27. Ra1 Ne7 28. Kd2 b5
29. Rg1 $16 {1-0 Milu,R-Popescu,C/ROM t-ch 1994 (33)}) 18... Bd7 19. g4 Ba4 20.
Rh3 a5 $132 {[%cal Gb7b4] Apicella starts counterattack on the queen's side.}
21. h5 g5 22. Ng2 {[%cal Gf2f4]} b5 23. f4 gxf4 24. Nxf4 b4 25. Kd2 $2 {
Strange move!} (25. axb4 axb4 26. cxb4 Nc6 27. c3 $13 {was more natural and
stronger}) 25... bxc3+ 26. Kxc3 {[%csl Rc3]} Rab8 27. Rf3 Nc6 $40 {[%cal Rf7b7,
Rb7b2][%mdl 128] prepares queen lift to b7} 28. Rff1 Qb7 $1 (28... Nb4 $2 {
will be premature decision -} 29. axb4 axb4+ 30. Kd2 $1 (30. Kb2 c3+ 31. Kc1
Bb5 32. Qf3 b3 $5 33. cxb3 Bxf1 34. Qxf1 Rxb3 $36) 30... c3+ 31. Ke1 Bb5 32.
Qd1 Bxf1 33. Kxf1 $16 {and king escapes from danger}) 29. Rab1 Qxb1 30. Rxb1
Rxb1 31. Nxe6 Rff1 ({could be good alternative to the move in the text-} 31...
Nb4 $5 32. Bf4 (32. Kd2 Bb5 33. Qg2 Rff1 $19) (32. Nxf8 $2 Na2+ 33. Kd2 c3+ 34.
Kd3 Bb5#) 32... Na2+ 33. Kd2 Rfb8 34. Nc5 Bxc2 $1 $19) 32. Nc5 Rbe1 33. Qd2 Na7
$1 {[%cal Ra7b5] Final blow!} (33... Na7 34. Qxe1 Rxe1 35. Kd2 Rxe3 36. Kxe3
Bxc2) 0-1

[Event "Asia-ch 4th"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2003.02.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Neelotpal, Das"]
[Black "Villamayor, Buenaventura"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Ne7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Bd3 b6 12. Ne2 Ba6 13. Nf4 Qd7 14. h4 Bxd3 15.
Qxd3 Nbc6 {This rather mechanical move is not the most accurate} (15... Rc8
$142 $5 16. Rh3 Rc4 17. Rg3 Nbc6 18. c3 Rf8 19. Ke2 Rf7 20. Kf1 Ra4 21. Qc2 Rc4
22. Qd1 Nd8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Gofstein,L-Psakhis,L/ISR t-ch 1998 (45)}) 16. Rh3 Rf7
17. Rg3 Rc8 18. Kf1 $1 $146 {A strong novelty, putting Black's variation in
doubt!} (18. Rb1 Kh8 19. h5 Nd8 20. Bb4 Nec6 21. Kd1 Nxb4 22. axb4 Rc4 23. c3
Qc8 $13 {Belaska,P-Kacirek,P/CZE Extraliga 0203 2003/1-0 (46)}) ({Easy to play
with black in the case of} 18. h5 Nd8 19. c3 Qa4 $5 $13 {Kasparov} (19... Rf8
20. Kf1 Rc4 21. Kg1 Nf7 22. a4 Rfc8 23. Qb1 Nc6 24. Qd1 Ne7 25. h6 g6 26. Qh5
$40 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Short,N/Novgorod 1997/(31)})) 18... Nd8 19. Kg1 Qa4 20. c3
{This is a very typical position, which is still not so easy to assess
precisely. Maybe with correct play Black can hold it, but the defence is not
easy} Qc4 (20... Qb3 21. Nh5 Ng6 22. Nf6+ gxf6 23. h5 $40 {Kasparov,G}) 21. Qf3
{Surely that White doesn't want to exchange queens!} Qb3 22. Nh5 {
Unfortunately for Black, the residence of his monarch isn't safe, which White
proves energetically} Ng6 (22... Qb2 23. Rd1 Qxa3 24. Bh6 Ng6 25. Nxg7 $40) 23.
Nf6+ $1 gxf6 24. h5 fxe5 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Rxg6+ {Exposed position of the
black king, doesn't give him to many hopes for survival.} Kf8 (26... Rg7 27.
Qg3 $1 Rxg6 (27... Rcc7 28. Bh6 $1) 28. Qxg6+ Kf8 29. c4 $1 $18) 27. Qh5 (27.
Bg5 $5 Qb2 28. Re1 $1 $40 Rxc3 $140 $2 29. Qh5 $18) 27... f4 $8 28. Qxe5 $16
Qc2 29. Qd6+ Re7 30. Qxf4+ (30. Rg8+ $5 Kxg8 31. Qxe7 Qxd2 $140 32. Qe8+ Kg7
33. Qd7+ $18) 30... Ke8 31. Rg8+ Kd7 32. c4 $1 {[%cal Gd2b4] Decisive
breakthrough!} Qf5 ({There wasn't a rescue in} 32... Qb2 33. Re1 Rxc4 34. Bb4
Rxb4 35. axb4 Nc6 (35... Qxb4 36. Rxd8+ $1 Kxd8 37. Qb8+ Kd7 38. Rc1 $18) 36.
Rc1 $18) 33. Qxf5 exf5 34. cxd5 $18 {[%cal Gd2b4,Gd2g5] White has now both and
positional and material advantage, so rest is quite simple.} Nb7 35. Rxc8 (35.
Rg5 $5 Nd6 36. Bf4) 35... Kxc8 36. Rc1+ Kd7 37. Bf4 {[%csl Gc1,Gf4]} Nd6 38.
Be5 b5 {[%cal Gd6c4]} 39. f4 (39. Rc5 $5) 39... Nc4 40. a4 a6 $8 41. axb5 axb5
42. Rb1 Ke8 (42... Nd6 $5) 43. Rxb5 Ra7 44. d6 Kd7 45. Rc5 {[%cal Gc5c7]} Ra1+
46. Kh2 Ne3 47. Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "Linares 17th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.03.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2851"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2000.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. Bd2 Nc6 ({In the case of} 
6... cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Nc6 9. Nf3 Nge7 10. Bd3 {white's chances are better,
for instance} h6 11. Nbxd4 O-O 12. c3 f6 13. Qe2 fxe5 14. fxe5 Nxd4 15. cxd4
Nc6 16. O-O Bb6 17. Be3 $16 {1-0 Guid,M-Zhao Zong Yuan/Wch B20 Yerevan 1999 
(25)}) 7. Qg4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Kasparov prepared to this game interesting and
very dangerous novelty.} (7. Nb5 Nxd4 $5 (7... Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 cxd4
10. Nf3 Ne7 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. f4 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. g3 Kh8 16.
Bb5 $14 {1-0 Davies,N-Karlsson,L/Oslo 1988 (42)}) 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 11. Nf3 Bb6 12. O-O Ne7 13. a4 a6 14. Ra3 h6 15. Rd3 Nc6 16. b4 Qc7
$15 {0-1 Herb,P-Hug,W/SWZ t-ch 1997 (31)}) (7. dxc5 Nxe5 8. Nb5 Bc7 $1 9. Bc3
$6 (9. Nxc7+ Qxc7 10. Bf4 Nd3+ 11. Bxd3 Qxf4 12. Ne2 $11) 9... Nf6 10. Nf3 Ned7
$1 $15 {Zlotnik,B-Legky,N/USSR i45 1988 (10)}) 7... Kf8 {It is difficult to
find another reasonable answer.} 8. dxc5 $1 Nxe5 9. Qg3 Ng6 10. O-O-O ({
Deserves attention} 10. Bd3 $5 Bc7 11. f4 Nf6 12. Nge2 Bd7 13. h3 Bc6 14. Qf2
b6 15. Nd4 Ne7 16. Nxc6 Nxc6 17. Nb5 Nd7 18. Be3 $36 {Mitkov,N-Zaja,I/Pula zt
2000/0-1 (57) with very promising position for white.}) 10... Nf6 11. f3 Bd7
12. Nge2 Bc7 ({Khalifman could try and} 12... Rc8 {but after} 13. Nd4 $1 Rxc5
14. b4 Bc7 15. Qf2 Rxc3 16. Bxc3 $14 {I am not sure that Black has enough
compensation for exchange.}) 13. Qf2 b6 $1 14. Be3 Ne7 {[%cal Ge7f5]} 15. g4
bxc5 16. Bxc5 Bb6 17. h4 Bxc5 18. Qxc5 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 {[%mdl 4096] With
good and accurate defence Khalifman managed almost equalized game, but just
almost. White still keep some preasure on the black position} 20. Bh3 Ne8 ({
Maybe} 20... h6 $5 $14 {was better and after possible continuation} 21. f4 h5
$5 22. g5 Ng4 23. Bxg4 hxg4 24. h5 Nf5 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. Rxd4 g3 $11 {Black has
equal chances}) 21. f4 h5 $6 (21... Nd6 $5) 22. g5 g6 {As usual it is not very
good strategy to put pawns on the bishop colour, but world champion has right
for another opinion.} 23. Nd4 Kg7 24. Nf3 Nc7 (24... Nc6 $2 25. Nxd5 $18) 25.
Ne5 Rhd8 26. Ne2 $1 {[%cal Ge2d4] Kasparov methodically increase preassure} Nc6
27. Nd4 Nxd4 28. Rxd4 Be8 29. Rhd1 $6 ({According to Kasparov} 29. Bf1 $142 $1
$16 {[%cal Gh1h3,Gh3b3] leads to big white's advantage.}) 29... Rdc8 30. Bf1
Kf8 31. Rb4 (31. Re1 $5 {[%cal Ge1e3] Was the last chance to get something real
}) 31... b5 32. Rbd4 Na6 33. Bd3 Nc5 34. Kd2 Nb7 $1 35. Ra1 Ra7 36. Re1 Nd6 $11
{[%csl Gd6] Now all black's pawns are protected and it is difficult ( or even
impossible) to find how White can improve his position.} 37. c3 Nc4+ 38. Kc1 (
38. Bxc4 bxc4 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Ga7b7,Gc8b8]}) 38... Na5 39. Bc2 Nc6 40. Nxc6
Bxc6 41. Kd2 Bd7 42. Rb4 Rca8 43. Bd3 Ra5 44. Re3 Bc6 45. Rd4 Bd7 46. Rb4 Bc6
47. Bc2 Bd7 48. Bb3 Bc6 49. Rd4 R5a7 50. Bc2 Bd7 51. Bd1 Bc6 52. Bf3 Ra4 53.
Bd1 R4a7 54. Bb3 Ra5 55. Re5 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Qa5 8. Bd2
Nbc6 9. h4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa4 11. h5 $5 {Interesting and dangerous for black
pawn sacrifice was introduced into practice by Garry Kasparov in famous game
against Anand in Linares 1992.Others moves doesn,t promised to white any
advantage, for example} (11. c3 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 Na5 13. Rb1 b6 14. h5 h6 15. g4
Bd7 16. Bb5 Bxb5 17. Rxb5 Rc8 $15 {0-1 Seidel,P-Poldauf,D/Berlin op 1998 (33)})
11... Nxd4 12. Bd3 Nec6 13. Kf1 $5 Nf5 (13... Bd7 14. h6 g6 15. Rh4 f6 16. exf6
e5 17. Bc3 $16 {1-0 Romaszko,S-Riemelmoser,O/Graz op 1998 (42)}) ({White got
enough compensation for pawns after} 13... Nxf3 14. Qxf3 Qd4 (14... b6 $143 $6
15. h6 Ba6 16. hxg7 Rg8 17. Bxa6 Qxa6+ 18. Kg1 Rxg7 19. Qf6 Rg8 20. Rxh7 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Anand,V/Linares 1992/Inf 54 (34)}) 15. Re1 Nxe5 16. Qg3 Nxd3
17. cxd3 Bd7 18. Rh4 Qb2 19. Bc1 Qc3 20. Rb4 b6 21. Bb2 $44 {1/2-1/2
Fedorowicz,J-Filatov,L/Capelle la Grande 1995 (58)}) 14. Kg1 {Rare move,
ussualy white played} (14. Bxf5 exf5 15. h6 {but after very strong move} Rg8 $1
{black position is nice, for example} (15... gxh6 16. Rxh6 Be6 17. Bg5 Rc8 18.
Rh4 Qa6+ 19. Kg1 Rg8 20. Rxh7 Kd7 21. Rc1 Kc7 22. c4 d4 {1/2-1/2 Fedorowicz,
J-Yermolinsky,A/Saint Martin op 1993 (22)}) 16. Bg5 Be6 17. Rh4 Qa6+ 18. Kg1
gxh6 19. Bf6 Rg4 $1 $15 {1/2-1/2 Hellers,F-Gulko,B/Biel (izt) 1993/ (33)}) (14.
h6 $5 g6 15. Bg5 O-O 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. Rh4 Qa6+ 18. Kg1 Be6 19. Bf6 Rac8 20.
Qd2 $36 {1-0 Folk,P-Kotek,D/CZE t-ch 1997 (31)}) 14... Qg4 $5 $146 {Strong
novelty, in only game where white played 14.Kg1 black responce was much weaker-
} (14... b6 $6 15. Qe2 Bd7 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. Rh4 d4 18. c3 h6 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20.
Rxd4 Qb5 21. Qf3 O-O 22. a4 Qb2 23. Qd1 Rad8 24. Rb4 Bxa4 25. Rxb2 Bxd1 26.
Rxd1 {1-0 Lau,R-Bukal,V/Dortmund op 1993 (26)}) 15. Qe2 ({After} 15. h6 Rg8 $5
{[%cal Gg8g2] black can organized strong preassure on g line}) 15... f6 16. h6
fxe5 ({Again deserves attention} 16... Rg8 $5) 17. hxg7 Rg8 18. Rxh7 e4 19. Ng5
$8 Qxe2 20. Bxe2 Rxg7 (20... Ke7 $5) 21. Rh8+ Ke7 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Re4e3]} 22.
f4 $8 exf3 $6 {After the game Boris Gulko was very disappointed in this move
and claimed that he had to play} (22... b6 {[%cal Gc8b7] and really black keep
at least equal chances, for example} 23. Ba6 (23. Bb4+ Nxb4 24. axb4 Nd4 25.
Ba6 $140 Bb7) 23... Kd7 (23... Nd6 24. Bc3 $5) 24. Nxe6 $5 Bxa6 25. Nxg7 Rxh8
26. Nxf5 Ke6 $15) ({Deserves attention also} 22... e5 $5 23. Bg4 Nd6 {but i am
not sure that possible blame move in the text as main reason of defeat.}) 23.
Bxf3 Nfd4 24. Bh5 b6 (24... Kd7 $5 25. Re1 e5 26. c3 Nb3) 25. Re1 e5 26. c3 Nb3
27. Bf4 Bb7 28. Rh6 ({Fedorov could play} 28. Bxe5 {with force draw after} Nxe5
29. Rxe5+ Kf6 30. Rxa8 Bxa8 31. Nf3 $8 d4 $5 32. cxd4 Nxd4 33. Re3 $11) 28...
Rag8 ({Why not} 28... Nc5 29. Bxe5 Nxe5 30. Rxe5+ Kd7 $11 {with equal chances})
29. Bxe5 Rxg5 $6 ({In big time troubles Gulko missed} 29... Nxe5 $1 30. Rxe5+
Kd7 31. Bg4+ Kc7 32. Ne6+ $140 Kd6 $13 {with complicated game.}) 30. Rh7+ Ke6
$2 {Final mistake, now black lose immediately} (30... Kd8 $142 31. Bf6+ Kc8 32.
Bxg5 Rxg5 33. Re8+ Nd8 34. Bf7 $5 $16) 31. Bh2+ $18 {[%csl Ge1,Re6,Gh2,Gh5,Gh7]
} Ne5 (31... Re5 32. Bxe5 Nxe5 33. Bf7+ Kf6 34. Bxg8 $18) 32. Bf7+ Kf6 33. Rf1+
Ke7 34. Bxg8+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 {This move does
not have a great reputation, but it is certainly better than it seems.} 7. Bd2
Qa4 8. h4 Nc6 9. Nf3 (9. Qg4 $5) 9... Nge7 10. h5 h6 11. Rh4 {[%cal Gd4c5] A
standard move for this variation. White threats now to take on c5 and Black is
almost forced to close the game in the centre.} (11. Rb1 Qxa3 12. Ra1 Qb2 13.
Rb1 Qa3 14. Ra1 Qb2 15. dxc5 a5 16. Rh4 a4 17. Rhxa4 Rxa4 18. Rxa4 O-O 19. Bd3
f6 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. Nd4 e5 22. Nb5 e4 {1-0 Wang Zili (2557)-Hoang Thanh Trang
(2445)/Asian-ch Calcutta 2001/CBM 85/[Hecht] (53)}) (11. Qb1 c4 12. g3 (12. g4
Bd7 13. Nh4 O-O-O 14. Qb2 Rdg8 15. Bh3 g6 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. O-O-O g5 18. Ng2
Be8 19. f4 Bg6 20. Rhf1 Be4 21. Rde1 Nd8 {1/2-1/2 Yurtaev,L (2540)-Nikolic,P 
(2640)/Elista ol 1998/ChessBase (67)}) 12... Bd7 13. Bh3 O-O-O 14. O-O Rdf8 (
14... Nf5 15. Qc1 Rdf8 16. Ne1 Qa5 17. Ng2 Qc7 18. a4 Nfe7 19. Nf4 Nd8 20. Qa3
Nec6 21. a5 Rfg8 22. Rfe1 Re8 23. a6 {Matsuura,E-Burgos,M/Sao Paulo Copa Itau
2003/ChessBase/1-0 (38)}) (14... Kb8 15. Qc1 Rdg8 16. Kh2 Qa5 17. a4 Qd8 18.
Qe1 Nf5 19. g4 Nh4 20. Nxh4 Qxh4 21. f4 Qd8 22. f5 Qe8 {1-0 Iordachescu,
V-Luciani,V/Nereto op 1999/ (39)}) 15. Nh4 g5 $1 16. Ng2 f5 17. exf6 Rxf6 18.
Ne3 Rf7 19. Re1 Ng8 $1 20. Ng4 Nf6 21. Nxf6 Rxf6 22. Re2 Rhf8 23. Bg4 Nd8 $11 {
Sadvakasov,D (2555)-Pogorelov,R (2460)/Moscow 0-1}) 11... c4 $5 12. Rf4 Bd7 13.
Nh4 (13. Be3 Rf8 (13... O-O-O $5 14. Rxf7 $140 Be8 15. Rxg7 Nf5 16. Rg4 Bxh5
17. Rf4 Nce7 $13) 14. Kd2 O-O-O 15. Nh4 Nf5 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. g4 fxg4 18. Rxg4
Rg8 19. Rg1 Bf5 20. Ra2 Qa5 21. Qf3 Be6 22. Bh3 Rdf8 23. Raa1 Qc7 24. Rg3 Ne7
25. Rag1 Qd7 26. Bf1 Bf5 27. Qf4 g5 {Khalifman,A (2653)-Shulman,Y (2565)/WCC
Khanty Mansyisk 2005/ 1/2-1/2 (63)}) 13... Nf5 $1 $146 {An improvement
compared to} (13... g5 $6 14. hxg6 fxg6 15. Rf6 O-O-O 16. Nxg6 Nxg6 17. Rxg6
Ne7 18. Rxh6 Rxh6 19. Bxh6 Rh8 20. Bg5 Ng6 21. Bf6 Rh1 22. Kd2 $16 {Stripunsky,
A-Gavrjushin,O/Moscow op-11 1995/ChessBase/1-0 (38)}) 14. Nxf5 exf5 {[%cal
Gd7e6,Gc6e7]} 15. g4 fxg4 16. Be2 Nd8 $1 {[%cal Ce2g4,Gd8e6]} (16... g5 $6 17.
hxg6 (17. Rf6 $5) 17... fxg6 18. Bxg4 Bxg4 19. Qxg4 Ne7 20. Qe6 $36) (16... Be6
17. Bxg4 Nd8) 17. Bxg4 Ne6 (17... Be6 $5 {[%cal Ga4d7] looks not bad either.})
18. Rf3 Ng5 19. Rg3 (19. Bxg5 $2 Bxg4) ({Black has nothing to worry about after
} 19. Bxd7+ Qxd7 20. Bxg5 hxg5 {[%csl Rh5]}) 19... O-O-O (19... Ne4 20. Rg1 (
20. Bxd7+ Qxd7 21. Rxg7 Qh3 $44) 20... O-O-O 21. Bxd7+ Qxd7 22. Qg4 $1 {
with chances for a small advantage in endgame.}) 20. Bxg5 hxg5 21. Kd2 (21.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 22. Rxg5 f6 $44 {[%csl Re1]}) 21... f5 $5 (21... Kb8 22. Qf3) 22.
Bf3 $8 (22. exf6 gxf6 $36) 22... g4 23. Bxd5 Qb5 $2 {It is hard to provide any
ultimate conclusions in such a complex position, but the move in the game just
helps White to improve the coordination between his pieces.} ({Black could get
have received a nice position after} 23... Bc6 $5 24. Be6+ (24. Bxc6 Qxc6 $44)
24... Bd7 $132) ({or} 23... Rxh5 $5 24. Qe2 Bb5 $132) 24. Qh1 $1 {[%cal Cd7e8,
Cd8d5,Ra1b1]} b6 $6 (24... Bc6 $142 $5 25. Bxc6 bxc6 $14) 25. Rb1 Qa5 26. Bxc4
f4 (26... Be8 $5 {[%cal Rd8d4,Gh8h5]}) 27. Rgg1 Ba4 {Obviously overlooking
White's next move. More tenacious was} (27... f3 $5) 28. Rb4 $1 (28. Rxg4 $2
Rxd4+ 29. Kc1 Rxc4 30. Qa8+ Kc7 31. Rxg7+ Bd7 32. Qxh8 Qxa3+ 33. Kd1 Qxc3 $132)
28... Kb8 29. Rxg4 $18 Rd7 30. Qe4 Rhd8 31. e6 Rc7 32. Qxf4 Kb7 33. Rg5 b5 34.
Rgxb5+ 1-0

[Event "Linares 17th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.03.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2000.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 {Very popular variant nowadays,
mostly thanks to efforts of Lputian and Vaganian.} 6. Qg4 {Kasparov played
against Khalifman 6.Bd2 Nc6 7.Qg4 few rounds later.} Ne7 7. dxc5 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
Ng6 ({It is not clear how White can get an advantage after} 8... Qa5 9. Bd2 Ng6
{for example.} 10. h4 h5 11. Qg5 Nd7 12. c4 Qa4 13. Nf3 dxc4 14. Qe3 O-O 15.
Rc1 b6 16. cxb6 Nxb6 17. Qg5 c3 $1 {0-1 Lau,R-Vaganian,R/BL 1993 (42)}) (8...
O-O 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. Bd3 f5 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Qh4 Nc6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Rxf6
15. O-O Qa5 16. c4 $1 $36 {1-0 Spassky,B-Comas Fabrego,L/Lyons 1991 (31)}) 9.
Bd3 (9. h4 h5 10. Qg3 Nd7 11. Nf3 Nxc5 12. Ng5 Qc7 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Bd4 Ndxe5
15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. O-O f6 {1/2-1/2 Spiriev,P-Mueller,K/Budapest GM 1991 (27)})
9... Nd7 10. Nf3 Qc7 {[%csl Gc1,Rc3,Rc5,Gd3,Re5]} 11. O-O Ndxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5
13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. Qa4+ $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] Clear improvement
compare to} (15. Rb1 Rhb8 16. c4 (16. f4 Qf5 17. Qe2 Ne7 18. g4 Qe4 19. Be3 Nc6
20. Qd3 f5 21. Bd4 Qxd3 22. cxd3 b6 23. g5 g6 $15 {Khachian,M-Lputian,S/
Panormo zt 1998/0-1 (67)}) 16... Qe4 17. Qh3 d4 18. Qxh7 Rh8 19. Qxg7 Rag8 $132
{0-1 Fogarasi,T-Atalik,S/Budapest 72/291 1998/[Atalik,S] (24)}) 15... Ke7 16.
Qb4 {[%cal Rb4e7]} Rab8 17. f4 {Leko keeps initiative and organised strong
preasure on the black position.Open character of the position strongly favour
white's chances, thank's to unsecure position of the black king.} Qe4 18. f5
Qxb4 ({In the case of} 18... exf5 19. Bg5+ Kf8 20. c6+ (20. Rfe1 Qc4 $1) (20.
Rae1 Qxb4 21. axb4 $14) 20... Qxb4 21. axb4 bxc6 22. Rxa7 $36 {white advantage
is obvious.}) 19. axb4 exf5 20. Rxf5 {[%csl Ra7,Rd5]} ({It is not so clear} 20.
Rxa7 Ke6 {[%cal Gg6e5,Gf7f6]}) 20... Ke6 21. Rf2 (21. Rh5 $5 f6 $1 (21... Ra8
22. Bb2 $1 Ne5 23. Re1 f6 24. c4 $16) 22. Rxa7 Ra8 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Rh3 Ra1
$44) 21... a6 22. Bf4 $5 Nxf4 (22... Rbe8 23. Bd6 $16 {[%csl Gd6]}) 23. Rxf4 {
[%mdl 4096]} f5 24. Rd4 $6 {I think, that move is inaccuracy, which increase
chances to save game for forgetive Khalifman.} (24. Re1+ $142 Kf6 25. g4 g6 26.
gxf5 gxf5 27. Rd4 $16) 24... Rbd8 25. Re1+ Kf6 26. Red1 Rhe8 $1 27. c4 ({
Doesn't leads to advantage} 27. Rxd5 Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Re2 (28... a5 $5) 29. Rd7
Rxc2 (29... Re7 $5) 30. Rxb7 Rxc3 31. Rb6+ Ke5 32. Rxa6 Rc1+ 33. Kf2 Rc2+ 34.
Kg3 g5 $44) (27. Kf2 Re5 28. c4 Ke6 29. h4 g6 $11) 27... Re2 28. Rxd5 Rde8 $1 {
[%csl Ge2,Ge8]} 29. R1d2 (29. Rd6+ Kg5 30. Rd7 g6) 29... Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Re1+ $1
(30... Re4 31. Rd7 Rxc4 32. Rxb7 a5 33. bxa5 Rxc5 34. a6 Rxc2 35. a7 Ra2 $11)
31. Kf2 Re4 32. Rd7 (32. Rd6+ Ke5 33. Rd7 Rxc4 $11) 32... Rxc4 33. Rxb7 a5 $5 (
33... Rxc2+ $5 34. Ke3 $140 Rxg2 35. c6 Ke6 $1) 34. bxa5 Rxc5 35. a6 Rxc2+ 36.
Kf3 Rc3+ 37. Ke2 Rc2+ 38. Ke3 Ke5 {I suppose it is mistake in scoresheet, in
other case I can't understand why Black did't continue} (38... Rxg2 39. a7 Ra2)
1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Poznan"]
[Date "2005.05.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bobras, Piotr"]
[Black "Szelag, Marcin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qa5 8. Bd2
O-O 9. Bd3 Nbc6 10. Nf3 (10. Qh5 h6 11. Nf3 c4 12. Be2 f6 $1 13. exf6 Rxf6 14.
Ne5 Nxe5 ({also interesting} 14... Qa4 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Bd1 Bd7 17. O-O Raf8
18. g3 e5 19. dxe5 Rf5 20. Qg6 Nxe5 21. Qd6 Nf7 22. Qc5 Bc6 23. Bf4 Re8 $13 {
1/2-1/2 De Gleria,F-Goloshchapov,A/Montecatini Terme op 1999 (31)}) 15. Qxe5
Nc6 16. Qe3 Qa4 17. Ra2 Bd7 18. O-O Raf8 19. g3 Be8 20. Bg4 Nd8 21. Qe2 Bg6 $15
{0-1 Pedzich,D-Rustemov,A/Swidnica 1999/CBM 71 (39) and black seized
initiative.}) 10... f5 ({Provocative} 10... c4 $2 {doesn,t work well-} 11.
Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 12. Qh5+ Kg8 13. Ng5 Rd8 14. Qh7+ Kf8 15. Qh8+ Ng8 16. Nh7+ Ke7
17. Qxg7 $16 {[%cal Rh2h8] gives to white terrific attack.}) 11. exf6 (11. Qh3
Qa4 12. Rg1 c4 13. Be2 Qxc2 14. Rc1 Qb2 15. g4 Na5 16. Bd1 Nb3 17. Rc2 Qxa3 18.
Bh6 Ng6 19. gxf5 Rxf5 20. Be3 Na1 21. Rc1 Nb3 22. Rc2 Na1 23. Rc1 Nb3 24. Rc2 {
1/2-1/2 Langheinrich,F-Kindermann,S/BL 0102 2002/The Week in Chess 385}) 11...
Rxf6 12. Qh5 Nf5 (12... g6 $146 {Weakened dark squares on the king,s side, but}
13. Qg5 Rf7 ({Deserves attention exchange sacrifice-} 13... Rxf3 {but I think
that after} 14. gxf3 c4 15. Be2 Bd7 16. h4 $1 {White,s chances are better any
case.}) 14. h4 $1 c4 15. Be2 Bd7 16. h5 Raf8 17. hxg6 Nxg6 18. Qh6 {Very
quickly White organized strong threats on the king side, and Black needs good
advice.} Nce7 (18... e5 19. Ng5) 19. Ng5 Nf5 20. Qh2 Rg7 21. Nxh7 {White has
now and material and positional advantage.} Rd8 22. g4 $1 Nfe7 (22... Nfh4 23.
Nf6+ Kf7 24. Nh5 Rh7 25. Qg3 $18) 23. Nf6+ Kf7 24. g5 (24. Nh5 $5 Rh7 25. Qg3
$16) 24... Nf5 $6 (24... Ba4 $5 25. Rc1 $1 {[%cal Ge2h5]}) 25. Bh5 $1 Ke7 26.
Bxg6 Rxg6 27. Qe5 $18 Kf7 28. Ke2 (28. Rh7+ Rg7 29. Nh5 $1 {wins immediately,
for example} Rxh7 30. g6+ Kg8 (30... Kxg6 31. Qf6+ Kxh5 32. Qg5#) 31. gxh7+
Kxh7 32. Nf6+ $18) 28... Ba4 29. Rh7+ Rg7 (29... Ng7 30. Nh5) 30. g6+ $1 Ke7 (
30... Kxg6 31. Rg1+) 31. Bg5 {1-0 Timoshenko,G-Schmidt,W/Koszalin-A 1999/CBM
73/[Psakhis,L]} (31. Bg5 Rxh7 32. gxh7 {[%cal Rf6g8,Rf6d5]})) (12... h6 $6 13.
Qe8+ Rf8 14. Bh7+ Kxh7 15. Qxf8 Qa4 16. O-O Qxc2 17. Rfe1 b6 18. Rac1 Qg6 19.
Qf4 Na5 20. dxc5 Nb3 21. Ne5 Qe8 22. Rb1 Nxc5 23. Be3 Ne4 24. Bd4 Bb7 25. f3
Nd6 26. Ng4 Nef5 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Qe5+ $40 {1-0 Manik,M-Mikhalchishin,A/
Mitropa Cup Zemplinska Sirava 2004/ (51)}) 13. g4 (13. Ne5 $5 $146 {'una
novedad en una posición que se ha jugado mucho últimamente'} c4 ({Worth
considering} 13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 Rf7 (14... Rf8 15. g4 c4 (15... g6) (15... g6)
16. gxf5 cxd3 17. f6 $18) 15. c4 (15. g4 g6 16. Qg5 Ne7 17. h4 $5 c4 18. Be2
Qa4 $132 (18... Bd7 19. h5 Raf8 20. f4 $14)) (15. O-O $5) 15... Qc7 16. f4 d4
$13) 14. Bxf5 Rxf5 ({Weaker was} 14... exf5 $6 {after} 15. Nxc6 bxc6 (15...
Rxc6 $4 16. Qe8#) 16. Qe8+ Rf8 17. Qxc6 {'+/-'} Rb8 18. O-O {white's advantage
is obvious} (18. O-O f4 (18... Rb6 19. Qc7))) 15. Qe8+ Rf8 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17.
Qxc6 {'las blancas han ganado un peón' 'las blancas han ganado un peón'} Rb8
18. O-O Rb2 $14 {0-1 Topalov,V-Ponomariov,R/Leon rapid 2003/CBM 96/[Psakhis] 
(57) 'a pesar de haberse enfrentado a una novedad Ponomariov tiene más tiempo
que su rival casi 18 mn. contra 13' 'a pesar de haberse enfrentado a una
novedad Ponomariov tiene más tiempo que su rival casi 18 mn. contra 13'}) (13.
O-O c4 14. Bxf5 (14. Be2 Bd7 (14... Nd6 15. Qg5 Ne4 16. Qe3 Ne7 17. Bd1 Qb6 18.
Bc1 Ng6 19. Ng5 Nxg5 20. Qxg5 Bd7 21. Qg3 Ne7 22. Qe5 Ng6 {1/2-1/2 Bucher,
D-Romon Poves,R/EU-ch B20 Aviles 2000/ (22)}) 15. g4 Nd6 16. Ne5 Be8 17. Nxc6
bxc6 18. Qe5 Ne4 19. Be1 Qa4 20. Ra2 Qb5 21. f3 Qb1 22. fxe4 Rxf1+ 23. Bxf1 Bg6
{0-1 Grechihin,V-Tchernyi,V/Kaluga Tsiolkovsky mem op 2003/EXT 2005 (32)})
14... Rxf5 15. Qg4 Bd7 16. Qg3 Raf8 17. Bh6 R8f7 18. Nh4 Rh5 19. Bf4 Rxh4 20.
Qxh4 Qxc3 21. Be3 Qxc2 22. a4 b6 23. Qg3 Qe4 24. Rad1 h6 25. Rfe1 Qh7 26. Bf4
Kh8 27. Be5 Qc2 {Sibarevic-Sevo/YUG t-ch2 2000/0-1 (38)}) ({or} 13. dxc5 Qxc5 (
13... e5 $6 14. Nxe5 $1 Qxc5 15. O-O Nxe5 16. Qe8+ Rf8 17. Qxe5 $16) 14. g4 Nh6
15. g5 g6 16. Qh3 e5 17. Qg2 Rxf3 $5 (17... Rd6 $5) 18. Qxf3 e4 19. Qe3 Qxe3+
20. Bxe3 exd3 21. gxh6 dxc2 22. Kd2 Bf5 $15 {1-0 Korneev,O-Rodriguez Gerrero,E/
Sevilla op 2002 (34)}) (13. c4 $5 Qa4 14. cxd5 Ncxd4 15. Ng5 h6 16. Ne4 Rf8 17.
O-O b6 18. Ng3 Ba6 19. Nxf5 exf5 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Seres,L-Erdos,V/
Budapest-4 GM 2003/The Week in Chess 441 (28)}) 13... c4 {'es la continuación
crítica. Un ejemplo ilustre, espectacular y reciente es'} 14. gxf5 (14. Be2 Nd6
15. Ne5 Ne4 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. f3 Nxd2 18. Kxd2 c5 19. Qe5 cxd4 20. Qxd4 Qc7 21.
Ke3 Bb7 22. f4 Re8 23. Qe5 Qb6+ 24. Kd2 Qf2 25. Raf1 Qc5 {0-1 Videki,S-Farago,
I/HUN t-ch 2000/ChessBase (36)}) 14... cxd3 15. Rg1 Bd7 (15... dxc2 $2 16. Qe8+
Rf8 17. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 18. Bh6+ Kxh6 19. Qxf8+ Kh5 20. Qf7+ Kg4 21. h3+ Kxf3 22.
fxe6+ Ke4 23. Kd2 $18) (15... Qc7 $5 16. Bh6 Rxf5 17. Qe8+ Rf8 18. Bxg7 Rxe8
19. Be5+ Kf8 20. Bxc7 e5 (20... dxc2 21. Bd6+ Kf7 22. Be5 $16) 21. dxe5 dxc2
22. Kd2 Bf5 $132) 16. Qg5 (16. c4 Qc7 $1 {'It is necessary for Black to show
big care -'} (16... Qd8 $2 17. Bh6 Rf7 18. Ng5 Qa5+ 19. Kf1 Raf8 20. Nxf7 Rxf7
21. Bxg7 $1 Rxg7 22. f6 {1-0 Timman,J-Van Haastert,E/Amsterdam Lost Boys op
2002}) 17. Bh6 $40 Be8 18. Qh4 Rxh6 19. Qxh6 dxc4 (19... dxc2 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21.
f6 Bf7 22. fxg7+ Kg8 23. Qf6 Qa5+ 24. Kf1 Qc3 25. Rc1 Qxa3 26. Kg2 dxc4 27.
Rxc2 Bd5 28. Rd2 Re8 {0-1 Golod,V-Terreaux,G/corr 2003/Telechess CBM 97 (71)})
20. cxd3 cxd3 21. f6 ({White failed to get any advantage after} 21. Rd1 Bg6 22.
Rxg6 hxg6 23. Qxg6 Qa5+ 24. Kf1 Qxf5 25. Qxf5 exf5 26. Rxd3 Rd8 27. d5 Rd6 {
1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Goloshchapov,A/Montecatini Terme op 1999 (35)}) 21... Bg6 $8 22.
Qxg7+ Qxg7 23. fxg7 Rd8 {'1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Khalifman,A/Dos Hermanas-A 2003/CBM
95/[Psakhis] (43) 'It is not so easy to estimate correctly this position, but
it looks that Black can keep equal chances.'}) 16... Rf7 17. f6 $1 (17. cxd3
exf5 18. Ne5 Re8 19. f4 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qa6 21. Ke2 Bb5 22. Qg3 Qa4 $13 {0-1
Vehi Bach,V-Garcia Martinez,S/Barbera del Valles op 2003/(48)}) 17... Qd8 (
17... dxc2 18. Qh6 $18) 18. Ne5 (18. Qh6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 Rxf6 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21.
dxe5 Rf5 22. cxd3 Rxe5+ 23. Be3 Rh5 24. Rb1 Bc6 25. Bf4 e5 $17 {0-1 Sumets,
A-Drozdovskij,Y/Odessa-ch 2000 (40)}) (18. cxd3 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 Rxf6 20. Ne5 Nxe5
21. dxe5 Rf5 $11) 18... Nxe5 19. dxe5 dxc2 (19... d4 20. Qh6 Qf8 21. cxd4 g6
22. cxd3 $16) 20. Be3 {White's position is formidable despite the fact he is a
pawn down.} (20. Qh6 Qf8 21. Rc1 Kh8) 20... d4 $5 (20... Rc8 $5 21. Kd2 Qa5 (
21... Ba4 $6 22. Bd4 Rc4 23. Qe3 Kh8 24. Rg4 (24. fxg7+ Kg8 $1 $13 (24... Rxg7
$143 $2 25. Rxg7 Kxg7 26. Rg1+ Kh8 27. Qh6 Qe7 28. Qf6+ $1 Qxf6 29. exf6 $18 {
[%cal Rf6f7]})) 24... Qf8 (24... g6 25. h4 $40) 25. h4 {'!?'} b6 (25... Rfc7 $5
26. h5 $36 (26. Rag1 Qxa3 $132)) 26. h5 {1-0 Timoshenko,G-Farago,I/Nagykanizsa
2003 [Psakhis] (38) Black should have stuck to a passive defense.}) (21... Rc4
22. Qh6 (22. Bd4 Rxd4+ 23. cxd4 Qa5+ 24. Kc1 Qc3 25. Ra2 Qb3 26. Rxc2 Qxa3+ $11
) 22... Qf8 23. Bd4 $14) 22. Bd4 Rc4 23. Qe3 c1=Q+ (23... Be8 24. f4 Kf8 25.
Kc1 b6 ({Possibly Black should have preferred} 25... Qa6 $142 {for example:}
26. Qh3 (26. f5 exf5 27. e6 (27. Rxg7 Rxg7 28. Qh6 Rcc7 $8 29. fxg7+ Rxg7 30.
e6 Qf1+ 31. Kb2 Qb5+ $11) 27... Rxd4 $8 28. exf7 Rd1+ 29. Rxd1 cxd1=Q+ 30. Kxd1
Ba4+ 31. Kd2 Qxf6 $13) 26... Kg8 27. f5 exf5 28. Qxf5 Bd7) 26. f5 (26. Qh3 $5)
26... Ra4 (26... exf5 27. Rxg7 $1 Rxd4 (27... Rxg7 28. Qh6 Rcc7 29. fxg7+ Kg8
30. Qd6 $1 Rxg7 31. Qe6+ $18) 28. Rxf7+ Kxf7 29. cxd4 $18) 27. fxg7+ Kg8 (27...
Rxg7 28. Qh6) 28. Qh6 {1-0 Dominguez,L-Barsov,A/Calvia olm 2004/CBM 104/
[Psakhis] (28)}) (23... Qb5 $5 24. f4 Qb2 25. Rac1 Qxa3 26. f5 $140 exf5 27. e6
Rxd4+ $1 28. Qxd4 Bxe6) 24. Rgxc1 Ra4 25. Rg1 g6 26. Ke2 Rxa3 27. Rxa3 Qxa3 28.
h4 Qa2+ 29. Kf3 Qc2 {1/2-1/2 Fogarasi,T-Kristjansson,S/Budapest-02 GM 2005/The
Week in Chess 536 (52)}) (20... Qc7 21. Bd4 Bb5 22. Kd2 Qc4 23. Qe3 $16) (20...
Ba4 21. Qh6 Qc7 22. Bd4 {[%cal Ge1d2,Gg1g3,Ga1g1]}) ({Worth considering move} 
20... Kh8 $5 {with possible continuation} 21. Kd2 (21. fxg7+ Kg8 22. Qxd8+ Rxd8
23. Kd2 Ba4 $13) 21... d4 $1 22. Bxd4 Bc6 23. fxg7+ Kg8 24. Qxd8+ Rxd8 25. Kxc2
a6 26. Kd3 Rxf2 27. Raf1 Rxf1 28. Rxf1 Kxg7 {1/2-1/2 Zhigalko,A-Llobel Cortell,
E/ECC t-ch Izmir 2004/ (33)}) (20... Qf8 21. Bd4 Be8 22. Kd2 Rc7 23. Qg4 Qf7
24. h4 Kh8 25. Qh3 gxf6 26. exf6 Bb5 27. Rg7 Qh5 28. Qxe6 Rc4 29. Rag1 {
1-0 Bobras,P-Vysochin,S/Bad Wiessee op 2004/}) 21. Bxd4 $146 (21. Qh6 Qf8 22.
Bxd4 Bc6 23. Qf4 Qd8 24. Kd2 Qd5 25. Rg3 Qe4 26. Qh6 Bb5 27. Rxg7+ Kh8 28. Rag1
Rd8 29. Kc1 Rdf8 30. Qg5 {1-0 Gouliev,N-Clery,N/Bethune op-A 2004/The Week in
Chess 530 (30)}) 21... Bc6 {[%cal Cg5c1,Cc1c2,Gc6e4]} 22. Qe3 (22. h4 $5 {
[%cal Gh4h5]}) 22... Qd5 23. Kd2 Ba4 $6 (23... Qe4 $5 24. Rac1 $14 (24. Qh6 g6
{[%cal Ga8d8]})) ({Doesn't work well} 23... Rc8 24. Qh6 Rcc7 {because of} 25.
Rg4 $1 c1=Q+ $5 26. Rxc1 Bb5 27. c4 $1 {and Black's position is very
unpleasant, due to the exposed position of his king.For example:} Bxc4 28. Ke3
Kh8 29. fxg7+ Rxg7 (29... Kg8 $4 30. Qxh7+ $1) 30. Qf6 $18) 24. Qh6 $1 {
The key move of the whole attacking concept, black doesn't have enough pieces
ready to help to poor. weak king.} Qd7 25. Rg4 {White has got an excellent
attacking chances while Black still has no real counter play.} (25. Rg3 $5)
25... Kh8 $8 26. fxg7+ Kg8 (26... Rxg7 27. Qf6 h5 $8 (27... Qf7 28. Rxg7 Qxg7
29. Rg1 $1 Qxf6 30. exf6 $18) 28. Rg5 Qf7 29. Rag1 Qxf6 30. exf6 Rxg5 31. Rxg5
$18) 27. Rag1 $18 {[%cal Rh6h7]} Rxf2+ $2 (27... Qe7 28. Bc5 $1 Rd8+ (28...
Qxc5 $2 29. Qxh7+ $1 Kxh7 30. g8=Q+ Rxg8 31. Rh4#) 29. Bd6 Rxd6+ 30. exd6 Qxd6+
31. Rd4 $18) 28. Kc1 Qe7 $8 {[%csl Gh4]} 29. Bc5 $1 Qd8 30. Qxh7+ $1 Kxh7 31.
g8=Q+ Qxg8 32. Rh4# {It seems that Black has serious troubles in this popular
opening line.} 1-0

[Event "Linares 17th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.03.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2000.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 {Third time
Alexander Khalifman playes 5.. Ba5 and third time his opponents choose
different lines.} (6. Qg4) (6. Bd2) 6... cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. bxa5 dxc3 9. Qxg7
Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. f4 ({In modern practice as usual white played} 11. Nf3 $5
{nad after for example} Qc7 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Bd3 O-O-O 14. Bg3 Qxa5 15. O-O Qc5
16. Qh4 Rg7 17. Rfb1 a6 {1-0 Lutz,C-Mueller,K/GER-ch Altenkirchen 1999/CBM 74 
(30) game is absolutely unclear.}) 11... Qxa5 ({Deserves attention} 11... Bd7
12. Rb1 Qc7 {with possible continuation} 13. Ne2 O-O-O 14. Qd3 d4 15. Ng3 Ng6
16. Be2 Nh4 17. O-O Ne7 18. Qxd4 Bb5 19. Qf2 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Nef5 21. Nxf5 Rxg2+
22. Qxg2 Nxg2 23. Nd6+ Rxd6 24. exd6 Qc6 $36 {0-1 Sulskis,S-Ivanov,T/Pardubice
op 1996 (45)}) 12. Nf3 Bd7 13. Rb1 (13. Ng5 {allows dangerous exchange
sacrifice} Rxg5 $1 (13... Rf8 $143 14. Rb1 O-O-O 15. Nxf7 Rxf7 16. Qxf7 Be8 17.
Qxe6+ Bd7 18. Qf6 Bf5 19. e6 d4 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. cxd3 Qa4 22. O-O Qc2 $1 23.
Rb5 b6 24. Rh5 Qxd3 25. Rh8 Qc2 26. Rxd8+ Kxd8 27. f5 $18 {1-0 Ernst,
T-Gunnarson,A/Reykjavik op 1994 (34)}) 14. fxg5 O-O-O 15. Qxf7 Nf5 16. Bf4 Qa4
$40 {0-1 Martin Gonzalez,A-Comas Fabrego,L/Bilbao ch-ES 1993 (23)}) 13... O-O-O
14. Qd3 Nf5 (14... d4 $5 15. Rb5 (15. g3 $142 {[%cal Gf1g2]}) 15... Qc7 16. a4
a6 17. Rb1 Qa5 18. Qc4 Qd5 19. Qxa6 Nb4 20. Qe2 Nec6 21. Kf2 Qa2 22. Rxb4 Nxb4
23. Nxd4 Bxa4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Arakhamia,K-Kindermann,S/Wien 1996/Inf 66/ (58)})
15. Rg1 ({Surely not} 15. Rb5 $2 Qa4 16. Qxc3 Rxg2 $1 17. Bxg2 Qxb5 {with big
advantage of Black} 18. Bh3 d4 19. Qd3 Qc5 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. h4 Ne7 $19 {
0-1 Rudolf,H-Vaganian,R/GER-Cup 2000 (26)}) 15... d4 16. g4 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8]
Natural and strong move} (16. Qb5 Qc7 17. Qd3 f6 18. exf6 e5 19. Be2 exf4 20.
Qe4 Rg4 21. f7 Rf8 {Kolar,S-Toefferl,H/Bled op 1992/0-1 (43)}) 16... Nfe7 17.
Rg3 Be8 18. h4 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Gh4h8]} Nf5 (18... f6 {Ftacnik} 19. exf6 Bg6
20. fxe7 $1 Bxd3 21. exd8=Q+ Qxd8 22. Bxd3 $18) (18... Nd5 {Ftacnik} 19. Ng5
$16) 19. Rg1 (19. Rg2 $5) 19... Ne3 20. Bxe3 dxe3 21. Qxe3 Ne7 $5 {Black is
very active, but I am not sure that this activity fully compensate pawn
deficit.} (21... Qxa3 22. Rb3 Qa1+ 23. Kf2 $16) 22. Bc4 $1 Bc6 {'?!' Ftacnik.
Ftacnik: 'Getting enough compensation is not easy for black, now even c3 pawn
will go for free.'} (22... Kb8 $5 {Ftacnik} 23. Rb3 Rc8 24. Bd3 $16) 23. Rb3
Kb8 24. Qxc3 Qc7 (24... Qc5 25. Be2 Qxc3+ 26. Rxc3 Nd5 27. Rc4 Ne3 28. Rc5 Nxg4
29. Ng5 $18 {doesn't promise Black too many chances tor survival}) 25. Be2 (25.
h5 Ba4 $1 {[%cal Ge7d5]}) 25... Nd5 26. Qc4 (26. Qd4 $5) 26... Qa5+ 27. Kf2 Ba4
({Maybe} 27... Rc8 $5 {[%cal Gc8c2] was slightly stronger}) 28. Rb2 Rc8 29. Qd4
Rc3 ({In the case of} 29... Rxc2 30. Rxc2 Bxc2 31. h5 {[%csl Gh5] it is
difficult to believe that it will be possible to stop strong white's pawns on
the king's side.}) 30. Bd3 Rgc8 31. Rc1 (31. h5 Bxc2 32. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 33. Bxc2
Rxc2+ {Also looks very nice for white.} 34. Kg3 $16) 31... Rd8 32. Rcb1 Bc6 33.
Rb3 (33. Nd2 $5) 33... Rxb3 34. Rxb3 Nf6 {At least wins one pawn back} 35. Qb4
Nxg4+ {'?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'The correct idea could have been executed much
better, white will show great cunning in the defense.'} (35... Qd5 $1 {Ftacnik}
36. Be2 $1 (36. Bh7 $2 Qd1 $1 (36... Nxg4+ $2 37. Kg3 $1) 37. exf6 Bxf3 38.
Rxf3 Rd2+ 39. Qxd2 Qxd2+ $11) 36... Nxg4+ 37. Ke1 Rh8 $16) 36. Kg3 Qd5 {
[%cal Gd5g2,Gd8g8]} (36... Qxb4 37. Rxb4 Rg8 38. Ng5 $18) 37. Bh7 $1 $18 {
[%csl Gg8] Nice move quickly finished game to white's favour.} Qd1 (37... Qd7
38. Rd3 Bd5 39. Kxg4 f5+ 40. Kh3 Qxh7 41. c4 Qh5 42. cxd5 Qg4+ 43. Kh2 Rg8 44.
Qd2 $1 $18) 38. Kxg4 Rd2 (38... Rh8 39. Qd6+ $1 Qxd6 40. exd6 Rxh7 41. Ne5 $18)
39. Kg5 $1 Bxf3 40. Bd3 {[%csl Rb8,Gg5][%cal Rb4d6]} Rg2+ 41. Kf6 a6 42. Rb1 (
42. Rb1 Qd2 43. Qxd2 Rxd2 44. Kxf7) 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Poznan"]
[Date "2005.05.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2005.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8192]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7.
Qg4 Kf8 {This rare move could be interesting substitute to popular} (7... O-O)
8. h4 Qa5 (8... Qc7 $5 9. Qd1 b6 10. h5 h6 11. Rh3 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Qd3
Nb8 14. a4 Nbc6 15. Ba3 Na5 16. Ne2 Nc4 $13 {1-0 Saulin,D-Mkrtchian,L/
Moscow-3A 1996 (37)}) 9. Bd2 Qa4 10. h5 $5 (10. Rc1 $6 {I don't like this
passive move - if white wants pretend for advantage he has to choose between}
Nbc6 11. h5 h6 12. Nf3 b6 $1 {[%cal Gc8a6] Typical move - white light coloured
bishop much stronger than his black colleague and Kristjansson prepares his
exchange.} 13. Rh3 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 15. Nh4 Qc4 $5 {[%cal Rc6e5]} (15... cxd4
$146 {Inaccuracy!} 16. cxd4 Qc4 17. Rg3 $6 {Mistake} (17. Nf3 Nf5) ({White had
to play} 17. Bc3 $1 Nxe5 18. Qf4 Nd7 19. Ng6+ Nxg6 20. hxg6 $132 {with unclear
consequences.}) 17... Rg8 $6 ({White will need good advice after brave} 17...
Nxd4 $1 18. Qxg7+ Ke8 19. Re3 (19. Qg4 Nxc2+) (19. Qxh8+ $2 Kd7 $19) 19... Rg8
$17) 18. c3 Rc8 19. f4 (19. Qf4 Ke8 $1) 19... f5 20. exf6 ({Black doing well
after} 20. Qd1 $142 $5 Kf7 $15 {but, maybe , it was less evil.}) 20... gxf6 21.
Ng6+ (21. Qh3 Kf7 (21... f5 $5)) 21... Kf7 22. Qh3 (22. Nh8+ Ke8 $1) 22... Nf5
23. Rd3 Nce7 24. g4 Nd6 $17 {[%csl Rc1,Re1][%cal Gd6e4] 0-1 Smirnov,
P-Kristjansson,S/EUR-ch Ohrid 2001/CBM 84/[Psakhis] (38) Black's advantage is
obvious now, his knight is going to e4, white king is weak.}) 16. Rg3 Rg8 17.
Qf4 Ke8 $1 18. Rf3 Kd7 19. Qe3 cxd4 20. cxd4 Nxd4 21. Rxf7 Ke8 22. Rf4 Nxc2+
23. Rxc2 Qxc2 $19 {0-1 Malinin,V-Legky,N/Paris-ch 2000/ (44)}) ({or} 10. Kd1 $5
Nbc6 11. Nf3 h6 12. h5 b6 13. Qf4 cxd4 (13... Ba6 14. dxc5 Qxf4 15. Bxf4 Bxf1
16. Rxf1 bxc5 17. Rb1 Nb8 18. Rb7 Ke8 19. Ke2 {Bouton,C-Nogueiras,J/Linares
1997/Inf 69 (19)}) 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 (15. Qxd4 $5) 15... Ba6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6
17. Bb4 Ke8 18. Kd2 Rc8 $132 {0-1 Rodriguez,A-Dolmatov,S/Sochi 1988/Inf 46 (40)
with interesting and complicated posistions in both  cases.}) 10... h6 11. Rh3
({White failed to get any advantage after} 11. Kd1 b6 12. Nf3 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6
14. Qf4 Rc8 15. g4 Ke8 16. g5 cxd4 17. gxh6 gxh6 18. Nxd4 Nc5 19. Qf6 Rg8 $132
{0-1 Drei,A-Lputian,S/Reggio Emilia 1998/CBM 69 (34)}) 11... Nbc6 12. Qf4 (12.
Rf3 $4 Nxe5 13. Qf4 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 c4 $19 {Kveinis,A-Tatabadze,T/Belgorod 1989/
0-1 (43)}) 12... Bd7 ({White keeps some initiative after} 12... b6 13. Rf3 Nd8
14. dxc5 $5 Qxf4 15. Rxf4 bxc5 16. c4 (16. Be3 c4 17. Rb1 Ndc6 18. Nf3 g5 $1
19. hxg6 Nxg6 20. Rg4 Kg7 21. Nh4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Atlas,V-Psakhis,L/Geneve 1992 
(24)}) 16... Ndc6 17. Nf3 g5 18. hxg6 Nxg6 19. Rg4 Ncxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Rh4
$14 {1-0 Dominguez,L-Pogorelov,R/Ubeda op 2001/(54)}) 13. dxc5 $146 {According
to my database, this position appeared for the first time} (13. Rf3 Be8 14. g4
cxd4 15. Bd3 b5 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Rg3 Rc8 (17... a5 18. Ne2 Nxc2+ 19. Bxc2 Qxc2
20. Re3 Nc6 21. Qf3 Qc5 22. Nf4 (22. Rc1 $1 Qe7) 22... Nd4 23. Qd1 Nc2+ $19 {
0-1 Bobarykin,D-Nikitin,A/RUS-sf Novosibirsk 1998/ChessBase (28)}) 18. Rc1 Ndc6
19. Qxa4 bxa4 20. f4 Rb8 21. Ne2 d4 22. Be4 f6 23. exf6 gxf6 24. c3 f5 25. gxf5
exf5 26. Bxc6 Nxc6 27. cxd4 Rb5 {Voekler,B-Tabatadse,T/Morava D 1991/ChessBase/
1/2-1/2 (43)}) (13. Rb1 b6 14. Rf3 Be8 15. dxc5 (15. g4 {Hracek believes in
whites attacking chances and want to exchange queens-} Qxc2 16. Bd3 Qa4 17. g5
(17. Bg6 $2 Nxg6 18. hxg6 Qc2 $19) 17... c4 18. Be2 Qc2 ({Black could take and
second pawn, deserves attention and} 18... Qxa3 $5) (18... Nf5 $5) 19. Rc1 hxg5
20. Qxg5 (20. Qxf7+ Bxf7 21. Rxc2 g4 $1 22. Rf4 Kg8 23. Bxg4 Nd8 24. h6 Bg6 $1
{leeds to clear advantage of black}) 20... Qh7 21. Rh3 {[%cal Ge2d1,Gd1c2]} Ng8
{[%cal Gf7f6]} (21... Nf5 22. Bd1 $1) 22. Nf3 f6 23. exf6 gxf6 {0-1 Hracek,
Z-Bobrowska,M/Koszalin-A 1999/CBM 73/[Psakhis,L] (38)}) 15... Qxf4 16. Rxf4 (
16. Bxf4 bxc5 $13 {with unclear position.}) 16... bxc5 17. Nf3 g5 18. Rg4 Nf5
19. a4 f6 20. exf6 Bxh5 21. Nh2 Rb8 22. Rb5 Kf7 {0-1 Zezulkin,J-Socko,B/Warsaw
Amplico AIG Life Q/F 2003/The Week in Chess 491 (35)}) (13. Bd3 cxd4 14. Ne2
Rc8 15. cxd4 a5 16. Rf3 Be8 17. g4 Nd8 18. g5 Rxc2 19. gxh6 Rxh6 20. Bxc2 Qxc2
21. Qh4 Rh7 22. Rc1 Qe4 {1-0 Volokitin,A-Bartel,M/ACP preliminary-A 2004/
ChessBase (34)}) 13... Qxf4 (13... Qxc2 $5 14. Bd3 Qb2 15. Rb1 Qxa3 16. Rf3 Be8
17. Ne2 $44) 14. Bxf4 Rc8 {The future of this variation depends upon the
evaluation of this position.} (14... Na5 $5) 15. Rb1 Na5 16. Be3 {That natural
move allows black to consolidate his position.} (16. Bd3 $142 $5 Rxc5 $140 17.
Be3 (17. Ne2 b6 $13) 17... Rxc3 18. Bxa7 Rxa3 19. Bc5 $36) 16... Bc6 {[%cal
Ga5c4]} 17. f4 (17. Nf3 $5 Nc4 $140 18. Nd4 Nxa3 19. Ra1 Nc4 20. Rxa7 Nxe5 21.
Bf4 f6 (21... Nd7 22. Nxc6 Nxc6 23. Rxb7 $16) 22. Re3 {with clear advantage})
17... Nc4 18. Bc1 (18. Bxc4 dxc4 $44 {[%csl Gc6]}) 18... f6 $1 19. Nf3 Kf7 20.
exf6 (20. g4 $36) 20... gxf6 21. Nd4 (21. Bd3 $143 Rcg8 22. Kf2 Rg4) 21... Rc7
22. Nxc6 (22. g4 $142 $5 {[%cal Gg4g5]} Bd7 23. Rg3 $14) 22... Nxc6 {The
advantage of two bishops does not give anything serious to White - Black is
very well developed and takes control over the centre.} 23. g4 (23. Bxc4 $5
dxc4 24. g4 Rg8 25. Rg3) 23... N6a5 {White's pawn formation is seriously
compromised on the queenside} 24. g5 (24. Bd3 Rxc5) 24... Rxc5 25. g6+ (25. Bd3
$5 $13) 25... Kg7 {It is not so easy to estimate correctly this position, but
it looks that Black can keep equal chances.} 26. f5 (26. Bxc4 Rxc4 27. Re3 Re8
(27... Rc6 28. c4 $1 dxc4 $140 $2 29. Bd2) 28. Rb5 $1 {[%cal Ob5a5,Cd5d4,Cd4e3,
Gb5d5,Gf4f5]} b6 29. Rxd5 $140 (29. f5 Rh4 $1 30. Rxe6 Rxe6+ 31. fxe6 Rxh5)
29... exd5 30. Rxe8 Re4+ $1 31. Rxe4 dxe4 32. f5 Nc4 {[%cal Gc4d6]} 33. Kf2 Nd6
34. Ke3 Nxf5+ 35. Kxe4 Ng3+ $36) 26... Re8 (26... b6 $5 27. fxe6 Re8) 27. fxe6
Rxe6+ 28. Kd1 (28. Kf2 Nd6 $5) 28... b6 29. a4 Rc7 30. Rh2 (30. Bg2 Rce7 31.
Rh1 Nb7 $1 {[%cal Gb7c5]}) 30... Nb7 (30... Ne3+ $5 31. Bxe3 Rxe3 $17) 31. Re2
Rxe2 32. Bxe2 Nc5 {[%csl Ra4]} 33. Bxc4 (33. Rb4 a5) 33... dxc4 (33... Nxa4 $5)
34. Be3 ({Doesn't help and} 34. a5 Ne4 35. Ra1 (35. axb6 $2 Nxc3+ 36. Ke1 Re7+
$19) 35... Nxc3+ 36. Ke1 (36. Kd2 Nb5 37. axb6 axb6 38. Ke3 Rc5 $1) 36... b5
$19) 34... Rd7+ 35. Kc1 (35. Ke1 $142 $5 Rd5 (35... Nxa4 36. Rb4 Nxc3 37. Rxc4
Nd5) 36. a5 (36. Bxc5 Rxc5 37. Rb5 Rg5 $1 38. Ke2 f5 39. a5 Rxh5 40. axb6 axb6
41. Rxb6 Rh4 $19) 36... Rxh5 37. axb6 axb6 38. Rxb6 Ne4 39. Bd4 Kxg6 40. Rc6
$17) 35... Nxa4 {An extra pawn should be sufficient for a win, but Black still
has to show a good technique.} 36. Bd4 (36. Rb4 Nxc3 37. Rxc4 Ne2+ 38. Kb2 Ng3
$1 $19) 36... Rd5 $1 37. Kd2 (37. Ra1 b5) 37... Rxh5 38. Rf1 (38. Ra1 $5 Ra5
$140 39. Rf1) 38... Rh2+ (38... Nc5 $5 39. Bxf6+ (39. Rxf6 $2 Ne4+) 39... Kxg6
40. Bd4 Nd7 $19) 39. Ke3 (39. Kc1 Kxg6 40. Rxf6+ Kg5 {[%csl Gh6]}) 39... Rh3+ (
39... Kxg6) 40. Ke4 Nxc3+ 41. Kf5 {Macieja strives to safe game, but Black has
too many pawns!} Rh5+ 42. Ke6 Ne4 $19 (42... Nd5 $5) 43. Rf4 Nc5+ 44. Kd6 (44.
Ke7 Rd5 45. Bxf6+ Kxg6) 44... Rh2 45. c3 Rd2 (45... Nb3 $5 46. Bxf6+ Kxg6 {
[%csl Ga7,Gh6]}) 46. Kd5 Nb3 47. Kxc4 Nxd4 {A glorious finish of the knight
march!} 48. cxd4 h5 49. Kd5 ({There wasn't a rescue in} 49. d5 Kxg6 50. Rd4
Rxd4+ 51. Kxd4 Kf7) 49... Kxg6 50. Ke6 Re2+ 51. Kd6 Kg5 52. Rf1 h4 53. Rd1 (53.
d5 $5) 53... h3 54. d5 h2 55. Kc6 Rc2+ 56. Kb7 Rd2 $1 {This rook had a
splendid career in this game!} 57. Rxd2 h1=Q 58. Kb8 Qc1 59. Rd3 Qc2 0-1

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Socko, Monika"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Kf8 $5 {
Risky, but interesting move, became very popular in the end of 80 ties.It is
still not clear how White can get real advantage, and Black could be satisfied
with results in practical games.} 8. h4 {[%cal Gh4h6] Most direct and
dangerous for black move.} Qa5 (8... Qc7 $5 9. Qd1 b6 10. h5 h6 11. Rh3 Ba6 12.
Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Qd3 Nb8 14. a4 Nbc6 15. Ba3 Na5 16. Ne2 Nc4 $13 {1-0 Saulin,
D-Mkrtchian,L/Moscow-3A 1996 (37)}) 9. Bd2 Qa4 10. Rh3 (10. h5 h6 11. Kd1 b6
12. Nf3 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Qf4 Rc8 15. g4 Ke8 16. g5 cxd4 17. gxh6 gxh6 18.
Nxd4 Nc5 19. Qf6 Rg8 $132 {0-1 Drei,A-Lputian,S/Reggio Emilia 1998/CBM 69 (34)}
) 10... Nbc6 11. h5 h6 12. Qf4 Bd7 $5 {[%cal Gd7e8]} ({White keeps some
initiative after} 12... b6 13. Rf3 Nd8 14. dxc5 Qxf4 15. Rxf4 bxc5 16. Be3 c4
17. Rb1 Ndc6 18. Nf3 g5 $1 19. hxg6 Nxg6 20. Rg4 Kg7 21. Nh4 $14 {1/2-1/2
Atlas,V-Psakhis,L/Geneve 1992 (24)}) 13. Rf3 Be8 14. Rb1 $146 (14. g4 cxd4 15.
Bd3 b5 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Rg3 a5 $5 18. Ne2 Nxc2+ 19. Bxc2 Qxc2 20. Re3 Nc6 21.
Qf3 Qc5 22. Nf4 $2 (22. Rc1 $1 Qe7) 22... Nd4 23. Qd1 Nc2+ $19 {0-1 Bobarykin,
D-Nikitin,A/RUS-sf Novosibirsk 1998 (28)}) 14... b6 {[%csl Ra3,Rc2,Rd4]} 15. g4
{Hracek believes in whites attacking chances and want to exchange queens-} (15.
dxc5 Qxf4 16. Bxf4 bxc5 $13 {with unclear position.}) 15... Qxc2 16. Bd3 Qa4
17. g5 (17. Bg6 $2 Nxg6 18. hxg6 Qc2 $19) 17... c4 18. Be2 Qc2 ({Black could
take and second pawn, deserves attention and} 18... Qxa3 $5) (18... Nf5 $5) 19.
Rc1 hxg5 20. Qxg5 (20. Qxf7+ Bxf7 21. Rxc2 g4 $1 22. Rf4 Kg8 23. Bxg4 Nd8 24.
h6 Bg6 $1 {leeds to clear advantage of black}) 20... Qh7 21. Rh3 {[%cal Ge2d1,
Gd1c2]} Ng8 {[%cal Gf7f6]} (21... Nf5 22. Bd1 $1) 22. Nf3 f6 23. exf6 gxf6 24.
Qf4 Ke7 25. Qc7+ Kf8 (25... Bd7 26. Nh4 $40) 26. Qf4 Ke7 27. Nh4 (27. h6 $5) ({
It looks that repetion of the moves} 27. Qc7+ {was the best solution.}) 27...
Kd7 28. Bg4 Nge7 (28... Nh6 $5 29. Ng6 $140 $2 Bxg6 30. hxg6 Qxg6 31. Rxh6 Rxh6
32. Qxh6 Qxg4 $17) 29. Qxf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({After} 29. h6 $5 {or}) (29. Ng2
$5 {result of the game was compleatly unclear, but Hracek makes terrible
blunder}) 29... Qe4+ 30. Re3 ({What else-} 30. Be2 Bxh5 31. Re3 (31. f3 Bxf3 $1
32. Qxf3 Rxh4 $19) 31... Raf8 $5 (31... Qh1+ 32. Bf1 Bg4) 32. Qg5 Qh7 $1 $19 {
lose as well.}) 30... Qxg4 $19 31. f3 (31. Qxh8 Bxh5 $19 {[%cal Rg4g1]}) 31...
Qg8 $5 32. Kf2 Rxh5 $19 33. Qf4 Ng6 34. Nxg6 Bxg6 35. Rg1 Qf7 36. Ree1 Qxf4 37.
Bxf4 Rg8 38. Rg4 Ne7 0-1

[Event "Rohde op 06th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2006.10.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Berthelot, Yannick"]
[Black "Wirig, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 {Une petite surprise car le lorrain joue rarement la défense
française et il préfère le dragon accéléré.} (1... c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. f3 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 {Berthelot,Y (2323)-Wirig,A 
(2396) FRA-chT Top 16 GpB 2005 (1) 1/2}) 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3
Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 (6... Ne7 {Plus courant mais les blancs ont actuellement des
bons résultats sur le sacrifice de P} 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7) 7. Bd2
Qa4 {[%csl Ga4] Le thème de la variante pour occuper la case forte "a4"} 8. Qb1
$1 {[%cal Ca7a6,Cc5d4,Gb1b3] Yannick est trés а l'aise contre la winawer} a6 (
8... c4 {[%csl Rb3] Empêche Qb3 mais la fermeture du centre laisse les mains
libres aux blancs а l'aile-roi pour y prendre de l'espace} 9. Nh3 (9. h4 Nc6
10. h5 $14)) 9. Qb3 $1 (9. Nf3) 9... Qxb3 10. cxb3 $14 {La paire de B et
l'avantage d'espace donnent l'initiative aux blancs et Yannick est dangereux
lorsqu'il a l'initiative} Nc6 (10... cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. Nf3 $14) 11. Nf3 (
11. dxc5 Nxe5 12. f4 Nd7 13. Be3 Ngf6 14. Bd3) 11... Na5 12. Rb1 c4 13. bxc4
dxc4 14. Ng5 Ne7 15. Ne4 O-O {[%csl Rd6]} 16. Be2 {Une nouveauté mais en fait,
c'est une simple interversion de coups.} (16. Nd6) 16... Bd7 17. O-O Bc6 18.
Nd6 b5 19. Bd1 Nc8 $146 {[%cal Gc8d6]} ({RR} 19... Nb7 20. Nxb7 Bxb7 21. Bc2 h5
22. f4 g6 23. g3 Bc6 24. Kf2 Kg7 25. h4 Rfb8 26. Rb2 Rb7 27. Ra1 Rab8 28. Be3
Kf8 29. Bc1 a5 30. Bd2 Rb6 {0-1 Demakov,P (2196)-Lysyj,I (2490)/Tomsk 2003/CBM
095 ext}) 20. Nxc8 Rfxc8 21. Bc2 Bd5 22. f4 {[%cal Gf4f5]} Nb3 23. Be3 a5 24.
g4 (24. f5) 24... b4 25. cxb4 axb4 26. axb4 Rcb8 27. Rf2 Ra2 $4 {Pour
l'anecdote, j'ai joué contre le MI WIRIG la semaine dernière. Il est trés
sympathique et on a beaucoup discuté lors de l'analyse. C'est l'un des
derniers meilleurs joueurs sur le serveur playchess (2800) mais il a reconnu
qu'il jouait beaucoup moins sur Internet depuis quelques mois. En effet, il
s'est aperçu qu'il avait des problèmes pour se réadapter au jeu "physique" en
3 d et qu'il devenait coutumier des gaffes. Le MI de Sautron PHAM MINH Hoang
m'a également confirmé que le jeu intensif en ligne nuisait а la compréhension
du jeu.} 28. Bxh7+ {[%cal Cg8h7,Gf2a2]} Kxh7 29. Rxa2 {la partie est finie et
l'entraineur de l'équipe jeune de Sautron marque un point important.} Rxb4 30.
Bd2 Rb7 31. Bc3 Bf3 32. h3 Rd7 33. Kf2 Be4 34. Re1 Bc6 35. Ra6 Bd5 36. Ke3 Kg8
37. h4 Rb7 38. h5 Kh7 39. f5 Rd7 40. Rf1 Rb7 41. Kf4 Rd7 42. g5 Rc7 43. Rd6 Rc8
44. Rd7 Kg8 {[%mdl 8192]} 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 07th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2007.11.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Delorme, Axel"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ (5... Ba5 {L'alternative} 6.
b4 $1 cxd4 (6... cxb4 7. Nb5 $1 bxa3+ (7... Nc6) 8. c3 {[%cal Gb5d6]})) 6. bxc3
Ne7 {La grande ligne de la Winawer dont la paternité de l'idée du sacrifice de
P revient au GMI soviétique Alatortsev au début des années 30 et popularisé
ensuite par Botvinnik} (6... Qc7) 7. Qg4 $1 {Relevant le défi} (7. h4) 7...
cxd4 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qa5 {Botvinnik avait placé cette nouveauté en 1946
mais il avait eu une partie difficile et il n'avait pas recommencé а la jouer.
Par contre Portisch l'a joué plusieurs fois.} (9... Qc7 {La suite habituelle}
10. Ne2 Nbc6 $13) 10. Qd3 ({RR} 10. Rb1 Nbc6 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. Rxb7 Qxc3+ 13. Kd1
Na5 14. Rb4 Rc8 15. Ng5 Rf8 16. Bd3 Qc7 17. Re1 Nc4 18. Qg7 Nf5 19. Qf6 a5 20.
Rxc4 dxc4 21. Bxf5 Qd8 22. Qg7 Qe7 23. Ne4 exf5 24. Nd6+ Kd8 {Short,N (2630)
-Timman,J (2675)/Amsterdam 1988/CBM 006/1-0}) (10. Ne2 {Plus courant} dxc3 11.
Ng3 {[%cal Gg3h5,Gh5f6,Gf6g8,Gf6e8]} Nd7 12. Nh5 $14) 10... Nbc6 11. f4 Qxc3+ (
{RR} 11... dxc3 {RR} 12. Rb1 b6 13. h4 Nf5 14. Rh3 Bd7 15. h5 O-O-O 16. h6 Rg6
17. h7 Rh8 18. Nf3 Kb7 19. Rb3 d4 20. Rb5 Qa6 21. Ng5 Rxg5 22. fxg5 Nce7 23.
Rb4 Qxd3 24. Bxd3 a5 25. Be4+ Bc6 26. Bxc6+ Nxc6 {Rajlich,V (2257)-Portisch,F 
(2349)/Harkany 2001/EXT 2004/1-0 (35)}) 12. Qxc3 dxc3 13. Nf3 $146 (13. Ne2 {
Maric,M (2275)-Carton,N (2205) Oakham YM 0-1}) 13... d4 14. Kf2 $1 {[%cal
Gf2g2,Gf2g3,Gh2h4]} b6 15. h4 Nf5 16. Bd3 Bb7 (16... Ng3 17. Rh3) 17. Ng5 $1 {
[%csl Rf7]} Nh6 18. Be2 O-O-O 19. Rh3 Ne7 20. g4 Nd5 21. Rg3 Rd7 22. Ne4 {
[%csl Gd6]} Kc7 23. Nf6 (23. Nd6) 23... Nxf6 24. exf6 Rh8 25. h5 {[%csl Gh5]}
Be4 {Le GMI décide de ne pas prendre trop de risques en répétant la position}
26. Ra2 Bd5 27. Ra1 Be4 28. Ra2 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle op 31st"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2015.03.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gharamian, Tigran"]
[Black "Szabo, Gergely Andras"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Bd3
(8. Qxg7) 8... c4 9. Be2 Nf5 10. Bd1 {Une ligne secondaire} (10. h4 Nc6 11. h5
h6 12. Nf3 Bd7 13. Nh4 Qa5 14. Bd2 Nce7 15. Nxf5 Nxf5 16. Qf4 Ba4 17. Rc1 Qc7
18. Rg1 Ne7 19. g4 f6 20. exf6 Qxf4 21. Bxf4 gxf6 22. Kd2 Kd7 23. Rce1 Nc8 24.
Bf1 Nd6 25. f3 Rae8 26. Rg2 Nf7 27. Rge2 Ng5 28. Bg2 Bc6 29. Rf2 Rhf8 30. Be3
Rg8 31. f4 Nf7 32. Bf3 f5 33. g5 hxg5 34. fxg5 Nxg5 35. Bxg5 Rxg5 36. Ke3 Ke7
37. Kf4 Kf6 38. h6 Bd7 39. h7 Rh8 {Polgar,J (2708)-Harikrishna,P (2668) Bilbao
2007 1/2-1/2}) (10. Nf3 {La grande ligne} Nc6 11. Qh5 (11. Nh4)) 10... Nc6 11.
Ne2 h5 $146 (11... Bd7 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Ng3 Nce7 14. Nh5 Rhg8 15. Qh3 Nc6 16.
a4 Rde8 17. g4 Nfe7 18. Ba3 Ng6 19. f4 Qd8 20. f5 exf5 21. gxf5 Nh4 22. Ng3 h5
23. Bxh5 Rh8 24. Rf4 g5 25. Rf2 g4 26. Qf1 Nf3+ 27. Rxf3 gxf3 28. Bxf7 Qh4 29.
Qf2 Nxe5 30. Bxe8 Ng4 31. Bxd7+ Kxd7 32. Qxf3 Qxh2+ 33. Kf1 Qh3+ 34. Ke1 Re8+
35. Kd1 Re4 36. f6 Ne3+ 37. Kc1 Qh2 38. Ne2 Nxc2 39. f7 Rxe2 40. Qxd5+ Kc7 41.
Bd6+ {Van Haastert,E (2440)-Rozentalis,E (2615) Bilbao 2014 1-0}) 12. Qh3 Bd7
13. Ng3 O-O-O 14. Nxf5 exf5 15. Qg3 h4 $132 16. Qf3 Qa5 17. O-O Rde8 (17...
Rdg8 {[%cal Gg7g5]} 18. Bg5) 18. a4 f6 19. Rb1 Nd8 20. exf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dragun, Kamil"]
[Black "Szoen, Dariusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gorzow Wielkopolski"]
[BlackTeam "Lublin"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Nf3
(8. Qb1) 8... b6 9. c4 $5 {Assez rarement joué} Nc6 $6 (9... Ba6 $142 $1 10.
cxd5 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 exd5 $132) 10. cxd5 exd5 $146 (10... Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12.
Bb5+ Kf8 $13 {Dolezal,C (2398)-Cubas,J (2411) Buenos Aires CGT 2003 (4.4) 1-0})
11. c4 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. cxd5 $36 {[%csl Rd4,Gd5,Ge5] Les
Blancs ont le centre, la paire de B et un meilleur développement. La position
Noire est déjà très critique} Ne7 15. Bc4 Bb7 16. Bb5+ Kf8 17. Bb4 $40 {
[%csl Re7,Rf8][%cal Gb4f8,Gd5d6]} a5 $2 (17... Bxd5 {Un moindre mal mais il
sera difficile pour les Noirs de terminer le developpement sans pertes
matérielles} 18. Rxd4 Be6 19. O-O $32 {[%csl Rf8,Rh8]}) 18. Bd6 f6 19. Rc1 1-0

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Warakomski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Szoen, Dariusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wroclaw"]
[BlackTeam "Lublin"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. h4
(8. Qb1) 8... b6 {[%cal Gc8a6]} 9. h5 Ba6 10. Qg4 Kf8 11. h6 gxh6 12. Rh3 (12.
Rxh6 Nxh6 13. Bxh6+ Ke7 14. Qg7 Qe8 (14... Nc6 $4 15. Bg5+ Kd7 16. Qxf7+) 15.
Bg5+ (15. Nf3 Kd7 16. Ng5 Bxf1) 15... Kd7) 12... Qxc2 13. Ne2 Qe4 14. Qh5 Nc6
15. Rf3 $14 {[%csl Rf7]} Qg6 16. Qh4 Qe4 17. Rf4 Qc2 18. Rc1 $32 Qb2 {[%csl
Rb2] Non seulement les Noirs ont un retard de développement mais la Qb2 est
hors-jeu} 19. Qh5 Nd8 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Nd4 $1 {[%cal Gf1a6,Gd4e6]} Qb6 22. c4
$3 cxd4 23. c5 Qc6 24. Bxa6 Qxa6 25. c6 $40 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Gd2b4,Gb4f8]} Ne7
26. Bb4 $5 (26. c7 {[%csl Rf7] Regagne du matériel mais Bb4 est plus joli})
26... Ke8 27. c7 Ng6 $6 (27... Ndc6 $142 $1 28. Rxc6 $1 Qxc6 (28... Nxc6 29.
Qxf7#) 29. Qxf7+ Kd7 30. Qxe7+ Kc8 31. Rf7 d3 (31... Qe8 32. Qf6) 32. f3 {
[%cal Ge1f2,Gf2g3]} a5 33. Bd6 Re8 (33... Qc1+ 34. Kf2 Qc2+ 35. Kg1 (35. Kg3
Rg8+) 35... Qc1+ 36. Kh2) 34. Rf8 Rxf8 35. Qxf8+ Kb7 36. Qb8+ $1 Ka6 $13) 28.
cxd8=Q+ Rxd8 29. Rc7 Rd7 30. Rxd7 Kxd7 31. Rxf7+ Kc8 32. Bd6 $1 {[%csl Gd6]
[%cal Gf7c7]} Qd3 33. Rc7+ Kd8 34. Qxh6 Qb1+ 35. Rc1 {[%csl Rh8] La Rh8 n'a
jamais eu le temps d'être développée} 1-0

[Event "Cappelle op 31st"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2015.02.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nilsson, Sebastian"]
[Black "Szabo, Gergely Andras"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 (8. Bd3 c4 9. Be2 Nf5 10. Bd1 Nc6 11. Ne2 h5 12. Qh3 Bd7 13. Ng3 O-O-O 14.
Nxf5 exf5 15. Qg3 h4 16. Qf3 Qa5 17. O-O Rde8 18. a4 f6 19. Rb1 Nd8 20. exf6 {
1/2-1/2 (20) Gharamian,T (2651)-Szabo,G (2543) Cappelle la Grande 2015}) 8...
Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Kd1 dxc3 (10... Nbc6 11. Nf3 {La grande ligne}) 11. Nf3
Nbc6 12. Ng5 Rf8 13. f4 Bd7 14. Be2 $6 (14. Rb1 $142 Na5 15. Bd3 {Nilsson,S 
(2321)-Szabo,G (2543) Cappelle open 2015 (1) 0-1}) 14... Nd4 15. Bh5 $2 $146 (
15. Bd3 Ba4 16. Rb1 {Szieberth,A (2300)-Bodrogi,L (2130) Tapolca op Budapest
1997 (5) 0-1}) 15... Ba4 $19 {[%csl Rc2,Rd1]} 16. Bxf7+ Rxf7 17. Qxf7+ Kd7 18.
Be3 Qc4 19. Kc1 Qe2 20. Bxd4 Qxc2# 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Melilla"]
[Date "2011.11.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Black "Rocha, Sergio MC"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2011.11.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Colegio Marcote EIKM"]
[BlackTeam "Linex Magic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Qd3 Qxe5+ 11. Ne2 dxc3 12. Bf4 Qf6 13. Qxc3 Nd7 14.
Qxf6 Nxf6 15. Be5 Nd7 16. Bb2 f6 17. c4 Kf7 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Rc1 N7b6 20. Nc3
Bd7 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. h4 Bc6 23. Rh2 Rad8 24. g3 e5 25. h5 Rh8 26. Rh4 Rdg8 27.
Be2 Rg5 28. Rd1 Ke6 29. Bc1 Rgg8 30. Bc4 Rd8 31. f4 exf4 32. Bxf4 Kf5 33. Bc1
Nc3 34. Rf4+ Ke5 35. Rd3 Rxd3 36. Bxd3 Nd5 37. Rh4 Ne7 38. h6 Ke6 39. Rg4 Nf5
40. Rg6 Be8 {[%tqu "En","","","","g6g8","",10]} 41. Rg8 $3 Rxg8 42. Bc4+ Ke7
43. Bxg8 Kf8 44. h7 Kg7 45. Bb2 Kh8 46. Bxf6+ Ng7 47. Bd4 $2 (47. g4 Bg6 48. g5
$18) 47... b6 48. Kd2 Bg6 49. Kc3 Bxh7 50. Bxh7 Kxh7 51. Bxg7 Kxg7 52. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.11.19"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Bobras, Piotr"]
[Black "Dgebuadze, Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Trier"]
[BlackTeam "Remagen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Bg5 Qa5 10. Ne2 Ng6 11. O-O c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. a4 Rb8 14. h4 b5 15.
axb5 Qxb5 16. Bc1 Rb7 17. f3 Qb6 18. Qg5 Bd7 19. Kf2 Rf5 20. Qe3 h6 21. g4 Rf7
22. Kg3 Qd8 23. Ba3 a5 24. Nf4 g5 25. Ng2 gxh4+ 26. Nxh4 a4 27. Rh1 Be8 28.
Raf1 Na7 29. f4 Nb5 30. Bb4 a3 31. f5 exf5 $6 (31... Qb6 32. Rf3 a2 $14) 32.
gxf5 a2 33. f6 Qb8 34. Kf2 Bd7 35. Rfg1 Be6 $2 (35... a1=Q 36. Rxa1 Qc8) 36.
Qxh6 $18 a1=Q 37. Qh8+ $1 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 09th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2009.10.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Black "Wirig, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Qa5 8. Bd2
Qa4 9. Bd3 Nbc6 10. Nf3 c4 11. Be2 Bd7 12. h5 h6 13. Bf4 ({RR} 13. Nh4 O-O-O
14. f4 Nf5 15. Kf2 Rhf8 16. Bf3 Nce7 17. g3 Nxh4 18. Rxh4 f6 19. Rh1 fxe5 20.
fxe5 Rf7 21. Rh4 g5 22. hxg6 Nxg6 23. Rxh6 Rdf8 24. Rxg6 Rxf3+ 25. Qxf3 Rxf3+
26. Kxf3 Qxc2 27. Rg8+ Kc7 {Wojtaszek,R (2427)-Halkias,S (2546)/Cappelle la
Grande 2002/CBM 086 ext/0-1 (40)}) 13... O-O-O 14. Qd2 Kb8 15. g4 (15. O-O Nf5)
15... Ka8 $146 (15... Rdf8 {Socko,B (2577)-Fernandez Romero,E (2396) Linares
Anibal op 10th 2003 (9) 1/2}) 16. g5 Nf5 17. Kf1 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Rdf8 19. Nh4
Nxh4 20. Bxh4 f6 21. Rg1 fxe5 22. dxe5 (22. Rxg7 $142 {[%csl Gh5]}) 22... Be8
$17 23. h6 Rxh6 24. Bf6 Rh2 25. Rxg7 Rh1+ 26. Rg1 Rxg1+ 27. Kxg1 Qa5 (27...
Rg8+) 28. Qe3 Qc7 29. Bf3 Qh7 30. Rc1 Bg6 31. Kf1 Bxc2 32. Ke2 Be4 (32... Bd3+)
33. Bxe4 dxe4 34. Rg1 Qh5+ 35. f3 Nxe5 36. Qc5 Qxf3+ 37. Ke1 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.11.19"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Polzin, Rainer"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Berlin SF"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Qa5 13. Bd2 Nbc6 14. Nf3 Qa4 15.
dxc5 e5 16. Be2 Qa5 17. c4 Qxc5 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. O-O Bf5 20. c4 Nf6 21. Be3
Qf8 22. c5 Rd7 23. Qb3+ Kg7 24. Bb5 Qe7 25. Rfe1 Be4 26. Bg5 Bd5 27. Qc3 e4 28.
Bxc6 Bxc6 29. Ne5 Rd5 30. Nxc6 bxc6 31. Be3 Rad8 32. h3 Rd3 33. Qb2 h6 34. Rab1
g5 35. Qb7 Qxb7 36. Rxb7+ R8d7 37. Reb1 Kf7 38. a4 Ke6 39. Rxd7 Rxd7 40. a5 Nd5
41. a6 Nc7 42. Rb4 Nxa6 43. Rxe4+ Kf5 44. Ra4 Nb8 45. g4+ Kg6 46. Kg2 h5 47.
Rb4 Na6 48. Ra4 Nc7 49. Rxa7 hxg4 50. hxg4 Rf7 51. Kg3 Re7 52. Bd2 Rd7 53. Be3
Re7 54. Kf3 Rf7+ 55. Kg2 Re7 56. Bd2 Rf7 57. Rb7 Ne6 58. Rxf7 Kxf7 59. Be3 Kf6
60. Kg3 Ke5 $2 (60... Nd8 61. Kf3 Nb7 $16) 61. Bxg5 $1 $18 Nxc5 62. f4+ Ke4 63.
f5 Nd7 64. Bc1 c5 65. Bb2 c4 66. Ba1 Kd3 67. Kf4 c3 68. Bxc3 Kxc3 69. g5 Kd4
70. f6 Kd5 71. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Cappelle op 28th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2012.03.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Szabo, Krisztian"]
[Black "Ramirez Alvarez, Alejandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2012.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 Nce7 (11... c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 {
has been enjoying a bit of a revival lately.} Qf7 14. Ng5 Qe8 15. h4 h6 (15...
Bd7 $5 16. Qe2 b5 17. g4 Qd8 $13 {Robson-Holt, UTD GM 2012}) 16. Nh3 Bd7 17.
Qe2 b5 18. h5 g5 19. g4 Ne7 20. f4 gxf4 21. Nxf4 {was weird to say the least
in Negi-Abrahmyan, Cappelle 2012}) 12. h4 f6 $5 {My own little pet line, which
I was sure that Szabo had looked at before the game. I wasn't sure what he was
going to do but I was excited about the possibilities.} 13. exf6 Rxf6 (13...
gxf6 {is a dumb computer suggestion. Watch it become the main line in the next
few years}) 14. O-O c4 15. Bxg6 Nxg6 16. Bg5 Rf5 {Of course I reached this
position in my analysis, and then forgot to look at any move that was not a R
to e1.} (16... Nf4 $6 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. Qg5 Qe4 19. Ne5 Rf5 20. Qe7 Qxc2 21.
Rae1 $16) 17. Qg4 (17. Rae1 Qf7 18. Qg4 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 (19... Rxf3 20. Qxf3
Qxf3 21. gxf3 Bh3 22. h5 $14) 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 21. Qd4 Re6 $1 (21... Rxe1 22. Rxe1
Be6 $14 {is an obvious pull for White but Black has pretty high hopes of
surviving.}) 22. Qxd5 (22. Re3 $5) 22... Rxe1 23. Qxf7+ Kxf7 24. Rxe1 h6 25.
Be3 Bf5 $14 {is an endgame that is much closer to being a draw than to losing.
So if you're guaranteed a draw with Black, why not?}) 17... Rf8 $2 (17... e5 $1
18. dxe5 (18. Qg3 Nf4 19. Rae1 (19. Bxf4 exf4 $11 {isn't bad for Black because
his bishop isn't useless anymore.}) 19... e4 20. Ne5 Nh5 $11) 18... Rf4 $1 (
18... Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Rae1 Qd6 21. Re8+ Rf8 22. Rxf8+ Qxf8 23. Qd4 $14)
19. Qg3 (19. Qxf4 Nxf4 20. Bxf4 Bg4 21. Nd4 Rf8 22. g3 Qe7 $15 {and only Black
can be better}) 19... Rg4 20. Qh2 h6 $1 21. Be3 (21. h5 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Rxg5 23.
f4 Rf5 $11) 21... Bf5 $15 {Black's epic rook has lodged itself in g4, where it
threatens a lot of things. Black is better.}) 18. Rae1 {White is already
better.} e5 19. Qg3 Bf5 20. h5 Nf4 21. Nxe5 Ne6 (21... Nxh5 {was my original
intention but...} 22. Qf3 $18 {is curtains.}) 22. Re2 Nxg5 23. Qxg5 h6 24. Qg3
Be4 {Black is down a pawn but at least his bishop is playing, and White's
queenside is ruined. He has a lot of technical problems to solve.} 25. Rfe1 Qd6
(25... b5 26. Qh3 Bf5 27. g4 Be4 28. f3 Bh7 29. g5 Bf5 30. Qg3 $16) 26. a4 (26.
Qh3 Bf5 27. g4 Bh7 28. a4 Rae8 $16) (26. Nxc4 $2 Qxg3 27. fxg3 Rac8 28. Nd6
Rxc3 29. Nxe4 dxe4 $14 {is very close to a draw.}) 26... Rac8 {This dumb
looking move was played because ...Qa3 didn't work.} (26... Qa3 27. Nxc4 $18)
27. f3 Bh7 28. Qh4 Rc7 29. Ng4 Rcf7 30. Re6 $1 {Black has been barely holding,
and White finally goes for it. Some tactics start happening and I was short on
time, but I thought I could survive. However my opponent had judged this
better than I had.} Qf4 31. Re7 Rxe7 32. Rxe7 Bxc2 {I don't have much of a
choice but to go for the pawns.} 33. Rxb7 Bxa4 34. Qe7 Qc1+ {it's useful to
drive the king forward before deciding on how to defend the 7th rank.} 35. Kh2
Qf4+ 36. Kg1 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Qf4+ 38. Kh3 Qf7 (38... Rf7 $2 39. Qd8+ Rf8 40. Qxd5+
$18) 39. Rxa7 {This was kind of an ugly decision to make on the 39th move.
Take the h5-pawn and risk losing immediately or hope to not be killed too
easily on the endgame?} Qxh5+ (39... Qxe7 40. Rxe7 Rf5 41. Kh4 Kf8 42. Re5 Rxe5
43. Nxe5 Ke7 {looks awful, but maybe the technical task isn't so easy. White
should win though.}) 40. Kg3 Qg6 41. Rxa4 h5 {At this point I saw that if
White takes on d5 the game is over, so I had basically given up.} 42. Qd7 $6 {
This move is not the best.} (42. Qe5 hxg4 43. Qxd5+ {won easily and was what I
was expecting.}) 42... hxg4 $2 {I had simply forgotten about my refutation to
Qd7.} (42... Qg5 $1 43. Qe6+ Kh7 {and the game is very far from over.}) 43.
Qxd5+ Kh8 (43... Kh7 44. Qe4 gxf3+ 45. Qxg6+ Kxg6 46. gxf3 {is very obviously
lost.}) 44. Qe4 Qg5 45. Qxg4 Qc1 46. Qh5+ (46. Ra7 {and I would've resigned
immediately, as I'm forced to trade queens.}) 46... Kg8 47. Qd5+ Kh8 {I wasn't
really sure what my opponent was doing.} 48. Ra8 $4 Qf4+ {And I escaped with a
draw. A weird oversight. I was overly lucky in this game, but sometimes that
happens.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Richardson UTD schev"]
[Site "Richardson"]
[Date "2012.03.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Holt, Conrad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2012.03.10"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Grandmasters"]
[BlackTeam "Dallas UT"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{This matchup was interesting because we saw two young theoreticians fighting
over what is now a thematic French line. Both player's were extremely faithful
to their variations, so the line that occured in the game should have come as
no surprise to either.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6.
bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6
13. Qg4 Qf7 14. Ng5 Qe8 15. h4 Bd7 (15... h6 16. Nh3 Ne7 17. Qe2 Bd7 18. h5 g5
{led to an extremely complicated position in the recent game Negi-Abrahamyan,
from Cappelle-La-Grande 2012. Even though Negi ended up winning that game, a
large part of it was luck.}) (15... b5 16. h5 h6 17. Nf3 {Eventually lead to a
victory for Robson earlier this year against Grigoryan in the Moscow Open}) 16.
Qe2 b5 17. g4 Qd8 $5 {An interesting approach. This had been used before by
Lputian against Bologan. The point is that Black will not create unnecessary
weaknesses with h6 unless forced to. This however allows White to quickly push
on the kingside.} 18. h5 gxh5 19. Rxh5 h6 20. Nf3 Qa5 21. Kd2 (21. Bd2 $2 {
was Lahno's choice against Galstian in 2005, but this just doesn't make much
sense.} Rf4 $17) 21... b4 $5 {This seemingly suicidal move is actually very
interesting. The position will be analyzed further in CBM and is great food
for thought.} (21... Be8 $5 {Deserves deep analysis.}) 22. Bxh6 bxc3+ 23. Ke1
Be8 24. Rg5 Rf7 {The position is very strange. White seems to have a lot of
pressure on the kingside but there is no clear way to make any progress.
Notice how Black has cut off the a1 rook from the kingside by forcing the king
down to e1.} 25. Qe3 Qa4 26. Qxc3 $6 (26. Bxg7 Rxg7 27. Rxg7+ Kxg7 28. Qg5+ Kf8
{is a perpetual check. But Robson wanted more, being white and much higher
rated.}) 26... Qa5 27. Qxa5 Nxa5 {Despite White's extra pawn, it is he who is
actually in trouble. The situation of the pieces on the kingside causes him a
lot of headaches, as none of them can move. This will eventually cost him
material.} 28. Ke2 Rb8 29. Rh1 Rb2 30. Kd2 Ra2 {Black simply has a free hand
on the queenside. White sacrifices his piece, but it's too late.} 31. Bxg7 Rxg7
(31... c3+ $1 {Was much more prcesie. But the move ni the game is also winning.
}) 32. Rxg7+ Kxg7 33. Ng5 Bg6 34. Nxe6+ Kg8 35. Ke3 Be4 36. Rb1 Nb3 $1 {
A pretty move avoiding all counterplay. White has a lot of pawns but they are
vulnerable and a piece is still a piece.} 37. Kf4 Rxc2 38. Rf1 Bd3 39. Rh1
Rxf2+ 40. Kg3 Rf1 41. Rh5 c3 42. Rg5+ Kf7 43. Nd8+ Ke8 44. Nc6 c2 45. Rg8+ Kf7
46. Rd8 c1=Q 47. Rd7+ Kg6 48. Ne7+ Kg5 {A fascinating game. Black seems to
have had the last laugh in this very topical variation. We can only wait to
see what Robson will try next time to reclaim White's supremacy in the French.}
0-1

[Event "Vienna Bawag"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Arakhamia Grant, Ketevan"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Rechlis,G"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. bxa5
dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. f4 Qxa5 12. Nf3 (12. Rb1 Bd7 13. Rxb7 Nd4
14. Qd3 Nef5 15. Nf3 Nxf3+ (15... Qc5 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qh7 Rf8 18. Bd3 Bc6 19.
Rb1 O-O-O 20. Kd1 Nf5 $1 $15 {Dolmatov,S-Lputian,S/URS-FL Irkutsk/1986/0,5/41/}
) 16. Qxf3 Rc8 17. Bd3 Bc6 18. Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 19. Qh5+ Ke7 20. Bxf5 Rcf8 21. Qh4+
Ke8 22. Qh6 $1 Qc7 23. Qxe6+ Kd8 24. Bh3 $16 {Timman,J-Vaganian,R/Montpellier/
1985/1:/34/}) 12... Bd7 13. Rb1 O-O-O 14. Qd3 d4 15. Rb5 $6 (15. g3 $5) 15...
Qc7 16. a4 $2 a6 17. Rb1 Qa5 18. Qc4 Qd5 $1 $17 19. Qxa6 (19. Qxd5 Nxd5 20. g3
Ndb4 21. Bd3 Nxd3+ 22. cxd3 Ne7 23. Nxd4 Bxa4 24. Be3 Nc6 $17) 19... Nb4 $1 20.
Qe2 Nec6 21. Kf2 Qa2 $19 22. Rxb4 Nxb4 23. Nxd4 Bxa4 24. Qe3 Nxc2 (24... Nc6 $5
) 25. Qxc3+ Kb8 26. Bc4 $8 Rxg2+ $1 27. Kxg2 (27. Kf1 Bb5 $3 (27... Nxd4 28.
Bxa2 Rxa2 $40) 28. Nxb5 (28. Bxb5 Nxd4 $19) (28. Kxg2 Ne1+ 29. Kf1 $8 Bxc4+ 30.
Kxe1 Rxd4 31. Qb2 Re4+ 32. Kd1 Qa4+ $19) 28... Ne3+ 29. Bxe3 Rd1+) 27... Ne3+
28. Kf3 Nxc4 29. Be3 Rxd4 $2 (29... Nxe5+ 30. fxe5 Qd5+ 31. Kf2 Qxh1 $19) 30.
Qxd4 Bc6+ 31. Kg3 Nxe3 32. Qd8+ Ka7 33. Qd4+ Kb8 34. Qd8+ Ka7 35. Qd4+ b6 36.
Ra1 Nf5+ 37. Kg4 Nxd4 38. Rxa2+ Kb7 $15 39. h4 b5 40. h5 Nf5 41. Kg5 Kb6 42. h6
Nxh6 43. Kxh6 Be4 44. Kg7 Bg6 45. f5 Bxf5 46. Kxf7 b4 47. Ra8 Kc5 48. Rb8 Kc4
49. Ke7 b3 50. Kd6 Kc3 51. Rc8+ Kd2 52. Rb8 Kc2 53. Rc8+ Kb1 54. Rb8 b2 55. Ke7
Kc1 56. Rc8+ Bc2 57. Rb8 Bf5 58. Rc8+ Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.02.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Dyachkov, Sergej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2007.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f6 {
A difficult variation for Black. Eine schwierige Variante für Schwarz.} 8. Bb5+
Kf8 9. Nf3 c4 $2 {Cutting off the white bishop b5, but fatally weakening the
diagonal a3-f8. Schneidet den weißen Läufer b5 ab, schwächt aber fatal die
Diagonale a3-f8.} {[%tqu "En","Black has cut off the white bishop - what do
you do?","The move ...c5-c4 has weakened an important diagonal.","","a3a4",
"Good!  Since the bishop on b5 is lost anyway, White must attack - and the
first thing to do is to occupy the diagonal a3-f8 with his bishop.  Add
yourself a total of 20 extra points if you have seen already how to continue
for White after 10...a6 11.Ba3+ Ne7!",10,"De","Schwarz hat den weißen Läufer
abgeschnitten - was ist zu tun?","Der Zug ...c5-c4 hat eine wichtige Diagonale
geschwächt.","","a3a4","Gut!  Da der Läufer auf b5 sowieso verloren ist, muss
Weiß angreifen - und dazu ist zunächst einmal die Diagonale a3-f8 zu besetzen.
Schreiben sie sich volle 20 Extrapunkte gut, wenn Sie bereits hier gesehen
haben, wie es nach 10...a6 11.La3+ Se7 für Weiß weitergehen soll!",10]} 10. a4
$1 a6 11. Ba3+ Ne7 {[%tqu "En","The white bishop is attacked. What would you
play?","The Bb5 has no square... hasn't it?","Black's king is protecting both
e8 and g7...","b5e8","Excellent!  You have seen that Black can't capture on e8,
since this would entail a catastrophe on the dark squares after 13.Qxg7.",15,
"a3d6","It looks tempting to attack the queen, but this is not as strong as
the game continuation.",0,"De","Der weiße Läufer ist angegriffen. Was würden
Sie spielen?","Der Lb5 hat kein Feld... oder?","Der schwarze König deckt
sowohl e8 als auch g7...","b5e8","Ausgezeichnet!  Sie haben gesehen, dass
Schwarz nicht auf e8 schlagen kann, da dies nach 13.Dxg7 eine Katastrophe auf
den schwarzen Feldern nach sich ziehen würde.",15,"a3d6","Die Dame anzugreifen,
sieht verlockend aus, doch dies ist nicht so stark wie die Partiefortsetzung.",
0]} 12. Be8 $1 {White saves his bishop, using the fact that the Black king has
to protect the square g7. And all this has happened before! Weiß rettet seinen
Läufer, die Tatsache nutzend, dass der schwarze König das Feld g7 decken muss.
Und all das gab es schon!} (12. Bd6 Qd8 {would be less strong. wäre weniger
stark.}) 12... Qd8 $146 ({RR} 12... Kxe8 13. Qxg7 Rf8 (13... Rg8 14. Qxh7 {
doesn't change much. ändert nicht viel.}) 14. exf6 Rf7 15. Qh8+ Rf8 16. Qg7 ({
After Nach} 16. Qxh7 Rxf6 17. Ne5 {White has a clear plus, e.g. hat Weiß ein
klares Plus, z.B.} Rf5 18. Qh8+ Rf8 19. Qh5+ Kd8 20. a5 $1 {or 17...Nbc6 18.
Qh5+. oder 17...Sbc6 18.Dh5+.}) 16... Rf7 {1/2-1/2 Hayward,K (2106)-Carter,D 
(2072)/Portland 1978/EXT 2005}) (12... fxe5 13. Qh5 g6 14. Bxg6 $1 $16) 13. Bh5
$1 {What a route for the bishop: Bb5-e8-h5 - in a French Defence! Welche eine
Route für den Läufer: Bb5-e8-h5 - und das in einem Franzosen!} Nbc6 14. exf6
gxf6 {[%tqu "En","How do you continue White's attack? In fact there are two
very good moves here - but it's enough to find one!","The black pawn on f6
covers the squares e5 and g5.","If this pawn disappears, this would open many
lines and diagonals for the white pieces.","f3g5","Nice!  The knight is taboo,
and the threat against e6 forces a further weakening of the dark squares!",15,
"f3e5","This is just as strong as the game continuation - have you seen how
White checkmates in three moves if Black takes with 15.fxe5 now?",15,"De","Wie
würden Sie den weißen Angriff fortsetzen? Tatsächlich gibt es hier zwei gute
Züge - aber es reicht ja, wenn Sie einen finden!","Der schwarze Bauer auf f6
deckt die Felder e5 und g5.","Wenn dieser Bauer verschwindet, öffnet dies
viele Diagonalen und Linien für die weißen Figuren.","f3g5","Schön!  Der
Springer ist tabu, und die Bedrohung von e6 erzwingt eine weitere Schwächung
der dunklen Felder!",15,"f3e5","Dies ist ebenso stark wie die
Partiefortsetzung - haben Sie gesehen, wie Weiß nach jetzt in drei Zügen
mattsetzt?",15]} 15. Ng5 $1 (15. Ne5 $1 {was just as good, since also here the
knight is taboo: war ebenso gut, denn auch hier ist der Springer tabu:} fxe5 (
15... Rg8 16. Qf4 $18) 16. Qf3+ Kg7 17. Qf7+ Kh6 18. Bc1#) (15. Qf4 $2 {
would give Black some respite after gäbe Schwarz eine Atempause nach} Kg7)
15... Qa5 (15... fxg5 16. Qxg5 {and Black is helpless against the check on f6.
und Schwarz ist wehrlos gegen das Schach auf f6.}) 16. O-O f5 17. Qh4 {and
Black resigned since 18.Nf7 can't be parried. und Schwarz gab auf, denn 18.Nf7
ist nicht zu verhindern.} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.12"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Yerevan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Bg5 Qa5 10. Ne2 Re8 $146 (10... c4 {is bad on account of ist schlecht
wegen} 11. Bxh7+ Kxh7 12. Qh4+ Kg8 13. Bxe7) 11. h4 $5 {Starting an
uncompromising attack - Black's counterplay in the centre is simply ignored!
Leitet einen kompromisslosen Angriff ein - das schwarze Gegenspiel im Zentrum
wird schlicht ignoriert!} Nxd4 ({Now Nun könnte} 11... c4 {could be met by mit}
12. Bf6 Ng6 13. Bxg6 {beantwortet werden.}) 12. Rh3 Nxe2 (12... Nef5 {was
worth considering. kam in Betracht.}) 13. Kxe2 Ng6 ({And again Und wieder ist} 
13... c4 {is no good: nicht gut:} 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 16. Rg3 g6 17.
h5 {and wins. und gewinnt.}) 14. h5 Nxe5 15. Qg3 Nxd3 $2 {This loses. Das
verliert.} ({Necessary was the counter sacrifice Nötig war das Gegenopfer} 
15... Ng4 $1 {, when after , wonach} 16. Qxg4 f5 17. Qg3 Qxc3 {leads to an
unclear position. zu einer unklaren Stellung führt.}) {[%tqu "En","How would
you continue White's attack?","Black mustn't be given any respite - White has
to create threats immediately.","Threaten a mate in one!","g5f6","Very good!
You have seen that now 16...g6 fails to 17.hxg6 fxg6 18. Rxh7 and mate.  But
Black has yet another defence...",15,"De","Wie würden Sie den weißen Angriff
fortsetzen?","Schwarz darf keine Atempause bekommen - Weiß muss sofort
Drohungen aufstellen.","Drohen Sie Matt in einem!","g5f6","Sehr gut! Sie haben
gesehen, dass jetzt 16...g6 an 17.hxg6 fxg6 18. Txh7 nebst Matt scheitert.  
Aber Schwarz hat ja noch eine andere Verteidigung...",15]} 16. Bf6 $1 Nf4+ (
16... g6 17. hxg6 fxg6 {[%tqu "En","","","","h3h7","and checkmate.",10]} 18.
Rxh7 $1 {and checkmate. nebst Matt.}) {[%tqu "En","What now?","Again the same
- give Black no respite.","Don't give up the mate threat on g7.","e2d2",
"Superb! Though this allows Black to retreat the knight to g6 blocking the
g-file, White's attack is unstoppable.",15,"g3f4","Oh no! this would spoil
everything on account of 17...e5 followed by 18...Qa6+! and 19...Qxf6.",0,"De",
"Was nun?","Weiterhin gilt - Schwarz darf keine Atempause bekommen.","Heben
Sie nicht die Mattdrohung auf g7 auf.","e2d2","Superb! Dies erlaubt zwar
Schwarz, diurch den Springerrückzug nach g6 die g-Linie zu blockieren, aber
dennoch ist danach der weiße Angriff nicht mehr aufzuhalten.",15,"g3f4","Oh
nein! Dies würde alles verderben wegen 17...e5 nebst 18...Da6+! und 19...Dxf6.
",0]} 17. Kd2 $1 {Cool! Cool!} ({Of course not Natürlich nicht} 17. Qxf4 $2 e5
{followed by 18...Qa6+! and 19...Qxf6. nebst 18...Qa6+! und 19...Qxf6.}) 17...
Ng6 (17... g6 18. Qxf4) 18. hxg6 fxg6 (18... hxg6 19. Rah1 {and mate. nebst
Matt.}) {[%tqu "En","Crown White's superb attack in this game!","Crush Black's
pawn shelter on the kingside.","","h3h7","Great! After this, the other white
rook will bring the decision.",10,"De","Krönen Sie den superben Angriff von
Weiß in dieser Partie!","Reißen Sie den Bauernschild des schwarzen Königs auf.
","","h3h7","Großartig! Danach wird der zweite weiße Turm die Entscheidung
bringen!",10]} 19. Rxh7 $1 {The final point - Black's king shelter is ripped
open, and the other rook enters the attack via the h-file with devastating
effect. Die Schlusspointe - der schwarze Königsschild wird aufgerissen, und
der zweite Turm greift mit entscheidender Wirkung über die h-Linie in den
Angriff ein.} (19. Rxh7 {and Black resigns, since after und Schwarz streckte
die Waffen, denn nach} Kxh7 20. Rh1+ Kg8 21. Qxg6 {he simply gets checkmated.
wird er schlicht und ergreifend mattgesetzt.}) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.12.09"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Kalinitschew, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 {
One of the sharpest lines in the French Winawer. Eines der schärfsten Abspiele
der französischen Winawer-Variante.} 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 dxc3 11.
f4 Nbc6 12. Qd3 Bd7 13. Rb1 Rc8 14. Qxc3 Nf5 15. Rg1 Qd8 16. Qd3 Qh4+ (16...
Na5 $5 {was also interesting, with the plan a6/Bb5. war ebenfalls interessant,
mit dem Plan a6/Bb5.}) 17. g3 Qxh2 18. Rxb7 Ncd4 $2 {The start of a long
combination - with a nice refutation. Einleitung einer langen Kombi - mit
einer hübschen Widerlegung.} (18... a6 {was indicated in order to free the Nc6
from the protection of this pawn, making this piece mobile. war angesagt, um
den Nc6 von der Deckung dieses Bauern zu entbinden und somit beweglich zu
machen.}) 19. Rg2 $1 (19. Nxd4 $2 Qxg1) 19... Nxc2+ {[%tqu "En","How should
White react to Black's knight check?","Black's queen is attacked, so White
might look for something forceful.","","d3c2","Excellent work - provided you
have seen what happens if Black now takes the white rook!?",15,"De","Wie soll
Weiß auf das schwarze Springerschach reagieren?","Die schwarze Dame ist
angegriffen, daher könnte Weiß nach etwas Energischem Ausschau halten.","",
"d3c2","Ausgezeichnete Arbeit - vorausgesetzt, Sie haben gesehen, was passiert,
wenn Schwarz nun den weißen Turm schlägt!?",15]} 20. Qxc2 $1 Qxg2 {That was
Black's nice idea. Das war die schöne Idee von Schwarz.} {[%tqu "En","Both
queens are attacked - what should White do?","What would be the best way for
White to parry the attack on his queen?","Which piece could interrupt the
attack of Black's rook on the white queen?","b7c7","To the point!  You have
seen that after the rook swap on c7 the black queen will still be attacked,
while there is no defence against White's threat 23.Qb8+/Qxg8.",15,"c2c8",
"After this White will be even worse.",0,"De","Beide Damen sind angegriffen -
was soll Weiß tun?","Was wäre die beste Möglichkeit für Weiß, den Angriff auf
seine Dame zu parieren?","Welche Figur könnte den Angriff des schwarzen Turms
auf die weiße Dame unterbrechen?","b7c7","Auf den Punkt!  Sie haben gesehen,
dass nach dem Turmtausch auf c7 die schwarze Dame noch immer angegriffen sein
wird, während es gegen die weiße Drohung 23.Db8+/Dxg8 keine Verteidigung gibt.
",15,"c2c8","Danach wird Weiß sogar schlechter stehen.",0]} 21. Rc7 $1 {
The refutation. Die Widerlegung.} ({Black had probably hoped for Schwarz hatte
wahrscheinlich gehofft auf} 21. Qxc8+ Bxc8 22. Rb8 Qf3 $1 23. Rxc8+ Kd7 24.
Rxg8 d4 {and despite his material advantage White is worse since his pieces
completely lack coordination. und trotz seines Materialvorteils ist Weiß im
Hintertreffen, da es seinen Figuren gänzlich an Koordination mangelt}) (21. Rb8
Qxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Rxb8 {would also yield White nothing. brächte Weiß ebenfalls
nichts ein.}) 21... Rxc7 22. Qxc7 {The point - Black's attacked queen can't
protect the rook on g8, so White remains a piece up. Die Pointe - die
angegriffene schwarze Dame kann den Turm auf g8 nicht decken, daher verbleibt
Weiß mit einer Mehrfigur.} Qe4 23. Qb8+ Ke7 24. Qxg8 $18 Nd4 25. Qb8 Nc2+ 26.
Kf2 d4 27. f5 Qxf5+ 28. Bf4 Qh5 29. Nxd4 Qh2+ 30. Bg2 Nxd4 31. Bg5+ f6 32.
Bxf6+ Kf7 33. Qxa7 1-0

[Event "Liga Gallega-chT"]
[Site "Orense"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rodriguez Cespedes, Amador"]
[Black "Larrosa Vila, Jose"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Rodriguez,Am"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Rb1 O-O-O 14.
Nxc3 Na5 15. Nb5 Bxb5 16. Rxb5 Nf5 $146 (16... Kb8 {61/(292)}) 17. g3 Nc4 (
17... Rh8 $5) (17... Kb8) 18. Bh3 $5 Qd7 $6 (18... Qc6 $5 {/\ d4}) 19. Rb4 Kb8
20. O-O Rc8 21. Rd1 {/\22.Rxc4+-} Rgd8 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. Bb2 $1 $16 Rc5 $2 24.
Bd4 Rc7 (24... Ra5 $2 25. Rxc4 $1 dxc4 26. Bxa7+ Kc8 (26... Kc7 27. Qxc4+ Qc6
28. Qxc6+ bxc6 29. Rxd8) 27. Qxc4+ Qc7 28. Qxc7+ Kxc7 29. Bb6+) 25. Rdb1 Rdc8
26. Rb5 $1 Qe6 27. Rxd5 (27. Bf2 $16) 27... b6 28. Bf2 Nxa3 $8 29. Rd1 $2 (29.
Rd6 $1 Nxb1 $1 (29... Qa2 $2 30. Rdxb6+ $3 axb6 31. Rxb6+ Rb7 32. Qd6+ Rcc7 33.
Qd8+ Rc8 34. Rxb7+ Kxb7 35. Qb6+ Ka8 36. Qa7#) 30. Rxe6 fxe6 31. Qd6 $1 (31.
Qb3 Rxc2 32. Qxe6 Rd8 $1) (31. c4 $5 Rxc4 $8 32. Qd6+ Kb7 33. Qxe6) 31... Re8 (
31... Kb7 32. Qxe6 Rxc2 33. Qxf5 $18) 32. Be1 $3 $18) 29... Nc4 $1 (29... Nxc2
$2 30. Rd6) 30. Qd4 (30. Qb3) 30... Qg6 31. Rd7 Qh5 32. Qd5 Rxd7 (32... Qe2 33.
Rxc7 (33. Qxf7 $4 Qxd1+ $1 $19) 33... Rxc7 34. Qd3 $16) 33. Qxd7 Qf3 34. Qd5 $6
(34. Qd3 $1 Qh5 35. Kg2 {/\Qf3+/-}) 34... Qh5 35. h4 (35. Kg2 Qe2 $1 $132 {/\}
36. Qf3 $2 Ne3+ $1 $19) 35... Qg4 36. Rd3 $5 $138 (36. Ra1 {/\Qxf7}) 36... Qe2
37. Qf3 $1 Qxc2 (37... Qxf3 38. Rxf3 Nd2 (38... a5 39. Rd3 a4 40. Rd7 {/\Bd4})
39. Rd3 Rxc2 40. h5) 38. Rd7 Rc7 (38... Qe4 $2 39. Qxe4 fxe4 40. Rxf7 e3 41.
Be1 Nd2 42. Kg2 $18) (38... Na5 39. Rxf7 $18) 39. Rd8+ Rc8 40. Rxc8+ Kxc8 41.
h5 $1 Nd2 $8 (41... Qe4 42. Qxe4 fxe4 43. h6) 42. Qa8+ Kd7 43. Qxa7+ Ke8 44.
Qb8+ Kd7 45. Qb7+ Ke8 46. Qb8+ Kd7 (46... Ke7 $5) 47. Qb7+ Ke8 48. h6 $1 $18
Qd1+ 49. Kh2 Qh5+ 50. Kg2 Qe2 (50... Qxh6 51. Qb8+ Kd7 52. Qb7+ Ke8 53. Bxb6)
51. h7 $1 Qf1+ 52. Kh2 Qxf2+ 53. Kh3 $1 (53. Kh3 Qf1+ 54. Qg2) 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch"]
[Site "Aberdeen"]
[Date "2001.07.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Black "Motwani, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "Rowson,J"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2001.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 {Quite trendy at
the moment and popularized by Israeli French guru GM Lev Psakhis. Black's main
idea is to occupy the a4 square with the queen and then exchange light squared
bishops with ...b6 and...Ba6.} 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qb1 $5 c4 {[%csl Ra3,Ga4,Rc2,Rc3,
Rc8,Ge5] GM Lev Psakhis told me that this move is almost always a mistake in
these structures because White has a natural superiority on the kingside and
now it is hard for Black to get queenside counterplay. That said, it is
virtually forced in this position and Psakhis has played it himself!} 9. Ne2 $5
{[%csl Rg7][%cal Ge2g3,Gg3h5,Gh5g7,Gg3e4] An important move-the knight is on a
good route whether or not Black plays ...f6.} Nc6 $5 {Paul chooses not to open
the position. This was criticized by Nigel Short in his Sunday Telegraph
column, but I'm not so sure.} (9... f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Ng3 Nc6 12. Be2 O-O
13. O-O e5 $6 (13... Bd7 $5) (13... b6 $5) 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Re1 Ne4 16. Nxe4
dxe4 17. Be3 {was better for White in my game against Nick Pert at this year's
British championship.}) 10. Ng3 Nge7 11. Nh5 {The knight looks extremely well
placed here but it's not totally clear that this is so because White's main
plan is an eventual f4-f5 and this is liable to run into a ...g6 fork after
exchanges on f5.} Rg8 $1 (11... O-O 12. Qd1 $1 {to be followed by Qg4 and h4
gives a strong attack.}) 12. g3 (12. Be2 $5 {[%csl Ge2,Gh5][%cal Ge2h5] N
Short.}) 12... Bd7 13. Bh3 O-O-O 14. O-O Rdf8 15. Re1 $5 {Preventing f6 for
the time being. Maybe ...f6 is not yet a threat though so 15Qd1 may be more
accurate as played in the game(by transposition) Kruppa-Koutsin, Platonov
memorial 1995.} (15. Qd1 $5 {[%cal Gd1g4]}) 15... Kb8 16. Qb2 Nc8 17. Re3 $1 {
[%cal Ge3c3,Ga1f1] Over-protecting c3, and making way for the other rook to
come to f1.} Nb6 18. Rf1 {I think I have to let a3 go in order to create any
serious threats on the kingside.} Qa5 19. Qc1 Be8 $6 {This looks like a good
move because it forces the "restrictive" knight on h5 to move due to the
positional threat of ...f5 closing the kingside. Indeed, Nigel Short gave it
an exclamation mark in his Sunday Telegraph column. However, when we look at
the position more concretely we are looking at competing positional threats.
Black has the clear idea of ...a6, ...Na7-b5 winning the a3 pawn with tempo by
taking with the queen and (perhaps) bringing the queen back to e7 if necessary.
White's threat of f4-f5 looks even more serious but this is in not in fact a
threat because Black captures on f5 and if white continues to recapture ....g6
will win a piece at the end. This suggests that White need only prepare the
advance with g4, but this removes the pressure on e6 and effectively makes
White's task two tempi slower. Therefore critical is} (19... a6 $1 {[%csl Ra3,
Rc3][%cal Gc6a7,Ga7b5] when White has to do some creative thinking and may be
struggling to equalize. This suggests to me that my 15th move may have been a
mistake.} 20. f4 {There doesn't seem to be anything better.} (20. Rf3 $5 {
intending Rf4-g4 was suggested to me by my former trainer FM Donald Holmes but
this too falls short if Black pays attention. I can look for ways to play Nxg7
followed by Bh6 but these won't work if Black can protect his f8 rook with
Qxa3 at the right moment.} Na7 21. Rf4 (21. Nxg7 Rxg7 22. Bh6 Rgg8 $1 23. Bxf8
Rxf8 24. Qh6 Qxa3 $1) 21... Be8 $1 22. Rg4 f5 $1) (20. Qd1 $5 Qxa3 21. Qg4 (21.
Qa1 {I considered this at the time-the idea is to bring the bishop to a3.} Qxa1
(21... Qe7 22. Bc1 $1) 22. Rxa1 Na7 $1 23. Bc1 Nb5 {effectively prevents this.}
) 21... f5 22. exf6 e5 $1 23. Qh4 g5) (20. a4 $5 {looks too radical but
possession of the a3-f8 diagonal may be worth a pawn. Unfortunately} Nxa4 21.
Qa3 Nxd4 {just wins for Black.}) 20... Na7 21. g4 (21. f5 $2 exf5 22. Bxf5 Bxf5
23. Rxf5 g6 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Gg6f5,Gg6h5]}) 21... Nb5 22. f5 Qxa3 {is at least
not worse for Black.} 23. Qd1 {[%csl Ga6,Gf5,Gh5] The position is highly
unclear, but given the absence of an obvious plan for White, I think I would
prefer to play Black because my I know my plan is simply to push the a-pawn.})
20. Nf4 $1 {This looks like a concession but Black's bishop is better on d7
than e8 and my knight is better on e2 or g2 than h5!} a6 21. Ng2 $1 {[%csl Gg2]
Hard to explain why I put it here rather than e2 - the main reason is that
when it's on e2 Black can consider meeting f4 with g6 and then I will have to
take two moves (g4 and blocking the g file before I can force through f5).} Na7
(21... g5 $5 22. Bg4 h5 $1 23. Bxh5 f5 $44 {[%csl Ra3,Ge8] would change the
character of the position, with unclear consequences.}) 22. f4 Bd7 23. f5 exf5
$2 {A big strategic mistake. Things were still far from clear if Black holds
firm. Now d5 and f7 will be weak and I have the e5-e6 break.} (23... Nb5 24.
Ref3 (24. Nf4 Re8 $5 (24... exf5 25. e6 fxe6 26. Nxe6 {I assumed this would
give White good practical chances at the time, but now I'm not so sure. For
example after:} Bxe6 27. Rxe6 g6 28. Rfe1 Ka7 {Black is in good shape and
already threatens Qxa3.}) 25. fxe6 Bxe6 $1 26. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 27. Nh5 {and White
has good counterplay.}) 24... Re8 $1 25. fxe6 Bxe6 $1 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Rf7
Qxa3 {I guess Black is at least equal. However good my kingside play, there's
no convenient way to stop the a-pawn other than bringing my king over; and I'm
unlikley to get a chance to do that.}) 24. Bxf5 Bxf5 25. Rxf5 {[%csl Rd5,Rf7]
[%cal Gg2f4,Ge3f3,Ge5e6]} Nb5 26. Ref3 Qxa3 27. Qxa3 Nxa3 28. e6 $5 {A
difficult decision because I can also take on f7. Neither can be calculated to
a clear assessment and both are promising. In the end I took Paul's lack of
time into consideration and felt that the problems posed by e6 were more
complex and time consuming than if I had taken on f7.} (28. Rxf7 Rxf7 29. Rxf7
Nb5 (29... Kc8 $5 30. e6 Nb5 31. e7 Re8) 30. Nf4 Nc7 31. Bc1 $1 {[%csl Ge5,Gf4,
Gf7][%cal Gc1a3,Ga3d6] intending Ba3-d6 looks terminal, as Paul pointed out
after the game.}) 28... f6 29. Bf4+ Kc8 30. Bd6 Nb5 (30... Nxc2 31. Rf2 Na1 32.
Bxf8 Rxf8 33. Nf4 {is clearly better for White.}) 31. Bc5 $6 {Keeping an
unpleasant amount of tension in the position and obliging Black to find some
difficult defensive moves. It was important to see this possibility in advance
because taking the exchange doesn't look too promising. Black's knights are
excellent defenders and the a-pawn can keep a whole rook occupied. However,
there are two tactical possibilities which I don't think either of us had seen
and this suggests that I should indeed have taken on f8.} (31. Bxf8 Rxf8 32.
Rg5 $1 {[%csl Rf8,Rg7][%cal Gf3f8] I didn't see this during the game.} g6 33.
Re5 $5 Nxc3 34. Rxf6 Re8 35. Nf4 {and White seems to be winning.}) 31... Kc7 (
31... Re8 $1 {We both saw this possibility, but neither of us believed it.
However,} 32. Bxb6 Rxe6 33. Bc5 b6 34. Nf4 {was my intention, but now Black has
} (34. Bb4 a5 35. Rxd5 Nc7 {is also not better for White.}) (34. Rxd5 bxc5 35.
Rxc5+ Kd7 36. Rxc4 Re2 {White is material up, but somehow Black is better
because his position is better organised.}) 34... Re1+ (34... Rc6 35. Nxd5) 35.
Kf2 Rge8 $1 36. Bxb6 g5 $1 {when the hunter becomes the hunted. However, there
is a simpler way:}) 32. Nf4 Re8 33. Re3 {[%csl Rd5,Ge6] I had seen this
position in advance and felt it would be very difficult for Black to hold. All
the more so since Paul was down to his last five minutes.} Nc8 $2 (33... Kc6 {
Looks more tenacious. White will have to exchange his bishop to win d5 and
make progress, but then the connected passed pawns are not too dangerous as
long as Black controls d6.}) 34. Nxd5+ Kd8 {Paul decided to keep the king near
the e-pawn on intuitive grounds but for tactical reasons} (34... Kb8 {looks
more resilient.}) 35. e7+ Kd7 36. Rxf6 $1 {[%csl Gd5,Rd7,Ge7,Re8,Gf6,Rg8][%cal
Gd5f6]} gxf6 37. Nxf6+ Kc6 38. Nxg8 Nbd6 39. Bxd6 Kxd6 40. Kf2 $1 {[%cal Ga6a2,
Gf2e1,Ge1b1,Ga2a1,Gb1a1] Now at least I can stop his a pawn with my king so
there should be no unpleasant surprises.} Nxe7 $2 {A difficult 40th move.
Black now loses by force, but was probably lost in any case.} (40... Nb6 41.
Nh6 $5 Nd5 42. Re5 {and White keeps control.}) (40... h5 $5 {Suggested by Paul
after the game. Now Black threatens to go into the king and pawn endgame.} 41.
Nf6 Rxe7 42. Nxh5 {and White is winning, though not trivially.}) 41. Nxe7 Rxe7
42. Rxe7 Kxe7 43. g4 $1 {[%csl Gd4,Re7,Gg4,Gh2,Gh5][%cal Gh2h4,Gh4h5,Gh5h6,
Gh6h7,Gh7h8] An essential move, without which Black would draw. The point is
that my king is needed on the queenside to stop the a pawn so in order to win
I need to use two pawns to overrun his king. His king can hold pawns two files
apart but not three so in order to win I need a passed h pawn. I can only get
this by forcing his pawn off the g file with my g pawn. If Black had time to
play ...h5 it would be a draw because I could then only make a passed h pawn
by giving him a passed g pawn on g4, which is too near the queening square.}
Kf6 44. h4 h6 45. Ke3 a5 46. Kd2 b5 47. Kc1 Ke6 48. Kb2 Kd5 49. h5 Ke6 50. g5 (
50. g5 hxg5 51. h6 Kf6 52. d5 g4 53. h7 Kg7 54. d6 g3 55. d7 g2 56. h8=Q+ Kxh8
57. d8=Q+) 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Rustemov,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Shipov} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. h4
Qc7 $5 (7... Qa5 $5) 8. h5 $5 (8. Nf3 b6 9. h5 h6 10. a4 $5 (10. Bb5+ Bd7 11.
Bd3 Nbc6 12. O-O c4 $1 13. Be2 f6 14. Bf4 O-O-O $13) 10... Ba6 11. Bb5+ Bxb5
12. axb5 $14 {Ljubojevic,L-Short,N/Rotterdam/1989/}) 8... cxd4 (8... h6 $5) 9.
cxd4 Qc3+ 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nf3 Qe4+ (11... Qb6 $2 {Shipov} 12. h6 g6 13. Bd3
Nbc6 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Bf6 O-O 16. Qd2 Re8 17. Kf1 d4 18. Qg5 $16 {Milos,G-Playa,
M/Asuncion/1992/1:0/39/}) 12. Be2 {/\Rh4/} Nf5 $8 13. Kf1 (13. O-O $1 {/\Re1~/
=/}) 13... b6 $1 14. Bb5+ $1 (14. Bd3 $2 Ba6 $17) 14... Bd7 (14... Kf8 15. Kg1
$1 Ba6 16. Bd3 Qg4 (16... Bxd3 {Shipov} 17. cxd3 Qxd3 $4 18. Bb4+ $18) 17. Bxf5
$1 Qxf5 18. h6 gxh6 19. Nd4 Qe4 20. Bxh6+ Ke8 21. Qd2 $16 {Kuczynski,R-Schmidt,
W/POL/1990/1:0/34/}) 15. Bd3 Qg4 16. h6 $5 (16. Rh3 $5 {/\Qe1,Nh2/}) (16. Rh3 {
Shipov} Nc6 17. Qe1 Qa4 18. Kg1 h6 19. Rb1 Rc8 20. Bb4 $44 {Kuczynski,
R-Schmidt,W/Polanica Zdroj/1989/0,5/36/}) 16... gxh6 17. Bxf5 $2 (17. Bxh6 Nc6
18. Bg5 Rc8 $5 19. Bf6 Rg8 20. g3 $13 {Aseev,K-Rustemov,A/St-Peterburg/1994/} (
20. g3 {Shipov} Na5 21. Rxh7 Ba4 $10 {Aseev,K-Rustemov,A/St.Petersburg/1994/0:
1/60/})) 17... Qxf5 18. Rxh6 (18. Bb4 $5 {Shipov}) (18. Kg1 $5 {Shipov}) 18...
Rg8 19. Bb4 (19. Kg1 $1 $44 {Shipov}) 19... Bb5+ 20. Kg1 Qe4 $1 $17 21. Rh4 (
21. Ne1 Qxe5 22. Rxh7 $17) 21... Be2 $1 $19 22. Rxe4 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 $5 (23. Rf4
Bxf3 (23... Bxc2 $6 24. Rc1 $44 (24. Nd4 Bd3 25. Rc1 $44 Bc4 $140 $2 26. Nb5 $1
)) 24. Rxf3 Nd7 $19 (24... Nc6 {Shipov} 25. Bd6 Nd4 $17)) 23... dxe4 24. Nd2 (
24. Nd4 {Shipov /\ Nb5/} a6 $1 $17) 24... Rg4 $1 $8 25. Re1 (25. Nc4 Nc6 26.
Nd6+ Kf8 27. Nxe4+ Nxb4 28. Nf6 Rc4 29. axb4 Rxb4 $19) 25... a5 26. Bd6 (26.
Bc3 $142 $1 {Shipov} Nd7 27. Nxe4 Ke7 28. f3 Rgg8 29. Bd4 $132) 26... Nd7 27.
Nxe4 Rc8 $19 28. Re2 Rc6 29. f3 Rg6 30. f4 h6 (30... f5 $2 31. exf6 Nxf6 32. f5
$1) 31. Kf1 Kd8 32. g3 f5 33. exf6 (33. Nf2 Rxg3 $19) 33... Nxf6 (33... Nxf6
34. f5 exf5 35. Nxf6 Rxd6 $19) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Atabayev, Maksat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[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 "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Turkmenistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TKM"]

{This game features the popular 6...Qa5 Winawer in which Black allows White to
push his pawn all the way to h6. Let's find out if this is such a good idea.} 
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. h4
$5 Nc6 9. h5 Nge7 $6 {Allowing White to play h6 is usually is very risky. This
means that White can easily create targets on the kingside and Black will have
to quickly and effectively drum up counterplay either in the centre or on the
queenside.} (9... h6 $1 10. Nf3 Nge7 11. Rb1 (11. dxc5 Qe4+) (11. Rh4 c4 $11)
11... c4 {for more analysis on these lines see my annotations of the game
Karjakin-Radjabov in CBM 173.}) 10. h6 gxh6 (10... g6 11. Rb1 a6 12. Bd3 cxd4
13. cxd4 Qxd4 14. Nf3 Qc5 15. Qc1 $1 {and White has more than enough
compensation for the pawn due to his active pieces and Black's weak dark
squares.}) 11. Rb1 $1 {The most accurate continuation in this position. You
can bet the World Championship challenger has prepared and understood the
nuances of this move in his training camp.} ({Recent top-level encounters have
seen} 11. Nf3 cxd4 12. cxd4 (12. Rh4 $6 Ng6 13. Rxh6 dxc3 14. Bxc3 {0-1 (39)
Almasi,Z (2689)-Kovalenko,I (2700) Bastia FRA 2015}) 12... Nxd4 13. Bd3 {
or the tried and tested equaliser} Bd7 ({Here, Black has} 13... b6 $5 $146 14.
Bb4 Ndf5 $13) (13... Nec6 14. Kf1 $1 $146 (14. Rb1 Rg8 {0-1 (27) Sutovsky,E 
(2647)-Ivanchuk,V (2710) Ashdod ISR 2015}) 14... Nf5 (14... Rg8 $4 15. Rh4) (
14... Nxf3 15. Qxf3 Qd4 16. Re1 Rg8 17. Bxh6 Nxe5 18. Qf6 Nc6 19. Qxd4 Nxd4 20.
Bxh7 $18)) 14. Rb1 (14. Bb4 Ndc6 15. Rh4 $2 Ng6 $36 {0-1 (23) Volokitin,A 
(2645)-Zhang,P (2636) Fuegen 2006}) 14... b6 $1 15. Rb4 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Qxa3
$132) 11... a6 (11... c4 $2 {gives White all he wants--an attack on the k-side
without enemy counterplay.} 12. Rxh6) (11... Rg8 {is also not enough to
generate good counterplay} 12. Nf3 (12. Bb5 Qxa3 13. Kf1 $16) 12... Nf5 13. Bb5
$1 Qxa3 14. g3 Bd7 (14... c4 15. Bxc6+ $1 bxc6 16. Nh2 $1 $16 {[%csl Rf6][%cal
Gh2g4,Gg4f6]}) 15. Bd3 b6 16. Nh4 $16) 12. Nf3 $146 {Apparently, this natural
move has never been played before in this position.} (12. Bd3 $6 cxd4 13. cxd4
Qxd4 (13... Nxd4 $4 14. Rb4 {is probably White's idea for delaying the knight
development, but it still allows Black to generate activity in the centre
especially on the e5-square.}) 14. Nf3 Qg4 15. g3 Ng6 $132 {[%csl Re5] 1-0 (29)
Varga,Z (2435)-Tibensky,R (2401) Slovakia 2011, and even though White
eventually won Black got good counterplay here.}) 12... cxd4 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14.
Bd3 {So, one may ask, isn't this the same as the position after White plays 11.
Nf3? No, for the simple reason that Rb1 and ...a6 are inserted which only
benefits White! For example, Black now doesn't have options of playing ...b6
or ...Bd7 - see notes B) & C) under 11.Nf3.} Ndc6 (14... Nxf3+ $2 15. Qxf3 Nc6
16. Qf6 Rg8 17. Bxh7 Rxg2 18. Qh8+ Kd7 19. Qf8 $16) (14... Nec6 {is met with
the familiar idea} 15. Kf1 $1 $16) 15. Bxh6 (15. Kf1 $5 Ng6 16. Qe2 Qxa3 17.
Rxh6 $14 {[%cal Ge2e3,Ge3b6,Ge3g5,Gg5f6] with the idea of seizing the weak
dark squares next.}) 15... Rg8 16. g3 {A good practical decision. Karjakin
decides to keep things under control before taking any action.} ({But the
energetic & direct approach actually works now:} 16. Ng5 $5 Qf4 (16... Nxe5 17.
Bxh7 Rh8 (17... Rg6 18. Bxg6 N7xg6 19. Bg7 {and Black doesn't have enough for
the exchange.}) 18. Bg7) 17. Nxh7 Qxe5+ 18. Kf1 {and Black cannot exploit the
knight on h7, while White will eventually seize the dark squares and Black's
king position is vulnerable.} f5 (18... b5 19. Qh5 $18) (18... Bd7 19. Rxb7 $18
) (18... Nf5 19. Rh5 $1) 19. Qh5+ Kd8 20. Bg5 $16) 16... Qxa3 $2 {Lacking a
sense of danger or overestimation of one's resources.} ({A more stubborn try
was} 16... Ng6 17. Qe2 (17. Kf1 Qg4 18. Be2 Qf5 19. Be3 h5 (19... Rh8 20. Nd4)
20. c4 $1 (20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 h4 $132) 20... dxc4 21. Bxc4 Ngxe5 22. Nxe5
Qxe5 23. Be2 $40) 17... Qg4 $1 $132) 17. Bxh7 Rg4 18. Bf4 (18. Kf1 $5 Ng6 19.
Rh5 $1 $16 b5 (19... Qc3 20. Bd2 Qc4+ 21. Kg1 b5 22. Nh2 $16) 20. Bg5 Ngxe5
$140 $2 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Be3 $18) 18... Qc3+ 19. Bd2 Qc5 20. Bd3 (20. Kf1 $5
b5 21. Qe2 Bb7 22. Ng5 $16) (20. Qe2 $5 b5 21. Kf1) 20... Ng6 21. Kf1 $1 b5 (
21... Ncxe5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Rh8+ Kd7 24. Be3 d4 25. Bf4 $40 {and Black's
exposed king will eventually tell.}) 22. Nh2 $1 {Now White's pieces start to
come at the stranded Black king in the middle of the board.} Rc4 23. Ng4 Rxg4 (
23... Ncxe5 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 {and here the most accurate is the intermediate move}
25. Rh5 $3 Nxd3 26. cxd3 Rc2 27. Rh8+ Kd7 28. Rh7 {with an exposed enemy king
in an opposite-coloured bishop situation, White is practically winning e.g.}
Kc6 29. Rxf7 Bd7 (29... Bb7 30. Be3 $1 (30. Bb4 $1 Rh8 31. Kg1 $18) 30... Qc3
31. Bd4 $18) 30. Bb4 Rh8 31. Kg1 $18) 24. Qxg4 Ncxe5 25. Qg5 Nxd3 26. cxd3 $16
{With his weak king and lag in development, Black doesn't have enough for the
exchange.} Qd4 27. Ke2 {safe and solid} (27. Kg1 $5 Qxd3 28. Re1 $1 Bd7 (28...
Bb7 29. Bb4 $18) 29. Rh8+ Nxh8 30. Qg8+ Ke7 31. Bb4+ $18) 27... Bb7 28. Rbc1
Rc8 29. Rxc8+ Bxc8 30. Rc1 Bd7 31. Bc3 Qc5 32. Bf6 {Wrong direction. Now White
experiences technical difficulties in converting his advantage.} (32. Ba5 $142
$1 Qe7 33. Qe3 Qd6 34. Qa7 e5 35. Rc7 $18) 32... Qd6 33. Qh6 e5 34. Qg7 e4 35.
dxe4 dxe4 36. Qg8+ Nf8 37. Bg7 b4 38. Ke1 $5 {A good practical try.} ({The
direct simplification also doesn't lead to any clear win after} 38. Qxf8+ Qxf8
39. Bxf8 Kxf8 40. Ke3 f5 41. Kd4 Ke7 (41... a5 42. Kc4 (42. Rc7 $5 Ke7 43. Rb7
Kd6 $11) 42... Be6+ 43. Kb5 b3 44. Kxa5 Ke7 45. Rc6 Kf6 46. Rb6 Ke5 47. Kb4 Bd5
48. Kc3 Be6) 42. Kc4 a5 43. Ra1 Be6+ 44. Kc5 b3 45. Rxa5 Kf6 46. Kd4 Kg5 47.
Rb5 (47. Ra6 Bf7 48. Rb6 Kg4 49. Ke3 Kg5) 47... Kg4 48. Ke3 (48. Ke5 Bc4) 48...
Kg5 {I don't want to draw any definite conclusion, but I do not see any way
for White make progress in this ending.}) (38. Rd1 $4 Bg4+) 38... b3 $2 ({
Black had to play} 38... e3 $1 39. Qxf8+ Qxf8 40. Bxf8 exf2+ 41. Kxf2 Kxf8 {
and this ending should be a draw e.g.} 42. Ke3 (42. Ra1 Bb5 43. Rb1 (43. Ke3
Ke7 44. Kd4 Kd6) 43... a5 44. Ke3 Ke7 45. Kd4 Kd6) 42... a5 43. Rc7 Ke7 44. Rb7
Ke6 $11) 39. Rd1 Qb4+ 40. Rd2 $1 (40. Kf1 e3 $1) 40... b2 41. Bxb2 e3 {Too
late!} 42. fxe3 Qe4 43. Qh8 $1 {Black cannot stop the trade of queens, killing
Black's counterplay after which it's an easy technical win. The rest doesn't
need any comments as Black is down the exchange and the knight is no match for
White's active rook in the following ending.} Bb5 44. Qe5+ Qxe5 45. Bxe5 Nd7
46. Bc3 Ke7 47. Kf2 Ke6 48. e4 Ne5 49. Rd5 Ng6 50. Rf5 Nf8 51. g4 Nd7 52. g5
Bc6 53. Ke3 Bb5 54. Kf4 Bc4 55. Ke3 Bb5 56. Bb4 Bc6 57. Kf4 Bb7 58. Ra5 f6 59.
Bc3 fxg5+ 60. Rxg5 Nf8 61. Bb4 Nd7 62. Rg7 Bc8 63. Rg8 Bb7 64. Re8+ Kf6 65. e5+
Kg6 66. Re6+ {Therefore, from a theoretical perspective, French players should
play h7-h6! every time White plays h4-h5.} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game features an interesting line in the most solid lines of the French
Winawer for Black in which White was able to slowly build up pressure in a
seemingly innocuous position.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3
Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 {So far we're still
following the mainline of the Winawer 7...0-0.} 10. Nh3 $5 {A clever choice by
Fabiano to test Shankland's knowledge and understanding of the subtleties of a
not-so-popular line.} (10. Nf3 {is the most common move here, and the mainline
runs} Qc7 11. Be3 c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Qf7 {and recent practice shows that
Black is fine and can generally hold off White's attack on the kingside. Now
let's find out if White obtain something special with a N on h3!} ({or} 13...
b5 $1 {as recommended by Emmanuel Berg.})) 10... Qc7 11. Be3 ({The other way
to continue here is} 11. O-O {but Black is fine after} c4 12. Be2 Qa5 $1 $146 {
then later go f7-f6.} (12... f6 $6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. Bg5 Rf8 15. f4 $1 $14))
11... c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Qf7 {Playing by analogy to the mainline which
is not the best way to react here.} (13... b5 $142 $5 {and}) (13... Qa5 $5 $146
{are both recommended by Emanuel Berg in the 2nd volume of his comprehensive
series of books on the French. One of his lines goes:} 14. Bd2 Qa4 15. Ra2 Bd7
16. Nf4 {and here I like his idea} Rf5 $1 17. h4 Raf8 {intending to meet h5
with g5, with a great position.}) 14. Nf4 Ne7 15. h4 h6 16. Qe2 Bd7 17. g4 {
Black is solid on the kingside, but he doesn't have as much freedom for his
pieces as in the line after 13...Qa5 making it an unpleasant position to play
for a long time.} b5 18. f3 $1 {Slowly improving his kingside, a move which
Caruana described as "creamy."} a5 {.} 19. Kf2 Rab8 20. Kg3 Be8 {Black is
still fine here but his pieces are clunky, without any future prospects, which
can be awkward to play with.} 21. Bd2 b4 $6 {A step in the wrong direction as
it only helps White achieve his goal of creating a second weakness/front.} ({
It was better to sit and be patient with} 21... Bc6 22. Rhb1 ({Maybe Shankland
was concerned about the idea} 22. a4 b4 (22... bxa4 23. Bc1) 23. Rhb1 {but
here Black can afford to wait and be solid with} (23. cxb4 axb4 24. a5 Bb5 $1)
23... Bd7 (23... b3 24. cxb3 cxb3 25. Nd3 $16) 24. Qe3 (24. cxb4 $6 axb4 25. a5
Bb5 $1 26. Qe3 c3 27. Bc1 Nc6 $17) 24... Nc6 25. Rb2 Rb7 26. Rab1 Rfb8 {
and Black is in time to hold the queenside fort.}) 22... Ra8 {and I don't see
a clear way for White to make progress:} 23. Bc1 Bd7 $1 $11 (23... Rfb8 $6 24.
a4 $1 bxa4 (24... b4 25. Bd2 bxc3 26. Rxb8+ Rxb8 27. Bxc3 Ra8 28. Qd2 Rf8 29.
Bxa5 $1 g5 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Nxe6 Qxe6 32. Qxg5 Ng6 33. Bb4 Rf7 34. a5 $16) 25.
Ba3 Nc8 26. Bc5 {and White can press on both sides of the board.}) (23... Be8
$5) 24. a4 b4 25. Qe3 (25. Bd2 $2 bxc3 26. Bxc3 Qxf4+) (25. cxb4 axb4 26. Rxb4
Nc6) 25... Rab8 26. Bd2 Nc6 {and Black has a fortress.} 27. h5 $2 {is no
longer dangerous due to} gxh5 28. Nxh5 Qg6 $1 29. Rh1 Ne7 $17 {[%cal Re7f5,
Rg6c2,Rg6g3,Rb4b3]}) (21... Nc8 $2 22. h5 Ne7 23. hxg6 Nxg6 24. Nh5 $40 {
simply looks scary.}) 22. axb4 axb4 23. Rhb1 {Another unpleasant moment for
Black as he's faced with another choice: to play b3 now or later.} Nc6 ({If} 
23... b3 24. cxb3 (24. Ra7 $4 Nf5+) 24... cxb3 25. Qe3 {preventing ...Bb5 and
preparing Nd3-c5, with still a much easier position to play. However this
whole line is a better choice than the game's only if Black can foresee the
idea} (25. Qd1 $5) (25. Ra3 $2 Bb5 26. Qe3 Bc4 $17) 25... Nc8 $1 {[%cal Gc8b6,
Gb6c4] in his analysis} 26. Qf2 Rb5 $1 27. Ra3 Nb6 28. Raxb3 Rxb3 29. Rxb3 Nc4
$44 {and I believe White's edge is only symbolic.}) 24. Qe3 b3 {From here on,
White starts his queenside invasion-domination.} 25. Bc1 Bd7 26. Ba3 bxc2 27.
Rc1 Rfc8 28. Rxc2 Ra8 29. Rca2 Be8 30. Bd6 $16 Rxa2 31. Rxa2 Qd7 32. Qc1 $1 {
Bringing another piece to the queenside party!} Bf7 33. Qb1 Qe8 34. Qb7 {
All Black can do now is sit and wait for any mistake from his opponent. Does a
2800-level player make errors in these types of positions?} Kh7 35. Ra6 Kg8 36.
Bc7 Ne7 37. Bd6 Nc6 38. Kg2 Kh7 39. Kh3 Kg8 40. Kg3 Kh7 41. Nh3 Kg8 42. g5 h5
43. Nf4 Kh7 {After some manoeuvring and planning, the N now joins the party.}
44. Ng2 $1 Bg8 45. Ne3 Bf7 46. Nc2 Bg8 47. Na3 Bf7 48. Kf2 Bg8 49. Ke3 $2 {
An inaccuracy which could've allowed Black to significantly minimise White's
advantage. Unfortunately and understandably, Black probably wasn't in the
right mindset to be alert to see such an opportunity:} Bf7 $6 (49... Qf7 $1 50.
Qxc8 (50. Qxf7 Bxf7 51. Nb5 Be8 {White may still be better but Black's chances
of holding have increased}) 50... Qf5 51. Kf2 Qf4 52. Ke2 Qf5 $1 53. Nxc4 Qc2+
(53... dxc4 54. Ra2 Qf4 $1 {should also be sufficient}) 54. Nd2 Nxd4+ 55. Ke3
Nf5+ $11 {and White cannot escape perpetual check. Therefore, the answer to
the question earlier is yes! Even top players slip up in much better positions
so it pays to stay vigilant in defending worse positions!}) 50. Kd2 {Black
doesn't get another chance, and White's N makes a dramatic and decisive
entrance.} Bg8 51. Kc2 Bf7 52. Kc1 Kg8 53. Nb5 Ne7 54. Na7 {A powerful display
of pressure play, domination and manoeuvring by the newly-crowned U.S. Chess
Champion Fabiano Caruana!} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.10.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Markus, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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 "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Serbia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

{When I first saw this match-up, I felt that there would be a theoretical
battle between two opening experts, and it did happen!} 1. e4 e6 {The Serbian
top player chooses the French as his weapon of his choice.} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4
4. e5 c5 5. a3 {No surprises from the Croatian top player as he sticks to his
style of playing principled main lines.} Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qg4 ({
For the other popular move} 8. h4 {see my commented games in Megabase 2018.})
8... Kf8 9. Nf3 Ne7 10. h3 $1 {This was first played last year and Saric is
not one to miss such a trendy move. On the other hand, Markus may not had been
familiar with it as he spent about 15 minutes before playing his next move.
White's idea is to simply to take on c5 and open up the game. Previously
played here are h4, bishop to e2 or d3.} c4 ({Defending the c-pawn also does
not solve Black's problems:} 10... Nd7 11. Bd3 (11. c4 $5) 11... c4 12. Be2
Qxc2 13. O-O Qg6 (13... Qf5 14. Qg3) (13... h6 14. Rfe1 Qe4 (14... Qf5 15. Qh4)
15. Qxe4 dxe4 16. Nh2 Nb6 17. a4 Bd7 (17... a5 18. Reb1 Ned5 (18... Nbd5 19.
Bxc4) 19. Nf1 Bd7 20. Ne3 Bc6 21. Nxc4 $16) 18. a5 Nbd5 19. Reb1 $1 {The weak
pawns aren't going anywhere.} Bc6 20. Bxc4 $16 {1-0 (60) Motylev,A (2660)
-Kovalenko,I (2667) Poikovsky 2016}) 14. Qh4 h6 15. Rfc1 $1 {[%cal Ge2d1,Gd1c2,
Rc2g6] with the idea to harass Black's queen by relocating the bishop from e2
to c2!}) (10... Qxc2 11. Rc1 Qg6 (11... Qe4+ 12. Qxe4 dxe4 13. Ng5) (11... Qa4
12. dxc5 $1 Qxa3 13. Bd3 Qxc5 14. O-O Nbc6 15. Be3 Qa5 16. c4 $36 {and White
has more than enough compensation for the pawn due to the bishop pair, the
open nature of the game and Black's unsafe king.} (16. Qf4 $5 h6 17. Nd4 Nxd4 (
17... Bd7 18. Nb5) 18. Bxd4 Qd8 (18... Bd7 19. Ra1) 19. c4 $1 $44)) 12. c4 $1
$36) 11. Be2 Qxc2 $6 {This seems too risky to me.} ({It is maybe better to go
for trench warfare with} 11... Nbc6 12. O-O h6 13. Qf4 Kg8 14. Ra2 (14. g4 Ng6)
14... Ng6 15. Qg3 b6 $14 {It may be easier to play with White but Black can
still resist and create problems on the queenside at some point somehow.}) 12.
O-O Nbc6 13. Bd1 Qg6 14. Qf4 (14. Qh4 $5 {leads to a similar position.}) 14...
h6 $2 ({The only way to fight for equality according to the engine is} 14...
Na5 $1 15. Rc1 (15. Ra2 $6 Qf5 $1 {pushing back the queen and thwarting any
attacking ideas with Ng5 first} 16. Qg3 Qb1) 15... Nb3 16. Bc2 Nxc1 17. Rxc1 f5
18. exf6 Qxf6 19. Qc7 Nc6 20. Bg5 Qf7 21. Qg3 $44 {with dynamic equality.}) 15.
Rc1 {This is very much similar to the positions that can be reached from the
variations examined earlier under move 10, where Black is facing serious
problems with his queen's placement.} f5 16. exf6 Qxf6 (16... gxf6 {does not
change anything.} 17. Bc2 Qf7 18. Rce1 $16) 17. Qc7 Qf7 18. Re1 $16 {For a
mere pawn, White has better development and an unsafe king to attack. It is
only a matter of time before White finds a breakthrough for his superior
forces.} Nf5 19. Qh2 $1 {Avoiding exchanges and retreating the queen to a safe
square where it also won't get in the way of the other pieces.} Bd7 20. g4 $1 {
Pushing back Black's best piece and disrupting enemy coordination.} Nfe7 21.
Qc7 Qe8 (21... Be8 22. Qxb7) (21... Bc8 22. Rb1 {[%cal Ga3a4,Gd2c1,Gc1a3]}) 22.
Qxb7 Qc8 {Black gave back the pawn so he could get rid of White's annoying
queen.} 23. Rb1 $1 {But White says "Only on my terms!"} Kf7 24. Bf4 $1 $18 {
White keeps all his advantages and Black's possible counterplay on the b-file
is killed.} ({Or} 24. Qxc8 Raxc8 25. Bf4) 24... Rd8 25. Bc7 Qxb7 26. Rxb7 Bc8
27. Rb1 Rd7 28. Bg3 Rb7 29. Ba4 Rb6 30. Bd6 Bd7 31. Bc5 Rbb8 32. h4 $1 {
Creating another target on the kingside. White is virtually winning as he can
keep improving his position at his leisure while Black can only sit and wait.}
Ke8 33. h5 Nd8 {Giving up a pawn to gain activity for his pieces, but it still
doesn't change the eventual outcome of the game.} 34. Rxb8 Rxb8 35. Bxa7 Rb2
36. Bxd7+ Kxd7 37. Ne5+ Ke8 38. Bc5 Rb3 39. Bb4 Ng8 40. a4 Rb2 41. Ra1 Nf6 42.
a5 {Black has had enough and finally decides to give up finding counterplay
that never existed since he missed the ...Na5 idea in the middlegame.  This h3
idea is still giving Black problems in the 6...Qa5 French Winawer as
convincingly proven by Saric, and the ball is now in Black's court to come up
with a way to equalise.} 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2016.06.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This top-level encounter essays a trendy & sound variation for Black in the
French Winawer.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5
{This is dubbed by French expert Moskalenko as the Portisch-Hook Variation.
Notable practicioners of this variation recently are GMs Kovalenko, Akopian
and Bartel.} (6... Ne7 7. h4 Qa5 8. Bd2 Qa4 9. h5 h6 10. Nf3 Nbc6 {transposes
to the main game.}) 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. h4 {The more accurate move order.} (8. Nf3 {
first can be met with} b6 $1 {with the idea to trade light-squared bishops
giving Black an easy game.}) 8... Nc6 (8... b6 $6 {is not effective as White
has the possibility to quickly pressure Black's kingside:} 9. h5 h6 10. Qg4 $1
Kf8 11. Rh3 $36) 9. Nf3 Nge7 10. h5 h6 {Here we have actually transposed into
one of the tabiya positions of the standard Winawer 6...Ne7 7.h4--see line
under move 6.} 11. Rb1 ({the more popular move is} 11. Rh4 c4 12. Rf4 Bd7 13.
g3 Rf8 14. Bh3 O-O-O {White has good statistics in this position owing to his
space advantage, but I believe Black can hold this position if he knows where
to place his pieces:} 15. Kf1 (15. Nh4 Rde8 $1) 15... Kb8 16. Kg1 (16. Nh4 Rde8
$1) 16... Ka8 17. Nh4 $1 Rde8 18. Rc1 Nd8 $11 {0-1 (40) Vishnu,P (2463)-Gong
Qianyun (2349) Yangon MYA 2014. For more analysis on this line, see my
annotations in Tomzcak-Bartel in CBM 172.}) 11... c4 {One of the typical plans
in this variation is to close the centre and castle queenside.} 12. g3 b6 $146
({A move played before was the unecessary pawn sac} 12... Bd7 $6 13. Rxb7 O-O-O
14. Qb1 Qa6 15. Rb2 (15. Rb3 $5) 15... Kc7 16. Bh3 Rb8 17. Rxb8 Rxb8 18. Qc1
Rb5 19. O-O $16 {1-0 (44) Kalegin,E (2467)-Yakimenko,A (2211) St Petersburg
2011}) 13. Bh3 Bd7 14. O-O O-O-O $11 {Black has secured his king safety and
can choose to create play on either side of the board depending on what White
does.} 15. Nh4 Rdg8 ({Taking the king to a8 first is also possible:} 15... Kb8
16. Ng2 (16. f4 g6 $1) 16... Ka8 17. Re1 Rdg8 $11) 16. Ng2 Kb8 17. Re1 Bc8 18.
Kh2 Ka8 19. Bf4 Rf8 $1 {Preparing a possible pawn break. Both sides are solid,
and the nice thing is that Black can choose to play quietly and prepare things.
} (19... g5 20. Bd2 {and there is no good follow-up for Black.}) 20. Qc1 $6 ({
It was necessary to play the prophylactic} 20. Bd2 $1 g5 $6 (20... g6 21. hxg6
fxg6 22. Nf4 Nd8 $13 (22... g5 23. Nxe6 Rxf2+ 24. Kg1 Bxe6 25. Bxe6 Rhf8 26.
Bg4)) (20... Rfg8 $11) 21. f4 $1 gxf4 22. Bxf4 Ng8 23. Nh4 $14 {and Black only
weakened his kingside.}) 20... Rhg8 {Black is still fine, but now White has
time to neutralise any future breaks on the kingside.} (20... g5 $1 {is worth
a try to reach an imbalanced game:} 21. Bd2 (21. hxg6 fxg6 22. Be3 g5 $36 23.
f4 Rfg8 $1 (23... gxf4 $6 24. Nxf4 Nd8 25. Nh5 $13) ({but} 23... Rhg8 {
although not as strong could provide good compensation for the pawn} 24. fxg5
hxg5 25. Bxg5 Rf2 26. Rb2 (26. Qe3 Rxc2 (26... Qxc2 $6 27. Rbc1 Qa2 28. Ra1 $11
) 27. Rbc1 (27. Bf6 Qxa3) 27... Rb2 28. Ra1 Qc2 $17) 26... Qxa3) 24. fxg5 hxg5
25. Bxg5 Qa5 $1 {this move isn't easy to spot otb} 26. Bxe7 (26. Bd2 Nf5) (26.
Qd2 Nf5 27. Nh4 Rh5 $17) 26... Nxe7 27. Re3 Nf5 $40) 21... Ng8 $1 {a very
strong manoeuvre to get the knight on to f6 after a future f6 exf6, which is
the reason why in some lines Black delays the development of the knight on g8.}
(21... Rhg8 22. Ne3 $1 f5 23. exf6 Rxf6 24. Ng4) 22. f4 {otherwise f6/f5 is
coming} Rh7 $5 {another useful manoeuvre} (22... f6 23. Rf1 gxf4 (23... fxe5
24. fxg5) 24. Rxf4 $11) (22... f5 $5 23. fxg5 (23. exf6 Nxf6 24. Bxe6 Bxe6 25.
Rxe6 Nd8 $1 (25... Ne4 26. Ne3 $132) 26. Re7 Re8 $36) 23... hxg5 24. Bxg5 Rxh5
$40) 23. Rf1 (23. fxg5 $6 hxg5 24. Bxg5 (24. g4 f6 25. exf6 (25. Rf1 Rhf7)
25... Nxf6 26. Bxg5 Ne4 $36) 24... Rxh5) (23. g4 f6 24. exf6 gxf4 25. Nxf4 Nxf6
26. Ng6 Rg8 27. Rf1 Ne4 $15) 23... f5 24. exf6 g4 $1 25. Bxg4 Nxf6 26. Bf3 Rg8
27. Nh4 Ne7 $36 {[%csl Rg3,Rh5][%cal Gh7g7,Gg8g3,Ga4e8,Ge8h5] with strong
compensation in the form of good squares for the Black pieces and targets of
attack.}) 21. Re2 Rh8 (21... g5 $2 22. hxg6 fxg6 (22... Nxg6 23. Bxh6) 23. Bxh6
$16) 22. Re1 $6 Rh7 $6 (22... g5 $1 {another chance! This goes to show that
neither side wants to take risks and both are content with a draw.}) 23. Bd2
Rhh8 24. Re2 Rh7 {This is the nature of this variation - when the centre gets
closed up, both sides can choose to do nothing (avoid pawn breaks) and the
game is essentially a blockade as the following moves show:} 25. Kg1 Rhh8 26.
Ra1 Rh7 27. Kh2 Rhh8 28. Ne3 Ng8 29. Ng2 Nge7 30. Bf4 Ng8 31. Bd2 Nge7 32. Bf4
Ng8 33. Bd2 {A solid game from Black who actually had chances to go for more,
but only if he had wanted to!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1516"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2016.04.10"]
[Round "13.7"]
[White "Berndt, Stephan"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2015.09.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Berlin SF"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 {This is the old
variation of the Winawer, which first became popular in the 1940s in the hands
of ex-World Champion Botvinnik. While it's less common than 6...Ne7, it's
still fully playable.} (6... Ne7 {leads to more double-edged positions and is
more common nowadays.}) 7. Nf3 b6 $1 {Immediately trading the bishop via a6 is
the easiest way to equalise.} 8. Bb5+ {Disturbing Black's the harmony of
Black's pieces..} Bd7 9. Bd3 c4 $5 {A Nikolic specialty, which leads to
positions with which he has plenty of experience.} ({Playing the B to a4 right
away is also good as it keeps flexibility, but one has to be wary that it
gives White an interesting attacking possibility that is still yet to be tried:
} 9... Ba4 10. Ng5 $5 $146 (10. O-O c4 {is how almost all games continue which
is fine for Black.}) (10. dxc5 {is not a problem} Nd7 $5 (10... bxc5) 11. cxb6
axb6 12. O-O Ne7 13. Bd2 O-O $44) 10... c4 (10... cxd4 11. O-O dxc3 (11... Qxc3
12. Qg4 $1 Qxa1 $2 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qf3 $40) 12. Qg4 $40) 11. Bxh7 {a logical
follow-up} (11. Bf1 $5 h6 12. Nh3 Ne7 13. Nf4 $13) 11... Nh6 (11... g6 12. h4)
12. Qh5 $1 (12. Qf3 Qe7 13. Qg3 Kd7 $13 (13... Nd7 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bg6+ Nf7
16. Bg5 $40)) 12... Qe7 {guarding e6} 13. Rb1 Nc6 {preventing Rb4 ideas} 14.
O-O O-O-O {White is a pawn up and that's why the engine likes White but things
are still not so clear with the B stuck on h7.} 15. Re1 Nf5 $13 (15... Kb7 16.
Re2 {preparing f4} (16. f4 $4 Rxh7 17. Nxh7 Bxc2) 16... Rdf8 $13) (15... Rxh7
$2 16. Nxh7 Bxc2 17. Bg5 $16)) 10. Be2 ({Here's another Nikolic game with the
other retreat:} 10. Bf1 Ba4 11. h4 Nc6 12. h5 h6 13. g3 O-O-O 14. Bg2 Kb7 {
now watch why the specialist delays the development of his king's N} 15. Bf4 g5
$1 16. hxg6 fxg6 {[%csl Gg8,Rh6][%cal Gg8h6]} 17. g4 Rf8 18. Be3 Qg7 19. Nd2
Nge7 20. Nf1 g5 $1 $15 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Ge7g6,Gg6h4,Gg6f4] 0-1 (46) Bejtovic,J
(2425)-Nikolic,P (2636) Rogaska Slatina 2011}) 10... Ba4 11. h4 {There's
really no need to castle due to the closed nature of the position, so White
can immediately start play on the kingside.} (11. O-O {doesn't give Black any
problems. Here's how a World Champion handled the middlegame:} Ne7 12. g3 Nbc6
13. h4 O-O-O 14. h5 h6 15. Bf4 Qd7 16. Qc1 Rdf8 {gradually preparing f6 or g5.}
17. Ne1 Nf5 18. Bg4 (18. Ng2 Kb7 {the nice thing about Black's position is
that she has time to slowly improve her position including the king.} (18... g5
$6 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. g4 Nfe7 21. Bxh6 Rf7 22. Bg5 Rfh7 23. f3 $13) 19. Kh2 $6 (
19. Re1 Qe7 {and g5 will be next.}) 19... g5 $1 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. g4 Nfe7 22.
Bxh6 g5 $19) 18... g5 $1 19. Bd2 f6 $1 $40 {0-1 (50) Paehtz,E (2471)-Hou,Y 
(2578) Beijing 2008}) 11... Nc6 12. h5 h6 13. O-O ({A better try for White is} 
13. Bf4 O-O-O 14. g4 Nge7 (14... g5 $6 {isn't as effective as White is better
placed to meet it this time} 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Qd2 Qg7 17. Be3 g5 18. Ng1 Nge7
19. Nh3 Ng6 20. f4 $1 $36) 15. Bg3 Qd7 16. Qd2 Kb7 17. Nh4 Rdg8 $5 (17... Rdf8
18. f4 f6 19. O-O-O fxe5 20. dxe5 {and Black didn't gain anything.}) (17... Nb8
$5 18. f4 (18. O-O-O Na6 19. Kb2 Nc7 20. f4 Qb5+ 21. Ka1 Qa5 $40) 18... Na6 19.
O-O-O (19. O-O g6 $1) 19... Nc7 $11) 18. Ng2 (18. f4 g6 $1 19. hxg6 fxg6 20.
O-O-O a6 $1 21. Kb2 Na7 $36) 18... f6 19. Ne3 fxe5 20. dxe5 {½-½ (38) Shirov,
A (2713)-Nikolic,P (2676) Cannes 2005, the immediate} Rd8 {was better:} 21. f4
(21. Rd1 Qc7 22. f4 g5 $1) 21... Qc7 22. Bf3 Kb8 $1 23. O-O Bb5 24. a4 Ba6 $132
{and d4 will be next.}) 13... O-O-O 14. Nh4 Nge7 15. Bg4 Qd7 {Once again
preparing a future f6 or g5 as we've seen in the games above.} 16. g3 Kb7 17.
Ra2 Rdg8 18. Bh3 g6 (18... g5 $5) 19. Qf3 Nf5 $5 ({It may be better to play} 
19... g5 20. Ng2 Rf8 21. Re1 Ng8 $1 {going for the standard f6/f5 plan} 22. Qe2
f5 $1 23. exf6 Nxf6 24. Bxe6 (24. Qxe6 Qd8 $1 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gh8h7,Gh7e7,
Ga4d7,Gc6d4,Gf6h5]}) 24... Qd6 $36 {[%csl Re4,Re6,Rh5][%cal Gf8e8,Ge8e1,Gf6h5,
Gf6e4]}) 20. Nxf5 exf5 {Black's next idea is to make g6-g5 happen.} (20... gxf5
21. Bf4 {is a safe equal position but it's understandable why Nikolic didn't
go for this as it may be hard to make progress in the future.}) 21. Bg2 (21.
Re1 Qe6 22. Bg2 Ne7 23. Rb2 g5) 21... Rd8 22. Re1 Qe6 $6 (22... g5 $142 $1 23.
Bd2 Rhe8 {and White cannot do anything productive while Black will double up
on the e-file and eventually play f7-f6!}) 23. Bd2 $2 {After this, the game
becomes one-sided.} (23. hxg6 $142 $1 fxg6 {preventing a future break with f6.}
) 23... g5 $1 24. Qe2 a5 25. f4 (25. Rb1 Ka6 26. Rab2 Rb8 {[%cal Gc6a7,Ga7b5,
Gb6b5]}) 25... g4 26. Kf2 Ka6 27. Qf1 Rhe8 28. Qh1 Ne7 29. Qh4 Ng8 30. Re3 Qd7
31. Re1 Re6 $1 {The R is excellently placed here, blocking the e-pawn, keeping
the queen off f6 and guarding Black's 3rd rank.} 32. Re3 Ne7 33. Re1 Nc8 34.
Qh1 Na7 35. Rb1 Nb5 36. Re1 Nc7 $1 {Impressive manoeuvring from Nikolic, now
liberating his other rook for the defence of d5.} 37. Re3 Rde8 38. Re1 f6 {
Finally putting some pressure on White's brick wall. While White is holding at
the moment, Black certainly is the side that has the better practical chances
as he has the power to open up lines in the centre & on the queenside and
White's h5 is a future target.} 39. Qh4 Qf7 40. Kg1 R8e7 41. Qh1 Rd7 42. Kf2
Rd8 43. Rb2 Ka7 44. Ra2 Qf8 45. Kg1 Re7 46. Kf2 Qf7 47. Kg1 Ne8 48. Qh4 Re6 49.
Qh1 Bc6 50. Raa1 Ng7 {There goes the h5-pawn!} 51. exf6 $6 ({It was better to
sit still with} 51. Kf2 Nxh5 52. Rab1 Rd7 (52... Ng7 53. Qxh6 fxe5 54. Qh4) 53.
Ra1 Ng7 $15) 51... Rxf6 52. Re5 Rd7 (52... Nxh5 53. Rae1 Rd7 {transposes.}) 53.
Rae1 Nxh5 $17 54. Kf2 Ng7 $5 {Taking the N back to c7, so he can pick off the
a4-pawn.} (54... Rfd6 $142 $1 {taking the N to e4} 55. Bc1 Qg6 56. a4 Nf6 $1
57. Ba3 Ne4+ 58. Bxe4 dxe4 59. Bxd6 $4 e3+ $19) 55. a4 Ne6 56. Bc1 Nc7 57. Ba3
Qg6 58. Re7 Rf7 59. Rxf7 Rxf7 60. Re5 Rd7 61. Qh4 Bxa4 62. Re7 Qc6 63. Rxd7
Qxd7 64. Qxh6 Nb5 65. Qf8 Bxc2 66. Bc5 Be4 $1 {Killing any sort of counterplay
which forces White to surrender. Great manoeuvring play and technique by the
highly experienced French specialist!} 0-1

[Event "POL-ch"]
[Site "Poznan"]
[Date "2016.04.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tomczak, Jacek"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.03.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 {This line
is probably the second best attempt for White to fight for an edge after the 7.
Qg4 mainline.} Qc7 ({The other popular reply is} 7... Qa5 8. Bd2 Qa4 ({
interestingly, the old line} 8... Nbc6 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. h5 h6 {leads to the main
game with Black to move!}) 9. h5 h6 10. Qb1 (10. Rh4 c4 $1 {the safest & most
solid way to equalise} (10... Nf5 11. Rg4 cxd4 $6 (11... O-O 12. Nf3 Nc6 13.
Qc1 Kh8 14. Bd3) (11... c4 $1 $11) 12. Nf3 $1 $146 (12. cxd4 b6 13. Bd3 Ba6 $11
{1-0 (35) Vitiugov,N (2638)-Lysyj,I (2598) Serpukhov 2008}) 12... O-O (12...
Nc6 13. Qb1 $1 a6 14. cxd4 Na5 15. Qb4 $1 $16) 13. Bd3 $40) 11. Rg4 (11. Ne2
Nbc6 12. g4 Bd7 13. Ng3 {and here keeping options open with} O-O-O (13... f6
14. exf6 gxf6 15. Qc1 Qa5 $11 {1/2-1/2 (82) Nepomniachtchi,I (2710)-Arizmendi
Martinez,J (2571) Legnica 2013}) 14. Qc1 {slowing down f6} (14. Bg2 f6 (14...
Rdf8 15. Qc1 f6 16. exf6 Rxf6 $36) 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Qc1) 14... Rdf8 15. f4 f6
16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Bg2 Rhf8 18. Rh1 Kb8 {and only Black can be better here,
especially after improving his Ns later.}) (11. Rf4 Nbc6 12. Nf3 Bd7 13. g3 {
Leko's & Caruana's choice} Rf8 14. Bh3 O-O-O 15. Nh4 (15. Kf1 Kb8 16. Kg1 Ka8
17. Nh4 Rde8 18. Rc1 Nd8 19. Rf3 Ndc6 20. Re3 (20. g4 Nc8 21. g5 hxg5 22. Bxg5
N8e7 $1 23. Ng2 (23. Rg3 Rh8) 23... Ng8 $1 {with ...f6 next.}) 20... g5 $1 21.
Ng2 Ng8 $1 22. f4 f5 $36 {0-1 (40) Vishnu,P (2463)-Gong Qianyun (2349) Yangon
MYA 2014}) 15... Rde8 16. Kf1 Nd8 17. Kg1 Rg8 18. Rf3 Ref8 19. Kh2 Ndc6 20. Ng2
Kb8 21. g4 Rh8 22. Be3 Nc8 23. Rg3 a6 $1 $132 {1-0 (59) Caruana,F (2727)-Bruno,
F (2437) Perugia 2011. Preparing the N transfer to b5 via a7 in the near
future.}) 11... Nf5) (10. Nf3 Nbc6 11. Rh4 c4 {transposes to A)}) 10... c4 11.
Rh4 Nbc6 12. Rg4 Nf5 13. Nf3 Bd7 14. Rf4 Rf8 15. g4 Nfe7 $11 {1/2-1/2 (65)
Kosteniuk,A (2554)-Socko,M (2448) Huai'an CHN 2016}) 8. h5 h6 9. Bd2 ({The
other B move was tried out in the World Blitz Championships last year:} 9. Bd3
Bd7 10. Rb1 Nbc6 11. Qg4 O-O-O 12. Nf3 Rdg8 13. O-O f5 14. Qh3 c4 15. Be2 g5
16. hxg6 Nxg6 17. Nh4 Nce7 (17... Qa5 $5 18. Nxg6 Rxg6 19. Bh5 Rg7 $15) 18.
Nxg6 Nxg6 19. Bh5 Ba4 20. Rb2 Qg7 $11 {0-1 (53) Leko,P (2707)-Socko,B (2599)
Berlin GER 2015}) 9... Nbc6 10. Nf3 Bd7 11. Bd3 (11. Rh4 O-O-O 12. Bd3 f6 13.
Bf4 (13. Kf1 fxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bf4 N7c6 16. dxe5 c4 17. Bg6 (17. Be2 Rdf8
$15) 17... Be8 $15) 13... Qa5 14. Qd2 c4 15. Be2 g5 $1 16. hxg6 Nxg6 17. Rg4 {
(67) Fiderer,L (2288)-Moeldner,J (2248) Germany 2016; and here, Black can
obtain better chances with} Nxf4 18. Rxf4 fxe5 19. dxe5 (19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. dxe5
Rhf8 $15) 19... h5 $1 $15) 11... c4 12. Be2 O-O-O 13. Bf4 Qa5 $1 $146 {A
logical novelty.} ({A move tried previously was} 13... f5 {1/2-1/2 (42) Dastan,
B (2272)-Golubov,S (2094) Moscow 2012} 14. Qd2) 14. Qd2 Kb8 $1 {Black's main
idea is to quickly put a N on a4.} 15. g4 $6 {Not sensing the danger.} ({
White must act quickly to counter Black's plan with:} 15. O-O Nc8 16. a4 $1 Nb6
17. Rfb1 Nxa4 18. Ra3 b5 (18... Ne7 19. Rb4 $44) 19. Rba1 $44 {but it's
objectively roughly equal as neither side could easily break through.}) 15...
Nc8 {Now there's nothing White can do to stop the Black's N journey!} 16. Qe3 (
{It's already a difficult situation for White. Defending c3 with his R only
solves the problem temporarily:} 16. Rh3 Nb6 17. Nh4 Na4 18. Kf1 a6 $1 {
continuing pressure with Na7-b5!}) 16... Nb6 17. Kd2 Na4 18. g5 a6 $1 {This is
good enough to increase the egde.} ({But Black also a hidden tactic,
exploiting the fact that White's king is in the middle of the board} 18... Nc5
$3 19. dxc5 (19. Kc1 Ne4 $17) 19... d4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Kc1 (21. Qxd4 Bc6 $19)
21... Nxe2+ 22. Qxe2 Qxc3 $19) 19. gxh6 gxh6 20. Rhb1 Na7 21. Nh2 Nb5 22. Rxb5
{Forced, otherwise White's position will fall apart when a N gets to c3.} (22.
Ke1 Naxc3 23. Rb4 Rdg8 24. Kf1 Nxd4 $1 25. Qxc3 Rg1+ $19) 22... Qxb5 23. Ng4 {
Now White has some counterplay but Black's queenside play is still stronger.}
Qb2 24. Rc1 a5 ({It's best to simply continue the q-side attack:} 24... Qxa3
25. Bxh6 (25. Nxh6 Be8 26. Rb1 b5 $17) 25... b5 26. Bg5 Rdg8 27. Nf6 Rxg5 $1
$19) 25. Bxh6 Kc8 26. Bg5 {A critical moment for Black, which he unforunately
wasn't able to handle successfully.} Rxh5 $6 {Black cannot be blamed for not
making the best decision as Black has to dig deep to find difficult-to-see
ideas to maintain the advantage.} (26... Rdg8 $1 27. Be7 (27. Nf6 Rxg5) (27.
Bf4 {is another line that has to be checked critically} Rxh5 28. Nf6 Rh4 $3 29.
Nxg8 Rxf4) 27... Rxh5 28. Nf6 {it's easy to stop here and see that this
favours White, but if one continues making threats things start to look up for
Black!} Rh4 $3 29. Nxg8 (29. Bf3 Rgh8 30. Nxd7 Kxd7 31. Bxh4 Rxh4 $17) 29...
Re4 30. Qf3 Nxc3 31. Bf1 (31. Qxc3 Rxe2+ $19) 31... Na2 $19) 27. Bxd8 Kxd8 28.
Nf6 {White has now achieved equal chances as he could obtain counterplay
against Black's slightly exposed king.} Rh4 (28... Rh2 $5 {may have created
more problems for White} 29. Rg1 b5 $13) 29. Bg4 Rh2 $6 {Only helps White
improve his position.} (29... Rh8 {is safer}) 30. Qg3 Rh8 31. Nxd7 $2 {Missing
a good chance.} (31. Bh5 $1 {would've given Black problems} Qxa3 32. Bxf7 b5 (
32... Qe7 33. Bh5 $14) 33. Nxd7 Kxd7 34. Bxe6+ $1 $18) 31... Kxd7 32. Qf3 Ke8
$2 {Now Black returns the favour in missing a chance. But it's understandable
as the prolonged double-edged nature of the position can put both players
under immense psychological and emotional pressure!} (32... Kc8 $1 {making
White's pressure on f7 a ghost threat} 33. Rg1 Qxa3 34. Rg3 Kb8 $1 35. Qxf7 Rh1
{regaining the intiative and the better chances.}) 33. Qf6 Qxc3+ 34. Ke2 Rf8
35. Bxe6 {Forcing a draw is the only way to save himself from Black's
queenside rampage.} Qxa3 36. Bxf7+ Rxf7 37. Qe6+ Qe7 38. Qc8+ Qd8 39. Qe6+ Qe7
40. Qc8+ Qd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-B 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O (7...
Qc7 {is the other main line.}) 8. Bd3 f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6
12. Qd1 Qa5 13. Bd2 {White pieces have retracted but they have created a hook
on g6 which can now be attacked by pushing the h pawn forward!} Nd7 14. Nf3 c4
15. Be2 Nc6 16. h4 (16. Ng5 {was played by Karjakin against Carlsen in Bilbao
Grand Slam 2012.}) 16... Nf6 17. h5 Ne4 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Rh4 Rh7 20. Rxh7 Kxh7
21. Kf1 Bd7 {Black looks pretty comfortably placed in this position.} 22. Qe1
Kg7 23. Ng5 Rh8 (23... Nxd4 24. Nxe4 Nxc2 25. Qc1 Rh8 $1 26. Ng3 Nxa1 $15) 24.
Kg1 Qc7 25. g3 Nxg5 26. Bxg5 e5 27. Qd2 Bf5 28. g4 Be4 29. f3 exd4 30. Bf4 (30.
fxe4 Qg3+ $19) 30... Qe7 31. cxd4 (31. fxe4 Qxe4 32. Bh2 Rh3 $44) 31... Bxc2 $6
(31... Qh4 {was a better option.}) 32. Qxc2 g5 33. Bg3 {White is clearly
better here. He just needs to consolidate his extra piece now.} Qe3+ 34. Bf2
Qf4 35. Qf5 $5 (35. Qc1 $1 Qh2+ 36. Kf1 $16) 35... Nxd4 36. Qd7+ $2 {Shankland
would have won had he found the beautiful combination.} (36. Qxd5 $1 Nxe2+ 37.
Kf1 Ng3+ (37... Qf6 38. Rd1 Nf4 39. Qxb7+ Kg8 40. Bd4 Rh1+ 41. Kf2 Rh2+ 42. Kg1
Rg2+ 43. Kf1 Qh6 44. Qc8+ Qf8 45. Qxc4+ $18) 38. Kg2 Ne2 39. Re1 Qh2+ (39...
Rh2+ 40. Kf1 $18) 40. Kf1 $18 {unbelievably White is not just surviving but
also winning!}) 36... Kg6 {Now it's just a draw.} 37. Bd1 (37. Qxd5 Nxe2+ 38.
Kf1 Nc3 $11) 37... Qh2+ 38. Kf1 Qh3+ 39. Ke1 Qh1+ 40. Kd2 Qh2 41. Bc2+ Kf6 42.
Rf1 Qe5 43. Bd1 Rh2 {It's a narrow path between draw and defeat but both the
players are walking on the drawn path carefully.} 44. Qd8+ Kf7 45. Qd7+ Kf6 46.
Qd8+ Kg7 47. Qa5 Qf4+ 48. Ke1 Qe5+ 49. Kd2 Qg3 50. Kc3 Rxf2 51. Rxf2 Qxf2 52.
Qxd5 Qe3+ 53. Kxc4 Nc6 54. Qd7+ Kf6 55. Qd6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Delhi Parsvnath op-A 16th"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2018.01.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Vaibhav, Suri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2018.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 (6... Ne7 7. Qg4
{is the famous Winawer line!}) 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Nf3 (8. Qg4 Kf8) 8... c4 {This
line is favoured by Lev Psakhis.} 9. h4 Nc6 10. h5 h6 11. g4 Bd7 12. Nh4 O-O-O
13. f4 {[%csl Ge5,Gf4,Gg4,Gh5]} Nge7 14. Be3 {This is the first new move of
the game.} (14. Bh3 g6 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Be3 Rdg8 17. Nf3 Nd8 18. Qd2 Nf7 19.
Rh2 Qa5 20. Kf2 Rf8 21. Kg1 Nd8 22. Nh4 Rf7 23. Bg2 Ndc6 24. Nf3 Rff8 25. Bf2
Be8 26. Bh4 g5 27. fxg5 h5 28. g6 Nxg6 29. gxh5 Nxh4 30. Rxh4 Qd8 31. Rf4 Rfg8
32. Rf6 Rxh5 33. Kf2 Qe7 34. Rg1 Qh7 35. Rxe6 Bg6 36. Rf6 Be4 37. Qc1 Ne7 38.
Qf4 Nf5 39. e6 Qc7 40. Qxc7+ $2 {Time pressure.} (40. Ne5 $1 $18) 40... Kxc7
$11 {0-1 (69) Mihok,O (2351)-Rajlich,I (2437) Budapest 2008}) 14... g6 15. hxg6
fxg6 16. Be2 Rdf8 17. Kd2 $1 {[%csl Gc3,Gd2,Gd4,Ge5] The king sits snugly here.
} Nd8 18. Qb1 Ndc6 19. Qb2 Rf7 20. Rh2 $5 {It seemed as if the rook would come
to b1 to attack, but White figures out that the real targets lie on the
kingside, so he decides to double the rooks down the h-file.} Rhh7 21. Rah1
Rhg7 22. Nf3 Ng8 23. Nh4 Nge7 24. Rf2 {[%csl Gf5] White prepares for the
f5-break.} Rh7 25. Nf3 Ng8 26. Bf1 {Transferring the bishop to the h3-c8
diagonal.} Rf8 27. Bh3 Rhf7 {Black is left a very limited space and no
counterplay on the kingside. Unless and until White makes any break on the
kingside Black can not do anything on the kingside.} 28. Rhf1 Nge7 29. Nh4 Qa5
30. a4 $1 Qd8 {Bringing the queen back into the game.} (30... Qxa4 31. Ra1 $18)
31. Qa3 b6 32. Qc1 Kb7 33. Qe1 Rh7 {[%csl Rf5] At this point Black lost his
patience now the control over f5-square is reduced.} (33... Qc8 $11) 34. f5 $1
{An extremely strong break.} exf5 35. gxf5 gxf5 36. Bxf5 Nxf5 37. Nxf5 Rxf5 38.
Rxf5 Bxf5 39. Rxf5 $16 {The material is still the same, but with the strong
passed pawn in the centre and with more active pieces White is pushing.} Qe8
40. Qf1 Nd8 41. Rf8 (41. Rf6 {This is more precise} h5 (41... Ne6 42. Qf5 Re7
43. Bxh6 $16 {is similar to the game continuation.}) 42. Qf5 {[%csl Rd5][%cal
Gf6d6] After this the d-pawn will be in danger.} Re7 43. Rd6 Qf7 44. Qxf7 Nxf7
45. Rxd5 Kc6 46. Rb5 $18 {[%cal Gb5b1,Gb1h1]}) 41... Qd7 42. Qf3 h5 $6 {
Losing control of the vital g5-square.} (42... Ne6 $1 {was necessary.} 43. Rf6
Ng5 {This is the point; the pawn on h6 is coming to the rescue.} 44. Bxg5 hxg5
45. Rd6 Rh2+ 46. Ke3 Qh3 $11) 43. Rf6 Ne6 44. Qf5 Re7 45. Qxh5 {White has won
a pawn and is completely in control.} Ka6 46. Qh1 Rh7 47. Qg2 {Still it's not
clear how White will win as the knight on e6 is blockading the passed pawn.}
Rg7 48. Qf1 Rh7 49. Bh6 Re7 50. Bf8 Rh7 51. Bh6 Re7 52. Qf3 Ka5 53. Bf8 Ng5 $6
54. Qf5 Ne4+ 55. Ke3 Nxf6 $2 {The final mistake.} (55... Qxf5 {was necessary
to stay in the game.} 56. Rxf5 Re8 57. Rf7 a6 58. Bb4+ Kxa4 59. Rd7 a5 60. Rxd5
Nf6 61. Rd6 Ng4+ 62. Kf3 Nxe5+ 63. dxe5 axb4 64. Rxb6 Rxe5 (64... b3 65. cxb3+
cxb3 66. Ke4 Rc8 67. Rb4+ Ka3 68. Kd5 Rxc3 $11) 65. Rxb4+ Ka5 $11) 56. Qxd7
Rxd7 57. exf6 Rf7 58. Be7 b5 59. Kf4 {Probably Black missed this move.} Rxf6+ (
59... bxa4 60. Kf5 $18) 60. Bxf6 {A strong game by Naiditsch.} 1-0

[Event "British CF-72 Championship"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1985.08.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Thipsay, Praveen Mahadeo"]
[Black "Levitt, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Schiller,E"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1985.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Kd1 $1 dxc3 (10... Nd7 11. Nf3 Nxe5 12. Bf4 Qxc3 13.
Nxe5 Qxa1+ 14. Bc1 Rf8 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Re1 Nc6 17. Nxf7 Rxf7 18. Bg6 O-O-O 19.
Qxf7 e5 20. Ke2 e4 21. Kf1 Qc3 $13) 11. Nf3 Nbc6 12. Bf4 (12. Ng5 Nxe5 13. f4
Rxg5 14. fxg5 N5g6) 12... Bd7 13. Ng5 O-O-O $5 (13... Rxg5 $5 14. Bxg5 Qxe5 15.
h4 $14 {Scriba-Dahl, 1977}) 14. Nxf7 Rdf8 15. Rb1 Nf5 16. Nd6+ Nxd6 17. exd6
Qd8 18. Bg3 e5 19. Qd3 d4 20. Be2 Qg5 21. Ke1 Rg7 22. Qb5 Qd2+ 23. Kf1 Bf5 24.
Bxe5 {( d7+, Qxc6+!!)} Rd7 25. Rd1 Qxc2 26. Qc5 d3 27. Bh5 Kb8 28. Bxc3 Bg6 $1
29. Rd2 Qc1+ 30. Rd1 Qc2 31. Rd2 Qc1+ 32. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2009.07.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "Shabalov,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2009.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Qxc3 O-O-O 14.
Rb1 Nf5 15. Rg1 d4 16. Qd3 Na5 $6 {This is one of the sidelines where Surya
had some sweet memories (see the game below). But the main line that remains
in question is} (16... f6 $1 17. g4 Nh4 18. exf6 e5 19. f5 e4 20. Qxe4 Rge8 21.
Qf4 Ne5 22. Rg3 Qxc2 23. Rb2 Qc5 24. f7 Nxf7 $17 {1/2 Goloshchapov,A (2519)
-Svane,H (2159)/Esbjerg 1/2 Goloshchapov,A (2519) -Svane,H (2159)/Esbjerg}) 17.
Rb4 $1 (17. g4 $5 {This direct attempt to punish Black backfired in} Ba4 18. c3
(18. gxf5 Bxc2 19. Qb5 Rxg1 20. Nxg1 a6 $2 {led to a loss after 21.Qb6 Bxb1 22.
Qxb1 Nb3 23.Kd1 in 1-0 Smirnov,P (2575) -Arslanov,S (2365)/Dagomys RUS 2009,
but} (20... Rd5 $1 {equalizes} 21. Qe8+ (21. Qb2 {is a scary move to play
after either 21...d3 or 21...Nb3}) 21... Rd8 22. Qb5 Rd5 $11)) 18... Bc2 19.
Qxc2 d3 20. Qa2 Qc5 21. Rg2 Ne3 22. Ng3 Rxg4 23. Rf2 Nac4 24. Qb3 b6 25. Qa4
Nc2+ 26. Rxc2 dxc2 27. Qxc2 Ne3 28. Qe4 Rd1+ 29. Ke2 Nd5 30. Bd2 Rxb1 31. Qxb1
Rxf4 32. Qd3 Rf2+ 33. Kd1 Qxa3 34. Qa6+ Qxa6 35. Bxa6+ Kb8 36. h4 Rh2 37. h5
Rh3 38. Be1 Nf4 39. Be2 Nxe2 40. Kxe2 a5 41. Kf3 a4 42. Kg4 Rh2 43. c4 a3 44.
Kg5 a2 45. Bc3 Rg2 46. Kg4 Rc2 47. Ba1 Rxc4+ 48. Kg5 Rc1 49. Bb2 Rg1 50. Kf4
Kc7 51. h6 a1=Q 52. Bxa1 Rxa1 53. h7 Ra8 54. Kg5 Kc6 55. Ne4 Rh8 56. Kh6 Kd5
57. Nd6 Rxh7+ 58. Kxh7 Kxe5 59. Nxf7+ Kd5 60. Kg6 b5 61. Ng5 b4 62. Nf3 e5 63.
Kf5 e4 64. Ng5 e3 65. Kf4 e2 66. Nf3 b3 {0-1 Volokitin,A (2645)-Ganguly,S 
(2571)/Moscow 0-1 Volokitin,A (2645)-Ganguly,S (2571)/Moscow}) 17... Nc6 {
Also not enough is} (17... a6 18. g4 Ne3 19. Nxd4 Nd5 20. Rb2 $16) 18. Rc4 Be8
19. g4 Nh4 20. Rg3 f6 {This meets beautiful refutation by Alexey, but the
Black position is pretty grim anyway.} (20... Qa5+ 21. Bd2 Qd5 22. Bb4 Kb8 23.
Bd6+ Ka8 24. Rc5 Qh1 25. Qh7 Rxg4 26. Rxg4 Nf3+ 27. Kf2 Nxh2 28. Qh3 Nxg4+ 29.
Qxg4 Bd7 30. Qh3 Qe4 31. Bg2 Qg6 32. Qh1 {1-0 Peli, G-Oren,I/Israeli CC Champs
1-0 Peli, G-Oren,I/Israeli CC Champs}) 21. exf6 Bg6 {#} 22. Rxc6 $3 Qxc6 23.
Nxd4 Qh1 (23... Qc7 24. Qb3) 24. f5 exf5 25. Bf4 Be8 {Trading queens leads to
a funny checkmate in three.} (25... Qe4+ 26. Qxe4 fxe4 27. Rc3+ Kd7 28. Bb5#)
26. Qc4+ Bc6 27. Qe6+ Bd7 28. Rc3+ 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 49th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2014.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2014.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{From my tournament win at the Capablanca Memorial, I would like to annotate
my game against the defending champion Zoltan Almasi. Last year in the same
event, he won 2 games in a row with Black in rounds 8 and 9. This time he
wasn't as fortunate and he lost 2 White games consecutively, starting with
this game. For my standards, I played relatively solidly in this tournament,
and I achieved my goal of avoiding any losses.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 {
I did some preparation on the Winawer before the event, and I noticed that
current theory for White is not very convincing.} 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3
Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 12. Qd3 d4 $1
{I think this is Black's only reasonable move. Here Zoltan started using a lot
of time. Obviously taking the pawn on d4 is critical, but without preparation
it's a different matter. Anyway, he still found a way to get a good position
out of the opening.} 13. Ng3 Bd7 14. Be2 O-O-O 15. O-O Nf5 ({Another
possibility is} 15... Qb6 {.}) 16. Ne4 (16. Nxf5 exf5 17. Bf3 Be6 18. Rb1 Ba2
19. Ra1 Be6 20. Rb1 Ba2 {This was my whole idea, to make a quick draw with
Black.}) 16... Nce7 17. Nf6 {Around here I forgot my analysis already, and my
next few moves were probably not the best.} Rg6 ({Maybe} 17... Rg7) 18. Nxd7
Rxd7 ({Or} 18... Qxd7 19. Bf3) 19. Bf3 Nd5 20. Rb1 Kb8 {I think that White is
better here. He has the bishop pair and he is defending all his weaknesses.
The only problem now is the bishop on c1.} 21. Be4 Rg8 22. a4 (22. g3 Nfe3 23.
Bxe3 dxe3 24. Qe2 $14 {is just better for White.}) ({Giving up the bishop pair
is not an option:} 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. Qxf5 Ne3 24. Bxe3 Qc6 $17) 22... Qc6 23.
a5 Qa4 24. a6 $6 {This is where things start to go wrong for White.} ({In the
event of} 24. Qb5 Qxb5 25. Rxb5 {I would have had to defend a tough ending.} {
The computer gives} d3 (25... a6 26. Rc5 $14) 26. Bxd3 Nde3 27. Rf2 Nd1 {
, but this is too complex for me.}) 24... b6 25. Rb3 Nde3 26. Ra3 Qb4 27. Rb3
Qa4 28. Ra3 Qb4 29. Rb3 Qe7 30. Bxe3 (30. Rf2 Qh4 $40) 30... dxe3 $1 {I have
to open up the center, and hope for the best!} 31. Qxc3 e2 32. Re1 Rd1 33. Bxf5
(33. Rb1 Rc8 34. Qf3 Rxb1 35. Rxb1 Qb4) 33... Rc8 34. Qg3 $2 {This is the
decisive mistake. But in the heat of the battle during the game, it is not
that easy to calculate everything. Sometimes one just has to trust his
instincts.} ({White had a way to equalise:} 34. Qe3 $1 Rxe1+ 35. Kf2 Qd8 36.
Bd3 $13) 34... Qc5+ 35. Kh1 exf5 36. Rb1 Qd5 (36... Rxb1 37. Rxb1 Qxc2 38. Re1
Qd2 $19 {is even faster.}) 37. h3 (37. h4 Rd8 38. Kh2 Qe4 39. h5 Rxb1 40. Rxb1
Rd1 41. Qg8+ Kc7 42. Qxf7+ Rd7 $19) 37... Rd8 38. Kh2 Qe4 39. Qh4 R8d7 ({
Care is always needed:} 39... Rxb1 40. Qxd8# $1) 40. Rb3 Rxe1 {After making
the time control, I am just completely winning.} 41. Qh8+ Kc7 42. Rc3+ Qc6 43.
Rxc6+ Kxc6 44. Qc8+ Rc7 45. Qa8+ Kc5 46. Qb8 Rc6 47. Qxa7 Rd1 48. Qe7+ Kb5 {
Looking back, I think that the Winawer French is not bad for Black. The only
drawback is that there are a lot of lines to analyse...} 0-1

[Event "Lloyds Bank Open-09"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stein, Bernd"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Stein,B"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1985.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Kd1 Nbc6 11. Nf3 Nxe5 $5 (11... dxc3 12. Ng5 Nxe5 (
12... Qxe5 13. Qxf7+ Kd7 $13) 13. f4 Rxg5 (13... f6 $5 14. fxe5 fxg5 15. Qh5+
Kd8 16. Bxg5 Qc5 17. Qh4 $13) 14. fxg5 N5g6 15. h4 $13) 12. Bf4 Qxc3 13. Nxe5
Qxa1+ 14. Bc1 d3 $5 (14... Rf8 15. Bd3 (15. Bb5+ Nc6 $1 16. Nxc6 Bd7) 15... Bd7
16. Re1 Nc6 17. Nxf7 Rxf7 18. Bg6 O-O-O 19. Qxf7 $13) 15. Qxf7+ Kd8 16. Qf6 $1
dxc2+ 17. Kd2 Qd4+ 18. Bd3 Qc5 $1 $146 (18... Ke8 $2 19. Ke2 Bd7 20. Be3 Qb2
21. Rc1 Rc8 22. Nxd7 d4 {Bronstein,D-Uhlmann,W/Zagreb 1965} 23. Nb8 $1 $18 {
[O'Kelly]}) 19. Ke2 Bd7 20. Be3 d4 $6 (20... Qxa3 21. Ra1 Qb4 $13) 21. Bxd4 $1
c1=Q $2 (21... Qd5 $13) 22. Rxc1 Qxc1 23. Nf7+ Ke8 24. Nd6+ Kd8 25. Nf7+ $2 (
25. Nxb7+ $1 Ke8 (25... Kc7 26. Qxe7 Qc6 (26... Kxb7 27. Qxd7+ Qc7 28. Be4+ Kb8
29. Be5 $1 $18) 27. Nc5 {/\ 28.Be5+ Kc8 29.Ba6+ +-.} Qd6 (27... Rad8 28. Be5+
Kb6 29. Nxd7+ Qxd7 30. Qb4+ $18) (27... a5 28. Be5+ Kc8 29. Nxd7 Qxd7 (29...
Ra7 30. Qc5 $1) 30. Qc5+ Kb7 (30... Kd8 31. Bf6+ Ke8 32. Bb5 $18) 31. Be4+ Ka6
32. Bc6 $18) (27... a6 28. Be4 $1 (28. Be5+ Kc8 29. Be4 Qb5+ 30. Ke3 Ra7 $1)
28... Qb5+ (28... Qd6 29. Be5 $1 Qxe5 30. Qxd7+ Kb6 31. Qb7+ Kxc5 32. Qb4#) 29.
Ke3 {/\ 30.Be5+ +-.}) (27... Rae8 28. Be5+ Kc8 29. Qh4 $1 (29. Ba6+ $2 Qxa6+)
29... Rh8 (29... Qxc5 30. Ba6#) 30. Qb4 $1 (30. Bxh8 $2 Qxc5) 30... Qb6 31.
Ba6+ Kd8 32. Nb7+ Kc8 33. Nd6+ Kd8 34. Nf7#) 28. Na6+ Kc6 29. Be4+ $18) 26. Bc5
$1 Nf5 (26... Qg5 27. Nd6+ Kd8 28. Nf7+ $18) 27. Nd6+ $1 (27. Bxf5 $2 Bb5+ $1)
27... Nxd6 28. Bxd6 Qg5 29. Bg6+ $1 $18) 25... Ke8 26. Nd6+ (26. Nd6+ Kd8 27.
Nxb7+ $1 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vinkovci"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Vlatko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O {
The sharper lines after} (7... Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 {are
nowadays considered advantageous for White.}) 8. Bd3 Nbc6 $6 {A very risky
move, as Palac convincingly proves. A safer alternative is} (8... f5 $142 9.
exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 $132) 9. Qh5 Nf5 (9... Ng6 {is also insufficient for
equality, e.g.} 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Bd7 14. h4 Rf5 15.
h5 gxh5 16. Rxh5 Raf8 17. Ng5 Qa5 18. Bd2 Rf4 19. Qh3 Rxf2 20. Nf3 Rxd2 21.
Kxd2 $16 {Ivanchuk-Lutz, Munchen 1994.}) (9... h6 $2 10. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 11. Qxh6
Nf5 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. O-O-O $1 f4 14. Nh3 Ne7 15. Ng5 Bf5 16. g4 Be4 17. Rhe1
Qb6 18. e6 Bg6 19. Rd3 {1-0, Maus-Hubner, Lugano op 1989.}) 10. Nf3 f6 11. g4
$1 c4 (11... g6 12. Qh3 Ng7 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Ng5 $1 Qxf2+ 15. Kd1 $18 {
[%cal Rh1f1,Rh3h7] /\Qh7#,Rf1}) (11... fxe5 $2 12. gxf5 e4 13. Ng5 $18) 12.
gxf5 cxd3 13. Rg1 {After a long think Palac found (or remembered?) this move,
which gives White a strong and probably already decisive attack.} dxc2 (13...
exf5 14. Bh6 Rf7 15. Kd2 Be6 16. Bxg7 $1 Rxg7 17. Rxg7+ Kxg7 18. Rg1+ {1-0,
Khalifman-P.Nikolic/Moscow/1990/} Kh8 19. Nh4 $18 {Even after the relatively
best}) (13... Ne7 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 16. Qg5+ Ng6 17. fxg6 hxg6
18. Bf4 Bd7 19. Be5 dxc2 20. h4 (20. Kd2 $5) 20... Be8 21. Nh2 Kf7 22. Qh6 $1 {
White's attack broke through,Kruppa-Komarov/Kherson /1991/}) 14. Bh6 Rf7 15.
Kd2 Bd7 16. Bxg7 $1 (16. Qxf7+ $5 Kxf7 17. Rxg7+ Ke8 18. Rag1 exf5 19. Rxh7 Be6
20. Rgg7 {wins nicely, but the text is simpler.}) 16... Rxg7 17. Qh6 Qf8 18.
Rxg7+ Qxg7 19. Rg1 Qxg1 20. Nxg1 fxe5 21. f6 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.02.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Sutovsky,E"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{That was the last round of Gibraltar. The last round - as always is of
critical importance. The whole your performance depends on it. Well, not
always. Sometimes you play so badly, that even the last-round win won't help
much. And they say it is possible to play so well, that even last-round loss
won't spoil it - but I don't remember the feeling :)  Anyways, I was doing
fairly well, but for really good result the win was a must.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5
3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 {I guessed it right. Igor's main
weapon used to be 6...Qa5 7.Bd2 Qa4, and he played it against me last year,
holding a draw. And I was about to start preparing for it, when suddenly
noticed an apparent orphan of a game with the most principled 6...Ne7 line,
played by Igor just a couple of weeks earlier in some rapid event. Only one
game, and it was rapid...But somehow I felt, that one wouldn't study such a
complex line just in order to play it in rapid. Also a tournament situation
dictated this choice, as it was a sort of win-win situation. I mean both of us
needed to win :) Luckily, I managed to guess it correctly and was properly
prepared for the line which was played in the game.} 7. Qg4 cxd4 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9.
Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 12. h4 {There is no much need to comment on
the opening part - all this had been played many times, and I had tried it
from both sides of the board. The position is very complex, and different
approaches are possible. In this game I decided not to take the pawn on c3,
but rather to use this time for the march of the h-pawn. Of course, this all
has been tried before as well.} Bd7 13. h5 O-O-O 14. Qd3 d4 15. h6 Be8 {
The main line here is 15...Kb8, and it is only the start of the theoretical
battle. It is a truly exciting line, but the player who has done his homework
better is usually the one who is more excited....} 16. Rb1 {A very important
move. The rook is very well positioned here - it also prevents an important ...
Qb6 in some lines.} Nd5 {Still played a tempo, but this one is a mistake.} ({
The only way to generate dangerous counterplay was} 16... f6 $1 17. exf6 Nd5 (
17... Bg6 18. Qc4 Nd5 19. f7) 18. Nxd4 Bg6 {where it looks like Black is
almost winning - and I can easily imagine such a line to be recommended even
in a very good book some 20 years ago. But in fact, it is White who is better,
and White has several attempts (most notably 19.Qc4 and 19.Nb5), after which
Black still has to prove his attack is indeed as strong as it looks. But of
course, it was better than the move made by Igor in the game.}) 17. Nxd4 Nxf4
18. Bxf4 Rxd4 19. Qe3 {The dust has settled and evidently White is in full
control. I have an extra pawn (and what a pawn on h6!), and my king, although
exposed, can't be easily attacked. However, Kovalenko comes up with the most
dangerous idea.} f5 20. Bd3 Ra4 $1 {Now he is ready to play Ne7-d5, after
which all his pieces will join the attack. I spent over 20 minutes and found
the strongest move} 21. Rh3 $1 Qh7 $1 ({Now} 21... Ne7 {is met by} 22. Rg3 Bg6
(22... Rxg3 23. Qxg3 Bg6 24. Rb4 $18) (22... Nd5 23. Rxg8 Nxe3 24. Rxe8+ Kd7
25. Bb5+) 23. Rb4 $1 Nd5 24. Rxg6 $1 Rxg6 25. h7 Qxh7 26. Qc5+ Qc7 27. Qxc7+ {
The computer suggests 27.Qf8 is even stronger} Kxc7 28. Rxa4 {and although
Black is still kicking after 28...Rg2, the endgame is technically won.}) 22.
Rb3 $1 (22. Rg3 Rxf4 $1 23. Rxg8 Qxh6 {was a brilliant idea of Black. White is
still somewhat better after} 24. Qg3 $1 (24. Rxe8+ Kc7 $1 {and Black's attack
guarantees him a draw.}) 24... Nd8 $1 (24... Rh4 25. Rd1 Kc7 {is also possible}
) 25. Rh8 Qxh8 26. Qxf4 Bc6 {but that doesn't look convincing at all.}) 22...
Rxg2 23. Rg3 $2 {This seemed to be the simplest, but in fact, there was a much
more convincing way. I evaluated the ensuing position as clearly better for
White, and I was right, but instead I could play the machine-like} (23. Rxc3
Rg4 24. Bc4 $1 b5 25. Bxe6+ Kb7 26. Qc5 $1 Rgxf4 27. Qxb5+ Kc7 28. Bd5 Qg6 {
even if I have spotted this far, I'd stop here. Really. Meanwhile, White is
totally winning, and there is even more than one way:} 29. Rhg3 (29. Qc5 {
is the second choice of an engine, but probably the more human - Qd6+ is a
deadly threat in many lines. Well, I had over an hour on my clock, and I
probably could have tried to calculate it. Instead, I made the move in the
text which concedes the lion's share of my advantage. But it was a very big
lion!})) 23... Rxf4 $1 {Of course!} 24. Rxg2 Qxh6 25. Rxc3 {I thought it must
be winning. Exchange for a pawn, poorly placed bishop on e8 (mind you, I'd
never opted for this position with his bishop around the d5-square), pinned
rook on f4, and his king is not less vulnerable than mine... However, Igor
once again finds the strongest defence.} Kd8 $1 {And here I realised, that my
position is not winning any longer. It is much better, but one inaccurate move,
and it won't be clear who has an advantage. I felt it was a critical moment
and spent about half an hour on the next move.} 26. Kd1 $1 {Running to a safe
shelter. Of course I saw, that he can liquidate to the endgame, which may not
be so simple, and of course I saw that he can get my pawn on e5 - which
happened in the game. Also I set a beautiful trap, which Igor avoided by
spending his last minutes.} Ke7 $1 (26... Qh1+ 27. Rg1 Qf3+ 28. Be2 Qxe3 29.
Rxe3 {I couldn't know if it is winning. And I still don't know. But it looks
very unpleasant for Black. My rook gets to g7, and you must be a computer to
hold it. And even the engines are not very optimistic here, giving White
around +1.0 advantage.}) (26... Nxe5 {was very tempting, and would resolve all
Black's problems, if not for} 27. Qxe5 $1 Qh1+ 28. Kd2 Qxg2+ 29. Be2 $1 Qd5+
30. Rd3 $1 {and wins.}) 27. Kc1 $1 {This time Black can snatch the pawn, and
there is no direct refutation. But the position opens up, and with the queens
on the board and White's secured king, Black's task seems very difficult.} Nxe5
28. Qc5+ Kf6 29. Kb2 {Home, sweet home!} Bc6 30. Re2 (30. Rg8 {was even
stronger, but I wanted to force the trade of his knight. A practical decision,
especially with your opponent down to his last minute or so.}) 30... Nxd3+ 31.
Rxd3 Kf7 {And here I made the move which leads to a 0.00 evaluation from the
engine, but I am still not convinced. It still seems like a very good move,
even if Black did have some machine way to hold the balance (not a perpetual,
in spite of this 0.00). What's more I calculated the most natural and
dangerous line precisely, and it materialised on the board.} 32. c3 $1 Rf1 {
Of course! What else? It turns out though, that Black could hold with} (32...
Re4 $1 {and now White's every attempt is answered by a series of only moves
preserving the equilibrum. My favourite line is} 33. Red2 Qf6 $1 34. Rd8 Qe7 $1
35. Qg1 Rg4 $1 36. Qh2 Rh4 37. Qe5 Ra4 $1 38. R2d6 Rh4 $1 {although White is
better even here after} 39. a4 $1 {it is just after} a5 {I'd need to find} 40.
Kb1 $3 {no kidding! Black is in zugzwang for some reason (and after 40...Rh1
41.Kc2 Rh4 42.Kb2 White is nearly winning, so he has to play 40...Re4 41.Qh8
Rh4 42.Qg8 Kf6 and pray for the best). Well, this has of course nothing to do
with over-the-board chess. The move made by Kovalenko is the most natural, but
there is a refutation - and playing 32.c3 I foresaw it.}) 33. Rd8 $1 {The only
move, but sufficient.} Be4 (33... Qc1+ 34. Kb3 Qb1+ 35. Rb2 Ba4+ 36. Kxa4 Qxb2
37. Qc7+ Kf6 38. Rf8+ Kg6 39. Rg8+ {ends badly for him.}) 34. Red2 $1 {Parring
his threats and starting a decisive assault on his king.} Rb1+ 35. Ka2 Qh1 (
35... Ra1+ 36. Kxa1 Qh1+ 37. Rd1 $1 {was a tiny but very important line!}) 36.
Rf8+ Kg6 37. Rg8+ {Surprisingly, there is once again THE ONLY WAY to Rome.} Kh7
38. Qe7+ {Black resigned. It was an exciting game to finish a succesful event.
My opponent was outprepared in the opening, but put up a great fight, and it
took a massive effort to clinch the victory. Obviously I enjoyed the game, in
spite of non-ideal play. Hopefully I managed to convey some of the excitement,
and you'll share the feeling.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch m3-4"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.06.06"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.04.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Qf7 14. Ng5 Qe8
15. h4 h6 16. Nh3 b5 $146 (16... Ne7) (16... Qf7) 17. h5 $6 (17. Nf4 Ne7 18.
Qe2 a5 19. g4 {/\ 20.h5 g5 21.Nh3, 22.f4}) 17... gxh5 18. Qe2 a5 19. Nf4 g6 20.
g4 Ne7 $1 21. Ng2 (21. gxh5 g5 $17) 21... Kh7 22. Qd2 Ng8 23. Nf4 $5 (23. gxh5
g5 24. f4 g4 25. Qe2 Ra7 26. Qxg4 Rg7 27. Qh3 Ne7 $15) 23... hxg4 (23... Ra7
24. Ke2 $5 $44 (24. gxh5 g5 25. Ng6 Rf3 $17)) 24. Ke2 $1 g5 (24... Qf7 $142 25.
Rag1 g5 26. Nh5 Qf3+ 27. Ke1) 25. Nh5 Qf7 26. f4 $5 gxf4 (26... gxf3+ $2 27.
Kf2 $40) 27. Bxf4 Qg6 28. Raf1 (28. Rag1 $5) (28. Nf6+ $2 Nxf6 29. Rxh6+ Qxh6
30. Bxh6 Ne4 31. Qe3 Rf3 $19) 28... g3 $6 (28... Rf5 29. Ng3 Rf7 30. Rh4 $40) (
28... Ra7 $5 29. Nf6+ Nxf6 30. Rxh6+ Qxh6 31. Bxh6 Ne4 32. Qe3 Rxf1 33. Kxf1
Rf7+ 34. Bf4 Kg6) 29. Nxg3 Qg4+ 30. Ke1 Ra7 (30... b4 31. Ne2 bxa3 32. Rfg1 a2
33. Rxg4 a1=Q+ 34. Nc1 $18) 31. Ne2 Raf7 $2 (31... Rg7 $142 32. Qe3 (32. Rfg1
Qf3 33. Rxg7+ Kxg7 34. Bxh6+ Kh7) 32... Rg6 33. Rh2 Ne7 34. Rfh1 Nf5 35. Qd2
$36) 32. Qe3 Qg6 $4 (32... Bb7 33. Rfg1 Rxf4 34. Rxg4 Rxg4 35. Qh3 Rg6 36. Qh4
Rg7 37. Nf4 Bc8 $14) 33. Rfg1 (33. Rfg1 Qe4 34. Bxh6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Kf8 {This is
the fashionable move in the Armenian Variation.} (7... Ne7 {is the older main
line.}) 8. Nb5 Bb6 ({One month earlier Carlsen played} 8... Bc7 {,} 9. Qxd4 Nc6
10. Qc5+ Nge7 11. Nxc7 Qxc7 12. Nf3 b6 13. Qd6 (13. Qc3 $5 {is more ambitious.}
) 13... Qxd6 14. exd6 Nf5 15. Bf4 f6 16. g4 Nfd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. O-O-O e5
$132 {Georgiadis-Carlsen, Biel 2018, with a complicated position.}) 9. Nf3 Nc6
10. Bb2 Nge7 11. Bd3 {White doesn't hurry to take back the d4-P.} (11. Nbxd4 {
is another possibility with some interesting games.}) 11... Ng6 12. Qg3 f6 $1 {
The strongest move, Black immediately attacks the centre.} 13. Bxg6 (13. Nbxd4
$2 {is bad, because of} Ngxe5 14. Nxc6 Nxd3+ 15. cxd3 bxc6 $17 {and Black has
a healthy P up.}) ({or} 13. exf6 $2 gxf6 14. Nbxd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 e5 $17 {
and Black has a really strong centre.}) 13... hxg6 14. Nbxd4 Nxe5 (14... Nxd4 {
is the alternative choice,} 15. Bxd4 Kf7 16. O-O Bd7 17. Rfe1 Rc8 18. c3 g5 19.
Re3 Bxd4 20. cxd4 Rh5 21. exf6 gxf6 $13 {Inarkiev-Vallejo Pons, Palma de
Mallorca 2017, with a double-edged fight.}) 15. Nxe5 fxe5 16. Nf3 (16. Qxe5 {
is the other option.}) 16... e4 $1 {Again the best way!} 17. Ne5 ({In the
event of} 17. Qxg6 Qe7 18. Ne5 Bd7 $13 {and Black looks safe.}) 17... Kg8 $1 {
The K is safe on g8 and Black can activate his R on the h-file.} 18. Qxg6 (18.
Nxg6 Rh5 $132 {is also OK for Black.}) 18... Qe7 $146 {This is the first new
move in the game.} (18... Qf6 $2 {was bad, because} 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Ng4 f5
21. Nf6+ Kf7 22. Nxd5 $16 {Najer-Lomasov, Batumi 2018, and White was a clear P
up.}) 19. Ng4 $6 {A tempting move, White has pressure against the black K, but
here it is an inaccuracy.} (19. c4 $5) ({or} 19. Rd1 {was better and stay on
e5 with the N,} Rh6 20. Qg4 $13 {with an unclear middlegame.}) 19... Bd7 $6 {
A dubious move in reply!} (19... e5 $1 {was a great move to sacrifice a P, but
open the diagonal of the c8-B.} 20. Nxe5 Be6 (20... Rh6 $5) 21. O-O-O Rh6 $15 {
and Black is already slightly better.}) 20. Nf6+ $1 {White keeps the perpetual
checks.} Kf8 21. Nh7+ (21. Nh5 $2 {does not work, because of} e5 $1 $19 {
and Black wins.}) 21... Kg8 22. Nf6+ Kf8 23. Nh7+ Kg8 24. Nf6+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 {The most fashionable move.
This is one of the sharpest lines in the French Winawer.} 12. Qd3 (12. h4 {
is the another main line.}) 12... d4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bd7 15. Rg1 Nf5 16.
Qf2 Qc6 17. g4 (17. Bd3 {is far more common continuation, for example:} Qd5 18.
Rb1 Bc6 19. Rb3 O-O-O 20. Rxc3 Kb8 21. g4 Nd4 22. Rg3 Qh1+ 23. Bf1 b6 24. Bb2
Be4 25. a4 Rd5 $132 {Leko-Caruana, Dortmund 2012 with a very unclear game.})
17... Qe4+ 18. Qe2 ({Of course} 18. Be2 $2 {is losing, as} Nd4 $19 {and Black
is winning.}) 18... Qd5 (18... Qa4 19. Qf2 Qe4+ 20. Qe2 Qa4 21. Qf2 Qe4+ {
1/2 Kokarev-Nepomniachtchi, Moscow 2013.}) 19. Bg2 Qc5 20. Qf2 Nd4 21. Be4 {
Now White is threatening Be3.} (21. Be3 $4 {wasn't possible immediately,
because of} Nxc2+ $19) 21... O-O-O 22. Be3 Bc6 23. Bd3 $146 {The first novelty
in the game.} (23. Rd1 Bxe4 24. Bxd4 Qxa3 25. Rg3 Qa5 26. Rxc3+ Bc6 27. h3 Rd7
28. Qd2 Qd5 29. Bg1 Qe4+ 30. Qe3 Rxd1+ 31. Kxd1 Qg2 32. Qf2 Rd8+ 33. Kc1 Qe4
$44 {Pheby-Anderson, corr 2011 with some compensation for the pawn.}) 23... Qd5
{Radjabov has centralised his Q, and got out of the pin, moreover he is
threatening ...Nf3+.} ({Nevertheless the engine suggests} 23... Rd7 $5 24. h4
Rgd8 25. Rg3 (25. h5 Bb5 ({or even} 25... Qb6 {.})) 25... Qb6 {followed by ...
Qb2 and White is a little bit uncomfortable.}) 24. Bxd4 {White has to simplify
the position, otherwise he can't prevent ...Nf3+.} Qxd4 25. Qxd4 Rxd4 26. Rb1 {
Vachier couldn't protect the f4-pawn, that's why he activates his rook.} Rxf4
27. Rb4 Rxb4 28. axb4 Rh8 29. b5 Be8 $6 {Too passive.} ({In the event of} 29...
Bd5 $1 {probably Black worried about his f7-pawn after} 30. Rf1 {, but} Rxh2 ({
or} 30... Rh3 $5) 31. Rxf7 Rg2 32. Rg7 Rg3 $11 {should be a drawish endgame.})
30. Rh1 Kc7 31. h4 {The most natural move, but this leads to a draw quickly,
because Black wins the b5-pawn.} (31. Kf2 $1 {was more accurate} Kb6 (31... Rh3
32. Kg2 $16) 32. Kg3 $1 Bxb5 33. Rb1 a6 34. Rb3 $14 {and White has a slightly
better R endgame.}) 31... Kb6 32. h5 (32. Kf2 Bxb5 33. Rb1 a6 $11 {is also a
drawish endgame.}) 32... Bxb5 33. Ke2 Bxd3+ 34. Kxd3 Kc5 35. Rf1 Rg8 36. Rxf7
Rxg4 37. Kxc3 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f6 {
A rare, but ambitious move.} (7... f5 {is the main line,}) ({or} 7... Ne7 {
and Black transposes to the sharp 6...Ne7 line,} 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10.
Ne2 {ect.}) 8. Nf3 (8. Bb5+ {is the alternative line, we can see two great
attacking plays with White,} Kf8 9. Nf3 $1 Qa5 $1 (9... c4 $2 10. a4 $1 a6 11.
Ba3+ Ne7 12. Be8 $3 $18 {A very smart move! The B goes to the e8-h5 diagonal.}
Qd8 13. Bh5 $1 Nbc6 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Ng5 $1 {Another strong tactical strike.}
Qa5 16. O-O f5 17. Qh4 {and Black resigned, 1-0 Sutovsky-Dyachkov, Moscow 2007.
A wonderful victory by Sutovsky!}) 10. Rb1 a6 11. Be2 Qxc3+ 12. Bd2 Qxc2 13.
Rc1 Qe4 (13... Qg6 $5 {was tougher.}) 14. Qg3 Nd7 $2 (14... Nc6 15. exf6 gxf6
16. Rxc5 $40 {and Black's position is very dangerous.}) 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Qd6+
Ne7 17. O-O $1 $18 {and White is winning, Vitiugov-Dyachkov, Russia 2008.})
8... c4 {Black closes the position. This is very typical in the French,
because White has two Bs and Black tries to restrict them. On the other hand,
the tension is going out from the centre, White gets a free hand on the
kingside and sometimes he can play for a4, Ba3.} ({Of course} 8... cxd4 $2 9.
cxd4 Qc3+ 10. Kd1 Qxa1 $2 {does not work, because of} 11. Qxg7 $18) 9. h4 {
This is also a good idea, but this move is premature. It is great for White to
bring the pawn to h6, but first he should have been more solid in the centre.}
(9. Be2 {was more exact,} Nc6 10. Qg3 fxe5 11. Nxe5 {and Be2 is more useful
than h4.}) 9... Nc6 {The most natural reply. Black immediately attacks the
centre.} 10. Qg3 fxe5 $1 {The right move. Black doesn't want to waste his time,
because if White manages to consolidate his centre, Black's position could
become very bad.} 11. Nxe5 ({The engine also suggests} 11. dxe5 {, but} Nh6 12.
Bxh6 gxh6 13. Be2 Bd7 14. O-O O-O-O $13 {is a double-edged fight.}) 11... Nf6
12. Bf4 $6 (12. Nxc6 Qxg3 13. fxg3 bxc6 14. Bf4 {White has a small advantage,
he has the pair of Bs and strong pressure on the dark squares. However his
pawn structure is full of weaknesses.}) 12... Qa5 $6 (12... Nh5 {was the
tempting alternative.} 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 $1 (13... Nxg3 14. Bxc7 Nxh1 15. Ne5 O-O
16. Nf3 {and the h1 N is trapped.}) 14. Qg5 Nxf4 15. Qxf4 Qa4 (15... Rf8) 16.
Kd2 Rf8 17. Qe3 Bd7 $13 {with an unclear position.}) 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bc7 $1 {
Probably Rapport missed this reply. Suddenly White is very active on the dark
squares.} Qa4 15. Kd1 ({The greedy} 15. Qxg7 $1 {was the best answer,} Rf8 16.
Be2 Qxc2 17. Rh3 Qb2 18. Rd1 Qxa3 {otherwise Bd6 was strong,} 19. Qh6 Qe7 20.
Be5 {and White is much better.}) 15... O-O 16. f3 {A logical move, but White
allows Black's strong reply.} (16. Be5 {would have been more careful followed
by f3.}) 16... e5 $1 {A great move by Rapport! Of course the e6 P is not
important and the c8 B suddenly becomes very powerful from f5.} 17. Bxe5 Bf5
18. Ra2 Rf7 {Black protects the g7 P and he prepares for Rb7.} 19. Be2 Nd7 20.
Re1 Re8 21. f4 {White has to protect the e5 B, but now the e4 square became
very weak.} Nf6 ({The computer suggests} 21... Nxe5 22. fxe5 c5 {and Black has
excellent compensation!}) 22. Bf3 Ne4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 {Both sides have a great B
in the centre. White's position is more comfortable, because he is a P up and
has a flexible P structure on the kingside.} 24. h5 (24. f5 $5 {was also
strong, for example} Bxf5 25. Bxg7 $1 Rxe1+ 26. Kxe1 Rxg7 $2 27. Qb8+ Kf7 28.
Rb2 Bd7 29. Rb7 $18 {and White has a decisive attack!}) 24... h6 (24... c5 $5 {
was an interesting alternative to create some counterplay in the centre.}) 25.
Kd2 {White prepares for Rb1, which is the most important file in the game.} Qb5
{Of course, Black wants to take control over the b-file.} 26. a4 Qb7 27. a5 a6
28. Qg4 {/\ Qd1-Qb1, Rb2} Qa7 $2 {Black gives up the b-file without a fight.} (
28... c5 {gave more practical chances} 29. dxc5 Qb5) 29. Rb2 Bf5 30. Qg3 Qe7 {
/\ Qa3} 31. Rb6 (31. Bd6 {looks quicker} Qxe1+ 32. Qxe1 Rxe1 33. Kxe1 {Rooks
plus opposite coloured bishops are not drawish at all in the endame.}) 31...
Rc8 32. Reb1 Qa3 33. Rb7 $6 {This is not a bad move, but there was a stronger
one.} (33. R1b4 $1 {would be better avoiding Qa4. Now White is already
threatening with Rb7.} Qa2 34. Rb2 Qa4 35. R6b4 $1 Qxa5 36. Rb7 $18 {and White
is winning.}) 33... Qa4 {The only chance, but Black's position is already bad.}
34. R1b2 $1 {Karjakin isn't afraid of the dangerous-looking Qxc2.} Rxb7 35.
Rxb7 Qxc2+ 36. Ke1 Qc1+ 37. Kf2 Qd2+ 38. Kf1 $1 $18 {The winning move.} ({
In the event of} 38. Kg1 Qd1+ 39. Kh2 Qxh5+ {and the white K can't hide.})
38... Qd3+ ({After} 38... Bd3+ 39. Kg1 Qd1+ 40. Kh2 Qxh5+ 41. Qh3 $18) ({or} 
38... Qd1+ 39. Qe1 Qxh5 40. Kg1 {leads to a winning position for White.}) 39.
Qxd3 cxd3 40. g4 Be4 41. f5 c5 42. Rxg7+ Kf8 43. f6 Rc6 44. Ke1 $1 {This was a
very serious battle!} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Qc7 (7...
Nbc6 {is also common.}) 8. h5 h6 9. Rb1 $5 $146 {An interesting novelty by
Leko. The R is very useful on b1: it controls the b-file and avoids being
caught by the unpleasant check on c3.} (9. Nf3 {is the main line, for example}
Bd7 10. Rh4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Ba4 12. Bd2 Nbc6 13. Rg4 Nf5 14. Bd3 O-O-O 15. Qb1
Kb8 16. Qb2 Rdg8 17. Rc1 g6 18. c4 $1 $16 {Naiditsch-Apicella, Haguenau 2013,
and White is better.}) 9... Nbc6 (9... O-O {is also natural.}) 10. Qg4 Nf5 11.
Bd3 cxd4 $6 ({The solid} 11... O-O $5 {was more accurate} 12. Ne2 b6 $13 {
and although White's position looks more powerful, still this is an unclear
middlegame.}) 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. Bb2 $1 {White has sacrificed a P, but the
position is opened a little bit and Black's pieces are uncoordinated.} Qa5+ ({
In case of} 13... Nxc2+ 14. Kd2 $1 Qc5 15. Bxc2 Qxf2+ 16. Ne2 Qe3+ 17. Ke1 $16
{and White is better.}) 14. Kf1 $1 Qc5 (14... Qb6 {could have been met by} 15.
c4 $1 {White protected the b1-R, so now he is threatening Bxd4.} Qc5 ({or} 
15... Nc6 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. Qxg7 $16) (15... O-O 16. Rh3 $1 $16) 16. Bxd4 Nxd4
17. Qxg7 $16 {and Black is in trouble.}) 15. Bxd4 $1 Nxd4 16. Qxg7 Qf8 17. Qf6
Rg8 (17... Nc6 18. Nf3 Rg8 19. Rh4 {transposes to the game.}) 18. Rh4 $1 {
Leko activates his other R too...} Nc6 19. Nf3 b6 20. Rf4 $1 {... and suddenly
that R becomes one of the strongest pieces.} Bd7 21. Re1 Ne7 ({After} 21... Qg7
22. Qxg7 Rxg7 23. Rf6 $16 {is similar to the text move.}) 22. Nd4 Qg7 ({
In the event of} 22... Rc8 23. Re3 $1 $18 {and Black's position is hopeless.})
23. g3 Qxf6 24. Rxf6 Rh8 25. Re3 $1 {White is threatening Ref3.} Ng8 26. Rf4
Ke7 27. Ref3 Be8 28. Rg4 Rc8 29. Rg7 Rc3 30. Rf4 Kd8 31. Nxe6+ $1 {The final
tactical blow!} Kc8 (31... fxe6 32. Rf8 $18 {followed by Bb5.}) 32. Nd4 {
A great victory by Leko!} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 12th final"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.11.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[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 "St Petersburg University"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 {Gershon,A} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5
Bc7 8. f4 a5 9. Bd2 Nh6 10. Nf3 Nf5 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Nc6 {An improvement
over Almasi,Z-Kortchnoj,V which was played one round earlier.In that game the
knight stayed on b8 almost untill the end of the game.} (12... Bd7 13. Nxc7
Qxc7 14. b5 Qc5 {This position occured in the mentioned game with a chnge of
move order.} 15. Qe2 f6 16. a4 Ne3 17. Rfe1 Nc4 18. Bc1 b6 19. exf6 Rxf6 20.
Ne5 Be8 21. Ng4 Rf8 22. Qxe6+ Bf7 23. Nh6+ $1 gxh6 24. Qxh6 Bg6 25. Bxg6 Ra7
26. Bd3 $18 {Almasi,Z-Kortchnoj,V/EUCup f Budpest/1996/1-0}) 13. Nxc7 Qxc7 14.
b5 Nce7 15. Qe2 Bd7 16. g4 $5 Ne3 17. Bxe3 dxe3 18. Qxe3 f5 19. exf6 Rxf6 20.
Ne5 Be8 21. Rae1 Rc8 22. f5 (22. c4 Qc5 $10 (22... Rd8 $2 23. c5 d4 24. Qe4 Bg6
25. Nxg6 Nxg6 26. f5 exf5 27. Rxf5 $16)) 22... Qc5 23. Qxc5 Rxc5 24. g5 Rf8 (
24... Rxf5 25. Bxf5 Nxf5 26. Nd3 Rxc2 27. Rxf5 exf5 28. Rxe8+ Kf7 29. Rb8 $18)
25. fxe6 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Rc8 27. Nf7 b6 28. Nd6 $6 (28. h4 $142 {with the idea
h4-h5} Rc3 29. Nd6 Bh5 30. Nf5 Nxf5 31. Rxf5 d4 32. e7 Bf7 33. Rf4 $18 Rc7 $140
34. Bxh7+ Kxh7 35. Rxf7) 28... Rd8 29. Nxe8 Rxe8 30. Rf7 (30. h4 Ng6 31. Bxg6
hxg6 32. Re1 Kf8 33. Kf2 Ke7 34. Ke3 Kd6 (34... Kxe6 $4 35. Kd4+ Kd7 36. Rxe8
Kxe8 37. Kxd5 $18) 35. Kd4 Rxe6 36. Rxe6+ Kxe6 $10) 30... Ng6 31. Bxg6 hxg6 32.
Rd7 Rxe6 33. Rxd5 Re2 34. Rd8+ (34. c4 $5 Rc2 35. Rd6 Rxc4 36. Rxb6 Rg4+ 37.
Kf2 Rxg5 38. Ke3 Rh5 39. Kd4 Rxh2 40. Re6 Kf7 41. Re3 Kf6 42. b6 Rb2 43. Kc5
Kf5 44. Kc6 g5 45. b7 g4 46. Re8 g3 47. b8=Q Rxb8 48. Rxb8 g2 49. Rb1 Kf4 50.
Kb5 Kg3 51. Kxa5 Kh2 52. Kb5 g1=Q 53. Rxg1 Kxg1 54. a4 $18) 34... Kf7 35. Rc8
Re5 36. c4 Rxg5+ 37. Kf2 Rf5+ 38. Ke3 Rf6 39. Kd4 Ke6 40. Rb8 (40. Rc6+ Kd7 (
40... Kf5 $4 41. Rxf6+ gxf6 42. c5 Ke6 (42... bxc5+ 43. Kxc5 Ke6 44. Kc6 $18)
43. cxb6 Kd6 44. a4 $1 Kd7 45. Kd5 Kc8 46. Ke6 f5 47. Ke5 Kb7 48. h4 Kxb6 49.
h5 $18) 41. Rxf6 (41. Kd5 Rf5+ 42. Ke4 Rf6 $10) 41... gxf6 42. c5 bxc5+ 43.
Kxc5 a4 $1 (43... f5 44. a4 (44. Kd5 $4 a4 $1 $19) 44... Ke6 45. Kd4 Kd6 46.
Ke3 Ke6 47. Kf4 Kd6 48. h3 Kd5 49. h4 Ke6 50. Kg5 Ke5 51. h5 gxh5 52. Kxh5 f4
53. Kg4 Ke4 54. b6 f3 55. b7 f2 56. b8=Q f1=Q 57. Qa8+ $14) 44. Kb6 f5 45. Ka7
f4 46. b6 f3 47. b7 f2 48. b8=Q f1=Q $10) 40... Rf4+ 41. Kd3 Ke5 42. Rxb6 Rf3+
43. Kc2 Kd4 44. Rc6 a4 45. b6 Rc3+ 46. Kb2 Rb3+ 47. Ka2 Kc3 48. Rxg6 Kxc4 49.
Rxg7 Rxb6 50. Rg4+ Kc3 51. Rg3+ Kc2 52. Rg2+ Kc3 53. h4 Rb5 54. Rh2 Rh5 55. Kb1
Kd3 56. Kb2 Rb5+ 57. Kc1 Rh5 58. Rh1 Ke2 59. Kc2 Rc5+ 60. Kb2 Rb5+ 61. Ka2 Rh5
62. Rb1 Rxh4 63. Rb4 Rh8 64. Rxa4 Kd3 65. Kb3 Rh1 66. Rg4 Rb1+ 67. Ka4 Kc3 68.
Rb4 Ra1 69. Rb8 Kc4 70. Rc8+ Kd5 71. Kb4 Kd6 72. a4 Kd7 73. Rc4 Rb1+ 74. Ka5
Rb7 75. Ka6 Rc7 76. Rh4 Rc6+ 77. Kb5 Rc1 78. Rh8 Kc7 79. Ka6 Rc6+ 80. Ka7 Rc5
81. Rh7+ Kc6 82. Ka6 Rg5 83. a5 Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 12th final"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.11.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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 {Petursson Gershon,A} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4
cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 a5 9. Bd2 Nh6 $146 (9... Ne7 10. Nf3 Nf5 11. Bd3 O-O 12.
Bxf5 exf5 13. Nfxd4 Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Nxc7 Qxc7 16. Be3 f6 $10 {1/2-1/2
Minasian,A-Lputian,S/Philadelphia World op ;EXT 94op 1994 (23)}) 10. Bd3 Bd7
11. Nxc7+ Qxc7 12. Nf3 Nf5 (12... Nc6 $2 13. b5 Na7 14. Nxd4 O-O (14... Qb6 15.
Be3 $16 Bxb5 $140 16. Rb1 $18) 15. a4 (15. O-O $2 Nxb5 16. Bxb5 Bxb5 17. Nxb5
Qc5+ $17) (15. Qe2 $5 {/\ 16.0-0.}) 15... f6 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. O-O e5 18. fxe5
Qxe5 19. Nf3 Qc7 20. Bg5 (20. Ng5 $4 Ng4 $19) 20... Rff8 21. Qd2 $16) 13. b5 $1
Qc5 14. Qe2 O-O 15. a4 f6 16. O-O Ne3 17. Rfe1 (17. exf6 $5 Rxf6 (17... Nxf1
18. fxg7 Rf7 $8 (18... Kxg7 $2 19. Qe5+ Kg8 (19... Rf6 20. Qg5+ Kf7 (20... Rg6
21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Ne5 Be8 23. Kxf1 $40) 21. Rxf1 $40) 20. Ng5 Rf5 21. Bxf5 exf5
22. Rxf1 $18) 19. Rxf1 Rxg7 20. Ng5 $44) 18. Rfe1 Rxf4 $140 19. c3 $1 Rxf3 $8
20. Qxf3 Nc4 21. Rf1 $1 dxc3+ 22. Kh1 Ne5 23. Qh5 Ng6 (23... g6 24. Qxe5 cxd2
25. Qf6 d4 26. Rad1 $18 {/\ 27.Bg6 hg6 28.Qg6 Kh8 29.Rf7+-}) (23... Nxd3 $4 24.
Qf7+ Kh8 25. Qf8+) 24. Rac1 $16) 17... Nc4 18. Bc1 b6 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Ne5 Be8
$2 (20... Nxe5 $142 21. Qxe5 $14) 21. Ng4 Rf8 22. Qxe6+ Bf7 23. Nh6+ $1 (23.
Qf5 $1 {Petursson was also very strong} Bg6 24. Qg5 Ra7 25. f5 Bf7 26. Nf6+ Kh8
27. Nxh7 $1 $18) 23... gxh6 24. Qxh6 Bg6 25. Bxg6 Ra7 (25... hxg6 26. Qxg6+ Kh8
27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Re6 $18) 26. Bd3 $18 Rg7 27. f5 Nd7 {The knight's first move
of the game!!} 28. Qe6+ Rgf7 29. Bh6 Rc8 30. f6 Nf8 31. Qg4+ Kh8 32. Re7 Rc7
33. Qg7+ $1 {A nice finish of beautiful game! Black resigned. The final would
be:} (33. Qg7+ Rxg7 34. fxg7+ Kg8 35. gxf8=R#) 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Orlov, Vassily"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Nor,I} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. Bd2 $6 Nc6 $5 (6...
cxd4 $13) 7. Nb5 (7. Nf3 Nge7 8. dxc5 Ng6 9. Bb5 Bd7 $13) 7... cxd4 $6 (7...
Bxd2+ $6 8. Qxd2 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Nf3 Ne7 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. O-O-O Nc6 13.
f4 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. g3 $14 {Davies-Karlsson.L, Oslo 1988}) (7... Nxd4 $5 8.
Nxd4 (8. Nd6+ $6 Kf8 $17) 8... cxd4 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Kxd7 11. Nf3 Bb6 $1
12. O-O Ne7 (12... Rc8 $5 13. Rc1 Kc7 14. Bg5 Ne7 15. Nxd4 Kb8 $10 {
Abdullah-Hug, Biel open 1990}) 13. a4 a6 14. Ng5 Qe8 15. Qf3 Bc7 $1 16. Qxf7
Qxf7 17. Nxf7 Rhf8 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nf3 Nc6 20. Rfe1 Rxf3 $5 21. gxf3 Nxe5 $44 {
0-1 Madl,I-Luther,T/Hastings 1994}) 8. Bxa5 $5 $146 (8. f4 $5 Bc7 (8... Nge7 9.
Nd6+ Kf8 10. Bxa5 Qxa5+ 11. b4 Qb6 12. Qh5 Ng6 13. Bd3 $36) 9. Nf3 Nge7 10. Bd3
Bd7 11. O-O a6 12. Nbxd4 $14 {Fernandez-Romero Holmes, Albacete 1989}) 8...
Qxa5+ 9. Qd2 $6 (9. b4 $5 Qb6 10. f4 $1 (10. Nd6+ Kf8 11. Qh5 (11. Nf3 Nxe5 12.
Nxe5 Qxd6 $17) 11... g6 12. Qe2 Nge7 $15) (10. Nf3 a5 $1 $15 (10... Nh6 11.
Nbxd4 O-O 12. Bd3 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 a5 $13) (10... Nge7 11. Nbxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4
Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Ng6 $11)) 10... Nge7 (10... a5 11. Nd6+ Kf8 12. b5 Nce7 13. Nf3
Ng6 14. Qd2 N8e7 15. Nxd4 Bd7 $14) 11. Nd6+ Kf8 12. Qh5 Ng6 13. Bd3 $14) 9...
Qxd2+ 10. Kxd2 Ke7 11. Nf3 (11. f4 $6 a6 12. Nd6 g5 $1 13. g3 (13. fxg5 Nxe5
14. Nxc8+ Rxc8 $17) 13... f6 14. Re1 gxf4 15. gxf4 fxe5 16. fxe5 Nh6 17. Bd3
Rf8 $17 18. Bxh7 $140 Ng4 $1 19. h3 Ngxe5 20. Nxc8+ Raxc8 $17) 11... Nh6 (11...
f6 12. Re1 fxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 Nf6 15. Nxd4 $14) 12. h3 (12. Nbxd4 Ng4
13. Nxc6+ bxc6 $15) 12... f6 $5 (12... Bd7 13. Bd3 Rac8 14. Nbxd4 Na5 $5 15. b3
$14) 13. exf6+ (13. Re1 $5 fxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Rf8 16. f3 Rf4 17. Bd3 (
17. Rxd5 exd5 18. Nc7 Kd6 19. Nxa8 Rf8 $19) 17... Bd7 18. Rhe1 $1 (18. Nc7 Kd6
19. Nxa8 Kxe5 20. Nc7 Kd6 21. Nb5+ Bxb5 22. Bxb5 e5 $17) 18... Kd8 $13) 13...
gxf6 14. Re1 Rd8 (14... Bd7 $5 15. Nbxd4 (15. Nc7 Raf8 16. Nxd5+ Kd6 17. Nf4 e5
18. Nd3 Re8 $17) 15... Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Rhg8 17. g4 (17. f4 Kd6 $15) 17... Kd6 18.
Bd3 Rg7 19. f4 e5 20. fxe5+ fxe5 21. Rhf1 $1 $13) 15. Nfxd4 (15. Bd3 $6 e5 $1
16. Nbxd4 Kf7 17. Nxc6 bxc6 $17) (15. Nbxd4 $5 e5 16. g4 $1 Nxd4 (16... Kf7 $6
17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. g5 $16) 17. Nxd4 Kf8 18. Nb5 Nf7 (18... Bd7 19. g5 $14) 19.
Nc7 Rb8 20. Bg2 e4 (20... d4 21. f4 $16) 21. Rd1 Rd7 (21... f5 22. Ke3 $16) 22.
Nb5 b6 23. Kc1 Ba6 24. Nc3 Rbd8 25. Rd4 $16) 15... e5 16. f4 a6 $5 {The black
shows that he doesn't afraid.After simple tactick white will    have no more
chances than in startposition!} (16... Kf7 $6 17. fxe5 fxe5 18. Nc7 Rb8 19.
Nxc6 bxc6 20. Rxe5 Rb7 (20... Rxb2 21. Bd3 $16) (20... Kf6 21. Re1 Rxb2 22. Bd3
$16) 21. Na6 Kf6 22. Re2 Rxb2 23. Nb4 $16) 17. Nxc6+ bxc6 18. Nd4 Kd6 19. fxe5+
fxe5 20. Rxe5 Kxe5 21. Nxc6+ Kd6 22. Nxd8 Kc7 23. Bd3 Kxd8 24. Bxh7 {What can
I say about this position?!Every player can win but noone is   staying
better!Unclear!} Be6 25. Rf1 (25. Re1 Kd7 26. g4 Nf7 $13) (25. g4 $5 Nf7 26.
Bd3 Kd7 $13) 25... Ke7 26. Rf4 $6 (26. g4 Nf7 27. Bd3 a5 28. Bf5 Rh8 29. Bxe6
Kxe6 $17) 26... Nf7 27. b3 a5 (27... Rh8 28. Bd3 Rg8 (28... a5 29. Ra4 Ra8 $13)
29. g4 (29. Bxa6 Rxg2+ 30. Kc3 Bxh3 $17) 29... a5 30. Bf1 Ng5 $13) 28. Bd3 Ne5
(28... Rg8 29. Bf1) 29. Be2 Kd6 (29... Rg8 30. g4 Rh8 31. Bf1 $13) 30. Ra4 (30.
h4 Rg8 $15) 30... Bd7 31. Rd4 Nc6 $6 (31... Rg8 $5 32. Bf1 (32. g4 Rh8 33. c4
Be6 34. b4 Rxh3 35. cxd5 Bxd5 36. bxa5 Rxa3 37. a6 $17) 32... Rf8 $15) 32. Rd3
Bf5 33. Rg3 Ne5 34. a4 Rc8 (34... d4 $5) 35. Bd1 $6 (35. c3 $5 Be4 36. Rg7 Rb8
37. Bb5 $13) 35... Be4 36. Rg7 Rf8 $1 $15 37. Ke1 (37. Ke3 Rf1 38. Be2 Rc1 $17)
(37. g3 Rf2+ 38. Kc1 Rh2 39. h4 d4 $1 $40 40. Ra7 $140 d3) 37... Nc6 (37... d4
$5 38. h4 d3 39. cxd3 Nxd3+ 40. Kd2 Nf2 41. Bc2 Rc8 42. Bxe4 Nxe4+ 43. Ke3 Nc5
$15) 38. c3 $5 Ne5 (38... d4 $5 39. cxd4 Nxd4 40. h4 Bd5 41. Ra7 Nc6 42. Rg7
Rf4 43. h5 Rh4 44. Rg6+ Kc5 45. g4 Kd4 $40) 39. h4 Nd3+ 40. Kd2 Nf2 41. Be2 Bb1
$1 42. Bf3 (42. h5 Ne4+ 43. Ke3 Nxc3 $19) 42... Ne4+ $6 (42... Rb8 $1 43. Ra7
Rxb3 44. Rxa5 Ne4+ 45. Bxe4 Bxe4 46. g4 Ke5 47. Rb5 Ra3 48. Rb4 Kf4 49. g5 Ra2+
) 43. Bxe4 Bxe4 44. h5 $11 Rf2+ 45. Ke3 Rb2 46. h6 Rxb3 47. Kd4 $1 (47. h7
Rxc3+ 48. Kf4 Bxh7 49. Rxh7 Rc4+ 50. Kf3 Rxa4 51. g4 $17) 47... Rb1 48. h7 Rd1+
49. Ke3 Rh1 50. c4 Rxh7 51. Rxh7 Bxh7 52. Kd4 (52. cxd5 $4 Kxd5 53. Kd2 Kc4 54.
Kc1 Kb3 55. g4 Bg6 56. g5 Ka3 57. Kd2 Kb2 $19) (52. Kd4 Bc2 53. cxd5 Bxa4 54.
Kc3 Kxd5 55. Kb2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-17 Preliminaries E"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1966.10.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yanofsky, Daniel Abraham"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Annotator "Uhlmann,W"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1966.10.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Canada"]
[BlackTeam "German Dem Rep"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DDR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Kd1 Nd7 11. Rb1 $2 (11. Nf3 Nxe5 12. Bf4 Qxc3 13.
Nxe5 Qxa1+ 14. Bc1 d3 $2 15. Qxf7+ Kd8 16. Qf6 $1 dxc2+ 17. Kd2 Qd4+ 18. Bd3
Ke8 19. Ke2 $1 Bd7 20. Be3 Qb2 21. Rc1 Rc8 22. Nxd7 $1 d4 $1 23. Bd2 $2 (23.
Nb8 $3 $18 Rxb8 24. Rxc2 $1 {O'Kelly}) (23. Qxe6 dxe3 24. Nf6+ Kf8 25. Nd5 $1
$16 {Gligoric}) 23... Kxd7 24. Bb4 Rge8 25. Bb5+ Rc6 $11 {Bronstein-Uhlmann,
Zagreb 1965}) (11. Ne2 $2 dxc3 12. f4 Nc5 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. Qd3 Bb5
16. Qf3 Nf5 $17 {Paoli-Schmid, Biel 1960}) (11. f4 $2 Nc5 12. cxd4 Ne4) 11...
Nc5 (11... Nxe5 $2 12. Bf4 $1 $16) (11... Qxe5 $2 12. Nf3 $1 $40) 12. Bd3 dxc3
13. Nf3 (13. Be3 $2 Bd7 14. Ne2 O-O-O $17 15. Qh4 (15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Qh4 Rxg2
$15) 15... Nxd3 16. Qxe7 Rxg2 17. Rf1 Nb2+ $1 18. Ke1 Nc4 19. Bf4 Bc6 20. Qxc7+
Kxc7 21. Nd4 Rg4 $1 $17 {Cuellar-Uhlmann, Stockholm izt 1962}) 13... Bd7 (13...
Nxd3 $1 14. Qxd3 Rxg2 (14... Bd7 15. Bg5 Ng6 16. Re1 Ba4 17. h4 Ne7 18. Qd4 b5
19. g4) 15. Be3 Nf5 16. Rb3) 14. Bg5 Bc6 $1 15. h4 (15. Bxe7 Kxe7 {/\ Rxg2}) (
15. Rb4 Ne4 16. Bxe7 $6 Kxe7 17. Qh4+ Kd7 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qf6 Rad8 20. Ng5
Kc8+ 21. Kc1 Qa5 22. Kb1 Bd5 {0-1 Haapaniemi-Sarkama, Finland corr 1973}) 15...
Nxd3 (15... O-O-O $6) 16. Qxd3 (16. cxd3 Ba4+ $1 $17) 16... d4 17. Rb4 O-O-O
18. Bxe7 (18. Rxd4 Bxf3+ 19. gxf3 Rxd4 20. Qxd4 Rd8 $17) (18. Nxd4 Rxg5 19.
hxg5 Nf5 20. Kc1 (20. Re1 Qa5 21. g4 Qxa3 22. Rc4 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Nxd4 24. Qxd4
Qa1+ 25. Ke2 Bb5+ $17) 20... Qa5 $1) 18... Qxe7 19. Nxd4 Rg4 20. Kc1 (20. f3
Qxb4 {/\ 21...Rgxd4}) (20. Ke2 Re4+ 21. Kf1 Qxb4 22. axb4 Rdxd4 23. Qf3 Rxe5
$19) 20... Rgxd4 21. Rxd4 Qxa3+ 22. Kd1 Rxd4 23. Qxd4 Qa1+ 24. Ke2 Qxh1 25.
Qxc3 Qxg2 26. Qc5 Qe4+ $19 27. Kf1 Qxh4 28. Qxa7 Qc4+ 29. Ke1 Qc3+ 30. Kf1 Qxc2
31. Qa8+ Kd7 32. Qa1 Qd3+ 33. Ke1 Bb5 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Kupper Memorial"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2019.08.18"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Vaibhav, Suri"]
[Black "Krishna, CRG."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "Vaibhav,Suri"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 {I have mainly responded with 3.Nd2 against the
French in the past and wanted to try a different option this time} Bb4 4. e5 c5
5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 $5 {An interesting direction to avoid the long
forcing lines of the Winawer French.} (7. Qg4 {is the main line leading to
huge complications:} Qc7 (7... O-O {is the alternative.} 8. Bd3 f5 (8... Nbc6
9. Nf3) 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Nbc6 13. Nf3 Qa5 14. Bd2 e5
15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nc6 17. O-O Nxe5 18. Re1 $14) 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4
10. Ne2 (10. Qd3 $5) 10... Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 {and so on.}) 7... Nbc6 ({The
alternative} 7... Qc7 {is played more frequently nowadays. Black's idea is to
be flexible with the development of the Nb8. This move order gives Black the
additional option with b6-Ba6.} 8. h5 h6 9. Nf3 b6 10. a4 (10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bd3
Ba4 $132) 10... Ba6 11. Bb5+ Bxb5 12. axb5 a5 $1 {as happened in a blitz game
between Sergey Karjakin and So Wesley. Closing the flank with a5 gives Black's
king a safe spot on the queenside.}) 8. h5 h6 9. Qg4 Nf5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Ne2
Qa5 12. Bd2 Qa4 (12... cxd4 13. cxd4 Qa4 {with the double threat of Nfxd4 and
Nxe5.} 14. f3 $1 $14 {With this nice trick, White is able to prevent both.}
Nfxd4 $140 $2 15. Kf2 f5 16. Qf4 $18 {[%cal Gd2e3]}) 13. Qh3 Nfe7 $6 (13... c4
$1 {was necessary:} 14. Bxf5 exf5 15. Ra2 (15. Qg3 Kh7 16. Nf4 Ne7 17. Ra2)
15... Be6 16. Nf4 Ne7 17. O-O b5 $14 {White retains some advantage but it is
not so clear how to make progress. Meanwhile, Black is also not devoid of
counterplay on the queenside.}) (13... cxd4 $2 14. g4 $1 Nfe7 15. g5 {[%csl
Ra4] with a very strong attack for White:} Nxe5 (15... dxc3 16. Bf4 $1) (15...
hxg5 16. h6 $18) 16. gxh6 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 e5 18. Rg1 Nf5 19. hxg7 Re8 20. h6 $18
) 14. Qg3 Kh8 15. dxc5 $1 {Simply winning a pawn and clearing the 4th rank for
Rh4 ideas.} Nf5 (15... b6 $2 16. Rh4 Qa5 17. Rg4 $18) (15... Qa5 16. O-O Qxc5
17. Rab1 $5 $16) 16. Qf4 Qxf4 17. Bxf4 $16 f6 18. g4 {This was a critical
moment for me during the game to decide the future course of action. Usually
the best way in the technical phase of the game is to restrict the opponent's
counterplay chances.} (18. exf6 {was another reasonable alternative, but it
seemed like Black was getting some counterplay chances:} Rxf6 (18... e5 19.
fxg7+ Kxg7 20. Bd2 $18) 19. Bb5 $1 {Preventing counterplay with e5. I had
missed this simple yet powerful move during the game, which led me to choose
the other option.} (19. g4 e5 $1 20. gxf5 exf4 21. Nxf4 Bxf5 22. Nxd5 $16 {
Though white has a few extra pawns, the broken pawn structure does give Black
some practical chances.}) 19... Nfe7 (19... e5 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. Bxe5 Rxc5 22.
Nf4 $18) 20. Bd6) 18... fxe5 (18... Nfe7 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. g5 $1 hxg5 21. Bxg5
Rf8 22. f4 $18) 19. gxf5 exf4 20. Nxf4 Ne5 21. Ng6+ $1 Nxg6 22. fxg6 {[%csl
Rh8] Objectively 18.exf6 would have been better, however, at least practically,
this alternative seems much easier to play for White. Black's king is caged
and all endgames should yield very good winning chances.} e5 23. c4 (23. Rb1 b6
24. c4 $1 e4 (24... Be6 25. cxb6 axb6 26. Rxb6 Rxa3 27. Rxe6 Ra1+ 28. Ke2 Rxh1
29. cxd5 $18) 25. Be2 d4 26. cxb6 axb6 27. Rh4 $18) 23... Be6 24. Rh4 Rac8 25.
Rb1 Rxc5 (25... e4 26. Be2 Rc7 $1 {was a little more tenacious, but White
still has a close to winning advantage:} 27. Rb5 $1 Kg8 (27... Bd7 28. Ra5) 28.
Ra5 a6 29. c6 $1 bxc6 30. Rxa6 $18) 26. Rxb7 dxc4 27. Be4 {Even though the
pawns are equal now, White's piece activity and Black's caged king seal the
game in White's favour.} Ra5 28. Re7 Bc8 (28... Bg8 29. Rh3 $18 Rc8 30. Ke2)
29. f3 $1 {[%csl Ge1] Opening up space for the king and giving White a clear
path to improve his pieces - Kf2-g3, Rh1-b1.} c3 (29... Rxa3 30. Rxe5 Re3+ 31.
Kd2 Ra3 32. Rf4 Rd8+ 33. Ke2 $18 {[%cal Ge5e7,Gf4f7]}) 30. Kf2 Rxa3 31. Rxe5
Bd7 32. Re7 Bb5 33. Rc7 Ra1 34. Rf4 Rf1+ 35. Kg3 Rd8 36. Rff7 Rg1+ 37. Kf4 Rg8
38. Bd5 {In hindsight 18.g4 was a much stronger decision practically and this
nice win helped me finish in the top 5 of the event.} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "Vitiugov,N"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov Economist"]
[BlackTeam "Finek Gazprombank"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 {The
strongest move. But playing this, White has to remember a lot of theory.} cxd4
$5 (7... O-O {is more reliable.}) 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4
dxc3 12. Qd3 Bd7 13. Nxc3 ({The alternative was} 13. Qxc3) 13... a6 14. h4 ({
Usually they begin with} 14. Rb1 Na5) 14... Nf5 15. Rh3 O-O-O 16. Rb1 Na5 17.
Rb4 $6 {My opponent had obviously forgotten the theory.} (17. h5) 17... Nc4 $2
{Having spent a lot of time, I choosed an erroneous plan.} ({Simple} 17... d4
$1 {was stronger. But I was not sure in the position after} 18. Ne4 Bb5 19.
Rxb5 (19. c4 $6 dxc3 20. Qc2 Nd4 $1 (20... Nc6 21. Rxc3 Bxf1 22. Kxf1 $14) 21.
Qf2 Bxf1 22. Nd6+ Kb8 23. Qxd4 Nc6 24. Qxc3 Nxb4 25. Qxc7+ Kxc7 26. Kxf1 Nc6
$15) 19... axb5 20. Nf6 Rh8 21. h5 Nc4 22. g4 Nfe3 23. Be2 $44) 18. h5 {
My opponent answered in a moment.} ({I was afraid of the beautiful} 18. Qxf5 $5
{On the other hand, it seemed to me, that it is too original.} exf5 19. Nxd5
Qa5 20. Bxc4 Kb8 (20... Be6 21. Ne7+ Kd7 22. Bd2 Qc7 23. Nxg8 Bxc4 24. Nf6+) (
20... Rxg2 21. Be3 $18) 21. Bd2 Qc5 22. Be3 Qf8 23. Bb6 $13) 18... Qc5 $2 {
An active, but wrong move.} ({The correct way was} 18... Bc6 $5 19. h6 Rg6 20.
h7 Rh8) 19. Ne4 $1 Qg1 20. Ng5 Bb5 21. Qe2 $6 {The wrong move with the right
idea.} ({More accurate was} 21. Qf3 $5 Qc5 22. Qf2) 21... Qc5 $6 {Black didn't
exploit his chance.} (21... Nxa3 $5 22. Rc3+ (22. Qf2 Qxf1+ 23. Qxf1 Nxc2+)
22... Kb8 23. Qf2 Qxf1+ 24. Qxf1 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 Nb5 26. Rd3 Rc8 $132) 22. Qf2
Qc7 23. h6 Rxg5 24. h7 {A technical decision.} Rgg8 25. hxg8=Q Rxg8 26. Bd3 Kb8
{In the position which has arisen, the only problem for White is that he has
no target for attack.} 27. Rh7 $2 {A bad mistake.} (27. g4 $5 $16) 27... Nxa3
$1 {Now the position has changed, and neither participant could withstand it.}
28. Bxa3 $6 (28. Bxf5 exf5 29. Bxa3 Qc3+ 30. Qd2 (30. Kd1 Qxa3 31. Rb1 Qa2 32.
Rc1 Qc4 $40) 30... Qa1+ 31. Qc1 Qc3+ 32. Qd2 Qg3+ 33. Kd1 Qxa3 34. Rb1 Qc5 $44)
28... Qc3+ 29. Qd2 Qxa3 30. Rxf7 $2 {Every white move is mistaken, but Black
had no time to realize it and to find the winning continuation.} (30. Rxb5 $5
Qa1+ (30... axb5 31. Bxf5 exf5 32. Rxf7) 31. Qd1 Qc3+ 32. Qd2 Qa1+ $11) 30...
Qa1+ 31. Qd1 Qc3+ 32. Qd2 Qa1+ $2 $138 (32... Qc5 $1 33. Rxb5 $8 axb5 34. Qf2
Ne3 (34... Qc3+ 35. Ke2 Nd4+ 36. Kf1 b4 37. Qe1 Rc8 (37... Qxe1+ 38. Kxe1 Rxg2
39. Kd1 $15) 38. Qxc3 Rxc3 39. Bh7 Nxc2 40. Ke2) 35. g3 Qc3+ 36. Qd2 Nxc2+ $1
37. Kd1 Qa1+ 38. Qc1 (38. Kxc2 Rc8+ 39. Kb3 d4 $19) 38... Ne3+ 39. Kd2 Nc4+ (
39... Qa2+ 40. Kxe3 Rxg3+ 41. Kd4 Qa7+ 42. Kc3 Qc5+ 43. Kb2 Qxc1+ 44. Kxc1 Rxd3
45. f5 exf5 46. e6 Re3 47. Rxf5 Rxe6 48. Rxd5 $11) 40. Bxc4 Qa5+ $1 41. Qc3
Qxc3+ 42. Kxc3 bxc4 $19) 33. Qd1 Qc3+ 34. Qd2 Qa1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Wolff,P"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Qa5 8. Bd2
cxd4 9. cxd4 Qa4 10. Nf3 Nbc6 11. h5 Nxd4 12. Bd3 Nec6 13. Kf1 Nf5 $5 $146 {
Suggested by Kasparov in his notes to the game Kasparov,G-Anand,V 54/273.} 14.
Bxf5 (14. Qb1 $5) 14... exf5 15. h6 Rg8 $1 16. Bg5 (16. hxg7 Rxg7 17. Ng5 Be6
$1 (17... Nxe5 18. Nxh7 $5 $44 (18. Qe2 f6 (18... Qc4 19. Qxc4 dxc4 20. Nxh7 $1
$36 (20. Re1 f6 21. Nxh7 Kf7 22. Nxf6 Kxf6 23. Bc3 Re7 24. Rh8 b6 25. f4 Bb7
$10)) 19. Nxh7 Kf7 $13)) 18. Nxh7 (18. Nxe6 fxe6 $17) 18... O-O-O $36) 16...
Be6 17. Rh4 $2 (17. hxg7 Rxg7 18. Bf6 $13 {This position needs testing.}) 17...
Qa6+ 18. Kg1 gxh6 $1 19. Bf6 Rg4 20. Rb1 $5 {White strives for activity at all
cost. This earns the draw, but already the opening has not been a success.} (
20. Rxh6 Kd7 21. Ng5 Rg8 $17) 20... Rxh4 21. Bxh4 Rc8 22. c4 $1 Qxc4 (22...
dxc4 $2 23. Qd6 $16 {/\ Nd4}) 23. Rxb7 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Qxh4 25. Rxa7 Qf4 26. Nd3
Qd4 27. Ra4 Rc4 28. Ra8+ Ke7 29. Qb1 Ra4 30. Qb7+ Kf6 31. Rxa4 Qxa4 32. Qb2+ d4
33. Qd2 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Quads"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2010.05.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2010.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 {This is Yury's
favourite line of his beloved French Defence. He has done a tremendous amount
of work in it.} 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. h4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nge7 {Now the game
transposes to the 6...Ne7 7.h4 line, made most memorable by Kasparov - Anand,
Linares, 1992.} 11. h5 Nxd4 12. Bd3 h6 {As expected Shulman has his own ideas.}
({The stem game mentioned above went as follows:} 12... Nec6 13. Kf1 ({The
same year I had some personal experience with this position. In our game John
Fedorowicz played} 13. h6 {which allowed me to play} Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Qd4 15. O-O
gxh6 {with tremendous complications. Fedorowicz-Yermolinsky, US Championship,
Durango, 1992}) 13... Nxf3 {White was threatening Rh1-h4.} (13... Nf5 14. h6 {
is another popular line.}) 14. Qxf3 b6 (14... Qd4 15. Re1 f5 16. exf6 Qxf6 17.
Qg3 O-O {with a reasonable position, Van Kampen-Dgebuadze, Noteboom Memorial,
2008}) 15. h6 Ba6 16. hxg7 Rg8 17. Bxa6 Qxa6+ 18. Kg1 Rxg7 19. Qf6 {and White
had some initiative, although Kasparov himself couldn't convert it into a win.}
) 13. Kf1 $2 {I don't think this move is necessary if White can save the
e5-pawn by other means.} ({The little known game Berzinsh-Ptrik, Slovenian
Championship, 1998 offers a viable alternative,} 13. Bb4 Nxf3+ (13... Ndc6 14.
Bd6) 14. Qxf3 Nc6 15. Qe2 ({Even} 15. O-O {is possible, for example} Nxb4 16.
Qf4 O-O 17. axb4 Qd7 18. c4 {with full compensation for a pawn.}) 15... a6 16.
Bd6 Nd4 17. Qd2 {White's chances shouldn't be underestimated.}) 13... Nxf3 14.
Qxf3 b6 $5 {An interesting concept. Shulman ignores the threat to his kingside
pawns pinning his chances on counterattack.} ({The standard} 14... O-O 15. Qg3
Nf5 16. Bxf5 exf5 {would keep Black his extra pawn at the cost of drifting
back to the defensive position} 17. Rh4 (17. Bxh6 $4 Qa6+) 17... Qc6 18. Kg1 {
although I believe Black is better here.}) 15. Qg3 Ba6 16. Qxg7 Bxd3+ 17. cxd3
Rg8 18. Qxh6 ({An attempt to preserve the d-pawn,} 18. Qh7 {would still leave
the iniative in Black's hands after} Qg4 ({or} 18... Rc8 19. g3 Rc2 20. Bb4 a5)
19. g3 Rc8) 18... Qd4 19. Re1 Qxd3+ 20. Kg1 Rc8 {Black's pieces are very
active here, while White's Rh1 suffers the consequences of 13.Kf1.} 21. Bg5 ({
The consolidating} 21. Qe3 {was much better.}) 21... Qf5 22. f4 {This looks
ugly, but it's White's best choice.} (22. Bxe7 Kxe7 23. Qe3 Qg5 $15) 22... Rc2
23. Rh2 $2 {Hikaru's reluctance to get the queens off cost him dearly.} ({
The ending after} 23. Qf6 Qxf6 24. exf6 Nf5 25. Rh3 Kd7 26. h6 {looks pretty
complicated and playable for both sides.}) 23... Qd3 $1 24. Qf6 Rxg5 $1 {
The most elegant solution.} (24... Nc6 {was also good.}) 25. Qxg5 (25. fxg5 Nf5
{is picturesque, as the white queen is left stranded.}) 25... Qd4+ 26. Kh1 Qe3
{with Rc3-c1 coming up next Hikaru had to resign the game and effectively
concede the title.} 0-1

