[Event "World-ch13 Alekhine-Bogoljubow +11-5=9"]
[Site "GER/NLD"]
[Date "1929.10.17"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1929.09.06"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nc3 c6 6. Be3 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 $2 (7...
Ne8 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. f4 Nc6 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Be2 e6 12. O-O f6 13. Rc1 {+/=
Rukavina,J-Ivanovic,B/Jugoslavija (ch)/1982}) 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Nxd5 Qa5+ 10. Nc3
Nc6 11. Bc4 (11. f4 $142 {[%cal Yd4d5] /\d5}) 11... Nb6 12. Bb3 Be6 13. Nge2 (
13. Bxe6 $5) (13. d5 $2 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Rad8) 13... Nc4 14. Bxc4 Bxc4 15. O-O
Rfd8 16. f4 Rac8 {[%cal Rc6b4] /\Nb4} 17. a3 Qb6 18. Qd2 Na5 19. Rae1 (19. d5
$1) 19... Qc6 20. Bf2 b6 21. Qe3 f5 22. Bh4 (22. exf6 $6 exf6 {[%csl Rd4] ><d4,
Black counterattacks on the e-file}) 22... Rd7 23. b4 Bxe2 24. Nxe2 Nc4 25. Qb3
b5 26. Rd1 {[%cal Yd4d5] /\27.d5 Rd5 28.Rd5 Rd5 29.Be7} e6 27. Bf2 Bf8 28. Rd3
a5 {/\29... ab and Ra8->a-<->} 29. bxa5 Nxa5 (29... Nxa3 30. Rc3 Nc4 31. Rb1)
30. Qb1 Nc4 31. Rc1 Ra8 32. d5 Rxd5 33. Rxd5 Qxd5 34. Nc3 Qd2 35. Nxb5 Nxa3 (
35... Qxf4 $2 36. g3 Qg4 37. Qb3 Rc8 38. Nd4 $18 (38. Nd6)) 36. Nxa3 Rxa3 37.
g3 Ra2 38. Rf1 Rb2 (38... Bc5 39. Qb8+ Kf7 40. Qc7+) 39. Qc1 Qb4 40. Qc6 Qb3
41. Qa8 Qc4 42. Qd8 Qc6 43. Rd1 Qf3 44. Rf1 Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match/Nation URS-YUG"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Stein, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]
[EventType "team-schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 (5... h6) 6. d5 d6 7. Bd3 e6
8. dxe6 (8. Qd2) 8... fxe6 $6 (8... Bxe6 9. f4 Nc6 10. Nf3 (10. Nge2) 10... Qb6
11. Qc1 Qa6 12. Nd2 Ng4 $13 {Petrosian,T-Velickovic,S/Vrsac/1981/1:0 (55)/}) 9.
Nge2 (9. e5 $5 dxe5 10. h4 Nc6 11. a3 Qa5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nge2 Nd4 14. Ng3
Bd7 15. Qg4 $44 {Minev,N-Dittman/Leipzig(ol)/1960/}) 9... Nc6 10. O-O h6 (10...
Ne5 11. f4 Nf7 12. Bh4 $14) 11. Bd2 $5 e5 (11... Ne5 12. Qc2 b6 13. f4 Nxd3 14.
Qxd3 Bb7 15. Rae1 $16) 12. Nd5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. f4 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bf5 16.
Qc2 Qd7 17. fxe5 (17. b4 $2 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Qf5) 17... dxe5 18. Be4 Rf6 (18...
Rac8 19. b3 b5 20. Bb4 {/\c5/}) 19. Rf3 Raf8 20. Raf1 h5 21. c5 $2 Qb5 $1 22.
Bxf5 (22. b4 $2 d3 $19) (22. a4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Qxc5 24. Rxf6 Bxf6 25. Qxg6+ Bg7
$13) 22... gxf5 23. Bg5 (23. Rxf5 $2 d3) 23... R6f7 24. Rh3 Qe8 (24... Rc8 25.
Qd1 $1 Qxc5 26. Qxh5 Qxd5 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Rxf5 Rcc7 29. Bh6 $18) 25. d6 Qe6
26. Qd1 (26. Be7 e4 $1 $13) 26... f4 (26... Qg6 $5) 27. Qxh5 Qf5 28. g4 $2 (28.
b4 $2 d3 29. Kh1 (29. b5 e4 30. c6 bxc6 31. bxc6 Bd4+ 32. Kh1 Rh7 33. Qxh7+
Qxh7 34. Rxh7 Kxh7 35. d7 e3 $19) 29... d2 30. b5 e4 31. c6 e3 32. d7 f3 $1 33.
Rhxf3 e2 $1 $19) (28. Be7 Qxh5 29. Rxh5 Re8 $13) 28... Qe4 29. Bh4 (29. Be7 f3
$1 $19) 29... f3 30. Bf2 Rf4 31. Rh4 Bf6 32. g5 Rxh4 33. Bxh4 Bd8 34. Bf2 (34.
Bg3 Qe3+ 35. Kh1 Qxg5 36. Qxg5+ Bxg5 37. Bxe5 d3 $17) 34... Qf5 (34... Rf7 $1
35. Kh1 d3 $17) 35. Kh1 Kg7 $2 (35... Rf7 $1) (35... d3 $17) 36. Qh6+ Kf7 37.
Rg1 Qg6 38. Qh3 Kg8 39. b4 d3 40. b5 e4 41. Qh6 (41. c6 bxc6 42. bxc6 e3 $1 (
42... Qxd6 $2 43. g6 Qe7 44. g7 $18) 43. c7 (43. Bxe3 f2 44. Bxf2 Rxf2 45. c7
Bxc7 46. dxc7 Qc6+ $19) 43... exf2 44. Rf1 Bxc7 45. dxc7 Qc6 $15) 41... Qxh6
42. gxh6+ Kh7 (42... Kf7 $2 43. c6 $2 (43. Be3 $1 Ke6 (43... Bf6 44. c6 bxc6
45. bxc6 Ke6 46. d7 Bd8 (46... Kd6 47. Rg6 Kc7 48. Bf4+ Kd8 49. Rxf6 Rxf6 50.
Bg5 $18) 47. h7 Kf7 48. Bd4 $18) 44. h7 Bf6 45. Rg6 $1 (45. Rg8 Rf7 $1) 45...
Rh8 (45... f2 46. Kg2) (45... Kf5 46. Rg8) 46. c6 bxc6 47. bxc6 Rxh7 48. Rxf6+
$18) 43... bxc6 44. bxc6 Bb6 45. c7 Ke6 46. Rg6+ Kd7 $19) 43. Be3 (43. c6 bxc6
44. bxc6 Bb6 $6 (44... Bf6 $13) 45. c7 Bxf2 46. d7 $18) 43... f2 44. Rf1 Ba5 $1
(44... Rf6 {/\45.Kg2 Rg6 46.Kf2 Bh4#/}) 45. c6 $2 (45. d7 Bd8 (45... d2 $2 46.
Bxd2 Bxd2 47. Rxf2 $1 $18) 46. Kg2 Rg8+ 47. Kh3 Rf8 $10) (45. Kg2 d2 46. Bxf2
Rg8+ 47. Kh3 (47. Bg3 $2 e3 $19) 47... Rf8 48. Kg2 $10) 45... bxc6 46. bxc6 Bb6
$1 47. Bxb6 (47. c7 Bxe3 48. d7 (48. Rxf2 Bxf2 49. d7 Rg8 $1 50. h4 Rg1+ 51.
Kh2 Bg3+ $1 $19) 48... Rg8 49. h4 Rg1+ 50. Kh2 Rxf1 51. d8=Q Rh1+ 52. Kg3 Rg1+
$19) 47... axb6 48. Rxf2 e3 $3 $19 49. Rxf8 d2 50. c7 d1=Q+ 51. Kg2 Qg4+ 52.
Kf1 Qc4+ 53. Kg2 e2 54. Kf2 Qe6 55. Ke1 Qxd6 56. Rh8+ Kg6 57. Rg8+ Kh5 0-1

[Event "URS-chT Cup 05th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1966.09.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stein, Leonid"]
[Black "Geller, Efim P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1966.09.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Avangard"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Army"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 c5 7. d5 Qa5 8. Bd3 $6
(8. Qd2 {favours Black (Geller).}) 8... g5 9. Bg3 Nxe4 $1 10. Bxe4 Bxc3+ 11.
bxc3 Qxc3+ 12. Kf1 f5 13. Ne2 $6 ({Geller recommends} 13. Rc1 Qf6 14. h4 {
The best answer} g4 $1 {will be played in Spassky-Fischer, Belgrade 1992.})
13... Qf6 14. Bc2 f4 15. h4 Rf8 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Nxf4 $6 ({Or} 17. Qe1 fxg3
18. Nxg3 Qd4 19. Rh7 Rxf2+ 20. Qxf2 Qxa1+) 17... gxf4 18. Bh2 Nd7 19. g3 Ne5
20. Qh5+ Kd8 21. gxf4 Ng4 22. Re1 Rh8 23. Bh7 {Efim better on Buisguier -
Perez Perez, trecht 1961 with his next move.} Qg7 $1 {Geller showed the use of
preparation.} (23... Qg7 24. Bg3 Nf6 {wins material.}) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-23"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1978.11.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Cabrilo,G"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1978.10.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{Inf.26/692} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 (3... d5) 4. d5 Bg7 5. e4 O-O (5... d6
) 6. Nh3 d6 7. Nf2 e6 (7... b5 $5) 8. Nc3 Na6 9. Be2 (9. Bg5) 9... Nc7 10. O-O
a6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 exd5 13. cxd5 b5 $6 (13... Re8 $5) 14. Qd2 (14. e5 $6
dxe5 15. Bxc5 Re8 {><d5}) 14... Kh7 15. e5 $1 b4 (15... dxe5 16. Bxc5 Re8 17.
Rfd1 Bb7 18. Nfe4 $1 $16) 16. exf6 bxc3 17. bxc3 Qxf6 18. Rac1 Qd8 19. g4 $1 {
()} Re8 20. Nd1 Rb8 21. Rf2 Bd7 22. Bf4 $16 Qf6 23. c4 Rb6 24. Bd3 Reb8 25. Kg2
Ne8 26. Re2 $1 Ba4 $6 (26... Qd8 $5) 27. g5 Qd8 (27... hxg5 $2 28. Bxg5 Qd4 29.
Re4 $18) 28. gxh6 Bf6 29. Bc2 $19 Bxc2 30. Rxc2 Qd7 31. Nf2 Bd4 32. Be3 Bxe3 (
32... Bf6 33. Ne4 $18) 33. Qxe3 Nf6 34. Nh3 Re8 35. Ng5+ Kg8 (35... Kxh6 36.
Ne4+ Kg7 37. Nxf6 Rxe3 38. Nxd7 Rxe2+ 39. Rxe2 Rb7 40. Re7 $18) 36. Qc3 (36.
Qc3 Rxe2+ 37. Rxe2 Qd8 38. Qxf6) 1-0

[Event "St Stefan/Belgrade m"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 $1 (7...
O-O 8. Bd3 e6 9. dxe6 $5) 8. Bg3 Qa5 9. Bd3 (9. Qd2 Nh5) 9... Nxe4 $1 10. Bxe4
Bxc3+ (10... f5 11. Qh5+ Kd8 12. Nge2 $1 $14) 11. bxc3 Qxc3+ 12. Kf1 f5 (12...
Qxc4+ 13. Bd3 Qc3 14. Ne2 Qf6 15. Rb1 $14) 13. Rc1 (13. Ne2 $2 Qf6 14. Bc2 f4
15. h4 Rf8 16. hxg5 (16. Bh2 f3) 16... hxg5 17. Nxf4 gxf4 18. Bh2 (18. Bh4 Rh8
$1) 18... Nd7 19. g3 Ne5 20. Qh5+ Kd8 21. gxf4 Ng4 22. Re1 Rh8 23. Bh7 Qg7 {
0-1/Stein-Geller,E/URS/1966/}) 13... Qf6 $1 (13... Qb2 14. Rc2 (14. Bc2 f4 15.
h4 fxg3 16. hxg5 Rf8 17. gxh6 Rxf2+ 18. Ke1 Qc3+ 19. Qd2 Qxd2#) (14. Rb1 $5
Qxa2 (14... Qf6) 15. Bd3 f4 16. Bxf4 gxf4 17. Qc1 $5 Rf8 18. Qc3 Qa4 19. Nf3
Nd7 20. Ke2 Nb6 21. Rb5 $44) 14... Qf6 15. h4 fxe4 16. Qh5+ Kd8 17. hxg5 Qa1+
18. Ke2 Qd4 $19 {Barden}) 14. h4 $146 (14. Qh5+ Kd8 15. h4 g4 $1 16. Bd3 f4 17.
Bxf4 Qxf4 $13 {Radomski-Timoschenko/URS/1976/}) 14... g4 $1 (14... f4 $2 15.
Qh5+ Kd8 16. hxg5 Qb2 17. Ne2 $36) (14... fxe4 15. Qh5+ Qf7 (15... Kd8 16. hxg5
Qb2 17. Ne2 $16) 16. hxg5 Qxh5 17. Rxh5 Kf7 18. Ne2 Kg7 19. gxh6+ Rxh6 20. Rxh6
Kxh6 21. Bh4 e6 22. Be7 $14) 15. Bd3 $6 (15. Ne2 $5 fxe4 16. Kg1 Bf5 17. Kh2
Nd7 18. Re1 $44) 15... f4 16. Ne2 (16. Bh2 g3 17. Qh5+ Kd8 18. Ne2 gxh2 $15 (
18... Rg8 19. Qf3 Bg4 20. Qe4 gxh2 21. f3 $13)) 16... fxg3 17. Nxg3 Rf8 18. Rc2
Nd7 $1 19. Qxg4 Ne5 20. Qe4 (20. Qh5+ $2 Kd8 21. Ne4 (21. Qe2 Bg4 22. Qd2 Nxd3
23. Qxd3 Qa1+) 21... Qg7 $1 22. Qe2 (22. Be2 Rf5 $19) 22... Bg4 23. f3 (23. Qd2
Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Qa1+) 23... Bxf3 $19) 20... Bd7 21. Kg1 O-O-O 22. Bf1 Rg8 23. f4
(23. Qe1 Rg4 24. h5 Rf8 $17) (23. h5 Rdf8 24. Qh4 Qf5 $1 25. Nxf5 $140 Nf3#)
23... Nxc4 $1 24. Nh5 Qf7 25. Qxc4 Qxh5 26. Rb2 Rg3 27. Be2 Qf7 28. Bf3 Rdg8
29. Qb3 (29. Kf2 Qg7 30. Rhb1 Rxg2+ 31. Bxg2 Qxg2+ 32. Ke1 Qh1+ $1 $19) 29...
b6 30. Qe3 Qf6 31. Re2 (31. Rd2 e5 32. dxe6 Bc6) 31... Bb5 32. Rd2 e5 33. dxe6
(33. fxe5 Qxf3 $19) 33... Bc6 34. Kf1 Bxf3 (34... Bxf3 35. gxf3 Qa1+ 36. Ke2
Qxh1 $19) 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Poluljahov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 c5 7. d5 e5 (7... e6 $1
) 8. dxe6 (8. f3 $1) 8... Bxe6 9. f4 $6 (9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Nge2 g5 11. Bg3 Qd7 12.
O-O O-O-O 13. f4 gxf4 14. Nxf4 h5 15. Bh4 Rdg8 $13 {ECO/Stahlberg-Penrose/
Leipzig ol/1960/}) 9... Nc6 10. Nf3 (10. Bd3 g5 11. fxg5 Ng4 12. Nf3 Nd4 13.
Qd2 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Ne5 15. Be2 Nxc4 $13 {ECO/Bobozov-Langeweg/Zevenaar/1961/})
10... Qa5 11. Nd2 (11. Qd2 Nd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Nh5 14. Qd2 Nxf4 15. Bg3
g5 $17) (11. Bd3 Nh5 12. Qd2 Nxf4 13. Qxf4 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qxc3+ 15. Ke2 g5 $19)
11... Ng4 12. Qf3 $6 (12. Nb5 O-O $17) (12. Rc1 Ne3 13. Qf3 Nxf1 14. Qxf1 O-O
$17) 12... g5 13. Bg3 Nd4 14. Qd3 b5 $1 15. cxb5 (15. Nxb5 Nxb5 16. cxb5 Bxb2
17. Rb1 c4 $1 18. Qxd6 c3 19. Qc6+ Kf8 20. Qxa8+ Kg7 21. Qc6 cxd2+ 22. Ke2 Rc8
$19) 15... c4 $19 16. Nxc4 (16. Qb1 Ne3 17. Kf2 Ndc2 18. f5 Qb6 (18... Nd1+ $5
19. Nxd1 Qxd2+ 20. Kg1 $17) 19. fxe6 fxe6 $19) 16... Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Ne3 18. Qd3
Nec2+ 19. Kd1 Nxa1 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[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 "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Estonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EST"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 c5 (5... O-O {is more flexible.})
6. d5 e6 7. h3 Na6 8. Nf3 Nc7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 exd5 (10... O-O 11. O-O Re8 12.
Qd2 $14 {with more flexible position is the main line here these days.}) 11.
exd5 b5 $2 {[#]} (11... O-O {has to be played}) 12. Qd2 $1 {Now Black has
serious problems with his castles kingside.} (12. cxb5 Bb7 13. Bc4 O-O 14. O-O
Nd7 {gave some compensation for the P because of the vulnerable d5P.}) 12...
bxc4 13. Bxc4 g5 14. h4 $1 g4 15. Ng1 Nd7 16. Nge2 Ne5 17. b3 Rb8 18. Ng3 {
Black's kingside is a whole bunch of weaknesses now.} Bf6 (18... Nxc4 19. bxc4
Rb4 (19... Qf6 20. Nge4 $18) (19... Ba6 20. Nf5 $18) 20. O-O $1 Rxc4 (20...
Qxh4 21. Bf4 $18) 21. Qe2 $1) 19. Rc1 Bxh4 {desperation} 20. Nce4 Bxg3 $2 {[#]}
(20... Be7 21. Rxh6 Rxh6 22. Bxh6 $16) 21. Bg5 $1 {zwischenzug} 1-0

[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. f4 {This
agressive setup is not popular these days.} c5 $1 {When the B leaves the
diagonal c1-h6 this move gains strength.} 8. d5 Qa5 (8... b5 $1 {The Benko
gambit is a good choice here, because the B on h4 is out of play, and White
can't find time for the breakthrough in the centre with e4-e5.} 9. cxb5 a6 10.
bxa6 Qa5 11. Qd2 Bxa6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Nf3 Rfb8 14. O-O c4 $44 {
Martens-Westerinen, Lidkoping 1969}) 9. Qd2 e6 10. Nf3 (10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Nf3 {
deseves attention}) 10... Re8 $2 (10... exd5 11. Bxf6 (11. cxd5 Re8 12. Bd3 b5
$132) (11. exd5 Re8+ 12. Be2 Ng4) 11... Bxf6 12. Nxd5 Qxd2+ $1 (12... Qd8 13.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. O-O-O) 13. Kxd2 Bd8 14. Bd3 Nc6 $11 {and this structure is not
bad for Black because of the weak d3 B and he can also insert some pressure on
the dark squares in the long run.}) 11. dxe6 $1 (11. O-O-O exd5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6
13. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 14. Rxd2 Bd8 15. Bd3 Nc6) 11... Bxe6 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. O-O Bg4 14.
Rae1 $146 (14. h3 Bxf3 15. Rxf3 Nd4 16. Rff1 a6 17. Rae1 Rf8 18. f5 g5 19. Bg3
Rad8 20. h4 g4 21. Bf4 Kh7 22. Bg5 Nc6 23. Rd1 Rd7 {Ermenkov,E-Martinovic,S/
Groningen op 1988/EXT 88op/1/2-1/2 (76)}) 14... Nd4 {[#]} (14... Nd7 $5) 15.
Kh1 $1 {/\ Ng1, h3} Bxf3 16. gxf3 {White gets a stong initiative on the
kingside because of the threat of f4-f5 opening up the g line, while h7-h6
weakened Black's pawn structure. The N is nice on d4, but where is a
counterplay?} Nh5 $6 (16... Kh7) (16... Nd7 17. Qg2) 17. f5 $1 Kh7 (17... gxf5
$2 18. exf5) (17... g5 $2 18. Bxg5 $1 hxg5 19. Qxg5 Nf6 20. Rg1 $18) 18. fxg6+
fxg6 19. f4 $1 $16 Qc7 20. Nd5 Qf7 21. Qg2 Re6 22. f5 $1 {White has an
inferior attack} Re5 23. fxg6+ Qxg6 24. Qxg6+ Kxg6 25. Rg1+ Kh7 26. Ref1 Ne6
27. Rf7 Ng5 28. Bxg5 hxg5 29. Be2 $18 Rh8 30. Bxh5 Kg8 31. Bg6 (31. Bg6 Rh6 32.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 33. Bf5 $18) (31. Nf4 $1 Rxh5 32. Rxg7+ Kxg7 33. Nxh5+) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[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. d4 {Baburin} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 e5 (5... O-O 6. Nge2 c5
(6... Nc6 7. O-O Nd7 ({or} 7... e5 8. d5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Ne2) 8. Be3 e5 {
are the standard and typical King's Indian solutions here.}) 7. d5 e6 {may
lead to a Benoni, which is not that bad according to nowadays theory.}) 6. d5
a5 {Black is waiting with his castles and playing for a dark-square strategy.}
7. Nge2 Na6 8. f3 {This Bd3 line many times transposes to Samish type of
positions.} Nd7 9. Be3 {White is not afraid of Black's positional threat of
exchanging the dark-squared B. Usually this is a double-edged operation. From
statical point of view this is good for Black, because he gets rid off the
passive B. From dynamical point of view after this exchange he cannot open up
the position with f7-f5 so effectively, as in case of having a B on the long /
^. Black's position ramains passive, and he has to control a lot of dark
squares, where White can blow up the position.} (9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Nb6 (10...
Ndc5 11. Bc2 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. f4 $14) 11. b3 c6 12. Qe1 (12. Rc1) 12... f5
13. Qf2 c5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Rac1 a4 16. Nb5 Qd7 17. Nec3 e4 $13 {Seirawan-I.
Igor, USA-ch Los Angeles 1991}) {Baburin: Here Ivanchuk decided to echange the
bishops with a rather standard move} 9... Bh6 $5 {Although, the idea of
trading a 'bad' bishop for a good one is very logical, it has some drawbacks:
this operation takes time and then Black needs to worry about some weakening
of his kingside. Finally we should state that White has a significant space
advantage and his remaining bishop is not really bad.} 10. Qd2 (10. Bxh6 Qh4+)
10... Bxe3 11. Qxe3 c6 $6 {Opening up the position is against the principles
now especially having the K in the middle. Baburin: A risky decision - Black
creates tension in the centre, while his king is not safe and its future is
very unclear.} (11... h5 12. O-O Qf6 {was recommended, although after} 13. b3
$1 (13. a3 Nac5 14. Bc2 (14. Nb5 Qd8) 14... a4 15. Nb5 Qd8) 13... O-O 14. a3 {
White has good chances on the <<.}) (11... O-O $5) (11... Qh4+ 12. g3 Qe7 13.
h4 Ndc5 (13... Nac5 {Baburin} 14. O-O-O {where White's chances are better.})
14. Bc2 Bd7 15. O-O-O $16) 12. Qh6 $1 {Now Black is deprived from castling.
Baburin: The weakness of the kingside becomes apparent. White might play
something like h2-h4-h5, so Black needs to come up with counterplay.} (12. O-O
$2 Qb6) 12... Ndc5 (12... Qf6 {/\ g5 is answered by} 13. h4) (12... Nac5 $142
13. Rd1 Nb6 14. b3 Qe7 $16 (14... a4 15. Bc2)) 13. Rd1 Qb6 $2 {Now the Q
leaves the >> as well. Baburin: After this mistake Black's position, already
difficult, becomes critical. The text weakens the d6-pawn, which now lacks
protection.} (13... Qf6 14. Bc2 $1 (14. Bb1 Bd7 {/\ 0-0-0}) (14. dxc6 bxc6 15.
Bb1) 14... Bd7 15. O-O O-O-O 16. a3 $16) 14. Bb1 Ke7 {[#]} (14... Qxb2 15. dxc6
bxc6 16. Qg7 (16. Rxd6 $18 {Baburin}) 16... Rf8 17. Rxd6) 15. f4 $1 $18 {
White has to open up the <->s and /^s against the K in the middle. Baburin:
Seirawan leads the attack with great energy - Black's king won't find peace in
this game. At the same time his white colleague is absolutely safe in the
centre.} exf4 16. Rf1 $1 {White brings his last inactive piece into the battle.
} (16. dxc6 $5 bxc6 17. Nxf4) ({Baburin: Also good would be the immediate} 16.
Qxf4 {Baburin}) 16... Rf8 17. Qxf4 f6 18. dxc6 Qxc6 19. Nd4 Qe8 (19... Qd7 20.
Nd5+ Kd8 21. Nb6 $18) 20. Nd5+ Kd8 21. Qxd6+ Bd7 22. Nb5 {This was one of the
first big surprises in Groningen!} (22. Nb5 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 24. Kf2 Qh4+
25. Kg1 Rf7 26. Rxf6 $18 (26. Rfe1)) 1-0

[Event "Julian Borowski 1st"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "1999.03.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1999.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 Nc6 {Black attacks the somewhat
weakened >< d4 immediately.} (5... O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. O-O exd5 9. cxd5
{leads to the Penrose line of the Benoni.} (9. exd5)) 6. Nge2 (6. d5 Ne5 $1 (
6... Nd4 7. Nge2 Bg4 8. f3 Bxf3 {is a romantic, but unsound idea.} 9. gxf3
Nxf3+ 10. Kf2 Ne5 11. Nf4 c6 12. Kg2 O-O 13. Rf1 $16 {Szabo-Sallay, Hungary-ch
1961}) 7. Be2 c6 {Black has to undermine White's strong [+].} 8. Nf3 (8. f4
Ned7 9. Nf3 {looks more agressive.}) 8... Ned7 9. Be3 O-O 10. h3 Nc5 11. Qc2 (
11. Nd2) 11... Bd7 12. O-O (12. Bxc5 $6 {giving up the strong B cannot be good.
} dxc5 13. g4 $6 (13. e5 $2 Bf5) (13. O-O) 13... Bc8 {vacating the square for
the N, in order to put pressure on the dark squares.} 14. Rd1 Nd7 15. Kf1 Qc7
16. Kg2 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 $13 {Ramseier-V.Milov, Stadtcasino op 1998})) 6...
Nd7 (6... e5 7. d5 Nd4 8. Bg5 (8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Ne2 O-O (9... Nd7 10. f4 c5 11.
O-O {White has blockaded the d o^ succesfully, and he can mobilize his pawns
on the >>.} b5 $5 12. b3 $1 {White wants to keep the position closed on the <<.
} (12. cxb5 {gives chances for Black to find counterplay on the <<} a6 13. bxa6
Bxa6 14. b3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 O-O 16. Ng3 Re8 17. Rf2 Ra7 $44 {Bisguier-Karklins,
Chikago 1994}) 12... O-O 13. Bd2 bxc4 14. bxc4 Re8 15. Ng3 h5 16. e5 $1 {
This is the typical breakthrough in the [+].} dxe5 17. f5 $1 {The P on e5
restricts the activity of the black pieces.} e4 18. fxg6 fxg6 19. Nxe4 Ne5 20.
Bg5 Qc7 21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22. Rxf6 $18 {Soln-Gelban, EU-chJM Siofok 1996}) 10. Bg5
h6 11. Bh4 g5 (11... Re8 12. f3 c5 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Nxd4 Qb6 15. Ne2 d5 16.
cxd5 cxd5 $44 {Miles-Mortensen, Esbjerg 1984}) 12. Bg3 c5 13. O-O Nh5 $11 {
blockading the dark squares, Smyslov-Zueger, Gelsenkirchen 1991}) 8... c6 $1 {
defending >< b5, although it is not easy to understand this at first sight.} (
8... h6 $6 9. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 (9... Bxf6 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Ne2 c6 12. O-O $14 {
and White can mobilize his pawns on the >> again.}) 10. Nb5 $1 {This is the
problem!} (10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Ne2 h5 12. O-O O-O 13. Qb3 (13. f4 Bg4 $11 {
playing for ^-.}) 13... c6 14. Rae1 Qd8 $13 {Christiansen-Yermolinsky, USA-ch
1996}) 10... Qd8 (10... Nxb5 11. cxb5 Bd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. O-O h5 14. Rc3 Bh6
15. Qa4 a6 16. Qa5 $16) (10... Nxe2 11. Nxc7+ Kd8 12. Nxa8 Nf4 13. Bf1 b6 14.
a4 $1 $16) 11. Nbxd4 exd4 12. O-O $14) 9. O-O h6 {Here this idea is more
effective.} 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Ne2 O-O $11 {Yermolinsky}) 7. Be3
e5 8. d5 Nd4 9. Nb5 Nxe2 $6 {Now Black has lost the advantage of his
centralized N.} (9... Nxb5 $1 {corruptes somehow White's << P formation,
although there is a pressure on the c <->.} 10. cxb5 O-O 11. Rc1 $5 (11. O-O {
allows Black the standard -> on the >> against the K.} f5 12. f3 (12. exf5 gxf5
13. f4 e4 14. Bc4 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Bg7 16. Nd4 Nf6 $17) 12... f4 13. Bf2 Nf6 14.
Rc1 g5 15. Rc3 g4 16. Kh1 {(Illescas-Romero Holmes, Leon 1993)} (16. Qc2 gxf3
17. gxf3 Bh3 $40) 16... h5 $1 17. Bh4 Qd7 $1 18. Qc2 Ne8 19. Rc1 Bf6 20. Bxf6
$1 Rxf6 21. Rxc7 Nxc7 22. Qxc7 Qxc7 23. Rxc7 Rf7 24. Rc3 $1 $15 {Illescas}))
10. Qxe2 $1 (10. Bxe2 O-O 11. O-O a5 (11... Nc5 12. f3 (12. Nc3 {retreats
without a fight.} a5 13. Qd2 b6 14. Rae1 Bd7 15. Bd1 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. f4 e4
18. Bd4 Bxd4+ 19. Qxd4 Qf6 $11 {Bischoff-Hug, Altensteig, 1994}) 12... a5 13.
Qc2 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 (14... gxf5 15. f4 $14) 15. Qd2 b6 {(Marin-V.Spasov,
Budapest zt 1993)} 16. Rac1 $1 Rf7 17. b3 Qf8 18. Bd1 Nd3 $2 19. g4 Nxc1 20.
gxf5 Nxb3 21. axb3 gxf5 22. f4 $16) (11... f5 12. f3 a6 13. Nc3 a5 (13... Qe7
14. b4 Nf6 15. Qd2 f4 16. Bf2 g5 17. Kh1 Kh8 18. Rfc1 g4 19. Bh4 gxf3 20. Bxf3
$14 {and Black's hopes for an -> are not real at all, Dumitrache-V.Spasov,
Varna 1994}) 14. a3 b6 15. b4 Nf6 16. c5 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 bxc5 19.
bxc5 fxe4 20. fxe4 Ng4 $14 {Glek-A.Kuzmin, Moscow 1991}) 12. Qc2 $14) 10... a6
11. Nc3 O-O 12. O-O-O $1 {The position requires from White energetic play.} (
12. O-O f5 $1) 12... b5 $2 {This P sacrifice is not sound.} (12... f5 13. exf5
gxf5 14. g4 $1 $16 {is a typical Samish position with better chances for White.
}) (12... Nc5 13. Bc2 a5 14. g4 $16 {depriving Black from f7-f5.}) 13. cxb5 Nc5
$5 (13... axb5 14. Bxb5 $16) 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Kb1 $16 {The black ^^ is not
dangerous for the white K.} Qd6 $1 {activating the Q on the b <->.} 16. Rc1
axb5 17. Nxb5 Qb6 18. Qe3 Ba6 19. a4 $5 (19. Rxc5 $4 Bh6 $1 $19) (19. Qxc5 Qa5
$1 (19... Bxb5 20. Bxb5 Qa5 21. a4 $18) 20. b4 (20. Qxc7 $4 Bxb5) 20... Qa4)
19... Qa5 20. b3 {building up the rock-solid defence.} Rfb8 21. Rxc5 $2 {
This allows the penetration of the black Q.} (21. Qxc5 Bxb5 (21... Qd2 22. Qc2
$18) 22. Bxb5 Bf8 23. Qc4 $16 (23. Qxc7 $4 Rxb5 $1 $19)) 21... Qb4 $1 22. Kb2 {
[#]} Bh6 $5 ({missing} 22... Bf8 $1 23. Rc4 (23. Rxc7 $2 Bxb5 24. Bxb5 Qa3+ 25.
Kc2 (25. Kb1 Rxb5 $19) 25... Qa2+ 26. Kd3 (26. Kc3 $2 Rxb5 $1 27. axb5 Qa5+ $19
) 26... Rxb5 $1 27. axb5 Qxb3+ 28. Rc3 Qxb5+ $19) 23... Qa5 24. Qe1 Bxb5 25.
Qxa5 Rxa5 26. axb5 Raxb5 27. Bc2 $14) 23. Qxh6 Qxc5 24. Qe3 (24. Qd2 $2 Bxb5
25. Bxb5 Rxb5 26. axb5 Qd4+ 27. Qc3 Ra2+ $19) 24... Qb4 $6 {avoiding the
exchange of the queens.} (24... Qxe3 {was more persistant, although after} 25.
fxe3 Bxb5 26. Bxb5 Kf8 27. Rc1 Ra7 28. Bc6 Ke7 29. Ka3 Kd6 30. Rf1 Rf8 31. b4
$16 {White retains the better perspectives.}) 25. Rc1 Qa5 (25... Bxb5 26. Bxb5
Rxb5 $2 27. axb5 (27. Rc4 Qa5) 27... Qa3+ 28. Kc2 Qa2+ 29. Kd1 $18) 26. Qe1 Qb6
$2 ({again the exhange of the queens was more resilient.} 26... Qxe1 27. Rxe1
Bxb5 28. Bxb5 $16) 27. Rc6 Qb7 28. Qc3 $18 Bxb5 29. Bxb5 Qa7 (29... Rc8 30.
Qxe5) 30. Qc5 Rb6 31. Rxc7 Qa5 32. Rc8+ (32. b4 $4 Rxb5) 32... Rxc8 33. Qxc8+
Kg7 34. Qc3 Qa7 35. f4 $1 Rf6 36. fxe5 Rf2+ 37. Ka3 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch KO"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.12.20"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Black "Shchekachev, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1999.12.04"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5 h6 $1 (5... O-O {allows} 6. Qd2 {
occupying the /^ c1-h6}) 6. Be3 (6. Bf4 {runs into the typical central
counterblow} Nc6 7. d5 e5 $1 {and after} 8. Be3 {Black has a choice between}
Ne7 ({and} 8... Nd4 9. Nge2 (9. Bxd4 exd4 10. Qxd4 O-O $44 {gives sufficient
counterplay for Black due to his strong B on the long /^.}) 9... c5 (9... Ng4
10. Bxd4 exd4 11. Nxd4 $14) 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11. f3 $14 {with a somewhat weakened
backward P on the d <->.}) 9. f3 Nh5 10. Qd2 f5 {Now we have a Samish type of
position.} 11. Bd3 c5 (11... f4 $6 {closes the centre and gives White free
hand on the <<.} 12. Bf2 O-O 13. c5 $16) 12. dxc6 bxc6 {Black has to fight for
the [+].} (12... Nxc6 $6 13. Nge2 Be6 14. O-O-O $16) 13. Nge2 Nf6 14. O-O-O Be6
15. Bc2 d5 $1 $13 {Cebalo-Bukic, Yugoslavia (ch) 1981}) (6. Bh4 {Here the B is
a bit out of play, because the c1-h6 /^ is the best one for him.} O-O 7. Be2 (
7. Bd3 e5 $13 (7... c5 $13) (7... Nc6 $13)) 7... c5 8. d5 $13 {- E74, where
the B on h4 is not well-placed.}) 6... Ng4 7. Bc1 e5 8. d5 (8. dxe5 {is not
dangerous because of} Nxe5 $1 $13 (8... dxe5 {however may secure White some
small advantage after} 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. h3 $14)) 8... f5 (8... O-O $143 9. f3
Nf6 10. Be3 $14 {/\ Qd2 because in a Samish type of position White has created
a weakness on h6.}) 9. Be2 (9. exf5 gxf5 10. h3 Nf6 11. g4 Na6 ({accepting the
P sac after} 11... fxg4 12. Qd3 $1 O-O 13. hxg4 {is +/- according to Rajkovic,
but after} Nxg4 14. f3 e4 15. Nxe4 Bf5 16. Be2 Na6 {things are far from clear!}
) 12. gxf5 Bxf5 {Black has a strong control over the vital >< e4.} 13. Nge2 (
13. Bd3 Qd7 $1 $13) 13... Qd7 $1 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. Bd3 (15. h4 $5 Nb4 $1 16. Bh3
Nc2+ 17. Kf1 Qf7 $1 18. Be6 Qf8 $13) 15... e4 $1 {This is the typical
positional P sacrifice here in order to open up the long /^ and the e <->.} 16.
Ngxe4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 $1 18. Bxe4 O-O-O $44 {and the white K is not safe at
all in the middle, Rajkovic-M.Markovic, Nis 1998.}) (9. f3 Nf6 10. Be3 Na6 {
is a good version of the Samish for Black, because he played f7-f5 without
losing tempi with his N.} 11. Bd3 (11. Qd2 fxe4 12. fxe4 Ng4 {gaining the
important B.}) 11... O-O 12. Nge2 Nc5 13. exf5 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 gxf5 $13 {
Press-Aronin, Moscow 1959}) 9... Nf6 10. exf5 gxf5 (10... Bxf5 11. g4 $14 {
and White will control the important >< e4 and the b1-h7 /^.}) 11. Bh5+ {
This looks best.} (11. f4 $143 {allows} O-O {and the K is in safety.} 12. Nf3
Ne4 $1 13. fxe5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 dxe5 15. Ba3 $5 (15. O-O $2 {(T.Petrosian-Torre,
Tilburg 1982)} c5 $1 $17) 15... Re8 16. O-O Na6 $13) (11. Nf3 O-O $13) 11...
Nxh5 (11... Kf8 12. Be2 ({or} 12. f4 c5 {Black wants to control the vital ><
d4 after e5-e4.} (12... e4 13. Be2 Na6 {- 12.Be2} (13... c6 14. Nh3 {/\ 0-0}))
(12... Nxh5 13. Qxh5 {- 11...Nxh5}) (12... Na6 13. Be2 {- 12.Be2} (13. Nh3 Nxh5
14. Qxh5 Qe8 (14... e4))) 13. Nh3 e4 14. O-O Na6 $13) 12... c5 (12... Na6 13.
f4 {and White wants to force Black to play e5-e4, after which he has good
blockading squares on d4 and e3.} e4 14. Be3 c5 15. dxc6 {White wants to
create additional weaknesses on the <<.} (15. Nh3 Nc7 16. a4 ({or} 16. Nf2 h5 {
against g4}) 16... Na6 $13 {and the position remains pretty closed.}) 15...
bxc6 16. Nh3 d5 (16... Be6 17. Qa4 $16) 17. Qa4 $14) 13. f4 (13. dxc6 Nxc6) (
13. Nf3 $5 {/\ Nh4,f4}) 13... e4) 12. Qxh5+ Kf8 13. f4 {This is the logical
continuation.} (13. Nge2 {was less clear and led to a complicated middlegame:}
Qe8 14. Ng3 (14. Qxe8+ Kxe8 15. f4 Na6 16. O-O Bd7) 14... Na6 15. O-O Bd7 16.
b4 Kg8 17. Rb1 Kh7 18. Nb5 Rf8 19. Qxe8 Raxe8 20. Nxa7 Ba4 21. Bd2 Bc2 22. Rbc1
Bd3 23. Rfe1 e4 $44 {1/2-1/2 I.Sokolov-Ivanchuk, Linares 1995}) 13... e4 (13...
Na6 {is the other idea to keep the [+] open.} 14. Nge2 (14. Nf3 e4 15. Nh4 Qe8
16. Qxe8+ Kxe8 {and Black has nothing to fear.}) 14... Qe8 15. Qh3 {Since the
K is in the middle, White has to avoid the exchange of Q.} (15. Qxe8+ Kxe8 16.
Be3 (16. fxe5 dxe5 $13) 16... e4 17. Bd4 Rg8 18. O-O Bd7 $132 {/\ Nc5-d3})
15... h5 16. O-O $14) (13... Qe8 14. Qh3 (14. Qxe8+ Kxe8 15. Nge2 Na6 {- 13...
Na6}) 14... Na6 15. Nge2 {- 13...Na6}) 14. Nge2 (14. Be3 {is met by} Na6 {>< d3
}) 14... Qe8 (14... Na6 15. O-O (15. Be3 Nb4) 15... Nb4 16. g4 $36) 15. Qh3 (
15. Qxe8+ {is again not dangerous for Black.} Kxe8 16. Be3 Na6 {- 13...Na6})
15... Na6 16. O-O Qg6 (16... Nb4 {/\ Nd3 deserves attention} 17. Be3 (17. Nb5
Qf7) 17... Nd3 18. Rab1 c5 19. dxc6 bxc6 $13) 17. Be3 Rg8 18. Bd4 Qg4 $2 {
This exchange of queens ruins Black's P structure.} (18... Nb4 $1 $13) 19. Qxg4
Bxd4+ 20. Nxd4 Rxg4 21. Nd1 {/\ Ne3 with good knights versus the bad B.} Rg6
22. Ne3 Rf6 23. g4 $1 {This is a positional P sacrifice in order to open up
the position for the better developed pieces.} fxg4 24. f5 h5 25. h3 $1 {
White wants to penetrate on the g <->.} gxh3 26. Kh2 Bd7 (26... Nc5 27. Kxh3
$44 (27. Ne6+ {is not so clear after} Bxe6 28. fxe6 Kg7 29. Nf5+ Kh7)) 27. Ne6+
Kf7 28. Rg1 Rg8 29. Rxg8 Kxg8 30. Rg1+ Kh8 31. Kxh3 Nb4 32. Kh4 Nd3 33. Kxh5
Rf7 34. Kg5 Nf2 $2 {This loses only a vital tempo.} 35. Rf1 $18 Nd3 36. Rh1+
Rh7 (36... Kg8 37. Ng4 Bxe6 38. dxe6 Rg7+ 39. Kf6 Rxg4 40. e7 $18) 37. Rxh7+
Kxh7 38. Nf8+ 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 {Black is
playing for e5, but only after some preparations.} (6... c5 7. d5 e6 {is the
other possibility to undermine White's [+], which may lead to the Penrose
Attack of the Benoni after} 8. O-O exd5 9. cxd5) 7. O-O Nh5 8. Bc2 (8. Be3 e5
9. d5 {see the notes to the game Feletar-Gallagher, Pula zt 2000 CBM 77.}) 8...
e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. a4 {This is the popular plan these days. White wants to
increase pressure on the <<, but he is also ready to fight on the >> .
Sometimes the R may come via a3 to the >>.} (10. Rb1 {- Feletar-Gallagher,
Pula zt 2000 CBM 77}) 10... Kh8 (10... a5 {otherwise 11.a5 comes.} 11. Ra3 f5
12. exf5 Nxf5 {Now White can blockade on >< e4.} (12... gxf5 $5 {deserves
serious attention.} 13. f4 Ng6) 13. Ne4 Nf6 14. Bg5 Qe8 15. N2c3 Nxe4 16. Bxe4
Bf6 17. Bc1 {White has to keep his good B.} Qe7 18. Nb5 $14 {Bareev-Dolmatov,
Rus-ch Elista rapid 1997}) (10... f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Ng3 (12. f4 Ng6 $11 {
Borne-Le Quang, Bagneux 1999 Inf.77/(544)}) 12... Nf4 $5 13. Ra3 (13. Bxf4 $143
$6 {creates a phantastic B on the long /^.} exf4 14. Nh5 (14. Nge2 Be5 $15)
14... Be5 15. Ne2 Ng6 $15 {and >< f4 is in Black's hand.}) (13. Nh5 $5 Nxh5 14.
Qxh5 {is worthy of consideration similarly to the game continuation.}) 13...
Neg6 14. Nce2 $1 Bh6 $5 {Black wants to keep control over the vital f4 square
by all means.} (14... c5 $143 15. Nxf4 $1 exf4 (15... Nxf4 16. Nh5 Nxh5 17.
Qxh5 $14) 16. Nh5 Be5 17. Rf3 $1 {Here we see the point of a4 and Ra3.} Qh4 18.
Rh3 Qg5 {(Pinter-Nataf, Batumi EU-chT 1999 77/544)} 19. Qd3 $1 Bd7 20. Kh1 $1
Qe7 21. Qf3 $16 {J.Pinter}) 15. Nxf4 Bxf4 16. Nh5 Bxc1 17. Qxc1 f4 $13 {
is an untested idea of Nataf.}) 11. a5 (11. Ra3 $5 {preparing against f7-f5.})
11... f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Ng3 Nf4 (13... Nxg3 $143 14. fxg3 $1 {>< f5 /\ g4
after some preparation ruining Black's [+].}) 14. Nh5 (14. Ra3 Neg6 15. Nh5 Bh6
{is similar to Nastaf's suggestion.}) 14... Nxh5 15. Qxh5 a6 {This was not so
important, the fight is now on the >>.} (15... Ng8 16. Bg5 Nf6 (16... Bf6 17.
Be3 $14) 17. Qh4 $14) (15... Ng6 $1) 16. Bg5 Bd7 $2 {This loses material.} (
16... Bf6 17. Bxf6+ Rxf6 18. f4 $14 {fixing the weakness on f5 is not
comfortable, but still much better than the game continuation.}) (16... Qe8 $2
17. Qxe8 Rxe8 18. Ba4 $16 {loses material from the other /^.}) 17. Qh4 Rf7 18.
Bd1 $1 {This is the strong move, probably overseen by Black before. Now Black
will lose an exchange.} Qf8 19. Bh5 $18 {The game is over.} Rf6 20. Qh3 Rh6 21.
f4 Rxh5 22. Qxh5 Ng6 23. Rae1 Re8 24. fxe5 Bxe5 25. Ne2 Bxb2 26. Nf4 Nxf4 27.
Bxf4 Be5 28. Qh4 b5 29. axb6 cxb6 30. Kh1 a5 31. Qf2 a4 32. Bxe5+ dxe5 33. Qxb6
f4 34. c5 a3 35. Qb4 a2 36. Qb2 Qf6 37. Qxa2 Bb5 38. Rf2 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2001.04.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2001.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O Bd7 {
This is a quite unusual move, I think it's main goal is to deviate from the
main lines. The B on d7 is not much better than on c8, meanwhile White gets a
vital tempo.} (7... Nh5 {is the most popular continuation these days.} 8. Bc2
e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. a4 {- Piket-Fedorov, Wijk aan Zee 2001 CBM 81} (10. Rb1 {
- Feletar-Gallagher, Pula zt 2000 CBM 77}) (10. Kh1 {- V.Georgiev-T.Balogh,
Krynica zt 1998 CBM 67})) (7... e5 {was the old main line.} 8. d5 Nd4 {-
Seirawan-Egger, Istanbul ol 2000 CBM 81}) 8. Bc2 {This is a somewhat
sophysticated answer, although typical in this variation.} (8. Rb1 $143 {
takes the place from the B if he is attacked by Nb4.} e5 9. d5 Nb4 {The B is
"bad" because of the P structure, but after changing it While will miss the ^^.
} 10. Ng3 {The N is not well-placed here.} Nxd3 11. Qxd3 h5 12. Bg5 Qe8 {/\ Nh7
} 13. Nge2 {This is a sad retreat.} Nh7 14. Bd2 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. f4 {
White has to blockade the f5 P.} e4 17. Qg3 Rf6 18. Be3 Rg6 19. Qf2 Nf6 $13 {
L.Hansen-Nunn, London 1987}) (8. f3 $5 {looks more to the point giving the
position a Samish caracter.} e5 9. d5 Nb4 10. Bb1 {/\ a3, b4} a5 11. Be3 {
is also good.} (11. a3 Na6 12. Bc2 Ne8 ({Black cannot improve his N's position
by} 12... Nc5 {because of} 13. Be3 {/\ b4}) 13. Be3 (13. Ba4 $5 {trying to
exchange the light-squared B is interesting.}) 13... f5 (13... c5 {This closes
the << for a while, but the N on a6 remains passive and the light squares are
weakened. Black is not strong enough to continue this plan with an assault on
the >>.} 14. g4 (14. Ba4 {looks logical, Black has to avoid the exchange of
his vital light-squared B by} Bc8) 14... Bf6 {Regrouping his pieces as in the
Czech-Benoni.} 15. Qd2 {against Bg5.} Ng7 16. Ng3 Kh8 17. Kh1 {White is
preparing against f7-f5.} Be7 18. Bh6 Rg8 19. Rg1 $14 {with better chances on
both flanks, Matamoros Franco-Glavina Rossi, Ceuta 1995.}) 14. exf5 {Otherwise
f4, g5 will come with a strong -> on the >>.} gxf5 15. Qd2 c5 16. f4 $1 $14 (
16. Bg5 Bf6 17. Bh6 Bg7 18. Bg5 Bf6 19. Bh6 Bg7 {leads only to threefold
repetition after} 20. Bg5 {1/2-1/2 Dokutchaev-I.Zaitsev, Cherepovets 1993}))
11... Qe7 (11... Ne8 $5) 12. a3 Na6 13. Bc2 c5 14. Ba4 $1 {This is the typical
method again!} (14. dxc6 {gives up White's space advantage.} bxc6 15. Qd2 Be6
16. Ba4 Qc7 17. Bb3 Nc5 {1/2-1/2 Kiselev-I.Zaitsev, Moscow 1992}) 14... Bc8 15.
Qd2 $14 {and Black cannot organize his counterattack on the >> easily.}) 8...
e5 (8... Nb4 9. Bb1 c5 10. d5 $14 {leads to a favourable Benoni for White.}) 9.
d5 Nb4 10. Bb1 {/\ a3, b4} a5 11. f3 {Now we have got the position mentioned
before without a tempo!} (11. a3 Na6 12. Bc2 Nc5 {Black has time to build up
the stronghold on c5.} 13. b3 Nh5 $132) 11... Kh8 {This is again a bit
sophysticated manoeuvre planning Ng8 and Bh6 exchanging the passive B.} (11...
Ne8 {/\ f5 seems to be more direct.} 12. Be3 f5 13. exf5 (13. c5 dxc5 (13... f4
14. Bf2 $14) 14. Bxc5 Nd6 {Black's only hope is to blockade on d6, for example:
} 15. a3 Na6 16. Be3 Nc4) 13... gxf5 14. f4 $14 {although White has lost some
tempi.}) (11... Nh5 12. g4 $1 {and the P sac on f4 cannot be correct.}) 12. Be3
Ng8 13. c5 (13. Qd2 {against Bh6} Qh4 {for Bh6} 14. Bg5 Bh6 15. Bxh4 Bxd2 16.
Bf2 b6 17. Rd1 Bg5 18. a3 Na6 19. Bc2 $14 {is a typical King's Indian _|_,
where Black lacks the possibility of a >> ->.}) 13... Bh6 14. Bf2 {White
certainly has to keep the strong B on the g1-a7 /^.} Qe7 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Na4
{White wants to exploit the weaknesses on the <<.} (16. f4 exf4 17. Bd4+ Bg7
18. Bxg7+ Kxg7 19. Nxf4 Nf6 $13 {and it is far from easy to organize a
breakthrough on e5.}) 16... f5 17. Nb6 fxe4 $1 18. Bxe4 (18. Nxa8 exf3 19. Nb6
fxe2 20. Qxe2 Nf6 $44 {dramatically changes the course of the game giving
enough activity for the black pieces for the exchange.}) (18. fxe4 Rae8 (18...
Rxf2 $2 19. Rxf2 Be3 20. Nxa8 $18) 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Nc3 Nf6 {/\ Ng4}) 18...
Rae8 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. a3 (20. Nc3 Nf6 21. a3 Na6) 20... Na6 21. Qe1 $1 Qd8 22.
Nc3 Nf6 23. Rd1 {finishing the development of the <<.} Nd7 $6 {Now White can
exploit the weakness of the light squares.} (23... Nc5 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. d6 Qb6
{would have minimized the demage, although after} 26. Qe2 $14 {White still
keeps the edge.}) 24. Bd3 $16 (24. Rb1 $5 {/\ b4}) 24... Nac5 25. Bb5 Re7 26.
b4 (26. Rb1 Nb3) 26... axb4 27. axb4 Nb3 {This is the only chance to put it on
d4, sacrificing the P and hoping for the drawing chances in view of the ^-.}
28. Ne4 (28. Ne2 $5 {against Nd4.}) (28. Bxd7 $5 {comes into consideration
securing the N1s excellent position on e4.}) 28... Nf6 29. Nxf6 Rxf6 30. Qc3
Nd4 31. Rxd4 $1 {winning the second P.} exd4 32. Bxd4 Re5 33. Bxe5 {White has
to play very carefully because of the ^-, and his light-squared B is rather
useless.} (33. g3 $5 Bg7 34. Bxe5 dxe5 35. Qc4 {was worthy of consideration.})
33... dxe5 34. Qxe5 Bf8 35. Rb1 (35. Rc1 Bxb4 36. Rc7 Bd6 37. Rc8 Bxe5 38.
Rxd8+ Kg7 {is already not so easy, but still better.}) 35... Bd6 36. Qc3 $6 (
36. Qd4 $1 {looked more to the point.}) 36... Kg7 37. Bf1 Qb6+ 38. Kh1 Qf2 {
and suddenly Black's pressure on the dark squares becomes rather irritating!}
39. Qe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clichy"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2001.06.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2001.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 a6 {Black wants to play
a quick c6, b5 plan without castling early.} 6. Ng3 c6 7. Be2 (7. a4 {is the
radical method against b7-b5, but this weakens the dark squares of the <<.} a5
$1 {/\ Na6} 8. Be2 O-O {- 7.Be2}) 7... O-O (7... b5 $5 {immediately is the
consistant reply.} 8. O-O O-O {- 7...0-0} (8... e5 $6 {This is too early,
White can exploit the fact that Black hasn't castled yet.} 9. dxe5 dxe5 10.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. f4 Nbd7 12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Bg5 b4 (14... Ke7 {
founders on} 15. Bxb5 $1 $18) 15. Rxf6 Kc7 16. Nd1 h6 17. Bh4 g5 18. Nh5 Bxf6
19. Bg3 $1 Ra5 20. Nxf6 $18 {Serper-Djurhuus, Gausdal 1991}) (8... h5 {is
against >< e4.} 9. e5 (9. Re1 {looks too sophysticated.} h4 $5 {winning >< e4
was possible.} (9... Nbd7 10. a3 {against b5-b4} O-O 11. Bg5 Nh7 12. Be3 Rb8 (
12... e5 13. d5 $16 {ruining Black's <<.}) 13. Qd2 e5 14. d5 Nc5 $6 15. dxc6 $1
{White sacrifices the exchange, but devastates Black's <<.} Nb3 16. Qc2 Nxa1
17. Rxa1 bxc4 18. Nd5 Qe8 19. Bxc4 Be6 20. c7 $16 {Gurevich-Van Wely, Taastrup
1992}) 10. Nf1 b4 11. Na4 Nxe4 12. Bf3 Nf6) (9. a3 $5) 9... dxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1
11. Rxd1 Ng4 12. f4 g5 {Black has to fight against the stronghold on e5,
otherwise he will be pushed to the wall.} 13. h3 gxf4 14. Bxf4 (14. Nxh5 Rxh5
15. Bxf4 Rf5 $1) 14... Bxe5 15. Nxh5 Bxf4 16. Nxf4 Ne3 17. Rdc1 Nxc4 (17... Rh4
$5 18. g3 Rh6 {provoking some weaknesses was interesting.} 19. h4 e5 20. Nd3
Nxc4 21. b3 Ne3 22. Nxe5 Ra7) 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Na4 {Now White's P structure
is clearly better.} Nd7 20. Rxc4 $14 {Novikov-Van Wely, Helsinki 1992}) (8...
bxc4 9. Bxc4 d5 10. Bb3 dxe4 11. Ngxe4 {Black's weak pawns on the << are more
vulnerable than >< d4.} Nd5 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Bg5 {>< c5} Ra7 14. Rad1 h6 15. Bc1
e6 16. Rfe1 a5 17. Nc5 Na6 18. Nxa6 Bxa6 19. Ne4 $14 {and the other N is also
striving for >< c5, Novikov-Kruppa, Russia 1991.}) (8... Nbd7)) (7... Nbd7 8.
Be3 h5 9. f3 $1 {Strengthening the vital e4 square.} b5 10. c5 {Now White gets
space advantage on the <<.} dxc5 11. dxc5 Qc7 12. O-O h4 13. Nh1 Nh5 14. Qd2 e5
15. Nf2 Nf4 (15... Nf8 $6 {/\ Ne6 fighting for the dark squares looks logical,
but forgets about the K in the middle.} 16. a4 b4 17. Nd5 $1 {This is a very
nice positional piece sacrifice in order to create strong connected passed
pawns in the [+].} cxd5 18. exd5 f5 19. d6 $1 Qc6 20. Bb5 $3 {This is the
point!} axb5 21. axb5 Qxb5 22. Rxa8 $16 {Serper-Nikolaidis, St.Petersburg 1993
59/620}) 16. Nd3 Bh6 17. a4 $14 {with |^ on the <<.}) (7... h5 $5) 8. O-O (8.
a4 a5 9. O-O (9. h4 {/\ h5 is the typical plan in the Jeney system.} e5 10. d5
Na6 {Black is not afraid of h4-h5, he wants to exploit the weaknesses of the
dark squares on the <<.} (10... h5 11. Bg5 {Bxh5 is sometimes the threat!} Qb6
12. Ra3 Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nc5 14. Be3 Bd7 15. Nf1 {The N is badly placed on g3.}
Rac8 16. Nd2 Qb4 17. Na2 Qb6 18. Nc3 Qd8 (18... Qb4 $11) 19. Qb1 Kh7 {/\ Bh6
in case.} 20. b4 axb4 21. Qxb4 $11 {Ionov-Bologan, Russia 1991}) 11. Bg5 (11.
h5 Nc5 $13) 11... Nc5 12. Qc2 Qb6 13. Ra3 Bd7 14. h5 cxd5 15. Bxf6 {giving up
the dark-squared B is usually favourable for Black.} Bxf6 16. Nxd5 Qd8 17. Nf1
Ne6 $11 {1/2:1/2 Forintos-Hazai, Hungary 1992}) 9... e5 10. d5 (10. Be3 {
White wants to keep the tension in the [+].} Na6 11. Qd2 Ng4 12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13.
f3 exd4 14. Bxd4 Be6 {White's << is seriously weakened.} 15. Rad1 Nc5 16. Bxg7
Kxg7 17. Kh1 f6 18. Qf4 Bxc4 19. Rxd6 Qe7 20. Rfd1 Rad8 $11 {Gulko-Benjamin,
Los Angeles 1991}) 10... Na6 11. Be3 Nc5 12. Re1 h5 13. f3 h4 14. Nh1 Nh5 15.
Nf2 Bf6 $1 {Black wants to exchange his " bad" B in order to maintain the
pressure on the dark squares.} (15... Nf4 $6 16. Bf1 cxd5 17. cxd5 b6 18. Kh1
$16 {Verdikhanov-Kruppa, Nikolaev 1993 58/618}) 16. Nd3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Bg5 $1
18. Bf1 Bxe3+ 19. Qxe3 $13 {Verdikhanov}) (8. f4 b5 (8... e5 9. fxe5 $5 (9. a4
{doesn't look logical at all.} a5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. f5 Na6 13.
O-O Nd7 {Black has ample play on the weakened dark squares.} 14. Be3 Ndc5 15.
Rad1 Bd7 16. Nb5 Bf8 17. Bg5 cxb5 18. cxb5 Nb4 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 20. fxg6 fxg6 $15
{Flear-Gallagher, Brocco 1991}) 9... dxe5 10. d5) 9. e5 {On the flank -> the
usual reply is a blow in the [+].} (9. O-O e5 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. d5 cxd5 12.
Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Qb6+ 14. c5 Qc6 15. a4 Be6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Qxc6 Nxc6 18.
Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Bxb5 Nd4 20. Bd3 Rb8 $11 {Remlinger-Hebden, Gausdal 1992}) 9...
Nfd7 10. Be3 bxc4 11. Bxc4 d5 12. Bd3 e6 13. h4 {Having a huge space advantage
White has to attack.} f5 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. h5 $14 {Novikov-Kozul, Tbilisi 1988}
) (8. h4 $5 e5 (8... b5 $5) 9. d5 b5 10. h5 (10. dxc6 bxc4 11. Bxc4 Nxc6 $13 {
Ermenkov}) 10... cxd5 11. cxd5 Nbd7 12. Be3 {White's real chances lie on the
<<.} Nb6 13. b3 $14 {Ermenkov-Topalov, Sumen 1991 53/(578)}) (8. Bg5 {is not
very useful in this position.} b5 9. cxb5 axb5 10. a3 Bb7 11. O-O Nbd7 {
Black has a flexible defensive position.} 12. Qd2 Qb6 13. b4 Qd8 14. f4 h6 15.
Bh4 Nb6 16. Kh1 Bc8 17. Bd3 e5 18. Qc2 exd4 19. Nce2 Nc4 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Nxd4
Qb6 $11 {Topalov-Spasov, Burgas 1992}) 8... b5 (8... e5 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 b5
{This creates only additional weakness on the <<.} (10... Nbd7 $5) 11. b4 $5 {
Fixing the target on b5.} Nbd7 12. a4 $1 (12. Be3 {Serper}) 12... bxa4 13. Qxa4
{><a6} Bb7 14. Be3 h5 $5 15. Bg5 $1 Kh7 $1 {/\ Bh6 exchanging the passive B.}
16. Qa5 (16. Rfc1 Bh6 17. Bxh6 Kxh6 $13) 16... Bh6 17. Bxh6 Kxh6 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8
19. Bd3 $1 {/\ Nge2 and the _|_ remains better for White because of >< a6 and
the passive B on b7.} Nb6 (19... Rdc8 20. Nge2 (20. Na4 $5 a5 21. b5 Nc5 22.
Nxc5 Rxc5 23. Ra3 {/\ Rfa1 ><a5}) 20... Nb6 21. Na4 $1 Nxa4 22. Rxa4 $14 {
Serper}) 20. Na4 $1 Nxa4 (20... Nfd7 $6 21. Nxb6 Nxb6 22. Rfc1 $16) 21. Rxa4
$14 {Serper-Murrey, North Bay 1997 70/526}) (8... Nbd7 $5) 9. e5 $1 {This is
again the thematic breakthrough in the [+].} (9. a3 $143 {is too passive and
allows Black to fight back in the [+].} bxc4 10. Bxc4 d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. Be2
a5 {/\ Ba6} 13. Be3 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Rc1 Nc6 16. Na4 Nd7 17. Ne2 e6 {
The P structure is better for Black because of >< d4, and the e3 B has no
perspectives as well.} 18. h3 Qa8 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. Rxc5 Rb8 21. Qd2 Rab6 22.
Rc2 a4 $15 {blockading the weakness on the b <->, Naumkin-Zlochevsky, Moscow
1994.}) (9. cxb5 axb5 10. b4 {is the slow positional approach.} Nbd7 11. a4 (
11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Qb3 Nb6 13. Rfd1 h5 14. Nf1 e6 15. Bc1 Nfd7 16. Be3 Na4 17. Nd2
e5 18. Nf3 Qe7 19. Rac1 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 exd4 21. Bxd4 $14 {Remlinger-Djurhuus,
Gausdal 1991}) 11... bxa4 $5 (11... e5 $6 {allows White to destroy the <<.} 12.
d5 cxd5 13. Nxb5 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Nxd6 Nf6 16. Be3 $16 {Serper-Schroer,
Philadelphia 1997})) 9... dxe5 {The _|_ looks simply better for White.} (9...
Ne8 $143 {leaves the N in a miserable position.} 10. f4 Nd7 11. Be3 Nc7 (11...
Bb7 12. c5 $1 $16 {increasing the space advantage on the <<.} Nc7 {The B on b7
has no future.} 13. exd6 exd6 14. cxd6 Nd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. f5 Qb6 17. Qd2
Rfe8 18. Kh1 Qxd6 19. Bh6 Bh8 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Rf4 Nf6 22. Raf1 Re7 23. Bg5
$16 {Miles-Nunn, Amsterdam 1985 40/741}) 12. Qd2 bxc4 13. Bxc4 Nb6 14. Bb3 a5
15. Na4 Ncd5 16. Rac1 Ba6 17. Rfd1 $14 {Barczay-Ivkov, Raach 1969}) (9... Nfd7
$5 10. f4 (10. exd6 {gives up White's stronghold on e5.} exd6 11. Bf4 Nb6 (
11... Nf6 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Rfe1 Bf8 14. Bg5 Nbd7 15. Qf4 $14 {G.Flear-Hamdouchi,
Toulouse 1996}) (11... Qf6 $5) 12. cxb5 axb5 {White's once mighty P [+] has
vanished.} 13. Qd2 f5 14. a3 Be6 15. Rfe1 Bf7 16. Bg5 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qf4
Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 $11 {Naumkin-Hvenekilde, Copenhagen 1992}) 10... bxc4 11.
Bxc4 d5 12. Be2 e6 13. Be3 {White has a space advantage, but he cannot find
the right way.} a5 14. Na4 Ba6 15. Rc1 Qc7 16. Rc3 Rc8 17. Qc2 Bxe2 18. Nxe2
Nb6 19. Rc1 Nxa4 20. Qxa4 Ra6 $11 21. R1c2 Bf8 22. Nc1 Nd7 23. Nd3 Qb7 24. Rc1
$14 {1/2-1/2 Novikov-Wojtkiewicz, New York 1993 57/(560)}) 10. dxe5 Qxd1 (10...
Nfd7 11. f4 Nb6 12. c5 {and Black is doomed to passivity.} Nd5 13. Nce4 a5 14.
a3 Na6 15. Bd3 Nac7 16. Ng5 e6 17. Qe2 $16 {Serper-Levtchouk, North Bay 1998})
11. Rxd1 Ng4 (11... Nfd7 12. f4 f6 {is met by the typical} 13. e6 $1 Nc5 14. f5
$1 gxf5 (14... b4 15. Be3 $1 $16) 15. Nxf5 Bxe6 16. Nxe7+ Kf7 17. Bf4 Nb7 (
17... Kxe7 18. Bd6+ Kf7 19. Bxc5 $14) 18. Bxb8 Kxe7 19. Bf4 $14 {and White has
the active pieces and Black has the structural weaknesses.}) 12. f4 f6 (12...
g5 13. e6 $1 $16) 13. h3 Nh6 14. exf6 exf6 15. Nge4 (15. cxb5 axb5 16. Bf3 Ra6
17. Be3 Re8) 15... Nf7 (15... f5 16. Nd6 {wins the important ^^.} Nf7 17. Nxc8
Rxc8 18. Be3 $14 (18. Bf3 $14)) 16. Bf3 (16. c5 $5 {looks more to the point.}
f5 (16... Nd7 17. Bf3 f5 18. Nd6 Nxc5 19. Bxc6 Rb8 20. Be3 $14) 17. Nd6 Nxd6
18. cxd6 {with a strong o^.} Nd7 19. Bf3 Bb7 20. Be3 Rfe8 21. Kf2 Re6 22. Rd3
$14) 16... f5 17. Nc5 {Now Black can organize his counterplay against >< c4.}
Re8 18. Kh1 {This is not an easy move.} (18. Kf2 {looks more natural.} Bf8 (
18... Ra7 19. Be3 Rae7 20. Bd4 $14) 19. b4 bxc4 (19... Nd6 20. Nd5 $1 $16) 20.
Ba3 (20. Be3 a5) 20... Ra7 21. Rac1 $44) 18... Ra7 (18... bxc4 $5 {deserves
attention at least taking a P in the passive position.} 19. N3a4 Ra7) 19. Bd2 (
19. cxb5 {looks more precise.} axb5 20. Bd2) 19... Nd6 ({neglecting} 19... bxc4
20. Rac1 Nd6) 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Re1 Rae7 22. Rxe7 Rxe7 23. Re1 Kf8 (23... Kf7
$5) 24. b3 {White has still some activity in the _|_, but this cannot be
enough for a win.} Bd4 25. Nd3 Rxe1+ 26. Bxe1 c5 (26... Bd7 27. Ne2 $14 (27. a4
bxa4 28. bxa4 $14)) 27. b4 cxb4 (27... c4 $5 {was interesting:} 28. Ne5 (28.
Nc5 Na6 29. Nxa6 Bxa6) 28... Nd7 29. Nc6 Be3 30. Nd5 Bc1) 28. Ne2 Bf6 29. Bxb4
Be7 (29... Ke7 30. Nc3 Bxc3 31. Bxc3 $14 {^^}) 30. Nd4 Ne4 (30... Bd7 31. Ne5
Ke8 {was the passive defence.}) 31. Bxe7+ Kxe7 32. Nxb5 {White has won the P,
but Black has still counterchances.} Ba6 33. a4 Nd7 34. Kg1 Bxb5 (34... Ndc5
35. Nxc5 Nxc5 36. Nc3) 35. axb5 Nc3 (35... Kd6) 36. Bc6 Nb8 37. Kf2 Kd6 38. Ke3
(38. Ne5 Kc5) 38... Nxc6 39. bxc6 Kxc6 40. Kd4 Ne2+ 41. Ke5 h5 ({Why not simply
} 41... Ng3 $5) 42. h4 Ng3 {Why? [#] Hecht: Die Analyse der Schlussstellung
ist nicht einfach - der Gewinn fällt nicht einfach in den Schoß. Und so könnte
es gehen. Ich bitte um beinharte Nachprüfung.} (42... Ng3 43. Nb4+ $5 (43. Ke6
$6 {Hecht} Kb5 44. Ne5 Kc5 45. Nxg6 Kd4 46. Kf6 Ke4 47. Kg5 Kd5 48. Ne7+ Ke6
49. Ng8 Kf7 50. Nh6+ Ke6 51. Nxf5 Nxf5 52. Kxh5 Ne3 $11) 43... Kd7 44. Nd5 (44.
Kf6 {Hecht} Kd6 45. Kxg6 Kc5 46. Nd3+ Kd4 47. Ne5 Ke3 48. Kg5 Kf2 $11) 44...
Nf1 45. Kf6 Kd6 46. Ne7 Ng3 47. Nxg6 Kd5 48. Nf8 Ke4 49. Kg5 Ne2 50. Ng6 Ng3
51. Ne7 Ne2 52. Nxf5 Nxf4 53. Nd6+ Ke5 54. Nc4+ Ke4 55. Nd2+ Ke5 56. g3 Ne2 57.
Nf1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2001.10.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nge2 c6 6. Ng3 d6 7. Bd3 (7. Be2)
7... Nbd7 8. O-O e5 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 {This may also arise via 4...d6 5.Bd3
0-0 6.Nge2 c6 7.0-0 e5 8.d5 cxd5 9.cxd5 Nbd7 10.Ng3} a6 (10... Nc5 11. Bc2 a5 (
11... Bd7 {allows} 12. b4 {and the N is passive on the edge of the board.} Na6
13. a3 Rc8 14. Bd2 Ng4 15. h3 Nh6 16. Rc1 f5 {The white N is not doing much on
g3, but against f5 he stands on the ideal square.} 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Nh5 $14 {
Kekelidze-Kottke, Boeblingen 1996}) 12. Rb1 Bd7 13. a3 {/\ b4} Ne8 (13... a4
14. Be3 Qa5 (14... b5 15. f3 Qa5 16. Na2 {/\ Nb4 >< c6}) 15. h3 {White
sometimes can change the course of the game and open lines on the >> by f2-f4.}
h5 (15... Rac8 $5 16. Qd2 Rfe8 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 $36 {>< d6}) 16. Kh1 (16.
Qd2 Rac8 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Rfe8 19. Bh6 (19. Bxd6 $6 {falls into the trap
after} Ncxe4 $1) 19... Bh8 20. Qf4 $40) 16... b5 17. f4 h4 18. fxe5 $16 (18.
Nf5 $4 {This is hard to understand.} gxf5 19. exf5 e4 $19 {Hawelko-Sznapik,
Polanica Zdroj 1984})) 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 Na6 16. Bd2 {White wants to react
on f5 by exf5 and f4, but the c3 N has to be defended.} (16. Be3 f5 17. exf5
gxf5) 16... h5 (16... f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Nh5 Bh8 19. f4 $14) 17. Ba4 Rc8 (
17... Bxa4 18. Nxa4 h4 19. Ne2 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. f4 e4 22. Be3 $14 {
invading >< d4.}) 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Na4 $1 (19. Qa4 Qe7 {Black certainly wants
to avoid the _|_.} 20. Rbc1 h4 21. Nge2 f5 22. f3 Bf6 $13 {/\ Bg5,
Semkov-Siepelt, Wuerzburg 1991.}) 19... Qb5 20. Be3 $14) (10... Ne8 11. Be3 Nc5
12. Bc2 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 $1 {is again met by the standard} 14. f4 e4 {This
allows White to conquer >< d4.} 15. Bd4 {White has to keep control over >< d4
and e3.} Nf6 16. b4 Na6 17. a3 $14 {Hebden-Djurhuus, Gausdal 1987}) 11. b4 (11.
Bd2 h5 {This is the point of Black's counterplay.} ({playing on the << by} 
11... b5 $6 {is a wrong strategy because of} 12. b4 $16 {/\ a4}) 12. h3 Nh7 13.
Rb1 Ndf6 {/\ h4, Nh5 with some pressure on the dark squares.} (13... h4 14.
Nge2 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. f4 e4 17. Bc2 b5 18. Be3 b4 19. Na4 $14) (13... Bf6
$5 {/\ Bg5 deserves attention, as we will see it later.}) 14. Be3 h4 15. Nge2
Nh5 16. Qd2 (16. Na4 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Nb6 Rb8 $13) 16... Bd7 (16... f5 17.
exf5 gxf5 18. f4 e4 19. Bc2 $14) 17. b4 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. f4 e4 20. Bc2 Rc8
21. Rfc1 Kh8 22. Bb3 $14 {Pinter-Kozul, Pula 1999}) (11. a4 h5 12. Bg5 {
This only helps Black to realize his plan.} (12. h3 $5) 12... Qe8 {Here we see
the bright side of a6 against Nb5.} 13. f3 Nh7 14. Be3 h4 (14... Qe7 $5 {
/\ Bf6-g5 is a good positional plan to keep control over the dark squares.})
15. Nge2 (15. Nh1 {This is a bit sophysticated.} f5 16. Nf2 Ndf6 17. a5 Nh5
$132 {Lida Garcia-Llanos, Buenos Aires 1996}) 15... f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. f4 $14
) (11. h3 h5 12. Bg5 {This is again running into} Qe8 {/\ Nh7} 13. Qd2 Nh7 14.
Be3 Qe7 15. Rae1 Bf6 16. Rc1 Bg5 $132 {and the exchange of the dark-squared B
is favourable for Black, Pinter-Poldauf, Dortmund 1998.}) 11... h5 (11... a5 $6
{Black is playing on the wrong flank weakening only his own position.} 12. Ba3
axb4 13. Bxb4 Ne8 14. Qe2 h5 15. Rfc1 h4 16. Nf1 Bh6 17. Rc2 Ndf6 18. Bb5 $14 {
and the white pieces are very active on the <<, Efimov-Berthelot, France 1999.}
) 12. Bg5 (12. h3 Nh7 13. Be3 {is again met by the typical} Bf6 {/\ Bg5} (13...
Ndf6 {/\ h4, Nh5 is the other major plan.})) 12... Qe8 13. Qd2 Nh7 14. Be3 (14.
Bh6 $6 {exchanging the good B deliberately is against the rules.} Bxh6 15. Qxh6
Qe7) 14... Ndf6 {/\ h4, Nh5} (14... Qe7 {/\ Bf6-g5 deserved attention.}) 15. h3
h4 16. Nge2 Nh5 17. Rac1 (17. a4 {is the other method to continue the advance
on the <<.} f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. f4 $14) 17... Bd7 ({The immediate} 17... f5 {
is always countered by} 18. exf5 gxf5 19. f4 $14) (17... Kh8 18. b5 $14) 18.
Bb1 $6 {The B is simply worse here than on d3!} (18. a4 {was an interesting
positional P sacrifice, for example:} Bxa4 (18... f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. f4 $14)
19. Nxa4 Qxa4 20. Rc7 Rfb8 21. Rfc1 $44) (18. b5 {is less impressive because of
} axb5 19. Rb1 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. f4 exf4 $1 {and the N on c3 is hanging.})
18... Kh8 {Black has still some preparatory moves.} (18... f5 {is still
premature in view of the typical} 19. exf5 gxf5 20. f4) 19. Kh2 {White cannot
find a healthy move to improve his position. He is only waiting on f5.} f5 20.
exf5 gxf5 21. f4 Rg8 22. fxe5 (22. Rf3) 22... Bxe5+ {Now we see the problems
caused by the K move.} 23. Nf4 N7f6 24. Kg1 Rg7 25. Rf2 (25. Nce2 Ne4 26. Bxe4
fxe4) 25... Ng3 {The black pieces invade the weakened squares.} 26. Bd4 Nfh5
27. Bxe5 (27. Re1 {may lead to interesting complications, for example:} Nxf4 (
27... Bxd4 $2 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Nxh5 $16) 28. Rxf4 Bxf4 $1 {This is the point!
} 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Qxf4 (30. Qf2 $2 Be5 $17) 30... Re1+ 31. Kf2 Rf1+ 32. Ke3
Rxf4 33. Bxg7+ Kxg7 34. Kxf4 Kf6 $15) 27... dxe5 28. Ne6 Bxe6 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30.
Qxe6+ Qxe6 31. dxe6 Nf4 {The _|_ looks better for Black mainly because of his
active pieces.} 32. Re1 Rc8 33. Na4 (33. Rxf4 {is a try to take the |^, but an
exchange is a heavy price for that.} exf4 (33... Rxc3 34. Rxh4) 34. Nd5 Ne4 35.
Bxe4 fxe4 36. Rxe4 (36. Nxf4 Rc4 $17) 36... f3 $17) 33... Nxe6 34. Bxf5 Nxf5
35. Rxf5 Rc2 36. Rf2 Rxf2 37. Kxf2 Nf4 38. Rg1 {This looks rather passive.} (
38. Kf3 Rg3+ 39. Ke4 Nxg2 $17 {wins the P, but White has at least some
activity.}) 38... Rg3 39. Nc5 Kg7 40. Nxb7 (40. a4) 40... e4 {The o^ e will
decide the game, White's pieces lack any of harmony.} 41. Nc5 e3+ 42. Kf1 {
The R on g1 is pathetic.} Rg6 43. a4 Rd6 44. Ke1 Rd2 0-1

[Event "POL-ch 59th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2002.04.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2002.04.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 c6 6. Bd3 d6 ({White is well
prepared now against} 6... d5 {in view of} 7. e5 $1 $36) 7. O-O {In the King's
Indian the setup with c6 is usually not so impressive for Black.} Na6 (7... Bg4
{- Dautov-Wojtkiewicz, Bad Worishofen 1998 CBM 63}) 8. Re1 (8. e5 {- Van
Wely-Kempinski, BL 2000 CBM 82}) 8... Nc7 (8... Bg4 9. Be3 e5 10. d5 Nc5 11.
Bc2 cxd5 12. cxd5 Nfxe4 $6 {This small combination leads to a position with
good N versus bad B for White with a strong o^ d.} 13. Bxe4 f5 14. Bxc5 fxe4
15. Nxe4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 dxc5 17. d6 b6 18. Qd5+ Kh8 19. d7 Qe7 20. Rad1 $14 {
Bacrot-Kempinski, Leon 2001}) (8... e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nc5 11. Bc2 Qxd1
12. Rxd1 Re8 13. Nf3 $14 {still keeping the extra P.}) 9. h3 Ne6 (9... d5 10.
cxd5 cxd5 11. e5 $16 {is a favourable change of central the structure.}) 10.
Be3 Nd7 {Sophysticated N manoeuvres cannot misplace the fight for the [+] .}
11. Bc2 a6 (11... c5 12. d5 Nc7 13. Qd2 $16 {is excellent version of the
Benoni.}) 12. Qd2 Rb8 ({The -> on the flank by} 12... b5 {is countered by a
blow in the [+]:} 13. d5 cxd5 14. cxd5 Nc7 (14... Nec5 15. b4 $16) 15. b4 a5
16. a3 $16) 13. d5 {White gains more space in the [+], Black's pieces are
extremely passive.} Nc7 14. Bh6 {exchanging Black's only pride.} f6 {This is
certainly a very ugly move, but things were far from easy.} (14... c5 15. Bxg7
Kxg7 16. e5 $16) 15. Nh2 $5 (15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. b4 c5 17. a3 $14 {and White's
real problem is which flank to prefer for his advance!}) 15... Bxh6 (15... Ne5
16. b3) 16. Qxh6 Ne5 17. b3 Ne8 (17... b5 $5 18. cxb5 (18. f4 Nf7) (18. dxc6
bxc4 19. bxc4 Nxc6) 18... Nxb5 19. Nxb5 Rxb5 20. dxc6 Nxc6 21. Bd3 $14) 18. Qe3
Bd7 19. f4 Nf7 20. Nf3 $14 e5 {otherwise Black will be pushed to the wall.} 21.
dxe6 Bxe6 22. f5 {White grabs the |^, but certainly this creates some
weaknesses in his own camp.} Bd7 23. Rad1 Kg7 24. c5 Qe7 (24... dxc5 25. Qxc5
$16) 25. b4 (25. Na4 Rd8 26. b4 $14) 25... Rd8 26. Bb3 Bc8 ({Black cannot make
use of the >< e5 by} 26... Ne5 $2 27. Nxe5 Qxe5 (27... dxe5 28. Qd3 $16) 28.
Na4 gxf5 $2 29. exf5 Qxe3+ 30. Rxe3 Bxf5 31. Re7+ Kg6 32. Rxb7 $18) 27. Bxf7
Rxf7 (27... Qxf7 $2 {allows the breakthrough in the [+].} 28. e5 $1 fxe5 29.
Nxe5 $16) 28. g4 dxc5 29. bxc5 Rxd1 30. Nxd1 Nc7 31. Nf2 $5 {White has
attacking plans on the >>.} (31. Nb2 {/\ Nc4 was the other strategy.} Rf8 32.
Nc4 $14) 31... Rf8 32. h4 {White's attacking plan on the >> gives Black good
counterchances.} gxf5 (32... Re8 $6 33. Qf4 $16) 33. gxf5 (33. exf5 $6 {
frees the c7 N after} Qxe3 34. Rxe3 Nd5 $11) 33... Kh8 34. Nd3 (34. Kh1 Rg8)
34... a5 35. Kf2 Na6 36. h5 Qf7 37. Nh4 Rd8 (37... Qxh5 $2 {is Danae's gift}
38. Rh1 $1 Kg8 39. Nf4 Qh6 40. Rh3 $18) (37... Qxa2+ {was the critical reply.}
38. Kf3 Rd8 $1 (38... Qf7 39. Qh6 Rd8 40. Ng6+ Kg8 41. Rg1 $1 Rxd3+ 42. Kf4 $18
) 39. Ng6+ Kg8 (39... hxg6 $2 40. Qh6+ Kg8 41. Qxg6+ Kf8 42. Qxf6+ Ke8 43. Qh8+
Kd7 44. Qg7+ Ke8 45. Ne5 $18) 40. Nge5 $1 (40. Ne7+ Kh8 41. Ng6+ $11) 40... Qb3
41. Rg1+ Kh8 42. Ng6+ Kg8 43. Nge5+ $11 {leads only to a draw!?}) 38. Ng6+ Kg7
$5 (38... hxg6 $2 {allows White a ferocious ->.} 39. hxg6 Qd7 (39... Qg7 40.
Rh1+ Kg8 41. Rh7 $18) 40. Rh1+ Kg8 41. Kg2 $1 Nb4 (41... Qxd3 $4 42. Rh8+ $18)
42. Nf2 $16) (38... Kg8 39. Nge5 Qxa2+ 40. Kf3 Qb3 {- 37...Qa2}) 39. h6+ Kg8 {
and the N is hanging again.} 40. Ngf4 Kh8 (40... Qxa2+ 41. Kf3 Kh8 42. Rg1 {
- 40...Kh8}) 41. Rg1 Nb4 $2 (41... Qxa2+ 42. Ne2 Qb3 $1 (42... Nb4 43. Nxb4
axb4 44. Rg7 {- 41...Nb4})) 42. Nxb4 axb4 43. Rg7 $1 $16 {This penetration
gives back White's advantage.} Qxa2+ (43... Qc4 44. Ne2 Rd3 45. Qf4 Qxc5+ 46.
Kg2 Re3 47. Rc7 Rxe2+ 48. Kf1 $16) 44. Ne2 Qc4 (44... Qd2 45. Qh3 $1 Qc2 46.
Qg3 Qxc5+ {- 42...Qc4}) 45. Qg3 $1 Qxc5+ 46. Ke1 $1 (46. Kg2 Qf8 47. Qc7 $16)
46... Qf8 47. Qc7 $18 {White has the absolut control of the 7-th rank, and
material losses are inevitable.} Rd7 48. Rxd7 Bxd7 49. Qxd7 b3 50. Nf4 b5 51.
Kd1 $1 b2 52. Kc2 b1=Q+ 53. Kxb1 Qb4+ 54. Kc2 Qxe4+ 55. Nd3 Qc4+ 56. Kb2 Qg8
57. Qd6 Qg2+ 58. Kc3 b4+ 59. Qxb4 Kg8 60. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 32nd"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2002.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2002.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 c6 (6... Nc6 {
is supposed to be the main line.}) (6... c5 7. d5 e6 {may lead to the Penrose
Attack of the Benoni.}) 7. O-O e5 8. d5 cxd5 {Although there is no need to
hurry with this move, soon or later it will come.} (8... a5 {/\ Na6
controlling the dark squares of the <<.} 9. a3 (9. Bg5 h6 10. Bd2 Na6 11. a3
Bd7 12. dxc6 {giving up the [+] helps usually for Black.} bxc6 13. Na4 d5 $13 {
Skembris-Collutiis, Cesenatico 2000}) 9... Na6 (9... Nh5 {/\ f5, but then c6
was not consistant.} 10. Be3 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. f3 Na6 $5 {keeping the
options in the [+] looks more flexible according to Ehlvest.} (12... cxd5 {
Ehlvest} 13. Nxd5 {and White has a stronghold on d5.} Nd7 14. Rc1 $14) (12...
c5 {wants to close the <<, but this looks a bit passive.} 13. Kh1 Na6 14. Qc2
$1 $14 {Ehlvest} (14. Rb1 {doesn't look necessary, because Black defends >< b4
very well.} b6 $1 {/\ Ra7} 15. Qc2 Kh8 $1 {/\ Ra7} (15... Ra7 $2 {immediately
is countered by} 16. g4 $1 fxg4 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. fxg4 Bxg4 19. Bf5 $1 Raf7 20.
Bxg4 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 22. Kg2 Nf6 23. Kxf1 Nxg4 24. Bg1 $16 {
Ehlvest-Cvitan, Biel (open) 1997 70/527})))) (9... Bd7 {/\ Na6 avoiding b2-b4.}
) 10. b4 $5 $14 {Skembris} (10. Ng3 $143 $6 {is not logical, and the N is
misplaced there.} Bd7 11. Rb1 h5 12. Bg5 Qe8 {/\ Nh7} 13. Re1 Nh7 14. Bd2 h4
15. Nf1 f5 $13 {Hoffman-Fiorito, Argentina (ch) 73/(645) 1998}) (10. Rb1 Bd7
11. b4 axb4 12. axb4 c5 $11 {freeing the passive N on a6.})) 9. cxd5 Nbd7 10.
a3 {/\ b4} (10. b4 $143 {immediately runs into} a5 11. bxa5 Nc5 12. Be3 Rxa5
13. f3 Nh5 14. Rc1 f5 $132 {and Black has got the |^ on both flanks,
Puc-Gligoric, Ljubljana 1951.}) (10. Ng3 a6 (10... h5 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. Nb5) 11.
Bd2 h5 12. h3 (12. Bg5 Qe8 {/\ Nh7}) 12... Nh7 (12... h4 $5 13. Nge2 Nh5) 13.
Rb1 Ndf6 14. Be3 h4 15. Nge2 Nh5 16. Qd2 Bd7 17. b4 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. f4 $14
{Pinter-Kozul, Pula 1999}) (10. f3 $5 Nc5 11. Bc2 a5 12. Be3 {transposes to
E88 with better prospects for White.} Bd7 13. a3 (13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. Ba4 {
White wants to exchange the bishops weakening the light squares.} Ne8 {/\ Nd6}
15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Qa4 Qe7 17. Nb5 $14 {Pavasovic-Stevic, Vienna 1996}) 13...
Nh5 14. Bxc5 $1 (14. Rb1) 14... dxc5 15. Ba4 {This is the same exchange motif
again.} Bh6 {The B has some influence here.} 16. Qd3 {against Be3} Rc8 {/\ c4}
17. b3 Nf6 18. Rfd1 Qb6 19. Kh1 Qa6 20. Bb5 $1 (20. Qxa6 $2 {Rozentalis} bxa6
$11 {/\ Rb8}) 20... Bxb5 21. Nxb5 $16 {Rozentalis-Yrjola, Voronezh 1987 44/735}
) 10... Ne8 (10... Nc5 11. Bc2 (11. b4 {allows Black to exchange the important
B.} Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Ne8 {/\ f5} 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Nf6 {/\ Nd7-e5 blockading
the vital >< e5.} 15. h3 Nd7 16. Rac1 Ne5 $132 {Makarjev-Shchekachev, Sochi
1992}) 11... a5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Bd2 (14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. h3 Nf6 {
Black wanted to play Ne8-d6 anyway.} 16. Ba4 Ne8 $5 (16... Ra6 {is too
sophysticated.} 17. Qd3 Nh5 18. Rfe1 Rb6 19. Bb5 g5 20. Rad1 Rg6 21. d6 $16 {
and the o^ on d6 cuts the board into half, V.Georgiev-Sepp, Yerevan 1996.}) 17.
Bxe8 Rxe8 $13 {^^}) 14... f5 15. f3 Nf6 16. b4 {and the N has to go back again.
} axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 Na6 19. Qa5 Qe7 (19... Qxa5 20. bxa5 $16 {_|_})
20. exf5 gxf5 21. Ng3 $14 {Arkhipov-Gallagher, Kecskemet 1990}) 11. Be3 f5 12.
exf5 gxf5 13. f4 $14 {This P structure is a bit better for White, Black needs
a N on g6.} Ndf6 (13... e4 {closes the [+] and White gets the control over ><
d4.} 14. Bc4 (14. Bc2 $14) 14... Nb6 15. Ba2 $14) 14. h3 (14. fxe5 {is now met
by} Ng4 $132) 14... e4 15. Bc4 Kh8 {Black has some pressure on the g <->.} 16.
Ng3 {The real question is which piece is better on d4, the B or the N?} (16.
Nd4 Nc7 17. Ba2 Rg8 18. Rc1 $14 {with a permanent threat of Ne6.} (18. Ne6 {
immediately is too early:} Bxe6 19. dxe6 d5)) 16... Rg8 17. Bd4 Qe7 18. Rf2 {
/\ Nf1-e3 is the typical manoeuvre here.} Nc7 19. Nf1 Qf7 20. Ne3 h5 {Black
has to fight against g2-g4.} 21. Rc2 Bd7 22. Be2 Nce8 23. Rac1 Kh7 24. a4 {
White slowly but surely can strengthen his position on the <<.} a6 25. b3 Qg6
26. Bf1 h4 {/\ Nh5} 27. Qe1 Qh6 28. Ne2 Rb8 29. Ba7 Rd8 30. Bb6 Ra8 31. Nd4 Kg6
(31... Qxf4 $6 {is taboo in view of} 32. Rf2 Qg5 33. Ndxf5 Bxf5 34. Nxf5 Nxd5
35. Nxg7 Kxg7 36. Bd4+ Nef6 37. Qxe4 Qxc1 38. Qxd5 $18) 32. Rf2 Nh5 33. Be2 Ng3
(33... Nxf4 {founders again on >< f5:} 34. Nexf5 Bxf5 35. Nxf5 Kxf5 36. Bg4+
$18) 34. Ne6 $1 {White has seriously improved his pieces.} Bf6 35. Bd1 Qh7 36.
b4 Rc8 37. Rxc8 Bxc8 38. Bb3 Qh8 39. Qd1 Bd7 40. Nc4 (40. a5 {looked more to
the point.}) 40... Bc3 41. Bd4 Bxd4 42. Nxd4 b5 {Black wants to create some
counterplay, otherwise he will be pushed to the wall.} 43. axb5 Bxb5 44. Ne3
Nf6 45. Bc4 Rc8 $2 {This P sacrifice is not completely correct.} (45... Bxc4
46. Nxc4 Qh5) 46. Bxb5 axb5 47. Nc6 {White now completely loses the thread,
and gets into trouble at the end!} (47. Nxb5 $1) 47... Rc7 48. Qa1 Qg7 49. Rc2
Nfh5 50. Qa8 Nxf4 51. Kh2 Rf7 (51... Nfh5) 52. Ra2 Rf8 53. Qa7 Qxa7 54. Rxa7
Nd3 55. Rd7 Ra8 (55... Rf6) 56. Rxd6+ Kg5 57. Nc2 f4 58. Nd8 Ra2 $4 {[%mdl
8192] This blunder changes the course of the game again!} (58... Ra7) 59. Nf7+
1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.27"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[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 "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Momot Alexander"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O ({If Black wants to avoid the pressure
on the c1-h6 /^ he can opt for the more natural} 4... d6) 5. Bg5 d6 (5... h6 6.
Be3 d6 7. f3 {is a favourable transposition to the Samish Variation.}) 6. Qd2 {
White gets a firm control over the c1-h6 /^.} Nbd7 7. Nge2 {This looks a bit
sophysticated, although White can transpose to the Samish later.} (7. f3 {
transposes to the Samish again.}) (7. Be2 e5 8. Nf3 {- 7.Nf3}) (7. Nf3 e5 8.
Be2 c6 9. Rd1 $14 {may also arise from the Averbakh Variation.}) 7... a6 (7...
c5 8. d5 b5 9. cxb5 a6 10. Ng3 {- 7...a6}) (7... e5 8. O-O-O (8. f3 c6 9. d5 $1
$14 {transposing to a favourable line of the Samish.})) 8. Ng3 (8. f3 {can
also be met by the standard Benko Gambit plan:} c5 9. d5 b5 10. cxb5 Qa5) 8...
c5 {This is connected with a positional P sacrifice in the spirit of the Benko
Gambit.} (8... c6 {/\ may lead to the Jeney System.} 9. Be2 (9. a4 a5 $5 {/\ e5
} (9... Qa5 10. Ra3 e5 11. d5 Nc5 12. Qc2 Qc7 {Black cannot hold the dark
squares anymore.} 13. b4 Ncd7 14. a5 cxd5 15. cxd5 $14 {Chernin-Lautier, Paris
1989})) 9... e5 10. d5 cxd5 11. cxd5 b5 {1/2-1/2 Cs.Horvath,-Wang Rui,
Budapest 2000}) 9. d5 Qa5 (9... b5 $5 {immediately deserves serious attention
as well.} 10. cxb5 Nb6 (10... Qa5 11. a4 {White is fighting for the tempo
waiting with the development of his B.} (11. Be2 {- 9...Qa5}) 11... axb5 12.
Bxb5 Ba6 {It is favorable for Black to exchange the light-squared bishops,
because then his pressure against the light squares increases.} 13. O-O Rfb8
14. Qc2 {/\ Bd2 is the typical manoeuvre here.} (14. Ra3 Nb6 (14... Ne5 $5) 15.
Qc2 Nc4 $44 {Nikolaidis-Atalik, Karditsa 1996 CBM 83 66/497}) 14... Ne5 (14...
Nb6 15. Bd2 $16) 15. Bd2 (15. b3 c4 16. bxc4 Nxc4 $44) 15... c4 16. Nce2 $14) (
10... axb5 $5 11. Bxb5 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Rxa6 $13) 11. a4 axb5 12. Bxb5 Ba6 13. O-O
Nfd7 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 {and again Black has enough pressure on the << for the P.}
15. b3 Re8 16. Rac1 {1/2-1/2 Nikolaidis-Socko, Koszalin 1999}) 10. Be2 (10. a4
{prevents b7-b5 but weakens >< b4.} Qb4 11. Nd1 h6) 10... b5 {Good or bad,
this is the only plan now.} 11. cxb5 Nb6 (11... axb5 12. Nxb5 $1 (12. Bxb5 {
again allows Black to eliminate the light-squared B.} Ba6 13. Bxa6 (13. Bxd7
Nxd7 14. Bxe7 Rfb8 $40) 13... Qxa6 $44) 12... h6 13. Qxa5 Rxa5 14. Bd2 Ra4 15.
b3 Nxe4 16. bxa4 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Bxa1 18. Bxh6 $16) 12. O-O axb5 13. Nxb5 Bd7 (
13... Qxd2 $5 {deserves attention} 14. Bxd2 Bd7 (14... Ne8 15. Bc3) 15. Nc3
Rfb8 $132 {with some pressure on the a and b lines.}) 14. Nc3 (14. Qxa5 Rxa5
15. Nc3 h6 16. Bd2 Rfa8 $44) 14... Rfb8 15. Qc2 {/\ Bd2 and the black Q has to
go back.} Ne8 (15... Na4 16. Nxa4 Bxa4 17. b3 Bb5 18. Bd2 Qa3 19. Bxb5 Rxb5 20.
Bc3 $16 {neutralizing the pressure on the long /^.}) 16. Bd2 (16. Bxe7 $5 {
is usually bad on account of} f6 {but now} (16... Nc8 17. Bg5 Rxb2 18. Qxb2
Bxc3 19. Qc2 Bxa1 20. Rxa1 $18) 17. e5 $1 {is strong!} dxe5 18. Nge4 $16) 16...
Qa7 (16... Na4 17. Nxa4 Qxa4 18. b3 Qd4 19. Rab1 $16 {/\ Rfd1 undermining the
queen's position in the [+].}) 17. b3 Nc7 (17... Qa3 $1 {was more to the point
fighting against a4.} 18. Bc1 Qb4 19. Bb2 c4 20. Rab1 cxb3 21. axb3 Rc8 $44) {
allowing} 18. a4 $1 c4 19. bxc4 (19. Rfb1 cxb3 20. Rxb3 $16) 19... Nxa4 20. Ra2
$16 {White is a healthy P up, and Black's pressure on the << is over.} Bd4 21.
Nxa4 Bxa4 22. Qd3 Qc5 23. Bc3 {The exchange of the fianchettoed B is a vital
part of White's strategy.} Bxc3 24. Qxc3 {Now it is White's turn to grab the
|^ in the [+] and on the >>.} Be8 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Qb2 f6 $2 (26... e5 27.
dxe6 Nxe6 {was the last chance to activate the black pieces.}) 27. h4 Ra3 28.
Kh2 Qa5 {[#]} 29. c5 $1 $18 {This breakthrough decides the battle.} dxc5 30. d6
$1 Nb5 (30... exd6 31. Qxf6) 31. Bxb5 Bxb5 32. dxe7 Kf7 33. Rb1 Be8 34. Qc1 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-A"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.04.03"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "David, Alberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.01.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy"]
[BlackTeam "Drancy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O Nh5 8. Bc2
e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. a4 Kh8 {In many cases this preparatory move is important,
when the g <-> will be opened!} (10... f5 {- I.Sokolov-Golubev, France chT
2003 CBM 95}) 11. Ra3 {preparing against f7-f5.} (11. a5 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13.
Ng3 Nf4 (13... Nxg3 $143 14. fxg3 $1 {>< f5 /\ g4 after some preparation
ruining Black's [+].}) 14. Nh5 (14. Ra3 Neg6 15. Nh5 Bh6) 14... Nxh5 15. Qxh5
Ng6 $1 (15... Ng8 16. Bg5 Nf6 (16... Bf6 17. Be3 $14) 17. Qh4 $14) (15... a6 {
This was not so important, the fight is now on the >>.} 16. Bg5 Bf6 (16... Bd7
$2 {This loses material.} 17. Qh4 Rf7 18. Bd1 $1 {This is the strong move,
probably overseen by Black before. Now Black will lose an exchange.} Qf8 19.
Bh5 $18 {Piket-Fedorov, Wijk aan Zee 2001 80/573 CBM 81}) (16... Qe8 $2 17.
Qxe8 Rxe8 18. Ba4 $16 {loses material from the other /^.}) 17. Bxf6+ Rxf6 18.
f4 $14 {fixing the weakness on f5 is not comfortable, but still much better
than the game continuation.})) 11... f5 (11... a5 $5 {Piket}) 12. exf5 gxf5 (
12... Nxf5 13. a5 (13. Ne4)) 13. Ng3 (13. f4 {is the other major strategical
plan here.} Ng6 14. fxe5 Nxe5 $5 (14... dxe5 15. b4) (14... Bxe5 15. Nb5) 15.
b3 Ng4 16. Nb5) 13... Nxg3 (13... Nf4 $5 {is the other typical reply hoping
for an excellent B on the long /^.} 14. Nh5 (14. Bxf4 exf4 15. Nh5 Be5) 14...
Nxh5 15. Qxh5 Ng6 16. Ne2 (16. Nb5 Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Rh3 h6) 16... Qh4 17.
Ng3 Bd7) 14. fxg3 Ng6 (14... c6 15. Bg5) 15. Ne2 Bd7 16. Be3 Qe7 17. h3 Rf7 {
Black cannot find a long-term plan.} (17... a5) 18. a5 Qf8 19. Rf2 Kg8 20. Qf1
a6 21. Kh1 {White has also many "waiting moves".} Re8 22. Bc1 e4 {Now finally
Black loses his temper. He uses the vital e5 square for his pieces, but
weakens >< f4.} (22... c6) 23. Be3 Be5 24. Nf4 Nxf4 25. gxf4 Bf6 26. Bd1 Qh6
27. Rb3 Bc8 28. c5 Kh8 {Here Black loses the thread again, the g <-> is not
important, he has to react on the other flank.} (28... Rd8) 29. Rc2 Rg8 $2 (
29... dxc5 $1 {was the last chance to change the course of the game.}) 30. cxd6
cxd6 31. Rb6 $16 Qf8 32. b4 Qd8 33. b5 axb5 34. Qxb5 h6 $2 35. Qb4 Rd7 36. a6
$18 bxa6 37. Rb8 a5 38. Qc4 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2003.02.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Poluljahov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "Milov,V"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[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. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 Nbd7 6. Ng3 e5 7. d5 h5 8. Be2
Qe7 $5 $146 (8... h4 9. Nf1 Nc5 10. f3 a5 (10... Nh5 {(V)} 11. g3) 11. Bg5 Qd7
12. Nd2 Nh5 13. Be3 Nf4 14. O-O Qe7 15. Kh1 Qg5 16. Rf2 Nfd3 17. Bxg5 Nxf2+ $17
{1/2-1/2 Nikolaidis,K-Mastrokoukos,G/Athens 1996/EXT 2001 (38)}) 9. Bg5 (9. h4
$5 a5 $13 (9... Nh7 {/\10...Bf6} 10. Nf1)) 9... Bh6 10. Bxh6 Rxh6 11. h4 Rh8
12. Nf1 Nc5 $11 13. Nd2 (13. f3 $142 a5 14. Ne3 Kf8 $11) 13... a5 14. Qc2 Kf8
15. O-O-O Kg7 16. f3 Bd7 $6 (16... c6 $142 17. Nb3 Na6 $1 18. Nxa5 (18. Kb1
cxd5 19. cxd5 a4 $1 $36) 18... cxd5 (18... Nb4 $5 19. Qb3 Nbxd5 20. exd5 Rxa5
21. dxc6 bxc6 22. Qb4 Qa7 23. Qxd6 Bf5 $44) 19. cxd5 Nb4 20. Qb3 (20. Qa4 Nxa2+
$1) 20... Nxa2+ $1 21. Qxa2 Qc7 $36) 17. Nf1 c6 18. Ne3 cxd5 19. Nexd5 Nxd5 20.
Nxd5 Qd8 21. f4 $1 Ba4 $1 22. b3 Bc6 23. Rhf1 $2 (23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Qc3 Qd6 (
24... Qb8 $5) 25. Qe3 (25. Nb6 $2 Nxe4 $17) (25. Bf3 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Qe7 27. Rhd1
Rhe8 $15) 25... Ne6 $13) (23. f5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Qb6 $132) 23... Qxh4 $17 24. Qb2
(24. Rh1 Qg3 $17) 24... Nxe4 25. Kb1 $138 (25. fxe5 Qg5+) 25... Rae8 $2 (25...
Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Ng3 27. Rf3 Nxe2 28. Qxe2 exf4 29. Qb2+ (29. Rxd6 Rhe8) 29... Qf6
$19) 26. f5 $2 (26. fxe5 Bxd5 27. exd6+ (27. Rxd5 dxe5 28. Rxe5 f6 $17) 27...
f6 28. d7 (28. Rxd5 Ng3 $19) 28... Re5 (28... Re7 29. Rxd5 Ng3 30. Qa3 $1 (30.
d8=Q Rxd8 31. Rxd8 Nxf1 32. Bxf1 Re1+ $17) 30... Rxe2 (30... Qe4+ $2 31. Bd3)
31. d8=Q Rxd8 32. Rxd8 Qe4+ 33. Ka1 Qe5+ 34. Kb1 $11) 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. cxd5
Qg5 $15) 26... Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Ng3 0-1

[Event "Metz op 21st"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2003.04.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2003.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 O-O (4... c5 5. d5 h6 6. Bf4 d6 7. e4 Nh5
8. Be3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Qb3 Nd7 11. Be2 Nhf6 12. f3 e5 13. dxe6 fxe6 14.
Rd1 Qc7 15. Nh3 Ne5 16. Qc2 Bd7 17. f4 Neg4 18. e5 O-O-O 19. Bc1 dxe5 20. O-O
exf4 21. Bxf4 e5 $17 {0-1 Chernyshov,K-Svidler,P/Voronezh RUS 2003/The Week in
Chess 449 (54)}) (4... h6 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. e4 d6 7. f4 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8+
Bxd8 10. fxe5 c6 11. Nf3 Bc7 12. O-O-O Bg4 13. h3 Be6 14. Be2 Nd7 15. Nd5 Bb8
16. Nf6+ Ke7 17. Nxd7 Bxd7 18. c5 $14 {1-0 Chernyshov,K-Svidler,P/Voronezh RUS
2003/The Week in Chess 450 (42)}) 5. Qd2 c5 6. d5 d6 7. e4 a6 8. a4 Qa5 (8...
e6 9. Bd3 exd5 10. cxd5 Re8 11. Nge2 Nbd7 12. O-O Ne5 13. Bc2 Nc4 14. Qc1 Bd7
15. b3 Na5 16. Rb1 Rc8 17. Qf4 Qe7 18. Ng3 b5 $132 {0-1 Sadler,M-Kempinski,R/
Hamburg GER 2003/The Week in Chess 427 (53)}) 9. Ra3 e6 10. Nf3 (10. Bd3 exd5
11. exd5 Re8+ 12. Nge2 Nbd7 13. f4 Ng4 14. Ne4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Rxe4 16. Bxe4 Nf2
17. Ng3 Nxh1 18. Nxh1 Bxb2 19. Rb3 $44 {0-1 Dancevski,O-Gicev,B/Skopje MKD
2002/The Week in Chess 376 (52)}) 10... exd5 11. exd5 $5 {TN} Bg4 12. Be2 Bxf3
(12... Qb4 $5 {н/\13...Bxf3 Baklan} 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne4 Bxb2 15. Qxb4 cxb4
16. Rb3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Be5 18. Rxb4 f5 19. Nd2 Rf7 $132) 13. Bxf3 Nbd7 14. O-O
Rfe8 (14... Ne5 15. Be2 Qb4 16. Qc2 $16 Nxc4 $2 17. Rb3 $18) 15. Qc2 $5 {
[н/\16.Bd2,Ra3-a1-e1]} Qc7 16. Raa1 Re7 17. Rae1 Rae8 18. Rxe7 Rxe7 19. h3 h6
20. Bd2 Qd8 21. Qc1 Qb6 $5 22. Qc2 Qd8 23. b3 $14 Re8 24. Qc1 {[텥f3-d1-c2,
f4|^>>]} h5 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 Nh7 27. Bd1 Bd4 28. Ne2 Bf6 29. f4 Qe7 30.
Bc2 Bh4 31. g3 Bf6 32. Kg2 Bg7 33. Ng1 Qd8 34. Nf3 Nhf8 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4
Qf6 37. Ng5 {н/\38.Ne4;xd6]} (37. g5 Qb2 38. Qc1 Qa2 39. Qb1 $16) 37... Qb2 38.
Qc1 Qxc1 39. Bxc1 Nf6 40. Kg3 N8d7 $2 (40... a5 41. Bd2 b6 $14) 41. a5 $1 $16
Kf8 42. Bd2 Ke7 43. Kf3 b6 44. axb6 Nxb6 45. Nh3 Nbd7 46. Nf2 Ne8 47. Be1 Bd4
48. g5 Ng7 49. Ng4 Bb2 50. Bd2 Bd4 51. Nh2 (51. Bd3 $5 {(н/\52.Nh6,Bd3-f1-h3;
xa6,f7)}) 51... Bb2 52. Kg4 Bd4 53. Nf1 Bb2 54. Ng3 Ba1 55. Bd3 Bd4 56. Bf1 $5
{[н/\57.Kf3,58.Bh3]} Bf2 57. Ne2 $1 {[xBf2]} (57. Bh3 $2 Bxg3 58. Kxg3 Nf5+ $11
) 57... f6 $5 (57... Nf5 58. Kf3 Bd4 59. Bh3 $18) 58. Bh3 $1 {[н/\59.Kf3]} f5+
59. Kf3 Bh4 60. Bf1 Nh5 61. Nc1 Nf8 62. Bd3 Nh7 $5 (62... Nd7 63. Bc2 Nf8 64.
Nd3 Nd7 65. Kg2 Nf8 66. Kh3 Bg3 67. Bd1) 63. Ne2 $1 (63. Bc2 Nxf4 $5 64. Bxf4
Bxg5 $16) 63... Kd7 (63... Nxf4 64. Nxf4 $18) 64. b4 $18 cxb4 65. Bxb4 Kc7 66.
Bc2 Nf8 67. Ba4 Nd7 68. Nd4 Nc5 69. Ne6+ (69. Ne6+ Nxe6 (69... Kb6 70. Bxc5+
dxc5 71. d6) 70. dxe6 Ng7 71. e7) 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 33rd"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2003.05.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.05.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {McShane} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 {McShane: 'Radjabov employs
his favourite King's Indian Defence. Sokolov chooses a less explored but
venomous continuation.'} 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 (6... Nc6 {is the main line
these days, but}) (6... Nbd7 {has also big fans.}) 7. d5 e6 8. O-O (8. h3 {
avoiding the game continuation.} exd5 9. exd5 {- Gretarsson-Marin, Andorra
1999 CBM 72}) 8... exd5 9. exd5 (9. cxd5 {leads to the Penrose Attack of the
Benoni A65.}) 9... Ng4 {'!?' McShane. McShane: 'Heading for e5, since it is
not yet clear how to arrange the queenside pieces.'} 10. f4 {seriously weakens
the e <->.} (10. Bc2 {- Larsen-Hoffmann, Pinamar 2001 CBM 82}) 10... Re8 (10...
f5 $11 {is also playable for Black.} 11. h3 Nf6 (11... Nh6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Qc2
Nf6 14. Bf2 Bd7 15. Rab1 Re8 16. b4 b6 {Black has a rock-solid position.} 17.
Rfe1 Nf7 18. a4 a5 {Black wants to close the position completely.} 19. bxa5
Rxa5 20. Bh4 Ra6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Illescas-G.Hernandez, Mondariz 2002}) 12. Be3 (
12. Bd2 Na6 13. a3 Nh5 14. Qc2 Nc7 15. b4 b6 16. Rae1 Ne8 17. g3 Bd7 18. Kg2 a6
19. Ng1 b5 {The opening of the position works usually for the better developed
party.} 20. cxb5 cxb4 21. axb4 Bxc3 22. Bxc3 Bxb5 23. Nf3 Nef6 24. Nd4 Bxd3 25.
Qxd3 Qd7 26. Nc6 $14 {Atalik-Ivanisevic, Jahorina 2003}) 12... Na6 13. Qd2 Bd7
(13... Nc7 14. a3 b6 15. Rae1 Bd7 16. Kh1 Kh8 17. Bf2 a6 18. b4 Be8 19. Ng1 Bf7
20. Nf3 h6 21. bxc5 bxc5 22. Rb1 $14 {Yuferov-Tsarev, Moscow 1990}) 14. a3 Qe7
15. Rae1 Rae8 16. Bf2 Qd8 17. Kh1 Qa5 18. Ng1 Nh5 19. Nf3 Nc7 $13 {and in this
fairly closed position it is not easy for White to move ahead,
Davidovic-Damljanovic, Zlatibor 1989.}) 11. h3 (11. Rf3 $6 {allows} Qh4 12. h3
Bd4+ 13. Nxd4 {White has to sacrifice the Q, otherwise he is lost completely.}
Re1+ 14. Qxe1 Qxe1+ 15. Rf1 Qe7 16. Nc2 Nh6 $17 {and White has no real
compensation for the lost material, S.Kasparov-Berger, Pardubice 2000.}) 11...
Nh6 {McShane: 'I might have been tempted to grab the bishop pair, though after'
} (11... Ne3 {is better than the passive retreat} 12. Bxe3 Rxe3 $11 {Black has
a very strong fianchettoed B.} 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Kh2 $1 (14. Rae1 {(McShane)
White's pieces centralise very easily.}) 14... Nd7 $1 $13 {/\ f5, Nf6} (14...
Na6 15. Rae1 Nc7 16. Ng1 {/\ Nf3} Rxe1 17. Rxe1 Bd7 18. Nf3 a6 19. Ne4 (19. f5
$5 {is used to be the main idea in this P structure.}) 19... Ne8 $1 20. b4 b6
$1 21. Rb1 Qc7 22. g3 Nf6 23. Nf2 b5 $1 $36 {and suddenly Black grabs the |^,
Seirawan-Wojtkiewicz, Tilburg 1992 56/656.})) 12. Bd2 (12. g4 $1 {and the N is
out of play.} f5 13. g5 Nf7 14. h4 $14 {/\ Ng3 h5 Suetin}) 12... Nf5 13. Qb3 {
'!?' McShane. McShane: 'Preparing to bring the rook across, and tickling
Black's queenside.'} (13. g4 $2 {is overoptimistic because of} Ne3 14. Bxe3
Rxe3 15. Be4 Rxh3 16. Bg2 Bxg4 17. Bxh3 Bxh3 18. Rf2 Nd7 $17 {Barczay-Letelier
Martner, Havana 1971 11/576}) 13... Na6 14. Rae1 Rb8 15. a3 (15. Nb5 Nb4 $132)
15... Nc7 {/\ b5} 16. a4 {Winning a "tempo" if the N retreats to a6.} Bd7 (
16... Ne3 $2 {is not relevant because of} 17. Rf3) 17. Ne4 (17. Kh2 {is
already met by} Ne3 $1) (17. Bxf5 $1 Bxf5 18. Ng3 $14 {fighting for the vital
f5 square looked better.}) 17... Na6 18. Kh2 Nb4 {McShane: 'Black was denied
the b5 break at the cost of this reasonable post for the horse. Unfortunately,
it later finds itself sidelined since White controls all the light squares it
could want to move to.'} 19. Bb1 $1 (19. Bxb4 {is strongly met by the
intermediate move} Qb6 $1 (19... cxb4 {McShane} 20. Qxb4 a5 21. Qb3 Qc7 {
gives Black good compensation as White's dark squares are much more accessible
here.}) 20. g4 Ne3 21. Rf3 cxb4 22. c5 $145 $5) 19... Qh4 20. Bc3 (20. g4 {
is still premature in view of} Nh6 $1 {>< g4}) 20... Ne3 21. Bxg7 {'!' McShane.
McShane: 'Not fearing the loss of exchange - Radjabov soon feels obliged to
return the compliment.'} Nxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Rxe4 $1 {Black has to eliminate the
dangerous attacking N.} (22... Kxg7 {allows White to organize a dangerous ->
after} 23. Qc3+ f6 24. N2g3 $40 {McShane: 'provides tremendous compensation.
The pawn on d6 is ripe for plucking and Black's pieces coordinate poorly.'})
23. Bxe4 Kxg7 24. Qc3+ Qf6 $2 {This allows White to get an enormous space
advantage.} (24... Kg8 $1 $15 {and there is no f4-f5!}) 25. f5 $1 $16 {'!'
McShane. McShane: 'A key move, maintaining an initiative. Black's pieces are
not given enough room to breathe. I am sure Sokolov appreciated the coming
weakness of the d6 pawn from a long way off, upon which the game turns.'} Qxc3
(25... Bxa4 $2 {McShane} 26. fxg6 Qxc3 27. Rxf7+ $1 {is an important
intermezzo.}) 26. Nxc3 Re8 {McShane: 'This allows the pawn a dominant role on
f6, but instead'} (26... f6 {McShane} 27. Bb1 {threatens the powerful Ne4.})
27. f6+ Kf8 28. Bb1 {/\ Ne4 >< d6} b6 29. a5 $1 {ruining Black's P structure.
McShane: 'There is time enough to fracture Black's structure before winning d6.
Notice how hopeless the proud knight on b4 now looks. Nor is Black's 'good'
bishop much use here.'} bxa5 30. Ne4 {>< d6 will fall.} a4 31. Nxd6 Re2 32. Ne4
{>< c5 McShane: 'And now back for c5, thanks to 29.a5!'} Na6 33. Rf2 {White
has a defended o^ and his f6 P cripples Black.} Re1 (33... Rxf2 {McShane} 34.
Nxf2 {and White's king can advance to e5, with a huge edge.}) 34. Bc2 Re3 35.
Rd2 $18 {/\ Kg1-f2 capturing the R.} a3 36. bxa3 Rxa3 37. Re2 Ra2 38. Nd6 {
/\ Re7! McShane: 'Finally White's rook finds a way in via e7, and Black has no
decent defence.'} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.05.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Spasov, Vasil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O
Nh5 8. Bc2 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Kh1 (10. a4 f5 {- I.Sokolov-Golubev, France chT
2003 CBM 95} (10... Kh8 {- I.Sokolov-David, France chT 2003 CBM 95})) 10... f5
{Black has probably also some useful preparatory moves as well.} (10... c5 11.
f4 {White is fighting for a breakthrough in the [+], because the N on e7
cannot defend >< e5.} (11. Rb1 $5 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. f4 Ng6 14. g3 {is the
typical reaction overprotecting the vital f4 square.}) 11... f5 (11... exf4 12.
Nxf4 Nxf4 13. Bxf4 a6 14. Qd3 $14 {and it is hard to see how the black N can
reach the blockading square >< e5.}) 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Bxf5 gxf5 14. fxe5 dxe5
15. Ng1 (15. d6 $5 Ng6 16. Qd5+ Kh8 17. Qxc5) 15... Qe8 16. Nb5 Qg6 17. Nc7
Rac8 18. Ne6 $14 {Conquest-Hebden, Clichy 1997}) (10... a6 11. Rb1 (11. a4 $5 {
/\ a5, Ra3 is the typical plan in this variation.}) 11... Kh8 12. b4 f5 13.
exf5 gxf5 14. f4 (14. Ng3 Nf4 (14... Nxg3+ 15. fxg3)) 14... Ng6 15. fxe5 dxe5 (
15... Bxe5 $5 {fighting for >< f4 looks also possible.}) 16. c5 f4 17. Ne4 {
If White can blockade the light squares his position is almost winning from
strategical point of view, but Black has still reasonable tactical chances.}
Bg4 18. Qd3 $5 (18. Nf2 Bd7 19. Be4 (19. Nc3 Qh4 20. Kg1) 19... Nf6 20. Nc3
Nxe4 21. Nfxe4 Nh4 $13 {Flear-Hebden, France chT 1998})) (10... Kh8 $5 {
is a useful symmetrical "waiting" move.}) 11. exf5 Nxf5 (11... gxf5 12. f4 Ng6
13. g3 $13 {is White's main idea.}) 12. Ne4 {White now firmly controls the
vital e4 square, but his advantage is not that big.} Nf6 (12... Nf4 13. Nxf4
exf4 14. Bxf4 Bxb2 15. Rb1 {is not a successful change of the P structure for
Black.} Bg7 16. Bg5 $1 Qd7 (16... Qe8) 17. c5 $1 $16 Nd4 {(Vl.Georgiev-T.
Balogh, Krynica 1998 CBM 67)} 18. cxd6 {Vl.Georgiev} cxd6 (18... Nxc2 19. Qxc2
cxd6 20. Rbc1 $1 $16) 19. Ba4 $16) 13. Bg5 {White has to keep his dark-squared
B for long.} Qe8 (13... h6 $2 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bxf5) 14. Qd2 Nxe4 15. Bxe4
Bd7 (15... Qf7) 16. Rae1 Qf7 17. h3 $6 {This was not necessary at all.} (17. f4
Rae8 (17... exf4 18. Nxf4 $36)) (17. Qd3 {avoiding at least the exchange of
the dark-squared B was more flexible.}) 17... Rae8 (17... Bf6 $5 {looked
logical exchanging the passive B.} 18. g4 (18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Bxf5
Qxf5 21. Rxf4 Qe5 $11) 18... Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Qe7 20. Qxe7 Nxe7 $11) 18. Qd3 Nd4 (
18... Bf6 {is already met by} 19. Bd2) 19. Be3 (19. f4 Nxe2 20. Rxe2 Bf5 $11)
19... Qf6 20. b4 Qh4 21. Ng1 (21. Nxd4 $2 exd4 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 {
founders on the devastating} Bxh3 $19) 21... Rf7 22. g3 Qd8 23. Kg2 Qc8 24.
Bxd4 exd4 25. Re2 c5 $1 {Black wants to organize some active counterplay.} (
25... c6 26. Rfe1) 26. dxc6 $6 {Freeing the black pieces from passivity is not
advisable.} (26. b5 Rfe7 27. Rfe1 {keeping the position closed against the
black ^^ looked more to the point.}) 26... Bxc6 $1 (26... bxc6 27. Rfe1) 27.
Rfe1 (27. Bxc6 Qxc6+ 28. f3 Rfe7 29. Rfe1 Rxe2+ 30. Rxe2 Rc8 $36) 27... Qf5 ({
missing the annoying} 27... Rxe4 $1 28. Rxe4 Re7 {with a nasty pin.} 29. f3 (
29. Nf3 Bxe4 30. Rxe4 Qf5 31. Nd2 (31. Rxd4 Bxd4 32. Qxf5 gxf5 33. Nxd4 {
cannot be enough for the exchange.}) 31... d5 32. cxd5 Qxd5 $36) 29... Bxe4 30.
Rxe4 Rxe4 31. fxe4 b5 $1 32. cxb5 Qc3 {breaking the blockade of the strong d
o^.}) 28. Bxc6 {White positionally sacrifices the Q for a good compensation.} (
28. f3) 28... Qxd3 29. Rxe8+ Rf8 30. Bd5+ Kh8 31. Rxf8+ Bxf8 32. Re8 $44 {
Hecht: 'Die aktiven weißen Figuren sichern das Remis - anders gesagt, der
d-Freibauer rettet Schwarz das Remis.'} Qf5 33. Nf3 d3 34. Nd4 Qf6 35. Ne6 d2
36. Bf3 (36. Nxf8 $6 {Hecht} Kg7 37. Ne6+ Kh6 (37... Qxe6 $2 38. Rxe6 d1=Q 39.
Re7+ $16) 38. g4 g5 39. f4 d1=Q 40. fxg5+ Qxg5 41. Nxg5 Kxg5 $15) 36... Qxf3+
37. Kxf3 d1=Q+ 38. Kg2 h6 (38... h5 {Hecht} 39. Rxf8+ Kh7 40. Rf7+ Kh6 $2 41.
h4 $1 $18 {[%cal Re6g5,Rf7h7]}) 39. Rxf8+ Kh7 40. Rf7+ {with a perpetual.} Kh8
41. Rf8+ (41. Rxb7 {Hecht} Qe2 $11) 41... Kh7 42. Rf7+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Voronezh m"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2003.06.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chernyshov, Konstantin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2003.06.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Bg5 {This is mainly an Anti-Grunfeld idea.} Bg7 (3... Ne4
$5) 4. Nc3 c5 (4... h6 {was played in the fourth game of the match.}) 5. d5 h6
(5... b5 $5 {- Riazantsev-Nevostrujev, Russia ch Krasnodar 2002 CBM 91}) 6. Bf4
(6. Bh4) 6... d6 7. e4 Nh5 {The idea with the following exchange on c3 looks a
bit odd, although there were some games recently with similar ideas in the Bg5
line.} (7... O-O {looks more natural.} 8. Be2 {transposes to the Averbakh
Variation E74.} (8. Bd3 {- Hort-Zuger, Prague 1996 CBM 54}) (8. Qd2 g5 {
and White cannot avoid the exchange of his important B.} 9. Bg3 (9. Be3 Ng4)
9... Nh5) (8. Nf3 Re8 9. Be2 e6 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Bxd6 $44 {transposes to the
Averbakh Variation E74.}) (8. h3 Re8 9. Bd3 e6 10. Nge2 exd5 11. exd5 {In this
P structure the N belongs to f3 and the B to e3.} (11. cxd5 c4 12. Bc2 b5 $40 {
Reshevsky}) 11... Nh5 $5 (11... a6 12. O-O Qe7 13. Qd2 Qf8 14. a4 Nbd7 15. b3
Nh5 16. Bh2 Ne5 17. Bc2 f5 18. a5 $1 {fixing the weaknesses on the << for the
_|_.} Nf7 19. Rab1 $16 {Larsen-Reshevsky, Santa Monica 1966 2/638}) 12. Bh2 Qg5
$132)) (7... Qa5 8. Bd2) (7... Qb6 8. Qc1 {keeping the way back opened for the
B.} (8. Qd2 g5 9. Bg3 Nh5) 8... e6 9. Nf3 exd5 10. cxd5 O-O 11. Nd2 Re8 12. Be2
Nxe4 $1 {This is a typical Benoni blow!} 13. Ndxe4 Rxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxb2 15. Nf6+
Bxf6 16. Rb1 Qd8 17. Bxh6 Nd7 {Black has got only one P for the exchange, but
his pieces rapidly come out of passivity.} 18. O-O Nb6 19. Rd1 Na4 20. Rb3 a6
21. Rg3 b5 22. Bd3 Kh7 23. Qf4 Ra7 $44 {H.Gruenberg-Moldovan, Stara Zagora (zt)
1990 49/(704)}) (7... a6 8. a4 {hindering any b7-b5 ideas typical for the
Benko Gambit.}) 8. Be3 (8. Bd2 {avoiding the text was a real alternative.} e5
9. g3 $1 {Now the N is completely misplaced on the edge of the board.} Nf6 10.
h4 (10. Bh3 Bxh3 11. Nxh3 Nbd7 (11... Qd7 12. Ng1) 12. f3 {and the exchange of
the light-squared B is favourable for White from strategical point of view.})
10... h5 11. Qc1 {against Bh6} Ng4 (11... Ng8 $6 {Gheorghiu} 12. f4 $14) 12. f3
Nh6 13. Bh3 f6 $1 14. Bxc8 (14. Be6 $6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Ke7 $1 $17) 14... Qxc8 15.
Nh3 Nf7 $13 {Psakhis-Gheorghiu, Palma de Mallorca 1989 48/771}) 8... Bxc3+ 9.
bxc3 Qa5 {Black gave up the important fianchettoed B for some weak pawns on
the <<. It is hard to say that it looks a good business.} 10. Qb3 Nd7 11. Be2
$6 {The N was badly placed on h5, he would leave anyway.} (11. Nf3 {looks
simple and strong.} Nhf6 (11... Ndf6 12. Bd3) 12. Bd3 Ng4 13. Bf4 $14) 11...
Nhf6 12. f3 {Be2 and f3 do not harmonize together.} e5 {Black wants to close
the position against White's ^^.} 13. dxe6 {Now Black can breethe more freely.}
({In case of} 13. Bd3 {Black will try to organize a counterplay on the <<
against the doubled pawns.} Nb6 14. Ne2 Bd7 15. O-O Ba4 (15... Rb8 16. Kh1 Na4
17. f4 Ng4 18. Bd2 $36) 16. Qb2 Qa6 {>< c4} 17. Qc1 h5 18. Bg5 Nfd7 19. f4 f6 {
repelling the first wawe of the ->.}) 13... fxe6 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Nh3 Ne5 (15...
e5 $6 {runs into} 16. Nf2 (16. Qa4 Ke7 17. Nf2 Nb6) (16. O-O g5) 16... Nb6 17.
f4 $36) 16. Qc2 (16. O-O Bd7 17. Rd2 O-O-O) 16... Bd7 17. f4 $6 {This idea
with the following breakthrough in the [+] is unjustified.} (17. O-O) 17...
Neg4 18. e5 $6 O-O-O $1 {This is the strong reply!} 19. Bc1 dxe5 20. O-O {
White sacrifices the P, but he has no real counterplay for it.} (20. Qxg6 Rhg8)
20... exf4 21. Bxf4 e5 $17 22. Bg3 Bf5 $1 {and the rest is not interesting.} (
22... Ne3 23. Qxg6 Nxd1 24. Bxd1 Nh7 25. Rf7) 23. Bxg4 Nxg4 24. Qe2 Rhe8 25.
Nf2 Rxd1 26. Nxd1 Qc6 27. h3 Nf6 28. Ne3 Bd7 29. Bh2 h5 30. Qf2 Ne4 31. Qc2 h4
32. Rf7 Nd6 33. Rf6 Qe4 34. Qxe4 Nxe4 35. Rxg6 Nxc3 36. Rg5 Nxa2 37. Bxe5 Nb4
38. Ng4 Nd3 39. Bc3 Bc6 40. Nf2 Nf4 41. Be5 Nxg2 $19 42. Nd3 Ne3 43. Rg7 Nxc4
44. Bf4 Nb6 45. Nxc5 Nd5 46. Bg5 a5 47. Bxh4 a4 48. Bf2 b6 49. Nd3 Re2 50. Bg3
a3 51. Ne5 a2 52. Ra7 Nb4 53. Kf1 Bb5 54. Kg1 Na6 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O e5 (7...
Nh5 {is the popular line these days.}) 8. d5 Nd4 9. Bg5 ({The main line} 9.
Nxd4 {is more common.}) 9... h6 10. Bh4 c5 (10... c6 $6 11. b4 $1 $14 {-
Seirawan-Ye Jiangchuan, Beijing rapid 2003 CBM 98}) (10... Re8 {If Black has
to play c7-c5 it is better to do right now.} 11. f3 (11. Rc1 g5 (11... c5 12.
dxc6 bxc6 13. b4 g5 14. Bg3 h5 (14... c5 $5 {deserves attention strengthening
the position of the d4 N.}) 15. f3 h4 16. Bf2 h3 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Ne2 hxg2 19.
Kxg2 {(Christiansen-Cummings, Antwerp 1995)} c5 $13) 12. Bg3 Nh5 $13 {with a
successful dark square strategy.}) 11... c5 {Here the R on e8 is not very
important.} 12. Rb1 (12. Nxd4 $5 cxd4 13. Na4 Bd7) 12... Bd7 13. b4 b6 14. Qd2
Kh7 15. Bf2 Nh5 16. bxc5 dxc5 17. a4 Qf6 18. Be3 Nf4 {Black has a strong
pressure on the dark squares.} 19. Nxf4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Nxf3+ 21. Rxf3 Qxc3 $11 {
Seirawan-Piket, Amber (rapid) 1993}) 11. Rb1 (11. dxc6 bxc6 12. b4 Re8 13. b5 (
13. f3 $5 Qb6 14. Bf2 Nxe2+ 15. Bxe2 Qxb4) 13... cxb5 14. cxb5 g5 15. Bg3 Bb7 {
The black pieces are very active again.} 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 e4 {winning
material.} 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Bc4 Bxa1 20. Qxa1 $17 {Dzindzichasvili-Benjamin,
Los Angeles 1991}) (11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Ne2 (12. Nb1 {is a bit odd decision.} g5
13. Bg3 Ng4 {>< e5} 14. Nd2 Be5 15. Be2 Bxg3 16. Bxg4 Bf4 17. Bxc8 Rxc8 18. g3
Bxd2 19. Qxd2 Qf6 20. f4 Rce8 21. Rae1 Qg7 22. Kh1 Re7 {with pressure on the
<-> e.} 23. Rf2 Rfe8 $13 {Silman-Golod, Pardubice 1994}) 12... Qe8 (12... g5
13. Bg3 Nh5) 13. f3 $5 (13. Bxf6 {giving up the ^^ is not logical at first
sight.} Bxf6 14. Qd2 Bg7 15. b4 b6 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Rab1 Qd8 18. Rb3 h5 19.
Kh1 Kh7 20. Ng1 $11 {Seirawan-Nunn, Cannes 1992})) (11. f3 g5 12. Be1 Nh5 13.
Nxd4 exd4 14. Ne2 Nf4 15. g4 Be5 {1/2-1/2 Co.Ionescu-Sofronie, Bucharest 2002})
11... Bd7 (11... a6 $143 {is not so logical} 12. b4 b6 (12... cxb4 {After
weakening >< b6 this idea is not so healthy, as one move earlier.} 13. Rxb4 Qc7
(13... Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 $16 {/\ Rfb1}) 14. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Ne2 Qc5
17. Qd2 Kg7 {was the persistant defence, although after} (17... b5 $6 18. Rc1 (
18. cxb5 {was also promising.} axb5 19. Rxb5 Qa3 20. Rfb1 $16) 18... Qa7 19.
Qxh6 $18 {Seirawan-Egger, Istanbul 2000}) 18. Rfb1 Bd8 19. R4b3 $16 {Black
cannot come out of passivity easily.}) 13. Qc1 g5 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. bxc5 bxc5 16.
Nxd4 cxd4 17. Na4 {>< b6} Qa5 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Qe1 Qxe1 20. Rfxe1 Nxg3 21. hxg3
$14 {with only White's chances on the <<, Seirawan-Comp Mephisto, Hague 1995.})
(11... g5 12. Bg3 h5 13. f3 h4 14. Be1 Nh5 {Black puts a maximum effort
conquering the dark squares.} 15. h3 Nf4 16. Nxf4 exf4 17. Ne2 {1/2-1/2 Co.
Ionescu-Motylev, Bucharest 2001}) (11... Qd7 12. b4 b6 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Ne2
Ng4 15. bxc5 bxc5 16. Bc2 Ne5 $132 {Gonzalez de la Torre-Arizmendi Martinez,
Mislata 2003}) 12. f3 (12. b4 Nxe2+ (12... b6 13. Nxd4 {Now Black has to
decide which is the better P structure for him.} (13. bxc5 bxc5) 13... exd4 (
13... cxd4 14. Ne2 $14) 14. Ne2 Re8 15. f3 $14) 13. Qxe2 (13. Nxe2 cxb4 14.
Rxb4 Qc7) 13... cxb4 14. Rxb4 Qc7 $13 {blockading >< c5.}) 12... g5 13. Bf2 Nh5
{Black wants to gain a total control over the dark squares.} 14. b4 b6 (14...
Nxe2+ 15. Nxe2 cxb4 16. Rxb4 b6 $13 {controlling >< c5 was logical.}) 15. bxc5
dxc5 (15... bxc5 {was the real alternative, because the b <-> is not so
dangerous.} 16. Nb5 (16. Bc2 Nxc2 17. Qxc2 Nf4) 16... Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Nf4) 16.
a4 {/\ a5} a5 (16... Nf4 17. a5 bxa5 18. Nxf4 exf4 19. Nb5 {and Black has keep
an eye on a lot of blockading squares.}) 17. Bxd4 exd4 $6 {Now it is almost
impossible to blockade f4, e5 and d6 at the same time.} (17... cxd4 18. Nb5 Rc8
19. Qb3 Qf6 20. g3 (20. Na7 Ra8) (20. Qa3 Rfd8) 20... Rc5 {was more persistant.
}) 18. Nb5 Nf4 (18... Be5 19. g3) 19. Bc2 (19. Nxf4 gxf4) 19... Ng6 (19...
Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 Be5 21. g3) 20. Ng3 Nf4 (20... Be5 21. Nf5) 21. Kh1 Rb8 22. Re1
{This is an important preparatory move, Nf5 will come soon.} (22. Nf5 Bxf5 23.
exf5 Re8) 22... Be5 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. exf5 Bf6 25. g3 Nh5 26. Qd3 (26. Na7 Rb7
27. Nc6 $16 {was simple and strong, but White was obsessed by a beautiful idea.
..}) 26... Qd7 27. f4 Rfe8 28. Re6 $5 {[%mdl 512] This is a phantastic
positional R sacrifice, but on the other hand it complicates matters
unnecessarily.} (28. Qf3) 28... fxe6 29. fxe6 Qg7 30. Bd1 (30. Qg6 {Exchanging
the attacking Q is not an easy way.} Qxg6 31. Bxg6 Ng7 32. f5 Red8 33. d6 $44)
30... g4 31. Bc2 (31. Qf5 Qh7 32. Bxg4 Qxf5 33. Bxf5 Ng7 34. Bg6 $44 {and
White has a lot of strong passed pawns for the R.}) 31... Be7 32. Qf5 Nf6 33.
d6 d3 (33... Bf8 34. Re1) 34. Bxd3 Rbd8 {Black is happy to sacrifice back some
material in order to ruin White's mighty P chain.} 35. dxe7 Rxe7 36. Re1 (36.
Nc3 {was probably better.}) 36... Ne8 37. Be4 Rd2 38. Bd5 Qb2 39. Qxg4+ Ng7 40.
Kg1 (40. Qh4 Nf5) 40... Rxh2 41. Qf3 Nf5 42. Nc3 Nd4 43. Qg4+ Kh8 44. Rf1 Rd2 (
44... Nxe6 $1 {gave more chances for Black.} 45. Qf5 Rg7 46. Qe5 Nc7) 45. Qg6
$11 Qxc3 46. Qf6+ Kg8 {This was a very exciting encounter!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[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 "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CUB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 (6... Nc6 {
is the other popular way.}) 7. d5 e6 8. O-O Ng4 $5 (8... exd5 9. exd5 (9. cxd5
{- A65}) 9... Ng4 $5) 9. Bc2 (9. h3 Ne5 {Now Black gets the important ^^.} 10.
f4 (10. Be3 exd5 11. cxd5 {Now a Benoni type of position has arisen with a
comfortable play for Black.} b6 12. Bc2 Na6 13. b3 {This cannot be recommended.
} Nb4 14. f4 Nd7 15. a3 Nxc2 16. Qxc2 Ba6 17. Rf2 Re8 18. Ng3 f5 $15 {Saleh-M.
Pavlovic, Andorra 1998}) (10. Ng3 Nbd7 $13 (10... Nxd3 11. Qxd3 Na6)) 10...
Nxd3 11. Qxd3 exd5 12. Nxd5 (12. cxd5 {leads again to a good Benoni version
for Black.} b6 13. Be3 Ba6 {Black's ^^ loks very effective.} 14. Qd2 Nd7 15.
Rae1 Re8 $13 {Derieux-Mrdja, Clichy 1999}) (12. exd5 Na6 13. a3 Nc7 14. Ng3 f5
{In this closed position it is very difficult for White to find a breakthrough.
} 15. Be3 Re8 16. Bf2 a5 17. Rab1 Bd7 18. Nge2 b6 19. Rfe1 Qf6 20. Kh1 $11 {
Boensch-Co.Ionescu, Stara Zagora 1990}) 12... f5 (12... Be6 {Otherwise after
f4-f5 the B cannot fight for the centre.} 13. f5 (13. Bd2 $5) 13... Bxd5 14.
Qxd5 Nc6 {1/2-1/2 J.Ivanov-V.Dimitrov, Marin 2001}) (12... Nc6 $5 13. f5 {/\ f6
}) 13. Ng3 Nc6 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Nxf5 Rxf5 $13 (15... gxf5 $6 {
(Salzgeber-Gheorghiu, Winterthur 2003)} 16. Be3 $1 $14)) (9. f4 exd5 10. Nxd5
Be6 11. h3 Bxd5 12. exd5 (12. cxd5 Nf6) 12... Nf6 13. f5 Nbd7 14. fxg6 fxg6 15.
Bg5 Qb6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Qc2 Rae8 18. Kh1 Re3 19. Nf4 Rfe8 20. Bxg6 $13 {
Nemet-Gheorghiu, Biel 1992}) (9. dxe6 fxe6 10. f4 Nc6 11. h3 Nh6 12. Be3 e5 $1
{Black gives up the d5 square, but gets the vital e5 one for it.} 13. Qd2 exf4
14. Nxf4 Nf7 15. Rf2 (15. Ncd5 Nfe5 {and both knights look excellent in the [+]
.}) 15... Nfe5 16. Raf1 Bd7 17. Nb5 a6 18. Nxd6 b6 19. Be2 Nd4 20. Bxd4 cxd4
$15 {Panczyk-Gdanski, Poland 1992}) 9... Ne5 (9... Qh4 $6 10. h3 Ne5 11. dxe6 (
11. f4 Nxc4 12. dxe6 Bxe6 {- 11.dxe6}) 11... Bxe6 12. f4 $1 Nxc4 13. Bb3 $16 {
Suba} (13. b3 Nb6 14. f5 Bd7 15. Qxd6 Rc8 16. a4 Bc6 17. f6 $36 {Knaak-Marin,
Dresden 1988})) 10. b3 $142 (10. Bb3 $6 {The B is rather awkward here.} exd5
11. Nxd5 (11. cxd5 c4 12. Bc2 Na6 13. a3 Nc5 $15 {Grigore-Moldovan, Bucharest
1992}) 11... Nbc6 $13) 10... exd5 11. cxd5 {In this Benoni type of position 
(which resembles to the Penrose Attack) Black can organize a good counterplay.}
(11. exd5 $142 {was much safer avoiding the assymetrical position.} f5 {
is usually the best setup here.} (11... Re8 12. Rb1 $14) (11... b5 $5 12. cxb5
a6 13. Bd2 $1 Re8 (13... Nbd7 $5 {/\ Nb6}) 14. bxa6 (14. a4 $2 axb5 (14... Ra7
$2 15. Rb1 $1 axb5 16. Nxb5 Rae7 17. Nec3 $16 {Seirawan-Dimitrov, Moscow 1994
62/580}) 15. axb5 (15. Nxb5 Nf3+ $1 16. gxf3 Bxa1 17. Qxa1 Rxe2 18. Bh6 f6 19.
Be4 Ba6 20. Nc3 Nd7) 15... Nf3+ $1 16. gxf3 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 Rxe2 18. Qd1 Re8 19.
Re1 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Nd7 $44) 14... Bxa6 15. Re1 Nbd7 $44) 12. f4 Nf7 13. Bd2 $13
{Seirawan}) 11... b5 $1 {Black immediately grabs the |^ on the <<, the B on c2
is not well-placed.} 12. Rb1 (12. f4 Ng4 $5 (12... b4 13. fxe5 Bxe5 14. Bh6 (
14. Bf4 Bxf4 15. Nxf4 bxc3 16. Qe1 Nd7 (16... Ba6 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Nxd3 Nd7 19.
Qxc3 Qg5 20. Rae1 $14 {Grigore-Marin, Bucharest 1994}) 17. Qxc3 Ne5 18. Nd3 Re8
19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Rf2 a5 21. Raf1 Ra7 $13) 14... Re8 15. Na4) 13. h3 b4 $132) (
12. Bb2 b4 13. Na4 Qh4 $13) 12... b4 (12... a6 $13 {Kapengut}) 13. Na4 Ba6 (
13... Re8 $13) 14. h3 (14. f4 Ng4 15. Bd3 f5 16. h3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 fxe4 18. Qxe4
Nf6 $13) 14... Ned7 (14... g5 $5 {is a typical Benoni plan strengthening the
important N in the [+].} 15. Nb2 (15. Ng3 Bxf1 16. Qxf1 $44) 15... Nbd7 $36)
15. a3 $5 (15. Bd3 Re8 16. Bxa6 Nxa6 17. Qd3 Nc7 18. Bb2 $15 {exchanges
Black's active bishops but still leaves the |^ in the opponent's hands.}) 15...
bxa3 16. Bxa3 Nb6 17. Nb2 $2 {White's play is too sophysticated, the B on a3
looks odd.} (17. Bb2 {improving the B's position was more to the point.} Re8
18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Bd3) 17... Re8 18. Re1 (18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 N8d7 $15) 18...
N8d7 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Qh4 21. Ng3 (21. f3 Ne5 $36) 21... Bd4 $1 $17 {
Now Black is better on all of the fronts!} 22. Nh1 {Sad, but true.} (22. Nc4
Nxc4 23. bxc4 Ne5 24. Qb3 Rab8 25. Qxb8 Rxb8 26. Rxb8+ Kg7 $17 {and the white
pieces are completely disorganized.}) 22... Nf6 (22... f5 $5 {was also
tempting.} 23. exf5 Ne5 24. Qg3 Qf6 25. fxg6 Nxd5 26. gxh7+ Kxh7 $17) 23. Ng3
Nfd7 (23... Nh5 24. Nh1 f5 25. exf5 Nf4 $17) 24. Nh1 {White's N manoeuvres
fail to impress...} Nf6 25. Ng3 Re5 26. Nc4 Nxc4 27. bxc4 Rae8 (27... Rg5 $1
28. Nh1 Re8 $17 {keeping the |^ was better.}) 28. Bb2 $1 Bxb2 29. Rxb2 Nxe4 30.
Nxe4 Rxe4 31. Rxe4 Qxe4 $6 {liquidating to a R _|_ is not recommended in most
of the cases.} (31... Rxe4 32. Qc3 $1 Rd4 33. Rb8+ Kg7 34. Ra8 Qe7 {keeping
the queens was more practical.}) 32. Qxe4 Rxe4 33. Rb8+ Kg7 34. Rd8 {White's
only chance in the R _|_ to create a o^.} Rxc4 35. Rxd6 Rc1+ 36. Kh2 Rd1 37.
Kg3 {[%mdl 4096]} c4 (37... a5 38. Ra6 Rxd5 39. Rxa5 {looks as a theoretically
drawish R _|_ , although in practice the result can be different.}) 38. Rc6 (
38. Ra6 c3 $1 (38... Rxd5 39. Rxa7 Rc5 40. Ra1 Kf6 41. Kf4 $1) 39. Rc6 Rxd5 40.
Rxc3 {is similar to the game}) 38... Rxd5 39. Rxc4 a5 {/\ Rd7-a7 with a
Tarrasch R. However this R _|_ has to be drawish yet.} (39... Ra5 40. h4) (
39... Rd8 40. Ra4 Ra8 41. Ra6) 40. Rc7 (40. Rc6 a4 41. Ra6 Rd4 42. Kf3) 40...
a4 41. Ra7 Rd4 42. Ra6 $6 (42. Kf3 Kf6 43. g3 h5 (43... g5 $5) 44. h4 Rb4 45.
Ke3 Ke6 46. f3 {/\ g4} Rb3+ $1 47. Kf4 a3 48. g4 Kd5 49. gxh5 gxh5 50. Kg5 {
creating a o^ on the h <->.}) (42. h4 $5 h5 43. Ra6 {deserves attention.})
42... g5 $1 {Now Black improves his pawns on the >>.} 43. Kf3 h5 44. Ke3 (44.
g3 h4 {leads to the game continuation.}) 44... Rb4 45. Kd3 $6 {This is not an
effective plan. The K has to defend the >>.} (45. g3 h4 {leads to the game
continuation again.}) 45... Rf4 (45... f6 {Slowly but surely strengthening the
position.} 46. Ke3 (46. g3 {allows the breakthrough after} h4 $1 47. Ke3 g4 $1)
(46. Kc3 Rf4 (46... Rb3+ 47. Kc2 Ra3 48. Kd2 (48. Kb2 Rd3 49. Kc2 Rd4 50. Kc3
Rf4)) 47. f3 h4 {fixing the weaknesses on the >>. Now all the pawns are
defended and the black K begins his march for penetration.} (47... g4 $5 48.
hxg4 hxg4 49. Kd2 $1 $11 (49. fxg4 Rxg4 50. Kd3 a3 $1 $19)) (47... Kg6 48. Ra8
(48. Ra5 Kf7) 48... Kf5 49. Ra5+ Ke6 50. Ra6+ Kd5 51. Kb2 Kc5 52. Ka3 Kb5 53.
Ra8 $15)) 46... h4 (46... Kg6 47. g3 (47. Ra5 Rb3+ $1 48. Ke4 a3 49. Kd4 Rb2
50. Ke3 a2 51. g3 Kf7 52. Ra7+ Ke6 53. Ra6+ Ke5 54. Ra5+ Kd6 $19) 47... h4 48.
Kf3) 47. Kf3 (47. g3 $2 g4 $1)) (45... h4 $5) 46. Ke3 $1 (46. f3 $2 {is a
serious weakening of the position.} f6 47. Ra5 h4 $1) 46... h4 $2 (46... Rb4
$142) 47. g3 $1 {Here is the difference! Black had to provoke f2-f3 first} Rb4
48. Kf3 $1 $11 Kf8 (48... g4+ {is parried by the cold-blooded answer} 49. Kg2
$1 (49. hxg4 $2 h3 $19) 49... hxg3 50. Kxg3 gxh3 51. Kxh3 $11) 49. Ra5 f6 50.
Ra7 Ke8 51. Kg2 Kd8 52. Rf7 a3 (52... hxg3 53. fxg3 (53. Rxf6 $2 Rf4 $1) 53...
a3 54. Ra7 Rb2+ 55. Kf3 a2 56. h4 $1 $11) 53. Ra7 Rb3 54. gxh4 gxh4 55. Ra4 $1
Kc7 56. Rxh4 Kb6 57. Ra4 Kb5 58. Ra7 Kb4 59. h4 $1 Kc3 60. h5 Kb2 61. h6 Rb8 (
61... a2 62. h7) 62. h7 Rh8 63. Kf3 a2 64. Rb7+ Kc1 65. Rc7+ Kb1 66. Rb7+ Kc1
1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Sanxenxo"]
[Date "2004.11.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. d4 c6 6. Be2 d5 7. e5 Ne4 8. O-O (
8. Nxe4 {- Murdzia-G.Kuzmin, Swidnica 1999 CBM 71}) (8. cxd5 {-
Fassnacht-Lisanti, Rheinhessen ch 1997}) 8... Nxc3 (8... Bf5 {-
Illescas-Herraiz Lopez, Albacete 1999}) 9. bxc3 dxc4 (9... b6 10. Be3 (10. a4
Ba6 {Black wants to blockade the position on >< c4.} 11. cxd5 Qxd5 (11... cxd5
12. Bb5 Qc8 13. Ba3 Qb7 14. e6 Nc6 15. exf7+ Rxf7 16. Qe2 Bxb5 17. axb5 Na5 18.
Ng5 $16 {Topalov-Svidler, Prague 2002}) 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Re1 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 b5
15. Rab1 a6 16. c4 bxc4 17. Rec1 Bh6 18. Rc2 Nd7 19. Qxc4 $14 {
Rashkovsky-Epishin, RUS-ch Elista 1995}) 10... Ba6 11. Nd2 e6 12. f4 Qe7 13. a4
Nd7 $2 {This is a clear blunder.} 14. cxd5 $1 Bxe2 15. d6 $1 {Zwischenzug!}
Bxd1 16. dxe7 Rfe8 17. Rfxd1 Rxe7 18. c4 Kf8 19. Ne4 $18 {Schebler-R.Ruck,
Budapest 1998}) (9... Nd7 10. cxd5 (10. a4 Nb6 11. c5 Nc4 12. Nd2 {1/2-1/2
Krivoshey-L.Vajda, Balatonlelle 2004}) 10... cxd5 11. h4 Nb6 12. h5 Bg4 13. Ng5
Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Qc8 15. e6 $36 {Berg-Nunn, Germany 1984}) 10. Bxc4 c5 11. Be3 (
11. h3 {against Bg4.} Nc6 (11... cxd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. Be3 Na5 14. Bd3 Be6 15.
Qe2 Bd5 16. Rfc1 Qd7 17. Nd2 Rac8 18. Ne4 b6 $11 {Sakalauskas-Wojtkiewicz,
playchess.com 2004}) 12. a3 {securing the a2-g8 /^ for the B.} (12. Re1 cxd4
13. cxd4 Na5 14. Bd3 Be6 15. Be3 Rc8 16. Qd2 Bd5 17. Nh2 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19.
Bh6 Bc6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Ng4 Rxd4 22. Qg5 Qd5 $15 {Sulskis-M.Carlsen, Moscow
2004}) 12... b6 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Ba2 {crisper than} (14. Bg5 Bb7 15. Qe2 e6 16.
Ba6 Bxa6 17. Qxa6 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qd7 $11 {D.Gurevich-Gutman, Bad Zwesten op 1997
}) 14... Bb7 15. Bf4 $14) (11. d5 $5 {is overestimating White's chances.} Bg4
12. Bf4 Nd7 13. Re1 Nb6 {Black has an enormous pressure on White's central
pawns.} 14. Qb3 Qd7 15. Bg3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qf5 17. Bf1 h5 {/\ h4} (17... Qxf3
18. Bg2) 18. h4 c4 $5 19. Bxc4 Rac8 20. Bf1 Qxf3 21. c4 Qg4 22. Rad1 Nxc4 $13 {
Shipov-Kengis, Lubniewice 1998}) (11. Re1 cxd4 (11... Qc7 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. Ng5
$1 e6 14. Ba3 Rd8 15. Bb5 (15. Bxc5 $2 {Jacimovic} Na5 16. Qb4 b6) 15... b6 16.
Rac1 Na5 17. Qb2 (17. Qb1 Bb7) 17... Bb7 18. Ne4 $16 {Jacimovic-Ivanisevic,
FYROM 85/469 2002}) 12. cxd4 Bg4) 11... Nc6 12. Ng5 Na5 13. Bd3 cxd4 14. cxd4
h6 15. Ne4 f5 (15... Be6 16. Qe2 b6 {The N on a5 is badly placed, he cannot
get to d5.} 17. Rac1 Rc8 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Rc1 Qa8 20. Nc3 $14 {Weglarz-Blehm,
Glogow 2001}) 16. exf6 (16. Nc5 {is an interesting positional piece sacrifice:}
f4 17. Bxg6 $1 fxe3 18. fxe3 b6 19. Bc2 Rxf1+ 20. Qxf1 Qf8 21. Qe2 bxc5 22. Rf1
Bf6 23. Qd3 Qf7 {1/2-1/2 Teplitsky-Blehm, Paget Parish 2001}) 16... exf6 17.
Nd2 (17. Nc5 f5) (17. Qd2 f5 18. Nc3 Kh7) 17... f5 18. Nf3 Be6 (18... Nc6 {
The cold-blooded} 19. Rc1 {was interesting, because} (19. Bc4+ $2 Kh7 20. Qd2
f4 $1 21. Bxf4 Nxd4 $17) (19. Ne5 $5 Nxe5 (19... Bxe5 20. Qb3+ (20. dxe5 Nxe5)
20... Kh7 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Bb5 f4 23. Bc5 Rf5 24. Rfe1 $44 {and White's ^^ is
very active fully compensating the lost P.}) 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. Bxh6 Qh4 22. f4
$1 Qxh6 23. Bc4+ (23. fxe5 {loses the P, but White's lead of development is
also an important factor.} Qe3+ 24. Kh1 Qxe5 25. Re1 Qf6 26. Rc1 $44) 23... Kg7
24. fxe5 Rh8 $1 $132 {Suddenly the white K has problems, Eljanov-Kempinski,
Kharkov 2002 CBM 89.}) 19... f4 {is not a big threat since >< g6 becomes also
weak.} (19... Be6 20. Qd2 f4 21. Bxf4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. Be3 Qd7 24. Rfd1
Rfd8 25. Bc4 Kh7 26. Qxd7 Bxd7 27. Bd5 $14) 20. Bd2 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Qxd4 22. Bxg6
f3 23. gxf3 Be6 24. Qe2 Qf6 25. Be4 $14) 19. Re1 Bd5 {Black has successfully
blockaded White's o^ on d5. Although his >> is a bit weakened, his active
pieces give reasonable counterplay.} 20. Bf4 (20. Ne5 $5 {was possible:} Kh7 (
20... Qd6 21. Qd2 Nc6 22. Bxh6 $14) 21. Rb1 Bxa2 22. Rb5 $44) 20... Nc6 21. Ne5
g5 (21... Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Qg5 23. Bf1) 22. Nxc6 Bxc6 (22... bxc6 23. Be5 $14) 23.
Bc4+ $1 (23. Be5 {allows} Qd5) 23... Bd5 $1 (23... Kh7 24. Be5 $16) 24. Qb3
Bxc4 25. Qxc4+ Rf7 {The pin is not dangerous for Black.} 26. Be5 Rc8 27. Qa4 {
provoking some weaknesses.} (27. Qb3 Qa5) 27... a6 28. Qb3 Qa5 29. h4 (29. Bxg7
Kxg7 30. Rad1 Qc3 31. Qe6 Qc6 {with good drawing chances in an _|_ with rooks
and queens.}) 29... Qc3 30. Qe6 Qc6 31. Qb3 Qc3 32. Qe6 Qc6 33. Bxg7 (33. Qb3 {
leads to threefold repetition of moves.}) 33... Qxe6 34. Rxe6 Kxg7 35. hxg5 (
35. h5 Rf6 $11) 35... hxg5 $11 {This R _|_ cannot give White any hopes for a
success.} 36. d5 Rd8 (36... Rc2 $11) 37. Rd1 Rfd7 38. Rb6 Rxd5 39. Rxb7+ Kf8
40. Re1 Rd1 41. Kf1 Rxe1+ 42. Kxe1 Rd4 43. Rb6 Ra4 44. Rf6+ Kg7 45. Rxf5 Kg6
46. Rc5 Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. O-O
Ng4 (8... exd5 {is the main line and White has to decide between the Benoni
Penrose Attack, or taking back with the e P.}) 9. Bc2 (9. h3 {helps only for
Black exchanging the important B.} Ne5 10. f4 Nxd3 11. Qxd3 exd5 12. exd5 (12.
Nxd5 Be6 {/\ Nc6 and the dark squares are vulnerable.} 13. f5 Bxd5 14. Qxd5 Nc6
{1/2-1/2 J.Ivanov-V.Dimitrov, Marin 2001}) 12... Na6 13. a3 Nc7 14. Ng3 f5 $1 {
This is the important defensive method. Now the position becomes fairly closed
and it is far from easy to find a breakthrough for White. His g3 N is pathetic,
too.} 15. Be3 Re8 16. Bf2 a5 17. Rab1 Bd7 18. Nge2 b6 19. Rfe1 Qf6 20. Kh1 $11
{Bonsch-Ionescu, Stara Zagora 1990}) (9. dxe6 {Giving up the [+] cannot yield
anything real for White.} fxe6 10. f4 Nc6 11. h3 Nh6 12. Be3 e5 13. Qd2 exf4
14. Nxf4 Nf7 {fighting for the blockading squares e5 and d4.} 15. Rf2 Nfe5 16.
Raf1 Bd7 17. Nb5 a6 18. Nxd6 b6 19. Be2 Nd4 20. Bxd4 cxd4 $15 {Panczyk-Gdanski,
Poland 1992}) (9. f4 exd5 10. Nxd5 {White has a nice [+], but the dark squares
are weakened, especially >< d4.} Be6 (10... Nc6 11. h3 (11. Nec3 {Skembris})
11... Nf6 12. Bd2 $1 ({The aggressive} 12. f5 {gives up the vital e5 square.}
Nxd5 13. cxd5 Ne5 14. g4 b5 $1 $132 {Dumitrache-Nevednichy, La Fere 2002})
12... Re8 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bc3 Bxc3 $142 $1 {Skembris} (14... a6 {/\ b5, but
the plan is a bit slow.} 15. Qd2 Rb8 16. Rad1 b5 17. cxb5 (17. b3 {holding the
[+].} Bxc3 18. Qxc3 bxc4 19. Bxc4 $5 {White sacrifices the e4 P in order to
attack against >< f7.} Rxe4 20. Qf3 $5 (20. Qd3 $6 Re7 $1 $15 {
Skembris-Nevednichy, Saint-Vincent 84/(463) 2002}) (20. f5 {! Skembris} Bxf5 $1
(20... Nd4 $5 21. fxg6 $1 Nxe2+ 22. Bxe2 hxg6 23. Bf3 $1 $40 Re8 24. Bc6 Rf8
25. Qg3 $16) (20... Ne5 21. Ng3 Rxc4 22. Qxe5 $1 $40) 21. Rxf5 $1 {This
positional exchange sacrifice is the logical follow-up, but things are far
from clear.} gxf5 22. Qg3+ Kh8 23. Rxd6 Qe8 24. Rxc6 f4 (24... Rxc4 $1) 25.
Qc3+ $18) 20... Qe8 21. Rxd6 $13) 17... axb5 18. Bb1 $5 $14) 15. Nxc3 Nd4 $13)
11. h3 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nf6 13. f5 Nbd7 14. fxg6 fxg6 15. Bg5 Qb6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6
17. Qc2 Rae8 18. Kh1 Re3 19. Nf4 Rfe8 20. Bxg6 $13 {Nemet-Gheorghiu, Biel 1992}
) 9... Ne5 (9... Qh4 {looks a bit hazardous.} 10. h3 Ne5 11. f4 (11. dxe6 Bxe6
12. f4 Nxc4 {- 11.f4}) 11... Nxc4 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Bb3 $1 $16 {Suba} (13. b3
Nb6 14. f5 Bd7 15. Qxd6 Rc8 16. a4 Bc6 17. f6 Bh6 18. Bf4 Na6 19. Qd2 Bxf4 20.
Rxf4 Qh6 $11 {Knaak-Marin, Dortmund 1988})) 10. b3 exd5 11. exd5 (11. cxd5 {
leads to a Benoni type of position with good counterchances on the << for
Black.} b5 12. Rb1 (12. f4 b4 13. fxe5 Bxe5 14. Bf4 Bxf4 15. Nxf4 bxc3 16. Qe1
Ba6 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Nxd3 Nd7 19. Qxc3 Qg5 20. Rae1 Rae8 21. b4 cxb4 22. Nxb4
Nc5 $11 {Grigore-Marin, Bucharest 1994}) 12... b4 13. Na4 Ba6 14. h3 Ned7 {
preparing for f4.} 15. a3 bxa3 16. Bxa3 Nb6 17. Nb2 Re8 18. Re1 N8d7 $132 {
Bruzon Bautista-Nataf, Mallorca 2004}) 11... Re8 (11... b5 $143 $2 {is not a
100% correct P sacrifice.} 12. cxb5 a6 13. Bd2 $1 (13. f4) (13. Bf4) (13. Rb1
axb5 14. b4) 13... Nbd7 $142 {/\ Nb6} (13... Re8 14. Re1 $5 $14 (14. a4 axb5 (
14... Ra7 $2 15. Rb1 $1 axb5 16. Nxb5 Rae7 17. Nec3 $16 {Seirawan-V.Dimitrov,
Moscow (ol) 1994 62/580}) 15. axb5 $1 {firmly holding the important extra P on
b5.} (15. Nxb5 Nf3+ 16. gxf3 Bxa1 17. Qxa1 Rxe2 18. Bh6 f6 19. Be4 Ba6 20. Nc3
Nd7) 15... Rxa1 16. Qxa1 Nf3+ 17. gxf3 Rxe2 18. Qd1 Re8 19. Re1 $14))) (11...
f5 12. f4 Nf7 13. Bd2 $13 {Seirawan}) 12. Bf4 Na6 13. a3 f5 {Black's position
is a tough nut to crack!} 14. Qd2 Bd7 15. Rae1 (15. Rfe1 {looks more flexible.}
Nf7) (15. Bg5 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 $11 {and the exchange of the dark-squared B is
not bad for Black.}) 15... Nf7 (15... Qa5) 16. Qc1 (16. Qd1) 16... Nc7 17. a4 (
17. Bd3 Ne5) 17... Na6 {/\ Nb4 exploiting the weakness of b4.} (17... a6 {
is usually met by the standard} 18. a5) 18. Nb5 Be5 19. Bd2 (19. Bxe5 dxe5 20.
f4 e4 $15 {and after blockading >< d6 by the N it is only Black who can play
on.}) 19... Nb4 20. Bxb4 $6 {giving up the important B leads to passivity.} (
20. Bb1 a6 21. Nbc3) 20... cxb4 21. Qd2 a6 22. Nbd4 Qb6 $15 23. Rd1 Re7 24. h4
(24. Nf3 Bf6 25. Ned4 (25. Rfe1 Rae8 $15) 25... Rae8 $15) 24... Rae8 25. Nf4 a5
(25... Bg7 26. Nde6) (25... Bxd4 26. Qxd4 Qxd4 27. Rxd4 a5 $11) 26. g3 Bg7 27.
Kg2 (27. Nfe6 {looks promising, but Black can eliminate the dangerous intruder.
} Bh6 28. Qd3 Nd8) 27... Bh6 28. Rh1 Bg7 29. Bb1 Qxd4 30. Qxd4 Bxd4 31. Rxd4 b6
{The _|_ is a bit better for Black, but a plan for the penetration is hard to
find.} 32. Rdd1 Nd8 33. Nd3 Nb7 34. Rd2 Kg7 35. Bc2 h6 36. Bd1 Re4 37. Nf4 Nc5
38. Bc2 R4e7 39. Nd3 Na6 {Black needs the N for future operations.} 40. Nf4 Kf6
41. Bd1 Re4 42. Bf3 {[#]} Nc5 $5 {[%mdl 512] This is an ecellent positional
exchange sacrifice, after which only Black can win. The position remains
closed, and the white rooks cannot find open lines.} 43. Bxe4 fxe4 44. Rb1 Bg4
45. Ne2 (45. Kf1 {/\ Ng2-e3} e3 46. fxe3 Rxe3 47. Rf2 Bf5) 45... Bf5 46. Rbb2
e3 (46... Nd3 {looks tempting but after} 47. Rb1 Nxf2 48. Nd4 e3 49. Rxf2 exf2
50. Rf1 {White has no problems.}) 47. Rd4 (47. fxe3 Rxe3 $36) 47... exf2 (47...
Nd3 {is again parried by} 48. Rxd3 Bxd3 49. fxe3 Rxe3 50. Kf2) 48. Kxf2 g5 (
48... Nd3+ {is answered by} 49. Rxd3 Bxd3 50. Nd4 $11) 49. Nc1 Ke5 50. Rd1 gxh4
51. gxh4 Rg8 52. Rh1 Ne4+ 53. Ke1 Rg3 {The black pieces dominate the whole
board, the white pieces lack any of harmony.} 54. h5 $6 (54. Ne2) 54... Bg4 55.
Kf1 Rc3 56. Ne2 Re3 ({missing the beautiful} 56... Rf3+ $1 57. Kg1 (57. Ke1 Nf2
$17) 57... Rxb3 58. Rxb3 Bxe2 $36 {Black has sacrificed the second exchange,
but White's << pawns will fall.}) 57. Ng1 (57. Rg1) 57... Nc5 (57... Bd1 $1 {
was required:} 58. Rh3 Rxh3 59. Nxh3 Bxb3 $19) 58. Rh4 Bf5 $2 (58... Bd1 $1 {
was the last chance.}) 59. Kf2 {Now White can push back the enemy K and
activate his own pieces.} Rxb3 60. Rxb3 Nxb3 61. Nf3+ Kf6 62. Ke3 Bd7 63. Rf4+
Kg7 64. Nd4 Nc5 65. Kd2 Kg8 (65... Bxa4 66. Ne6+) 66. Ne6 Nxe6 67. dxe6 Bxe6
68. Rd4 Kf7 69. Rxd6 Bxc4 70. Rxh6 b5 71. axb5 Bxb5 72. Rg6 Be8 73. Rg1 Kf6 74.
h6 Bg6 75. Rf1+ Kg5 76. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. Ng3 c5 (6... e5 {is the
real "King's Indian" reply.}) 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. exd5 (9. cxd5 {leads to
the Benoni, with level chances.}) 9... a6 (9... Na6 {/\ Nc7, b5 as in the
Benoni.} 10. O-O Nc7 11. a4 $5 {radically preventing Black from ...b5 is the
safe option.} (11. Bf4 Nfe8 {/\ f5 which is the main defensive setup in this
variation.} 12. Qd2 f5 13. Rfe1 {The N on g3 is badly placed.} Bf6 14. Bh6 Ng7
15. Bd3 Re8 16. a3 $5 $14 {/\ b4} (16. f4 {cuts off the h6 B from the retreat.}
Bd7 17. Bg5 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Qf8 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Nf1 Rb8 21. Qe2 Re8 {1/2-1/2
Prusikin-Madl, Rieden 1996}))) (9... h5 {/\ h4 or Nh7 and f5, but it doesn't
look very logical.} 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. Qd2 Nh7 12. Bf4 f5 $5 13. h4 {Now >< g5
becomes weak.} Nd7 14. Nf1 $5 {heading towards f3 and g5.} (14. Rb1 Ne5 15. Nf1
Bd7 16. Ne3 Rae8 17. Kf1 $5 {Knaak} (17. O-O $2 {seriously weakens >< h4.} Qd8
$40 18. g3 g5 19. hxg5 Nxg5 20. Kg2 Ng6 21. Bxh5 Ne4 22. Nxe4 Nxf4+ 23. gxf4
Rxe4 $15 {Rechmann-Kovalev, Porz 1990 CBM 21})) 14... Re8 15. Qc2 (15. Nh2 Nhf6
{/\ Ne4}) 15... Nhf6 16. Nd2 $14) (9... Ne8 {/\ f5} 10. h4 {This aggressive
continuation is the critical plan.} (10. O-O f5 (10... Nd7 {- 9...Nbd7})) (10.
Bf4 f5 {There is no need to hurry with this move.} (10... Nd7 $5) 11. Qd2 Nd7
12. Bh6 Ne5 13. Bxg7 (13. h4 Qe7 14. Bxg7 (14. O-O-O $143 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 f4 {
and the Q is in trouble.} 16. Nge4 Rf5 17. Ng5 Nf6 18. Rhe1 Kh8 19. Nb5 Bd7 20.
Nxd6 Qxd6 21. g4 Rxg5 22. hxg5 Nh5 23. Rh1 Nf7 $19 {T.Nielsen-Marin, Sitges
1993}) 14... Kxg7 15. h5 {looks better.}) 13... Nxg7 14. f4 Nd7 15. O-O Nf6 16.
a3 Bd7 17. Rab1 b6 18. b4 Qc7 {Black's position is a tough nut to crack.} 19.
Bd3 Rae8 20. Rfe1 $5 (20. h3 Re7 21. Rfe1 Rfe8 $11 {L.Szabo-Ciocaltea, Hamburg
1965})) 10... f5 (10... h5 11. Bg5 {provoking some more weaknesses.} f6 12. Bf4
Nd7 13. Qc2 $14 (13. Nge4 Qe7 14. Qd2 Ne5 15. O-O-O a6 {Now Black gets good
counterchances on the <<.} 16. Rde1 Bd7 17. Kb1 Nc7 (17... f5 $5 18. Ng5 b5 $5
{looks really aggressive.}) 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. d6 Bf5+ 20. Ka1 Qd7 21. dxc7 Qxc7
22. Nd5 Qd6 23. f3 b5 $13 {Remlinger-Formanek, Philadelphia 1992})) 11. h5 Nd7
12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Rxh6 Qg5 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Kg7 {The _|_
cannot be frightening for Black.} 17. Rah1 Ndf6 18. R6h2 Bd7 19. a3 Nc7 20. b4
Rh8 21. Rxh8 Rxh8 22. Rb1 b6 23. f4 $11 {Topalov-Danailov, Candas 1992}) (9...
Nfd7 10. h4 $5 (10. O-O f5 11. Bf4 (11. f4 Bxc3 $1 12. bxc3 {Here White's ^^
has no perspectives, the c3 P is even a hindering piece.} Nf6 13. h3 Nbd7 14.
Bd3 Qa5 15. Bd2 Nb6 16. Re1 (16. Qb3 $2 {runs into} Nfxd5 17. cxd5 c4 18. Bxc4
Qc5+ 19. Kh2 Qxc4 20. Be3 Qxb3 21. axb3 Nxd5 22. Bd4 b6 $15 {Hoffman-Barria,
Cordoba 1998}) 16... Bd7 $13)) 10... Re8 {- 9...Re8}) (9... Re8 {It looks
logical to take the only opened e file, but the Ne8, f5 plan doesn't work
anymore.} 10. O-O (10. h4 h5 (10... Nfd7 11. h5 Ne5 $5 (11... f5 12. hxg6 hxg6
13. Bh6 {The exchange of the fianchettoed B helps for the ->.} Ne5 14. Qd2 Nf7
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. O-O-O Nd7 17. f4 a6 18. Rh3 $5 {/\ Rdh1} (18. Rde1 Nf6 19.
Nd1 Rh8 20. Rxh8 Qxh8 21. Rh1 Qd8 22. Bf3 b5 $132 {L.Szabo-Kavalek, Lugano 1970
})) 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Be3 Nbd7) 11. Bg5 Qb6 $5 (11... Nbd7 12. O-O)) 10... Nbd7
(10... a6 11. Bf4 (11. a4 $5 {doesn't give any chances for ...b5.}) 11... Qc7
12. Qd2 Nbd7 13. a4 (13. Rfe1 Ne5 14. Bf1 Bd7 15. Bg5 Kh8 {/\ Ng8, f5} 16. Nge4
Ng8 17. Bf4 h6 18. Ng3 f5 19. Qc2 Qd8 20. Bxe5 $6 {giving up the ^^ cannot be
a good strategy.} Bxe5 $15 {Kumaran-Arakhamia, Oakham 1990})) (10... h5 11. Bg5
Qb6 12. Qd2 Nbd7 (12... Nh7 {Forintos} 13. Bf4 (13. Bxh5 $6 {is not correct
here.} gxh5 14. Nxh5 Bf5 $1 $13) 13... h4 {This only improves the bad N's
position.} 14. Nge4) 13. a4 $1 {/\ a5, Nb5} a6 14. Rfe1 Qc7 (14... Nf8 $6 {
allows the devastating -> after} 15. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 16. Bxh5 $3 $16 {
Forintos-Kindermann, Budapest 1986 41/657})) 11. Bf4 (11. f4 $5 {and Black has
no ...f5 answer.}) 11... Ne5 12. Qd2 a6 13. Bg5 (13. Bh6 Bxh6 (13... Bh8 $5 {
keeping the B on the long /^ deserved attention.}) 14. Qxh6 Nfg4 15. Qf4 f5 16.
h3 Nf6 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. f4 Nf7 19. a4 (19. Bd3 {allows} b5 $1 20. cxb5 Qb6 21.
Qf2 axb5 $36 {Aseem-Gufeld, Chicago 1989}) 19... Qa5 $11) (13. a4 Qa5 14. Rfe1
Bd7 $5 (14... Bg4 {This plan looks rather sophysticated.} 15. Bf1 Nh5 16. Nxh5
Bxh5 17. Ne4 Qd8 18. h3 {and the B is more or less trapped.} f6 {
(Serper-Fishbein, New York 1996)} 19. Ng3 $16)) 13... Qb6 (13... Bf5 $6 {
looks rather dubious.} 14. f4 Ned7 15. Nxf5 gxf5 {>< f5 is very weak.} 16. Bd3
Nb6 17. Rf3 Qc7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. b3 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Qd7 21. Raf1 Nc8 22. Ne2 Bf6
23. Ng3 Ne7 24. Qc2 {and finally >< f5 falls.} b5 25. Bxf5 $16 {Hort-Arakhamia,
Monaco 1994}) (13... Qc7 14. a4 Bd7 (14... h5 $6 15. f4 $1 Neg4 16. f5 $40 {
This is one of the main attacking ideas for White. Therefore f4 has to be
answered by f5 in most of the cases.} Nh7 17. Bxg4 $1 hxg4 (17... Nxg5 $2 {
Serper} 18. Qxg5 (18. Bxh5 $2 Bh6) 18... hxg4 19. fxg6 $18) (17... Bd4+ {Serper
} 18. Kh1 hxg4 19. fxg6 fxg6 20. Nce4 $16) 18. f6 $1 Bh8 (18... Bf8 $2 19. Bh6
$18) 19. Nce4 {Now White has an irresistable ->.} Bf5 20. Nxf5 Rxe4 (20... gxf5
$2 21. Ng3 $18) 21. Ne7+ Kf8 22. Bh6+ Ke8 23. Bg7 $3 $18 {Serper-Kotronias,
Gausdal 53/577 1991})) 14. a4 (14. Rfe1 $5) 14... Qb4 15. Rfe1 Bf5 16. Nxf5
gxf5 17. Qc2 Nxc4 18. Bxf6 (18. Na2 Qxb2 19. Qxc4 b5 20. Qd3 c4 {and Black has
good tactical counterchances.}) 18... Bxf6 19. Qxf5 Bg7 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 $132 {
Black's fianchettoed B is very effective, Serper-Van Wely, Krumbacher 1991.}) (
9... Nbd7 10. Bf4 (10. O-O Ne8 (10... Ne5 $143 {only runs into f2-f4.} 11. h3
Ne8 12. f4 Nd7 13. f5 {White gives up the vital e5 square, but gets a lot of
space and chances for a >> ->.} Qe7 14. Bf4 Ne5 15. Qd2 gxf5 16. Nh5 $1 $14 (
16. Bg5 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Nh5 Qg6 19. Qf4 Ng7 20. Nxg7 Kxg7 21. a4 Qh6 22.
Qxh6+ Kxh6 {The _|_ is already a big relief for Black.} 23. Nb5 Rd8 24. Ra3 a6
25. Nc3 Kg7 26. a5 $44 {Zueger-Barlov, Lugano 1988})) (10... Re8 {- 9...Re8})
11. f4 (11. Bf4 h6 (11... f5 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. Rfe1 Nf7 14. Be3 Nf6 15. h3 Bd7
16. f4 Re8 {Black's defensive wall is very hard to break.} 17. Bd3 a6 18. a4 {
/\ a5} (18. a3 $5 Qc7 19. b4) 18... Qa5 19. Qc2 Re7 20. Bd2 Rae8 $11 {
Nedobora-Strikovic, Candas 1992}) 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. Rae1 f5 14. Be3 (14. Bd3 {
runs into} Ne5 15. Nge2 g5 16. Be3 Nf6 17. f4 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Ng4 19. Bd2 gxf4
20. Rxf4 Ne5 21. Qc2 Ng6 22. Rf2 Bd7 23. Ref1 Qh4 24. Nd1 Rae8 $13 {Ker-Grivas,
Novi Sad 1990})) (11. Bd2 f5 (11... Qh4 12. Qc1 (12. Nge4 h6 13. g3 Qe7 14. f4
f5 15. Nf2 Nc7 16. a4 b6 17. Qc2 Nf6 18. Rae1 a6 19. g4 Qf7 20. Bd3 Nh7 21. Re3
Bd7 22. Rg3 Kh8 23. Ncd1 b5 24. b3 bxa4 25. bxa4 Rab8 26. Kh1 Nf6 27. Rfg1 Nxg4
28. Nxg4 fxg4 29. Bxg6 Qf6 $13 {Hoffman-Mohr, Elista 1998}) 12... h6 13. Nh1 {
/\ Nf2, because the N on g3 looks terrible.} Ne5 14. g3 Qh3 15. f3 h5 16. Nf2
Qd7 {(Navarovszky-Saidy, Reggio Emilia 1967)} 17. h3 $14) 12. Qc1 Ne5 13. h3
Nc7 (13... Bd7 {looks more flexible, because the N may go to f6 as well.}) 14.
Re1 Qf6 15. Bg5 (15. f4 $4 {is serious blunder in view of} Nxc4 $1 16. Nb5 Nxb5
17. Bxc4 Nd4 $19 {Barkhagen-Degraeve, Hilversum 1993})) 11... f5 $1 12. Bd2 (
12. Bd3 Ndf6 13. h3 Nc7 14. Qf3 a6 15. a4 Rb8 16. Bd2 Bd7 17. a5 b5 18. axb6
Rxb6 19. Nd1 Re8 {It is not easy for White to find a breakthrough.} 20. Bc3 h5
21. Nf2 h4 22. Ne2 Nh5 23. g4 hxg3 24. Nxg3 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Nxg3 26. Qxg3 Qf6 27.
Ra2 Kf7 $13 {Soos-Tringov, Titovo Uzice 1966}) 12... Nc7 13. Rb1 (13. Qc2 Rb8
14. Rab1 a6 15. a3 b5 16. b4 {If the pawns on the << will be eliminated, >< d5
may become a target.} cxb4 17. axb4 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Nb5 19. Nxb5 axb5 20. Be2 Bb7
21. Qd3 Nb6 22. Qxb5 Bxd5 23. Qd3 Re8 24. Rfe1 Qf6 25. Be3 Ba2 26. Rbd1 Nd5 $17
{Fokin-Glyanets, Cheliabinsk 1990}) 13... Nf6 14. h3 Kh8 15. a4 a5 {Black
wants to close the entire position.} 16. Bd3 Na6 17. Qf3 Nb4 18. Rbd1 Nxd3 19.
Qxd3 Bd7 20. Nb5 Bxb5 21. cxb5 Re8 22. Bc3 Qd7 23. b3 {1/2-1/2
Ciocaltea-Tringov, Havana 1965}) (10. Be3 a6 11. a4 {Now 0-0-0 is not a real
threat.} Ne8 $5 {seems to be more flexible.} (11... Re8 $5) (11... b6 12. Qd2
Re8 13. O-O Ra7 {This plan looks a bit slowish.} 14. h3 Qe7 15. Rfe1 Qf8 16.
Kh1 h5 17. f4 Bh6 18. Bf3 Nh7 19. Nge4 f5 20. Nf2 Nb8 (20... Bg7) 21. Nd3 Nf6
22. Bf2 Rae7 23. Bh4 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Kf7 26. a5 $14 {
Forintos-Sapi, Budapest 1976})) 10... Ne8 $5 (10... Ne5 11. O-O Re8 {- 9...Re8}
(11... h5 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. Qb3 Qxb3 (13... Qc7 14. f4 Neg4 15. h3 Nh6 16. Bd3
Nh7 17. Rae1 (17. Nb5 $5 Qd7 18. Bxh6 Bxh6 19. Ne4) 17... Nxg5 18. fxg5 h4 19.
Nb5 Bd4+ 20. Nxd4 cxd4 $14 {Flear-Van Wely, Mondorf 1991}) 14. axb3 Bd7))) 10.
Bf4 (10. a4 Nbd7 11. O-O Ne8 (11... Re8 {is again strongly met by} 12. f4 {
and there is no ...f5.} (12. Bf4) 12... Kh8 13. Bd3 {1/2-1/2 Zueger-Danner,
Prague 1989} (13. f5 $5)) 12. f4 (12. Kh1 $6 {is rather useless.} f5 13. f4 b6
14. Qc2 Nc7 15. b3 Qh4 16. Bd2 Bb7 17. Bf3 {Ribshtein} (17. a5 $2 {simply
encourages} b5 $1 $15 {Rabinovich-Ribshtein, Israel chT 1999}) 17... Rfe8 $11)
12... f5 (12... Bxc3 $5 13. bxc3 f5 14. a5 Nef6) 13. Ra3 Rb8 14. Kh1 Kh8 15.
Bd2 Nef6 16. Bf3 Ng8 17. a5 b5 18. axb6 Nxb6 19. b3 Re8 20. Re1 Rxe1+ 21. Bxe1
Nd7 22. Nce2 h6 23. Qc2 Ndf6 24. h3 $14 {Hort-Weber, Austria chT 1998}) 10...
b5 $6 {This Benko Gambit type of P sacrifice is premature.} ({The standard} 
10... Ne8 11. a4 Nd7 {was safe.}) 11. cxb5 axb5 (11... Re8 12. O-O) 12. Bxb5
Ba6 13. O-O Bxb5 (13... Qb6 14. a4) 14. Nxb5 Ra6 15. a4 {In comparision to the
Benko Gambit here Q d6 is rather vulnerable.} Ne8 16. Qd2 (16. Ne4 h6 17. Qe2
f5 18. Nec3 Kh7) 16... Nc7 $2 {Now >< d6 becomes a target.} (16... Nd7) 17. Ne4
$18 {and Black collapses soon.} Nxb5 18. axb5 Rb6 (18... Rxa1 19. Rxa1 f5 20.
Ng5 $18) 19. Ra7 Re8 20. Bg5 Qc8 (20... f6 21. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 22. Bxf6+ Qxf6 23.
Nxf6 Kxf6 24. Re1 $18) 21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22. Bxf6 Qf5 23. Qa5 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.07"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[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 "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O e5 (7...
Nh5 {is the popular variation these days.}) 8. d5 Nd4 9. Rb1 {is a rare bird
in nowaday's tournament practice. White prepares b2-b4.} (9. Bg5) (9. Nxd4 exd4
10. Ne2) 9... c5 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. b4 {This the main idea of 9.Rb1.} (11. Bg5
h6 $5 (11... Qc7 {doesn't look very healthy.} 12. b4 $14 {is simple and
logical.} (12. Qd2 a5 (12... Re8 {allows} 13. b4 Be6 14. Rfc1 $14 {
Polovnikova-Lahno, Elista 2004}) 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Ne2 Re8 15. f3 Nd7)) 12. Bh4
a5 {fighting against b4.}) 11... d5 {This is the active continuation, Black
radically wants to solve the problem of the [+].} (11... Be6 12. Nxd4 exd4 13.
Ne2 c5 (13... Nd7 14. b5 $14) 14. b5 Ng4 $5 (14... Re8 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Qc7
17. h3 Nd7 18. f4 {White has a flexible P structure, the o^ d4 is
well-blockaded.} Nb6 19. Qc2 f5 20. Ng3 $14 {Aleksandrov-Socko, Warsaw 2004}))
12. cxd5 (12. Bg5 Nxe2+ (12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 $14) 13. Qxe2 d4 14. Na4 $14 {
with a very good blockading position, >< c5.}) 12... cxd5 13. Bg5 dxe4 (13...
Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 d4 15. Na4 $14 {and the blockade is again successful on d3.}) (
13... Bb7 {deserved attention.} 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17.
Bxf6 Bxf6 {and due to the ^- Black has good drawing chances.}) 14. Nxe4 Bb7 (
14... Ne6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Bc4 Bg7 $14 {was also a possibility.} (16... Be7
$14)) 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Rc1 {This is not so necessary, because after Nc5 the R
is not doing much on the c <->.} (16. Qf3 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Rc8 18. Rfc1 (18. Bc6
h6 19. Bd2 Ng4 $132)) (16. Re1 $5 Qb6 17. Nc5 $14) 16... Qb6 $6 (16... Rb8 $1
17. a3 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 h6 $11 {and soon the ^- will cause serious problems for
White finding a real advantage.}) 17. Nc5 Rfe8 (17... Bd5) 18. a4 (18. Nxb7
Qxb7 19. a3) 18... Nd5 $6 {Now White gets a real advantage because of the pin
on the h1-a8 /^.} (18... Ne4 19. Nxb7 Qxb7 (19... Nxg5 20. Nc5) 20. Qf3 Qd5 21.
h4 $14 {was the persistant defence for Black.}) 19. Nxb7 (19. Bc4 $5 {was a
serious alternative to attack >< f7.} Bc6 (19... Nc3 $2 20. Rxc3 $1 dxc3 21.
Qd7 $16) (19... Nxb4 $6 20. Qb3 $36) 20. Qb3 $36) 19... Qxb7 20. Qf3 Rab8 21.
Be4 Rxe4 {This exchange sacrifice is more or less forced.} 22. Qxe4 Nc3 23.
Qxb7 Rxb7 24. Rfe1 h6 25. Bd2 Rxb4 26. Re8+ Kh7 27. Re7 Kg8 $2 (27... Rxa4 28.
Bxc3 dxc3 29. Rxf7 Kg8 {gave some practical chances.}) 28. Rxa7 Rxa4 {This
loses without chances.} (28... Rb2 $1 {was better, but the position is already
lost.} 29. Bxc3 dxc3 30. Ra8+ Kh7 31. a5 $18) 29. Rxa4 $18 {The rest is
technique.} Nxa4 30. Rc8+ Kh7 31. Rc6 Nc3 32. f3 Nd5 33. Kf2 Nf6 34. Rd6 h5 35.
Ke2 Bh8 36. Rxd4 Ng4 37. Rd7 Ne5 38. Rc7 Bf6 39. Bc3 Kg7 40. Ke3 Nd7 41. Bxf6+
Nxf6 42. Kd4 Ne8 43. Rd7 Nf6 44. Rb7 Ng8 45. Ke5 Nf6 46. g3 Ng8 47. h3 Nf6 48.
f4 Ng8 49. f5 g5 50. Rb6 Kh7 51. Rb8 Ne7 52. Ke4 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[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 "Cheliabinsk"]
[BlackTeam "Istanbul"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nbd7 7. Bc2 (7. Ng3 {
- Pinter-Kr.Georgiev, Heraklio 1997 CBM 62}) (7. O-O {- Baron Isanta-Ubilava,
Terres Catalanes 1996 CBM 56}) 7... e5 $6 {If Black wants to play the setup
with e5, Nc5 and a6, it is better to begin with 6...Na6 7.0-0 e5 8.d5 Nc5 9.
Bc2 a5, because at least White has castled >>, see Aronian-Miroshnichenko, BL
2005 CBM 110.} (7... a6 $1 {- I.Sokolov-Visser, Leeuwarden 2004 CBM 102}) 8. d5
h6 $2 {Black has no time for moves like that.} (8... a5 9. f3 (9. h3 {White is
not hurrying with castles >>, he can stay in the middle or play 0-0-0 later.}
Nc5 10. Bg5 {provoking} h6 11. Be3 Bd7 12. Qd2 (12. g4 {is usually met by} h5 {
creating some tension on the >>.} 13. f3 (13. Bg5 hxg4 14. hxg4 Bxg4 {doesn't
seem to be completely correct.}) 13... Nh7 $132) 12... Kh7 13. g4 (13. O-O-O $5
{/\ g4 looks more flexible.}) 13... Ng8 14. O-O-O (14. Ng3 Bf6 {/\ Bg5
blockading the dark squares and bringing back the passive B into fight.} 15.
O-O-O Bg5 16. Nf1 Kg7 $13 {Hauchard-Ferreira, Porto 2000}) 14... Bf6 15. Kb1 {
White is preparing against} Bg5 {and now the critical is} 16. f4 {opening up
the positions, the black knights are far from >< e5.} exf4 17. Nxf4 $36) 9...
Nc5 (9... Nh5 10. O-O Nc5 11. Be3 {This is a good Samish type of position for
White, this is one of the main idea of the 5.Bd3, 6.Nge2 system.} f5 12. exf5
gxf5 13. f4 {is the typical reaction in the [+] to stop Black's further
advance on the >>.} e4 (13... Nf6 $6 {neglecting the complete fall of the [+].}
14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. fxe5 Ng4 16. e6 Qh4 17. h3 Ne3 18. Qd3 Nxf1 (18... Bh6 19.
Rf3 $18 Nxc4 20. g3 Qh5 21. g4 {1-0 Matamoros-Gonzalez Custodio, Ceuta 1995})
19. Rxf1 $16 {and the positional exchange sacrifice look strong.}) 14. Qd2 $14)
10. Bg5 Bd7 11. Qd2 a4 12. O-O-O Qe8 {Black's play on the << is not so
dangerous.} 13. g4 b5 14. cxb5 Bxb5 15. Ng3 $16 {Matamoros-Solomon, Moscow olm
1994}) (8... Nb6 9. b3 {Now the long /^ is weakened, White has to play
carefully.} Nh5 10. O-O (10. Be3 f5 (10... Nf4 11. O-O Qg5 12. g3 Bh3 13. Re1
$14) 11. exf5 (11. f3 Nf4 (11... f4 12. Bf2 Bf6 {/\ Bh4}) 12. O-O Nxe2+ 13.
Qxe2 f4 14. Bf2 Nd7 {Black has attacking chances on the >>, White usually
doesn't allow this in the 5.Bd3 variation.} 15. b4 g5 16. c5 Nf6 $132 {
Peric-Arsovic, Vrnjacka Banja 1996}) 11... gxf5 {and White has no f4 answer!}
12. Ng3 Nf4 13. O-O Ng6) 10... Nf4 (10... f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. f4 Nxf4 13. Nxf4
exf4 14. Rf3 $14 {and White has to blockade the vital f4 square.}) 11. Rb1 $14
{The N on b6 looks rather stupid.}) 9. O-O Nh5 10. Be3 Ndf6 $6 {Black's
manoeuvre is not easy to understand.} (10... f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. f4 $16) 11.
f3 g5 $6 {continuing the wrong plan.} 12. Qd2 (12. c5 Nf4 13. Ng3 $16) 12...
Nf4 13. Ng3 N6h5 (13... h5 14. Rad1 {/\ c5} h4 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 $16 {
Black has no -> on the >>, his B is bad, the lights squares are very weak,
White has a big space advantage, ^^, etc.}) 14. Nf5 $1 Ng6 (14... Bxf5 15. exf5
Nf6 16. g3 $16 {and the N has to leave his stronghold.}) 15. g3 $1 Ne7 16. Nxg7
$1 {White prepares already the final -> on the >>.} Kxg7 (16... Nxg7 17. f4 $16
) 17. Kh1 f5 18. f4 $1 {opening up the position for the ^^.} exf4 19. Bd4+ {
The B on the long /^ will decide the battle.} Kg8 20. gxf4 $18 Ng6 21. fxg5 f4
22. Bd1 f3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.10.21"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[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 "Kreuzberg"]
[BlackTeam "Neukoelln"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Bd3 d6 6. Nge2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. d5
Nc5 9. Bc2 a5 {Black's setup is natural from the classical point of view.
However White's main idea with Bd3 is to prepare against this, the e4 P is
well-protected and f5 will be answered by exf5 in most of the cases.} 10. Rb1 {
White wants to prepare b4.} (10. f3 {may lead to Samish type of positions.})
10... Bd7 {fighting against a3-b4.} (10... Nh5 {/\ f5} 11. Be3 f5 (11... Bd7 {
can already be met by} 12. a3 $14) 12. exf5 gxf5 13. f4 {fixing the target f5
White has to blockade f4. The e5 and f4 squares are very important, if Black
cannot hold the tension, he has to close the position by e4. In this case it
is not easy for him to organize a counterplay.} e4 {It's better now than later.
} (13... Qe7 14. Qd2 e4 (14... Bd7 {If Black wants to keep the tension, a
tactical blow will come on the d <->!} 15. fxe5 (15. Rbe1 {is not a necessary
preparatory move.} e4 (15... Rae8 16. fxe5 $1 (16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. cxb5 exf4 18.
Nxf4 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 {(Letelier-Garcia Martinez, Havana 1964)} Qf6 $13) 16...
Bxe5 (16... dxe5 {is strongly met by} 17. d6 $1 cxd6 (17... Qxd6 18. Qxd6 cxd6
19. Rd1 $16) 18. Rd1 $16 {and the threats on the d <-> are not easy to parry.})
17. Nf4 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 $14 {firmly controlling >< f4.}) 16. Bd4 $14 {exchanging
the vital fianchettoed B. Later White has to blockade the e3 square with his N,
the d7 B remains passive.}) 15... dxe5 16. d6 $1 {This motif is the point!}
cxd6 (16... Qxd6 17. Qxd6 cxd6 18. Rbd1 $16) 17. Rbd1 $16) 15. Bd4 $14) 14. Bd4
$14 {taking control over >< d4 and e3.}) (10... c6 11. a3 {following the
original plan of Rb1.} (11. Bg5 $6 {is rather useless here.} h6 12. Bd2 cxd5
13. cxd5 Bd7 {/\ b5} 14. b4 (14. f3 b5) 14... axb4 15. Rxb4 b5 {Black has
enough counterplay on the <<, the N on c5 remains strong.} 16. Rb2 Qc7 17. Qb1
Rfb8 18. Rc1 Qa7 19. Nd1 Ne8 20. Nec3 {Bratanov-Claverie, Le Touquet 2004})
11... cxd5 12. cxd5 Bd7 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Na6 {If the N has to go back,
Black's strategy has failed.} 15. Ba4 $14 {exchanging Black's important
light-squared B.}) 11. b3 $1 (11. a3 {can be met by} a4 12. Be3 Ra5 13. f3 (13.
Bxc5 dxc5) 13... Qa8 {holding the blockading P a4.}) 11... Nh5 (11... c6 12. a3
(12. dxc6 $6 Bxc6 $13 {allows Black to organize counterplay on the dark
squares.}) 12... cxd5 13. cxd5 b5 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 $14 {and the N has to
retreat.}) 12. Be3 (12. a3 {is the other consequent try.} f5 (12... b6 $6 {
is completely senseless.} 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Nb7 {The N is pathetic here.}
15. Ba4 {weakening the light squares.} Bxa4 16. Nxa4 $16 {
Krysztofiak-Strejczek, Leba 2004}) 13. exf5 (13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4
fxe4 16. Bxe4 {White has not enough control over the central squares.} Qh4 $132
) 13... gxf5 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 Na6 16. f4 $14 {is the ideal set-up for
White.}) 12... Nf4 (12... f5 {deserved attention, as usual.} 13. exf5 gxf5 14.
Qd2 $5 (14. f3 {looks a bit passive.} Kh8 15. Qd2 Rg8 {1/2-1/2
Matamoros-Rodriguez Talavera, Coria del Rio 1995})) 13. Qd2 (13. Nb5 f5 $1 $132
(13... Qg5 14. g3 $16) (13... Bxb5 14. cxb5 $16) (13... Re8 14. a3 $14)) 13...
Qh4 14. Ng3 (14. f3 f5) 14... h5 $5 (14... f5 $1 15. f3 Na6 16. exf5 (16. a3 $2
Nh3+ 17. gxh3 f4 $40) 16... gxf5 17. Nge2 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Nb4 $36) 15. a3 {/\ b4
} Qf6 $6 {Black is not consequent, 14...h5 had a tactical idea of} (15... Nxg2
$5 16. Kxg2 Qh3+ 17. Kh1 h4 {although White is not depressed after} 18. Rg1
hxg3 19. Rxg3 Qh4 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Na6 22. c5 $14) 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Na6
{Black had to retreat with his active pieces.} 18. Nge2 Nxe2+ (18... Qh4 19.
Kh1) 19. Qxe2 {The last active piece has been exchanged.} Qe7 20. Kh1 (20. Ba4
{wants to exchange the important light-squared B.} Bc8) 20... Rfe8 $6 {Why?} (
20... h4) 21. Bd3 (21. Ba4 $16 {and the B cannot escape!}) 21... f5 22. c5 dxc5
(22... f4 $2 {is strongly countered by} 23. c6 $1 bxc6 (23... fxe3 24. cxb7
Rab8 25. Bxa6 exf2 26. Rxf2 $18) 24. dxc6 Be6 25. Bd2 $18) 23. Bxa6 bxa6 (23...
Rxa6 24. bxc5 Bc8 (24... f4 $2 25. Rxb7 $18) 25. f3 $16) 24. Bxc5 $6 {Now
White's advantage is not so big anymore.} (24. bxc5 $1 f4 25. c6 Bc8 26. Bc1
$16 {looked more promising.}) 24... Qf6 25. exf5 $2 {giving up the [+] only
opens up the position for the ^^.} (25. Ra1 $1) 25... e4 $1 {This is the
typical positional P sacrifice, now both bishops work well.} (25... Bxf5 $2 26.
Ne4 $16 {loses the control over the vital blockading square e4.}) (25... gxf5
$5) 26. Nxe4 (26. Rfc1 $5 Bxf5) 26... Qxf5 (26... Qh4 $5 27. f3 gxf5 28. Qf2
Qxf2 29. Nxf2 Bb5 30. Rfe1 $14 {leads to an _|_, where the black ^^ wants to
compensate the P.}) 27. Rfe1 Bb5 28. Qe3 Qxd5 29. Rbd1 Qe6 (29... Qf7 30. Bd4
$14) 30. Qd2 Bc6 31. f3 Bxe4 {Black gives up the ^^, but this is still not so
terrible.} (31... Qf7 $5 $14) 32. fxe4 Be5 (32... Rad8 $6 33. Qxd8 Rxd8 34.
Rxd8+ Kh7 35. h3 $14) 33. h3 Qc6 (33... Kh7) 34. Rf1 a5 35. Qg5 Qe6 (35... axb4
) 36. Bd4 axb4 $4 {This is the final blunder, probably already in a big time
trouble.} (36... Bxd4 37. Rxd4 axb4 38. Rxb4 Rf8 {was still playable.}) 37.
Bxe5 Qxe5 38. Qxg6+ $18 Qg7 39. Qxh5 Rad8 40. Rd5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h4 $6 {It is hard to believe that
this early flank assault yields to anything, it has a special psichological
effect.} c5 (5... Nbd7 6. Be2 e5 (6... c5 7. d5 b5 8. cxb5 a6 {is the Benko
Gambit type of setup.}) 7. d5 Nc5 (7... h5 8. Nh3) 8. Qc2 h5 (8... a5 9. h5 $14
) 9. b4 Ncd7 10. Rb1 a5 11. a3 axb4 12. axb4 c6 13. Nf3 O-O 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Nd2
$14 {and White has achived an advantage on the <<, Azmaiparashvili-Radjabov,
Benidorm 2003.}) (5... O-O 6. h5 (6. Be2 {E73}) 6... Nxh5 7. Be2 Nf6 {and the
open h <-> cannot give enough compensation for the P.}) (5... e5 6. dxe5 (6. d5
Na6 $13) 6... dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. h5 {and suddenly White makes
profit from his early h4 move!}) 6. d5 e6 (6... b5 7. cxb5 a6 {transposes to a
favourable Benko type of position, where h4 cannot be praized.}) 7. dxe6 (7.
Be2 exd5 8. cxd5 {leads to a good Benoni for Black.} (8. exd5 h5 (8... O-O 9.
h5 Re8) 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 $11)) 7... Bxe6 8. Be2 Nc6 9. Nf3 (9. h5 {
was at least consequent.} Nxh5 10. Bxh5 gxh5 11. Nd5) 9... O-O {Here the h4
move seems to be only a weakening move.} 10. Bf4 {The extra h4 in comparision
to Averbakh main line is not a big achievement, mildly saying...} Re8 11. Bxd6
Qa5 12. O-O (12. Nd2 Rad8 13. e5 Ng4 $36) 12... Rad8 13. e5 (13. a3 Qa6 $17)
13... Ng4 14. Nd5 (14. Qc1 Ngxe5 $17) 14... Bxd5 15. cxd5 Ncxe5 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 {
Despite of the ^- White's position is pathetic, his pawns are weak, pieces
passive.} 17. h5 {White tries to make profit from his weakness.} (17. Nxe5 Bxe5
18. Qb3 Qd2 $17) 17... Ng4 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Qc2 Qb6 {Black wants to join his
Q to the -> on the >>.} (19... Rxd5 20. Bc4 Rf5) 20. Bc4 Qd6 21. Rfe1 Bd4 22.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Rf1 Kg7 24. Qd2 {Now comes the nice combination...} Re3 $1 {
[%mdl 64] This is the final blow!} 25. Rc1 {otherwise Rxf3! will come.} (25.
fxe3 Bxe3+ $19) 25... Qf4 $1 26. Rd1 Rxf3 $1 27. gxf3 Qg3+ 28. Kf1 Nh2+ 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.02.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. d5
e6 8. h3 exd5 9. exd5 (9. cxd5 {leads to the Benoni.}) 9... Nfd7 {Black is
threatening with Ne5 and opens the /^ for the Q and the B. Besides he can
always play f7-f5.} 10. f4 {This is against the centralization of the N.} f5 (
10... Qh4+ {provoking some weaknesses on the >>.} 11. g3 Qe7 (11... Bxc3+ {
is met by the unexpected} 12. Kf2 $1 (12. bxc3 {corrupts the P structure and
the dark-squared B cannot find a good /^ for himself.} Qe7 13. Kf2 (13. Qc2 Re8
14. Bd2 Nf6 15. O-O-O Ne4 16. Be1 a6 17. g4 b5 $132 {Bravo-Giaccio, Mar del
Plata 1994}) 13... f5 {Ruining all the hopes for a quick f4-f5 activating the
bad B.} 14. Re1 Nf6 {In a closed position like that the N is better than the B.
} 15. Nd4 Ne4+ 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. Rxe4 Bg4 19. Qe1 Qd7 20. Re7 Bxh3
$1 {This is the point! The positional Q sacrifice is completely correct.} 21.
Rxd7 Nxd7 $44 {Rejfir-Haag, Oberhausen 1961}) 12... Bxb2 13. Bxb2 $1 $44 {
Instead of taking the Q White brings his B to the long /^, where he is very
strong. The damaging piece P c3 has gone!} (13. gxh4 Bxa1 {is less clear.}))
12. O-O (12. Qc2 Na6 13. a3 Nc7 14. Bd2 b5 $1 {This is the way for the
counterplay. The target is >< d5.} 15. cxb5 Nb6 16. O-O-O Bb7 17. Rhe1 Qd7 18.
g4 Ncxd5 {and White's [+] has been collapsed.} 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 $15 {
Lapienis-Zakharov, Novosibirsk 1962}) 12... Re8 13. Kh2 f5 {Black has to close
the position.} 14. Bd2 (14. Rf3 Qf6 $11) 14... Na6 15. a3 Nc7 (15... Nf6 $11)
16. Qc2 (16. b4 cxb4 17. axb4 {is met by the standard} b5 $1 18. cxb5 Nb6)
16... Nf6 $11 {Fercec-Krstic, Pula 2000 CBM 075}) (10... Re8 11. O-O {is the
safe continuation.} (11. g4 $6 {This is too ambitious.} Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qh4+ 13.
Kf1 b5 $1 {Black wants to blow up White's [+] from the <<. If >< d5 falls, the
white K will find himself in a delicate situation.} 14. Kg2 Nb6 15. Ng3 bxc4
16. Be4 Bb7 17. a4 N8d7 18. a5 Rxe4 $1 {Black wants to open the long /^
against the K.} 19. Nxe4 Nxd5 20. Qf3 Re8 21. Kh2 Rxe4 $1 {The second exchange
sacrifice on the same place! Eliminating the last defender Black's -> is
unstoppable.} 22. Qxe4 N5f6 $1 $19 {Dokuchaev-Karpeshov, St Petersburg 1994}))
11. O-O (11. g4 $6 {looks a bit light-hearted.} Qh4+ (11... Na6 $5) 12. Kd2 Nf6
(12... Na6 $5) 13. g5 Ne4+ $1 {This positional P sacrifice is the main idea of
Black.} (13... Ne8 $2 {is simply too passive:} 14. Qg1 $14 {Ftacnik-Voronova,
Lubniewice 1994}) 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Bxe4 b5 $1 {Black has to continue his ->
energetically.} 16. Qe1 (16. cxb5 $2 {founders on} Rxf4 $1 17. Nxf4 Qxf4+ 18.
Kd3 c4+ $17) 16... Qxe1+ 17. Rxe1 bxc4 $36) 11... Na6 {Black has a rock-solid
position, it is far from easy for White to advance.} 12. Be3 Nc7 (12... Nb4 $6
13. Bb1 Nb6 {puts the knights on the wrong places.} 14. b3 $14) (12... Re8 13.
Bf2 Nf6 14. a3 {/\ Rb1, b4}) (12... Nf6 13. Bf2 Bd7 (13... Nc7 $5 14. a3 a5 {
fighting against b4.}) (13... Re8 {- 12...Re8}) 14. a3 {/\ Rb1, b4} Nc7 15. Rb1
a5 $5 {fighting against b2-b4.} (15... Re8 {probably it was time for the
advance on the << by} 16. b4 $5 (16. Kh1 {doesn't look very important.} a5 $5 {
deserved attention again.} (16... Kh8 {is also not the most important plan.}
17. b4 b6 {Now White has got some space advantage on the <<.} 18. Qc2 Qe7 19.
Bh4 Qf7 20. bxc5 bxc5 21. Ng1 Re7 22. Nf3 h6 23. Rfe1 $14 {B.Kovacevic-Brkic,
Neum 2002})))) 13. Qd2 Re8 (13... b5 $5 {Radjabov} 14. Nxb5 (14. cxb5 Nb6 15.
b3 Bb7 {This Benko type of positional P sacrifice gives a good counterplay
against >< d5.} 16. Bc4 a6 17. bxa6 (17. a4 $6 axb5 18. axb5 {is strongly met
by} Ncxd5 $1 19. Nxd5 Nxc4 $1) 17... Nxc4 18. bxc4 Bxa6 19. Qd3 Rb8 20. Rab1
Na8 $5 21. Nb5 Nb6 $44) 14... Nxb5 15. cxb5 Bb7 $1 16. Nc3 Qa5 $44 {/\ a6 with
a strong pressure on the <<.}) 14. Bf2 Nf6 (14... b5 $5 {deserved attention
again.} 15. cxb5 Bb7 16. Bc4 Nb6 17. b3 a6 $44) 15. a3 a5 $1 (15... b5 $6 {
is already late:} 16. cxb5 Bb7 17. Bc4) (15... Ne4 16. Bxe4 fxe4 {This change
in the P structure helps for White.} 17. b4 $1 b6 18. Rfe1 Ba6 19. b5 Bc8 20.
a4 $14) 16. Bh4 Bd7 (16... Qe7 {/\ Qf7}) 17. Kh1 {/\ Ng1-f3} (17. Rae1 Qe7 18.
Ng3 Qf7 $11) (17. g4 $5 {looks interesting, bit Black has enough counterplay
after} Qe7 (17... fxg4 18. f5 $40) 18. gxf5 Qe3+ 19. Qxe3 Rxe3 20. Rad1 Rxh3
21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Kg2 Re3 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Bxg6 Bg4 {Black's ^^ is very
active.} 25. Kf2 Rf3+ 26. Ke1 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Rf8 $44) 17... Qe7 18. Rae1 Qf7
19. a4 {White closes completely the <<.} (19. Ng1 {/\ Nf3 looks more natural.}
Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Re8 21. Nf3 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Qe8 23. Qxe8+ Nfxe8 {White's space
advantage is not enough for an advantage.} 24. Kg1 Bf6 25. Bxf6 Nxf6 $11) 19...
Na6 {/\ Nb4} 20. g4 {White pushes it too hard.} (20. Bb1 {was the quiet plan,
but there is no breakthrough.} Nb4 21. Ng1 h6 22. Nf3 Kh7 23. Kh2 Rxe1 24. Rxe1
Re8 $11) 20... Nb4 21. Bb1 fxg4 $1 {Black has to take up the gauntlet.} 22. f5
Bxf5 (22... gxf5 $2 {gives White good attacking chances after} 23. Ng3 $40) 23.
Bxf5 gxf5 24. Rxf5 (24. Ng3 Rxe1 25. Qxe1 f4 $1) 24... Qg6 (24... Ne4 25. Qf4
Qg6 26. Rg1 Nxc3 27. Nxc3 Re5 28. Rxe5 Nd3 29. Qxg4 Nxe5 $13) 25. Ref1 $2 {
White oversteps the border.} (25. Ng3 $1 Bh6 $1 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Qd1 $3 $13)
25... Rf8 $1 26. Ng3 (26. Qf4 Nd7 27. Qxg4 Qxg4 28. hxg4 Ne5 29. b3 Nxg4 30.
Ne4 $44) 26... Nh5 $3 {Tactically solving the problems.} 27. Nce4 (27. Rxf8+
Rxf8 28. Rxf8+ Bxf8 29. Nxh5 Qxh5 30. Qe1 $1 gxh3 31. Qe6+ Qf7 32. Ne4 (32.
Qxh3 $15) 32... Qxe6 33. dxe6 d5 34. Nf6+ Kg7 35. Nxd5 Bd6 $15 {with a bit
better _|_ for Black.}) 27... Nxg3+ 28. Nxg3 gxh3 29. b3 Rae8 30. Kh2 Rxf5 (
30... h6 $5 {was a very subtle prophylactical move.}) 31. Rxf5 (31. Nxf5 Be5+
32. Kxh3 Kh8 33. Qg5 $1) 31... Re5 (31... h6 $1 {was again a very wise
decision.} 32. Kxh3 Re4 33. Qd1 Re3 34. Rf3 Re5 $17) 32. Qg5 $1 Qxg5 33. Bxg5
$6 (33. Rxg5 $1 {was the best practical chance.} Rxg5 34. Bxg5 Be5 35. Kxh3
Bxg3 (35... Nd3 36. Ne4) 36. Kxg3 Kf7 37. Bd8 Nd3 38. Bxa5 Nc1 39. b4 Nb3 40.
Bc7) 33... Nc2 $1 34. Bd8 $2 {This loses outright.} (34. Bf4 Nd4 $1 35. Bxe5
Nxf5 36. Bxg7 (36. Nxf5 Bxe5+ 37. Kxh3 Kf7 38. Kg4 Kf6 39. Nh4 Bb2 40. Nf3 Bc1
$19) 36... Nxg7 (36... Nxg3 37. Bc3) 37. Kxh3 Kf7 38. Kg4 Kg6 39. Ne4) 34...
Nd4 $1 $19 35. Rf4 Re3 36. Rg4 Kf7 37. Re4 Rxb3 0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 07th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 a6 7. O-O Nbd7 {
Black's sophysticated plan prepares c5 and in case b5 with Benko Gambit type
of positions.} 8. h3 (8. Bc2 c5 (8... c6 9. a4 a5 {is the other plan followed
by e5 with a dark squared strategy.}) 9. d5 b5 $5 (9... Ne5)) 8... c5 (8... e5
$6 {is the wrong plan in the [+], here a6 is useless.} 9. d5 $16) 9. Be3 {
White's strategy fails to impress. In comparision to a "normal" hedgehog
position his pieces are not well-placed.} (9. d5 Ne5 {exchanges the the
light-squared B.}) 9... b6 (9... Rb8 {/\ b5} 10. a4 {weakening the dark
squares.} (10. Qd2 {allows} b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Nxe4 $13) 10... cxd4 11.
Nxd4 Ne5 (11... Nc5 12. b4 Nxd3 {- 11...Ne5}) 12. b4 (12. Be2) 12... a5 (12...
Nxd3 13. Qxd3 a5 (13... Nd7 14. a5) 14. b5 {- 12...a5}) 13. b5 {>< c5} Nfd7 {
emphasizing the pressure on the dark squares.} (13... Nxd3 {There was no need
to exchange the bad light-squared B.} 14. Qxd3 Nd7 15. Rad1 Nc5 16. Qc2 Bd7 17.
Nb3 {White has to eliminate the important blockading N.} Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Be6 19.
Nd5 $14 {I.Sokolov-Polzin, Baden-Oos 2005}) 14. Be2 Nc5 (14... Nb6 15. Qb3) 15.
f4 Ned7 $13) (9... e6 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 d5 {Even this central breakthrough
was not forced.} ({It was possible to build up the hedgehog by the typical} 
11... Qc7 {/\ b6, Bb7}) 12. cxd5 exd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. Nf3 Nbxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5
16. Bc5 Re8 17. Bc4 Be6 18. Nd4 Nf4 19. Nxe6 Nxe6 {White has won the ^^, but
the d4 square is in Black's hand.} 20. Qf3 Qf6 21. Qxf6 Bxf6 22. Be3 Rad8 $11 {
Flear-Lanka, Cappelle la Grande 1994}) (9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 e6 {/\ Qc7, b6 Bb7
buliding up the flexible hedgehog position, where f3 is better than h3.}) 10.
a4 {The whole plan looks suspicious.} (10. b3 {creates no weaknesses at least.}
cxd4 11. Bxd4 (11. Nxd4 Bb7 $13) 11... Bb7 12. Ng3 e6 13. Rc1 Qc7 {Black's
position is impregnable.} 14. Qd2 Rad8 15. Rfe1 Qb8 16. Be3 Nc5 17. Bb1 d5 18.
cxd5 exd5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Qe2 {1/2-1/2 Lorscheid-Poldauf,
Germany 2003}) 10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 (11. Bxd4 Bb7 $13) 11... Bb7 12. a5 {
This is the main idea, but it only works well if White can play b4 and hold
that square.} Nc5 (12... bxa5 13. Nb3 Rb8 14. Nxa5 Ba8 {and there is no b4 yet.
}) 13. axb6 Qxb6 {This is the safest option.} (13... Nfxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. b4
{with a strong P formation on the <<.}) 14. Qb1 Rfc8 (14... Rfb8 {fighting for
the semi-opened b <-> looks logical.}) 15. Bc2 Qd8 (15... Qb4 16. Na2 Qb6 (
16... Qxc4 $2 17. b3) 17. Nc3 {repetition of moves}) 16. Rd1 (16. b4 Ncd7 17.
Bb3 Ne5 {attacking the weakened >< c4.}) 16... Ncd7 17. Bd3 e6 (17... Ne5 18.
b3 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 {exchanging the passive light-squared B is not a big deal.})
18. Nb3 {/\ Na5} (18. Nf3 {came into consideration.} Nc5 19. b4 Nxd3 20. Qxd3
Qc7 $13) 18... a5 {fighting for the dark squares. b2-b4 remained only a dream.}
(18... Qc7 {allows} 19. Na5) 19. Bf1 a4 20. Nd4 (20. Nd2 Nc5 $15) 20... Nc5 21.
e5 (21. f3) 21... Nfe4 22. exd6 a3 (22... Nxc3 23. bxc3 Be4 24. Qb4 $13) 23.
Nxe4 (23. Ncb5) 23... Bxe4 24. Qa2 axb2 25. Qxb2 Rxa1 26. Qxa1 Qxd6 (26... Bc2
$1 $13) 27. Nb5 ({missing the simple} 27. Nf5 $1 Bxf5 28. Qxg7+ Kxg7 29. Rxd6 {
with a bit better _|_ because of the c o^ and the ^^.}) 27... Qb8 28. Qa2 (28.
Qa7) 28... Bf8 29. Qe2 Bc6 30. Bd4 Nd7 31. Ba1 (31. Na7 Rc7 32. Nxc6 Rxc6 $11 {
successfully blockading the c5 square.}) 31... e5 32. Qe3 (32. Nc3 $1) 32...
Bc5 33. Qg3 Re8 34. Re1 Qb6 35. Bd3 Ra8 36. Bb2 Ra2 37. Re2 Qa5 38. Kh2 $6 (38.
Bb1) 38... Qb4 $2 (38... f6 $1 {defending the vital e5 square was essential.})
39. Bc3 Qb3 40. Bxe5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({missing the tactical blow} 40. Rxe5 $1
Bxb5 (40... Nxe5 $2 41. Qxe5 $18) 41. Rxc5 Qxc3 42. Rxb5 $16) 40... Rxe2 41.
Bxe2 Qa2 {Now White is helpless against the numerous threats.} 42. Nc3 Qb2 43.
Qg5 (43. f4 Nxe5 44. fxe5 Qa1 $19) 43... Nxe5 44. Qxe5 Bxf2 45. Qf6 $2 (45. Bf1
Ba7 $17) 45... Qb8+ $19 46. Kh1 Bxg2+ $1 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bg5 ({
Rather unusual. After} 8. O-O exd5 9. cxd5 {we would reach the tabyia of the
Penrose system, named after the British player who used it to defeat the
legendary Mikhail Tal. White's standard plan of development consists of h2,
Ng3, f4, Be3, Qf3. The bishop goes to g5 only in the event of certain black
setups (such as ...b6 followed by ...Ba6).}) 8... h6 9. Bf4 {Another
unexpected move. White intends to prevent the natural development of the enemy
queen's knight to d7. However, by blocking the f-pawn, he ensures temporary
stability to the other knight on e5.} ({Over the past years, Vladimir Georgiev
has constantly combined the Penrose setup with the retreat of the bishop to h4,
to which we would transpose after} 9. Bh4 exd5 10. cxd5 (10. exd5 {relieves
Black of the permanent threat of e4-e5 and is not likely to cause him dynamic
problems. Howeever, his position would become passive if he does not find a
way to fight for the initiative. here is such a possible way:} Nbd7 {[%csl Rd3]
[%cal Gd7e5]} 11. f4 g5 $5 12. fxg5 Ng4 13. Qd2 Nde5 14. Bh7+ Kh8 $1 $132 {
Thorbergsson,F-Penrose,J/Leipzig 1960/EXT 99 (0-1, 25). It is interesting to
see Penrose on the black side!}) 10... Nbd7 $5 {Refraining from ...a6 makes
some sense from the tactical point of view.} (10... a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. O-O Ne5
(12... Qc7 13. h3 Re8 14. f4 c4 15. Bc2 Nc5 16. Bxf6 $5 {This is Georgiev's
idea. This exchange is essential for the following pawn break.} Bxf6 17. e5
dxe5 18. f5 $44 {Georgiev,V (2567)-Valuet,B (2303)/Differdange 2007/CBM 119
ext (1-0, 38)}) 13. Bc2 $6 ({The critical line is} 13. f4 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Re8 15.
Ng3 {, similar to the position without ...a6 and a4.}) 13... g5 $1 14. Bg3 Nh5
{Black gets good play on the dark squares now.} 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Ra3 Rb8 17.
Nc1 Nf4 18. Nd3 Nxd3 19. Bxd3 Qf6 20. Qc2 Qg6 21. Rb1 f5 {and Black had little
to complain about in Fominyh,A (2515)-Khomyakov,V (2340)/Moscow 1994/EXT 97 
(0-1, 40)}) 11. O-O Ne5 12. f4 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Re8 14. Ng3 (14. Kh1 {is too slow,
allowing Black to start his queenside counterplay quite comfortably.} a6 15. a4
Rb8 16. Ng3 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nxb5 Qb6 $44 {Georgiev,V (2596)-Piscopo,P 
(2321)/Reggio Emilia 2004/CBM 097 ext (1/2-1/2, 22)}) 14... b5 $5 {This would
not be possible so soon after ...a6 and a4.} 15. Bxf6 $5 {An attempt to
improve over an older game of his own.} (15. Qxb5 Bd7 16. Qa6 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6
{Georgiev,V (2538)-Smetankin,S (2485)/Chicago 2006 (0-1, 38)}) 15... Bxf6 16.
e5 $1 dxe5 17. f5 e4 {This is the only possible moment to open the long
diagonal, but it gives back the pawn without extinguishing White's initiative:}
(17... c4 18. Qe4 {[%cal Gf1f2,Ga1f1,Gf5g6]} g5 19. Nh5 $44) 18. Ncxe4 Bd4+ 19.
Kh1 $40 {Georgiev,V (2567)-Vandevoort,P (2364)/Charleroi 2007/CBM 119 ext (1-0,
26). Black still needs to find the optimal plan in this line.}) ({From the
historical point of view, the following blitz game is not without importance:} 
9. Bd2 $5 Nbd7 10. b3 {Who else would play that solid?} exd5 11. cxd5 a6 12.
O-O b5 13. f4 c4 14. bxc4 Nc5 15. Bc2 b4 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Ng4 $36 {
Petrosian,T-Fischer,R/Herceg Novi, blitz 1970/Fischer (0-1, 42)}) 9... Ng4 $5
$146 (9... exd5 10. cxd5 Re8 {looks entirely playable.} 11. Ng3 a6 12. a4 Qc7
13. O-O Nbd7 14. Qc1 Kh7 15. Re1 Rb8 16. Be2 h5 $6 {Black should not make the
g5-square available so soon.} (16... c4 $5 $132) 17. Bg5 c4 18. Qf4 {White has
considerably activated his play.} Kg8 19. Bh6 Bh8 20. h3 b5 21. axb5 axb5 22.
b4 $1 $14 {White has managed to block the queenside and enjoys a stable
advantage in the centre, Jussupow,A (2575)-Suetin,A (2460)/Moscow 1981/MCL 
(1-0, 90). Please note that this last move would have been less efficient with
the queen on c1, because of the simple ...cxb3, when Nxb5 can be answered by ..
.Qxc1 followed by ...b2.}) 10. Qd2 Na6 11. a3 $6 ({To passive. Eljanov might
have feared that} 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Bb1 {would allow Black too much activity,
but there is no simple way to take advantage of it.}) 11... Nc7 12. f3 Ne5 {
Black wisely delayed the exchange on d5. In a "normal" Benoni, White could
simply retreat with the attacked bishop to c2, but here the c4-pawn is hanging.
} 13. O-O exd5 14. cxd5 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 {The first comment that comes to one's
mind is "Black has the pair of bishops". However, I believe that for a Benoni
it is more relevant that he has managed to exchange one pair of minor pieces 
(other than his g7-bishop!) which allows him to find comfortable squares for
the remaining pieces. This is quite a logical aim for Black, who has constant
problems with space.} b6 $1 {Completely in accordance with... Philidor's
recommendations. If you have a light-squared bishop, you should arrange your
pawns on dark squares, in order to prevent restricting the bishop's action and,
in fact, "complete" it. In our concrete case, the other bishop does not mind:
it has a wonderful diagonal at its disposal...} 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. Ng3 Ba6 {
The bishop stands nicely here, but the final result of this hyper-activity
might come as a slight surprise...} 18. Rfe1 Re8 19. a4 Bc4 20. Nf1 {After
this move, Black gets even more comfortable play. It was essential to question
the bishop's stability somehow.} ({However,} 20. Qc2 $6 {[%cal Gb2b3] would be
wrong because of} Na6 $1) (20. Ra3 $5 {[%cal Gb2b3] might be better.}) 20...
Bxf1 $1 {Despite losing a tempo, this new exchange solves Black's spatial
problems completely! His pieces will soon be placed in a very harmonious way,
enabling favourable pawn moves on both wings. This does not mean that White is
worse already; his advantage in space and the compact centre insures him
against trouble in the near future. However, from a practical point of view,
Black's play is much easier to carry out, while White should restrict himself
to defensive measures.} 21. Rxf1 a6 22. Bg3 Qd7 23. Rae1 ({This is not a real
mistake yet, but it prepares a strategic blunder. With Black, I would be more
worried about} 23. Rab1 {, aiming to keep Black's queenside play under control,
for instance} b5 24. b4 (24. axb5 {would leave Black the choice between 24...
axb5, which opens the a-file for the rook and} Nxb5 {activating the knight.
Now,} 25. Nxb5 axb5 26. b4 {would be less effective because after} c4 $1 {
the c4-pawn would not be blocked.}) 24... cxb4 (24... c4 $6 {would allow White
block the position to his favour with} 25. a5 $1 {This last move is essential
in order to prevent ...bxa4 followed by ...Nb5. This is a typical 
(unfavourable) situation for the Benoni player. The knight that has been so
useful to help the queenside pawns get into motion, is placed very passively
now and could become the main cause for Black's troubles.}) 25. Rxb4 {. White
plans to increase his pressure with Rfb1, while after} a5 {he has the thematic
exchange sacrifice} 26. Rxb5 {at his disposal, when the permanent weakness of
the d6-pawn would offer him reasonable compensation.}) 23... b5 24. f4 $2 ({
The position lost its initial character of a Penrose Attack a long time ago.
The last move only creates weaknesses, without creating real chances for an
attack. It would have been better to restrict Black's initiative with, say,} 
24. b3) 24... b4 25. Nd1 f5 $1 ({The point. The g3-bishop is reduced to
passivity now, while the d5-pawn becomes chronically weak. Eljanov probably
counted on} 25... Qxa4 $6 26. f5 {with an attack.}) 26. exf5 Qxf5 27. Ne3 Rxe3
$1 {Further simplification...} 28. Rxe3 Bd4 29. Bf2 Bxe3 30. Bxe3 {The bishop
has changed diagonals, but is far from reaching any form of activity.} Nxd5 31.
Rd1 Re8 (31... Nxe3 32. Qxe3 Qf6 {was an important alternative. Radjabov
probably feared that the vulnerability of his king would make itself felt in
the presence of queens and preferred not to give up his centralisation so
easily.}) 32. Bf2 $2 ({The losing move. Why preserve such an awfully passive
piece from exchange? It is true that the endgame arising after} 32. Qxd5 Qxd5
33. Rxd5 Rxe3 34. Rxd6 Rb3 35. Rd2 c4 {looks promising for Black, in view of
his huge advantage in space on the queenside and his active rook, but White
would have been alive.}) 32... Nxf4 33. Qxd6 $2 Qe4 {Suddenly, there is no
reasonable defence against the threat of mate in one. The bishop is really a
bad piece, preventing the defence along the second rank.} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 10th"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2009.03.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d5
Nd4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 {This line was examined by IM Laszlo Hazai in several
CBM issues, most recently in CBM 104, annotations to Socko - Gallagher.} g5 (
10... c5 {is the main theoretical line. GM V.Kotronias applies a new move
order.}) 11. Bg3 c5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (11... Nh5 12. Nxd4 Nxg3 13. Ne6 $1 Bxe6
14. fxg3 Bd7 15. Be2 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Bd3 $14 {1-0 Shaked,T-Miller,M/Sioux
Falls 1998/EXT 2002 (54)}) 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. c5 $5 dxc5 14. Bxe5 Ng4 $6 {
Black should not exchange his strong bishop.} (14... Re8 $142 $13) 15. Bxg7
Kxg7 16. Ng3 $6 (16. Na4 $1 Qd6 (16... Rb8 17. Qc1 $1 Ne5 18. Nxc5 Nxd3 19. Qc3
) 17. Ng3 $14 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Ra1c1,Rd1c1] was more accurate.}) 16... Rb8 17.
Na4 Qd6 $2 (17... Ne5 $1 {was an opportunity to exploit the opponent's inexact
move order.} 18. Nxc5 $140 Ne6 $1 19. Nxe6+ Bxe6 20. Bc2 Qxd1 21. Rfxd1 Rxb2
22. Bb3 c5 $1 $15) 18. Qc1 $16 {Now Black can't protect his c5-pawn.} f5 (18...
c4 19. Bxc4 Rb4 20. b3 Ne5 21. Nb2 $16) 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Qxc5 Qxc5 21. Nxc5
Bxd3 22. Nxd3 {White gradually brings home his material advantage:} Rbd8 23.
Rad1 Rfe8 24. h3 Ne5 25. Nc5 Kg6 26. Kh1 Rd5 27. Nce4 Ne6 28. Nc3 Rd3 29. Rde1
Nc4 30. Na4 Nd2 31. Rg1 Rdd8 32. Rc1 Rd6 33. Rgd1 Red8 34. Nc5 Ne4 35. Rxd6
Nxg3+ 36. fxg3 Rxd6 37. Nb7 Rd2 38. Rxc6 Kf7 39. Nd6+ Ke7 40. Nf5+ Kf6 41. Nxh6
Rxb2 42. Ra6 Rb1+ 43. Kh2 Re1 44. Ng4+ Kg6 45. a4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Bd3 d6 6. Nge2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. h3
exd5 9. exd5 Nfd7 $1 {This unusual move brings Black good results. Its idea is
to meet f2-f4 with ...f7-f5 while the other knight goes to c7 covering the e6
square. Details - see CBM 112, annotations to Topalov - Radjabov by IM L.Hazai.
} 10. f4 (10. b3 Re8 $1 11. Bd2 Na6 12. Rc1 Qh4 $6 (12... Ne5 $1 $13 {P.
Cramling}) 13. O-O Ne5 14. Bb1 {[%cal Rf2f4]} Bxh3 $6 15. gxh3 Qxh3 16. Be4 $1
Nb4 $5 17. Bg2 Qh5 18. Nf4 $1 Qh4 19. Nh3 $16 {0-1 Djurhuus,R (2495)-Cramling,
P (2520)/Reykjavik 1995/CBM 047/[Knaak] (49)}) (10. O-O Ne5 11. b3 Nxd3 12.
Qxd3 Nd7 13. Qg3 Nf6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bd2 Bf5 16. Qf3 Nd7 17. g4 Ne5 18. Qg3 Bd3
19. Rae1 Qh4 $5 20. Qxh4 Nf3+ 21. Kg2 Nxh4+ 22. Kg3 g5 $13 {1/2 Vovk,Y (2546)
-Golubev,M (2487)/Mukachevo 2009/CBM 128 Extra (65)}) 10... f5 (10... Qh4+ $5
11. g3 Qe7 (11... Bxc3+ 12. Kf2 $1 Bxb2 13. Bxb2 $1 $44 {[%cal Gb2h8]}) 12. O-O
Re8 (12... Na6 13. Kg2 Re8 14. Ng1 Nb4 15. Bb1 Nb6 16. a3 Na6 17. Qb3 Bf5 $13 {
1/2 Perelshteyn,E (2536)-Hernandez Guerrero,G (2536)/Lubbock 2007/EXT 2008 (46)
}) 13. Kh2 f5 14. Bd2 Na6 15. a3 Nc7 16. Qc2 Nf6 17. Rae1 Qf8 18. Ng1 Bd7 $11 {
0-1 Fercec,N (2464)-Krstic,U (2386)/Pula 2000/CBM 075/[Hazai] (40)}) 11. O-O (
11. g4 $6 Qh4+ 12. Kd2 Nf6 13. g5 Ne4+ $1 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Bxe4 b5 $1 $36 {
L.Hazai}) (11. Be3 $142 $1 Na6 12. O-O {- see 11.0-0 Na6.}) 11... Re8 $1 {
Preventing Bc1-e3 and solving all opening problems.} (11... Na6 $143 12. Be3 (
12. Bd2 $143 Nc7 13. Qc2 Nf6 14. a3 Bd7 15. b4 b6 16. Rae1 Re8 17. Ng3 Rxe1 18.
Rxe1 Qf8 19. Be2 Re8 $11 {0-1 Kacheishvili,G (2613)-Fernandez,D (2369)/Mesa
2009/CBM 130 Extra (38)}) 12... Nc7 13. Kh1 $5 (13. Qd2 Re8 (13... b5 $5 14.
Nxb5 Nxb5 15. cxb5 Bb7 $1 16. Nc3 Qa5 $44 {[%cal Ya7a6] T.Radjabov}) (13... Nf6
14. Bf2 Bd7 15. a3 a5 16. a4 Qe7 17. Rae1 Rae8 18. Nd4 Qd8 19. Nf3 Rxe1 20.
Rxe1 Re8 $11 {1/2 Dreev,A (2650)-Khairullin,I (2605)/Moscow 2010/CBM 135 (44)})
14. Bf2 (14. a4 Nf6 15. Kh1 Na6 16. Rae1 Nb4 17. Bb1 a6 18. Bf2 Qc7 19. Ng1 Bd7
20. Nf3 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Re8 $11 {1/2 Sokolov,I (2652)-Efimenko,Z (2616)/
Gibraltar 2007/CBM 116 ext (61)}) (14. Rae1 $5) 14... Nf6 (14... b5 $5) 15. a3
a5 $1 16. Bh4 Bd7 17. Kh1 Qe7 18. Rae1 Qf7 19. a4 Na6 $11 {0-1 Topalov,V (2801)
-Radjabov,T (2700)/Morelia/Linares 2006/CBM 112/[Hazai] (37)}) 13... Nf6 14.
Bf2 Bd7 15. Bh4 Qe8 16. Qb3 $1 Rb8 17. a4 Na6 18. Rae1 Nb4 19. Bb1 Qf7 {
1-0 Sokolov,I (2673)-Avrukh,B (2641)/Heraklio 2007/CBM 121 (40)} 20. Nb5 $1 $14
{I.Sokolov}) 12. Bd2 Na6 (12... Nf6 $144 13. Qc2 Na6 14. a3 Bd7 15. Nb5 Qb6 $1
$11 {1-0 Dydyshko,V (2415)-Mochalov,E (2450)/Minsk 1978/EXT 2003 (41)}) 13. Re1
(13. Qb3 Nb4 14. Bb1 b5 $1 {A typical pawn sacrifice in this structure.} 15.
cxb5 Nb6 16. a3 N4xd5 17. Nxd5 Be6 18. Nec3 c4 19. Qd1 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21.
Ba5 Qxa5 22. Qxd5+ Kh8 23. Qxc4 Qd2 24. Bd3 Rac8 25. Qb3 Re3 26. Rad1 Qxb2 27.
Qxb2 Bxb2 {1/2 Atalik,S (2564)-Czarnota,P (2575)/Polanica Zdroj 2007/CBM 120})
(13. a3 $5 {is the most logical but Black's position is solid enough after} Nc7
14. b4 b6 $11) 13... Nf6 14. Ng3 {Long manoeuvring starts now.} (14. a3) 14...
Rxe1+ 15. Bxe1 Bd7 16. a3 Kh8 17. Bf2 Rc8 18. Qb3 Rb8 19. Re1 b6 20. Nf1 Nc7
21. Nd2 a6 22. a4 Nh5 23. g3 Be8 24. Nf3 h6 25. Qc2 Bf7 26. Qe2 Bf6 27. Qd2 Qd7
28. b3 Re8 29. Rxe8+ Bxe8 30. Ne2 b5 $6 {This break is unnecessary and only
allows the invasion of the white queen.} (30... a5 $11) 31. axb5 axb5 32. Qa5
$1 b4 33. Nh2 Ng7 34. g4 $1 Qe7 (34... fxg4 $5 35. hxg4 h5 36. g5 Bd8) 35. Nf3
(35. Nf1 $5 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Yf1e3]}) 35... Qd7 (35... fxg4 $5 36. hxg4 Qd7 37.
Nh2 h5 $1 38. g5 Bd8 39. Qa1 Kh7) 36. g5 $5 Bd8 37. gxh6 $6 {Too early. This
capture gives the black pieces some fresh air.} (37. Qa1 $5 h5 {, and now
White can try to break through by preparing a piece sacrifice on c5 or e5.} (
37... Kh7 $143 38. gxh6 Kxh6 39. Ng5 {[%csl Rh6]})) 37... Nh5 {[%cal Rc7d5]}
38. Qa7 Kh7 39. Bh4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] A blunder. White loses sense of danger. He
was not better anymore and should have played quietly.} Bxh4 40. Nxh4 Qe7 41.
Ng2 $2 {White fails to switch to stubborn defence. After this move Black
simply wins a pawn and easily converts it.} (41. Qb8 $1 Na6 $5 (41... Nxd5 $2
42. cxd5 Qe3+ 43. Kg2 Qxd3 44. Qxe8) (41... Kxh6 $1 42. Ng2 Kg7 $15 {[%cal
Ye8f7,Yc7e8,Ye8f6] is Black's best chance to continue a positional fight for a
victory}) 42. Qc8 Qe3+ 43. Kh2 $3 (43. Kg2 $2 Qxd3 44. Qxe8 Qxe2+) 43... Nxf4
44. Nxf4 Qxf4+ 45. Kg2 $1 Qd2+ 46. Kg1 $1 {and surprisingly, Black has no win,
e.g.} Qe3+ (46... Bf7 47. Qf8) (46... Qxd3 47. Qxe8 Qd4+ 48. Kg2 Qxh4 49. Qf7+
Kxh6 50. Qf8+ Kg5 51. Qe7+ $11) 47. Kg2 Qg5+ $1 48. Kh2 Qe7 49. Kg2 $1 (49.
Qxa6 $2 Qxh4) 49... Nc7 50. Bxf5 $1 gxf5 51. Nxf5 {with sufficient counterplay.
}) 41... Nxd5 42. Qxe7+ Nxe7 43. Kf2 Bc6 44. Ng3 Nxg3 45. Kxg3 Be4 46. Bxe4
fxe4 47. Kf2 Nf5 48. Ne3 Nd4 49. Ng4 Nxb3 50. Nf6+ Kxh6 51. Nxe4 Na5 52. Nxd6
b3 53. Ne4 Nxc4 54. Nc3 Na3 55. Na4 c4 56. Ke3 Nb5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Serov, Maksim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nge2 (5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nbd7 7. Bc2
(7. O-O c5 (7... a6) 8. d5 Ne5 9. f4 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. dxe6 fxe6 (11... Bxe6
) 12. Rd1 e5 {Reinderman,D (2540)-Visser,Y (2370) VAM Hoogeveen op 1998 (2) 0-1
} (12... Ne8 13. e5 Rf7 $13 {Seirawan})) 7... a6) 5... a6 (5... Nbd7) 6. Ng3 h5
(6... Nbd7 7. a4 h5 8. Be2 e5 9. Be3 exd4 10. Bxd4 Ne5 11. h3 Qe7 12. f4 h4 13.
Nf1 Nc6 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Bc3 O-O 16. Nd2 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Nd4 18. O-O Re8 19. Bd3
c6 20. f5 cxd5 21. f6 {Jussupow,A (2655)-Kasparov,G (2805)/Moscow 1994/CBM 045/
0-1 (32)}) 7. Be2 e5 $146 (7... c5 8. d5 b5 9. cxb5 O-O 10. Bg5 Nh7 11. Bd2 h4
12. Nf1 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. f4 axb5 15. Bxb5 e5 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Qe2 Rf6 18.
Ne3 Kh8 19. Ned5 Rg6 20. a4 Ra7 21. O-O-O Qg8 22. Qf3 {Novikov,I (2575)
-Shabalov,A (2595)/San Diego 2006/CBM 112/1-0 (31)}) (7... c6 8. a4) 8. Bg5 Bd7
9. O-O h4 10. Nh1 {"un fort coup d'attaque"} Nc6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nd5 Nd4 13.
f4 Ne6 14. fxe5 Nxg5 15. exf6 Bf8 16. Nf2 c6 17. Nc3 Qc7 18. Bg4 O-O-O 19.
Bxd7+ Rxd7 {Une erreur de saisie de la FFE et c'est Rd7 qui a été joué} (19...
Qxd7 {La suite saisie par la FFE} 20. Qg4 Ne6 21. Nd5 cxd5 22. cxd5 Nc5 23. b4
Na4 24. Rac1+ Kb8) 20. Qg4 Ne6 21. Nd5 $1 {Bien évidemment avec 19. Qd7, ce
coup serait moins logique} cxd5 22. cxd5 Nc5 23. b4 Na4 (23... h3 24. Rac1 hxg2
25. Qxg2 b6 26. bxc5 Bxc5 $13 {[%csl Rc8,Rg1]}) 24. Rac1 Nc3 25. Nd3 Kd8 $1 (
25... Kb8 26. Kh1 Bh6 27. Nc5) (25... h3 $1) 26. Kh1 Bh6 27. Rc2 Re8 28. Qxh4 (
28. e5 Rxd5 29. Qf3 Rd4 30. Nc5 $16 {[%csl Rb7]}) 28... Be3 29. Nc5 Bxc5 30.
Rxc3 Bf2 $1 31. Qh3 Qb6 32. e5 Bd4 33. e6 $1 Bxc3 34. Qxc3 Rxd5 35. exf7 Rf8
36. Qg3 Rxf7 $4 {Zeitnot?} (36... Qd6 37. Qxg6 Rd1) 37. Qxg6 Qxf6 38. Qg8+ Ke7
39. Rg1 Qe5 (39... Rd1 $1 $19 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Gf6f1]}) 40. h3 Rd3 {Ce qui est
surprenant est le fait que malgré le passage du contrôle de temps, les Noirs
ne vont pas arriver а trouver le gain} 41. Qc8 Rd7 42. Rc1 Rg7 43. Rf1 Rd8 $2
44. Qxb7+ Rd7 45. Qc8 Rd2 46. Qb7+ Ke8 47. Qc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.04.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Kuzmin,Alexey"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. Qd2 Na6 ({After} 6... Nbd7
{White transfers the game to a profitable variation of the Sämisch system.} 7.
f3 ({Another attractive looking move is} 7. Nge2) 7... e5 8. d5 h6 9. Be3 Nh7
10. O-O-O $14 {Kortschnoj,V (2695)-Biyiasas,P (2485)/Wijk aan Zee 1980}) (6...
e5 $2 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Nd5 $16) 7. Bd3 ({White can choose a plan
with short castling.} 7. Rd1 Qe8 8. Bd3 e5 9. d5 Nc5 10. Bc2 a5 11. Nge2 Nh5
12. Nb5 Qd7 13. O-O $14 {1-0 Beliavsky,A (2613)-Kadric,D (2407)/Sarajevo BIH
2012 (51)}) 7... e5 8. d5 Qe8 9. Nge2 {A similar position appears in the
Averbakh variation 5.Be2 d6 6.Bg5 Na6 7.Qd2 e5 8.d5 Qe8 9.Bd3, but in this
case White didn't lose a tempo on Be2-d3 and it provides White with better
chances.} Nh5 10. f3 f5 11. O-O-O f4 (11... Nc5 12. Bc2 Bd7 {Grischuk,A (2756)
-Carlsen,M (2813)/Nice 2010} 13. Ng3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 fxe4 15. Nxe4 $14) 12. Bh4
$14 {A space advantage in the center gives White some better chances.} c5 13.
dxc6 bxc6 $14 14. Bc2 ({A more energetic move is} 14. c5 $5 Nxc5 15. Bc4+ Be6
16. Qxd6 Bxc4 17. Qxc5 $14 {The black pawn weakness provides White with some
advantage.}) 14... Bf6 15. Bf2 ({White could retain some initiative White with
} 15. Bxf6 Rxf6 16. g4 $1 $36) 15... Be7 $13 16. Na4 Be6 17. Bb3 Qf7 18. Qa5
Bxc4 19. Nec3 Bxb3 20. axb3 Nb8 21. Qc7 Nf6 22. b4 Nbd7 23. Qxc6 Rfc8 24. Qa6
Qb3 25. Kb1 Qxb4 26. Rd2 Rc4 27. Rc1 Kf7 28. Na2 Qxd2 29. Qxc4+ d5 30. exd5
Qxf2 31. d6+ Kg7 32. dxe7 Qxg2 33. Nc5 Nxc5 34. Qxc5 Qxf3 35. Qxe5 Qe4+ 36.
Qxe4 Nxe4 37. Nb4 Re8 38. Nc6 Kf6 39. Rd1 g5 40. Kc2 Kf7 41. b4 a6 42. Ra1 Ke6
43. Rxa6 Kd5 44. Kd3 Nd6 45. Nd4 Nc4 46. Nf5 Ke5 47. Nh6 Kd5 48. Nf5 Ne5+ 49.
Ke2 Nc6 50. Kf3 Ne5+ 51. Kg2 Nc6 52. Kf3 Ne5+ 53. Kf2 Nc6 54. Rb6 Ke5 55. Nh6
Nd4 56. Nf7+ Kd5 57. Rd6+ Kc4 58. Rxd4+ Kxd4 59. Nd6 Rxe7 60. Nf5+ Kc4 61. Nxe7
Kxb4 62. Kf3 Kc4 63. Nf5 Kd3 64. Nd6 h5 65. Ne4 g4+ 66. Kxf4 Ke2 67. Kg3 Kf1
68. Nf6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.04.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Bd3 Nc6 {A typical reply to Bf1-d3.
The special feature is that Black has not played ...d7-d6 yet.} 6. Nge2 e5 7.
d5 Nd4 8. Nxd4 (8. O-O d6 {leads to the main theoretical line of the 5.Bd3
system in the King's Indian} ({but Black can also play} 8... c5)) 8... exd4 9.
Ne2 c5 (9... d6 {again leads to the main theoretical line.}) (9... Re8 $5 10.
f3 c5 11. O-O d6 12. Ng3 (12. Bg5 {- game}) 12... b5 $5 (12... h5 $6 13. Bg5
Qc7 14. Qd2 Nh7 15. Bh4 a6 16. Rae1 Bd7 17. f4 Bh6 18. Qc2 Kh8 19. e5 $16 {
0-1 Matamoros Franco,C (2430)-Istratescu,A (2500)/Cappelle la Grande 1996/CBM
051 ext (36)}) 13. b3 $6 (13. cxb5 a6 {is the principled continuation}) 13...
bxc4 14. bxc4 Rb8 15. Nh1 Nd7 16. f4 Nb6 17. Nf2 Ba6 18. Qc2 Bxc4 $1 19. Bxc4
d3 20. Bxd3 Bxa1 $17 {1/2 Kiselev,S (2530)-Gufeld,E (2485)/Podolsk 1992/CBM
033 (82)}) 10. O-O d6 11. Bg5 (11. Ng3 Ng4 $1) 11... Re8 12. f3 h6 (12... Qc7
13. Ng3 Nd7 14. f4 h6 15. Bh4 b5 (15... Bf6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. h3 Kg7 18. Qf3 a5
$6 19. e5 $1 $16 {1-0 Georgiev,V (2537)-Jones,R (2321)/Novi Sad 2009/CBM 133 
(27)}) 16. b3 $6 (16. cxb5 a6 17. a4 c4 18. Rc1 $13) 16... bxc4 17. bxc4 Rb8
18. Rf2 Qa5 19. Qf1 Rb6 20. h3 Ba6 21. Re1 Qa4 22. Rc2 Rb4 23. Rec1 Qa3 24. Nh1
Reb8 $17 {1-0 Erdos,V (2593)-Jones,R (2361)/Caleta 2011/CBM 141 (46)}) 13. Bd2
(13. Bh4 $5 g5 $6 14. Be1 Nh5 15. Bd2 g4 16. Nf4 $14 {0-1 Kohlweyer,B (2420)
-Degenhardt,H (2355)/Bad Mergentheim 1989/EXT 1997 (37)}) 13... Nd7 14. f4 Nf6
(14... b5 15. cxb5 a6 {is not so appropriate now due to} 16. a4) 15. Qc2 Bd7
16. a4 h5 $1 {Black must do something, otherwise White will comfortably
prepare e4-e5.} 17. h3 Qe7 18. e5 $5 {[%mdl 512] A must.} ({Of course, Black
is fine after} 18. Rae1 Nxe4 19. Ng3 Nxg3 $1 20. Rxe7 Rxe7 $44) 18... dxe5 19.
fxe5 Qxe5 20. Bf4 Qe7 21. Bg5 Qd6 {Playing for a win.} (21... Qe5 $5 {, and
White must probably repeat moves:} 22. Bf4 (22. Bxf6 $6 Bxf6 23. Bxg6 fxg6 24.
Qxg6+ Bg7 25. Qf7+ Kh7 26. Qxd7 Re7 $19)) 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Bxg6 $1 Rxe2 24.
Bh7+ Kg7 25. Qxe2 Kxh7 26. Ra3 {Parrying White's attack requires accurate play
from Black. Instead, he starts making mistakes.} (26. Qxh5+ $6 Kg7 27. Ra3 Rh8
28. Qe2 Bg5) 26... Re8 $2 (26... Kh6 $1 27. Raf3 Bg5 28. Rxf7 Rg8 $15) 27.
Qxh5+ Kg7 $2 (27... Kg8 $8 28. Qf3 (28. Raf3 $2 Qe5 $1 29. Qxe5 Bxe5 30. Rxf7
Bxa4) 28... Bg7 29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Raf3 Re7 31. Qh5+ Kg8 32. Qg5 Re5 33. Qg3 $36
) 28. Raf3 $18 Rh8 (28... Qe5 29. Qxe5 Bxe5 30. Rxf7+ $18) 29. Rxf6 Rxh5 30.
Rxd6 Bxa4 31. Rdf6 Be8 32. d6 Kf8 33. R1f5 Rh4 34. Rxc5 Bc6 35. Rcf5 Rh7 36.
Rf4 Rg7 37. g4 d3 38. Rd4 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 46th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2011.05.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2011.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 g5 (9... exd5 {is played more often.}) 10. Bg3 Nh5 $1 {GM Alexander
Grischuk's innovation is now for the first time tested in a serious game.} (
10... e5 {is insufficient for equality:} 11. h4 g4 12. f4 $5 ({or} 12. h5 Nh7
13. Bh4 Bf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Ng3 Kh8 16. Qd2 a6 17. Na4 Nd7 18. Nf5 Ng5 19.
Ne3 Qf4 20. Nf5 $16 {1-0 Teschner,R (2425)-Tuerk,H/Germany 1978/EXT 1999 (65)})
12... gxf3 (12... exf4 13. Bxf4 Nh5 14. Qd2 $14) 13. gxf3 Nh5 14. Qd2 Qf6 15.
O-O-O a6 16. Rdf1 Nxg3 17. Nxg3 Qf4 18. Nh5 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Kh7 20. Nd1 Nd7 21.
Ne3 $16 {1-0 Teske,H (2552)-Ringwelski,M (2056)/Paderborn 2009/CBM 134 Extra 
(42)}) 11. O-O Na6 12. a3 (12. Qd2 Nc7 13. Bc2 exd5 14. exd5 f5 15. f4 Nxg3 16.
Nxg3 g4 17. Rae1 Bd7 18. Kh1 Rf7 19. Re2 Bh8 20. Rfe1 Qf6 21. Re3 Re8 $4 (21...
h5 $1 $132 22. Nxh5 $140 Qh4 23. Ng3 Bd4) 22. Rxe8+ Nxe8 23. Bxf5 $18 {1/2
Caruana,F (2709)-Grischuk,A (2771)/Moscow blitz 2010/EXT 2011 (86)}) 12... Nc7
13. Qc2 $6 {Probably the wrong square for White's queen.} (13. Qd2 $142 {
although Black is perfectly OK after} Nxg3 14. Nxg3 Be5 15. Nh5 Ne8 $1 {
[%cal Ye8g7]}) 13... Rb8 14. Rab1 Nxg3 15. Nxg3 Bd7 16. b4 Be5 {[%mdl 32] This
plan of controlling dark squares (here "forced" by White's Qd1-c2) is more
logical than ...f7-f5 in this structure.} 17. bxc5 dxc5 18. Nce2 (18. Nd1 $142
Ne8 19. Ne3 Nf6 20. Qe2 $132 {[%cal Yg3h5]}) 18... Ne8 19. f4 gxf4 20. Nxf4 Qg5
21. Nge2 exd5 22. exd5 Nd6 {[%csl Gd6]} 23. Kh1 Rbe8 24. Rf2 Kh8 25. Rbf1 Rg8
$17 {[%cal Ge8e1,Gg8g2]} 26. Ng3 Bg4 27. Nfe2 Qh4 28. Rxf7 $2 {Desperation in
a difficult position.} (28. Rf4 {was a better way to sacrifice the exchange.}
Bxf4 29. Nxf4 Re3 30. Qb2+ $1 Rg7 31. Qf2 Qe7 32. Rc1 {, although Black should
win after all.}) 28... Nxf7 29. Rxf7 Re7 30. Rxe7 Qxe7 31. Nf5 Qg5 32. Neg3 h5
33. Qf2 h4 34. Qe1 Bxg3 {Black goes for a winning bishop endgame, which is
quite enough, although he could have ended the game at once by means of} (34...
Re8 $142 35. Nd6 Re7 36. Ngf5 Bxd6 $19) 35. Qc3+ Rg7 36. Qxg7+ Qxg7 37. Nxg7
Kxg7 38. hxg3 hxg3 {[%mdl 4096]} 39. Kg1 Kf6 40. Kf1 Ke5 41. Ke1 Kd4 42. Bg6 $6
(42. Be2 $142 {but Black should win after} Bd7 43. Kd2 a6 $19 {[%cal Yb7b5]})
42... Kxc4 43. Bf7 Kb5 $1 44. Be8+ Kb6 45. d6 Bf5 46. a4 a5 47. Kd2 Be4 48. Ke3
Bxg2 49. Kf4 Bc6 0-1

[Event "Biel Breisacher Memorial"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2013.07.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Ding Liren"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2013.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Before this game, I was in 2nd place. Knowing my opponent's aggressive and
creative style, I was expecting a major struggle.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3
Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. Ng3 {I played 5 King's Indians with Black in Biel 
(5 is all!). This time my opponent played a sideline. 6.Ng3 prevents the
typical f5-break, but itself may become a target for Black.} Nbd7 ({The
immediate 6...a6 is the other main move, with the idea of 7...c5 followed by ..
.b5, but I wanted to act on the kingside.} 6... a6 7. Be2 (7. a4 Nc6 $5) 7...
c5 8. d5 b5 9. cxb5 axb5 10. Bxb5 (10. Nxb5 h6) 10... Ba6 (10... h5 11. Nge2)
11. O-O Bxb5 12. Nxb5 {with a small plus for White.}) 7. Be2 h5 8. h4 {This
came as a surprise.} (8. O-O e5 9. d5 h4 10. Nh1 Nh7 11. f3 Ndf6 12. f4 $5 exf4
13. Bxf4 Nd7 $1 {was played in the game Bologan-Bacrot, Biel 2012, Black has a
nice position. The text weakens the g4-square a little bit, but it does give
White some attacking prospects in the future.}) 8... a6 9. Bg5 (9. a4 {is more
ambitions} c5 (9... e5 10. d5 a5 11. Bg5 Nc5 12. Bxh5 gxh5 13. Nxh5 {This line
shows how strong White's attack can be.}) 10. d5 Ne5 11. O-O ({Or} 11. f4 Neg4
12. f5 $5) 11... Nh7 (11... e6 12. Bg5) 12. f4 Ng4 13. e5 dxe5 14. f5 {with
unclear play.}) 9... c5 10. d5 b5 11. b3 {And this is a real shock! This
careless move simply throws away an exchange, I didn't see any compensation
for White during the game. But now I realise I was wrong. On the other hand,
it's because of this move that the game becomes interesting.} (11. cxb5 axb5
12. Bxb5 (12. Nxb5 Nh7 13. Bc1 Ne5) 12... Ba6 {Black is doing fine.}) 11... Nh7
12. Bd2 b4 13. Na4 Bxa1 {I was too optimistic about my position.} (13... e6 {
is simple but strong. After} 14. Rc1 Bd4 {Black's pieces are more active.}) 14.
Qxa1 e5 {I want to close the centre, and I believe he will take the pawn, but
he attacks in a different way} 15. Bh6 (15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Bh6 (16. e5 Nxe5 17.
Nxc5 Qf6 {was what I thought}) 16... Rf7 17. Qd1 Qe7 18. e5 $5 Nxe5 19. Ne4 d5
$5 20. Nexc5 (20. cxd5 exd5 21. Nexc5 Bg4) 20... dxc4 21. bxc4 Bb7 {Black is
much better.}) 15... Re8 16. f4 {Suddenly White's plan became clear. Put the
pawn on f5, transfer the queen to e3, then wait for the chance to sacrifice on
h5.} Ra7 {A useful waiting move.} (16... Nb6 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. O-O) (16... Qf6
17. f5 gxf5 18. Nxf5 Ndf8 19. Bg5 $1 {Neither line is promising for Black.})
17. f5 Kh8 18. Qc1 Rg8 19. Bg5 ({During the game I was more afraid of} 19. Qe3
{threatening Bg5} Ndf6 (19... a5 20. Bg5) (19... gxf5 20. exf5) 20. Bg5 Bd7 (
20... a5 21. Bd1 Bd7 22. Nb2 a4 23. bxa4 {White is solid}) 21. Nb2 ({But} 21.
Nxc5 $5 {is very interesting.} dxc5 22. Qxc5 Ra8 23. Qd6 Nxg5 24. hxg5 Nh7 25.
Qxe5+ Rg7 26. f6 Rg8 27. Qf4 {Despite being a rook down, White's centre pawns
are extremely strong}) 21... Qa5 (21... Nxg5 {isn't good in view of} 22. hxg5
Nh7 23. f6 Qa5 24. Nd1 Qxa2 25. Nxh5) 22. Nd3 Qxa2 23. fxg6 Rxg6 24. O-O Qxb3
25. Nxh5 Ng4 {but the computer simply judges the position as winning for Black.
}) 19... Nxg5 20. hxg5 Kg7 21. Qe3 ({Closing the position with} 21. f6+ {
is not a wise decision} Kf8 22. Nf1 Nb6 23. Nb2 a5 {With my king becoming safe,
I would have an easy game.}) 21... Rh8 {Surprisely, this is a mistake.} (21...
Kf8 {is better:} 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Bxh5 (23. O-O+ Kg7 24. Nf5+ {looks scary,
but doesn't work.} gxf5 25. exf5 Kh8 26. f6 Nf8 27. Bxh5 Rh7) 23... Ke8 $1 {
And this is the point! With the idea of ...Nf8} (23... gxh5 24. Qf3+) 24. Nf5
$5 Nf8 25. Nxc5 $5 dxc5 26. Qxc5 Qc7 {White's attack is defused.}) 22. Bxh5 {
There's no reason to wait.} gxh5 23. Nxh5+ Kf8 (23... Kg8 24. Qg3 (24. g4 $1)
24... Kf8 25. g6 Rg8 {was my first thought. But 24.g4 is the most energetic
reply. White's a rook down, in return, he has a wonderful pawn structure, more
space and more active pieces. It's hard to find a move for Black.}) 24. g6 (24.
g4 $5 {deserves attention as well.} Ke8 (24... Qe7 25. g6 fxg6 26. fxg6 Ke8 27.
g7 Rg8 28. Qh6 Kd8 29. Qh7 Qe8 30. g5) (24... Rc7 25. g6) 25. Qh3 $1 (25. Ng7+
Ke7 26. f6+ Nxf6 27. gxf6+ Kxf6 28. Nh5+ Kg6 ({But not} 28... Ke7 29. Nxc5) 29.
Qh3 Qg5 30. Nf4+ Qxf4 31. Qxh8 Qxe4+ 32. Kd2 Qf4+ 33. Kc2 Bxg4 {Black is on top
}) 25... Qxg5 (25... Ke7 26. g6) (25... Rg8 26. Ng7+) 26. Ng7+ Qxg7 27. Qxh8+
Qxh8 (27... Qf8 28. g5) 28. Rxh8+ Nf8 29. Nb6 Bd7 30. g5 Ke7 31. Rg8 Rb7 32.
Nxd7 Rxd7 {The position should be equal.}) 24... fxg6 25. fxg6 Kg8 (25... Nf6 {
won't give me anything special.} 26. Qg5 Qe7 ({Not} 26... Rg7 27. O-O) 27. g7+
Qxg7 28. Nxg7 Rxh1+ 29. Ke2 Nxe4 30. Ne6+ Bxe6 31. Qd8+ Kf7 32. dxe6+ Kxe6 {
With the exposed king on the board, I should be worried about being worse.})
26. Qf3 (26. g7 {is too precipitate.} Rh7 27. Qh3 Nf8 $1 28. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 $1 {
Black gets a winning advantage through accurate defence} (28... Qxf8 29. Qh4))
26... Qe7 27. g4 Rh6 {Here we have reached the critical moment of the game.}
28. Nb6 {A serious mistake. He has sacrificed too many pieces to trade off my
queen. Once my army has recoordinated, his position should fall apart very
soon.} ({He should have played} 28. Qf5 $1 {My intention was to play} Nb6 (
28... Rc7 {didn't give Black anything more than a draw either:} 29. Kd2 $1 (29.
g7 Rxh5 30. Rxh5 Nf6 31. Rh8+ Kxg7 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Qxc8 Nxe4) 29... Nb6 30.
Nf6+ Kg7 31. Nh5+ Kh8 $2 (31... Kg8 {is a draw}) 32. Qf3 Nxa4 33. Kd3 $3 {
An intricate computer move! White is winning despite being a rook and a bishop
down. It's hard to believe that there's no resource for Black.} (33. Kc2 {
is worse because of} Nc3 34. g5 Ne2 $1) 33... Nb2+ (33... Kg8 34. Nf6+ Qxf6 35.
Qxf6 Rxh1 36. Qd8+) (33... Bxg4 34. Qxg4 Qf8 35. bxa4 Qf2 36. Qf5 Qd4+ 37. Ke2
Qxc4+ 38. Kf3 Qd3+ 39. Kg4 Qe2+ 40. Kg5 Qe3+ 41. Kf6) 34. Kc2 Nd1 35. g7+ Kg8
36. g5 Bg4 37. gxh6 Bxf3 38. Nf6+ Qxf6 39. h7+ Kf7 40. g8=Q+ Ke7 41. Rf1 $3 {
These beautiful lines demonstrate the strength of White's setup.}) 29. Nf6+ Kg7
30. Nh5+ Kh8 $2 {, but after} 31. Qf3 $1 {Black would even lose. 32.g5 is
unstoppable.} Nxa4 (31... Nd7 32. Nb6 $1) 32. g5 {I should settle for a draw
by 30...Kg8.}) 28... Nxb6 29. Nf6+ Qxf6 30. Qxf6 Rxh1+ 31. Kf2 Bxg4 {Now the
position became clear. He could take some pawns, but I would fight for the
initiative, giving back some pieces when necessary.} 32. Qxd6 ({Taking the
knight is too slow.} 32. Qd8+ Kg7 33. Qxb6 Rd7) 32... Nc8 33. Qd8+ (33. Qxe5
Re7 34. Qf4 (34. Qf6 Rh3) 34... Bh3 $1 {changes nothing. Black is much better.}
) 33... Kg7 34. Qg5 Bd7 35. Qxe5+ (35. d6 Rh3 $1 36. Qxe5+ Kxg6 37. Qxc5 a5 {
and all Black's pieces are protected , with ...a4 to follow.}) 35... Kxg6 36.
Qg3+ Kh7 37. Qf4 Be8 {An important manoeuvre.} (37... Bg4 {is strong as well,
but it's not so clear for me.} 38. Qxg4 Nd6) 38. Qf5+ Bg6 39. Qxc8 Rf7+ 40. Ke3
Re1+ 41. Kd2 Rxe4 42. Qxc5 Rff4 {The simplest winning move. I doubled the
rooks on the 4th rank, prepared to give checks.} 43. d6 ({It's important that
he can't take the pawn:} 43. Qxb4 Rf2+ 44. Kd3 Rc2 $1 {is the key point of my
42th move.}) 43... Rd4+ 44. Ke3 Rfe4+ 45. Kf2 Rd2+ 46. Kf3 Red4 47. Qxb4 Rxd6 {
I miss a straight win, fortunately it doesn't spoil anything.} (47... R4d3+ 48.
Kg4 Rg2+ 49. Kf4 (49. Kh4 Bf5 50. Qb7+ Rg7) 49... Rf2+ 50. Kg4 Kh6) 48. Qb8
Rf6+ 49. Ke3 ({It's better for him to play} 49. Kg3 Rxa2 {but I'm still
winning anyway. Now I can push his king to the edge of the board, the rest is
easy.}) 49... Rd3+ 50. Ke2 Re6+ 51. Kf2 Bh5 52. Kf1 Rf3+ 53. Kg2 Rg6+ 54. Kh2
Rf7 55. Qe5 Rfg7 56. Qf5 Bg4 57. Qe4 Bd7 58. b4 Kh8 59. Qa8+ Rg8 {White
resigned.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bg5 (
8. O-O) ({and} 8. h3 {are more common ways.}) 8... h6 9. Bh4 exd5 10. exd5 {
Moiseenko tries to improve his move, which he played on the previous day.} (10.
Nxd5 Nc6 (10... g5 {is too risky, because} 11. Bg3 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bxb2 {and} 13.
h4 $5 {and White has some initiative.}) 11. Nec3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. Nxd5 g5 {
Now it is important, as the pin is very unpleasant.} 14. Bg3 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Ne5
16. Be2 Ng6 17. Bg4 Re8 18. Qc2 Bd4 19. Rab1 b5 20. Kh1 a6 21. Bf5 Ne7 (21...
Qf6 $6 {is dubious, because of} 22. f4 $1 $36) 22. Bg4 Ng6 23. Bf5 {and
repetition of moves, 1/2 Moiseenko-Bacrot, Tromso m/2.2 2013.}) 10... Nbd7 11.
f4 g5 $5 {A very ambitious choice.} 12. Bg3 ({If White accept with} 12. fxg5 {
Black's reply is} Ng4 13. Qd2 Nde5 $1 14. Bc2 (14. O-O Nxd3 15. Qxd3 hxg5 16.
Bg3 f5 $15 {and Black is very active.}) 14... f6 $1 {A typical move by Mr.
Houdini!} (14... Nxc4 $4 {is not working, as} 15. Qd3 $1 $18 {and White wins.})
15. Bg3 (15. g6 $6 Nxc4 $17) (15. gxf6 Bxf6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 $17 {Black has a
huge initiative for the P.}) 15... fxg5 $36 {and Black looks nicely placed.})
12... Ng4 $146 {A logical novelty by Bacrot.} (12... Nh5 {was also interesting}
13. O-O gxf4 14. Bxf4 Ne5 15. Qd2 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Nxf4 17. Nxf4 (17. Rxf4 $5)
17... Qg5 18. Rae1 Bf5 19. Qf3 Rae8 $132 {with a double-edged fight,
Biebinger-Bialas, Germany 1989.}) 13. O-O $5 {A nice and brave decision. White
sacrifices an exchange for the attack on the Kside.} ({In the event of} 13. Qd2
Bd4 {Black creates some counterplay on the dark squares. If White tries to
remove the B with} 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Ne2 Ne3 $36 {and the e3 N dominates like
an octopus with its eight legs.}) 13... Ne3 14. Qd2 Nxf1 15. Rxf1 gxf4 {
The first critical moment. Bacrot immediately wants to activate his knight on
the e5-square, on the other hand it creates some weaknesses on the Kside.} (
15... f5 16. fxg5 Qxg5 17. Qxg5 hxg5 18. Bxd6 Rf7 $13 {with an unclear endgame.
}) ({Maybe} 15... Qe7 {was the best,} 16. Re1 (16. fxg5 hxg5 17. Rf5 Ne5 (17...
f6 {looks very ugly, but Black tries to hold his position.}) 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19.
Rxg5 f5 $132 {with a double-edged fight.}) 16... Re8 17. Nb5 Qe3+ (17... a6 18.
Nec3 $1) 18. Qxe3 Rxe3 {and Black hasn't got any problem.}) 16. Bxf4 Ne5 17.
Bxh6 f5 (17... Nxd3 $2 {is not good, as} 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qxd3 $16 {and White
is better.}) (17... Bxh6 18. Qxh6 f5 (18... Nxd3 $2 {loses by} 19. Ne4 $1 f5
20. Rf3 $1 $18 {and White wins.}) 19. Bb1 Qf6 20. Qf4 $44 {and White has nice
compensation, but no more.}) 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nf4 Rh8 (19... Qe7 {was an
interesting alternative.}) 20. h3 Qe7 21. Nce2 {He prepares for Ng3.} (21. Ne6+
Bxe6 22. dxe6 Qxe6 23. Bxf5 (23. Rxf5 Rh6) 23... Qh6 {and Black can hold the
position.}) 21... Bd7 $6 (21... Rf8 {was better to protect the f5P.}) 22. Ng3 {
White continues his plan.} ({On the other hand} 22. Ne6+ $1 {was more precise}
Bxe6 23. dxe6 {for example:} Qxe6 24. Ng3 $1 $16 {and White has a very
dangerous attack.}) 22... Raf8 $6 (22... Nxd3 {was better practical chance,
but Black's position was already difficult.} 23. Qxd3 Rhf8 $1 (23... Raf8 24.
Ne6+ $1 {similar to the game.}) 24. Ngh5+ (24. Ne6+ Bxe6 25. dxe6 Qxe6 26.
Nxf5+ Kh8 $1 {This is the point of the 23...Rhf8!}) 24... Kf7 25. Qf3 $36) 23.
Ne6+ $1 Bxe6 24. dxe6 f4 25. Nf5+ Rxf5 26. Bxf5 Rh4 ({The computer tries to
resist with} 26... f3 {, but} 27. Be4 Rh6 28. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 29. Rxf3 Rxe6 30. Kh2
{and Black's position is hopeless.}) 27. b3 $1 $18 {A very strong cool-blooded
reply.} f3 28. gxf3 Rd4 29. Qg2+ Kf8 30. f4 Nc6 31. Kh1 Qf6 32. Qg5 Ke7 33. Rg1
Qxg5 34. fxg5 Ne5 35. g6 Nf3 36. Rf1 {A smart win by Moiseenko!} 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Radjabov,T"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{5th round of the Shamkir Chess 2014, Vugar Gashimov's memorial. We were in
different tournament situations, I was on 50 percent, Magnus was at +1 after
he lost to Caruana before this game with Black. Certainly an interesting fight
was ahead! It's always interesting to play against the World Champion and I
have enjoyed this fight.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 {King's
Indian Defence. No comments.} 5. Nge2 O-O 6. Ng3 {There are so many moves and
plans in the opening phase, but annotating the game and working on chess ECO
is quite different. I will not get far in theoretical debris but will show few
most recent examples here:} e5 (6... h5 7. Be2 a6 (7... Nbd7 8. Be3 e5 9. d5 a5
10. a3 Nc5 11. h4 Ng4 {which is a bit similiar to our game in Nabaty-Smirin
Skopje 2013, which ended in a draw.}) 8. O-O c5 9. d5 e5 {with a real mix of
all the possible plans in Bologan-Mamedov, 2014 Euro Cup Rhodes, ended in a
draw.}) 7. d5 a5 8. Be2 Na6 9. h4 {It's not as agressive as it looks, only if
Black allows h5 it becomes a kind of tactical and offensive approach, in
general it's more a positional move to play Bg5 after h5 and get Qd2-0-0-0
faster.} h5 (9... c6 10. h5 cxd5 11. cxd5 Nc5 12. Be3 Qb6 {It was played in
Lutz-Gelfand, Horgen 1994. Gelfand won this game. Lutz never castled and tried
a Nf1-d2 plan, which is going nowhere as after Nc4 Black may just go back to
c7 threatening ...b5 later on. The Computer suggests to change directions here
and go for 0-0 h6-Qd2 and playing on the queenside. Claims White is better but
it's far from obvious for a practical game.} 13. O-O Bd7 14. h6 Bh8 15. Qd2 a4
16. f3 Rfc8 {with mutual chances!}) 10. Bg5 Qe8 (10... Nc5 $6 11. Bxh5 gxh5 12.
Nxh5 Ncd7 {To be honest I didn't even consider this. Too beautiful.} 13. Nxg7
Kxg7 14. f4 $36) 11. Qd2 Nc5 (11... Nh7 $5 12. Be3 Qe7 (12... f5 $2 13. exf5
gxf5 14. Bxh5 Qd7 15. f4 {and there is no way to have counterplay here, White
is too solid}) 13. Nf1 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Bg5 Nxg5 16. Qxg5 Qxg5 17. hxg5 a4
{and I am sure Black has strong compensation for the pawn on the h-file.}) 12.
O-O-O (12. Nb5 {Computer's suggestion that I saw during the game, as if the
queen goes to d8 there are some Bxh5 in the air. Black can just defend the
pawn with some ...Qd7 or other move. But...} Ncxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qe3 Nxg5
15. Nxc7 Qa4 16. Nxa8 Qb4+ 17. Qd2 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Ne4+ 19. Ke1 Nc5 $44 {
and I would prefer to play with Black here.}) (12. f3 {is probably the most
natural instead of 0-0-0, not to allow ...Ng4 move.} Nh7 $5 13. Be3 b6 14. Bd3
f5 $132) 12... Ng4 $1 {Important move, now White has to change his e2-bishop
for the knight.} 13. Bxg4 (13. Rdf1 f6 {and White will eventually play Bxg4
anyway. Even though after Bxg4 for White here, Black has ...fxg5!? besides
taking on g4 with the c8-bishop.}) (13. Qe1 f6 14. Bd2 Bh6 {is quite OK for
Black.}) 13... Bxg4 14. f3 (14. Rdf1 Bd7 {and the rook is far from defending
its monarch! ...b5 is coming!}) 14... Bd7 15. Be3 b6 (15... b5 16. cxb5 Bxb5
17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Nf1 {I didnt like this position that much, g4 is coming
somewhere and I am not sure how to organize direct threats on the b-line.}) 16.
Kb1 Kh7 (16... f5 {was already possible here, I wanted to wait for Nge2 first
as it looked to me that White doesn't have any improving ideas} 17. exf5 gxf5)
17. Qc2 a4 (17... Bh6 {this is ok, but I didn't want to allow any Bxc5-a4 ideas
} 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. a4 {and even though I was sure that Black is ok, I didn't
like to allow a4-Nb5 here with pressure on a5 later on.}) 18. Nge2 f5 19. exf5
gxf5 (19... Bxf5 {I thought it's about equal and gxf5 is more fighting} 20. Ne4
Nxe4 21. fxe4 Bg4 22. Rdf1 a3 {Black is even slightly better here, but draw is
the most normal outcome.}) 20. Rh3 {The rook looks a bit naive on this square
with f3-Be3 standing, nevertheless the threat is clear Rg3-g5, sometimes with
ideas of eleminating the g7-bishop.} Kh8 $1 {Fighting against the Rg3-move, ...
f4 is threatening now with ...Bf5 idea, White had to do something, otherwise
Rhh1 is the only option.} 21. f4 {The most logical reaction, playing Rhh1
looked awful, now the rook is heading to g5 again after Rg3 if Black is not
taking measures!} Ne4 $5 {Good move, preventing Rg3, now ...Qg6 is coming next
and the bad position of White's pieces starts to tell, but including ...a3 was
even better.} (21... a3 $1 22. b3 Ne4 {All the ensuing complications like in
the game, are better with the a3-pawn creating new threats to White's king.})
22. Nxe4 {Carlsen is not going to passively wait here, he prepares an exchange
sacrifice with great complications where Black's weak king may become an
important factor as I was already running short on time.} (22. Rf3 a3 23. b3
Qg6 24. g3 {was possible to try some kind of fortress, even though Black may
slighly improve the position of his pieces and it's not sure what White wil do
next.}) 22... fxe4 23. Rg3 Bg4 24. Rxg4 $8 hxg4 25. f5 Rxf5 26. Ng3 Rf8 27.
Qxe4 {White has blocked all the center, h5-h6 is coming, I considered ...Rf4
somewhere to open up the g7-bishop, but it didn't seem to offer winning
chances.} Qd7 (27... a3 {This is always good, there was no need to wait with
this move, mating ideas are always there around White's king after a3.} 28. b3
Rf7 $1 {I have tried to figure out how to bring my queen to h7, I was mostly
considering Qf7-Bf6 or Qf7-Qg8-h7, but this neat way is also very nice
especially having ...a3 already played!} 29. Qxg4 Qg8 30. Ne4 Qh7 {Now ...Rf4
is in the air, Black is just winning.} 31. Re1 (31. Kc1 Rf4 $3 32. Bxf4 Qxe4
33. Qh5+ Kg8 34. Bg5 Rf8 $19) 31... Bf6 $19 {and when the a-rook joins the
party, White is helpless.}) 28. a3 {White is trying to hide his king on a2 and
profit from Black's king position with h5-h6.} (28. h5 a3 {then ...Bf6, we saw
it above.}) 28... b5 $1 {Very strong move, Magnus said on the press conference
that he thought that the compensation is very strong for White, but after this
move the position started to be really shaky for White.} 29. c5 (29. cxb5 Qxb5
30. Qg6 Rab8 31. Rd2 e4 32. Qh5+ Kg8 33. Qg6 Rf6 {and Rbf8 or ...Qb3, White's
king is too weak now!}) 29... dxc5 $1 {Two very important moves starting from
b5!, now lines are open for Black's rooks and they developing a strong play
against White's king.} 30. h5 c4 (30... Ra6 {I thought about this, but ...c4
looks much stronger to me now too after checking it back home.}) 31. h6 (31.
Ka2 {This was interesting, finally revealing the idea of a3!, but White is
still in trouble after} Rae8 32. h6 Bf6 {even though White have had to choose
this option, his position falls apart anyway as ...Qh7 and ...c3 is a real
threat.} 33. Nh5 Qh7 34. Qxg4 c3 35. Bc1 Qg8 $17) 31... Bf6 32. Bc5 Rf7 (32...
Qh7 $6 {Trying to release the tension and White's pressure on Black's king
wouldn't work due to} 33. Bxf8 Qxe4+ 34. Nxe4 Rxf8 35. Rf1 $11) 33. Rf1 (33.
Nh5 Rg8 $19) 33... Re8 $1 {This simple move is very important, otherwise Nh5
could be really dangerous, Pe5 is protected and Black can regroup with Bg5-f4
or Bd8.} 34. Bb4 {There is no good advice for White here, the position is
already lost.} (34. Qg6 Qxd5 35. Rxf6 Qd1+ 36. Ka2 Qb3+ 37. Kb1 c3 $3 {It wins
according to the computer, but I didn't see the exact path after} (37... Rd8
38. Rd6 Rdf8 {I saw only this idea} 39. Rf6 c3 40. Rf2 Qd1+ 41. Ka2 cxb2 {
and Black is winning}) 38. Rf2 Rd8 (38... Qd1+ 39. Ka2 b4 $3 {This is even
simplier according to the engine. As now if the bishop takes on b4, White is
unable to defend against ...Rd8 with Be3-c1!} (39... cxb2 $4 40. Rxb2 Qd5+ 41.
Ka1 $11 {and compared to the line with Rdf8, the rook on f7 is hanging}) 40.
Bxb4 Qb3+ 41. Kb1 Rd8 $19) 39. Be3 Rd1+ 40. Bc1 b4 $19) 34... Bg5 {I had
around 1 minute here, but I was able to calculate all of my next moves and
Magnus's ideas. ...c6 is a very important finesse.} 35. Nf5 {Otherwise Black
plays Bf4 anyway.} c6 $1 {Killing move,black is completely winning} (35... Bf4
36. Nh4 {and things are very complicated again!}) 36. Bd6 (36. d6 Ref8 $19 {
the diagonal a3-f8 is blocked, Black is a rook up now.}) 36... Bf4 37. Ng7 (37.
Rxf4 exf4 38. Be5+ Rxe5 39. Qxe5+ Kh7 40. Nd6 cxd5 $19) 37... Qxd6 38. Nxe8
Qxd5 {Everything is forced here.} 39. Qxd5 cxd5 40. g3 Kh7 $1 {My first
intention having few seconds, was to play ...Re7 here, which was also good,
but ...Kh7 seemed to be a more clear cut win.} (40... Re7 41. Nf6 {with few
more tricks in the air as after} Bxh6 42. Rh1 (42. Nxd5 Rd7 {and I wasn't sure
if it's that easy to win as Pb5 is too weak, even though Black is objectively
winning here too}) 42... Kg7 43. Rxh6 Re6 $1 {You have to see this move from
far.}) 41. gxf4 (41. Nd6 Rd7 42. Nxb5 Bxg3 {Black has too many pawns, the
d-pawn is promoted very fast.}) 41... exf4 42. Nd6 {Otherwise pawns are going
forward without any obstacles.} Rf6 43. Nxb5 {It took me some time here, to
understand which pawn push is better, finally it seems to make no real
difference, which pawn moves leading to a win.} f3 (43... g3 44. Nd4 Kxh6 45.
Kc2 Kh5 46. Nf3 Kg4 47. Ne5+ Kh3 $19) 44. Nd4 Kxh6 (44... Rf4 45. Ne6 Re4 $2
46. Ng5+ Kxh6 47. Nxf3 gxf3 48. Rxf3 {and I don't see how Black can win this
endgame.} Kg5 49. Rf8 d4 50. Kc1 d3 51. Kd1 Re2 52. Rg8+ $11) 45. Kc2 Kg5 {
The king helps to march with f- and g-pawns, White can do nothing here.} 46.
Kd2 f2 47. Ne2 Rf3 48. Kc2 Kh4 49. Rh1+ (49. Nd4 Rf6 $19) 49... Rh3 50. Rf1 g3
51. Kd2 Kg4 {Carlsen resigned as the black king comes to f3 and g2. I am happy
about my play in the zeitnot part and in the middlegame around move 30-40 in
time scramble I was able to find all the best moves. I hope that this
tournament becomes traditional and I'm very thankful to both players and
organisers for the perfect tournament.} 0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2014.11.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Wen, Yang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Gormally,D"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 {Moiseenko has had
some success with this varation. Essentially these are less well explored
waters and by playing this way White avoids the vast reams of theory that have
built up around the main-line King's Indian.  The variation that is played in
the game in fact resembles more a Benoni than a King's Indian Defence.} c5 7.
d5 e6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 exd5 (9... g5 $5 {is a pretty reasonable alternative
for Black, this way he manages to corral the two bishops.} 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Qd2
Na6 ({more conventional development with} 11... exd5 12. Nxd5 Nc6 {is also
fine for Black.} 13. Nec3 Be6 14. Rb1 Kh8 15. a3 Nd4 16. b4 b6 {when Black
should be absolutely fine}) 12. O-O Nc7 13. f4 Nxg3 14. Nxg3 gxf4 15. Qxf4 Ne8
16. Nh5 Bd4+ 17. Kh1 Qg5 $1 18. Qxg5+ $6 hxg5 {Gave Black good chances in the
ending in Zhou,W (2606)-Ding,L (2710) China 2014}) 10. Nxd5 ({Moiseenko has
had some success with} 10. exd5 {which tends to lead to even sharper positions
than in our main game.} Nbd7 11. f4 g5 $5 {This may look risky and probably is,
But Black needs to act relatively quickly. White has a clear plan of castling,
followed by moves like Ng3-e4 and build up an attack on the kingside.} 12. Bg3
Ng4 {trying to immediately exploit the hole on e3} (12... Nh5 {is also not
without risk- Black ran into difficulties in a recent game after} 13. O-O gxf4
14. Bxf4 Ne5 15. Qd2 {White has a simple plan - target the kingside weaknesses!
} Nxf4 16. Nxf4 Bd7 17. Rae1 Qh4 18. Ne4 Nxd3 $2 19. Nxd3 {And Black was
already in trouble in Parligras,M (2574)-Cheparinov,I (2681) Tromsoe 2014}) 13.
O-O $1 {White simply ignores the threat and gets on with his development.} Ne3
14. Qd2 Nxf1 15. Rxf1 gxf4 $6 {This gives White a clear route to the black
kingside.} ({The quieter} 15... Qe7 {maintaining the bridgehead on g5, seemed
more sensible.}) 16. Bxf4 Ne5 17. Bxh6 {And White already had a big initiative
in return for a small material investment in Moiseenko,A (2699)-Bacrot,E (2714)
Tromsoe 2013}) (10. cxd5 $5 {is also perfectly playable.} a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12.
O-O Ne5 13. f4 {with a position that is very typical of the modern Benoni in
Moiseenko,A (2632)-Gajewski,G (2575) Polanica Zdroj 2008}) 10... Nc6 11. O-O {
Moiseenko's attempt to improve on an earlier game.} (11. Nec3 {Maintains the
grip on d5 and was his choice in another game against Bacrot, but this didn't
seem to get White any great advantage;} Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. Nxd5 ({I'm
surprised that White didn't play the natural} 13. cxd5 Nd4 14. f4 {with good
attacking prospects on the kingside.}) 13... g5 14. Bg3 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Ne5 16.
Be2 Ng6 17. Bg4 Re8 18. Qc2 Bd4 19. Rab1 b5 {When Black had a good grip on the
dark squares on the kingside combined with active play on the queenside in
Moiseenko,A (2699)-Bacrot,E (2714) Tromsoe 2013}) 11... g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 $6 {
Black isn't really worse after this, but in my opinion he misses an
opportunity to equalise completely:} ({He can play more vigorously with} 12...
Nxd5 $1 13. cxd5 (13. exd5 Nb4 $1 14. Nc3 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 f5 16. f4 Qb6 17. Rae1
Bd7 18. Re2 Rae8 {and Black is absolutely fine of course}) 13... Ne5 14. Bc2
Nc4 $1 15. b3 Na3 {when Black is fighting for the initiative.}) 13. Qd2 Be6 14.
Rae1 Ne5 ({It was also possible to await developments with} 14... Kh8 $5 {
not committing the knight just yet. In some variations it can go to d4 for
example. Basically the game revolves around the break f4 for White - sooner or
later to make any progress he will have to play that move.}) 15. b3 Bxd5 16.
exd5 f5 17. f4 {finally White carries out this advance just when Black was
threatening to play ...f4 himself.} ({Interesting play would have resulted
from the seemingly counter-intuitive exchange} 17. Bxe5 $1 Bxe5 18. Qc2 Qf6 19.
g3 f4 {Black's position looks threatening but in reality it is all dressed up
with nowhere to go. It is very difficult for him to generate any serious play.
The bishop on e5 is effectively blunted while by contrast White should have
long-term attacking chances on the kingside due to the weak light squares in
the Black position.} 20. Bg6 $1 (20. g4 $5 Ng7 21. f3 {with the idea of Kg2,
Rh1 and prepare h4 was also interesting}) 20... Ng7 21. gxf4 Bxf4 22. Nxf4 Qxf4
23. Re4 Qf3 24. Rfe1 {And White has complete control over the position - the
bishop on g6 is doing an admirable job of preventing a rook from reaching e8.}
Nf5 25. Bxf5 Qxf5 26. R1e2 $14) 17... Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Qf6 19. fxg5 hxg5 20. h3 f4
21. Bh2 Qh6 22. Nc3 g4 {sharpening the play, but this is risky for both sides.}
({Objectively speaking it would have been safer to "hold the fort" with
something like} 22... Be5 23. Ne4 Rae8 24. Qf3 Nf6 {when Black should be ok.})
23. Re6 Qh8 24. Nb5 $1 {Moiseenko is up to the challenge! It takes fine
judgement to appreciate that White generates enough attacking chances to more
than compensate for the loss of a piece.  In fact White risks nothing here -
it is Black who needs to be accurate.} g3 25. Nxd6 gxh2+ ({Delaying the
capture of the piece with} 25... Qh7 $5 {was also possible.} 26. Qf3 Bd4+ 27.
Kh1 gxh2 28. Qg4+ Kh8 29. Kxh2 {where White has good attacking chances in
return for the piece.}) 26. Kxh2 Ng3 27. Rfe1 b6 28. Rg6 Qh4 $2 {Up to this
point Black has pretty much held his own in a very sharp game, but now he
cracks completely. From a human perspective it's very hard to play with the
queen on h8. The moment you play it to such an ugly looking square, the
natural instinct is to constantly look for ways to re-active it as soon as
possible.} ({The machine doesn't operate with such aesthetic prejudices and
recommends} 28... Rf6 $1 29. Rxf6 (29. Re7 {looks rather scary and may have
been the reason why Yang rejected this variation.} {However} Rxg6 30. Qxg6 Qh6
$1 31. Qf7+ Kh8 {and the knight on g3 does a good job of preventing any brutal
excursion by his counterpart to the f5 square.} 32. Ne8 Bd4 $1 {And the
drawing motif with Nf1-g3 can hardly be prevented}) 29... Bxf6 30. Re6 Rf8 31.
Ne8 (31. Qf3 Qh4 {and no way forward seems obvious for White}) 31... Bd4 32. d6
Qh7 $1 33. Qxh7+ Kxh7 34. d7 Nf1+ $11 {with a pretty draw by perpetual check-
this would have been a fitting conclusion to the game.}) 29. Rg4 $1 $18 Qh7 30.
Qxh7+ Kxh7 31. Re7 Nh5 32. Rg5 {White's threats are now overwhelming.} Kh6 33.
h4 Bd4 34. Nf5+ Rxf5 35. Rxf5 Nf6 36. Rxf4 Rg8 37. Kh3 Nh5 38. Re6+ Kh7 39.
Rf7+ Ng7 40. h5 Rh8 41. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2014.12.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Van Kampen, Robin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 {Moiseenko is a big
expert of this line.} Nc6 ({Last year Moiseenko won a nice game in} 6... c5 7.
d5 e6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 exd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. f4 g5 12. Bg3 Ng4 13. O-O $5 Ne3
14. Qd2 Nxf1 15. Rxf1 gxf4 16. Bxf4 Ne5 17. Bxh6 $44 {with a strong
compensation for the exchange, later White managaed to win, Moiseenko-Bacrot,
Tromso 2013.}) 7. O-O e5 (7... Nh5 {is the another main line.}) 8. d5 Nd4 9.
Nxd4 exd4 10. Ne2 Nd7 11. Rb1 c5 12. f4 Re8 13. Ng3 Qh4 14. Qf3 {White comes
to the kingside very quickly.} a6 15. Bd2 $146 {Novelty by Moiseenko.} (15. a4
Nf6 16. h3 a5 $5 (16... b6 $6 {(Gonda-Pantelic, Senta 2009)} 17. e5 $1 dxe5 18.
fxe5 Rxe5 19. b4 $1 $36 {and White has a great initiative for the P.})) 15...
Rb8 16. a4 {Otherwise Black can play ...b5.} b6 17. Rbe1 Rb7 18. h3 a5 {
Not a pretty move, but with Black it is not easy to find any plans.} 19. Re2
Ra7 {Black only hold his position.} 20. b3 {White can improve his position,
because Black can't do anything.} Nf8 $2 {A mistake, which allows White's
dangerous reply.} ({In case of} 20... Rb7 {White can continue his regroup with}
21. Rfe1 $36 {and he tries to play for e5.}) 21. e5 $1 {Moiseenko immediately
find the strong break-through in the centre.} dxe5 (21... Qd8 22. Rfe1 $16) 22.
f5 $1 {This is the point of White's previous move!} gxf5 {An ugly move, but
Black's position is already difficult.} (22... Qd8 {could have been met by} 23.
f6 Bh8 24. Ne4 Bf5 25. g4 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Nd7 27. g5 $18 {followed by h4-h5, so
Black is hopeless.}) 23. Bxf5 $18 {White has development advantage and his
pieces are very active and powerful!} e4 {Black tries to complicate the
position, but it's already hopeless.} 24. Nxe4 (24. Bxe4 $1 $18 {was more
stronger.}) 24... Bxf5 25. Nf6+ $1 Qxf6 26. Rxe8 Bd7 27. Qxf6 Bxf6 28. Rxf8+
Kxf8 29. Rxf6 {The position simplified, Black looks survived, but he has many
weaknesses, White should be winning.} Rb7 30. Bh6+ Ke8 (30... Ke7 31. Bg5 Ke8
32. Kf2 $18 {is similar like the game.}) 31. Kf2 Bc8 32. Ke1 Bd7 33. Kd2 Bc8 {
Black simply can't play.} 34. Bg5 Bd7 35. g4 {White avoids ...Bf5, so he is
threatening to play Rh6.} Kf8 36. Rd6 f5 (36... Ke8 37. Rh6 $18) 37. Rf6+ Kg7
38. gxf5 h6 39. Rg6+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Bd3 (6. Nf3 d6 7. Be2 {
is the other plan.}) 6... e6 $5 (6... d6 {is more usual.}) 7. h3 {Preventing
Bg4 in the future.} (7. e5 {was played by Timman} Ne8 8. Nf3 d6 9. Bg5 Qc7 10.
Nb5 (10. exd6 Nxd6 $13) 10... Qd7 11. dxe6 Qxe6 $132 {1/2 (80) Timman,J (2607)
-Jobava,B (2710) Wijk aan Zee NED 2014}) (7. Nf3 {Jobava also had a game in
this line.} exd5 8. cxd5 d6 9. h3 Re8 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bf4 c4 12. Bc2 Nc5 13.
Re1 b5 $132 {0-1 (44) Riazantsev,A (2692)-Jobava,B (2713) Dubai UAE 2014}) 7...
exd5 8. exd5 {This is also typical: White aims for a slightly better position
with a symmetrical P structure.} a6 (8... Re8+ 9. Nge2 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 {
is the other line, when White usually plays} 11. f4 $14) 9. a4 {White prevents
b5.} (9. Nge2 {allows} b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Bxb5 Na6 $44) 9... a5 $146 {
A novelty, but it seems to be an inaccuracy, because White can place his N on
e2.} ({In a previous game Black played} 9... d6 10. Nf3 (10. Nge2 Nbd7 $1 $13)
10... Re8+ 11. Be3 a5 12. O-O Na6 13. Rc1 Nb4 14. Bb1 Bd7 15. Re1 Re7 16. Qd2
Qf8 $1 17. Bg5 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 h6 19. Bf4 $14 {1/2 (38) Rodshtein,M (2678)
-Ivanisevic,I (2623) St Petersburg RUS 2014}) 10. Nge2 {White has a very
pleasant position with a advantage in space.} Na6 11. Bg5 {White pins the
knight, which makes Black's position even worse.} (11. O-O {is also good} Nb4
12. Bb1 $14 (12. Bg5 $14) (12. Nb5 $14)) 11... Nb4 12. Bb1 {This move allows
Black to play...} (12. Nb5 $1 {was very strong} d6 13. O-O h6 14. Bf4 Ra6 15.
Bb1 $14) 12... b6 $1 {Black wants to attack the c4 P to provoke b3 so as to
weaken the long diagonal.} 13. O-O Ba6 14. Nb5 $1 (14. b3 h6 $15) 14... h6 $1
15. Bc1 $1 {I like this move. At the first sight it's more active to move the
B to h4, but after this move White has a strong plan in mind.} (15. Bh4 Bxb5
16. axb5 Qc7 {Black seems fine.}) 15... Bxb5 (15... Nh7 16. Ra3 $14) (15... Ne8
16. Ra3 Bxb5 17. axb5 {transposes to 15...Bxb5.}) 16. axb5 Ne8 (16... Re8 $5 {
seems to be the improvement} 17. Ra3 Ne4 18. Ng3 Nxg3 19. Rxg3 Qf6 $13) 17. Ra3
$1 Nd6 18. Rg3 (18. Nf4 Nxc4 19. Rg3 {leads to 18.Rg3.}) 18... Nxc4 $2 (18...
Re8 19. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 20. Rxg6 $36) (18... Qf6 19. Bd2 $1 $14 (19. Nf4 Qd4 $1
20. Qxd4 cxd4 $13)) 19. Nf4 $36 {White has a very good initiative.} Ne5 20. Nh5
Qh4 21. Nxg7 Kxg7 22. Re1 d6 23. Re4 Qd8 24. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 c6 {Jobava choses some sort of
mixture of King's Indian and Slav. But theory evaluates this balancing act as
very dangerous for Black himself!} 6. Be2 d5 7. e5 Ne4 8. O-O Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nd7
10. a4 ({An attack on the other side:} 10. cxd5 {seems to be equally strong:}
cxd5 11. h4 Nb6 12. h5 Bg4 13. Ng5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Qc8 15. e6 fxe6 16. hxg6 hxg6
17. Qg4 Rf6 18. Ba3 Qd7 19. Rae1 {Berg,K (2375)-Nunn,J (2575)/Germany 1984/
GER-chT (53) with a strong initiative.}) 10... Nb6 (10... dxc4 {is not the
best choice:} 11. Bxc4 Nb6 12. Be2 Nd5 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Qa3 a5 15. Bd2 Bf5 16.
Ra2 Qd8 17. Rb2 Bc8 18. Re1 {Jahnel,G (2329)-Gutman,L (2497)/Nuremberg 2008)
with a clear advantage.}) 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qb3 ({A possible way was} 12. Nd2
Be6 13. a5 Nc4 14. Nxc4 dxc4 15. Bf3 Bd5 16. Re1 b5 17. axb6 axb6 18. Rb1 e6
19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Qg4 Ra2 21. Bg5 {Buhmann,R (2569)-Moser,E (2436)/Austria
2014 with better play.}) 12... Qc7 13. Nd2 Be6 14. a5 Nd7 ({White would get a
better endgame after the logical} 14... Nc4 15. Nxc4 dxc4 16. Qb4 Bd5 17. Ba3
e6 18. Qc5) 15. c4 $6 (15. Ba3 {would be much safer.}) 15... Nxe5 $5 {Typical
Jobava, with his aim being to change radically the situation on the board.} 16.
cxd5 (16. dxe5 $2 {was obviously wrong:} Qxe5 $17 {with a1 and e2 currently
under attack.}) 16... Ng4 17. Qh3 $5 {Provoking Jobava into more sacrifices.} (
{Simple development with} 17. Nf3 {was very smart:} Bf5 18. Ba3 $13) 17... Bxd4
$2 ({Here the only correct way was} 17... Nxf2 $1 18. Qh4 Ng4 $1 (18... Bg4 $5)
19. dxe6 Bxd4+ 20. Kh1 Bxa1 21. Qxg4 f5 22. Qf3 {and the two pieces should
give White some advantage over the rook and two pawns.}) 18. dxe6 Nxf2 19. Rxf2
(19. Qh4 {would simply transpose to the variation given above, but White
choses a much stronger move.}) 19... fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21. Bb2 $1 ({This is
much stronger than the other possibility} 21. Nf3 Bxa1 22. Be3 $14) 21... Bxb2
22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Rf1 {White has kept an extra piece and continues his
strategy of chopping away at the remaining wood.} Rxf1+ 24. Nxf1 Qxa5 (24...
Qe5 {did not help:} 25. Qxe5+ Bxe5 26. Ne3 Bc3 27. Nc4) 25. Qxe7 Qf5 ({It was
better to try small tricks after} 25... Qb6+ 26. Kh1 Qf2) 26. Ne3 Qc8 27. Bg4 (
{A slightly simpler technical task would follow} 27. g3 Bg7 28. Kg2) 27... Qb8
28. Nd5 b5 29. Bd7 a6 30. g3 Bg7 31. Kg2 Qf8 32. Qe4 Qd6 33. Bc8 a5 34. Qe8+
Qf8 {It is a sad necessity to have to exchange queens, as any other defence is
simply losing.} (34... Bf8 35. Be6 b4 36. Qf7) 35. Qxf8+ Bxf8 36. Bd7 b4 37.
Ba4 Bd6 38. Kf3 Kg7 39. h3 h5 40. Bc2 g5 41. g4 hxg4+ 42. hxg4 Kf7 43. Ke4 Ke6
44. Bb3 Kd7 45. Ba4+ Ke6 46. Nb6 Bc7 47. Nc4 Bd8 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Nf3 e6 7. e5 {An attempt
to exploit Black's delaying of ...d7-d6.} (7. Be2 exd5 ({or} 7... d6) 8. cxd5
Re8 9. Nd2 d6 {leads to a usual Modern Benoni position.}) 7... Ng4 (7... Ne8 {
yields White a pleasant plus:} 8. h4 (8. Bg5 $5 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Be2 d6 11.
O-O exd5 12. Nxd5 Nbd7 13. Qd3 Nb6 14. Ne3 $14 {0-1 (42) Wagner,D (2569)
-Adhiban,B (2627) Biel 2015}) 8... d6 9. h5 dxe5 10. hxg6 fxg6 11. Ng5 Nf6 12.
Be3 exd5 13. cxd5 $36 Ng4 $6 14. d6 h6 15. Qd5+ Kh8 16. Nf7+ Rxf7 17. Qxf7 $18
{0-1 (35) Wagner,D (2575)-Khairullin,I (2652) Berlin 2015}) 8. Ng5 $1 {A
well-known tactical trick.} (8. Bf4 {is not dangerous:} exd5 9. Qxd5 (9. cxd5
Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Re8) 9... Nc6 {[%cal Rc6e5]} 10. Be2 Re8 11. Qxc5 Ngxe5 12. Nxe5
{1-0 (50) Toth,B (2470)-Hartoch,R (2395) Biel 1979} Nxe5 13. O-O d6 14. Qa3 Be6
$132) 8... Nxe5 9. f4 {Black's knight is trapped but the complications are not
over.} h6 (9... exd5 10. fxe5 d4 11. Nd5 Nc6 12. Nf3 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qh4+ 14. g3
Qe4+ 15. Qe2 Qxh1 16. Nf3 $16 {[%csl Rh1] 1-0 (35) Kramnik,V (2760)-Grischuk,A
(2795) Sochi 2014}) (9... f6 {saves the knight but allows White to launch a
strong attack:} 10. Nxh7 $1 (10. Nge4 $143 Nf7 11. Nxc5 Qe7 12. Be3 f5 13. Qd2
Bxc3 14. Qxc3 exd5 15. O-O-O b6 16. Nb3 Bb7 $13 {1-0 (37) Postny,E (2642)
-Chatalbashev,B (2516) Leiden 2015}) 10... Kxh7 11. fxe5 d6 (11... exd5 12. h4
$1) 12. h4 $1 exd5 13. h5 Qe8 14. hxg6+ Kg8 15. Qxd5+ (15. Nxd5 Nc6 16. Qh5
Qxe5+ 17. Be3 {1/2 (17) Perez Rodriguez,L (2466)-Ostos,J (2310) Havana 2011})
15... Be6 16. Qxb7 Nd7 (16... Nc6 $2 17. Bh6 Qxg6 18. Bxg7 Qxg7 19. Qxc6) 17.
Nd5 $16) 10. fxe5 (10. Nh3 $5 {Black gets three pawns for the knight but White
keeps an edge since his pieces remain active, e.g.} exd5 11. fxe5 d4 12. Nd5
Nc6 13. Be2 d6 14. exd6 Bxh3 15. gxh3 Qh4+ 16. Kf1 Qxh3+ 17. Kg1 Rae8 18. Bf1
Qe6 19. Bf4 Ne5 20. h4 Qxd6 21. Rh3 $14) 10... hxg5 11. h4 $1 {[%mdl 128]
White must start an attack making use of his lead in development.} gxh4 (11...
exd5 $5 12. Bxg5 Qe8 13. Qxd5 Qxe5+ 14. Kd2 {although White keeps a strong
initiative for the sacrificed pawn.}) 12. Qg4 Bxe5 13. Ne4 $1 exd5 $6 (13...
Kg7 $5 14. Bg5 f5 15. Qxh4 Rh8 16. Bxd8 Rxh4 17. Rxh4 fxe4 {with good drawing
chances. After the text move White obtains a strong attack.}) 14. Bg5 f6 (14...
Qa5+ $2 15. Kd1 $1) 15. Qxh4 Kf7 16. cxd5 Ke8 (16... fxg5 17. Qh7+ Ke8 18.
Qxg6+ Rf7 19. Rh7 $40) 17. Qh7 (17. Bf4 $5) 17... Qe7 18. Qxg6+ Qf7 (18... Kd8
19. d6 $1 Qe8 (19... Bxd6 20. Bh6) (19... Qe6 20. Bc4 $1 Qxc4 $140 21. Bxf6+
Bxf6 22. Qxf6+ Rxf6 23. Rh8+) 20. Qh6 fxg5 21. Be2 $40 {[%cal Re2h5]}) 19. Qf5
$1 Bg3+ 20. Nxg3 fxg5 21. Qxf7+ Kxf7 22. O-O-O $16 {[%csl Rf7] /+- Despite the
exchange of queens, Black's king is in deep trouble. Such positions can hardly
be defended over the board. White wins without major problems.} d6 23. Ne4 Nd7
24. Nxd6+ Ke7 25. Ne4 b6 26. d6+ Kd8 27. Nxg5 Nf6 28. d7 Bxd7 29. Ne6+ Ke7 30.
Nxf8 Rxf8 31. Bc4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 {This is one of the more
positional setups against the KID. The specialists of the Bd3 system are GMs
Seirawan, Malakhov and Moiseenko.} O-O 6. Nge2 Nbd7 7. Bc2 a6 8. a4 e5 9. O-O
$5 $146 {Fedoseev wants to keep the central tension and welcomes a
transformation of the game into exd4 lines of the KID.} ({Everyone else here
fixed the centre with} 9. d5 a5 {which gives Black control of the dark squares
and a clear plan of action.} 10. h3 {for more details see Hazai's annotated
games in Megabase.} (10. Ng3)) 9... exd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 (10... Nc5 {does not
make much sense as e4 is sufficiently protected, thanks to the white bishop on
c2.}) 11. b3 Nc6 12. Nde2 $1 {I like this principled move. Fedoseev not only
avoids tricks along the a1-h8 diagonal but keeps pieces on the board due to
his space advantage.} (12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Bg4 $1 15. f3 (15. Qd2
Nxe4 {or}) (15. Qd3 Nb4 16. Qd2 Nh5 {with good play.}) 15... Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Nh5
{Black gains the bishop pair and a comfortable game.} 17. Qd3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Bh5
$1 {[%cal Gh5g6,Gg7a1,Gg6c2,Gf7f5]}) 12... Nd7 13. Be3 Nb4 14. Qd2 {White
doesn't mind giving up the c2-bishop because Black's knight is more active
anyway.} Ne5 ({If Black plays the typical move} 14... a5 {White continues
normally with} 15. Rad1 b6 {[%cal Gd7c5]} 16. Nd5 Nxc2 (16... Nxd5 $2 17. cxd5
{[%csl Rc6,Rc7]} Ba6 18. Rfe1 Nc5 19. Nd4 Qd7 20. f3 $14) 17. Qxc2 Nc5 18. Bd4
Bd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. f3 $14 {sure Black is solid but it's once again much
better to play White due to his space advantage and better placed pieces.}) 15.
Rad1 Nxc2 {What else to do? Sadly for Saric, it's difficult to find a plan for
Black.} 16. Qxc2 b6 {preventing the c4-c5 pawn lever.} ({Opening up the game
right away doesn't work due to his badly placed pieces:} 16... f5 {[%csl Ra8,
Gc2,Gc3,Rc8,Gd1,Rd8,Ge2,Ge3,Rg8]} 17. c5 $1 $16) 17. Qd2 $16 {There is more
than one way or move order to improve White's position. The key is to
gradually move the pieces forward and towards the centre.} (17. Nd5 Bb7 18. Bd4
$16 {[%cal Gf2f4]}) 17... Bb7 18. Nd5 Qd7 19. Bd4 f5 $2 {this makes White's
task easier as it only creates more weaknesses.} ({Maybe it's better to go
"trench warfare" with} 19... f6 $5 20. f4 Nc6 21. Bc3 Rae8 22. f5 $1 {[%csl
Re6] if White doesn't go for this Black will simply wait and be like a rock!}
g5 {[%csl Gd4,Re6,Gf4][%cal Gc6d4,Gg5f4,Ge2d4,Ge2f4]} (22... Ne5 23. Nd4 $16)
23. h4 h6 $14 {While White is still better, there is no clear way for him to
break through, at least not yet.}) 20. f4 Ng4 (20... Nc6 21. Bxg7 Qxg7 22. exf5
gxf5 (22... Rxf5 23. Ng3 Rff8 24. f5 $40 {[%cal Gf5f6]}) 23. Rf3 $1 Kh8 24. Rg3
Qf7 25. Qc3+ $18) 21. h3 {is the simplest way to increase the advantage.} ({
Another way to do it but requiring more accuracy is} 21. Bxg7 Qxg7 22. Nd4 Rae8
23. exf5 gxf5 24. Rfe1 $1 {[%csl Re6,Re7,Rf5]} ({When I spent time solving
this position on a real board, I came up with:} 24. Rf3 Qf7 (24... Kh8 25. Rg3
{[%cal Rh2h3]}) ({But the engine points out the surprising defence} 24... c6 $1
25. Nc3 $4 (25. Ne3 Rxe3 26. Rxe3 Nxe3 27. Qxe3 c5 28. Nf3 Rf6 {and Black
holds.}) 25... c5) 25. h3 Nh6 26. Rg3+ Kh8 27. Qc3 $18) 24... Bc8 (24... c6 25.
Nxf5 $1 $18) 25. Qd3 $16) 21... Nh6 (21... Nf6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. e5 $1 (23.
Nxf6+ Rxf6 24. e5 Re6 {isn't so clear.}) 23... Bd8 (23... Bg7 24. e6 $16) 24.
Nec3 $16 {[%cal Gf1e1,Ge5e6]}) 22. Bxg7 Qxg7 23. Qd4 $1 {[%csl Rc7]} ({Another
strong way to continue is using a small tactic} 23. e5 $1 dxe5 (23... Bxd5 24.
Qxd5+ Kh8 25. exd6 $18) 24. fxe5 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Rd2h6]} Qxe5 (24... Kh8 25.
Nef4) (24... Bxd5 25. Qxd5+ Kh8 26. Nf4 $16) 25. Qxh6 Qxe2 26. Rde1 $18 {
[%cal Ge1e7,Ge7h7]}) 23... Rae8 (23... Qxd4+ 24. Nxd4 Rf7 25. e5 $16 {[%csl
Rb7,Rh6] With an almost winning ending due to Black's bad pieces, weaknesses
and a strong passed e-pawn.}) ({I think the best defence from a practical
point of view is} 23... Bxd5 $5 {obliging White to make a decision.} 24. cxd5
$2 {is tempting but allows Black to obtain counterplay} (24. Qxd5+ Qf7 25. e5
Rae8 $14) (24. exd5 $1 Rae8 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Nd4 Kf6 27. Ne6 Rf7 28. Rfe1 $16
{White is clearly better but Black at least has chances to hang in there and
stay tough!}) 24... Rfe8 $132) 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. Nxc7 $16 Re7 {Black decides
not to go into forcing play, but it also doesn't help as he's merely a pawn
down for nothing.} (25... Rxe4 26. Nc3 Re3 27. Rxd6 Rxc3 28. Ne6+ Kg8 29. Nxf8
Kxf8 30. Rxb6 Be4 31. Rd1 $18 {is also too much for Black to handle e.g.} Ke7
32. Rxa6 Rxb3 33. Ra7+ Ke6 34. Rdd7) 26. Nd4 $1 (26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Rxe4 28.
Nc3 Re3 29. Rc1 Nf7 $16) 26... Kf7 27. Nd5 Rxe4 (27... Bxd5 28. exd5 $18) 28.
Nxb6 $18 {the rest consists of natural moves that exploit White's pawn
advantage on the queenside.} Re3 29. b4 Rfe8 30. c5 dxc5 31. bxc5 Kg8 32. c6
Bc8 33. Nd5 {A very well-controlled game by Vladimir Fedoseev, reminiscent of
the play of Tigran V. Petrosian!} 1-0

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 5th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2018.04.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nge2 {This is also a main line, but
not so popular as 5.Nf3, 5.f3 or 5.Be2. White's plan is Ng3, Be2 followed by
h4-h5 and tries to create some attack on the kingside.} O-O 6. Ng3 e5 7. d5 a5
8. Be2 Na6 9. h4 h5 {It is important to stop, otherwise after h5 White has
strong pressure on the kingside.} 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. Qd2 Kh7 {Black prepares for .
..Ng8 followed by ...f6, ...Bh6.} ({Four years ago there was a top game for} 
11... Nc5 {,} 12. O-O-O Ng4 13. Bxg4 Bxg4 14. f3 Bd7 15. Be3 b6 16. Kb1 Kh7 17.
Qc2 a4 18. Nge2 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Rh3 Kh8 21. f4 Ne4 $132 {Carlsen-Radjabov,
Shamkir 2014, with a complicated position.}) 12. f3 Ng8 13. Nb5 $1 $146 {
A nice novelty by Aronian. White is threatening Qxa5.} (13. O-O-O a4 (13... Bd7
$5) 14. Rdg1 f6 15. Be3 Bd7 $13 {with an unclear middlegame.} (15... f5 $2 {
was too dangerous for Black,} 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Nxh5 $1 {Great piece sacrifice!
} Qxh5 18. g4 Qe8 19. h5 a3 20. g5 $16 {Kantor-Nitin, Budapest 2017, with a
strong attack.})) 13... b6 14. a3 Bd7 ({If Black gains some space with} 14...
a4 $6 {, White plays} 15. Bd1 $1 $16 {and Black can't protect his pawn.}) 15.
b4 $1 {Good move, the a6-knight is completely out of play.} f6 16. Be3 f5 $6 {
Black is playing a typical King's Indian plan, but now this is an inaccuracy.}
(16... Bh6 {was better to exchange the dark-squared bishops.}) 17. exf5 $1 gxf5
18. Bg5 {The g5-square is a great place for the bishop. Black has a weakness
on h5 and it is not clear how can he activate his pieces.} e4 $6 {Black tries
to play actively, but this only helps White.} ({The engine suggests the ugly} 
18... f4 19. Ne4 Nf6 {, but after} 20. Nbc3 $14 {White's position is more
promising.}) 19. Rb1 exf3 20. gxf3 axb4 21. axb4 Bxb5 ({Black didn't want to
stand with} 21... Kh8 {, because after} 22. Rg1 $16 ({or} 22. Kf2 $16 {White
is clearly better.})) 22. cxb5 Nb8 23. O-O Nd7 24. Rbc1 {The c7-pawn is also a
potential weakness.} Ra7 25. Bd3 $1 $18 {White activates his pieces, Black's
position has too many weaknesses.} Qe5 (25... Qg6 26. f4 $18 {looks also
hopeless for Black. White's plan is Rfe1-e6.}) 26. Nxh5 Qxd5 27. Nf4 Qb3 28.
Bc4 $1 {Another strong reply!} Qb2 29. Rc2 Qd4+ 30. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 31. Kg2 Be5 32.
Ne6 Rc8 33. Nd8 $1 {A smart reaction, White will put his N on c6.} d5 34. Nc6
Ra3 35. Bxd5 {and Black resigned. Nice game by Aronian!} 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 19th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2018.05.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. Ng3 e5 7. d5 h5 {This is
a typical move in the King's Indian, when the white N is on g3.} (7... a5 {
is the most popular move.}) 8. Be2 (8. Bg5 {is a more common continuation.})
8... h4 9. Nf1 Nh7 {Black prepares for ...f5.} 10. h3 f5 $146 {A novelty by
Kovalev. This is the most straightforward continuation.} (10... Nd7 11. Nh2 f5
12. Be3 Ndf6 13. Bd3 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nh5 {1/2 Narciso Dublan-Moreno Carnero,
Barcelona 2000; and draw.}) 11. Nh2 a5 {Black keeps the tension and plays the
natural ...a5, ...Na6 plans.} 12. O-O Na6 13. exf5 {White didn't have any
useful move, so he starts to do something.} gxf5 14. f4 e4 15. Be3 Bd7 16. Kh1
Kh8 {Black prepares for ...Rg8 and creates some pressure on the g-file.} 17.
Rg1 Rg8 18. Nf1 Qe7 19. Kh2 {The K is better on h2, because sometimes he can
play for g4 and the h3-P is protected.} c5 $5 {An interesting move to change
the structure a bit.} (19... Nc5 {is more natural for me.}) 20. dxc6 {Actually
this is a forcing move, otherwise White can't do anything on the queenside.}
bxc6 21. Qd2 Nc7 (21... Be6 $5 {was another interesting option.}) 22. Rd1 d5 (
22... Bf8 $6 {could have been met by} 23. g4 $1 hxg3+ 24. Nxg3 $16 {and
suddenly White is better on the kingside too.}) 23. g4 $1 {The most ambitious
reply.} ({In the event of} 23. cxd5 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. Qxd5 Be6 $132 {
and Black has great counterplay for the P.}) 23... Rad8 (23... fxg4 24. Bxg4 $1
{is more promising for White.}) ({or} 23... hxg3+ $5 24. Nxg3 Qh4 25. Nh5 $1 {
The correct reply!} ({, but the greedy} 25. cxd5 $6 {could have been met by}
Ng5 $3 {What a strong tactical blow!} 26. fxg5 f4 27. Bf1 Be5 $1 {Again a
strong move!} (27... fxg3+ 28. Rxg3 Be5 29. Ne2 $14 {and White is safe.}) 28.
Bxf4 Bxf4 29. Qd4+ Rg7 30. Nce2 cxd5 $13 {with a double-edged fight.}) 25...
Nf6 26. Nxf6 Bxf6 27. cxd5 Rad8 28. d6 Be6 29. Rxg8+ Rxg8 30. Rg1 $14 {and
White's chances are slightly better.}) 24. cxd5 (24. Bb6 $1 $36 {was more
accurate and Black is in some unpleasant pins.}) 24... cxd5 (24... Nxd5 $1 25.
Nxd5 cxd5 26. Bd4 Qd6 $13) 25. Bd4 Qd6 26. Kh1 $6 {A logical move to avoid the
pin, but this is an inaccuracy now.} (26. gxf5 {was stronger,} Bxf5 27. Bxg7+
Rxg7 28. Rxg7 Kxg7 29. Qd4+ Nf6 30. Qf2 d4 31. Ne3 $1 $16 {and White looks
nicely placed.}) 26... Ne6 $6 {A dubious move in reply.} (26... fxg4 $1 {
was correct,} 27. Bxg7+ Rxg7 28. Bxg4 (28. hxg4 $2 {does not work, because of}
e3 $1 $17 {and White is in the ...d4 folk.}) 28... Nf6 (28... Bxg4 $6 {is
dubious now, as} 29. hxg4 e3 $2 30. Nxe3 d4 31. Nf5 $18 {This is the point,
and Black is in trouble.}) 29. Ne3 Qxf4 30. Rdf1 Qe5 $13 {with a complicated
position.}) 27. Bxg7+ Rxg7 28. Qxd5 $2 {This is already a mistake after which
the position is changing.} (28. Nxd5 {was important,} Bc6 29. gxf5 e3 30. Nfxe3
Qxf4 31. Rxg7 Nxg7 32. Bf1 $14 {followed by Bg2 and finally and White is safe.}
) 28... Qxf4 29. Nh2 (29. Qxa5 e3 $40 {and Black has strong pressure.}) 29...
e3 $2 {An error in reply!} (29... Nhg5 $1 30. Rgf1 (30. Rdf1 $6 Qc7 $19 {
followed by ...Bc6 and White has no hope.}) 30... Qg3 $17 {with a strong
attack on the kingside.}) 30. gxf5 Nf6 (30... Rxg1+ $1 {was more precise,} 31.
Rxg1 (31. Kxg1 $6 Nhg5 $40) 31... Nf6 32. Qf3 {and transposes to the text move,
but Black avoids the 32.Kxg1!.}) 31. Qf3 Rxg1+ 32. Rxg1 (32. Kxg1 $1 {Of
course the continuation of the game is more human.} Ng5 33. Qxf4 Nxh3+ 34. Kf1
Nxf4 35. Rd4 $14 {and White has a slightly better endgame.}) 32... Qxf3+ 33.
Nxf3 Nf4 34. Ne5 $6 ({Still} 34. Nxh4 {was OK for White,} Nxe2 35. Nxe2 Bc6+
36. Kh2 Rd2 37. Re1 Bb5 38. Ng6+ Kg7 39. Ngf4 {and White can hold his position.
}) 34... Kh7 35. Bg4 Bc8 $1 {A nice move to open the diagonal of the R, which
can penetrate on d2; moreover the B can give an unpleasant check on b7.} 36.
Re1 Nxg4 37. Nxg4 (37. hxg4 $2 {loses immediately, because of} Bb7+ 38. Kg1 Rd2
$19 {and Black is winning.}) 37... Bb7+ 38. Kg1 Nxh3+ 39. Kf1 Ba6+ $6 {
Inaccuary, because White gets some air.} (39... Rd4 $1 {was more precise,} 40.
Nxe3 Rf4+ 41. Ke2 Rf2+ 42. Kd3 Nf4+ $17 {and the h-P will be very dangerous.})
40. Kg2 Ng5 41. Rxe3 Rd2+ 42. Kg1 Rxb2 43. Nd5 $1 {The best move with White,
now all of his pieces are attacking against the black K.} Rb1+ 44. Kh2 Rb2+ 45.
Kg1 Bb7 46. Ngf6+ $2 {The last mistake.} (46. Re7+ $1 {could reach the draw,}
Kg8 47. Ngf6+ Kh8 (47... Kf8 $2 48. Nd7+ Kg8 49. N5f6+ Kh8 50. Ne5 $18) 48.
Re8+ Kg7 49. Rg8+ Kf7 50. Rxg5 {and White can't lose.}) 46... Kh6 $1 {The
black K escapes.} 47. Ng4+ Kg7 48. f6+ Kf8 49. Nf4 h3 50. Ng6+ (50. Nxh3 Nf3+
$19 {is also hopeless for White.}) 50... Kg8 51. N6e5 Rxa2 52. Rd3 Rg2+ 0-1

