[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Kramnik Boensch Bulletin} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6
6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5
dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bxf6 $2 {I watched this move being played with some
curiosity but it falls short} gxf6 15. Bd5 (15. Nd5 $10 {Boensch} Bxd5 (15...
exd5 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Qxf6 dxc4 18. Rd4 h5 19. Rhd1 Rae8 (19... Rfe8 20. Rf4
$18) 20. Rd5 $10 {(Schwarz,R) Sizilianisch IV}) 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Qxf6 Bxc4 18.
Rd4 Be2 19. Re4 Bh5 20. Re5 Qxa2 21. Rxh5 Rfd8 (21... Qa1+ 22. Kd2 Rfd8+ 23.
Kc3 $1 Qxh1 24. Rg5+ Kf8 25. Rg7 Rac8+ (25... Qe1+ 26. Kb3) 26. Kb3 Rd7 27. Qg5
Rd3+ $10) 22. Qg5+ Kf8 23. Qc5+ Ke8 24. Qa3 $10 {Marciano,D-Gschnitzer,O
Wildbad (01) 1990 1/4 48}) 15... f5 $1 {Simple and best} (15... fxe5 $2 16.
Qxe5 {Boensch} h6 17. h4 $1 exd5 18. Qxe7 $16 (18. Rd3 $2 Rfe8 $13)) (15... Kh8
{Kramnik} 16. Bxc6 (16. exf6 Bc5 17. Qg4 Rg8) 16... bxc6 (16... fxe5 17. Qa4)
17. exf6 Qg5+ 18. Qd2 Bxf6 19. Ne4 Qxd2+ 20. Rxd2) (15... Qb6 {Kramnik} 16.
Bxc6 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 bxc6 (17... fxe5 18. Rg4+) 18. Rd7 $14) 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. g4
Bg5+ $1 {Black can try for more} (17... Rad8 18. Qf4 (18. Qe3 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1
fxg4 20. Rg1 h5 $1) 18... Qxc3 19. Rxd8 (19. gxf5 {Boensch} Qb4 20. Qg3+ Kh8
21. f6 Rg8 22. fxe7 Qxe7 $10) (19. bxc3 Ba3+ 20. Kb1 Rb8+ $10 (20... Rb8+ {
Kramnik} 21. Ka1 Bb2+ 22. Kb1 Ba3+ $10)) (19. gxf5 $5) 19... Rxd8 20. bxc3 Ba3+
21. Kb1 Rb8+ 22. Ka1 Bb2+ 23. Kb1 Ba3+ $10) (17... Rab8 {Kramnik} 18. gxf5 Ba3
19. Na4) 18. Kb1 Rad8 (18... Rab8 {Kramnik} 19. gxf5 Rb4 20. Qg1 (20. Qd3)
20... Rxb2+ 21. Ka1 h6 $17) 19. Qc4 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Qxe5 21. gxf5 exf5 {Not bad
but I prefer 21...Qxf5} (21... Qxf5 {Boensch} 22. Qxc6 Bf6 23. Ne4 Bg7 24. c3
$15) 22. Qxc6 (22. Rg1 {Boensch} Qe3 $17) 22... Rb8 (22... Qxh2 {Boensch} 23.
Qc5 Rd8 $15) 23. Qg2 (23. a3 {Kramnik} Bf6 (23... h6) 24. Rd5 Qe1+ (24... Qxc3
25. Rd8+ Kg7 26. Qg2+ Kh6 27. Rxb8 $18) 25. Rd1 (25. Ka2 Qe6) 25... Rxb2+ (
25... Qe5 26. Rd5) 26. Kxb2 Bxc3+ 27. Kc1 Bb2+ 28. Kxb2 Qxd1 29. Qc8+ Kg7 30.
Qxf5 $10) 23... h6 24. Ka1 (24. a3 $1 {Boensch} Kh8 25. Ka2 $10) (24. h4 {
Kramnik} Qxc3 25. b3 (25. Rd8+ Kg7) 25... Qf6 (25... Qe3) 26. Rg1 (26. hxg5
hxg5) 26... Kg7 27. hxg5 hxg5 28. Qxg5+ Qxg5 29. Rxg5+ Kf6 $15) 24... Kh8 (
24... Kh7 {Kramnik}) 25. a3 f4 (25... Bf6 $1 $15 {/\ Bg7.}) 26. Qh3 Qf6 27. Rd3
$1 (27. Qf3 {Kramnik} Qb6 28. Na4 Qe3) 27... Qb6 28. b3 (28. Nd1 {Kramnik} Rd8
$6) 28... Re8 29. Nd5 (29. Kb2 $1) 29... Qg1+ (29... Qc5 {Boensch} 30. Kb2 (30.
Kb1 {Kramnik} Re2 31. Nc3 Re3) 30... Re2 31. Nc3 Re3 $19) 30. Ka2 (30. Kb2 {
Boensch} Re1 31. Qf5 $13) 30... Kg7 (30... Qc1 31. Rc3 Kg7 (31... Re1 {Kramnik}
32. Rc8+ Kg7 (32... Kh7 33. Qd3+) 33. Qc3+)) 31. b4 (31. Rd2 {Kramnik} f3)
31... Qc1 (31... Re2 $17 {Boensch}) 32. Rc3 (32. Qg2 $1 Re1 (32... Rc8 {Boensch
} 33. c3 $10) 33. Kb3 {Kramnik} Rg1 34. Qe4 $5) 32... Re1 (32... Re2 {Boensch}
33. Qf5 $16) 33. Kb3 Re5 (33... Qb1+ {Kramnik} 34. Ka4) 34. Qd3 (34. Qf3 $5 Qd2
35. Rd3 Qxh2 36. c4 $13) (34. Qg2 $5 {Boensch}) 34... Qb1+ 35. Ka4 (35. Kc4 $13
{Boensch}) 35... Qh1 36. Rc5 (36. Nc7 {Kramnik} Re3 37. Qd4+ Bf6) 36... Qe4 $1
(36... Qxh2 37. Qd4) 37. Qc3 $2 (37. Nc3 $2 Qxd3 38. cxd3 Re3 $17) (37. Qxe4 $1
Rxe4 38. Rc3 {Boensch} Re5 39. Rd3 f3 40. c4 f2 41. Rf3 Bh4 $19) (37. Qd1 $1 {
Boensch /\ Nc3}) (37. h4 {Kramnik} Qxd3 38. cxd3 f3 39. hxg5 hxg5 $17) 37... f3
$1 $19 (37... Kh7 {Kramnik} 38. Qb3 $1 f3 39. Nc3 Qf4 40. Rxe5 f2 41. Ne2) 38.
Nb6 (38. Ne3 {Boensch} Bf6 39. Rxe5 Bxe5 40. Qd3 Qxd3 41. cxd3 Bxh2 $19) (38.
h4 {Kramnik} f2 39. hxg5 f1=Q 40. gxh6+ Kh7) (38. Rc4 {Kramnik} Qxd5 39. Rc5
Qd7+ 40. b5 Qg4+ 41. Kb3 f6 $19) 38... Bf6 39. Nd7 Rf5 40. Qd2 (40. Nxf6 {
Boensch} Rxf6 41. Rc4 Qf5 {Kramnik} 42. Qe1 f2 43. Qf1 Qg6 44. Rc3 Qg1 45. Rg3+
Rg6) (40. Qb3 {Kramnik} Rxc5 41. Nxc5 Qc6+ $19) 40... f2 41. Qd6 f1=Q $1 42.
Qf8+ Kg6 43. Qg8+ Bg7 44. Nf8+ Kh5 45. Qxf7+ Kh4 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Friso and I have played one game - a chaotic encounter in Wijk aan Zee
1990. Long time no see!} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 {
I had had enough of the Najdorf and decided to go with the Rauser for this
game.} 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 {The
Classical Rauser, the most solid of the many subsytems in my opinion.} 11. Kb1
{The main line is 11.Bc4, but this leads to a rather boring ending and Friso
is not that kind of a guy!} h6 12. h4 Rd8 13. Be2 (13. Bd3 Bd7 {Shirov and I
transposed into this position and as you can see from the game, the resource
Rxd3 saved Black.} 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Bc6 16. Qf4 Nh5 17. Qg4 Rxd3 $1 (17...
hxg5 $2 {Wrong order} 18. Qxh5 Rxd3 19. hxg5 $1 $18) 18. Rxd3 hxg5 19. Qxh5
gxh4 (19... g6 $1 $15 {Topalov and Kramnik felt afterwards that Black was even
better.}) 20. Rd4 g6 21. Rg4 Qc5 $1 {Keeping an eye on g1} (21... Bf6 $2 22.
Rxg6+ fxg6 23. Qxg6+ Bg7 24. Qxe6+ $18) 22. Rf1 Bf6 {Now that White doesn't
have Rh4 later.} 23. Rxg6+ fxg6 24. Qxg6+ Bg7 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Anand,V 6th
Amber Rapid 1997}) 13... Bd7 $1 {The key differences (after 13.Be2) are that
Black can't eliminate the bishop with an exchange sacrifice and that the h5
square is covered (Nf6-h5, a typical resource in this position, in not
possible). I spent some time checking this move - in my opinion, a7-a6 is too
slow in this position and Bd7 is desirable and necessary - and finally found a
way to make it work for Black.} (13... a6 $6) 14. Qe3 (14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Bc6
16. Qf4 (16. Qe3 Rxd1+ 17. Bxd1 hxg5 18. hxg5 Bxg2 $1 $17 {Taking away the h3
square after which White can't double on the h-file.}) 16... Rxd1+ 17. Bxd1 Qb4
$1 {The only move. Otherwise Black is just worse (at best!).} (17... hxg5 18.
hxg5 Nd5 19. Qh2 Nxc3+ 20. bxc3 $18) (17... Nd5 18. Nxd5 Bxg5 (18... Bxd5 19.
Bxe7 Qxa2+ 20. Kc1 $18) 19. hxg5 Bxd5 20. a3 $16) 18. Qg3 (18. exf6 hxg5 $1 19.
Qh2 Bd6 $17) (18. Qh2 Nd7 {One point of Qb4 - the bishop on e7 is protected.})
18... hxg5 19. hxg5 (19. exf6 Bxf6 20. hxg5 Bxc3 $19) 19... Nh7 20. Qh2 (20.
Rh4 Qc5 21. Qh2 Bxg5 22. Rxh7 Bh6) 20... Be4 $17 {Another point of Qb4}) 14...
Rac8 $1 {Now Black is harmoniously developed - an exchange sacrifice is
threatened.} 15. e5 $2 (15. g4 Rxc3 16. bxc3 Rc8 $44) 15... dxe5 16. fxe5 hxg5
(16... Rxc3 17. Qxc3 $1 Qxc3 18. bxc3 hxg5 19. exf6 {Black would have ~/=, but
in the game he is just winning.}) 17. hxg5 (17. exf6 Bxf6 18. hxg5 Rxc3 $1)
17... Rxc3 $1 18. Bd3 (18. bxc3 Nd5 19. Rxd5 (19. Qh3 Nxc3+ 20. Kc1 Nxe2+ $19)
19... exd5 $19) (18. Qf4 Ba4 $1 (18... Rxc2 19. gxf6 Rxb2+ (19... Rdc8 20. fxe7
Rxb2+ $11) 20. Kxb2 Ba3+ 21. Kb3 Rc8 {Fritzy}) (18... Qa4 19. Qh2 Qxc2+ 20. Ka1
Nh7 21. Bd3 Qxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rxd3 23. Rh1 Rd1+ $1 24. Rxd1 Bc6 $17) 19. gxf6 (19.
Rxd8+ Bxd8) (19. bxc3 Bxc2+ $1 $19) 19... Bxc2+ 20. Ka1 Ra3 $1 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8
22. Bc4 Rxa2+ 23. Bxa2 Bb3 $19) (18. Qf2 Rxc2 $1 19. gxf6 (19. Kxc2 Qxa2 $1 $19
) 19... Rxb2+ 20. Kxb2 Ba3+ $19) 18... Rxd3 $8 {The kamikaze rook!} 19. cxd3 (
19. Rxd3 {Now the first rank is weak, so...} Nh5 20. Rxh5 Bc6 $19 {Due to Qe1,
White can't play Qh3}) 19... Ng4 20. Qh3 (20. Qg3 Qxe5 21. Qxg4 Qxg5 $19) 20...
Nh6 21. gxh6 Qxe5 22. Rde1 Qg5 23. hxg7 Qxg7 $19 24. Re3 Bg5 $2 {A silly error.
I saw 24...e5, but thought it didn't make a difference.} (24... e5 $1 {After
the game I said that 24...e5 would have been easier. Friso simply answered: "
after e5, I was going to resign!"} 25. Qh2 (25. Qh5 Bf6 $1) 25... Bf5 $19) 25.
Rg3 f6 26. Qg4 $1 $17 {Suddenly White is back in the game! Black is still
winning, but he has to be very careful.} Kf7 $1 {The king is actually safer on
g6} 27. Qd4 (27. Rgh3 e5 28. Qc4+ Be6) 27... Qg8 $1 28. Qe4 (28. Qxa7 Bc6 $17)
(28. Rgh3 e5 29. Rh7+ Kg6) 28... Bc6 29. Rh7+ Ke8 30. Qh4 Qg6 31. Qh3 Rd6 $1 {
/\ Kd8-c8} 32. a3 Kd8 33. Ka1 Qf5 34. Qh1 $8 Bd7 35. d4 Rc6 36. Qh2 e5 {
The threat of Rc1 isn't going anywhere. Friso resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Linares m"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 {
After the fifth game I felt like a change} 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5
11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2 Nd7 15. Nd5 Qc5 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.
Rhe1 Rfd8 18. Qg4 Nf8 19. Bd3 Rxd3 20. cxd3 Qd7 21. Kb1 $1 {Ivanchuk played
this natural move quickly and I was surprised that this move  ahdn't been
tried before} Qxd3+ 22. Ka1 Qf5 23. Qg3 Ng6 24. Bc3 h6 (24... h5 25. Rf1 Qg4
26. Qf2 Rf8 27. g3 $14) 25. Rf1 Qe4 26. Rd2 Bd5 (26... a5 27. Rdf2 Be8) 27. b3
Rc8 28. Kb2 a6 29. Rdf2 Rc7 30. Re1 Qh4 31. Qxh4 Nxh4 32. Rd1 $1 Ng6 33. g3 Ne7
34. Rd4 Nc6 35. Rdf4 Rd7 36. h4 h5 $2 (36... g6 $10 {Black just waits. When
White plays b4 and a4 Black plays b5. Though he has an unpleasant task ahead
of him he should be able to draw}) 37. g4 hxg4 $4 (37... Ne7 $1 38. gxh5 (38.
Rxf7 hxg4 39. Bb4 g3 40. Rf8+ Kh7 41. R2f7 g2 42. Bc5 Rc7 43. Bg1 Be4 $132)
38... Nf5 $14) 38. Rxg4 $18 Ne7 39. h5 Bc6 (39... Nf5 40. Rxf5 exf5 41. Rxg7+
$18) 40. h6 Ng6 41. hxg7 (41. Rxg6 $2 fxg6 42. Rf8+ Kh7 $1 $17) 41... Kxg7 42.
Bb4 Bd5 43. Bd6 b6 44. a4 b5 45. a5 f5 46. exf6+ Kf7 47. Be7 $1 e5 48. Rh2 Nxe7
49. fxe7 Kxe7 50. Rg6 e4 51. Rxa6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch m1-2"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.05.26"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Gofshtein,L} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. Bb3 Bc6 13. Rhe1
Rfe8 (13... Rad8 {Gofshtein,L} 14. Kb1 h6 15. Bh4 e5 16. Qf2 exf4 17. Qxf4 Nh5
$11 {Murreu-Dorfman,France 94}) (13... Rfd8 {Gofshtein,L} 14. Qd3 (14. Qf2 $5)
14... h6 15. Bh4 Qh5 16. Bg3 Nd7 $1 17. Qf1 Nc5 18. Bc4 Bf6 $132 {Dolmatov-Oll,
USSR 88}) 14. Kb1 {This quiet move may be a novelty; the following other moves
have been previously tested here:} (14. f5 exf5 15. e5 dxe5 16. Rxe5 Qc7 17.
Rxf5 Rad8 (17... Red8 {Gofshtein,L} 18. Qc4 $13 {Polgar.J-Sax.D}) 18. Qc4 Rxd1+
19. Nxd1 Bd8 20. Ne3 Qd7 21. Rf2 h6 $2 22. Rd2 Qxd2+ 23. Kxd2 $18 {Polgar,
J-Sax, Hungary 1991}) (14. Qf2 Ng4 15. Qh4 Bxg5 16. fxg5 Ne5 17. Rxd6 Qc5 18.
Rd2 b5 19. Qf2 Qxf2 20. Rxf2 a5 21. a3 b4 22. Na4 Rab8 $44 {
Tseshkovsky-Knoppert, Leeuwarden op 1994}) (14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Rad8 16. Qf4
Nd5 17. Bxd5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Bxd5 19. Rd4 h6 20. Qg3 Qc5 21. Rg4 Qf8 22. a3 Bc6
23. Ne2 Kh7 24. Nf4 g6 25. Rf1 Be4 26. Nh5 Bf5 27. Nf6+ Kh8 28. Rh4 Rc8 29.
Rxf5 exf5 30. Qf4 h5 31. g4 Qg7 32. Qg5 {1-0 Tolnai-Leko, Budapest 1992}) 14...
Rad8 (14... h6 $6 {Gofshtein,L} 15. Bh4 e5 16. Qc4 $1) 15. Qf2 (15. Qd2 {
Gofshtein,L} h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 $14 {Tolnai-Majer,Czech 95}) 15... h6 (
15... Ng4 {Gofshtein,L} 16. Qg3 Bxg5 17. fxg5 Ne5 18. h4 $13) 16. h4 $5 (16.
Bh4 {Gofshtein,L} Qh5) 16... Qc5 (16... hxg5 $2 {Gofshtein,L} 17. hxg5 $36) 17.
Qg3 Nh5 (17... Kf8 {Gofshtein,L} 18. f5 exf5 19. Be3 Qa5 20. exf5 Qxf5 21. Rf1
$40) 18. Qh2 hxg5 19. hxg5 g6 (19... Bxg5 {Gofshtein,L} 20. fxg5 Qxg5 21. Rh1
g6 22. g4 Qxg4 23. Rdg1 $18) 20. g4 Nxf4 {[#]} 21. Nd5 $3 {Yet another
Sicilian sacrifice and yet another motif: here the main point of this
manouevre is to block the 5th rank and disconnect Black's queen with the
kingside. GM Semen Dvoirys is particularly dangerous in such dynamic
situations as here, he leads this game with great energy.} ({Why the 5th rank
has to be blocked becomes apparent in the following line:} 21. Rh1 $2 Qe5 $19)
21... exd5 ({Black cannot disregard the knight, as} 21... Bxg5 $2 22. Rh1 Nh5
23. gxh5 {is bad for him.}) 22. Rh1 Nh5 23. gxh5 Kg7 24. exd5 Bd7 25. hxg6 Rh8
26. Qf4 f5 ({Black cannot get rid of the annoying g6-pawn, as} 26... fxg6 27.
Rhe1 {would be winning for White.}) (26... Rdf8 {Gofshtein,L} 27. Rxh8 $18) 27.
Rh6 $1 $18 Rde8 ({After} 27... Rxh6 28. gxh6+ Kh8 (28... Kxg6 {Gofshtein,L}) (
28... Kg8 29. c3 $40) 29. c3 $1 {(with the idea to activate the bishop via c2)
White's advantage is also decisive.} (29. g7+ Kh7 30. c3 $18)) 28. Qh2 Bxg5 29.
Rh7+ Rxh7 30. Qxh7+ Kf6 31. Qf7+ Ke5 32. Qxd7 Re7 33. Re1+ Kf4 34. Rf1+ Kg3 35.
Qxf5 Qe3 36. a3 Re4 37. Qf8 1-0

[Event "URS-ch36 Final"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "1969.01.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Osnos, Viatcheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1968.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Bc4 Qa5 11. f4 Bd7 12. Bb3 $5 (12. Rd3 Rad8 13. Rg3
Kh8 14. Rf1 h6 $1 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Be8 $1 $13 {Shirov,A-Kramnik,V/
Groningen/1993/0,5 (24) Inf 59/231/}) (12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e5 Be7 14. exd6 Bf6
15. Qd3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxc3 17. bxc3 Rac8 $10 {Beliavsky,A-Kotronias,V/Belgrade/
1993/1:0 (53)}) (12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2 Nd7 15. Nd5 Qc5 16. Nxe7+
Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfd8 $10 {Oll,L-Hodgson,G/Groningen/1993/0:1 (45)}) 12... Bc6 13.
Rhf1 b5 $6 (13... h6 $142 14. Bh4 e5 15. fxe5 dxe5 $10) 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 (14...
gxf6 15. f5 b4 16. Ne2 $16) 15. Qxd6 Bxc3 (15... Rac8 16. e5 $1 Rfd8 17. Qc5 $1
Bxg2 18. Qg1 $3 Bxf1 19. exf6 $18 {Polugaevsky/}) 16. Qxc6 Rac8 17. Qd7 Rfd8 $5
(17... Rcd8 18. Qb7 $1 $16) 18. Qe7 Bd2+ 19. Kb1 Bxf4 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. e5 $1
$16 (21. g3 Qc7 $1 $10) 21... Qd2 22. a3 Rf8 23. Bxe6 $1 (23. g3 $5 Bg5 24.
Qxe6 $1 fxe6 25. Bxe6+ Rf7 26. Rxf7 $18) 23... g5 24. g3 fxe6 (24... Qe2 25.
Rxf4 $1 gxf4 26. Qg5+ Kh8 27. Qh6 Rg8 28. Qf6+ Rg7 29. Bxf7 $18) 25. Qxe6+ Kg7
26. gxf4 Qg2 (26... Rxf4 27. Rxf4 Qxf4 28. Qd7+ Kg6 29. Qxb5 $18) 27. Rd1 gxf4
28. Qd7+ Rf7 (28... Kg8 29. e6 Qg6 30. e7 Re8 31. Qxe8+ $18) 29. e6 $1 1-0

[Event "YUG-chT"]
[Site "Igalo"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Dokhoian, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 (12. Rhe1 Bc6 13. f5 (13.
Bb3 Rad8 $5 14. Kb1 h6 15. Bh4 e5 16. Qf2 exf4 17. Qxf4 Nh5 18. Qf2 Bxh4 19.
Qxh4 Nf6 $10 {Murrey,J-Dorfman,J/FRA/1994/0:1 (71)}) 13... b5 14. Bb3 b4 15.
Ne2 Ba4 $1 16. Kb1 Bxb3 17. axb3 Rfc8 $132 {Beliavsky,A-Kramnik,V/Linares/1994/
0:1 (31)}) 12... dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2 (14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Bd5 f5 $1 16.
Bxc6 bxc6 17. g4 Bg5+ 18. Kb1 Rad8 $15 {Polgar,J-Kramnik,V/Linares/1994/0:1 
(45)}) 14... Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfd8 18. Bf1 $5 (18. Qg4
Nf8 19. h4 (19. Bf1 Qc5 20. Bc3 Ng6 21. Qg5 Rd5 $10 {Kamsky,G-Anand,V/ Linares/
1993/ 0:1/ 68}) 19... Qc5 20. Bc3 Qf2 $1 21. Rd6 Qxg2 22. Qd4 Rac8 $10 {
Almasi,Z-Leko,P/HUN-ch/1994/}) 18... Nf8 19. Qe3 Rd5 $5 $146 (19... Qh4 20. h3
Ng6 21. c4 h6 22. g3 Qh5 23. Bc3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 a6 25. h4 Qg4 26. Be2 Qh3 27.
Qf2 Rc8 $14 {Ehlvest,J-Salov,V/Linares/1991/}) (19... a6 20. g3 Rac8 21. Kb1
Ng6 22. Ba5 Rd5 23. Rxd5 Bxd5 24. b3 $14 {Beliavsky,A-Leko,P/Leon/1994/1:0 (41)
}) 20. c4 (20. Bc3 b6 21. Rxd5 Bxd5 22. b3 Rc8 23. Bb2 Qb7 $10) 20... Rd7 21.
Bc3 b6 22. Rxd7 Qxd7 23. Qd2 (23. Rd1 Qc7 24. Qd2 $14) 23... Qb7 $1 24. h4 $6 (
24. g3 $142 b5 25. Rd1) 24... b5 25. g4 $6 (25. cxb5 Bxb5 26. h5 $13) 25...
bxc4 26. Bxc4 Bd5 $5 27. Bxd5 exd5 $15 (27... Qxd5 28. Qxd5 exd5 29. Rd1 Rd8
30. Bb4 $10) 28. Rd1 Rd8 29. Bd4 (29. Bb4 Ne6 30. Bd6 d4 $17) 29... Ne6 30. Kb1
Rc8 31. b3 (31. Bc3 d4 32. Bxd4 $2 Qe4+ 33. Ka1 Rd8 $19) 31... a5 $1 32. Ka1 (
32. Qxa5 $2 Qc6 33. Qd2 Nxd4 34. Qxd4 Qc2+ 35. Ka1 Ra8 $19) 32... a4 33. bxa4
Rc4 34. Rb1 $5 (34. Bb2 d4 35. a5 Ra4 $17) 34... Rxd4 $2 (34... Qa8 $17) 35.
Rxb7 Rxd2 36. a5 Rd4 $8 37. a6 Ra4 38. a7 Nf8 39. h5 $1 $10 d4 (39... h6 40.
Kb2 g6 $2 (40... Kh7 41. Rb8 Rxa7 42. Rxf8 $10) 41. hxg6 fxg6 42. e6 $18) 40.
Kb2 d3 41. Kc3 Ra3+ 42. Kb2 Ra5 43. Kc3 Ra3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 15th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2007.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2007.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 ({My first encounter with Kotronias in the European
Championship 2006 went} 9. f3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 a6 11. h4 Qc7 12. Kb1 b5 13. Qd2 b4
$1 14. Ne2 Rb8 15. g4 Rd8 16. Nd4 e5 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 d5 {1/2-1/2 Berg,E 
(2539)-Kotronias,V (2598)/Kusadasi 2006/[Berg,Emanuel] (52). and I didn't get
much out of the opening.}) 9... Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 ({The game
Cheparinov-Kotronias, Sigeman Chess Tournamnent 2007 went} 11. e5 dxe5 12. Qxe5
{when Black came up with the interesting novelty} b5 $5 $146 {and the game
soon ended up in mess after} 13. Rd3 Ng4 (13... h6 $5 14. Bxh6 (14. Bh4) 14...
gxh6 15. Rg3+ (15. Rh3 Ng4 $1 16. Qh5 (16. Rg3 f5 17. h3 Bf6 18. Qe1 b4 $132)
16... f5 17. Qg6+ Kh8 18. Rxh6+ $11) 15... Kh8 16. Rh3 Rg8) 14. Qe4 f6 $5 {
An interesting move, but this also gives Black a lot of weaknesses around his
king.} (14... Bxg5 15. fxg5 Nf2 16. Qxa8 b4 17. Nd1 Nxh1 {was an interesting
alternative.}) 15. Rh3 g6 16. Qxa8 fxg5 {with an interesting battle then
finally after having turned both ways ended with a win for White.}) 11... Bd7
12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 (13. Qxe5 {is an interesting sideline.}) 13... Bc6 14. Bd2
Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfc8 ({Black can also play the older
move} 17... Rfd8 18. Qg4 Nf8 {with the idea} 19. Bd3 Rxd3 20. cxd3 Qd7 {
with compensation for the sacrificed exchange.}) 18. Qg4 Nf8 {Black protects
himself against Bh6 which can now be met by ...Ng6.} 19. h4 {White starts
pushing the h-pawn with the idea of playing h5-h6 to create weaknesses around
the black king.} ({After} 19. Bd3 Ng6 {h4 is prevented and it's hard for White
to continue. The game Berkes,F (2614)-Kotronias,V (2608)/Aghia Pelagia 2004/
CBM 101 ext, continued} 20. Bb4 Qh4 21. Qxh4 Nxh4 22. g3 a5 23. Ba3 Nf3 24. Re2
h5 25. Rf1 b6 {with Black having a very solid position. However, White
probably has a slight edge because of the pair of bishops.}) 19... Qc5 20. Bc3
$5 $146 {Overprotecting the e5-pawn in order to meet ...Ng6 with h5. By
blocking the c-file White also escapes from any possible threats on c2.
However the Bishop on c4 is a bit loose right now which gives Black some extra
opportunities.} ({In 1-0 Grischuk,A (2719)-Kotronias,V (2607)/Tripoli 2004/CBM
102, there followed} 20. Bd3 Ng6 21. Bc3 Qf2 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Re2 Qf5 24. Qg3
Qh5 25. Red2 {1-0 Grischuk,A (2719)-Kotronias,V (2607)/Tripoli 2004/CBM 102 
(54) with a slightly better position for White.}) 20... Bb5 ({After} 20... Bf3
21. gxf3 Qxc4 22. Re4 {White is clearly better. Now the a2-pawn is poisoned as
Ra4 will trap the black queen.}) (20... h5 $5 {was an interesting alternative.
After} 21. Qe2 b5 22. Bd3 b4 23. Bd4 Qd5 {Black is much quicker with his
counterplay than in the game.}) 21. Bd3 $1 {Naturally White would like to keep
his pair of bishops and so it's better to let Black exchange helping White's
rook to the third rank. After} (21. Bxb5 Qxb5 22. Rd3 {the c-file is opened,
which makes an important difference as Black can go} Rc4 $1) 21... Qb6 {
Black opens th c-file and tries to force White to exchange on b5 as now the
exchange sacrifice on c3 start to look a bit scary.} ({After} 21... Bxd3 22.
Rxd3 Qc4 $2 {there is once again} 23. Re4 $1 Qxa2 24. Ra4 {trapping the queen.}
) 22. a4 $1 {Excellent timing. By advancing with this pawn White takes terrain
on the queenside. At the same time he forces Black to exchange the bishops in
a way favourable to White.} Bxd3 23. Rxd3 Qa6 {Black prepares to play ...Rc4
and also possibly ...b5.} ({In th event of} 23... Ng6 {trying to activate the
knight White will be clearly better after} 24. h5 Ne7 25. Qg5 Nd5 ({No better
is} 25... Nf5 26. g4 Nh6 {Black is holding on for the moment, but his knight
is very sadly placed on h6 and White has a superior position. A good start
would be to play Red1 taking control over the open d-file and White has
everything in his hands.} (26... h6 {is well met by} 27. Qf4 Ne7 28. Rf1 $1 Rf8
29. g5 Nf5 30. gxh6 Nxh6 (30... gxh6 $4 31. Qg4+ Kh8 32. Rxf5 $18) 31. Rg3 $16
{and the attack continues.})) 26. h6 g6 27. Rxd5 $1 exd5 28. e6 Qf2 29. e7 $1 (
29. exf7+ Qxf7 30. Qe5 Rxc3 31. Qxc3 Rd8 (31... Qf4+ 32. Kb1 Qxh6 33. Re7 Qf8
34. Qe5 $16) 32. Qd4 $36) 29... Qf5 30. Qxf5 gxf5 31. Bf6 $1 Re8 32. Re3 f4 33.
Re5 $18) 24. Re4 $1 {Preventing ...Rc4 and at the same time overprotecting a4
making the b5-thrust less useful.} Rd8 {Black doesnät have much to do on the
c-file and so he tries to create counterplay on the open d-file.} 25. Rg3 g6
26. h5 {Now White is about to play h6 and transfer his queen to f6 with deadly
threats. Therefore Black needs to act quickly.} Rd5 {Preparing for ...Rad8.
After} (26... Qf1+ 27. Re1 Qf5 28. Qh4 Rac8 29. Rh1 $1 ({Not} 29. Rg5 $2 Rc4 $1
(29... Rd4 30. Rxg6+ Nxg6 31. Qxd4 Qxh5 32. Kb1 $14) 30. Rxg6+ hxg6 31. Qxc4
gxh5 32. a5 $14 {and White is just slightly better.}) 29... Rd5 30. hxg6 fxg6
31. Rf3 Qh5 32. Qxh5 gxh5 33. Rxh5 $16 {with a clear advantage to White.}) 27.
Qf4 $1 {Stops Black's plans of playing ...Qf1+ and also prepares for the mate
with h6 and Qf6.} Rad8 28. b3 $1 ({Of course not} 28. Re1 $2 Qe2 $1 {givng
Black a lot of counterplay.}) 28... Rd1+ 29. Kb2 Rh1 {Black threatens both the
h5-pawn and to exchange queens with ...Qf1.} ({After} 29... Rf1 30. Rf3 Rxf3
31. gxf3 $18 {White is simply winning. h6 will follow next and even though
Black can prevent the mate with ...Nd7 it will not hold for long.}) ({in case
of} 29... Qf1 30. Rf3 Rb1+ 31. Ka2 Qc1 32. Qxf7+ Kh8 {White doesn't have
anything immediate but he can simply defend himself first with} 33. Rf2 $1 $18
{with a totally won position.}) 30. Rf3 $1 {Threatens f7 and prevents ...Qf1.}
Rd7 31. h6 {White is winning. Black lacks counterplay and now its just a
mattter of time.} Qb6 32. Rd4 $1 {Takes away Blacks last hopes of counterplay
with ...Qg1. At the same time it threatens Rxd7 and the the f7-pawn is hanging.
} Qc7 33. Rxd7 (33. Qf6 Rxh6 34. Bb4 Rxd4 35. Bxf8 Kxf8 36. Qh8+ Ke7 37. Qg7
$18 {is winning as well.}) 33... Qxd7 34. Rd3 Qc7 {Black is hoping to be able
to play f7-f5.} 35. Qf6 $1 Rxh6 36. Bb4 {Black resigned in view of the
variation} (36. Bb4 Nd7 37. Qe7 Qxe5+ 38. Bc3) 1-0

[Event "WchT 3rd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1993.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 {Ernst Kortschnoj} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5
e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. Rd3 $5 (12.
e5) (12. e5 {Kortschnoj} dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2 Nd7 15. Nd5 Qc5 (15... Qd8 {
Ernst} 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 $14) 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 $14) 12... e5 (12... b5 13. Rg3 bxc4
(13... Kh8 {Kortschnoj} 14. e5 Ng8 15. exd6 $18) 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qxf6 g6 16.
Rd1 Bc6 17. Qd4 (17. Rxd6 Bxe4 18. Rg5 (18. Nxe4 Qe1+ 19. Rd1 Qxe4 $10) 18...
Qb4 19. Qd4 Rab8 $1 $15) 17... Rac8 18. Rg5 d5 19. exd5 Bxd5 $10 {Shabalov,
A-Inkiov,V Gausdal Troll Masters (5) 1991 24}) (12... Bc6 $5 {Kortschnoj}) 13.
Qe3 (13. Qg1 Be6 14. Bb3 exf4 15. Bxf4 Bxb3 16. cxb3 Rfe8 17. g4 Bf8 18. Bd2
Qe5 $17 {Lanka,Z-Kotronias,V Gausdal International (5) 1991 0-1 40}) 13... Rac8
(13... Ng4 $5) 14. Bb3 Be6 (14... Bc6 {Kortschnoj} 15. Rf1 $14) 15. Bxe6 exf4 (
15... fxe6 {Kortschnoj} 16. Qh3 $16) 16. Bxf4 (16. Bxf7+ $2 Rxf7 17. Bxf4 Ng4
18. Qg3 Rxf4 19. Qxf4 (19. Rd5 Bg5 20. Kb1 Qd8 $19) 19... Bg5 $19) 16... fxe6
17. Qh3 $1 $16 (17. Bxd6 Rxc3 18. Bxe7 (18. bxc3 $2 Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Qa3+ $19)
18... Ng4 $13) 17... Kf7 (17... e5 $2 {Ernst} 18. Qe6+ $18) 18. Kb1 (18. Bxd6
$2 Rxc3 $19) 18... Qc5 19. g4 h6 20. Be3 Qe5 21. Bd4 Qg5 22. Rg1 Nd7 23. Be3
Qg6 24. g5 $1 $40 hxg5 (24... h5 $5 {Kortschnoj}) 25. Bxg5 $3 Bxg5 26. Rxd6 Nc5
(26... Ke7 27. Rxg5 Qxg5 (27... Qf6 28. Nd5+ $18 (28. Qg3 $16 {Kortschnoj})) (
27... Qh6 28. Rxg7+ Kxd6 (28... Ke8 29. Rdxd7 $18) 29. Qd3+ Ke5 30. Rxd7 $18)
28. Qxe6+ Kd8 29. Rxd7#) 27. Qg4 Kg8 (27... Ke7 28. Rdd1 Rcd8 29. h4 $16) 28.
h4 (28. Qxg5 $2 {Ernst} Qxg5 29. Rxg5 Nxe4 $3 $19) 28... Rf4 29. Qxg5 Qxg5 30.
hxg5 Rcf8 (30... Nxe4 31. Nxe4 Rxe4 32. g6 $16 (32. Rd7 {Ernst} Re2 33. c3 $16)
) 31. b4 Nxe4 32. Nxe4 Rxe4 33. a3 Kh7 (33... a5 $5 {Ernst}) 34. Rd7 Kg6 35.
Rxb7 $18 a5 36. Kb2 Rf5 (36... Rf3 $5 {Kortschnoj}) 37. Kb3 Re3+ 38. Ka4 Rff3
39. Kxa5 Rxa3+ 40. Kb6 Rac3 41. Re1 Kxg5 (41... Rxc2 42. Rxe6+ Kxg5 (42... Kf5
$16 {Kortschnoj}) 43. Rxg7+ Kf5 44. Rf7+ Kxe6 45. Rxf3 $18) 42. Rxg7+ Kf6 43.
Rc7 e5 44. b5 Rxc7 45. Kxc7 Ke6 46. Re2 Rc3+ 47. Kb8 Rc4 48. b6 e4 49. b7 Kd5
50. Rh2 e3 51. Ka7 Ra4+ 52. Kb6 Rb4+ 53. Kc7 Rc4+ 54. Kd7 (54. Kd7 Rb4 55. Rh5+
Kc4 (55... Kd4 {Kortschnoj} 56. Rh4+ $18) 56. Rh4+ Kc3 57. Rxb4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Der "Remisangriff"} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6.
Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Kb1 (11. Be2 Bd7 12.
e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Qf4 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 Bxd5 17. a3 b5 18. Rd4
Rac8 19. Rg4 g6 20. Rh4 Qc7 $10 {Nevednichy,V-Hracek,Z Odorheiu zt (01) 1995
0-1 41 - CBM 47}) (11. e5 dxe5 12. Qxe5 Qxe5 13. fxe5 Nd5 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Bd3
b6 16. Be4 Rb8 17. Rhe1 Ng6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 $14 {Short,N-Kramnik,V Riga Tal (11)
1995 1/2 32 - CBM 47}) 11... Rd8 (11... h6 $5 12. h4 e5 13. Qd3 exf4 14. Bxf4
Be6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bg4 17. Be2 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Rfe8 19. Qg4 Qa4 $10 {
Shirov,A-Kamsky,G Buenos Aires Sicilian (03) 1994 1/2 48 - CBM 44}) 12. Bc4 (
12. Qd2 Qc7 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Qe2 Bc6 15. Rhf1 h6 16. h4 d5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. e5
Be7 19. f5 exf5 20. Rxf5 Qd7 21. Rxf7 $1 Qe6 $16 {Luther,T-Brenke,A Lippstadt 
(07) 1994 1-0 35 - CBM 43} (21... Kxf7 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Qg6 $18) (21... Kxf7
22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Qg6 $18)) 12... Bd7 13. Bb3 Bc6 14. f5 $146 {Der weiße
Angriff führt nur zum remis.} (14. g4 Qc5 15. Qd3 d5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. exd5
Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Qxc3 19. bxc3 exd5 20. Rd4 Rd7 21. Rhd1 Rad8 22. g5 {1/2 Shirov,
A-Anand,V Moscow Alekhine 1992}) 14... exf5 15. Rhf1 Bxe4 (15... fxe4 16. Bxf6
Bxf6 17. Rxf6 gxf6 18. Bd5 $1 Kg7 (18... Rd7 19. Nxe4 $18) (18... f5 19. Qf6
Qc7 20. Qg5+ Kf8 21. Qxf5 $40) (18... e3 19. Ne4 e2 20. Nxf6+ Kf8 21. Nxh7+ Kg8
(21... Ke7 22. Qe3+ Kd7 23. Qxe2 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 $16) 22. Nf6+ Kf8 $10) 19. Rf1
$16) 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 19. Bd5 $1 {Nur so, die Q
muß auf a5 ausgesperrt bleiben.} e3 {Zwingt Weiß zum Dauerschach.} (19... Rd7
20. Qxe4 Qd8 21. Qf5 {/\ B e4 ->}) 20. Qxf6 Rf8 21. Qg5+ Kh8 22. Qf6+ Kg8 23.
Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 13th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.03.16"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1995.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Shirov} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2
a6 8. Be2 $5 {Das ist deutlich harmloser als die Hauptvariante 8.Qd2.} h6 (8...
Be7 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 (11... Bxf6 $2 12. Qxd6 $16) 12.
Qa4+ Qxa4 13. Nxa4 Bd7 14. Nb6 Rd8 15. Nxd7 Kxd7 $10 {Dutreeuw,M-Van der Wiel,
J Antwerpen (06) 1993 1/2 56}) (8... Bd7 9. f4 (9. Nb3 Be7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rad1
Rd8 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qxd6 Qxd6 14. Rxd6 Ke7 $44 {Meyers,V-Heinbuch,D Biel op 
(06) 1992 1-0 32}) 9... b5 10. Bf3 Rc8 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bxc6+ Rxc6
14. Qxd8+ Kxd8 15. fxe5 h6 16. O-O-O+ Kc8 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. exf6 Rg8 $44 {
Renet,O-Fedorovic,J St Martin op (08) 1992 1/2 45}) 9. Bh4 Be7 (9... Bd7 10. f4
b5 (10... Qc7 11. Nf3 Rc8 12. O-O Be7 13. Rad1 O-O 14. Kh1 Rfd8 15. Bd3 Be8 16.
Qe2 Nh5 17. Bxe7 {1/2 Renet,O-Gulko,B St Martin op (06) 1992}) 11. Bf3 Rc8 12.
O-O-O b4 13. Nce2 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Qxh4 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 17. Qxb4 Qd8
18. f5 $16 {Renet,O-Lerner,K Gausdal Troll (8) 1992 1/2 32}) 10. O-O-O (10. O-O
{Shirov} O-O 11. Rad1 Qb6 $10 {Meyers-Makarov,M/Leningrad/1989/}) 10... O-O 11.
f4 (11. Bxf6 $2 Bxf6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qxd6 Qb6 $17) 11... Nxd4 {Beide Spieler
machen noch einige plausible Züge und finden sich in einem Remisendspiel
wieder. So daß man sich fragen muß, ist die Stellung nach 11.Zügen bereits
remis?} (11... Qc7 {Shirov} 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rhf1 $13) 12. Qxd4
Nxe4 13. Nxe4 (13. Bxe7 $6 {Shirov} Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qxe7 15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6
b5 $15) 13... Bxh4 14. Nxd6 (14. Qxd6 {Shirov} Qxd6 15. Nxd6 b5 $10) 14... Qc7
15. Rd2 (15. Rd3 {Shirov} b5 16. Rhd1 Rb8 $13) 15... Rd8 16. Rhd1 Be7 17. Qe5 {
Weiß droht Nxf7.} (17. Qc4 {Shirov} Qxc4 18. Nxc4 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 b5 20. Bf3 (20.
Nb6 Rb8 $10) 20... Rb8 $1 (20... Ra7 $2 21. Nb6) 21. Ne5 Bf6 22. Nc6 Rb6 $132)
17... f6 18. Nb5 Qxc2+ $1 {Ohne diesen schönen Zug, stünde Schwarz schlecht.} (
18... Qb6 {Shirov} 19. Qc7 $1) (18... fxe5 {Shirov} 19. Nxc7 Rxd2 20. Kxd2 $1
Rb8 21. fxe5 Bd8 22. Ne8 $16) 19. Rxc2 (19. Kxc2 Rxd2+ 20. Rxd2 fxe5 21. Nc7
Rb8 (21... Ra7 {Shirov} 22. fxe5 b5 23. Ne8 Bb7 24. Bf3 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Ra8 $14)
22. fxe5 Bg5 $10) 19... Rxd1+ (19... fxe5 {Shirov} 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21. Nd6 Bd7
22. fxe5 Bg5+ 23. Kb1 Bf4 24. Rc7 Bc6 25. Bc4 Bxe5 26. Bxe6+ Kh7 27. Bf5+ $10)
20. Kxd1 fxe5 21. Nc7 Rb8 22. fxe5 Bg5 23. Bg4 Kf7 24. Nd5 {Der Nc7 könnte
auch einmal schlecht stehen, deshalb wickelt Beliavsky zum remis ab.} (24. Rf2+
$2 {Shirov} Ke7 25. Bh5 Bd7 $1 {xNc7}) 24... exd5 25. Bxc8 (25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26.
Bxc8 b6 27. Bxa6 Ke6 $10) 25... Bf4 26. e6+ (26. Rc7+ Ke8 27. Bxb7 Bxe5 28.
Bc6+ Kf8 $10) 26... Ke7 27. g3 Be5 28. Ke2 (28. b4 {Shirov} Kd6 $10) 28... Bxb2
29. Rc7+ (29. Rxb2 Rxc8 30. Rxb7+ Kxe6 31. Kd3 $10) 29... Kd6 30. e7 Kxc7 31.
e8=Q Rxc8 32. Qf7+ Kb8 33. Qxd5 Bf6 34. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow5"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lanka, Zigurds"]
[Black "Wessman, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2
Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Kb1 (11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13.
fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2 Nd7 15. Nd5 Qc5 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfc8 18. Kb1 {N!
Ivanchuk-Garcia Ilundain Terrassa 1991}) 11... Rd8 12. Qd2 Kf8 $6 {N} (12...
Qc7 13. Qe1 (13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Qe2 Bc6 15. Rhf1 h6 16. h4 d5 17. e5 Ne4 $13 {
Khan-Suzuki Novi Sad ol 1990}) 13... a6 14. Bd3 h6 15. h4 Kf8 16. e5 dxe5 17.
fxe5 Nd7 18. Bf4 Nc5 19. Qe3 $14 {Lobron-Chiburdanidze Dortmund 1983}) 13. Bd3
h6 14. Bh4 (14. h4 $5) 14... b6 (14... d5 15. e5 $16) 15. g4 Bb7 (15... Nxg4
16. Bxe7+ Kxe7 17. Rhg1 $16) 16. Rhg1 Rac8 17. g5 hxg5 18. fxg5 Nd7 19. Rdf1
Ne5 20. Qf4 g6 (20... Rxc3 21. Be1 $18) 21. Be1 $1 Qc5 22. Bf2 Qa5 23. Bd4 $18
Ke8 24. Bb5+ Bc6 25. Bxe5 Bxb5 26. Qxf7+ Kd7 27. Rd1 Rc6 28. Bf6 Re8 29. e5 d5
30. Nxd5 exd5 31. Rxd5+ 1-0

[Event "Biel Credis"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1996.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Kb1 (11. Be2 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6
14. Qf4 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 Bxd5 17. a3 b5 18. Rd4 Rac8 19. Rg4 g6 20.
Rh4 Qc7 $10 {Nevednichy,V-Hracek,Z Odorheiu zt (01) 1995 0-1 41 - CBM 47}) (11.
e5 dxe5 12. Qxe5 Qxe5 13. fxe5 Nd5 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Bd3 b6 16. Be4 Rb8 17.
Rhe1 Ng6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 $14 {Short,N-Kramnik,V Riga Tal (11) 1995 1/2 32 - CBM
47}) (11. Bc4 {-Hauptvariante}) 11... Rd8 (11... h6 $5 12. h4 e5 13. Qd3 exf4
14. Bxf4 Be6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bg4 17. Be2 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Rfe8 19. Qg4 Qa4
$10 {Shirov,A-Kamsky,G Buenos Aires Sicilian (03) 1994 1/2 48 - CBM 44}) 12.
Be2 (12. Qd2 Qc7 (12... Kf8 $6 13. Bd3 h6 14. Bh4 b6 15. g4 Bb7 16. Rhg1 Rac8
17. g5 hxg5 18. fxg5 Nd7 19. Rdf1 Ne5 20. Qf4 g6 21. Be1 $1 Qc5 22. Bf2 Qa5 23.
Bd4 $18 {1-0 Lanka,Z-Wessman,R/Moscow5 1991 (31)}) 13. Bd3 (13. Qe1 a6 14. Bd3
h6 15. h4 Kf8 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nd7 18. Bf4 Nc5 19. Qe3 $14 {
Lobron-Chiburdanidze Dortmund 1983}) 13... Bd7 14. Qe2 Bc6 15. Rhf1 h6 16. h4
d5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. e5 Be7 19. f5 exf5 20. Rxf5 Qd7 21. Rxf7 $1 Qe6 $16 {
Luther,T-Brenke,A Lippstadt (07) 1994 1-0 35 - CBM 43}) (12. Bc4 Bd7 13. Bb3
Bc6 14. f5 (14. g4 Qc5 15. Qd3 d5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. exd5 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Qxc3 19.
bxc3 exd5 20. Rd4 Rd7 21. Rhd1 Rad8 22. g5 {1/2 Shirov,A-Anand,V Moscow
Alekhine 1992}) 14... exf5 15. Rhf1 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Rxf6
$1 gxf6 19. Bd5 $1 e3 20. Qxf6 Rf8 21. Qg5+ Kh8 22. Qf6+ Kg8 23. Qg5+ {1/2-1/2
Illescas Cordoba,M-Shirov,A/Dos Hermanas (02) ;CBM 47 1995}) 12... h6 13. h4 e5
14. Qd3 $146 (14. Qe3 exf4 15. Bxf4 Be6 16. Bf3 Bf8 17. Qe1 Qa6 18. Be3 Rac8
19. Bd4 Nd7 20. Be2 Qc6 21. g4 $40 {Bologan,V-Kotronias,V/Chalkidiki (01) 1992/
1-0 (60)}) 14... exf4 (14... hxg5 $4 15. hxg5 g6 (15... Ng4 16. Bxg4 Bxg4 17.
Qg3 Bxd1 18. Qh3 f5 19. g6 $18) (15... Ne8 16. g4 exf4 17. Qh3 $18) 16. gxf6
Bxf6 17. Nd5 $18) 15. Bxf4 Be6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bd7 18. g4 Rac8 19. Bd2
Qb6 20. g5 g6 21. Rdf1 h5 (21... Bf5 22. Rxf5 gxf5 23. Qxf5 $18) 22. Be3 Qc7
23. Rxf7 $3 {Ein wundervolles Doppelturmopfer, nach dessen Annahme Schwarz in
allen Varianten verliert.} Kxf7 $2 {Der Nachziehende sollte besser seine
Chancen in dem folgenden schlechten Endspiel suchen. Aber dann kaemen wir um
den Genuss der vollstaendigen Kombination.} (23... Qxc2+ 24. Qxc2 Rxc2 25. Kxc2
Kxf7 26. Rf1+ Kg8 (26... Bf5+ 27. Bd3 $18) 27. Bd3 Be8 $16) 24. Rf1+ Bf5 $8 25.
Rxf5+ gxf5 26. Qxf5+ Kg8 27. Qe6+ Kf8 $8 28. Bd3 $1 {Ein stiller
Angriffs-verteidigungszug als Pointe.} Bxg5 (28... Qa5 29. c3 Qa4 30. Bh7 Qd1+
31. Bc1 $18) (28... Qd7 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Qh8+ Kf7 32. g6#) (28...
Bf6 29. gxf6 Qf7 30. Bh6+ Kg8 31. Bh7+ $18) 29. Bxg5 Qf7 30. Bh6+ Kg8 31. Bh7+
$1 Kxh7 32. Qxf7+ Kxh6 33. Qxb7 {Der weissen P-walze am Q-fluegel kann Schwarz
nichts entgegensetzen.} Rg8 34. Qxa7 Rc5 35. b4 (35. b4 Rxd5 36. Qe3+ Kg7 37.
Qe7+ Kh8 38. Qf6+ Rg7 39. Qh6+ Kg8 40. Qe6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "URS-ch57"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2
Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. h4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qa5 (11... hxg5 $5 12. hxg5 Ng4
$13) 12. Kb1 Rd8 (12... e5 $13) 13. Be2 {N} (13. g4 e5 14. Qg1 exf4 15. Bxf6
Bxf6 16. Nd5 Be5 17. g5 h5 18. g6 $13 {-ECO S.325}) (13. Qd2 $5) 13... a6 14.
Bf3 b5 $6 (14... e5 $13) 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. e5 dxe5 17. Qc5 Rb8 18. Ne4 Rxd1+
19. Rxd1 Bxh4 (19... Bb7 $2 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Bxb7 Rxb7 22. Qc8+ $18) 20. Nd6
Qb6 (20... Bd7 21. Nc4 $1 Qd8 (21... Qa4 22. Nb6 $18 (22. b3 $2 bxc4)) 22. Nxe5
$18) 21. Qxb6 Rxb6 22. Nxc8 Rb8 23. Na7 exf4 24. Rd6 e5 25. Nc6 Re8 26. Be4 g6
27. Rd7 Bf6 (27... f5 28. Bd5+ Kh8 29. Bf7 $18) 28. Bd5 Rf8 29. b3 h5 30. c4
bxc4 31. bxc4 g5 32. Kc2 g4 33. Kd3 h4 34. Ke2 e4 35. Ne7+ (35. Bxe4 Re8 36.
Kd3 f3 37. gxf3 g3 $13) 35... Kh8 36. Nf5 f3+ 37. gxf3 exf3+ 38. Kf2 Rb8 39.
Rb7 $18 Rxb7 40. Bxb7 Bc3 41. Nh6 Bd4+ 42. Kf1 g3 43. Bxf3 Kg7 44. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "Beersheba"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2
Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6
14. Bd2 Rad8 $2 {N} (14... Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Nb6 18. Bb3
Rfd8 19. Qg4 Qc5 20. c3 $14 {Sznapik-Wessmann Novi Sad (ol) 1990 -Inf.50/223})
15. Nd5 Rxd5 16. Bxa5 Rxd4 17. Rxd4 Bc5 18. Rd3 Ng4 19. Re1 h5 (19... Nxh2 $5)
20. Re2 Nf2 21. Rb3 Rc8 22. Be1 Ng4 23. h3 $18 Nh6 24. Bb5 Nf5 (24... Bd5 25.
Rc3) 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Bf2 Nd4 27. Bxd4 Bxd4 28. Rd3 Bb6 29. Re4 Kf8 30. Rh4 g6
31. Rc4 Ke7 32. b4 Bg1 33. Kb2 Rb8 34. a4 a5 35. c3 1-0

[Event "Horgen-B"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Masserey, Yvan"]
[Black "Zueger, Beat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. Qxe5 $5 (13. fxe5
Bc6 14. Bd2 Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Nb6 18. Bb3 Rfc8 19. Kb1
Bd5 20. Bb4 Qc7 21. Bd6 Qc6 22. Qf2 Be4 {Wenn Schwarz seinen B auf die /^
b1-h7 bekommt, steht er gut!} 23. Rd4 Bg6 $15 {Peng Xiaomin-Wang Zili Beijing
Tan Chin Cup (06) 1995 0-1 41 - CBM 49}) 13... Qb4 (13... Qb6 14. Qe2 Rad8 15.
Ne4 Nd5 $5 16. Bxd5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 exd5 18. Rxd5 Bg4 $1 $44 {Karpov,An-Kamsky,G
Buenos Aires Sicilian (01) 1944 1/2 26 - CBM 44}) 14. Bb3 $6 $146 (14. Rd4 Bc5
15. Rhd1 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Rfd8 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qxf6 Qb6 19. f5 Bc6 20. Rg4+ Kf8
21. b3 {1-0 Ziatdinov,R-Ragozin,E Antwerpen op (07) 1994}) 14... Bc6 15. Rd4
Qb6 16. Rhd1 h6 (16... Bxg2 $6 17. f5 {Sieht zu gefährlich aus.}) 17. Bh4 Ng4
18. Qh5 Bxh4 19. Qxg4 (19. Qxh4 $2 Ne3 20. R1d2 Nf5 $19) 19... Bf6 $15 {
[%cal Gf6a1]} 20. R4d3 a5 (20... Rfd8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 $17 {
Im Endspiel gewinnt das Läuferpaar noch an Kraft.}) 21. f5 a4 22. Bc4 exf5 (
22... a3 $5) 23. Qxf5 Ra5 24. Qf1 Rc5 25. Rd6 a3 $1 $19 26. Na4 Bg5+ {Schwarz
spielt auf Schönheit, das profane} (26... Bxb2+ 27. Kb1 Qb4 28. Nxc5 Be5+ 29.
Bb3 Bxd6 $19 {hätte es auch getan.}) 27. Kb1 Qb4 28. Bb3 Bxa4 29. R6d4 Bxb3 $1
30. Rxb4 Bxc2+ 31. Ka1 Bxd1 32. Rc4 (32. Qxd1 Rc1+ $19) 32... Rxc4 33. Qxc4 Bf6
34. Kb1 axb2 0-1

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.06.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {King} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2
Be7 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 (10... h6 11. h4 hxg5 12. hxg5 Ng4 13.
Be2 e5 14. Qg1 exf4 15. Bxg4 Bxg5 16. Bxc8 Rxc8 17. Rd3 Bh6 $10 {
WiersmaE-Sosonko,G NLD-ch (02) 1995 1/2 29 - CBM 48}) 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. Bb3 {
Mit der Hauptvariante 12.e5 wird es immer schwerer den weit ausanalysierten
und remisverdächtigen Endspielen aus dem Weg zu gehen. Auch in dieser Partie
hat Schwarz keine Mühe auszugleichen.} Bc6 13. h4 $6 $146 (13. Rhf1 h6 14. Bh4
Qh5 (14... e5 15. fxe5 dxe5 $10) 15. Bg3 d5 16. exd5 Rfd8 17. Rfe1 Bxd5 18.
Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qe5 $10 {- ECO}) 13... h6 14. Kb1 {King Unlike the game
Wiersma-Sosonko, Black would be ill-advised to capture on g5 - the attack down
the h-file would be far too strong. Instead, Kramnik develops the standard
Sicilian play on the queenside, and very nearly wins.} Qc5 15. Qd3 (15. Qxc5
dxc5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Ba4 Bxc3 18. Bxc6 $10) 15... b5 16. a3 a5 17. f5 b4 18.
Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 bxc3 (20... Rfc8 $2 21. axb4 axb4 22. Na2 exf5
23. exf5 Bxg2 (23... Be5 24. Rxc6 Rxc6 25. Bd5 Rxa2 26. Bxa2 $16) 24. Rg1 Be5
25. Rd7 $16) 21. Rxc6 a4 22. Bc4 exf5 23. exf5 Rfb8 $6 {Gestattet dem Weißen
die Qualität zu opfern und damit in ein unverlierbares Endspiel abzuwickeln.} (
23... cxb2 24. Rc7 Rad8 $15 (24... Rfc8 $6 25. Bxf7+ Kf8 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Be6
Rc3 28. Rh3 $10)) 24. b4 $1 axb3 25. Bxb3 Rxa3 26. Rh3 $8 Rba8 27. Rhxc3 Bxc3
28. Rxc3 Ra1+ 29. Kb2 Rf1 30. g4 Rg1 31. Rc4 Rb8 (31... h5 $6 32. g5 (32. gxh5
$2 Rf1 $15) 32... Kh8 $1 (32... Rg4 33. Rc7 (33. g6 $2 Rxc4 34. Bxc4 Kf8 35.
gxf7 $15) 33... Rxh4 34. Rxf7 $1 (34. f6 Rf8 35. g6 gxf6 $17) (34. g6 Rf4 35.
Rxf7 Kh8 $17) 34... Kh8 35. f6 gxf6 (35... g6 36. Rg7 $18) (35... Rg8 36. g6
Rg4 37. fxg7+ Rxg7 38. Rf8+ Rg8 39. Rxg8#) 36. g6 $1 $18) 33. Rc7 f6 34. gxf6
gxf6 35. Rf7 Ra6 36. Be6 $10) 32. Kc3 Kh7 33. Rd4 Rb7 34. h5 Rf1 35. Bc4 Rf3+
36. Bd3 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. h4 {wird selten gespielt.} (9. f4) (9. Nb3) 9... Nxd4 (9... a6 10.
f3 (10. g4 Bd7 11. Nf3 b5 12. e5 b4 13. exf6 bxc3 14. Qxc3 gxf6 15. Bh6 $16 {
Enders,P-Stanec,N Ptuj zt (02) 1995 0-1 24 - CBM 47}) 10... Nxd4 11. Qxd4 b5
12. g4 Bb7 13. Qf2 b4 14. Na4 Bc6 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Nc4 d5 17. Bf4 Rb7 18. Ne5
$14 {Zapata,A-Hernandez,Gi Cali zt (9) 1990 1-0 30}) (9... h6 $5) 10. Qxd4 Qa5
11. Qd2 (11. f3 Bd7 12. Bd2 Qe5 13. Qe3 Rfc8 14. g4 Qc5 15. Qxc5 Rxc5 $10 {
Arnason,J-Gurevich,D Beersheva 1987 1/2 27}) 11... Rd8 (11... Bd7 12. Kb1 Kh8
$13 {gegen Nd5 gerichtet.}) 12. Kb1 Qc7 13. f4 a6 14. Bd3 (14. g4 b5 15. Bxf6
Bxf6 16. Rh3 Bb7 17. g5 Be7 $10) 14... b5 15. a3 (15. Qe2 $5 b4 16. e5 dxe5 (
16... bxc3 $2 17. exf6 Qb7 18. b3 gxf6 19. Qh5 f5 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. g4 $16) 17.
fxe5 bxc3 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Qe4 Rxd3 $1 20. Rxd3 Bb7 $17) 15... Rb8 16. e5 dxe5
17. fxe5 Nd5 (17... Qxe5 $4 18. Bf4 $18) 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 (18... exd5 $6 19. Bxe7
Qxe7 20. Qg5 $14) 19. Qf4 (19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Qg5 $10) 19... b4 20. a4 Bb7 (
20... b3 $2 21. cxb3 Rxb3 22. Qc4 $1 $18) 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Be4 Rdd8 23. b3 a5
$15 {Wegen der Schwäche e5 und dem rückständigen P c2 steht Schwarz etwas
besser.} 24. Rhf1 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Rd7 $2 (25... Rbc8 $15) 26. Qc6 $2 (26. Rxd7
Qxd7 27. Rf3 $1 Qd1+ 28. Kb2 Rc8 29. Rxf7 Qxc2+ 30. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 31. Kxc2 Kxf7
32. Kd3 Kg6 33. Kc4 Kf5 34. Kb5 Kxe5 35. Kxa5 Kd4 36. Kb5 $10) 26... Rbd8 27.
Kc1 $2 (27. Rxd7 Rxd7 (27... Qxd7 $2 28. Qb6 (28. Qxd7 $2 Rxd7 29. Kc1 h5 (
29... Rd5 $2 30. Rd1 $16) 30. Rd1 Rc7 $15) 28... Qd5 29. Rf3 $13) 28. g3 Rd5
$15) 27... Rc7 $2 (27... Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Qxh4 $19) 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Qf3 h6 30.
Rd1 $2 (30. Qe4 $15) 30... Qxh4 31. Qa8+ Kh7 32. Qxa5 Rc3 $1 33. Qb5 Qf2 34.
Rd2 Qf4 35. a5 Re3 $17 36. Kb2 Rxe5 37. Qd3+ f5 38. a6 $2 (38. Qd4 Re4 (38...
Qxd4+ $2 39. Rxd4 Rxa5 40. Rxb4 $13) 39. Qd6 Qf1 40. a6 Re1 41. Qxb4 Rb1+ 42.
Kc3 Qxa6 $17) 38... Rd5 0-1

[Event "Peristeri"]
[Site "Peristeri"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Nikolaidis, Ioannis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Donev} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2
Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 h6 $6 {Eine alte Variante,
heute wird 11...Bd7 bevorzugt.} 12. h4 e5 (12... hxg5 {Donev} 13. hxg5 Ng4 14.
Rh3 (14. Rh4 $2 Ne5 $1 15. Rdh1 (15. fxe5 Bxg5+ $19) 15... Ng6 $17) 14... Qc5
15. Rdh1 $1 $40) 13. Qd3 $146 (13. Qg1 exf4 (13... Be6 {Donev} 14. Bxe6 fxe6
15. Qh2 $40) 14. Bxf4 Bg4 15. Rd3 Nh5 16. Bxd6 Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Ng3 18. Qd4 Qh5
19. Rd5 Qg6 20. Re1 $16 {Pachman,L-Barcza Stockholm (izt) 1952 -ECO}) 13...
exf4 (13... hxg5 $4 14. hxg5 Ng4 15. Qh3 Nh6 16. Qh2 $18 {Weiß gewinnt bei
gewaltigem Angriff die Figur zurück.}) 14. Bxf4 Bg4 15. Rde1 Rac8 16. Bb3 Rfd8
17. Rhf1 Qh5 {Den lästigen Druck auf f7 kann Schwarz nur schwer abschütteln.} (
17... Be6 $2 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qh3 Kf7 20. g4 $1 $16) 18. Qg3 Rd7 (18... Be6 {
Donev} 19. e5 $1 $14) 19. Be3 $1 {Der B steht auf d4 deutlich besser als auf
f4.} (19. e5 $2 {Der Abtausch von Pe4 gegen den schwächeren Pd6 kommt dem
Nachziehenden entgegen, außerdem verliert Weiß seine schöne Operationsbasis d5.
} dxe5 20. Rxe5 Qg6 $10) 19... Qe5 $4 {Stellt einen glatten P ein.} (19... b5
$14 {Weiß steht aktiver!} 20. Rf4 {Droht Nd5 und der Bg4 hängt.} Be6 21. Bd4
$14 (21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qh3 Qe5 $10)) (19... b6 $142 {Donev} 20. Bd4 $14) 20.
Bxf7+ $1 $18 Kxf7 21. Qxg4 Rdc7 22. Qd1 Rxc3 {Nach} (22... Kg8 {kann Weiß den
zweiten P nehmen.} 23. Bxa7 Rxc3 24. bxc3 Qxc3 25. Bd4 $18) 23. bxc3 Qxc3 24.
Bd4 Qc6 (24... Qa3+ 25. Kb1 Rc4 26. Rf3 $18) 25. Rf3 $1 Qa4 26. Kb1 Rc4 27. Bb2
Qc6 28. e5 (28. Qd5+ {Donev} Qxd5 29. exd5 Rxh4 $16) 28... dxe5 29. Rxe5 Rxh4
$4 {Übersieht einen einfachen Doppellangriff, aber die Stellung war
hoffnungslos.} (29... Rb4 $142 {Donev}) 30. Qe1 (30. Qe1 {Donev} Bd6 31. Qxh4
Bxe5 32. Qh5+ $18 {/\Qe5}) 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Greenville"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Whitehead, Jay E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1983.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 (11. e5 dxe5 12. Qxe5) 11... Bd7 12.
Bb3 (12. e5 dxe5 13. Qxe5 (13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2 Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7
17. Rhe1 Nb6 18. Bd3 Rfd8 19. Qg4 Rxd3 $1 20. cxd3 Ba4 $10) 13... b5 $1) (12.
Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e5 Be7 14. exd6 Bf6 {Shamkovich,L-Taylor/New York/1983/}) 12...
Bc6 13. Rhf1 h6 14. Bh4 Qh5 15. Bg3 d5 16. e5 $2 (16. f5 $1 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 dxe4
18. fxe6 f5) (16. exd5 Rfd8 17. f5 Nxd5 18. fxe6 Bg5+ $1) 16... Ne4 17. Nxe4
dxe4 $15 18. Qg1 a5 $1 19. a3 b5 $1 20. Bf2 a4 21. Ba2 b4 22. g4 (22. Bc5 Bxc5
23. Qxc5 b3 $1 24. Bb1 (24. cxb3 $2 Bd5) 24... bxc2 25. Bxc2 Rac8 26. Kb1 Bd5
27. Qe3 (27. Qd4 Rc4) 27... Rxc2 $1 28. Kxc2 Bb3+) 22... Qh3 23. Rde1 $4 (23.
Qg3) (23. Rfe1 Qf3 24. Qg3) (23. axb4 a3 $1) 23... Bb5 $1 (23... b3 24. Re3 (
24. Bb1 Bb5 $19) 24... bxa2 25. Kd2 Rfd8+ 26. Kc3 Rac8) 24. axb4 a3 $1 25. Be3
(25. b3 Rfe8 $1 (25... Bxb4) 26. Be3 Bxb4) 25... axb2+ 26. Kb1 Bxb4 (26... Bxf1
) 27. c4 Bxe1 (27... Rxa2 $1 28. Kxa2 Bxc4+ 29. Kxb2 Rb8 $1) 28. Rxe1 Ba6 29.
g5 hxg5 30. fxg5 g6 31. Rf1 Rfb8 32. Qf2 Rb7 33. Qe2 Bxc4 $1 34. Qxc4 Qxe3 0-1

[Event "Reunion IBM op"]
[Site "Reunion"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "De la Riva Aguado, Oscar"]
[Black "Oms Pallisse, Josep"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2
Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfd8 18. Qg4 (18. Bf1 Nf8 19. Qe3 $14)
18... Nf8 {[#]} 19. Bf1 {Les 2 catalans ont joué plus de coups et plus
longtemps que leurs collègues de la 1ère table mais sans entamer le débat
théorique qui commence exactement ici!!} (19. Bd3 {est l'autre possibilité où
l'évaluation du sacrifice de qualité} Rxd3 20. cxd3 Qd7 {est critique pour la
variante et une des grandes questions de la théorie actuelle.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bb5 $5 $146 (11. Bc4 Bd7 12. Rd3 Rad8 13.
Rg3 Kh8 14. Rf1 $5 $146 h6 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Be8 17. Qf4 Nh5 18. Bxh6 $3
Nxf4 19. Bxg7+ Kh7 20. Rxf4 Rg8 21. Rfg4 Rxg7 22. Rxg7+ Kh6 23. Rg8 Kh7 24.
R8g7+ Kh6 25. Rg8 Kh7 {Shirov,A-Kramnik,V/Groningen/1993/0,5 (25)/}) 11... h6 (
11... a6 $6 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nd5 (13... Rd8 14. Qh4 $36) 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15.
Bd3 $36) 12. Bh4 Rd8 13. e5 dxe5 14. Qxe5 Ng4 (14... a6 $6 15. Bd3 b5 (15...
Qxe5 16. fxe5 Nd5 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Bh7+ $18) 16. Ne4 $1 $36) 15. Rxd8+ Qxd8
16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qd4 $14 b6 18. Be2 Nf6 19. Rd1 Bb7 20. g3 Rc8 21. Qd6 $5 (21.
Nb5 $5 Bd5 (21... Nd5 22. Nxa7 Ra8 23. Nb5 Rxa2 24. Kb1 $14) 22. Kb1 a6 23. Nc3
b5 24. Nxd5 exd5 (24... Nxd5 25. Bf3 $14) 25. Bd3 $14 Qd6) 21... Qxd6 22. Rxd6
Kf8 23. Nb5 Ke7 24. Rd1 Ra8 $8 25. c4 Bc6 26. Nd4 Bd7 27. Kd2 g5 28. Bf3 Rc8
29. b3 Ne8 $1 30. Re1 Kf6 31. Kd3 Nd6 32. Rc1 a5 $1 33. a3 gxf4 34. gxf4 Nf5
$10 35. b4 axb4 36. axb4 e5 (36... Nxd4 37. Kxd4 Kf5 38. Be4+ $1 Kxf4 39. Rf1+
$16) 37. fxe5+ Kxe5 38. Re1+ Kd6 39. Bd5 Nxd4 40. Kxd4 Be6 41. Re5 Rg8 42. c5+
bxc5+ 43. bxc5+ Ke7 44. Bxe6 fxe6 45. Kc4 Kd7 46. Re3 Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 11th final"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1995.11.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1995.11.30"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Budapest Honved"]
[BlackTeam "Berlin SV Empor"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2
Nd7 15. Nd5 Qc5 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfd8 18. Qg4 Nf8 19. Bd3 Rxd3 (19...
Qc7 $6 20. Bb4 Bd5 21. Kb1 Rac8 22. Bd6 Qc6 23. b3 b5 24. Re3 Ng6 25. h4 f5 26.
Qg5 Rd7 27. h5 Nf8 28. Rd2 Rf7 29. Rf2 h6 30. Qf4 Nh7 31. g4 $16 {Tatai,
S-Epishin,V/Reggio Emilia/1995/1|0/42/}) 20. cxd3 Qd7 21. Bb4 (21. Kb1 $6 Qxd3+
22. Ka1 h5 23. Qxh5 Ba4 24. Bc3 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 Qe4 $15 {Hracek,Z-Leko,P/Brno/
1993/0,5/44/}) 21... Qd5 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Kb1 Qxg2 24. Qxg2 (24. Qh4 g6 25.
Re3 Bd5 26. Rh3 h5 27. Rc1 Qd2 28. b3 a5 $132 {Psakhis,L-Greenfeld,A/Tel Aviv/
1991/0,5/37/}) 24... Bxg2 25. Rg1 $5 {N/} (25. Rc1 Bc6 26. Kc2 (26. Rc4 f5 27.
exf6 Rxf6 28. h4 h6 29. Rg1 Kf7 $132 {Georgiev,Kir-Gurevich,D/Palma de Majorca/
1989/0,5/59/}) 26... f5 27. exf6 Rxf6 28. Rf1 Rh6 29. Rf2 Rh3 30. Kc3 h6 31.
Kd4 Kh7 32. b3 g5 33. Rcf1 Kg6 (33... Bd5 $5) 34. Rf6+ Kh5 35. Rxe6 $16 {
Adams, M-Kramnik,V/Moscow/1994/0,5/54/}) 25... Bc6 26. Kc2 f5 27. exf6 Rxf6 28.
Rdf1 Rh6 29. Rf2 Rh4 (29... Rh3 30. Kc3 h6 31. Rg3 $14) 30. Kc3 Bd5 31. a3 h6
32. b4 (32. Rg3 g5 33. h3 $14) 32... a6 33. a4 (33. Rg3 $5) 33... g5 34. Rgf1
g4 $1 $10 35. Rg1 Kh7 36. Rg3 Bf3 37. Kd4 (37. h3 $5 h5 (37... gxh3 38. Rgxf3
h2 39. Rxh2 Rxh2 40. Rf7+ Kg6 41. Rxb7 $16) 38. a5 Kh6 39. Kd2 gxh3 $1 40.
Rfxf3 h2 41. Rf6+ $10) 37... Rh5 38. h3 Rd5+ 39. Ke3 Re5+ 40. Kd2 h5 41. hxg4
hxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-Paris"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Marciano, David"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 $1 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14.
Bd2 Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfd8 18. Qg4 Nf8 19. Bd3 Rxd3 20.
cxd3 Qd7 21. Bb4 Qd5 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Kb1 Qxg2 24. Qxg2 Bxg2 25. Rc1 Bc6 26.
Kc2 (26. Rc4 $5 f5 27. exf6 Rxf6 28. h4 h6 29. Rg1 Kf7 30. h5 Kf8 31. Kc2 Rf5
32. Rcg4 Rf7 33. Kc3 $36 {Georgiev,K-Gurevich,D/Palma de Majorca/1989/0,5/59/})
26... f5 (26... Rd8 27. Kd2 Kf8 28. Ke3 f6 29. exf6 gxf6 30. Rc4 Bb5 31. Rd4
Rxd4 32. Kxd4 e5+ 33. Ke3 $14 {Leko,P-Fritz3/Munich/1994/0,5/55/}) 27. exf6
Rxf6 28. Kc3 $5 {N/} (28. Rf1 Rh6 29. Rf2 Rh3 30. Kc3 h6 31. Kd4 Kh7 32. b3 $14
{Adams,M-Kramnik,V/Moscow/1994/0,5/54/}) 28... g5 29. Rf1 Rh6 30. Rg1 Rg6 (
30... Rh5 31. h4 $1 $16) 31. Kd4 g4 32. b4 a6 33. a4 h5 (33... Bxa4 34. Rc8+
Kf7 35. Rc7+ Kf6 36. Rxb7 $16) 34. Rxc6 $5 bxc6 35. Kc5 e5 (35... Kf7 36. Kxc6
Ke7 37. Kb7 e5 38. b5 axb5 39. axb5 Rd6 $14) 36. Kb6 Rd6 37. Kxa6 Rxd3 38. Kb6
Rb3 39. Ra1 $1 $18 Rxb4+ 40. Kc7 Rf4 41. a5 Rf7+ 42. Kb6 Kg7 43. a6 Kg6 44. a7
Rxa7 45. Rxa7 Kf5 46. Kxc6 Ke4 (46... h4 47. Kd5 g3 48. h3 Kf4 49. Rf7+ Ke3 50.
Kxe5 g2 51. Rg7 Kf2 52. Kf4 g1=Q 53. Rxg1 Kxg1 54. Kg4 Kf2 55. Kxh4 Kf3 56. Kg5
$18) 47. Rh7 Kf3 48. Rxh5 e4 49. Rf5+ (49. Rf5+ Kg2 50. Rf4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dresden"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2
Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfd8 18. Qg4 Nf8 19. Bd3 Rd5 20. Bb4
Qc7 $146 (20... Qd8 21. h4 Ng6 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Qf4 Rc8 24. Rf1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1
Bd5 26. b3 a5 27. Bd6 Bxg2 28. Qg5 Qxg5+ 29. hxg5 Be4 30. c4 b5 31. Be7 Bd5 32.
c5 {1-0 Yemelin,V-Kharlov,A/RUS-ch 1996/CBM 56 (49)}) 21. c4 Rd7 22. Bd6 Qa5
23. Kb1 Ng6 24. h4 f5 25. Qg3 Qd8 26. Rh1 Nh8 27. c5 b5 28. Bc2 a5 29. Qb3 Rf7
30. Qxe6 a4 {MultiMedia files not imported} 31. Bb8 Qxb8 32. Qxc6 Ng6 33. Rhe1
Nxh4 34. e6 Re7 35. Rd7 Qe8 36. Qxa8 Qxa8 37. Rxe7 Nxg2 38. Rg1 h5 39. Rd7 Qc6
40. Rd8+ Kh7 41. e7 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Republics 03 Semifinal 1"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1953.09.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Ilivitzki, Georgi A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1953.09.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 {Tal scored on board 2 for Latvia in the semifinal 3,5/7 and in the
Final 4,5/7. This score enabled him to reach the qualifying norm for the title
of USSR Master, but the All-Union Classification Comission set him the task of
beating the established master Vladimir Saigin, champion of Byelorussia in a
match (1954) to confirm this.} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6
6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. e5 dxe5 12. Qxe5
Qxe5 13. fxe5 Nd5 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Bd3 Nc6 $6 (15... b6 $142 16. Be4 Rb8 17.
Rhe1 Bb7) 16. Rhe1 $32 {[%csl Ra8,Rc8,Rd7]} Rd8 (16... b6 17. Be4 Bb7 18. Rd7)
17. b4 $1 {[%cal Gd3h7,Gb4b5,Gd1d8]} Bd7 18. b5 Na5 19. Ne4 Rac8 20. Nd6 Rc5
21. Be4 Kf8 22. Nxb7 1-0

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2
Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfd8 18. Qg4 (18. Bf1 Nf8 19. Qe3 Qh4
20. h3 Ng6 21. c4 h6 22. g3 Qh5 23. Bc3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 a6 25. h4 Qg4 26. Be2 {
Ehlvest,J-Salov,V/Linares (12)/1991/0.5 (34)}) 18... Nf8 (18... Nc5 19. h4 Kh8
20. Bg5 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Qc7 22. Qd4 Nd7 23. Bf4 Nb6 24. Bf1 Nd5 25. Bd2 Ne7 26.
Bc3 {Short-Sosonko/Wijk/1987/0.5 (34)}) 19. Bf1 (19. Bd3 Rxd3 (19... Qc5 20.
Bb4 Qb6 21. Bd6 Rac8 22. Kb1 Bb5 23. c4 Ba4 24. Rc1 Rxd6 25. exd6 Qxd6 26. Qe2
{Wagman-Belotti/Reggio Emilia II (1)/1987/0.5 (41)}) 20. cxd3 Ng6 (20... Qd7
21. Kb1 (21. Bb4 Qd5 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Kb1 Qxg2 24. Qh4 (24. Qxg2 Bxg2 25. Rc1
$14 {Georgiev,Kir-Gurevich,D/Palma de Mallorca GMA/1989/}) 24... g6 25. Re3 Bd5
26. Rh3 {Psakhis,L-Greenfeld,A/Tel-Aviv ASA (04)/1991/0.5 (37)}) 21... Qxd3+
22. Ka1 h5 $1 (22... Qf5 23. Qg3 Ng6 24. Bc3 h6 25. Rf1 Qe4 26. Rd2 {Ivanchuk,
V-Anand,V/Linares (m/7)/1992/1-0 (51)}) 23. Qe2 (23. Qxh5 $6 Ba4 $1 24. b3 Qd4+
25. Kb1 Bb5 26. a4 Bd3+ 27. Ka2 Bc2 $36) 23... Qxe2 24. Rxe2 Rd8 25. Rde1 Ng6
26. g3 {Almasi,Z-Tolnai,T/HUN-ch (09)/1992/0.5 (49)}) (20... Qc5+ 21. Kb1 Qd5
22. Qe4 (22. Re3 Ng6 23. Bc3 Qxg2 24. Qxg2 Bxg2 25. Rg1 (25. Rg3 Bc6 26. Rdg1 {
Ivanov,A-Rachels,S/Long Beach ch-US (1)/1989/0.5 (36)}) 25... Bc6 26. Reg3 {
Petrushin,A-Lisenko,A/USSR/1984/}) 22... Qd7 23. Qe2 Ng6 24. g3 Ne7 25. Bb4 Nf5
26. Bc3 {Short,N-Pritchett/Swansea ch-GB (1)/1987/0.5 (27)}) 21. Kb1 Qd8 22.
Bc3 a5 23. g3 Ne7 24. Bd4 Qd5 25. Bg1 a4 $44 {Anand,V-Lobron,E/Manila ol/1992/}
) (19. h4 Qc5 20. Bb3 (20. Bc3 h5 21. Qe2 Bxg2 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Bd3 Bh3 24.
Qxh5 f5 25. Qf3 Bg4 26. Qxb7 {Sherzer,A-Rachels,S/USA-ch (10)/1992/1-0 (38)})
20... a5 21. c3 Ng6 22. Qg3 a4 23. Bc2 Qc4 24. a3 Qxh4 25. Qxh4 Nxh4 26. Bxh7+
{Krakops,M-Leko,P/Duisburg WchJM-U14 (01)/1992/0-1 (51)}) 19... Qc5 (19... Ng6
20. Re3 (20. Bb4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Qc7 $6 22. Qd4 $1 Bd5 23. Bc3 $1 $16 {Kovalev,
A-Leko,P/Munchen/1991/1-0 (43)}) 20... Rd5 {Gruenfeld,Y-Sosonko,G/Jerusalem/
1986/0.5 (20)}) (19... Qc7 20. Bc3 Ng6 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rd1 Bd5 23. Qd4 Rc8
24. a3 Qb8 25. g3 b5 26. Bd3 {Gurevich,I-Rachels,S/USA-ch (11)/1992/1-0 (54)})
20. Bc3 Ng6 21. Qg5 Rd5 22. Rxd5 Bxd5 23. a3 Rc8 24. Qe3 Qc6 25. g3 (25. Qxa7
Bxg2 26. Bd3 Nf4 $17) 25... a6 26. Be2 Ne7 27. Qg5 Qc7 28. Bd3 h6 29. Qh4 b5
30. Bb4 Nf5 31. Qf4 Bc4 32. Bxc4 bxc4 $17 33. Rf1 Qa7 34. Bd2 (34. g4 Qe3+ 35.
Kb1 Qxf4 36. Rxf4 Ne3 $17) 34... Qc7 35. Bc3 Qc5 36. g4 Qe3+ 37. Bd2 Qxf4 38.
Rxf4 Ne7 39. Rd4 Nd5 40. h4 Rc6 41. Kb1 Kh7 42. h5 f6 $1 43. Re4 (43. exf6 Nxf6
$19 {/\ e5}) 43... fxe5 44. Rxe5 Nf6 45. g5 hxg5 46. Bxg5 (46. Rxg5 Ne4 47. Rg2
Rc5 $19) 46... Nxh5 $19 47. b3 Nf6 48. bxc4 Nd7 49. Ra5 Kg6 50. Be3 Kf6 51. c5
(51. Bg5+) 51... e5 52. Ra4 Kf5 53. Rb4 g5 54. a4 g4 55. a5 Rc8 56. Kc1 Nf6 57.
Rb7 Nd5 58. Bf2 Ke4 59. Rb3 Rf8 60. Bh4 Rf3 61. c6 Rxb3 62. cxb3 Kf3 63. Bd8 e4
64. Bb6 (64. c7 Nxc7 65. Bxc7 e3 $1 (65... g3 $2 66. Kd2 g2 (66... e3+ 67. Ke1
g2 68. Bh2 $18) 67. Bb6 $18) 66. Kd1 Kf2 67. Bg3+ (67. Bb6 g3 68. Bxe3+ (68.
Kc2 Ke2 (68... g2 $2 69. Kd3 $18) 69. Bc7 g2 70. Bh2 Kf1 71. Kd3 e2 $19) 68...
Kxe3 69. Ke1 g2 $19) 67... Kxg3 68. Ke2 Kf4 69. b4 g3 70. b5 g2 71. bxa6 g1=Q
$19) 64... e3 65. c7 Nxc7 66. Bxc7 g3 67. Kd1 g2 68. Bh2 Kf2 0-1

[Event "Aruba"]
[Site "Aruba"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NAU"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2
Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Qc5 (17... Rfd8) (17... Rfc8) (17...
Nb6) 18. Qf4 (18. Qxc5 $142 Nxc5 19. Bb4 b6 20. Re2 Rfd8 21. Red2 Rxd2 22. Rxd2
Kf8 23. g3 Ke7 (23... Ke8 $5 24. b3 Ne4 25. Rd4 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Kxd8) 24. b3 Rd8
25. Rxd8 Kxd8 26. Kd2 $14 {ECO}) 18... Bb5 19. Bb3 (19. Bxb5 Qxb5 20. Bb4 Nc5
21. Rf1 Rac8 22. Rf3 h6 23. Rd4 f6 24. exf6 Rxf6 25. Qg4 h5 26. Qg3 e5 27. Rxf6
exd4 28. Bxc5 Qxc5 $10 {Kindermann,S-Gurevich,D Beersheva 1984}) 19... Qc7 $1 (
19... a5 20. a4 Bc6 21. Re3 Rac8 22. Bc3 b5 23. Rg3 Rfe8 24. Rf1 Re7 25. Qg5 g6
26. Bd4 $16 {Kavalek,L-Benko,P Netanya 1969}) 20. Qg3 Nc5 21. Bg5 (21. Bh6 f5)
21... f5 $1 22. exf6 Qxg3 23. f7+ Rxf7 24. hxg3 Nxb3+ 25. axb3 Bc6 $10 26. Rxe6
(26. Rd2 Re8 $10) 26... Bxg2 27. Re7 Bc6 28. Rxf7 Kxf7 29. Rd8 Rxd8 30. Bxd8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 32nd"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 h6 (10... Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5
Bc6 14. Bd2 Nd7 15. Nd5 Qc5 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 $14) 11. Bh4 Qa5 (11... a6 12. g4 $1
$14) 12. Be1 (12. Bc4 $5 Rd8 13. Rhf1 Qh5 14. g3 $14) 12... e5 13. Qf2 exf4 14.
Qxf4 (14. Nd5 $6 Qd8 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Qxf4 Nxe4 $15) 14... Be6 15. Kb1 (15.
Nd5 $2 Nxd5 16. exd5 Qxa2 $17) 15... Qe5 (15... Rac8 $5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5
Qc5 18. c4 Bg5 19. Qf3 Bd7 20. Bc3 $14) 16. Qxe5 dxe5 17. Bg3 Rad8 (17... Bc5
$6 18. Bxe5 Ng4 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 $14) 18. Be2 (18. Rxd8 $2 Rxd8 19. Bxe5
Nxe4 $40) 18... Ng4 $6 (18... Bd6 19. Rd2 $14) (18... Bb4 $5 19. Bxe5 Bxc3 20.
Bxc3 Nxe4 21. Bd4 a6 22. Bf3 f5) 19. Nd5 (19. Bxg4 $2 Bxg4 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21.
Bxe5 Rd2 $44) 19... Bd6 (19... Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Rxd5 21. exd5 Ne3 22. Bxe5 $14)
20. Bh4 $1 (20. h3 $2 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 (21. exd5 Ne3 $15) 21... Nf6 $15) 20... f6
$8 (20... g5 $2 21. Bxg4 $16) 21. Bc4 g5 22. h3 $1 (22. Bg3 Kg7 23. h3 Bxd5) (
22. Ne7+ Kf7 $1) 22... gxh4 23. hxg4 Kg7 24. Rxh4 $16 Bc5 {/\Bf2} 25. Rdh1 Rh8
26. Rf1 b5 (26... Rhf8) 27. Bb3 Rhf8 28. c3 a5 29. Nc7 Bd7 30. Be6 $18 Bb6 31.
Bxd7 Bxc7 32. Bxb5 Rd2 33. Rfh1 Rh8 34. R4h3 Rxg2 35. Rd3 Bb6 36. Bd7 Rb8 37.
Bf5 Bc5 38. b3 Rb7 39. Rhd1 Ba3 40. R3d2 Rg3 41. Kc2 Kf8 42. Rd8+ Kg7 43. Rc8
Rg2+ 44. Rd2 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9495 37th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tatai, Stefano"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1994.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2
Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6
14. Bd2 Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfd8 18. Qg4 Nf8 19. Bd3 Qc7 (
19... Rxd3 $5 20. cxd3 Qd7 21. Re3 (21. Bb4 Qd5 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Kb1 Qxg2 24.
Qxg2 Bxg2 25. Rc1 Bc6 26. Rc4 $14 {Georgiev,Ki-Gurevich,D/Palma de Mallorca/
1989}) (21. Kb1 Qxd3+ 22. Ka1 h5 23. Qe2 (23. Qxh5 $2 Ba4 24. b3 Qd4+ 25. Kb1
Bb5 $19) 23... Qxe2 24. Rxe2 Rd8 25. Rde1 Ng6 26. g3 $10) 21... Qd5 22. Kb1 Ng6
$44) (19... Qc5 {Ernst} 20. Bb4 Qb6 21. Bd6 Rac8 22. Kb1 Bb5 23. c4 Ba4 24. Rc1
Rxd6 25. exd6 Qxd6 26. Qe2 Qxh2 $10 {Wagman-Belotti/Reggio Emilia-B/1987/1/2-1/
2/41}) (19... Rd5 {Ernst} 20. Bb4 (20. h4 Ng6 $10) (20. Bg5 $6 Qc7 21. Bf6 Ng6
$15) (20. Be4 Rdd8 21. Bb4 Qe8) 20... Qd8 21. Kb1 Ng6 22. Bd6 Qh4 $15 {Joecks,
C-Meyer/BL9091/0-1/32}) 20. Bb4 Bd5 21. Kb1 Rac8 22. Bd6 $1 $14 Qc6 23. b3 b5
24. Re3 Ng6 25. h4 f5 26. Qg5 Rd7 (26... Bxg2 27. h5 f4 (27... Nf8 $2 28. Rg3
$18) 28. hxg6 (28. Ree1 $14) 28... fxe3 29. gxh7+ Kh8 30. Qxe3 $44) 27. h5 Nf8
28. Rd2 $1 {Der Bauer auf g2 ist zu decken,und gleichzeitig verstärkt der Turm
den Angriff.} Rf7 29. Rf2 {Es droht 30.g4 fg4(30...g6 31.Bf8 Raf8 32.hg6 hg6
33.gf5 ef5 34.e6! Rf6 35.e7 Re8 36.Bf5 mit vorteil) 31.Rf7 Kf7 32.h6!gh6 33.
Qh6 mit Angriff.} h6 30. Qf4 Nh7 (30... Bxg2 31. Bxf8 $1 Rcxf8 32. Bxb5 Qb7 (
32... Qxb5 33. Rxg2 Rd8 34. Re1) 33. Rg3 $14) (30... Qd7 $142) 31. g4 $16 Ng5
32. gxf5 exf5 33. Bxf5 Re8 34. Qd4 Be6 (34... Nf3 35. Qd3 Nh4 (35... Ng5 36.
Rd2 Bg2 37. Bg6 Rf1+ 38. Kb2 Rd8 39. e6 $18) 36. Bh7+ Kh8 37. Rxf7 Bxf7 38. Rh3
Ng2 39. Be4 $18) 35. Bxe6 Nxe6 36. Qh4 Rc8 37. Ree2 Rxf2 38. Rxf2 Qd5 39. Qg4
Rc3 (39... Re8 40. Qg6 Qd1+ 41. Kb2 Qd4+ 42. Ka3 Qxf2 43. Qxe8+ $18) 40. Rf6
Kh8 41. Rxe6 Qc6 42. Re7 1-0

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. Rd3 {!? Boensch
} (12. e5 {Boensch -Hauptvariante}) 12... Rad8 (12... b5 13. Rg3 bxc4 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Qxf6 g6 16. Rd1 Bc6 17. Qd4 (17. Rxd6 {Boensch} Bxe4 18. Nxe4 (18. Rg5
Qb4 19. Qd4 Rab8 $1 $17) 18... Qe1+ 19. Rd1 Qxe4 $10) 17... Rac8 18. Rg5 d5 19.
exd5 Bxd5 20. Ne4 (20. f5 $1 $16 {Boensch}) 20... f5 21. Nc3 (21. Nf6+ {Boensch
} Rxf6 22. Qxf6 c3 $17) 21... Rfd8 22. Qf6 Qb6 23. Re1 Qf2 {Shabalov,A-Inkiov,
V/Gausdal Troll Masters (5)/1991/0.5 (24)}) (12... e5 13. Qe3 (13. Qg1 Be6 14.
Bb3 exf4 15. Bxf4 Bxb3 16. cxb3 Rfe8 17. g4 Bf8 18. Bd2 Qe5 19. Re3 Rac8 20.
Kb1 Qd4 21. Qg2 d5 22. e5 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 Qxe5 24. g5 $17 {Lanka,Z-Kotronias,V/
Gausdal International (5)/1991/0-1 (40)}) 13... Rac8 (13... Ng4 $5 {Boensch})
14. Bb3 Be6 15. Bxe6 exf4 16. Bxf4 fxe6 17. Qh3 Kf7 18. Kb1 Qc5 19. g4 h6 20.
Be3 Qe5 21. Bd4 Qg5 22. Rg1 Nd7 23. Be3 Qg6 24. g5 $3 $40 {Shirov,A-Kramnik,V/
Luzern WchT/1993/1-0 (54)}) 13. Rg3 Kh8 (13... e5 14. Qd3 $36) 14. Rf1 (14. e5
{Boensch} dxe5 15. fxe5 Bc6 16. Qe3 Ng8 17. Bd3 Qb6 (17... h6 18. h4 b5 19. Kb1
b4 20. Ne2 Rd5 21. Qe4 Rxd3 22. Qxd3 Qxe5 $44 {Kotronias,V-Kramnik,V Belgrade 
(1) 1993 r 28 -CBM 39}) 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Re1 Bxg5+ 20. Rxg5 Rd4 $10 {Hodgson,
JM-Kramnik,V Belgrade (5) 1993 0-1 48 -CBM 39}) 14... h6 (14... Bc6 15. f5 $40)
15. e5 {? Boensch} (15. Bh4 $13 {Boensch}) 15... dxe5 (15... hxg5 16. exf6 Bxf6
17. Qd3 Rfe8 18. Ne4 $40) 16. fxe5 (16. Qxe5 Qxe5 17. fxe5 hxg5 18. exf6 gxf6
$17) 16... Be8 17. Qf4 (17. exf6 Rxd4 18. fxg7+ Kh7 (18... Kxg7 19. Bxe7+ $1 (
19. Bf6+ Kh7 20. Rg7+ Kh8 21. Rg5+ Bxf6 22. Rxa5 Bg5+ $17) 19... Kh7 20. Bf6
Rg8 21. Rxg8 Kxg8 22. Bxd4 $16) 19. Bd3+ (19. Bxe7 Rg8 20. Bd3+ f5) (19. gxf8=Q
{Ernst} Bxf8 $17) 19... f5 (19... Rxd3 20. Bxe7 Rg8 21. Rxd3 Rxg7 22. Ne4 $40)
20. gxf8=Q Bxf8 21. Be3 $13) (17. Qh4 {Boensch} Qxe5 $19) (17. Qe3 {Boensch}
Ng4 18. Rxg4 Bxg5 19. Rxg5 hxg5 $17) 17... Nh5 (17... hxg5 $2 18. Qxg5 $18) 18.
Bxh6 $6 Nxf4 (18... Nxg3 19. Bxg7+ Kxg7 20. Qxg3+ Kh8 21. Qh3+ Kg7 22. Qg4+ Kh8
23. Rf3 $18) 19. Bxg7+ Kh7 (19... Kg8 $2 20. Rxf4 $18) 20. Rxf4 Rg8 $6 {
? Boensch} (20... Bc6 21. Rh3+ $1 (21. Rfg4 Bxg2 22. Rxg2 Rg8) (21. Bxf8 Rxf8
22. Rh3+ Kg6 23. Bd3+ Kg5 24. Rhh4 f5 (24... Qxe5 25. Rfg4+ Kf6 26. Rh6#) 25.
exf6 e5 $13) 21... Kg6 (21... Kg8 22. Rg4 $18) 22. Bf6 $1 Bxf6 23. Rxf6+ Kg7 (
23... Kg5 24. Rg3+ Kh5 25. Be2+) 24. Rg3+ Kh7 25. Rf4 Rd1+ 26. Nxd1 Qd8 27.
Bd3+ $18) (20... Qxc3 $3 21. Rxc3 (21. bxc3 Ba3+ 22. Kb1 Rd1#) 21... Bg5 (21...
Kxg7 {Ernst} 22. Rg3+ Kh6 23. Rh3+ Kg6 24. Rg3+ Kh6 $19) 22. Rh3+ Kxg7 23. Rg3
Kh6 24. Rh3+ Kg6 25. Rg3 Rh8 26. Bd3+ Rxd3 27. cxd3 Rh4 $1 28. Rxg5+ Kxg5 $19)
(20... Qb6 $6 21. Ne4 $1) 21. Rfg4 Rxg7 $2 (21... Qxc3 $3 {Boensch} 22. Rxc3
Rxg7 $19) 22. Rxg7+ Kh6 23. Rg8 Kh7 24. R8g7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.10.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1994.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. Qxe5 Qb6 (13...
Qb4 14. Rd4 Qb6 {Suetin-Glek,I/Moscow/1983/} (14... Bc5 15. Rhd1 Bxd4 16. Rxd4
Qb6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qxf6 Rfd8 19. f5 Bc6 20. Rg4+ Kf8 21. b3 $18)) 14. Qe2
Rad8 (14... Bc6 $13) 15. Ne4 Nd5 $5 (15... Bc6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 $14
) 16. Bxd5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 (17. fxg5 exd5 18. Rxd5 Bg4 $132) 17... exd5 18. Rxd5
Bg4 $1 19. Qe4 g6 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Qc4 (21. Qe7 Rd7 22. Qe8+ Kg7 23. h3 Bf5
24. g4 Qf2 $1) 21... Qf6 22. g3 Qe7 23. Qe4 Qd7 24. Qd3 Qe7 (24... Qxd3 25.
cxd3 Rxd3 26. Re1 $14) 25. Qe4 Qd7 26. Qd3 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 15th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2007.04.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2007.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. e5 dxe5 12. Qxe5 b5 $5 {Kotronias reacts
with a daring pawn advance and avoids a slightly unpleasant endgame after the
exchange of queens.} 13. Rd3 (13. Qxb5 Qc7 $13) (13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Qxb5 Qxb5 15.
Nxb5 Bxg2 16. Rhg1 Bf3 17. Rdf1 Bh5 18. f5 exf5 19. Nd4 Bg6 20. Nxf5 Bc5 21.
Rg3 Nh5 22. Rg4 $14 {1/2 Sadvakasov,D (2618)-Shengelia,D (2523)/Baku 2007/ (62)
}) 13... Ng4 (13... h6 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Rg3+ (15. Rh3 Ng4 (15... Kg7 $2 16. g4
$1) 16. Qh5 f5 17. Qg6+ Kh8 18. Rxh6+ Nxh6 19. Qxh6+ $11) 15... Kh8 16. Bd3 Bb7
17. f5 $13) 14. Qe4 f6 $5 {Black is on top of the situation and his tactical
approach is flawless. It is Cheparinov who risks losing control of the
situation due to his optimistic move 13.Rd3.} (14... Bxg5 15. fxg5 b4 (15...
Nf2 16. Qxa8 Nxh1 17. a3 $14) 16. Qxa8 Nf2 (16... bxc3 17. Rxc3 Nf2 18. Rg1 Qb6
19. Qf3 Nd3+ 20. Rxd3 Qxg1 21. h3 $14) (16... Ba6 17. Qxa7 Qxg5+ 18. Rd2 bxc3
19. bxc3 Bxf1 20. Rxf1 Nxh2 21. Rh1 $16) 17. Nd1 Nxh1 18. g3 Qxg5+ 19. Kb1 Ba6
20. Qxh1 Bxd3 21. Bxd3 $14) 15. Rh3 $1 (15. Qxa8 fxg5 16. Qf3 b4 (16... Rxf4 $2
17. Qc6) 17. Qxg4 bxc3 18. Rxc3 Bf6 19. Rb3 Qxa2 $15) 15... g6 (15... fxg5 $2
16. Qxh7+ Kf7 17. Bd3 Bf6 18. fxg5 $18) (15... h6 16. Bd3 f5 (16... fxg5 $2 17.
Qh7+ Kf7 18. Bg6+ Kf6 19. Ne4#) 17. Qxa8 hxg5 18. Bxf5 $1 exf5 19. Qd5+ Rf7 20.
Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 21. Qxf7 Bd6 22. Re1 $18) 16. Qxa8 (16. Bh6 Rd8 $1 (16... Nxh6 17.
Qxa8 b4 18. Nb5 b3 19. cxb3 Qe1+ 20. Kc2 Qf2+ $11) 17. Qxa8 b4 18. Nb1 b3 $1
19. Bc4 $8 bxa2 20. Bxa2 Qxa2 $13) 16... fxg5 17. Bxb5 (17. Qf3 b4 $1 18. Qxg4
bxc3 19. Rxc3 Bf6 $17) 17... Nf2 18. Nd5 $1 {[%mdl 64] A model example of
chess brinkmanship. Cheparinov is facing the fork to both of his rooks and he
bravely throws two additional minor pieces into the fire.} exd5 (18... Nxh1 $2
19. Nxe7+ Kg7 20. Qe4 $1 Qxb5 21. Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 22. Qxg6+ Kh8 23. Qh6#) (18...
Bc5 $5 19. Nf6+ $1 Rxf6 (19... Kg7 $6 20. Rxh7+ Kxf6 21. Qf3 Nxh1 22. fxg5+ Ke5
23. Qe2+ Kd5 24. Qc4+ Kd6 25. Qd3+ Ke5 $11) 20. Qxc8+ Bf8 21. fxg5 Nxh1 (21...
Rf7 $2 22. Rb3 $1 Nxh1 23. Qxe6 Kh8 24. Rc3 $1 $18) 22. Re3 Rf2 (22... Qxb5 23.
gxf6 Qf1+ 24. Kd2 Qf2+ 25. Kd3 Qf5+ 26. Kc3 Qa5+ $11) 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Qe5+
Bg7 25. Qb8+ Rf8 (25... Bf8 26. Qe5+ $11) 26. Re8 Qb4 $5 (26... Qe1+ 27. Rxe1
Rxb8 28. c3 $1 Nf2 (28... Rxb5 29. Re8+ Bf8 30. Rxf8+ Kg7 31. Rf1 Rxg5 32. Rxh1
Rxg2 $14) 29. a4 Ng4 $13) 27. Rxf8+ Qxf8 28. Qxa7 Bxb2+ 29. Kxb2 Qb4+ 30. Ka1
Qe1+ $11) 19. Qxd5+ Kh8 (19... Kg7 20. Re3 (20. fxg5 Bxg5+ $1 21. Qxg5 Bxh3 22.
Qe7+ Rf7 23. Qe5+ Kh6 24. Qe3+ g5 25. Bc4 $1 Rf4 26. gxh3 Nxh1 27. Qe6+ $11)
20... Bd8 $1 (20... Qd8 21. Rxe7+ $1 Qxe7 22. Qd4+ Kh6 23. Qxf2 $14) 21. Rhe1
gxf4 22. Re8 $14) 20. fxg5 $1 (20. Re3 $6 Bf6 $1 (20... Nxh1 $2 21. Rxe7 $18) (
20... Bd8 $2 21. Rhe1 gxf4 22. Re8 $18) 21. Rhe1 (21. fxg5 $2 Qb6 $1 22. Rhe1
Bb7 $19) 21... Bf5 $15) 20... Qb4 (20... Nxh1 21. Qe5+ Bf6 22. gxf6 $18) (20...
Nxh3 21. Qe5+ Bf6 22. gxf6 h6 23. Qe7 Rg8 24. f7 $18) (20... Bxg5+ 21. Qxg5
Bxh3 22. Qe5+ Kg8 23. Bc4+ $18) (20... Ng4 21. Qd4+ Bf6 22. gxf6 Qxb5 23. f7+
Qe5 24. Qxe5+ Nxe5 25. Re3 Nxf7 26. Re7 $16) 21. Qe5+ Kg8 22. Rc3 $1 {The
young Bulgarian player keeps creating new threats so that Black has to be on
the alert if he does not want to fall behind.} Ng4 (22... h6 23. Rf1 Bxg5+ 24.
Kb1 Bf6 25. Qd5+ Kh7 (25... Kh8 26. Rxf2 Rd8 27. a3 $18) 26. a3 (26. Rc7+ Kh8
27. c3 Qf4 28. Rxa7 $14) 26... Qd4 27. Qxd4 Bxd4 28. Rc7+ Kh8 29. Bd3 $16) (
22... Nxh1 $2 23. Bc4+ Rf7 24. Qd5 $18) 23. Qd5+ (23. Bc4+ Qxc4 24. Qxe7 Rf1+
25. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 26. Kd2 Qxg2+ $15) 23... Kg7 (23... Kh8 $5 24. h4 Rd8 $11) 24.
Rc4 (24. h4 $1 Bf5 25. Bc4 $14) 24... Qd6 25. Qxd6 Bxd6 26. Ra4 (26. Re1 Nxh2
27. Rc6 Bf4+ $11) 26... Bc5 (26... Rf7 27. g3 Bc5 $11) 27. Rf1 Bf5 $1 (27...
Rxf1+ 28. Bxf1 Nxh2 29. Be2 $14) 28. Rc4 (28. h3 Ne3 29. Rf2 Rd8 30. Rd2 $14)
28... Be3+ {Unfortunatelly for Kotronias, his next few moves are anything but
exact. The a7 pawn was very important so keeping the bishop on the a7-g1
diagonal was a safer option.} (28... Bb6 $11) 29. Kb1 Bxg5 30. Rc7+ Kh8 $6 (
30... Rf7 31. Rxf7+ Kxf7 32. Bd3 Nxh2 33. Rh1 Bxd3 34. Rxh2 Be4 35. Rxh7+ Ke6
36. Rxa7 Bxg2 $13) 31. Bd3 (31. Rxa7 $2 Bxc2+ $1 32. Ka1 (32. Kxc2 Ne3+ $17)
32... Bf5 $15) 31... Nxh2 $2 (31... Ne3 32. Rf2 Ng4 $11) 32. Rh1 Bxd3 33. cxd3
h5 34. Rxa7 (34. Rxh2 $4 Rf1+ 35. Kc2 Rc1+ 36. Kb3 Rxc7 $19) 34... Nf1 (34...
Ng4 35. a4 $16) 35. a4 $1 {Black has won the battle on the kingside, but the
price to pay will be very high. Due to the poor king location it will prove
impossible to stop the advancing white pawns on the other half of the board.}
Rf4 (35... Ne3 36. a5 (36. g3 Nf1 $13) 36... Nxg2 37. Rb7 Be3 38. b4 Nf4 39. a6
Nd5 (39... Nxd3 40. Rh3 $18) 40. Kb2 $16) 36. a5 Nd2+ 37. Kc2 Rf2 38. a6 $1 Be3
39. Ra8+ (39. Re7 Ne4+ 40. Kb3 Nc5+ 41. Ka3 Rf4 42. b3 Nxa6 43. Rxe3 $18) 39...
Kg7 40. a7 Nc4+ 41. Kb3 Nb6 42. Rb8 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 17th"]
[Site "Gjakova"]
[Date "2016.05.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KOS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bd7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Qxd6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 4]
Navara comies up with a fabulous novelty in the position, that was previously
treated with the seemingly much more dangerous idea 12.e5.} (12. e5 Be7 13.
exd6 Bf6 14. Qd3 (14. Qe3 g6 (14... Qb6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Ne4 Rxa2 17. Nxf6+
gxf6 18. Bc4 Ra5 19. b4 Ra4 20. Bb3 Rxb4 21. Rhf1 Rc8 22. Kb2 f5 $15 {0-1 (47)
Pruijssers,R (2498)-Abasov,N (2544) Wijk aan Zee 2015}) 15. Ne4 Bg7 16. Bd3 Qa5
17. Kb1 Rac8 18. Nd2 b5 19. Be4 Qd8 20. Nf3 a5 21. h4 a4 22. Ne5 f6 23. Nf3 f5
24. Bd3 $16 {1-0 (34) Wiersma,E (2362)-Schwartz,A (2250) Netherlands 2002})
14... Qb6 15. b3 g6 16. Ne4 Bg7 17. g4 Bc6 18. g5 Rfd8 19. Bg2 Qb4 20. c3 Bxc3
21. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 22. Nxc3 Bxg2 $11 {1/2-1/2 (39) Shirov,A (2734)-Knoppert,E 
(2382) Amsterdam 1999}) 12... Bc6 13. Qxd8 Rfxd8 14. Bb5 $1 {White is forcing
the transition to an endgame which is level in material, but not in chances.}
Bxc3 (14... Bxb5 15. Nxb5 $16) 15. Bxc6 Bxb2+ (15... bxc6 16. bxc3 e5 (16...
Kf8 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Rd1 $16) 17. f5 $16) 16. Kxb2 bxc6 17. Rxd8+ $5 {
It seems highly unlikely that the first player invented this line at the board.
At the moment of the transition to the endgame the exchange of the rooks
should be perceived as a part of the preparation.} (17. Kc3 Rdb8 18. Rd7 Rb5
19. Rhd1 $14) 17... Rxd8 18. Kc3 {The rook from h1 will infiltrate the black
position via the b- or d-file; the king on c3 is ready to prevent Black' s
counterplay and advance against the opponent's pawns.} Kf8 (18... Rb8 19. Rd1
g6 20. Rd7 a5 21. Ra7 Rb4 22. Rxa5 Rxe4 23. Ra8+ Kg7 24. g3 $16) 19. Rb1 Ke7
20. e5 (20. Rb7+ Rd7 21. Rxd7+ Kxd7 22. Kd4 f6 $14) 20... h5 {The general rule
in similar situations is that they do not favour the defender. The better
endgame for White means unpleasant suffering for Black, who is most usually
fighting only for one of two results.} 21. a4 (21. Rb7+ Rd7 22. Rxd7+ Kxd7 23.
Kd4 Kc7 24. Kc5 Kd7 25. g3 Kc7 26. a4 Kd7 $14) 21... Rd5 22. Rb7+ Rd7 23. Rb8 {
The exchange of rooks promises White better chances, but with careful defence
Jobava could manage to draw the pawn endgame.} Rd8 24. Rb4 Rd5 25. g3 Rc5+ (
25... Kd8 26. Rb7 Rd7 27. Rb8+ Kc7 28. Rh8 g6 29. a5 $16) 26. Kb3 Rd5 27. c4
Rd2 $6 {How to assign the blame in the position, which is difficult in any
case? It is most likely, that Black could have put up better resistance with
the more precise move 27...Rd3+!} (27... Rd3+ $1 28. Kc2 Rd7 29. a5 Kd8 30. Kc3
(30. a6 c5 31. Rb5 Rc7 $11) 30... Kc7 31. c5 Rd5 32. Kc4 Rd2 33. a6 Kc8 34. Rb7
Rd7 $14) 28. a5 Kd8 29. Rb8+ Kc7 30. Rf8 $1 Rd7 (30... f6 31. Rg8 fxe5 32. fxe5
Re2 33. Rxg7+ Kb8 34. Kb4 Rxe5 35. a6 $18) 31. Kb4 {Navara must have been
happy as his pieces are getting perfect coordination. Despite the equal
material Jobava will be hard pressed to defend against the pressure.} a6 32.
Kc5 g6 (32... Re7 33. Ra8 Kb7 34. Kd6 $18) 33. Ra8 Kb7 34. Rf8 Kc7 35. h3 Kb7
36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 Kc7 38. Ra8 Kb7 39. Rh8 Kc7 40. Rh1 Rd2 41. Rh7 Rd7 42. g5
{Black decided to resign as he is not able to defend against all active ideas
of his opponent.} (42. g5 Re7 (42... Kb7 43. f5 Rc7 (43... exf5 44. e6 $18) 44.
Kd6 c5 45. fxe6 Rc6+ 46. Kd5 $18) 43. Rh3 Rd7 44. Rb3 Rd8 45. Rb6 Ra8 46. Rxc6+
Kd7 47. Kb6 Rb8+ 48. Ka7 Rb4 49. Rc5 $18) 1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Gofshtein,L} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. Be2 (12. h4 Bd7
13. Qd2 (13. Bd3 h6 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Bc6 16. Qf4 Nh5 17. Qg4 Rxd3 18. Rxd3
hxg5 19. Qxh5 gxh4 20. Rd4 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Anand,V/Amber-rapid6th 1997/EXP
57 (24)}) 13... Bc6 14. Bd3 Qc7 15. Qe2 a6 16. Rhf1 b5 17. e5 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5
19. Qg4 dxe5 20. fxe5 Bxg5 21. hxg5 Bc4 22. Qe4 Bxd3 23. cxd3 {1/2-1/2 Bologan,
V-Kramnik,V/BL9394 1994 (60)}) (12. Qd2 {Gofshtein,L} Bd7 13. Bxf6 (13. Nd5
Qxd2 14. Nxe7+ Kf8 15. Rxd2 Nxe4 $19) 13... Bxf6 14. Nd5 Qxd2 15. Nxf6+ gxf6
16. Rxd2 $11) 12... Bd7 13. Qe3 (13. Rhf1 Bc6 14. Qe3 b5 15. Bf3 b4 16. Ne2
Rac8 17. Nd4 Ba4 18. Rd2 Rc5 19. Rfd1 Rdc8 20. f5 exf5 21. Nxf5 Qc7 22. Nxe7+
Qxe7 23. b3 {1-0 Mencinger,V-Wittmann,W/Ljubljana 1981 (40)}) (13. Qd2 Kh8 (
13... h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Rxd2 Bc6 18. Bf3 Kf8 19.
b3 Ke7 20. Kb2 Rac8 21. c4 b6 {1/2-1/2 Shulman,Y-Ionov,S/Mikenas mem op 1997 
(42)}) 14. Bf3 Bc6 15. h4 Rac8 16. Qe2 h6 17. g4 Qc7 18. Rc1 b5 19. f5 Qb7 20.
Rh3 b4 21. Nd1 Re8 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Nf2 {Lanka,Z-Salov,V/URS-chYM 1983/1/2-1/
2 (65)}) (13. Rd3 Rac8 14. Rhd1 Bc6 15. Rg3 {1/2-1/2 Georgiev,K-Nikolaidis,K/
Agios Nikolaos op 1995}) 13... h6 (13... Bc6 14. Qg3 (14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd5
16. Nxd5 (16. Rxd5 {Gofshtein,L} Bxg5 17. Rxa5 Bxe3) 16... Bxg5 17. Qxg5 Bxd5
$11) (14. Rhf1) 14... Qc7 (14... Qc5 15. Bd3 e5 16. Rhf1 exf4 17. Bxf4 Nh5 18.
Qh3 Bd7 19. Qf3 Nxf4 20. Qxf4 Be6 21. Nd5 Bf8 22. h4 Rac8 23. h5 {1-0 Zhang
Zhong-Atalik,S/TCN Cup 3rd 1997 (42)}) 15. Bd3 Kh8 (15... e5 $5) (15... d5 $2
16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Rxd5 18. Qh4 $18) 16. e5 dxe5 (16... Ng8 $6 17. Bxh7 $1
(17. h4 $5 f6 $2 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Qg4 $40) 17... Bxg5 18. fxg5 Kxh7 19. Qh4+
Nh6 20. gxh6 (20. exd6 Rxd6 21. gxh6 g5 22. Qxg5 Rg8 23. Qh4 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1
Rxg2 25. Ne4 Qxh2 26. Nf6+ Kg6 $15) 20... g5 $5 21. Qxg5 Rg8 22. Qf6 $16 {
Palac,M-Bologan,V/EUCup f 1996/1/2-1/2 (56)}) 17. fxe5 Ng8 18. Rhf1 (18. h4 $36
) 18... Bxg5 19. Qxg5 h6 20. Qh5 Rd7 21. Rxf7 Rxf7 22. Qg6 Nf6 23. exf6 gxf6
24. Qxh6+ Kg8 25. Re1 $40) 14. h4 (14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Rxd6 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Bc6 17.
Rhd1 Rxd6 18. Rxd6 Rc8 $11) (14. Bh4 {Gofshtein,L} Bc6 15. Rd3 $5) 14... Bc6 $2
{It would be very harsh to claim, that the bishop doesn't belong here. Under
the circumstances it looks like a bit slow plan, that doesn't address the
danger of white kingside pawn march.} (14... hxg5 $2 15. hxg5 Nxe4 (15... Ne8
16. Qh3 f5 17. Qh8+ Kf7 18. Bh5+ g6 19. Bxg6+ Kxg6 20. Qh7#) 16. Nxe4 $16) (
14... Rac8 $5) (14... Rac8 {Gofshtein,L} 15. Rd3 $5 {Stripunski-Hrachek,New
York 1997} (15. g4 Rxc3 16. bxc3 Rc8 $44 {Anand}) (15. e5 $2 dxe5 16. fxe5 hxg5
17. hxg5 Rxc3 18. Bd3 (18. bxc3 Nd5 $19) 18... Rxd3 19. cxd3 Ng4 20. Qh3 Nh6
$19 {Nijboer-Anand,Wijk aan Zee 1998})) 15. Rd3 Kf8 (15... b5 $5 {Gofshtein,L}
16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 (17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. fxe5 hxg5 (18... Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20.
Bxe7 Qxa2+ 21. Kc1 Rd7 22. Qa3 $18) 19. hxg5 Bxg2 20. exf6 $1 Bxh1 21. fxe7 Re8
22. g6 Qb6 $1 (22... Rxe7 23. Qh3 fxg6 24. Qxh1 $16) (22... Bd5 23. Bh5 $1 fxg6
24. Bxg6 Rxe7 25. Nxd5 $18) (22... b4 23. Qh3 fxg6 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Qh3+ Kg8
26. Bc4+ $18) 23. Qh3 Qg1+ 24. Nd1 $13) 17... Rxd3 18. cxd3 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5
20. Bxe7 Qxa2+ 21. Kc2 $13) 16. Bxf6 (16. g4 {Gofshtein,L} d5 $5 $132 (16...
hxg5 17. hxg5 Ng8 18. Rh8 $40)) 16... Bxf6 (16... gxf6 {Gofshtein,L} 17. f5 $40
) 17. Bf3 (17. g4 g5 (17... d5 $1 $132 {Gofshtein,L}) 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. fxg5
Qxg5 $5 (19... Bxg5 20. Qf2 Qe5 $14) 20. Qxg5 Bxg5 21. Rxd6 Rxd6 22. Rh8+ Kg7
23. Rxa8 Be3 $44) 17... a6 (17... b5 18. e5 $1 Bxf3 19. exf6 Bb7 20. f5 $16) (
17... Qc5 $5 {Gofshtein,L}) (17... Bxc3 $5 {Gofshtein,L} 18. Rxc3 d5 $132) 18.
g4 g5 $6 {Fighting for domination on the dark squares is very legitimate plan,
but here the location of the king on f8 makes all the difference. Black will
suffer under the white's attack.} (18... Bb5 19. Nxb5 axb5 20. a3 Be7 21. g5
$16) (18... g6 19. g5 hxg5 20. hxg5 Bg7 21. Qd2 $16) (18... Bxc3 {Gofshtein,L}
19. Rxc3 d5 $132) 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. e5 $1 Bg7 (20... gxf4 $2 21. exf6 fxe3 22.
Rh8#) (20... dxe5 21. fxg5 Bg7 (21... Rxd3 $2 22. gxf6) (21... Bxf3 {Gofshtein,
L} 22. gxf6 $18) 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. g6 Rxd3 (23... fxg6 24. Qf3+ Kg8 25. Qh3 $18
) 24. Qxd3 Rd8 25. Qf3 f6 26. Qxc6 $18) 21. exd6 Qb4 (21... Bxf3 22. Qxf3 gxf4
23. Qxf4 $18) 22. fxg5 Rxd6 (22... Bxc3 23. Rxc3 Qxd6 24. Rd3 Qb4 25. Bxc6 bxc6
26. Rh8+ Ke7 27. a3 $18) 23. Rxd6 Qxd6 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Ne4 {White has a
spare pawn and safer king.} Qb5 (25... Rc8 26. Qd3 $16) (25... Rd8 $142 {
Gofshtein,L}) 26. Qa3+ Kg8 27. Nf6+ (27. Nf6+ Bxf6 28. gxf6 Qg5 29. Qh3 Kf8 (
29... Qxf6 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Qh8+) 30. Qf3 Kg8 31. Qxb7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch Chekhov} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5
e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13.
fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2 Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfc8 (17... Qc5 18.
Qxc5 Nxc5 19. Bb4 (19. Be3 Nd7 20. Bf1 Rfc8 21. Bf2 h6 22. b3 b6 23. Rd4 Kf8
24. Kb2 {Topalov,V-Yudasin,L/Leon (2)/1993/0.5 (50)}) 19... b6 20. Re2 Rfd8 21.
Red2 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Kf8 23. g3 Ke7 24. b3 {Savon,V-Paoli,E/Cienfuegos/1973/1-0 
(66)}) (17... Rfd8 {Boensch} 18. Qg4 Nf8 19. h4 (19. Bd3 Rxd3 20. cxd3 Qd7 21.
Kb1 Qxd3+ 22. Ka1 h5 $1 23. Qxh5 $2 (23. Qe2 Qg6 $44) 23... Ba4 $1 $15 {
Oll,L-Hodgson,J Groningen 1993 0-1 45}) (19. Bf1 Qc5 (19... Ng6 $6 20. Bb4
Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Qc7 (21... Nxe5 22. Qxg7+ Kxg7 23. Bxe7 $16 {^^}) 22. Qd4 Bd5
23. Bc3 $14 {Kovalev,A-Leko,P Munich op9192 (04) 1992 1-0 43}) 20. Bc3 Ng6 21.
Qg5 Rd5 22. Rxd5 Bxd5 23. a3 $10 {Kamsky,G-Anand,V Linares (07) 1993 0-1 68})
19... Qc5 20. Bc3 Qf2 $146 21. Rd6 Qxg2 22. Qd4 Rdc8 23. Bd2 Ng6 (23... Qh2 $1
24. Re2 (24. Bd3 Ng6 25. Bxg6 hxg6 $15) 24... Qh1+ 25. Re1 Qh2 $10 {(Leko)})
24. h5 $36 {Almasi,Z-Leko,P HUN-ch 1993 1/4 35 -Inf.59/233}) (17... Nb6 {
Boensch} 18. Bd3 Rfd8 19. Qg4 Rxd3 20. cxd3 Ba4 21. Bh6 f5 22. exf6 Qxf6 23.
Bd2 Rc8+ 24. Kb1 Bc2+ 25. Ka1 Bxd1 26. Qxd1 $10 {Cseshkovsky,V-Anand,V Ovideo
25' (09) 1993}) 18. Bf1 (18. Kb1 Qc5 19. Qxc5 Nxc5 20. Bf1 a5 21. Be3 Bd5 22.
c4 Be4+ 23. Ka1 Bf5 24. b3 {Ivanchuk,V-Garcia Ilundain,D/Terrassa/1991/1-0 (51)
}) (18. Qf4 a5 19. Kb1 Nb6 20. Bd3 Nd5 21. Qg4 Qc5 22. Re4 b5 23. Qh3 Nb4 24.
Be3 {Karpov,An-Ungureanu,E/Skopje olm/1972/1-0 (29)}) (18. Qg4 Qc5 (18... Kh8 {
Chekhov} 19. Re3 Qc5 20. Rh3 Bxg2 21. Rg3 g6 22. Bb3 Bd5 23. Bc3 $1 $16 {
Ivanchuk/}) (18... Kf8 $5) 19. Bh6 g6 20. Re2 Rc7 21. Rf1 Re8 22. Ref2 Bd5 23.
Rxf7 Nxe5 24. Qd4 {Cseshkovsky,V-Korensky,V/USSR/1973/1-0 (39)}) (18. Qg4 $5 {
Boensch}) 18... a6 (18... Qc5 19. Bb4 (19. Qf4 $2 Bf3 $1) (19. Qxc5 Nxc5 20.
Bb4 Nd7 21. b3 Nf8 22. Kb2 Ng6 23. g3 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ {Gufeld,E-Parameswaran,T/
New Delhi/1984/1-0 (49)}) 19... Qxd4 20. Rxd4 h6 21. b3 $14) 19. Bb4 Qd8 (19...
Qg5+ 20. Kb1 b6 21. Rd3 $40) 20. Kb1 b5 (20... b6 21. Qf4 Bd5 22. c4 Bc6 23.
Re3 $16) 21. Qf4 Bd5 22. Bd3 Nc5 (22... Bxg2 $4 23. Rg1 Bd5 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25.
Rg1+ Kh8 26. Qh6 $18) 23. Bxc5 $1 Rxc5 24. Re3 f5 (24... Rac8 25. Bxh7+ Kxh7
26. Qxf7 Qh4 27. Rd4 Qh6 28. Rh3 Qxh3 29. gxh3 Rc4 30. Qh5+ Kg8 31. Qd1 $16) (
24... Qc7 {Chekhov} 25. Qh4 h6 26. Rg3 $40) 25. exf6 Qxf6 (25... gxf6 26. Rg3+
Kh8 27. Bxh7 $18) 26. Qb4 (26. Qxf6 {Chekhov} gxf6 27. Be4 Kf7 $13) 26... Rac8
27. b3 $1 (27. Rf1 $2 Rxc2 $1) 27... R5c7 (27... Bxg2 $2 28. Qg4 (28. Rg3 {
Chekhov} Bd5 (28... Rg5 29. Bxh7+ (29. Rxg5 Qxg5 30. Rg1 $18) 29... Kxh7 30.
Qh4+ Kg6 31. Rxg2 Rxg2 32. Qe4+ Qf5 33. Qxg2+ $36) 29. Rdg1 $36 (29. Rf1 $40 {
Boensch})) 28... Bd5 29. Rf1 Qe7 30. Bxh7+ Kxh7 31. Rh3+ Kg8 32. Qh5 $18) 28.
Rf1 Qe7 29. Qf4 g6 (29... Rf8 $2 30. Qxf8+ Qxf8 31. Bxh7+ Kxh7 32. Rxf8 $18) (
29... Bxg2 {Chekhov} 30. Rg1 Bd5 31. Qh6 g6 32. Bxg6) 30. Qg3 Qg7 (30... Rf8
31. Rfe1 (31. Rxf8+ {Chekhov} Kxf8 32. h4 $36) 31... Rd7 32. h4 $40) 31. h4 Kh8
(31... Rf7 {Chekhov} 32. Rxf7 Qxf7 33. h5 $36) 32. Re2 Rf7 33. Rxf7 Qxf7 34.
Rf2 Qc7 (34... Qg7 35. Qd6 Qc3 36. Rf8+ Kg7 37. Qe7+ Kh6 38. Rxc8 Qxc8 39. g4
Qa8 40. g5+ Kh5 41. Qxh7+ Kg4 42. Bxg6 $18) 35. Qg5 (35. Rf8+ Kg7) 35... Qc3
36. Rf1 Qg7 (36... a5 {Chekhov} 37. h5 a4 38. hxg6 axb3 39. axb3 Ra8 (39...
Bxb3 40. g7+ Kg8 41. Bxh7+ $18) 40. Qf6+ Qxf6 41. Rxf6 hxg6 42. Bxb5 Kg7 43.
Rf2 $18) 37. h5 gxh5 (37... Rf8 38. Rxf8+ Qxf8 39. hxg6 hxg6 40. Qxg6 $18) (
37... h6 {Chekhov} 38. Qxg6 Qxg6 39. hxg6 Bxg2 40. Rf7 $18) 38. Qxh5 h6 (38...
Kg8 39. Rf4 Qe7 40. Rg4+ Kf8 41. Qh6+ Ke8 42. Rg8+ Kd7 43. Rg7 $18) (38... Rc7
{Chekhov} 39. Qe8+ Qg8 40. Rf8 $18) (38... e5 {Chekhov} 39. Bxh7 $1 $18) 39.
Rf7 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT playoff"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2002.05.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gruenfeld, Yehuda"]
[Black "Gershon, Alik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2002.05.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qa5 12. Bc4 e5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Qd3
Bg4 {Here is the first crossroad in this line:} 15. Bxf6 (15. Rdf1 Be6 (15...
Qc5 16. Bb3 Kh8 $2 {a blunder, after which black is bound to suffer for many
moves.} 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Kb1 Rad8 19. Qg3 Be6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Rd6 22.
Rf3 $1 $16 {1-0 Kobalia,M-Gershon,A/Kharkov UKR 2002/The Week in Chess 386 (48)
}) 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Kb1 Qc5 18. Bb3 Kh8 19. h4 Be7 20. Qe2 Qc8 21. Bxe6 fxe6
22. Rxf8+ Qxf8 23. Qb5 Qc8 24. Ne2 $1 Qc7 25. Nc1 $16 {Ponomariov,R - Avrukh,B/
2001}) 15... Bxf6 16. Rdf1 Bh4 {black's idea to neutralize white's initiative
with his pair of bishops, and get counterplay on the queen side. However, it's
not all that simple.} (16... Rac8 17. Bb3 Bh4 18. Kb1 Qc5 19. g3 {1/2-1/2
Morovic Fernandez,I-Zarnicki,P/Pinamar ARG 2002/The Week in Chess 386 (19)})
17. h3 Rad8 18. Nd5 Be6 19. g3 Bg5+ 20. Kb1 Qc5 21. h4 Be7 22. Qe2 $1 {An
exact move. White doesn't waste a tempo on Bb3} ({An automatiuc:} 22. Bb3 {
would have allowed black} Kh8 23. Qe2 f5 {with a good play}) 22... Kh8 ({
worse is:} 22... b5 23. Bb3 a5 24. Nxe7+ Qxe7 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. Qxb5 Rd4 27.
Qxa5 Rxe4 28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 e4 30. a4 $16 {1-0 Almasi,Z-Gershon,A/Ohrid
2001/CBM 84 (52)}) 23. g4 b5 24. Bb3 a5 $1 {sacrifising a pawn but getting
counterplay} 25. Nxe7 Qxe7 26. g5 $5 {white doesn't want to chase the pawns,
but rather go for black's king!} (26. Bxe6 Qxe6 27. Qxb5 Qxg4 28. Qxa5 Qxe4 {
with an unclear position}) (26. Qxb5 Bxg4 27. Qxa5 Be2 28. Rxf7 $1 ({of course
not:} 28. Rf2 $4 Qxh4 $1 {and black wins}) (28. Re1) 28... Rxf7 29. Bxf7 Qxh4
30. Rg1 Qg5 {white is better, but black has his chances.}) 26... Bxb3 27. axb3
a4 28. gxh6 gxh6 29. Qxb5 axb3 30. Qxb3 {in this position black is a pawn down,
but it will only be felt in an endgame. Now, however, it's of no importance,
since both kings are equally exposed.} Ra8 (30... Rb8 {I was choosing between
this and the tex, however, the rook's place is on a8.} 31. Qg3 $1 {Tying black
queen to the e5 pawn!} Rg8 32. Qf3 {[%csl Rf7]} Rb7 33. Rhg1 Rgb8 34. b3 $16)
31. Qb6 $1 {Exploiting the main drawback of Ra8} f6 32. Rhg1 Qf7 $2 {A wrong
plan, missing white's simple 24th move.} ({correct was:} 32... Kh7 {With an
idea or Ra7 and doubling rooks, or Qf7 now.}) 33. b3 Qe7 $4 {I was only
considering white's 24.Rg6?} (33... Kh7 34. Qe3 Ra6 35. Qf3 Rfa8 {And only
black can be better here!}) 34. Qe3 {Now black is lost!} (34. Rg6 Qa3 35. Rxh6+
Kg7 {Of course, here black is fine}) 34... Kh7 35. Qg3 Qf7 36. Qg4 $1 {
Threatening Qf5 and Rg6.} h5 $1 {Trying my last chance. This , hopeless
looking move, has, in fact, a nasty idea.} (36... Rg8 37. Qf5+ Kh8 38. Rxg8+
Rxg8 39. Qxf6+ {is obviously hopless}) 37. Qf5+ Kh6 38. Rf3 $4 {Wants to
double the rooks on the 'g' file and expecting black's resignation. In fact,
this move lets the victory away!} (38. Rg3 {was the right way to do it,
forcing black into the game variation, which is lost.}) 38... Ra6 $4 {With
little time left, black doesn't notice the difference between the text and the
expected Rg3. After 38.Rg3 black must wait for white to double his rooks along
the 'g' file, for the idea to work, but here...} (38... Ra1+ $3 {Now is the
right moment, white's 'g1' rook in unprotected.} 39. Kxa1 (39. Kb2 Rxg1 {
and black wins}) 39... Ra8+ 40. Kb1 Ra1+ 41. Kb2 ({the rook is untouchable:} 
41. Kxa1 Qa7+ 42. Kb2 Qa3+ (42... Qa1+ $4 {but not:} 43. Rxa1 {un-stalemating
black king}) 43. Kc3 Qxb3+ 44. Kd2 Qd3+ 45. Kc1 Qxc2+ 46. Kxc2 {Stalemate!
That was the dream position black saw when playing 36...h5!}) 41... Ra2+ 42.
Kc1 Rxc2+ 43. Kd1 Rc1+ 44. Ke2 Rxg1 {Black has taken white's key pawn on c2,
and now, the endgames are drawn!} 45. Qxf6+ Qxf6 46. Rxf6+ Kg7 47. Rf5 Rg4 48.
Rxe5 Rxh4 {It's a draw! Black simply plays Rh1 and pushes the pawn to h2,
securing the draw!}) 39. Rfg3 Ra1+ $1 {Had a bomb exploded in the playing holl
it would have had less effect on my opponent than this move, in a position he
was sure black will resign!  This psychological fact had a lot to do with
white's next mistakes.} 40. Kb2 $4 {white is trusting black and doesn't take
the rook. After this, there is a very long way to a win!} (40. Kxa1 Ra8+ 41.
Kb2 Ra2+ 42. Kc1 Rxc2+ 43. Kd1 (43. Kxc2 Qxb3+ {this is why it was so
important for black to wait untill white doubles the rooks on 'g' file. with a
rook on f1, white could simply take Rxb3 un-stalemating black king! Now it's a
draw.}) 43... Rc1+ (43... Rd2+ 44. Kxd2 {and black cannot give a check:} Qd7+ (
44... Qd5+ 45. exd5 {Now, it's the 'e' pawn that can move.}) 45. Qxd7) 44. Ke2
Rc2+ 45. Kf1 Rc1+ 46. Kg2 {And the king runs away}) 40... Ra2+ 41. Kc1 Ra1+ 42.
Kd2 Rd8+ 43. Ke2 Rxg1 44. Rxg1 {Now, the game starts from the very beginning}
Rg8 $1 {Setting another small trap} 45. Rg5 $1 (45. Rxg8 $4 Qc4+ $1 46. Kf3
Qe2+ 47. Kg3 Qg2+ 48. Kxg2 {stalemate}) 45... Rd8 46. Qf3 Rd6 47. Rf5 Qg6 48.
Kf1 Ra6 49. Kf2 Rd6 {Both players had 30 seconds per move till the rest of the
game now, therefore, the play was far from exact} 50. Qe3+ Kh7 51. Rf3 $2 (51.
c3 $142) 51... Qg4 ({after} 51... Rd4 $1 {[%csl Re4] And black has at LEAST a
draw!} 52. Rf5 Qg4) 52. Rg3 $4 {This move throws the game} Qd7 $4 {returning
the favor. Talking about the drawbacks of the new time control, when people
have 30 sec/a move beginning with move 20,} (52... Qd1 53. Rf3 Rd2+ 54. Kg3 {
I briefly looked at this position, and decided that the black K is getting
mated. The truth is, however, that white can only dream about one (!) check.}
Rxc2 55. Qa7+ Kg6 56. Qe3 Re2 {with an easy win}) 53. Qf3 {now white safely
removes his K away from danger and bigins pushing pawns.} Qa7+ 54. Kf1 Qf7 55.
Rg2 Ra6 56. Kg1 Kh6 57. Kh2 $1 $18 {white has finished regrouping his pieces!
Black is lost again} Rd6 58. c4 Rd4 59. c5 Rb4 60. Rg3 Rb8 61. Qd3 Rg8 62. Qd2+
(62. Qd5 {Would have won on the spot}) 62... Kh7 63. Rxg8 $2 {in a timetrouble,
white lets the win slip once again} Qxg8 64. Qd7+ Kh6 65. Qd2+ Kh7 66. Qe2 Qxb3
67. Qxh5+ Kg7 {Black was never so close to draw in this game!} 68. Qg4+ Kh6 $4
{Black relaxed and gets himself into a mating net!} (68... Kf7 69. Qd7+ Kf8 70.
Qd6+ Kg7 {with many checks to be given}) 69. h5 $1 {now it's all over} Kh7 70.
Qg6+ Kh8 71. Qxf6+ Kg8 72. Qxe5 Qc2+ 73. Kg3 Qd3+ 74. Kh4 Kh7 {the agony} 75.
Qf5+ Kh8 76. h6 {One of the strangest games I have ever played} 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2002.12.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gershon, Alik"]
[Black "Vydeslaver, Alik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2002.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Kb1 {I wanted to drive the game into
less explored areas, with lively game.} Rd8 12. Be2 Bd7 13. Qe3 (13. e5 dxe5
14. fxe5 Nd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 $15) 13... h6 14. h4 Rac8 15. Rd3 (15. g4 Rxc3 16.
bxc3 Rc8 $44) 15... Qc5 $2 {this move looks very logical, however, it can by
refuted by force} (15... Bc6 {is obligatory}) 16. Qxc5 Rxc5 (16... dxc5 $5 17.
e5 Bc6 (17... hxg5 18. hxg5 $16) 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Bxh6 Kh7 20. Bg5 Kg7 (20...
Bxg2 21. Rh2 Bc6 22. f5 $1 fxg5 23. hxg5+ Kg8 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Rdh3 $40 {
[%csl Rg8]}) 21. Bf3 $14) 17. e5 $1 Bc6 $1 {A great resource, which took my
opponent about 80 minutes to find, and calculate. The other moves are rather
gloom} (17... hxg5 18. hxg5 dxe5 $5 19. gxf6 $1 ({the natural:} 19. Rdh3 $4 {
fails to bring the victory home after :} Kf8 20. gxf6 Bxf6 $15) 19... Bxf6 20.
Rhd1 exf4 21. Rxd7 Rxd7 22. Rxd7 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Rxc3 24. Rxb7 $18) (17... dxe5
18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rhd1 Rc7 20. Nb5 $16) 18. Bxf6 $1 {the only move to fight
for real advantage. The text wins an exchange by force, but black gets
compestation with a bishop pair and a strong pawn mass in the center.} ({
worse is:} 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Bxh6 Kh7 20. Bg5 Kg7 (20... Bxg2 21. Rg1 Bc6 22.
b4 Rc4 23. b5 Bd7 24. Rh3 Rb4+ 25. Kc1 $16) 21. Rg3 fxg5 22. hxg5 {1-0
Stripunsky,A-Hracek,Z/New York 1998/CBM 64/[Gofshtein,L] (47)} Rf5 {with an
unclear game. During the game I felt black can get even better here.}) (18. b4
Rxc3 19. Rxc3 hxg5 20. hxg5 Nh7 {[%cal Gh7f8] the fact that white does not
have Rdh3 allows black to consolidate with Nf8-g6}) 18... gxf6 19. b4 Rxc3 (
19... Rc4 $4 20. Rg3+ {[%csl Rc4][%cal Ge2c4]}) 20. Rxc3 dxe5 $6 (20... fxe5
$142 21. b5 Bd5 22. Rc7 $14) 21. b5 Bd5 22. Rf1 $1 ({but not} 22. fxe5 fxe5 $13
{[%cal Gf7f5] and black pawn mass becomes very mobile and threatening}) 22...
exf4 $2 {after this black is lost} (22... Bd6 $142 $1 23. f5 (23. g3 $5) 23...
e4 24. g4 $14) 23. Rxf4 Bd6 24. Ra4 {[%csl Ra7] now white creates a passed
pawn, which decides the game} Be5 25. Rd3 Rc8 26. Bf3 $1 {a very important
intermediate move} (26. Rxa7 $2 Be4 27. Rd2 Bf4 28. Rd7 (28. Rd4 $4 Bxc2+ 29.
Kb2 Be5 $19) 28... Rxc2 29. Bd3 Rd2 $11) 26... Bc4 {without the light squared
bishops, black would be helpless} (26... Bxf3 27. Rxf3 Rc5 28. Rxa7 Rxb5+ 29.
Rb3 Rd5 30. Rd3 Rb5+ 31. Kc1 {and black is lost}) 27. Bxb7 Rc5 28. Rd8+ Kg7 29.
Bc6 f5 (29... Bxb5 30. Bxb5 Rxb5+ 31. Kc1 $18 {[%cal Gc2c7] would have been
absolutely hopeless for black.}) 30. Rxa7 Bc3 {[%cal Gc5e5,Ge5e1]} 31. Be8 Kf6
(31... Re5 32. Rxf7+ Kg8 33. Rfd7 Rxb5+ 34. Kc1 $18) 32. b6 1-0

[Event "Lost Boys op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1999.08.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gershon, Alik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1999.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2
Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfd8 18. Qg4 Nf8 19. Bd3 Rxd3 20. cxd3
Qd7 21. Re3 Bd5 $146 {[%csl Ga2]} ({So far black has only tried:} 21... Qd5 22.
Kb1 Ng6 23. Rg3 (23. Bc3 Qxg2 24. Qxg2 Bxg2 25. Rg3 Bc6 26. Rdg1 Rd8 27. Kc2
Rd7 28. b3 Kh8 29. Rg4 Ne7 30. Rd4 Bd5 31. Rf4 Nf5 32. Kd2 Bc6 33. a4 h6 34.
Rxf5 exf5 35. Rxg7 Rxd3+ 36. Kxd3 {1/2-1/2 Ivanov,A-Rachels,S/USA-ch 1989/CBM
19 (36)}) 23... Qxe5 24. Bc3 Qb5 25. h4 h5 26. Qe2 Bd5 27. b3 a5 28. Qxh5 a4
29. Rxg6 fxg6 30. Qxg6 Qd7 31. b4 Rc8 32. Rc1 e5 $36 {1/2-1/2 Stefansson,
H-Kotronias,V/Reykjavik 1994/CBM 39 ext (51)}) 22. Rg3 Ng6 23. Bc3 $5 (23. Kb1
$6 h5 $1 24. Qb4 (24. Qxh5 Qa4 25. b3 Bxb3 26. axb3 Qxb3+ 27. Ka1 Rc8 28. Rc1
Qa3+ $11) 24... a5 25. Qa3 (25. Qd6 Bxa2+ 26. Kxa2 Qa4+ {[%csl Gd1]}) 25...
Nxe5 $15 {[%cal Gb7b5]}) 23... Rc8 (23... Bxa2 24. h4 h5 25. Qxh5 {[%cal Gh5g4,
Gh4h5]}) 24. h4 h5 25. Qd4 $1 (25. Qxh5 Qa4 26. Qg4 Qxa2 (26... Rxc3+ 27. bxc3
Qxa2 28. Re1 Bb3 29. Qe2 Qa1+ 30. Kd2 Qb2+ 31. Ke3 Qxc3 $44 {[%csl Ge3,Ge5,Gh4]
Two pawns and much stronger pieces should compensate for the material.}) 27.
Kd2 Rxc3 28. Kxc3 Qb3+ 29. Kd2 Qxb2+ $40) 25... Qb5 (25... Qc6 {Baklan} 26.
Qxa7 Nxe5 27. Qd4 f6 28. Kb1 $13) 26. Rg5 Bxa2 27. Kd2 (27. g4 $2 Nxh4 28. gxh5
(28. Rxh5 Nf3 29. Rdh1 {Baklan} f6 30. exf6 Nxd4 31. Rxb5 Nxb5 $19) 28... Nf3
29. Rxg7+ {Baklan} (29. Qg4 Rxc3+ 30. bxc3 Qb1#) 29... Kxg7 30. Qg4+ Kf8 31.
Qxf3 Qxe5 $17) 27... Ne7 28. g4 Nd5 29. Ke1 $6 (29. Rc1 $142 Nxc3 30. bxc3 Qb2+
31. Rc2 Qb1 (31... Qa1 32. Qa4) 32. c4 $1 Bb3 33. Rc1 Qa2+ 34. Ke3 $16) 29...
Bb3 30. Rd2 $2 (30. Rc1 $142 Nb4 (30... Qc6 31. Bd2) 31. Kd2 $16) 30... Qa6 {
[%csl Ge1][%cal Ga6a1,Ga1h1] Letting my queen too close to the king} 31. gxh5
Qa1+ 32. Kf2 (32. Ke2 Rxc3 33. bxc3 Nxc3+ 34. Kf3 Bd5+ 35. Kg4 (35. Kf2 Nd1+)
35... Qh1 36. Qf2 Nd1 $36) 32... Qh1 33. Qg4 (33. h6 g6 34. h5 Kh7 (34... Qh2+
35. Rg2 Qf4+ 36. Qxf4 Nxf4 37. hxg6 (37. Rg1 Nxh5 $17 {[%csl Gh6]}) 37... Nxg2
38. gxf7+ Kxf7 39. Kxg2 Kg6 $11) 35. Qe4 Qxe4 36. dxe4 Nxc3 37. bxc3 Rxc3 38.
Rd7 Kxh6 $17) 33... Qh2+ 34. Ke1 Qh1+ 35. Kf2 (35. Qg1 Qxg1+ {Baklan} (35...
Qxh4+ 36. Rf2 $18) 36. Rxg1 Nxc3 37. bxc3 Rxc3 38. Rdg2 Rc1+ 39. Kd2 Rxg1 40.
Rxg1 Bd5 $15) 35... Qh2+ 36. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Glatman,V"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 (11. e5 dxe5 12. Qxe5 Qxe5 13. fxe5
Nd5 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Bd3 b6 16. Be4 Rb8 17. Rhe1 Bb7 18. Rd7 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Nc6
$10 {Cseshkovsky,V-Yudasin,L/Minsk/1982/}) 11... Bd7 12. Rd3 (12. Bb3 Bc6 13.
Rhf1 h6 14. Bh4 Qh5 15. Bg3 d5 16. exd5 Rfd8 17. Rfe1 Bxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 {
Jansa,V-Barlov,D/JUG/1983/} 19. Qe5 $1 $10) (12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2
Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfd8 (17... Nb6 18. Bb3 Rfd8 19. Qg4
Qc5 20. c3 $1 Bb5 21. Be3 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Qc4 23. Qxc4 Nxc4 24. Bd4 $16 {
Sznapik,A-Wessman,R/Novi Sad (ol)/1990/ 1:0 (71) Inf 50/223/}) (17... Rfc8 18.
Kb1 Qc5 19. Qxc5 Nxc5 20. Bf1 a5 21. Be3 $14 {Ivanchuk,V-Garcia Ilundain,D/
Terrassa/1991/ 1:0 (51) Inf 52/198/}) (17... Qc5 $5 18. Qf4 Bb5 19. Bb3 Qc7 20.
Qg3 Nc5 21. Bg5 f5 22. exf6 Qxg3 23. f7+ Rxf7 24. hxg3 Nxb3+ 25. axb3 Bc6 $10 {
Psakhis,L-Gulko,B/Aruba/1992/ Inf 54/197/}) 18. Qg4 Nf8 $1 19. Bd3 (19. h4 $5
Qc5 20. Bc3 {Sherzer,A-Rachels,S/USA(ch)/1992/ 1:0 (38)/} Bd5 $5 21. Bd3 Bxa2
22. h5 $44) (19. Bf1 Qc5 20. Bc3 Ng6 21. Qg5 Rd5 22. Rxd5 Bxd5 23. a3 Rc8 24.
Qe3 Qc6 25. g3 a6 26. Be2 Ne7 27. Qg5 Qc7 $132 {Kamsky,G-Anand,V/Linares/1993/
0:1 (68) Inf 57/200/}) 19... Rxd3 20. cxd3 Ng6 21. Kb1 Qd8 22. Bc3 a5 23. g3
Ne7 24. Bd4 Qd5 25. Bg1 $14 {Anand,V-Lobron,E/Manila(ol)/1992/ 0,5 (52) Inf 55/
224/}) 12... Rad8 13. Rg3 Kh8 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Bc6 16. Qe3 Ng8 17. Bd3 Qb6
$5 $146 (17... h6 18. h4 b5 19. Kb1 b4 20. Ne2 Rd5 21. Qe4 Rxd3 22. Qxd3 Qxe5
23. Bxe7 Nxe7 24. Qd4 Qxd4 25. Nxd4 Be4 26. Re1 Bg6 27. Rge3 Rc8 28. R3e2 Nd5 {
Kotronias,V-Kramnik,V/Beograd/1993/ 0,5 (28)/}) 18. Qxb6 $6 (18. Qe2 $5) 18...
axb6 19. Re1 Bxg5+ 20. Rxg5 Rd4 $1 21. Be4 Ne7 22. Rg3 Rfd8 $15 23. b3 Ng6 24.
Bxc6 (24. Bxg6 fxg6 $1 25. Rf1 Kg8 $17) 24... bxc6 25. Rf3 Kg8 26. g3 h5 27.
Na4 $6 (27. a4 $5) (27. Rfe3 $5) 27... b5 28. Nb2 (28. Nc5 R8d5 29. Nd3 c5 $17)
28... Ra8 (28... R8d5 29. Rfe3 Rd2 30. h4) 29. Kb1 (29. a4 bxa4 30. Nxa4 Ra5
31. Rfe3 Rdd5 $19) 29... Rd2 30. h4 Ne7 31. Ref1 Nd5 (31... Nf5 $5 $17) 32.
Rxf7 $6 (32. Nd3 $5 b4 33. Kb2) 32... Nc3+ 33. Kc1 Re2 34. a4 (34. R7f3 Rxa2 $1
) 34... bxa4 35. Nxa4 Nxa4 36. bxa4 Rxa4 37. R1f2 Rxe5 $19 38. Rc7 Re3 39. Rxc6
Rxg3 40. Rxe6 Rxh4 41. Re5 Rh1+ 42. Kd2 h4 43. Re3 Kh7 44. Ke2 (44. Rxg3 hxg3
45. Re2 Rh2 46. Ke1 g2) 44... Rc1 45. Rxg3 hxg3 46. Rf1 Rxc2+ 47. Ke3 Kg6 48.
Ra1 (48. Rg1 Kh5 $19) 48... Kh5 (48... Kh5 49. Kf3 Kh4 50. Rh1+ Rh2 $19) 49.
Kf3 0-1

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Glatman,V"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2
Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfd8 (17... Nb6 18. Bb3 Rfd8 19. Qg4
Qc5 20. c3 Bb5 21. Be3 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Qc4 23. Bd4 $16 {Sznapik,A-Wessman,R/
Novi Sad(ol)/1990/1:0 (71) Inf 50/223/}) (17... Rfc8 18. Kb1 Qc5 19. Qxc5 Nxc5
20. Bf1 a5 21. Be3 {Ivanchuk,V-Garcia Ilundain,D/Terrassa/1991/} b6 $5 22. Rd6
Rab8 $14) 18. Qg4 Nf8 19. Bd3 (19. h4 $5 Qc5 20. Bc3 {Sherzer,A-Rachels,S/USA
(ch)/1992/1:0 (38) Inf 56/215/} Bd5 $5 21. Bd3 Bxa2 22. h5 $44) (19. Bf1 Qc5 $1
20. Bc3 Ng6 21. Qg5 Rd5 22. Rxd5 Bxd5 23. a3 {Kamsky,G-Anand,V/Linares/1993/0:
1 (68) Inf 57/200/} a6 $1 $132) 19... Rxd3 20. cxd3 Qd7 (20... Ng6 21. Kb1 Qd8
22. Bc3 a5 23. g3 Ne7 24. Bd4 Qd5 25. Bg1 a4 26. Qb4 Qd8 27. Bb6 Qd7 28. Bc5
Nd5 29. Qd4 $14 {Anand,V-Lobron,E/Manila(ol)/1992/0,5 (52) Inf 55/224/}) 21.
Kb1 (21. Bc3 Qd5 22. Kb1 Qxg2 $10) (21. Re3 Qd5 22. Kb1 Ng6 23. Bc3 Qxg2 24.
Qxg2 Bxg2 25. Rg3 Bc6 26. Rdg1 Rd8 $10 {Ivanov,Al-Rachels,S/USA(ch)/1989/ Inf
48/276/}) (21. Bb4 $5 Qd5 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Kb1 Qxg2 24. Qxg2 Bxg2 25. Rc1 $14
{Georgiev,Kir-Gurevich,D/Palma de Mallorca(GMA)/1989/0,5 (59) Inf 48/276/})
21... Qxd3+ 22. Ka1 h5 $5 $146 (22... Qf5 $6 23. Qg3 Ng6 24. Bc3 h6 25. Rf1 Qe4
26. Rd2 Bd5 27. b3 Rc8 28. Kb2 $14 {Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V/Linares(m/7)/1992/1:0 
(51) Inf 55/225/}) (22... Qc2 23. h4 $14) (22... Qg6 23. Qxg6 Nxg6 24. g3 $14)
(22... Bd5 23. Bc3 Qa6 $2 (23... Qb5 $14) 24. Rxd5 exd5 25. e6 $18) 23. Qxh5 $6
(23. Qe2 Qxe2 24. Rxe2 Rd8 $14 {Ivanchuk/} 25. Kb1 Ng6 26. Kc1 Nh4 27. Rg1)
23... Ba4 24. Bc3 (24. b3 Qd4+ 25. Kb1 Bb5 26. a4 Bd3+ 27. Ka2 Bc2 $36) 24...
Bxd1 25. Rxd1 Qe4 26. Qg5 (26. Qf3 Qxf3 27. gxf3 Kh7 $15) 26... a5 $17 27. Qd2
Ng6 28. g3 (28. Bxa5 $2 Qa4 29. b4 Nxe5 $19) 28... Ne7 29. Qd7 Nd5 30. Bd4 (30.
Qxb7 $4 Nxc3 $19) (30. Rf1 Rf8 31. Bxa5 Ne3 $19) 30... Qe2 (30... Nb4 31. a3
Qe2 32. Rc1 Qd3 33. Qxb7) 31. Rc1 b5 (31... Qd2 32. Rf1) 32. Bc5 Qd3 33. Qc6
Rd8 34. Bd6 Kh7 $3 35. Qc5 (35. Qc2 Qxc2 36. Rxc2 b4 37. Rc5 Ra8 {/\Kg6-f5/})
35... Kg6 36. h4 Rh8 37. a3 Rh5 38. Qg1 Kh7 (38... Rf5 $5) 39. Rd1 Qb3 40. Rd2
Rf5 $19 41. g4 (41. Qb1 Kg8 $5) 41... Rf4 42. Qb1+ Kg8 43. g5 (43. Rc2 Rc4 44.
Rxc4 Qxc4 $19) 43... b4 44. Rd3 Nc3 $1 45. axb4 (45. bxc3 Qxa3+ 46. Qa2 Rf1+)
45... Qa2+ $1 46. Qxa2 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "Yangon zt"]
[Site "Yangon"]
[Date "1998.12.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lioe, Dede"]
[Black "Zaw, Win Lay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2
Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfc8 {more common 17...Rfd8} (17... Qc5
18. Qxc5 Nxc5 19. Bb4 b6 20. Re2 Rfd8 21. Red2 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Kf8 23. g3 Ke7 24.
b3 {Savon,V-Paoli,E/Cienfuegos/1973/1-0 (66)}) (17... Rfd8 {Boensch} 18. Qg4
Nf8 19. h4 (19. Bd3 Rxd3 20. cxd3 Qd7 21. Kb1 Qxd3+ 22. Ka1 h5 $1 23. Qxh5 $2 (
23. Qe2 Qg6 $44) 23... Ba4 $1 $15 {Oll,L-Hodgson,J Groningen 1993 0-1 45}) (19.
Bf1 Qc5 (19... Ng6 $6 20. Bb4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Qc7 (21... Nxe5 22. Qxg7+ Kxg7 23.
Bxe7 $16 {^^}) 22. Qd4 Bd5 23. Bc3 $14 {Kovalev,A-Leko,P Munich op9192 (04)
1992 1-0 43}) 20. Bc3 Ng6 21. Qg5 Rd5 22. Rxd5 Bxd5 23. a3 $10 {Kamsky,G-Anand,
V Linares (07) 1993 0-1 68}) 19... Qc5 20. Bc3 Qf2 $146 21. Rd6 Qxg2 22. Qd4
Rdc8 23. Bd2 Ng6 (23... Qh2 $1 24. Re2 (24. Bd3 Ng6 25. Bxg6 hxg6 $15) 24...
Qh1+ 25. Re1 Qh2 $10 {(Leko)}) 24. h5 $36 {Almasi,Z-Leko,P HUN-ch 1993 1/4 35
-Inf.59/233}) (17... Nb6 {Boensch} 18. Bd3 Rfd8 19. Qg4 Rxd3 20. cxd3 Ba4 21.
Bh6 f5 22. exf6 Qxf6 23. Bd2 Rc8+ 24. Kb1 Bc2+ 25. Ka1 Bxd1 26. Qxd1 $10 {
Cseshkovsky,V-Anand,V Ovideo 25' (09) 1993}) 18. Qg4 (18. Qf4 a5 19. Kb1 Nb6
20. Bd3 Nd5 21. Qg4 Qc5 22. Re4 b5 23. Qh3 Nb4 24. Be3 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Qxe5 26.
Qxh7+ Kf8 27. Bxa8 Ke7 28. Qe4 Qc7 29. Qb7 {1-0 Karpov,A-Ungureanu,E/Skopje
1972/MCD (29)}) (18. Bf1 Qc5 (18... a6 19. Bb4 Qd8 (19... Qg5+ 20. Kb1 b6 21.
Rd3 $40) 20. Kb1 b5 (20... b6 21. Qf4 Bd5 22. c4 Bc6 23. Re3 $16) 21. Qf4 Bd5
22. Bd3 Nc5 (22... Bxg2 $4 23. Rg1 Bd5 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25. Rg1+ Kh8 26. Qh6 $18)
23. Bxc5 $1 Rxc5 24. Re3 $36 {1-0 Anand,V-Beliavsky,A/Linares 1994/CBM 40/
[Ftacnik] (39)}) (18... Bd5 19. Kb1 Qc5 20. Qxc5 Nxc5 21. Be3 a5 22. Rd4 Nd7
23. Bf4 Nf8 24. c4 Bc6 25. g3 h6 26. b3 Bf3 27. Be2 Bxe2 28. Rxe2 $16 {1-0
Zelic,Z-Nikolac,J/Makarska Tucepi 1995/EXT 97 (57)}) 19. Qxc5 (19. Bb4 Qxd4 20.
Rxd4 h6 21. b3 Nf8 {1/2-1/2 Feher,G-Tolnai,T/HUN-ch 1989/TD (21)}) (19. Qf4 $2
Bf3 $1) 19... Nxc5 20. Bb4 $14 {1-0 Gufeld,E-Parameswaran,T/Delhi 1984/MCL (49)
} (20. Be3 $14 Nd7 21. Bf2 Nf8 (21... h6 22. b3 b6 23. Rd4 Kf8 24. Kb2 {
Topalov,V-Yudasin,L/Leon (2)/1993/0.5 (50)}) 22. b3 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Bxa7
$14 {1-0 Matulovic,M-Pavlovic,D/Nis 1983/MCD (40)})) (18. Kb1 a5 (18... Qc5 19.
Qxc5 Nxc5 20. Bf1 a5 21. Be3 $14 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Garcia,D/Terrassa 1991/CBM 24
(51)}) 19. Qg4 Qb4 20. Bh6 Qf8 21. Re3 Kh8 22. Bf4 $36 {1-0 Palac,M-Kotronias,
V/Metz 1998/EXT 99 (54)}) 18... Nf8 $5 (18... Qc5 19. Bh6 g6 20. Re2 Qe7 (20...
Rc7 21. Rf1 Re8 22. Ref2 Bd5 23. Rxf7 Nxe5 24. Qd4 {Cseshkovsky,V-Korensky,V/
USSR/1973/1-0 (39)}) 21. Bg5 Qe8 22. h4 $40 {1-0 Plater,K-Kapfer,T/Krakow 1938/
EXT 99 (45)}) (18... Kh8 {Chekhov} 19. Re3 Qc5 20. Rh3 Bxg2 21. Rg3 g6 22. Bb3
Bd5 23. Bc3 $1 $16 {Ivanchuk/}) (18... Kf8 $5) 19. Bd3 $5 $146 (19. h4 Qc7 20.
Bb3 Bd5 $13 {0-1 Kruszynski,W-Mueller,G/Hamburg 1984/MCD (32)}) 19... Ng6 $5 {
with idea 20...Qh4} 20. g3 Qc7 {[%csl Ye5][%cal Rc7e5,Rg6e5,Rc7c2]} 21. Bc3 b5
$5 22. h4 $40 Qb7 $1 {[%csl Rb4,Rf3][%cal Gc6f3,Rb5b4]} 23. Rf1 b4 24. Bd4 Qc7
$2 {until this moment black played well,but now  he  made  mistake,24... Bb5
instead 24...Qc7 gave strong counterplay} (24... Bb5 $1 25. h5 (25. Be4 Bc6 $11
) 25... Bxd3 26. Rxd3 Qc7 $1 27. Qe2 (27. Rd2 Nxe5 28. Qg5 Qc4 $1 29. Rff2 $1 (
29. Qxe5 $2 Qxf1+ 30. Rd1 Qf6) (29. Bxe5 $2 Qxf1+ 30. Rd1 f6) 29... Qxa2 (29...
f6 30. Bxe5 fxg5 31. Rd7 Rc5 32. Rxg7+ Kh8 33. Bf6 Rf8 34. Rf7+ $11) 30. b3 (
30. Rd1 $2 f6 31. Rxf6 Rc5 32. Bxe5 (32. Bxc5 Nc4 $19) 32... Qa1+ 33. Kd2 Rd8+
34. Ke3 Qxd1 35. Rf8+ Kxf8 36. Qxg7+ Ke8 $19) 30... f6 31. Rxf6 Nd3+ 32. Kd1 e5
$13) 27... Ne7 $132) 25. Qe2 Qa5 26. h5 b3 $2 {strange  decision,after 26...
Nf8 ,or 26...Ne7 white has  strong attack,but the result of the game still
isn't  clear.} (26... Ne7) (26... Nf8) 27. axb3 Nf8 28. Bc3 Qc7 29. h6 $18 gxh6
30. Qh5 {[%csl Rf7,Rh6][%cal Rh5h6,Rh5f7]} Qb7 31. Rf4 {[%csl Rg4][%cal Yf4g4]}
Ng6 32. Qxh6 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Rh6h7]} Bb5 (32... Nxf4 33. Bxh7+ Kh8 34. gxf4
$18) 33. Rb4 {[%csl Rb5]} a6 34. Rh1 {[%cal Rh2h7]} Qf3 35. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5
Bc6 14. Bd2 Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfd8 18. Qg4 Nf8 {The
opponents played a forced line where black has to defend very carefully} 19. h4
{A natural move. White plans to weaken black's pawn structure on the kingside
by the advance of the pawn. 19.Bf1 was also played} (19. Bf1 {- 59/(233)})
19... Qc5 {[%cal Rd8d4] Creating a threat of 20...Rd4} 20. Bc3 {Alternatuvoi
javljutcia 20.Bb3 i 20.Bf1} (20. Bf1 Qf2 21. Qf4 Qxf4 22. Bxf4 Ng6 23. Bg3 Ne7
24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Kxd1 a6 $11 {1-0 Anka,E-Feher,G/Budapest 1994/
CBM 045 ext (60)}) (20. Bb3 Ng6 21. Qg3 a5 22. h5 Ne7 23. Be3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1
Nf5 25. Qxg7+ Nxg7 26. Bxc5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Smirin,I-Wells,P/Port Erin 2004/CBM
102 ext (33)}) 20... Bd5 $6 $146 {[%mdl 8] A dubious mistake. A the tournament
practice shows 20...Qf2 or 20...Rd1 with a further 21...Qf2 deserve a serious
attention} (20... Qf2 {Leko,P:} 21. Rd6 {'[]' Leko,P.} (21. Rxd8 $6 Rxd8 {/\}
22. g3 $2 Bf3 23. Qf4 Qxe1+ $1 24. Bxe1 Rd1#) (21. Re2 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Qf1+ 23.
Be1 Rd8+ $15) 21... Ng6 (21... Qxg2 22. Qd4 Rdc8 23. Bd2 $1 Qh2 $1 24. Re2 (24.
Bd3 Ng6 25. Bxg6 hxg6 $15) 24... Qh1+ 25. Re1 Qh2 $11) 22. g3 Rdc8 23. Rf1 Qe3+
24. Kb1 Be4 $132 {1.58-2.05. 1/2-1/2 Pupo,E-Gonzalez Garcia,J/Cuba 1993/EXT 97
(40)}) (20... h5 $2 21. Qe2 Bxg2 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Bd3 Bh3 24. Qxh5 $16 {
1-0 Sherzer,A-Rachels,S/USA 1992/TD (38)}) (20... Rxd1+ $5 21. Rxd1 Qf2 22. Rf1
Qe3+ 23. Kb1 Rd8 24. a3 b5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Gallardo,E-Valenzuela Fuentealba,L/
Cascavel 1996/EXT 98 (33)}) (20... h5 $2 {- 56/215}) 21. Bd3 a5 {Black tries
to start an offense on the queenside. As the variations show it was dangerous
to take the pawn on a2} (21... Bxa2 22. Bb4 (22. h5 h6 23. Bb4 (23. Rf1 Bd5)
23... Qc7 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. Qb4+ Kg8 26. Qe4 Kf8 27. Qh7 Rac8 28. c3 Qa5 29.
Bc2 $40) 22... Qc7 23. Bd6 Qa5) 22. h5 {White is consistently carries out his
plan - a weakening of the black king} b5 (22... h6 $5 23. Bd4 Qc7) 23. Bd4 Qc6
24. h6 $16 {Now white's edge becomes evident} Ng6 (24... g6 25. Qf4 Nd7 26. Rf1
$36) 25. hxg7 Bxg2 (25... Kxg7 26. Be3 $36 {[%cal Re3g5,Gg5f6]}) 26. Bxb5 Qxb5
(26... Bf3 27. Qh3) 27. Qxg2 Rac8 28. Qf2 {[%cal Rf2f7] Defending the bishop
on d4 and attacking the pawn on f7} a4 29. a3 Rc4 30. Rh1 {[%cal Rf2h2,Gh2h7]
White prepares an attack on the h-file} Rdc8 31. c3 Qb3 32. Rdf1 R4c7 33. Qh2
$18 {[%cal Rh2h7]} h5 34. Qxh5 Rxc3+ 35. Kb1 Rc1+ 36. Rxc1 Qd3+ 37. Ka2 1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Kb1 h6 12. h4 (12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qd2 Rd8
14. Nd5 Qxd2 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Rxd2 Kf8 $11) 12... Rd8 (12... hxg5 $6 13. hxg5
Ng4 14. Be2 e5 15. Nd5 $1 Qd8 16. Qg1 $16 {Beljavsky-Tseshkovsky,USSR 1981}) (
12... e5 13. Qd3 exf4 14. Bxf4 Be6 15. Be2 Rac8 16. Nd5 $14) 13. Be2 (13. g4 $6
e5 14. Qg1 exf4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Be5 17. g5 h5 18. g6 $13 {
Byvsev-Taimanov 1952 USSR}) (13. Bd3 Bd7 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Bc6 16. Qf4 Nh5
17. Qg4 Rxd3 $1 (17... hxg5 18. Qxh5 Rxd3 19. hxg5 $1 $18) 18. Rxd3 hxg5 19.
Qxh5 g6 $1 $15 {Topalov,Kramnik} (19... gxh4 20. Rd4 g6 21. Rg4 Qc5 $1 22. Rf1
Bf6 $1 23. Rxg6+ fxg6 24. Qxg6+ $11 {Shirov-Anand Monako 1997})) 13... Bd7 (
13... e5 14. Qe3 (14. Qd3 exf4 15. Bxf4 Be6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bd7 $14 {
Rodgers-Pelletier,1996 Biel}) 14... exf4 15. Bxf4 Be6 16. Bf3 Bf8 17. Qe1 $36 {
Bologan -Kotronias,1992 Halkidi}) 14. Qe3 (14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Bc6 16. Qf4 (
16. Qe3 Rxd1+ 17. Bxd1 hxg5 18. hxg5 Bxg2 $1 $17) 16... Rxd1+ 17. Bxd1 Qb4 $1 (
17... hxg5 18. hxg5 Nd5 19. Qh2 Nxc3+ 20. bxc3 $18) (17... Nd5 18. Nxd5 Bxg5 (
18... Bxd5 19. Bxe7 $18) 19. hxg5 Bxd5 20. a3 $16) 18. Qg3 (18. exf6 hxg5 19.
Qh2 Bd6 $17) (18. Qh2 Nd7) 18... hxg5 19. hxg5 (19. exf6 Bxf6 20. hxg5 Bxc3 $19
) 19... Nh7 20. Qh2 (20. Rh4 Qc5 21. Qh2 Bxg5 22. Rxh7 Bh6) 20... Be4 $17)
14... Rac8 (14... Bc6 $5 {Hrachek-Harlov 1998,New York}) 15. Rd3 $5 Qc5 $2 (
15... Bc6) 16. Qxc5 $1 Rxc5 (16... dxc5 $6 17. e5 hxg5 18. hxg5 $16) 17. e5 $1
Bc6 (17... hxg5 18. hxg5 $16) (17... dxe5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rhd1 Rc7 20. Nb5
$16) 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Bxh6 Kh7 20. Bg5 Kg7 (20... Bxg2 21. Rg1 Bc6 22. b4 Rc4
23. b5 Bd7 24. Rh3 Rb4+ 25. Kc1 $16) 21. Rg3 fxg5 22. hxg5 $16 Rh8 $2 (22... a5
$142) 23. Rxh8 Kxh8 24. b4 $1 Rf5 25. Rh3+ Kg8 26. g3 $1 $18 a5 27. Bd3 axb4
28. Bxf5 bxc3 29. Bh7+ Kg7 30. Bd3 Kg8 31. g6 Bf6 32. g4 d5 33. g5 Bg7 34. f5
exf5 35. Bxf5 d4 36. Rh4 fxg6 37. Bxg6 b5 38. Be4 Be8 39. g6 Kf8 40. Rh5 Bf6
41. Rc5 Bd7 42. Rc7 Be8 43. Rb7 Be5 44. Bd3 Bf6 45. Rb8 Be5 46. Rb6 Bc7 47. Re6
1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 h6 11. Bh4 ({Worth of attention} 11.
h4 hxg5 12. hxg5 Ng4 (12... Ne8 $2 13. Qe3 f5 14. Qh3 Bxg5 15. Qh7+ Kf7 16.
Qh5+ g6 17. Qxg5 Qxg5 18. fxg5) (12... Nd7 $2 13. Qe3 $36) 13. Be2 e5 14. Qg1
exf4 15. Bxg4 Bxg4 (15... Bxg5 16. Qh2 Bh6 17. Bxc8 Rxc8 18. Rd3 $44) 16. Qh2
f5 {Anand-Kasparov 1994rapid}) 11... Qa5 12. Bc4 e5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Qd3 (14.
Qg1 $6 Bg4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rd3 Rac8 17. Bb3 Be6 18. Nd5 Bg5+ 19. Kb1 Qc5 $11
{Anka,E-Ibragimov,I/Budapest/1995/}) 14... Bg4 (14... Qc5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Kb1
(16. Qe2 a6 17. Rhf1 Be6 18. Bd5 Bg5+ 19. Kb1 Rac8 20. Rd3 b5 $13) 16... Be6
17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qd6 $11 {Gligorich,S-Taimanov,M/1952/}) 15. Bxf6 {after this
exchange White occupies central square d5, but, as shows practice, this factor
doesn't bring to White any advantage.} ({Worth of attention} 15. Rdf1 $5 {
played 45 years ago} Rad8 16. Qg3 Be6 17. Rxf6 $1 Bxc4 18. Rxh6 Bxh4 19. Rxh4
Bxa2 20. Qh3 $40 {1-0 Zurakhov,V-Boleslavsky,I/Riga 1955/EXT 99 (116)}) 15...
Bxf6 16. Rdf1 Bh4 ({In case of} 16... Rac8 17. Bb3 {leads to White advantage:}
(17. Bd5 Be6 18. Kb1 Rfd8 19. Rd1 b5 20. Rhf1 b4 21. Ne2 Bxd5 22. exd5 Rc5 23.
d6 Rc6 24. d7 Rc7 25. Ng3 Qa4 26. b3 Qc6 27. Qe4 Qb5 28. Rxf6 gxf6 29. Nf5 h5
30. Qe3 Rc4 31. bxc4 Qxc4 32. Qh6 Qg4 33. Ne7# {1-0 Nowak,E-Hybl,J/Brno 1964/
MCD (33)}) 17... Be6 18. Kb1 Qc5 $132 19. h4 $5 $146 (19. Qg3 Bg5 20. Rd1 b5
21. Qd3 Bc4 $11 {0-1 Fontaine,R-Sosonko,G/Cannes 1996/CBM 51 ext (55)}) 19...
h5 20. Qg3 Bd8 21. Rd1 (21. Nd5 $142) 21... Bxb3 22. axb3 Ba5 23. Rd5 $36 {
1-0 Tseitlin,M-Sosonko,G/St Petersburg 1997/CBM 59/}) (16... Bg5+ 17. Kb1 Be6
18. h4 (18. Nd5 Qc5 19. h4 Bd8 20. Bb3 b5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Garcia,G-Pupo,E/Santa
Clara 1996/EXT 99 (48)}) 18... Be7 19. Nd5 Qc5 20. Qe2 $36 {1-0 Korneev,
O-Cicak,S/Sitges 1996/EXT 99 (43)}) (16... Bh5 17. Kb1 Qc5 18. Bd5 Rad8 19. h3
{1/2-1/2 Yermolinsky,A-Gulko,B/Denver 1998/CBM 68 (19)}) ({Dubious is} 16...
Rad8 $6 17. Nd5 Bg5+ 18. Kb1 Rd6 19. Qg3 Be6 20. Qxe5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 $16 {
1-0 Cao Sang-Sziebert,A/HUN 1996/EXT 2000 (30)}) (16... Qc5 17. Rxf6 gxf6 18.
Qg3 f5 19. h3 Qxc4 20. hxg4 f4 21. Qh4 Qe6 $17 {0-1 Jezek,J-Kozma,J/Prague
1953/MCD (41)}) 17. Kb1 Qc5 18. g3 Bg5 19. h3 Be6 20. Bb3 Rad8 21. Nd5 f5 $5 {
[%csl Yd5,Re4][%cal Yf5e4,Ye6d5] Otherwise White will play g3-g4 strengthening
Nd5} 22. h4 fxe4 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Qf1+ Kg8 25. Nc3 ({In case of} 25. hxg5 {
Black equalizes:} Bxd5 26. Bxd5+ (26. gxh6 Bxb3 27. axb3 Rd2 28. h7+ Kh8 29. c3
Qf2 30. Qxf2 Rxf2 31. Re1 Kxh7 32. Rxe4 Rf1+ 33. Ka2 Rf5 $11) 26... Qxd5 27.
gxh6 gxh6 28. Qc1 e3) 25... Bxb3 26. axb3 Be3 27. Nxe4 Qc6 28. Qf3 {Position
of Black at least equal.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4096]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O (8... Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 h6) 9. f4 h6 {Rather rare
variation.} 10. Bh4 ({In my opinion, White must try to find advantage in} 10.
h4 {variation - see cooments to the game Adams-Yermolinsky,Fide-Wch k.o.2000
[Gofshtein,L]}) 10... Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qa5 12. Bc4 e5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Qd3 (14.
Qg1 $6 Bg4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rd3 Rac8 17. Bb3 Be6 18. Nd5 Bg5+ 19. Kb1 Qc5 $11
{Anka,E-Ibragimov,I/Budapest/1995/}) 14... Bg4 $5 (14... Qc5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16.
Kb1 (16. Qe2 a6 17. Rhf1 Be6 18. Bd5 Bg5+ 19. Kb1 Rac8 20. Rd3 b5 $13) 16...
Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qd6 $11 {Gligorich,S-Taimanov,M/1952/}) 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16.
Rdf1 Bh4 (16... Rac8 17. Bb3 (17. Bd5 Be6 18. Kb1 Rfd8 19. Rd1 b5 20. Rhf1 b4
21. Ne2 Bxd5 22. exd5 Rc5 23. d6 Rc6 24. d7 Rc7 25. Ng3 Qa4 26. b3 Qc6 27. Qe4
Qb5 28. Rxf6 gxf6 29. Nf5 h5 30. Qe3 Rc4 31. bxc4 Qxc4 32. Qh6 Qg4 33. Ne7# {
1-0 Nowak,E-Hybl,J/Brno 1964/MCD (33)}) 17... Be6 18. Kb1 Qc5 19. Qg3 (19. h4
$146 h5 20. Qg3 $36 {1-0 Tseitlin,M-Sosonko,G/St Petersburg 1997/CBM 59/)})
19... Bg5 20. Rd1 b5 21. Qd3 Bc4 $11 {0-1 Fontaine,R-Sosonko,G/Cannes 1996/CBM
51 ext (55)}) (16... Bg5+ 17. Kb1 Be6 18. h4 (18. Nd5 Qc5 19. h4 Bd8 20. Bb3 b5
$132 {1/2-1/2 Garcia,G-Pupo,E/Santa Clara 1996/EXT 99 (48)}) 18... Be7 19. Nd5
Qc5 20. Qe2 b5 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. Qxb5 Rfd8 24. Qe2 Rd6 25. Rd1
Rad8 26. b3 Qd7 27. Rxd6 Qxd6 28. Rf1 Qb4 $16 {1-0 Korneev,O-Cicak,S/Sitges
1996/EXT 99 (43)}) (16... Bh5 17. Kb1 Qc5 18. Bd5 Rad8 19. h3 {1/2-1/2
Yermolinsky,A-Gulko,B/Denver 1998/CBM 68 (19)}) 17. Kb1 Qc5 18. h3 $146 {
This novelty doesn't change this variation evaluation.} ({and after} 18. g3 Bg5
19. h3 Be6 20. Bb3 Rad8 21. Nd5 f5 $132 {Black has good counterplay:
Adams-Yermolinsky,Fide-Wch k.o.2000}) 18... Rad8 19. Bd5 ({After standard} 19.
Nd5 Be6 20. Bb3 Rd7 $132 {Black has sufficient counterplay.}) 19... Be6 20. Qf3
({More exactly} 20. Qe2 $5) 20... b6 21. Rd1 ({Also after} 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22.
Qg4 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Qc4 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Nxd1 Bg5 $132 {Black has good
position.}) 21... Bf2 $5 22. Bb3 Qe3 23. Qxe3 Bxe3 $11 24. Nb5 $6 ({Standard} 
24. Nd5 {would lead to equal position.}) (24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1
Rd4 $11) 24... Bxb3 25. axb3 a5 26. Nd6 Bc5 27. Nc4 (27. Nf5 Kh7 $15) 27... f6
$15 {Position of Black is better: In future Black is able to make free P on
the kingside. In other hand, White's doubled PP on the queenside are not
dangerous.} 28. c3 Kf7 29. Kc2 Ke6 30. g4 g6 31. h4 $6 {Inaccuracy!} ({It was
necessary to play} 31. Rhf1 $5 Rxd1 32. Rxd1 h5 33. gxh5 gxh5 34. Rd5 $132 {
White recieve certain couterplay.}) 31... h5 $1 32. gxh5 gxh5 33. Rdf1 (33.
Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Rf1 Rg8 35. Rf5 Rg4 36. Rxh5 Rxe4 37. Rh8 Re2+ 38. Kd3 Rh2 $17)
33... Rg8 34. Rh2 Rg4 $17 {[%csl Re4,Rh4] Domination. Black has strong
initiative.} 35. Nd2 Be3 36. Nc4 Bg1 37. Re2 Bc5 38. Rh1 Rdg8 39. Nd2 (39. Rh3
Rf4) 39... Rf4 40. Rh3 Rgg4 41. Rd3 Rxh4 42. Rd8 Rhg4 43. Rh8 h4 44. Rh7 Rg3
45. Rh2 Be3 46. Nc4 Rxe4 $19 47. R7xh4 Rxh4 48. Rxh4 Rg2+ 49. Kb1 Bc5 {Strong
free PP "e" and "f" makes position of White hopeless.} 50. Rh8 e4 51. Re8+ Kf5
52. b4 axb4 53. cxb4 b5 54. bxc5 bxc4 55. c6 Rg7 56. Rc8 Kf4 57. Kc2 f5 58. c7
(58. Re8 Ke3 $1 59. Kc3 f4 60. Kxc4 f3 61. Rf8 f2 62. Kc5 Rg1 $19) 58... Rd7
59. Kc3 e3 60. Kxc4 Re7 61. Kd3 e2 62. Kd4 0-1

[Event "Miskolc"]
[Site "Miskolc"]
[Date "2004.03.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Firman, Nazar"]
[Black "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Kb1 h6 12. h4 (12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qd2 Rd8
14. Nd5 Qxd2 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Rxd2 Kf8 $11) 12... Rd8 (12... hxg5 $6 13. hxg5
Ng4 14. Be2 e5 15. Nd5 $1 Qd8 16. Qg1 $16 {Beljavsky-Tseshkovsky,USSR 1981}) (
12... e5 13. Qd3 exf4 14. Bxf4 Be6 15. Be2 Rac8 16. Nd5 $14) 13. Qd2 $5 $146 {
[%mdl 8] A novelty. Previously white played 13.Be2 or 13.Bd3 which leads to
unclear positions according to the games below} (13. Be2 Bd7 (13... e5 14. Qe3
(14. Qd3 exf4 15. Bxf4 Be6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bd7 $14 {Rodgers-Pelletier,
1996 Biel}) 14... exf4 15. Bxf4 Be6 16. Bf3 Bf8 17. Qe1 $36 {Bologan
-Kotronias,1992 Halkidi}) 14. Qe3 (14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Bc6 16. Qf4 (16. Qe3
Rxd1+ 17. Bxd1 hxg5 18. hxg5 Bxg2 $1 $17) 16... Rxd1+ 17. Bxd1 Qb4 $1 (17...
hxg5 18. hxg5 Nd5 19. Qh2 Nxc3+ 20. bxc3 $18) (17... Nd5 18. Nxd5 Bxg5 (18...
Bxd5 19. Bxe7 $18) 19. hxg5 Bxd5 20. a3 $16) 18. Qg3 (18. exf6 hxg5 19. Qh2 Bd6
$17) (18. Qh2 Nd7) 18... hxg5 19. hxg5 (19. exf6 Bxf6 20. hxg5 Bxc3 $19) 19...
Nh7 20. Qh2 (20. Rh4 Qc5 21. Qh2 Bxg5 22. Rxh7 Bh6) 20... Be4 $17) 14... Rac8 (
14... Bc6 $5 {Hrachek-Harlov 1998,New York}) 15. Rd3 $5 {1-0 Stripunsky,
A-Hracek,Z/New York 1998/CBM 64/[Gofshtein,L] (47)}) (13. g4 $6 e5 14. Qg1 exf4
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Be5 17. g5 h5 18. g6 $13 {Byvsev-Taimanov 1952 USSR}) (
13. Bd3 Bd7 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Bc6 16. Qf4 Nh5 17. Qg4 Rxd3 $1 (17... hxg5
18. Qxh5 Rxd3 19. hxg5 $1 $18) 18. Rxd3 hxg5 19. Qxh5 g6 $1 $15 {Topalov,
Kramnik} (19... gxh4 20. Rd4 g6 21. Rg4 Qc5 $1 22. Rf1 Bf6 $1 23. Rxg6+ fxg6
24. Qxg6+ $11 {Shirov-Anand Monako 1997})) 13... Nxe4 {13...hg deserved
attention with good counterplay} (13... hxg5 $5 14. hxg5 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Qxd2 16.
Nxd2 e5 $132) 14. Nxe4 Qxd2 15. Rxd2 (15. Nxd2 f6) 15... f6 {15...hg deserved
attention recieving a fine counterplay} (15... hxg5 $5 16. hxg5 d5 17. Nf2 Bd6
18. Nd3 Bd7 $132) 16. Bd3 {White puts the bishop on an active position trying
to seize the initiative even without the queens} fxg5 17. hxg5 d5 18. Nc3 hxg5
19. fxg5 Bxg5 20. Rf2 {[%cal Rf2f7,Rd3h7]} g6 {Black gives the pawn back,
trying to diminish white's initiative. 20...Bh6 looked dangerous but as the
analysis shows, with a number of accurate moves black can defend} (20... Bh6 $1
21. Bg6 Bd7 22. Bf7+ Kh8 23. g4 Bc6 $1 24. Ne2 d4 $1 25. Rh4 Rf8 $1 (25... Rd7
26. Bxe6 Rd6 27. Nf4 Re8) 26. g5 Be8 27. gxh6 Rxf7 28. hxg7+ Kxg7 $11) (20...
Bd7 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Bg6+ Bh6 23. g4 $40 Kg8 24. Bf7+ Kh7 25. g5 $18) 21. Bxg6
Rd7 $6 {21...Bd7 deserved attention, connecting the rooks and getting chances
to a successful defence} (21... Bd7 $5 22. Rh7 (22. Rh5 Rf8) (22. Rf3 Kg7 23.
Bd3 Rh8) 22... Rf8 (22... Be8 23. Bd3 Rd7)) 22. Rhf1 {[%cal Rf2f8]} Re7 (22...
Kg7 23. Bd3 $36) 23. Rf8+ Kg7 24. Bd3 b6 {24...a6 is stronger and the next
variations show black can stubbornly defend} (24... a6 $5 25. Na4 Rb8 26. Nb6
Rc7 27. R8f3 Kg8 28. Re1 Rf7 29. Nxc8 Rxc8 30. Rxe6 Rxf3 31. gxf3 Bf4) 25. Nb5
$1 {[%cal Rb5d6] Activizing the knight and creating new threats} Bb7 26. R8f3
$1 Kg8 $8 27. Nd6 $36 Rg7 (27... Bc6 28. Nf7 $18) 28. Bb5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd6e8]
29.Ne8 is the threat now} a6 29. Ne8 axb5 30. Nxg7 1-0

[Event "Dresden zt 1.2"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1998.05.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Black "Baumegger, Siegfried"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 20644]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13.
fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2 Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Nb6 18. Bf1 Rfd8 19.
Qg4 Qc5 (19... a6 20. Bg5 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Qc5 22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Nd7 24. Bf4
Kf8 25. Bg3 h6 26. b3 Ke7 27. Rg4 Rg8 28. Kd2 f6 {1/2-1/2 Yudasin,L-Kotronias,
V/Rishon le Zion 1996}) (19... Kh8 20. Kb1 Qc5 21. Bd3 Na4 (21... Rxd3 $5) 22.
Qh3 g6 23. Qh4 $16 {A.Ivanov-Glek, USSR 1983}) 20. Qb4 (20. Bh6 Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1
g6 (21... Rd8+ 22. Bd3 g6 (22... Qf8 $142) 23. Qh4 $18 Rxd3+ 24. cxd3 Ba4+ 25.
b3 Qd5 26. Re3 {1-0 Chandler,M-Pavlovic,D/Nis 1983}) (21... Qf8 22. Bg5 Nd7 23.
Kc1 $14 {Timman-Sosonko, Nederland tt 1986}) 22. Qh4 Rc8 $2 (22... Nd7 23. Kc1
b5 24. Qg5 b4 25. Bd3 Rc8 26. Kb1 Ba4 $11 {I.Carlsson-Muir, corr 1990}) 23. Bd3
{Tischbierek,R-Rossmann,H/DDR-ch Eilenburg 1984/1-0(30)} (23. Qf6 $1 Bf3+ 24.
Re2 Qxc2+ 25. Ke1 $18)) 20... Qxb4 $2 $146 (20... Qf2 21. Qf4 Qxf4 22. Bxf4
Rxd1+ (22... Rdc8 23. b3 Nd5 24. Bd2 b5 25. Kb2 a5 26. a3 h6 27. Bd3 Rc7 28.
Re2 b4 29. Ra1 Nc3 30. Re3 Rac8 31. axb4 axb4 32. Ba6 Bb7 33. Bxb7 Rxb7 34.
Bxc3 Rbc7 {1/2-1/2 Ernst,T-Wessman,R/SWE-ch Goteborg 1990}) 23. Rxd1 Nd7 (23...
Rc8 24. Rd4 f6 25. exf6 gxf6 26. Bd2 $14 {Berelovich,A-Avrukh,B/Groningen op
1993/1-0 (85)}) 24. b3 Kf8 25. Kb2 Ke7 26. g4 h6 27. Be2 g5 28. Bg3 a6 29. a4
Rd8 30. a5 Nf8 31. Rxd8 Kxd8 32. Kc3 $14 {Tseshkovsky,V-Yudasin,L/URS-ch53
1986/1/2-1/2(42)}) (20... Qg1 $5 21. Qh4 Qc5 22. Kb1 Qd4 23. Qh5 Na4 24. Bc1
Qb4 25. Ka1 Rd5 26. Bd3 Rxd3 27. cxd3 Bd5 $44 {Shaked,T-Avrukh,B/WchJM-U14
1992/0-1(35)}) 21. Bxb4 $16 {_|_+^^} Nd5 22. Bd2 (22. Bd6 {[%cal Gc2c4,Gg2g3]}
b5 $5 $14 {[%csl Gd5]}) 22... b5 23. Bg5 Rdc8 24. Rd4 a5 25. c3 a4 {[%cal
Ga4a3]} 26. a3 $5 {[%csl Rb5] Now, when black's counterplay on queenside is
stoped,white can try to breaktrought on kingside.} h6 $6 (26... f5 $142 $5 {
[%cal Ga8a7] Preventing white's activity on kingside.} 27. exf6 gxf6 28. Bd2 e5
(28... Re8 $5 29. c4 bxc4 30. Bxc4 Rac8 31. Kb1 $14 {[%cal Ge1c1]}) 29. Rg4+
Kf7 30. Rh4 Kg8 31. Bd3 Ra7 $132) 27. Bd2 Nb6 {[%cal Gc8d8,Ga8a5,Gc6d5,Gb6c4]}
28. Rg4 h5 $2 {Exist famouse rule: not to make aditional weaknesses on side,
where you are defending!} (28... Kf8 $142 29. Be3 Nd7 (29... Nc4 $6 30. Bc5+
Kg8 31. Be7 {[%cal Ge7f6]} Kh8 32. Bxc4 bxc4 33. Rf1 Be8 34. Bf8 $1 $16) 30.
Bd4 $14 {[%cal Gf1d3,Ge1f1]}) 29. Rh4 g6 30. Bg5 {[%cal Gg2g4]} Nd7 31. g4 Bf3
$2 (31... hxg4 $142 32. Rxg4 Kg7 {[%cal Gc8h8]} 33. Rd4 {[%cal Gd4d6]} Nxe5 34.
Rxe5 f6 35. Rxe6 fxg5 36. Bd3 Be8 37. Re5 $16 {[%csl Rb5,Rg5]}) 32. gxh5 {
[%csl Rb5]} Bxh5 33. Bxb5 $18 Nc5 34. Bf6 {[%cal Rb5e2]} Kf8 35. Be2 Ke8 36.
Rd1 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.04.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Petursson} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Bc4 (11. Kb1 Rd8 12. Be2 Bd7
13. Qe3 Bc6 14. Qg3 Qc7 15. Bd3 $14 {PALAC-BOLOGAN,Budapest 96}) 11... Bd7 12.
e5 (12. Rd3 Rad8 13. e5 dxe5 14. Qxe5 Qb4 15. Rg3 Kh8 16. Bd3 Bc6 17. Rh3 Rfe8
$1 18. Qe2 h6 19. Rf1 Kg8 20. Bh4 Nd5 $11 {Anand-Kramnik,Las Palmas 96}) 12...
dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2 (14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Bd5 f5 $1 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. g4
Bg5+ 18. Kb1 Rad8 19. Qc4 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Qxe5 $17 {Polgar-Kramnik,Linares94})
14... Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfd8 (17... Nb6 18. Bd3 Rad8 19.
Qb4 Qxb4 20. Bxb4 Rfe8 21. g3 Rd7 22. c4 Red8 23. Be2 $16 {Palac-Mantovani,
Forli 92}) 18. Qg4 Nc5 (18... Nf8 19. Bd3 Rxd3 20. cxd3 Qd7 21. Bb4 $1 Qd5 22.
Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Kb1 Qxg2 24. Qxg2 Bxg2 25. Re3 f5 26. exf6 Rxf6 27. Rg1 Bd5 28.
Reg3 g6 29. h4 $14 {Oll-Hrachek,Parnu 96}) 19. Bg5 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Qf8 21. Qh4
Nd7 (21... Re8 22. Rd4 Nd7 23. Bd3 g6 24. Bh6 Qe7 25. Qf4 $14 {Almazi.
Z-Bologan.V,Germany 97}) 22. Re1 $16 Qe8 23. Qg4 Nf8 $2 (23... Rc8 $5) 24. h4
Kh8 25. h5 h6 $2 (25... Nd7) 26. Bf6 1-0

[Event "Gausdal Classic"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "2004.09.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2004.09.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. Kb1 {a rare move,
the usual move is 12.e5.} (12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 {is the main line of this
variation.}) 12... Bc6 {Black moves the bishop out of fire, bringing it to a
better position.} (12... Rfd8 13. Bb3 b5 $2 (13... Bc6 {was much better and
may lead with different move order to 12...Bc6 variation.}) 14. e5 $1 $36 {
1-0 Nguyen Anh Dung-Aung Thant Zin/Bangkok 2004/CBM 102/[Gofshtein,L] (23) Now
this is very strong.}) 13. Bb3 {The immideate 13.Rhf1 was also possible, which
led to an unclear game in Tal-Larsen.} (13. Rhf1 h6 14. Bh4 Qh5 15. g3 g5 16.
fxg5 hxg5 17. Rxf6 Bxf6 18. Qxf6 gxh4 19. gxh4 Kh7 $13 {0-1 Tal,M-Larsen,B/
Eersel 1969/Candidates (41)}) 13... Rfd8 {[%cal Gd8d6] A useful move, black
prepares a breakthrough in the centre, 13...Rad8 was also played, for example:}
(13... Rad8 14. Rhf1 h6 $5 15. Bh4 Qh5 $5 (15... Rd7 16. f5 e5 17. Qf2 Rc8 18.
Bxf6 $16 {0-1 Nikitin,A-Averbakh,Y/Moscow 1964/MCD (67)}) 16. Bg3 d5 17. e5 Ne4
$132 {1/2-1/2 Sakharov,Y-Osnos,V/Riga 1968/MCD (46)}) (13... Rfe8 14. Rhf1 h6
15. Bh4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxh4 17. f5 d5 18. Nd6 Bf6 19. Qg4 $44 {1-0 Sakharov,
Y-Kots,Y/Kiev 1965/EXT 2002 (22)}) 14. Rhe1 h6 $5 {A typical move, which is
one of the steps towards the d6-d5 breakthrough.} 15. Bh4 Qh5 $5 {This way
black forces white to remove the bishop, after which d6-d5 becomes possible.}
16. Bg3 d5 {[%cal Gd5e4]} 17. exd5 (17. e5 Ne4 $132) 17... Nxd5 18. Bxd5 $6 {
A dubious move, handing the initiative to black. 18.Nd5 led to an equal game.}
(18. Nxd5 $5 Bxd5 19. Re5 $1 Bf3 20. Rxh5 Bxh5 21. Qxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8
$11 {1/2-1/2 Kholmov,R-Glek,I/Moscow 1983/EXT 2002 (46)}) 18... Bf6 $1 {
An important intermideate move after which black seizes the initiative. 18...
Bd5 was worse of course.} (18... Bxd5 19. Re5 Qg4 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 exd5
22. Rd3 $14 {[%csl Gd5]}) 19. Qc5 Bxc3 $5 {Exchanging the strong knight black
gets a better game.} 20. Qxc3 Bxd5 $17 {[%cal Rd5g2]} 21. Rc1 {It's not clear
how to defend the g2 pawn.} (21. Qe5 Qg4 22. Rd4 Bxg2 $17) 21... Rac8 22. Qe3
Bxg2 {Black has an extra pawn and a more active position.} 23. Rg1 (23. Qxa7
Rd2 24. Qe3 Rcd8 $17) 23... Bd5 24. f5 {White tries to open lines for his
pieces.} Qxf5 25. Bh4 Re8 26. Qxh6 Qh7 {Offering an exchange of queens and
going for an endgame with an extra pawn.} 27. Qxh7+ {[%mdl 4096] White doesn't
have a pleasent alternative. Also after 27.Qf6 black's advantage is doubtless.}
(27. Qf6 Be4 28. Ka1 Bxc2) 27... Kxh7 28. Rce1 e5 {Black starts to push
forward his passed pawn, activizing his pieces.} 29. Re3 Re6 {[%cal Re6h6]} 30.
Reg3 g6 31. Re3 Rc4 $5 {[%cal Yc4h4] By axctivizing the rook black strengthens
his pressure.} 32. Be1 f6 {Consolidating the position and protecting the e5
pawn.} 33. b3 Rf4 34. Rh3+ Kg7 35. Bd2 Rf3 {It is preferable for black to
exchange one pair of rooks as in this case his pawns would move without any
obstacles.} 36. Rh4 g5 37. Kc1 Re8 {With the idea to activize his king by Kg6.
The rook from e8 controls the 8th rank.} 38. Rhg4 Rh3 $19 {[%cal Rh3h2]} 39. c4
Bc6 40. Bxg5 {A desperate sacrifice.} fxg5 41. Rxg5+ Kf6 42. Rg6+ Ke7 43. Rg7+
Kd8 0-1

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2002.11.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Vydeslaver, Alik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2002.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd3 Be7 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5
Bc6 14. Bd2 Nd7 15. Nd5 Qc5 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfc8 {17...Rfd8 is popular
continuation as well, and as it was proved in many games, chances are mutual
there;} (17... Qc5 18. Qxc5 Nxc5 19. Bb4 b6 20. Re2 Rfd8 21. Red2 Rxd2 22. Rxd2
Kf8 23. g3 Ke7 24. b3 {Savon,V-Paoli,E/Cienfuegos/1973/1-0 (66)}) (17... Rfd8
18. Qg4 Nf8 19. h4 (19. Bd3 Rxd3 20. cxd3 Qd7 21. Kb1 Qxd3+ 22. Ka1 h5 $1 23.
Qxh5 $2 (23. Qe2 Qg6 $44) 23... Ba4 $1 $15 {Oll,L-Hodgson,J Groningen 1993 0-1
45}) (19. Bf1 Qc5 (19... Ng6 $6 20. Bb4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Qc7 (21... Nxe5 22.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 23. Bxe7 $16 {^^}) 22. Qd4 Bd5 23. Bc3 $14 {Kovalev,A-Leko,P Munich
op9192 (04) 1992 1-0 43}) 20. Bc3 Ng6 21. Qg5 Rd5 22. Rxd5 Bxd5 23. a3 $10 {
Kamsky,G-Anand,V Linares (07) 1993 0-1 68}) 19... Qc5 20. Bc3 Qf2 $146 21. Rd6
Qxg2 22. Qd4 Rdc8 23. Bd2 Ng6 (23... Qh2 $1 24. Re2 (24. Bd3 Ng6 25. Bxg6 hxg6
$15) 24... Qh1+ 25. Re1 Qh2 $10 {(Leko)}) 24. h5 $36 {Almasi,Z-Leko,P HUN-ch
1993 1/4 35 -Inf.59/233}) (17... Nb6 {Boensch} 18. Bd3 Rfd8 19. Qg4 Rxd3 20.
cxd3 Ba4 21. Bh6 f5 22. exf6 Qxf6 23. Bd2 Rc8+ 24. Kb1 Bc2+ 25. Ka1 Bxd1 26.
Qxd1 $10 {Cseshkovsky,V-Anand,V Ovideo 25' (09) 1993}) 18. Qg4 {White has
better play also after 18.Kb1 or 18.Bf1} (18. Qf4 a5 19. Kb1 Nb6 20. Bd3 Nd5
21. Qg4 Qc5 22. Re4 b5 23. Qh3 Nb4 24. Be3 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Qxe5 26. Qxh7+ Kf8 27.
Bxa8 Ke7 28. Qe4 Qc7 29. Qb7 {1-0 Karpov,A-Ungureanu,E/Skopje 1972/MCD (29)}) (
18. Bf1 Qc5 (18... a6 19. Bb4 Qd8 (19... Qg5+ 20. Kb1 b6 21. Rd3 $40) 20. Kb1
b5 (20... b6 21. Qf4 Bd5 22. c4 Bc6 23. Re3 $16) 21. Qf4 Bd5 22. Bd3 Nc5 (22...
Bxg2 $4 23. Rg1 Bd5 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25. Rg1+ Kh8 26. Qh6 $18) 23. Bxc5 $1 Rxc5
24. Re3 $36 {1-0 Anand,V-Beliavsky,A/Linares 1994/CBM 40/[Ftacnik] (39)}) (
18... Bd5 19. Kb1 Qc5 20. Qxc5 Nxc5 21. Be3 a5 22. Rd4 Nd7 23. Bf4 Nf8 24. c4
Bc6 25. g3 h6 26. b3 Bf3 27. Be2 Bxe2 28. Rxe2 $16 {1-0 Zelic,Z-Nikolac,J/
Makarska Tucepi 1995/EXT 97 (57)}) 19. Qxc5 (19. Bb4 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 h6 21. b3
Nf8 {1/2-1/2 Feher,G-Tolnai,T/HUN-ch 1989/TD (21)}) (19. Qf4 $2 Bf3 $1) 19...
Nxc5 20. Bb4 $14 {1-0 Gufeld,E-Parameswaran,T/Delhi 1984/MCL (49)} (20. Be3 $14
Nd7 21. Bf2 Nf8 (21... h6 22. b3 b6 23. Rd4 Kf8 24. Kb2 {Topalov,V-Yudasin,L/
Leon (2)/1993/0.5 (50)}) 22. b3 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Bxa7 $14 {1-0 Matulovic,
M-Pavlovic,D/Nis 1983/MCD (40)})) (18. Kb1 a5 (18... Qc5 19. Qxc5 Nxc5 20. Bf1
a5 21. Be3 $14 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Garcia,D/Terrassa 1991/CBM 24 (51)}) 19. Qg4 Qb4
20. Bh6 Qf8 21. Re3 Kh8 22. Bf4 $36 {1-0 Palac,M-Kotronias,V/Metz 1998/EXT 99 
(54)}) 18... Nf8 $5 {[%cal Rf8g6] That's the main move in this position- black
transfer the N to the kingside to protect black king;} (18... Qc5 19. Bh6 g6
20. Re2 (20. Bb3 Rc7 21. c3 Qe7 22. h4 b5 23. h5 Nc5 24. Bc2 Be8 25. Rf1 Rd8
26. Rxd8 Qxd8 27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Bxg6 fxg6 29. Rf8+ Kh7 30. Bg5 {1-0 Kuijf,
M-Blees,A/Eindhoven 1983/EXT 2002 (30)}) 20... Qe7 (20... Rc7 21. Rf1 Re8 22.
Ref2 Bd5 23. Rxf7 Nxe5 24. Qd4 {Cseshkovsky,V-Korensky,V/USSR/1973/1-0 (39)})
21. Bg5 Qe8 22. h4 $40 {1-0 Plater,K-Kapfer,T/Krakow 1938/EXT 99 (45)}) (18...
Kh8 {Chekhov} 19. Re3 Qc5 20. Rh3 Bxg2 21. Rg3 g6 22. Bb3 Bd5 23. Bc3 $1 $16 {
Ivanchuk/}) (18... Kf8 $5) (18... b5 19. Re3 b4 20. Rde1 Qc5 21. Bd3 Ba4 22. c3
Qd5 23. Kb1 Nxe5 24. Qh5 Nxd3 25. Qxd5 Bc2+ {0-1 Khin Than-Zaw,W/Yangon 1999/
EXT 2000 (25)}) 19. Bd3 {Only move0 white transfers the bishop to more active
diagonal;} (19. h4 Qc7 20. Bb3 Bd5 $13 {0-1 Kruszynski,W-Mueller,G/Hamburg
1984/MCD (32)} (20... Bd5 21. c3 Bxb3 22. axb3 Ng6 23. Qg3 h5 24. Bg5 a5 25.
Rd6 a4 26. bxa4 Rxa4 27. Kc2 Rg4 28. Qf2 Qa5 29. Qe2 Rc5 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Qf2
Rxc3+ 32. Kb1 Ra4 {0-1 Kruszynski,W-Mueller,G/Hamburg 1984/MCD (32)})) 19...
Ng6 $5 {[%cal Re7h4,Ye7c5] The monouevre of black knight to g6 allows black to
put some pressure on e5 pawn, in addition white doesn't have any attack over
the kingside now;} (19... a5 $6 20. h4 Bd5 21. Kb1 Ng6 {0-1 Hanisch,
J-Gschnitzer,O/Baden 1997/EXT 2002 (33)} 22. c4 $36) 20. Re3 $146 {[%mdl 8]
This novelty is an attempt to improve this line-20.g3, previously played by
white here, gives black strong counterplay;} (20. g3 a5 (20... Qc7 {[%csl Ye5]
[%cal Rc7e5,Rg6e5,Rc7c2]} 21. Bc3 b5 $5 22. h4 $40 Qb7 $1 {[%csl Rb4,Rf3][%cal
Gc6f3,Rb5b4]} 23. Rf1 b4 24. Bd4 Bb5 $1 25. h5 (25. Be4 Bc6 $11) 25... Bxd3 26.
Rxd3 Qc7 $1 $132) 21. h4 Qf8 22. Kb1 b5 23. Bg5 b4 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. Rd6 f5 26.
Qd4 Qf7 27. Rc1 Bd5 28. c4 bxc3 29. Rxc3 Rxc3 30. Qxc3 {1/2-1/2 Marciano,
D-Wauters,A/FRA 1994/EXT 99 (30)}) 20... Qc5 $5 {Typical move in such
position- black adds more pressure on e5 pawn of white and also intends to
trade light-square B's by Bb5;} 21. Rde1 Bb5 22. Bb4 {White moves the B to d6
to overprotect e5 pawn;} Qb6 23. Bd6 $2 {This move is a blunder which was not
exploited by black later on; White should've play 23.Bb5 which keeps position
equal;} (23. Bxb5 Qxb5 24. Bc3 Rc4 25. Re4 $11) 23... Bxd3 24. Rxd3 Qa6 $2 (
24... Qf2 $1 25. Re2 (25. Qd1 Rxc2+ 26. Qxc2 Qxe1+) 25... Qf4+ 26. Qxf4 Nxf4
$17) 25. Ra3 Rc4 (25... Qc6 $5) 26. Qf3 Nh4 (26... Qc6 27. Qxc6 Rxc6 $14) 27.
Qf2 Qc6 $6 $132 {Black has been playing too active and got into troubles;} (
27... Ra4 $5 28. Rxa4 Qxa4 29. b3 Qg4 $132) 28. b3 $5 {[%cal Rf2h4,Rf2a7]
Strong move which drives out black rooks out of c-file;} Rg4 (28... Qxg2 29.
Qxg2 Nxg2 30. bxc4 Nxe1 31. Rg3 Rc8 32. c5 $18) 29. g3 Nf5 30. Rxa7 {White is
up a pawn and has good winning chances;} Rc8 (30... Rxa7 31. Qxa7 Nxd6 32. exd6
Qxd6 33. Qxb7 Qa3+ 34. Kb1 h6 35. Re4 $16) 31. Qc5 $1 $16 {White intends to
trade queens; Black may decline the trade by moving the queen to less active
square only!} Qxc5 (31... Qe8 32. Qb6 $16) 32. Bxc5 h5 33. Bf2 {Extra pawn and
better bishop than knight give white obvious winning chances;} b5 34. Rb7 b4
35. h3 $5 {White drive out black rook of 4th rank and then grabs b4 pawns;} Rg5
36. Rg1 Rc3 37. Rxb4 $18 Ne7 (37... Nxg3 38. Kb2 Rf3 39. h4 Rg6 40. Rb8+ Kh7
41. Bxg3 Rfxg3 42. Rxg3 Rxg3 43. a4 $18) 38. a4 {White passers decide the game;
} Nd5 39. Re4 Rf3 40. Be1 h4 41. Rxh4 Rxe5 42. Rd4 Ne3 43. Rd3 {White pins
black knight preventing any counterplay of black;} Rd5 44. Rxd5 exd5 45. Bd2
Nf5 46. Bf4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.04.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 h6 (10... h5) 11. Bh4 Qa5 12. Bc4 e5 13. fxe5
dxe5 14. Qd3 (14. Qg1 $6 Bg4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rd3 Rac8 17. Bb3 Be6 18. Nd5
Bg5+ 19. Kb1 Qc5 $11 {Anka,E-Ibragimov,I/Budapest/1995/}) 14... Bg4 (14... Qc5
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Kb1 (16. Qe2 a6 17. Rhf1 Be6 18. Bd5 Bg5+ 19. Kb1 Rac8 20.
Rd3 b5 $13) 16... Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qd6 $11 {Gligorich,S-Taimanov,M/1952/})
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rdf1 Rac8 17. Bb3 Be6 18. Kb1 Qc5 19. h4 $146 (19. Qg3 Bg5
20. Rd1 b5 21. Qd3 Bc4 $11 22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. Qd5 Qf2 24. g3 Rfd8 25. Rdf1 Rxd5
26. Rxf2 Rd4 27. Re2 h5 28. Rf1 Rcd8 {Fontaine,R-Sosonko,G/Cannes mT 1996/EXP
51/0-1 (55)}) 19... h5 20. Qg3 Bd8 21. Rd1 (21. Nd5 $142) 21... Bxb3 22. axb3
Ba5 23. Rd5 Qc7 24. Qxe5 (24. Rxe5 f6 $19) 24... Qxe5 25. Rxe5 Bxc3 26. bxc3
Rxc3 27. Rd1 Rfc8 $2 (27... Rc7 28. Rxh5 Re8 29. Rd4 Rce7 {with chanses for
draw}) 28. Rd2 g6 29. Re7 R3c7 30. Rd8+ Rxd8 (30... Kg7 31. Rdd7 Rxc2 32. Rxf7+
Kg8 33. Rg7+ Kh8 34. Rh7+ Kg8 35. Rdg7+ Kf8 36. Rxb7 $18) 31. Rxc7 Rb8 32. c4
b5 33. c5 a5 34. Kc2 b4 35. c6 Rb5 (35... Rb6 36. Kd3 a4 37. bxa4 b3 38. Rb7
$18) 36. Kd3 Rc5 37. Kd4 Rc3 38. e5 $2 {better38.Kd5} Kf8 39. Kd5 (39. e6 fxe6
40. Ke5 Ke8 $1 41. Kxe6 Kd8 $11) 39... Rxb3 40. Rb7 $2 (40. Ra7 $1 Rd3+ 41. Kc5
b3 42. c7 $1 (42. Rxa5 b2 43. Rb5 Rd2 44. c7 Ke7 $1 45. Kb6 Rc2 46. Kb7 Kd7 $11
) 42... Kg7 43. Rxa5 $18) 40... Rd3+ 41. Kc5 Rc3+ 42. Kd6 Rd3+ 43. Kc7 b3 (
43... a4 44. Rxb4 (44. Kb8 a3 45. c7 Rc3 46. Rxb4 (46. Ra7 b3 47. Rxa3 b2)
46... a2 47. Ra4 Rb3+ $11) 44... a3 45. Ra4 Rb3 46. Kc8 Ke8 47. c7 Ke7 $11) 44.
Kb8 $18 Rd8+ 45. Ka7 Rc8 46. Rb6 Ke7 47. Kb7 Kd8 48. Rxb3 Rc7+ 49. Kb6 1-0

[Event "ASEAN GM 1st"]
[Site "Bangkok"]
[Date "2004.06.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nguyen, Anh Dung"]
[Black "Aung, Thant Zin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2004.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "THA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. Kb1 {a rare move, the usual
move is 12.e5} (12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 {is the main line of this variation})
12... Rfd8 (12... Bc6 {is what black played in this position, the game Kholmov
- Glek (Moscow 1983) continued:} 13. Rhe1 h6 14. Bh4 Rfd8 15. Bb3 Qh5 16. Bg3
d5 {with equality}) 13. Bb3 b5 $2 {a losing move, black allows white to play
e4-e5 in the best possible time} (13... Bc6 {was much better and may lead with
different move order to 12...Bc6 variation}) 14. e5 $1 {Now this is very strong
} dxe5 15. fxe5 b4 ({or} 15... Bc6 16. Qh4 {and black is in serious trouble}) (
15... Nd5 {loses to} 16. Bxd5) 16. exf6 gxf6 (16... Qxg5 17. fxe7 $18) 17. Bxf6
{Is by no means worse than 17.Bh6 although white returns his extra piece, he
gets a very strong attack which decides the game} ({Fritz shows a nice way to
save the extra piece with} 17. Bh6 Qh5 18. Qe4 $1 {threatening to take on d7}
Be8 (18... f5 19. Qb7) 19. Qb7 Bc5 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Ne4 Rd1+ 22. Bc1 $1 $18 (
22. Rxd1 $4 Qxd1+ 23. Bc1 Be3 {and suddenly black is the one who wins})) 17...
Bxf6 18. Qxf6 bxc3 19. Rd3 $1 {planning Rg3 or to double up over the d-file,
the rest is simple} Be8 20. Rg3+ Kf8 21. Bxe6 Rd6 22. Qg7+ Ke7 23. Bxf7 $1 {
a nice finish} 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nevostrujev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novokuznetsk"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Sberbank-Tatarstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 {Tyomkin,D} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5
Bc6 14. Bd2 Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfd8 18. Bf1 Nf8 19. Qg4
Ng6 20. Bb4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Nxe5 $5 $146 (21... Qc7 22. Qd4 Bd5 (22... b5 23.
Bd6 Qb7 24. Rd2 Rc8 25. h4 h6 26. h5 Nf8 27. Qh4 $1 {[%cal Gh4e7]} Bd5 28. b3
Nh7 29. Qe7 $16 {Kruppa,Y-Ostojic,N/Platonov mem 1995/1-0(53)}) 23. Bc3 Qe7 24.
g3 Qg5+ 25. Qd2 Qh5 26. h3 Qf3 27. Qd3 Rc8 28. Qxf3 Bxf3 29. Rd3 $14 {Kovalev,
A-Leko,P/Munich op9192 1992/1-0(42)}) (21... Qh4 $5) 22. Qxg7+ (22. Qd4 $6 Qg5+
23. Bd2 Qh5) 22... Kxg7 23. Bxe7 Ng4 {[%cal Gg4e3,Gg4h2]} 24. Rd3 $6 {[%cal
Rd3g3]} (24. h3 Ne3 25. Re1 Nxf1 26. Rxf1 f5 $11) (24. Be2 $142 Nf2 $1 {
[%cal Gf7f5,Gf2e4]} (24... Ne3 25. Rg1 $1 (25. Rd3 Nf5 26. Bc5 Bxg2) 25... f6 (
25... f5 $6 26. Bc5 $14) 26. Bc5 Nd5 $14) 25. Rf1 Ne4 $11) 24... f5 25. h3 Nf2
26. Ra3 a6 27. b4 $6 {[%csl Rc2,Rc4][%cal Ya8c8]} Rc8 $15 28. c4 $2 {Now white
is losing c-pawn.} (28. Re3 Kf7 29. Bg5 Ne4 30. Bf4 Ba4 31. Bd3 Nf2 32. Kb1
Nxd3 33. cxd3 Rc2 $15) 28... Kf7 $17 29. Bh4 $2 (29. Bd6 Ne4 30. Be5 Bb5 $17) (
29. Bg5 Bb5 $17) {[%tqu "En","","","","c6g2","",10]} 29... Bxg2 $1 30. Bxg2 (
30. c5 Bxf1 31. Bxf2 Bc4 $19 {[%csl Ra3,Re6,Rf5]}) (30. Bxg2 Rxc4+ 31. Kd2 Rxh4
32. Bxb7 Rxb4 33. Bxa6 Kf6 $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Rodin, Mihail"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov GShK"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Sberbank-Tatarstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 {Tyomkin,D} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. Qd2 Bd7 (12... Qc7
13. Qe1 a6 14. Bd3 h6 15. h4 $5 Kf8 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nd7 18. Bf4 Nc5 19.
Qe3 $14 {Lobron-Chiburdanidze, Dortmund 1983}) 13. Bd3 h6 14. h4 $6 $146 (14.
Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Rxd2 Bc6 18. Re1 Kf8 19. Re3 Ke7 $11
{Xie Jun-Aleksieva,S/Cannes op18th 1997/1/2-1/2 (64)}) 14... Kf8 $1 {Aimed
against 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Nd5} (14... hxg5 $2 15. hxg5 Ne8 16. g4 $18 {[%cal
Rd2h2]}) 15. Qe1 (15. g4 $5 {[%cal Gg5f6,Yg4g5]} hxg5 (15... Nxg4 $2 16. Bxe7+
Kxe7 17. Nd5+ $18) (15... Rac8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. e5 dxe5 18. g5 Be7 19. gxh6
gxh6 20. fxe5 Qxe5 21. Qxh6+ $36) 16. hxg5 Ng8 17. Rh8 Rac8 18. Qh2 {[%cal
Rh8g8,Rh2h7,Rd1h1,Yh3h7]} Bxg5 $8 19. fxg5 {[%cal Rh2d6]} Ke7 20. g6 $40) 15...
Rac8 {[%cal Gc8c3]} (15... hxg5 $6 16. hxg5 Ng8 17. Rh8 $40 {[%cal Ge1h4,Gh4h7]
}) 16. e5 $2 dxe5 17. fxe5 hxg5 18. hxg5 ({Nothing changes} 18. exf6 Bxf6 19.
hxg5 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qxg5 $19) 18... Ng8 19. Rh8 Bb4 $19 20. Qh4 (20. g6 Bxc3 21.
gxf7 Kxf7 22. bxc3 Qb6+ 23. Ka1 Qc5 24. Qf1+ Ke7 $19) 20... Bxc3 21. g6 Qb4 22.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 23. gxf7+ Kf8 $1 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Fontaine, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 h6 (10... h5) 11. Bh4 Qa5 12. Bc4 e5
13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Qd3 Bg4 {The other plan - 14...Qc5 is also possible, as was
played in the next games} (14... Qc5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Kb1 (16. Qe2 a6 17. Rhf1
Be6 18. Bd5 Bg5+ 19. Kb1 Rac8 20. Rd3 b5 $13) 16... Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qd6
$11 {Gligorich,S-Taimanov,M/1952/}) 15. Bxf6 {White takes control over the d5
square, black gets a pair of bishops instead.} Bxf6 16. Rdf1 Rac8 {[%cal Yc8c3]
Black gets the rook to play. Another possible move is 16...Bh4 as was played
in Almasi - Gershon below} (16... Bh4 17. Kb1 Qc5 18. g3 Bg5 19. h3 Rad8 20.
Nd5 Be6 21. h4 Be7 22. Qe2 b5 23. Bb3 a5 $13 {1-0 Almasi,Z-Gershon,A/Ohrid
2001/CBM 84 (52)}) 17. Kb1 {17.Bb3 usually leads to a different move order.} (
17. Bb3 Be6 18. Kb1 Qc5 19. h4 $5 $146 (19. Qg3 Bg5 20. Rd1 b5 21. Qd3 Bc4 $132
{Fontaine,R-Sosonko,G/Cannes mT 1996/EXP 51/0-1 (55)}) 19... h5 20. Qg3 Bd8 21.
Rd1 (21. Nd5 $142) 21... Bxb3 22. axb3 $14 {1-0 Tseitlin,M-Sosonko,G/St
Petersburg 1997/CBM 59}) 17... Qb4 $6 $146 {Not a very good novelty. The queen
gets under attack after the eventual Nd5. Deserves attention 17...Bh4 as was
in the game Leko - Halifman where black gradually equalised.} (17... Bh4 $5 18.
Bb3 Qc5 19. g3 Bg5 20. h3 Be6 21. h4 Be7 22. Nd5 Kh8 23. Qe2 a5 $132 {1/2-1/2
Leko,P-Khalifman,A/New Delhi/Theran 2000/CBM 80 (64)}) 18. Bb3 Rxc3 $6 {
A dubious exchange sacrifice. Although, black is already having serious
difficulties.} (18... Bg5 19. Qg3 Rxc3 (19... Be6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8
22. Rd1 $36) 20. Qxc3 Qxc3 21. bxc3 b6 22. h3 Bh5 23. Bd5) 19. bxc3 Qb6 20. Qg3
Bd7 21. Rf3 {White is an exchange up and has pressure over the f - file.} a5
22. Rhf1 Kh7 23. Qf2 {White transforms to an endgame, where his edge is
undoubtful.} Qxf2 24. R1xf2 a4 (24... Bc6 25. Bd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 e4 27. Rf4 e3
28. Re2 Bxc3 29. Re4 Bd2 30. c4 $16) 25. Bd5 Kg6 26. c4 $16 {White is almost
winning.} Bg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] A tactical mistake, leading to an immideate loss,
although after the normal course of the game white should win by moving jis
rook to the b - file.} 27. Rg3 h5 28. h3 Bh4 29. Rff3 $1 Bxg3 30. Rxg3 $18 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 h6 11. Bh4 Qa5 12. Bc4 e5 13. fxe5
dxe5 14. Qd3 Bg4 15. Rdf1 (15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rdf1 {-is another sharp line,
which probably leads to some advantage of white as well;}) 15... Qc5 {White
recieves a small advantage but other possibilities also don't allow black to
reach a full equality} (15... Be6 16. Bxf6 ({Black gets his pawn chain
destroyed here, while it's not that dangerous:} 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qc4 Qb6 18.
Bf2 Qd6 19. Rd1 Rac8 20. Qxc8 Rxc8 21. Rxd6 Bxd6 22. Bxa7 Bb4 {1/2-1/2
Unzicker,W-Pomar Salamanca,A/Bern 1962/EXT 2000 (44)}) 16... Bxf6 17. Kb1 Qc5
18. Bb3 Kh8 19. h4 Be7 20. Qe2 Qc8 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Rxf8+ Qxf8 23. Qb5 $16 {
1-0 Ponomariov,R-Avrukh,B/Panormo 2001/CBM 84 ext (41). (40)}) (15... Rad8 $2
16. Qg3 Be6 17. Rxf6 Bxc4 18. Rxh6 $16 {1-0 Zurakhov,V-Boleslavsky,I/Riga 1955/
EXT 99 (116). (115)}) (15... Rac8 16. Bxf6 (16. Bb3 Rxc3 $1 17. Qxc3 Qxc3 18.
bxc3 Ba3+ 19. Kb1 Nxe4 $15 {1/2-1/2 Szabo,J-Pietzsch,W/Dresden 1959/MCD (43)})
16... Bxf6 17. Bb3 $14) 16. Bb3 Kh8 {A profilactic move, defending against 17.
Qg3} (16... Rad8 $2 17. Qg3 $18 {[%cal Rh4f6,Rf1f6,Rg3g4]}) (16... Be6 $5) (
16... Be6 $5) 17. Qg3 (17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Kb1 Rad8 19. Qg3 Be6 20. Nd5 $14 {
1-0 Kobalija,M-Gershon,A/Kharkov 2002/CBM 89/[Tyomkin,D] (48)} (20. Bxe6 fxe6 {
[%csl Gc3] -black is okay here, mostly based on weakness of Nc3;})) 17... Be6 (
17... Bd7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Kb1 $14 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Yc3d5,Yb3d5]}) 18. Bxf6 $5
(18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qg6 b5 20. Rf3 b4 $132) 18... Bxf6 19. Nd5 {[%csl Rd5][%cal
Rd5f6] White has taken control over the square d5 and has a minimal advantage}
Bg5+ 20. Kb1 a5 $5 {Black tries to get activity on the queenside} 21. h4 {
Forcing black to reatreat his activly placed bishop} Bd8 22. a3 {Allowing a
retreat place for the bishop. In case of 22.a4, 22...b5 could have followed
with a counterplay} (22. a4 b5 23. Qxe5 bxa4 24. Bxa4 Rc8 $44) 22... Rc8 {
[%csl Rc2][%cal Rc8c2] Black is aiming for the c2 pawn. An immideate 22...a4
was also possible} (22... a4 $5 23. Ba2 Rc8 24. Ne3 Bxa2+ 25. Kxa2 b5 26. c3
Rc6 $132) 23. Qd3 b5 24. c3 {[%cal Yc3b4,Ya3b4] White is strugling against the
advance b5-b4} Rc6 {Black transfers his rook to the 6 rank} 25. Qd1 {[%cal
Yd1h5]} (25. Qf3 Rd6 $5 (25... f5 26. g4 f4 27. g5 $36) 26. g4 Bxd5 27. Bxd5 b4
$132) 25... f5 $5 {Black passes ahead of the opponent and opens the game} 26.
exf5 Bxf5+ 27. Ka1 e4 (27... b4 {doesn't give black any real compensation
after:} 28. cxb4 axb4 29. Nxb4 Rcf6 30. Qd5 Qe3 31. Re1) 28. Qe2 {[%csl Rb5,
Ye4][%cal Re2e4,Re2b5] Preparing g4 and keeping an eye on the pawns b5 and e4}
b4 29. g4 (29. cxb4 axb4 30. g4 (30. Nxb4 Rcf6 31. Rc1 Qb6 $13) 30... Bh7 31.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 32. Nxb4 Rf6 $44 {[%cal Rf6f2]}) 29... Be6 30. cxb4 (30. Rxf8+ Qxf8
31. Qxe4 bxa3 $132) 30... Rxf1+ (30... axb4 31. Rxf8+ Qxf8 32. Nxb4 Bf6 33. Bc2
Qa8 $132) 31. Rxf1 axb4 32. axb4 Qd4 33. Qb5 (33. Rd1 Qa7+ 34. Kb1 Ra6 $44)
33... Rd6 34. g5 (34. Rf8+ Kh7 35. Qc5 Rxd5 36. Qxd4 Rxd4 37. Bxe6 Bxh4 $17)
34... Bxd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] A losing move. The only move after which black
could keep successfully fighting was 34...Bg8} (34... Bg8 $8 35. Rf8 Qg1+ 36.
Ka2 Qa7+) 35. Bxd5 Qxd5 (35... Kh7 36. Ba2 $40) 36. Rf8+ Qg8 (36... Kh7 37. g6+
Kxg6 38. Qe8+ $18) 37. Rxg8+ Kxg8 38. Qe8+ Kh7 39. Qxe4+ $18 g6 40. Qe5 Ra6+
41. Kb1 hxg5 42. hxg5 Ra7 43. Qd4 Ra8 44. Qd7+ Kh8 45. Qb7 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 07th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.01.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Black "Campos Moreno, Javier B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2000.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5
Bc6 14. Bd2 Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfd8 18. Qg4 Nf8 19. Bd3
Rxd3 {This sacrifice start well-know theoretical variation. I think, this
variation don't give to Black equal play. White stay slightly better.} 20. cxd3
Qd7 21. Bb4 {The theory of variation was not finished yet..} (21. Re3 Qd5 22.
Kb1 Ng6 23. Rg3 Qxe5 24. Bc3 Qb5 25. h4 h5 26. Qe2 Bd5 $44) (21. b3 a5 22. Bc3
Ng6 23. Re2 Ne7 $44 {1/2-1/2 Ljubojevic,L-Leko,P/Belgrade YUG 1995 (38)}) 21...
Ng6 (21... Qd5 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Kb1 Qxg2 24. Qxg2 (24. Qh4 g6 25. Re3 Bd5 26.
Rh3 h5 27. Rc1 Qd2 28. b3 a5 29. Qf6 a4 30. Rg3 axb3 31. Rxg6+ $11 {1/2-1/2
Psakhis,L-Greenfeld,A/Tel Aviv ASA 1988 (37)}) 24... Bxg2 25. Rg1 (25. Rc1 Bc6
26. Kc2 (26. Rc4 Rd8 27. Kc2 g6 28. Kc3 Kg7 29. b4 h6 30. Rc5 $14 {1/2-1/2
Palac,M-Lisenko,A/Vinkovci 1993/(81)}) (26. Rc5 Rd8 27. Kc2 Rd4 28. Kc3 Ra4 29.
a3 Rh4 30. Re2 Rf4 31. Rc4 Rf1 32. Kd4 $14 {1-0 Junior 6.0-Nimzo 7.32/Cadaques
ESP 2000 (66)}) 26... f5 (26... Rd8 27. Kd2 Kf8 28. Ke3 f6 29. exf6 gxf6 30.
Rc4 Bb5 31. Rd4 Rxd4 32. Kxd4 e5+ 33. Ke3 Kf7 34. d4 Ke6 35. Rc1 Bc6 36. Rg1 f5
37. dxe5 Kxe5 38. Rf1 Bd5 39. a3 b5 40. Rf4 Bf7 41. Rh4 Bg6 42. a4 a6 43. axb5
axb5 44. Rb4 Be8 45. Rh4 Bg6 46. h3 h5 47. Rd4 Bf7 48. h4 Bd5 49. Rf4 Bc6 50.
Rf2 b4 51. b3 Bd5 52. Rf4 Be4 53. Rf2 Bd5 54. Rf4 Be4 55. Rf2 Bd5 {1/2-1/2
Leko,P-Fritz3/Munich Intel Express 1994 (55)}) 27. exf6 Rxf6 28. Rf1 (28. Kc3
g5 29. Rf1 Rh6 30. Rg1 Rg6 (30... Rh5 31. h4) 31. Kd4 g4 32. b4 a6 33. a4 h5 (
33... Bxa4 34. Rc8+ Kf7 35. Rc7+ Kf6 36. Rxb7) 34. Rxc6 bxc6 35. Kc5 e5 (35...
Kf7 36. Kxc6 Ke7 37. Kb7 e5 38. b5 axb5 39. axb5 Rd6) 36. Kb6 Rd6 37. Kxa6 Rxd3
38. Kb6 Rb3 39. Ra1 Rxb4+ 40. Kc7 Rf4 41. a5 Rf7+ 42. Kb6 Kg7 43. a6 Kg6 44. a7
Rxa7 45. Rxa7 Kf5 46. Kxc6 Ke4 (46... h4 47. Kd5 g3 48. h3 Kf4 49. Rf7+ Ke3 50.
Kxe5 g2 51. Rg7 Kf2 52. Kf4 g1=Q 53. Rxg1 Kxg1 54. Kg4 Kf2 55. Kxh4 Kf3 56. Kg5
) 47. Rh7 Kf3 48. Rxh5 e4 49. Rf5+ {1-0 Marciano,D-Lugovoi,A/St.
Petersburg-Paris 1996 (49)} (49. Rf5+ Kg2 50. Rf4)) 28... Rh6 (28... Rxf1 29.
Rxf1) 29. Rf2 Rh3 $44 (29... Rh3 30. Kc3 h6 31. Kd4 Kh7 32. b3 g5 33. Rcf1 Kg6
(33... Bd5) 34. Rf6+ Kh5 35. Rxe6 (35. Rxe6 Rxh2 36. Rff6 (36. a4 Kg4) 36...
Rxa2 37. Rxh6+ Kg4 38. Re5 Rg2 39. Rg6 Kh4 (39... Kf4 40. Re3 g4 41. Rf6+ Kg5
42. Ke5) 40. Rh6+ Kg4 41. Rg6 (41. Rh8 Kf4) 41... Kh4 42. Re3 g4 43. Ke5 Rf2 (
43... Rd2) (43... g3 44. d4) 44. d4 Rd2 45. Rh6+ Kg5 46. Rh8 Bf3 47. Rf8 Bc6
48. b4 b6 49. Rd8 a5 50. d5 Rxd5+ 51. Rxd5 Bxd5 52. bxa5 (52. Kxd5 Kf4 53. Re1
(53. Re6 g3 54. Rxb6 axb4 55. Kd4 g2 56. Rg6 Kf3 57. Kd3 Kf2 58. Rf6+ Ke1)
53... axb4 54. Kd4 Kf3 55. Kd3 g3 (55... Kf2 56. Re2+ Kf3 (56... Kf1 57. Ke3 g3
58. Kf3) 57. Re6 g3 58. Rf6+ Kg2 59. Ke2) 56. Rf1+ Kg2 57. Ke2 Kh2 58. Rb1 g2
59. Kf2) 52... bxa5 53. Kxd5 Kf4 54. Ra3 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Kramnik,V/Moscow (ol)
1994/54 B65/[Brenke,A] (54)})) (29... Rh4 30. Kc3 h6 31. Rg1 Bd5 32. a3 g5 33.
Rf6 (33. Rgf1 g4 34. Rf7 (34. Rf8+ Kg7 35. R1f7+ Kg6 36. Rf2 Rh3 37. Kd4 Kg5)
34... Rxh2 35. Re7 Bf3) 33... Rxh2 (33... g4 34. h3) 34. Rgf1 Kg7 35. Rf7+ Kg6
36. R1f6+ Kh5 37. Rh7 Kg4 38. Rhxh6 Rxh6 39. Rxh6)) (25. Re3 Bd5 (25... Rd8 $1
26. Rg1 Bc6 27. Reg3 g6 28. Kc2 $14) (25... f5 26. exf6 Rxf6 27. Rg1 Bd5 28.
Reg3 Rf7 $5 $14 (28... g6 29. h4 Rf5 30. Rg5 $14 {1-0 Oll,L-Hracek,Z/Paide
Keres mem A 1996 (48)})) 26. Rc1 h6 27. Rc7 g5 28. Re1 g4 $13) 25... Bc6 26.
Kc2 Rd8 (26... f5 27. exf6 Rxf6 28. Rdf1 Rh6 29. Rf2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Almasi,
Z-Kramnik,V/EUCup f Ljubljana 1995/CBM 51/ (41)}) 27. Kc3 (27. Rg3 Rd5 (27...
Rd4 28. Rdg1 g6 29. Rg4 Rd5 30. d4) 28. d4 Ra5) 27... g6 28. Rdf1 Rd5 29. d4
Kg7 30. Rf4 Rd7 31. Rg3 $14 {1-0 Tiviakov,S-Atalik,S/Beijing 1997/CBM 61 (66)})
(21... a5 22. Bd6 b5 23. Kb1 Ng6 24. Rc1 h5 25. Qg5 b4 26. g3 Bd5 27. Rc5 $16 {
1-0 Dubbeldam,A-Oud,N/cr ch NED 1996 (32)}) 22. Bd6 (22. Rd2 $5 Bd5 23. Kb1
Bxa2+ 24. Kxa2 Qa4+ 25. Kb1 a5 26. Qc4 axb4 27. Re4 Ne7 28. Qxb4 Qa1+ 29. Kc2
Nd5 30. Qxb7 h6 31. Rd1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Malakhov,V-Sherbakov,R/Koszalin POL 1999 
(47)}) (22. Kb1 Qd5 $14) (22. h4 $6 Qd5 23. h5 Nxe5 24. Qg3 f6 $44) 22... f5
23. Qe2 (23. Qg5 Bd5 24. b3 (24. Kb1 $6 Qa4 25. b3 Bxb3 $11 {1/2-1/2
Mithrakanth,P-Ooi Chern Ee/Kuala Lumpur India-Malaysia 1996 (30)}) 24... Qc6+ (
24... a5 25. Kd2 a4 26. b4 Bxa2 27. Rc1 $14) 25. Kb2 Qb6 26. g3 (26. d4 a5 $1
$132) 26... Qd4+ $5 (26... Qf2+ 27. Qd2 Qxd2+ 28. Rxd2 Re8 29. Rc1 $16 {
1-0 Hoffmann,M-Peek,M/Groningen NED 1998 (41)}) (26... a5 $5 27. Qe3 $14) 27.
Kb1 Rc8 28. Qe3 Qxe3 29. Rxe3 f4 $5 30. gxf4 Nxf4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Anand,
V/Linares 1998/CBM 64/ (44)}) 23... Nh8 $5 (23... Bd5 $143 24. Kb1 Qc6 25. Rg1
a5 26. Qf2 Qa4 27. b3 Qf4 28. Qxf4 Nxf4 29. Rd2 $16 (29. g3 $2 Ne2 30. Rge1
Nc3+ 31. Kb2 Nxd1+ 32. Rxd1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Dean,J-Almasi,I/Groningen NED 1998 
(43)})) 24. Rd2 Nf7 25. Rc2 (25. Ba3 $5 $14) 25... Re8 (25... Nxd6 26. exd6 Bd5
27. Qe5 $18 {[%csl Rd7,Rg7][%cal Gc2c7]}) 26. Bc5 (26. Ba3 Qd5 27. b3 Bb5 28.
Rc3 Rd8 29. Kc2 a5 $14) 26... Qd5 27. b3 a6 $2 $16 (27... Bb5 $1 28. Rc3 Rc8
29. Bb4 Rxc3+ 30. Bxc3 Bxd3 31. Qd2 Be4 32. Qxd5 Bxd5 33. Re2 $14) 28. Bb6 Qb5
29. Bc5 Rd8 30. d4 Qa5 31. Kb2 (31. Qd2 Qc7 32. Qb4 $16) 31... Rd7 32. Rec1 Qd8
33. Qc4 Rd5 34. Qb4 {White have adjusted interaction of pieces and have
avoided material losses.} Qd7 35. a4 Ng5 36. Ba7 $1 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gc2c6,
Gb4b6]} h6 (36... Ne4 37. Qb6 h5 38. Rxc6 bxc6 39. Qxa6 $18) 37. Qb6 Kh7 38.
Rxc6 bxc6 39. Qxa6 Ne4 40. Rxc6 Rxd4 41. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 42. Ka2 Qd2+ $2 $18 (42...
Qxe5 $1 43. Qc8 Qxh2 44. Qxe6 Qxg2+ 45. Ka3 $16 {In this game black received
same position with 2P less than in this one}) 43. Ka3 Qxg2 44. Qc4 Qg1 45. Qxe6
{You can recognise this position...} Qa1+ 46. Kb4 Qd4+ 47. Kb5 Qd3+ 48. Kb4
Qd4+ 49. Rc4 Qd2+ 50. Ka3 {The checks were finished} Qf2 51. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2000.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. Rhe1 {In this variation
White delay e4-e5 promotion.} (12. e5 {-main line}) 12... Bc6 13. Bb3 (13. f5
$5) (13. Nd5 exd5 14. exd5 Rae8 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Bb3 (16. Rxe7 Rxe7 17. Bxf6
gxf6 18. Qxf6 Re1 19. Qxd6 Rfe8 20. c3 Qa4 $15) 16... d5 $11) (13. Kb1 $5)
13... Rfe8 (13... b5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bxg5 16. dxc6 e5 17. Qxd6 Bxf4+ 18.
Kb1 $14) (13... Rad8 14. Kb1 h6 15. Bh4 e5 16. Qf2 exf4 17. Qxf4 Nh5 $11 {
Murrey-Dorfman,France 94}) (13... Rfd8 14. Qd3 (14. Qf2 $5) 14... h6 15. Bh4
Qh5 16. Bg3 Nd7 $1 17. Qf1 Nc5 18. Bc4 Bf6 $132 {Dolmatov-Oll,USSR 88}) (13...
h6 14. Bh4 Rfd8 15. f5 exf5 16. Qc4 fxe4 17. Qxf7+ Kh8 18. Rf1 Qe5 19. Bg3 Qc5
20. Ne2 $44 {1/2-1/2 Murrey,J-Relange,E/Paris Philidor mem 1995 (51)}) 14. e5 (
14. f5 exf5 15. e5 dxe5 (15... Nd5 $2 16. Bd2 $1 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 (17. e6 f6 18.
Bxc3 Qc5 $132) 17... Bg5+ 18. Kb1 dxe5 19. Bxf7+ Kh8 20. Qd3 $18) 16. Rxe5 Qc7
17. Rxf5 Rad8 18. Qc4 Rxd1+ 19. Nxd1 Bd8 $11 {1-0 Polgar,J-Sax,G/Magyarorszag 
(ch) 1991/Inf 53/ (51)}) (14. Qf2 h6 (14... Ng4 15. Qh4 Bxg5 16. fxg5 Ne5 17.
Rxd6 Qc5 18. Rd2 b5 19. Qf2 Qxf2 20. Rxf2 a5 21. a3 $14 {0-1 Cseshkovsky
Vitaly-Knoppert Erik G J/Leeuwarden 1994 (48)}) 15. Bh4 Rac8 $132) (14. Kb1
Rad8 (14... Rac8 $5) 15. Qd2 (15. Qf2 Ng4 $1 (15... h6 16. h4 $5 Qc5 17. Qg3
Nh5 18. Qh2 hxg5 19. hxg5 g6 20. g4 Nxf4 {[#]} 21. Nd5 $3 $16 {1-0 Dvoirys,
S-Khalifman,A/Elista 1997/CBM 59/ (37)} (21. Qxf4 Bxg5 $15)) 16. Qg3 Bxg5 17.
fxg5 Ne5 $132) 15... h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 $14 {Tolnai-Majer,Czech 95})
14... dxe5 15. Qxe5 {After Queens change White remain with weakness on e5, but
how to use it?} (15. fxe5 Rad8 16. Qf4 Nd5 17. Bxd5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Bxd5 19. Rd4
$11 {1-0 Tolnai,T-Leko,P/Budapest SW15 1992 (32)}) 15... Qxe5 (15... b5 16. h3
{[%cal Gg2g4]} Nd7 17. Qe3 $132) 16. fxe5 Nd7 $11 {[%csl Re5]} (16... Nd5 17.
Ne4 Bxg5+ 18. Nxg5 Red8 19. Rd4 Rd7 20. Red1 Rad8 21. R1d2 Nc7 (21... Nb6 22.
Nxe6 $1 $16) 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Rxd7 Bxd7 24. Kd2 $11) 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. g3 Rc8
(18... a5 19. Rd4 Nc5 20. Bc4 Rd7 21. Rxd7 Nxd7 22. Bb5 $11) 19. Re3 Nf8 ({
Maybe better was} 19... Nc5 20. Bc4 Rec7 21. Rd6 Kf8 $132) 20. Ne2 Rec7 21. Nd4
Bd7 22. c3 Ng6 {[%csl Rf4,Yg3,Rh4]} 23. h4 (23. Bc2 Rc5 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. h4
$11) 23... Rc5 24. Rde1 Ne7 {[%csl Yd4]} 25. Rd1 Ng6 26. Rde1 Ne7 27. Rd1 Ng6
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.02"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Solak, Dragan"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[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 "Serbia & Montenegro"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Kb1 {11.Bc4 is the main line move.} h6
12. h4 {only this move gives white chances to gain an advantage.} (12. Bxf6
Bxf6 13. Qd2 Rd8 14. Nd5 Qxd2 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Rxd2 Kf8 $11) (12. Bh4 e5 13.
Qd2 (13. fxe5 dxe5 $11) 13... exf4 14. Nd5 Qd8 $132) 12... Rd8 {it is hard to
evaluate the position after 12..e5 from practice until now.} (12... hxg5 $6 13.
hxg5 Ng4 14. Be2 e5 15. Nd5 $1 Qd8 16. Qg1 $16 {Beljavsky-Tseshkovsky,USSR 1981
} (16. Qg1 exf4 17. Bxg4 $40 {1-0 Beliavsky,A-Tseshkovsky,V/Frunze 1981/URS-ch
(27)})) (12... e5 13. Qd3 (13. Qf2 exf4 14. Nd5 Qd8 $5 (14... Nxd5 15. Rxd5 Qc7
16. Qxf4 Be6 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Rxd6 $14 {1-0 Balogh,C-Zelcic,R/Austria 2003/
CBM 097 ext (53)}) 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxf4 Qa5 17. Bc4 Be6 18. Bb3 Be5 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Nataf,I-Lugovoi,A/Montreal 2003/CBM 097 (21)}) 13... exf4 {: Black 
dont have any choise,whorse of cource 13...hg} (13... hxg5 $2 14. hxg5 Ng4 15.
Qh3 Nh6 16. Qh2 $40) 14. Bxf4 Be6 15. Be2 Rac8 (15... Rfc8 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17.
exd5 Qa4 (17... Rc5 18. Bf3 Rac8 19. Rhe1 Bf8 20. Re2 Rc4 21. Bd2 Qd8 22. Be1
Nd7 23. b3 R4c5 24. Bg4 R8c7 25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. Bb4 $36 {1-0 Hracek,Z-Gutman,G/
Pardubice 1998/EXT 99 (70)}) 18. Bd2 Rc5 19. Bf3 Nd7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Bruned,
Y-Slaby,J/Salou ESP 2005 (61)}) 16. Nd5 $14 (16. Nd5 {[%csl Rd5,Re7][%cal
Re6d5,Rd5e7,Yd5f6]} Bxd5 (16... Rfe8 17. Rhf1 Bxd5 18. exd5 Qa4 19. Bc1 Nxd5
20. Qf5 Nb4 21. Bc4 $36 {1-0 Krakops,M-Relange,E/Halle 1995/CBM 48 ext (28)}) (
16... Nxd5) 17. exd5 Rc5 (17... Qa4 18. Bd2 Ne4 19. Be1 Bf6 20. g4 Rfe8 21. c4
b5 22. cxb5 Nc5 23. Qc4 Re4 {1/2-1/2 Horvath,A-Balogh,C/Hungary 2003/EXT 2004 
(23)}) 18. Bf3 (18. c4 b5 19. cxb5 Qa4 20. Be3 Rxd5 21. Qc4 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Qa5
23. Qd4 $36 {1-0 Lanka,Z-Feher,G/Passau 1996/EXT 2001 (26)}) 18... Rfc8 19.
Rhe1 Qa4 $146 20. g3 Bf8 21. Re2 b5 22. Be3 {[%csl Re3][%cal Re3c5]} R5c7 23.
Bd4 $16 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Rd4f6,Rd4a7] 1-0 Kaidanov,G-Finegold,B/Salt Lake City
1999/CBM 073/[Gofshtein,L] (32)})) 13. Bd3 {after 13. Be2 and 13.Qd2 black is
OK as the following games demonstrate.} (13. g4 $6 e5 14. Qg1 exf4 15. Bxf6
Bxf6 16. Nd5 Be5 17. g5 h5 18. g6 $13 {Byvsev-Taimanov 1952 USSR} (18. Bc4 {
0-1 Bivshev,V-Taimanov,M/Moscow 1952/URS-ch (44)})) (13. Qd2 {[%mdl 8]} Nxe4 {
13...hg deserved attention with good counterplay} (13... hxg5 $5 14. hxg5 Nxe4
15. Nxe4 Qxd2 16. Nxd2 e5 $132) 14. Nxe4 Qxd2 15. Rxd2 (15. Nxd2 f6) 15... f6
$13 {1-0 Firman,N-Balogh,C/Miskolc 2004/CBM 100/[Gofshtein,L] (30) 15...hg
deserved attention recieving a fine counterplay} (15... hxg5 $5 16. hxg5 d5 17.
Nf2 Bd6 18. Nd3 Bd7 $132)) (13. Be2 Bd7 (13... e5 14. Qe3 (14. Qd3 exf4 15.
Bxf4 Be6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bd7 $14 {Rodgers-Pelletier,1996 Biel}) 14...
exf4 15. Bxf4 Be6 16. Bf3 Bf8 17. Qe1 $36 {Bologan -Kotronias,1992 Halkidi}) (
13... a6 $6) 14. Qe3 (14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Bc6 $132) 14... Rac8 (14... Bc6 $5 {
Hrachek-Harlov 1998,New York}) (14... Bc6 15. Qg3 Kf8 16. f5 exf5 17. exf5 hxg5
18. hxg5 Ng8 19. Rh8 Qxf5 20. Bd3 Qxg5 21. Bh7 Ke8 22. Rxg8+ $40 {1/2-1/2
Zelcic,R-Kharlov,A/Warsaw POL 2005 (63)}) 15. Rd3 $5 {1-0 Stripunsky,A-Hracek,
Z/New York 1998/CBM 64/[Gofshtein,L] (47)}) 13... Bd7 {Another move, 13...Kf8
was met in the game givven below and allowed white to create a strong attack. .
} (13... Kf8 14. Qe3 Qb6 15. Qf3 Bd7 16. e5 hxg5 17. hxg5 Ng8 18. Rh8 $40 {
1-0 Smirnov,P-Sherbakov,R/Samara 2000/CBM 78 (23)} (18. Rh8 {Gofshtein,L} dxe5
19. Bh7 Ke8 20. g6 Bf6 21. fxe5 Ke7 22. Ne4 fxg6 23. Bxg8 {1-0 Smirnov,
P-Sherbakov,R/Samara 2000/CBM 78 (23)})) 14. e5 {A tipical breakthrough in
this kind of position. White develops his agressive e-pawn and mounts more
pressure for the king side attack} (14. Qe3 Bc6 $132) 14... dxe5 15. fxe5 Bc6
16. Qf4 $5 {A rare variation.That was played only once in the past by A.Shirov}
(16. Qe3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} Ng4 $1 {The only move. Any other move leads to
serious difficulties} (16... Qc5 17. Qg3 Nd7 18. Bxh6 Qxe5 19. Bf4 $16) (16...
hxg5 17. hxg5 $18) (16... Bc5 17. Qd2 hxg5 18. exf6 $40) 17. Qf4 (17. Qg3 hxg5
18. Qxg4 Qxe5 19. hxg5 Qxg5 20. Bh7+ (20. Qh3) 20... Kf8 21. Be4 Bf6) 17...
hxg5 18. hxg5 Qxe5 19. Bh7+ (19. Qxg4 Qxg5 20. Qh3 Qh6 21. Qg3 Qg5 22. Qh3 Qh6
23. Qg3 Qg5 24. Qh3 {1/2-1/2 Antoniewski,R-Jurka,M/Czechia 1999/EXT 2001 (24)})
19... Kf8 20. Bg6 Rxd1+ 21. Nxd1 Ke8 22. Bxf7+ Kd7 23. Qxg4 Qxg5 {Perhaps 23...
Qe4 is stronger, with equal chances.} (23... Qe4 $5 24. Qxe4 (24. Qh5 Qxg2 $11)
24... Bxe4 25. Bxe6+ Kxe6 26. Re1 Kf5 27. Nf2 Bxc2+ 28. Kxc2 Rc8+ $11) 24.
Qxe6+ Kc7 25. Nc3 Rd8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Nataf,I-Bluvshtein,M/Montreal 2003/CBM 097/
[Gofshtein,L] (42)} (25... Rd8 $44 {1-0 Holzke,F-Joachim,S/Germany})) 16... Nh5
(16... Qb4 {gives white a strong attack after:} 17. exf6 hxg5 18. Qxb4 Bxb4 19.
hxg5 $36) (16... hxg5 17. hxg5 $18) 17. Qg4 Rxd3 {The only move which lets
black stay in the game} (17... hxg5 18. Qxh5 Rxd3 19. hxg5 $1 $18) (17... f5
18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Bd2 $40) 18. cxd3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] A strong novelty.18.Rxd3
in Shirov-Anand   left the e-pawn weak giving black good counterplay} (18. Rxd3
hxg5 19. Qxh5 g6 $1 $15 {Topalov,Kramnik} (19... gxh4 20. Rd4 g6 21. Rg4 Qc5 $1
22. Rf1 Bf6 $1 23. Rxg6+ fxg6 24. Qxg6+ $11 {Shirov-Anand Monako 1997}) 20. Qe2
gxh4) 18... hxg5 19. Qxh5 g6 (19... gxh4 20. d4 $16) 20. Qe2 gxh4 21. d4 {
White is ahead in material, his position is stable and he can continue with
the attack} Rd8 22. Rh3 Qb4 23. Qg4 {[%cal Gg4f4] Setting the heavy pieces for
an assualt on the king's castle} Kg7 24. g3 $1 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Yg4f4] Aiming
to open h-file} hxg3 (24... f5 25. exf6+ Bxf6 26. Rxh4 Bxh4 27. gxh4 $40) 25.
Qf4 g5 26. Rxg3 $18 Rh8 27. Rf1 Be8 28. Ne4 Kf8 29. Nxg5 Bxg5 30. Rxg5 Rh3 31.
Rfg1 Rd3 32. Qf6 1-0

[Event "USA-ch Gr-B"]
[Site "Salt Lake City"]
[Date "1999.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 {Anand: The Classical Rauser, the most solid
of the many subsytems in my opinion.} 11. Kb1 {The main line is 11.Bc4, but
this leads to a rather boring ending} h6 12. h4 {only  this move give for
white chance for adventage} (12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qd2 Rd8 14. Nd5 Qxd2 15. Nxf6+
gxf6 16. Rxd2 Kf8 $11) (12. Bh4 e5 13. Qd2 (13. fxe5 dxe5 $11) 13... exf4 14.
Nd5 Qd8 $132) 12... e5 $6 {for my opinion this dubios move leads to clear
adventage for white ,after12.Rfd8 black has more chances for counterplay} (
12... Rd8 $5 {how show  practice this move leads to complicated position} 13.
g4 (13. Bd3 Bd7 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Bc6 $132) (13. Be2 e5 (13... a6 $6) 14.
Qe3 (14. Qd3 exf4 15. Bxf4 Be6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bd7 $14 {
Rodgers-Pelletier,1996 Biel}) 14... exf4 15. Bxf4 Be6 16. Bf3 Bf8 17. Qe1 $36 {
Bologan -Kotronias,1992 Halkidi}) 13... e5 14. Qg1 exf4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5
Be5 17. g5 h5 18. Bc4 {0-1 Bivshev,V-Taimanov,M/Moscow 1952/URS-ch (44)} (18.
g6 $13 {Byvsev-Taimanov 1952 USSR})) (12... hxg5 $2 13. hxg5 Ng4 14. Be2 e5 15.
Nd5 Qd8 16. Qg1 exf4 17. Bxg4 $40 {1-0 Beliavsky,A-Tseshkovsky,V/Frunze 1981/
URS-ch (27)}) 13. Qd3 $5 {this move look  more solid  than another
continuations.White has stable and  strong  position} (13. Qg1 exf4 14. Bxf4
Be6 $132 {1-0 Lanka,Z-Peek,M/Cappelle 1994/TD (51)}) (13. Qf2 exf4 14. Nd5 Nxd5
15. Rxd5 $36 {0-1 Bivshev,V-Suetin,A/Moscow 1952/URS-ch (43)}) 13... exf4 {
Black  dont have any choise,whorse of cource 13...hg} (13... hxg5 $2 14. hxg5
Ng4 15. Qh3 Nh6 16. Qh2 $40) 14. Bxf4 Be6 15. Be2 $1 {[%csl Rg4][%cal Re2g4]
white does not hurry, and try impruve their  position before jamping of knight}
(15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bg4 17. Be2 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Kamsky,
G/Buenos Aires 1994/CBM 44 (48)}) 15... Rac8 (15... Rfe8 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5
Nd7 18. Qf5 $40 {1-0 Shchekachev,A-Lepelletier,B/Cannes 1995/EXT 98 (66)}) (
15... Ng4) 16. Nd5 {[%csl Rd5,Re7][%cal Re6d5,Rd5e7,Yd5f6]} Bxd5 (16... Rfe8
17. Rhf1 Bxd5 18. exd5 Qa4 19. Bc1 Nxd5 20. Qf5 Nb4 21. Bc4 Bf6 22. Bb3 Qc6 23.
c3 Na6 24. Bc2 $36 {1-0 Krakops,M-Relange,E/Halle 1995/CBM 48 ext (28)}) (16...
Bd8) (16... Nxd5) 17. exd5 Rc5 18. Bf3 Rfc8 19. Rhe1 Qa4 $146 {black look for
way for any counterplay nevertheless white's position stable and solid} (19...
Bf8 20. Re2 Rc4 21. Bd2 Qd8 22. Be1 Nd7 23. b3 R4c5 24. Bg4 R8c7 25. Bxd7 Qxd7
26. Bb4 Rb5 27. Re4 Rc8 28. Rde1 a5 29. Ba3 Rb6 30. Bb2 Ra6 31. a4 Raa8 32. g4
$16 {1-0 Hracek,Z-Gutman,G/Pardubice 1998/EXT 99 (70)}) 20. g3 Bf8 21. Re2 b5
22. Be3 {[%csl Re3][%cal Re3c5]} R5c7 23. Bd4 $16 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Rd4f6,Rd4a7]
now white has clear adventage} Nd7 24. h5 $1 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Rd3f5] with very
simple idea Qf5 and Be4} Ne5 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. Qf5 Bd6 27. Be4 $40 {[%cal
Rf5h7] White's attack developes very qwuickly.It is does not clear what to do
for black} Kf8 28. Rf2 {[%csl Rf2,Rf7][%cal Rf5f7,Rf2f7]} Ke8 29. Qh7 $18 Rd7
30. Bg6 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Rg6f7,Rf2f7,Rh7g7]} Qg4 31. Qg8+ Bf8 32. Rdf1 {
[%csl Rf7][%cal Rf1f7,Rg6f7,Rg8f7,Rg8f8]} 1-0

[Event "Hotel Agro GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1999.07.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tolnai, Tibor"]
[Black "Wittmann, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 {this is
move was used by Keres in 50'yeas. White preparate qween transfer to king side}
Be7 (7... a6 8. Rd1 Bd7 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qg3 Qc7 12. Nb3 Kh8 13. f4
h6 14. Qh4 Ng8 $13 {Marich-Ivkov 1957}) 8. Be2 (8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4
Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qa5) 8... O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. O-O-O {after
rearrangement moves game  lead to   well-known position} h6 {black had a lot
of possibility instead of 11.h6.  For my opinion 11...e5 gave black good
counterplay} (11... e5 $5 12. Qd2 exf4 13. Bxf4 (13. Bxf6 $6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Qxd2+
15. Rxd2 Be5 $17 {0-1 Hobusch,W-Bindrich,O/Leipzig 1996/EXT 97 (64)}) 13... Be6
14. Nd5 Qxd2+ 15. Rxd2 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bd7 17. Re1 Rfe8 18. Bf3 Bf8 $11 {0-1
Belkhodja,S-Abdennabi,I/Luzern 1982/EXT 97-B (44)}) (11... Bd7 12. e5 (12. h4
Bc6 $132 {0-1 Csoke,A-Kiss,G/Budapest 1994/EXT 99 (37)}) (12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e5
dxe5 14. Qxd7 exf4 $44 {0-1 Ardelean,C-Peptan,C/Timisoara 1995/EXT 97 (35)}) (
12. Kb1 Bc6 13. h4 Rfd8 $132 {1/2-1/2 McDonald,N-Relange,E/London 1994/CBM 45
ext (48)}) 12... dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd3 (14. Qf4 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Bxg5 16. Qxg5
Bxd5 17. a3 b5 18. Rd4 Rac8 19. Rg4 g6 20. Rh4 Qc7 $132 {0-1 Nevednichy,
V-Hracek,Z/Odorheiu Secuiesc 1995/CBM 47 (41)}) 14... Rfd8 15. Qh4 Qxe5 16.
Rhe1 $44 {0-1 Willmoth,R-Muir,A/BCF-ch 1987/TD (33)}) 12. h4 {only this move
support hope of black to get adventage} (12. Bh4 $6 e5 $5 13. Qg1 (13. fxe5
dxe5 14. Qd3 Be6 15. Qb5 Qxb5 16. Bxb5 Rfd8 $11) 13... Be6 14. Qe1 Rfe8 $132 {
0-1 Gaprindashvili,N-Lazarevic,M/Rijeka 1963/MCD (32)}) (12. Bxf6 $2 Bxf6 13.
Qxd6 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qxa2 $36 {0-1 Dubinin,P-Veresov,G/Moscow 1940/URS-ch (40)})
12... Rd8 {immediate 12...e5 gave for black a good play how shown
above-mentioned games} (12... e5 $5 13. Qf2 Be6 $132 {0-1 Schwab,R-Belotti,B/
Aosta 1988/TD (37)} (13... exf4 14. Bxf4 Be6 15. Rd4 Rfc8 16. Qg3 Rxc3 $44 {
Vasjukov-Boleslavskij 1957})) 13. Qe3 {profilaktike move,all time black has
threat e6-e5} Kf8 $6 {this is lose time,it is necessary 13...Bd7 try create
counterplay.Perhaps black afraid 14.e5,but after simply 14...de 15.fe hg black
is o.k.} 14. Kb1 {again profilaktike move} b5 $2 {after this last mistake
black lose very qwickly,14...Bd7 was necessary} (14... hxg5 $2 15. hxg5 Ng8 16.
Rh8 $40 {with idea 17.Rdh1,18.R:g8 and19.Q h3}) 15. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 (15... gxf6
16. f5 $18) 16. e5 $1 dxe5 (16... Be7 17. Qe4 $18) (16... b4 17. Ne4 dxe5 18.
Nxf6 gxf6 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. fxe5 $18) 17. fxe5 Rxd1+ (17... Be7 18. Qe4 $18)
18. Rxd1 $18 Be7 19. Qe4 {[%csl Ra8,Re4,Rh7][%cal Re4a8,Re4h7,Gd1d8]} Rb8 20.
Qh7 Bxh4 21. Qh8+ Ke7 22. Qxg7 Bb7 23. Qxh6 Qb4 24. a3 1-0

[Event "Samba Cup 1st"]
[Site "Skanderborg"]
[Date "2003.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Kb1 {This is one of the most
popular Rauzer variations. Besides the move in the game, white has a large
choice: 11.Bc4, 11.Be2 and 11.e5} (11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2
Nd7 15. Nd5 Qc5 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfc8 $132) (11. Be2 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13.
fxe5 Bc6 14. Qf4 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 Bxd5 17. a3 b5 18. Rd4 Rac8 19. Rg4
g6 20. Rh4 Qc7 $10 {Nevednichy,V-Hracek,Z Odorheiu zt (01) 1995 0-1 41 - CBM 47
}) (11. e5 dxe5 12. Qxe5 Qxe5 13. fxe5 Nd5 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Bd3 b6 16. Be4 Rb8
17. Rhe1 Ng6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 $14 {Short,N-Kramnik,V Riga Tal (11) 1995 1/2 32 -
CBM 47}) 11... Rd8 {The main line, 11...h6 is also possible} (11... h6 $5 12.
h4 e5 13. Qd3 exf4 14. Bxf4 Be6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bg4 17. Be2 Bxe2 18. Qxe2
Rfe8 19. Qg4 Qa4 $10 {Shirov,A-Kamsky,G Buenos Aires Sicilian (03) 1994 1/2 48
- CBM 44}) 12. Qd2 {12.Bc4 or 12.h4 have also been met, leading to a
complicated positions} (12. Bc4 Bd7 13. Bb3 Bc6 14. g4 (14. f5 exf5 15. Rhf1
Bxe4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Rxf6 $1 $44 {1/2-1/2 Illescas Cordoba,
M-Shirov,A/Dos Hermanas 1995/CBM 47/[Boensch,U] (23)}) 14... Qc5 15. Qd3 d5 16.
Bxf6 Bxf6 17. exd5 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Qxc3 19. bxc3 exd5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,
A-Anand,V/Moscow 1992/CBM 33 (22)}) (12. h4 Bd7 13. Qd2 Bc6 14. Bd3 Qc7 15. Qe2
a6 16. Rhf1 b5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Bologan,V-Kramnik,V/Germany 1994/GER-chT (61)})
12... h6 {Black offers a transition to a slightly better endgame for white,
which he hopes to hold. 12...Qc7 or 12...Kf8 lead to a much more complicated
game.} (12... Kf8 $6 13. Bd3 h6 14. Bh4 (14. h4 $5) 14... b6 (14... d5 15. e5
$16) 15. g4 Bb7 (15... Nxg4 16. Bxe7+ Kxe7 17. Rhg1 $16) 16. Rhg1 $36 {1-0
Lanka,Z-Wessman,R/Moscow 1991/CBM 26/[Boensch,U] (31)}) (12... Qc7 13. Qe1 (13.
Bd3 Bd7 14. Qe2 Bc6 $132) 13... a6 14. Bd3 h6 15. h4 Kf8 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5
Nd7 18. Bf4 Nc5 19. Qe3 $14 {Lobron-Chiburdanidze Dortmund 1983}) 13. Bxf6 {
White is practically forced to go for the endgame as after 13.h4 black can get
a comfortable game after:} (13. h4 hxg5 14. hxg5 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Qxd2 16. Nxd2 e5
$132) 13... Bxf6 14. Nd5 Qxd2 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Rxd2 {[%csl Rd6]} Kf8 {
[%mdl 4096]} 17. Be2 {Also after 17.Bc4 black has counterchances:} (17. Bc4 Ke7
18. Rhd1 b6 19. Kc1 Bb7 $132 {[%cal Rb7e4] 1/2-1/2 Brecka,I-Jurka,M/CZE 2001/
EXT 2002 (38)}) 17... Ke7 18. Rhd1 {[%cal Rd2d6,Ye4e5] White creates a threat
e4-e5, black's next move prevents this} e5 19. b3 {As the games given below
show black holds the position despite some difficulties} (19. Rf1 Rg8 (19... b6
$5 20. Bc4 Bb7 21. Bd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rac8 $14) 20. g3 b6 $2 (20... Bh3 $5 21.
Rfd1 Rad8) 21. Bc4 $36 {1-0 Lanka,Z-Hjelm,N/Gausdal 1991/TD (37)}) (19. f5 b6
20. c4 Bb7 21. Bf3 Rac8 22. b3 Rc5 23. a4 a5 24. Kc2 Rcc8 25. Kd3 Bc6 26. Ke3
Rd7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Stripunsky,A-Jurka,M/Ceske Budejovice 1995/EXT 97 (78)}) 19...
b6 $5 20. Bc4 Bb7 21. Bd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rd7 23. f5 Rg8 {[%csl Re4,Rg2][%cal
Rg8g2] Black attack white's weaknesses (e4 and g2) not allowing him to regroup
in order to attack the pawn on h6} 24. R1d2 Rg4 25. Re2 Rd8 26. Kb2 h5 27. c4
Rdg8 {[%cal Rg4g2] By putting the second rook on the g-file black prevents
from white to reach any activity} 28. Rdd2 Rf4 29. Ka3 {[%cal Ra3b4,Rb4b5,
Rb5a6]} Kd7 {Placing the king in a better position and allowing white to
activize his pieces} 30. Rd3 Kc6 31. h3 Rf1 32. Kb4 Rg1 33. Red2 Rd8 34. Re2
Rg8 35. Red2 Rd8 36. Re2 {White is tied to protect his weaknesses (e4 and g2),
that's why a draw agreement was signed} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1999.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. Qd2 $6 {more  dangerous for
black 12.Be2 which happened in few games,for example see Hracek-  Kharlov} (12.
Be2 $5 Bd7 13. Qe3 h6 14. h4 Bc6 $2 (14... Rac8) 15. Rd3 Kf8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17.
Bf3 a6 (17... b5 $2 18. e5 $1 Bxf3 19. exf6 Bb7 20. f5 $40) 18. g4 $36 {
Hracek-Kharlov,1998 New York}) 12... Bd7 (12... Qc7 13. Qe1 (13. Bd3 a6 (13...
h6 14. h4 a6 (14... Bd7 15. g4 $36 {1-0 McDonald,N-Wall,T/London 1997/CBM 58
ext (38)}) 15. g4 Bd7 16. Rdg1 Bb5 17. Bxh6 Bxd3 18. cxd3 gxh6 19. f5 Kf8 20.
Qxh6+ Ke8 21. g5 Ng8 22. Qg7 Kd7 23. Qxf7 {1-0 Horvath,C-Pereira,F/Groningen
1984/EXT 99 (23)}) 14. Rhe1 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. e5 Be7 17. Qe3 Bd7 18. Qe4 g6
$13 {1-0 Agnos,D-Kudrin,S/London 1988/TD (43)}) 13... a6 14. Bd3 h6 15. h4 $5
Kf8 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nd7 18. Bf4 Nc5 19. Qe3 $36 {Lobron-Chiburdanidze,
Dortmund 1983}) (12... Qb6 $6 13. Qe1 h6 14. Bh4 Kf8 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. g4 $36 {
1-0 Fichtl,J-Paoli,E/Agard 1976/MCD (36)}) (12... h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Qxd2
15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Rxd2 Kf8 17. Be2 Ke7 18. Rhd1 e5 19. f5 (19. Rf1 Rg8 20. g3
$14 {1-0 Lanka,Z-Hjelm,N/Gausdal 1991/TD (37)}) 19... b6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Stripunsky,A-Jurka,M/Ceske Budejovice 1995/EXT 97 (78)}) (12... a6 $2 13. Nd5
Qxd2 14. Nxe7+ Kf8 15. Rxd2 Kxe7 16. e5 dxe5 17. Rxd8 Kxd8 18. fxe5 h6 19. exf6
{1-0 Metz,H-Liszka,G/Baden-Baden 1993/TD (19)}) (12... Kf8 $6 {N} 13. Bd3 h6
14. Bh4 (14. h4 $5) 14... b6 (14... d5 15. e5 $16) 15. g4 Bb7 (15... Nxg4 16.
Bxe7+ Kxe7 17. Rhg1 $16) 16. Rhg1 Rac8 17. g5 hxg5 18. fxg5 Nd7 19. Rdf1 Ne5
20. Qf4 g6 (20... Rxc3 21. Be1 $18) 21. Be1 $1 Qc5 22. Bf2 Qa5 23. Bd4 $18 Ke8
24. Bb5+ Bc6 25. Bxe5 Bxb5 26. Qxf7+ Kd7 27. Rd1 Rc6 28. Bf6 Re8 29. e5 d5 30.
Nxd5 exd5 31. Rxd5+ {1-0 Lanka,Z-Wessman,R/Moscow 1991/CBM 26/[Boensch,U] (31)}
) 13. Bd3 (13. Qe1 Qc5 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd5 16. Ne4 Qc7 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18.
Nd6 Nf5 19. Bd3 Nxd6 20. exd6 Qc5 {1/2-1/2 Zarnicki,P-Sorokin,M/La Plata 1997/
CBM 62 ext (20)}) 13... h6 14. h4 (14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Nxf6+ gxf6
17. Rxd2 Bc6 18. Re1 Kf8 19. Re3 Ke7 $11 {Xie Jun-Aleksieva,S/Cannes op18th
1997/1/2-1/2 (64)}) 14... Kf8 (14... hxg5 $2 15. hxg5 Ne8 16. g4 $18 {[%csl
Rh7,Rh8][%cal Rd2h2,Rh2h8]}) 15. e5 $146 {for my  opinion  black have good
position,white try create active play,but     without success} (15. Qe1 Rac8 {
[%cal Gc8c3]} (15... hxg5 $6 16. hxg5 Ng8 17. Rh8 $40 {[%cal Ge1h4,Gh4h7]}) 16.
e5 $2 dxe5 17. fxe5 hxg5 18. hxg5 ({Nothing changes} 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. hxg5
Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qxg5 $19) 18... Ng8 19. Rh8 Bb4 $19 20. Qh4 (20. g6 Bxc3 21. gxf7
Kxf7 22. bxc3 Qb6+ 23. Ka1 Qc5 24. Qf1+ Ke7 $19) 20... Bxc3 21. g6 Qb4 22.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 23. gxf7+ Kf8 $1 {0-1 Rodin,M-Kharlov,A/Maikop 1998/CBM 66/
[Gofshtein,L] (23)}) (15. g4 $5 {[%cal Gg5f6,Yg4g5]} hxg5 (15... Nxg4 $2 16.
Bxe7+ Kxe7 17. Nd5+ $18) (15... Rac8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. e5 dxe5 18. g5 Be7 19.
gxh6 gxh6 20. fxe5 Qxe5 21. Qxh6+ $36) 16. hxg5 Ng8 17. Rh8 Rac8 18. Qh2 {
[%cal Rh8g8,Rh2h7,Rd1h1,Yh3h7]} Bxg5 $8 19. fxg5 {[%cal Rh2d6]} Ke7 20. g6 $40)
15... dxe5 16. fxe5 Qxe5 17. Rde1 Qa5 18. Bxh6 Bc6 $1 (18... gxh6 $2 19. Qxh6+
Ke8 (19... Kg8 20. Re3 Qc7 21. Rhh3 $18) 20. Qh8+ Bf8 21. Qxf6 $36) 19. Bg5 Bb4
$1 20. Rhf1 (20. Bxf6 $2 gxf6 21. Qh6+ Ke7) 20... Bxc3 21. Qxc3 {It is  better
21.bc , that lead to equal} (21. bxc3 $5 Bd5 (21... Nd5 $6 22. Bxd8 Nxc3+ 23.
Kb2 Qb4+ 24. Ka1 Rxd8 25. Qf4 Qxf4 26. Rxf4 Bxg2 27. Rxe6 $16) 22. c4 Qxd2 23.
Bxd2 Bxc4 24. Bb4+ Kg8 25. Bxc4 Rd4 26. Bxe6 Rxb4+ 27. Bb3 Kf8 $11) 21... Qxc3
22. bxc3 Bxg2 23. Rxf6 $2 {too agressive move ,better was 23.Rf2,that gave  
white good chances for defence} (23. Rf2 $5 Bc6 (23... Bh3 24. Rh1 Bg4 25. h5 (
25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Rxf6 Ke7 $15)) (23... Bd5 24. c4 Bc6 25. h5 $44) 24. Bxf6 (
24. h5 Rd5 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Rxf6 Ke7 $15) 24... gxf6 25. Rxf6 $132) 23... gxf6
24. Bxf6 Rd5 $1 $17 {now  black  has  a clear  advantage,and quickly turns it
to decisive.} 25. Rg1 Bf3 26. Rg3 (26. Rg7 $6 Rh5 (26... Rc8 27. Bh7 Rd1+ 28.
Kb2 Ke8 $19)) 26... Bh5 27. c4 (27. Rg7 Bg6 $17) 27... Rd6 28. Rg7 e5 29. Rh7 (
29. Bxe5 Rh6 $17) 29... Rxf6 30. Rh8+ Ke7 31. Rxa8 Bf3 32. c5 (32. Rxa7 Rh6 33.
c5 Rxh4 34. Kc1 Ke6 $17) 32... a6 33. Rb8 Rh6 $19 34. Kc1 Rxh4 35. Kd2 Bd5 36.
c4 Bc6 37. Ke3 Rh3+ 38. Kd2 Rh2+ 39. Ke3 Rh3+ 40. Kd2 e4 41. Bf1 Ra3 42. Rh8 f5
0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Saulin, Dmitri"]
[Black "Kiselev, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2
Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfd8 18. Qg4 Nf8 19. Bd3 Rxd3 {This is
popular line in last years,and gives usually good counterplay for black. In my
opinion    also possible 19...Rd5, how was shown undermentioned games.} (19...
Rd5 {'!?' Illescas Cordoba.} 20. h4 (20. Bg5 $6 Qc7 (20... Qc5 21. h4 Kh8 22.
Qf4 Kg8 23. Rf1 $36 {1/2-1/2 Wronn,B-Meyer,C/OLNW 1992/EXT 97-B (59)}) 21. Bf6
Ng6 $15) (20. Be4 Rdd8 21. Bb4 Qe8) (20. g3 $5 $146 Ng6 21. Bc3 Rc8 $6 $132 {
1-0 Illescas Cordoba,M-San Segundo,P/Ponferrada 1997/CBM 61/[Illescas Cordoba]
(62)} (21... Qc5 $142 $13)) 20... Rc8 (20... Ng6 $10) 21. Bb4 Qd8 22. Kb1 $13 {
0-1 Mokos,J-Chmelik,L/Sala 1995/EXT 97 (32)}) 20. cxd3 Qc5+ (20... Ng6 21. Kb1
Qd7 $6 (21... Qd8 $5 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Rd8h4,Rg6h4]} 22. Bc3 a5 23. g3 Ne7 24.
Bd4 Qd5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Lobron,E/Manila 1992/TD (52)}) 22. Bc3 a5 23. h4
$36 {1-0 Schlosser,P-Siegel,G/BL9596 1996/GER-chT (36)}) (20... Qd8 21. Bb4 Ng6
{[%csl Rh4][%cal Rd8h4,Rg6h4,Rg6e7,Ge7d5]} 22. Rd2 Qd5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Yemelin,
V-Greenfeld,A/Beersheva 1998/EXT 99 (40)}) (20... Rc8 21. Kb1 Qd7 22. Bc3 Qd5
23. Rd2 a5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Koglin,A-Pue,P/Clichy 1997/EXT 99 (68)}) (20... Qd7
21. Re3 (21. Bb4 Qd5 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Kb1 Qxg2 24. Qxg2 Bxg2 25. Rc1 Bc6 26.
Rc4 $14 {Georgiev,Ki-Gurevich,D/Palma de Mallorca/1989}) (21. Kb1 Qxd3+ 22. Ka1
h5 23. Qe2 (23. Qxh5 $2 Ba4 24. b3 Qd4+ 25. Kb1 Bb5 $19) 23... Qxe2 24. Rxe2
Rd8 25. Rde1 Ng6 26. g3 $10) 21... Qd5 22. Kb1 Ng6 $44) 21. Kb1 Qd5 22. Bb4 $5
$146 (22. Qe4 Qd7 23. Qe2 Ng6 24. g3 Ne7 25. Bb4 Nf5 26. Bc3 a5 27. Qd2 {
1/2-1/2 Short,N-Pritchett,C/BCF-ch 1987/TD (27)}) 22... Ng6 {Black could to
take the pawn on g2, which leads to the ending with clear advantage for white.}
(22... Qxg2 23. Qxg2 Bxg2 24. Rc1 (24. Bxf8) 24... Bc6 25. Bxf8 $14) 23. Qe4
Qd8 24. Qe2 Qh4 {[%csl Rb4,Rh2][%cal Rh4h2,Rh4b4]} (24... Nh4 $5 $132 {[%csl
Gc6,Gh4][%cal Rh4g2,Rh4f5,Rf5d4,Rc6g2]}) 25. g4 Nf4 $6 {This is jump of knight
look very active,but he  leads only to troubles.25...Rd8 safe possibility to
defence} (25... Qh3 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Rc6f3,Rh3f3]} 26. Rf1 {[%csl Rf3,Rf7]
[%cal Rf1f7,Rg6h4]} Nh4 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Rh4f3,Rf3d4]} 27. Be7 $1 Nf3 28. Rc1
$16) (25... Rd8 $5) 26. Qd2 $16 Qxg4 $6 {Capture of pawn leads to lost
position,may be better 26...Ng6} 27. Rg1 Ng2 $2 {This is last mitake, persist
was 27...Qh4} (27... Qf5 28. Rgf1 g5 29. h4 Bb5 (29... Ba4 30. b3 Bb5 31. Ka1
Qxe5+ 32. Bc3 Qc5 33. Rg1 h6 34. hxg5 $18) (29... h6 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Be7 Qxe5
32. Bxg5 Qxg5 33. Rg1 Bg2 34. Rdf1 $18) 30. Ka1 $18) (27... Qh4 $5 28. Be7 $1
Qxe7 29. Qxf4 $16) 28. Rdf1 $1 (28. Rc1 Qd4 29. Bc5 Qd5 30. Be7 Re8 31. Bg5 h6
32. Rxc6 bxc6 33. Bxh6 gxh6 34. Rxg2+ Kh7 35. Rf2) 28... Qd4 29. Bc3 (29. Bd6
$2 Ne3) 29... Qd5 30. Qf2 $18 Rf8 (30... Qxd3+ 31. Ka1 Qg6 32. Rd1 $1 Qe4 (
32... Qh5 33. Rd2 Nh4 34. Qf6 $18) 33. Rd2 Ne3 34. Re1 Ng4 35. Qh4 $1 $18) 31.
Qg3 $1 Rd8 32. Rf2 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS02 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.02.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Nguyen, Anh Dung"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Rd8 (11... Bd7 {- Main line}) 12. e5
(12. f5 exf5 (12... b5 $2 13. Bxb5 exf5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Rhf1 Bg6 16. Rde1 $16
{[%csl Rf6][%cal Gc3d5] 0-1 Shamkovich,Leonid-Sakharov,Yury N/URS-ch27
Leningrad (19) ;URS-ch 1960 (25)}) 13. Rhf1 h6 (13... fxe4 14. Nxe4 $16 {
[%csl Rf6]}) 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. exf5 d5 17. Bb3 d4 $132) (12. Rhf1
h6 $1 (12... Bd7 13. f5 Rac8 (13... b5 $2 14. fxe6 bxc4 15. Rf5 $1 Qb4 16.
exf7+ Kxf7 17. Bxf6 Bxf5 18. Bxe7 Be6 19. Bxd8 $18 {1-0 Zuidema,
Coenraad-Mohrlok,Dieter/Hoogovens-B Beverwijk (5) ;MCD 1963 (25)}) 14. Bb3 exf5
15. exf5 Bc6 (15... Re8 16. g4 Bc6 17. Rfe1 $14) 16. g4 d5 17. Rfe1 $14 {
0-1 Makarichev,Sergey-Osnos,Viatcheslav/URS-ch sf Tbilisi (12) ;MCD 1973 (42)})
(12... e5 13. Qd3 exf4 14. Bxf4 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qh3 Kf7 17. e5 dxe5 18.
Rde1 $16 {1-0 Kaiumov,Dmitry D-Osnos,Viatcheslav/URS-ch otbor ;MCD 1975 (39)})
13. Bh4 e5 $5 14. Qd3 exf4 15. Rxf4 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Rxf6 Bxf6 18. Bxf6
gxf6 19. e5 Qxe5 20. Qg6+ $11 {1/2-1/2 Suetin,Alexey S-Pomar Salamanca,Arturo/
Capablanca mem (2) ;MCD 1969 (27)}) (12. Rd3 h6 $5 (12... Qc5 $2 13. Qxc5 dxc5
14. e5 (14. Rxd8+ Bxd8 15. e5 h6 16. Rd1 Ba5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. exf6 $16) 14...
Rxd3 15. Bxd3 Nd5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Rd1 $16 {1-0 Shabalov,Alexander-Rydberg,S/
USA-op Chicago (4) ;EXT 97 1994 (24)}) 13. Bh4 e5 $11) (12. Rhe1 h6 (12... a6
13. f5 b5 14. Bb3 b4 15. Na4 Rb8 16. Be3 Ng4 17. Bg1 Bd7 18. Nb6 $16 {Von
Nordheim,Thomas-Ballin,Andre/DLM Binz (3) ;Juniors 1994/1-0 (61)}) 13. Bh4 e5
$1 $132 {This plan - h7-h6 and e6-e5 is universal and permit to Black equalize.
}) 12... dxe5 13. Qxe5 b6 $4 $18 {[%mdl 16384] Terrible move} (13... Qb4 $142 {
Much better was} 14. Bb3 (14. Bb5 h6 15. Rxd8+ (15. a3 Qa5 16. Bh4 a6 17. Be2
Qb6 18. Rhf1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Bd7 20. Bf3 Rd8 21. Ne4 Ng4 22. Bxe7 (22. Qh5 Bxh4
23. Qxh4 Ne3 24. Qf2 Rc8 25. Nc3 Bc6 26. Bxc6 Rxc6 $11) 22... Nxe5 23. fxe5 Re8
24. Rxd7 Qb5 25. Rxb7 Qxb7 26. Nf6+ gxf6 27. Bxb7 Rxe7 28. Bxa6 $132 {
Jakovenko,Dmitrij-Grigoriants,Sergey/RUS-ch U16 Serpukhov (6) ;EXT 2000 1999/
1-0 (51)}) 15... Bxd8 16. Rd1 Qf8 17. Bh4 a6 18. Be2 Bd7 19. g4 Bc6 20. g5 hxg5
21. fxg5 Nd7 22. Qf4 Qc5 23. Rf1 Ne5 $11 {Sepp,Olav-Tsiganova,Monika/Keres mem
op (9) ;EXT 99 1998/1-0 (69)}) 14... Bd7 15. Rd4 Qb6 16. f5 h6 17. fxe6 Bxe6
18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Qxe6 fxe6 21. Bf4 a6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Egger,
Jorge-Fish,Gannadij/Wch U20 Buenos Aires ;EXT 97 1992 (28)}) (13... Rxd1+ $6
14. Rxd1 Qb6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Qxb2+ 17. Qxb2 Bxb2+ 18. Kxb2 exd5 19. Bxd5
Rb8 (19... g6 20. Rd3 Rb8 21. Rc3 Be6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Rc7 $16 {1-0 Labib,
Ibrahim Hasan-Moh Abdel,Zaher/Cairo op (10) ;EXT 98 1996 (40)}) 20. Be4 Bg4 21.
Rd4 b5 $1 {[%csl Gc4]} 22. h3 Be6 23. f5 Bc4 24. Bd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Kf8 $14) 14.
Rxd8+ (14. Ne4 Qxe5 15. fxe5 Nxe4 16. Bxe7 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Bb7 18. Rd7 Rb8 19.
g3 $16) 14... Bxd8 15. Rd1 Bb7 (15... Be7 16. Be2 {[%cal Ge2f3]} h6 17. Bh4 (
17. Bf3 hxg5 18. Qxa5 bxa5 19. Bxa8 gxf4 $16) 17... Qxe5 18. fxe5 Nd5 19. Bxe7
Nxe7 20. Rd8+ Kh7 21. Bf3 Rb8 22. Nb5 $18) 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Qc7 Rf8 18. Qxb7
Qc5 19. b3 a6 (19... Qg1+ 20. Kb2 Qxh2 21. Qxa7 Qxg2 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qxb6 $18
) 20. Qxa6 Nd5 21. Nd1 (21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Bd3 Qg1+ 23. Kb2 Qd4+ 24. c3 Qf2+ 25.
Bc2 f6 26. Qd3 fxg5 27. Qxh7+ Kf7 28. Qf5+ Kg8 29. Qxd5+ Kh8 30. fxg5 $18)
21... h6 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Be7 Re8 24. Bb4 Qxg2 25. Qxb6 Qxh2 26. Qf2 Qh1 (
26... Qxf2 27. Nxf2 $18 {[%cal Ga2a4,Gb3b4]}) 27. a4 $6 (27. Qd4 $18 {[%csl
Rd8]}) 27... Rd8 28. Be1 h5 {Counterplay clearly late.} (28... g5 29. fxg5 hxg5
30. a5 g4 31. b4 (31. Qf6 Rd7 32. Qg5+ Kh7 33. Bd2 $16) 31... f5 32. b5 Qd5 33.
Qe2 $18) 29. a5 {[%csl Rh4]} Qd5 30. Qd2 Qa8 31. Qe2 Qh1 32. Nf2 Qh2 33. Qe4
Qg1 34. a6 Qf1 35. Nd3 Qg1 36. Kb2 Rc8 37. Bf2 Qd1 38. Bc5 Qd2 39. b4 1-0

[Event "Montreal 4th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2003.07.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2003.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 264]} c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Kb1 h6 12. h4 (12. Bxf6 Bxf6
13. Qd2 Rd8 14. Nd5 Qxd2 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Rxd2 Kf8 $11) 12... Rd8 (12... hxg5
$6 13. hxg5 Ng4 14. Be2 e5 15. Nd5 $1 Qd8 16. Qg1 $16 {Beljavsky-Tseshkovsky,
USSR 1981}) (12... e5 13. Qd3 exf4 14. Bxf4 Be6 15. Be2 Rac8 16. Nd5 $14) 13.
Bd3 (13. g4 $6 e5 14. Qg1 exf4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Be5 17. g5 h5 18. g6 $13 {
Byvsev-Taimanov 1952 USSR}) 13... Bd7 {Another move, 13...Kf8 was met in the
game givven below and allowed white to create a strong attack.} (13... Kf8 14.
Qe3 Qb6 15. Qf3 Bd7 16. e5 hxg5 17. hxg5 Ng8 18. Rh8 dxe5 19. Bh7 Ke8 20. g6
Bf6 21. fxe5 Ke7 22. Ne4 fxg6 23. Bxg8 {1-0 Smirnov,P-Sherbakov,R/Samara 2000/
CBM 78 (23)}) 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Bc6 16. Qe3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (16. Qf4 Nh5
17. Qg4 Rxd3 $1 (17... hxg5 18. Qxh5 Rxd3 19. hxg5 $1 $18) 18. Rxd3 hxg5 19.
Qxh5 g6 $1 $15 {Topalov,Kramnik} (19... gxh4 20. Rd4 g6 21. Rg4 Qc5 $1 22. Rf1
Bf6 $1 23. Rxg6+ fxg6 24. Qxg6+ $11 {Shirov-Anand Monako 1997})) 16... Ng4 $1 {
The only move. All the others lead to a serious difficulties} (16... Qc5 17.
Qg3 Nd7 18. Bxh6 Qxe5 19. Bf4 $16) (16... hxg5 17. hxg5 $18) (16... Bc5 17. Qd2
hxg5 18. exf6 $40) 17. Qf4 {Also after 17.Qg3 black repels the attack after} (
17. Qg3 hxg5 18. Qxg4 Qxe5 19. hxg5 Qxg5 20. Bh7+ Kf8 21. Be4 Bf6) 17... hxg5
18. hxg5 Qxe5 19. Bh7+ Kf8 20. Bg6 Rxd1+ 21. Nxd1 Ke8 22. Bxf7+ Kd7 23. Qxg4
Qxg5 {Perhaps 23...Qe4 is stronger, with equality} (23... Qe4 $5 24. Qxe4 (24.
Qh5 Qxg2 $11) 24... Bxe4 25. Bxe6+ Kxe6 26. Re1 Kf5 27. Nf2 Bxc2+ 28. Kxc2 Rc8+
$11) 24. Qxe6+ Kc7 25. Nc3 Rd8 {Black has enough compensation for the pawn} 26.
Rh5 Qf6 27. Qxf6 Bxf6 28. Nd5+ Kd6 {It was simpler to get to a different
coloured bishop endgame, which, as it well known, leads to a draw without much
difficulties} (28... Bxd5 $1 29. Bxd5 Re8 30. c3 Re5 31. Rxe5 Bxe5 $11) 29. c4
Bd4 30. Rh4 Be5 31. Ne3 g5 (31... Rf8 $5 32. Bd5 Bxd5 33. cxd5 (33. Nxd5 Rf1+
34. Kc2 Rf2+) 33... Bf4 $11) 32. Rh6+ Kc5 {A pair of bishops and the activity
of its pieces allows black to reach a draw without any problem} 33. Bd5 Bf4 34.
Nd1 (34. Bxc6 bxc6 35. Nf5 Rd1+ 36. Kc2 Rg1) 34... Bxd5 35. cxd5 Kxd5 {The
centralized king, a strong bishop and the weakness of Pg2, already give black
some advantage. White must act accurately in order to reach a draw.} 36. Nc3+
Kc4 37. Rh7 b5 {After 37...Rd2 white reached a draw after a series of exact
moves} (37... Rd2 38. g3 $5 (38. Rxb7 Rxg2 39. a3 a5 $36) 38... Bxg3 39. Ne4
Rg2 40. Nxg5 Bf4 41. b3+ Kd5 42. Nh3 Be5 43. Rxb7 Rb2+ 44. Kc1 Rxa2 45. Rb5+
Kd4 46. Ng5 $11) 38. Rxa7 b4 (38... Rd2 39. g3 Bxg3 40. Ne4 Rg2 41. Nxg5 Be5
42. Nf3 Rxb2+ 43. Kc1) 39. Ra4 $1 {White ties the pawn and immideatly reaches
a draw} Kc5 (39... Rd2) 40. Ra5+ Kc4 41. Ra4 Kc5 42. Ra5+ Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2
Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfd8 18. Qg4 Nf8 19. Bd3 Rd5 20. Bb4
Qc7 ({In most of the games played with this variation, Black played
"automatically" only} 20... Qd8 $5 {The main idea of this continuation is to
play Ng6 with evntual Qh4.} 21. h4 (21. Bd6 Ng6 22. g3 (22. c4 f5 $5 23. Qg3
Rd4 24. Qe3 Rh4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Pinter,G-Dembo,Y/Budapest 1999/CBM 71 ext (51)})
22... Qa5 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. a3 Rc8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Herrera,I-Kharlov,A/Ubeda
1999/CBM 68 ext (53)}) (21. Kb1 Ng6 22. Bd6 Qh4 23. Qxh4 Nxh4 24. Rg1 Nxg2 25.
Rxg2 Rxd6 26. Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. exd6 f5 28. c4 a5 29. b3 Kf6 $44 {0-1 Joecks,
C-Meyer,C/Germany 1991/GER-chT2 (32)}) (21. g3 Ng6 22. Bc3 Qb8 23. Qe2 b5 24.
b3 a5 25. h4 b4 26. Bb2 Bb5 27. Bxb5 Qxb5 28. Qxb5 Rxb5 29. Rd7 h5 $132 {
1-0 Magem Badals,J-San Segundo,P/Torrevieja 1997/CBM 60 ext (55)}) (21. Be4
Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Qb6 23. Bxc6 Qxc6 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Rd3 Qa6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Vehi
Bach,V-Sherbakov,R/Groningen 1998/EXT 2000 (41)}) 21... Ng6 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23.
Qf4 Rc8 24. Rf1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Bd5 26. b3 a5 27. Bd6 Bxg2 28. Qg5 Qxg5+ 29.
hxg5 Be4 30. c4 $44 {1-0 Yemelin,V-Kharlov,A/RUS-ch 1996/CBM 56 (49)}) 21. Bd6
{Natural move} ({Worth of attention} 21. Re3 $5 Ng6 22. Bc3 Qd8 23. Rh3 b5 24.
Rf1 b4 25. Qh5 h6 26. Rxf7 $1 $18 {1-0 Hajnal,Z-Olle,P/Paks 1998/EXT 2000 (50)}
) ({In my opinion, the best move is} 21. c4 $1 Rd7 22. Bd6 Qa5 23. Kb1 {
with strong initiative:} Ng6 24. h4 f5 25. Qg3 Qd8 26. Rh1 Nh8 27. c5 $36 {
1-0 Almasi,Z-Hracek,Z/Germany 1997/GER-chT/[ChessBase] (41)}) 21... Qa5 22. Kb1
(22. Bc4 $6 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Ng6 $132) 22... Ng6 {[%csl Re5]} ({After} 22... Rc8
23. h4 {Black has serious problems:} Bb5 24. Be4 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Qa6 26. b3 Bc6
27. Bd3 Qb6 28. Qf4 Be8 29. g4 Rd8 30. h5 $40 {1-0 Grischuk,A-Evelev,V/Moscow
1998/EXT 2000 (38)}) 23. Qg3 {[%csl Ge5] protecting Pe5.} Qa4 $6 (23... Rd8 24.
c4 $1 $14) ({Very strong here was} 23... b5 $1 {this move purpose is to
prevent c2-c4 promotion.} 24. h4 Qa4 $1 $132 {[%cal Ga4h4]}) 24. c4 $5 {
[%mdl 4] Expelling Rd5 and cutting temporary Qa4.} (24. b3 Qf4 $5 25. Bxg6
Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Qxg3 27. Bxf7+ Kxf7 28. hxg3 Bxg2 $11) 24... Rd4 (24... Ra5 25.
a3 $16) 25. Bc5 {expelling Rd4 from active location.} (25. Qe3 Rh4 26. b3 Qa5 {
Despite of ugly position of Rh4 I can't show clear plan using this factor.})
25... Rd7 26. Bd6 {obstructing Rd7.} b5 $132 {Start of any counterplay attempt.
Otherwise, after eventual h4-h5 White has very dangerous Attack.} 27. b3 {
expelling Q from the 4-th line.} Qa5 28. c5 Qb4 29. Qe3 Re8 {Black hasn't
active moves.} 30. Bc2 Qf4 {after this move White transforms position into
endgame with P over by force.} ({Worth of attention} 30... Qh4 $5) (30... Bxg2
$2 31. c6 $16 {[%cal Gd6b4]}) 31. Bxg6 Qxe3 32. Bxh7+ Kxh7 33. Rxe3 Bxg2 {
opening g-file for White RR with defeating Attack. Otherwise White has P over
without any compensation.} 34. Rg1 Bc6 35. Rh3+ Kg8 36. Rg4 $40 Red8 37. Kc2 $1
{Very strong plan! White includes his K to the game. Black is helpless.} (37.
Rgh4 f5 $132) (37. Rhg3 g6 $132) 37... a5 38. Kd2 Ra8 39. Ke3 b4 40. Kf4 a4 41.
Kg5 $18 axb3 42. Rgh4 f6+ 43. Kg6 $1 {Very nice idea! White K takes active
part in mate net building!} Be4+ 44. Rxe4 Rxa2 45. Rxb4 Rg2+ 46. Rg3 Rxh2 47.
Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.03.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2
Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfd8 18. Qg4 Nf8 19. Bd3 (19. Bf1 Qc5
20. Qb4 Qf2 21. Qf4 Qb6 22. Qe3 Ng6 23. g3 Rd5 24. Bc3 Rxd1+ 25. Kxd1 Qd8+ 26.
Kc1 Qe8 $1 27. Bd4 Bb5 $11) 19... Rxd3 (19... Rd5 20. Bb4 (20. g3 Ng6 21. Bc3
Rc8 $6 (21... Qc5 $13) 22. h4 Qc5 23. Qe2 Bb5 24. Bxb5 Qxb5 25. Qxb5 Rxb5 26.
a4 $14) 20... Qd8 (20... Qc7 21. c4 $1 Rd7 22. Bd6 Qa5 23. Kb1 Ng6 24. h4 $1 f5
$8 25. Qg3 $16) 21. g3 (21. Kb1 $6 Ng6 22. Bd6 Qh4 $1 23. Qxh4 Nxh4 24. Rg1
Nxg2 $1) (21. h4 $6 Ng6 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Qf4 Rc8 24. Rf1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Bd5)
21... Ng6 22. Bc3 Qb8 $1 23. Qe2 b5 24. b3 a5 $6 (24... b4 $142) 25. h4 b4 26.
Bb2 Bb5 27. Bxb5 Qxb5 28. Qxb5 Rxb5 29. h5 $16) 20. cxd3 Qd7 21. Bb4 $5 (21.
Kb1 Qxd3+ 22. Ka1 h5 23. Qxh5 Ba4 24. Bc3 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 Qe4 $15) (21. Re3 Qd5
22. Kb1 Ng6 23. Rg3 Qxe5 24. Bc3 Qb5 25. h4 h5 26. Qe2 Bd5 $44) (21. b3 a5 22.
Bc3 Ng6 23. Re2 Ne7 $44) 21... Ng6 $146 (21... Qd5 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Kb1 Qxg2
24. Qxg2 Bxg2 25. Rg1 (25. Rc1 Bc6 26. Kc2 f5 27. exf6 Rxf6 28. Rf1 Rh6 29. Rf2
Rh3 $44) (25. Re3 Bd5 (25... Rd8 $1 26. Rg1 Bc6 27. Reg3 g6 28. Kc2 $14) (25...
f5 26. exf6 Rxf6 27. Rg1 Bd5 28. Reg3 Rf7 $5 $14) 26. Rc1 h6 27. Rc7 g5 28. Re1
g4 $13) 25... Bc6 26. Kc2 Rd8 (26... f5 27. exf6 Rxf6 28. Rdf1 Rh6 29. Rf2 $16)
27. Kc3 g6 28. Rdf1 Rd5 29. d4 Kg7 30. Rf4 Rd7 31. Rg3 $14) 22. Bd6 $5 (22. Kb1
Qd5 $1 $44) (22. h4 Qd5 23. h5 Nxe5 24. Qg3 f6 $44) 22... f5 $1 23. Qg5 Bd5 $1
24. b3 (24. Kb1 $6 Qa4 $1) 24... Qc6+ 25. Kb2 Qb6 $1 (25... Bxg2 $2 26. h4 $40)
26. g3 (26. d4 a5 $1 $132) 26... Qd4+ $5 (26... a5) 27. Kb1 Rc8 28. Qe3 Qxe3
29. Rxe3 f4 $5 30. gxf4 Nxf4 $44 31. Rf1 $6 (31. Kb2 $14 {Svidler}) 31... Ng6
32. Rc1 Rxc1+ 33. Kxc1 Nh4 $5 34. Re2 g5 35. Kd2 Kg7 36. Rf2 Nf5 $5 $15 37. Bc7
Kg6 38. Bd8 h6 (38... g4 39. Rf4 h5 40. Ke2 $11) 39. Ke1 Kh5 40. Kf1 Kg4 41.
Kg1 Kh3 42. b4 g4 43. a4 h5 44. Rf4 a6 (44... g3 45. hxg3 Kxg3 46. Rf2 h4 47.
Bg5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.04"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2
Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfd8 18. Bf1 Nf8 19. Qe3 Qh4 20. h3 Ng6
21. c4 Rd4 22. g3 Rxc4+ 23. Bc3 Qe4 24. Qd2 Qd5 25. Qxd5 Rxc3+ 26. bxc3 Bxd5
27. c4 Bc6 28. Rd4 Kf8 29. Bd3 Ke7 30. Kc2 Rc8 31. Re3 Bg2 32. Be4 Bxe4+ 33.
Rdxe4 Nf8 34. Rg4 g6 35. Ra3 a6 36. Rb3 Rc7 37. Kd3 Nd7 38. Kd4 b6 39. Rh4 h5
40. Rf4 Rc8 41. Rf1 Rd8 42. Rbf3 Rf8 43. Ke4 Nc5+ 44. Kf4 Nd7 45. Re1 Rc8 46.
Re4 Rc5 47. Ra3 Nb8 48. Kg5 a5 49. Rb3 f5 50. Rf4 Nd7 51. Rb5 Rxe5 52. Rxe5
Nxe5 53. Rf1 $10 {Both sides are playing for passed pawns.} Kf7 54. Rb1 Nd7 (
54... Nxc4 55. Rc1 b5 56. a4 Na3 57. Rc7+ $18) 55. c5 (55. h4 e5 $13) 55...
Nxc5 56. Rxb6 Ne4+ 57. Kf4 g5+ 58. Ke5 Nxg3 59. Rxe6 h4 60. Ra6 f4 61. Rxa5 g4
62. hxg4 h3 63. Kxf4 h2 64. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Ponferrada"]
[Date "1997.09.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Illescas Cordoba,M"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1997.08.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 {
[%cal Ga5g5]} 14. Bd2 Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfd8 18. Qg4 {
[%cal Rd2g5]} Nf8 19. Bd3 {[%cal Rd2g5]} Rd5 $5 20. g3 $5 $146 Ng6 21. Bc3 Rc8
$6 (21... Qc5 $142 $13) 22. h4 {[%cal Yh4h5]} Qc5 {[%csl Re5]} 23. Qe2 $1 Bb5 (
23... b5 24. a3 a5 25. Qe3 $14) 24. Bxb5 Qxb5 25. Qxb5 Rxb5 26. a4 $14 {
[%cal Gd1d7]} Rbc5 (26... Rb6 $5) 27. Rd7 R5c7 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. h5 $1 (29. Rd1
$2 h5 $1 {[%csl Re5,Rg3,Rh4][%cal Yg8h7,Yh7g6,Yg6f5,Yf5g4]}) 29... Ne7 30. Rd1
Nd5 31. Bd4 a6 32. a5 $1 (32. b3 b5 $11) 32... Kf8 33. b3 Ke8 34. c4 Ne7 35. g4
Rd7 36. Rd2 Nc6 $6 (36... Ng8 $1 $132 37. Be3 $140 f6) 37. Bc3 Rxd2 38. Kxd2
$16 Kd7 (38... Ke7 39. Ke3 f6 40. exf6+ gxf6 41. Ke4 $16) 39. Ke3 (39. b4 $5)
39... Nb8 40. Kd4 Kc6 41. Bb4 Kd7 42. Ke4 Nc6 43. Bc3 Nb8 44. b4 Kc6 45. Bd4
Nd7 46. Kf4 Nb8 47. Ba7 (47. Kg5 Nd7 48. h6 g6 $16) 47... Nd7 48. Be3 Nb8 49.
Bd4 $22 Nd7 50. Kg5 $1 $18 h6+ (50... Kc7 51. b5 Kc8 52. h6 g6 53. Bb2 Kc7 54.
Kf4 Kc8 55. Ba3 f5 (55... Kc7 56. Bd6+ Kc8 57. Kg5 Kd8 58. bxa6 bxa6 59. c5 $18
) 56. exf6 Nxf6 57. g5 Nd7 58. Bd6 Kd8 59. bxa6 bxa6 60. c5 $18) (50... b5 51.
axb6 Nxb6 52. Bxb6 Kxb6 (52... h6+) 53. h6 $18) (50... Nb8 51. h6 $18) 51. Kf4
{[%csl Rg7,Rh6]} b5 (51... Nf8 52. Bc5 Nh7 53. Bd6 $18) (51... f6 52. exf6 Nxf6
53. g5 $18) 52. axb6 Nxb6 53. Bxb6 Kxb6 54. g5 $1 $18 (54. Ke4 $2 f6 $132)
54... a5 (54... hxg5+ 55. Kxg5 a5 56. bxa5+ Kxa5 57. h6 gxh6+ 58. Kxh6 Kb4 59.
Kg7 Kxc4 60. Kxf7 Kd5 61. Kf6 $18) 55. gxh6 gxh6 56. bxa5+ Kxa5 57. Ke3 Kb6 (
57... Ka4 58. Ke4 Ka5 59. Kd3 $22) (57... Ka6 58. Kd2 $1 Kb6 59. Kc2) 58. Kd3 (
58. Kd4 $142 Kc6 $8 59. Kd3 (59. Kc3 Kc5) 59... Kb6 (59... Kc5 60. Kc3) (59...
Kd7 60. c5) 60. Kc2 $1 Kc6 61. Kb3 $18) 58... Ka5 (58... Kc6 59. Kc2 Kd7 60.
Kc3 Ke7 61. Kd4 f5 62. exf6+ Kxf6 63. Kc5 Ke7 64. Kc6 $18) 59. Ke3 $1 (59. c5
$4 Kb5 60. Kd4 Ka6 $1 $11) (59. Kc2 Kb4 60. Kd3 Ka5) (59. Kc3 Ka4 60. Kd3 Ka5)
(59. Kd4 Kb4 60. Kd3 Ka5) (59. Ke4 $1 Ka6 60. Ke3 $18) 59... Ka4 60. Ke4 Ka5
61. Kd3 $22 Ka4 (61... Kb6 62. Kc2) (61... Kb4 62. Kd4) (61... Ka6 62. Kc3) 62.
Kc3 (62. Kc3 Ka5 63. Kb3) 1-0

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch Ftacnik Glatman} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6
6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. Rhe1
Bc6 13. f5 $5 (13. Kb1 $6 {Glatman} h6 14. Bh4 {Kholmov,R-Glek,I/Moscow/1983/0,
5 (46) Inf 35/259/} b5 $1 15. Bb3 b4 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qxd6 Rac8 {/\Rfd8-/+/})
(13. Nd5 {Glatman} exd5 14. exd5 Rae8 15. dxc6 bxc6 $13) (13. Bb3 $6 {Glatman}
Rfe8 14. f5 (14. e5 {Ftacnik} dxe5 15. fxe5 Rad8 16. Qf4 Nd5 17. Bxd5 Bxg5 18.
Qxg5 Bxd5 19. Rd4 h6 20. Qg3 Qc5 21. Rg4 Qf8 22. a3 Bc6 23. Ne2 Kh7 24. Nf4 {
Tolnai,T-Leko,P/Budapest GM/1992/1-0 (32)}) 14... exf5 15. e5 dxe5 16. Rxe5 Qc7
17. Rxf5 Rad8 18. Qc4 Rxd1+ 19. Nxd1 Bd8 $10 {Polgar,J-Sax,G/HUN/1991/1:0 (51)
Inf 53/191/}) 13... b5 (13... exf5 $5 14. exf5 Rae8 {Glatman} (14... Qxf5) 15.
g4 Bf3 16. Rd3 (16. Be2 {Ftacnik} Bc6 17. Kb1 d5 18. Qd2 Qb6 19. Be3 Bc5 20.
Bd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Re3 23. Rg1 Rfe8 24. Rg2 {Ivanov,Alexa-Rachels,
S/USA-ch (13)/1992/0-1 (80)}) 16... Bxg4 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Qc4+
d5 20. Rxd5 Rxe1+ 21. Rd1+ Ke7 22. Rxe1+ Kd8 23. Qxg4 Bxc3 $10 {Polgar/}) 14.
Bb3 (14. e5 $2 dxe5 15. Rxe5 Rad8) 14... b4 15. Ne2 (15. e5 $2 dxe5 16. Rxe5
Qc7 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. Rxb5 Rad8 $36) (15. Nd5 $2 Nxd5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Qxd6
Rae8 18. fxe6 fxe6 $19) (15. Nb1 {Ftacnik} exf5 16. exf5 Qxf5 17. Bd2 Ne4 18.
Bxb4 Bf6 19. Qd3 Qf4+ 20. Nd2 Nf2 21. Qxd6 Qxd6 22. Bxd6 Rfc8 $17) 15... Ba4 $1
(15... exf5 16. exf5 Qxf5 17. Qh4 h6 (17... Bxg2 {Ftacnik} 18. Nd4 Qd7 19. Rxe7
Qxe7 20. Bxf6 Qe3+ 21. Kb1 gxf6 22. Nf5 Qg5 23. Qf2 {/\ Rg1}) (17... Qc5 18.
Nd4 Rae8 19. Rxe7 (19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Qxb4 $13) 19... Rxe7 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21.
Qxf6 Re5 22. Rd3 (22. Nxc6 Qxc6 23. Rd3 Re1+ 24. Kd2 Qxg2+ 25. Kxe1 Re8+ $19)
22... Be4 23. Rg3+ Bg6 24. Rxg6+ hxg6 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 26. Qh6+ Kg8 27. Qg6+ $10)
18. Nd4 Qxg5+ 19. Qxg5 hxg5 20. Nxc6 $16) (15... h6 $2 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qxd6
Bxe4 18. fxe6 $16) (15... e5 16. Qe3 (16. Qg1 {Ftacnik} Bxe4 17. Ng3 Bb7 18.
Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qe3 $40) 16... h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Kb1 Qc7 19. Ng3 $40) (15...
d5 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Qe5 $36) (15... Rad8 $5) 16. Kb1 (16. Bxa4 Qxa4 17. Kb1 (
17. a3 {Glatman} Rfc8 18. c3 a5 $40) (17. fxe6 {Ftacnik} Qxa2 18. exf7+ Rxf7
$40) 17... Rfc8 (17... Rac8 {Boensch} 18. Qd3 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qb3 Qxb3 21.
axb3 $15) 18. Qd3 h6 19. Bc1 (19. Bh4 exf5 20. exf5 b3) (19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. fxe6
fxe6 21. Nf4 Bxb2 22. Kxb2 Rc3 23. Qe2 Rac8 24. Rd2 Ra3 25. Ra1 Qc6 $5) 19...
e5 $13) (16. Qd3 exf5 17. Ng3 (17. exf5 Bxb3 18. Qxb3 Qxf5 $132) 17... Bxb3 $1
(17... fxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe7 Nc5 20. Qxd6) 18. Qxb3 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Rfe8 $1
(19... Qf5 20. Qd3 Nxe4 21. Bxe7 Nc5 22. Qd5 $1 $16) 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nxf6+ (
21. Nxd6 Rf8 22. Rd5 Qc7 $13) 21... gxf6 22. Rf1 (22. Kb1 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Qc5 $10
) 22... Rac8 $132) (16. Bc4 $2 {Glatman} Rac8 $17) 16... Bxb3 17. axb3 (17.
cxb3 exf5 18. Ng3 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Qf5 20. Ka1 Rfe8 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6
23. Qxb4 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 $5 $44) 17... Rfc8 (17... Rac8 $1 $132) (17... exf5 {
Ftacnik} 18. Ng3 fxe4 19. Nxe4 $36) 18. Bd2 (18. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 19. Qxd6 Rxc2 (
19... exf5 $5 20. Rd5) (19... Be5 20. Qd7 Qc5 21. Rd2 $1) 20. Kxc2 Rc8+ 21. Kb1
(21. Kd2 Rd8) (21. Nc3 bxc3 22. e5 Qa2 23. exf6 $2 cxb2+ 24. Kd3 b1=Q+ 25. Rxb1
Qc2+ $1 26. Ke3 (26. Kd4 Qd2+ 27. Ke5 gxf6+ $19) 26... Rc3+ 27. Kf4 Qxf5#)
21... Bxb2 22. Kxb2 Qa3+ 23. Kb1 Qxb3+ 24. Ka1 Qa3+ 25. Kb1 Qb3+ $10) 18... Qc7
(18... Rab8 19. Nc1 Rc6 20. c4 bxc3 21. Bxc3 Qc7 $1 $17) 19. Qd3 (19. Rc1 e5 (
19... a5 $40 {Ftacnik}) 20. Qd3 Qb7 21. Ng1 (21. Ng3 {Glatman} Rd8 {/\d5/})
21... h6) 19... exf5 (19... Ng4 $6 {Ftacnik} 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Rc1 a5 22. Qh3
$1) 20. exf5 d5 (20... Ng4 21. Rc1) 21. Bf4 (21. Bg5 h6 22. Bxf6 (22. Bh4 a5
23. c3 $10) 22... Bxf6 23. g3 a5 24. Nf4 a4 25. Nxd5 Qa7 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 $13) (
21. Nf4 Bd6 (21... a5 {Ftacnik} 22. Rc1 a4 $40) 22. g3 a5 23. c3 $17) (21. Nd4
Ne4 $36) 21... Bd6 (21... Qb7 {Ftacnik} 22. Nd4 a5 23. Qb5 $1) 22. g3 (22. Bxd6
{Ftacnik} Qxd6 23. c4 bxc3 24. Nxc3 Rd8 $17) 22... a5 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Nf4 (
24. Qb5 a4 25. bxa4 Rcb8) 24... a4 (24... Rd8 {Ftacnik} 25. Qb5 Rdb8 26. Qd3
Rd8 27. Qb5) 25. bxa4 (25. Nxd5 Nxd5 (25... axb3 $4 26. Ne7+ Qxe7 27. Rxe7
bxc2+ 28. Qxc2 Rxc2 29. Kxc2 $18) 26. Qxd5 Qc7 (26... Qa6 {Glatman} 27. Re7 Rf8
28. Kc1 (28. Qc4 $1 Qf6 (28... Qa5 29. Qd5 $10) 29. Rc7 axb3 30. Qxb3 Qa6 $19)
28... axb3 $19) 27. Qc4 (27. Re2 {Ftacnik} axb3 28. Qxb3 Qa5 $19) (27. Qd3 {
Boensch} axb3 28. Qxb3 Qa5 29. Kc1 Qa1+ 30. Kd2 Rd8+ 31. Ke2 Rxd1 32. Rxd1 Re8+
33. Kd2 Rd8+ $19) 27... Qa7 28. Qd4 axb3 29. Qxa7 bxc2+ $19) 25... Rxa4 26.
Nxd5 (26. b3 Ra5) 26... Nxd5 (26... Rca8 27. c4 $13) 27. Qxd5 (27. Qb5 Raa8 28.
Rxd5 Qc7 29. Rc5 $2 Qxc5 30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Qxc5 Re1#) 27... Qc7 (27... Qa6 {
Glatman} 28. Kc1) 28. Qe4 (28. Qb3 {Ftacnik} Qa7 29. Kc1 Ra1+ 30. Kd2 Qf2+ $19)
28... Raa8 (28... Qa7 $4 {Ftacnik} 29. Qe8+) (28... h6 $5 {Boensch} 29. b3 Ra6
30. Qc4 Rc6 $17) 29. Rd4 (29. Kc1 $5 {Glatman} h6 $1 $40) 29... Qa5 30. Kc1 b3
(30... Qa1+ 31. Kd2 Qxb2) 31. c4 (31. c3 Qa1+ (31... Rxc3+ {Glatman} 32. bxc3
Qxc3+ 33. Kd1 Ra1+ $19) 32. Qb1 Rxc3+ $1) (31. Re2 Qa1+ 32. Kd2 bxc2 $19) (31.
Rc4 {Ftacnik} Qxe1+ $1 32. Qxe1 Rxc4 (32... Ra1+ 33. Kd2 Rd8+ $19) 33. Qe7
Rxc2+ 34. Kb1 Ra1+ 35. Kxa1 Rc1#) 31... Qb4 (31... Qb4 32. Kb1 Qa4 33. Kc1 Re8
$19) 0-1

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Shamkovich Dolmatov} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6.
Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. Rd3 ({
More popular is 12.e5. For instance:} 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2 Nd7 15.
Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfd8 18. Qg4 Nf8 19. Bd3 Rxd3 20. cxd3 Qd7 {
and Black has a sufficient compensation for the exchange, Ljubojevic,L-Leko,P/
It Belgrade 1995}) 12... Rad8 13. e5 {N/} (13. Bxf6 $5 {does not promise much}
Bxf6 14. Qe3 Bc6 15. Bb3 Rc8 {Black is Okay}) 13... dxe5 (13... d5 $2 {Dolmatov
} 14. exf6 Bc5 15. Qe5 $18) 14. Qxe5 Qb4 (14... Qb6 {Dolmatov} 15. Rg3 Kh8 16.
Ne4 $16) 15. Rg3 Kh8 ({Or} 15... Qxc4 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qxf6 g6 {with
satisfactory position} (17... g6 {Dolmatov} 18. Rd1 Qc7 19. Rgd3 $18)) 16. Bd3
(16. Ne4 $6 {is a blank shot in view of} Qxc4 17. Nxf6 (17. Bxf6 $2 gxf6 18.
Nxf6 Ba4 $1 19. b3 Qd4 $1 {winning for Black}) 17... Qxa2 18. Nxd7 (18. Nd5 f6)
18... Qa1+ 19. Kd2 Rxd7+ {wins}) 16... Bc6 17. Rh3 (17. Bxh7 $2 {Dolmatov} Kxh7
18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rh3+ Kg8 20. Qh5 Qxf4+ 21. Kb1 Qh6 $19) 17... Rfe8 (17...
Bxg2 $6 {is too risky:} 18. Bxf6 Bxh3 (18... Bxf6 $4 19. Rxh7+ Kg8 20. Rh8+
Kxh8 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Qh7#) (18... gxf6 19. Rxh7+ Kg8 20. Rg1 {mating}) 19.
Bxg7+ Kg8 20. Bxf8 {wins}) (17... Qd4 $5 {Dolmatov} 18. Bxf6 gxf6 (18... Bxf6
$4 19. Rxh7+ Kg8 20. Rh8+ Kxh8 21. Qh5+ $18) 19. Rxh7+ (19. Qh5 Qxf4+ 20. Kb1
h6 $10) 19... Kg8 20. Rh8+ Kg7 21. Rh7+ Kg8 22. Qh5 f5 $13) 18. Qe2 (18. a3 $6
Qd4 (18... Qd6 19. Rg1) 19. Qxd4 (19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Rxh7+ Kg8 21. Qh5 g6 22.
Bxg6 fxg6 23. Qxg6+ Bg7 {means the end of attack}) 19... Rxd4 20. Ne2 Bxg2 21.
Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Rxh7+ Kg8 23. Nxd4 Bxh1 24. Ne2 {and now Black is better}) (18.
Rd1 Qd4 $1 {(or 18...Qd6 )} (18... Bd6 $2 {Dolmatov} 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Bxf6+
Kg8 21. Bxh7+ Kf8 22. Be4 $1 Bxf4+ 23. Kb1 Rxd1+ 24. Nxd1 $18) 19. Bxh7 $2 (19.
Qxd4 $5 Rxd4 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Rxh7+ Kg8 22. Rh3 Rxf4 23. Rd2 {is favorable
for Black}) 19... Qxe5 20. Bd3+ Nh7 $3 {(that is the point!)} 21. Rxh7+ (21.
Bxh7 Bxg5 {wins}) 21... Kg8 22. fxe5 Bxg5+ 23. Kb1 Rxd3 {and it is all over
for White. So it is understandable that Anand decides not to take risk.}) 18...
h6 19. Rf1 Kg8 20. Bh4 Nd5 (20... Rd4 $5 {Dolmatov}) (20... Nd5 {Dolmatov} 21.
Nxd5 exd5 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Qd2 Qxd2+ 24. Kxd2 d4 25. Rf2 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest m"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2006.04.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.04.06"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O (8... Qb6 {Sehr interessante Varianten entstehen nach} 9. Be3 $5 (9.
f3 {sichert den stabilen Vorteil} Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Rxd4 a6 $14 {->7....
Qb6}) (9. Nb3 O-O 10. f3 Rd8 11. Nb5 Rd7 12. Qe1 a6 13. N5d4 $14) 9... Ng4 $8 {
Mit einer Folge von einigen Zügen kann sich Schwarz ins Remis retten:} 10. Nxc6
(10. Ndb5 Nxe3 11. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 12. fxe3 O-O 13. Nxd6 Rd8 $44) 10... Nxe3 (10...
Qxc6 $4 11. Bb5 $18) 11. Nxe7 Nxd1 12. Na4 (12. Bb5+ $2 Kxe7 13. Qg5+ Kf8 14.
Rxd1 a6 $17) 12... Qxf2 (12... Qc7 13. Nxc8 Rxc8 14. Bb5+ Ke7 15. Rxd1 $18) 13.
Qxd6 Bd7 $1 (13... Ne3 14. Bb5+ Bd7 15. Bxd7+ Kf8 16. Ng6+ Kg8 17. Qf8+ Rxf8
18. Ne7#) 14. Nc5 Ne3 $1 15. Qxd7+ (15. Bd3 Qxg2 16. Qxd7+ Kf8 {->15.Qd7})
15... Kf8 16. Bd3 Qxg2 17. Re1 (17. Nxe6+ fxe6 18. Re1 Qg5 $15) 17... Qf2 (
17... Qg5 $2 18. Qxb7 Rd8 19. Nc6 Ng2+ 20. Kb1 Nxe1 21. Nd7+ Kg8 (21... Ke8 22.
Nde5 Qf6 23. Nxd8 $18) 22. h4 $3 Qxh4 23. Nde5 $18) 18. Rd1 (18. Rh1 Qg2 $11)
18... Nxd1 19. Qd6 Qe3+ 20. Kxd1 Qg1+ 21. Ke2 (21. Kd2 Qg5+ 22. Kd1 Qxe7 $19)
21... Qg2+ 22. Ke1 Qg1+ $11) 9. f4 (9. f3 a6 10. h4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 b5 12. Kb1
$132 {Ist die andere Hauptvariante, die zu kompliziertem Spiel, ähnlich dem
Englischen Angriff im Najdorf, führt.}) 9... Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. h4 $5 {
Ein sehr seltener Zug, der anscheinend die Wirkung eines Überraschungseffektes
hatte - nach wenigen Zügen stand Weiß fast schon auf Gewinn.} (11. Bc4 {
ist die uralte klassische Variante.} Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 (13. Qxe5 Qb6 14.
Qe2 Bc6 $132) 13... Bc6 14. Bd2 Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 $14 {
Die Stellung ist sehr kompliziert und wurde schon tausend Mal gespielt,
allerdings hat Weiß hier etwas bessere Chancen.}) 11... e5 (11... h6 {Stellt
keine konkrete Drohung auf, da das Nehmen auf g5 sehr gefährlich ist.} 12. Kb1
Rd8 13. Be2 (13. g4 $5) 13... a6 14. Bf3 b5 15. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 16. e5 dxe5 17.
Qc5 Rb8 18. Ne4 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Bxh4 20. Nd6 $1 Qb6 (20... Bd7 21. Nb7 $18) 21.
Qxb6 Rxb6 22. Nxc8 Rb8 23. Na7 exf4 24. Rd6 $16 {Dvoyris - Aseev (UDSR, 1990)})
12. Qe3 exf4 $6 {Das sofortige Nehmen ist zweifelhaft. 12....Be6 kommt in
Betracht.} (12... Be6 $5 13. f5 $5 (13. a3 exf4 14. Bxf4 {Hier entsteht die
Stellung wie in der Partie, nur dass Weiß statt den d6 Bauer zu gewinnen, a3
gezogen hat. Was natürlich vorteilhaft für Schwarz ist.}) (13. Bxf6 $2 exf4 14.
Qxf4 Bxf6 $17) 13... Bxa2 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. g4 $44) (12... h6 $2 13. Nd5 $1 (
13. Bxf6 $2 exf4 $1 (13... Bxf6 14. f5 $16) 14. Qxf4 Bxf6 15. Rd5 Qc7 16. Qxd6
Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Be6 $44) 13... Nxd5 $8 14. Rxd5 Bxg5 (14... Qc7 15.
Qg3 $1 $16) 15. hxg5 Qxa2 16. gxh6 Qa1+ 17. Kd2 Bg4 18. Qg3 $1 Qd1+ 19. Ke3
Qc1+ 20. Rd2 exf4+ 21. Qxf4 Qe1+ 22. Kd3 f5 23. Kd4 $3 {/\Bc4} Qxe4+ 24. Qxe4
fxe4 25. Bc4+ Kh7 26. Ke3 $16) 13. Bxf4 Be6 (13... Rd8 14. h5 h6 (14... Bg4 15.
Be2 $16) 15. Bc4 Bg4 16. Rdf1 Rac8 17. Bb3 $14 {Die weißen Figuren schauen
alle in Richtung des schwarzen Königs, was ja sowieso sehr unangenehm ist. Und
wenn man dann noch gegen Topalov spielt, dann sollte man solche Stellungen
überhaupt vermeiden.}) 14. Bxd6 {Eiskalt!} Bxd6 (14... Ng4 15. Qf4 Bxd6 16.
Rxd6 Rac8 17. Rxe6 Rxc3 (17... fxe6 18. Qxg4 $18) 18. bxc3 fxe6 19. Qxg4 Qxa2
20. Kd2 Rd8+ 21. Bd3 $18) 15. Rxd6 Rac8 ({Nach} 15... Bxa2 {war wohl} 16. Rxf6
$3 {geplant} gxf6 17. Rh3 Kh8 18. Qh6 Rg8 (18... Qe5 19. Nxa2 $18) 19. Qxf6+
Rg7 20. Rg3 Rag8 21. Rg5 $1 Qc7 22. Nxa2 $18) 16. a3 Rc6 {Der Turm auf d6
stört zwar sehr, aber wenn man ihn auf diese Art los wird, bleibt man einfach
mit einem Minusbauern ohne kompensierendes Gegenspiel. Allerdings ist es auch
nicht einfach, etwas anderes zu finden.} (16... Rfd8 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Be2 $16
) (16... Rfe8 17. Be2 Bf5 18. Rd4 (18. Rxf6 $5 gxf6 19. Qg3+ Kh8 20. exf5 Rxc3
21. Qxc3 Qxc3 22. bxc3 Rxe2 23. Rd1 Rxg2 24. Rd7 $14) 18... Qb6 19. Bf3 $16) (
16... Qe5 $5 17. Rd2 (17. Qd4 Qf4+ 18. Qd2 Qe5 19. Rd4 b5 $5 $13) 17... Rc5 18.
Be2 $14) 17. Rxc6 bxc6 18. Be2 $16 {Schwarz hat zwar noch ein kleines
Gegenspiel gegen den Bauern e4 und evtl. auf der b-Linie, das reicht aber
nicht aus, um den weißen Mehrbauern vollständig zu kompensieren.} Nd7 19. Rd1
Qc7 20. g3 Rb8 21. Qd4 Qxg3 22. Qxa7 Nf6 23. Kb1 h5 24. a4 Bg4 25. Bxg4 hxg4
26. Qd4 Qxh4 27. e5 Nd5 28. Nxd5 cxd5 29. Rg1 Qh2 30. Rxg4 Rc8 31. Rxg7+ Kh8
32. Rg4 Rc4 33. Qd1 Rxg4 34. Qxg4 Qxe5 35. c3 Kh7 36. Qd4 Qe6 37. a5 f5 38. b4
Qe2 39. Qxd5 Kg6 40. Qd6+ Kg5 41. a6 f4 42. Qc5+ Kg4 43. a7 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 11th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2010.06.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 {Einer der klassischen
Sizilianer - die Rauser Variante.} 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 {Alternative zu diesem
Zug ist 7....a6.} (7... a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 (8... h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11.
Qe3 Be7 12. Be2 O-O 13. h4 $14 {Kobalia - Zabotin (Moscow, 2008)}) 9. f4 b5 10.
Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qe1 Be7 14. Bd3 $132 {Adams - Kozul 
(Belgrade, 1999)}) 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 {Wohl die stärkste Fortsetzung, obwohl
ich selbst die Variante 9.f3 spiele. Das ist mehr Geschmackssache.} (9. f3 Nxd4
(9... a6 10. h4 Qc7 11. Kb1 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 b5 13. Qd2 b4 14. Ne2 a5 15. Nd4 Ba6
16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Qe2 Rb6 18. g4 $14 {Dominguez - Gulko (Beer Sheva, 2005)})
10. Qxd4 a6 (10... Qa5 11. h4 Bd7 12. Kb1 Rfc8 13. Qd2 Kh8 14. Qe1 Bc6 15. g4
a6 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. h5 $14 {Shabalov - Shankland (Las Vegas, 2007)}) 11. h4 b5
12. Kb1 Bb7 13. g4 Rc8 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. a3 Rc5 16. Be2 Rc6 17. Na2 $14 {
Morozevich - Timofeev (Sarajevo, 2008)}) 9... Nxd4 (9... h6 10. Bh4 Nxd4 (10...
e5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 exf4 13. Kb1 d5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxd5 Be5 16. Bc4 $14
{Almasi - Gurevich (Bern, 1996)}) 11. Qxd4 Qa5 12. Qe3 b5 13. Bxb5 Rb8 14. Ba4
Ba6 15. Bb3 Rfc8 16. Qe1 Qc7 17. g4 Nxg4 18. Rg1 Nf6 19. Qg3 $16 {Jobava -
Gulko (Barcelona, 2008)}) 10. Qxd4 Qa5 (10... h6 11. Bh4 {-> 9....h6}) 11. e5
$5 {Eine selten gespielte Fortsetzung. Hauptvariante ist 11.Bc4.} (11. Bc4 Bd7
(11... b5 12. Bxb5 Rb8 13. e5 $1 dxe5 14. fxe5 Rxb5 15. exf6 Rb4 16. Qe3 Bc5
17. Qg3 $14 {Kasimdzhanov - Kotronias (Baden Baden, 2007)}) 12. e5 dxe5 13.
fxe5 Bc6 $1 14. Bd2 Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 $14 {Kosintseva -
Cramling (Nalchik, 2010)}) 11... dxe5 12. Qxe5 {Weiß hat keine Wahl - das
Nehmen mit dem Bauern ist schlecht.} (12. fxe5 Rd8 13. Qf4 Rxd1+ 14. Kxd1 Nd5
15. Nxd5 Qxd5+ 16. Bd3 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 Bd7 $17 {Medina - Draghici Flutur 
(Heraklion, 2008). Der weißer König ist im Zentrum, es droht Bb5, dazu hängt
der a2-Bauer. Schwarz hat zweifellos Vorteil.}) 12... b5 {Normalerweise kann
Schwarz Ausgleich mittels 12...Qxe5 erreichen. Anscheinend wollte Schwarz doch
mehr als ein remisliches, aber passives Endspiel.} (12... Qxe5 13. fxe5 Nd5 14.
Bxe7 Nxe7 {In diesem Endspiel hätte Weiß klaren Vorteil, wenn sein Bauer e5
nicht so schwach wäre.} 15. Bd3 b6 16. Be4 Rb8 17. Nb5 (17. Rhe1 Bb7 18. Rd7
Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Nc6 20. Nb5 Rfd8 $11 {Motylev - Miroshnichenko (Muelheim, 2008)})
17... Bb7 18. Rhe1 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 a6 20. Nc7 a5 21. Rd7 Ng6 $11 {Robson -
Kacheishvili (Ledyard, 2009)}) 13. Ne4 {Alternativen zu dem Partiezug sind:} (
13. Rd3 Ng4 (13... h6 $5 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Rg3+ Kh8 16. Rh3 Rg8 $132) 14. Qe4
f6 $1 (14... Bxg5 15. fxg5 Nf2 16. Qxa8 Nxh1 17. Nd1 $1 $16) 15. Rh3 (15. Qxa8
fxg5 16. Qf3 Ne5 $15) 15... g6 16. Qxa8 fxg5 $132 {1-0 Cheparinov,I (2646)
-Kotronias,V (2570)/Malmo SWE 2007/The Week in Chess 650 (42)}) (13. Bd3 Bb7
14. Qxb5 Qxb5 15. Nxb5 Bxg2 16. Rhg1 {Sadvakasov - Shengelia (Baku, 2007)} Bd5
$11) (13. Bxb5 Bb7 14. Be2 Qb6 $44 {und Schwarz hatte die typische
Kompensation in Hossain - Jobava (Abu Dhabi, 2007).}) 13... Nd5 $5 $146 {
Bis jetzt gab es nur eine Partie in der Stellung, und Schwarz wählte 13....
Nxe4:} (13... Nxe4 14. Bxe7 Bb7 15. Bxf8 Rxf8 16. Bd3 Nf2 17. Qxb5 Qxb5 18.
Bxb5 Nxh1 19. Rxh1 Bxg2 20. Rd1 h6 $132 {Smeets - Wells (London, 2007). Und
obwohl beide Seiten gewisse Chancen haben, steht Weiß meiner Meinung nach
besser, weil seine Bauern schneller laufen werden.}) (13... Qxa2 $2 14. Nxf6+
gxf6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qxf6 Ba6 17. Bd3 $16) 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Qxb5 Qc7 16. Qe5
(16. g3 Rb8 17. Qc4 Qb6 $44 {Schwarz hat wieder mal eine gute Kompensation.})
16... Qb6 17. Rd6 Qe3+ 18. Nd2 Qf2 (18... Qxe5 {verdient der Betrachtung, doch
das Endspiel ist etwas besser für Weiß:} 19. fxe5 Ng6 20. Nc4 Bb7 21. Rg1 Bd5
22. Ne3 Bb7 23. Be2 Nxe5 24. Rgd1 $14) 19. Bd3 Bb7 20. Rf1 Qxg2 21. Qg5 {
Weiß hat Schwarz doch in ein Endspiel gezwungen, in dem er bessere Chancen hat.
} Qxg5 22. fxg5 Rad8 23. Nc4 Bc6 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Ne5 Be8 {Schwarz steht
ziemlich passiv.} 26. Bc4 {Dieser Plan scheint mir etwas zu künstlich zu sein.
Weiß müsste eigentlich seine Bauern nach vorne bringen, und das so schnell wie
möglich.} (26. c4 $5 Nc6 27. Nxc6 Bxc6 (27... Rxd3 28. Nxa7 Rd4 29. b3 Rg4 30.
Rf2 Rxg5 31. a4 $14) 28. Rd1 Kf8 29. b4 $14) 26... Rc8 (26... Nf5 $5 {Man muss
nicht die d-Linie aufgeben. Der Springer macht das Feld e7 für den schwarzen
König frei.} 27. Rf3 (27. b3 $2 Ne3 $15) 27... Rd4 $132 {/\ Re4}) 27. Rd1 h6 (
27... Ng6 $2 28. Nxg6 hxg6 29. b3 $14 {Die schwarzen Bauern sind nun weniger
beweglich.}) 28. Ba6 Rb8 29. gxh6 Nc6 (29... gxh6 $2 30. Nd7 $1 Bxd7 (30... Rb4
31. Nf6+ Kf8 32. Rd8 $18) (30... Ra8 31. Bb7 $18) 31. Rxd7 Nc6 32. c3 $16) 30.
Nxc6 Bxc6 31. Rd6 Bb7 32. Be2 (32. hxg7 Kxg7 $132 {Die Anzahl der Bauern
spielt da keine so großen Rolle - das schwarze Zentrumspaar kann durchaus
stärker sein.}) 32... Be4 (32... gxh6 33. Rd7 $16 {Nun kann der König nicht
raus, weil dann Bh5 kommt:} Kg7 $2 34. Bh5 $18) 33. Rd7 a5 34. Ra7 Rc8 35. c4
Rc5 36. h7+ $1 {Gute Nuance!} Kxh7 (36... Bxh7 $4 37. Ra8+) 37. Rxf7 Rg5 {
Dieses Endspiel muss wohl verloren sein, ich kann aber stark vermuten, dass
die Spieler hier in der Zeitnot gewesen sind.} 38. Rf4 Rg1+ 39. Kd2 Bf5 40. c5
Rb1 41. Bd3 $6 {Die erste Ungenauigkeit. Ganz einfach gewann 41.b3:} (41. b3
Rb2+ 42. Ke3 Rxa2 43. c6 Rc2 44. Bc4 $18 {Schwarz kann den Bauern nicht
aufhalten.}) 41... Rxb2+ 42. Kc3 Rxh2 43. Bxf5+ (43. Rxf5 $5 exf5 44. Bxf5+ Kg8
(44... g6 45. c6 Kg7 46. c7 Rh8 47. c8=Q Rxc8+ 48. Bxc8 $18) (44... Kh6 45. c6
Kg5 46. c7 $18) 45. c6 Rh6 46. Bd7 Rh1 47. Kd2 Rh2+ 48. Kd3 $18) 43... exf5 44.
Rxf5 Rxa2 (44... Kg6 $5 45. Rf8 Kh7 46. Ra8 Rh1 47. Kc4 g5 48. c6 Rc1+ 49. Kb5
$18) 45. c6 Re2 46. Kd4 $2 (46. Rc5 Re8 47. c7 Rc8 48. Kc4 a4 (48... g5 49. Kb5
Kg6 50. Kc6 Kh5 51. Kb7 Rf8 52. c8=Q Rxc8 53. Rxc8 $18) 49. Kb5 a3 50. Kb6 a2
51. Ra5 $18) 46... Kh6 $2 (46... Rd2+ 47. Ke5 a4 $11) 47. Re5 $2 (47. c7 $18)
47... Rd2+ 48. Kc4 Rc2+ 49. Kb5 a4 $11 {Weiß kann nichts mehr machen, er muss
sogar noch aufpassen, weil der schwarze a-Bauer weglaufen könnte.} 50. Re3 g5
51. Kb6 Kh5 52. c7 Kh4 53. Re8 g4 54. Rh8+ Kg3 55. c8=Q Rxc8 56. Rxc8 Kf2 57.
Rf8+ Ke3 58. Rg8 Kf3 59. Rf8+ Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vinkovci"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Lisenko, Alexander V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Lisenko"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2
Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfd8 18. Qg4 Nf8 (18... Nb6 19. Bf1 Qc5
20. Qb4 Qf2 21. Qf4 Qxf4 22. Bxf4 $14 {Cseshkovsky,V-Yudasin,L/SSSR(ch)/ 1986
0,5 (42) Inf 41/211/}) 19. Bd3 (19. h4 $5 $146 Qc5 20. Bc3 $1 h5 $2 (20... Bd5
$5 21. Bd3 Bxa2 22. h5 $44) 21. Qe2 $1 Bxg2 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Bd3 $1 Bh3 $8 24.
Qxh5 f5 25. Qf3 Bg4 26. Qxb7 $16 {Sherzer,A-Rachels,S/USA(ch)/1992 1:0 (38)
Inf 56/215/}) (19. Bf1 Qc5 $1 (19... Qc7 20. Bc3 Ng6 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rd1 $1
Bd5 23. Qd4 Rc8 24. a3 {Gurevich,I-Rachels,S/USA(ch)/ 1992 1:0 (54) Inf 56/214/
}) 20. Bc3 Ng6 (20... Rd5 $5 {Anand/} 21. Qg5) 21. Qg5 Rd5 22. Rxd5 Bxd5 23. a3
Rc8 (23... a6 $1 {Anand/}) 24. Qe3 Qc6 25. g3 (25. Qxa7 Bxg2 26. Bxg2 Qxg2 $14)
25... a6 26. Be2 Ne7 27. Qg5 Qc7 $10 {Kamsky,G-Anand,V/Linares/1993 0:1 (68)
Inf 57/200/}) 19... Rxd3 $1 20. cxd3 Qd7 (20... Qc5+ $5 21. Kb1 (21. Qc4 Qf2
$13) 21... Qd5 $44) 21. Bb4 $5 (21. Kb1 Qxd3+ $6 22. Ka1 $14 {Ivanchuk,V-Anand,
V/Linares(m/7)/1992 1:0 (51) Inf 55/225/}) 21... Qd5 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Kb1 Qxg2
24. Qxg2 (24. Qh4 $5) 24... Bxg2 25. Rc1 Bc6 26. Rc4 Rd8 $146 (26... f5 27.
exf6 Rxf6 28. h4 h6 29. Rg1 Kf7 30. h5 Kf8 31. Kc2 Rf5 32. Rcg4 Rf7 33. Kc3 Bf3
34. Rg6 Rc7+ 35. Kd2 Bxh5 $10 {Georgiev,Kir-Gurevich,D/Palma de Mallorca/1989
0,5 (59) Inf 48/276/}) 27. Kc2 g6 28. Kc3 Kg7 29. b4 h6 30. Rc5 a6 31. Ra1 g5
32. a4 Bf3 33. Rc7 Kg6 34. d4 Rf8 35. Rf1 g4 36. Kd2 f5 $6 (36... h5 37. Ke3
Rd8 38. Rxf3 gxf3 39. Rxb7 Rxd4 $10) 37. exf6 Rxf6 38. Re7 h5 39. Ke3 h4 40.
Rf2 Bc6 (40... Kg5 41. Rg7+ Rg6 (41... Kh6 42. Rxb7 $18) 42. Rxg6+ Kxg6 43. Kf4
Kf6 44. h3 $1 g3 45. Rxf3 g2 46. Ke3+ $18) 41. Rf4 $1 (41. Rxf6+ Kxf6 42. Rh7
g3 43. Rxh4 gxh2 44. Rxh2 Bxa4 $10) 41... Rxf4 $8 42. Kxf4 g3 43. hxg3 Kf6 (
43... h3 44. Rxe6+ Kf7 45. Rxc6 bxc6 46. Kf3 $18) 44. Rh7 hxg3 45. Kxg3 Kf5 $2
(45... Kg6 $1 46. Rc7 Kf5 {/\Ke4=/}) 46. b5 $1 axb5 47. axb5 Bd5 48. Rh4 b6 49.
Rf4+ Kg5 50. Rf1 Bc4 51. Re1 Kf6 52. Kf4 Bxb5 53. Rb1 Bc4 54. Rxb6 Bd5 55. Rb2
(55. Rb8 $1 Bg2 (55... Bc4 56. Rf8+ Ke7 57. Rc8 {/\Ke5+-/}) 56. Rh8 Bd5 57.
Rh6+ Kg7 58. Kg5 Bc4 59. Rh3 {/\Tc3-c7+-/}) 55... Bc4 56. Rh2 Bd3 57. Rh6+ Bg6
58. Kg4 Kf7 59. Kg5 Bf5 60. Rh8 Ke7 $10 61. Rb8 Kd6 62. Rb5 Bd3 63. Ra5 Bc4 64.
Kf6 Bb3 65. Ra3 Bc4 66. Ra5 Bb3 67. Kg7 Bc4 68. Kf8 Bb3 69. Ke8 Bc4 70. Kd8 Bb3
71. Kc8 Bc4 72. Kb7 Bd5+ 73. Ka7 Kc6 74. Ra3 Be4 75. Ra5 Bd5 76. Kb8 Bf3 77.
Kc8 Kd6 78. Kd8 Be4 79. Ke8 Bd3 80. Kf7 Bc2 81. Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Sanikidze, Tornike"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 (7...
a6) 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. e5 $1 {Malgré l'échange des Q qui
va suivre, il n'est pas facile pour les Noirs d'égaliser} (11. Bc4) (11. Kb1)
11... dxe5 12. Qxe5 Qxe5 13. fxe5 Nd5 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Bd3 $32 b6 16. Be4 Rb8
17. Rhe1 (17. Nb5 Bb7 18. Rhe1 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Rb7 20. Ra4 $36 {[%csl Rb7];
Smirnov,P (2592)-Armbrust,F (2306) Pardubice Chladek&Tintera op-A 19th 2008 (1)
1-0}) 17... Bb7 18. Nb5 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Gb5a7,Gb5d6]} (18. Rd7 $5 Bxe4 19.
Rxe4 Nc6 20. Nb5 Rfd8 21. Rd6 Rbc8 22. Rc4 Nxe5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Nxa7 Rb8 25.
Nc6 $1 {La finale de R est agréable а jouer pour les Blancs} Nxc6 26. Rxc6 g5
27. a4 $14 {Sadvakasov,D (2619)-Miroshnichenko,E (2608) Dubai op 08th 2006 (6)
1-0}) 18... Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Rb7 20. Ra4 $1 Nc6 21. Rd6 Nxe5 22. Rxa7 Rxa7 23.
Nxa7 Nc4 $146 (23... Rb8 24. Nc6 Nxc6 25. Rxc6 g6 26. c4 Rb7 27. Kc2 Kf8 28.
Kc3 Ke7 29. Kb4 e5 30. g4 e4 31. Kc3 Rd7 32. c5 bxc5 33. Rxc5 Ke6 34. g5 Rd3+
35. Kc2 Rh3 36. a4 Rxh2+ 37. Kc3 h6 38. a5 {Cihelashvili-Lisenko,A/Riga 1968/
MCD/1/2-1/2 (55)}) 24. Rc6 Ne3 25. Rxb6 {[%csl Ga2,Gb2][%cal Ga2a8,Gb2b8]} (25.
g3 g5 {[%cal Gg8g7]}) 25... Nxg2 26. Nc6 {Début de la course de vitesse mais
les pièces Blanches sont mieux coordonnées pour soutenir la majorité а
l'aile-dame} f5 27. Ne5 {[%cal Ge5f3]} (27. Rb8 $5 {[%csl Ga2,Rg2][%cal Ga2a8]
Peut-être plus simple car le Ng2 sera mal placé pour lutter contre le P"a"}
Rxb8 28. Nxb8 Kf7 (28... f4 29. a4 Ne3 (29... f3 30. Kd2) 30. Kd2) 29. a4 Ke7 (
29... Kf6 30. a5) 30. a5 Kd6 31. a6 Kc7 32. Nd7 Ne3 33. Kd2 f4 34. Nc5 Kb6 35.
Nxe6 (35. b4 e5) 35... Kxa6 36. Nxg7 Nc4+ 37. Ke2 Nxb2 38. Kf3 Kb5 39. Kxf4 Kc5
40. Kg5 Nd1 41. Kh6 Kd6 42. Kxh7 $18) 27... f4 28. Nf3 g5 $6 {[%cal Gg5g4]} (
28... Re8 29. Ne5 g5 $132) (28... Kf7) 29. h3 Ne3 (29... e5 30. Re6 (30. Nxe5
$2 f3)) 30. Rxe6 Ra8 31. Nxg5 Rxa2 32. Rf6 Nd5 $2 (32... Nc4 {[%csl Gd2][%cal
Ga2a1,Gc4b2]}) 33. Rf5 $18 Ra5 34. Ne6 h6 35. Nxf4 Ra1+ 36. Kd2 Ne7 37. Rf6 Rf1
38. Nd5 Rxf6 39. Nxf6+ Kf7 40. Ne4 1-0

[Event "HUN-ch"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Polgar,J"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2
Be7 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 (10. e5) 10... Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. Rhe1 (
12. e5 {Informator 52/198}) (12. e5 {Boensch Hauptvariante!}) 12... Bc6 $6 (
12... Rfd8 13. Bb3 (13. e5 $142) 13... b5 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 b4 16. Bxf6 gxf6
17. exf6 Qg5+ $17 {Keres-Geller/1962/ECO}) (12... Rad8 $5) 13. Bb3 $2 (13. f5
$5 exf5 14. exf5 Qxf5 (14... Rae8 15. g4 d5 (15... Bf3 16. Rd3 Bxg4 17. Bxf6
Bxf6 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Qc4+ d5 20. Rxd5 Rxe1+ 21. Rd1+ Ke7 22. Rxe1+ Kd8 23.
Qxg4 Bxc3 $10) 16. Rxe7) 15. Qh4 $1 Rfe8 (15... h6 16. Bxh6) 16. Bd3 $18) (13.
Nd5 exd5 14. exd5 Rae8 15. dxc6 bxc6 $13) 13... Rfe8 (13... b5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15.
exd5 Bxg5 16. dxc6 $16) (13... Rfd8 {Boensch} 14. Qd3 h6 15. Bh4 Qh5 16. Bg3
Nd7 17. Qf1 Nc5 18. Bc4 Bf6 19. Be2 Qg6 $15 {Dolmatov,S-Oll,L URS-FL56
Klaipeda 1988}) 14. f5 exf5 (14... e5 {Boensch} 15. Qc4 d5 (15... Rf8 16. Bxf6
$16) 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Qxf7+ $18) 15. e5 dxe5 16. Rxe5 Qc7 17.
Rxf5 (17. Rde1 Be4 $1 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Rxe4 $10)
17... Rad8 18. Qc4 Rxd1+ 19. Nxd1 Bd8 20. Ne3 $4 (20. g3 $10) (20. Rf2 $10)
20... Qd7 $1 (20... Be4 {Boensch} 21. Rc5 Qe7 $13 (21... Qd7 22. Ba4 $2 (22.
Bxf6 Bxf6 (22... gxf6 $13) 23. Rc7 Qe6 24. Qe2 (24. Qb5 $2 Bd5) (24. Rxf7 $2
Bd5 25. Qxd5 Qxe3+ 26. Qd2 Qg1+ 27. Qd1 Bg5+ $19) 24... Bd5 $2 (24... Qe5 25.
Bxf7+ Kf8 26. Bxe8 Qxb2+ 27. Kd2 Qb4+ 28. c3 $1 (28. Kc1 Bb2+ 29. Kd1 Qd6+ 30.
Qd2 Qxc7 31. Qb4+ $10) 28... Qd6+ 29. Nd5 Qxd5+ (29... Bxd5 30. Rd7 $13) 30.
Ke1 Kxe8 31. Rc4 $18) 25. Bxd5 Qxe3+ 26. Qxe3 Rxe3 27. Rc8+ $18) 22... Bc6 23.
Bxc6 bxc6 24. Rxc6 Ng4 $1 25. Bxd8 Nxe3 $19)) 21. Rf2 (21. Rf1 $2 Bb5 $19)
21... h6 $2 (21... Bb6 $1 22. Rd2 Qc7 23. Bf4 (23. Nf5 Ne4) (23. Rd3 Re4 24.
Qc3 Qxh2 $17) (23. Re2 Re4 24. Qd3 Qxh2 $17) 23... Rxe3 $19) 22. Rd2 Qxd2+ $4 (
22... Qc7 23. Bf4) (22... Qe7 23. Nf5 Qf8 (23... Qe1+ {Boensch} 24. Rd1) 24.
Rxd8 Rxd8 (24... hxg5) 25. Nxh6+ gxh6 26. Bxf6 $16) (22... Qe6 {Boensch}) 23.
Kxd2 Ne4+ 24. Kd1 Bxg5 25. Qxf7+ Kh8 26. Nd5 Nd6 (26... Bd7 27. h3) (26... Rd8
{Boensch} 27. c4 (27. Ke1 Re8)) 27. Qf2 b5 (27... Rd8 {Boensch}) 28. Nf4 Rd8
29. Ke1 Re8+ 30. Kd1 Rd8 31. Nd3 Nc4 32. Qc5 Bxg2 (32... Nxb2+ 33. Ke2) 33.
Bxc4 bxc4 34. Qxc4 Re8 (34... Bf3+ {Boensch} 35. Ke1 Re8+ 36. Kf2 Rf8 37. Kg3
Bd8 38. Nf4 $18) 35. Qf7 Re7 36. Qf8+ Kh7 37. Qf5+ Kg8 38. h4 $6 (38. Ne5)
38... Bf6 (38... Bxh4 {Boensch} 39. Qg4 $18) 39. Nf4 Be4 (39... Bf3+ 40. Kd2)
40. Qc8+ Kh7 41. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 42. Qf5+ Kh8 43. Qxd5 Re8 44. Qb5 Rd8+ 45. Ke2
Bxh4 46. c4 Bg3 47. b4 Rf8 48. Qa5 $1 g5 49. Qxa7 Bf4 50. Qe7 Kg8 51. a4 1-0

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 {Favorite Kramnik's variation} 11. Bb5 {N}
Rd8 (11... a6 $6 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nd5 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Bd3 $36) 12. e5
dxe5 13. Qxe5 h6 14. Bh4 (14. Rxd8+ Bxd8 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Rd1 a6 17. Ba4 b5
$19 {0-1 Lopez,P-Rivera,D/Valencia 1989 (23)}) 14... Ng4 (14... a6 15. Be2 $14)
15. Qh5 (15. Bxe7 $2 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Nxe5 17. fxe5 (17. Rd8+ Qxd8) 17... a6 $17)
15... Nf6 16. Qe5 (16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. Rd1 Qc7 $15) (
16. Qf3 a6 17. Bd3 Bd7 $15) 16... Ng4 17. Rxd8+ Qxd8 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qe2 {N/}
(19. Qd4 b6 $1 20. Be2 Nf6 21. Rd1 Bb7 22. g3 Rc8 {Kamsky,G-Kramnik,V/
Groningen PCA 1993}) 19... Nf6 20. Rd1 a6 $11 21. Bd3 b5 22. g4 (22. f5 $5)
22... Bb7 23. g5 hxg5 24. fxg5 Nd7 25. Qh5 $6 (25. g6 $5 Nc5 (25... f6 $5 26.
Bf5 Nf8 (26... Re8 $2 27. Qxe6+ Qxe6 28. Bxe6+ Rxe6 29. Rxd7) 27. Re1 Re8 $13)
26. Qh5 (26. gxf7+ Qxf7 27. Rf1 Nxd3+ 28. Qxd3 Qe7 $11) 26... Nxd3+ 27. Rxd3
fxg6 28. Qxg6 Qf6 $11) 25... Nf8 26. h4 Qb4 $5 27. Rf1 (27. g6 Qf4+ 28. Kb1 f5
29. Ne2 Qf2 $17 {[%csl Rg6]}) 27... g6 28. Qh6 Qg4 29. Be2 Qh3 30. h5 (30. Nd1
Rd8) 30... Bg2 $1 31. Rd1 {Rook has to leave important f line.} (31. Rf6 Qe3+
32. Kb1 Qg1+ 33. Nd1 (33. Bd1 Rd8 34. b3 (34. Kc1 Qe3+ 35. Kb1 Qe1) 34... Rxd1+
35. Nxd1 Qxd1+ 36. Kb2 Be4 $19) 33... Rd8 34. Kc1 Rxd1+ $1 35. Bxd1 Qe3+ 36.
Kb1 Qd2 $19) 31... Qf5 (31... Qe3+ $5 32. Kb1 (32. Rd2 Rd8 33. Bd3 Bf3 $5 34.
hxg6 Nxg6 $17) 32... b4 33. hxg6 Nxg6 (33... fxg6 34. Qh2 Bc6 35. Rd3 Qxg5 36.
Nd1 $132) 34. Bd3 bxc3 35. Bxg6 fxg6 36. Qxg6+ Kh8 37. Qh6+ Kg8 38. Qg6+ $11)
32. Rd3 $2 {Weak move, in moment when Ivanchuk could take initiative into his
hands after} (32. hxg6 Qf4+ (32... Nxg6 33. Bd3 Qf4+ 34. Kb1) 33. Kb1 fxg6 34.
Bd3 $36) 32... b4 33. Nd1 Be4 34. Rd2 Qf4 $1 35. hxg6 Nxg6 36. Qh3 Qxg5 (36...
Bxc2 37. Kxc2 Rc8+ 38. Nc3 bxc3 39. bxc3 Ne5 $36) 37. Qe3 (37. Ne3 Kg7 {
[%cal Ya8h8]}) 37... Qxe3 38. Nxe3 a5 $19 39. Rd4 f5 40. Ng4 (40. Rd7 $5) 40...
Nf4 41. Bc4 Kg7 (41... Kg7 42. Nf2 Kf6 43. Nxe4+ Ke5 44. c3 fxe4 45. Kd1 Rh8
$19) 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 12th final"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.11.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Rechlis,G"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1996.11.21"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Borovo Vukovar '91"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan TatTransGaz-Itil"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. Be2 (12. h4 Bd7 13. Qd2 Bc6
14. Bd3 Qc7 15. Qe2 a6 16. Rhf1 b5 17. e5 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Qg4 dxe5 20.
fxe5 Bxg5 21. hxg5 Bc4 22. Qe4 Bxd3 23. cxd3 Rd5 24. Rh1 g6 25. d4 Qd8 26. Qf4
Qf8 27. Rh4 Rad8 28. Qh2 h5 29. gxh6 Kh7 30. Qf4 R8d7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Bologan,
V-Kramnik,V/BL9394 1994 (60)}) 12... Bd7 13. Qe3 Bc6 14. Qg3 Qc7 15. Bd3 Kh8 (
15... e5 $5) 16. e5 Ng8 $6 (16... dxe5 17. fxe5 Ng8 18. h4 $36) 17. Bxh7 $1 (
17. h4 $5 f6 $2 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Qg4 $40) 17... Bxg5 18. fxg5 Kxh7 19. Qh4+
Nh6 (19... Kg6 $4 20. g4 $18) 20. gxh6 g5 $5 {Black's exposed king tempts
white to keep queens even at the cost of a pawn . Much simpler decision was
going to an endgame with a pawn up ...} 21. Qxg5 Rg8 22. Qf6 $16 (22. exd6 Rxg5
23. dxc7 Rc8 24. Rhf1 Rxc7 25. g3 Kxh6 $14) 22... dxe5 23. Rhf1 Raf8 24. g3 Rg6
25. Qf2 $6 a6 $142 (25... b6 $1 $16) 26. Qc5 Rc8 27. Rd6 e4 28. Qe5 e3 29. Re1
b5 30. Qc5 a5 31. Rxe3 b4 32. Ne2 Rxh6 33. h4 Rf6 34. b3 (34. Nf4 $1) 34... Rf5
35. Re5 Bd5 $2 36. Qxc7 (36. Rdxd5 $2 Qxc5 37. Rxc5 Rxc5) 36... Rf1+ 37. Kb2
Rxc7 38. Nf4 Rf2 39. Re2 Rxe2 40. Nxe2 Be4 41. c3 $15 Bf3 42. Rd2 Bxe2 43. Rxe2
Rxc3 44. g4 Rh3 45. h5 Rg3 46. Re4 Rg2+ 47. Kb1 Kg7 48. Ka1 f6 49. Rxe6 Rxg4
50. Ra6 Rg5 51. h6+ Kg6 52. h7 Rh5 53. Rxa5 Rxh7 54. a3 Rh2 55. axb4 f5 56. Ra2
Rh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Azarov, Sergei Nikolaevich"]
[Black "Sanikidze, Tornike"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Bc4 Bd7 11. f4 Qa5 12. Bb3 (12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6
$1 14. Bd2 (14. exf6 Qxg5+) 14... Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 {would be the
main line. wäre das Hauptabspiel.}) 12... Bc6 13. Rhe1 Rfe8 14. Qf2 b5 15. e5
dxe5 16. fxe5 b4 17. Bxf6 bxc3 18. Qg3 cxb2+ 19. Kb1 {Ususally one should not
take such a pawn in front of your own king, since it may block lines for your
opponent. However, sometimes it can also prove very annoying... Gewöhnlich
sollte man einen solchen Bauern vor dem eigenen König nicht schlagen, da
dieser dem Gegner Linien verstellen kann. Doch manchmal kann sich ein solcher
Geselle auch als sehr störend erweisen...} Bf8 20. Rd4 Bd5 21. c4 {Opening the
diagonal c2-h7 for the bishop, but also weakening its position on b3. Öffnet
die Diagonale c2-h7 für den Läufer, schwächt aber auch dessen Position auf b3.}
({Interesting was Interessant war} 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. e6 $5 (22. Bxg7 Bxg7 23.
Rg4 Kh8 24. Rxg7 Rg8 {ist unergiebig. yields nothing.}) {with the idea mit der
Idee} 22... fxe6 23. Rg4 {and g7 falls (23...g6 24.Rxg6+!). und g7 fällt. (23..
.g6 24.Rxg6+!)}) {[%tqu "En","Does the black bishop have to retreat?","White's
last move has weakened the position of the bishop b3, enabling Black to play a
nice intermediate move.","","a8b8","Introducing a nice motif into the position
(see variation regarding move 22.).",20,"De","Muss der schwarze Läufer
zurückweichen?","Der letzte weiße Zug hat die Position des Läufers b3
geschwächt, wodurch Schwarz einen schönen Zwischenzug anbringen kann.","",
"a8b8","Bringt ein schönes Motiv in die Stellung (siehe Variante zum 22.Zug).",
20]} 21... Rab8 $1 {Introducing a nice motif into the position. Bringt ein
schönes Motiv in die Stellung.} 22. Rf1 (22. cxd5 {[%tqu "En","What was the
idea of 21...Rb8?","The white queen is tied to the defence of the Re1.","Black
can open the a-file with decisive effect.","b8b3","Very nice!  This opens the
a-file, and in the end White will lose the rook on d4 - do you see how?",10,
"De","Was war die Idee von 21...Tb8?","Die weiße Dame ist an die Verteidigung
des Te1 gebunden.","Schwarz kann mit entscheidender Wirkung die a-Linie öffnen.
","b8b3","Sehr schön!  Die a-Linie wird geöffnet, wonach Weiß am Ende den Trum
d4 verliert - sehen Sie wie?",10]} Rxb3 $1 23. axb3 (23. Qxb3 Qxe1+ 24. Rd1
Qe4+ 25. Qc2 Qxc2+ 26. Kxc2 gxf6 $19) 23... Qa1+ 24. Kc2 b1=Q+ 25. Rxb1 Qxd4 {
and Black is winning. und Schwarz steht auf Gewinn.}) ({And this even works
after White takes his rook out of the line of fire before: Und dies
funktoniert sogar, nachdem Weiß seinen Turm d4 mit Tempo aus der Schusslinie
gebracht hat:} 22. Rg4 g6 23. cxd5 Rxb3 $1 24. axb3 Qa1+ 25. Kc2 exd5 {with a
wild position. mit wilder Stellung.}) 22... Bc6 23. Bc2 Ba4 $4 {Allowing a
neat finish. Gestattet ein bündiges Finale.} ({Following Nach} 23... g6 {
Black would maintain very good chances. behielte Schwarz sehr gute Chancen.}) {
[%tqu "En","Black's last move was asking for it - for what?","Enable the white
rook d4 to enter the attack with tempo.","Rip open Black's king position!",
"c2h7","Boom!  This classical bishop sacrifice wins, but have you already seen
the right follow-up?",15,"De","Der letzte schwarze Zug ermöglicht einen
Kurzschluss - welchen?","Ermöglichen Sie dem weißen Turm d4, mit Tempo in den
Angriff einzugreifen.","Reißen Sie die schwarze Königsstellung auf!","c2h7",
"Wumms!  Dieses klassische Läuferopfer gewinnt, aber haben Sie auch schon die
richtige Fortsetzung gesehen?",15]} 24. Bxh7+ $1 {A classical sacrifice - the
opened h-file decides. Ein klassisches Opfer - die geöffnete h-Linie
entscheidet.} Kxh7 25. Rh4+ (25. Rh4+ {and Black resigned, since after} Kg8 {
[%tqu "En","And now what?","Chose the right queen move!","","g3d3","Precise to
the last move!  This threatens Qh7 mate and at the same time contains Black's
idea Bc2+.",10,"g3h3","Oh no!  This spoils everything. Now Black's attack
comes first!",0,"De","Und was nun?","Wählen Sie den richtigen Damenzug!","",
"g3d3","Präzise bis zum letzten Zug!  Dies droht Dh7 matt und verhindert
gleichzeitig die schwarze Idee Lc2+.",10,"g3h3","Oh nein!  Dies verdirbt alles.
Nun kommt der schwarze Angriff zuerst!",0]} 26. Qd3 {he will get checkmated.
wird er mattgesetzt.} (26. Qh3 $4 {[%tqu "En","Black to play and win.","Drag
the white king into the open!","","a4c2","Of course!  Followed by the
promotion of the b-pawn, this opens decisive lines against the white king.",10,
"De","Schwarz zieht und gewinnt.","Zerren Sie den weißen König ins Freie!","",
"a4c2","Na klar!  Gefolgt von der Umwandlung des b-Bauern öffnet dies
entscheidende Linien gegen den weißen König.",10]} Bc2+ $1 27. Kxc2 b1=Q+ $1
28. Rxb1 Qxa2+ {and Black wins. und Schwarz gewinnt.})) 1-0

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Schlosser,P"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Im Kampf 2B - B+N ist die weiße Bauernführung hier besonders zu beachten:
Zunächst werden den gegnerischen Figuren zentrale Stützpunkte genommen, dann
wird der Raumvorteil schrittweise vergrößert.} 1. e4 {Boensch Wahls} c5 2. Nf3
d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4
O-O 10. f4 (10. e5 {Wahls}) 10... Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 (11... h6 {Wahls} 12. h4 e5 (
12... hxg5 13. hxg5 Ng4 14. Rd3 f5 15. Rdh3 $16) 13. Qg1 exf4 14. Bxf4 Bg4 15.
Rd3 Nh5 16. Bxd6 Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Ng3 18. Qd4 $1 Qh5 (18... Nxh1 19. Rg6) 19. Rd5
Qg6 20. Re1 $16) (11... a6 {Wahls} 12. Kb1 b5 13. Bb3 Rd8 14. a3 Qc7 15. f5 $16
) (11... e5 {Wahls} 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Qd3 Rd8 14. Qg3 Be6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Bd5
Bxd5 17. Nxd5 $16) (11... Rd8 {Wahls} 12. Rhf1 Bd7 (12... h6 13. Bh4 e5 14. Qd3
exf4 15. Rxf4 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qc4 $16) 13. f5 b5 14. fxe6 bxc4 15. Rf5
Qb4 16. exf7+ Kxf7 17. Bxf6 Bxf5 18. Bxe7 $16) 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2
Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 {2B-B+N} 17. Rhe1 Rfd8 (17... Qc5 {Wahls}) (
17... Nb6 {Wahls}) (17... Rfc8 {Wahls}) (17... Rfc8 {Boensch}) (17... Nb6 {
Boensch}) (17... b5 {Boensch}) (17... Qc5 {Boensch}) 18. Bf1 {Weiß vermeidet
also das zuletzt eifrig diskutierte Qualitätsopfer 18.Qg4 Nf8 19.Bd3 Rd3 -
eine gute Übersicht hierzu bietet die von U.Boensch kommentierte Partie Kamsky,
G-Anand,V/Linares/1993/} (18. Qg4 {Boensch} Nf8 19. Bf1 (19. Bd3 {- CBM 40}) (
19. h4 {- CBM 40}) 19... Qc5 20. Qb4 Qf2 (20... Qg1 $5) 21. Qf4 Qb6 22. Qg3
Rac8 23. h4 Qc5 24. Bc3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Bb5 $10 {Kindermann,S-Khalifman,A/
Pardubice (01)/1994/0,5 (35)}) 18... Nf8 19. Qe3 a6 $6 {/^ a5-d8} (19... Qh4
20. h3 Ng6 21. c4 h6 22. g3 Qh5 23. Bc3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 a6 25. h4 Qg4 26. Be2
Qh3 27. Qf2 Rc8 28. h5 (28. Rf1 {Im Inf. 60/219 von Beliavsky als Verbesserung
vorgeschlagen.} Rc7 29. Bb4 Rd7 30. Bd6 f6 (30... f5 31. Rg1 Be4 32. h5 Ne7 33.
g4 $40) 31. Bh5 Be4 (31... Nxe5 $2 32. Bxe5 fxe5 33. Bg6 $18) 32. Re1 Qf5 33.
Qc5 $36 {Beliavsky}) 28... Nf8 {/\ Nh7-g5 <=> /Ehlvest,J-Salov,V/Linares (12)/
1991/0,5 (34)} (28... Nf8 {Wahls} 29. g4 Nh7 30. Rd3 Qh1+ 31. Rd1 Qh3 32. Rd3
Qh1+ 33. Rd1 Qh3 34. Rd3 {1/2-1/2/Ehlvest-Salov/Linares/1991/})) 20. g3 $1 {xh4
} Rac8 21. Kb1 Ng6 22. Ba5 Rd5 23. Rxd5 Bxd5 24. b3 $1 {x c4} h6 25. Bd3 Qa3 $6
(25... Qg5 $5 26. Qe2 h5 $1 $14 {Schwarz sollte die weitere Einschnürung durch
27.Bd2 Qe7 28.h4 nicht tatenlos über sich ergehen lassen.} 27. Bd2 $140 Qg4
$132) (25... Qc5 {Wahls} 26. Qxc5 Rxc5 27. Bb4 Rc8 28. c4 Bc6 29. Bd6 Rd8 30.
Kc2 Rd7 31. a4 Ne7 32. Kc3 Nf5 33. Bc5 $14 {Beliavsky.Bekanntlich ist += nicht
+=.M.M. nach ist dieses Exemplar auf dem Wege,zu einem Plus-über-Minus
auszuwachsen.}) 26. Bd2 Qe7 27. h4 $16 Qc5 28. Qe2 (28. Qxc5 {Boensch} Rxc5 29.
Bb4 Rc8 30. c4 $16) 28... Rd8 29. h5 Ne7 $6 (29... Nf8 {/\ 30...Nh7 xg5} 30.
Rf1 $5 (30. Qg4 $6 Qf2 $1 {/\ 31...Bf3 <=> xh5} (30... Kh8 $2 31. Rf1 $36 Qc7
$140 (31... Rd7 {Wahls} 32. Bxh6 gxh6 33. Rf6 Nh7 34. Bxh7 Kxh7 35. Qf4 Kg8 36.
Rxh6 f5 37. Qg5+ Rg7 38. Qd8+ Qf8 39. Rh8+ $18 {Beliavsky}) (31... Qe7 32. Bxh6
gxh6 33. Rf6 Nh7 34. Rxh6 $18) 32. Bxh6 $1)) (30. g4 Nh7 31. Bxh7+ Kxh7 32. g5
(32. Qd3+ Kg8 33. c4 $4 Be4 34. Qxe4 Rxd2 $17) 32... hxg5 33. Bxg5 $36) (30.
Qg4 $40 {Boensch}) 30... Bc6 (30... Qc7 $2 31. Bxh6 gxh6 32. Qg4+ Kh8 33. Rf6
Nh7 34. Rxh6 f5 35. exf6 Rd7 36. Qg6 e5 37. Qe8+ Bg8 38. Rg6 $18)) 30. g4 $18
Bc6 (30... Nc6 $5 {Boensch}) 31. g5 Bb5 (31... hxg5 {Boensch} 32. Bxg5 Nd5 33.
Qd2 Rd7 $16) 32. c4 $1 (32. Bxb5 {Wahls} Qxb5 33. gxh6 Qxe2 34. Rxe2 gxh6 35.
Bxh6 Rd1+ 36. Kb2 Rh1 37. Bg5 Nf5 38. Rd2 Rxh5 39. Bf6 Ne3 40. c4 $16 {
BelIavsky}) 32... Qd4 33. Kc2 $1 Bc6 34. gxh6 Nf5 35. hxg7 Qh4 36. Bc3 Qh3 37.
Bxf5 Qxf5+ 38. Kb2 Rd3 39. h6 Rg3 40. Rd1 Qg5 41. Bd2 (41. Bd2 {Boensch} Qg6 (
41... Qe7 42. Qf2 Rg2 43. Qf6 $18) 42. Bf4 Rg2 43. Rd8+ Kh7 44. Rh8#) 1-0

[Event "Pardubice"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Schlosser,P"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2
Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfd8 18. Qg4 (18. Bf1 Nf8 19. Qe3 a6 $6
{Beliavsky,A-Leko,P/Leon (06)/1994/}) 18... Nf8 19. Bf1 (19. Bd3 Rxd3 $44 {
Diesem Qualitätsopfer weicht Weiß zunehmend aus, da die schwarze Festung
danach schwer zu knacken ist.}) (19. h4 Qc5 20. Bc3 Qf2 21. Rd6 Qxg2 22. Qd4
$44 {Almasi,Z-Leko,P/HUN ch/1993/}) 19... Qc5 (19... Qc7 20. Bc3 Ng6 21. Rxd8+
Rxd8 22. Rd1 Bd5 23. Qd4 Rc8 24. a3 Qb8 {Gurevich,I-Rachels,S/USA ch/1992/} 25.
h4 b5 26. h5 Ne7 27. Qf4 {+/- Gurevich,I}) (19... Ng6 20. Bb4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 {
Kovalev,A-Leko,P/Muenchen op/1992/} Qh4 {!? Kovalev,A}) 20. Qb4 (20. Bc3 Ng6
21. Qg5 Rd5 22. Rxd5 Bxd5 23. a3 Rc8 24. Qe3 Qc6 25. g3 a6 $15 {Kamsky,G-Anand,
V/Linares/1993/}) 20... Qf2 21. Qf4 Qb6 22. Qg3 {/\ h4 Wang,Z} (22. Bc3 Ng6 23.
Qg3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qe3 a6 27. Qd2 Qb6 28. Bd4 Qd8 29.
Bc3 Qb6 30. Bd4 {0,5/Peng,X-Wang,Z/Beijing/1993/}) 22... Rac8 23. h4 Qc5 (23...
Bb5 $5) 24. Bc3 (24. Bd3 Bb5 25. Be4 Bc6 26. Bd3 Bb5 $10) 24... Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1
Bb5 26. Bxb5 Qxb5 27. Qf2 a6 28. h5 (28. g4 $2 Qc4 $17) 28... h6 29. Qh4 Qc6
30. g4 Qc4 31. a3 b5 32. Kb1 a5 33. Rd8 Qf1+ 34. Ka2 Qc4+ 35. Kb1 Qf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Polanica Zdroj op"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Antoniewski, Rafal"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Sherbakov,R"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. h4 (
14. Rhe1 $6 h6) 14... Bc6 15. Qe2 (15. h5 $6 h6 16. Bh4 d5 17. Bxf6 dxe4 $1 (
17... Bxf6 18. e5) 18. Bxe7 (18. Be5 Bd6 19. Nxe4 Bxe5 20. fxe5 Bxe4) 18...
Qxe7 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Qe2 Bxd3 21. Rxd3 Rxd3 22. Qxd3 Rd8 23. Qe3 a6 $15) (15.
f5 exf5 16. exf5 d5 $13) 15... Rac8 $1 $146 (15... a6 {- 60/215}) 16. Rhf1 (16.
e5 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qh5 h6) (16. f5 exf5 17. exf5 d5 $13)
16... h6 17. e5 (17. f5 $2 hxg5 (17... exf5 $5) 18. hxg5 Nh7 19. g6 fxg6 20.
fxg6 Nf6 {/\ Be8}) 17... Nd5 (17... hxg5 $2 18. hxg5 $1 (18. exf6 $6 Bxf6 19.
Ne4 (19. hxg5 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Bd5 $17) 19... Bxe4 20. Qxe4 gxh4) (18. fxg5 $6
dxe5 (18... Nd5 $2 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxf7 $1) 19. gxf6 Bxf6 $15) 18... Ne8 (
18... Nd5 $2 19. Qh5 $1 (19. Nxd5 $6 Bxd5 20. Qh5 g6 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Qxg6+
Kf8 23. Rh1 (23. Rxd5 $5 exd5 24. e6 Qxc2+ 25. Qxc2 Rxc2 26. Kxc2 Rc8+ 27. Kd3
Rc4 $13) 23... Qxc2+ $1 24. Qxc2 Bxa2+ 25. Kc1 Kg8 26. Rh3 Rxc2+ 27. Kxc2 Bd5)
19... Nxc3+ 20. bxc3 Bxg5 $8 21. fxg5 $18 {->}) 19. g6 fxg6 20. Bxg6 $5 (20.
Qg4 $40) 20... dxe5 21. fxe5 $40) 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Qh5 $1 dxe5 $8 (19... Kf8
$2 20. f5 $1 dxe5 21. f6 gxf6 22. Qxh6+ Ke8 23. Bxf6 (23. Bb5+ Bc6 24. Qh8+ Bf8
25. Bxc6+ bxc6 26. Qxf6) 23... Bxf6 24. Qxf6 $16 {|^}) 20. fxe5 Bxg5 $8 21.
hxg5 g6 (21... Bc4 $5) 22. Qxh6 (22. Qh2 $5 Bc4 (22... h5 $6 23. g4 Bc4 (23...
h4 $2 24. Qxh4 Qxe5 25. Rxf7 $1) 24. gxh5 gxh5 25. a3) 23. gxh6 (23. g4 Rd5 $1
24. gxh6 Bxd3 25. cxd3 Qxe5) 23... Bxd3 24. cxd3 Qc2+ 25. Ka1 Rxd3 26. Rb1)
22... Bxg2 $1 (22... Bc4 $2 23. Rh1 Qxe5 24. Bxc4) (22... Qxe5 $2 23. Rxf7 $1
Kxf7 24. Qh7+) 23. Bxg6 $5 (23. Rf6 $2 Be4 $1 (23... Qxc2+ $2 24. Bxc2 Rxd1+
25. Bxd1 Be4+ 26. Bc2 $1)) (23. Rfe1 $6 Rxd3 $5 (23... Bf3 24. Rc1 $5 (24. Bxg6
$11)) 24. cxd3 Qc2+ 25. Ka1 Bf3 26. Rb1 Bd5 27. Qh4 Rc6 $44 {|^}) (23. Rf2 $5
Be4 24. Rh2 (24. Rdf1 Rxd3 $1 25. Rh2 Qxc2+ $1 $11) 24... Qxe5 25. Rf1 $1 (25.
Re1 Bxd3 $1) 25... Qxh2 $1 {[]} (25... Bf5 $2 26. Rfh1 $18) 26. Qxh2 Rxd3 $1
27. Qf4 Rd1+ $1 28. Rxd1 Bxc2+ 29. Kc1 Bb3+ 30. Kd2 Rd8+ 31. Ke1 Bxd1 32. Qc7
Rd5 33. Qxb7 a5 $11) 23... Rxd1+ (23... Bxf1 $2 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Rxf1) 24. Rxd1
fxg6 25. Qxg6+ Kf8 (25... Kh8 $2 26. Rd4) 26. Rd2 $1 (26. Qf6+ $6 Qf7 27. Qh8+
Qg8 28. Qf6+ Ke8 29. Rd6 Bh3) (26. Qh6+ $6 Qg7 27. Qxe6 Re8) 26... Qxe5 $8 27.
Rf2+ Ke7 28. Qf6+ (28. Qf6+ Qxf6 29. gxf6+ Kf7 30. Rxg2 Kxf6) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.14"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Speelman,J"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 {Boensch Ftacnik Hecht Ernst} c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4
Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12.
e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2 Nd7 15. Nd5 Qc5 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfd8 18.
Qg4 (18. Bf1 {Boensch} Nf8 19. Qe3 Qh4 20. h3 Ng6 21. c4 Rd4 22. g3 Rxc4+ 23.
Bc3 Qe4 24. Qd2 Qd5 25. Qxd5 Rxc3+ 26. bxc3 Bxd5 $10 {Yudasin,L-Kotronias,V
Moscow olm (04) ISR-GRE 1994 1/2 64 -CBM 45}) 18... Nf8 (18... Nb6 19. Bf1 Qc5
20. Qb4 Qf2 21. Qf4 Qxf4 22. Bxf4 $14 {Tseshkovsky,V-Yudasin,L/URS-ch/1986/1/
2-1/2/42}) 19. Bd3 (19. h4 $5 $146 Qc5 20. Bc3 $1 h5 $2 21. Qe2 $1 Bxg2 22.
Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Bd3 $1 Bh3 $8 24. Qxh5 f5 25. Qf3 Bg4 26. Qxb7 $16 {Sherzer,
A-Rachels,S/USA-ch/1992/1:0/38}) (19. Bf1 Qc5 $1 20. Bc3 Ng6 21. Qg5 Rd5 22.
Rxd5 Bxd5 23. a3 Rc8 24. Qe3 Qc6 25. g3 a6 26. Be2 Ne7 27. Qg5 Qc7 $10 {
Kamsky,G-Anand,V/Linares/1993/0:1/68}) 19... Rxd3 (19... Qc7 {Boensch} 20. Bb4
Bd5 21. Kb1 Rac8 22. Bd6 Qc6 23. b3 b5 24. Re3 Ng6 25. h4 $40 {Tatai,S-Epishin,
V Reggio Emilia (06) 1994 1-0 42 - CBM 45}) 20. cxd3 Qd7 (20... Qc5+ $5 21. Kb1
Qd5 $44) (20... Ng6 {Boensch} 21. Kb1 Qd8 22. Bc3 a5 23. g3 Ne7 24. Bd4 Qd5 25.
Bg1 {Der Plan Bd4-g1 verspricht keinen Vorteil.} a4 26. Qb4 Qd8 27. Bb6 Qd7 28.
Bc5 Nd5 29. Qd4 Qd8 30. Rf1 Qg5 31. Rf2 Rd8 32. Ka1 h6 $10 {Anand,V-Lobron,E
Manila olm (13.06.1) 1992 1/2 52}) 21. Bb4 (21. Kb1 Qxd3+ $6 22. Ka1 $14 {
Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V (07)/Linares m/1992/1:0/51} (22. Ka1 {Boensch} h5 (22... Qf5
23. Qg3 Ng6 24. Bc3 h6 25. Rf1 Qe4 26. Rd2 Bd5 27. b3 Rc8 28. Kb2 a6 29. Rdf2
Rc7 30. Re1 Qh4 31. Qxh4 Nxh4 $10 {Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V (7) Linares m 1992 1-0 51
}) 23. Qe2 (23. Qxh5 Ba4 24. Bc3 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 Qe4 26. Qf3 (26. Qg5 a5 27. Qd2
Ng6 28. g3 Ne7 29. Qd7 Nd5 30. Bd4 Qe2 31. Rc1 b5 32. Bc5 Qd3 33. Qc6 Rd8 34.
Bd6 Kh7 35. Qc5 Kg6 $1 36. h4 Rh8 $1 37. a3 Rh5 $17 {Oll,L-Hodgson,J Groningen
PCA (03) 1993 0-1 46}) 26... Qxf3 27. gxf3 Kh7 28. b4 Kg6 29. a4 Kf5 30. h4 Rc8
31. Kb2 g6 32. Rd4 Rc7 33. a5 $10 {Hracek,Z-Leko,P Brno (8) 1993 1/2 44}) 23...
Qxe2 24. Rxe2 Rd8 25. Rde1 Ng6 26. g3 a6 27. b3 Rd3 28. Kb2 h4 29. Kc2 Rd4 30.
Be3 Rg4 31. Bf2 hxg3 32. hxg3 Ne7 $10 {Almasi,Z-Zolnai,T HUN-ch (09) 1992 1/2
49})) (21. Re3 $5 {Ftacnik}) (21. Re3 {Boensch} Qd5 22. Kb1 Ng6 23. Bc3 (23.
Rg3 Qxe5 24. Bc3 Qb5 25. h4 h5 26. Qe2 Bd5 27. b3 a5 28. Qxh5 a4 29. Rxg6 fxg6
30. Qxg6 Qd7 31. b4 $14 {Stefansson,H-Kotronias,V Reykjavik op (03) 1994 1/2 51
}) 23... Qxg2 24. Qxg2 Bxg2 25. Rg3 Bc6 26. Rdg1 Rd8 27. Kc2 Rd7 28. b3 Kh8 29.
Rg4 Ne7 30. Rd4 Bd5 31. Rf4 Nf5 32. Kd2 Bc6 33. a4 h6 34. Rxf5 exf5 35. Rxg7
Rxd3+ 36. Kxd3 {1/2-1/2 Ivanov,AV-Rachels,S/USA-ch (1) 1989}) 21... Qd5 22.
Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Kb1 Qxg2 24. Qxg2 (24. Qh4 $1 {Ernst} g6 25. Re3 Bd5 26. Rh3 h5
27. Rc1 $14 {Psakhis,L-Greenfeld,A/Tel Aviv/1991} (27. Rc1 {Boensch} Qd2 28. b3
a5 29. Qf6 a4 30. Rg3 axb3 31. Rxg6+ $10 {Psakhis,L-Greenfeld,A Tel Aviv (04)
1991 1/2 37})) (24. Qf4 {Ernst}) 24... Bxg2 25. Rc1 Bc6 26. Kc2 (26. Rc4 Rd8
$146 (26... f5 27. exf6 Rxf6 28. h4 h6 29. Rg1 Kf7 30. h5 Kf8 31. Kc2 Rf5 32.
Rcg4 Rf7 33. Kc3 Bf3 34. Rg6 Rc7+ 35. Kd2 Bxh5 $10 {Georgiev,Ki-Gurevich,D/
Palma de Mallorca/1989/1/2-1/2/59}) 27. Kc2 g6 28. Kc3 Kg7 29. b4 h6 30. Rc5 a6
31. Ra1 g5 32. a4 Bf3 33. Rc7 Kg6 34. d4 Rf8 35. Rf1 g4 36. Kd2 f5 $6 37. exf6
Rxf6 38. Re7 h5 39. Ke3 h4 40. Rf2 Bc6 41. Rf4 $1 $16 {Palac,M-Lisenko,A/
Vinkovci/1993/1/2-1/2/81}) 26... f5 {And finally the two players began to play
their own moves! I must say that this particular variation is a very strange
choice as Black has no winning chances whatsoever. In addition, as the game
shows, white has reasonable winning chances. After all, if a 2700 player such
as Kramnik cannot hold this endgame, what chance has a mere mortal 2500 player?
} 27. exf6 {White would have no winning chances if Black were allowed a passed
f-pawn.} Rxf6 28. Rf1 Rh6 (28... Rxf1 $2 {Boensch} 29. Rxf1 {/\ Kc3-d4-e5 +-})
29. Rf2 Rh3 30. Kc3 h6 (30... Bb5 {Ftacnik} 31. Rd1) 31. Kd4 Kh7 32. b3 g5 33.
Rcf1 Kg6 (33... Bb5 {Ftacnik} 34. Rf7+ Kg6 35. Rxb7 $16) (33... Bd5 $2 {Boensch
} 34. Rf7+ Kg6 35. R1f6+ Kh5 36. Rh7 $18) 34. Rf6+ Kh5 35. Rxe6 Rxh2 36. Rff6 (
36. a4 {Boensch} Kg4 $10) 36... Rxa2 37. Rxh6+ Kg4 38. Re5 Rg2 39. Rg6 Kh4 (
39... Kf4 {Ftacnik} 40. Rf6+ Kg4 41. Ke3 Rg3+ 42. Kd2 Rg2+ 43. Kc3 Rg1 44. d4
$16) 40. Rh6+ Kg4 41. Rg6 (41. Rh8 {Ernst} Kf4 $10) 41... Kh4 {And here most
observers expected the game to end in a draw by three fold repetition after 42.
Rh6+. However, as both Short and Hodgson had lost to Kasparov and Tiviakov by
now, Adams was forced to find a way to fight on.} 42. Re3 g4 43. Ke5 Rf2 (43...
Rd2 {Ernst}) (43... g3 {Ftacnik} 44. d4 $1) 44. d4 Rd2 45. Rh6+ Kg5 46. Rh8 (
46. Rd6 $5 {Boensch}) 46... Bf3 47. Rf8 Bc6 48. b4 b6 (48... a6 {Ernst} 49. Rd8
{/\ 50.d5} (49. Rd8 {Ftacnik} Bf3 50. d5 $16)) 49. Rd8 a5 50. d5 Rxd5+ (50...
Ba4 {Ftacnik} 51. bxa5 bxa5 52. d6 $16) 51. Rxd5 Bxd5 52. bxa5 $4 {[#]
throwing away the win.} (52. Kxd5 Kf4 (52... axb4 53. Ke4 Kh4 54. Kf4 $18) (
52... a4 53. b5 Kf4 54. Ra3 g3 55. Rxa4+ $18 Kf3 56. Kc6 g2 57. Ra1) 53. Re1 $1
(53. Re4+ {Ernst} Kf3 $10) (53. Re6 {Hecht} Kf3 $2 (53... g3 $1 54. Rxb6 (54.
b5 g2 55. Rg6 Kf3 56. Kc6 a4 57. Kxb6 a3 58. Rf6+ Ke2 59. Re6+ Kf2 60. Rf6+ Kg1
61. Kc7 a2 62. Ra6 $10) 54... axb4 (54... a4 55. Rc6 g2 56. Rc1 Ke3 57. b5 Kf2
58. b6 $18) 55. Kd4 g2 56. Rg6 Kf3 57. Kd3 Kf2 58. Rf6+ Ke1 $10) 54. b5 $1 g3
55. Rxb6 g2 56. Rg6 a4 57. Kc4 $18) 53... axb4 $8 (53... Kf3 54. b5 $1 g3 55.
Kc6 g2 56. Kxb6 Kf2 57. Ra1 a4 58. Ka5 $1 $18 (58. Ka5 {Ftacnik} a3 59. Ra2+ (
59. Ka4 $18 {Boensch}) 59... Kf1 60. Rxa3 g1=Q 61. Ra1+ $18)) 54. Kd4 $1 Kf3 (
54... g3 55. Rf1+ Kg4 56. Ke3 g2 57. Rg1 Kg3 58. Rb1 Kh2 59. Kf2) 55. Kd3 $1 g3
(55... Kf2 56. Re2+ $1 Kf3 (56... Kf1 57. Ke3 g3 58. Kf3) 57. Re6 g3 58. Rf6+
Kg2 59. Ke2) 56. Rf1+ Kg2 57. Ke2 Kh2 58. Rb1 g2 59. Kf2 {And the Black have
been blockaded and will shortly run out of moves.} (59. Kf2 b3 60. Rg1 $18))
52... bxa5 53. Kxd5 Kf4 54. Ra3 (54. Re8 {Boensch} g3 55. Rf8+ Ke3 $10 (55...
Kg4 $2 56. Ke4 g2 57. Rg8+ Kh3 58. Kf3 $18)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Bd7 11. Bc4 Qa5 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2
Nd7 15. Nd5 Qc5 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Nb6 18. Bf1 Rfd8 19. Qf4 {Karjakin's
favourite move.} (19. Qg4 {is the main line.}) 19... Rac8 20. Kb1 $146 {
The first novetly in the game. A very logical move, removing the king from the
c-file.} ({In 2007 Karjakin himself played} 20. Bb4 Rxd1+ (20... Qe8 21. Rxd8
Rxd8 22. c4 Nc8 23. Re3 Ne7 24. Ra3 a6 25. g3 Bh1 26. Rd3 Rc8 27. Rc3 Ng6 28.
Qd4 Qc6 29. h4 h6 30. b3 Bg2 31. Be2 Bh1 32. Kb2 $14 {and White is slightly
better, Alekseev-Cs.Balogh, Germany 2007.}) 21. Rxd1 Qe8 22. Qd4 Nd5 23. Bd6 b5
24. Bd3 Qd8 25. Kb1 a6 26. Rf1 Qd7 {(Karjakin-Miroshnichenko, Evpatoria 2007)}
27. g4 $14 {and White has a very comfortable position.}) 20... Ba4 $6 {An
inaccuracy. After this White gains some important tempi.} (20... Rd5 21. c4 Rd7
22. Bc1 {with a typical middlegame.}) 21. b3 Qc5 22. c4 Rd4 $2 {Black
continues the wrong plan.} (22... Bc6 23. Bc3 $14 {and White has a promising
position.}) 23. Be3 {Maybe not the best move, but White is also better after
this.} (23. Qf2 $1 {was the strongest answer, because of} Rcd8 24. Bc1 $1 Bc6
25. Rd2 $1 $18 {and the black Q can't go out from the pin, so the d4 R will be
lost.}) 23... Rxf4 24. Bxc5 Bc6 25. Kb2 $16 {In this endgame White has a clear
advantage, because he has the pair of B, his R controls the d-file and he
threatens a dangerous P advance on the Q side.} h5 {Threatens Bxg2.} ({The
immediate} 25... Bxg2 $2 {doesn't work, as Black gets mates on his back rank.}
26. Bxg2 Rxc5 27. Rd8#) 26. g3 Rg4 27. Be3 Bf3 28. Rd4 Rxd4 29. Bxd4 g5 30. a4
$1 {Karjakin starts with his P advance.} Rd8 31. Kc3 Nc8 32. b4 a6 33. Bc5 g4
34. b5 axb5 35. axb5 Kg7 36. Bd3 f5 37. exf6+ Kxf6 38. Bd4+ Kf7 39. h4 {
Black's position is completely hopeless, so he didn't want to continue the
game.} 1-0

[Event "Hotel Agro GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1999.07.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Acs, Peter"]
[Black "Wittmann, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 h6 11. h4 hxg5 12. hxg5 Ng4 13. Be2 e5 14. Qg1
exf4 (14... Bxg5 15. fxg5 Qxg5+ 16. Kb1 Rd8 17. Rd3 g6 (17... Nh6 18. Nd5 $16)
18. Rg3 $16) 15. Bxg4 Bxg5 (15... Bxg4 16. Qh2 f5 17. g6 $2 (17. Qh7+ $1 Kf7
18. exf5 Rg8 (18... Ke8 19. f6 Bxd1 20. fxg7 Bxc2 21. Kxc2 Kd7 22. Qh3+ Kc7 23.
Nd5+ Kb8 24. Nxe7 Qxe7 25. gxf8=Q+ Qxf8 26. Qc3 $18) 19. f6 (19. Rdf1 d5 (19...
Bxg5 20. Qg6+ Kf8 21. Ne4 Bf6 22. Qxg4 $16) 20. f6 Bc5 21. g6+ Ke6 (21... Kxf6
22. Rxf4+ $18) 22. f7 Rh8 23. Qxg7 Rxh1 24. Rxh1 Be3+ 25. Kb1 d4 26. Ne4 (26.
Qh6 dxc3 $19) 26... d3 27. cxd3 Qxd3+ 28. Ka1 Qxe4 29. Qg8 $18) 19... Bxf6 20.
gxf6 Bxd1 21. Rxd1 Qxf6 22. Ne4 Qe5 23. Nxd6+ Kf8 24. Qg6 Qf6 $17) 17... Bh4
18. Rd5 $1 fxe4 $1 (18... Qg5 $2 19. Qxh4 Qxg6 (19... Qxh4 20. Rxh4 Rf6 21. Nb5
$16) 20. Nb5 Rad8 21. Nd4 $1 $18 {[%cal Ge4f5]} (21. e5 Qh6 22. Qxh6 gxh6 23.
Rxd6 h5 $14)) 19. Qxh4 (19. Nxe4 Rf5 20. Nc3 (20. Rxd6 Qe8 21. Qxh4 Rh5 22. Qe1
Qxe4 $1 23. Qxe4 Rxh1+ 24. Kd2 Rd1+ 25. Kc3 Rc8+ 26. Kb4 Rxd6 $19) 20... Rxd5
21. Nxd5 f3 22. Qxh4 Qxh4 23. Rxh4 f2 $19) 19... Qxh4 20. Rxh4 Bf5 (20... f3
21. Nxe4 f2 22. Nxf2 Rxf2 23. Rxg4 Rc8 24. c3 $16) 21. Rxf4 Bxg6 22. Rg4 (22.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Rxd6 e3 24. Kd1 Bh5+ 25. Ke1 Rf2 $17) 22... Bh7 (22... Bf5 23.
Rg5 Bh7 24. Rxd6 e3 25. Re5 Rf2 26. Rxe3 Rxc2+ $17) 23. Kd2 e3+ 24. Kxe3 Rae8+
$17) 16. Bf3 (16. Bxc8 Rxc8 17. Rd3 (17. Nd5 Re8 18. Qd4 Re5 19. Kb1 Qe8 20.
Rh5 f6 21. Rdh1 Kf7 22. Qd1 Qa4 $17 {1/2-1/2 Tolnai,T-Lugovoi,A/Balatonbereny ,
EXT 1993 (33)}) (17. e5 Rc6 (17... Rxc3 18. bxc3 Qa5 $44) 18. exd6 Rxd6 19.
Rxd6 Qxd6 20. Ne4 Qg6 21. Nxg5 Qxg5 22. Qh2 f3+ 23. Kb1 Qh6 24. Qxh6 gxh6 25.
gxf3 $11) 17... Bh6 (17... Re8 18. Kb1 Rc5 (18... Qb6 19. Qh2 (19. Qxb6 axb6
20. Rxd6 Rc6 21. Rd7 $14) 19... Bh6 20. g3 fxg3 21. Rxg3 Re6 22. Nd5 $16) 19.
g3 (19. Qd4 Re6 20. Rhd1 Qe8 21. Rh3 $132 (21. Qb4 $2 Qc6 22. Qb3 Bf6 $17 {
0-1 Greve,T-Mertala,P/cr B-SF 1992 (25)})) 19... fxg3 20. Rxg3 Re6 21. Rh5 Bf6
(21... Bh6 22. Nd5 $16) 22. Nd5 $16 {1-0 Dvoiris-Feher,G/Budapest 1991 (24)})
18. Kb1 (18. e5 $5) 18... Qg5 19. g3 (19. Qxa7 Qxg2 20. Rg1 Qh2 21. Qd4 Rc4 22.
Rxg7+ Bxg7 23. Qxc4 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Re8 25. Rxd6 Qh1+ 26. Kb2 Qxe4 27. Rd4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Wiersma,E-Sosonko,G/NED ch 1995/Inf 64 (29)}) 19... Rc5 20. gxf4 (20.
Qe1 f5 21. gxf4 Qxf4 22. Rf1 (22. exf5 Rfxf5 23. Qe7 Rf7 24. Qe6 $11) 22... Qe5
23. Qd1 fxe4 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Rxd6 Kg8 26. Rd7 $44 (26. Rd4 e3 $15 {1-0
Sandler,L-Goldenberg,I/AUS-ch ,EXT 1993 (51)})) 20... Qxg1+ 21. Rxg1 f5 22.
Rxd6 Bxf4 23. Rd7 Rf7 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. Nd5 (25. exf5 Rxf5 $15) 25... Be5 26.
Rg5 (26. b4 Rc4 27. exf5 Rd4 28. c4 Rxc4 29. Rd1 Rg4 $15) 26... g6 27. c4 Bf6
28. Rg1 Rxc4 29. exf5 gxf5 30. Rf1 Ke6 31. Rxf5 Bxb2 32. Kxb2 Rc5 33. Rf2 Kxd5
$11 {1/2-1/2 Dvoirys Semen I-Umansky,V/RUS (1/2 final URS) Gorky (RUS) 1989/
Inf 01 (43)}) (16. Qh2 Bh6 17. Bf3 Qf6 18. Nb5 Rd8 19. Nc7 Rb8 20. Nd5 Qe5 $132
) 16... Re8 17. Nb5 $6 $132 (17. Kb1 $142 $1 {Last word yet is not told in
this variation.} Re6 $5 (17... a5 $6 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Ga8a6,Ga6d6]} 18. g3 $1
a4 19. Qh2 Bh6 20. gxf4 a3 21. f5 (21. Rdg1 Kf8 22. b3 Qf6 23. Nd1 Bd7 $132)
21... Ra6 (21... Qa5 22. Rdg1 Qb4 23. Nd1 Kf8 24. f6 Qd4 25. e5 $1 Be6 (25...
Qxe5 26. Qxh6 gxh6 27. Rxh6 $18) 26. b3 Bxb3 $5 27. fxg7+ Bxg7 28. Rxg7 Bxc2+
29. Qxc2 Qb4+ 30. Ka1 Qd4+ 31. Nc3 Kxg7 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Qh8+ Ke7 34. Qf6+ Kd7
35. e6+ $18) 22. Rdg1 Qb6 23. b3 $2 (23. Nd1 $1 d5 (23... Kf8 24. f6 d5 25. e5
(25. fxg7+ Bxg7 26. Rxg7 Kxg7 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. exd5 (28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qe5+ Qe6
$15) 28... Qf6 $15) 25... Bf5 (25... axb2 26. Rxg7 $1 Rxa2 (26... Bxg7 27. Qh8+
$1 $18) 27. Rxf7+ $1 Kg8 28. Rg1+ $18) 26. Rxg7 Bxc2+ 27. Qxc2 Bxg7 28. fxg7+
Kxg7 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Bh5 $18 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gh1f1]}) 24. Be2 $1 $16) 23...
d5 24. Be2 (24. Nxd5 Qd4 25. c3 Qd3+ 26. Ka1 (26. Qc2 Qxf3 27. f6 Bg4 28. Ne7+
Kf8 29. e5 gxf6 $17) 26... Qxf3 27. f6 Rxf6 28. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $17 {0-1 Borge,
N-Strange,M/Copenhagen Politiken 1996 (37)}) (24. Nd1 Qf6 25. exd5 Bxf5 26. Re1
Rc8 27. Be4 $132) 24... Qd4 25. Rg3 Rc6 $132 26. f6) 18. g3 $14) 17... Re6 18.
Qd4 (18. Bg4 Rg6 19. Bxc8 Rxc8 20. Nxa7 Ra8 $132) 18... Bd7 $4 $18 (18... Bf6
$1 19. Qd3 (19. Qd2 Qb6 {[%csl Rb2]}) 19... Qb6 20. c3 Be5 21. Nd4 Re7 22. Rh2
{[%cal Gd1h1]} g6 23. Rdh1 Bd7 24. Rh7 Rae8 $132) 19. Nxd6 Bc6 (19... Bf6 20.
Qd5 Qb6 {[%tqu "En","?","","","h1h8","",10]} 21. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23.
Qxf7+ Kh8 24. Rh1+ $18) {[%tqu "En","?","","","h1h8","",10]} 20. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8
21. Nxf7+ Kh7 22. Qc5 (22. Nxd8 Rxd8 23. Qc5 Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 $18) 22... Rg6 (
22... Qe7 23. Nxg5+ Kg8 24. Qc4 $18) 23. Nxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxd8 Bxd8 25. Qf5 {
[%csl Rg6][%cal Gf3h5]} 1-0

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2
Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfd8 18. Qg4 Nf8 19. Bd3 Rxd3 $6 {
maybe this game will deny this variation...} (19... Rd5 20. Bb4 (20. g3 Ng6 21.
Bc3 Qc5 (21... Rc8 $6 22. h4 Qc5 23. Qe2 (23. h5 Nxe5 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. Rxd5
Qe3+ (25... Bxd5 26. Rxe5 $14) 26. Rxe3 Nxg4 27. Rdd3 Nxe3 28. Rxe3 $11) 23...
Nf8 $11 (23... Bb5 24. Bxb5 Qxb5 25. Qxb5 Rxb5 26. a4 $14)) 22. h4 $14) 20...
Qd8 (20... Qc7 21. c4 $1 $14) 21. g3 (21. Kb1 Ng6 22. Bd6 Qh4 23. Qxh4 Nxh4 24.
Rg1 Nxg2 25. Rxg2 Rxd3 26. Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. cxd3 f5 $11) (21. h4 $6 Ng6 22. Bxg6
hxg6 $11) 21... Ng6 22. Bc3 Qb8 23. Qe2 $14) (19... Qc7 20. Bb4 Bd5 21. Kb1
Rac8 22. Bd6 Qc6 23. b3 b5 24. Re3 Ng6 25. h4 $14) 20. cxd3 Qd7 (20... Qc5+ 21.
Kb1 (21. Qc4 Qf2) 21... Qd5 22. Bb4 Qxg2 (22... Ng6 23. Bd6 Qxg2 24. Qxg2 Bxg2
25. Rc1 $16) 23. Qxg2 Bxg2 24. Rc1 $16) (20... Ng6 21. Kb1 Qd8 22. Bc3 a5 23.
g3 $16 (23. g3 Ne7 24. Bd4 Qd5 25. Bg1 a4 26. Qb4 Qd8 27. Bb6 Qd7 28. Bc5 Nd5
29. Qd4)) 21. Bb4 (21. Kb1 $2 Qxd3+ 22. Ka1 h5 $5 (22... Qf5 23. Qg3 Ng6 24.
Bc3 h6 (24... h5 25. Rf1 Qg4 26. Qf2 Rf8 27. g3) 25. Rf1 Qe4 26. Rd2 Bd5 27. b3
$14 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V/Linares m 1992 (51)}) (22... Qg6 23. Qxg6 Nxg6 24.
g3 $16) (22... Bd5 23. Bc3 Qa6 24. Rxd5 exd5 25. e6 $16) 23. Qxh5 (23. Qe2 Qxe2
24. Rxe2 Rd8 25. Rde1 (25. Kb1 Ng6 26. Kc1 Nh4 27. Rg1 $14) 25... Ng6 26. g3 a6
27. b3 Rd3 28. Kb2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Almasi,Z-Tolnai,T/HUN ch 1992 (49)}) 23... Ba4
24. Bc3 (24. b3 Qd4+ 25. Kb1 Bb5 26. a4 Bd3+ 27. Ka2 Bc2 28. Rf1 Ng6 29. Qf3
Bxd1 30. Qxf7+ Kh7 31. Rxd1 Rc8 $17) 24... Bxd1 25. Rxd1 Qe4 $15 {[%csl Gd5,
Re5] 1/2-1/2 Hracek,Z-Leko,P/Brno 1993 (44)} (25... Qe4 $15 {0-1 Oll,L-Hodgson,
J/Groningen PCA 1993 (46)})) (21. Re3 Qd5 22. Kb1 Ng6 23. Bc3 (23. Rg3 Qxe5 24.
Bc3 Qb5 25. h4 h5 26. Qe2 Bd5 27. b3 a5 28. Qxh5 a4 29. Rxg6 fxg6 30. Qxg6 Qd7
31. b4 $14) 23... Qxg2 24. Qxg2 Bxg2 25. Rg3 Bc6 26. Rdg1 Rd8 27. Kc2 $14) (21.
b3 a5 22. Bc3 Ng6 23. Re2 Ne7 $14) (21. Bc3 Qd5 22. Kb1 Qxg2 23. Qxg2 Bxg2 24.
Rc1 $14) 21... Ng6 $6 $16 (21... a5 22. Bd6 b5 23. Kb1 Ng6 24. Rc1 $16 {
[%cal Gc1c6] 1-0 Dubbeldam,A-Oud,N/cr ch NED 1996 (32)}) (21... Qd5 $142 $14
22. Bxf8 (22. Kb1 Qxg2 23. Qxg2 Bxg2 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. Re3 Rd8 26. Rg1 Bc6 27.
Rg4 $14 {1-0 Ramesh,R-Onkoud,A/32nd ol, Yerevan ARM 1996 (69)}) 22... Rxf8 23.
Kb1 (23. Kc2 f5 24. exf6 Rxf6 25. Rf1 Rh6 26. Qf4 $18 (26. Rf2 $4 {1/2-1/2
Adams,M-Kramnik,V/Moscow olm 1994 (31)} Qc5+ $19)) 23... Qxg2 24. Qxg2 (24. Qf4
Qf3 (24... Qd5 25. Rg1 Rd8 26. h4 g6 27. Rgf1 Rd7 28. h5 $16 {1-0 Mithrakanth,
P-Ooi Chern Ee/Kuala Lumpur MAL-IND tt 1996 (36)}) 25. Rf1 Qxf4 26. Rxf4 Rd8
27. d4 Rd7 $14 {0-1 Svensson,B-Wessman,R/Sweden ch Goteborg 1990 (55)}) (24.
Qh4 g6 25. Re3 Bd5 26. Rh3 h5 27. Rc1 Qd2 28. b3 a5 29. Qf6 a4 $132 {1/2-1/2
Psakhis,L-Greenfeld,A/Tel Aviv ASA 1988 (37)}) 24... Bxg2 25. Rg1 (25. Rc1 Bc6
26. Kc2 (26. Rc4 f5 (26... Rd8 27. Kc2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Palac,M-Lisenko,A/Vinkovci
1993/ (81)}) 27. exf6 Rxf6 28. h4 $14) 26... f5 (26... Rd8 27. Kd2 Kf8 28. Ke3
f6 29. exf6 gxf6 30. Rc4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Fritz3/Munich Intel Express 1994 
(55)}) 27. exf6 Rxf6 28. Rf1 (28. Kc3 $14 {1-0 Marciano,D-Lugovoi,A/St.
Petersburg-Paris 1996 (49)}) 28... Rh6 (28... Rxf1 29. Rxf1 $16) 29. Rf2 Rh3
$14) (25. Re3 f5 (25... Rd8 $1 26. Rg1 Bc6 27. Reg3 g6 28. Kc2 $14) 26. exf6
Rxf6 27. Rg1 Bd5 28. Reg3 $14 {1-0 Oll,L-Hracek,Z/Paide Keres mem A 1996 (48)})
(25. Rd2 Bc6 26. d4 Rd8 27. b4 a6 28. Kb2 Kf8 $14 {1/2-1/2 Shetty,R-Tejas,B/op,
Calcutta IND 1996 (68)}) (25. Rc1 $14) 25... Bc6 (25... Bd5 26. Rc1 $14) 26.
Kc2 $14) 22. Rd2 $1 {[%csl Gg2]} (22. Bd6 f5 23. Qg5 (23. Qe2 Bd5 24. Kb1 Qc6
25. Rg1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Dean,J-Almasi,I/Groningen NED 1998 (43)}) 23... Bd5 24.
Kb1 (24. b3 Qc6+ 25. Kb2 Qb6 $1 26. g3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Anand,V/Linares
1998/CBM 64/ (44)} (26. d4 a5 $1 $132)) 24... Qa4 25. b3 Bxb3 26. axb3 Qxb3+
27. Ka1 Qc3+ $11 {1/2-1/2 Mithrakanth,P-Ooi Chern Ee/Kuala Lumpur
India-Malaysia 1996 (30)}) (22. Kb1 Qd5 23. Bd6 Qxg2 24. Qxg2 Bxg2 25. Rc1 Bc6
$14) (22. h4 Qd5 23. h5 Nxe5 24. Qg3 f6 $44) 22... Bd5 (22... Qd5 23. Qc4 $16)
23. Kb1 $2 $15 (23. Qd4 $1 Rc8+ 24. Bc3 b5 (24... Qc6 25. Qxa7 $16) 25. Kb1 a5
26. b3 b4 27. Bb2 a4 28. Qxb4 axb3 29. axb3 Qa7 30. Rc1 Rb8 31. Qd4 Qxd4 32.
Bxd4 Rxb3+ 33. Rb2 $16) {[%tqu "En","?","","","d5a2","",10]} 23... Bxa2+ $1 24.
Kxa2 Qa4+ 25. Kb1 a5 26. Qc4 (26. Qd1 Qxb4 27. Re4 Qb5 $15) 26... axb4 27. Re4
Ne7 $2 $16 {The time is money!} (27... Qa1+ $1 28. Kc2 Qa4+ 29. Qb3 Qc6+ 30.
Rc4 Qd5 31. d4 Nf4 {[%cal Gd5e4,Gb7b5]} 32. Kb1 b5 (32... Qa5 33. Qxb4 Qa1+ 34.
Kc2 Nd5 $15) 33. Rxb4 Qe4+ 34. Qc2 Qe1+ 35. Qd1 Qe4+ 36. Qc2 Qe1+ $11) 28. Qxb4
$8 Qa1+ 29. Kc2 Nd5 30. Qxb7 $1 {The best refutation of a sacrifice - its
acceptance!} h6 {Necessary move.} 31. Rd1 Qa5 32. Rc1 $5 (32. Rf1 $5 {[%csl
Rf7]} Ra7 33. Qb3 Qc7+ 34. Kd2 $16) 32... Ra7 33. Qc8+ (33. Qb8+ Kh7 34. Kd1 (
34. g3 Rc7+ 35. Kb1 Qd2 36. Rxc7 Qxd3+ 37. Ka2 Qxe4 $11 {[%cal Ge4a4,Ga4d1,
Ga2b1,Gb1a2]}) 34... Qa6 35. Qb3 Rb7 36. Qa3 Qb6 37. d4 Qxb2 38. Qxb2 Rxb2 39.
Rc2 $14) 33... Kh7 34. Kd1 Qb5 35. Qc2 (35. Qc4 Qxb2 36. Re2 Qb6 37. d4 Ra3 38.
Ke1 Qa5+ 39. Kf2 Nf4 $44 {[%cal Gf4d3]}) 35... Rb7 36. Ke2 (36. Qc4 Qxb2 37.
Re2 Qa3 38. Qe4+ g6 $44) 36... Qxb2 37. Qxb2 Rxb2+ 38. Kf3 Rd2 39. d4 $2 $44 (
39. Rd4 $1 Kg6 40. Rf1 $1 h5 (40... Kf5 41. Rxd5 $3 $18) 41. h4 f6 (41... Ne7
42. g4 Nc6 43. gxh5+ Kxh5 44. Ke3 Rh2 45. Re4 Ne7 46. Rxf7 Nf5+ 47. Rxf5+ exf5
48. e6 $1 $18) 42. exf6 gxf6 43. g3 $16) 39... g5 40. h4 (40. Rc4 Kg6 41. Re2
Rd3+ 42. Ke4 Ra3 (42... Rc3 43. Rc5 f5+ (43... Ra3 44. Rxd5 exd5+ 45. Kxd5 $18)
44. exf6 Rxc5 45. dxc5 Nc3+ 46. Ke5 Nxe2 47. c6 $18) 43. Re1 Nc3+ 44. Kd3 Nd5+
45. Kd2 Ra2+ 46. Rc2 Ra4 $44) 40... Kg6 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. Rc4 Rd3+ 43. Kf2 Kf5
44. Re1 g4 45. Kg1 g3 $1 {[%csl Rg1]} 46. Rf1+ (46. Rc8 Rxd4 47. Rf8 Nf4 48.
Rxf7+ Kg5 49. Rg7+ Kh4 50. Rf1 Ne2+ 51. Kh1 Re4 $44) 46... Ke4 47. Rcc1 (47.
Rcc1 Re3 (47... Kxd4 48. Rce1 Re3 $2 (48... Ne3 $1 49. Rxf7 Kxe5 $2 (49... Rd2
$1 50. Rd7+ Nd5 51. Rd6 Rc2 52. Kh1 (52. Rxe6 Nf4 (52... Rxg2+ 53. Kxg2 Nf4+
54. Kxg3 Nxe6 55. Kg4 $18) 53. Rd6+ Kc5 54. Kh1 Rxg2 55. Rc1+ Kb5 56. Rh6 Re2
57. Rh8 {[%cal Gh8b8]} Kb6 58. Rh4 (58. Rb8+ Ka7 59. Rb3 Rh2+ 60. Kg1 Nh3+ 61.
Kf1 g2+ $19) 58... Nd3 59. Rh6+ Kb5 $44) 52... Kc5 53. Rxe6 Nf4 54. Rf6 Nd3 55.
Ref1 (55. Ra1 Nxe5 56. Rf8 Re2 57. Rg8 Re3 58. Kg1 Kd4 59. Kf1 Nd3 60. Rd1 Kc4
61. Rc8+ Kd4 62. Ra1 Kd5 63. Rd8+ Kc4 64. Rd7 Kc3 $44 {[%csl Rf1]}) 55... Nxe5
56. Rf8 Re2 57. Kg1 Kd4 58. Rd1+ Ke4 59. Kf1 Re3 60. Re8 Kf4 61. Rd4+ Kf5 62.
Rf8+ Ke6 63. Rfd8 Kf5 $44) 50. Rf3 $18) 49. Rxe3 Nxe3 50. Rxf7 Kxe5 51. Rf3 Nf5
52. Kf1 Kf6 53. Ke2 Kg5 54. Ra3 Kf4 55. Ra4+ Ke5 56. Kf3 Kf6 57. Kf4 Kg6 58.
Ra8 Kf6 59. Ra6 Ke7 60. Ke5 Ne3 61. Ra7+ Kf8 62. Kf6 Kg8 (62... Ke8 63. Kxe6
Kd8 64. Ra2 $18) 63. Rg7+ Kf8 64. Rxg3 $18) 48. Rxf7 Kxd4 $44) 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Women-ch"]
[Site "Kazan/Shenyang"]
[Date "1999.07.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Xie, Jun"]
[Black "Galliamova, Alisa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1999.07.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2
Nd7 15. Nd5 Qc5 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfd8 18. Bf1 (18. Qg4 Nf8 (18... Nc5
19. Bg5 (19. h4 Kh8 20. Bg5 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Qc7 22. Qd4 Nd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Short,
N-Sosonko,G/Wijk A 1987 (34)}) 19... Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Qf8 21. Qh4 (21. Qd4 Rc8
22. Be3 b6 23. Bf1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Yudasin,L-Sosonko,G/St.Petersburg 1997/CBM 59 
(45)}) 21... Nd7 (21... Re8 22. Rd4 Nd7 23. Bd3 g6 24. Bh6 Qe7 25. Qf4 $14 {
Almazi.Z-Bologan.V,Germany 97}) 22. Re1 Qb4 (22... Qe8 23. Qg4 Kh8 $132 (23...
Rc8 $5 24. Bf6 Qf8 25. Bd3 Kh8 26. Qh3 Qg8 27. Be7 Bd5 $11) (23... Nf8 $2 24.
h4 Kh8 25. h5 Nd7 (25... h6 $2 26. Bf6 {1-0 Khalifman,A-Sosonko,G/St.
Petersburg 1997/CBM 59/ (26)}) 26. h6 $16)) 23. Be7 Qa4 24. Re3 b5 25. Bd3 Qxh4
26. Bxh4 $11) 19. Bc3 (19. Re3 Qc5 20. Bd3 Rac8 21. Rg3 Ng6 22. Bc3 Bb5 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Vitolinsh,A-Korensky Valeri S/cr 1990 (37)}) (19. h4 Qc5 20. Bc3 (20.
Bf1 Qf2 21. Qf4 Qxf4 22. Bxf4 Ng6 23. Bg3 Ne7 $11 {1-0 Anka,E-Feher,G/Budapest
1994 (60)}) 20... h5 (20... Qf2 $132 {1/2-1/2 Almasi,Z-Leko,P/Magyarorszag (ch)
1993/Inf 59/ (35)}) 21. Qe2 Bxg2 $15) (19. Bf1 $11) (19. Bd3 Rxd3 $5 (19... Qc7
$5 $132) 20. cxd3 Qd7 21. Bb4 $132 {One of main lines.}) 19... h6 20. h4 Rxd1+
21. Rxd1 Qc5 22. b4 Qf2 23. Rd2 Qe3 24. Kb2 a6 25. Rd3 Qe4 26. Qxe4 Bxe4 27.
Rd2 Rc8 $11 {0-1 Klovans,J-Enders,P/Schoeneck 1996/CBM 56 (54)}) 18... Nf8 19.
Qe3 (19. Qg4 {-another main line.}) (19. Qb4 Qc7 (19... Qxb4 20. Bxb4 $14 {BB})
20. Bc3 (20. h4 Rd5 21. h5 h6 22. Qg4 Rad8 23. Bc3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 25.
Kxd1 Qd8+ 26. Ke1 {1/2-1/2 Van Der Wiel John T H-Peek Marcel/Ch Netherlands 
(team) 1995 (27)}) 20... Ng6 21. Rd6 Ne7 22. Qd4 Nf5 (22... Rdc8 23. Bd3 Bd5
24. Kb1 b5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Santo Roman,M-Relange,E/Chambery ch. France 1994 (32)}
) 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 $132) 19... Ng6 (19... Qh4 20. h3 Ng6 (20... Rd7 21. c4 a6 22.
Bb4 Rc8 (22... b5 23. g4) (22... Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1) 23. Bd6 Ng6 24. Rd4 (24. g3 $5
) 24... Qd8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Kamsky,G/Buenos Aires 1994/Inf 62/ (36)})
21. c4 h6 (21... Rd4 22. g3 (22. g4 Re4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Piket,J-Leko,P/Hoogovens
Tournament Wijk aan Zee NED ( 1995 (29)}) 22... Qd8 (22... Rxc4+ 23. Bc3 Qe4
24. Qd2 (24. Bxc4 Qxc4 25. b3 Qb5 $14) 24... Qd5 25. Qxd5 Rxc3+ 26. bxc3 Bxd5
27. c4 Bc6 28. Rd4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Yudasin,L-Kotronias,V/Moscow olm 1994/54 B65/
[Brenke,A] (64)}) 23. Bc3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 $14) 22. g3 Qh5 23. Bc3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1
a6 25. h4 Qg4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Ehlvest,J-Salov,V/Linares 1991 (31)}) (19... a6 20.
g3 Rac8 (20... Ng6 21. c4 b5 22. Bc3 Qb7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Feher,A-Relange,E/Paris
,EXT 1995 (37)}) 21. Kb1 Ng6 22. Ba5 Rd5 23. Rxd5 Bxd5 24. b3 h6 $11 {1-0
Beliavsky,A-Leko,P/Leon 1994/Inf 60/(41)}) (19... Rd5 20. c4 (20. Bc3 b6 21.
Rxd5 Bxd5 22. b3 Rc8 23. Bb2 Qb7) 20... Rd7 21. Bc3 b6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,
A-Dokhoian,Y/YUG-chT Igalo 1994 (43)}) 20. g3 b5 $146 {The modern theory of a
chess sometimes reaches further 20 moves.} (20... Qc7 21. Bb4 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1
Rc8 23. Bd3 Bb5 24. Bd6 Qa5 25. Qd2 Qxd2+ 26. Kxd2 Bxd3 27. Kxd3 $11 {1/2-1/2
Coenen,N-Brenke,A/Aachen 1994/CBM 54/[Brenke,A] (41)}) 21. h4 $132 Rd5 (21...
h6 22. Ba5 Rd5 23. Rxd5 Bxd5 24. a3 Qb7 25. Bd3 Ne7 $11) 22. Bc3 b4 $2 $14 (
22... h6 $11) 23. Rxd5 $2 $11 (23. Bd4 $1 h6 (23... a5 24. h5 Nf8 25. Bc4 Rdd8
26. Bc5 $16) (23... Rad8 24. Bc4 R5d7 25. h5 Nf8 26. Bxa7 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rxd1+
28. Kxd1 $16) 24. Bc4 (24. Bg2 Rxd4 25. Bxc6 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rd8 $11) (24. h5
Nf8 25. Bg2 Rxd4 26. Bxc6 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rc8 28. Rd6 Qc7 29. Kb1 Qa5 30. g4 Nh7
$132) 24... Rdd8 25. h5 Nf8 26. Bc5 Qb7 27. Bd6 $14 (27. Rd6 Rxd6 28. exd6 Nd7
$132)) 23... Bxd5 24. Bd2 (24. Bd4 Qc7 25. Bd3 Ne7 26. h5 Nf5 $11) 24... h6 (
24... Bxa2 25. b3 Qc7 (25... a5 26. Kb2 a4 27. h5 Nf8 28. Bg2 Rc8 29. Be4 Bxb3
30. cxb3 axb3 31. Qxb3 Qc5 32. Kb1 $14) 26. Bxb4 Rc8 27. Bc4 Ne7 28. Bxe7 Qxe7
29. Kb2 Rxc4 30. bxc4 Bxc4 31. Rd1 h6 $44) 25. Bd3 (25. Kb1 $132) 25... a5 (
25... Bxa2 26. Bxg6 fxg6 27. Qe4 Rc8 28. Bxb4 Qe8 $132) 26. Qd4 (26. Kb1 $11)
26... Rc8 27. Kb1 Qc7 28. h5 Rd8 29. Qe3 (29. hxg6 Bxa2+ $19) 29... Nf8 (29...
Ne7 30. g4 Bc4 31. Be4 (31. Bxc4 Qxc4 32. Qe2 (32. g5 Nf5 33. Qf4 Rd4 34. Qf2
Qd5 35. Bc1 hxg5 36. Bxg5 a4 $17) 32... Qxe2 33. Rxe2 Rd4 34. Rg2 Nc6 35. c3
Re4 36. cxb4 axb4 $15) 31... Nd5 32. Bxd5 $11 (32. Qf2 $2 Qd7 33. Qg1 (33. Bc1
Qa4 $19) 33... Nc3+ 34. Bxc3 bxc3 35. b3 Be2 $1 36. g5 hxg5 37. Qxg5 Qd2 38.
Qg1 Bxh5 $17)) 30. g4 Bc4 (30... Nh7 $11 {[%csl Gg5]}) 31. Be4 (31. Bxc4 $5
Qxc4 32. g5 Qd4 $5 (32... hxg5 33. Qxg5 Rc8 (33... Qd5 $2 34. Rg1 g6 35. Bc1 (
35. hxg6 Nxg6 36. Rg2 Rc8 37. Rg4 Rc5 38. Rg3 Qxe5 39. Qd8+ Kg7 40. Rh3 Qf5 41.
Bh6+ Kh7 42. Qd4 Qf1+ 43. Bc1+ Qxh3 44. Qxc5 Qf5 $17) 35... a4 36. Qf6 Nh7 37.
Qe7 $18) 34. Ka1 (34. Rc1 Qe4 35. Be3 Nd7 36. h6 Qxe5 37. Qxe5 Nxe5 38. hxg7
Kxg7 39. Bd4 f6 40. Bxe5 fxe5 $15) 34... Nh7 35. Qg3 f5 36. exf6 Nxf6 37. h6
Qg4 38. Qd3 gxh6 39. Bxh6 $16) 33. Qxd4 (33. Bc1 Qxe3 34. Bxe3 hxg5 35. Bxg5
Rd5 36. Kc1 Nd7 37. Bf4 $11) 33... Rxd4 34. Be3 Rh4 35. gxh6 Rxh5 36. hxg7 Kxg7
$11) 31... Bd5 32. Bd3 Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kharkov Rector Cup 4th"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2002.03.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Gershon, Alik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2002.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Wells} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2
Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qa5 12. Bc4 e5 13. fxe5 dxe5
14. Qd3 Bg4 15. Rdf1 (15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rdf1 {-is another sharp line, which
probably leads to some advantage of white as well;}) 15... Qc5 $146 {15...Rac8
following with Rxc3 blows deserves attention, while 15...Qc5 doesn't decide
black' problems;} (15... Be6 16. Bxf6 ({Black gets his pawn chain destroyed
here, while it's not that dangerous:} 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qc4 Qb6 18. Bf2 Qd6 19.
Rd1 Rac8 20. Qxc8 Rxc8 21. Rxd6 Bxd6 22. Bxa7 Bb4 {1/2-1/2 Unzicker,W-Pomar
Salamanca,A/Bern 1962/EXT 2000 (44)}) 16... Bxf6 17. Kb1 Qc5 18. Bb3 Kh8 19. h4
Be7 20. Qe2 Qc8 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Rxf8+ Qxf8 23. Qb5 $16 {1-0 Ponomariov,
R-Avrukh,B/Panormo 2001/CBM 84 ext (41). (40)}) (15... Rad8 $2 16. Qg3 Be6 17.
Rxf6 Bxc4 18. Rxh6 $16 {1-0 Zurakhov,V-Boleslavsky,I/Riga 1955/EXT 99 (116). 
(115)}) (15... Rac8 $5 16. Bb3 Rxc3 $1 17. Qxc3 Qxc3 18. bxc3 Ba3+ 19. Kb1 Nxe4
$15 {1/2-1/2 Szabo,J-Pietzsch,W/Dresden 1959/MCD (43)}) 16. Bb3 Kh8 (16... Be6
$5) 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Kb1 Rad8 19. Qg3 Be6 20. Nd5 (20. Bxe6 fxe6 {[%csl Gc3]
-black is okay here, mostly based on weakness of Nc3;}) 20... Bxd5 21. Bxd5 {
Wells: 'A few reasonable outings for black seemed to have briefly persuaded
people that this system might be a satisfactory handling of the Rauzer for
black. However, just comparing the two bishops it is hard to imagine that
black can ever claim full equality, and games like this, where white's
initiative persists deep into the ending will do its reputation no good at all.
'} Rd6 {[%cal Gd6b6,Gd6f6]} 22. Rf3 Rb6 23. Rc3 Qb4 (23... Qd4 24. Qf3 {
[%cal Gh1d1] -same story;}) 24. Rb3 Qd4 25. Rxb6 {Wells: 'White has no fear of
exchanges. In addition to the superior bishop, white can claim a weakness of
f7 and the queenside majority as potential trumps.'} Qxb6 $14 {[%csl Rf6][%cal
Gd5f7,Gd5b7] White still keeps some edge mostly because of the better bishop
d5, while black should be able to hold here;} 26. Qf3 a5 $6 {[%mdl 16384]
Queenside advanced pawns of black became the main target eventually- so this
was better to keep them on 7th for a while;} (26... Qc7 $142) 27. a3 Qc7 28.
Qb3 {[%csl Rf7] f7 is always the target for attack;} b6 29. Rf1 Kg8 30. Qg3 {
[%cal Gf1f6]} Qe7 31. Qe3 Qc5 $2 {[%mdl 16384] The trade of queens leads to
the very bad ending for black;  Wells: 'A serious, but rather understandable
misjudgment. Black's problem is that after the exchange, he has the acute
weakness of f7 in the presence of rooks, and of a5 and c5 in the pure opposite
bishop ending. There is too much use of generalisation around concerning such
endings. It is well known that some such endings can be drawn even with a
substantial material disparity, but at the same time in the absence of
blockades and with multiple weaknesses to hit the defence can be quite
helpless. '} (31... b5 32. Qb6 b4 33. a4 Qd8 34. Qa7 $14) ({or} 31... Qd6 $14)
32. Qxc5 bxc5 33. Rf3 $1 {[%csl Ra5,Rc5,Rf6][%cal Gf3b3] Pawns c5 and a5 in
addition to passive Bf6 make black defendless;} Rb8 34. Ka2 Kf8 (34... a4 35.
b3 $1 (35. Bc6 $143 Rd8 {[%cal Gd8d2]} 36. Rf2 Bg5 $132 {[%cal Gg5e3]}) 35...
axb3+ 36. Rxb3 $18 {with semilar ending as in the game;}) 35. Rb3 $1 {Smart
swap- now white king gets in grabbing one of black qside pawns;} Rxb3 (35...
Rc8 36. Rb7 {[%csl Rf7]} Be7 37. Kb3 $18 {[%cal Gb3a4,Ga4b5]}) 36. Kxb3 Bg5 37.
Ka4 Bd2 (37... Bc1 {Wells} 38. Kxa5 Bxb2 39. a4 $18 {[%csl Ya4]}) 38. Kb5 {
[%csl Ra5,Rc5] Two weaknesses;} Ke7 39. a4 (39. Kxc5 Bc1 40. a4 Bxb2 41. c4 {
[%cal Gc5b6,Yc4c5] and there is no clear way to block c-passer and to guard a5
at the same time ;}) 39... Bc1 40. Kxa5 Bxb2 41. c4 f5 42. Kb6 {[%csl Rc5]
[%cal Ga4a5] Same two weaknesses here too;} Bc3 43. a5 Bxa5+ 44. Kxa5 f4 45.
Bc6 g5 46. Ba4 $1 {[%cal Ga4d1,Yd1h5]} g4 47. Bd1 h5 48. Kb6 (48. Kb6 Kd6 49.
Kb5 {or any other waiting move and black is in zugzwang;}) 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 37th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2002.05.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.05.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. h4 h6 13. Bd3 (13. Be2 {
Gofshtein,L} Bd7 14. Qe3 Rac8 {'!' Anand. Anand: 'Now Black is harmoniously
developed - an exchange sacrifice is threatened.'} 15. Rd3 $5 (15. e5 $2 {
The threat of Rc1 isn't going anywhere. Friso resigned.. 0-1 Nijboer,F-Anand,V/
Wijk aan Zee 1998/CBM 63/[Anand] (36) Anand}) (15. g4 {Anand} Rxc3 16. bxc3 Rc8
$44) 15... Qc5 $2 (15... Bc6 {Gofshtein,L}) 16. Qxc5 $1 Rxc5 (16... dxc5 $6 {
Gofshtein,L} 17. e5 hxg5 18. hxg5 $16) 17. e5 $1 {1-0 Stripunsky,A-Hracek,Z/
New York 1998/CBM 64/[Gofshtein,L] (47)}) 13... e5 {13...Bd7 of Anand looks as
the best solution for black;} (13... Kf8 $6 14. Qe3 Qb6 15. Qf3 Bd7 16. e5 hxg5
17. hxg5 Ng8 18. Rh8 dxe5 $2 19. Bh7 Ke8 20. g6 $1 $18 Bf6 21. fxe5 Ke7 22. Ne4
fxg6 23. Bxg8 {1-0 Smirnov,P-Sherbakov,R/Samara 2000/CBM 78 (23)}) (13... Bd7
$142 {(Anand) Shirov and I transposed into this position and as you can see
from the game, the resource Rxd3 saved Black.} 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Bc6 16. Qf4
Nh5 17. Qg4 Rxd3 $1 (17... hxg5 $2 {(Anand) Wrong order} 18. Qxh5 Rxd3 19. hxg5
$1 $18) 18. Rxd3 hxg5 19. Qxh5 gxh4 (19... g6 $1 $15 {(Anand) Topalov and
Kramnik felt afterwards that Black was even better.}) 20. Rd4 g6 21. Rg4 Qc5 $1
{Keeping an eye on g1} (21... Bf6 $2 {Anand} 22. Rxg6+ fxg6 23. Qxg6+ Bg7 24.
Qxe6+ $18) 22. Rf1 Bf6 {Now that White doesn't have Rh4 later.} 23. Rxg6+ fxg6
24. Qxg6+ Bg7 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Anand,V 6th Amber Rapid 1997}) 14. Qe3 $14 exf4
$146 (14... Bg4 15. Be2 exf4 16. Bxf4 Be6 17. Bf3 Bf8 18. Qd2 Qa6 19. Nd5 Bxd5
20. exd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Pavlov,M-Maximov,D/Alushta 2001/EXT 2002 (63). (62)}) 15.
Bxf4 Be6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 $5 {It leads to some material disbalance, while other
continuations would lead to white's advantage anyhow;} (16... Bxd5 17. exd5 Re8
18. Bxh6 $5 (18. Qf3 Nxd5 19. Bd2 Qc5 20. g4 $36 {[%cal Gg4g5]}) 18... Nxd5 (
18... gxh6 19. Qxh6 $18 {[%cal Gd1f1,Yf1f6]}) 19. Qg3 Bf6 20. Bc4 $14 {[%cal
Gc4b3]}) (16... Re8 17. Nxe7+ Rxe7 18. a3 $14 {white has some edge based on
pair of bishops advantage;}) 17. exd5 Bxd5 {[%mdl 64]} 18. Qxe7 (18. c4 Be6 $8
19. Qe4 Kf8 $1 (19... g6 20. Bxh6 $14 {[%cal Gh4h5]} (20. h5 d5 $1)) (19... Bf6
{-same as 19..Kf8;}) 20. Qh7 Bf6 21. Rhf1 $1 {[%cal Rf4h6]} (21. Rhe1 Qb4 $132)
(21. Bxd6+ $2 Rxd6 22. Qh8+ Ke7 23. Qxa8 Qb4 $19) 21... Qb4 22. Rd2 $14 {
[%csl Rf8][%cal Gg2g4,Gg4g5] black king is still the target;}) 18... Qxa2+ 19.
Kc1 Qa1+ 20. Kd2 Qa5+ $6 {For some unknown result, obvious 20...Qxb2 was
declined;} (20... Qxb2 $142 21. Rb1 Qd4 (21... Qa3 $2 22. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 23. Rh3
{[%cal Rd3h7,Gh3g3]}) 22. Qe3 $14 {white is better in the middlegame and in
the endgame as well;}) 21. c3 Be6 {Time to make some inferences: black hasn't
achieved enough compensation for the sacrificied piece;} 22. h5 (22. Rhe1 {
[%cal Re1e6]} Qa2 23. Rxe6 (23. Qxb7 $5) 23... Qxe6 24. Qxe6 $14) 22... b5 $2 {
missing the following tactical blow;} (22... Qa2 $142 {creating some threats,
but white is clearly better here too;}) 23. Bxh6 $1 {[%mdl 64] No. One} gxh6
24. Rh3 $1 {[%cal Gh3g3][%mdl 64] and No. Two! Not very difficult but pretty;}
Bxh3 25. gxh3 Qb6 26. Bh7+ $4 {[%mdl 64] 26.Rf1 could win the game at once;} (
26. Rf1 Rf8 27. Rf4 Qd8 $8 28. Rg4+ Kh8 29. Qe3 {[%cal Re3h6]} Qf6 30. Qe4 $18
{[%cal Re4h7]}) 26... Kh8 27. Qf6+ {Unfortunately, me and Fritz 7 (and in
"Fritz we trust" ;-)), we couldn't find any win for white here.....} (27. Qf6+
Kxh7 28. Qxf7+ Kh8 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. Qg6+ Kh8 31. Qxh6+ Kg8 32. Qg6+ Kh8 33.
Qf6+ (33. Rf1 Rf8 $8 $11) 33... Kg8 34. h6 Rd7 35. Qe6+ Kh8 36. Qxd7 Qf2+ {
and it's ver close to perpetual;}) 1-0

[Event "Yangon Zaw Win Lay Memorial"]
[Site "Yangon"]
[Date "2014.11.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Venkatesh, Marani Rajendran"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "Venkatesh,M"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2014.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MYA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{It was the third day of double round and I did not have much time to prepare
and anyway it's difficult to prepare for Short because he plays more number of
openings e5, c5 and c6. I was expecting 1...e5.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 {Both of us were spending quite some for each
and every move in the opening itself because we did not have any particular
line in mind before the game. Hence, we had to decide over the board as to
which line is to be chosen.} e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5
11. h4 h6 12. Qe3 Rd8 (12... Ng4 13. Qg3 f6 {was the game Shirov-Greenfeld in
which the black player won. But after} 14. Qxg4 fxg5 15. g3 $14 {White seems
to be doing well.} (15. hxg5 $2 Rxf4 $1)) 13. Be2 Kf8 14. Kb1 d5 $6 15. e5 ({
Equally good is} 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. e5 Be7 {I wanted black's knight to be on e7
instead of bishop (check the variation below). Here Black might sacrifice his
d5 pawn with d4, opening up the position and creating counter chances.} 17. Nb5
$1 {with the idea of putting my knight on d4 and start rolling my kingside
pawns.}) 15... hxg5 (15... d4 16. exf6 dxe3 17. fxe7+ $18) (15... Ng8 16. Bxe7+
Nxe7 17. Nb5 {I will get the blockade on d4 and can start rolling pawns on the
kingside. Now I thought sacrificing d-pawn won't be so effective as with dark
squared bishop in the given 15.Bxf6 variation.}) 16. hxg5 Ng8 17. Rh8 Bb4 (
17... Bc5 18. Qh3 Ke7 19. Qh7 Bd7 20. Qxg7 $18) (17... d4 18. Qh3 dxc3 19.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 20. Rh1 f5 21. g6 $18) 18. Nb5 Bd7 (18... a6 $142 19. Nd4 {white
has too many attacking possibilities such as Qd3-Qh7, Nb3 and a3, f5 & g6.
Hence, I thought white should be close to winning.}) 19. a3 Be7 (19... Bxb5 20.
axb4 Qxb4 21. Bxb5 Qxb5 22. Qa3+ Ke8 23. Rxg8+ Kd7 24. Qd6+ $18) 20. Rdh1 {
The idea is to take on g8 and play Qh3 which leads to checkmate!} 1-0

[Event "Ptuj zt"]
[Site "Ptuj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Wach, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Wahls,M"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Qd2 $5 {Eine interessante Alternative
zur Hauptvariante 11.Lc4.Weiß überdeckt den Lg5.so daß nach 11..Ld7 das Motiv
e4-e5 an Kraft gewinnt.Auch liegt als Folge des vorbereitenden Kb1 die
Möglichkeit Sc3-d5 in der Luft.} (11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2
Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1) 11... h6 (11... Bd7 $2 12. Kb1 $1 (12.
e5 {(wahrscheinlich gut genug,aber nicht so klar wie die Variante B)} dxe5 13.
Bxf6 (13. fxe5 Qxe5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qxd7 Rfd8 16. Qb5) 13... Bxf6 14. Qxd7
exf4 15. Ne4 (15. Bc4 $5 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qxc3 (16... Rfd8 17. Qe7) 17. Qd4) 15...
Bxb2+ 16. Kxb2 Qb4+ 17. Kc1 Qa3+) 12... Bc6 $2 (12... Qc7 $2 13. e5) (12... Qb6
$6 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 (14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qxd7 exf4 16. Na4) 14... Ba3 15. Qc1
Nd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Rxd5 Bc6 18. Rd3) (12... h6 13. Bxf6 (13. Bh4 Nxe4) (13.
Nd5 Qxd2 14. Nxe7+ Kh8 15. Rxd2 Nxe4) 13... Bxf6 14. e5 dxe5 15. Qxd7 exf4 16.
Qb5 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qxc3 18. Bd3) 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5
) 12. h4 (12. Bh4 $2 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Qxd2+ 14. Rxd2 Bxh4 15. Nxd6 Rd8 $10) 12...
b5 (12... Nxe4 $2 13. Nxe4 Qxd2+ 14. Rxd2 hxg5 15. hxg5 {Trotz des reduzierten
Materials ist die Gefahr eines Mattangriffs noch nicht völlig gebannt.} f5 (
15... d5 16. g3 f5 17. g6 Rf6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Rdh2 Kf8 20. Rh8+ Ke7 21. c4
d4 22. Bg2 $18) 16. Nxd6 Rd8 17. Nxf5 Rxd2 18. Nxe7+ Kf7 19. Kxd2 Bd7 20. Rh7
Re8 21. f5 Rxe7 22. f6 Kg8 23. g6 gxf6 24. Rxe7 {1-0 Averbach-Fridstein/Corrs.
- 946 1951}) (12... hxg5 $6 {Diessieht gefährlich aus,und wurde wohl aus
diesem Grunde noch nicht gespielt.} 13. hxg5 Ne8 $2 (13... Nd7 $2 14. g3 f5 15.
g6) (13... g6 14. gxf6 (14. g4 $6 Nxg4 15. Qg2 Nf6 16. gxf6 Bxf6 17. Qh3 Rd8
18. Qh7+ Kf8) (14. Qf2 $5 {Vielleicht ist dies stärker als der sofortige
Figurenrückgewinn.} Nh5 15. g4 Nxf4 (15... Ng7 16. Qh2 f6 (16... f5 $2 17. gxf5
$18) 17. f5 $1 $40) 16. Qh2 Nh5 17. gxh5 Bxg5+ 18. Kb1 Qe5 19. Qxe5 (19. Qh3 $1
$40 gxh5 20. Qxh5 Rd8 (20... Qg7 21. e5 dxe5 22. Ne4 f6 23. Rg1) 21. Rg1 f6 22.
Rh1) 19... dxe5 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Rg1 Bf4 22. Rxg6+ Kf7 23. Rg4 Rh8 24. Ne2)
14... Bxf6 15. Bc4 Qb4 16. Qd3 d5 17. exd5 exd5) 14. g3 f5 15. g6 $18) 13. Kb1
(13. Bxb5 Rb8 14. Bd3 (14. a4 Ba6 15. Kb1 Bxb5 16. axb5 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Qxb5 18.
c4 Qxc4 19. Bxe7 Qxe4+ 20. Qc2 Rxb2+ 21. Kxb2 Rb8+ 22. Kc1 Qe3+ 23. Rd2 Qa3+
24. Kd1 Qa1+ 25. Ke2 Qxh1 26. Kf2 d5 {1/2-1/2 Zagorovsky-Ilivitsky,Georgy/
Soviet Union 1951}) 14... d5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. e5 Be7 17. Nb1 Qxa2 18. Qc3 Bd7
19. Bc4 Qa4 {0-1 Pisek-Matanovic/Yugoslavia 1956}) (13. Bd3 b4 14. Nb1 Ba6 15.
Qe2 Bxd3 16. Rxd3 Rfc8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Rxd6 Qxa2 19. e5 Be7 20. Rd7 Bf8 21.
Rhd1 b3 22. c3 a5 23. f5 a4 24. f6 a3 25. fxg7 Rxc3+ 26. Nxc3 axb2+ 27. Kd2
b1=Q+ 28. Nxa2 bxa2 29. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 30. Rxf7+ Kxf7 31. Qf3+ Kg7 32. Qxa8 Qb2+
33. Ke1 Qc3+ 34. Kf1 {1-0 Rodrigues,A-Tsuboi,Edson Kenji/Porto Alegre ch-BR 
(10) 1990}) 13... b4 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nb5 d5 $1 (15... e5 16. f5 d5 17. Qxd5
Bxf5 18. exf5 Rad8 19. Nd6 Rxd6 20. Qxd6 Rd8 21. Qxd8+ Bxd8 22. Bc4 Qc7 23. Bb3
Bf6 24. Rhe1 Bxh4 25. Re4 Be7 26. g4 a5 27. Bd5 Bc5 28. Rc4 Kf8 29. c3 Qa7 30.
Bc6 Qb6 31. cxb4 axb4 32. Ba4 Bd4 33. Rdc1 Qa5 34. Bb3 Bb6 35. Rc6 Ke7 36. f6+
{1-0 Dubinin-Schlieder/cr 1969}) 16. e5 (16. exd5 $6 exd5 $2 (16... Rd8 $1 17.
d6 Rb8) 17. Nd6 Bg4 (17... Rd8 18. Nxc8 $1 (18. Qxd5 Qxd5 19. Rxd5 Be7 (19...
Bb7 20. Rd3 (20. Rd2 Be7 21. Nc4 Rxd2 22. Nxd2 Rd8) 20... Ba6 21. Rd2 Bxf1 22.
Rxf1 Bxh4) 20. Nxc8 Raxc8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Bd3) 18... Raxc8 19. g4 $36 Rb8 (
19... g6 20. g5 Bc3 21. Qf2 h5 22. Bh3 Rb8 23. f5) (19... b3 20. axb3 $16) 20.
g5 Bc3 21. Qd3 h5 22. g6 fxg6 23. Qxg6 (23. Bg2)) 18. Qxd5 Qxd5 19. Rxd5 Rfd8
20. Rd3) 16... Be7 {Wir haben es jetzt mit einer Französischstruktur zu tun,in
der Schwarz über gute Ausgleichschanchen verfügt.} 17. Nd4 (17. Rh3 Ba6 (17...
Qb6) 18. Ra3 Qb6 19. Rxa6 Qxa6 20. Nc7 Qb6 $10) 17... Qb6 18. g4 Bc5 {Durch
den bevorstehenden Generalabtausch werden die weißen Angriffsaussichten auf
null reduziert.} 19. Be2 Bxd4 (19... a5) 20. Qxd4 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 a5 22. Rh3 (22.
g5 Ba6 23. Bg4) (22. a3 bxa3 23. b3 a4 24. b4 Ba6 25. b5 Rab8 26. Rb4 Rfc8)
22... Ba6 {Nach dem Tausch des schlechten Läufers ist füf Schwarz das Gröbste
überstanden.Entzieht sich der weiße Läufer diesem Abtausch,so wird er selber
schlecht.} 23. Bxa6 Rxa6 24. a3 f6 $2 (24... bxa3 25. Rxa3 {Weiß besitz zwar
in dem Bauern a5 ein klares Angriffsziel,seine verwundbaren Königsflügelbauern
jedoch lassen ihm keinen Grund zur Euphorie.} Rc8 $1 26. Rda4 (26. c3 Rc5 (
26... f6) 27. Kc2 f6 $132) (26. b4 Rca8) 26... Rac6 $1 {Für den Verteidiger
lautet in Turmendspielen der Grundsatz : stets (aktives) Gegenspiel suchen.}
27. c3 (27. Rxa5 Rxc2 28. Ra8 Kf8 29. R3a7 R2c4) 27... Rc4 28. Kc2 f6 $1 29.
exf6 gxf6 30. g5 Kg7) 25. exf6 Rxf6 26. axb4 axb4 27. Rxb4 $16 {Der Mehrbauer
sichert dem Weißen einen klaren Vorteil.} e5 28. Rf3 (28. f5 h5 29. Re3) 28...
h5 29. g5 Rf5 30. Re3 Rxf4 31. Rxf4 exf4 32. Re5 g6 33. Rxd5 f3 34. Rd3 Ra4 35.
Rxf3 Rxh4 36. b3 Rg4 37. c4 Rxg5 38. b4 h4 39. b5 Rg3 40. Rf1 h3 41. Kb2 h2 42.
b6 Rg2+ 43. Kb3 Rg3+ 44. Ka4 Rg2 45. c5 Rb2 46. Rh1 Kf7 47. Ka3 Rb5 48. Rxh2
Rxc5 49. b7 Rb5 50. Rb2 Rxb7 51. Rxb7+ Kf6 52. Rb5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.02.08"]
[Round "10.7"]
[White "Voekler, Bernd"]
[Black "Meins, Gerlef"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Erfurt"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Bd3 h6 12. h4 Rd8 13. Kb1 Bd7 14. Qe3 Bc6
15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Ng4 $1 {[%mdl 8]} (16... Rxd3 $4 17. Rxd3 hxg5 18. hxg5
Bxg2 19. gxf6 Bxh1 20. Qg1 {1-0 Shirov,A-Anand,V/Monte Carlo 1998/EXP 63 (20)})
17. Qe2 (17. Qf4 hxg5 18. hxg5 Qb4 $1) (17. Qg3 hxg5 18. hxg5 Qxe5 19. Qxg4
Qxg5 20. Qh3 Qh6) 17... hxg5 18. Qxg4 Qxe5 19. Rde1 Qd4 20. Qh5 g6 21. Bxg6 Qg7
$1 22. Bd3 gxh4 23. Rhg1 Rd4 24. Ne4 Rad8 25. g3 R8d5 26. Qe2 h3 27. Qh2 Re5
28. Nf2 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Rb4 30. Nd1 Bg2 31. g4 Rxg4 32. Qc7 Bf8 33. a3 Rg3 34.
Nf2 h2 35. Be4 Bxe4 36. Rxe4 Rg1+ 37. Ka2 h1=Q 38. Nxh1 Rxh1 39. Qxb7 Qg1 40.
Rf4 Qb1+ 41. Kb3 Rh3+ 0-1

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2005.10.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Spoelman, Wouter"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2
Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfd8 18. Qg4 Nf8 19. Bd3 Rd5 ({To my
mind tougher than the old move} 19... Rxd3 {That of course is also a move
carrying a powerful message about the strength of the light-squared bishop,
but for my taste either further simplification or a White bishop still able to
land on d6 are not what I am looking for when trying to prove compensation.
After the text, the rook is, I believe, not so vulnerable as it looks!}) 20.
Bb4 Qd8 21. Qg3 Ng6 22. c4 Rd7 23. Bxg6 {An unusual and interesting
clarification which my young opponent had tried before and seems to believe in.
From the bishop pair to opposite coloured bishops, but the h-file does carry
some dangers for Black and of course the bishop on d6 is at least visually
impressive.} hxg6 {[%cal Gh3h8]} 24. Bd6 Qa5 25. Kb1 b5 $1 {Correct I believe.
Black doesn't fear the further bolstering of the bishop on d6. In the first
place its entrenchment comes at a certain cost to its mobility. Also the c6
bishop feels increasingly secure.} 26. c5 {[%csl Yb8,Yd6,Yf8][%cal Yd6f8,Yd6b8,
Gc6g2,Ga5b4,Gb4h4]} Qb4 $5 {[%cal Ga7a4] I have written about this position at
very great length in the text and do not wish to repeat myself here. It was
the very freedom to make this efficient move which alerted me to the negative
aspects of White's d6 bishop, but I claim no more than balanced chances. Sadly,
in a couple of moves White blundered a pawn which rather changes the nature of
the play. However, matters were still by no means clear...} 27. Ka1 a5 28. Re2
$2 Qxc5 29. Red2 Qc4 30. Rd4 Qc2 31. R4d2 Qc4 32. Rd4 Qe2 33. R4d2 Qe4 34. Re1
Qf5 35. Rf2 Qh5 36. Rc1 Bd5 37. h4 b4 38. Qg5 $1 $132 f6 $1 $138 {exchange on
g5 would be quite risky. This is one ending in which the bishop on d6 would be
a huge and uncontroversial asset for White.} 39. Qg3 f5 40. Qg5 Kf7 $6 41. Rfc2
Rad8 (41... b3 $5 $13) 42. b3 Kg8 43. Rf2 $2 Ra8 $1 44. Rfc2 a4 45. Rc8+ Rxc8
46. Rxc8+ Kh7 47. Qxh5+ gxh5 48. g3 axb3 49. axb3 Ra7+ 50. Kb2 Ra3 51. Rc3 $8
bxc3+ 52. Kxa3 g5 $1 (52... c2 53. Kb2 Bxb3 54. Be7 {would lead to a very
tough blockade to shift!}) 53. hxg5 Kg6 54. Be7 c2 55. Kb2 Bxb3 56. Kc1 Ba4 57.
Kd2 f4 58. gxf4 h4 59. Bc5 Kf5 60. Bg1 Kxf4 61. g6 Be8 62. g7 Bf7 63. Bh2+ Kf3
64. Kxc2 h3 65. Kd3 Kg2 66. Bf4 h2 67. Bxh2 Kxh2 68. Kd4 Kg3 69. Kc5 Kf4 70.
Kd6 Bg8 71. Ke7 Kxe5 72. Kf8 Bh7 0-1

