[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Aronian,L"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 {Krasenkow} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 {One of the positional methods
of fighting the Grunfeld.} Ne4 {Also possible is 4...Bg7, as played a number
of times by Svidler last century.} 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 {The most
principled reply. Black tries to steal a pawn. Also playable is 6...c5 leading
to an equal position, although White's position is a little easier.} 7. e3 Be6
8. Rb1 {Also popular is 8.Qb1 as Gabriel played against Lagrava. This
posiutions are not fully studied and I find it difficult to give a judgement
on individual moves.} b6 ({Fast development by} 8... Nd7 9. Rxb7 Bg7 {is a
very interesting idea. After the natural} 10. Ne2 {Black has the striking blow}
Nc5 11. dxc5 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 O-O-O+ {This position (after 9...Bg7) deserves
serious examination.}) 9. Nh3 {An interesting move, which has probably been
analysed at many levels. I learned it from gabriel, who decided o analyse it a
couple of years ago. The first game with the move was played in the Russian
League by my friend Vladimir Dobrov.} Bh6 {One of the main moves.} ({Dobrov's
opponent played} 9... f6 {and after} 10. e4 c6 11. d5 cxd5 12. Nf4 Bf7 13. Nxd5
{White obtained a small advantage.}) 10. e4 {In this position, there are many
interesting ideas. For obvious reasons, I recommend the reader to examine
these for himself.} O-O {As well as this move, Black has the possibility of 10.
..f6 leading after 11.d5 Bxh3 12.gxh to an unbalanced and sharp position, and
also 10...c6 leading to set-ups similar to the game.} 11. Ng5 {An unambituous
announcement of an intention to play for mate.} ({No less interesting was} 11.
Bg5 Bg7 12. Nf4 Qd7 13. Be2 {with good compensation for White, eg.} h6 14. Nxe6
Qxe6 15. Be3 {and with e5 at the appropriate moment, White has good prospects.}
) 11... Bxg5 {Black takes up the gauntlet. On moves such as Qd6 or Qc8 White
can simply develop by 12.Be2, keeping the pressure, whilst} (11... Qd7 {
is dubious because of} 12. d5 Bg4 13. f3 f6 14. Nxh7 Kxh7 15. fxg4 {and White
retains the advantages of his position.}) 12. Bxg5 c6 {Krasenkow: 'Black has
kept his extra pawn but at a high price: his dark-squared bishop was indeed
crucial. White can now create a kingside attack in several ways.'} 13. g4 {
I must admit that this strong move made a powerful impression on me.
Surprisingly, it is hard to punish White for this radical advance, since at
the moment, there is no pressure on White's strong centre.} f6 {Making luft
for the bishop.} ({The attempt to play more concretely with} 13... Qd6 {
with the idea of coming to a3, is not so good. The complications after the
possible} 14. f4 Qa3 (14... f6) 15. f5 Qxc3+ 16. Kf2 {look very promising for
White, but 14...f6 would avoid these. Erwin probably avoided 13...b5 because
he feared problems with the pawn after a later d5. Even so, this was probably
the most promising line for Black.}) 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Bg2 Bf7 16. f4 {Just in
time! It is important no to allow e5, without the opening of the f-file.} Nd7 (
{After} 16... e5 17. fxe5 fxe5 18. O-O Nd7 19. Rb2 {with the idea of Rbf2,
Black cannot avoid problems.}) 17. O-O b5 {Logical. Black's main problem, of
course, is that he is cramped.} 18. f5 ({White probably did not like} 18. e5 {
because of} Qc7 19. Qe2 e6 20. exf6 Rab8 {Notwithstanding the dangers, Black
advances c5 and obtains counterplay.} (20... Nxf6 21. Bxc6 $1 Qxc6 22. Qe5))
18... Kh8 {A cunning move.} ({A possible attempt to free the queen is} 18... e5
{After} 19. fxe6 Bxe6 20. Qf3 {White has the initiative, but it is a long way
to anything decisive.}) 19. Qe2 $6 ({The hasty} 19. e5 $1 {gives Black some
freedom after Krasenkow: 'was much stronger.'} gxf5 20. Bxc6 Rg8) 19... gxf5
20. exf5 {An unexpected change of plan. Now White will win the backward pawn
on e7. Bolder spirits than me might prefer not to give up the idea of mate,
and would play 20.gxf5, although Black can continue 20...Qa5 and Rg8. Thus the
decision in the game was probably correct.} Rc8 ({It would be interesting to
know what White would play after} 20... e5 {I cannot find anything better than}
21. fxe6 Bxe6 22. Qd1 {Even so, White is still better, thanks to the strong
bishop on h6. One can cite as an example the following remarkable variation:}
Rc8 23. h3 Nb6 24. g5 Nd5 (24... f5 25. d5) 25. gxf6 Nxc3 26. Qd2 Nxb1 27. Qg5
Qd7 28. d5 {and White wins.}) 21. g5 fxg5 22. Bxg5 Nf6 23. Rbe1 Qd6 $6 {
Of course, it is easy to offer advice from the side. Krasenkow: 'A risky move.'
} ({After} 23... Bd5 24. Rf2 {White has unpleasant pressure, but the risky} a5
{was possible. I will not brand Black's move a mistake, since I would probablt
have played the same myself. And it is well-known that I never make a mistake..
.} (24... Rg8 {Krasenkow} 25. h4 Rc7 26. Qe5 {White has a good compensation
for the pawn but it is not easy to break through.})) 24. Qe5 Qxe5 {Sad
necessity.} ({On} 24... Kg7 {there is the unpleasant} 25. Rf3 {with the idea
of harrassing the king by Rg3.}) 25. dxe5 {Yes, I too would be happy to play
with such pawns.} Nd5 26. e6 Bh5 27. Bxd5 Rg8 {Of course, Black does not want
to be left with the bishop on h5, especially since its opposite number would
take up residence on d4.} 28. h4 h6 29. f6 $1 {A beautiful move.} ({Also
possible is} 29. Bg2 hxg5 30. f6 {Probably Gabriel was put off by} exf6 31.
Rxf6 Rg6 {with chances of a draw.}) 29... exf6 ({The line} 29... cxd5 30. f7
hxg5 31. fxg8=Q+ Rxg8 32. Rf5 {is not good, since the white rook hunts down
the pawns.}) 30. Rxf6 hxg5 31. Rh6+ {The correct decision, although it was
still not too late to return to the idea of Bg2. I think it is hard for Black
to defend the rook ending.} Kg7 32. Rxh5 cxd5 33. Rxg5+ Kf6 34. e7 {We have by
force reached this complicated ending. The one thing that is clear is that
Black can a hard fight for a draw.} Rce8 $2 {And a mistake comes immediately!}
({Stronger was} 34... b4 35. cxb4 ({White must take the pawn, since after} 35.
Kf2 {there is the strong reply} Rge8) 35... c3 36. Rxg8 Rxg8+ 37. Kf2 Re8 38.
Rc1 Rxe7 ({Not} 38... d4 39. Ke2 {and the strong position of the white king on
d3 gives him winning chances.}) 39. Rxc3 Re4 {and Black regains one of his
pawsn and thus makes a draw.}) (34... Rge8 $142 {Krasenkow and I don't see how
White can win:} 35. Rxd5 (35. Rge5 b4 $5 36. cxb4 c3) 35... Rxe7 (35... b4 $5)
36. Rf1+ (36. Rxe7 Kxe7 37. Rxb5 Rd8 38. Re5+ Kf6 39. Re4 Rd1+ 40. Kf2 Rd2+ 41.
Kf3 Rxa2 42. Rxc4 a5) 36... Kg7 37. Rxb5 Re3 38. Rg5+ Kh8 {etc.}) 35. Rxg8
Rxg8+ 36. Kf2 {After 36...Kf7 White of course forces a winning pawn ending
with 37.e8.} Re8 37. a3 a5 38. h5 b4 {Even now there was a chance!} ({The move
} 38... Kg5 {poses White serious problems. Of course, thanks to the fast
time-limit, Black had no time to calculate the variations, and his intuition
decisved him. After} 39. Re5+ Kf4 40. Rxd5 Rxe7 41. Rxb5 {Black has} Rd7 {
I will not take it upon myself to give a definite judgement, since I do not
trust my knowledge of rook endings, but it seems to me that after} 42. Rxa5 Rd3
{Black has excellent chances of a draw.}) 39. cxb4 axb4 {After 39...c3 there
is 40.Re2 and the rest is as in the game.} 40. axb4 c3 41. Re2 {The king will
deal with the pawns.} Kg5 ({Equally hopeless is} 41... c2 42. Rxc2 Rxe7 43. b5
{and the rook on b2 will win the game.}) 42. Ke1 Kxh5 (42... d4 43. Kd1 d3 44.
Re3 c2+ 45. Kc1 {doesn't change anything.}) 43. Kd1 Kg6 44. b5 Kf7 45. b6 c2+
46. Kc1 {Of course, 46.Kc2 also wins easily.} d4 47. b7 d3 48. Re3 {But this
is prettier.} 1-0

[Event "Augsburg"]
[Site "Augsburg"]
[Date "2004.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Langheinrich, Ferenc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 (6... dxc4 7. e3
Be6 (7... Bg7 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 c5 10. O-O Nc6 {In this position white has 3
moves in his disposal.} 11. Rc1 (11. Qa4 Bd7 (11... Qa5 12. Qb3) 12. Qa3 Rc8
$132) (11. Qe2 Bf5 12. Rfd1 $14) 11... Na5 12. Bd3 $14) 8. Nf3 (8. Rb1 Qd5 (
8... Bd5 $6 9. f3 f5 10. Qe2 Bg7 11. e4 fxe4 12. fxe4 Bc6 13. Nf3 b5 14. Qe3
O-O 15. Be2 a6 16. O-O $16) 9. Ne2 (9. Nf3 Nd7 (9... Qa5 10. Rxb7 Qxc3+ 11. Nd2
Nd7 12. Rxc7 Qa5 13. Bg3 c3 14. Ne4 c2+ 15. Qd2 Qxa2 16. Rxc2 Qb1+ 17. Qc1
Qxc1+ 18. Rxc1 $16) (9... b5)) (9. Qf3 $6 b6) 9... Bf5 (9... Bh6 10. Qa4+ Bd7
11. Qb4 g5 12. Bg3 $13) 10. Nf4 (10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. Nf4 Qe4 12. Rb2 Bh6 13. Bg3
e5 14. dxe5 O-O 15. Qxc4 Qxc4 16. Bxc4 Nxe5 17. Be2 $15) (10. Rb2 Bh6 11. Qa4+
Bd7 12. Qb4 g5 13. Bg3 $13) 10... Qa5 11. Rc1 b5 12. Be2 c6 13. Bf3 Bg7 14. O-O
e5 (14... h6 15. e4 Bc8 16. Bg3 O-O 17. e5 $44) 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Bg3 Qc7 17.
a4 a6 18. Ra1 $1 $40) 8... c5 (8... Bd5 9. Nd2 b5 10. e4 Bb7 11. Qb1 $16) 9.
Be2 (9. Qa4+ $6 Qd7 10. Qa3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bg7 $132) (9. Ng5 $2 Bd5 10. e4 h6
11. exd5 hxg5 12. Qa4+ Qd7 13. Qxd7+ Nxd7 14. Bxg5 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nb6 $17) 9...
cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd5 12. f3 f6 (12... f5 13. e4 fxe4 14. fxe4 Bxe4
15. Ne6 Na6 16. Bxc4 Rc8 17. Bb5+ Bc6 18. Bxa6 bxa6 19. O-O Bh6 20. Rae1 $40)
13. e4 Bf7 14. Nb5 Na6 15. Bf2 b6 16. a4 e5 17. a5 Kd7 18. Nxa7 bxa5 19. Rxa5
Nc5 20. O-O $13) 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8. e3 Bg7 $6 {I have always thought that this
may be a mistake.} (8... cxd4 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. cxd4 e6 $13 {and black is ready
to counterbalance the efect of Bh4 with Be7.}) (8... Nc6 9. Qf3 Be6 $2 {
is just a bluff.} 10. e4 Qd8 11. d5 Nd4 12. cxd4 (12. Qd3 Qa5 13. Ne2 $1 (13.
dxe6 O-O-O 14. exf7 Bh6 15. Be2 Kb8 $44) 13... Bd7 (13... Nxe2 14. dxe6 $18)
14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Rg8 16. Bc4 Bg7 17. e5 Qc7 18. f4 Rc8 19. Bb3 Qxc3+ 20.
Qxc3 Rxc3 21. Kd2 $16) 12... Qa5+ 13. Ke2 Bh6 14. Qd3 Bd7 15. a4 Rc8 16. Nf3
cxd4 17. Qxd4 O-O 18. Kd1 $18) 9. Qf3 Qxf3 (9... Be6 $5 10. Bb5+ Nc6 11. e4 Qh5
(11... Qd8 $2 12. d5 Qa5 13. Rb1 Bxc3+ 14. Kf1 Qxa2 15. Rc1 Bd4 16. dxe6 fxe6
17. Ne2 $18) 12. Qxh5 gxh5 13. Nf3 (13. Ne2 $6 cxd4 14. cxd4 a6 15. Bxc6+ bxc6
$132) 13... a6 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. O-O cxd4 $140 16. Nxd4 $16) 10. Nxf3 Nc6 ({
Another move is} 10... Bf5 11. Bb5+ $1 Nc6 (11... Nd7 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 $11
) 12. Ke2 (12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Bd7 14. Bg3 $11) 12... a6 13. Bd3 Bxd3+ 14.
Kxd3 $14) 11. Rb1 $1 b6 $2 {Ferenc who was not accustommed with the position
choses an inferior continuation.} (11... O-O 12. Bd3 $1 $16 {and black has
some problems with the development.} (12. d5 $6 Bxc3+ 13. Kd1 Nb4 (13... Rd8
14. Kc2 Bf6 (14... Bf5+ 15. Kxc3 Bxb1 16. dxc6 Rd1 17. cxb7 Rb8 18. Rg1 (18.
Ba6 $6 Rxh1 19. Bg3 Rxb7 20. Bxb7 Bxa2 $13) 18... Rxb7 19. Bc4 Rxg1 20. Nxg1
$16) 15. Bxf6 Bf5+ 16. Kb2 exf6 17. dxc6 Bxb1 18. Kxb1 bxc6 19. Bc4 $16) 14.
Rc1 Bf6 15. Bxf6 exf6 16. Rxc5 Nxa2 17. Kd2 Nb4 18. Bc4 Bd7 $1 19. Rc7 Rfd8 20.
Kc3 (20. Rxb7 Nxd5 21. Nd4 Nb6 $17) 20... a5 21. Rxb7 Rac8 22. e4 $13)) 12. Bb5
Bd7 13. Ke2 $1 {White is in no rush for any action yet.} (13. dxc5 $6 Bxc3+ 14.
Ke2 bxc5 15. Rhd1 a6 16. Bc4 f6 17. Rb7 Bg4) 13... cxd4 (13... e5 14. dxc5 $16)
(13... Nd8 14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Rhd1+ Ke8 17. Rd5 Rc8 18. Rb5 $18)
14. cxd4 Na5 $6 {Another inaccuracy in a difficult position.} (14... Nd8 15.
Rhc1) (14... e6 $142 15. Rhc1 Na5 16. Rc7 Bxb5+ 17. Rxb5 O-O 18. Rb2 $1 Rfc8
19. Rbc2 Rxc7 20. Rxc7 $16 {is obviously bad for black but the dammage is
given many moves before that.}) 15. Rhc1 Bxb5+ 16. Rxb5 Kd7 17. Rd5+ Ke6 18. e4
$18 {Now with the black king trapped in the middle of the board the win is
just a matter of time.} f6 (18... Bf6 19. Bxf6 Kxf6 20. Rd7 Rhc8 21. Rdc7 $1
$18 (21. Rxc8 $6 Rxc8 22. Rxa7 Rc2+ 23. Kd3 Rxf2 24. e5+ Ke6 25. Ng5+ Kf5 26.
Ne4 Nc6 27. Rxe7 Nxe7 28. Nxf2 $18)) 19. Rc7 Rhc8 20. Rdd7 {I have spent some
time on the obvious sacrifice, but it looked unnecessary considering the fact
that the text was leading to a simple win.} (20. Re5+ $6 fxe5 21. Rxe7+ Kd6 22.
Rxg7 (22. dxe5+ $2 Bxe5 23. Nxe5 Rc2+ 24. Kd3 Rxa2 $17) 22... Rc2+ (22... Rc7
23. dxe5+ Kc6 24. Nd4+ Kb7 25. Rxc7+ Kxc7 26. f4 $16) (22... exd4 23. Be7+ Ke6
24. Nxd4+ Ke5 25. Kd3 Nc4 26. Nf3+ Ke6 27. Ng5+ Ke5 28. f4+ Kxf4 29. Kd4 $18)
23. Kd3 Rxa2 (23... Rac8 $2 24. dxe5+ $18) 24. Be7+ Kc6 25. Nxe5+ Kb5 $13 {
is very messy.}) 20... Rxc7 21. Rxc7 Rb8 (21... Kf7 22. d5 b5 23. Nd4 a6 24.
Ne6 Bh6 25. f4 Nc4 26. Bf2 $18) 22. d5+ Kf7 23. Nd4 (23. e5 Rd8 24. d6 $18)
23... Bf8 (23... Rb7 24. d6 Ke8 25. d7+ $18) (23... a6 24. Ne6 $18) 24. Ne6 $1
{No need to collect this unimportant pawn.} (24. Rxa7 Rc8 25. Ne6 Rc2+ 26. Kd3
Rxa2 27. Ra8 Bg7 $16) 24... a6 25. f4 b5 26. Bf2 Nc4 (26... b4 27. Bc5 b3 28.
axb3 Nxb3 29. Ba3 $18) 27. Bc5 Re8 28. Kd3 {All white pieces working to utmost.
} h5 29. h4 Kg8 30. Kd4 Kf7 (30... Nd6 31. Ra7 $18 (31. Bxd6 exd6 32. Nxf8 Kxf8
33. Rd7 Rc8 34. Rxd6 Rc4+ 35. Kd3 f5 36. e5 $18)) 31. Ra7 Nd2 32. Rxa6 Rb8 33.
Ra7 b4 34. Nxf8 b3 35. Bxe7 $5 {Sort of safe!} (35. Rxe7+ Kg8 36. Nd7 b2 37.
Nxf6+ Kf8 38. Rb7#) 35... Ra8 (35... b2 36. Ba3+ Kg8 37. Bxb2 (37. Nd7) 37...
Rxb2 38. Kc3 (38. Nd7 $18) 38... Rb6 39. Kxd2 Kxf8 $18) 36. Rxa8 b2 37. Rb8 {
Finally Ferenc resigned!} 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Trophy 26th"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2012.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nestorovic, Dejan"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2012.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bf4 $5 {A very solid move.} c6 $5 {
I have gone for an original line.} (5... Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 (6... dxc4 7. e3 (7.
e4 b5) 7... Be6 8. Nf3 (8. Rb1 Nd7 $5) (8. Qb1 b6) 8... Bg7 9. Qb1 (9. Rb1 Nd7
10. Ng5 Bd5 11. e4 h6 12. exd5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 Nb6 14. Bxc4 Qd6 15. g3 $13) 9...
b6 10. Ng5 Bd5 11. e4 Bb7 (11... h6 $6 12. exd5 hxg5 13. Qb5+ Qd7 14. Qxd7+
Nxd7 15. Bxg5 $16) 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. h4 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. Qb5 Qc8 16. h5 c5
17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Rc1 Nc7 19. Qe2 $14) 7. e3 c5 8. Nf3 O-O 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Be2
cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. O-O Bf5 13. Qa4 Qa5 14. Qb3 Qb4 15. Rfc1 Qxb3 16. axb3 a6
17. Rc5 Rac8 18. Rac1 Nb4 $11) 6. e3 Bg7 7. Nf3 {I hesitated between the text..
.} O-O ({and} 7... Qa5 $5 {but I was worried about symmetrical positions
resulting after} 8. cxd5 (8. Qb3 O-O 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 (10. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 11.
bxc3 cxd5 12. c4 Nc6 13. cxd5 Nb4 14. Kd2 Nxd5 15. Be5 f6 16. Bg3 Rd8 17. Bc4
e6 18. Rhc1 Bf8 19. Rab1 a6 $132) 10... cxd5 11. Be2 b6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Bxa6
Nxa6 14. Rfc1 Rac8 15. c4 dxc4 16. Rxc4 Rxc4 17. Qxc4 b5 18. Qb3 Rc8 $13) 8...
cxd5 (8... Nxc3 9. Qd2 cxd5 10. bxc3 Bd7 $5 {should be given a try.}) 9. Rc1
O-O 10. Qb3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3) 8. Bd3 (8. Qb3 Qa5) 8... Nxc3 (8... Bf5 9. O-O Nxc3
10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd7 $13 {Bondarevsky-Ragozin, Moscow (ch) 1945.}) 9.
bxc3 Bg4 {I was struck with the merits of this idea.} (9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd7
11. Bg3) 10. O-O (10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rb1 b6 $13) (10. Qb3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bxf3 12.
gxf3 b5 13. Be2 Nd7 14. O-O e5 15. Bg3 h5 16. h4 Qe7 $13) 10... Nd7 {In the
opening part of the game I was really worried about my backward centre.} (10...
e5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. cxd5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. Be4 $14) (10... dxc4 11. Bxc4
Nd7 12. h3 (12. Be2 $5) 12... Bxf3 13. Qxf3 e5 14. Bg3 Qe7 15. Rab1 Nb6 16. Bb3
$13) 11. Rb1 ({An equally critical line emerges from} 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qb3
Bxf3 $1 (12... Rc8 $6 13. Qxb7 Rxc3 14. Be2 $16) (12... Qa5 $6 13. Qxb7 Qxc3
14. Bb5 $16) 13. gxf3 Nb6 14. a4 e5 15. Bg3 h5 16. h3 h4 17. Bh2 Qc8 18. Kg2
Nc4 19. Rfd1 Rd8 $132) 11... e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. Rxb7 Bxc3 {
I had to be worried about tactics.} (14... Bxf3 $2 15. Qxf3 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Bxh2+
17. Kh1 $16) 15. Be2 Qa5 $6 {I had a better option.} (15... Be6 $5 16. cxd5 (
16. Nd4 $6 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 dxc4 18. Qc3 Qd5 19. Rd1 Qc5 $17) (16. Qa4 c5 17. Rd1
d4 $1 18. Rxa7 Rb8 $44) 16... Qxd5 17. Nd4 Bxd4 18. Bf3 Qxa2 19. Qxd4 a5 20.
Ra1 Qc4 21. Qxc4 Bxc4 22. Bxc6 Ra6 23. Bb5 Bxb5 24. Rxb5 $11) 16. cxd5 cxd5 (
16... Qxa2 $2 17. h3) 17. Qb3 a6 18. Nd4 $6 {This relieves Black from his
worries.} (18. Rd1 $142 Rad8 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 d4 $132) 18... Bxe2 19. Nxe2
Be5 20. f4 $1 $11 {A very important move which slightly weakens the pawn
structure but keeps the control of the b-file against a possible invasion with
...Rfb8.} Bg7 $1 (20... Bf6 21. Qb6 Qxa2 22. Nc1 Qa1 23. Ne2 $11) 21. Rd1 (21.
f5 Bh6 $132) 21... Rad8 (21... Rac8 $6 22. Qxd5 Qxd5 23. Rxd5 Rc2 24. Kf2 Rxa2
25. Rdd7 a5 26. e4 $14 {I was worried about providing White with the absolute
seventh.}) (21... Rae8 $2 22. Rd7) (21... Rfe8 22. Kf2 (22. Rd7 Rad8) 22...
Rad8 23. Rd3 $11) 22. Kf2 Rd6 $6 {A slight inaccuracy!} (22... Rfe8 23. Rd3 Re6
24. Nd4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 $11) 23. Rb8 $2 (23. Qb4 Qd8 (23... Qxb4 24. Rxb4 Rfd8
25. g4 $14) 24. e4 $1 $36 {would have made the game livelier.}) 23... Rxb8 24.
Qxb8+ Rd8 (24... Bf8 $2 25. Rc1) 25. Qb3 Bf6 26. Rd3 Kg7 27. Rd1 $6 (27. Qc2
Rb8 28. Rb3 {would have reached to the game continuation in a more logical
fashion.}) 27... Rd6 28. Rd3 Bh4+ 29. g3 ({There was nothing wrong with} 29.
Kf3 $5) 29... Bf6 30. Qc2 Rb6 31. Rb3 $1 $11 {Solid play!} (31. Qd2 Qxd2 32.
Rxd2 Rb5 $13) (31. Qc7 Rb5 32. Qxa5 Rxa5 33. Nc1 $1 Bb2 34. Nb3 Rxa2 35. Rd2 a5
36. Nxa5 Rxa5 37. Rxb2 $11) 31... Rxb3 32. axb3 (32. Qxb3 $2 Qd2) 32... Qb5 33.
Qd1 h5 34. h4 Kg8 (34... Qc6 35. Qd3) 35. Qc2 Kg7 36. Qd1 ({Dejan was also
reluctant to break the status quo with} 36. f5 Be5 37. fxg6 fxg6 38. Qc8 Qxb3
39. Qxa6 Qb2 40. Qa7+ Kh6 41. Qe7 Bxg3+ 42. Kxg3 Qxe2 43. Qf8+ $11) 36... Kg8
37. Qc2 Kg7 38. Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Trophy 26th"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2012.11.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rajkovic, Dusan"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2012.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 $5 ({I had had enough of solid lines
with} 4... Ne4 5. Bf4 ({or} 5. Bh4)) 5. Bxf6 (5. e3 c5 6. Nf3 (6. dxc5 Qa5 7.
Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Rc1 O-O 9. cxd5 Nd7 10. Nf3 Nxc5 {could have transposed to the
game.}) 6... O-O 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Nxd5 Bg7 $44) 5... Bxf6 6. cxd5 c5 $1 {
It is especially for this move that I have picked up this line.} 7. dxc5 (7.
Nf3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qb6 9. Nb3 a5 $132) (7. dxc6 Bxd4 8. cxb7 Bxb7 $44 {is known
to be a good line for Black.}) 7... Nd7 8. e3 {The most natural move.} (8. Qa4
Qc7 9. Ne4 (9. Nf3 Qxc5 10. Rc1 O-O $44) 9... Bxb2 10. Rb1 Bg7 11. d6 Qc6 {
may turn out to be in Black's favour.}) 8... Qa5 (8... Nxc5 9. Bb5+ Kf8 10.
Nge2 {easy development for Black.}) 9. Rc1 O-O (9... Nxc5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 $1 12. Nge2 Bxc3+ 13. Nxc3 Qa6 $132 {is a healthy alternative.}) 10.
Nf3 (10. Bc4 Qxc5 (10... Nxc5 11. Nge2 Qb4 12. b3 $1 {White is safe after} a6 (
12... Ne4 13. a3 $1) 13. Nd4 Ne4 14. a3 $1) (10... b5 $5 11. cxb6 Nxb6 12. Bb3
Ba6 13. Nge2 Rfd8 $44 (13... Nc4 14. Qc2)) 11. Bb3 Qb4 $1 12. Nf3 Nc5 13. Nd4
Bd7 14. O-O a5 $44) 10... Nxc5 11. Nd2 $2 {An unexpectedly bad move by the
seasoned grandmaster.} (11. Nd4 Bd7 {leads to Moiseenko-Melkumyan, Euro Clubs,
Plovdiv 2010.} (11... Rd8 12. Bc4 Qb6 $5) 12. Nb3 Nxb3 13. Qxb3 {looks like a
huge improvement for White, alas he still is on the wrong side of some
equality.} Rfc8 14. Be2 Rc7 15. O-O Rac8 $40 {Black has strong pressure.})
11... Bf5 12. Nb3 (12. Nc4 Qb4 13. a3 Qb3 14. d6 e6 $17 {and White's position
is a wreck.}) 12... Nxb3 13. Qxb3 Be4 $17 {This looks catastrophic for White.}
14. Bc4 $1 Bxg2 15. Rg1 Bh3 $2 {This misplaces the bishop} ({compared to the
contraversial} 15... Bf3 $5 16. Rg3 Bh5 $17 {was more to the point.}) 16. Ke2
b5 17. Qxb5 (17. Bd3 Qc7 18. Rg3 (18. Ne4 Bg4+ {is the point.}) 18... Bd7 $17)
17... Qc7 18. d6 $2 $138 {This does not do any damage to Black's position.} (
18. Ne4 Qe5 (18... Rab8 $2 19. d6) 19. Nxf6+ exf6 20. b3 Qxh2 21. Rg3 $132)
18... Qxd6 19. Qh5 Be6 (19... Qxh2 $6 20. Qf3 $1 $44 (20. Rxg6+ $2 hxg6 21.
Qxg6+ Bg7 22. Rg1 Qe5 $19)) (19... Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Be6) 20. Bxe6 $6 (20. Ne4
Bxc4+ 21. Rxc4 Qa6 22. Nxf6+ exf6 $17) 20... Qxe6 21. Qd5 Qa6+ 22. Qd3 Qa5 23.
Nd5 Bxb2 24. Nxe7+ (24. Rc2 Bf6 $17) 24... Kh8 25. Rb1 Rad8 26. Qc4 {Black has
to cover the important diagonal} ({since} 26. Qc2 Qa6+ $1 27. Kf3 Qf6+ 28. Ke2
Ba3 $19 {loses the knight.}) 26... Rd2+ 27. Kf3 Qh5+ 28. Qg4 Qxh2 $2 (28... Qb5
$142 $19 {decides the game at once.}) 29. Rgf1 $2 {White tricks himself.} (29.
Rg2 Qd6 30. Qh4 Bg7 (30... Bf6 $2 31. Qxh7+ Kxh7 32. Rh1+ Kg7 (32... Bh4 33.
Rxh4+ Kg7 34. Nf5+ Kf6 35. Nxd6 Rxd6 $11) 33. Nf5+ Kg8 34. Nh6+ $11) 31. Rh1 h5
(31... h6 $2 {runs into the trick stated above this time with} 32. Qxh6+ $1
Bxh6 33. Rxh6+ Kg7 34. Nf5+ Kf6 35. Nxd6 Rxd6 $11) 32. Qg5 Qf6+ 33. Qxf6 Bxf6
34. Nc6 Rxa2 $17) 29... Qd6 (29... Be5 $5 $19 {is a serious option stealing
the f4-square from White's queen.}) 30. Qe4 Qf6+ $2 $138 {It is Black's turn
to trick himself.} (30... f5 $1 31. Qb7 Qh2 $1 (31... f4 $5 32. Rxb2 fxe3+ 33.
Kg2 e2 {I missed the strength of this move} 34. Re1 Qf6 $19) (31... Bf6 $4 32.
Nxg6+ $1 {is what I noticed during the game.}) (31... Ba3 32. Qc6) 32. Rxb2
Qh3+ 33. Kf4 Qh4+ 34. Ke5 Rxb2 35. Qxb2 Qf6+ $19 {wins geometrically.}) 31. Kg2
$4 {Here it was not even clear if Dusan could have made it to the next time
control since he had seconds left on his clock. I have to state that there was
no increment in the time control used.} (31. Qf4 Qxe7 32. Rxb2 Rd5 $19 {
and Black has to sweat.}) {White has overstepped the time limit.} 31... Re8
$138 (31... Re8 32. Nxg6+ Qxg6+ {This counter check finishes the game off.} 33.
Qxg6 hxg6 $19) 0-1

[Event "SRB Central-ch op-A 5th"]
[Site "Paracin"]
[Date "2012.07.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pap, Gyula"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 ({I really can never understand the
intension behind this weak move.} 4... Bg7 5. e3 (5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c6 7.
Rc1 (7. e4 Qb6 8. e5 Qxb2 9. Nge2 Bg7 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 cxd5 12. Rb1 Qa3 13.
Nxd5 Nc6 14. O-O Bg4 $132) 7... O-O 8. dxc6 Qxd4 9. Qxd4 Bxd4 10. cxb7 Bxb7 11.
e3 Bf6 12. Nf3 Nd7 13. Bb5 Rfd8 14. O-O Bxf3 15. gxf3 Rab8 16. Bxd7 Rxd7 17.
Rc2 Rdb7 18. Rb1 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxb2 20. Rxb2 Rxb2 21. Ra3 Rb7 $14) 5... c5 6.
dxc5 Qa5 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Rc1 dxc4 (8... O-O 9. cxd5 Nd7 10. Nge2 Nxc5 11. Nd4
Bd7 12. Bc4 $16) 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. Nf3 Qxc5 11. Qe2 $14) 5. h4 $5 {Jobava's
daring idea.} ({My idea in this game is a result of inspiration by the
following line.} 5. Bh4 c5 6. cxd5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qxd5 8. e3 Nc6 (8... Bg7 9. Qf3
(9. Nf3 cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Bf5 13. Qb3 Qd7 $13) 9... Be6 10.
Bb5+ Nc6 11. e4 Qh5 12. Qxh5 gxh5 13. Ne2 cxd4 14. cxd4 a6 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 $13)
9. Qf3 Qf5 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Qxf5 gxf5 12. Nf3 e6 13. O-O Be7 14. Bg3 f6 15. Rfd1
cxd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 $132) (5. Bf4 $5 {The safest of all.} Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 (6...
dxc4 7. Qa4+ (7. e3 Be6 8. Rb1 Nd7 9. Rxb7 Bg7 $44) 7... c6 8. Qxc4 Bg7 9. e3
Nd7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Be2 $14) 7. e3 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Be2 cxd4 11.
cxd4 Nc6 12. O-O Bf5 13. Qa4 Qa5 14. Qb3 Qb4 15. Rfc1 Qxb3 16. axb3 a6 $11)
5... c5 6. cxd5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qxd5 8. e3 Nc6 $1 {I want my bishop on f8!} (8...
Bg7 9. Qf3 Be6 {is another idea which I have tried in blitz games.} 10. Bb5+
Nd7 11. e4 Qd6 12. d5 Bg4 13. Qe3 $1 $14 (13. Qxg4 $2 Bxc3+ 14. Ke2 Bxa1 15.
Nf3 Bd4 $1 $17 {does not work properly for White.})) 9. Qf3 (9. Nf3 {does not
make a good combination with h4.} cxd4 10. exd4 Bg7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Bf5 13.
Qb3 Qd7 14. Rfe1 Be6 15. Qa3 Bd5 $13) 9... Qf5 $1 10. Bc4 $6 {My young
opponent did not bother to check the subtleties of this line.} ({Only} 10. Bb5
{makes sense.} Bd7 11. Qxf5 gxf5 12. Nf3 f6 13. Bf4 cxd4 14. exd4 (14. cxd4 $2
a6 15. Ba4 Nb4 16. Bxd7+ Kxd7 17. Rb1 e6 $17) 14... e6 15. O-O Na5 16. a4 a6
17. Be2 Rc8 18. Rab1 Bc6 19. c4 Be4 20. c5 $1 Rg8 $132) 10... cxd4 11. Qxf5 $6
(11. exd4 Bg7 12. Qe3 $1 O-O 13. Nf3 e5 14. O-O exd4 15. cxd4 Be6 16. Bxe6 Qxe6
17. Qxe6 fxe6 18. Rad1 h6 19. Be3 Rf5 20. Ne5 $1 $44) 11... Bxf5 12. cxd4 f6 $6
{The most obvious move is not always the best.} (12... Rc8 $142 13. Bb5 a6 14.
Bxc6+ Rxc6 15. Nf3 f6 16. Bf4 e6 17. O-O Ba3 18. d5 $1 $44) 13. Bf4 e5 (13...
Rc8 14. Bb5 a6 15. Bxc6+ Rxc6 16. Nf3 e6 17. O-O {transposes to the note above.
}) 14. dxe5 Bb4+ 15. Ke2 $1 (15. Kf1 $6 fxe5 (15... Bc3 $6 16. Rd1 Bxe5 17. Ne2
Ke7 $13) 16. Bh6 O-O-O $40) 15... Bc3 (15... fxe5 {may be structurally wrong
so Black may consider taking a draw with} 16. Bg5 Rc8 17. Rc1 Ba3 18. Rc3 Bb4
$11 {by repetition.}) 16. Rc1 Bb2 $6 {A terribly risky move!} (16... Bxe5 17.
Bxe5 Nxe5 18. Nf3 $1 Nxc4 19. Rxc4 Be6 20. Rc2 b5 21. Nd4 Bc4+ 22. Kf3 Kf7 $11)
17. Rd1 $6 {He played this one incredibly fast!} (17. Nf3 $3 fxe5 18. Bh6 Bxc1
19. Rxc1 Ke7 20. Bg5+ $44) 17... Bxe5 (17... Nxe5 18. Bd5 O-O-O 19. e4 Bd7 20.
Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Nf3 Bg4 22. Rb1 Rd7 23. Ke3 $11) 18. Bxe5 (18. Bh6 $6 {looks
good but misplaces the bishop.} Ke7 19. f4 Bc7 20. Nf3 Rhd8 $15) 18... Nxe5 19.
Bb3 $1 {The first accurate move.} (19. Bd5 $6 O-O-O 20. e4 Bd7 21. f4 Bb5+ 22.
Ke3 Ng4+ 23. Kf3 f5 $17) 19... Ke7 20. Nh3 $1 {Then the second!} Bd7 (20...
Rhc8 21. Nf4 Bc2 22. Rd2 Bxb3 23. axb3 $11) 21. Rd4 {I was actually happy with
his draw offer after I had started to lose my initiative in the game.} (21. Rd4
Bb5+ 22. Kd2 Rac8 23. Nf4 Bc4 $11) (21. f3 Bb5+ 22. Kf2 Rhd8 23. Nf4 Bc4 24.
Bxc4 Nxc4 25. Nd5+ Kf7 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vojvodina-ch 7th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2016.07.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Obodchuk, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2016.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 (4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bf4 $5 {is the sister line.}
) 4... Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 $5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 (7... dxc4 8. e3 Be6 (8... b5
9. a4 c6 10. Qb1 Bf5 $1 11. e4 Bd7 12. h4 h6 $13) 9. Qb1 b6 10. Ng5 Bd5 11. e4
h6 12. Nf3 Be6 $13 {gives an unclear game.}) 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. e3 cxd4 10. cxd4
Nc6 11. Be2 O-O (11... Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 {is another ending where
both sides have to be careful.} O-O 14. Rhc1 (14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Rab1 Rfd8 16. Ke2
Bf5 17. Rb3 $13) 14... Rd8 15. Ke1 Bf5 16. a3 $1 Rac8 17. h3 h5 18. Bc4 e6 $11)
12. O-O Bf5 13. Qa4 Qa5 14. Qb3 (14. Qxa5 Nxa5 15. Rfc1 Rfc8 16. Nd2 Rxc1+ 17.
Rxc1 Rc8 18. Rxc8+ Bxc8 $11 {and it is doubtful if White has any advantage.})
14... Qb4 15. Rfc1 Qxb3 (15... Rac8 16. h3 a6 17. Qd1 Qa3 (17... Rfd8 18. a3
Qb6 19. g4 $40) 18. g4 Bd7 19. Qb3 Qxb3 20. axb3 $14 {with a similar ending to
the game continuation.}) (15... Rfc8 $4 16. Rxc6 $1 {is the oldest trick.}) 16.
axb3 Rfc8 17. h3 $146 (17. Bc4 a6 18. h3 e6 $5) 17... a6 (17... h5 $6 18. Ng5
e5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21. e4 Bd7 22. f4 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Nc6 24. Bc4 Be8
25. Bd5 $16) 18. g4 Bd7 19. Bg3 $1 $14 {White has a small but solid edge.} Na7
$6 (19... Nb4 $1 20. Ne5 $140 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Rc8) 20. Ne5 {This move leading
ton apparently favourable exchange is never so effective.} (20. Ng5 Bb5 21. Bc4
$5) (20. Nd2 $142 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Nxc8 23. Bf3 b5 24. b4 e6 25.
Ne4 Nb6 26. Nc5 Bc8 27. Bd6 $16) 20... Bxe5 $1 21. Bxe5 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23.
Rd1 $6 (23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 (23... Nxc8 24. Bf3 Bc6 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Kf1 $16) 24.
d5 $14) (23. Rb1 $5) 23... Nc6 $2 (23... Rc3 $1 24. Rd3 (24. d5 $2 Rxb3 25. Rc1
Nb5 (25... Kf8 26. Rc7 Ke8 27. Bxa6) 26. Bxb5 Rxb5 27. e4 f6 $17 {and Black
keeps the pawn.}) 24... Rxd3 25. Bxd3 {and anyway the exchange happens.}) 24.
Bf4 Na5 25. Bf3 e6 26. b4 Nc6 27. g5 Nd8 28. Be5 Bb5 29. Bf6 Nc6 30. Rb1 $5 (
30. d5 exd5 31. Bxd5 Nxb4 32. Bxb7 $14) 30... b6 31. e4 Nb8 $1 {Tough defence.}
32. d5 $6 {White should not hurry with this push.} (32. Kg2 $1 Nd7 33. Be7 (33.
e5 $6 Nxf6 34. gxf6 Kf8 $132) 33... Kg7 34. e5 $16) (32. e5 Rc3) 32... Nd7 $1 (
{Even} 32... exd5 33. exd5 Nd7 34. Bg4 Rc2 35. Bxd7 Bxd7 $13 {is not clear
because,to reach the back ranks is a serious problem for Black.}) 33. Bg4 $4 {
Inexplicable!} (33. dxe6 Nxf6 (33... fxe6 34. Bg4 Kf7 35. Ba1 Rc2 $132) 34.
gxf6 fxe6 35. e5 Rc4 36. Rd1 Kf7 $132) ({I had to play} 33. Ba1 $142 $1 $36 {
and show some patience.}) (33. d6 h6 34. h4 h5 $1 $11) 33... Nxf6 34. gxf6 h5
35. Bf3 $2 ({Good or bad I had to try} 35. dxe6 $5 hxg4 36. e7 gxh3 $1 (36...
Rc4 $2 37. hxg4 Rxe4 38. f3 Re5 39. f4 Re4 40. g5 Rxf4 41. Rd1 Rg4+ 42. Kh2
Rxg5 43. Rd8+ Kh7 44. Rf8 $11) 37. Rd1 Kh7 (37... Rc4 $2 38. e5 $18) 38. Rd8
Rc4 39. f3 g5 $1 40. Rd5 Rc8 41. Rd8 Rc1+ 42. Kh2 Kg6 43. Kxh3 Rc4 (43... Kxf6
$2 44. e8=Q Bxe8 45. Rxe8 Rc4 46. Ra8 $132) 44. e8=Q Bxe8 45. Rxe8 Rxb4 46. e5
Kf5 $19 {is still a tiny route to victory.}) 35... exd5 36. exd5 (36. e5 Re8
37. Re1 d4 38. Bd1 d3 39. f4 d2 40. Re4 Rd8 $19) 36... Rd8 37. Rc1 (37. h4 Rd6
38. Kg2 Rxf6 39. Kg3 Kf8 40. Be4 Ke7 $17) 37... Rd6 38. Rc8+ Kh7 39. Be4 Rxf6
40. Rc7 $2 {This allows the black rook to infiltrate White's camp.} (40. f3
$142 Rd6 41. f4) 40... Kg7 41. f3 Rd6 42. f4 Rd7 $1 43. Rc8 Re7 44. Bf3 Re3 45.
Kf2 Rb3 $19 46. Rb8 Rxb4 47. Rxb6 (47. f5 Ba4) 47... Rxf4 48. d6 (48. Ke3 Rh4
49. Bg2 g5) 48... Rd4 49. Bb7 (49. Ke3 Rd3+ 50. Ke4 f5+) 49... Kf6 50. Bxa6
Bxa6 51. Rxa6 Ke6 {...and the last pawn falls leading the game into a basic
endgame with two pawns up for Black.} 52. Ra7 Rxd6 53. h4 f6 54. Rh7 Kf5 55.
Rh6 Rd4 56. Kg3 Rg4+ 57. Kh3 Kf4 58. Rh8 Rg3+ 59. Kh2 Kg4 0-1

[Event "SRB-chT"]
[Site "Kragujevac"]
[Date "2016.09.24"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.09.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Metalac"]
[BlackTeam "Sloga Turist"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 $5 {The pawn sacrifice line.} Ne4 (4... Bg7
5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c5 7. dxc5 Nd7 8. e3 O-O 9. Bc4 Nxc5 10. Nge2 Qa5 11. O-O
(11. Qd2 b5) 11... Qb4 12. Bb3 Bf5 13. Nd4 Bd3 14. Re1 Rfd8 15. Qd2 a5 $13 {
is what I also analysed to give decent compensation for the sacrificed pawn.
Within 3 days it had been played at the Tal Memorial!}) 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. Nf3 (8. Be2 Nd7 9. Nf3 (9. d5 Bf5 10. Qd4 Rg8) 9... Bg7 10.
O-O Nb6 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Rfb1 Qd7 13. a4 a5 14. Nd2 Bd5 15. e4 Bc6 $13 {has
been popular over recent years.}) 8... c6 $5 {An over the board decision.} (
8... Bg7 9. Be2 (9. Qb1 Qd5 10. Be2 Bf5 11. Qb4 c5 12. Qxc4 Qxc4 13. Bxc4 Nc6
14. O-O Rc8 $132) (9. Rb1 O-O $1 10. Rxb7 Bd5 11. Rb1 c5 12. Be2 Qa5 $132) 9...
c5 10. O-O O-O 11. Rb1 b6 $13 {is known.}) 9. a4 $146 {The move pleasantly
surprised me since Black has a clear plan.} (9. Be2 b5 (9... Bh6 10. O-O b5 11.
a4 a6 12. e4 O-O 13. d5 cxd5 14. Nd4 $13) 10. a4 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Ng5 Bd7 $1
13. Ne4 a5 (13... a6 $5) 14. Nc5 Be8 $13) (9. Ng5 Bd5 10. e4 h6 11. exd5 hxg5
12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Bxg5 Qd5 14. h4 (14. Qg4 e5 $132) 14... Bh6 $132 {is what I
remembered.}) 9... Qa5 10. Qc2 $5 ({I only thought of} 10. Qc1 Nd7 11. Be2 Bg7
(11... Nb6 12. O-O Rd8 13. Nd2) 12. O-O Bf6 13. Bg3 O-O 14. Qa3 (14. Nd2 c5)
14... Nb6 15. Nd2 c5 16. Ne4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Bd5 $13) 10... Nd7 11. Be2 Bg7 12.
O-O Bf6 $5 {The start of an artificial plan.} (12... Nb6 13. Nd2 Rd8 14. Rfb1
Rd7 $13) 13. Bg3 h5 $6 {Unnecessarily aggressive!} (13... Bg4 $142 $1 14. h3 (
14. Bxc4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nb6 16. Bd3 Rc8) 14... Bxf3 15. Bxf3 O-O 16. Rfb1 Nb6
17. Qb2 e5 18. Qb4 Qxb4 19. Rxb4 exd4 20. exd4 (20. cxd4 $2 c5) 20... Nd5 21.
Rxc4 Nxc3 22. Rxc3 Bxd4 23. Rac1 Bxc3 24. Rxc3 Rad8 $13 {is a curious ending.})
14. h3 g5 $2 {The kingside attack does not work but for some reason I was
mesmerised.} (14... h4 15. Bh2 Nb6 16. Nd2 $44 {suggests itself.}) 15. Nd2 g4
16. h4 $16 Nf8 17. Nxc4 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Ng6 19. Rab1 $1 {Softens the queenside
where a further Qe4 becomes a threat.} (19. Qb3 O-O 20. Qxb7 Nxh4) 19... b6 20.
e4 (20. f3 {might even be more effective.}) 20... e5 (20... Bxh4 21. e5 Bxg3
22. fxg3 Nxe5 23. Qe4 $1 Nxc4 24. Qxc6+ Kf8 25. Qxa8+ Kg7 26. Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7 27.
Qxh8 $18 {does not work.}) 21. f4 $1 {Now Black is lost.} (21. d5 Qc5 22. Qb3
O-O 23. dxc6 $16) (21. Qb3 O-O 22. f3 $16) 21... exd4 22. e5 Bxh4 (22... d3 23.
Qxd3 Bxh4 24. e6 $1 $18) 23. Qf5 $1 $18 {I should have resigned now.} ({Even} 
23. Bxh4 d3 $1 24. Qxd3 Nxh4 25. e6 Qc5+ 26. Kh1 O-O 27. exf7+ Kg7 28. f5 $18)
23... Rf8 24. Bxf7+ Rxf7 25. Qxg6 Bxg3 26. e6 (26. Qxc6+ Kf8 27. Qxa8+ Kg7 28.
e6 $18 {and there are no tactics.}) 26... O-O-O 27. Qxf7 Qd5 28. c4 (28. Qxa7
$18) 28... Qxc4 29. Qxa7 {A bad defeat!} 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 34th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2004.05.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Predojevic, Borki"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2004.05.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Krasenkow,M} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 {Somehow I have thought that
this line should be dangerous against him.I had analysed some early Taimanov
games in this line.} Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 (6... c5 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8. e3
cxd4 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. cxd4 $13) 7. e3 Be6 {Krasenkow,M: 'In this line White's
compensation for the pawn consists in his advantage in the centre and
development.'} 8. Qb1 {'!' Krasenkow,M.} (8. Rb1 {is another line.  Krasenkow,
M: 'is played more often but is not too dangerous for Black. Here is a
remarkable game:'} b6 {Krasenkow,M: 'is the main line'} (8... c6 $5 {Krasenkow,
M} 9. Rxb7 Qa5 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. Rb1 $6 c5 12. Nf3 Bg7 13. Nd2 Nb6 14. dxc5 Na4
15. Bxc4 Nxc3 16. Rb7 O-O $44 {0-1 Sorin,A-Odeev,H/Moscow 1994/CBM 44 ext (24).
(24)}) 9. Be2 Bd5 (9... Bg7 10. Bf3) 10. Nf3 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nd2 c5 13. e4
Bb7 14. d5 Bxc3 15. Nxc4 $44) 8... Qd5 $5 {A typical computer move.These days
players like our kid chose computer suggestions.} (8... b6 {is the normal
continuation.} 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. Ng5 Bd5 (10... Qd7 {Krasenkow,M} 11. Nxe6 Qxe6
12. Qb5+ c6 13. Qxc4 Qe4 14. Bg3 Nd7 15. Rg1 a6 16. Bd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Grooten,
H-Nijboer,F/Rotterdam 2000/CBM 77 (61)}) 11. e4 h6 12. exd5 (12. Nf3 {
Krasenkow,M} Be6 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O c6 15. a4 a6 16. Qb4 c5 17. Qa3 g5 18. Bg3
g4 19. Ne5 cxd4 20. cxd4 Qxd4 $17 {0-1 Obsivac,J-Oral,T/CZE 2002/EXT 2003 (44)}
) 12... hxg5 13. Qb5+ Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Nxd7 15. Bxg5 b5 16. a4 Nb6 (16... b4 {
Krasenkow,M} 17. cxb4 Bxd4 18. O-O-O Bc3 19. Bxc4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Schussler,
H-Welin,T/Malmo 1986/EXT 97 (19)}) 17. axb5 O-O-O 18. Kd2 Bh6 19. Bxh6 Rxh6 20.
Be2 Rxd5 21. Rhb1 e5 22. Bf3 Rd6 23. Rxa7 Rxh2 24. Re1 exd4 25. Bc6 dxc3+ 26.
Kxc3 Re6 27. Rea1 $44) (8... Qc8 $6 {Krasenkow,M} 9. Nf3 h6 10. Be2 Nd7 11. O-O
Bg7 12. Nd2 Nb6 13. a4 a5 14. Ne4 Bf5 15. Qb5+ Qd7 16. Nc5 Qxb5 17. axb5 $44 {
1-0 Topalov,V-Zadrima,A/Varna 1994/EXT 97 (33)}) 9. Nf3 {It looked like my
opponents choice left e7 weak so I did not hesitate to play normal moves.} (9.
Ne2 {Krasenkow,M} Bc8 (9... Bf5 $143 10. Nf4 Qa5 11. Qb2) 10. Nf4 Qa5 11. Qb4
Qxb4 12. cxb4 e6 (12... b5 $5 13. Nd5 Na6 14. a4 c6) 13. b5 Bb4+ 14. Kd1 a6 15.
Bxc4 axb5 16. Bxb5+ Bd7 17. Bc4 Bd6 18. Kd2 O-O 19. Nd3 Nc6 20. Bg3 {1/2-1/2
Ogaard,L-Scholseth,T/Gausdal 1994/EXT 97 (20).}) 9... Qa5 10. Qb2 Nd7 {
Krasenkow,M: 'Black continues his development but what is he going to do with
his king and kingside?'} 11. Be2 (11. Ng5 {Krasenkow,M} Bd5 12. e4 h6 13. exd5
hxg5 14. Bxg5 Qxd5 {is quite pleasant for Black.}) 11... Nb6 {Krasenkow,M:
'Starting a forced action, which, however, doesn't change the character of the
position.'} (11... Bd5 {Krasenkow,M} 12. O-O Bg7 13. Nd2 $44 (13. e4 $5 Bxe4
14. Nd2 $44)) 12. O-O Na4 13. Qxb7 $8 ({Since} 13. Qa3 $2 b5 14. Rfc1 Bd5 $19 {
leaves no room for my queen I had to stick to the game continuation.}) 13...
Bd5 14. Qb1 Nxc3 15. Qe1 {Krasenkow,M: 'Black still has development problems!'}
Bg7 {Draw offer. And I find it really irritating. This position resembles to
anything but a draw!} 16. e4 $1 (16. Rc1 {Krasenkow,M} Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 f5 {
[%csl Gd5]}) 16... Nxe2+ {A necessary move.} (16... Bxe4 17. Rc1 (17. Bxc4 {
Krasenkow,M} e6 18. Ne5 $44 {[%cal Ra1c1]}) 17... Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 f5 19. Rxc4 (
19. Ng5 Qd5 20. Rxc4 Bxd4 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. Rxc7 $14) 19... O-O 20. Rc5 Qb6 21.
Rfc1 $44) 17. Qxe2 Be6 18. d5 $6 {Probably this makes the game
uncharacteristically complicated. Krasenkow,M: 'After this unnecessary
exchange sac White's initiative vanishes.'} (18. Rac1 c3 19. Rc2 Rb8 20. Qe3 c5
21. d5 Bd7 22. e5 $40) (18. Rab1 $5 {Krasenkow,M} c3 19. d5 $40 {[%csl Re8]})
18... Bxa1 (18... Bd7 {Krasenkow,M} 19. Rab1) 19. dxe6 Bf6 $8 20. e5 $5 {
This was not my original intention.} ({However after} 20. Bg3 fxe6 21. Qxc4 e5
{I could not come up with anything in particular.} 22. Bxe5 $140 $2 Bxe5 23.
Qc6+ Kf7 24. Ng5+ Kg7 25. Ne6+ Kf6 (25... Kh6 $2 26. Qc1+) 26. Nxc7+ Bd6 27.
Nxa8 Kg7 $19) 20... Bxh4 21. exf7+ Kxf7 22. Qxc4+ Kg7 23. Qxh4 {Krasenkow,M:
'Of course, White has some compensation for the exchange as the black king is
not protected enough; however, his position was much more promising six moves
earlier!'} Rae8 $2 {Our white bright hope is very timid.} (23... Qxa2 $1 {
is of course the move.} 24. e6 $1 (24. Qxe7+ Qf7 25. Qc5 Rhe8 $17) 24... Rhe8
25. Ng5 h6 26. Qd4+ Kg8 27. Qe4 Qb2 28. Nf7 Qg7 $17) 24. Qc4 Rhf8 25. Rc1 Rxf3
$1 {'?!' Krasenkow,M. Before my knight starts creating some problems he
whitewashed it. Krasenkow,M: 'Black gives up the exchange to obtain a small
positional advantage (White's double pawns), which is by no means enough to
win the game, especially as White immediately attacks the a7 and e7 pawns.'} (
25... Rb8 $5 {[%cal Yb8b4] (Krasenkow,M) was a justified attempt to make use
of Black's material advantage. Of course, it required a lot of courage in view
of White's counterplay!}) 26. gxf3 Qxe5 27. Qxc7 Qf6 $11 {Around here he kept
on offering 2 more draws and of course the last one was impossible to decline.}
(27... Qg5+ {Krasenkow,M} 28. Kh1) 28. Re1 Qxf3 29. Rxe7+ (29. Qd7 Kf7) 29...
Rxe7 30. Qxe7+ Kg8 31. Qd7 Qa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris op"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kogan, Artur"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1998.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Qb3 e6 6. Qa3 $5 Nc6 7. Nf3 Ne7 8.
Be2 (8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Rd1 (10. Bd2 Bb7 11. cxd5 Nexd5 12. Ba6 Qc8 13.
Bxb7 Qxb7 14. Rac1 Rfd8 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Qb3 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Ne4 18. Be1 c5 $11
{1/2-1/2 Finegold,B-Gurevich,I/New York op 1992 (22)}) 10... Bb7 11. cxd5 Nexd5
12. Bd2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Ne4 14. Bb4 Re8 15. Ba6 Qc8 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Rac1 c5 18.
Be1 Red8 19. dxc5 Nxc5 {1/2-1/2 Malaniuk,V-Stohl,I/Moscow olm 1994}) (8. Qa4+
$6 c6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 {[%cal Gc6c5,Gd7b6]} 11. e4 $2 (11. cxd5 $142 $11)
11... c5 12. exd5 cxd4 13. Ne4 exd5 14. cxd5 Nb6 15. Qa3 Nexd5 $17 {0-1 Volke,
K-Lutz,C/GER-ch 1991 (33)}) 8... O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Rd1 $146 (10. Bd2 dxc4 $6 (
10... Bb7 $142) 11. Bxc4 (11. e4 Bb7 12. e5 Nfd5 13. Bg5 $1 $14) 11... Bb7 12.
Ba6 $2 (12. Rfe1 $1 {[%cal Ge3e4]} Ned5 13. Rad1 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Ne4 15. Bb4 Re8
16. Bb5 c6 17. Bd3 a5 $5) 12... Bxa6 (12... Bxf3 13. gxf3 c5 14. dxc5 $1 bxc5
15. Rfd1 Qb6 $14) 13. Qxa6 Nd7 $11 {[%cal Gc7c5] Ftacnik,L 0-1 Klinger,
J-Ftacnik,L/Novi Sad olm 1990 (47)}) (10. c5 $6 Nd7) 10... Ne4 $5 (10... Bb7
11. cxd5 (11. Bd2 dxc4 12. Ne5 $5 {with complicated play.} (12. Bxc4 Bxf3 13.
gxf3 Nf5 $36)) 11... exd5 (11... Nexd5 12. Bd2 $14 (12. Ba6 Qc8 13. Bxb7 Qxb7
$11 {[%cal Gc7c5]})) 12. b4 c6 13. Qb3 Nf5 $13 {[%cal Gf5d6]}) 11. Bd2 $5 (11.
Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 Bb7 13. b4 (13. f3 $2 exf3 14. Bxf3 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 c5 $17)
13... Nf5 14. Bb2 Qg5 $36 {[%cal Gf5h4]}) (11. Nd2 Nxc3 (11... Nxd2 12. Bxd2
Bb7 13. Rac1 $14) 12. bxc3 Bb7 13. Bb2 (13. Bf3 Nf5 {[%cal Gf5h4]}) 13... Nf5
14. cxd5 (14. Qb3 Nh4 $1 15. Bf1 Qg5 $36) 14... exd5 15. c4 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Qg5
17. d5 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Rfe8 $11) 11... Nxd2 (11... Bb7 $6 12. cxd5 $1 (12. Nxe4
dxe4 13. Ne5 Nf5 {[%cal Gf7f6]}) 12... Nxd2 (12... exd5 13. Nxe4 $1 dxe4 14.
Ne5 $16 {[%cal Ga1c1]}) 13. Rxd2 exd5 14. Ba6 $14) 12. Nxd2 c6 13. Rac1 Bd7 (
13... Bb7 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Ba6 $14) 14. b4 {[%cal Gb4b5]} a6 15. Qb3 Nf5 (
15... b5 16. cxb5 (16. c5 f5 17. f4 $11) 16... cxb5 17. a4 $14) 16. Nf3 {
[%cal Ge3e4]} b5 17. c5 (17. cxb5 cxb5 (17... axb5 $2 18. e4 $1 (18. a4 Nd6 19.
a5 f6 {[%cal Ge6e5] and black is not worse}) 18... Nd6 19. e5 Nc4 20. Bxc4 bxc4
21. Qb2 {and white is clearly better.}) 18. e4 $6 (18. a4 Nd6 $11) 18... dxe4 (
{Not enough} 18... Ne7 19. exd5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Qxd5 Be6 22. Qxd8 Rfxd8
23. a3 $16) 19. Nxe4 {[%cal Gf3e5,Ge4c5]} Bc8 $1 {[%csl Rd4]} (19... Ne7 $143
20. Ne5 Nd5 21. Nc5 Bc8 22. Bf3 $16) 20. Nc5 (20. d5 $2 exd5 21. Rxd5 Qe7 $17)
20... Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4 22. Qf3 Ra7 23. Nb3 e5 24. Nxd4 exd4 $17) 17... Qc7 (
17... a5 $2 18. a4 axb4 19. Qxb4 bxa4 20. Nxa4 $36 {[%cal Ga4b6]}) 18. a4 (18.
e4 $2 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Rad8 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gd7c8,Gc7f4]}) 18... Rad8 (18... e5
19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Bg4 $1 {[%cal Gc3e2,Ge2d4,Gg4f5]}) 19. Bd3 Ne7
20. axb5 axb5 21. Ra1 e5 $1 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qxe5 24. Ra7 (24. Ne2 Bg4 $1
) (24. h3 Bf5 (24... Be6 $143 25. Ne2 d4 $2 26. Qb2)) 24... Rfe8 {[%csl Ge7]}
25. h3 {[%cal Gc3e2,Ge2d4]} Be6 26. Qb2 (26. Ne2 $2 d4 27. Qb2 Qb8 $1 $17)
26... d4 27. Ne4 $2 $138 (27. Ne2 $2 Qb8 $1) (27. exd4 Rxd4 28. Ne2 Rd5 29.
Qxe5 Rxe5 $11 30. Nd4 Rd8 $1 (30... Bc4 $2 31. Bxc4 bxc4 32. Rc1 $16) 31. f4 (
31. Nf3 Red5) 31... Rxd4 $1 32. fxe5 Nd5 $44) 27... Nf5 28. Bc2 (28. g4 Bd5 (
28... Nh4 $2 29. f4 Qg7 30. Nd6 $16) 29. gxf5 (29. f4 Qg7) 29... Qxf5 $1 $17)
28... Bc4 29. Rd2 Rd5 30. f4 Qg7 31. exd4 Rxd4 32. Rxd4 (32. Nf6+ Qxf6 33. Bxf5
Red8 $17) 32... Nxd4 33. Kh1 Bd5 (33... Nxc2 $142 34. Qxc2 Qd4 $19) 34. Nd6 $2
(34. Bb1 Bxe4 35. Bxe4 Qf6 $19) 34... Re1+ 35. Kh2 Nf3+ {[%csl Rb2]} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Rb1 {White has a big choice here, but I always considered the text as the
critical continuation. White's idea is to provoke the b6-move, thus slightly
weakening the h1-a8 diagonal.} Nd7 $5 {Relatively a new idea, that has brought
Black great results.} 9. Qa4 {This is already Tiger's pet move. During my
preparation for the game I noticed my opponent's game against Mikhalevski, but
to tell the truth I couldn't believe he would go for this for the second time
and hadn't prepared seriously for the game variation.} ({It is too dangerous
for White to capture on b7} 9. Rxb7 Nb6 (9... Bg7 {also comes into
consideration.}) 10. Bg3 c5 {and White's rook obviously misplaced on b7.}) 9...
Bd5 $1 {The critical reply.} (9... Bg7 {would be a serious concession:} 10.
Bxc4 Bxc4 11. Qxc4 {in this case White regains the pawn, keeping a positional
edge, for example} Nb6 12. Qb3 O-O 13. Nf3 $14) {Now Black is threatening to
play 10...a6 followed by 11...b5, keeping a healthy extra pawn, so White is
more or less forced to go for the following crazy line:} 10. Bxc4 Bxg2 11. Qb3
{[%csl Gf7]} Bh6 $1 {[%csl Gf4] It is essential to take the f4-square under
control, as after} (11... Bg7 $6 12. Bxf7+ Kf8 {White has very powerful idea :}
13. Ne2 $1 Bxh1 14. Nf4 $40 {Kaganskiy,G (2293)-Bykhovsky,A (2390)/Petach
Tikva 2008/EXT 2009 (45)}) 12. Bxf7+ Kf8 13. Bd5 Nc5 $1 {The point of Black's
previous play.} ({White would have a great compensation for the exchange in
the event of} 13... Bxh1 $2 14. Bxh1 $44) 14. Bxg2 Nxb3 15. Rxb3 $44 {Finally
we have reached the position my opponent aimed for. White has only two minor
pieces for the queen, but the weakened position of Black's king and total lack
of coordiantion among my pieces makes White's compensation quite reasonable.
Objectively speaking, I don't believe this line may pose Black any serious
problems.} Rb8 $146 {A new move , that seems to me pretty logical, as I
believe it is essential for Black to activate his rook after b5 following by
Rb6.} ({Previously Black has tried} 15... b6 {Black's play in the following
encounter looks rather unconvincing} 16. Nf3 Kg7 17. Ne5 Re8 18. O-O Qc8 19.
Nc6 Qd7 20. Bxe7 $1 $44 {Lund,E (2403)-Nielsen,P (2625)/Silkeborg DEN 2008/The
Week in Chess 697 (49)}) ({Another example} 15... b5 16. Nf3 Rb8 17. Ne5 Rb6
18. O-O Bg7 {Later on White failed to prove his compensation, but definitely a
serious improvement had been prepared by my opponent.} 19. Nc6 (19. Nd3 $5)
19... Qd7 20. d5 e6 $17 {Hillarp Persson,T (2535)-Mikhalevski,V (2632)/
Reykjavik ISL 2008/The Week in Chess 697 (33)}) 16. Nf3 Bg7 {I believe it's
important to take control over the e5-square, avoiding possible strenghtening
of White's position by means of Ne5 and f4. Also my plan includes the
following regrouping Bg7-f6 following by Kg7(f7),that would help to improve
the coordination of my pieces.} (16... b5 {would transpose to the Hillarp
Person-Mikhalevski game .}) 17. O-O b5 ({In the event of} 17... Bf6 18. Bg3 b5
{I didn't like} ({also} 18... Kg7 19. Rfb1 b6 20. Ne5 {didn't appeal to me.})
19. Ra3 $1 {and suddenly it's not easy to defend a7-pawn.}) 18. Bg3 {White had
two important alternatives :} (18. Ng5 {[%csl Ge6]} Rb6 (18... Qd7 {is worse:}
19. Bh3 Qc6 20. Bg3 $1 $44 {followed by 21.Ne6}) 19. Rxb5 {Otherwise 18.Ng5
would be senseless.} {And now I believe Black's best bet would be} Rxb5 $1 ({
After both} 19... Bf6 20. Bg3 Bxg5 21. Rxg5 $44) ({and} 19... Qc8 20. Rc5 Bf6
21. Bg3 c6 (21... Bxg5 22. Rxg5 c6 23. Rc5 $44) 22. Ne4 $44 {White obtains
interesting compensation.}) 20. Ne6+ Kf7 21. Nxd8+ Rxd8 22. Bg3 {and Black has
a pleasant choice between} e6 $5 ({and} 22... e5 23. c4 Ra5 (23... Rb4 24. Bd5+
Kf8 25. dxe5 c6 26. Bxc6 Rxc4 27. Bb7 $11) 24. dxe5 Bxe5 25. Bd5+ Rdxd5 26.
cxd5 Rxd5 $11 {with an equal endgame.}) 23. Bxc7 Rc8 24. a4 Rb2 25. Ba5 Bf6 $1
$15 {and the endgame is slightly better for Black, though it looks like White
should be able to hold.}) ({Not dangerous for Black is} 18. Ra3 {, as after}
Qc8 19. Rxa7 Ra8 {Black manages to favourably swap one pair of rooks even at
the cost of two pawns.} 20. Bh3 Qb8 21. Rxa8 Qxa8 22. Ng5 Bf6 23. Ne6+ Kf7 24.
Nxc7 Qa5 $17 {and Black is clearly better.}) 18... Rb6 19. c4 $5 {Quite a
natural reaction. White intends to open up the c-file for his rooks. Another
serious alternative would have been} (19. Ng5 h6 {Probably the best reply for
Black, worse} (19... Bf6 20. Rxb5 $1 $13) ({, or} 19... e5 20. Nf3 $1) 20. Ne4
Kf7 21. Nc5 {White's knight is very well placed on c5, but still after the
quiet} a6 $15 {I would prefer Black's position.}) 19... bxc4 {Much more passive
} (19... a6 20. c5 Rf6 21. Ne5 {and White seizes some pressure.}) 20. Rc3 Bf6 {
Black continues his strtegy of imporving the coordination among his pieces.
With his last move he vacates the g7-square for his king, this would allow
Black to quickly connect his rooks.} ({In the event of} 20... Rb4 21. a3 Ra4 {
Black's rook is clearly misplaced on a4 and White can seize the initiative by
means of} 22. Ng5 $1 $36 {[%csl Ge6]}) 21. Rxc4 c6 22. Ne5 ({After} 22. Rfc1
Kf7 23. Ne5+ Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Rg8 {we get the position from the game.}) 22... Bxe5
$5 {A very human decision , but our silicon friend disagrees with me and
prefers} (22... Kg7 23. Nxc6 Qd7 24. d5 {Quite interesting} (24. Nxe7 $5 Bxe7
25. Rc7 Qe8 26. Be5+ Rf6 27. Rb1 $44) 24... Rc8 {followed by Qb7 and Rb1.}) 23.
Bxe5 Rg8 24. Rfc1 {The following line clearly justifies my defensive strategy}
(24. Bxc6 Rxc6 $1 25. Rxc6 Qd5 26. Rc2 Kf7 $15 {and it's only Black, who can
play for a win.}) 24... Kf7 25. d5 $1 {A fantastic tactical resource, that
allows White to stay in the game.} ({Once again} 25. Bxc6 {is met strongly by}
Rxc6 $1 26. Rxc6 Qd5 $15) ({Clearly inferior is} 25. Rxc6 Rxc6 26. Bxc6 Qa5 $1
$17 {and with one pair of rooks Black is clearly better.}) 25... cxd5 26. Rc5
Re8 $1 {The best defence.} ({After} 26... Rd6 27. Bxd6 exd6 28. Rc7+ Kf6 29.
Rxa7 $11 {White is not worse.}) 27. Rxd5 Rd6 ({Of course not} 27... Qa8 $4 28.
Rd4 Rb7 29. Bd5+ $18 {and White wins.}) 28. Bxd6 exd6 29. Rc6 Re6 $15 {After
wild complications in the middlegame we have reached a calm position with rook
and bishop versus queen. In general Black is slightly better here, as he has
managed to secure his king and has a small material advantage, but White has
managed to create some kind of fortress , which is not so easy to break
through... if it is at all possible.} 30. Rd4 ({After} 30. Ra6 Qc7 {White's
rook would be clearly out of play on the a-file.}) 30... Kg7 $1 {Now Black's
king finds a safe place on the h6-square.} 31. h4 Qb8 32. Bd5 Rf6 33. Bb3 {
At this moment the score in the match between Sweden and Israel was 1-1 with
two games remaining. Apart from my game, there was a game on the last board
Rodshtein-Cicak. I believe I took a very clever decision at this moment I
decided to wait for the developments on the last board and then to see whether
I needed to take a risk playing for a win.} Kh6 34. Rcc4 Qb5 35. Rc2 Qa5 36.
Rcd2 Qc5 37. Rd5 Qc8 ({Black achieves nothing with} 37... Qc1+ 38. Rd1) 38. Kh2
({I believe the change of position after} 38. Rxd6 Rxd6 39. Rxd6 Qg4+ 40. Kf1
Qxh4 $17 {is clearly favourable for Black.}) 38... Qc3 39. Kg2 Qb4 40. R5d4
Qb7+ 41. Bd5 Qc7 42. Bb3 Qe7 43. Rg4 Rf5 44. Rdd4 Qb7+ 45. Kg1 Qc7 46. Rgf4
Rxf4 {At this moment our last board won the game , so the draw in my game was
enough to reach a desirable 2.5 points. I offered a draw , that was accepted
by my opponent.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 28th"]
[Site "Eilat"]
[Date "2012.10.12"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ugra"]
[BlackTeam "Ashdod"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 {This has been recently a pet line of
Aleksey against the Grünfeld. I have to mention, that I have been used this
system a lot in recent years.} Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 {It goes without
saying, that the capture on c4 has been Black's most popular continuation in
recent years.} 7. e3 Be6 8. Rb1 {White has a big choice here, but I always
considered the text as the critical continuation. White's idea is to provoke
the b6-move, thus slightly weakening the h1-a8 diagonal.'} Nd7 $5 {One of the
key ideas for Black in this line. It transpires, that White can hardly take on
b7, as this would allows Black to get the initiative, by blocking the rook on
b7 followed by c7-c5.} ({Previously Black has been playing mostly} 8... b6) 9.
Nf3 {I had already had experience in this position.} ({Then my opponent went
for the remarkable idea} 9. Qa4 {This is Tiger's pet move. During my
preparation for the game I noticed my opponent's game against Mikhalevski, but
to tell the truth I couldn't believe he would go for this for the second time
and hadn't prepared seriously for the game variation.} Bd5 $1 {The critical
reply.} (9... Bg7 {would be a serious concession:} 10. Bxc4 Bxc4 11. Qxc4 {
in this case White regains the pawn, keeping a positional edge, for example}
Nb6 12. Qb3 O-O 13. Nf3 $14) {Now Black is threatening to play 10...a6
followed by 11...b5, keeping a healthy extra pawn, so White is more or less
forced to go for the following crazy line:} 10. Bxc4 Bxg2 11. Qb3 {[%csl Gf7]}
Bh6 $1 {[%csl Gf4] It is essential to take the f4-square under control, as
after} (11... Bg7 $6 12. Bxf7+ Kf8 {White has the very powerful idea :} 13. Ne2
$1 Bxh1 14. Nf4 $40 {Kaganskiy,G (2293)-Bykhovsky,A (2390)/Petach Tikva 2008/
EXT 2009 (45)}) 12. Bxf7+ Kf8 13. Bd5 Nc5 $1 {The point of Black's previous
play.} ({White would have a great compensation for the exchange in the event of
} 13... Bxh1 $2 14. Bxh1 $44) 14. Bxg2 Nxb3 15. Rxb3 $44 {Hillarp Persson,T 
(2543)-Avrukh,B (2657)/Dresden 2008 you can find this game fully commented in
CBM 128.}) 9... Nb6 10. Qc2 Bh6 $5 $146 {This was my over board improvisation.
I analysed this kind of position a lot, with Black having an extra pawn and
White having playable compensation, and came to the conclusion, that Black's
dark-squared bishop is out of play on g7 for a long time, so I thought it
could be useful for the short-term to control the g5-square , especially in
the lines when Black meets White's e3-e4 with the thematic f7-f5 advance. It
was also a very good psychological move, since Alexey had definitely prepared
positions after 10...Bg7 and here he spent around ten minutes on his next move.
} ({I knew his recent game in this line, which saw:} 10... Bg7 11. Be2 O-O 12.
O-O Qd7 13. Bg3 Bf5 14. e4 Bg4 15. Rfd1 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 e5 17. dxe5 Qe7 {Dreev,A
(2694)-Riazantsev,A (2714)/Belfort FRA 2012, here for example White could have
improved with} 18. a4 $1 {with promising play.}) 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Qe8 $1 {
I thought here for a long time and eventually made my choice in favour of this
multi-purpose move. First of all now White has to reckon with Qa4 move, at the
same time Black stops for some time one of White's typical ideas of pushing
a2-a4, that usually forces Black to react a7-a5, weakening his queenside paw
nstructure. Another point is to remove the queen from the h4-d8 diagonal,
which can help Black to carry out e7-e5 in the future.} 13. Bg5 {I was
pleasantly suprised with this move, which means that he didn't like my bishop
on h6!. White has some choice and it's very hard to make a decision. He could
have played:} (13. e4 {I wanted to react with} f5 {and it looks fine for Black.
}) ({Another thematic idea would be} 13. Nd2 {[%cal Ge2f3] , but now thanks to
my bishop on h6 I would have} Bd5 14. Bg3 {the main point is, that after} (14.
e4 {Black has} Bxd2 15. exd5 Bf4 {and White's compensation is rather
questionable.}) 14... Rc8 {with complex play, but Black seems to be very
comfortable.}) ({Finally the calm} 13. Rfe1 {is worthy of consideration
keeping all options open.}) 13... Bg7 {Obviously I had no intention of trading
my dark-squared bishop.} 14. Nd2 $6 {This is a quite logical move, but somehow
after this I think Black has a nice game with better chances.} ({I was ready
to meet} 14. e4 {with} f5 $1) ({Again I would recommend to start with} 14. Rfe1
{trying to carry out e3-e4 at a suitable moment.}) 14... h6 15. Bh4 {This is
better than} (15. Bf4 {here I prepared} c5 $1 {and White dark-squared bishop
is wrongly placed on f4, since after} 16. dxc5 {Black has} Nd5 {[%csl Gc3,Gf4]
with better chances.}) 15... Rc8 {Now Black is ready for c7-c5, White should
do something very quickly.} 16. Bf3 {This would be a good idea if not for ....}
Bf5 $1 {Forcing White to block in his light-squared bishop.} 17. e4 Bd7 $15 18.
Be2 ({After} 18. e5 {Black would have a pleasant choice between} c5 {and} (
18... Bf5 19. Be4 e6) 19. Bxb7 Rc7 20. Be4 Ba4 $1 21. Qc1 cxd4 22. cxd4 Qd7 {
in both cases Black is better.}) 18... e5 $1 19. d5 {This is much better, than}
(19. dxe5 $6 Ba4 $1 20. Qc1 Qxe5 $17) 19... Bb5 {In the begining the computer
prefers} (19... Ba4 {but here White should make a draw after} 20. Qb2 c6 21.
Nxc4 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 b5 23. Bb3 $1) 20. Bg4 $2 {This supposed to be the decisive
mistake, as Alexey recognised after the game he completely forgot about my
next intermediate move.} ({White should have played} 20. a4 $1 Bxa4 (20... Nxa4
$143 21. Nxc4 a6 22. f3 $44) 21. Qa2 Qd7 22. Nxc4 Nxc4 23. Qxc4 b5 24. Qb4 g5
25. Bg3 c6 26. c4 {and White would retain decent compensation, that should
allow him to survive.}) 20... Ba4 $1 {Black is not going to move his rook at
all.} 21. Qb2 f5 {Black is clearly seizing the initiative.} 22. exf5 gxf5 23.
Be2 e4 $17 {[%csl Gg7] The Grünfeld bishop enjoys the play with great effect.}
24. Qa3 $6 {This is another inaccuracy, but even after the relatively best} (
24. Nxc4 Nxd5 25. Rbc1 Nf4 {Black is much better.}) 24... Kh8 $6 {Generally
not a bad move, but I could have decided the game easily by means of} (24...
Bc2 $1 {I saw this move, but somehow I thought , that by sacrificing the
exchange with} 25. Rxb6 axb6 26. Nxc4 {White would get some counterplay, which
is absolutely wrong, as Black is winning after} Bd3 $1 $19) 25. Bxc4 e3 ({
A reasonable alternative would have been} 25... Bc2 $5 26. Bb5 Qh5 27. Rb2 Qxh4
28. Rxc2 a6 29. Be2 Nxd5 $17 {with a clear edge.}) 26. fxe3 Qxe3+ 27. Bf2 Qxc3
{The right choice; I also seriously considered} (27... Qxd2 28. Bxb6 cxb6 29.
Qxa4 Rg8 30. Rf2 Qxc3 31. Rc2 {but was afraid of drawish tendency due to
diffierent coloured bishops.}) 28. Bb3 ({Another line is} 28. Qxc3 Bxc3 29. Bb3
Bxb3 30. Nxb3 Nxd5 {and two extra pawns should be enough for a win.}) 28... Bb5
29. Rfd1 Be2 $1 30. Qxa7 (30. Rbc1 {doesn't change much:} Qb2 31. Qxa7 Bd4 {
and White has a decisive advantage.}) 30... Bxd1 {My opponent was already in
serious time trouble, but starting from this moment I too started to get short
of time, which seriously damaged my play for the rest of the game.} ({There
was absolutely no need to rush with capturing the rook on d1, instead} 30...
Bd4 31. Bxd4+ {The main point is that to compared to the game White cannot
take on b7 due to the following line:} (31. Qxb7 Bxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Rce8 {[%cal
Gc3e3]} 33. Kg1 Qd4+ 34. Kh1 Bxd1 35. Rxd1 Qxd2 $1 $19 {[%csl Ge1]}) 31...
Qxd4+ 32. Kh1 Rg8 {and White is unable to stop Black's attack.}) 31. Rxd1 Bd4
$1 {It is essential to exchange White's main defender.} 32. Qxb7 $2 ({White
should have played} 32. Bxd4+ $142 Qxd4+ 33. Kh1 {still after} Rce8 34. Nf3 Qg7
35. Qxb7 Re2 36. Rg1 Nc8 $17 {[%cal Gc8d6] Black retains a clear edge.}) 32...
Rce8 $1 {This should have led to a winning attack.} 33. Qc6 Bxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Qe3+
35. Kf1 Nc8 $4 $138 {Losing all the advantage.} ({An easy solution would have
been} 35... Rg8 {Being short of time I started to get worried about} 36. d6 {
, but the simple} Rg6 37. Qf3 Rxd6 $19 {would decide the game instantly.}) 36.
Nf3 Nd6 37. Qc1 $1 {[%csl Gh6] I completely forgot about this move, now White
is back into the game.} Rf7 $1 {A good move in time trouble.} 38. Qxe3 Rxe3 39.
Nd4 {White has managed to survive Black's attack and emerged with decent
compensation for being an exchange down.} f4 40. Rc1 (40. Re1 {deserved
attention as well.}) 40... Rd3 $1 41. Nf3 Re7 42. Nh4 $1 {A surprising
tactical idea, that probably allows White to hold the position.} Rg7 ({The
obvious} 42... Kg7 {runs into the nice} 43. Ng6 $1 Re4 (43... Kxg6 $140 $2 44.
Bc2 Ree3 45. Rd1) 44. Rxc7+ {After the game Alexey mentioned} (44. Nh4 $6 {
but it would be inaccurate in view of} Nb5 $1 45. Nf5+ Kf6 46. Nxh6 Rc3 $1 $17
{and Black is very active.}) 44... Kxg6 45. Rc6 Kg5 46. Rxd6 f3 47. gxf3 Rxf3+
48. Kg2 Rd3 49. Re6 $1 Rxe6 50. dxe6 {and Black cannot win this position.}) 43.
Re1 $6 {A serious inaccuracy, it was necessary to keep the rook on the c-file.}
(43. Rc6 $142 Kg8 44. Nf3 {and Black is struggling to coordinate his pieces.})
43... Re3 $6 {I was really disappointed with the way I missed so many chances
and it was clear that I lost my way in this game; but by offering a draw 
(which is hard to refuse) I actually secured the team victory.} ({Objectively
speaking Black should have continued} 43... Rd2 44. Re6 Kh7 $1 {with a serious
advantage, as White has problems defending the second rank.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG Cup"]
[Site "Ulcinj"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ristic, Nenad"]
[Black "Vukanovic, Sasa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bh4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
e3 c5 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Rc1 Na5 12. Be2 cxd4 13. cxd4 b6 14. Ne5 Qd6
15. Bf3 Ba6 $2 16. Bxa8 Bxf1 17. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 18. Kxf1 Qxh2 19. Bd5+ e6 20.
Qf3+ Kg8 21. Bxe6+ Kh8 22. Qxf8+ $3 (22. Qxf8+ $3 Bxf8 23. Bf6+ Bg7 24. Rc8#)
1-0

[Event "World U20-ch22"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1983.08.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Stohl, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "Bulletin/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1983.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. cxd5 {Une vieille ligne assez
compliquée mais peu jouée à haut niveau} (5. Bh4 $142 {La grande ligne} Nxc3
6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 (7. Qa4+)) 5... Nxg5 (5... Nxc3 $143 {L'alternative rend
plus difficile l'égalité pour les Noirs} 6. bxc3 Qxd5 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. e3 $14 {
[%csl Gc3,Gd4][%cal Gc3c4]}) 6. h4 Ne4 (6... e6 $143 7. hxg5 exd5 8. Qd2 {
[%csl Gh1,Rh7]}) 7. Nxe4 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qd8 (8... Qa5 {Semble plus logique} 9. h5
Bg7 10. e3 c5 $132 {[%cal Gg7c3];Sergeev,V (2440)-Jasnikowski,Z (2450)
Polanica Zdroj op 1993 (6) 1/2}) 9. h5 (9. e3 Bg7 10. h5 c5 11. d5 Nd7 12. g3
a6 13. Bg2 Ne5 $11 {Purdy,J-Bagirov,V AUS-ch Adelaide 1960 (2) 0-1} (13... b5))
9... Bg7 10. hxg6 $146 {Semble un peu prématuré} (10. e3 $142 c5 {Forintos,
G-Navarovszky,L HUN-ch 21th Budapest 1965 1/2}) 10... hxg6 11. Rxh8+ Bxh8 12.
e3 c5 $1 13. dxc5 Qa5 14. Qa4+ (14. Bb5+ Bd7) 14... Qxa4 15. Nxa4 Bd7 16. Nc3
Bxc3+ $1 {Les Blancs peuvent trés difficilement s'accrocher au P} 17. bxc3 Nc6
18. Rb1 Nd8 (18... O-O-O $5 $32) 19. Bb5 Rc8 20. Ne2 Rxc5 $11 21. Bxd7+ Kxd7 {
[%csl Ga7,Gb7,Rc3] les Noirs ont une bonne finale} 22. e4 Kc7 23. Kd2 Ra5 24.
Rb2 Nc6 25. Rc2 Rh5 26. Nf4 Rh2 27. Ke3 g5 28. Nd5+ Kd6 29. g3 Ne5 (29... e6)
30. Nb4 e6 31. Nd3 $1 {Les Blancs auront probablement moins de problèmes en
cas d'échange des N} Nxd3 32. Kxd3 Kc5 {[%csl Gc5,Rd3]} 33. a4 {[%csl Ra4]
Empêche Kb5 mais le P"a4" est assez faible} b6 (33... Kb6 $6 34. Kc4 Ka5 35.
Ra2 a6 {[%cal Gb7b5]} 36. Kc5 $1 {[%csl Ra5,Gc5]}) 34. Rd2 Rh1 {[%cal Gh1a1]}
35. Kc2 Rg1 (35... Re1 $5 36. Rd7 Rxe4 37. Rxa7 (37. Rxf7 Rxa4) 37... Re2+ 38.
Kd3 Rxf2 $15 {[%csl Ge6]}) 36. Kb3 Kc6 37. Kc4 a5 $6 {[%csl Rb6] Un coup
affaiblissant qui prive aussi les Noirs de la manoeuvre Kb7a6a5} (37... Ra1 {
Plus souple} 38. Kb3 Re1 39. Rd4 Re2 40. Rc4+ Kd7 41. Rd4+ Ke7 42. Kb4 {
[%cal Gb4b5,Gb5a6]} Rxf2 43. Kb5 f5 44. exf5 exf5 45. Ka6 Rf3 $17) 38. Kd4 Kd6
39. Kc4+ Kc6 40. Re2 Ra1 41. Kb3 Kc5 42. Rd2 Rb1+ 43. Kc2 Rg1 44. Kb3 f6 45.
Kc2 f5 46. exf5 exf5 47. Kb3 g4 48. Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
cxd5 Qxd5 9. e3 cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Be2 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nc6 14.
Rhc1 Rd8 15. Ke1 Bf5 16. h3 h5 17. Nh4 Bc8 18. Bc4 {Black has some problems
with development and Nxg6 is now a threat. if he is forced to play e6, there
is no doubt he would be worse, but he has a nifty resource at hand.} Nxd4 $1
19. Bc7 (19. exd4 Rxd4 20. Nxg6 Re4+ $1 (20... Rxc4 21. Nxe7+ Kf8 22. Rxc4 Bxa1
23. Nxc8 {does not work.}) 21. Be3 Bxa1 22. Bd5 Rxe3+ 23. fxe3 Bf6 {And Black
has no problems, to say the least.}) 19... Rd7 20. exd4 Rxd4 {Both the bishop
on c4 and the knight on h4 are hanging! This is the tactical point.} 21. Nxg6
Re4+ $1 (21... Rxc4 22. Rxc4 Bxa1 23. Nxe7+ Kh7 24. Rh4 $14) 22. Kf1 Bxa1 23.
Bd5 Bf5 (23... Re6 {was also good enough, but the solution that Caruana chose
is more natural.}) 24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25. Nxe7+ Kf8 26. Rxa1 Bd3+ {necessary to
avoid the pin on the e-file.} 27. Kg1 Kxe7 28. Re1+ {Sadly, at the end of
everything we reached and endgame that is very clearly drawn.} Kf6 29. Bg3 Rc8
30. Bh4+ Kg7 31. Re3 Bg6 32. Bg3 Rc4 33. f3 Bf5 34. Re7 Be6 35. Rxb7 Ra4 36.
Rb5 Kg6 37. Be1 Rxa2 38. Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qb6 9. e3 {A couple of GM games had continued with e3 in stead.} Qxb2 10.
Bb5+ Nd7 11. Rc1 O-O {with equal material, the pair of bishops and a solid
position Black shuld be happy with the opening situation.} 12. O-O a6 13. Bxd7
Bxd7 14. d6 exd6 15. Nd5 Bd8 16. Qf3 Rc8 17. Rb1 Qxa2 18. Rxb7 Rc5 19. Nb4 Qa4
20. Nxa6 Bc6 (20... Rg5 21. h4 $1 (21. Nb4 Bg4 22. Qf4 Bh3 $17) 21... Rh5 22.
Nb4 {keeps some compensation for White.}) 21. Nxc6 Rf5 22. Rb4 Qxa6 23. Rf4
Rxf4 24. exf4 Bf6 {The position is now unwinnable.} 25. Nb4 Qc4 26. Nd5 Kg7 27.
f5 Qd4 28. Rd1 Qe5 29. fxg6 hxg6 30. g3 (30. Nxf6 Qxf6 31. Qxf6+ Kxf6 32. Rxd6+
{is an extra pawn in an endgame that is not hard to hold.}) 30... Re8 31. h4
Bd8 32. Nf4 Qe4 33. Qg4 Bb6 34. h5 Bc5 35. Rf1 Qf5 36. Qxf5 gxf5 37. Rb1 Re7
38. Kg2 Ra7 39. Rb3 Kh6 40. Rf3 Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Petrosian Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2014.11.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2014.11.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
cxd5 cxd4 9. cxd4 Qxd5 10. e3 O-O 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Bf5 13. Qa4 Qa5 14. Qxa5
Nxa5 15. Rfc1 Rac8 {Technically a novelty. Earlier this year Grischuk chose to
play the other rook to c8 against Carlsen. Gelfand must have felt there are
reasons to keep the f8 rook where it is, maybe to go to d8.} 16. Ne1 Nc6 17. g4
(17. Bf3 $5) 17... Be4 18. Bf3 f5 $1 {Nice understanding of the position. The
e4 pawn will be very difficult to attack and it severely restricts White's
position, to the point where he will not be able to avoid the e5 break.} 19.
Bxe4 fxe4 20. Rab1 b6 21. Rc2 e5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Kg2 {White's
awkward knight on e1 means that Black is the only one that can be better.} Kf7
(24... Rfd8 $15) 25. Rd1 Rxc2 26. Nxc2 Rc8 27. Nd4 a6 28. f4 exf3+ 29. Kxf3 b5
30. h4 Bxd4 (30... h5 {preserved some advantage, but with good play it should
end in a draw anyways.}) 31. Rxd4 Ke6 32. Re4+ Kd6 33. Rd4+ Ke6 34. Re4+ Kd6
35. Rd4+ Ke6 36. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2012.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. h4 {A rare line which has gained
some popularity recently.} Bg7 6. e3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Qxd5 9. Qf3 Qxf3 (
{I also considered} 9... Qf5 {, but the unpleasant check} 10. Bb5+ {disrupts
Black's plans.} Nd7 11. Qxf5 gxf5 12. Ne2 {is slightly better for White due to
Black's doubled f-pawns.}) 10. Nxf3 Nc6 {An inaccuracy, after which White
obtains slight pressure.} (10... Bf5 {was a stronger move, after which the
play is approximately equal.}) 11. Rb1 Na5 (11... b6 {was also possible. I had
missed an important detail in the following line:} 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Be4 Rc8 14.
d5 Bxc3+ 15. Ke2 {, and here I didn't notice that Black has an advantage after}
f5 $1) 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Ke2 Rc8 14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. Rb5 $5 {Embarking on an
interesting plan, which doesn't offer any objective advantage but puts Black
under strong pressure.} ({I had expected} 15. Rhd1 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rc2+ 17. Rd2
Rhc8 {, with equal play.}) 15... b6 16. dxc5 Rxc5 17. Rxc5 bxc5 18. Rd1+ Ke6 {
The pawn structure suggests a drawish position, but the vulnerable position of
Black's king adds a sharper element to the position.} 19. e4 Bxc3 {I decided
to bite the bullet and take the pawn on offer, although it took a fair bit of
calculation to make sure I wasn't running into any mating attack.} ({A safer
option was} 19... h6 20. Be3 Nb7 {, and after ...Nd6 Black will hold the
position easily.}) 20. Be3 Bf6 21. h5 $5 {Continuing to sharpen to play. After
the routine 21.Bxc5 the game would have petered out to equality.} (21. Bxc5 Rc8
22. Bxa7 Ra8 23. Nd4+ Bxd4 24. Bxd4 Nc6 {, with an inevitable draw.}) 21... Rc8
22. h6 {Tightening the noose around Black's king. The position look very
unusual and complicated, but it always remains about equal: Black is totally
tied up, but White can't make much use of it.} Nc4 23. Bf4 Nb2 24. Rd5 c4 {
There were many other possibilities as well. This move allows White to force a
draw immediately, which due to my lack of time, I wasn't opposed to.} ({
For example,} 24... Na4 25. Rd2 Nc3+ 26. Ke3 c4 27. e5 Nd5+ 28. Ke4 Nc3+ 29.
Ke3 Nd5+ {leads to a draw.}) ({Or even} 24... a6 $5 {, when White's next move
isn't entirely clear.}) 25. Ra5 {A decision to continue the struggle, which
was to be expected from a fighter like Morozevich, but objectively Black's
position is fine here.} (25. Be5 {forces perpetual:} Bxe5 26. Ng5+ Kf6 27.
Nxh7+ Ke6 28. Ng5+ $11) 25... Nd3 26. Be3 Rb8 27. Nd4+ (27. Ra6+ Kd7 28. Rxa7+
Ke8 {, and Black's counterplay with ...Rb2 is enough to at least hold the
balance, and even claim the initiative if White gets careless.}) 27... Kd7 {
A good move. Giving up my bishop would hand White the initiative.} 28. Kd2 {
White is losing the thread.} ({There is no reason for White to avoid} 28. Rxa7+
Ke8 29. Nc2 Rb2 30. Kd1 {, with a safe position.}) 28... Rb7 29. g4 $2 {
And this is a really big mistake.} (29. Nc2 {still should be enough for
equality.}) 29... e6 $2 {Playing too routinely and missing a big chance in
time trouble.} ({The strong} 29... Bh4 $1 {, which I noticed seconds after I
played 29...e6, gives Black a nearly decisive advantage.}) 30. f3 Bd8 {Black
has consolidated his extra pawn, but matters remain far from simple. The
advanced h6-pawn gives White good counterchances.} 31. Ra4 Nb2 32. Ra6 Bb6 33.
Nc2 Nd3 34. Bxb6 axb6 35. g5 (35. Ra8 f6 36. Rg8 {is enough for equality.})
35... Nf4 36. Ne3 Kc6 37. Ng4 Kb5 38. Ra8 Rc7 39. Nf6 $2 {A very natural move
and a decisive error!} ({The computer demonstrates a study-like defence:} 39.
Kc2 $1 Ne2 40. Ne5 $1 c3 41. Kd3 $1 c2 $2 ({Black should concede a draw with} 
41... Nf4+ 42. Kc2 Ne2 $11) 42. Kxe2 c1=Q (42... Rc3 43. Nd3 Rxd3 44. Rc8) 43.
a4+ {, and after any king move Nd3+ wins!}) 39... c3+ 40. Kc2 Ne2 {Now Black's
c-pawn wins.} 41. Rd8 Kc4 42. Nd7 (42. Nxh7 Nd4+ 43. Kc1 Ra7 44. Nf6 Rxa2 {
wins.}) 42... Nd4+ 43. Kc1 c2 44. Nxb6+ Kd3 {White can't stop ...Ke3 and ...
Ne2, so he resigned. A good start for my first game of the new year! This also
marked my comeback from a difficult -2 position in the tournament, finally
finishing with a decent +1 and shared second place.} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.10.03"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

{On round 10 we had faced Ukraine, the team that would be crowned Olympic
champions one day later. After a difficult defeat, we had to beat Armenia in
the last round to earn a quite wonderful place (between third and fifth). But
things got tougher. First Sebastien Feller, who later took a gold medal on
board 5, suddenly declared that he was sick and then had to be replaced by
Vlad Tkachiev, who didn't expect that and thus was much less prepared than
usually. Vlad made a good decision by drawing fairly quickly, but it put
Maxime in a tricky situation: after some good preparation from Aronian, should
he resolve himself to take a draw and let his teammates play with Black? This
would have been the right decision, but Maxime was a victim of his excellent
team spirit and suffered a difficult defeat by playing clumsily a position
that required a bit of precision. The situation was clear: Laurent (Fressinet)
and I had to win with the black pieces!} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 {
The Armenians had previously played another line in the tournament, without
success. So I was expecting a change and possibly the latter since this line
is very fashionable at the moment.} Bg7 $5 {A secondary but very interesting
move.} (4... Ne4 {is the main line.}) 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 (6. Nxd5 Bg7 {
followed by ...c5, ...Nc6, and Black will get the pawn back easily.}) 6... c6
7. e4 $5 (7. dxc6 Bxd4 8. cxb7 Bxb7 {and Black's piece activity blithely
compensates for the sacrificed pawn.}) 7... O-O 8. e5 Bg7 9. Bc4 {The usual
move.} (9. dxc6 Nxc6 {is extremely bad for White, for instance:} 10. Nf3 (10.
Nge2 Qb6 $40) 10... Bg4 $40) 9... b5 10. Bb3 b4 11. Nce2 (11. Na4 {is the more
positional move: the knight aims to control the c5-square and not to attack on
the kingside. But I think that positions of this kind are good for Black who
will take on d5 and then prepare for ...f6 sooner or later.}) 11... cxd5 12. h4
$1 h5 $5 {A move I had looked at before the game, at the speed of light. In
fact the problem is simple. If White can play h5, Black has some space
problems. However the move ...h5 is compromising and risky because White will
be able to launch attacks based on sacrifices. So I think here either White
has a decisive attack, or Black has no problem at all. A perfect position to
play for a win in a match under high pressure (yes, yes, for France playing
for a Top 5 placing was like lifr in Hollywood!).} 13. Nf4 e6 14. Bc2 $6 {
The start of too slow a plan.} (14. g4 $1 {was the only way to claim something:
} Bh6 15. Qf3 (15. g5 Bg7 16. Bc2 Nc6 {is very good for Black (/\...Ne7, ...
Nf5) as all sacrifices are not working at all, for instance:} 17. Nxh5 $2 gxh5
18. Qxh5 Re8 $19) 15... Nc6 16. Nge2 hxg4 17. Qxg4 Ne7 $1 18. h5 g5 19. Nh3 Kh8
$1 20. Nxg5 Nf5 21. Rg1 Ba6 $132 {could follow.}) 14... Nc6 15. Rh3 $6 Qa5 $5 (
15... Qb6 16. Nge2 Ne7 {would also be better for Black.}) 16. b3 $2 (16. Kf1 {
was the only move, but of course Black is better, for instance after:} Ba6+ 17.
Nge2 Qb6 {with a very pleasant position.}) 16... Nxd4 $1 {A nice idea! But
unfortunately not the best.} (16... Qc7 $1 {is probably best:} 17. Nf3 (17. Rc1
$2 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Bxe5 $19) 17... Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxe5 19. Nfe2 Bxd4 {A very
simple idea I missed.} 20. Nxd4 e5 {would give me a decisive advantage. Now
the move 15.Rh3 appears as even more of a mistake!!}) 17. Bxg6 $8 (17. Qxd4 Qc7
$19 {Everything is hanging for White!}) 17... Qc7 18. Re3 $8 {A quite
miraculous defence.} (18. Qxd4 $2 Bxe5 $19) 18... Nc6 $6 {First of all, not
the simplest. But also not the best!} (18... fxg6 19. Qxd4 Rf5 $3 (19... Bxe5
20. Qxe5 (20. Rxe5 $2 Rxf4 21. Qxf4 Qc3+ $19) 20... Qxe5 21. Rxe5 Rxf4 22. Nf3
{is not so simple.}) 20. Nf3 (20. Nxg6 $2 Kh7 21. Rg3 Ba6 {and White is
totally tied up, for example:} 22. Nf3 Bh6 {(/\...Rg8) with a totally winning
position.}) 20... Rb8 {followed by ...Bh6, with a huge plus.}) 19. Bc2 Nxe5 20.
Rc1 $1 {A big mistake at first sight, but in fact the best move!} (20. Nxh5 Bh6
21. f4 (21. Rg3+ Kh8 $40) 21... Ng6 $1 22. Ne2 f5 $1 $17) 20... Ng6 21. Nxg6 $2
(21. Nge2 $1 {The move I missed while going 18...Nc6! Now, White escapes!} Qd6
(21... Nxf4 $4 22. Bh7+ $18) 22. Bxg6 fxg6 23. Rxc8 $5 Raxc8 24. Rxe6 {
followed by Rxg6, and White will have enough counterplay to draw the game.})
21... fxg6 22. Nf3 Bh6 23. Ng5 (23. Bxg6 Qg7 $19) 23... Qh2 $2 {Around this
time, the situation became fun. Laurent Fressinet opted for a psychological
move and offered a draw to his opponent Akopian, who was (very) willing to
accept in a complicated position and 7 minutes each at the clock. Akopian had
to play on, on the advice of his captain. This provoked him into a 5-minute
period of thinking and observation. Later, Akopian blundered and thanks to it
we could save the day (2-2)!} (23... Qf4 {would instantly have won one more
pawn and and the game...}) 24. Qd3 Rf5 25. Qe2 Qh1+ $2 $138 (25... Rf6 $19) 26.
Kd2 Qxh4 27. Bxf5 {Oops, suddenly I realized about the Rxc8+ trick!!} gxf5 (
27... d4 28. Rxc8+ Rxc8 29. Bxe6+ Kg7 30. Bxc8 dxe3+ 31. fxe3 Qxg5 {would be
better for Black, but most probably not enough to get the full point.}) 28. Qb5
$1 {The only try for getting counterplay!} Qxg5 29. Qe8+ Bf8 $4 {One more
hallucination! This was probably my speciality in those olympiads. How could I
guess that after taking my opponent's knight on g5, my king was allowed to go
to h7??? The arbiter should have told me :-) Now my position goes from winning
to lost!!} (29... Kh7 30. Rc7+ Bg7 31. Kd1 $8 h4 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Qxc8 Qxg2
34. Qxe6 Qf1+ 35. Kc2 Qxf2+ 36. Re2 Qf3 {should win for Black.}) 30. Rxc8 $2 {
Now it looks like my opponent had more or less the same hallucination: he took
on c8 instantly and forgot that my king could go to h7!} (30. Rc7 {just wins:}
Qh6 $8 (30... Qf6 31. Rg3+ Kh8 32. Kc2 $18) 31. Qf7+ Kh8 32. Ke1 h4 33. Rh3 $18
{No comment!}) 30... Rxc8 31. Qxe6+ Kh7 32. Qxc8 d4 33. Qxf8 dxe3+ 34. Ke2 $1 {
The endgame is just drawn.} exf2 35. Qf7+ Kh6 36. Qf8+ Qg7 37. Qd6+ Qg6 38.
Qf8+ Kg5 39. Qxb4 Qa6+ 40. Kxf2 Qxa2+ 41. Kf3 Qa6 42. Qe7+ Kg6 43. Qe8+ Kf6 44.
Qh8+ Kg6 {As I said earlier, we were able to save the match thanks to
Fressinet's victory on board 2!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund op-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Groszpeter, Attila"]
[Black "Ernst, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bf4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Nf3 (8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. Qb3 Qa5 10. Qb4 Qxb4 11. cxb4 c6 $14) 8... c5 9. Rc1 cxd4
10. cxd4 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Qd2 Bg4 13. Be2 Rac8 14. h3 {Eine kurze, aber
inhaltsreiche Remispartie.} (14. Rc5 Qd7 15. O-O e5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Rxc8 Rxc8
18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxg4 Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Qxg4 21. Rc1 Rxc1 22. Qxc1 Qe2 $10) (14.
Rc5 Qd7 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 e5 17. dxe5 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Rfd8+ 19. Ke2 Nxe5 $1
$10) (14. h3 Be6 15. Bc4 $6 Qxc4 $1 16. Rxc4 Bxc4 $17) (14. h3 Be6 15. Rc5 $2
Qxa2 16. d5 Qxd2+ 17. Nxd2 Nb4 $17) (14. h3 Be6 15. a3 $1 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.11.01"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Tomczak, Jacek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belarus"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]
[WhiteClock "0:02:06"]
[BlackClock "0:04:00"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. Ne2 O-O 8.
Nc3 Qd6 9. Be2 Rd8 10. O-O Na6 11. Ne4 Qb6 12. Bc4 Qc6 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Qb3 Bxc4
15. Nxc4 Qd5 $15 {White has been trying to play an excessively slow game, and
it has caught up with him now. Black is about to break open the centre.} 16.
Bd2 c5 17. Bc3 cxd4 18. exd4 Rac8 19. Na5 b6 20. Qxd5 Rxd5 21. Nb3 Nc7 22. a4
Ne6 23. Rfe1 Nxd4 (23... Kf8 $1 {There was no particular need to take the pawn
immediately.} 24. Rad1 Rcd8 25. Re4 Nc5 (25... R8d7) 26. Nxc5 bxc5 27. Rde1
R8d7 28. dxc5 Bxc3 29. bxc3 Rxc5 30. R4e3 Rc4 $17 {Takes the pawn under
slightly better circumstances.}) 24. Nxd4 Bxd4 25. Rxe7 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Ra5 27.
g3 Rxc3 28. Rd1 Rxa4 29. Rdd7 Rf3 30. Rxa7 Rxa7 31. Rxa7 Kg7 {So far we
haven't really seen much of a game. White has played a little bit insipidly,
but has not done anything too terrible other than misplacing a pawn. We get a
standard rook-behind-extra-outside-pawn ending.} 32. Rb7 Rb3 (32... Rf6 {
is another kind of winning try — Black will try and defend his kingside with
his rook.}) 33. h4 h5 34. Kg2 Kf6 35. Kf1 Ke6 {Correctly taking his time over
the push.} 36. Ke2 b5 37. Rb6+ Ke5 38. Rb7 f6 39. Re7+ Kf5 40. Rb7 Rb2+ 41. Kf3
Rb3+ 42. Ke2 Rb2+ 43. Kf3 Rb1 44. Rb8 b4 45. Rb5+ Ke6 46. Rb6+ Ke5 47. Rb5+ $2
{Against a black a-pawn, White could have afforded to raid Black's kingside
with his rook in this way, but here it looks suicidal.} (47. Ke3 {is the way
to keep this a book draw.} b3 48. Rb5+ $5 {Now.} (48. Kd3 $6 {is precarious.}
Kf5 $1 (48... b2 49. Ke2 g5 50. hxg5 fxg5 51. Kf3 $11) 49. Rb4 $1 (49. Rb5+ Kg4
50. Rb6 b2 $19) 49... g5 50. hxg5 fxg5 51. f3 $11) 48... Ke6 49. Kd2 b2 50. Ke2
$1 $11) 47... Kd4 $19 48. Rb6 b3 49. Rxf6 Kc5 50. Rf8 Rd1 51. Rb8 Kc4 52. Ke4
Rd4+ 53. Ke5 Rd5+ 54. Kf6 Rb5 55. Re8 b2 56. Re1 Rb6+ 57. Kg5 Kd3 $1 {Great
technique.} 58. f3 b1=Q 59. Rxb1 Rxb1 60. Kxg6 Rg1 61. g4 hxg4 0-1

[Event "Helsinki op"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bf4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 (6... dxc4 7.
e4 c5 8. Bxc4 Bg7 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. d5 Na5 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. O-O $36 {
Shirov,A-Leko,P/London/1991/}) 7. e3 c5 8. cxd5 (8. Nf3 O-O 9. cxd5 cxd4 10.
cxd4 Qxd5 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Qb1 b6 14. Rc1 Rad8 15. Qb3 Qa5 16. Rab1
e5 17. Bg5 Rc8 18. d5 e4 19. Ne1 Ne5 20. Be7 Rfe8 $10 {Olafsson,H-Hellers/
Nordic zt/1992/}) 8... cxd4 (8... Qxd5 9. Qb3 $14) 9. cxd4 Qxd5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11.
Be2 Qa5+ $1 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Rc1 Be6 (13... Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Rd8 15. Bb5 e5 16.
Bxc6 exf4 $10) 14. Qxa5 Nxa5 15. Ng5 Rfc8 16. Rxc8+ Bxc8 (16... Rxc8 17. Nxe6
Rc1+ 18. Bd1 fxe6 19. O-O $16) 17. Bf3 $6 (17. Kd2 h6 18. Ne4 Be6 19. Nc5 Bxa2
20. Ra1 Nb3+ 21. Nxb3 Bxb3 22. Bf3 a5 23. Bxb7 Ra7 24. Be4 a4 $10) 17... Bd7
18. Bc7 Nc6 19. Kd2 Rc8 20. Bg3 e5 $1 21. dxe5 (21. Bd5 Be8 22. dxe5 Rd8 23. e4
Nb4 $17) 21... Nxe5 22. Bxb7 Rb8 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Bd5 Rb2+ 25. Kd3 Rxf2 26.
Rb1 Bc8 $1 27. Bb7 $2 (27. Rc1 Bf5+ 28. Kc4 (28. e4 Bf4 29. Rb1 Bxg5 30. exf5
Rxf5 $15) 28... Kg7 $1 29. Nxf7 Bxh2 30. a4 Rc2+ $15) (27. Nxf7 $5 Rxf7 28.
Bxf7+ (28. Rf1 $4 Ba6+ $19) 28... Kxf7 29. h3 $15) 27... Bxb7 28. Rxb7 a5 29.
a4 Bxh2 30. g4 h6 31. Ne4 Ra2 32. Nc3 Ra3 $1 33. Kd4 (33. Rb5 Bd6 $19) 33...
Be5+ 34. Kxe5 Rxc3 35. Rb5 Rxe3+ 36. Kf4 Rc3 37. Rxa5 Kg7 38. Ra6 g5+ 39. Ke4
Rg3 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.01.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bf4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. e3 c5 8. Nf3
O-O (8... Nc6 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Be2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Qxa5 Nxa5
14. Bc7 $1 b6 (14... Nc6 $5) 15. Rc1 Be6 16. Rc2 Bf5 17. Rc3 Be6 18. a3 Nb3 19.
Ng5 Bd5 20. O-O Nc5 21. Rfc1 h6 22. Nf3 Ne6 $6 (22... Ne4 23. R3c2 Bb7 $14) 23.
Ba6 $16 {Yusupov,A-Smejkal,J/BRD/1993/}) 9. cxd5 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd5 11. Be2 Nc6
12. O-O Bf5 (12... Bd7) 13. Qa4 Qa5 14. Qb3 $6 (14. Qxa5 Nxa5 15. Rfc1 $10)
14... Qb4 $1 15. Rfc1 Rac8 (15... Rfc8 $4 16. Rxc6 $1 Qxb3 17. Rxc8+ $18) 16.
h3 a6 17. Qd1 (17. Rc5 Qxb3 18. axb3 Nxd4 $1 $19) 17... Rfd8 18. g4 $2 (18. Bd3
Bxd3 19. Qxd3 e5 20. Bg5 Rd7 (20... f6 21. Rab1 $10) 21. Rab1 Qa5 22. Qb3 exd4
23. exd4 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 Qxg5 $17) (18. Qf1 $5) 18... Be4 19. Nd2 $2 (19. Qe1 $17
) 19... e5 $1 20. Bg5 (20. Nxe4 exf4 21. Rab1 Qe7 22. Bf3 fxe3 23. fxe3 $17)
20... exd4 $1 21. Rc4 (21. Nxe4 dxe3 22. Bxd8 Rxd8 23. Bd3 (23. Qc2 Nd4 $19)
23... Bxa1 24. Rxa1 Ne5 $19) (21. Bxd8 Rxd8 (21... dxe3 22. Bg5 $1 exd2 23.
Bxd2 Qa3 24. Be3 Bxa1 25. Rxa1 $15) 22. Rc4 Qb2 23. Qc1 dxe3 24. Qxb2 Bxb2 25.
Rd1 Nd4 $19) 21... Qb2 22. Rac1 (22. Bxd8 Rxd8) 22... dxe3 23. Bxe3 Bd5 24.
R4c2 Qe5 25. Qf1 Qf6 26. Bc4 Nb4 27. Rc3 Nxa2 0-1

[Event "Biel SKA"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bf4 $5 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 (6... dxc4)
7. e3 (7. cxd5 Qxd5 8. e3 Qa5 9. Qd2 c5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O cxd4
13. cxd4 Qxd2 14. Nxd2 e5 $10 {Petersen-Olafsson/Varna ol/1962/}) 7... c5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Rb1 (9. Be2) 9... b6 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nc6 (11... Ba6 $5 12. Qb3
Bxc4 13. Qxc4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nd7 $10) 12. O-O Na5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Qe2 Rc8 15.
Rfd1 e6 16. e4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Qe7 18. h4 $6 Rfe8 $2 (18... Rfd8 19. Qe3 (19. e5
Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Rxd4) (19. Bg5 Bf6 $13) 19... Nc4 $132) 19. h5 Nc6 $6 20. Bb5 $1
Red8 21. Bg5 Bf6 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Qe3 gxh5 $6 (23... a6 24. Be2 b5 25. a4 $1
b4 26. e5 Qe7 27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Qh6 $40) 24. Bf1 Ne7 25. Rb5 Rc5 26. Rxc5 bxc5
27. d5 $3 exd5 28. Qxc5 Rc8 29. e5 $1 Rxc5 (29... Qe6 30. Qxa7 Nc6 31. Qb6 $16)
30. exf6 Ng6 31. Re1 Rc6 (31... Rc8 32. Bb5 h6 33. Re7 $1) 32. Re8+ Nf8 33. Ne5
Re6 34. Bb5 a6 35. Ba4 (35. Bd7 $2 Rxf6) 35... h6 36. Re7 Bc8 37. Be8 Rxf6 38.
Bxf7+ Kh7 (38... Kh8 39. Re8 $18) 39. Be6+ {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.11.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Klinger, Josef"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Austria"]
[BlackTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CSR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Qb3 e6 6. Qa3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. Be2 {
N} (8. Qa4+) 8... O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Bd2 (10. c5 Nd7) 10... dxc4 $6 (10... Bb7
11. Rfd1 Ne4) 11. Bxc4 (11. e4 Bb7 12. e5 Nfd5 13. Bg5 $1 $14) 11... Bb7 12.
Ba6 $2 (12. Rfe1 $1 Ned5 (12... c5 13. dxc5 $1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qxd2 15. Rad1 Qc2
16. Bd3 $18) 13. Rad1 (13. Bd3 a5) 13... Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Ne4 15. Bb4 Re8 16. Bb5
c6 17. Bd3 a5 $5) 12... Bxa6 (12... Bxf3 13. gxf3 c5 14. dxc5 $1 bxc5 15. Rfd1
Qb6 $14) 13. Qxa6 Nd7 14. Rfd1 c5 15. Rac1 (15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qe2 Qd3 $10)
15... Nf5 (15... cxd4 16. exd4 $1 Nf6 17. Bg5 $14) 16. dxc5 (16. d5 exd5 17.
Nxd5 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Bg7 19. e4 Nd4 $15) 16... Nxc5 17. Qa3 (17. Qe2 Qd3 18. Kf1
Rfd8 19. Be1 $10) 17... Nh4 $6 (17... Nd6 $1 18. Be1 Qe7 $10) 18. Ne1 $1 Nf5 (
18... Nd3 19. Nxd3 Qxd3 20. Qa4 $1 g5 $8 (20... Nf5 21. Be1 $18) 21. e4 Qd8 $16
) 19. e4 (19. b4 Nd3 20. Nxd3 Qxd3 21. Be1 (21. e4 Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Qxe4 23. Qf6
Qd4) 21... Qc4 22. Nd5 Qg4 23. f3 Qg5 24. f4 Qg4 25. Nc7 Rad8 $132) 19... Nd4 (
19... Nd6 20. Bf4 e5 21. Be3 $16) 20. b4 (20. Be3 e5 21. b4 Nce6 22. Qb2 f5
$132) 20... Nxe4 $1 (20... Nd7 21. Be3 e5 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Nd5 $16) 21. Nxe4
Ne2+ 22. Kh1 (22. Kf1 Nxc1 23. Rxc1 Qd5 24. Qe3 Qxa2 $13) 22... Nxc1 23. Qxc1
$6 (23. Rxc1 $1 Qd5 (23... f5 24. Bg5 Qd5 25. Nc3 $14) 24. Qe3 $8 Qxa2 25. Bc3
e5 $13) 23... Qd5 $1 24. Qb1 (24. Nc3 Qc4 25. Nf3 Rac8 $17) (24. Qc2 Rfd8 (
24... Rac8 25. Qd3 $1 (25. Bc3 Qc4 $19)) 25. Nf3 Rac8) 24... Rfd8 25. Nf3 f5 (
25... Rac8 26. Re1 f5 27. Ng3 $13) 26. Ng3 (26. Neg5 e5) 26... e5 27. Nf1 Rac8
28. Re1 (28. Ne3 Qd3 $17) 28... Qd3 (28... e4 29. Ng1 Qd3 30. Be3) 29. Qxd3 (
29. Qd1 e4 30. Ng1 Rc2 $19) 29... Rxd3 30. h4 (30. Nxe5 Bxe5 31. Rxe5 Rxd2 $1
$19) (30. h3 e4 31. Ng5 Rc2 $19) 30... Rc2 $6 (30... e4 $1 31. Ng5 Rc2 32. Be3
Rxa2 $19) 31. Nxe5 $1 (31. Be3 e4 32. N3d2 Bc3 $19) 31... Bxe5 (31... Rdxd2 32.
Nxd2 Rxd2 33. Nc6 $132) 32. Rxe5 Rdxd2 33. Nxd2 Rxd2 34. a3 (34. Re7 Rxa2 35.
h5 Rxf2 36. Rxa7 Rb2 $19) (34. a4 Rxf2 35. Re7 Rf4 36. g3 Rg4 37. Kh2 f4 $1 38.
gxf4 Rxf4 39. Kg3 Rf7 $17) 34... Kf7 (34... Rxf2 35. Re7 Rf4 36. g3 Rg4 37. Kh2
f4 38. gxf4 Rxf4 39. Kg3 Rf7 $17) 35. Kg1 (35. f3 Rd3 36. a4 Rd4 37. Rb5 Rxh4+
38. Kg1 Rd4 39. a5 Rd6) 35... Rd3 36. Re3 $6 (36. a4 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Rd4 38. Rb5
Rxh4+ 39. Kg1 Rd4 40. a5 Rd6 $17) 36... Rxe3 37. fxe3 Ke6 38. Kf2 (38. b5 Kd5
39. Kf2 Kc4 40. Kf3 Kxb5 41. g4 Ka4 42. gxf5 gxf5 43. Kf4 Kxa3 44. Kxf5 b5 $19)
38... Ke5 $2 (38... Kd5 39. Kf3 Kc4 40. Kf4 Kb3 41. g4 $1 (41. Kg5 Kxa3 42. Kh6
Kxb4 43. Kxh7 a5 44. Kxg6 a4 45. h5 a3 $19) 41... a5 (41... Kxa3 42. gxf5 gxf5
43. b5 Kb4 44. Kxf5 Kxb5 45. e4 Kc6 46. Kf6 Kd7 47. Kf7 Kd6 48. Kf6 $10) (41...
fxg4 42. e4 Kc4 43. Kxg4 h6 44. Kf4 Kd4 45. b5 g5+ 46. hxg5 hxg5+ 47. Kf5 g4
48. e5 $10) 42. bxa5 bxa5 43. gxf5 gxf5 44. Kxf5 Kxa3 45. e4 Kb4 46. e5 a4 47.
e6 a3 $10) (38... b5 $1 39. Ke2 Kd5 40. Kd3 Ke5 41. Kd2 Ke4 42. Ke2 h6 $19) 39.
b5 $1 Ke4 40. Ke2 h6 41. g3 Kd5 42. Kf3 g5 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. a4 $6 (44. g4 $2
fxg4+ 45. Kxg4 Ke4 46. Kxg5 Kxe3 47. Kf6 Kd4 48. Ke6 Kc5 49. a4 Kb4 $19) (44.
Kf2 $5 Kc4 (44... Ke4 45. Ke2 g4 46. a4 Ke5 47. Kd2 Kd6 48. Kc2 Ke6 49. Kc3 $1
Ke5 50. Kd2 $10) 45. Kf3 Kd3 (45... Kxb5 46. g4 fxg4+ 47. Kxg4 a5 48. Kxg5 Kc5
(48... Kc6 49. Kf4 b5 50. Ke4 $10) 49. e4 b5 50. e5 $10) 46. a4 Kc4 47. e4 (47.
g4 $2 fxg4+ 48. Kxg4 Kd3 49. Kf3 g4+ $19) 47... fxe4+ 48. Kxe4 Kb4 49. Kf5 Kxa4
50. Kxg5 Kxb5 51. g4 a5 52. Kf5 Kc6 53. g5 (53. Ke6 a4 54. g5 a3 55. g6 a2 56.
g7 a1=Q 57. g8=Q Qa2+ $19) 53... Kd6 $1 54. Kf6 a4 55. g6 a3 56. g7 a2 57. g8=Q
a1=Q+ 58. Kf5 Qe5+ 59. Kg4 Qe6+ 60. Qxe6+ Kxe6 61. Kf3 Kd5 62. Ke3 Kc4 63. Kd2
Kb3 $19) 44... Ke5 45. Ke2 Kd6 46. Kf3 Kd5 47. Ke2 Kc4 {Ftacnik,L} (47... Kc4
48. Kd2 (48. Kf3 Kd3 49. Kf2 g4 $19) 48... Kb4 49. Kd3 Kxa4 50. Kc4 g4 51. Kd5
Kxb5 52. Ke5 a5 53. Kxf5 a4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Gausdal Int"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dittmar, Peter"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bf4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e4 (7. e3
Be6 8. Rb1 b6 9. Be2 Bg7 10. Nf3 c5 11. Qa4+ Qd7 12. Qa3 $14 {Rajkovic,D-Honfi,
K/Bad Worishofen/1988/}) 7... b5 $5 8. a4 c6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. Qb1 a6 11. axb5
cxb5 12. Bxc4 (12. Bxb8 $2 Rxb8 13. Bxc4 Qc7 $17) 12... bxc4 13. Bxb8 Bh3 $5 (
13... Bg4 14. Bg3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 $16) 14. Be5 (14. gxh3 Rxb8 15. Qa2 Qc8 $132)
14... Bxg2 (14... Bxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxg2 16. Rg1 Bh3 17. Rxa6 Rxa6 18. Qb5+ Kf8 19.
Qxa6 $16) 15. Bxg7 Bxh1 (15... Rg8 16. Rg1 Bxf3 17. Be5 $36) 16. Qb7 Qc8 $1 (
16... Bxf3 $2 17. Qc6+ Qd7 18. Qxa8+ $18) 17. Qxc8+ Rxc8 18. Bxh8 Bxf3 19. Rxa6
g5 (19... Bxe4 20. Be5 $15) 20. h4 (20. Be5 f6 21. Bg3 h5 $17) 20... gxh4 21.
Rh6 Bxe4 22. Rxh4 Bd3 23. Be5 Ra8 24. Bc7 Ra2 25. Rh2 Kd7 26. Bb6 Kc6 27. Bd8
e6 28. Be7 Kb5 29. Rh5+ Ka4 30. Re5 Kb3 31. Bb4 Kc2 32. Ra5 Rb2 33. Ra1 h5 34.
f4 h4 35. Kf2 Be4 36. Ba3 (36. Ke3 Bd5 $19) 36... Kxc3+ $1 37. Ke3 (37. Bxb2+
Kxb2 38. Re1 c3 39. Rxe4 c2 40. Re2 Kb1 41. Re1+ c1=Q 42. Rxc1+ Kxc1 $19) 37...
Bd5 38. Bxb2+ Kxb2 39. Rf1 c3 40. Rf2+ c2 41. Kd3 Bb3 {Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ernst} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bf4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. e3
c5 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Rb1 (9. cxd5 {Ernst} cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd5 11. Be2 Qa5+ 12. Qd2
Nc6 13. Rc1 Be6 14. Bc4 Bxc4 15. Rxc4 Qa6 $10 {Damjanovic - Smejkal, Varna
1971.}) 9... cxd4 {N} (9... b6 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nc6 12. O-O Na5 13. Bd3
Bb7 14. Qe2 Rc8 15. Rfd1 e6 16. e4 $14 {Bareev,E-Gavrikov,V/Biel/1991/}) 10.
cxd4 Nc6 11. Qa4 (11. Be2 b6 12. O-O Bb7 $13) 11... Bd7 12. Qa3 (12. Rxb7 Ne5 (
12... e5 $5 13. dxe5 (13. cxd5 Nb8 14. Rxd7 Nxd7 15. dxe5 Nb6 16. Qb3 Nxd5 $17)
(13. Bg5 Qc8 $17) 13... Nxe5 14. Qa3 Nxf3+ 15. gxf3 dxc4 $17) 13. Qa3 Nxf3+ 14.
gxf3 dxc4 $22 15. Bxc4 Bc6 16. Rb1 Bxf3 $40) 12... Bg4 $1 13. Rxb7 (13. cxd5
Qxd5 14. Rxb7 Nxd4 $17) 13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 dxc4 15. Rb5 (15. Bxc4 Na5 (15...
Nxd4 $1 $40 {Ernst}) 16. Rc7 (16. Bc7 Qc8 (16... Nxc4 17. Bxd8 Nxa3 18. Bxe7
Nc4 19. Bxf8 Bxf8 $15) 17. Qxa5 Qxb7 $17) 16... Nxc4 17. Rxc4 Qd5 $40) 15...
Rc8 16. Bh3 (16. Bxc4 Nxd4 $1) 16... e6 17. Bd6 (17. O-O $5) (17. O-O {Ernst}
Bxd4 $5 18. exd4 Nxd4 $36) 17... Qh4 18. Bg2 (18. Bxf8 Bxf8 19. Qa6 Rc7 20. Bg2
Nb4 $1 $17) 18... Rfd8 19. O-O c3 20. Bg3 Qe7 (20... Qf6 21. Rc1 $132) 21. Qxe7
Nxe7 22. Rc1 Nf5 23. Bh3 c2 24. Bxf5 (24. Rb2 e5 25. Rbxc2 (25. e4 $2 Nxd4 26.
Bxc8 Rxc8 27. Kf1 Bh6 $19) 25... Rxc2 26. Rxc2 exd4 $10) 24... gxf5 25. Rb2 e5
26. Rbxc2 {Ftacnik,L} (26. Rbxc2 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 exd4 28. exd4 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brno Morava-A"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bf4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Bg7 (
7... Be6) 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Rb1 (11. d5 Na5 12. Be2 e6 13.
e4 exd5 14. exd5 Re8 $10) 11... Bf5 12. Rb5 (12. Rxb7 Na5 13. Bc7 Qc8 $17)
12... cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. Qa4 b6 $1 (14... a6 $6 15. Rxb7 Na5 16. Bxa6 Nxb7
17. Bxb7 Rc3 18. Qb4 $16) 15. Rxf5 (15. Rd5 Qe8 16. Bb5 Be4 (16... Be6 17. e4
$1 $16) 17. Rg5 f6 18. Rg3 Bd5 19. Nd2 e5 20. dxe5 fxe5 21. Bg5 e4 22. Bc4 Ne7
$1) (15. Rb2 Na5 16. Ba6 Rc3 $13) 15... gxf5 16. Ba6 Qd7 17. Bxc8 Rxc8 18. Rc1
Ne5 (18... Nd8 $5 19. Qd1 (19. Rxc8 Qxa4 20. Rxd8+ Bf8 21. h3 Kg7 $17) 19...
Qa4 20. h3 $10) 19. Rxc8+ Qxc8 20. h3 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 a6 22. d5 (22. Qb4 Qb7 $10
) 22... b5 23. Qa5 e5 24. Bg5 (24. Bg3 Bf6 25. Qb6 Qc1+ 26. Kg2 Kg7 27. Qxa6 f4
$10) 24... f6 25. Bh4 Kf7 26. Qb6 Qd7 27. e4 fxe4 28. fxe4 Qxh3 29. Qc7+ Kg6
30. Bg3 h5 $1 31. d6 h4 32. Bxh4 Qxh4 33. d7 Qg4+ 34. Kf1 {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
cxd5 Qxd5 9. e3 cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Bf5 (12... a6 13. Qa4 Bd7
14. Qa3 Qa5 15. Qxa5 Nxa5 16. Rfc1 Rac8 17. Bc7 Nc6 18. Bb6 e6 19. Rab1 Rfe8
20. Ng5 f5 {1/2-1/2 Umezinwa,G-Radermacher,T/Chicago 1988/ (53)}) (12... b6 13.
Rc1 Bb7 14. Qa4 Rac8 15. Rfd1 Qa5 16. Qxa5 Nxa5 17. a4 h6 18. h4 {1/2-1/2
Bischoff,K-Matthias,H/Lippstadt/1998/ (18)}) 13. Nh4 (13. Qa4 Qa5 14. Qxa5 Nxa5
15. Rfc1 Rac8 16. Nd2 Nc6 17. Bf3 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxb7 Rcd8 20. e4 Be6 21.
Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Nf3 Bxa1 23. Rxa1 Rd7 24. Bc6 Rc7 25. Bd5 Rfc8 {0-1 Hertneck,
G-Anand,V/Munich 1994/ (25)}) 13... Bc8 14. Qa4 (14. Qb3 Qxb3 15. axb3 Be6 16.
Bc4 Bxc4 17. bxc4 e5 $1 $15) 14... Nxd4 $5 {[%mdl 64] Leko needed a sharp
tactical eye to spot the way to exploit the disarray in white's camp.} 15. exd4
(15. Bc4 $2 Qc6) 15... Qe4 16. Nxg6 $1 (16. Bg5 Qxe2 17. Rae1 Qg4 18. Bxe7 Bxd4
$17) 16... hxg6 17. Be3 Bg4 $1 {Black needed to eliminate one of potentialy
strong white bishops.} (17... Rd8 18. Bf3 Qh4 19. Rac1 Bd7 (19... e5 $6 20. Qa5
b6 21. Qd2 Rb8 22. d5 $16) (19... Bxd4 $2 20. Rc7 e6 21. Rd1 $16) 20. Qb3 Bc6
21. d5 $16) 18. Bxg4 (18. Bc4 Rfc8 $11) 18... Qxg4 19. Rac1 (19. Rab1 b6) 19...
Rfc8 20. h3 Qf5 21. Rc5 (21. Rxc8+ Qxc8 22. Rc1 Qd8 $11) 21... Qe6 (21... Rxc5
22. dxc5 Be5) 22. Rfc1 Rxc5 (22... Rd8 $6 23. Rc7 $16) 23. dxc5 (23. Rxc5 Qd6
24. Qc4 $14) 23... Be5 24. Rd1 (24. Rb1 Qc6 25. Qxc6 bxc6 $11) 24... Bc7 25.
Qb5 {Zvjagincev keeps pressing on the black position in an unpleasant way.} (
25. Qd7 $2 Rd8 $1) (25. Rd7 $5 Rc8 $14 (25... Qe5 $2 26. g3 e6 27. Bd4 Qe1+ 28.
Kh2 $18)) 25... Rb8 (25... Qc6 26. Qxc6 bxc6 27. Rd7 Bd8 28. Bf4 $16) 26. Rd7
a6 27. Qd3 $2 (27. Qa4 $1 b5 (27... Qe5 28. g3 $16) 28. Qd4 Bd6 29. Ra7 Be5 30.
Qd2 Rc8 $14) 27... Bd6 $1 28. Rxd6 exd6 29. cxd6 {The fate has reversed, but
fortunately for white d6 pawn is rather unpleasant.} Rd8 (29... Qxa2 30. Qc3 $1
(30. d7 Qa1+ 31. Kh2 Qe5+ 32. g3 Qf6 33. Qd2 Rd8 34. Bg5 Rxd7 35. Qxd7 Qxg5 36.
Qxb7 $15) 30... f6 31. Qxf6 $13) 30. Bf4 Qxa2 31. Qe4 Qa1+ (31... Qe6 32. Qxb7
Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Qxf2 34. Bg5 Qd4 35. Bxd8 Qxd6+ 36. Kg1 Qxd8 37. Qxa6 $11) 32. Kh2
Qf6 33. Kg1 Qa1+ (33... b5 $5 34. Be5 Qg5 (34... Qe6 35. Qh4 f6 36. Bxf6 Rxd6
37. Qh8+ Kf7 38. Qg7+ Ke8 39. Qxg6+ Kd7 $17) 35. Bf4 Qf5 $17) 34. Kh2 Qf6 35.
Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.06"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Nf3 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. e3
O-O 9. cxd5 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd5 11. Be2 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. Bc7
Nc6 15. Rb1 Be6 16. Rxb7 Bxa2 17. Kd2 (17. Ng5 $6 a5 18. Bf3 Nb4 $15) 17... Bd5
18. Rb5 Be4 (18... Rfc8 19. Rxd5 Rxc7 20. Rc1 Nb4 21. Rd8+ $1 Rxd8 22. Rxc7 $16
) 19. Rc1 Rfc8 20. Bg3 e6 21. Ng5 $5 {Ivanchuk is a player with good feeling
for the needs of the position. Here he sacrifices pawn for the initiative and
locking out of black white squared bishop.} (21. Rbc5 $6 Bf8 $1) 21... Bxg2 (
21... Bd5 22. Bf3 Bxf3 23. Nxf3 a5 24. Rbc5 Ra6 25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. Bxe5 a4 27. e4
$16) 22. f3 h6 (22... Ne7 23. Rg1 h6 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. Rxg2 $14) 23. Ne4 Ne7 (
23... Nd8 $5 24. Rg1 Bh3 25. Nf2 Bf5 26. e4 Nc6 27. Rb7 Nxd4 28. Bd1 a5 29.
exf5 Nxf5 $132) 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 (24... Nxc8 25. Nf2 $1 h5 26. Rb1 g5 27. Rg1 h4
28. Rxg2 hxg3 29. Rxg3 f6 30. Bc4 $14) 25. Nd6 Rd8 (25... Ra8 26. Rb7 (26. Ke1
a5 27. Kf2 Bh3 $17) 26... Bf8 27. Nc4 a5 28. Nb6 Re8 29. Nd7 Bg7 30. Nc5 $13)
26. Rb7 Bf8 27. Rxa7 Nf5 $2 (27... h5 28. Ne4 Nd5 29. Nc5 Bh6 30. f4 Bf8 31.
Bh4 Rc8 32. Ra5 $11) 28. Nxf7 Rc8 29. Kd3 Nxg3 (29... Bb4 30. Bc7 Kxf7 31. Bd6+
Kf6 32. Bxb4 $16) 30. hxg3 g5 (30... Bb4 31. Nxh6+ Kf8 32. Rf7+ Ke8 33. Rg7 $18
) 31. g4 Bg7 (31... Bh1 32. Ke4 Bg7 33. Ne5 $18) 32. Nd6 {[%mdl 4096] The
endgame is very difficult for black, his bishop on g2 is still locked and
white king is prepared to support the pawn march.} Rf8 (32... Rd8 33. Ne4 e5
34. Nc5 Rd6 35. Ke4 exd4 36. Bc4+ Kh8 37. Ne6 d3 (37... Bf6 38. Rf7) (37... Bf1
38. Nxg7 Bxc4 39. exd4 $18) 38. Nxg7 d2 39. Be2 d1=Q 40. Bxd1 Rxd1 41. Nf5 $18)
33. Re7 (33. Ke4 h5 $1 34. gxh5 g4 $132) 33... Bxf3 (33... Rf6 34. Ne8 Rf7 35.
Rxe6 $18) 34. Bxf3 Rxf3 35. Rxe6 Bf8 (35... Rg3 36. Nf5 Rxg4 37. Rg6 Kf7 38.
Rxg7+ Kf6 39. Nxh6 Rxd4+ 40. Kxd4 Kxg7 41. Ng4 $18) 36. Nc4 Rg3 37. Ne5 Bg7 38.
Re8+ Kh7 39. d5 $1 {The best defense is counter attack, white pawn marches to
the queening square.} Rg1 (39... Bxe5 40. Rxe5 Rxg4 41. d6 Rg1 42. Ke4 Rg4+ 43.
Kf5 Rg1 44. Re7+ Kg8 45. d7 $18) 40. Ke4 h5 (40... Bxe5 41. Kxe5 Rxg4 42. d6
$18) 41. d6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Karasev, Vladimir I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Glatman} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bf4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 (6...
dxc4 {Glatman} 7. e3 Bg7 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 $1 Bf5 12.
Re1 cxd4 13. exd4 $14 {Christiansen,L-Epishin,V/Ter Apel/1992/1:0 (59) Inf 55/
467/}) 7. e3 O-O 8. Nf3 c5 9. cxd5 (9. Rc1 {Glatman} cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. cxd5
Qxd5 12. Qd2 Bg4 13. Be2 Rac8 14. h3 {Groszpeter,A-Ernest,Th/Dortmund/1992/0,5
(14) Inf 54/479/}) (9. Rb1 {Glatman} cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Qa4 Bd7 $1 12. Qa3
Bg4 $1 13. Rxb7 Bxf3 14. gxf3 dxc4 $10 {Bareev,E-Beliavsky,A/Linares/1992/0,5 
(26) Inf 54/479/}) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd5 11. Be2 Qa5+ (11... Nc6 12. O-O Bf5
(12... Bd7 13. Qb1 b6 14. Rc1 Rad8 15. Qb3 Qa5 16. Rab1 e5 17. Bg5 Rc8 18. d5
e4 19. Ne1 Ne5 20. Be7 Rfe8 21. Bb4 $10 {Olafsson,H-Hellers,F/Ostersund zt/
1992/}) 13. Qa4 Qa5 14. Qb3 $6 (14. Qxa5 $10 {Glatman}) 14... Qb4 $1 15. Rfc1
Rac8 16. h3 a6 17. Qd1 Rfd8 18. g4 $2 Be4 19. Nd2 $2 e5 $1 20. Bg5 exd4 $1 21.
Rc4 Qb2 22. Rac1 dxe3 23. Bxe3 Bd5 24. R4c2 Qe5 25. Qf1 $17 {Van der Sterren,
P-Huzman,A/Wijk op (08)/1993/0-1 (27)}) (11... b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rc1 Nc6 14.
Bc4 Qh5 15. Qe2 a6 16. a4 Nb4 17. e4 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bb3 Ra3 20. Rb1 Nc6
21. Bd5 Rxf3 22. Qxf3 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Nxd4 24. Bxb7 Ne2+ 25. Kh1 $14 {Moskalenko,
V-Cseshkovsky,V/Oviedo 25' (04)/1993/0.5 (38)}) 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ (12... Nc6 13.
Rb1 (13. Rc1 {Glatman} Be6 14. Qxa5 Nxa5 15. Ng5 Rfc8 16. Rxc8+ Rxc8 $10 {
Ehlvest,J-Neverov,V/Helsinki/1992/0:1 (39) Inf 55/468/}) (13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. Bc7
$1 b6 15. Rc1 Be6 (15... Bb7 16. Bb5 Bd5 17. Rc2 Be4 18. Rc3 Bd5 19. Rc2 Be4
$10 {Steingrimsson,H-Konatly,B/ISD-FRA/1993/ Inf 58/519/}) 16. Rc2 Bf5 17. Rc3
Be6 18. a3 Nb3 19. Ng5 $14 {Yusupov,A-Smejkal,J/GER/1993/ Inf 56/554/}) 13...
b6 14. Bb5 Bb7 15. Ke2 Rac8 16. Qxa5 Nxa5 17. Rhc1 Bd5 18. a4 Ba2 19. Ba6 Bc4+
20. Rxc4 Rxc4 21. Bxc4 Nxc4 22. Rc1 Rc8 23. Nd2 Nd6 24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 25. Kd3 $14
{Zarubin,P-Yandemirov,V/Podolsk-chT/1993/0.5 (84)}) 13. Kxd2 Bf5 $6 (13... Nc6
{Glatman} 14. Rhc1 Bf5 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Kxd3 Rac8 17. a3 Rfd8 $10 {
Thorsteinsson,T-Ernest,T/Stockholm/1992/0,5 (31) 15.Bb5!?/}) 14. Ne5 $1 (14.
Rhc1 {Glatman} Nc6 $10) 14... Bxe5 (14... Nd7 15. Nxd7 (15. g4 {Glatman} Be6
16. Nd3 $14) 15... Bxd7 16. Bf3 Bc6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Rhc1 $16) (14... Nc6 {
Glatman} 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Rac1 $16) 15. Bxe5 Nc6 16. g4 (16. Bg3 {Glatman} e5
17. Bxe5 (17. dxe5 Rfd8+ 18. Ke1 Nb4 $44) 17... Nxe5 18. dxe5 Rfd8+ 19. Ke1
Rac8 20. Rd1 Be6 $1 $10) 16... Be4 (16... Be6 17. Bg3 $14) (16... Nxe5 {Glatman
} 17. gxf5 Nc6 18. Rhg1 Rac8 $14) 17. f3 Nxe5 (17... Bd5 18. Bg3 {Glatman} Rfd8
19. Rhc1 e5 20. e4 $16) 18. fxe4 $1 Nc6 19. Rhc1 Rfc8 (19... e5 20. d5 Rfd8 (
20... Na5 {Glatman} 21. Rc5 b6 22. Rc7 $16) 21. Ke1 Na5 22. Rc5 b6 23. Rc7 $16)
20. e5 Rc7 (20... e6 21. Bf3 Na5 22. Rab1 $16) (20... f6 $5 {Glatman} 21. exf6
exf6 22. Bf3 Rc7 $14) 21. Rc5 (21. d5 $2 Rd7) 21... Rd8 (21... f6 $5 {Glatman})
22. Rac1 Rcd7 23. Bf3 (23. Bb5 Rd5 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Rxc6 Ra5 27.
Rc2 $16) 23... Nb4 (23... Nb8 {Glatman} 24. Rc7 b6 25. Rxd7 Nxd7 26. Ke2 $16)
24. a3 Na6 25. Ra5 e6 26. Rb1 Kg7 (26... Rb8 $2 27. Rxa6) 27. Rxb7 Rxb7 28.
Bxb7 Nb8 29. Kd3 (29. Rxa7 Rd7 {Glatman} 30. a4 Nc6 31. Ra6 Nxe5 $13) 29... Rd7
30. Bg2 Rc7 31. Rc5 Rxc5 (31... Rd7 {Glatman} 32. Kc4 $18) 32. dxc5 Kf8 33. Bb7
$1 (33. Bb7 $1 Ke7 34. c6 Kd8 35. Kc4 Kc7 36. Kc5 g5 37. a4 a5 38. e4 h6 39. h3
$18) 1-0

[Event "Madrid Magistral 7th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1998.05.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1998.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1092]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. e3 c5 {It is a bit
surprising, but black can afford to "ignore" white's pressure against the pawn
d5.} 6. Bxf6 (6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Qd2 (7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Rc1 Na6 (8... dxc4 9. Bxc4
O-O 10. Nf3 Qxc5 11. Qe2 Bg4 12. O-O Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nc6 14. Ne4 Qe5 15. Nxf6+
Qxf6 {1/2-1/2 Sorin,A-Sorokin,M/Clarin GP f/1998/}) 9. cxd5 Nxc5 10. Bb5+ Kf8
11. Nge2 Qb4 12. O-O a6 13. d6 Be6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Qxb5 16. Nd4 e6 17.
Nxb5 exd5 18. Nc7 Rd8 19. Rxc5 Rxd6 20. Rxd5 Rc6 {1/2-1/2 Moskalenko,V-Svidler,
P/St.Petersburg op/1993/ (33)}) 7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 $5 (8... Nc6 9. Rc1 Qxc5
10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Qd6) (8... Qxc5 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 Qd6 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6
12. Ne2 {1/2-1/2 Sharif,M-Rowson,J/Liechtenstein op/1996/}) 9. Rc1 $6 (9. Nf3
O-O 10. O-O Qxc5 11. Bb3 h6 12. Bf4 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 $13) 9... O-O 10. Nf3 Nxc5
11. O-O (11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 Nd3+ $1 $17) 11... Be6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. Bh4
Rac8 14. Rfd1 Rc4 (14... Rc6 15. a3 Rfc8 16. Rb1 b5 17. h3 b4 18. axb4 Qxb4 19.
Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd5 Qxd2 21. Rxd2 $11) 15. b3 Rcc8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 Qxd2 18.
Nxd2 Rfd8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Ne4 Rc2 {Moskalenko,V-Adorjan,A/Alusta/1994/1/2-1/
2 (45)}) 6... Bxf6 7. cxd5 (7. Nxd5 Bg7 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Be2 (9. Qd2 e6 10. Nc3
cxd4 11. exd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Qxd4 (13. Qc2 O-O 14. Be2 b6 15. Rd1 Qe5
16. O-O Bb7 17. Rfe1 Qg5 18. Bf1 Rfd8 19. b3 Qf4 20. Ne2 Qe4 21. Qxe4 Bxe4 {
Lankriet,C-Aubel,J/BEL-chT9697/1997/1/2-1/2 (54)}) 13... Bxd4 14. Nb5 Bxb2 15.
Nd6+ Ke7 16. Rd1 Bc3+ 17. Ke2 Rd8 18. Ne4 Rxd1 19. Kxd1 Bd4 {1/2-1/2 Tran An H
Tri-Belov,V/WchJM U12 Disney/1996/ (37)}) 9... e6 10. Nc3 cxd4 11. exd4 Nxd4
12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Qb3 O-O 14. O-O Qf4 15. Rad1 b6 16. Rd3 Ba6 17. Rf3 Qe5 18.
Re3 Qc5 19. Qa4 Bb7 20. b4 Qc6 {Lasinskas,P-Bilinskas,R/Radviliskis op/1995/1/
2-1/2 (44)}) 7... cxd4 8. exd4 O-O (8... Qb6 9. Bb5+ $1 Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11.
Nge2 $11) 9. Bc4 {Suddenly the character of the position has transformed to
the one similar with lines of Carro-Can defense with pawn sacrifice on d5.} Qb6
10. Nge2 (10. Qb3 Qxd4 11. Nf3 Qf4 12. O-O Nd7 $15) 10... Qxb2 11. Rb1 Qa3 12.
O-O Nd7 (12... Rd8 13. Qc1 Qxc1 14. Rfxc1 Nd7 15. Ne4 $11) 13. Ne4 (13. Nb5 Qa5
14. d6 exd6 15. Nxd6 Qc7 16. Nxc8 Raxc8 17. Bb3 Rfd8 $15) 13... Nb6 14. Bb3 (
14. Nxf6+ exf6 15. Bb3 Rd8 16. Nc3 Bf5 $15) 14... Bg7 (14... Rd8 15. d6 Bf5 16.
N2g3 $13) 15. Re1 Rd8 16. N2c3 (16. d6 exd6 17. N2c3 Qa5 $17) 16... Bf5 {
Black pieces are getting organized and white must become carefull. His double
pawn on d file is a scant compensation for the black's bishops pair.} 17. g4
Bxe4 (17... Bd7 $5 18. Nc5 $1 (18. Qf3 h6 19. d6 (19. Rbd1 Rac8 20. d6 e6 21.
d5 $17) 19... e6 20. g5 Bc6 $17) 18... Qb4 19. N3e4 Qxd4 20. Nxb7 $11) 18. Rxe4
Rac8 19. Qf3 Rd7 (19... Qb4 $2 20. d6 $1 e6 (20... Qxc3 21. Bxf7+ Kh8 22. Qxc3
Rxc3 23. dxe7 $18) 21. Bxe6 Qxc3 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Bxc8 Qxc8 24. Re7 $14) 20.
Rf4 Nc4 (20... Bh6 21. g5 Bxg5 22. Rxf7 $132) (20... Qb4 21. Ne4 Nxd5 22. Rxf7
$13) 21. Rxf7 $1 {Krasenkow is quite right in his attempt to solve problems by
a nice combination, even though black could have tried for more.} (21. Nb5 Qb4
(21... Qa5 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Rxf7 Rc2 $17) 22. Nxa7 Ra8 $19) 21... Nd2 (21...
Nd6 $1 22. Rf4 (22. Rxg7+ Kxg7 23. Qe3 h6 $17) 22... Bh6 (22... g5 23. Rf5 h6
24. Nb5 Nxb5 25. d6+ Kh8 26. Rxb5 Qxd6 $11) 23. g5 Bxg5 24. Rg4 Bf6 $17) 22.
Qf4 Nxb1 (22... Rxc3 23. Qxd2 Rh3 24. d6 Rxb3 25. Rxb3 Qxd6 26. Rbf3 Bf6 27.
Qh6 Kxf7 28. Qxh7+ Kf8 29. Qh8+ Kf7 30. Qh7+ $11) 23. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 24. Qe5+ {
Finally white managed to get some advantage from the remote location of black
queen.} Kf7 (24... Kh6 $2 25. g5+ Kh5 26. Bd1+ Kh4 27. Qg3#) (24... Kf8 25.
Qh8+ Kf7 26. Qxh7+ Kf8 (26... Kf6 $4 27. Ne4#) 27. Qh8+ $11) 25. Qe6+ Kg7 (
25... Kf8 $2 26. d6 $1 Qc1+ (26... Qxb3 27. axb3 $18) 27. Kg2 Kg7 28. Qxd7 Qxc3
29. Qxe7+ Kh6 30. g5+ Kh5 31. Qxh7+ Kg4 (31... Kxg5 32. h4+ Kf5 33. Qf7+ Kg4 (
33... Ke4 34. Qe6+ Kf4 35. Qe5+ Kg4 36. Qg5#) 34. Bd1+ Qf3+ (34... Kxh4 35.
Qf4#) 35. Bxf3+ Kxh4 36. Qf4#) 32. h3+ Kf5 33. Qh4 $1 Qc6+ 34. f3 $18) 26. Qe5+
Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 3rd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Costa, Jean Luc"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[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 "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Rb1 b6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Qf3 (11. Bxc4 $6 Bxc4 12. Nxc4 Qd5 13. Qf3
Qxc4 $1 14. Qxa8 Nc6 15. Qb7 Qxc3+ 16. Ke2 (16. Kd1 Nxd4 $17) 16... Qc2+ 17.
Kf3 Nxd4+ 18. exd4 Qd3+ 19. Kf4 Bh6+ 20. Bg5 Qf5+ $17) (11. Nxc4 c5 12. Be2 Nc6
13. O-O $13) 11... Bd5 12. e4 Bb7 13. Bxc4 c5 14. d5 (14. dxc5 $6 Nd7 15. cxb6
Ne5 (15... axb6 16. O-O (16. Bb3 Ne5 17. Qe3 Nd3+ $40) 16... Ne5 17. Qe2 Nxc4
18. Nxc4 Ba6) 16. Qe3 axb6 17. Rxb6 Ng4 18. Qc5 Bxc3 19. Bd5 Bxd5 20. exd5
Bxd2+ 21. Kxd2 Rxa2+ $40) 14... Nd7 15. Qe3 (15. O-O Ne5 16. Qe3 Nxc4 17. Nxc4
Ba6 18. Qd3 Qd7 {/\ Qa4}) 15... Ne5 16. Be2 f5 $1 17. f4 (17. O-O $2 f4 18. Qh3
Bc8 19. g4 f3 20. Bxf3 Rxf3 21. Nxf3 Bxg4 $19) 17... Ng4 (17... Nf7 18. exf5 {
xe7}) 18. Bxg4 fxg4 19. O-O Ba6 20. Rfe1 (20. Rf2 Qd7 21. Qg3 Rae8 $13) 20...
Qd7 21. Rbd1 Rae8 22. Kh1 Qa4 $1 23. Qg3 (23. Ra1 e5 24. dxe6 Rxe6 $132) 23...
Qxa2 24. Qxg4 Bxc3 25. Qe6+ Kg7 (25... Rf7 26. Nf3 Bxe1 27. Ne5 Ref8 28. Nxf7
Rxf7 (28... Bxh4 $2 29. Ng5+ Kh8 30. Qxe7 $18) 29. Rxe1 $13) 26. Nf3 (26. Bxe7
$5 Bxd2 (26... Rf7 27. Bf6+ Rxf6 28. Qxe8 Bxd2 29. Qe7+ Rf7 30. Qe5+ $13) (
26... Rxf4 27. Qd7 Bb5 28. Bf6+ Kxf6 29. Qxb5 $13) 27. Bxf8+ Rxf8 28. Qe5+ Kg8
29. Qe6+ Rf7 30. Qe8+ Kg7 31. Qe5+ $13) 26... Be2 27. Bxe7 Rxf4 28. Rxe2 (28.
Bf6+ Rxf6 29. Qxe8 Rxf3 $1) (28. Rc1 Rxf3 (28... Bxf3 29. gxf3 Bxe1 30. Rxe1
Qf2 $19) 29. Rxc3 Bf1) 28... Qxe2 29. Rg1 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "Esbjerg North Sea Cup-07"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "1982.07.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hoi, Carsten"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Gagarin,V"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1982.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8.
e3 Nc6 (8... cxd4 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. cxd4 e6 $10) (8... Bg7 9. Qf3 (9. Nf3 $10 {
- D91}) 9... Qd8 (9... Qd7 10. Bc4 O-O 11. Ne2 cxd4 12. exd4 Nc6 $13) 10. Bb5+
Nd7 11. Ne2 cxd4 12. exd4 O-O $10) 9. Qf3 Be6 $2 (9... Qxf3 10. Nxf3 cxd4 11.
cxd4 e6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Bf6 Rg8 14. Rb1 $14) 10. Qxd5 $2 (10. e4 $1 Qd8 11. d5
Nd4 12. Qd3 (12. cxd4 $5 Qa5+ 13. Ke2 Bh6 14. Qd3 Bd7 15. a4 $13 {Votruba})
12... Qa5 13. Ne2 $1 (13. dxe6 $2 O-O-O $1 14. exf7 (14. Rd1 $2 Bg7 15. Bxe7
Nxe6 16. Bxd8 Rxd8 17. Qc2 Qxc3+ $1 $19 {Tichy,V-Votruba,P/CSR/1979/0:1/30/})
14... Bh6 15. Be2 $1 Nxe2 16. Qh3+ {Krnic}) 13... Nxe2 14. Bxe2 Bd7 15. O-O $16
{Beliavsky}) 10... Bxd5 11. Nf3 (11. c4 Be4 (11... Be6 12. d5 Nb4 13. O-O-O Bf5
14. a3 a5 15. f3 Bh6 16. Kd2 Nc2 17. Bf2 Nxa3 18. g4 Bd7 19. Ra1 $16 {
Annageldiev,O-Sideif Sade,F/Simferopol/1989/1:0/38/}) 12. f3 Bf5 13. g4 Bc8 14.
d5 Nb4 $15 {Votruba}) 11... Bg7 12. Be2 (12. Bg3 O-O 13. Be2 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nb4
15. O-O Bxa2 $17) 12... cxd4 13. cxd4 e5 14. dxe5 (14. O-O exd4 15. exd4 (15.
Nxd4 Nxd4 16. exd4 O-O $17) 15... O-O $17) 14... Nxe5 15. Rb1 Bxa2 16. Rxb7 O-O
17. Nxe5 (17. Nd4 Bd5 $17) 17... Bxe5 18. O-O a5 $17 19. f4 Bg7 20. Bf3 a4 21.
Rc7 Ra5 22. Be1 Ra6 23. Be2 (23. Bc3 a3 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Ra1 Be6 26. Be2 Ra4
$17) 23... Raa8 24. Bf3 (24. Bc3 Rfc8 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Ra1 Bb3
$17) (24. Bc4 Bxc4 25. Rxc4 a3 26. Bc3 a2 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Ra1 Rfb8 29. Rcc1
Rb2 $19) 24... Rfc8 $1 $19 25. Rd7 (25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Bb4 Bb2 $19) 25... Be6
26. Re7 (26. Bxa8 Bxd7 27. Bd5 Bb5 28. Rf2 Rc1 $19) 26... Bf6 27. Rxe6 (27.
Bxa8 Bxe7 28. Bf3 a3 $19) 27... fxe6 28. Bxa8 Rxa8 29. Rf2 (29. e4 Bd4+ 30. Bf2
Bb2 $19) 29... Rb8 (29... Rb8 30. Kf1 (30. Ra2 Rb1 31. Kf2 Rb2+ $19) 30... Rb2
31. e4 Rxf2+ 32. Bxf2 Bb2 $19) 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp2 49th"]
[Site "Sant Lluis"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2005.08.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8.
e3 c5 9. Qf3 Qd6 $5 10. Bc4 {TN} (10. Bb5+ Nd7 11. Ne2 cxd4 12. exd4 O-O 13.
O-O e5 $5 {TN} 14. Rad1 exd4 15. cxd4 Nf6 16. Bc4 Qc6 17. Qb3 Bd7 18. Rc1 Qb6
19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Nc3 Rfc8 21. Bb3 b5 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Ne4 Be7 $132 {1/2-1/2
Radjabov,T-Van Wely,L/Khanty Mansyisk RUS 2005/The Week in Chess 578 (38)})
10... O-O 11. Ne2 cxd4 12. exd4 Nc6 13. O-O e5 14. Rad1 exd4 (14... Bf5 15. Ng3
$36) 15. cxd4 (15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. Qd5 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Be6 $5 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Qxe6
fxe6 20. Rd7 Rf7 21. Rfd1 Rxd7 22. Rxd7 Rc8 $11) 15... Be6 (15... Bf5 $5 {
(/\16...Rae8<=>)} 16. g4 Bd7 (16... Bc2 17. Rd2 Ne5 18. Qxb7 Nxc4 19. Rxc2 Qe6
20. Qf3 $14) 17. Bg3 Qf6 18. Qxf6 Bxf6 19. h3 Rac8 $132) 16. Bg3 (16. d5 Ne5
17. Qf4 Nxc4 (17... Bf5 18. Bb3) 18. Qxd6 Nxd6 19. dxe6 Nf5 20. exf7+ Rxf7 21.
Bg5 Re8 22. Rfe1 h6 $132) 16... Qb4 $8 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qe3 Qc4 (18... Rae8 $5
19. Rb1 Qe7 20. Rfd1 Rf5 $13) 19. Rd2 $5 {[/\20.Rb1,20.Rc1]} Rfe8 20. Rb1 $5 b6
(20... Qa6 21. Rdb2 Na5 22. Qe4 $36) 21. Rc1 Qd5 22. Nf4 Qd7 (22... Qf5 23. h3
e5 24. Qb3+ (24. Rxc6 exf4 25. Qxf4 Re1+ 26. Kh2 Qb1 $132) 24... Kh8 25. dxe5
Nxe5 26. Rc7 $36) 23. d5 (23. Nd3 $5 {(/\24.Ne5)} Bxd4 (23... Nxd4 24. Ne5 Rac8
25. Rcd1 $18) 24. Qe4 Rac8 25. Rdc2 Ne7 26. Rc7 $44) 23... exd5 24. Rxd5 Qf7 (
24... Qf7 25. Qd2 Ne5 26. f3 Bh6 27. Rc2 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 34th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1999.05.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1999.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bf4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. e3 c5 8. Nf3
O-O 9. cxd5 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd5 11. Be2 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Rd8 14. Rhc1
Nc6 15. Ke1 Bf5 16. a3 Rac8 17. Bb5 Be4 18. Kf1 a6 19. Be2 Na5 20. Nd2 Bc6 21.
Ke1 Bxg2 22. Bc7 Rd5 23. Bxa5 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Rxa5 25. Rc8+ Bf8 26. Nc4 Rb5 27.
Ne5 Rb1+ 28. Kd2 Bh3 29. Rb8 Rb2+ 30. Ke1 f6 31. Bc4+ Kg7 32. Nd3 Rb1+ 33. Kd2
e5 34. dxe5 fxe5 35. Bxa6 Bg2 36. a4 Bc6 37. Nxe5 Bd6 38. Nxc6 Bxb8 39. Bd3 Rb6
40. Nxb8 Rd6 41. Kc3 Rd8 42. Na6 bxa6 43. Bxa6 {[#] Nach der witzigen
Abwicklung macht Schwarz am Königsflügel genügend Bauernbeute und erhält so
genügend Spiel gegen den weißen a-Freibauern.} Rd5 44. Bc4 Rf5 45. Kb4 Rxf2 46.
a5 Kf6 47. a6 Ke5 48. Kc5 Ke4 49. a7 Rf8 50. Bd5+ Kxe3 51. Kd6 Kf4 52. Bb7 Kg5
53. Ke7 Rh8 54. a8=Q Rxa8 55. Bxa8 h5 56. Kf7 Kh6 57. Kg8 g5 (57... g5 58. h3 (
58. Be4 g4 $11 {[%cal Yh5h4,Yh4h3,Yh6g5,Yg5h4,Yg4g3]}) 58... g4 (58... h4 59.
Bf3 g4 60. Bxg4 Kg5 61. Kg7 Kf4 62. Kf6 Ke4 63. Be6 Kd4 64. Kg5 Ke5 65. Ba2 Kd6
66. Kxh4 Ke7 67. Kg5 Kf8 68. Kg6 $18) 59. h4 Kg6 60. Be4+ Kh6 (60... Kf6 61.
Kh7 Ke5 62. Bb7 g3 63. Kg6 Ke6 64. Bg2 Ke7 65. Bd5 Kd6 $11 {Der Läufer kann
die Diagonale a2-g8 nicht halten, da er zugleich Bg3 bewachen muß.}) 61. Kh8 g3
62. Kg8 g2 63. Bxg2 Kg6 64. Be4+ Kh6 $11 {[#] Analysediagramm Weiß kommt nicht
weiter, da es entweder patt wird, oder der schwarze König h8 erreicht.})
1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan zt 1.5"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2000.06.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Erdogan, Hakan"]
[Black "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2000.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. Qd2 Bg7 7. O-O-O c5 8.
d5 h6 9. Bf4 Nd7 10. e3 b5 11. f3 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Qe2 g5 15.
Bg3 a6 16. Bc6 Bxc6 17. dxc6 Qc8 18. c7 O-O 19. Kb1 Qe6 20. fxe4 Nc4 21. e5
Nxe5 22. Rc1 Qb6 23. Nf3 Nd3 24. Rc2 Nb4 25. Rc4 Nd5 26. Ne5 Qb5 27. a4 Nc3+
28. Kc2 Nxe2 29. axb5 Nxg3 30. hxg3 Bxe5 31. b6 Bxc7 32. bxc7 Rfc8 33. Rxc5 Ra7
34. Rxh6 Raxc7 35. Rc3 f6 36. Rh1 Rxc3+ 37. bxc3 {[#] Wegen seiner schlechten
Bauernstruktur hat Weiß Probleme. Immerhin verfügt er über einen Freibauern
und einen gut postierten König.} Rc4 38. Kd3 Rg4 39. Rh3 $6 {viel zu passiv!} (
39. Ke2 $5 a5 $1 $17 (39... Rxg3 40. Kf2 Rg4 41. Ra1 Rc4 42. Rxa6 Rxc3 {
mit guten Rettungschancen für Weiß})) ({aber} 39. c4 $1 Kf7 40. Rh8 Ke6 41. Rd8
$1 $11) 39... Kf7 40. c4 Ke6 41. c5 Ra4 (41... Kd5 $5 42. Rh7 e5 43. c6 Kxc6
44. Rh6 a5 45. Rxf6+ {läßt vieles offen.}) 42. Rh8 Kd5 43. Rc8 Ra3+ 44. Ke2 Ke4
45. Re8 $6 (45. Rd8 $5 Rxe3+ $2 (45... e5 46. Kd2 Ra5 47. c6 Rc5 48. Rd6 f5 49.
c7 Rxc7 50. Rxa6 Rc4 51. Ra2 $11) 46. Kd2 {[%cal Rc5c6]} Rb3 47. c6 Rb2+ 48.
Kc3 Rb1 49. Kd2 Rb2+ $11) 45... e5 46. Re6 f5 47. g4 fxg4 48. Kf2 a5 49. Ra6
Rxe3 50. Rxa5 g3+ $19 {wegen der Mattgefahr} 51. Kf1 Rc3 52. Ke2 (52. Ra1 Rxc5
53. Ra4+ Kd3 54. Ra3+ Rc3 55. Ra1 Kd2 56. Ra2+ Rc2 57. Ra1 Rc1+ 58. Rxc1 Kxc1
59. Ke1 g4 60. Ke2 Kc2 61. Ke3 Kd1 62. Ke4 Ke2 63. Kxe5 Kf2 $19) 52... Rc2+ 53.
Kd1 Rxg2 54. c6 Rh2 55. Ra3 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Candidates sf2"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bf4 c6 {N} 6. e3 Bg7 $6 (6... Nxc3
7. bxc3 Qa5 $5) 7. Bd3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Qa5 9. Ne2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd7 11. O-O O-O (
11... e5 $142 12. Bg3 O-O $14) 12. e4 e5 (12... b6 {/\Ba6}) 13. Be3 exd4 (13...
Nb6 $142 $1 14. Bb3 Be6 15. Bxe6 (15. Qd3 $5) 15... fxe6 16. Qb3 Rfe8 {/\ Qa6;
Qb5} 17. f4 (17. dxe5 Qxe5 {/\ Qe4}) 17... exf4 18. Nxf4 Qb5 $132) 14. cxd4 c5
15. Rc1 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qb6 18. Bb3 $1 $16 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 Ne5 20. f4
Nc6 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Rxc6 Bb7 23. Rc7 Bxe4 24. Re1 $18 Rae8 25. Rxa7 Kg7 26.
Kf2 (26. g4 $5) 26... h5 27. g3 Kf6 (27... Ra8 28. Rxa8 Bxa8 29. Re7 $18) 28.
h3 $4 (28. Rc7 $1 $18) 28... Ra8 $16 29. Rc7 (29. Rxa8 Bxa8 30. Rc1 {/\ Rc7} (
30. Re5 {/\ g4-g5} Rc8 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 Rc7) 30... Rd8) 29... Bf5 30. h4 (
30. Ree7 Be6) (30. Rc6+ $5 Kg7 31. Re7 Rae8 $5 (31... Bxh3 32. Rcc7 $18) 32.
Rxe8 Rxe8 33. h4 $16) 30... Be6 31. Rc6 Rfc8 (31... Rfe8 $142 $5) 32. Rxc8 Rxc8
33. Bxe6 fxe6 34. a4 Ra8 (34... Rc4 35. Ra1 Rc2+ 36. Ke3 Rc3+ 37. Ke4 Rxg3 38.
a5 Rb3 39. a6 Rb4+ 40. Kd3 Rb8 41. a7 Ra8 42. Ra5 $18) 35. Ra1 $4 (35. Re4 $1
$18) 35... Ra5 36. Ke3 e5 $10 37. Ke4 (37. fxe5+ Kxe5 38. Kd3 Kd5 39. Kc3 Kc6
40. Kb4 Re5 $10) 37... exf4 38. Kxf4 Ke6 39. Ke4 (39. Re1+ Kf6 40. Re4 g5+ 41.
Ke3) 39... g5 40. hxg5 Rxg5 41. Kf3 Ra5 42. Re1+ Kf5 43. Re4 Rc5 44. Re3 Ra5
45. Ra3 Ke5 46. Ke3 Ke6 47. Ke2 Kd6 (47... h4 48. gxh4 Rh5 $10) 48. Kf2 Ke6 49.
Re3+ Kd5 50. Ra3 Ke6 51. Ke3 h4 52. g4 Kf6 53. Kf4 Kg6 54. Kf3 Kg5 55. Ra2 h3 {
Yusupov} (55... Ra8 56. a5 Rf8+ $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 29th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1999.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 {When Kasparov plays the Gruenfeld defense, it
doesn't mean that he is content with a draw. He has found (and deeply analysed)
a lot of combative continuations in different lines.} 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bf4 {
Rather a quiet continuation but a formidible weapon in the hands of GMs Bareev
and Zvjagintsev. By comparison with the 5.Bh4 line, the f4 bishop pressurises
the queen's side and controls the e5 point, preventing ...e7-e5.} Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. Nf3 c5 9. cxd5 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd5 11. Be2 Nc6 (11... b6) (
11... Qa5+) 12. O-O Bf5 (12... Bd7 {is also possible:} 13. Qb1 (13. Qb3 $5)
13... b6 14. Rc1 Rad8 15. Qb3 Qa5 16. Rab1 e5 17. Bg5 Rc8 18. d5 e4 19. Ne1 Ne5
20. Be7 Rfe8 21. Bb4 Qa4 22. f4 exf3 23. gxf3 f5 24. Kf2 Bf8 25. Qxa4 Bxa4 26.
a3 Nf7 {1/2-1/2 Olafsson,H-Hellers,F/Nordic zt 1992}) 13. Qa4 (13. Nh4 $5 {
,putting the knight at the edge, is a bit risky.} Be6 (13... Rad8 $6 14. Nxf5
Qxf5 15. Bc7 Ra8 16. Rb1 Qc8 17. Bg3 e5 18. d5 Rd8 19. Bh4 f6 20. Bg4 Qc7 21.
Qc2 {1-0 Zvjaginsev,V-Kosebay,O/EUCup G6 1997}) (13... Bc8 $5) 14. Bf3 Qd8 15.
d5 (15. Rb1 Bc4 16. Rxb7 (16. Re1 Qd7 (16... e5 17. Bg3 exd4 18. Rxb7 Rc8 19.
Qa4 Bd5 $13)) 16... Bxf1 17. Qxf1 (17. Bxc6 e5 18. Rd7 Qc8 19. Rd6 Rb8) 17...
Rc8 $13) 15... Bxa1 16. dxc6 (16. Qxa1 Bxd5 17. Rd1 e5 $1) 16... Bf6 17. cxb7
Rb8 18. Qxd8 (18. Bxb8 Qxb8 19. g3 Bc4 20. Re1 Bc3) 18... Rbxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+
20. Bxd1 Bxh4 21. a4 $11) (13. Qb3 $5 {is interesting. After the queen
exchange White's small advantage consists of his strong pawn centre and the
passivity of Black's g7 bishop.} Qxb3 14. axb3 Rfc8 (14... Nb4 15. Rfc1 Nc2 16.
Ra2 Rfc8 17. Ne5) 15. Rfc1 h6 16. h3 a6 17. g4 Bd7 18. Bg3 b5 $6 (18... Nb4 19.
Ne5 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Rc8) 19. Nd2 Nb4 20. Ne4 Bc6 21. Nc5 Bf8 22. f3 e6 23. Be1
Bxc5 24. Rxc5 Nd5 25. Bd2 {1-0 Varga,P-Peredy,F/HUN-chT 1994 (34)}) 13... Qa5 {
With the white pawn on a2 the queen exchange is not dangerous for Black as the
a7 pawn is not hanging and his knight has a perfect a5 square (protecting the
b7 pawn and controlling the c4 square).} (13... Rac8 $5 14. Rfc1 (14. Rac1 $1
Qa5 $1) 14... a6 (14... Qa5) 15. h3 (15. Rc5 Qxc5 16. dxc5 Bxa1) 15... Rfe8 16.
Ng5 Qd7 17. Bc4 (17. g4 $2 Nxd4) (17. Qb3 e5) 17... e6 18. g4 Bxg4 19. hxg4 b5
20. Bxe6 (20. Qxa6 bxc4 21. Rxc4 e5) 20... fxe6 21. Qd1 Na5 22. Qf3 Nc4 {
1/2-1/2 Guseinov,A-Sideif Sade,F/Teheran op 1991 (32)}) 14. Qb3 (14. Qxa5 Nxa5
15. Rfc1 $11) 14... Qb4 {Black doesn't want to take on b3 immediately but at
an appropriate moment.} 15. Rfc1 {[%csl Ra1]} (15. Rac1 $5 {so that the a1
rook be not hanging in some variations.}) 15... Rac8 (15... Rfc8 $4 16. Rxc6
$18) 16. Bb5 $146 {threatening 17.Bxc6} (16. h3 $6 a6 {/\ 17... Qb3 18. ab3
Nb4=/+} 17. Qd1 (17. Rc5 $2 Qxb3 18. axb3 Nxd4 $1 $19) 17... Rfd8 18. g4 $2 (
18. Qf1 $15 {Huzman}) 18... Be4 19. Nd2 $2 (19. Qe1 $17) 19... e5 $1 20. Bg5
exd4 $3 21. Rc4 Qb2 22. Rac1 dxe3 23. Bxe3 Bd5 24. R4c2 Qe5 25. Qf1 Qf6 26. Bc4
Nb4 27. Rc3 Nxa2 {0-1 Van der Sterren,P-Huzman,A/Wijk aan Zee (open) 1993})
16... Be6 $8 17. Qd3 Qa5 18. a3 Bd5 {/\19...Bxf3 20.gxf3 e5 xRa1} 19. Rab1 Ba2
({After} 19... Bxf3 20. gxf3 e5 21. dxe5 (21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22. Rxc6 bxc6 23. dxe5
Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. f4 (25. Rb7 Qg5+) 25... Qe6) 21... Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Bxe5
$11 {a draw is not far away either. Kasparov decides to force it at once.}) 20.
Ra1 Bd5 21. Rab1 Ba2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. Qa4+ c6 {
This is not worse than the main line} (7... Qd7 8. Qxc4 b6) 8. Qxc4 Qa5 {
This idea was examined in the Gruenfeld survey in CBM 118.} 9. e3 (9. Nf3 Be6
10. Qd3 (10. Qb4 Qxb4 11. cxb4 a5) 10... Nd7 11. e4 Nb6 12. Ng5 Bb3 $1 $13 {
[%cal Yf7f6]}) 9... Be6 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] GM Gata Kamsky follows my
recommendation from that survey.} (9... Nd7 $143 $6 10. Nf3 Nb6 11. Qb4 Qh5 $2
(11... Qxb4 12. cxb4 e5 (12... Bg7 13. Rc1 $14) 13. a3 exd4 14. Bf6 Rg8 15.
Bxd4 $14) 12. Be2 $2 (12. h3 $1 {[%cal Rg2g4]} e5 $2 13. Qb1 exd4 14. Qe4+ Be6
15. Bg5 $18) 12... Bg4 13. Bg3 e5 14. Qb1 (14. Qb3 $1 $16 exd4 $140 15. Ne5 $3)
14... exd4 15. Qe4+ Be7 16. Bd6 Nc8 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Nxd4 Bxe2 19. Nxe2 Rd8
$11 {0-1 Galeev,S-Sale,S/Harkany 1994/CBM 118/[Krasenkow] (40)}) (9... e5 $5 {
[%cal Yc8e6]}) 10. Qd3 $6 (10. Qb4 $142 Qxb4 11. cxb4 Bd5 {[%cal Re7e5]} (11...
a5 $6 12. b5 $14) 12. Nf3 Nd7 13. a3 Bg7 $11 {[%cal Ye7e5,Ya7a5]}) 10... Bg7
11. Nf3 Nd7 12. Qd2 (12. Qc2 c5) 12... Nc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5b3]} 13. Rc1 Ne4 14.
Qc2 Nd6 15. Bd3 Qxa2 16. Qxa2 Bxa2 $17 {Black has won a pawn and the opening
battle.} 17. c4 b5 $2 {Premature! White now activates his pieces and obtains
decent compensation for the missing material.} (17... Kd7 $142 18. Bg3 (18.
Ne5+ Ke6 $1) 18... b5 $1 19. Bxd6 Kxd6 20. Ng5 bxc4 21. Nxf7+ Kd7 22. Bxc4 Bxc4
23. Rxc4 Rhb8 $17) 18. cxb5 cxb5 19. Rc7 $132 {[%csl Gc7]} Bf6 20. Bg3 (20.
Bxf6 $142 exf6 21. Ke2 {[%cal Yh1a1,Ye3e4,Ye4e5]}) 20... a6 {This conservative
approach eventually fails; therefore, the energetic} (20... b4 $1 {was worth
trying.}) 21. Ke2 Bd5 22. Ra1 (22. Rhc1 $5 O-O 23. R1c5 Bc4 $140 24. Nd2 Bxd3+
25. Kxd3) 22... O-O 23. Ne5 $44 Rfc8 {Black has hardly anything else but now
White recaptures the pawn.} 24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 (24... Rxc8 25. Rxa6 Bxg2 26. Ng4 $1
) 25. Nd7 Bg7 (25... Bxg2 26. f3 Ra7 27. Nxf6+ exf6 28. Be1 {[%cal Ye1b4,Yb4c5]
and Black is by no means better despite his two extra pawns}) 26. Nc5 a5 27.
Bxb5 Nd6 28. Bxd6 $6 {Obvious but now Black obtains a certain plus due to his
bishop pair. Still, White eventually holds his ground.} (28. Ba6 {was possible
as} Rxa6 29. Nxa6 Bc4+ 30. Kf3 Bxa6 31. Bxd6 exd6 32. Rxa5 $11 {is absolutely
safe for White}) (28. Bd3 $5 {was more sophisticated:} Bxg2 29. f3 Bh3 (29...
Rb8 30. Kf2 Rb2+ 31. Be2) 30. Be1 e5 31. Bg3 f6 {and now} 32. Ba6 $11) 28...
exd6 29. Na6 Bxg2 30. Rxa5 Bf8 31. Ra4 d5 {[%csl Rh2]} 32. f3 Rc8 33. Kf2 (33.
Bd3 $5) 33... Bh3 34. Be2 Be7 35. Ke1 h5 36. Kd2 Be6 37. f4 h4 38. Ra1 Bd6 39.
Rc1 Rxc1 40. Kxc1 g5 41. fxg5 Bxh2 42. Nc5 Kg7 (42... Bf5 43. Bf3 {[%csl Rd5]})
43. Nxe6+ fxe6 44. Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Sea Cup 18th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2003.07.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2003.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 c5 6. e3 Qa5 7. Qb3 cxd4 8. exd4
Bh6 {An old, well-forgotten line, in which Black obtains good counterplay...
unless he is too co-operative!} 9. Rd1 (9. Nf3 $2 g5 10. Bg3 g4 11. Ne5 Bd2+)
9... dxc4 $6 {Black decides to help White's development as much as he can.
Meanwhile, he has several good ways of play:} (9... O-O 10. cxd5 (10. Qb5 Qxb5
11. Nxb5 Na6 12. cxd5 Bd7 13. Nc3 Nxc3 $1 14. bxc3 Rac8 15. Nf3 Rxc3 16. Ne5
Ba4 $13 {0-1 Kozma,J-Tukmakov,V/Leipzig 1975/MCL/[Bulletin] (30)}) 10... Bd7
11. Bd3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Na6 (12... Ba4 13. Qa3 Qxd5 14. Qxa4 Qxg2 15. Ke2 Qxh1
16. Nf3 Qg2 17. Bf5 $1 e6 18. Be4 e5 19. Bxb7 $16 {1-0 Forintos,G-Sigurjonsson,
G/Reykjavik 1974/EXT 99 (30)}) (12... e6 13. Ne2 Qxd5 14. O-O Bc6 15. Qxd5 Bxd5
16. c4 Bc6 $11 {0-1 Sorin,A-Hoffman,A/La Falda 1984/EXT 99 (73)}) 13. Ne2 Nc7
14. Bxe7 Rfe8 15. Bb4 Qxd5 16. O-O Bc6 17. Qxd5 Nxd5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Donner,
J-Garcia Gonzales,G/Cienfuegos 1973/EXT 99 (32)}) (9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be6 11.
Nf3 (11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Qxd5 Bxd5 13. c4 Be4 14. Ne2 Bc2 15. Ra1 Nc6 16. f4 Bd3
17. d5 Nb4 $36 {0-1 Zaid,L-Mikhalchishin,A/Lvov 1974/EXT 2001 (32)}) 11... O-O
12. Be2 (12. c5 b6 $5 $132) 12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 (13... Rc8 $5 14. d5 Bd7
15. O-O (15. d6 $2 Ba4 16. Bxf7+ Kg7 17. Qd5 Qxc3+ 18. Ke2 Rc5 {0-1 Perez
Garcia,H-Fette,M/Groningen 1989/EXT 98 (18)}) 15... b5 16. Ne5 $6 (16. Bd3 Rxc3
17. Qb1 $13) 16... bxc4 17. Qb7 Qc7 18. Qxa8 Qxe5 $15 {0-1
Hesselbarth-Schlachetka/corr 1983/Inf 37 (40)}) 14. Qxc4 Nd7 15. O-O e6 16. Qb3
Qa6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Rac8 19. Rd7 b6 20. Rfd1 Bf4 21. Be7 Rfe8 $11 {
0-1 Lerner,K-Mikhalchishin,A/Palma de Mallorca (GMA) 1989/Inf 48/
[Mikhalchishin] (61)}) 10. Bxc4 Nd6 11. Nf3 $1 {Of course, White doesn't care
of his bishop. Development is more important!} Nc6 $4 {And Black is very
friendly! This knight goes directly to the hell! There has been only one other
game with this line, in which Black did much better:} (11... O-O 12. O-O Qc7 (
12... Nf5 $142 13. Rfe1 $14) 13. Bd3 $6 (13. Ne5 $1 $16 Nxc4 $140 14. Nd5)
13... Be6 14. Qa3 Re8 15. Rfe1 Na6 16. Bg3 Qb6 17. Bxd6 exd6 18. Ne4 Bg7 19.
Qxd6 Qxb2 20. Rd2 Qb6 $14 {0-1 Gorchakov,A-Gulko,B/Kiev 1973/EXT 2001 (63).})
12. d5 Nb4 13. O-O {[%csl Rb4,Re8]} Bf5 {This "development" is only temporary.
Black can't castle and his pieces are placed horribly.} 14. Nd4 {Now it is
difficult to find a sensible move for Black.} Qc5 (14... Rc8 15. Rfe1 Rxc4 16.
Bxe7 $18) 15. Be2 {Simple and strong but White could have won in a "brilliant"
way:} (15. Rfe1 Qxc4 16. Qxc4 Nxc4 17. Bxe7 (17. Nxf5 $143 gxf5 18. Bxe7 Nc2
19. Re2 Kd7) 17... Nd3 18. Bf6+ Nxe1 19. Rxe1+ Kd7 20. Re7+ Kd6 (20... Kd8 21.
Nc6+ $1 Kc8 22. Bxh8 bxc6 23. Re8+ $18) 21. Ndb5+ Kc5 22. Rc7+ Kb4 (22... Kb6
23. Rxc4 {with a quick mate.}) 23. Be7+ Ka5 24. Rxc4 Rac8 25. Bc5 $18) 15...
Bg7 (15... Bd7 16. a3 Na6 17. Bxa6 bxa6 18. Rfe1 $18) 16. Ncb5 (16. a3 $5 Na6 (
16... Bxd4 17. axb4 Qb6 18. Na4 $18) 17. Nxf5 Nxf5 18. Qxb7 O-O 19. Bxe7 Qxe7
20. Qxa6 {was quite strong, too.}) 16... Nxb5 (16... Bxd4 17. Rxd4 a5 18. Qe3
$1 $18) 17. Bxb5+ Kf8 18. Rfe1 {Starting a final hunt on the black king.} e5
19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. d6 $1 e4 21. d7 Bd4 22. Qc4 1-0

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Qb3 e6 6. Qa3 c6 7. Nf3 a5 {This
sytem was examined many years ago in CBM 77, annotations to
Kortschnoj-Krasenkow (Lviv 2000). Black is threatening 8...dxc4 and preparing .
..Nb8-a6-b4. Eventually, White's queen will have to retreat from its powerful
position on a3.} 8. b3 Na6 9. Be2 (9. c5 Nd7 10. Bxa6 Rxa6 11. Na4 O-O (11...
g5 $5 12. O-O g4 13. Ne1 h5 14. Nd3 Qg5 15. Qb2 e5 16. e4 Qg6 {0-1 (40)
Kortschnoj,V (2620)-Van Wely,L (2643) Istanbul 2000 EXT 2001 [Krasenkow,M]} 17.
Re1 $13 {L.Van Wely}) 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. O-O Re8 14. Rac1 Bf8 15. Ba1 b5 16. Nb2
b4 17. Qa4 Bb7 18. a3 bxa3 19. Qxa3 Raa8 20. Rfe1 Bg7 21. Na4 Ba6 22. Bc3 Bb5
23. Nb2 e5 $36 {1/2 (60) Kortschnoj,V (2629)-Kurnosov,I (2580) Cheliabinsk 2007
}) (9. Bd2 $5 Nb4 (9... Ne4 10. Qb2 O-O 11. Be2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 dxc4 13. bxc4 Qe7
14. O-O Rd8 15. Rab1 Rb8 16. Rfd1 e5 $11 {1/2 (34) Baumgartner,U (2242)-Siger,
I (2093) Lechenicher SchachServer 2008}) 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Be2 b6 12. Na4 Na6 13.
c5 bxc5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. Rxc5 {1-0 (55) Krizsany,L (2385)-Wapner,J (2155)
Budapest 1994} a4 $1 $13) 9... Ne4 (9... Nb4 10. Qb2 c5 11. O-O O-O 12. Rd1 b6
13. a3 Nc6 14. Qc2 cxd4 15. exd4 Bb7 16. Bf4 Rc8 17. c5 (17. h3 Qe7 18. Bg5 h6
19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Qb2 Qd6 $11 {0-1 (67) Jakobsen,O (2402)-Ruck,R
(2472) Koszeg 2000}) 17... bxc5 (17... Nd7 $1 $13) 18. dxc5 d4 19. Bc4 h6 20.
Nb5 Nd5 21. Bg3 Ba6 22. Nd6 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Nc3 24. Nxc8 Nxd1 25. Rxd1 Qxc8 26.
b4 $16 {1-0 (38) Ringoir,T (2468)-Greenfeld,A (2540) Amsterdam NED 2013}) 10.
Qb2 (10. Na4 Nb4 (10... Bd7 11. c5 O-O 12. Bb2 Nc7 13. Nb6 Ra7 14. b4 Be8 15.
bxa5 f6 16. O-O g5 17. Bc3 Bg6 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Ba1 $14 {1-0 (31) Gabriel,C 
(2553)-Moor,R (2391) Switzerland 2005}) 11. Qb2 c5 $5 12. O-O O-O 13. Rd1 cxd4
14. exd4 dxc4 15. bxc4 Bd7 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Ba4 $1 18. Rd2 Qc7 $11 {
1/2 (42) Kortschnoj,V (2659)-Krasenkow,M (2661) Lvov 2000 CBM 077 [Krasenkow,M]
}) 10... O-O 11. O-O b6 (11... c5 12. Rd1 b6 13. Bd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 cxd4 15.
exd4 Bb7 16. Rac1 Re8 17. Na4 dxc4 18. bxc4 Bc6 19. Qc2 Re7 $11 {0-1 (36)
Vorobiov,E (2581)-Cernousek,L (2440) Teplice 2012}) (11... Nac5 $5) 12. Rd1 Bb7
13. Bd2 Nxd2 (13... c5 {is also possible. In any case Black has no problems.})
14. Qxd2 Nb8 15. Rac1 Nd7 16. Na4 Qe7 17. Ne1 Rfd8 {Threatening ...d5xc4 and ..
.e6-e6 or ...c6-c5, Black practically forces c4xd5, which clarifies the
position in the centre.} 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Nd3 {[%mdl 32] Taking into
consideration what happened in the game, I would suggest another plan for
White:} (19. Nf3 {[%cal Yh2h4,Yg2g3] restricting Black's dark-squared bishop
and stopping his h-pawn. Such a plan would hardly be good if Black's knight
could join his attack (say, ...Nd7-f6-e4) but here it is tied to the b6-pawn.})
19... Re8 20. Rc2 h5 $1 21. Bf1 h4 22. Qc1 Qe6 23. h3 Bf8 24. Be2 Bd6 {A
typical manoeuvre. White's position becomes dubious.} 25. Nf4 Qe7 26. Qb1 Kg7 (
26... Bb8 $5 {[%cal Ye7d6] (H.Nakamura). White can't protect the naked b8-h2
diagonal.}) 27. Nd3 {White must just build up a defensive set-up and wait} Rac8
28. Ne1 f5 29. Bd3 Qf6 30. Re2 Re7 31. Qc2 Rf8 {[%cal Yg6g5]} 32. f4 {A
desperate attempt to change the unfavourable course of events. However, the
e3-pawn now becomes weak.} (32. Nf3 g5 33. Nh2 Kg8 {[%cal Ye7g7,Yg5g4]}) 32...
Rfe8 33. Qd2 g5 (33... b5 $5 34. Nc3 (34. Nb2 c5 $1 35. Bxb5 cxd4 36. Qxd4 (36.
exd4 Rxe2 37. Bxe2 Bb4 38. Qd3 Re6 $17 {[%cal Rb7a6]}) (36. Bxd7 dxe3 $17 37.
Rxe3 $140 $2 Bc5) 36... Rxe3 $1 37. Rxe3 Rxe3 38. Qxf6+ Nxf6 $17) 34... b4 35.
Na4 c5 36. Nxc5 Nxc5 37. dxc5 Bxc5 38. Nc2 Qb6 39. Rde1 Bc6 $15) (33... c5 $5)
34. Nf3 $5 gxf4 35. exf4 Rxe2 36. Bxe2 Bb4 (36... Qh6 $5 37. Ne5 Nf6 {[%cal
Yf6e4]} 38. Bd3 Nh5 $1) 37. Qc2 Re4 38. Nb2 (38. Ne5 $142 $15) 38... Nf8 $1 {
[%cal Yf8e6] The knight becomes extremely powerful.} 39. Nd3 Bd6 40. Nde5 Ne6
41. Bd3 Nxd4 {The first material gains.} 42. Qc1 Nxf3+ 43. gxf3 Bxe5 44. fxe5
Rxe5 $19 {It is hard to believe that a super-GM will not be able to convert
two extra pawns.} 45. Qf4 c5 $2 {Black underestimates the only chance of his
opponent: counterplay along the g-file.} (45... Kf7 $142 $1 46. Kf2 (46. Kh2
Qd6) 46... Bc8 47. Rg1 Re7 {with full consolidation. If} 48. Rg5 {then} Qa1)
46. Kh2 Kf7 (46... Qd6 47. Qg5+) (46... Kg6 $5 47. Rg1+ Kh5) 47. Rg1 Bc8 48.
Rg5 Qd6 49. Rg4 Re6 50. Qxd6 Rxd6 51. Rxh4 {[%mdl 4096] White has recaptured
one of the pawns but Black should still win this ending.} Rg6 $6 (51... Be6 $1
{[%cal Yf7f6,Yf6e5]}) 52. Rh8 Rg8 {After the exchange of rooks, surprisingly,
Black faces serious problems breaking down White's defence.} 53. Rxg8 Kxg8 54.
Kg3 Kg7 55. Kf4 Kf6 56. Bb5 Be6 57. h4 c4 $2 (57... d4 $1 {was probably the
right course:} 58. Be8 (58. Bc6 Ke7 59. Ke5 d3 60. Bb5 d2 61. Be2 a4 62. bxa4
Bxa2 63. Bd1 c4 $19) 58... Ke7 59. Bb5 Bd7 60. Bd3 (60. Bc4 Kf6 {followed by ..
.a5-a4 and ...Bd7-e6.} 61. h5 a4 62. h6 Kg6 {doesn't help.}) (60. Be2 a4 61.
Ke5 Be6 62. Bd1 Bxb3 $1 63. axb3 a3 $19) 60... a4 $1 61. Ke5 (61. Bc2 axb3 62.
axb3 Kf6 63. h5 b5 64. Bd3 Be6 $19) 61... Be6 62. bxa4 c4 63. Bf1 d3 64. Kd4 f4
$1 {, and Black should win.}) 58. bxc4 dxc4 59. Ke3 c3 (59... Ke5 60. f4+ Kd5
61. h5 Bf7 62. h6 Bg6 63. Be8 Bh7 64. a4 Kc5 65. Bh5 Kb4 66. Bd1 {, and Black
can't make progress.}) 60. a3 Bd5 61. Ba4 Bb7 (61... f4+ 62. Kxf4 b5 63. Ke3 $1
b4 64. axb4 axb4 65. Kd4 $11) 62. f4 Be4 63. Bb5 Kg6 64. Be8+ Kh6 65. a4 Bb1
66. Ke2 Bc2 67. Ke3 Be4 68. Ke2 Kg7 69. Ke3 Kf8 70. Bd7 Ke7 71. Bb5 Kd6 72. Be8
Ke6 73. Ke2 Kf6 74. Ke3 Kg7 75. Ke2 Kh6 76. Ke3 Bb1 77. Ke2 Bc2 78. Ke3 Bb3 79.
Kd3 c2 80. Kd2 Kg7 81. Kc1 Kf6 82. Kd2 Kg7 83. Kc1 Kf6 84. Kd2 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.20"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 c5 6. cxd5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qxd5 8.
e3 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. cxd4 e6 11. Nf3 $5 {A rare move allowing check to b4.}
(11. Rb1 {is the main line}) 11... Bb4+ (11... Be7 {is quite possible:} 12. Bg3
(12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. Kd2 Rhc8 16. Rhc1 {1/2-1/2
Pytel,K-Schmidt,W/Lodz 1980/MCL (16)}) 12... Nc6 13. Bd3 O-O 14. O-O b6 (14...
a6 15. a4 Bd7 16. Rfb1 Ra7 17. Rb2 Rc8 18. h3 Na5 19. Ne5 $14 {0-1 Tichy,
V-Novak,I/Marianske Lazne 1978/MCD (62)}) 15. Be4 (15. h4 Nb4 16. Bc4 Bb7 17.
Ne5 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Rxc6 20. Bb5 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Rc8 $11 {0-1
Kozlovskaya,V-Litinskaya,M/Menorca 1973/EXT 2001 (42)}) 15... Bb7 16. Rfc1 Rac8
17. d5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Na5 19. Bxb7 Nxb7 20. Nd4 Bf6 21. Rab1 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Nc5
$11 {1/2-1/2 Tichy,V-Heinig,W/Leipzig 1978/EXT 99 (41)}) 12. Nd2 O-O $6 $146 {
Black aims to complications, which is not a good idea.} (12... Nc6 $142 13. Rb1
Be7 14. Bg3 O-O 15. Be2 b6 16. Bf3 Bb7 17. Nc4 Rac8 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. Bxd6 Rfd8
20. Bg3 Na5 $11 {1-0 Tichy,V-Jansa,V/Marianske Lazne 1978/MCD (44)}) 13. Rb1 a5
(13... Ba5 14. Kd1 $5 {/\15.Ne4}) 14. Bd3 e5 $5 15. d5 $1 (15. dxe5 $143 Be6
$36 {xKe1}) 15... Nd7 16. Ke2 Nc5 $6 {This leads to material losses but
Black's position is already compromised.} (16... f5 $142 17. Bc4 $14 Nb6 $140
18. a3 $1) 17. Be7 Na4 $8 {[%mdl 512]} 18. Bxf8 Nc3+ 19. Kf3 Kxf8 {White must
now play accurately as his king is not safe.} 20. Nc4 $6 (20. Rb2 $142 Nxd5 21.
Nc4 $14) (20. Rbc1 $5) {[#]} 20... e4+ $1 {Black should play extremely
energetically. Regaining the exchange is out of question:} (20... Nxb1 $2 21.
Rxb1 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Gd5,Re5][%cal Rc4b6]}) 21. Bxe4 Ra6 22. Bd3 $8 Rf6+ 23. Kg3
Bf5 $1 24. Bxf5 (24. Ne5 Bd6 25. f4 Bxe5 26. Bxf5 (26. fxe5 $2 Bxd3 27. exf6
Bxb1 $17) 26... Rxf5 27. fxe5 Ne4+ $11) 24... Rxf5 25. f4 $1 {White continues
fighting for the initiative, not satisfied with a draw after} (25. f3 Nxb1 26.
Rxb1 (26. e4 $2 Nd2 $1 27. Nxd2 Rg5+) 26... Rxd5 27. a3 b5 28. axb4 bxc4 $11)
25... Rxd5 26. Rb2 (26. a3 $5 {deserved attention. After all complications a
theoretically drawn rook endgame with 4P vs 3P on the same side should arise:}
Nxb1 (26... b5 27. Nb6) 27. Rxb1 b5 $1 28. Nb6 Rd6 29. axb4 (29. Nc8 Rd8) 29...
Rxb6 30. bxa5 Rb8 31. Kf3 (31. Rb4 $6 Ke7 $132 {[%cal Ye7c5]}) 31... b4 $14 {
[%cal Yb8a8]}) 26... b5 27. Ne5 Bd6 {Black continues bothering the white king.}
(27... Ne4+ $5 28. Kf3 f5 29. Rc2 Bc3 $44 {[%csl Gc3,Ge4] was another option.})
28. Ng4 (28. Nc6 $5) 28... g5 $1 29. Nf2 (29. Nf6 $5 gxf4+ 30. exf4 Rf5 31.
Nd7+ Ke7 32. Ne5 Bxe5 33. fxe5 Rxe5 $44) 29... gxf4+ (29... f5 $5) 30. exf4 Rd4
31. Nh3 {[%csl Rh3]} f5 (31... b4 $5 {[%cal Ya5a4]}) 32. Rc2 {After this move
Black sends the white king to a risky journey.} (32. Re1 $5 b4 $5) 32... Rd3+
33. Kh4 Be7+ 34. Kh5 {With a draw offer. However, the situation in the match
required playing for a win from Black. Besides, the position was quite
interesting!} Kg7 {[%csl Rh5]} 35. Re1 Nd5 {[%cal Rd3h3]} 36. Rxe7+ {A radical
decision.} (36. g3 h6 $1 {[%cal Rd5f6]} 37. Rc7 $5 (37. Re6 Nf6+ 38. Rxf6 Kxf6
39. Kxh6 b4 $44) 37... Kf7 38. Rb7 Rd2 39. Re5 Nf6+ 40. Kh4 Nd7+ 41. Rxe7+ Kxe7
42. Rxb5 Rxa2 43. Rxf5 Nf6 $44 {[%csl Ga5,Rh3]}) 36... Nxe7 $11 37. Rc5 {
White starts playing inaccurately.} (37. Rc7 {was the simplest way to reach
the draw:} Kf8 (37... Re3 38. Ng5 b4 39. Ra7 $11) 38. Ra7 $11) 37... Rd2 (37...
Rd5 38. Rc7 Kf6 39. Ng5 $11) 38. Rxb5 Rxg2 39. Rxa5 (39. Rb7 $5 Kf8 40. Rb8+
Kf7 41. Ng5+ Kg7 42. h4 Rxa2 43. Ra8 $11 {[%cal Ya8a7]}) 39... Rxh2 40. Kh4 $6
{"Eternal time pressure" starts bringing its poisoned fruits.} ({After} 40. Ra3
{Black couldn't improve his position:} h6 (40... Rg2 41. Ra7 $11) 41. Kh4 Rg2
42. Ra7 Kg6 43. Ra6+ Kf7 44. Kh5 Rg3 45. Kh4 Rg4+ (45... Re3 46. Rxh6) 46. Kh5
$11) 40... Rg2 $1 {[%cal Rg7h6]} 41. Kh5 $2 {The decisive error.} (41. Ra7 $2 {
didn't work in view of} Kh6 $1 $19) ({However,} 41. Ra6 $1 {enabled White to
hold his ground:} Ng6+ (41... h6 42. Ra7 {as the h6 square is occupied!}) 42.
Kh5 Rh2 43. Ra7+ Kf6 44. Ra6+ Kf7 45. Ra7+ Ke6 46. Ra6+ Kd5 47. Ra5+ Kc4 48.
Rxf5 Rxh3+ 49. Kg5 $15 {and White shouldn't lose.}) 41... Rg3 $1 $19 {White is
now helpless.} 42. Nf2 (42. Ng5 h6 43. Ra7 hxg5 44. Rxe7+ Kf6 $19) (42. Kh4 Re3
$1 $19 {[%cal Rg7h6,Re7g6]}) 42... Rf3 43. Re5 Rxf2 44. Kh4 (44. Rxe7+ Kf6 $19)
44... Rxf4+ 45. Kg3 Rg4+ 46. Kf3 Kf6 47. Ra5 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.19"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c5 7. dxc5 Nd7 8.
e3 O-O 9. Nf3 (9. Bc4 {was examined by GM Mihail Marin in his annotation to
the game Tomashevsky-Dominguez (see CBM 167).}) 9... Nxc5 10. Nd4 $1 {The
correct continuation preventing ...Bc8-f5, which gives Black an excellent
position in other cases:} (10. Rc1 Qb6 11. Qd2 Bf5 12. Bc4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4
14. Bb3 Rfd8 15. O-O e6 $11 {1-0 (98) Mamedyarov,S (2736)-Vidit,S (2651)
Berlin 2015}) (10. Be2 Qb6 11. Qd2 Bf5 (11... Rd8 {0-1 (50) Moiseenko,A (2711)
-Cheparinov,I (2678) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013} 12. Nd4 $1 $14) 12. Nd4 (12. Rc1
Rfd8 13. b3 Rac8 14. Nd4 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Rxc1+ 16. Qxc1 Bxe4 $17 {0-1 (28)
Deutsch,E (2351)-Popilski,G (2518) Israel 2013}) (12. O-O Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14.
Bc4 Bxb2 15. Rad1 Bf6 $15 {0-1 (35) Al Sayed,M (2520)-Borisek,J (2565) Berlin
2015}) 12... Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bf3 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Bxb2 16. Rd1 Rac8 17. O-O
Bc3 18. Qd3 Qa5 $15 {0-1 (35) Michalik,P (2508)-Van Kampen,R (2570) Groningen
2012}) {However, Black gets sufficient compensation for the pawn anyway.} 10...
Qa5 11. Bc4 (11. Rc1 Bd7 12. Be2 (12. Nb3 Nxb3 13. Qxb3 Rac8 $44) 12... Ne4 13.
Qb3 $6 Rac8 14. O-O Nd2 15. Qxb7 Bxd4 16. exd4 Rc7 17. Qa6 Qxa6 18. Bxa6 Nxf1
19. Kxf1 Rb8 $17 {0-1 (41) Akobian,V (2622)-Giri,A (2720) Al Ain 2012}) (11.
Bb5 a6 12. Be2 Ne4 (12... Bd7 13. O-O Rac8 14. Rb1 Na4 15. Ne4 Bg7 16. Bf3 Rfd8
17. Qb3 Qb6 18. Qa3 $14 {1/2 (42) Kuzubov,Y (2639)-Gupta,A (2630) Dubai 2014})
13. Bf3 Nxc3 14. Qd2 Bxd4 (14... Bd7 $5 15. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 16. bxc3 Rac8 17. Kd2 b5
$44) 15. exd4 Bd7 16. Qxc3 Qb5 17. Qc5 Rac8 18. Qxb5 Bxb5 19. Kd2 Rc4 20. Ke3
Rfc8 $44 {1-0 (34) Kuzubov,Y (2667)-Codenotti,M (2374) Jerusalem 2015}) 11...
Qb4 12. Bb3 Bf5 $1 13. Nxf5 (13. O-O Bd3 14. Re1 Rfd8 $44) 13... Bxc3+ 14. bxc3
Qxc3+ 15. Ke2 gxf5 {Black has regained the pawn, and his knight is not worse
than White's bishop.} 16. Rc1 Ne4 {Attractive but hardly good.} (16... Qb4 $5
17. Rc4 Qb5) 17. f3 Qb2+ 18. Qc2 Qxc2+ $6 {[%mdl 32] It is better for Black to
keep queens on the board as White's king is more vulnerable. He had such an
opportunity here but probably overlooked it:} (18... Qg7 $1 $13) 19. Rxc2 Nd6
20. Rc7 $14 {This invasion underlines White's advantage in the endgame. Still,
it is difficult to break down Black's defence.} Rfe8 21. Kd3 a5 (21... Kg7 $5 {
[%cal Yg7f6]}) 22. a4 Rac8 (22... b5 $6 23. axb5 Nxb5 24. Rc5 Reb8 25. Ra1 Nd6
26. Bc2 Rb5 27. Rxb5 Nxb5 28. Ba4 Nd6 29. Bc6 $16) 23. Rhc1 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 {
[%mdl 4096]} f6 25. Kd4 Kf7 26. Bc4 Rb8 {[%mdl 256] Black defends passively,
and White fails to make progress.} (26... Rg8 $5 27. g3 h5 $132 {was an active
alternative.}) 27. Bb5 b6 28. Ra7 Rc8 29. Bc6 Rb8 30. Kd3 h5 31. Bd7 h4 32. Ke2
{White plans to create a passed h-pawn: Ke2-f2, g2-g3 h4xg3+ Kf2xg3. Hardly a
dangerous idea; besides, Black now finds a way to abandon passive defence.} Kg6
33. Bc6 Kf7 34. Kf2 b5 $5 35. axb5 Nxb5 36. Bxb5 {The rook endgame is drawn but
} (36. Rxa5 Nc3 $132 {[%cal Yb8b2] is satisfactory for Black, too.}) 36... Rxb5
37. d6 Ke6 $1 38. dxe7 Rb2+ 39. Kf1 Rb1+ 40. Ke2 Rb2+ 41. Kd3 Kf7 42. g3 Rxh2
43. gxh4 Rxh4 44. Rxa5 Rh5 45. Ra7 Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Manhattan March Int"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1999.03.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shliperman, Igor"]
[Black "Ady, Jonathan James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1999.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. h4 $5 {Strangely enough, this move had not
been tried till recently.} Bg7 (4... c6 {is rather passive:} 5. e3 (5. cxd5
cxd5 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. e3 Nc6 8. h5 O-O 9. hxg6 hxg6 10. Nf3 Qb6 11. a3 Bg4 12. Na4
Qa5+ 13. b4 Qd8 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Be2 Ne4 16. Nc5 b6 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Ng5 Bxe2
19. Qxe2 e5 {Bosboom,M-Sokolov,I/Open, Leeuwarden NED 1997/0-1 (38)}) 5... Bg7
6. Bd2 O-O 7. Rc1 Nbd7 $6 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Nf3 a6 10. Qb3 e6 11. a4 Re8 12. Be2
{Kruppa,Y-Aronian,L/Anibal Open, Linares ESP 1998/1-0 (45)}) (4... dxc4 5. e4
c5 (5... e5 $5) 6. d5 b5 7. e5 b4 8. Na4 Nxd5 9. Bxc4 e6 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. Nf3
Bb7 12. h5 Rg8 13. h6 $44 {1-0 Bosboom,M-Goormachtigh,J/AKN Open 1998 (28)}) 5.
h5 Nxh5 6. cxd5 c6 $6 (6... c5 $5 {needs more practical tests} 7. dxc5 Qa5 8.
e4 Qxc5 9. Be2 Bd4 10. Bxh5 Bxf2+ 11. Kf1 Bxg1 12. Rxg1 gxh5 13. Qxh5 Nd7 14.
Qe2 b6 15. Be3 Qa5 16. Nb5 Nf6 $5 17. d6 Bd7 18. Nc7+ Kd8 19. Bd4 Qg5 20. e5
Rc8 $13 {Sulyok,S-Nemeth,A/HUN-chT2 1994/1/2-1/2 (51)}) 7. e4 cxd5 8. e5 $1 {
this is the point of White's concept: the g7 bishop and h5 knight are out of
play} Bf8 (8... f6 9. g4 fxe5 10. dxe5 (10. gxh5 exd4) 10... d4 11. Nb5 $16) 9.
g4 Ng7 10. Bg2 e6 11. Bh6 $16 Nc6 12. Nge2 Bd7 13. Qd2 f6 (13... Qa5 14. Qf4 {
preventing 13...0-0-0}) 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Rh3 {The black king has no chance to
survive in the centre.} Bb4 16. Rf3 Qe7 17. Bg5 Qd6 18. a3 Bxc3 19. Nxc3 Na5
20. Qe2 Rf8 21. Nxd5 Rxf3 22. Bxf3 Kf7 23. Nf6 Nb3 24. Rd1 Rc8 25. Bxb7 Rc7 26.
Qf3 Nxd4 27. Rxd4 Qxd4 28. Nd5+ Nf5 29. Nxc7 Qe5+ 30. Kf1 Qxc7 31. gxf5 gxf5
32. Bf4 Qc4+ 33. Kg1 Bb5 34. Be5 Qf1+ 35. Kh2 Be2 36. Qg2 {So, is 4.h4 going
to become popular?} 1-0

[Event "NED-ch59"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "2004.07.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2004.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8.
e3 c5 9. Qf3 (9. Nf3 {-D91}) 9... Qd8 {This is the correct reply to White's
ninth move.} 10. Bc4 O-O 11. Ne2 cxd4 {An important move! White must now take
with the e-pawn and his hanging pawns will be rather weak.} 12. exd4 (12. cxd4
$6 Qa5+) 12... Qc7 {A useful move removing the queen from d8, preparing ...
e7-e5, and asking the white bishop to "speak out". The other options seen in
practice:} (12... Nc6 13. O-O Na5 14. Bb3 (14. Bd5 $142) 14... Bd7 15. c4 Rc8
16. Rac1 b5 17. c5 Bc6 $15 {0-1 Kamadadze,Z-Morchiashvili,B/Batumi 2002/CBM 90/
[Hecht] (53)}) (12... Nd7 13. O-O Nf6 14. h3 Qc7 15. Bb3 Bd7 16. Rac1 b5 17. c4
bxc4 18. Bxc4 Qa5 $11 {1-0 Cafolla,P-McCarthy,J/Drogheda 1999/EXT 2000 (38)})
13. Bb3 (13. Bd5 Nc6 14. O-O Bd7 15. Rfe1 e6 16. Be4 Rac8 17. Bf6 Bxf6 18. Qxf6
Qd8 19. Qf4 Kg7 $11 {1-0 Krasenkow,M-Qin Kanying/Shanghai 2000/CBM 76 (76)})
13... Nc6 14. O-O e5 (14... Na5 15. Rfe1 e6 (15... Nxb3 $6 16. axb3 Bd7 17. Ng3
e6 18. Ne4 Bc6 19. Nf6+ Kh8 20. Qh3 h5 21. Re5 Qe7 22. Nxh5 f6 23. Nxf6 {
1-0 Onat,I-Scheinwald,C/Netanya 1973/MCD (23)}) 16. Ng3 h6 17. Bf6 (17. Ne4
Nxb3 18. axb3 f5 $1) 17... Nxb3 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. axb3 Bd7 20. Ne4 Bc6 21. Qf6+
Kh7 22. Nd2 (22. Nc5 $5 $14) 22... Qd8 23. Qf4 Qg5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Barwinski,
D-Schmidt,W/Tarnow 1979/EXT 2003 (83)}) (14... b6 $2 15. Bg3 Qd7 16. Ba4 Bb7
17. d5 Nd4 18. Bxd7 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 $16 {1-0 Maksimenko,A-Korsunsky,R/Leningrad
1989/TD (59)}) 15. Rad1 Na5 $146 (15... exd4 $143 16. cxd4 Bf5 17. d5 (17. g4
Be6 18. d5 Ne5 19. Qg2 Bxg4 20. f4 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Qa6 22. Rd2 Bxe2 23. Rxe2 Nc4
$13 {0-1 Eising,J-Honfi,K/Bad Mondorf 1974/EXT 2001 (42)}) 17... Ne5 18. Qf4
Qd7 19. Ng3 $1 {[%csl Rf5]} ({but not} 19. Nd4 $2 Nd3 20. Rxd3 Bxd3 21. Rd1
Rae8 $1 $19 {0-1 Hultin,P-Budraitis,A/Vaxjo 1992/EXT 97 (28)}) 19... Nd3 (19...
Bd3 20. Rfe1 $16) 20. Qg5 h6 21. Qe7 $36) 16. Bd5 Be6 $1 {Black successfully
solves his opening problems. The weakness of the light squares in White's camp
will compensate Black's weak e6 pawn.} 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qe4 Qc4 (18... Qc6 $11
) 19. f3 exd4 20. cxd4 Nc6 21. Rd2 Rac8 22. Rfd1 Bh6 (22... Kh8 $5) 23. Rb2 b6
24. Bf2 Na5 $6 {Putting the knight to the edge of the board should always be
well-considered although it was not easy to predict that it wouldn't be able
to come back into play!} (24... Rfd8 $142 $11) 25. Be3 Bg7 (25... Bxe3+ $5 26.
Qxe3 Qc6 {[%cal Ra5c4] but Black understandably doesn't want to exchange the
bishops.}) 26. Nf4 e5 $5 {Careful play is already needed.} ({For instance,
after} 26... Rfe8 27. Rc1 {Black must give up his queen:} Qxc1+ (27... Qa6 $143
28. Rbc2 $16 {[%csl Ra5,Ra6,Re6] - a vivid consequence of 24...Na5!}) 28. Bxc1
Rxc1+ 29. Kf2 Nc6 30. Ne2 Rc4 31. Rd2 $14) (26... Qc6 $5 27. d5 $1 (27. Nxe6 $2
Rfe8) 27... exd5 28. Nxd5 {[%csl Gd5]} Rce8 $1 29. Ne7+ Rxe7 30. Qxe7 Bf6 $8 (
30... Bxb2 $2 31. Rd7) 31. Qb4 Bxb2 32. Qxb2 Nc4 33. Qc3 $14 {[%csl Rg8]}) 27.
Nd5 Rcd8 (27... Rfe8 28. Rc1 Qxc1+ 29. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 30. Kf2 Nc4 31. Re2 $16) (
27... exd4 $5 28. Ne7+ Kh8 29. Rxd4 $5 (29. Nxc8 $2 dxe3 $1) 29... Qc3 $1 30.
Rb1 {[%cal Yb1c1]} Rc4 $1 $13) 28. Ne7+ Kh8 29. Rc2 Qf7 $6 {Only now, after
this move, Black gets into a real trouble.} (29... Qe6 $142 {with a good
position:} 30. Rc7 (30. Nc6 Nxc6 31. d5 Rxd5 $1 32. Rxd5 Nb4) (30. Bg5 Bf6 31.
Bxf6+ Rxf6 32. Rc7 Rf4) 30... Qd6 31. Rxa7 exd4 $13) 30. Rc7 Bf6 $2 {Keeping
the material balance was already impossible for Black but} (30... Rfe8 {
was relatively better, e.g.} 31. Qh4 Nc4 (31... g5 $5 32. Bxg5 (32. Qxg5 Bf6
33. Nf5 $1 Bxg5 34. Rxf7 Bxe3+ 35. Nxe3 exd4 36. Nf5 d3 $132) 32... Rxd4 33.
Rxd4 exd4 34. Rxa7 Nc4 35. Qe4 $16) 32. Nxg6+ Qxg6 33. Rxc4 b5 34. Rb4 Rd5 $16)
31. Rxa7 $1 {[%cal Re7c6]} exd4 (31... Rfe8 32. Nc6 Rd7 33. Rxd7 Qxd7 34. Nxa5
exd4 35. Qd3 bxa5 36. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 37. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 38. Rxd4 $18 {_|_}) 32. Bxd4
Qg7 $2 {losing at once.} (32... Bxd4+ $142 33. Rxd4 Rxd4 34. Qxd4+ Qf6 {
Of course, Black should lose after all.}) {[%tqu "En","Find a win for White",
"","","e7g6","",10]} 33. Nxg6+ $1 {[%mdl 64]} hxg6 (33... Qxg6 34. Bxf6+ $18)
34. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "Taiyuan schev"]
[Site "Taiyuan"]
[Date "2006.07.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2006.07.10"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c6 7. Rc1 O-O 8.
dxc6 Qxd4 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] An important novelty, which apparently solves
Black's problems. It's idea is to avoid the exchange of his dark-squared
bishop.} (8... Bxd4 9. c7 $1 Bxc3+ 10. Rxc3 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 {was examined in
CBM 110, annotations to Jobava-Miton.}) 9. Qxd4 (9. c7 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Nc6 $44)
9... Bxd4 10. c7 (10. cxb7 {gives Black an excellent compensation for the pawn,
of course.}) 10... Nc6 11. Nf3 Bb6 $1 {The point!} 12. e3 (12. Nd5 $6 Ba5+ 13.
Kd1 e6 (13... Be6 14. e4 Rac8) 14. b4 Nxb4 15. Nxb4 Bxb4 {and the c7 pawn will
not survive long}) 12... Bxc7 $15 {/= Black must now play accurately to
equalize as Black's bishop pair can become powerful.} 13. Bb5 Ne5 14. Nd4 Rd8
15. O-O Bb6 16. Rfd1 Bg4 17. f3 Bd7 18. Bxd7 Rxd7 19. Na4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Rad8
21. Rxd7 Rxd7 22. Rc2 h5 23. b3 e6 24. Nb2 Kg7 25. Kf2 g5 26. Ke2 Kf6 27. Nd1
Nd3 28. a3 Kg6 29. Rc3 Ne5 30. Nf2 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 21st"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2004.03.04"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2004.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 c5 6. cxd5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qxd5 8.
e3 Nc6 {Not the most accurate move. Black should rather choose between} (8...
cxd4 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. cxd4 e6 {and}) (8... Bg7 9. Qf3 Qd8) 9. Qf3 Qxf3 {
Black must go for this endgame in an unfavorable version.} (9... Qd8 {is now
impossible in view of} 10. Bc4) (9... Be6 {doesn't work in view of} 10. e4 Qd8
11. d5 Nd4 12. Qd3 Qa5 13. dxe6 (13. Ne2 $16 {Beliavsky}) 13... O-O-O 14. exf7
Bh6 15. Be2 Nxe2 16. Qh3+ $18 {Krnic}) 10. Nxf3 {[%mdl 4096]} Bg7 (10... e6 $5
11. Bf6 Rg8 {L.Popov}) 11. Rb1 (11. Bb5 {is the main theoretical move. It is
now difficult for Black to castle so he must look for other possibilities:} Bd7
(11... cxd4 12. cxd4 Be6 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. O-O Bxa2 15. Ra1 Bd5 16. Rxa7 O-O 17.
Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Bxe7 Rfe8 19. Bc5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Vagalinski,S-Doery,J/Varna 1970/
EXT 2003 (28)}) 12. O-O ({or} 12. Rb1 a6 (12... cxd4 13. cxd4 Na5 14. Bd3 e6
15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 O-O 17. Bf6 Rfc8 18. Ke2 Rc3 19. h4 $36 {1-0 Izoria,
Z-Pantsulaia,L/Batumi GEO 2003/The Week in Chess 459 (38)}) 13. Be2 cxd4 14.
cxd4 b5 15. O-O e6 16. Rfc1 O-O 17. Nd2 Rfc8 18. Ne4 $14 {1/2-1/2 De Vries,
S-Jansen,P/Dieren 1990/EXT 2002 (32)}) 12... Rc8 (12... a6 13. Be2 cxd4 14.
cxd4 Bf5 (14... O-O 15. Rab1 b5 16. d5 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe7 $16 {1-0
Magnusson,O-Nobrega,W/Siegen 1970/EXT 2002 (42)}) (14... e5 15. d5 Ne7 16. e4
Nc8 17. Rfb1 b5 18. a4 bxa4 19. Nd2 $16 {[%cal Ye2d1] 1-0 Smejkal,J-Hlousek,Z/
Havirov 1970/MCD (26)}) 15. Rac1 h6 16. Rfd1 g5 17. Bg3 e6 18. Bd6 Bf8 19. Bxf8
Kxf8 20. Ne5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Radzikowska,K-Lipska,E/POL 1978/EXT 98 (90)}) (12...
Na5 13. Rab1 a6 14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. Rfd1 (15. c4 $5) 15... Rhc8 16. dxc5+ Ke8
17. Rd5 Bxc3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Adler,J-Pelletier,Y/SUI 2000/EXT 2001 (31)}) (12...
cxd4 13. cxd4 Na5 14. Rab1 a6 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 17. Rxc1 Nc6 18. Nd2
O-O 19. Be4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Toth,C-Bagirov,R/Biel 2000/CBM 77 ext (34)}) 13. Rab1
(13. Rfc1 $5 Na5 14. Be2 f6 15. d5 Kf7 16. c4 Rhd8 17. e4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Hort,
V-Pribyl,J/Havirov 1970/MCD (28)}) 13... a6 (13... h6 14. Rfd1 (14. Rfc1 $5)
14... cxd4 15. cxd4 Na5 16. Bxd7+ Kxd7 17. Rdc1 b6 18. Kf1 Nc4 $11 {0-1
Schiffer,K-Hort,V/Germany 1980/EXT 2001 (51)}) (13... cxd4 14. cxd4 Na5 15. Bd3
$5 Be6 16. Rfc1 $14) 14. Be2 Na5 15. Ne5 $1 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Be6 17. c4 Rc7 18.
Rfc1 $14 {1-0 Taimanov,M-Savon,V/Moscow 1969/URS-ch (51)}) ({The other bishop
moves are less dangerous for Black:} 11. Be2 h6 12. O-O g5 (12... Bf5 $5) 13.
Bg3 O-O 14. h4 g4 15. Nd2 $14 {1-0 Angantysson,H-Zotos,L/Haifa 1970/EXT 2001 
(40)}) (11. Bc4 O-O 12. O-O cxd4 13. cxd4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16.
Rab1 b6 17. Bd5 Ba6 18. Rfd1 Rac8 $11 {0-1 Usachyi,V-Heinrich,T/Bad Zwesten
1998/EXT 2000 (62)}) 11... O-O (11... cxd4 12. cxd4 b6 $2 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. O-O
Na5 15. Ba6 Bc8 16. Bb5+ Bd7 17. Bd3 $1 Bf6 18. Bg3 $1 O-O 19. Rfc1 Rfc8 20.
Ba6 $16 {1-0 Popov,L-Mihaljcisin,M/Reggio Emilia 1970/EXT 2000/[Popov] (39)}) (
11... h6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. O-O a6 14. Bd3 b5 15. a4 $5 bxa4 16. Be4 f5 17. Bd5 e6
18. Ba2 $44 {1-0 Peev,P-Pribyl,J/Kapfenberg 1970/EU-chT (53)}) (11... e6 12.
Bb5 cxd4 13. cxd4 O-O 14. O-O Bd7 {0-1 Tuchenhagen,A-Wuerdinger,A/Germany 1996/
EXT 99 (30)} 15. Nd2 $1 $14) 12. Bd3 {This is less active than putting this
bishop to b5:} (12. Bb5 Be6 13. a4 f6 14. Ke2 Na5 15. Bd3 Rac8 16. Nd2 $14 {
1-0 Mokry,K-Drvota,A/Prague 1978/EXT 98 (40)}) ({or} 12. Nd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 e6
14. Bb5 a6 15. Be2 b5 16. Ne4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Belotelov,D-Fish,G/Biel 2001/CBM 83
ext (31)}) 12... e5 13. dxc5 {It turns out that recapture of this pawn (as
well as the development of the queenside) is not an easy task.} h6 (13... Re8
14. Nd2 {[%cal Yd2c4,Yd2e4]}) 14. Nd2 g5 15. Bg3 Rd8 16. Ke2 Bf8 (16... f5 17.
h4 f4 18. Bh2 {[%cal Yd2e4]}) 17. Nb3 ({White decides to keep this pawn. After
} 17. Be4 f6 18. c4 Bxc5 19. Bd5+ Kg7 20. Ne4 Bb6 21. h4 Ne7 {Black parries
White's threats.}) 17... Be6 18. Rhd1 f6 19. f3 {Step by step White brings his
bishop into the game keeping his extra pawn.} Rd7 20. e4 Kf7 21. Bf2 Rc8 $6 {
Black starts a dubious plan of regaining the c5 pawn at any cost. Was GM A.
Shirov playing for a win?} ({After} 21... Rad8 {a draw was quite probable.})
22. Bb5 Rdc7 $6 23. Rd2 Kg6 24. Kd1 Nb8 $2 {It was a crazy idea to allow the
white knight to a5.} (24... Be7 25. Bxc6 bxc6 {and White can hardly break
through.}) 25. Na5 g4 $6 {Opening a second front... for White!} 26. c4 $6 {
[%cal Yb5a4] White plays consistently but misses a strong possibility} (26. Bc4
$1 Bxc4 27. Nxc4 Bxc5 28. Bxc5 Rxc5 29. Nd6 R8c7 30. Nxb7 Rxc3 31. Nd6 $18 {
[%cal Rb1b8,Rd6b5]}) 26... h5 (26... gxf3 27. gxf3 f5 {didn't help in view of}
28. Ba4 fxe4 29. Bc2 $1 ({but not} 29. fxe4 Bxc5 30. Bxc5 Rxc5 31. Nxb7 Rxc4
32. Nd6 Bg4+)) 27. Ba4 Bxc5 28. Bxc5 Rxc5 29. Nxb7 Rxc4 30. Nd6 Rxa4 31. Nxc8 {
Black has no real compensation for the exchange and White brings home his
material advantage:} Nc6 32. Rc1 Nd4 33. Ne7+ Kg5 34. Nc6 gxf3 (34... Nxc6 35.
Rxc6 Bxa2 36. Rdd6 Bb3+ 37. Ke2 Ra2+ 38. Ke3 $1 Rxg2 39. Rxf6 $18) 35. Nxd4
exd4 36. gxf3 Bxa2 37. Ke2 Bc4+ 38. Kf2 Kf4 (38... d3 39. Ke3 $18) 39. Rxd4
Ra2+ 40. Ke1 $1 Bb5 41. e5+ $1 {A nice tactical trick.} (41. Rd2 $143 Rxd2 42.
Kxd2 Kxf3) 41... Kxe5 (41... Ke3 42. exf6 $1 Kxd4 (42... Re2+ 43. Kd1) 43. f7
Re2+ 44. Kd1 $18) 42. Rd2 {Black must now exchange the rooks and the resulting
endgame is winning for White.} Rxd2 43. Kxd2 Kf4 44. Rc3 (44. Rc5 a6 45. Rxh5 {
was also possible.}) 44... a5 45. Ke1 a4 46. Kf2 Bd7 47. Rc4+ Kg5 48. Rd4 Be8
49. Rd5+ f5 50. Kg3 h4+ 51. Kf2 Bf7 52. Ra5 Bb3 53. Ke3 Bc2 54. h3 Bb3 55. f4+
Kf6 56. Kd4 Bc2 57. Ra6+ Kg7 58. Ke5 Kf7 59. Ra7+ Kg6 60. Ke6 Bb3+ 61. Ke7 Kg7
62. Ra5 Bc2 63. Rc5 Be4 64. Rc1 Bd5 65. Rg1+ Kh6 66. Kf6 a3 (66... Be4 67. Rg6+
Kh7 68. Kg5 $18) 67. Rg6+ Kh7 68. Rg7+ Kh6 69. Ra7 a2 70. Kxf5 Bc4 71. Kf6 Bb3
72. f5 Bc4 73. Ra4 Kh7 74. Kg5 Kg7 75. Ra7+ Bf7 76. f6+ Kg8 77. Kxh4 Be6 78.
Kg3 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 34th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2006.08.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2006.07.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Qb1 Qd5 {This bizarre move was examined in CBM 101, annotations to
Atalik-Predojevic. In the current game GM Peter Svidler links it to another
plan.} 9. Nf3 Nd7 $5 (9... Qa5 10. Qb2 (10. Qc2 $5 Nd7 (10... Bf5 11. Qb2) 11.
Nd2 Nb6 12. Be2 Na4 13. O-O b5 14. Bf3 Rd8 15. Rfc1 f6 16. Rab1 Kf7 17. Bc6 a6
18. Rb4 $44 {1-0 Javakhishvili,L-Przezdziecka,M/Turin ITA 2006/The Week in
Chess 604 (44)}) 10... Nd7 11. Be2 Nb6 12. O-O Bg7 $5 {probably more solid than
} (12... Na4 13. Qxb7 Bd5 14. Qb1 Nxc3 15. Qe1 Bg7 16. e4 $1 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 $44
{1/2-1/2 Atalik,S-Predojevic,B/Sarajevo 2004/CBM 101/[Atalik] (31)}) 13. Nd2 c5
14. Nb3 Qb5 15. Qa3 Qa4 16. Qxa4+ Nxa4 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Bxc3 19. Rab1 b6
20. cxb6 axb6 21. Rxb6 O-O 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. Bxc4 Kf7 24. Bb3 $11 {1/2-1/2
Sargissian,G-Vachier Lagrave,M/Turin ITA 2006/The Week in Chess 604 (37)}) (
9... Bf5 10. Qb2 Nd7 {had been already played in the following game:} 11. Nd2
Nb6 12. a4 a5 13. f3 Bd3 14. Bxd3 cxd3 15. O-O Bh6 16. f4 Qd7 17. c4 O-O 18.
Qa3 Bg7 19. Ra2 Rfe8 20. Qxd3 Nxa4 21. f5 Nb6 22. Ne4 $44 {1/2-1/2
Lomineishvili,M-Khotenashvili,B/Kusadasi TUR 2006/The Week in Chess 596 (102)
After big complications and an exciting ending the game was drawn.}) 10. Be2
Bf5 11. Qb2 Bg7 12. O-O e5 13. Qb4 {White has wasted a tempo (Qb1-b2-b4) but
the black bishop is not so great on g7.} c5 14. Qxc4 Qxc4 15. Bxc4 Rc8 16. Bd5
Bd3 17. Rfd1 Ba6 18. Rab1 b6 19. Bg3 (19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. c4 O-O
22. f4 Bg7 23. e4 Bd4+ 24. Bf2 Bxf2+ 25. Kxf2 {was a better chance but Black
should hold on anyway.}) 19... cxd4 20. exd4 $2 {After this Black takes over
the initiative - and White fails to focus back on stubborn defence.} (20. cxd4
{is standard for such positions although after} Nf6 (20... exd4 21. Nxd4 {
[%cal Rd4c6]}) 21. dxe5 (21. Bxe5 $2 Nxd5 22. Bxg7 Rg8 23. Be5 Nc3) (21. Bb3 $5
Ne4 (21... exd4 22. Ba4+ b5 23. Bxb5+ Bxb5 24. Rxb5) 22. Nxe5 O-O {is somewhat
similar to 21.dxe5}) 21... Nxd5 22. Rxd5 Bc4 23. Rd2 O-O {White's extra pawn
should not be enough to win.}) 20... Nf6 21. Bb3 $2 (21. Bxe5 Nxd5 22. Bxg7 Rg8
23. Re1+ Kd8 24. Bh6 Rxc3 25. Ng5 $132) 21... Ne4 22. Re1 Nxc3 23. Rb2 (23.
Bxe5 O-O 24. Rb2 Rfe8 25. Re3 Bh6 26. Re1 Bc4 $17) 23... e4 24. Ng5 Bc4 $1 (
24... O-O $5 25. Bd6 Bd3 26. Bxf8 Rxf8 $36 {was totally unnecessary.}) 25. Nxe4
Nxe4 26. Rxe4+ Kd8 {Black has a clear advantage in the endgame due to his
potential outside passed pawn and centralized king.} 27. Bf4 Bxb3 28. Rxb3 Re8
29. Rxe8+ Kxe8 30. d5 Rc4 31. g3 Ra4 32. Re3+ Kd7 33. Re2 Bf8 34. Kf1 Bd6 35.
Be3 Bc5 36. Bf4 {The rook endgame is hopeless but now White just loses his d5
pawn.} (36. Bxc5 bxc5 37. Rb2 Rb4 $1) 36... Rd4 37. Rc2 Rxd5 38. Ke2 b5 39. g4
Kc6 40. Be3 Kb6 41. Rd2 Rxd2+ 42. Bxd2 b4 43. f3 Kb5 44. Kd3 Bd6 45. h3 Be5 46.
Be3 a5 47. Bd2 a4 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Gurevich,M} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 c5 6. cxd5 Nxc3 7.
bxc3 Qxd5 8. e3 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. cxd4 e6 11. Bd3 (11. Nf3 {-see CBM98,
annotations to Jobava-Krasenkow}) 11... Nc6 12. Nf3 Be7 13. Bg3 Nb4 $146 {
[%mdl 8] A new idea. Using tactical motifs, Black tries to simplify the
position.} (13... O-O {-see annotations to the above-mentioned game.}) 14. Bb5+
(14. Be4 f5 15. Bb1 Bd7 16. a3 Rc8 $1 17. Kd2 Nd5 {with good counterplay based
on the white weak a3 pawn.}) (14. Bb1 {Gurevich,M} O-O 15. a3 Nd5 16. Bd3 b6
17. Kd2 Bb7 18. Rhc1 Rac8 $132 {(xa3)}) 14... Bd7 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Ne5+ Ke8
17. Kd2 f6 18. Nd3 (18. Nc4 {Gurevich,M} Kd7 19. Rhc1 b6 (19... Rac8 20. a3 Nc6
21. Rab1 b6 $13 22. Rxb6 $2 Na5 $1 $17) 20. e4 h5 $132) 18... Nxd3 19. Kxd3 {
[%mdl 4096]} Kd7 20. Rhb1 b6 21. a4 {This attack can be carefully parried.
Gurevich,M: '[/\22.a5|^<<]'} h5 (21... Rhc8 22. a5 Bd8 23. e4 f5 $1 24. f3 Rc6
{is good enough for equality but Black tries to achieve more provoking h2-h4.})
22. h4 $6 {After this Black is out of danger as any bishop endgame, with this
pawn on the dark square (the colour of White's bishop) is satisfactory for him.
It was better for White to allow ...h4. Then, however, Black could often go to
the rook endgame as the weakness of White's g2 pawn guaranteed him sufficient
counterplay. Gurevich,M: '[xh4;'} (22. h3 h4 23. Bh2 Rh5 24. Rb5 Rah8 $11) (22.
f3 $5 h4 23. Be1 Rab8 $11 (23... h3 $6 24. gxh3 {'!' Gurevich,M.} Rxh3 {
Gurevich,M} 25. a5 Rhh8 (25... bxa5 26. Rb7+ Ke8 27. Bg3 $16) 26. axb6 axb6 27.
Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Rxb6 Ra3+ 29. Bc3 $16) (23... Bd6 {Gurevich,M} 24. h3 Rab8 25.
Rb5 $14) 24. a5 $140 b5) 22... Rhc8 23. a5 Bd8 24. f3 {Gurevich,M: '[/\25.Be1]'
} Rc6 (24... bxa5 {Gurevich,M} 25. Rb7+ Kc6 26. Rg7 $16) 25. Be1 a6 {Gurevich,
M: '[/\26...b5,27...Rac8<=>;'} (25... bxa5 {Gurevich,M} 26. Bxa5 $14) 26. axb6
Rxb6 27. Rxb6 Bxb6 28. e4 (28. e4 a5 29. Kc4 Rc8+ (29... Kc6 $11 {_|_}) 30. Kd3
Ra8 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karadjordje Serbia"]
[Site "Topola"]
[Date "2004.05.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jeremic, Veljko"]
[Black "Ruck, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2004.05.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bf4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. e3 c5 8.
cxd5 Qxd5 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Bf5 13. Qa4 Qa5 14. Qb3
Qb4 {About this line see Milov-Svidler in CBM79.} 15. Rfc1 (15. Bc4 a6 16. Bc7
{is a new, quite harmless attempt by GM U.Boensch:} Qxb3 17. axb3 Rac8 18. Bb6
e5 $5 19. h3 (19. d5 e4 $1) 19... exd4 20. exd4 h6 21. Rfe1 Rfe8 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8
23. Rd1 Nb8 24. g4 Bc2 25. Re1 (25. Rc1 Nd7) 25... Rxe1+ 26. Nxe1 Nd7 27. Ba7
Bd1 28. Bd5 b6 29. Bc6 Nf6 $11 {0-1 Boensch,U-Holzke,F/Germany 2004/CBM 101 
(56)}) 15... Qxb3 (15... Rac8 16. Bc4 (16. Bb5 Be6 17. Qd3 Qa5 18. a3 Bd5 19.
Rab1 Ba2 20. Ra1 Bd5 21. Rab1 Ba2 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Kasparov,G/Sarajevo
1999-CBM71}) 16... Qxb3 17. axb3 a6 18. Bd5 Bd3 19. Nd2 Rfd8 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21.
Rxc6 bxc6 22. Rc1 Bb5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Milov,V-Svidler,P/Biel 2000/CBM 79/
[Krasenkow] (34)}) 16. axb3 Rfc8 {A new plan quite sufficient for equality.}
17. Bc4 a6 18. h3 h6 19. Bd5 Nd8 20. Nd2 (20. Bc7 e6 $5 (20... Nc6 $11) 21. g4
$8 exd5 22. gxf5 gxf5 $13) 20... Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rc7 Rxc7 23. Bxc7 Nc6
24. Nc4 Kf8 25. Bxc6 (25. Na5 Nxa5 26. Bxa5 Bc8 {[%cal Yf8e8,Ye7e6,Yg7f6,Yf6d8]
}) 25... bxc6 26. Na5 Ke8 27. Bb6 Bc2 28. Bc5 Kd7 29. f3 e5 30. dxe5 Bxe5 31.
b4 Bc7 32. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Bg7 (
7... Be6 {is the main line in this position but the simple text move is quite
possible, too.}) 8. Bxc4 O-O (8... c5 $5 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Nc6
{1/2-1/2 Alber,H-Seger,R/Frankfurt 2000/EXT 2001 (31)}) 9. Nf3 c5 (9... b6 10.
O-O Bb7 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. Rfd1 (12. e4 $5) 12... Nf6 13. Rac1 a6 14. Bb3 Qc8 15.
Ne5 c5 16. f3 Qc7 17. Nc4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rac8 19. Qd2 Qd8 20. Bf2 $14 {1-0
Schandorff,L-Manor,I/Thessaloniki 1988/TD (33)}) (9... Nc6 $5 10. O-O b6 11.
Rc1 Bb7 12. e4 Na5 13. Bd3 c5 14. d5 c4 15. Bb1 Qd7 16. Qd2 Rae8 17. Nd4 e6
$132 {0-1 Munschi,S-Roos,D/FRA 1994/TD (41)}) 10. O-O Nc6 11. Rb1 (11. Qe2 Qc7
$5 (11... Bf5 12. Rfd1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. h3 Na5 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qd7
17. Qa3 Nc6 18. Rab1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Bernstein,D-Popovic,P/Groningen 1976/EXT
2000 (33)}) 12. Bg3 e5 13. h3 Qe7 14. d5 Na5 15. e4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Qd6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Slezka,V-Krupkova,P/CZE 1996/EXT 98 (40)}) (11. Rc1 $5 Na5 12. Be2 Be6
13. Qa4 {1-0 Pilar,M-Roj,M/CZE 1995/EXT 97 (64)}) (11. Qa4 $5 Bd7 12. Qa3 Qa5
13. Qb3 Qc7 14. Bg3 Qc8 15. Ng5 Be8 16. Be2 Na5 17. Qa3 b6 18. Rab1 Bc6 19.
dxc5 Qf5 20. Nf3 Qxc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Huzman,A-Shmuter,L/Simferopol 1990/CBM 21 
(87)}) 11... a6 12. a4 Na5 13. Be2 (13. Bd3 $5) 13... Bf5 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Nd2
Be6 16. Rb1 Ba2 17. Ra1 Be6 18. Ne4 {White plays for a win but Black gets
enough counterplay.} Bb3 $5 19. Qe1 c4 {[%csl Ra4]} 20. Qc1 (20. Nc5 $5) 20...
f5 21. Nd2 Qc7 22. f4 Bf6 23. Bf2 {In my opinion, there was no reason for
White to keep his "bad" bishop. Well, he didn't want to open up the e-file for
Black but} (23. Qe1 $13 {[%cal Ye3e4] was quite possible.}) 23... e6 24. Qb2 {
It was more logical to create counterplay in the centre:} (24. e4 $1) 24... Qd7
25. Nxb3 (25. e4 $5) 25... cxb3 {So, Black now has a passed (however, still
weak) pawn, an open file and an attack on White's weak c3 pawn! Was it worth
for White to do this?} 26. Rfc1 Rc6 $5 27. Bf3 Rc4 28. Be2 Rc6 {Draw?} 29. Bb5
{No! White wants to win and accepts Black's exchange sacrifice. However, the
b3 pawn now turns into a formidable weapon.} Rb8 30. Bxc6 bxc6 31. c4 c5 $1 32.
Be1 Nc6 33. Ra3 cxd4 34. Rxb3 (34. Rb1 $142 $1 $13 {gaining a tempo}) 34...
Rxb3 35. Qxb3 {The pawn has fallen but the white center has been destroyed in
the meantime.} dxe3 $44 {[%csl Ge3] Another strong passed pawn is coming!} 36.
Bc3 Nd4 37. Qd1 $2 {White starts playing too passively.} (37. Qb8+ $142 Kf7 38.
Rb1 $1 {[%cal Rb1b7]} Ne2+ 39. Kh1 (39. Kf1 Qd3 40. Rb7+ Be7 41. Rxe7+ Kxe7 42.
Bb4+ Kd7 43. Qb7+ Kd8 $11) 39... Be7 40. Ba1 Qd3 41. Qb2 $13) 37... Qd6 38.
Bxd4 Bxd4 39. Qf3 Bc5 40. Kf1 Qd3+ 41. Qe2 Qe4 42. Kg1 Qxf4 $17 {[%csl Gc5,Ge3,
Ge6,Gf5] The strong pawns in the centre should bring Black the victory in a
long term.} 43. Rd1 $4 {Blunders in the eternal time-trouble are starting.
Thanks, Mr. Ilumzhinov!} (43. Rb1) (43. Rf1) 43... Kg7 $4 (43... Qxc4 $1 44.
Kf1 Qxa4 $19) 44. Rd7+ $2 {This "active"move quickly loses. White can't stop
black's e3 pawn without this rook.} (44. Rb1) (44. Rf1) 44... Kf6 45. Rxh7 $2 (
45. g3 $142 Qf3 46. Qxf3 e2+ 47. Kh1 (47. Kg2 e1=N+) 47... e1=Q+ 48. Kg2 Qg1+
49. Kh3 g5 $19) (45. h3 Bd6 $19) 45... Qxc4 $2 {Good enough to win but} (45...
Qf2+ $1 46. Qxf2 e2 $19 {was much nicer.}) 46. Kf1 Qxa4 47. g3 Qe4 48. Kg1 a5
49. Rh4 $2 Qf3 (49... Qd5 $142 $19 {[%cal Rd5d1]}) 50. Qxf3 e2+ 51. Kh1 e1=Q+
52. Kg2 g5 53. Rc4 Qg1+ 54. Kh3 Bf2 55. Qc3+ Kg6 56. Qd3 Bxg3 $1 57. Qe2 (57.
Qxg3 Qf1+ $19) 57... Kf6 58. Qb2+ Be5 59. Qxe5+ Kxe5 60. Re4+ Kd5 61. Re5+ Kc4
0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 41st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2013.07.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2013.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. Ne2 O-O 8.
Nc3 {This system (introduced by Lodewijk Prins in his game vs. Donald Byrne at
the Tel Aviv Chess Olympiad in 1964) has gained some popularity in recent
years. White brings his knight to c3 and gets ready to reply d4-d5 both to ...
c7-c5 and ...e7-e5. However, even if Black temporarily refrains from the
undermining of the centre, without a pair of knights, White's space advantage
is hardly significant.} Qd6 {Other options:} (8... Qd8) (8... Qa5) (8... Qd7) (
8... Qc6) 9. Be2 c6 {Black is planning ...e7-e5.} (9... c5 10. d5 {tends to be
favourable for White, e.g.} Rd8 11. e4 e6 12. Bg5 Re8 13. O-O Bxc3 $6 14. bxc3
exd5 15. exd5 Qe5 $2 16. Qd2 $1 Qxe2 17. Rae1 Qb5 18. c4 Qa4 19. Qc3 f6 20.
Bxf6 Bf5 21. Bh8 {1-0 (21) Godard,M (2348)-Maruejols,C (2005) Naujac sur Mer
2013}) (9... Nd7 $5 10. O-O a6 11. a4 c5 {is a better way to carry out the
c7-c5 plan:} 12. d5 f5 (12... b6 13. f4 Bb7 14. e4 c4 15. Be3 Qb4 16. e5 Rac8
17. Rb1 Nc5 18. Qd4 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. f5 $40 {1-0 (30) Tregubov,P (2601)
-Vastrukhin,O (2336) Sochi RUS 2012}) 13. a5 (13. g3 Nf6 14. Bc4 Kh8 15. Ra3
Bd7 16. a5 Qc7 17. e4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Re1 Bd4 $13 {1-0 (29) Zontakh,A 
(2556)-Kanter,E (2394) Plovdiv 2012}) 13... Nf6 14. Ra3 Kh8 15. Na4 Bd7 16. Nb6
Rad8 17. Qb3 Be8 18. Rd1 Bf7 19. Bf3 g5 $13 {1/2 (30) Shinkevich,V (2501)
-Kurnosov,I (2668) Khanty-Mansiysk 2010}) 10. O-O Nd7 {Development first! It
is important that the position of Black's queen on d6 prevents e3-e4.} (10...
e5 {is a bit premature:} 11. dxe5 Qxe5 12. e4 Nd7 13. Be3 Nf6 14. f4 Qe7 15.
Bf3 Bf5 {0-1 (73) Truta,S (2231)-Jelen,I (2399) Ljubljana 2010} 16. e5 $36) 11.
Ne4 (11. f4 Rd8 (11... Nb6 12. Bf3 Rd8 13. Qe2 a5 {1/2 (13) Lalic,B (2470)
-Llaneza Vega,M (2465) Pardubice 2011}) 12. Qc2 Nf6 13. Rd1 Bf5 $1 14. e4 Ng4
15. Qd2 {1-0 (46) Almeida Quintana,O (2555)-Esserman,M (2439) Montcada 2011}
Qb4 $1 16. e5 Nh6 $132) (11. Bf3 Nb6 (11... Rd8 $5) 12. a4 a5 13. b3 Re8 14.
Ba3 Qd8 15. Rc1 Be6 16. Qc2 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. e4 Be6 19. Rfd1 {1/2 (19)
Piorun,K (2521)-Greenfeld,A (2571) Deizisau 2011}) (11. Qc2 e5 12. dxe5 Qxe5
13. e4 Nf6 14. Be3 Ng4 15. Bxg4 Bxg4 16. h3 Be6 $5 (16... Bd7 17. Rad1 Qe7 18.
Bd4 Rfd8 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rd3 Be6 21. Rfd1 a5 22. b3 Rxd3 23. Qxd3 b5 24. Ne2
$14 {1/2 (31) Kramnik,V (2790)-Svidler,P (2750) Nice 2010}) 17. Rfd1 Qa5 $11) (
11. b3 e5 (11... Rd8 $5 12. Bb2 Nb6 13. Ne4 Qc7 14. Qc1 Bf5 15. Nc5 Nd7 16. Bf3
Nxc5 17. Qxc5 Qd6 18. Rac1 Qxc5 19. Rxc5 e5 20. e4 Be6 21. d5 cxd5 22. exd5 Bf5
$11 {1/2 (26) Kunte,A (2517)-Gopal,G (2609) New Delhi 2010}) 12. d5 (12. dxe5
Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bxe5 14. Bb2 Re8 15. Na4 Bxb2 16. Nxb2 Nb6 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4
a5 $11 {1/2 (29) Brynell,S (2500)-Kulaots,K (2574) Sweden SWE 2012}) 12... Nf6
13. dxc6 Qxc6 14. Bb2 Be6 15. Rc1 Rfd8 16. Qe1 Qd7 $11 (16... Qe8 $143 $6 17.
Nb5 Nd5 {1/2 (28) Georgiev,K (2685)-Cheparinov,I (2661) Plovdiv 2010} 18. e4
$16)) 11... Qc7 12. Bd2 (12. f4 Rd8 13. Qb3 Nf6 14. Ng5 e6 15. Bd2 b6 16. Rac1
Bb7 17. Bf3 Rac8 $11 18. Rc2 $6 h6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 c5 $132 {0-1 (48)
Fayard,A (2234)-Bosiocic,M (2593) Rome 2011}) (12. b3 Rd8 13. Qc2 Nb6 (13...
Nf6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bb2 e5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Rad1 Be6 {
1/2 (18) Gleizerov,E (2579)-Bosiocic,M (2561) Zagreb 2011}) 14. Bb2 Bf5 (14...
Nd5 15. Nc5 e5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Rad1 b6 18. Nd3 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Bf5 20. Bf3 Bxd3
21. Rxd3 Be5 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Qd2 Qf6 24. Rd1 Re8 {1/2 (24) Nisipeanu,L (2659)
-Edouard,R (2602) Mulhouse 2011}) 15. g4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 e6 17. Rfd1 Rd5 18. Rac1
Rad8 19. f4 h6 20. Rf1 Qe7 21. Kh1 R5d7 $11 {1/2 (51) Postny,E (2641)-Giri,A 
(2624) France 2010}) 12... Nb6 {Not necessarily the best square for the knight.
Black has good alternatives:} (12... Rd8 13. Qc2 {1/2 (13) Grachev,B (2688)
-Edouard,R (2686) Basel SUI 2013} Nf6 $1 $11) (12... Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Rc1
(14. Bc3 e5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Qb3 Qe7 {1/2 (17) De Jong,J (2444)
-Huzman,A (2605) Plovdiv 2010}) 14... Be6 15. b3 Bg7 16. Qc2 Rfd8 17. h3 Rd7
18. Rfd1 a5 $11 {0-1 (64) Szabo,M (2199)-Bormida,A (2306) Lechenicher
SchachServer 2012}) 13. f4 {A typical move preventing ...e7-e5 (and ...c7-c5
has been already prevented). However, it weakens White's position, which can
be important if Black manages to break up the centre after all.} a5 {A typical
active move in this structure. However, it is double-edged as this pawn can
become weak.} (13... Be6 14. Rc1 Rad8 15. b3 Nd5 16. Bf3 Nf6 17. Nc5 Qc8 18.
Qe2 Rd6 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Be1 Nd5 21. Kh1 f5 22. Nd3 Nf6 23. Bb4 R6d7 24. Ba5
Re8 25. Ne5 $36 {1-0 (62) Brynell,S (2500)-Gauci,J (2128) Bugibba MLT 2012}) (
13... Nd5 14. Bc4 Bf5 15. Ng3 Rad8 16. Rc1 Qd7 17. Qe1 Nf6 18. Ba5 b6 19. Nxf5
gxf5 20. Bc3 Ne4 21. Qe2 e6 22. Rfd1 Kh8 23. Be1 Rc8 24. Bd3 Nf6 25. Kh1 Rg8
26. Rc2 Nd5 27. Qf3 Bf8 28. a3 Bd6 29. Bf1 $14 {1-0 (45) Portisch,L (2519)
-Beliavsky,A (2657) Szentgotthard 2010}) 14. h4 $5 {[%mdl 32] An aggressive
modern approach. However, Black takes some action in the centre and sets up a
solid blockade.} (14. Rc1 $5 {looks more appropriate to me.}) 14... Be6 15. h5
Bd5 (15... Nc4 $5) 16. Ng5 (16. Nc3 Be6 $5 {[%cal Yb6c4]}) 16... f6 17. Nf3 f5
18. Qe1 (18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Rc1 $5 {, preventing ...Nb6-c4, was probably more
to the point.} Bxa2 {was not good in view of} 20. Ra1 Bd5 21. Bxa5) 18... Nc4
19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Qg3 Qd6 21. Bxc4 ({Keeping the light-squared bishop was
probably a better option:} 21. Rfd1 $5 Nxb2 $140 22. Rdb1 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Bxc4 24.
Rxb7) 21... Bxc4 22. Rfc1 Bd5 23. Ne5 (23. Ng5 Bf6 {[%cal Yg8g7,Yf8h8]}) (23.
Kf2 Bxf3 $1 24. gxf3 Kf7) 23... Bxe5 24. fxe5 Qe6 $15 {White's plan has not
succeeded. We have a classic position with opposite-coloured bishops, where
Black's bishop is definitely stronger than White's.} 25. Kf2 Kf7 {Not the best
plan.} (25... Kg7 $142 26. Rh1 Rh8 $15 27. Rxh8 $140 Rxh8 28. Bxa5 Bxa2) 26.
Rh1 Ke8 {Giving up the h-file.} (26... Rh8 {can now be met with} 27. Bxa5 $1 (
27. Rxh8 $143 Rxh8 28. Bxa5 Bxa2) 27... Bxa2 (27... Rxh1 $2 28. Rxh1 Rxa5 29.
Rh8) (27... Rh5 $5) 28. Bc3 $11) 27. Rh6 Rg8 28. a4 ({After} 28. Qg5 Kd7 29. a3
{[%cal Ya1h1] Black can hardly make any progress.}) 28... Be4 29. Kg1 $6 {
Strangely, White abandons his attempts on the kingside and tries to create
counterplay on the queenside. This concept completely fails. His king comes
under an attack which is especially powerful due to the opposite-coloured
bishops.} (29. Qg5 $142 Kd7 30. Rh7 Rh8 $140 31. Rah1) 29... Kd7 30. b4 $6 Rh8
$1 {Perhaps White missed this tactical trick.} 31. Rxh8 (31. Rxg6 $2 Rag8 $1
$19 ({or} 31... f4 $1 $19)) 31... Rxh8 32. bxa5 g5 $1 {[%mdl 128] Black starts
a decisive assault on White's king.} 33. Rf1 Rh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4g4,Re6h6]} 34.
Rf4 Rh5 $1 35. Rxe4 {Desperation.} (35. Rf1 Qh6 36. Kf2 (36. e6+ $5 {is not
much more stubborn}) 36... Rh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4g4]} 37. Rg1 $140 Rg4 38. Qh3 Rxg2+
$1) 35... fxe4 36. Bb4 Ke8 37. Bc5 Qh6 38. Qg4 Rh1+ 39. Kf2 Qh4+ 40. Qxh4 gxh4
41. e6 Ra1 42. g4 Ra2+ 43. Kg1 Re2 0-1

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2000.07.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. e3
O-O 9. cxd5 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd5 11. Be2 Qa5+ {This simplifying check is quite a
safe way to equality.} 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. Bc7 {A typical manoeuvre
in this system barring the c-file and restricting the mobility of the black
pieces.} (14. Rc1 Be6 $1 15. e4 Rfc8 16. d5 Rxc1+ 17. Bxc1 Bd7 18. Bd2 Rc8 $1
19. O-O $6 (19. Bxa5 Rc1+ 20. Bd1 Ba4 21. Ke2 Bb5+ $11 22. Ke3 $2 Bh6+ 23. Kd4
Rc4+ 24. Kd3 Ra4+) 19... Nc4 20. Bg5 e6 21. h3 exd5 22. exd5 Nb6 23. Bd1 Nxd5
24. Bb3 Nc3 25. Be3 a5 {0-1 Loginov,A-Yandemirov,V/Chigorin mem 1998}) 14...
Nc6 ({Here is a typical example of inaccurate play from Black:} 14... b6 {
(too early!)} 15. O-O Bb7 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Bb5 Bd5 18. Rc2 e6 19. Rac1 Bf6 20.
Ba6 Bb7 21. Bxb7 Nxb7 22. Bf4 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 {[%cal Gc1c8]} Bd8 24. Ne5 Kg7 25.
Kf1 g5 26. Bg3 f6 27. Nd3 Kf7 28. Nb4 Na5 29. Na6 {Varga,P-Palkovi,J/Budapest
FS03 IM-A 1994/1-0 (56)}) 15. Rb1 b6 (15... Be6 {is a bit risky but also
possible:} 16. Rxb7 Bxa2 17. Kd2 Bd5 18. Rb5 Be4 19. Rc1 Rfc8 20. Bg3 e6 21.
Ng5 $5 Bxg2 22. f3 h6 23. Ne4 Ne7 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Nd6 Rd8 26. Rb7 Bf8 $11 {
Ivanchuk,V-Shipov,S/FIDE-Wch k.o. 1999/1-0 (41)-CBM72}) 16. O-O Bb7 17. Rfc1 (
17. d5 Na5 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. Rbc1 Bb2 20. Rc2 Ba3 21. Ne1 Bc6 22. Bxb6 axb6 23.
dxc6 Rxc6 24. Bb5 Rxc2 25. Nxc2 Bd6 {1/2-1/2 Goldin,A-Shmuter,L/Rishon le Zion
YM 1995 (32)}) 17... Rac8 18. Bg3 Na5 $1 {Black shouldn't be long with
simplifications:} (18... Rfd8 19. Bb5 e6 20. h3 Bf8 21. Bh4 Rd5 22. Bxc6 Rxc6
23. Rxc6 Bxc6 24. Rc1 Bb5 25. Ne5 h6 26. Bf6 Ba6 27. Rc7 Ra5 28. Rxa7 Rxa2 29.
Ra8 Bc4 30. Re8 Ra1+ 31. Kh2 Bd5 32. Nd7 Ra8 33. Bd8 {1-0 Zvjaginsev,V-Votava,
J/Stockerau 1993/EXT 93}) 19. Nd2 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Ne4 $6
{A harmless attempt to improve White's play.} (22. Bf3 Bb7 23. Bxb7 Nxb7 24.
Ne4 Na5 25. Nc3 Nc6 26. Kf1 Kf8 27. Ke2 Ke8 28. Kd3 Kd7 29. Kc4 Kc8 30. Bh4 Bf8
31. e4 a6 32. a4 e5 33. d5 Na5+ 34. Kd3 Nb7 35. f3 f5 36. Bf2 {1/2-1/2
Zvjaginsev,V-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Vidmar mem12th 1997}) 22... Bb7 23. Nc3 Kf8 24.
Nb5 a6 25. Nc3 b5 26. Bc7 Nc4 27. Bxc4 bxc4 {Black's c4 pawn is blocked but
with a pair of bishops he has nothing to fear. Moreover, his chances is
preferable. He can play for a win creating a "second weakness" (besides his
passed pawn) on White's kingside.} 28. f3 Ke8 29. Kf2 Kd7 30. Ba5 f5 31. Bb6 e5
32. dxe5 Bxe5 33. Bd4 Bd6 34. h3 Ke6 35. Na4 Bc6 36. Nc3 g5 37. Ne2 h5 38. Nc3
h4 39. Ne2 Be7 40. Bc3 Bd7 41. Bd4 Kd6 42. Bb2 Bd8 43. Bd4 Be7 44. Bb2 Kc6 45.
Nd4+ Kb6 46. Bc3 a5 47. Ke1 g4 $2 {A tactical miscalculation.} ({After} 47...
Bd6 {, followed by ...g4, White would have faced serious problems.}) 48. hxg4
fxg4 49. fxg4 Bxg4 50. Bxa5+ $1 Kxa5 51. Nc6+ Ka4 52. Nxe7 Ka3 53. Kd2 Kb2 54.
Nd5 Bf3 55. gxf3 h3 {Perhaps Black thought his pawns were unstoppable but...}
56. Nc3 $1 h2 57. Nd1+ $1 Kxa2 58. Nf2 Kb2 59. Nd1+ Kb3 60. Nf2 {[%cal Rd2c1]}
Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 1st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.11.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Qb1 Qd5 {About this line - see CBM 114, game of the same opponents from
Dortmund.} 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. Be2 Bf5 11. Qb2 Bg7 12. O-O Nb6 $146 {This is not a
big improvement but it leads to positions of a different type comparing to} (
12... e5 13. Qb4 c5 14. Qxc4 Qxc4 15. Bxc4 Rc8 16. Bd5 Bd3 17. Rfd1 Ba6 18.
Rab1 b6 19. Bg3 cxd4 20. exd4 $2 (20. cxd4 $11) 20... Nf6 21. Bb3 Ne4 $17 {
0-1 Aronian,L-Svidler,P/Dortmund 2006/CBM 114 (47)}) 13. a4 $1 a5 14. Nd2 Bd3
15. Bxd3 (15. Bf3 $6 Qd7) 15... cxd3 {This pawn guarantees Black sufficient
counterchances. To recapture it, White must spend precious time.} 16. Rfb1 (16.
Qb1 $5 Qc6 17. Qxd3 Nxa4 {Emelin}) (16. c4 $6 Nxc4 17. Nxc4 Qxc4 18. Qxb7 O-O
19. Bxe7 Rfb8 20. Qe4 d2 {Jakovenko}) 16... Qc6 (16... e5 $5 {Jakovenko}) (
16... e6 $5 {[%cal Ye8g8]} 17. Bg3 O-O 18. Bxc7 Nc4 $132) 17. Qa3 (17. Qb5 Qxb5
(17... e5 18. Qxd3 O-O 19. Rb5 $14 {Jakovenko}) 18. Rxb5 Kd7 $1 19. c4 Rhe8 {
[%cal Ye7e5]} 20. Bg3 Kc8 21. Ra3 Ra6 22. Rxd3 e5 $132 23. c5 Nd7) 17... O-O
18. c4 $2 {An unnecessary pawn sacrifice.} (18. Bxe7 Rfe8 19. Bc5 (19. Bh4 Nd5
20. Rb3 f5 $13 {Jakovenko}) 19... Nd7 20. Rb5 (20. Be7 $11) {leads to an
unclear position, in which Black's d3 pawn brings him sufficient counterplay:}
20... b6 21. Be7 Qe6 22. Bh4 c6 23. Rb2 c5 $13) 18... Nxc4 19. Nxc4 Qxc4 20.
Bxe7 Rfe8 21. Rd1 Rac8 (21... f6 $5 {[%csl Re7][%cal Rc4f7]} 22. d5 (22. Rac1
Qf7 23. Rxc7 Bf8 $19) 22... Qxd5 23. Rxd3 Qf7 24. Bc5 $17) 22. Bg5 $6 (22. Rac1
Qd5 (22... Qe6 23. Bg5) 23. Rxd3 b6 24. Bh4 c5 25. dxc5 Qe4 $17 26. Bg3 Bb2 27.
Qxb2 Qxd3 28. Qxb6 Qa3 $17 {Jakovenko}) 22... c5 23. Qxd3 cxd4 24. exd4 $4 {
[%mdl 8192] A blunder but otherwise White is a pawn down.} Re1+ 0-1

[Event "Leonid Stein Memorial"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2000.05.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2000.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kortschnoj} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Qb3 {This line is quite
harmless if Black plays correctly; however, like in other rare lines, not
everybody remembers what the correct reaction is.} e6 6. Qa3 {'!?' Kortschnoj.
Preventing Black's castling; however, the position of the white queen is not
very good here.} c6 {Manoeuvres like Nb8-c6-e7 justify White's play.} (6... Bf8
$6 {Kortschnoj} 7. Qa4+ Bd7 8. Qb3 $14) 7. Nf3 a5 $1 {8...dxc4 is now
threatened.  Kortschnoj: 'Black creats a serious threat: dxc4, Bxc4 b5, Be2,
b4.'} 8. b3 (8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Na6 10. O-O Nb4 11. Bb1 b6 12. Qa4 O-O 13. a3
Bb7 14. Qb3 Na6 15. Bd2 {1/2-1/2 Gulko,B-Hansen,C/Roma 1988}) (8. c5 Nbd7 {
[%csl Ra3][%cal Ye6e5]} 9. b4 {[%cal Rb4b5]} (9. Be2 {Kortschnoj} O-O 10. O-O
e5 11. b4 $13) 9... b5 $5) 8... Na6 {[%cal Ya6b4,Yc6c5]} (8... Ne4 $5 {
Kortschnoj}) 9. Be2 (9. Bd2 $5 Nb4 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Be2 b6 (11... dxc4 12. bxc4
c5 13. O-O $5) 12. Na4 Na6 13. c5 bxc5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. Rxc5 Qe7 (15... a4 $1
$13 {to destroy White's queenside pawns}) 16. Qa4 (16. Bb4 $5) 16... Ne4 17.
Rxa5 Rxa5 18. Qxa5 Qb7 19. Bb4 Re8 20. a3 Bd7 21. Qa6 Qxa6 22. Bxa6 Ra8 23. Bd3
Bf8 {Krizsany,L-Wapner,J/Budapest FS03 IM-A 1994/1-0 (55)}) 9... Ne4 10. Na4 $5
{The b6 square is weakened so this knight is not placed badly here.} (10. Qb2
Nac5 $1 (10... Nxc3 {Kortschnoj} 11. Qxc3 Nc5 $11)) 10... Nb4 11. Qb2 {[%cal
Ra2a3]} c5 $5 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Yb4c6,Rc6d4]} 12. O-O {White should urgently
complete his development, otherwise he will be in trouble:} (12. cxd5 exd5 13.
Bb5+ Bd7 14. Bxd7+ (14. Qe2 Nc2+ $1 15. Qxc2 Bxb5 16. Nxc5 $2 Rc8) 14... Qxd7
15. Qe2 Qc6 $1 16. Bb2 (16. O-O b5 $17) (16. a3 cxd4 $1 17. axb4 dxe3 $1 $17)
16... c4 $17 {[%cal Rb7b5,Rb4d3]}) 12... O-O 13. Rd1 cxd4 {Black doesn't want
to allow his opponent to properly rearrange his pieces, e.g.} (13... b6 14. a3
Nc6 15. Qc2 {[%cal Yc1b2]}) 14. exd4 dxc4 15. bxc4 Bd7 {'!?' Kortschnoj.} 16.
Nc3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Ba4 $1 18. Rd2 $8 {Kortschnoj: 'The only move.'} (18. Rf1 {
(Kortschnoj) loses to} Nc2) 18... Qc7 19. Ba3 {Kortschnoj: 'It is more or less
forced.'} (19. a3 Nd5 20. Qb2 Ne7 {[%csl Rc4,Rd4][%cal Ye7f5,Yf5d6] Kortschnoj:
'- black certainly stands better.'} (20... Nf4 $143 21. Bf1 Rfd8 22. g3) (20...
Nb6 {Kortschnoj})) (19. Bb2 Rfc8 $1 20. Qa3 (20. a3 Nd5) 20... Be8) 19... b5 {
Black sacrifices a pawn but a pair of bishops and weakness of the white d4
pawn will guarantee him a good compensation in the endgame.} 20. Bxb4 axb4 21.
Qxb4 bxc4 22. Qxc4 Qxc4 23. Bxc4 Rfd8 {Kortschnoj: 'Black has full
compensation for a pawn.'} 24. Re1 Ra5 $6 {Black wrongly thought he could
reach the draw in many ways.} (24... Bc6 $1 {was correct} 25. Ne5 Bd5 {
Kortschnoj: 'Here'} 26. Bxd5 {Kortschnoj: 'does not work due to'} (26. Bb3 {
does not work due to} Bxb3 27. axb3 Bxe5 {(Kortschnoj)}) 26... Rxd5 $11 {
[%csl Ra2,Rd4]}) 25. Bb3 $1 Bc6 {'?!' Kortschnoj. Alas, with his pawn on b3
White obtains some winning chances:  Kortschnoj: 'Here exchange on b3 would
lead to rather fast equalizing of chances.'} (25... Bxb3 26. axb3 Rb5 27. Rd3
Rb4 28. Kf1 Rdb8 29. Rb1 $14 {[%cal Yf1e2,Ye2c2]}) 26. Red1 {'!' Kortschnoj.}
Bh6 27. Re2 Bg7 $6 {White hardly has any winning chances after} (27... Bxf3 28.
gxf3 Bf4 29. Re4 Bd6) 28. Ne5 {As a result of Black's inaccurate play, the
white knight has occupied an important central square.} Ba4 {Admitting his
mistake.} 29. f4 Bxb3 30. axb3 Rb5 31. Rd3 f6 {'?!' Kortschnoj. As Kortschnoj:
'A dubious move.'} (31... Bxe5 32. fxe5 $1 {is now clearly unfavourable for
Black, he decides on the text move, which closes down his bishop and weakens
his king.}) ({After} 31... g5 {Kortschnoj} 32. g3 gxf4 33. gxf4 Rbd5 {black
would soon recapture a pawn with any problem.}) 32. Nc6 Rd6 33. d5 $1 {'?!'
Kortschnoj. White gives back his weak pawn but now his knight will be stronger
than the black bishop. Kortschnoj: 'Too optimistic.'} (33. Rc3 {Kortschnoj} Rb6
({Or} 33... f5 34. Ne5) 34. d5 {would render more practical chances to win the
game.}) 33... exd5 34. Nd4 $6 {Too passive.} (34. Re8+ Kf7 35. Rc8 $16 {
[%csl Rf7,Rg7] was correct, with an unpleasant attack.} (35. Rc8 {Kortschnoj}
f5 (35... Rb6 36. Rc7+ Kf8 37. Ne7 f5 {Well, after 37...f5 black is not in
danger...} (37... d4 38. f5)) 36. Rc7+ Kf8 37. b4 {with an idea Ra3.})) 34...
Rb8 {[%cal Yf6f5] The black king is now safe.} 35. f5 {This is a temporary
measure as the bishop comes out via f8.} Rdb6 36. Re6 (36. Rg3 Bf8 $1 37. fxg6
Bc5) 36... Bf8 37. Kf1 Bc5 38. Rxb6 Rxb6 39. Ne6 Bd6 40. Rxd5 gxf5 41. h3 Kf7
42. Nd4 Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Astana"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2001.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2827"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2001.05.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. e3
O-O 9. cxd5 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd5 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Bf5 13. Qa4 Qa5 14. Qb3 Be4
{A new concept of equalizing for Black in this variation.} (14... Qb4 {was
played before, e.g.} 15. Rfc1 Rac8 16. Bc4 Qxb3 17. axb3 a6 18. Bd5 Bd3 19. Nd2
Rfd8 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. Rxc6 bxc6 22. Rc1 Bb5 23. Nb1 f6 24. Nc3 e5 25. dxe5
fxe5 26. Bg5 Rd3 27. g4 Bf8 28. Bf6 Ba3 29. Rc2 Bd6 30. Kg2 Kf7 31. g5 Ke6 32.
Kf3 Kf5 33. Ne4 Ke6 34. Nc3 {1/2-1/2 Milov,V-Svidler,P/Biel 2000/CBM 79 The
whole variation was discussed in CBM71 and 79.}) 15. Rfc1 Rac8 16. h3 (16. Bg3
$5 {deserves more attention as} e5 $2 (16... Qb4 {is quite possible, of course}
) 17. Rc5 {is now favorable for White (the f4 bishop is not hanging).}) 16...
e5 $1 {[%csl Rf4]} 17. Nxe5 (17. Rc5 {doesn't work because of} Bxf3 $1 ({
but not} 17... Nxd4 $2 18. exd4 Rxc5 19. Bd2 $1) 18. Bxf3 (18. Rxa5 Nxa5 {
[%cal Rf3e2,Re5f4] and Black takes more material}) 18... Nxd4 $1 19. Rxa5 Nxb3
20. axb3 exf4 $15) 17... Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tel Aviv"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2001.02.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Botvinnik, Ilia"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2001.02.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. Nc3 {This rare line has been discussed in
detail in CBM77.} c6 5. cxd5 $5 $146 {Quite a curious novelty.} (5. e4 {
is usually played.}) 5... Nxd5 (5... cxd5 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 Bg7 {was possible,
too.}) 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bg7 8. Bc4 {Now we have a "normal" position but with
pawns on f3 and c6, which is not quite normal. In my opinion, this difference
is rather favourable for White: f2-f3 (supporting the centre) is more
important than ...c7-c6.} O-O 9. Ne2 c5 ({It looks more logical to push ...
e7-e5. If Black starts with} 9... Nd7 {then White can prevent it by means of}
10. f4 {; then after} c5 {Black can try ...Nd7-b6, ...c5-c4 and ...f7-f5
creating a blockade; still, the outcome of this plan is uncertain.}) ({Perhaps,
the immediate} 9... e5 {was most precise.}) 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Rc1 {It is clear
now that the pawn is better placed on f3 than f2.} (11. O-O Bd7 {leads to the
well-known line 10...Bg4 11.f3 Bd7 in the "normal" system.}) 11... e5 {Black
is trying to find a disadvantage in the position of the white pawn on f3 and...
succeeds with the help of White!} ({If} 11... cxd4 {then} 12. cxd4 Qa5+ 13. Kf2
{connecting the rooks.}) 12. dxc5 (12. d5 $142 $1 Na5 13. Bd3 {and after} Bh6
$6 14. Bxc5 Bxc1 15. Bxf8 Be3 16. Bb4 {Black has no sufficient compensation
for the missing pawn.}) 12... Na5 (12... Qh4+ {is useless:} 13. Bf2 (13. g3 Qh3
$44) (13. Ng3 Bh6 $44) 13... Qg5 14. O-O Rd8 15. Qb3 {[%csl Rf7]} Na5 16. Bxf7+
Kf8 17. Qa4 Kxf7 18. Qxa5 Rd2 19. Ng3 {and Black has too little for two pawns.}
) 13. Bd5 (13. Qxd8 $5 Rxd8 14. Bd5 Be6 15. c4 {and if Black tries to
recapture the pawn} Rac8 {then White starts a kingside counterplay:} 16. h4 $1)
13... Be6 (13... Bh6 $2 {doesn't work yet because of} 14. Bxf7+) 14. c4 (14.
Bxe6 fxe6 {is not dangerous for Black (his double pawns protect the important
central squares).}) 14... Bh6 $1 {The point! Black swaps his "bad" bishop for
White's "good" one, which makes the defence of the c5 pawn difficult for White.
} 15. Bxh6 (15. Qd2 $5 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Rc8 17. h4 $5 {White has, however,
another plan: he intends to press on the queenside, thus defending his c5 pawn.
}) 15... Qh4+ 16. Kf1 {After this White's uncastled king becames his major
problem.} (16. g3 Qxh6 17. Qa4 Nc6 {doesn't change much as White can't castle
anyway:} 18. O-O $2 Qe3+ 19. Rf2 Nd4 $19) (16. Ng3 Qxh6 17. Rc3 $5) 16... Qxh6
17. Qa4 Nc6 18. Qa3 (18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Kf2 Rad8 $36) 18... Rfc8 19. Rb1 Rc7 20.
Kf2 Qh4+ $6 {White now wins a second pawn, although Black maintains a good
compensation.} (20... Nd8 $5 21. Rhd1 Qf8) 21. g3 Qe7 22. Rxb7 Rxb7 23. Bxc6
Rd8 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Rc1 h5 26. h4 Kh7 27. Rc2 Rd1 {A premature invasion.} (
27... Qd7 $142 {lookind both at d1 and h3.}) 28. Rc1 Rd2 29. Ke3 Rb2 $2 30. Rc3
$1 {[%cal Yc3b3] The b2 rook is trapped and will now be exchanged!} a5 31. Rb3
Rxe2+ 32. Kxe2 Bxc4+ 33. Ke3 $6 {Certainly a time-trouble oversight.} (33. Kf2
Qd7 34. Qc1 Bxb3 35. axb3 Qh3 36. c6 Qh2+ 37. Ke3 Qxg3 38. Qc3 $18 {[%csl Gc6]}
) 33... Qd7 {[%cal Rd7d4,Rd7d1]} 34. Rd3 $8 Qh3 35. Rc3 Bb5 36. Qb2 $2 (36.
Qxa5 $6 Qd7 $1) (36. Kd2 {still gave White good winning chances as his king
escaped to the queenside.}) 36... Qxg3 37. Qc2 $4 {A self-mate.} ({After} 37.
Kd2 {Black can hardly find anything better than the perpetual check:} Qf2+ 38.
Kc1 Qe1+ 39. Kc2 Ba4+ 40. Kd3 Bb5+ $1) 37... Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2000.07.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. e3
O-O 9. cxd5 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd5 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Bf5 13. Qa4 Qa5 14. Qb3 Qb4
15. Rfc1 Rac8 16. Bc4 $146 {[%cal Yc4d5,Yd5c6] Quite a harmless attempt to
improve White's play in this dull variation. The text move prevents 16...Be6
and prepares Bd5xc6 creating weak pawns in Black's camp.} (16. Bb5 Be6 17. Qd3
Qa5 18. a3 Bd5 19. Rab1 Ba2 20. Ra1 Bd5 21. Rab1 Ba2 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,
E-Kasparov,G/Sarajevo 1999-CBM71}) 16... Qxb3 17. axb3 a6 18. Bd5 Bd3 {
protecting the a6 pawn and moving to b5.} 19. Nd2 Rfd8 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. Rxc6
bxc6 {[%cal Rc6c5]} 22. Rc1 Bb5 {[%cal Re7e5] Black's pair of bishops and the
active position of his pieces compensate the defects of his pawn structure.
Tactics is also on his side.} 23. Nb1 ({Unfortunately,} 23. Ne4 {doesn't work
in view of} Bxd4 $1 24. exd4 Rxd4 25. f3 f5 26. Be5 (26. Be3 Rd3) 26... Rd5) (
23. Nc4 $5 {doesn't give anything either:} Bxc4 24. bxc4 (24. Rxc4 e5 25. Bg5
f6 26. Bh4 exd4 27. exd4 c5 $1) 24... a5 25. c5 (25. Ra1 c5 $1) 25... a4 26.
Ra1 Ra8 {and then ...f6 and ...e5}) 23... f6 24. Nc3 e5 25. dxe5 fxe5 26. Bg5
Rd3 27. g4 (27. e4 Bf8 {doesn't change much}) 27... Bf8 28. Bf6 Ba3 29. Rc2 Bd6
30. Kg2 (30. Ne4 $4 Rd1+ 31. Kg2 Bd3) 30... Kf7 31. g5 (31. Ne4 Rxb3) 31... Ke6
32. Kf3 Kf5 33. Ne4 Ke6 34. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.12"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Qb3 e6 6. Qa3 a5 7. Nf3 c6 8. b3 Na6
9. c5 $6 {This new move doesn't pose any problems to Black. Moreover, he gets
a free hand in the centre and on the kingside.} (9. Be2 {was played earlier, e.
g.} Ne4 10. Na4 Nb4 11. Qb2 c5 12. O-O O-O 13. Rd1 cxd4 14. exd4 dxc4 15. bxc4
Bd7 $11 {Kortschnoj,V-Krasenkow,M/Leonid Stein Mem 2000/1/2-1/2 (42) - CBM77})
9... Nd7 $1 {[%cal Ye6e5,Yg6g5,Ra6c5] A good, multi-purpose move.} 10. Bxa6
Rxa6 11. Na4 g5 $1 {This is much better than} (11... e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5
Bxe5 14. Bb2) 12. O-O {After this Black's plan is clear: an attack on the
kingside. The question is whether it will succeed with the rook on a6. Black
has a tricky task: he can't avoid ...e6-e5 to develop his light-squared bishop
but otherwise he must try to keep the centre closed! Fortunately, the poor
position of the white pieces (especially Qa3) helps Black to achieve his aim.}
({The awkward-looking} 12. Bb2 {,with idea Bc3, Qb2, 0-0-0, deserved attention.
If} Bf8 13. b4 (13. Nc3 b6) 13... b6 {then simply} 14. O-O $13) 12... g4 13.
Ne1 h5 14. Nd3 Qg5 15. Qb2 e5 16. e4 Qg6 17. Nxe5 (17. Re1 $5 dxe4 18. Nxe5 $13
{, opening up the d-file, was more appropriate}) 17... Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe4 19.
Bd2 h4 20. Rae1 Qf5 21. Bc3 (21. f4 $5 {was more accurate}) 21... Be6 {Safely
blockading the e5 pawn. Now Black is ready to push ...h4-h3. It is not easy
for White to defend, although he is practically an exchange up. However,
instead of the text move, the immediate} (21... h3 $1 {was stronger.} 22. e6 {
didn't work in view of} d4 $1 23. exf7+ Kxf7 24. Bxd4 $2 Qd5) 22. Nb6 $6 {
This knight will soon be forced to retreat.} (22. f4 {was necessary to avoid
the opening of the h-file:} gxf3 23. Rxf3) 22... h3 $1 23. f3 (23. f4 {is
already late:} hxg2 (23... g3 $5 24. hxg3 Qg4) 24. Qxg2 Rh3 $1 25. Bd4 Bh6 $17)
23... hxg2 24. Qxg2 Qd3 25. Bb2 Bf8 26. Na4 {alas!} Rg8 27. Qg3 Qh7 28. f4 Bf5
{[%cal Yf8e7,Ye7h4] Black dominates on the light squares.} 29. e6 $6 {A
desperate attent to create counterplay.} fxe6 30. Rxe6+ $6 {This sacrifice is
easily refuted by Black.} Bxe6 31. f5 Bc8 32. Qb8 Qd7 33. Re1+ Kf7 34. Qe5 Qe7
35. Qg3 Qd8 36. Bd4 Rg5 37. f6 Bf5 38. Qh4 Rg8 39. Qh5+ Bg6 40. Qe5 Qd7 0-1

[Event "VISA Nordic GP Final"]
[Site "Gentofte"]
[Date "1999.08.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gretarsson, Helgi Ass"]
[Black "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 $5 {In 1985, at a small tournament in
Vani (Georgia), I shared a room with a player from Saratov, Gennady Tunik (he
is now a well-known IM). He is a merry person, so it was a great fun to
associate with him. Gennady told me a lot of funny things, among them a story
of his recent game against Valery Yandemirov, in which his opponent (by the
way, my old friend from junior and students' tournaments) played a "crazy"
move 4...Bg7. Gennady quickly won that game, and we made some jokes about some
players' "inventiveness". We couldn't know that a decade later a new rising
star, Peter Svidler, would pick up and develop the "crazy" line and I would
myself have serious problems to master it. The idea behind 4...Bg7 is simple:
let White temporary win a pawn but Black obtains a pair of bishops and good
development.} 5. Bxf6 (5. e3 {is another option:} c5 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. cxd5 cxd4
8. exd4 {and now not} {but} O-O (8... Qb6 $6 {forgetting about development} 9.
Nf3 (9. Bb5+ $5) 9... Qxb2 10. Qc1 Qb6 11. Rb1 Qd8 $2 (11... Qc7) 12. Qh6 Qc7
13. Rc1 Bg4 14. Bb5+ Nd7 15. O-O Bxf3 16. Ne4 Qb6 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7 18. Qh3+ Kd8
19. Qxf3 Ke8 20. d6 Qxd4 21. Rfd1 Qb2 22. Rb1 Qe5 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. d7+ {
1-0 Tunik,G-Yandemirov,V/Kislovodsk 1985}) 9. Nf3 (9. Bc4 Qb6 10. Nge2 Qxb2 11.
Rb1 Qa3 12. O-O Nd7 13. Ne4 Nb6 14. Bb3 Bg7 15. Re1 Rd8 16. N2c3 Bf5 17. g4
Bxe4 18. Rxe4 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 Krasenkow,M-Svidler,P/Madrid 1998 (26) with
excellent play for Black}) 9... Bg4 (9... Nd7 $6 10. Bc4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Bg4 12.
O-O Rc8 13. Re1 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Bxd4 15. Rad1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qd6 17. h4 h5 18. Rd4
Kg7 19. Rf4 $40 {1-0 Smyslov,V-Liberzon,V/Moskva 1969 (31)}) 10. Bc4 Qb6 {
with good counterplay for Black.}) (5. Nf3 {-see D91}) 5... Bxf6 6. cxd5 (6.
Nxd5 Bg7 7. e3 c5 8. Nf3 Nc6 $13) 6... c6 7. e4 $1 {White must try to keep his
extra pawn if he fights for an advantage.} (7. e3 {is harmless:} cxd5 8. Bb5+ (
8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O e6 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Qa4 Nc6 13. Ba6 Bxa6 14. Qxa6
Qd7 15. a3 Rac8 16. Rc2 Nb8 17. Qe2 Qb7 18. Rfc1 Nc6 19. b4 Rfd8 {1/2-1/2
Zvjaginsev,V-Leko,P/Wijk 1995/CBM 45 (30)}) 8... Kf8 (8... Bd7 $2 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7
10. Qf3 O-O 11. Qxd5 {1-0 Groszpeter,A-Adorjan,A/HUN-chT 1992 (50)}) (8... Nc6
$5 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Bg4 $11) 9. Nge2 Kg7 10. Nf4 e6 11. O-O Qd6
(11... a6 12. Be2 Qd6 13. Nd3 Nd7 14. Qb3 b6 15. f4 Bb7 16. Ne5 Rhd8 17. Rac1
b5 18. a4 b4 19. Na2 Be7 20. a5 $14 {Goldin,A-Svidler,P/St.Petersburg op 1994/
1/2-1/2 (47)}) 12. Rc1 a6 13. Be2 Nc6 14. Nd3 Na5 15. Na4 b6 16. a3 Nc4 17. Nb4
Bd7 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Nc3 a5 20. Ne4 Qe7 21. Nxf6 Qxf6 {Karasev,V-Svidler,P/St.
Petersburg-ch 1995/1/2-1/2 (32)}) ({After} 7. dxc6 {the position opens up in
favour of Black's bishops, and he obtains a good compensation for the pawn as
the following examples show:} Bxd4 8. cxb7 Bxb7 9. Qa4+ (9. Qb3 Qc7 (9... Bxc3+
10. bxc3 (10. Qxc3 O-O {[%cal Yd8b6,Yb8c6,Ya8c8]}) 10... Qc7 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. e3
Bxf3 13. gxf3 O-O 14. Be2 Rab8 15. Qa3 Rb6 16. O-O g5 {[%cal Rb6h6]} 17. Qa5
Nc5 $44 {0-1 Korniushin,N-Yandemirov,V/RUS-Cup9 1997 (30)}) 10. e3 Bg7 11. Nf3
(11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O Ne5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. e4 Rab8 16. Qa4 Qc5 17.
Be2 Ba8 18. Rab1 Rfd8 $36 {Papaioannou,I-Svidler,P/WchJM-U16 Duisburg 1992/TD
92\06/0-1 (37)}) 11... O-O 12. Be2 Nd7 13. O-O Rab8 14. Qa3 Ne5 15. Rac1 Bxf3
16. gxf3 Qb7 17. f4 Nf3+ 18. Bxf3 Qxf3 19. Qxe7 Rxb2 20. Ne4 Rxa2 21. Nf6+ Kh8
22. Nd7 Qg4+ {1/2-1/2 Crouch,C-Svidler,P/London Lloyds 1991}) (9. Nf3 Bxc3+ 10.
bxc3 Qa5 11. Qb3 O-O 12. e3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nd7 14. Qb4 Qf5 15. Be2 Rab8 16. Qe4
Qxe4 17. fxe4 Rb2 18. Rd1 Nc5 19. Bf3 Rxa2 20. O-O a5 21. e5 Rb8 22. Rd5 Rc8
23. Rb1 e6 {Orlinkov,M-Najer,E/Moscow-ch 1996/0-1 (35)}) (9. Rc1 O-O 10. e3
Bxc3+ 11. Rxc3 Qa5 12. Qb3 Bd5 13. Qa3 Qxa3 14. bxa3 Nd7 15. Nf3 Rab8 16. Bd3
Rb2 17. O-O Bxa2 18. Rc7 Rd8 19. Rfc1 Nb6 20. Bf1 Rb1 21. Rxb1 Bxb1 22. Rc1 Be4
23. h3 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ {1/2-1/2 Ferenc,J-Sakalauskas,V/MK Cafe Cup Open B 1999})
(9. e3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Qc2 (11. Qd4 O-O 12. Qb4 Qc7 13. Nf3 Nc6) 11...
O-O 12. Ne2 Nd7 13. Rb1 Nc5 14. f3 Rab8 $1 15. Nd4 Bd5 16. Be2 Na4 17. Kd2 $6 (
17. Kf2 $8 Nxc3 18. Rxb8 Rxb8 19. Rc1 Nxa2 20. Qc7 Qb6 $1 $15 {Svidler}) 17...
Rfc8 18. Rxb8 Rxb8 19. Bb5 Rxb5 20. Nxb5 Qxb5 $17 {Popov,V-Svidler,P/St.
Petersburg op 1993/0-1 (40)}) 9... Nc6 10. e3 Qb6 11. Bb5 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 a6 13.
Bd3 Qb2 14. Rb1 Qxc3+ 15. Ke2 Rd8 16. Qc2 Qxc2+ 17. Bxc2 Na5 18. Nf3 O-O 19.
Bd3 Rd6 20. Rhc1 Rfd8 21. Rc3 Bd5 {Lyrberg,P-Kreiman,B/XXXV WJuCh, Medellin
COL 1996/1/2-1/2 (32)}) 7... cxd5 $6 {This new move yielded Black no success
in this game.} (7... Qb6 {was tried in a few games to provoke Nge2 and delay
White's development.} 8. Nge2 (8. e5 Qxb2 9. Nge2 (9. Ne4 $6 Bg7 10. d6 Bf5)
9... Bg7 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Qd2 O-O 12. g3 f6 $1 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Bg2 Qa6 15. O-O
Bf5 16. Ne4 Nd7 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Rbc1 Rad8 19. Nf4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Bg5 21. Rxc6
Bxf4 22. Qxf4 Qxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Rxf4 24. gxf4 Nf6 $11 {Chernyshov,K-Oral,T/
Komercni Banka Open 1999/1-0 (56)}) 8... Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. Qd2 O-O 11. g3 Rd8
12. Bg2 e5 $1 13. O-O Nd7 14. f4 exd4 15. Nxd4 cxd5 16. Nxd5 Bg7 17. Nb5 Qc5+
18. Kh1 Nb6 19. Qa5 (19. Rfc1 $1 Qf8 20. Rc7 $14) 19... Bg4 20. Rfc1 Qf2 21.
Rf1 Qc5 22. Rfc1 Qf2 23. Rf1 {1/2-1/2 Gretarsson,H-Kalod,R/Komercni Banka Open
1999}) ({A simple} 7... O-O $5 {deserves serious attention and is certainly
going to appear in future practice. Here is a possible variation:} 8. e5 Bg7 9.
dxc6 Nxc6 10. Nge2 Qb6 $44) 8. Nxd5 Bg7 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Rc1 $1 {That's the
point! White makes use of Black's delay of castling.} Bxb5 {After this the
black king remains in the centre but the other moves were not very attractive
either:} (10... Bc6 11. Ne2 O-O 12. Bc4 $16) (10... O-O 11. Bxd7 Nxd7 (11...
Qxd7 12. Rc7) 12. Nf3 $16) (10... Nc6 {was probably the most tenacious but
after} 11. Ne2 {Black has no sufficient compensation for the pawn.}) 11. Nc7+
Kf8 12. Nxb5 a6 {An ambitious idea to trap the white knight on c7.} (12... Nc6
13. d5 $16) 13. Nc7 Ra7 14. Nf3 e6 $6 (14... Nc6 $142 15. d5 Qxc7 16. dxc6 bxc6
17. Qd2 $16 {[%csl Rc6,Rf8,Rh8]}) 15. Qb3 Nc6 16. d5 $1 Qxc7 17. dxc6 bxc6 18.
O-O {The black position is completely broken up, his h8 rook is out of play.}
c5 (18... Rb7 19. Qa3+) 19. Rc2 Ke7 {An attempt to connect the rooks but now
the black king doesn't feel very well. Besides, the c5 pawn is extremely weak.}
20. Qe3 Rc8 21. Rfc1 Qa5 22. Rxc5 Rxc5 23. Rxc5 Qxa2 {Black has kept the
material balance but his king is now helpless.} 24. Rc8 Rd7 25. Qc5+ Rd6 26. g3
{[%cal Re4e5,Rc8c7]} 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "2000.03.03"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Botvinnik, Ilia"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2000.01.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tel Aviv Ironi"]
[BlackTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. f3 {An attempt to create a pawn centre without
letting the black knight from f6. In my opinion, this line is not more bizarre
than} (4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Na4 $6) 4... e6 $146 {Generally, Black has two systems
of development in this position: with ...Bg7 or without ...Bg7.} (4... Bg7 5.
e4 dxe4 (5... e6 6. e5 Nfd7 7. f4 $6 (7. cxd5 exd5 8. f4 $13) 7... dxc4 8. Bxc4
c5 $1 9. dxc5 Bxe5 $1 10. Ne4 O-O 11. Nf3 Bg7 12. O-O b6 13. Be3 bxc5 14. Ne5
Qc7 15. Nxf7 Rxf7 16. Bxe6 Nb6 17. Bxf7+ Qxf7 18. Bxc5 N8d7 19. Bd4 Bb7 20.
Bxg7 {Pomes,J-Tukmakov,V/Barcelona 1993/0-1 (41)}) 6. fxe4 O-O (6... e5 $6 7.
d5 {[%csl Rg7]} O-O 8. Nf3 c6 (8... Ne8 9. Be3 b6 10. Qd2 c5 11. a4 Nd6 12. a5
Ba6 13. b3 Nd7 14. Bd3 f5 15. O-O {1/2-1/2 Dybowski,J-Konopka,M/CZE-chT 1993})
(8... Nh5 9. Be3 f5 10. Qd2 a5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. O-O-O e4 13. Nd4 f4 14. Bg1 e3
15. Qe1 c5 16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. dxe6 Qe7 18. g3 $13 {1-0 Crouch,C-Venkataramanan,T/
Calcutta op 1994 (37)}) 9. Bd3 (9. Be2 b5 (9... cxd5 10. cxd5 Qb6 11. Qb3 Qc5
12. Bg5 h6 13. Bd2 Nbd7 14. Na4 Qc7 15. Rc1 Qd8 16. Qc2 Nh5 17. Qc7 Nf4 18.
Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Bf1 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. Bc4 a6 23. Bb3 b5 24. Nc3
{Pomes,J-Malisauskas,V/Oviedo rapid 1993/1/2-1/2 (43)}) 10. dxc6 Qxd1+ 11. Bxd1
bxc4 12. Ba4 Be6 13. O-O Rc8 14. Bg5 Nxc6 15. Bxc6 Rxc6 16. Nxe5 Rc5 17. Bxf6
Bxf6 18. Rxf6 Rxe5 19. Rd1 {Crouch,C-Gurevich,I/Hastings 1992/1/2-1/2 (35)})
9... b5 10. Bg5 (10. Qe2 $5 bxc4 11. Bxc4 cxd5 12. Nxd5 Bb7 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14.
Rd1 Qb8 15. O-O Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Nb6 18. Rc5 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Qxc8 20.
b3 Qc5+ 21. Be3 Qb4 22. Qd3 $14 {Botvinnik,I-Birnboim,N/Israeli League 2000/
1-0 (63)}) 10... bxc4 11. Bxc4 h6 (11... Qa5 12. Nd2 (12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. dxc6
Qc5 14. Bd5 Nxc6 15. Qd2 Rb8 16. h4 Ba6 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Nd5 Rfe8 19. Rc1 Qd6
20. Rc7 Rb7 21. Rxb7 Bxb7 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Qe3 Qb6 24. Qxb6 axb6 25. Nd2 Ra8
26. a3 Ra4 {Crouch,C-Gormally,D/International 1999/1/2-1/2 (50)}) 12... Ba6 13.
Qf3 Bxc4 14. Nxc4 Qb4 15. O-O Nbd7 16. dxc6 Qc5+ 17. Ne3 Qxc6 18. Ned5 Nxd5 19.
Nxd5 Qe6 20. Rac1 f6 21. Nc7 Qxa2 22. Nxa8 Rxa8 23. Qh3 {1-0 Seres,L-Vadasz,L/
Balatonbereny op 1996}) 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. O-O Nd7 14. Rf2 Nb6 15. Bb3 Bb7 16.
dxc6 Bxc6 17. Qe2 Qe7 18. Raf1 Bd7 19. Nd2 Be6 20. Nc4 Nxc4 21. Bxc4 Bxc4 22.
Qxc4 Rac8 23. Qb3 Qc5 24. Nd5 {1-0 Kelecevic,N-Van der Heijden,T/San
Bernardino op 1994 (31)}) 7. Nf3 c5 {This plan looks more logical after 4...
Bg7 than ...e7-e5.} (7... Bg4 8. Be3 e6 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. e5 Nh5 11. O-O-O Qe7 {
1/2-1/2 Nestorovic,D-Horvath,J/JUG-chT Tivat 1995}) 8. d5 e6 $5 (8... Bg4 9.
Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Bxf3 11. Bxf3 (11. gxf3 $142 {[%cal Yf3f4]}) 11... Ne5 12. Be2
Ne8 13. Bd2 Nd6 14. b3 a6 15. Rc1 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Qc2 c4 18. Be3 Qa5 19.
Bc5 b4 20. Na4 Rfc8 21. Bb6 Qb5 22. Bf2 Nd3 23. Nb6 {Fastberg,J-Salo,H/FIN-chT
1990/1/2-1/2 (38)}) 9. Bd3 exd5 10. cxd5 Re8 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Bf4 c4 13. Bc2
Qb6+ 14. Kh1 Qxb2 15. Na4 Qa3 16. Nd2 b5 17. Rf3 Qe7 18. Nc3 Nh5 19. d6 Qd8 {
Tuvshintugs,B-Nguyen,T/WchJW-U16 Bratislava 1993/0-1 (36)}) (4... c6 {Black
delays the developmant of his bishop to put it on c5 later on.} 5. e4 dxe4 6.
fxe4 e5 7. d5 (7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 exd4 9. e5 g5 10. exf6 Qxf6 11. Qe2+ Qe6 12.
O-O-O dxc3 13. Qc2 Qe3+ 14. Kb1 gxh4 15. Nf3 Be6 16. Bd3 Bg7 17. Rhe1 Qb6 18.
b3 Na6 19. Rxe6+ fxe6 20. Bg6+ Ke7 21. Re1 Raf8 22. Bf5 Nc7 23. Qe4 Rxf5 24.
Qxf5 Qf2 {0-1 Ghitescu,T-Smejkal,J/Warsaw 1979}) 7... Ng4 (7... Bc5 8. Qf3 Nbd7
$6 9. Bd3 Nh5 10. Nge2 Qf6 11. Rf1 Qxf3 12. Rxf3 O-O 13. g4 Ng7 14. Bh6 Be7 15.
h3 Nc5 16. Bc2 a5 17. O-O-O Bd7 18. Be3 b6 19. a3 f5 20. b4 {Gheorghiu,F-Knott,
S/London 1980/1-0 (35)}) 8. Qf3 Bc5 9. h3 Nf2 10. Rh2 f5 11. Be3 Nxe4 12. Nxe4
fxe4 13. Qxe4 Bb4+ 14. Ke2 Bf5 15. Qxe5+ Kf7 16. Nf3 Re8 17. Qf4 Kg8 18. Rd1
Qf6 {1/2-1/2 Crouch,C-Rowson,J/BCF-ch 1992}) {The text move leads to positions
similar to the 4...c6 line but the black pawn is still on c7, which doesn't
look advantageous for Black.} 5. e4 dxe4 6. fxe4 e5 7. d5 Bc5 8. Nf3 $6 ({
Gheorghiu's} 8. Qf3 {was appropriate in this position, too.}) 8... Ng4 $1 9. b4
$6 {This attempt to trap the black pieces fails.} (9. Qe2 $142 Bf2+ 10. Kd1 {
[%cal Yd1c2]}) 9... Bf2+ (9... Bxb4 $2 10. Qa4+ Nc6 11. Bb2) 10. Ke2 c5 $1 {
[%csl Gd4]} 11. bxc5 (11. h3 Bd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 $17) 11... Bxc5 12. Na4 Na6 $1
13. Nxc5 $2 {This loses the important e4 pawn and the game but it was very
difficult to fight with the king on e2.} (13. Qb3 O-O 14. h3 Nf2) (13. Qc2 f5
$1 $17) 13... Nxc5 14. Qc2 (14. h3 Nxe4) 14... Nxe4 $1 {White probably
overlooked this blow.} 15. Ke1 $6 (15. Qxe4 Bf5 $19) (15. Nxe5 $142 {but after}
O-O 16. Qxe4 Nxe5 {the naked white king has little chances to survive.}) 15...
Bf5 16. Bd3 Qa5+ 17. Kf1 Qc5 18. Rb1 $2 (18. Nxe5 $8 Nxh2+ 19. Rxh2 Ng3+ 20.
Ke1 Qg1+ 21. Kd2 Qxh2 22. Qa4+ Kf8 23. Qb4+ Kg8 $19) 18... Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.10"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ashdod"]
[BlackTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Qd5 {
About this line - see CBM 112, annotations to Gustafsson-Braun.} 8. Be2 Qa5 9.
Nf3 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] An important novelty. White sacrifices the c3 pawn to
quickly develop his pieces and create an attack.} (9. Qc1 Be6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11.
O-O Nb6 12. e4 f6 13. a4 Nxa4 14. Bd1 b5 15. Nd2 Bh6 16. Bxa4 bxa4 17. f4 $5 {
0-1 Gostisa,L-Kozul,Z/Portoroz 1994/TD (35)}) 9... Qxc3+ 10. Nd2 c6 $6 {
Black's plan (...Qc3-a5-d8, ...Bf8-g7 and ...0-0) is too slow; besides, White
easily prevents it. However, it's not so easy to give advice.} ({Perhaps} 10...
Bf5 $5 11. Rc1 (11. O-O Qc2 $5) 11... Qa5 12. Bxc4 Nc6 13. Qb3 O-O-O) 11. O-O
Qa5 12. Nxc4 Qd8 13. Qb3 Bg7 14. Qa3 Bf8 {This picturesque position is not
from an Anderssen or Morphy game! But neither Anderssen nor Morphy could
convert his advantage better:} 15. d5 $1 cxd5 16. Qc3 f6 17. Nd6+ $1 Qxd6 (
17... exd6 18. Bxf6) 18. Qxc8+ Kf7 19. Bb5 $1 Bg7 20. Qxb7 Rd8 21. Qxa8 Qb4 22.
Rab1 Qxh4 23. Be2 f5 24. g3 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Black "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Qb3 e6 6. Qa3 Nc6 {An old move.} (
6... c6 {is now more popular - see CBM77, 80.}) 7. Nf3 (7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bb5 Bd7
9. Nf3 Ne7 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. O-O Nb6 13. b3 Nf5 $11 {1-0 Kotov,
A-Honfi,K/Sarajevo 1966/EXT 98 (76)}) 7... a6 (7... a5 {is quite appropriate:}
8. Bd2 (8. Be2 Nb4 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Qd1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4
O-O {1/2-1/2 Eingorn,V-Ehlvest,J/Calcutta 1992/CBM 27 ext (13)}) (8. cxd5 Nb4
9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Qb3 Nbxd5 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Be2 c5 14. dxc5 a4 15.
Qc4 Rfc8 $132 {0-1 Fokin,S-Khalifman,A/Riga 1988/EXT 99 (30)}) 8... Nb4 9. Qb3
(9. Rc1 O-O 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Ne5 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15.
Qb3 Nfd5 $11 {0-1 Loeffler,S-Zezulkin,J/Germany 2000/CBM 75 ext (32)}) 9... c5
10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. dxc5 O-O 13. Be2 Ne4 14. Qxd5 Qxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxb2
16. Ra2 Bg7 17. Nc7 Rb8 18. O-O Nxc5 $13 {0-1 Suba,M-Shirov,A/Cala Galdana
2001/CBM 84 ext (47)}) (7... Bd7 $5 {deserves attention, too:} 8. cxd5 exd5 9.
Be2 Ne7 10. b4 O-O 11. Qb3 Be6 12. Ne5 Ne4 13. Nd3 a5 14. Nc5 Nxc3 15. Nxe6
fxe6 16. Qxc3 axb4 17. Qxb4 e5 $36 {1-0 Finegold,B-Palac,M/Prague 1990/CBM 17 
(36)}) 8. Bd2 (8. Be2 Bd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Ne7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Qb3 Rb8 13.
Rfd1 Re8 14. Rac1 Bf5 15. Ne5 Nc6 16. f4 Ne7 17. Be1 c6 18. Bf3 Be6 19. Qc2 Nf5
20. Qe2 Qe7 21. g4 Nd6 22. Bh4 Qf8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Eingorn,V-Khenkin,I/Metz 1991/
EXT 2002 (87)}) 8... Qe7 9. Qxe7+ {Of course, White has no advantage in the
endgame but it is still quite complicated and therefore playable.} Nxe7 (9...
Kxe7 10. Rc1 Bd7 11. a3 Rhe8 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. g3 Kf8 14. Bg2 Nb6 15. Ne4 e5
16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Nc5 Bxb2 19. Nxd7+ Nxd7 20. Rxc7 Ne5 21. Rxb7
$16 {1-0 Finegold,B-Greanias,S/Philadelphia 2002/CBM 89 ext (41)}) 10. Rc1 Ne4
11. Bd3 Nxd2 12. Kxd2 Bd7 13. Ke2 Bc6 14. b4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 O-O-O $6 {A risky
decision. The black king will be unsafe here.} (15... O-O $11) 16. Ng5 Be8 17.
a4 Kb8 (17... Nd5 $1 {was better, in order to reduce material.}) 18. b5 axb5
19. axb5 Nc8 20. f4 Nb6 21. Bd3 Rd7 22. Rc2 Re7 23. Ra1 h6 24. Nge4 g5 25. g3
Rg8 26. Rca2 {White has got a dangerous attack.} f5 27. Ra7 $2 {An unnecessary
piece sacrifice.} (27. Nc5 {was correct, although it is not easy to calculate
the following line:} gxf4 28. gxf4 Bf6 29. Ra7 Rg2+ 30. Kf3 Reg7 31. Rxb7+ Kc8
32. Rxc7+ $3 Kxc7 33. Nxe6+ Kd6 34. Nxg7 Rxg7 35. Bxf5 Bh5+ 36. Kf2 Bh4+ 37.
Kf1 $16) 27... gxf4 $6 (27... fxe4) 28. gxf4 $5 (28. Nc5 $5 fxe3 29. Rxb7+ Kc8
30. Kxe3 $14) 28... fxe4 29. Bxe4 c6 30. bxc6 Bxc6 31. Bxc6 Rc8 32. Rxb7+ Rxb7
33. Bxb7 Rxc3 {Black has parried White's attack. White must now fight for a
draw in the endgame.} 34. Be4 Bf8 35. Rg1 Nd5 36. Bd3 Bd6 37. Rg6 Bxf4 38. Rxe6
Bxe3 39. Rxe3 Nxe3 40. Kxe3 Kc7 41. h4 Kd6 42. Ke4 Ra3 43. h5 Ra5 44. Be2 Rg5
45. Bf3 Kc6 46. Be2 Kb6 47. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.26"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Skopje Alkaloid"]
[BlackTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Bd2 O-O 6. Rc1 {A rare but quite
possible line of play. Black has some problems to solve.} c5 {The most natural
move. Other options:} (6... c6 7. Bd3 Na6 (7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Nf3 Nb6 (
9... c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bf5 $6 (12... Bg4 $142 {-6...dxc4})
13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Re8 $2 15. Ne5 Nfd5 $2 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Qf3
$18 {1-0 Panzer,P-Brenke,A/Lippstadt 1992/CBM 31 (29)}) 10. Bb3 Bf5 11. O-O Bd3
12. Ne2 Ba6 13. Bb4 Nbd5 14. Ba3 Ne4 15. Re1 Nd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Ng3 b6 18.
e4 Nf4 19. Bc4 Bb7 20. e5 Qd8 21. Ne4 h6 22. Qd2 Nd5 23. a3 Qd7 24. Ba2 Nc7 25.
Red1 Rad8 26. Nc3 Kh7 27. Qe3 Qf5 28. Bb1 Qd7 29. h4 Qg4 30. g3 c5 31. Be4 {
1/2-1/2 Panzer,P-Stephan,A/Hamburg 1992/EXT 97 (31)}) (7... Be6 $5 8. b3 Nbd7
9. Nge2 Nb6 10. Nf4 Bg4 11. f3 Bc8 12. O-O Re8 13. cxd5 Nbxd5 14. Nfxd5 Nxd5
15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Bc3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Young,N-Gereben,E/Nice 1974/EXT 2000 (22)})
8. cxd5 Nb4 9. Bb1 (9. Be2 Nbxd5 10. Nf3 Be6 11. O-O h6 12. Na4 Ne4 13. Nc5
Nxc5 14. Rxc5 Nf6 15. Qb1 Bd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Panzer,P-Muse,M/Germany 1993/
GER-chT (78)}) 9... cxd5 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. f4 $6 Na5 12. Qb4 Nc4 13. Nf3 a5 14.
Qb3 Ng4 $36 {1-0 Nogly,C-Wiethaup,M/GER 1998/EXT 2000 (40)}) (6... dxc4 7. Bxc4
Nbd7 8. Nf3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxd4
14. Be3 (14. Rfd1 $5) 14... Qb4 15. Qxb7 e6 16. Rfd1 Rfb8 17. Qa6 Qe7 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Cobo Arteaga,E-Gligoric,S/Havana 1969/MCD (30)}) 7. dxc5 Na6 (7... Be6
8. Nf3 dxc4 9. Nd4 Bg4 10. f3 e5 11. Ndb5 Be6 12. Nd6 Nfd7 13. Nxb7 Qc7 14. Nd6
Nxc5 15. Nxc4 Nc6 16. Nb5 Qe7 17. Ncd6 a6 18. Rxc5 axb5 19. Rxc6 $16 {1-0
Nogly,C-Duemmke,J/Hamburg 1997/EXT 98 (35)}) 8. Nxd5 (8. Na4 $6 Ne4 9. b4 d4
10. a3 Bd7 11. b5 dxe3 12. Bxe3 Qa5+ 13. Ke2 Rad8 {0-1 Kulakova,V-Shomoev,A/
Tomsk 2001/CBM 83 ext (13).} 14. Qc2 Bf5 $19) 8... Ne4 9. f3 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 e6 {
The strong bishop gives Black a sufficient compensation for the pawn.} 11. Nc3
Qa5 12. a3 Rd8 13. Qc2 Bd7 $1 {A clever waiting move. So far Black could not
play} (13... Nxc5 $2 {in view of} 14. b4) ({and to} 13... Qxc5 {White could
reply} 14. Qf2) {So Black lets his opponent speak out first.} 14. Kf2 {An ugly
move but what to do else?} (14. Nge2 Qxc5 {or}) (14. Bd3 Nxc5 {is clearly
favourable for Black.}) 14... Rac8 15. Be2 Qxc5 16. b4 Qe7 17. h4 $6 {This
looks like a loss of time.} (17. f4 $142 {[%cal Yg1f3]}) 17... Nc7 18. h5 Nd5
19. Nd1 $2 {A very passive move.} (19. Nxd5 $142 exd5 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. c5 Re8
22. Qd2 b6 23. Ba6 (23. cxb6 Rxc1 24. Qxc1 axb6 $36) 23... Rc7 24. cxb6 Rxc1
25. Qxc1 d4 $5 26. e4 axb6 $44) 19... a5 $1 20. h6 {This pawn will be weak but
White's position is compromised anyway.} (20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Qd2 axb4 $1 (21...
Nf6 $44) 22. cxd5 bxa3 (22... Rxc1 $2 23. d6) 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 (23... Bxc8 24. Bc4
$13) 24. d6 Qg5 25. Qa2 Qc5 $17 {Black's a3 pawn is worth more than a piece!})
20... Bf6 (20... Bh8 $5) 21. Qd2 axb4 ({The simple} 21... Nc7 {was quite
strong, too, e.g.} 22. Nb2 axb4 23. axb4 Ra8 $36) 22. cxd5 Rxc1 23. d6 (23.
Qxc1 bxa3 24. Qb1 exd5 25. Nh3 d4 $19) 23... Rxd1 24. Qxd1 (24. Bxd1 Bb5 $17)
24... Qf8 25. axb4 Be8 26. f4 Rxd6 27. Qc1 {After all complications Black has
a clear advantage thanks to his pair of bishops and better position of pieces.}
Rc6 28. Qb1 e5 $6 {Not a good idea to exchange this pawn at a cost of two
tempi.} (28... Rc3 $142 29. Nf3 Ba4 {[%cal Rc3b3] with full domination.}) 29.
fxe5 Bxe5 30. Nf3 Bf6 31. Qe4 {This active queen seriously complicates Black's
task.} Re6 $6 {After giving up the b7 pawn Black's winning chances slip away.}
(31... Bc3 32. Nd4 $1 (32. b5 Re6 33. Qd5 (33. Qxb7 $2 Qc5) 33... Qe7 $17)
32... Rf6+ 33. Bf3 $11) (31... Rb6 $142 $1 32. Rb1 Re6 33. Qxb7 $140 Bc6 34.
Qc7 Qxh6 $17) 32. Qxb7 Bc6 33. Qa7 Bxf3 (33... Qxb4 34. Nd4 $1 Bxd4 35. Qxd4
Qxd4 36. exd4 Bxg2 37. Rc1 Rc6 38. Rb1 Bh3 39. d5 $44) 34. gxf3 Bd8 35. Bc4 Bb6
36. Qb7 Bxe3+ 37. Kg2 Re5 $6 (37... Re7 $142) 38. Rh4 Re7 39. Qd5 Bxh6 40. b5 {
This passed pawn enables White to reach a draw.} Be3 41. Re4 Bb6 42. Qc6 Rxe4
43. Qxe4 Qb8 44. f4 {The simplest course. White is ready to exchange this pawn
and the queens, after which a theoretical draw will arise.} Qa7 45. Qe8+ Kg7
46. Qe5+ f6 47. Qe6 Bc5 48. b6 $1 Bxb6 49. Qg8+ Kh6 50. Qf8+ Qg7 51. Qxg7+ Kxg7
52. f5 $1 Kh6 (52... gxf5 53. Kf3 {or}) (52... g5 53. Be2 {leads to a dead
draw.}) 53. fxg6 hxg6 54. Bd3 Kg5 55. Kf3 f5 56. Bc2 Kf6 57. Bd3 g5 58. Bc2 g4+
59. Kg2 Kg5 60. Bd3 Kf4 61. Bc2 Kg5 62. Bd3 f4 63. Be2 Ba7 64. Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "BIH-chT"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2002.06.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ristic, Nenad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.06.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Bugojno"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c6 7. e4 {About
this line - see CBM73, annotations to the game Gretarsson-Olafsson (Nordic GP
1999).} Qb6 {Quite a typical way of counterplay in this line.} 8. e5 (8. Nge2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. Qd2 O-O 11. g3 Rd8 12. Bg2 e5 13. O-O Nd7 14. f4 exd4 15.
Nxd4 cxd5 16. Nxd5 Bg7 17. Nb5 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Nb6 19. Qa5 Bg4 20. Rfc1 Qf2 21.
Rf1 Qc5 22. Rfc1 Qf2 23. Rf1 {1/2-1/2 Gretarsson,H-Kalod,R/Pardubice 1999/EXT
2000 (23)}) 8... Qxb2 9. Nge2 Bg7 10. g3 (10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Qd2 O-O 12. g3 f6 13.
exf6 Bxf6 14. Bg2 Qa6 15. O-O Bf5 16. Ne4 Nd7 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Rbc1 Rad8 $132
{1-0 Chernyshov,K-Oral,T/Pardubice 1999/EXT 2000 (56)}) {White wants to do
without losing a tempo for Qd2. However, Black obtains good counterplay in
this game, too.} 10... O-O 11. Bg2 cxd5 12. Rb1 Qa3 13. Nxd5 Nc6 14. O-O Rb8 (
14... Qxa2 $2 {loses a queen after} 15. Ra1 Qb2 (15... Qc4 16. Ra4 Qb5 17. Nec3
) 16. Nec3 {[%cal Ra1a2]}) 15. Nec3 Be6 {A logical attempt to develop the
bishop.} (15... e6 $2 {weakens the dark squares and gives White a clear
advantage:} 16. Rb3 Qa6 (16... Qa5 17. Nf6+ Bxf6 18. exf6 {[%cal Rg2c6]} Bd7
19. Qd2 $16) 17. Nf6+ Bxf6 (17... Kh8 18. Qd2 Rd8 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Qf4 $16)
18. exf6 Rd8 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Qd2 Kh8 (20... e5 21. Ne4 $1) 21. Qh6 Rg8 22.
Qf4 Bd7 23. Ne4 Qd5 24. Nd6 Rbf8 25. Qe5 $16) (15... Bf5 $5 16. Rb3 Qa5) 16.
Qd2 {Still! White's plan consists of supporting the d5 knight by means of Rd1,
Rb3, Qb2, Rb5.} Rfd8 17. Rb3 Qa6 (17... Qa5 $5 18. Rb5 Qa3) 18. Rd1 Rd7 19. Qb2
{[%cal Rb3a3]} Qa5 ({More active play like} 19... b5 $5 {deserved attention.
But Black finds another good plan.}) 20. Rb5 Qd8 21. h3 b6 $1 22. Kh2 Rc8 23.
a4 a6 $4 {[%mdl 16384] A bad strategical mistake, after which Black ends up in
a lost endgame.} (23... Na5 {was a logical continuation, with a good position
for Black.}) (23... Nxd4 $5 {was another interesting option, with a good
compensation for the piece after} 24. Rxd4 Bxe5 {, e.g.} 25. Nxb6 $5 Bxd4 26.
Nxc8 Kg7 (26... Rc7 $5) {and White must give back the piece by} 27. Nxa7 $11)
24. Rxb6 Bxd5 ({Now} 24... Nxd4 $5 {is not good enough in view of} 25. f4 {
[%csl Ra6]} ({but not} 25. Rxd4 $2 Bxe5)) 25. Nxd5 Rxd5 26. Bxd5 Qxd5 27. Rc1 {
White's plan is now simple: to exchange all Black's major pieces winning his
a-pawn, after which White's a-pawn will decide the game.} Qd7 (27... Bf8 28.
Rc5 Qf3 (28... Qe4 29. Qc2 $1) (28... Qd7 29. Qc3) 29. d5 Na7 30. Rxc8 Nxc8 31.
Rc6 $18) 28. Rc5 $1 Bf8 (28... Nd8 29. Rxc8 Qxc8 30. Rb8 Qc7 31. Qb6 Qxb6 32.
Rxb6 Ne6 33. Rxa6 Nxd4 34. Ra8+ Bf8 35. a5 $18) 29. Qc3 Qf5 (29... Na7 30. Rxc8
Nxc8 31. Rc6 Qf5 32. f4 Na7 33. Rxa6 $18) 30. Qc2 Qxc2 31. Rxc2 Na7 32. Rxc8
Nxc8 33. Rc6 Na7 34. Rxa6 Nc8 35. Rc6 Na7 36. Rc7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c5 {For this
relatively new move - see annotations to Moiseenko - Gopal in CBM 144.} 7. Nf3
{This transposes to D91 (4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 c5 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.cxd5).} (7. dxc5 {
is crucial.}) 7... cxd4 (7... Qb6 {is another option here.}) 8. Nxd4 Qb6 9. Nb3
(9. e3 Qxb2 {is satisfactory for Black:} 10. Bb5+ (10. Rc1 O-O 11. Be2 Bxd4 12.
exd4 Nd7 13. O-O Nf6 14. Bf3 Bf5 15. Re1 Rac8 16. Qb3 Qxb3 17. axb3 Rfd8 18.
Rxe7 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20. Re8+ Rxe8 21. Nxd5 {1/2 Van der Sterren,P (2515)
-Khalifman,A (2650)/Germany 1997/GER-chT (41)} Kf8 $15) 10... Bd7 (10... Nd7 $5
) 11. O-O O-O 12. Qc1 Qxc1 13. Raxc1 Rd8 14. Rfd1 Bxb5 15. Ndxb5 Nd7 16. Ne4 a6
17. Nc7 Rab8 $11 {1/2 Zilberman,Y (2466)-Shipov,S (2630)/Moscow 2002/CBM 088 
(47)}) 9... O-O $146 {[%mdl 8] The simplest is the best.} (9... a5 {was played
in previous games but White managed to keep a small plus after} 10. e3 (10. a4
$143 Qb4 11. e3 Bd7 $1 (11... Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qxc3+ 13. Nd2 Bd7 14. Rc1 Qb4 15.
Bb5 O-O {0-1 Kelly,B (2405)-Sowray,P (2320)/England 1998/EXT 2000 (74)} 16. Rb1
$14) 12. Nd4 Qxb2 13. Qc1 (13. Ncb5 Qb4+ 14. Qd2 Na6 15. Qxb4 axb4 16. Kd2 O-O
$36 {0-1 Novogrudsky,N (2168)-Belov,V (2389)/Moscow 2000/EXT 2001 (34)}) 13...
Qxc1+ 14. Rxc1 O-O {1/2 Sakaev,K (2580)-Khalifman,A (2650)/St Petersburg 1997/
CBM 059}) ({Other options seen in practice:} 10. Rb1 Bf5 11. Rc1 a4 12. Nd2 {
0-1 Michel Yunis,C (2335)-Shipov,S (2589)/Dos Hermanas 2004/EXT 2005 (90)} a3
$1 13. b3 Qa5 14. e4 Bxc3 15. exf5 O-O $36) (10. Rc1 Bd7 (10... O-O $5) 11. e3
a4 12. Nd2 Qxb2 13. Nce4 Bg7 14. d6 Qxa2 15. dxe7 Qe6 16. Nc4 Kxe7 {1/2
Vioreanu,B (2455)-Giemsa,S (2286)/Baden-Baden 2007/CBM 117 ext (18)} 17. Ng5
$13) (10. Qc1 O-O 11. Nd2 a4 12. a3 Bd7 13. g3 Rc8 14. Nde4 Bg7 15. Bg2 f5 16.
Ng5 Na6 17. O-O Nc5 $44 {0-1 Koskinen,H (2317)-Maki,V (2400)/Finland 2006/EXT
2008 (38)}) 10... a4 (10... O-O $142 11. Qd2 $14) 11. Nd4 (11. Bb5+ $5 Bd7 12.
Nd4) 11... Qxb2 12. Bb5+ Nd7 (12... Bd7 13. O-O $1 Qxc3 $140 $2 14. Rc1 Bxd4
15. Qxd4 $18 {M.Turov}) 13. Qc1 Qxc1+ 14. Rxc1 O-O 15. Nxa4 (15. Bxa4 $142 $14)
15... Ra5 16. Nc3 Bxd4 17. exd4 Rd8 18. a4 Nb6 19. O-O Bd7 20. d6 {1/2
Riazantsev,A (2485)-Turov,M (2546)/Ubeda 2001/CBM 080 ext}) 10. e3 Rd8 $1 {
[%cal Yb8a6,Ya6b4,Ya6c7,Ye7e6] Black plans to gradually encircle White's
d5-pawn.} 11. Rc1 Na6 $6 {But this is inaccurate.} (11... Nc6 $142 $1 12. Bc4
Bf5 13. O-O Bxc3 14. Rxc3 Be4 $11 {[%cal Yc6b4,Rc6e5]}) 12. Bc4 Bf5 (12... e6
13. Qf3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 $1 (14. Rxc3 $6 Nb4 15. dxe6 Bxe6) 14... Nc7 15. dxe6
Bxe6 16. Bxe6 Nxe6 17. O-O {, and White keeps an extra pawn.}) 13. O-O Rac8 (
13... Bxc3 {was not enough now due to} 14. bxc3 $1 {[%cal Yc4e2,Yc3c4]} (14.
Rxc3 $143 Be4 15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd5 $11) 14... Nc7 15. Qf3 $16 {[%cal
Ye3e4]}) 14. Qe2 Nb4 15. e4 Bg4 (15... Bd7 16. e5 $1 Bxe5 17. Qxe5 Rxc4 18. Na4
$1 $16) 16. Qxg4 Rxc4 17. d6 $2 {"Brilliant" but} (17. Qe2 Rdc8 18. e5 $16 {
was much simpler.}) 17... Rxd6 $2 {Black loses the queen without sufficient
compensation.} (17... Nxa2 $5 {is rather inhuman and insufficient for equality
in any case:} 18. dxe7 Bxe7 19. Nd5 Qxb3 20. Nxe7+ Kf8 21. Rxc4 Qxc4 22. Qh4 $1
Rd6 23. Nd5 Kg7 24. Ne3 $36 {[%csl Rg7]}) (17... Qxd6 $1 {was, however, human
and good:} 18. Na5 Rd4 $1 19. Nxb7 Qd7 $1 {the point} 20. Qxd7 R8xd7 21. Nc5
Rd8 {, and Black's activity should guarantee him a draw.}) 18. Nd5 $1 Rxc1 (
18... Qa6 {(or wherever)} 19. Rxc4 Qxc4 20. Rc1 Qb5 (20... Nc2 21. Qd1 Qxe4 22.
Nxf6+ Rxf6 23. Qxc2) 21. Qc8+ Kg7 22. Nc7 $18 {[%cal Rc7b5,Rc7e8]}) 19. Nxb6
Rxf1+ $2 ({The intermediate} 19... h5 $1 {was more accurate:} 20. Qh3 (20. Qf4
Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1 axb6 22. e5 Nd3 23. Qe4 Nxe5 24. Qxb7 Kg7 $44 {[%cal Re5d3,
Re5c4]}) 20... Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1 axb6) 20. Kxf1 Rxb6 {The rook has nothing to do
here but} (20... axb6 $2 {was impossible due to} 21. e5) 21. Nc5 {Due to the
bad co-ordination of his pieces, Black can't construct a fortress.} Rc6 22. e5
$1 Rxc5 (22... Bxe5 23. Qxb4 Bd6 24. Qxb7 Rxc5 25. Qa8+ $1 Kg7 26. Qxa7 {
and Black can't recapture on b2.}) 23. exf6 Nd5 24. fxe7 Nxe7 25. Qd7 Rc1+ 26.
Ke2 Nc6 27. Qxb7 a5 28. Qb6 h5 29. f4 Nb4 30. Qxa5 Rc2+ 31. Kf3 Rxb2 32. Qd8+
Kh7 33. Qf6 Nd3 34. Qxf7+ Kh6 35. Qf8+ Kh7 36. Qe7+ Kh6 37. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.11.19"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[BlackTeam "Bindlach"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Qb1 c5 {About this move - see CBM 112, annotations to Ivanchuk-Svidler.} 9.
Qxb7 Bd5 10. Qb5+ Qd7 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] GM Arkadij Naiditsch successfully
rehabilitates Svidler's 8...c5!} (10... Nd7 11. Nf3 Rb8 12. Qa4 cxd4 13. cxd4
Qc8 14. Rc1 $1 e6 15. Bxc4 $1 Rb4 16. Qa6 $1 Bb7 17. Qa5 $1 f6 18. Nd2 Bxg2 19.
Rg1 Qc6 20. Rxg2 $1 Qxg2 21. Bxe6 Bd6 22. Rc8+ Ke7 23. Rxh8 Kxe6 24. Qd8 Qg1+
25. Ke2 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Svidler,P/Morelia/Linares 2006/CBM 112/[Krasenkow]})
11. Rb1 Qxb5 $1 (11... Nc6 $143 12. Nf3 $36) 12. Rxb5 Nd7 13. Nf3 (13. dxc5 $6
e6) 13... e6 {[%csl Gd5] Black's strong d5 bishop holds his whole position. It
is now White who should fight for equality.} 14. Be2 (14. Nd2 $6 cxd4 15. exd4
Be7 16. Bxe7 (16. Bg3 Nb6 $15) 16... Kxe7 17. Nxc4 (17. Bxc4 Bxg2) 17... Rhc8
$15) 14... Be7 15. Kd2 cxd4 16. exd4 a6 17. Rbb1 (17. Ra5 $6 Bxh4 18. Nxh4 Rb8
$1) 17... g5 $1 {Black now plays for a win avoiding simplifications!} (17...
Be4 18. Rbc1 Bd5 (18... Ba3 19. Rce1) 19. Rb1 $11) (17... Bxh4 18. Nxh4 Nf6 19.
Bf3 $11) 18. Bg3 (18. Nxg5 Rg8 19. Nf3 Rxg2 20. Bxe7 (20. Bg3 Nf6 $36) 20...
Kxe7 $36) 18... g4 19. Ne1 h5 20. h3 Nf6 (20... Be4 $1 21. Ra1 Bg5+ 22. Kd1 Ke7
$36) 21. f3 gxf3 22. gxf3 Rg8 23. Bf2 Bd6 24. Nc2 Kd7 25. Ne3 Bf4 26. Rhg1 Bc6
27. Rxg8 Rxg8 28. Ke1 Nd5 29. Nd1 Bb5 30. a4 Bxa4 31. Bxc4 Bxd1 {Too forcing.
White now holds his ground. His task would be more difficult after} (31... a5
$15 {[%csl Ga5]}) 32. Rxd1 Nxc3 33. Ra1 Rb8 (33... Rg2 34. Rxa6 Bg3 35. Bxg3
Rxg3 36. Kf2 Rxh3 37. Ra3 $1 Nd5 (37... Rh2+ 38. Kg3 Rc2 39. Kh4) 38. Bxd5 exd5
39. Ra7+ Ke6 40. Ra6+ $11) 34. Bxa6 Rb2 35. Bc4 Kc8 36. h4 Kb8 37. Bd3 Nd5 38.
Be4 Be3 39. Bxe3 Nxe3 40. Ra8+ Kc7 41. Ra7+ Kd6 42. Rxf7 Ng2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pulvermuehle 6th"]
[Site "Pulvermuehle"]
[Date "2006.02.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Black "Braun, Arik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2006.02.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Qd5 {
A rare move but... there is apparently nothing wrong with it!} 8. Nf3 (8. Qa4+
b5 9. Qa5 Nc6 $1 (9... c6 10. a4 Bg7 11. Be2 Bb7 12. Nf3 Bf6 13. Bxf6 exf6 14.
O-O O-O 15. Rfb1 a6 16. Qb6 c5 17. Qxf6 Nd7 18. Qf4 $16 {1-0 Alburt,
L-Faibisovich,V/Alma-Ata 1971/EXT 2001 (47)}) 10. Qxc7 Bf5 11. Be2 e5 12. f3
exd4 13. e4 Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Bxd7 15. Bf6 Rg8 16. cxd4 Be7 (16... Rc8 $5 $13) 17.
Bxe7 Kxe7 18. d5 Nb4 19. Kd2 Rac8 20. Kc3 $13 {_|_1-0 Kahn,E-Rezsek,G/Hungary
1993/TD (39)}) (8. Be2 $5 Qa5 9. Qc1 Be6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. O-O Nb6 12. e4 f6 13.
a4 Nxa4 14. Bd1 b5 15. Nd2 Bh6 16. Bxa4 bxa4 17. f4 $44 {0-1 Gostisa,L-Kozul,Z/
Portoroz 1994/TD (35)}) 8... b5 (8... Bg7 {is not enough:} 9. Be2 Nd7 (9... Qa5
10. O-O Qxc3 11. Nd2 Qa5 12. Nxc4 Qd5 13. Qb3 Nc6 14. Bf3 Qf5 15. Rac1 $36 {
1-0 Izoria,Z-Mikhalevski,V/Minneapolis 2005/CBM 107 (37)}) 10. O-O Nb6 11. Nd2
e6 12. a4 Qa5 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. Nxc4 Nxc4 15. Bxc4 c5 16. Rfb1 Bc6 17. Bb5 $1 $16
{1-0 Moeller,M-Henk,M/Neuwied 1993/GER (64)}) 9. a4 a6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Bg7
12. Qb1 (12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Qa1 O-O {1/2-1/2 Vladimirov,
B-Zezulkin,J/Gyor 1990/EXT 97}) 12... Nd7 13. e4 $5 {An interesting attempt to
exploit White's development advantage.} Qxe4 14. axb5 axb5 (14... Qxb1 $5 15.
Rfxb1 Nb6 {comes into consideration}) 15. Qxb5 O-O 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. Bxc4 Nb6
$2 {Black gives up the f7 pawn in order to exploit White's "hanging" pieces.
An interesting but wrong idea!} (17... Bc6 {was quite OK:} 18. Qb3 e6 $11 {
[%cal Cf1e1,Ce1e4,Yd7b6]}) 18. Bxf7+ Kh8 19. Qg5 Rf8 20. Re1 Qc6 21. Qxe7 Nc8 (
21... Qxc3 $4 22. Qxf8+ Bxf8 23. Bf6+ Bg7 24. Re8#) 22. Qe6 $2 {[%mdl 64] This
leads to a forced draw.} ({Both players missed} 22. Qb4 $1 Rxf7 23. d5 $1 Qxd5
24. Re8+ Bf8 25. Rxf8+ Kg7 26. Rd8 $16) 22... Qxc3 23. Bf6 Bxf3 24. Qe5 Qxe1+
25. Qxe1 Bxf6 26. gxf3 Rxf7 27. Qe8+ Kg7 28. Qxc8 Bxd4 29. Kg2 {Black's
fortress is obviously unassailable.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2004.11.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Bg7 6. cxd5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qxd5 8.
e3 c5 9. Qf3 Qxf3 {The endgame is slightly better for White, as shown by GM M.
Taimanov back in the 60s.} (9... Qd8 $142) 10. Nxf3 Nc6 11. Rb1 (11. Bb5 {
is another option.}) 11... O-O (11... h6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. O-O a6 14. Bd3 b5 15.
a4 bxa4 16. Be4 f5 17. Bd5 e6 18. Ba2 $14 {1-0 Peev,P-Pribyl,J/Kapfenberg 1970/
EU-chT (53). (52)}) (11... b6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. O-O cxd4 14. cxd4 Na5 15. Rfc1
Bxb5 16. Rxb5 e6 17. Rc7 O-O 18. Rb1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Koehn,P-Schockenbaeumer,D/
Germany 1995/GER (83)}) (11... e6 $5) 12. Bd3 $146 {This novelty is not very
powerful.} (12. Bb5 $5 Be6 13. a4 f6 14. Ke2 Na5 15. Bd3 Rac8 16. Nd2 g5 17.
Bg3 f5 18. Nf3 $14 f4 $2 19. Nxg5 fxg3 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. hxg3 $18 {1-0 Mokry,
K-Drvota,A/Prague 1978/EXT 98 (40)}) (12. Nd2 $5 cxd4 (12... Rd8 13. Be2 h6 14.
f4 Kf8 15. Bf3 Rd7 16. O-O $14 {1/2-1/2 Petkov,V-Herrera,I/Ortigueira 2004/CBM
101 ext (70)}) 13. cxd4 e6 14. Bb5 a6 15. Be2 b5 16. Ne4 $14 {1/2-1/2
Belotelov,D-Fish,G/Biel 2001/CBM 83 ext (31)}) 12... Re8 $1 13. Be4 cxd4 14.
cxd4 e5 $1 15. Bxc6 $6 (15. d5 Ne7 (15... Nd4 16. Nd2 $1) 16. Nd2 {was the
only way to fight for an advantage.} (16. d6 $143 Nf5)) 15... bxc6 16. Nxe5 c5
$1 17. O-O cxd4 18. exd4 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Rxe5 20. Rfe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Nf3 c6 9. Ng5 Bd5 10. e4 h6 11. exd5 hxg5 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Bxg5 Qd5 {About
this line - see annotations to I.Sokolov-Sutovsky in CBM110.} 14. Qg4 $146 (14.
h4) (14. Be3 e5 15. Qe2 O-O-O 16. Qxc4 exd4 17. Qxd5 $6 (17. Bxd4) 17... Rxd5
18. cxd4 $6 Bb4+ 19. Ke2 Nxd4+ 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 $17 {0-1 Loncar,R-Brkic,A/Zagreb
CRO 2006/The Week in Chess 585 (60)}) 14... e5 (14... Rh5 $5 15. h4 $140 e5)
15. Bf6 Rh5 16. Be2 exd4 (16... Rf5 $5 17. dxe5 (17. Bf3 $2 Qa5) 17... Nxe5 18.
Bxe5 Rxe5 19. O-O Qe4 $11) 17. Bf3 Qf5 18. Bxc6+ bxc6 19. Qe2+ (19. Qxf5 Rxf5
20. Bxd4 c5 21. Be3 Bg7 $132 {[%cal Og7c3,Ya8d8]}) 19... Kd7 {This is simpler
than} (19... Qe6 20. Qxe6+ fxe6 21. Bxd4 c5 22. Be3 Bg7) 20. Bxd4 Re8 21. Be3
Qe4 22. O-O Bd6 $11 {Black has an inferior pawn structure and his king is
exposed but his pieces are very active.} 23. Rfd1 Kc7 24. h3 Bc5 25. Qg4 Bxe3
26. Qd7+ Kb6 (26... Kb8 $5) 27. Rab1+ Rb5 28. Rxb5+ cxb5 29. fxe3 Qxe3+ 30. Kh1
Qe7 31. Qd4+ Qc5 32. Qf6+ Ka5 {The black king is now safe but White recaptures
the missing pawn.} 33. Qxf7 Re3 34. a4 Qe7 35. Qf1 (35. Qf2 $5 Re2 (35... Qe4
36. axb5) 36. Qf1 $13 bxa4 $140 $2 37. Rd5+) 35... Qe4 {[%cal Re3h3]} 36. Kg1
b4 (36... bxa4 $5) 37. cxb4+ Kxb4 38. Qf8+ Qe7 39. Qb8+ Kxa4 40. Ra1+ Ra3 41.
Rb1 Rb3 42. Ra1+ Ra3 43. Rb1 Qc5+ {A harmless attempt to play for a win.} 44.
Kh1 Ra2 (44... Rxh3+ $5 45. gxh3 Qd5+ 46. Kh2 Qd2+ 47. Kg3 Qg5+ 48. Kf3 Qd5+
$11) 45. Qe8+ Ka3 46. Qxg6 a5 47. Qe4 c3 48. Qf4 Qd5 49. Qf8+ Ka4 50. Qe8+ Ka3
51. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Qb1 (8. Rb1 $142) 8... b6 (8... Qd5 {is another good option - see
Atalik-Predojevic in CBM101.}) 9. Nh3 (9. Nf3 {is normal}) 9... Bh6 10. Ng5 $2
{It was more appropriate to exchange the bishop to invade the g5 square with
the knight:} (10. Bg5 Bxg5 11. Nxg5 Qd5 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. e4 (13. a4 $5) 13...
Qa5 14. Qb2 Qa4 15. Be2 Nd7 16. e5 Rf8 17. O-O $44 {0-1 Goldin,A-Kudrin,S/San
Diego USA 2004/The Week in Chess 525 (40)}) 10... Bxg5 11. Bxg5 Qd5 12. Bh4 Nc6
13. f3 Qa5 14. Qb2 O-O-O 15. Be2 {If White now castled and played e3-e4, his
position would be excellent. Therefore Black should urgently start active play
to make use of his temporary development advantage.} g5 16. Bg3 f5 17. O-O Rhg8
18. e4 (18. Kh1 h5 $5) 18... f4 19. Bf2 g4 $1 20. fxg4 (20. d5 $6 gxf3 21. Bxf3
Ne5 22. Bd4 Nd3) 20... Bxg4 21. Bxc4 Qh5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Consequently fighting
for initiative. Material is less important.} 22. Bxg8 Rxg8 23. Qd2 (23. Qb3 Rg6
24. Qf7 $4 Bf3) 23... Bf3 24. Bg3 fxg3 25. gxf3 Qh3 $1 {A remarkable position!
Black is not threatening mate but White has no way to get rid of Black's
attack, which can be strengthened by bringing his knight into play.} 26. Qe2
Nd8 27. f4 (27. d5 Nf7 $36 28. f4 $6 Nd6 29. Rf3 gxh2+ 30. Kh1 Qg4 31. Qf1 Nxe4
$19) 27... Ne6 28. Qd2 $2 {This move loses.} (28. f5 $8 gxh2+ 29. Kh1 Rg1+ 30.
Rxg1 hxg1=Q+ 31. Kxg1 Qxc3 $36) 28... Rg4 $1 {White can't protect his f4 pawn 
(and more importantly, the f4 point!)} 29. Rad1 (29. f5 Nf4 (29... Ng5 $19) 30.
Rxf4 Rxf4 31. Qg2 gxh2+ 32. Kh1 Qxc3 $19) 29... Nxf4 30. e5 gxh2+ 31. Kh1 Nh5
32. Rf8+ Kb7 0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 06th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2005.03.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2005.02.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Rb1 b6 9. Nf3 c6 {A new idea instead of the normal move} (9... Bg7) {Black
firmly keeps his extra pawn.} 10. a4 (10. e4 {was played in the stem game,
with very complex play after} b5 11. Be2 Bh6 12. O-O a6 13. Ng5 Bc8 14. f4 f6
15. Nh3 Nd7 16. g4 Nb6 17. Qc2 Be6 18. f5 gxf5 19. gxf5 Bf7 20. Qd1 Kd7 $5 21.
Kh1 Kc8 {1/2-1/2 Gurevich,M-McShane,L/Vandoeuvre 2005/CBM 106 (45)}) (10. Ng5
$2 {is senseless in view of} Bd5 11. e4 h6 12. exd5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 cxd5 {
- one of the ideas of 9...c6.}) 10... a6 11. e4 {Of course it is a big
question whether this move is necessary. The other plan is Be2,Nd2,Bf3 etc.,
which Black would meet with ...f7-f5 (controlling the e4 square).} b5 12. Be2
Bg7 {More natural than} (12... Bh6) 13. O-O O-O 14. Ng5 Bc8 15. f4 f6 16. Nf3
f5 $1 {Here, too, this move, attacking the white centre, is very effective.
Black captures the d5 square.} 17. Qe1 Bf6 {Black takes the opportunity to
exchange (or activate) his passive bishop.} (17... fxe4 18. Ng5 Bf5 19. g4 $13)
18. Bd1 (18. Bf2 fxe4) 18... fxe4 19. Ng5 Qd5 20. Bc2 Bf5 21. h3 e3 22. Bxf5
gxf5 $17 {Suddenly Black offers a draw. Peter condemned his decision later on.
White's compensation for the missing pawn is slim.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.10.03"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "Gopal, Geetha Narayanan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c6 7. e4 O-O {
This "real" pawn sacrifice is rather new and more popular than the pawn
recapture by means of} (7... Qb6) 8. e5 (8. Bc4 $6 cxd5 9. Nxd5 (9. exd5 Qb6
10. Nge2 Qxb2 11. Rb1 Qa3 12. O-O Nd7 13. Qd2 Nb6 14. Bb3 Qa5 15. Ng3 Bd7 16.
Nge4 Rac8 17. Rfc1 Bf5 $15 {0-1 Aronian,L (2786)-Carlsen,M (2801)/Moscow 2009/
EXT 2010 (33)}) 9... Bg7 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. e5 (11. O-O e6 12. Ndc3 Nxd4 13. Nxd4
Bxd4 $15 {0-1 Struik,T (2185)-Siebrecht,S (2431)/Dieren 2007/CBM 119 ext (36)})
11... Be6 12. Ne3 Qa5+ (12... Bxc4 $142 $1 13. Nxc4 Qd5 14. Ne3 Qa5+ $36 {
[%cal Yf8d8]}) 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Rfd8 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. f4 Nxd4 17. Ke1 g5
18. g3 gxf4 19. gxf4 Bh6 20. Rf1 Nxe2 21. Kxe2 Rd4 $132 {0-1 Kociscak,J (2200)
-Oral,T (2521)/Prague 2007/CBM 116 ext (46)}) 8... Bg7 9. Bc4 b5 10. Bb3 a5 $5
$146 {[%mdl 8]} (10... b4 11. Nce2 (11. Na4 $5 cxd5 12. Ne2 Nc6 13. Nc5 e6 14.
Rc1 Na5 15. O-O Qb6 16. Nf4 Rd8 17. Ba4 Ba6 18. Re1 Bb5 19. Bxb5 Qxb5 20. Qg4
$36 {1-0 Zhou Weiqi (2584)-Gao Rui (2464)/China 2010/CBM 136 Extra (49)}) 11...
cxd5 12. h4 h6 (12... h5 $5 13. Nf4 e6 14. Bc2 $6 (14. Nf3) 14... Nc6 15. Rh3
Qa5 16. b3 Nxd4 $1 $17 {1/2 Pashikian,A (2639)-Edouard,R (2636)/
Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2010/The Week in Chess 830 (44)}) 13. Nf4 e6 14. Nf3 (14.
Rc1 Qb6 15. Nf3 Nc6 16. Ba4 Ne7 {1-0 Kazhgaleyev,M (2609)-Laylo,D (2522)/
Manila PHI 2010/The Week in Chess 825 (54)} 17. Nd3 Ba6 18. Nc5 $36) 14... Nd7
(14... Qb6 $6 15. h5 $1 g5 16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. h6) (14... Nc6 15. Ba4) 15. Bc2
Ba6 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qe7 18. O-O Rfc8 19. Rac1 Qd8 20. Qa6 $14 {1-0
Rodshtein,M (2622)-Khusnutdinov,R (2513)/Moscow 2010/CBM 135 (37)}) 11. a4 $6 (
11. a3 $5 Ba6 $5 {needs checking, e.g.} 12. Nf3 b4 13. axb4 axb4 14. Ne4 cxd5
15. Nc5 e6 16. Nxa6 Rxa6 17. Rxa6 Nxa6 18. O-O Qb6 $11) 11... b4 12. Nce2 cxd5
{This position is more favourable for Black than the one without a2-a4 a7-a5:
the white bishop has no a4 square, and the black rook can go to a7-c7.} 13. h4
Ba6 $5 {Ignoring the h4-h5 threat.} 14. h5 Nc6 15. hxg6 $6 (15. Nf3) 15... fxg6
$1 {[%cal Gf8f2][%mdl 32]} 16. Qc1 Qd7 17. Qe3 e6 18. Qh3 {This only helps
Black to carry out his plan.} (18. Nf3 Ne7 $36) 18... h6 (18... h5 $5 19. g4
$140 Bxe5 $1 (19... Qf7 $143 20. O-O-O) 20. dxe5 Nxe5 $40) 19. Qe3 Rac8 20. Nf3
Qf7 21. Rh3 (21. Rc1 $142) 21... Ne7 $1 {[%cal Yg6g5,Yg5g4,Ye7f5]} 22. g4 g5 $1
23. Nfg1 Ng6 24. f3 Nh4 {[%csl Gh4]} 25. Kf2 Qg6 26. Rd1 Bc4 $1 {After the
exchange of these bishops the black rooks invade along the c-file.} 27. Rd2
Bxb3 28. Qxb3 Rc4 29. Qd3 Qxd3 30. Rxd3 Rc2 31. b3 (31. Rb3 {[%cal Yf2e3,Ye3d3]
was hardly better, e.g.} Ng6 32. Ke3 Rfc8 $19 {[%cal Yg6f8,Yf8d7,Yd7b6]}) 31...
Rb2 32. Rh2 Ng6 33. Nh3 Rc8 34. Rh1 Bf8 35. Ke3 Rcc2 36. Re1 Nh4 37. Kf2 Rc3 $1
38. Rxc3 bxc3 39. Rc1 Bb4 40. Ke3 Ng2+ 41. Kf2 Nf4 42. Nhxf4 gxf4 43. Rh1 Rd2
44. Rxh6 c2 45. Rh1 Bc3 46. Rc1 Bxd4+ 47. Ke1 Be3 {A great positional game by
the Indian GM!} 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 26th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2010.10.21"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Economist SGSEU"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan Socar"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c6 7. Rc1 O-O 8.
dxc6 Qxd4 {This move was played for the first time in Wang Yue - Berkes (see
CBM 114), and had brought good results to Black before the present game.} 9.
Qxd4 (9. c7 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Nc6 $44) 9... Bxd4 10. cxb7 (10. c7 Nc6 11. Nf3 Bb6
$1 12. e3 Bxc7 $15 {/= 1/2 Wang Yue (2626)-Berkes,F (2601)/Taiyuan 2006/CBM
114/[Krasenkow] (30)}) (10. Nf3 Bxc3+ 11. Rxc3 Nxc6 12. e3 Be6 (12... Bg4 13.
Bb5 Nb4 14. a3 Nd5 15. Rc1 Rac8 16. Ke2 Nb6 17. b3 e5 18. h3 Be6 $11 {1/2
Akobian,V (2624)-Ponomariov,R (2739)/Khanty Mansiysk 2009/EXT 2010 (32)}) 13.
Bc4 Bxc4 14. Rxc4 Rfc8 15. Kd2 Na5 16. Rxc8+ Rxc8 17. Rc1 Nc4+ 18. Ke2 f6 $11 {
1/2 Ivanchuk,V (2741)-Dominguez Perez,L (2713)/Havana 2010/CBM 137 (33)}) 10...
Bxb7 11. Nf3 Bf6 (11... Bg7 12. e3 Na6 13. Be2 Rfc8 (13... Rac8 $142 14. O-O
Rfd8) 14. O-O Nc5 15. Nd4 Rab8 16. b3 Ne6 17. Nxe6 Bxc3 18. Bc4 Bb2 19. Rb1 Bf6
20. Nd4 $14 {1-0 Jorczik,J (2374)-Mann,C (2454)/Muenchen GER 2010/The Week in
Chess 802 (43)}) 12. e3 Nd7 13. Bb5 Nc5 14. Bc4 Rac8 15. b3 Nd7 {1/2 Arutinian,
D (2576)-Margvelashvili,G (2455)/Tbilisi 2008/CBM 123 Extra ; GM Alexander
Moiseenko fights on.} 16. Na4 Bc6 (16... Nb6 $5 17. Nxb6 axb6) 17. Ba6 Bb7 18.
Bc4 Bc6 19. Ke2 Bxa4 20. bxa4 Nc5 21. Bb3 $14 {The position looks completely
drawn but it is not! Two pawns, even doubled, are stronger than one.} Ne4 22.
Nd4 Rfd8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 {[%mdl 4096]} 24. f3 Bxd4 $6 (24... Nd6 25. Nb5 $1 Nxb5
26. axb5 Rc5 27. a4 e6 {[%cal Yf6d8] would give Black good drawing chances in
the endgame with opposite-coloured bishops. He understandably avoids
undoubling White's pawns but now the white bishop becomes stronger than the
black knight.}) 25. exd4 Nd6 26. Kd3 {Both White's a-pawns are employed in
this ending: Bb3 + Pa2 prevent Black's counterplay along the b-file, and the
a4-pawn prevents both ...Nd6-b5 and ...a7-a5-a4. Meanwhile, White activates
his rook (Re1-e5- possibly a5) and then starts moving his kingside pawns.} Kf8
27. Re1 $1 Ke8 28. Re5 Kd7 29. g4 h6 30. h4 e6 $6 {White now opens up the
centre completely and increases his advantage. It was better to sit and wait.}
31. d5 exd5 32. Rxd5 Ke7 33. Kd4 Rc7 34. Re5+ Kf6 35. f4 Nc8 36. Kd5 a5 $6 {
[%csl Ra5] Creating a new weakness but waiting was not much better now:} (36...
Rc1 37. a5 Rc7 38. Re4 {[%cal Ye4c4] , and White should gradually win.}) 37.
g5+ Kg7 38. Re8 h5 39. Re2 Kf8 40. Rc2 $1 {The "B vs N" endgame is winning for
White as Black's a5 pawn quickly falls.} Ne7+ 41. Kd6 Ra7 42. Kc5 Rb7 43. Rd2
Nf5 44. Rd8+ Kg7 45. Ra8 Nxh4 46. Rxa5 {Now we have a typical position with
passed pawns on both sides, where B is stronger than N.} Nf5 47. Rb5 Rd7 48.
Bd5 Ne3 49. Be4 Rd2 50. a3 $18 {A typical method of using doubled pawns: one
of them covers the other's advance from the rear!} Ng2 51. Bxg2 Rxg2 52. a5 h4
53. a6 h3 54. Rb3 Rc2+ 55. Kb5 h2 56. Rh3 Rb2+ 57. Ka5 Rb3 58. Rxh2 Rxa3+ 59.
Kb5 1-0

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent Crown"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2005.10.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Nf3 c6 {An interesting alternative to the normal moves} (8... Bg7 {and}) (8...
Bh6) 9. Ng5 {White must recapture the pawn, otherwise his compensation is
insufficient, e.g.} (9. Ne5 $6 b5 10. Be2 f6 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. a4 a6 13. Nd2 Bg7
14. Bf3 Rc8 15. axb5 axb5 16. Ra6 Nb6 17. O-O O-O 18. Qa1 Bd5 19. e4 Bf7 20.
Qa3 Bh6 21. Rd1 Re8 22. Nf1 Ra8 $17 {0-1 Korniushin,N-Kachar,V/Moscow 1998/EXT
99 (34)}) 9... Bd5 (9... Qa5 {makes no major sense:} 10. Qd2 Bd5 11. e4 h6 12.
exd5 hxg5 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. Bxg5 b5 15. Be2 Rd8 16. O-O Bg7 17. Rfe1 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Valles Moreno,I-Simonenko,S/Madrid 2001/CBM 084 ext (49)}) 10. e4 h6
11. exd5 hxg5 12. dxc6 $8 Nxc6 13. Bxg5 Qd5 {Black has given his extra pawn
back but he has no development problems anymore.} 14. h4 (14. Qg4 e5 $5 15. Bf6
Rh5 16. Be2 exd4 17. Bf3 Qf5 18. Bxc6+ bxc6 19. Qe2+ Kd7 20. Bxd4 Re8 21. Be3
Qe4 22. O-O Bd6 23. Rfd1 Kc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Leitao,R-Vallejo Pons,F/Khanty
Mansyisk RUS 2005/The Week in Chess 578 (50)}) 14... Bh6 $1 {Depriving White
of his bishop pair.} (14... Bg7 $143 15. Rh3 f6 16. Be3 e5 17. Qg4 Kf7 18. Rg3
g5 19. hxg5 exd4 20. gxf6 Bxf6 21. cxd4 $6 (21. Qg6+ Ke7 22. Rf3 Raf8 23. cxd4
$40) 21... Rag8 22. Qf3 $6 Qa5+ 23. Ke2 $13 {1/2-1/2 Chuchelov,V-Wantiez,F/
Netherlands 1998/EXT 99 (33)}) 15. Bxh6 Rxh6 16. Be2 (16. Qe2 g5 $1 {[%cal
Og5h4,Ce2c4,Rh6e6]}) 16... Qe4 (16... g5 $5 17. Bf3 Qa5 18. Qd2 O-O-O $36 {
[%cal Oh6h4,Ce1c1,Ch4g5,Ye7e5]}) 17. Qd2 (17. f3 Qf4 18. Kf2 Rxh4 19. Qa4 Qh6
20. Rxh4 Qxh4+ 21. Kg1 O-O-O 22. Qxc4 Rh8 23. Rd1 e6 24. d5 {1/2-1/2 Petkov,
V-Brkic,A/Zadar CRO 2005}) 17... Rxh4 18. O-O-O (18. Rxh4 Qxh4 19. Bxc4 O-O-O
$15 {[%cal Ye7e5]}) 18... Rxh1 19. Rxh1 O-O-O {Black has won a pawn and it is
not easy for White to prove his compensation.} 20. Bf3 Qe6 21. Qc2 Qd7 (21...
Na5 22. Qa4 Qf5 23. Re1 $44 {[%cal Oe1e7,Re1e5]}) 22. Qa4 Ne5 $6 {Losing
patience in an excellent position.} (22... Kb8 $5 23. Bxc6 (23. Qxc4 Rc8 $1 $15
) (23. Rh7 Qe6 $5) 23... Qxc6 24. Qxc6 bxc6 25. Rh7 Rf8 $15 {[%cal Yb8d6,Yd6e6,
Yd6d5] Black's extra pawn should not be underestimated.}) 23. Qxd7+ Nxd7 24.
Rh7 Rf8 25. Bd5 e6 26. Bxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] The endgame is still equal but
Black plays very poorly.} Nf6 27. Rh1 Kd7 28. Bd3 Ng4 $6 {Don't move
well-placed pieces!} (28... Rc8 29. Kd2 Kd6 $11 {[%cal Ye6e5]}) 29. f3 Ne3 $6 (
29... Nf6 $142) 30. g3 Nf5 31. g4 Nd6 32. Rh7 {[%cal Rd3g6]} Rc8 (32... Kc6 33.
c4 b6 $14 {[%csl Gh7]}) 33. Kd2 Ke8 (33... Kc6 34. c4 b6 35. g5 $1 $16) 34.
Rh8+ Kd7 35. Rxc8 Nxc8 36. g5 $1 {Fixing your rival's pawns on the squares of
your bishop, after which they become weak - this is the main strategic
principle in the B vs N endgame! Besides, this pawn now holds two. The
position is already favorable for White.} Ne7 (36... Kd6 37. c4 (37. f4 Kd5 {
[%cal Yc8d6]}) 37... e5 {is probably insufficient:} 38. c5+ $1 Kd5 39. dxe5
Kxc5 40. e6 $1 fxe6 41. Bxg6 $16) 37. c4 Nc6 38. Kc3 b6 $2 {Black persists
defending passively, which eventually leads him to a defeat.} (38... e5 $1 {
was now appropriate:} 39. dxe5 (39. d5 Nd4 40. f4 Kd6) 39... Nxe5 40. Be4 b6 {
should be a draw}) 39. Be4 Ne7 40. f4 Nc8 (40... Kc7 41. Kb4 {and the endgame
after} Nc6+ 42. Bxc6 Kxc6 {is lost for Black:} 43. c5 $1 a6 (43... Kc7 44. Kb5
Kb7 45. cxb6 axb6 46. a3 Kc7 47. Ka6 Kc6 48. a4 Kc7 49. Ka7 Kc6 50. Kb8 $18) (
43... Kb7 44. Kb5 $1 a6+ 45. Kc4 $18) (43... bxc5+ 44. dxc5 a6 45. Ka5 Kxc5 46.
Kxa6 $18) 44. Kc4 $1 Kc7 (44... b5+ 45. Kb4 Kb7 (45... Kc7 46. Ka5 Kb7 47. a3
Ka7 48. c6 $18) 46. Ka5 Ka7 47. c6 b4 48. Kxb4 Kb6 49. c7 Kxc7 50. Kc5 $18) 45.
cxb6+ Kxb6 46. d5 $1 exd5+ (46... Kc7 47. dxe6 fxe6 48. Kc5 $18) 47. Kxd5 Kc7
48. Kc5 $18) 41. c5 $1 Ne7 42. Kc4 Kc7 43. Kb5 Nf5 $4 {The pawn endgame with
the f5 pawn is also lost (cf. annotation to move 40).} (43... bxc5 $8 44. Kxc5
(44. dxc5 Nd5 45. Bxd5 exd5 46. c6 d4 47. Kc4 Kxc6 48. Kxd4 Kd6 $11) 44... Nc8
$1 (44... Kd7 45. Kb5 Kc7 (45... Kd6 46. Ka6 Nf5 $1 47. Kxa7 Nxd4 48. Kb6 e5
49. fxe5+ Kxe5 50. Bd3 f6 51. gxf6 Kxf6 52. a4 Nb3 53. Bc4 Nd2 54. Ba2 g5 55.
a5 g4 56. a6 g3 57. Bd5 $18) (45... Nc8 46. Ka6 Nd6 47. Bd3 $1 (47. Bh1 Kc7 48.
a4 Kb8 49. d5 Ne8 $1) 47... Kc6 48. Kxa7 Kd5 49. Kb6 Kxd4 50. Bf1 $18) 46. Ka6
Kb8 47. a3 Nc8 48. d5 Nd6 49. dxe6 Nxe4 50. f5 $3 Nc5+ 51. Kb5 Nxe6 52. fxe6
fxe6 53. Kc6 $18) 45. d5 Nd6 $16 {The position requires a detailed analysis;
Black may survive because there are too few pawns on the board.}) 44. Bxf5 gxf5
45. Kc4 {[%cal Rd4d5]} Kc6 46. a4 {Black resigns as he must allow d4-d5 (46...
bxc5 47.dxc5 followed by Kc4-d4-e5-f6), after which the white king gets to the
f5 pawn (e.g. 46...a6 47.cxb6 Kxb6 48.d5)} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch GpB"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Kriventsov, Stanislav G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8.
e3 c5 9. Qf3 Qxf3 10. Nxf3 Nc6 11. Rb1 O-O 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Be4 cxd4 14. cxd4 e5
{About this line - see CBM 104, annotations to Dreev-Timofeev.} 15. d5 (15.
Bxc6 $6 bxc6 16. Nxe5 c5 $1 17. O-O cxd4 18. exd4 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Rxe5 20. Rfe1 {
1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Timofeev,A/Moscow 2004/CBM 104/[Krasenkow]}) 15... Nd4 $1 {
[%mdl 64]} (15... Ne7 $143 16. Nd2) 16. Nd2 f5 {This looks risky as the d4
knight has no route to escape; however, tactical means enable Black to
equalize.} (16... Nf5 17. Bxf5 Bxf5 18. e4 $14) 17. Bd3 h6 $1 18. Bg3 (18. exd4
exd4+ 19. Kd1 g5) (18. f3 e4 $1 19. Nxe4 (19. fxe4 fxe4 20. Nxe4 Bf5 $1 {
leads to a good position for Black}) 19... fxe4 20. fxe4 Nf5 {is similar to
the game}) 18... g5 $1 (18... e4 $143 19. Bf1 Nc2+ $140 20. Kd1 Na3 21. Rb3)
19. f3 (19. h4 e4 $1 20. Bf1 f4 $1 21. exf4 e3 $1 $40) 19... e4 $1 20. Nxe4
fxe4 21. fxe4 Nf5 $1 22. exf5 Rxe3+ 23. Kd2 Rxd3+ 24. Kxd3 Bxf5+ 25. Kc4 Rc8+
26. Kb4 Bf8+ 27. d6 Bxb1 28. Rxb1 Kf7 {A forced line has lead to a drawn
endgame.} 29. Ka5 {A last attempt to gain something.} Ke6 (29... Rc5+ 30. Ka4
b6 $2 {doesn't work due to} 31. Rf1+ Kg8 32. Rd1) 30. Rxb7 Bxd6 31. Bxd6 Kxd6
32. Rxa7 Rc2 33. a4 h5 $1 {Black's pawns are not weaker than White's a-pawn.
If White loses both kingside pawns he may get into trouble.} 34. h4 $1 Rxg2 35.
hxg5 Rxg5+ 36. Kb6 Rg4 37. a5 Rb4+ 38. Ka6 h4 39. Rh7 Ke6 40. Ka7 Kf5 41. a6
Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Samba Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Skanderborg"]
[Date "2005.10.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Miton, Kamil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.10.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c6 7. Rc1 $5 {
A fresh idea, introduced by GM A.Dreev in 2004.} (7. e4 {-CBM73,CBM90}) 7...
O-O (7... cxd5 $2 8. Nxd5) (7... Qb6 8. e3 Qxb2 9. Bc4 Qb4 10. Qb3 Qxb3 11.
Bxb3 O-O 12. Nf3 Rd8 13. O-O $14 Kf8 14. Ne4 $6 (14. h3 $142 $1 {to prevent 14.
..Bg4}) 14... Bf5 15. Neg5 Bxg5 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Nxg5 f6 18. Ne6+ Bxe6 19.
Bxe6 Rd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Mchedlishvili,M-Najer,E/Saint Vincent 2005/CBM 110 (63)})
8. dxc6 Bxd4 9. c7 $1 {The point!} Bxc3+ 10. Rxc3 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 {[%mdl 4096]
It's not so easy for Black to regain the c7 pawn without concessions.} Nc6 12.
e4 (12. g3 Be6 13. Bg2 Rac8 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Nf3 Rxc7 16. Kc1 Rb8 17. b3 a5
18. Ng5 Bf5 19. Rc4 Rb4 $1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Sakaev,K/Tripoli 2004/CBM 102 
(23)}) 12... Bd7 (12... Bg4+ $142 $1 13. Be2 (13. f3 Bd7 {and White has no 14.
Nf3}) 13... Bxe2+ {The simplifying bishop exchange is favorable for Black.} 14.
Kxe2 Rfc8 15. Nf3 Rxc7 $11 16. Rd1 Rcc8 $2 {A strange decision.} (16... Rac8
$11 17. Rdc1 $140 Rd8) 17. Rd7 Rab8 18. Rb3 Na5 $2 (18... b5) 19. Rb5 b6 20.
Rxa7 $18 {1-0 Azmaiparashvili,Z-Sutovsky,E/Saint Vincent 2005/CBM 110 (43)})
13. Nf3 Rfc8 14. Bb5 Rxc7 15. Kd2 {The pin along the c-file is quite annoying.}
(15. Ke2 $143 a6 16. Ba4 Nd4+ $1 17. Nxd4 Rxc3 18. Bxd7 Rc7 $5 (18... Rc4 19.
Rd1 e5 20. Nf3 Rxe4+ 21. Kf1 $14) 19. Bh3 e5 20. Nf3 Rc2+ 21. Ke3 Rxb2 22. Nxe5
Rxa2 $44 {[%csl Ga6,Gb7]}) 15... a6 16. Ba4 {A "spanish" manoeuvre provoking
weakening ...b7-b5.} Rcc8 (16... f6 {[%cal Ye7e5] looks logical but meets a
nice refutation:} 17. Nd4 $1 Rd8 (17... Nxd4 18. Rxc7 Bxa4 19. Rc4) 18. Ke3
Nxd4 {Otherwise Black gets a weak c6 pawn.} 19. Bb3+ $3 Nxb3 20. Rxc7 {[%cal
Oa2b3,Rh1d1]} Bb5 $1 21. axb3 Rd3+ 22. Kf4 e5+ 23. Kg4 Rxb3 24. f3 $16 {
[%cal Oc7b7,Cb3b2,Rh1d1]}) (16... Kf8 17. Ke3 {[%cal Yf3d4]}) 17. Rhc1 b5 18.
Bb3 e6 19. e5 Kf8 (19... Na5 $5 20. Nd4 $5) 20. Bc2 {[%cal Cb5b4,Cb4c3,Rc2e4]}
Na5 $2 {Too late! White can now keep this knight on the edge.} (20... Nb4 $1
21. Bb1 (21. Be4 Nxa2 $1) 21... Rxc3 22. Rxc3 Bc6 $11) 21. Bd3 {Preventing ...
Nc4 and keeping the c-file.} Rxc3 (21... Ke7 22. Ng5 $5) 22. Rxc3 Nc6 $2 {
This leads to a lost endgame.} (22... Rc8 23. Ra3 $1 {[%csl Ra6]}) (22... Ke7
$16 {was probably the only way to defend.}) 23. Be4 Rc8 24. Bxc6 $1 {It turns
out that the endgame N vs B is poor for Black.} Bxc6 (24... Rxc6 25. Rxc6 Bxc6
26. Kc3 $1 {[%cal Cc6d5,Cd5a2,Rc3a5]} a5 (26... Bd5 27. a3 a5 28. b4 $1 a4 29.
Kd4 $18) 27. Kd4 Bd5 28. Kc5 $1 b4 29. Kb5 $18) 25. Ke3 {The pin is deadly as
Black can't exchange the rooks.} Ke7 26. Ng5 h6 27. Ne4 Rc7 (27... Bd7 28. Rxc8
Bxc8 29. Nd6 Bd7 30. Kd4 $18) 28. g4 $1 {Creating a second weakness, which is
the h6 pawn (the first one is Black's queenside, of course).} Kd8 29. Nf6 $1 a5
30. h4 Kc8 31. Ng8 $1 h5 32. gxh5 gxh5 33. Nf6 Kb7 34. Nxh5 b4 35. Rc1 Rd7 36.
Nf6 Rd8 37. h5 Bb5 38. Kf4 Rd3 39. Rh1 {Despite White's win, 7.Rc1 doesn't
look too dangerous for Black.} 1-0

[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.19"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Gopal, Geetha Narayanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "207"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c5 {A rare move,
which appeared in GM practice this year.} (6... c6 {is common.}) 7. dxc5 (7.
dxc6 {transposes to 6...c6 7.dxc6, which is not dangerous for Black (7.e4 or 7.
Rc1 are more to the point).}) 7... Nd7 (7... Qa5 {was played in the stem game,
when White didn't show his best:} 8. Qd2 (8. Rc1 {looks better}) 8... Nd7 9.
Ne4 (9. a3 $5) (9. Nf3 $5) 9... Qxd2+ 10. Kxd2 Bxb2 11. Rb1 Ba3 12. e3 Nxc5 13.
Bb5+ Kf8 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Nf3 Kg7 $15 {0-1 Al Sayed,M (2485)-Melkumyan,H 
(2580)/Sarajevo BIH 2011/The Week in Chess 861 (48)}) 8. Qa4 $5 {An
interesting try.} (8. e4 Qa5 {gives Black counterplay.}) 8... O-O (8... Qc7 $5
9. c6 $140 O-O $1) 9. Qa3 Bd4 10. Nf3 Bxc5 11. Qb3 {Black has recaptured one
of the pawns but now his bishop is misplaced.} Bd6 12. e3 Nc5 13. Qc4 b5 $5 (
13... Qb6 $44 {was quieter.}) 14. Qh4 {White decides to avoid any
complications although it is unclear whether Black gets sufficient
compensation for the missing material after} (14. Nxb5 Ba6 15. Nfd4) 14... b4
15. Nb5 b3 (15... Ba6 $5) 16. Bc4 $1 Qa5+ 17. Nc3 bxa2 18. O-O Qb4 19. Rxa2 $16
{White has completed his development and kept the extra pawn.} Bd7 20. Rd1 f6
21. Bb5 Qxh4 22. Nxh4 Rfb8 23. Bxd7 Nxd7 24. Nf3 Rb6 25. Nd4 Ne5 26. Kf1 Rab8
27. b3 a6 28. Na4 R6b7 29. Rc2 Kf7 30. Ke2 f5 31. Nb2 Nd7 32. Nc4 Nf6 33. Nxd6+
exd6 34. Rc6 Rb6 35. Rc7+ Kg8 36. Nc6 R8b7 37. Rc8+ Kg7 38. Na5 Rb8 39. Rc7+
Kg8 40. Kf3 Rb5 41. Nc6 R8b7 42. Rc8+ Kg7 43. Nd8 Rb8 44. Rc7+ Kg8 45. Nc6 R8b7
46. Rxb7 Rxb7 {[%mdl 4096]} 47. Nd4 $6 {The knight will be very passive here 
(in the centre!).} (47. Na5 $142 Rb5 48. Nc4 Ne4 49. Ra1 $1 $16) 47... Kf7 $6 (
47... Rb6 $1 {ties White's rook to the d-file (in order to have Nd4xf5 in
reply to ...Nf6xd5), after which he can hardly win. The text move allows White
to improve the position of his rook. Still, a draw is quite probable.}) 48. Ra1
Rb6 49. Ra5 Nd7 50. h3 Kf6 51. g4 Nc5 52. gxf5 gxf5 53. Ra3 Rb4 (53... Ke5 54.
b4 $1) (53... Ne4 $5 {[%cal Yf6e5]}) 54. Ke2 Rb6 (54... f4 $1 {, anticipating
f2-f3 and swapping another pair of pawns. Black apparently should not lose in
that case.}) 55. f3 $1 {[%cal Ye2d2,Yd2c3]} a5 ({Even here} 55... f4 $1 56.
exf4 (56. e4 Rb4) 56... Rb4 57. Ke3 a5 {creates serious technical problems for
White.}) 56. Kd2 Ke5 $2 {Looks like a decisive mistake. Black doesn't prevent
Kd2-c3, and White frees his pieces.} (56... Rb7 $1 57. Kc3 $140 Re7 $1 58. Nc2
Rc7 59. Kd2 Rg7 $132) 57. Kc3 Nb7 58. Nc6+ (58. Ra1 {[%cal Ya1g1] may be even
better.}) 58... Kxd5 59. Nxa5 Nxa5 60. Rxa5+ Ke6 61. Ra7 Rc6+ 62. Kd2 Rb6 63.
Kc3 Rc6+ 64. Kb2 Rc5 65. b4 $6 {Instead of the simple} (65. Rxh7 Re5 66. Rh6+
Ke7 (66... Kf7 67. e4 $1) 67. Rh5 Rxe3 68. Rxf5 {White starts playing
passively, and Black again gets drawing chances.}) 65... Re5 66. Ra8 $6 {
A loss of time as Black's king must go to the queenside anyway.} (66. Ra3 Kd7
67. Rc3) 66... Kd7 67. Ra3 Kc6 68. Rd3 Re6 69. h4 Rh6 70. Rd4 Re6 71. Rd3 Rh6
72. Rd4 Re6 73. Rf4 Rxe3 74. Rxf5 d5 75. Kc2 d4 76. b5+ Kb6 77. h5 h6 78. f4
Rf3 79. Kd2 d3 80. Kc3 Ka5 81. Kd2 Kb6 82. Kc3 Ka5 83. Rd5 Rxf4 84. Kxd3 Kb6
85. Ke3 Rh4 86. Kf3 Rb4 87. Rd6+ Kxb5 $2 {Black has finally got a drawish
position but commits another slip. His rook must attack White's h-pawn from
the flank.} (87... Kb7 $1 88. Rd7+ (88. Rxh6 Rxb5 {with a drawish Vancura
position, e.g.} 89. Kg4 Rb4+ 90. Kf5 Rb5+ 91. Kg6 Rb6+ 92. Kg7 Rb5 $1 93. Rh8
Rc5 $1) 88... Kb6 89. Rh7 Rxb5 90. Kg4 Kc6 ({or} 90... Ka5 91. Rxh6 Rb4+) 91.
Rxh6+ Kd7 $11) 88. Rxh6 Rh4 (88... Kc5 89. Rh8 {[%cal Rh5h6,Rh6h7]} Rh4 90. h6
Kc6 {, and this is how White wins in this well-known position:} 91. Kg3 ({
but not} 91. h7 $4 Kb7) 91... Rh1 92. Kg4 Rh2 (92... Kd7 $2 93. h7 Kc7 94. Ra8)
93. Kf5 Rf2+ 94. Kg6 Rg2+ 95. Kh7 Kd7 96. Rg8 Rf2 97. Kg7 Rg2+ 98. Kh8 Rf2 99.
h7 Ke6 (99... Ke7 100. Kg7 Rg2+ 101. Kh6 Rh2+ 102. Kg6 Rg2+ 103. Kf5) 100. Kg7
Rg2+ 101. Kf8 Rf2+ 102. Ke8 Ra2 103. Rg6+ Kf5 104. Rf6+ $1 Kg5 (104... Ke5 105.
Rh6 Ra8+ 106. Kf7 Ra7+ 107. Kg6) 105. Rf8 Ra8+ 106. Kf7 Ra7+ 107. Kg8 $18) 89.
Kg3 Rh1 90. Kg4 Rg1+ 91. Kf5 Rh1 92. Kg5 Rg1+ 93. Kf6 Rh1 94. Kf7 (94. Rh8 {
is simpler:} Kc6 95. h6 Kd7 $2 96. h7 {[%cal Rh8a8]}) 94... Kc5 95. Kg7 Rh2 (
95... Kd4 {was much more cunning:} 96. Kf7 $1 (96. Rh8 Rg1+ $1 97. Kf7 (97. Kh7
Ke5 98. h6 Kf6) 97... Rf1+ 98. Ke6 Re1+ 99. Kd6 Rh1 100. h6 Rh2 {with a draw
as Black's king hides behind White's!}) 96... Rh2 97. Rd6+ Kc5 (97... Ke5 98.
Re6+ Kf5 99. h6) 98. Ra6 $1 Kb5 99. Rh6 Kc5 100. Rh8 Rf2+ 101. Kg6 Rg2+ 102.
Kf5 Rf2+ 103. Kg4 Kc6 104. h6 {switching to the correct plan shown above as
Black is now forced to play} Rh2) 96. Ra6 Kb5 97. Rh6 Kc5 98. Kg8 (98. Rh8 $1)
98... Rh1 99. Rh7 Kd6 100. h6 Ke5 {Now White simply frees his rook and easily
wins.} (100... Kd5 $142 101. Kf8 $1 (101. Rd7+ Kc6 102. Ra7 Kb6 103. Rh7 Kc6)
101... Rh2 102. Rd7+ Kc6 103. Ra7 $1 Kb6 104. Rh7 Kc6 105. Rh8 $1 Rf2+ 106. Kg7
{still transposing to the main winning position.}) 101. Re7+ Kd6 (101... Kf6
102. Rf7+) 102. Ra7 $1 Ke6 103. h7 Rg1+ 104. Rg7 (104. Rg7 Ra1 105. Rg2 Ra8+
106. Kg7 Ra7+ 107. Kh6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.02.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 c5 6. cxd5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qxd5 8.
e3 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. cxd4 e6 11. Rb1 Be7 12. Bxe7 {The simplest course for
White in this system. He hopes to make use of his "better" bishop and pawn
advantage in the centre.} Kxe7 {[%mdl 4096]} 13. Bd3 (13. Nf3 Nc6 14. Bb5 Bd7
15. Kd2 Rhc8 16. Rhc1 f6 17. e4 Na5 18. Bxd7 {1/2-1/2 Ogaard,L-Spiridonov,N/
Pernik 1976/EXT 99}) (13. g3 $5 {is an interesting plan introduced by GM Igor
Khenkin back in the 80s. The white bishop is quite strong on the long diagonal
and Black must defend accurately:} Nd7 (13... Nc6 14. Bg2 Kd6 15. Nf3 h6 16.
Ke2 Rb8 17. Rhc1 b6 $4 (17... Bd7 18. Nd2 $1) 18. Rxc6+ Kxc6 19. Ne5+ Kd6 20.
Nxf7+ Kd7 21. Nxh8 Ba6+ 22. Ke1 Rxh8 23. Rc1 g5 24. Rc3 Bc8 25. d5 Kd6 26. Rc6+
Ke7 27. Bh3 {1-0 De Vries,S-Jacquet,I/Dieren 1991/EXT 2000}) 14. Bg2 Rb8 15.
Rc1 (15. Ne2 b6 16. Kd2 Ba6 17. Rhc1 Rbc8 18. f4 f5 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Nc3 Nf6
$11 {1/2-1/2 Serper,G-Semeniuk,A/Novosibirsk 1989/TD (41)}) 15... Nf6 (15... a5
$6 16. Kd2 Rd8 17. Ne2 b6 18. Rc7 Ba6 19. Nc3 Kf8 20. f4 Nf6 21. Rb1 b5 22. Ra7
Rd6 23. Rc1 $16 {1-0 Khenkin,I-Yuferov,S/Belgorod 1989/TD (59)}) 16. Nf3 Bd7
17. Ne5 Rhc8 18. Kd2 b6 19. Bc6 Ke8 20. Nxd7 Nxd7 21. h4 Ke7 22. h5 Nf6 23.
hxg6 hxg6 24. Bf3 Kd7 {1/2-1/2 Thiele,M-Olthof,R/Netherlands 1995/EXT 99})
13... Nc6 (13... Nd7 $142 {. That position of the knight may look passive but,
as we'll see, it will have even less prospects on c6 and badly disturb the
other black pieces. For 13...Nd7 here are some examples:} 14. Nf3 b6 15. Be4 (
15. Ke2 Bb7 16. Rhc1 Rac8 17. g3 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8 Bxc8 20. g4 h6 21.
h4 Bb7 22. g5 hxg5 23. hxg5 Bd5 24. a3 Bc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Rustemov,A-Yuferov,S/
Moscow RUS 2006/The Week in Chess 596 (61)}) 15... Rb8 16. Kd2 Ba6 17. Rhc1
Rbc8 18. h3 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8 Bxc8 21. g4 h6 22. Bc6 g5 23. e4 Kd6 24.
Bb5 Bb7 25. Ke3 f6 26. h4 a6 $11 {1-0 Klimov,S-Rutman,A/St Petersburg 1998/EXT
99 (51)}) 14. Nf3 b6 15. Ke2 Bb7 16. Rhc1 Rhc8 17. g4 h6 18. h4 {White has
started active play on the k-side; meanwhile, what can Black do with his c6
knight?} Na5 (18... Rc7 {would not change much:} 19. Rc2 Rac8 20. Rbc1 Kd6 21.
a3 {depriving the knight of the b4 square.}) 19. g5 hxg5 20. hxg5 Rxc1 (20...
Bxf3+ 21. Kxf3 Kd6 {was another option. Black should hold on.}) 21. Rxc1 Rc8
22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. Ne5 Bb7 24. a3 Nc6 25. Ng4 Nb8 26. Kd2 Bc6 27. Kc3 Nd7 {
At last, this knight has taken the right square.} 28. f4 a5 29. e4 b5 (29... f5
{was apparently enough for a draw.} 30. gxf6+ (30. exf5 exf5 31. Ne5 Nxe5 32.
dxe5 Ke6 33. Bc4+ Ke7 34. Kd4 Bd7 {-cf.game}) 30... Nxf6 31. Nxf6 Kxf6 {
No breakthrough is possible here.}) 30. Bc2 f5 $6 {Black aims for a "clearly
drawn" position, which turns out to be lost. A typical psychological mistake
in defense!} 31. exf5 $1 exf5 $2 (31... gxf5 {, giving White a protected
passed pawn, doesn't look attractive but may allow Black to survive:} 32. Ne5
Be4 $1 (32... Nxe5 $2 33. dxe5 b4+ 34. axb4 axb4+ 35. Kxb4 Be8 {loses to the
following plan: K-h4,B-h5 (providing the advance of the g-pawn), then K back
to c5, then in a position like Kc5,Bh5-Ke7,Bb3 (pawns like now) there follows
1.g6 Kf8 2.Be2 and 3.Bc4 winning the e6 pawn or transposing into a winning
pawn ending.}) 33. Bxe4 (33. Bb3 Nb6 {[%cal Ye4d5]}) 33... fxe4 34. Nc6+ Kf7
35. Nxa5 Nb6) 32. Ne5 Nxe5 33. dxe5 b4+ {This will be forced anyway.} 34. axb4
axb4+ 35. Kxb4 Bd7 36. Bb3 Bc6 37. Kc5 Be8 $4 {A blunder leading to an
immediate end of the game but Black was doomed anyway:} (37... Bf3 38. Bg8 Be2
(38... Kf8 39. Bd5 $18) 39. e6 Bf3 40. Bf7 Be4 41. Bxg6 Kxe6 42. Bh5 Bg2 43.
Be2 Kf7 44. Kd4 Kg6 45. Bd3 Bf3 (45... Bc6 46. Ke5 Bd7 47. Bc2 Bc8 48. Ba4 $22
Kg7 49. Bb3 Kg6 50. Be6 $18) 46. Ke5 Bg4 47. Bc2 Bh3 48. Ba4 Bg4 49. Bd7 $22
Bh3 50. Be8+ Kg7 51. Bh5 $18) 38. e6 $22 1-0

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "229"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} g6 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Ne4
{[%emt 0:00:03]} 5. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 6. bxc3 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 7. e3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} 8. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:08:18]} 9. Nh3 $5 {[%emt 0:00:43] A
curious move, rarely seen in this position.} (9. Nf3 {is the main line.}) 9...
O-O {[%emt 0:05:11]} (9... Bxh3 10. gxh3 {disrupts White's pawn structure but
his bishop pair should not be underestimated. Here are two practical examples:}
O-O 11. Rb1 (11. Bxc4 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Qf3 Rc8 15. Bd5 Qd7 16.
Rac1 e5 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Kg2 Qe6 20. Qe4 Rfe8 $11 {1/2 (57)
Borisovsky,V (2121)-Gutenev,A (2339) Moscow 2012}) 11... Nd7 $5 (11... c5 $5 {
is another option requiring analysis}) 12. Rxb7 Qc8 13. Bf3 $6 (13. Rb1 $5 $13
{[%cal Ye1g1,Ye2f3]}) 13... c5 $2 ({Black misses a tactical shot} 13... Nc5 $1
$17 {as} 14. dxc5 $2 Bxc3+ 15. Ke2 Rd8 16. Qc2 Rd2+ 17. Qxd2 Bxd2 18. Kxd2 Qxh3
19. Bg3 Qf5 {[%cal Rf5f3,Rf5d3] is fatal for White}) 14. Bxe7 Re8 15. Bd6 $16 {
1/2 (35) Salaun,Y (2329)-Karavade,E (2386) Paris 2009}) 10. Nf4 {[%emt 0:02:49]
} Bf5 {[%emt 0:02:27]} 11. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:03:12] A small deviation from the
previous game, in which Black did well:} (11. O-O c5 (11... h6 12. Bg3 e5 13.
dxe5 Nd7 {may be good for Black here, therefore 11.Bxc4 is probably more
accurate than 11.0-0}) 12. Bxc4 Nc6 13. Qe2 (13. g4 $5) 13... cxd4 14. cxd4 Rc8
15. Rac1 Qd6 16. Bg3 Qa3 17. Rcd1 Na5 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Qa4 $11 {1/2 (72)
Moradiabadi,E (2532)-Dominguez Perez,L (2719) Khanty-Mansiysk 2011}) 11... Qd6
{[%emt 0:00:39]} (11... c5 $5 12. O-O {(there is apparently nothing better)
leads to Moradiabadi-Dominguez, where Evgeny Tomashevsky had probably prepared
something.}) 12. O-O {[%emt 0:13:47]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 13. Bg3 {[%emt 0:15:
23]} e5 {[%emt 0:07:29] Hardly a good plan. White's centre can't be broken up
without Black's c-pawn.} 14. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:10:02]} 15. Bb5
{[%emt 0:04:09] White wants to weaken Black's queenside but the simple} (15. a4
$14 {was probably better.}) 15... a6 $1 {[%emt 0:04:54]} 16. Ba4 {[%emt 0:03:
31]} (16. Bxc6 Bxd3 $1 17. Qxd3 Qxc6 $11) 16... b5 {[%emt 0:11:25]} 17. Bb3 {
[%emt 0:01:02]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:11:02]} 18. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Na5 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 19. Qe4 {[%emt 0:11:02]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:07:43]} 20. dxe5 {[%emt 0:09:54]
} Qd3 {[%emt 0:03:33]} 21. Qb4 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Nxb3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 22. axb3
{[%emt 0:07:13]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 23. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} 24. Rxa6 {[%emt 0:00:07] White has won a pawn but can hardly convert
it.} c5 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 25. Qa5 {[%emt 0:02:25]} b4 $6 {[%emt 0:08:02] A
serious inaccuracy, after which Black loses a second pawn.} (25... Red5 $142 {
, and White should beware of Black's counterplay with the invasion of the 1st
rank.}) 26. Ra8 $1 {[%emt 0:10:02]} Ree8 {[%emt 0:03:50]} (26... Rxa8 $2 27.
Qxa8+ Kg7 28. cxb4 cxb4 (28... Qxb3 29. Qa1 f6 30. bxc5) 29. Qa1 Qc3 $8 30.
Qxc3 bxc3 31. Rc1 Rc5 32. Rc2 $18) 27. Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:
07]} 28. cxb4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} cxb4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 29. Qxb4 {[%emt 0:00:38]}
Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:15] But surprisingly, even here the passive position of
White's rook makes his victory impossible! His b-pawn will be finally lost,
and both the rook and the queen endgames with 4 pawns vs 3 on the same side
will be drawish.} 30. h4 {[%emt 0:17:27]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 31. g3 {[%emt 0:
06:24]} Qb2 {[%emt 0:03:53]} 32. Qb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 33.
Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:39]} ({or} 33. b4 Rd2) 33... Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 34. Qc4 {
[%emt 0:00:54]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 35. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:
39]} 36. Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:03:01]} 37. Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qf6
{[%emt 0:02:43]} 38. Qe4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:03:16]} 39. Qd3 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 40. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 41. Qc4 {[%emt 0:32:59]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:06:55]} 42. Qd3 {[%emt 0:12:12]} Kh7
{[%emt 0:00:44]} 43. Qd5 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:04:30]} 44. Qc4 {
[%emt 0:00:19]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 45. b4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:02:
27]} 46. Ra1 {[%emt 0:02:01]} Qxb4 {[%emt 0:06:55]} 47. Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:37]}
Rb1+ {[%emt 0:02:23]} 48. Rxb1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qxb1+ {[%emt 0:00:05] , and
Black held the queen ending:} 49. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 50.
Qe5+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 51. Qe8+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kg7 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 52. Qe5+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 53. e4 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 54. Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 55.
Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Qd3 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 56. Qe5 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Qc4 {
[%emt 0:01:23]} 57. Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 58. Qc6 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 59. Qc3+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 60.
Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 61. g4 {[%emt 0:00:56]} hxg4 {
[%emt 0:00:46]} 62. Qxg4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 63. Qf4 {
[%emt 0:01:11]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 64. Qe3 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:
52]} 65. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Qf1 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 66. f3 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Qa1
{[%emt 0:00:10]} 67. Kg4 {[%emt 0:04:13]} Qb2 {[%emt 0:03:54]} 68. Kh3 {
[%emt 0:01:07]} Qa1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 69. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:
37]} 70. f4 {[%emt 0:04:32]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 71. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Qg1+
{[%emt 0:03:24]} 72. Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:02:48]} 73. f5 {[%emt 0:
02:08]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 74. Qf4+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
75. Qe5+ {[%emt 0:04:13]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 76. Qxf5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qh1+ {
[%emt 0:01:41]} 77. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Qd1+ {[%emt 0:01:10]} 78. Kg5 {
[%emt 0:00:24]} Qc1+ {[%emt 0:01:34]} 79. Kh5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:
50]} 80. Kg4 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 81. Qe5 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Kh7
{[%emt 0:01:47]} 82. h5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Qg1+ {[%emt 0:01:51]} 83. Kf5 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 84. Kg4 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Qg1+ {[%emt 0:00:
24]} 85. Qg3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 86. Qf4 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Kg7
{[%emt 0:01:10]} 87. Kh4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 88. Qe5 {
[%emt 0:00:56]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 89. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Qg1+ {[%emt 0:03:
13]} 90. Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Qg7+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 91. Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
Qh6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 92. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 93. Qd5 {
[%emt 0:00:43]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 94. Qg5+ {[%emt 0:00:44]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:
19]} 95. Qf5+ {[%emt 0:00:39]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 96. Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:12]}
Kg8 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 97. e5 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 98. Qg3 {
[%emt 0:00:22]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 99. Qf4+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} 100. Kh4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 101. Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:26]}
Kh7 {[%emt 0:03:25]} 102. Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Qg2 {[%emt 0:02:27]} 103. Qd3+ {
[%emt 0:00:11]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 104. Qe3+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 105. Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Qh1+ {[%emt 0:01:22]} 106. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} Qg2+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 107. Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Qg7+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 108.
Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qg1 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 109. Qc4 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Qf2+ {
[%emt 0:03:54]} 110. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Qg3+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 111. Kf6 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} Qf3+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 112. Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Qb7+ {[%emt 0:
00:06]} 113. Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Qb6+ {[%emt 0:01:24]} 114. Ke7 {[%emt 0:01:
33]} Qb7+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 115. Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Qb1 b6 9. Nf3 Bh6 10. Bg5 (10. Ng5 {leads to a position from
Kacheishvili-Vallejo (see CBM 104).}) 10... Bxg5 11. Nxg5 Qd5 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 {
[%mdl 8] A new move. Black gives up the c4 pawn. In the arising endgame his
knight successfully holds on against the white bishop.} ({There is apparently
nothing wrong with} 12... fxe6 {, e.g.} 13. a4 (13. e4 Qa5 14. Qb2 Qa4 15. Be2
Nd7 16. e5 Rf8 17. O-O c5 18. f4 cxd4 19. cxd4 Rc8 $13 {0-1 Goldin,A-Kudrin,S/
San Diego 2004/CBM 105 (40)}) 13... Nc6 14. Qb5 Qxb5 15. axb5 Na5 16. Ra4 Kd7
17. h4 Rhf8 18. g4 h5 19. Bg2 Rac8 20. Be4 hxg4 21. Bxg6 Rf3 22. h5 Rcf8 23. h6
Rh3 24. Rxh3 gxh3 25. Ra1 Rf6 26. h7 Rxg6 27. h8=Q Rg1+ 28. Ke2 Rxa1 29. Qxh3
Ra2+ 30. Kf3 Rd2 31. Ke4 Nb7 32. Ke5 Nd8 33. f4 Nf7+ 34. Ke4 Nd6+ 35. Ke5 Nf7+
36. Ke4 Nd6+ {1/2-1/2 Javakhishvili,L-Alonso,R/Campillos 2005/CBM 104 ext}) 13.
Qb5+ c6 14. Qxc4 Qxc4 15. Bxc4 e6 {In a later game Black equalized as well:} (
15... Nd7 16. a4 Rc8 17. Ba6 Rc7 18. a5 e6 19. Kd2 Ke7 20. Rhb1 Rd8 21. axb6
Nxb6 22. Ke2 c5 23. Ra3 cxd4 24. cxd4 Nd5 25. Kf3 Kf6 26. Bd3 e5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Macieja,B-Navara,D/Ermioni Argolidas GRE 2005/The Week in Chess 558 (55)}) 16.
a4 a6 17. Be2 Ke7 18. Kd2 Nd7 19. Rhb1 (19. h4 $5 h5) (19. g4 $5 h6 $5) 19...
Rhc8 20. f4 $6 {In any case this move, allowing unpleasant blockade, is
strange.} f5 21. g4 Kd6 22. c4 a5 23. g5 $6 (23. h3 $11) 23... h6 $1 {Black
seizes initiative at the h-file.} 24. h4 Rh8 25. Rh1 Rh7 26. Bf3 Rah8 27. Kd3
hxg5 28. hxg5 Rh3 29. Bg2 Rh2 30. Bf3 c5 $1 31. Rxh2 $2 {Why allow the black
rook into White's camp?} (31. Bg2 $142 {holding on.}) 31... Rxh2 32. Rh1 Rf2
33. Bb7 cxd4 34. exd4 Rxf4 35. Rh6 Kc7 $2 {After this passive move White
avoids the punishment he deserves for his inaccurate play.} (35... Nf8 $5 36.
Rh8 Ke7) (35... e5 $5 36. Rxg6+ Kc7 37. Bd5 Rxd4+ 38. Ke3 Rg4 $17 {Despite
White's passed pawn, Black's material advantage gives him good winning chances.
}) 36. Rh7 Rg4 (36... Kxb7 37. Rxd7+ Kc6 38. Rg7) 37. Ba6 {[%cal Cc7d6,Cg4g5,
Ra6b5] White has unexpectedly obtained strong counterplay.} e5 38. dxe5 Kd8 39.
Rh8+ Ke7 40. Rh7+ Kd8 41. Rh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.02.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Qb1 c5 $6 $146 {A dubious novelty, which GM V.Ivanchuk confidently refutes.} 9.
Qxb7 Bd5 10. Qb5+ Nd7 11. Nf3 Rb8 12. Qa4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qc8 {Both kings are in
the centre but White's development is better.} 14. Rc1 $1 {[%mdl 128]} e6 15.
Bxc4 $1 {A brave decision based on precise calculations.} Rb4 16. Qa6 $1 Bb7 (
16... Qc7 17. Ne5 $1 Rb6 18. O-O $1 (18. Qa4 $143 Rb4) 18... Rxa6 19. Bxa6 Qb8
20. Rc8+ Qxc8 21. Bxc8 Nxe5 22. Bf6 Rg8 23. Bxe5 {with a healthy extra pawn.})
17. Qa5 $1 f6 (17... Bd5 18. Ne5 $1 Bxg2 19. Kd1 $3 Qb8 20. Bb5 $1 $18) 18. Nd2
Bxg2 {Black has restored the material balance but his king is under a strong
attack.} 19. Rg1 Qc6 (19... Bd5 {didn't help} 20. Bxf6 $1 Rxc4 (20... Rg8 21.
Bxd5 $3 Qxc1+ 22. Ke2 Qc8 (22... Qxg1 23. Qd8+ {with a quick mate}) 23. Rc1 $1
Qb8 24. Bxe6 $18) 21. Nxc4 Qb8 22. Qa4 Qb4+ 23. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 24. Nd2 $1 {keeping
an extra exchange}) 20. Rxg2 $1 Qxg2 21. Bxe6 Bd6 22. Rc8+ Ke7 23. Rxh8 Kxe6
24. Qd8 Qg1+ 25. Ke2 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bellaiche, Antony"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 (4... Ne4 5. cxd5 Nxg5 6. h4) 5. Bxf6
Bxf6 6. cxd5 c6 7. Rc1 O-O 8. dxc6 Qxd4 9. Qxd4 Bxd4 10. cxb7 Bxb7 11. e3 Bf6
12. Nf3 Nd7 13. Bb5 Nb8 {C'est une erreur de sauvegarde du plateau DGT et
c'est Nc5 qui a été joué dans la partie. Les coups 14.Bf1 Nd7 15.Bb5 n'ont pas
été joués et la partie ne comporte que 41 coups} (13... Nc5 14. O-O Bxf3 15.
gxf3 {L'ordre de coups réel mais on transpose au 15ème coup}) 14. Bf1 Nd7 15.
Bb5 Nc5 {Retombe sur la partie réellement jouée.} 16. O-O Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rab8
18. b4 Rfc8 (18... Ne6 $142 19. a4 Nc7 {[%cal Gf6c3]} (19... a6 20. Bxa6 Rxb4)
20. Bd7 Bxc3 21. Rxc3 Nd5 22. Rc5 Nxb4 $132) 19. Nd5 {[%csl Gd5]} Rxb5 20. a4
Rb7 21. Rxc5 Rd8 22. Rfc1 Kg7 {[%cal Ge7e6,Gb7b4]} 23. b5 $36 {[%csl Ga4,Gb5]}
Be5 24. Nb4 $1 {[%csl Ga6,Gc6]} Bd6 25. Nc6 $1 Ra8 26. Na5 $1 Bxc5 27. Nxb7 Bb6
28. Nc5 (28. a5 $143 Rb8 29. a6 {[%csl Ra7]}) 28... Rd8 29. Nb3 Rd3 30. Rb1 Rc3
31. a5 $40 Bc7 32. b6 axb6 33. a6 $1 Bb8 34. Nd4 {[%cal Gd4b5,Ga6a7]} Ra3 35.
Nc6 Bc7 36. a7 $18 Kf8 37. Rb5 Ra6 38. Kg2 f6 39. f4 Kf7 40. e4 Ke6 (40... Bxf4
$2 41. Rxb6 $1) 41. e5 g5 42. exf6 exf6 43. f5+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 {91} (4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7
7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3) 4... Ne4 {91} 5. h4 $5 {91 Une ligne secondaire qui était la
préparation des Blancs et la partie est d'importance théorique car elle
n'avait pas encore été jouée а haut niveau.} (5. Bh4 {La grande ligne} Nxc3 6.
bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 (7. Qa4+)) (5. cxd5 Nxg5 6. h4 Ne4 7. Nxe4 Qxd5) 5... Bg7 {82}
(5... Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. h5 Bg7 9. h6 Bf8 {Doyle,J-Stevenson,J 
(2135) West of Scotland-ch 1998 (2) 1-0} (9... Bf6 10. Bxf6 exf6 11. Ne2 Nd7 (
11... c5 12. Rb1) (11... Nc6 12. Rb1 Na5 $11) (11... Bd5 12. Nf4 c6 13. Be2 O-O
$11 {Delchev: The safest Grunfeld}) 12. Nf4)) (5... Nxg5 6. hxg5 $14 {[%csl
Gh1]}) 6. cxd5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qxd5 8. e3 {92} h6 {76} (8... Nd7 9. Nf3 Qa5 10.
Bd3 h6 (10... Qxc3+ 11. Ke2 e5 12. Rc1 $44 {Nguyen,N (2637)-Svidler,P (2739)
FIDE World Cup 2011 (2.6) 0-1})) 9. Bf4 e5 $1 (9... Qa5 $5 {[%csl Rc3]}) 10.
Bxe5 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Qxe5 $11 12. Qd4 {92} Nc6 {73} (12... Nd7 {Quelques
semaines plus tard, les Noirs ont tenté d'améliorer la position avec Nbd7} 13.
Nf3 Qf6 14. Bb5 c6 15. Bc4 c5 16. Qxf6 Nxf6 17. Ne5 Rf8 18. Rb1 Rb8 19. f3 Nd7
20. Nd3 Ke7 21. Nf4 Nb6 22. Bb3 g5 23. Nd5+ Nxd5 24. Bxd5 Be6 25. Bxe6 Kxe6 26.
Ke2 b5 27. hxg5 {Goganov,A (2480)-Klimov,S (2503)/St Petersburg 2011/Mega2011
Update 24/1/2-1/2 (52)}) 13. Bb5 {92} Bd7 {47 Les Blancs continuent de suivre
la préparation maison et les Noirs commencent а accuser un net retard а la
pendule} 14. Nf3 $1 {Force l'échange des Q qui va donner une finale agréable а
jouer pour les Blancs} Qxd4 15. cxd4 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Ga1c1]} Ne5 $6 (15...
O-O-O $142 16. Rc1 Rhe8 17. Kd2 (17. h5 g5) (17. Ke2 a6 18. Bc4 Bg4 19. Rhd1
Nxd4+) (17. O-O $143 {[%csl Rg1]}) 17... a6 18. Bc4 {[%csl Rf7]} Re7 19. Rhd1
Bg4 20. Be2 {[%cal Gd2e1]} Red7 $2 21. Rxc6 $1 {[%cal Ge2a6,Gf3e5]}) 16. Bxd7+
Nxd7 17. Ke2 $1 {88} c5 {40} 18. a4 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Ga4a5,Ga1b1,Gh1b1]} (18.
h5 g5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Rac1 Ne6 21. Rhd1 $32) 18... Ke7 19. h5 Rac8 (19... g5
{Plus solide car le P"h6" sera trés faible dans la partie}) 20. hxg6 $36 {
[%csl Gh1,Rh6] 85 Les Blancs continuent de jouer quasiment а tempo!} (20. Rab1)
20... fxg6 {31} 21. a5 $1 {[%csl Rb7] 83 La majorité noire а l'aile-dame n'est
pas facile а mobiliser et les Blancs donnent une leçon technique! Le plus
impressionnant est de voir JOBAVA continuer de blitzer.} Rc7 22. Rab1 $16 {
[%csl Rb7][%cal Gb1b2,Gh1b1]} b6 23. axb6 axb6 24. g4 {73} Ra7 {20} 25. Rb2
Rha8 {Il est souvent recommandé de jouer activement en finale de R mais les
Noirs n'auront pas forcément assez de compensations.} (25... h5 26. gxh5 Rxh5
27. Rg1 Kf7 {Il y a a encore du travail pour les Blancs}) 26. Rxh6 Ra2 27. Rd2
{66} Nf6 {12} 28. Ne5 $1 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Ge5g4,Ge5g6,Gf2f3]} Rxd2+ 29. Kxd2 {
62 Une heure d'avance !} Ra2+ $6 {02} 30. Kd3 Rxf2 $2 $138 (30... g5) 31. g5 $1
Nd5 32. Nxg6+ Ke8 33. Rh8+ Kd7 34. Ne5+ Ke7 35. Rh7+ Ke6 36. Rh6+ Ke7 37. e4
Nb4+ 38. Ke3 {[%mdl 32] Une partie impressionnante de la part du géorgien} 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
cxd5 cxd4 9. cxd4 Qxd5 10. e3 O-O 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Bf5 13. Qa4 Qa5 14. Qxa5
Nxa5 15. Rfc1 Rfc8 16. Nd2 Rxc1+ 17. Rxc1 Rc8 18. Rxc8+ Bxc8 19. Bf3 Nc6 $146 {
Preventing the bishop's access to b8, which would force the weakening of the
queenside pawns.} (19... Bd7 20. Bb8 a6 21. Bc7 Nc6 22. Nb3 $14 {Sumets,A 
(2477)-Prasad,D (2359) Pardubice 2005 (1/2-1/2, 36)}) 20. Bc7 Kf8 21. Nb3 Ke8
22. Nc5 e6 23. Bxc6+ bxc6 $14 {With such a black weakness on c6, the position
surely looks pleasant for White, but the bishop pair offers good chances for
defending.} 24. Bb8 a6 25. Bd6 Bf6 26. Kf1 Bd8 27. Ke2 Bb6 28. Na4 Bd8 29. Nc5
Bb6 30. Ne4 Kd7 31. Be5 Bd8 32. Bf6 Bb6 33. Ng5 c5 34. Nxh7 Bb7 35. g4 Bd5 36.
a3 Bc4+ 37. Kd1 Bd5 38. Ng5 cxd4 39. Bxd4 Bxd4 40. exd4 f6 41. Nh7 Ke7 42. g5
fxg5 43. Kd2 e5 44. Ke3 Ke6 45. Nf8+ Kf5 46. dxe5 Kxe5 47. Nxg6+ Kf6 48. Kd4
Bg2 49. Ne5 Kf5 50. Nd3 Kg4 51. Ke3 Kh3 52. Nc5 a5 53. f3 g4 54. fxg4 Kxg4 55.
Nb3 a4 56. Nc5 Bc6 57. Kf2 Kh3 58. Kg1 Kg4 59. Nd3 Bb5 60. Nb4 Kh3 61. Na2 Be8
62. Nc3 Kg4 63. Nd1 Bb5 64. Nf2+ Kf3 65. h4 Be8 66. Nd1 Kg3 67. Nc3 Kxh4 68.
Kf2 Kg4 69. Ke3 Kf5 70. Kd4 Ke6 71. Kc5 Ke7 72. Nxa4 Bxa4 73. Kb4 Be8 74. a4
Bxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.06.03"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 ({Against Aronian, Svidler
refrained from pawn grabbing, preferring} 5... c5 {instead, but he did not
manage to equalize.}) 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. Qb1 Qd5 ({And here, he
refrained from sticking to his material advantage for as long as possible. His
game against Ivanchuk went} 8... c5 9. Qxb7 {and the complications ended to
White's favour.}) 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Qb2 Nd7 11. Be2 Nb6 12. O-O Bg7 13. Nd2 c5 14.
Nb3 Qb5 15. Qa3 Qa4 16. Qxa4+ Nxa4 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Bxc3 19. Rab1 b6 20.
cxb6 axb6 21. Rxb6 O-O 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. Bxc4 Kf7 24. Bb3 Rfd8 25. g4 Bf6 26.
g5 Bb2 27. Bg3 Ra5 28. h4 Rd3 29. Kg2 Be5 30. Rc1 Bxg3 31. Kxg3 h6 32. gxh6 Rh5
33. Rc4 Rd6 34. Rf4+ Kg8 35. Re4 Kf7 36. Rf4+ Kg8 37. Re4 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.30"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[BlackTeam "Vietnam"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KAZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "VIE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c6 7. e4 Qb6 {
This allows Black retrieve the pawn, but loses valuable time.} 8. e5 {It is
essential to restrict the activity of the enemy bishop.} Qxb2 9. Qc1 {White
exchanges the black piece that has consumed two tempos already.} (9. Nge2 {
is also promissing:} Bg7 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 cxd5 12. Rb1 Qa3 13. Nxd5 Nc6 14.
O-O Bg4 15. Rxb7 Rab8 16. Rxb8 Rxb8 17. Ndc3 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 Nb4 19. e6 Qxa2 20.
exf7+ Qxf7 21. d5 e6 22. dxe6 Qxe6 23. Nf4 $36 {The a7-pawn is far from
becoming dangerous, while the weakness of the black kingside is acute, Eljanov,
P (2729)-Kurnosov,I (2666)/Jenbach 2009/ (0-1, 38).}) 9... Qxc1+ 10. Rxc1 Bg7
11. Bc4 $146 (11. Bd3 O-O 12. Nge2 Rd8 13. O-O Kf8 14. Be4 cxd5 15. Nxd5 Nc6
16. Rfd1 Bh6 17. Rb1 Rb8 18. Nc7 Bg4 19. f3 Be3+ 20. Kf1 Bf5 $36 {Tihonov,J 
(2443)-Zhigalko,A (2491)/Minsk 2004/EXT 2005 (1/2, 34). Having completed his
development and activated his dark-squared bishop, Black has excellent
prospects.}) 11... O-O 12. f4 {Black will find it difficult to activate his
g7-bishop now.} cxd5 13. Bxd5 Nc6 14. Nf3 Bh6 15. g3 Rd8 16. Kf2 Bf5 17. Ke3
$14 {The king actively contributes to the consolidation of the space advantage,
while the h6-bishop is out of play.} Rac8 18. Be4 Bg4 19. Ne2 Be6 20. Rc5 Nb4
21. Rhc1 Nxa2 22. Ra1 Nb4 23. Rxa7 Nd5+ 24. Kf2 b6 25. Rb5 f6 26. Rb7 Bf8 27.
Bxd5 Bxd5 28. R7xb6 Rc2 29. Rb2 Rxb2 30. Rxb2 Rc8 31. Rb5 Bc4 32. Rc5 Rxc5 33.
dxc5 e6 34. c6 Bc5+ 35. Ke1 Kf7 36. Nc3 f5 37. Na4 Bb4+ 38. Kf2 Ba5 39. Nd4 Ke7
40. Ke3 Kd8 41. Nc5 Ke7 42. Nd7 h6 43. h4 h5 44. Nc5 Bb6 45. Na4 Ba7 46. Nc3
Kd8 47. Nb1 Kc7 48. Na3 Ba6 49. Nac2 Bb6 50. Kd2 Ba5+ 51. Kd1 Bc4 52. Ne3 Bb6
53. Nec2 Ba5 54. Ne3 Bb6 55. Nec2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.11"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Tikkanen, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. h4 $5 {The evaluation of this
experimental move depends on whether White will be able to play h4-h5 in the
near future. Otherwise, the white kingside may remain weak.} Nxc3 ({A previous
game by Jobava went:} 5... Bg7 6. cxd5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qxd5 8. e3 h6 ({A few
months later, Svidler improved on Black's play:} 8... Nd7 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Bd3 h6
11. Bf4 e5 12. Bg3 exd4 13. exd4 O-O 14. O-O Nf6 15. Qc2 Bf5 $5 {Nguyen,N 
(2637)-Svidler,P (2739)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2011/CBM 145 (0-1, 28)}) 9. Bf4 e5 10.
Bxe5 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Qxe5 12. Qd4 Nc6 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Nf3 Qxd4 15. cxd4 Ne5 16.
Bxd7+ Nxd7 17. Ke2 c5 18. a4 Ke7 19. h5 $14 {Jobava,B (2707)-Safarli,E (2628)/
Aix-les-Bains 2011/CBM 142 (1-0, 38). White has better control in the centre
and the black kingside is under pressure.}) 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e4 b5 {A typical
Slav gambit position has been reached. With his next two pawn moves, Jobava
activates both his rooks, just as he did in the game mentioned above.} 8. a4 c6
9. h5 $1 $36 {It now becomes clear that h2-h4 has been more than an
extravagant move.} Rg8 10. hxg6 hxg6 11. Qf3 f6 12. Bf4 Qa5 13. Be2 Nd7 14. e5
Bb7 15. exf6 exf6 16. Qe3+ Kf7 17. Nh3 Re8 18. Qf3 Bg7 19. Ng5+ Ke7 20. Qe3+
1-0

[Event "Terre degli Elimi op 8th"]
[Site "Erice"]
[Date "2017.07.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gilevich, Artem"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2017.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 c6 6. e3 ({After checking my
opponent's repertoire I decided on using the Grünfeld move order to reach the
same type of position as examined in my fianchetto Slav article published in
CBM 177. Even though my opponent avoided transposing to the article with} 6.
Nf3 {he did not catch me unaware.}) 6... Qa5 7. cxd5 ({The main alternative is
} 7. Qb3 e5 $1 {A typical pawn sacrifice taking advantage of the fact that
White has delayed the development of the king's knight.} 8. Bd3 (8. dxe5 g5 9.
Bg3 Be6 10. cxd5 Bxd5 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. Nge2 O-O-O 13. O-O-O (13. f3 Nxg3 14.
hxg3 Bb3 $3 15. Qxb3 Nc5 $19 {wins material.}) 13... Nxg3 14. hxg3 (14. Nxg3
Be6 15. f4 gxf4 16. exf4 Bh6 {retrieves the e5-pawn with obvious advantage.})
14... Bxa2 $13) 8... exd4 9. exd4 {Palachev,P (2373)-Timofeev,A (2539) St
Petersburg 2015 (0-1, 49)} Bb4 $1 10. Bxe4 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 dxe4 12. Ne2 O-O $13
{The black queen's activity prevents White from creating dangerous threats
using his bishop. Besides, Black has some space advantage and the c4-square is
weak.}) 7... Nxc3 8. Qd2 e6 $5 $146 (8... cxd5 {Ipatov,A (2454)-Lorenzo de la
Riva,L (2331) Badalona 2009 (1-0, 45)} 9. Ne2 $1 $14) (8... b6 9. bxc3 cxd5 10.
c4 $5) 9. bxc3 ({The point is that} 9. dxe6 $2 {allows Black to keep the extra
piece with} Bb4 10. a3 Nd5) ({And if} 9. Ne2 Nxa2 $1 10. Qxa5 Bb4+ 11. Qxb4
Nxb4 {the threat ...Nc2 wins a pawn. True White has reasonable compensation
for it due to his strong dark-squared bishop.}) 9... cxd5 10. Nf3 ({White can
try preventing the plan based on the exchange of bishops with} 10. Rb1 b6 11.
Bb5+ (11. c4 dxc4 12. Qxa5 bxa5 {As we will see, the double pawns are strong,
offering support to the minor pieces.} 13. Bxc4 Bb4+ 14. Ke2 Nd7 15. Nf3 O-O
16. Rhc1 Nb6 17. Bd3 Nd5 18. Kf1 Bb7 $132 {/\ ...Rfc8, ...Nc3, XPa2}) 11... Bd7
12. Bd3 Bc6 13. Ne2 Nd7 14. O-O b5 15. f3 Bh6 $11 {The position is rather
static and Black does not have problems.}) (10. Bf6 Rg8 {is not dangerous.
Black will soon drive the enemy bishop away with ...Nd7, when he could even
start a kingside pawn attack with ...g6-g5.}) 10... b6 11. Ne5 Nd7 {Before
continuing with his plan Black has to deal with the central knight.} (11... Ba6
$2 12. Bxa6 Qxa6 (12... Nxa6 13. Bf6 Rg8 14. e4 $16) 13. Bf6 Rg8 14. c4 $16)
12. f4 ({Depriving Black of the right to castle is not effective. It only
gives up the central outpost without a fight.} 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. Bf6 Rg8 14.
Be2 Rc8 {White suddenly has problems with his backward pawn.} 15. Rc1 Ba3 16.
O-O (16. Rc2 Ba4 $19) 16... Bxc1 (16... h5 $5 {would be a subtle way of
anticipating Qh6 in the main line.}) 17. Rxc1 Bb5 18. Bf3 Bc4 19. e4 Kd7 20.
Qh6 Qa3 {and White does not seem to have enough compensation for the exchange.}
) 12... Ba6 13. Bd3 ({Once again} 13. Nxd7 {does not promise much.} Kxd7 14.
Bf6 Rg8 15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. Kf2 Be7 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. c4 dxc4 (18... Rgc8 19.
cxd5 exd5 {[%csl Ge3,Ge4] is also at least fine for Black.}) 19. Qb4+ Kf6 20.
Qc3 Rgd8 21. d5+ Ke7 22. Qb4+ Rd6 {Black has good chances to keep the pawn and
neutralise the white initiative.}) 13... Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Rc8 {Things start
settling down. White's activity did not bring in the desired result while the
potentially bad bishop and the backward c3-pawn stay.} 15. O-O $5 {Setting a
small trap.} (15. Rc1 f5 16. O-O {would lead to similar play as in the game,
but my opponent wanted both his rooks on the queenside.}) 15... f5 $1 ({
Of course,} 15... Rxc3 {is bad due to} 16. Rac1 $1 {and the queen is taboo in
view of mate on c8, while the rook exchange would put the king in big danger.})
({It was also not difficult to establish that} 15... Nxe5 16. fxe5 {offers
White too much play.} Rxc3 17. Qe2 Bh6 18. Rxf7 Bxe3+ 19. Kh1 Kxf7 20. Qf3+ Ke8
21. Qf6 {I ended my line here as Black's position looks dangerous. Engines
think it is a draw, but this is also enough to prefer the game move.}) 16. Rfc1
({For the last time the knight exchange would not improve White's position.} 
16. Nxd7 Kxd7 17. Rfc1 Ba3 18. Rc2 Rc4 $17 {and the king is absolutely safe in
the centre.}) 16... Nxe5 17. fxe5 Ba3 18. Rc2 O-O $17 {Black has obtained a
dream position with the better structure and bishop. The only open question
remains whether he will be able to win.} 19. Rf1 Qa4 20. Be1 Qc4 21. Qd1 {
Just losing some time on the way to exchange queens, but at this stage time is
not an essential factor.} Be7 22. Qe2 Qxe2 23. Rxe2 Rc4 24. Rb2 Rb8 25. Kf2 {
Slightly careless.} Bh4+ $1 {Forcing another pawn to go on to a dark square
cannot do any harm.} 26. g3 Be7 27. Ke2 b5 28. Bd2 a6 29. Kd3 Kg7 30. Ke2 g5 {
I did not have a clear plan yet but I knew that I would have to combine play
on both wings in order to get winning chances.} 31. h3 h5 32. Kd3 ({Fighting
against the blockade on the light squares with} 32. g4 {would open a new front
for Black after} fxg4 33. hxg4 hxg4 34. Rg1 Rh8 $17) 32... Kg6 33. Ke2 Rh8 {
[%cal Gh5h4]} 34. Be1 Ra4 35. Rg1 Ra3 36. Rg2 Rc8 37. Kd3 g4 $5 {By this
moment I already decided that I would later break with ...f5-f4, meaning that
the kingside would not stay completely blocked.} 38. h4 Rc4 {Preparing to
improve the queenside position to the maximum.} 39. Rb3 Ra5 40. Rc2 Rca4 41.
Rbb2 Ra3 42. Ke2 R5a4 43. Bd2 Bd8 {I was not sure in which form I should carry
out ...f5-f4. For a while I thought the bishop on b6 would help but then I
returned with it to e7.} 44. Be1 Bb6 45. Bd2 Ba5 ({Unfortunately} 45... f4 {
does not work so well:} 46. exf4 Kf5 47. Be3 ({My main idea was to prevent} 47.
Kd3 $2 {due to} Rxd4+ $1) 47... Ke4 48. f5 $1 ({The passive} 48. Bf2 {is
likely to lead to trouble:} Ba5 49. Be1 b4 $17) 48... Kxf5 49. Kd3 {With the
bishop on e7 things would still be under control but the way it is the rook
would invade through the f-file.}) 46. Be1 Bd8 47. Bd2 Be7 48. Be1 f4 {Finally
making up my mind.} ({During the game I could not work out a clear plan based
on the king's transfer to the queenside. Analysis suggests this may have been
a better idea:} 48... Kf7 49. Kd1 Ke8 50. Kc1 Kd7 51. Kb1 Rc4 52. Rb3 Raa4 53.
Kb2 Kc6 54. Bd2 Kb6 55. Be1 Rc8 56. Bd2 Rac4 57. Kb1 a5 58. Rcb2 b4 59. cxb4 a4
60. Rd3 Kb5 61. Ka1 Bd8 62. Rb1 $5 {Preparing to defend on both wings.} ({
The passive} 62. Kb1 $2 {leaves White poorly coordinated allowing Black to
carry out the second pawn break with full effect:} Bb6 63. a3 f4 64. exf4 (64.
gxf4 g3 $19 65. Be1 Rc1+) 64... Bxd4 65. Ra2 R8c7 $22 $19 {White has no moves.}
66. f5 Rf7 $1 67. f6 Bxe5 $19) 62... Bb6 (62... f4 63. exf4 Bb6 64. Rf1 Bxd4+
65. Kb1 Bc3 66. a3 Bxd2 67. Rxd2 Rc3 68. f5 $132) 63. Rf1 {[%csl Gf4]} Rc2 {
Threatening ...a4-a3.} 64. Rd1 {The only move.} f4 65. exf4 a3 $17 {with a
very dangerous attack for the missing pawns.}) {But my plan was also dangerous
enough.} 49. exf4 Kf5 50. Kd1 $6 {My opponent seems to have had enough of my
queenside pressure and decided to transfer the king to that side. But leaving
the centre undefended was hardly a good idea.} ({After a neutral move such as} 
50. Bd2 {Black would have had a harder time to open the position.}) 50... Rc4
51. Rb3 Raa4 52. Kc1 Ba3+ 53. Kb1 Rc6 54. Re2 ({During the game I thought this
to be careless but White cannot prevent ...b5-b4 anyway:} 54. Bd2 Rcc4 55. Be3
(55. Be1 b4 $17) 55... b4 56. cxb4 Raxb4 $17 {In both cases the d4-pawn is
weak, the white king in some danger and the black king close to the weakness
on g3.}) 54... b4 55. Re3 Rc8 56. Bd2 Rc4 {Trying to create a zugzwang.} 57.
Be1 {This leaves c1 undefended allowing the rook to regroup.} ({But if} 57. Rd3
a5 {the rook would later have to spend a tempo to defend e4.}) 57... Ra5 ({
Actually the simpler} 57... bxc3 {looks very promising:} 58. Bxc3 a5 59. Rd3
Rc7 60. Re3 Rc8 {Again some cat and mouse play to create zugzwang. Since I did
something similar in the game please do not rush into concluding that these
are just computer moves! Human brains can and should do as well as them!} 61.
Rd3 (61. Rb7 Rb4+ 62. Rxb4 Bxb4 63. Bb2 $6 a4 $17) (61. Re2 Rac4 62. Re3 Bf8
63. Kb2 a4 64. Rb7 Ba3+ 65. Kxa3 Rxc3+ 66. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 67. Kxa4 Rxg3 68. Rf7+
Ke4 69. Rf6 Kxd4 70. Rxe6 Re3 71. Re8 Ke4 $17) 61... Ke4 62. Bd2 Bb4 63. Bc1
Be7 $17 {with a strong initiative.}) 58. Bd2 Rb5 59. Kc2 a5 60. Re1 Rb6 $2 (
60... bxc3 {is less effective already:} 61. Be3 (61. Bc1 Bb4 $5 62. a3 Rxd4 63.
Be3 Re4 64. axb4 axb4 65. Bf2 Ra5 66. Rxe4 dxe4 67. Be3 Ra2+ 68. Kd1 Rg2 $36) (
61. Rxb5 cxd2+ 62. Kxd2 Bb4+ 63. Rxb4 Rxb4 64. Kc3 Rc4+ 65. Kd3 Ra4 $19 {
[%csl Ga2,Gd4,Gg3]}) 61... Rxb3 62. axb3 Rc8 63. Bf2 $15 {and White should
hold.}) 61. Reb1 Rbc6 62. Kd3 Rc8 63. Rxa3 $1 {I saw it coming. White gets a
perfect fortress now.} bxa3 64. Rb5 a4 65. Rb7 R4c7 66. Rb4 Rc4 67. Rb7 R4c7
68. Rb4 Rc4 (68... Ra8 69. Bc1 Raa7 70. Rb8 (70. Bxa3 Rab7 71. Rxb7 Rxb7 72.
Bb4 a3 73. Ke3 $11 Kg6 74. Kd3 Kf7 75. Ke3 Rb8 76. Kd3 Ke8 77. Ke3 Kd7 78. Kd3
Kc6 79. Kc2 $11) 70... Rab7 71. Rg8 Rg7 72. Rf8+ Rbf7 73. Ra8 $11) 69. Rb7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "202"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} g6 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Bg7
$5 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 5. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 6. cxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} c5 $5 {[%emt 0:00:07] This is the modern continuation,
immediately attacking the dark squares by temporarily sacrificing a second
pawn..} ({In the '90s Black mainly undermined the white centre with} 6... c6 {
as, for instance, in the latest annotated game Bellaiche,A (2472)-L'Ami,E 
(2623) Aix-les-Bains 2011 CBM 142B [Marchand,A/Primel,D] (1-0, 43)}) 7. dxc5 {
[%emt 0:00:30] The most obvious continuation,} ({although the developing} 7.
Nf3 {also makes sense} cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qb6 {Dreev,A (2698)-Melkumyan,H (2628)
Plovdiv 2012 CBM 148 [Krasenkow,M] (1-0, 37)}) 7... Nd7 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 8. e3
{[%emt 0:00:39]} ({With two extra pawns, White can try deviating from the
natural course of events with, say,} 8. Qa4 O-O 9. Qa3 Bd4 10. Nf3 Bxc5 11. Qb3
Bd6 12. e3 Nc5 $132 {Moiseenko,A (2715)-Gopal,G (2576) Ningbo 2011 CBM 144 
[Krasenkow,M] (1-0, 104)}) 8... O-O {[%emt 0:02:05]} ({More flexible than} 8...
Qa5 {Rajkovic,D (2418)-Atalik,S (2595) Belgrade 2012 CBM 152 [Atalik,S] (0-1,
31)}) 9. Bc4 {[%emt 0:01:44]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 10. Nge2 {[%emt 0:00:54]
White is close to completing his development and the extra pawn is safely
defended. However, Black's minor pieces are better placed than White's,
compare the c4- and f6-bishops and the e2- and c5-knights. As for the
unchallenged pressure along the long diagonal, Black rarely gets something
similar in other Grünfeld lines. All these mean that Black should count on
adequate compensation for the pawn.} Qa5 $146 {[%emt 0:00:39][%cal Gc5e4,Gb7b5,
Ga5b4] An active move, creating all sorts of small threats.} ({The natural
developing moves} 10... Bd7 11. O-O Rc8 {are a bit slow, allowing White to
consolidate:} 12. Rc1 Qb6 13. b3 Rfd8 14. Nd4 {Heimann,A (2493)-Vachier
Lagrave,M (2742) Rhodes 2013 (½-½, 20), Black's position is by no means easy
to break, as all his pieces are well placed. But his position is more of a
fortress and it looks like only White could press for a while.}) ({The other
active queen move} 10... Qb6 {has the drawback of blocking the b-pawn, thus
disabling one of Black's threats.} 11. O-O $6 (11. Qd2 {is critical.}) 11...
Qxb2 12. Rb1 Qa3 {Balog,I (2554)-Erdos,V (2643) Hungary 2013 (0-1, 28), with
good play for Black.}) 11. Qd2 {[%emt 0:03:16] This looks like a solid defence,
but Black's answer shatters this illusion.} ({True, after} 11. O-O Qb4 12. Bb3
Bf5 {Black's pressure becomes worrying.}) ({Or if} 11. a3 {, preventing ...Qb4,
} Ne4 12. O-O Nxc3 13. Nxc3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qxc3 15. Qe2 Bd7 {with normal play
for Black.}) 11... b5 $5 {[%emt 0:43:41]} ({By far more energetic than} 11...
Bd7 12. Rd1 Rac8 {which may be quite OK, too.}) 12. Nxb5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} (12.
Bxb5 $6 {drops the exchange to} Nb3 $1) 12... Qxd2+ {[%emt 0:01:00]} 13. Kxd2 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:09:24] If Black managed to take on b2 with the
rook, his compensation would be beyond any doubt. White decides on keeping
both pawns at the cost of an exchange.} 14. Rhb1 {[%emt 0:02:18]} (14. Rhd1 Bd7
15. Nbd4 Rxb2+ 16. Ke1 Rfb8 $36) 14... Bf5 {[%emt 0:17:54]} 15. Nbd4 {[%emt 0:
46:52]} Bxb1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 16. Rxb1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ne4+ {[%emt 0:00:39]}
17. Ke1 $44 {[%emt 0:00:27] Black does not seem to have lost any single bit of
his attacking potential, but there is one important detail: White can
neutralise the rooks' action by installing a knight on c6. This makes that it
is Black who needs to display certain accuracy to avoid landing in a passive
position.} Rb6 {[%emt 0:03:27]} 18. b4 {[%emt 0:13:12]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:02]}
19. Nc6 {[%emt 0:10:18]} e6 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 20. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:15][%cal
Gc6a7]} Rbxc6 $2 {[%emt 0:14:27] There was no need for panicking that badly.} (
{True,} 20... a6 21. Bd3 Nd6 (21... exd5 $2 22. Ne7+ $1) 22. e4 {allows White
to consolidate, but}) (20... Nd6 $1 {[%csl Gc4] would have most likely solved
the problems. The knight defends the c8 rook, avoiding the tricks based on
Ne7+ and attacks the bishop, thus defending the a7-pawn indirectly.} 21. a4 (
21. Bd3 exd5 {[%cal Gd6c8]}) 21... Kg7 {Freeing the knight from the task of
defending the rook.} (21... Nxc4 22. Rxc4 exd5 $2 23. Ne7+ $1) 22. b5 Nxc4 23.
Rxc4 exd5 24. Rc5 a6 25. Rxd5 axb5 26. axb5 Ra8 27. f4 Ra2 28. e4 {The
position remains interesting. Black has activated one of his rooks, but the
kingside majority became threatening in the meanwhile. Chances are about even,
or, mutual.}) 21. dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 22. b5 {[%emt 0:
13:57]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 23. f3 {[%emt 0:04:16]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:07:04]} 24.
Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Rxc1+ {[%emt 0:00:55]} 25. Nxc1 $16 {[%emt 0:00:02] In
the presence of knights, it is equally hard to prove a draw for Black or a win
for White in this opposite-coloured bishops ending. The queenside majority is
quite dangerous and Black needs to take care of his kingside, too.} Kf8 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} 26. Kd2 {[%emt 0:02:05]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 27. Nb3 {[%emt 0:
00:14]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 28. a4 {[%emt 0:02:27]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 29.
Kc2 {[%emt 0:03:20]} Nb7 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 30. Be4 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Nd6 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} 31. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Nb7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 32. Be4 {[%emt 0:
00:12]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 33. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kb6 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 34.
f4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} h5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 35. g3 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} 36. Ba8 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 37. Bh1 {[%emt 0:01:18]
So far, White has played consequently, but now he starts playing without a
clear plan, probably trying to reach the time control and have a fresh look at
the position.} ({He should have started active operations on both wings:} 37.
e4 e5 (37... Bd8 38. Bc6 {[%cal Ga4a5]} a5 39. e5 Nf5 40. Be8 Nh6 41. Nd2 Kc5
42. Kc3 $18 {Black is awfully passive and his kingside pawns are ripe for the
harvest.}) 38. Bc6 {[%cal Ga4a5]} a6 (38... a5 39. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2f3]}) 39. a5+
({Actually, even} 39. bxa6 {is possible} Kxc6 40. fxe5 Bxe5 41. Na5+ Kb6 42. a7
Kxa7 43. Nc6+ Kb6 44. Nxe5 {The knight ending should be won, as} Ka5 $6 {
loses on the spot to} 45. Nc4+) 39... Kc7 40. Bd5 $1 {This is why White needed
to start play in the centre before switching to the queenside plan.} axb5 (
40... Nxb5 41. Bxf7 g5 42. fxg5 Bxg5 43. Bxh5 $18) 41. Nc5 exf4 42. gxf4 Be7
43. e5 Nf5 44. Ne4 {With worries on both wings, Black is in serious trouble
despite material equality. Here is an illustrative variation:} Nh6 $6 45. Nc3
b4 46. Nb5+ Kb8 47. a6 Bc5 48. Kc4 Be3 49. Bxf7 $3 Nxf7 50. e6 $18 {The e-pawn
is unstoppable.}) 37... Bh8 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 38. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Bg7 {
[%emt 0:00:23]} 39. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bh8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 40. Bh1 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Bc6 $6 {[%emt 0:28:09] Ironically, White errs
right after reaching the control! He might have seen the whole line with pawn
grabbing, but evaluated it too optimistically.} (41. Ba8 Bf6 42. e4) 41... a6
$1 {[%emt 0:08:00] With the d5-square defended, and in the absence of the
trick bxa6 followed by fxe5, this move eliminates an important source of
danger for Black.} 42. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} axb5 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 43. axb5 {
[%emt 0:09:20]} Nxb5 {[%emt 0:06:31]} 44. Be8 {[%emt 0:02:12]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:
09]} 45. Nc4+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 46. Nxd6 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Kxd6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 47. Bxf7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 48. Bxg6 {
[%emt 0:01:59]} (48. g4 g5 $11) 48... hxg3 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 49. hxg3 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} Bb2 {[%emt 0:11:54] Optically, the position looks promising for White,
but there is no way of reaching one of the theoretically won endings with two
connected pawns. Over the next more than 50 moves, Black will need to display
a minimum of accuracy and some physical resistance, of course.} 50. Ke4 {
[%emt 0:13:55]} (50. e4 e5 51. Ke3 Bc1+ 52. Kf3 Ke6 53. Kg4 Be3 54. Kg5 Bd2 55.
Bh7 Bc1 56. Bg8+ Kd6 57. Kf5 Be3 58. fxe5+ Ke7 $11) 50... Ke7 {[%emt 0:04:54]}
51. Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 52. g4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Ke7 {
[%emt 0:00:43]} 53. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Bc1 {[%emt 0:04:56]} 54. Bg6 {[%emt 0:
00:20]} Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 55. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:03:00]} 56.
Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 57. Bb1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bd2 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 58. Be4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 59. Bc2 {[%emt 0:
00:10]} Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 60. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 61.
Bb5 {[%emt 0:12:15]} Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 62. Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Ke7 {
[%emt 0:00:31]} 63. Bc8 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 64. Ba6 {[%emt 0:
01:18]} Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 65. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 66.
Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 67. Ba2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bd2 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 68. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 69. g5+ {[%emt 0:
00:10]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 70. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} (70. e4 e5 $11) 70... Ba3
{[%emt 0:04:31]} 71. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 72. Kd3 {
[%emt 0:00:27]} Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 73. Kd2 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:
25]} 74. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 75. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Bc1
{[%emt 0:00:17]} 76. Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 77. Bh5+ {
[%emt 0:00:12]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 78. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:
19]} 79. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 80. Ke4 {[%emt 0:02:04]} Bc1
{[%emt 0:00:54]} 81. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Bb2+ {[%emt 0:00:43]} 82. Kd3 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 83. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:
15]} 84. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 85. Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Kf7
{[%emt 0:00:05]} 86. Bh3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bc1 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 87. Bxe6+ {
[%emt 0:00:33]} Kxe6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 88. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bd2 {[%emt 0:07:
53]} 89. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 90. Kg3 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Bd2
{[%emt 0:00:09]} 91. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 92. Kg4 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 93. f5+ {[%emt 0:01:25]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:
32]} 94. Kh5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Kxe4 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 95. g6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Bc3
{[%emt 0:00:06]} 96. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 97. Kh6 {
[%emt 0:00:31]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 98. Kg5 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} 99. f6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 100. g7 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Bxf6+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 101. Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Nf3 Nd7 $5 (8... Bg7 9. Rb1 (9. Qb1 {Pantsulaia,L (2510)-Sutovsky,E (2674)/
Gothenburg 2005/CBM 109/[Krasenkow] (1-0, 47)}) 9... b6 10. Nd2 {Dreev,A (2698)
-Huzman,A (2581)/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104/[Krasenkow] (1-0, 55)}) 9. a4 $5 $146 {
An interesting concept. White discourages ...Nb6, aiming to retrieve the
c4-pawn without weakening his massive centre at all. The only drawback of this
new plan is its relative slowness.} ({The tempting} 9. d5 {weakens the dark
squares and deprives the white centre of the desired flexibility.} Bg4 10. Qd4
({Black has comfortable play after the more neutral} 10. Bxc4 Bg7 11. Rc1 O-O
12. O-O Rc8 13. Be2 Nf6 14. Qa4 Qd7 15. Qxd7 Bxd7 16. c4 Rfd8 17. Nd4 c6 $11 {
Jianu,V (2516)-Shishkin,V (2516)/Bucharest 2010 (1/2, 22)}) 10... Bxf3 11. Qxh8
Bxd5 12. Qd4 Nb6 $44 {Gelfand,B (2750)-Ponomariov,R (2737)/Nice 2010/ (0-1, 47)
}) 9... Bg7 10. Nd2 Nf6 11. Be2 c5 12. Nxc4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Ne4 {Black tries to
get some profit from the fact that the enemy king has remained in the centre
for so long. One cannot but notice that the black knight has been moving
around quite a lot, though, provoking a considerable delay in Black's
development.} 14. Rc1 Bxc4 15. Bxc4 Qa5+ 16. Kf1 Nd2+ 17. Kg1 Nxc4 18. Rxc4 e6
19. h3 O-O 20. Kh2 {Both kings have castled (true, the white one in artificial
manner) and White retains some advantage in view of his strong centre and the
control of the only open file.} Rfc8 21. Qc2 Rxc4 22. Qxc4 Bf8 23. Rb1 (23. Bg3
$5 {may be a better bid for a microscopical advantage:} Qd8 24. Rc1 Bd6 25.
Bxd6 Qxd6+ 26. g3 $14 {[%cal Gc4c5]}) 23... Bd6+ 24. f4 Rb8 {The c-file has
been more or less secured and Black can think about starting some counterplay.}
25. Rb2 a6 26. Bf6 b5 $132 {White has failed to remain in absolute control of
the position. Chances are about even.} 27. Qc6 Qc7 28. Qxc7 Bxc7 29. Rc2 Rb7
30. Rc6 b4 31. d5 exd5 32. Rxa6 b3 33. Bb2 Kf8 34. Kg3 Ke8 35. Kf3 Rb4 36. g4
Kd7 37. Rf6 Rxa4 38. Rxf7+ Kc6 39. f5 gxf5 40. Rf6+ Kb5 41. Rxf5 Ra2 42. Bh8
Kc4 43. Rf7 Bb6 44. Rxh7 Ra8 45. Rb7 Rf8+ 46. Ke2 Bxe3 47. Kxe3 Rxh8 48. Rc7+
Kb4 49. Rb7+ Ka3 50. Ra7+ Kb2 51. g5 Rxh3+ 52. Kf4 Rh4+ 53. Kf5 Kc3 54. Ra1 b2
55. Rg1 Rh5 56. Kf6 d4 57. g6 Rh6 58. Kf5 Rxg6 59. Kxg6 d3 60. Kf5 d2 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Black "Fercec, Nenad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 {This certainly
looks surprising for those familiar with the Grünfeld universe. Releasing the
tension in the centre to such extent is considered to offer Black active play,
but White's idea is revealed on the next move.} Qxd5 7. Ne2 $1 {The knight
heads for c3, aiming to win time for the development and consolidate the
control in the centre. This variation "does not exist" practically in official
theory. The living Hungarian legend Portisch used it to beat Beliavsky in a
recent game from 2010. Beliavsky seemd impressed and later in the same
tournament used the same line to beat Grünfeld expert Ftacnik. Later, the line
was tried at the top level in two more games. However, the merits of
discovering this idea belong to Lodewijk Prins, who used it almost half a
century ago, in 1964! It is remarkable that in the meanwhile no other relevant
game was played...} c5 {This new move allows White obtain a strong passed pawn
in the centre.} ({The main crossroads arises after} 7... O-O 8. Nc3 {Where
should the black queen retreat?} {After} Qd6 {, the queen is more active than
in the previous line. The only question is whether Nc3-e4 is annoying or not.
Releasing the pressure against the d5-square may well compensate Black for
losing a tempo.} (8... Qd8 {is safe, but a bit passive.} 9. Be2 c6 10. O-O e5
11. dxe5 $5 $146 ({Prins had played} 11. d5 cxd5 12. Qxd5 Nc6 13. Rd1 Be6 14.
Qb5 Qb6 15. Bd2 Rfd8 $11 {Prins,L-Byrne,D/Tel Aviv 1964/MCD (1/2, 57)}) 11...
Bxe5 12. e4 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Be6 14. f4 Bc7 15. Be3 Nd7 16. Rac1 Bb6 17. Kf2 $14 {
Gelfand,B (2750)-Aronian,L (2782)/Nice 2010 (1/2, 37). White has space
advantage on the kingside and in the centre, as well as an active and
harmonious development.}) ({The sensation provoked by} 8... Qd7 {is that the
queen stands in the way of its own minor pieces.} 9. Be2 c5 10. d5 b6 11. O-O
Ba6 12. e4 b5 13. a3 $14 {Beliavsky,A (2657)-Ftacnik,L (2546)/Szentgotthard
2010/ (1-0, 29). Black has nothing to show against White's advanced centre and
better development. Sadly, the b8-knight has no moves at its disposal yet.}) 9.
Be2 Nd7 10. O-O c6 11. Ne4 {Played with the very concrete plan of inhibiting ..
.e5.} ({In view of Black's alternative suggested below,} 11. Qc2 {may be more
precise though:} e5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. e4 Nf6 14. Be3 Ng4 15. Bxg4 Bxg4 16. h3
Bd7 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Bd4 $14 {Kramnik,V (2790)-Svidler,P (2750)/Nice 2010/ (1/
2, 31). Black is in no immediate danger, but in the long run the weakness of
the kingside dark squares may become unpleasant if White coordinates his
knight and queen accurately.}) 11... Qc7 12. Bd2 Nb6 ({Black probably
refrained from} 12... e5 $1 {because of} 13. Bb4 {, overlooking a promising
exchange sacrifice:} exd4 14. Bxf8 Nxf8 15. exd4 Bf5 16. Ng3 Be6 $44 {The
d4-pawn is doomed. If Black manages to install a knight on this central square,
he will even get the better chances.}) 13. f4 $1 {Preventing the opening of
the centre once and forever.} Nd5 14. Bc4 Bf5 15. Ng3 Rad8 16. Rc1 $14 {
Portisch,L (2519)-Beliavsky,A (2657)/Szentgotthard 2010/ (1-0, 45). White has
a stable space advantage, with practically no counterplay for Black.}) 8. Nc3
Qd8 9. d5 O-O 10. Be2 e6 11. e4 exd5 12. exd5 {The position is typpical for
the 5.Qb3 variation. The exchange of one pair of knights offers Black some
relief, but White's queen is better placed than on c4. This may become an
important tabyia in the future. Black is in no immediate danger, but he cannot
prove an immediate way to equality, which is a clear sign that the system
employed by White has a right to exist.} Bf5 (12... b6 13. O-O Bb7 {fails to
put the d5-pawn in danger, while the bishop is passive on b7. At the same time,
White is offered an additional strategic idea, based on weakening the enemy
queenside with a4-a5.} 14. Qb3 Nd7 15. Be3 Bd4 16. Rad1 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Qg5 {
Black has the e5-square all for himself, but his kingside is slightly weak and
the bishop quite passive.} 18. e4 (18. Rf4 $5 $14) 18... Qe3+ 19. Kh1 Ne5 20.
a4 Rab8 21. Rde1 Kg7 {Zivanic,M (2490)-Kritz,L (2616)/Brownsville 2010 (0-1,
34)} 22. a5 $5 $14) 13. O-O Na6 {Black plays in the spirit of the ...Na6 line
of the 5.Qb3 system. His main problem remains the blocking the d-pawn in a
safe way.} 14. Be3 Qa5 15. Rc1 Rfe8 16. Qb3 ({White did not need to expose his
queen. Everything was ready for} 16. d6 $5 $36 {, clearing squares and
diagonals for the minor pieces.} Nb4 (16... Be5 17. Nd5 $16) (16... Rad8 17.
Bg5 f6 18. Bf4 $16) 17. Nb5 $14 {[%cal Gc1c5,Ga2a3,Gb5c7]}) 16... Nb4 (16...
Qb4 $5 {may have offered better chances for maintaining approximate equality.})
17. Rfd1 $14 {White has completed his development and remains in absolute
control of the position. The subsequent exchanges will only increase the
significance of the passed d-pawn.} Bd4 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. Rxd4 Nxa2 20. Nxa2
Rxe2 21. Nc3 Re5 22. Qxb7 $16 Rae8 23. h4 Re1+ 24. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 25. Kh2 Qa1 26.
Kg3 Kg7 27. Ra4 Qc1 28. Rxa7 Re3+ 29. Kh2 Rh3+ 30. gxh3 Qf4+ 31. Kg1 Bxh3 32.
Qxf7+ Qxf7 33. Rxf7+ Kxf7 34. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.02.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vuckovic, Bojan"]
[Black "Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {This was already my first surprise. My opponent used to play 1.e4 in
most of his games. Anyway, I was quite confident with my usual Gruenfeld, and
wanted to see what he had in mind against it.} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5
Bg7 $5 {Black runs from ...Ne4 positions, which are much more flexible for
both sides. In the other hand, white could take the d5 pawn, after what a long
struggle begins when black fights for compensation and white tries to
consolidate} 5. Bxf6 (5. Nf3 dxc4 $1 {is the move that goes with 4...Bg7.
Black once again avoids the main lines. Now:} 6. e4 c5 7. d5 b5 8. d6 $1 {
is the critical} Bb7 9. e5 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. a4 $1 {As seen in the recent
Nisipeanu - Lupulescu, where black already blinked:} f6 $2 (11... a6 {this
deserves a deep investigation to make the whole variation playable for black.})
12. exf6 exf6 13. axb5 fxg5 14. Bxc4 Kf8 15. O-O $16) 5... Bxf6 6. cxd5 {
This is it - white choses to take the central pawn for free. Nevertheless,
life is not that easy, and black will start central actions immediately,
trying to take advantage of the bishop pair:} c6 7. Rc1 $5 {the move with the
best reputation at this position. White 'defends' d5 pawn by means of 8.Nxd5,
since the c8 bishop is hanging. Other alternatives are possible as well:} (7.
e4 Qb6 8. e5 Qxb2 9. Nge2 Bg7 $13) (7. dxc6 Bxd4 8. cxb7 Bxb7 $44 {with a
great compensation}) (7. e3 {is harmless, but could be preferred by those that
want a static position. white is going to place all the pawns in dark squares,
fighting the f6 Bishop, that suddenly is not that strong anymore (as it is in
most of the Gruenfeld variations).} cxd5 8. Bb5+ Kf8 9. Nge2 Kg7 10. Nf4 e6 11.
O-O Qb6 $11) 7... O-O 8. dxc6 Qxd4 (8... Bxd4 $5 {is the alternative, when
white gives the pawn back to get a small pressure in the following endgame:} 9.
c7 $1 Bxc3+ 10. Rxc3 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Nc6 12. e4 Bd7 13. Nf3 Rfc8 14. Bb5 Rxc7
15. Kd2 $11 {/+/=. White is going to put some pressure along the c file, using
the pin of the c6 N.}) 9. Qxd4 Bxd4 10. cxb7 (10. c7 $6 {is harmless now,
since the d4 bishop is still alive} Nc6 11. Nf3 Bb6 12. e3 Bxc7 $11 {And
suddenly black could even think about getting a better endgame}) 10... Bxb7 11.
Nf3 Bf6 12. e3 (12. g3 {wouldn't help that much:} Nd7 13. Bg2 Rab8 $1 14. Rc2
$2 (14. O-O $142 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Rxb2 16. Rfd1 $11) 14... Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Rxb2 16.
Rxb2 Bxc3+ 17. Rd2 Rb8 18. Kd1 Bxd2 19. Kxd2 Rb2+ 20. Kc3 Rxa2 $17 {Nezad,H 
(2420)-Kulaots,K (2577) Gibraltar Masters 2011 (9.15) 0-1}) 12... Rd8 {It is
funny how sometimes humans get so addicted to the help of technology that our
brain starts to work less and less. I had this idea prepared long time ago,
but for some reason I had 11...Bg7 instead of 11...Bf6. Probably because my
engine was suggesting that move, and I blindly agreed. But during the game,
luckily I didn't remember my whole preparation, and thus I had to use my brain
for real. It seemed logical to me that the f6 is a much better square for the
B, since I avoid any kind of 8th rank issues (I can just have Kg7 now), and my
e7 P is protected in some cases. The drawback would be leaving the Bishop more
vulnerable to N attacks (Ne4, Nd5), but my B on b7 is taking care of that.} (
12... Nd7 {is the move seen in practice.} 13. Bb5 Rfd8 $1 14. O-O Bxf3 15. gxf3
Rab8 {And it seems like black is equalizing} 16. Bxd7 (16. a4 Ne5 17. Kg2 Nd3
18. Bxd3 Rxd3 19. Rc2 Rb4 $44 {and black is fine}) (16. b3 Bxc3 17. Bxd7 Bd2
18. Rc7 Ba5 19. Rc5 Bb4 20. Rb5 Rxb5 21. Bxb5 Rd2 22. a4 g5 $11 {followed by
a5-e6, Kg7-f6}) 16... Rxd7 17. Rc2 Rdb7 18. Rb1 Bxc3 $11 {Kazhgaleyev,M (2623)
-So,W (2669) 16th Asian Games Rapid 2010 (5) 1/2}) 13. Be2 Na6 14. O-O Nb4 {
This is the main idea of 12...Rd8! Now I threaten the a2 pawn (by Bxc3), and
also Nd3, getting the pure bishop pair.} 15. a3 Nd3 16. Bxd3 Rxd3 17. Rfd1 ({
Back then I had} 17. Na4 {analysed, after what I was going to blitz} Rd6 $5 $44
{threatening Bc6 to send the knight back home, and keeping a good control of
the position.} 18. Rc7 (18. Rc2) 18... Bc6 19. b3 Bxa4 20. bxa4 Rd3 $11) 17...
Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 $6 {this leads to a drawn rook endgame} (18. Nxd1 {was the
correct move, after what my opponent suggested} Ba6 $5 {in post-mortem,
avoiding the King to come to f1-e1, from where it could help white regrouping}
({I had} 18... Rd8 {in mind, but wasn't so sure how to proceed after} 19. Kf1 {
Although it's hard to say how is white going to create anything here, for a
second the position looks solid.} Rd6 $5 $44 {trying to annoy white's
queenside with Rb6 maybe, and keeping g5-h5 ideas in mind})) 18... Bxc3 19.
bxc3 Rc8 $1 {correct move order, since:} 20. Rc1 (20. Rd7 $2 Rxc3 $1 {this
threatens mate now, since I still didn't exchange in f3}) 20... Bxf3 21. gxf3
Rc4 22. Kf1 e5 $1 {avoiding white's expansion with f4, and also leaving the
possibility of Rh4} 23. Ke2 Kf8 24. Kd3 Ra4 {As the great Nimzovich used to
say: the threat is much stronger than the execution.} ({The risky} 24... Rh4 {
was possible, and I'm not sure what's going on after:} 25. c4 Rxh2 26. Ke2 {
suddenly I felt my rook was sort of trapped in here} Ke7 {but apparently the
computer always seems to solve tactical issues} 27. Rb1 Rh4 28. e4 f5 $132) 25.
c4 Ke7 {after having not played 24...Rh4, of course 25...Rxa3+ would be nosense
} (25... Rxa3+ $6 26. Ke4 f6 {but of course, Mr. Houdini thinks this is a
forced draw (0.00). Who on earth invented those softwares?}) 26. Rc3 Kd6 {
Now it is clear that black's activity compensates the pawn down} 27. f4 {
white returns the material in order to get some fresh air.} (27. Kc2 Kc5 28.
Kb3 {wouldn't help, because} Ra6 29. Rd3 Rf6 {forces white to start worrying a
little about the king-side pawns}) 27... exf4 28. Kd4 fxe3 29. Rxe3 Ra5 30. Rf3
Ke6 31. Re3+ Kd6 32. Rf3 Ke6 33. Re3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "2000.01.21"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Lev, Ronen"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2000.01.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Herzliya"]
[BlackTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ {Very rare move which Lev tries fora
second time.First time was a year ago again my team-mate Alexander Huzman.In
that game which you can find below a typical queen sacrifice has occured.It
had led to unclear position.Probably Ronen was ready to repeat it...} Bd7 5.
Qb3 Nc6 $5 {An interesting move.Black exploits the fact that the White's king
knight is still on g1 and attacks the centre creating on the way another
threat of Na5.} (5... dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. e5 Be6 9. exf6 $5 Bxc4 10.
fxg7 Kxg7 11. Bxc4 Qxd4 12. Be2 Nc6 13. Nf3 $13 Qb6 14. O-O Rad8 15. Rb1 e5 16.
Re1 a6 17. b4 Rfe8 18. Bf1 f6 19. Na4 Qa7 20. Nc5 a5 21. Be3 b6 22. Bb5 {
1/2-1/2 Lev,R-Huzman,A/Israel 1999/EXT 2000 (22)}) 6. Nf3 ({Worse is} 6. cxd5 {
which occured in the origin-game as after} Nxd4 7. Qd1 Nb5 $1 {Black got an
advantage thanks to the better development.} 8. Bd2 Nxc3 9. Bxc3 c6 10. e4 Bg7
11. dxc6 Bxc6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Qe2 Nh5 14. Bd2 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Bc3 $1 $17 {0-1 Kan,
I-Dubinin,P/Leningrad 1947/URS-ch (48)}) 6... Na5 (6... dxc4 $5 {leads to
Anti-Gruenfeld positions.For instance:} 7. Qxc4 a6 $5 $146 8. d5 $6 (8. e4 $5)
8... Na7 9. Bg5 Nb5 10. Rd1 Bg7 11. Na4 $2 (11. e4) 11... Nd6 12. Qb3 Nfe4 $15
{1/2-1/2 Gurevich,D-Yermolinsky,A/Salt Lake City 1999/CBM 73[Mikhalevski,V](68)
}) 7. Qb4 (7. Qc2 $142 {see 9.Qc2}) 7... Nc6 {I decided to repeat the position
for one time and then to play c6(see 7...c6!?).However White had deviated
first...} (7... c6 $5 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Ge7e5] was interesting trying to
exploit an unfortunate position of White's queen.} 8. Ne5 (8. cxd5 $6 cxd5 {
[%csl Rb4][%cal Ge7e6]}) (8. c5 b6) 8... e6 (8... dxc4 $5 {with the idea of
quick development} 9. Nxc4 Nxc4 10. Qxc4 Be6 11. Qa4 (11. Qb4 Bc8 {[%cal Ge7e5]
} 12. Qc4 Be6) (11. Qd3 Bg7 12. e4 Qb6 $36) 11... Bg7 12. e4 Qb6 $36 {[%csl
Rb2,Rd4][%cal Ga8d8]}) 9. c5 (9. Qa4 $2 Nxc4 $1 10. Nxc4 b5) 9... b6 {[%cal
Ga8b8]} 10. Bg5 $1 Be7 $13) (7... b6 {[%cal Ge7e5]} 8. Nxd5 Nxd5 (8... e5 $2 9.
Qc3 Ne4 10. Qe3 $5 (10. Qc2 $5 Bf5 11. Nxe5 $16) 10... Nxc4 11. Qxe4 Bc6 12.
Qc2 Qxd5 13. e4 $18) (8... Ne4 $5 {[%cal Ge7e6]} 9. c5 (9. Nc3 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5
11. Qa3 Nxc4 12. Qb3 Ncd6) 9... Nc6 10. Qa3 (10. Qa4 Bg7 $1 {[%csl Ra4][%cal
Gc6d4]} (10... e6 $5 11. Nf4 bxc5 12. Qc2 f5 $1) 11. cxb6 (11. Qc2 Bf5 $1)
11... cxb6 {[%cal Gc6d4]} 12. Qc2 Rc8 $1 13. Qxe4 Bf5 {[%csl Rd5]} 14. Qf4 Qxd5
$15 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gc6b4]}) 10... bxc5 11. Bf4 Rc8 $13) (8... e6 $2 9. Nxf6+
Qxf6 10. Qc3 Nc6 11. a3 $18) 9. cxd5 e6 10. Qc3 exd5 $14) (7... Nxc4 $5 8. Nxd5
Nxd5 9. Qxc4 {see 9.Qb4}) 8. Qb3 Na5 9. Qc2 $5 (9. Qb4 {was played in the only
game which reached this position.Black decided to continue and shortly after
that obtained a better play:} Nxc4 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Qxc4 Nb6 12. Qc2 Bg7 13.
e3 (13. e4 $5) 13... O-O 14. Be2 Rc8 {[%cal Gc7c5]} 15. O-O c5 16. dxc5 Na4 17.
Rd1 Qe8 18. Nd4 Nxc5 $15 {0-1 Dolezal,J-Filip,M/Prague 1954/MCD (46)}) 9...
dxc4 (9... Nxc4 $5 10. Nxd5 {see 9.Qb4 N:c4 10.N:d5}) 10. e4 Bg7 11. e5 Ng4 {
[%cal Gc7c5]} 12. h3 Nh6 13. Bf4 {[%cal Gc2d2,Gg2g4]} c5 $6 {Too agressive} (
13... Bc6 $5 {was a secure way to reach a balanced position:} 14. Qd2 Bxf3 (
14... Nf5 15. d5 Bd7 16. g4 $18) 15. Bxh6 (15. gxf3 Nf5) 15... Bxh6 16. Qxh6
Bd5 $1 {[%cal Ga5c6]} (16... Bc6 17. Rd1 {[%cal Gd4d5]}) 17. Qg7 Rf8 18. Qxh7
Nc6 {[%csl Rd4]} 19. Qh4 Qd7 {[%cal Ge8c8]}) 14. d5 ({Simplier was} 14. dxc5 $1
{and Black has to be very careful to hold the position.} Qc8 (14... Rc8 $2 15.
Rd1 Rxc5 16. Ne4 Rc6 (16... Rc8 17. e6 $1 fxe6 18. Bxh6 Bxh6 19. Ne5 {[%csl
Rd7]} Rc7 $140 20. Qc3 {[%csl Ra5,Rh8][%cal Ge5d7,Gc3a5]}) 17. Nd4 Rb6 18. Qc3
$18) (14... Bc6 15. Rd1 Qc8 16. Nd4 Nf5 17. Nxc6 $5 (17. Nxf5 $5 Qxf5 18. Qxf5
gxf5 $14) 17... Qxc6 18. Ne4) 15. Ne4 (15. Qd2 Nf5 16. g4 $140 Bc6) 15... Bc6
16. Bxc4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Qxc5 18. Bd3 Nc6 $14) {Now my knight gets a chance to
enter into play} 14... Nf5 {[%cal Gf5d4]} 15. O-O-O {[%cal Ge5e6]} Qb6 {
[%cal Gf5d4]} 16. Qe4 O-O (16... h5 17. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2c4]} (17. d6 $5)) 17. g4
Nd4 ({Doesn't work} 17... Qa6 $2 18. gxf5 Bxf5 19. Qe3 $1 Nb3+ 20. axb3 Qa1+
21. Kd2 Qxb2+ 22. Ke1 cxb3 23. Nd2 $1 $16 {and four pawns can't compensate two
extra pieces.}) 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Qxd4 (19. Rxd4 f6 (19... f5 $5) 20. Be3 f5)
19... Qa6 $5 {Very risky decision.White wins a piece after 20.b4 while Black
gets some chances to create an attack.} ({I didn't like} 19... Qxd4 20. Rxd4 e6
(20... b5) 21. g5 $5 {[%csl Ge5,Rf6,Gg5] with a bit passive position,but maybe
it was better anyway.} (21. Bxc4 Rac8 22. dxe6 (22. Bd3 exd5 23. Bc2 f6 $5 $132
) 22... fxe6 23. Rxd7 Nxc4 24. Bg3 Bxe5 $132)) 20. b4 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gf1a6]}
b5 $1 {[%mdl 128]} 21. Kb2 ({After} 21. bxa5 {Black probably gets sufficient
counterplay} Qxa5 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Gb5b4]} 22. Kb1 Rfc8 $1 23. Ne4 c3 24. Rc1
$1 (24. Bd3 b4 25. Bc2 (25. Rc1 Rab8 {[%cal Ga5a3,Gb4b3]} 26. Bc4 Qa3 27. Rc2
Rxc4 $1 28. Qxc4 b3 $19) 25... Rab8 {[%cal Gb4b3]} 26. Rde1 b3 $1 27. Bxb3 Qa3
28. Re2 Rxb3+ 29. axb3 Qxb3+ 30. Ka1 (30. Kc1 Qa3+ $1 {[%cal Gd7a4,Gc8b8]})
30... c2 $1 {[%cal Gb3a3]} 31. Qe3 Qxd5 {[%cal Gd5a5]} 32. Qd2 Qb3 33. Qe3 Qa4+
34. Kb2 Rb8+ $19) 24... b4 (24... Rc4 $2 25. Bxc4 Qb4+ 26. Kc2 Qb2+ 27. Kd3
bxc4+ 28. Ke3) 25. Bc4 Rxc4 $5 (25... Qa3 26. Rc2 Ba4 27. Bc1 Bxc2+ 28. Kxc2
Qa4+ 29. Bb3 Qb5 $13) 26. Qxc4 Bb5 27. Qd4 Rc8 28. d6 (28. Rc2 Rc4 29. Qd3 Qa4
$1 $40 {[%cal Gb4b3]}) 28... Qa3 29. Rc2 Rc4 30. Qd5 b3 31. axb3 Qxb3+ 32. Kc1
Ba4 33. Qd3 Qa3+ 34. Kd1 Qb4 $40 {with attack in all lines}) 21... f6 $5 (21...
Nb7 {was probably better,but I was already short of time and decided to try
breaking through}) 22. e6 $2 (22. bxa5 $1 {was necessary and this time Black
has no enough resources:} fxe5 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Qxe5 Rxf2+ 25. Ka1 Qxa5 $40
26. d6 {[%cal Gf1c4]} Qa3 27. Qd5+ e6 28. Qxa8+ Kg7 29. Ne2 c3 (29... Rxe2 30.
Bxe2 Qc3+ 31. Kb1 Qb4+ 32. Kc2 Qa4+ 33. Kd2 Qb4+ 34. Ke3 Qc5+ 35. Rd4 $18) 30.
Rb1 c2 31. Qe4 cxb1=Q+ 32. Kxb1 Qxd6 33. Qd4+ Qxd4 34. Nxd4 $16) 22... Bxe6 $1
{[%mdl 64] After this move Black's pressure is growing move to move.} 23. dxe6
(23. bxa5 Qxa5 24. dxe6 Rfd8 {[%cal Gf6f5]}) 23... Nc6 $1 {Taking under
control the e5-square Black opens the big diagonal.} 24. Qe3 (24. Qc5 f5 {
[%cal Gg7c3]}) 24... f5 $1 {[%csl Rb2,Rb4][%cal Gg7b2]} 25. g5 $2 {[%mdl 16384]
A loss of important time.} (25. Bg2 $142 Nxb4 {[%cal Ra6a2]} 26. Be5 (26. a3
Qa4 $1 $40 {[%cal Ga4b3]}) 26... f4 27. Qc5 Bxe5 28. Qxe5 (28. Qxb4 f3 29. Bf1
Qxe6 $17 {[%csl Rb2,Rb4,Rf1,Rh1][%cal Ge5b2]}) 28... f3 $44) 25... Qa4 $1 {
[%cal Ga4d1,Gc6b4] Suddenly queen comes into play making white king to feel
very uncomfortable.} 26. Bg2 (26. Rc1 {doesn't save:} Rfd8 $19 27. Ka1 (27. Qe1
Nxb4 {[%cal Ga4a2]} 28. Be5 Bxe5 29. Qxe5 Rd2+ 30. Kb1 Qa3) 27... Qa3 $1 {
[%cal Gc6b4]}) 26... Nxb4 $1 {[%cal Ga4a2,Ga4c2]} 27. Be5 Qc2+ 28. Ka1 (28. Ka3
Bxe5 29. Qxe5 Nxa2 {[%cal Gc2b3]} 30. Qxb5 Nxc3 $19) 28... f4 $1 (28... Qxd1+
29. Nxd1 Nc2+ 30. Kb1 Nxe3 31. Bxa8 Bxe5 (31... Nxd1 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33. Rxd1
Rxa8 34. Rd7 $44) 32. Bf3 Nxd1 33. Rxd1 $44 {[%csl Rg8] /+/-}) 29. Qe1 Bxe5 30.
Qxe5 f3 $19 31. Bf1 {[%csl Rf1,Rh1]} Rad8 $6 $138 (31... Nxa2 $1 {[%mdl 64]
This simple tactical blow decides on the spot.} 32. Bxc4 (32. Bd3 Qxc3+ $19)
32... Nxc3 33. Rc1 Qa4+ 34. Kb2 bxc4 $19 {[%csl Rb2]}) 32. Rb1 Nc6 $6 ({
Again Black could finish the game with the help of simple combination:} 32...
Rf5 $1 33. Qe3 (33. Qe1 Rd2 {[%cal Gc2a2,Gc2c3]}) 33... Rd3 $1 34. Bxd3 Qxc3+
35. Rb2 Nxd3 $19) 33. Qe3 Nd4 $6 (33... Rd3 34. Bxd3 Qxc3+ 35. Rb2 cxd3 36. Rc1
{[%cal Gc1c6]} Qd4) ({Once again after} 33... Rd2 $1 {White is helpless} 34.
Bxc4 (34. Rxb5 Rb8) 34... bxc4 35. Rhc1 Nd4 $1 36. Qe5 Qf5 $19) 34. h4 Nf5 (
34... b4 $5 35. Bxc4 (35. Rxb4 $2 Rb8 $19) 35... Qxc3+ 36. Qxc3 bxc3 $17) 35.
Qc1 Qxf2 36. Nxb5 (36. Rb2 $5) 36... Ng3 $1 (36... Rd2 37. Bxc4 Ng3 38. Re1 (
38. Qa3 a6 $1 39. Nc3 Nxh1) 38... Rc2 39. Qa3 Rxc4 40. Qxe7 Rc2 41. Qa3 Re8 $15
) 37. Bxc4 Nxh1 38. Qxh1 Qc2 (38... Qc5 $1 {was simplier.Despite number of
inaccuracies Black is still winning.} 39. Qc1 (39. Rc1 a6 $19 {[%csl Rb5]})
39... Rc8 40. Na3 f2 {[%cal Gf2f1]} 41. Qb2 Rb8 $1 42. Qxb8 Rxb8 43. Rxb8+ Kg7
$19) 39. Qc1 (39. Rc1 Qe4 $17) 39... Qxc1 40. Rxc1 Rc8 $1 {[%cal Gc8c4]
Finally 40 moves were completed and I felt a big relief as I still had good
chances to win the game.} 41. Na3 $8 Rf4 $1 ({Worse is} 41... f2 {[%cal Gc8c4]}
42. Rf1 Rf3 {in view of} 43. Ba6 $1 (43. Kb2 Rb8+ 44. Bb3 a5 $1 {[%csl Ra3,Rb2,
Rb3][%cal Ga5a4]}) 43... Rc6 $140 $2 44. Bb7 {[%csl Rc6,Rf3]}) 42. Rf1 Rcf8 $1
$17 {[%csl Rg5,Rh4]} 43. h5 gxh5 44. Rf2 Rg4 {[%cal Gg4g2]} 45. Bf1 h4 {
[%cal Gg4g3,Gh4h3]} 46. Nb1 (46. Kb2 Rg3 {[%cal Gh4h3,Gg3g2]} 47. Rh2 f2 48.
Nc2 {[%cal Gc2e3]} Rg1 49. Ne3 $140 Rf3 $19) 46... Rg1 $1 {[%cal Gg1a1]} 47.
Kb2 h3 $1 $19 {Most precise move.} ({After} 47... Rb8+ $5 {White has some
practical chances in a rook endgame:} 48. Kc2 Rxb1 $1 49. Kxb1 h3 50. Kc1 $8 (
50. Kc2 Rg2 $1 {[%cal Gg2c2]}) 50... Kg7 51. Kd1 (51. Kd2 Rg2 $1) 51... h2 $1 (
51... Kg6 52. Ke1 Kxg5 53. Rh2 Kg4 54. Kf2 Rg3 $13) 52. Rxh2 Rxf1+ 53. Kd2 Rg1
$17) 48. Bxh3 (48. Nd2 Rg2 $1 49. Ne4 h2 50. Rxg2 h1=Q $19) 48... Rb8+ 49. Kc3
Rbxb1 50. Rxf3 Rxg5 51. Kc2 Rb8 $1 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Gb8f8]} 52. Rc3 Rf8 $1 {
[%csl Rh3]} 53. Re3 h5 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.01.30"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Holzke, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Rb1 b6 9. Be2 Bg7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O Bd5 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Nxc4 c5
15. Qb3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nf6 17. Ne5 Qd5 18. Qxd5 Nxd5 19. Nc6 Bf6 20. Bxf6 exf6
21. Rfc1 Rfe8 22. Kf1 Kf8 23. Rb5 Ne7 24. Rb2 Rac8 25. Rbc2 Nxc6 26. Rxc6 Rxc6
27. Rxc6 Re6 28. Rc8+ Re8 29. Rc3 f5 30. g3 Re7 31. Ke2 Rb7 32. f3 h5 33. e4
fxe4 34. fxe4 Ke7 35. Ke3 Rd7 36. d5 f5 37. Kd4 fxe4 38. Kxe4 Kd8 39. Rc2 Re7+
40. Kf4 Rf7+ 41. Kg5 Rf5+ 42. Kxg6 Rxd5 43. h3 {White's advantage is amazingly
large. At the start, I felt that the position ought to be drawn, but I could
not firm up that hypothesis. Perhaps you can find a saving move? Der weiße
Vorteil ist erstaunlich groß. Anfangs hatte ich vermutet, dass die Stellung
remis sein sollte, doch ich konnte das nicht erhärten. Vielleicht finden Sie
ja eine Rettung?} a5 $2 (43... Ke8 $5 {is a line I would suggest, e.g. wäre
eine Analyseanregung von mir, z.B.} 44. g4 (44. Re2+ Kf8 45. Rf2+ Ke8) 44...
hxg4 45. hxg4 Rd6+ 46. Kh5 a5 47. g5 Kf8) 44. g4 hxg4 45. hxg4 Ke7 46. g5 b5
47. Kh6 b4 48. g6 Rd3 ({A possible line after Eine mögliche Variante nach} 
48... Rd1 {goes lautet:} 49. g7 Rh1+ 50. Kg6 Rg1+ 51. Kh7 Rh1+ 52. Kg8 a4 53.
Re2+ Kd6 54. Rf2 Ke7 55. Rf7+ Ke8 56. Rb7 Rh4 57. Rb8+ Ke7 58. Rb5 a3 59. Re5+
Kd6 60. Rf5 Ke7 61. Rb5 $22 Rf4 (61... Ke8 62. Re5+ Kd7 63. Kf7 Rg4 64. Re7+
Kd6 65. Re6+ Kd7 66. Rg6 $18) 62. Rb7+ Ke8 63. Kh7 Rh4+ 64. Kg6 Rg4+ 65. Kf6
$18) 49. Rh2 Kf8 50. Kh7 Rg3 51. Rh5 a4 52. Rh4 Rg2 (52... b3 53. Rf4+ Ke7 54.
Rxa4 b2 55. Rb4 Rg2 56. a4 Kd6 57. g7 Rh2+ 58. Kg8 Kc5 59. Rb7 Kc4 60. a5 Kc3
61. a6 $18) 53. Rf4+ Ke7 54. Rxb4 Rh2+ 55. Kg8 Rxa2 56. g7 a3 57. Rb3 Ra1 58.
Rh3 (58. Rh3 a2 59. Rh2 Kf6 60. Kh8 Rg1 61. Rxa2 Rxg7 62. Ra6+ Kf7 63. Ra7+ $18
) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2007.03.31"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Black "Braun, Arik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Prusikin,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bindlach"]
[BlackTeam "Eppingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 (6... dxc4 {
ist kritischer}) 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8. e3 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 ({Aronian
lieferte kurz zuvor eine Musterpartie für Weiß für den vorliegenden
Stellungstyp:} 10... e6 11. Rb1 Be7 12. Bxe7 Kxe7 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. Nf3 b6 15.
Ke2 Bb7 16. Rhc1 Rhc8 17. g4 h6 18. h4 Na5 19. g5 hxg5 20. hxg5 Rxc1 21. Rxc1
Rc8 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. Ne5 Bb7 24. a3 Nc6 25. Ng4 Nb8 26. Kd2 Bc6 27. Kc3 Nd7
28. f4 a5 29. e4 b5 30. Bc2 f5 31. exf5 exf5 32. Ne5 Nxe5 33. dxe5 b4+ 34. axb4
axb4+ 35. Kxb4 Bd7 36. Bb3 Bc6 37. Kc5 Be8 38. e6 {1-0 (38) Aronian,L (2752)
-Svidler,P (2765) Morelia/Linares 2006 CBM 112 [Krasenkow,M]}) 11. Nf3 ({
Ein weiterer Klassiker:} 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Nf3 Bg7 13. O-O e6 14. Rab1 O-O 15.
Nd2 f5 16. Nb3 b6 17. Rfc1 Rac8 18. Ba6 Rce8 19. Bb7 Nd8 20. Rc7 Rf7 21. Ba6
Ba4 22. Rbc1 Bf8 23. R1c4 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 $16 {1-0 (58) Taimanov,M-Uhlmann,W
Belgrade 1970 MCL [Bulletin]}) 11... Bg7 12. Rb1 O-O $5 $146 {Eine am Brett
geborene, sehr brauchbare Neuerung. Mit zahlreichen anderen Zügen, die hier
ausprobiert worden sind, wurde Schwarz nicht glücklich.} 13. Bd3 (13. d5 $6
Bf5 $1 14. Rxb7 Nb4 15. Bxe7 Rfb8 16. Rxb8+ Rxb8 {mit starker Initiative für
das geopferte Material.}) 13... b6 14. Ke2 (14. d5 $6 Nb4 $1) (14. O-O $5)
14... e6 $2 (14... Rd8 15. Rhc1 Bb7 16. g4 $14) 15. Nd2 $1 {[%cal Gd2c4,Gc4d6]}
Bb7 $6 {Verliert ein glattes Tempo, aber es ist nicht leicht, etwas Besseres
vorzuschlagen.} 16. Nc4 Ba6 17. Nd6 Bxd3+ 18. Kxd3 f6 19. Rhc1 Ne7 20. Bg3 (20.
Nb5 $1 {kam auch schon hier stark in Betracht.}) 20... f5 $6 (20... e5 21. dxe5
fxe5 22. Ne4 $14) 21. Nb5 $1 {Der einzige Weg zu einem greifbaren Vorteil. Der
schwarze Springer, der demnächst auf d5 auftaucht, muss unbedingt vernichtet
werden, dazu ist auch der hübsch anzusehende Nd6 nicht zu schade.} Nd5 22. Nc7
Nxc7 23. Rxc7 $16 Rf7 24. Rbc1 Re8 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26. Rc7+ Re7 27. Kc4 a6 28.
Bd6 Rxc7+ 29. Bxc7 b5+ 30. Kc5 Ke7 31. Kc6 $1 $18 (31. Kb6 $2 Kd7 32. Be5 Bf8
33. Kxa6 Kc6 {ist wesentlich weniger klar.}) 31... h5 32. f3 {Der d-Bauer
läuft unaufhaltsam zur Dame.} g5 33. Bb6 g4 34. e4 gxf3 35. gxf3 fxe4 36. fxe4
Bh6 37. d5 exd5 38. exd5 Bf4 39. Bc7 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 06th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2006.10.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Berthelot, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 {Une idée introduite par ALEKHINE et dont
le spécialiste coté blanc est le TOP GMI DREEV.} Ne4 {[%cal Ge4g5] La suite
naturelle} 5. Bh4 (5. Bf4 $5) 5... Nxc3 (5... c5 {Préféré par RIBLI mais aussi
plus risqué pour les noirs comme l'a constaté SVIDLER а Linares 2006 contre
ARONIAN}) 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 (7. Qa4+ $143 Qd7 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Nf3 Ba6 {[%csl
Rc4]}) 7... Be6 {[%cal Ge6c4]} 8. Qb1 b6 ({RR} 8... Qd5 {[%cal Gd5b7,Gd5c4]} 9.
Ne2 Bc8 10. a4 {1/2-1/2 Dreev,A (2698)-Grischuk,A (2704)/Moscow 2004/CBM 104})
9. Nh3 Bh6 $5 {[%csl Gg5] La suite habituelle pour controler la case sensible
"g5"} 10. Bg5 (10. Ng5 {[%cal Gg5e6]} Bxg5 11. Bxg5 Qd5 12. Bh4 Nc6 13. f3 {
[%cal Ge3e4]} Qa5 14. Qb2 O-O-O $32) 10... Bxh3 $2 $146 {Donne la paire de B
et les noirs auront des difficultés а terminer а se développer} ({RR} 10...
Bxg5 11. Nxg5 Qd5 12. Nxe6 {RR} Qxe6 13. Qb5+ c6 14. Qxc4 Qxc4 15. Bxc4 Nd7 16.
a4 Rc8 17. Ba6 Rc7 18. a5 e6 19. Kd2 Ke7 20. Rhb1 Rd8 21. axb6 Nxb6 22. Ke2 c5
23. Ra3 cxd4 24. cxd4 Nd5 25. Kf3 Kf6 26. Bd3 e5 27. dxe5+ {Macieja,B (2593)
-Navara,D (2663)/Ermioni Argolidas 2005/CBM 107 ext/1/2-1/2 (55)}) 11. Bxh6 Be6
12. Be2 c6 {[%cal Gb8a6,Ga6c7] une triste nécessité pour empécher les échecs
intermédiaires de la Q blanche et pour sortir le N} (12... Nd7 $2 13. Bf3 Rb8
14. Bc6 $36) 13. O-O $44 {[%csl Ra8,Rb8,Rc6,Re8,Rh8]} Na6 14. e4 Qd7 15. a4 Nc7
16. Rd1 f6 $2 17. Qa2 $1 Kf7 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4+ e6 20. h4 (20. Qe2 $16)
20... Rhd8 21. Rd3 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gd3f3]} Ne8 22. Re1 b5 23. Qa2 Nd6 24. Rf3
Ne8 25. h5 b4 26. Bg5 bxc3 27. Bxf6 $1 Nxf6 28. e5 Qxd4 $4 29. Rxf6+ $2 (29.
hxg6+ hxg6 30. Rxf6+ Kg7 31. Qxe6) 29... Kg7 30. Qxe6 Qd3 $4 (30... Qd7) 31.
hxg6 hxg6 32. Rf7+ Kh6 33. Qe7 g5 34. Rf6+ Kh5 35. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rutkowski, Maciej"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gorzow Wielkopolski"]
[BlackTeam "Wroclaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. Ne2 {
[%cal Ge2c3]} O-O (7... e5 8. Nc3) 8. Nc3 Qd8 9. Be2 Nd7 (9... c5 10. d5 e6 11.
e4 exd5 12. exd5 Qb6 13. O-O Bf5 14. Qb3 Nd7 15. Be3 h5 16. Rfd1 Qxb3 17. axb3
Bc2 18. Rd2 Bxb3 19. Bb5 Rfd8 20. Ra3 c4 21. Bxd7 Rxd7 22. Rxa7 Rad8 23. Ra5 f5
24. h4 Kf7 25. g3 Re8 26. Kg2 Bf8 27. Bc5 Bh6 28. f4 Bg7 29. Kf2 Red8 30. Bb6
Re8 31. Bd4 Bf8 32. Be5 Rc8 33. d6 Be7 34. Ke3 Bd8 35. Ra1 Bb6+ 36. Kf3 Bc5 37.
Nb5 Bb4 38. Bc3 Bc5 39. Be5 {Kasimdzhanov,R (2706)-Giri,A (2768) Tashkent 2014
1/2-1/2}) 10. O-O Nb6 $146 {Une tentative d'amélioration sur une partie
jouée la semaine précédente} (10... c5 11. d5 Nb6 12. e4 f5 13. Be3 fxe4 14.
Qb3 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Nxd5 16. Qxc5 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Bf5 18. Qb3+ Kg7 19. Qxb7 Qd6 20.
Rad1 Qf6 21. b3 h5 22. Bc4 a5 23. Qd5 a4 24. Qc5 axb3 25. axb3 Ra2 26. Qe3 Rb2
27. Rd2 Rxd2 28. Qxd2 Be6 29. Bxe6 Qxe6 30. Qd4+ Kh7 31. b4 Qf5 32. Re1 e5 33.
Qe3 Rf7 34. h4 Qf6 35. g3 Qf5 36. Re2 Rb7 37. Qxe4 Qf7 38. Rb2 Qc7 39. Rc2 Qg7
40. Rc5 {Grachev,B (2668)-Gabrielian,A (2559) Irkutsk 2010 1-0}) 11. Qc2 e5 $1
12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Rd1 Qe7 $11 14. e4 c6 15. Be3 (15. f4) 15... Be6 16. Rd2 Rfd8
17. Rad1 Nc4 $132 18. Rxd8+ (18. Bxc4) 18... Rxd8 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. Bxa7 (20.
Rxd8+) 20... Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Qc7 $1 {[%cal Ge5h2,Gb7b6,Gc7a7]} 22. Bd4 Bxh2+ 23.
Kh1 Be5 (23... Bf4) 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 {[%csl Rh1]} 25. Qd7 Qf6 {Le K Blanc est
assez exposé mais le Bc4 peut difficilement soutenir une attaque à l'aile-roi
} 26. Kg1 (26. Qxb7 Qxf2 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Gf2h4,Gh7h5,Gh5h4,Gh4h3]}) 26... b5
27. a3 Kg7 28. Qd2 Qe5 29. Qe3 g5 30. Ne2 $1 {le couple N+Q est toujours
redoutable et recycler le N vers l'aile-roi peut donner des bonnes chances
pratiques aux Blancs} f6 (30... Bxe2 $11 {Le B manque d'activité et
l'échange était un coup candidat mais la finale de Q est probablement nulle})
31. Nd4 c5 32. Nf5+ Kg6 33. b4 cxb4 34. axb4 h5 35. f3 Qa1+ 36. Kh2 Qe5+ 37.
Kg1 Be6 38. Ne7+ Kh6 39. Nc6 Qa1+ 40. Kh2 Bd7 41. Qc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vandoeuvre op 11th"]
[Site "Vandoeuvre"]
[Date "2014.12.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Batsiashvili, Nino"]
[Black "Vovk, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2014.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {90} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 (4... Ne4) 5. e3 (5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6.
cxd5 c6 (6... c5)) 5... c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Qa4+ $5 $146 (8. Rc1 Na6
{Moskalenko,V (2555)-Svidler,P (2495) St Petersburg op 1993 1/2}) 8... Qxa4 9.
Nxa4 d4 10. exd4 Bxd4 11. Rd1 $1 Bg7 12. Ne2 Nc6 13. Nec3 $5 Bf5 14. Be2 Nd4
15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Rxd3 O-O-O $132 17. Rd1 Nc2+ 18. Ke2 Nd4+ {Suite illisible et
nulle au 51ème coup} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vandoeuvre op 11th"]
[Site "Vandoeuvre"]
[Date "2014.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wirig, Anthony"]
[Black "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2014.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {90} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Nf3 Ne4 6. Bf4 (6. cxd5 Nxg5 7.
Nxg5 e6 {[%cal Gd8g5,Ge6d5] La grande ligne}) 6... Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. cxd5 Qxd5
9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Nc6 {93 Les Noirs ont joué à
tempo l'ouverture} 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. O-O (14. Bc7 $142 $1 b6 (14... Nc6) 15.
Rc1 (15. O-O Bb7 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Bb5 $14 {Varga,P (2330)-Palkovi,J (2410)
Budapest FS03 IM-A 1994 (6) 1-0}) 15... Bb7 16. Bb5 Bd5 17. Rc2) 14... Be6 {92}
(14... Bf5) 15. Rfc1 Rfc8 {91} 16. Nd2 Rxc1+ {91 joué encore à tempo} 17.
Rxc1 Bxa2 {74 Fin de la préparation des Noirs mais la position est encore
théorique} 18. Bf3 Nc6 {49} 19. Bxc6 $6 $146 (19. Ra1 e5 $1 {Argiroudis,S 
(2308)-Sedlak,N (2580) GRE-chT 39th 2011 (2.1) 0-1}) (19. Rc2) 19... bxc6 20.
Ra1 Bd5 {37} 21. Ra6 Kf8 22. f3 Ke8 23. Bc7 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Gc7b6]} Kd7 24.
Bb6 e5 $15 25. Rxa7+ Rxa7 26. Bxa7 {Les Blancs ont récupéré un P mais la
finale est un peu meilleure pour les Noirs car la paire de B est forte.} exd4
27. Bxd4 Bf8 28. Bc3 c5 {17} 29. Kf2 Kc6 30. Ke2 Kb5 31. Kd3 Bd6 32. g3 Be6 33.
Bf6 h5 34. Kc3 Bc7 $1 35. Kd3 Bb6 {[%cal Gb6e3,Gc5c4]} 36. Bc3 c4+ 37. Ke2 Ka4
$36 {[%cal Ga4a3,Ga3a2,Ga2b1,Gb1c2]} 38. e4 Bg1 39. Kf1 Bc5 40. Ke2 Bb4 41. Nb1
Bd6 {[%cal Gh5h4] 05 le reste de la partie va se jouer en zeitnot avec 30
secondes d'incrément} (41... Bxc3 $143 42. Nxc3+ Kb3 43. Kd2) 42. Nd2 Bc5 (
42... h4) 43. Ke1 Bb4 44. Nb1 Bd6 {Une répétition de position pour gagner du
temps avec l'incrément mais les Noirs jouent pour le gain.} 45. Nd2 g5 46. Ke2
h4 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Gh4h3,Gd6g3] Avec une sérieuse menace sur le P"h2"} 47. e5
Be7 48. Ne4 $6 {Perd le contrôle de la case "b3"} Kb3 $40 49. Kd2 Bd5 50. Nd6
h3 $1 $19 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gf7f6]} 51. Nf5 Bf8 (51... Bd8) 52. Nd4+ Ka2 53. f4
gxf4 54. gxf4 Kb1 55. Ke3 Kc1 56. Bd2+ Kb2 57. Nb5 Bc5+ 58. Ke2 Bg1 59. Nc3 Be6
60. Nd1+ Kb3 61. Kf3 Bxh2 62. Nf2 c3 63. Bc1 Bg1 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Melilla"]
[Date "2011.11.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2011.11.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Reverte Albox"]
[BlackTeam "Sestao"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Qb3 e6 6. Qa3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bd7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd2 Ne7 10. Qb3 Rb8 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Bd3 c6 14. Qa4 Ra8
15. Qc2 Nc8 16. O-O Nd6 17. f3 Nfe8 18. Be1 Nc7 19. Bg3 Ne6 20. Qa4 Rfd8 21.
Rad1 Qe7 22. Rfe1 a6 23. Qb4 b5 24. Kh1 a5 25. Qb3 Nc4 26. Qc2 Nb6 27. Ne2 Rac8
28. Nf4 Nxf4 29. exf4 Qd7 30. f5 Re8 31. Be5 Nc4 32. f4 Nd6 33. f6 Bf8 34. b3
Rcd8 35. Rc1 Rc8 36. Rcd1 Ne4 37. Bxe4 dxe4 38. Qxe4 Qd5 39. Rc1 a4 40. Re3 Bb4
41. Rc2 Red8 42. bxa4 bxa4 43. h3 Re8 44. Qd3 Bf8 45. Qc4 a3 46. Qxd5 cxd5 47.
Rec3 Rxc3 48. Rxc3 h5 49. h4 Ra8 50. Rb3 Rc8 51. Kh2 Kh7 52. Rb7 Kg8 53. Kh3
Rc3+ $6 (53... Rd8 54. Kg3 Rc8) 54. Kh2 Bh6 55. Ra7 Rd3 56. Ra5 Kh7 57. Ra8 Rc3
58. Bd6 Rc6 59. Bc5 $2 (59. Be5 Rc3 60. Ra7 $18) 59... Bxf4+ $11 60. g3 Bc1 61.
Be7 Rc2+ 62. Kh3 Rxa2 63. Bd6 $6 (63. Rf8 Bh6 64. Ra8 $17) 63... g5 $19 64.
hxg5 Bxg5 65. g4 hxg4+ 66. Kxg4 Bxf6 67. Ra5 Bxd4 68. Rxd5 Rg2+ 69. Kh3 a2 70.
Rxd4 a1=Q 71. Rh4+ Kg6 72. Kxg2 Qa2+ 73. Kg1 Qb1+ 74. Kh2 Qc2+ 75. Kh3 Qf5+ 76.
Kh2 Qf2+ 77. Kh3 Qf1+ 78. Kh2 Qe2+ 79. Kh3 Qe6+ 80. Rg4+ Kh5 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Qb1 b6 9. Nh3 Bh6 10. Bg5 Bxg5 11. Nxg5 Qd5 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. Qb4 Qd5 14. Qxc4
Qxc4 15. Bxc4 e6 16. Be2 Nd7 17. a4 Ke7 18. a5 c6 19. Kd2 b5 20. Rab1 Rab8 21.
Rb2 f5 22. Rhb1 Kd6 23. f3 e5 24. c4 exd4 25. cxb5 cxb5 26. Bxb5 dxe3+ 27. Kxe3
{Let us start looking at the game here. Before this, it was a Grünfeld and we
have got to this position which, though perhaps almost equal, does hold a bit
of danger for Black. Bishops are superior to knights, and the kingside pawns
will be vulnerable to an attack by the light-squared diagonal user. This
endgame is a bit reminiscent of what Fischer called the "minor exchange".} Nf6
28. Bc4 Rxb2 (28... Rhe8+ 29. Kd4 Rbd8 $1 {was the unnatural, but best way, to
hold. The point is that the rooks create an unsafe environment for the kings,
which makes it difficult for White to make progress.} 30. Rb7 Kc6+ 31. Kc3 Re3+
32. Kc2 Rd4 {for example.}) 29. Rxb2 Re8+ 30. Kd4 {Notice how Black's knight
is uncomfortably controlled compared to White's bishop.} Re7 31. Rb8 Rd7 32.
Rc8 Rb7 33. a6 $1 {Putting in the squeeze. The rook can't stay on the seventh
rank, but there isn't enough time to create counterplay.} Rb4 (33... Re7 34.
Bb5 {and the surprising checkmate on c6 is not so easy to parry.}) 34. Kc3 Ra4
35. Kb3 Nd7 36. Bb5 (36. Kxa4 Nb6+ 37. Kb5 Nxc8 38. Bg8 h6 {is not dangerous
for Black as there is no penetration square once the knight reaches e7.}) 36...
Ra5 37. Kb4 Ra1 38. Rd8 Rb1+ 39. Ka5 Ra1+ 40. Kb4 Rb1+ 41. Ka4 Ra1+ 42. Kb3
Rb1+ 43. Kc4 Rc1+ 44. Kd3 Rc7 45. Kd4 {Black has stabilised for now, but he is
far from out of danger.} Ke7 46. Ra8 Kd6 47. h4 $1 {Now phase two, if you will:
White advances a bit on the kingside to create threats.} Ke7 $2 {Unfortunate
timing.} (47... Nb6 48. Rh8 Ke6 49. Re8+ Kd6 50. h5 {is still very hard to
hold.}) 48. Bxd7 $1 {Nakamura does not miss his chances. The rook endgame is
hopeless.} Rxd7+ (48... Kxd7 49. Kd5 Ke7 50. Rh8 Kf6 51. Kd6 {and everything
falls apart} Rc2 {! the only way to resist} 52. Rxh7 Rxg2 53. Rxa7) 49. Ke5 Kf7
50. Rb8 {This is the killing manoeuvre. Any rook trade is hopeless.} Re7+ 51.
Kd5 Kf6 52. Rb7 Re5+ 53. Kd4 Ra5 54. Rxa7 {This endgame is sometimes a draw,
but not in this csae, with a weak kingside and the pawn on the sixth and not
the seventh, and you will soon find out why!} f4 55. Kc4 Ra2 56. Kc5 h5 57. Ra8
Rc2+ 58. Kb6 Rb2+ 59. Kc5 Rc2+ 60. Kb6 Rb2+ 61. Ka7 Rxg2 62. Rb8 Rf2 63. Rb6+
Kg7 64. Kb7 Rxf3 65. a7 Ra3 66. Ra6 Rb3+ 67. Kc6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c5 7. dxc5 Nd7 8.
e3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. a3 Qxc5 11. Rc1 Qb6 12. Nf3 Nc5 13. Bc4 Bg4 14. Nd4 a5
15. O-O Rac8 16. h3 Bd7 17. Rc2 Bg7 18. Rfc1 Rfd8 19. Qe2 Na4 20. Ncb5 Nc5 21.
Ba2 Na6 22. Bc4 Bf6 23. b3 Kf8 24. Rd1 Nc7 25. Nxc7 Rxc7 {White has an
excellent position. Up a pawn and trying to convert. Svidler, however, goes
for the kill when it was not ready} 26. Ne6+ $2 Bxe6 $2 (26... fxe6 $1 27. dxe6
{it looks like Black loses the bishop, but this is not the case} Rxc4 $1 28.
Rxc4 (28. Rxd7 Rxc2 29. Qxc2 {is an extra piece for Black.}) 28... Bxe6 29.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 {gives Black two beautiful bishops and a winning position against
the rook.}) 27. dxe6 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 fxe6 $6 29. Qd8+ {Now White's attack is
decisive.} Kg7 30. Bxe6 Rc6 31. Qg8+ Kh6 32. Qf8+ (32. h4 $1 Rxc2 33. Qf8+ Bg7
34. Qf4+ Kh5 35. Qg5#) 32... Bg7 33. Rxc6 Qxc6 34. Qxe7 g5 35. Bf5 Qc3 36. g3
b5 37. h4 Qf6 38. hxg5+ {The endgame is trivially winning with three extra
pawns.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "6000+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Qb3 {This is an unusual way of
handling the Grünfeld Defence, which is almost Svidler's only defence against
1. d4. However it is not without poison, as Ivanchuk shows.} e6 (5... c6) (5...
dxc4 {are two other ways of dealing with the pressure on d5, but they lead to
a completely different type of game.}) 6. Qa3 {You could say this is the
"point" of White's setup. Black can't castle for the time being, so he has to
solve that problem.} a5 {Svidler chooses a rather aggressive way of solving
the issue. The idea of a5 is to defend b4, allowing hiw b8 N to anchor himself
there.} (6... Nc6 7. Nf3 Ne7 {is Cheparinov's way of handling the position.})
7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bd2 Nb4 9. Qa4+ $5 {This interesting check is Ivanchuk's
improvement on the position. The only other two logical moves had been tried
before.} (9. Rc1 {is quite logical, and had been tried by Ben Finegold against
Antal in the Chicago Open a few years ago. However it does not lead to any
type of advantage.}) (9. Qb3 {was Rombaldoni's choice, but it's just not as
accurate.}) 9... Bd7 {There is no other way to defend from the check.} (9...
Qd7 10. Nb5 $16) (9... c6 10. a3 $16) 10. Qb3 {The bishop find itself slightly
misplaced on d7. The main problem is that it is impeding the black Q from
guarding the d5 pawn. This means that a3 might be a threat, or would at least
force Black into giving up the centre with dxc4.} dxc4 $2 {I think this is the
beginning of Black's long term strategic problems. Svidler just had to be more
active.} (10... c5 $5 {is a very Grünfeld-like move. Not being an expert in
this defence I don't want to say that it goes with the spirit of the setup,
but it does look logical.} 11. a3 (11. dxc5 Rc8 12. a3 (12. cxd5 Rxc5 {and it
seems unlikely that White will be able to hold to his material.}) 12... Na6 $1
$15 {is the other point.}) 11... a4 $13 {is the point.}) 11. Bxc4 Bc6 12. a3
Nbd5 (12... Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nbd5 14. Qxb7 $16 {is 0 compensation.}) 13. Ne5 O-O
14. Nxc6 bxc6 {[%csl Ra5,Rc6,Rc7]} 15. Qc2 $14 {White has the pair of bishops
and a healthier pawn structure. He just needs to castle to complete
development, and has no glaring weaknesses. If this is not an opening success
I do not know what is.} Qe7 16. O-O c5 {Black manages to exchange one of the
doubled pawns, but his structural weaknesses remain.} 17. Ne2 $1 {Very
beautiful, precise play. Ivanchuk doesn't want to saddle himself with a target
on d4.} cxd4 18. Nxd4 c5 19. Nb5 Rfc8 20. Rfd1 (20. Rad1 {was a tad more
accurate, the idea is to answer} Ng4 {with} 21. Be2 {since now} Qh4 22. h3 {
is possible, which it isn't in the game.}) 20... Ng4 {An attempt for activity,
as Black lacks a clear plan.} 21. h3 Ne5 22. Be2 c4 23. Rac1 h5 {This is an
interesting point to look at the position. White has the pair of bishops and
has pressure on the c4 and a5 pawns. On the other hand, Black has a couple of
well placed Ns near the centre and can potentially put a lot of pressure on b2.
It seems logical then that White must force Black into slowly but surely
retreating. The best way to do this is by pushing out the centralised knights.
Ivanchuk tries to manoeuvre around before committing to e4, but I think this
gives Black too much freedom.} 24. Nc3 (24. e4 Rab8 25. Nd4 Nf6 26. Bc3 $1 $14
{White here is solidly maintaining his position while keeping his options open.
Black is slightly worse but still has a lot of play.} (26. Bxa5 Qb7 27. Bb4
Qxe4 $11 {and Black has good play.})) 24... Nb6 25. Ne4 Nd5 26. Nc3 Nb6 27. Ne4
Nd5 28. Be1 {Ivanchuk has shied away from committing to e4 at some point. This
has let Black have a couple of active pieces, but White's position remains
quite pleasant.} Rab8 {With the obvious threat of Rxb2. Ivanchuk protects
himself in the most obvious way possible, but things start getting murky.} 29.
Kh1 $6 (29. Nc3 Nb6 30. f4 $14) 29... Nd7 (29... Ng4 $1 {was surprisingly
interesting.} 30. Rb1 (30. hxg4 $2 Rxb2 {and White loses.}) 30... Ngxe3 (30...
Be5 $5 31. Nc3 Bxc3 $1 32. bxc3 Ne5 $11 {and Black is just fine. His Ns are at
least as powerful as those caged in Bs.}) 31. fxe3 Nxe3 32. Qc1 Nxd1 33. Bxd1
f5 34. Nc3 e5 {Of course, it is always hard to evaluate such a position. White
is temporarily passive, and the central pawns look quite mighty, but it is not
clear if that is enough to control the minor pieces. All results would be
possible from this position.}) 30. Rb1 Nc5 $2 {This strange move seems to
spoil the nice activity Svidler had achieved. The pawn can be taken without
consequence, which gives Ivanchuk a strong advantage.} (30... Ne5 31. Bxa5 Nd3
$1 {Not the easiest move to find, but it was necessary. It is the only way
Black can regain the pawns.} 32. Bxd3 $8 (32. b3 Nxf2+ $1 33. Nxf2 Nxe3 34. Qe4
Nxd1 35. Bxd1 (35. Rxd1 Qc5 36. Be1 cxb3 $19 {Black will swiftly gain material
for his advanced passed pawn.}) 35... Qxa3 $17 {and Black is definitely better.
}) 32... cxd3 33. Qxd3 Bxb2 34. a4 Qa7 {and Black regains all his pawns, with
obvious equality.}) 31. Bxc4 Nb6 32. Bb5 Nd5 33. a4 {White has an extra pawn
and although Black is still active, it's hard to believe this is full
compensation for the pawn. White's plan is now quite simple, he will untangle
and win with his extra pawn. Black doesn't have any targets so as to be able
to prevent this.} Na6 34. Qe2 Nab4 35. Rbc1 Rc7 36. Nc3 (36. Rxc7 Qxc7 37. Nc3
{was a better way of doing things I think, as Black doesn't get as much
pressure on the c-file.}) 36... Rbc8 37. Nxd5 exd5 38. Rxc7 Rxc7 {The position
has simplified a little, and it doesn't help Black at all. His best hope now
is that the blockade on the queenside holds without any additional damage.} 39.
b3 Bc3 40. Rc1 Qf6 41. Qf3 Qe5 42. Qg3 $1 {A beautiful concept. White
sacrifices his structure to simplify the position, thus depriving Black of all
his activity. Now the position becomes easier to handle.} Qxg3 43. fxg3 Be5 44.
Rxc7 Bxc7 45. Kg1 Nc2 46. Bd2 Bb6 47. Kf2 {The pair of bishops and the
activity of the king are too much for the black forces.} d4 48. e4 d3+ 49. Kf1
Ne3+ (49... Nb4 50. Bxb4 axb4 51. Bxd3 $18 {should be quite hopeless.}) 50. Ke1
Nxg2+ 51. Kd1 h4 (51... Ne3+ 52. Kc1 Nf1 53. Bf4 Bf2 54. Bxd3 Bxg3 55. Bxg3
Nxg3 56. b4 {and Black's forces are way too far away from the a-pawn.}) 52.
gxh4 Nxh4 53. b4 axb4 54. Bxb4 Nf3 55. a5 Bd4 56. Be7 {Ivanchuk chooses to aid
his pawn as quickly as possible, though Bxd3 should also suffice.} f5 57. exf5
gxf5 58. Bd8 Kf7 59. Bb6 Ke6 60. Bxd4 Nxd4 61. Bxd3 {Ns are particularly bad
at catching rook pawns because they end up far away from the rest of the board.
Especially if the rest of the board is another rook pawn. A very interesting
opening by Ivanchuk that paid great dividends, and although Svidler played a
strong game and maybe even had chances to equalise, one slip was enough for
him to lose. Ivanchuk's technique after winning the pawn in the middlegame was
absolutely flawless.} 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2016.05.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. e3
O-O 9. Be2 {Pavel employs an extremely rare idea in the well-known theoretical
position.} ({Fabiano has successfully solved all the problems in the endgame
which may arise after} 9. cxd5 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd5 11. Be2 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+
13. Kxd2 Nc6 14. Rhc1 Rd8 15. Rc5 (15. Ke1 Bf5 16. a3 Rac8 17. h3 h5 $11 {
Karjakin,S (2762)-Caruana,F (2796) Skopje MKD 2015}) 15... Bf5 16. Rac1 Be4 17.
Bd3 Bd5 18. Bc4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nxd4 20. exd4 Rxd4+ 21. Ke3 Rxf4 22. Kxf4 Bh6+
23. Rg5 Kf8 24. Kg4 f6 25. f4 fxg5 26. fxg5 Bg7 $11 {Kramnik,V (2769)-Caruana,
F (2829) London ENG 2014}) 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd7 {This move was played after
a long period of meditation. Black is trying to exploit the somewhat
vulnerable placement of both White's bishops.} ({Liquidating into a similar
endgame by means of} 10... cxd4 11. cxd4 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nc6 14.
Rab1 b6 15. Rhc1 Bf5 16. Bd3 $14 {Dubov,D (2661)-Grigoriants,S (2603) Berlin
GER 2015, didn't offer Black a full equality.}) 11. O-O Nb6 12. Bb3 $146 {
This natural retreat is a novelty and a clear improvement} ({over one
preceding game:} 12. Qb3 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Be6 15. Qb4 Bd5 $11 {
Hackner,O (2119)-Balaji,A (1973) Ascot 2014}) 12... c4 $1 {This advance makes
the play less concrete compared to the usual ''Grünfeld stuff''.} ({The
immediate} 12... Nd5 {is well met by} 13. Be5 $1 {, and then the ''greedy''}
Nxc3 14. Qc2 cxd4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nxd4 Nd5 17. Rfd1 Qa5 18. Rac1 {would put
Black under strong pressure.}) 13. Bc2 Nd5 14. Qd2 Nxf4 (14... Qa5 15. Be4 Nxf4
16. exf4 $14 {leads to the same character of play, but here the situation is
somewhat better for White.}) 15. exf4 {Liquidating the powerful dark-squared
bishop is a definite achivement for Black. However, the space advantage and
superiority in the centre still make White's position quite promising.} Be6 {
The bishop is heading to d5 in order to consolidate Black's position.} 16. a4
$6 {Pavel deviates from simplifying the position, but the centralised Bd5
would be too strong.} ({Instead, the correct} 16. Be4 $1 Bd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18.
a4 e6 19. Rfb1 $14 {would offer White a small, but stable advantage.}) 16...
Bd5 17. Ne5 e6 $11 18. Rfb1 {Compared to the above-mentioned note, it is much
more difficult for White to make any progress on the queenside.} Rb8 {This
move is connected with a concrete plan of creating a passer.} ({Another
reasonable way of handling the position was} 18... Qc7 19. f3 f6 20. Ng4 Rad8
$11) 19. Qe3 a6 20. a5 {The most natural response - it definitely makes sense
to separate the pawns.} (20. Be4 b5 21. Rb4 Qd6 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ra5 f6 24.
Nf3 Qd7 $11) 20... b5 21. axb6 Rxb6 22. g3 {This move isn't a real mistake,
but it makes the monarch feel uncomfortably.} ({Possibly, a safer approach
would be} 22. Be4 $5 Bxe5 23. fxe5 a5 24. Rc1 Rb3 25. Ra4 Qa8 26. f3 $11) 22...
Rxb1+ 23. Rxb1 Bxe5 24. Qxe5 Qa8 $5 {An ambitious choice. The queen is going
to support the a-passer and disturb the opponent's king.} (24... Qa5 25. Be4
Qxc3 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Qxd5 $11) 25. h4 Bh1 26. Kf1 {The king is moving to the
centre. The limited material balance doesn't allow Black to develop a powerful
attack yet.} h5 {Caruana's monarch is also somewhat exposed, so he sensibly
takes care of it.} 27. Ke1 a5 ({White is OK after} 27... Qf3 28. Qe3 $11) 28.
Ra1 ({It was possible to force a draw by means of:} 28. Kd2 a4 29. Bxg6 fxg6
30. Qxe6+ Kg7 31. Qe7+ Rf7 32. Qe5+ Kh6 33. Rb8 Qe4 34. Qh8+ Rh7 35. Qf8+ Rg7
36. Qh8+ $11) 28... Qg2 29. Rxa5 (29. Qe2 Rb8 30. Qxc4 Rb2 31. Ra2 {leaves
Black nothing better than forcing a perpetual:} Qg1+ 32. Ke2 Bf3+ $1 33. Kxf3
Qh1+ 34. Ke3 (34. Ke2 Qe4+ $11) 34... Qc1+ 35. Kf3 Qh1+ $11) 29... Qg1+ 30. Ke2
Bg2 31. Qe3 {Objectively, White is still able to maintain the balance after
this move, but the initiative is definitely on Black's side now.} ({Once again,
it made sense to call it a day with} 31. Bxg6 $1 Qf1+ 32. Kd2 Qxf2+ 33. Kc1
fxg6 34. Qxe6+ Kh8 35. Rxh5+ gxh5 36. Qh6+ Kg8 37. Qg6+ $11) 31... Rb8 32. Ra2
{A sad necessity. All White's pieces are doomed to a passive defence.} Bh3 33.
Kd2 Bf5 {Exchanging the bishops would expose the light squares in White's camp,
so it's getting more shaky.} 34. Qe1 Qg2 35. Bxf5 $2 {Opening-up the e-file
yields Black additional attacking resourses.} ({It was necessary to sit and
wait:} 35. Qe2 Bxc2 36. Rxc2 Rb1 37. Rc1 Rb3 38. Rc2 $11 {and it looks like
Black cannot make any progress.}) 35... exf5 36. Kc2 $2 {Being under strong
time pressure, Pavel fails to defend properly and makes a decisive mistake.} (
36. Rc2 Rb6 37. Rc1 Re6 38. Qf1 Qf3 $17) 36... Qb7 $2 {Returning the favour.} (
{The precise} 36... Qf3 $1 {would win on the spot:} 37. Qe3 (37. Kc1 Rb3 38.
Rc2 Ra3 39. Kb1 Qa8 $19) 37... Qh1 38. Rb2 Ra8 $19) 37. Kd2 Qg2 38. Kc1 $2 ({
Once again,} 38. Rc2 {would be the only way to stay in the game.}) 38... Qf3 $1
{This time Fabiano doesn't miss the chance.} 39. Rc2 (39. Rb2 Ra8 40. Kb1 Ra6
$19) 39... Ra8 40. Qe2 ({Nor does} 40. Kb1 {offer any hope:} Ra6 41. Ra2 Re6
42. Qc1 Qb7+ 43. Ka1 Qe7 $19) 40... Qh1+ 41. Kd2 Ra1 $19 {White is paralysed.
The remaining few moves were just an agony.} 42. Qe8+ Kg7 43. Qe5+ Kh7 44. Qe2
Rb1 45. f3 Rg1 {White cannot avoid the loss of his queen.} ({Another
possibility was} 45... Qg1 46. d5 Qxg3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Sitges Sunway op 3rd"]
[Site "Sitges"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "Soham,Datar"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.12.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:03:09]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:
00:41]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 4. Bg5 {[%emt 0:02:28]} Ne4
{[%emt 0:00:33]} 5. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 6. cxd5 {[%emt 0:
00:29]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 7. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 8.
e3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:07:20]} 9. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:08:36]} Qxd4 {
[%emt 0:01:25]} 10. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:04:49]} (10... e6 {
this is another plan to play with. Black tries to exchange White's better and
active bishop with his slight passive bishop. for example} 11. Rb1 Be7 12. Bxe7
Kxe7 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. Bd3 {playing with a healthy pawn structure and a good
bishop certainly favours White.}) 11. Nf3 {[%emt 0:03:05]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:51]}
12. Rb1 {[%emt 0:02:45]} b6 {[%emt 0:02:58]} 13. Bb5 $1 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Bd7 {
[%emt 0:00:32]} 14. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:41] When there is a possibility of maximum
exchange of the pieces on the board , then the king should be kept in the
centre from which he can immediately take part in the endgame for futher
action.} Na5 {[%emt 0:17:34]} 15. Rhc1 $1 {Black hasn't castled yet and is
busy solving his problems of light sqaured bishop. So white has time to
develope his pieces and aim towards entering in Blacks territory.} Bxb5+ {
[%emt 0:03:31]} 16. Rxb5 {[%emt 0:02:47]} e6 {[%emt 0:12:43] We can see that
Black's h8-rook is not participating in the battle . Also the knight on a5 is
not impressive as it is awkwardly placed. Knight on the rim is bad!} 17. Rc7 $1
{[%emt 0:11:25] Rook on the 7th rank is always good. So whenever possible you
should try to occupy 7th rank as it exerts pressure on base of pawn chain and
limits oppoenent's activity.} O-O {[%emt 0:00:24]} 18. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:06]
Improving the rook's position and getting ready to double the rooks on c-file.
Now White is much better here.} h6 {[%emt 0:04:29] Trying to kick off the
bishop from h4-d8 diagonal .} 19. Be7 $1 {[%emt 0:04:40]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:00:50]}
20. Rbc1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 21. Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} b5 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} 22. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:06] Improving the postion of knight and
preparing to place it on outpost c5 from which he has a greater scope of
action.} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 23. Bxf8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kxf8 {[%emt 0:00:21]
However Black has been successful in minimizing the threats by White by
exchanging of the maximum pieces. Still I think that White's position is much
better due to the active positions of rook and knight is likely to occupy the
strong post on c5!} 24. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:49] In the endgame the king is the
piece with which you can attack!} a6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 25. Kc3 {[%emt 0:29:13]}
Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 26. Kb4 {[%emt 0:02:37]} (26. Ne4 $1 {is the best way to
play.} Nc4 (26... b4+ 27. Kb2 Rb6 28. Nc5 Ke8 29. Ra7 $18) 27. Ra7 a5 28. a4 $1
) 26... Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 27. Ne4 {[%emt 0:05:57]} a5+ {[%emt 0:04:07]} 28.
Kc5 {[%emt 0:02:26] White has achieved a great position.} Nb2 {[%emt 0:01:14]}
29. Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:59]} (29. Kc6) 29... a4 {[%emt 0:05:35]} 30. Nf6 {[%emt 0:
03:25] This gives Black chances to escape with a draw.} (30. a3 {followed by
Kb4-a5 was good to maintain the initiative} Nd3+ 31. Kc6 Rc8+ 32. Kxb5 Rc2 $16)
30... Nd3+ {[%emt 0:01:23]} 31. Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 32.
Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nb4+ {[%emt 0:01:10]} 33. Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nd3+ {
[%emt 0:00:12]} 34. Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nb4+ {Good game by Nihal Sarin. It
shows that he has good understanding of positional concepts unlikely for a kid
of his age. He is truly a prodigy!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Popov, Valerij"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 $5 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 (6. Nxd5 Bg7 7.
e3 c5 8. Nf3 Nc6 $13) 6... c6 7. dxc6 Bxd4 8. cxb7 Bxb7 $44 9. e3 Bxc3+ 10.
bxc3 Qa5 11. Qc2 (11. Qd4 O-O 12. Qb4 Qc7 13. Nf3 (13. Rc1 Nc6 14. Qc5 Qb6 $1
15. Qb5 (15. Qxb6 axb6 $15) 15... Rfc8 16. Nf3 Nb4 $36) 13... Nc6 14. Qc5 Rfc8
15. Be2 Na5 16. Qxc7 Rxc7 17. Rc1 Rac8 {=/+/=}) 11... O-O 12. Ne2 (12. Rb1 $2
Rc8 $1 13. Ne2 (13. Rb5 $2 Rxc3 $1 14. Rxa5 (14. Qxg6+ $2 hxg6 15. Rxa5 Rc1+
$19) 14... Rxc2 $17) (13. Rxb7 Rxc3 14. Qd2 (14. Rb5 Rxe3+ 15. Kd1 Re1#) 14...
Rc1+ 15. Ke2 Qa6+ $19) 13... Bd5 $15) 12... Nd7 13. Rb1 (13. Nd4 Rac8 14. Rc1
Nf6 $36 {/\ Ne4; /\ Nd5}) (13. Ng3 Nc5 14. Rb1 Rfd8 15. Rb5 Qc7 $44) 13... Nc5
14. f3 (14. Rb4 Rac8 $1 15. Nd4 (15. Ng3 Ne4 $1 16. Nxe4 Qxb4 $19) 15... Ne4
16. Rb5 $8 Qc7 17. c4 Rfd8 $36) 14... Rab8 $1 (14... Rfd8 15. Nd4 e5 16. Nb3
$13) (14... e5 15. Kf2 $44) 15. Nd4 Bd5 16. Be2 (16. Kf2 $5 Rxb1 (16... Qxa2
17. Qxa2 Bxa2 18. Rxb8 Rxb8 19. Nc6 {=/+/=}) 17. Qxb1 e5 $1 18. Nc2 (18. Qb4
Qxa2+ $17) 18... Qxc3 19. Be2 Rc8 (19... e4 $5) 20. Rd1 Ne4+ $1 21. fxe4 Bxe4
$15) (16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. axb3 Rfc8 18. b4 Qa3 19. Qb2 Rxc3 20. Qxa3 Rxa3 $15)
16... Na4 17. Kd2 $6 (17. Kf2 $8 Nxc3 18. Rxb8 Rxb8 19. Rc1 Nxa2 20. Qc7 (20.
Ra1 e5 $1 21. Nc6 Qc7 $1 $15) 20... Qb6 $1 $15) 17... Rfc8 (17... e5 18. Rxb8 (
18. Bb5 exd4 19. Bxa4 dxc3+ 20. Ke2 Bc4+ 21. Kf2 Rxb1 22. Rxb1 Rd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1
24. Qxd1 Bxa2 $19) (18. Nb3 Bxb3 19. Rxb3 Rfd8+ 20. Bd3 Rxb3 21. axb3 e4 $1 $17
) 18... Rxb8 19. Nb3 Bxb3 20. axb3 Rd8+ 21. Bd3 (21. Ke1 Nxc3 22. Kf2 Rd2 23.
Qxd2 Ne4+ 24. fxe4 Qxd2 25. Rd1 $15) 21... e4 22. bxa4 (22. fxe4 Qg5 $1 $19)
22... Rxd3+ 23. Ke2 Rxc3 24. Qd2 $17) 18. Rxb8 Rxb8 19. Bb5 $8 (19. Nb3 Bxb3
20. axb3 Rd8+ (20... Qd5+ 21. Qd3 Qxb3 22. Rc1 $15) 21. Ke1 (21. Bd3 Qg5 $1 $19
) 21... Nxc3 22. Kf2 Rd2 23. Qxd2 Ne4+ 24. fxe4 Qxd2 $17 {a5,Qb4,e6,
Kg8-g7-f6-e5}) 19... Rxb5 20. Nxb5 Qxb5 $17 21. Rb1 Qc6 22. Qd3 (22. Rb8+ Kg7
23. Qd3 e5 $1 $17) 22... Nb6 23. Ke1 (23. e4 Bxa2 24. Ra1 Qe6 25. Qc2 Bb3 $19)
23... e5 $1 24. Rb2 (24. Rb5 Kg7 25. Ra5 Bc4 26. Qe4 Qxe4 27. fxe4 a6 28. Rxe5
Nd7 $1 29. Ra5 Kf6 $17) 24... Kg7 25. Rd2 Qa4 26. Qc2 Qh4+ 27. g3 Qg5 28. f4 (
28. Kf2 Qh5 $19) 28... exf4 29. exf4 Qe7+ 30. Re2 Qc5 31. Qd3 Qg1+ (31... Bc4
32. Qe3 $17) 32. Kd2 Qa1 $1 {/\ Nc4} 33. Qd4+ Kh6 34. Ke3 Nc4+ 35. Kf2 Qh1 $1
36. g4 Qxh2+ 37. Kf1 Qh1+ 38. Kf2 Qf3+ 39. Ke1 Qg3+ 40. Kf1 (40. Kd1 Qxg4 $1
$19 41. Qxd5 $140 Ne3+) 40... Bg2+ $1 (40... Bg2+ 41. Rxg2 (41. Kg1 Bf3+ $19)
41... Ne3+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Match/Team URS-World 20,5-19,5"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1970.04.02"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Taimanov/Uhlmann"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1970.03.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 c5 6. cxd5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qxd5 8.
e3 Bg7 9. Qf3 Qd8 $1 {Uhlmann=:U} 10. Bb5+ Nd7 11. Ne2 O-O (11... cxd4 12. exd4
{Taimanov=:T} (12. cxd4 $4 Qa5+) 12... O-O 13. O-O Nf6 $10 {U}) 12. O-O a6 13.
Bd3 Rb8 (13... Ne5 14. dxe5 Qxd3 15. Bxe7 {T}) 14. a4 b6 (14... Nf6 $142 {U})
15. Rfd1 Qe8 $2 {T} (15... Bb7 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Nf6 18. Qd3 Qc8 19. Bg3
Ra8 {T}) 16. Be4 $1 {P 17. c6 T} e5 $2 (16... Nf6 17. Bxf6 (17. Bc6 Bd7 18.
Bxd7 Nxd7 19. Qc6 $14 {U}) 17... exf6 $14 {U} (17... Bxf6 18. Bc6) 18. Bc6 Qe7
19. Nf4 {T}) 17. Bc6 Qe6 18. Bg3 $1 {U P 19. d7 d7 20. e5 T} Rd8 (18... Re8 19.
dxe5 Bxe5 20. Nf4 Qe7 (20... Qf5 21. Bxd7 Bxd7 22. e4 $18) 21. Bxd7 Bxd7 22.
Nd5 Qe6 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Nf6+ $18 {U}) 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Bd5 Qe7 21. Qxf7+
Qxf7 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. Bxe5 Rb7 24. Bf4 Re8 25. f3 c4 (25... Ne5 26. Bxe5 Rxe5
27. e4 {T}) 26. Rd4 $2 {T/U} (26. e4 Nc5 27. Be3 $1 {U} Nd3 (27... Nxe4 $2 28.
fxe4 Rxe4 29. Rf1+ Kg8 (29... Ke8 30. Bh6 $18) 30. Bh6 $18 {U}) 28. Rdb1 {T})
26... Nc5 $1 {T} 27. Rxc4 Be6 28. Rb4 a5 29. Rb2 Bd7 30. Rba2 Nb3 31. Rd1 Nc5
32. Rd4 Ne6 33. Rc4 g5 $1 {U} 34. Bd6 Nc5 {P 35... e6 T} 35. Nd4 (35. Rd4 Rxe3
36. Kf2 Re8 37. Ng3 $18 {U}) 35... Nxa4 $1 {U} 36. Rcxa4 Bxa4 37. Rxa4 Rxe3 38.
Nb5 Re1+ 39. Kf2 Rb1 40. c4 $2 {T} (40. Nd4 {T}) 40... Rd7 {P 41... b5 T} 41.
Be5 Rd2+ 42. Ke3 (42. Kg3 Rg1 $40 {U} 43. Kg4 Kg6 $1 {T}) 42... Rxg2 43. Ke4
Rb4 $1 {T/U} 44. Rxb4 axb4 45. Nd4 {P e4-d5-c6 T} Ke7 46. Bc7 (46. Kd5 Kd7 {T})
(46. Nc6+ Ke6 {T}) 46... Kd7 47. Bxb6 b3 $1 {T} (47... Rxh2 48. c5 {T}) 48.
Nxb3 Rb2 49. Be3 (49. Nc5+ Kc6 50. Ba7 Ra2 51. Ne6 $10 {U}) 49... Rxb3 50. Bxg5
Rc3 51. Bf6 Rxc4+ 52. Kf5 Rc2 53. h4 Rf2 54. f4 Ke8 55. Kg5 Rg2+ 56. Kh5 Rg6
57. Bg5 Kf7 58. f5 Rc6 59. f6 Ke6 60. Kh6 Rc7 61. Be3 (61. Be3 Kxf6 62. Bd4+
Kf5 63. h5 $1 $10 {T/U} (63. Bg7 $2 Rxg7 64. Kxg7 h5 $19 {U})) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match/Team URS-World 20,5-19,5"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1970.03.29"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Taimanov/Uhlmann"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1970.03.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 c5 6. cxd5 $1 {Uhlmann=:U} Nxc3
(6... Qa5 7. Qd3 $1 {U}) 7. bxc3 Qxd5 (7... Qa5 8. Qd2 Bg7 9. e3 $14 {U}) 8. e3
cxd4 (8... Nc6 $142 {Taimanov=T}) (8... Bg7 $142 {T/U} 9. Qf3 Qd8 {U}) 9. Qxd4
$1 {T/U} Qxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Nf3 Bg7 13. O-O e6 14. Rab1 $1 {T}
O-O 15. Nd2 $1 {U} f5 16. Nb3 b6 17. Rfc1 Rac8 18. Ba6 Rce8 (18... Rb8 $2 19.
Bg3 e5 20. Bb5 $16) 19. Bb7 Nd8 20. Rc7 Rf7 (20... Nxb7 21. Rxb7 (21. Rxd7 $2
Rf7 22. Rxf7 Kxf7 23. Rc1 Bf6 $10 {U}) 21... Bc6 22. Rxa7 Ra8 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24.
Nc1 b5 $14 {T/U}) 21. Ba6 Ba4 22. Rbc1 Bf8 23. R1c4 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 Nc6 25. Bc4
$1 {T} Bg7 (25... Bd6 26. Rb7 {U}) 26. Rc8 $2 {T /!? U} (26. Bg3 $1 {P c8 T}
Kh8 $2 27. Bxe6 {U}) 26... Rxc8 27. Bxe6+ Kf8 28. Bxc8 Nb4 29. Nc1 Kf7 $1 {
T/U P 30... f4!T} 30. Bg3 Bf8 31. Bb7 $2 {U} (31. Bb8 Nc6 32. Bd7 {U}) 31...
Ke6 32. Bb8 Kd7 $1 {T/U} 33. Bf3 (33. Bxa7 $4 Kc7 {U}) 33... Bb5 34. Bd1 a5 35.
a4 Bc4 36. g4 $1 {T} b5 37. gxf5 gxf5 38. Be5 Nc6 $6 {T/U} (38... Nd5 $1 {T/U}
39. axb5 Bxb5 40. Bc2 Ke6 41. Nd3 a4 {T}) 39. Bh8 Ba3 40. axb5 Bxc1 (40... Bxb5
41. Nb3 a4 42. Nc5+ Bxc5 43. dxc5 Ke6) 41. bxc6+ Kxc6 42. Ba4+ Kd5 $2 {U} (
42... Bb5 43. d5+ (43. Bc2 $142 {T/U} a4 44. Bxf5 a3 45. Bxh7 Bc4 $14 {U})
43... Kc5 44. Bd4+ Kb4 $10 {T/U}) 43. Bc2 Ke6 44. Kg2 Ba3 45. Be5 Bf8 46. Bc7
Bd5+ 47. f3 Bb4 48. Kg3 Kf6 (48... Bd6+ 49. Bxd6 Kxd6 50. Kf4 Be6 51. e4 fxe4
52. fxe4 {T}) 49. Be5+ Kg6 50. Kf4 Be6 51. Ba4 $1 {T/U} Bf8 52. e4 (52. Be8+
Bf7 53. Bxf7+ Kxf7 54. Kxf5 a4 {T}) 52... Bh6+ 53. Kg3 fxe4 54. fxe4 Bd2 55. d5
Be1+ 56. Kf3 Bh3 57. Be8+ Kh6 58. Bf6 1-0

[Event "Lvov Vasylyshyn Memorial-A 11th"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2014.11.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kazakov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Zakhartsov,Vi"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2014.11.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Nf3 Nd7 (8... Bg7 {is the most common continuation. With the text Black aims
to immediately block the b-file by playing ...Nb6.}) 9. d5 {An attempt to
refute the knight move.} (9. Be2 {is the main line.}) 9... Bg4 10. Qd4 Bxf3 11.
Qxh8 (11. gxf3 Rg8 12. Qxc4 Bg7 13. Rd1 Nb6 14. Qb3 Qd6 15. Bb5+ Kf8 {with
mutual chances, Dreev - Cheparinov, Helsingor 2012.}) 11... Bxd5 12. e4 $5 {
A novelty. Other attempts:} (12. Qd4 Nb6 13. e4 Bc6 14. f3 Qxd4 15. cxd4 Bg7 {
and Black is fine, Gelfand - Ponomariov, Nice 2010}) (12. Rd1 c6 13. Be2 {
(Morchiashvili - Fier, Tbilisi 2014), and now it was worth considering} Bxg2 $5
14. Bg4 (14. Rg1 Bd5) 14... Bxh1 15. Rxd7 Qxd7 16. Bxd7+ Kxd7 {with slightly
better chances for Black.}) 12... Bxe4 (12... Be6 13. Rd1 c6 {would be more
quiet. I thought that White would have an easy game after} 14. Be2 {, but
Black would have his share of chances:} Qa5 15. Bg3 (15. O-O Qe5 (15... g5 16.
Bg3 Nf6 {cutting off the white queen is interesting, but the black king would
not be castled:} 17. Rd4 Qxa2 18. Re1 Qa5 19. Rc1) 16. Qxe5 Nxe5 17. f4 Nd3 18.
f5 gxf5 19. exf5 Bd5 20. Bxd3 cxd3 21. Rfe1 Bxa2 22. Rxd3 b5 {with a
double-edged endgame:} 23. Bxe7 Bxe7 24. Rde3 Kd7 $5 (24... Be6 25. Rg3 (25.
fxe6 $2 Bc5) 25... Bc8 26. Rge3 Be6 {=}) 25. Rxe7+ Kd6 26. Re8 Rxe8 27. Rxe8 a5
) 15... O-O-O 16. Qd4 Bh6 $5 17. Bxc4 (17. O-O $4 c5 {and the queen is trapped}
) 17... Bg7 18. Qxg7 (18. e5 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Nxe5 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8) 18... Bxc4 19.
Qd4 Qxa2 20. Rd2 Qa1+ 21. Rd1 Qa6 {and Black is better due to the white king
being stuck in the centre.}) 13. Bxc4 Nb6 $2 {A severe miscalculation. In such
sharp positions each mistake is fatal.} ({I had to find} 13... Bxg2 14. Rg1 Nb6
$1 15. Rd1 (15. Bb3 $2 Bd5 16. O-O-O Qd6 {and Black is better}) (15. Bxf7+ $2
Kxf7 16. Qxh7+ Bg7 17. Rxg2 Qd3 {and Black wins}) 15... Bd5 $1 {(the point)} (
15... Qc8 $4 16. Bxe7 $1) 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. c4 (17. Rg5 f5 18. Qxh7 (18. c4 Qd6
19. Rxd5 Qb4+ 20. Kd1 Qb1+ (20... Qa4+ 21. Ke1 Qb4+ {a draw}) 21. Kd2 Qxa2+ 22.
Ke1 Qxc4 {and having 5 pawns for the rook, Black is better}) 18... Qd6 19.
Qxg6+ Qxg6 20. Rxg6 Nxc3 {and Black should be OK}) 17... Qd6 $1 18. Rxd5 (18.
cxd5 Qb4+ {and the bishop on h4 drops}) 18... Qb4+ 19. Kd1 Qb1+ 20. Kd2 Qxg1
21. Bxe7 $1 Qxf2+ 22. Kc3 Qe1+ 23. Kb3 {, and now Black can either give a
perpetual, or search for some winning chances:} Qxe7 (23... Qb1+ 24. Ka3 Qc1+
25. Kb3 Qb1+ $11) 24. Re5 O-O-O 25. Rxe7 Bxe7 26. Qxh7 Rd3+ 27. Kc2 Rf3) 14.
Rd1 Qxd1+ {Forced.} ({In advance I had intended to play} 14... Qc8 $2 {which
would lose on the spot to} 15. Bxe7 $1 Kxe7 16. Qe5+ $18) 15. Kxd1 Nxc4 16. Ke2
Bxg2 17. Rd1 Nd6 18. Qxh7 Bc6 19. Bg3 {So, having 2 minor pieces and 2 pawns
for the queen, Black has some chances to survive. However, I began to make
mistakes again.} Bb5+ $6 (19... Ne4 20. Rc1 (20. Qh8 f6) 20... Rd8 {activating
the rook.}) 20. Ke1 Bc4 {I dreamed about 0-0-0, but this is not feasible.} 21.
Qh4 Be6 $2 {One more mistake.} ({In advance I had intended to play} 21... Bg7
$4 {which would lose to} 22. Rxd6 (22. Bxd6 Bxc3+ 23. Rd2 Bxd2+ 24. Kxd2 O-O-O
25. Qxc4 Rxd6+ {with some chances to build a fortress}) 22... cxd6 23. Qxc4 {
; but}) (21... Rc8 {indirectly protecting the c4-bishop, was much better.}) 22.
Qa4+ $1 Bd7 23. Qd4 Bc6 {Black has completed the bishop's round trip and has
the same position as before his 19th move, whereas White has centralised his
queen and has a large advantage.} 24. c4 {Now c5 is inevitable, and hopes to
build a fortress disappear.} a6 25. c5 Nf5 26. Qh8 Rc8 27. Be5 Bf3 28. Rd3 Be4
29. Rd2 Bc6 30. h4 Bf3 31. Bf4 Bh5 $2 (31... f6 $2 {also loses quickly:} 32.
Qg8 Bh5 33. Qd5) (31... Bc6 {was relatively better, although White should win
after} 32. h5 gxh5 33. Qxh5) 32. Rd3 {Now White is completely winning.} f6 (
32... Nxh4 33. Bh6) 33. Qg8 c6 34. Qb3 Nxh4 35. Qxb7 Bg4 36. Bg3 g5 37. Qxa6
Ng2+ 38. Kf1 Nf4 39. Bxf4 gxf4 40. Qb7 Kf7 41. a4 f3 42. a5 Bh6 43. Rxf3 Rd8
44. Kg2 1-0

