[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1994.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. Bd3 $5 (7. Be2
Be6 8. O-O h6 $13) 7... Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. N1c3 a6 10. Na3 Ne8 (10... Be6 $142
11. b3 Nd7) 11. b3 $1 Bg5 12. Bb2 Be6 13. Nc2 Rc8 14. Kh1 $1 {/\ g3,f4} Ne7 $6
15. Qe2 g6 16. Rad1 Ng7 17. Ne3 $16 {/\ Bb1, Ba3, /\ g3, f4|^} Qb6 18. Rfe1 Nc6
$1 19. Bb1 $1 (19. Ncd5 Qc5 20. Bb1 f5 $5) 19... Rcd8 (19... Nd4 $2 20. Qd3 {
/\ Na4}) 20. Ncd5 Qc5 21. Qf3 $6 (21. g3 $1 {/\ f4} f5 22. exf5 gxf5 23. f4 Bh6
$16) 21... f5 $1 22. Qg3 (22. exf5 Bxe3 $1 23. Nxe3 Nxf5 $132) 22... Bxe3 23.
fxe3 Rf7 $1 $13 {/\ Rdf8} 24. exf5 Bxf5 $1 (24... Nxf5 $2 25. Bxf5 Bxf5 26. e4
Be6 27. Bc1 $16) 25. Bxf5 Nxf5 26. Qg5 Rdf8 27. h3 $1 b5 28. e4 Nfd4 29. cxb5
axb5 30. Bc1 $1 Qa7 31. Qh4 Nc2 $1 32. Rg1 $8 Qf2 $1 33. Qg4 Kg7 34. Rgf1 $6 (
34. Qe6 Qc5 $1 {/\ N6d4}) (34. a4 $1 $14) 34... Qxf1+ 35. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 36. Kh2
N6d4 (36... Rxc1 $2 37. Qd7+) 37. Bg5 Ne1 38. Be3 R8f7 39. Qc8 R1f2 $4 (39...
Nec2 $15) 40. Bxf2 Rxf2 41. Qd7+ $4 (41. Qc7+ $1 Kh6 42. Ne3 Re2 43. Ng4+ Kg5
44. Qc1+ $18) 41... Kh6 $1 $13 42. Ne3 Re2 43. Ng4+ Kg5 44. Kg1 $3 (44. Qxd6
Ndf3+ 45. Kh1 Kf4 $3 (45... Rxg2 46. Qf6+ Kh5 47. Qxf3 $1 $10) 46. gxf3 Nxf3
47. Qd3 Rxa2 48. Qf1 Kg3 $1 $19 {/\ h5}) (44. Qxh7 Rxg2+ 45. Kh1 Kf4 46. Qf7+
Kg3 47. Qxg6 Kh4 $1 (47... Kxh3 $2 48. Qh5+ Kg3 49. Ne3 $18) 48. Qh6+ Kg3 49.
Qg6 Kh4 $1 $10) 44... Kf4 45. Qxd6 Rxg2+ 46. Kf1 Ndf3 47. Nxe5 $1 Rg1+ 48. Kf2
Rg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[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"]

{In Belgrade last year, I started with the same opponents - Lautier and
Kramnik (the colors were different), and shared first place with Ivanchuk.
Even so, I obviously didn't want to repeat my first round result!} 1. e4 c5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 {I expected 4...e6 and had planned 5.Nb5
against that. Here I thought for a while, but in the end decided to go for it
anyway.} 5. Nb5 Qb8 6. c4 Nf6 7. N5c3 e6 8. Be2 Be7 (8... Bc5 9. a3 a5 10. Nd2)
9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Rd8 {Black hopes to get d7-d5 in one go.} 11. a3 $1 {
While the plan of a3, b4 followed by Ra2 may not be the most natural one,
White needs to watch out for d7-d5.} (11. Nd2 d5 $11) 11... b6 12. b4 {I was
sure during the game and was amazed to discover afterwards that this is all
well-known and had been played as long back as1936!!} Bb7 13. Ra2 $1 (13. f4 $2
d5 (13... d6 {Was played in Kan-Flohr Moscow 1936!! Subsequently, Polugaevsky
improved on Black's play against Bagirov (though he lost).}) 14. exd5 exd5 15.
cxd5 (15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bf6 $15) 15... Bf8 {Bagirov-Polugaevsky Moscow
1960. Black recaptures the pawn with Ne7 and is slightly better.}) 13... d6 (
13... d5 $2 14. exd5 exd5 15. cxd5 Ne5 16. Rd2 $16) 14. f4 Qc7 15. Bf3 Nb8 {
A typical move in these positions - the knight is better placed on d7.} 16. Rc2
Nbd7 (16... Qxc4 $2 {During the game, I briefly looked at this - Black meets
Nd5 with Nxd5 and afterwards Joel and I looked at it briefly.} 17. Qc1 $1 {
At home, I noticed this move and it does seem to be quite strong. The point is
that in addition to Nd5, White also threatens e5.} (17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 (18.
Rxc4 Nxe3 19. Qb3 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 Nd7 $44) 18... Qb3) (17. Rc1 {I was curious to
see if Fritz would find Qc1, but it came up with this instead.} Nbd7 $1 (17...
Qc8 18. Nd5 Qd7 19. Rc7 Nxd5 20. Rxd7 Nxe3 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Qxd6 $18) (17...
h6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 (18... exd5 19. Rxc4 dxc4 20. Nc3 $16) 19. exd5 Qa6 20. dxe6
$16) (17... Rd7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Qa6 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. f5 e5 22. Bd5+ Kf8
23. b5 Qxb5 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Rc8+) 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Qa6 $13) 17... Rc8 (
17... Nbd7 18. e5 (18. Nd5 Qxf1+ 19. Qxf1 exd5 20. Rc7 $16) 18... Bxf3 19. exf6
Bxf6 20. Rxf3 Rac8 21. Rff2 $16) (17... Qc8 18. Ne2 $1 $18 (18. Nd5 $2 exd5 19.
Rxc8 Rxc8 $17)) 18. e5 $1 Bxf3 19. exf6 Bxg2 20. Nd5 $1 (20. Rff2 Bb7 (20...
Bxf6 21. Ne4 $18) 21. fxe7 Nc6 $44) 20... exd5 (20... Bxd5 21. fxe7 $18) 21.
Rxc4 Rxc4 22. fxe7 Nc6 23. Kxg2 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 $18) 17. Nb5 {Trying to get the
knight to d4, but this isn't possible - so the best would have been 17.Nd2} (
17. Nd2 $1 a6 18. g4 Rac8 19. g5 Ne8 {In the game, I felt that Black had a
slightly better version of this.}) 17... Qb8 18. Nd2 (18. N1c3 $2 a6 19. Nd4
Ne5 $1 20. Qe2 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 Re8 $1 22. f5 Bf8 $132) 18... a6 19. Nc3 {
Well, no harm done - Black returns to c7, or so I thought.} Ra7 $1 {Funnily,
Joel wasn't as impressed as I was by this move, but getting the rook to c7 is
absolutely correct.} 20. g4 {I have played the White side of the Be2 Classical
Scheveningen quite often, but it was quite confusing to have the Maroczy
structure as well!! I felt initially that I should be much better, but later
realized that the absence of the knight on d4 (if Nd2 were on d4, would be a
accurate evaluation) outweighed the advantage of having so much queenside
space. The knight on d2 is not very impressive and in fact doesn't make a
single move in the rest of the game!} Ba8 21. g5 Ne8 22. Bg4 {White doesn't
really threaten f5, but there's no harm in keeping some pressure on e6.} Rc7
23. Qf3 (23. f5 exf5 $1 (23... Nf8 $6 $16) 24. Bxf5 (24. exf5 Ne5 25. f6 $2
gxf6 26. Bf5 fxg5 27. Qh5 Ng6 $17) 24... Ne5) 23... g6 24. Qh3 Ng7 25. Ne2 $1 {
I couldn't break through immediately, I decided to get out of the c-file. The
Rc2 can try and get to h3 and the knight to d4. A bit long term, admittedly,
but I was afraid to open the position without adequate preparation.} (25. f5
exf5 26. exf5 gxf5 (26... Nxf5 $2 27. Rxf5 $1 gxf5 28. Bxf5 Nf8 29. Bd4 $40)
27. Bxf5 (27. Rxf5 Ne5) 27... Nxf5 28. Qxf5 Ne5 $132) 25... Re8 (25... b5 26.
Nd4 bxc4 27. f5 $40) (25... d5 $2 26. f5) 26. Rc3 {Now Bd4 is a serious threat
since White is finally ready for Qh6 and Rh3} Qd8 {Protecting Nd7 so that Bd4
can be met by e5.} 27. Rd3 b5 $4 {Joel missed a simple tactical threat and the
game is over.} (27... Bf8 $1 {We spent a lot of time analysing this position
afterwards, but the middlegame is just beginning.} 28. Bd4 b5 {Now possible.}
29. cxb5 axb5 $13 {It is impossible to analyse such a position, where both
sides have many possible moves.}) 28. cxb5 axb5 29. Nd4 $1 {Now Joel realized
that White attacks both Pb5 and Pe6!} Nf8 (29... Qb8 30. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 31. Bxe6+
Nxe6 32. Qxe6+ Kf8 33. f5 $18) (29... Rb7 30. Nxe6 (30. Nc6 Qc7 31. Rc3 Nb8 32.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 $16) 30... fxe6 31. Bxe6+ Nxe6 32. Qxe6+ Kf8 33. Bd4 $1 Qc7 34. Qh3
$1 h5 (34... Kg8 35. Rc3 Qd8 36. Qe6+ Kf8 37. f5 $1) 35. f5 $1 $40 (35. gxh6
Bf6 36. e5)) 30. Nxb5 {This knight went to b5 4 times in this game, but the
last two sorties were decisive!} Rd7 31. Nc3 f6 $2 (31... f5 32. gxf6 $16) 32.
f5 $1 $18 exf5 (32... gxf5 33. exf5 e5 34. Nd5 $1 $18) 33. exf5 gxf5 34. Bxf5
Nxf5 35. Qxf5 Qc8 36. Bd4 Rc7 37. Qxc8 Rexc8 38. gxf6 Bd8 39. Nb5 {Again! This
time, f6-f7 can't be stopped, so Joel resigned.} (39. Nb5 Rd7 40. f7+ Rxf7 41.
Rxf7 Kxf7 42. Nxd6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Meribel"]
[Date "1998.08.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chomet, Pascal"]
[Black "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Apicella,M"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1998.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game epitomizes Jean-Marc Degraeve's (2580) poor tournament. The
considerable amount of errors from both players is made up for in the final
combination.} 1. e4 {Smirin,I} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6.
c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be6 9. Nc2 Bg5 10. Be2 h6 (10... Bxc1 11. Rxc1 Nf6 12.
O-O O-O 13. Qd2 Qb8 $5 14. Rfd1 Rd8 15. Qe3 Qa7 16. Qxa7 Rxa7 17. f3 Raa8 18.
Nd5 Kf8 19. Bf1 Rac8 20. Kf2 {1/2-1/2 Almasi,Z-Milov,V/Buenos Aires 1996}) 11.
O-O Nf6 (11... Nge7 $142 12. Qd3 (12. b3 Bxc1 13. Rxc1 O-O 14. Qd2 Qd7 15. Rfd1
Rad8 16. Qe1 Ng6 17. f3 Qe7 18. Nd5 Qg5 19. Qg3 Qh5 $13 {Matulovic,M-Kosic,D/
Jugoslavia ch Tivat 1994/ 1/2-1/2 (27)}) 12... Ng6 13. g3 Bxc1 14. Raxc1 O-O
15. Rfd1 Qg5 16. Qd2 Nf4 $36 {Berthelot,Y-Gerber,R/Cannes FRA 1996/ 0-1 (26)})
12. Qd3 (12. Bxg5 $6 hxg5 {[%cal Gh8h2]} 13. Qd2 Nh5 14. g3 Qf6 15. Nd5 Bxd5
16. exd5 Ne7 $15 {Alyson,K-Papadopoulou,T/U20g-EuCh. (08/13), Zanka 1995/ 0-1 
(50)}) (12. b3 {[%cal Gc1a3] Smirin,I} Bxc1 13. Qxc1 O-O 14. Qe3 Qa5 15. Rfd1
Rfd8 16. a4 Rac8 17. Rd3 Nb4 $11 {Berescu,A-Dumitrache,D/Timisoara 1994/0-1 
(82)}) 12... O-O (12... Rc8 {Smirin,I} 13. Rd1 (13. b3 Bxc1 14. Raxc1 O-O 15.
Rfd1 Qa5 16. Qd2 Rfd8 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Qxa5 Nxa5 19. exd5 g6 20. Ne3 b6 21. b4
$14 {[%csl Ra5] Hunt,H-Quinn,M/Witley 1996/0-1 (71)}) 13... Qc7 14. b3 Bxc1 15.
Raxc1 Rd8 16. Qe3 (16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Ne7 18. Ne3 $14 {[%cal Gb3b4]}) 16...
O-O 17. Rd3 Qb8 18. Rcd1 b5 $132 {0-1 Jansa,V-Schmittdiel,E/Ostrava 1992 (44)})
13. Rd1 (13. Bxg5 $142 hxg5 14. Rfd1 Qb6 (14... Ne8 15. Nd5 $14) 15. b3 Rfd8
16. Nd5 $14) 13... Ne8 ({Another posibility was} 13... Bxc1 {Smirin,I} 14.
Raxc1 Qb6 $5 $13 {[%cal Gf8d8]} 15. b3 Rfd8 16. Nd5 $6 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nb4 18.
Nxb4 Qxb4 $15 {[%cal Gf6d7,Gd7c5,Ga6a5]}) 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Nd5 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Ne7
17. Ncb4 Bxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 (19. cxd5 $5) (19. Rxd5 $6 {Smirin,I} Nc7
20. Rd2 Ne6 $15 {[%cal Ge6d4]}) 19... a5 20. a3 (20. b3 $142 f5 (20... Nf6 {
Smirin,I} 21. a3 $13 {[%cal Gb3b4]}) 21. a3 $13) 20... a4 21. b4 axb3 22. Rab1
Nf6 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gf6d7,Gd7c5]} 23. Rxb3 $13 {[%csl Rb7]} Rc7 24. Rdb1 Qe7 (
{Deserved attention promising pawn sacrifise} 24... Nd7 $5 {Smirin,I} 25. Rxb7
Rxb7 26. Rxb7 Nc5 27. Rb5 Qc7 $44 {[%cal Gf8a8]}) 25. Bf1 Ra8 26. f4 {'!?'
Smirin,I.} e4 {'[]' Smirin,I.} 27. Be2 Ra5 28. Qd4 Qd7 29. Rg3 Kh8 30. Rgb3 Ra8
31. Rg3 Qf5 32. Rf1 Rc5 {'=/+' Smirin,I.} 33. h3 Qc8 (33... b5 $5 {Smirin,I}
34. cxb5 Qxd5 35. Qxd5 Nxd5 $17 {[%cal Gd5c3,Gd6d3,Gd5b6] and black chanses
are better in arising sharp endgame}) 34. Rb1 Ra4 35. Rb4 Ra7 36. Rb6 Qc7 37.
Rbb3 Qd8 {'[]' Smirin,I.} 38. Kh2 Qe7 39. Rge3 Qd7 40. g4 {'+/-' Smirin,I.} Ra4
41. Rb4 Rca5 42. Rxa4 Qxa4 (42... Rxa4 {Smirin,I} 43. Bd1 Ra6 44. Bc2 $16 {
[%cal Gc2e4]}) 43. Qb6 {'+/-' Smirin,I.} Ra6 44. Qxb7 Qa5 45. Qc8+ Kh7 46. Qf5+
(46. c5 $6 {Smirin,I} Qd2 $132) 46... Kh8 47. Rg3 (47. Qc8+ Kh7 48. Qf5+ (48.
g5 $2 Qd2) (48. Kg2 $6 Qd2 (48... Ra8 49. Qf5+ Kh8 50. g5 $16) 49. Kf2 Rb6 $1
50. Qf5+ Kh8 51. Qc8+ Ng8 52. Rxe4 Rb1 $17) 48... Kh8 49. Qc8+ $11) 47... Qc5
48. g5 Rxa3 $1 49. Rxa3 {'?!' Smirin,I.} (49. Rg2 $1 {Smirin,I} Ng8 $8 (49...
hxg5 $2 50. Qxg5 Ne8 $8 51. Qd8 Qe3 52. Qxe8+ Kh7 53. Qd7 $1 (53. Qxf7 Qxh3+
54. Kg1 Qe3+ 55. Rf2 Qg3+ 56. Rg2 Qe3+ 57. Kh2 Qh3+ $11) 53... Qxf4+ 54. Kh1 $1
{[%cal Gd7g4]} Ra1+ 55. Rg1 Rxg1+ 56. Kxg1 Qg3+ 57. Kf1 $18) 50. Qxf7 Qe3 51.
Bg4 $1 {[%cal Gg4e6]} Ra7 52. Qf8 hxg5 53. fxg5 Qd4 54. Qe8 $16 {[%cal Ge8h5]})
49... Qf2+ 50. Kh1 Qe1+ 51. Kg2 Qxe2+ 52. Kg1 Qd1+ 53. Kf2 Qd2+ 54. Kg3 Nh5+ $5
(54... Qe1+ $11 {with a perpetual check}) 55. Kg4 Qe2+ 56. Kh4 Qf2+ $4 {
It is most likely that the zeitnot prevented Jean-Marc Degraeve from seeing
what was about to happen. '?' Smirin,I.} (56... g6 57. Qxf7 (57. Ra8+ $2 Kg7
58. gxh6+ Kxh6 59. Qg5+ (59. Rh8+ $2 Kg7 $19) 59... Kg7 60. Qg1 (60. Ra3 Qf2+
61. Rg3 (61. Kg4 f5+ $19) 61... Nxf4 $19 {threatening 62...Ng2+ followed by 63.
..f5+}) 60... Qf3 (60... Qxc4 61. Qa1+ Nf6 {[%cal Rc4d5]} 62. Ra5 Qd3 $17 {
[%cal Gd3f3]}) 61. Qd4+ Nf6 (61... f6 $4 62. Qa7+ Kh6 63. Rh8#) 62. Rg8+ (62.
Qd2 e3 $19) 62... Kxg8 63. Qxf6 e3 $19) 57... Qf2+ 58. Kg4 Qg1+ (58... Qe2+ {
Smirin,I} 59. Kh4 $11) 59. Kh4 Qe1+ 60. Kg4 Qe2+) 57. Kxh5 (57. Kxh5 g6+ 58.
Qxg6 $3 {'!' Smirin,I.} (58. Kxh6 $4 Qh4#) 58... fxg6+ (58... Qe2+ 59. Kxh6 $18
) 59. Kxg6 {There is no way to avoid 60.Ra8 ! '+-' Smirin,I.}) 1-0

[Event "Rovno"]
[Site "Rovno"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Black "Kasparov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2000.01.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Finkel,A} c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 {This
variation doesn't promise white anything special in the opening,but for the
players who like slow positional manouvering it suits perfectly.} Be7 7. b3 Nf6
8. Bd3 a6 (8... Bg4 9. Qd2 (9. f3 Be6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. O-O Nf4 12. Qd2 (12. Kh1
O-O 13. N5c3 Bg5 14. Re1 Qf6 15. Bf1 {Yakovich,Y-Sherbakov,R/St.Peterburg(zt)/
1993/0,5/15/}) 12... h5 $6 13. Rd1 a6 14. N5c3 h4 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. cxd5 $14 {
1-0 Aseev,K-Ragozin,E/RUS-ch 1994 (57)}) 9... O-O 10. O-O Rc8 11. N1c3 a6 12.
Na3 Nd4 13. Nc2 Nxc2 14. Bxc2 b5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Timoshenko,G-Mochalov,E/
Platonov mem 1995 (29)}) (8... O-O 9. O-O Bg4 $5 10. f3 Be6 11. Be3 Nh5 (11...
Ne8 12. N5c3 Bg5 13. Bf2 Ne7 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bd7 16. Nc3 $14 {Filippov,
V-Sveshnikov,E/Kemerovo1 1995/1-0 (65)}) 12. g3 g6 13. N5c3 f5 14. exf5 $1 gxf5
15. Nd2 Rf7 16. f4 $1 exf4 17. gxf4 Nf6 18. Nf3 Ng4 19. Qd2 $14 {Dolmatov,
S-Sveshnikov,E/Podolsk/1992/1:0/39/ Inf 56/174/}) 9. N5c3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 (
10... Be6 11. Nd5 Nd7 12. Nxe7+ Nxe7 13. Nc3 Ng6 14. Bc2 Qa5 15. Bd2 Qc7 16.
Rc1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Macieja,B-Nilssen,J/Politiken Cup 1996 (35)}) (10... Nd7 11.
Na3 Bg5 12. Bb2 Nc5 13. Nc2 g6 14. Re1 Bh6 15. Bf1 Rb8 16. g3 $14 {1/2-1/2
Tirard,H-Shariyazdanov,A/WchJM U20 1996 (34)}) 11. f3 Be6 (11... Qb6+ 12. Kh1
Be6 13. Bb2 Qa7 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nd4 16. f4 $14 {1-0 Atakisi,U-Pilaj,H/
EU-chJM U16 1997 (40)}) 12. Be3 Nd7 (12... Nd4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bd7 15.
Nc3 b5 16. Rc1 Rc8 $13) 13. Ne2 Qb8 $6 {The plan to exchang the bishops via b6
is to slow.} (13... Nc5 14. Bc2 Nb4 15. Nbc3 Nxc2 16. Qxc2 f5 17. Rad1 $14) 14.
Nbc3 Bd8 $6 15. Qd2 (15. Nd5 b5 16. Qd2 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Nb6 18. Nxb6 Bxb6 19.
Bxe6 Bxe3+ 20. Qxe3 fxe6 21. Rfd1 $14) 15... Bb6 16. Bxb6 Nxb6 17. Rad1 {
[%csl Rd6]} Qa7 18. Kh1 Rad8 19. Bb1 Nd7 20. Qg5 $5 (20. Qxd6 $4 Nc5 21. Qc7
Rc8 22. Qd6 Rfd8 $19) 20... f6 (20... Qb8 {[%cal Gb7b5]}) 21. Qh4 Qb8 22. Nd5 {
Preventing b5.} Rfe8 (22... b5 $2 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Rc1 Na7 (24... Rc8 25. Rxc6
$1 Rxc6 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. Nxc6 $18) 25. b4 $1 $16) 23. Rd2 Nf8 ({Now it was
just a right timing:} 23... b5 $1 24. cxb5 axb5 25. f4 b4 $13 {[%cal Gd7c5]})
24. f4 Ng6 $6 25. Qg3 Bxd5 26. exd5 Nce7 27. h4 $36 {Now black is forced to
defend till the end of the game,and the most frustrating thing is that he is
deprived of any counterplay.} Rf8 28. f5 Nh8 29. Nc3 Nf7 30. Ne4 Kh8 31. Qf3
Qc8 (31... b5 32. Bd3 bxc4 33. bxc4) 32. g4 Nh6 33. Rg2 $5 b5 34. Bd3 bxc4 35.
bxc4 a5 36. Qh3 g6 (36... Qd7 37. Ng3 Nf7 38. g5 $6 fxg5 39. hxg5 Nxg5 40. Qh5
h6 (40... Nf7 41. f6 $1 g6 42. Qh4 $16) 41. f6 Ng8 42. fxg7+ Qxg7 43. Nf5 Qh7
$13) 37. Qe3 Nhg8 (37... Nxg4 $2 38. Rxg4 gxf5 39. Qh6 $1 fxg4 40. Ng5 $1 {
[%csl Rh7]}) 38. Ng3 Rf7 39. Rgf2 Rg7 40. g5 $1 {Finally!} gxf5 41. Nxf5 Nxf5
42. Rxf5 fxg5 43. Rxg5 Rxg5 (43... Rc7 44. c5 $1 Rxc5 45. Bxh7 $1 Rc3 46. Bd3
$18) 44. hxg5 {[%csl Rh7]} Rd7 45. Qh3 Qe8 $6 (45... Qd8 46. g6 (46. Qe6 Re7
47. Rf7 Rxf7 48. Qxf7 Qe7 $14) 46... Rg7 47. gxh7 Ne7 48. Qh5 $16) 46. c5 $1
Rg7 (46... dxc5 47. Bb5 $16) 47. cxd6 e4 (47... Qd8 48. g6) 48. d7 $1 Qxd7 49.
Qxd7 Rxd7 50. Bxe4 $18 {The endgame is lost adn in addition to it black
defends not the best way.} Kg7 51. Kg2 h6 52. Rf5 hxg5 (52... Ne7 53. gxh6+
Kxh6 54. Rf7 $18) 53. Rxg5+ Kf8 54. Kf3 Nf6 55. Kf4 Nxe4 56. Kxe4 Re7+ 57. Re5
a4 58. Rxe7 Kxe7 59. a3 Kd7 60. Kd4 Kc7 61. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 35th"]
[Site "Varadero"]
[Date "2000.05.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Volzhin, Alexander"]
[Black "Oral, Tomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2000.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nb5 Qb8 6. Bd3 a6 7. N5c3 e6 8.
Be3 b5 9. f4 d6 10. O-O Nf6 11. Qf3 (11. Kh1 Bb7 12. Nd2 Be7 13. Qe2 O-O 14.
Rf3 Nb4 15. Rh3 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Re8 17. Nb3 Bf8 (17... b4 18. Na4 (18. Nd1 a5 $13
) 18... Nd7 19. Qh5 Nf6 20. Qa5 d5 21. e5 $16) 18. Rf1 g6 $13 {1-0 Jakubiec,
A-Poluljahov,A/Polanica Zdroj POL 1999 (41)}) 11... Bb7 12. Nd2 Be7 13. Qh3 Nb4
14. Nf3 Nxd3 15. cxd3 O-O 16. f5 Qc8 $1 {[%mdl 8] Oral clearly improves black
play, and i think this move is the only playable one for black in this
position,but still white should be better in this position.} (16... exf5 $2 17.
Nd4 $1 g6 (17... fxe4 18. Nf5 Bd8 19. Qg3 g6 (19... Nh5 20. Nh6+ Kh8 21. Nxf7+
Rxf7 22. Rxf7 Kg8 23. Qg4 Kxf7 24. Qxh5+ Kf8 25. Rf1+ Bf6 26. Bd4 $18) 20. Bd4
$16) 18. Nxf5 $1 gxf5 19. Bd4 Ng4 20. exf5 Ne5 21. f6 $18 {1-0 Tiviakov,
S-Yakovich,Y/Saint Vincent ITA 2000/The Week in Chess 276 (31)}) (16... e5 17.
g4 d5 (17... b4 $142 18. Ne2 d5 19. g5 Ne8 20. Ng3 $36) 18. g5 d4 19. gxf6 Bxf6
20. Bg5 dxc3 (20... Bxg5 21. Nxg5 h6 22. f6 $1 dxc3 23. fxg7 Kxg7 24. Qg4 hxg5
25. Qxg5+ Kh7 26. Rf6 $18) 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qh6 Qd8 23. Ng5 $1 {1-0 Tiviakov,
S-Reefat bin Satter/Dhaka 1997/EXT 2000 (23)}) 17. g4 (17. Rac1 exf5 $1 (17...
Qd7 18. g4 $36) 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Rxc8 Bxc8 20. exd5 f4 $11) 17... exf5 $2 {
[%mdl 16384] The next move after a good novelty black makes the decisive
mistake.In my opinion this move is also serious positional mistake,now black
simply defenceless against white attack by g-file.} (17... Nd7 $1 18. Rac1 (18.
g5 exf5 19. exf5 (19. Qxf5 Nc5) 19... Nc5 $13 {[%cal Gc8h3]}) 18... Qd8 (18...
Nc5 $2 19. d4 Nd3 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Ng5 h6 $8 23. f6 gxf6 24. Qxh6
fxg5 25. Bxg5 f6 26. Bxf6 Rxf6 27. Rxf6 Bxe4 28. Rxe6 $18) 19. fxe6 (19. g5
exf5 20. Qxf5 Nc5 21. Rcd1 Bc8 22. Qf4 f5 $1 $13) 19... fxe6 20. g5 e5 21. Qe6+
Kh8 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Rc8 $14) 18. gxf5 Nd7 (18... b4 19. Ne2 Qc2 20. Nf4
$40) 19. Kh1 {[%cal Gf1g1]} b4 20. Ne2 d5 21. Rg1 $18 f6 (21... dxe4 22. Qh6 g6
23. fxg6 fxg6 24. Rxg6+ Kf7 (24... hxg6 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 26. Qh6+ Kg8 27. Rg1+)
25. Rg7+ Ke8 26. Qe6 Qd8 27. Bg5 Nf6 28. Bxf6 Rxf6 29. Rg8+ Rf8 30. Rag1 $18) (
21... Bf6 22. Bd4 $1 {[%csl Gg7]} dxe4 $140 (22... Bxd4 23. Nexd4 Kh8 (23...
dxe4 24. Qh6 g6 25. fxg6 fxg6 26. Rxg6+ $18) 24. Rxg7 Kxg7 25. Rg1+ Kh8 26. Ng5
Nf6 27. Qh6 $18) 23. Qh6 $1 g6 24. Ng5 exd3+ 25. Rg2 Bxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Qb7+ 27.
Kh3 Qf3+ 28. Ng3 $1 $18) 22. Rxg7+ $3 {[%mdl 64] Not so complicated,but still
a very nice tactical way to decide this game.} Kxg7 23. Rg1+ Kh8 24. Nf4 Rg8 (
24... Ne5 25. Nxe5 fxe5 26. Ng6+) 25. Ng6+ (25. Ng6+ Rxg6 26. fxg6 Nf8 27. g7+
(27. Qh6 Nxg6 28. Nh4 $18) 27... Kg8 28. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 29. Qxh7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Rovno"]
[Site "Rovno"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Moroz, Alexander"]
[Black "Kochetkov, German"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2000.01.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Finkel,A} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 $6 {Dubious
move giving white the advantage of two bishops on the early stage of the game.}
6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qf6 8. Qd1 Qg6 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. f3 (10. Qd6 $5 Qg4 11. f3
Qe6 12. Qd1 Ne7 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Qd2 b5 15. a3 Bb7 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxd7 $16 {
1-0 Mikhaletz,L-Kazmin,A/Yalta op 1996 (51)}) 10... O-O (10... d5 $2 11. Nxd5
Nxd5 12. Qxd5 O-O 13. Qd2 h6 14. Bd3 Nd4 15. O-O $16 {Andersen,L-Zachariassen,
J/Copenhagen op2 1994/1/2-1/2 (49)}) 11. Be3 d6 (11... d5 12. Nxd5 $5 (12. exd5
$5) 12... Nxd5 13. exd5 $2 Nb4 14. Rc1 Nxa2 15. Ra1 Nb4 16. Rc1 Rd8 $17 {
1/2-1/2 Dueren,J-Margraf,D/DLM-J 1996 (39)}) (11... b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. g4 Rfd8
14. h4 h6 15. g5 hxg5 16. hxg5 Ne8 $13 {1-0 Katona,E-Palinkas,M/HUN-chJW U16
1994 (64)}) 12. Qd2 Be6 13. a3 Rad8 14. Bd3 {[%csl Rg6] The main problem of
black is his queen,which is trapped on the kingside.} Ne8 15. O-O f6 16. Bb6
$16 (16. Nd5 f5 17. c4 f4 18. Bb6 Rd7 19. b4 Nf6 20. a4 $16) 16... Rd7 17. Nd5
f5 {Thiss move weakens black's position even more,but it's the only way to
counterplay.} 18. exf5 (18. c4 $5 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Bf5 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21. b4 $16)
18... Bxf5 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. Rad1 Rdf7 21. Rfe1 (21. c4) 21... g5 22. Qd3 Qe6
23. c4 Kh8 (23... g4 24. f4 {[%cal Ge1e6]}) 24. b4 g4 25. f4 Ng7 (25... Qh6 26.
fxe5 Nxe5 27. Bd4 Qg5 28. Qg3 $16 {[%cal Gc4c5]}) 26. b5 axb5 27. cxb5 Nb8 28.
Ba5 $5 (28. fxe5 dxe5 29. Ba5 (29. Bc7 $5 Rxc7 30. Nxc7 Qb6+ 31. Qe3 Qxc7 32.
Qxe5 $14) 29... Nf5 30. Bc3 $16) 28... Nd7 29. Bc3 Nc5 30. Qb1 $5 (30. Qe3 $5
e4 (30... Nf5 31. Qf2 Na4 32. Ba1 Ne7 33. fxe5 $1 Rxf2 34. exd6+ $18 {[%cal
Ga1h8,Ge1e7]})) 30... g3 31. h3 e4 32. Bd4 $5 Rf5 33. Bxc5 $1 Rxd5 34. Bd4 {
[%csl Re4]} (34. Be3 $2 Rxd1 35. Qxd1 d5 (35... Nf5 36. Bd4+ Kg8 37. Qg4+ $132)
36. Qd4 Kg8 $15) 34... Rxf4 $6 35. Qb2 $2 {Missing nice possibilty to increase
his advantage} (35. Qc1 $1 Rdf5 (35... Rf7 36. Rxe4 $1 $18) 36. Qc7 Rf7 37.
Qb8+ Rf8 38. Qxb7 $16) 35... Rf7 {Now black takes control of the game.} 36. Rc1
h5 $1 37. b6 $6 Kh7 38. Bxg7 Rxg7 $19 {Two central pawns become lethal force.}
39. Rc7 Qe5 $1 40. Qc2 Qd4+ 41. Kh1 Rf5 {[%csl Rh1]} 42. Qb3 (42. Rc4 Qf6 $1
$19 {[%cal Gd6d5,Gf5f1]}) 42... h4 43. a4 d5 44. a5 Qd2 45. Qd1 Qxd1 46. Rxd1
d4 47. a6 $5 bxa6 48. Rxg7+ (48. b7 Rb5 $1) 48... Kxg7 49. Rb1 e3 50. b7 e2 {
[%cal Gf5f1,Gf5b5]} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Nf6 8.
Nc4 ({Usually white play here} 8. Bg5 {transfering to a normal Sveshnikov})
8... b5 9. Ne3 b4 $6 {[%mdl 8] This novelty only shows,that Ruslan was really
out of his usual shape ,during Corus tournament.Probably all the commotion
around his match with Kasparov had very bad influence on him.} (9... Be6 10. a3
$6 (10. Bd3 $142) 10... Rc8 11. Be2 $2 (11. Bd3 $142) 11... Nd4 12. O-O Be7 13.
f4 Qb6 14. f5 Nxe2+ 15. Nxe2 Bc4 16. Kh1 Nxe4 $17 {1/2-1/2 Alekhine,A-Galindo/
Madrid 1941/EXT 99 (22)}) (9... Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Rb8 12. Ncd5 Nxd5 13.
exd5 Na5 14. a4 b4 15. Bd2 f5 16. c3 bxc3 17. Bxc3 e4 18. Bc2 Bf6 19. g3 Bd7
20. Rb1 Nb7 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Ivanchuk,V/Wijk aan Zee NED 2003/The Week in
Chess 428 (20)}) 10. Ncd5 $1 (10. Na4 $143 Be7 11. Bc4 O-O 12. O-O Be6 {
and black is ok}) 10... Nxe4 {Obviously it's very clear,that to take this pawn
is very dangerous for black,especially against such a player, like Anand.This
game shows once again his great feeling of developing the initiative.} 11. a3
bxa3 (11... b3 $142 $5 12. cxb3 (12. c3 Nc5) 12... Nd4 13. Bc4 Be7 14. O-O O-O
15. b4 Bb7 16. b3 $14 {[%cal Gc1b2]}) 12. Rxa3 g6 (12... Be7 13. Bb5 Bb7 14.
Bxc6+ Bxc6 15. Qg4 {[%csl Ge4,Gg7]} Nf6 16. Qxg7 $16) (12... Bb7 13. c3 (13.
Bc4 $5) 13... Nc5 (13... Be7 $140 14. Qg4 {[%csl Ge4,Gg7]}) 14. Bc4 $40) 13. c3
$1 {[%cal Gd1a4]} Bd7 $2 {This is already too optimistic} (13... Bb7 14. Qf3 f5
15. Nxf5 gxf5 (15... Nd4 16. Qxe4 Nxf5 17. Nf6+ $18 {[%cal Ge4b7]}) 16. Qh5+
Kd7 17. Qxf5+ $18 {[%cal Gf5e4]}) (13... Nc5 14. b4 {[%cal Gb4b5]}) ({
Necessary was} 13... f5 $142 {White has a lot of opportunities to seize the
initiative :} 14. f3 (14. Nc4 $5 Rb8 15. Be3 {[%cal Ge3b6]} Nc5 16. b4 f4 $1
$132) (14. g4 $5) 14... Nc5 15. b4 Ne6 16. b5 $36) 14. Nc4 $16 {[%csl Gd6]
[%cal Gc4b6]} Rb8 15. Be3 {[%cal Ge3b6]} f5 {Already very difficult to
reccomend something for black} 16. Bb6 Rxb6 (16... Qh4 17. g3 Nxg3 18. fxg3
Qe4+ 19. Kf2 Qxh1 20. Nf6+ $18) 17. Ncxb6 Bh6 18. Bd3 $1 {Easily refuting
black idea,in fact Bd2 is not a serious threat.} O-O (18... Bd2+ 19. Ke2 Bg5
20. h4 $1 Bxh4 (20... Be7 21. h5) 21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. Nxd7 Kxd7 23. Rxa6 $18) 19.
Bxe4 fxe4 20. O-O Be6 21. Rxa6 Qh4 22. Qe2 Nd8 23. Ra8 $18 {It was quite
logical to give up here,but Ruslan continues to fight for some moves.} Kg7 24.
g3 $1 (24. Rfa1 $5 $18 {[%cal Ga1a7]}) 24... Bg4 (24... Qh3 25. Qxe4) 25. gxh4
Bxe2 26. Rfa1 g5 27. Nd7 $1 Rf5 28. Rxd8 gxh4 {[%cal Gf5g5]} 29. Rg8+ $1 Kf7 (
29... Kxg8 30. Ne7+ {[%cal Ge7f5]}) 30. Ra7 Rf3 31. N7f6+ Ke6 32. Re7+ Kf5 33.
Ng4 Bd2 34. Nge3+ 1-0

[Event "Kemerovo1"]
[Site "Kemerovo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Black "Iskusnyh, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. b3 Nf6 8. Bd3
Bg4 9. f3 Be6 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 Nh5 12. Qd2 g6 13. Rd1 a6 14. N5c3 f5 15. Nd5
Bxd5 16. cxd5 Nb8 17. Na3 Nd7 18. Nc4 f4 19. Bf2 b5 $6 {[#] Black wants to
exchange his bad dark squared Bishop after Be7-h4, but the price he is paying
is too high: the white Knight obtains an excellent outpost on c6, while the
d3-Bishop gets the targets - the pawns on a6 & b5.} 20. Na5 Bh4 21. Nc6 Bxf2+
22. Qxf2 Qc7 23. b4 Ndf6 24. a4 bxa4 25. Rxa4 g5 26. Rxa6 Rxa6 27. Bxa6 g4 28.
b5 Qg7 29. fxg4 Nxe4 30. Qf3 Nhf6 31. b6 Nc5 32. Be2 Nfe4 33. Qa3 h5 34. gxh5
Kh8 35. Qh3 Ng5 36. Qg4 f3 37. Bxf3 Rxf3 38. h6 Qg6 39. Ne7 Qf7 40. gxf3 Nxf3+
41. Kh1 e4 42. Ng6+ Kh7 43. Nf4 Kxh6 44. Ne6 Nd3 45. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Moscow2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Baburin} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. Nd2 $5 (6. c4)
(6. a4) (6. N1c3) 6... Nf6 7. Be2 (7. Nc3 d5 8. Bd3 Bg4 9. f3 Be6 10. O-O Be7
11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Nc4 O-O $10 {Velimirovic,D-Holzl,F/Dubai ol/
1986/0:1/36/}) 7... Be6 8. O-O Be7 (8... d5 $5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Ne4 (10. c4 Nf4
11. Bf3 a6 12. Nc3 Be7 $10) 10... a6 11. Nbc3 (11. c4 axb5 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13.
Nc3 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Bc4 $15) 11... Nxc3 12. Nxc3 Be7 $10) 9. c4 O-O 10. Re1 Rc8 (
10... a6 11. Nc3 Nd7 12. Nf3 $14) 11. Bf1 a6 12. Nc3 Nd4 13. Nb3 Nxb3 14. axb3
$14 {Baburin: This is a typical position for this fashionable line in the
Sicilian. Black employs a characteristic plan: he swaps his passive and
potentially bad Bishop on e7. This gives him a good game.} Ne8 $1 15. Nd5 Bg5
16. Bxg5 (16. Be3 $5 f5 17. exf5 Rxf5 18. g3 $14) 16... Qxg5 17. b4 $6 (17. Rc1
Qd8 (17... f5 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. g3 Qd8 20. Bg2 $14) 18. Qd2 Nf6 19. b4 $14)
17... f5 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Ra3 $5 (19. Rc1 Rf7 20. g3 b5 21. b3 $14) 19... Qd8
20. Rg3 (20. Rc3 Rf7 21. g3 Nf6 22. Bg2 $14) 20... Rf7 21. b3 Nf6 22. Nxf6+
Rxf6 23. Qd2 Qc7 24. Rd3 Bf7 25. Qe3 h6 26. Rd2 b5 $10 27. cxb5 axb5 28. Bxb5
Rb8 29. Bd3 Rxb4 30. Rc2 Qb8 31. Rec1 Be6 32. Bc4 Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Four Nations U20"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2008.02.15"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 {This variation is known
to give White a slight advantage. However, Black has come up with some
improvements lately, so I am not sure that this assessment is completely
correct. It is also very tricky to play White if you are unprepared as there
are several traps to walk into.} 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qf6 8. Qc7 {This is
White's safest option as it forces Black into a slightly worse endgame, with
no need to take any risks for White. The drawback is that Black, after a long
and insistent defence, usually holds the draw.} (8. Qxf6 {is not very
ambitious. After} Nxf6 9. Nc3 Nb4 {Black has already equalised.}) ({the
alternatives are} 8. Qd1) (8. Qd2 {and}) (8. Qa3 {but they all give Black
plenty of counterplay after either ...Qg6 followed by ...Nf6/...d5 or ...Nge7
followed by ...0-0 and ...d5.}) 8... Nge7 (8... Qg6 9. Nc3 Nf6 {has also been
played, but after} 10. Qd6 $1 {preventing ...d5 White has at least a slight
edge. Black is struggling both with his queenside development and to castle.})
9. Nc3 Nb4 10. Bd3 O-O $2 {This is already a mistake as now White will get a
much better version of the usual variation that follows after} (10... d5 11.
O-O (11. Bd2 {was played in Berg-Mirzoev, Soller 2006. But after} d4 12. Na4
Qc6 13. Qxc6+ Nexc6 14. Nb6 Rb8 15. f4 f6 16. f5 Kd8 17. a3 Nxd3+ 18. cxd3 Kc7
19. Nd5+ Kd6 20. O-O Bd7 21. Nb6 Kc7 22. Nd5+ Kd6 23. a4 a5 24. Nb6 Kc7 25.
Nd5+ Kd6 26. Rab1 b5 {1/2-1/2 Berg,E (2540)-Mirzoev,A (2498)/Soller 2006/CBM
110 ext (47). Black had managed to equalize and later on the game turned into
a draw.}) 11... d4 12. Na4 Qc6 13. Qxc6+ Nexc6 14. Nb6 Rb8 15. Bd2 Be6 16. a3 (
{After} 16. f4 {Black has the strong reply} Nxd3 17. cxd3 f5 $1 18. fxe5 O-O
19. Bf4 fxe4 20. dxe4 d3 {with compensation for the sacrificed pawn.}) 16...
Nxd3 17. cxd3 {with some advantage to White because of the strongly placed
knight on b6.}) 11. O-O d5 12. f4 $1 {A strong move that forces Black into
passivity.} Nxd3 13. cxd3 d4 14. Na4 ({After the tempting} 14. fxe5 {Black has
the defensive resource} Qc6 $1 15. Qxe7 dxc3 {and Black looks fine.}) 14... Bg4
$1 ({After} 14... Qc6 15. Qxe7 Qxa4 16. Qxe5 {White is a pawn up and has a
clear advantage.}) 15. Nb6 Rae8 (15... Rad8 $5) 16. Rf2 {Preventing ...Be2 and
activating the threat f4-f5 to trap the black bishop. White has a clear
advantage, but as the game will show Black is still rather solid. Perhaps
playing more energetically with} (16. b3 $5 {with the idea of Ba3 would have
been even stronger. If Black tries} Be2 {White will counter with} 17. Nd7 Qc6 (
17... Qh4 18. Rf2 Bxd3 19. Nxf8 Kxf8 20. Qxe5 $18) 18. Qxc6 bxc6 (18... Nxc6 {
runs into trouble after} 19. Rf2 Bxd3 20. Ba3 $1 {with a winning advantage to
White.}) 19. Re1 Bxd3 20. Nxe5 $1 Bc2 21. Nd7 $18 {with a clear exchange up to
White.}) 16... Qc6 17. Qxc6 Nxc6 18. h3 {forcing back the bishop to its
original square.} (18. f5 {wins an exchange by force after} f6 19. h3 Bh5 20.
g4 Bf7 21. Nd7 {but after} Nb4 {Black gets plenty of counterplay.} 22. Rd2 Nxa2
(22... Bxa2 $2 23. Nxf8 Kxf8 24. b3 $1 Bxb3 25. Rb2) 23. Nxf8 Rxf8 $44) 18...
Bc8 19. f5 f6 20. b3 Rd8 21. Ba3 (21. a4 $5 {looks a bit better not to waste
any time with Bc5 as in the game.}) 21... Rf7 22. Rc1 Bd7 23. Bc5 {Planning a4
to take control over the b5-square.} Nb8 {Black starts to re-route his pieces.
Now ...Bb5 followed by ...Nd7 is a threat.} 24. a4 Bc6 {Now Black threatens ..
Nd7 forcing a exchange of knights which would result in a drawish endgame.} 25.
Bb4 {White prepares to answer ...Nd7 with Nc4, but also makes the bishop more
flexible and opens the c-file for his rook.} Nd7 26. Nc4 Nb8 27. Nb6 Nd7 28.
Nc4 Nb8 29. Rfc2 g6 30. Ba5 Rdf8 31. Bb4 Rd8 32. Rf2 {White is about to take
on g6 and put heavy pressure on the f-file with Rcf1.} gxf5 (32... g5 {does
not solve Black's problems. After} 33. Rfc2 {White will continue his
manoeuvring work on the queenside and Black his tough defensive task.}) 33.
Rxf5 Bd7 34. Rf2 Be6 35. Rcf1 Bxc4 {Black has finally managed to exchange off
the strong white knight, but White still has a a strong bishop against a bad
knight.} 36. bxc4 Nd7 37. g4 Rg7 (37... h5 38. gxh5 $14) 38. Rf5 Kf7 39. Kf2
Rg5 $2 {This move forces White to take an important decision on the last move
before the time-control. But after what follows this turns out to be a mistake
from Black's side and White makes a lot of progress.} (39... Kg6 {would have
been better, allthough Black still has a long way to a draw.}) 40. Rxg5 $1 {
This move may seem to help Black as he no longer has the weakness on f6. But
the truth is that now he gets two new weaknesses in the pawns on e5 and g5.}
fxg5 41. Ke2+ Kg6 $2 (41... Ke6 {was necessary. White should continue} 42. Bd2
h6 43. h4 Rg8 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Rh1 {and the white rook will soon enter on
either the h- or the b-file.} (45. Rf5 $2 {is not good enough after} Rh8 $1 (
45... Nf6 {is well met by} 46. Rxg5 Rxg5 47. Bxg5 Nxg4 $4 (47... Nd7 48. Bd2
$16) 48. Kf3 Nh2+ 49. Kg2 Ng4 50. Kg3 Ne3 (50... Nf6 51. Bxf6 Kxf6 52. Kg4 Kg6
53. a5 Kf6 54. Kh5 Ke6 55. Kg5 b6 56. axb6 Kd6 57. Kf5 a5 58. b7 Kc7 59. Kxe5
a4 60. Kxd4 $18) 51. Bxe3 dxe3 52. Kf3 Kd6 53. Kxe3 Kc5 54. d4+ exd4+ 55. Kd3
$18))) 42. Bd6 $1 {A very important move that forces the black pieces to the
defence of the e5-pawn.} Rc8 (42... b6 43. a5 $16) 43. Rf5 Re8 (43... b5 44.
axb5 axb5 45. cxb5 $16) 44. a5 Re6 45. c5 Re8 46. Kd1 h6 47. Kd2 $22 {Black is
in zugzwang} Rd8 (47... Kg7 48. Rf1 Rc8 49. Rb1 Nxc5 50. Bxe5+ $18) (47... Re6
48. Kc2 Re8 49. Kb3 $18 {[%csl Gb3][%cal Yb3c4,Yc4d5] and the white king will
penetrate via c4-d5 with total domination.}) 48. Bxe5 Nxc5 49. Rf6+ Kh7 50.
Rf7+ Kg8 51. Rg7+ Kf8 52. Rh7 Ke8 53. Rxh6 ({Also possible was} 53. Rh8+ Kd7
54. Rxd8+ Kxd8 55. Bxd4 $18 {as after} Nb3+ 56. Kc3 {the a5-pawn is tactically
protected.}) 53... Kf7 54. Rf6+ Ke8 55. Rh6 Kf7 56. Rf6+ Ke8 57. Rg6 Kf7 58.
Rxg5 Nb3+ 59. Kc2 Nxa5 60. Bxd4 {Black resigned as the upcoming rook endgame
with two pawns down is totally hopeless.} 1-0

[Event "Tbilisi"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Black "Arakhamia Grant, Ketevan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 (7. Be2
f5 8. exf5 Bxf5 9. Bg5 $1 (9. O-O Nf6 10. Be3 O-O $10) (9. Bg4 Bxg4 10. Qxg4
Nf6 11. Qd1 O-O 12. O-O $14) 9... Qa5+ (9... Nf6 10. Bh5+ Kf8 (10... Nxh5 11.
Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Qxh5+ Bg6 13. Qd1 $16) 11. O-O a6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. N5c3 Qd7 14.
Nd5 Bd8 15. Nbc3 $16 {Belikov-Sherbakov, Kuibyshev 1990}) 10. Bd2 (10. N1c3
Bxg5 11. Nxd6+ Kf8 12. Nxf5 Rd8 $13) 10... Qd8 11. Bg4 $14) 7... a6 8. Na3 Be6
(8... Nf6 9. Be2 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 11. O-O Rc8 12. Rc1 h6 13. Qd2 Ne8 $16 {
Suetin-Kopaev, USSR 1952}) 9. Bd3 (9. Nc2 Rc8 10. Nd5 $1 (10. b3 Nf6 11. Be2
O-O 12. O-O b5 $10 {Timman-Short, Beograd 1989}) 10... Bg5 (10... Nf6 11. Bd3
O-O 12. O-O Nd7 13. b4 $16) 11. Nce3 Nge7 (11... Nf6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O Bxd5
14. exd5 Nb8 15. b4 g6 16. Be2 Nbd7 17. Qb3 Ne8 18. Bb2 $14 {Frolov-Brodsky,
Sochi 1989}) 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O Nd4 14. b3 Bxd5 (14... g6 $142 {/\f5}) 15.
exd5 g6 16. Qg4 Bh6 17. Bb2 Bg7 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Nc2 $16 {Frolov-Tiviakov,
Sochi (chJ) 1990}) 9... Rc8 (9... Bg5 10. O-O Bxc1 11. Rxc1 Nf6 12. Nc2 O-O 13.
Nd5 Nd7 14. Nce3 Nd4 15. Bb1 Rc8 16. Kh1 b5 $13 {Wang Zili-Sveshnikov, Beograd
GMA (op) 1988}) 10. O-O Bg5 11. Nc2 Bxc1 12. Rxc1 Na5 13. b3 b5 14. Ne3 bxc4
15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. bxc4 $16 {><a6,d6;פg8,Rh8} a5 17. Nb5 Ke7 18. Qf3 Qb6 19.
Rfd1 Rc6 20. Rb1 Qc5 21. Nc3 Nf6 22. Rb5 Qa7 (22... Qa3 23. Rb7+ $18) 23. Ncd5+
Bxd5 24. cxd5 Rb6 (24... Rc5 $8 25. Nf5+ Kd7 $16) 25. Nf5+ Kf8 26. Qe3 $18 Ra6
27. Qxa7 Rxa7 28. Rb8+ Ne8 29. Nxd6 1-0

[Event "SUI-ch int"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Landenbergue, Claude"]
[Black "Kishnev, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 (4... Qb6 {--> Gurevich-Polgar,J}) 5.
Nb5 d6 (5... a6 {--> Popovic-Nikolic}) 6. c4 (6. a4 {--> Yudasin-Bellon Lopez})
6... Be7 7. Be2 Be6 8. O-O a6 {/\Bg5 /^c1-h6} 9. N5c3 Bg5 10. Nd2 (10. Na3 $5 {
/\Nc2-e3}) 10... Nge7 $1 11. Nf3 Bxc1 12. Rxc1 (12. Qxc1 $142 Ng6 13. Rd1 $132
{><d6}) 12... Ng6 13. Qd2 (13. Re1 $5 Nf4 14. Bf1 Bg4 15. h3) 13... Bg4 14. Ne1
$6 (14. Rfd1 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nd4 {=/+/-/+}) 14... h5 $1 15. Nc2 $2 (15. f3 $142
Be6 16. Rf2) 15... Nf4 16. Ne3 (16. Bxg4 hxg4 17. g3 Nh3+ {/\Qf6(-g6-h5)->}) (
16. f3 Bh3 $1 {/\Qg5->}) 16... Qg5 17. Rfd1 Nd4 (17... Nd4 18. Bxg4 $8 hxg4 19.
Nf1 Nf3+ $1 20. gxf3 gxf3+ 21. Ng3 Qg4 $1 22. Kf1 (22. Qxd6 Qh3 23. Qxe5+ Ne6
$19) 22... Qh3+ 23. Ke1 Ng2+ 24. Kf1 Ne3+ 25. Ke1 Qf1+ $1 26. Nxf1 Ng2#) 0-1

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.05.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1991.05.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Bb4+ 7. c3 Be7 8.
Bxf6 {Dr.Huebner tries new idea based on the weakness of square d5.This whole
game is a nice example of the struggle for the control of this central square.
Anand's way of equalization looks very simple and so quite impressive.} (8. Bd3
$6 d5 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. exd5 Qxd5 {And Black had no problems in Wilmoth-Hergott,
Swansea 1987.}) 8... Bxf6 9. Na3 d6 10. Nc4 Be7 11. Ne3 O-O 12. Bc4 Bg5 $1 13.
Qd3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Be6 15. Qe2 Na5 $1 16. Nxa5 Qxa5 17. O-O Qc5 18. Bb3 a5 19.
Qc2 b5 20. Rfd1 Rac8 21. Rac1 a4 22. Bd5 a3 $1 23. bxa3 $10 1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.05.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1991.05.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 (4... Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7.
Bd3 a6 8. f4 d5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Qg4 a5 11. a4 $2 Qb4 $1 {/\d4;Ne5 Wahls-Polgar,J
Muenchen 1991}) 5. Nb5 Qb8 6. c4 b6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Nd2 g6 9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O
11. f4 {[+]} d6 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. Nc3 Nc5 14. Ndb1 Bb7 15. Bf3 Ne6 {Xd4} 16. Qd2
Ncd4 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Nbc3 f5 $5 19. exf5 Nxf3+ 20. Rxf3 Rxf5 21. Re1 Qd7 22.
Bf2 Re8 23. g4 Rf7 24. f5 $1 Nf8 25. Bd4 e5 26. fxe6 {Xd6} Rxe6 27. Ref1 Rxf3
28. Rxf3 Bxd5 29. Nxd5 Bxd4+ 30. Qxd4 {Xf6} Qg7 31. Nf6+ Kh8 32. g5 Nd7 33. Qd5
Qe7 34. Nxd7 Qxd7 (34... Re1+ 35. Kg2 Qe2+ 36. Kh3 $18) 35. Qa8+ Re8 36. Rf8+
Kg7 37. Qxe8 Qg4+ 38. Kf2 Qh4+ 39. Kf3 Qh5+ 40. Ke4 Qg4+ 41. Kd5 Qxg5+ 42. Kc6
1-0

[Event "Vienna"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Brestian, Egon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "1991.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bc4 a6 7. N5c3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. Bxf6 {><d5} Bxf6 {^^} 10. O-O O-O 11. Bb3 Nd4 {><d4} 12. Nd5 Bg5 {
/^h6-c1,Ne3} 13. c3 {><d4} Nxb3 14. Qxb3 Rb8 (14... b5 15. a4 Rb8) 15. c4 Be6 (
15... b5 {<->b,Rb8}) 16. Nbc3 Qa5 17. Qb6 Qxb6 18. Nxb6 f5 (18... Bd8 19. Ncd5)
19. Rad1 (19. f3 $4 Be3+ $19) 19... Rbd8 20. Rfe1 g6 (20... fxe4 21. Nxe4 Be7
$14) 21. Rd3 {<->d} Rf7 {/\Bg5-e7-f8} 22. g3 {/\Kg2,Pf3,h4 |^} Be7 23. b3 {><c4
} Kg7 24. Kg2 f4 25. Nbd5 Bf8 26. f3 g5 {/\Ph5, ><g4 ()} 27. g4 h5 28. h3 (28.
gxh5 g4 $36) 28... Rb8 {/\b5 -><<} 29. a4 b6 30. Red1 h4 31. Kf2 Rd7 32. Ke2
Kf7 33. Nb4 Ra8 (33... a5 34. Nbd5 {><b5}) 34. Nbd5 {׫} Rb7 35. Kd2 Rc8 {
/\36...Bd5 37.Nd5 b5} 36. Ra1 {/\ ...Pa4-a5 ׫} Bxd5 37. Rxd5 {/\38.Kc2 39.a5}
a5 38. Rb5 {ץ,><b6,d6} Be7 39. Nd5 Bd8 40. Kc3 Rc5 41. Rb1 Rb8 42. b4 Rxb5 43.
cxb5 Rc8+ 44. Kb2 axb4 45. Rc1 Rb8 (45... Rxc1 46. Kxc1 {+- _|_ /\Kc1-b2-b3-b4,
Pa4-a5}) 46. Nxb4 Ra8 47. Kb3 Ke6 48. Nc6 Kd7 49. Ra1 Bc7 50. Rd1 Ke6 51. Nb4
Bd8 52. Rc1 Kd7 53. Rc6 Ke6 54. Nd3 Kd7 55. Nb2 Rb8 56. Nd1 Ra8 57. Nc3 Ke6 58.
Kc4 Rb8 59. Kd3 Ra8 60. Kc2 Kd7 61. Rc4 Rb8 62. Nd5 (62. Rc6 Ra8 63. Kb3 Rb8
64. Nd1 Ra8 65. Nb2 Bc7 66. Nc4 Rb8 67. Ka3 Rb7 68. Kb4 Rb8 69. a5 bxa5+ 70.
Nxa5 Bxa5+ 71. Kxa5 Ra8+ 72. Ra6 Rc8 73. Ra7+ Ke6 74. b6 Rc3 75. b7 Rb3 76. Ka6
Ra3+ 77. Kb6 Rb3+ 78. Kc7 Rc3+ 79. Kb8 Rxf3 80. Ka8 Rb3 81. b8=Q Rxb8+ 82. Kxb8
d5 83. Ra6+ Kd7 84. exd5 e4 85. Re6 f3 86. Rf6 $18 {Nunn}) 62... Ra8 63. Kb3
Rb8 64. Kb4 Ra8 65. Rc6 Rb8 66. a5 $1 bxa5+ 67. Ka4 Ra8 (67... Rc8 68. Rxc8
Kxc8 69. b6 Kb7 70. Kxa5 $18) (67... Rb7 $142 68. Ra6 Rb8 69. Ra7+ Kc8 $1 (
69... Ke6 70. Rg7 {/\71.b6 Bb6 72.Re7#}) 70. Rg7 Rb7 71. Rg6 Kd7 (71... Rd7 72.
b6 {/\Ka5}) 72. Rg8 Rb8 73. Rg7+ Kc8 74. Ra7 Rb7 75. Ra6 Kd7 76. Ra8 $18 {Nunn}
) 68. Rb6 $1 Rc8 (68... Bxb6 69. Nxb6+ Kc7 70. Nxa8+ Kb7 71. Kxa5 Kxa8 72. Kb6
Kb8 73. Kc6 $18) (68... Ra7 69. Rb8) 69. Rb7+ Ke6 70. b6 Rc1 71. Rh7 Ra1+ 72.
Kb5 Rb1+ 73. Kxa5 Bxb6+ (73... Rb3 74. Ka6 Rxf3 75. b7 Rb3 76. Ka7 Ra3+ 77. Kb8
f3 78. Kc8 f2 $8 79. Kxd8 $1 f1=Q 80. Re7#) 74. Nxb6 Kf6 75. Nd5+ Kg6 76. Rd7
Rb3 77. Rxd6+ Kh7 78. Nc7 Rxf3 79. Ne6 Re3 80. Nxg5+ Kg7 81. Re6 f3 82. Rxe5 f2
83. Rf5 Kg6 84. Ne6 Rxe4 85. Nf4+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch57"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be6 9. Be2 (9. Nc2 Rc8 10. b3 $1 Nf6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Bb2 Re8 13. O-O Bf8 14.
Qd2 $14 {Ivanchuk,V-Boensch,U Novi Sad (ol) 1990}) 9... Nd4 (9... Bg5 10. Bxg5
Qxg5 11. O-O Rd8 $14) 10. O-O Nf6 (10... Rc8 11. Bg4 Nf6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Be3
$14 {Timman,J-Short,N Rotterdam 1990}) 11. Bd3 (11. Be3 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 O-O 13.
f3 Rc8 14. Rac1 Nh5 15. Qd2 f5 16. Rfd1 Nf6 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Nd5 $14 {
Ivanchuk,V-Short,N Tilburg(11) 1990 -CBM20}) 11... Rc8 12. Be3 O-O 13. h3 Qa5
14. Re1 Rfd8 15. Nd5 Bxd5 (15... Nxd5 $2 16. exd5 Bd7 17. Bxd4 $18) 16. cxd5
Qb4 17. Rb1 Nd7 18. Bd2 Qc5 19. Nc4 h6 20. Rc1 Qa7 21. Be3 Nb6 22. Na5 Rxc1 23.
Qxc1 Rc8 24. Qd1 Bg5 25. Bxg5 hxg5 26. Qg4 Qb8 (26... f6 $2 27. Nb3 $1 Re8 28.
Qh5 Qb8 29. Nxd4 exd4 30. e5 $18) 27. Qxg5 Na4 28. Qd2 Qc7 29. Nc4 Qc5 30. b3
Nb6 31. Qa5 Nxc4 32. Qxc5 Rxc5 33. Bxc4 g6 34. f3 Ra5 35. b4 (35. b4 Ra4 36.
Rb1 b5 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bönsch} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. g3 {N, 6.c4; 6.
S1c3; 6.a4; 6.Le3} h5 $5 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 h4 9. Bg2 h3 10. Bf1 b5 11. Nd5 Nce7
$2 (11... Be7 12. Be3 (12. c4 b4 13. Nxb4 (13. Nc2 Rb8 $13) 13... Nxb4 14. Qa4+
Bd7 15. Qxb4 d5 $44) 12... Rb8 $13) 12. Bg5 f6 (12... Qa5+ $5) 13. Be3 Nxd5 $6
(13... Rb8) 14. Qxd5 Rb8 15. O-O-O Ne7 $2 (15... Bb7 16. Qe6+ (16. Qd3 $2 f5
17. f3 fxe4 18. fxe4 Nf6) 16... Qe7 $1 17. Bxh3 (17. Rxd6 $2 Qxe6 18. Rxe6+ Kf7
19. Rb6 Bxa3 20. bxa3 Ne7 {/\ 21...Sc8; 21...Le4}) 17... Qxe6 18. Bxe6 Bxe4 19.
Rhe1 $14) 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Nf5 18. Rb6 Rxb6 19. Bxb6 Nd6 20. f3 Be6 21.
Bc5 Be7 22. Be2 Nb7 23. Bxe7 Kxe7 24. b3 Nd6 25. c3 g6 26. Nc2 $18 a5 27. Rd1
f5 28. exf5 gxf5 29. Bf1 f4 30. gxf4 exf4 31. Nd4 Bd7 32. Ne2 Bc6 33. Nxf4 Bxf3
{34.Sg6+ +-} 1-0

[Event "London WFW"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bönsch} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bd3 {N} Be7 7.
O-O Be6 8. c4 a6 9. N5c3 Bg5 10. Bxg5 Qxg5 11. Nd5 Rc8 12. Nbc3 Nge7 13. Re1
O-O 14. Re3 Ng6 15. Rg3 Qh4 16. Qb3 f5 $1 17. exf5 (17. Qxb7 $2 f4 18. Rf3 Nd4
$19) 17... Nd4 18. Qxb7 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 (19. Qxa6 $2 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 Qxf2+ $19 21.
Kh1) 19... Nxf5 20. Rh3 Qxc4 21. Qb3 Nd4 22. Qd1 (22. Qxc4 Rxc4 $15) 22... Nf4
23. Nxf4 Rxf4 24. Qh5 h6 25. Rg3 Rcf8 26. Rf1 (26. Qxh6 $4 Nf5 $19) 26... Nf5
27. Rh3 Rg4 28. b3 Qd4 29. Ne2 Qe4 30. Ng3 (30. Ng3 Nxg3 31. Rxg3 Rxg3 32. hxg3
d5 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bönsch} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3
a6 8. Na3 h6 $6 (8... Be6 9. Nc2 Rc8 10. Be2 Na5 11. Ne3 Nf6 (11... Nxc4 $13)
12. b3 b5 13. Ncd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bd7 $10 {Vogt - Bönsch, Interschach Berlin
1990}) 9. Be2 (9. Nc2 Bg5 10. Bxg5 hxg5 11. Qd2 Rh6 12. O-O-O $16 {Wedberg -
Ostenstad, Espoo 1989 - CBM 14 S.46}) 9... Bg5 10. Nc2 Nf6 (10... Bxc1 11. Rxc1
Nf6 12. O-O O-O 13. Qd2 $14) 11. Bxg5 hxg5 12. Qd2 Rh6 (12... g4 13. O-O-O $16)
13. Qxg5 Rg6 14. Qe3 Rxg2 15. O-O-O $16 b6 (15... Be6 $2 16. c5 d5 17. exd5
Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bf3 $18) 16. h4 Be6 17. h5 Rc8 (17... Qc7 18. Nd5 Bxd5
19. exd5 Ne7 20. Bf3 $18) 18. Rdg1 (18. Bf3 Ng4) 18... Rxg1+ 19. Rxg1 Kf8 20.
Kb1 Ng8 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. cxd5 Nb8 23. f4 $1 $40 exf4 24. Qxf4 Qf6 25. Qe3 b5
26. Nd4 Nh6 27. a3 Nd7 28. Rf1 Qh4 29. Ne6+ Kg8 30. Rg1 fxe6 31. Qxh6 Qf6 $2 (
31... Qxe4+ 32. Ka1 Qe5 $13) 32. Qxf6 Nxf6 33. h6 exd5 (33... Rc7 34. dxe6 Kf8
35. Rf1 Kg8 (35... Re7 $2 36. h7 $18) 36. Bd1 Nxe4 37. Rf8+ Kh7 (37... Kxf8 38.
h7 $18) 38. Bc2 d5 39. Rf7 Rc6 40. e7 Re6 41. hxg7 $18) 34. Rxg7+ Kh8 35. exd5
Nxd5 36. Rd7 Nf4 37. Bf3 Nd3 (37... d5 38. Rf7 (38. Bxd5 Nxd5 39. Rxd5 Rc6 $14)
38... Rc4 $16) 38. Rxd6 Rc1+ 39. Ka2 Ne5 40. Be4 Nf7 41. Rf6 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Piasetski, Leon David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 Be6 {
7...a6 8.Sa3 h6 - Hjartarson - Spraggett, Manila 1990} 8. Be2 a6 9. Na3 Bg5 (
9... Rc8 $5) 10. Nc2 (10. Bxg5 Qxg5 11. O-O Rd8 12. Nd5 h5 $10 {Timman - Short,
Hilversum 1989}) 10... Bxc1 11. Rxc1 Nf6 $10 12. O-O O-O 13. Qd2 Qb6 14. b3 (
14. Qxd6 $2 Qxb2 $17) 14... Rfd8 15. Kh1 Rac8 16. Nd5 (16. f4 exf4 17. Rxf4 Ne5
18. Ne3 Qa5 $10) 16... Bxd5 17. exd5 Ne7 18. f4 Ng6 19. fxe5 (19. f5 Nf4 (19...
Nf8 $10) 20. Bf3 h6 21. h4 (21. g3 Nh3 22. Bg2 Ng5 23. Rce1 Qc5 $10) 21... Re8
22. g3 (22. Rce1 Qc5 23. g3 $2 N4xd5) 22... N4h5 23. Kg2 e4) 19... Ne4 $1 20.
Qe1 Nxe5 21. Rf4 Nc5 22. Qg3 Re8 23. Bh5 Ng6 (23... g6 24. Rcf1 Ncd3 25. Rxf7
$1 Nxf7 26. Bxg6 $18) 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. Rcf1 Ne4 26. Qd3 Nf6 (26... f5 27. g4
Re5 28. gxf5 gxf5 29. Qh3 $16) 27. Qh3 g5 28. Rf5 g4 (28... Re2 $2 29. Rxf6
Rce8 30. Rxf7 Rxc2 31. Qd7 $18) 29. Qh4 Rc7 (29... Re2 $2 30. Rxf6 Rxc2 31.
Rxf7 $18) 30. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 31. Qxg4+ Kf8 32. Nd4 Re5 33. Nf5 Qf2 34. Qg7+ Ke8
35. Qg8+ Kd7 36. Qxf7+ Kc8 37. Qf8+ Kd7 38. Qxd6+ Kc8 39. Qf8+ Kd7 40. Qf7+ Kc8
41. Qg8+ Kd7 42. Qe6+ Kd8 43. Rxf2 1-0

[Event "Comtois Masters 5th"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2002.06.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2002.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Nf6 9. c4 {A bit more precise then Nf6 immediately. After the usual} (9. Bg5
Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 {the game would be transposed to the main line of the
Cheliabinsk variation.}) 9... b4 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Nc2 {This line was
refreshed by Vishy Anand in Linares this year against Alexei Shirov.} Qg6 12.
Ne3 {The text leads to compltely differrent from Anand-Shirov game position.
The idea is to develop the bishop on g2, which would compltely neutralize the
queen on g6. First I saw this idea while preparing for my white colour game
against JM Degraeve.} (12. Qd5 {was played in the mentioned game. To be honest
I didn't find any sensible improvement for Black. The reason I've choosen 12.
Ne3 is to get out my opponent from home preparation.} Bb7 13. Nxb4 Rc8 14. Be3
Be7 15. h4 O-O 16. h5 Qg4 17. f3 Qg3+ 18. Kd1 Bg5 19. Nxc6 Bxe3 20. Ne7+ Kh8
21. Qd3 $18 {Anand V.(2790) - Shirov A.(2718), Linares 2002 It (cat.20)}) 12...
Be7 {Taking on e4 doesn't lead to an immediate loose, still I would warn one
from doing it.} (12... Qxe4 13. Bd3 Qd4 14. Nd5 Rb8 (14... Qa7 15. Be3 Qb7 16.
Bb6) 15. O-O (15. Be3 Qxb2 16. O-O Qa3 17. Bb6) 15... Qg4 16. Qa4 Qd7 17. Be3
Be7 18. Nb6 Qc7 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. Qxa6 $14) 13. g3 O-O {the most natural move.
The other two attempts to refute 12.Ne3 are not succesful at all.} (13... h5
14. h4 $1 {of course not} (14. h3 Nd4 15. Bg2 Bb7 16. Qd3 h4 17. g4 Ne6 18. Nf5
Nc5 19. Qe3 Bf8 20. f4 Qe6 {and black's got some counterplay Schaefer M.(2393)
- Degraeve J.(2589), Germany 1998 Bundesliga (2nd)})) (13... Bb7 {does not
yield black anything good} 14. Bg2 Nd4 15. Nf5 {also enough is} (15. Nd5 $5
Bxd5 16. cxd5 O-O 17. Be3 $14) 15... Qxf5 $5 {the sacrifice which looks very
promissing in the reality still doesn't solve all black's problems.} (15... Rc8
16. b3) 16. exf5 Bxg2 17. Rg1 Nf3+ 18. Ke2 Nxg1+ 19. Qxg1 Be4 20. g4 $14) 14.
Bg2 Bg5 {In all Sveshnikov variations the second after square d5 problem is
the black squared bishop. Now Black had two possibilities to solve it.} (14...
Bd8 $5 {deserves attention. The only question which appears is the d6 pawn.}
15. Qd5 {first} (15. Nf5 {immediate attempt to get use of d6 weakness is met
by a strong refutation.} Bb6 16. Qd5 Bxf5 $1 17. exf5 Qxf5 18. Qxc6 Qxf2+ 19.
Kd1 d5 20. Bxd5 Rac8 21. Qb7 Rfd8 22. Bd2 Rxd5 $1) 15... Bb7 (15... Bd7 16. Nf5
Bb6 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Rac8 19. O-O $14) 16. Nf5 Bc7 17. Ne7+ Nxe7 18. Qxb7
$14 {the black pieces are extremle discoordinated.}) 15. O-O Bxe3 (15... Nd4 {
would follow} 16. f4) 16. Bxe3 Rb8 {N this is a novelty but not an important
one. Black is already clearly worse.} (16... Bb7 17. Qd3 Rad8 18. Rad1 Ne7 19.
Bc5 Nc6 20. Bb6 Rd7 21. Bh3 $18 {Schaefer M.(2393) - Shabtai R.(2297),
Budapest 1993 It}) 17. Qa4 $1 {Little detail. Queen on a4 is idealy placed, so
Black cannot move his knight from c6.} Bb7 18. Rfd1 a5 19. Rd2 {the material
loses are inevitable, Tregubov's only chance is to wait for white mistakes.}
Qe6 20. Rad1 {The c4 pawn is poisoned.} Rfd8 (20... Qxc4 21. Bf1 Qxe4 (21...
Qe6 22. Rxd6 Qc8 23. Rc1) 22. Bg2 Qc4 23. Rc2 Qg4 24. Rxc6 Bxc6 25. Bxc6 $18)
21. Bb6 Rd7 22. c5 Ba8 23. Rxd6 Rxd6 24. Rxd6 $18 Qc4 (24... Qc8 {would finish}
25. Rd8+ {!} Qxd8 26. Bxd8 Rxd8 27. Bf1 $18) 25. Rxc6 Bxc6 26. Qxc6 Qxa2 27.
Bc7 Rf8 28. Bd6 Rd8 29. Qc7 Re8 30. Qd7 1-0

[Event "Porz Citroen-Cup"]
[Site "Cologne"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hoffmann, Michael"]
[Black "Grigore, George Gabriel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Nge7 9. c4 Nd4 10. Be3 Nxd5 11. cxd5 f5 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Bd3
Qe7+ 15. Kf1 Bd7 16. Qh5+ Qf7 17. Re1+ Be7 18. Qh4 Rc8 {[#]} 19. Nc2 (19. Bg6
Kd8 (19... hxg6 20. Qxh8+ Qf8 21. Qxf8+ Kxf8 $13) 20. Bxf7 Bxh4 21. Be6 Rf8 $15
) 19... Kf8 20. Qe4 Rc5 21. f3 Bf6 22. Kf2 g6 23. Qf4 Kg7 24. Qxd6 Bh4+ 25. g3
Rxd5 26. Qxa6 Rf8 27. Be4 d3 28. Qb7 (28. gxh4 dxc2 29. Bxd5 Qxd5 30. Qa3 (30.
Re7+ $6 Kg8 31. Qa3 Bc6 32. Re3 Qd2+ 33. Kg3 c1=Q 34. Rxc1 Qxc1 $19) 30... Qd2+
31. Kg3 Qf4+ 32. Kg2 Qd2+ $11) 28... Rd6 29. Nb4 (29. Rd1) 29... d2 30. Rd1 Qc4
31. gxh4 (31. Nd3) 31... Qxb4 32. h5 Rf7 33. hxg6 hxg6 34. Qa8 Qc5+ 35. Kg2 Qe3
36. h4 Bf5 37. Bxf5 gxf5 38. h5 Kh7 39. Kh3 Rh6 0-1

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7 8.
Be3 (8. Nc4 b5 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 b4 12. Ncd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bg5 14.
Bxg5 Qxg5 15. O-O Rb8 16. Qd3 a5 17. a3 Be6 18. axb4 Nxb4 19. Nxb4 Rxb4 20.
Rxa5 Rxb2 21. Qxd6 Rxc2 22. Rxe5 Qd2 23. Qxd2 Rxd2 24. Rc5 Rb8 25. Rcc1 g6 26.
Rfd1 Ra2 27. Rb1 Rc8 28. Ra1 Rb2 29. Rac1 Ra8 30. Rb1 {1/2-1/2 (30) Karjakin,S
(2779)-Radjabov,T (2788) Astana 2012}) 8... Nf6 9. Nc4 b5 10. Nb6 Rb8 11. Nxc8
Qxc8 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O b4 14. Nd5 Nxe4 15. a3 Bd8 16. Qd3 Nf6 17. Nxb4 Nxb4
$146 ({Predecessor:} 17... h5 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. b4 d5 20. Bc5 Re8 21. c4 d4 22.
Rfd1 Bc7 23. Rab1 Rbd8 24. Qf5 e4 25. b5 Qb7 26. b6 Bb8 27. Rb3 Re5 28. Qh3 Qc6
29. Bxd4 {0-1 (29) Sulskis,S (2582)-Radjabov,T (2656) Tallinn 2004}) 18. axb4
Rxb4 19. Qxd6 Rxb2 20. Bxa6 Qxc2 21. Rac1 Qa4 ({Black is okay but now has to
find the very accurate} 21... Qb3 $1 {The difference to the move in the game
is that after} 22. Rc8 {Black has} Qd5 {and after} 23. Qa3 {there is the
important resource} Ra2 $1) 22. Rc8 Nd7 23. Rfc1 Rb8 24. R8c6 Qg4 25. Bc8 Rxc8
26. Rxc8 Bf6 27. R8c7 Rd8 28. Rd1 Be7 29. Rxd7 Bxd6 30. Rxd8+ Bf8 31. h3 Qa4
32. Rc1 f5 33. Rcc8 Kf7 34. Rxf8+ Kg6 35. g3 h5 36. h4 Qg4 37. Bg5 f4 38. Bxf4
exf4 39. Rc6+ Kh7 40. Rxf4 Qd1+ 41. Kh2 Qd5 42. Rc7 Kg6 43. Rff7 Qxf7 ({
Black could have tried to trick White with the stalemate idea} 43... Kh6 44.
Rxg7 Qg2+ $1) 44. Rxf7 Kxf7 45. g4 1-0

[Event "Riga op"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Nce7 9. c4 Nxd5 10. Qxd5 (10. cxd5 Nf6 11. Bd3 Be7 12. Nc2 O-O 13. O-O Nd7 14.
Nb4 Bb7 15. a4 bxa4 16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. dxc6 Nc5 18. Be3 Rc8 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20.
Bxa6 $14 {Van der Will,J-Hendriks,W/NED/1994/1|0/45/}) (10. exd5 bxc4 11. Nxc4
Nf6 12. Be3 (12. Bd2 $5 a5 13. Be3) 12... Rb8 13. Be2 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. a4
Bf5 16. a5 Be4 17. Nb6 Rxb6 18. Bxb6 Qa8 19. Bf3 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 $44 {
Sherzer,A-Gostisa,L/Budapest/1990/0|1/62/}) 10... Be6 11. Qb7 Nf6 $1 (11...
bxc4 12. Bxc4 Qc8 13. Qxc8+ Bxc8 14. Be3 Nf6 15. O-O-O Bb7 16. f3 $14 {Roskar,
R-Waller,H/Bled/Rogaska/1992/1|0/51/}) (11... b4 12. Qxb4 d5 13. c5 Qc8 14.
exd5 Bxc5 15. Qc4 Bf5 16. Bd2 Bxa3 17. Qa4+ Qd7 18. Qxa3 Qxd5 19. Be2 $14 {
Kotronias,V-Gausel,L/Gausdal/1990/1|0/41/}) 12. cxb5 Rb8 13. Qxa6 (13. Qc6+ Bd7
14. Qxa6 Nxe4) 13... d5 (13... Nxe4 $4 14. Qc6+ $18) 14. Nc2 (14. exd5 Bb4+ 15.
Bd2 Bxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Qxd5+ 17. Ke1 Qe4+ 18. Be2 O-O $40) 14... Ra8 (14... Nxe4
15. Bd3 Nc5 16. Qc6+ Bd7 17. Qxd5 Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 Bxb5 19. Qxd8+ Rxd8 20. Be3) (
14... Rc8 $5) 15. Qc6+ Bd7 16. Qc3 Rc8 $5 17. Qb3 (17. Qxe5+ Be7 18. Bd3 (18.
exd5 O-O $36) 18... O-O 19. O-O dxe4 20. Bxe4 Rc5 21. Qd4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Bf5 $17
) 17... Nxe4 18. Qxd5 (18. Be2 Qa5+ 19. Kf1 Be6 $17) 18... Rxc2 19. Qxe4 Bf5 $1
20. Qa4 $6 (20. Qxf5 $4 Bb4+ $19) (20. Qxe5+ $5 Be7 21. Be2 Bd3 (21... O-O 22.
Qxf5 $18) (21... Qa5+ 22. Kf1 Bg6 23. h4) 22. Bxd3 Qxd3 23. Qe3 Qxb5 24. a4
Qa5+ 25. Kd1 $1 (25. Kf1 $2 Qa6+ 26. Kg1 Re2 27. Qc3 Bf6 28. Qb4 Qb6 $1 $19)
25... Qc7 (25... Rc7 26. Bd2 $16) 26. Re1 $22 O-O 27. Qxe7 Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1 Rd8+
29. Qxd8+ Qxd8+ 30. Kc2 $16) 20... Bc5 21. Be2 O-O $36 22. Qb3 Qa5+ 23. Kf1 Rd8
24. Bg5 (24. Be3 Rdd2 $5 (24... Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Rxe2 $1 26. Kxe2 Qxb5+ 27. Ke1
Qxb2 28. Rc1 h6 $44) 25. Re1 $1 (25. Bxd2 Qxd2 26. Re1 Bb4 $19) 25... Bxe3 26.
Qxe3 h6 $140 $1 27. Qxe5 Rxe2 28. Rxe2 Rc1+ 29. Re1 Bd3+) 24... Rxe2 (24...
Rdd2 25. Re1 $22 Rxb2 26. Bxd2 Qxd2 27. Qd1 Qf4 28. Qd8+ Bf8 29. b6) 25. Kxe2
Bd3+ 26. Kf3 (26. Qxd3 Rxd3 27. Kxd3 Qxb5+ 28. Ke4 (28. Kc2 Qc4+ 29. Kb1 Qd3+
30. Kc1 Bxf2 $17) 28... Qc4+ $1 29. Kf3 f5 $17) 26... e4+ 27. Kg3 Qb6 $1 28.
Kh3 (28. Bxd8 Bxf2+ 29. Kh3 Qh6+ 30. Kg4 Qg6+ 31. Bg5 (31. Kf4 Qd6+ 32. Kg4 h5+
33. Kh3 Qd7+ $19) 31... h5+ 32. Kf4 Qd6+ $19) 28... Bxf2 29. g4 (29. Bxd8 Qh6+
$19) 29... h5 30. Qd1 Rd5 31. Bf4 e3 0-1

[Event "Podolsk"]
[Site "Podolsk"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Horvath,T} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be6 7.
Bd3 $5 (7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be7 9. Nc2 (9. Be2 Nd4 10. O-O Nf6 11. Bd3 $5 Rc8 12.
Be3 O-O 13. h3 Qa5 14. Re1 {Khalifman,A-Vyzmanavin,A /SSSR/1990 Inf 50/181/}
Rb8) (9. Nd5 Rc8 10. Be3 Bg5 11. Bb6 Qd7 12. Be2 Bd8 13. O-O Nge7 14. Be3 O-O
15. c5 Nd4 $1 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. cxd6 Qxd6 $15 {Oll,L-Sveshnikov,E /Helsinki/
1992 Inf 55/184/}) 9... Bg5 10. Bd3 Bxc1 11. Qxc1 Nf6 12. Nd5 O-O 13. O-O Nd7
14. Nce3 Nb6 $13 {Berkovich,M-Sveshnikov,E /Shibenik/1990 Inf 50/180/}) 7...
Be7 8. O-O Rc8 $5 $146 (8... a6 9. N5c3 Bg5 (9... Nf6 $5) (9... Bg5 {Horvath,T}
10. Nd2 Nf6 11. Nf3 Bxc1 12. Rxc1 Bg4 $10)) 9. b3 Nf6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. N1c3 a6
12. Na3 Ne8 13. Nd5 Bg5 14. Nc2 $14 Ne7 15. Nce3 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bd7 17. Qe2 g6
18. g3 (18. a4 $5 {Horvath,T} f5 19. Nc4 fxe4 20. Bxe4 $14) 18... Bh3 19. Ng2 (
19. Rfc1 $5) 19... Bf6 20. Rac1 Bg7 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22. Rc1 Qd8 23. Ne3 (23. Rc4
$5) 23... Bd7 24. f4 exf4 25. gxf4 Nf6 (25... Bxb2 26. Qxb2 Nf6 $13) 26. Qf3
Nh5 27. Ba3 $5 (27. Bxg7 $5 Kxg7 (27... Nxg7 {Horvath,T} 28. Nc4 Qf6 29. Qf2
Bb5 $13) 28. Kh1 Qf6 29. Rf1 {/\Nc4,e5/}) 27... Qf6 28. Rf1 Qd4 29. Bb1 f5 $1
30. exf5 (30. Bxd6 fxe4 31. Qxe4 Qxe4 32. Bxe4 Re8) 30... Re8 31. Bc1 Nf6 32.
Kg2 (32. fxg6 Ng4 33. gxh7+ Kh8 34. Re1 Qc3 $1) 32... gxf5 33. Rd1 $2 (33. Bxf5
Nxd5 $1 34. Bxd7 Nxe3+ 35. Bxe3 Rxe3 36. Qxb7 Re2+ 37. Kh1 d5 38. Qc8+ Kf7 39.
Bf5 Qd2 $36) (33. Nxf5 $1 Bxf5 34. Bxf5 Nxd5 $13) 33... Qa1 $1 34. Bxf5 (34.
Ba3 Ne4 $17) 34... Qxa2+ 35. Kh1 $6 (35. Rd2 Qxb3 36. Bxd7 Rxe3 37. Be6+ Kf8
38. Qf2 {/\Ne4-Qh4/}) 35... Rxe3 $19 36. Bxh7+ Kxh7 37. Qxe3 Bf5 38. Bd2 Nxd5
39. Qf3 Nf6 40. Qg3 Qc2 0-1

[Event "Minsk"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Black "Rotstein, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Kortschnoj} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7.
Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nge7 (8... Nf6 $1) 9. c4 (9. Bg5 $5 {Kortschnoj} Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qd8
11. c4) 9... Nd4 10. cxb5 (10. Be3 Nxd5 11. cxd5 $1 Be7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O {
(Rodriguez-Estevez,Cuba (ch) 1988; 13...Rf6 /\Qb6,Rd7)}) 10... Nxd5 11. exd5
Be7 (11... Bd7 $6 12. Be3 Nxb5 13. Nc4 f5 14. a4 Na7 15. Rc1 f4 16. Bd2 Nc8 17.
Qb3 $16 {(Smirin-Shirov, Klaipeda 1988)}) 12. Bd3 (12. Bc4 axb5 13. Nxb5 Ba6
14. Na3 O-O 15. O-O Bf6 16. Be3 $16 {(Klovans-Kiselev,Frunze 1988)}) (12. bxa6
$6 Bxa6 13. Bxa6 Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Qxa6) 12... O-O 13. O-O f5 $1 $44 14. bxa6 (14.
Be3 Nxb5 15. Nxb5 (15. Nc4 Bb7) 15... axb5 16. Bxb5 f4 17. Bd2 f3 $44) (14. Be3
$5 {Kortschnoj}) 14... f4 $1 15. Nc2 Qb6 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Re1 (17. Be2 Qb6 18.
a4 e4 $1 $13) (17. Qc2 $5 {Kortschnoj} f3 $5 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Be4 $13) 17...
Bh4 $5 18. Bxh7+ $8 Kxh7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Qxh4 Qxd5 $15 21. a4 Rxa6 22. Ra3 Rc6
(22... Bb7 23. Qg4) 23. Qh5 Bb7 24. Qd1 Qf7 25. Rc3 $6 (25. Rd3 $6 Qg6 26. f3
Rxc1 $19) (25. f3 $1 Rfc8 26. Bd2 Rc2 27. Bc3 Qg6 28. Re2 $13) 25... Rxc3 26.
bxc3 Qg6 27. f3 e4 $1 $17 28. Qb3+ Rf7 29. Bxf4 exf3 30. g3 $8 (30. Bg3 f2+ $19
) (30. Qa2 f2+ 31. Qxf2 Rxf4 $19) 30... Qh5 31. Qa2 $2 (31. Rf1 $17) 31... g5
$19 32. Re8+ (32. Be3 $5 {Kortschnoj}) 32... Kg7 33. Qf2 (33. c4 f2+ 34. Qxf2
Qd1+ 35. Qf1 Qxf1+ 36. Kxf1 gxf4 $19) (33. Qc4 f2+ 34. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 35. Ke1 Qg1+
36. Kd2 gxf4 $19) (33. Be3 {Kortschnoj} f2+ 34. Bxf2 Qd1+ 35. Re1 Qf3 36. Bd4+
Kf8 37. Qxf7+ Qxf7 38. Rf1 Bf3 $19) 33... Rxf4 $1 34. Re7+ (34. gxf4 Qxe8)
34... Rf7 35. Qd4+ Kf8 36. Rxf7+ Qxf7 37. Qxd6+ Kg7 38. Qd4+ Kh7 39. Qd3+ Kg8
40. Qd8+ Kh7 41. Qd3+ Kh6 42. Qd6+ Kh5 0-1

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timoshenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Kiselev, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 (6. a4 $5 Be6 (6...
Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Bg4 $1 $132) 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Rc8 9. Bc4 $1 Bxc4 10.
Nxc4 Nd4 11. Ne3 Nf6 12. O-O Be7 13. Ne2 $1 Ne6 14. f3 O-O 15. Kh1 g6 16. a5
Nh5 17. Nd5 Bg5 18. c3 Kg7 19. b4 Rc6 20. g3 $14 {Lanka-Nunn/BRD/1992/}) 6...
Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be6 9. Bd3 (9. Nd5 Rc8 10. Be3 Bg5 11. Bb6 Qd7 12. Be2
Bd8 13. O-O Nge7 14. Be3 O-O 15. c5 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. cxd6 Qxd6 $132 {
Oll,L-Sveshnikov/Helsinki/1992/}) (9. Nc2 Bg5 10. Be2 (10. Bd2 Rc8 11. Be2 h6
12. O-O Nf6 13. b3 O-O 14. Bxg5 hxg5 15. Qd2 b5 $5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 Qa5
$132 {Dvoirys,S-Sveshnikov/Helsinki/1992/}) 10... Bxc1 11. Qxc1 Qb6 $1 12. O-O
Nf6 13. Rd1 O-O 14. b3 (14. Rxd6 Qc5 15. Qd2 Rad8 $1 $132) 14... Rfd8 $10 {
Dolmatov,S-Van der Wiel,J/Manila ol/1992/}) 9... Bg5 10. O-O Bxc1 (10... Rc8 $5
) 11. Rxc1 Nf6 (11... Nge7 $5) 12. Qd2 O-O (12... Nd4 $5) 13. Nc2 $14 Rc8 14.
Rfd1 Qb6 15. Bf1 Rfd8 16. b3 Qa7 $6 (16... Ne7 $5 {/\ 17.Ne3 Nc6}) 17. h3 Qb8 (
17... Ne7 $5) 18. Qe3 Qa7 19. Qd2 Qb8 20. Re1 Qa7 21. Rcd1 Ne7 22. Re3 $1 Rd7
23. Rd3 $16 Ne8 24. Kh2 Rdc7 25. g3 Qc5 26. a4 $1 Qb6 27. Rb1 Rd7 28. Bg2 Rdd8
29. f4 $5 f6 $5 (29... exf4 $6 30. gxf4 f5 (30... Nc6 $6 31. f5 Bd7 32. Nd5 Qa7
33. f6 $40) (30... Bd7 $5 31. e5 (31. Rg3 $40) 31... Bf5 $1 $132 32. Rg3) 31.
Nd5 Bxd5 32. cxd5 {/\ Nd4, Ne6+-}) 30. f5 Bf7 31. h4 (31. g4 g5 $1) 31... Qc5
32. Rd1 Rc7 (32... Bh5 33. Bf3 Bxf3 34. Rxf3 {/\ g4,g5|^}) 33. g4 Rcd7 34. g5
Nc6 35. Rg3 Kh8 36. Bf3 $18 Nd4 (36... Ne7 37. Rdg1 $18) 37. Nxd4 exd4 38. Qxd4
Qe5 39. Nd5 (39. Qd2 $18) 39... Bxd5 40. Qxd5 Qxd5 (40... Nc7 41. Qxb7 fxg5 42.
hxg5 Ne6 43. Qd5 $18) 41. Rxd5 (41. exd5 Re7) 41... Nc7 42. Rd2 a5 43. gxf6
gxf6 44. Rdg2 $1 Na6 45. e5 dxe5 46. Bd5 h5 47. Rg6 Nc5 (47... Rf8 $2 48. Rh6+
Rh7 49. Rxf6 $1 $18) 48. Rxf6 Rd6 49. Rf7 R6d7 50. Rf6 Rd6 51. Rfg6 Rxg6 52.
Rxg6 Rf8 (52... Kh7 53. Rb6 $18) 53. f6 Kh7 54. Rg7+ Kh6 55. Rc7 b6 (55... Na6
56. Rxb7 Rxf6 57. Rb5 $18) 56. f7 Kg7 57. Re7 Nxb3 58. Rxe5 Nc5 59. Rxh5 Nxa4
60. Rg5+ Kf6 61. Rg8 Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Premier 33rd"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1998.05.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Abreu Delgado, Aryam"]
[Black "Teske, Henrik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nb5 Qb8 6. c4 Nf6 7. N5c3 e6 8.
Be3 b6 9. Nd2 Bc5 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Be2 Rd8 13. O-O Be7 14. Be3 d5
15. cxd5 exd5 16. exd5 Nb4 17. Qb3 Nbxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Qa4 a6 20. Bf3 Qb7
21. Rfd1 Bxf3 22. Nxf3 b5 23. Qf4 Rac8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Nd4 Qd5 26. a3 Bc5
27. g3 h6 28. Nc6 Qxc6 29. Bxc5 Qe6 30. Bd4 Ne4 $19 31. Qe3 Qd5 32. Bb6 Rd6 33.
Bc7 Re6 $6 (33... Rf6 $5 34. Bf4 g5 35. f3 $1 {=/=/+} gxf4 36. fxe4 Qe5 37.
Rc8+ Kg7) 34. Qf3 Kh7 35. Bf4 Qf5 36. Kg2 Rf6 37. Qe2 Qd5 38. Rd1 $2 (38. f3
$142) 38... Qc6 $2 (38... Nxg3+ 39. Kxg3 Rg6+ 40. Kh4 Qf5 41. Qf3 (41. Bg3 $2
Rg5 $19) 41... Rg5 $3 {/\ 42... g6, 43... Rh5+} 42. Rd3 Rg1 $19) 39. Qd3 g6 40.
Kg1 Ng5 41. Bxg5 hxg5 42. Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch FL56"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Guseinov, Aidyn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1988.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Rc8 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qd2 h6 13. Rac1 Ne8 14. g3 Nf6 15.
f3 Nh7 16. Nd5 f5 17. Bb6 Qd7 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Nxe7+ Nxe7 20. Rfd1 Rf6 21. Be3
Bg6 22. Nb1 Bxb1 23. Rxb1 Nf5 24. c5 Kh8 25. Bf2 $2 (25. Rbc1 Nxe3 26. Qxe3 d5
$1) 25... Ng5 $1 26. Kg2 $2 (26. Kh1 $17 e4 $1 27. f4 (27. fxe4 Nxe4 28. Qe1
Nxf2+ 29. Qxf2 Qc6+ 30. Kg1 Nh4 $19) 27... e3 $1 28. Qd5 Ne6 29. Be1 Rxc5 $17)
(26. cxd6 $19 e4 $1 27. fxe4 {27.Qb4 Rc2!} Nh3+ 28. Kg2 Nxf2 29. Kxf2 Rc2 $1
$19) (26. Rbc1 $17 e4 27. Qb4 Nxf3+ 28. Bxf3 exf3 29. cxd6 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Rxd6
$17) (26. Be3 $1 $15 Nxg3 $1 27. Bxg5 (27. hxg3 Rxf3 28. Bxg5 Rxg3+ 29. Kf2 Qh3
$19) 27... Nxe2+ 28. Qxe2 Rg6 {26...hg5 27.Qxe5!} 29. Rxd6 Rxg5+ $15) 26... e4
$1 27. Kh1 (27. f4 $19 e3 $1 28. Qd5 {28.Bxe3 Qc6! -+} exf2 $19) (27. fxe4 $19
Nh4+ $1 28. gxh4 Qh3+ 29. Kg1 Rxf2 30. Kxf2 Nxe4+ $19) 27... exf3 28. c6 Rxc6
29. Bd3 d5 30. Re1 Nd6 31. Re5 Qf7 32. Qa5 Nge4 33. Bd4 f2 $1 34. Kg2 f1=Q+ 35.
Bxf1 Rc2+ 36. Kg1 Ng5 $4 (36... Nd2 $1 37. Qd8+ Qf8 $19) 37. Rxg5 $1 hxg5 38.
Qd8+ Qf8 (38... Kh7 $2 39. Bd3+) (38... Qg8 $2 39. Bxf6 $1) (38... Ne8 $2 39.
Bxf6 gxf6 40. Re1 $18) (38... Qe8 39. Bxf6 gxf6 40. Qxf6+ Kg8 41. Qxg5+ $19 {
/\ Bd3}) 39. Bxf6 Qxd8 40. Bxd8 Ne4 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Drancy"]
[Date "2016.06.01"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Riff, Jean Noel"]
[Black "Schlosser, Philipp"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2016.05.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mulhouse Philidor"]
[BlackTeam "Bischwiller"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:30][%mdl 512]} c5 {[%emt 0:04:30]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 4. Nxd4 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 5. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 6. Bd3 {[%emt 0:04:30]} (6. Nc3 e6 7. Qe2 Bb4 8. Bd2 O-O 9. a3 Bxc3 10.
Bxc3 e5 11. O-O-O a5 12. Kb1 a4 13. Nd2 Qc5 14. Nc4 b5 15. Nd6 Ba6 16. Qe1 Nd4
17. Bxd4 Qxd6 18. Bc3 Qc7 19. f3 Rfc8 20. Qd2 Ne8 21. h4 d6 22. Bb4 Qb6 23. h5
Rc6 24. h6 g6 25. f4 Nf6 26. Bd3 Re8 27. f5 Nd7 28. fxg6 fxg6 29. Be2 {1-0 (29)
Caruana,F (2796)-Azarov,S (2580) Las Vegas 2015}) 6... d5 {[%emt 0:06:00]} 7.
exd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:02:30]} e6 {
[%emt 0:00:30]} 9. c4 {[%emt 0:04:30]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 10. Nc3 {[%emt 0:
00:30]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 11. Bf4 {[%emt 0:02:30]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} 12.
Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nd4 $146 {[%emt 0:43:30]} (12... Bd7 13. Rad1 e5 14. Nd5
Nxd5 15. cxd5 Nb4 {Vogt,L (2500)-Ilic,Z (2375) Bern op 1990 (9) 1-0}) 13. Nxd4
{[%emt 0:01:30]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 14. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 15. Rad1 {[%emt 0:08:30]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:07:30]} 16. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:04:30]
} gxf6 {[%emt 0:06:30]} (16... Bxf6 {would have changed nothing.} 17. Bxh7+ $1
Kxh7 18. Rxd8 Bxd8 19. Qd3+ f5 20. Qxd8) 17. Bxh7+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kf8 {
[%emt 0:00:30]} ({If} 17... Kxh7 18. Rxd8 Bxd8 19. Qd3+ Qf5 20. Qxd8) 18. Ne4 {
[%emt 0:02:30]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 19. Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 1-0

[Event "Kstovo op"]
[Site "Kstovo"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petrushin, Alexander I"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{CBM 43} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. Be2
Be6 8. O-O Nf6 9. N1c3 a6 10. Na3 Nd4 11. Be3 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 Rc8 (12... Ng4 $5
13. Nc2 Rc8 $132) 13. Rfd1 $6 (13. f3 $5 O-O 14. Rfd1) 13... O-O $6 (13... Ng4
$5) 14. f3 h6 15. Rac1 Qa5 $2 (15... Ne8 16. Nd5 Bg5 17. Bb6 Qd7 18. Rc3 $14) (
15... Nh5 $5 16. Nd5 Bg5 17. Bb6 Qd7 18. Rc3 Bxd5 $13) 16. Qd2 $1 {/\ Nd5} Qb4
17. b3 $1 (17. Nd5 $6 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Qxd2 19. Bxd2 Bd7 20. Nc4 Bb5 21. Nb6 Rb8
$1 22. a4 Bd8 $10) 17... Kh8 (17... Qxa3 $2 18. Nb1 $18) 18. Qb2 Rfe8 $6 (18...
Qa5 $5 19. Nd5 (19. Na4 $6 Nd7) 19... Nxd5 20. cxd5 Bd7 21. Nc4 $16) 19. Na4
$16 d5 (19... b5 $2 20. Bd2 $18) (19... Qa5 $2 20. Bb6 Qb4 21. Nc2 $18) 20. Nc2
Qd6 21. exd5 $18 Bf5 22. c5 Qb8 23. d6 (23. Nb6 $2 Rxc5) 23... Bd8 24. Bf2 (24.
b4 e4 25. f4 $18) 24... e4 25. Ne3 Bd7 26. f4 $6 (26. Qd4 $5 exf3 27. gxf3 Bc6
28. Bg3 $16) 26... b5 $1 27. Nb6 (27. cxb6 $2 Rxc1 28. Qxc1 Bxa4 29. bxa4 Bxb6
30. d7 Rd8 31. Qc6 Qa7) 27... Bxb6 28. cxb6 Rxc1 29. Qxc1 $132 Rc8 30. Qd2 Rc6
31. Qd4 Qxb6 32. Qe5 (32. Qxb6 Rxb6 33. Nc4 Rb7 34. Ne5 Be6 $10) 32... Qb8 33.
Bh4 Ne8 34. Be7 Qc8 35. Qb2 (35. Qxe4 Rc1 36. Qd4 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Baburin,A} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7.
N1c3 ({White often plays} 7. b3 {Baburin,A here. For example:} Nf6 8. Bd3 Be6
9. O-O O-O 10. Bb2 Nd7 11. N1c3 a6 12. Na3 Nc5 13. Nc2 Bg5 14. Re1 Qd7 15. Bf1
a5 16. Nb5 Rad8 17. Qe2 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. Ne3 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 {
and White had better chances in the game Vorobiov-Zvereva, Petrov mem, St
Petersburg 1998.}) 7... a6 8. Na3 Be6 {Schwarz Entwickelt seine Leichtfiguren
flexibel.Er wartet mit der Entwicklung des Königsspringers , um die Optionen
Bg5 oder f7-f5 offen zu haben.} ({Here Black might try to eliminate the
e4-pawn by playing the immediate} 8... f5 {Baburin,A Here is an example from
recent tournament practice:} 9. exf5 Bxf5 10. Bd3 Be6 11. O-O Nf6 12. Bg5 O-O
13. Nc2 Ng4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. h3 Nh6 16. Ne3 Rad8 17. Be4 Kh8 18. Qd3 Qh4 19.
Ncd5 Rf7 20. Rad1 Rdf8 21. Rd2 Nd4 22. Nc2 Nhf5 23. Nxd4 Nxd4 {Black stood
well in the game Mueller,K-Shabalov, Europe vs Americas, Bermuda 1998.}) 9. Bd3
Bg5 {Bei dieser Bauernstruktur ist es für Schwarz güntig den schwarzfeldrigen
Läufer zu tauschen. Da der weißfeldrige Opponent d3 schwächer ist.( Bauern
e4+c4)} 10. Nc2 ({After} 10. O-O {Baburin,A Van der Wiel tried a different
set-up in his more recent game vs. Xie Jun in the Hoogovens B-tournament in
Wijk aan Zee, 1998:} h6 11. Nc2 Nf6 12. b3 Bxc1 13. Rxc1 O-O 14. Qd2 Rc8 15.
Rfd1 Qb6 {The players agreed a draw after} 16. Qe3 Qxe3 17. Nxe3 g6 18. f3 Rfd8
19. Kf2 Kf8 20. Rd2 Ne8) 10... Bxc1 11. Rxc1 Nge7 $1 {Die Stellung ist im
Gleichgewicht.Schwarz kann zufrieden mit der Erröffnung sein. Er hat seine
Figuren optimal entwickelt und die Option f7-f5 offen gelassen. Der schwache
Bauer d6 ist nicht leicht anzugreifen.} 12. O-O Ng6 13. Nd5 Nf4 14. Qf3 Bxd5
15. cxd5 Ne7 16. g3 Nxd3 $2 {In blockierten Stellungen ist der Springer
meistens besser als der Läufer, der durch die eigenen Bauern eingeschrängt ist.
} (16... Nfg6 $11) 17. Qxd3 O-O 18. Ne3 {This position is in White's favour:
he has more space and can play on the queenside, where the open c-file offers
him good prospects. Black's knight is rather passive and the only way in which
he can activate it is to prepare ...f5. However, Black has to worry about the
c-file at the same time.} Rc8 (18... Qd7 {Baburin,A} 19. Nc4 Rab8 20. Nb6 Qd8
21. Qb3 f5 22. f3 {is also better for White.}) 19. a4 {White grabs space on
the queenside.} Rxc1 (19... Qd7) 20. Rxc1 Qd7 21. a5 f5 ({White also keeps the
upper hand after} 21... Rc8 {Baburin,A} 22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Qa3 Qc7 24. Qb4 {
when after a further Nc4 he will force Black to place his knight passively on
c8. However, perhaps Black should have preferred this line to the rook endgame
which occurred in the game.}) 22. exf5 Nxf5 23. Nxf5 Qxf5 ({I think that Black
had to keep the queens on by playing} 23... Rxf5 {Baburin,A This would have
given more chances for counterplay.}) 24. Qxf5 Rxf5 {White maintains his
adavantage in the endgame as well, being the sole possessor of the only open
file. Defence in endings like this is an extremely dificult task. Ohne die
Türme wäre das Endspiel in etwa ausgeglichen. Da aber Weiß die einzige offene
Linie beherscht, kann Schwarz höchstens auf Remis spielen.} 25. Rc8+ Rf8 26.
Rc4 Rf3 27. Rc8+ Rf8 28. Rc3 g5 ({After} 28... e4 $6 {Baburin,A} 29. Rb3 $1 Rf5
30. Rxb7 Rxd5 31. b4 {Black is facing serious problems, as apart from 32 Rb6,
White also threatens to play 32 b5 axb5 33 a6, followed by 34 a7 and 35 Rb8+,
winning.}) ({After} 28... Rf7 {Baburin,A} 29. Kf1 {Black would have problems
similar to the ones he had in the game.}) 29. h3 Kg7 30. Kf1 Kf6 31. Ke2 e4 $2
{Auf den ersten Blick droht Kf6-Ke5.Nach diesem Fehler bekommt Weiß eine
gewonnene Stellung, da Van der Wiel Rc7 unterschätzt hat.} (31... h6 32. Rc7 (
32. Rf3+ Ke7 33. Rxf8 Kxf8 34. f4 gxf4 35. gxf4 exf4 36. Kf3 Kf7 37. Kxf4 Kf6
38. h4 h5 $11) 32... Rf7 33. Rc8 $14) (31... Rf7 32. Rc8 $14) 32. Rc7 $16 {
Der Rest war nur noch reine Technik.} Rb8 ({Perhaps, Black should have tried} 
32... h6 {Baburin,A} 33. Rxb7 Ke5 34. Rb6 Ra8) 33. Ke3 b6 34. Rxh7 bxa5 35.
Kxe4 Rb4+ (35... Rxb2 {Baburin,A} 36. Rh6+ Ke7 37. Kf5 Rxf2+ 38. Kxg5 {is also
bad for Black.}) 36. Kf3 Rxb2 37. Rh6+ Ke5 38. Rg6 Kxd5 39. Rxg5+ Kc6 40. Rxa5
Kb6 41. Ra1 Rb3+ 42. Kg4 d5 43. h4 d4 44. h5 d3 45. h6 Kc5 46. h7 Rb8 47. Kf5
Kc4 48. g4 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2012.06.08"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Sanchez, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2012.05.31"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chalonnais Echiquier"]
[BlackTeam "Grasse"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Nge7 (8... Nf6 {to try to come back into a Sveshnikov would give White the
opportunity to go} 9. c4 $5 {anyway.}) 9. c4 Nxd5 10. exd5 Nd4 11. Bd3 $5 {
This natural move is actually a novetly, but I was not aware of the latest
theory of the line (going 11.cxb5 g6), which should mean after 11.Bd3 the move
11...g6 should be fine.} (11. cxb5 {is the main move and} g6 $5 {is the latest
fashion:} (11... Be7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O {was the old line, probably not
giving Black enough compensation.}) (11... Bd7 $5 {is a side move, that the
engine seems to refute by playing} 12. bxa6 $1 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qxd5 14. Be3 $1 {
with the idea of playing Nc2.}) (11... Qh4 {seems worse for Black:} 12. bxa6
Be7 13. Be3 O-O (13... Qe4 14. Qd3 $16) 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Bd3 $14) 12. Be3 $5
Bg7 (12... Nf5 13. bxa6 $1 {seems bad for Black.}) 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Bd3 O-O
15. O-O Qg5 16. Qf3 $5 {and Black failed to equalise in Shirov-Sitnikov (2012).
}) 11... bxc4 {Usually Black doesn't take so early, but it doesn't seem so bad
either!} (11... g6 $5) 12. Nxc4 Be7 13. Be3 O-O 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. O-O (15. b4
$1 {with the idea of playing solidly with 0-0 and Rb1 (and Na5 later) might be
very strong ; of course Black should react energically:} Rb8 16. Rb1 Rb5 17.
Qf3 Bb7 (17... a5 18. Nxa5 Rxa5 19. bxa5 Qxa5+ 20. Kf1 $14 {followed by h4 is
better for White.}) 18. a4 Rxd5 19. Be4 Qa8 20. O-O $1 (20. Nb6 $2 Re5 $1 21.
Nxa8 Bxe4 {was what I saw during the game, and I thought due to the 20...Rb5
idea (after 20.0-0) White could not be better. Since I was considering my
position to be better after 15.0-0, I simply decided not to spend all my time
calculating 15.b4 - which was a wrong decision.}) 20... Rb5 21. Bxh7+ {(more
or less what I missed)} ({After} 21. Bxb7 Rxb7 {White has compensation: but
not enough for an avantage.}) 21... Kh8 (21... Kxh7 22. Qh3+ Kg8 23. axb5 axb5
24. Nd2 $14) 22. Qe2 Rg5 23. f3 {and White seems better.}) 15... Rb8 (15... a5
$5 {is more logical.}) 16. Qf3 (16. Re1 Bf6 {doesn't change much.}) 16... a5 $1
{Actually I started to think carefully only now, and I realised Black is very
close to equality. Actually I could not find any serious idea for White.} 17.
Rfe1 Bf6 18. b3 Ba6 19. Nd2 Bxd3 $1 {The simplest.} 20. Qxd3 a4 $1 {Black is
just kind of making a draw by force.} 21. Nc4 (21. bxa4 Qa5 $132) 21... axb3 (
21... Rb5 $5) 22. axb3 Rb5 {Once again the simplest.} 23. Ra6 (23. Qf3 {
was the normal move but after something like} Qc7 {with the idea of} 24. Ra6
Qb7 {Black is just OK - so I decided to try something else.}) 23... Qb8 {
Tempting, but not best.} (23... Rxd5 $142 24. Qf3 Rb5 (24... Qc8 $5 25. Qxd5
Qxa6 26. Nxd6 Qa8 27. Qc4 Qb8 $11) 25. Nxd6 Ra5 $5 {is just good for Black:}
26. Nb7 Qe8 $1 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 {and Black gets the other rook!}) 24. Rb1 Re8 $6 (
24... Qb7 $1 25. Rxd6 Be7 $11 {(/\...Rb8)}) (24... Rxd5 $6 25. Nb6 {might be
what my opponent missed while playing the tempting 23...Qb8.}) 25. g3 Rxd5 26.
Qf3 {Suddenly Black's position is getting unpleasant, while my opponent spent
almost all his time on the last three moves.} Rc5 (26... Qc8 {would be best
but after} 27. Nxd6 Qxa6 28. Qxd5 Rf8 29. b4 {Black would have to be careful.})
27. Nxd6 Rd8 28. Ne4 Rb5 $6 (28... Re5 {seems to be a better defence:} 29.
Nxf6+ gxf6 30. Qxf6 Rde8 {with very good chances for a draw. To be honest, I
just thought my position is totally winning after 28.Ne4, and that with half
an hour against 30 seconds per move, winning should be a matter of a few
moves! But I actually totally over-estimated my position.}) 29. Nxf6+ gxf6 30.
Rxf6 Qb7 31. Qg4+ Kh8 32. Qh4 $2 {A big mistake that I played instantly,
missing Black's next move.} (32. Qf4 $1 Kg8 33. Qh4 Rxb3 $8 (33... Qe7 $2 34.
Rg6+ $18) 34. Qg5+ Kf8 35. Re1 Rb1 $8 36. Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7 37. Qf5+ Kg7 38. Rxb1
Qd5 39. Qg4+ Kh8 40. Re1 {and White should win easily.}) (32. Re1 d3 33. Qf4 (
33. Rd6 Rd5 {is not so easy for White either.}) 33... d2 34. Rd1 Kg8 35. Rxd2
Rxd2 36. Qxd2 Rxb3 {and White doesn't have anything better than} 37. Qd8+ Kg7
38. Rd6 Rb1+ 39. Rd1 {which is just a draw.}) 32... Qe7 $8 {Suddenly I
realised the position is just a draw: I am a pawn up, but I cannot take
avantage of Black's "weak" king, while Black's d-pawn will be enough to make a
draw in most endgames.} 33. Qf4 Kg7 34. Rc6 (34. Qh6+ Kg8 {doesn't help.})
34... d3 35. Qg4+ Rg5 36. Qf3 Qe2 $4 {A crazy blunder four moves before the
time control. Sometimes it's good to receive presents...} (36... Rg6 $11) 37.
Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1819"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2019.03.01"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Beerdsen, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim Nord"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 {Transposing into a
Four Knights open English (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6)
with 6.e4.} Qc7 $5 {Typical move for a Taimanov player.} ({For the main move} 
6... Bb4 {see my analysis of the game Edouard-Wells 2018.}) 7. Ndb5 $5 (7. Be2
{may objectively be best.} Nxd4 (7... Bc5 8. Nb3 Bb4 9. O-O a6 10. f3 O-O 11.
Bg5 Be7 12. Be3 d6 13. Rc1 {is the kind of Hedgedog I do not like for Black,
due to the misplaced knight on c6.}) 8. Qxd4 Bc5 9. Qd3 O-O 10. Bg5 {and White
seems to be slightly better.}) (7. Be3 Bb4 8. Ndb5 Qa5 {leads to unclear
position. For example, GMs Ivanisevic, Perunovic and Markus give the following
crazy line in their book:} 9. f3 O-O 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Nxc3 d5 $1 12. cxd5 exd5
13. exd5 Re8 14. Qd2 Nb4 $1 15. Kf2 Rxe3 $1 16. axb4 Qxa1 17. Kxe3 a5 18. bxa5
Qxa5 $44 {with huge compensation for the pawn.}) (7. a3 {shouldn't promise
White much:} Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bc5 9. Qd3 {and contrarily to the 7.Be2 line, Black
has} Ng4 $5 10. Nd1 O-O {as given in the above quoted book. Black aims at
playing ...f5, and the position seems unclear.}) 7... Qb8 8. Be2 (8. f4 a6 9.
Nd4 Bb4 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qd4 f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 $13) 8... a6 {
Not best - although the resulting position was also pretty unclear.} (8... Bc5
$1 9. O-O (9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 b6 $1 {with the idea to answer Nd6+ with ...
Ke7 seems comfortable for Black.}) 9... a6 10. Na4 $1 Be7 11. Nd4 {And Now
Black has to find} b5 $1 {and the position is unclear:} 12. Nc3 (12. cxb5 axb5
13. Nxb5 Ba6 14. Nac3 Nxe4 $13) 12... Bd6 $1 (12... b4 $6 13. Na4 Bb7 14. Nb6
Ra7 15. Be3 $14) 13. Nxc6 dxc6 14. f4 e5 15. f5 Bc5+ 16. Kh1 Bd4 $13) 9. Nd4
Bd6 $5 {Trying to escape a dubious Hedgedog.} 10. Be3 O-O 11. a3 $5 {Not
forced - but after some thought I decided to prevent ...Bb4 and ...d5 ideas.}
Rd8 $6 (11... Be5 $1 12. Qd2 Re8 $1 {with the idea ...d5 is given as an
equalizer by the engine.}) 12. g3 Bc7 {The whole Black's plan is too slow - as
Black isn't in time to push ...d5.} (12... b5 {seems to me like critical in
the game, but after} 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Ndxb5 Be5 15. O-O d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17.
Nxd5 Rxd5 18. Qc2 {Black simply has no compensation.}) 13. O-O h6 $5 {The
least damage.} (13... d5 $6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Rxd5 {and be
quite bad for Black. Here White has three good moves: 17.Bf3, 17.Bc4 or 17.
Nxc6.}) 14. f4 (14. b4 $5) 14... Bb6 $6 (14... d6 {was required.}) 15. b4 $2 (
15. Na4 Ba7 $8 (15... Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Nxe4 17. Nb6 d5 18. cxd5 $1 $16) 16. e5 d5
17. c5 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Ne4 {and ...Bd7 - Blac is definitely worse but the
position isn't entirely simple.}) 15... d6 $1 {Suddenly the position is just
unclear.} 16. Kg2 Qa7 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Qd3 c5 20. Rab1 Bd7 $6 (
20... cxb4 21. axb4 Bb7 $11) 21. Rfd1 Bc6 22. Bf3 cxb4 23. axb4 Rac8 24. Qd4
Qc7 25. Rdc1 $6 (25. b5 axb5 26. Nxb5 Bxb5 27. cxb5 e5 $132) 25... Bb7 26. Nd1
$6 (26. Ne2 e5 27. Qd3 $13) 26... e5 27. Qd3 exf4 28. gxf4 d5 $1 {It's turning
to a nightmare for White.} 29. exd5 Qxf4 30. Rc3 Ng4 31. Bxg4 Qxg4+ 32. Kf1 Rd6
33. Nf2 Rf6 34. Rbc1 Re8 $2 (34... Qh4 $1 35. Qg3 Qd4 $19) 35. R1c2 $1 Re5 36.
Re2 Ref5 37. Qe3 $2 (37. Qc2 $1 {wasn't so simple.}) 37... Kh7 $2 (37... Rf4 $1
$19) 38. h3 $6 (38. Qh3 $1 Qd4 (38... Qg6 $2 39. Rg3 $14) 39. Qd3 $11) 38...
Qg6 (38... Qh4 39. Qg3 Qd4 40. Qd3 $11) 39. Qd3 Bc8 $1 40. Ke1 Qg1+ 41. Kd2 Qa1
42. Nd1 $2 (42. Qc2 $1 Rg6 43. Qc1 Qa2+ 44. Qc2 $11) 42... Rg6 43. Ra3 Qf6 44.
Qc3 Qg5+ 45. Ne3 $2 (45. Kc2 $8) 45... Re5 $6 (45... Rf3 $1) 46. Qd4 Qe7 (46...
Bxh3 47. d6 $132) 47. Qc5 Qe8 48. Ra1 $2 (48. b5 f5 49. Rf2 Re4 $40) 48... Re4
$5 (48... Bxh3 $17) 49. Rae1 Qe5 $1 50. Nc2 (50. Qxc8 $2 Qb2+ $19) 50... Qf4+
51. Kc3 Qe5+ (51... Rg3+ 52. Re3 Rg2 $3 {was winning:} 53. Qxc8 Rxc2+ 54. Kxc2
Rxc4+ $19) 52. Kd2 Bf5 $2 53. Qf2 $1 Rg5 54. Qf3 (54. Kc1 $1 $13) 54... Rxe2+
55. Rxe2 Qb2 56. Qc3 Qb1 57. Nd4 Bg6 58. Qb3 Qa1 59. Qc3 Qa2+ 60. Nc2 $2 (60.
Ke3 $1 Qb1 (60... Rg3+ 61. Kf2 Rxc3 62. Rxa2 Rxc4 63. Rd2 $13) 61. Nf3 $1 $132)
60... Rg1 61. d6 Qb1 (61... Bf5 $1 {would have made White's life difficult.})
62. Ne1 Qa2+ 63. Nc2 $2 (63. Ke3 $1 Rg3+ 64. Kd4 $1 (64. Kf2 Rxc3 65. Rxa2 Rxc4
66. Rd2 $44) (64. Nf3 $4 Rxf3+ $19) 64... Qxe2 65. Qxg3 {would have turned the
game around psychologically, although the position remains unclear:} Qe4+ 66.
Kc5 Bf5 $13) 63... Qb1 (63... Bf5 $1 $17) 64. Ne1 Qa2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.01.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kobo, Ori"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Nge7 9. c4 Nxd5 10. cxd5 ({The most aggressive move is definitely} 10. exd5)
10... Nd4 11. Bd3 (11. Be3 {has been played more often, but in practice Black
has not experienced real problems:} g6 (11... Be7 {is also possible.}) 12. Bxd4
(12. Bd3 Bg7 13. O-O O-O 14. Qd2 f5 $132 {0-1 (30) Pavlovic,M (2540)-Tadic,B 
(2520)/ch-SRB Kragujevac SRB 2010}) 12... exd4 13. Qxd4 Qa5+ 14. Qd2 (14. b4 $2
Qxa3 15. Qxh8 Qxb4+ 16. Kd1 Ke7 $17) 14... Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Bg7 16. Kc2 f5 17.
Bd3 fxe4 18. Bxe4 O-O $44) 11... g6 12. O-O Bg7 13. Nc2 O-O {Black should
delay taking on c2 as long as possible.} (13... Nxc2 14. Qxc2 Bd7 15. Qb3 Qa5 (
15... O-O 16. Qb4 $14) 16. Bg5 $5 f6 17. Be3 $14 {1-0 (30) Belov,V (2561)-Maze,
S (2553)/Biel 2008}) 14. Nxd4 (14. Be3 Bd7 (14... Kh8 $5 15. Rc1 f5 16. f3 Bd7
17. Qd2 f4 18. Bf2 g5 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Be2 Qb6 21. Rfd1 Rac8 $44 {½-½ (46)
Nakamura,H (2774)-Radjabov,T (2744)/Medias ROU 2011, with a typical position
that Black easily holds.}) 15. Qd2 Nxc2 $5 {Now Black gets reasonable
counterplay, as he is already fully developed:} 16. Bxc2 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18.
f3 Qf6 19. Rac1 Rfc8 $132 {0-1 (33) Brenjo,S (2522)-Tadic,B (2543) Vrnjacka
Banja SRB 2010}) 14... exd4 15. Bf4 $6 {Not a logical move when Black wants to
push ...f5.} (15. a4 Bd7 16. axb5 Bxb5 $11) 15... f5 16. exf5 $6 (16. f3 Be5
$11 (16... fxe4 $5 17. fxe4 Ra7 $132)) (16. Qd2 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Qf6 $132) 16...
Bxf5 {Now Black is even a bit better.} 17. Bg3 Qd7 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. Bxf5 Qxf5
$1 {The strongest.} (19... Rxf5 $143 20. Qb3 (20. Rxc8+ Qxc8 21. Bxd6 Rxd5 $15)
20... Rc5 $15) 20. Qb3 (20. Rc6 Rxc6 21. dxc6 Rc8 $17) 20... Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8
(21... d3 $5 22. Rd1 Bd4 23. Qxd3 Bxf2+ 24. Kh1 Bxg3 25. hxg3 Qf2 $17) 22. Rd1
(22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Kf1 (23. Bf4 Qf5 24. g3 d3 $17) 23... Qc1+ 24. Ke2 Qb1 $1 (
{My idea} 24... Bh6 {but I had missed that after} 25. Bxd6 Qd2+ 26. Kf3 d3 {
White could play} 27. Qc3 $1 Qe2+ 28. Kg3 {with a perpetual check to come.})
25. Bxd6 Qe4+ 26. Kd2 (26. Kf1 d3 $17) 26... Bh6+ 27. f4 Qxg2+ $17) 22... Rc2
23. h3 (23. f3 $1 {was the best defence:} Re2 24. Bxd6 (24. Bf2 $6 d3 $1 $17)
24... Re3 25. Qb4 Qxd5 26. Bc5 Re8 $15) 23... Be5 24. Rf1 Bxg3 25. Qxg3 (25.
fxg3 $2 Qe4 26. Qf3 Qxf3 27. Rxf3 Rxb2 $19) 25... d3 $1 {A very important move,
luckily working!} (25... Qxd5 $2 26. Re1 d3 27. Qh4 $132) 26. Qxd6 d2 27. Qd8+
({I considered} 27. g4 {to be the only move, but after} Qe4 $1 28. Qb8+ Kf7 29.
Qa7+ Qe7 30. Qd4 Qe1 31. Kg2 (31. Qa7+ Ke8 $1 $19 {/\...Kd7, ...Rc8}) 31... Rc1
{Black wins.}) (27. Qb8+ $2 Rc8 $19) 27... Kf7 28. d6 Rc1 29. Qe7+ Kg8 30. Qe8+
Kg7 31. Qe7+ Qf7 32. Qe5+ (32. Qe2 $2 Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Qc4 34. Qxc4 d1=Q#) 32...
Qf6 (32... Kg8 $4 33. Qe2) 33. Qe2 Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Qxd6 35. Qd1 Qd3+ {The queen
ending is completely winning, as the white king can never get closer while
Black has an easy plan.} 36. Kg1 Qd4 37. b3 {Now my king has a highway to the
b2-square!} Kf6 38. g3 Ke5 39. h4 Qd3 40. h5 b4 41. hxg6 hxg6 42. Kg2 Kd4 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup 35th"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2013.08.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2013.07.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7 $5 {
A side-line which I considered to be a decent idea against such a strong and
well-prepared player.} 8. Nc4 b5 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. g3 O-O (10... h5 $5 {is being
played too.}) 11. Bg2 b4 12. Ncd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bg5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. O-O Rb8
16. Qd3 a5 17. Ne3 $5 $146 {A very interesting try, deviating from the theory
which is actually leading to a draw.} (17. a3 Be6 18. axb4 Nxb4 $1 19. Nxb4
Rxb4 20. b3 (20. Rxa5 Qd8 $5 $146) 20... Rd4 $1 $11) 17... Rd8 (17... Be6 {
is given by the engine but after} 18. Qxd6 Nd4 19. Rad1 Rfd8 (19... Rbc8 20.
Qa6 Nxc2 21. Nd5 $14) 20. Qc7 $1 {attacking a5 and threatening f4 I am not so
sure Black does equalise.}) (17... Qe7 18. Nf5 $36 {should be avoided.}) 18. c4
$5 {Trying to play some sort of typical Sveshnikov position, but it's actually
a very reasonable version for Black.} (18. c3 Qe7 $11) (18. a3 Nd4 $11) (18.
Rfd1 Qe7 $132 (18... Bg4 $5)) 18... Nd4 (18... bxc3 19. bxc3 $36) 19. f4 (19.
Nc2 Nxc2 20. Qxc2 Be6 $11) 19... Qe7 20. b3 {Otherwise I'd soon play b3 myself.
} a4 21. Kh1 (21. Nd5 $6 Qa7 22. Kh1 Bg4 $5 $15) (21. f5 f6 {is not such a
good idea for White: it is positionally not a good deal, and a kingside attack
would be too slow.} (21... Qa7 $5)) 21... Bb7 (21... Ra8 $5) 22. Rae1 Bc6 (
22... f6 $5) 23. Nf5 {Very drawish but White has no better option.} (23. Nd5
Qa7 {is just very good for Black.}) 23... Nxf5 24. exf5 Qb7 25. Bxc6 Qxc6+ 26.
Qf3 Qxf3+ 27. Rxf3 Kf8 $1 {The simplest.} 28. Rd1 (28. fxe5 $6 dxe5 29. Rxe5 $6
Rd2 {is better for Black.}) 28... exf4 (28... Ra8 $5 $11) 29. Rxf4 Re8 30. Kg2
(30. Rxd6 $2 Re2 $17) 30... axb3 (30... Re2+ 31. Rf2 Re3 $6 32. bxa4 $14) 31.
axb3 Re3 32. Rf3 Re2+ 33. Rf2 Re3 34. Rf3 Re2+ 35. Kh3 Ke7 36. Rfd3 ({After} 
36. Ra1 {there are lines like} Kf6 $5 37. Ra6 Rd2 38. c5 Rc8 39. Rxd6+ Rxd6 40.
cxd6 Rd8 41. Kg4 Rxd6 42. Rf4 Rd2 43. h4 h5+ 44. Kxh5 Rd3 45. Rxb4 Rxg3 $11)
36... Rb6 37. R1d2 Re5 (37... Rxd2 $5 38. Rxd2 Ra6 39. Kg4 Ra3 40. Rd3 Ra2 41.
h4 Rf2 $11) 38. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.02.12"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[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 "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Tegernsee"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 (6... Be6 {
is another theoretical line.}) 7. g3 $5 {Interesting, but rare continuation.
White has the following alternatives:} (7. Bd3 {---> 0-1 Apicella,M-Degraeve,J/
Aix les Bains 2003/CBM 97_01/[Erenburg] (38)}) (7. b3 $5 {---> 0-1 Anand,
V-Radjabov,T/Dortmund 2003/CBM 97_01/[Radjabov] (39)}) (7. Be2 {---> 0-1
Landenbergue,C-Kishnev,S/SUI 1992/CBM 31/[Blatny,P] (17)}) (7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be6 9. Be2 Bg5 10. Nc2 Bxc1 11. Rxc1 Nf6 12. O-O O-O 13. Qd2 {---> 1/2-1/2
Kuporosov,V-Moiseenko,A/Moscow 1999/CBM 070/[Smirin] (42)}) (7. N5c3 Nf6 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Nd5 Nd7 11. Nbc3 Bg5 12. Re1 Nd4 13. Bf1 Bxc1 14. Rxc1 Rc8
15. Qd2 a6 16. Kh1 Kh8 17. f4 Qh4 18. b4 f5 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Re4
Rcf8 22. Bd3 {1/2-1/2 Dolmatov,S-Moiseenko,A/Tripoli 2004/CBM 102 (22)}) 7...
Nf6 $146 {According to my database, this position appeared for the first time.
In the preceding games black tried:} (7... f5 8. Bg2 Nf6 9. N1c3 a6 10. Na3 O-O
11. O-O Qe8 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5+ Kh8 15. Bg2 Qg6 $15 {0-1
Khasaeva,V-Zozulia,A/Bratislava 1993/TD (30)}) (7... Be6 8. b3 a6 9. N5c3 Bg5
10. Bb2 Nge7 11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O Bh6 13. Nd5 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Nbc3 b4 16.
Nxe7+ Nxe7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 f5 $11 {0-1 Hussein,A-Erhembayar,D/Beirut
2000/CBM 075 ext (41)}) 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 {Black develops his
light-squared bishop with the tempo.} ({I think, black equalizes after} 9... a6
10. N5c3 Be6 11. Na3 Nd4 $11) 10. Qd3 a6 11. N5c3 Qc8 {threatening to win a
pawn by Nb4. It should be noted, that sometimes black can change the
light-squared bishops through Bg4-h3.} 12. Na3 {protecting the c4 pawn.} Nd4 $6
{looks logical to occupy the central d4 square with the knight, but, actually,
white can easily drive away it from there with Be3.} ({Worth consideration:} 
12... Nb4 $5 13. Qe3 (13. Qd2 Qc5 $5 $11) 13... Qc7 $11 14. f4 $141 $2 d5 $1
$17) 13. f4 $1 {threatening to "catch" black's light-squared bishop with f4-f5.
Suddenly, black faces some problems...} b5 {The only way to prevent from white
an obvious advantage. Other moves are worse:} (13... Bd8 14. Be3 Bb6 15. f5 $16
) (13... Be6 14. Be3 $16) 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Naxb5 Nxb5 ({Comes to
consideration:} 15... Qa6 $1 {, pinning the knight, without a trade on b5...}
16. a4 (16. Be3 Bd7 17. a4 Nxb5 18. Nxb5 (18. axb5 Qxa1 19. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 20. Bf1
Bh3 $13) 18... Ng4 $44) 16... Nb3 17. Rb1 Be6 18. Be3 (18. f5 Nxc1 19. Rbxc1
Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Bb3 21. Ra1 Rfc8 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Ng4 24. Qf3 Ne3 $13) 18...
Ng4 19. f5 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Bc4 21. Rf2 Bd8 $13) ({Worse is} 15... Nb3 $6 16. Nd5
$1 Nxd5 17. Qxb3 $16) 16. Nxb5 Qa6 17. a4 Bd7 {threatening with the capture on
b5.} 18. Bd2 Bxb5 $2 {It is already a serious mistake. Black should have
continued} (18... Ng4 $1 {[%cal Ya6b6]} 19. Bh3 (19. Kh1 Qb6 $1 {[%cal Yg4f2,
Gd7b5]}) 19... Qb6+ 20. Kg2 Nf2 (20... Rxa4 21. Rxa4 Bxb5 22. Rb4 Bxd3 23. Rxb6
$16) 21. Rxf2 Bxh3+ $13) 19. axb5 {is probably stronger, than} (19. Qxb5 {
, but, this continuation leads to an obvious advantage for white as well:} Qxb5
(19... Qa7+ 20. Kh1 Rfb8 21. Qc4 Rxb2 22. Bc3 Rb7 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Bxe5 Rb4
25. Qc3 Rxa4 26. Rxa4 Qxa4 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. e5 Re8 29. exf6 Bf8 $16) 20. axb5
Rab8 21. Bc3 Rxb5 22. Ra7 $16) 19... Qxa1 20. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 21. Kf2 $16 {White
has a queen with a pawn for two rooks. His position is obviously better,
thanks to a pair of bishops and very strong passed pawn "b".} Ra4 (21... Ng4+
22. Ke2 Nxh2 23. Qc4 $16 {[%cal Gc4c7,Yb5b6,Yb6b7,Yb7b8]}) 22. Bc3 {putting
pressure on black's e5 pawn.} Re8 ({Probably, black's last chance was} 22...
Rb8 23. Ke2 (23. Bf3 exf4 24. gxf4 d5 25. exd5 Rxf4 {and black keeps some
chances...}) 23... Nd7 24. Qd5 $16 {/+-}) 23. Bf3 $1 {covering the g4 square.}
Bf8 (23... exf4 {doesn't change anything:} 24. gxf4 (24. b6 $5 $18) 24... Nxe4+
25. Bxe4 Rxe4 26. Qxe4 Bh4+ 27. Kf3 Rxe4 28. Kxe4 Bd8 29. Bd4 $18 {[%cal Gd4a7,
Yb5b6,Yb6b7,Yb7b8]} (29. Kd5 $18)) (23... Nd7 24. Qd5 $18 {[%cal Yd5c6,Gf4e5]})
24. b6 $18 {Black cannot stop white's pawn...} Raa8 (24... Rb8 {loses as well:}
25. fxe5 dxe5 26. Qb5 {[%cal Yc3e5]} Nxe4+ 27. Bxe4 Rxe4 28. Kf3 f5 29. b7 $18
{[%cal Rb5d5,Yb5c6,Yc6c8]}) 25. Qb5 {winning another pawn.} Rab8 (25... exf4
26. e5 $18) 26. fxe5 dxe5 27. Bxe5 Rbd8 (27... Rbd8 28. Kf1 $1 $18 {[%cal
Yb6b7]} (28. b7 Bc5+ 29. Qxc5 Nd7 30. Qc7 Nxe5 31. Be2 $18)) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 ({Another popular
theoretical line is} 6. c4 {---> 0-1 Apicella,M-Degraeve,J/Aix les Bains 2003/
CBM 97_01/[Erenburg] (38)}) 6... a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nf6 {Black has the
following alternatives:} (8... Nge7 {---> 0-1 Pavlovic,M-Fedorov,A/Plovdiv
2003/CBM 98/[Erenburg] (43)}) (8... Be7 {---> 1-0 Holmsten,A-Yagupov,I/Ubeda
2000/CBM 75/[Finkel,A] (36)}) (8... Nce7 {---> 1-0 Shirov,A-Fedorov,A/Istanbul
2000/EXT 2001/[Gershon] (28)}) 9. c4 (9. Bg5 {leads to Sveshnikov variation.})
9... b4 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Nc2 {Now white already threatens to take on b4 with
following check from a4.} Bb7 {Rare continuation in comparison to the
following one:} (11... Qg6 {, which was considered as a main line...} 12. Ne3 {
---> 1-0 Bologan,V-Tregubov,P/Belfort 2002/CBM 090/[Bologan] (30)} (12. Qd5 $5
Bb7 13. Nxb4 Rc8 14. Be3 Be7 15. h4 O-O 16. h5 Qg4 17. f3 Qg3+ 18. Kd1 Bg5 19.
Nxc6 Bxe3 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21. Qd3 $18 {Anand V.(2790) - Shirov A.(2718), Linares
2002 It (cat.20)})) 12. g3 $146 {In my opinion, very logical decision to
fianchette the light-squared bishop. Black has already defined the position of
his light-squared bishop, so white doesn't need to care too much about
protecting the c4 square. In previous game white continued} (12. Bd3 Be7 13.
O-O O-O 14. Ne3 Nd4 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Bd8 17. f4 Bb6 18. Kh1 Qe7 19. fxe5
dxe5 20. Qe1 a5 21. Be3 Rac8 22. Rc1 Rfd8 23. Qg3 f6 24. Rc4 Qf7 25. b3 Qg6 {
1/2-1/2 Wallner,A-Schiestl,J/Graz AUT 2004/The Week in Chess 524 (25)}) 12...
Be7 13. Bg2 Bd8 $6 {Black's idea is clear- he intends to occupy the a7-g1
diagonal. But, unfortunately, white found a concrete way to refute it...} ({
More normal looks} 13... O-O 14. O-O a5 15. Be3 $13) 14. O-O ({After} 14. Be3 {
black, probably, planned to locate his dark-squared bishop on c7:} O-O 15. O-O
Bc7) 14... Bb6 $6 {Black shouldn't have allowed white to open up the game on
the queenside, when his monarch is still in the centre.} ({In case of} 14...
O-O 15. Be3 a5 16. Qd3 $14 {white will press along the "d" file, and, his
chances look preferable...}) {[%tqu "En","Please enter the best move for white.
","","","c2b4","",10]} 15. Nxb4 $1 {using a big concentration of black's light
pieces on the "b" file.} ({Worse is} 15. Ne3 {[%cal Ye3d5]} Nd4 16. Qa4+ Bc6
17. Qxb4 Bc5 18. Qd2 Nf3+ 19. Bxf3 Qxf3 $132) 15... Nxb4 (15... Nd4 16. Qa4+
$16) 16. Qb3 a5 17. a3 Bc5 ({Maybe, the least of the evils was} 17... d5 18.
exd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 O-O 21. Be3 Rfb8 $14 {and black's chances are
not so bad...}) 18. axb4 axb4 (18... Bxb4 19. Bd2 $1 Bxd2 (19... O-O 20. Bxb4
$16) 20. Qb5+ $1 $16) 19. Rxa8+ Bxa8 20. Qa4+ $32 {Black's king is still in
the centre, white has occupied the only open file- all these factors make
black's position unpleasant...} Ke7 21. Be3 $1 {Black's dark-squared bishop is
a basis of defence.. That's why white changes it.} Rc8 ({The best chance was
to sacrifice the pawn:} 21... Rd8 22. Bxc5 (22. Rd1 $5) 22... dxc5 23. Qa7+ Ke8
24. Qxc5 Qd6 25. Qa5 $14) 22. Bxc5 {is stronger, than} (22. Bh3 Rd8 (22... Bc6
23. Qa5 $1) 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. Qa7+ Ke8 25. Qxc5 Qd6 $14) 22... dxc5 23. Qa7+
Kf8 24. Rd1 {[%cal Yg2h3] White controls both two open files, now he can
improve his position step by step...} g6 $2 ({More to the point was} 24... Qe6
$1 {, covering the h3-c8 diagonal.} 25. b3 Ke8 26. h4 $36 {[%cal Yg1h2,Yg2h3] ,
but, the position favours white anyway.}) 25. Bh3 $1 Qf3 {Other continuations
are not better:} (25... Re8 26. Qxc5+ $16) (25... Bxe4 26. Bxc8 Qf3 27. Qxc5+
Kg7 28. Qxe5+ Kh6 29. Qf4+ $18) 26. Re1 $1 Bxe4 ({After} 26... Re8 {white's
advantage is obvious as well:} 27. Qxc5+ Kg8 28. Re3 $16) 27. Rxe4 Qxe4 28.
Bxc8 Qe1+ (28... Qxc4 29. Ba6 $16) 29. Kg2 Qe4+ 30. Kh3 Qxc4 31. Ba6 {covering
the f1 square.} (31. Qb8 {comes to consideration.}) 31... Qd4 32. Kg2 Qe4+ (
32... Qxb2 {loses immediately:} 33. Bc4 $18) 33. Kg1 Qb1+ 34. Bf1 Qxb2 35.
Qxc5+ $16 {/+-. White is a bishop up only for a two pawns. The position should
be technically winning .} Kg7 36. Qd5 Qd4 $2 {After a trade of the queens,
black is hopeless...} ({More resistant was} 36... f5 37. Bc4 Kh6 $16 {/+-}) 37.
Qxd4 exd4 38. Bc4 $1 {Now white is going to bring his king to the centre, and
he will win black's queenside pawns.} Kf6 39. Kf1 Ke5 40. Ke2 (40. Bxf7 {
wins as well:} d3 41. Ke1 Kd4 42. Kd2 $18) 40... f5 41. f4+ Ke4 42. Ba6 $1 {
[%cal Ya6b7]} d3+ (42... Kd5 43. Kd3 $18) 43. Bxd3+ Kd4 44. Kd2 b3 45. Bb1 Kc4
46. h3 Kd4 47. g4 fxg4 48. hxg4 {creating a passed pawn on the kingside.} b2 (
48... Kc4 49. g5 Kd4 50. f5 Ke5 51. f6 Ke6 52. Bxg6 hxg6 53. Kc3 $18) 49. Ke2
Kd5 50. Ke3 Ke6 51. f5+ Kf6 52. fxg6 hxg6 53. Kf4 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2003.08.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Black "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2003.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 (6... Be6 {
is another theoretical line.}) 7. Bd3 {Other possibilities are:} (7. b3 $5 {
0-1 Anand,V-Radjabov,T/Dortmund 2003/CBM 97_01/[Radjabov] (39)}) (7. Be2 {
0-1 Landenbergue,C-Kishnev,S/SUI 1992/CBM 31/[Blatny,P] (17)}) 7... a6 (7...
Nf6 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Shirov,A/Buenos Aires 1994/CBM 44/[Anand] (48)}) 8. N5c3
Bg5 {Black wants to realize the main strategical idea of Kalashnikov
variation- to trade the dark-squared bishops.} 9. Nd2 (9. Na3 {0-1 Dominguez,
L-Nataf,I/Havana 2001/CBM 84/[Gershon] (43)}) 9... Nf6 (9... Be6 10. b3 Nge7
11. O-O O-O 12. Nd5 Qa5 13. b4 Qd8 14. a3 Ng6 15. Re1 Nd4 16. Nb3 Bxc1 17. Rxc1
Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Qg5 19. Bf1 Rac8 20. Rcd1 f5 21. exf5 Qxf5 22. Qe3 Qf7 $11 {
[%cal Gb7b5,Gg6h4,Gh4f5,Gf5d4] 1-0 Yagupov,I-Zvereva,M/St Petersburg RUS 2001/
The Week in Chess 344 (52)}) 10. O-O {White can immediately to transfer his
knight from d2 to e3 via f1, before making the castle:} (10. Nf1 Bxc1 11. Rxc1
O-O 12. Ne3 Nd4 13. O-O b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Nxb5 Nxb5 16. Bxb5 Rxa2 17. Qb3
Be6 18. Bc4 Bxc4 19. Rxc4 Ra6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,A-Tregubov,P/Mulhouse FRA
2001/The Week in Chess 336 (27)}) 10... O-O 11. Nb3 (11. b3 Nd4 12. Bb2 Bg4 $1
13. f3 {[%cal Ya7g1]} Bd7 14. Kh1 b5 15. Ne2 Ne6 16. b4 Qb6 17. cxb5 axb5 18.
Nb1 Rfd8 19. Nbc3 Bc6 {[%cal Gd6d5]} 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7
23. Qxd5 Kg8 $11 {1-0 Luther,T-Tregubov,P/Ohrid MKD 2001/The Week in Chess 344
(48)}) 11... Bxc1 12. Rxc1 Be6 13. Be2 (13. Qd2 $6 {1/2-1/2 Bobras,
P-Przedmojski,R/Koszalin 1999/CBM 73/[Gershon] (33)}) ({Interesting, that
logical} 13. Nd5 {is still unchecked.} Rc8 14. Qd2 Nd7 (14... Ne8 15. Rfd1 $14
{[%cal Gd3f1]}) 15. Qe3 $14) 13... Rc8 $11 {Black equalized the position, as
he succeeded to trade dark-squared bishops, and, white cannot occupy the
central outpost d5 by the piece.} 14. Re1 Na5 15. Nd5 (15. Nxa5 Qxa5 16. b3
Rfd8 $11 (16... Qc5 $5)) 15... Bxd5 {It is always preferable to take on d5 by
the bishop in such type of positions.} 16. exd5 Nxb3 17. Qxb3 Qc7 18. Qe3 a5 $1
{preventing the moving of white queenside pawns, and, preparing the c5 square
for the knight.} 19. Rc3 Nd7 {Now black is going to occupy the excellent c5
square by the knight.} 20. g4 $2 {weakening all the dark squares in his camp.
More logical was} (20. Qh3 $11) 20... Nc5 21. Kh1 Qd7 22. Rg1 Rc7 {Step by
step black improves the position of his pieces.} 23. Bd3 {preventing black's
plan of e5-e4 and trying to take control over the light squares.} Nxd3 24. Qxd3
f5 25. g5 g6 $6 {After this move black loses the resourse of using the
diagonal e8-h5, from where black queen could make some problems to white.
Deserves attention the following continuations:} (25... Qf7 $5) (25... Rc5 $5)
26. Rd1 $6 {What the rook is doing on d1?} (26. Rgc1 $142) 26... Rfc8 27. h4 $2
{losing the pawn.} ({After} 27. Rdc1 f4 {and black's chances are slightly
preferable, thanks to the weaknesses on the white's kingside.}) {[%tqu "En",
"Please enter the best move for black.","","","d7a4","",10]} 27... Qa4 $1 28.
Rdc1 (28. b3 Qxa2 $17) 28... Qxa2 29. c5 $2 {Why to give up on another pawn?
Better is} (29. R1c2 $17) 29... Qxb2 $19 {Now black is two pawns up without
any white's compensation.} 30. Kg2 Qb4 {[%cal Gb4h4]} 31. Rc4 (31. c6 bxc6 (
31... b5 $19) 32. Rxc6 Rxc6 33. Rxc6 Ra8 $19) 31... Qb5 32. h5 e4 33. Qd4 dxc5
{Probably the last moves of the game were others... But it is clear, that
black has a decisive advantage.} 34. Rxc5 $2 ({More resistant was} 34. Qe5 Qe8
$19) 34... Rxc5 35. h6 R5c7 $4 (35... R8c7 $19) 36. d6 (36. Qg7+ $11) 36...
Rxc1 $4 {I'm sure, that this position didn't appear in the game. Otherwise,
white had a little more attractive possibility, than the move in the game :)}
37. d7 (37. Qg7#) 37... Qf1+ 38. Kg3 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "De Dovitiis, Alejo"]
[Black "Franco Ocampos, Zenon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nb5 Qb8 6. c4 Nf6 7. N5c3 e6 8.
Be3 {White has tried also} (8. f4 d6 9. Be2 (9. Bd3 a6 10. Nd2 g6 11. Nf3 Bg7
12. O-O O-O 13. Be3 b5 14. cxb5 Ng4 15. Bd2 axb5 $11 {0-1 Pavlovic,
M-Damljanovic,B/Belgrade 1992/CBM 31 (39)}) 9... b6 $5 {1-0 Kundin,A-Bar,R/
Givataim 1998/CBM 68/[Kundin/Alterman] (30)}) (8. Be2 b6 (8... Bd6 9. Be3 b6
10. Nd2 Bb7 11. h3 Bc5 $11 {0-1 Damljanovic,B-Ivanisevic,I/Belgrade 1999/EXT
2000 (36)}) 9. Bg5 Bb7 10. a3 Be7 11. b4 O-O 12. Nd2 $2 (12. Ra2 $5) 12... Qe5
$1 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Rc1 Nd4 15. O-O Bg5 $17 {0-1 Ehlvest,J-Movsesian,S/
Panormo 2002/CBM 90 ext (58)}) (8. g3 Be7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. Na3 Bd7 12.
Bf4 Rc8 13. Qe2 a6 14. Rfd1 Ne5 15. Rac1 b6 16. h3 Ra7 17. g4 h6 18. Bg3 Rac7
$11 {0-1 Groszpeter,A-Rotstein,A/Cannes 1996/CBM 51 ext (39)}) 8... Be7 {
There is the option of early light-squared bishop's fianchetto, but, it seems
to me dubious:} (8... b6 {1/2-1/2 Abreu,A-Teske,H/Havana 1998/CBM 65/
[ChessBase] (42)}) 9. Be2 O-O (9... d6 10. a3 b6 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. f4 O-O 13. O-O
Rd8 14. Bf3 Bf8 15. Bf2 Nd7 16. b4 g6 17. Rc1 $14 {1-0 Karpov,A-Kurajica,B/
Hastings 1971/MCD (35)}) 10. O-O Rd8 {preparing the breakthrough d7-d5 in one
tempo.} 11. f4 {White has other continuations:} (11. a3 $1 {1-0 Anand,
V-Lautier,J/Tilburg 1998/EXT 99/[Anand] (39)}) (11. Nd2 d5 $11) 11... b6 12. a3
Bb7 13. b4 d5 $1 {Black realizes his main idea- providing the breakthrough in
the centre. If he succeeds to win the d5 pawn back, he will get nice position.}
(13... d6 14. Ra2 Qc8 15. Bf3 Nb8 16. Qb3 Nbd7 17. Rd1 a6 18. Rad2 Qc7 19. a4
Rac8 20. Na3 Qb8 21. Bd4 $14 {1-0 Kan,I-Flohr,S/Moscow 1936/HCL (42)}) 14. cxd5
(14. exd5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bf6 $15 {[%cal Gc6e7]}) 14... exd5 15.
exd5 Bf8 $1 {with following Ne7 That's the point! Without this move, 13...d5
couldn't be possible.} 16. f5 $6 $146 (16. Bc4 Ne7 17. Qb3 Nexd5 18. Bd4 Nxf4
$36) ({In the previous game white played} 16. Qc1 Ne7 17. Bd4 Nexd5 18. Nxd5
Nxd5 19. Nc3 Qd6 (19... a5) 20. Be5 Qg6 21. Bf3 $11 {1-0 Bagirov,V-Polugaevsky,
L/Moscow 1960/MCD (62)}) 16... Ne7 (16... Bd6 {comes to consideration.}) 17.
Bg5 {taking away the bishop from the following attack on it from d5.} ({
White cannot equlize after} 17. Bf4 {as well:} Qc8 18. Qb3 (18. d6 Nxf5 $17 {
and white loses the d6 pawn.}) 18... Nexd5 19. Nxd5 (19. Bg5 a5 $15) 19... Nxd5
(19... Bxd5 20. Qg3 a5 $15) 20. Bg5 Re8 $15) 17... Nexd5 18. Nxd5 (18. Qb3 Bd6
$17) (18. Qe1 Bd6 $17) 18... Rxd5 $15 {Thanks to a development advantage and
to more active pieces, black's chances are preferable.} 19. Qb3 $6 {allows
black to get a big advantage.} ({Better is} 19. Qe1 $1 Bd6 $1 (19... Qe5 $140
$2 20. Nc3 {[%cal Ge2f3]} Bd6 21. Qg3 $1 Qxg3 22. hxg3 Re5 (22... Rd4 23. Bxf6
gxf6 24. Nb5 $14) 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Bf3 $11) (19... Ne4 $5 20. Bf4 Bd6 $15) 20.
Qh4 Be5 $15) 19... Qe5 $1 $17 20. Nc3 $2 {loses the material on the spot.
White could keep material balance after} (20. Ra2 $142 Bd6 21. g3 (21. Qh3 Ne4
22. Be3 Re8 $17) (21. Bf4 Qd4+ 22. Be3 Qh4 23. g3 Bxg3 24. Bf3 Be5 $19) 21...
Re8 {[%cal Ge5d4]} 22. Bf3 Qd4+ 23. Kg2 Ne4 24. Be3 Qe5 $17) (20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21.
Nc3 Rxf5 (21... Rd2 $5 $17) 22. Bc4 Bd6 $17) 20... Bd6 $1 $19 21. Bf4 {The
following moves give white even less chances:} (21. g3 Qd4+ 22. Rf2 Rxf5 $19) (
21. h3 Qh2+ 22. Kf2 Bg3+ 23. Ke3 Re8+ {with mate.}) (21. Rf4 Qe3+ (21... Rc8
$19) (21... Rd2 $19) (21... Rd4 $19) 22. Rf2 Qxg5 $19) 21... Qd4+ 22. Kh1 Bxf4
23. Bf3 Be5 ({Even stronger was} 23... Bxh2 24. Nxd5 (24. Kxh2 Qf4+ 25. Kh1
Qh6+ 26. Kg1 Qe3+ 27. Kh2 Rd4 $19 {[%cal Yd4h4]}) 24... Qh4 25. Nxf6+ gxf6 26.
Rfd1 Re8 {with following mate.}) 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. Qxd5 Nxd5 {
Black has two active light pieces for a rook. His position is winning, but
still he has to play carefully. For example, better not to allow white to
change the rook, as it gives white more chances.} 27. Rae1 Bf6 (27... f6 $19)
28. Rf3 h5 29. Rd3 Ne7 30. Rf1 Nc6 31. g3 (31. Rc1 Nd4 $19) 31... Ne5 32. Rc3
a5 33. bxa5 {White could change the rooks, but in this particular position his
chances are very low, as black hasn't weaknesses:} (33. Rfc1 Kh7 34. Rc8 Rxc8
35. Rxc8 axb4 36. axb4 Be7 37. Rb8 (37. b5 Bc5 $19) 37... Nc4 38. Rb7 (38. Rc8
Ne3 $19) 38... Bxb4 39. Rxf7 Kg8 $19 {[%cal Yb4c5]}) 33... Rxa5 34. Rb3 Ra6 35.
Rc1 Be7 {transfering the bishop to more active position c5.} 36. Rc8+ Kh7 37.
Re8 Nc6 38. Rc8 (38. Rc3 Bc5) 38... Nd4 {Now black is increasing the material
advantage, and white's chances to get the draw equal to zero.} 39. Rd3 Nxf5 40.
Rf3 Kg6 41. Rc6+ f6 42. Rb3 Bc5 0-1

[Event "Aarhus GM"]
[Site "Aarhus"]
[Date "2003.08.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Fries Nielsen, Jens Ove"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2003.07.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 $6 {Loewenthal variation
appears rarely nowadays. Usually black continues} (5... d6) (5... Nf6) 6. Nd6+
Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qf6 (7... Qe7) 8. Qc7 $5 {Other theoretical possibilities are:} (
8. Qd1) (8. Qd2) (8. Qa3) (8. Qxf6) 8... Nge7 9. Nc3 Nd4 $6 {Black's main idea
in this variation is to get counterplay, providing the breakthrough d7-d5.
After the move in the game white gets an advantage easily.} (9... Nb4 {0-1
Lanka,Z-Majorovas,V/Jurmala 1983/MCL/[Notkin] (43)}) 10. Bd3 d6 {Black has
tried the following continuations, but after all of them they didn't equlize.}
(10... Ne6 11. Qb6 Nf4 12. Qxf6 Nxd3+ 13. cxd3 gxf6 14. f4 $14 {1-0 Lutz,
C-Rabiega,R/Binz 1995/CBM 50 ext (55)}) (10... O-O 11. h4 h6 12. Be3 b5 13.
O-O-O Nec6 (13... d6 $142 $14) 14. Nd5 $16 {1-0 Coleman,D-Nielsen,J/Copenhagen
1997/EXT 2000 (27)}) (10... Qg6 11. Be3 d6 12. O-O-O Nec6 13. Nd5 $16 {1/2-1/2
Dueball,J-Rabiega,R/Germany 1994/GER-chT (43)}) 11. Be3 O-O (11... Bg4 12. h3
Bh5 13. Qxb7 O-O 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 g5 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. h4 Rae8 18. hxg5
Qg6 19. f4 h6 20. e5 Qg7 21. Rxh5 dxe5 22. O-O-O {1-0 Tolnai,T-Tanner,H/
Zuerich 1987/EXT 97 (22)}) 12. Na4 $146 {According to my database, this
position appeared for the first time. In the previous game white continued} (
12. h4 h6 13. Na4 Bg4 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Nb6 Rad8 16. f3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Euler,
G-Espig,T/Germany 1993/GER (56)}) 12... Bg4 $6 {Black's main idea of this move
is to create some threats against white monarch, if white castles. In my
opinin, better was to play agressive in the centre, while white king is
vulnerable:} (12... d5 13. Bxd4 $1 (13. Nb6 Ne6 14. Qd6 dxe4 15. Nxa8 (15. Bxe4
Rd8 16. Qb4 (16. Qxd8+ Nxd8 17. Nxa8 $13) 16... Rb8 $11) 15... Rd8 16. Qa3 exd3
17. cxd3 Nd5 $15) 13... exd4 14. e5 Qg5 15. g3 $14 {[%cal Gf2f4]}) (12... Be6 {
is better place for light-squared bishop.} 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. O-O $14) 13. Nb6
$1 {attacking the a8 rook and covering the c8 and d5 squares.} Rad8 14. Bxd4 $1
{White eliminates active black's knight, afterware he can castle.} ({White
cannot castle} 14. O-O $4 {, in view of} {[%tqu "En","How would you play for
black?","","","d4f3","",10]} Nf3+ $1 15. Kh1 (15. gxf3 Bxf3) 15... Qh4 $19)
14... exd4 15. O-O d5 16. f3 $1 Qd6 {Black is going on much worse endgame, as
other options give white even bigger advantage:} (16... dxe4 17. fxg4 Qd6 18.
Qxd6 Rxd6 19. Nc4 $18) (16... Bc8 17. e5 Qc6 18. Qxc6 Nxc6 19. f4 $16) (16...
Be6 17. e5 {and white wins the knight on e7.}) 17. Qxd6 Rxd6 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19.
exd5 Bd7 20. Rad1 Rc8 {Black can't win the d5 pawn, as he loses his central d4
pawn:} (20... Rxd5 21. Be4 Rd6 22. c3 f5 23. Bb1 Bb5 24. Rf2 Re8 (24... d3 25.
b3 $16) 25. Rfd2 $16) 21. Rf2 g6 (21... Rxd5 22. Be4 Rd6 23. c3 $16 {[%cal
Gf2d2]}) 22. Bf1 Rxd5 23. c4 $1 Re5 24. Rxd4 $16 Be6 25. Re2 {Of course, white
aspires to trade as much pieces as possible, as he has a material advantage.}
Ra5 26. b3 Ra3 $6 {As I understand, black wanted to prevent moving of white's
pawns on the queenside. But, a3- is too passive position for the rook.} ({
The best attempt to continue to fight was} 26... b5 27. cxb5 axb5 28. Kf2 $16)
27. Rb2 Kg7 28. Rd6 $1 {transfering the rook to b6, from where it attacks the
b7 pawn, and, at the same time disturbs black to get a counterplay.} Kf6 29.
Rb6 Rc7 30. Bd3 $1 {with following occupation of the excelent central position
on e4.} Ke7 31. Be4 Bc8 32. Bd5 $18 {White's domination is absolute. All his
pieces have occupied excelent position. Now it's turn of the king to be
activated.} Rd7 33. Kf2 Ra5 {What else? Anyway, white could drive away the
rook from a3 by attacking it with the king.} 34. a4 Rc5 35. Re2+ {Now another
white rook got into the game. White's plan is very simple: he is going to push
forward his pawns on the both sides of the board, increasing the space
advantage, as well as creating the weaknesses in the black camp.} Kf8 36. Re4
Rcc7 37. Ke3 Rd8 38. Kf4 h6 39. h4 Kg7 40. Re3 Kf8 41. g4 Kg7 42. Kg3 Kh7 43.
Re5 Kg7 44. f4 {Now white is going to push forward his "f" pawn, creating the
weaknesses in the black camp, and, getting the place for invasion- e7.} Rcd7
45. Kf3 Rc7 46. a5 Rh8 47. f5 gxf5 48. gxf5 {Black is hopeless. The following
variation shows how easy for white to "complete the mission".} (48. gxf5 f6 (
48... Rd8 49. f6+ Kg8 (49... Kf8 50. Rh5 $18) 50. Re7 Rxe7 51. fxe7 Re8 52. Rd6
$18) 49. Re2 Rf8 50. Kf4 Kh7 51. h5 Rg7 (51... Kg7 52. Rg2+ Kh7 53. Rg6) 52.
Re3 Kh8 53. Be6 Rc7 (53... Bxe6 54. fxe6 $18) 54. Bxc8 $18 {[%cal Gb6b7,Gb6f6]}
) 1-0

[Event "Kramatorsk"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2003.08.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Arzumanian, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2003.07.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. O-O d6 {
Black has other continuations:} (7... Be7 8. c4 (8. Kh1 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Nc3
O-O 11. Bf4 Be6 12. Nb5 Rac8 13. Be3 $14 {1-0 Zelcic,R-Petrov,M/Metz 2002/CBM
87 ext (51)}) (8. Nc3 d6 9. a4 O-O 10. Be3 Qd8 11. f4 d5 12. e5 d4 13. Nxd4
Nxd4 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Ne4 Nf5 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. a5 {1/2-1/2
Shabanov,Y-Sadvakasov,D/Moscow 2002/CBM 88 (18)}) (8. Be3 Qc7 9. f4 d6 10. a3
b6 11. Nc3 a6 12. Qf3 Bb7 13. Rae1 Na5 $6 (13... O-O $5) (13... Rc8) 14. Nxa5
bxa5 15. Qh3 $16 {1-0 Socko,B-Petrov,M/Leon 2001/CBM 86 (76)}) 8... d5 $5 ({
Also deserves attention:} 8... Ne5 {See comments to Vescovi,G-Panno,O/Buenos
Aires,2000/CBM 79 (1-0)(Finkel,A)(41)}) (8... d6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Rc1
Ne5 12. Be2 b6 13. f4 Ned7 14. Bf3 Bb7 15. Bf2 a6 16. Re1 Rac8 17. Nd2 {
1/2-1/2 Kuzmin,G-Arzumanian,G/It, Kramatorsk UKR 2003 (17)}) 9. Nc3 $5 {
0-1 Kholmov,R-Golod,V/Pardubice 2002/CBM 91/[Golod,V] (31)}) (7... Qc7 8. Nc3
a6 9. f4 d6 10. Qf3 Be7 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. Rae1 O-O 13. Kh1 Nb4 14. Nb5 axb5 15.
Bxb4 Rxa2 16. e5 $13 {1-0 Naiditsch,A-Anka,E/Budapest 2000/EXT 2002 (49)}) (
7... d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. c5 Qd8 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rd1 Qc7
14. Nb5 Qb8 15. Bg5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Onischuk,A-Antoniewski,R/Koszalin 1999/CBM 73
(71)}) 8. c4 Ne5 (8... Be7 9. Nc3 Ne5 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Rc1 b6 12. Be2 a6 13. f4
Ned7 14. Nd2 Bb7 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Qe2 Qb8 17. Rce1 O-O $11 {0-1 Shovunov,
B-Yegiazarian,A/Batumi 2001/EXT 2002 (38)}) 9. Nc3 Nxd3 {Black gets a pair of
bishops, but he has to be careful, in view of white's develolpment advantage.}
(9... a6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Rc1 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Be7 13. Na4 Bd7 14. Nb6 Rd8 15. f3
O-O 16. a4 Be8 17. a5 $14 {1-0 Kostenko,P-Kunte,A/Calcutta 2001/CBM 85 (64)})
10. Qxd3 a6 11. Bf4 {White is going to put pressure on the d6 pawn, forcing
black to play e6-e5, thus to take control over d5 square.} (11. Kh1 Be7 12. Be3
Qc7 13. f4 O-O 14. Rae1 Nd7 (14... b6 $5 $13) 15. Rf3 b6 $13 {1-0 Yanayt,
E-Peters,J/Memorial Day Classic, Los Angeles USA 2003 (32)}) 11... Be7 $2 $146
{According to my database, this position appeared for the first time.} ({
In the previous game black continued} 11... Bd7 12. Rad1 Rc8 13. Rfe1 Be7 14.
Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Qxd6 Bxd6 16. Rxd6 Rxc4 17. e5 Ng4 18. Na5 Rc7 19. Re4 $14 {
1-0 Timoshenko,G-Blum,G/Graz 1997/EXT 2000 (49)}) {Now white develops strong
initiative, thanks to a development advantage.} 12. Rad1 e5 $8 13. c5 $6 {
looks nice, but, probably, not the most effective.} ({Simple} 13. Bg5 {was
stronger:} Be6 (13... Bg4 14. Rd2) 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 (14... gxf6 15. Nd5 $16) 15.
Nd5 Qd8 (15... Qc6 16. Na5 $18) (15... Bxd5 16. Qxd5 $16) 16. Nxf6+ (16. c5 $5)
16... gxf6 17. Nd2 $16) 13... dxc5 14. Bxe5 O-O (14... Bg4 15. Rd2 O-O 16. Bxf6
Bxf6 17. Nd5 Qd6 18. Qc4 $16) 15. Nd5 $6 {again white misses more attractive
continuation:} (15. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 (15... Qxf6 16. Nd5 Qd6 17. e5 Qd8 18. Qe3 $18
) 16. Nd5 Qd6 17. Qg3 Be5 (17... Qxg3 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. fxg3 $1 $16) 18. f4
Bxb2 19. e5 $16) (15. Qg3 {[%cal Gc3d5]} Be6 (15... Nh5 $5) 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17.
exd5 $16) 15... Nxd5 16. exd5 Bd6 17. Bxd6 (17. Qg3 Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Bg4 19. Rd2
$14 {/=}) 17... Qxd6 18. Nd2 {preparing to drive away the queen from d6 either
with Ne4 or with Nc4.} Qf6 {preparing to develop the light-squared bishop to
f5 and attacking the b2 pawn. There are some other possibilities for black:} (
18... Re8 19. Ne4 Qe7 20. Rfe1 Bf5 21. d6 Qe6 (21... Bxe4 22. dxe7 Bxd3 23.
Rxd3 $16 {[%cal Gd3d7]}) (21... Qh4 22. d7 (22. Qd5 $5) 22... Bxd7 23. Qxd7
Rxe4 24. Qxb7 $14) 22. d7 Red8 23. Qe3 Rxd7 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Nxc5 Qb5 26. a4
Qc6 27. b4 (27. Nxb7 Qd6) 27... h6 28. a5 $14) (18... Rd8 19. Ne4 Bf5 (19...
Qb6 20. Qc3 $14) 20. Nxd6 Bxd3 21. Nxb7 $14) (18... Bg4 19. f3 Bd7 20. Ne4 $14
{/=}) 19. Ne4 (19. Qc3 {doesn't promise anything special:} Qxc3 20. bxc3 Bf5
21. Nc4 Rad8 22. Rfe1 b5 $11) 19... Qxb2 20. Nxc5 Qxa2 21. Qc3 {threatening to
catch black's queen with Rd2.} ({Interesting attempt was} 21. d6 {, but with
exact play black is going to neutralize the danger of passed pawn.} Be6 22. Rd2
(22. Rfe1 b5) 22... Qc4 (22... Qa5 23. Nxb7 Qb4 24. d7 Qxb7 25. d8=Q Raxd8 26.
Qxd8 $16) 23. Qxc4 Bxc4 24. Rc1 Be6 (24... b5 25. d7 Rfd8 26. Nb7 a5 $11) 25.
Nxb7 Rfc8 26. Rc7 Kf8 $11) 21... b6 $1 {Black rescues his queen and his
position becomes OK.} 22. Rd2 Qa5 23. Qxa5 bxa5 24. d6 Be6 {Black stops
white's passed pawn "d" quite easily, as black monarch is close to it.} 25. Nb7
Bd7 26. Nxa5 Rab8 1/2-1/2

[Event "BLR-ch 71st"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2005.03.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Azarov, Sergei Nikolaevich"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2005.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 (6... Be6 {
is another theoretical line.}) 7. N1c3 {Other theoretical possibilities are:} (
7. Bd3 {---> 0-1 Apicella,M-Degraeve,J/Aix les Bains 2003/CBM 97_01/[Erenburg]
(38)}) (7. b3 $5 {---> 0-1 Anand,V-Radjabov,T/Dortmund 2003/CBM 97_01/
[Radjabov] (39)}) (7. Be2 {---> 0-1 Landenbergue,C-Kishnev,S/SUI 1992/CBM 31/
[Blatny,P] (17)}) 7... a6 8. Na3 f5 {Alexei chose one of the most aggressive
lines in Kalashnikov variation.} 9. Bd3 {forcing black to push forward "f"
pawn, that there will not be black's pressure on e4 pawn.} (9. Nc2 Nf6 10. exf5
Bxf5 11. Ne3 Be6 12. Bd3 Nd4 13. O-O O-O {---> 1-0 Dvoirys,S-Degraeve,J/
Koszalin 1999/CBM 073/[Gershon] (40)}) (9. exf5 Bxf5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nf6
12. Nc2 O-O 13. O-O Kh8 14. b3 Qe8 15. f3 Rc8 16. Bg5 Nh5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Ne4
Rcd8 19. g3 Nf6 20. Rad1 Rd7 21. Kg2 Rfd8 22. Ne3 $16 {1-0 Acs,P-Cao,S/
Budapest HUN 1999 (41)}) 9... f4 10. g3 {trying to win the pawn. The
alternative is} (10. Nc2 {---> 1-0 Volokitin,A-Nataf,I/Ohrid 2001/CBM 084/
[Gershon] (44)}) 10... Nf6 {Black sacrifices the pawn, as it opens the "f" and
"e" files for him, and he will get an important square e5 for his knight.} 11.
gxf4 exf4 12. Bxf4 O-O 13. Bg3 {It seems logical to move away the bishop from
the "f" file. White tried also:} (13. Be2 Kh8 14. Bg3 Bh3 15. Rg1 Qb6 16. Qd2
Nd4 17. O-O-O Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Rac8 19. Nc2 Qc5 20. Ne3 b5 21. Kb1 bxc4 22. Ncd5
Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Bf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bucher,D-Ekstroem,R/Switzerland 2000/EXT 2001 
(81)}) (13. Rg1 Ne5 14. Be2 Nfg4 15. Bg3 Bh4 16. Rg2 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Qf6 18. Nd5
Qh6 19. Bf1 Nf3+ 20. Ke2 Nge5 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Nxc8 Raxc8 $17 {0-1 Agdestein,
S-Shaw,J/Catalan Bay 2003/CBM 092 ext (29)}) (13. Qd2 Ng4 14. Nd5 Nxf2 15.
Nxe7+ Nxe7 16. Qxf2 Ng6 17. O-O-O Rxf4 18. Qe3 Bg4 $15 {1/2-1/2 Ferguson,
M-Rodriguez,M/Benasque 1997/EXT 98 (48)}) 13... Bh3 $146 {New move. Black
prevents from white to castle short, and now he hopes to use his development
advantage. In a preceding game black continued} (13... Ng4 14. Be2 $2 (14. O-O
$5 {Probably, this move is a main reason why Alexei prefered 13...Bh3 to 13...
Ng4...}) 14... Nxf2 $1 15. Qd5+ (15. Bxf2 Rxf2 16. Kxf2 Bh4+ 17. Kg2 Qg5+ 18.
Bg4 Ne5 (18... Bxg4 19. Qd5+ $18) 19. h3 h5 $40) 15... Kh8 16. Bxf2 Nb4 17. Qh5
Rxf2 18. Kxf2 Bh4+ 19. Kg2 g6 20. Qf3 Qg5+ 21. Kf1 Bh3+ 22. Qxh3 Rf8+ 23. Bf3
Qe3 24. Qxh4 Nd3 25. Nd5 Qxf3+ 26. Kg1 Nf2 27. Kf1 Qxh1+ 28. Ke2 Qxa1 {0-1
Nunn,J-Nataf,I/ch-FRA (team), 1999 (28)}) 14. Bf1 {The main idea of this move
is to cover the d4 square...} ({Worth consideration:} 14. Rg1 Qb6 15. Nc2 Ng4 (
15... Ne5 16. Be2 $14) 16. Nd5 (16. Be2 Nxf2 17. Qd5+ Kh8 18. Na4 Qa7 19. c5
Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Bf5 21. Qc4 dxc5 22. Ne3 b5 23. Qd5 Nb4 $17) 16... Qxb2 17. Qb1
Bf6 18. Qxb2 Bxb2 19. Rb1 Bd4 20. Rxb7 Bc5 21. Nce3 $14) (14. Qd2 {is met by}
Nd4 $1 $44) 14... Qd7 15. Qd2 {I'm not sure, that d2- is the best location for
white's queen...} ({Comes to consideration:} 15. Bxh3 Qxh3 16. Qe2 {and it is
not so clear how black can get a sufficient compensation in this position.} Ne5
(16... Nd4 17. Qd3 $16) (16... Rac8 17. O-O-O $16) (16... b5 $5 17. cxb5 axb5
18. Naxb5 Ne5 $13) 17. O-O-O $16 {[%cal Yf2f4]}) 15... Bxf1 (15... Ne5 {
is too slow:} 16. O-O-O Bxf1 17. Rhxf1 Qe6 18. Qe2 $14) 16. Rxf1 b5 $1 {
White's monarch is still in the centre, that's why black is ready to sacrifice
another pawn!} (16... Qe6 $5 17. Qe2 Rac8 18. O-O-O Ne5 $13) 17. cxb5 axb5 18.
Naxb5 Nb4 19. f3 {strengthening the centre. The opponents agreed for a draw in
very interesting and sharp position... Here are some possible variations:} (19.
Bxd6 Nxe4 $1 (19... Rfd8 20. Rd1 Nxe4 (20... Qe6 21. Nc7) (20... Bxd6 21. Qxd6
Nc2+ 22. Ke2) 21. Nxe4 Qxb5 22. Qxb4 Qxb4+ 23. Bxb4 Bxb4+ 24. Ke2 $14) 20. Nxe4
Qxb5 21. Bxe7 Nd3+ $44) (19. f3 Nxa2 (19... d5 20. Rd1) 20. Nd5 Qxb5 21. Nxe7+
Kh8 22. Rf2 Nb4 23. Rd1 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.19"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Pavlovic, Milos"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[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 "Serbia & Montenegro"]
[BlackTeam "Belarus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Nge7 {There are other theoretical possibilities:} (8... Nf6 {1-0 Bologan,
V-Tregubov,P/Belfort 2002/CBM 90/[Bologan] (30)}) (8... Be7 {1-0 Holmsten,
A-Yagupov,I/Ubeda 2000/CBM 75/[Finkel,A] (36)}) (8... Nce7 {1-0 Shirov,
A-Fedorov,A/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001/[Gershon] (28)}) 9. c4 Nd4 10. Be3 {Another
way to fight for an advantage is} (10. cxb5 {0-1 Kruppa,Y-Rotstein,A/Minsk
1993/CBM 36/[Chekhov] (42)}) 10... Nxd5 11. cxd5 Be7 (11... f5 {is possible
alternative to the move in the game:} 12. Bd3 fxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf5 14. Qd3 Nxe3
15. Qxe3 Qa5+ 16. Ke2 Be7 17. Qd3 g6 18. h4 $13 {1-0 Bluvshtein,M-Miton,K/Bled
2002/EXT 2003 (33)}) 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O Bf6 {Black has the following options:}
(13... f5 $6 {1-0 Kiselev,M-Ioffe,A/St Petersburg 1994/CBM 41/[Wahls] (37)}) (
13... Bd7 14. Qd2 Rc8 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Nc2 Qb6 17. h3 Bf6 18. f4 Rfe8 19. Kh2
g6 20. Ne1 $14 {[%cal Ye1f3] 1-0 Bacrot,E-Mochalov,E/ECC, Rethymnon GRE 2003 
(61)}) 14. Qd2 g6 15. f4 $146 {New move. In the preciding game white tried} (
15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Nc2 Qb6 17. Rad1 Re8 18. h3 Bg7 19. Rfe1 Ra7 20. Nb4 Rc7 21.
Nc6 Bd7 22. Na5 Rec8 23. Qb4 Be5 24. Nb3 {1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S-Fedorov,A/EuTCh,
Plovdiv BUL 2003 (24)}) 15... Bg7 16. f5 {White is going to capture on g6,
thus, activating the rook through "f" file.} (16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Nc2 f5 18. Nxd4
exd4 19. Bg5 Qd6) 16... Kh8 $2 (16... Ra7 17. Rac1) ({Better was} 16... gxf5
17. exf5 Bf6) 17. Kh1 $2 {Too slow. White had to play more aggressive:} (17.
fxg6 fxg6 (17... hxg6 18. Rac1 $16) 18. Rxf8+ Qxf8 19. Rf1 Qe7 20. Nc2 $16) (
17. Rac1 $5) 17... gxf5 18. exf5 Bf6 19. Nb1 $6 {In my opinion, unsuccessful
idea. White hopes to occpy the e4 square by the knight, transfers it via c3 .
But, it is unrealistic, as white's "d" pawn will be unprotected, if he moves
the knight from c3. Better was} (19. Rac1 Bb7 20. Be4) 19... Bb7 20. Nc3 Rg8
$11 {threatening b5-b4. Black succeeded to equalize the position, as almost
all his pieces located well. White missed his chance, and now suffers from
unsuccessful location of c3 knight.} 21. Be4 (21. Rac1 {bad, in view of} b4 22.
Ne4 Bxd5 23. Bxd4 exd4) ({Deserved attention:} 21. b4 Rc8 (21... a5 22. Qb2)
22. Rac1) 21... Rc8 22. Qd3 (22. b4 $2 Rc4) 22... Rc5 {putting the pressure on
the d5 pawn.} ({Black still isn't ready for} 22... b4 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Ne2 $14
{[%cal Ge2f4]}) 23. a4 {The most principal continuation.} b4 24. Ne2 Qa8 $6 ({
Probably better was} 24... Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Bxd4 Qa8 $1 $15) 25. Nf4 $1 (
{Worse is} 25. Bxd4 Bxd5 $1 26. Bxd5 Qxd5 27. Rf3 exd4 28. Qxa6 Rc2 $15) 25...
a5 $1 {setting free the a6 square for a light-squared bishop.} 26. Bxd4 exd4
27. Qh3 $36 Qd8 28. Rf3 $2 {White started an attack too early. He isn't
consolidated yet, therefore, he is going to lose material.} ({Better was} 28.
Rae1) 28... Qe7 $1 29. Bd3 ({After} 29. Qh5 {black has enough resourses to
parry white's attack:} Qxe4 (29... Rg7 30. Qh6 $1 {[%cal Gf4h5]} Qxe4 $1 (30...
Bg5 31. f6 Qxf6 32. Qxf6 Bxf6 33. Nd3 $14) 31. Qxf6 Qe5 32. Qd8+ (32. Qh4 Rc8
33. f6 Rg5 34. Rh3 Qf5 $15) 32... Rg8 33. Qh4 Rcc8 34. Re1 Qxf5 $11) 30. Qxf7
Qxf5 (30... Qe7 31. Ng6+ Rxg6 32. fxg6 $16) 31. Qxb7 (31. Ne6 Bxd5 $1 32. Rxf5
Bxg2+ 33. Kg1 Rxf5) 31... Be5 $17) 29... Bxd5 30. Rg3 $2 ({The least of the
evils was to change black's powerful light-squared bishop:} 30. Nxd5 Rxd5 31.
Qh5 Re5 $15) 30... Bc6 $17 {Now it is clear, that black's advantage is obvious,
as he has a material advantage, as well as positional one, thanks to a pair of
bishops.} (30... Rxg3 31. hxg3 (31. Qxg3 Qe3) 31... Bc6 $17) 31. Rf1 Re5 (31...
Rxg3 {comes to consideration.}) 32. Qh6 Rxg3 33. hxg3 Bg5 34. Qh5 h6 35. Kh2 $2
{White gives black another pawn. Better was to defend it with} (35. b3 {
, but the position favours black anyway.} Re1 36. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 37. Kh2 Kg7 $17)
35... Be4 $2 {It was better to capture another pawn.} (35... Bxa4 36. Rc1 Rc5
37. Re1 Qf6 $19 (37... Qxe1 38. Qxf7 $18)) 36. Bxe4 Rxe4 37. Nd5 Qb7 38. Nf6
Re7 39. Rf4 $6 {White had more chances after} (39. Ng4 $1 Re2 $1 (39... Kh7 40.
Rf4 $1 $44) (39... f6 40. Qg6 Re2 41. Rf2) 40. Rf2 (40. Rg1 f6 41. Nxh6 Qh7 42.
Nf7+ Kg7 43. Qxh7+ Kxh7 $19) 40... Rxf2 41. Nxf2 Qd7 $17) 39... Kg7 40. Ng4 ({
Doesn't change an evaluation:} 40. Nd5 Re5 (40... Re1 41. f6+ Kf8 42. Rxd4) (
40... Qxd5 41. f6+) 41. Rxd4 (41. f6+ Bxf6) 41... Qc8 $1 $17 {[%cal Gc8c5,
Gc8f5]} (41... Rxd5 42. Qf3)) 40... Re2 41. Nf2 $2 {too passive and loses
immediately. More resistant was} (41. f6+ $1 Kf8 (41... Kh7 42. Nf2 Re5 43. Qg4
) 42. Nf2 Re6 (42... Rxb2 43. Rf5) (42... d3 43. Rf5) 43. Rf5 Rxf6 44. Rxf6
Bxf6 45. Qxa5 Be5 $17) 41... d3 $19 {White has nothing to do against black's
activity and material advantage.} 42. f6+ (42. Rg4 {loses as well:} Rxf2 43.
Rxg5+ Kh7 44. Qh3 Rxg2+ $19) 42... Bxf6 43. Ne4 (43. Rg4+ {doesn't help white
too much:} Bg5 44. Rxg5+ hxg5 45. Qxg5+ Kf8 46. Qd8+ Re8 47. Qxd6+ Kg8 48. Qxd3
(48. Ng4 Re6 49. Qd8+ Kg7 50. Qd4+ f6) 48... Qb6 $19) 43... Bg5 {In addition,
white is going to lose the knight, therefore, he resigns.} (43... Bg5 44. Qg4
f5 $1 (44... Kf8) 45. Qxf5 Bxf4 $19) 0-1

[Event "CHN-CIS"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wang, Zili"]
[Black "Ambartsoumian, Armen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. Be2 a6 8. N5c3
Be6 9. O-O Nd4 10. Na3 Nxe2+ 11. Qxe2 Nf6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Rfd1 (13. f3 Rc8 14.
Rac1 Nh5 15. Qd2 f5 $5 16. Rfd1 $14 {Ivanchuk - Short, Tilburg 1990}) 13... Qa5
14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Rac8 16. Rd3 g5 17. Bg3 Kg7 18. h4 Qc5 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Qd2
Kg6 21. b4 Qxb4 22. Rb1 Qc5 23. Rxb7 Rc7 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. exd5
Ne4 27. Qe2 f5 28. Bh2 Nc5 29. Re3 Rh8 $2 {Schwarz hatte eine sehr gute
Stellung, aber dieser Zug verdirbt alles.} 30. Rxe5 $3 $16 dxe5 31. Bxe5 Bd6
32. Bxh8 Ne4 33. Qb2 Bc5 34. Bd4 Bxa3 35. Qxa3 Qxc4 36. Be3 f4 37. Ba7 Nc3 38.
Qd6+ Kh5 39. Qd7 Qxd5 40. Qh7+ Kg4 1-0

[Event "Sonnevanck 5th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Armas, Julius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d5 $6 {[#]} 5. Nxc6 (5. Nc3 dxe4 6. Nxc6
Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 bxc6 8. Nxe4 $14) 5... bxc6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Nc3 Qxd1+ 8. Nxd1 $14
{[#] >< a7,c6} e5 9. Be2 Be6 10. O-O Nf6 11. Ba6 Rb8 12. Re1 Bd6 13. b3 Nd5 14.
Bb2 {[#]} Nb4 (14... f6 $142) 15. Bd3 $16 Ke7 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Rxe5 Nxd3 18.
cxd3 Rhd8 19. Re3 {[#]} Rb5 20. Rc1 Rbd5 21. Nb2 c5 22. Kf1 Rh5 23. h3 Kd6 24.
Ke2 Rd7 25. f4 Rf5 26. Rf1 g5 27. Nc4+ Bxc4 28. dxc4 $18 gxf4 29. Re4 Rc7 30.
Rexf4 Rxf4 31. Rxf4 {[#]} Ke5 32. Ke3 f5 33. g4 fxg4 34. hxg4 a5 35. Rf5+ Ke6
36. Ke4 a4 37. bxa4 Ra7 38. Rxc5 Rxa4 39. Rc7 h5 40. gxh5 Kd6 41. Rc8 Kd7 42.
Rc5 Kd6 43. Kd4 Rxa2 44. Rd5+ Kc6 45. Rg5 Rd2+ 46. Ke5 Kc5 47. h6 Rh2 48. Kf6+
Kxc4 49. Kg7 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial-B"]
[Site "Matanzas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Black "Elissalt Cardenas, Hector"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be6 9. Nc2 Rc8 (9... Bg5 10. Qd3 (10. Ne3 Nge7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 (12...
Nd4 13. b3 g6 14. Ne2 Ndc6 15. Kh1 Bf6 16. Nd5 Bg7 17. Bg5 Rb8 18. Rc1 f6 19.
Be3 f5 {Frolov,A-Milov,V/URS-qualJ Sochi/1990/} 20. f3 $14) 13. Ncd5 Nd4 14.
Bd2 (14. b3 Nxd5 (14... Bxd5 $6 15. exd5 g6 16. Qg4 $1 Bh6 17. Bb2 Bg7 18. Bxd4
exd4 19. Nc2 $16 {Frolov-Tiviakov/50-(180)/1990/}) 15. cxd5 (15. exd5 Bd7 16.
Bb2 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 Rc5 21. b4 Rc4 22. a3
Qa8 $10 {Kruppa,Y-Minasjan,A/Minsk/1990/}) 15... Bd7 16. Bb2 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Nb5
18. a4 Nc7 19. Ba3 Ne8 20. Qd2 Bg4 $13 {Brodsky,M-Minasjan,A/URS-chJ Kherson/
1991/}) 14... Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bd7 16. Bb4 Bb5 17. Bxb5 Nxb5 18. a4 Bxe3 19. axb5
Bb6 20. bxa6 bxa6 21. Rxa6 f5 $44 {Dvoirys,S-Sveshnikov,E/Budapest Spring-op/
1989/}) (10. Be2 Bxc1 11. Rxc1 Nf6 12. O-O O-O 13. Qd2 Qb6 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. h3
Rac8 16. b3 $14 {Brodsky,M-Maliutin,A/URS-qualJ Jurmala/1989/}) 10... Bxc1 11.
Rxc1 Nf6 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Ne8 14. Nd5 g6 15. Rfd1 Qh4 16. g3 Qh6 17. Qe3 Qg7
18. Ncb4 {Novgorodsky-Fomin/Kstovo op/1994/} Nd4 $13) 10. b3 (10. Nd5 Nf6 11.
f3 O-O 12. Be3 Nb8 13. Be2 b5 $10 {Amidzhic,O-Beshukov,S/Krasnodar/1991/})
10... Bg5 (10... Nf6 11. Bd3 $1 (11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O b5 $1 $10 {Rocha,W-Vlad,D/
WchJ-Mamaia/1991/,Timman-Short/Beograd/1989/}) 11... O-O 12. Bb2 Re8 13. O-O
Bf8 14. Qd2 Ne7 15. Rfe1 Ng6 16. g3 $1 $14 {Ivanchuk,V-Boensch,U/Novi Sad olm/
1990/}) 11. Bb2 $1 Nf6 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Ne7 14. Qd3 Qc7 15. Rad1 Rfd8 16.
Ne3 Qa5 17. Rfe1 Nc6 18. Bf1 Nd4 19. Nf5 $5 Nxe4 $2 (19... Bxf5 20. exf5 $13)
20. Nxd4 Nc5 21. Qg3 $1 exd4 22. Nd5 Bh6 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Nxc8 Rxc8 25. Bxd4
$18 Qxa2 26. b4 Nb3 27. Bc3 Qc2 28. Qxd6 $1 Bg5 (28... Qxc3 29. Qd8+ $18) 29.
Qg3 Qg6 30. h4 Bf6 31. Qxg6 hxg6 32. Bxf6 gxf6 33. Re3 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "1992.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. c4 (5. Nb5 Qb8 6. c4 b6 $1 7. Be3
$5 Nf6 8. Nd2 g6 $1 9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O $14 {Judasin - J.Polgar, München
1991.}) 5... e6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Be3 b6 8. Rc1 Bb7 9. f3 Be7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Be2
Rac8 12. O-O Qb8 13. Rfd1 Bd6 14. g3 Bc5 15. a3 Rfd8 16. b4 Be7 17. Nxc6 Bxc6
18. Bf4 d6 19. g4 $1 $14 Qa8 20. Qe1 Bb7 21. Nb5 Ne8 22. Qg3 d5 23. cxd5 Rxc1
24. Rxc1 exd5 25. e5 Ba6 26. Qf2 d4 27. Rd1 Bxb5 28. Bxb5 Nc7 29. Bf1 a5 30.
Bd2 axb4 31. axb4 Qa4 32. Rc1 Ne6 33. f4 Bxb4 34. f5 Bxd2 35. Qxd2 Nc5 36. Bc4
d3 37. e6 Ne4 38. e7 Re8 39. Qxd3 Rxe7 40. Bb5 Qa8 41. Bc6 Qc8 42. Qe3 $1 {
Gewinnt eine Figur, aber der Kampf ist noch nicht beendet.} h5 43. Bxe4 Qe8 44.
Re1 hxg4 45. Qf4 $14 Qd7 46. Qxg4 Qd4+ 47. Kg2 Re8 48. h4 b5 49. h5 Kf8 50. Qf4
Qf6 51. Rb1 Re5 52. Kf3 Kg8 53. h6 $1 gxh6 54. Rh1 Kg7 55. Rc1 Qd6 56. Rg1+ Kf8
57. Rh1 h5 58. Qe3 b4 59. Rb1 Ra5 60. Rb3 Ra3 (60... Qd1+ 61. Kg3 Qg4+ 62. Kf2
Ra2+ 63. Ke1 Ra1+ 64. Rb1 Rxb1+ 65. Bxb1 $16) 61. Rd3 Rxd3 62. Qxd3 Qf6 63. Qd2
Qb6 64. Qe3 Qd6 65. Qf4 Qd1+ 66. Kg3 Qe1+ 67. Kh3 Qc3+ 68. Kh4 Ke7 69. Qg5+ Kd7
70. Qg3 Qb2 71. Kxh5 b3 72. Qd3+ Ke7 73. Kg4 Qe5 74. Bd5 Qg7+ 75. Kf3 b2 76.
Qa3+ Kd7 77. Qa4+ Kc7 78. Qc6+ Kd8 79. Qb6+ Kd7 80. Bc6+ Kd6 81. Ba4+ Ke7 82.
Qc7+ Kf6 83. Qd6+ Kxf5 84. Bd7+ Kg5 85. Qf4+ Kg6 86. Bf5+ Kh5 (86... Kf6 87.
Qd4+ Kxf5 88. Qxg7 b1=Q 89. Qh7+ $18) 87. Bg4+ Kh4 88. Be6+ 1-0

[Event "USA-ch GpB"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. b3 f5 8. exf5
Bxf5 9. Bd3 Be6 $6 {I don't really like this move as White's control over the
light squares in the centre secures a comfortable advantage.} (9... e4 $5 10.
Be2 a6 11. N5c3 Bf6 12. a3 Nge7 13. Ra2 O-O 14. O-O Qa5 $5 15. b4 Qe5 16. Re1
$13 {Anand,V-Radjabov,T/Dortmund 2003}) 10. O-O (10. Nd2 a6 11. Nc3 Nf6 12.
Nde4 O-O 13. Ng5 Nd4 $6 14. Nxe6 Nxe6 15. O-O Qe8 16. Be3 $16 {Bakre,T-Roy
Chowdhury,S/Mumbai 2003}) 10... Nf6 (10... a6 11. N5c3 Nf6 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Nde4
Nd4 14. Be3 b5 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Ne2 $14 {Asrian,K-Harutjunyan,G/Yerevan 2003})
11. N1c3 (11. Nd2 d5 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Nc4 O-O 14. Bg5 Kh8 15. Ne3 Bg8 16. Bc4
Nd4 17. Bxg8 Nxg8 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Nc4 Ng6 $11 {Sokolov,
A-Tregubov,P/Ohrid 2001}) 11... a6 12. Na3 O-O 13. Nc2 Qd7 (13... Rc8 {1/2-1/2
Pikula,D-Perunovic,M/Herceg Novi 2001/CBM 082 ext}) 14. Nd5 Bd8 $6 {Black is
playing very passively so White faces no problems to increase the pressure
with natural moves.} (14... e4 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Be2 Rad8 17. Bb2 Qe8 18. Nd4
$14) (14... Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qxd5 Qf5 18. Ne3 Qg6 19. Ba3
$14) 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Be4 Ne7 (16... g6) 17. Ne3 $16 {The mission of fixing
a weakness on d6 is completed. The next step is building up pressure on d6.}
Bg5 18. Qd3 h6 19. Rd1 Rad8 20. Ba3 Nc8 21. Rd2 Kh8 22. Rad1 Qc7 23. Qe2 b5 $5
24. cxb5 axb5 25. Bb4 (25. Qxb5 $2 Bxe3 26. fxe3 Qa7 {[%csl Ra3,Re3]} 27. Qa4
$140 Qxe3+ 28. Kh1 Qxd2 $19) 25... Qa7 26. Bf3 Rf4 $5 (26... Qb6 {deserved
attention by protecting the pawn on d6.}) 27. Bxd6 Nxd6 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. Rxd6
Qe7 30. Ra6 e4 $8 (30... b4 31. Nd5 Bxd5 32. Bxd5 Rf8 33. g3 $16) 31. Ra8+ Kh7
32. Qc2 Bf7 (32... Qb4) 33. Bg4 h5 34. Be2 b4 $2 {Losing on the spot.} ({
After the correct} 34... Qb4 $14 {[%cal Gb4e1] Black has some comensation for
the pawn, even though it shouldn't be enough for equality.}) 35. Qc8 $1 $18 {
[%csl Rh7]} Kg6 36. h4 Bh6 37. g3 Rxf2 38. Bxh5+ Kf6 39. Ng4# 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup-D"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 ({During the last
years there is tendence} 6. N1c3 {to revive a boom,but it is not our topic
here.}) 6... Be7 (6... Be6 {1/2-1/2 Delchev,Peter-Todorov,Todor/Teteven - open
(01) 1991 (14)}) 7. b3 (7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be6 9. Bd3 Rc8 10. O-O Bg5 $14 {
(1/2-1/2) Radulov,Iv.-Ivanov,Yor /tt - ch Bg (2) Varna 1995}) 7... f5 $5 ({
Due to Sveshikov, big interest was paid since 1994-1997 to} 7... Nf6 8. Bd3 O-O
9. O-O Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Be3 {+/= Filippov,V-Sveshnikov,E/Kemerevo 1995/Inf
65 (12)}) (7... a6 8. N5c3 Be6 9. Be2 Bg5 $14 {(1-0) Groszpeter,A-Csiszar,C/
Zalakaros op 1996/EXP}) 8. Ba3 (8. exf5) 8... Nf6 {[#]} 9. N1c3 (9. Bxd6 Nxe4
10. Nc7+ (10. Bxe7 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Kxe7 12. Ke1 Be6 13. N1c3 Nxc3 14. Nxc3 Rhd8
$15 {Schneider,D-Shabalov,A/National Chess Congress 1999}) 10... Kf7 11. Qd5+
Kg6 12. g4 Bxd6 13. gxf5+ Bxf5 14. Rg1+ Kf6 $17 {Gontcharova,O-Zvereva,M/
Women's Open 2000}) (9. exf5 Bxf5 10. Be2 a6 11. Nxd6+ Bxd6 12. Qxd6 Qxd6 13.
Bxd6 O-O-O 14. c5 Ne4 15. Nd2 Nxd6 16. cxd6 Rxd6 17. Rc1 Kb8 18. Nc4 Rd4 {
1/2-1/2 Kutuzovic,B-Fercec,N/Bled op 21st 2000}) (9. Nxd6+ $6 Bxd6 $15 10. Qxd6
(10. Bxd6 Nxe4 11. c5 Qh4 $19) 10... Qxd6 $6 (10... Nd4 $1 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 $15)
11. Bxd6 Nxe4 12. Ba3 Nd4 13. Bd3 b6 (13... Be6) 14. O-O Bb7 15. Rc1 (15. f3 $6
O-O-O 16. Rd1 Nf6 17. Nc3 e4 $17) 15... O-O-O $15 {Luther,T-Shabalov,A/New
York op 1998}) 9... O-O (9... Qa5 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Nd5 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Rd8 13.
Nxe7+ {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Tregubov,P/FIDE World Cup Gp D 2000}) 10. Bxd6 {Winning
a pawn,but permitting black to create counterplay.Anyway this is the only way
to fight for the advantage.} a6 (10... fxe4 11. c5 Be6 12. Nc7 Bg4 13. f3 exf3
14. gxf3 Rc8 15. fxg4 $16) 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nd6 fxe4 13. c5 (13. Ndxe4 $2 Nxe4
14. Nxe4 Rd8 15. Nd2 Bf5 16. Be2 Nb4 17. O-O Nc2 18. Rc1 Qb4 $15) 13... Be6 14.
Bc4 (14. Ncxe4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Rad8 16. Nd6 b6 $15) 14... Rad8 15. O-O (15. Qb1
Bxc4 16. bxc4 Nd7 17. Nxb7 e3 $132) 15... b6 16. Bxe6+ Qxe6 17. Qb1 $1 (17. Qe1
bxc5 18. Ndxe4 c4 19. Nxf6+ Rxf6 20. bxc4 Qxc4 21. Ne4 Rf4 $11) 17... e3 $5 18.
fxe3 bxc5 19. Nb7 $1 Rc8 (19... Rd2 20. Qc1 $16) 20. Nxc5 Qe7 21. N5e4 (21.
Nxa6 $2 Nb8 $1 22. Nxb8 Rxc3 23. Na6 Rc6 24. Qd3 Qa3 $17 {[%csl Ra6]}) 21...
Nb4 $1 22. a3 {After this move white remains with the pawn,but without real
wining chances.Better was} (22. Qd1 $1 Nxe4 (22... Rfd8 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Qg4+
Kh8 25. Rac1 Nd3 26. Nd5 $3 $18 {[%csl Rc8,Re7]}) 23. Nxe4 (23. Rxf8+ $1 Rxf8 (
23... Qxf8 24. Nxe4 Nc2 25. Qd5+ Kh8 26. Rc1 (26. Rf1 $4 Qxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Nxe3+
$19) 26... Nxe3 27. Rxc8 Qxc8 28. Qc5 $1 $18) 24. Nxe4 Qb7 $1 25. Ng3 Qb6 26.
Qe2 $14) 23... Rxf1+ $1 (23... Nc2 24. Rxf8+ Qxf8 25. Qd5+ Kh8 26. Rc1 Nxe3 27.
Rxc8 Qxc8 28. Qc5 $18 (28. Qxe5 $4 Qc1+ 29. Kf2 Ng4+ $19)) 24. Qxf1 Qa7 $1 25.
Qf3 Nc2 26. Rc1 Rf8 $13) 22... Nxe4 23. Rxf8+ Qxf8 24. Qxe4 (24. Nxe4 Nc2 25.
Ra2 Nxe3 $15) 24... Rxc3 25. axb4 h6 $1 26. Rf1 $6 (26. Rxa6 $4 Rc1#) (26. Qxe5
$5 Rxb3 (26... Qxb4 $6 27. Qe6+ $1 (27. Rd1 Rc5 28. Qe6+ Kh7 29. h3) 27... Kh8
28. Rd1 $16) 27. Qe6+ (27. h3 $5) 27... Qf7 28. Qxf7+ Kxf7 29. Rxa6 Rxb4 30.
Kf2 $14) 26... Qd6 27. h4 Qd3 $1 $11 28. Qxe5 Qxe3+ 29. Qxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.12.11"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Naumann, Alexander"]
[Black "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Tegernsee"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3
b5 8. Nd5 Nce7 9. c4 (9. Nb4 $5) 9... Nxd5 10. exd5 bxc4 11. Nxc4 Be7 12. Be3
Rb8 13. a4 Nf6 $6 {White is clearly better on the queenside, so Black
shouldn't delay his counterplay on the other flank. For that reason 13...f5
seems to be a "must-move" in the position.} (13... f5 14. a5 Nf6 (14... f4 15.
Ba7 Ra8 16. Bb6 Qd7 17. Bd3 Nf6 18. Bc2 $6 (18. Rc1 $1 O-O 19. O-O Bb7 20. Nxe5
dxe5 21. Rc7 Qe8 22. Rxb7 $16 {Rizouk,A-Perez Garcia,R/Seville 2005}) 18... O-O
19. O-O Bb7 20. Ba4 Qf5 21. Bc7 Bxd5 22. Nb6 Bb7 $17 {Fercec,N-Fedorov,A/
Medulin 2002}) 15. Ba7 Rb7 16. Bb6 Qd7 17. Be2 O-O 18. O-O f4 19. f3 Qf5 20.
Rc1 Kh8 21. Re1 Qg6 $132 {Ivanov,A-Fedorov,A/New Delhi/Teheran 2000}) 14. Be2
Bb7 {The bishop is a bit passive on b7, but bringing the queen to the same
square would've hardly been any better.} (14... O-O 15. O-O Bf5 16. a5 Qd7 17.
Nb6 Qb7 18. f4 $14) 15. Nb6 Nd7 16. a5 Nxb6 (16... O-O {Ftacnik} 17. O-O f5 18.
Qa4 $14) 17. Bxb6 Qd7 18. O-O O-O 19. b4 Rbc8 (19... e4 $5) 20. Rb1 Rc3 $6 {
Playing into White's hands. Obviously Black underestimated White's 24th move.}
(20... Bd8 21. Be3 f5 22. f4 e4 23. Qd2 $14 {[%cal Gb4b5]}) 21. Qd2 (21. b5 $5
{Ftacnik} Qc8 22. bxa6 Bxa6 23. Bxa6 Qxa6 24. Qa4 Rfc8 25. Qb5 $16) 21... Rfc8
22. b5 axb5 23. Bxb5 Qf5 (23... Qg4 24. Bc6 Bxc6 25. Qxc3 Bxd5 26. Qg3 $16) 24.
Bc6 $1 {Black is forced to give up an exchange.} R8xc6 $6 (24... Rc2 25. Qxc2
Qxc2 26. Bxb7 Rf8 27. a6 $18) (24... Bxc6 25. Qxc3 Bxd5 $16) 25. dxc6 Rxc6 26.
Bd8 $1 $18 {Ftacnik: 'Nice combination, due to the back rank problem black
will be pushed into defense with no counterplay.'} Rc2 27. Qd1 Bxd8 28. Rxb7
1-0

[Event "Mondariz zt 1.1"]
[Site "Mondariz"]
[Date "2000.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Nge7 9. c4 Nxd5 10. cxd5 (10. exd5 Nd4 11. cxb5 Be7 12. bxa6 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 {
1/2-1/2 Ehlvest,J-Kiik,K/zt 1.7 2000}) 10... Nd4 (10... Ne7 $6 11. h4 $1 Bd7 (
11... g6 12. h5 $36) (11... f5 12. Bd3 fxe4 13. Bxe4 Bf5 $14) 12. Nc2 h5 (12...
g6 13. h5 Bg7 14. Bg5 $1 O-O 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Qd2 $14) (12... f5 $5) 13. g3 g6
14. Bg2 Bg7 15. O-O O-O 16. Nb4 $14 {Bologan,V-Stripunsky,A/Wijk-B 1996}) 11.
Be3 (11. Nc2 Bg4 $1 12. f3 $2 Qh4+ $1 $17) 11... Be7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O Bb7 $6
{A new plan in this position and quiet dangerous one:black intends to break
thee center with f5 and then to take on d5 with the bishop,which proves not so
simple.} (13... Bd7 14. Rc1 (14. Qd2 Qb8 15. Rac1 Qb7 16. Nc2 Nxc2 17. Rxc2
Rfc8 18. Rfc1 Rxc2 19. Rxc2 Rc8 $11 {Sluka,R-Moroz,A/Komercni Banka op 1997})
14... Qa5 15. Qe1 Bd8 16. Qxa5 Bxa5 17. Nc2 Nxc2 18. Rxc2 Rfc8 19. Rfc1 Rxc2
20. Rxc2 Kf8 $11 {Manik,M-Moroz,A/Komercni Banka op 1996}) (13... Bf6 14. Qd2
Bd7 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17. Rc1 Qb7 18. Qb4 Qb8 19. Qa5 $11 {Stripunsky,
A-Votava,J/Mlada Boleslav op 1995}) 14. Qd2 $5 f5 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Nc2 Qb6 (
16... Bf6 17. Rae1 (17. Qf4 Be5 18. Qf3 Qh4 19. g3 fxe4 20. Qxe4 Qxe4 21. Bxe4
d3 $15) 17... Rc8 18. f4 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Qb6 20. Qd3 g6 (20... Rxc2 $2 21. Bxh7+
Kh8 22. Qh3 d3+ 23. Kh1 $18 {[%csl Rh8]}) 21. Kh1 $14) 17. Qf4 Rae8 18. Rae1
Qc5 (18... Bd8 $5) 19. Qf3 $1 {[%cal Gb2b4]} b4 (19... fxe4 20. Qxe4 g6 21.
Qe6+ Kh8 22. Qd7 Bc8 23. Qc6 $14) 20. Qh3 a5 (20... Kh8 $1) 21. Rc1 $1 {
[%cal Gc2e3,Ge3f5] Very strong move underestimated by black.Black just falls
into nice set trap and white easily gets wining position.} Bc8 $6 (21... Qb6)
22. exf5 Qxd5 $2 23. Nxb4 $1 $16 Qb7 (23... axb4 24. Bc4 $18 {[%cal Gc4g8]})
24. Nd5 $1 Bd8 $8 25. Nf4 d5 $8 (25... Bg5 $2 26. Bc4+ Kh8 27. Ng6#) 26. Ne6
Bxe6 27. fxe6 g6 28. f4 Qxb2 29. f5 Qd2 (29... gxf5 30. Bxf5 Qb7 (30... Re7 31.
Rb1 $1 {[%csl Gb1]} Qxa2 32. Bxh7+ $1 $18) 31. Rc5 Kh8 32. Rxd5 $1 $18 {
[%cal Gd5d7]}) 30. fxg6 Qe3+ 31. Qxe3 dxe3 32. gxh7+ Kg7 33. Rf5 $18 {The
ending is easily wining for white becuase black pawns are stopped by white
king and bishop,while white pawns are unstopable.} d4 (33... Rxf5 34. Bxf5 d4
35. Kf1 Bf6 36. Ke2 Rb8 37. Kd3 $18) 34. Rcf1 Rxf5 35. Rxf5 Bf6 36. Rxa5 Rb8
37. Kf1 Kh6 (37... Rb2 38. Ra8 $18) 38. g4 Kg7 39. Rf5 {[%cal Gg4g5]} Bh4 40.
g5 1-0

[Event "Ubeda op 5th"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "2000.01.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Holmsten, Aleksei"]
[Black "Yagupov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2000.01.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Be7 9. c3 Nf6 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Nc2 {This variation,unlike the other lines in
Sveshnikov variation,leads to long positional struggle with minimal advantage
for white.} (11. g3 O-O 12. Bg2 Bb7 13. Nc2 Ne7 14. Ne3 Bg5 15. O-O Bxe3 16.
Bxe3 Rc8 17. a4 $14 {Tolnai,T-Olsson,K/Budapest FS05 GM 1993}) 11... Rb8 $5 {
Logical move:black intends to transfer b4 as soon as possible.} (11... Bb7 12.
Ne3 Ne7 13. Bd3 d5 14. Qf3 d4 15. Ng4 Ng6 16. O-O Be7 17. Qf5 dxc3 $132 {
Svatos,J-Mrva,M/Komercni Banka op 1996}) (11... O-O 12. Ne3 g6 13. Nd5 Bg7 14.
h4 Ne7 15. Be2 Nxd5 16. exd5 Rb8 $15 {Ferenc,J-Larsen,P/Politiken Cup 1997})
12. g3 (12. Ne3 O-O 13. Nd5 Bg5 14. g3 Bxc1 15. Rxc1 Ne7 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Bg2
Be6 $11 {Ciornei,D-Wolf,U/Giessen op 1993}) 12... O-O 13. Bg2 Be6 $6 {Bishop
is better placed on a6 so deserved attention} (13... a5 14. O-O b4 15. Ne3 bxc3
16. bxc3 Ba6 17. Re1 Be7 18. Nd5 Re8 $132) 14. O-O a5 15. Ne3 b4 (15... Bg5 16.
f4 Bh6 17. f5 (17. Ng4 Bxg4 18. Qxg4 b4 19. Be3 bxc3 20. bxc3 Rb2 $132) 17...
Bxe3+ 18. Bxe3 $14 {[%cal Gf1f2,Gf2d2,Gf5f6]}) 16. Nd5 $14 bxc3 17. bxc3 Bxd5 {
After this move black doesn't succed to get sufficient counterchanses,but
thete is no alternative.} 18. Qxd5 Ne7 19. Qd3 Qc7 20. Ba3 Rfd8 ({Deserved
attention} 20... Rb6) 21. Rab1 Rxb1 $2 (21... Rbc8 $8) 22. Rxb1 Nc8 23. Bf1 Be7
24. Qc4 $1 $16 {The difference in the strength of pieces is huge,and inspite
of material balance black is in deep troubles.} Qa7 (24... Rd7 25. Qxc7 Rxc7
26. Rb8 $1 Rxc3 27. Bb2 Rc2 28. Bh3 $18) 25. Qc6 $1 Bf8 26. Rb7 Qa8 27. Qc7 Ne7
28. Bh3 $1 $18 {Full domination of white!} g6 29. Bc1 {[%cal Gc1g5] Now the
material losses are inevitable fo black.} d5 (29... f5 30. Bg5 Re8 31. exf5
gxf5 32. Bxf5 $18) 30. Bg5 dxe4 31. Bxe7 Rd1+ 32. Bf1 Qa6 33. c4 Bxe7 34. Rb6 (
34. Qxe7 Qxc4 35. Rb8+ Kg7 36. Qf8+ Kf6 37. Qd6+ Rxd6 38. Bxc4 $18) 34... Bd8
35. Qxd8+ Rxd8 36. Rxa6 1-0

[Event "Najdorf Memorial Great fin"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2000.09.13"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Black "Panno, Oscar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.09.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
c4 (8. Nc3 d6 9. a4 O-O 10. a5 $5 Qc7 11. f4 Bd7 12. g4 Nb4 13. g5 Ne8 14. Be3
$36 {Lobjanidze,D-Yegiazarian,A/Erevan op 1996 (34)}) (8. Be3 {} Qc7 9. Nc3 (
9. f4 d6 10. c4 b6 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. Rc1 Qb8 13. Qf3 O-O 14. Qh3 $36 {Vescovi,
G-Valle,A/BCX Open 2000}) 9... O-O 10. f4 d6 11. Qf3 a6 12. g4 Nd7 13. g5 Nb4
14. Qh5 Re8 15. Rf3 g6 16. Qh6 Bf8 $132 {Ciobanu,A-Lupu,M/Odorheiu Secuiesc op
1993 (40)}) 8... Ne5 (8... d6 9. Nc3 a6 (9... Qc7 $6 10. Bf4 $5 b6 11. Rc1 Qd7
(11... Ne5 12. Nb5 Qb8 13. Bb1 Bb7 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. c5 $5 $36 {1-0 Kondou,
E-Fanouraki,N/GRE-chW 1996 (28)}) 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rfd1 e5 $6 14. Be3 Ng4 15.
Bd2 $16 {Rechlis,G-Maryasin,B/Israel 1st League JER-ASH b1, ISR 1997 (28)}) 10.
Be3 Qc7 11. Rc1 Ne5 12. Be2 b6 13. Nd4 Bb7 14. f4 Ned7 15. f5 e5 16. Nd5 $1 $14
{Polaczek,R-Plachetka,J/Val Maubuee op 1988 (66)}) (8... d5 $5 9. cxd5 (9. Nc3
d4 $5 10. c5 Qd8 11. Nb5 O-O 12. Bg5 e5 13. Rc1 Ne8 $132 {Brooks,M-Epishin,V/
New York op 1989/0-1 (70)} (13... Ne8 14. Bd2 Be6 $13 {Brooks,M-Epishin,V/New
York op 1989/0-1 (70)})) (9. exd5 exd5 10. c5 $2 Bxc5 11. Nxc5 Qxc5 12. Nc3 O-O
13. Bg5 Qd6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nxd5 Qxb2 $17 {Stisis,Y-Golod,V/ISR-chT 
(AFEK-Beer1) 1996/0-1 (44)}) 9... exd5 10. Nc3 dxe4 11. Nxe4 O-O 12. Qe2 Nd4
13. Nxd4 Qxd4 $11 {Timoshenko,G-Epishin,V/URS-YM Tbilisi 1989/0-1 (57)}) 9. Nc3
d6 10. Be2 (10. Be3 Qc7 11. Be2 Nxc4 $6 12. Nb5 Qc6 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. a4 $1 Bd7
{[%cal Gd7b5]} (14... O-O 15. Nd2 Qc6 16. Rc1 Qd7 17. Nc7 $18) 15. Na5 Qc8 16.
Rc1 Bc6 17. Nxa7 Qd7 18. N5xc6 bxc6 19. Nxc6 Nxe4 20. Qg4 $18) 10... O-O (10...
a6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Rc1 (12. Qd4 O-O 13. f4 Ned7 14. Rad1 b6 15. Bf3 Bb7 $13)
12... b6 13. f4 Ned7 14. Bf3 {Arising position is typical not only for the
sicilian defense,but also for many other openings.The plans of the both sides
are clear:white tries to create an attack on the kingside,while black tries to
create pressure on e4 and transfer d5.} Bb7 15. Qe2 O-O 16. Nd4 $5 $14 {
Milos,G-Morozevich,A/KasparovChess GP g/60 2000}) 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Rc1 b6 (12...
a6 13. Nd4 b6 14. b3 $6 (14. f4 $5 Ned7 15. b4 $1 {[%csl Gc5,Rd7,Ge5]} Bb7 16.
Bf3 Rac8 17. g4 $16 {[%cal Gg4g5]}) 14... Re8 15. f4 Ned7 16. Bf3 Bb7 17. Re1
$14 {Shirov,A-Granda Zuniga,J/FIDE-Wch k.o. 1997} (17. g4 $6 {Finkel,A} Nc5 18.
Qc2 e5 $1 $132)) 13. f4 Ned7 14. g4 {Starting typical for Sicilian defense
attack on the kingside.} Bb7 15. Nd2 Nc5 16. Qc2 h6 (16... a6 17. g5 Ne8 18. b4
Nd7 19. Bd3 f6 20. h4 Rd8 21. Nb3 $14) 17. b4 Ncd7 18. Nb5 Qb8 19. Nd4 Re8 20.
g5 $5 hxg5 (20... Nh7 21. g6 Nhf6 22. gxf7+ Kxf7 23. a3 Qc7 24. Qd3 $14 {
[%csl Re6]}) 21. fxg5 Nh7 22. g6 $1 fxg6 $2 {Crucial position of the game:so
far both sidea has made natural moves not changing the pawn structure and the
character of the game,but now black makes serious mistake and finds himself in
seriou stroubles.} (22... Nhf6 23. gxf7+ Kxf7 24. Bg4 Bd8 $132) 23. Nxe6 Ne5
24. Qb3 $1 {[%cal Gb3g8,Gc4c5]} Kh8 25. c5 $5 dxc5 26. bxc5 Bc8 (26... bxc5 27.
Nxc5 Bxc5 28. Bxc5 Nf6 29. Qh3+ Kg8 30. Bd1 $16 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gd1b3]}) 27.
Nf4 Bxc5 28. Bxc5 bxc5 29. Rxc5 Qxb3 30. axb3 Nf8 31. Nc4 $1 $16 Ned7 (31...
Nxc4 $2 32. Bxc4 {[%csl Rh8]} Be6 (32... Rxe4 33. Nxg6+ $1 Nxg6 34. Rh5#) 33.
Nxe6 Nxe6 34. Ra5 $16 {[%cal Gc4d5]}) (31... Nfd7 $2 32. Rxe5 Nxe5 33. Nxe5 $18
) 32. Ra5 Kh7 (32... Rxe4 33. Bf3 $18 {[%cal Gf3a8]}) 33. Nd6 Re5 34. Nd5 $1 {
[%csl Ra8,Rc8][%cal Gf1c1]} Ne6 35. Rc1 $1 $18 Bb7 (35... Nf4 36. Nxf4 (36. Bf1
Nxd5 37. exd5 Nb6 38. Bg2 Bf5 $14) 36... Rxa5 37. Nxc8 Rc5 38. Rd1 $1 $18) 36.
Nxb7 Rxe4 37. Bf3 Rd4 38. Re1 Ng5 39. Bg2 Kh6 40. Nc5 Nxc5 41. Rxc5 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht Oratovsky,M} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 e6 6. Bd3
Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 (8. Nc3 d6 9. a4 O-O 10. a5 $5 Qc7 11. f4 Bd7 12. g4 Nb4
13. g5 Ne8 14. Be3 $36 {Lobjanidze,D-Yegiazarian,A/Erevan op 1996 (34)}) 8...
Ne5 $5 (8... d6 9. Nc3 a6 (9... Qc7 $6 10. Bf4 $5 b6 11. Rc1 Qd7 12. Qe2 Bb7
13. Rfd1 e5 $6 14. Be3 Ng4 15. Bd2 $16 {Rechlis,G-Maryasin,B/Israel 1st League
JER-ASH b1, ISR 1997 (28)}) 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Rc1 Ne5 12. Be2 b6 13. Nd4 Bb7 14.
f4 Ned7 15. f5 e5 16. Nd5 $1 $14 {Polaczek,R-Plachetka,J/Val Maubuee op 1988 
(66)}) (8... d5 $5 9. cxd5 (9. Nc3 d4 $5 10. c5 Qd8 11. Nb5 O-O 12. Bg5 e5 13.
Rc1 Ne8 $132 {Brooks,M-Epishin,V/New York op 1989/0-1 (70)}) (9. exd5 exd5 10.
c5 $2 Bxc5 11. Nxc5 Qxc5 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bg5 Qd6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nxd5 Qxb2
$17 {Stisis,Y-Golod,V/ISR-chT (AFEK-Beer1) 1996/0-1 (44)}) 9... exd5 10. Nc3
dxe4 11. Nxe4 O-O 12. Qe2 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 $11 {Timoshenko,G-Epishin,V/URS-YM
Tbilisi 1989/0-1 (57)}) 9. Nc3 d6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Be2 O-O (11... Nxc4 $6 12.
Nb5 Qc6 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. a4 $1 (14. Nxd6+ Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Nxe4 16. Qf4 $1 {
[%cal Rf2f3]} (16. Qa3 {[%cal Gf2f3,Ga1c1]} a5 {[%cal Gc4b4]} 17. f3 (17. Rfc1
Qb4 18. Qxb4 axb4 19. Rc4 Nf6 $11 {[%cal Gf6d5]}) 17... Nf6 18. Bc5 b5 $1 (
18... Bd7 {[%cal Gc4a4]} 19. Nxa5 Qb5 {[%tqu "En","","","","a5c4","",10]} 20.
Nc4 $1 Rxa3 21. Nd6+ $16) 19. Rac1 Qa4 20. Qxa4 bxa4 21. Nd4 Ba6 $13) 16... g5
$8 17. Qf3 O-O 18. Rac1 $40) 14... Bd7 {[%cal Gd7b5]} (14... O-O 15. Nd2 Qc6
16. Rc1 Qd7 17. Nc7 $18) 15. Na5 Qc8 16. Rc1 Bc6 17. Nxa7 Qd7 18. N5xc6 bxc6
19. Nxc6 Nxe4 20. Qg4 $18) 12. Rc1 a6 13. Nd4 b6 14. b3 $6 {Inaccuracy letting
black to get counterplay.Better was} (14. f4 $5 Ned7 15. b4 $1 {[%csl Gc5,Rd7,
Ge5]} Bb7 16. Bf3 Rac8 (16... Rfe8 {[%tqu "En","","","","c3d5","",10]} 17. Nd5
$5 exd5 18. cxd5 Nc5 $8 (18... Qd8 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. dxc6 Nf8 21. c7 Qc8 22. e5
dxe5 23. fxe5 N6d7 24. Qd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5a8,Rd5f7]} Ra7 {[%tqu "En","","","",
"d5f7","",5]} 25. Qxf7+ $1 $18 Kxf7 26. Bd5+ Kg6 27. Bf7#) 19. bxc5 bxc5 20.
Nb3 $16) 17. g4 $16 {[%cal Gg4g5]}) 14... Re8 15. f4 Ned7 16. Bf3 Bb7 17. Re1 (
17. g4 $6 Nc5 18. Qc2 e5 $1 $132) 17... Rac8 18. Bf2 Nf8 19. Qd2 Qb8 20. f5 $5
N6d7 (20... e5 $6 21. Nc2 $16 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gc2e3,Gg2g4,Gg4g5,Gc2b4]}) 21.
fxe6 fxe6 22. Bh5 g6 23. Bg4 Bf6 24. Nf3 Rcd8 $1 $132 25. Rcd1 (25. Bh3 $5 Nc5
{[%csl Re4][%cal Rf6c3]} 26. Bd4 Bxd4+ 27. Nxd4 e5 28. Nf3 $14) 25... Qc7 {
[%csl Gc3][%cal Gb6b5]} 26. Na4 $6 {After this move black seizes the
initiative.Better was} (26. Bd4 Ne5 27. Bxe5 (27. Bh3 Nxf3+ 28. gxf3 Bxd4+ 29.
Qxd4 Qc5 30. Kf1 e5 $11 {[%cal Gf8e6]}) 27... dxe5 $11 {[%cal Gf6e7,Ge7c5]
with equality.}) 26... b5 $1 27. cxb5 axb5 28. Rc1 Qb8 29. Nc3 Nc5 $15 {
[%csl Re4][%cal Gb5b4]} 30. Qf4 (30. Bd4 $142 Bxd4+ 31. Qxd4 b4 $1 32. Nb1 (32.
Qxb4 $2 Nd3 $17) (32. Nb5 $6 {[%cal Gb5d6]} Bxe4 $1 (32... Ba6 33. Nxd6 Nd3 34.
e5 Nxe1 $15 35. Rxe1 $44) 33. Nxd6 Nd3 $1 $17) 32... Qa8 $1 $15 {[%csl Ra2,Re4]
} 33. Nbd2 Qxa2 34. Qxb4) 30... Bxc3 31. Rxc3 e5 $17 32. Qf6 Nxe4 33. Rxe4 Bxe4
34. Ng5 Qb7 $1 35. h4 Bd5 $6 (35... Bxg2 $5 36. Ne6 Bh1 37. Rg3 Rc8 $19) (35...
b4 $1 36. Re3 Bxg2 37. h5 Bc6 $19) 36. Rd3 h6 37. Rxd5 $1 {Shirov feels like
fish in the water in such kind of positions and finds good practical chanse.}
Qxd5 38. Bf3 e4 $8 39. Bxe4 (39. Bd4 Re5 40. Bxe5 dxe5 41. Nxe4 Qd4+ 42. Kh2
Rd7 $17 {[%cal Gd7f7]}) 39... Qe5 (39... Rxe4 $6 40. Nxe4 Qd1+ 41. Kh2 Rd7 42.
Bd4 $40) 40. Qf7+ Kh8 41. Bd5 Qg7 $8 42. Qxg7+ Kxg7 43. Bd4+ Re5 44. Nf7 $15
Rd7 45. Nxe5 dxe5 46. Bxe5+ Kh7 47. Bc6 Rd1+ 48. Kf2 $1 (48. Kh2 b4 $17) 48...
Rd2+ 49. Ke3 Rxa2 50. g3 Ra6 51. Be4 {[%cal Gh4h5]} h5 52. Kd4 {Centralized
position of white king and pair of strong bishops give to white good chances
to save the game.} Ra1 53. Bc6 Rb1 54. Bd6 Ne6+ 55. Ke5 Ng7 56. b4 Nf5 57. Bc5
Nxg3 58. Bxb5 Nf5 59. Bc6 Nxh4 60. b5 Nf3+ $1 {After} (60... Nf5 61. b6 h4 62.
b7 h3 63. Ba7 h2 64. Kf4 $1 (64. b8=Q Rxb8 65. Bxb8 Ng3 $11) 64... Ne7 65. Bg2
$1 {Only white has chances to win .}) 61. Bxf3 Rxb5 {[#] Hecht: Zwei Läufer
gegen Turm plus zwei verbundene Freibauern, deren Verwertung wegen der
Brettrandnähe Schwierigkeiten bereitet.} 62. Kd4 Kh6 63. Be2 Rb8 {Deserved
attention} (63... Rb7 $5 64. Ke3 Rf7 $17 {trying to prevent moving white's
king to kingside.}) 64. Ke3 g5 65. Kf2 Rb3 66. Bf3 g4 67. Be3+ Kg6 68. Bc6 h4 (
68... g3+ 69. Ke2 h4 70. Bg2 Kf5 71. Kf3 $11 {[%cal Gg2h3]}) (68... Kf5 $5 {
Hecht} 69. Be8 h4 70. Bd7+ Ke4 71. Bc6+ Ke5 72. Bg5 h3) 69. Bd7 $1 $11 {
Now the draw is inevitable.} Rb2+ 70. Kf1 g3 (70... Kh5 $4 71. Be8#) 71. Bh3
Kh5 (71... Rh2 {Hecht} 72. Bg1 Rxh3 73. Kg2 $11) 72. Bg1 Ra2 73. Bd7 Rb2 74.
Bh3 Rd2 75. Bc8 Rc2 76. Bh3 Kg6 77. Be3 Ra2 78. Bg1 Ra3 79. Kg2 Kg5 80. Bc5 Rd3
(80... Ra2+ {Hecht} 81. Kf1 Rh2 82. Be3+ Kh5) 81. Be7+ Kh5 82. Bc5 Rc3 83. Bb6
Rc6 84. Bg1 Rc2+ 85. Kf3 Rc3+ 86. Be3 Ra3 87. Ke4 Ra8 88. Kf3 Rf8+ 89. Kg2 Rf7
90. Bd4 Rf4 91. Be3 Rb4 92. Kf3 Kg6 93. Bf4 Rb2 94. Kg4 g2 95. Bh2 Rb3 96. Kxh4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[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 "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7 {
A pet line of the Ukrainian grandmaster, even though I don't think black has
good chances to equalize if white is properly prepared.} 8. Nc4 (8. Nd5 b5 9.
g3 Nf6 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Bg2 Be6 12. c3 O-O 13. Nc2 a5 14. O-O b4 15. Ne3 Rc8
16. Qd3 bxc3 17. bxc3 $14 {Berndt,S-Boensch,U/Germany 2004}) 8... b5 (8... Nf6
9. Be3 b5 10. Nb6 Rb8 11. Nxc8 Qxc8 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O b4 14. Nd5 Nxe4 15. a3
$14 {Sulskis,S-Radjabov,T/Tallinn 2004}) 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. g3 h5 11. Bg2 h4 12.
O-O Nd4 (12... g6 $6 13. a4 b4 14. Ncd5 Be6 15. c3 bxc3 16. bxc3 Kf8 17. Ba3
Bxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 $16 {Van den Doel,E-Moiseenko,A/Plovdiv 2003}) (
12... hxg3 13. fxg3 $5 Be6 14. a4 Nd4 15. Ncd5 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bd7
18. c3 Ne2+ 19. Qxe2 Bxa4 20. Qg4 $44 {Bauer,C-Moiseenko,A/Bilbao 2004}) 13.
Ncd5 {Following Anand's foot steps is usualy not a bad idea.} (13. a4 $6 Be6
14. Ncd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 b4 17. c3 bxc3 18. bxc3 Nf5 19. Qd3 g6
$132 {Lahno,K-Moiseenko,A/Montreal 2004}) 13... Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Be6 15. c3 {
The latest fashion.White doesn't want to waste a tempo by retreating with the
knight.} (15. Ne3 $5 hxg3 16. hxg3 Qd7 17. c3 Nc6 18. Re1 Rb8 19. a4 g6 20.
axb5 axb5 21. Nd5 Bd8 22. Be3 Kf8 23. b4 $14 {Anand,V-Radjabov,T/Linares 2003})
15... Bxd5 16. exd5 Nf5 17. a4 $5 ({White succeeded to get an advantage after} 
17. Qd3 g6 18. a4 hxg3 19. hxg3 Rb8 20. axb5 axb5 21. b4 Qd7 22. Bd2 Bd8 23.
Ra6 $14 {Potkin,V-Eljanov,P/Moscow 2004}) 17... hxg3 18. hxg3 Rb8 19. axb5 axb5
20. Ra6 $5 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Gf2f4] Very important preparation move. White's
plan is to push f4 so it's necessary to keep square b6 under control.} (20. Qd3
g6 21. b4 Qb6 22. Bd2 Kf8 23. Rfe1 $14) 20... g6 21. Qd3 Kf8 22. f4 $5 {
Instead of playing on the queenside, which seems to be the most natural plan
in the position due to the weakness of b5, white opts for direct assault on
the kingside.} (22. b4 Kg7 23. Bd2 Bg5 24. Rfa1 Bxd2 25. Qxd2 Qc7 26. Bf1 $14)
22... Rb6 (22... exf4 23. Bxf4 Kg7 24. Be4 Nh6 25. Be3 $16) 23. Ra7 Qb8 24. Ra1
Kg7 25. Bd2 $6 {If u say д" you should say "b"! In other words f4 is pointless
if white doesn't intend to push f5, so it was just the right momnet ot advance
an f-pawn.} (25. Be4 $1 Nh6 26. f5 gxf5 (26... Nxf5 $2 27. Bxf5 gxf5 28. Qxf5
f6 29. Bg5 Rf8 30. Be3 Rb7 31. Qg4+ Kf7 32. Qh5+ Kg8 33. Qg6+ Kh8 34. Rf5 $18)
27. Bxh6+ Rxh6 28. Rxf5 $36 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Ga1f1,Gd3f3,Gg3g5] with very
dangerous pressure on the light squares.}) 25... Qc8 26. b4 (26. Be4 $5) 26...
Ra6 27. fxe5 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 dxe5 29. Qxb5 $2 {This move is just a suicide!} (29.
Be1 Nd6 30. Bf2 Qg4 31. Qf3 Qc4 32. Bf1 Qb3) 29... Nxg3 {[%cal Gc8g4,Gg4h4]}
30. Ra7 $6 (30. d6 Bxd6 31. Ra6 Bb8 32. Bg5 Ne4 $1 {[%csl Gf6]} 33. Bxe4 Qg4+
$19) (30. Re1 Qg4 31. Rxe5 Qd1+ 32. Be1 Bf6 33. Re3 Nf5 34. Re4 Bxc3 35. Qf1
Be5 $1 $17) 30... Qg4 $1 $19 31. Rxe7 Qd1+ 32. Bf1 Rh1+ 33. Kg2 Rxf1 34. Qd3
Rg1+ 35. Kh2 Rh1+ 36. Kg2 Qg1+ 37. Kf3 Nf5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxe4 $5
7. Nxe4 Qe5 8. Be3 Qxe4 9. Nb5 Qe5 (9... Kd8 10. Qd5 $5 Qxd5 11. cxd5 Nb4 12.
Rc1 Nxd5 13. Bxa7 e6 14. Bc4 $36 {Hippe,F-Klawonn,M/Neumuenster 1999}) 10. Qd2
{For a pawn white has got a very strong initiative since all black pieces are
stuck on the 8th rank for quite a while.} a6 (10... b6 11. Be2 Qb8 12. O-O-O a6
13. Bf3 $2 Ne5 14. Bxa8 axb5 15. Be4 Nxc4 16. Qd5 e6 17. Qxb5 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bc5
$17 {Palecha,A-Djukic,N/Chalkidiki 2000}) 11. f4 Qb8 12. Nc3 e6 13. O-O-O b5 ({
Deserved attention} 13... Be7 $5 {intending to castle as soon as possible.})
14. cxb5 axb5 15. Bxb5 Qc7 16. f5 Be7 $6 ({In the previous game played in this
tricky line black opted for} 16... Bb4 {,but it proved to be insufficient to
equalize, however it made more sense than a move in the game.} 17. fxe6 fxe6
18. a3 Na5 19. Kc2 Be7 20. Bf4 Qd8 21. Rhf1 O-O 22. Bd6 Nb7 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24.
Kb1 $14 {Fontaine,R-Fressinet,L/France 1999}) 17. fxe6 fxe6 (17... dxe6 18. Bf4
(18. Qd4 $6 O-O 19. Qb6 Qxb6 20. Bxb6 Nb4 $1 21. a3 Rb8 22. Be3 Na2+ 23. Nxa2
Rxb5 24. Nc3 Rb7 $13) 18... Qb7 19. Bd6 Bf6 (19... Bh4 20. g3 Bf6 21. Be5) 20.
Be5 $1 O-O (20... Bxe5 $2 21. Qd8#) 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qf4 $16) 18. Rhf1 {
[%csl Re8] Black's main problem in the arising position is a security of the
king, so white's next moves are directed to keep it in the center.} Bf6 19. Bc5
$1 Qe5 $6 {'?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Movsesian is centralizing the queen in the
hope, that very strong threat Bg5 will slow down opponent's attack. White will
start up the fireworks in the moment, when all his pieces are ready for the
action.'} (19... Na7 $6 20. Qf2 $1 Bxc3 $140 $2 21. Qf8+ $1 Rxf8 22. Rxf8#) (
19... Ra5 20. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 21. Ne4 {[%cal Ge4d6,Ge4f6]} Kf7 22. Qh6 Qe5 23. Rf1
$1 $18 f5 $140 24. Ng5+ Ke8 25. Qh5+ Kd8 26. Nf7+ Kc7 27. Nxe5 Rxb5 28. Bd6+) (
19... Ne7 20. Bd6 Qd8 21. Ne4 O-O 22. Kb1 (22. Nxf6+ {Ftacnik} Rxf6 23. Rxf6
gxf6 24. Qd4 Ng6 (24... Rxa2 25. Qxf6 Qa5 26. Qxe7 $18) 25. Kb1 $14) 22... Bb7
23. Nxf6+ Rxf6 24. Rxf6 gxf6 25. Bxe7 (25. Qb4 $14 {Ftacnik}) 25... Qxe7 26.
Qxd7 Qxd7 27. Rxd7 Bxg2 28. Bc4 Be4+ 29. Ka1 Bf5 30. b3 $16) 20. Rxf6 $1 {
It's hard to call this nice move a sacrifice since black loses by force if he
decide to accept it:} Qxc5 (20... gxf6 21. Bxc6 dxc6 22. Qd8+ Kf7 23. Qxh8 $18)
(20... Qxf6 21. Ne4 Qg6 22. Bxc6 $18) 21. Rxe6+ $1 $18 {A final touch!} dxe6
22. Qd8+ Kf7 23. Qxh8 Qg5+ 24. Kb1 Bb7 25. Qxh7 {Ftacnik: 'The final position
of the spectacular combination indicates, that black has no compensation for
the missing two pawns.'} Qxg2 26. Rf1+ (26. Rd7+ $5 Ne7 27. Qh4 Re8 28. Qh5+ g6
29. Qh7+ Kf6 30. Qh4+ Kf7 31. Qf4+ Kg8 32. Rxb7 Qxb7 33. Bxe8 $18) 26... Ke7
27. Qh4+ Kd6 28. Qf4+ e5 29. Rd1+ Kc7 30. Qf7+ {Ftacnik: 'The defender has
lost long ago and the hunt for his king is just the last act.'} Kb8 31. Qf8+
Kc7 32. Nd5+ Qxd5 33. Qxg7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup KO"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.08"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "2000.09.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4128]} 1. e4 {Hecht.} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nb5 Qb8 6.
c4 a6 (6... Nf6 7. Bd3 e6 8. f4 a6 9. N5c3 d6 10. O-O Be7 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Nd2
O-O 13. Nf3 b6 $13 {Lalic,B-Bischoff,K/Premier 2000}) 7. N5c3 e6 (7... Nf6 8.
Be2 e6 9. O-O Qc7 10. Be3 b6 11. f4 d6 12. Nd2 Be7 13. Rc1 Qd8 14. Qe1 O-O 15.
Qg3 $36 {Oll,L-Pogorelov,R/Benidorm op 1993}) 8. Be3 (8. Be2 Bc5 9. O-O Nge7
10. Kh1 O-O 11. f4 f5 12. Nd2 Nd4 13. Bd3 b5 $132 {Susnik,M-Simic,D/SLO-ch 1995
}) 8... Nf6 9. Be2 b6 (9... Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Na4 Qe5 12. Nbc3 Nxe4 13. Nxe4
Qxe4 14. Bd3 Qe5 15. Qc2 f5 $17 {Fantin,L-Korstin,M/WJun 1999}) (9... d6 10.
O-O Be7 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nc2 Nd7 13. Qd2 b6 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Rfd1 Qa7 $13 {
Anchev,N-Skytte,R/Eu-Youth Boys-u20 1999}) 10. O-O Bc5 11. Bg5 ({Nothing would
promise} 11. Qd2 Bb7 (11... Bxe3 12. Qxe3 e5 13. Na3 d6 14. Nc2 $14) 12. Bxc5 (
12. a3 O-O 13. b4 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qc7 15. Nd2 $13) 12... bxc5 13. Qg5 Qe5 14.
Qxg7 Nxe4 $13 {and black is doing fine.}) 11... Bb7 12. Nd2 Bd6 13. Kh1 h6 (
13... Bf4 14. Bh4) 14. Be3 Bc5 ({Of coarse not} 14... Bxh2 $2 15. f4 $1 (15. g3
Bxg3 16. fxg3 Qxg3 17. Bf2 Qh3+ 18. Kg1 Ne5 $132) 15... Bg3 16. e5 Nh7 17. Nde4
$16 {and white is dominating.}) 15. Bxc5 bxc5 16. f4 d6 17. Bd3 O-O 18. Qf3 Qc7
$132 19. Rae1 (19. Qh3 Nd4 20. Nf3 Nxf3 21. Rxf3 d5 $13) 19... Rad8 20. Qg3 Kh8
21. Re3 $6 {Losing a thread for a couple of moves.} (21. Nf3) 21... d5 22. cxd5
exd5 23. e5 $2 {Losing an exchange} (23. exd5 Nb4 $13) 23... Nh5 24. Qg4 d4 $17
25. Nd5 $8 (25. Ref3 dxc3 26. bxc3 Nxe5 27. fxe5 Bxf3 28. Rxf3 Qxe5 $19) 25...
Rxd5 26. Rh3 Bc8 27. Qxh5 Bxh3 28. Qxh3 Ne7 {[%csl Gf5] Even though black is
an exchange up the position is far from being simple and whie's defensive
resourses are huge.} (28... Na5 $2 29. Qf5 g6 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. b3 Qc6 32. Ne4
$13) 29. Nc4 Rdd8 30. f5 f6 31. e6 Nd5 32. Re1 Rfe8 33. Be4 (33. Re4 Re7 34.
Qf3 Nb6) 33... Re7 34. Qf3 Nf4 $6 ({Missing} 34... Nb6 $1 35. Na5 Nd7 $1 $17 {
with good wining chanses.}) 35. Rf1 (35. g3 Nh3 36. Qg2 Ng5 37. Bd3 Nf7 $1 {
[%cal Gf7d6]}) 35... d3 36. Nd2 (36. Qxf4 $2 Qxf4 37. Rxf4 d2 38. Nxd2 Rxd2 39.
h3 Rxb2 $19) 36... Ne2 37. Bxd3 Nd4 (37... Nf4 $5 38. Qxf4 Qxf4 39. Rxf4 Rxd3
40. Rf2 g6 41. g4 $15) 38. Qe4 Nc6 39. Nf3 a5 40. Rc1 Qd6 41. Bb5 Ne5 (41...
Nd4 $5) 42. Nxe5 fxe5 43. Qc4 $5 Qd4 (43... Qd1+ $5 44. Qf1 Qd4 45. b3 (45. f6
Rxe6 46. f7 Rf6 $19) 45... e4 $15) 44. h3 Rd5 45. Qf1 e4 46. Bc4 Rd8 47. Bb3
Qe5 48. Rd1 Rf8 ({Better was} 48... Rxd1 $1 49. Qxd1 Qd4 $17) 49. Rd5 Qxe6 {
[%cal Gf8f1]} 50. fxe6 Rxf1+ 51. Kh2 {Hecht: '[#] Aktiver weißer König i.V.
mit dem starken Freibauern e6 mit beiderseitigen Chancen, doch besseren
Möglichkeiten für Schwarz. Die Partie kippt im 70.Zug.'} a4 {'!?' Hecht.} (
51... Rc1 $1 {Hecht} 52. Rd7 (52. Kg3 c4 53. Rc5 cxb3 54. Rxc1 bxa2 55. Ra1
Rxe6 56. Kf2 $15) (52. Re5 c4 53. Ba4 Ra1 54. Rxe4 Rxa2 55. Rxc4 Rxb2 56. Bd7
$17) 52... e3 53. Rxe7 e2 $19) 52. Bc4 Rc1 (52... Rf2 53. Rxc5 Rxb2 54. Re5 g5
55. Rxe4 Kg7 $15) 53. Rxc5 Kh7 (53... g5 54. b4 Kg7 55. Kg3 Kf6 56. Kf2 Rc3 $17
) (53... Rxe6 $2 {Hecht} 54. Rc8+ Kh7 55. Bxe6 $18) (53... e3 $2 {Hecht} 54.
Rc8+ Kh7 55. Bd3+ $18) 54. Rc6 Kg6 $6 (54... g5) 55. Kg3 Kf6 56. Kf4 Rc2 $6 (
56... Re1) 57. Rc8 Rxb2 58. Rf8+ Kg6 59. Ke5 $1 {Suddenly the position becomes
unclear and white e-pawn is very dangerous one.} e3 (59... Rc7 60. Bd5 (60. Kd6
Rxc4 61. e7 Rd2+ 62. Ke5 Rc5+ 63. Kf4 Rf2+ 64. Ke3 Re5 $11) 60... e3 61. Rf4 h5
(61... Kh7 {Hecht} 62. Re4 (62. Rxa4 $2 e2 63. Re4 Rc1 64. e7 e1=Q 65. Rxe1
Rxe1+ 66. Be4+ Rxe4+ 67. Kxe4 Re2+ $19) 62... e2 63. Kd6 Rc1 64. e7 e1=Q 65.
e8=Q Qg3+ 66. Re5 Qg6+ 67. Qxg6+ Kxg6 68. Be4+ Kf7 69. Bd5+ Kf8 70. Re4 $15)
62. Kd6 e2 63. Re4 Rc8 64. e7 $18) 60. Bd3+ Kg5 61. g3 h5 (61... Rf2 $1 62. Rf4
Rxf4 63. gxf4+ Kh4 64. Kd6 Re8 65. Kd7 Ra8 66. e7 Kxh3 67. e8=Q Rxe8 68. Kxe8
Kg4 (68... h5 {Hecht} 69. Kf7 h4 70. f5 Kg3 71. Kxg7 h3 72. f6 h2 73. f7 h1=Q
74. f8=Q Qa1+ 75. Kh6 Qxa2) 69. f5 e2 $13) 62. Rf5+ Kh6 63. g4 hxg4 64. hxg4 g6
65. Rf3 e2 66. Re3 Kg5 67. Bxe2 Rd2 (67... Rxa2 68. Kd6 Re8 69. Kd7 Kf4 70.
Rf3+ Kxg4 (70... Ke4 71. Kxe8 Rxe2 72. Ra3 $18) 71. Bd1 Rd2+ (71... Rxe6 {Hecht
} 72. Kxe6 Ra1 $11) 72. Rd3+ Rxd1 73. Rxd1) 68. a3 Re8 69. Re4 Re7 70. Bb5 Ra2
$2 {'??' Hecht.} (70... Ra7) (70... Rb7) (70... Rc7 $1 {Hecht} 71. Rc4 $11) 71.
Kd6 Rb7 72. e7 Rxe7 73. Kxe7 $18 Rxa3 74. Bxa4 Rf3 75. Bd7 Rf1 76. Re5+ Kf4 77.
Rc5 (77. Kf6 {Hecht} Rb1 78. Ra5 Rb6+ 79. Be6 Rb4 80. g5 $18) 77... Kg3 78.
Rc3+ $6 (78. Rc6 $1 g5 79. Bf5) 78... Kh4 79. Rc6 Kg5 80. Rc5+ Kh4 81. Be6 Rf4
82. Rc8 Kg5 83. Rf8 Rb4 84. Rf1 Rb7+ 85. Kf8 Rc7 86. Rf7 Rc6 87. Bd7 Rd6 88.
Kg7 Rb6 89. Re7 Rd6 90. Bc8 Rc6 91. Bd7 Rd6 92. Kh7 Rd1 93. Rg7 Rh1+ 94. Kg8
Kf6 (94... Rd1 $142 {Hecht}) 95. Be8 Rh6 96. Rh7 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 09th final"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "1993.12.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Dizdarevic, Emir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1993.12.10"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Budapest Honved"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 {Horvath,T} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nb5 Qb8 6. c4 b6 {
?! Horvath,T} (6... Nf6 $142 {Horvath,T}) 7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O e6 (8... d6 9. N1c3
Nf6 10. Nd5 $16) 9. f4 Nf6 10. e5 Bc5+ 11. Kh1 Ng8 (11... Ne4 12. Bf3 (12. Bd3
$1 {Horvath,T} Nf2+ 13. Rxf2 Bxf2 14. Nd6+ Ke7 15. Qh5 Nd8 16. f5 $1 h6 17. f6+
$1 gxf6 18. exf6+ Kxf6 (18... Kxd6 19. Bf4+ $18) 19. Bf4 $18) 12... Nf2+ 13.
Rxf2 Bxf2 14. Nd6+ Ke7 15. Nxf7 $40) 12. N1c3 {/\ Ne4-d6} f5 13. a3 a6 14. b4
Be7 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. exd6 Na7 (16... Nh6 {Horvath,T} 17. Na4 Bc8 18. Be3 $18)
17. Na4 Nc8 18. Bb2 $1 Kf8 19. c5 b5 20. Be5 $1 {!! Horvath,T} (20. Nc3 Nf6 $14
) 20... bxa4 21. Qd4 Nf6 22. Bxf6 Rg8 (22... gxf6 23. Qxf6+ Kg8 24. Rf3 Bxf3
25. gxf3 $18) 23. Bxg7+ $1 Rxg7 24. Qf6+ Kg8 (24... Rf7 25. Qh8#) 25. Qd8+ Kf7
26. Bh5+ Rg6 27. Qxd7+ Kf6 28. Bxg6 hxg6 29. c6 Bxc6 30. Qxc6 Nxd6 31. Qc3+ Kf7
32. Rad1 $18 Qb6 33. Qe5 Rd8 34. Rd4 Ne4 35. Rxd8 Qxd8 36. Rc1 g5 37. Rc7+ Kg6
38. Qxe6+ Kh5 (38... Nf6 $2 39. Qf7+ Kh6 40. Qg7+ Kh5 41. Qxg5#) 39. Qd7 Qb8
40. Qh7+ Kg4 41. Rc5 Nf2+ (41... Nxc5 42. Qh3+ Kxf4 43. Qg3+ Ke4 44. Qxb8) 42.
Kg1 Qxf4 43. h3+ (43. h3+ Kg3 44. Rc3+) 1-0

[Event "Linares 19th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.03.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Nf6 9. c4 b4 (9... Nd4 10. Bg5 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. Bd3 (12. Bg5 Qa5+ 13. Bd2
Qd8 {1/2-1/2 Van der Wiel,J-Minasian,A/Manila 1992/ (13)}) 12... Nxd5 13. cxd5
Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Be3 f5 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. exf5 Qb6 18. Re1 Bf6 19. Nc2 a5
20. Qh5 Bd7 21. g4 h6 22. Re6 {1-0 Kotronias,V-Beshukov,S/Agios Nikolaos 1995/
(35)}) (9... Nxe4 10. Bd3 Nc5 11. cxb5 Nd4 12. b6 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Bb7 14. Nc7+
Ke7 15. O-O Rc8 16. Nc4 Ne6 17. Na5 Rxc7 18. bxc7 Qxc7 19. Nxb7 Qxb7 20. Rd1 {
1-0 Mihevc,N-Shumiakina,T/Nova Gorica 1999/ (27)}) 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Nc2 Qg6
12. Qd5 $1 {[%mdl 8] Tactically very soundly based novelty, Shirov will have
his hands full with the defense.} (12. f3 Rb8 13. Ne3 Be7 14. Nd5 O-O 15. Be3
Bh4+ 16. g3 Bg5 17. Qd3 f5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. f4 exf4 20. Nxf4 fxe4 21. Qxd6 Ne5
22. O-O-O Bg4 {0-1 Lendvai,E-Rajcsanyi,Z/HUN 1993/ (38)}) 12... Bb7 13. Nxb4
Rc8 $6 (13... Nd8 14. Qd1 (14. Qa5 Qxe4+ 15. Be3 $14) 14... Qxe4+ 15. Be3 $14)
14. Be3 (14. f3 $5 Be7 15. Nxc6 Rxc6 16. Be3 $16) 14... Be7 15. h4 (15. f3 Bh4+
16. g3 Qh5 17. Bg2 $16) 15... O-O 16. h5 Qg4 17. f3 Qg3+ 18. Kd1 $5 {It is one
of the priviledges of the strong players to chose original, even though risky
continuations. The solid 18.Bf2 was promising convenient advantage.} (18. Bf2
Nxb4 19. Qd2 Qg5 20. Qxb4 Rb8 21. Qd2 $16) 18... Bg5 19. Nxc6 $1 (19. Rh3 Qxh3
20. gxh3 Bxe3 21. Qd3 Bd4 22. Nd5 $16) 19... Bxe3 $6 (19... Bxc6 20. Qd2 Bxe3
21. Qxe3 Bd7 22. h6 $16) 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21. Qd3 Bg5 (21... Rc7 $2 22. Nf5 $18)
22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23. h6 gxh6 (23... Bxh6 $5 24. Ke2 $18) 24. Kc2 d5 $6 {Black was
playing the whole game in a very aggressive move, but rather consequently was
choosing the second rate continuations.} (24... f5 $1 25. exf5 Qf2+ 26. Be2 d5
$16) 25. exd5 Bxd5 26. Qxd5 Rd8 (26... Qf2+ 27. Kc3 $1 $18) 27. Qc5 $1 Rd2+ 28.
Kb3 Kg7 (28... e4 $2 29. Qf8#) 29. a3 e4 30. Rh3 Qf4 31. fxe4 (31. fxe4 Qxe4
32. Ka2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Najdorf Memorial 12th"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2001.09.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2001.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. Be2 Be6 8. O-O
Nf6 9. N1c3 a6 10. Na3 Nd4 11. Be3 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 O-O 13. f3 Rc8 14. Rfc1 (14.
Rac1) 14... Nd7 15. Rd1 (15. Nd5 f5 $132) 15... Rc6 (15... f5 $5) 16. Nd5 Bg5 (
16... f5) 17. Bf2 (17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Qd2 Qd8 19. Kh1 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Nb6 21. Qd3
Qg5 $13) 17... Qb8 (17... Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Nb6 19. Rdd1 Qc7 20. b3 f5 21. exf5
Rxf5 22. Nc2 $14) 18. b4 (18. Nc2 Bxd5 (18... f5 $6 19. f4 $1 exf4 20. Nd4 $16)
19. Rxd5 Rfc8 20. b3 $14) 18... Bxd5 (18... Rfc8 $2 19. b5 $1 $16) 19. Rxd5 {
Despite the loss of a tempo in 14.-15.move white enjoys very pleasant
advantage due to the active pieces and weakness of the d5 square.} (19. exd5 $6
Rcc8 $11) 19... Rfc8 (19... Nf6 20. Rd3 Rfc8 21. Rad1 $14) 20. Rad1 Be7 (20...
Nb6 21. Bxb6 Rxb6 22. b5 Rc5 23. Kh1 $14) 21. R5d3 Nf8 (21... Nf6 22. Be3 $14)
22. Qb2 (22. Qd2 Ne6 23. b5 axb5 24. cxb5 R6c7 $14) 22... Ne6 23. b5 axb5 24.
cxb5 (24. Qxb5 $6 Nf4 25. R3d2 Ra6 $11) 24... R6c7 25. Bb6 (25. b6 $5 Rc6 26.
Nb5 Rc2 27. Qb3 Rxf2 28. Kxf2 Nc5 29. Qb2 Nxd3+ 30. Rxd3 $14) 25... Rd7 26. Qb3
$2 {The first serious inaccuracy that gives Radjabov a chance to equalize in a
flash.} (26. Nc2 Bd8 $1 (26... Nf4 27. R3d2 d5 $6 28. exd5 Qd6 29. Be3 Bg5 30.
g3 $18) 27. Be3 Nc5 28. Bxc5 Rxc5 29. Ne3 Qa7 (29... Bb6 30. Kh1 $16) 30. Kh1
Qa5 31. Rb1 $14) 26... Nf4 27. R3d2 d5 $1 28. Be3 (28. exd5 Qd6 29. Nc4 Rxc4
30. Qxc4 Qxb6+ 31. Kh1 Bd6 $17) (28. g3 Qd6 29. Be3 Qxa3 30. gxf4 Qxb3 31. axb3
Rc3 32. Rd3 $11) 28... Rdc7 29. Nb1 (29. exd5 $2 Rc3 30. d6 Rxb3 31. dxe7 Rd3
$19) (29. Bxf4 exf4 30. Nb1 dxe4 31. fxe4 Rc1 $15) 29... dxe4 30. fxe4 Bc5 31.
b6 $2 {Milos played in Buenos Aires 2001 in especially miserable form and
after a loss of an advantage he still manages to stumble on a more of second
rated solutions.} (31. Bxc5 Rxc5 32. Rd7 Rf8 $11) 31... Bxe3+ 32. Qxe3 Rc6 33.
Rd7 (33. a4 Rc1 $15) 33... Rc2 34. R1d2 $2 (34. g3 $2 Nh3+ 35. Kf1 Rxh2 $17) (
34. R7d2 $1 Rc1 $15) 34... Rc1+ 35. Rd1 Rxd1+ 36. Rxd1 Rc2 37. Nd2 (37. Rd2
Rc1+ 38. Kf2 Rxb1 $19) (37. g3 Qc8 $1 38. Nd2 Rc3 $17) 37... Qd6 38. g3 Rc3 $1
(38... Rc3 $1 39. Qe1 Qd4+ 40. Kh1 (40. Kf1 Re3) 40... Nd3 41. Nf3 Nxe1 42.
Nxd4 Nd3 $19) 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Key West"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1994.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be6 9. Nc2 Rc8 10. Bd3 Nf6 $5 (10... Bg5 11. Ne3 Nge7 $6 12. Ncd5 O-O 13. O-O
Nd4 14. b3 Bxd5 15. exd5 g6 16. Qg4 Bh6 17. Bb2 $16 {Frolov-Tiviakov,S/URS/
1990/}) 11. Nd5 Nd7 12. Nce3 $5 (12. b4 $14) 12... Nc5 13. O-O Bg5 14. Bb1 a5
15. g3 Bxe3 (15... O-O 16. f4 Bh6 17. Nf5 $16) 16. Bxe3 O-O 17. f4 $1 (17. Qd2
Ne7 $13) 17... exf4 $5 (17... f6 $13) 18. gxf4 Nb4 19. Bd4 Qh4 20. Ne3 Bh3 21.
Nf5 Bxf5 22. exf5 Rfe8 23. Kh1 f6 24. a3 $2 (24. a4 $5 h5 (24... Ne4 25. Ra3
Rxc4 26. Re3 d5 27. Bxe4 Rxe4 28. Rxe4 dxe4 29. Qb3 $18) (24... Re7 25. Bf2 Qh6
26. Ra3 Ne4 27. Qg4 Nxf2+ 28. Rxf2 $16) 25. Rg1 $1 (25. Ra3 Qg4 26. Rg3 Qxd1
27. Rxd1 Kh8 28. Rdg1 Rc7) 25... Ne4 26. Ra3 $40) 24... Nc6 25. Bf2 Qh3 26. a4
Qb3 $1 27. Qd5+ Kh8 28. Ra3 Qxb2 29. Rg3 Re7 30. Qxd6 Qe2 31. Re1 $2 (31. Kg1
Ne4 32. Bxe4 Rxe4 33. Re1 Qxc4 34. Rxe4 Qxe4 $15) 31... Qxf2 32. Rxe7 Nxe7 33.
Qxe7 Rg8 34. Qc7 b6 35. Rg2 Qf1+ 36. Rg1 Qf3+ 37. Rg2 Nxa4 38. Bc2 Nc5 39. h4 (
39. Qxb6 Qf1+ 40. Rg1 Qxc4 $19) 39... Qh3+ 40. Kg1 Qe3+ 41. Kh2 a4 42. Qxb6
Qxf4+ 43. Kh3 Qxc4 $19 44. Qa7 Nd3 45. Rd2 Nf4+ 46. Kh2 Qc3 47. Qf2 a3 48. Bb1
Qh3+ 49. Kg1 Qg4+ 50. Kh2 Re8 51. Be4 h6 $138 0-1

[Event "Elgoibar 09th"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Lazarev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1999.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nb5 Qb8 6. c4 {White's idea is
to enter a hadghog position, but this setup does not force black to play 'd6'
so early leaving him with the possibility to play Bc5 fighting for central
squares.} (6. Bd3 e6 (6... a6 7. N5c3 e6 8. Be3 b5 9. O-O Nf6 10. Nd2 Qc7 (
10... Ne5 11. h3 Bb7 12. Bf4 Nxd3 13. cxd3 Be7 14. Nb3 O-O 15. Na5 Rc8 16. Rc1
d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. a3 {1/2-1/2 Rodriguez,A-Magem Badals,J/Cala Galdana 1999/EXT
2000 (18)}) 11. f4 d6 12. Kh1 Be7 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. Nf3 O-O 15. a3 Na5 16. Bd4
Nd7 17. Rae1 Nc4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Korneev,O-Gustafsson,J/Bad Woerishofen 1998/CBM
63 ext (38)}) 7. O-O Nf6 8. f4 d6 9. c4 Be7 10. N1c3 a6 11. Na3 O-O 12. Be3 Re8
13. Kh1 Bd8 14. Rc1 b6 15. Qf3 Nb4 16. Bb1 Ra7 17. Rce1 Nd7 18. Bd2 Nc5 $2 {
Leaving the king defenceless.} 19. e5 $1 $40 {1/2-1/2 Yudasin,L-Zvjaginsev,V/
Pamplona 1994/CBM 46 (43)}) 6... e6 (6... b6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Nd2 g6 9. Be2 Bg7
10. O-O O-O 11. f4 d6 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. Nc3 Nc5 14. Ndb1 Bb7 15. Bf3 Ne6 16. Qd2
Ncd4 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Nbc3 f5 19. exf5 Nxf3+ 20. Rxf3 Rxf5 $132 {1-0 Yudasin,
L-Polgar,J/Munich 1991/CBM 23/ (42)}) 7. Be3 (7. Be2 b6 (7... Nf6 8. N5c3 Bd6
9. Be3 b6 10. Qc1 Bb7 11. f4 e5 12. O-O Bc5 13. Kh1 Nd4 14. Bd3 Ng4 15. Bg1 Qd6
16. Nd5 Ne6 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Qe3 O-O 20. Nbc3 Bc6 21. Rad1 Rae8
22. Bb1 Qb8 23. b3 a5 24. Qg3 Kh8 $15 {0-1 Short,N-Hracek,Z/Parnu 1996/CBM 52 
(102)}) 8. f4 Bc5 9. a3 a6 10. N5c3 Nd4 11. b4 Nxe2 12. Qxe2 Be7 13. O-O d6 14.
Bb2 Bf6 15. Nd2 Bb7 16. Rae1 Bd4+ 17. Kh1 Ne7 18. Qd3 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 f6 20. Qh3
Kf7 21. Nf3 $16 {1-0 Almasi,Z-Kurajica,B/Pula 1995/EXT 97 (75)}) 7... Nf6 8.
N5c3 b6 9. Nd2 {[%cal Ga2a3,Gb2b4,Gd2b3] White delays the developing of his
light squared bishop waiting to see what setup will black choose.Meanwhile he
prepares the pieces for the play on the Q side and in the center.} (9. f4 $2 e5
10. f5 Bc5 $15) (9. Be2 Be7 {[%cal Gc8b7,Gc6e5]} (9... Bc5)) (9. Bd3 Ne5) 9...
Bc5 $1 {[%csl Gd4] Taking over the dark squares in the center which were
weakenned by white's 6th move} 10. Bxc5 bxc5 11. b3 O-O 12. Bd3 Nd4 (12... Bb7
13. O-O Qe5 14. Rc1 Rfd8 (14... d5 $2 15. Nf3 Qh5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. exd5 $16)
15. Kh1 $14) 13. O-O Qf4 (13... e5 $11) 14. Ne2 (14. a3 $140 $4 Ng4 15. g3 Qxd2
$19) (14. h3 e5 $11) 14... Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 d6 $11 16. g3 (16. Rfd1 Bb7 {[%csl
Ge4]} 17. Bc2 Rad8 {with black being by no means worse.}) 16... Qg4 17. f3 (17.
Qxg4 Nxg4 18. f4 Bb7 $11) 17... Qh5 18. f4 Qxe2 19. Bxe2 e5 20. Bf3 Bb7 21. f5
(21. fxe5 $143 $2 dxe5 $15 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4]}) 21... g5 $1 {An accurate move.
Black gains space on the K side, preventing white from organizing any kind of
play there, whilst black has a clear plan of attack on the Q side, although
it's too little to talk about real winning chances.} 22. h3 Bc6 23. Kf2 Rfb8 {
[%csl Rb3][%cal Ga7a4]} 24. Ke3 Kf8 25. Bd1 Ke7 26. Bc2 {[%csl Yb3,Rd6,Ye4]
[%cal Gf1d1,Yd2f1,Yd1d6] This is the best square for the bishop, defending
both weaknesses and allowing white to create some play against the black ones.}
a5 27. a4 Rb6 28. Rfe1 Rab8 29. Ra3 h6 30. Kd3 Rg8 31. Nb1 h5 32. Nc3 h4 33. g4
{Now it's a dead draw.} Nd7 34. Ke3 f6 35. Rd1 Nb8 36. Rd2 (36. Nd5+ $2 Bxd5
37. cxd5 c4 $1 38. bxc4 Nd7 39. Rb1 Rxb1 40. Bxb1 Rb8 41. Bc2 Nc5 $15) 36...
Rd8 37. Ra1 Na6 38. Rad1 Rd7 39. Nb5 Bb7 (39... Bxb5 40. axb5 Nb4 41. Ra1 Ra7
42. Bd3 $14 {[%cal Ga1a4,Gd2d1,Gd1a1]}) 40. Bb1 Rd8 41. Bc2 Rd7 42. Bb1 Rd8 43.
Bc2 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bobras, Piotr"]
[Black "Przedmojski, Rafal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. Bd3 a6 (7...
Be6 8. O-O (8. b3 a6 9. N5c3 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb4 13. Be2
a5 14. Nc3 Na6 15. Bd3 Nd7 16. Nb5 Nc7 17. Nc3 Nc5 18. Bc2 Bg5 19. f4 Bxf4 20.
Bxf4 exf4 21. Rxf4 g6 22. Qd2 Rb8 23. Raf1 b5 24. R4f3 Qe7 25. Re1 Qd8 26. Ne2
bxc4 27. bxc4 Nd7 28. Rh3 $36 {1-0 Movsesian,S-Friedman,A/Open, Groningen NED
1998 (50)}) 8... a6 (8... Nf6 9. N1c3 a6 10. Na3 O-O 11. Nc2 Nd7 12. b3 Nc5 13.
Be2 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Nd5 Bf6 16. Bb2 Bg5 17. Nce3 Bg6 18. b4 Ne6 19. Bd3
Bxe3 20. fxe3 Rxf1+ 21. Bxf1 Qg5 22. Qe1 Re8 23. Rd1 h6 24. a3 Bc2 25. Rd2 Qg6
26. Qg3 Qxg3 27. hxg3 Bf5 28. Be2 Ng5 29. Bh5 Re6 30. Nc3 Rf6 31. Bf3 Be6 32.
Rxd6 Bxc4 33. Rxf6 gxf6 34. Bd1 Ne7 35. Kf2 {1/2-1/2 Milos,G-Hernandez,G/XXX
International Open, Mar del Plata A 1999 (35)}) 9. N5c3 Nf6 10. Ne2 O-O 11.
Nbc3 Qd7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. Bb1 a5 15. Nc3 Rfc8 16. b3 Na6 17. Be3
Nc5 18. h3 g6 19. Bc2 Qd8 20. Nb5 Ne8 21. f4 Nd7 22. Qf3 Bf6 23. Rae1 a4 24.
Bb1 axb3 25. axb3 Bg7 26. g4 Qe7 27. f5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Galkin,A-Kasparov,S/
Koszalin POL 1999 (37)}) (7... Nf6 8. N1c3 a6 9. Na3 Bg4 (9... O-O 10. Nc2 Nd7
11. O-O Nc5 12. Ne3 Bg5 13. Ncd5 Be6 14. Nc2 Bxc1 15. Rxc1 f5 16. exf5 Nxd3 17.
Qxd3 Bxf5 18. Qd2 Kh8 19. b3 Rc8 20. f4 Qe8 21. Nce3 Be4 22. Rce1 Qg6 23. fxe5
dxe5 24. Rf2 Rce8 25. Ref1 Rxf2 26. Qxf2 Kg8 27. Ng4 h5 28. Ngf6+ gxf6 29.
Nxf6+ Kh8 30. Nxe4 $18 {1-0 Belakovskaia,A-Khan,A/ch-USA (Women), Denver USA
1998 (43)}) 10. Be2 Be6 11. Nc2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. b3 b5 {1/2-1/2 Vehi Bach,
V-Nataf,I/Andorra la Vella AND 1999 (13)}) 8. N5c3 Bg5 (8... Nf6 9. Nd2 O-O 10.
Nf1 Bg4 11. Qd2 Nd4 12. Ng3 b5 13. O-O Nd7 14. Nce2 Nxe2+ 15. Bxe2 Be6 16. cxb5
axb5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ziatdinov,R-Miton,K/CCA ChessWise Int, Stratton Mountain, V
1999 (33)}) 9. Nd2 Nf6 10. Nb3 (10. Nf1 Bxc1 11. Rxc1 O-O 12. Ne3 Be6 13. O-O
Rc8 14. a3 Nd7 15. b4 a5 16. Qb3 axb4 17. axb4 Qb6 18. Rb1 Nd4 19. Qb2 Qd8 20.
Rfd1 Nb6 21. Ne2 Nxe2+ 22. Qxe2 $14 {1-0 Nijboer,F-Van der Wiel,J/Leeuwarden
1997/EXT 99 (54)}) (10. O-O O-O 11. b3 Nd4 12. Nd5 Ne6 13. Bc2 Nd4 14. Bb2 Nxc2
15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Qxc2 Qg6 17. Nf3 Be7 18. Ba3 Bh3 19. Ne1 Bd7 20. Qd3 Bc6 21.
f3 f5 22. exf5 Rxf5 23. Rd1 Raf8 $17 {0-1 Van den Doel,E-Van der Wiel,J/
Rotterdam 1997/CBM 60 (33)}) 10... Bxc1 11. Rxc1 O-O 12. O-O Be6 13. Qd2 $6 (
13. Nd5 $142 Rc8 14. Qd2 {Intending to slowly improve the position} (14. f4 $2
exf4 15. Rxf4 Nd7 $15 {[%cal Gd7e5]}) 14... Ne8 15. Rfd1 $14 {[%cal Gd3f1]})
13... Na5 14. Nd5 (14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Bxd5 $15)
14... Nxb3 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. axb3 Rfc8 $11 {After allowing black to take on
b3 white has no advantage anymore, since his Q side pawns are not mobile
anymore, and the weakness on d6 is compesated by the weakness on b3.} 17. Rfd1
Qd8 $1 {[%cal Gd8b6,Yd8c7,Yc7c4,Gb6b2,Yc7d6,Gb6d6] The queen has nothing to do
on the king side, so it is transferred to the 'action zone'} 18. Be2 (18. Qb4
Rc6 19. Be2 Qb6 20. Qxb6 Rxb6 21. Rd3 Kf8 {And black is by no means worse.})
18... Rc6 19. Rc3 Qc7 {[%csl Gc4]} (19... Qb6) 20. h3 h6 21. Bg4 Re8 22. Bf5 (
22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Qd5 {[%cal Gb3b4]} Rc5 $11) 22... Qc8 23. Bxe6 Rxe6 24. Qe2
Qc7 25. Rd5 Qb6 26. Rcd3 Rf6 {[%csl Gb3,Gf2] White is tied up just as badly as
black is} 27. Qd2 Kh7 28. g3 Kg8 29. Kg2 Kh8 30. h4 Kg8 31. Kg1 (31. f3 Rg6 {
[%csl Gg3]} 32. Qe3 Qd8 33. Kh2 Qc7 $11) 31... Kh8 32. Kg2 Kg8 33. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Black "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
f5 9. Nc2 (9. exf5 Bxf5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nf6 12. Nc2 O-O 13. O-O Kh8 14.
b3 Qe8 15. f3 Rc8 16. Bg5 Nh5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Ne4 Rcd8 19. g3 Nf6 20. Rad1
Rd7 21. Kg2 Rfd8 22. Ne3 $16 {1-0 Acs,P-Cao,S/Budapest HUN 1999 (41)}) (9. Bd3
f4 10. g3 Nf6 11. gxf4 exf4 12. Bxf4 O-O 13. Bg3 Ng4 14. Be2 Nxf2 15. Qd5+ (15.
Bxf2 Rxf2 16. Kxf2 Bh4+ 17. Kg2 Qg5+ 18. Bg4 Ne5 (18... Bxg4 19. Qd5+ $18) 19.
h3 h5 $40) 15... Kh8 16. Bxf2 Nb4 17. Qh5 Rxf2 18. Kxf2 Bh4+ 19. Kg2 g6 20. Qf3
Qg5+ 21. Kf1 Bh3+ 22. Qxh3 Rf8+ 23. Bf3 Qe3 24. Qxh4 Nd3 25. Nd5 Qxf3+ 26. Kg1
Nf2 27. Kf1 Qxh1+ 28. Ke2 Qxa1 {0-1 Nunn,J-Nataf,I/ch-FRA (team), 1999 (28)})
9... Nf6 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. Ne3 (11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O O-O 13. Bg5 (13. Qe2 Rc8
14. Bg5 Ng4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nd5 Qh4 17. h3 Nf6 18. Rad1 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Ne7 20.
f4 Nd7 21. fxe5 Nxe5 22. Qe4 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Qxe4 24. Bxe4 Nc4 25. Re1 $13 {
1-0 Mannion,S-Arakhamia,K/Edinburgh SCO 1999 (41)}) 13... Ng4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15.
Ne3 (15. f3 Nh6 16. Kh1 Rad8 17. Qe2 Nf5 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 19. Ne3 Rf7 20. Ned5 Qh4
21. Rad1 Nd4 22. Qe1 Qxe1 23. Rfxe1 Rc8 24. f4 Rxc4 25. fxe5 Nc2 26. Rf1 dxe5
$19 {0-1 Satyapragyan,S-Nataf,I/World Junior Ch, Calicut IND 1998 (44)}) 15...
Qh4 16. Nxg4 Bxg4 17. f3 Be6 18. Qe2 Nd4 19. Qe4 Qh6 20. Rae1 Rf7 21. Qe3 Qxe3+
22. Rxe3 Rc8 23. Ne4 Rd7 24. b3 b5 25. Nd2 Bf5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Dvoirys,S-Nataf,I/
Koszalin POL 1999 (69)}) 11... Be6 12. Bd3 Nd4 13. O-O O-O 14. b3 (14. Ned5 Rc8
15. Be3 Qe8 16. Re1 Nf5 17. Bxf5 Bxf5 18. Qb3 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Rf7 20. Qxb7 Rxc4
21. Qxa6 Rc2 22. b4 Bh4 23. Re2 Bc8 24. Qd3 Bf5 25. Qd1 $18 {1-0 Horvath,
A-Jankovic,A/Litohoto GRE 1999 (28)}) 14... b5 15. Ncd5 bxc4 (15... Nxd5 16.
Nxd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Qd7 18. Be4 Bd8 19. Qd3 g6 20. Bh6 Rf7 21. Rac1 Bb6 22. Kh1
Bc5 23. h3 Nf5 24. Bd2 a5 25. Bxf5 Rxf5 26. Be3 Bxe3 27. Qxe3 $14 {1-0
Dgebuadze,A-Moiseenko,A/Rotterdam 1998/EXT 99 (39)}) 16. Bxc4 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 $6
(17. Nxd5 $5 Kh8 (17... Bg5 18. f4 (18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Nc7 Bxc4 20. bxc4 Rac8
$17) 18... Bf6 19. Bb2 $16) 18. Bb2 Nf5 19. Qd3 $14) 17... Bxd5 18. Nxd5 Bg5
19. b4 $1 {[%csl Gd5] It is very important for black to keep his knight on d5,
without this knight he could only stand worse.} (19. Bb2 Qa5 20. Nc3 Rac8 $132)
19... Bxc1 20. Rxc1 Ra7 21. Qd3 Qg5 $2 {Black cannot let white play f4 just
like that. He must fight against his biggest problem- N d5. He gets a
difficult positon very quickly.} (21... Qd7 $142 22. Qe4 (22. Qc4 Qb5 23. Rfe1
Qxc4 24. Rxc4 a5 $1 25. f4 axb4 26. fxe5 dxe5 27. Nxb4 Raf7 $15) (22. f4 $2 Qb5
23. Qxb5 (23. Qc4 Ne2+ 24. Kh1 Nxc1 $19) 23... axb5 $15 {[%csl Ga2]}) 22... a5
$132) 22. f4 Qh5 23. Rf2 Raf7 $2 (23... Qf7 $142 24. Qc4 Qe6 25. Re1 $16 {
Not pleasant but playable}) 24. Rcf1 Kh8 25. h3 $2 (25. Qxa6 {wins easily} exf4
(25... e4 26. Qc4) 26. Nxf4 Rxf4 $2 (26... Qh6 27. Ng6+ $1 $18) 27. Rxf4 Ne2+ (
27... Rxf4 28. Qc8+) 28. Qxe2 $18) 25... h6 26. Qxa6 exf4 27. Qc4 (27. Nxf4
Rxf4 28. Rxf4 Rxf4 29. Rxf4 Ne2+ $19 {This variation was not possible with the
pawns on h2 and h7}) 27... Qe5 28. Rd2 $1 Ne6 29. Re2 Qf5 30. Qe4 {[%csl Ga2,
Gb4] Forcing queen exchange and a technically won endgame} Ng5 31. Qxf5 Rxf5
32. Ne7 R5f6 33. h4 f3 (33... Ne6 34. Nd5 Rg6 35. Kf2 $18) 34. Ref2 fxg2 {
The exchange of rooks makes it even easier for white.} 35. Kxg2 Rxf2+ 36. Rxf2
Rxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Ne4+ 38. Ke3 Nc3 39. Kd4 Nxa2 40. b5 (40. b5 Nb4 (40... Nc1 41.
Kc4 $1 $18) 41. Kc4 Nc2 42. b6 Na3+ 43. Kd3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Hotel Agro GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1999.08.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Acs, Peter"]
[Black "Cao, Sang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
f5 9. exf5 (9. Bd3 f4 10. g3 Nf6 11. gxf4 exf4 12. Bxf4 O-O 13. Bg3 Ng4 14. Be2
Nxf2 $1 15. Qd5+ (15. Bxf2 Rxf2 16. Kxf2 Bh4+ 17. Kg2 Qg5+ 18. Bg4 Ne5 $44)
15... Kh8 16. Bxf2 Nb4 17. Qh5 Rxf2 18. Kxf2 Bh4+ 19. Kg2 g6 20. Qf3 Qg5+ 21.
Kf1 Bh3+ 22. Qxh3 Rf8+ 23. Bf3 Qe3 24. Qxh4 Nd3 25. Nd5 Qxf3+ 26. Kg1 Nf2 27.
Kf1 Qxh1+ 28. Ke2 Qxa1 {0-1 Nunn,J-Nataf,I/ch-FRA (team), 1999 (28)}) 9... Bxf5
10. Bd3 Bxd3 $2 {Allows white to efficiently develope his forces, and giving
up the ultimate defender of the weakenned white squares.} (10... Be6 $142 11.
Nc2 Nf6 12. Ne3 (12. O-O O-O 13. Bg5 Ng4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Ne3 (15. f3 Nh6 16.
Kh1 Rad8 17. Qe2 Nf5 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 19. Ne3 Rf7 20. Ned5 Qh4 21. Rad1 Nd4 22.
Qe1 Qxe1 23. Rfxe1 Rc8 24. f4 Rxc4 25. fxe5 Nc2 26. Rf1 dxe5 $19 {0-1
Satyapragyan,S-Nataf,I/World Junior Ch, Calicut IND 1998 (44)}) 15... Qh4 16.
Nxg4 Bxg4 17. f3 Be6 18. Qe2 Nd4 19. Qe4 Qh6 20. Rae1 Rf7 21. Qe3 Qxe3+ 22.
Rxe3 Rc8 23. Ne4 Rd7 24. b3 b5 25. Nd2 Bf5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Dvoirys,S-Nataf,I/
Koszalin POL 1999 (69)}) 12... O-O 13. O-O Nd4 14. Ned5 (14. b3 b5 15. Ncd5
bxc4 (15... Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Qd7 18. Be4 Bd8 19. Qd3 g6 20. Bh6 Rf7
21. Rac1 Bb6 22. Kh1 Bc5 23. h3 Nf5 24. Bd2 a5 25. Bxf5 Rxf5 26. Be3 Bxe3 27.
Qxe3 $14 {1-0 Dgebuadze,A-Moiseenko,A/Rotterdam 1998/EXT 99 (39)}) 16. Bxc4
Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Nxd5 Bg5 19. b4 Bxc1 20. Rxc1 Ra7 21. Qd3 Qg5 $2 (21...
Qd7 $13) 22. f4 $16 {1-0 Dvoirys,S-Degraeve,J/Koszalin POL 1999 (40)}) 14...
Rc8 15. Be3 Qe8 16. Re1 Nf5 17. Bxf5 Bxf5 18. Qb3 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Rf7 20. Qxb7
Rxc4 21. Qxa6 Rc2 22. b4 Bh4 23. Re2 Bc8 24. Qd3 Bf5 25. Qd1 $18 {1-0 Horvath,
A-Jankovic,A/Litohoto GRE 1999 (28)}) 11. Qxd3 Nf6 12. Nc2 O-O 13. O-O Kh8 14.
b3 (14. Ne3 Nh5 $5 (14... b5 $2 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Qxb5 Nd4 17. Qd3 {The
compensation for the pawn is hardly sufficient.}) (14... Qe8 15. Ned5 Nxd5 16.
Nxd5 (16. cxd5 Nb8 17. f4 Nd7 $11 {[%cal Ge7f6]}) 16... Bd8 17. b3 $16 {
[%cal Gc1b2,Gf2f4]}) (14... Nd4 15. Ned5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Be3
$16) 15. Ned5 Bg5 $132) 14... Qe8 15. f3 (15. Ne3 e4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 (16... Qg6
17. f3 Ne5 18. Qc2 Nxf3+ 19. Rxf3 Nxe4 $36) 17. Qxe4 Bf6 18. Qxe8 Raxe8 19. Rb1
Bd4 20. Bb2 $1 $18) 15... Rc8 $6 (15... Rb8 $142 {[%cal Gb7b5]}) (15... Rd8 16.
Bg5 Nh5 17. Bxe7 Nf4 18. Qe4 Qxe7) 16. Bg5 $1 {If white succeeds to exchange
his bishop for one of black knights his position will be techniaclly won, due
to the bad black bishop, the weak 'd6' P and a full contronl over the central
squares} Nh5 17. Bxe7 {[%csl Rd6]} Qxe7 18. Ne4 Rcd8 19. g3 Nf6 {Black is
lacking any kind of counterplay} 20. Rad1 Rd7 21. Kg2 (21. Nxd6 $2 Rfd8 22. c5
Ne8 23. Qe4 Nxd6 24. cxd6 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 {When the open position of white
kind and the possesion of the d file secure black a very good play}) 21... Rfd8
22. Ne3 {[%cal Ge3f5]} Nd4 $6 (22... Nb4 $5 23. Qd2 d5 24. Nxf6 gxf6 25. Nxd5
Nxd5 26. cxd5 Rxd5 27. Qxd5 (27. Qe2 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rxd1 29. Qxd1 Kg7 $11) 27...
Rxd5 28. Rxd5 e4 29. Rfd1 $16 {White has the advantage but black has good
drawing chances with the queen on the open board}) 23. Nxf6 Qxf6 24. f4 {
[%csl Gd4]} Qe6 25. f5 Qg8 (25... Qh6 26. f6 (26. Nd5) 26... Rf7 27. fxg7+ Qxg7
28. Rxf7 Qxf7 29. Rf1 Qh5 30. Qe4 $16 {[%csl Gh8]}) 26. Qe4 Rf7 27. Nd5 Qf8 28.
g4 Rc8 29. Rd3 b5 {The counterplay comes a bit late.} 30. Rh3 bxc4 31. Nb6 $4 {
Taking the knight away from the most important square.Now instead of winning
white should think about saving the game} (31. f6 $142 g6 (31... gxf6 32. Nxf6
{[%csl Gh7]} Qe7 33. Nd5 {[%csl Ge7,Gf7]} Qe6 34. Rxf7 Qxf7 35. Nf6 $18) (31...
g5 32. Ne7 Rxe7 $8 33. fxe7 Qxe7 34. bxc4 Rxc4 $140 $4 35. Rf8+ Kg7 36. Rxh7+
Kxf8 37. Qa8+ $18) 32. Ne7 Rxe7 33. fxe7 Qxe7 34. Rc3 $14 (34. Qxg6 Qb7+ 35.
Kg1 Ne2+ $17 {[%cal Gc8f8]}) 34... Qe6 35. Rxc4 Rxc4 36. bxc4 $16 {[%cal Ge4a8,
Ga8f8]}) 31... Rc5 (31... Rc6 32. Nxc4 Qd8 33. Ne3 Rc3 $15) 32. bxc4 Qd8 33. f6
gxf6 34. Nd5 f5 $4 {Giving white all the things he could only dream of} (34...
Rxc4 35. Nxf6 Rcc7 36. g5 Ne6 $17) 35. gxf5 {[%csl Gf6,Yg7][%cal Gf5f6,Gg1g8,
Yg2h1]} Rxc4 36. f6 Rc2+ $2 {After this black is already lost} (36... Qa8 37.
Kh1 $1 $44 Rc5 38. Nc3 Qc8 (38... Qxe4+ $2 39. Nxe4 Rc6 40. Ng5 $16) 39. Rg3
Rf8 (39... Rxc3 $4 40. Rxc3 Qxc3 41. Qa8+ $18) 40. Nd5 Nf5 (40... Qe6 41. Ne7
$18 {[%cal Gg3g7,Ge7g6]})) 37. Kh1 Qa8 38. Rg1 Ne2 $2 (38... Rcc7 39. Rhg3 {
[%csl Gc7][%cal Gg3g8]} Rcd7 40. Qg2 {[%csl Gg8]} Rf8 41. Rg7 $18) 39. Qxc2 Nf4
(39... Qxd5+ 40. Rg2 {[%cal Gc2c8]}) 40. Rf3 Rxf6 41. Qe4 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cuijpers, Frans Andre"]
[Black "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. Be2 f5 8. exf5
(8. O-O fxe4 9. N1c3 a6 10. Na3 Nf6 11. Nc2 O-O 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Qd2 Rc8 $15 {
Jojic-Sveshnikov/Torcy/1991}) 8... Bxf5 9. Bg5 (9. O-O Nf6 10. N1c3 a6 11. Na3
O-O 12. Nc2 Rc8 13. Ne3 Be6 14. Ned5 (14. Bf3 b5 $13 {Savon-Sveshnikov/Anapa/
1991}) 14... Nd4 15. Be3 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Bg5 $11 {
0-1 Stisis,Y-Milov,V/ISR 1992/TD (41). (41)}) (9. Bg4 Bxg4 10. Qxg4 Nf6 11. Qe2
) 9... Nf6 {a less critical line than:} (9... a6 10. Bxe7 Kxe7 11. N5c3 Nf6 12.
O-O Qb6 (12... Nd4 $6 {Horvath,T} 13. Bd3 Be6 14. Kh1 Rf8 15. f4 $14 {
Tschurpikov-Shuraev/Voronez/1991}) 13. b3 (13. Qd2 h6 14. Na3 Qd4 15. Rad1 Qxd2
16. Rxd2 Nd4 17. Re1 Nxe2+ 18. Rexe2 Rac8 19. f4 Ke6 20. Nd5 Rhe8 $11 {0-1
Shabtai,R-Milov,V/Budapest 1993/CBM 37 ext (42)}) 13... Rhd8 14. Bd3 Be6 15.
Be4 Qd4 16. Qe2 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Qxa1 18. Nbc3 Nd4 19. Qd2 Qxf1+ 20. Kxf1 h6 21.
Ne2 Nxe2 22. Kxe2 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Kramnik,V/Dortmund 1995/CBM 48/[Von Gleich] 
(22)}) (9... Bxg5 10. Nxd6+ Kf8 11. Nxf5 Qxd1+ 12. Bxd1 Bc1 13. a3 $14) 10.
Bh5+ (10. Bxf6 {was possible as well} gxf6 $14) 10... Bg6 (10... Kf8 11. O-O a6
12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. N5c3 Qd7 14. Nd5 Bd8 15. Nbc3 $14 {[%csl Rf8]
Belikov-Sherbakov/Kujbisev/1990}) (10... Nxh5 11. Bxe7 Kxe7 12. Qxh5 $14) (
10... g6 $2 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nxd6+ Kf8 13. Nxf5 Qxd1+ 14. Bxd1 gxf5 15. Nc3
$16) 11. Bxg6+ hxg6 12. Nd2 (12. Bxf6 $143 gxf6 13. Qg4 Kf7) 12... a6 13. Nc3
Qd7 14. Qc2 $2 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gc2g6] white missed a very good oportunity to
get a big advantage} (14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nd5 {[%cal Gd5b6]} Bd8 16. Ne4 $16)
14... Qg4 $5 (14... Qf5 15. Qxf5 gxf5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 Kf7 $11) 15. Qxg6+
Kf8 16. h4 Kg8 $2 {A mistake after which black will find herself in trouble} (
16... Qxg2 $2 17. O-O-O Rh6 18. Qd3 $16) ({However, the energetic:} 16... e4 $1
{[%csl Rg6][%cal Gh8h6,Gc6e5] would have led to complications favorable to
black} 17. f3 (17. Ndxe4 Ne5 18. Nxf6 Bxf6 19. Qe4 Bxg5 $19 {[%csl Rh1][%cal
Gh8h1]}) 17... Qxg2 18. O-O-O e3 (18... Rh6 19. Qf5 $16) 19. Nde4 Ne5 20. Qf5
Nxc4 21. Na4 {[%cal Gf5f8,Ye4f6]} Rh5 (21... Kf7 $2 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Qd5+ Ke7
(23... Kf8 24. Qxc4) 24. Qxb7+ $18) 22. Qe6 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Ge6c4]} e2 23.
Nxf6 (23. Rdg1 Qxf3) 23... exd1=Q+ 24. Rxd1 Bxf6 25. Bxf6 Re8) 17. f3 Rh6 (
17... Qxg2 18. O-O-O $40) 18. fxg4 Rxg6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 (19... Bxf6 20. g5 Be7
21. Nde4 $18 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gh4h5]}) 20. g5 Nb4 (20... fxg5 $6 21. h5 Rf6 22.
Nde4 Rf4 23. O-O-O $16 {[%csl Rd6,Re5,Re7,Rg5]}) (20... Nd4 21. O-O-O) 21. Ke2
(21. O-O-O $4 Nd3+ 22. Kc2 Nf2 $17) 21... Rg7 22. Rad1 fxg5 23. h5 $16 g4 {
[%cal Ge7g5]} 24. Nde4 {[%csl Rd6]} Nc6 {[%cal Gc6d4]} 25. Nd5 (25. Nxd6 $4
Nd4+ $19) 25... Nd4+ 26. Kd3 Ne6 (26... Nf5 27. Rdf1 Rf8 28. h6 Rh7 (28... Rgf7
29. Rxf5 Rxf5 30. Nxe7+ $18) 29. Nxe7+ Rxe7 30. h7+ $1 (30. Nxd6 Rd7) 30...
Rxh7 31. Rxh7 Kxh7 32. Nxd6 Rd8 (32... Kg6 33. Nxb7 $16) 33. Rxf5 Rxd6+ 34. Ke3
$16) 27. Kc3 Bf8 28. Ndf6+ Kh8 29. Nxd6 $18 Bxd6 (29... Nd4 30. h6 Rc7 31. Nde4
$18) 30. Rxd6 Nf4 31. Rhd1 {[%cal Gd6d8]} Ne2+ 32. Kd3 Nd4 33. Ke4 {White has
an extra pawn and all his pieces are better. The rest is agony} Nc6 34. b4 {
[%csl Rd8][%cal Gb4b5]} Rf7 35. g3 Rg7 36. R1d5 Rf7 37. Nxg4 Rf1 38. Rh6+ Kg7
39. Rg6+ Kf7 40. Rd7+ Ke8 41. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "Chalapathi GM"]
[Site "Guntur"]
[Date "2000.04.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Black "Rahman, Ziaur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2000.04.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nb5 Qb8 6. Bd3 (6. g3 Nf6 (6...
a6 7. N5c3 e6 8. Bg2 Bc5 9. O-O Nf6 10. Bf4 Ne5 11. a4 d6 12. a5 Qc7 13. Nd2
Bd7 14. Nb3 Ba7 15. Qe2 h6 16. Kh1 Rc8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Iordachescu,V-Cosma,I/
Sovata 1999/EXT 2000/[Marin,M] (69)}) 7. Bg2 a6 8. N5a3 b5 9. c4 e6 10. O-O Bc5
11. cxb5 axb5 12. Nc2 Bb7 13. Bf4 d6 14. b4 Nxb4 15. Nxb4 Bxb4 16. Qb3 Bc5 17.
Qxb5+ Nd7 18. Rd1 Ra6 $1 19. Nc3 Rb6 20. Qe2 Bc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Fernandez Garcia,
J-Miladinovic,I/Dos Hermanas ESP 2000/The Week in Chess 284 (73)}) (6. c4 a6 7.
N5c3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. Nd2 Be7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Be2 b6 12. Nf3 h6 13. Bh4 d6 14.
O-O Rd8 15. Qb3 Ra7 16. Rfd1 g5 $1 17. Bg3 Nh5 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Nxg3 20.
hxg3 Bd7 $11 {0-1 Borriss,M-Epishin,V/Vienna 1998/EXT 2000 (49)}) 6... g6 (6...
Nf6 7. f4 d6 8. O-O a6 9. N5c3 e6 10. Be3 b5 11. Qf3 Bb7 12. Nd2 Be7 13. Qh3
Nb4 14. Nf3 {White has his N of f3 rather than b3 if comparing to the usual
position, it works clearly in his favor of course since the N is much closer
to both kings} Nxd3 15. cxd3 O-O 16. f5 exf5 (16... Qc8 17. g4 exf5 18. gxf5
Nd7 19. Kh1 b4 20. Ne2 d5 21. Rg1 f6 (21... dxe4 22. Qh6 g6 (22... Bf6 23.
Rxg7+ Bxg7 24. Rg1 $18) 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. Rxg6+ hxg6 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 26. Qh6+ Kg8
27. Rg1+ $18) 22. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 23. Rg1+ Kh8 24. Nf4 Rg8 25. Ng6+ {1-0 Volzhin,
A-Oral,T/Varadero CUB 2000/The Week in Chess 288 (25)}) 17. Nd4 g6 18. Nxf5 $1
gxf5 19. Bd4 $1 {[%csl Ra8,Rb7,Rb8,Rg8] Black pieces cannot come to rescue
their king.} Ng4 20. exf5 $6 (20. Rxf5 $142 Ne5 21. Rxe5 Bf6 22. Rd5 Bxd4+ 23.
Rxd4 $18) 20... Ne5 21. f6 Re8 22. Qg3+ Ng6 23. fxe7 Rxe7 24. h4 $16 {[%csl
Gd4,Rg8] 1-0 Tiviakov,S-Yakovich,Y/Saint Vincent ITA 2000/The Week in Chess
276 (31)}) (6... a6 7. N5c3 b5 8. O-O e6 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Nd2 Ne5 (10... Be7 11.
f4 d6 12. a4 b4 13. Ne2 Ng4 14. Bf2 Nxf2 15. Rxf2 O-O {1/2-1/2 Jurkiewicz,
K-Javakhishvili,L/Oropesa del Mar 1999/CBM 72 ext (15)}) 11. h3 Bb7 12. Bf4
Nxd3 13. cxd3 Be7 14. Nb3 O-O 15. Na5 Rc8 16. Rc1 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. a3 {
1/2-1/2 Rodriguez,A-Magem Badals,J/Cala Galdana 1999/EXT 2000 (18)}) 7. O-O Bg7
8. c4 {After black has commited himself to a kingside fianketto white chooses
to transpose to a Maroci type of position. However, unlike the normal position
black is falling behind here, which allows white to expoit the main weakness
in this setup: the d5 square.} Nf6 9. N1c3 a6 10. Na3 O-O 11. Be3 d6 12. f3 Nd7
13. Be2 {[%csl Yd4]} Nc5 $6 {A bit premature. Later on the N will become an
object for white's Q side pawns} (13... b6 $142 {[%cal Gc8b7]}) 14. Qd2 b6 15.
Rfd1 {For the last 8 moves the players have been placing the pieces of the
best positions according to their understading of the position.} Ra7 ({after} 
15... Bb7 $2 16. Rab1 Nb4 (16... a5 {[%csl Rb5,Rb6]} 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Nb5 $16)
17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 {[%csl Ra8] the 'a8' R would be left out of play.}) 16.
Rab1 $1 {[%cal Gb2b4] White's idea is deeper than just play b4, black will not
let it happen: the idea is to force an exchange on d5 and exploit the
weakenned 'c6' sqaure..} Nb4 (16... a5 17. Nab5 Rd7 18. a3 a4 19. Qc2 Qa8 20.
Bxc5 bxc5 21. Qxa4 $16) (16... Be6 17. b4 Nd7 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Nc2 {[%cal Ga2a5]
with an unpleasant pressure.}) 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gb2b5]}
b5 {b2-b4-b5 was threatennig} 19. Rbc1 Rc7 20. b3 {[%cal Ga3c2,Yc2b4,Yc2d4]} ({
but not} 20. b4 Na4 {getting some squares.}) 20... Bd7 21. Nc2 Rfc8 (21... Bb2
22. Rb1 Bg7 23. Nd4 Rfc8 24. Rbc1 $14) 22. Nd4 (22. Bd4 Nxe4 $5 23. fxe4 Rxc2
24. Rxc2 Bxd4+ 25. Kh1 Rxc2 26. Qxc2 Qb6 $44) 22... Qb6 $4 {setting a trap but
falling in one himself} (22... a5 $142 23. b4 (23. Qxa5 Bxd4 24. Bxd4 Nxb3 25.
Rxc7 Nxa5 26. Rxd7 Rc2 27. Bxb5 Rxa2 28. Rb1 $13) 23... axb4 24. Qxb4 $14 {
[%csl Rb5]}) 23. b4 $1 Nxe4 24. Nc6 $1 (24. fxe4 $2 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 (25. Nc6
R1xc6 26. Bxb6 Rxb6 27. Rc1 Rbb8 $13) 25... Rxc1+ 26. Qxc1 Bxd4 $19) 24... Nxd2
25. Bxb6 Bxc6 $8 {the only move creating real techniqal difficluties for white.
} (25... Rxc6 26. dxc6 Bxc6 27. Rxd2 Bh6 28. Rdc2 Bxc1 29. Rxc1 $18) 26. Bxc7
Bd4+ 27. Kh1 Bxd5 28. Rxd2 Be3 29. Rdc2 Bxc1 30. Rxc1 Bxa2 (30... Kf8 31. a4
bxa4 (31... Ke8 32. axb5 axb5 33. Bxb5+ $18) 32. Bxa6 Ra8 33. Bc4 Bxc4 34. Rxc4
a3 35. Rc1 a2 36. Ba5 Kg7 37. Ra1 $18) 31. Kg1 Kf8 32. Kf2 Bd5 $2 (32... Ke8
$142 33. Ra1 (33. Ke3 Kd7 34. Ra1 Bc4 35. Bb6 (35. Bxc4 bxc4 36. Bb6 e5 $132))
33... Bc4 34. Bb6 Bxe2 35. Kxe2 Rc2+ 36. Kf1 $14) 33. Ke3 Ke8 34. Kd2 Kd7 35.
Bb6 Bc4 36. Bd1 {Now white is able to keep the pair of bishops and the win is
only a matter of time: first white creates weaknesses in black's camp, and
then enters with pieces.} Rc6 37. Be3 f6 38. Bc2 {[%cal Gh2h5]} e5 39. h4 d5
40. Ba7 Ke6 41. Ra1 Kf7 42. h5 Kg7 43. hxg6 hxg6 44. Bc5 {[%cal Gf3f4,Ga1e1,
Ye5e4,Yd2e3,Ye3d4] Now, by playing f4 white will force black to ad vance his
pawn to a4 and blackade on d4} f5 45. g3 Kf6 46. f4 d4 (46... e4 47. Ke3 $18 {
[%cal Ga1h1,Gh1h7,Gc5d4]}) 47. fxe5+ Kxe5 48. Re1+ Kf6 (48... Kd5 49. Re8 (49.
Bd1 Rxc5 50. Bf3+ Kd6 51. bxc5+ Kxc5 52. Re5+ Kd6 $44) 49... a5 50. Rd8+ Ke6
51. Rxd4 $18) 49. Bxd4+ $18 {the rest is an agony} Kg5 50. Be5 Bd5 51. Bd3 Kg4
52. Ke3 Bf3 53. Kd4 Kh3 54. Bf4 Kg4 55. Re8 {[%cal Ge8h8]} Bd1 56. Be5 Kf3 (
56... g5 57. Rf8 $18) 57. Kd5 Rc1 58. Bf4 {[%cal Ge8e6,Gd5d4]} Bb3+ 59. Kd4 Rd1
60. Kc3 Bc4 61. Bxc4 bxc4 62. Rg8 {[%csl Ra6,Rc4,Rg6]} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Annageldyev, Orazly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[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 "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Turkmenistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TKM"]

{[%mdl 32768]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6
7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nce7 9. c4 Nxd5 10. exd5 Nf6 $6 {A very rare move, trying to
get some mixture of Benko and KI, in this game, at least, with no success at
all.The usual is 10...bxc4} (10... bxc4 11. Nxc4 Nf6 12. Be3 (12. Bd2 Bd7 13.
Ba5 Qb8 14. Rc1 Be7 15. Be2 O-O 16. O-O Bd8 17. b4 Bf5 18. Bxd8 Rxd8 19. Na5 {
1/2-1/2 Robovic,S-Waitzkin,J/New York 1998/EXT 99 (19)}) 12... Rb8 13. Be2 (13.
a4 Ng4 14. Bd2 Qd7 (14... f5 15. Be2 Qh4 16. g3 Qh3 17. Bf1 Qh5 18. h3 Nf6 19.
Qxh5+ Nxh5 20. a5 Nf6 21. Nb6 Bb7 22. Bc4 Be7 23. O-O Bd8 $15 {1/2-1/2
Smikovski,I-Sveshnikov,E/Samara RUS 2000/The Week in Chess 294 (37)}) 15. Be2
Be7 16. O-O O-O 17. a5 Nf6 18. Nb6 Qf5 19. f4 Bd8 20. fxe5 Bxb6+ 21. axb6 Qxe5
22. Bf4 Qe7 23. Bg5 Rxb6 24. Qd4 Rb8 25. Bxa6 Qe5 26. Qxe5 dxe5 27. Bxf6 gxf6 {
1/2-1/2 Svetushkin,D-Fedorov,A/Istanbul TUR 2000/The Week in Chess 313 (27)}) (
13. Rc1 Bd7 14. a4 Ng4 15. Bd2 Qf6 16. Qe2 Be7 17. h4 h5 18. f3 Nh6 19. Bg5 Qg6
20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Qxe5 Qd6 22. Qxg7 Rg8 23. Qxh6 Qg3+ 24. Kd1 Bxa4+ $40 {
1/2-1/2 Kotronias,V-Miton,K/Philadelphia USA 2000/The Week in Chess 296 (52)})
13... Be7 14. a4 (14. O-O O-O 15. a4 Qd7 16. Nb6 Qf5 17. Nxc8 Qxc8 18. Rc1 Qf5
19. b3 a5 20. h3 e4 21. Bc4 Nd7 22. Qg4 Qxg4 23. hxg4 Ne5 24. g5 f5 25. gxf6
Bxf6 26. Bb5 $16 {1-0 Bologan,V-Milov,V/New York 1997/CBM 57 ext (35)}) 14...
Qd7 15. O-O Bb7 16. Ba7 Rd8 17. Nb6 Qf5 18. Rc1 e4 19. Rc7 Bxd5 20. Bxa6 $16 {
1-0 Shirov,A-Fedorov,A/Istanbul TUR 2000/The Week in Chess 313 (28)}) 11. cxb5
Be7 12. Bc4 O-O 13. O-O Bg4 (13... axb5 14. Nxb5 $16 {[%cal Gb5c3]}) 14. Qb3
Rb8 15. Be3 {White's play is extremely simple: develop some pieces and promote
the extra pawn} Bd7 16. Rad1 {Shirov waits for black to play Ng4, thus
removing a defense off the B, which will allow white to play Ba7 with comfort.}
(16. b6 $6 Ng4 17. b7 Nxe3 18. fxe3 a5 19. Ba6 $16) (16. Ba7 $6 axb5 17. Nxb5
Rb7) 16... Ng4 (16... axb5 17. Nxb5 (17. Bxb5 $2 Qa5 18. Bd2 Qa7 {and white
pieces get a bit stuck}) 17... Qa5 18. a4 $16) 17. Ba7 axb5 (17... Rb7 18. b6
$18 {[%cal Gc4a6]}) 18. Bxb8 bxc4 19. Qb7 {This would not be possible with
black N on f6} Qc8 20. Qa7 $1 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Ga3c4] the ending is winning as
well, but the text is much faster.} f5 (20... Qxb8 21. Qxd7 {[%csl Re7,Rg4]}
Nf6 22. Qb5 $18 (22. Qxe7 $143 Re8 23. Qxe8+ Nxe8 24. Nxc4 $18)) 21. Nxc4 Rf6 {
Desparation} 22. Nb6 Qe8 23. Qxd7 Qh5 24. h3 Nxf2 25. Kxf2 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.04"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[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 "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Belarus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

{[%mdl 32768]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6
7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nce7 9. c4 Nxd5 10. exd5 bxc4 (10... Nf6 $6 11. cxb5 Be7 12.
Bc4 O-O 13. O-O Bg4 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. Be3 Bd7 16. Rad1 Ng4 17. Ba7 axb5 (17...
Rb7 18. b6 $18 {[%cal Gc4a6]}) 18. Bxb8 bxc4 19. Qb7 Qc8 20. Qa7 $1 $18 {
[%csl Rc4][%cal Ga3c4] 1-0 Shirov,A-Annageldyev,O/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001/
[Gershon] (25)}) 11. Nxc4 Nf6 12. Be3 (12. Bd2 Bd7 13. Ba5 Qb8 14. Rc1 Be7 15.
Be2 O-O 16. O-O Bd8 17. b4 Bf5 18. Bxd8 Rxd8 19. Na5 {1/2-1/2 Robovic,
S-Waitzkin,J/New York 1998/EXT 99 (19)}) 12... Rb8 13. Be2 (13. a4 $143 Ng4 14.
Bd2 Qd7 (14... f5 15. Be2 Qh4 16. g3 Qh3 17. Bf1 Qh5 18. h3 Nf6 19. Qxh5+ Nxh5
20. a5 Nf6 21. Nb6 Bb7 22. Bc4 Be7 23. O-O Bd8 $15 {1/2-1/2 Smikovski,
I-Sveshnikov,E/Samara RUS 2000/The Week in Chess 294 (37)}) 15. Be2 Be7 16. O-O
O-O 17. a5 Nf6 18. Nb6 Qf5 19. f4 Bd8 20. fxe5 Bxb6+ 21. axb6 Qxe5 22. Bf4 Qe7
23. Bg5 Rxb6 24. Qd4 Rb8 25. Bxa6 Qe5 26. Qxe5 dxe5 27. Bxf6 gxf6 {1/2-1/2
Svetushkin,D-Fedorov,A/Istanbul TUR 2000/The Week in Chess 313 (27)}) (13. Rc1
Bd7 14. a4 Ng4 15. Bd2 Qf6 16. Qe2 Be7 17. h4 h5 18. f3 Nh6 19. Bg5 Qg6 20.
Nxe5 dxe5 21. Qxe5 Qd6 22. Qxg7 Rg8 23. Qxh6 Qg3+ 24. Kd1 Bxa4+ $40 {1/2-1/2
Kotronias,V-Miton,K/Philadelphia USA 2000/The Week in Chess 296 (52)}) 13...
Be7 14. a4 (14. O-O O-O 15. a4 Qd7 16. Nb6 Qf5 17. Nxc8 Qxc8 18. Rc1 Qf5 19. b3
a5 20. h3 e4 21. Bc4 Nd7 22. Qg4 Qxg4 23. hxg4 Ne5 24. g5 f5 25. gxf6 Bxf6 26.
Bb5 $16 {1-0 Bologan,V-Milov,V/New York 1997/CBM 57 ext (35)}) 14... Qd7 15.
O-O Bb7 $2 {A decisive mistake!Black king is now stuck in the center until the
end of the game. Better was to get the king out of denger first, analogically
to Bologan- Milov, although black's position is far from being satisfying in
either case.} (15... O-O $142) 16. Ba7 $1 Rd8 17. Nb6 Qf5 18. Rc1 {[%cal Gc1c7]
} e4 (18... O-O $4 19. Rc7 {[%csl Rb7,Re7]}) 19. Rc7 Bxd5 20. Bxa6 Be6 21. Qc2
h5 (21... d5 22. Bb5+ Kf8 (22... Bd7 23. Nxd7 Nxd7 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Qc8+ Bd8
26. Bb6 O-O 27. Bxd7 $18) 23. Rxe7 Kxe7 24. Qc5+ Rd6 25. Qc7+ Nd7 26. Nxd7 Rxd7
27. Bc5+ Kf6 28. Bxd7 Bxd7 29. f3 $18) 22. Rd1 {/\ Bb5 Kf8 Re7 (><d6)} (22.
Bb5+ Kf8) 22... Ng4 23. h3 (23. Bb5+ Kf8 24. Rxe7 Kxe7 25. Qc7+ Kf6) 23... Ne5
24. Nc8 $1 {chaging black's main defender} Bxc8 25. Bxc8 Qg6 26. Bb7 f5 27. a5
Bf6 28. Bd5 {A picturesque position: Black K is stuck in the center, white is
completely dominating the board, and in addition to all this the 'a' pawn is
runnig. A very powerful performance by Shirov, who hasn't left his opponent
any chances after the 15th move.} 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 36th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2001.05.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2001.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32768]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7.
Bd3 ({the main line is:} 7. N1c3) 7... a6 {- the most popular response. Other
moves tranfer to the main line at some stage.} (7... Be6 8. O-O a6 9. N5c3 Nf6
10. Ne2 O-O 11. Nbc3 Qd7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. Bb1 a5 15. Nc3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Galkin,A-Kasparov,S/Koszalin 1999/EXT 2000 (37)}) (7... Nf6 8. N1c3 a6
9. Na3 Bg4 10. Be2 Be6 11. Nc2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. b3 b5 {1/2-1/2 Vehi Bach,
V-Nataf,I/Andorra la Vella 1999/EXT 2000 (13)}) 8. N5c3 Bg5 {[%csl Rd4] It's
impornant to change the dark squared B's, getting rid of a weak piece and
weakenning the d4 square.} 9. Na3 (9. Nd2 Nf6 (9... Be6 10. b3 Nge7 11. O-O O-O
12. Nd5 Qa5 13. b4 Qd8 14. a3 Ng6 15. Re1 Nd4 16. Nb3 Bxc1 17. Rxc1 Nxb3 18.
Qxb3 Qg5 19. Bf1 Rac8 20. Rcd1 f5 21. exf5 Qxf5 22. Qe3 Qf7 $11 {[%cal Gb7b5,
Gg6h4,Gh4f5,Gf5d4] 1-0 Yagupov,I-Zvereva,M/St Petersburg RUS 2001/The Week in
Chess 344 (52)}) 10. O-O {This plan is too slow, allowing black to take
control over the position.} (10. Nf1 Bxc1 11. Rxc1 O-O 12. Ne3 Nd4 13. O-O b5
14. cxb5 axb5 15. Nxb5 Nxb5 16. Bxb5 Rxa2 17. Qb3 Be6 18. Bc4 Bxc4 19. Rxc4 Ra6
$11 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,A-Tregubov,P/Mulhouse FRA 2001/The Week in Chess 336 (27)}
) 10... O-O 11. b3 Nd4 12. Bb2 Bg4 $1 13. f3 {[%cal Ya7g1]} Bd7 14. Kh1 b5 15.
Ne2 Ne6 16. b4 Qb6 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Nb1 Rfd8 19. Nbc3 Bc6 {[%cal Gd6d5]} 20.
Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Qxd5 Kg8 $11 {1-0 Luther,T-Tregubov,
P/Ohrid MKD 2001/The Week in Chess 344 (48)}) 9... Bxc1 10. Rxc1 Qg5 11. O-O
Nge7 12. Nc2 O-O 13. Be2 $6 $146 {I don't see a reason to put the B on 'f3'
while it can be put on f1. On 'f3' it's very vulnerable to black's pieces.} (
13. Re1 {makes more sense than the text} Be6 14. Bf1 Rad8 15. b4 f5 16. b5 Nb8
17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Nd5 Nd7 19. f4 Qh4 20. g3 Nxg3 $1 21. hxg3 Qxg3+ 22. Bg2 Bg4
23. Qd2 exf4 24. Qf2 Qxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Nc5 26. Bf1 h5 27. Ncb4 axb5 28. cxb5 Ra8
$36 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Fedorov,A/Wijk aan Zee NED 2001/The Week in Chess 323 (49)}
) 13... Bh3 14. Bf3 Ng6 {[%cal Gg6h4]} 15. Kh1 (15. Ne3 Nd4 16. Kh1 Be6 $36 {
[%cal Gg6h4]}) 15... Be6 16. Nd5 Nh4 17. b3 {[%cal Gd5c7]} ({interesting was:} 
17. b4 {[%cal Gb4b5,Gc2e3]} b5 18. Nce3 Nd4 19. Bg4 $13) (17. Nc7 $4 Bxc4 18.
Nxa8 Bxf1 19. Qxf1 Rxa8 $19) 17... Rad8 {Both removing the rook from 'a8' and
protecting the 'd6' pawn- "just in case"} (17... f5 $143 {because after:} 18.
exf5 {black is obliged to play:} Bxf5 ({and not :} 18... Nxf5 19. Nc7 $18) 19.
Nb6 Rae8 20. Bd5+ $14 {[%cal Gc2e3]}) 18. Nde3 Qf4 19. Nd5 Qg5 {one of the
sympthoms of FIDE's new time control: after move 15 the players usually have
less than half an hour left and repeat the moves to gain some extra minute to
think. (Uusally it's hardly enough, and takes more time to think about
repeating the moves, than what you actually gain by that)} 20. Nde3 Qg6 {
black is preparing the thematic f5 advance. First he puts the Q on the best
position for that, then removes the K from the /^. Meanwhile white is
improving his pieces and waiting for black to weaken himself a bit.The
position is about equal} 21. Qe2 (21. b4 {is a bit too late} b5 22. cxb5 axb5
23. a3 Kh8 $15) 21... Kh8 22. Rcd1 Rd7 (22... f5 23. exf5 Nxf5 24. Be4 Qh6 25.
Rd2 {would transpose to the game}) 23. Rd2 f5 24. exf5 Nxf5 25. Be4 Qh6 26.
Bxf5 (26. Nxf5 {makes more sense to me, keeping the strong bishop on the board.
} Bxf5 27. Rfd1 Bxe4 28. Qxe4 Rf4 29. Qe3 $14 {[%cal Gc4c5]}) 26... Bxf5 27.
Rfd1 Bxc2 28. Nxc2 Qg6 {the difference between 26.Nf5 and 26.Bf5 : had white
taken with the N, his Q would now be standing on 'e4' giving his more space.}
29. c5 $2 {blundering black's reply.} (29. f3 $142 $5 {[%cal Ge2d3] is a nice
idea to protect the weak 'f2' pawn, before going into any concrete lines})
29... d5 $1 30. Ne3 ({the pawn is untouchable:} 30. Rxd5 $4 Rxd5 {this
intermideate capture is what white has probably missed while playing 29.c5} ({
but not :} 30... Nd4 $4 31. R1xd4 exd4 32. Rxd7 $18) 31. Rxd5 Nd4 32. Qxe5 (32.
Nxd4 Qb1+) 32... Nxc2 $19) 30... d4 $15 {/-/+ In only 2 moves the position has
changed drrastically. The weak 'd6' pawn is now controlling nearly the whole
center!} 31. f3 (31. Nc4 Re7 32. Nd6 e4 $36) 31... Re7 32. Nd5 Ref7 33. Re1 (
33. b4 $2 e4 $1 34. fxe4 (34. Qxe4 Qxe4 35. fxe4 Rf1+) 34... Qxe4 $1 $19) 33...
Qg5 {still threatenning 34...e4 followed by Qxd2} 34. Rdd1 h5 $1 {Both making
a'luft' for the king and creating extra weaknesses in white's position} 35. a3
h4 {[%cal Gh4h3]} 36. h3 Qg3 37. Rf1 (37. b4 $5 {[%cal Ga3a4,Gb4b5]} Rf5 38. a4
e4 39. fxe4 Rf2 40. Qh5+ Kg8 41. Rg1 g6 42. Qg4 Qxg4 43. hxg4 Rb2 44. g5 {
[%cal Gd5f6]} Rff2 {[%cal Gh4h3]} 45. Kh2 Rb3 $15 {[%cal Gc6e5]}) 37... Rf5 38.
Qe4 Rg5 39. Rg1 Nd8 $2 (39... Rg6 $142 40. Rd3 Qg5 $15 {[%cal Gc6d8,Gd8e6]})
40. f4 $4 (40. Rd3 $1 {[%cal Gf3f4]} Ne6 (40... Qf2 41. f4 exf4 42. Rf3 $18 {
[%cal Gd5f4,Gf4g6]}) 41. f4 Nxc5 42. Rxg3 Nxe4 43. Rxg5 Nxg5 44. fxg5 $16)
40... exf4 41. Rxd4 (41. Rd3 f3 42. Rxd4 Re5 43. Qxh4+ Qxh4 44. Rxh4+ Kg8 45.
gxf3 (45. Nc3 f2 46. Rf1 Re1 $19) 45... Rxd5 $19) 41... Nc6 42. Rd3 f3 43. Ne3
(43. Rxf3 Rxf3 44. Qxf3 Qxf3 45. gxf3 Rxd5 $19) 43... Re5 (43... Re5 44. Qg4 f2
45. Rf1 Rxe3 $19) 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Iasi"]
[Date "1999.12.26"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Black "Grigore, George Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. b3 Nf6 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O Nd7 (9... a6 10. N5c3 Be6 11. Na3 Nd7 12. Nc2 (12. Re1 Bg5 13. Bb2
Nc5 14. Nc2 Qb6 (14... Nxd3 $142 15. Qxd3 f5 $132) 15. Ne3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Rac8
17. Bf1 Ne7 18. Qd2 Rfd8 19. Rd1 Ng6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Ne7 22. Qd2 Ne6 23.
Be2 Rb8 24. Bg4 $16 {1-0 Luther,T-Sokolov,E/Bad Zwesten 1997/CBM 57 ext (42)})
12... Rc8 13. Re1 Nc5 14. Bf1 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Be3 Ne6 17. Bd3 $1 {
Weakening the light squares.} Kh8 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 19. Qd5 Qd7 20. Na4 Nc7 21. Qd3
Rcf8 22. Nc5 Qc8 23. Ne4 Ne8 24. Bb6 Qe6 25. Ne3 R5f7 26. Nd5 $16 {1-0 Aseev,
K-Ivanov,V/St Petersburg 1999/CBM 74 no vc (30)}) (9... Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Be3
(11. N1c3 a6 12. Na3 Nh5 13. g3 $6 g6 14. Nc2 f5 15. Nd5 f4 16. g4 Nf6 17. Bb2
g5 18. Kg2 h5 19. h3 Kf7 20. Qd2 Rh8 21. Rh1 Rh6 22. Rad1 Rc8 $11 {0-1
Kapnisis,S-Moiseenko,A/Murek 1998/CBM 65 ext (51)}) 11... Rc8 (11... Ne8 12.
N5c3 Bg5 13. Bf2 Ne7 14. a4 g6 15. a5 f5 16. a6 b6 17. Na3 Nf6 18. Nab5 Qd7 19.
Qe2 Rad8 20. Rfd1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Yagupov,I-Sveshnikov,E/St Petersburg 1998/CBM
67 (80)}) (11... Nh5 12. Qd2 Nf4 13. Rd1 a6 14. N5c3 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 f5 16. exf5
Bxf5 17. Ne4 Qe8 18. Nbc3 Rd8 19. Qe2 Qg6 20. Rd2 h6 21. Rad1 $16 {1-0
Antoniewski,R-Moiseenko,A/Murek 1998/CBM 65 ext (37)}) 12. N5c3 Ne8 13. Nd5 Bg5
14. Bf2 Ne7 15. Nxe7+ Bxe7 16. Nc3 b6 17. Qe1 Qd7 18. a4 Bd8 19. Nd5 g6 20. Qd2
f5 21. exf5 gxf5 22. f4 $1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Smetankin,S-Pinski,J/Yerevan 1999/CBM
72 ext (36)}) 10. N1c3 a6 11. Na3 Bg5 (11... Nc5 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. Re1 f5 14.
exf5 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Bxf5 16. Ne4 Kh8 17. Bd2 Bg6 18. f3 b5 19. Bc3 bxc4 20. bxc4
Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Rfc8 $132 {0-1 Renet,O-Milov,V/SUI 1996/CBM 55 ext (38)}) 12. Bb2
Nc5 13. Nc2 (13. Be2 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Nd5 Bh6 16. Nc2 Ne6 17. Bg4 Qh4 18.
Nde3 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 Bxg4 20. Qxg4 Qxg4 21. Nxg4 b5 22. Ne3 Ned4 $11 {1/2-1/2
Shevelev,S-Maidla,V/Jyvaskyla 1996/EXT 98 (36)}) 13... Kh8 (13... f5 14. exf5
Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Bxf5 16. Qd5+ Kh8 17. Ne3 Bg6 18. Rad1 Be7 $14) 14. Be2 f5 15.
exf5 Bxf5 16. Nd5 Rb8 {Black's idea is by advancing his 'b' pawn to either
create a weakness on c4 or, if white takes on b5, reduce his control over the
'd5' square.} (16... Ne6 $6 17. Bg4 Bxg4 18. Qxg4 Nf4 19. Rad1 $16) 17. Nce3
Be4 18. Bc3 $6 {The bishop on c3 only gives black various tactical
oportunities.} (18. b4 $2 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Qg5 $1 20. Bf3 Bxd5 $19 {[%csl Gb4,Ge3]
}) (18. f3 $142 Bg6 19. Kh1) 18... b5 19. cxb5 (19. b4 Bxe3 20. Nxe3 Na4 $17)
19... axb5 20. f3 Bg6 21. Kh1 Rb7 $2 {Missing an oportunity to take over the
initiative.} (21... b4 $142 22. Bd2 (22. Bb2 Ne6 23. Nc2 Nf4 $15 {[%csl Gd5]})
22... Nd4 $36 {[%cal Gg6b1,Gg5c1]}) 22. Nc2 {[%cal Gc2b4] Now white unties his
knights and keeps a slight advantage.} Qd7 23. Ncb4 Bf7 (23... Nxb4 24. Nxb4
Bf7 {- game}) 24. Nxc6 Qxc6 25. Nb4 Qd7 26. Qe1 $14 {White has a clear plan
now, playing against the pair of hanging pawns, whereas black's counterplan
should be to try and establish himself on d4} Rc8 (26... Ne6 $142 $5 27. Rd1 {
[%csl Ge5][%cal Gd1d7]} Bf6 {[%cal Ge6d4]} 28. Nd5 (28. Qd2 Nd4 (28... Nf4 $5)
29. Bxd4 exd4 30. f4 Rc7 $132) 28... Bg5 29. Qg3 {[%cal Gf3f4]} Nf4 (29... Ra7
30. f4 Rxa2 31. Bg4 Bxf4 32. Nxf4 exf4 33. Rxf4 $16) 30. Nxf4 Bxf4 $11) 27. Rd1
Qe6 $6 {Looks like black does not have a clear plan and each move stands for
itself.} (27... Qc7 $142 28. Bb2 Ne6 $11) 28. Bd2 $5 {Getting rid of black's
annoying bishop on g5 thus weakenning black's central pawwns. The drawback of
this move is that now black can occupy the d4 square.} Bxd2 29. Rxd2 (29. Qxd2
$5 Rd8 30. f4 $5 (30. Qe3) 30... e4 31. Qd4 $14 {[%cal Gf4f6]}) 29... Qe7 30.
Qf2 Ne6 31. Bd3 {[%csl Rc6,Rd5][%cal Gd3e4,Ye4a8]} Nd4 32. Be4 Rbc7 {[%cal
Gc7c1]} (32... Ra7 33. Rxd4 exd4 34. Nc6 Rxc6 35. Bxc6 Qe5 36. Rd1 Rc7 37. Be4
$16) 33. Rdd1 Be6 34. Qe3 $5 (34. f4 Rf8 35. Qe3 Qf6 $11) 34... Rc3 $2 {
Getting into the trap} (34... Qh4 35. f4 Qh6 $13 {With black standing by no
means worse.}) 35. Qe1 {[%csl Gc3]} Qd8 $2 (35... R3c7 $142 36. f4 Re8 37. fxe5
dxe5 38. Bxh7 $5 Kxh7 39. Qxe5 {[%csl Gd4] An amazing thing! The knight is
caught in the middle of the board.} Nf5 (39... Nc6 40. Nxc6 Rxc6 41. Qe4+ $18)
(39... Nxb3) 40. Rxf5 (40. Nd5 $2 Rc5 (40... Bxd5 $4 41. Qxf5+ Kh8 42. Qh5+ Kg8
43. Qxd5+ $18) 41. Rxf5 Bxd5 $1 42. Rh5+ Kg8 43. Qxe7 Rxe7 $19 {[%cal Ge1h1,
Ge7e1]}) 40... Bxf5 41. Qxf5+ g6 42. Qh3+ Kg7 43. Qg3 $14) 36. Bb7 R8c7 37. Na6
$18 {[%csl Gc3]} Nc2 (37... Rc2 38. Nxc7 Qxc7 39. Rxd4 $18) 38. Qd2 Ne3 39.
Nxc7 Qxc7 (39... Nxd1 40. Nxe6 Qe7 41. Rxd1 $18) 40. Rc1 Nc2 41. Be4 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2001.01.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Meijers, Viesturs"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2001.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Milov,V} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. c4
$2 $146 {'?!' Milov,V. Too early. Letting the advantage go} (7. O-O Be7 (7...
d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. c5 Qd8 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rd1 Qc7 14.
Nb5 Qb8 15. Bg5 e5 16. Nd6 Be6 17. Bc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Qc7 19. Nb5 Qc8 20. Nd2 a6
21. Nd6 Bxd6 22. cxd6 Nd7 23. Rac1 Qe8 24. Be3 Kh8 25. Qb3 Rb8 26. Nc4 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Onischuk,A-Antoniewski,R/Koszalin 1999/CBM 73 (71)}) 8. c4 (8. Be3 Qc7
9. f4 d6 10. c4 b6 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. Rc1 Qb8 13. Qf3 O-O 14. Qh3 g6 15. Bb1 $16 {
1-0 Vescovi,G-Valle,A/Brasilia BRA 2000 (25)}) 8... Ne5 (8... d6 9. Nc3 Qc7 10.
Bf4 b6 11. Rc1 Qd7 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rfd1 e5 $2 14. Be3 Ng4 15. Bd2 Nd4 16. Nxd4
exd4 17. Nb5 O-O 18. Nxd4 $16 {1-0 Rechlis,G-Maryasin,B/Israel 1997/CBM 58 ext
(29)}) 9. Nc3 d6 10. Be2 a6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Rc1 b6 13. f4 Ned7 14. Bf3 Bb7 15.
Qe2 O-O 16. Nd4 Rfe8 {0-1 Milos,G-Morozevich,A/Internet 2000 (51) with a
normal hadghog position}) (7. Nc3 {Milov,V}) 7... Ne5 (7... d5 $5 $11 {Milov,V}
) (7... Nb4 {Milov,V} 8. Nc3 Ng4 (8... Qd6 9. Be2 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1) 9. O-O Nxh2 (
9... Qd6 10. Qxg4) 10. c5 Qc7 11. Nb5 Qb8 12. Re1 Ng4 (12... Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Ng4
14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. cxd6 Ne5 16. Qg3 $44) 13. Qxg4 Nxd3 14. Rd1 Ne5 15. Qg3 $36)
8. O-O $2 {And this is already losing a pawn} (8. Qe2 $142 Nxd3+ (8... Bb4+ {
Milov,V} 9. Bd2 d6 $11) 9. Qxd3 Qd6 10. Qe2 Qe5 11. N1d2 (11. Nc3 Bb4 12. Bd2
Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Qxe4 $19) 11... d5 $11) (8. Nc3 $2 {Milov,V} Nfg4 9. O-O Qd6 $1
10. f4 Nxd3 (10... Qxd3 11. fxe5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Nxe5 13. Nb5 Kd8 14. Be3 Nxc4
15. Bxa7 b6 $17) 11. Qxg4 Qb6+ 12. Kh1 Nf2+ 13. Rxf2 Qxf2 14. Bd2 a6 15. e5 h5
16. Qh3 b6 17. Be3 Qc2 $17) 8... Qd6 {[%csl Rc4,Re4] '!' Milov,V.} 9. Bf4 (9.
Bc2 Qxd1 (9... Nxc4 {Milov,V}) 10. Rxd1 Nxc4 $17) (9. Be2 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Nxe4
$17) 9... Qxd3 10. Bxe5 Qxd1 (10... Qxe4 $5 {Milov,V} 11. Re1 Qxc4 (11... Qg4
12. Nc3 $44) 12. Nc3 Be7 13. Rc1 Qa6 $17 (13... O-O 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ne4 $44))
11. Rxd1 Nxe4 12. f3 (12. N1d2 Nxd2 13. Rxd2 f6 14. Bd6 b6 15. Rad1 Bxd6 16.
Rxd6 Ke7 17. c5 Rb8 $17) 12... f6 {'!' Milov,V.} (12... Nc5 {Milov,V} 13. Nc3)
13. fxe4 (13. Bf4 Nc5 {Would have been even an easier job for black} (13... g5
$1 {Milov,V} 14. Be3 Nd6 $17)) 13... fxe5 14. Nc3 b6 15. Nb5 {White has some
temporary compensation for the pawn, since black is behind in development,
however, this compensation is a very short term- black's position is too solid}
Kd8 16. Nd6 (16. a4 Bb7 {[%csl Re4]}) 16... Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Ke7 18. Rad1 Rd8 {
'-/+' Milov,V.} 19. R6d3 (19. c5 $143 Bb7 20. cxb6 Bxe4 21. Nc5 (21. bxa7 Rxa7
22. a3 Rb8 $19 {[%cal Ge4d5]}) 21... Bd5 $19) 19... Bb7 20. Re1 (20. Nd2 {
Milov,V} d5) 20... Rf8 ({easier was:} 20... Rac8 {Taking over the 'c' file.
After the text black has a bit passive position.} 21. Nd2 Ba6 22. b3 (22. Ra3
Bxc4 23. Rxa7 Bd3 $19 {[%cal Gc8c2,Gc8a8]}) 22... b5 $19) (20... h6 $5 {
(Milov,V) /\g5}) (20... a5 $5 {Milov,V} 21. Nd2 a4 $17) 21. Nd2 Rf4 (21... Rac8
$5 {Milov,V} 22. Rd1 Rc7 $17) 22. Rd1 Bc6 ({Of course not} 22... Bxe4 $4 23.
Nxe4 Rxe4 24. Rxd7+ Kf6 25. Rc7 Rd4 26. Rf1+ Rf4 27. Rd1 $11) (22... Rd8 $6 {
was too complicated} 23. Ra3 a5 24. Rb3 Bxe4 25. Rxb6 (25. g3 Bc2 26. Rc1 Bxb3
27. gxf4 Ba4 28. fxe5 d6 $19) 25... Bf5 {[%cal Gf4d4]} 26. Re1 d6 27. Ra6 $132)
23. h3 {'?!' Milov,V.} (23. g3 {Milov,V} Rg4 (23... Rf6 24. Nf3) 24. h3 Rg5 25.
Nf3 Rxg3+ 26. Kh2 Rxf3 27. Rxf3 Bxe4 $17) 23... Rd8 24. Re1 h6 25. b4 a6 26.
Ra3 Ra8 27. b5 axb5 28. Rxa8 Bxa8 29. cxb5 {White has now an extra pawn on the
Q side, but black's central pawns along with a-soon-to-be-strong B have the
upper hand.} d5 30. a4 $1 {Of course white does not react - black will never
take on 'e4' as this would reduce his pawns' potential} (30. exd5 Bxd5 $19 {
[%csl Ra2,Rb5][%cal Gf4a4]} (30... exd5 $6 31. Rxe5+ Kd6 32. Re2 Kc5 33. Re7
$17)) 30... Rf8 (30... dxe4 $2 31. Nc4 $14) (30... Bb7 {Milov,V} 31. Ra1 Rf8 (
31... Kd6 32. Rd1)) 31. Ra1 Kd6 32. a5 bxa5 (32... Kc5 33. axb6 Kxb6 (33...
Kxb5 34. Rb1+ Kc6 35. Nf3 $132) 34. Ra6+ Kxb5 35. Rxe6 Kc5 36. Re7 Kd4 37. exd5
Bxd5 38. Rxg7 e4 39. Nf1 {Would give white good drawing chances, in R vs R + B
endgame}) 33. Rxa5 Bb7 34. Ra7 Kc7 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Gc7b6,Gb6b5] '?!' Milov,V.}
(34... Rb8 $19 {(Milov,V) /\Bc8}) 35. Nf3 {'?!' Milov,V.} (35. Ra1 {Milov,V}
Kd6) 35... dxe4 36. Nxe5 Rf5 37. Nc4 Rxb5 {The rest needs no comments, the
only thing black should be paying attention to - is not to change rooks, then
it's immediately a draw} 38. Kf2 Rb4 39. Ne3 Rb2+ 40. Kg3 (40. Kf1 {Milov,V}
Kb8 $19) 40... Re2 41. Ra3 Kd6 42. h4 Ke5 43. Ng4+ Kd4 44. Ra4+ Kc5 45. Ra5+
Kb4 46. Ra7 Bd5 47. h5 e3 48. Kf4 Rxg2 49. Nxe3 Rg5 {Milov,V: '/\50...e5#'} 50.
Ng4 Kc5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 41664]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7.
N1c3 a6 8. Na3 f5 {this move has greatly grown in popularity in the past
couple of years, giving black mostly good results} 9. Bd3 (9. exf5 {it seems
that after this move black has no real problems} Bxf5 10. Bd3 (10. Nc2 Nf6 11.
Ne3 Be6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O Qd7 14. b3 Bd8 15. Ned5 Bxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5
Nd4 18. Be3 Bb6 19. Rc1 Bc5 20. Be4 b6 21. Qd3 g6 22. Kh1 Nf5 23. Bd2 a5 {
1/2-1/2 Hendriks,W-Moiseenko,A/Dieren NED 2001/The Week in Chess 351 (23)})
10... Be6 11. Be4 (11. O-O Nf6 12. Bg5 (12. Nc2 O-O 13. b3 Qd7 14. Bb2 Bd8 15.
Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bb6 17. Qd3 Bf5 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Bc1 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Qf5 21.
Qxf5 Rxf5 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. Nxe3 Rf4 24. Rd5 Rd4 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Nxd1 b5 27.
cxb5 Ne7 $11 {1-0 Leitao,R-Nataf,I/New Delhi/Theran 2000/CBM 80 (60)}) 12...
O-O 13. Nc2 (13. Bxf6 Rxf6 14. Nc2 Qb6 15. Ne3 Rh6 16. Bf5 Bf7 (16... Rf8 $14)
17. Be4 Nd4 18. Ng4 Rh4 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5+ Kh8 21. b3 $16 {0-1 Liss,
E-Goldin,A/Rishon Le Ziyyon 1997/CBM 62 ext (47)}) 13... Ng4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15.
h3 Nh6 (15... Nf6 16. Nd5 Qf7 17. Nce3 Kh8 18. Nxf6 Qxf6 19. Be4 Nd4 20. Nd5
Qh4 21. Qd3 Rf7 22. f4 Raf8 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Qe3 Qh5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Apicella,
M-Tregubov,P/Clichy FRA 2001 (49)}) 16. Ne3 Rad8 17. Be4 Kh8 18. Qd3 Qh4 19.
Ncd5 Rf7 20. Rad1 Rdf8 $36 {0-1 Mueller,K-Shabalov,A/Mermaid Beach 1998/CBM 62
ext (49)}) 11... Nf6 12. Bd5 Bf5 13. Be3 Qd7 14. Nc2 Bd8 15. O-O Ne7 16. Rc1
Rc8 17. Bg5 Nexd5 18. cxd5 O-O $15 {0-1 Kudrin,S-Shabalov,A/Chicago 1997/EXT
2000 (30)}) 9... f4 10. Nc2 Nh6 (10... Nf6 11. Nd5 O-O 12. b3 Be6 13. Nxe7+
Qxe7 14. Ba3 {[%csl Rd6]} a5 15. Qd2 Kh8 16. Rd1 Rad8 17. f3 Nd7 18. Qf2 Nc5
19. Be2 $14 {1-0 Sokolov,A-Cherniaev,A/Geneva SUI 2001/The Week in Chess 334 
(35)}) 11. b3 O-O 12. Be2 (12. Nd5 Bg5 13. Be2 Be6 14. Bb2 Kh8 15. Qd3 Rc8 16.
Bc3 b5 $1 17. cxb5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Na7 19. Bd2 e4 20. Qxe4 Re8 21. Qd3 Nxb5 $17 {
0-1 Fluvia Poyatos,J-Moiseenko,A/Aviles 2000/CBM 77 ext (27) with a very
strong initiative for the P}) 12... Be6 13. Ba3 Kh8 14. Qd2 $6 {allows black a
thematic and very effective bow} (14. O-O $142 $5 b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 d5
17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Nc3 $16 {white has the very important tempo
compared to the game}) 14... b5 $1 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Bb2 (16. Bxb5 Nd4 17. Nxd4
exd4 18. Na4 f3 $17) (16. Nxb5 d5 17. exd5 (17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. exd5 Bxd5 $44)
17... Bxd5 18. O-O Bxa3 19. Ncxa3 Nf5 $44) 16... Bg5 17. Qd1 (17. Bf3 $5 Rb8
$13 (17... b4 $6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 $16 (19. exd5 e4 $1 20. Bxe4 f3 21. Qd1
fxg2 22. Bxg2 Re8+ 23. Kf1 Ne5 $44))) 17... b4 18. Nd5 Rb8 19. O-O Qd7 $1 {
[%cal Gg5d8,Gd8a5,Yh6f7,Yf7g5] preparing to regroup the pieces!} 20. Qd2 {
[%cal Ga1d1,Yd2d7]} Nf7 (20... f3 $5 21. Qxg5 fxe2 22. Rfe1 Qf7 23. Rxe2 Bxd5
24. exd5 Qxd5 {with an about equal position}) 21. f3 Bd8 22. Kh1 (22. Ncxb4 {
almost by force leads to an equal endgame} Nxb4 23. Nxb4 Ba5 24. Bc3 Rfc8 25.
Nd5 Rxc3 26. Nxc3 Rc8 27. Rac1 Qc7 28. Bc4 (28. Nd5 $4 Qa7+ $19) 28... Bxc4 29.
bxc4 Qxc4 30. Qd5 Bxc3 31. Rxc3 Qxc3 32. Qxf7 $11) 22... Ba5 23. Bc4 Ng5 $132
24. Rad1 Qf7 25. Qe2 Qh5 26. Bb5 $6 {white help black with his plan: to
challenge the N on d5 .} (26. a4 {was worth consideration.}) 26... Na7 {
[%cal Ga7c8,Gc8b6]} 27. Ba4 {I can't see how the B is better placed on 'a4'
than 'c4'} Nc8 28. a3 Nb6 29. Nxb6 Rf6 $1 {this is what white has probably
missed} 30. Rxd6 $8 (30. Nd5 $4 Rh6 31. h3 (31. g4 fxg3 32. Rd2 (32. Kg1 Bxd5 {
[%cal Ga5b6]} 33. exd5 Bb6+ $19) 32... Bxd5 (32... bxa3 33. Bc3 Bxc3 34. Nxc3
Bh3 $19) 33. axb4 Nxe4 $1 34. fxe4 (34. Rxd5 Qxh2+ 35. Qxh2 Rxh2+ 36. Kg1 Bb6+
$19) 34... Qxh2+ $1 35. Qxh2 Bxe4+ 36. Kg1 Bb6+ 37. Nd4 gxh2+ 38. Rxh2 Rg6+ 39.
Kf2 exd4 $19) 31... Nxh3 $19) 30... Rh6 31. g4 (31. h3 $2 Nxh3 32. Qa6 ({
of course not} 32. gxh3 Qxh3+ 33. Kg1 Rg6+ 34. Kf2 Qg3#) 32... Ng5+ 33. Kg1
Qh2+ 34. Kf2 Bxb6+ 35. Rxb6 Qg3+ 36. Ke2 Rxb6 $1 37. Qa8+ (37. Qxb6 Bc4+ $19)
37... Bg8 $19) 31... fxg3 32. Rd2 bxa3 33. Bxe5 Bxd2 (33... Nxe4 34. Qxe4 Bxd2
35. Bxg3 Rxb6 36. Qd4 {the discoordination of black pieces, and the weakness
of the 8th rank give white practical chances.}) 34. Bxg3 Rxb6 35. Qxd2 Nxf3 (
35... a2 $5) 36. Qf2 (36. Qd8+ Bg8 $19 {[%cal Gh5h2]}) 36... Bg4 $4 {looks
like black is an exchange up and with an attack, but the bishop cannot protect
the K anymore (by playing Bg8) which means.......} (36... Bxb3 $1 37. Qxf3 (37.
Bxb3 Rxb3 38. Rd1 Qe8 $19) 37... Rbf6 38. Qxh5 (38. Qd3 Bxa4 39. Qd8+ Qe8 $19)
38... Rxf1+ 39. Kg2 Rxh5 40. Bxb3 Rb1 $19) 37. Rd1 $1 Qg5 $2 (37... g6 $8 38.
Rd5 ({of course not} 38. Qxb6 $4 Qxh2+ 39. Bxh2 Rxh2#) 38... Qh3 39. Rd8+ Kg7
40. Be5+ $1 Kf7 $8 (40... Nxe5 41. Qf8#) 41. Nxa3 {and white is the one who
has a leathal attack}) 38. Bf4 $4 $138 (38. Ne3 $3 a2 $8 (38... Be6 39. Qxf3
$18) (38... Bh5 39. Bh4 $3 Qxh4 (39... Nxh4 40. Qf8#) 40. Qxh4 Nxh4 41. Rd8+) (
38... g6 39. Nxg4 Qxg4 40. Qxb6 $18) 39. Nxg4 a1=Q 40. Rxa1 Qxg4 41. Rd1 {
and white is winning!!!!!}) 38... Qe7 (38... Rxh2+ $5 39. Qxh2 (39. Bxh2 Rh6
$19) 39... Nxh2 40. Bxg5 Bxd1 41. Nxa3 Nf3 $19) 39. Qc5 Rbd6 $4 $138 {
Returning the favor!} (39... Rxh2+ $3 {This would be a nice finish to such a
sharp game by !!} 40. Bxh2 Rh6 $3 {Fantastic!} 41. Qf2 (41. Qd6 Qxd6 42. Rxd6
Rxh2#) (41. Rd2 Rxh2+ 42. Rxh2 Qxc5 $19) 41... Rxh2+ 42. Qxh2 Nxh2 $19) 40.
Rxd6 {Now, white is simply a piece up} Rxd6 41. Qxd6 Qxd6 42. Bxd6 a2 43. Na1
Nd4 44. Kg2 {What a game!} 1-0

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2001.03.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Brodsky, Michail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2001.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32768]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7.
Be2 Be6 8. O-O Nf6 9. N1c3 a6 10. Na3 Nd4 11. Be3 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 O-O 13. f3 {
After playing 13.Rac1 earlier this year and not getting an advantage Alex
decides to play safe, and secure the bishop first.} (13. Rfd1 Qa5 14. Bg5 Rfc8
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 (16. Rxd6 $2 Be7 17. Rd3 Bxa3 18. bxa3 Bxc4 $19) 16...
Bg5 17. Rd3 $1 {/\ Rad1, b4; xd6} Rab8 18. b4 Qd8 19. Rad1 g6 20. Qb2 $14 {
1-0 Leko,P-Boensch,U/Brno 1993/CBM 37/[Leko] (39)}) ({white didn't get
anything after:} 13. Rac1 $6 Ng4 14. Bd2 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Nd5 Nf6 17. Ba5
Qe8 18. Nxe7+ {1/2-1/2 Motylev,A-Grigore,G/ROM 2000/EXT 2001 (18)}) (13. Rad1
Rc8 14. Bg5 Nd7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Nc5 18. Nc2 f5 19. exf5
Rxf5 20. Ne3 Rf7 21. Qd1 Rcf8 22. Rd2 Qg5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Slobodjan,R-Rabiega,R/
Germany 1996/GER-chT2 (42)}) 13... Rc8 14. Rac1 Nd7 15. Rfd1 Bg5 $146 {Black
is changing his 'problematic' B, but after this exchange his 'd6' pawn becomes
very weak} (15... f5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. Ne4 Qf8 18. Qd3 Nc5 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. b3
Rf7 21. Nb1 Bf6 22. Nc3 $16 {1-0 Vokarev,S-Nun,J/Pardubice 1997/CBM 59 ext (60)
}) 16. b3 (16. Rxd6 Be7 (16... Bxe3+ $2 17. Qxe3 Bxc4 $4 18. Nxc4 Rxc4 19. Rcd1
Rc7 20. Nd5 $1 Rc6 21. Rxd7 $18) 17. Rdd1 Bxa3 18. bxa3 Rxc4 (18... Bxc4 19.
Qb2 b5 20. Rd6 $36) 19. Qb2 $14) 16... Bxe3+ 17. Qxe3 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gd1d6]}
Qc7 18. Nc2 {[%cal Ge3d2,Yc2b4,Yb4d5]} b5 $8 {Black must create counterplay} (
18... Qc5 19. Rd2 $16 {[%csl Rd6]}) 19. Nb4 (19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Qa5 $1 $11 {
Not letting white N to c6.}) 19... bxc4 20. Ncd5 (20. Nxa6 $2 Qb7 21. Rxd6 cxb3
22. axb3 Qxb3 $17 {[%csl Ra6,Rc3][%cal Gc8c1,Gb3e3]}) 20... Qd8 (20... Qc5 21.
Qxc5 Rxc5 $8 22. Nxa6 Ra5 23. Nab4 (23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Rxd6 cxb3 25. axb3 Bxb3
26. Rxd7 Rxa6 27. Nd5 $14 {[%cal Gc1c7]}) 23... cxb3 24. axb3 Nc5 25. Nc6 $16 {
[%cal Gb3b4]}) 21. Rxc4 Rxc4 22. bxc4 Qa5 23. Ne7+ $1 Kh8 24. Nec6 Qc7 25. Qa7
$3 {Exchanging black's only active piece} Qxa7+ 26. Nxa7 {[%csl Ra6,Rd6]} Ra8 (
26... Bxc4 27. Rxd6 Nb8 28. a3 $1 $16 {[%csl Ra6]}) 27. Nac6 Bxc4 (27... Nb6
28. Rxd6 Nxc4 29. Rd8+ Rxd8 30. Nxd8 a5 31. Nbc6 $16) (27... a5 28. Nd5 $16)
28. Rxd6 Be6 29. a3 g5 30. Nd3 {[%csl Re5]} Rc8 31. h3 $1 {The pawn can wait.
First whitemakes sure that black has no counterplay} (31. Ndxe5 Nxe5 32. Nxe5
Rc1+ 33. Kf2 Rc2+ 34. Kg3 h5 35. h4 gxh4+ 36. Kxh4 Rxg2 37. Rxa6 Rh2+ 38. Kg5
Kg7 $132 {[%cal Gh5h3]}) 31... Kg7 32. Ndxe5 Nxe5 33. Nxe5 Rc5 $1 {[%csl Ra3]
[%cal Gc5a5] Very resourceful defence. Black needs to put his R behind the 'a'
pawn, however, now it's impossible, so he makes white N move to 'c6' and close
the 6th rank} 34. Nc6 {[%cal Yc6a5]} (34. Nd3 $2 Ra5 35. Nb4 Rxa3 {would make
things much harder for white}) 34... Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Ra1 36. Nd4 $1 $18 {Of
course not passive defense of the pawn.} Rxa3 $8 (36... Bc4 37. Nf5+ Kf8 38.
Rd8#) 37. Nxe6+ fxe6 38. Rxe6 {The R endgame is won. white's pair in the
center weighs much more than black's 'a' pawn} a5 39. Ra6 a4 40. Kg3 Ra2 41. h4
$1 gxh4+ (41... h6 42. h5 a3 43. Ra7+ Kg8 (43... Kf6 44. Rh7 Ra1 45. Rxh6+ Ke5
46. Ra6 $18) 44. Kh3 Kf8 45. g3 Ra1 46. Kg4 a2 47. Kf5 Rf1 48. Rxa2 Rxf3+ 49.
Kg6 Rxg3 50. Re2 g4 51. Kxh6 Kf7 52. e5 $18) 42. Kxh4 a3 43. g3 Ra1 44. Kg5 a2
45. Ra7+ Kf8 46. Kf6 Ke8 47. f4 (47. f4 Re1 48. Ra8+ Kd7 49. Rxa2 Rxe4 50. Ra7+
Kd6 51. Rxh7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Montreal-A 5th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2004.08.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2004.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7.
Na3 Be7 8. Nc4 b5 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. g3 {A popular move. The usual 10.Ned5 or 10.
Bd3 doesn't lead to a big advantage.} (10. Ned5 Bb7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Be2 b4 13.
Bb6 Qd7 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bg4 Qe8 16. Nd5 Bd8 $132 {0-1 Ostrovskiy,A-Potapov,
P/Budva 2003/CBM 96 ext (42)}) (10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Rb8 12. Ncd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5
Bg5 14. c3 Be6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Unzicker,W-Pils,W/Graz 1984/MCD (29)}) 10... h5 $5
{Black opens the h-file and activizes the rook} (10... O-O 11. Bg2 Be6 12. O-O
Rc8 13. Ncd5 Nd7 14. c3 Bg5 15. f4 exf4 16. gxf4 Bh6 17. a4 $16 {1-0 Bologan,
V-Maidla,V/Riga 1995/EXT 97 (27)}) 11. Bg2 h4 12. O-O Nd4 $5 (12... g6 13. a4
b4 14. Ncd5 Be6 15. c3 bxc3 16. bxc3 Kf8 17. Ba3 Bxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5
Rc8 $16 {1/2-1/2 Van den Doel,E-Moiseenko,A/Plovdiv 2003/CBM 98 (61)}) 13. a4
$146 {[%mdl 8] Another line is 13.Ncd5 was met in the game given below but
didn't lead to anything significant for white} (13. Ncd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Be6 15.
Ne3 hxg3 16. hxg3 Qd7 17. c3 Nc6 18. Re1 Rb8 $132 {1-0 Anand,V-Radjabov,T/
Linares 2003/CBM 94 (33)}) 13... Be6 {It is difficult for white to get
anything real in this position as black controls the d5 square and all his
pieces are well mobilized.} 14. Ncd5 {Also in case of 14.ab black gets a
counterplay} (14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Ncd5 Bxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. exd5
Qa4 19. c3 Qxd1 20. Rxd1 Ne2+ $11) (14. Ne2 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 b4 $132) 14... Nxd5
$5 {14...bxa4 is also possible with a good play for black.} (14... bxa4 $5 15.
Rxa4 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bd7 17. Ra2 Qb6 $132) 15. Nxd5 (15. exd5 Bd7 16. c3 Nf5 17.
Nxf5 Bxf5 $132) 15... Bxd5 16. exd5 b4 $5 {[%cal Ra8c8,Rc8c2] Liquidating the
tension over the a-file and releasing the a8 rook.} 17. c3 {White throws the
knight away from the centre.} (17. Bd2 hxg3 18. hxg3 Rb8 $132) 17... bxc3 18.
bxc3 Nf5 19. Qd3 (19. g4 h3 20. Be4 Nh4) 19... g6 20. a5 (20. g4 $5 {deserved
attention, getting some advantage} Ng7 21. h3 O-O $14) 20... hxg3 $5 {A
necessary exchange as now black has the h4 square for the knight in case of a
possible g3-g4.} 21. hxg3 (21. fxg3 Bg5 22. Bxg5 Qxg5 23. Rae1 Qd8 24. Ra1 Qc7
$132) 21... Kf8 {[%cal Rf8g7] Black transfers the king to a safe place (g7
square) improving the coordination between his heavy pieces.} (21... Bg5 $6 22.
Bxg5 Qxg5 23. Rfb1 $36) 22. Bd2 Kg7 23. Rfb1 $5 {[%cal Rb1b6] White gradually
carries out her plan and tries to take control over b6 with a rook.} Bg5 24.
Rb6 {White seizes the initiative and penetrates with the rook to b6 attacking
the a6 pawn.} (24. Bxg5 Qxg5 25. Rb6 Rhc8 26. Be4) 24... Bxd2 25. Qxd2 {
White has a significant advantage because of the weak a6 pawn. It's not easy
to find a defence against white's threat to win the pawn.} Qf6 {Black tries to
defend with the help of tactics. Another plan of defence was to bring the
knight to the queenside.} (25... Ne7 $5 26. Qd3 Qc7 27. Rab1 $36 Nc8 28. Rxa6
Rxa6 29. Qxa6 Qxc3) 26. Qd3 {White is attacking the a6 pawn but fails to
discover the tactical resources in the position} (26. Ra4 $1 Ra7 27. Bf1 Ne7
28. Rab4) 26... Qg5 {[%cal Rg5c1] Black prepares a trap that white falls into.}
27. Rxa6 $2 {A serious blunder. But anyhow, it's not easy to see how white can
improven her position.} (27. Re1 Ra7 28. Rxa6 Rxa6 29. Qxa6 Qd2 $132) (27. Ra4
Qc1+ 28. Bf1 Qh6 $11) 27... e4 $1 {[%mdl 256]} 28. Bxe4 $2 {White is confused
and doesn't find the best defence. 28.Qe2 was necessary.} (28. Qe2 $8 Rxa6 29.
Qxa6 e3 30. Qe2 exf2+ 31. Qxf2 Nxg3 32. a6 Nf5 33. a7 Ra8) 28... Rxa6 29. Qxa6
Nxg3 $36 30. Bg2 {As the analysis shows white has nothing better.} (30. fxg3
Qxg3+ 31. Bg2 Qe3+ 32. Kf1 Rh5 $19 33. Qe2 Rf5+ 34. Ke1 Qxc3+ $19) 30... Nh5 $1
31. Qc4 {The exchange sacrifice after 31.Ra4 didn't help as well.} (31. Ra4 Nf4
32. Rxf4 Qxf4 33. Qd3 Rh4 $36) 31... Nf4 32. Qd4+ f6 33. Qe4 f5 34. Qf3 Rh4 $1
$19 {A decisive transfer of the rook. The threat is 35...Rg4.} 35. Kf1 Rh2 36.
Qg3 Qh6 {[%cal Rh2h1] The queen helps the attack over the h-file.} 37. a6 Rh1+
38. Bxh1 Qxh1+ 39. Qg1 Qh3+ 0-1

[Event "SCG-ch 1st"]
[Site "Kopaonik"]
[Date "2005.04.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Djukic, Nikola"]
[Black "Todorovic, Goran M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2005.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 128]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. N5c3 {
The main line of this variation is 6.Nd6+.} (6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qf6) 6... Bc5
7. Nd5 $5 {White tries to take control over the d5 square immideatly. Besides,
he frees the c3 square for the second knight.} (7. Be3 Bxe3 8. fxe3 Nf6 9. Bc4
d6 $132) (7. Be2 Nge7 8. O-O d6 9. Bc4 O-O 10. Nd5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Fuchs,
R-Malich,B/Gera 1962/EXT 2000 (16)}) (7. Bc4 $5) 7... Nge7 {7...Nf6 is a
possible alternative, which gives black a fine game.} (7... Nf6 8. Nbc3 Nxd5 9.
Qxd5 d6 10. Qd3 O-O $132 {1-0 Vasilchuk,Y-Matskevich,A/Kharkov 1956/EXT 2002 
(43)}) 8. Nbc3 O-O 9. Bd3 Nxd5 {Black tries to force matters. The simple 9...
d6 was possible with a future castling and practically equal chances.} (9... d6
10. O-O Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qh4 $132) 10. exd5 Ne7 $6 {After 10...Nb4 Black could
have received some counterplay.} (10... Nb4 $5 11. O-O (11. d6 Bxd6 12. Be4 Be7
13. a3 d5 $132) 11... d6 $132) 11. d6 $1 {A strong move, blocking black's
position.} Nc6 (11... Bxd6 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13. Qxd6 Nf5 14. Qd3 d5 15. Nxd5 $16)
12. Ne4 $1 f5 (12... Ba7 13. Qh5 $1 g6 14. Qh6 f6 15. c3 b5 16. O-O Bb7 17. Be3
$18) 13. Bc4+ (13. Nxc5 $5 {White tries to attack but the simple 13.Nc5 was
also possible, getting a stable advantage in this case.} Qa5+ 14. c3 Qxc5 15.
Be3 Qd5 16. Qb3 Qxb3 17. axb3 Rf6 18. Bc5 e4 19. Bc4+ Kf8 20. O-O $16) 13...
Kh8 14. Ng5 Qf6 $6 {14...Qe8 was much stronger, not allowing the white queen
to h5.} (14... Qe8 $5) 15. Qh5 h6 16. O-O b5 {16...Nd8 is stronger, connecting
the knight to a defense over f7.} (16... Nd8 $5 17. Bd5 Qxd6 18. Rd1 Qf6 $132)
17. Bd5 Bb7 18. Nf7+ Kh7 19. Rd1 Na5 (19... Rae8 20. Ng5+ Kh8 21. Bf7 Rc8 22.
Bg6) 20. Ng5+ Kh8 21. Bf7 $5 {White transfers the bishop to g6, increasing
White's attacking possibilities.} Nc4 $2 {The position is very sharp, and one
mistake is enough in order to decide the outcome of the game. After 21...f4!
Black would have received promising prospects.} (21... f4 $1 22. h4 f3 $132)
22. Bg6 Bxd6 23. Nh7 Qe6 24. Bxh6 $18 gxh6 25. Qxh6 Qxg6 26. Qxg6 Rg8 27. Qh6
1-0

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2005.05.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Asrian, Karen"]
[Black "Nalbandian, Tigran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.04.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 {White chooses one
of the main lines, another popular line is 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3.} (6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3
) 6... Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 f5 {Black tries to start an immediate counterplay.
8...Be6 is a possible alternative, preparing an exchange of bishops with ...
Bg5.} (8... Be6 $5) 9. exf5 Bxf5 10. Bd3 Be6 {Obviously, Black avoids the
exchange of the light-squared bishops as his white squares in this case would
be very weak.} 11. O-O Nf6 12. Nc2 {[%cal Rc2d4,Rc2e3] Bringing the knight
closer to the centre and taking control over the d5 square.} O-O 13. Nd5 $5 {
White tries to capture the d5 square immediately. Other lines as in the game
below show allow Black a fine game.} (13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Bg5 Ng4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16.
Nd5 Qh4 17. h3 Nf6 $132 {1-0 Mannion,S-Arakhamia Grant,K/Edinburgh 1999/CBM
071 ext (41)}) (13. Ne3 Qd7 14. b3 Kh8 15. Bb2 Rae8 16. Rc1 Bd8 17. Ncd5 Qf7
$132 {1/2-1/2 Resika,N-Hahn,A/Woburn 1999/EXT 2001 (30)}) 13... Kh8 $146 {
[%mdl 8] Prophylactics. 13...Rc8 was also possible, which gave Black a fine
position in the next games:} (13... Rc8 14. b3 (14. Be3 Kh8 15. Nxf6 Bxf6 16.
Qh5 Bg8 $14 {1-0 Gayson,P-Adams,P/West Bromwich 2004/EXT 2005 (36)}) (14. Nce3
Nd4 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Bg5 $132 {1-0 Charleshouse,G-Shaw,J/
Edinburgh 2001/EXT 2005 (34)}) 14... Qe8 (14... Bf7 15. Be3 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Nb8
17. a4 Qe8 $132 {0-1 Loskutov,O-Markarov,A/St Petersburg 2000/CBM 076 (75)})
15. Ba3 Kh8 16. Nxf6 Rxf6 17. Be4 b5 $132 {0-1 Cossin,S-Camus de Solliers,G/
Reims 2004/EXT 2005 (37)}) 14. Nce3 {[%cal Re3d5] Taking control over d5.} Nd4
15. b3 {[%cal Rc1b2] White plans to develop the bishop to b2, targeting the
knight on d4.} Rc8 16. Bb2 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 {Simplifying the position and
reducing White's pressure.} 18. cxd5 Rf4 $5 {Black prevents White to activate
his pieces, and gets a totally defendable position.} (18... Nf5 19. Qg4 g6 20.
Qb4 Qd7 21. f4 $16) 19. Rc1 g6 20. g3 Nf3+ 21. Kg2 Qd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] A
severe error, after which Black loses at once.} (21... Rxc1 22. Bxc1 Rf7 $132)
22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Be2 $1 $18 Rd4 (23... Nh4+ 24. gxh4 Bxh4 25. Qd3 $18) 24.
Bxd4 Nxd4 25. Bd3 Qc3 26. Be4 Kg7 27. Qc1 {Offering the queen's exchange,
White safely brings the game to victory.} Ne2 28. Qc2 Qxc2 29. Bxc2 Nc3 30. a4
a5 31. Bd3 e4 32. Bxe4 (32. Bxe4 Nxe4 33. Re1 Nc5 34. Rxe7+ Kf6 35. Rxh7 $18)
1-0

[Event "UKR-ch 73rd"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2004.08.31"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2004.08.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7.
N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be6 9. Nc2 Bg5 {Black carries out his main strategical plan in
this position - the exchange of the dark squared bishops.} 10. Bxg5 {10.Ne3
has also been played, avoiding the exchange of bishops. As the tournament
practice shows white has only a slight advantage in this case.} (10. Ne3 Nge7
11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 (12... Nd4 13. b3 g6 14. Ne2 Ndc6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Frolov,
A-Milov,V/Sochi 1990/TD (62)}) 13. Ncd5 Nd4 14. b3 Nxd5 15. cxd5 $14 {1/2-1/2
Brodsky,M-Minasian,A/Kherson 1991/CBM 21 ext (64)}) 10... Qxg5 11. h4 $5 {
Throwing the queen from a good position.} (11. Nd5 Rc8 (11... Bxd5 12. cxd5
Nce7 13. Ne3 Nf6 14. Qa4+ Kf8 15. Qb4 $36 {1-0 Zhang Pengxiang-Durao,M/Beijing
1996/CBM 54 ext (26)}) 12. g3 Nh6 13. Bg2 f5 14. f4 Qg6 (14... exf4 $2 15. Nxf4
Bxc4 16. Ne3 Bf7 17. Qxd6 Rd8 18. Qc5 $16) 15. O-O O-O $132) (11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12.
Kxd2 Nf6 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Rac1 O-O 15. Nd5 Nd7 $132 {1-0 Kolasinski,M-Pinski,J/
Warsawa 1994/EXT 2004 (26)}) (11. Ne3 Nd4 12. Ne2 Nxe2 13. Bxe2 Rd8 14. O-O Ne7
$11 {1/2-1/2 Hajdu,B-Csiszar,C/Ajka 1997/EXT 2004 (54)}) 11... Qd8 12. Qd2 {
Developing the queen and preparing a long castling.} Nf6 {An immideate 12...
Qb6 deserved attention with counterplay.} (12... Qb6 $5 13. b3 Nf6 14. Qxd6 Rd8
15. Qa3 Nd4) 13. O-O-O Qb6 14. f4 {White moves the f-pawn from the eye of the
black queen.} exf4 $6 {An inaccuracy. 14...Bg4 or 14...Qc5 was better.} (14...
Bg4 $5 15. Re1 Qd8) (14... Qc5 $5 15. f5 Bxc4 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Bxf1 18.
Rxf1) 15. Qxd6 Rd8 16. Qxf4 Rxd1+ {Black hopes to get compensation for the
lost pawns.} 17. Nxd1 O-O 18. Nc3 Rc8 $44 (18... Qc5 19. Qe3 Qe5 20. Bd3 Rc8
21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Nb4 23. Rd1 Nxd3+ 24. Rxd3 $14) 19. Nd5 $5 {White tries
to simplify the position and reach a technical position.} (19. Be2 Qc5 20. Qe3
Qe7 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Ne5 23. Re1 Qd6 $44) 19... Bxd5 20. exd5 Nxd5 $6 {
Black forces matters and goes for an ending with equal material,
underestimating white's dangerous passed pawn. It was better to keep the
tension with 20...Nb4.} (20... Nb4 $5 21. Nxb4 Qxb4 22. Qd2 Qc5 23. Kb1 Ne4 24.
Qe1 Qd4 25. Be2 b5 $132) 21. cxd5 Nb4 22. Bc4 Nxc2 23. Kxc2 Qg6+ 24. Kc3 $5 (
24. Kb3 b5 25. Bf1 Qc2+ 26. Ka3 Qc5+ 27. Qb4 Qe3+ $11) 24... b5 25. Re1 $1 {
Bringing the rook to the game. The domination of the white pieces and a
dangerous passed pawn give white a clear edge.} (25. b3 bxc4 26. bxc4 Qxg2 $132
) 25... bxc4 (25... h5 26. b3 bxc4 27. bxc4 Qxg2 28. Re7 $36) 26. Qe4 {White
offers a queen exchange after which white's advantage would be doubtless.} Qf6+
27. Qe5 Qd8 28. d6 $5 {Now black's position is even more dense.} h6 29. Re4 $16
{Activizing the rook and attacking the c4 pawn at the same time.} Qd7 (29...
Qb6 30. d7 Rf8 31. Rxc4) 30. Qd5 $5 {Transfering the queen to a central
position, creating the threat of Re7.} (30. Rxc4 Rd8 31. Rd4 Qc6+ $132) 30...
Rf8 31. Rxc4 a5 32. b3 Kh8 {Black doesn't have an active counterplay and is
forced to wait and see what white will do.} 33. Kb2 {White takes the king away
from a possible checks.} Re8 34. Qc6 Qe6 {The exchange of queen is not to
black's favour, of course. In that case white's passed pawn and an active king
give white an easy win.} (34... Qxc6 35. Rxc6 Kh7 36. Kc3 Re1 37. Kd4 Rd1+ (
37... Re2 38. Rc3 $18) 38. Kc5 g5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. Kb6 Kg7 41. Kc7 Kf6 42. Kc8
g4 43. d7+ $18) 35. d7 Qe5+ 36. Rc3 Qe2+ (36... Rd8 37. Qc7 Qxc7 38. Rxc7 Kh7
39. Ka3 Kg6 40. Ka4 Kf6 41. Kxa5 Ke7 42. Kb6 Kd6 43. a4 $18) 37. Rc2 Qe5+ 38.
Qc3 Qxc3+ 39. Rxc3 1-0

[Event "World Youth Stars 3rd"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2005.05.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Bd3 {
A relatively rare line. White doesn't hurry with the development of the knight
on b1 and is trying to transpose the game to the Maroczy bind. 6.Nc3 is played
more often, which is the main line of this variation.} d6 {As the tournament
practice shows, an immideate break in the centre by 6...d5 deserves attention.}
(6... d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. O-O $5 (8. Qf3 Be6 9. Na3 Ne5 $132 {0-1 Paris,
P-Aptekar,L/Upper Hutt 1976/EXT 98 (25)}) 8... g6 $5 (8... e6 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3
Be7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Bg5 Bd7 13. Rad1 Rfd8 14. Nb5 $36 {1-0 Kuzmin,G-Gufeld,E/
Riga 1975/MCD (38)}) 9. Qf3 Be6 10. c4 Nf6 11. Bf4 Bg7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Nb5 Rac8
14. Bc7 Rxc7 15. c5 Ne5 16. cxb6 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Rd7 18. Nc5 Rxd3 19. Nxd3 axb6
$132 {1/2-1/2 Rajkovic,D-Gufeld,E/Skopje 1971/EXT 2001 (19)}) (6... g6 $5 7.
Be3 (7. O-O Bg7 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 d6 11. f4 a6 12. a4 b6 13. Qe2 Nb4
$132 {0-1 Pavlovic,B-Kurajica,B/Bor 1983/MCD (38)}) (7. c4 $5 Ne5 8. Nc3) 7...
Qc7 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. h3 d6 10. Qd2 h6 (10... O-O $5) 11. f4 Bd7 12. O-O-O a6 13.
Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 $16 {0-1 Andersson,B-Fridh,A/Falkoeping 1965/EXT 2001 (58)})
7. O-O (7. c4 Bg4 $5 8. f3 Be6 9. Nc3 Ne5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Bd7 12. Be2 Rc8
13. Qd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 g6 $132 {0-1 Mohd,A-Tayeb,S/Abu Dhabi 2001/CBM 084 ext 
(37)}) 7... g6 {Black allows White to transpose to the Maroczy bind, which
usually promises White a very nice game. 7...Bg4 deserves attention, trying to
simplify the position.} (7... Bg4 8. Be2 Bxe2 9. Qxe2) 8. c4 Bg7 (8... Ne5 9.
Be3 Qc7 10. Bd4 Bg7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 $16) 9. Nc3 Bg4 $5 {
Black simplifies the position in order to make his defense easier. As the game
below shows, after 9...0-0 white has a stable edge.} (9... O-O 10. Be3 Qd8 11.
Be2 b6 12. f3 Bb7 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Rac1 Nd7 $14 {1-0 Dominguez,L-Gonzalez
Zamora,J/Merida 2001/CBM 085 ext (36)}) 10. Be2 (10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxg4 Ndb4
$132) 10... Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Qa6 (11... O-O 12. Be3 Qa6 13. f4 Rac8) 12. Be3 Rc8
13. f4 O-O 14. Rfd1 b6 15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Nd2 Qb7 $6 {Black plays passively. 16.
..Nd7 deserves attention in order to bring the knight to a more active spot.} (
16... Nd7 $5 17. Nf3 (17. a3 Nc5 18. b4 Nd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 20. Kh1 Bxc3 21.
Rxc3 Ne6 $14) 17... Nc5 $132) 17. b3 Nd7 18. Nf3 Nc5 {[%cal Rc5e4,Yg7c3] Black
carries out a typical knight maneovre and is putting pressure on the central
e4 pawn.} 19. Bf2 {[%cal Re2e4] White consolidates the position, and opens the
queen to defend on e4} a6 {[%cal Rb6b5]} 20. Nd5 {White provokes his opponent
to create new weaknesses at his camp.} e6 (20... b5 21. cxb5 axb5 22. b4 Na4
23. Bh4 $36 {[%cal Rd5e7,Rh4e7]}) 21. Nc3 Bh6 {[%cal Yh6f4] By attacking the
f4 pawn, Black tries to start an immediate counterplay.} 22. Ng5 Qe7 (22...
Bxg5 23. fxg5 Qe7 24. Qe3 f6 25. gxf6 Qxf6 26. Bg3 $14) 23. Qg4 {[%cal Yg4g5]}
Ne5 24. Qg3 Bxg5 25. fxg5 b5 $5 {Black sacrifices a pawn and tries to get an
active counterplay as a compensation.} (25... f6 26. gxf6 Qxf6 27. b4 Ncd7 28.
Be3 Nf7) (25... Rf8) 26. cxb5 axb5 27. b4 {[%cal Gc3b5] Throwing back the
black knight and fixing the weakness on b5.} (27. Bxc5 Rxc5 28. b4 Rc4 29. Nxb5
Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Qb7 $132) 27... Na4 28. Nxb5 {[%cal Rb5d6]} Nb2 $2 {An error
which allows White to get a winning position. 28...Rxc1 allows Black serious
chances to get compensation for the sacrificed pawn.} (28... Rxc1 $5 29. Rxc1
Qd7 $5 30. Nd4 (30. Nc3 Rc8 31. a3 Rc4 $44) 30... Rc8 31. Rxc8+ Qxc8 32. Qe3
Qc4 $44) 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Nxd6 $1 {Accurate calculation. White wins in all
variations.} Nxd1 (30... Rd8 31. Qxe5 Nxd1 32. Bd4 f6 33. gxf6 Qxd6 34. f7+
Kxf7 35. Qg7+ Ke8 36. Bc5 $18) (30... Rc6 31. Qxe5 Nxd1 32. Bc5 $18) 31. Nxc8
Qxb4 (31... Qc7 32. Bc5 $18) 32. Qxe5 Qb1 {32...Nf2 was also bad for black.} (
32... Nxf2 33. Kxf2 Qd2+ 34. Kg3 Qe3+ 35. Kg4 h5+ 36. Kh4 Qf2+ 37. Kh3 Qe2 38.
Ne7+ (38. Qf4 Qd3+ 39. Kh4 Qd7) 38... Kf8 39. Nxg6+ fxg6 40. Qf6+ $18) 33. Be1
Ne3 34. Ne7+ Kf8 35. Nxg6+ Ke8 (35... hxg6 36. Qc5+ Ke8 37. Qxe3 $18) 36. Qh8+
Kd7 37. Qd4+ Nd5 38. Ne5+ (38. Ne5+ Kc8 39. Nf3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bermuda-A"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2003.02.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Nce7 9. c4 Nxd5 10. exd5 bxc4 11. Nxc4 Nf6 12. Be3 Rb8 13. Be2 Be7 14. a4 O-O
15. O-O {For opening commentary, check the match Karjakin-Kostenjuk.} Rb4 $146
16. Bd2 {Threatening an attack on the d pawn, hence, Black attacks the Rook.}
Nxd5 {[%mdl 512] Black isn't forced to sacrifice an exchange, instead, simply
playing 16...Rb8.} (16... Rb8 $5 17. Bc3 Bb7 $132) 17. Bxb4 Nxb4 18. Qd2 Nc6
19. Ne3 $5 {[%cal Ye3d5]} Nd4 20. Bc4 Bg5 {Apparently, Black wanted to achieve
an irrational position, with chances for both sides.} 21. Qd3 {[%csl Ra6][%cal
Yc4a6]} Qb6 22. a5 Qa7 23. Kh1 h6 24. b4 Kh8 25. Rad1 Qb7 {[%cal Rb7b4]} 26.
Qc3 {After this series of moves, White achieves only a small advandage} Bd7 27.
Bd5 Qb8 28. Qb2 f5 {Black capture space on the King's side, and the f pawn may
be used as a forceful weapon in the future.} 29. Nc4 Ba4 30. Ra1 Bb5 31. Rfe1
Rc8 32. Na3 Be8 33. Rad1 Ba4 34. Rd3 Nc2 $6 {Black innitiates a tactical
difficulty for both sides, which, unfortunately leads to a bad position. It
was neccessary to play Qc7} (34... Qc7 $5) 35. Nxc2 Rxc2 36. Qa3 Qb5 37. Rf3 $1
Bd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Decisive mistake...37...Re2 leads to an unclear position.}
(37... Re2 $5 38. Rxe2 Qxe2 39. Qa1 (39. h3) 39... Bd1 40. h3 Qe1+ (40... Bf4
41. Rxf4 exf4 42. Qc3 $16) 41. Kh2 Qd2 42. Qc3 Bf4+ 43. g3 Qxd5 44. Rd3 Qa2 45.
Kg2 Be2 $13) (37... Bf4 38. Be6) 38. Rxf5 Rc8 (38... Bxe1 39. Rf8+ Kh7 40. Bg8+
Kg6 41. Qg3+ $18) 39. Qf3 $18 Bf4 40. Rg1 Qxb4 41. Rf7 {Thanks to the threat
42.g3 followed by Rf8, Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.27"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7.
N1c3 a6 8. Na3 f5 $5 (8... Nf6) 9. exf5 $5 {Another possible move which is
often met in this position is 9.Bd3, as the games given below show black has a
good counterplay in this case} (9. Bd3 f4 10. g3 Nf6 11. gxf4 exf4 12. Bxf4 O-O
13. Bg3 Ng4 14. Be2 Nxf2 $44 15. Qd5+ (15. Bxf2 Rxf2 16. Kxf2 Bh4+ $40) 15...
Kh8 16. Bxf2 Nb4 17. Qh5 Rxf2 18. Kxf2 Bh4+ $40 {0-1 Nunn,J-Nataf,I/ch-FRA 
(team), 1999 (28)}) 9... Bxf5 10. Nc2 {Bringing the knight closer to the
centre. 10.Bd3 deserves attention, trying to exchange black's active bishop} (
10. Bd3 $5 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nf6 12. Nc2 O-O 13. O-O Kh8 14. b3 $14 {1-0 Acs,P-Cao,
S/Budapest HUN 1999 (41)}) 10... Nf6 11. Ne3 $5 {[%csl Yd5][%cal Re3d5,Re3f5,
Rc3d5] White tries to control the d5 at the first priority. The alternative -
11.Bd3 gives black a good counterplay as the practice shows} (11. Bd3 Be6 12.
O-O O-O 13. Bg5 (13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Bg5 Ng4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 $132 {1-0 Mannion,
S-Arakhamia,K/Edinburgh SCO 1999 (41)}) 13... Ng4 $5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Ne3 Qh4
16. Nxg4 Bxg4 17. f3 Be6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Dvoirys,S-Nataf,I/Koszalin POL 1999 (69)
}) 11... Be6 12. g3 {By fiancheting the bishop white wishes to control the d5
square. Another line is 12.Bd3 finishing the development, in both cases white
has some advantage} (12. Bd3 $5 Qd7 (12... Nd4 13. O-O O-O 14. b3 (14. Ned5 Rc8
15. Be3 Qe8 16. Re1 $14 {1-0 Horvath,A-Jankovic,A/Litohoto GRE 1999 (28)})
14... b5 15. Ncd5 bxc4 (15... Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Qd7 18. Be4 {1-0
Dgebuadze,A-Moiseenko,A/Rotterdam 1998/EXT 99 (39)}) 16. Bxc4 $14 {1-0 Dvoirys,
S-Degraeve,J/Koszalin 1999/CBM 73/[Gershon] (40)}) 13. O-O O-O 14. Ned5 (14. b3
Bd8 15. Ned5 {1/2-1/2 Hendriks,W-Moiseenko,A/Dieren 2001/CBM 83 ext (23)})
14... Bd8 15. Be3 $14 {0-1 Lengyel,B-Papp,G/Budapest 2002/EXT 2003 (48)}) 12...
b5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] A novelty. Black is immideatly starting an active play on
the queenside, trying to open the c-file and to activize his pieces} (12... Qd7
13. Bg2 Bd8 14. O-O Bb6 15. Ned5 $16 {1-0 Topalov,V-Shirov,A/Monte Carlo 2003/
CBM 93 ext (63)}) (12... Rc8 13. Bg2 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. O-O Nd4 16. Ned5 Nxd5
17. Nxd5 O-O 18. Be3 Bf6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Radjabov,T/Dortmund 2003/CBM 97 
(60)}) 13. Bg2 Nd4 {Offering an exchange sacrifice, if white recieves it black
would have a dangerous initiative} 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Ncd5 {Gaining control
over the d5 sqauare} Rc8 16. O-O O-O 17. b3 $5 {[%cal Rc1a3,Rc1b2,Rb2d4]
Opening way to the dark squared bishop} Kh8 {A profilactic move, typical for
this kind of position} 18. Bb2 {[%cal Rb2d4] Attacking the black knight and
forcing it to retreat} Nf5 19. Nxf5 {Exchanging minor pieces and trying to
exploit black's weaknesses in the endgame} (19. Qd3 Nxe3 20. Nxe3 (20. fxe3
Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Qxd5 Qb6 $17) 20... Qb6 $132) 19... Bxf5 20. Nxe7 Qxe7
21. Ba3 {[%cal Ra3d6]} Rcd8 22. Qe2 {[%cal Re2b5]} Qa7 {[%cal Ya7a3,Ra7f2]
[%mdl 256] Bringing the queen to an active position} 23. Bb4 (23. Bb2 Rc8 {
[%cal Rc8c2]}) 23... Qd4 {[%cal Rd4b4,Rd4d3,Rd4g4][%mdl 256] Further
activizing the queen} 24. Qd2 (24. Ba5 Bd3 25. Qe3 Qxe3 26. fxe3 Bxf1 27. Bxd8
Rxd8 $132) 24... Qg4 {Bringing the queen to the kingside and planning to
create threats against the white king} 25. Rac1 Ne4 $5 {[%cal Re4g5]
Activizing the knight and transfering it to a more active place} 26. Qe1 (26.
Qd1 Qg6 $5 $132 (26... Nxf2 27. Qxg4 Nxg4 28. Bxd6 Rxd6 29. Rxf5 $14)) 26...
Ng5 {[%cal Rg5f3] Black plays very actively, not letting the opponent to relax}
27. f4 (27. f3 Qd4+ 28. Kh1 Bd3 $17) 27... Bd3 $5 28. fxg5 Qd4+ 29. Rf2 (29.
Kh1 Bxf1 30. Bxf1 Rxf1+ 31. Qxf1 Qxb4 $17) 29... Rxf2 30. Qxf2 Qxb4 {After the
tactical struggle, it seems as black has some advantage due to his dangerous
passed pawns in the centre} 31. Rc7 {White plays actively creating threats
against the opponent's king in order to neutralize black's positional advantage
} Qg4 $5 {[%cal Rg4g5,Rg4e6] Bringing the queen to a better position} 32. h4
Qe6 {Now black's queen is very well placed. From one hand it helps the defence
and from the other he helps the advance of pawns} 33. Rf7 {[%cal Rf7f8]} Rg8 {
Defending against the threats on the f-file} (33... Kg8 34. Rb7 d5 35. Qa7 Kh8
36. Rxg7 $36) 34. Kh2 {[%cal Rg2h3] This way white is preparing to activize
the bishop} e4 35. Bh3 Qe5 {35...Qe8 deserved attention not letting white to
exchange rooks} (35... Qe8 $5 36. Bd7 e3 37. Qf4 Qe5 38. Qxe5 dxe5 39. Kg2 e4)
36. Rf8 Qe7 37. Rxg8+ Kxg8 38. Qf5 $1 {[%mdl 256] White defends very actively.
On his last move he exploits the bad positioning of the black bishop} e3 {
White's queen is very active, that's why black agrees to the draw} (38... g6
39. Qd5+ Kf8 40. Bg2 Kg7 41. Qd4+) 39. Qxd3 e2 40. Qd5+ Kf8 41. Qf3+ Kg8 42.
Qa8+ Kf7 43. Qf3+ {The black king has no safe place to escape to, the draw is
inevitable} Kg8 44. Qd5+ Kf8 $11 45. Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch qual 57th"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2004.05.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Shariyazdanov, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2004.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Nge7 9. c4 {this is white's main move in this position, other moves are: 9.c3,
9.Be3 and Bg5} Nxd5 10. exd5 (10. cxd5 {doesn't bring an advantage for white}
Nd4 ({after} 10... Ne7 11. h4 $1 {1-0 Bologan,V-Stripunsky,A/Wijk aan Zee II
1996 is strong}) 11. Be3 Be7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O Bd7 (13... Bf6 14. Qd2 Bd7 15.
Rac1 Rc8 $11 {is equal}) 14. Rc1 (14. Qd2 Qb8 15. Rac1 Qb7 16. Nc2 Nxc2 17.
Rxc2 Rfc8 $11) 14... Qa5 15. Qe1 Bd8 16. Qxa5 Bxa5 17. Nc2 Nxc2 18. Rxc2 Rfc8
$11) 10... Nd4 11. cxb5 Bd7 $6 {This move has a dubious reputation after the
game Smirin - Shirov} (11... Be7 {is the main move, it's hard to give a clear
assessment on this line} 12. Bd3 (12. bxa6 $6 Bxa6 13. Bxa6 Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Qxa6)
12... O-O 13. O-O f5 $1 {0-1 Kruppa,Y-Rotstein,A/Minsk 1993/CBM 36 with an
unclear position}) 12. Be3 axb5 $6 {This move doesn't seem as an improvement,
black's pair of bishops would not compensate him for the corrupted pawn
structure} ({the above mentioned game continued} 12... Nxb5 13. Nc4 f5 14. a4
Na7 15. Rc1 f4 16. Bd2 Nc8 17. Qb3 $16 {(Smirin-Shirov, Klaipeda 1988)}) 13.
Bxd4 exd4 14. Bd3 {White wishes to castle and then to take care of the black
weak pawns} Qa5+ (14... Be7 15. O-O Rb8 16. Nc2 O-O 17. Nxd4 {1-0 Szelag,
M-Szczechowicz,B/Poraj 1997/EXT 2000 (54) and white has a winning position
already}) 15. Kf1 {White decides to leave the queens on the board, and to put
pressure on the e-file. It would be difficult for black to castle now} ({
White could also go for an endgame} 15. Qd2 Be7 16. Qxa5 Rxa5 17. Nc2 Bf6 18.
O-O {white has a clear advantage}) 15... Be7 16. Qe2 {attacking the pawn on b5
and preventing the castling from black} Rb8 17. Nc2 {the pawn on d4 is lost} (
17. Re1 $2 {allows black to castle} O-O) 17... Kf8 18. Nxd4 Qb6 19. Nc6 $5 {
an interesting decision, white returns the pawn but his positional pluses
still give a clear edge} (19. Nf5 $2 Bf6 {and after g6 and Kg7 black would
stabilize his position and get a fine game}) (19. Bf5 $1 {seems as the best
move denying black from his pair of bishops} Qxd4 20. Re1 Bf6 21. Bxd7 g6 22.
Bc6 $1 (22. Bxb5 Qxd5 23. a4 Qb3 {and black returns the pawn although white is
still clearly better after} 24. h4 Qxb2 25. h5) 22... b4 23. b3 {white has a
material and a positional advantage as his bishop is superbly placed and
controls the open files}) 19... Bxc6 20. dxc6 Qxc6 21. h4 {Black shouldn't let
white to play h4-h5 so his reply is almost forced} h5 22. Re1 Bf6 23. Rh3 $16 {
White is still better mainly because black has difficulties to develop his
kingside and his b-pawn is a constant weakness} Rh6 {looks as a waste of two
tempis but I can't suggest anything better} (23... Be5 24. Re3 g6 $4 {allows
white a tactical shot} 25. Rxe5 {nd winning}) 24. Re3 Be5 25. Re4 {white is
bringing the rook to b4, black can't do much against it} g6 26. Rb4 Kg7 27.
Rxb5 Rhh8 28. b3 {White is a pawn up and the rest is a matter of technic,
although a very good technic is required as black still can stubbornly defend}
Rxb5 29. Bxb5 Qc5 30. Bc4 (30. a4 {looks a little more precise, not letting
black to block the pawn on a2}) 30... Qa3 31. g3 Ra8 32. Qf3 Ra7 33. Re2 Bb2
34. Qe3 $1 {a strong move, keeping the pawn on a2 as 34...Qxa2 loses to 35.Rxb2
} Bf6 (34... Qxa2 $2 35. Rxb2) 35. Qd2 Ra5 36. Kg2 Qc5 37. Kg1 {threatening
b3-b4} Qb6 38. Re3 (38. a4 {immideatly is also possible}) 38... Ra3 39. Rf3 {
threatening to take on f6 and Qb2+} Ra7 40. a4 Qc5 41. Rd3 Be5 42. Rd5 {
Now white has constructed the best setup and is ready to move the a-pawn} Qa3
43. Kg2 Qa1 44. Qd1 Qa2 $6 {Makes white's task much easier, black misses
white's next move} (44... Qa3 45. f4 {and white wins another pawn}) (44... Qb2
45. a5 {and white finally makes a significant progress}) (44... Qxd1 {was the
lesser evil, although white should win} 45. Rxd1) 45. Rxd6 $1 {now it's all
over} Qa1 46. Qxa1 Bxa1 47. Rd3 Bb2 48. Kf3 Ba3 49. Ke4 Bc5 50. f4 Bb4 51. Rd5
Be1 52. Kf3 Bc3 53. f5 Bb4 54. Bd3 Rc7 55. Rb5 Bc5 56. b4 Be7 57. fxg6 fxg6 58.
Rb6 Rc3 59. Ke2 Rb3 60. Rxg6+ Kf7 61. Ra6 Rb2+ 62. Kf1 Bxb4 63. Bg6+ Ke7 64.
Rb6 1-0

[Event "Brissago Dannemann m"]
[Site "Brissago"]
[Date "2003.02.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2003.02.01"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 5]} 1. e4 {Chekhov: Kortschnoj Finkel,A:} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 {Lately,this continuation has become fashionable.
Another variation in this position is ...6.c4} a6 7. Na3 b5 {Black has another
possibility 7...Nf6 and now White has a choice whether to transpose to the
Sveshnikov variation: 8.Bg5 or 8.Nc4 as was the case in the game between Anand
and Rajabov(Linares, 2003), in which White gained the advantage.} (7... Be6 8.
Nc4 b5 (8... Rc8 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nb8 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O Ngf6 13. a4 Be7
14. Be3 O-O 15. a5 $16 {Matanovic-Larsen,B,Bevervijk 1960}) 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. g3
Rc8 11. Bg2 h5 12. O-O h4 13. Ncd5 Ne7 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. a4 $16) (7... Nf6 8.
Nc4 b5 9. Ne3 Be7 10. g3 h5 11. Bg2 h4 12. O-O $14 {Anand-Rajabov}) 8. Nd5 Nce7
{In this position, 8...Nge7 is also possible,and, as demonstrated in the
following games, Black has good counterplay.} (8... Nge7 9. c4 (9. Bg5 h6 (9...
Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qd8 11. c4) 10. Qh5 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. Bg5 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 {
1/2-1/2 Lputian,S-Sveshnikov,E/Sochi 1987/TD (13)}) (9. c3 Nxd5 10. exd5 Ne7
11. Nc2 g6 12. a4 bxa4 13. Nb4 Bg7 14. Qxa4+ Bd7 15. Qa5 $16 {1-0 Barua,
D-Nataf,I/Linares 1998/CBM 62 ext (28)}) 9... Nd4 10. Nc2 (10. Be3 Nxd5 11.
cxd5 Be7 12. Bd3 O-O (12... Qa5+ 13. Qd2 $16) 13. O-O Bd7 (13... Bf6 14. Bxd4 (
14. Qd2 Bd7 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17. Rc1 Qb7 18. Qb4 Qb8 19. Qa5 $11 {
Stripunsky,A-Votava,J/Mlada Boleslav op 1995}) 14... exd4 15. Qd2 Qb6 16. Rad1)
(13... Bb7 $6 14. Qd2 $5 f5 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Nc2 Qb6 (16... Bf6 17. Rae1 $36 (
17. Qf4 Be5 18. Qf3 Qh4 19. g3 fxe4 20. Qxe4 Qxe4 21. Bxe4 d3 $15)) 17. Qf4 $36
{1-0 Tiviakov,S-Nataf,I/Mondariz 2000/CBM}) 14. Bxd4 (14. Qd2 Rc8 (14... Qb8
15. Rac1 Qb7 16. Nc2 Nxc2 17. Rxc2 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 Rxc2 19. Rxc2 Rc8 $11 {
Sluka,R-Moroz,A/Komercni Banka op 1997}) 15. f4 Qb6 (15... Qc7 16. f5 $16) 16.
Nc2 Bf6 {Kotronijas-Nikolaides,Athens 1993} 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Bf2 $16 {Idee
Tae1 Barlov,Jovicic}) (14. Rc1 Qa5 15. Qe1 Bd8 16. Qxa5 Bxa5 17. Nc2 Nxc2 18.
Rxc2 Rfc8 19. Rfc1 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Kf8 $11 {Manik,M-Moroz,A/Komercni Banka op
1996}) 14... exd4 15. Qd2 Qb6 $13 {0-1 Erdogdu,M-Moiseenko,A/Saraybahce GP,
Kocaeli TUR 2002 (46)}) 10... Nxd5 11. cxd5 Bg4 12. Qd2 (12. f3 $2 Qh4+ $1 $17)
12... Nxc2+ 13. Qxc2 Be7 14. Bd3 O-O 15. O-O Rc8 16. Qb3 Bg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 $36
{0-1 Hodgson,J-Lputian,S/Sochi 1987/TD (50)}) (8... Nf6 $1) (8... Nf6 9. Bg5 {
B33}) 9. c4 Nxd5 10. exd5 {[%cal Gc4b5,Ga3b5] White intends on destroying
Black's strong pawn chain on the Queen's side; therefor, takes d5 with the "e"
pawn.} bxc4 $8 11. Nxc4 Nf6 12. Be3 {[%cal Rc4b6,Ye3b6]} {Black seals off
square "b6", hence preventing White's penatration.} Rb8 {[%cal Yb8b6]} 13. Be2
Be7 {13...Rb5 is risky} (13... Rb5 $6 {[%cal Rb5d5,Yf6d5]} 14. a4 Rxd5 15. Qc2)
14. a4 {[%cal Ra4b5] White gains space on the Queen's side.} O-O 15. O-O Bb7
16. Nb6 Nd7 17. a5 f5 18. f3 {White makes a preventive move designated to
deter Black's play on the King's side} Nxb6 19. Bxb6 Qd7 20. b4 Bd8 21. Be3 $5
{Which turns out stronger then 21.Bf2 as was played in the game Smirnov-Turov.}
(21. Bf2 Bg5 $132 {1-0 Smirnov,P-Turov,M/ch-RUS, Krasnodar RUS 2002 (54)}) (21.
Bxd8 Rfxd8 22. Bc4 Bc8 23. Rb1 (23. Qd2 Qa7+ 24. Kh1 Bd7 25. Rfc1 Re8 26. Rab1
e4 $132 {0-1 Furlan,M-Sveshnikov,E/Bled 2001/CBM 81 ext (40)}) 23... Qa7+ 24.
Kh1 Bd7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Van den Doel,E-Nataf,I/Esbjerg 2001/CBM 85 (43)}) 21...
Bf6 22. Rb1 Qf7 {[%csl Yd5] Black attacks d5, attempting to distract White
from carrying out their plan of advancing b5.} (22... Rbc8 23. b5 axb5 24. Rxb5
e4 $6 25. fxe4 Rfe8 26. Rb4 $18 {1-0 Karjakin,S-Shirov,A/Superstars Hotel Bali,
Benidorm ESP 2002 (38)}) 23. Bc4 Rfc8 24. Qd3 {[%cal Yc4a6]} Ra8 25. Rfc1 $146
{This exact variation was played by the identical players in their next
meeting in which White attempted to play with the other rook unsuccessfully.} (
25. Rbc1 Bd8 26. Bb3 Rab8 27. Rc6 Qf8 28. Rc4 Rxc4 29. Bxc4 Ra8 30. Rc1 Bc8 31.
Bb3 Bd7 32. Bc4 Bc8 33. Bb3 {1/2-1/2 Karjakin,S-Kosteniuk,A/Brissago SUI 2003 
(33)}) 25... Qh5 26. Bb3 $5 {[%cal Rb3a4,Ra4c6] A key move, considering that
White wants to transfer its bishop to c6.} Bg5 27. Qd2 $5 {Forcing Black to
take exchange black squared bishops and activate their Queen.} Bxe3+ 28. Qxe3 {
[%csl Yd6][%cal Re3b6]} Qf7 29. Qb6 Bxd5 30. Qxa6 $1 Rxc1+ $2 {The unforseen
tactical blow throwing Black off guard-leading them into a strikingly
interesting trap, while 30.Rcb8 leads White only to a small advantage} (30...
Rcb8 $1 31. Qd3 Bxb3 32. Rxb3 e4 33. fxe4 fxe4 34. Qe3 Qe6 35. Rbb1 $14) 31.
Rxc1 Rxa6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] 31...Rf8 is neccessary to avoid immediate defeat} (
31... Rf8 $5 32. Ba4 Qe6 33. Bc6 $16) 32. Rc8+ Qe8 33. Rxe8+ Kf7 34. Ra8 $3 $18
1-0

[Event "RUS-ch qual 57th"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2004.05.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gajsin, Evgenij"]
[Black "Shariyazdanov, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2004.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. a4 {6.c4 is met more
often, totally discouraging the advance d6-d5} (6. c4) 6... Be7 {6...Nf6
deserves attention and as the practice shows black gets a good counterplay in
this case} (6... Nf6 $5 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Bg4 9. f3 (9. Be2 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 d5
11. exd5 Nxd5 12. O-O Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bc5 $10 {Rublevskij-Babula,V/WchJ/1993/})
9... Be6 10. Bc4 Qb6 (10... Rc8 11. O-O Nb4 12. Bxe6 (12. Bb3 Be7 13. Be3 O-O
$10) 12... fxe6 $132 {0-1 Jansa,V-Votava,J/Lazne Bohdanec 1995/CBM 45/[Ftacnik]
(49)}) 11. b3 $5 Be7 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nc4 Qd4 $132 {0-1 Stambulian,A-Tregubov,
P/Krasnodar 2001/EXT 2003 (62)}) 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be6 {8...Nf6 here also
deserves attention with a fine counterplay} (8... Nf6 $5 9. Be3 (9. Nc4 Nxe4 $5
10. Nxe4 d5 $132 {0-1 Farago,S-Meszaros,T/Budapest 2003/EXT 2004 (43)}) (9. Bc4
O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. Re1 Rc8 12. Bg5 Nb4 13. Bxf6 Bxc4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nxc4
Rxc4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Zhigalko,A-Kasparov,S/Minsk 2001/CBM 81 ext (38)}) 9... Ng4
10. Nc4 Nxe3 11. Nxe3 O-O 12. Ncd5 Bg5 13. c3 g6 14. Bd3 f5 $132 {1/2-1/2
Saltaev,M-Rastenis,G/Moscow 1983/EXT 2002 (63)}) 9. Nc4 {9.Bc4 deserves
attention trying to take control over d5 square, which is white's main
positional idea. In this case white has a clear advantage} (9. Nd5 Nf6 10.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Bc4 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. c3 Qd7 14. Be3 Ne7 15. Qd3 Qc6 16. Bxe6
fxe6 17. c4 Qxa4 18. Qxd6 Qc6 $10 {0-1 Mowsziszian,K-Christiansen,L/BL 9495 
(1995) ;BL 90 1995 (44)}) (9. Bc4 $5 Nf6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. O-O Rc8
(12... Bg5 13. Nd5 $14 {1-0 Lengyel,B-Meszaros,T/Budapest 2003/EXT 2004 (57)})
13. Nd5 Bg5 14. c3 Ne7 15. Qb3 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 $14 {1-0 Kovchan,
A-Kernazhitsky,L/Cappelle la Grande 2003/CBM 92 ext (53)}) 9... Nf6 $5 {
Worse is 9...Rc8. In this case as the next game shows white has a better
perspectives} (9... Rc8 10. Nd5 $5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nb8 12. a5 Nd7 13. Be2 Ngf6
14. Be3 O-O 15. O-O $14 {]. 0-1 Ivanov,A-Friedman,A/Philadelphia 1995/EXT 2000
(72)}) 10. Be3 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Yc4b6] White is trying to take control over d5
but allows black to make an exchange combination} (10. Bg5 $5 Nd4 (10... Nxe4
11. Nxe4 Bxg5 12. Ncxd6+ Kf8 13. Nxb7) 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 $14)
10... Nxe4 $5 {Black sharpens the game and is trying to get an active
counterplay. In case of the quiet 10...0-0 white would have had a minimal
advantage} (10... O-O 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Be2 Nb4 13. Bf3 $14 {1-0 Beliavsky,
A-Adamec,A/Prague 1990/EXT 2004 (36)}) 11. Nxe4 d5 12. Nb6 dxe4 {Black
sacrifices the exchange and gets an active position and chances for an attack.
In case of 12...Rb8 the minimal advantage is on white's side} (12... Rb8 13.
Nc5 d4 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Nc4 dxe3 16. Nxe3 $14) 13. Nxa8 Qxa8 14. a5 $5 {
Freeing the a4 square for the white pieces} O-O 15. c3 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Rd1a4]
White restricts the black knight and free the route along the d1-a4 diagonal
for his queen} f5 16. Qa4 $5 {[%cal Rf1c4] Activizing the queen and trying to
exchange the black bishop after 17.Bc4} Kh8 17. Bc4 Bd7 18. O-O (18. Bb6 $5 Qe8
19. O-O f4 20. Bd5 Nd4 $16 (20... Nb4 21. Qb3 Nxd5 22. Qxd5) 21. Qd1 Bc6 22.
Bxc6 Nxc6 $16) 18... Qe8 (18... f4 19. Bb6 f3 20. Bd5 Qc8 21. Qxe4 Bh3 22. Rfe1
Bxg2 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Qxe5 $16) 19. Bb6 f4 20. Rad1 $6 {After a number of
energetic moves white recieved a clear advantage. After 20.Bd5 his chances
would be clearly preferable} (20. Bd5 $5) 20... f3 $5 {Black uses the chance
and goes for a counterattack} 21. Rxd7 {Getting rid of black's dangerous
bishop. 21.Rfe1 was also possible with an unclear game} (21. Rfe1 fxg2 (21...
Nd4 22. Qa2 Nc2 23. Rxe4 Qg6 24. g3 Qxe4 25. Rxd7 $16) 22. Qc2 Bf5 23. Qe2 $13)
21... Qxd7 22. Rd1 Qg4 23. g3 (23. Bf1 fxg2 24. Bxg2 Qe2 $132) 23... Bg5 {
Activizing the bishop and creating the threat e4-e3} (23... e3 24. Bxe3 Nxa5
25. Qxa5 Qxc4 26. Qxe5 $132) 24. Bf1 $5 {Defending against the threat e4-e3
and watching the e4 pawn} Qf5 25. Re1 {[%cal Ra4e4,Re1e4] Attacking the pawn
on e4 and planning to take it} Bd2 $5 {With the aid of tactics black escapes
white's pressure} 26. Rxe4 Nd4 $1 27. Bd3 $8 (27. Qb4 Rc8) 27... Qh3 28. Bf1
Qf5 {It's difficult for both sides to avoid the repetition of moves. So the
drawish outcome is inevitable} 29. Qb4 Rc8 30. Bd3 Qh3 31. Bf1 Qf5 32. Bd3 Qh3
33. Bf1 Qf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.26"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2861"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Gormally,D"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{One of the most keenly awaited clashes in the chess world these days, is the
quite regular battles between the Norwegian Wunderkind Magnus Carlsen, and the
highly entertaining, often explosive, American player Hikaru Nakamura.  The
only problem is from Nakamura's point of view, these clashes have become
worryingly one-sided. For all Nakamura's incredible talent, he has yet to beat
Carlsen in a classical game - a fact that must frustrate the American, who has
defeated pretty much everyone else at the top of the world's elite at some
time or another.  So you may ask, why is this clash so interesting? Well I
think Nakamura brings out the best in Carlsen, as the American's ultra
aggressive style tends to force Magnus into full combat from an early stage of
the game, when most of the time the Norwegian is happy enough grinding away in
an endgame.   Their round 12 clash in Wijk aan Zee was a good example of this
- Nakamura played an adventurous opening, but Carlsen soon clamped down on his
aggressive ideas, before quickly turning to his own deadly intentions.} 1. e4
c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 {Probably not the opening
Carlsen was expecting, but Nakamura is very similar to Ivanchuk - he can play
pretty much anything, and play it pretty well.} 6. g3 $1 {Very typical of
Carlsen's style - he is not actively trying to refute openings, like a
Kasparov, but rather just building up a slight advantage, before viciously
outplaying the opposition in the middlegame and endgame. But beware of drawing
him into a battle - just because his natural style is to grind, doesn't mean
he can't mix it with the best of them.   Aware of the dangers of being ground
down in 80 moves, Nakamura now lashes out with a spiky lunge on the kingside -
however this is a risky strategy, as his king will never now be completely
safe in any part of the board.} h5 $5 {I used to play some guy on the Internet
chess club, in the one minute pool, who would thrust his h-pawn down the board
at any opportunity. In fact he rarely bothered to wait this long, he would
invariably start with 1..h5! (I think his name was something like Soong Loong,
and he would gleefully mock me everytime he beat me with one of his horrible
openings.)  Funnily enough his strategy was far more dangerous than it seemed
at first glance - particularly when you only have 1 minute on your clock!
Doubtless Nakamura himself has had to face down Soong Loong many times as well,
as a one time regular visitor of the ICC.  In this particular example though
you could argue that Nakamura's advance makes perfect sense- with White
already commited to an early fianchetto - he is looking to soften up Carlsen's
kingside and get some action going down the h-file.} (6... Be6 {was a more
passive approach - if Black is not careful White will nurse a strategic
advantage to the end of the game, due to the long-term hole on d5.} 7. Bg2 Be7
8. N1c3 Nf6 9. Nd5 O-O 10. O-O Qc8 11. a4 Qd7 12. Na3 Bh3 13. Bxh3 Qxh3 14. Be3
Rfd8 15. c3 h6 16. Qd3 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Bg5 18. Rfe1 Rd7 19. Rad1 Ne7 20. Qb3 Bxe3
21. Rxe3 a6 22. Nc2 Qe6 23. Qxe6 fxe6 24. Red3 d5 25. Ne3 Rad8 26. Nc4 Ng6 27.
a5 d4 28. Nb6 Rd6 29. h4 h5 30. Kf1 Kf7 31. Ke2 Ke7 32. b4 Nf8 33. Nc4 Rc6 34.
Nxe5 Rxc3 35. Rxc3 dxc3 36. Rxd8 Kxd8 37. Kd3 Ke7 38. Kxc3 Kd6 39. Kd4 {
1-0 Ivanchuk,V (2735)-Maidla,V (2370)/Tallinn 1996/CBM 050 ext}) 7. N1c3 a6 8.
Na3 b5 (8... h4 9. Bg2 h3 $5 (9... Nf6 {keeping the tension, was also possible}
10. Bg5 hxg3 11. hxg3 Rxh1+ 12. Bxh1 Be7 {when Black seems fine}) 10. Bf1 b5
11. Nd5 Nce7 $6 {slightly eccentric play which backfires -} (11... Nf6 12. Bg5
Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qd8 {and White probably has nothing better than returning to g5
with the bishop}) 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Rb8 15. O-O-O Ne7 16. Qxd6
Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Nf5 18. Rb6 Rxb6 19. Bxb6 Nd6 20. f3 Be6 21. Bc5 Be7 22. Be2 Nb7
23. Bxe7 Kxe7 24. b3 Nd6 25. c3 g6 26. Nc2 a5 27. Rd1 f5 28. exf5 gxf5 29. Bf1
f4 30. gxf4 exf4 31. Nd4 Bd7 32. Ne2 Bc6 33. Nxf4 Bxf3 {1-0 Nunn,J (2600)
-Short,N (2635)/Wijk aan Zee 1990/CBM 017}) 9. Nd5 {White now has ideas of
playing Be3 and c4 - threatening to make speedy progress on the queenside, a
very typical strategy for White in these sorts of systems. By contrast, what
aggressive plan can Black muster? Not such an easy question to answer, and
even the ever-inventive Nakamura can't seem to provide an convincing recipe.}
Nge7 10. Bg2 Bg4 $6 ({In the after game press conference, Carlsen explained
that he expected} 10... Nxd5 11. exd5 Ne7 {which he seemed to think was fairly
acceptable for Black.} 12. c4 Bd7 {and with ideas like ...h4 and also Nf5-d4
coming, Black is more than ok, although of course the game remains very sharp.
Instead of this, Naka seems to "drift".}) 11. f3 Be6 12. c3 h4 13. Nc2 {
Magnus is building up slowly, ignoring Black's aggressive intentions on the
kingside - he doesn't believe that it's going to go anywhere. Before he
commits to any actions on the queenside, he first takes the d4-square under
control - now a4 is in the air.} Bxd5 $6 {This exchange is only risky for
Black, as the light-square weaknesses in his position now become appreciable.}
({Black could of course exchange rooks on the h-file, but that would only work
out in White's favour -} 13... hxg3 14. hxg3 Rxh1+ 15. Bxh1 {and now while
White has ideas of playing a4, or even f4, Black really lacks a plan.}) ({
It looks unpleasant, but perhaps} 13... f6 {with the idea of putting the king
on f7 would have been the safest, as then} 14. f4 {is not particularly
dangerous, as f5 will lead nowhere and the e5-square is solidly defended.}) 14.
exd5 Na5 15. f4 $1 {Of course! Carlsen now switches to full Kasparov turbo
boost mode, his intentions becoming every more aggressive with every passing
move.} Nf5 $6 ({Carlsen felt that} 15... hxg3 16. hxg3 Rxh1+ 17. Bxh1 Qd7 {
was more accurate, with the idea of ...Qh3.} 18. Bg2 exf4 19. Bxf4 Ng6 {
seems ok for Black.}) 16. g4 $1 h3 17. Be4 Nh4 {Kasparov, commenting on the
game afterwards, seemed to elude to the idea that this was the decisive error,
suggesting that Black needed to play} (17... Qh4+ 18. Kf1 Ne7 ({The misguided
attempt to "attack" with} 18... Nh6 19. g5 Ng4 {only backfires on Black, after}
20. Qe2 {White is already threatening Bf5, trapping the errant knight}) {
However after the calm reply} 19. Qe2 {it is not obvious what Black's
follow-up is.  In fact as we shall see, Black has not stepped over the line
just yet.}) 18. O-O g6 19. Kh1 {A useful prophylatic move. Just in case, White
tidies his king away.} Bg7 ({Carlsen was not afraid of} 19... f5 {indicating
that after} 20. Bd3 e4 21. Be2 {Black's "initiative" has come to a halt and
the weakness incurred on e6 is likely to become significant, with Nd4 coming.})
20. f5 $5 {I admit that this probably wouldn't have been my choice, but then
I'm not the world number one!} ({White had a number of useful options,
including the immediate} 20. Nb4) 20... gxf5 21. gxf5 Ng2 $2 {But only this
mistake really sends Black plummeting over the precipice. Nakamura tries to
increase his control over the dark squares, but this turns out to be far too
slow.} ({The game would have remained reasonably unclear after either} 21...
Bf6) ({Or} 21... Bh6) 22. f6 $1 {Probably the single greatest reason why
Carlsen has risen to such giddy heights lately, and now holds an unshakeable
grip over the world number one spot.  Unlike other elite grandmasters, who
occasionally let tactical mistakes by their opponents go by, Carlsen seems to
have a shark-like ability to smell the blood in the water - and subsequently
he will ruthlessly pounce on the slightest slip. This he has in common with
the great champions of sport - like Federer, Messi and Woods - his ruthless
streak and instinctive ability to sense when his opponent is weakening, and
subsequently likely to make a mistake.  It would seem that Carlsen has
Nakamura's "number" and seems to know exactly when the American will err. 
(talking about "having someone's number", I believe I've lost pretty much
every blitz game I've ever played against Nakamura since he became a strong
grandmaster, which just gives an example of the difference between these top
guys and lesser mortals like myself.)  This impetuous pawn wanders deep into
the black kingside, forcing the ignomonious retreat of the black bishop.} Bf8 {
A sorry retreat, but there was little better.} ({Black loses material after} 
22... Bxf6 23. Qf3 Rh4 24. Bg5 $1) ({And} 22... Bh6 {is no longer possible -
White wins on the spot with} 23. Qh5 {as ...Qf6 is clearly no longer possible.}
) 23. Qf3 {Looking at Black's useless knights on g2 and a5, the phrase
"knights on the rim are dim" never seemed more pertinent. Completely devoid of
any meaningful counterplay, all Black can do now is thrash around uselessly
waiting for the killer blow.} Qc7 24. Nb4 Nb7 25. Nc6 {The final nail in
Black's coffin. The knight on c6 and pawn on f6 form an unbreakable cage
around the black king.} Nc5 26. Bf5 Nd7 27. Bg5 Rg8 28. Qh5 Nb6 29. Be6 Rxg5
30. Qxg5 fxe6 31. dxe6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "Grivas,E"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Bd3 {This is what I
call the Eros variation subline - a big survey was published in CBM 140. By
choosing the text move White retains the possibility of a well-timed c4, but
Black should face no problems if she reacts at the right moment with the
typical ...d5 advance.} e6 (6... d5 {is also a good alternative:} 7. exd5 Nxd5
8. O-O e5 $1 {and Black is doing well according to my extensivly published
analysis.}) 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 (8. Nc3 d6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 a6 {transposes to
more 'main' lines, where White can choose between: a)} 11. a4 {- the Hermes
variation} ({b)} 11. a3 {- the Hestia variation}) ({c)} 11. Qe2 {- the Athena
variation}) ({d)} 11. Qf3 {- the Zeus variation.})) 8... d5 ({This is
objectively the best continuation. Black has also tried} 8... Ne5 9. Nc3 a6 10.
Be2 d6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Rc1 b6 13. f4 Ned7 14. Bf3 Bb7 15. Qe2 O-O 16. Nd4 $14 {
Milos,G-Morozevich,A Internet 2000.}) 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 ({The main
alternative is} 10. Be3 Qc7 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bc5 Be6 13. Na3 (13. Bxe7 Qxe7 $1
(13... Ncxe7 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Na3 O-O 16. Re1 Qf4 17. Re4 Qf6 $11 {Wehmeier,
S-Illner,A Germany 2008}) 14. Qf3 O-O $15) 13... O-O 14. Nb5 Qd7 (14... Qf4 15.
Bxe7 Ndxe7 $13 {Dworakowska,J-Arakhamia Grant,K Leon 2001}) 15. Rc1 Nf4 16. Bc4
Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 Rfd8 $11 {.}) 10... Be6 $6 ({A novelty. Simpler is} 10... dxe4
11. Nxe4 O-O 12. Qe2 Nd4 (12... Rd8 $5 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Rfd1 Qe5
$11) 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 {and Black is fine, as in Timoshenko,G-Epishin,V Tbilisi
1989.}) 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Be3 $6 ({I think here White could gain
the upper hand with} 13. Re1 Qd8 14. Qg4 $1 (14. Bg5 O-O $11) 14... O-O 15. Bh6
Bf6 16. Rad1 {.}) 13... Qb4 $1 {Probably White missed this strong and
energetic move, which allows Black to obtain even play.} 14. Qc2 ({An
invitation to a draw. If White wanted to continue he should go for} 14. Re1
O-O-O (14... O-O $2 15. Qh5 $18) 15. Bd2 Qh4 {when a sharp battle is on the
cards.}) 14... Bxg2 {Accepted!} 15. Kxg2 Qg4+ 16. Kh1 Qf3+ 17. Kg1 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stuttgart-chA int"]
[Site "Ditzingen"]
[Date "2005.05.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Meijers, Viesturs"]
[Black "Schebler, Gerhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Nce7 9. c4 Nxd5 10. exd5 Be7 (10... bxc4 11. Nxc4 Nf6 12. Be3 Rb8 13. Qa4+ $5
Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Nxd7 15. Be2 Be7 16. O-O f5 17. f4 e4 18. Rac1 O-O 19. b3 Bb7 20.
Na5 Bxd5 21. Rc7 {ergab weißen Vorteil in Landa- Lautier, Blitzpartie 2004.})
11. cxb5 Nf6 12. Bc4 O-O 13. bxa6 $5 ({In allen mir bekannten Partien wurde} 
13. O-O {bevorzugt, wobei Schwarz sich behaupten konnte.}) 13... Bxa6 14. O-O
Qa5 ({Falls} 14... Bxc4 15. Nxc4 Qc7 {, so} 16. b3 Qb7 17. Bg5 Nxd5 18. Bxe7
Nf4 19. f3) ({und} 14... Qc8 15. Qd3 e4 16. Qd4 Qf5 17. Re1 Bd8 18. Bd2 Rb8 19.
Bc3 Bb6 20. Qd2 e3 21. fxe3 Ne4 22. Qe2 Nxc3 23. bxc3 Bc5 24. Bxa6 Bxa3 25.
Rad1 {reicht ebenfalls nicht aus.}) 15. Bd2 (15. b3 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Qxd5 17. Qxd5
Nxd5 18. Bd2 $14) 15... Qb6 $6 ({Die kritische Folge besteht in} 15... Qc7 16.
Qb3 ({oder} 16. b3 Bxc4 17. Nxc4 Nxd5 18. Qf3 Nf6 19. Bg5) 16... Bxc4 (16...
Rfb8 17. Nb5) 17. Nxc4 Rfb8 18. Qd3 Rb5 19. Rfc1 Rxd5 20. Qe2 Qb7 21. a4 $14)
16. Qb3 Qd4 (16... Qxb3 17. axb3 Bb7 18. Bg5 Rab8 19. Rfd1) 17. Rfd1 Bxc4 18.
Nxc4 Rfb8 19. Bb4 Qh4 20. a3 $16 Ne4 21. f3 Nf6 22. Qd3 Nh5 23. Be1 Qg5 24. Bd2
Nf4 25. Bxf4 Qxf4 26. b4 f5 27. Rab1 Rf8 28. b5 Ra4 29. Rdc1 Rc8 30. g3 Qg5 31.
b6 Rb8 32. b7 (32. Qb3 Ra6 33. b7 {scheint einfacher zu sein.}) 32... Rxb7 33.
Nxe5 Rxb1 34. Rxb1 dxe5 35. d6 Rd4 36. dxe7 Kf7 37. e8=Q+ Kxe8 38. Qb5+ Kf8 39.
Qxe5 Rd8 40. Re1 1-0

[Event "Nuremberg LGA Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Nuremberg"]
[Date "2006.09.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Baramidze, David"]
[Black "Heidrich, Manfred"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qf6 8.
Qd2 Qg6 9. Nc3 Nge7 10. b3 $6 {Ljubojevic spielte diesen Zug nach 8...Nge7;
hier hat dies wenig Sinn.} ({In Robatsch-Kottnauer, Beverwijk 1962, folgte} 10.
Qg5 d5 11. Qxg6 hxg6 12. Bd2 Be6 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. O-O-O O-O-O
16. f3 {mit remis. Wolfgang Uhlmann behandelt in der Enzyklopädie}) (10. h4 {
als die stärkste Erwiderung, was nach} {10...} d5 $5 (10... b5 11. h5 Qg4 12.
Qg5 Qxg5 13. Bxg5 h6 14. Be3 $16 {, Parma-De Roy, Beverwijk 1964}) (10... h5
11. Qg5 Nb4 12. Qxg6 Nxg6 13. Kd1 Ne7 14. b3 f5 15. Ba3 Nbc6 {
,Bogdanowitsch-Baumbach, Zinnowitz 1967,} 16. Bd3 $5 $16) (10... Nd4 11. h5 Qc6
12. b3 O-O 13. Ba3 d6 14. f4 Be6 15. O-O-O Rfc8 16. Kb2 $14 {,
Bojkovic-Grigorjan, Länderkampf UdSSR-Jugoslawien 1964, verspricht Weiß stets
besseren Chancen}) 11. h5 Qg4 12. f3 Qg3+ 13. Qf2 Qxf2+ 14. Kxf2 $14 {sichert
Weiß etwas mehr vom Spiel.}) ({In der modernen Praxis wird} 10. f3 $5 {
bevorzugt, um 10...} d5 {mit} 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 O-O 13. c3 {zu begegnen,
z. B. 13...} Rd8 ({oder} 13... Be6 14. Qd2 $16) 14. Qc5 Be6 15. Qf2 f5 16. exf5
Qxf5 17. Be2 Ne7 18. O-O Nd5 19. Re1 Nf4 20. Bf1 $16 {und Schwarz hat nicht
genug für den Bauern.}) 10... d5 11. Nxd5 Qxe4+ 12. Ne3 Be6 13. Bb2 Rd8 (13...
Qg6 $5 $15 {verspricht Schwarz bessere Perspektiven.}) 14. Bd3 Qh4 15. Qc3 O-O
(15... Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. O-O O-O 18. f3 f5 19. Qe1 Qe7 $11 {ist etwa
ausgeglichen.}) 16. O-O Rc8 $6 ({Verliert unnötig Zeit. Besser war} 16... Nd4
$15 {mit Schwarz am Ruder.}) 17. f4 f6 18. Bc4 (18. Qe1 $1 $14 {ändert das
Bild zu weißen Gunsten, doch will der Anziehende die Damen auf dem Brett
unbedingt behalten.}) 18... Nd4 19. Qd2 $6 (19. Qe1 Qxe1 20. Raxe1 Bxc4 21.
Nxc4 Nxc2 22. Re2 Nb4 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Bxe5 $14 {war immer
noch die bessere Lösung.}) 19... Rfd8 20. Bxd4 Bxc4 21. Nxc4 Rxd4 $6 (21...
exd4 22. Qb4 Nd5 23. Qxb7 Rc7 24. Qxa6 Nxf4 $44 {mit genügend Spiel für den
Bauern.}) 22. Qb4 Re8 23. Qxb7 Rxf4 24. Rxf4 Qxf4 25. Rd1 (25. c3 $16 {
erscheint einfacher, mit weißem Vorteil.}) 25... Nf5 $6 26. Qd5+ $6 (26. c3 $5
{ist präziser, 26...} Ne3 27. g3 Qg5 28. Qd7 Rf8 29. Qe6+ Kh8 30. Qe7 Rg8 31.
Nd6 $18 {mit Gewinn}) 26... Kh8 27. Qc6 Rg8 28. Qxa6 $2 (28. c3 Ne3 29. Nd6 h6
30. g3 Qg4 31. Rd3 Nc2 32. Rd2 $16) 28... Qe4 29. Nd6 Nxd6 30. Qxd6 Qxc2 31.
Qd2 Qc5+ 32. Qf2 Qa3 33. Qc2 h6 34. Rd7 Re8 35. Rc7 e4 $6 (35... Qa5 36. h3 e4
$15 {kommt Schwarz zugute.}) 36. Qc6 Rg8 37. Qxe4 (37. Rc8 Rxc8 38. Qxc8+ Kh7
39. Qf5+ Kh8 40. Qxe4 Qxa2 41. b4 $11 {versprach etwas mehr praktische Chancen.
}) 37... Qxa2 38. b4 Rd8 39. Rc1 Qd2 40. Ra1 f5 41. Qc4 Kh7 42. b5 Rd4 43. Qc1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Stuttgart-chA int"]
[Site "Ditzingen"]
[Date "2013.05.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando"]
[Black "Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2013.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Rochade Europa 6/2013 Seite 15} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5.
Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7 8. Nc4 b5 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 b4 12.
Ncd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bg5 {[#]} 14. Bxg5 ({Wenig Sorgen hat Schwarz nach} 14. O-O
Bxc1 15. Qxc1 a5 {Zude,A-Ikonnikov,V/LGA Nürnberg 2012}) 14... Qxg5 15. a3 {
Das ist stärker} ({als} 15. O-O Rb8 16. Qd3 a5 {Nepomniachtchi,I-Ivanchuk,V/
Moskau 2011}) 15... bxa3 16. Rxa3 Rb8 17. Qd2 $5 {Eine neue Idee, die
Ikonnikov für lange Zeit beschäftigte.} ({Bekannt ist} 17. b3 Nd4 18. O-O Bb7 {
mit Ausgleich; Zarkovic,M-Voiska,M/Valjeo 2011}) 17... Qd8 $6 {Ein
Zugeständnis.} ({Richtig war} 17... Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Rxb2 19. Rc3 Bd7 20. Ra1 (
20. Rxc6 $2 Bxc6 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Nxc6 Rc8 23. Kc1 Rb7 $1 24. Na5 Rb5 $19)
20... Nd4 21. Rxa6 h5 22. Rxd6 Ba4 {mit gutem Gegenspiel.}) 18. O-O a5 19. b3 (
{Möglich war} 19. c3 Be6 20. Rd1 {mit etwas Plus.}) 19... Be6 20. Rd1 Nd4 21.
Ne3 {Weiß gab sich in etwas besserer Stellung mit remis zufrieden.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ordzhonikidze zt 1.9"]
[Site "Ordzhonikidze"]
[Date "2000.06.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Moroz, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2000.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. b3 Nf6 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. Qd2 Ne8 11. N1c3 a6 12. Na3 h6 13. Nc2 Bg5 14. Ne3 Be6 15.
Bb2 Nd4 16. Qd1 Rb8 17. Nf5 Nxf5 18. exf5 Bd7 19. a4 Bc6 20. b4 b6 21. b5 axb5
22. axb5 Bb7 23. Be4 Qc8 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Qd3 Nf6 26. g3 h5 27. Ne4 Nxe4 28.
Qxe4 Rc7 29. Ra4 Qb7 30. Qxb7 Rxb7 31. Rd1 Be7 32. Bc1 Rc8 33. Be3 Kf8 34. Kg2
g6 35. f6 Bxf6 36. Rxd6 Bd8 37. Ra6 Ke7 38. Rc6 Kd7 39. Rxc8 Kxc8 40. Kf3 f5
41. h4 Kb8 42. Bg5 Bc7 43. Be7 Kc8 44. Ke2 Kd7 45. Bg5 Bd6 46. Be3 Bc7 47. Kd3
f4 48. gxf4 exf4 49. Bd4 Bd8 50. f3 Kc7 51. Bf2 Kb8 52. Ke4 Re7+ 53. Kxf4 Kb7
54. c5 bxc5 55. Rxg6 Bc7+ 56. Kg5 Re2 57. Bg1 Re5+ 58. Kh6 Rf5 59. Rg7 Kb6 60.
Kg6 Rd5 61. Rh7 Bd6 62. Rxh5 Rd1 63. Rg5 Be7 64. Rg4 Bxh4 65. Bxc5+ Kxb5 66.
Rxh4 Kxc5 {[#] Leichter Gewinn für Weiß, da der schwarze König zu weit vom
Freibauern entfernt steht.} 67. f4 Rd6+ (67... Kd6 68. f5 Ke5 69. f6 Rg1+ (
69... Rd6 70. Rh5+ Ke6 71. Rh1 Rd2 72. Re1+ Kd7 73. f7 Rg2+ 74. Kf6 Rf2+ 75.
Kg7 Rg2+ 76. Kf8 Rg3 77. Rd1+ Kc7 78. Rd4 Rg1 79. Ke7 Re1+ 80. Kf6 Rf1+ 81. Ke6
Re1+ 82. Kf5 Rf1+ 83. Rf4 $18 {Brückenbau}) 70. Kf7 Rf1 71. Rh5+ Kd6 72. Rh2
Ke5 73. Re2+ Kf5 74. Ke7 Kg6 75. Rg2+ Kh7 76. f7 Re1+ 77. Kf8 Rh1 78. Re2 $18)
68. Kg5 Rd1 69. Rh8 Kc6 70. Re8 {vertikale Sperre} Kd7 71. Re2 Rf1 72. f5 Rf3
73. Kg6 Rf1 74. f6 Rf3 75. Kg7 Rg3+ 76. Kf8 Rf3 77. f7 Rf1 (77... Rg3 78. Rd2+
Kc7 79. Rd4 Rg1 80. Ke7 Re1+ 81. Kf6 Rf1+ 82. Ke6 Kc6 83. Rd8 Re1+ 84. Kf6 Rf1+
85. Kg6 Rg1+ 86. Kh5 Rh1+ 87. Kg4 Rg1+ 88. Kh3 $18) 78. Rg2 Ke6 79. Kg8 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.10"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Kotsur, Pavel"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[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 "Kazakhstan"]
[BlackTeam "Belarus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KAZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Nce7 9. c4 Nxd5 10. exd5 bxc4 11. Nxc4 Nf6 12. Be3 Rb8 13. Be2 Be7 14. O-O O-O
15. a4 Bf5 16. a5 Qd7 17. f4 Be4 18. Nb6 Qb7 19. Ra4 Bxd5 20. fxe5 dxe5 21.
Rxf6 Bxg2 22. Rg4 Rbd8 23. Qe1 Bxf6 24. Rxg2 Qe4 25. Bc5 Rfe8 26. Rg4 Qc2 27.
Nc4 e4 28. Qf2 Re6 29. b4 h5 30. Rf4 Rd5 31. Kg2 Rg5+ 32. Kh1 Be7 33. Be3 Reg6
34. Bf1 Rg1+ 35. Qxg1 Rxg1+ 36. Kxg1 Bxb4 37. Rf5 Qd1 38. h3 Bc3 39. Bf2 Bd4
40. Kg2 g6 41. Rf4 f5 42. Bxd4 Qxd4 43. Rf2 {[#] Weiß geht am Raummangel
zugrunde.} h4 $1 44. Rd2 Qc3 45. Rd8+ Kg7 46. Rd7+ Kh6 47. Nd6 Qg3+ 48. Kh1 Qe1
49. Nf7+ Kh5 50. Kg2 e3 51. Bxa6 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "Kramatorsk"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2003.08.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Black "Arzumanian, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2003.07.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Nge7 9. c4 Nd4 10. Be3 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Be7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O Bd7 14. f4 Bf6 15.
Bxd4 exd4 16. Nc2 g6 17. Qf3 Rc8 18. Rae1 Qc7 19. Qf2 Bg7 20. Nxd4 Qb8 21. f5
Be5 22. Nf3 f6 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Nxe5 dxe5 25. Rc1 Kg7 26. b4 Qd6 27. Qa7 Rf7
28. Rxc8 Bxc8 29. Qc5 Qd8 30. Bc2 Rc7 31. Qb6 Rd7 32. Qxd8 Rxd8 {White
advantage because of his protected passed pawn and the one which will arise
later on the h-file. Weißer Vorteil durch den gedeckten und später
entstehenden entfernten Freibauern auf der h-Linie.} 33. Bb3 Bd7 (33... f5 $6
34. Rc1 fxe4 35. Kf2 $16) ({Also possible was In Frage kam jedoch} 33... Rd6 $5
34. Rc1 Bd7 35. Kf2 f5 $16 {and mark time. und auf der Stelle treten}) 34. Rc1
Rc8 35. Rc5 Kf7 36. d6+ $5 Ke8 37. Bd5 Kd8 $2 (37... Rb8 $1 {[%cal Rb8b6,Rb6d6]
} 38. Rc3 Rb6 39. Rd3 Bc6 {promises a share of the points. verheißt
Punkteteilung}) 38. h4 $5 (38. Bb7 $142 $1 Rb8 39. Rc7 $18 {because of the
paralysed black position. wegen Lähmung der schwarzen Stellung}) 38... Rb8 39.
Bf7 Rb6 (39... Be8 {was necessary} 40. Rc7 Rb6 41. Bxe8 Rxd6 42. Rc6 Rd1+ 43.
Kf2 Kxe8 44. Rxf6 $16) 40. Bxg6 $18 Rxd6 41. h5 Ke7 42. h6 Kf8 43. Rc7 {
and Black is completely paralysed. mit vollständiger Lähmung} 1-0

[Event "Rostock GM"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "2002.08.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Black "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2002.08.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be7 9. Bd3 Bg5 10. O-O Bxc1 11. Rxc1 Nge7 12. Nc2 Ng6 13. Qd2 Nf4 14. Rfd1 Qg5
15. f3 h5 16. Kh1 h4 17. Bf1 Rh6 18. Nd5 Rc8 19. b4 Rg6 20. a4 Kf8 21. b5 axb5
22. axb5 Nb8 23. Nb6 Rd8 24. Ne3 Bh3 25. Qf2 Nd7 26. Na4 Ra8 27. Nc3 Be6 28.
Rxd6 Nf6 29. Ncd5 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 N6xd5 31. cxd5 Kg8 32. Rd1 Nh5 33. Nf5 Ng3+ 34.
hxg3 hxg3 35. Qxg3 Qxg3 36. Nxg3 Rxg3 37. Rc1 Rg6 38. Rc7 Rb6 39. Bc4 Ra1+ 40.
Kh2 Rd1 41. d6 Rdxd6 42. Rxf7 Kh7 43. Rf5 Rd4 44. Bf7 Rf6 45. Rh5+ Rh6 46.
Rxh6+ Kxh6 47. Bd5 b6 {[#]} 48. g3 (48. Kg3 Kg5 (48... Rd2 49. f4 $6 exf4+ 50.
Kxf4 Rxg2 51. Ke5 g5 52. Kd6 Rd2 53. e5 Kg7 54. e6 g4 55. e7 Rxd5+ 56. Kxd5 Kf7
57. Kd6 Ke8 $19) 49. Bc6 Rb4 50. Bd7 Rb2 51. Bc6 Kf6 52. Kh3 Ke7 53. g3 Rc2 {
[%csl Rc6]} 54. Bb7 (54. f4 Rxc6 55. bxc6 b5 $19) 54... Rc7 55. Ba6 Kd6 {
sieht schlecht für Weiß aus.}) 48... Rd2+ $1 49. Kg1 (49. Kh3 Kg5 50. Be6 Rf2
51. Bg4 g6 $22 {[%csl Rf3]}) 49... g5 $19 50. Bc4 Kg6 51. Kf1 Kf6 52. Be2 Ke7
53. Kf2 Kd6 54. Ke3 Rb2 55. Kf2 Kc5 56. Ke3 Rb3+ 57. Kf2 Kd4 58. Bf1 Rb2+ 59.
Be2 Ra2 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup3"]
[Site "Omsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smikovski, Ivan"]
[Black "Sherbakov, Vitaly S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1996.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Nce7 9. Bg5 Rb8 10. c4 f6 11. Be3 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 f5 13. exf5 (13. cxb5 Nf6 14.
Qc6+ Bd7 15. Qxa6 d5 $1 16. exd5 Bb4+ 17. Bd2 Bxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Ne4+ 19. Ke1 O-O
$17) 13... Nf6 14. Qd3 d5 15. cxd5 Bb4+ 16. Bd2 Bxd2+ 17. Qxd2 Bxf5 18. Bd3
Bxd3 (18... e4 $6 19. Be2 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21. Nc2 Rc8 22. Nd4 $14) 19. Qxd3
Qxd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21. O-O-O Nb4 22. Kb1 O-O 23. f3 Rbd8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Nc2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares Anibal op 04th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Black "Teran Alvarez, Ismael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1997.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be6 9. Be2 Bg5 10. Nc2 h6 {Eine oft gespielte Alternative ist:} (10... Bxc1 11.
Rxc1 Nf6 12. O-O O-O 13. Qd2 Qb6 14. b3 Rfd8) 11. O-O Nge7 12. b3 Bxc1 13. Rxc1
(13. Qxc1 $5 O-O 14. Rd1 Qa5 15. Qb2 Rfd8 16. b4 $14 {Gofstein-Segal/Beersheba/
1991}) 13... O-O 14. Qd2 Ng6 15. Rfd1 Nf4 16. Bf1 Qg5 $6 {Es sieht so aus, als
habe Schwarz Angriffschancen. Nach einigen Zügen muß er sich aber zurückziehen.
} 17. Kh1 Rad8 18. Qe3 Qe7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Nb8 21. g3 Nh5 22. Bh3 $1 Nd7
23. Ne1 $1 Rc8 24. b4 Nhf6 25. f3 Qd8 26. Nd3 {Der weiße Raumvorteil ist
erdrückend.} Rxc1 27. Rxc1 a5 $2 (27... Qb8 $1) 28. Qa7 $1 axb4 29. Qxb7 $16
Qa8 30. Qxa8 Rxa8 31. Nxb4 Nc5 32. Bf1 g5 33. g4 Nfd7 34. Rc3 h5 35. h3 hxg4
36. hxg4 Nb6 37. Kg2 Kf8 38. Kf2 Ra4 39. a3 Ra5 40. Nc6 Ra4 41. Ke3 f6 42. Bb5
Ra8 43. Kf2 Kf7 44. Nb4 Ra5 45. Bc6 Ke7 46. Ke2 Kd8 47. Nd3 Kc7 48. Nb2 Kd8 49.
a4 Na6 $2 (49... Kc7 $142) 50. Rb3 Nc8 51. Rb7 Nc7 52. Nc4 Ra6 53. Kd2 Na7 54.
Rb8+ Ke7 55. Bb5 $18 Naxb5 56. axb5 Ra2+ 57. Kc3 Ra1 58. Rb7 Kd8 59. Nxd6 Ra3+
60. Kb4 Rxf3 61. b6 Na6+ 62. Kb5 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup3"]
[Site "Omsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Black "Starosek, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1996.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be6 9. Nc2 Bg5 10. Bxg5 Qxg5 11. Nd5 Rc8 12. g3 Nh6 13. Bg2 f5 14. f4 Qg6 (
14... exf4 $2 15. Nxf4 Bxc4 16. Ne3 Bf7 17. Qxd6 Rd8 18. Qc5 $16) 15. O-O O-O
16. Ncb4 Qe8 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Ne3 Qe7 19. fxe5 Qa7 20. Qe2 dxe5 21. exf5 Nxf5
22. Rae1 Nd4 23. Qd3 Qc7 24. Kh1 a5 25. b3 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Rf8 27. Qe4 {Weiß
hat eine bessere Bauernstruktur,Schwarz einen riesigen Schpringer auf "d4".
Die Chanen sind gleich.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Nge7 9. c4 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Ne7 $6 (10... Nd4 $1 {Aktiver und besser ist als
Partiefortsetzung.} 11. Nc2 (11. Be3 Be7 (11... f5 $5) 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Qxd4
Bg5 $1 {Schwarz hat genug Kompensation für geopferten Bauer.}) 11... Bg4 $1 12.
f3 $2 Qh4+ $1 $17) 11. h4 $1 Bd7 (11... g6 12. h5 $36) (11... f5 12. Bd3 fxe4
13. Bxe4 Bf5 $14) 12. Nc2 h5 (12... g6 13. h5 Bg7 14. Bg5 $1 O-O (14... f6 15.
h6 $16) 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Qd2 $14) (12... f5 $5) 13. g3 g6 14. Bg2 Bg7 15. O-O
O-O 16. Nb4 Qe8 (16... a5 $5 17. Nd3 f5 18. Bg5 Qe8 19. f4 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Bf5
21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. fxe5 (23. g4 Qxh4 $10) 23... Rxf1+ 24. Qxf1
Bxe5 25. Re1 Rf8 26. Qh3 Qf6 $10) 17. f3 Kh7 18. Be3 f5 19. Qd2 a5 20. Nd3 Ng8
21. Nf2 $1 Bh6 22. Rac1 f4 23. gxf4 Rxf4 (23... Bxf4 24. Bxf4 Rxf4 25. Rc7 Rxh4
26. Nh3 $16) 24. Rc7 Rf7 25. Rfc1 Qf8 26. Bh3 Rd8 27. Be6 $1 $18 Bxe3 28. Qxe3
Rxf3 29. Qa7 Qf4 30. Bxd7 Kh6 31. Bh3 Nf6 32. Bg2 Rg3 33. R1c3 Qxh4 34. Rf7
Rxc3 35. bxc3 Rc8 36. Qe3+ 1-0

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Black "Moldovan, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 (6. a4 $5 Be6 7. N1c3
a6 8. Na3 Be7 (8... Nf6 9. Bg5 {B33}) 9. Nc4 Rc8 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nb8 12.
a5 $14 {Fogarasi-Csiszar,Cs/Budapest/1994}) 6... Be7 7. Be2 (7. b3 $5 Nf6 8.
Bd3 O-O (8... Bg4 9. f3 Be6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. O-O Nf4 12. Kh1 O-O {
Jakovic-Scherbakov/Sankt Peterburg/1993}) 9. O-O Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Be3 Nh5 12.
g3 g6 13. N5c3 f5 14. exf5 $14 {Dolmatow-Sweschnikow/Podolsk/1992}) (7. Bd3 Nf6
8. N1c3 a6 9. Na3 Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Nc2 O-O 12. Be3 $14 {Tscheskowskij-Harlow/
Sankt Peterburg/1993}) (7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be6 9. Nc2 (9. Be2 Nd4 10. Nc2 Nxe2
11. Qxe2 Bg5 12. O-O Bxc1 13. Raxc1 Rc8 14. Ne3 $14 {Leko-Csiszar,Cs/Badacsony/
1991}) 9... Rc8 10. Bd2 Bg5 (10... h6 $5) 11. Bxg5 Qxg5 12. Qd2 $1 $14 {
Ljubojevic-Iwancuk/Linares/1993}) 7... Be6 8. O-O Nf6 (8... h6 $5 9. b3 a6 10.
N5c3 Bg5 11. Nd2 Nd4 12. Bb2 Ne7 13. Nf3 Nec6 $10 {Wolf-Anand/Biel/1993}) 9.
N1c3 a6 10. Na3 Nd4 11. b3 O-O 12. Nc2 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 Qd7 $6 (13... Ne8 $142 {
Bg5/\}) 14. a4 h6 15. f3 Rfc8 16. Be3 Bd8 17. a5 $16 Qe7 18. Rfd1 Nd7 19. Nb4
Nc5 20. Nbd5 Qe8 21. b4 Nd7 22. f4 exf4 23. Bxf4 Ne5 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. c5 Rc6
26. Rf1 Bg5 27. Na4 Rd8 28. Nab6 f5 29. Rad1 Qg6 30. Nc4 fxe4 31. Nxe5 Qe8 32.
Nxc6 Qxc6 33. Nf4 Rxd1 34. Qxd1 Bc4 35. Rf2 e3 36. Rf3 Qe8 37. Qd4 1-0

[Event "Vinkovci"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rogic, Davor"]
[Black "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qf6 8.
Qd1 (8. Qxf6 Nxf6 9. Nc3 Nb4 10. Kd2 {Velimirovic} d6 $1 $10 (10... d5 $2 11.
a3 $16)) 8... Qg6 9. Nc3 Nge7 (9... d5 10. Nxd5 Qxe4+ 11. Be3 Nd4 12. Nc7+ Ke7
13. Rc1 Bg4 14. Qd3 $16) 10. h4 h5 11. Rh3 $6 (11. Bg5 $142 d5 12. exd5 Nb4 13.
Bxe7 Kxe7 14. d6+ $14) 11... d5 12. Rg3 Bg4 13. f3 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nf5 $5 (14...
Rd8 15. Bd3 f5 16. Ng5 e4 $13 {Geller-Bronstein/Kislovodsk/1968}) 15. fxg4 Nxg3
16. Nxg3 Nb4 17. Bd3 Nxd3+ 18. cxd3 Qxg4 19. Qxg4 hxg4 $15 20. h5 Kd7 21. Bd2
Ke6 22. Ke2 f5 23. Rh1 Rad8 24. Bg5 Rc8 25. Kd2 Rc5 26. h6 gxh6 27. Rxh6+ Rxh6
28. Bxh6 Rc7 29. Bf8 Rh7 30. Nf1 f4 31. Bc5 Kd5 32. Ba7 b6 33. Bxb6 Rb7 34. Bf2
Rxb2+ 0-1

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.10.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1994.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 (7. Bd3
$5 Nf6 (7... h6 8. b3 Bg5 $2 9. Ba3 $16) (7... a6 8. N5a3 Be6 9. Nc2 Rc8 10. b3
Nf6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bb2 Nd7 13. O-O Nc5 14. Be2 Kh8 15. b4 $14 {
Ljubojevic-Salov/Buenos Aires/1994}) 8. O-O O-O 9. N1c3 a6 10. Na3 Ne8 (10...
Be6 11. Nc2 Rc8 12. b3 $14) 11. b3 Bg5 12. Bb2 Be6 13. Nc2 Rc8 14. Kh1 {
Anand-Shirov/Buenos Aires/1994}) 7... a6 8. Na3 h6 $6 (8... Be6 9. Nc2 (9. Be2
Bg5 10. Nc2 Bxc1 11. Rxc1 Nf6 $10) 9... Rc8 10. b3 $6 Nf6 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O
b5 $1 $13 {Timman-Short/Belgrade/1989}) 9. Nc2 Be6 10. Be2 Bg5 11. O-O Nge7 12.
b3 Bxc1 13. Rxc1 O-O 14. Qd2 Qd7 15. Nd5 Rad8 16. b4 $1 $14 Ng6 17. a4 Nce7 18.
a5 f5 19. exf5 Nxf5 (19... Bxd5 $5 20. fxg6 Be4 21. f4 $14) 20. Bf3 $1 Nfh4 21.
Be4 Nf4 22. Nce3 Bxd5 23. Bxd5+ Kh8 24. Be4 Ne6 25. Qd5 Nd4 26. Rce1 $16 Rf7
27. f4 $1 exf4 28. Qxd4 fxe3 29. Rxf7 Qxf7 30. Rxe3 Rf8 31. Re1 Qf4 32. Qe3 Qf6
(32... Qf7 $2 33. Bd5 Qc7 34. Qe7 $18) 33. Bxb7 Qb2 34. b5 axb5 35. cxb5 Qxb5
36. a6 d5 37. Rc1 Qa4 38. Qc5 Rd8 39. a7 Nxg2 40. a8=Q Rxa8 41. Bxa8 1-0

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Karpman, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb5 a6 6. Be3 Qd8 $1 7. N5c3 (7.
Nd4 Nf6 8. Nc3 e5 $1 {Avshalumov,A}) 7... e6 8. Be2 Nf6 9. f4 d5 10. e5 (10.
exd5 $5 exd5 11. Bf3 Be6 $13) 10... Nd7 11. Bf3 g5 $3 $17 12. fxg5 Ndxe5 13.
Bxd5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Bg4 15. Qd2 Nc4 16. Qd3 N6e5 17. Qe4 Bf5 18. Qd4 Bg7 19.
Nbc3 Nf3+ 20. gxf3 Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Qxg5 22. Nf6+ Ke7 23. Nce4 Bxe4 24. Nxe4 Qf4
25. Rd1 Rhd8 26. Bc5+ Ke6 0-1

[Event "Jakarta"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Juswanto, Denny"]
[Black "Situru, Nathanael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1996.08.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O
a6 (8... Nf6 9. N1c3 a6 10. Na3 Rc8 11. Be3 (11. b3 $1 Nd4 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Nc2
$14 {Istratescu-Hebert/Cappelle la Grande/1996}) 11... O-O $14 {
Damljanovic-Ivanovic/Jugoslavia/1996}) 9. N5c3 Rc8 10. Be3 h6 11. Nd5 Bg5 12.
Bb6 Qd7 13. Nbc3 Nge7 14. b4 O-O 15. b5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Bxd5 $2 (16... Kh8 17.
Ndc7 $1 Nd4 (17... Ng6 18. Qxd6 Nd4 19. Bxd4 Qxd6 20. Nxd6 Rxc7 21. Bb6 $16)
18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Nxe6 $1 (19. Nd5 $14) 19... Qxe6 20. Bxd4 Qxe4 21. Bf3 $16)
17. cxd5 Nb4 18. a3 Na6 19. Na7 $1 Rc5 (19... Ra8 20. Bb5 {Die weiße Dame hat
kein freies Feld!}) 20. Rb1 Nc8 21. Nxc8 Rcxc8 22. Bg4 f5 23. Bxf5 Rxf5 24.
exf5 Qxf5 25. h3 Qf7 26. Qd3 Nc5 27. Bxc5 Rxc5 28. Rfd1 Qc7 29. Rb3 b6 30. g3
Rc2 31. h4 Qc5 32. Qf5 Bf6 33. Rxb6 1-0

[Event "Biel SKA"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1996.07.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1996.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. b3 Nf6 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. N1c3 a6 11. Na3 Bg5 12. Bb2 Nc5 (12... Re8 $6 13. Nc2 Re6
14. Nd5 Rh6 15. Re1 $1 Nc5 16. Bf1 $16 {Halifman-Tscherbakov/Rossija/1995}) 13.
Nc2 Be6 (13... f5 14. exf5 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Bxf5 16. Ne4 $14 {Halifman}) 14. Kh1
Rb8 15. f3 Bf4 16. g3 Bh6 17. Be2 Bh3 18. Rg1 Ne6 19. Bf1 Bxf1 20. Qxf1 f5 21.
exf5 Rxf5 22. Qd3 {Typisch für die Variante: Weiß kontroliert die strategische
Punkte.} Rf7 23. Rad1 Ned4 24. Rgf1 b5 25. Nxd4 Nxd4 26. Nd5 Nf5 27. c5 $1 Rc8
(27... dxc5 28. Bxe5 Rc8 29. Nf6+ $18) 28. cxd6 Qxd6 29. Qe4 $16 Qg6 30. Qxe5
Bg5 31. Ba3 h6 32. Qe4 Rc2 33. g4 Nh4 34. Qxg6 Nxg6 35. Bd6 Rxa2 36. f4 Be7 37.
Bb8 Bc5 38. f5 Ne7 39. Nf4 Nc6 40. Rc1 Nxb8 41. Rxc5 Nd7 42. Rc8+ Rf8 43. Rc7
Rd2 44. Re1 Rd4 45. Ne6 Re8 46. Nxd4 (46. Ra1 Rd6 (46... Nf6 47. Rxg7+ Kh8 48.
Rg6 Nxg4 49. Rg1 $16) 47. Ra7 g6 48. R1xa6 Rxa6 49. Rxa6 gxf5 50. gxf5 $16)
46... Rxe1+ 47. Kg2 Nf6 48. h3 Nd5 49. Rd7 Nf4+ 50. Kg3 Nd3 51. Ne6 Re3+ 52.
Kg2 (52. Kh4 $2 g5+ $19) 52... g5 53. Rg7+ Kh8 54. Ra7 Nf4+ 55. Nxf4 gxf4 56.
Rxa6 Kg7 57. Rg6+ Kh7 58. b4 Rg3+ 59. Kh2 Rb3 60. h4 Rxb4 61. g5 (61. Rb6 Rb2+
62. Kg1 Rb3 $10) 61... hxg5 62. hxg5 f3 63. Rh6+ Kg8 64. Kg3 f2 65. Rh1 Re4 66.
Rf1 b4 67. Rxf2 b3 68. f6 Rb4 69. f7+ Kf8 70. g6 Rb8 71. Rh2 Kg7 72. Re2 Rb6
73. Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1996.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Hecht} c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. e4 f5 $6 (6...
a6 7. N5c3 f5 8. exf5 Bxf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nf6 11. O-O Be7 12. Be3 $14 {
Bronstein,L-Perucca/Buenos Aires/1992}) 7. exf5 (7. N1c3 $1 a6 8. Bg5 $1 Qd7 9.
Nd5 axb5 10. cxb5 Rb8 (10... Nce7 $6 11. Nb6 Qc7 12. Nxa8 Qa5+ 13. Qd2 Qxa8 14.
Qxd6 Qa5+ (14... Nc6 15. Qc7 Bb4+ 16. Kd1 Nce7 17. Qxe5 $16) 15. Bd2 Qa4 16.
Qxe5 Qxe4+ 17. Qxe4 fxe4 18. Bc4 $16 {Pinski-Dobrotka/Bojnice/1994}) 11. Nb6
Qc7 12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. bxc6 bxc6 14. Qc2 $14 {Pinski und Umanskij haben die
Variante gegeben.Vielleicht hat Alburt eine Neuerung vorbereitet?}) 7... Bxf5
8. Bd3 Be6 9. O-O Be7 10. N1c3 a6 11. Na3 Nf6 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Bxf6 (13. Nc2 Kh8
14. Ne3 Nd4 15. f4 $13) 13... gxf6 14. Be4 Kh8 15. Bd5 Bd7 16. Nc2 f5 17. Qe2
Bf6 18. Rad1 Bg7 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Nb4 Be8 21. Nbd5 Rc8 22. a4 Qh4 23. Nb6 Bh5
24. f3 Rc6 25. a5 e4 26. Qf2 Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Bf7 28. fxe4 fxe4 29. Ke3 Bh6+ 30.
Kd4 e3 (30... Bg7+ $10) 31. Rde1 e2 32. Rxe2 Bg7+ 33. Ke3 Re8+ 34. Kd2 Rxe2+
35. Nxe2 Bxc4 36. Nxc4 Rxc4 {[#] Hecht guter sL; gebundene weiße Figuren;
Übergang ins Bauernendspiel Zug 54!?} 37. Nc3 Kg8 38. Rf3 Be5 39. g3 Kg7 40.
Kc2 Rc8 41. b4 Rc4 42. Kb3 Rd4 43. h3 h5 44. Re3 Kf6 45. Ne4+ Kf5 46. Nc3 Rd2
47. Ne2 Rd1 48. Kc4 Rh1 49. Nd4+ Kf6 50. g4 Rc1+ 51. Kd5 Rd1 52. Re4 h4 53. Kc4
Kg6 {Zugzwang} 54. g5 {[#]} (54. Kd5 {Hecht} Rd3 {[%csl Rh3]}) 54... Kh5 (54...
Bxd4 55. Rxd4 Rxd4+ 56. Kxd4 Kxg5 57. Kd5 (57. Ke4 {Hecht} Kf6 58. Kf4 d5 59.
Kg4 Ke5 60. Kxh4 Kf4 61. Kh5 d4 $19) 57... Kf4 58. Kxd6 Kg3 59. Kc7 Kxh3 60.
Kxb7 Kg4 61. Kxa6 (61. b5 {Hecht} axb5 62. a6 h3 63. a7 h2 $19) 61... h3 62. b5
h2 63. b6 h1=Q 64. b7 Qc6+ 65. Ka7 Qc5+ 66. Ka6 Qc7 67. b8=Q $1 $10) 55. Rg4
Rc1+ 56. Kd5 Rc3 57. g6 Rg3 $8 58. Rxh4+ $1 $10 Kxh4 59. Nf5+ Kxh3 60. Nxg3
Kxg3 61. g7 Bxg7 62. Kxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 31st"]
[Site "Cienfuegos"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Black "Gonzalez, Renier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Kantsler,B"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Nce7 9. c4 (9. Ne3 $6 Nf6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. f3 d5 12. exd5 Nexd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5
14. O-O Bc5+ 15. Kh1 O-O $17 {Rotsko,V-Sveshnikov,E/LAT/1995/}) 9... Nxd5 10.
cxd5 $1 (10. Qxd5 Be6 11. Qb7 Nf6 12. cxb5 Rb8 13. Qxa6 d5 14. Nc2 Ra8 15. Qc6+
Bd7 16. Qc3 Rc8 $44 {Bologan,V-Sveshnikov,E/LAT/1995/}) 10... Rb8 11. Bd3 Be7
12. Nc2 a5 13. O-O Nf6 14. Bd2 Bd7 (14... O-O $6 15. Qe1 $14) 15. Qe1 Ra8 16.
Qe2 Qb6 17. b3 $1 O-O 18. a4 $1 Rfb8 19. Na3 $1 bxa4 (19... b4 20. Nc4 $16) 20.
bxa4 Bg4 (20... Bxa4 21. Nc4 Qb5 22. Rfb1 Qe8 23. Nb6 $18) 21. Qe3 $1 $16 (21.
Qe1 $2 Qd4 $132) 21... Qxe3 22. Bxe3 Rb3 (22... Bd7 23. Nb5 $16) 23. Bc4 Rb2 (
23... Rc3 24. Bd2 $18) (23... Rb4 24. f3 Bd7 25. Bb5 $16) 24. f3 Bd7 25. Bb5
Rc8 26. Bxd7 Nxd7 27. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1 Ra2 (28... Rb3 29. Rc8+ Nf8 30. Nc4
$16) 29. Nb5 Bf8 (29... Rxa4 $4 30. Rc7 $18) 30. Rc7 Nf6 $8 31. Rc4 Nd7 32. g4
h6 33. g5 Re2 34. Ba7 Rd2 35. Rc8 g6 36. Nxd6 Kg7 37. Ne8+ Kg8 (37... Kh7 38.
Rd8 $18) 38. Nf6+ Nxf6 39. gxf6 1-0

[Event "Match Morphy-Anderssen +7-2=2"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1858.12.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morphy, Paul"]
[Black "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Annotator "Kasparov,G"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1858.12.20"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Born the descendant of a Creole family in New Orleans, Paul Charles Morphy
was by the age of 13 one of the strongest players in America. In 1858 he
visited Europe and within six months showed that he was actually the strongest
player in the world.   Paul Charles Morphy, als Nachfahre von Kreolen in New
Orleans geboren, war bereits mit dreizehn Jahren einer der stärksten Spieler
Amerikas. 1858 bereiste er Europa und bewies binnen eines halben Jahres, daß
er tatsächlich der stärkste Spieler der Welt war.} 1. e4 c5 {Already in the
last century Anderssen was confident enough to experiment with the Sicilian
Defence.  Bereits im vorigen Jahrhundert genoß die Sizilianische Verteidigung
das volle Vertrauen von Anderssen, der gern damit experimentierte.} 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 {One can hardly believe that this modern opening
was already played in 1858! Es ist kaum zu glauben, daß diese moderne
Eröffnung schon 1858 gespielt wurde!} d6 6. Bf4 {Fischer's favourite move, but
nowadays 6.c4, which is very often played by Karpov, is preferred by most
players. Der von Fischer favorisierte Zug, obwohl gegenwärtig die meisten
Spieler 6.c4, das oft von Karpov gespielt wird, den Vorzug geben.} e5 7. Be3 f5
$2 {It took over 100 years to prove that after Über hundert Jahre hat es
gedauert, bis bewiesen wurde, daß Schwarz nach} (7... Nf6 8. Bg5 a6 {Black has
nothing to worry about. However, Anderssen with his aggressive style wants to
accelerate the crisis in the center. This approach always worked for him
before... überhaupt nichts zu befürchten hat. Getreu seinem aggressiven Stil
strebt Anderssen jedoch nach rascher Zuspitzung der Krise im Zentrum. Diese
forsche Gangart hatte ihm meist Erfolg gebracht, jedenfalls bisher...}) 8. N1c3
$1 {Morphy feels that chess logic is on his side and goes for an immediate
refutation of Black's premature activity. Morphy fühlt, daß er die Schachlogik
auf seiner Seite hat und schreitet zur direkten Widerlegung der verfrühten
schwarzen Aktivitäten.} f4 ({Nun scheitert} 8... a6 {is now met by an} 9. Nd5
$1 axb5 10. Bb6 Qh4 11. Nc7+ Kd7 12. Nxa8 Qxe4+ 13. Qe2 {winning. mit Gewinn
für Weiß.}) 9. Nd5 $1 fxe3 {Already there is no way back.  Einen Weg zurück
gibt es schon nicht mehr.} 10. Nbc7+ Kf7 11. Qf3+ $2 ({Stärker war vielleicht} 
11. Nxa8 {was much stronger, but Morphy doesn't want to lose the black king as
a target before taking the rook. This over-confidence give Anderssen excellent
counter-chances. aber Morphy möchte den schwarzen König nicht aus dem Visier
lassen, bevor er den Turm schlagen wird. Dieses übermäßige Selbstvertrauen
verschafft Anderssen Gegenchancen.}) 11... Nf6 12. Bc4 Nd4 $1 13. Nxf6+ d5 $1 {
It is unlikely that Anderssen had calculated all the variations after Es ist
unwahrscheinlich, daß Anderssen sämtliche Varianten nach} (13... Kg6 {but his
combinational instincts did not betray him. durchgerechnet haben sollte, aber
sein kombinatorischer Instinkt trügt ihn nicht.} {Nach} 14. Qh5+ Kxf6 15. Ne8+
Qxe8 16. Qxe8 Nxc2+ (16... d5 17. O-O-O $1) 17. Kf1 e2+ $1 (17... Nxa1 18. g4
$1) 18. Bxe2 Nxa1 19. g4 $1 {and despite a good material balance Black is
defenceless against the new wave of attack. bliebe Schwarz trotz der günstigen
materiellen Bilanz ohne Verteidigung gegen die neuerliche Angriffswelle von
Weiß.}) 14. Bxd5+ Kg6 $2 {[#] Now the previous line doesn't work. Possibly
Anderssen thought that his young opponent would lose his way in this jungle of
variations. But, as always, Morphy had everything in hand. Möglicherweise war
Anderssen hier der Meinung, sein junger Gegner hätte in diesem taktischen
Variantendschungel die Orientierung verloren. Doch Morphy behält wie gewohnt
die Übersicht.} ({Eine sichere Option wäre} 14... Qxd5 {was the safest option,
although White has an advantage in the endgame: für Schwarz gewesen,
wenngleich Weiß ein vorteilhaftes Endspiel erhält:} 15. Nfxd5+ Nxf3+ 16. gxf3
exf2+ 17. Kxf2) ({Ein größeres Problem hätte Anderssen seinem Gegner mit} 14...
Ke7 $1 {could make Morphy sorry for his over-ambitious 11th move, e.g. stellen
können. Doch auch dann sollten die Komplikationen nach} 15. Qh5 gxf6 16. Qf7+
Kd6 17. Nxa8 {But the complications should still turn out in White's favour.
zugunsten von Weiß enden.}) 15. Qh5+ Kxf6 16. fxe3 $1 {Now Anderssen's
illusions are over - the open f file ends the life of the black king not only
in the King's Gambit. Nun zerplatzten sämtliche Illusionen bei Anderssen. Die
offene f-Linie beendet das Leben des schwarzen Königs – nicht nur im
Königsgambit.} ({And now the continuation quoted in the line with 13...Kg6
would not bring White any advantage: Und nun brächte die oben in der Variante
mit 13...Kg6 zitierte Fortsetzung Weiß keinen Vorteil:} 16. Ne8+ $2 Qxe8 17.
Qxe8 Bb4+) 16... Nxc2+ {Loses instantly, but Verliert sofort, aber auch} (16...
Qxc7 {just would have lasted a little longer: hätte nur wenig länger gedauert:}
17. Rf1+ Nf5 18. Rxf5+ $1 Bxf5 19. Qxf5+ Ke7 20. Qe6+ Kd8 21. O-O-O $1 Bd6 22.
Bxb7 {etc.}) 17. Ke2 {and Black resigned. An impressive demolition of the
strongest player of the Old World (Europe)! Alas, Morphy did not bother to
explain the superiority of his method. Only the powerful mind of another chess
giant, Wilhelm Steinitz, could systematize the profound positional rules that
created a new outlook in chess progress. und Schwarz gab auf. Eine
eindrucksvolle Gewinnpartie Morphys gegen den stärksten Spieler der Alten Welt.
Leider hat Morphy die Mühe gescheut, der Schachwelt auch noch zu erklären,
worauf die Überlegenheit seiner Methode beruhte. Erst der gewaltige Geist
eines weiteren Schachgiganten, nämlich Wilhelm Steinitz, vermochte die
tiefsinnigen positionellen Gesetze zu systematisieren, die der Entwicklung des
Schachs ein neues Gesicht geben sollten.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Khalifman,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Chekhov} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. b3
Nf6 8. Bd3 (8. N5c3 {Chekhov} O-O 9. Be2 Nd4 10. O-O a6 11. Be3 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2
b5 13. Nd2 Rb8 14. f3 Qa5 15. Rfc1 Be6 $10 {Aseev,K-Sherbakov,R/Rostov/1993/0,
5/23/}) 8... O-O (8... Bg4 $5 9. f3 Be6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. O-O (11. Qd2 $5) 11...
Nf4 12. Qd2 h5 13. Rd1 a6 14. N5c3 h4 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Nb8 17. Bf1 $14 {
Aseev,K-Ragozin,E/Elista(RUS-ch)/1994/1|0/57/}) 9. O-O Nd7 {N/} (9... Bg4 10.
f3 Be6 11. Be3 Nh5 (11... Nd7 12. N5c3 Bg5 13. Bf2 Qa5 14. Ne2 $16 {Aseev,
K-Dukhov,A/RUS-chT/1992/}) (11... Ne8 12. N5c3 Bg5 13. Bf2 $14 {Filippov,
V-Sveshnikov,E/Kemerovo/1995/} (13. Bf2 {Chekhov} Ne7 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bd7
16. Nc3 f5 17. b4 Qf6 18. Qb3 Qh6 $132 {Filippov,V-Sveshnikov,E/Kemerovo/1995/
1|0/65/})) 12. Qd2 (12. g3 g6 13. N5c3 f5 $1 14. exf5 gxf5 $13 {Dolmatov,
S-Sveshnikov,E/RUS-chT/1992/}) 12... Nf4 (12... g6 $6 13. Rd1 a6 14. N5c3 f5
15. Nd5 $16 {Aseev,K-Iskusnyh,S/Kemerovo/1995/}) 13. Rd1 a6 14. N5c3 Bg5 15.
Na3 $14) (9... Bg4 $5 {Chekhov}) 10. N1c3 (10. N5c3 Bg5 11. Nd2 Nc5 $13) 10...
a6 11. Na3 Bg5 12. Bb2 Re8 $6 (12... Nc5 13. Nc2 (13. Be2 $5 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5
15. Nc2) 13... f5 14. exf5 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Bxf5 16. Ne4 $14) 13. Nc2 Re6 (13...
Nc5 $5) 14. Nd5 Rh6 15. Re1 $1 (15. Nce3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Qh4 17. h3 Nc5 $13)
15... Nc5 16. Bf1 a5 (16... f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Nce3 Be6 19. b4 $16) 17. Qf3
$1 Rg6 (17... Bd2 18. Re2 Qh4 19. Qg3 $16) 18. Nce3 (18. Rad1 $1 $16) 18...
Bxe3 (18... Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Nf5 $16) 19. Qxe3 Ne6 (19... f5 20. exf5 Bxf5
21. f4 $1 $16) (19... Nb4 20. Nxb4 axb4 21. Bxe5 Re6 22. Bb2 Rxe4 23. Qd2 $16)
20. Nb6 $1 (20. g3 Ned4 21. Rac1 f5 $13) 20... Rb8 21. Nxc8 Rxc8 22. Rac1 Qh4
23. g3 Qh5 24. Bg2 $16 Rh6 25. h3 Rf6 (25... Ng5 {Chekhov} 26. h4 Ne6 27. Qf3
Qg6 28. Qf5 $16) 26. Qe2 Qh6 (26... Qxe2 27. Rxe2 Ned4 28. Rd2 $16) 27. Bc3
Ned4 28. Qe3 (28. Qg4 $5 Re8 29. Rcd1 Rfe6 30. Rd3 $16) 28... Qh5 (28... Qxe3
29. Rxe3 Re6 30. Bf1 $16) 29. f4 exf4 $6 (29... Re6 30. Qf2 $16) (29... g6 {
Chekhov} 30. g4 Qh4 31. f5 $18) 30. gxf4 Qc5 31. Kh1 (31. Rcd1 $6 Nc2) 31...
Rh6 32. f5 $1 $18 Re8 33. Ba1 (33. Rcd1 $2 Nc2) (33. Red1 Ne6) 33... f6 34. Qd3
{time} (34. Qd3 {Chekhov} g6 35. Rcd1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Alekhine op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb5 $1 {In the position a move
later-after 4...Sf6 5.Sc3 Db6- 6.Sb5 does not promise too much for white.But
here it poses a real danger to black.} a6 {5...Sf6 6.Le3 Dd8 would be the most
prudent.} 6. Be3 Qa5+ 7. N5c3 e6 8. Nd2 b5 {Or 8...Lb4 9.Sc4 Lc3 10.bc Dc3 11.
Ld2 Dd4 12.c3 De4 13.Le3 with the strongest attack.} 9. a4 b4 10. Nc4 Qc7 11.
Nd5 $1 exd5 12. exd5 Nd8 13. Qe2 $1 {White is already winning.} d6 14. Bb6+ Qe7
15. Nxd6+ Kd7 16. Ne4 Bb7 {The only move.16...f5 17.Db5! is mating!} 17. O-O-O
f5 18. Nc5+ Ke8 19. d6 Qxe2 20. Bxe2 Nf6 21. Bxd8 {The simplest way-white
recaptures a piece.} Bxg2 22. Bxf6 Bxh1 23. Bh5+ g6 24. Bxh8 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "Kostakiev,D"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2002.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 {La Bourdonais 1834} 5. Nb5 (5. Nxc6
bxc6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Bg5 {The Chess Player's Chronicle 1843, p. 217. 1/2-1/2
McDonnell,A-De Labourdonnais,L/London 1834/EXT 2002 (56)} (7. Qe2 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bg5 $11 {The Chess Player's Chronicle 1843, p. 247. 1/2-1/2 McDonnell,
A-De Labourdonnais,L/London 1834/EXT 2002 (30)})) (5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bg5
O-O 8. Bc4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Qd3 {The Chess Player's Chronicle 1841, p. 22.
1-0 Popert,H-Staunton,H/London 1840/EXT 2002 (38)}) 5... d6 {Galindo 1941} 6.
c4 (6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 (7... Nf6 8. Nc4 (8. Bg5 Be7 9. Nc4 Nd4 {1/2-1/2
Michel,P-Pelikan,J/Mar del Plata 1943/HCL (20)}) 8... b5 9. Ne3 Be6 10. a3 Rc8
11. Be2 Nd4 12. O-O Be7 {1/2-1/2 Alekhine,A-Galindo/Madrid 1941/EXT 99 (22)})
8. Nd5 Nce7 9. c4 Nxd5 10. exd5 bxc4 11. Nxc4 Nf6 12. Bd2 $5 Bd7 13. Ba5 Qb8
14. Be2 $146 (14. Rc1 Be7 15. Be2 O-O {1/2-1/2 Robovic,S-Waitzkin,J/New York
1998/EXT 99 (19)}) 14... Be7 15. O-O O-O 16. Nb6 (16. Rc1 $5) 16... Ra7 17.
Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Qb3 $6 (18. Qd2 $142 $14) 18... Rb7 $1 $132 {corr Kostakiev,
D-Aleshnia,V WC25SF11 2002} (18... Qxb3 $140 $2 19. axb3 $16)) (6. Be3 Be7 7.
N1c3 (7. Nd2 Nf6 (7... a6 8. Nc3 Rb8 9. Be2 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 Pavlov,M-Moiseenko,A/
Alushta 2001/EXT 2002 (43)}) 8. Bg5 a6 9. Nc3 Be6 {1/2-1/2 Herrera,I-Gonzalez
Vericat,S/Cali 1999/CBM 74 ext (36)}) (7. Bc4 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nd2 Be6 10. f4
Bxc4 {0-1 Jimenez,J-Salvatore,L/Villa Ballester 2001/EXT 2002 (38)}) 7... Nf6
8. Bg5 a6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Na3 f5 {0-1 Rodin,M-Shariyazdanov,A/Kazan 1995/CBM
49 ext (28)}) 6... Be7 7. N1c3 (7. Be2 f5 8. exf5 Bxf5 9. Bg5 Nf6 10. Bh5+ (10.
Bxf6 gxf6 11. Bh5+ Bg6 12. O-O $14) 10... Bg6 11. Bxg6+ hxg6 12. Nd2 a6 {
1-0 Cuijpers,F-Skripchenko Lautier,A/Wijk aan Zee 2002/CBM 87_01 (41)}) 7... a6
8. Na3 f5 9. exf5 (9. Bd3 f4 10. Nc2 Nf6 $15 {1-0 Milligan Scott,H-Reizniece,D/
Leon 2001/EXT 2002 (31)}) (9. Be2 f4 10. Nc2 Nf6) 9... Bxf5 10. Bd3 (10. g4 $5)
10... Be6 (10... Bxd3 $5) 11. Nc2 Nf6 12. O-O O-O 13. b3 (13. Ne3 Nd4 14. Bd2
Qd7 15. Ncd5 Bd8 16. Re1 Kh8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bojkovic,N-Skripchenko Lautier,A/
Leon 2001/EXT 2002 (17)}) 13... Qd7 $146 (13... Kh8 14. Ne3 Nd4 15. Bb2 Rc8 16.
Kh1 Qd7 17. f4 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 {0-1 Krstic,U-Loncar,R/Pula 2001/CBM 82 ext 
(35)}) 14. Bb2 Bd8 15. Ne4 Bb6 $1 $146 (15... Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bb6 17. Qd3 Bf5 18.
Rad1 Rad8 {1-0 Leitao,R-Nataf,I/New Delhi/Theran 2000/CBM 80 (60)}) 16. Ne3 ({
Interesting complications might arise after:} 16. Ba3 $5 Nxe4 $140 17. Bxe4 Bf5
18. Bxf5 $1 (18. Qd5+ $6 Kh8 19. Ne3 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Bd4 21. Rad1 Rf4 $15) 18...
Qxf5 19. Qd5+ Kh8 20. Ne3 Qxf2+ 21. Rxf2 Bxe3 22. Raf1 Rxf2 23. Rxf2 Rf8 24.
Bxd6 Rxf2 25. Bc5 Nb4 26. Qxe5 Re2+ 27. Qxe3 Rxe3 28. Bxe3 $14) 16... Kh8 (
16... g6 17. Qd2 Ba5 18. Bc3 Bxc3 19. Nxc3 Nd4 $11) 17. Ng5 (17. Ba3 Bd4 18.
Rc1 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 g6 $132) 17... Bg8 (17... Nd4 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 $132) 18. Qd2
Rad8 (18... Ng4 19. Nxg4 Qxg4 20. h3 Qh4 $11) 19. Rad1 Ng4 20. Nxg4 Qxg4 21.
Be2 (21. h3) 21... Qc8 22. h3 Qc7 (22... h6 23. Bg4 Qc7 24. Nf3 d5 25. cxd5
Bxd5 $132) 23. Bd3 Qe7 24. Ne4 (24. Ba3 $11) 24... d5 $132 25. cxd5 Bxd5 26.
Qe2 Qh4 27. Bb1 (27. Nc3 $4 Bf3 $3 $19 28. gxf3 Qg3+ {Mate in 10}) (27. Rde1
Nd4 28. Qg4 Qxg4 29. hxg4 Rf4 $15) 27... Rf4 28. Rxd5 $1 Rxd5 29. Bc1 $1 (29.
Qc2 $143 $6 Nd4 30. Qc4 Rd8 $17) 29... Nd4 30. Qc4 Rc5 31. Qa4 {[#]} Rc8 $6 (
31... Rc6 $142 32. Bxf4 Qxf4 (32... Ne2+ 33. Kh1 Qxf4 34. Bd3 Nd4 $11) 33. Kh1
h6 34. Qb4 Nc2 35. Bxc2 Rxc2 36. Qxb6 Qxe4 $11) 32. Bxf4 $14 Qxf4 (32... Ne2+
33. Kh1 Qxf4 34. Qd7 Rf8 35. Qxb7 Bxf2 36. Bd3 {text}) 33. Qd7 Rf8 34. Qxb7
Ne2+ 35. Kh1 Bxf2 36. Bd3 Ng3+ 37. Nxg3 Qxg3 38. Qe4 (38. Qb4) 38... g6 39. b4
(39. Bxa6 $14) 39... Rf6 (39... Qf4 40. Qxf4 Rxf4 41. a3) 40. a4 Kg7 41. a5 Kh6
42. Qe2 Rf4 43. Bxa6 {[...} Be3 $1 $11 {]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 12th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.11"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2019.03.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{[%evp 0,128,19,31,70,45,53,32,60,48,14,8,10,3,13,0,25,5,0,9,25,-3,6,16,21,11,
12,-2,-8,-38,-38,-38,-36,-30,-19,-46,-5,-10,1,-39,-4,3,3,-35,0,1,0,-41,11,-21,
-9,-46,-1,-7,-8,-6,-9,0,0,0,110,43,19,19,45,51,50,50,50,56,22,0,6,6,24,-22,-17,
-15,-18,-35,-69,-69,-69,-65,-100,-118,-77,-104,-84,-74,-95,-113,-113,-105,-172,
-172,-239,-207,-246,-277,-214,-214,-273,-277,-271,-436,-464,-465,-477,-465,
-485,-489,-485,-493,-388,-437,-412,-437,-457,-457,-422,-457,-455,-463,-464,
-466,-494,-507,-507,-585,-614]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5.
Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nge7 9. c4 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Nd4 11. Bd3 g6 12.
O-O Bg7 13. Be3 (13. Nc2 {- see CBM 177, annotations to Kobo-Edouard.}) 13...
O-O 14. Bxd4 {White obtains an active pawn mass in the centre (e- and f-pawns)
but yields Black a bishop pair. A double-edged decision!} ({Quiet play like} 
14. Nc2 Bd7 15. Qd2 {leads to equality.}) 14... exd4 15. Nc2 (15. Qd2 f5 $5 16.
exf5 Bxf5 17. Nc2 Kh8 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Bxf5 Qf6 20. Rad1 Bxb2 21. Be6 Bc3 $13
{0-1 (30) Pavlovic,M (2540)-Tadic,B (2524) Kragujevac 2010}) 15... Bd7 16. Ne1
{White brings his knight to the most appropriate place: f3, from which it
attacks Black's d4 pawn and doesn't obstruct White's other pieces. Still, he
has no further active plan.} (16. Qd2 Rc8 17. Ne1 Qb6 18. Nf3 a5 19. a3 Rc5 20.
h3 Rb8 21. Rfc1 h6 22. Rc2 a4 23. Rac1 Rbc8 $11 {0-1 (59) Korneev,O (2557)
-Naiditsch,A (2702) Heraklio 2017}) (16. Nb4 Qb6 17. Rc1 Rac8 18. Bb1 Rc4 19.
Qd2 Re8 {1/2 (19) Nemeth,M (2375)-Horvath,P (2503) Hungary 2004}) 16... Qb6 17.
Nf3 a5 {Black intends to weaken and seize the c3 square after ...a5-a4-a3.} 18.
h3 a4 19. Qd2 (19. a3 b4 $36) 19... a3 20. b3 Rac8 21. Rfe1 Rfe8 22. Rad1 Rc3
23. Kh2 (23. Bb1 Bxh3 24. Nxd4 Qxd4 25. Qxd4 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Bd7 $15 {[%csl Ga3]}
) (23. b4 $5) 23... Qd8 (23... b4 $5) 24. b4 {White prevents ...b5-b4 once and
for all.} Qf6 25. Ng1 g5 26. Ne2 Qxf2 $1 27. Qxg5 h6 28. Qg3 Qxg3+ 29. Kxg3
Rxe4 $2 {[%mdl 576] This exchange sacrifice is an oversight.} (29... Rc7 30.
Kf2 {[%cal Yd1c1] , and the position remains double-edged.}) 30. Nxc3 $2 {
Both players miss} (30. Kf2 $1 Rxd3 (30... Re5 31. Nxc3 dxc3 32. Rxe5 Bxe5 33.
Rb1 $18 {[%cal Rb1b3] - after the exchange of rooks White's play becomes easy})
31. Rxd3 {, and Black has no sufficient compensation.}) 30... Be5+ 31. Kf2 Rf4+
32. Ke2 dxc3 $44 {Now, of course, Black's passed c3 pawn plays a major role.}
33. Rb1 Rd4 34. Rb3 Rxd5 35. Rd1 Be6 36. Rxa3 Bf6 37. Bc2 {It was probably
time to give the exchange back and fight for a draw:} (37. Rc1 {e.g.} Kf8 38.
Raxc3 Bxc3 39. Rxc3 Re5+ 40. Kf2 Bxa2 41. Rc7 {, and White should not lose.})
37... Rg5 38. Kf2 d5 39. Ra8+ $2 (39. Ra6 d4 40. Rd6 $15 {[%cal Yd6d4]}) 39...
Kg7 40. a4 {This counterplay is too slow. Black's central pawns destroy
White's defence.} d4 $1 {[%cal Re6d5]} 41. g4 Bc4 42. axb5 Re5 43. Rc8 Re2+ 44.
Kf3 Re3+ 45. Kf2 Bxb5 46. Bf5 Be2 47. Rb1 Bh4+ 48. Kg2 Bf3+ 49. Kg1 Re2 50. Rf1
Rg2+ 51. Kh1 Bf2 52. Bd3 Rxg4+ 53. Kh2 Rg2+ 54. Kh1 Rg5+ 55. Kh2 Bg3+ 56. Kg1
Bf4+ 57. Kf2 Bb7 58. Rc5 Rg2+ 59. Ke1 Bg3+ 60. Kd1 Rd2+ 61. Kc1 Rxd3 62. Rcf5
Be4 63. Rxf7+ Kg6 64. R1f6+ Kh5 0-1

[Event "Harkany Tenkes Cup"]
[Site "Harkany"]
[Date "1989.11.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Enders, Peter"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Kruszynski,W"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1989.11.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH Magazin64 1/1990 Seite 10} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5.
Nb5 d6 {[#]} 6. Bc4 Be7 7. O-O Be6 8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Qh3 a6 11. N5a3
Nf6 (11... Qd7 {deckt e6, erlaubt aber} 12. Nc4 {(drohend Sb6)} Rd8 13. Rd1 {
mit unangenehmem Druck.}) 12. Qxe6 Nd4 13. Qh3 Ne2+ 14. Kh1 Nxc1 {[#]} 15. Qe3
$1 ({Nach} 15. Rxc1 Nxe4 {nebst ...Dd7 und kurzer oder langer Rochade scheint
Schwarz ganz passabel zu stehen. Deshalb wählt Enders eine komplizierte
Variante, in der er die Qualität opfern muss, dafür allerdings viel Spiel
erhält.}) 15... Ng4 16. Qxc1 Qb6 17. f3 Nf2+ 18. Rxf2 Qxf2 19. Nc3 O-O 20. Nd5
Bh4 $6 21. Qd1 Rac8 22. Qd3 b5 23. Rf1 Qc5 24. c3 Rf7 25. g3 Bd8 26. Kg2 Rb7 $2
27. f4 $1 a5 28. f5 b4 29. Nc2 bxc3 30. bxc3 Rf7 31. Nce3 Bg5 32. fxg6 hxg6 33.
Rxf7 Kxf7 34. Qa6 $3 {[#]Ein sehr starker Zug.} Kg8 (34... Bxe3 {scheitert an}
35. Qb7+ {mit Damengewinn:} Kg8 (35... Kf8 36. Qe7+ Kg8 37. Nf6+ Kh8 38. Qh7#)
36. Nf6+ Kf8 (36... Kh8 37. Qh7#) 37. Nd7+ {nebst Sxc5}) 35. h4 $1 Bd8 36. Qe2
Rb8 37. Qg4 Rb2+ 38. Kh3 Qa7 39. Qxg6+ Qg7 40. Qxd6 Bxh4 $2 (40... Qf8 41. Qxe5
Rxa2 42. Nf5 {mit klarem Vorteil, nun ist gleich Schluß.}) 41. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 07th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.11.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "Kundin,A"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1999.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be6 8.
Nc4 b5 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. g3 Rc8 {Statictics shows that white scores excellently
in this variation, this game is not an exception.} 11. a4 $5 $146 {[%csl Ga6,
Gb5] Trying to emphasize the defects of black's last move (Rc8).} (11. Bg2 h5
$6 (11... g6 12. O-O Bg7 $14) 12. O-O h4 13. Ncd5 $16 {1-0 Shirov,A-Bareev,E/
Tilburg 1993/Inf 59/[Shirov,A] (32)}) 11... Qa5 $8 (11... b4 $2 12. Ncd5 Nxe4
13. Bxa6 $16) 12. Bg2 b4 (12... Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Ncd5 $14) 13. Ncd5 {
[%cal Ge3c4]} Nd4 14. O-O $36 (14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. O-O Bh6 $132) 14... Nxd5 {
Black is already behind in development and wasting more time doesn't look good.
} (14... Bxd5 15. exd5 Be7 {Makes sence, yet after} 16. Bd2 {[%cal Gc2c3]
Black faces with serious problems.}) 15. exd5 Bd7 16. b3 $1 {[%cal Ge3c4]
Securing the c4 stronghold.} Be7 17. Nc4 Qc5 $6 {The queen's place is on c7.
Now the knight on d4 is receiving all white's attention.} (17... Qc7 18. Bb2
O-O 19. f4 $14) 18. Be3 O-O 19. f4 {[%csl Gd4] Concentrating on black's main
problem - the long-lasting pin.} Bf6 (19... f6 20. Be4 $16 {[%csl Gg8][%cal
Gf4f5,Gg3g5]} f5 $6 21. fxe5 fxe4 22. Qxd4 $16) 20. Be4 {With the idea Qh5
when the time is right, or simply f5 and then g3-g4-g5. Black's main problem
is the lack of any serious counterplay.} h6 $6 (20... Rfe8 $14 {[%cal Ge8e3]
Putting some pressure on the centre.}) 21. Kh1 {Preparing fe de Bh6 and
perhaps f5 Bg5 Bg5 hg f6.} (21. f5 $2 Bg5) 21... exf4 $2 {Black cannot hold
the pressure anymore and loses material.} (21... Rce8 $142 22. Qd3 $36 {
[%cal Ga1e1]} (22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Nxd6 $2 Qxd6 24. Bxd4 Bxg3 $17)) 22. Rxf4 $16
{[%csl Gd4]} Rfe8 23. Qd3 {[%cal Ga1d1]} Rxe4 $8 24. Qxe4 Re8 25. Bxd4 $1 (25.
Qg2 Rxe3 $1 26. Nxe3 Qc3) 25... Rxe4 26. Bxc5 Rxf4 27. gxf4 Bxa1 28. Nxd6 Bc3
29. Kg2 {[%csl Gb4][%cal Gg2f3,Gf3e4] The tactics ended and the game has
reached an endgame, won for white. He is a pawn up, his king is entering the
game quickly and his bishop is extremely strong attacking the b4 pawn. The
bishops pair cannot save black this time.} Bg4 $1 {Trying to hold the king.}
30. Nb7 $6 {[%cal Gd5d8] Giving his opponent some chances.} (30. Ne4 $1 {
Was the simplest.} Bf5 31. Nxc3 bxc3 32. d6 f6 33. Kf2 Kf7 34. Ke2 Ke6 35. Kd1
Bg4+ 36. Kc1 g5 37. fxg5 hxg5 38. Bb4 f5 39. Bxc3 f4 40. Kd2 $18) 30... Bf5 31.
Kf3 Bxc2 32. d6 Bf5 (32... Bxb3 33. d7 Bf6 34. d8=Q+ Bxd8 35. Nxd8 a5 36. Bb6
Bxa4 37. Bxa5 b3 38. Bc3 {With a winning position.}) 33. Bb6 $1 {[%cal Gb7c5]}
Kf8 34. Nc5 Ke8 35. Nxa6 Kd7 36. Bc5 Be6 37. Nb8+ $1 {The most accurate move -
the bishops ending is easily won for white.} (37. a5 $18) 37... Kc8 (37... Kd8
38. d7 Bxd7 39. Nxd7 Kxd7 40. Ke4) 38. d7+ Bxd7 39. Nxd7 Kxd7 40. Ke4 $18 {
[%csl Gb4][%cal Ga4a8]} Bd2 (40... Kc6 41. Bd4 $18) 41. Bf8 g5 (41... Bc3 42.
Kd5 $18) 42. fxg5 Bxg5 (42... hxg5 43. Kf5 $18 {[%cal Gf8h6]}) 43. Bxb4 Ke6 44.
Bc5 f5+ 45. Kf3 Kd5 46. Be3 1-0

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1999.12.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Magem Badals, Jordi"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1999.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nb5 Qb8 6. c4 Nf6 7. N5c3 e6 8.
Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. a3 Be7 11. Be3 O-O 12. b4 Rd8 13. Ra2 Ne5 $1 14. f4 Ng6
15. e5 $6 (15. Bf3 $6 Nh4 $36 {>< c4}) (15. Qd3 $142) 15... Ne8 16. c5 (16. Rd2
d6 17. exd6 Nxd6 18. g3 Qc7 (18... Rc8 19. Qb3 Nf5 (19... Qc7 20. Nb5 Nxb5 (
20... Qc6 $2 21. Bf3 Qxc4 22. Qxc4 Nxc4 23. Bxb7 Nxe3 24. Re1 Nc4 25. Rd4 $16)
21. cxb5 Bd5 22. Qb2 Bf6 23. Bd4 Bxd4+ 24. Qxd4 $11) 20. Bf2 Qc7 {/\ Qc6} 21.
Rd3 $1 {/\ Nd2} Rd8 22. Rfd1 $11) 19. Qb3 (19. Nb5 Nxb5 20. cxb5 Bf6 $15) 19...
Rac8 (19... Nf5 20. Nb5 $11) 20. Nb5 Nxb5 21. Rxd8+ (21. cxb5 $6 Rxd2 22. Nxd2
Qc3 $17 {/\ Bd5}) 21... Bxd8 (21... Rxd8 22. cxb5 Bd5 23. Qa4 Qb7 $15) 22. cxb5
Bf6 (22... Qc2 23. Qxc2 Rxc2 24. Rd1 Bf6 25. Kf2 Bd5 26. Rd2 $11) 23. Rd1 Ne7
$15) 16... bxc5 17. bxc5 $6 (17. Bxc5 $1 Bxc5+ (17... d6 18. exd6 Bxd6 (18...
Nxd6 19. Rd2 $11) 19. Bxd6 Nxd6 20. Rd2 Nf5 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Qxd8+ Rxd8 23.
g3 $11) 18. bxc5 Qc7 (18... Nh4 19. Bd3 Qc7 20. Na4 $5 $13 (20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21.
Qh5+ Kg8 22. Qxh4 Qxc5+ 23. Qf2 Rac8 24. Rb2 $11)) 19. Qd4 Rac8 20. Na4 f6 (
20... Nh4 21. Bd3 $11) 21. exf6 Nxf6 22. Nbc3 Bc6 23. Rb2 Rb8 24. Rxb8 (24. Rb4
$11) 24... Rxb8 25. f5 $13) 17... Qc7 18. Na4 (18. Qd4 Rac8 19. Rb2 (19. Na4
Bc6 20. Nbc3 f6 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. Qc4 Ne7 $1 $15 {/\ Nd5}) 19... Ba8 $1 (19...
Nh4 20. Bd3 Nxg2 (20... Bxg2 21. Rxg2 Nxg2 22. Kxg2 {->> 20...Ng2} (22. Qe4 f5
23. Qxg2 Bxc5 24. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 25. Kh1 Qd4 $17)) 21. Rxg2 (21. Rxb7 Qxb7 22. Be4
Qb3 23. Bxg2 Bxc5 $17) 21... Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Bxc5 23. Qxc5 Qxc5 (23... Qb7+ $4
24. Be4 Qb2+ 25. Rf2 $18) 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Ne4 Ra5 $15 (25... Rd5 26. Rd1))
20. Nb5 (20. Na4 f6 $15) 20... Bxc5 (20... Qxc5 21. Qd2 Qd5 (21... Qc6 22. Bf3
Qa6 23. Be2 $11) 22. Qxd5 Bxd5 23. Nxa7 Rb8 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Nc3 $11) 21. Qxc5
Qxc5 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Nxa7 d6 24. exd6 Nxd6 25. Nb5 Nf5 $15) 18... f6 (18...
Nh4 $6 19. Bd3 Qc6 20. Qc2 Nf5 21. Bxf5 exf5 22. Nbc3 $14) (18... Bc6 19. Nbc3
Rab8 20. Rd2 $11) 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Nbc3 Bc6 (20... Nd5 $5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22.
Rd2 (22. Rb2 Bc6 (22... Bf6 23. Rb4) 23. Nc3 Qa5 24. Nb5 Rab8 $15) 22... Bc6
23. f5 (23. Nb2 Nh4 24. g3 (24. Bd3 $2 Nxg2 25. Rxg2 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Qb7+ $19)
24... Nf5 25. Bf2 Bb7 {/\ Qc6} (25... Rab8 26. Nd3 Ba8 27. Bf3 (27. Ne5 $2 Bxc5
28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Qxd7 Bxf2+ 30. Rxf2 Rb1+ 31. Bf1 Qxd7 32. Nxd7 Ne3 $19) 27...
Bxf3 28. Qxf3 Rb3 $15) 26. Bb5 Bxc5 27. Rxd7 (27. Bxd7 Ne3 28. Bxe6+ Kh8 $17)
27... Rxd7 (27... Qb6 $2 28. Na4 $1 Bxf2+ 29. Rxf2 Qa5 30. Rfd2 $16) 28. Qxd7
Qxd7 (28... Bxf2+ 29. Rxf2 Qc1+ 30. Bf1 Bd5 $13) 29. Bxd7 Nd4 $1 30. Rd1 Nf3+
31. Kf1 Nxh2+ 32. Kg1 (32. Ke1 Bxa3 $17) 32... Bxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Bd5 $17) 23...
Bxa4 24. Qxa4 Bxc5 25. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 26. Kh1 exf5 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Qxd7 Rf8 $15)
21. Rb2 (21. Rd2 Rab8 22. Bc4 Kh8 $15) (21. Bd3 Rab8 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Bd4 Qa5
$15) 21... Rab8 22. Rxb8 (22. Nb5 Qa5 $1 (22... Bxb5 23. Rxb5 Nd5 24. Qd2 $13)
23. Bd2 Qa6 24. Nbc3 Bxa4 25. Nxa4 Qc6 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. Qc2 Nh4 28. Bf3 Nxf3+
29. Rxf3 Ne4 $36) 22... Rxb8 23. g3 (23. Qd4 $6 Nh4 $17 {>< g2, /\ Nf5}) 23...
Nd5 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Nc3 (25. f5 Ne5 $1 (25... Bb3 26. Qd4 Bf6 27. Qd6 Qxd6
28. cxd6 Bxa4 29. fxg6 $11) 26. fxe6 dxe6 $40 {/^a8-h1}) (25. Qd4 Rb3 $36)
25... Ba8 26. Na4 $6 (26. Qd4 Bf6 (26... Rb3 27. Qc4 Rb2 28. Bd4 $13) 27. Qd2 (
27. Qc4 Qb7 (27... Qc6 28. Bf3 d5 29. Qd3 Be7 30. Rc1 Rb3 $36) 28. Bf3 Qb3 29.
Qxb3 Rxb3 30. Bxa8 Rxc3 $17) 27... Ne7 $15) 26... Bc6 $17 27. Bf3 (27. Nc3 $2
Qa5 $19) (27. f5 exf5 (27... Bxa4 28. Qxa4 Bxc5 29. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 30. Kh1 Ne5 31.
fxe6 dxe6 $17) 28. Rxf5 Qa5 $17) 27... Bxa4 28. Qxa4 Bxc5 29. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 30.
Kh1 Nf8 31. Bg2 Rb2 32. Qe4 Qc2 $5 (32... Qxa3 33. f5 Qb4 $1 34. fxe6 dxe6 (
34... Qxe4 35. Bxe4 Nxe6 36. Ra1 Nc5 37. Bd5+ Kf8 38. Rxa7 $17) 35. Qf3 (35.
Qxb4 Rxb4 36. Ra1 a5 37. Kg1 Rb5 $19) (35. Qa8 a5 36. Be4 (36. Qe8 Rb1 $19)
36... g6 $19) 35... Qe7 $17) 33. Qxc2 (33. Qf3 a5 $17) 33... Rxc2 34. Rf3 Kf7
35. Kg1 Ke7 (35... a5 $142) 36. Rb3 Ra2 37. Be4 a5 38. Bb1 $2 $138 (38. h4 d5
39. Bf3 (39. Bb1 $2 Ra1 $19) 39... Nd7 $17) 38... Ra1 39. Kf2 a4 $19 40. Rb4
Rxa3 41. Ke2 Ra1 42. Kd2 a3 (42... a3 43. Bc2 (43. Be4 a2 44. Ra4 Rf1 $19)
43... Rh1 44. Ra4 Rxh2+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Brno"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Leko,P"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1993.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be6 9. Be2 Nd4 10. O-O Nf6 11. Be3 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 O-O 13. Rfd1 Qa5 14. Bg5 $1
$146 Rfc8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 (16. Rxd6 $2 Be7 17. Rd3 Bxa3 18. bxa3 Bxc4 $19
) 16... Bg5 17. Rd3 $1 {/\ Rad1, b4; xd6} Rab8 18. b4 Qd8 19. Rad1 g6 20. Qb2
$1 h5 21. h3 h4 $1 22. Rc3 b5 (22... Kg7 $2 23. c5 $1 dxc5 24. Rxc5 Rxc5 25.
bxc5 f6 26. Nc4 $16) 23. c5 (23. cxb5 axb5 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 $10) 23... dxc5 24.
Rxc5 (24. bxc5 $4 b4 $1 $19) 24... Bf4 $2 (24... Bf6 $1 25. Nb1 Bg7 26. Nbc3
Bf8 $14) 25. Nb1 Qg5 26. Kf1 $1 (26. Kh1 Kg7 27. Nxf4 Qxf4 28. Rxe5 Qf6 $1 $13)
26... Rxc5 $5 (26... Kh7 27. Nbc3 $16) 27. bxc5 Rc8 28. Qc2 Rc6 29. Na3 $3 {
/\ Qc3, Nc2, Ncb4;} (29. Nb4 $2 Bc4+) 29... Kg7 30. Qc3 f5 31. exf5 gxf5 32.
Nc2 Bxd5 33. Rxd5 Qf6 (33... Rg6 34. Rd7+ Kh6 35. Ne1 $1 $18) 34. Rd7+ Kg6 35.
Nb4 Qe6 (35... Rc8 36. Nd5 $18) 36. Ra7 $1 (36. Nxc6 Qxd7 37. Nxe5+ Bxe5 38.
Qxe5 Qd1+ $10) 36... Qd6 37. Nxc6 Qxc6 38. Qa5 $1 Qxc5 39. Qxa6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Luther,T"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Gershon} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. Bd3
$6 ({the main line is:} 7. N1c3 {Gershon}) 7... a6 {Gershon: ' the most
popular response. Other moves tranfer to the main line at some stage.'} (7...
Be6 {Gershon} 8. O-O a6 9. N5c3 Nf6 10. Ne2 O-O 11. Nbc3 Qd7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13.
exd5 Nb4 14. Bb1 a5 15. Nc3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Galkin,A-Kasparov,S/Koszalin 1999/EXT
2000 (37)}) (7... Nf6 {Gershon} 8. N1c3 a6 9. Na3 Bg4 10. Be2 Be6 11. Nc2 O-O
12. O-O Rc8 13. b3 b5 {1/2-1/2 Vehi Bach,V-Nataf,I/Andorra la Vella 1999/EXT
2000 (13)}) 8. N5c3 Bg5 $11 {Gershon: 'Gershon: It's impornant to change the
dark squared B's, getting rid of a weak piece and weakenning the d4 square. '}
9. Nd2 (9. Na3 $6 Bxc1 10. Rxc1 Qg5 $36 {Nataf} 11. O-O Nge7 12. Nc2 O-O 13.
Be2 $6 $146 {I don't see a reason to put the B on 'f3' while it can be put on
f1. On 'f3' it's very vulnerable to black's pieces.} (13. Re1 {Gershon makes
more sense than the text} Be6 14. Bf1 Rad8 15. b4 f5 16. b5 Nb8 17. exf5 Nxf5
18. Nd5 Nd7 19. f4 Qh4 20. g3 Nxg3 $1 21. hxg3 Qxg3+ 22. Bg2 Bg4 23. Qd2 exf4
24. Qf2 Qxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Nc5 26. Bf1 h5 27. Ncb4 axb5 28. cxb5 Ra8 $36 {1/2-1/2
Leko,P-Fedorov,A/Wijk aan Zee NED 2001/The Week in Chess 323 (49)}) 13... Bh3
14. Bf3 Ng6 {[%cal Gg6h4]} 15. Kh1 (15. Ne3 {Gershon} Nd4 16. Kh1 Be6 $36 {
[%cal Gg6h4]}) 15... Be6 16. Nd5 Nh4 17. b3 {[%cal Gd5c7]} ({interesting was:} 
17. b4 {[%cal Gb4b5,Gc2e3] Gershon} b5 18. Nce3 Nd4 19. Bg4 $13) (17. Nc7 $4 {
Gershon} Bxc4 18. Nxa8 Bxf1 19. Qxf1 Rxa8 $19) 17... Rad8 {Both removing the
rook from 'a8' and protecting the 'd6' pawn- "just in case"} (17... f5 $143 {
Gershon because after:} 18. exf5 {black is obliged to play:} Bxf5 ({and not :} 
18... Nxf5 {Gershon} 19. Nc7 $18) 19. Nb6 Rae8 20. Bd5+ $14 {[%cal Gc2e3]}) 18.
Nde3 $11 {0-1 Dominguez,L-Nataf,I/Havana 2001/CBM 84_01/[Gershon] (43)}) 9...
Nf6 (9... Be6 {Gershon} 10. b3 Nge7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nd5 Qa5 13. b4 Qd8 14. a3
Ng6 15. Re1 Nd4 16. Nb3 Bxc1 17. Rxc1 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Qg5 19. Bf1 Rac8 20. Rcd1
f5 21. exf5 Qxf5 22. Qe3 Qf7 $11 {[%cal Gb7b5,Gg6h4,Gh4f5,Gf5d4] 1-0 Yagupov,
I-Zvereva,M/St Petersburg RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 344 (52)}) 10. O-O {
Gershon: ' This plan is too slow, allowing black to take control over the
position.'} (10. Nf1 {Gershon} Bxc1 11. Rxc1 O-O 12. Ne3 Nd4 13. O-O b5 14.
cxb5 axb5 15. Nxb5 Nxb5 16. Bxb5 Rxa2 17. Qb3 Be6 18. Bc4 Bxc4 19. Rxc4 Ra6 $11
{1/2-1/2 Sokolov,A-Tregubov,P/Mulhouse FRA 2001/The Week in Chess 336 (27)})
10... O-O 11. b3 Nd4 12. Bb2 Bg4 {'!' Gershon. Gershon: 'Black is gaining an
important tempo by weakennig the g1-a7 /^, and forcing white to play Kh1'} 13.
f3 Bd7 14. Kh1 b5 15. Ne2 (15. cxb5 $143 {Gershon} axb5 {[%cal Ga8a1]}) 15...
Ne6 (15... Be3 $2 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Re1 $14) 16. b4 Qb6 17. cxb5 axb5 {'='
Gershon.} (17... Bxb5 18. Bxb5 (18. Nc4 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Qxb4 20. Qb3 Qxb3 21.
axb3 Rfb8 $15) 18... Qxb5 19. a3 Rfd8 20. Nc3 $11) 18. Nb1 Rfd8 19. Nbc3 Bc6
20. Nd5 {'!?' Gershon.} (20. Qc2 $6 {Gershon} Rac8 $15 (20... d5 $140 $2 {
Gershon} 21. exd5 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gd3h7]} Nxd5 (21... Bxd5 {Gershon} 22. Nxb5
(22. Nxd5 {Gershon} Rxd5 23. Be4 $2 Rd2 $17) 22... Rac8 23. Nec3 Nd4 24. Qf2
$16))) 20... Nxd5 (20... Bxd5 21. exd5 Nf4 (21... Nc7 {Gershon} 22. Be4 $14 (
22. f4 $143 {[%cal Gb2h8] Gershon} Bh6 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Bxe5 Ncxd5 25. Qb3 Ng4
$132)) 22. Nxf4 Bxf4 $15) 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Qxd5 Kg8 $1 {
Gershon: 'Although approximately even, this position is far from being simple'}
24. Nc3 Nc7 (24... Nf4 25. Qxb5 (25. Qe4 $2 Rac8 $15) 25... Qxb5 26. Nxb5 Nd3
27. Bc3 Be3 (27... d5 $2 28. f4 Bxf4 29. Rad1 $16) 28. g3 d5 $13) 25. Qe4 {
Nach wechselvollem Eröffnungsverlauf geht Schwarz nun auf Bauernraub.} Bd2 {
Gershon: 'A very risky move! Black is winning a pawn but allows white to
create a very strong attack against his weakenned K '} (25... Qe3 $5 {Gershon}
26. Qc6 Ne6 {[%cal Ga8c8]} 27. Bc1 (27. Nd5 $2 {Gershon} Qe2 {[%csl Ra2]} 28.
Qc3 Rxa2 $19) (27. Nxb5 $4 {Gershon} Qe2 28. Rab1 (28. Ba3 {Gershon} Rac8 29.
Qa6 Rc2 30. Rg1 Rb8 $19 {[%csl Rb5]}) 28... Rac8 $1 {[%csl Rb5]} 29. Qa6 Rc2
$19) (27. Qxb5 {Gershon} Nd4 28. Qd5 Nc2 $15) 27... Qd4 28. Bxg5 Nxg5 $13) 26.
Nd5 {'!' Gershon. Das einzige. Nach Abtausch des Sc3 gegen den Läufer wäre
Weiss dem Vormarsch der Zentrumsbauern ausgeliefert.} Nxd5 27. Qxd5 Bxb4 28. f4
{Gershon: 'the point' jetzt entfalten die weissen Figuren ihre Möglichkeiten,
die schwarze Königsstellung ist gefährdet.} Qc5 29. Qf3 $1 (29. Qxc5 $2 {
Gershon} dxc5 30. Bxe5 Rd2 $19) 29... d5 $6 {Schwarze kann den Mehrbauern
nicht halten, man sehe:} (29... Qc7 30. fxe5 dxe5 31. Rac1 Qe7 32. Bxe5 Qxe5 $2
(32... Rxa2 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. Qg4+ Kf8 35. Qh5 {und Weiss hat Angriff}) 33.
Qxf7+ $18) (29... f6 30. Rfc1 Qa7 31. Qb3+ $18) (29... Qc4 $1 30. fxe5 dxe5 31.
Bxe5 Bf8 $11) 30. fxe5 Qe7 31. Qg4 Ba3 $2 (31... d4 $8 32. Bxd4 Qe6 $11 {
war die einzige Möglichkeit.}) (31... Ra4 32. e6 fxe6 33. Bf6 $18) (31... Rdc8
32. e6 fxe6 33. Bxg7 Qxg7 34. Qxb4 {diese Stellung bietet Weiss auf Grund der
Königsstellung die besseren praktischen Chancen.}) (31... Ra6 $5 {Gershon} 32.
e6 f5 33. Rxf5 Rxe6 $13 {[%cal Ge6e1]}) 32. e6 {'!!' Gershon. Gershon: 'this
is what black has probably missed'} Bxb2 (32... f5 {Gershon} 33. Bxa3 Rxa3 34.
Rxf5 $16) (32... fxe6 {Gershon} 33. Bf6 $16 (33. Bxg7 $2 {Gershon} Qxg7 34.
Qxe6+ Kh8 {[%cal Gg7a1]} 35. Rad1 Rd6 $19)) 33. exf7+ Kf8 34. Rae1 Qd6 (34...
Ra4 {Gershon} 35. Qf5 $1 Re4 36. Qh7 $18) 35. Re6 Qc5 (35... Qxe6 $8 {Gershon}
36. Qxe6 Bf6 37. Rf5 Rxa2 38. h3 $18) 36. Re8+ {'?' Gershon. Gershon:
'prolongs the fight by 15 moves, however, black is still hopeless'} (36. Qh5 {
/Dh4/Dh3 hätte mattgesetzt, nachdem Partiezug ist Schwarz auch chancenlos.} Bf6
37. Qh7 (37. Qh8+ {Gershon} Kxf7 38. Rfxf6+ gxf6 39. Rxf6+ Ke7 40. Qg7+ Ke8 41.
Qf7#) 37... Kxf7 38. Rfxf6#) 36... Rxe8 37. fxe8=Q+ Kxe8 38. Qe6+ Kd8 39. Qg8+
Kc7 40. Qxa8 {'+-' Gershon.} Bf6 41. Qa5+ Kc6 42. Qa6+ Kc7 43. Qa5+ Qb6 {
'??' Gershon. Gershon: 'Losing on the spot'} ({after} 43... Kc6 $142 {(Gershon)
there is still a long fight ahead!}) 44. Rc1+ {Gershon: 'Practically a best
decision. There is less chance to go wrong here than in P endgame calculations.
'} (44. Qxb6+ {Gershon} Kxb6 45. Rxf6+ gxf6 46. h4 d4 47. Kg1 {looks like it's
over} Kc5 48. Kf2 (48. h5 {Gershon} Kc4 49. h6 d3 50. Kf2 Kc3 51. h7 d2) 48...
Kd5 (48... Kc4 {Gershon} 49. Ke2 Kd5 50. h5 Ke6 51. Kd3 $18) 49. h5 Ke6 50. Ke2
f5 (50... Kf5 {Gershon} 51. Kd3 Kg5 52. Kxd4 Kxh5 53. Kc5 Kg4 54. Kxb5 Kg3 55.
a4 Kxg2 56. a5 f5 57. a6 f4 58. a7 f3 59. a8=Q $18) 51. Kd3 Kf6 52. Kxd4 Kg5
53. Ke5 $18) 44... Kb7 45. Qb4 d4 46. a4 {'!' Gershon. Gershon: 'by opening up
another two lines white wins immediately'} bxa4 47. Qxa4 Be5 48. Qc2 1-0

[Event "Malakoff op 09th"]
[Site "Malakoff"]
[Date "2009.04.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Malakoff/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2009.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {la nulle était prévisible...} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5
d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be6 9. b3 Qa5 10. Nc2 Qxc3+ 11. Bd2 Qb2 12. Bc1
Qc3+ 13. Bd2 Qb2 14. Bc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 {Cette variante Kalashnikov était
trés populaire au début des années 90 mais elle est maintenant beaucoup moins
jouée а haut niveau.} 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 (6. c4 {L'alternative} Be7 7. N1c3 (7.
b3 Nf6 8. Bd3 O-O (8... Bg4 9. f3 Be6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O Nh5 12. g3 g6 13.
N5c3 f5 $132 {Dolmatov,S (2595)-Sveshnikov,E (2560) RUS-chT Podolsk 1992 1-0})
9. O-O Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Be3 Nh5 $132 {[%cal Ge7g5,Gh5f4]}) 7... a6 8. Na3 Be6
(8... f5)) 6... a6 (6... Nf6 {Retombe sur une B33} 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5) 7. Na3
Be7 {Reprenant la ligne secondaire jouée а la 05ème ronde} (7... b5 {La grande
ligne}) 8. Be3 (8. Nc4 b5 9. Ne3 $14 {[%csl Gd5];Mastrovasilis,D (2584)
-Moiseenko,A (2673) EU-ch 12th Aix-Les-Bains 2011 (5) 1/2}) (8. Nd5 Nf6 9.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 10. Nc4 Be7 11. Be3 (11. Ne3 $14 {[%csl Gd5]})) 8... b5 (8... Nf6)
9. Nd5 Rb8 10. c4 b4 11. Nc2 Nf6 12. Qd3 $5 {Bd3 est plus courant} (12. Bd3 O-O
(12... Nd7) 13. b3 Nd7 14. Qd2 Nc5 15. O-O h6 16. Rfd1 a5 17. f3 Bg5 18. Bf1
Ne6 19. Qf2 Bxe3 20. Ndxe3 Ned4 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. f4 Qb6 23. Rac1 Qc5 24. f5 a4
25. f6 g6 26. Rd3 axb3 {Palac,M (2587)-Jankovic,A (2359)/Jahorina 2003/CBM 094
ext/0-1 (82)}) (12. f3 O-O 13. b3 (13. Be2) 13... Nd7 {[%cal Ge7g5,Gf7f5]} (
13... Nh5 {[%cal Gh5f4,Ge7g5]} 14. Qd2 Be6 (14... Nf4 $5 15. Nxf4 exf4 16. Bxf4
f5 {[%csl Re1]} 17. Be2 fxe4 18. O-O) (14... f5)) (13... Be6 14. Bd3 Nd7 15.
Qd2 a5 16. O-O Nc5 $132 {[%csl Gc5]}) 14. Qd2) 12... O-O 13. Be2 Ng4 (13... Nd7
$5 14. Nxe7+ (14. O-O Nc5 $132) 14... Qxe7 15. Rd1 Nf6 16. Qxd6 Qb7 $44 {
[%csl Rd6][%cal Gf8d8,Gf6e4]}) (13... Be6 14. O-O) 14. Bd2 Bg5 $5 {Une
manoeuvre classique dans ce genre de structure mais c'est un peu lent} 15. Rd1
{[%csl Rd6]} (15. O-O $142 {Plus simple}) 15... Nxf2 {Les Noirs auront des
compensations dans la partie avec le K Blanc bloqué а l'aile-roi et la Rh1 non
développée mais si les Blancs arrivent а sortir la Rh1, l'attaque risque de
s'essoufler rapidement.} (15... Be6 16. O-O Bxd2 17. Rxd2 Qh4) (15... f5) 16.
Kxf2 f5 {[%cal Gf5e4,Gf8f2]} 17. Kg1 fxe4 $44 {[%csl Rg1,Rh1]} 18. Qxe4 b3 (
18... Bxd2 $142 $5 19. Rxd2 Qa5 {[%cal Gb4b3,Ga5d2] La raison pour laquelle,
les Noirs ont écarté cette variante est peut-être le fait qu'il est plus
tentant d'attaquer а l'aile-roi ou se trouve le K Blanc un peu exposé} 20. Bd3
(20. b3 {[%csl Ra2]} Qxa2 $44) 20... Bf5 21. Qe3 Qxa2 22. Bxf5 Qb1+ 23. Qe1
Qxe1+ 24. Nxe1 Rxf5 25. h4 $1 {[%cal Gg1h2]}) 19. axb3 Rxb3 20. Bg4 (20. c5 $5
{[%cal Gd1d8]}) 20... Bxd2 (20... Bxg4 21. Qxg4 Bxd2 22. Rxd2 Rxb2) 21. Bxc8
Bh6 22. Be6+ Kh8 23. h4 Qe8 (23... Rxb2 24. Rh3 a5 25. Rf3 Rxf3 26. gxf3 g6 $13
{[%csl Rg1,Rh8]}) 24. Rh3 $1 {Résoud le principal problème des Blancs et le
matériel va payer} Rxb2 25. Bg4 a5 26. Rf3 Rxf3 27. Bxf3 Qb8 28. Kh2 g6 29. h5
Kg7 30. Nce3 (30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Qg4 $18 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gg4d7]}) 30... Qd8 31.
Kg1 $18 Qg5 32. Ng4 a4 33. Nc7 Nd8 34. Ne8+ Kf8 35. Nxd6 a3 36. Qa8 Qe7 37.
Qxa3 Rd2 38. Nxh6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Vedmediuc, Serghei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be6 8.
Nc4 Nf6 9. Bg5 {01h30} Rb8 $5 (9... Rc8) 10. Nd5 {87 Les Blancs ne sont pas
trop surpris et ils jouent vite} Bxd5 11. Bxf6 {Une tentative d'amélioration
de cette ligne secondaire sera faite а la ronde 5} (11. exd5 $142 {Codenotti,M
(2262)-Antal,G (2545) EU-ch 12th Aix-les-Bains 2011 (5.132) 0-1}) 11... Qxf6
12. Qxd5 $6 (12. exd5 $142 Ne7) 12... Nb4 $1 13. Qd2 d5 $1 $132 14. exd5 Rd8
15. Ne3 {52} Bc5 {[%cal Gc5e3,Gb4d5,Ge8g8]} 16. c4 Qg6 {[%csl Rc2]} (16... O-O)
17. a3 Bxe3 18. Qxb4 {Espérant bloquer le K Noir au centre} Bd4 19. O-O-O $13 {
[%csl Rc1,Re8]} Rd6 20. Bd3 {45} (20. Qxb7 O-O $11) 20... Qg5+ 21. Qd2 {33}
Qxg2 22. Rhg1 {29} Qxh2 23. Rxg7 Rf6 24. Rf1 Rxf2 (24... h5 $5 {[%csl Gh5]})
25. Rxf2 Qxf2 26. Qxf2 Bxf2 27. b4 b6 28. d6 Be3+ 29. Kc2 Kd7 (29... Bh6 30.
Rxh7 Rxh7 31. Bxh7 $11) 30. Rxf7+ {06} Kxd6 31. Bxh7 Ke6 32. Ra7 Kf6 33. Be4
Kg5 34. Rxa6 Kf4 35. Bd5 Bd4 {[%csl Rc2] Les Noirs ont réussi а activer les
pièces} 36. Ra7 Rh3 37. Rf7+ Kg5 (37... Ke3) 38. Rg7+ Kf4 39. Rf7+ Kg5 40. a4
Ra3 41. Ra7 Kf4 42. Rf7+ Kg5 43. Ra7 Kf4 44. Rf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mazur, Stefan"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 (6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3
a6 8. Na3 Be6 9. Nc2 Rc8 10. Nd5 Bg5 11. Nce3 Nge7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O Nd4 14.
b3 g6 15. Bb2 b5 $1 $132) 6... a6 7. Na3 Be7 (7... b5 {La grande ligne qui
laisse l'option de transposer dans une B33} 8. Nd5 Nge7 (8... Nf6 {B33})) 8.
Nc4 b5 (8... Nf6 9. Be3 (9. Bg5) 9... b5 10. Nb6 (10. Bb6) 10... Rb8) 9. Ne3 {
[%csl Gd5]} Nf6 10. g3 (10. Bd3) (10. Ned5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 (11. exd5 Nb8 12. Be2
O-O 13. O-O f5 $13 {Aagaard}) 11... O-O 12. a4 Rb8 13. axb5 $14 {Dragicevic,D 
(2298)-Bator,R (2461) SWE-chT 0506 2005 (11) 0-1} (13. Bd3 $5 {[%csl Gf5]}))
10... O-O (10... h5 11. Bg2 h4) 11. Bg2 b4 12. Ncd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bg5 14. Bxg5
Qxg5 15. O-O (15. a3 $5 bxa3 16. Rxa3 $14) 15... Rb8 16. f4 (16. Qd3 {Moins
risqué} a5 17. a3 Be6 (17... bxa3 18. Qxa3 $14) 18. axb4 axb4 ({RR} 18... Nxb4
19. Nxb4 Rxb4 20. Qxd6 Rd8 21. Qc7 Rc8 22. Qxa5 {1/2-1/2 Brkic,A (2587)
-Sebenik,M (2529)/Zagreb 2012/Mega2012 Update 11}) 19. Ra6 Rfc8 20. c3 Qd8 21.
Rd1 g6 22. Ne3 Rb6 23. h4 h5 24. Kh2 bxc3 25. bxc3 Ne7 26. Rxb6 Qxb6 27. Bh3
Bxh3 28. Kxh3 Kg7 29. Kg2 Qc6 30. c4 Ng8 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2730)-Ivanchuk,V 
(2775)/Moscow 2011/EXT 2012/1/2-1/2 (76)}) 16... Qd8 17. f5 Kh8 18. f6 $5 $146
(18. Qd2 f6 19. g4 a5 20. Kh1 Ba6 21. Rf3 Bc4 22. c3 bxc3 23. bxc3 Bxd5 24.
Qxd5 Ne7 25. Qd2 Rb6 26. Rd1 Qc7 27. h4 Rfb8 28. g5 Qc4 29. Rg3 d5 30. Qd3 Qxa2
31. exd5 Rb1 32. Rxb1 Qxb1+ {Muhren,B (2303)-Moiseenko,A (2646)/Kemer 2007/CBM
121/0-1 (47)}) 18... g6 19. Qd2 {[%cal Gd2h6]} Be6 20. Rad1 (20. Qh6 Rg8 21.
Rad1) (20. a3 $5 $146 {[%csl Ga1] Cornette}) 20... Bxd5 $1 21. exd5 Nd4 {
[%csl Gd4] Le N central sera difficile а déloger sans affaiblir la position
Blanche} 22. Rde1 (22. c3) 22... Rg8 (22... Qc8 23. Re4 Rg8 (23... Qxc2 24. Qh6
{[%cal Ge4h4]}) 24. Qh6 {[%cal Gh6h7,Ge4h4]} Qf8 $8) 23. Re4 {[%cal Ge4h4]} Nf5
24. g4 Nh4 25. g5 {[%csl Rh4]} Nf5 (25... Qb6+ {[%cal Gb6b4,Gb6g1]}) (25...
Nxg2 $143 26. Qxg2 {[%cal Ge4h4,Gh4h7]} Qb6+ 27. Kh1 {[%cal Ge4h4,Gh4h7]} Rgc8)
26. Bh3 (26. Rxb4) 26... Qc8 (26... Nd4) 27. Qf2 Rb5 28. Rh4 {Menaçant mat en
03!} Qc5 $8 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gc5f2,Gc5g1]} (28... Rc5 29. Bxf5 gxf5 30. Rxh7+
Kxh7 31. Qh4+ Kg6 32. Qh6#) 29. Qxc5 Rxc5 $132 {[%csl Rc2]} 30. Rxb4 Ne3 31.
Rf2 Rxd5 32. Rb3 Rd1+ 33. Bf1 Re1 34. Rf3 Nxc2 $13 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Gd6d1] Si
les Noirs ont le temps de mobiliser la Rg8, ils vont prendre l'initiative avec
le centre fort} 35. Rfc3 Nd4 36. Rb7 {[%csl Rf7]} Ra1 37. Kf2 Ne6 38. h4 (38.
Rxf7 $2 Nxg5) 38... Nc5 {[%cal Gc5e4]} 39. Rxc5 dxc5 40. Bxa6 Rxa2 41. Bc4 {
[%cal Gc4a2,Gc4f7]} Ra4 42. b3 Ra2+ 43. Kg3 Rc2 44. Rd7 (44. Bxf7 Rc3+ 45. Kf2
Ra8 $40 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Ga8a2]}) 44... Rc3+ 45. Kg4 h5+ 46. gxh6 Rb8 47. h5
gxh5+ 48. Kh4 Kh7 49. Rxf7+ $2 (49. Kxh5 Rh3+ 50. Kg4 Rxh6 51. Kf5 $44 {
[%csl Gf5,Rh7]} (51. Rxf7+ Kg6)) 49... Kxh6 50. Re7 Rd8 {Dominique PRIMEL} 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Nf6 {This is an open invitation to transposing to the Sveshnikov, but I
somehow fail to see the point of using a different move order. Which lines did
Black wish to avoid? Not the topical ones, for sure, since they all are
connected with the position arising after 9.Bg5.} (8... Nge7 {would be in the
spirit of the Kalashnikov move order.}) 9. c4 $5 {A plan that is known from
the lines with 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 and only now 11.c4.} b4 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6
11. Nc2 Be7 {A rare move, advocated by the pioneer of the Kalashnikov and
Sveshnikov variation.} (11... Qg6 12. Ne3 (12. Qd5 {Anand,V (2757)-Shirov,A 
(2715)/Linares 2002/CBM 088/[Ftacnik] (1-0, 31)}) 12... Be7 13. g3 O-O (13...
h5 {Grischuk,A (2701)-Fedorov,A (2604)/Istanbul 2003/CBM 096/[Postny] (1/2, 35)
}) 14. Bg2 {Bologan,V (2652)-Tregubov,P (2627)/Belfort 2002/CBM 090/[Bologan] 
(1-0, 30)}) 12. g3 h5 $146 {I wonder which were Nakamura's feeling when seeing
this move. At Wijk aan Zee he lost badly against Carlsen using the same
radical advance of he h-pawn in a similar position.} (12... O-O 13. Bg2 Bb7 14.
O-O Qg6 (14... Bd8 15. Be3 a5 {1/2 Stefansson,H (2549)-Sveshnikov,E (2508)/
Riga 2004/CBM 101 ext (29)}) 15. b3 a5 {1-0 Shirov,A (2736)-Sveshnikov,E (2557)
/Tallinn 2004/CBM 100 (40)}) 13. h3 Qg6 14. Bg2 h4 15. g4 O-O 16. O-O Be6 17.
Ne3 Rac8 18. b3 Rfd8 19. a3 $14 {Despite the weaknesses on f4 and d4, White
controls the position firmly. Black has no favourable pawn breaks and his
queen is passive.} bxa3 20. Nf5 Bg5 21. Rxa3 a5 22. Bb2 Rd7 23. Bc3 Bd8 24. Kh1
Qh7 25. f4 Bb6 26. Ra2 Bc5 27. Rd2 f6 28. Nxd6 Rb8 29. fxe5 fxe5 30. Nf5 g6 31.
Nh6+ Kh8 32. Rf6 Rxd2 33. Bxd2 Qd7 34. Qe1 Kg7 35. Rf1 Rxb3 36. Bg5 Qd3 37. Nf7
Qg3 38. Qd2 Bxc4 39. Bf6+ Kf8 40. Nxe5 Qxh3+ 41. Bxh3 1-0

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "1999.04.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Black "Cosma, Ioan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1999.04.16"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nb5 Qb8 6. g3 a6 7. N5c3 e6 8.
Bg2 Bc5 9. O-O Nf6 10. Bf4 Ne5 11. a4 d6 12. a5 Qc7 13. Nd2 Bd7 14. Nb3 Ba7 15.
Qe2 h6 16. Kh1 Rc8 17. h3 O-O 18. Bc1 Rfd8 19. f4 Nc4 20. g4 Be8 21. f5 Qe7 22.
g5 hxg5 23. Bxg5 Ne5 24. Qe1 Bc6 25. Rd1 Ned7 26. Qh4 e5 27. Rd3 Nf8 28. Rg3
N8h7 29. Bh6 Qf8 30. Nd2 Kh8 31. Bxg7+ Qxg7 32. Rxg7 Kxg7 33. Nf3 Kf8 34. Rd1
Ke7 35. Ne1 Rg8 36. Nd3 Rg5 37. Qe1 Rcg8 38. Rd2 Rh5 39. Nb4 Ng5 40. Nxc6+ bxc6
41. Rd3 Rgh8 42. Qe2 Nxh3 43. Rxh3 Rxh3+ 44. Bxh3 Rxh3+ 45. Kg2 Nh5 46. Kxh3
Nf4+ 47. Kg4 Nxe2 48. Nxe2 d5 49. Kf3 Kd6 50. Nc1 f6 51. Nd3 Bb8 52. b3 c5 53.
Nf2 Bc7 54. exd5 Kxd5 55. Ne4 Bxa5 56. Nxf6+ Kd4 57. Ne4 Bd8 58. c3+ Kd3 59.
Nxc5+ (59. c4 Kc2 (59... a5 60. Nxc5+ Kc3 61. Nb7 Be7 62. Ke4 (62. c5 Kd3 63.
c6 e4+ 64. Kf4 e3 65. c7 e2 66. c8=Q e1=Q 67. Qc4+ $16) 62... Kxb3 63. c5 a4
64. c6 a3 65. c7 a2 66. c8=Q a1=Q 67. Qe6+ $18) 60. Nxc5 Be7 61. Nxa6 Kd3 $3 (
61... Kxb3 62. c5) 62. c5 e4+ 63. Kg2 e3 64. c6 e2 65. c7 e1=Q 66. c8=Q Qe2+
$11) 59... Kxc3 60. Ke4 a5 61. Kxe5 Be7 62. Kd5 Kb4 63. Nb7 Bh4 64. Ke6 Bg5 65.
Kd7 Bh4 66. Kc6 Bg5 67. Kb6 Bh4 68. Ka6 Kxb3 69. Nxa5+ Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[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. e4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:01:55]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} ({The variation played in this game bears some
similarity with the following Paulsen line, favured by Fischer in his best
years:} 4... e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 e5 7. Be3 {In this line, too, the bishop does
not have access to g5 as in the Sveshnikov, but the situation is slightly
better for Black: he does not need to commit himself to ...Be7 since White has
moved with his dark-squared bishop first..} Nf6 8. N1c3 ({Later Fischer
switched to} 8. Bg5 {, winning two games during the Candidates' quarterfinal
with Taimanov. But the first game of the same cycle's final (and Fischer's
last one ever with this line) cast some doubt over White's strategy:} Be6 9.
N1c3 a6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Na3 {In those years, the Sveshnikov Sicilian was
considered dubious. In the current position Black is a tempo up (...Be6), but
he needs to act with energy to avoid a mere transposition after, for instance,
11...b5 12.Nd5 f5 13.exf5 Bxf5, returning the gained tempo. Taimanov's} d5 {
1-0 (40) Fischer,R (2760)-Petrosian,T (2640) Buenos Aires 1971}) 8... a6 9. Na3
b5 ({More active than} 9... Be7 {, which would transpose to our main game.})
10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Ne7 12. c4 Nf5 {1/2-1/2 (24) Fischer,R-Pachman,L Buenos
Aires 1960}) 5. Nb5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. N1c3 {[%emt 0:02:
58]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. Na3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} ({
A half-waiting move, delaying} 7... Nf6 {which would transpose to a Sveshnikov
after} 8. Bg5) 8. Be3 {[%emt 0:12:02]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 9. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:
07]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 10. Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:03] The bishop proves useful here,
by allowing the exchange of the c8-bishop, an important defender of the
d5-square. However, this exchange is time-consuming, allowing Black to
compensate dynamically for the strategic concession.} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 11.
Nxc8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qxc8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 12. Be2 {[%emt 0:03:44]} O-O {
[%emt 0:01:33]} 13. O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} (13. a3 {weakens the queenside and
can be met with} Na5 {[%csl Ga3,Gb2][%cal Ga5c4]}) 13... b4 {[%emt 0:01:00]}
14. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:07:48]} 15. a3 {[%emt 0:14:17]} Bd8 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 16. axb4 {[%emt 0:24:58]} Nxb4 {[%emt 0:02:09] Black's extra
pawn compensates for the weakness of the light squares.} 17. Nxb4 $146 {
[%emt 0:00:35] This novelty does not change the evaluation of the variation as
safe for Black.} (17. c3 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Rxb2 19. Bxa6 Nxc3 20. Qxd6 Qe6 21. Qxe6
fxe6 22. Bc8 Ne2+ 23. Kh1 Nd4 {Caruana,F (2796)-Akash,G (2340) Tromsoe 2013 (1/
2-1/2, 57)}) (17. Ra4 a5 18. Nxb4 axb4 19. Qd5 Nc5 20. Ra2 Qe6 {Shomoev,A 
(2560)-Shariyazdanov,A (2572) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013 (1/2-1/2, 41)}) 17... Rxb4 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 18. Bxa6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:06:43]} 19. Bd3 {
[%emt 0:05:28]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:23:37]} 20. Ra6 {[%emt 0:04:44]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:01:
42]} 21. Ra7 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 22. Ra6 {[%emt 0:03:41]} Qb7
{[%emt 0:00:15]} 23. Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.03.29"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "McShane,L"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Luebeck"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. c4 Nf6 ({Black can also win a
pawn with} 5... Qe5 {but in Reykjavik in 2000, I witnessed Grischuk winning
another pretty miniature against Tomas Oral from this position in similar
style.}) 6. Nc3 Nxe4 7. Nxe4 Qe5 8. Nb5 Qxe4+ 9. Be2 Qe5 10. f4 Qb8 11. O-O {
White gains a considerable initiative for the sacrificed pawn, but still has
to break through Black's solid defensive position.} e6 12. f5 a6 13. Nc3 Bd6
14. Ne4 $1 {Handing Black another pawn to keep the momentum going in the
attack.} Bxh2+ 15. Kh1 Be5 16. f6 {This pawn is a critical wedge in the attack.
} g6 17. Be3 d5 {In turn, Black sacrifices a pawn to facilitate his
development.} 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Qxd5 O-O {It looks like Black is over the
worst, but the f6-pawn is still a force to be reckoned with, and Grischuk
finds a cunning way forward.} 20. Qd2 $1 {Heading for h6!} Rd8 21. Qc1 $1 ({
Black's position is by no means without resources. Grischuk's miniature would
have been ruined by the carelessly flashy} 21. Bd4 $2 {due to the surprising
counterblow} Bf4 $1 {when Black stands much better.}) 21... Be6 (21... Bf5 {
was better, but White should still win by} 22. Ba7 $1 (22. Bc5 $2 Bxe4 23. Qh6
Bxf6 $19) 22... Rd1 $5 {(enabling Qb8-f8 in future)} 23. Bxd1 Rxa7 24. Rxf5 $1
gxf5 25. Qg5+ {with a decisive attack.}) 22. Bc5 $1 {Qh6 and mate is
unstoppable. Hracek later told me that Grischuk admitted this game was the
product of 'childhood analysis'!} 1-0

[Event "Metz op 30th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2012.04.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2012.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7 8.
Nc4 b5 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. Bd3 (10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 b4 12. Ncd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bg5 14.
Bxg5 Qxg5 15. O-O Rb8 16. Qd3 a5 17. a3 Be6 18. axb4 Nxb4 19. Nxb4 Rxb4 20.
Rxa5 Rxb2 21. Qxd6 Rxc2 22. Rxe5 Qd2 23. Qxd2 Rxd2 24. Rc5 Rb8 25. Rcc1 g6 26.
Rfd1 Ra2 27. Rb1 Rc8 28. Ra1 Rb2 29. Rac1 Ra8 30. Rb1 {1/2-1/2 (30) Karjakin,S
(2779)-Radjabov,T (2788) Astana 2012}) 10... Nb4 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Be6 13. a3
Nc6 14. Ned5 Nd4 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Bd3 {Garder la paire de B vaut-il la peine
de dépenser 03 tempi?} h6 $1 17. Be3 Nc6 $1 18. h3 $146 (18. Be2 Na5 19. b3 Qc7
20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Nb7 22. a4 b4 23. Qd2 a5 24. f3 Nc5 25. Rac1 Nfd7 26. Bb5
Rac8 27. Rfe1 f5 28. Bf2 Kh8 29. Qd1 Qd8 30. c3 bxc3 31. Rxc3 e4 32. f4 Nf6 33.
h3 Rf7 34. Be3 Rfc7 {1/2-1/2 (34) Swiercz,D (2540)-Kempinski,R (2600) Warsaw
2011}) 18... Rad8 (18... Na5) (18... Rac8) 19. Qf3 d5 $132 20. exd5 Nxd5 21.
Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Qf5 g6 23. Qg4 Kg7 24. b4 {Bizarre} (24. c4) 24... f5 25. Qg3 Qf6
26. Bc5 (26. Bb6 f4 $36 {[%csl Gd5,Rg3][%cal Gf4f3]}) 26... e4 $40 27. Bxf8+
Rxf8 28. Bxe4 {Un beau paradoxe avec ce B qui a perdu beaucoup de temps dans
l'ouverture pour ne pas être échangé contre un N et qui doit maintenant se
sacrifier!} Bxe4 29. Qe3 Qd4 30. Qxd4+ Nxd4 31. Rfd1 $6 (31. Rad1) 31... Nxc2
32. Ra2 f4 33. Rd2 Rc8 34. Rd7+ Kf6 35. Rd6+ Ke5 36. Rxa6 Kd4 $19 {[%csl Ra2,
Rg1]} 37. Rb2 Kc3 38. Rb1 Ra8 39. Re6 Bd3 40. Rc6+ Kd2 41. Rb3 Nd4 42. Rb2+ Bc2
43. Rxg6 Rxa3 44. Rxh6 Kc3 45. Rxc2+ Nxc2 46. Rc6+ Kb3 47. Rf6 Kxb4 48. Rxf4+
Kc3 49. Rf8 b4 50. Rc8+ Kd3 51. h4 b3 52. Rb8 Nd4 53. h5 Ra5 54. h6 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "Metz op 30th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2012.04.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Black "Pap, Misa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2012.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {01h30} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 {Il est intéressant de voir
le système choisi par le français car il est l'auteur d'une monographie sur
cette défense} 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 (6. c4) 6... a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Be7 (8...
Nce7) (8... Nf6) 9. c4 b4 10. Nc2 Rb8 11. g3 {89} (11. Be3) (11. b3) (11. Be2
Nf6 12. Bf3 O-O 13. O-O a5 14. b3 Nd7 15. Be3 Nc5 16. Qd2 h6 17. g3 Bg5 18. Bg2
Bxe3 19. Ndxe3 a4 20. Rab1 axb3 21. axb3 Na5 22. Na1 Nc6 23. Nac2 Na5 24. Na1 {
1/2-1/2 (24) Kryvoruchko,Y (2609)-Pap,M (2509) Paleochora 2010}) 11... Nf6 12.
Bg2 {80} b3 {72} (12... O-O 13. O-O) 13. axb3 Na5 {65} (13... Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Qb6
15. O-O) 14. Nxe7 Kxe7 15. b4 $146 {50 Une forte nouveauté} (15. Bg5 Nxb3 16.
Ra3 h6 17. Bxf6+ gxf6 18. O-O h5 19. h4 Bg4 20. Qe1 Qb6 21. Kh1 Be6 22. f4 exf4
23. Rxf4 Nc5 24. b4 Nd7 25. Qa1 Bxc4 26. Ne3 Rhc8 27. e5 Be6 28. exf6+ Kd8 29.
Qd1 Ne5 30. Ra5 Ke8 31. Re4 Rc3 32. Nd5 Rd3 33. Qa4+ Qc6 34. Qxc6+ Nxc6 35.
Rxa6 Kd7 36. Nf4 Rxg3 37. Nxe6 fxe6 38. Rc4 Nd8 39. Ra7+ Ke8 40. Rh7 Rg8 41.
Bf3 Kf8 42. Bxh5 Ra8 43. Rc2 Rg3 44. Kh2 Kg8 {Lanka,Z (2575)-Mrva,M (2410)
Cappelle la Grande 1997 1-0}) 15... Nxc4 {64} 16. O-O (16. Qd3) 16... h6 {
[%csl Rf5] Empêche Bg5 mais affaiblit la case "f5"} 17. b3 Nb6 18. Ne3 $16 {
[%csl Gd5][%cal Ge3f5]} (18. b5 $5 axb5 19. Ba3 {[%csl Re7][%cal Gd1d3,Ga1d1,
Gf2f4] Cornette}) 18... Qc7 19. Bb2 {[%cal Ga1c1]} Rd8 20. f4 $1 {Probablement
plus précis que le coup naturel Rc1} Be6 21. Qe2 (21. Qd3 $142 $5 {[%cal Gd3b3,
Gd3e4,Gd3a6]}) 21... Nbd7 22. Rfc1 {30} Qb7 {26} 23. Rxa6 Ra8 24. b5 $1 $40
Rxa6 25. bxa6 Qb6 26. Kh1 Ra8 27. Ra1 {Le P a6 est monstrueux et le gain Blanc
ne devrait pas tarder} g6 28. Nd5+ Bxd5 29. exd5 Kf8 30. fxe5 dxe5 31. b4 Kg8
32. b5 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Black "Mohr, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Milov,V"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 {The most popular
line in this variation. Nb1-c3 is the other option for White} Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8.
Na3 Be6 9. Bd3 Bg5 {Generally speaking,in the opening it's not recommended to
make a few moves with the same piece but in this position Black's last move is
absolutely correct. He starts fighting for the central square d4} 10. O-O Bxc1
11. Rxc1 Nf6 12. Nc2 O-O 13. b4 Rc8 14. Nd5 Nd7 15. Qd2 {White stands more
actively and can count on the active play in the centre and on the queen side.
His only problem is that Knight c2 has to and doesn't let White develop it's
initiative so easily. Black has to be carefull and at the right moment
exchange his Bishop for the Knight on d5.} Ne7 16. Kh1 Nb6 (16... Bxd5 17. exd5
f5 $140 18. f4 $16) 17. Nce3 Nexd5 $2 {A very serious mistake that allows
White to gain a big advantage.} (17... Nc6 $5 {would have been a better try
with about equal chances}) 18. exd5 Bd7 19. c5 (19. f4 $5 exf4 20. Rxf4 {
also deserves a serious attention}) 19... Na4 20. c6 bxc6 21. Bxa6 Rc7 22. Qc2
c5 (22... Nb6 23. b5 c5 24. a4) 23. b5 Nb6 24. a4 Ra7 25. Rb1 Na8 26. Qe2 {
Two passed pawns plus a wonderful square c4 for the Knight don't promise Black
much chances for surviving} Nc7 27. b6 $1 Rxa6 28. bxc7 Qa8 29. Rb8 $1 Qa7 30.
Rd8 $1 (30. Rfb1 Rxa4 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Rb8+ Ke7 33. c8=N+ Bxc8 34. Rxc8 Ra1+
35. Nf1 Qa2 $1 $19 {(J.Gallagher)}) 30... Bc8 31. Qb5 $2 {It's a pity,White
misses a very beautiful win} (31. Nf5 $3 Bxf5 (31... Qxc7 32. Rxc8 $1 $18) 32.
Qb5 Qxc7 (32... Bc8 33. Qe8) (32... h6 33. Qb8 $18) 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Qxa6 {
(J.Gallagher)}) 31... Qxc7 {Joe told me that he simply overlooked this move}
32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Rb1 Ra7 34. Nc4 Bd7 (34... Rb7 35. Nb6) 35. Qb8+ Qxb8 36.
Rxb8+ Ke7 37. a5 {Now White is a pawn down but it's passed pawn allowes create
counterplay that would be enough for a draw} Bf5 38. Rb6 Bd3 39. a6 Ra8 (39...
Bxc4 $4 40. Rb7+) 40. Rb7+ Kf6 41. Nxd6 Rxa6 42. Ne8+ Kg6 43. h3 Ra8 44. Nd6
Rd8 45. Rb6 f6 46. Rc6 Bb1 47. Nc8 Be4 48. Rxc5 Kg5 49. Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "BLR-ch"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Korzubov, Peter"]
[Black "Mochalov, Evgeny Veniaminovic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Mochalov,E"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N5c3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Bc4 (9. Nd2 $5) 9... O-O 10. O-O (10. Nd5 $5) 10... Kh8 11. Nd5
Bg5 12. Nbc3 Be6 13. Ne2 Rc8 14. Bb3 Bh6 15. Kh1 Qh4 16. f3 Na5 $5 (16... f5 $5
17. g3 (17. exf5 Rxf5 18. Qe1 $5 $13 (18. Ng3 $6 Rg5 19. Qe1 Nd4 $17)) 17...
Qd8 $132) 17. Ndc3 $6 (17. c3 $5 Nxb3 18. axb3 a6 19. b4 $132) 17... Rfd8 18.
Bd5 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 (19... Rxc4 20. Qd3 $1 $13 (20. b3 $6 Rxc3 21. Nxc3 Bf4
22. g3 Bxg3 23. Qe2 Rc8 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Rc3 $146)) 20. b3 Bf4 $6 (20...
Be6 $5 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 f5 $132) (20... Bxe2 $1 21. Nxe2 d5 22. exd5 Rc5 (
22... b5 23. Qd3 Rc5 24. Rad1 $16) 23. c4 b5 24. g3 Qh3 25. Ng1 Qc8 26. Qe2
bxc4 27. bxc4 f6 $15) 21. h3 Ba6 $2 (21... Be6 $5 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 f5 $13)
22. Nd5 Bxe2 23. Qxe2 Qg3 24. Nxf4 Qxf4 25. c4 $16 Re8 26. Rad1 Re6 27. Rd5 h5
28. Rfd1 Rc6 29. b4 (29. a4 $5) 29... Ra6 30. Qb2 (30. b5 $5 Ra3 $1 (30... Ra4
31. Qc2 (31. Rxd6 Rxd6 32. Rxd6 Qc1+ 33. Rd1 Qxc4 34. Qxc4 Rxc4 35. Rd7 f6 36.
Rxb7 Ra4 $10) 31... Ra3 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Rxd6 Qe3 34. Qd2 $16) 31. Rxd6 Rxd6
32. Rxd6 Rc3 $1 $132) 30... Rc6 31. Qb3 Kh7 32. Qc3 (32. b5 Rc5 33. Rxd6 Rxd6
34. Rxd6 Qc1+) 32... Rg6 33. b5 Qg3 (33... Rc5 34. Rxd6 $16) 34. Rg1 Rc7 35.
Qd3 Qf4 $6 (35... b6 $5) 36. Rxd6 Rxd6 37. Qxd6 Rxc4 38. Qa3 $1 h4 (38... g5 $5
39. Qxa7 g4 $132) 39. Qxa7 Rc1 40. Rxc1 (40. a4 $5) 40... Qxc1+ 41. Qg1 Qd2 42.
Qb1 f6 43. a4 g5 $14 44. Qa1 Qb4 45. Qd1 Kg6 46. Kh2 Qa3 47. Qd7 Qe3 (47...
Qxa4 $5 48. Qxb7 Qb4 49. Qc6 (49. b6 Qe1 50. Qa6 Qg3+ 51. Kg1 Qe1+ 52. Qf1 Qb4
53. Qf2 Kf7) 49... Qe1 50. Qc5 Qg3+ 51. Kh1 Qe1+ 52. Qg1 Qb4 53. b6 Kf7 $14)
48. Qf5+ (48. Qxb7 Qf4+ 49. Kg1 Qc1+ 50. Kf2 Qd2+ $10) 48... Kf7 49. a5 Qe1 50.
Qd7+ Kg6 51. Qg4 Qxa5 52. Qf5+ Kg7 53. Qd7+ Kg6 54. Qxb7 Qe1 55. Qa7 Qg3+ 56.
Kh1 Qe1+ 57. Qg1 Qb4 58. Qf1 (58. b6 Kf7 59. Qe3 Ke6 $14) 58... Kf7 59. Kh2 Ke6
60. Qe2 Kd6 61. Qd3+ Ke7 62. Qe2 Qb1 63. Qc4 Qe1 64. Qc5+ Ke6 65. Qc8+ (65. b6
Qg3+ 66. Kh1 Qe1+ 67. Qg1 Qxg1+ 68. Kxg1 Kd6 $10) 65... Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Black "Ragozin, Evgeni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Moiseev,V"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. b3 Nf6 8. Bd3
Bg4 (8... O-O 9. O-O Bg4 $5 10. f3 Be6 11. Be3 Nh5 12. g3 g6 13. N5c3 f5 14.
exf5 $1 gxf5 15. Nd2 Rf7 (15... f4 $5 $132 {Dolmatov}) 16. f4 $1 exf4 17. gxf4
Nf6 18. Nf3 Ng4 19. Qd2 $14 {Dolmatov,S-Sveshnikov,E/Podolsk/1992/1:0/39/ Inf
56/174/}) 9. f3 Be6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. O-O Nf4 12. Qd2 (12. Kh1 O-O 13. N5c3 Bg5
14. Re1 Qf6 15. Bf1 {Yakovich,Y-Sherbakov,R/St.Peterburg(zt)/1993/0,5/15/})
12... h5 $6 (12... O-O) 13. Rd1 a6 (13... h4 $2 14. Bf1 $16) 14. N5c3 h4 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Nb8 (16... Nd4 $5 17. Bxd4 (17. Bf1 Bg5 {/\ 18...h3}) (17.
Bxf4 exf4 18. Qxf4 Bg5 19. Qg4 Qf6 $44) 17... Nxd3 18. Be3 (18. Qxd3 $5 exd4
19. Na3) 18... Nf4 19. Na3 $14) 17. Bf1 Nd7 18. Na3 Rh6 (18... b5 $2 19. Nc2)
19. Nc4 Rg6 20. Kh1 Nh5 21. Rac1 Qb8 22. a4 $16 Kf8 23. a5 (23. Nb6 $6 Nxb6 24.
Bxb6 Bg5 25. Be3 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 Qd8 $13) 23... Kg8 24. Rc2 (24. Nb6 $5 Nxb6 25.
axb6) 24... Kh7 25. Rdc1 Qd8 26. Nb6 Nxb6 27. Bxb6 (27. axb6 $5) 27... Qe8 28.
Be3 Bd8 29. Rc8 (29. b4 $5) 29... Rxc8 30. Rxc8 Qd7 31. Rc2 (31. Qc3 $2 Bxa5
$17) 31... Qe7 32. b4 Qf6 (32... Ng3+ $2 33. hxg3 hxg3 34. Kg1 Qh4 35. Bd3 Qh2+
36. Kf1 Qh1+ 37. Bg1 $18) 33. Qf2 Rg3 (33... Ng3+ 34. Kg1 Nxf1 35. Kxf1 $16)
34. Bb6 Bxb6 35. axb6 Rg6 36. Rc7 Ng3+ 37. Kg1 Nxf1 38. Qxf1 Qf4 39. Rxb7 Qe3+
40. Kh1 Rg3 $2 (40... h3 $1 41. g4 $1 (41. g3 Rf6 42. Qxh3+ Kg6 43. Qg4+ Kh6
44. Kg2 Qe2+ 45. Kg1 $10 (45. Kh3 $2 Qf1+ 46. Kh4 Kh7 $3)) 41... Rf6 42. Qxh3+
Rh6 43. Qf1 (43. Qg3 $2 Qc1+ 44. Kg2 Qd2+ 45. Kg1 $10 (45. Qf2 $4 Rxh2+ $19))
43... Qd2 (43... Qf4 44. Qf2) 44. h3 Qxb4 45. Kg2 $16) 41. Rb8 $6 (41. Rxf7
Qxb6 (41... Rg6 42. b7 $18) 42. hxg3 hxg3 43. f4 $18) 41... Rg6 42. b7 $2 (42.
h3 $5) 42... Qb6 $2 (42... Qa7 $1 43. Qc1 h3 $1 (43... Qxb8 $2 44. Qc8 Qa7 45.
b8=Q $18) (43... Qf2 $2 44. Qg1 $18 (44. Rh8+ $18)) 44. Rh8+ (44. g3 Qf2 45.
Rh8+ Kxh8 46. Qc8+ (46. b8=Q+ $4 Kh7 $19) 46... Kh7 47. Qxh3+ $10) 44... Kxh8
45. Qc8+ Kh7 46. Qxh3+ Rh6 47. Qf5+ Rg6 $10) 43. h3 Rf6 44. Kh2 Qa7 45. b5 (45.
Ra8 $2 Qxb7 46. Qxa6 Qxb4 47. Qc8 Qe1 48. Qg4 Rg6 49. Qh5+ $10) (45. Qc1 $18)
45... axb5 (45... Qxb8 46. bxa6 Rg6 47. Qa1 Qa7 48. Qb2 Qb8 49. Qb6 $18 (49. a7
$18)) 46. Qc1 Qxb8 47. Qc8 Qa7 48. b8=Q Qf2 49. Qc1 (49. Qg4 $2 Rg6 50. Qh5+
Rh6 51. Qf5+ Rg6 $10) 49... Rxf3 (49... Rg6 50. Qg1 $18) 50. Qg5 $1 $18 Rf6 51.
Qh5+ Rh6 52. Qf3 Qxf3 53. gxf3 Rf6 54. Kg2 Kh6 55. Qh8+ Kg6 56. Qxh4 b4 57. Qh8
Rf4 1-0

[Event "Weilburg NBG op"]
[Site "Weilburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Movsziszian, Karen"]
[Black "Solonar, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "Mowsziszian,K"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. a4 Be6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be7 9. Nc4 (9. Nd5 Nf6 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Bc4 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. c3 Qd7 14.
Be3 Ne7 15. Qd3 Qc6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. c4 Qxa4 18. Qxd6 Qc6 $10 {0-1
Mowsziszian,K-Christiansen,L/BL 9495 (1995) ;BL 90 1995 (44)}) 9... Rc8 10. Be3
(10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nb8 12. a5 Nd7 13. Be2 Ngf6 14. Be3 O-O 15. O-O Re8 16.
Ra3 Bf8 17. b4 $16 {1-0 Fogarasi,T-Csiszar,C/Budapest Spring op (09) ;EXT 94op
1994 (32)}) 10... Nd4 (10... Nf6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Be2 O-O 13. a5 Nb4 14. Bf3 Ne8
15. Ra4 Nc6 16. O-O $16 {1/2-1/2 Sousa,A-Dambrauskas,V/Manila olm ;TD 92\02
1992 (62)}) 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Na3 (14. Bxd4 $5 bxc4 (
14... exd4 $2 15. Na5 $16 {><b5,c6,d4}) 15. Bc3 Nf6 16. Ra4 Ne4 17. Qf3 $1 (17.
Ba5 Qd7 18. Rxc4 $2 Rxc4 19. Bxc4 Qa7 $19) 17... Nxc3 18. Qxc3 O-O 19. Bxc4 $16
) 14... Qa5+ 15. c3 b4 16. Bxd4 bxa3 17. Bxe5 $6 (17. Be3 $142 Nf6 18. Rxa3
Qxd5 19. Qa4+ Kf8 20. f3 $14) 17... dxe5 18. d6 Bxd6 (18... Rxc3 $1 19. bxc3
Qxc3+ 20. Ke2 Qc4+ 21. Qd3 Qxd3+ 22. Kxd3 Bxd6 $10) 19. Qxd6 axb2 20. Rxa5
b1=Q+ 21. Ke2 Ne7 $6 (21... Qc2+ $142 22. Qd2 Qxc3 23. Qxc3 Rxc3 24. Ra8+ Ke7
25. Kd2 Rc7 26. Be2 g6 27. Rb1 Kf6 28. Rbb8 Kg7 $10) 22. Rxe5 O-O $2 (22...
Qc2+ 23. Qd2 Rxc3 24. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 25. Ke3 f6 $10) 23. Qxe7 Rxc3 (23... Rfd8 24.
Kf3 Rxc3+ 25. Re3 Qf5+ 26. Kg3 Qg6+ 27. Kh3 Qh6+ 28. Qh4 $16) 24. Re3 Rc1 25.
Qe4 (25. f4 $1 Re1+ 26. Kf2 Rxe3 27. Qxe3 Rd8 28. Rg1) 25... Qb5+ 26. Qd3 Qb2+
27. Kf3 Qf6+ 28. Kg4 (28. Kg3 Qg5+ 29. Kh3 Qh5+ $10) 28... Rd8 29. g3 $5 g6 (
29... h5+ $5 30. Kh3 g5 $1 (30... Rxd3 $4 31. Re8+ Kh7 32. Bxd3+ g6 33. Rxc1
$18) 31. Qe4 Qxf2 32. Qe5 g4+ (32... Rxf1 33. Qxg5+ Kh7 34. Qxh5+ Kg7 35. Re4
$1) 33. Kh4 $16) 30. Qb5 Qxf2 31. Re8+ Rxe8 32. Qxe8+ Kg7 33. Qe5+ Kg8 {(+)}
34. Bg2 $6 (34. Qf4 $16) 34... Rc5 (34... Qxg2 $1 35. Rxc1 h5+ 36. Kf4 Qf2+ 37.
Kg5 Qd2+ 38. Qf4 Qd8+ 39. Kh6 Qf8+ $10) 35. Rf1 $6 {(+)} (35. Qe8+ Kg7 36. Rf1
Qd4+ 37. Rf4 $16) 35... h5+ $2 {(+)} (35... f5+ $1 36. Kh4 Qxg2 $10) (35...
Qxg2 $2 36. Qe8+ Kg7 37. Rxf7+ Kh6 38. Qf8#) (35... Qxf1 36. Qe8+ Kg7 37. Bxf1
$18) 36. Kh4 Rc4+ 37. Kh3 Qa7 38. Qe8+ Kg7 39. Bd5 (39. Qxf7+ $1 Qxf7 40. Rxf7+
Kxf7 41. Bd5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 8th"]
[Site "Qingdao"]
[Date "2002.07.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Ndb5 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Nce7 (8... Nge7 $5 {ist die Alternative.}) (8... Nf6 {geht über in die
Schweschnikow Variante.}) 9. c4 Nxd5 10. exd5 (10. cxd5 Nf6 11. Bd3 Be7 12. Nc2
O-O 13. O-O Bd7 14. Qe2 $14 {[%cal Gc2b4,Gb4c6] 1-0 Matras,A-Pokojska,D/Brzeg
Dolny POL 2001/The Week in Chess 333 (38). (37)}) (10. Qxd5 Be6 11. Qd1 Nf6 12.
Bd3 bxc4 13. Nxc4 Be7 (13... Bxc4 $2 14. Bxc4 Nxe4 $2 15. Qd5 $18 {[%cal Gd5f7,
Gd5e4]}) (13... d5 $5) 14. O-O O-O $11 {/+/= 1/2-1/2 Petrov,A-Bursteinas,R/St.
Petersburg Chigorin 1995/EXT 95 (51)}) 10... f5 $2 (10... bxc4 11. Nxc4 (11.
Bxc4 Nf6 12. O-O Be7 $13) 11... Nf6 12. Be3 Rb8 $132) 11. cxb5 Nf6 12. bxa6
Bxa6 (12... Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qxd5 14. Qa4+ Bd7 15. Nb5 $36) 13. Qa4+ Kf7 (13... Qd7
$2 14. Bb5 Bxb5 15. Qxa8+ $18) 14. Bxa6 Qb6 15. O-O Qxa6 16. Qc2 g6 17. Rd1 Rc8
$2 {danach gelingt es Schwarz nicht mehr, starkes Gegenspiel aufzuziehen. Es
wäre wohl besser gewesen, weitere Kräfte zu mobilisieren, z.B.} (17... Be7 18.
Nb1 (18. Nc4 Rhc8 19. b3 Rc5) 18... Rhc8 19. Nc3 Ne4 {und in beiden Fällen hat
Schwarz mehr Kompensation als in der Partie.}) 18. Qb3 f4 19. Nb5 Rc5 20. a4
Be7 21. Bd2 Rb8 (21... Nxd5 $2 22. Bb4 $18) 22. Rac1 $5 (22. Bb4 Rcxb5 23. axb5
Qxb5 24. Ra4 Qe2 {gibt Schwarz mehr Gegenspiel.}) 22... Rcxb5 23. axb5 Qxb5 24.
Qh3 Qd7 $6 (24... Qxd5 25. b4 $16 (25. Bxf4 $2 Qe6 26. Qxe6+ Kxe6 27. Be3 Rxb2
$14)) (24... Qxb2 $2 25. Qe6+ Kf8 26. Rc7 Ng8 27. Be1 Re8 28. Rdc1 $18) 25.
Qxd7 Nxd7 26. b4 Rb5 27. Be1 Bd8 28. g3 fxg3 29. hxg3 Nf6 30. Rc8 Bb6 31. Kg2
Nxd5 (31... Rxd5 32. Rxd5 Nxd5 33. Kf3 Ne7 34. Rb8 Bd4 35. b5 Ke6 36. b6 $16)
32. Rb8 $1 {diese Fesselung legt Schwarz lahm.} Ke6 33. Ra1 Bd4 (33... Nxb4 $2
34. Rb1 $18) 34. Rxb5 Bxa1 35. Rb7 h5 36. b5 Bd4 37. Ba5 {Ni Hua treibt seinen
b-Freibauern unwiderstehlich nach vorne.} e4 38. b6 e3 $6 (38... Bc5 39. Rg7
Nxb6 40. Bxb6 Bxb6 41. Rxg6+ Kd5 42. Rh6 $18) 39. Rb8 Kd7 40. Rd8+ (40. Rd8+
Kc6 (40... Kxd8 41. b7+ Kd7 42. b8=Q $18) 41. b7 Kxb7 42. Rxd6 exf2 43. Rxd5
$18) 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Negi,P"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 {The Kalashnikov! A rare guest at
the top level, but Andreikin sticks with his strategy of surprising his
opponents early on.} 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 ({White can also continue with the
classical Sveshnikov setup with} 6. N1c3) 6... Be7 {To justify the Kalashnikov
Variation's idea of delaying ...Nf6, Black needs to keep the option of Bg5
alive otherwise White will just have an ideal setup with c4.} 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be6 (8... Nf6 {Here White needs to avoid the tricks related to ...b5, after
that Black will find it hard to generate counterplay as ...Nf6 prevents both
Bg5 and f5.} 9. Be2 (9. Nc2 {now it will be hard to control b5, as the
following game shows:} Be6 10. Be2 Rc8 11. b3 O-O 12. a4 b5 $1 13. axb5 axb5
14. Nxb5 Nxe4 15. O-O d5 $11 {1/2-1/2 (18) Kramnik,V (2759)-Radjabov,T (2756)
Baku 2009}) 9... O-O (9... Nd4 {lets White get a pleasant bind after} 10. Be3
Nxe2 11. Qxe2 Be6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. Rac1 Rc6 15. f3 Qb8 16. Nd5 $14
{1-0 (53) Maze,S (2553)-Degraeve,J (2523) Pau 2008}) 10. Be3 Be6 11. O-O (11.
Qd2 {is also possible, as White shouldn't worry about ...Ng4, but I like the
idea of delaying Qd2 for a few more moves.}) 11... Rc8 12. Rc1 h6 (12... Nb8 {
doesn't look like a worrying plan for White.} 13. Qd2 Nbd7 14. f3 h6 15. Rfd1
Ne8 16. g3 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Nd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 (86) Muzychuk,A (2587)
-Kovalevskaya,E (2405) Eilat 2012}) 13. Qd2 (13. f3 Nd4 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Qxd4
d5 $1 $17) (13. Kh1 $5 {After seeing the 13. f3 variation, this move's idea is
apparent. White wants to play f3 next...and doesn't want to give up his bishop
on g4. A possible way to continue although the assessment isn't clear:} Ne8 14.
Qd2 Bg5 15. Nc2 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 {with slightly better chances.}) 13... Ng4 14.
Bxg4 Bxg4 15. Nc2 $1 {I don't think White should play Nd5 - after that ...Bg5
becomes viable for Black. Here, ...Bg5 would just weaken the d6-pawn.} (15. Nd5
Bg5 16. Nc2 Be6 17. Rfd1 Bxe3 18. Ndxe3 Qh4 19. f3 Rfd8 20. a4 Qg5 21. b4 Ne7
22. Ne1 Nc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (25) Polgar,J (2682)-Radjabov,T (2740) Baku 2010})
15... Be6 16. b3 f5 {No other plan is apparent, but Black isn't prepared to
open up the position.} (16... Bg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Qxg5 hxg5 19. Rfd1 $14) 17.
exf5 Rxf5 18. Rfd1 Qe8 19. Ne4 Rd8 20. Bb6 Rd7 21. Ne3 Rf4 22. f3 Qg6 23. Kh1
$14 {1-0 (74) Leko,P (2743)-Nataf,I (2526) Istanbul 2000}) (8... f5 {has been
tried a few times by Radjabov. Now the simplest option seems to be:} 9. Bd3 $5
f4 (9... fxe4 10. Nxe4 $14) 10. g3 Nf6 11. gxf4 exf4 12. Bxf4 O-O {An
interesting pawn sacrifice, but at first glance it is still Black who has to
prove enough compensation.} 13. Bg3 Be6 (13... Ng4 14. f4 $14) (13... Bh3 14.
Nc2 Kh8 15. f4 Rc8 16. Qd2 b5 17. O-O-O bxc4 18. Bxc4 Nb4 19. Bb3 $14) 14. Nc2
Ng4 15. f4 h5 16. Be2 $1 $14 {1-0 (56) Andriasian,Z (2600)-Jurcik,M (2481)
Yerevan 2014}) 9. Be2 Bg5 10. Nc2 (10. O-O $142 {is probably a better move
order to get the same position, but I believe Svidler felt it doesn't make a
big difference.} Bxc1 11. Rxc1 Nf6 12. Nc2 {converts to the notes to 11...Nf6
in the main game.}) 10... Bxc1 11. Rxc1 Qg5 {Andreikin tries to make use of
White's delayed 0-0, but I am not sure if it's any better than the normal
lines.} (11... Nf6 12. O-O O-O {is the normal way to continue.} 13. Qd2 Qb6 (
13... Qb8 14. Rcd1 Rd8 15. f4 exf4 16. Rxf4 Ne5 17. Rxf6 gxf6 18. Qh6 Rd7 19.
Ne3 $36 {1-0 (41) Amonatov,F (2616)-Rahman,T (2291) Dhaka 2013}) {Black has a
solid position, but he doesn't have any clear way of counterplay either. So
White can just continue to improve his position as well:} 14. Rfd1 ({Another
interesting way to continue is} 14. Qxd6 $5 $146 Qxb2 (14... Rfd8 15. Qa3 Nd4
16. Nxd4 Rxd4 17. Rfd1 $14) 15. Qd3 {/\ Nd5, and White should be able to
maintain some pressure.}) 14... Rfd8 15. b3 Rac8 16. Qe3 Qxe3 17. Nxe3 Nd4 18.
Kf1 Kf8 19. Nc2 Nxc2 20. Rxc2 Ke7 21. Rcc1 Rc6 22. f3 Rdc8 23. a4 Nd7 24. Kf2
a5 25. Rd2 Nc5 26. Bd1 Rb6 27. Nb5 f5 28. exf5 Bxf5 29. Rc3 Rf8 30. Re3 $14 (
30. Bc2 {was a blunder in the game.} Bxc2 31. Rdxc2 Ne4+ {1/2-1/2 (47)
Svetushkin,D (2588)-Bacrot,E (2705) Calvi 2013})) 12. O-O Rd8 13. b4 (13. Nd5
Rd7 {seems very awkward for Black, but it's not clear how White should break
through.} (13... Nf6 14. Nc7+ Ke7 15. Qd3) 14. Qd3 Nf6 15. Nb6 Rd8) 13... Nf6
14. Qd3 O-O 15. Rfd1 Rc8 (15... Ne7 {could be a better move, preparing for Nd5,
but White's position is slightly more pleasant anyway.} 16. Qg3) 16. Nd5 $1 b5
(16... Bxd5 17. exd5 Ne7 (17... e4 18. Qg3 Qxg3 19. hxg3 Ne5 20. Ne3 $14) 18.
Ne3 $14 {/\ c5...and Black doesn't have an easy way yet.}) (16... Rfd8 {
would have still held Black's position together, but White's position is still
pleasant.}) 17. Qg3 $1 {A brilliant idea. Black has two different ways to take
a pawn now...} Qxg3 ({The key line to calculate for White was after} 17... Nxe4
18. Qxg5 Nxg5 19. Nb6 $1 Rb8 20. Rxd6 Rxb6 21. c5 Nd4 22. Rxd4 $1 Rc6 23. Rd2
Bxa2 24. Ne3 Be6 25. Nd5 {gives White a very pleasant endgame despite being a
pawn down temporarily.}) 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. hxg3 bxc4 (19... Bxc4 20. Bxc4 bxc4
21. Rxd6 Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Ne3 Nxb4 24. a3 Nc6 25. Rxc4 {The pawns are
equal, but White's structure is much better so Black should continue to suffer
for a while.} Nd4 26. g4 $14) 20. f4 $1 {Suddenly it's not so easy to deal
with the simple threat of f5.} ({Andreikin probably expected} 20. Rxd6 {
and now Black would be fine after} Rfd8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $11) 20... f5 (20...
Rfd8 21. f5 Bd7 22. Bxc4 $16) 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Ne3 {White's pieces are coming
into play perfectly. Already under pressure, Andreikin wilts and collapses.}
Bd3 (22... Be6 23. Rxd6 exf4 24. gxf4 Rfd8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. a3 $16) 23. Bxd3
cxd3 24. Nf5 $1 {Once again Svidler surprises with a strong alternative to the
expected Rxd3. All of Black's pawns are falling.} e4 (24... Rfd8 25. Rxc6 {
just wins the piece.}) 25. Nxd6 {The most clinical way.} (25. Rxc6 Rxc6 26.
Ne7+ Kg7 27. Nxc6 Rc8 {would give Black compensation.}) 25... e3 26. Nxc8 d2
27. Rxc6 e2 28. Rcc1 {A simple line to calculate for White.} exd1=R+ 29. Rxd1
Rxc8 30. Rxd2 Rc3 31. Rd5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Cori, Jorge Moise"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Nihal,Sarin"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 {Although we took this variation
into account in our preparation, this wasn't quite what we expected.} 5. Nb5 d6
6. c4 {A nice, solid way of playing for White.} Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be6 {
Black delays Nf6 to retain the option of Bg5.} (8... f5 {is another way of
playing this position} 9. exf5 Bxf5 10. Bd3 Be6 {These positions are probably
a bit better for White, but with a full game ahead.}) 9. Nc2 {Perhaps a bit
committal.} (9. Be2) ({or} 9. Bd3 {would have been more flexible}) 9... Rc8 {
Now I had to think for quite a while. Black threatens Na5 and b5.} 10. Be2 {
Completely based on intuition. I felt that Black's ambitious idea of Rc8 and
Na5 didn't really have high chances of working as he is completely undeveloped.
} Na5 11. b3 b5 12. Ne3 ({Initially I considered various ways of putting the
knight on d5, like} 12. Nd5 bxc4 13. Be3 Bxd5 14. exd5 {was also possible.} (
14. Qxd5 Nf6 {is nothing})) ({and} 12. Be3 bxc4 13. Nd5) (12. Nb4 {is also
another route to reach d5. All roads lead to Rome.}) 12... bxc4 13. Ned5 Nf6
14. Be3 {[%csl Gc3,Gd5,Ge3] I liked my piece configuration and the setup that
I have reached. Black has problems with his knight on a5 and I thought this
position wasn't easy to play for him.} Bxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 O-O 17. O-O
(17. Rc1 cxb3 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Qxa5 b2 20. Kd2 {doesn't work unfortunately
due to} d5 $1 21. exd5 Qb7 {[%cal Gb2b1,Ge7b4]}) 17... cxb3 18. Bxa6 {Black is
in a very tricky spot.} (18. axb3 Nc6 19. Bxa6 Nb4 20. Qd2 Nxa6 21. Rxa6 {
is also slightly better for White, but I felt that the game continuation was
much stronger.}) 18... Rc3 (18... b2 19. Rab1 Rc2 20. Bd3 {is better for White.
}) (18... Rb8 19. Bb5 ({After} 19. Bd2 {There might be some} Qb6)) 19. Rfb1 $1
{By process of elimination. White keeps playing against the a5 knight.} (19.
axb3 Nxb3 20. Ra3 {Initially I thought this wins for White, but Black has} Qa8
$1 {and survives.}) 19... Nc6 (19... bxa2 20. Rxa2 Nc6 21. Bb6 Qb8 22. Qd2) 20.
Rxb3 Rxb3 21. Qxb3 Nd4 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Bc4 {Initially this didn't feel like
such a massive advantage, but with time it became much clearer.} Qa5 24. g3 Bg5
25. Kg2 g6 26. Bd5 Qc3 {Black tries to proceed actively, which wasn't the best
way of defending in this position.} 27. Rd1 Kg7 28. Rd3 Qc5 29. a4 Bd8 {
It is getting hard for Black to find active counterplay.} ({Something like} 
29... f5 {would never really be effective as it only weakens Black's king
further.} 30. Rf3) 30. Qb2 Bb6 31. Rb3 Ba5 32. Rd3 Bb6 33. h4 {With most of
Black's attention spent on preventing the advance of White's a-passer and
defending d4, Black's kingside is left relatively unprotected. White's
superior piece coordination ensures that it is easier to swing from one side
to the other.} Rc8 34. Qe2 Ba7 35. h5 Qc1 36. Qg4 Rc7 37. Rf3 d3 38. Qh4 Bd4
39. Rxd3 {Probably more practical in time trouble.} (39. Bxf7 {was apparently
winning more forcefully.}) 39... g5 (39... Bxf2 {loses straight away to} 40.
h6+) 40. h6+ Kf8 41. Qh5 {Forcing an endgame position where I felt the chances
to convert was very high.} Bxf2 42. Rf3 Qg1+ 43. Kh3 Qh1+ 44. Kg4 Qxh5+ 45.
Kxh5 Bd4 (45... Be1 {could perhaps have offered more resistance, but it was
not such a joyous position to defend as Black anyway.}) 46. a5 Ra7 47. a6 f6
48. Ra3 Ke7 49. Kg4 Kd8 50. Bb7 Bc5 51. Rb3 Ke7 52. Kf5 Bd4 53. g4 Kd7 54. Bd5
Rxa6 55. Rb7+ Kc8 56. Rxh7 Ra1 57. Rf7 {A pleasing start to the World Cup :)}
1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Nikitin,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be6 9. Nc2 Bg5 10. Bd3 Bxc1 11. Rxc1 (11. Qxc1 Nf6 12. O-O Qb6 13. b3 Rc8 14.
Rd1 O-O 15. h3 $14 {Hracek,Z-Tkachiev,V/Jakarta/1994/0,5/19/}) 11... Nf6 (11...
Qg5 12. O-O Nge7 13. Re1 O-O 14. Bf1 Rad8 15. Nd5 f5 $13) (11... Nge7 12. O-O
O-O $13) 12. O-O O-O 13. Nd5 Nd7 14. b4 Rc8 (14... a5 15. a3 axb4 16. axb4 $14)
15. Qd2 Kh8 (15... Nb6 16. Qe3 $1 Bxd5 17. exd5 Ne7 18. Na1 $1 Nd7 19. Nb3 Kh8
20. Rfd1 $14 {Tiviakov,S-Sherbakov,R/RUS-ch/1994/0,5/51/}) 16. Rfd1 Ne7 17.
Nde3 $1 Nf6 18. f3 Qc7 19. Bf1 Rfd8 20. Kh1 Qb8 21. a4 Ne8 $6 (21... a5 $5 22.
bxa5 Qa7 23. Rb1 Nc6 24. Rb5 Ra8 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. cxd5 Nxa5 27. Rb4 Nd7 28. Bb5
Nc5 $10) 22. a5 $1 Qa7 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 $16 f5 25. Re1 Nf6 $2 26. Nd4 $1
Ne4 27. fxe4 Qxd4 28. Qxd4 exd4 29. Rcd1 $1 (29. e5 $2 dxe5 30. Rxe5 Nxd5 $1
$17) 29... f4 30. e5 $1 (30. Rxd4 Ng6 31. e5 $1 dxe5 (31... Nxe5 32. Rxf4 $16)
32. Rdd1 $1 Kg8 33. c5 Kf7 34. d6 Kf6 35. Bd3 $16) 30... Nf5 31. exd6 Rxd6 32.
c5 $1 Rxd5 33. Bc4 Rdd8 34. Be6 g6 (34... Ne3 35. Bxc8 Nxd1 36. Bxb7 Ne3 37. c6
d3 38. c7 Rf8 39. c8=Q Rxc8 40. Bxc8 d2 41. Rb1 d1=Q+ 42. Rxd1 Nxd1 43. b5 Nc3
44. b6 $18) 35. Bxc8 Rxc8 36. Re6 Kg7 37. Kg1 $18 Rc7 38. Kf2 Kf7 39. Rb6 Rd7
40. Rd3 Ne7 41. Kf3 Nc6 42. Kxf4 Ke8 43. Rd1 Rf7+ 44. Kg5 Rc7 45. Kh6 Kd8 46.
Rxc6 bxc6 47. Rxd4+ Ke8 48. g4 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 {A big surprise for me, because I
was certain that this line was a one-game try and we had already had this in
our first rapid encounter.} 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qf6 8. Qxf6 {
Simple chess! I had already played this way against the specialist of this
line Paco Vallejo in Heviz 2008.} ({I took this line seriously after seeing
the game Kramnik-Vallejo Amber 2005 (blind) which went} 8. Qd1 Qg6 9. Nc3 Nge7
10. h4 h5 11. Rh3 d5 12. Rg3 Bg4 13. f3 dxe4 14. fxg4 Rd8 15. Bd2 f5 16. Re3
hxg4 $19) 8... Nxf6 9. Nc3 Nb4 10. Bd3 h6 $6 {I don't like this move, which in
my opinion is just wasting time.} ({Better seems} 10... d6 11. Bg5 Be6 12.
O-O-O Ng4 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Nxd3+ $1 (14... Ke7 {was played in the first
rapid game by Judit against me, but after} 15. Be2 $1 {White kept a small but
stable advantage due to his bishop pair.}) 15. Rxd3 Ke7 {and White has only a
very small edge.}) 11. Be3 d6 12. O-O-O Be6 13. a3 {I was aiming to be able to
play quickly and strongly in this game, since winning was my only option at
this point in the match. Therefore a position with a clear plan and zero
tactics suited me well.} ({Another option and possibly a better one was} 13.
Be2 d5 (13... Rc8 14. Rxd6 Nxa2+ 15. Nxa2 Bxa2 16. Rb6 $16) 14. a3 d4 15. axb4
dxe3 16. fxe3 Rc8 $14) 13... Nxd3+ 14. Rxd3 Ke7 15. Rhd1 Rhd8 16. Bb6 {White
has a very pleasant edge in this endgame and by simply pushing his pawns
according to 'the book' will create big practical problems for Black. My ideal
pawn configuration on the queenside would be a5, b3, c4 and on the kingside e4,
f3, g4, h5 and if White can get it Black will suffocate surely.} Rd7 17. f3 Rc8
18. a4 Rc6 19. a5 Bc4 ({Maybe a better way to fight against White's plan was} 
19... Nh5 20. R3d2 Nf4 {but after} 21. h4 f6 22. Kb1 {Black is still facing an
unpleasant defence.}) 20. Re3 {Just to avoid any Ke6 followed by d6-d5 ideas.}
Ne8 21. b3 Be6 22. g4 {No f7-f5 please!} Rc8 23. Kb2 Nf6 24. Red3 Ne8 25. h4 f6
26. h5 {First step complete, now White only has to play Na4, c2-c4, Bf2-e1-b4
and Nb6 for a complete squeeze.} Nc7 27. R1d2 {Overprotection never hurts!} Na8
28. Na4 Rc6 29. Bf2 Rdc7 30. c4 Rc8 31. Rd1 {Since Black is in a sort of
strange zugzwang, it makes no sense to hurry, especially in a rapid game.
Anyway this move opens the way for the bishop to reach b4.} Nc7 $2 {A blunder,
but the position should be lost anyway.} (31... R8c7 32. c5 dxc5 33. Rd8 Rc8
34. Bxc5+ Kf7 35. Rxc8 Rxc8 36. Bb4 {followed by Nc5 should be winning.}) (
31... Bf7 32. c5 dxc5 33. Rd7+ Ke8 34. Rxb7 $18) 32. Nb6 Rb8 33. Nd5+ Kf7 34.
Nb4 $18 Ne8 35. Nxc6 bxc6 36. Kc3 Ke7 37. b4 Rc8 38. Bb6 Ra8 39. c5 $1 {
The easiest way to break down Black's defences.} d5 40. exd5 Bxd5 41. Rxd5 cxd5
42. Rxd5 Ke6 43. Kc4 Rc8 44. Rd1 f5 45. gxf5+ Kxf5 46. b5 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Utemov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{EXP 43} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb5 a6 6. Be3 Qa5+ (6...
Qd8 $142 7. N5c3 e6 8. Na4 b5 9. Nb6 Rb8 10. Nxc8 Qxc8 $1 11. Bf4 e5 12. Be3
Nf6 13. Bd3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. O-O Nxe3 16. fxe3 $13 {Kaidanov,G-Yermolinsky,
A/Asheville/1992/0:1 (63)}) 7. N5c3 e6 8. Bd3 (8. Nd2 $5 b5 9. a4 b4 10. Nc4
Qc7 11. Nd5 $1 exd5 12. exd5 Nd8 13. Qe2 d6 14. Bb6+ Qe7 15. Nxd6+ Kd7 16. Ne4
$16 {Ehlvest,J-Smirin,I/Moscow/1992/1:0 (24)}) 8... d5 (8... b5 9. Nd2 Qc7 10.
O-O Nf6 11. f4 b4 $6 (11... d6 $14 {Yudasin}) 12. Na4 Rb8 13. Qe2 $16 {Yudasin,
L-Polgar,J/Madrid/1992/1:0 (69)}) 9. Nd2 Nf6 (9... d4 $2 10. Nb3 Qb6 11. Nxd4
$16) 10. exd5 (10. O-O $5) 10... exd5 (10... Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. O-O $16)
11. O-O Bd6 $2 (11... Be7 $14) 12. h3 (12. Bg5 $1 Be6 13. Nb3 Qc7 (13... Qb6
14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qf3 $16) 14. f4 $16) 12... O-O $6 (12... h6 $1 $10) 13. Bg5
Be5 (13... Be7 $142) 14. Nb3 Qd8 15. Nxd5 $1 Bxb2 (15... Qxd5 16. Bxf6 $16) 16.
Rb1 h6 17. Bh4 Be5 (17... Be6 18. c4 Be5 19. f4 $16) 18. f4 Qxd5 19. Bxf6 Bd4+
20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Be5 Be6 (21... Nf5 22. Qg4 $16) (21... Rd8 22. Re1 $16) 22.
Kh2 Nc6 (22... Rad8 23. Bxd4 Qxd4 24. Rxb7 Bxa2 25. Qa1 Qd5 26. Rb4 $1 $16) 23.
Ba1 b5 24. f5 Qd6+ (24... Bc8 $142 25. f6 g6 26. Qd2 $16) 25. g3 Bc4 (25...
Bxa2 26. Bxg7 $1 Bxb1 27. Qg4 $18) 26. Bxg7 $1 Bxd3 (26... Kxg7 27. f6+ Kh8 28.
Qh5 $18) (26... Rfd8 27. Qg4 $18) 27. Bxf8 Rxf8 28. Qxd3 $18 Qxd3 29. cxd3 Rd8
30. Rfd1 Nd4 31. g4 Kg7 32. Rbc1 $1 (32. Kg2 Re8 33. Rd2 Re3 34. Rb4 $18) 32...
Re8 33. a4 (33. a3 $1) 33... Re2+ 34. Kg3 Re3+ $1 35. Kf4 (35. Kg2 Re2+ 36. Kf1
Rh2 $44) 35... Rxh3 36. Rc5 $2 (36. Rc8 bxa4 37. Ke5 $16) 36... bxa4 37. Ke4
Nb3 $138 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 07th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.01.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vokarev, Sergey"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Oratovsky,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2000.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
f5 9. exf5 Bxf5 10. Be2 (10. Nc2 Nf6 11. Ne3 Be6 12. Bd3 Nd4 13. O-O O-O 14.
Bd2 Qd7 15. Ne4 b5 16. b3 Rac8 17. Rc1 Bd8 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. Be4 Bb6 20. Nd5
Bxd5 21. Bxd5+ Kh8 22. Be3 b4 $36 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Gb6c5,Ga6a5,Yc8f8] 1/2-1/2
Ivanovic,B-Goldin,A/JUG-chT 1997 (30)}) (10. Bd3 Be6 11. O-O Nf6 12. Bg5 O-O
13. Bxf6 (13. Nc2 Ng4 $5 {[%csl Re7,Gg5]} 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. h3 Nh6 16. Ne3 Rad8
17. Be4 Kh8 18. Qd3 Qh4 $132 {Mueller,K-Shabalov,A/Europe vs Americas 1998/0-1
(49)}) 13... Rxf6 14. Nc2 Qb6 15. Ne3 Rh6 16. Bf5 Bf7 17. Be4 Nd4 18. Ng4 Rh4
19. Nd5 $14 {[%csl Rh4] 0-1 Liss,E-Goldin,A/Rishon Le Zion 9798 1997 (47)})
10... Nf6 11. Nc2 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Gc2e3,Ge3d5]} O-O 12. O-O Rc8 (12... Bxc2 $6
13. Qxc2 Nd4 14. Qd1 Nd7 15. Be3 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 $16 {[%csl Gd5,Rd6,Re7][%cal
Ga1d1] Zeberski,J-Ogiewka,R/POL-chTJ 1996/1-0 (60)}) 13. Ne3 Be6 14. Bf3 Kh8 {
preventing exchange of liightsquare bishops} 15. Bd5 Bd7 16. b3 b5 17. Bb2 (17.
cxb5 Nd4 18. Bb2 axb5 $132 {[%cal Gb5b4]}) 17... Nb4 (17... bxc4 18. Bxc4 $14 {
[%csl Ra6][%cal Gc3d5]}) 18. Qe2 Qe8 19. Rad1 Qg6 20. Ba3 a5 $6 {dubious pawn
sacrifise.Black gets sufficient counterplay after simple} (20... Nbxd5 $5 21.
Ncxd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Bc6 23. f3 (23. f4 $6 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 bxc4 25. fxe5 (25. bxc4
Rxf4 26. Rxf4 exf4 27. Qxe7 Qb1+ 28. Kf2 Qxa2+ $17 {[%csl Ra3]}) 25... Rxf1+
26. Qxf1 Qe4 $1 $15) 23... Bxd5 (23... Bd8 24. Ne3 Bc7 25. Kh1 $14) 24. Rxd5
bxc4 25. bxc4 Rc6 $13 {but such positions is not in the Shabalovs stile!}) 21.
Bxb4 axb4 22. Nxb5 $14 Nh5 23. Qd3 Qg5 24. Be4 {[%cal Ge3d5]} Nf4 25. Qd2 Qh5
26. Nxd6 ({not good for white is} 26. Nd5 $6 Bg5 27. Qxb4 Ne2+ 28. Kh1 {
[%tqu "En","","","","f8f2","",10]} Rxf2 $1 29. Bf3 Rxf3 30. Rxf3 e4 $1 $40 31.
Qxd6 exf3 32. Qxd7 Ng3+ 33. Kg1 f2+ 34. Kxf2 Rf8+ $19 {with mating attack})
26... Rcd8 27. c5 {[%csl Gd6]} Ne2+ 28. Kh1 Rf4 {[%cal Rh5h2]} (28... Nc3 29.
f3 Nxd1 30. Rxd1 $14) 29. g4 $1 {Looks like white feels very comfortable in
arised complications!} Rxg4 ({losing by force} 29... Bxg4 {[%tqu "En","","","",
"d6f7","",10]} 30. Nf7+ $1 Qxf7 (30... Rxf7 31. Qxd8+ Bf8 32. Nxg4 $18) 31.
Qxd8+ Bxd8 32. Rxd8+ Qg8 33. Rxg8+ Kxg8 34. Bd5+ Kf8 35. Nxg4 Rxg4 36. Bf3 $18
({or} 36. c6 Ke7 37. c7 Kd7 38. Be6+ $18)) 30. Qxe2 $1 $18 ({Last hope for
black was} 30. Nxg4 $6 Bxg4 31. Bg2 Nd4 $1 $132 {[%cal Gd4f3]} (31... Nf4 32.
f3 $18) 32. f4 Bxd6 33. cxd6 Nf3 34. Bxf3 Bxf3+ 35. Rxf3 (35. Kg1 $2 Qg4+ 36.
Kf2 Rxd6 $1 37. Qxd6 Qg2+ 38. Ke3 Qe2#) 35... Qxf3+ 36. Kg1 exf4 $132 {but
after correct move,played in the game,white gets big material advantage
despite of absent queen}) 30... Rg1+ 31. Rxg1 Qxe2 32. Nf7+ {The rest of the
game is easy job for white} Kg8 33. Nxd8 Bc8 34. Nc6 Bf6 35. Nxe5 g6 36. Bxg6
Kf8 37. Bd3 Qh5 38. f4 Bxe5 39. fxe5 Qf3+ 40. Ng2 Ke7 41. Rgf1 Qg4 42. c6 1-0

[Event "Kharkov Rector Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2001.04.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Zubarev, Alexander2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Ponomariov,R"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2001.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8272]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7.
b3 f5 $5 8. exf5 (8. Nd2 $6 Nf6 9. Bd3 f4 10. Bb2 O-O $13 11. c5 $2 dxc5 12.
Nf3 Kh8 13. Bc4 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 Bg4 15. Nc7 Rac8 16. Ne6 b5 $1 $19 {
Ponomariov-Degraeve, Belfort 1998}) (8. Ba3 $5 Nf6 9. N1c3 Qa5 $1 10. Qd2 O-O
11. Nd5 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Rd8 13. Nxe7+ $13 {1/2-1/2 Anand-Tregubov, Shenyang 2000
}) 8... Nf6 (8... Bxf5 9. Bd3 $1 e4 (9... Be6 $5) 10. Be2 Bf6 $2 11. Nxd6+ Kf8
12. Ba3 Nge7 13. Nd2 Qa5 14. Nxf5 Qxa3 15. Ng3 Bxa1 16. Qxa1 Rd8 17. Ngxe4 Nd4
18. Bd1 Nef5 19. O-O $16 {Volokitin-Poluliakhov, Cappelle la Grande 2001}) 9.
Bd3 e4 10. Be2 Bxf5 11. O-O a6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 O-O 14. Nc3 $16 Qe8 15.
Bf4 Rd8 16. Rad1 Kh8 17. f3 Qg6 18. fxe4 Nxe4 19. Nd5 Bh3 $4 (19... Bh4 20. Bd3
Rde8 21. Ne3 Bc8 22. Bb1 $16) 20. Bf3 Ng5 21. Qd2 $1 $18 Nxf3+ 22. Rxf3 Bg4 23.
Nxe7 Qh5 24. Rdf1 Bxf3 25. Rxf3 Rde8 $6 26. Rh3 $1 Qg4 27. Qd3 h5 28. Ng6+ Kg8
29. Nxf8 {1.05-1.20} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
f5 {This aggressive line is fashionable nowadays. More classical continuation
is 8...Be6 followed by 9...Bg5.} 9. exf5 Bxf5 10. Bd3 ({Another playable plan
connected with the fianchetto of white's light-squared bishop.} 10. Nc2 Nf6 11.
Ne3 Be6 12. g3 Rc8 13. Bg2 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. O-O {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Radjabov,T/
Dortmund 2003 (60)}) 10... Be6 {Of course, black must stay away from this
exchange, since light squares in his camp are vylnerable.} 11. O-O Nf6 12. Nc2
O-O 13. Nd5 $5 (13. b3 Qd7 14. Bb2 Bd8 15. Ne4 Bb6 16. Ne3 Kh8 17. Ng5 Bg8 18.
Qd2 Rad8 19. Rad1 Ng4 20. Nxg4 Qxg4 21. Be2 Qc8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Nijboer,
F-Tregubov,P/Wijk aan Zee 2002 (43)}) (13. Bg5 Ng4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. h3 Nf6 16.
Nd5 Qf7 17. Nce3 Kh8 18. Nxf6 Qxf6 19. Be4 Nd4 20. Nd5 Qh4 $15 {1/2-1/2
Apicella,M-Tregubov,P/Clichy 2001 (49)}) (13. Ne3 Qd7 14. Ncd5 Bd8 15. b3 Nd4
16. Bb2 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Bf7 $11 {0-1 Isaev,J-Fedorov,A/Bled ol 2002 (39)}) 13...
Rc8 (13... Kh8 14. Nce3 Nd4 15. b3 Rc8 16. Bb2 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 $14
{1-0 Asrian,K-Nalbandian,T/Yerevan 2005 (32)}) (13... Nxd5 $6 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qxd5 $14 {[%csl Rh7]}) 14. b3 Kh8 $146 {Moving the king to a
safer square. Now, black is threatening to take on d5.} (14... Bf7 15. Be3 Nxd5
16. cxd5 Nb8 17. a4 Qe8 18. Na3 Bg6 19. Nc4 Nd7 $11 {0-1 Loskutov,O-Markarov,A/
St Petersburg 2000 (75)}) (14... Qe8 15. Ba3 Kh8 16. Nxf6 Rxf6 17. Be4 b5 $132
{0-1 Cossin,S-Camus de Solliers,G/Reims 2004 (37)}) 15. Nce3 Qe8 16. Bb2 $14
Bd8 (16... Qf7 17. f4 Bxd5 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Nxd5 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 Bd4 $14) 17. Rc1
Qd7 $6 {It looks like Tregubov didn't find a concrete plan.} (17... Nd7 $5 {
[%cal Yd8g5,Yd7c5]}) 18. Kh1 {A useful prophylactic move. White is preparing
f2-f4 thrust.} Ne7 $2 ({Good or bad, necessary was} 18... Nd4) 19. Nxf6 Rxf6 {
[%tqu "En","How should White continue?","","","f2f4","White's pieces are
ideally placed for executing this breakthrow. Black is already unable to keep
material balance.",10]} 20. f4 $1 {[%mdl 2048] White's pieces are ideally
placed for executing this breakthrow. Black is already unable to keep material
balance.} Rxf4 $2 {This loses on the spot.} (20... Nc6 21. Nd5 Rf8 (21... Rh6
22. fxe5 Nxe5 23. Rf8+ Bg8 24. Bf5 $18) (21... Rf7 22. Qh5 $18) (21... Bxd5 22.
cxd5 Nd4 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Re1 $1 $18) 22. Qh5 Bg8 23. fxe5 $18)
(20... Bb6 21. fxe5 dxe5 (21... Rxf1+ 22. Nxf1 dxe5 23. Bxe5 $16) 22. Rxf6 gxf6
(22... Bxe3 23. Qh5 $1 Qxd3 24. Qxe5 Rg8 25. Rf3 $18) 23. Qf3 $16) 21. Rxf4
exf4 22. Qh5 {[%csl Rh7]} Bg8 23. Qh6 $6 {I saw that this one wins for sure,
and didn't bother myself to look for a much more convincing strike.} (23. Bxh7
$1 Bxh7 24. Qf7 {[%csl Rg7] could finish the game in style.}) (23. Nf5 $4 Nxf5
24. Bxf5 Rc5 $13) 23... Nc6 24. Bf5 Qf7 25. Bxc8 Ne5 (25... fxe3 26. Qxe3 $18)
26. Qxd6 Bc7 27. Be6 {I decided to give some material back, but to simplify to
an easily won endgame.} Bxd6 28. Bxf7 fxe3 29. Bxe5 Bxe5 30. Bxg8 1-0

[Event "HUN-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Heviz"]
[Date "2003.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Horvath, Adam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2003.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 {This
continuation is a rare one and less flexible, than the main line.} ({The main
line goes with} 6... Be7 {where black keeps an option for f7-f5 and Be7-g5.})
7. Bd3 ({Also possible is} 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 11. O-O
Rc8 12. Qd2 Na5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 b6 15. Rac1 $14 {Dolmatov,S-Minasian,A/
URS-chT 1988}) 7... Be6 8. N1c3 a6 9. Na3 Nd4 $6 $146 {Dubious novelty. The
black Nd4 will be quickly exchange by Na3-c2 and thus black will lose time.} (
9... Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd5 Nd7 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Be3 Nc5 14. f3 f5 15. exf5
Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Bxf5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Enders,P-Kalinitschew,S/Schwerin 1997/EXT 2001
(55)}) 10. O-O $14 g6 ({A bit better to my taste is} 10... Be7) 11. Nc2 Nxc2
12. Qxc2 Bg7 13. b3 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gc1a3]} O-O 14. Ba3 Rc8 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16.
Qd2 Rfd8 17. Bb4 {Preventing black's possible Qc7-a5 move.} (17. Nd5 Nxd5 18.
cxd5 Bd7 19. Qb4 b5 $1 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Bxd6 Bg4 22. Be7 Rd7 23. f3 Bxf3 24.
gxf3 Rxe7 $14) 17... Nd7 18. Be2 Nc5 19. Rac1 h5 (19... f5 $6 {would be in
white's favour.}) 20. Qe1 Bh6 21. Rc2 {White has stable advantage. On the
other hand it is hard to achieve progress in this position.} Qb8 22. Ba3 Qc7
23. Bc1 Bxc1 24. Rcxc1 Nd7 {It's very hard to point out any reasonable plan
for black, so he tries to transfer his knight to d4.} 25. Bf1 Nb8 {[%cal Yb8c6,
Yc6d4]} 26. Rd3 {Preparing to triple all heavy pieces on the "d" file and put
a strong pressure on black's weakness d6.} Qe7 27. Qd2 Nc6 28. Rd1 Nd4 29. Ne2
Nxe2+ 30. Bxe2 b5 31. cxb5 (31. Rxd6 $2 Rxd6 32. Qxd6 Qxd6 33. Rxd6 bxc4 $11)
31... axb5 32. Bf1 $6 {This move is too slow.} (32. Rxd6 $2 Rxd6 33. Qxd6 Qxd6
34. Rxd6 Rc2 $11 {[%csl Gc2]}) ({More tempting was} 32. Qb4 $1 Rc2 33. R3d2 {
and white is winning a pawn.}) 32... Bg4 33. Rc1 Rxc1 34. Qxc1 b4 (34... f5 35.
exf5 Bxf5 36. Rd1 {black has weaknesses all around, but probably it was better
practical chance.}) 35. Qd2 Qb7 36. Rd5 {Black can not save one of his pawns.}
Be6 $1 (36... Qb6 $2 37. Rb5 $18 {[%csl Rb4]}) 37. Rxe5 dxe5 38. Qxd8+ Kg7 39.
Qd3 Qc6 {White is a pawn up, however it's very hard to convert it into a full
point, since white can not organize a passed pawn.} 40. h4 Qc5 41. Qd2 Kf8 42.
g3 Ke7 43. Kg2 Kf8 {Black should hold on to the waiting strategy...} 44. Ba6 $1
Ke7 45. Qg5+ Kf8 46. Qd8+ Kg7 47. Qd3 {[%cal Ya6c4]} Kf6 (47... Qc1 48. Bc4 $1)
48. Bc4 Ke7 49. Kf1 Bh3+ 50. Ke1 Be6 $6 ({Logical is} 50... f6 {with
reasonable drawing chances.}) 51. Bxe6 Kxe6 $2 (51... fxe6 {would have been
far more stubborn.}) 52. Qc4+ {Simplifying to a won pawns endgame.} Qxc4 (52...
Kd6 53. Ke2 $1 $18) 53. bxc4 Kd6 54. Kd2 f5 55. Kd3 Kc5 56. f3 Kd6 (56... fxe4+
57. Kxe4 Kxc4 58. Kxe5 Kc3 59. Kd5 Kb2 60. Kc4 $18) 57. f4 $1 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Nf6 9. c4 {This is a rare opening line, which gained some popularity recently.}
(9. Bg5 {leads to the main B33.}) 9... b4 (9... Nxe4 10. Bd3 Nc5 11. cxb5 Nd4
12. b6 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Bb7 14. Nc7+ Ke7 15. O-O Rc8 16. Nc4 Ne6 17. Na5 $18 {
1-0 Mihevc,N-Shumiakina,T/Nova Gorica 1999/CBM 71 ext (27)}) ({Another
critical line is:} 9... Nd4 10. cxb5 (10. Be3 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. Bd3 Nxd5 13.
cxd5 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Be3 f5 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. exf5 Qb6 18. Re1 Bf6 19. Nc2
$14 {1-0 Kotronias,V-Beshukov,S/Agios Nikolaos 1995/EXT 98 (35)}) 10... Nxd5
11. exd5 Bd7 (11... g6 12. Be3 Nf5 13. bxa6 Bd7 14. Qb3 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Bg7 16.
Be2 $16 {1-0 Ganguly,S-Miton,K/Goa 2002 (29)}) 12. Be3 Nxb5 13. Nc4 Be7 14. Bd3
O-O 15. O-O f5 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Kh8 18. Kh1 $14 {0-1 Gallagher,
J-Kovalevskaya,E/Stockholm 2003 (42)}) 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Nc2 Qg6 12. Ne3 ({
It's not clear what Fedorov prepared in case of} 12. Qd5 Bb7 13. Nxb4 {which
was introduced in the game Anand,V-Shirov,A/Linares 2002/CBM 88 /1-0 (31) 
[Ftacnik]}) 12... Be7 (12... Qxe4 13. Bd3 Qd4 14. Nd5 Rb8 (14... Qa7 15. Be3
Qb7 16. Bb6) 15. O-O (15. Be3 Qxb2 16. O-O Qa3 17. Bb6) 15... Qg4 16. Qa4 Qd7
17. Be3 Be7 18. Nb6 Qc7 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. Qxa6 $14 {Bologan}) 13. g3 h5 (13...
O-O 14. Bg2 Bg5 15. O-O {- see the commented game Bologan,V-Tregubov,P/Belfort
2002/CBM 90 [Bologan]}) 14. Bg2 $146 (14. h3 $6 Nd4 15. Bg2 Bb7 16. Qd3 h4 17.
g4 Ne6 18. Nf5 Nc5 19. Qe3 Bf8 20. f4 Qe6 21. fxe5 Qxe5 22. O-O g6 23. Nd4 Bg7
$15 {0-1 Schaefer,M-Degraeve,J/Germany 1998/GER-chT2 (43)}) (14. h4 {is the
recommendation of Bologan in his annotations to the above mentioned game
Bologan-Tregubov.}) 14... h4 15. Nf5 (15. Nd5 Bd8) 15... Be6 16. Be3 (16. Nxd6+
$4 Bxd6 17. Qxd6 Nd4 {and white has no satisfactory defense. A cute
continuation is:} 18. O-O $2 h3 19. Bh1 Ne2#) 16... Rc8 (16... Bxc4 $2 17. Rc1
Bb5 18. Qd5 Rc8 19. Bf1 $18) 17. O-O (17. Nxd6+ $6 Bxd6 18. Qxd6 Qh5 {[%cal
Gh4h3] and black is getting strong play on the white squares.}) 17... Bxf5 (
17... Bxc4 $2 18. Rc1 Bb5 (18... Bxf1 19. Bxf1 $40) 19. a4 bxa3 20. bxa3 $40) (
17... Qh7 18. g4) 18. exf5 Qxf5 19. Qa4 e4 20. Rae1 hxg3 21. fxg3 Qh7 22. h3 $2
{It was better to ignore black's threat.} (22. Qxa6 O-O (22... Qxh2+ $2 23. Kf2
$18 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Rf1h1]}) 23. Rf4 f5 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Qxc6
$18) 22... f5 23. g4 g6 24. Qxa6 O-O 25. Qb5 (25. gxf5 gxf5 26. Bxe4 fxe4 27.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Qxc6 Qh4 $44) 25... Bh4 $1 {Strong manoeuvre.} 26. Rd1 Bg3 27.
Qd5+ Kh8 28. c5 dxc5 29. Bxc5 ({More precise was} 29. gxf5 gxf5 30. Bxc5) 29...
Rfe8 30. gxf5 Re5 {Strong intermediate move.} 31. Qb3 (31. Qd6 gxf5 32. Qf6+
Qg7 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. Bd6 Kf6 $44) 31... Rxc5 32. Qxg3 gxf5 33. Qd6 Ne7 34.
Qf6+ Qg7 35. Qh4+ Qh7 (35... Qh7 36. Qxh7+ (36. Qf6+ $11) 36... Kxh7 37. Bxe4
fxe4 38. Rf7+ Kg6 39. Rxe7 Rc2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 (6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5
8. Nd5 Nf6 {may transpose to the Sveshnikov Variation. Black has other options
as well.}) 6... g6 {This is very rare. Normally the bishop is developed to e7.}
7. Be3 ({In the following game White developed his pieces the same way, but
Black developed his knight to e7, which is also possible:} 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be6 9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O Nge7 11. Nc2 O-O 12. Be3 f5 13. f3 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nf5 15.
Bf2 Kh8 16. Qd2 Nfd4 17. Rfd1 Rc8 18. b3 Bg8 19. Rac1 $14 {0-1 (41) Najer,E 
(2646)-Belous,V (2584) Moscow 2014}) 7... Be6 8. N1c3 a6 9. Na3 Nf6 (9... Bh6
10. Bxh6 Nxh6 11. Qd2 Ng4 12. Rd1 ({There is no reason to allow Black's knight
to establish itself on d4, after} 12. Be2 O-O 13. Nc2 {White should be
slightly better.}) 12... Qb6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. cxd5 Nd4 15. Nc4 Qd8 16. Bd3 O-O
17. O-O Rc8 $11 {1/2-1/2 (49) Zierk,S (2391)-Belous,V (2498) Porto Carras 2010}
) 10. Be2 Bg7 11. Nc2 Rc8 12. Rc1 O-O 13. O-O {Both sides have completed their
development. White has some space advantage and the opened d-file where he can
target the Pd6. However, Black has his counter-chances.} Ne7 $1 {[%csl Rc4]
This is one of them.} 14. Na3 (14. b3 {is met by} b5 {so, White has to protect
the Pc4 in an awkward way.}) 14... Nc6 15. Re1 {Ivanchuk doesn't wish to
repeat moves, but now Black's knight sneaks to d4.} Nd4 16. f3 (16. Bxd4 $2
exd4 17. Qxd4 Nd5 18. Qd2 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Qa5 $15) 16... Qb6 17. Rb1 Nxe2+ $6 {
At this moment Black wasn't forced at all to exchange his active knight for
White's passive bishop.} (17... Bh6 $5 18. Bf2 (18. Bxh6 $6 Nxf3+ 19. Kh1 Ng4
$1 20. gxf3 (20. Rf1 $4 {[%tqu "En","What should Black do?","","","b6g1","",1]}
Qg1+ $1 21. Rxg1 Nf2#) 20... Nf2+ 21. Kg2 Nxd1 22. Rexd1 Rfe8 {leads to an
irrational position. White has three minor pieces for the queen + pawn, but
his king might be vulnerable.}) 18... Nxe2+ 19. Rxe2 Qb4 {Black gets a better
version of the position that arose in the game. Here Black's light-squared
bishop is already active, so White can't play 20.Rd2, targeting the Pd6.}) (
17... Nh5 {was also an option. The advance f7-f5 might work at the right
moment.}) 18. Rxe2 Qb4 19. Rd2 Rfd8 (19... Bxc4 20. Nxc4 Qxc4 21. Rxd6 $14) 20.
c5 $2 {Looks tempting, but opening up the position plays in Black's hands.} (
20. Qb3 $1 {The queen swap favours White.} Qxb3 21. axb3 b5 $5 (21... Bf8 22.
Nc2 $14 {[%cal Gc2b4,Gb4d5]}) 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Naxb5 Bxb3 24. Nxd6 $14) 20...
Qa5 $1 21. Rxd6 (21. cxd6 $2 Rxc3 {is perhaps what Ivanchuk missed, before
playing 20.c5.}) (21. Nd5 Bxd5 (21... Nxd5 $6 22. exd5 Bf5 23. Nc4 Qb5 24. Nxd6
Rxd6 25. cxd6 Bxb1 26. Qxb1 Bf8 $11) 22. exd5 dxc5 23. Nc4 Qb5 24. Rc1 e4 $15)
21... Bf8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Qe2 Bxc5 {Black has got rid of his Pd6 weakness by
exchanging it and not losing it. Now the structure is symmetrical, but Black
is far more active.} 24. Nc2 {Bringing the passive knight into play.} Bd4 25.
Qe1 b5 $6 (25... Rd7 $1 {was a fine prophylactic move. It's difficult to find
a good move for White.} 26. Nxd4 (26. a3 Bb3 $17) 26... exd4 27. Nd5 Qxe1+ 28.
Rxe1 Nxd5 (28... Bxd5 29. Bxd4 Nxe4 30. fxe4 Bxa2 $17) 29. exd5 Rxd5 30. Bd2 {
The opposite-coloured bishops give White decent chances to hold.}) 26. Nxd4 $1
exd4 27. Bg5 {This small trick became possible after Black blocked the 5th
rank for his queen.} dxc3 28. Qxc3 (28. Bxf6 $2 Bxa2 $1 (28... c2 $2 29. Bxd8
cxb1=Q 30. Bxa5 $11) 29. Bxd8 (29. Ra1 Qb6+ $19) 29... Qxd8 30. Ra1 cxb2 31.
Rxa2 Qd4+ 32. Kh1 Qc3 $1 33. Qg1 Qc1 34. Rxb2 Qxb2 $19) 28... Qxc3 29. bxc3 {
The knight can't be saved, so White equalises.} Bxa2 30. Bxf6 (30. Ra1 h6 31.
Bxh6 Nxe4 32. fxe4 Bc4 33. Kf2 $11) 30... Rd6 31. Be5 Re6 32. Ra1 Rxe5 33. Rxa2
Re6 $11 34. Kf2 Kf8 35. Ke3 Ke7 36. g4 (36. f4 {looks more logical.}) 36... Kd7
$6 (36... g5 {was called for to block White's structure.}) 37. f4 Rc6 38. Kd4
Kc7 39. f5 Rc4+ 40. Kd5 {White's king has become very active. It seems that
Black is the side that should be careful now, but of course, the position
remains drawish.} Kb6 41. Ra3 (41. e5 gxf5 42. gxf5 Rxc3 43. e6 fxe6+ 44. fxe6
Rd3+ 45. Ke5 Re3+ $11) 41... a5 42. e5 Ra4 $4 {Blackout.} (42... gxf5 43. gxf5
Rf4 {was possible. The game could end in a draw after} 44. f6 Rf3 45. Ke4 Rf1
46. c4 $5 b4 47. Rf3 Re1+ 48. Re3 Rd1 $11) 43. Rxa4 {and Jobava resigned on
the spot.} ({After} 43. Rxa4 bxa4 44. Kc4 {the king stops the a-pawn easily,
while White's passers decide:} gxf5 45. gxf5 Kc6 46. Kd3 a3 47. Kc2 Kd5 48. e6
fxe6 49. f6 Kd6 50. c4 e5 51. c5+ $18 {[%csl Gc5,Gf6]}) 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 06th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2006.11.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Berthelot, Yannick"]
[Black "Ivanov, Jordan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Yannick était remonté а bloc avant la partie.} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 {[%csl Gd6]} d6 6. Bf4 {la variante que recommande le MF а
ses élèves} (6. c4 {mène а l'étau de Marocsy} Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 {Peter,S 
(2267)-Primel,D (2127) Nationale II 0405 2005 1/2}) 6... e5 7. Be3 Be7 ({RR} 
7... Nf6 {Plus courant} 8. Bg5 $1 Be6 9. Bxf6 (9. Nd2) 9... gxf6 10. Nd2 d5 11.
exd5 Bxd5 12. Bc4 a6 13. Bxd5 axb5 14. Bb3 ({RR} 14. Ne4 Be7 15. c3) 14... Nd4
15. O-O ({RR} 15. c3 Nxb3 16. Qxb3 Qd3) 15... Nxb3 16. axb3) ({RR} 7... a6) 8.
N1c3 ({RR} 8. Nd2 Nf6 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nc4 Nd4 ({RR} 11... Be6) 12.
Nc3 Be6 13. Bd3 d5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Ne3 Qc6 17. Qg4 g6 18. Qe4
Bg7 19. Qxc6 Nxc6) 8... Nf6 {[%cal Ga7a6]} 9. Bg5 a6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Na3 f5 (
11... b5) 12. exf5 ({RR} 12. Bc4 Nd4 ({RR} 12... fxe4 13. Qh5 O-O 14. O-O-O Nd4
15. Nxe4 Bf5 16. Bd5 Bg6 17. Qh3 Qa5) 13. Qh5 O-O 14. Bd5 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Bf5 16.
O-O Bg6 17. Qd1 Kh8 18. c3 Ne6) 12... Bxf5 $5 $146 ({RR} 12... Nd4 13. Nc4 ({RR
} 13. Bd3 d5) 13... Bxf5 14. Bd3 ({RR} 14. Ne3 Bg6 ({RR} 14... Be6) 15. Bd3 f5)
14... Be6 15. O-O Rc8 16. Ne3 d5 ({RR} 16... O-O 17. Ncd5 Bg5 18. c3) 17. Qh5
e4 ({RR} 17... Qd6 18. Rad1) 18. Nexd5 ({RR} 18. Be2 Nxe2+ ({RR} 18... Bf6 19.
Bg4) 19. Nxe2 d4 ({RR} 19... O-O 20. Rad1) 20. Nf5 ({RR} 20. Nf4 Rc5 ({RR} 
20... dxe3 21. Nxe6) 21. Nxe6 Rxh5 22. Nxd8 dxe3 23. Nxb7 exf2+ 24. Rxf2 Rb5)
20... Rc5 ({RR} 20... Bxf5 21. Qxf5 Rxc2 22. Qxe4 d3 23. Nf4) ({RR} 20... Bf6
21. Rad1) 21. Ng7+ Kd7 ({RR} 21... Kf8 22. Qh6) 22. Nxe6 Rxh5 ({RR} 22... fxe6
23. Qg4) 23. Nxd8 Rxd8 24. Rad1 Kc7 25. Rxd4 ({RR} 25. Nxd4 Rhd5 26. c3 Bf6)
25... Rxd4 26. Nxd4 Bf6 27. c3 Ra5 28. f3 ({RR} 28. a3 Bxd4 29. cxd4 Ra4 30.
Rd1 Kd6) 28... Bxd4+ 29. cxd4 e3 ({RR} 29... Rxa2 30. fxe4 Rxb2 31. Rxf7+) 30.
a3 ({RR} 30. Re1 Rxa2 31. Rxe3 Rxb2 32. Re7+ Kd6 33. Rxf7 a5) 30... Rb5 31. b4
a5 32. bxa5 Kd6 {Leko,P (2694)-Ivanchuk,V (2714)/Linares 1999/CBM 070/[Ribli]/
1-0 (40)} ({RR} 32... Rxa5 33. Rc1+ Kd6 34. Rc3 Kd5 35. Rxe3 Kxd4 36. Re7)) ({
RR} 18. Qe5 Bf6) 18... exd3 19. Qe5 Rg8 20. Qxd4 Rxc3 21. bxc3 Qxd5 22. Qxd5
Bxd5 23. f3 d2 24. Rfd1 Bc5+ {0-1 Delorme,A (2220)-Bellaiche,A (2427)/France
2003/CBM 095}) 13. Nd5 O-O (13... b5 14. Qf3 {[%cal Gf3f5,Gf3c6]}) 14. Nc4 {
[%cal Gc4e3]} Bg5 15. h4 Nd4 $2 16. Bd3 $1 Bxd3 $8 (16... e4 17. hxg5 exd3 18.
Nf6+ Kg7 19. Rxh7+ Bxh7 20. Qh5 $3 Nxc2+ 21. Kd2 $18) 17. Qxd3 Bh6 18. c3 Nc6
19. Ndb6 (19. Qf5 $1 $40) 19... Rb8 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Nxd6 Rfd8 22. Ndc4 $2 {
Les blancs commencaient а être mal au temps} (22. Ne4 $1 f5 23. Nf6+ Kf7 24.
Nfd7 Rxd7 25. Nxd7 Rg8 26. g3 e4) 22... Rd3 23. Ke2 Rbd8 24. Rad1 e4 25. g4 Bf4
26. Rxd3 Rxd3 27. Rd1 Rh3 28. Nd5 Bb8 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Nxe4 Rxh4 31. Ne3 Kg6
32. Rd7 b5 $4 (32... Bf4) 33. Rb7 f5 34. gxf5+ Kh6 35. Nf6 Kg5 36. Nxh7+ Kh6
37. Nf8 {[%mdl 512]} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.11.19"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Schaefer, Markus"]
[Black "Schlosser, Philipp"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Bd3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
O-O g6 9. c4 Ndb4 10. Be4 Bg7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Be3 Qc7 13. f4 Rd8 14. Qe2 Na5
15. Nxa5 Qxa5 16. a3 Nc6 17. b4 Qh5 18. Qxh5 gxh5 19. Rac1 f5 20. Bb1 Kf7 21.
Rf2 Be6 22. Nd5 Rac8 23. Ba2 h4 24. Rd1 h3 25. Rfd2 hxg2 26. b5 Na5 27. c5 Rd7
28. Kxg2 b6 29. cxb6 axb6 30. Nxb6 Rxd2+ 31. Rxd2 Rc3 32. Bxe6+ Kxe6 33. Re2
Kf7 34. Nd5 Rxa3 $6 (34... Rd3 35. Nc7 e5 $16) 35. Bc5 $18 Rb3 36. Rxe7+ Kg6
37. Bb4 Nc4 $2 (37... Rb2+ 38. Kf3 Rb3+) 38. b6 $18 Nxb6 39. Re6+ Kh5 40. Rxb6
Rb2+ 41. Kf3 Bd4 42. Bc5 $1 Rf2+ 43. Kg3 Bxc5 44. Nf6+ Kg6 45. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Radjabov,T"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{OK before this game, I had let myself fall into somewhat unpleasant shape,
with -1 and only 4 rounds to go, so there was no question as to whether I had
to play solidly or aggressively.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5.
Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 f5 9. exf5 Bxf5 10. Bd3 {It's all theory,
nothing special to comment on. Many games have been played and there is no
clear verdict about the line.} Be6 11. O-O Nf6 12. Nc2 Qd7 {I went 0-0 vs
Kamsky, which is also playable.} 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Bxf6 gxf6 {Now the weakness
of the d5-square is somewhat compensated for by Black's pawn mass. Akopian now
tries to regroup his pieces and put them on the best possible squares, but it
doesnt work well somehow.} 15. Ne3 f5 16. Ned5 Bd8 {Very logical, the bishop
now has few ways to advance its career, Ba5 or somewhere Qg7-Bg5 some times;
also after e5-e4 the bishop might come to the f6-square and there is no really
easy life for White in the following complications. Now White makes a few
logical moves and finishes in a very unpleasant position.} 17. Qh5 Qg7 {
Protecting the king's flank and preparing e5-e4.} 18. Rad1 Kh8 {18...e4 was
already possible, but ...Kh8 as a prophylaxis doesn't actaully spoil anything.}
19. Kh1 Rc8 (19... Nd4 $5 20. f3 b5 {with considerable pressure on both flanks
and in the centre.}) 20. f3 Ba5 {Well, I am not sure, if it's the best square,
but at least Rg8, Rcf8 is in the air and White has to do something.} 21. Ne2 $6
(21. Qh4 b5 $5 {Even ...Bxc3 if possible, if White takes with the knight, then
Rf6-h6 and Rc8-g8 with f4-e4 and rest of the party entering the disco room via
e5-g4 route.}) 21... e4 $2 {Impulsive somehow. I had to play ...Nb4 of course}
(21... Nb4 $1 22. Nxb4 Bxb4 {and Black is indeed better.}) (21... Rg8 $5 22. g3
Rcf8 {and whatever the computer thinks here, I prefer Black.}) 22. Bb1 {
Here I realised, what I had doneo, ...Qxb2 that was planned with the idea:}
exf3 (22... Qxb2 23. Nef4 Bf7 {just doesn't work due to the simple} 24. Qh4 {
and now after} Bd8 25. Qh3 $3 {after realising, that this really kills the fun,
I could only blame myself for such a fast and impulsive e5-e4. But ok, the
game didn't finish there, so I found an interesting resource.}) 23. gxf3 Qf7 $1
{At this point Vladimir had around 20 minutes for the rest of the game. So he
didn't want to spend much time on 24.Qh6, which is objectively best. After it
Black has to go for:} (23... Ne5 24. b3 $14) 24. Qxf7 $2 (24. Qh6 Rce8 25. Nef4
Ne5 {and well even if White is objectively better, he has to prove his chances
in a long fight. Anyway, Qh6 was the best move of course.}) 24... Rxf7 25. b3
Bd7 {Regrouping to attack the f3-square. Now it's not so clear, what White has
to do, either keep his pieces in the same positions, then Black will regroup
or do something active, which is also unclear and not that visible. Without a
clear plan and time running out, Akopian decides to go for:} 26. Ndf4 Bb4 $1
27. Nd5 Bc5 $1 {Of course! A draw after ...Ba5 is possible, but the bishop
here stands perfectly and Black now starts playing for a win directly.} 28. f4
$6 {Trying to do it brutally, White misses the clearance of the diagonal and
Black's next plan.} (28. Nec3 {This was interesting in order to follow with
Na4-b6 but...} Bd4 29. Na4 Re8 30. Nab6 Be6 31. Rfe1 Ne5 $5 {with the
initiative for Black.}) 28... Ne7 $1 29. Ng3 Bc6 $5 (29... Nxd5 30. cxd5 Rg8 {
also looks good, but I am not sure about any progress, that Black can produce
in the future.}) 30. Kg2 Rg8 {Now at least it all looks scary for White and he
has to be iron-nerved to keep the position. Which is impossible here for a
human, I guess.} 31. Rfe1 Rg4 $1 {A finesse that secures the advantage. White
is in real trouble.} 32. h3 (32. Kh3 {was planned by White I guess, but now}
Ng6 $1 33. Bxf5 (33. Nxf5 h5 $1 $19 {and we are right in chess problem solving
territory. White's king is going to be mated with all the pieces on the board.}
) 33... Rh4+ 34. Kg2 Nxf4+ 35. Kh1 Bf2 $19) 32... Rxf4 33. Rf1 {The rest is
pure technique, nothing to add, just few small things.} Rxf1 34. Kxf1 Nxd5 35.
cxd5 Bd7 36. Nh1 Rg7 (36... f4 $5 37. Nf2 Rg7 $19) 37. Nf2 Rg3 (37... f4 38.
Ng4 f3 39. Be4 h5 $19) 38. Nd3 Be3 39. Ke2 f4 40. Ne1 Rxh3 {And here White
resigned, two bishops in the endgame and 2 pawns up are enough to be clearly
winning for Black without further technical difficulties.} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 31st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2003.08.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "Radjabov,T"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2003.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 {Kalashnikov variation.  After my
game against Kramnik I decided to change oppening.} 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 $5 {
Interesting , normally Anand likes to play N1c3.} Be7 7. b3 $5 {Now white
wants to develop black squared bishop to a3 and to exploit black's weakness on
d6.} f5 8. exf5 Bxf5 9. Bd3 {Trying to exchange blacks white squared bishop.
But black avoids.} e4 $5 10. Be2 a6 {Forcing white to move back.} 11. N5c3 Bf6
$1 {Now it looks good for Black.} 12. O-O Nge7 13. a3 $1 {Interesting plan.
Now rook transfers from a1 to much more better position on d2. As well any Nb4
are prevented.} O-O {Interesting and fighting continuation. Another possible
game continuation was : d5!?} 14. Ra2 {Now rook came into the play by original
way.} Qa5 $5 {With the idea to transfer queen to e5 and then to try some
active actions in the centre.} 15. b4 Qe5 16. Re1 $1 {Played very quickly. And
seems like the best.Anand is trying to exploit queen's position on e5.} b5 $5 {
The most aggressive answer. Now centre is attacked and white has to decide
what to do!} (16... Kh8 $6 {This was dubious in view of :} 17. Bg4 $1 Bg6 (
17... g6 18. Bh6 Rfd8 19. Rd2 $14) 18. Rae2 d5 (18... Bg5 19. Nxe4 Bxc1 20.
Qxc1 Nd4 21. Re3 Qf4 22. f3 $16) 19. Nxd5 $6 (19. cxd5 $1 Rad8 20. Rd2 $1 $16)
19... Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Qa1 $13) (16... Rac8 {With the idea to play Nd4.} 17. Bg4
Nd4 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Rxe4 (19. Nxe4 Rxc4 20. Nbd2 Rc7 $13) 19... Rxc4 $17) 17.
cxb5 axb5 18. Bxb5 (18. Nxb5 d5 $5 (18... Nxb4 19. axb4 Rxa2 20. Bc4+ Kh8 21.
Bxa2 Qxb5 22. Qxd6 Ng6 $13)) 18... Nd4 $2 {Practically interesting but
cybernetically( for computer ) bad.} (18... Qe6 $5 19. Bxc6 Nxc6 20. Qd5 Qxd5
21. Nxd5 Ne5 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 $44) 19. Bf1 $2 (19. Bc4+ $1 d5 20. Nxd5 $3 Nxd5
21. Bb2 $1 Kh8 22. Bxd4 Qxd4 23. Qxd4 Bxd4 24. Bxd5 Rae8 25. Rd2 Bb6 26. Rde2
Re5 $1 $13 {Keeping some interesting chances.}) 19... d5 20. Rd2 $1 {Logical
move, now whites pressure looks dangerous.} Be6 $1 {Very strong move! Now
centre is controlled and Black is OK.} 21. f4 (21. Bb2 $5 Qf4 (21... Nec6 $5 {
Now it is not easy for white to find a plan.} 22. Nb5 Qf4 23. Nxd4 Bxd4 24.
Bxd4 Nxd4 25. Rxd4 Qxf2+ 26. Kh1 Bg4 27. Rd2 Bxd1 28. Rxf2 Rxf2 29. Rxd1 Rc2
30. Bb5 Rac8 $15) 22. Nxe4 (22. Rxd4 $4 Qxf2+ 23. Kh1 Bxd4 $19) 22... dxe4 23.
Bxd4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Qxf2+ 25. Kh1 Rf6 26. Rdxe4 Raf8 27. Bd3 Bd5 28. Nd2 Ng6 29.
Qe2 Qxe2 30. Bxe2 Bxe4 31. Nxe4 Rf5 $14) 21... Qxf4 22. Rf2 $1 (22. Rxd4 $4 {
Is never good.} Qf2+ $19) 22... Qxf2+ $3 (22... Qh4 23. Rf4 $1 Qg5 24. Rfxe4
$18) 23. Kxf2 Nb5 $3 {Fantastic move. Now Black is out of any danger.} (23...
Nc2 24. Kg1 Bd4+ 25. Kh1 Nxe1 26. Qxe1 Bf2 27. Qd1 $18) (23... Bh4+ 24. Kg1
Bf2+ 25. Kh1 Bxe1 26. Qxe1 $18) 24. Kg1 Nxc3 25. Nxc3 Bxc3 26. Bb5 (26. Re3 Be5
$44) (26. Bd2 $5 Bd4+ (26... Bxd2 27. Qxd2 Rxa3 28. Qb2 $1 Raa8 29. Qe5 Rf6 30.
b5 $14) 27. Be3 Bxe3+ (27... Bc3 $2 28. Bc5 $16) 28. Rxe3 Nf5 29. Rh3 (29. Re1
Rxa3 $15) 29... d4 $1 {And now it looks unpleasent to play with white.} 30. a4
d3 31. a5 Rab8 32. Qe1 Bd5 $13) 26... Bxe1 (26... Rfb8 $5 27. a4 (27. Be2 Bxe1
28. Qxe1 Nf5 $13) 27... Bxb4 28. Bd2 Bd6 $13) 27. Qxe1 Nf5 (27... Rfb8 {
As well here it was possible.}) 28. Bb2 Rac8 $5 (28... Rf7 {This move was
worth considering.} 29. Qf2 Nd6 30. Qc5 Nxb5 31. Qxb5 Rc8 $13) 29. Ba4 $1 {
Preventing black's rook from coming to the second rank.} Rf7 30. h3 $6 (30. Bb3
$1 {Was much better than the text.} h5 (30... Nd6 $13 31. a4 Kf8 32. b5 Ke8 $13
) (30... Re7 $1 {This was the best answer, and I wanted to play this move.} 31.
g4 $5 (31. Qf2 Nd6 (31... e3 32. Qf3 Rcc7 $13) 32. Qb6 Nc4 33. Bxc4 dxc4 34.
Qd6 Kf7 $13) 31... Nd6 32. Bxd5 Bxd5 33. Qd2 e3 $11) 31. b5 $14) 30... h5 $1 {
Preparing h5-h4 and Nf5-g3.} 31. b5 h4 32. Be5 {Preventing Ng3 and trying to
support passed pawn on b5.} d4 $2 (32... Rb7 $1 33. Kf2 (33. Qa5 e3 34. Qa6
Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Re7 $19) 33... e3+ 34. Kf3 d4 $17) 33. b6 $2 (33. Qxe4 $1 Rc1+ 34.
Kh2 Ne3 35. Qxh4 Rff1 36. Qd8+ Rf8 $11) 33... e3 $1 34. Kh2 d3 35. Qb4 e2 36.
Bc3 Rxc3 $1 {Simplest.} 37. Qxc3 Ng3 38. b7 Rxb7 39. Qa5 (39. Qd4 Rb8 $19) (39.
Qe5 Rb1 $19) 39... Rb8 $1 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 {Finkel,A} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7.
Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nce7 (8... Nge7 {Finkel,A} 9. c4 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Nd4 (10... Ne7 $6
11. h4 $1 Bd7 12. Nc2 h5 13. g3 g6 14. Bg2 Bg7 15. O-O O-O 16. Nb4 $14 {
Bologan,V-Stripunsky,A/Wijk-B 1996}) 11. Be3 Be7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O Bf6 (13...
Bd7 14. Rc1 (14. Qd2 Qb8 15. Rac1 Qb7 16. Nc2 Nxc2 17. Rxc2 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 Rxc2
19. Rxc2 Rc8 $11 {Sluka,R-Moroz,A/Komercni Banka op 1997}) 14... Qa5 15. Qe1
Bd8 16. Qxa5 Bxa5 17. Nc2 Nxc2 18. Rxc2 Rfc8 19. Rfc1 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Kf8 $11 {
Manik,M-Moroz,A/Komercni Banka op 1996}) (13... Bb7 $6 14. Qd2 $5 f5 15. Bxd4
exd4 16. Nc2 Qb6 17. Qf4 Rae8 18. Rae1 Qc5 19. Qf3 $1 $14 {[%cal Gb2b4]
Tiviakov,S-Nataf,I/Mondariz 2000}) 14. Qd2 Bd7 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17.
Rc1 Qb7 18. Qb4 Qb8 19. Qa5 $11 {Stripunsky,A-Votava,J/Mlada Boleslav op 1995})
9. Nb4 $5 {Perhaps this move is objectively not very good, but in practical
play it is very unpleasant to meet such a bizzare move, specially in such
early stages of the game, when you don't know if your opponent prepared
something at home.  Finkel,A: 'So many things have been said and written about
this move, that it's needless to add remarks of my own. I will just say that
this move deserves an exclaimaition mark for just being a novelty on move 9 in
the Sveshnikov - the line, in which a major part of the novelties come at move
25! '} (9. Bg5 {Finkel,A} h6 (9... Be6 10. c4 Bxd5 11. exd5 bxc4 12. Nxc4 f6
13. Qa4+ Kf7 14. Qa3 Nf5 $13 {Thompson,I-Djabri,K/Telford 2004}) 10. Bxb5+ axb5
11. Nxb5 Ra6 12. Nbc7+ Kd7 13. Qg4+ f5 14. exf5 Nf6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 $15 {
Kindermann,S-Bischoff,K/Munich 1987}) (9. c4 {Finkel,A} Nxd5 10. exd5 bxc4 11.
Nxc4 Nf6 12. Be3 Rb8 13. Qa4+ Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Nxd7 15. Be2 Be7 16. O-O f5 17. f4
e4 18. Rac1 O-O 19. b3 Bb7 20. Na5 $14 {Landa,K-Lautier,J/playchess.com INT
2004}) (9. Nxe7 {Finkel,A} Bxe7 10. c4 Nf6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qe2 bxc4
14. Nxc4 d5 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. f3 Rad8 17. Bc2 e4 $36 {Ciganovic,N-Rukavina,D/
Rabac 2004}) 9... Bd7 {'?!' Finkel,A. Finkel,A: 'Radjabov doesn't react very
accurately. He was probably stunned with Ivanchuk's 9th move so his play
wasn't of the highest possible level!'} (9... Nf6 {Seems to be the critical
and obvious line, but perhaps Radjabov feared some sort of home preparation
from Ivanchuk.} 10. c4 {Consistent, defending the e4 pawn is too passive.} (10.
f3 d5 $1 {And black should have the better game.}) 10... Nxe4 11. cxb5 d5 (
11... Qa5 $6 12. Bd2 Nxd2 (12... Qb6 {Finkel,A} 13. Qf3 d5 14. Nxd5 Nxd2 15.
Nxb6 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Rb8 17. Nxc8 Nxc8 18. O-O-O $14 {Abrahamyan,T-Hahn,A/San
Diego 2004}) 13. Qxd2 {And here I can't find enough compensation for the pawn,
since axb5 is not really possible.} axb5 14. Bxb5+ Bd7 15. Nc4 $1 {And white
wins.}) (11... a5 $5 {Finkel,A} 12. Na6 d5 13. Qc2 Bxa6 14. bxa6 f5 $13) 12.
bxa6 Bd7 $1 {[%csl Gd5,Re1,Ge5] This key move gives black the better game, he
has lots of compensation for the pawn, in form of a mobile pawn center, and
inmediate tactical threats which are not so easy to parry. Also whites pieces
look rather clumsy.}) 10. c4 {Hitting the queenside pawn chain, this is whites
only way to continue.} a5 {Finkel,A: 'Now it's too late for Nf6:'} (10... Nf6 {
Finkel,A} 11. cxb5 Nxe4 12. Nxa6 d5 13. Bd3 Ng6 14. O-O Be7 15. Qb3 $16) 11.
Nbc2 Nf6 (11... b4 {'?!' Finkel,A. Came into consideration, and is rather
logical. Nb1 is very aweful, so probably...} 12. Nb5 Bxb5 13. cxb5 Nf6 {
When the position isn't really clear. Black controls much more of the center,
and white's b5 pawn might be weak. On the other hand white has the pair of
bishops, and he has that passed pawn on b5 which might be strong!} 14. Ne3 {
Finkel,A} Nxe4 15. b6 {[%cal Gf1b5]} Qxb6 16. f3 Nf6 17. Nc4 $18) 12. Nxb5 Bxb5
(12... Nxe4 {Was probably better.} 13. Qxd6 {Spectacular, but black probably
has enough for his pawn.} (13. Nxd6+ Nxd6 14. Qxd6 Nc6 15. Qd5 Qc7 $1 $44) (13.
Bd3 Bxb5 14. cxb5 d5 {Should also give black an ok game.}) 13... Bxb5 14. Qxd8+
Rxd8 15. cxb5 Nd5 {White's king is very shaky, and his development poor. Black
should have enough for his pawn deficit.}) 13. cxb5 Nxe4 14. Be3 {Here white
might have an advantage, because his development will soon be finished, and
the pair of bishops together with that passed pawn on the wing will guarantee
a good edge. Black's pawn center isn't enough this time, since it can't
advance too much, taking into consideration that black's king is still in the
center, just behind them.} d5 15. b6 f5 16. Qe2 $5 {'+/-' Finkel,A. Another
bizzare move, any mortal would have played:  Finkel,A: 'White has better
development, a adangerous passer and a better king. In Ivanchuk's hands we are
talking about the decisive advantage.'} (16. Bb5+ Kf7 17. f3 Nd6 (17... Nf6 18.
O-O $14 {with the idea of} d4 $6 19. Bc4+ Ned5 20. Bf2 Qxb6 21. f4 {With a
humongous initiative.}) 18. Bc6 $1 Nxc6 19. Qxd5+ Kg6 20. Qxc6 {When white is
simply a pawn up.}) 16... Kf7 (16... d4 17. Qb5+ Kf7 18. O-O-O $1 $16 {Is the
idea. Black's king is the one who turns out to be very weak!}) 17. O-O-O $1 {
A very nice move, Ivanchuk brings his rook to the center inmediately, and will
safeguard his king in the queen side, since black can't really organize
something in that flank.} Qd7 (17... Rb8 {I dont think this would change much.}
18. f3 Nf6 19. Kb1 $1 {Important move, with the idea of} d4 20. Bc1 $14 {
With strong preasure against blacks central pawns.}) 18. Kb1 Qe6 19. f3 {
Finally the knight is forced back.} Nd6 $6 {This sets white less problems then}
(19... Nf6 20. Qb5 (20. f4 {doesn't really work anymore} exf4 21. Bd4 {Bxf4?
Qxb6} Rb8 $1 {And Black shouldn't really be worse if he is allowed to
sacrifice an exchange on b6.}) 20... Rb8 21. g4 $1 fxg4 22. fxg4 Qxg4 23. Bd3
$16 {With a big initiative}) 20. f4 Nc4 21. fxe5 $18 {With the fall of the
proud pawn centre, hope is extinguised as well.} Rb8 22. g4 {Simple chess,
opening lines to the king.} f4 23. Qf3 g5 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. h4 Qc6 26. e6+ $1 {
The rest is pointless, notice how the bishop on f8 and the rook on h8 haven't
moved yet.} Kg6 27. Qf2 Qxe6 28. Bd4 Bg7 {a bit late} 29. hxg5 Rbd8 30. Rde1
Qd6 31. Bc5 Qd2 32. Re6+ {Strange, but entertaining game.} 1-0

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4128]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 {Die
Alternative 5.Nc3 ist beliebter, aber der junge ungarische Großmeister spielt
den Textzug gerne. Ribli.} d6 6. Bf4 {Die andere Möglichkeit wäre 6.c4 mit
weißem Raumvorteil, aber der Textzug provoziert die Schwächung des Feldes d5.}
e5 7. Be3 {[%csl Gd5]} Be7 {Ein relativ selten gespielter Zug.} (7... Nf6 $6 8.
Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd2 d5 $6 11. exd5 Bxd5 12. Bc4 $1 a6 13. Bxd5 axb5
14. Bb3 $6 (14. Ne4 $1 Be7 $8 15. c3 $16) 14... Nd4 $1 15. O-O (15. c3 $6 Nxb3
16. Qxb3 Qd3 $1) 15... Nxb3 16. axb3 $1 {1-0 Leko,P-Portisch,L/Magyarorszag 
(ch) 1997/Inf 71/[Leko,P] (52)}) (7... a6 {Dieser Zug ist die prinzipielle
Fortsetzung.}) 8. N1c3 (8. Nd2 Nf6 $5 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nc4 Nd4 $1
$146 (11... Be6 {- 46/(229)}) 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Bd3 d5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Nxd5
Qxd5 16. Ne3 Qc6 17. Qg4 g6 18. Qe4 Bg7 19. Qxc6 Nxc6 {1/2-1/2 Hansen,
S-Mortensen,E/Kobenhavn 1997/Inf 70 (19)}) 8... Nf6 9. Bg5 a6 {Wir haben eine
Stellung, die sehr typisch in der Sweschnikov-Variante der Sizilianische
Verteidigung (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5
a6) ist, aber in unserer Stellung hat Schwarz ein "Extra-Tempo", den Zug Be7.
In Wirklichkeit aber stände der Läufer besser auf f8, denn in diesem Fall kann
Schwarz in einigen Varianten ...Bg7 spielen.} 10. Bxf6 gxf6 {10...Bxf6 geht
nicht wegen 11.Nxd6+.} 11. Na3 f5 12. exf5 $1 $146 {Nach diesem starken
positionellen Zug hat Weiß die Strategie, auf den weißen Feldern zu spielen
und dazu wenn möglich die weißfeldrigen Läufer zu tauschen.} (12. Bc4 Nd4 (
12... fxe4 13. Qh5 O-O 14. O-O-O Nd4 15. Nxe4 Bf5 16. Bd5 Bg6 17. Qh3 Qa5 $36 {
Rodin,M-Shariyzdanov,A/RUS-sf/1995}) 13. Qh5 O-O 14. Bd5 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Bf5 16.
O-O Bg6 17. Qd1 Kh8 18. c3 Ne6 $15 {Polgar,J-Ivanchuk,V/Monaco rapid/1993})
12... Nd4 (12... Bxf5 13. Nd5 $1 {[%csl Gd5]}) 13. Nc4 (13. Bd3 $6 d5 $13)
13... Bxf5 14. Bd3 (14. Ne3 Bg6 (14... Be6) 15. Bd3 f5) 14... Be6 15. O-O $14 {
Weiß hat eine gesunde Stellung. Sein Standardplan ist Ne3 / Ncd5 und wenn
möglich c2-c3.} Rc8 16. Ne3 d5 (16... O-O 17. Ncd5 Bg5 18. c3 $16 {[%csl Gd5]})
17. Qh5 e4 (17... Qd6 18. Rad1 $14 {[%cal Gd1d6]}) 18. Be2 (18. Qe5 $4 Bf6 $19)
18... Nxe2+ (18... Bf6 19. Bg4 $14) 19. Nxe2 d4 $6 {Dieser aggressive Zug
hilft nur Weiß. Es wäre besser, die Entwicklung zu beenden, aber auch in
diesem Fall wäre die Stellung besser für Weiß.} (19... O-O 20. Rad1 $14) 20.
Nf5 (20. Nf4 Rc5 $1 (20... dxe3 21. Nxe6 $36) 21. Nxe6 Rxh5 22. Nxd8 {[%csl
Rd8]} dxe3 23. Nxb7 exf2+ 24. Rxf2 Rb5 {[%csl Rb7]}) 20... Rc5 (20... Bxf5 21.
Qxf5 Rxc2 22. Qxe4 d3 23. Nf4 $16 {[%csl Re8]}) (20... Bf6 21. Rad1 $36) 21.
Ng7+ Kd7 (21... Kf8 $2 22. Qh6 $18) 22. Nxe6 Rxh5 (22... fxe6 23. Qg4 $16) 23.
Nxd8 Rxd8 24. Rad1 {[%csl Rd4,Rd7]} Kc7 25. Rxd4 (25. Nxd4 Rhd5 26. c3 Bf6)
25... Rxd4 26. Nxd4 {Weiß besitzt einen Mehrbauern, sowie eine gesunde
Bauernstruktur, aber Schwarz entfaltet etwas Aktivität.} Bf6 {[%cal Gf6b2]} 27.
c3 Ra5 28. f3 $1 {[%cal Gf1f7]} (28. a3 Bxd4 29. cxd4 Ra4 30. Rd1 Kd6 $11)
28... Bxd4+ 29. cxd4 e3 (29... Rxa2 30. fxe4 Rxb2 31. Rxf7+ $16) 30. a3 $16 (
30. Re1 $2 Rxa2 31. Rxe3 Rxb2 32. Re7+ Kd6 33. Rxf7 a5 $17) 30... Rb5 31. b4 a5
32. bxa5 Kd6 {Schwarz hat schon zwei Bauern weniger, aber eine sehr aktive
Stellung, was besonders in Turmendspielen wichtig ist.} (32... Rxa5 33. Rc1+
Kd6 34. Rc3 Kd5 35. Rxe3 Kxd4 36. Re7 $16 {[%cal Re7b7,Re7h7]}) 33. Re1 Rb3 {
[%csl Gb3] Der schwarze Turm steht ausgezeichnet. Er verteidigt den e3-Bauern
und es hängt a3.} 34. Kf1 {[%csl Ra3] Weiß hat nichts besseres, er bekommt den
e3-Bauern für a3 und a5.} Rxa3 35. Ke2 Rxa5 36. Kxe3 Ra2 {[%cal Ra2h2]} 37. Rb1
(37. Re2 $5 Ra3+ 38. Ke4) 37... Rxg2 38. Rxb7 Rxh2 39. Rxf7 h5 40. Ke4 $138 {
Dramatischer Moment. Ivanchuk hatte hier noch 8 Minuten, überschritt aber die
Zeitkontrolle ohne Zug. Eine Runde zuvor hatte er gegen Adams, allerdings in
gewonnener Stellung(!), ebenso verloren.} (40. Ke4 h4 41. Rh7 $16 {Die
schwarze Stellung ist schwierig, aber in Turmendspielen gibt es immer Hoffnung.
}) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nb5 Qb8 6. c4 Nf6 7. N5c3 b6 $1
8. Be2 (8. f4 e5 $1) 8... Bb7 9. O-O e6 10. Be3 $1 (10. f4 $2 Bc5+ 11. Kh1 Nd4
$17) (10. a3 $6) 10... Bc5 11. Bxc5 bxc5 {><d4} 12. f4 d6 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Bd3
$13 Nd4 15. Qe1 $1 $132 Bc6 16. Rb1 (16. b3 $2 Qb4 $1 17. Rc1 a5 $40) 16... Re8
(16... a5 $142 17. Qh4 h6 $10) 17. Qh4 h6 18. Rf2 $1 {><b2} a5 19. Nf1 a4 20.
Re1 a3 $6 (20... Qd8 $1 $13) 21. b3 Qd8 (21... Qb4 22. Re3 $1 Nxb3 (22... Qxc3
23. e5 $16) 23. e5 $1 (23. axb3 $2 Qxc3 24. e5 a2 $19) 23... dxe5 24. fxe5 $16)
22. e5 (22. Ne3 $142 $14) 22... Nd7 (22... dxe5 23. fxe5 Nd7 24. Qf4 $5) 23.
Qh5 dxe5 24. fxe5 Rf8 {/\ Qg5} 25. Ne4 $1 (25. h4 $6 f5 $1 26. exf6 Rxf6 27.
Rxf6 Qxf6 $15) 25... Nf5 $1 {><e5} (25... Qe7 26. Nf6+ $1 $40) 26. Rxf5 $2 (26.
Neg3 Nxg3 27. Nxg3 $13) 26... exf5 27. Qxf5 Ra6 $1 $17 (27... Qe7 $4 28. Nf6+
$18) (27... g6 28. Qh3 $40) (27... Bxe4 28. Bxe4 g6 29. Qh3 $1 Ra7 (29... Ra6
30. Rd1 Re6 31. Qxh6 $44) 30. e6 $40) 28. Nfg3 (28. e6 fxe6 29. Qxe6+ Kh8 30.
Nd6 Qf6 $17) (28. Nd6 g6 29. Qf4 Qg5 30. Qxg5 hxg5 31. e6 fxe6 32. Rxe6 Rf6 33.
Re8+ Nf8 34. Rd8 Ra8 $17) (28. Ne3 $1 g6 29. Qf4 Bxe4 30. Bxe4 h5 $1 (30... Qg5
31. Qxg5 hxg5 32. Ng4 Re8 33. Bd5 Kg7 $15) 31. Rd1 Qe7 $17) 28... Bxe4 29. Nxe4
Qe7 $1 30. Nc3 g6 31. Nd5 Qh4 $1 32. Re4 Qxh2+ $1 33. Kxh2 gxf5 34. Ne7+ Kh8
35. Nxf5 Re6 36. Rh4 Nxe5 37. Be4 Kg8 $1 38. Kh3 (38. Bd5 $142) 38... Ng6 $19
39. Nxh6+ Kg7 40. Nf5+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "Bazna Kings 5th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2011.06.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2011.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Nge7 (8... Nf6 9. Bg5 {transposes to a Sveshnikov Sicilian.}) 9. c4 Nxd5 10.
cxd5 (10. Qxd5 Bd7) (10. exd5 Nd4 11. cxb5 Be7 12. Be3 Nf5 13. Bd2 e4 14. bxa6
O-O 15. Be2 Bf6 16. Nc4 Bxa6 17. O-O Nd4 18. Rc1 Bb5 19. Bc3 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2
Rxa2 21. Qxe4 {1/2-1/2 Carlsen,M (2690)-Radjabov,T (2729)/Wijk aan Zee 2007})
10... Nd4 11. Bd3 g6 12. Nc2 Bg7 13. O-O O-O 14. Be3 (14. Nxd4 exd4 15. a4 Bd7
{is about equal.}) 14... Kh8 15. Rc1 f5 16. f3 Bd7 17. Qd2 f4 18. Bf2 g5 {
Radjabov allows his opponent to win the pawn on d4, rightly assessing that
after the exchange of most of the pieces Black will be able to achieve a draw.}
19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Be2 Qb6 21. Rfd1 Rac8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. b4 ({After the game
Nakamura tried to look for an advantage by advancing the pawn on the kingside
with} 23. h4 {but Black still keeps the balance:} h6 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. g3 Be5
26. gxf4 gxf4 {and if} 27. Bd3 {(with the idea to run with the king to e2),
then Black even manages to take over the initiative with} Bh3 $1) (23. Kf1 {
deserves attention first, and if} b4 {then} (23... Be5 {is probably better.})
24. h4) 23... Be5 24. a3 Kg7 25. Kf1 Kf7 26. Ke1 Qc7 27. Bxd4 Bxd4 28. Qxd4
Qc3+ 29. Qxc3 Rxc3 30. Rd3 Rxd3 31. Bxd3 {White is a pawn up and as Nakamura
admitted at the press conference, he was quite optimistic during the game
about his chances here. But with accurate defence Black is able to achieve the
draw.} h5 32. g3 h4 $1 (32... Kf6 33. gxf4 gxf4 34. h4 $1 {looks risky for
Black, since unlike in the game he doesn't have the h5-square for the bishop.})
33. gxf4 gxf4 34. Kd2 Kf6 35. Kc3 Ke5 36. a4 Be8 37. Be2 Bd7 38. Bf1 Be8 39.
axb5 axb5 40. Kd3 ({After} 40. Bh3 {Black has the reply} Bh5 {That's why the
zugzwang ideas don't really work in this endgame.}) 40... Bd7 41. Ke2 Kd4 42.
Kd2 Ke5 ({There is no point for Black to go for} 42... Be8 43. Bh3 Kc4 44. Bc8)
43. Kd3 Bc8 44. Kc3 Bd7 45. Kd3 Bc8 46. Kc3 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 22nd"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2005.03.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 {A very rare guest in the
modern practice.} ({The main lines are:} 5... d6 6. c4 ({or} 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3
b5 8. Nd5) 6... Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3) 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qf6 8. Qd2 {
White opts for an agressive plan of development which connected with a
''fianchetto'' of Bc1. However,it looks like black has a sufficient resourses
of counterplay against that plan.} ({It's well known,that the endgame after:} 
8. Qxf6 Nxf6 9. Nc3 d5 {is O.K for black.}) (8. Qa3) (8. Qc7) ({and} 8. Qd1 Qg6
9. Nc3 Nge7 10. Be3 ({or} 10. h4)) 8... Nge7 9. Nc3 d6 {Black prepares a quick
development of his pieces.} ({Another possible continuation here is:} 9... Qg6
{preventing white from developing his Bf1.}) 10. b3 $146 {That logical move is
new according to my database. White is intending to complete the development
of his queen-side pieces in order to put pressure on Pd6.} ({The following
alternatives doesn't promise white anything special:} 10. Bc4 O-O 11. O-O Be6
12. Nd5 Qg6 13. f3 Rac8 14. Bd3 f5 15. Nxe7+ Nxe7 16. Qb4 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Bf5
$132 {0-1 Sax,G-Zecevic,D/Bizovac CRO 2005 (29)}) (10. Bd3 Be6 11. O-O Rd8 12.
Qg5 Qxg5 13. Bxg5 Nb4 14. Rfd1 f6 15. Be3 d5 16. Bb6 Rd7 17. exd5 Nexd5 18.
Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Ba5 Kf7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hort,V-Sosonko,G/Amsterdam 1980/MCL (31)})
10... O-O 11. Bb2 Be6 ({After} 11... b5 12. Bd3 Be6 13. O-O $14 {[%cal Gf2f4]
white's prospects looks a bit better.}) 12. Nd5 {That leads to a significant
simplifications.} ({More ambitious would be:} 12. O-O-O Nd4 (12... Rac8 13. Nd5
Bxd5 (13... Qg6 14. Bd3 $1 (14. Nxe7+ Nxe7 15. Qxd6 Qxe4 16. Bd3 Qf4+ 17. Kb1
Nc6 $132) 14... Qxg2 $140 15. Rhg1 Qh3 16. Nxe7+ Nxe7 17. f4 $36) 14. exd5 Nd4
15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Qxd4 Nxd5 17. Qxf6 Nxf6 18. Bd3 $14 (18. Rxd6 Ne4 19. Rd7
Nxf2 20. Rg1 Rcd8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Bc4 $14)) (12... a5 13. a3 Rac8 14. Nd5
Bxd5 15. exd5 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Qxd4 Qh6+ 18. Kb2 Rc5 {[%cal Gf8c8]} 19.
Qe4 Rfc8 20. c4 Qf6+ 21. Qd4 Nxd5 22. Be2 $14) 13. Ne2 (13. f4 Rac8 14. f5 Bd7
15. g4 Qh4 $132) 13... Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 (14. Bxe2 $6 Qxf2 15. Qxd6 Qxe2 $15)
14... Rfd8 $132) ({Ofcourse,} 12. Qxd6 $6 Rfd8 13. Qc5 Nd4 14. Bd3 Ng6 $36 {
is very dangerous for white.}) 12... Qh4 $1 {An accurate move which doesn't
allows white to play f2-f3 and practically forces him to exchenge the knights.}
(12... Qg6 $143 13. Nxe7+ Nxe7 14. f3 Rad8 15. Bd3 f5 16. O-O $14) 13. Nxe7+ ({
An interesting position could arise after:} 13. O-O-O $5 Qxe4 14. Nxe7+ Nxe7
15. Qxd6 (15. f3 $5 Qf5 (15... Qc6 16. Qxd6 Rac8 17. Qxc6 Nxc6 18. Bd3 $14) 16.
Qxd6 Nc6 17. Qd2 $132) 15... Nc6 16. f3 $132 {In my opinion,white has some
chances of getting an advantage due to pair of the bishops. That means,that
black should play very energetically in order to take advantage of his active
pieces.}) 13... Nxe7 14. Bd3 {A harmless continuation.} ({White could still
get a more complicated position after:} 14. O-O-O Qxe4 {--> see comments to 13.
0-0-0}) 14... d5 $1 {That typical advance is strong here,since black has some
development advantage.} ({Another active continuation was weaker:} 14... f5
$143 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. O-O (16. O-O-O Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Rxf2 18. Qxd6 Nc6 $132)
16... Rad8 17. Rae1 $14 {with some advantage of white due to preferablity of
the pawn structure.}) 15. Qe3 {That allows black to seize a space with a tempo,
but white intents to trade the queens.} ({Black is out of danger after} 15.
exd5 Bxd5 16. O-O-O Bxg2 17. Rhg1 Bf3 18. Bxe5 Ng6 $11) ({As well,black has
nothing to worry about after} 15. Qe2 Bg4 (15... d4 16. O-O Ng6 17. g3 Qg5 $132
) 16. Qe3 d4 17. Qg3 Qxg3 18. hxg3 Nc6 $11) 15... d4 {Restricting the Bc1.} 16.
Qg3 Qxg3 17. hxg3 Nc6 $11 {The endgame is quite acceptable for black,since
white's bishops are not powerful.} 18. c3 {That move is more or less forced,
since white has no other way of activating his dark-squared bishop.} ({Nothing
gives:} 18. f4 f6 $11) 18... Rfd8 19. Ke2 a5 $5 {A typical advance for that
pawn structures-black wants to simplify the position by exchanging the
queen-side pawns.} ({Possible was also:} 19... dxc3 20. Bxc3 Nd4+ 21. Ke3 Rd7
22. Rac1 (22. Rhd1 Rc8 23. Rac1 Rdc7 $11) 22... Rad8 23. Rhd1 Nc6 24. Be2 Rxd1
25. Rxd1 Rxd1 26. Bxd1 f6 $11) 20. cxd4 Nxd4+ 21. Ke3 a4 {A logical
continuation of black's idea.} ({Good enough was also:} 21... Rd7 22. Rac1 Rad8
23. Rhd1 f6 {For instance,} 24. Rd2 Kf7 25. f4 Ke7 26. fxe5 fxe5 27. Rc5 b6 28.
Rxe5 Nc2+ 29. Rxc2 Rxd3+ 30. Ke2 Rxg3 $11) 22. f4 f6 ({The alternative was:} 
22... axb3 23. axb3 ({after} 23. f5 bxa2 $1 (23... Bd7 24. axb3 Rxa1 25. Bxa1
Bc6 26. b4 $14) 24. fxe6 fxe6 {[%cal Gd4b3] black is not worse.}) 23... exf4+
24. gxf4 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Nxb3 26. Ra7 Nc5 27. Bc2 $44 {and white has an
excellent compensation for a pawn.}) 23. bxa4 ({An equal position would arise
also after:} 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Rh5 Nc6 $11) 23... Rxa4 {All black's pieces are
quite active,so white should be careful.} 24. Rhc1 Rxa2 ({Possible was also:} 
24... b6 25. Rc7 (25. a3 Nb3 26. Rc6 Bd7 27. Bc4+ Rxc4 28. Rxc4 Nxa1 $11) 25...
Rxa2 26. Rxa2 Bxa2 27. Rb7 Rd6 28. Ba3 Rc6 $11) 25. Rxa2 Bxa2 26. fxe5 fxe5 27.
Rc5 {That is the point-black cannot keep the extra pawn.} Nc6 {A correct
way-black should exchange one of white's bishops.} 28. Bxe5 Nxe5 29. Rxe5 {
White's position is a bit better due to activity of his king. Ofcourse,black
should easily hold on.} Kf8 30. Rh5 {Provoking black's next move in order to
advance the ''g'' pawn later.} (30. Rb5 Rd7 31. e5 Rd5 $11) 30... h6 31. Rb5
Rd7 32. g4 Be6 {Black has completely consolidated.} 33. g5 {So,white has
finally realized his idea-he exchanges one of his doubled pawns. At the same
time,now there is no much material on the board.} hxg5 34. Rxg5 Rc7 {An
additional accurate move-it's important to take control of ''c'' file.} ({
Less convincing would be:} 34... Kf7 $6 35. Rc5 {[%cal Gd3b5]} Re7 36. Kf4 $14)
35. Kd4 Kf7 36. Rb5 Rd7+ {Now allowing white to advance his monarch.} 37. Ke3
Rc7 38. Rb6 Ke7 39. Kd4 Bc8 {A passive,but sufficient way.} ({Now} 39... Rd7+
$6 {is inaccurate in view of:} 40. Ke5 {and white makes some progress.}) 40.
Bc4 Rc6 41. Rb2 Rg6 {Taking control of Pg2 and preparing b7-b6. The rook is
placed well at g6.} 42. Bd5 b6 43. g3 {White has no other way to activate his
rook.} ({Or} 43. Rf2 Be6 44. Rc2 Bxd5 45. exd5 Rg4+ 46. Ke5 Rg5+ $11) 43...
Rxg3 44. Rxb6 Rg1 45. Rb8 Bd7 46. Rb7 {White has ideally placed all his pieces,
but he has no additional resourses.} Kd8 47. Ra7 Rg2 {Black is just waiting!
He is not advancing the Pg7 in order to leave an opportinuty of checks...} 48.
Ke5 Rg5+ {And that comes!} 49. Kd6 Rg6+ 50. Kc5 Rg5 {Now the draw is obvious.}
51. Rb7 Rh5 52. Rb6 Rg5 53. Ra6 Ke7 54. Kd4 Rg1 55. Ra7 Kd8 56. Bc4 Rg4 57. Kd5
Rg6 58. Kc5 Rc6+ 59. Kd4 Rg6 {The position hasn't changed much since 47th move.
} 60. e5 Be6 61. Bb5 (61. Bxe6 {leads to a well-known drawn position after:}
Rxe6 62. Rxg7 Ra6 63. Kd5 Ke8 $11) 61... Rg1 {The last accuracy-it's important
to prevent white from advancing the king.} 62. Kc5 Rd1 63. Rxg7 ({After} 63.
Bc6 g5 $11 {black's passed Pg4 is not less dangerous than Pd5.}) 63... Rd5+ 64.
Kc6 Rxe5 65. Rh7 Rf5 66. Kd6 Rd5+ 67. Kxe6 Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch sf 58th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2005.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Galliamova, Alisa"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 ({Another
fashionable continuation here is-->} 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5) 6... Be7 7.
Be3 $5 {A very rare move in such a known theoretical position. White is
waiting with the development of the Nb1, leaving the square c3 for the second
knight.} ({The alternatives are:} 7. b3) (7. Be2) (7. Bd3) ({and} 7. N1c3 a6 8.
Na3) 7... f5 {A fashionable method of playing this variation. Pavel has a
serious experience of making that move after 7.b3.} (7... Be6 8. Qd2 (8. Be2 a6
9. N5c3 Bg5 10. Qd2 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 Nge7 12. Nd2 Nd4 13. Rc1 Nec6 14. O-O O-O $11
{1-0 Pilgaard,K-Ziska,B/Aarhus 1996/EXT 98 (41)}) 8... Nf6 (8... h6 {[%cal
Ge7g5]} 9. N1c3 a6 10. Na3 Bg5 11. Nc2 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Nf6 13. Rd1 $14) 9. f3 h6
10. N1c3 a6 11. Na3 Nd7 12. Be2 Rc8 13. Nc2 O-O 14. O-O $14 {1-0 Grischuk,
A-Markarov,A/Ufa 1996/EXT 2002 (48)}) 8. exf5 Bxf5 9. Bd3 $146 {A logical
continuation-the exchange of the light-squared bishops is usually in White's
favour due to the weakness of the light squares in Black's camp.} (9. N1c3 a6
10. Na3 Nf6 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rc1 Kh8 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 $14 {
1-0 Albert,K-Rajcsanyi,Z/Hungary 1994/TD (58)}) 9... Be6 ({After} 9... Bxd3 10.
Qxd3 Nf6 11. N5c3 O-O 12. O-O $14 {White has some strategical advatage.}) 10.
O-O Nf6 {Black has a comfortable development which compensates some drawbacks
of his pawn structure.} 11. Nd2 $6 {That shy move is not the best way to fight
for the advantage.} ({Much more logical would be:} 11. N1c3 $142 a6 (11... O-O
12. Nd5 $14) 12. Na3 O-O 13. Nd5 $1 {In my opinion, White has the better
chances. For instance,} e4 (13... Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qxd5
$14) 14. Bc2 {[%cal Ge3b6]} Bxd5 (14... Rc8 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxe4 Bxb2 17.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qc2+ $16) 15. cxd5 Ne5 (15... Nb4 $2 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Qd4 $16)
16. Qd4 Qd7 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Rae8 $14 {and Black has no sufficient
compensation for a pawn.}) 11... Qd7 $6 {That move is logical- Black is
connecting the rooks. However, he should play more energetically in order to
equalize.} ({More to the point was:} 11... O-O $142 12. Rc1 Nb4 $1 (12... d5
13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bc4 {[%cal Gd2e4]} Bf7 15. Qe2 $14) 13. Bb1 d5 14. cxd5 Nbxd5
$11 {and Black's position is by no means worse.}) 12. Rc1 O-O ({Now} 12... d5 {
doesn't solve all the problems:} 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bc4 O-O 15. Ne4 $14) 13. Ne4
$1 {It's important to swap the knights in order to take control of the light
squares.} Kh8 {A useful prophylactic move.} ({The alternatives were hardly
better:} 13... Nxe4 14. Bxe4 a6 15. Na3 (15. Qh5 $2 Rf5 $3 16. Bxf5 Bxf5 {
[%cal Gf5g4]} 17. Nc7 g6 18. Qxf5 gxf5 19. Nxa8 Qd8 20. Nb6 f4 $19) 15... Rac8
16. Qd3 $14) (13... Nb4 14. Nxf6+ Rxf6 15. Bb1 a6 (15... Bxc4 16. Rxc4 Qxb5 17.
Rh4 $36) 16. Na3 Raf8 17. Qe2 $14) 14. Nxf6 Rxf6 15. Bg5 $6 {I don't see the
reason for swapping the dark-squared bishops, as it will weaken the square d4.}
({It was the right moment for delivering the knight:} 15. Nc3 {[%cal Gc3d5]}
Raf8 16. Nd5 R6f7 17. Qh5 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 19. Qg4 $14) 15... Rff8 16. Bxe7
Qxe7 17. Be4 (17. Qh5 Bg8 $11) 17... Rad8 18. Qd3 a6 19. Nc3 Qh4 $11 {[%csl
Rd4][%cal Gc6d4] Finally Black has successfully solved his problems.} 20. Rcd1
Rf6 {That is not a serious mistake yet, but the idea of delivering the rook to
the king-side is pointless.} ({I would prefer:} 20... Nd4 $5 21. Bxb7 $140 $4
Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Nf3+ $19 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gh4c4]}) 21. b3 Nd4 $2 {That sacrifice
was probably connected with wrong calculations.} ({At the same time Black
could get normal play due to control of the square d4:} 21... Rd7 $142 22. Nd5
(22. Rd2 Nd4 23. Ne2 d5 24. cxd5 Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 $11) 22... Rh6 23. h3 Rf7
$132 {[%cal Gc6d4]}) 22. Bxb7 {White accepts the challenge, since his king is
quite safe.} Bg4 $2 {A loss of time.} ({Better was:} 22... Rdf8 $142 23. Qg3
Qh5 24. Be4 $16 {and the activity of Black's pieces makes White's task much
more difficult.}) 23. f3 Rh6 $6 {A desperation! Black has no compensation for
the pawn, so he tries to complicate matters.} ({Of course, after} 23... Bf5 24.
Qd2 (24. Be4 Rh6 25. Bxf5 Qxh2+ 26. Kf2 Qh4+ 27. Kg1 Qh2+ $11) 24... Rh6 25. g3
Qh3 26. Rf2 $18 {White's position is winning from a technical point of view,
but at least Black is only a pawn down.}) 24. fxg4 Qxh2+ 25. Kf2 Rf8+ ({
Nothing changes} 25... Rf6+ 26. Ke1 Rxf1+ 27. Qxf1 Qg3+ 28. Kd2 $18) 26. Ke3
$18 {The king feels quite safely in the centre! Black is unable to create any
threats, so he remains a piece down.} Rhf6 27. Rxf6 Rxf6 28. Kd2 Qh6+ (28...
Rf2+ 29. Kc1 Qf4+ 30. Kb1 $18) 29. Qe3 Rf2+ 30. Kd3 Qh4 31. Rh1 ({After} 31.
Rh1 Qxh1 32. Qxf2 $18 {white is just a piece up.}) 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1999.07.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bryson, Douglas Marshall"]
[Black "Arakhamia Grant, Ketevan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Rowson,J"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1999.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. Bd3 Be6 8. O-O
a6 9. N5c3 Bg5 (9... Nf6 $5 10. Nd5 Nd7 11. Nbc3 $14) 10. Nd2 Nge7 11. Nd5 O-O
12. b3 f5 $6 {This seems to be asking for too much too soon.} (12... Nd4 $5 13.
Bb2 Nxd5 $6 (13... Nec6 $1 $11) 14. exd5 $1 Bd7 15. f4 Qb6 16. c5 $18 (16. fxg5
Nxb3+ 17. Kh1 Nxa1 18. Bxa1 $16)) 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Ba3 Bxd2 15. Qxd2 Ncd4 16.
Be4 Kh8 17. Rae1 Rc8 18. f4 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Qb6 20. Kh1 Rf6 21. g4 Ne7 22. Bg2
Qc7 $2 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Rxf6 gxf6 25. Bxe7 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.01.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be6 9. Bd3 Bg5 10. O-O Bxc1 11. Rxc1 Nf6 12. Nc2 O-O 13. Qd2 $5 {TN} (13. b4
Rc8 14. Nd5 $14 {Novik,M-Milov,V USSR,1990}) 13... Qb6 14. Kh1 Rac8 15. b3 Nd4
$2 (15... Rfd8 $142 {/\Nc6-e7-g6}) 16. Ne3 Qa5 $6 17. f4 $1 $16 exf4 (17... b5
18. f5 bxc4 19. fxe6 $1 cxd3 20. e7 Rfe8 21. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 22. Ned5 Kg7 23. Rf1
$40) 18. Rxf4 (18. Ned5 $142 $1 Qd8 (18... Bxd5 19. exd5 $16 {><d4}) 19. Qxf4
$16) 18... Qg5 19. Rcf1 (19. Qf2 Nh5 20. Rh4 f5 21. exf5 Nxf5 $132) 19... Nh5
20. R4f2 Nc6 21. Qe2 Qh6 22. Kg1 Rce8 23. Ncd5 Bxd5 24. Nf5 $1 Qg6 25. cxd5 Ne5
26. Bc2 $1 {/\ Bd1} Ng4 $8 27. Rf3 (27. e5 Nxf2 28. Qxf2 Rxe5 29. Ne7+ Rxe7 30.
Bxg6 hxg6 {does not yield anything to white}) 27... Re5 28. Qd2 $1 Nh6 29.
Nxh6+ $6 (29. Rh3 $1 Kh8 30. Qd1 $1 Nf6 (30... Ng4 $142 $16) 31. Nxh6 gxh6 32.
Rg3 Rg5 33. e5 $18) 29... Qxh6 30. Qxh6 gxh6 31. g4 (31. Rc3 $142 $14) 31...
Ng7 32. Rf6 Ne8 33. Rxh6 Kg7 34. Rh3 Nf6 35. Rc3 Rg5 $1 36. h3 h5 37. Rf5 Rxf5
38. gxf5 Nd7 39. Rc7 Ne5 40. Bd1 h4 $44 41. Bg4 Kf6 42. Rxb7 Rc8 43. Rb6 Kg5
44. Rxa6 Kf4 45. b4 Rc1+ 46. Kh2 (46. Kf2 $4 Nxg4+ 47. hxg4 h3 $19) 46... Rc2+
47. Kg1 Rc1+ 48. Kh2 Rc2+ 49. Kg1 Rb2 50. Rxd6 Rxb4 51. Ra6 Rb1+ 52. Kh2 Rb2+
53. Kg1 Rb1+ 54. Kh2 Rb2+ 55. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wichern op 5th"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1999.10.17"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Joecks, Christian"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Sander,R"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1999.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bc4 a6 7. N5c3 Nf6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Bb3 Bg4 11. Qd3 Rc8 12. Nd2 Nd4 13. Rfe1 Nh5 14. Be3 Bg5
15. Bxd4 Nf4 16. Qg3 exd4 17. Qxg4 dxc3 18. bxc3 Nxg2 19. Red1 Nf4 20. Nf3 $2 {
[%mdl 8192] Jetzt folgt ein Damenfang auf vollem Brett:} h5 21. Qf5 g6 {#} 0-1

[Event "Batumi FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2016.04.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 {The so-called
Kalashnikov-Variation.} d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7 ({More common is} 7... b5) 8.
Nc4 b5 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. Bd3 (10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 b4 12. Ncd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bg5 14.
Bxg5 Qxg5 15. O-O Be6 16. Nc7 Rad8 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Qd3 a5 19. c3 Qe7 20. a4
Kh8 21. Rfd1 bxc3 22. bxc3 Qa7 23. Rd2 Ne7 24. Rb1 d5 25. Rb5 Qc7 26. Qc2 dxe4
27. Bxe4 h6 28. Re2 Nd5 29. c4 Nb4 30. Qc3 Rd4 31. c5 Qd8 32. c6 Nd5 33. Qc5
Qf6 34. Rb1 Nf4 {1/2-1/2 (34) Morozevich,A (2711) -Moiseenko,A (2692) Berlin
2015}) 10... Nb4 11. Be2 Be6 ({The most popular line is} 11... O-O 12. O-O Be6
13. a3 Nc6 {z.B.:} 14. Ned5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nd4 16. Bd3 Rc8 17. Be3 Qd7 18. Bxd4
exd4 19. Ne2 Rc5 20. Nxd4 Rxd5 21. c3 g6 22. Qf3 Rh5 23. Rfe1 $16 {1/2-1/2 (73)
Choisy,M (2182)-Benmesbah,N (2199) Montpellier 2015}) 12. a3 Nc6 13. Ned5 {
A new move.} (13. O-O {would have transposed to the main line.}) 13... Nd4 14.
Bd3 O-O 15. Be3 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bg5 17. c3 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Nc6 19. O-O $14 Ne7 20.
a4 bxa4 (20... Qb6 $5) (20... Rb8 $5) 21. Rxa4 a5 22. Bc4 Bd7 23. Ra2 Bc6 24.
Qd3 Qc7 25. b3 h6 26. f3 Kh8 27. Rd1 Rad8 28. Rda1 Ra8 29. Kh1 f5 $6 ({Black
is impatient and gives material to get counterplay. But it might have been
better to remain passive to see how White wants to improve her position.} 29...
Bb7 $5) 30. exf5 d5 31. Bxd5 Bxd5 32. Nxd5 Nxd5 33. Qxd5 Qxc3 34. h3 Rad8 35.
Qxa5 Qxb3 36. Qxe5 $18 {Now White is two pawns up.} Rd5 37. Qe6 {[#]} Qb5 $2 {
Now the rook on d5 is no longer pinned - but White can win immediately.} 38. f6
{Possible because Black no longer has ...Rd1+ winning the queen.} Rxf6 39. Ra8+
Kh7 40. Qg8+ Kg6 41. R8a7 Rd7 42. Qe8+ Rff7 43. Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2003.02.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vokarev, Sergey"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "Shabalov,A"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2003.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Nce7 9. c4 Nxd5 10. exd5 bxc4 11. Nxc4 Nf6 12. Be2 Be7 13. Be3 Rb8 14. a4 O-O
15. O-O Rb4 $5 {This variation is currently in deepest crisis and the last
move is another attempt to bring it back to life. Other moves here
historically are 15...Bf5 and 15...Bb7. The latter received a fair beating
lately in} (15... Bb7 16. Nb6 Nd7 17. a5 f5 18. f3 Nxb6 19. Bxb6 Qd7 20. b4 Bd8
21. Be3 Bf6 22. Rb1 Rbc8 23. b5 axb5 24. Rxb5 e4 25. fxe4 Rfe8 26. Rb4 Bc3 27.
Bb5 Qd8 28. Bxe8 Bxb4 29. Bc6 Ba6 30. Rxf5 Bxa5 31. h3 Rb8 32. Kh2 g6 33. Bg5
Qc7 34. Rf3 Rb4 35. Bh6 Rb8 36. Qa1 Be2 37. Rf2 Bd3 38. Qf6 {1-0 Karjakin,
S-Shirov,A/Benidorm ESP 2002(38).}) 16. a5 $1 {Probably the best move. The
main idea of 15...Rb4 was revealed in the game below, that was played only a
week before} (16. Bd2 Nxd5 $1 {That's the point. For an exchange black gets
two bishops, a knight on d4 and a moveable center.} 17. Bxb4 Nxb4 18. Qd2 Nc6
19. Ne3 Nd4 20. Bc4 Bg5 21. Qd3 Qb6 22. a5 Qa7 23. Kh1 h6 24. b4 Kh8 25. Rad1
Qb7 26. Qc3 Bd7 27. Bd5 Qb8 28. Qb2 f5 29. Nc4 Ba4 {and black was much better
but he blundered and lost 10 moves later} 30. Ra1 Bb5 $17 {1-0 Motylev,
A-Shabalov,A/Bermuda 2003 (41)}) 16... Bb7 {The origin of the 16.a5 novelty
was quite a mystery to me until Motylev joined our postmortem...} (16... Rb5 {
leads to transposition if white opts for} 17. Nb6 Rxb2 18. Bd3 {and black has
nothing better than} Bb7 19. Bc4) 17. Nb6 Rxb2 18. Bc4 Qb8 19. Qd3 Bd8 20. Qc3
Rxb6 (20... Bxb6 21. Qxb2 (21. axb6 Rc8) 21... Bxe3 22. fxe3 Qa8 23. Rfd1 $16)
21. axb6 (21. Bxb6 Qa8 {Black is ok.}) 21... Nxd5 22. Qb3 Qa8 23. Rfb1 $6 {
This is where white let's his opponent off the hook.} (23. Bxd5 $1 Bxd5 24.
Rxa6 Qxa6 25. Qxd5 h6 26. Qxd6 {led to a technically winning position.}) 23...
Nxe3 24. fxe3 Bg5 {All of a sudden black gets a new lease of life. He is not
really worse and develops his initiative really fast in white's time trouble.}
25. Ra5 h6 26. Rb2 Qc8 27. Re2 Qg4 28. Raa2 Qe4 {The rest of the moves before
the time control are time-trouble driven.} (28... a5 $5 {is a Fritz
recomendation, threatening to disrupt white pieces coordination with a4}) 29.
Rad2 Rc8 30. Bxf7+ Kh8 31. h3 Rc1+ 32. Rd1 Bxe3+ 33. Kh1 Rxd1+ (33... Qc6 {
Cold winning the b6 pawn led to a huge black's advantage.}) 34. Qxd1 Qf4 35.
Be6 d5 {This leads to a forced draw.} ({Black was still holding an upper hand
after} 35... Bc5 $17) 36. Re1 Qg3 37. Rf1 Bf4 38. Rxf4 Qxf4 39. Bxd5 Bxd5 40.
Qxd5 Qf1+ 41. Kh2 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yalta op"]
[Site "Yalta"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sulypa, Oleksandr"]
[Black "Mochalov, Evgeny Veniaminovic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Nce7 9. c4 Nxd5 10. exd5 (10. Qxd5 Be6 11. Qb7 Nf6 12. cxb5 Rb8 $1 13. Qxa6 d5
14. Nc2 Ra8 15. Qc6+ Bd7 16. Qc3 Rc8 $1 $44 {Bologan,V-Sveshnikov,E/Riga op/
1995/}) 10... bxc4 (10... Nf6 $6 11. cxb5 Be7 12. Bc4 O-O 13. O-O Ne4 14. Qe2
f5 15. bxa6 Qa5 16. f3 Nf6 17. Bd2 Qb6+ 18. Be3 Qa5 19. a7 $16 {Kaiumov,
D-Kiselev,S/Cheliabinsk/1993/}) 11. Nxc4 f5 $5 {N/} (11... Nf6 12. Be3 (12. Bd2
$5 a5 (12... Nxd5 $5) 13. Be3 Rb8 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. f4 e4 16. Qd2 a4 17. Ba7 $1
Rb5 18. Bd4 $14 {Velimirovic,D-Gostisa,L/YUG/1990/}) 12... Rb8 13. a4 Be7 14.
Be2 O-O 15. O-O Bb7 16. Nb6 Ne4 17. a5 $16 {Grosar,A-Sveshnikov,E/Bled/1990/})
(11... Be7 12. Bd2 a5 13. Qa4+ Bd7 14. Qa3 Qb8 15. Bxa5 Nf6 16. Bc7 Qb7 17.
Nxd6+ Bxd6 18. Qxd6 Nxd5 19. Rc1 $8 Qxb2 20. Qxe5+ Qxe5+ 21. Bxe5 O-O 22. Rc5
Nb6 23. Bd3 Rxa2 $10 {Arnason,J-Gausel,E/Reykjavik/1990/}) 12. Bd2 $1 a5 $1 (
12... Rb8 13. Ba5 Qf6 14. Rc1 $1 $16) 13. Qa4+ Bd7 14. Qa3 Qb8 (14... Bb5 15.
Nxd6+ $18) 15. Bxa5 Nf6 (15... Ra7 $5) 16. Rd1 (16. Bc7 $2 Qb7 $8 17. Nxd6+
Bxd6 18. Qxd6 Nxd5 (18... Kf7 $1 19. b4 (19. Qb6 Qxb6 20. Bxb6 Rhb8 $36) 19...
Rhc8 20. Ba5 (20. Rc1 Ra7) 20... Rxa5 $1 21. bxa5 Qb2 22. Rd1 Qc3+ 23. Rd2
Qxd2+ $19) 19. Rc1 Qxb2 20. Qxe5+ Qxe5+ 21. Bxe5 $16) 16... Be7 (16... Kf7 $5)
17. Qb4 (17. Bc7 $6 Qb7 18. Nxd6+ Bxd6 19. Qxd6 Kf7 20. b4 Rxa2 $36) 17... O-O
18. Qxb8 Rfxb8 $44 19. b4 (19. Be2 Rb5 $1 $132) 19... Ba4 20. Rd2 Rxa5 $1 (
20... Ne4 21. Rb2) 21. Nxa5 (21. bxa5 $2 Rb1+ 22. Ke2 Bb5 $36) 21... Rxb4 22.
Nb3 $1 Bxb3 23. axb3 Rxb3 24. Bd3 e4 25. Bc2 Rb2 (25... Rc3 26. O-O Ng4 $10)
26. O-O Bd8 27. Rb1 Rxb1+ 28. Bxb1 Bb6 29. Rb2 Bc5 $10 30. Kf1 Kf7 31. f3 (31.
Rb7+ $5 Kg6 32. f3 exf3 33. gxf3 $36) 31... exf3 32. gxf3 g6 33. Rb7+ Kg8 34.
Bd3 Bd4 35. Bb5 Be5 36. Kg1 Kh8 37. Bc6 Nh5 38. Bd7 Nf6 39. Be6 Nh5 40. Rf7 Nf6
41. Re7 Bf4 42. Kg2 Be5 43. Rb7 Nh5 44. Rf7 Nf4+ 45. Kf1 Nh5 46. Re7 Nf4 47.
Bf7 Nh5 48. Kg1 Kg7 49. Be6+ Kh8 50. Bc8 Kg8 51. Be6+ Kh8 $10 52. Rf7 Nf4 53.
Kf1 Nh5 54. h3 Nf6 55. h4 Nh5 56. Kg2 Nf4+ 57. Kf2 Bd4+ 58. Kf1 Be5 59. Rd7 Nh5
60. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Women-ch k.o."]
[Site "Teheran"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Black "Tan, Zhongyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "Silver,A"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2017.02.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "600+10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qe7 8.
Qd1 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bg5 Qe6 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Qd2 b5 13. a4 Bb7 14. Bxf6 Qxf6
15. axb5 axb5 16. O-O b4 17. Nb5 Nc6 18. Bc4 Ba6 19. Rfd1 Bxb5 20. Bxb5 Nd4 21.
Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Bxd7 Rd8 23. Bg4 Nf3+ 24. Bxf3 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 g6 26. h3 Qa6 27. b3
Qa1+ 28. Bd1 Kg7 29. Rd3 Qc1 30. Kf1 Qf4 31. f3 h5 32. Rd7 Qe3 33. Rd3 Qc5 34.
h4 Qe7 35. g3 g5 36. hxg5 Qxg5 37. Kf2 h4 38. gxh4 Qxh4+ 39. Ke2 Qh2+ 40. Ke1
Qg3+ 41. Kd2 {This is but one of the crucial moments that might have led to a
very different outcome in the tiebreaks by giving Harika Dronavalli a chance
to turn it around. Black has an easy draw here by repetition. The times were
low, but not dramatically so, and both had a few minutes left on their clocks
from the initial 10+10 they started with.} Qf2+ {There is nothing inherently
wrong with this move, and it does not change the evaluation in any way, but
Black only needs a draw to qualify for the finals being one game up in this
mini-match.} (41... Qf4+ {would lead to an immediate perpetual check.} 42. Ke1
Qg3+ 43. Kd2 (43. Ke2 Qh2+ {etc.}) 43... Qf4+ {and they repeat or White plays}
44. Re3 Kh6 45. Be2 Kg5 46. Bc4 Kh4 47. Kd3 Qg5 48. Bd5 {and the queen
invasion with the aid of the king is now winning.} (48. Bxf7 {would lose after}
Qg1 49. Z0 {The threat of} (49. Kd2 Qh2+ 50. Kd3 Qf2 {the bind is absolute,
White's king cannot move away from the rook, and if the rook moves, Qxf3+ wins
the bishop. So} 51. Bd5 Kg3 52. c3 (52. c4 Qb2) 52... Kf4 53. Re2 Qxf3+ 54. Kd2
bxc3+ 55. Kd1 c2+ {and it is over.}) 49... Qd1+ 50. Kc4 Qd4+ 51. Kb5 Qxe3 {
is decisive.}) 48... Qg1) 42. Kc1 Qe1 43. Kb2 f6 44. Kc1 Kg6 45. c3 bxc3 46.
Kc2 Qf2+ 47. Kxc3 Qa2 {Black completely panicked and lost the thread of the
game, and then the game itself.} 48. b4 Qa3+ 49. Kc4 Qc1+ 50. Kb5 f5 51. Bb3 f4
52. Bc4 Qb2 53. Kc5 Qf2+ 54. Kc6 Qc2 55. Kd5 Qf2 56. b5 Qb6 57. Kxe5 Qc5+ 58.
Bd5 Qe7+ 59. Kd4 Qb4+ 60. Bc4 Qb2+ 61. Kc5 Qe5+ 62. Rd5 Qc7+ 63. Kb4 Qe7+ 64.
Rc5 Qd6 65. Bd5 Kg5 66. e5 Qg6 67. Be4 Qe6 68. Rc6 Qe7+ 69. Kc4 Qf7+ 70. e6 Qa7
71. b6 Qa4+ 72. Kc5 Qa3+ 73. Kb5 Kf6 74. b7 Qb3+ 75. Ka6 Ke7 76. Ka7 Qe3+ 77.
Rb6 Qa3+ 78. Ra6 Qc5+ 79. Ka8 {The queen of tiebreaks had obtained yet another
stay of execution.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Poluljahov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Smirin,I"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. c4 Qe5 6. Nb5 Qxe4+ 7. Be2 (7.
Be3 Qe5 8. N1c3 a6 9. Nd5 axb5 10. f4 Qb8 11. Bb6 f5 $5 (11... d6 12. cxb5 Nd8
13. Nc7+ Kd7 14. Nxa8 Qxa8 15. Bc4 $36) 12. Nc7+ Kf7 13. Nxa8 Qxa8 14. cxb5 e6
$8 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Be2 Bb4+ 17. Kf2 Nf6 $44 {1/2-1/2 Sion Castro,M-Pogorelov,
R/Pamplona op 1995 (20)}) 7... Qe5 8. g3 Qb8 9. Bf4 e5 10. Be3 Bb4+ (10... d6
11. O-O Nf6 12. N1c3 a6 13. Na3 Bh3 14. Re1 Be7 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Na7 17.
Nc4 Nc8 18. Bg4 Bxg4 19. Qxg4 $44 O-O 20. Bh6 Bf6 21. Nd2 Nb6 22. Ne4 Qd8 23.
Re3 $1 $16 {[%cal Ge3f3] Shetty,R-Salov,S/Calcutta op 1993/1-0 (65)}) 11. N1c3
a6 12. Na3 Nf6 13. O-O d6 ({After} 13... Bxc3 $5 14. bxc3 d6 $15 {[%csl Ra3]
white doesn't have any visible compensation for sacrifised pawn.}) 14. Qd3 O-O
15. Na4 Nd7 (15... Bh3 16. Rfd1 e4 (16... Nd7 17. Nc2 Nc5 18. Nxc5 dxc5 (18...
Bxc5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. g4 $18 {[%csl Rh3]}) 19. a3 Rd8 20. Qe4 Ba5 21. Bxc5 $14
) 17. Qb3 Bg4 18. Bxg4 Nxg4 19. Nb6 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Qc7 21. Nxa8 Rxa8 22. Nc2 Bc5
23. Nd4 $14) 16. Nc2 Nc5 17. Qd1 Bh3 (17... Nxa4 18. Nxb4 Nxb4 (18... Nxb2 $2
19. Qb3 $16 {[%csl Rb2]}) 19. Qxa4 Nc6 20. Rfd1 Be6 21. Bb6 $44 {[%cal Ga4a3]})
18. Nb6 Bxf1 19. Bxf1 Ne6 (19... Ra7 20. Nd5 $1 Ba5 21. b4 Nxb4 22. Ncxb4 $16)
20. Nxa8 Qxa8 21. Nxb4 Nxb4 22. Qxd6 $14 Nc6 (22... Nc2 23. Rc1 Nxe3 24. fxe3
Qb8 25. Qxb8 Rxb8 26. c5 Rc8 27. c6 $16 {Strong bishop and passing "a" pawn
makes whites position clear better.}) 23. Bb6 a5 24. Rd1 h6 25. Qd7 (25. f4 $5
exf4 26. gxf4 {[%cal Gf4f5,Gf5f6]} Qb8 27. f5 Qxd6 28. Rxd6 $16) 25... Ned4 26.
c5 $6 {Activating the lightsquare bishop,but bishop b6 now completly out of
play.Deserved attention} (26. f4 $5 Re8 27. fxe5 Nxe5 28. Qd5 $14) 26... Re8
27. Bc4 Re7 28. Qg4 Kh8 29. Kg2 Qe8 30. Qh5 Qf8 $132 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Gf7f5,
Ge5e4,Gf5f4]} 31. a3 (31. b3 $5 {[%cal Ga2a3]}) 31... a4 32. Bd5 f5 33. Qg6 Qc8
34. Bxc6 $2 {It wasn't necessary to change strong lightsquare bishop.After
normal} (34. Bc4 e4 35. Ba5 $1 {[%cal Ga5c3] white is O.K}) 34... Nxc6 $15 {
[%csl Rb6]} 35. Rd6 Qf8 36. Rd5 Rf7 37. Qd6 Qe8 38. Kf1 f4 39. Kg2 $138 e4 $1
$40 40. gxf4 Rf6 41. Qc7 $2 (41. Qd7 $8 Qg6+ 42. Kf1 Rxf4 $17 {[%cal Ge4e3]}
43. Bc7 Rf3 $36) 41... e3 $1 $19 {[%cal Re8e4,Ge3e2]} 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kuporosov, Viktor"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[Annotator "Smirin,I"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be6 9. Be2 Bg5 10. Nc2 Bxc1 11. Rxc1 Nf6 12. O-O O-O 13. Qd2 Qb8 (13... Qd7 14.
Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Qe3 Qe8 16. a3 Rac8 17. Rd2 Rc7 18. Rcd1 Qe7 19. h3 h6 20. Na4
$14 {[%cal Ga4b6] Mokry,K-Schmittdiel,E/BL2-S 1994/1-0 (71)}) 14. Rfd1 (14. Qe3
Qa7 15. Qxa7 Nxa7 16. f3 Rac8 17. Ne3 Nc6 18. Ncd5 Nd7 19. Kf2 Rfe8 20. Rfd1
Nd4 $11 {Dolmatov,S-Sveshnikov,E/Moscow Alekhine op 1992/1/2-1/2 (49)}) 14...
Rd8 15. f3 (15. Qe3 Qa7 16. Qxa7 Rxa7 17. f3 Raa8 18. Nd5 Kf8 19. Bf1 Rac8 20.
Kf2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Almasi,Z-Milov,V/Buenos Aires Najdorf 1996}) 15... Qa7+ 16.
Kh1 Rac8 17. Nd5 {In arising pawn structure white has some space advantage,but
"d6"pawn already not a weakness and black has good chanses to equalize after
rook exchanges on "c"file.} Bxd5 (17... Nd7 18. Nce3 {[%cal Gb2b4]}) 18. cxd5
Ne7 19. Ne3 h6 20. g3 {[%cal Ge2f1,Gf1h3]} Qb8 21. a4 (21. Bf1 {[%cal Gf1h3]}
Rxc1 $8 22. Rxc1 Rc8) 21... Nd7 22. b4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Bf1 Rxc1 25. Qxc1
Qa7 $5 (25... Kf8 {[%cal Gf8e8,Ge8d8,Rb8c7]} 26. Bh3 Ke8 27. f4 $14) 26. Bh3 b5
27. axb5 axb5 28. Bf1 (28. Nf5 $6 Nxf5 29. Bxf5 Nb6 (29... g6 $2 30. Bxd7 Qxd7
31. Qc6 Qh3 32. Kg1 Qh5 33. Kg2 $18) 30. Qc6 g6 31. Bc8 Qa1+ 32. Kg2 Qb2+ 33.
Kh3 Nxc8 34. Qxc8+ Kg7 $17 {[%csl Rb4]}) 28... Qb6 29. Qc3 Nb8 30. Kg2 Na6 {
[%cal Ra6b4]} 31. Nc2 Nc7 32. Na3 (32. f4 exf4 33. gxf4 f5 $15 {[%csl Rd5]})
32... f5 (32... Nc8 $2 {[%cal Gc8a7]} 33. Nxb5 $18) 33. Qd3 fxe4 34. fxe4 Kh7 {
[%csl Re4][%cal Ge7g8,Gg8f6]} 35. Nxb5 Nxb5 36. Qxb5 Qd4 ({After} 36... Qxb5
37. Bxb5 Nc8 {[%cal Gc8b6] black has some chanses to keep the endgame}) 37. Qc4
Qb2+ 38. Kg1 Ng8 $1 $132 {[%cal Gg8f6,Gf6g4]} 39. Bh3 Qb1+ 40. Kg2 Qb2+ 41. Kg1
({White could try to play for a win after} 41. Kf3 $5 Qa3+ (41... Qxh2 42. Bf5+
Kh8 (42... g6 43. Qc7+ Kh8 44. Bxg6 Qh1+ 45. Ke2 Qg2+ 46. Kd1 Qf1+ 47. Kc2 $18)
) 42. Ke2 Qb2+ 43. Kd3 Qxh2 44. Bf5+ g6 45. Qc7+ Kh8 46. Be6 Qxg3+ 47. Kc4 Qf2
$1 {[%csl Ga6,Gc8]} 48. Qf7 Qe2+ 49. Kb3 Qd3+ 50. Ka4 Qa6+ $11) 41... Qb1+ 42.
Kg2 Qb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Belov} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 (
7. Be2 {Belov} Be6 8. O-O h6 9. b3 a6 10. N5c3 Bg5 11. Nd2 Nd4 12. Bb2 Ne7 $10
{Wolff,P-Anand,V/Biel(izt)/1993/}) (7. b3 {Belov} Nf6 8. Bd3 Bg4 9. f3 Be6 10.
Be3 Nh5 11. O-O Nf4 12. Kh1 O-O 13. N5c3 Bg5 $10 {Yakovich,Y-Shcherbakov,R/
St-Peterburg(zt)/1993/0,5/15/}) (7. Bd3 {Belov} Nf6 8. N1c3 a6 9. Na3 Bg4 10.
f3 Be6 11. Nc2 O-O 12. Be3 Nh5 13. g3 Bg5 14. Qd2 $14 {Cseshkovsky,V-Kharlov,A/
St-Peterburg(zt)/1993/0,5/41/}) 7... a6 8. Na3 Be6 9. Nc2 (9. Nd5 {Belov} Rc8
10. Be3 Bg5 11. Bb6 Qd7 12. Be2 Nge7 13. O-O O-O $10 {Oll,L-Sveshnikov,E/
Helsinki/1992/0:1/46/} 14. Be3) (9. Be2 {Belov} Bg5 10. Bxg5 Qxg5 11. O-O Rd8
12. Nd5 Nf6 13. Nc7+ Kd7 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bf3 Nd4 $10 {Yudasin,L-Sveshnikov,E/
Moscow(op)/1992/0,5/28/}) 9... Bg5 (9... Rc8 $5 {Belov} 10. Bd2 Bg5 11. Bxg5 (
11. Be2 {Belov} h6 12. O-O Nf6 13. b3 O-O 14. Bxg5 hxg5 15. Qd2 b5 $13 {
Dvoirys,S-Sveshnikov,E/Helsinki/1992/0:1/51/}) 11... Qxg5 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13.
Kxd2 g6 $1 14. Bd3 f5 15. f3 Nf6 $10 {Anand,V-Kramnik,V/Madrid/1993/0,5/35/})
10. Bd3 (10. Be2) (10. Ne3) 10... Bxc1 (10... h6 11. O-O Nf6) 11. Rxc1 (11.
Qxc1 {Belov} Nf6 12. Nd5 O-O 13. O-O Nd7 14. b4 Ne7 15. Nce3 Nb6 16. Qd2 Nc6
$13) 11... Nf6 $6 (11... Nge7 12. O-O O-O {/\ f5}) 12. O-O O-O 13. Nd5 (13. b4
Rc8 14. Nd5 $14 {Novik-Milov/URS/1990/}) 13... Nd7 (13... a5 {xb5}) (13... Bxd5
{Belov} 14. exd5 Ne7 15. b4 $14) 14. b4 Nb6 (14... a5 15. a3 axb4 16. axb4) (
14... Rc8 {Belov} 15. Qd2 Ne7 16. Na1 Bxd5 17. cxd5 $1 $14) 15. Qd2 Rc8 16. Qe3
(16. Rfd1 {Belov} Ne7 17. Nce3 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Qd7 $10) 16... Bxd5 17. exd5 (17.
cxd5 {Belov} Ne7 18. Na1 Na4 19. Nb3 Qd7 $10) 17... Ne7 18. Na1 $1 Nd7 19. Nb3
Kh8 (19... f5 20. c5 $1 (20. f4 {Belov} exf4 21. Rxf4 (21. Qxf4 Qb6+) 21... Ne5
$13) 20... Nxd5 $2 21. Bc4 $18) 20. Rfd1 (20. Kh1 $5 {Belov} f5 21. f4) 20...
f5 21. Bf1 (21. f4 {Belov} exf4 22. Qxf4 Qb6+ $17) 21... Nf6 22. a4 Re8 (22...
f4 23. Qh3 g6 {/\ Nf5}) 23. a5 f4 24. Qh3 (24. Qf3 Ng6 {/\ e4}) 24... g6 (24...
e4 $2 25. Nd4 $16) 25. Qf3 (25. c5 Nexd5 26. Bc4 Nxb4 27. Rxd6 (27. Bf7 d5 $1
$13) 27... Qe7) 25... Nf5 26. c5 g5 (26... e4 27. Qxf4 e3 $13) 27. c6 g4 28.
Qe2 (28. Qc3 $5) 28... f3 (28... Rc7 {Belov}) 29. gxf3 gxf3 30. Qxf3 Rg8+ 31.
Kh1 Nh4 32. Qe2 (32. Qh3 $6 Ng4 $1 $40) 32... Rc7 $1 33. Bh3 (33. b5 axb5 34.
cxb7 Rxb7 35. Rc3 $16) 33... Qa8 34. Be6 $6 (34. cxb7 Rxb7) (34. Qc4 Ng6 35.
cxb7 Rxb7) (34. b5 axb5 35. cxb7 Rxb7) 34... Re8 $1 35. Qe3 (35. cxb7 {Belov}
Qxb7 $10) 35... bxc6 $1 (35... Ng6 36. Qb6 $16) 36. Qg5 $6 (36. Qb6 Rb7 37.
Qxc6 Rxb4 38. Qxa8 Rxa8 39. Nd2 $14) 36... Rxe6 $1 37. Qxh4 (37. dxe6 c5+ $19 (
37... c5+ {Belov} 38. f3 Qxf3+ 39. Kg1 Rg7 $19)) 37... Rg7 $8 (37... Nxd5 38.
Rxd5 cxd5 39. Rxc7 d4+ 40. Kg1 Rg6+ 41. Kf1 $18) 38. dxc6 d5 39. b5 (39. f3 {
Belov} Rxc6 40. Rxc6 Qxc6 $17) 39... axb5 40. f3 Rxc6 41. Rxc6 Qxc6 42. Rc1 Qe6
$15 43. Ra1 $1 Ne4 $5 (43... d4 44. a6 $1) (43... Qf5 {Belov} 44. Nd2 Ra7 45.
a6 $44) 44. fxe4 (44. a6 Qf6 45. Qxf6 Nf2#) (44. Rg1 Qf6) (44. Qd8+ Rg8) 44...
Qg6 45. Qd8+ Rg8 46. Qxg8+ Qxg8 47. a6 dxe4 48. a7 Qa8 49. Kg1 e3 50. Kf1 $1 (
50. Nc1 {Belov} h5 51. Ne2 h4 52. h3 b4 $13) 50... Qf3+ (50... Kg7 51. Ke2 Kf6
52. Kxe3 $10) 51. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Valle d'Aosta op 8th"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2000.02.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2000.02.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 640]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 $6 5. Nb5 Qb8 6. Bd3 $1
Nf6 7. f4 d6 8. O-O a6 9. N5c3 e6 (9... g6 $5 10. Nd5 $14 (10. Kh1 Bg7 11. Be3
b5 12. Nd2 Bb7 13. Qe1 Qc7 $13 {Prasad,D-Murshed,N/Dhaka 1997})) 10. Be3 b5 (
10... Be7) 11. Qf3 $5 {[/\e5]} (11. Kh1 $146 Bb7 12. Nd2 Be7 13. Qe2 O-O 14.
Rf3 Nb4 15. Rh3 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Re8 17. Nb3 Bf8 18. Rf1 $14 {|^>> Jakubiec,
A-Poluljahov,A/Polanica Zdroj 1999}) (11. Nd2 Be7 12. Kh1 (12. Qf3 Bb7 {
- 11.Qf3 Bb7 12.Nd2 Be7}) 12... O-O (12... Bb7 $5 {- 11.Kh1 Bb7 12.Nd2 Be7})
13. Rf3 $1 $40 {Rodriguez,A-Pogorelov,R/Olot 1996/Inf 67/212}) 11... Bb7 (11...
Nb4 $5 12. Nd2 $14) 12. Nd2 Be7 13. Qh3 Nb4 (13... O-O 14. Nf3 $36 {/\e5}) 14.
Nf3 Nxd3 15. cxd3 O-O (15... b4 16. Na4 $16 {><b6}) (15... d5 16. e5 $16 (16.
exd5 $5)) 16. f5 exf5 $6 $146 (16... e5 $6 17. g4 $16 {->>>} b4 $142 (17... d5
$6 18. g5 d4 19. gxf6 Bxf6 20. Bg5 $1 $18 dxc3 (20... Bxg5 21. Nxg5 h6 22. f6
$18 {->}) 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qh6 $18 Qd8 23. Ng5 {1-0 Tiviakov,S-Reefat bin
Satter/Dhaka 1997})) (16... b4 17. Na4 {(><b6)} exf5 18. Qxf5 $16 (18. Nd4 $5
fxe4 19. Nf5 $40)) (16... Qc8 $142 17. Rac1 Qd7 $14) {[#]} 17. Nd4 $1 g6 $2 (
17... fxe4 18. Nf5 $16 {->>>}) (17... Bc8 18. Nxf5 (18. Nc6 Qc7 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7
20. exf5 $14) 18... Bxf5 19. Rxf5 $16 {->}) 18. Nxf5 $1 (18. exf5 $16) 18...
gxf5 19. Bd4 $1 $18 Ng4 (19... Qd8 20. Qxf5 $18) (19... b4 20. Qxf5 $18) (19...
Bc8 20. Nd5 $18) 20. exf5 (20. Rxf5 Ne5 21. Rxe5 Bf6 (21... dxe5 22. Qg3+ Kh8
23. Bxe5+) 22. Rd5 Bxd4+ 23. Rxd4 $18) 20... Ne5 21. f6 Re8 (21... Bxf6 22.
Rxf6 $18) 22. Qg3+ (22. Bxe5 $18) 22... Ng6 23. fxe7 Rxe7 24. h4 b4 25. Nd1 Re2
26. Ne3 Qd8 27. Rf6 Qa5 28. Raf1 Rf8 29. R6f5 Qd8 30. h5 Qh4 31. Qxh4 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1998.01.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Murey, Jacob"]
[Black "Tsesarsky, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.01.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nb5 Qb8 6. c4 Nf6 7. Nd2 $5 $146
(7. Bd3 b6 8. N1c3 Bb7 9. Na3 e6 10. Nc2 Bd6 11. Be3 Ne5 12. h3 Ng6 (12...
Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Be5 $11) 13. O-O Bh2+ 14. Kh1 Be5 15. Qd2 $14 {1-0 Bronstein,
D-Vasiukov,E/USSR 1976 (37)}) (7. N1c3 a6 (7... e6 8. Be3 (8. Be2 a6 9. Na3
Bxa3 10. bxa3 Qe5 11. Bb2 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Qxb2 13. Nd6+ Ke7 14. O-O Qe5 15. Nxc8+
Rhxc8 $17 {0-1 Nemethne Csom,E-Mnatsakanian,E/Budapest Chess Festival 1991 (34)
}) 8... a6 9. Nd4 Bb4 10. Bd3 Ne5 11. O-O Neg4 12. Nf3 Nxe3 13. fxe3 $15 {
1-0 Alexander,C-Flohr,S/Nottingham 1936 (61)}) 8. Na3 b6 (8... e6 9. Nc2 Qc7
10. f4 d6 11. Bd3 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Bd2 Be7 14. Kh1 Rc8 15. Qe2 O-O 16. Rf3
Rfe8 17. Rh3 Nd7 18. e5 g6 19. exd6 Bxd6 $132 {0-1 Riumin,N-Flohr,S/Moscow
1936 (30)}) 9. Be3 e6 10. Nc2 Bc5 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Qe5 14. Bd3
Bb7 15. a3 Kh8 16. Kh1 g5 $1 $132 {0-1 Cao,S-Kogan,A/FSIM A Oct, Budapest HUN
1997 (37)}) 7... e6 8. Bd3 a6 (8... b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. f4 Bc5+ 11. Kh1 d6 12. a3
a6 13. Nc3 Bd4 14. Ne2 Be3 15. b4 O-O 16. Bb2 $14) (8... Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4
d6 (10... d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. e5 Bc5+ 13. Kh1 Ng4 14. Bxh7+ $16) 11. b3 a6 12.
Nc3 Qa7+ 13. Kh1 Qd4 14. Ndb1 $8 (14. Qc2 $4 Nb4 $19) 14... b5 $1 (14... Nb4 $2
15. Be2 Qxd1 16. Bxd1 b6 (16... b5 $6 17. Ba3 Nd3 18. e5 Ne8 19. cxb5 axb5 20.
Nxb5 Bd7 21. N1c3 Nc5 22. Be2 $16 (22. exd6 Bxd6 23. Nxd6 Rxa3 24. Nc4 $16)) (
16... Nd3 17. Ba3 e5 $5 18. fxe5 (18. f5 b5 (18... Nf4 19. g3 Nh3 20. Nd2 h6
21. Nf3 Re8 22. Kg2 Ng5 23. Nd2 Bd7 24. h4 Ngh7 25. Bc2 Rac8 26. Rfd1 Bc6 27.
Nf1 $14) 19. Bc2 Nc5 (19... bxc4 20. Nd2 Bb7 21. Nxc4 Nc5 22. Bxc5 dxc5 23.
Rfd1 $16 (23. Nxe5 $16)) 20. Nd2 Bb7 21. Rfe1 $14) 18... Nxe5 19. Nd2 Re8 $11)
17. Ba3 Nc6 18. Bf3 (18. e5 dxe5 19. Bf3 Bxa3 20. Nxa3 Bb7 21. fxe5 Nd7 $17)
18... Bb7 19. e5 Ne8 20. Na4 $16) 15. Qe2 (15. cxb5 Nb4 16. Be2 Qxd1 17. Bxd1
axb5 18. Na3 (18. Bf3 Nc2 19. e5 Nd5 $19) (18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Nd7 $15) 18...
Ba6 19. Be2 Rfc8 20. Bb2 Rc5 21. f5 e5 22. Rfe1 Rac8 23. Rac1 Bb7 24. Naxb5
Nxe4 25. Ba3 Nxc3 26. Nxc3 Rxc3 27. Rxc3 Rxc3 28. Bxb4 Rc2 29. Bf3 (29. a4 Bh4
$19) 29... Bxf3 30. gxf3 Rxa2 $17) (15. a3 Bb7 16. Bb2 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Rfc8 $132)
15... Nb4 $15) 9. Nc3 b6 (9... Bb4 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 d6 12. Ndb1 b6 13. a3
Bc5+ 14. Kh1 Bb7 15. b4 Bd4 $132) (9... Qd6 $6 {Y Murei} 10. Qe2 (10. Bc2 Qc7
11. b3 Rb8 (11... Bd6 12. Nf3 (12. Bb2 Bxh2 13. g3 Bxg3 14. fxg3 Qxg3+ 15. Kf1
Ng4 $19) 12... Ne5 (12... Bc5 13. O-O d6 14. a3 O-O 15. b4 Ba7 16. Bb2 Nd7 17.
Bb3 Nce5 18. Rc1 Nxf3+ (18... Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Qxd6 Qb3 21. Nd1 Bb8 22.
Qd2 Nf6 (22... b5 23. Rc3 Qa4 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Qxd7 Bf4 26. Qd4 $18) 23. Bxf6
gxf6 24. Rc3 Qa4 25. Nb2 Qd7 26. Qh6 $16) 19. Qxf3 Ne5 20. Qg3 Rd8 (20... Bd7
21. c5 f6 (21... dxc5 22. Na4 (22. Nd5 Nf3+ 23. Qxf3 exd5 24. Bxd5 Kh8 25. bxc5
$16) 22... f6 23. Nxc5 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 $18) 22. cxd6 Qxd6 23. Rfd1 Qe7 $14) 21.
Ne2 f6 22. Kh1 $14) 13. Bb2 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Be5 15. h3 O-O 16. O-O b6 17. Rad1
Bb7 $11) 12. Bb2 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Bd3 b4 15. Nb5 Qf4 (15... Qa5 16. Nc4 $1
$18) 16. g3 Qh6 17. e5 $16) (10. Nf3 Nb4 11. Bb1 Qxd1+ 12. Nxd1 $132) 10... Nd4
11. Qe3 Ng4 12. Qh3 Ne5 13. O-O Qb6 14. b3 d6 15. Na4 $14) (9... Nb4 10. Be2 b5
11. a3 Nc6 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Bxb5 $16) (9... b5 $2 10. cxb5 Nb4 11. Be2 axb5
12. a3 Bb7 13. Bxb5 Bc6 (13... Bxe4 14. Ndxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxd7#) 14. Bxc6 Nd3+ 15.
Kf1 dxc6 16. Nc4 $16) 10. O-O Be7 (10... Bb4 11. Qb3 Ng4 12. g3 Nge5 13. Be2
Nd4 14. Qxb4 Nc2 15. Qa4 Nxa1 16. f4 $16) 11. f4 d6 12. Nf3 Nd7 13. Be3 Nc5 14.
Be2 O-O (14... Bf6 $142 15. Nd4 Bb7 16. Bf3 Qc7 $1 (16... O-O 17. e5 Nxd4 18.
Bxb7 Qxb7 19. exf6 Nf5 20. fxg7 Nxe3 21. gxf8=Q+ Rxf8 22. Qe2 Nxf1 23. Rxf1 $16
) (16... Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 e5 19. Qd2 exf4 (19... Ne6 20. fxe5 dxe5
21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Nd4 23. Qb4 f6 24. Rae1 $16) 20. Rad1 O-O 21. Qxd6 $16)
17. Rc1 (17. a3 Na5) 17... O-O $132) 15. Rb1 Bf6 (15... f5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. b4
Nd7 18. Bd3 $16) 16. b4 Bxc3 $4 (16... Nd7 17. Nd4 Bb7 18. Bf3 (18. e5 dxe5 19.
Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qxd7 exf4 21. Qxe6+ Kh8 22. Bd2 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 Qe5 24. Qd7 Rab8 $15
) 18... Nxd4 (18... Qc7 $132) 19. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4 e5 21. fxe5 Nxe5 22. Be2
Qc7 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Rac8 $11) 17. bxc5 $18 dxc5 18. Bxc5 Rd8 (18... bxc5
19. Rxb8 Rxb8 20. Qd6 $18) (18... Qxf4 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Kh1 Qc7 21. Ng5 Ne5
22. c5 $1 b5 (22... bxc5 23. Rb7 $3 $18) 23. Rb3 (23. Qd6+ Qxd6 24. cxd6 $18)
23... Ba5 24. Nxf7 Nxf7 25. Rbf3 $18) 19. Qc1 $2 $16 (19. Qa4 $1 $18 b5 (19...
bxc5 20. Rxb8 Nxb8 21. Rb1 $18) (19... Nd4 20. Nxd4 (20. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 21. Nxd4
Rxd4 22. Qe8#) 20... bxc5 21. Nc6 $18 (21. Nxe6 $18)) 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Qxb5
Qxb5 22. Bxb5 Bb7 23. Rfc1 $18) 19... Ba5 (19... Nd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 21. Bxd4
Rxd4 22. Qb2 Rxe4 23. Bf3 Rxc4 24. Bxa8 Qxa8 25. Qxb6 $16) 20. e5 $2 (20. Qe3
$1 Qc7 (20... bxc5 21. Rxb8 Rxb8 22. Rd1 $16) 21. Bxb6 Bxb6 22. Qxb6 Ra7 $16)
20... bxc5 $4 $18 (20... Qa7 21. Bf2 (21. Bd6 Ne7 (21... Bb7 22. Qc2 h6 23. f5
$14) (21... b5+ 22. Kh1 bxc4 23. Qxc4 Bd7 24. Bd3 Be8 25. Rfd1 $16) (21... Bd7
$5 22. Qc2 Ne7 $5 23. c5 (23. Bxe7 $2 Ba4 $3 24. Qe4 (24. Qxa4 b5+) 24... Qxe7
$15) 23... Nf5 24. Rfc1 Bc6 $132) 22. Bd3 Nf5 23. Bxf5 exf5 24. Nd4 Bd7 25. Qe3
b5 26. c5 Rac8 27. Rfd1 $14) 21... Qc7 $132) 21. Rxb8 Rxb8 22. Rd1 $1 Rxd1+ 23.
Qxd1 Bc7 24. Bd3 g6 25. h4 Rb2 26. Be4 (26. Qa1 Rb4 27. a3 Rb6 28. h5 $18)
26... Na5 27. h5 Rb4 (27... Rxa2 28. Ng5 h6 (28... Nxc4 29. Nxh7 Kxh7 30. hxg6+
fxg6 31. Qh5+ Kg7 32. Bxg6 Nxe5 33. fxe5 Bxe5 34. Qxe5+ Kxg6 35. Qc7 $18) 29.
hxg6 (29. Nxf7 Kxf7 30. Qg4 g5 31. fxg5 Bxe5 32. gxh6 Ra1+ 33. Kf2 Bd4+ 34. Kg3
Nxc4 35. h7 Be5+ $17) 29... fxg6 30. Bxg6 Nxc4 31. Qb1 $18) 28. Ng5 Rxc4 29.
Nxh7 Kxh7 30. hxg6+ fxg6 31. Qh5+ Kg7 32. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 23rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1995.07.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Von Gleich,A"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1995.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Horvath,T} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7.
Be2 f5 $5 {Der Zug sieht anrüchig aus.} (7... a6 8. N5c3 Bg5 $13) 8. exf5 (8.
O-O $6 {Horvath,T} fxe4 9. N1c3 a6 10. Na3 Nf6 11. Nc2 O-O 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Qd2
Rc8 $15 {Jojic-Sveshnikov/Torcy/1991}) (8. N1c3 {Horvath,T} a6 9. Na3 Nf6 10.
exf5 Bxf5 11. O-O O-O 12. Nc2 Rc8 13. Ne3 Be6 14. Bf3 b5 $13 {Savon-Sveshnikov/
Anapa/1991}) 8... Bxf5 9. Bg5 (9. Bg4 Bxg4 (9... Bxb1 $2 {Horvath,T} 10. Rxb1
a6 11. Nc3 Nf6 12. Bf3 O-O 13. O-O Kh8 14. Be3 Qe8 15. Ne4 $16 {
Petrushin-Cherniaev/Sotschi/1993}) 10. Qxg4 Nf6 11. Qe2 (11. Qd1 $13) (11. Qd1
O-O 12. O-O d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. N1c3 Nxc3 15. Nxc3 Bc5 $10 {
Petrushin-Sherbakov/Russia/1992})) (9. Be3 {Horvath,T} Nf6 10. N1c3 a6 11. Na3
O-O 12. O-O Qe8 (12... Rc8 13. Rc1 Qe8 $13 {Wiersma-Riemens/Ensched/1991}) 13.
Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Nd4 $1 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Bd3 $13 {Almasi,Z-Maidla/Debrecen/
1992}) (9. O-O {Horvath,T} Nf6 10. N1c3 a6 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nc2 Rc8 13. Ne3 Be6
14. Ned5 Nd4 15. Be3 $13 {Stitis-Milov/ISL/1992}) 9... a6 (9... Nf6 $6 10. Bxf6
(10. Bh5+ {Horvath,T} Kf8 11. O-O a6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. N5c3 Qd7 14. Nd5 Bd8 15.
Nbc3 $14 {Belikov-Sherbakov/Kujbisev/1990}) 10... gxf6 $14) 10. Bxe7 Kxe7 11.
N5c3 $14 Nf6 12. O-O (12. Nd2 d5 (12... Nd4 13. O-O Kf7 $14) 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14.
O-O Nf4 (14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 Rf8) 15. Bf3 $14) 12... Qb6 (12... Nd4 $6 {
Horvath,T} 13. Bd3 Be6 14. Kh1 Rf8 15. f4 $14 {Tschurpikov-Shuraev/Voronez/1991
}) 13. b3 (13. g4 $5 {Versucht den Umstand, daß schwarzer K und Q in einer
Springergabel stehen, direkt auszunutzen, jedoch...} Bxb1 (13... Be6 14. g5 Nd7
$17 {Weiß hat nur seinen Königsflügel geschwächt.} 15. Nd5+ Bxd5 16. cxd5 Nd4)
14. g5 Bf5 15. gxf6+ Kf7 $15) (13. Qd2 {Horvath,T} h6 14. Na3 Qd4 15. Rad1 Qxd2
16. Rxd2 Nd4 $10 {Shabtai-Milov/Budapest/1993}) 13... Rhd8 14. Bd3 (14. Nd2 d5
15. g4 dxc4 16. gxf5) 14... Be6 15. Be4 (15. Nd2 $2 {Horvath,T} Qd4) 15... Qd4
(15... Qa5 $5 16. Qd3 Nd4 $1 17. Bxb7 (17. Nd2 $2 Qxc3 18. Qxc3 Ne2+ $19) (17.
Kh1 Nxb3) (17. Nd5+ Bxd5 18. Bxd5 $13) 17... Rab8 18. b4 (18. Be4 Nxb3) 18...
Qxb4 19. Bxa6 Qb2) 16. Qe2 (16. Qxd4 $2 exd4 (16... Nxd4) 17. Nd5+ Bxd5 18.
cxd5 Nb4 $15) 16... Nxe4 17. Nxe4 (17. Qxe4 Qxe4 18. Nxe4 b5 $1 $15 (18... d5 {
Horvath,T} 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Nbc3 Bxe4 21. Nxe4 Rd4 $10)) 17... Qxa1 18. Nbc3
Nd4 19. Qd2 Qxf1+ (19... Nxb3 $2 20. Qg5+ Kf8 21. Rxa1 Nxa1 22. Qc1 $16) 20.
Kxf1 h6 (20... Rac8 21. Qg5+ Kf8 22. Qh5 h6 {mit der Idee, b5 folgen zu lassen,
war durchaus beachtenswert.}) 21. Ne2 Nxe2 22. Kxe2 (22. Kxe2 b5 (22... Rac8
23. Qb4) 23. Qb4 bxc4 24. Nxd6 Rxd6 (24... Rab8 25. Nc8+) 25. Qb7+ {Horvath,T}
Rd7 26. Qxa8 cxb3 27. axb3 Bxb3 28. Qxa6 Be6 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kiselev, Maxim"]
[Black "Ioffe, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "Wahls,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 (7...
Be6 8. Nc4 b5 (8... Rc8 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nb8 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O Ngf6 13.
a4 Be7 14. Be3 O-O 15. a5 $16 {Matanovic-Larsen,B,Bevervijk 1960}) 9. Ne3 Nf6
10. g3 Rc8 11. Bg2 h5 12. O-O h4 13. Ncd5 Ne7 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. a4 b4 16. Qd3
Qb6 17. a5 Qa7 18. Rd1 Rc5 19. c3 b3 20. Ra4 hxg3 21. hxg3 Bg7 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23.
exf5 Qd7 24. Rg4 $18 {Shirov,A-Bareev,E,Tilburg 1993}) 8. Nd5 Nge7 (8... Nf6 9.
Bg5 {B33}) 9. c4 {Dieser Zug scheint den schwarzen Aufbau ernsthaft in Frage
zu stellen.} Nd4 10. Be3 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Be7 12. Bd3 O-O (12... Qa5+ 13. Qd2 $16
{Adrianov,Nikolaides}) 13. O-O f5 $6 (13... Bf6 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Qd2 Qb6 16.
Rad1 {weißer Vorteil(Idee Lb1,Sc2) Barlov,Jovicic}) (13... Bd7 14. Qd2 Rc8 15.
f4 Qb6 (15... Qc7 16. f5 $16) 16. Nc2 Bf6 {Kotronijas-Nikolaides,Athens 1993}
17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Bf2 $16 {Idee Tae1 Barlov,Jovicic}) 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. exf5
Bxf5 16. Nc2 $16 Bxd3 (16... Bd7 {Rodriguez,Am-Estevez Morales ,Cuba ch ch 1988
}) 17. Qxd3 Bf6 18. Nxd4 Qb6 19. Ne6 Rfc8 20. Rae1 Rc4 21. Re2 Rac8 22. g3 a5
23. Kg2 a4 24. Rfe1 b4 25. Nd8 Be5 26. Nc6 R8xc6 27. dxc6 Qxc6+ 28. Kg1 Rc1 29.
b3 Rc3 30. Qf5 axb3 31. Qe6+ Kh8 32. axb3 h6 33. Ra2 Qf3 34. Qg6 Rxb3 35. Ra7
Rb2 36. Rf7 Qa8 37. Re7 1-0

