[Event "Dortmund op-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Levin, Felix"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 {Horn,Pe} d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 (2... Bg4 $5 3. c4 c6) 3. e3 g6 4. c4 dxc4 5.
Bxc4 Bg7 6. Nf3 c5 7. a3 O-O (7... Nc6 8. Ne5 (8. b4 {Horn,Pe} cxb4 9. axb4
Nxb4 $2 10. Qb3) 8... Nxe5 9. Bxe5 O-O) 8. b4 $14 Nbd7 9. O-O b6 10. bxc5 bxc5
$6 (10... Nxc5 $1 11. a4 (11. d4 {Horn,Pe} Nce4)) 11. Be2 $1 Qb6 12. Bc3 Ba6
13. a4 $1 {/\ Na3-c4,a5 ><b6} Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Qe6 (14... Nd5 {Horn,Pe} 15. Bxg7
Kxg7 16. Qd3 N7f6 17. Na3 $14) 15. Na3 Nb6 16. Qa6 Qd7 17. Qb5 (17. a5 {Horn,Pe
} Nbd5) 17... Nbd5 18. Be5 Qe6 19. Rfc1 (19. Qxc5 Nd7 $19) 19... Nd7 20. Bxg7
Kxg7 21. Qc4 Rfc8 22. Rab1 N7b6 23. Qh4 f6 24. a5 Nd7 25. Qc4 Rab8 26. h3 Nc7 (
26... Kf7 $16) 27. Qa4 Na6 (27... Rxb1 {Horn,Pe} 28. Rxb1 Rb8 $14) 28. Nb5 Qc6
(28... Ra8 {Horn,Pe}) 29. Qc4 Ra8 (29... Qa8 {Horn,Pe} 30. Qe6 $18) 30. Nfd4 $1
$18 Ne5 (30... Qe4 $4 {Horn,Pe} 31. Ne6+ $18) 31. Nxc6 Nxc4 32. Nbxa7 1-0

[Event "Lee Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. c4 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nc3 Be6 7. d3 Qd7 8. Qd2
Nge7 9. Nd5 Rb8 $5 10. e3 O-O 11. h3 (11. h4 h5 (11... h6) 12. Nh3 f6 {with
the idea of 13...Bf7,14...Nd5}) (11. Ne2 Nf5 12. d4 exd4 13. exd4 Nce7 14. Ndf4
d5) 11... b5 $5 12. Ne2 a5 13. Nec3 b4 14. Na4 Rfe8 15. g4 $6 (15. O-O-O $142)
15... f5 $1 16. gxf5 Nxf5 {With the idea of 17...Nh4} 17. h4 Na7 $1 18. h5 c6
19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Ndb6 Qd8 21. c5 Nh4 22. O-O-O (22. f4 exf4 $1 23. Bxg7 fxe3
24. Qb2 Qg5 25. O-O-O e2+ 26. Rd2 Nxg2 27. Bf6 Qh5 28. Rxh5 e1=Q+ 29. Rd1 Qe3+
30. Kb1 gxh5 31. Qxg2+ Bg4 $19) 22... Nxg2 23. f4 Nh4 24. cxd6 Nb5 $2 (24...
Rxb6 25. Nxb6 Qxb6 26. Rxh4 Qc5+ 27. Kb1 Nb5 $19) 25. Nc4 Bd5 26. Bxe5 (26. Rh3
$1 Be6 $10) (26. e4 $6 Bxc4 27. dxc4 Nd4 28. Bxd4 Nf3 $1 $8 (28... exd4 29. e5
Nf5 30. c5 $18) 29. Qg2 Nxd4 30. Qxg6 (30. fxe5 Ne6 31. Qxg6 (31. d7 Re7 32.
Qxg6 Nf8) 31... Nf8 $19) 30... Re6 (30... Ne2+ 31. Kb1 exf4 $1 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33.
Rh5 (33. d7 Re5) 33... Ng3 $19) 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. fxe5 (32. Nc5 Rxd6 33. fxe5
Qg5+) 32... Qg5+ 33. Kb1 Qxe5) 26... Bxh1 (26... Nf3 27. Qc2 $1 $8 Nxe5 28.
fxe5 Bxh1 29. Rxh1 Bxe5 30. d4 Bg7 31. Qxg6 Qf6 32. Qh7+ Kf7 (32... Kf8 33. Nd2
Rxe3 34. Rf1 Qxf1+ 35. Nxf1 Re1+ 36. Kd2 Rxf1 37. Nc5 $44) 33. Qh5+ Kf8 (33...
Qg6 34. Rf1+ Bf6 35. Ne5+ Rxe5 36. Rxf6+ Kxf6 37. Qxe5+ Kf7 38. Qe7+ Kg8 39. d7
Qd6 (39... Qg1+ $10) 40. Qe8+ Kh7 41. Nc5) 34. Ne5 (34. Nd2) 34... Rxe5 35.
dxe5 $44) 27. Rxh1 Bxe5 28. fxe5 Rb7 (28... Qg5 29. Qh2 (29. Nc5 $2 Nf3) 29...
Rf8 $1 30. Nc5 $44 (30. Qxh4 $140 Rf1+)) 29. Nc5 Rh7 30. d7 (30. d7 Rf8 (30...
Ree7 31. e6) 31. Ne6 Qxd7 32. Nxf8 Kxf8 33. Rxh4 Rxh4 34. Qf2+ Kg8 35. Qxh4
Qxd3 36. Qe7 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vojvodina op 8th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2017.07.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cabarkapa, Novak"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. c4 ({To play it in the spirit of QID does not
provide more than equality:} 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Ne5
Bd7 9. Bf3 Rc8 10. Nc3 e6 $11 {P. Blatny-S. Atalik, Hawaii 2000.}) (4. Bxf6
exf6 5. d4 c5 $1 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. c3 {is the pawn structure from a little known
game K. Richter-Alekhine, Münich 1941. The presence of b3 compared to that
game is actually an advantage for Black.}) 4... Bg7 5. cxd5 O-O 6. Ne2 $146 (6.
Nf3 $142 Qxd5 (6... Nxd5 7. Bxg7 Kxg7) 7. Bc4 Qf5 $5 {brings forward the type
of play seen in hedgehog lines emerging from English/Reti Opening.}) (6. Bxf6
Bxf6 $1 (6... exf6 $5) 7. Nc3 c6 $1 8. dxc6 Nxc6 $44) 6... Nxd5 $1 7. Bxg7 Kxg7
8. Nbc3 Nb4 9. d4 c5 10. a3 (10. d5 e6) 10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 (11. Qxd4+ Qxd4 12.
Nxd4 N4c6 13. O-O-O Nxd4 14. Rxd4 Nc6 15. Rd1 (15. Rd2 Be6 16. Kb2 Rfd8 $36)
15... Be6 16. Kb2 Rac8 17. Be2 Na5 $36 {White has problems with the b3- and
c4-squares in this variation.}) 11... N4c6 12. Be2 Nxd4 13. exd4 Nd7 14. O-O
Nf6 15. Bf3 Qb6 16. Re1 Re8 $1 {Black should not allow any weaknesses in his
camp.} (16... e6 $6 17. Qe2 $1 (17. Na4 Qd6 18. Qe2 Qxd4 $2 19. Rad1 $16) 17...
Qxd4 $140 $2 18. Nb5 Qb6 19. Qe5 $16 {and the pin is annoying.}) (16... Be6 17.
d5 $1 Rad8 18. Ra2 $1) 17. Re5 Bd7 18. Na4 $6 (18. Rc1 $13) 18... Bxa4 19. bxa4
Rad8 20. Rb5 (20. Rb1 Rxd4 $1 (20... Qxd4 $6 21. Qxd4 Rxd4 22. Ra5)) 20... Rxd4
$1 $17 {Novak missed this capture in his calculations when he decided to
compromise his pawn structure.} (20... Qxd4 $2 21. Qxd4 Rxd4 22. Rxb7 a5 23.
Ra7 $11) 21. Rxb6 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 axb6 23. Bxb7 (23. Rb1 Ra8 24. Rb4 Ra7 $17)
23... Rb8 24. Ba6 Ra8 25. Bb5 Rc8 $1 26. f3 Rc3 27. Rd3 $2 {I believe that in
the ensuing minor piece ending White has no chance.} (27. Rd8 $142 $1 g5 $5 {
Black should attack on the kingside.} ({The danger for Black lies in the fact
that White may run to an infamous rook ending in spite of his pawn deficit.} 
27... Rxa3 28. Rb8 Nd5 29. Bc6 e6 30. Bxd5 exd5 31. Rxb6 Rxa4 32. Rd6 $15) 28.
Rb8 Nd5 $17) 27... Rxd3 28. Bxd3 Nd5 29. Bc4 ({He, whose king occupies the
centre first, prevails!} 29. Kf2 Kf6 30. Ke2 Ke5 $1 (30... Nc3+ $2 31. Ke3 Nxa4
32. Kd4 $44) (30... Nf4+ 31. Ke3 Nxg2+ 32. Kd4 $44) 31. Kd2 Kd4 $19) 29... e6
30. g3 Kf6 31. f4 Ke7 $1 32. Kf2 Kd6 33. Bb5 (33. Ke2 Nc3+ (33... Kc5 $2 34.
Kd3) 34. Kd3 Nxa4 35. Kd4 f6 $19) 33... Kc5 34. Be8 f6 35. h4 e5 36. h5 gxh5 $1
{Practical!} ({No need for} 36... g5 37. h6 $3 Ne7 $1 (37... exf4 $2 38. Bg6)
38. fxe5 fxe5 39. Kf3 Kd4 40. Kg4 e4 41. Kxg5 e3 42. Bb5 (42. Bh5 Ke5) 42...
Ke5 $19) 37. fxe5 fxe5 38. Bxh5 Kd4 $19 39. Be8 (39. g4 Nf6 $1) 39... e4 40.
Bb5 Nc3 41. Ba6 Nxa4 42. g4 h6 $1 {g4-g5 should not be allowed.} 43. Kg3 Nc3
44. Kf4 (44. Kh4 e3 45. Kg3 b5 $19) 44... e3 45. Kf3 {IM Cabarkapa resigned} (
45. Kf3 {before} b5 $1 (45... Nb1 $19)) 0-1

[Event "Valle d'Aosta op 11th"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2003.02.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Chatalbashev, Boris"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2003.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 $5 {The European Grandprix Champion goes for a rare opening.} e5 2. Bb2
Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 $5 {Alex and I had a chat about this with Alex before
his game with Blatny in Stratton Mountains, Vermont in year 2000.} 5. Na3 ({
Blatny's} 5. Be2 O-O 6. d3 {would not appeal to everyone.} Bb4+ $1 7. c3 Be7
$13) 5... Na5 6. Be2 a6 7. c4 O-O {The game looks like a fraction out of space
chess.} 8. Nf3 (8. g4 $5 b6 $13) 8... Re8 9. O-O Bf8 10. d3 Nc6 {Now black is
ready for 11...d5.} 11. e4 Bc5 $1 $15 {Black has an easier game.} 12. Nc2 d6
13. Ne3 b5 14. Nd5 bxc4 15. bxc4 Rb8 16. Bc3 Bg4 $1 {Of course I have
consummed something like 30 minutes before producing this.However Boris did
not want to believe in my calculations.} 17. Nxe5 $6 {Sometimes losing
material appeals to people more than losing a square.} Bxe2 18. Nxc6 (18. Nxf6+
$2 gxf6 $1 (18... Qxf6 19. Nxc6 Qxc3 20. Qxe2 Rb6 $6 (20... Rb2 21. Qd1 (21.
Qg4 Rxf2 $19) 21... Rd2 22. Qb3 Rxd3 $40) 21. Qg4 $1) 19. Nxc6 Bxd1 20. Nxd8
Be2 21. Nc6 Rb6 22. Rfe1 Bxd3 $17) 18... Bxd1 19. Nxd8 Nxd5 20. cxd5 (20. exd5
Be2 21. Nc6 Ra8 $17 {White has problems with his pawns.}) 20... Be2 21. Nc6
Bxf1 22. Kxf1 Rb5 $1 $15 {Black has the upper hand.Whites compensation for the
exchange is very vague.} 23. Rc1 {Draw offer} Ba3 24. Rc2 f5 {Black has to
play active to make use of extra material.} 25. f3 fxe4 26. dxe4 $2 {The pin
on the c line decides the game after this bad one.} (26. fxe4 $1 Rb1+ (26...
Rc5 27. d4 Rc4 28. Ke2 Bb2 29. Rxb2 Rxc3 30. Kd2 Ra3 31. e5 $44) 27. Ke2 Rf8
$40) 26... Rc5 $19 27. Kf2 (27. Ke2 Rxd5 $19 {is the main motif which makes
the position better for black.}) 27... Kf7 28. Kg3 a5 29. h4 Ra8 $1 {Black
does not fall into the positional trap.} (29... Bb4 $2 30. Bxb4 Rxc2 31. Bxa5
Rc8 32. a3 Ra2 33. Bb4 $13 {who knows who is better.}) 30. Nd4 a4 31. Nc6 Ra6
32. Nd8+ (32. Nb8 Raa5 $1 $19 {and black comes either from c or from b line.})
32... Kg8 33. Ne6 Rc4 {Now the hose is tightened.} 34. h5 Rb6 ({Again no need
for} 34... Bb4 $2 35. Bxb4 Rxc2 36. a3 Rc4 37. Bd2 c5) 35. h6 gxh6 36. Nd4 Bc5
37. Nf5 (37. Ne2 Bb4 38. Kf4 Bxc3 39. Rxc3 Rxc3 40. Nxc3 a3 41. g4 Rb2 42. Ke3
Kf7 $19) 37... Kf7 $1 {Black does not care about whites desperado attempts.}
38. Rc1 a3 39. Rh1 (39. Nxh6+ Ke8 40. Nf5 Rb2 $1 41. Bxb2 axb2 42. Rb1 Ba3 $19
{just queens.}) 39... Rxc3 {Playing rook down made GM Kortschnoj angery rather
than me.After the game he came and expressed his opinion gently to the young
Bulgarian.} 40. Rxh6 Kg8 41. Re6 Rb2 42. Re8+ Kf7 43. Re7+ Kf8 {Finally he
gave up!} 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1992.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d6 4. Bb5 $6 Bd7 5. Ne2 {/\ f4} a6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7.
O-O Qg5 $1 (7... Nf6 8. f4 $14) 8. f3 $5 (8. Ng3 $6 h5 $40) 8... Nf6 9. c4 {
/\ e4, Nbc3-d5} d5 $1 10. Nbc3 $2 (10. f4 $1 exf4 11. Nxf4 dxc4 12. bxc4 Bd6
13. Bxf6 Qxf6 (13... gxf6 14. Qe2 O-O-O 15. d4 $13) 14. Nc3 $13) 10... O-O-O
11. a4 $2 (11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Rxd5 13. Nc3 Rd7 $17) 11... dxc4 $1 $19 12.
bxc4 Bc5 13. Kh1 Bxe3 14. Bc1 Bxd2 15. Nb5 Kb8 (15... Bxc1 $6 16. Na7+ Kb8 17.
Nxc6+ bxc6 18. Qb3+ Ka8 19. Raxc1 $17) 16. Ned4 (16. Nbd4 exd4 17. Bxd2 Qc5)
16... Bxc1 (16... exd4 $142 17. Bxd2 Qc5 18. Bf4 Rd7 $19) 17. Nxc6+ bxc6 18.
Qb3 (18. Qxc1 Qxc1 19. Raxc1 cxb5) 18... cxb5 19. axb5 Qe3 $1 (19... Be3 20.
bxa6+ Bb6 21. c5) 20. Qa4 Bb2 21. Qxa6 (21. Ra2 $5) 21... Bxa1 22. Rxa1 Rd1+
23. Rxd1 Qa7 24. Qc6 Qb6 $19 25. c5 Qxc6 26. bxc6 Re8 27. g4 h6 (27... Re6 $2
28. Rd8+ Ka7 29. Rd1) 28. h4 g5 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Kg2 Kc8 {/\ Re6} 0-1

[Event "Calvia op 2nd"]
[Site "Calvia"]
[Date "2005.10.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mellado Trivino, Juan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. c4 {Las blancas quieren evitar que el
negro juegue d5} Bg7 {Vallejo tenia dudas acerca de esta jugada y proponia un
h5 rapido} 5. Nc3 O-O 6. g3 f5 7. Bg2 Re8 8. e3 ({La alternativa es} 8. Nh3)
8... d6 9. Nge2 Nd7 10. d4 Nf6 11. O-O g5 $5 {#} ({La blancas esperaban} 11...
Ne4 12. Qd3 Nxc3 13. Nxc3 {seguido de b4-b5 con buen juego para las blancas.
Paco Vallejo considera que las negras no deben cambiar el caballo, pues esta
pieza les da poisibilidades activas en el flanco de rey.}) 12. b4 Rb8 $6 ({
Mellado propone como mejor para las negras} 12... Bd7 13. b5 (13. Bxb7 Rb8 14.
Bg2 Rxb4) 13... c6) 13. b5 Bd7 14. Qd3 {Quizas es mejor a4 directamente} h5 15.
a4 Kh8 $5 {Una jugada que el negro tiene que hacer tarde o temprano} 16. a5 h4
17. a6 b6 18. gxh4 ({Paco propone aqui} 18. Nd5 {ya que como hemos dicho
sostiene que las blancas deben cambiar el caballo}) 18... gxh4 19. Nf4 (19. Kh1
$5) 19... Bh6 20. Kh1 Rg8 {Las negras han conseguido un evidente contrajuego,
pero la posicion es complicada} 21. Rg1 Bxf4 $1 22. exf4 Rg6 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24.
Bxd5 Qe7 $5 {Una jugada muy sutil} ({Las blancas esperaban} 24... Qf6 25. Rxg6
(25. Qf3 $5) 25... fxg6 26. Re1) 25. Rg5 $2 {Un error en opinion de ambos
rivales} ({La jugada natural (que a veces es la mejor) es} 25. Rae1 Rbg8 $1 {
y ahora como indico Paco} 26. Qf3 $1 Qf6 27. Qh5+ Kg7 28. Rxg6+ fxg6 29. Qg5 $1
{Y las blancas estan mejor}) 25... Rxg5 26. fxg5 Qxg5 27. Rg1 Qh5 $1 {Las
blancas han sido demasiado optimistas al valorar la compensacion de este
sacrificio} 28. Qe3 Rg8 $1 (28... Re8 29. Qf4 {con la amenaza Af3 y Tg5}) 29.
Qe7 $4 {La jugada perdedora hecha en fuerte apuro de tiempo} (29. Rxg8+ Kxg8
30. Bf3 {ofrece una posicion perfectamente defendible al blanco}) 29... Rxg1+
30. Kxg1 Qd1+ 31. Kg2 h3+ {seguido de mate en g4 Comentarios basdados en el
analisis realizado por ambos jugadores.} 0-1

[Event "Protvino zt"]
[Site "Protvino"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Bagaturov, Giorgi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 {Horn,Pe} e5 2. Bb2 d6 (2... Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 (3... g6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 Bg7
6. Bc4 Nh6 7. fxe5 Nxe5) 4. Bb5 d6 5. Ne2 a6 (5... Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7
8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. c4 Ng4 11. Qc2 f5 {Minasian-Fedorov/Podolsk/1992/})
6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Nd2 Ng4 $1 10. h3 Nh6 11. d4 exd4 12.
Nxd4 Bd7 13. Qe2 c5 $15 {Minasian-Romanishin,O/Lvov zt/1990/}) 3. e3 Nf6 4. Ne2
(4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Nge2 a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. O-O Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. Ng3 Re8
11. Nce2 Bf8 $15 {Minasian,A-Galdunts/Tbilisi/1988/}) (4. c4 {Horn,Pe}) 4... g6
(4... Bf5 $6 5. f4 Nc6 6. Ng3 Bg4 7. Be2 h5 8. O-O Qd7 9. h3 Bxe2 10. Nxe2 $1
O-O-O 11. c4 Be7 12. Nbc3 Qe6 13. e4 $1 $16 {Minasian,A-Piskov/Minsk/1990/}) 5.
f4 Nc6 (5... Bg7 {Horn,Pe} 6. fxe5 Ng4 7. h3 Nxe5 8. d4 Qh4+ 9. Kd2 Ng4 10.
Nbc3 Bh6 11. hxg4 Qxh1 12. Nd5 Kd8 13. Qe1 $44 {Minasian-Van der Werf/
Groningen/1991}) 6. fxe5 (6. g3 {Horn,Pe}) 6... Nxe5 7. Nf4 Ne4 $5 (7... Bg7 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 $10) 8. g3 (8. d3 $4 {Horn,Pe} Qh4+ $19) 8... Bg4 (8... Bg7
{Horn,Pe} 9. Be2 g5 (9... Nf3+ $2 {Horn,Pe} 10. Bxf3 Bxb2 11. Bxe4 Bxa1 12. c3
$16) (9... h5 $5 {Horn,Pe} 10. d3 Ng5 11. Nc3 c6 12. Qd2 $4 Ngf3+ $19) 10. Nh5
Nd3+ 11. cxd3 Bxb2 12. dxe4 Bxa1 13. d4 $44) 9. Be2 h5 10. d3 Ng5 (10... Nf6 $5
) 11. Nc3 c6 (11... Ngf3+ 12. Kf2 $13) 12. h4 Nh7 (12... Ngf3+ $2 13. Kf2 Bg7
14. d4 $18) 13. Qd2 Bg7 14. Bxg4 (14. O-O-O $2 {Horn,Pe} Nf3 15. Bxf3 Bxf3 $19)
14... Nxg4 (14... hxg4 $6 15. O-O-O) 15. O-O-O O-O 16. d4 (16. e4 $13 {Horn,Pe}
) 16... Re8 17. e4 b5 $1 $15 18. Rhe1 a5 19. Re2 Ra7 $1 20. Qe1 $142 $6 (20. a4
b4 21. Nb1 Rae7 22. Qd3 $15) (20. Rde1 {Horn,Pe} Rae7) 20... Qb6 21. Kb1 Rae7 (
21... Bxd4 $2 22. Ncd5 $1 $16) 22. Rdd2 Qb8 $1 $17 23. Qh1 Nhf6 $140 (23... b4
24. Na4 Nhf6) 24. e5 dxe5 25. dxe5 Nxe5 (25... Rxe5 $2 26. Qxc6) 26. Rd1 a4 27.
Rde1 axb3 28. axb3 Nfg4 29. Ne4 Qa7 30. Nc3 Qa5 31. Nd3 Ra8 (31... Nxd3 32.
Rxe7 Rxe7 33. Rxe7 Nxb2 34. Na2 $13) 32. Nxe5 Nxe5 {/\ 33...Kh7; 34...Nc4-+}
0-1

[Event "Match/Team URS-World 20,5-19,5"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1970.03.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1970.03.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "World"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

{Die Partie Larsen-Spassky ist wohl die berühmteste echte Kurzpartie (unter
20 Zügen) innerhalb der absoluten Weltelite.} 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4.
Nf3 {Dieser provokative Zug geht letztlich nach hinten los und wurde deshalb
kritisiert.} e4 5. Nd4 Bc5 6. Nxc6 dxc6 {Die schwarzen Züge sind auf schnelle
Entwicklung gerichtet.} 7. e3 Bf5 8. Qc2 Qe7 9. Be2 O-O-O 10. f4 $2 {
Unzweifelhaft steht Weiß auch nach anderen Zügen vor einer schwierigen
Verteidigung. Der Bauernzug ist wohl schon der Verlustzug.} Ng4 $1 11. g3 $6 ({
Der "Normalzug"} 11. O-O $2 {geht auch nicht:} Rxd2 $1 12. Nxd2 Nxe3 $19) ({
Nach} 11. Bxg4 $2 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qxg4 {ist die weiße Stellung sehr löchrig.}) (
11. Qc1 h5 12. Nc3 Rd7 $17) 11... h5 ({Das Opfer} 11... Rxd2 {kam in Frage,
ist aber nicht notwendig.} 12. Nxd2 Nxe3 13. Qc3 Rd8 $40) 12. h3 (12. Nc3 Rxd2
$1 $19) 12... h4 $1 {Bis jetzt hatte Spassky nur normale Züge ausgeführt,
nun fängt er an brilliant zu spielen.} 13. hxg4 {Der vorherige Tausch der
Läufer auf g4 würde nichts ändern.} hxg3 14. Rg1 Rh1 $3 {Ein kleiner Makel
dieses schönen Zuges ist, dass auch ein anderer gewinnt:} (14... Qh4 15. Rg2
Qh1+ 16. Bf1 Bxg4 17. Qxe4 (17. Nc3 Bf3 18. Rxg3 Rh2) 17... Rhe8 18. Be5 f5 $19
) 15. Rxh1 g2 16. Rf1 (16. Rg1 Qh4+ 17. Kd1 Qh1 $19) 16... Qh4+ 17. Kd1 gxf1=Q+
{Quelle: "The World's Greatest Chess Games" von Burgess, Nunn und Emms,
Robinson London 1998} 0-1

[Event "Goodricke op 12th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.02.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Abdulla, Al Rakib"]
[Black "Rausis, Igors"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2001.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 c5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 e5 4. c4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d3 Nge7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2
d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Rc1 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Bf5 $11 12. O-O Rc8 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. Qb2
Rfd8 15. Rcd1 b5 16. Qa1 a5 17. Rfe1 a4 $5 18. bxa4 b4 19. Bb2 Qa7 20. Nxe5
Bxe5 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22. Qxe5 Qxa4 $13 23. e4 $2 (23. Rd2 c4 $36) (23. Qb2 $8 $13
) 23... Be6 $44 24. d4 cxd4 25. Rxd4 Qxa2 $17 26. h4 (26. Rxb4 $2 Qxe2 $1 $19)
26... Rxd4 27. Qxd4 Qa5 28. Ra1 Qc5 29. Qxc5 Rxc5 30. Ra8+ Kg7 31. Rb8 b3 $17
0-1

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Sundararajan, Kidambi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. b3 d6 3. Bb2 e5 4. d4 {Reinforcing the truism that when trying to
'convert a rating advantage' the best way is to fianchetto and bring about
interesting, even if not immediately advantageous, positions. There is really
not much I can plausibly say about this opening!} Qe7 (4... e4 {was another
call Black could take, trying to play with a far-advanced centre (...Nf6, ...
c6, ...d5, then have a think.)} 5. e3 c6 6. Nh3 Nf6 7. d5 $132) (4... Nd7 {
was probably the most flexible, keeping open the option of ...Qe8-h5 in a
later part of the game.}) 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e3 g6 7. h4 (7. c5 $5 Nc6 $5 8. cxd6
cxd6 9. Be2 exd4 10. exd4 Bg7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O $11 {was clearly not
'creative enough'.}) 7... Bg7 8. Nf3 e4 (8... exd4 9. Nxd4 f4 {was an unusual
and unstereotyped opportunity that Black could have taken; now only he can be
better, but on the other hand, it takes good concentration, or silicon
assistance, to verify that} 10. e4 $5 Nxe4 11. Nd5 Nc3+ $1 12. Nxe7 Nxd1 13.
Rxd1 Kxe7 {is not a problem.}) 9. Ng5 c6 10. Be2 Na6 11. Qd2 f4 $5 {Ambitious,
but White gets an advantage with his chosen move.} (11... Nc7 $11) 12. d5 $1 ({
After} 12. exf4 {I guess the idea was} h6 13. Nh3 O-O (13... Ng4 14. O-O-O $16
{is nothing}) 14. O-O-O d5 $44 {and White suffers from his lack of access to
the f4-square.}) 12... fxe3 13. fxe3 cxd5 (13... O-O 14. O-O-O c5 15. Rhf1 $14)
14. O-O Nc7 15. Nxd5 (15. cxd5 O-O 16. Rf4 $16) 15... Ncxd5 16. cxd5 O-O 17.
Bc4 (17. Rad1 $16 {makes more sense, cuing up Ne6.}) 17... h6 (17... a6 $5 {
is a good try to minimise White's advantage:} 18. a4 Bd7 19. a5 Nh5 $14) 18.
Ne6 Bxe6 19. dxe6 Ng4 (19... Rad8 20. Rad1 d5 {is objectively best, but the
defence looks grim.}) 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qd4+ Kh7 22. h5 (22. Be2 $5 Qxe6 23.
Bxg4 Qxg4 24. Qxd6 Rad8 25. Qe7+ Kg8 26. Qxb7 Qxh4 27. Qxa7 $16) 22... Qh4 $1 {
The only practical try.} 23. Qxd6 (23. hxg6+ Kxg6 24. Qxe4+ Kg7 25. Qd4+ Rf6
26. Rxf6 Qh2+ 27. Kf1 Nxf6 28. Rd1 $16 {is maybe 'cleanest' in that it keeps
control.}) 23... gxh5 24. Qc7+ Kh8 25. Bd5 $2 (25. e7 $1 Rf2 26. Be6 $1 {
requires nerves of steel to play, but it is the only way to win!} Rxg2+ 27.
Kxg2 Nxe3+ 28. Kg1 Qg5+ 29. Kf2 $18) 25... Nf2 (25... Rfc8 $5 {was interesting,
with the idea of 'perpetual queen'. Eventually, to get out White has to play}
26. Qf4 Rf8 27. Qxf8+ Rxf8 28. Rxf8+ Kg7 29. Rf7+ Kh8 {and now it transpires
that there is no win, for instance} 30. e7 Qh2+ 31. Kf1 Qh1+ 32. Ke2 Qxg2+ 33.
Ke1 Qg1+ 34. Kd2 Qxe3+ $11) 26. Qe5+ (26. Qh2 {was better off played
immediately, since after} Qg5 {there is now} 27. e7 $1 {gaining a tempo.} Rf6
28. Rxf2 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Qxd5 {Now for instance} 30. Rf1 $14 {and White has
gained a tempo on the game.} (30. Qf4 $5)) 26... Rf6 27. Qh2 Qg5 $1 {White's
advantage is now all gone.} 28. Rxf2 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Qxd5 (29... Qf6+ 30. Qf4
Qb2+ $3 31. Kg1 Qxa1+ 32. Kh2 Qg7 {was maybe worth a try, even if it is hard
to see Black winning this.}) 30. e7 $6 (30. Qf4 Qxe6 31. Rd1 {might still
generate some tricks with the help of smoke and mirrors.}) 30... Qd2+ 31. Kg1
Qxe3+ 32. Kh1 Qg5 {Now White has to be careful not to be worse, so he
hurriedly offered a draw with} 33. Re1 {.} (33. Re1 Qxe7 34. Qxh5 Qe6 35. Qc5 {
is equal but arguably easier for Black to play. However, with no idea of the
time situation or the mental capacity of Black to play for a win against
someone 300 points higher, it is hard to criticise accepting the draw.})
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2862"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[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. b3 {The game rarely truly begins at the first move, but with Jobava it is
no great surprise. The Georgian player is exceptionally gifted, but not your
standard top grandmaster. In his chess philosophy opening knowledge does not
deserve any prominent spot.} g6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 c5 {Carlsen is a
clear favourite in the game and the world champion actively looks for early
conflict.} (4... d5 5. Qd2 a5 6. f3 h5 7. e4 dxe4 8. fxe4 a4 9. bxa4 Bh6 10.
Qd3 b6 11. Nf3 Ba6 12. Qd1 Bxf1 13. Rxf1 Nc6 14. d5 Na5 15. Qd4 c5 16. Qd3 O-O
17. h3 e6 18. d6 Nd7 19. g4 h4 20. e5 $14 {1-0 (48) Shengelia,D (2556)
-Schreiner,P (2460) Austria 2013}) 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 {The choice of the
central structure was done in a hope, that the development of the bishop to b2
will turn out to have been slightly premature.} (6... O-O 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nge2 d6
9. O-O Bg4 10. f3 Bd7 11. Ne4 Nd5 12. Qd2 f5 13. Bc4 e6 14. Nxd6 Qh4 15. Nxb7
Bh6 16. f4 g5 17. g3 Qh5 18. Nc5 $18 {0-1 (37) Bancod,R (2171)-Gallegos,P 
(2097) ICC INT 2009}) 7. Qd2 Nc6 8. f3 h5 {In retrospect Black might have been
somewhat unhappy about the missed chance to limit the scope of the
light-squared bishop of White.} (8... a6 $5 9. O-O-O h5 $15) 9. Bb5 Qd6 10.
Nge2 Bh6 11. Qd1 (11. Qd3 a6 12. Bxc6+ Qxc6 $15) 11... Bf5 {In the games of
strong players every small detail can gain great importance. It seem to have
been somewhat more precise to kick the b5-bishop away with the immediate 11...
a6 move.} (11... a6 12. Bxc6+ Qxc6 13. Bc1 Bg7 14. O-O Bf5 $15) 12. Bc1 Bxc1 (
12... Bg7 13. Bf4 Qd7 14. O-O $11) 13. Rxc1 Rc8 14. Qd2 O-O 15. Bxc6 (15. O-O
Nd8 16. Nd1 a6 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nc6 $11) 15... bxc6 {A chess game can be
presented as a sequence of more or (sometimes) less successful choices. Lesser
players might have hoped to get more play after recapturing with the rook.} (
15... Rxc6 16. Nd1 b5 17. O-O Rfc8 18. Ne3 Bd7 $11) 16. Na4 Rfe8 17. O-O e5 18.
c3 (18. Rce1 Nd7 19. Ng3 Qf6 20. Nxf5 Qxf5 $11) 18... h4 19. dxe5 Rxe5 20. b4
$1 {Jobava is on alert and his pawn move fixes the central structure on light
squares. Black's bishop is now limited by 4 black pawns sitting on the light
squares.} Rce8 (20... Nd7 21. Nd4 c5 22. Nxc5 Nxc5 23. f4 Re4 24. bxc5 Qxc5 25.
Kh1 Rce8 $11) 21. Nd4 h3 22. g3 (22. Nxf5 Rxf5 23. g3 (23. gxh3 $2 Nh5 $17)
23... Rfe5 $15) 22... Bc8 23. Nc5 Nd7 24. Nd3 {The knight exchange on d7 would
have made it easier for Black to seek some activity with the timely c6-c5
advance.} (24. Nxd7 Bxd7 25. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1 c5 28. bxc5
Qxc5 $15) 24... R5e7 25. Rfe1 c5 26. bxc5 (26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27. bxc5 Nxc5 28. Nf4
Ne6 29. Ndxe6 Bxe6 30. Re1 $11) 26... Nxc5 27. Nf4 (27. Rxe7 Rxe7 28. Nf4 $11)
27... Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Ne6 {Carlsen does not want to risk a
situation in which the white knights will become too dangerous.} 30. Nfxe6 (30.
Ndxe6 Bxe6 31. Qe3 Qa6 32. g4 $1 Qxa2 33. Nxh3 a5 34. Ng5 $11) 30... Bxe6 31.
Kf2 {[%mdl 4096] For a very original player like Jobava the situation on the
board must have seemed a bit tedious, but he certainly had some problems
judging it correctly to the last detail. Exchanging the minor pieces should
have given White an equal position.} (31. Nxe6 fxe6 32. Qe3 Qa6 33. a4 $11)
31... Bd7 32. Qb1 Qc7 33. Qb3 Bc8 34. a3 (34. Qxd5 Qxc3 35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. Ne2
$11) 34... a5 35. Qb2 {White is unsure if opening of the position will be
enough for a draw, so he decides to wait.} (35. Qxd5 $1 Qxc3 36. Qd8+ Kh7 37.
Ne2 Qc5+ 38. Ke1 Be6 39. Qh4+ Kg8 40. Qd8+ $11) 35... Ba6 36. Nc2 Qa7+ 37. Ne3
Bc4 38. f4 Kh7 39. g4 {The proverbial moves just before the time control are
already made under some pressure.} (39. a4 Qd7 40. Qc2 Qc6 $15) 39... Qe7 40.
Qc1 $6 (40. a4 $1 Qe4 41. Qb8 Ba2 $15) 40... Qe4 41. f5 Qf4+ 42. Kg1 gxf5 43.
gxf5 Bd3 44. Qe1 Bxf5 (44... d4 45. cxd4 Qxd4 46. Qd2 Kg7 47. Kf2 Qf4+ 48. Ke1
Bb5 $15) 45. Nxf5 $2 {Just like tennis players chess players should also know
that a very important part of the match with better opponents is inner
confidence, that a loss is not the inevitable result. Jobava is trading minor
pieces and the black position strikingly jumps in value.} (45. Qf2 $1 Qg5+ 46.
Qg3 Qh6 47. Qe5 Be6 $15) 45... Qxf5 46. Qg3 Kh6 $1 {The white king is locked
in on g1 and the queen endgame proves to be simply hopeless.} 47. Qb8 (47. c4
dxc4 48. Qh4+ Kg7 49. Qd4+ Qf6 50. Qxc4 Qg5+ 51. Kf2 Qg2+ 52. Ke3 Qxh2 53. Qd4+
Kg6 54. Qe4+ Kf6 55. Qh4+ Ke6 56. Qc4+ Ke7 57. Qh4+ f6 58. Qh7+ Kd6 $19) 47...
Qf3 48. Qh8+ Kg6 49. Qg8+ Kf6 50. Qd8+ (50. a4 Qe3+ 51. Kf1 Qf4+ 52. Ke1 Qxh2
$19) 50... Kf5 0-1

[Event "HUN-ch 54th"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2004.08.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Black "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2004.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 Na5 6. Be2 a6 7. c4 c5 (7... e4
8. Nc2 Nc6 9. d4 exd3 10. Bxd3 Be5 11. Bxe5 Nxe5 12. Nf3 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 d5 14.
Rd1 c6 15. O-O O-O 16. cxd5 Qxd5 17. Qc3 Qh5 {1/2-1/2 Georgiev,K-Kotronias,V/
Korinthos 1997/ (65)}) (7... O-O 8. Nf3 Re8 9. Nc2 (9. O-O Bf8 10. d3 Nc6 11.
e4 Bc5 12. Nc2 d6 13. Ne3 b5 14. Nd5 bxc4 15. bxc4 Rb8 16. Bc3 Bg4 17. Nxe5
Bxe2 18. Nxc6 Bxd1 19. Nxd8 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Be2 21. Nc6 Bxf1 22. Kxf1 Rb5 {
0-1 Chatalbashev,B-Atalik,S/Saint Vincent 2003/ (43)}) 9... e4 10. Nh4 Nc6 11.
f4 Bc5 12. Nf5 d5 13. cxd5 Nb4 14. Ncd4 Qxd5 15. a3 Nd3+ 16. Bxd3 exd3 17. b4
Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxg2 19. Rf1 Bg4 20. Nf3 Ne4 {0-1 Zurek,M-Hracek,Z/Czechia 2002/
(20)}) 8. Nf3 (8. d4 cxd4 9. Nc2 d3 10. Qxd3 {1/2-1/2 Odesskij,I-Potkin,V/
Pardubice 2001/ (10)}) 8... Nc6 9. d3 Bc7 {Due to the misplaced location of
the a3 knight black seems to have an easy equality in this opening line.} (9...
O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Nc2 Bf8 12. d4 cxd4 13. exd4 e4 14. Ne5 d6 15. Nxc6 bxc6
16. d5 c5 17. b4 Rb8 18. Bc3 Nd7 19. a4 Ne5 20. Qd2 Qh4 21. Rab1 Bd7 22. b5 {
1-0 Teske,H-Berndt,S/Germany 1999/ (37)}) 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 (11. Nc2 d5 $11)
11... Qe7 12. Nb1 d5 (12... b5 13. Nc3 Bb7 $13) 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nbd2 Bd7 (
14... b6 15. a3 Bb7 16. Qc2 Rad8 $13) 15. Qc2 b6 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 17. Bf1 a5 (
17... Ncb4 18. Qb1 Nf6 19. d4 e4 20. Ne5 Bf5 $11) 18. a3 Rad8 19. g3 Rc8 (19...
Be6 20. d4 exd4 21. exd4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. Bb5 Rf8 24. Nf3 Bd6 25. Nxd4
$14) 20. Qb1 (20. d4 e4 21. Bc4 exf3 (21... Ndb4 22. axb4 Nxb4 23. Qxe4 $16)
22. Bxd5 cxd4 23. Nxf3 $14) 20... Qd8 21. d4 $1 {Berkes chooses the right
moment for opening up of the center, sicne black can not push the unpleasant
move e5-e4.} (21. Bg2 Be6 $11) 21... exd4 22. exd4 cxd4 23. Nxd4 (23. Ba6 Rxe1+
24. Rxe1 Ra8 25. Qd3 Bd6 $11) 23... Nxd4 24. Bxd4 Ne7 (24... Qg5 25. Ne4 Qg6
26. Bd3 f5 27. Nc3 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Nxc3 29. Bc4+ Kh8 30. Bxc3 $14) 25. Ba6 $1
Rb8 (25... Ra8 26. Bd3 Ng6 27. Rxe8+ Bxe8 28. Be4 Rb8 29. Qb2 Bd6 30. Bxg7 Bxa3
31. Qxa3 Kxg7 32. Nc4 $14) 26. Bd3 Ng6 (26... g6 $2 27. Ne4 $18) (26... h6 27.
Qb2 f6 28. Ne4 $16) 27. Qb2 f6 (27... Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Qf8 29. f4 Re8 30. Rxe8
Qxe8 31. Nf1 $14) 28. Qc2 Bd6 (28... Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Nf8 (29... Be8 30. Rxe8+
Qxe8 31. Qxc7 $18) 30. Be4 $14) 29. Nc4 Bf8 (29... Be7 30. Bxg6 hxg6 31. Qxg6
b5 32. Ne3 Bxa3 33. Rcd1 Bb4 34. Nd5 $1 $18) 30. Bxb6 $1 {[%mdl 64] An
excellent combination that fully exploits more harmonious white pieces
controlling the full center.} Rxb6 31. Nxb6 Rxe1+ $2 (31... Qxb6 32. Qc4+ Be6
33. Rxe6 Qxe6 (33... Rxe6 34. Bf5 Kf7 35. Re1 $16) 34. Qxe6+ Rxe6 35. Bc4 Kf7
36. Re1 Ne5 37. Bxe6+ Kxe6 38. f4 $16) 32. Rxe1 Qxb6 33. Qc4+ Kh8 34. Qf7 Qd8 (
34... Qb8 35. Bxg6 hxg6 36. Re4 g5 37. Qxd7 $18) 35. Bxg6 hxg6 36. Rd1 (36. Rd1
Be7 37. Rd4 f5 38. Qd5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Julian Borowski-A 3rd"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2001.05.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2001.05.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Ne2 a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nbc3 (7. d4
e4 (7... exd4 8. Qxd4 Bg4 9. f3 c5 10. Qd3 Bd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O-O b5 13. e4
c4 14. bxc4 Qe7 15. Nd4 {1-0 Kunin,V-Arkhangelsky,B/Moscow/1999/ (52)}) 8. c4
O-O 9. Nbc3 Re8 10. h3 b5 11. Qc2 bxc4 12. bxc4 Rb8 13. Nb1 c5 14. Nd2 cxd4 15.
Bxd4 Bb4 16. Rd1 {1-0 Garcia Padron,J-Romero Holmes,A/Cordoba/ 1995/ (44)}) (7.
d3 O-O 8. Nd2 Qe7 9. h3 Nd5 10. e4 Nb6 11. O-O f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Ng3 Bg6 14.
Re1 Nd5 15. Nf3 Qf6 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Rxe5 Nf4 {1/2-1/2 Arencibia,W-Estremera
Panos,S/Malaga/ 2000/ (31)}) 7... e4 (7... Qe7 8. Ng3 Bg4 9. f3 Be6 10. Nce4
Nxe4 11. Nxe4 O-O 12. O-O f5 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. f4 e4 15. h3 Rad8 16. Kh2 h6 17.
d3 d5 {1/2-1/2 Lein,A-Malbran,G/Philadelphia/1989/ (58)}) 8. Ng3 Qe7 9. Qe2 (9.
Nh5 O-O 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Qh5 Bf5 $15) 9... O-O 10. O-O-O (10. f3 exf3 11.
gxf3 Re8) 10... Ba3 11. Bxa3 $2 {Bishoff underestimates the danger of letting
black's queen closer to his own king, the bishop's exchange was far from
necessary.} (11. f3 exf3 12. gxf3 Bxb2+ 13. Kxb2 Be6 $11) 11... Qxa3+ 12. Kb1
Re8 13. f3 (13. d3 exd3 14. Rxd3 c5 $11) 13... exf3 14. gxf3 a5 $1 15. Nge4 (
15. Rhg1 a4 16. Qg2 g6 $15) 15... Nxe4 16. fxe4 (16. Nxe4 a4 17. Nc3 axb3 18.
cxb3 Qb4 $17) 16... a4 17. d3 (17. Nxa4 Rxa4 18. bxa4 Rxe4 19. d4 Be6 20. c3
Qxc3 $17) 17... Be6 18. Qd2 (18. Nxa4 Rxa4 19. bxa4 Bxa2+ 20. Ka1 Qc3+ 21. Kxa2
Ra8 $19) 18... b5 19. Qc1 Qb4 20. Qb2 axb3 21. axb3 (21. cxb3 Ra3 22. Rhg1 g6
$17) 21... Ra3 {[%mdl 128] The open a file will decide the game, white is
helpless against black's pressure.} 22. Ne2 (22. Rhg1 Rea8 (22... g6 $17) 23.
Rxg7+ (23. Na2 Qf8 24. Nc3 f6 $17) 23... Kf8 24. Kc1 Ra1+ 25. Kd2 R1a2 $19)
22... Rea8 23. Rhg1 g6 24. Qc3 Qd6 (24... Ra1+ 25. Qxa1 Rxa1+ 26. Kxa1 c5 27.
Kb2 c4 28. dxc4 bxc4 $15) 25. Nf4 b4 $1 26. Qb2 Qc5 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.03.14"]
[Round "13.8"]
[White "Enders, Peter"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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 "Erfurt"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 Nxd4 5. Bxd4 d5 6. e3 Nf6 7. d3 {With the
bishop unnaturaly exposed in the center white will find it challenging to get
any advantage from the opening.} (7. Be2 Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Nd2 a5 (9... Re8 10.
Rc1 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. c4 c5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. cxd5 exd3 15. Bxd3 Qxd5 16. Nf3
Rad8 17. Be2 {1/2-1/2 Duckworth,W-Marshall,T/Palo Alto 1981/ (23)}) 10. a4 Re8
11. O-O Bf5 12. dxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bc3 Bd6 15. Bc4 Qg5 16. Qd5 Qg6 17.
Rfe1 c6 18. Qd2 Rad8 19. Qe2 Bg4 20. Qf1 b6 21. Be2 Bf3 22. Rac1 Bxh2+ {
0-1 Clamp,C-Sinkovics,P/Rommelshausen 2002/ (22)}) 7... Bf5 8. Nd2 c6 9. dxe4 (
9. Be2 Qc7 10. h3 O-O-O $13) 9... dxe4 (9... Nxe4 10. Bd3 Bb4 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12.
c3 Bf8 $11) 10. Be2 Qc7 11. Qc1 (11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bg4 Bg6 $15) 11... Nd5 12.
c4 (12. Qb2 O-O-O 13. Bxg7 Bxg7 14. Qxg7 Rhg8 15. Qb2 Rxg2 $17) 12... Nb4 13.
a3 (13. Qc3 c5 (13... O-O-O 14. a3 Nd3+ 15. Bxd3 exd3 16. O-O $14) 14. Bxg7 (
14. Be5 Qe7 15. O-O O-O-O 16. Rfd1 $11) 14... Bxg7 15. Qxg7 O-O-O 16. Rd1 Qe7
17. Qc3 Rhg8 $15) 13... c5 $1 {Fine intermidiate move, that will be useful in
the fight for control of the central squares.} 14. Bc3 (14. axb4 cxd4 15. exd4
Bxb4 16. O-O Qd6 $15) 14... Nd3+ 15. Bxd3 exd3 16. e4 (16. Qd1 Qc6 17. O-O
O-O-O 18. b4 $13) 16... Bg6 17. f3 O-O-O 18. Qb2 f5 19. O-O-O (19. O-O fxe4 (
19... Bd6 20. e5 Be7 21. f4 $11) 20. fxe4 Bd6 21. e5 Be7 22. e6 Bd6 23. Bxg7
Bxh2+ 24. Kh1 Rhg8 25. Bf6 Rde8 $15) 19... fxe4 20. Nxe4 {It seems logical to
provoke Hansen's strong light squared bishop, but after the excange in the
center white king will be a bit more exposed.} (20. fxe4 $5 Rg8 (20... Bh5 21.
Rdf1 Be2 22. Rf5 $13) 21. Kb1 $13) 20... Bxe4 21. fxe4 Be7 (21... Qf4+ $6 22.
Qd2 Qxe4 23. Rhe1 Qg6 24. Re3 $14) 22. Rhf1 (22. Bxg7 Rhg8 23. Kb1 d2 $1 (23...
Qf4 24. Bc3 Qxe4 25. Rhe1 Qg4 26. h3 Qh4 27. Re3 $14) 24. Ka2 Qf4 25. g3 Qxe4
26. Bc3 Rgf8 $15) (22. Kb1 Rhg8 $15) 22... Qxh2 23. Bxg7 Rhg8 24. Rf7 (24. Kb1
Rd7 25. Rf3 d2 $17) 24... Qh5 $1 {This fine combination does not win the
exchange, but it gets the central pawn and cares for a decisive advantage.} 25.
Rxe7 (25. Rdf1 d2+ $19) 25... Qg5+ 26. Kb1 Qxe7 27. Bf6 (27. Be5 Rd7 $19) 27...
Qxe4 28. Bxd8 Rxd8 29. Qf2 b6 30. Kc1 Qe5 $1 31. Kb1 (31. Qb2 d2+ 32. Kb1 Qg3
33. Qc2 Rd7 34. Kb2 Qxg2 $19) 31... Qe2 32. Qf5+ (32. Qf3 Qc2+ 33. Ka1 d2 34.
Qa8+ Kc7 35. Qxa7+ Kc6 36. Qa4+ Kb7 $19) 32... Rd7 33. Qf8+ Rd8 34. Qf5+ Rd7
35. Qf8+ Kb7 36. Qf3+ Ka6 $1 {Hansen correctly sees, that the decision will
fall in a winning rook endgame.} 37. Rc1 (37. Ka1 h5 $19) 37... Qxf3 38. gxf3
d2 39. Rd1 h5 40. f4 h4 (40... h4 41. f5 h3 42. f6 h2 43. Kc2 Kb7 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Black "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. h3 Bh5 4. d3 Nc6 5. c4 (5. g4 Bg6 6. Bg2 (6. Nf3 h5 (
6... f6 7. c4 d4 8. b4 e5 9. b5 Bb4+ 10. Nbd2 Nb8 11. Bg2 Nd7 12. O-O h5 13. a3
Bd6 14. Nh4 {1-0 Blatny,P-Braunlich,T/Virginia Beach 2001/ (43)}) 7. g5 e5 8.
Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Bxe5 Qxg5 10. Bb2 h4 11. Qd2 Qf5 12. Qe3+ Kd7 13. Nd2 Ne7 14. Rg1
Nc6 15. Rg5 Qe6 16. Qxe6+ Kxe6 17. Bg2 {1-0 Blatny,P-Wells,P/Austria/2000/ (30)
}) 6... h5 7. c4 e6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 d4 10. Nb5 hxg4 11. Qc1 Nge7 12. Qf4
Rc8 13. hxg4 Rxh1 14. Bxh1 f6 15. Kf1 Qd7 16. Nxd4 Ne5 17. Bxb7 {1-0 Vasiukov,
E-Tseitlin,M/Voskresensk/1990/ (23)}) (5. Nd2 e5 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. e3 Qe7 8. Be2
Nf6 9. O-O O-O-O 10. Nh4 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Qd7 12. Qf3 Rhe8 13. Nf5 Bf8 14. Ng3 Qe6
{0-1 Rotstein,A-Degraeve,J/GER/2000/ (62)}) 5... d4 6. b4 $1 Nxb4 (6... e5 7.
b5 Bb4+ 8. Nd2 Nce7 9. g4 Bg6 10. Bg2 c6 11. Ngf3 $13) 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. g4 Bg6 9.
Nf3 Qd7 (9... e5 $5 10. Nxe5 Bb4+ 11. Kd1 (11. Nd2 $2 Bxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Qg5+ 13.
e3 Qxe5 14. Bxd4 Qg5 15. h4 Qxg4 16. Be2 Qd7 17. Bxg7 O-O-O 18. Bxh8 Bxd3 $13)
11... Nge7 $11) 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 (10... e6 11. Nxc6 Ne7 12. Bg2 Nxc6 13. Nd2 $14)
11. Qxd7+ Kxd7 12. Bxd4 e5 $5 {[%mdl 4] Both players are very inventive in the
opening, black has every reason to hope for equality.} 13. Bc3 (13. Bxe5 Bxd3 (
13... Re8 14. d4 c5 15. Nc3 f6 16. Bg3 cxd4 17. Rd1 Bc5 $13) 14. exd3 Re8 15.
d4 f6 16. Nd2 (16. f4 fxe5 17. dxe5 g5 $13) 16... fxe5 17. d5 Bb4 $13) 13... e4
14. Nd2 (14. dxe4 Bxe4 15. Rg1 Rd8 16. Nd2 Bc6 17. Rg3 Kc8 18. e4 $14) 14...
exd3 15. e4 f6 16. Bxd3 Rd8 17. Ke2 (17. Nf3 Bc5 18. Ke2 Ne7 $14) 17... Bd6 18.
Nb3 Ne7 19. Rhd1 Kc8 (19... b6 20. c5 $1 bxc5 21. Bb5+ Kc8 22. Ba6+ Kb8 23.
Rab1 $14) 20. c5 Be5 (20... Bf4 21. Nd4 Be5 22. Ke3 Rhe8 23. f3 Bf7 $11) 21.
Bxe5 fxe5 {The pawn structure offers enough chances for black's counterpunches.
} 22. Ke3 (22. Rab1 Nc6 23. Ke3 Bf7 $11) 22... Bf7 23. Na5 (23. Rab1 Nc6 $11)
23... b6 24. Bc4 $5 (24. Ba6+ Kb8 25. a3 h5 $11) 24... Bxc4 25. Nxc4 Nc6 26.
cxb6 (26. Rab1 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Rd8 $11) 26... axb6 27. Rdc1 Kb7 28. a4 Ra8 29. a5
$2 {Blatny hopes to stirr some chances out of the equal position, but he
underestimates the power of black's a pawn.} (29. Rcb1 h5 $1 30. g5 Rhf8 31.
Ra2 (31. a5 Nd4 $1 32. Kd3 Rf3+ 33. Ne3 Rxh3 $17) 31... Rf4 32. Nxe5 Rh4 33.
Nxc6 Rxh3+ 34. f3 Kxc6 35. Rd1 $11) 29... Nxa5 (29... bxa5 30. Rab1+ Ka6 (30...
Kc8 31. Nb6+ cxb6 32. Rxc6+ Kd7 33. Rcxb6 $14) 31. Nd6 Nb4 32. Rxc7 $14) 30.
Nxa5+ (30. Nxe5 $2 Rae8 31. Nf7 Rhf8 32. Ng5 h6 33. Nf3 Nb3 $19) 30... Rxa5 31.
Rxa5 bxa5 32. Rc5 (32. Rb1+ Ka6 33. Rc1 Rc8 34. Rc6+ Kb5 35. Re6 a4 36. Rxe5+
Kb4 $17) 32... Kb6 33. Rxe5 Rd8 34. Rf5 (34. Rd5 Rxd5 35. exd5 Kc5 36. Ke4 a4
$19) 34... a4 35. Ke2 a3 36. Rf3 Ra8 $1 (36... Rd4 37. Rxa3 Rxe4+ 38. Kd2 $11)
37. Rb3+ Kc5 38. Rb1 a2 39. Ra1 Kd4 40. Kf3 (40. f3 Kc3 41. e5 Kb2 $19) 40...
g5 (40... g5 41. e5 Kc3 42. e6 Kb2 $19) 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Chartres"]
[Date "2005.08.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Black "Marzolo, Cyril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2005.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Ne2 O-O 6. Ng3 Ne7 {Marzolo choses
somewhat artificial manouver in the hope to occupy the center with his pawns.}
(6... a6 7. Be2 Re8 8. c4 Bf8 9. Nc3 Nd4 10. O-O Nxe2+ 11. Ngxe2 d5 12. cxd5
Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. d4 e4 15. Qc2 Bd6 {1/2-1/2 Cuenca Castilla,M-Garcia
Munoz,J /Malaga 1999/ (30)}) (6... Re8 7. O-O a6 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. d3 Qe7 10. a4
Be6 11. Nd2 Rad8 12. a5 Bc8 13. Ra4 Nd5 14. Qf3 g6 15. Nc4 {1-0 Franic,M (2415)
-Wiley,T (2274)/Pula 2004/ (24)}) 7. f4 $5 Ng6 (7... exf4 8. Bxf6 gxf6 (8...
fxg3 $2 9. Qg4 g6 10. hxg3 $18) 9. exf4 $13) 8. f5 (8. Nf5 Ne8 9. h4 $5 (9.
fxe5 Bxe5 10. Bxe5 Nxe5 11. O-O d5 $11) 9... a6 10. Bd3 exf4 11. Nxd6 Nxd6 12.
h5 $14) 8... Ne7 9. Bd3 c6 (9... Nc6 10. O-O Bc5 11. Nc3 d5 $13) 10. Nc3 Bc7
11. O-O d5 12. e4 a6 {Black might have been satisfied with the outcome of the
opening, but his further play is not focused enough. It made more sense to
centralize the bishop from the square c7.} (12... Bb6+ 13. Kh1 Bd4 $1 14. Nh5
Qd6 $15) 13. a4 g6 (13... Bb6+ 14. Kh1 Bd4 $1) 14. Qe2 Kh8 (14... gxf5 15. exf5
Kh8 (15... e4 $2 16. Ncxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 $18) 16. Kh1 $13) 15.
Kh1 gxf5 (15... d4 16. Nd1 gxf5 17. exf5 Ned5 18. Bc4 $11) 16. exd5 f4 $2 (
16... cxd5 17. Bxf5 $5 (17. Nxf5 Ng6 18. Qe1 Be6 $11) 17... Nxf5 18. Nxf5 Be6
19. Ba3 Re8 20. Nd6 Bxd6 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Rxf6 $14) 17. Rxf4 $1 {[%mdl 64]
With one spirited shot Vaisser is achieving the limit of his dreams. Black's
pawns are shattered and all white pieces can now participate in the
devastating kingside attack.} Ng6 (17... exf4 18. Nce4 Nexd5 19. Nxf6 Nxf6 20.
Qh5 $18) 18. Rff1 Nxd5 (18... cxd5 19. Rxf6 $1 Qxf6 20. Nxd5 Qd6 21. Nxc7 Qxc7
22. Bxg6 $18) 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 (19... cxd5 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Bxe5+ $18) 20. Qh5 (
20. Qh5 Be6 (20... Rg8 21. Bc4 Qxd2 22. Rxf7 Rg7 23. Rxg7 Kxg7 24. Rf1 $18) 21.
Ne4 Rg8 22. Nf6 Qxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Nf4+ 24. Kf2 Nxh5 25. Nxh5 $18) 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Sanxenxo"]
[Date "2004.11.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Narciso Dublan, Marc"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2004.11.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 g6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e4 c5 {It is very rare to see the normal opening
position after three moves that was not played before in known games!} (3...
Bg7 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. c4 Nf4 8. Qd2 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 10. dxe5
Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 Nc6 12. Ke3 Ne6 13. Nc3 Nxe5 14. Nd5 Ng4+ 15. Kf3 f5 16. c5 Ng5+
17. Kf4 Ne4 18. Nxe7+ Kf7 {Morozevich,A-Van der Wiel,J/Tilburg 1993/ 0-1 (42)})
4. e5 Nd5 5. e6 (5. Qf3 Nb4 6. Bc4 (6. Qc3 Bg7 7. Qxc5 N8c6 8. f4 d6 $17) 6...
e6 7. Qc3 Bg7 8. a3 N4c6 9. f4 Nd4 $13) 5... f6 6. exd7+ Bxd7 7. Bc4 (7. Nc3
Bc6 8. Qg4 Bg7 9. O-O-O Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Qd7 $11) 7... Nf4 8. g3 (8. Qf3 Bc6 9.
Qxf4 Bxg2 10. Qe3 Qd6 11. Nc3 Bxh1 $17) 8... Bc6 9. Nf3 (9. f3 b5 10. Bxb5 Bxb5
11. gxf4 Bh6 12. Nc3 Bc6 $11) 9... b5 10. Bf1 (10. Bxb5 Bxb5 11. gxf4 Bc6 12.
Rg1 Qd6 13. Qe2 Qxf4 14. Rg3 Qf5 15. d3 Nd7 16. Nbd2 $11) 10... Nd5 11. d4 $6 {
Narciso strives to open up the center, but his trategy is risky due to the
unprotected nature of the Nf3.} (11. Bg2 e5 12. Qe2 Be7 13. O-O $11) 11... Nb6
(11... Nc7 12. Bg2 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15. Bb2 Nd7 $15) 12. c3 e5
13. Bg2 (13. Qe2 cxd4 14. cxd4 Bb4+ 15. Bc3 Bxc3+ 16. Nxc3 b4 17. Ne4 O-O 18.
dxe5 Qd5 $17) 13... e4 (13... cxd4 14. cxd4 Bb4+ 15. Bc3 Bxc3+ 16. Nxc3 e4 17.
Nd2 f5 18. Ne2 $15) 14. Nfd2 f5 15. d5 $5 {[%mdl 64] Very attratctive and
unusual combination, white hopes to win the exchange on h8.} Qxd5 (15... Nxd5
$2 16. c4 Nf6 17. cxb5 Bb7 (17... Bxb5 18. Nxe4 $16) 18. Nxe4 Qxd1+ 19. Kxd1
Nxe4 20. Re1 Rg8 21. f3 $16) 16. c4 Qg8 17. Bxh8 (17. cxb5 Bxb5 18. Na3 Bd3 19.
Bxh8 Qxh8 20. Bf1 Bg7 21. Rc1 Bb2 22. Bxd3 exd3 23. Nac4 Bxc1 24. Qxc1 Nc6 $15)
17... Qxh8 18. Na3 (18. cxb5 Qxa1 19. bxc6 Nxc6 $17) 18... b4 19. Nc2 (19. Nb5
Qe5 20. a4 a6 21. O-O axb5 $19) 19... Bg7 20. Rb1 N8d7 21. O-O (21. f4 O-O-O
22. Qe2 Nf8 23. Rd1 Ne6 $17) 21... O-O-O {Nielsen seems to enjoy full
compensation for the exchange, since white pieces have scant access to the
black's exposed queenside structure.} 22. Qe2 Ne5 23. Rfd1 (23. a3 a5 24. axb4
axb4 25. f3 Bh6 26. Ne3 Nd3 27. f4 (27. fxe4 Qd4 28. Rf3 fxe4 $19) 27... Bg7
$15) 23... h5 24. Nxe4 $2 {The pure impatience; white sacrifices material in
order to speed up his piece activity, but his compensation will be scant.} (24.
f3 $1 h4 25. fxe4 hxg3 26. hxg3 Ng4 27. Nf1 Re8 28. Qd2 fxe4 29. Qd6 $13) 24...
fxe4 25. Bxe4 Qe8 $1 (25... Re8 26. Bxc6 Nxc6 27. Qf3 Re6 $17) 26. Rxd8+ Kxd8
27. Re1 (27. f4 Bxe4 (27... Nexc4 28. Qd1+ (28. Qd3+ Bd4+ 29. Nxd4 Bxe4 30.
Ne6+ Kc8 31. Qxe4 Nd2 32. Qc2 Nxb1 33. Qxc5+ $11) 28... Bd7 $17) 28. Qxe4 Nc6
29. Qxe8+ Kxe8 $17) 27... g5 28. f4 gxf4 29. gxf4 Bxe4 30. Qxe4 Qg6+ {Narciso
could certainly have played on, but enemy's position is indeed technically
winning.} (30... Qg6+ 31. Qxg6 Nxg6 32. Rf1 Ke7 33. Kg2 Nh4+ 34. Kf2 Nf5 $17)
0-1

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.31"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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 "India"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 a6 4. c4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. g3 h5 7. Bg2 d6 (7... h4 8.
Nge2 d6 9. d3 Nge7 $13) 8. h3 Nh6 9. d3 O-O (9... h4 10. g4 f5 11. gxf5 Bxf5
12. Nf3 $13) 10. Qd2 (10. Nge2) 10... Bd7 11. Nge2 Rb8 12. Rc1 (12. O-O h4 13.
g4 f5 $13) 12... Nf5 (12... b5 13. Nd5 $14 (13. cxb5 axb5 14. Nxb5 $2 Rxb5 15.
Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Rxc6 Qa8 $1 17. Qc3 Rb6 $19)) 13. Nd5 Nce7 14. O-O c6 {The
difficult part in english openings is the flexibility of pawn structures. Very
often the positions only gradually fall into their shapes.} (14... Nxd5 15.
cxd5 $14) 15. Ndc3 (15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. e4 Nd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. f4 $14) 15...
Be6 16. Ne4 d5 (16... f6 17. f4 $14) 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Ng5 $1 (18. Nc5 Bc8 19.
f4 b6 $13) 18... Bc8 19. h4 Nc6 (19... f6 20. Nh3 Be6 21. d4 $14) 20. Rc5 d4 (
20... Nce7 21. Rfc1 $14) 21. exd4 Ncxd4 (21... exd4 22. Rfc1 $14) 22. Nxd4 Nxd4
$6 (22... exd4 23. Qf4 $14) 23. Re1 (23. f4 exf4 24. Rxf4 Bg4 25. Kh2 $14)
23... Bg4 (23... b6 24. Rd5 Qc7 25. Ba3 Bg4 26. Bd6 $16) (23... Qd6 24. Rd5 Qb6
25. Ba3 $16) 24. Rexe5 $1 {[%mdl 512] An excellent sacrifice of the exchange,
white pieces are obviously very active. The weakness of the diagonal a1-h8
will become fatal for black.} Bxe5 (24... b6 25. Rcd5 Bxe5 26. Rxe5 Rc8 (26...
f6 $6 27. Bd5+ Kg7 28. Bxd4 fxe5 29. Bxe5+ Rf6 30. Qf4 Bf5 31. Be4 $18) 27. Rd5
Rc2 28. Rxd8 Ne2+ 29. Qxe2 Bxe2 30. Bf6 $18) 25. Rxe5 Rc8 (25... f6 $6 26. Bd5+
Kg7 27. Bxd4 fxe5 28. Bxe5+ $18) (25... Nc6 26. Rd5 Qe7 27. Ne4 f6 28. Qh6 Qg7
29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. Rd6 $16) (25... Ne6 $2 26. Rxe6 $1 Bxe6 27. Qc3 $18) 26. Rd5
Ne2+ (26... Rc2 27. Rxd8 Ne2+ 28. Qxe2 Bxe2 29. Bf6 $18) 27. Kh2 Qc7 (27... Qe7
28. f3 Bf5 29. Re5 $18) 28. Ne4 {Shabalov's king is hopelesly weakened and
left to the white's dancing pieces.} f5 (28... f6 29. Rc5 Qd7 30. Rxc8 Qxc8 31.
f3 Nxg3 32. Kxg3 $18) 29. Qh6 $1 (29. Qh6 $1 Qh7 (29... fxe4 30. Qxg6+) 30.
Qxh7+ Kxh7 31. Rd7+ Kg8 32. Rg7+ Kh8 33. Ng5 Nc3 34. Rh7+ Kg8 35. Bd5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "ISL-FRA"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Koch, Jean Rene"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. b3 e5 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 $5 g6 6. b4 $6 (6. Nf3) 6... d6 7.
d4 $6 (7. d3 Bg7 8. Nf3) 7... exd4 8. exd4 Bg7 9. d5 $2 Ne5 10. Be2 (10. Nf3
Nfg4 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Be2 f4 {/\ f3}) 10... O-O 11. Nh3 (11. Nf3
Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Re8+ 13. Be2 Qe7 $17) (11. Nd2 Qe7 12. Qc2 Re8) 11... f4 $1 12.
Nd2 (12. Nxf4 Ne4) (12. Ng5 h6 13. Nf3 (13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6 Qe7) 13... Nxf3+
14. Bxf3 Re8+) 12... Bxh3 13. gxh3 f3 14. Nxf3 (14. Bxf3 Nd3+ $19) 14... Ne4
15. Rb1 (15. Nxe5 Nxf2 16. Qc2 Nxh1 17. Nf3 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Qe7 $19) 15... Nxf3+
16. Bxf3 Bc3+ $1 (16... Bc3+ $1 17. Kf1 (17. Ke2 Rxf3 18. Kxf3 Qf6+ 19. Ke3 (
19. Kxe4 Qf5+ 20. Ke3 Re8#) 19... Qxf2+ 20. Kd3 Bxb2 $19) 17... Rxf3 18. Qxf3
Nd2+ $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Ter Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. h3 {Jobava is a very inventive player and
this move was played by him already in 2015 at the highest level. Its main
advantage is to avoid the well trodden paths of 4.Bb5.} (4. Bb5) 4... d5 5. Bb5
Bd6 6. Nf3 Qe7 7. d4 exd4 {Black has no reason to shy away from the opening of
the centre as the first player has effectvely lost a tempo with 4.h3.} (7... e4
8. Ne5 Bd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. c4 a6 11. Ba4 Qe6 12. Nd2 O-O 13. a3 Rab8 14. Rc1
Na7 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. b4 c6 17. O-O f5 18. Bb3 $11 {1-0 (32) Trass,R (1754)
-Rossiter,P (1641) Hamilton 1999}) 8. Qxd4 $5 {Opening theory is so well
worked out in some lines that players are grateful for something fresh.
Recapturing with the queen develops yet another piece.} (8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Nxc6
bxc6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Nd2 Rfe8 12. O-O Rab8 13. Re1 Ne4 14. Qh5 h6 15. Nxe4 dxe4
16. Bc4 Be6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Qg4 Qxg4 19. hxg4 Rb5 20. f4 exf3 21. gxf3 h5 $11
{0-1 (42) Bobanac,M (2271)-Saric,K (2219) Bol 2011}) 8... O-O (8... Bd7 9. Bxc6
Bxc6 (9... bxc6 10. Nbd2 c5 11. Qh4 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxg7 Qxh4 14. Nxh4
Rg8 15. Bf6 h5 16. O-O-O Be6 17. g3 Rb8 18. Ng2 Rg6 19. Bc3 Rd8 20. Kb2 Ke7 21.
Rd2 $16 {1-0 (54) Li,R (2538)-Niemann,H (2288) Saint Louis 2016}) 10. Nbd2 (10.
Ne5 Bxe5 11. Qxe5 Qxe5 12. Bxe5 O-O-O 13. Nd2 Rhe8 14. Bd4 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Rxe4
16. a4 a5 17. O-O-O f6 18. Rd3 b6 19. Rhd1 Re6 20. Bc3 Rd7 21. g4 Rf7 $11 {
1/2-1/2 (35) Certic,B (2390)-Mihic,B (2389) Belgrade 2015}) 10... O-O 11. O-O-O
a5 12. g4 a4 13. g5 Ne8 14. Kb1 axb3 15. axb3 Bc5 16. Qe5 Bd6 17. Qxe7 Bxe7 18.
Rhg1 Nd6 19. Ne5 Be8 20. h4 f6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (46) Jobava,B (2699)-Jakovenko,D 
(2738) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nbd2 Re8 {Ter Sahakyan had a
lot of freedom in this position as White has no reason to hope for an
advantage.} (10... Bf5 11. O-O-O Ba3 12. Qe5 Be6 13. Nd4 Bxb2+ 14. Kxb2 Qd7 15.
f4 c5 16. N4f3 Rfe8 17. Qc3 Qe7 18. g4 c4 19. bxc4 Qc5 20. Ka1 dxc4 21. e4 $11
{1-0 (45) Li,R (2557)-Ludwig,J (2377) Las Vegas 2016}) (10... a5 11. Qh4 a4 12.
O-O Re8 13. Rfe1 Bf5 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. c4 Bb4 18.
N4f3 Bf5 19. a3 Bc3 20. Rac1 Bb2 21. cxd5 Bxc1 22. Rxc1 axb3 23. Nxb3 cxd5 24.
Rxc7 Rec8 $17 {0-1 (72) Dicu,R (2284)-Parligras,M (2599) Calimanesti Caciulata
2016}) (10... c5 11. Qd3 (11. Qh4 d4 12. O-O-O dxe3 13. fxe3 Ne8 $11) 11... Bb7
12. O-O Nd7 $11) 11. O-O a5 (11... c5 12. Qd3 Bb7 13. c4 c6 $11) 12. c4 Bf5 {
Black is slightly unsure how to handle the position. It would have been
logical to push a pawn.} (12... a4 $5 13. Rac1 c5 14. Qd3 axb3 15. axb3 dxc4
16. Nxc4 Bb7 $11) 13. Rfd1 a4 14. Rac1 c5 {The danger for the d6-bishop forces
Black's hand in the centre; the position becomes more sharp.} (14... axb3 $2
15. c5 $1 Bc2 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. axb3 $16) 15. Qh4 c6 {The defender feels no
real danger and thus ignores the possibility of trading on b3.} (15... axb3 $5
16. axb3 c6 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. e4 Be6 21. exd5 Bxd5
$11) 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 (16... gxf6 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. bxa4 Bd7 19. Qh5 Bxa4 20. Nb3
$11) 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. bxa4 Be6 {There was a very clever defence with
counterplay along the d-file.} (18... Red8 $5 19. Nb3 dxc4 20. Rxc4 Bh2+ 21.
Kxh2 Rxd1 22. Nxc5 Be6 23. Rc2 Ra1 24. Nb3 Rf1 25. Nc5 $11) 19. Nb3 Rxa4 (19...
dxc4 $2 20. Rxd6 cxb3 21. axb3 Bxb3 22. Rxc5 $16) 20. cxd5 Bxd5 $2 {[%mdl 2048]
Black is obviously losing faith in his position and begins to play very
nervously. Three mistakes within 4 moves could kill many defendable positions..
..} (20... cxd5 21. Nxc5 Rxa2 22. Nd4 Be5 23. Nc6 $14) 21. Nxc5 Rxa2 22. Nd4
Bg3 $6 (22... Be5 23. e4 Be6 24. Ncxe6 fxe6 25. Nxc6 $16) 23. Nd3 (23. fxg3 $5
Rxg2+ 24. Kf1 Rxg3 25. Nd7 Kh8 26. Nxf6 Rexe3 27. Nxd5 cxd5 28. Rc8+ $16) (23.
Nc2 Bc7 24. Nb4 Ra7 25. Nxd5 cxd5 26. Rxd5 $16) 23... Bh4 $2 {The game of
chess is all about playing well with the pieces. The defender has violated
this principle so badly, that he now loses without delay.} (23... Bd6 24. Nxc6
Bb3 25. Ndb4 Bxd1 26. Nxa2 Ba4 27. Nd4 $16) 24. Nf5 $1 Bb3 25. Rf1 Bg5 26. f4
Rd8 $2 {When it rains, it pours... on Black. The last chance to pretend the
game could continue was tied up with a move of the bishop.} (26... Bc2 27. Rf2
Bxd3 28. Rxa2 Bxf5 29. fxg5 fxg5 30. Ra5 $16) 27. Nb4 Rb2 28. Nxc6 1-0

[Event "BLR-ch 71st"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2005.03.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gorovets, Andrey"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[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. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. a3 Bd6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Nf3
Qe7 9. d3 f5 10. Nbd2 Kh8 11. b4 (11. Be2 Bd7 (11... Nb6 12. O-O Bd7 13. e4 a5
{1/2-1/2 Popchev,M-Sedlak,N/Stara Pazova 2001/ (13)}) 12. O-O (12. Nc4 b5 13.
Nxd6 cxd6 14. O-O Rfc8 15. Qd2 Be6 16. Rfc1 Nb6 17. d4 e4 18. Bxb5 exf3 19.
Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Rxc6 {1-0 Ibragimov,I-Iskusnyh,S/Ekaterinburg 1997/ (41)}) 12...
Rae8 (12... Nf6 13. Nc4 e4 14. Nfd2 exd3 15. Qxd3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5
Qxe5 {1/2-1/2 Popchev,M-Todorovic,G/Vrnjacka Banja 1999/ (50)}) 13. Nc4 Rf6 14.
Rfd1 Rh6 15. Rac1 Rf8 16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. b4 a6 18. b5 axb5 19. Qb3 Nc7 20. d4 e4
21. d5 exf3 22. Bxf3 Na5 {0-1 Teske,H-Korneev,O/Bad Woerishofen 1998/ (37)})
11... Bd7 12. Be2 (12. b5 Nd8 13. Nc4 Nf7 $15) 12... Rae8 {Black is
surprizingly well prepared for any activity, all his forces are out and
cooperating.} 13. Nc4 (13. O-O e4 14. Nd4 exd3 15. Qxd3 (15. Bxd3 $2 Nxe3 $19)
15... f4 $13) 13... e4 (13... b5 14. Nxd6 cxd6 15. Qd2 $11) 14. Nxd6 (14. Nd4
exd3 15. Qxd3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. g3 f4 $15) 14... cxd6 (14... exf3 $2 15.
Nxe8 fxe2 16. Bxg7+ Kg8 17. Bxf8 Qxf8 18. b5 $18) 15. dxe4 (15. Nd2 f4 16. Nxe4
fxe3 17. O-O exf2+ $17) 15... fxe4 16. Nd4 (16. Nd2 Qg5 17. g3 Bh3 $1 18. Nxe4
$2 Qf5 19. Bd3 Qf3 20. Rg1 Bf5 $19) 16... Qg5 17. g3 $2 {White sees the
necessity to defend his kingside, but his tactical solution is plain wrong.} (
17. Nxc6 bxc6 (17... Qxg2 18. O-O-O Rxf2 19. Rhg1 Rxe2 20. Rxg2 Rxc2+ 21. Rxc2
Nxe3 22. Rg1 $14) 18. Bf1 Re7 $15) 17... Rxf2 $1 18. Nxc6 (18. Qb3 Ref8 19.
Nxc6 Bxc6 $19) (18. Kxf2 Qxe3+ 19. Ke1 (19. Kg2 Nf4+ $1 20. gxf4 Bh3#) 19...
Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Qxd4 21. Rd1 Ne3 $19) 18... Nxe3 19. Qc3 Ref8 20. Nd4 (20. Qxg7+
Qxg7 21. Bxg7+ Kxg7 22. Nd4 Ng2+ 23. Kd2 Bg4 $19) 20... Rxe2+ $1 {[%mdl 64]
The attacker has achieved a rare feat of perfect cooperation of all his
aggressive forces.} (20... Rxe2+ $1 21. Nxe2 (21. Kxe2 Bg4+ 22. Ke1 Ng2#) 21...
Ng2+ 22. Kd1 Ba4+ $19) 0-1

[Event "SCG-ch 1st"]
[Site "Kopaonik"]
[Date "2005.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Black "Arsovic, Goran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[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"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 Nd7 4. d4 c6 5. c4 Be7 6. Nf3 exd4 (6... Qc7 $5 7. Bd3
Ngf6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. O-O $13) 7. exd4 Ngf6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nbd2 {
White has slightly more space, but the symmetrical pawns structure promises
fair chances for the quality.} (10. Nc3 Nb6 11. Qc2 Bg4 12. Nd2 d5 $11) 10...
Nf8 (10... d5 11. Re1 dxc4 12. bxc4 Nf8 13. Qc2 $13) 11. Re1 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 (
12... Bxf3 13. Qxf3 d5 14. c5 $14) 13. Nf1 d5 14. Ng3 Bb4 $2 {Arsovic did not
realize the danger of giving up the light squared bishop, now Ivanisevic will
gradually open up the position.} (14... Bg6 15. Nf5 Ne6 $13) 15. Rxe8 Qxe8 16.
Nxh5 Nxh5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Ne5 Nf6 (18... Nf4 19. Bf5 $14) 19. a3 Ba5 (19...
Bd6 20. Qf3 Qe7 21. b4 $14) 20. b4 Bb6 21. g3 Ne6 22. Bc2 (22. Rc1 Ng5 $5 23.
Bf5 Qe7 24. Kg2 Nge4 $11) 22... Qe7 23. Kg2 Rd8 (23... Ng5 24. Qd3 Nge4 25. f3
Nd6 26. Re1 Rc8 27. Re2 $14) 24. Qd3 g6 25. Bb3 {It becomes obvious that white
has every right to play for win, the defender has no active prospects.} Rc8 (
25... Ne4 26. Re1 Qd6 27. Re3 $14) 26. Re1 Qd6 27. Ng4 Nxg4 (27... Bd8 28. Qb5
$1 $16) 28. hxg4 f6 29. a4 a6 30. a5 Ba7 (30... Bd8 31. Qf3 Nc7 32. Bc1 $1 $16)
31. b5 $1 Kf7 (31... axb5 32. Qxb5 Nc7 33. Qxb7 Rb8 34. Qxa7 Rxb3 35. Bc1 $18)
32. bxa6 bxa6 33. Ba3 $1 {[%mdl 2048] Spirited tactical shot in a critical
position, suddenly black will be tested to the limits.} Qd7 (33... Qxa3 34.
Qxa6 Re8 35. Bxd5 Kg7 36. Rxe6 Rxe6 37. Qxe6 Bxd4 (37... Qxa5 38. Qe7+ Kh6 39.
Qf8+ Kg5 40. f4+ Kxg4 41. Bf3+ Kf5 42. Qc8#) 38. Qd7+ Kh6 39. Bg8 $18) 34. Qxa6
Bxd4 (34... Rc7 35. Qd3 Qd8 36. Qf3 Rd7 37. Qe3 Nxd4 38. Qh6 Kg8 39. Ba4 $18)
35. Qd6 $6 {It is a shame, that white has missed the logical winning shot 35.
Ba4! It would have been esthetically very nice to have played both Ba3 and Ba4
with unprotected bishops.} (35. Ba4 $1 Nf4+ (35... Qxa4 36. Qxe6+ Kg7 37. Qxc8
$18) 36. Kf1 Qc7 37. gxf4 $18) 35... Qxd6 36. Bxd6 Rd8 37. Bb4 Rb8 (37... Bc5
38. Bd2 $14) 38. Bxd5 Rxb4 39. Rxe6 Kf8 40. a6 Rb2 $2 {The 40th move is a
curse of many a chess game, black plays a serious mistake before the time
control.} (40... Rb5 41. Bc4 Rc5 42. Bd3 Rc7 43. Kf3 $16) 41. Rxf6+ $1 Bxf6 (
41... Ke8 42. g5 $18) 42. a7 Rxf2+ 43. Kh3 (43. Kxf2 Bd4+ 44. Kf3 Bxa7 $11)
43... Kg7 44. a8=Q Re2 45. g5 (45. g5 Bxg5 46. Qg8+ Kf6 47. Qf7+ Ke5 48. Qe6+
$18) 1-0

[Event "Donetzk zt"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "1998.11.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Berezin, Oleg"]
[Black "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e3 c6 (7... Nc6
8. Nge2 Bf5 9. d3 Qd7 (9... Re8 10. e4 Bd7 11. O-O Qc8 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5
Nd8 14. f4 c5 15. fxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Rxe5 17. d4 Re7 18. Rc1 b6 19. dxc5 bxc5
20. b4 Nb7 21. bxc5 Nxc5 22. Nc3 {1-0 Van Arkel,J-Van Gool,J/NLD corr 1984/ 
(31)}) 10. h3 Be6 11. Nd5 Ne8 12. Qd2 f5 13. f4 Nf6 14. O-O Rae8 15. Kh2 Nd8
16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. d4 exf4 18. Nxf4 Bf7 19. Rae1 Bg7 20. h4 Kh8 21. d5 Bg8 22.
e4 {1-0 Simagin,V-Flesch,J/Sochi/1967/ (46)}) 8. d4 (8. Nf3 Re8 9. O-O d5 10.
d3 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 dxc4 13. dxc4 Nbd7 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. Qe2 Rad8 16.
Rd2 Nf8 17. Rad1 Rxd2 18. Qxd2 Ne6 19. Qc2 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. b4 {1-0
Bezold,M-Zueger,B/Steckborn 1997/EXT 98 (84)}) 8... exd4 9. exd4 (9. Qxd4 Nd5
$13) 9... Bf5 10. Nge2 Na6 11. a3 (11. d5 Nb4 12. O-O Nd3 13. Ba3 c5 $11) 11...
Nc7 (11... d5) 12. O-O d5 13. h3 h5 (13... dxc4 14. bxc4 Be6 15. Qd3 Qd7 $11)
14. a4 Qd7 15. Kh2 Rad8 (15... dxc4 16. bxc4 Be6 17. Qb3 b6 18. Nf4 $14) 16. c5
Rfe8 17. b4 Ne6 18. Bc1 Ne4 19. Ra3 (19. Nxe4 $2 dxe4 $17) 19... Qe7 20. Be3 a5
$1 {[%mdl 64] Lerner demonstrates a sharp eye for the hidden tactical
possibilities of the position.} (20... Nxc3 21. Rxc3 Qf6 $15) 21. bxa5 (21.
Nxe4 dxe4 (21... Bxe4 22. f3 (22. bxa5) 22... axb4 23. Rb3 Bf5 24. g4 hxg4 25.
hxg4 $14) (21... axb4 22. Nf6+ Qxf6 23. Rb3 Rd7 24. Rxb4 $13) 22. b5 Nxc5 23.
Rc3 Nd3 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Rxc6 $13) 21... N4xc5 22. dxc5 d4 23. Nd5 (23. Nxd4
Nxd4 24. Nd5 Rxd5 $1 25. Bxd5 Nc2 26. Bxc6 bxc6 $17) 23... Qxc5 $1 {The point
of the whole combination, white rook on a3 helps black to get the upper hand.}
(23... cxd5 24. Nxd4 Qf6 25. Nxe6 Bxe6 $11) 24. Rc3 (24. Nxd4 Qxa3 25. Nxf5
gxf5 $19) 24... Qxa5 25. Nxd4 cxd5 (25... Rxd5 $1 26. Bxd5 Qxd5 27. Nxf5 (27.
Nxe6 Qxd1 28. Rxd1 Bxc3 $44) 27... Bxc3 28. Nd6 Re7 $17) 26. Rc1 (26. Nxe6 Bxc3
27. Nxd8 Rxd8 $17) 26... Nxd4 27. Bxd4 Qb4 28. Bc5 $2 {White misses the daring
possibility to eat the central d5 pawn.} (28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Bxd5 $5 Bxh3 $1 (
29... Re5 30. Qb3 Qxb3 31. Bxb3 Rd3 $13) (29... Be6 30. Rb1 Qc3 31. Qf3) 30.
Kxh3 (30. Rc4 Qd6 31. Qd4+ Qe5 (31... f6 32. Kxh3 Re5 33. Rd1 $13) 32. Rd1 Bg4
33. f3 Bf5 $17) 30... Re5 31. Rb1 Qc5 32. Rxb7 Qc8+ 33. Kh2 Rexd5 34. Qb3 Qf5
$15) 28... Qb2 29. g4 (29. Bxd5 $2 Be6 $19) (29. Re1 Rxe1 30. Qxe1 Be4 $17)
29... hxg4 30. hxg4 Be4 (30... Be6 31. Rb1 Qf6 $17) 31. f3 Bd3 $1 {The last
phase of the attack is played with brutal efficiency.} 32. Qxd3 (32. Rf2 Qf6
$19) 32... Re2 33. Qxe2 (33. Rg1 Rxg2+ 34. Rxg2 Be5+ $1 35. Kh3 Qxc1 $19) (33.
Bf2 Rxf2 34. Rxf2 Qxf2 $19) 33... Qxe2 34. Rfe1 Qd2 35. Bb6 Qf4+ 36. Kh1 (36.
Kh1 Be5 37. Kg1 Bd4+ 38. Bxd4 Qxd4+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Balatonbereny GM"]
[Site "Balatonbereny"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bezold, Michael"]
[Black "Nikolaidis, Ioannis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Giese"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d5 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nge7 8.
c4 O-O 9. cxd5 Nb4 10. Na3 a6 11. Be2 b5 12. O-O f5 13. Rfc1 Qe8 14. Bf1 e4 15.
Qd1 Nbxd5 16. d3 Qf7 17. dxe4 fxe4 18. Rc2 Nf5 19. Rd2 $17 {[#]} Nfxe3 $5 {
[%cal Gf7f1]} 20. fxe3 Nxe3 21. Qe2 (21. Qe1 Nxf1 22. Qxf1 Bc5+ 23. Rd4 (23.
Bd4 Bxa3 $19) 23... Bxd4+ 24. Bxd4 Qd5 25. Qd1 (25. Bf2 e3 $19) 25... Rad8 26.
Nc2 c5 $19) 21... Nxf1 22. Rxf1 Bc5+ 23. Rd4 (23. Bd4 Qxf1+ 24. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 25.
Kxf1 Bxa3 $19) 23... Qxf1+ 24. Qxf1 Bxd4+ 25. Bxd4 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Rd8 27. Nc2 (
27. Be3 Rd1+ 28. Ke2 Ra1 {-/+/-+}) 27... c5 $1 28. Be3 $6 (28. Bxc5 $5 Rd2 (
28... Rc8 $6 29. b4 $16) 29. Ne3 Rxa2 {_|_ (=/+)/-/+}) 28... Kf7 $17 29. Ke2
Rc8 30. Kd2 Ke6 31. a3 c4 32. Nd4+ Kd5 33. b4 Rf8 34. Ne2 Rf1 35. Bd4 g6 36.
Ke3 Kc6 37. Bc3 Kb7 38. Ng3 Rg1 39. Kf2 Rc1 40. Nxe4 Rc2+ 41. Kf3 Ra2 42. g4
Rxa3 43. Kf4 Kc6 44. h4 Rb3 45. h5 a5 46. bxa5 gxh5 47. gxh5 b4 48. Bg7 Ra3 49.
h6 c3 50. Nxc3 bxc3 51. Ke3 c2+ 52. Kd2 Ra2 53. Kc1 Kb5 54. Bb2 Kxa5 55. Kxc2
Kb4 56. Kc1 Kc4 57. Bf6 Kd3 58. Bg7 Rh2 59. Kb1 Rc2 60. Bf6 Kd2 61. Bg5+ Kc3
0-1

[Event "VISA GP"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cicak, Slavko"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 {Kostakiev,D} e5 2. Bb2 d6 ({When Fisher at his best years resurected 1.
b3 his opponents tried :} 2... Nc6 {Kostakiev,D} 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. a3 O-O
6. Qc2 (6. d3 d5 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qd6 9. Nf3 Bf5 10. Qc2 Rfd8 11. Rd1 h6 12.
h3 Qe6 13. Nd2 Nd7 14. Be2 Kh8 $11 {1-0 Fischer,R-Tukmakov,V/Buenos Aires 1970}
) 6... Re8 7. d3 Bf8 8. Nf3 a5 9. Be2 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nbd2 f6 12. O-O Be6
$14 {1-0 Fischer,R-Andersson,U/Siegen Expressen 1970}) 3. c4 g6 (3... Nf6 {
Kostakiev,D has recomended well itself in Spraggett,K-Apicella,M/Paris 1991/
Inf 51}) 4. d4 (4. g3 $11 {Kostakiev,D Stein,B-Schneider,B/Germany 1991}) (4.
Nc3 $11 {Kostakiev,D Teske,H-Stohl,I/BL9697 Dresden-Delmenhorst 1997/BL9697})
4... Bg7 5. dxe5 Nd7 {[#]} 6. Qd2 (6. Nf3 {Kostakiev,D} Ne7 (6... dxe5 {
Ljubojevic,L-Planinc,A/Umag 1972}) 7. g3 {-Stein,B-Levitt,J/Dortmund (Germany)
1988}) 6... dxe5 7. Nf3 c6 $1 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Yd8a5] Kostakiev: Square d6
becomes week. A small but important move for the further developement of the
game. A first it seems that the weakness of the square d6 might benefit white.
However the concrete variations show that the control over d5 and the
posibility Qd8-a5 is of greater importance.} (7... Ne7 $6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O-O {
Was less good. From e7 the N does not control e4 and blacks queen does not
have a good square}) (7... f5 {Kostakiev,D} 8. e3 g5 9. h3 g4 10. hxg4 fxg4 11.
Nh4 $14 {Fritz5}) 8. Nc3 Ngf6 {[#]} 9. Ng5 {Kostakiev: The idea is to use
immediately the week point d6. (Ng5-e4-d6). But to do it before pieces
developing is prematurate.} (9. Ba3 Qa5 $1) (9. O-O-O Qe7 $1) (9. Rd1 $142 {
Kostakiev,D} Qe7 10. e4 $14) 9... O-O 10. Nge4 (10. Ba3 Re8 11. Nge4 Qa5 $1 $36
) 10... Nxe4 11. Nxe4 f5 $1 {White is forced to continue with the plan started
on move 9 - to place a N on d6. The further events show that this N is very
much left alone - without support from the rest of the white army} (11... Qc7 {
Kostakiev,D} 12. Rd1 f5 13. Nd6 Rd8 14. g3 b6 15. Bg2 Nc5 16. f4 e4 17. Nb5 Qd7
18. Qxd7 Nxd7 19. Nc7 Rb8 20. Bxg7 $18) 12. Nd6 Nc5 (12... Qc7 {Kostakiev,D}
13. h4 Rd8) 13. Rd1 Qe7 {Blacks is ready for Rd8 and Ne4. The white
opening-strategy has been refuted.} 14. Ba3 (14. Nxc8 Raxc8 15. Qd6 Qxd6 16.
Rxd6 e4 $15) 14... b6 (14... Ne6 {Kostakiev,D} 15. e3 Rd8 16. Be2 b6 17. g4 f4
18. Bf3 Qc7 19. Bg2) 15. b4 (15. Bxc5 bxc5 16. Nxc8 (16. g3 {Kostakiev,D} Rd8
17. Bg2 e4 18. O-O Be6 19. Qf4 Rd7 $15) (16. Qa5 e4 17. e3) 16... Raxc8 $17 {
[%csl Re1][%cal Ye5e4,Yg7a1]}) 15... Ne4 {Kostakiev: Not only aiming to change
Nd6! It is a kind of typical instructive small positional "sacrifice":
dubbling pawns (e4+e5) Black exersizes pressure in the center and opens the
line f and diagonal c8-h3. So he will punish White's undeveloping Bf1 and K's
side} {.} 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. e3 (17. Qe3 $142 {Kostakiev,D} Qf7 18. g3 Be6 $15)
17... Bg4 18. Rc1 (18. Be2 Rad8 19. Qc2 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Rd8 $17 {
[%cal Yd8d3]}) (18. Rb1 {Kostakiev,D} Rfd8 19. Qc2 a5 $15) 18... Rad8 (18... a5
$5 $15 {Kostakiev,D}) 19. Qc2 Qh4 {[%csl Rf2]} (19... Qf7 {Kostakiev,D} 20. b5
c5 $15) 20. h3 {[#]} (20. c5 {Kostakiev,D} b5 21. Bb2 Rf7 $17) 20... Bh6 {
[%cal Yh6e3]} (20... Rd3 $5 21. Bxd3 exd3 22. g3 Qf6 23. Qb2 Be2 24. Rh2 $13) (
20... Rf7 $5 {Kostakiev,D} 21. c5 (21. Rg1 Be6 22. g3 Qf6 23. Bg2 Rfd7 $17)
21... b5 22. Rg1 Be6 $17) 21. g3 Qh5 22. Be2 (22. Rg1 $5 {Kostakiev,D} Bxe3 $3
(22... Bxh3 23. Qxe4 (23. Bxh3 Qxh3 $17) 23... Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Qf3 $15) 23. fxe3
Qh6 $1 $19 {(} 24. Qxe4 $140 Bf3 25. Qxe5 Rde8 $19 {)}) (22. c5 $6 {Kostakiev,D
} Bf3 23. Rg1 b5 24. Qb3+ Rf7 $17) 22... Bf3 (22... Bxe2 $1 {Kostakiev,D} 23.
Qxe2 Qxe2+ 24. Kxe2 Rd3 25. Bb2 Rfd8 26. Rhd1 Bg7 27. Rxd3 exd3+ 28. Kd2 a6 29.
f3 $13) 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ $6 (23... Bxe2 $1 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Qxe2 Qf3 (25... Qxe2+
{Kostakiev,D} 26. Kxe2 Bf8 27. Rb1 Rd3 28. Rb3 Rd7 $11) 26. Qxf3 exf3 27. Bb2
e4 28. Bd4 Bf8 29. c5 bxc5 30. bxc5 Rd5 $17) 24. Qxd1 Qf5 25. Bxf3 exf3 (25...
Bg5 {Kostakiev,D} 26. b5 $1 Rd8 27. Bd6 $1 (27. bxc6 $6 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 Bd8 $15)
27... Qxf3 (27... exf3 28. bxc6 Rxd6 29. Qxd6 Qb1+ 30. Kd2 Qxh1 31. c7 $18) 28.
Qxf3 exf3 29. Bxe5 cxb5 30. cxb5 Rd5 31. Bc3 Rxb5 32. Kd2 $11) 26. g4 $2 (26.
b5 $142) (26. b5 $1 $14 {Kostakiev,D} Rf7 (26... c5 27. Qd5+ Qf7 28. e4 Qxd5
29. exd5 Ra8 30. Bb2 a6 31. bxa6 Rxa6 32. Bxe5 Rxa2 33. O-O Rc2 34. Rb1 $11))
26... Qe6 $19 27. Qc2 e4 28. O-O (28. Bb2 {Kostakiev,D} Rf7 $17) 28... Bg7 {
[%csl Rg1][%cal Rh7h5] /\h7-h5} 29. Kh1 (29. b5 {Kostakiev,D} c5 $17) 29... Rd8
30. Rc1 (30. Rd1 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Qxc4 $19) (30. b5 {Kostakiev,D} c5 31. Rc1 Rd3
$19) 30... Rd3 31. Bb2 Bxb2 32. Qxb2 h5 33. Rg1 hxg4 34. hxg4 (34. Rxg4 Rd1+
35. Kh2 Qd6+ 36. Rg3 (36. Rf4 Rd2 $19) 36... Rd2 $19) 34... g5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 17th"]
[Site "Gjakova"]
[Date "2016.05.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gabuzyan, Hovhannes"]
[Black "Studer, Noel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KOS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. Nc3 $146 (3. Nf3 Nd7 4. e3 Ngf6 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Bd6 {
is another line.}) 3... e6 4. d4 Nf6 5. f3 Bh5 6. Qd2 c5 7. e3 Nc6 8. Nge2 Bg6
9. h4 h5 10. Nf4 cxd4 11. exd4 Bf5 12. Bb5 Qc7 13. Nce2 a6 14. Bd3 Bb4 15. c3
Bxd3 16. Nxd3 Bd6 17. Qg5 O-O-O 18. c4 {Despite the fact that it seems like it
is not so good to open the position for White. Now c4-c5 is threatening.} (18.
O-O-O $13) 18... dxc4 19. bxc4 Rh6 (19... Nb4 20. Nxb4 Bxb4+) 20. Qe3 Ne7 21.
Qf2 Nf5 22. Rh3 Rg6 (22... Qa5+ 23. Bc3 Qa3 $132) 23. Rc1 (23. c5 {was also
possible:} Bg3 (23... Bh2) 24. Nxg3 Rxg3 25. Rxg3 Nxg3 26. Ne5 Nf5 27. O-O-O
$13) 23... Kb8 24. c5 Bh2 $6 25. c6 (25. Bc3 $14) 25... Nd5 $2 {This move is a
mistake.} (25... Bd6 $1 {Protecting the c5-square:} 26. cxb7 Qxb7 $13) 26. g4
$1 $18 {The rest is just technique.} Bd6 27. gxf5 exf5 28. f4 bxc6 29. Ne5 Bxe5
30. Rb3+ Ka8 31. dxe5 Rb8 32. Qc5 Rxb3 33. axb3 Kb7 34. Bd4 Rg4 35. Qa7+ Kc8
36. Qa8+ Kd7 37. Qf8 Ke6 38. Qe8+ Ne7 39. Bc5 Rxh4 40. Bxe7 1-0

[Event "Ubeda op 5th"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "2000.01.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Kalantarian, Norik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[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. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d5 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. f4 Qe7 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
Nf6 9. O-O O-O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. fxe5 Bxe5 12. Qf5+ Nd7 13. Bxe5 Qxe5 14.
Qxe5 Nxe5 15. d4 Ng6 16. Rxf7 Rde8 17. Kf2 Rhf8 18. Rxf8 Rxf8+ 19. Ke2 {
[#] Nach weißem Raumgewinn und mehrfachem Bauerntausch gibt es einen Angriff
auf den schwarzen König.} Nh4 20. Nd2 Nf5 21. Nf3 Ng3+ 22. Kd3 Ne4 23. Rf1 Ng3
24. Rc1 Kb7 25. c4 Ne4 26. b4 a6 27. a4 Nf2+ 28. Ke2 Ne4 29. Kd3 Nf2+ 30. Kc3
Nxh3 31. Rh1 Nf2 32. Rxh7 Ng4 33. cxd5 cxd5 34. Rxg7 Nxe3 35. Ne5 Nd1+ 36. Kb3
Rf4 37. Nd3 Rxd4 38. Nc5+ Kb6 39. Rg6+ Ka7 40. Rxa6+ Kb8 41. Rc6 Rg4 42. Na6+
Kb7 43. b5 Rc4 $2 (43... Rxg2 $142 44. Nxc7 {[%cal Ra4a5,Ra5a6]} (44. Kb4 Rg3
45. Ka5 Rc3) 44... Rg3+ 45. Kb4 Rg4+ 46. Kc5 (46. Ka5 Nb2 $19) 46... Rxa4 47.
Nxd5 Nb2 48. Rc7+ Kb8 49. Rf7 {und der weiße Vorteil reicht vielleicht nicht
zum Gewinn.}) 44. Nc5+ Kc8 45. b6 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 70th"]
[Site "Bremen"]
[Date "1998.11.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Black "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 4. f3 Bh5 5. g4 Bg6 6. Ne2 Nfd7 7. h4 f6 8. c4 c6
9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nbc3 e6 11. Nd4 Bf7 12. Rc1 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Na4 Rc8 15.
f4 Bd6 16. Ba6 Rc7 17. Bc3 Nb6 18. Ba5 Qb8 19. Nc5 O-O 20. Bd3 Qd8 21. Qc2 e5
22. fxe5 fxe5 23. Bxh7+ Kh8 24. Bf5 g6 25. Bd3 Qf6 26. Be2 Be8 27. Kd1 Rh7 28.
Qb2 Rxh4 29. Rxh4+ Qxh4 30. d4 e4 31. Be1 Bg3 32. Kd2 Kg8 33. Qa3 Rf7 34. Bxg3
Qxg3 35. Rf1 Rxf1 36. Bxf1 Nc8 37. Qa5 Qd6 38. Ba6 Ne7 39. Be2 Qb8 40. Na6 Qd6
41. Qc5 Qd7 42. Qb4 Kf7 43. Qb8 Ng8 44. Nc7 a5 45. Nxe8 Qxe8 {[#] Aktivere
weiße Figuren; schwarze Bauernschwächen.} 46. Qc7+ Qe7 47. Qxa5 Nf6 48. Qc5 Qb7
49. g5 Ne8 (49... Nh7 50. Qd6 Qa7 51. Ke1 Qxa2 52. Qd7+ Kg8 53. Qxc6 $18 {
[%csl Rd5,Rg6]}) 50. Bg4 Qa6 51. Ke1 $1 Qxa2 52. Qxc6 Qa5+ 53. Kf1 (53. Kf1
Qa1+ 54. Kf2 Qb2+ 55. Kg3 Qxb3 56. Be6+ Kf8 57. Qc5+ Kg7 58. Qe7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Podolsk"]
[Site "Podolsk"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Berkovich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. c4 Ne7 (5... Nc6 6. Nc3 (6. e3 h5 7.
h3 h4 8. g4 f5 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. gxf5 Bxf5 11. d3 g5 $15 {Bagirov-Gelfand,
Amsterdam 1989}) 6... Be6 7. d3 Qd7 8. Nf3 Bh3 9. Bxh3 Qxh3 10. Nd5 Qd7 11. h4
f5 12. e4 O-O-O 13. Qe2 Rf8 $1 $132 {Bagirov-Blatny, Brno 1991}) (5... f5 6.
Nc3 Nf6 $10 (6... Nh6 $10) 7. e3 O-O 8. Nge2 Nc6 9. d3) (5... Nf6) 6. Nc3 (6.
e3 h5 7. d4 h4 8. g4 Nd7 9. h3 f5 10. d5 Nf6 11. g5 Ne4 12. f4 c6 13. Bxe4 fxe4
14. fxe5 cxd5 $13 {Bagirov-Löffler, Berlin op 1990}) 6... O-O (6... Nbc6) 7. h4
$5 c6 (7... f5) (7... h5 $6 {><g5}) (7... Nbc6 $5 $13) 8. e4 Na6 (8... Be6 {
/\ d5}) 9. Nge2 f5 10. d3 Be6 (10... f4 $5 11. gxf4 exf4 12. Bf3 (12. Ng1 $5) (
12. f3 $6 d5 $132) 12... c5 $13) 11. f4 d5 $2 12. exd5 cxd5 13. fxe5 Bxe5 14.
Nf4 $1 d4 (14... Bxf4 $6 15. gxf4 $16 {/^ a1-h8}) 15. Nce2 (15. Nxe6 Bxg3+ 16.
Kf1 Qd6 17. Nxf8 dxc3 18. Bxc3 Rxf8 $13) 15... Bc8 16. O-O Nc7 17. b4 $16 h6
18. Qd2 Kh7 (18... g5 $2 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Nh3 $1 g4 21. Qg5+ $18) 19. Rae1 Qd6
20. Nc1 Bf6 21. Nb3 {><d4} Rb8 {/\ b5} 22. b5 b6 23. Qf2 Ne6 24. Nxe6 Bxe6 25.
Qf4 $1 {Pd4 läuft nicht weg.} Qd7 (25... Qxf4 26. Rxf4 Bf7 27. Bxd4 $18) 26.
Bxd4 Rbd8 27. Bxf6 Rxf6 28. Re3 $18 Bf7 29. Rfe1 Ng8 30. Nd2 Rd6 31. Bf1 Rd4
32. Qf2 Kg7 33. Nf3 f4 34. Re4 Rxe4 35. Rxe4 fxg3 36. Qxg3 Nf6 37. Rd4 Qe7 38.
Rxd8 Qxd8 39. Qe5 Qd7 40. Qd4 Qf5 41. Bg2 g5 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. Ne5 g4 44. Qe3
Be6 45. Nc6 Bf7 46. Nxa7 Bg6 47. Nc6 Nd7 48. Be4 Qe6 49. Qd4+ Nf6 50. Ne5 Bxe4
51. dxe4 Kh6 52. Qe3+ Kh5 53. Qf4 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Republics 19th final A"]
[Site "Azov"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UZB"]

1. b3 c5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d5 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. Nf3 f6 {N} (5... Nf6 $14) 6. O-O (6.
d4 $5) 6... a6 (6... e5 {Die konsequente Fortsetzung} 7. d4 cxd4 8. exd4 e4 $13
) 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. d4 e6 9. Nbd2 Nh6 10. Re1 Nf7 (10... f5 11. dxc5 $16) 11. e4
$14 cxd4 12. Nxd4 e5 13. c4 $1 (13. Nxc6 bxc6 $10) (13. Ne6 Qd6 14. Nxf8 Kxf8
$13) 13... dxe4 (13... exd4 $2 14. exd5+ $18) (13... dxc4 $2 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15.
Nxc4 $16) 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Nxe4 Bb4 16. Bc3 Bxc3 17. Nxc3 Qxd1 18. Raxd1 Ke7
19. Na4 Rhd8 20. Nc5 a5 21. Kf1 Ra7 22. Ke2 f5 23. f3 Rd6 24. Rxd6 Kxd6 25. Na4
Re7 26. a3 Ng5 27. Rd1+ Kc7 28. Nc5 (28. h4 $6 Ne6) 28... e4 29. fxe4 Nxe4 30.
Nxe4 Rxe4+ 31. Kd3 c5 $10 32. Rf1 $6 (32. Rb1 {/\ b4}) 32... g6 33. Rf3 Kd6 34.
g3 Ke5 35. Rf2 g5 36. Rb2 f4 37. gxf4+ gxf4 38. b4 Re3+ 39. Kd2 cxb4 40. axb4
a4 $1 41. c5 Rh3 (41... Rb3 42. Rxb3 axb3) 42. Ke1 Rc3 (42... Rb3 43. Rc2 Rxb4
44. c6 Rb8 45. Ra2 Rc8 46. Rxa4 Rxc6 $10) 43. b5 a3 44. Ra2 Kd5 45. b6 Kc6 46.
Kf2 h5 47. h4 Rh3 48. Kg2 Rb3 49. Ra1 Kxc5 50. b7 Rxb7 51. Rxa3 Rg7+ 52. Kf2
Kd4 53. Ra4+ Ke5 54. Ra5+ Ke4 55. Rxh5 Ra7 56. Rb5 Ra2+ 57. Kf1 Kf3 58. Rb3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Podolsk"]
[Site "Podolsk"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[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. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 {Anderssen} 5. Ne2 (5. Na3 Na5 (5...
e4 6. Nc4 Be7 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. Ne2 O-O 9. Ng3 d5 10. Ne5 Qd6 $13 {
Walti-Shabalov/Suhr op/1992}) 6. Nf3 a6 7. Be2 Qe7 8. Qc1 b5 9. c4 bxc4 10.
Nxc4 Nxc4 11. Qxc4 a5 $132 {Murej-Sveshnikov/URS/1975}) (5. d4 $2 exd4 6. Bxc6
$2 Bb4+ $1 7. c3 dxc3 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Qxd7+ Bxd7 10. Bxc3 Nd5 $17 {
Muhamedzanov-Kholmov/URS/1974}) 5... O-O (5... a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Ng3 h5 8. Nc3
h4 9. Nge4 {Cohn-Hartston/Oxford/1971} h3 $5 $13) 6. O-O Re8 7. Ng3 e4 8. Be2
Be5 9. Bxe5 Nxe5 10. d4 exd3 11. cxd3 d5 12. d4 $14 Neg4 $6 13. Nc3 (13. h3 Nh6
14. Bd3) 13... Qd6 14. Re1 {/\ Nf1} (14. h3 $4 Nxe3 $19) 14... h5 $2 15. Nf1 (
15. h3 $4 Nxe3) 15... g6 (15... c6 16. h3 Nh6 17. Bxh5) 16. Qc1 $1 c6 (16...
Nh7 17. Nb5 $18) 17. h3 Nh6 18. e4 Qf8 $8 19. e5 Nh7 20. Qd2 $16 Kg7 21. Rad1
Qe7 22. f4 Rh8 23. Bd3 Bf5 24. Ne3 Qd7 25. b4 (25. Rf1 $5) 25... Nf8 26. Na4
Bxd3 27. Qxd3 Ne6 28. Rf1 (28. f5 gxf5 29. Nxf5+ Nxf5 30. Qxf5 Rh6 31. h4 $16)
28... b5 29. Nc3 (29. Nc5 Nxc5 30. bxc5 Nf5 $132) 29... a5 30. f5 gxf5 31. Ne2
(31. Nxf5+ Nxf5 32. Qxf5 Rh6) 31... axb4 (31... h4 32. g4 $5 $40) 32. Ng3 Rxa2
33. Nexf5+ (33. Nxh5+ $5 Kf8 34. Nxf5 Nxf5 35. Qxf5 $40 (35. Rxf5 $2 Nxd4))
33... Nxf5 34. Nxf5+ (34. Qxf5 $5) 34... Kg8 35. Qb3 (35. Nd6 Rh7 {/\ Rg7<=>})
35... Qa7 36. Ne7+ Qxe7 (36... Kf8 37. Ng6+ Kg7 38. Nxh8 Nxd4 39. Qg3+ Kxh8 40.
Kh1 $18) 37. Qxa2 Rh6 38. Qa8+ Kg7 39. Rd2 $1 (39. Qxc6 $2 Nf4 40. Qxb5 Qg5) (
39. Rf6 $5 Rxf6 40. exf6+ Qxf6 41. Qxc6 Qg5 42. Qd6 $13) 39... Rg6 40. Rdf2 Ng5
{/\ Nh3} 41. Kh2 b3 42. Rf6 Ne4 43. Rxg6+ (43. Rxf7+ $2 Qxf7 44. Rxf7+ Kxf7 45.
Qb7+ $17) 43... fxg6 44. Qxc6 b2 45. Rb1 $2 (45. Qxd5 $2 Nd2) (45. Qxb5 $5 Nd2
(45... Qg5 46. Qxb2 Qg3+ 47. Kh1 $16) 46. Rd1 Qg5 (46... b1=Q 47. Rxb1 Nxb1 48.
Qxb1 $16) 47. Qxb2 Qf4+ 48. Kh1 Nf1 (48... Ne4 49. Ra1 $16) 49. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 50.
Kh2 Qf4+ 51. Kg1 Qe3+ 52. Qf2 $16) 45... Qf7 46. Rxb2 Qf4+ 47. Kg1 Qe3+ 48. Kh2
(48. Kf1 $4 Ng3#) 48... Qg3+ 49. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lvov zt"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 d6 5. Ne2 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Nd2 Ng4 $5 {N} (9... c5 10. e4 Nd7 11. f4 f6 $2 (11... exf4) 12. Nc4
exf4 13. Nxf4 Ne5 14. Ne3 $16 {Bellon-Browne, Torremolinos 1972}) 10. h3 (10.
e4 Bg5 $5) 10... Nh6 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. c4 Bf6 {/\ c5} 14. Qc2 c5 15.
Ne2 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Bc6 17. Nf4 Qg5 18. Nb1 {zielt nach d5} Nf5 19. Nc3 Nh4 20.
Ncd5 Bxd5 21. cxd5 a5 {sonst käme b4} 22. Rfd1 Rfb8 23. a3 Ng6 (23... a4 $2 24.
b4) 24. Ne2 Rb6 (24... Nh4 $5) 25. Qc2 Rab8 26. Rab1 h6 27. Qc4 Ne5 28. Qc3
Nf3+ 29. Kh1 Nh4 30. Nf4 Rb5 31. Qc2 Qf5 32. Qc4 Ng6 33. Nxg6 Qxg6 34. e4 Qh5 {
/\ Rxb3} 35. Re1 Qe5 36. Re3 R5b6 37. g3 Qe8 38. Rbe1 f6 39. Kg2 Qb5 40. Qc2
Qd7 41. a4 $6 (41. Qc4) 41... Rb4 $17 42. Rc3 Qe8 43. Ree3 Rd4 44. Qe2 Rb6 45.
h4 Kh8 46. Qg4 Rbb4 47. Qe6 $6 (47. f3) 47... Qxe6 48. dxe6 Kg8 (48... Rxe4 $4
49. e7) 49. f4 Rxe4 50. f5 h5 51. Rxe4 Rxe4 52. Rc4 Re5 (52... Rxc4 $2 53. bxc4
$10) (52... Re3 $5 53. g4 Rxb3 $1 (53... hxg4 54. Rxg4 Rxb3 55. e7 Kf7 56.
Rxg7+ Ke8 57. h5) 54. gxh5 {/\ Rg4} (54. g5 Rb4) 54... Rb4 55. Rc3 Rf4) 53. Rf4
d5 54. Rf1 d4 55. g4 hxg4 56. Kg3 d3 57. Kxg4 d2 58. Rd1 Rd5 59. Kf4 Kf8 60.
Ke4 c6 61. h5 Ke7 62. Kf4 Kf8 63. Kg4 Kg8 64. Kf4 Kh7 65. Kg4 Kh6 66. Kf4 Kh7
67. Kg4 Kg8 68. Kf4 Kf8 69. Ke4 Ke7 70. Kf4 Ke8 71. Kg4 Rd4+ 72. Kf3 Rh4 73.
Rxd2 Rxh5 74. Kf4 Rh4+ 75. Ke3 Rh3+ 76. Kf4 Rxb3 77. Rd7 Rb4+ 78. Kf3 c4 79.
Ra7 c3 80. Ra8+ Ke7 81. Ra7+ Kd6 82. Rd7+ Kc5 83. e7 c2 84. e8=Q c1=Q 85. Qe7+
Kc4 86. Qe6+ Kc3 87. Qxc6+ Kb2 88. Qxc1+ Kxc1 89. Rxg7 Rxa4 90. Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Piskov, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d6 2. Bb2 e5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Ne2 {N} Bf5 $6 {Der B spielt hier nur die
Rolle eines Angriffsobjekts} (4... g6 5. f4 Nbd7) 5. f4 Nc6 6. Ng3 Bg4 7. Be2
h5 $6 (7... Bxe2 8. Nxe2 g6) 8. O-O Qd7 $2 (8... Bxe2 9. Qxe2 g6) 9. h3 Bxe2 (
9... Bxh3 {geht leider überhaupt nicht} 10. gxh3 Qxh3 11. Rf3 $18 h4 (11... Ng4
12. Nf1) (11... e4 12. Nxe4) 12. Nf1) 10. Nxe2 O-O-O 11. c4 Be7 12. Nbc3 Qe6
13. e4 $16 {Weiß beherrscht das Zentrum.} Rdg8 14. d4 $16 exd4 15. Nxd4 Qd7 16.
Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Nd5 Bd8 18. Qd3 Nd7 19. b4 Kb8 20. Bd4 Re8 21. Bxg7 Rhg8 22. Bd4
h4 23. Rf3 Qa4 24. Rb1 Qxa2 25. Rf2 Rg3 26. Ne3 Qa4 27. Ra1 Qxb4 28. Rb2 Nc5
29. Qc2 Qxb2 30. Qxb2 Rxe4 31. Bxc5 dxc5 32. Qh8 Kc8 33. Rd1 Rd4 34. Rxd4 cxd4
35. Nf5 Rd3 36. Qe8 c6 37. Qxf7 Rd1+ 38. Kf2 Bc7 39. Qe6+ Kd8 40. Qe7+ Kc8 41.
Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "Dortmunder Schachtage-B 18th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1990.04.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stein, Bernd"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1990.04.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. dxe5 (6. d5) 6... Bg4 $5 (
6... Nxe5 7. Nxe5 Bxe5 8. Bxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 $10) 7. Nc3 dxe5 8. h3 Bxf3
9. exf3 Nge7 10. Be2 (10. Bd3) 10... Nd4 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Qd3 Rad8
14. Rad1 a6 15. Bf1 Qc8 16. Qb1 Rfe8 17. Qc1 Qf5 18. Ne4 Nec6 19. Bc3 a5 20.
Bd3 Qc8 21. c5 (21. Qg5 $6 h6 $1) (21. Qb2 $5 {/\ a3,b4}) 21... h6 22. Bc4 Qf5
23. a3 b5 $1 24. cxb6 cxb6 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 b5 27. Bd3 (27. Ba2 $5) 27...
Qh5 28. f4 Qh4 29. fxe5 (29. Bxd4 Nxd4 30. fxe5 Bxe5 31. Nc5) 29... Nxe5 30.
Bb1 (30. Bf1 $2 Nef3+ 31. gxf3 Nxf3+ 32. Kg2 Rxd1 $19) 30... Nc4 31. Ng3 Rxe1+
32. Rxe1 Qf6 {/\ Nf3} 33. Ne4 Qc6 34. Nc5 Re8 35. Bd3 Rd8 36. Kh1 $6 Qd5 37.
Be4 Qh5 38. Qd1 Qh4 39. Kg1 Ne6 40. Qc2 Nd4 41. Bxd4 (41. Qd1 $5) 41... Bxd4
42. Bxg6 $2 (42. Re2 $15) 42... fxg6 43. Qxg6+ Bg7 44. Ne6 Qe7 45. Re4 Rd6 46.
f4 Qf7 47. Qg4 h5 48. Qe2 Nd2 49. Re3 Qa7 (49... Qa7 50. Kh1 (50. Kh2 Qxe3 51.
Qxe3 Nf1+ $19) (50. Nxg7 Qa1+ 51. Qe1 Nf3+ 52. gxf3 Rd1 $19) 50... Qa1+ 51. Qe1
Qxe1+ 52. Rxe1 Bc3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Dortmunder Schachtage-B 18th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1990.04.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Black "Polgar, Sofia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1990.04.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d5 4. Bb5 f6 (4... Bd6 {die Hauptfortsetzung}) 5. d4
(5. c4 dxc4 6. Nf3 cxb3 7. Qxb3 $146 {Keene}) 5... exd4 6. Qxd4 Bd6 7. Nf3 a6
8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. c4 Nh6 (9... Ne7 $2 10. c5 Nf5 11. Qa4) 10. Nc3 Nf5 11. Qd3
Ne7 12. e4 dxc4 13. Qxc4 a5 14. e5 fxe5 15. Ng5 Rf8 16. O-O-O (16. Nxh7) 16...
h6 17. Nf3 (17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. Qxe6 Qd7) 17... Rf4 18. Ne4 Ba6 19. Qc2 Qb8 20.
Nxe5 (20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Qb4) 20... Bxe5 21. Bxe5 Rf7 22. Nc5 (22. Rd4 $5)
22... Bc8 23. Rhe1 Bf5 24. Qc3 Qb4 25. Qxb4 (25. Bxg7 Qa3+ 26. Kd2 O-O-O+ 27.
Ke2 Nd5) 25... axb4 26. Bxc7 (26. Kb2) 26... Kf8 27. Nd7+ $6 (27. Rd8+ Rxd8 28.
Bxd8 Nd5 $44) (27. Kb2 $5 Nd5 28. Be5 Nc3 29. Bxc3 bxc3+ 30. Kxc3 Rxa2 31. Rd2)
27... Kg8 28. Ne5 Rff8 29. g4 $2 (29. Bd6 Rxa2) (29. Kb2 $5 Nd5 30. Bd6) 29...
Bh7 30. Rd7 (30. Rd2 Nd5 31. Bd6 Rfd8 32. Bc5 Nc3) 30... Rxf2 31. Rxe7 Rfxa2
32. Kd1 Rg2 33. Ba5 Bc2+ 34. Kc1 Rxa5 35. Nf3 Bd3 0-1

[Event "Jakarta zt"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tu, Hoang Thong"]
[Black "Rodriguez, Ruben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bg7 (4... b6 5. Be2 Bb7 6. Bf3 Bxf3 (
6... d5 7. c4 $36) 7. Qxf3 Nc6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Nd5 $14 {Steinbacher-Bukal/BL/
89-90}) 5. d4 O-O (5... b6 $5 {/\ Bb7}) (5... f5) 6. g3 d6 (6... d5 {/\ f5,b6,
Bb7,c5}) 7. Bg2 c6 8. Ne2 f5 9. h4 (9. c4 Nd7 10. Nbc3 Nf6 11. O-O Bd7 $14 {
Kovacevic-Damljanovic/Vidmar-mem/1989}) 9... Nd7 10. Nd2 Nf6 11. O-O Re8 12. a4
a5 13. c3 h6 (13... Ng4 $5) (13... Ne4 $10) 14. Qc2 g5 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Rfe1
Ng4 17. Nf1 $1 Qf6 18. Nh2 Qh6 (18... Nxh2 19. Kxh2 Bh6 $13) 19. Nxg4 fxg4 20.
b4 axb4 $6 (20... Qf6 {/\ Bf5}) (20... d5 {/\ Qf6,Bf5}) 21. cxb4 Bd7 22. b5 Bf6
$2 {ףh6} (22... Rec8 $14) 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Reb1 (24. Bxc6 $2 Rac8) 24... Ra7
25. Rb6 Bd8 26. Rb8 Kg7 27. Rab1 d5 28. R1b7 Rxb7 29. Rxb7 Bc8 30. Rb2 (30. Ra7
$2 Bb6 31. Ra8 Bf5) 30... Rh8 $2 (30... Ba6 31. Qf5 Qe6 32. Qxe6 fxe6 33. Bf1
$16) 31. Qd3 f5 $2 32. Rb8 Qe6 33. Ra8 {/\ a5} Kf6 34. a5 Qd7 35. Qb3 Qc7 36.
a6 Qb6 37. Qxb6 Bxb6 38. Nc3 $18 Rd8 39. a7 Ke7 40. Na4 Bc7 41. Rb8 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup Cheliabinsk-Yerevan"]
[Site "Cheliabinsk"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Shnaider, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 g6 4. f4 d6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bc4 $5 {><f7} (6. Bb5 Bd7
7. O-O Nge7 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. Ng5 O-O 10. Ba3 Na5 11. Be2 b6 $10 {Forintos-Hoen,
Skopje ol 1972}) 6... Nh6 7. fxe5 Nxe5 (7... dxe5 8. O-O O-O $13) 8. Nxe5 dxe5
9. O-O O-O 10. a4 (10. Ba3 Re8 {/\ Be6}) 10... Nf5 (10... Kh8 $4 11. Ba3 Re8
12. Bxf7 $18) (10... Re8 {/\ Be6} 11. e4 Be6) 11. Ba3 Nd6 $2 (11... Re8 12. Nc3
(12. Bxf7+ Kxf7 13. g4 Qg5 14. e4 Kg8 15. exf5 gxf5) 12... Be6 $13) 12. Nc3 $1
Nxc4 (12... Qe7 13. Nd5) (12... c6 13. Qf3) 13. Bxf8 Nxe3 14. dxe3 Qxf8 15. Qd2
Be6 16. Rad1 Bh6 17. Ne4 Bf5 (17... f5 18. Qc3) 18. Nf6+ Kg7 19. Nh5+ Kh8 20.
Qc3 Qe7 21. Rd5 Re8 22. Ng3 Bd7 23. e4 Bc6 24. Rd3 Bg5 25. Qc4 Rf8 26. b4 Be8 (
26... Bxa4 $4 27. b5 $18) 27. b5 c6 28. Kh1 Qc7 29. Rdf3 Kg7 30. Qc3 Be7 31. a5
f6 32. Rb1 b6 33. Nf1 Bc5 34. Ne3 cxb5 35. Nd5 Qd6 36. axb6 axb6 37. Rbf1 f5
38. Qd2 Bf7 39. Rh3 f4 40. Rd3 Qc6 41. Qc3 Re8 42. Rxf4 b4 43. Qb2 Bxd5 44.
exd5 Qd6 45. Re4 Rf8 46. Re1 Kg8 47. Rdd1 Rf5 48. Qa2 Bd4 49. Rf1 Kg7 50. Qa7+
Kf6 51. Qxh7 Qxd5 52. Qh8+ Kf7 53. Qc8 e4 54. Qc7+ Kf6 55. Qh7 e3 56. Rxf5+
gxf5 57. Rxd4 e2 58. Qh4+ 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS03 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sale, Srdjan"]
[Black "Lengyel, Bela"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. a3 (6. Bb5 $6 Ndb4 $1)
6... Bd6 7. Qc2 O-O (7... Be6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. d3 (9. b4 $6 a6 10. Bc4 Bxb4 $1 $17
{Stein-Chandler/London/1985}) 9... Qe7 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Be2 Rae8 12. b4 a6 13.
O-O f5 14. Nc4 Bf7 $13 {Stein-Zsinka/Dortmund/1987}) 8. Nf3 Qe7 9. Nc3 (9. d3
f5 10. Be2 (10. Nbd2 Kh8 11. g3 Nf6 12. Bg2 Bd7 13. Nc4 $13 {Stein-Wegener/
BL8990}) 10... Kh8 11. Nbd2 Bd7 12. O-O (12. b4 b5 $1 13. Nb3 a5 $36 {
Stein-Neurohr/BL8990}) 12... Rae8 13. Nc4 (13. Qc4 $6 a6 14. Rfd1 (14. Qxd5 $4
Be6 $19) 14... e4 $1 15. dxe4 Nxe3 16. fxe3 fxe4 17. Nxe4 (17. Nd4 Bxh2+ 18.
Kxh2 Qh4+ 19. Kg1 Qf2+ 20. Kh2 Rf6 $19) 17... Qxe4 $17 {Cvetkovic-Marovic/
YU-ch/1971}) 13... Rf6 $13 {Stein-Brinck_Claussen/Kopenhagen/1987}) 9... Nxc3
10. Qxc3 f5 11. Bb5 e4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Ne5 c5 14. O-O (14. b4 cxb4 15. axb4
Bb7 (15... Bxb4 $2 16. Nc6 Bxc3 17. Nxe7+ Kf7 18. Bxc3 Kxe7 19. Bb4+ $18) 16.
Ra4 a6 17. O-O f4 18. exf4 Rxf4 19. b5 $1 axb5 20. Rxa8+ Bxa8 21. Qb3+ Kh8 22.
Qxb5 Rf8 23. h3 $10 {Larsen-Spassky/Leiden/1970}) 14... Be6 (14... f4 $6 15.
Qc4+) (14... Kh8 $5) (14... Bb7 $5) 15. f4 $1 Rf6 $2 (15... exf3 $13) 16. b4
Bxe5 (16... cxb4 17. axb4 Bxb4 $2 18. Nc6 Bxc3 19. Nxe7+ Kf7 20. Bxc3 Kxe7 21.
Bxf6+ $18) 17. Qxe5 c4 (17... cxb4 18. Rfc1 $16) 18. Bd4 Qf7 $2 (18... Rf7 19.
b5 $16) (18... c6 $1 $14) 19. Qc5 Rh6 20. b5 Qh5 21. h3 Rg6 22. Rf2 Bf7 (22...
Qxh3 $2 23. Qc6 Rf8 24. Qxe6+ Rxe6 25. gxh3 $18) 23. Kf1 (23. Qxc7 $6 Qxh3 24.
Qc6 (24. Bxa7 $2 Qg3 25. b6 Rh6 26. b7 Qh2+ 27. Kf1 Qh1+ 28. Ke2 Bh5+) 24...
Rxc6 25. gxh3 $10) 23... a6 24. bxa6 Rgxa6 {P xa3} 25. Kg1 Rg6 $2 (25... c6 26.
Qe5 Qg6 27. g4 $1 fxg4 (27... Rxa3 28. Rxa3 Rxa3 29. Rg2 $16) 28. Rg2 $16) 26.
Qxc7 Qxh3 27. Rb1 $18 h6 28. Rb7 Rf8 29. Rb6 Qg4 30. Rxg6 Qxg6 31. a4 Bd5 32.
a5 Qf7 33. Qb6 Rc8 34. Rf1 Kh7 35. Rb1 c3 36. dxc3 Bc4 37. a6 Rg8 38. Qb7 Qg6
39. a7 Qe8 40. Ra1 Qa8 41. Qd7 Qd5 42. Qc7 Kg6 43. Ra5 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS03 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sale, Srdjan"]
[Black "Polgar, Sofia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 (4... d5 $5) 5. a3 {R.Fischer} a5 $146
(5... O-O 6. Qc2 (6. d3 d5 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qd6 9. Nf3 Bf5 10. Qc2 Rfd8 (
10... Rad8 $5) 11. Rd1 h6 12. h3 Qe6 13. Nd2 Nd7 14. Be2 {Fischer-Tukmakov/
Buenos Aires/1970} Qg6 $1 $13) 6... Re8 7. d3 Bf8 8. Nf3 a5 9. Be2 d5 10. cxd5
Nxd5 11. Nbd2 f6 12. O-O Be6 13. Kh1 $5 Qd7 14. Rg1 $36 {Fischer-Andersson/
Siegen/1970}) 6. Nf3 (6. Qc2 $5) 6... e4 $6 (6... d6 $10) 7. Nd4 Nxd4 8. Bxd4
b6 $1 {<->e4} 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be2 Re8 12. O-O Bd6 $2 (12... c5 13.
Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Rad1 $13) (12... d6 $5) 13. f4 exf3 14. Bxf3 Bxf3 15. Rxf3 Ng4 $2
(15... Be5 $16) 16. Qf5 $1 (16. h3 Ne5) 16... Bxh2+ (16... Nxh2 $4 17. Qxf7+
Kh8 18. Qxg7#) (16... Ne5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Qxf7+ Kh8 19. d4 $16) 17. Kh1 Ne5 (
17... Nh6 18. Qh5 Bd6 19. Raf1 Rf8 20. Bf6 $40) 18. Rh3 g6 19. Qf1 Ng4 20. Rxh2
c5 (20... Nxh2 21. Kxh2 $18) 21. Rxh7 $1 (21. Qf4 cxd4 (21... Nxh2 22. Bf6 $18)
22. Qxg4 dxc3 $13) 21... Kxh7 22. Qxf7+ Kh6 23. Bg7+ Kh5 (23... Kg5 24. Qd5+
$18) 24. g3 Qe7 25. Qf1 g5 (25... Qxg7 26. Qh3+ Kg5 27. Qh4+ Kf5 28. Rf1+ Ke5
29. Qxg4 $40) 26. Qf5 Qe6 27. Qh7+ Nh6 28. Kg2 Qd6 29. Nd5 Re6 30. Bxh6 Kg4 (
30... Rxh6 31. Rh1+ Kg4 32. Qe4+ $18) 31. Nf6+ Rxf6 32. Qe4+ Rf4 $8 33. exf4
Qxd2+ 34. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "201"]
[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. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 (3... d5) 4. c4 Be7 (4... d5) 5. Nc3 (5. a3 {
R.Fischer}) 5... O-O 6. Nf3 $146 (6. a3 $6) 6... Re8 (6... e4 $2 7. Ng5 $18) (
6... d5 $5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 (8. Bb5 $6 Ndb4) 8... Qxd5 9. Bc4 Qd6 $13) 7.
Nd5 (7. Be2 e4 $5) 7... Bf8 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Nxd5 10. cxd5 Ne7 11. e4 Ng6 (
11... c6 $5 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Bc4 $13) 12. Bb5 (12. Rc1 Bd7 13. d4 exd4 14.
Qxd4 Nf4 $132) 12... Bd7 (12... Re7 $6 13. d4 $16) 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. Rc1 c6 15.
dxc6 bxc6 {/\ Nf4} 16. g3 d5 17. exd5 cxd5 18. d3 f6 19. Qe2 a5 20. a4 Rab8 21.
Nd2 Bb4 22. Bc3 Bxc3 (22... d4 23. Bxb4 axb4 {/\ Ne7-d5}) 23. Rxc3 Nf8 24. Rfc1
Ne6 25. Qd1 Rec8 (25... Nd4 26. Rc7 Qf5) 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Nf3 Qb7 (27... d4
28. Nd2) 28. Rxc8+ Qxc8 29. d4 $1 e4 (29... Nxd4 30. Nxd4 exd4 31. Qxd4 Qb7 $10
) 30. Nh4 g6 $2 (30... Qc3 $2 31. Nf5) (30... Ng5 $1 $17) 31. Ng2 Ng5 (31...
Qc3 32. Ne3 Nxd4 33. Nxd5 Nf3+ 34. Kg2 Qe5) 32. Nf4 Nf3+ 33. Kg2 Qc6 34. Ne2
Kf7 35. h4 g5 36. h5 Qc2 $2 (36... f5 $15) 37. Qxc2 Ne1+ 38. Kh3 Nxc2 39. g4
Ke6 40. f4 gxf4 (40... Na1 41. Nc1 Nc2 42. Ne2 Na1 $10) 41. Nxf4+ Kd6 $10 42.
Ne2 Ne1 (42... Na1 43. Nc1 Nc2 $10) 43. Kg3 Nd3 44. Kg2 Nb4 45. Kg3 Nc6 46. Kf4
Ke6 47. Ke3 (47. g5 fxg5+ 48. Kxg5) 47... Kf7 48. Ng3 Ne7 49. Kf4 Nc6 50. Ke3
Nb4 51. Kd2 Nd3 52. Nf5 Ke6 53. Ng7+ Kd7 54. Nf5 Nf2 55. Ne3 Kc6 56. Ke2 Nd3
57. Kd2 Nf4 58. Nf5 Kd7 59. Ne3 Ke6 60. Nc2 Nd3 61. Ne3 Nf4 62. Kd1 Nd3 63. Kd2
Nb4 (63... Nf4 $10) 64. Nf5 Nc6 65. Ke3 Nd8 $6 66. Kd2 Nf7 $2 67. Ke3 (67. Kc3
$1) 67... Kd7 68. Kd2 Nd6 69. Ne3 Ke6 70. Ng2 $1 (70. Kc3 f5 71. gxf5+ Nxf5 72.
Nxf5 Kxf5 73. b4 axb4+ 74. Kxb4 e3 75. Kc3 Ke4 76. a5 Kf3 77. a6 e2 $19) 70...
Nc8 71. Kc3 Na7 72. b4 axb4+ 73. Kxb4 Kd6 74. Nf4 Nc6+ 75. Kc3 Na5 76. Kd2 Nc6
77. Ke3 Nb4 78. Ne2 Nc6 79. Kf4 Ke6 80. h6 Kf7 81. Ke3 Ke6 (81... Kg6 82. Nf4+
Kxh6 83. Nxd5 Kg5 84. Kxe4 Kxg4 85. Nxf6+ $18) 82. Nf4+ Kd6 83. Ng6 $1 Nb4 84.
Kd2 (84. Nf8) 84... Nc6 85. Ke3 Nb4 86. Nf8 Nc2+ 87. Kf4 Nxd4 88. a5 Ke7 89.
Nxh7 Ne6+ 90. Ke3 Nc5 91. Ng5 Kf8 92. Kd4 Na6 93. Ne6+ Kg8 94. Kxd5 Nc7+ (94...
e3 95. Nf4 Kh7) 95. Kxe4 (95. Nxc7 e3 96. a6 e2 97. a7 e1=Q 98. a8=Q+) 95...
Nxe6 96. Kf5 Nc5 97. Kxf6 Nd7+ 98. Kf5 Kh7 99. g5 Nc5 100. Kf6 Nd7+ 101. Ke6
1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Piasetski, Leon David"]
[Black "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[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. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d5 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Nf3 Qe7 6. c4 Nf6 (6... a6 $6 {
Zeitverlust} 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. c5 Bxc5 9. Nxe5) 7. c5 Bxc5 8. Nxe5 O-O 9. Bxc6 (
9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Be2 (10. Bxc6 Rb8 $44) 10... Bd6 11. d3) 9... bxc6 10. Qc2 (
10. Nxc6 Qd6 $44) 10... Bb7 (10... Ba6 $5) 11. O-O Rae8 12. h3 (12. d4 Bd6 13.
Nxc6 $2 Bxh2+ 14. Kxh2 Bxc6 15. Qxc6 Ng4+ 16. Kg3 (16. Kg1 Qh4 17. Qxc7 Re5)
16... Qg5 17. f4 Qh5 $40) (12. d3 $5) (12. f4 $5) 12... Ne4 13. d3 Ng5 14. Nd2
Bd6 15. Nef3 c5 16. Rfe1 f5 {S hat größeren Einfluß aufs Zentrum.} 17. Rac1 Ne6
18. Ba3 f4 19. e4 {/\ e5} Qf7 20. e5 Be7 21. d4 $2 (21. Nb1) 21... cxd4 22.
Bxe7 Qxe7 23. b4 Qxb4 $1 24. Rb1 Qc3 {die Pointe} 25. Qa4 Bc8 26. Rec1 Qd3 $19
27. Qc6 Rd8 28. Rb3 Qa6 29. Qxa6 Bxa6 30. Ra3 Bb5 31. Nb3 (31. Rxa7 c5) 31...
d3 32. Rxa7 Ra8 33. Rb7 c6 34. Nfd4 Nxd4 35. Nxd4 Ba4 36. Nb3 (36. Nxc6 d2)
36... Rfb8 37. Rxb8+ Rxb8 38. Rc3 Bxb3 39. axb3 d2 40. Rd3 Rxb3 41. Rxd2 Rc3
42. Ra2 Kf7 43. Ra7+ Ke6 44. Kf1 Rc2 45. Rxg7 d4 46. Rxh7 d3 47. Ke1 c5 48. Rc7
Kxe5 49. h4 Kd4 50. h5 c4 51. Ra7 Re2+ 0-1

[Event "URS-chT Republics 19th Group1"]
[Site "Azov"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Moldova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MDA"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 f5 4. d4 e4 5. d5 Nf6 6. Nh3 {N} (6. Ne2 Be7 $13 {
Portorose 68030-Suetin, Dortmund 1990}) 6... Nbd7 (6... Be7 $5 {/\ 0-0}) 7. Nf4
Ne5 8. h4 g6 9. Qd2 Bg7 10. Nc3 Nfg4 $2 {verfrühter Angriff} 11. Be2 Bf6 12. h5
$1 g5 13. Ne6 {die Pointe von h5} Bxe6 14. dxe6 c6 (14... Qe7 $2 15. Nd5) 15.
f3 exf3 16. gxf3 Nh6 17. O-O-O d5 18. Kb1 Qe7 $6 (18... Qa5 19. Ne4 $1 Qxd2 20.
Nxf6+ Ke7 21. Rxd2 Kxf6 22. f4 $18) (18... Qc7) 19. Nxd5 $1 $18 cxd5 20. Qxd5
Qc7 (20... Rd8 21. Bb5+ Kf8 22. Qxd8+ Qxd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Bxe5 $18) (20...
Nc6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Qd7+ Kf8 23. Qxb7 $18) 21. Qb5+ Kf8 22. f4 gxf4 23. exf4
Neg4 24. Ba3+ Kg8 (24... Kg7 25. Rd7+ $18) 25. e7 Bxe7 (25... Qc3 26. e8=Q+
Rxe8 27. Qxe8+ Kg7 28. Rd7+ $18) 26. Rd7 Qxd7 27. Qxd7 Bxa3 28. Bc4+ Kf8 29.
Qxb7 Re8 1-0

[Event "Voskresensk"]
[Site "Voskresensk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Black "Zeitlein, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 {eine gute Verteidigung} 3. d3 (3. h3 Bh5 4. d3 e6 $10 {
Nikolac-Kovacevic, Maribor 1980}) 3... Nc6 $5 (3... e6 $10) 4. h3 Bh5 5. g4 Bg6
6. Bg2 h5 (6... e5 $5 {sieht nach Nc6 sehr logisch aus}) 7. c4 e6 8. cxd5 exd5
9. Nc3 d4 (9... Nge7 $5) 10. Nb5 hxg4 $2 (10... a6 11. Bxc6+ (11. gxh5 axb5 12.
hxg6 fxg6 $13) 11... bxc6 12. Nxd4 hxg4 $13) 11. Qc1 $1 Nge7 12. Qf4 Rc8 13.
hxg4 {nun ist der Pd4 nicht mehr zu retten.} Rxh1 14. Bxh1 f6 15. Kf1 Qd7 16.
Nxd4 Ne5 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Be4 Nxg4 19. Rc1 Ne5 20. Ndf3 Nxf3 21. Bxf3 Kd8 22.
Be5 Ke8 23. Rxc7 1-0

[Event "Voskresensk"]
[Site "Voskresensk"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Belikov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Zaitsev, Igor A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 {Suhle-Anderssen/Breslau/1859} 5. Na3
(5. Ne2) 5... Bxa3 $146 (5... Na5 6. Nf3 a6 7. Be2 Qe7 8. Qc1 b5 9. c4 bxc4 10.
Nxc4 Nxc4 11. Qxc4 a5 $132 {Murej-Sveshnikov/URS/1975}) (5... e4 6. Nc4 Be7 7.
Bxc6 bxc6 8. Ne2 O-O 9. Ng3 d5 10. Ne5 Qd6 $13 {Walti-Shabalov/Suhr op/1992})
6. Bxa3 d6 7. d4 exd4 $8 8. exd4 O-O 9. Ne2 Ng4 10. O-O Qh4 11. h3 Nh6 12. d5
Ne5 13. Qd4 (13. f4 a6 14. fxe5 axb5 15. Bb2) 13... Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Nf5 15. Nxf5
(15. Rad1) (15. Bb2 $14) 15... Bxf5 16. f4 a6 17. Be2 (17. fxe5 axb5 $10) 17...
Nd7 18. c4 $14 Rfe8 19. Rf2 Be4 20. Rd1 a5 21. g4 f5 22. Kh2 Re7 23. g5 Bc2 24.
Rc1 a4 $5 25. b4 Re3 26. Rxc2 (26. Bb2 Be4) 26... Rxa3 27. c5 Re8 $2 (27... Re3
$2 28. cxd6 cxd6 29. Rc7 $16) (27... Kf7 $2 28. cxd6 cxd6 29. Rc7 Ke7 30. Bb5
Rd8 31. Re2+ $18) (27... dxc5 $1 28. bxc5 c6 $132 {><c5}) 28. Bb5 $1 Rd8 (28...
Re7 $2 29. cxd6 cxd6 30. Rc7 $18) 29. Rfe2 (29. cxd6 $1 cxd6 30. Rc7 $16) 29...
dxc5 30. bxc5 Kf8 31. Kg2 Nb8 $6 32. d6 (32. Re5 $5 g6 33. c6 bxc6 34. dxc6 $16
{פb8}) 32... cxd6 33. cxd6 Nc6 (33... Rxd6 $4 34. Rc8+ $18) 34. Bxc6 bxc6 35.
Rxc6 Rd3 36. Ra6 $14 a3 37. Ra5 g6 38. Ra7 R8xd6 39. Rxh7 Rd2 40. Rh8+ Kf7 41.
Rh7+ Kf8 42. Rhe7 Rxe2+ 43. Rxe2 Rd3 44. h4 Kf7 45. Rc2 Rd4 46. Kf3 Rd3+ 47.
Kg2 Rd4 48. Rc7+ Kg8 49. Rc8+ Kg7 50. Rc7+ Kg8 51. Rc6 Rd2+ 52. Kg3 Rd3+ 53.
Kf2 Kg7 54. Rc7+ Kg8 55. Rc8+ Kg7 56. Ra8 Rd2+ 57. Ke3 Rxa2 58. Kd4 Re2 59.
Rxa3 Re4+ 60. Kd5 Rxf4 61. Ra7+ Kg8 62. h5 gxh5 63. Ke6 Rb4 64. g6 f4 65. Kf6
Rb8 66. Kg5 f3 67. Kh6 f2 68. Rg7+ Kh8 69. Rf7 h4 70. Rxf2 Kg8 71. Rf3 h3 72.
Rxh3 Rb1 73. Ra3 Rh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Magomedov, Magaram"]
[Black "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 e4 $6 (4... Nbd7 $1 5. Nf3 e4 6. Nfd2 d5 7.
c4 c6 {Ingenerf-Budde, Wuppertal 1986}) 5. d5 $5 {verlängert Bb2; Pe4 soll als
Schwäche nachgewiesen werden} c6 6. c4 cxd5 7. cxd5 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Nge2 Bf5
10. Ng3 Bg6 11. Qd4 $1 {droht schon Nxe4 (><g7)} Qa5 12. Be2 Re8 13. O-O Bf8
14. Bd1 $5 {/\ Bc2} Nbd7 15. Bc2 Qb6 16. Rad1 Nc5 (16... Qxd4 17. Rxd4) 17. b4
Rac8 18. Na4 Nxa4 19. Bxa4 Qxd4 20. Bxd4 $16 Re7 (20... Red8 21. Bxa7 Ra8 22.
Bb6) 21. Bb3 (21. Bxa7 $4 Ra8) 21... a6 22. a4 Nd7 23. Rc1 Ree8 24. a5 Ne5 25.
Ba4 Nd3 26. Bxe8 Nxc1 (26... Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Nxc1 28. Bd7 Nd3 29. Bc3 {/\ Bc8 +-}
) 27. Bd7 Rc7 28. Bb6 Rxd7 29. Rxc1 f5 30. Ne2 Bf7 31. Nf4 g5 32. Ne6 Bxe6 33.
dxe6 Re7 34. Bd8 Re8 (34... Rxe6 35. Bxg5 d5 36. Rc8) 35. Bxg5 d5 36. Rc7 Bxb4
37. Rxb7 Bxa5 38. e7 Kf7 39. Rd7 Bb4 40. Rxd5 Ke6 41. Rd8 Kf7 42. Rd7 a5 43.
Ra7 Kg6 44. Bh4 Kh5 45. g3 Kg6 46. Ra6+ Kg7 47. Kg2 Bxe7 48. Bxe7 Rxe7 49. Rxa5
Kg6 50. Ra6+ Kf7 51. Kh3 Rb7 52. Ra2 Rb6 53. Ra5 Rh6+ 54. Kg2 Rf6 55. Rc5 h5
56. f3 exf3+ 57. Kxf3 Kg6 58. Kf4 Rb6 59. Rd5 Rb2 60. Rd6+ Kg7 61. h4 Rb8 62.
Kxf5 Rf8+ 63. Ke5 Re8+ 64. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Brno Morava-B"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 (6. e3 Nh6 (6... Nge7
7. Nc3 h5 8. h4 Bg4 9. Nge2 Qd7 10. d3 O-O $10 {Flesch-Bednarski, Varna 1968})
7. Ne2 O-O 8. Nbc3 f5 9. d3 Qe8 10. Nd5 Rf7 11. Qd2 Nd8 12. O-O Ne6 $10 {
Flesch-Suttles, Sombor 1970}) (6. Nf3 Nge7 7. O-O Nf5 8. Nc3 h5 9. e3 h4 $13 {
Passerotti-Mariotti, Imperia 1973}) 6... Be6 (6... Nf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9.
d3 a6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Ne7 12. e4 c6 $10 {Visier-Blau, Wien 1972}) 7. d3
Qd7 8. Nf3 Bh3 9. Bxh3 Qxh3 10. Nd5 Qd7 11. h4 (11. e4 $5) 11... f5 12. e4 (12.
h5 $5) (12. Ng5 {/\ Ne6} O-O-O) 12... O-O-O 13. Qe2 Rf8 $1 14. Nd2 Nh6 15.
O-O-O Rf7 16. f3 Rhf8 17. Rdf1 Kb8 18. Kb1 Nd8 19. Nb4 Ne6 20. Nc2 Ng8 $1 21.
h5 Bh6 22. hxg6 hxg6 {/\ Bxd2,fxe4-+} 23. Bc1 Bg5 24. Rf2 Ne7 {/\ Nc6-d4} 25.
Rfh2 Nc6 26. Rh8 Ncd4 27. Nxd4 Nxd4 28. Qd1 b6 (28... Bxd2 $5 29. Bxd2 fxe4 30.
fxe4 b6 $15) 29. f4 $1 exf4 30. Nf3 Nxf3 31. Qxf3 fxe4 32. Qxe4 Qf5 33. Qxf5
Rxf5 34. Rxf8+ Rxf8 35. Rf1 Kb7 36. gxf4 Kc6 37. a3 a6 38. Kc2 Bh6 39. Rg1 Rf6
40. Rg2 Kd7 41. Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sydney Mercantile"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Solomon, Stephen J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. d4 {N} (5. Bb5) (5. c4) 5... Bg7 6.
dxe5 Nxe5 7. Nc3 (7. Nxe5 Bxe5 8. Bxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 $10) 7... Ne7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O (9. Qd2 $5) 9... d5 $1 10. Rb1 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Be6 $10 12. Na4 Bxb2
13. Rxb2 Qd6 14. c4 dxc4 15. bxc4 Bxc4 16. Qxd6 cxd6 17. Rc1 d5 18. Rxb7 Nf5
19. g4 Nd6 20. Rd7 Rfd8 21. Rc7 Rdc8 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Nc3 Rc5 24. Rd1 Ne4 25.
Bxe4 dxe4 26. Nxe4 Ra5 27. g5 h6 (27... Rxa2 $4 28. Rd8+ Kg7 29. Nf6 $18) 28.
h4 hxg5 29. hxg5 Kf8 30. f4 Ke7 31. Rc1 Bxa2 32. Ra1 Ra6 33. Nc5 Ra3 34. Kf2 a5
35. e4 a4 36. Na6 Rh3 37. Kg2 (37. Rxa2 $4 Rh2+ $19) 37... Be6 38. f5 $1 Rh5
39. fxe6 Rxg5+ 40. Kf3 Ra5 41. Nb8 Kxe6 42. Nc6 Ra6 43. Nb4 Ra5 44. Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 g6 4. f4 {N} (4. Nf3 Bg7 5. d4 $10) 4... Bg7 5. Nf3
Nf6 6. fxe5 Ng4 7. Nc3 dxe5 8. Ba3 Be6 9. h3 Nh6 10. e4 Nd7 11. Qe2 (11. Bc4
Bxc4 12. bxc4 c5 13. O-O O-O 14. Nd5 $10) 11... c6 12. O-O-O Qa5 $10 13. Bb2
O-O-O (13... f6 $5 $10) 14. Ng5 (14. g4 $10) 14... Nf8 15. Na4 (15. Nxe6 Nxe6
$15) 15... f6 16. Nf3 Nd7 17. Qf2 Kb8 18. g4 Rhe8 19. g5 Nf7 20. gxf6 Nxf6 21.
Nc3 (21. Nxe5 Nxe4 $17) 21... Nh5 22. h4 Nf4 23. Ng5 Nxg5 24. hxg5 Bg8 25. Bc4
Bxc4 26. Rxh7 Bf8 27. bxc4 Ba3 28. Bxa3 Qxa3+ 29. Kb1 Rd4 (29... Qb4+ $2 30.
Ka1 Qxc4 31. Rb1 $18) 30. Ka1 Rxc4 31. Rb1 Rb4 32. Qh2 Rxb1+ 33. Nxb1 Qd6 34.
Qh6 Rg8 35. Rxb7+ Kxb7 36. Qh7+ Ka6 37. Qxg8 Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mitropa Cup 14th"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Black "Stohl, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1991.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. c4 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. Ne2 Re8 8. Nbc3
c6 9. d4 e4 10. h3 $2 (10. d5 $5) 10... d5 11. cxd5 $6 cxd5 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. Ba3
(13. O-O h5 $40) 13... b6 14. O-O Ba6 15. Rfc1 Qd7 16. Qd1 Rac8 17. Bf1 Bf8 18.
Bxf8 Kxf8 19. a3 (19. Nf4 Bxf1 20. Qxf1 g5 21. Nfe2 Nb4 $17) 19... Na5 20. Na2
$2 (20. b4 Nc4 $17) (20. Kh2 $17) 20... Bxe2 $19 21. Bxe2 (21. Qxe2 Nxb3 $19)
21... Qxh3 22. Nb4 h5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rc1 Kg7 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Qc2 Qxc2 27.
Nxc2 Nxb3 28. Nb4 a5 29. Na2 Nd2 30. Nc3 Kf8 31. Ba6 Ke7 32. Bb7 Ke6 33. Nb5
Nc4 34. Bc6 a4 35. Nc3 Kd6 36. Bxa4 Nxa3 37. Kf1 g5 38. Kg2 Nc4 39. Bb5 Nd2 40.
Be2 Nc4 41. Bd1 Ng4 42. Ba4 f5 43. Be8 h4 44. gxh4 gxh4 45. Nd1 Nd2 46. Kh3 Nf3
47. Ba4 Nf6 48. Nc3 Ng4 49. Nd1 Ke7 50. Bc6 Ke6 51. Bb5 Nf6 52. Nc3 Ng8 53. Bc6
Ne7 54. Bb7 f4 55. Kg4 fxe3 56. fxe3 Ne1 57. Nxe4 dxe4 58. Bxe4 Nd5 59. Kxh4
Nc3 60. Bh7 Ng2+ 61. Kg3 Nxe3 62. Kf2 Ng4+ 63. Kf3 Nf6 64. Bd3 Kd5 65. Ke3 Ng4+
0-1

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. f3 Bh5 4. Nh3 {N} (4. e3 $10) 4... e6 5. Nf4 Bg6 6. g3
Nf6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bg2 Bd6 9. O-O (9. d4) 9... Nbd7 10. c4 Qe7 11. d4 c6 12.
cxd5 $2 (12. e4 $6 dxe4 13. fxe4 e5 $36) (12. f4 $10) 12... Nxd5 $1 13. Qd2
Rxh2 $1 $19 14. f4 (14. Kxh2 Qh4+ 15. Kg1 (15. Bh3 Qxg3+ 16. Kh1 Qh2#) 15...
Bxg3 16. Rd1 Bf2+ 17. Kf1 Ne3+) 14... Rh7 15. e4 Bb4 16. Qe2 Nc7 17. Nd2 g5 18.
f5 exf5 19. Rxf5 g6 20. Rf2 O-O-O 21. a3 Bxd2 22. Qxd2 Kb8 23. a4 f6 24. b4 Qd6
25. e5 $2 Nxe5 26. b5 Nc4 27. Qc3 Nxb2 28. bxc6 Nd5 29. Qxb2 Qxg3 30. Rf3 Qh2+
31. Kf1 Nf4 32. Rb3 Qxg2+ 33. Qxg2 Nxg2 34. Kxg2 Rxd4 35. Re1 Rg4+ 36. Kf3 Rh3+
37. Kxg4 Rxb3 38. Re6 Rb6 39. Rxf6 Rxc6 0-1

[Event "Hastings 9192"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexey S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "217"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. g3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 Be6 8. Nf3
Be7 9. O-O Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bf6 (10... f6 11. d4 $14) 11. d3 O-O 12. Qd2 Re8 13.
Rac1 Nd4 14. Ne1 c6 15. e3 Nb5 16. Bb2 a5 17. Qc2 Nc7 18. Be4 Nd5 19. a3 g6 20.
Nf3 Bh3 21. Rfe1 Bg4 22. Nd2 Bg7 23. Bg2 Rc8 24. Nc4 b5 25. Nd2 Qe7 (25... c5
$5 26. Ne4 Bf8 $10) 26. Ne4 Red8 27. Nc5 b4 $2 28. Qc4 Be6 29. Nxe6 Qxe6 30. a4
Qd6 31. Red1 Nc3 32. Bxc3 bxc3 33. Rxc3 c5 34. Rcc1 Qb6 $6 (34... h5) 35. Bd5
Rc7 36. e4 h5 37. Rc2 Bf6 38. Qc3 Kg7 39. Qd2 Rb8 40. Kh1 Rd8 41. Qe3 h4 42.
Rdc1 Rdc8 43. Qf3 Qd6 44. Qe3 Qe7 45. Rf1 Rh8 46. Qe1 Ra7 47. Qc3 Rc8 48. Kg1
Qd7 49. Qd2 Qg4 50. Qe2 Qd7 51. Kh1 Qd6 52. Qg4 Rh8 53. Kg2 Rc7 54. Rcc1 Rb8
55. Rce1 Qd7 56. Qxd7 Rxd7 57. Rc1 Rc7 58. Rc4 Rh8 59. Rfc1 Rhc8 60. Kh3 hxg3
61. hxg3 Be7 62. Kg4 Bd6 63. Rh1 Rh8 64. Rxh8 Kxh8 65. Rc1 Kg7 66. Kf3 Ra7 67.
Ke2 Ra6 68. Kd2 Rb6 69. Kc3 Rb4 70. Bc4 g5 71. Kd2 Be7 72. Rh1 Rb6 73. Rh5 Rb8
74. Kc3 Rd8 75. Kd2 Kg6 76. Rh2 Bd6 77. Ke2 Be7 78. Kf3 Bf6 79. Rh1 Bg7 80. Bd5
Rb8 81. Kg4 Bf6 82. Bc4 Be7 83. f4 $1 exf4 84. gxf4 gxf4 85. Kxf4 Bg5+ 86. Ke5
Be3 87. Rh3 Bd4+ 88. Kd6 Kg7 89. Kc7 Be5+ 90. Kc6 Bd4 91. Rf3 f6 92. Rg3+ Kh6
93. Rf3 Kg7 94. Rf5 Kf8 95. Rh5 Kg7 96. Kc7 Rb4 97. Rd5 Kg6 98. Rd8 Kg5 99. Ra8
Bc3 100. Kc6 Kf4 101. Kxc5 Rb7 102. Rh8 f5 103. Rg8 fxe4 104. dxe4 Rd7 105. Bd5
Ke5 106. Kb5 Kd6 107. Rg6+ Kc7 (107... Ke5 108. Ra6 $18) 108. Rc6+ Kb8 109.
Rxc3 1-0

[Event "Sydney"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wong, Meng Kong"]
[Black "Solomon, Stephen J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "182"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 c6 (3... Bg4) 4. Be2 a5 (4... g6 $10) 5. Nf3 Bg4 6.
c4 e6 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 a4 9. cxd5 a3 10. Bc3 cxd5 11. b4 Qb6 12. Qb3 Qa7 13.
d3 Na6 $6 (13... Be7 $10) 14. Nxa3 Nxb4 15. Bxb4 Bxb4+ 16. Qxb4 Qxa3 17. Qb5+
Nd7 18. O-O Qa6 19. Qb4 Ne5 20. Be2 Nc6 21. Qb2 O-O 22. d4 Qa3 $2 (22... Qa7 {
/\ Na5}) 23. Qxb7 Na5 24. Qb1 Rfc8 25. Rc1 g6 26. Rc2 Kg7 27. Qc1 Nb3 28. Qxa3
(28. axb3 Rxc2 29. Qxa3 Rxa3 30. Rxa3 Rxe2 31. Ra7 Rb2 32. Rb7) 28... Rxa3 29.
Rxc8 Nxa1 30. Rc1 Rxa2 31. Bd1 $1 $18 h5 32. h4 Kf6 33. g3 Kf5 34. Kg2 Ra3 35.
Rc7 Kf6 36. g4 hxg4 37. Bxg4 Ra8 38. Bd1 Rb8 39. Rc1 Ra8 40. Kg3 Ra7 41. Kf4
Ra2 42. f3 Ra5 43. e4 Kg7 44. exd5 Rxd5 45. Rxa1 Rxd4+ 46. Kg3 e5 47. Bc2 Rd7
48. Ra5 Kf6 49. Rb5 Rd4 50. Rb7 Kg7 51. Bb3 Rf4 52. Re7 Rf5 53. Be6 Rf4 54. Bd5
Rf5 55. Re8 Rh5 56. Be4 Kh7 57. Bc6 Kg7 58. Bd7 Kf6 59. Bg4 Rh7 60. Ra8 Ke7 61.
Ra7+ Kf6 62. Ra6+ Kg7 63. Ra5 Kf6 64. Ra2 Rh8 65. Re2 Rh7 66. Rh2 Kg7 67. Re2
Kf6 68. Rc2 Rh8 69. Rc8 Rh7 70. Rc7 Rh8 71. Bd7 Rh5 72. Be8 Rh8 73. Bb5 Rh5 74.
Bc4 Rh7 75. Bd5 Rg7 76. Kf2 Rh7 77. Ke3 Rg7 78. Rd7 Rh7 79. Ra7 Rg7 80. Ke4 Rh7
81. Ra6+ Ke7 82. Kxe5 Rh5+ 83. Ke4 Rxh4+ 84. Ke3 Rh7 85. Kf4 Kf8 86. Ra8+ Kg7
87. Ra7 Kf8 88. Rb7 Kg8 89. Kg3 Kf8 90. Bb3 Kg8 91. Rb4 Rh1 1-0

[Event "Dortmund op-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Black "Stohl, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. g3 g6 4. d4 Nd7 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. c4 exd4 (6... f5 $5 7. dxe5
dxe5 8. Nf3 Nh6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 Nf7 11. Nc3 c6 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. e4 f4 $1
$132 {Stein-Gausel, Gausdal 1990}) 7. Bxd4 Ngf6 8. Nh3 O-O 9. O-O c6 10. Nf4
Nc5 11. Nc3 Bf5 12. f3 Ne6 $1 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. Rc1 (14. e4 c5 (14... d5 15.
cxd5 cxd5 16. e5 Nd7 17. f4 $16) 15. Be3 $6 (15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Rc1) 15... Ng4
$15) 14... d5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd4+ Qf6 18. Qxf6+ Kxf6 $10 19.
Ne4+ Ke7 20. Kf2 Rad8 21. a3 a5 22. Nc5 Bc8 23. f4 Nc7 24. Rfd1 Ne6 25. b4 axb4
26. axb4 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Rd8 28. Rxd8 Kxd8 29. Ke3 Ke7 30. Nxe6 Bxe6 31. Kd4 Kd6
32. e4 b6 33. e5+ Kd7 34. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Narbonne"]
[Date "1997.08.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bricard, Emmanuel"]
[Black "Anic, Darko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 f5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 d5 6. Ne2 Be6 7. Bg2 c6 8. d4
a5 9. Nd2 Na6 10. h4 Ba3 11. Nf4 Bf7 12. g4 fxg4 13. Qxg4 Qd7 14. Qf3 Qe7 15.
h5 O-O-O 16. Kf1 f5 17. c4 Bb4 {(Piece versus pawns). Unsurprisingly, White
could not resist sacrificing a piece, but the position isn't as clear as the
game continuation might suggest.} 18. cxd5 Bxd2 (18... cxd5 19. Qe2 {[%cal
Rd2f3,Rf3e5] should be better for White with the knight coming to f3 and then
e5, but Black is not without counterchances against White's king.} (19. hxg6 {
doesn't win a pawn:} hxg6 20. Rxh8 Rxh8 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Bxd2)) 19. dxc6
b5 (19... Nc7 {might have been a better way to defend:} 20. cxb7+ Kb8 21. Nd3 (
21. Qe2 Bb4 22. Nd3 (22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Rxh8 Rxh8 24. Nd3 Bd6) 22... Bd5) 21...
Bd5 22. Qg3 Kxb7) 20. Qe2 Bb4 21. Qxb5 Qa7 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Rxh8 Rxh8 24. Rc1
{White has three pawns and a massive initiative; in the end it is all too much
for Black to take.} Nc7 25. Qe5 Rd8 26. Qg7 Ne8 27. Qh6 Qe7 28. Nd3 Bd6 29. Nc5
Nf6 30. Nb7 Ng4 31. Qh1 Re8 (31... Nxe3+ {would have been insufficient, but
it's close:} 32. fxe3 Qxe3 33. Nxd6+ (33. Re1 Qd3+ 34. Re2 Bg3) 33... Rxd6 34.
Qh8+ Kc7 35. Re1 Qf4+ 36. Kg1 {should be good for White.}) 32. Nxd6+ Qxd6 33.
c7 Qa6+ 34. Kg1 Be6 35. Bf3 Nf6 36. Bc6 Bd7 37. Qf3 Ne4 38. Bxd7+ Kxd7 39. Qh3
Qf6 40. c8=Q+ Rxc8 41. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.04.09"]
[Round "15.4"]
[White "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Kostakiev,D"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1999.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Koenig Plauen"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 ({Nimzowitsch has only 3 games using 1.b3. He debuted with
it unsuccesfully in 1927 like that:} 2... f6 3. e4 Bc5 4. Bc4 Ne7 5. Qh5+ g6 6.
Qf3 Nbc6 7. Ne2 Rf8 8. g4 f5 9. gxf5 d5 10. exd5 Rxf5 11. Qe4 Nb4 12. Nbc3
Bxf2+ $15 {0-1 Nimzowitsch,A-Winter,W/London 1927/HCL (45)}) 3. e3 ({The first
game with 1.b3!? continued (150 years ago!!) on rather modernistic way:} 3. g3
d5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. e3 Bf5 {1-0 Van't Kruijs-De Heer,M/Amsterdam 1851/EXT 99 (27)}
) 3... d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 g6 {Keen in his book devoted to Nimtsovich,
launched the idea that King Indish is the best defance against b2-b3} 6. d4
$146 (6. O-O Bg7 7. d4 (7. c4 O-O 8. d3 Re8 9. Nbd2 h6 (9... Bf5 $142 $5) 10.
a3 a5 11. Qc2 Nh7 12. Bc3 $11 {1-0 Aagaard,J-Krogh,C/Aarhus 1990/EXT 98 (40)})
7... O-O 8. d5 Nb8 9. c4 Ne8 10. Nc3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Martinkova,M-Buldrova,M/
Hradec Kralove 1997/EXT 98 (22)}) 6... exd4 (6... e4 $5) 7. Nxd4 (7. exd4 Bg7
8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 (9. d5 Nb4 10. c4 Re8 11. a3 Na6 12. Re1 Nc5 13. b4 Ncd7 14.
Bd3 c6 15. dxc6 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 $11) 9... Re8 10. Re1 d5 $11) 7... Nxd4 (7...
Ne5 8. Nf3 Nxf3+ 9. Bxf3 Bg7 10. c4 $14) 8. Qxd4 $11 (8. Bxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O
10. c4 Re8 $11) 8... Bg7 9. c4 (9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Bf5 11. Qb4 Ne4 $15) (9. Na3
O-O 10. O-O-O a5 11. Nb5 Ne8 12. Qf4 g5 13. Qf3 Bxb2+ 14. Kxb2 a4 $15) (9. Nd2
O-O 10. O-O-O c5 11. Qd3 d5 $15) 9... O-O 10. Nc3 (10. O-O Nh5 11. Qd2 Nf6 $14)
10... c6 11. Qd2 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 Qxd5 15. O-O Be6 (
15... Qg5) 16. Bc4 Qf5 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Rad1 Rfd8 19. Rd2 Rd5 20. Rfd1 Rad8
21. Rxd5 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 Qxd5 23. f3 c5 24. Kf2 Qd6 25. Qc3 h5 26. a4 b6 27. f4
Qd5 28. Qc4 Qd2+ 29. Qe2 Qd5 30. Qc4 Qd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.05.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "Kostakiev,D"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 {Anderssen} 5. Ne2 (5. Na3 Na5 (5...
e4 6. Nc4 Be7 {Walti-Shabalov/Suhr op/1992 (10)}) 6. Nf3 a6 {Murej-Sveshnikov/
URS/1975 (11)}) (5. d4 $2 exd4 6. Bxc6 $2 Bb4+ $1 {Muhamedzanov-Kholmov/URS/
1974 (10)}) (5. d3 Ne7 6. d4 exd4 7. Bxd4 Nf5 8. Bb2 {0-1 Suhle,B-Anderssen,A/
Breslau 1859/EXT 99 (25). (25)}) (5. g4 O-O 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. g5 Bxc3 8. dxc3 Ne4 {
0-1 Arencibia,W-Efimov,I/9th Aosta Valley, Saint Vincent ITA 2001 (26)}) 5...
O-O (5... a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nbc3 (7. d3 O-O 8. Nd2 Qe7 9. h3 {1/2-1/2
Arencibia,W-Estremera Panos,S/Malaga 2000/CBM 74 ext (31)}) (7. Ng3 h5 8. Nc3
h4 9. Nge4 {Cohn-Hartston/Oxford/1971} h3 $5 $13) 7... e4 8. Ng3 Qe7 9. Qe2 {
0-1 Bischoff,K-Sutovsky,E/Essen 2001/CBM 83_01 (26)}) (5... Ne7 6. Ng3 c6 7.
Bd3 Bc7 8. Nh5 Nxh5 {1-0 Arencibia,W-Huerta,R/Merida 2000/CBM 79 ext (43)}) 6.
O-O (6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. O-O Re8 {0-1 Bursic,E-Ionescu,M/Pula 1997/EXT 2000 (63)})
(6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bb4+ 8. c3 {1/2-1/2 Baron Rodriguez,J-Stefanova,A/Mancha
Real 2000/EXT 2001 (62)}) 6... Re8 7. Bxc6 $146 (7. f4 e4 8. Ng3 a6 9. Be2 Bc5
{1/2-1/2 Bagirov,V-Comp Fritz 5/Muenster 1997/CBM 60 ext (34)}) (7. Ng3 e4 8.
Be2 Be5 9. Bxe5 Nxe5 10. d4 exd3 11. cxd3 d5 12. d4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Morozevich,
A-Sveshnikov,E/Podolsk 1993/CBM 38/[Horn,Pe] (49)}) 7... bxc6 (7... dxc6 $5 8.
c4 (8. f4) 8... Bd7 9. Nbc3 a5 10. Qb1 c5 $132) 8. d3 Bf8 9. Ng3 (9. d4) 9...
d5 10. Nd2 (10. c4) 10... a5 (10... Rb8 11. c4 Bg4 12. Nf3 a5 $15) 11. a4 Bd6
12. e4 $15 (12. h3) 12... g6 $6 (12... Bb4 13. c3 Bc5 14. Nf3 Bg4 $15) 13. Nf3
$11 Nd7 (13... d4 $142) 14. Re1 $14 d4 15. Bc1 Nf8 (15... Bf8) 16. Nd2 (16. Bg5
Be7 17. Bd2 $14) 16... Be6 17. Rf1 f6 18. Nb1 h5 19. h4 Re7 20. Bd2 Rh7 21. Na3
Qe7 22. Qc1 Nd7 23. Ne2 Rf7 24. f3 Kh7 $14 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cutro 07th"]
[Site "Cutro"]
[Date "2001.04.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chatalbashev, Boris"]
[Black "Borgo, Giulio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[Annotator "Kostakiev,D"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2001.04.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 c5 2. Bb2 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. f4 b6 (4... Be7 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 {0-1
Auer,C-Theisinger,F/Hauenstein 1991/GER (51)}) 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. Be2 (6. Bd3 d6 7.
O-O Nbd7 8. Nc3 {1-0 Vokac,M-Dranov,A/Ceske Budejovice 1993/EXT 97 (31)}) 6...
d6 $146 (6... Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe1 d5 (8... d6 9. Qg3 Re8 10. d3 Bf8 11. e4
Nbd7 {0-1 Kunz,K-Golda,H/Passau 1999/EXT 2000 (45)}) 9. d3 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 b5 11.
Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Nothnagel,M-Kappeler,R/Germany 1993/GER (30)}) 7. O-O Nbd7 8. a4
Be7 9. a5 $11 O-O 10. Na3 Nd5 11. axb6 axb6 12. Nb5 N7f6 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. c4
Nb4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxd6 Bc6 17. Ne5 (17. Qb1 $11) 17... Bxg2 $15 18. Rf2 Bc6
(18... Bxe5 19. fxe5 Bc6 20. Bf1 Be4 $11) 19. Qb1 $2 (19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Nb5 $11
) 19... Bh4 $19 20. Bh5 (20. Rf1 $142 Qd8 21. Nxc6 $17) 20... Bxf2+ $19 (20...
f6 21. Nxc6 Bxf2+ $19) 21. Kxf2 g6 22. Nxg6 fxg6 23. Bxg6 Qa7 24. Be4 Bxe4 25.
Nxe4 Qg7 26. Ng3 Qg6 0-1

[Event "Berga op"]
[Site "Berga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gonzalez, JA."]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 f5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. Nfd2 c6 7. c4 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7
9. Qc2 O-O 10. O-O-O Na6 11. a3 Nc7 12. h3 Qe7 13. Kb1 (13. g4 fxg4 14. Ndxe4
Nxe4 15. Nxe4 (15. Qxe4 Qxe4 16. Nxe4 d5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Nc5 Rxf2) 15... Bf5
16. Bd3 gxh3) 13... Bd7 14. Ka2 (14. Be2 b5 15. cxb5 $2 cxb5 16. Ncxe4 $2 Nxe4
17. Nxe4 (17. Qxc7 Nxf2) 17... Qxe4 $1 18. Bd3 Qb7) 14... b5 15. g4 (15. cxb5
Nxb5 (15... cxb5 16. Ncxe4) 16. Bc4+ Kh8 17. Ndb1 a5 18. Na4 Rab8 19. Nbc3 Be6
$13) 15... bxc4 16. bxc4 d5 17. g5 (17. gxf5 Bxf5) 17... Nh5 18. h4 (18. Be2 $5
Qxg5 19. h4 Qh6 20. Nb3 $44) 18... f4 19. cxd5 $6 (19. Nb3) 19... cxd5 20. Nb3
fxe3 21. fxe3 Ng3 22. Rg1 Nf5 $15 23. Bc1 (23. Nxe4 Nxe3) (23. Re1 Nxh4 24.
Nxe4 Bf5 25. Qc5 Qxc5 26. Nexc5 Nf3 $17) 23... Qd6 (23... Nxh4 24. Nxe4 Bf5 25.
Qc5 Qxc5 26. Nexc5 $14) 24. Nc5 (24. h5 $1) 24... Rab8 (24... Nxh4 $1) 25. h5
Rfc8 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Bd2 Ne6 28. Nxd7 Qxd7 29. Ba6 Rc6 30. Qa4 Nexd4 $6 (
30... Nfxd4 $1 31. Rb1 (31. exd4 Rxc3 32. Qxd7 Rc2+ 33. Ka1 Bxd4+ $19) 31...
Rxb1 32. Rxb1 Nc5 33. Rb8+ Kf7 34. Qd1 Rxa6 35. exd4 Bxd4 $17) (30... Rxc3 31.
Qxd7 Rc2+ 32. Ka1 Nexd4 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. exd4) 31. exd4 $2 (31. Rb1 Qd6 (
31... Rxb1 32. Rxb1 Nf3 33. Bb5 Nxd2 34. Bxc6 Nxb1 35. Bxd5+ $1 $18 (35. Bxd7
Nxc3+ 36. Kb3 Nxa4)) 32. Rxb8+ Qxb8 33. exd4 Rxc3 34. Rb1 Qh2 $13) 31... Rxc3
$19 32. Bb5 (32. Qxd7 Rc2+ 33. Ka1 Bxd4+) 32... Rxb5 33. Bxc3 Rb2+ 34. Bxb2
Qxa4 35. Rc1 Bxd4 36. Bxd4 Qxd4 37. Rgd1 Qb6 38. Rb1 Qd6 39. Rb7 d4 40. Rxa7 d3
41. Rc1 Qd5+ 42. Kb1 Nd6 0-1

[Event "Krynica zt"]
[Site "Krynica"]
[Date "1998.09.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vokac, Marek"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "1998.09.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 f5 $6 (3... g6 4. d4 Nd7 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7.
Bc4 Nh6 8. O-O O-O 9. e4 $14) 4. d4 $1 e4 5. d5 Nf6 6. h4 Be7 7. Nh3 O-O 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. Nc3 a6 10. h5 (10. Qd2 {/\ 0-0-0, Rdf(g)1, Bd1, Ne2-d4}) 10... Ne5
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 32nd"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2016.11.12"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sveti Nikolaj Srpski"]
[BlackTeam "Odlar Yurdu"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. b3 b6 2. Bb2 Bb7 3. Nc3 {This is the new Jobava/Rapport fashion; it's a
copy of the King's Indian development setup (g3, Nf3, Bg2, O-O) on the other
flank! Here White also needs to add Qd2 and O-O-O to the mix.} Nf6 4. d4 e6 5.
f3 $6 {Rapport is known to be one of the most creative players of this
generation. Once again he shows a great desire to get his opponent out of
standard positions. Here I think it is dubious, because Black has a simple and
clean development plan.} (5. Nf3 {it would be weird to develop calmly after
such an exotic start} Be7 6. e3 c5 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O $11 {and we simply have a
position where the c3-knight is misplaced (White should play c4 beforehand in
these cases, so then the c-pawn helps to build a nice centre).}) 5... d5 6. Qd2
Be7 7. O-O-O O-O 8. e3 c5 9. Kb1 Nc6 10. Nge2 Rc8 11. g4 c4 $1 {A typical idea
used in the French Defence, to create a strong pawn assault against the
opponent's king.} 12. g5 (12. bxc4 $2 {hoping for} dxc4 $2 (12... Na5 $1 $17 {
[%cal Ga5c4] puts White in a horrible position}) 13. e4 $36 {could be
interesting for White.}) 12... Ne8 13. h4 Ba6 14. Nf4 $6 (14. e4 $1 {has to be
tried - Black is building a strong flank attack, and White needs to create
some sort of a central counterplay. In a battle between attacks, Radjabov will
be in the driver's seat.} b5 15. exd5 exd5 16. bxc4 $1 bxc4 (16... dxc4 $2 17.
d5 $1 $36) (16... Nd6 17. Nf4 $1 $132 {[%csl Rd5] avoiding ...Nxc4 at all
costs, and White attacks the d5-pawn, achieving the aforementioned central
counterplay}) 17. Ka1 Rb8 18. f4 {followed by Bg2. I prefer Black's position,
but there is play} Nc7 19. f5 $132) 14... b5 15. Qg2 Qa5 {It starts to get
really messy around here, Black has too many pieces on the queenside. I would
think that White has to play 16.g6! and start something as soon as possible.}
16. h5 (16. g6 $5 Bb4 (16... hxg6 {normally helps White's attack} 17. h5 g5 18.
h6 $1 g6 19. Nh3 $1 $40) 17. gxh7+ Kxh7 18. Nfe2 {and White could try
something with h5, e4. The queenside looks safe for a while} Ne7 {threatening .
..cxb3} 19. h5 cxb3 (19... Nf5 {[%csl Re3]} 20. Qf2 cxb3 21. axb3 Bxc3 22. Nxc3
Rxc3 23. e4 dxe4 24. fxe4 $132) 20. axb3 Bxc3 21. Nxc3 Rxc3 22. Bxc3 Qxc3 23.
Bd3+ $40 {with good attacking prospects.}) 16... Bb4 17. Ncxd5 $2 {Too
optimistic, White doesn't actually threaten Nf6+ after the sacrifice, and will
lack defensive pieces on the queenside.} (17. Nfe2 $5 {similar to the analysis
after White's 16th move} Ne7 $40 {[%cal Rc4b3,Rc8c3]} 18. g6 {there is a big
difference here, Black can play 18...h6! because the white knight is no longer
on f4 -} h6 $1 19. gxf7+ Rxf7 $17) 17... exd5 18. Nxd5 Rd8 19. f4 (19. Nf6+ $2
gxf6 20. gxf6+ Kh8 $19 {[%csl Ge8][%cal Ge8g7] the e8-knight plays an
important role now!}) (19. c3 Ba3 $1 (19... Rxd5 $2 20. cxb4 Nxb4 21. Bc3 $1 {
surprisingly enough, White is in the game, despite being a piece down for only
a pawn, and having a weak king. Qd2 is a strong threat.} Qa3 22. e4 Rd8 23. Qd2
Nc6 24. Bb2 $40 {followed by h6 and d5, potentially creating a very strong
attack against the black king}) 20. Bxa3 Qxa3 21. e4 Rxd5 $1 22. exd5 Ne7 $17)
19... Ba3 20. Ba1 Bb7 $1 {[%cal Gb7h1] Preparing a devastating sacrifice.} 21.
Be2 Rxd5 $1 22. Qxd5 Nd8 (22... Nd6 $5 $19 {was the best, threatening the
decisive ...Nb4 followed by ...Be4.}) 23. Qd7 $6 (23. Qe5 $1 {was the last
chance to survive} Nc6 $1 (23... Nd6 $2 24. d5 $1 $16 {[%cal Ga1g7] look who
just woke up!}) (23... Bxh1 24. Rxh1 $44 {is not clear at all, White has too
many pawns and a strong structure}) 24. Qd5 Nd6 $19 {transposing to Black's
22th move analysis.}) 23... Be4 {Now Black wants to bring the knights back
into the game and decide.} (23... Bxh1 $6 24. Rxh1 {although White should be
lost, he has some chances to survive}) (23... Nd6 $1 {was much stronger} 24. d5
Bc8 $1 25. Qe7 Re8 $1 $19 {winning the lonely white queen!}) 24. Rhf1 $2 (24.
d5 $1 {the last try, and a good one} Qb4 $1 (24... Nd6 25. g6 $1 $132) 25. Be5
$1 cxb3 26. axb3 Qxb3+ 27. Ka1 {and by some miracle, Black is not winning
right away (it is important to notice the three black pieces sitting on the
1st rank)} Bb2+ 28. Bxb2 Qa4+ 29. Kb1 Qxc2+ 30. Ka2 Qxe2 {[%cal Ge2c4,Gc4a4]}
31. Ka1 Bxh1 32. Rxh1 b4 $1 33. Qa4 (33. Qxd8 $2 Qa6+ 34. Kb1 Nd6 $1 35. Qe7 b3
$19 {and Black wins with ...Qa2 and ...Rc8 next.}) 33... Qxe3 34. Qxb4 Nc7 $19)
24... Nd6 25. f5 Nc6 {[%cal Gc6b4] White can't handle it anymore.} 26. g6 Nb4
$1 27. Bc3 cxb3 28. gxf7+ Rxf7 {...and White resigned since the threats are
completely unstoppable. A convincing win from Radjabov, a very talented and
classical player, who achieved his peak rating in 2012 with an impressive 2793.
He still is a player to be reckoned with.} 0-1

[Event "Slupsk op"]
[Site "Slupsk"]
[Date "1988.08.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Moehring, Guenther"]
[Black "Petran, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "Moehring,G"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1988.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Nxd4 6. Bxd4 Be7 7. c4 O-O 8.
Nc3 c6 9. Be2 d6 10. Qc2 Bf5 11. Rd1 Re8 12. d3 Qa5 13. O-O exd3 14. Bxd3 Bxd3
15. Rxd3 Nd7 16. Ne2 Bf8 17. Ng3 Nc5 18. Qd2 Qa3 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Rd1 a5 21.
Rd4 Qb4 22. Nf5 c5 23. Rd5 b5 24. cxb5 Qxb5 25. Nxd6 Bxd6 26. Rxd6 a4 27. Qd5
Rac8 (27... axb3 $2 28. Qxa8 Rxa8 29. Rd8+ Qe8 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. axb3 $18) 28.
Rd7 Rf8 29. g3 axb3 30. axb3 Rb8 31. Rd3 g6 32. Rc3 Qb4 33. Rd3 Rbc8 34. Qc4
Qxc4 35. bxc4 Rfe8 36. Kg2 Re4 37. Rc3 h5 38. f3 Re6 39. Rd5 Ra6 40. Rc2 Kg7
41. f4 Ra3 42. e4 Rc7 43. e5 Rb3 44. Rd8 Ra3 45. Kh3 Re3 46. Ra2 g5 47. Raa8
gxf4 48. Rg8+ Kh7 49. Rh8+ Kg6 50. Rag8+ Kf5 51. Rxh5+ Ke6 52. Re8+ Kd7 53. Rf8
Ke7 $2 (53... Ke6 54. Kg2 (54. Rh4 fxg3 55. hxg3 Rxe5 56. Re8+ Kd6 57. Rh6+ Re6
$10) (54. Rh6+ Kxe5 $10) (54. Re8+ Kd7 55. Rhh8 fxg3 56. hxg3 Re4 $10) (54. Kg4
fxg3 55. Kf4 g2 56. Rg5 Rc3 $10) (54. Rd8 fxg3 55. Rd6+ (55. hxg3 Re4 $10)
55... Ke7 56. hxg3 Rxe5 $1 $10) 54... fxg3 55. hxg3 Rc3 56. Rh4 Kxe5 $10) 54.
Rxf7+ $1 $18 Kxf7 55. Rh7+ Ke6 56. Rxc7 f3 57. g4 Kxe5 58. Rxc5+ Ke4 59. Rc8
Kd3 60. g5 Ke2 61. Rf8 Re5 62. Kg4 f2 63. g6 f1=Q 64. Rxf1 Kxf1 65. h4 Kg2 66.
h5 Rc5 67. g7 Rxc4+ 68. Kf5 Rc8 69. h6 {3:23-3:10} 1-0

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[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. b3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 3. e3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. h3 {[%emt 0:01:
10] Jobava "I found this idea before the Grand Prix and thought to myself that
I need to try this in at least one game. Actually it is not as stupid as it
looks. For example if ...Be7 then Bb5 and then ...Bd6 would be stupid. So
after Bb5 if ...d6 then Ne2, 0-0 d3,e4,f4 etc."} d5 {[%emt 0:05:55] The
principled response.} 5. Bb5 {[%emt 0:02:16]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 6. Nf3 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:10:27]} (6... e4 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Nxd7 Qxd7 9. O-O a6
10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. c4 Qe7 12. d3 $14 {1-0 Graf,F (2479)-Tallo Dominguez,I (2245)
/Barcelona 2014/CBM 162 Extra (21)}) 7. d4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:
22]} 8. Qxd4 $146 {[%emt 0:00:13]} ({Previously in a game between 2200 players
White had chosen} 8. Nxd4 {but after} Bd7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Nd2 Rfe8
12. O-O Rab8 13. Re1 Ne4 $132 {0-1 Bobanac,M (2271)-Solic,K (2219)/Bol 2011/
CBM 144 Extra (42). Black was more than ok.}) 8... Bd7 {[%emt 0:16:18]} (8...
O-O $5 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nbd2 {[%csl Ge4] Jobava: ''With not many ideas for
Black."} ({Jakovenko was not sure about} 10. Qh4 Ne4 11. Qxe7 Bxe7 12. O-O {
and he thought that the pros and cons of Black's pawn structure are hard to
judge.}) {For example if} 10... c5 (10... a5 $5) 11. Qh4 d4 (11... a5 $5) 12.
O-O-O $36 (12. O-O $36)) 9. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:03:00]} Bxc6 {[%emt 0:03:39]} 10.
Nbd2 {[%emt 0:03:34]} (10. Ne5 $5 Bb5 11. Ng4 Ne4 12. Qxg7 (12. Nc3 $5) 12...
O-O-O $132 {(Jakovenko)}) 10... O-O {[%emt 0:05:01]} (10... Bc5 11. Qf4 {
[%cal Gf4g5]} Bd6 12. Qg5 $13) 11. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:26] Jobava "The whole
idea was to play 0-0-0 and g4. Otherwise Black with ^^ would be slightly
bettter."} ({Jobava's hunger for exciting chess probably made him think the
above thoughts. Another possibility was} 11. Ne5 Bd7 (11... Bb5 12. Ng4 $36)
12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. O-O-O $13 (13. O-O $11)) 11... a5 {[%emt 0:06:34]} 12. g4 {
[%emt 0:01:19]} a4 {[%emt 0:09:38]} 13. g5 {[%emt 0:03:12]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:02:08]
} (13... Nh5 {must have crossed Black's mind but the possibility of having to
play g6 when the N on h5 is attacked would seem frightening, especially with
the White Q+B battery on the a1-h8/^}) 14. Kb1 {[%emt 0:01:27]} axb3 {[%emt 0:
04:45]} 15. axb3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:04:33]} (15... Ba3 $5 16. Bc3
Bc5 17. Qh4 Nd6 18. Rhg1 (18. Bf6 $5) 18... Nb5 19. Bf6 {The calculation till
here, as seen by Jobava is very human, but now the engine shows us an amazing
counterstrike} Bb4 $3 (19... Qe6 20. Qh6 $13 {Jobava}) 20. Bxe7 Nc3+ 21. Kb2 (
21. Kc1 Ra1+ 22. Kb2 (22. Nb1 Ne2+ 23. Kb2 Rfa8 $19) 22... Ra2+) 21... Ra2+ 22.
Kc1 Ne2+ 23. Kb1 Rfa8 24. c3 Nxc3+ 25. Kc1 Ne2+ 26. Kb1 Bb5 27. Nc4 Nc3+ 28.
Kc1 Bxc4 $19) 16. Qe5 {[%emt 0:17:21]} (16. Qh4 Ba3 $1 {Not easy to find a
square for the B on b2} 17. Bd4 (17. Bc3 Qc5 $40) 17... Qb4 $40 {[%cal Gb4a5,
Ga3b4] /\...Qa5,Bb4 -> and the Ne8 is playing a nice defensive role,
supporting g7.}) 16... Bd6 {[%emt 0:03:22]} (16... Qxe5 17. Nxe5 Nd6 18. Rhg1
Nb5 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Rg4 {Jakavenko did not like this position.} (20. Nf3 Bb4
21. Rd3 {is also just in time.})) 17. Qxe7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} (17. Qd4 {would
have been interesting from the spectator's point of view!}) 17... Bxe7 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} 18. Rhg1 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:05:07]} 19. Ne5 {
[%emt 0:02:03]} (19. h4 f6 $15) 19... Be8 {[%emt 0:06:00]} 20. h4 {[%emt 0:08:
23]} (20. Ng4 Kh8 (20... Bxg5 21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22. Bxf6 Nf5 (22... g6 $2 23. Be7
Bd7 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. h4 $14) 23. Rxg7+ $5 (23. Rg5 Ra6 24. Rxf5 Rxf6 25. Rxf6
gxf6 $15) 23... Nxg7 24. Rg1 Ra6 $8 25. Rxg7+ Kh8 26. Rg6+ Rxf6 27. Rxf6 {
White seems slightly more comfortable.}) 21. h4 Nb5 22. Nf3 Bb4 23. Rd3 c5 $36)
20... f6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 21. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} (21. gxf6 Bxf6 $15) 21...
fxg5 {[%emt 0:05:30]} 22. hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:10] Jakovenko:
"I was happy with my position here. I thought that now g<-> is closed, and I
have decent counterplay on << but after Nf4 I just did not have enough time to
calculate and choose."} 23. Nf4 {[%emt 0:04:03]} c6 {[%emt 0:05:17]} (23... d4
24. Ne4 Bc6 25. Nf6+ $5 Bxf6 26. gxf6 Rxf6 27. Bxd4 Nxd4 28. Rxd4 $11) 24. c4 {
[%emt 0:10:21] Otherwise White is just worse.} Na3+ {[%emt 0:03:15]} 25. Kc1 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} (25. Bxa3 Bxa3 26. g6 h6 27. cxd5 cxd5 $17 {[%csl Ga3,Rb1,Ge8]
^^}) 25... dxc4 {[%emt 0:04:56]} (25... Bg6 $5 26. Nxg6 (26. cxd5 cxd5 $15 {
continuing the complications} (26... Rxf4 27. d6 (27. exf4 cxd5 28. Rg3 Nb5 $17
) 27... Rxf2 28. dxe7 Kf7 29. Rdf1 Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1+ Kxe7 31. Bxg7 $11)) 26...
hxg6 27. f4 b5 28. cxd5 cxd5 29. Bxa3 Bxa3+ 30. Kc2 $15 {Black did not have
enough time to calculate these lines.}) 26. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:12] Jakovenko: "I
missed this completely. I was looking for Nc4."} (26. Nxc4 Nxc4 27. bxc4 Ra4 (
27... Ra5 $5) (27... g6 $5 {[%cal Gf8f5]} 28. Rh1 {[%cal Gf4e6]} Bxg5 29. Ne6
Rf5 $15) 28. Rd4 Bc5 29. Re4 Bd7 $17 {[%csl Gb7,Gc6][%cal Gd7f5]} (29... Bg6
30. Nxg6 hxg6 31. f4 b5 $15 (31... Rxc4+ $1 32. Rxc4 Bxe3+ $19))) 26... Bg6
$138 {[%emt 0:01:56] Short of time, Jakovenko chooses safety.} (26... cxb3 $142
27. Nf6+ Kf7 28. Nxh7 Nc4 (28... Rh8 29. g6+ Kg8 30. Rd4 $14) 29. Rd4 b5 30.
Nxf8 (30. g6+ Kg8 31. Nxf8 Ra2 $1 $19 (31... Bxf8 32. Rd3) (31... Ba3)) 30...
Kxf8 $15 {The complications seem to be in Black's favour.}) 27. Rd7 {[%emt 0:
02:59]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 28. Nxg6 {[%emt 0:01:22]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:03]}
29. Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:46]} cxb3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} (29... Bf8 $142 30. Rxf7 Kxf7
31. bxc4 Nxc4 $11) 30. Rxb3 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:04] Jakovenko:
"Here it is hard to say. Maybe if White consolidates he might be better but
it's not easy to do that."} 31. Rd1 {[%emt 0:10:43]} (31. f4 Bf8 {[%cal Ga8e8]}
(31... Re8 32. Nd2 $14 (32. Bd4 $6 c5 $15)) 32. Nd2 Nxe3 33. Rxe3 Bc5 {[%cal
Gc5g1]} 34. Rgg3 Bxe3 35. Rxe3 Rxf4 $11) 31... Nxb2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 32. Kxb2 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 33. Rb8+ {[%emt 0:01:09]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:
20]} 34. Rxf8+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kxf8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 35. f3 {[%emt 0:00:36]}
Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 36. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 37. Rc1 {
[%emt 0:02:08]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:03:33]} ({The simplest was} 37... Ra5 $11) 38. f4
{[%emt 0:02:15]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 39. e4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:
26]} ({Black had earlier seen} 39... Bxc3+ $4 {but then realised that its a
blunder.} 40. Kxa3 $18 (40. Rxc3 Ra4 $11)) 40. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:00] Suddenly
Black has to be accurate to avoid danger.} Rd3 $1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (40... Kd6
41. Rh1 $5 (41. Nxb4 cxb4 42. Rc4 Rf3 43. e5+ Ke6 44. Rxb4 Kf5 {is not easy to
make progress for White.}) 41... Rf3 (41... Ra8 42. Rd1 $16) 42. Rh7 Bd2 43.
Rxg7 Bxf4 44. Rxg6+ $16) 41. Ra1 {[%emt 0:08:41]} (41. Rc4 Rd2+ 42. Kb3 Rxd5 $5
43. exd5+ Kxd5 44. Rc2 Ke4 45. Rf2 Ba5 46. Kc4 Bb4 47. Rf1 Bd2 48. Kxc5 Bxf4
$11) 41... Rxd5 $1 {[%emt 0:20:02]} (41... Rd4 {although still tenable, is
unnecessarily risky.} 42. Ra6+ Kf7 43. Ra7+ (43. f5 gxf5 44. g6+ Ke8 45. Ra8+
Kd7 46. exf5 Rxd5 47. f6 gxf6 48. g7 Rg5 $11) 43... Ke6 (43... Kf8 44. Ne7 Rxe4
45. Nxg6+ Kg8 46. Kb3 $14 (46. f5 c4 47. f6 Re2+ 48. Kc1 Re1+ 49. Kc2 Re2+ $11)
) 44. Nc7+ Ke7 45. Nb5+ Rd7 46. Ra6 Bd2 47. Rxg6 Bxf4 48. Rxg7+ Ke6 49. Rxd7
Kxd7 50. g6 Ke6 $11) 42. exd5+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kxd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 43. Kc2 {
[%emt 0:03:38]} (43. Ra6 Bd2 44. Rxg6 Bxf4 45. Kc2 (45. Rxg7 $4 Be5+ $19) 45...
Ke5 46. Rxg7 Kf5 47. g6 Bh6 48. Rg8 Kf6 $11 {[%cal Gh6g7]}) 43... Ke4 {[%emt 0:
00:35]} 44. Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:04:25]} 45. Kd3 {[%emt 0:02:17]}
Kxf4 {[%emt 0:01:25]} (45... Be1 $11) 46. Rxg6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} c4+ {[%emt 0:
00:03]} (46... c4+ 47. Kxc4 Be7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:02:21"]
[BlackClock "0:51:07"]

1. b3 {Jobava has taken a liking to the Nimzowitsch-Larsen opening.} Nf6 2. Bb2
g6 3. Nc3 ({An earlier encounter between the two players saw a very
interesting game as well. Then Jobava took on f6 in Trompowsky style. The game
went} 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 f5 6. Rc1 O-O 7. g3 Re8 8. Bg2 f4 $6 9.
gxf4 Qh4 10. Kf1 $5 Bxc3 11. Rxc3 Qxf4 12. h4 $40 {[%cal Gh4h5,Gg1h3] 1-0
Jobava,B (2711)-Mamedyarov,S (2764)/Beijing CHN 2012 (25) White's original
scheme worked out well and provided nice attacking prospects. Of course the
play for both sides can be improved.}) 3... Bg7 4. d4 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 d5
7. Qd2 Nc6 8. O-O-O ({Recently against Carlsen, Jobava had tried} 8. f3 $6 {
but after} h5 {[%cal Gh6c1,Gg7h6] Black was already well prepared for White's
0-0-0. That made things worse for White as it is the only direction in which
the White K would have liked to go now.} 9. Bb5 (9. O-O-O Bh6 10. f4 Bf5 $15)
9... Qd6 10. Nge2 Bh6 $36 {0-1 Jobava,B (2727)-Carlsen,M (2862)/Wijk aan Zee
NED 2015 (50). Black already has some initiative and later went on to win.})
8... Qa5 $146 {Mamedyarov deviates first.} ({Another encounter (but a blitz
game) between the same opponents went} 8... O-O 9. f3 h5 10. Kb1 Bf5 11. a3 Rc8
12. Nge2 b5 {There isn't too much point in analysing the blitz game but we can
see that a sharp, result-oriented struggle is on the cards with this opening 
(and this player on the White side!)} 13. Ng3 b4 14. axb4 Bd7 15. Na4 h4 16.
Ne2 Bf5 17. Nc5 a5 18. bxa5 Nxa5 19. Nc1 e5 20. Ba6 Rc6 21. Bb5 Rc8 22. Rhe1
exd4 23. Bxd4 Qb6 24. Bd3 Bxd3 25. N1xd3 Ne4 26. fxe4 Bxd4 27. Nd7 Qa7 28. N3e5
Nxb3 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Nh5+ Kg8 31. Nf6+ Kg7 32. Nh5+ Kg8 {1/2-1/2 Jobava,B 
(2711)-Mamedyarov,S (2764)/Beijing CHN 2012.}) 9. f3 h5 10. Kb1 Bf5 {There is
hardly any reason for Black to be unhappy about his position here. His pieces
are being developed well and are coordinating efficiently.} 11. Bd3 $5 {
White infuses a sudden sharpness into the struggle with a pawn sacrifice.} Nxd4
12. Nge2 Nxe2 (12... Bxd3 $5 13. Nxd4 Ba6 14. Rhe1 e6 (14... O-O 15. Rxe7 Rfe8
16. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $14) {Mamedyarov rejected this line because of the dangerous
sacrifice} 15. Rxe6+ $1 (15. Nxe6 $5 fxe6 16. Rxe6+ Kf7 17. Nxd5 Qxd2 18. Re7+
Kf8 19. Rxd2 Ne8 $13) 15... fxe6 16. Nxe6 {Black's best try here seems to be}
Kf7 ({Mamedyarov's calculations had gone on the lines} 16... Bh6 $2 17. Qd4 Kf7
{and here his intuition suggested that something was not right. Indeed Black
is simply lost after} 18. Ne4 $18 ({or} 18. Na4 $18)) (16... Rh7 17. Qe3 Kf7
18. Ng5+ Kf8 $8 19. Qe6 $18) 17. Nxg7 Rhc8 (17... Kxg7 18. Qg5 $1 {[%csl Rf6]
[%cal Gb2g7]} Kf7 19. Qf4 $1 {[%cal Gc3d5]} (19. Nxd5 $6 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Qe1+ 21.
Bc1 Qe7 {Black gets out of trouble.}) 19... Rad8 20. Nxd5 $18) (17... d4 18.
Qf4 g5 (18... Kxg7 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Rxd4 $1 Kg8 21. Rxe4 Rh7 22. Re6 Qf5 23.
Qd6 {[%csl Rg6]} Rg7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Re7+ Kh6 (25... Kg8 26. g4 Qg5 27. h4
$18) 26. Qd2+ Qg5 27. Rh7+ $18) 19. Qxd4 Rhd8 (19... Rad8 20. Qe3 {is similar})
20. Qe3 Qb6 (20... Kxg7 21. Qe7+ Kg6 22. Nd5 $18) 21. Qxg5 Rxd1+ 22. Nxd1 Rg8 {
This leads to an interesting and almost forced variation.} 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24.
Qxf6+ Kxf6 25. Nxh5+ Kg5 26. Ng3 Rh8 27. c4 Rxh2 28. Ne3 Kf4 29. Kc2 $14 {
[%csl Re3,Rg3,Rh2][%cal Ge3f1,Gg3f1] A nice study-like situation.}) 18. g4 $40
{[%csl Rf6][%cal Gb2h8,Gg4g5]}) 13. Qxe2 Bd7 (13... Bxd3 14. Rxd3 $14 {[%csl
Rd5,Re8][%cal Gh1d1] White is likely to recover the pawn, maintaining a very
slight edge.}) 14. Rhe1 ({It is not really in Jobava's style to look for clear
equality in such a tempting position. The variation was} 14. Bb5 Bxb5 15. Qxb5+
Qxb5 16. Nxb5 O-O 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nc7 Rad8 19. Nxd5 $11) 14... e6 15. Bxg6 ({
One of the moves considered by the players during the game and post-mortem
analysis was} 15. Qe5 $6 {but it was quickly established that White has no
compensation in this line following, for example} O-O 16. Ne4 Ne8 17. Qxg7+ $2
Nxg7 18. Nf6+ Kh8 19. Nxd7 Rfd8 20. Ne5 Kg8 $19) ({Another interesting option
considered was} 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Bc4 Qc5 {but Jobava could not find anything
special for White here, and rightly so} (16... Qc6 17. Rxd7 $1 Nxd7 18. Bxg7
$36) (16... Qa5 17. Rxd7 Kxd7 18. Bxe6+ $16) 17. Rxd7 Kxd7 18. Bxe6+ Kc6 $17 {
and Black is still a whole R up.}) 15... fxg6 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxg7 Rg8 (17...
O-O-O 18. Qe5 $1 $44 {[%cal Gc2c4] /\c4 White has a lot of compensation.}) (
17... Rh7 $5 18. Qe5 Qc7 $1 {The key defensive move.} 19. Qb2 O-O-O 20. Be5 Qc5
(20... Qc6 21. c4 Ne7 22. Rd6 $36) 21. c4 Nb4 $15) (17... Qc3 $4 18. Bxh8 Qxh8
19. Rxd5 $18 {Mamedyarov gracefully accepted that he had missed White's Rd5
not only in the main game but also in his calculation of other variations.
Probably a blind spot.}) 18. Qe5 Rxg7 $2 ({The most challenging continuation
was} 18... Qc7 19. Qb2 {Irrespective of the engine evaluation, Jobava was
confident that White has compensation here.} O-O-O 20. Be5 Qa5 {Let us try to
sum up. White definitely has more active pieces than Black. The Bs are of
opposite colours and the black K has not yet managed to get to complete safety.
Maybe White could look forward to a Q+B battery on the h2-b8 diagonal at some
moment. He could also push the N from d5 with c4 and then play Bf6 to get
absolute control of the d<->. In spite of all this, the general feeling is
that Black is pretty solid and it looks like he will wriggle out of it with
the extra material. A pawn for a piece does not really seem to be enough.}) 19.
Rxd5 $1 {Mamedyarov "I missed Rd5 absolutely, I don't know why. I wanted to
just immediately resign after this, but I saw ...Qb4."} ({Mamedyarov only
considered} 19. Qxg7 Nc3+ 20. Kc1 O-O-O $19) 19... Qb4 20. Rd6 {Black has
saved himself from immediate danger but White's initiative is still
threatening.} Kf8 (20... O-O-O $2 21. Re4 $1 {[%csl Rb4]} Qa3 22. Rc4+ Bc6 23.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Qxg7 $18) 21. Red1 Bc6 $2 (21... Be8 $142 22. Rxe6 $14 {[%csl
Gd4,Gd6,Gd8,Re8,Gf4,Rf8][%cal Gd1d4,Gd4f4,Gd1d6,Ge5f6,Gd1d8] This was also
unpleasant for Black, but it was still the best chance. White's idea is
Rd4-Rf4 or Rdd6 or Qf6 followed by Rd8.} Bf7 {White has quite a few
interesting options here but most of them lead to some sort of equality.} (
22... Rc8 23. Rd4 Qb5 24. Rf6+ {[%cal Re8b5]} Kg8 25. Qe6+ $18 {[%csl Rc8]}) (
22... Qb5 23. Rd5 Qf1+ 24. Kb2 Qxg2 25. Qf6+ Kg8 26. Rd8 Rxd8 27. Qxd8 $18) (
22... Bc6 23. Rdd6 $1 {[%csl Rf8,Rg6][%cal Ge6f6,Ge5f6]} Kg8 24. Rxg6 $18) 23.
Rd7 $1 (23. a3 Qxa3 24. Rd7 Kg8 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26. Qd5 Kf8 27. Rf6+ Ke7 28. Qe5+
Kd7 29. Rf4 Re7 30. Qb5+ Ke6 31. Qc4+ Kd6 32. Qd3+ Kc6 33. Qc3+ Kd7 34. Ra4
Qxa4 35. bxa4 Re6 $11) (23. c3 Qh4 24. Rd7 Bxe6 (24... Kg8 25. g3 Qh3 26. Rxf7
Rxf7 27. Rxg6+ Kh7 28. Rg5 $18) 25. Qxg7+ Ke8 26. Rxb7 Qe1+ 27. Kb2 Qd2+ 28.
Ka3 Qd6+ 29. Kb2 (29. b4 $2 Qa6+ 30. Kb2 Qxa2+ $19) 29... Qd2+ $11) 23... Kg8
24. Rxf7 Kxf7 (24... Rxf7 25. Rxg6+ Kf8 26. Rh6 Rg7 27. Rh8+ Kf7 28. Rxa8 $18)
25. Qd5 Kf8 26. Re4 $5 {[%cal Ge4f4]} Qb6 27. Rf4+ Ke8 28. Qe5+ Re7 29. Qh8+
Kd7 30. Qxa8 g5 (30... Re8 31. Rf7+ $18) 31. Rf5 (31. Rc4 $4 Re1+ 32. Kb2 Re8
$19 {[%csl Ra8]}) 31... Qg1+ 32. Kb2 Qd4+ 33. Ka3 Qd6+ 34. Ka4 {[%csl Ra7,Rb7]
With the pawns hanging Black has to look for a perpetual.} Qc6+ 35. Rb5 Qa6+
36. Ra5 Qc6+ 37. Ka3 Qd6+ 38. Kb2 Qd4+ 39. c3 Re2+ 40. Ka3 Qd6+ 41. b4 Qc6 42.
Qh8 Qc4 43. Qd4+ Qxd4 44. cxd4 Rxg2 45. h4 (45. Rxa7 Kc6 46. Ra5 b5 47. d5+ Kb6
48. Ra8 Kc7 49. Rg8 h4 $11) 45... gxh4 46. Rxh5 Rh2 47. Rh6 (47. Kb3 Ke6 48.
Kc4 Kf6 $11) 47... b5 $11 {The endgame looks close to a draw and we have come
too far anyway.}) 22. R1d4 $2 {White misses his chance.} ({Jobava could have
finished the game with} 22. Rd8+ $1 Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Kf7 (23... Ke7 24. Rd4 $18 {
[%csl Rb4,Rg7]}) 24. a3 $1 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Ge5f4,Gf4f8,Rb4f4]} ({Or} 24. c3
$18 {with the same idea of deflecting the Q from controlling f4-square.}) (24.
Qc7+ $6 Kf6 $17) 24... Qxa3 (24... Qh4 25. Qc7+ Qe7 26. Qf4+ Qf6 27. Rf8+ Kxf8
28. Qxf6+ $18 {[%csl Re6]}) (24... Qe7 25. Qf4+ $18 {[%cal Gd8f8] is similar
to 24...Qh4.}) 25. Qf4+ Ke7 26. Qf8#) 22... Qb5 23. Rd8+ (23. Qxe6 $5 {[%cal
Gd6d8]} Qg5 {[%cal Gg5d8]} 24. h4 Qe7 25. Rf4+ (25. Qc4 Re8 26. a4 $13) 25...
Rf7 26. Qxg6 Qe1+ (26... Rxf4 27. Qh6+ Qg7 28. Qxf4+ Kg8 $13) 27. Kb2 Qe5+ 28.
Rfd4 $13) 23... Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Ke7 25. Qd6+ Kf6 26. Qd4+ ({Another way to a
draw is} 26. Rf8+ Rf7 27. Qd8+ (27. Qd4+ $2 e5 28. Qd8+ Ke6 $19) 27... Kg7 28.
Rg8+ Kh6 29. Rh8+ $11) 26... Kf7 $4 {Black returns the favour with a terrible
oversight.} (26... Ke7 $142 27. Qd6+ (27. Rc8 $2 e5 28. Qd8+ Ke6 $19) 27... Kf6
$11 {is a straight draw.}) 27. Qf4+ Ke7 {Mamedyarov thought that this was the
same variation and White would continue Qd6+ and it would be a draw. One of
those rare occasions when a 2700+ player misses a mate in one.} (27... Qf5 28.
Qc7+ Kf6 29. Rf8+ Kg5 30. Rxf5+ exf5 31. Qxg7 $18) (27... Ke7 28. Qf8#) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 17th"]
[Site "Gjakova"]
[Date "2016.05.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KOS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e3 d5 5. Nc3 c5 6. Qd2 cxd4 ({Jobava and
Mamedyarov played a couple of games in this variation that went} 6... Nc6 7.
O-O-O cxd4 8. exd4 {In the 2015 Grand Prix Mamedyarov chose} Qa5 {deviating
from their earlier game.} ({Another encounter (but a blitz game) between the
same opponents went} 8... O-O 9. f3 h5 10. Kb1 Bf5 11. a3 Rc8 12. Nge2 b5 $13 {
1/2-1/2 Jobava,B (2711)-Mamedyarov,S (2764)/Beijing CHN 2012. (32)}) 9. f3 h5
10. Kb1 Bf5 $132 {1-0 Jobava,B (2696)-Mamedyarov,S (2759)/Tbilisi 2015/[Mokal,
P] (27). There is hardly any reason for Black to be unhappy about his position
here. His pieces are being developed well and are coordinating efficiently.})
7. exd4 Nc6 8. f3 h5 9. Bb5 (9. O-O-O Bh6 10. f4 Bf5 $15) 9... Qc7 $146 {
A new move by Vallejo but not very different.} ({In Jobava - Carlsen, Wijk aan
Zee 2015, the World Champion chose} 9... Qd6 {and after} 10. Nge2 Bh6 11. Qd1 (
11. Qd3 a6 12. Bxc6+ Qxc6 $15) 11... Bf5 ({Ftacnik suggested} 11... a6 12.
Bxc6+ Qxc6 13. Bc1 Bg7 14. O-O Bf5 $15) 12. Bc1 Bxc1 13. Rxc1 Rc8 {0-1 Jobava,
B (2727)-Carlsen,M (2862)/Wijk aan Zee 2015/CBM 165/[Ftacnik,L] (50). Black
was comfortably placed. Carlsen kept pushing with a very tiny edge later and
eventually won.}) 10. Nge2 Bh6 11. Qd1 Bf5 ({Just as in the Carlsen game,
Ftacnik's suggestion of} 11... a6 12. Bxc6+ Qxc6 $15 {is likely to give Black
an edge.}) 12. Bc1 Kf8 $5 (12... Bxc1 13. Rxc1 a6 14. Bxc6+ Qxc6 {makes sense
too, although Black is no longer that much better.}) 13. Bxh6+ Rxh6 14. Qd2 Kg7
15. Bxc6 Qxc6 ({If Black fixes the pawn structure with} 15... bxc6 {then White
can even consider taking his K to the <<, for example} 16. Na4 Nd7 17. O-O-O {
[%csl Ga4,Gc5]}) 16. a4 Rhh8 17. O-O Rhe8 ({In the above mentioned game
between Jobava and Carlsen, Black later used a dynamic idea of playing ...h4
and then ...h3 making the White K's position slightly vulnerable. Applying the
plan here with} 17... h4 {was a decent alternative.}) 18. Rfe1 Rac8 19. Rac1
Qd6 {What remains for White now is an improvement of his pieces. Jobava
manoeuvres his Ns towards the key squares.} 20. Nd1 {[%cal Gd1e3,Gd1f2,Gf2d3,
Gd3e5]} Bd7 ({Had Black played} 20... Rc7 {White would have chosen a different
square for his N with} 21. Ne3 {intending} Bd7 22. c4 $14) 21. Nf2 {[%cal
Gf2d3,Gd3e5]} ({The alternative was} 21. Ne3 $5 {insisting on playing c4 but
Black would not need to waste a move wth Rc7 and could play something better
instead, like} h4 (21... b6 22. c4) 22. c4 b6 $132 {[%cal Gh4h3]}) 21... Rc7 ({
Once again the move} 21... h4 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Gd7f5] came into consideration,
controlling the g3-square and securing f5 for the B later.} 22. Nd3 Bf5 23. Ne5
Nd7 $11 {[%cal Gh4g3]} 24. Qg5 $2 f6) (21... Bf5 22. Ng3 Bd7 23. Nd3 h4 24. Ne2
Bf5 {is same as 21...h4.}) 22. Nd3 Bf5 23. Ne5 Rec8 (23... h4 24. c4 $14 Nd7 $2
25. c5 Qa6 26. Qf4 $16) 24. c3 ({Black is doing fine after} 24. c4 dxc4 25.
Nxc4 (25. bxc4 Be6 26. Qd3 b6 (26... Nd7)) 25... Qd8 $11) 24... Nd7 25. Ng3 Qf6
(25... Be6 26. Nxh5+ gxh5 27. Qg5+ Kf8 28. Qxh5 $13 {would suit Jobava's
dynamic style.} (28. Qh6+ Ke8 29. Nxf7 Kxf7 30. Qxh5+ $11)) 26. a5 (26. c4 $5 {
is tempting as always but it does not seem too threatening. For example after}
b6 (26... dxc4 27. Nxc4 h4 (27... Be6 $2 28. Ne4 $18) (27... e6 28. Rcd1 $132 {
[%cal Gd4d5]}) 28. Nxf5+ gxf5 $13 (28... Qxf5 $2 29. Rxe7 $16)) 27. a5 dxc4 28.
Nxc4 Kh7 ({or} 28... Kg8 $11 {it is hard to find a clear plan to an advantage.}
)) 26... e6 27. Re3 Nb8 28. Ne2 (28. c4 h4 29. Nxf5+ Qxf5 $11) 28... Nc6 29. b4
Qg5 $5 ({This was Black's last chance to play} 29... h4 $5 {securing a very
tiny edge. If play continued naturally with} 30. a6 b6 31. Rf1 Qg5 {Black
would be in better control than the game.}) 30. g3 {Finally White stops ...h4.}
a6 (30... h4 $2 31. g4 $16) 31. Nxc6 Rxc6 32. Kf2 Qh6 33. h4 Kg8 (33... g5 $6
34. hxg5 Qxg5 35. Rh1 $14) 34. Ra1 R6c7 35. Ra2 Qf8 36. Nc1 {It seems like a
deadlock but then suddenly...} e5 37. Nb3 {A safe approach from Jobava,
refusing the gift of a P or two.} ({Black would have some practical chances
after} 37. dxe5 d4 38. Qxd4 Rd7 39. Qf4 Rd1 {[%cal Gf5h3] White could wriggle
out of it with accurate play but maybe Jobava considered it dangerous.} ({or} 
39... Qd8 {[%cal Gd7d1,Gf5h3]}) (39... Qe8 $5) 40. Nb3 (40. g4 $2 Bb1) 40...
Be6 41. Rb2 Bh3 42. Rd2 (42. g4 hxg4 43. Kg3) 42... Rf1+ 43. Ke2 $14) 37... e4
38. f4 Qe8 39. Nc5 Bd7 40. Re1 Rd8 41. Kg1 f5 42. Qe3 Bb5 43. Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Minneapolis HB Global op"]
[Site "Minneapolis"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ardaman, Miles"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. e3 a6 4. c4 d4 5. exd4 cxd4 6. f4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Na3
Nh6 9. Nc2 Nc6 10. Bd3 Qd6 11. g3 O-O 12. Ba3 Qc7 13. Qe2 Re8 14. O-O e5 15.
fxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Rxe5 17. Qg2 Rh5 18. Rfe1 Bh3 19. Qf3 Be5 20. Re4 Bf5 21.
Rxe5 Bg4 22. Rxh5 Bxf3 23. Rxh6 Qa5 24. Bb4 Qg5 25. Rh4 a5 26. Nxd4 axb4 27.
Nxf3 Qf6 28. Rf1 Rxa2 29. c5 Qe7 30. Bc4 Qxc5+ 31. d4 Qc6 32. Rf4 b5 33. Bxf7+
Kg7 34. Rf2 Qc1+ 35. Kg2 Rxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Qd1 37. Kg2 Qe2+ 38. Kh3 Qf1+ 39. Kh4
Qe2 40. g4 h6 41. Kg3 g5 42. Rf5 Qe7 43. h4 gxh4+ 44. Kh3 Qd6 45. Kxh4 Qe7+ 46.
Kh5 Qd6 47. d5 Qc5 48. Be6 Qe3 49. Rf7+ Kh8 50. Kg6 Qe4+ 51. Kxh6 {Es folgt
noch zwei nette Pattwitze, die aber leicht abgewehrt werden:} Qf4+ $5 52. Ng5 (
52. Rxf4 $4 {patt}) (52. g5 $4 Qxf7 53. Bxf7 {patt}) 52... Qf6+ 53. Kh5 (53.
Kh5 Qe7 54. d6 Qb7 55. Kg6 $18) 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 {Players are simply tired of long lines so simply switching to less
known territories is common today.} e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 {
The modern approach.} 5. Na3 a6 6. Be2 {Less played, the alternative is more
popular and more logical anyway:} (6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nc4 Qe7 8. h3 O-O 9. Ne2 b5
10. Nxd6 cxd6 11. O-O Nd5 12. a4 Be6 13. e4 Nb6 14. a5 Nd7 15. d4 {1-0 (48)
Jobava,B (2673)-Carstensen,J (2356) Sweden 2016; with an interesting and
complicated game ahead of us.}) 6... e4 7. d4 exd3 8. Qxd3 $5 {A new move but
probably with the idea to play something else rather than to play something
better.} (8. cxd3 Bb4+ 9. Kf1 d5 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Nf3 Bd6 12. h3 Nb4 13. Qd2 c5
$15 {0-1 (36) Filippov,A (2606)-Bacrot,E (2710) Khanty-Mansiysk 2011}) 8... Qe7
9. Nc4 Bb4+ {In my opinion an alternative would give Black an easy game:} (9...
Bc5 10. a3 (10. Nf3 d5 11. Ncd2 Nb4 12. Qc3 d4 $5 13. exd4 Bd6 14. Ne5 c5 15.
O-O cxd4 16. Qxd4 Nxc2 17. Qa4+ Kf8 $17) 10... d5 11. Nd2 Ne5 12. Qc3 Bd6 13.
Ngf3 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 c6 15. O-O Bf5 16. Rfe1 O-O-O 17. b4 h5 18. Qb3 Kb8 19. c4
Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Ng4+ 21. Kg1 Qh4 {Black has seized the initiative. This is of
course just one possible line.}) 10. c3 Bc5 {Having c3 is actually in White's
favour now as the queen on d3 is not in danger of a possible ...Nb4, and b3-b4
is an asset.} 11. Nf3 d5 12. Ncd2 O-O 13. a3 Rd8 14. b4 Ba7 (14... Bd6 15. c4
Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. O-O Bg4 {Black is ok.}) 15. c4 dxc4 {
An alternative was sensible especially because on a previous move Black
decided to go to a7 with his bishop;} (15... d4 16. exd4 Re8 17. Nf1 Bf5 18.
Qd1 Rad8 19. Ne3 Bg6 20. O-O Ng4 $1 21. Nxg4 Qxe2 22. Qxe2 Rxe2 23. d5 Nxb4 24.
Bxg7 Kxg7 25. axb4 Rb2 $13) 16. Qxc4 Bf5 (16... Be6 17. Qc3 Bd5 18. O-O Rd6 19.
Rae1 $5 Rad8 20. e4 $16) 17. O-O Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. h4 $5 {With the bishop
on a7 such a move is possible.} h6 20. Qc3 f6 21. Rad1 Bg6 22. Qc4+ Bf7 23. Qg4
Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rc1 {White has an easier game.} h5 26. Qf5 Qe6 27. Qxe6
Bxe6 28. Bxa6 Nxb4 29. Bxb7 Nd3 30. Rc6 $6 {A tactical mistake.} (30. Rd1 Rb8
31. Rxd3 Rxb7 32. Nd4 Bf7 33. Rd2 Bc5 {Black is a pawn down, but the bishop
pair helps him to keep this endgame in balance.}) 30... Bd5 $6 {Black misses a
chance:} (30... Nc5 $1 31. Bd4 Bd5 $1 32. Rxc7 Bxb7 33. Ne1 (33. Bxc5 Bb8 $1 {
Black wins materal due to the ...Rd1 mate threat!}) 33... Bb6 34. Rxc5 Bxc5 35.
Bxc5 Rd1 36. Bb4 {Probably White can hold this endgame, but certainly it is
not what Kamsky wanted.}) 31. Rxc7 {White is much better now.} Bxe3 32. fxe3
Nxb2 33. Nd4 Bxb7 34. Rxb7 Nc4 35. Kf2 Nxa3 36. Nf5 Rd2+ 37. Kg3 Nc2 38. e4 Kf8
$6 {It could be that Black simply thought that the move order doesn't matter...
} (38... Ne1 $1 39. Rxg7+ Kf8 40. Kh3 Nd3 41. Rh7 Kg8 42. Rh6 Re2 {Black is
holding here for a while and it is not easy to see if White can make any
significant progress at the moment.} 43. Rg6+ Kh7 44. Rxf6 Nf2+ 45. Kg3 Nxe4+
46. Kf3 Nxf6 47. Kxe2 $11) 39. Nxg7 $1 {But it does!} Ne1 40. Ne6+ Kg8 41. Nf4
{White wins now.} Ra2 42. Rd7 Kf8 43. Rd5 Kf7 44. e5 fxe5 45. Rxe5 Nc2 46. Rf5+
Ke7 47. Rxh5 {The rest of the game is just technical.} Kf6 48. Rg5 Ra3+ 49. Kf2
Nd4 50. Nd5+ Ke6 51. Ne3 Ra2+ 52. Kg1 Re2 53. Rg4 Ke5 54. Nc4+ Kd5 55. Nb6+ Ke5
56. Nd7+ Kd5 57. Nf6+ Ke5 58. Nh5 Re4 59. Rxe4+ Kxe4 60. Kh2 Kf5 61. Kh3 Ne6
62. Kg3 Nc5 63. Kf3 Nd3 64. g4+ Ke5 65. Ke3 Nc5 66. Nf4 Nb7 67. Nd3+ Kf6 68.
Kf4 Nd6 69. g5+ Kg6 70. Kg4 Ne4 71. h5+ Kg7 72. Nf4 Nd6 73. h6+ Kh7 74. Kh5 Ne8
75. g6+ Kh8 76. Kg5 Nc7 77. Kf6 Kg8 78. Ke7 Kh8 79. Kf7 Ne6 80. Kxe6 1-0

[Event "Sautron op 13th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2013.11.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Haub, Thorsten Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2013.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. b3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. e3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 4. c4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} c6 {
[%emt 0:00:56]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 6. Nf3 {[%emt 0:
01:13]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:04:52]} (6... e4 7. Nfd2 d5 8. f3 exf3 9. Qxf3 Nb6 10. Bd3
Bg4 11. Qf2 Bh5 12. c5 Nbd7 13. O-O Be7 14. b4 Bg6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. h3 Nf8 17.
Nc3 Ne6 18. Nf3 O-O 19. a4 Qb8 20. b5 Bd8 21. Ba3 Bc7 22. Rab1 Bg3 23. Qc2 Qd8
24. Ne2 Bc7 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. Rb7 Ne4 27. Nc3 Ng3 28. Rfb1 Re8 29. Qf2 Re7 30.
a5 Nf5 31. a6 Bg3 32. Qd2 Qa5 33. Rxe7 Nxe7 34. Nxd5 Qd8 35. Nxe7+ Qxe7 36. e4
{Nakamura,H (2775)-Topalov,V (2793) Stavanger 2013 1-0}) 7. Be2 $146 {[%emt 0:
01:46]} (7. g3 g6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Re8 11. h3 Nf8 12. e4 Nh5 13.
d5 c5 14. Ne1 Bh6 15. Nd3 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Ne4 Nd7 18. Kh2 Bxe4 19. Bxe4
Nhf6 20. Bg2 e4 21. Ne1 Bg7 22. Qc2 h5 23. f4 exf3 24. Bxf3 Ne5 25. Ng2 Nxf3+
26. Rxf3 Qe4 27. Qf2 Ng4+ 28. hxg4 Bxb2 29. Re1 Qd4 30. Qc2 Rxe1 31. Qxg6+ Qg7
32. Qxg7+ Bxg7 33. Nxe1 Re8 34. Nd3 hxg4 35. Rf4 {1/2-1/2 (35) Rusev,K (2545)
-Haub,T (2462) Odense 2013}) 7... g6 {[%emt 0:07:51]} 8. c5 $1 {[%emt 0:16:09]}
exd4 {[%emt 0:08:41]} 9. cxd6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 10. exd4 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:10:24][%csl Gd5]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:06:09]} Bf5 {
[%emt 0:03:01]} 12. Re1 {[%emt 0:15:31]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:02:28]} 13. Nbd2 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Nbd5 {[%emt 0:04:15]} 14. Nc4 {[%emt 0:02:17]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:
20]} 15. a3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} g5 {[%emt 0:08:05]} 16. b4 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Kb8 {
[%emt 0:05:03]} 17. Nfe5 {[%emt 0:03:16]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 18. Rc1 {
[%emt 0:02:23]} (18. Bf1) 18... N6d5 {[%emt 0:02:58]} (18... Be6 19. Na5 Rd6)
19. Na5 $36 {[%emt 0:18:41][%csl Rc6][%cal Ga5c6,Ge5c6]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:02:48]}
20. Bg4 $1 {[%emt 0:04:30]} Bxg4 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 21. Qxg4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bg7
{[%emt 0:01:59]} 22. g3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} f5 {[%emt 0:04:24]} (22... Ne6) 23.
Qxf5 {[%emt 0:03:15]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 24. Nexc6+ $1 {[%emt 0:00:21]} bxc6
{[%emt 0:04:57]} 25. Qxf8+ $1 {[%emt 0:00:04] La pointe!} Bxf8 {[%emt 0:00:51]}
26. Re8+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:02:07]} 27. Rxc8+ {[%emt 0:00:21]} Kxc8
{[%emt 0:00:06]} 28. gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kd7 $2 {[%emt 0:01:59]} (28... Nxf4)
29. fxg5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rg6 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 30. h4 {[%emt 0:00:58]} h6 {
[%emt 0:00:27]} 31. Kf1 {[%emt 0:01:18]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 32. hxg5 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 33. Nc4 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:
20]} 34. Ne5+ {[%emt 0:01:31]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 35. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:21]}
Rxg5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 36. Rc4 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Rh5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 37. Kg2 {
[%emt 0:05:37]} Rg5+ {[%emt 0:00:29]} 38. Kf3 {[%emt 0:06:04]} Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:
58]} 39. Rc1 $18 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 40. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Ke4 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 42. e6+ {
[%emt 0:01:39]} 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 12th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2012.10.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sergeev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Videnova, Iva"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "241"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. b3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:10][%csl Rb2]} (2... f6 $5) 3. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (3. e3 $142 {
[%cal Gf1b5]} Nf6 4. Bb5 $1 Bd6 (4... d6) 5. Na3 {[%cal Ga3c4]} Na5 $5 6. Nc4
Nxc4 7. Bxc4) 3... g6 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:
52]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:02:23]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 6. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:59]} (6. d4
e4 7. Nfd2) 6... f5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 7. d4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} e4 {[%emt 0:02:48]
Retombe sur une française fermée avec couleurs inversées} 8. Nfd2 {[%emt 0:02:
19]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 9. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} O-O {[%emt 0:03:51]} 10. a3 {
[%emt 0:00:19][%cal Gb3b4,Gb4b5]} (10. O-O) 10... Qe7 $146 {[%emt 0:08:15]} (
10... a5 11. Qc2 {Zegarac,B (2302)-Popovic,D (2435) Subotica TS03 IM 2003 (3)
0-1}) 11. g3 {[%emt 0:08:07][%csl Rf3,Rg2]} (11. Qc2 $5 {[%csl Rc7,Re7][%cal
Gc3d5]}) 11... b6 {[%emt 0:01:53]} (11... a5 12. O-O) 12. b4 {[%emt 0:05:52]}
Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 13. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Nd8 {[%emt 0:15:37]} 14. d5 $1 {
[%emt 0:05:01][%csl Rb7] Les Noirs ne peuvent plus jouer Ne5} c6 {[%emt 0:06:
05]} 15. dxc6 {[%emt 0:01:48]} Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 16. Nb5 {[%emt 0:02:27]} (
16. Nd4 {[%cal Gd4b5]} Ne5) 16... Rfd8 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 17. N5d4 {[%emt 0:05:
14]} Ne5 $132 {[%emt 0:05:05][%csl Rc4,Gd3,Rf3]} 18. O-O {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nfg4
{[%emt 0:04:51][%csl Rh2][%cal Ge7g5,Gg5h5]} (18... Nfd7 $5 {[%cal Gg7b2,Ge5f3]
}) 19. h3 {[%emt 0:06:08]} Nh6 {[%emt 0:06:00]} 20. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Nhf7 {
[%emt 0:00:32]} 21. c5 $6 {[%emt 0:02:15][%cal Gd8d1]} dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:25]}
22. bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ng5 $36 {[%emt 0:00:48]} (22... Bd5 23. cxb6 axb6 $15
{[%csl Ra3]}) 23. c6 {[%emt 0:03:09]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:13:21]} 24. h4 {[%emt 0:10:
28]} Ngf3+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} 25. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:08:51]} (
25... g5 $143 {[%csl Rf5]} 26. hxg5 Qxg5) 26. Qc2 {[%emt 0:11:59]} Bxh4 $5 {
[%emt 0:02:47]} 27. Bxf3 {[%emt 0:03:36]} (27. c7) 27... exf3+ {[%emt 0:00:33]}
28. Nxf3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Nxf3 {[%emt 0:04:03]} 29. Kxf3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Ba6 {
[%emt 0:01:50]} 30. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:01:01]} (30. gxh4 Qxh4 31. Kg2 Bxf1+ (31...
Bd3)) 30... Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 31. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:02:04]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]
} 32. Nd4 $16 {[%emt 0:03:41][%csl Gc6][%cal Gf3g2]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 33.
Qb3+ {[%emt 0:02:31]} (33. Kg2) 33... Qd5+ {[%emt 0:02:42]} 34. Qxd5+ {[%emt 0:
00:33]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 35. a4 {[%emt 0:06:28]} (35. Ne6 {[%csl Gc6]
[%cal Gc6c8]} Rxd1 36. Rxd1 Rc8 37. Rd6 (37. c7 Kf7 38. Ng5+) 37... Bc4 38. Nd4
) 35... Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 36. Rc3 {[%emt 0:06:11]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 37.
Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:29]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 38. Rb1 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Rc5 $1 {
[%emt 0:02:59]} 39. Rxc5 {[%emt 0:01:13]} (39. Rbc1) 39... bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:06]
} 40. Rb7+ $1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rxa7 {[%emt 0:00:54]}
Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:18]} (41... cxd4 42. Rxa6 d3 43. c7+ Ke5 (43... Ke7 44. Rxg6)
44. Rc6 g5 $132) 42. Nb5 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Rxc6 {[%emt 0:04:28]} 43. Nc3 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:01:22]} (43... g5) 44. Kg2 {[%emt 0:04:01]} Rb6 {
[%emt 0:01:52]} 45. Re7+ {[%emt 0:05:52]} (45. a5 Rb3) 45... Kd6 {[%emt 0:01:
41]} 46. Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rb3 $1 {[%emt 0:01:31][%csl Rc3]} 47. Rxg6+ {
[%emt 0:00:20]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 48. Nb5 $8 {[%emt 0:05:11]} (48. Nd1 $2
Bc2 {[%csl Rd1]}) 48... Bxb5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 49. axb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxb5 {
[%emt 0:00:09][%csl Gc5] La structure de P est un peu meilleure pour les
Blancs mais les pièces Blanches sont mal placées ^pour lutter contre le P passé
} 50. Rg5 {[%emt 0:01:28]} c4 $36 {[%emt 0:00:46][%cal Gb5c5]} 51. Rxh5 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} c3 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 52. Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:
33]} 53. Rc1 {[%emt 0:04:04]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 54. Rd1+ {[%emt 0:07:46]}
Kc6 {[%emt 0:04:45]} 55. Kf3 {[%emt 0:02:57]} Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 56. e4 $1 {
[%emt 0:01:29][%csl Gg3][%cal Gg3g8]} c2 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 57. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:
01]} Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:14][%csl Rc1][%cal Gb4b3,Gb3b2] La Rc1 est condamnée mais
le K Noir sera trés loin de la majorité adverse} 58. exf5 {[%emt 0:00:35]}
Rxf5+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 59. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 60. f4 {
[%emt 0:00:04][%cal Gg3g4]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 61. g4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Re8+ {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 62. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 63. Rxc2+ {
[%emt 0:01:13]} Kxc2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 64. f5 $6 {[%emt 0:00:35][%csl Rc2] Il
ne restait plus qu'une dizaine de minutes au GMI en phase KO mais jouer f5
quasiment а tempo sans analyser g5 est assez étonnant} (64. g5 $142 {Le K Noir
est trop éloigné de l'aile-roi pour garder des chances de gain} Kd3 65. g6 $1
Kd4 66. Kg4 Kd5 67. Kf5 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Gg6g7]}) 64... Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:19]}
65. f6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 66. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Re1 {
[%emt 0:00:42]} 67. Kf5 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 68. g5 {[%emt 0:
00:23]} Rf1+ $2 {[%emt 0:00:16] Il restait pourtant 20 mns а la bulgare dans
cette position.} (68... Rg1 $142 69. f7 Rf1+ 70. Kg6 Ke6 $19) 69. Kg6 {[%emt 0:
00:01]} Ke6 $1 {[%emt 0:00:10] La progression du P "f" est stoppée mais en
ceontrepartie, il n'est pas facile d'améliorer la position des Noirs} 70. Kg7
$8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 71. g6 $1 {[%emt 0:03:15]} Rxf6 {
[%emt 0:00:15]} 72. Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 73. g7 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} Rh1+ {[%emt 0:05:43]} 74. Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:03:01]} 75.
Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 76. g8=N+ $8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ke6 {
[%emt 0:00:17]} 77. Kg7 $1 $11 {[%emt 0:00:05] Les rares cas de gain dans ce
genre de finale interviennent lorsque le K est а la bande ou dans le coin.}
Rg1+ {[%emt 0:00:55]} 78. Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rg6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 79. Ne7 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Rf6+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} 80. Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:01:
50]} 81. Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:02:45]} 82. Nf8+ {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 83. Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 84. Nf8 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} Re7+ {[%emt 0:00:46]} 85. Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Re1 {[%emt 0:00:
33]} 86. Nd7 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 87. Nb8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rh1
{[%emt 0:00:28]} 88. Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rh7 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 89. Na6 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 90. Nb8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rh7 {[%emt 0:00:
44]} 91. Na6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rh8+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} 92. Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 93. Nc7+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 94. Na6+ {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 95. Nb8 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rh2 {[%emt 0:00:
25]} 96. Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 97. Na6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rb3
{[%emt 0:00:35]} 98. Nb8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 99. Nd7 {
[%emt 0:00:35]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 100. Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:
52]} 101. Nb8 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Rc7+ {[%emt 0:00:35]} 102. Kb6 {[%emt 0:00:17]}
Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 103. Na6 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Rb2+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} 104. Ka5 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 105. Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:
13]} 106. Na6+ {[%emt 0:00:19]} Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 107. Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:22]}
Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 108. Nb5+ {[%emt 0:00:33]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 109. Na3 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 110. Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rh4 {[%emt 0:01:
29]} 111. Na3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rg4 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 112. Nb5 {[%emt 0:01:28]}
Rg7 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 113. Ka6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 114. Na7 {
[%emt 0:00:39]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 115. Ka5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:
46]} 116. Nc8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 117. Ka6 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
Rb8 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 118. Na7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rb6+ {[%emt 0:01:00]} 119. Ka5 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 120. Ka6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:
08]} 121. Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rohde op 09th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2009.10.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Meijers, Viesturs"]
[Black "Berbatov, Kiprian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2009.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "6000"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 (3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 $14 {[%cal Gb5c6,Gg1f3]}) 3... Nf6
4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. a3 Bd6 7. b4 O-O ({RR} 7... Qe7 8. b5 Nd8 9. Nf3 O-O
10. Be2 c6 11. a4 e4 12. Nd4 c5 13. Nc2 Qg5 14. Kf1 f5 15. h4 Qe7 16. d4 exd3
17. Qxd3 Be6 18. Nd2 Nf7 19. Nc4 Bc7 20. g3 Rad8 21. Qa3 Nd6 22. Nxd6 {Meijers,
V (2493)-Eichner,S (2326)/Leipzig 2009/Mega2009 Update 18/1-0 (43)}) 8. b5 (8.
Qc2) (8. d3) (8. Nc3) 8... Nce7 (8... Na5 {[%csl Gc4]}) 9. Nf3 Ng6 (9... Bg4
10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 f5 12. Bc4 $14 {[%cal Gc4g8]}) 10. h4 $5 {[%csl Rg6][%cal
Gh4h5]} Re8 {[%cal Gg6f8]} (10... e4 $142 {[%cal Gg6e5]} 11. h5 (11. Ng5 Qe7
$36) 11... Ngf4 $5 12. exf4 Bg4 $40) 11. h5 $36 Nf8 12. h6 g5 {[%cal Gf8g6]} (
12... g6) 13. g3 (13. Qb3 Be6 14. Bxe5) 13... Ng6 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16.
Qxc3 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Gc3g7]} b6 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Gc8b7,Gb7f3]} (16... Bg4 $142
$11) 17. Bg2 Bb7 18. O-O g4 19. Nh2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qd7 21. f3 gxf3+ 22. Rxf3 {
[%cal Ga1f1]} Bf8 23. Raf1 $14 {[%csl Rf7]} Re7 24. a4 $1 {[%csl Re7][%cal
Gb2a3,Ga3e7]} Bxh6 25. Ba3 Re6 26. Rxf7 Qd5+ 27. R7f3 (27. Kg1 Nf4 $5 {[%cal
Gg8f7]}) 27... c5 28. bxc6 $2 {réactive la Re6 qui était mal placée} (28. Ng4
$142 {[%cal Gg4h6]}) 28... Rxc6 29. Qb2 Rac8 30. Bb4 (30. Ng4) 30... Rc2 31.
Qb1 a5 32. Ng4 Bg7 33. e4 $6 Qxe4 34. Rc1 {Il doit y avoir un problème de
sauvegarde de la partie avec le plateau DGT} Qxb4 35. Rxc2 Qxb1 36. Rxc8+ Bf8
37. Nh6+ Kg7 38. Nf5+ Kh8 39. Nh4 Nxh4+ 40. gxh4 Qg6+ 41. Kf2 Qd6 42. Rcxf8+
Kg7 43. R8f7+ Kg6 44. d3 h6 45. R7f5 Qd4+ 46. Kg3 Qg1+ 47. Kh3 Qh1+ 48. Kg3
Qe1+ 49. Kh3 Qh1+ 50. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.25"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Ne2 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Ng3 a6 8. Be2
Bf8 9. c4 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Rc1 Ndb4 13. d3 Qd7 14. a3 Nd5 15.
Nce4 a5 16. Ng5 Nb6 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Bg4 Qd6 19. Qc2 Nd5 20. Rfd1 Red8 21. Bf3
g6 22. Ne4 Qe6 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. Qxc5 Ra6 25. Qc4 Rb6 26. g3 Nde7 27. Qxe6 fxe6
28. b4 axb4 29. axb4 Nd5 30. Bc3 Rd7 31. d4 exd4 32. Bxd4 Rxb4 33. Bc5 Ra4 34.
Be2 Ra5 35. e4 Nf6 36. Rxd7 Nxd7 37. Be3 Kf7 38. Rb1 Nd8 39. f4 b6 40. Rd1 Ke7
41. f5 exf5 42. exf5 Nf7 43. Bf4 Nde5 44. Rc1 c6 45. Be3 b5 46. Bc5+ Kf6 47.
fxg6 hxg6 48. Rf1+ Ke6 49. Bd1 Ng5 50. Bb3+ Nc4 51. Kg2 Ra8 52. Bb4 (52. Bc2
Ra2 53. Rf2 Rxc2 $5 54. Rxc2 Kd5 55. Bf2 b4 56. Rc1 $1 {Looks risky but is
holdable.}) 52... Ne4 $1 {The knights are doing an excellent job of
controlling the bishops now.} 53. Re1 Kd5 54. Rd1+ Ke5 55. Re1 Kd4 56. Rd1+ Ke3
57. Rc1 {Black's made real progress, and now Svidler goes in for the kill.} c5
58. Re1+ Kd4 59. Rd1+ Ke5 60. Bxc4 bxc4 61. Be1 Ra3 62. Kf1 Ra2 63. Rc1 Kd4 64.
Rd1+ Ke3 65. Rc1 Kd3 66. Rd1+ Nd2+ {Black is simply too active. The pawn rolls
forward.} 67. Bxd2 Rxd2 68. Ke1 c3 {Black threatens Ke3, Rxh2 and there is
nothing White can do about it.} (68... Rxd1+ 69. Kxd1 Ke3 {is actually also
winning.}) 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.11.19"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Black "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[BlackTeam "Bindlach"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 g6 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 Bg7 7. dxe5 Nd7 8. Nd4
Ncxe5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be2 Nc5 11. O-O Re8 12. b4 Ncd7 13. Rc1 h5 14. h3 Nf8 15.
Qd2 Ne6 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. Nd5 c6 18. Nf4 Qe7 (18... Bf5 $5 {deserved attention
with the idea of a black queen sortie to h4 or g5. kam in Betracht mit der
Idee, die schwarze Dame nach h4 oder g5 zu fahren.}) 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Rfd1 {
Now White has a clear plus. Nun hat Weiß ein klares Plus.} Rad8 21. Bd4 d5 22.
cxd5 cxd5 ({Also after Auch nach} 22... Qxd5 {the pin ist die Fesselung.} 23.
Qb2 {very unpleasant. sehr unangenehm.}) 23. Qb2 a6 24. b5 (24. f4 $2 {would
be premature because of wäre verfrüht wegen} Nc4 25. Bxc4 Bxd4) 24... Rc8 25.
Bf1 Red8 26. Re1 g5 27. f4 $6 ({White should content himself with the clear
plus pawn after Weiß sollte sich begnügen mit dem klaren Mehrbauern nach} 27.
Rxc8 Rxc8 28. bxa6 bxa6 29. Bxa6 Qxa6 30. Bxe5) 27... Rxc1 $2 {Weakening his
own back rank. Schwächt die eigene Grundreihe.} ({Possible was Möglich war} 
27... gxf4 28. exf4 Nc4 $1 29. Qf2 (29. Bxc4 $6 Bxd4+ 30. Qxd4 Rxc4) 29... Bxd4
30. Qxd4 Qg6 {with even chances. mit gleichen Chancen.}) 28. Rxc1 gxf4 29. exf4
Nc4 30. Bxc4 Bxd4+ 31. Qxd4 {Now Black can't take because of the hanging rook
d8. Nun kann Schwarz nicht schlagen wegen des hängenden Turmes auf d8.} Rc8 {
Unpinning Black's d-pawn and pinning the white the bishop. Entfesselt den
schwarzen d-Bauern und fesselt gleichzeitig den weißen Läufer.} 32. f5 $5 {
Setting a trap. Stellt eine Falle.} ({Objectively stronger was Objektiv
stärker war} 32. bxa6 bxa6 33. Rc3 Qe1+ (33... Rxc4 34. Rg3+ Kf8 35. Qh8+ Ke7
36. Qxh5 Rxf4 37. Qg5+ Qf6 38. Qxd5 Qd4+ 39. Qxd4 Rxd4 $16) 34. Kh2 Rxc4 35.
Rxc4 (35. Rg3+ $2 Qxg3+) 35... dxc4 36. Qxc4 {with a distinct plus for White.
mit deutlichem Plus für Weiß.}) {[%tqu "En","What would you play with Black
here?","Watch out for hanging pieces and possible ways of unpinning.","",
"e6f5","This loses on the spot since White can unpin his bishop on c4 with
tempo.",0,"e6h6","You are a very good defender!  This is the only move which
enables Black to play on. Since the rook on c1 is attacked, he wins back the
piece on c4.",10,"De","Was würden Sie hier mit Schwarz spielen?","Achten Sie
auf hängende Figuren und mögliche Entfesselungen.","","e6f5","This loses on
the spot since White can unpin his bishop on c4 with tempo.",0,"e6h6","Sie
sind ein sehr guter Verteidiger!  Dies ist der einzige Zug, nach dem Schwarz
weiterspielen kann. Da der Turm auf c1 hängt, gewinnt er die Figur auf c4
zurück.",10]} 32... Qxf5 $4 {And Black falls for it. Und Schwarz fällt darauf
herein.} ({Following Nach} 32... Qh6 $1 {(eyeing c1) (schielt nach c1)} 33. Rc3
dxc4 {Black could have kept on fighting. konnte Schwarz durchaus noch kämpfen.}
) 33. Rf1 $1 Rxc4 {[%tqu "En","Both queens are attacked. What should White
play?","A geometrical motif enables White to win material.","","d4c4","Of
course!",10,"De","Beide Damen sind angegriffen. Was soll Weiß spielen?","Ein
geometrisches Motiv verhilft Weiß zu Materialgewinn.","","d4c4","Natürlich!",
10]} 34. Qxc4 $1 {and Black resigned. He probably overlooked that after 34...
Qxf1+ also the white queen can take back. Diagonal retreats belong to the most
often overlooked moves in chess. und Schwarz gab auf. Er hatte vermutlich
übersehen, dass nach 34...Qxf1+ auch die weiße Dame zurückschlagen kann.
Diagonalrückzüge gehören zu den am häufigsten übersehenen Zügen im Schach.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. c4 dxc4 5. Bxc4 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Be2
b6 9. d3 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. a3 Nd5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Qb2+ f6 15.
Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. h3 e5 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. Re1 Rd7 20. Bf1 Qd8 21. Rcd1
Nde7 22. b4 cxb4 23. axb4 Nf5 24. Rc1 Qe7 25. b5 Na5 26. Rxc8 Bxc8 27. d4 Bb7
28. Nxf6 $1 {A brilliant knight sacrifice.} Kxf6 (28... Qxf6 29. dxe5 $18) 29.
dxe5+ Kf7 30. e6+ $1 Kxe6 (30... Qxe6 31. Ng5+ $18) 31. e4 Ng7 (31... Nd6 32.
Qa2+ Kf6 33. e5+ $18) 32. Qa2+ Kd6 33. Rc1 $1 {A great move by Baadur. The
king is cut off from running away.} Bxe4 $2 (33... Qd8 {is the best defence,
but it also loses to} 34. Qa3+ Ke6 35. h4 h6 36. Qe3 $16) 34. Qd2+ Ke6 35. Ng5+
Kf5 36. g4+ Kf6 37. Nxe4+ Qxe4 38. Qxd7 {White is now an exchange up. Baadur
converts this with ease.} Ne6 39. Bg2 Qd4 40. Qxh7 Nf4 41. Qh8+ Ke6 42. Re1+ {
A brilliant attack, especially the move 33.Rc1!} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Forster, Richard"]
[Black "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. b3 {When facing a young and ambitious opponent who studies openings in
great depth, Forster thought it would be a good idea to start with 1.b3.} e5 2.
Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 $5 {A very interesting move by Wagner. The bishop
on d6 is not so well placed currently as it blocks the d7-pawn and the bishop
on c8 is unable to come out. But after a6, if White takes on c6, dxc6 solves
the problem and if the bishop retreats then there is no longer pressure on e5
and the bishop could move from d6, freeing the d7-pawn and ultimately the
c8-bishop.} 5. Ne2 (5. Na3 {is the main line and after} Na5 {with the idea of
controlling the c4-square and also playing ...a6 without allowing Bxc6. Black
has pretty decent results in this line.}) 5... a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Qe7 8. e4
Be6 (8... O-O {would be the normal way to play but Wagner was in a combative
mood and wanted to 0-0-0.}) 9. O-O O-O-O $5 {While the move 0-0-0 is not bad
in itself, black pawns on a6 and c6 give White hooks to push his queenside
pawns and open lines in that sector. However, on the kingside the pawns are on
h2, g2, f2 and it would be much more difficult for Black to blast open the
position.} 10. Nd2 h5 $1 {The right move.} 11. b4 $5 {The race has begun. The
b4-pawn cannot be taken as the e5-pawn will be left hanging.} h4 12. a4 Nh5 $6
(12... h3 $1 {was the faster way to reach the gates of White's castled
position.} 13. g3 Bxb4 14. Bxe5 Bg4 {White cannot retreat with his bishop here
as he loses a pawn.} 15. Bxf6 (15. Bb2 Bxe2 $1 16. Qxe2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Qxe4 $1
18. f3 (18. dxe4 Rxd2 $19) 18... Qd5 $17) 15... Qxf6 16. f3 Be6 $15 {The
position remains complex but Black surely has the better chances here.}) 13. b5
$1 {Good or bad, lines have to be opened! But such moves are more often that
not good!} cxb5 14. axb5 axb5 {Black has won a pawn but White is the first one
to open lines against the black king. Practically speaking it is easier to
play as White here.} 15. Ra5 c6 {Black has won a pawn and is objectively
better. But in a practical game White has good chances as there are open lines
leading to the black king.} 16. Qa1 {Attacking the e5-pawn and also doubling
on the a-file.} f6 {Wagner maintains his cool. Although at this point he had
some very interesting options like a bishop sacrifice.} (16... Bh3 $5 17. Nf3 (
17. gxh3 Qg5+ 18. Kh1 Qxd2 $17) 17... Bg4 18. Bxe5 Bxf3 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. gxf3
$13) (16... h3 $5 17. g3 Qg5 $1 {Black has the initiative here. The very
natural} 18. Nf3 $2 {loses to} Qg4 $1 $19) 17. d4 Bb4 18. Ba3 $1 Kc7 19. d5 $1
{Richard mixes up things in the position. Apart from the weird pin on the
b4-bishop, now the d5-pawn has moved ahead to sacrifice itself in order to
open lines.} Bg4 (19... cxd5 20. Bxb4 Qxb4 21. Nc3 $16 {and Black's king
position is falling apart.}) 20. Nc3 (20. dxc6 Bxe2 $19 {White has no real
compensation here.}) (20. Nc1 $1 {was a better square as the knight on d3 is
much better placed.}) 20... Bxa3 (20... Nf4 $5 {is clearly better for Black
but it is difficult to understand why. Black now threatens moves like ...Qc5
with a threat of taking on c3 and then a fork on e2 could be a real
possibility. In general the kinght is really well placed on f4.} 21. Rb1 Bxa3
22. Rxa3 Qc5 $15) 21. Rxa3 (21. Qxa3 Qxa3 22. Rxa3 b4 $19) 21... Bd7 $2 (21...
b4 $2 {Now this doesn't work due to} 22. Ra7 $1 bxc3 23. Rxb7+ $1 Kxb7 24. Rb1+
Kc7 25. Qa7+ Kd6 26. Nc4#) (21... Nf4 {was required as after} 22. Ra7 Qc5 23.
Qa5+ Qb6 24. Qa2 {The threat now is Nc4 with the idea that bxc4 is met with
Rb1 and the b7 falls.} Qc5 $11 {the game ends in a draw.}) 22. Ra7 $1 Rb8 (
22... Qc5 23. Qa5+ Qb6 {no longer works due to} 24. d6+ $1 {and now you see
why retreating the bishop to d7 was not such a great idea!}) 23. Qa5+ Kc8 24.
dxc6 (24. Na4 $1 {was the finishing stroke.} bxa4 25. Nc4 $1 Bg4 26. d6 Qf7 27.
Nb6+ Kd8 28. Ra8 $18) 24... Bxc6 25. Nxb5 Qd8 $1 {Good defence.} 26. Qc3 Nf4
27. Re1 {Nc4 is a huge threat now so the king evacuates from the c8-square.}
Kd7 28. Qb3 Qb6 $2 (28... Ke7 {was better but it's not so easy to keep your
cool in such wild positions. Black's intention is to take on b5 followed by
Qd7.} 29. Nc4 Bxb5 30. Qxb5 Qd7 31. Qb4+ Kf7 32. Ne3 $36 {Black can defend
this but White can enjoy himself creating threats while Black has to be
extremely accurate.}) 29. Qf7+ $1 Kd8 (29... Kc8 30. Nc4 $18) 30. Qxg7 (30. Nc4
Qxb5 31. Rd1+ Bd5 32. Ra5 $1 {Not an easy move to see but once you spot it you
realise that it's just a clean finisher.} Qxc4 33. Raxd5+ Nxd5 34. Rxd5+ Qxd5
35. exd5 $18 {A perfect example of complete discord in the black camp.}) 30...
Re8 31. Qxf6+ (31. Nc4 Qxb5 32. Rd1+ Bd5 33. Qxf6+ Kc7 34. Qd6+ Kc8 35. Nb6+
$18) 31... Kd7 {It's almost a miracle that Black survived this far. He is
unconditionally lost.} 32. Nc4 $1 Qxb5 33. Rd1+ $1 Kc7 (33... Nd5 34. exd5 $18)
34. Qf7+ $1 Bd7 35. Nd6 (35. Ra5 {was faster as after} Qc6 36. Rc5 $18 {
The queen cannot really defend the d7-bishop.}) 35... Nh3+ 36. Kh1 (36. gxh3
Rg8+ 37. Kh1 Qe2 38. Raa1 {looks a little scary but White defends himself} Rbf8
39. Ne8+ $1 Kb8 40. Rxd7 $1 Qxe4+ 41. f3 Rxf7 42. Rd8#) 36... Qe2 37. Nxe8+ Kb6
38. Qb3+ (38. Rd6+ Kxa7 (38... Bc6 39. Rxc6+ Kxa7 40. Qa2+ $18) 39. Qa2+ $18)
38... Bb5 39. Raa1 $2 (39. Rxb7+ Rxb7 40. Qe6+ Bc6 (40... Ka7 41. Ra1+ Ba6 42.
Qxh3 $18 {was still winning}) 41. Rb1+ Ka7 42. Ra1+ Kb6 43. Qb3+ (43. Qxh3 Bxe8
44. Qxh4 $16) 43... Bb5 44. gxh3 $18 {As you can see after missing multiple
wins, the path to victory keeps getting tougher for White.}) 39... Nxf2+ 40.
Kg1 Nxd1 {Now White will do well to take a perpetual check.} 41. Qe6+ Bc6 42.
Rb1+ Ka7 43. Ra1+ (43. Qa2+ Qa6 $19) 43... Kb6 44. Rb1+ Ka7 45. Ra1+ Kb6 46.
Rb1+ {A very interesting game. Forster had so many winning chances and it was
truly a miracle that Wagner escaped with the half point.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 {Surprise, surprise! Although Richard has quite a lot of games with 1.b3
in the past (mostly blitz games) this was unexpected. However I was happy to
avoid any theory and to just play chess for the first round.} e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3.
e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 a6 ({If I were to face this position again, I would
probably diverge with} 5... Na5 6. Be2 Be7 {Black seems to achieve a decent
position here. For example:} 7. Nf3 (7. c4 O-O 8. Nc2 e4) (7. Nb1 Nc6) 7... e4
8. Ne5 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Ng4 (10. f4 d6 11. Ng4 Bxg4 12. Bxg4 d5) 10... d5 11.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nb5 Qe7 14. f3 Bf5 15. Qe1 a6 16. Nc3 Rad8 $11) 6.
Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nc4 Qe7 8. Ne2 (8. Nf3 e4 9. Nxd6+ (9. Nfe5 O-O 10. O-O Ne8 11. d3
(11. Qe2 Be6) 11... f6 12. Nxd6 Nxd6 13. Nc4 Nxc4 14. dxc4 Be6 $11 {is
completely equal.}) 9... cxd6 10. Ng1 Bg4 11. Ne2 O-O 12. O-O Nd7 13. d3 f5 14.
h3 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Ne5 $11) 8... b5 9. Nxd6+ cxd6 10. a4 b4 11. O-O O-O 12. Ng3 (
{I think Richard could have posed more problems by} 12. f4 Rd8 ({My intention
was} 12... Bg4 13. h3 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Qe6 15. Rf3 a5 16. Raf1 $14 {but Black is
slightly worse here.}) (12... Nd5 13. e4 Nc7 14. Ng3) 13. Ng3 Nd5 14. Qf3 f6
15. Rae1 (15. f5 a5 16. e4 Nb6 17. Qg4 c5) 15... a5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. d4 exd4
18. Bxd4 $14 {and Black is worse. Improvements could have been found earlier,
but overall 12.f4 seems more precise.}) 12... Nd5 13. f4 f6 {I like the idea
of putting my pawns on the dark squares to limit the scope of his bishop on b2.
This concept will remain the same for most of the game.} 14. a5 (14. f5 c5 (
14... Bd7 15. e4 Nc7 16. d4 Be8) 15. Qg4 (15. Nh5 Qf7) 15... Qf7) 14... c5 15.
fxe5 fxe5 ({Here I was kind of confused which pawn to recapture with. I
decided to initiate exchanges on the f-file, but in fact it would have been
better to recapture with the d-pawn!} 15... dxe5 $1 16. Qe2 (16. Nf5 Qc7) 16...
Be6 17. d3 Rad8 18. Kh1 Qc7 {although it is not easy to break through, I would
prefer to play Black here. White has no easy way to create some play while the
a5-pawn is slightly loose.}) 16. Rxf8+ Qxf8 17. Qe2 Qe7 18. Qd3 (18. Rf1 Nf6
19. d4 exd4 20. exd4 Qxe2 21. Nxe2 c4 22. bxc4 Bd7 {is completely equal
according to the computer, but I am not sure if I would have seen this during
the game!}) 18... Bb7 19. Rf1 Qd7 ({My best chance to gain equality was} 19...
g6 $1 {to control the f5-square. There is no way for White to exploit the
slight weaknesses created around Black's king, for example:} 20. Ne4 Rd8 21. c4
bxc3 22. dxc3 Kg7 23. h3 Nc7 {and although it looks quite suspicious, Black is
fine here.}) 20. Qc4 Kh8 21. Qh4 Qe6 22. Qe4 ({Richard could have posed me
with insurmountable problems (considering I was getting low on time, and the
jet lag) had he played more accurately:} 22. Nf5 $1 Rf8 23. e4 Nf6 24. d3 Rf7
25. Rf3 $14 {this position is very tough to defend as there is no way to
challenge White's powerful knight on f5.}) 22... Bc6 (22... Qe7) 23. Qf5 Qe7
24. Ne4 {White's knight doesn't belong on e4 (it should be on f5) and this
gave me a chance to regroup my pieces.} Rd8 25. h4 Kg8 26. h5 Bd7 (26... h6 27.
Qg6 Be8 28. Qg4 Bd7 $11) 27. Qf3 Bb5 28. d3 h6 29. Ng3 Qe6 30. Nf5 Ne7 31. Nh4
{Objectively the position should be equal. I don't think White has anything
here. Richard obviously wanted more, and he wasn't afraid to take risks, but
he overpushed somewhere in the game.} (31. g4 Nxf5 32. gxf5 Qf6 {also does not
lead anywhere.}) 31... Bd7 32. e4 Re8 (32... Kh7 $1 33. Nf5 (33. Qf7 Nc6 $15)
33... Qf6 34. Nxe7 Qxe7 35. Bc1 Be6 {is slightly more comfortable for Black.
The pawns on a5 and h5 are overextended and might turn out to be weaknesses,
but the game should still end in a draw.}) 33. Bc1 Kh7 34. Nf5 Nxf5 35. exf5
Qf6 36. Qb7 (36. Qg4 Rf8 37. Qg6+ Kg8 $11) 36... Bb5 37. Qe4 d5 $1 {The queen
intrusion on b7 did not lead anywhere for White, and I noticed this move, to
try and confuse my opponent.} 38. Qxd5 e4 39. Bf4 {We were both in time
pressure here.} (39. Qxc5 exd3 40. cxd3 Bxd3 41. Rd1 Qxf5 42. Qxf5+ Bxf5 43.
Kf2 $11 {this is just a draw.}) 39... exd3 40. cxd3 Re2 41. Qf3 Qd4+ ({A
slightly stronger try is} 41... Rb2 42. Qg4 (42. Qg3 Rxb3 43. Be5 Rxd3 44. Qg6+
Qxg6 45. fxg6+ Kg8 46. Rf7 Rd7 $17 {is just winning for Black.}) 42... Rxb3 43.
Re1 (43. Be5 Qg5 44. Qxg5 hxg5) 43... Bd7 44. Be5 Qg5 45. Qxg5 hxg5 46. Bxg7 $1
Bxf5 47. Bf6 Rxd3 48. Re5 Bd7 $15 {the game should still end in a draw, but I
think I have more chances here.}) 42. Kh2 Qxd3 43. Qg4 $2 {The decisive
mistake.} ({A draw results from} 43. f6 Qxf3 44. Rxf3 gxf6 45. Bd6 Bc6 46. Rg3
$11) 43... Rxg2+ 44. Qxg2 Qxf1 45. Qg6+ {Desperation, but exchanging queens
also leads to a losing endgame.} (45. Qxf1 Bxf1 46. Kg3 c4 47. bxc4 Bxc4 48.
Bd6 b3 49. Be5 Be2 50. Kh4 Kg8 51. Bb2 Kf7 52. Ba1 Kf8 53. Bb2 Bb5 54. Kg4 Be8
55. Ba3+ Kf7 56. Bb2 Ke7 57. Bxg7 Kd6 58. Bb2 Kd5 $19 {the bishop on e8 is
very well placed and White cannot activate his king because it has to defend
the h5-pawn.}) 45... Kh8 46. Bxh6 Qf2+ 47. Kh1 Qe1+ 48. Kh2 (48. Kg2 Bf1+ 49.
Kh2 Qf2+ 50. Kh1 Qg2+ 51. Qxg2 Bxg2+ 52. Kxg2 gxh6 53. Kf3 c4 54. Ke3 c3 $19)
48... Qe5+ 49. Kh1 gxh6 50. Qxh6+ Kg8 51. Qg6+ Qg7 52. Qe6+ Qf7 53. Qc8+ Qf8
54. Qe6+ Qf7 55. Qc8+ Qe8 56. Qxc5 Qc6+ {It is always nice and important to
start a tournament with a win (specially with the Black pieces). This game
helped me to be ready mentally for the tough games in Tata Steel.} 0-1

[Event "WchT 10th"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2015.04.26"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Egypt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EGY"]

1. b3 {Once pioneered by Larsen, nowadays mainly by Rapport and Jobava, this
has become quite a respectable attempt to avoid a theoretical memory contest.
Even other top players as Mamedyarov and mainly Nakamura have given it a go,
but mostly in rapid and blitz games.} a5 $5 {Black comes up with an original
reaction. Let's check some recent examples with more standard set-ups:} (1...
Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 {Interesting and strategically complex is} 3. Bxf6 $5 (3. g3 Bg7
4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O O-O 7. e3 Nc6 8. Ne5 Bd7 9. c4 d4 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11.
Bxc6 bxc6 12. d3 Qd7 13. Qe2 dxe3 14. fxe3 Rad8 15. Rd1 h5 16. Nc3 Ng4 17. Na4
Bxb2 18. Nxb2 Qe6 19. Re1 h4 20. gxh4 Kg7 21. Qg2 Rh8 $36 {Short,N (2664)
-Kasparov,G (2812) Saint Louis blitz 2015}) (3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6.
exd4 d5 7. Qd2 Nc6 8. O-O-O (8. f3 h5 9. Bb5 Qd6 10. Nge2 Bh6 11. Qd1 Bf5 12.
Bc1 Bxc1 13. Rxc1 Rc8 14. Qd2 O-O 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Na4 Rfe8 17. O-O e5 18. c3
h4 19. dxe5 Rxe5 20. b4 Rce8 21. Nd4 h3 22. g3 Bc8 23. Nc5 Nd7 24. Nd3 R5e7 25.
Rfe1 c5 26. bxc5 Nxc5 27. Nf4 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Ne6 30. Nfxe6 Bxe6
$11 {Jobava,B (2727)-Carlsen,M (2862) Wijk aan Zee 2015 See the notes to this
game by Ftacnik in CBM 165}) 8... Qa5 (8... O-O 9. f3 h5 10. Kb1 Bf5 11. a3 Rc8
12. Nge2 b5 13. Ng3 b4 14. axb4 Bd7 15. Na4 h4 16. Ne2 Bf5 17. Nc5 a5 18. bxa5
Nxa5 19. Nc1 e5 20. Ba6 Rc6 {Jobava,B (2711)-Mamedyarov,S (2764) Beijing blitz
2012} 21. g4 $1 hxg3 22. hxg3 exd4 23. g4 $1 $16) 9. f3 h5 10. Kb1 Bf5 11. Bd3
$5 Nxd4 (11... Bh6 $5 12. Qe1 Bxd3 13. Rxd3 b5 $13) 12. Nge2 Nxe2 13. Qxe2 Bd7
14. Rhe1 e6 15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxg7 Rg8 18. Qe5 {Jobava,B (2696)
-Mamedyarov,S (2759) Tbilisi 2015} Qc7 $1 19. Qb2 O-O-O $13 {/=/+ See the
notes to this game by Mokal in CBM 165}) ({Another wild try is} 3. g4 Bg7 4. g5
Nh5 5. Bxg7 Nxg7 6. Qc1 O-O 7. Qb2 d5 8. e3 c6 9. h4 Re8 10. Nf3 Qd6 11. c4 e5
12. Nc3 a6 13. O-O-O b5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. e4 Bb7 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 dxe4 18.
Bg2 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Qf4+ 20. Qd2 Qxd2+ 21. Rxd2 Bxc6 $15 {Williams,S (2443)-Hill,
A (2112) London 2014}) 3... exf6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 f5 6. Rc1 O-O (6... c5 7. g3
O-O 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. Nh3 g5 10. f4 h6 11. O-O d6 12. fxg5 hxg5 13. e3 g4 14. Nf4
Qg5 15. Ncd5 Bd7 16. Rb1 Rad8 17. b4 b6 18. a4 Be5 19. a5 cxb4 20. axb6 a5 21.
Rf2 Rb8 22. h4 Qh6 23. d4 Bg7 24. c5 $16 {Rapport,R (2709)-Naiditsch,A (2711)
Jurmala 2015}) 7. g3 c6 (7... Re8 8. Bg2 f4 9. gxf4 Qh4 10. Kf1 Bxc3 11. Rxc3
Qxf4 12. h4 d6 13. h5 Nc6 14. Nh3 Qd4 15. e3 Qf6 16. Nf4 Ne7 17. Qf3 Qg5 18.
Bh3 c6 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Bxc8 Raxc8 21. Nh5 f5 22. Rd3 Kf7 23. Nf4 Rcd8 24.
Rh7+ Kf6 25. Qd1 {1-0 (25) Jobava,B (2711)-Mamedyarov,S (2764) Beijing 2012})
8. Bg2 d6 9. e3 Nd7 10. d4 Nf6 11. Nge2 h5 12. h4 Re8 13. Qd3 Qe7 14. O-O Ne4
15. b4 a6 16. a4 Bd7 17. c5 d5 18. Rb1 g5 19. hxg5 Qxg5 20. Nf4 h4 $132 {
Vakhidov,J (2471)-Nguyen,N (2621) Dubai blitz 2014}) (1... d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. f3
(3. h3 Bh5 4. d3 c5 5. Nd2 Nc6 6. Ngf3 f6 7. c4 d4 8. g3 e5 9. Bg2 Nh6 (9...
Bd6 10. Ne4 Nge7 $11) 10. a3 a5 11. Bc1 f5 12. Nh2 $5 Be7 13. Ndf1 Nf7 14. g4
Bg6 15. Ng3 Nd6 16. gxf5 Nxf5 17. Bd5 Nxg3 18. fxg3 Rf8 19. Nf3 e4 20. dxe4 Qc7
21. Bf4 Bd6 22. e3 {Nakamura,H (2787)-Peralta,F (2574) Tromso olm 2014} dxe3 $1
23. Bxc6+ Qxc6 24. Qxd6 Qxd6 25. Bxd6 Rxf3 $11) 3... Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 (5. f4
Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. d3 c5 8. h3 Nh5 9. g4 Ng3 10. Rg1 Nxf1 11. Kxf1 Bf6 12. Bxf6
Qxf6 13. Na3 Bg6 14. Nb5 Qe7 15. e4 a6 16. Nc3 dxe4 17. dxe4 f6 18. f5 Bf7 19.
fxe6 Qxe6 20. Nd5 Qd6 21. Ne3 Qf4 22. Nf5 (22. Nd5 $11) 22... O-O 23. g5 $2
Qxe4 24. Nd6 Qe6 25. Nxf7 Rxf7 $17 {Jobava,B (2694)-Navara,D (2703) ECC Rhodes
2013}) (5. Ne2 c5 6. Ng3 Bg6 7. Bb5+ Nd7 8. O-O a6 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. f4 h5 11.
f5 exf5 12. Qf3 Nh6 13. Nc3 Rd8 14. Nge2 Ng4 15. Nf4 Nf6 16. Na4 Ne4 17. Qe2
Qc6 18. d3 Ng5 19. c4 dxc4 20. dxc4 h4 21. Nc3 h3 22. Ncd5 Rh7 {Rapport,R 
(2687)-Wojtaszek,R (2711) Warsaw blitz 2013} 23. g3 $44 {[%csl Re8,Rg6]}) 5...
Nf6 6. g4 (6. Nce2 h5 7. Nd4 Bh7 8. f4 Nbd7 9. Nh3 c5 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. Nhg5 Ne4
12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 a6 15. Qe2 Rc8 16. a4 Be7 17. Bxg7 Rg8 18.
Bc3 Bf6 $44 {Michalik,P (2570)-Ftacnik,L (2557) Slovakia 2014}) 6... Bg6 7.
Nce2 Nc6 8. h4 h5 9. g5 Nd7 10. Nf4 Ne7 11. Qe2 c6 12. Nxg6 Nxg6 13. f4 Qa5 14.
Nf3 Nc5 15. a3 Ne4 16. Rg1 O-O-O 17. Bh3 Kb8 18. b4 Qc7 19. c4 dxc4 20. Qxc4
Nd6 21. Qc2 Qd7 22. Kf2 Nf5 23. Bxf5 exf5 24. Bd4 Rg8 25. Qa4 a6 26. Qa5 Bd6
27. Qb6 Kc8 28. b5 axb5 29. a4 $40 {McShane,L (2683)-Jansa,V (2513) EU-ch
Aix-les-Bains 2011}) ({Suprisingly enough in top level encounters Black
usually spurns the most often played move} 1... e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5
Bd6 5. Na3 a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nc4 Qe7 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O b5 10. Nxd6 cxd6 11. h3
Nd5 12. e4 Nc7 13. f4 f6 14. d3 Bd7 15. Qd2 a5 16. a4 b4 17. Rf2 exf4 18. Nxf4
Ne6 19. Nh5 Qe8 20. Ng3 Ng5 21. Kh2 Qg6 22. Raf1 Qh6 23. Qe3 $14 {Jobava,B 
(2722)-Naroditsky,D (2620) Doha 2014}) 2. e4 {Ignores Black's intentions.} (2.
c4 e6 (2... e5 $5 3. Bb2 Nc6 {is a more active option}) 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb2 d5 5.
e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. d4 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Rc8 12.
Ne5 $14 {Naiditsch,A (2705)-Michalik,P (2557) Dubai blitz 2014 In this Queen's
Indian type position a5 turned out to be superfluous and White is somewhat
better.}) ({The most natural and usual move is} 2. Bb2 a4 (2... Nf6 3. c4 Nc6
4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. a3 Nf6 7. g3 Be6 8. Bg2 Qd5 9. Nc3 Qxb3 10. Qc1 Bg4
11. O-O Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd4 13. Bg2 e6 14. e3 Qxc3 15. Bxc3 Ne2+ 16. Kh1 Nxc1 17.
Bxb7 Rb8 18. Bc6+ Kd8 19. Rfxc1 $16 {Bernadskiy,V (2541)-Janev,E (2439) Varna
2014}) {, here we still have almost no high-level examples:} 3. e3 (3. b4 e6 4.
a3 Nf6 5. d4 d5 6. e3 b6 7. c4 c5 8. Nc3 cxb4 9. axb4 Bxb4 10. Rxa4 Ba5 11. f3
Bd7 12. Ra1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 {Kozel,J (2047)-Plat,V (2464) Kouty nad Desnou 2014}
b5 14. Bb3 b4 $13) 3... axb3 4. axb3 Rxa1 5. Bxa1 Nf6 6. Nf3 {½ Can,E (2498)
-Ipatov,A (2562) Rethymnon op 2011}) (2. a3 e5 3. Bb2 d6 4. e3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6.
dxe5 Nh6 7. Nc3 Bxe5 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. h3 Nf5 10. e4 Nh4 11. Nd2 g5 12. g3 Ng6 13.
Qh5 Nd7 14. Nc4 h6 15. Nd5 Bxb2 16. Nxb2 Nf6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. O-O-O a4 19.
bxa4 Bd7 20. Rd3 Qxf2 21. Be2 Ne5 22. Rb3 Be6 23. Rf1 Qd4 $19 {Blatny,P (2449)
-Sulskis,S (2514) Pardubice 2006}) 2... a4 3. b4 $146 {Although almost surely
unintentional, already this is a novelty - refreshing in a modern GM game!} (3.
bxa4 Rxa4 (3... e5 $5) 4. Nc3 Ra5 5. d4 b6 6. f4 Bb7 7. Nf3 Nf6 (7... e6 $142
$132) 8. e5 Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Bd2 Nc6 (10... Ra7 11. Ng5 $36) 11. Bxa5 (11.
Ng5 Bg6 12. Bxa5 Nxa5 13. Bd3 $16) 11... Nxa5 12. Bd3 Qa8 13. O-O e6 14. Qe2
Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qd5 16. Qa6 Be7 17. Qd3 O-O 18. f5 exf5 19. Qxf5 Nc4 20. Rae1 g6
21. Qf4 Ra8 22. Ra1 Ra3 $14 {Radnai,A (2331)-Szalanczy,E (2280) Budapest 2014})
3... e6 4. Bb2 d5 5. a3 ({The more sedate move} 5. exd5 $5 {leads to an
interesting position, which is difficult to evaluate unequivocally:} exd5 (5...
Qxd5 6. Nf3 $5 (6. a3 $14) 6... Qe4+ 7. Be2 Qxb4 8. Ba3 Qa5 9. Bxf8 Kxf8 10.
O-O $32) 6. Qe2+ $5 (6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Qe2+ Be7 $1 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nc3 (9. g3 O-O
10. Bg2 Re8 $17) 9... O-O 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Qxe7 Nc6 12. Qxf6 Nxb4 $44) 6...
Ne7 (6... Be6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Ng5 $14) 7. b5 $13 {[%cal Yg2g3,Yf1g2,Yg1f3]}) 5...
dxe4 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. g4 {Artificial originality, combined with bad form is often
a recipe for disaster - this was Rapport's case in the World Teams.} ({In the
French with 2.b3 White usually castles queenside, here his position is already
compromised with 3.b4. Despite this he should have gone for} 7. Qe2 $142 $5 c5
8. b5 (8. bxc5 Qd4 $5 9. Qb5+ Nbd7 10. c6 bxc6 11. Qxc6 Rb8 $15) 8... Be7 (8...
Qd4 9. O-O-O (9. g3 Nbd7 10. Bg2 Nb6 11. Rb1 Nc4 12. Bxe4 Nxb2 13. Nf3 Qc4 14.
Rxb2 Qxe2+ 15. Kxe2 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 f6 $15 {[%csl Gc8,Gf8]}) 9... b6 10. g4 Bb7
11. Bg2 c4 12. f4 $1 $32 (12. Nxe4 $2 Bxa3 13. c3 Bxb2+ 14. Kxb2 Qd7 $17) {/\}
12... Nbd7 $2 13. Nxe4 $1 Bxa3 14. c3 $16) 9. Nxe4 Nbd7 10. O-O-O O-O $13 {/=/+
}) 7... c5 8. b5 h6 9. Bg2 $6 (9. Qe2 $142 $132 {was still the better option.})
9... Ra5 $1 {[%csl Rb5] Equally original and on the contrary strong as well -
Black emphasises the vulnerability of the Pb5.} 10. Qe2 (10. h4 Bd7 11. g5 Nd5
$36) 10... Bd7 $15 11. Rb1 (11. O-O-O Qb6 $40) 11... Qc7 (11... Qb6 $5 12. Ba1
c4 $15 {/\} 13. Qxc4 Bxa3) 12. Bxe4 $2 {Resolving the tension favours Black.} (
12. Nh3 Bd6 13. g5 $5 $15) 12... Nxe4 13. Qxe4 (13. Nxe4 Rxb5 14. Nc3 Rb6 $5 (
14... Ra5 $17) 15. Nd5 Qc6 16. Nxb6 Qxh1 17. Kf1 Bc6 18. f3 Nd7 $17) 13... Bxb5
14. Nxb5 Rxb5 15. Qxa4 Qc6 $17 {[%csl Re1][%mdl 128] Material is equal again,
but White's K is exposed and has no safe long-term hiding place. Black's
attack will prove too strong.} 16. Nf3 (16. f3 Be7 17. c4 Rb6 18. Qxc6+ Nxc6 {
[%cal Re7f6]} 19. Kd1 Ne5 $1 $19 {[%cal Re5c4,Re5d3]}) 16... Bd6 17. Ke2 (17.
O-O O-O {[%cal Rc6f3,Rc6b6]} 18. Kg2 (18. Ne1 c4 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Rd6h2,Rb5g5,
Rg5h5]} 19. h3 Nd7 $19 {->}) 18... Qb6 19. Be5 Rxb1 20. Rxb1 Qxb1 21. Bxd6 Rc8
22. Qa8 Qb6 23. Bxb8 Qd8 24. Qxb7 Rxb8 $19) 17... c4 $1 18. Bxg7 (18. Qa7 h5 $5
19. g5 b6 $40 {[%cal Yc6e4,Yb5f5]}) 18... Re5+ 19. Nxe5 (19. Bxe5 Qxa4 20. Bxh8
Qxc2 $19 {[%cal Rc2d3,Rd3e4]}) 19... Qxa4 20. Bxh8 c3 $1 (20... Qxc2 21. f3 (
21. Kf3 Nc6 22. Nxc6 Qd3+ 23. Kg2 Qe4+ 24. f3 Qe2+ $19) 21... Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Nc6
23. Bc3 Qd3+ 24. Kf2 Nd4 $17 {is good, but less forcing.}) 21. f3 (21. Kd3 Bxe5
22. Bxe5 Qd7+ 23. Kxc3 (23. Bd4 e5 24. dxc3 exd4 25. cxd4 Qxg4 $19) 23... Qc6+
24. Kb2 Qb5+ $19) 21... Qf4 $2 (21... Qd4 $142 $1 22. dxc3 Qxc3 23. f4 Nc6 $40)
22. dxc3 $1 Bc5 (22... Bxe5 23. Rb4 Qg5 24. h4 Qg6 25. Bxe5 Nc6 26. Re4 Nxe5
27. Rxe5 Qxc2+ 28. Ke3 Qxc3+ 29. Kf4 Qd2+ 30. Kg3 Qd6 31. f4 $15) 23. Rb5 $2 {
White returns the favour.} ({After} 23. Rbf1 {, or}) (23. Rhf1 $5 {he would be
back in the game.}) 23... Nd7 $1 24. Nxd7 ({Slightly more resilient, but still
insuffcient was} 24. Rxc5 Nxc5 25. Nd3 Nxd3 26. cxd3 f6 $19) 24... Qe3+ 25. Kd1
Qxf3+ 26. Kd2 Be3+ 27. Kd3 Bf4+ 28. Kc4 Qxh1 (28... Qxh1 29. Nb6 (29. Nc5 Qd5+
30. Kb4 Bd6) 29... Qc6+ 30. Kb4 Bd6+ 31. Ka4 Bxh2) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.10"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. b3 {The Larsen opening is a system Rapport often plays.} e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3
Nf6 4. Bb5 ({Recently there was a top game with} 4. c4 g6 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 exd4
7. exd4 Bg7 (7... d5 $5) 8. d5 Ne7 9. h3 O-O 10. Be2 c6 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. O-O
d5 $13 {with a balanced middlegame, Nakamura-Anand, Dubai blitz 2014.}) 4...
Bd6 5. Na3 a6 (5... e4 {was also tried:} 6. Nc4 Be7 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. d3 O-O 9.
Ne2 d5 10. Nd2 exd3 11. cxd3 c5 12. Qc2 Re8 13. O-O Bd6 $13 {with an unclear
middlegame, Ipatov-Karjakin, Dubai blitz 2014.}) 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nc4 Qe7 8. a4
({In January Rapport played} 8. Ne2 b5 9. Nxd6+ cxd6 10. a4 b4 11. O-O O-O 12.
f4 {So Wesley} (12. Ng3 Nd5 13. f4 f6 14. a5 c5 15. fxe5 {(Rapport-So Wesley,
Wijk aan Zee 2014)} dxe5 $1 16. Qe2 Be6 17. d3 Rad8 $13) 12... Rd8 (12... Bg4
13. h3 $14) (12... Nd5 13. e4 Nc7 14. Ng3 $36) 13. Ng3 Nd5 14. Qf3 f6 15. Rae1
a5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. d4 $36 {with some pressure for Black.}) 8... O-O 9. a5 {
White has gained some space on the queenside and he has avoided b5.} Bg4 $146 {
The new move by Onischuk.} (9... Nd7 10. Ne2 b5 11. axb6 cxb6 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13.
d4 exd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. f3 $14 {White is slightly better, later
he managed to win, Rapport-Stevic, Sankt Veit an der Glan 2014.}) 10. Ne2 Nd7 {
A logical decision this N move, and he prepares for f6 too.} ({Nevertheless} 
10... e4 $5 {was an interesting option, for example} 11. O-O (11. h3 Bh5) 11...
Bc5 12. h3 Bh5 13. Qe1 Nd5 14. Ng3 Bg6 {and Black looks nicely placed.}) 11.
O-O e4 (11... Rae8 {was also possible} 12. f3 Be6 13. Nxd6 ({or} 13. Ng3 Bxc4
14. bxc4 f5 $13) 13... cxd6 14. f4 f5 $13) 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. f3 $5 {A brave
and very ambitious decision. Richard opens his K's position, because he wants
to attack on the kingside.} exf3 14. gxf3 Bh3 $6 {Later the B can be trouble
on h3.} (14... Bf5 {was more accurate} 15. Rf2 (15. Kh1 Bg6) 15... Nc5 16. Rg2
Ne6 {and Black's K looks safe.}) 15. Rf2 Ne5 $6 {An active move, but it gives
some tempi to White.} (15... Nc5 16. Nf4 Bf5 17. Qe2 Bg6 18. e4 {and White has
some initiative, but still Black hasn't got a serious problem.}) 16. f4 $1 Ng6
({The engine suggests} 16... Nd7 {, but by human measure, it is not logical to
go back there, from where the N came.}) 17. f5 $1 Qg5+ (17... Ne5 18. f6 $1 $16
{with a strong attack for White.}) 18. Ng3 Ne5 19. Ra4 $1 {Suddenly the a1 R
is also coming into play. Now the h3 B is stuck, Black's position is very
difficult.} Bg4 $2 {This move helps only White.} (19... g6 20. Kh1 $36) 20. Qf1
f6 $4 {A decisive blunder, but Black's position was already unpleasant.} (20...
Rfe8 21. Raf4 $16) 21. Bxe5 {and Black resigned, because White will play Qc4+
and the g4 B is lost.} 1-0

