[Event "Vladimir op"]
[Site "Vladimir"]
[Date "2002.08.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kholmsky, V."]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2001.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 {
I was so called cautious in the first game.} 8. cxd5 {Not the most ambitious
move but brings the game into Carlsbad Structure.} Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 (
10. Rc1 N5f6 $1) 10... exd5 11. Bd3 Nf6 {The most natural move.} ({But} 11...
c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Be2 (13. Nd4 Qg5) 13... Rd8 14. O-O Bf5 (14... Bg4 15. Qd4
Bh5 16. Qb4 Kf8 17. Rfd1 Ne6) 15. Nd4 {looks perfectly playable.} Be4) 12. Qc2
a5 $1 {I like this move. Black shows some aggression also in the queenside
before switching to the kingside where his chances lie.} 13. Rc1 c6 14. O-O Re8
15. a3 a4 {Seems risky but I had already in mind the rook swing.} 16. Rfe1 Ne4
17. Bxe4 (17. Ne5 $5 f6 18. Ng6 Qf7 19. Nf4 f5 $13) 17... dxe4 18. Nd2 (18. Ne5
Ra6 (18... f6 19. Nc4 Ra6)) 18... Ra5 $1 {The point behind black's 15th.} 19.
Qd1 $1 {A good defensive move.} Bf5 {There is nothing wrong with this it was
just one of many options.} (19... Qh4 20. Rc5) (19... Qg5 {looks like one of
the best.} 20. f4 exf3 21. Nxf3 Qd8 $15) (19... Qf6 20. Rc4 Qg6 (20... Rf5 21.
Qc2 $1) 21. Rxa4 Bh3 22. g3 Bg4 23. Qc2 Rf5 $44 24. Nxe4 $140 $2 Rd5) 20. Rc4
Rea8 {Momentarily defending the a pawn.} 21. Qc2 (21. Rb4 R8a6 22. Qc2 c5 $15 {
And black takes over the initiative.}) 21... R8a6 $6 {Spoils alot. After this
part of blacks advantage evaporates.} (21... Be6 22. Rb4 (22. Rc5 Rxc5 (22...
Bd5) 23. dxc5 f5) 22... Bd5 23. Nc4 c5 24. dxc5 Rxc5 25. Qe2 Ra6 26. Nd2 Bc6
$15) 22. Qc3 (22. Rc1 Be6 $1 (22... Rb5 23. Rc5 (23. Rxa4 Rxa4 24. Qxa4 Rxb2
25. Nc4 Rb5 26. Qc2) 23... Rab6) (22... Rb6 23. Rxa4) 23. Qxe4 $140 $2 f5) (22.
Rb4 $6 c5 23. Rc4 cxd4 24. Rxd4 Rc5 25. Qb1 b5 $15) 22... Be6 {Back to the
right track.} (22... Rb5 23. Rc5 Rab6 (23... Rxc5 24. dxc5) 24. Rxb5 Rxb5 25.
Qc2) 23. Rc5 $6 ({Strangely I was counting only on} 23. Rb4 $2 c5 24. dxc5 Rxc5
25. Rxb7 Rxc3 26. Rxe7 Rc2 27. Nxe4 Rb6 28. Ra7 Rbxb2 29. Rxa4 f5 $19) (23. Qb4
$142 Qd7 (23... Qd8 $6 24. Rc5 Bd5 25. Rec1 (25. Qxb7 Rb6) 25... b6 (25... Rxc5
26. dxc5) 26. Rxa5 Rxa5 27. Rc2 (27. Nc4 Bxc4 28. Qxc4 c5 29. d5 $16)) 24. Rc5
Rxc5 25. dxc5 f5 26. Nf1 b6 $132) 23... Rxc5 24. dxc5 Bd5 (24... f5 25. Nf1)
25. Nf1 Ra8 $4 {Unexplainably bad.} (25... Qf6 26. Qb4 $1 (26. Qxf6 $6 gxf6 27.
Rc1 Ra5 28. Ng3 Rb5 29. Rc2 Bb3 30. Rc3 Bd5 $11) 26... Qe7 27. Ng3 (27. Qd4 Ra5
) 27... b6 28. Rc1 bxc5 29. Rxc5 $14) (25... b6 $1 26. cxb6 Rxb6 27. Qd4 (27.
Rd1 Qb7 28. Rd2 Rb3 29. Qd4 Qb6 30. Qxa4 Rxb2 31. Rxb2 Qxb2 $15) 27... Qb7 28.
Qxa4 Rxb2 $15) 26. Ng3 $16 {From this point on whites knight outmatches blacks
bishop.} g6 27. Rd1 f5 28. Rd4 ({Also} 28. Ne2 Bb3 29. Rd6 Rd8 30. Qd4 Rxd6 31.
cxd6 Qd7 32. Qf6 $16 {is very good.}) 28... Qf7 {Black is all tied up.} (28...
Bb3 29. Rd6 Rd8 30. Rxg6+ (30. Qd4 Rxd6 31. cxd6 Qd8 32. Ne2 $16) 30... Kh7 31.
Rd6 Rxd6 32. cxd6 Qxd6 33. Qg7+ $3 Kxg7 34. Nxf5+ Kf6 35. Nxd6 Ke5 36. Nxb7 $18
) 29. Qc2 Ra5 30. Qc3 Ra8 31. Ne2 g5 32. g3 {Too cautious but still white is
winning.} (32. Qd2 Qf8 (32... Rf8 33. g3 Bc4 34. Rd7 Qh5 35. Qd4 Bf7 36. Nc3
$18) 33. Ng3 (33. Qb4 b6) 33... Re8 34. Rxa4 f4 35. exf4 gxf4 36. Nh5 e3 37.
fxe3 fxe3 38. Rg4+ $18) 32... Qe7 (32... Qh5 33. Qd2) (32... Qf8 33. Qb4 Qg7
34. Nc3 Bb3 35. Rd6 $18) 33. Qb4 b5 $2 {Another blunder in a hopeless position.
} (33... h5 34. Nc3 Bb3 35. Rd6 $18) 34. Nc3 $2 ({There is no fork.} 34. cxb6
$1 Qxb4 (34... c5 35. Qb5 $1) 35. Rxb4 Rb8 (35... Kf7 36. Nc3) 36. Nc3 Bb3 37.
g4 $18) 34... Be6 $2 ({Black could try to swindle white with} 34... Qb7 35.
Nxd5 (35. g4 $2 fxg4 36. Nxe4 Qf7) (35. Rd2 $6 Bc4 36. Rd6 Kh7 37. Nb1 (37. g4
Qc8 38. Rd4 Bd3 39. Rd6 Bc4 $11) 37... Re8 38. Qc3 Re6 39. Qd4 Qg7 40. Rd7 Re7
$11) 35... cxd5 36. Qd2 Rd8 37. Qa5 Rc8 38. Qb6 Qxb6 39. cxb6 Rb8 40. Rxd5 Rxb6
41. Rxf5 $18) 35. Rd6 Rc8 36. Qd4 Kf7 37. Qe5 $18 {Black could have resigned
since his all pieces are boxed.} (37. g4 {is also winning.}) 37... Bd7 (37...
Qf6 38. Qxf6+ Kxf6 39. Ne2 Ke5 40. Nd4 Bd5 41. Rxh6 b4 42. Rh5 $1 (42. axb4 Rb8
43. Re6+ Bxe6 44. Nxc6+ Kd5 45. Nxb8 Kc4) 42... bxa3 (42... Kf6 43. h4 bxa3 44.
bxa3 gxh4 45. Rxf5+ Kg6 46. gxh4 Rh8 47. Rg5+ Kf6 48. Rg4 $18) 43. Rxg5 $18)
38. Qd4 Be6 39. Ne2 Rc7 (39... h5 40. Qe5 Bd7 41. Qxe7+ Kxe7 42. Rh6) 40. Qh8 {
Black is helpless!} (40. Qh8 Rd7 41. Rxc6 Rd1+ 42. Kg2 f4 43. Qh7+ Ke8 44.
Qxe7+ Kxe7 45. gxf4 Bg4 46. Nd4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bled op 21st"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2000.03.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "182"]
[EventDate "2000.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 $1 Nd7 13. O-O e5 14. Bb3 $1
(14. h3 $5 e4 15. Nd2 Nf6 16. Qb1 $14) 14... e4 15. Nd2 Nf6 16. Rc5 Bg4 17. Qb1
Nd7 (17... Be2 18. Re1 Bd3 19. Bc2 Bxc2 20. Qxc2 $14) 18. Rc3 Be2 19. Re1 $6 (
19. Rfc1 $142 $1 $14) 19... Bd3 20. Bc2 Bxc2 21. Qxc2 Rfe8 22. a3 Nf6 23. Rc5
Nd7 $1 (23... Nd5 24. Nb1 Qd6 25. Nc3 b6 26. Rc4 $14) 24. Rh5 $5 {Risky} Qe6
25. Qc4 Qg6 26. Rh3 Nb6 27. Qb3 Rad8 28. Rc1 Rd5 29. Nb1 c5 $5 (29... Rg5 30.
Rg3) (29... Rb5 30. Qc2 Rg5 31. Rg3 Rxg3 32. hxg3 Nd5 33. Nc3 Nf6 34. Ne2 $11)
30. dxc5 Rc8 31. Rg3 Rcxc5 32. Rxc5 Rxc5 33. Nc3 Qc6 34. h3 Rc4 (34... Nc4 $6
35. Qd1 Nxb2 36. Qd4 $40) 35. Qd1 Qd7 $5 (35... Nd7 $5 36. Qg4 $1 (36. Qh5 Qe6
37. h4 Ne5 $15 (37... Rc6 $6 38. Qg4 Qxg4 39. Rxg4 f5 (39... Nc5 40. Rf4 Nd3
41. Rxe4 Nxb2 42. Nd5) 40. Rf4 g6 (40... Rc5 41. g4 g6 42. h5 Ne5 43. hxg6 fxg4
$132))) 36... g6 (36... g5 37. h4 Nf6 38. Qd1) 37. Qf4 Kg7 38. Ne2 $13) 36. Qh5
Qe6 37. h4 Rc6 $2 (37... Nd7) 38. Qg4 Qxg4 39. Rxg4 f5 40. Rf4 g6 (40... Rc5 $2
41. g4 g6 42. h5 Rxc3 43. bxc3 Nd5 44. hxg6 Nxf4 45. exf4 fxg4 46. Kg2 Kg7 47.
f5 h5 48. Kg3 b5 49. Kf4 $18) 41. h5 Nc4 42. hxg6 $1 (42. Nd5 $2 Rc5 43. Ne7+
Kf7 44. Nxg6 Nxb2 45. Nh4 Kf6 46. g4 Nd3 47. Rxf5+ Rxf5 48. Nxf5 Kg5 49. Kg2
Kxg4 $11) 42... Nxb2 43. Nd5 Kg7 44. Rxf5 $1 (44. Ne7 $2 Re6 (44... Rc7 45.
Nxf5+ Kxg6) 45. Nxf5+ Kxg6 46. Ng3 Nc4 $132) 44... Rc1+ 45. Kh2 Kxg6 46. Ne7+
Kg7 47. Rb5 Nd3 48. Rxb7 Nxf2 49. Nd5+ Kf8 $2 (49... Kg6 50. Kg3 Nd3 51. Rxa7
$16) 50. Kg3 Nd3 (50... Rd1 51. Kxf2 Rxd5 52. Rxa7 Rd2+ 53. Kg3 Re2 54. Kf4
Rxg2 55. a4 h5 56. a5 h4 57. a6 Ra2 58. Kg4 $18) 51. Rxa7 Rd1 (51... Rc5 52.
Nf6 Rg5+ 53. Kh2 Rg6 54. Nxe4 Re6 55. Ra4 $18) 52. a4 Ne5 53. Ne7 Ke8 (53...
Rf1 54. a5 Rf7 55. Ng6+ $18) 54. Nf5 Rd5 55. Nxh6 Nc6 56. Rc7 Rd6 57. Nf5 Rg6+
58. Kf4 Nd8 (58... Nb4 59. Kxe4 Ra6 60. g4 Rxa4 61. Rc4 $18) 59. Rc2 Ra6 60.
Rc4 Ne6+ 61. Ke5 (61. Kxe4 Rxa4 62. Rxa4 Nc5+ 63. Ke5 Nxa4 64. Kf6 Nc5 65. g4
$18) 61... Kf7 62. Nd6+ Ke7 63. Nb5 Ra8 64. Rc6 Nf8 65. Nc3 Re8 66. Kd5 Ra8 67.
Kxe4 Ra5 68. Rc4 Ne6 (68... Rg5 69. Kf3) 69. g4 Rg5 70. Kf3 Ra5 71. Ne4 Rd5 72.
Ke2 Ra5 73. Kd3 Kd7 74. Kc3 Re5 75. Kb4 Nc7 76. Nc5+ Kd6 77. Ne4+ (77. a5 Rxc5
78. Rxc5 Na6+ 79. Kb5 Nxc5 80. a6 Nxa6 81. Kxa6 $18) 77... Kd7 78. Rd4+ Kc8 79.
Nd6+ Kb8 80. Nc4 Rg5 81. a5 Nd5+ 82. Ka4 Nf6 83. Rf4 Nxg4 84. e4 Ka7 85. Rf5
Rg6 (85... Rxf5 86. exf5 Ka6 87. Nd2 Nf6 88. Nb3 Kb7 89. Kb5 $18) (85... Rg7
86. Kb5 Rb7+ 87. Nb6 $18) 86. Kb5 (86. Ne5 Re6) 86... Rg7 87. Nd6 (87. a6 Re7
88. Nb6 $18) 87... Rc7 (87... Rd7 88. Rf7) 88. Rf7 $6 (88. Rf8 Rh7 89. Nc8+ (
89. a6 Rh5+) 89... Kb8 90. Nb6+ Kc7 91. a6 Rh5+ 92. Nd5+ $18) 88... Rxf7 89.
Nxf7 Nf6 90. e5 (90. Nd6 Nd7 91. Nc4 Nf8 92. e5 Ne6 93. Kc6 Ka6 94. Kd6 Ng7 95.
e6 Kb5 96. e7 $18) 90... Nd5 91. e6 $4 (91. Nd8 Kb8 92. a6 Nc7+ 93. Kb6 Nd5+
94. Kc5 Nc7 95. Nc6+ Kc8 96. Nb4 Kd7 97. a7 Na8 (97... Ke6 98. Kb6) 98. Nd5 $18
) 91... Nc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRE-chT 31st"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "2002.07.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2002.07.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
({I think I was feeling a little bit rusty for the second game of the day.
Otherwise I would have gone for the interesting} 8. Bg3) 8... Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6
10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 {This move sort of ticked me off.} (11... Nd7 12.
cxd5 exd5 13. Qb1 Nf6 14. Nd2 Re8 15. O-O Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. b4 $14) 12.
Rxc4 $6 {How many times will I go for this toothless line?} (12. Bxc4 Nd7 13.
O-O b6 (13... e5 14. Bb3 $14) 14. Qe2 (14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Be4 Rac8 16. Qc2 Ba6 $11
) 14... Bb7 (14... c5 15. Bb5 $5) 15. Ba6 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 c5 $11) 12... Nd7 13.
Bb1 {Altering into a primitive idea with checkmate.} (13. O-O e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Re4 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Be6 17. Bc4 Rad8 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qe2 Rd5 20. h4 $11)
13... e5 14. Qc2 f5 $1 {Of course!} (14... g6 15. O-O exd4 16. Nxd4 Ne5 17. Rc3
$14) 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Rc5 {A rare move.} (17. O-O Be6 18. Rd4
Rad8 (18... Bd5 19. Rf4) 19. Rfd1 Rd5 $1 $11) 17... Qf6 18. O-O (18. Qb3+ $2 {
White can not afford winning a pawn.} Be6 19. Qxb7 Rab8 $19) (18. g4 $6 fxg4
19. Qh7+ Kf7 20. Rc4 Ke7 $17) 18... Be6 19. Qe2 $2 {A very stupid decision!} ({
The following was my original intention.} 19. e4 fxe4 (19... f4 20. e5 Qf5 (
20... Qg5 21. h4 Qg4) 21. Qc3 (21. Qxf5 Bxf5 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. g4 Rg5 24. h3
Rd8) 21... Qg5 22. Be4 Rad8 23. a4 $13 {Tkachiev-Morovic Fernandez,Solin 1999.}
) 20. Qxe4 Bd5 21. Qh7+ Kf7 22. Be4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Kg8 24. Re5 $11) ({Another
way is} 19. b4 Bd5 20. a4 Qg6 21. g3 Qe6 22. b5) 19... Bd5 $17 20. Bd3 $2 {
Is this how Atalik spits his pawns away?} (20. g3 Rae8 21. Bd3 b6 22. Rc3 f4
23. gxf4 Qh4 24. Bc4 Rxf4 25. Bxd5+ cxd5 26. Kh1 Rf5 $17) 20... Rae8 $4 {
A polite gesture by Azma!} ({Black could simply have won a pawn by} 20... Qg6
$1 21. f3 Bxa2 $19) 21. Bc4 Bxc4 {I had to accept the draw especially after my
two previous moves.} (21... Bxc4 22. Qxc4+ Qf7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg op2"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Cherepkov, Alexander V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1994.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 (9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Qb3 Rd8 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nc6
14. Be2 b6 $1 15. O-O Bb7 16. Rac1 Na5 17. Qb2 Rac8 $10 {Kramnik,V-Lutz,Ch/BRD/
1994/1:0/55/}) (9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Be2 c5
14. dxc5 Rc8 15. b4 bxc5 16. b5 $14 {Huebner,R-Yusupov,A/Munchen/1993/0,5/59/})
9... Nxc3 10. Rxc3 c6 11. Be2 (11. Bd3 dxc4 12. Rxc4 Nd7 13. Bb1 e5 14. Qc2 f5
$13) 11... Nd7 12. O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 b6 (13... Rd8 14. Bd3 c5 15. Qc2 cxd4 16.
Nxd4 Nf6 17. Rc7 Qd6 18. Rd1 $14 {Sokolov,I-Timoshchenko,G/Maribor/1990/1:0/39/
}) (13... e5 14. Bb3 exd4 (14... Re8 15. Qc2 e4 $6 (15... exd4 $5) 16. Nd2 Nf6
17. Rc5 $14 {Vyzmanavin,A-Klovans,J/Bern/1993/}) 15. exd4 Nf6 16. Re1 Qd6 17.
Ne5 Nd5 18. Rg3 $14 {Karpov,A-Yusupov,A/London(m/8)/1989/1:0/53/}) 14. Qe2 (14.
Bd3 c5 15. Bb5 Rd8 16. Bc6 Rb8 17. Qc2 cxd4 18. Nxd4 e5 19. Nf5 Qf6 20. Rd1 Nc5
$10 {Smyslov,V-Kasparov,G/Vinius(m/6)/1984/}) 14... c5 (14... a5 $5 {
Polugaevsky}) 15. Ba6 (15. Bb5 $5) 15... cxd4 16. Nxd4 (16. exd4 Nf6 17. Rfc1
Bxa6 18. Qxa6 Nd5 $10) 16... Bxa6 17. Qxa6 Nc5 18. Qe2 Qf6 (18... a5 19. Qb5
$16) (18... e5 $5) 19. Qf3 $1 Qxf3 20. gxf3 a5 (20... Rfc8 $5 21. b4 Na4 (21...
Nd7 22. Rfc1) 22. Ra3 Nb2 23. b5 $16) 21. Nc6 $1 $16 f6 (21... Rfe8 22. Rd1
Rac8 23. Rd6 $16) 22. a3 a4 (22... Rf7 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Nd7 25. Rd1 $16)
23. Rd1 Kf7 24. Rd6 Rfc8 25. Rc4 $1 Rc7 26. Nd4 Rb7 27. Rb4 Ra6 28. Rb5 e5 $6 (
28... Ke7 $1 29. Rc6 Kd7 30. Rbxc5 bxc5 31. Rxa6 cxd4 32. exd4 Rxb2 $16) 29.
Nf5 g6 (29... Ne6 30. Rc6 Rb8 31. Nd6+ Ke7 32. Rcxb6 Rbxb6 33. Nc8+ $18) 30.
Nxh6+ Ke7 (30... Kg7 $32 31. Ng4 Nd7 $16) 31. Rc6 $18 Nd7 32. Rd5 Ra5 33. Rdd6
Rb5 34. Ng8+ Kf7 35. Nxf6 Nf8 36. Rd2 Ne6 37. Ne4 Ke7 38. Rc4 Ra7 39. Nc3 Rb3
40. Rxa4 Rxa4 41. Nxa4 Ng5 42. Kg2 e4 43. fxe4 1-0

[Event "Chengdu FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Chengdu"]
[Date "2016.07.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Javakhishvili, Lela"]
[Black "Khotenashvili, Bela"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2016.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Qc2 Bf5 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Rxd3 Rad8 19. Rfd1 Rxd3 20. Rxd3 Qa5
21. h3 Qxa2 22. Ra3 Qd5 23. Rxa7 c5 24. e4 {Die Partie wurde von den beiden
Damen in Rekordzeit "abgespult"; dies ist der erste neue Zug.} ({Oder} 24. Ra5
b6 25. Ra7 Rd8 26. Kh2 Ra8 27. Rxa8+ Qxa8 28. Kg3 Qc6 29. e4 g6 30. Kf3 Qf6+
31. Ke2 {1/2-1/2 (31) Wojtaszek,R (2721)-Alekseev,E (2673) Lublin 2011}) 24...
Qc6 25. Ra3 Re8 26. Re3 Rd8 27. Rc3 b6 28. b4 Re8 29. bxc5 bxc5 30. Rxc5 Qxe4
31. Qxe4 Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.09"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Serbia & Montenegro"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 c6 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. O-O (12. cxd5 $5 exd5 13. O-O Re8
(13... Nf6 14. Ne5 $16 {Yusupov/}) 14. Qb1 Nf6 15. b4 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2
Be6 18. Rfc1 Bd5 19. b5 Rad8 {Nikolic,P-Yusupov,A/Horgen/1994/0,5/48/} 20. bxc6
bxc6 21. Rc5 $1 $14 {Yusupov/}) 12... dxc4 (12... e5 $5 13. dxe5 (13. cxd5 e4
14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Be2 exf3 16. Bxf3 Bb7 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Rxc6 $13) 13... dxc4
14. Bxc4 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 $10) 13. Bxc4 e5 14. Bb3 e4 $5 (14... exd4 15. exd4
Nf6 16. Re1 Qd6 17. Ne5 Nd5 (17... Bf5 $2 18. Rf3 $2 {Kasparov,G-Benjamin,J/
Horgen/1994/0,5/58/} (18. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Qb3+ Kf8 21. Qxb7 $16
)) (17... Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Rg3 $14) 18. Rg3 Bf5 19. Qh5 $16 {Karpov,
A-Yusupov,A/London(m/8)/1989/1:0/53/}) 15. Nd2 Nf6 16. Qc2 (16. Rc5 $5 Bg4 17.
Qb1 Nd7 18. Rc3 Rae8 (18... Nf6 19. Rfc1 $14) (18... Be2 $6 19. Rfc1 Bd3 20.
Bc2 Bxc2 21. Qxc2 Nf6 (21... f5 $2 22. Qb3+) 22. Rc5 $16) 19. Qxe4 Qxe4 20.
Nxe4 Rxe4 21. f3 Bxf3 22. gxf3 $14) 16... Bg4 17. Re1 $6 Nd5 $1 18. Bxd5 cxd5
19. Rc1 $6 (19. Rf1 Rac8 20. f3 exf3 21. Nxf3 Qxe3+ $1 $19) (19. Rc7 Rfc8 20.
Rc1 Rxc7 21. Qxc7 Qxc7 22. Rxc7 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Nb1 Bd7 25. Nc3 Bc6 $10)
19... Qg5 $36 20. Kf1 (20. Rc7 Bh3 21. g3 Rfc8 22. Qd1 b6 $15) 20... Rad8 $5
21. Rc7 Rd6 22. h3 $2 (22. Rxb7 Rf6 23. Kg1 $1 $8 Bh3 24. g3 h5 $36 (24... Qf5
25. f3)) 22... Bf5 $17 23. Qc5 (23. Rxb7 Rg6 $40) 23... Rg6 24. g4 Be6 25. Kg2
(25. Qe7 Rf6) (25. Rxb7) (25. Rxb7 h5 $19) 25... h5 26. Qe7 hxg4 (26... Rf6 $1)
27. h4 (27. Qxg5 gxh3+ 28. Kh2 Rxg5 29. Rg1 Rxg1 30. Kxg1 Rc8 31. Rxb7 Rc1+ 32.
Kh2 Rc2 $19) 27... Qf5 $19 28. Kg3 Rf6 29. Rf1 Qg6 30. Rh1 Qf5 (30... Rf3+ $2
31. Nxf3 gxf3+ 32. Qg5 $18) 31. Rh2 Rc8 32. Rxc8+ (32. Rxb7 Rc1 33. Rb8+ Kh7
34. Qe8 Rg1+ $19) 32... Bxc8 33. Qe5 Qd7 34. Rh1 Rf5 35. Qb8 Qc6 36. Kg2 (36.
Qxa7 Qd6+ 37. Kg2 Qf6 38. Rf1 Qxh4 39. Qb8 Qh3+ 40. Kg1 Rh5 41. Qxc8+ Kh7 $19)
36... Kh7 37. Rf1 (37. Qxa7 Qf6 38. Rf1 g3 $1 39. fxg3 Rxf1 40. Nxf1 Qf3+ 41.
Kg1 Bh3 $19) 37... b6 38. Nb3 Ba6 39. Rc1 Qf6 40. Rc2 (40. Qg3 Rf3) 40... Rf3 (
40... Rf3 41. Qxa7 Bd3 42. Rd2 Qxh4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.05.06"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Ne4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8.
Qc2 (8. cxd5 $1 Nxc3 9. bxc3 exd5 10. Qb3 Qd6 11. e3 O-O 12. c4 $36) 8... Nxc3
9. Qxc3 O-O 10. e3 c6 11. Bd3 (11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. O-O Nf6 14. b4 $14
) 11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Be2 Nd7 15. Rac1 c5 16. Rfd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.08.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 Nf6 (9... Nxc3 {/\ 10...c6}) 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O dxc4 12. Bxc4 c5
13. dxc5 (13. Qe2 $5) 13... Nxc5 14. Ne5 Ncd7 $1 15. Qd4 Nxe5 16. Qxe5 Bd7 17.
Nd5 (17. Qc7 Rab8 {/\ 18...Rfc8}) 17... Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bb5 19. Rfd1 Rac8 20. Bf3
Ba6 $10 21. h3 (21. Qd4 e5 22. Qxa7 Qb4 $1 $132 {e.g. 23...Ra8}) 21... b6 22.
Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rd4 Rc1+ 24. Kh2 Qc7 25. Qxc7 Rxc7 26. Kg3 Kf8 27. Rd8+ Ke7 28.
Ra8 Bd3 29. b3 Kf6 30. Rd8 Bb1 31. Rd2 Rc3 32. Be2 Rc2 33. Rxc2 Bxc2 34. f4 Ke7
35. b4 Be4 36. Bf3 Bc2 37. e4 f6 38. e5 a5 39. a3 axb4 40. axb4 Bb3 41. Kf2 g5
42. Ke3 Ba2 43. fxg5 fxg5 44. Kd4 Bb3 45. g3 Ba4 46. h4 gxh4 47. gxh4 Bb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 04th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2003.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2003.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O b6 14. Bd3 c5
15. Be4 Rb8 {Soweit eine bekannte Theorievariante des Lasker-Systems. Weiß tut
sich hier sehr schwer auf der Suche nach einem Minivorteil, und die Textpartie
wird seinen sehr verhaltenen Optimismus nicht gerade vergrößern.} 16. Qa4 (16.
Qc2 a5 (16... Ba6 $1 {(Bologan)} 17. Rc1 Rfc8 $11) 17. Rd1 Rd8 18. Bc6 Bb7 19.
Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Rcd3 Rbb8 21. h3 Rbc8 22. d5 exd5 23. Rxd5 Nf6 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. a4 Qd5 27. Nd2 Qe6 28. Nc4 $14 {Khalifman,A-Korneev,O/Lanzarote
2003}) 16... Nf6 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] Diese wichtige Neuerung scheint alle
schwarzen Entwicklungsprobleme zu lösen.} (16... Bb7 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Qc2 a5
$1 (18... Rc8 19. Rc1 Rbc7 20. b4 $14 {Kramnik,V-Kasparov,G/Las Palmas 1996})
19. Rd1 Re8 20. h3 e5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. Rcd3 Rbe7 24. Rd5 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Kramnik,V/Monte Carlo 2001}) 17. Bc6 ({Nach} 17. Bb1 {(Kramnik)
} Bb7 $1 (17... Nd5 18. Rcc1 $14 {ist Kramniks Variante.}) 18. dxc5 (18. Qxa7
$2 Nd5 $17 {/\Ra8}) 18... Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nd5 20. Qc2 f5 {steht Schwarz
zumindest nicht schlechter.}) (17. Bd3 Bb7 18. Be2 Ne4 $11) 17... cxd4 18. exd4
(18. Nxd4 e5 $11) 18... a6 19. Ne5 Bb7 20. Rfc1 Nd5 $1 {Gut möglich, daß
Bologan mit diesem Zug nur seiner Heimanalyse folgte, denn die folgenden
Varianten am Brett zu finden wäre nicht leicht.} (20... Rfc8 $5 $11) 21. Bxd5
Bxd5 22. Qxa6 Ra8 23. Qxb6 Qg5 24. g3 Rxa2 {Soweit alles forciert. Es droht
Qg5-d2, und Weiß hat nichts Besseres als den Textzug.} 25. Nd7 Qd2 $1 {[%mdl
64]} 26. Nxf8 {Forciert das Unentschieden, aber 26.Rc8 verspach nicht mehr.} (
26. Rc8 Rxb2 $3 (26... Rxc8 $4 27. Rxc8+ Kh7 28. Nf8+ Kg8 29. Nxe6+ Kh7 30.
Nf8+ Kg8 31. Ng6+ Kh7 32. Rh8#) 27. Rxf8+ $2 {Dieser Gewinnversuch ist
nachteilig für Weiß, richtig ist 27.Qxb2!} (27. Qxb2 $1 Qxb2 28. Nxf8 $11)
27... Kh7 28. Rh8+ (28. Qxb2 Qxb2 29. Rfc8 h5 $1 $15) 28... Kg6 29. Ne5+ Kh5
30. Qxb2 (30. g4+ $2 Kh4 31. Qd8+ Kh3 32. Rf1 Qf4 $19) 30... Qxb2 $17) 26...
Rxb2 27. Qxb2 Qxb2 28. Rc8 Bb7 29. Nxe6+ Bxc8 30. Rxc8+ Kh7 31. Nf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Miskolc"]
[Site "Miskolc"]
[Date "2004.03.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O e5 {Solider und
sicherer ist die andere Entwicklungsmethode, 13...b6.} (13... b6 14. Bd3 c5)
14. Qb1 exd4 {Nicht empfehlenswert ist die Schließung des Zentrums mit 15...e4.
} (14... e4 15. Nd2 (15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Qxe4 Re8 $11) 15... Nf6 16. Rfc1 Bf5 17.
b4 (17. Bb3 $14) 17... a6 18. Bb3 $14) 15. exd4 Nb6 16. Bb3 ({Vielversprechend
ist ebenfalls} 16. Re1 Qd6 17. Bb3 Bd7 18. Ne5 Nd5 19. Rg3 Rae8 20. Qe4 $36 {
Ritson Morry,W-Jones,J/Chester 1952}) 16... Qd6 (16... Qf6 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Qc1
Rfe8 19. Ne5 Be6 20. Rce3 Rad8 $2 21. Nxf7 $1 {1-0 Keres,P-Arulaid,A/Tartu 1953
}) 17. Qe4 $5 {/\Bc2} (17. Re1 $5) 17... Be6 $1 {Der weiße Königsangriff nimmt
konkrete Formen an, deswegen ist der Übergang in ein schlechteres Endspiel
noch das kleinste Übel für Schwarz.} (17... Bd7 18. Bc2 f5 19. Bb3+ Kh7 20. Qh4
Qf6 21. Qxf6 Rxf6 22. Re1 Rd8 23. Rce3 f4 24. Re7 $14 {Najdorf,M-Medina Garcia,
A/Barcelona 1946}) (17... Be6 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Qxe6 fxe6 20. Re1 Rf6 21. Rb3
Rd8 22. a4 Rd7 23. a5 Nd5 24. Ne5 Rc7 25. g3 $14 {Bolbochan,J-Maderna,C/Mar
del Plata 1952}) 18. Bxe6 (18. Bc2 $6 f5) 18... Qxe6 19. Qxe6 fxe6 20. Re1 $14
{Weiß hat einen minimalen aber langfristigen Vorteil, seine Figuren sind
aktiver und der schwarze Isolani e6 ist schwächer als der weiße auf d4.} Rae8
$6 {Genauer ist 20...Rf6.} (20... Rf6 21. Rb3 Rd8 22. a4 Rd7 23. a5 Nd5 24. Ne5
Rc7 25. g3 Rf8 26. Rc1 Ne7 27. Rc4 Rd8 28. Rcb4 Rb8 $14 {Bolbochan,J-Maderna,C/
Mar del Plata 1952}) 21. Ra3 $1 Nc8 22. g3 Nd6 23. Kg2 Nb5 24. Rb3 Re7 $2 {
[%mdl 8192] Zweifelsohne ein Einsteller. Nach 24...Rd8 hätte Schwarz eine
spielbare Stellung.} (24... Rd8 25. Re4 (25. Rxe6 Nxd4 26. Nxd4 Rxd4 27. Rxb7
Rd2 28. Rg6 Rfxf2+ 29. Kh3 Rxh2+ 30. Kg4 h5+ 31. Kg5 Rd5+ 32. Kf4 Rf2+ 33. Ke4
Rf7 $11) 25... Rf6 $14) 25. d5 $1 $16 {Mit diesem Durchbruch wird Weiß seine
Schwäche los und gewinnt dazu einen gegnerischen Bauern.} Rd8 (25... Rf6 26. a4
Nd6 27. dxc6 bxc6 28. Rc1 $16) 26. a4 Nc7 (26... Nd6 27. dxe6 Rde8 28. Rbe3 $16
) 27. dxc6 bxc6 28. Rc1 e5 29. Rxc6 e4 30. Nh4 Nd5 31. Nf5 Rf7 32. Rd6 $1 Rxd6
33. Nxd6 Rc7 34. Rb8+ Kh7 35. Rb7 $1 {Der Übergang in das Springerendspiel
gewinnt am schnellsten.} Rxb7 36. Nxb7 Kg6 37. Nd6 e3 38. f4 Nb4 39. Kf3 Nd3
40. Nc4 Nc5 41. a5 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 04th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2003.04.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2003.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Qc2 ({Mehr verspricht Weiß} 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3) 10...
Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Nd7 12. cxd5 {Recht anspruchslos gespielt. Die Karlsbader
Bauernstruktur ist bekannterweise gut für Schwarz, wenn ein paar Leichtfiguren
bereits abgetauscht sind.} (12. Bd3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b6 $11) 12... exd5 $11 13.
Bd3 Nf6 14. O-O Re8 (14... Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 Bg4 17. Qc5 Qe6 18. h3 Be2
19. Rfe1 Bb5 20. Qa3 b6 21. Qb3 Qxb3 22. Nxb3 f5 23. Rc3 Rad8 24. Nd2 Rd5 25.
Ra1 Rf6 26. a4 Bd3 27. a5 c5 $11 {Chuchelov,V-Korneev,O/Germany 1992}) (14...
a5 15. a3 a4 16. Qc2 Be6 17. Nd2 Nd7 18. f4 Nf6 19. Nf3 Bc8 20. Ne5 Ng4 21. Rf3
Re8 22. h3 Nf6 23. g4 Ne4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Rg3 $14 {Gausel,E-Nielsen,P/Bergen
2000}) 15. Nd2 (15. b4 Ne4 $11) 15... a5 16. Qc5 Be6 17. Qxe7 Rxe7 18. Rc3 Ne8
$1 {[%mdl 32] Eine typische Überführung in "Karlsbader" Stellungen. Der
schwarze Springer nimmt von d6 aus am Geschehen an den beiden Flügeln teil.}
19. Rfc1 Nd6 20. Ra3 Bd7 $1 21. Rc5 $2 {Mit großem Eifer versucht Weiß, den
Damenflügel des Gegners zu schwächen - und gerät dabei plötzlich in eine
schlechtere Stellung. Kein Wunder, denn die Idee b7-b5 nebst Nd6-c4 gehört zum
typischen Vorgehen von Schwarz in "Karlsbader" Stellungen.} b5 $1 22. b4 {
Bereits erzwungen, sonst wird der weiße Turm auf b3 abgeklemmt.} (22. Rc1 b4
23. Rb3 Ne4 $1 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Nc4 Be6 26. a3 Rb7 $15) 22... Nb7 23. Rc2 Ree8
$15 24. Rb3 $2 {Für sich selbst unerwartet in Nachteil geraten, verteidigt
sich Lputian nicht zäh genug.} ({Mit} 24. bxa5 $1 Nxa5 25. Nb3 $1 Nxb3 (25...
Nc4 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Nc5 Bc8 $11) 26. Rxb3 Ra4 27. Kf1 Rea8 28. Rbb2 $15 {
konnte Weiß seinen Hauptfeind, den schwarzen Springer, abtauschen und eine
etwas schlechtere, aber remisliche Stellung erreichen.}) 24... axb4 (24... Nd6
$5 $15) 25. Rxb4 Ra3 26. Rb3 Ra7 {/\Nb3-c5} 27. Rbb2 Nd6 28. g4 $2 {Übersieht
den 31. Zug von Schwarz.} (28. Nb3 Nc4 29. Bxc4 dxc4 30. Nc5 Bf5 $17) ({
Besser war} 28. Nb1 $1 Rea8 29. Nc3 $15) 28... Nc4 29. Nxc4 dxc4 30. Bf5 Bxf5
31. gxf5 Rd8 $1 $19 {Auf diese Weise gewnnt Schwarz einen Bauern bei klar
überlegener Stellung.} 32. Rb4 Rd5 33. a4 Rxf5 34. axb5 cxb5 35. e4 (35. Rcb2
Ra5 $19) 35... Rf4 36. Rxb5 Rg4+ 37. Kf1 Ra1+ 38. Ke2 Rxe4+ 39. Kf3 Rxd4 40.
Rb4 Ra3+ (40... Ra3+ 41. Kg2 Rg4+ 42. Kf1 Ra1+ 43. Ke2 Rh1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Mario Covas 3rd"]
[Site "Santos"]
[Date "2003.04.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2003.04.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O e5 {Ob nach dem
Textzug oder nach 13...b6 - der Weg zum Ausgleich im Lasker-System scheint für
Schwarz nach den letzten Erkentnissen recht unproblematisch zu sein.} (13... b6
) 14. Bb3 exd4 (14... e4 15. Nd2 Nf6 16. Rc5 $14) (14... Rd8 15. Re1 exd4 16.
Qxd4 Nf8 17. Qe5 Qxe5 18. Nxe5 Be6 19. Rec1 Nd7 20. Bxe6 Nxe5 $11 {Zvjaginsev,
V-San Segundo Carrillo,P/Ohrid 2001}) 15. exd4 Rd8 $1 {[%mdl 256] Der beste
Zug. Schwarz führt seinen Springer nach f8, um den weißen Läufer mit Bc8-e6
abtauschen zu können.} 16. Re1 Qd6 17. Rce3 $146 (17. Qe2 Nf8 18. Qe7 Ne6 19.
Qh4 Nf8 $1 {(I.Donev)} (19... Qf4 $2 20. Qxd8+ $3 Nxd8 21. Re8+ Kh7 22. Rxd8
$16 {Zakharevich-Biriukov/Petroff mem 2000}) 20. Qh5 Be6 $11) (17. h3 Nf8 18.
Ne5 Be6 19. Qh5 Qe7 20. Nf3 Rd6 21. Qc5 Qd8 22. Qb4 Qc7 23. Rce3 Rad8 24. Qa3
a6 25. Bc2 Rd5 $11 {Gyimesi-Horvath,J/Elekes mem 2000}) (17. d5 cxd5 18. Qxd5
Qxd5 19. Bxd5 Nf8 $11) 17... Nf8 18. Ne5 (18. Re7 $2 Ne6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 $19)
18... Be6 19. Qh5 Bxb3 {Der einzige Zug, der jedoch zum Ausgleich vollkommen
genügt.} (19... Qe7 $2 20. Nxf7 Qxf7 21. Bxe6 Nxe6 22. Qxf7+ Kxf7 23. Rxe6 $16)
(19... Qc7 $2 20. Nxf7 Bxb3 $2 (20... Qxf7 $16) 21. Re7 $18) (19... f6 $4 20.
Nf7 $18) 20. Rxb3 Qc7 $11 21. Qg4 Ne6 ({Mit} 21... Rd6 $1 22. Rf3 Re8 $15 {
hätte Schwarz sogar bessere Chancen bekommen können.}) 22. Nxf7 Qxf7 23. Rxe6 (
23. Qxe6 Qxe6 24. Rxe6 Rxd4 $11) 23... Rxd4 24. Qxd4 Qxe6 25. h4 Qf7 26. Re3
Rf8 27. Rf3 Qxa2 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Qb4+ Kg8 30. Qxb7 a5 31. Qxc6 Qb1+ 32. Kh2
Qxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[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. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 c6 11. Bd3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O e5 {Das
Lasker-System ist bekannt für seine Sicherheit. Schwarz bekommt fast in jeder
Variante eine leicht schlechtere Stellung mit den besten Aussichten
auszugleichen.} 14. Bb3 Rd8 $1 {Plant den Tausch auf d4 und anschließend
Nd7-f8.} (14... exd4 15. exd4 Nf6 16. Re1 $14) (14... Re8) (14... e4 15. Nd2)
15. Re1 (15. Qb1 exd4 16. exd4 Nf8 17. Re1 Be6 18. Qf5 Qf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20.
Re4 Rd7 21. Rf4 Bxb3 22. Rxb3 Re8 23. Rxf6 Rxd4 $11 {Stahlberg,G-Gligoric,S/
Saltsjobaden 1952}) (15. Qc2 exd4 16. exd4 Nf8 17. Re1 Be6 18. h3 Rd6 19. Rce3
Bxb3 20. Qxb3 Ne6 $11 {Izeta Txabarri,F-Bezgodov,A/Tunis 1997}) 15... exd4 16.
Qxd4 {Dies bereitet Schwarz keinerlei Schwierigkeiten.} ({Aber auch nach} 16.
exd4 Qd6 {sehe ich für Weiß keine Möglichkeit, dem einfachen gegnerischen Plan
etwas entgegenzustellen.} {Nach} 17. Qe2 (17. h3 Nf8 18. Ne5 Be6 $11) (17. d5
cxd5 18. Qxd5 Qxd5 19. Bxd5 Nf8 20. Bb3 {1/2-1/2 Zakharevich,I-Bezgodov,A/Perm
1997} Be6 $11) 17... Nf8 18. Qe7 Ne6 19. Qh4 {sollte Schwarz kaltblütig} Nf8 $1
{fortsetzen (I.Donev)} (19... Qf4 $2 20. Qxd8+ $3 Nxd8 21. Re8+ Kh7 22. Rxd8
$16 {Zakharevich-Biriukov/Petroff mem 2000}) 20. Qh5 Be6 $11) 16... Nf8 17. Qe5
Qxe5 18. Nxe5 Be6 $11 {Schwarz steht mindestens nicht schlechter.} 19. Rec1 Nd7
(19... Rd2 $11) 20. Bxe6 Nxe5 21. Bf5 g6 22. Be4 Rd2 {Weiß muß bereits sehr
auf der Hut sein, da Schwarz die einzige offene Linie unter Kontrolle hat.} 23.
f4 (23. R3c2 Rad8 24. Kf1 f5 25. Rxd2 Rxd2 26. Bc2 Nd3 (26... Ng4 27. h3 $1)
27. Bxd3 Rxd3 28. Ke2 Rd5 $11) 23... f5 $1 24. Bc2 Ng4 25. e4 (25. h3 Nf6 $11)
25... fxe4 26. Rg3 h5 27. h3 $2 ({Besser sah} 27. Bxe4 {aus:} Rad8 28. Rf1 Kg7
29. h3 Nf6 30. Bxg6 (30. Rxg6+ Kf7) 30... h4 31. Rg5 Rxb2 32. Re1 Nd5 $11)
27... Nf2 $1 28. Rxg6+ Kh7 29. Rg5 (29. Re6 $2 Rg8 30. Kf1 Nd3 31. Bxd3 exd3
$17) 29... Kh6 30. Rf1 $2 {Ein ernsthafter Fehler. Weiß sollte unbedingt den
aktiven gegnerischen Turm von der zweiten Reihe verdrängen.} (30. Kf1 $1 Rf8
31. Ke1 Rd7 32. g3 Nxh3 33. Re5 h4 $15) 30... Rf8 $1 $17 {Mit diesem
taktischen Stich gewinnt Schwarz den Bauern f4.} 31. Bb3 (31. Rxf2 $2 Rxf2 32.
Kxf2 Rxf4+ $19) 31... Rxf4 32. Re5 Rxb2 33. Re6+ Kg5 34. Re5+ Kg6 35. Re6+ Kg5
{Diese Einwilligung in die Zugwiederholung ist nur mit großer Nervosität in
Zeitnot zu erklären.} ({Nach} 35... Kf5 $1 36. Re7 Nd3 $17 {hätte Schwarz gute
Chancen, die Partie zu gewinnen.}) 36. Re5+ Kg6 37. Re6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 c6 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O Re8 {Solider ist 12...dxc4,
was zu den Hauptvarianten führt. Die Einschaltung von Re8 und Qc2 ist eher für
Weiß günstig.} (12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 (13. Rxc4 e5 $11) 13... b6 (13... e5)) 13.
Qc2 dxc4 14. Bxc4 e5 15. d5 $1 Nb6 $146 {Eine vorbereitete Neuerung, die
anderen Züge sind schlechter.} (15... e4 16. Nd4 c5 17. Nb5 Qe5 18. d6 Rf8 19.
Rd1 Nf6 20. Bxf7+ $1 Rxf7 21. Rxc5 Qe8 22. Nc7 Rxc7 23. dxc7 $18 {Gurevich,M 
(2656)-Hamdouchi,H (2588)/Belfort 2003}) (15... c5 16. Rd1 e4 17. d6 Qf6 18.
Nd2 $36 {Gurevich,M}) (15... cxd5 16. Bxd5 Nf6 17. Rc7 $16 {Gurevich,M}) 16.
dxc6 bxc6 17. Rc1 {Besser gefällt mit der Vorschlag von M. Gurevich 17.Bb3.} (
17. Bb3 Bb7 18. Rd1 Rad8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Qe4 $14 {Gurevich,M}) 17... Nd5 $1 {
Onischuk muss aktiv spielen, um seine Bauernschwächen zu kompensieren.} (17...
Bg4 18. Qe4 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 $14) 18. Rb3 a5 $1 {Schwarz will die etwas
ungeschickte Stellung des Rb3 ausnutzen.} (18... Bg4 $5 19. Be2 (19. Qe4 Bxf3
20. Qxf3 e4 21. Qf5 Rad8 22. h3 Rd6 $11) 19... Rac8 20. Qc4 $14) 19. Qe4 a4 20.
Ra3 Bd7 $5 {Dieses Bauernopfer ist korrekt und sollte zum Ausgleich führen.}
21. Bxd5 cxd5 22. Qxd5 Rab8 23. Rac3 $2 {Gibt den Bauern gleich zurück. Besser
war 23.Qd2, wonach die Aktivität der schwarzen Figuren den geopferten Bauern
kompensieren sollte.} (23. Nxe5 $2 Qxe5 24. Qxd7 Qxb2 25. Rac3 Qxa2 $15) (23.
Qd2 $1 Red8 24. Qc2 e4 (24... Rb6 $5) 25. Nd2 (25. Nd4 Qb4 $44) 25... f5 26.
Nc4 Bb5 27. Rc3 Qf6 28. b3 axb3 29. axb3 Rd7 $44) 23... Bg4 $2 ({Nichts sprach
gegen} 23... Rxb2 $1 24. Rc7 Rd8 25. Rd1 Rbb8 $1 $11) 24. b3 axb3 25. axb3 $14
{Nun hat Weiß einen Mehrbauern und aktive Figuren.} Rb4 26. Ne1 Rd8 27. Qa5
Rdb8 28. h3 R4b5 29. Qa1 Be6 30. Nf3 Bxb3 $2 (30... Qe8 $1 31. Rc5 f6 32. Nd2
$14) 31. Rc8+ Rxc8 $2 {Der entscheidende Fehler. Schwarz durfte auf keinen
Fall die weißen Figuren auf die 8. Reihe kommen lassen.} (31... Kh7 32. R1c7
Qe6 33. Rxb8 Rxb8 34. Nxe5 $16) 32. Rxc8+ Kh7 33. Qa8 $18 {Der weiße Angriff
ist nicht zu stoppen.} Rd5 34. Qb8 Ba4 35. e4 Rb5 36. Rh8+ Kg6 37. Qg8 Rb1+ 38.
Kh2 Bd7 39. Qh7+ Kf6 40. Rg8 Ke6 41. Qxg7 Qf6 42. Qg3 Rb5 43. Ra8 Ke7 44. Qg8
Qf4+ 45. g3 Qxf3 46. Qd8+ Kd6 47. Ra6+ Kc5 48. Qe7+ Kc4 49. Ra4+ Kc3 50. Ra3+
Rb3 51. Qxe5+ Kc2 $2 (51... Kd2 52. Qd5+ Rd3 (52... Ke1 53. Qa5+ $1 Kxf2 54.
Qd2+ $18) 53. Qa2+ Ke1 54. Qb1+ Kd2 55. Ra2+ Kc3 56. Rc2+ Kd4 57. Qb2+ Kxe4 58.
Rc5 Rd5 59. Rc3 Rd3 60. Qb7+ $18) 52. Ra2+ Kc1 53. Qa1+ Rb1 54. Qd4 1-0

[Event "Geneve op"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Ekstroem, Roland"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1997.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 Nd7 12. O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 b6 14. Bd3 c5
15. Bb5 (15. Be4 Rb8 16. Qa4 Bb7 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Qc2 Rc8 19. Rc1 Rbc7 20. b4
$14 {Kramnik-Kasparov/Las Palmas 1996}) 15... Rd8 16. Bc6 Ba6 (16... Rb8 17.
Qc2 (17. Qa4 cxd4 18. exd4 a5 $10) 17... cxd4 18. Nxd4 e5 19. Nf5 Qf6 20. Rd1
Nc5 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Ng3 Be6 23. b4 Rc8 24. Bf3 Na6 25. a3 Rxc3 26. Qxc3 Qc7
27. Qd2 Nb8 $10 {Smyslov,V-Kasparov,G (6)/Vilnius cf 1984}) 17. Bxa8 Bxf1 18.
Kxf1 (18. Qxf1 Rxa8 19. Qa6 e5 20. Qb7 Re8 21. dxc5 Nxc5 $10 {Ftacnik,
L-Spassky,B/Gjovik 1983}) (18. Bc6 $142 Ba6 19. Qa4) 18... Rxa8 19. Qc2 a5 $1
$10 20. Qe4 (20. Qb3 Qd6 21. Qb5 $6 e5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 $15) 20... Rc8 21. Qb7 Qd8
$1 (21... Rb8 22. Qc7 Qd8 23. Qxd8+ Rxd8 24. Ke2 Kf8 25. Rb3 (25. Kd3 Nf6 $10)
25... cxd4 26. exd4 Ke7 $10) 22. Qa6 Ra8 23. Qb7 (23. Qd3 cxd4 24. Qxd4 Nc5 $10
) 23... Rb8 24. Qa6 $2 (24. Qe4 $10) 24... cxd4 25. exd4 Nf6 26. Qa7 Ra8 $2 (
26... Nd5 $1 27. Rc6 (27. Ne5 Nxc3 28. Qxf7+ Kh8 29. bxc3 Qe8 $17) (27. Rc1 Rc8
$17) 27... Qe8 $1 28. Ne5 Rd8 $17 {/\f6}) 27. Qb7 Rb8 28. Qa7 Ra8 29. Qb7 Rb8
30. Qa7 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.03.09"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Slobodjan, Roman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[BlackTeam "Neukoelln"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 Nd7 (11... dxc4) 12. cxd5 ({Die andere
gute Theoriefortsetzung ist} 12. O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 e5 14. Bb3 $14) 12... exd5
13. O-O Nf6 (13... Re8 14. Qb1 Nf6 15. b4 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 Be6 18.
Rfc1 Bd5 19. b5 Rad8 $132 {Nikolic,P-Jussupow,A/Horgen 1994}) 14. Ne5 (14. Qb1
$5) 14... Ne4 15. Bxe4 (15. Ra3 Bf5 16. Qc2 Bh7 $11 {/\f6}) 15... dxe4 16. Qb1
Rd8 $2 $146 {Dieses taktische Übersehen bleibt unbestraft. Richtig war 16...
Bf5 oder 16...Be6.} (16... Bf5 17. b4 f6 18. Nc4 Rfd8 19. Nd2 Rd5 20. Rc5 Rad8
21. Rfc1 Qe8 22. a4 a6 23. Qc2 h5 24. Qd1 h4 25. h3 Qg6 26. Kh1 Be6 27. Qc2 Bf5
28. Nc4 Be6 29. Nb6 $14 {Franic,M-Begovac,F/Porec 1998}) (16... Be6 $5) 17. b4
$2 {Weiß konnte seelenruhig den Bauern nehmen.} (17. Qxe4 $1 f6 18. Qh4 g5 19.
Ng6 Qh7 (19... Qg7 20. Qe4 Bd7 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Nf5 $16) 20. Qe4 Bd7 21. Ne7+
Kh8 22. Qxh7+ Kxh7 23. d5 $16) 17... Be6 {Slobodjan verfolgt einen simplen,
aber wirksamen Plan- er verzichtet auf die Vertreibung des Ne5 und überführt
seinen Läufer nach d5.} 18. a3 $6 {Der einzige logische Plan von Weiß ist mit
a3-a4 und b4-b5 verbunden, und es bestand keinen Grund für die Verzögerung.} (
18. Qxe4 $6 Bxa2 19. Qc2 Bd5 $15) (18. a4 $142 Bd5 19. Rfc1 Rd6 20. b5 $14)
18... Bd5 19. Rfc1 Qe8 20. a4 Rd6 21. h3 $6 {Weiß beginnt, Wasser zu treten
und erlaubt dem Gegner die beste Figurenaufstellung zu erreichen. Zum
ausgeglichenen Spiel führte der Programmzug 21.b5.} (21. b5 cxb5 22. Qxb5 Qxb5
23. axb5 a6 24. Rc8+ Rxc8 25. Rxc8+ Kh7 26. bxa6 bxa6 27. Nc4 Bxc4 28. Rxc4 a5
29. Ra4 Ra6 $11) 21... Rad8 22. Qb2 $6 a6 $1 23. Rc5 (23. Nc4 Rg6 24. Nb6 Qe7
$40 {/\Qg5}) 23... Re6 24. R5c2 $2 {Unterschätzt die positionelle Drohung des
Gegners. Es war noch nicht zu spät, den Springer mit 24.Nc4 auf den
"richtigen" Feldern spielen zu lassen.} (24. b5 $2 cxb5 25. axb5 Rb6 $15) (24.
Nc4 $1 {/\Nb6}) 24... b5 $1 {[%mdl 32] Sehr stark! Erst nach diesem Zug wird
der Springer vertrieben und den Weg in die passive Position auf h2 antreten
müssen.} 25. Rc3 f6 26. Ng4 Qe7 27. axb5 axb5 28. Ra3 h5 29. Nh2 f5 30. Rca1
Qg5 $17 31. Kh1 Rg6 32. Rg1 f4 {Um seinen König abzusichern mußte Cramling den
Vorstoß f5-f4 erlauben.} 33. Qc1 Rf8 {[%csl Rf2] ><f2} 34. exf4 $2 {Verliert
einen Bauern.} Qxf4 35. Ra8 (35. Qxf4 Rxf4 36. Rf1 e3 $19) 35... Qxf2 36. Rxf8+
Qxf8 $19 37. Qe1 Qf4 (37... Re6 $5 38. Rf1 Qe7 $19 {/\e3} 39. Qe3 $2 Qxb4) 38.
Nf1 Bc4 39. Qe3 Qxe3 40. Nxe3 Bd3 $2 {Offensichtlich in Zeitnot, spielt
Slobodjan ungenau und erlaubt seiner Gegnerin einen zähen Widerstand.} ({
Richtig war} 40... Rd6 $1 41. Nf5 (41. Nxc4 bxc4 42. Rd1 Kf7 $19) (41. Rd1 Bd3
$19) 41... Rd7 42. Re1 Bd3 $19 {/\g6}) 41. Rc1 Rf6 (41... Rd6 42. Nf5 $1) 42.
Kg1 g6 43. d5 $1 cxd5 44. Nxd5 $17 Rf7 45. h4 Bc4 46. Ne3 Bd3 47. Nd5 Kg7 48.
Kh2 e3 $1 49. Nxe3 Rf4 50. Rc7+ Kf8 51. Nd5 Rxh4+ 52. Kg1 Rd4 53. Nf6 Bf5 54.
Kf2 Rxb4 $19 55. Ke3 h4 56. Rb7 Rb2 57. Kf4 Rxg2 58. Rxb5 Kg7 59. Ne8+ Kh6 60.
Nd6 Be6 61. Re5 Rf2+ 62. Ke3 Rf1 63. Ke2 Rf6 64. Ne4 Bg4+ 65. Ke3 Rf3+ 66. Kd4
Bf5 0-1

[Event "Griesheim Testa GM"]
[Site "Griesheim"]
[Date "2004.01.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bunzmann, Dimitrij"]
[Black "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2004.01.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 dxc4 ({Alternativ kann Schwarz} 10... c6 11. Bd3 dxc4
12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O b6 {spielen und den Vorstoß c6-c5 später durchsetzen:} 14.
b4 (14. e4 Bb7 15. Rfe1) 14... Bb7 15. Be2 a5 16. a3 axb4 17. axb4 c5 $11) 11.
Bxc4 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Be2 c5 14. dxc5 Rc8 15. b4 bxc5 16. b5 Nd7 $6 {Soweit
eine bekannte theoretische Variante des Lasker-Systems. Die Theorie hält nun
16...a6 für das Beste, während der Textzug als weniger genau gilt.} (16... a6
$1 17. a4 (17. Rfd1 axb5 18. Bxb5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 c4 $5 $11) (17. Nd2 $2 axb5 18.
Bxb5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qb7+ 20. Kh3 Qxb5 21. Rg1 {Huebner-Jussupow/München 1993} g6
$1 22. Ne4 Qb4 23. Nf6+ Kh8 $15) 17... axb5 18. axb5 Nd7 19. Rfc1 Nb6 $11 {
Alterman,B-Hansen,S/Moscow 1994}) 17. Nd2 $1 a6 18. a4 axb5 19. Bxb5 $1 $14 {
Das macht den Unterschied zu 16...a6 aus, Weiß kann mit dem Läufer auf b5
nehmen, ohne die Schwächung seines Königs nach Bxf3 zu befürchten. Es ist ein
bißchen wie in einem Bauernendspiel, der entfernte Freibauer wiegt hier mehr,
zumal Weiß dazu den gegnerischen besser blockieren kann.} Nf6 (19... Qg5 20. f3
$14) 20. Nc4 Qc7 $6 {Zu passiv gespielt. Besser verteidigte sich Schwarz in
der Partie Müller-Slobodian.} (20... Rd8 $1 21. Rfd1 (21. f3 $5) 21... Ne4 22.
Qb2 (22. Qe5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Qh4 $132) 22... Nd6 $1 {Der Abtausch des starken
weißen Springers erleichtert die schwarze Verteidigung erheblich.} 23. Nxd6
Rxd6 24. Rxd6 Qxd6 25. Bf1 Ba6 26. Bxa6 Qxa6 27. Qc3 c4 $11 {Mueller,
K-Slobodjan,R/Altenkirchen 2001}) 21. Rfd1 Ba6 (21... Ng4 22. f4 Nf6 23. a5 $14
) 22. Bxa6 Rxa6 23. Qd3 Rca8 (23... Ng4 24. f4 $14 (24. Nd6 $6 Rca8 25. h3 Nf6
$11)) 24. a5 Nd5 25. g3 {/\e4} R8a7 $6 26. Rab1 Nb4 $6 27. Qd8+ Qxd8 28. Rxd8+
Kh7 29. Rb8 $6 {Der weiße Endspielvorteil ist unbestritten, aber der Textzug
vergibt einen Teil davon. 29...Nc6 war keine Drohung, so konnte der weiße
König zum Damenflügel eilen.} (29. Kf1 Nc6 30. Rd6 $16) 29... Nc6 30. R8b6 Rxb6
$1 31. axb6 Ra4 32. Nd6 Kg6 (32... Rb4 $5) 33. b7 (33. Rb5 $5 Rb4 34. b7 Rxb5
35. Nxb5 $14) 33... Rb4 34. Rxb4 cxb4 {Das Springerendspiel dürfte für Schwarz
haltbar sein, wenn auch nicht ohne Schwierigkeiten.} 35. Kf1 Kf6 (35... b3 $2
36. Nc4 $16 {/\Ke2-d2-c3}) 36. Ke2 Ke7 37. Nb5 (37. Nc4 $5 Kd8 38. Ne5 Nb8 39.
Nxf7+ Kc7 40. f4 Nc6 41. Kd3 Kxb7 42. Kc4 Kb6 43. Nd6 Ka5 44. Kb3 Kb6 $11)
37... Kd7 38. Kd3 f6 $2 {Offenbar in Zeitnot, findet Prusikhin nicht den
richtigen Weg.} (38... Nb8 $1 39. f4 (39. Kc4 Nc6 $1 $11 {/\Na5}) 39... Kc6 40.
Kc4 b3 41. Nd4+ Kxb7 42. Nxb3 Kc6 $11) 39. f4 $2 {Ein Gegenfehler...} (39. Nd4
$1 Nb8 40. Kc4 e5 41. Nf5 $16) 39... f5 $2 {...und der endgültige Verlustzug.}
(39... e5 $1 {nebst Nb8 hielt noch Remis.}) 40. Nd4 Nb8 41. Kc4 $18 {Die
Schwäche e6 entscheidet die Partie.} g6 42. Kxb4 Kc7 43. Nxe6+ Kxb7 44. Nf8 Kc6
45. Kc4 g5 46. fxg5 hxg5 47. Ne6 Nd7 48. Nxg5 Ne5+ 49. Kd4 Kd6 50. e4 Nc6+ 51.
Ke3 Ke5 52. Nf3+ Kf6 53. exf5 Kxf5 54. Nd4+ 1-0

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zakharevich, Igor"]
[Black "Biriukov, Oleg V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 c6 11. Bd3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O e5 14. Bb3 Rd8
15. Re1 exd4 16. exd4 Qd6 17. Qe2 $1 {Offensichtlich ist diese
Damengambit-Variante eine Spezialität von Zakharevich, und jetzt versucht er
sein Spiel zu verstärken.} (17. d5 cxd5 18. Qxd5 Qxd5 19. Bxd5 Nf8 20. Bb3 {
1/2-1/2 Zakharevich,I-Bezgodov,A/Perm 1997/CBM 58 (20)}) 17... Nf8 {Die
Eröffnungsphase ist schon vorbei, aber der Nachziehende hat noch nicht seine
Entwicklung am Damenflügel beendet. Mit seinem letzten Zug öffnet er die
Diagonale c8-h3 um seinen schlechten Läufer ins Spiel zu bringen (am besten
mit Be6, um den starken weißen Läufer zu neutralisieren!)} 18. Qe7 {Weiß
verhindert diese Idee und nimmt den Bauern b7 unter Beschuss.} Ne6 (18... Qxe7
19. Rxe7 Ne6 20. Ne5 $1 Rxd4 21. Rf3 $1 {[%cal Ye7f7,Yf3f7,Ye5f7] wäre es für
Schwarz nicht gut gewesen.} Re4 (21... f6 22. Re8+ Kh7 23. Bc2+ $18) 22. Re8+
Kh7 23. Bc2 $18) 19. Qh4 Qf4 $2 {Nach diesem Fehler bricht die schwarze
Stellung zusammen. Besser ist:} (19... Nf8 $142 20. Rce3 (20. Ne5 Be6 $11)
20... Be6 $1 $14 {hätte Schwarz den weißen Vorteil auf ein Minimum begrenzen
können.}) (19... Nxd4 $2 20. Nxd4 Qxd4 21. Qxd4 Rxd4 22. Re8+ Kh7 23. h4 Rxh4
24. Bxf7 $16) {[%tqu "De","Wie übenimmt der Anziehende die Initiative?","","",
"h4d8","Mit diese wunderschöne Damenopfer übernimmt der Anziehende die
entscheidende Initiative.",10]} 20. Qxd8+ $3 {[%mdl 192] Mit diesem
wunderschönen Damenopfer übernimmt der Anziehende die entscheidende Initiative.
} Nxd8 21. Re8+ Kh7 22. Rxd8 {Für die Dame hat der Anziehende nur ein Turm und
Springer bekommen, aber es gibt andere positionelle Vorteile, die man in
Betracht ziehen muss. Alle weiße Figuren sind harmonisch und sehr aktiv
entwickelt. Eine besonders wichtige Rolle spielt der Turm auf d8, der den Bc8
fesselt und gegen den schwarzen König einen Angriff führt.} Qc7 23. Rf8 Rb8 {
Ein Versuch den Bc8 aus der Fesselung zu befreien.} (23... Qd6 24. Bc2+ g6 (
24... f5 25. Rxc8 $1 Rxc8 26. Bxf5+ $18 {[%cal Yf5h7,Yf5c8]}) 25. Rxf7+ Kg8 26.
Bb3 Be6 27. Rf6 Re8 28. Re3 $18) 24. Rxf7 Qd6 25. Re3 Bg4 {Endlich im 25. Zug
hat der Schwarze seine Entwicklung beendet. Zu spät. Die weißen Figuren sind
so stark platziert, dass der Angriff gegen den schwarzen König unvermeidlich
ist.} 26. Ree7 Rg8 ({Hoffnungslos war auch:} 26... Qg6 27. Ne1 $1 Kh8 28. Bc2
Qg5 29. h4 $1 Qxh4 30. Rxg7 $18) 27. Ne5 ({Natürlich gewinnt auch:} 27. Bc2+
Kh8 28. Ne5 $18) 27... Qxd4 ({Auf} 27... Bf5 {hätte Weiß einfach} 28. Rxb7 $18
{spielen können.}) 28. Bc2+ Kh8 29. Rf4 $1 {[%cal Yf4d4,Yf4g4,Ye5f7] Ein
wunderbare Angriffspartie.} (29. Rf4 Qxf4 30. Ng6+ $18 {[%cal Yg6h8,Yg6f4]})
1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 34th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1999.05.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1999.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 ({Die Hauptfortsetzung die zu D57 führt ist:} 9. cxd5 Nxc3 {
Für Spieler die die theoretischen Varianten vermeiden möchten, empfehle ich
folgende Neuerung:} 10. d6 $146 {Die Stellung ist wieder ausgeglichen, aber
dafür weniger erforscht.} cxd6 (10... Qxd6 11. bxc3 c5 $11) (10... Nxd1 11.
dxe7 Re8 12. Rxd1 $14) 11. bxc3 e5 $11 {[%cal Yc8g4] Schwarz hat kein Problem
mehr mit der Entwicklung des Damenläufers.}) 9... c6 (9... Nxc3 10. Rxc3 c6)
10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 {Wenn die Leichtfiguren abgetausch wären, könnte man die
Stellung als ausgeglichen bewerten. Mit folgender typisch entlastender
Operation (dxc4, nebst Nd7 und e6-e5) versucht der Nachziehende die Stellung
zu vereinfachen und seine Leichtfiguren ins Spiel zu bringen.} dxc4 12. Rxc4 (
12. Bxc4 $5 Nd7 13. O-O $14) 12... Nd7 13. O-O $14 e5 {In solchen Stellungen
ist die Entwicklung des Läufers c8 das Hauptproblem des Nachziehenden. Darum
versucht Schwarz den Schlüsselzug e6 - e5 durchzusetzen. So wird die Diagonale
c8-h3 befreit.} 14. dxe5 (14. Qc2 $5 exd4 15. exd4 Nf6 16. Rc5 Nd5 17. a3 Be6
18. b4 Rfd8 19. Re1 Qf6 20. Bh7+ Kh8 21. Be4 Nc7 22. Re5 Nb5 23. Qc5 b6 24.
Qxc6 Nxd4 25. Qc1 Rac8 26. Qe3 Bg4 27. Bb1 Nxf3+ 28. gxf3 Be6 29. f4 g6 30. Be4
g5 31. Bb1 Qxf4 32. Qxf4 gxf4 33. Bf5 Bd7 34. Kg2 Kg7 35. Bxd7 Rxd7 36. a4 Rc4
37. R1e4 Rcd4 38. Rxd4 Rxd4 39. Rb5 Kf6 40. a5 Rd6 41. Kf3 Ke6 42. Rh5 Rd3+ 43.
Kg4 Rd4 44. Rxh6+ f6 45. Rh7 Rxb4 46. a6 Ra4 47. Rxa7 b5 48. h4 f3+ 49. Kxf3
Rxh4 50. Rb7 Ra4 51. Rb6+ Kf7 {1/2-1/2 Pinter,J-Sturua,Z/Manila 1992/TD (51)})
14... Nxe5 {Wenn wir diese Stellung mit der Stellung am 11. Zug vergleichen,
ist leicht festzustellen, dass der Nachziehende das Problem mit seinen
Leichtfiguren erfolgreich gelöst hat. Es folgt der Abtausch des schwarzen
Springers nebst der Entwicklung des Bc8.} 15. Re4 (15. Nxe5 Qxe5 (15... Qxe5
16. Qc2 Be6 17. Rc5 Qf6 18. b4 Rad8 19. Rd1 {1/2-1/2 Baumstark,T-Rapp,U/Wuert
1997/EXT 99 (19)})) 15... Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Be6 {Interessant sind auch die
Damenabzüge:} (16... Qc7) (16... Qg5) 17. Bc4 Rad8 18. Bxe6 fxe6 {[%csl Re6]
So wird in der schwarze Lager eine schwache Bauer (e6)gebildet. Allerdings ist
sie schwer anzugreifen.} 19. Qe2 {Die Eröffnungstheorie ist so weit entwickelt,
dass ein Großmeister manchmal ganze Partien bis zum Endspiel spielt, ohne
einen selbständigen Zug zu ziehen. Allerdings hat GM Atalik diese Stellung
schon in seiner eigenen Praxis gehabt:} (19. Qe2 Rd5 20. h4 Qd6 21. b4 Rff5 22.
a4 h5 23. Qc4 Kf7 24. g4 hxg4 25. Rxg4 Rd2 26. Qc3 Rf6 27. Qc5 Rf5 28. Qxa7
Rdxf2 29. Qxb7+ Ke8 30. Qa8+ Kf7 31. Qa7+ Ke8 32. Qa8+ Kf7 33. Qa7+ Ke8 34.
Rxf2 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Rxf2+ 36. Rg2 Rxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Qg4+ 38. Kf1 Qc4+ 39. Kg2 Qc2+
40. Kf3 Qf5+ 41. Kg3 Qg6+ 42. Kf3 Qf5+ 43. Kg3 Qg6+ 44. Kf2 Qc2+ {1/2-1/2
Atalik,S-Grischuk,A/Bled 1999/CBM 69 ext (44)}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Flamenco Veterans-Women"]
[Site "Marbella"]
[Date "1999.10.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1999.10.21"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O e5 14. Bb3 Rd8 (
{nach} 14... exd4 15. exd4 Nf6 16. Re1 $14 {bekommt Weiß ein kleines aber
dauerhaftes positioneles Übergewicht.}) 15. Re1 (15. Qb1 exd4 16. exd4 Nf8 17.
Re1 Be6 18. Qf5 Qf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Re4 Rd7 21. Rf4 Bxb3 22. Rxb3 Re8 23.
Rxf6 Rxd4 24. h3 Rd1+ 25. Kh2 Kg7 26. Rf4 Rd7 $14 {1-0 Stahlberg,G-Gligoric,S/
Saltsjobaden izt 1952/IZT (62)}) (15. Qc2 exd4 16. exd4 Nf8 17. Re1 Be6 18. h3
Rd6 19. Rce3 Bxb3 20. Qxb3 Ne6 21. Re4 Rad8 22. Qe3 Qf6 23. Qb3 b6 24. Qa4 a5
25. Qb3 b5 26. a4 b4 27. Qd3 g6 28. Qa6 Nxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Nxd4 Rxd4 31.
Qxa5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Izeta Txabarri,F-Bezgodov,A/Tunis 1997/EXT 99 (43)}) 15...
exd4 16. exd4 {[%mdl 16] Der berümte isolierte Damenbauer.} Qd6 17. h3 (17. d5
cxd5 18. Qxd5 Qxd5 19. Bxd5 Nf8 20. Bb3 {1/2-1/2 Zakharevich,I-Bezgodov,A/Perm
1997/CBM 58 (20)}) 17... Nf8 $1 18. Ne5 Be6 19. Qh5 Qe7 20. Nf3 Rd6 21. Qc5 Qd8
22. Qb4 Qc7 23. Rce3 Rad8 24. Qa3 a6 $2 {Mit diesem Zug beginnt Schwarz, sich
sukzessive in die Bredouille zu spielen.} ({Natürlich ist es besser die Läufer
sofort zu tauschen. Auf diese Weise wird das Feld e6 für den wartenden Nf8
geräumt!} 24... Bxb3 $1 25. Qxb3 Ne6 $11) 25. Bc2 Rd5 26. Qc3 Qa5 $6 (26...
R5d6 $142 {/\Bd5 nebst Ne6!}) 27. b4 $1 {Natürlich tauscht der Anziehende die
Damen nicht, weil das Endspiel wegen des Isolanis schlechter ist. Jetzt
bekommt Weiß mit Tempo noch mehr Raum am Damenflügel.} Qb6 (27... Qxa2 28. Ra1
$18 {die schwarze Dame ist gefangen.}) 28. a4 a5 29. Rb1 axb4 30. Rxb4 Qa7 31.
Qb2 {[%cal Yb2b4,Yb4b7]} R5d7 32. Ne5 Rc7 33. Rg3 Bd5 34. Ng4 Rd6 35. Ne3 Rcd7
36. Bf5 Re7 37. Bd3 Red7 38. Bf5 Re7 39. h4 Rc7 (39... Rd8 $5) 40. Bd3 Re6 41.
h5 Rf6 $2 ({Schwarz hätte} 41... Kh8 $5 {versuchen sollen, denn nach} 42. Nf5
f6 43. Nxg7 Rxg7 44. Rxg7 Re1+ 45. Kh2 Qb8+ 46. Rg3 Qf4 47. f3 Qh4+ 48. Rh3
Qf4+ 49. Rg3 Qh4+ $11 {ist ein Dauerschach unvermeindlich.}) 42. Ng4 $1 Re6 $6
(42... Rd6 {ist allerdings auch nicht verlockend:} 43. Qd2 Kh8 44. Qf4 Rcd7 45.
Ne5 $18) 43. Qd2 Kh8 44. Bf5 c5 (44... Rd6 45. Qf4 $18) (44... Re8 45. Nf6 $1
$18 {[%cal Yf6e8,Yd2h6]} Rd8 46. Qxh6+ $3 gxh6 47. Rg8#) 45. Bxe6 Nxe6 46. Nf6
$1 {Das Motiv Qxh6 ist uns bereits bekannt.} Rc8 47. dxc5 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.11.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 (9. cxd5 Nxc3 {Für Spieler die die theoretischen Varianten
vermeiden möchten, empfehle ich diese Neuerung. Die Stellung ist wieder
ausgeglichen, aber dafür weniger erforscht.} 10. d6 $146 (10. bxc3 exd5 11. Qb3
Rd8 $11 {In der Hauptvariante hat der Nachziehende kein Problem seinen
Damenläufer zu entwickeln. Das Spiel ist vereinfacht und ausgeglichen.}) 10...
cxd6 (10... Qxd6 11. bxc3 c5 $11) (10... Nxd1 11. dxe7 Re8 12. Rxd1 $14) 11.
bxc3 e5 $11) 9... Nxc3 10. Rxc3 c6 {Einerseits ein nützlicher Zug,
andererseits wartet Schwarz ab, um nicht die Entwicklung des weißen Läufers
durch dxc4 zu beschleunigen.} 11. Bd3 dxc4 {Falls nun 12.Bxc4, so hätte Weiß
ein Tempo verloren.} 12. Rxc4 Nd7 13. O-O e5 {Das ist die beste Idee, um den
Läufer c8 ins Spiel zu bringen.} 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Re4 Nxf3+ (15... f6 $2 16.
Nxe5 fxe5 17. f4 $16) 16. Qxf3 Be6 {[%cal Ye6a2]} 17. Bc4 Rad8 18. Bxe6 fxe6 {
Schwarz hat einen schwachen Bauer auf e6 bekommen, aber dafür sind seine
Schwerfiguren besser plaziert.} 19. Qe2 ({Interessant ist auch:} 19. Qg4 {
um den Druck gegen den schwachen e6 Bauer zu verstärken.} Rd6 20. Rd4 {1/2-1/2
Matamoros Franco,C-Sion Castro,M/Elgoibar 1997/CBM 63 (20)}) 19... Rd5 {
Diese Stellung ist schon einige Male in der Praxis vorgekommen. Die Stellung
ist objektiv ausgeglichen, obwohl in der Praxis die Partien mit verschiedenen
Ergebnissen beendet wurden.} (19... Rd5 20. b4 (20. Rd1 Qf6 21. Red4 Rfd8 22.
Qc4 a5 23. h3 R8d6 24. Qc3 Qd8 25. g3 b6 26. R1d2 Qd7 27. a3 Kf8 28. b4 axb4
29. axb4 e5 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 Qxd5 32. Qc2 e4 33. Qa4 c5 34. bxc5 bxc5 35.
Qb5 Ke7 36. Kg2 h5 37. h4 Kf6 38. Kg1 g6 39. Kg2 Kg7 40. Kg1 {1/2-1/2 Ionov,
S-Jussupow,A/Oviedo 1993/CBM 38 ext (40)}) 20... Qd6 21. Qc4 Kh8 22. h3 e5 23.
f4 exf4 24. exf4 Rd2 25. Rf2 Rd1+ 26. Kh2 Qf6 27. Qc5 b6 28. Qe3 Qd6 29. Rf3 c5
30. bxc5 Qxc5 31. Qxc5 bxc5 32. Re7 Rd4 33. Rg3 Rg8 34. f5 Rf4 35. Rf7 a5 36.
Rg6 c4 37. Rc6 Rf2 38. a4 Rf4 39. Kg3 Rd4 40. Ra7 Rb8 41. Rxa5 Rd3+ 42. Kh2 c3
43. Rc7 Rf8 44. Rb5 h5 45. a5 Rf6 46. Rbc5 Ra6 47. f6 Rxf6 48. Rxh5+ Kg8 49.
Rhc5 Ra6 50. Rg5 Kf8 51. Rgxg7 Rxa5 52. Rh7 Kg8 53. Rcg7+ Kf8 54. Rb7 Kg8 55.
Rhe7 Rf5 56. Rb3 Rf2 {1-0 Andersson,U-Rivas Pastor,M/Hastings 1981/MCD (56)})
1/2-1/2

[Event "Serbian-ch 29th"]
[Site "Sabac"]
[Date "1998.04.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Simic, Radoslav"]
[Black "Marciano, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1998.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 {
Marciano Lieblings Variante.} 8. Bxe7 ({Eine frische Beispiel aus seine Praxis:
} 8. Bg3 c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bf5 11. O-O Nc6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Rc1 Be7 14.
Bb5 Nxc3 15. Rxc3 Bf6 16. Rc5 Qb6 17. Bxc6 Qxc5 18. Bxb7 Rad8 19. Nd4 Bxd4 20.
Qxd4 Qb5 21. Qxa7 Rd7 22. Ba6 Qxf1+ {0-1 Ashley,M-Marciano,D/Cannes op1998})
8... Qxe7 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 c6 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. O-O {In solchen Stellungen
ist die Entwicklung des Läufer c8 das Hauptproblem der Nachziehende. Darum
versucht der Schwarze den Schlüsselzug e6 - e5 durchzusetzen. So wird die
Diagonale c8-h3 befreit.} e5 ({Es ist Spielbar auch zuerst auf c4 zu tauschen
und dann e6-e5 durchzuführen. So wird die Stellung vereinfacht und ausgleichen.
} 12... dxc4 13. Rxc4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Re4 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Be6 17. Bc4 Rad8
18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qg4 Rd2 20. Rxe6 Qd7 21. f4 Rd6 22. Rg6 Qxg4 23. Rxg4 Re8 24.
Rg3 Rd3 25. Rgf3 Rexe3 {1/2-1/2 Anic,D-Marciano,D/Narbonne ch-FRA sp 1997}) 13.
dxe5 (13. Bb1 exd4 14. Nxd4 (14. exd4 dxc4 $11 {Nebst Nf6 oder Nb6 verspricht
Weiß kein Vorteil.}) 14... Nb6 15. c5 Nc4 16. b3 Ne5 $13 {Und wieder hat der
Nachziehende kein Problem.}) 13... dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Qd2
$146 {Eine neue Idee. Weiß will die d - Linie beherrschen.Die Dame deckt von
einer Seite den Bauer b2 um den Zug Rd3 vorzubereiten, von der anderen Seite
befreit sie das Feld d1 für den Königs Turm.} (16. Qb3 b6 17. Rd1 Bf5 18. Bd3
Be6 19. Qa4 c5 {= Lazarev,V-Korneev,O/Porto San Giorgio op 1997/EXP 59}) 16...
Bf5 17. Rd1 Qf6 {[%cal Yf6d8] Bereitet Rd8 vor.} 18. Rcc1 {Es ist klar
geworden, das der Turm auf c3 keine Arbeit hat.} Rad8 ({Hier könnte Schwarz
ein wenig besser spielen:} 18... Rfd8 {So wird das Feld f8 für den schwarzen
Monarch befreit.} 19. Qc3 Qxc3 20. bxc3 Kf8 $15) 19. Qc3 Qxc3 20. bxc3 $15 {
Wegen der einzelnen Bauern a2 und c3 ist die schwarze Bauernstruktur besser.
Aber dieser Vorteil ist so minimal, dass die Partie in ein paar Zügen remis
endet.} b5 21. Be2 Be6 22. a3 a6 23. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Summer-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.05.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was one of the least interesting games of the round, and while accusing
people of arranging draws is never cool, it would not be an exaggeration to
say that most people wouldn't expect a decisive outcome from this game, just
because of the roles of the players in this event.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3
Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 (6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3 {is a line
often played by White for a small edge. The main plan is a queenside attack
spearheaded by the b-pawn.} c6 9. b4 $5 $132) 6... O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7
9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 {This is one of those
positions, which seems equal from the White side and better for White from the
Black side. Fridman has played it before, so he is calm about executing his
ideas.} 13. O-O b6 14. Bd3 c5 15. Qc2 Bb7 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 cxd4 18. Nxd4
Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Nc5 20. Qc2 a5 {In fact, Fridman has even reached this position
before!} 21. h3 (21. Nb3 Nxb3 22. Qxb3 Qb7 23. Rfc1 Rfc8 24. g3 Rxc3 25. Qxc3
Rd8 $11 {was the not-especially-thrilling, but long, encounter Vitiugov,
N-Fridman,D Germany 2017}) 21... Qb7 22. Rc1 Rfd8 23. Nb3 Na6 24. Nd4 Nc5 25.
Nb3 Na6 26. a3 {Some ambition?} a4 27. Nd4 Nc5 28. b4 axb3 29. Nxb3 Nxb3 30.
Qxb3 Rdc8 31. Rxc8+ {It would appear not!} Rxc8 32. Rxc8+ Qxc8 33. Qxb6 Qc1+
34. Kh2 Qxa3 {The rest could really have been spared.} 35. Qb8+ Kh7 36. Qf4 Kg8
37. Qb8+ Kh7 38. Qf4 Kg8 39. Qb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.10"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "Fridman,D"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{This was a very important game in the final phase of the tournament. With a
bit of luck and with the help of some stubborn defence I managed to draw the
game, which also secured the win in the match for us after Arkadij's
magnificent victory.  Eine sehr wichtige Partie in der Endphase des Turniers.
Mit ein bisschen Glück und mit Hilfe zäher Verteidigung konnte ich diese
Partie remisieren, was nach Arkadijs großartigem Sieg uns auch den Matchgewinn
sicherte.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3
Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. g4 {In my preparation the Queen's Gambit was
the first thing I expected. In the previous ECh in Novi Sad I had already
played Shakhriyar with Black. There was also a Queen's Gambit in
Khanty-Mansiysk in the World Cup. But Shakhriyar always played a different
variation.   Das Damengambit habe ich bei meiner Vorbereitung in erste Linie
erwartet. Ich habe schon bei der letzten EM in Novi Sad gegen Shakhriyar mit
Schwarz gespielt. Auch in Khanty-Mansiysk beim World Cup gab es ein
Damengambit. Shakhriyar hat aber immer eine neue Variante gespielt.} Nd7 11. h4
Nxc3 12. Rxc3 c5 13. g5 h5 14. Be2 {This variation did not come as a total
surprise to me, but Rustam and I also had not had a lot of time to analyse the
variation. Diese Variante kam nicht ganz überraschend für mich aufs Brett,
viel Zeit um genau diese Variante zu analysieren hatten Rustam und ich aber
auch nicht.} (14. g6 {The direct attack does not work here. The white king
could also run into problems. Der direkte Angriff funktioniert hier nicht. Der
weiße König könnte auch Probleme kriegen.} fxg6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. dxc5 Kh8 17.
Qxd5 Rf5 18. Qd1 Nxc5 $36) (14. cxd5 exd5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qxd5 Na4) (14. Bg2
$5) 14... g6 {Black permanently prevents the threat of g6. White needs to do
something or else Black will simply be comfortable. Schwarz unterbindet die
Drohung g6 für immer. Weiß muss handeln, sonst steht Schwarz einfach bequem.} (
14... b6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Bb5 Bb7) 15. cxd5 exd5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Qxd5 Na4 $6
{A bit too passive. The b2-pawn is not so important. Etwas zu passiv. Der
Bauer b2 ist nicht so wichtig.} (17... Ne4 {was a better alternative. For
example: war eine bessere Alternative. Zum Beispiel:} 18. Rb3 (18. Rc1 Bg4 19.
O-O Rad8 $40) (18. Rc4 Re8 19. O-O Bg4 $44) 18... Re8 19. O-O Rb8 20. Rd1 b6
21. Ra3 Bg4 {Black has good compensation in all variations. Schwarz hat gute
Kompensation in allen Varianten.}) 18. Rc4 (18. Rc1 Bg4 19. O-O $14) 18... Be6
19. Qe5 Nxb2 $6 {I wrongly evaluated the position which will appear on the
board by force after this move. I though my a- and b-pawns gave me enough
counterplay. But White's kingside attack is much more dangerous. 19...Nb6 was
preferable. Die Stellung, die nach diesem Zug forciert aufs Brett kommt, habe
ich falsch eingeschätzt. Ich dachte meine Bauern a und b geben mir genug
Gegenspiel. Der weiße Angriff am Königsflügel ist aber viel gefährlicher. 19...
Nb6 war vorzuziehen.} (19... Nb6 20. Rd4 Rfc8 21. O-O Rc5 22. Qe4 Qc7 23. b3
$14) 20. Qxb2 (20. Rf4 Qa3 21. O-O Nd3 $11) 20... Bxc4 21. Bxc4 Qe4 22. Be2 (
22. Qe2 Qb1+ 23. Qd1 Qb4+ 24. Nd2 Rad8 25. Qc2 Rxd2 26. Qxg6+ Kh8 27. Qxh5+ Kg8
28. Qg6+ Kh8 $11) 22... Rac8 23. O-O Rc2 24. Qd4 Re8 (24... Qxd4 25. Nxd4 Rxa2
26. Rc1 Rd8 27. Kf1 Rd7 28. f4 $40) 25. Bb5 $1 Re7 $8 (25... Re6 $4 26. Bd3 $18
) 26. Qxe4 Rxe4 27. Ra1 Rb2 28. a4 Reb4 {My plan was to exchange a rook and
set in motion my queenside pawns in order to divert the white pieces from the
kingside.  Mein Plan war, einen Turm zu tauschen und meine Bauern am
Damenflügel in Bewgung zu setzen, um die weißen Figuren vom Königsflügel
abzulenken.} 29. Kg2 Rg4+ 30. Kf1 Rgb4 {It is very hard for Black to come up
with a specific plan. I took a practical decision to wait and see what White
would do in the time trouble phase. Es ist sehr schwer für Schwarz einen
konkreten Plan zu finden. Ich habe eine praktische Entscheidung getroffen, in
der Zeitnotphase abzuwarten, was Weiß macht.} (30... a6 31. Bd3 Kg7 32. a5 $16)
31. Rd1 (31. Bd3 $1 {This move is much stronger. The idea is to control the
b1-square and so avoid the exchange of rooks. dieser Zug ist viel stärker. Die
Idee ist es, das Feld b1 zu kontrollieren und damit den Turmtausch zu
vermeiden.} R4b3 (31... R2b3 32. Ne5 Rc3 33. Kg2 $16) 32. Be4 Rb4 33. Nd4 $16)
31... Rb1 32. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 33. Ke2 a6 (33... Rb2+ 34. Nd2 Ra2 35. f4 a6 36. Bd7
Kf8 37. Bc8 Rxa4 $14) 34. Bc4 Rb2+ 35. Kf1 $6 {Perhaps Shakhriyar did not want
to go in for a pawn sacrifice in time trouble. But now Black equalises..
Vielleicht wollte sich Shakhriyar in Zeitnot nicht auf ein Bauernopfer
einlassen. Aber jetzt gleicht Schwarz aus.} (35. Ke1 $1 {gives more chances.
In many variations being one square closer to the queenside could be decisive.
Generally speaking, the plans are clear. Black is trying to create a passed
pawn as quickly as possible. White wants to prevent that and to attack the
f7-square. gibt mehr Chancen. Ein Feld näher zum Damenflügel könnte in vielen
Varianten entscheidend sein. Generell sind die Pläne klar. Schwarz versucht so
schnell wie möglich einen Freibauern zu organisieren, Weiß will es unterbinden
und den Punkt f7 angreifen.} Kg7 (35... Rb1+ 36. Kd2 Rb2+ 37. Kc3 Rxf2 38. Ne5
Kg7 39. Bxf7 $16) (35... b5 36. axb5 axb5 37. Bd3 b4 38. Nd2 $16) (35... Rb4
36. Ne5 Kg7 37. f4 (37. Bxf7 b5) 37... f6 38. gxf6+ Kxf6 39. Bd3 Rxa4 40. Bxg6
a5 41. Bxh5 Rb4 42. Nd3) 36. Ne5 f6 37. gxf6+ Kxf6 38. f4 b5 39. axb5 axb5 $14)
(35. Nd2 Rb4 36. a5 Ra4 37. Bd5 Rxa5 38. Bxb7 $14) 35... Rb4 $1 36. Ne5 Kg7 37.
Bxf7 (37. f4 f6 38. gxf6+ Kxf6 39. Bd3 Rxa4 40. Bxg6 a5 41. Bxh5 Rb4 42. Nd3
Rb3 43. Ke2 a4 $132) 37... Re4 $2 $138 {At this point we were both in time
trouble. I was trying to calculate the pawn endgame out to the finish, which I
managed to do but which was not of much use to me. Additionally, the exchange
sacrifice was very complicated. But I thought I could hold a draw with it.
Unfortunately I overlooked the very next move. If I had seen it I would
certainly have found 37...b5!. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt befanden wir beide uns in
Zeitnot. Ich versuchte das Bauernendspiel bis zum Ende zu berechnen, was mir
auch gelang, aber nicht viel nützte. Außerdem war das Qualitätsopfer sehr
unübersichtlich. Ich glaubte aber, dass ich dort Remis halten kann. Leider
habe ich den nächsten Zug übersehen. Wenn ich ihn gesehen hätte, würde ich
bestimmt 37...b5! gefunden haben.} (37... b5 $1) 38. Nc4 $1 {My opponent was
in despair because he could not find a clear win. In the last second, and I
mean that literally, he came up with 38.Nc4!. After the move his clock was
showing 31 seconds. Mein Gegner war am Verzweifeln, weil er keinen klaren
Gewinn finden konnte. In der letzten Sekunde, und das buchstäblich, warf er 38.
Nc4! aufs Brett! Die Uhr zeigte nach dem Zug 31 Sekunden für ihn!} (38. f4 Rxe5
39. fxe5 Kxf7 40. a5 Ke6 41. Ke2 Kxe5 42. Kf3 $1 Kd5 43. Kf4 Kc6 44. e4 Kd6 $1
$11) (38. Bxg6 $5 Rxe5 39. Bxh5 Re4 40. f4 (40. Be2 Rxh4 41. f4 Rh2 42. a5 Rh1+
43. Kf2 Ra1 $13) 40... Rxe3 41. Kf2 Re4 42. Kg3 Rxa4 43. f5 Ra3+ 44. Kf4 Ra4+
45. Ke5 Rxh4 46. f6+ Kh7 47. Bf7 Rg4 48. Kf5 Rg1 49. g6+ Kh6 50. g7 Rxg7 $11)
38... b5 {I was very disappointed to have overlooked Nc4. Fortunately the next
three moves were forced so I was able to survive the time trouble.  Ich war
sehr enttäuscht, dass ich Nc4 übersehen habe. Zum Glück waren die nächsten 3
Züge forciert, so konnte ich die Zeitnot überstehen.} 39. axb5 axb5 40. Bd5
Rxh4 41. Ne5 {Now the struggle for survival began afresh. Black must activate
the rook and organise counterplay together with the b-pawn. Jetzt begann
erneut der Kampf ums Überleben. Schwarz muss den Turm aktivieren und zusammen
mit dem b-Bauern Gegenspiel organisieren.} Ra4 42. Nc6 $6 {This logical move
might be the decisive mistake. .The direct pawn attack 42.e4! could lead to
victory, although I am as yet not 100% sure of that. Dieser logische Zug
dürfte der entscheidende Fehler sein. Der direkte Bauernangriff 42.e4! könnte
zum Sieg führen, obwohl ich mir bis jetzt nicht 100%ig sicher bin.} (42. e4 $1
h4 (42... b4 43. f4 Kh7 (43... Ra5 44. Nf3) 44. Kf2 (44. f5 $2 gxf5 45. exf5
Ra5 46. Nd7 b3 47. Ke2 Kh8)) (42... Ra1+ 43. Kg2 b4 44. f4 Rd1) 43. f4 h3 44.
Kg1 Ra1+ 45. Kh2 Rf1 46. Kxh3 Rxf4) 42... Ra1+ 43. Kg2 (43. Ke2 h4) 43... Rb1
44. Nd4 b4 45. Ne6+ Kh7 46. Nf8+ Kg7 47. Nxg6 b3 48. Nf4 b2 49. Nxh5+ Kh8 $1 (
49... Kf8 50. Be4 Rc1 51. g6 Rc5 52. Nf4 Rc4 53. Bf5 $18) 50. Be4 (50. g6 Rg1+
51. Kxg1 b1=Q+ 52. Kg2 Qh1+ 53. Kxh1 $11) 50... Rc1 51. g6 Rc5 {Black saves
his bacon with the help of a nice idea: a perpetual attack on the white bishop.
Schwarz rettet sich mit Hilfe einer schönen Idee: Dauerangriff auf den weißen
Läufer.} 52. Nf4 Rc4 53. Bf5 Rc5 54. Bb1 Rc1 55. Bd3 Rc3 56. Bb1 Rc1 57. Bf5
Rc5 58. g7+ Kxg7 59. Bb1 {And White had to give up his attempts to win. This
secured for us an extremely important victory. Und Weiß musste die
Gewinnversuche einstellen. Was uns einen superwichtigen Sieg sicherte.} (59.
Ne6+ Kf6 60. Nxc5 Kxf5 $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia Top16 33rd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 (9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nd2 f5 11. Qh5+ Qf7 12. Qxf7+ Kxf7 13. f3 $10)
9... Nxc3 10. Rxc3 c6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 b6 14. Bd3 c5 15. Bb5
cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. Bc6 Bb7 18. Qf3 Bxc6 19. Nxc6 Qb7 20. Ne5 Qxf3 21. gxf3
f6 (21... Rfd8 22. b4 Nd7 23. Nc6 Re8 24. Rd1 $16) 22. Nc6 a5 23. Rd1 Rf7 24.
Rd6 e5 25. b4 Nb7 26. Rd2 Rc7 (26... axb4 27. Nxb4 $14) 27. b5 Rf8 28. Kg2 Rff7
29. Rcd3 Nc5 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. f4 exf4 32. exf4 Ne6 33. Rb8 Rfd7 (33... Rb7 34.
Rxb7 Rxb7 35. f5 $16) 34. Rxd7 Rxd7 35. Rxb6 Rd3 (35... Nxf4+ 36. Kf3 Nd5 37.
Ra6 $16) 36. f3 Rd2+ 37. Kg3 Rxa2 38. f5 Nc5 39. Rb8 g6 (39... Rb2 40. Ne7 Nd7
41. Rd8 Ne5 42. f4 $18) 40. Nd4 gxf5 41. Rc8 Nd3 42. Nxf5 Rb2 43. Rc7+ Kg8 44.
Nxh6+ Kf8 45. Rf7+ Ke8 46. Rxf6 Rxb5 47. Nf5 a4 48. h4 $1 (48. Nd6+ Ke7 49.
Nxb5 Kxf6 $10) 48... Ra5 49. h5 a3 50. h6 Ra7 51. Nd6+ {Ftacnik,L} (51. Nd6+
Kd8 52. Rf8+ Kd7 53. Rf7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b6 12. O-O (12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Be2 Nd7 {
/\ c7-c5}) 12... Bb7 13. Be2 c5 (13... Rc8 14. b4 c5 15. bxc5 bxc5 16. Qa3 Kf8
$10 {Loginov-Timoschenko/Sverdlovsk/1987/}) 14. dxc5 Rc8 15. b4 (15. Nd4 $6
Rxc5 16. Qa3 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Rfd1 $6 Rc8 $1 19. Bf1 Bd5 $15 {Karpov,
An-Yusupov,A/London cm-4/1989/}) (15. Rac1 Rxc5 16. Qa3 Nd7 $10 {
Zamansky-Stork/Groningen/1990/}) 15... bxc5 16. b5 (16. Rfc1 Nd7 17. b5 a6 18.
a4 c4 $6 {Psakhis,L-Yusupov,A/Baden Baden/1992/} (18... axb5 $1)) (16. bxc5 Nd7
17. Rfe1 Nxc5 18. Rab1 Ne4 19. Qb2 Bd5 20. a3 $10 {Epishin,V-Lputian,Sm/New
York/1990/}) 16... a6 17. Nd2 $5 (17. a4 axb5 18. axb5 Nd7 $10) (17. Rfd1 Nd7 (
17... axb5 18. Bxb5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 c4 $1 20. a4 Qg5+ 21. Kh1 Qh5 22. e4 Nc6 $13)
18. a4 axb5 19. Bxb5 Nf6 20. Rac1 Bd5 $2 (20... Nd5) 21. Nd2 $14 {
Kharitonov-Korneev/Smolensk/1991/}) 17... axb5 18. Bxb5 Bxg2 $5 19. Kxg2 Qb7+
20. Kh3 Qxb5 21. Rg1 e5 $6 (21... g6 22. Ne4 (22. Nc4 Ra4 23. Nd6 Qc6 24. Nxc8
Qf3+ 25. Rg3 Rh4+ $1 26. Kxh4 Qh5#) 22... Qe2 23. Nf6+ Kf8 24. Nh7+ $10 (24.
Kg2 Rd8 (24... Rxa2 $6 25. Rxa2 Qxa2 26. Ra1 Qe2 27. Ra8 Qb5 28. Nd5 Kg8 29.
Ne7+ Kh7 30. Nxc8 Qb7+ 31. Kg3 Qxa8 32. Qf6 Qd5 33. Qxf7+ Kh8 $13))) 22. Rxg7+
$1 (22. Qxe5 Qd7+ 23. Kg2 Qxd2) 22... Kxg7 23. Qxe5+ Kf8 (23... f6 24. Rg1+ Kh7
25. Qe7+ $18) (23... Kh7 24. Qf5+ Kg7 25. Rg1+ Kf8 26. Qxc8+ Ke7 27. Rg8 $16)
24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Qxc8 Ra4 $1 (25... Qd7+ $2 26. Qxd7+ Nxd7 27. a4 $1 $16) 26.
Rb1 Qd7+ $8 27. Qxd7+ Nxd7 28. Rb2 f5 (28... Ne5 29. Nb3 Kd6 30. Rd2+) 29. Kg2
(29. f4 c4 30. Rc2 Nb6 $14) (29. Kg3 Ne5 (29... Rg4+ 30. Kf3 Ne5+ 31. Ke2 Rg2
32. Rb7+ Kd6 33. a4) 30. h3 Nd3) 29... f4 $1 30. exf4 (30. e4 c4 31. Nb1 Ne5
$13) 30... Rxf4 31. Rb3 (31. f3 {/\ Ne4}) 31... Rd4 32. Re3+ Kd6 33. Nb3 Rd1 (
33... Ra4 $2 34. Rd3+ Kc6 35. Rxd7 $1 $18) 34. Rh3 c4 35. Na5 (35. Rxh6+ Kd5
36. Rh5+ (36. Na5 Ne5 37. Rh8 Ra1 38. Rd8+ Kc5 39. Rd2 Nd3 $132) 36... Ke4 (
36... Kd6 37. Na5 c3 38. Nc4+ Ke6 39. Ne3 Rd2 40. Rh8 $14) 37. Nc5+ Nxc5 38.
Rxc5 Kd4 39. Rc8 Ra1 $13) 35... Kc5 36. Rh5+ Rd5 37. Rxd5+ Kxd5 38. Kf3 Ne5+ (
38... Kd4 39. Kg4) 39. Ke2 Nd3 40. Ke3 Nb4 41. a4 (41. a3 Nc2+) 41... Nd3 42.
Nb7 Ne5 43. h3 c3 44. a5 (44. f4 Nc4+ 45. Kd3 Nb2+ 46. Kxc3 Nxa4+ $10) 44...
Kc6 45. a6 Kb6 46. Nc5 (46. Nd6 Kxa6 47. f4 Nd7 $10) 46... Kxc5 $1 47. a7 Nc4+
$8 48. Kd3 Nb6 49. Kxc3 Kc6 50. Kd4 Kb7 51. Ke5 Kxa7 52. Kf5 Kb7 53. Kg6 Kc6
54. Kxh6 Kd6 55. h4 Ke6 56. Kg7 Nd5 57. h5 Ne7 58. f4 (58. h6 Nf5+ 59. Kg6 Nxh6
60. Kxh6 Kf5 $10) 58... Nf5+ 59. Kg6 Ne7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 15th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2014.03.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Dvirnyy, Danyyil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2014.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. h4 {In a well known classical position the big theme has
become the attack of the pawns on the kingside. The justification for White's
courageous plan is Black's situation with his underdeveloped pieces.} (10. g4
f5 (10... Nd7 $142) 11. gxf5 exf5 (11... Qf6 12. Bg2 Qxf5 13. O-O Nxc3 14. Rxc3
Nd7 15. Qc2 Nf6 $6 (15... Qh5 $142 16. Nd2 $36) 16. Ne5 Qxc2 17. Rxc2 Bd7 18.
Bh3 Rfe8 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Rc7 Bb5 21. Rfc1 $18 {Halkias,S (2578)-Fridman,D 
(2645)/EU-ch blitz Warsaw/2010/}) 12. cxd5 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 cxd5 14. Ne5 Qd6 15.
Bg2 Nd7 16. Qb3 Nf6 17. O-O Rb8 18. Qa3 Qxa3 19. Rxa3 a6 20. Rc1 $14 {1-0 (47)
Margvelashvili,G (2550)-Cornejo,M (2383) Dallas 2014}) 10... Nd7 (10... b6 11.
Ne5 (11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne5 c5 $132) 11... Nxc3 12. Rxc3 c5 $5 13. dxc5 Rd8 $32
{~~ deserves attention.}) (10... Nf6 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. g4 $1 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7
14. f4 $36) (10... Rd8 11. g4 c5 12. g5 Nc6 (12... h5 13. Ne5 g6 14. Bg2 Nxc3
15. bxc3 Nc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qa4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Bd7 19. O-O a5 20. Qc2 {
1/2 (20) Demuth,A (2423)-Colovic,A (2433) Belfort 2012}) 13. gxh6 Qf6 14. hxg7
cxd4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nxd4 Qh6 17. Rg1 Nxd4 18. exd4 e3 19. Bd3 f5 20. d5 exd5
21. Qf3 $14 {1-0 (44) Ernst,S (2606)-Harikrishna,P (2665) Wijk aan Zee 2012})
11. g4 e5 {Despite the fact that the grandmaster games with the given idea are
predominantly from the last three years, the main concept of the defender's
counterplay has not changed for ages. The old maxim insists that a flank
attack by the opponent is most often best met with activity in the centre.} (
11... Nxc3 12. Rxc3 (12. bxc3 e5 (12... g6 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 dxc4 15. f4 b5
16. Qf3 Bb7 17. Bg2 Rab8 18. h5 c5 19. Qg3 g5 20. O-O Rbd8 21. fxg5 Bxg2 22.
Qxg2 Qxg5 23. Qe4 Rd5 {0-1 (23) Omar,N (2362)-Korneev,O (2621) Baku 2013}) 13.
g5 e4 14. Nd2 hxg5 15. Qh5 g4 16. Qxg4 Qa3 17. Rd1 Nf6 18. Qf4 Qxc3 19. h5 Nh7
20. h6 f6 21. Qc7 $14 {1-0 (41) Gareev,T (2613)-Akobian,V (2613) Los Angeles
2011}) 12... g6 (12... c5 $5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. g5 h5 15. dxc5 (15. Bg2 c4 16.
Nd2 Nb6 17. Qxh5 Bf5 18. Qf3 Bd3 19. Bf1 Na4 20. Bxd3 Nxc3 21. Bf5 Ne4 22. Nxe4
dxe4 23. Bxe4 $14 {1/2 (41) Chirila,I (2521)-Papp,G (2552) Baia Sprie 2012})
15... Nxc5 16. Qxd5 b6 $5 (16... Ne4 17. Rc4 Nd6 18. Rd4 $14) (16... Bg4 $5 {/\
} 17. Bg2 Ne4 18. Rc4 Ng3 $1 $36) (16... Na4 $132) 17. Qxa8 Bg4 18. Qc6 Rc8 19.
Qxc8+ Bxc8 $44) (12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 b5 14. Be2 Bb7 15. g5 h5 16. O-O g6 17.
Nd2 b4 18. Rc4 Rac8 19. Qa4 c5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Qxa7 $11 {1-0 (28) Gareev,T 
(2658)-Moradiabadi,E (2570) Los Angeles 2012}) 13. g5 h5 14. Be2 e5 15. cxd5 e4
16. Ng1 cxd5 17. Nh3 Rd8 18. Nf4 Nf8 19. Qb3 Qd6 20. Rc5 Be6 $11 {0-1 (78)
Werle,J (2517)-L'Ami,E (2642) Netherlands 2013}) (11... Ndf6 12. Rg1 $5 (12. g5
Ng4 13. Rc2 $13 (13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 e5 $132)) 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 $1 {/\g5|^
}) (11... f5 12. gxf5 exf5 (12... Rxf5 13. Bd3 Ndf6 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Ne5 c5
16. Rg1 Bd7 17. Ne2 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Be8 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. Rxg4 Bh5 $15
{1/2 (79) Gajewski,G (2653)-Svetushkin,D (2588) Legnica 2013}) 13. cxd5 Nxc3
14. Rxc3 cxd5 15. Qb3 Qe4 16. Be2 Nf6 17. Rg1 f4 18. Rc7 Ne8 19. Nd2 $16 {
Sambuev,B (2528)-Martchenko,A (2227)/Montreal/2011/}) (11... Nd6 $5 12. c5 Ne8
13. g5 e5 14. gxh6 gxh6 15. Rg1+ Ng7 $13 16. Bh3 f5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 $11
{1/2,Ragger,M (2651)-Alekseev,E (2659)/WCup Khanty-Mansiysk/2011/}) 12. cxd5
Nxc3 13. Rxc3 cxd5 {It is slightly remarkable, that the witty move of the
black knight to f6 had not yet been tested in practice.} (13... Nf6 $5 14. d6
Qxd6 15. Nxe5 Ne4 16. Rb3 Re8 17. Bd3 Nc5 18. dxc5 Qxe5 19. g5 Qxc5 $11) 14. g5
e4 (14... h5 15. Bb5 exd4 (15... e4 16. Nd2 $5 g6 17. Rc7 $14) 16. Qxd4 Qe4 (
16... Nb6 17. O-O Bf5 (17... Qe4 18. Qxe4 dxe4 19. Nd4 $14) 18. Rfc1) 17. Qxe4
dxe4 18. Nd2 Ne5 19. Nxe4 Be6 (19... Nf3+ 20. Kf1 Bg4 21. Be2 Rfd8 22. Rc2 Rac8
23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Nc3 $14) 20. f4 $1 Bd5 (20... Ng4 21. Nc5 Bxa2 22. Ke2 $36 {
/\Ra1}) 21. fxe5 Bxe4 22. O-O $14 {1-0 (35) Aronian,L (2805)-Harikrishna,P 
(2669) Ningbo 2011}) 15. Nd2 (15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Rg1 Kh8 18. Qh5 f6
19. Qe2 Bd7 20. gxh6 gxh6 21. Qc2 Rac8 22. f4 exf3 23. Qg6 f2+ 24. Kxf2 Qf5+
25. Ke1 Qxg6 26. Rxg6 Rxc3 27. bxc3 Bf5 $15 {1/2 (47) Chirila,I (2521)
-Dimitrov,A (2339) Golden Sands 2012}) 15... hxg5 (15... g6 16. Rg1 h5 17. Be2
Nb6 18. Nf1 Be6 19. Bxh5 Qb4 20. Bg4 Qxb2 $15 {1-0 (75) Benjamin,J (2534)
-Akobian,V (2616) Saint Louis 2013}) 16. Qh5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 32] Laznicka has
obviously done some work in his home preparation. His novelty seems to be
quite unpleasant for the second player.} (16. hxg5 $143 $2 Qxg5 17. Rh5 Qg1 $1
18. Rh3 Nf6 19. Rg3 Qh1 20. Nb3 b6 21. Kd2 Bg4 $17 {Wang Hao (2718)-Kravtsiv,M
(2571)/Shenzhen/2011/}) 16... g4 17. Qxg4 (17. Qxd5 Re8 18. Qg5 Nb6 19. Bb5 Bd7
20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. h5 $14) 17... Rd8 (17... Nb6 18. Qg3 Bd7 19. Rg1 f6 20. Nb3
Rfc8 21. a3 Na4 22. Rc7 $11) 18. Rg1 Qf6 (18... f6 $2 19. Rc7 $18) 19. Qg3 Nf8
20. f3 {White badly needs to complement his major pieces with their
lightweight counterparts. The opening of the centre will offer the white
knight the chance to dance around towards a very attractive spot.} exf3 (20...
Bf5 21. fxe4 dxe4 22. h5 Rac8 23. Bc4 $16) 21. Nxf3 Bf5 22. Bh3 Bxh3 (22... Ne6
23. h5 Rdc8 24. h6 Rxc3 25. bxc3 Rc8 26. Kd2 $14) 23. Qxh3 Qh6 24. Ne5 Rac8 $4
{Dvirnyy was obviously not feeling comfortable, but it does not mean that he
was obliged to try extreme measures. Analysis has proven that the defender's
position was quite defendable with the help of the immediate advance of the
pawn to f6.} (24... f6 $1 25. Ng4 Qg6 26. Kf2 Qf5+ 27. Ke2 Kh8 28. h5 Qe6 29.
Qg3 $14) (24... Re8 $2 25. Qf3 $1 Qxh4+ 26. Kd1 Re7 27. Ng4 Nh7 28. Rh1 Qg5 29.
Rc2 Qg6 30. Ne5 $18) 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Qxc8 Qxe3+ 27. Kf1 f6 {We are left
guessing, what was the move that Black had actually missed in his calculations.
Black never really had realistic chances for a perpetual check, so with the
sacrifice of the rook he seems to be running on empty.} (27... Qf4+ 28. Kg2
Qd2+ 29. Kg3 Qxd4 30. Re1 (30. Nf3 $18) 30... Qxb2 31. Qc7 $18) 28. Qg4 (28.
Qg4 Qc1+ 29. Kg2 Qh6 30. Nd7 $18) 1-0

[Event "NED-ch45"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "1990.06.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Pliester, Leon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1990.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 Nd7 12. O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 e5 14. Bb3 exd4
$6 (14... Re8 15. d5 cxd5 16. Qxd5 Nf6 17. Qc5 Ne4 18. Qxe7 Rxe7 19. Rc2 Ng5
20. Nxg5 hxg5 21. Rd1 Bf5 22. Rc3 Kf8 $10 {Nikolic,Pr-Yusupov,A/Belgrade/1989/
->CBM 16}) 15. exd4 Nf6 (15... Nb6 16. Re1 Qd6 17. Ne5 Bf5 (17... Be6 $5) 18.
Rf3 Be6 (18... Bg6 19. Nxg6 Qxg6 20. Re7 $16) 19. Bxe6 fxe6 (19... Qxe6 20.
Nxf7 Qxa2 21. Re7 $1) 20. Rg3 $16) 16. Re1 Qd6 17. Ne5 Bf5 $6 (17... Nd5 18.
Rg3 Bf5 19. Qh5 $1 Bh7 20. Qg4 g5 21. h4 $16 {Karpov,An-Yusupov,A/London cs (8)
/1989/ ->CBM 15}) 18. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Qb3+ Kf8 21. Qxb7 Rb8 22.
Qxa7 Rxb2 23. Rxc6 $1 Rxa2 (23... Qxc6 24. Qa3+ Kg8 25. Qxb2 $18) 24. Qb7 $6 (
24. Qb6 $1 Qe7 (24... Qd5 25. Rxf6+ gxf6 26. Qxf6+ Qf7 27. Qh8+ Qg8 28. Re8+
$18) 25. Rxf6+ $1 gxf6 (25... Qxf6 26. Qb8+ Kf7 27. Qe8#) 26. Qb8+ Kf7 27.
Rxe7+ $18) 24... Rb2 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Rxd6 Ne4 27. Ra6 Nc3 (27... Nxf2 28.
Re7+ (28. Rf1 Bd3) 28... Kf8 29. Rc7 $18) 28. h3 Ne2+ 29. Kh2 h5 30. d5 Rd2 31.
d6 Kf6 32. d7+ Ke7 33. Ra5 Be6 34. Re5 Nd4 35. d8=Q+ Kxd8 36. Rxe6 Nxe6 37.
Rxe6 Rxf2 38. Kg3 (38. Re5 $18) 38... Rf5 39. Kh4 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 c6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 b6 14. Qe2 a6 {N
} (14... c5 15. Bb5 a6 16. Bxd7 Bxd7 $13) (14... a5 $5 {Polugajevsky}) 15. Bd3
c5 16. Be4 Ra7 17. Rfc1 a5 18. Bc6 (18. Bd3 Bb7 19. Bb5 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 cxd4 21.
Rc7 $2 Ne5 $1) 18... cxd4 19. Nxd4 Nc5 20. Nb3 (20. Nb5 Ba6) 20... Ba6 21. Bb5
(21. Qf3 Nd3) 21... Nxb3 22. Rxb3 Bxb5 23. Qxb5 Rc7 $1 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. Rc3
Qd6 26. Rd3 Qb8 27. h3 Rc8 $10 28. Rd1 Rc2 29. a3 Qc7 30. Qe8+ Kh7 31. Qb5 Qc5
32. Qd3+ g6 33. b4 Qc4 34. Qxc4 Rxc4 35. b5 Rc5 36. a4 Rc4 37. Rd6 Rxa4 38.
Rxb6 Rb4 39. Rb7 Kg7 40. b6 a4 {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b6 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Be4 (14.
O-O Rc8 15. Qc2 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Ne5 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Be4
Rb6 21. Rxc5 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Rab8 {1/2-1/2 Uhlmann,W-Donner,J/Skopje 1972/ (53)})
14... Na6 $5 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Rxc6 Nb4 17. Rc4 b5 (17... Nxa2 $2 18. Qb3 b5
19. Rc5 $18) 18. Rc5 Rac8 19. Rxb5 $5 {Gelfand has to take some risk to avoid
complete equality.} (19. a3 Rxc5 20. dxc5 Rd8 21. Nd4 Qxc5 $1 22. axb4 Qxb4+
23. Qd2 Qxd2+ 24. Kxd2 e5 $11) 19... Rc1 $1 20. Qxc1 Nd3+ 21. Ke2 Nxc1+ 22.
Rxc1 Qd6 (22... Qd7 23. a4) 23. a4 Rb8 24. Rc4 (24. Rc6 Qxc6 25. Rxb8+ Kh7 26.
b3 Qc2+ 27. Nd2 Qc7 $14) 24... Rxb5 25. axb5 Qb8 26. Rc5 a6 $1 27. Kd3 (27.
bxa6 Qxb2+ 28. Nd2 Qb6 29. Rc8+ Kh7 30. Ra8 Qc6 31. Ra7 Qb6 32. Rxf7 Qxa6+ $11)
27... axb5 28. Kc3 Qb6 (28... b4+ 29. Kb3 g5 30. Rc4 $14) (28... Qa8 $5 29.
Rxb5 Qa1 30. Rb8+ Kh7 31. Rb7 f6 $13) 29. Kb4 Qa6 30. Rxb5 Qa1 (30... Kf8 31.
Ne5 Ke7 32. f3 $16) 31. Kc5 $1 Qf1 32. b4 Qxg2 33. Ne5 f6 {[%mdl 1024] The
position is surprisingly difficult for black, since white b pawn poses great
danger.} (33... Qxf2 34. Rb8+ (34. Nc4 Qxh2 35. Rb7 Qh5+ 36. Kb6 Qd5 $19) 34...
Kh7 35. Rb7 (35. b5 Qxe3 36. b6 Qa3+ 37. Kc6 Qc3+ $19) 35... f6 (35... Qxe3 36.
Rxf7 $16) 36. Nc4 Qxh2 37. b5 Qh5+ 38. Kb4 Qd5 39. Rc7 h5 40. b6 h4 (40... Qd8
41. Rc5 g5 (41... Qd7 42. Na5 $18) 42. b7 h4 43. Na5 h3 44. Nc6 Qb6+ 45. Rb5
$18) 41. b7 Qd8 42. Rc5 h3 43. Kb5 Kg6 44. Rc8 Qd7+ 45. Kb6 h2 46. Rh8 $18) 34.
Rb8+ Kh7 35. Nc6 Qxh2 36. b5 Qh5+ $2 {Black have felt, that his queen has to
come back as soon as possible. In fact eliminating opponent's pawn was more
important and 36...Qxf2! would have made draw.} (36... Qxf2 $1 37. b6 Qxe3 38.
b7 Qb3 39. Kd6 (39. Rh8+ $2 Kxh8 40. b8=Q+ Qxb8 41. Nxb8 h5 42. Nc6 h4 43. Nb4
h3 44. Nd3 h2 45. Nf2 Kg8 46. Kd6 Kf7 $19) 39... Kg6 40. Kc7 Qg3+ 41. Kd7 Qb3
42. Nd8 Qb5+ 43. Ke7 Qb4+ 44. Ke8 Qb5+ $11) 37. Kd6 Qd5+ 38. Kc7 e5 (38... Qh5
39. b6 Qf7+ 40. Kd6 e5 41. b7 $18) 39. b6 Qf7+ 40. Kd6 exd4 41. exd4 h5 (41...
Kg6 42. Ne7+ Kg5 43. Rd8 Qb3 44. Kc7 Qf7 45. Rd7 $18) 42. b7 h4 (42... Qb3 43.
d5 h4 44. Kc7 h3 45. Re8 h2 46. Re1 Qxd5 47. b8=Q h1=Q 48. Qb1+ $18) 43. Rh8+
$1 Kxh8 44. b8=Q+ Kh7 45. Qb1+ f5 (45... Kh6 46. Ne7 g6 47. Qe4 $18) (45... Kh8
46. Nd8 Qf8+ 47. Kd7 $18) 46. Qh1 g5 (46... Qf6+ 47. Kc5 g5 48. d5 $18) 47. d5
Qf6+ 48. Kc7 Qg7+ 49. Kd6 Qf6+ 50. Kd7 g4 (50... Qf7+ 51. Ne7 $18) 51. d6 f4 (
51... h3 52. Kc7 Qf7+ 53. d7 $18) 52. Qe4+ Kh6 (52... Kg7 53. Qe7+ Kg6 54. Ne5+
Kf5 55. Qxf6+ Kxf6 56. Nxg4+ $18) 53. Qe6 $1 {The triumph of white's strategy,
queens are exchanged in order to open way for the d passed pawn.} Qxe6+ (53...
Kg5 54. Qxf6+ Kxf6 55. Kc7 g3 56. d7 $18) 54. Kxe6 g3 55. fxg3 f3 (55... fxg3
56. d7 g2 57. d8=Q g1=Q 58. Qh8+ Kg5 59. Qg7+ $18) 56. Ne5 (56. Ne5 f2 57. Ng4+
Kg5 58. Nxf2 hxg3 59. Nh3+ Kg4 60. Ng1 $18) (56. d7 f2 57. d8=Q f1=Q 58. Qh8+
Kg5 (58... Kg6 59. Ne7+ Kg5 60. Qxh4#) 59. Qg7+ Kh5 60. g4#) 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "1992.12.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 dxc4 (10... c6 11. Bd3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O b6
14. Rfd1 Bb7 15. Rac1 $14) 11. Bxc4 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Be2 Rc8 14. b4 Nd7 15.
Rfc1 c5 16. dxc5 (16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Qa3 Kf8 $10) 16... bxc5 17. b5 a6 18. a4 c4
(18... axb5 $5) 19. bxa6 $5 Rxa6 $2 (19... Bxa6 20. Nd2 Nb6 21. e4 $14) 20. a5
$2 (20. Nd2 $1 Nb6 21. a5 Nd5 22. Qe5 f6 23. Qd4 e5 24. Qg4 $16) (20. Bxc4 Bxf3
(20... Rac6 $2 21. Qb2 $1) 21. gxf3 Rac6) 20... Rc5 $1 21. Nd2 (21. Qb4 Bxf3
22. Bxf3 Ne5 23. Be2 Nc6 $17) 21... Ne5 $4 (21... Qg5 22. Bf3 Bxf3 23. Nxf3 Qf6
24. Qxf6 Nxf6 25. Nd2 $10) 22. f4 $1 Ng6 (22... Nc6 23. Nb3 $1 cxb3 24. Qxc5 b2
$1 25. Qxe7 Nxe7 26. Bxa6 Bxa6 27. Rab1 bxc1=Q+ 28. Rxc1 Nd5 29. Kf2 $16) 23.
Bxc4 Nh4 24. Qb4 $1 Nxg2 (24... Bxg2 25. Bf1 Rac6 26. Rxc5 Rxc5 27. Rc1 $18)
25. Bf1 $1 Rxc1 $1 (25... Nxf4 26. Qxc5 Qh4 27. exf4 Qg4+ 28. Kf2 Qxf4+ 29. Ke1
$18) 26. Qxe7 Rxa1 27. Qxb7 R6xa5 28. Qxg2 $2 (28. Kxg2 R5a2 29. Qc8+ Kh7 30.
Bd3+ g6 31. Bc2 Rc1 32. Bxg6+ $18) 28... R5a2 29. Qe2 Rb2 30. Qd3 Rd1 31. Qd7
Rdxd2 32. Qe8+ Kh7 33. Qxf7 Rb6 $1 (33... Rd1 34. Qxe6 Rbb1 35. Qc4 Rxf1+ 36.
Qxf1 Rxf1+ 37. Kxf1 $18) 34. h4 $4 (34. f5 e5 (34... exf5 35. Qxf5+ Kh8 36. Bc4
$18) 35. Qe7 Rd1 36. Qxe5 Rbb1 37. Qf4 $18) 34... Rd1 $1 35. Kf2 Rb2+ 36. Be2
Rdd2 37. Qxe6 Rxe2+ 38. Kf3 Rf2+ 39. Ke4 Rb4+ 40. Kd3 Rfb2 41. h5 Rb8 42. e4
R2b3+ 43. Kc2 R3b7 44. e5 Rd8 $1 45. Qc6 (45. f5 $4 Rc7+) 45... Rbb8 46. Qe4+
Kh8 47. e6 Rbc8+ 48. Kb3 Rb8+ 49. Kc4 Rbc8+ 50. Kb5 Rb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Anand-Topalov +3-2=7"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2010.05.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2010.04.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In this game Anand chose the solid QGD and after employing a relatively
unknown idea, at least for Topalov, he easily equalized. Topalov, on the other
hand, wanted to finish the match today. He took risks and displayed great
self-confidence. However, with strong strikes 30...e5! and 31...f5! Anand took
the initiative. Then something absolutely unbelievable happened: In less than
five minutes, despite having more than half an hour left on his clock, Topalov
committed suicide with 31.exf5? and 32.fxe4??. Anand obtained a decisive
attack as a result, which he converted with great precision to the end.} 1. d4
d5 2. c4 e6 $1 {A Queen's Gambit Declined! And a classic World Championship
opening. Remember the famous Capablanca-Alekhine match? Or Karpov-Kasparov? To
be honest, before the game I tried to guess the opening, and believe it or not,
I actually managed to predict it! After all, which opening could be more solid
or trustworthy than the good ol' Queen's Gambit?} 3. Nf3 ({I had expected} 3.
Nc3 {in Kasparov style.} Nf6 (3... Be7 {is how to avoid it-} 4. cxd5 exd5 5.
Bf4 {and there are plenty of games to study. For example, Kasparov-Karpov 1985
as well as 2009!}) 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 {The point being that later White will
develop his knight to the far more flexible e2, planning f3 and e4.} Be7 6. e3
c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. f3) 3... Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7
5. Bg5 (5. Bf4 {is another main-line with thousands of games played.}) 5... h6
{It is important to include this little move.} 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 {The
Lasker Defence! The solidest of the solid.} 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Be2 {
A new little nuance.} (10. Bd3 {was more popular previously, but here Black
has an interesting idea:} Nxc3 11. Rxc3 Nd7 $5 12. O-O (12. Qc2 $5) 12... e5 $1
) 10... Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O b6 {One of the two main moves.}
({Hundreds of games have been played with} 13... e5 {as well. The position is
always between slightly better to equal.}) 14. Bd3 c5 15. Be4 Rb8 16. Qc2 ({
I thought that} 16. Qa4 $5 {was slightly stronger, but mainly for
psychological reasons.}) 16... Nf6 $1 {An idea from the Polish player,
Grabarczyk, which was probably a surprise for Topalov.} (16... a5 {was used to
be one of the main moves here, as well as ...Bb7 and ...Ba6.}) 17. dxc5 (17.
Bc6 {covers the c6-square, and can thus be answered with} cxd4 18. Nxd4 e5 $1)
17... Nxe4 18. Qxe4 bxc5 {So, let's stop and evaluate the position. Black has
a weak pawn on c5 and later possibly on a7 as well. On the other hand, his
bishop, which will be developed to b7 on the next move, will be much better
than the white knight. All in all the position is about equal.} 19. Qc2 {
An ambitious move. Topalov is not satisfied with the very slight advantage he
would obtain after 19.b3.} (19. b3 {was played twice against the inventor of
16...Nf6.} Bb7 20. Qf4 (20. Qe5 Rbc8 (20... Bxf3) 21. Rfc1 Rfd8 22. e4 Qd6 $1
$11) (20. Qh4 $5) 20... Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Rfd8 22. Rfc1 Rd2 23. R1c2 Rbd8 24. g3 {
and White is a little better, but Black should draw this without any real
problems.}) 19... Bb7 20. Nd2 (20. Rxc5 $6 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Rxb2 $1 {is a trick
that you will have to remember, because I don't want to mention it on every
move.}) (20. e4 {can be answered with the sharp} f5 $5 {Now, one of the
possible lines is} 21. Nd2 Rfd8 22. exf5 Bxg2 $1 23. Kxg2 Qg5+ 24. Rg3 Qxd2 25.
Qxc5 exf5 $11) 20... Rfd8 21. f3 {This is slightly weakening, especially
considering that later White would also play g3. However, White has to
restrict Black's bishop, so the move is justified.} (21. Rxc5 $4 Rxd2 $1) 21...
Ba6 $146 {Until now, they were following a German correspondence game from
2000, but now Anand accidentally plays a novelty, and a good one at that.
Since White is blocking the h1-a8 diagonal, why not bring the bishop to
another?} 22. Rf2 {Another fighting move.} (22. Rc1 {seemed more logical to me,
but here Black could immediately draw, among the other possibilities, which
would favor the World Champion.} Qd7 23. Nb3 c4 {and White would to exchange
the annoying c4-pawn for either b2 or a2.} (23... Bd3 $11)) 22... Rd7 {Simply
doubling on the d-file.} (22... Rd5 23. e4 Rd7 {only look clever. White
doesn't mind playing e4 anyway.}) 23. g3 {A committal move, but White needs
space for his king. Here it became clear to me, that it was not Anand, but
Topalov who may be in trouble.} Rbd8 24. Kg2 Bd3 {Anand smartly decides to
avoid making any committal moves, while it is not yet clear. He prefers to
wait for Topalov to do part of the job.} ({More aggressive moves were also
possible. For example,} 24... h5 $5 25. Ne4 (25. h4 e5 26. e4 $6 g5 $1 $19)
25... Bd3 26. Qa4 Bxe4 (26... c4 $5 27. Nd2 e5 28. Nxc4 Qe6 {is unclear}) 27.
Qxe4 Rd2 {with equality}) ({Or} 24... e5 $5 25. e4 h5 26. Nc4 h4 27. Ne3 Qe6 {
and here White can play the non-standard} 28. gxh4 $1 {with an unclear
position.}) 25. Qc1 (25. Qa4 {was dangerous.} Qg5 (25... Bb5 $11) 26. e4 $6 (
26. Ne4 $1 $11) 26... Qe3 27. Qa5 Qe1 28. Qxc5 Be2 $1 29. Nb3 Rd1 30. Kh3 R8d3
{and White is in danger to say the least.}) 25... Ba6 $1 {The c5-pawn was
hanging, and Vishy decides to come back with the bishop and ask Topalov, what
he thinks.} 26. Ra3 {I had no doubts, that Topalov would play on.} Bb7 $1 {
Now that c5 isn't in any danger, Vishy returns the bishop to its rightful spot.
Now the bishop also smiles towards White's king, who will suffer a lot in this
game!} 27. Nb3 (27. e4 {can be answered by} f5 $1 28. Qc2 g5 $1 {and the
bishop smiles again!}) 27... Rc7 28. Na5 Ba8 {Of course!} 29. Nc4 {If any
other move had been played, then 29...g5! was strong.} ({For example} 29. e4 g5
$1 {and now let me demonstrate how White could end up if he calculated badly.}
30. Re3 Rd4 31. h3 h5 $1 32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 f5 $1 34. gxf5 g4 $1 {opening
the diagonal for the bishop and winning.}) ({or} 29. Rc3 g5 30. Nb3 g4 31. e4
gxf3+ 32. Kxf3 f5 33. Nxc5 Qg7 $5 {and it is clear, that the white king is not
the happiest piece on board.}) 29... e5 $1 {Played instantly. Anand is playing
it safe. 29...g5 was possible here as well, but it would lead to a
double-edged position.} ({For instance} 29... g5 $5 30. e4 (30. h3 f5 31. Kh2 (
31. g4 h5 $1) 31... h5 {with an unclear position.}) 30... g4 (30... f5 $5) 31.
Qxh6 gxf3+ 32. Kxf3 Rd4 33. Nd2 Rcd7 34. Kg2 Qd8 35. Rf4 $1 Rxd2+ 36. Kh3 Bxe4
$3 37. Rxe4 R2d4 38. Ra4 Rxe4 39. Rxe4 Rd4 40. Re5 Rd5 41. Re4 Rd4 {is a truly
beautiful draw.}) 30. e4 {Other moves were possible, but then Black would be
able to play e4-f4 securing the d3 square for a rook, or make some other
useful move.} f5 $1 31. exf5 $2 {Crazy.} (31. Nd2 $1 {was the right move.} fxe4
32. Nxe4 {Now Black can choose between equalizing or keeping his bishop and
the pressure with} Rd4 $5 (32... Bxe4 33. fxe4 Rd4 $11)) 31... e4 $1 32. fxe4
$4 {Even crazier. Without any calculation, it seems pretty obvious, that it is
very dangerous to expose your king this much. So it was even more surprising,
that Topalov played this and the previous move so quickly!} ({Something like} 
32. Re3 {was essential, but it is clear that} exf3+ 33. Kg1 Qg5 {is not really
what White wants. Black is clearly better.}) 32... Qxe4+ {From now on Anand
never let Veselin escape, nor gave him a single reason to hope.} 33. Kh3 Rd4
34. Ne3 Qe8 $3 {THE move, that Vishy had to find. I assume that it was the one
that Topalov had missed.} 35. g4 h5 $1 {It is hopeless for White. All Black's
pieces are ready to meet alone with the white king.} 36. Kh4 g5+ $5 {Vishy
chooses the most elegant way to keep his title.} (36... Qd8+ 37. f6 hxg4 {
was winning as well.}) ({but surprisingly} 36... hxg4 $4 {loses the advantage.}
37. Nxg4 {and White's king doesn't feel so bad anymore with a knight on g4 to
keep him company, and a queen coming to g5.}) 37. fxg6 Qxg6 38. Qf1 Rxg4+ 39.
Kh3 Re7 $1 {Anand again goes for the most beautiful solution.} ({For example} 
39... Kh7 {to avoid checks, was winning too.}) 40. Rf8+ Kg7 41. Nf5+ (41. Rxa8
{Now I can imagine how happy Vishy was while executing his moves.} Rxe3+ $1 42.
Rxe3 Rh4+ $3 43. Kxh4 Qg4# {Ohh, what a picture!}) 41... Kh7 $1 {Naturally not
taking the rook which would turn the tables upside down.} 42. Rg3 Rxg3+ 43.
hxg3 Qg4+ 44. Kh2 Re2+ 45. Kg1 Rg2+ 46. Qxg2 Bxg2 {At this point, some people
got very nervous, screaming that they had found a draw. The calm World
Champion, however, had seen everything in advance.} 47. Kxg2 (47. Rf7+ Kg6 $1
48. Rg7+ Kxf5 49. Rxg4 hxg4 $1 50. Kxg2 Ke4 51. Kf2 Kd3 {and the pawn ending
is hopeless.}) 47... Qe2+ 48. Kh3 c4 $1 {Our human Champion is as precise as
an engine.} 49. a4 a5 50. Rf6 Kg8 $1 {It is zugzwang!} 51. Nh6+ Kg7 52. Rb6 Qe4
(52... Qf3 {would win as well, but Anand decided that today was Zugzwang Day!}
53. Kh4 Qe4+ $1 54. Kxh5 Qd5+ $19) 53. Kh2 Kh7 $1 {Zugzwang again!} 54. Rd6 Qe5
55. Nf7 Qxb2+ 56. Kh3 Qg7 $1 {Great and flawless play by Anand! A perfect game
to defend one's title with.} 0-1

[Event "Belfort Masters 6th"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2003.12.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Hamdouchi, Hicham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.12.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 Nd7 (11... dxc4 12. Rxc4 Nd7 13. O-O e5
14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Re4 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Be6 17. Bc4 {1/2-1/2 Grivas,
E-Kacheishvili,G/Rethymnon GRE 2003/The Week in Chess 465 (17)}) 12. Qc2 (12.
O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Qb3 b5 17. Be2 Be6 18. Qc2
Bd5 19. f4 Qe7 20. Bf3 b4 21. Rd3 Bxf3 22. Rxf3 {1/2-1/2 Zvjaginsev,V-Onischuk,
A/Poikovsky 2003/CBM 95 (22)}) 12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 e5 14. O-O Re8 {TN} (14...
e4 15. Ne5 (15. Nd2 Nf6 16. Rb1 Bf5 17. b4 a6 18. a4 Rfd8 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5
$14 {1-0 Santos,C-Gueneau,C/Lisbon 2000/EXT 2001 (26)}) 15... Nxe5 16. Qxe4 Re8
17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Qxe5 Rxe5 19. Rd1 Kf8 20. f3 Be6 21. Bxe6 Rxe6 22. e4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Gyimesi,Z-Zupe,M/Mitte AUT 2003/The Week in Chess 437 (43)}) (14...
exd4 $5) 15. d5 $5 e4 (15... c5 16. Rd1 e4 17. d6 Qf6 18. Nd2 $36) (15... cxd5
16. Bxd5 Nf6 17. Rc7 $16) (15... Nb6 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Bb3 Bb7 18. Rd1 Rad8 19.
Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Qe4 $14) 16. Nd4 c5 17. Nb5 {[/\18.Nc7;18.d6,19.Nc7]} Qe5 18. d6
Rf8 19. Rd1 $5 {[/\20.Rd5|^]} Nf6 (19... Nf6 {[#]}) 20. Bxf7+ $1 (20. Nc7 Bg4
21. Rd2 Rac8 22. Bxf7+ Rxf7 23. Rxc5 Rfxc7 24. dxc7 $16) 20... Rxf7 21. Rxc5
Qe8 (21... Qe6 22. Nc7 Rxc7 23. dxc7 Qxa2 24. h3 $16) 22. Nc7 Rxc7 23. dxc7 Kh7
(23... Be6 24. Re5 Rc8 25. Rd6 $18) (23... Bg4 $142 24. Qb3+ (24. Re5 $5 $16) (
24. Rd4 $16) 24... Kh7 25. Qxb7 Bxd1 26. Qxa8 Qxa8 27. c8=Q Qxc8 28. Rxc8 Be2
29. b4 $16) 24. Rd8 Qe6 (24... Qg6 25. f4 Ng4 (25... exf3 26. Rh8+ Kxh8 27.
Qxg6) 26. Qd2 Qb6 27. Qd4 $18) 25. Qc4 $18 Qe7 (25... Qxc4 26. Rxc4 Kg6 27. Rc5
Kf7 28. Re5 $18) 26. Qd4 Qf7 27. a3 Qg6 (27... Qa2 28. Rc1) 28. Qd6 Qg4 (28...
Bh3 29. Qg3 Qxg3 30. hxg3 Bc8 31. f3 $18) 29. h3 Qe2 30. Rxc8 $1 Rxc8 31. Qd8
Ng8 (31... Rxd8 32. cxd8=Q Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Qxf2 34. Rc7 Nh5 35. Qd6 $18) (31...
Ne8 32. Qxc8 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Qd6+ 34. g3 Qxc5 35. Qxe8) (31... Ng4 32. hxg4 Qe1+
33. Kh2 Qxf2 34. Rf5 $18) 32. Rf5 $1 (32. Qxc8 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Qd6+ 34. g3 Qxc5
35. Qxb7 Qc2 36. Kg2 Ne7 $16) 32... Ne7 33. Qxe7 Qxb2 34. Rf7 Kg8 35. g3 1-0

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.27"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Ekstroem, Roland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O b6 14. Bd3 c5
15. Be4 Rb8 16. Qa4 Bb7 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Rd1 b5 19. Qa5 c4 20. b3 Nb6 21. Rc2
cxb3 22. axb3 Nd5 23. Rc5 b4 24. Ra1 Nc3 25. Qa6 Ra8 26. Ne5 Rc7 27. Rxc7 Qxc7
28. h3 Nd5 29. Nc4 g6 30. Ra5 Kg7 31. Rc5 Qe7 32. Ne5 Rf8 33. g3 h5 34. Rb5 Qc7
35. Rb7 Qc1+ 36. Kg2 Qc2 37. Qd3 Qxd3 38. Nxd3 a5 39. Nc5 Re8 40. Ra7 e5 41. e4
Nc3 42. d5 a4 43. bxa4 Rb8 44. d6 b3 45. Nxb3 Rxb3 46. d7 Rb8 47. Rc7 Rd8 48.
Rxc3 Rxd7 49. a5 Ra7 50. Ra3 {[#] Die Konstellation "Turm hinter dem
Freibauern bei vielen Bauern auf der anderen Seite verbürgt einen klaren
Gewinn.} Ra6 51. Kf3 Kf6 52. Ke3 Ke6 53. Kd3 Kd6 54. Kc4 Kc6 55. h4 Kb7 56. Kd5
f6 57. f4 exf4 58. gxf4 Kc7 59. Ra1 Rd6+ 60. Kc5 Rc6+ 61. Kb5 Rc2 62. a6 Kb8 {
Der König hat sich glücklich vor den Freibauern begeben können, doch dafür ist
nun der andere Flügel schutzlos} 63. Rg1 Rb2+ (63... Re2 64. Rxg6 Rxe4 65. Rxf6
Re1 66. Rf8+ Ka7 67. Rf7+ Ka8 68. f5 Rh1 69. f6 Rxh4 70. Re7 Rf4 71. f7 $18)
64. Kc5 Rc2+ 65. Kd5 Rf2 66. e5 Rxf4 67. e6 Kc7 68. Rc1+ Kb6 69. e7 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 25th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.07.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Karpov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4
8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 (11... Nd7 12. cxd5 exd5 13.
O-O Re8 14. Qb1 Nf6 15. b4 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 Be6 $14 {Nikolic,
P-Jussupow,A/Horgen/1994/}) 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O b6 14. Bd3 (14. Qe2 a5 $5 (
14... Bb7 15. Rd1 Rfd8 16. Ba6 Bxa6 17. Qxa6 c5 $14 {Benjamin,J-Jussupow,A/
Horgen CS 1994}) (14... c5 15. Ba6 cxd4 16. Nxd4 (16. exd4 {Belov} Nf6 17. Rfc1
Bxa6 18. Qxa6 Nd5 $10) 16... Bxa6 17. Qxa6 Nc5 18. Qe2 Qf6 (18... a5 {Belov}
19. Qb5 $16) (18... e5 $5 {Belov}) 19. Qf3 $1 Qxf3 20. gxf3 $14 {1-0
Zvjaginsev,V-Cherepkov,A/St.Petersburg op 1994 (42)}) 15. Rfc1 Bb7 16. h3 (16.
a3 Rfd8 17. h3 a4 18. Rd1 c5 $11 19. Bb5 Ra5 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Rd2 cxd4 22.
Rxd4 Rd5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Epishin,V-Vaganian,R/Erevan 1996 (43)}) 16... Rfd8 $5 {
Epishin} (16... c5 17. Bb5 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Rd1 $14 {Epishin,
V-Vaganian,R/Reggio Emilia 1995})) 14... c5 15. Be4 (15. Bb5 Rd8 (15... cxd4
16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. Bc6 Bb7 18. Qf3 Bxc6 19. Nxc6 Qb7 20. Ne5 Qxf3 21. gxf3 f6 22.
Nc6 $14 {1-0 Polugaevsky,L-Andersson,U/Reggio Top16 1991/CBM 22 (50) [Ftacnik]}
) 16. Bc6 (16. Qe2 $6 Bb7 17. Bxd7 $6 cxd4 $1 $15 {0-1 Cramling,P-Jussupow,A/
Hamburg SKA 1991 (60)}) 16... Rb8 17. Qc2 cxd4 18. Nxd4 e5 19. Nf5 Qf6 20. Rd1
Nc5 $10 {Smyslov,V-Kasparov,G/Vilnius/1984/}) (15. Bb1 Bb7 16. Qc2 g6 17. Qe2
Rac8 $11 18. Rfc1 Rfd8 19. h3 e5 20. dxc5 Rxc5 21. Rxc5 Nxc5 22. b4 Bxf3 {
1/2-1/2 Nikolic,P-Jussupow,A/Munchen 1990}) 15... Rb8 (15... Ba6 $2 16. Bxa8
Bxf1 17. Bc6 Ba6 18. Qa4 Nb8 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. h3 $14 {Dolmatov}) 16. Qa4 (16.
Qc2 $5 Ba6 (16... a5 17. Rc1 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Ne5 Qf6 21.
Nd3 Rd8 22. Nxc5 bxc5 23. Qe2 Rbd7 24. R3c2 c4 (24... a4 25. g3 Rd5 26. Kg2 g6
27. a3 h5 28. Qf3 Qe5 29. Qf4 $16 {1-0 Karpov,A-Jussupow,A/Bank Hofmann Cup
1995 (51)}) 25. g3 e5 26. Kg2 e4 27. Qg4 $1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Jussupow,
A/Bundesliga 1992 (35)}) 17. Rd1 Nf6 18. dxc5 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 bxc5 20. b3 $14 {
Dolmatov}) 16... Bb7 (16... Nf6 17. Bc6 Nd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Qa3
Be6 21. Rfc1 Rfc8 22. b3 $16 {Dolmatov}) 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Qc2 (18. Qc6 $5 Nb8
19. Qe4 Rc7 20. Rfc1 Rfc8 21. Qf4 c4 $11 {Kramnik; Shamkovich}) (18. Rd1 b5 19.
Qb3 a5 $5 (19... c4 $4 20. Rxc4 $18) 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Qc2 Na6 22. a3 b4 23.
Rc6 Rc7 $1 24. Nd4 bxa3 25. bxa3 Rfc8 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. Qe2 Qc4 28. Qf3 Nc7 29.
h3 {1/2-1/2 Anand-Kramnik/Fernsehpartie/1996}) 18... a5 $5 (18... Rc8 19. Rc1
Rbc7 20. b4 e5 {Kramnik; Shamkovich} (20... c4 21. b5 a6 22. Rb1 $16 {Dolmatov}
) 21. dxc5 (21. bxc5 $1 exd4 22. exd4 bxc5 23. Rc4 Nb8 24. Rxc5 Rxc5 25. dxc5
Nc6 (25... Na6 26. c6 Nb4 27. Qa4 Nd3 28. Qa6 $18) 26. h3 $18 {Dolmatov}) 21...
bxc5 22. Rc4 (22. h3 c4 23. a3 Nb6 {Dolmatov}) 22... e4 $1 $14 {1/2-1/2
Kramnik,V-Kasparov,G/Las Palmas 1996 (57)}) (18... cxd4 $6 19. Nxd4 $16 {
Dolmatov}) 19. a3 (19. Rd1 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nc5 21. Nc6 Qf6 22. b3 $14 {Kramnik;
Shamkovich}) 19... Re8 $5 {/\ 20...e5 21.Qe4 e:d4 22.Q:b7 d:c3 23.b:c3 Ne5=}
20. Rd1 (20. h3 e5 21. Qe4 exd4 $1 22. Qxb7 dxc3 23. bxc3 Ne5 $1 $11 24. Qxb6
$140 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Qg5+ 26. Kh1 Qd5 27. e4 Qh5 {Karpov}) 20... Rbb8 (20... e5
21. Qe4 exd4 22. Qxb7 dxc3 23. bxc3 Ne5 24. Qxb6 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Qg5+ 26. Kf1 $5
$16 (26. Kh1 Qh5 27. Qc6)) 21. h3 (21. dxc5 Nxc5 22. b4 (22. Nd4 $5) 22... axb4
23. axb4 Na6 24. b5 Nc5 $11 (24... Nc5 {Karpov} 25. Ne5 Ra8 26. Nc6 Qf6 $132))
21... Rbd8 (21... e5 $142 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Rcd3 $14) 22. Rcd3
Rc8 (22... cxd4 23. Rxd4 (23. Nxd4 Ne5 $1 (23... Nc5 $2 24. Nc6 $18)) 23... Nc5
24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Na6 26. Qc4 $16 {Karpov}) 23. d5 $1 $14 exd5 (23... e5 24.
e4 $14 {Karpov} (24. d6 Qe6 25. e4 {/\Rd5 Karpov})) 24. Rxd5 Nf6 25. Re5 $1 (
25. R5d3 {Karpov} b5 $11) 25... Qc7 (25... Qb7 $142 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. a4 Qe4
$14) 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. a4 $1 $16 Rd8 (27... Nd7 {/\Ne5} 28. Nd4 $1 {Karpov})
28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Ne5 Qd5 30. Nc4 {[%csl Rb6,Gc4]} Nd7 31. b3 f5 $6 (31... h5
$5 32. Kf1 $5 {/\Qd2}) (31... g6 $5) 32. Kf1 (32. g4 fxg4 (32... g6 33. gxf5
gxf5 34. Qc3 $5) 33. hxg4 Qf3 34. Qf5 Qxf5 35. gxf5 $16 {Karpov}) 32... Kf7 33.
f3 Ke7 34. Ke2 Qe6 35. Qc3 Nf6 36. Kf2 Kd7 (36... h5 37. h4 $16) (36... g5 $142
) 37. g4 {[#]} Kc6 $2 (37... fxg4 $142 38. hxg4 $16) (37... g6 38. Qe5 {Karpov}
) 38. Qe5 $1 Qxe5 39. Nxe5+ Kd5 40. Nc4 fxg4 41. Nxb6+ $1 Kc6 42. Nc4 $18 gxf3
(42... gxh3 43. Kg3 $18 {[%csl Ra5,Rh3]}) 43. Kxf3 Kd5 44. Nxa5 g5 45. Nc4 h5
46. Nd2 Ke5 47. e4 (47. a5 $143 Kd5 48. e4+ Kc6 49. e5 Ne8 50. Ke4 Ng7 51. Nc4
Kb5 {Karpov}) 47... Ne8 (47... Kd4 48. a5 $1 Nd7 49. a6 Ne5+ 50. Ke2 Nc6 51.
Nf3+ Kxe4 52. Nxg5+ $18 {Karpov}) 48. Ke3 Nc7 49. Nc4+ Kf6 50. Kf2 Na6 51. Kg3
Nb4 52. h4 Nc6 53. a5 $1 $18 Nb4 54. Nd2 Nc6 (54... Na6 55. hxg5+ Kxg5 56. Nf3+
$18 {Karpov}) 55. a6 gxh4+ 56. Kxh4 Ke6 57. Kxh5 Kd7 58. Kg6 Kc7 59. Nc4 (59.
Kf6 Kb6 60. e5 Kxa6 61. e6 Kb5 62. e7 Nxe7 63. Kxe7 Kb4 64. Kd6 $18 {Karpov})
59... Kb8 60. Kf6 Ka7 61. e5 Kxa6 62. e6 Kb5 63. e7 (63. e7 {Karpov} Nxe7 64.
Kxe7 Kb4 65. Nd2 Kc3 66. Kd6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 Nd7 (11... dxc4) 12. cxd5 exd5 13. O-O Re8
(13... Nf6 14. Ne5 $16) 14. Qb1 Nf6 15. b4 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 Be6 $146
18. Rfc1 $146 (18. b5 $5 Bd5 $5 $14 (18... cxb5 19. Qxb5 $16 {ECO})) (18. Nxe4
Bf5 (18... Bxa2 19. Qxa2 Qxe4 $14) 19. f3 Bxe4 20. fxe4 Qxe4 21. Qxe4 Rxe4 22.
Rf5 $14) 18... Bd5 19. b5 Rad8 {/\Rd6-g6<=>} (19... h5 $5) 20. a4 $6 {/\a5,a6}
(20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Rc5 $1 $14 {/\Nc4-e5, ><c6} (21. Nc4 c5 $1 $10)) 20... h5 $1
$132 21. R1c2 h4 22. h3 f5 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Nc4 (24. Rc5 $6 f4 $36) 24... c5
$1 (24... f4 25. exf4 (25. Ne5 f3 26. Rxc6 Qg5 27. Rg6 Rxe5 28. Rxg5 Rxg5 $13)
25... Bxc4 26. Rxc4 e3 27. Qe1 e2 28. Rd2 Qe4 29. Rcc2 $14) 25. dxc5 Qxc5 26.
Na3 $1 {/\Nb5-d4} Qb6 27. Qxb6 axb6 28. Nb5 Bf7 (28... Rd7 $142 $10 29. Rc7
$140 Red8 30. Rd2 Be6) 29. Nd4 $14 g6 (29... f4 $6 {><h4}) 30. Rc6 Re7 (30...
Ra8 $5 31. Rxb6 Re7) 31. Rb2 (31. Rxb6 Ra8 32. Rcc6 Rxa4 33. Rxg6+ Bxg6 34.
Rxg6+ Rg7 35. Rxg7+ Kxg7 36. Nxf5+ Kf6 37. Nxh4 Kg5 38. g3 Ra1+ 39. Kg2 Ra2 $10
) 31... Ra8 32. Rb4 Rea7 33. Rbxb6 Rxa4 34. Rxg6+ Bxg6 35. Rxg6+ Kf7 36. Rh6
Rxd4 $1 $10 37. exd4 Ra1+ 38. Kh2 Ra2 39. Kg1 Ra1+ 40. Kh2 Rf1 41. Rxh4 (41. g4
$2 Rxf2+ 42. Kg1 e3 43. gxf5 Rxf5 $17) 41... Rxf2 42. Kg1 e3 43. d5 Rd2 (43...
Kf6 44. Rh6+ {/\Re6}) 44. Kf1 Rf2+ 45. Ke1 Rxg2 46. Rf4 Kf6 47. Rf3 Rd2 48.
Rxe3 Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates sf1"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1989.10.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Artur Yusupov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7.
Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O
e5 {13...b6!?} 14. Bb3 $5 exd4 {14...Re8 15.d5!?+/= Nikolic,P-Yusupov,A 
(Beograd,89)} 15. exd4 Nf6 16. Re1 Qd6 {16...Qd8!?+/=} 17. Ne5 $36 Nd5 $2 {
17...Bf5? 18.Nf7 Rf7 19.Bf7 Kf7 20.Qb3+/-; >=17...Be6+/=} 18. Rg3 $40 Bf5 19.
Qh5 Bh7 20. Qg4 $1 g5 21. h4 $16 f6 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. f4 $5 (23. Qh5 Qe7 24.
Nd3 Qf7 $16) 23... Rae8 $2 (23... Kh8 24. fxg5 fxe5 25. g6 Qxg6 26. Qxg6 Bxg6
27. Rxg6 $16) 24. fxg5 fxe5 25. g6 Bxg6 26. dxe5 $18 Qe6 {26...Qc5 27.Kh2+-;
26...Kg7 27.de Re1 28.Kh2 Rh8 29.Rh3+-} 27. Bxd5 $1 {27.Qg6 Qg6 28.Rg6+/-} cxd5
28. Qxg6+ Qxg6 29. Rxg6+ Kh7 {29...Kf7 30.Rd6 Rd8 31.Rf1+-} 30. Rd6 Rc8 31. Re3
{31.Re2!?} Rc2 32. Rd7+ Kg6 33. Rxb7 Re8 34. a3 d4 $6 $138 {>=34...Rd2} 35. Rd3
Rxe5 36. Rxd4 Rg5 37. Rd6+ Kh5 38. Rh7+ Kg4 39. Rd4+ Kf5 40. Rd5+ Kg6 41. Rg7+
Kxg7 42. Rxg5+ Kf6 43. Rb5 a6 44. Rb6+ Ke7 {44...Kf5 45.b4+-} 45. Kh2 $18 Kd7
46. Kh3 {46.a4+-} Kc7 47. Rb3 Kd6 48. g4 Ke5 49. Kh4 Kf6 50. Rb6+ Kg7 51. Kh5
a5 52. Rb7+ Kg8 53. a4 {Artur Yusupov} 1-0

[Event "Hamburg SKA"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1991.07.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1991.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3
Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O b6
14. Bd3 c5 15. Bb5 Rd8 16. Qe2 $6 (16. Bc6 $142) (16. Bc6 {Ftacnik} Rb8 17. Qc2
cxd4 (17... Bb7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. b4 $14 {Polugajevsky,
L-Rashkovsky,N/URS ch/1973/}) 18. Nxd4 e5 $1 19. Nf5 Qf6 20. Rd1 Nc5 $10 {
Smyslov,V-Kasparov,G/Vilnius m(6)/1984/}) 16... Bb7 17. Bxd7 $6 cxd4 $1 $15 18.
Nxd4 Qxd7 19. a3 (19. Rfc1 {Ftacnik} Qd5 20. f3 Qxa2 $17) 19... Rac8 $5 (19...
Qd5 20. f3 Rac8 21. Rfc1 $15) 20. Rxc8 (20. Rfc1 {Ftacnik} Rxc3 21. Rxc3 e5 22.
Nb3 Qd1+ 23. Qf1 $17) 20... Rxc8 21. Rd1 e5 22. Nb5 (22. Nf3 $142 Qf5 (22...
Qc6 {Ftacnik} 23. h3 f6 $17) 23. Ne1 $15) 22... Qc6 23. f3 (23. e4 {Ftacnik}
Ba6 24. a4 Bxb5 25. axb5 Qc2 $17) 23... Ba6 24. a4 Bxb5 25. axb5 (25. Qxb5 {
Ftacnik} Qxb5 26. axb5 Rc2 27. Rd8+ Kh7 28. Rd7 f6 29. Rxa7 Rxb2 $17) 25... Qc2
$17 (25... Qc4 $17) 26. Rd2 Qb3 27. h3 Rc5 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. Rd7 Rc2 30. Qe1
Qxb2 (30... Rxb2 $5 31. Kh2 Qc2 32. Qg3 Qg6 $17) 31. Qg3 Qa1+ 32. Kh2 Rc1 33.
Qf2 (33. Qg4 {Ftacnik} Rh1+ 34. Kg3 Qe1#) 33... Qb1 34. e4 (34. Rxa7 {Ftacnik}
Rh1+ 35. Kg3 Qg6+ 36. Kh4 Qg5#) 34... Rh1+ 35. Kg3 Qc1 36. Qd2 (36. Qa2 {
Ftacnik} Qg5+ 37. Kf2 Qh4+ $19) 36... Qxd2 37. Rxd2 Rb1 $6 (37... Kg6 $142) 38.
Rd5 f6 39. f4 Rb3+ 40. Kg4 exf4 (40... h5+ 41. Kxh5 exf4 42. Kg4) 41. Kxf4 Kg6
42. h4 h5 43. g4 hxg4 44. Kxg4 Rc3 45. h5+ (45. Rd7 {Ftacnik} Rc5 46. Rxa7 Rxb5
$19) 45... Kh6 46. Kf4 Rc1 47. Kg4 Rf1 48. Rf5 $8 Rg1+ 49. Kf4 Ra1 50. Rd5 Ra4
51. Rf5 a5 52. bxa6 Rxa6 53. Rb5 Ra3 54. Kg4 (54. Rxb6 $2 Kxh5 {/\g5-+} (54...
Kxh5 {Ftacnik} 55. e5 g5+ 56. Ke4 fxe5 57. Kxe5 Rf3 $19)) (54. e5 $5 Ra4+ 55.
Kf3 f5 56. e6 Re4 $17) 54... Re3 55. Kf4 Rc3 56. Kg4 Rc6 57. Kf4 Kh7 58. Rb4
Kg8 59. Rd4 $2 $138 (59. e5 $142) 59... b5 60. Rd5 $2 Rb6 $19 61. Ke3 {Yusupov}
(61. Ke3 b4 62. Kd2 b3 63. Kc1 Re6 64. Rd4 Kh7 65. Kb2 Kh6 66. Kxb3 Kxh5 67.
Kc4 Kg5 68. Rd7 (68. Kd3 Kf4 $19) 68... g6 69. Kd5 Re5+ 70. Kd4 Kf4 71. Rd6
Rxe4+ 72. Kd3 Kf5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Candidates sf1"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1989.10.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Artur Yusupov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7.
Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Be2
c5 $5 {N;13...Rc8!?} 14. dxc5 Rc8 $10 15. Nd4 $6 {15.b4 bc 16.b5 a6=} Rxc5 16.
Qa3 Nc6 17. Nxc6 {17.Nb3?! Rc2 18.Bf3 Qa3 19.ba Rc8=/+} Bxc6 18. Rfd1 $6 (18.
Rfc1 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 Qxa3 20. bxa3 Bd5 21. Rc2 $10 {/\Ba6,f3}) 18... Rc8 $1 19.
Bf1 {19.Rac1? Qg5 20.Bf1 Bg2!-+; 20.g3 Rc1 21.Rc1 Qd5 22.f3 Qd2-+} Bd5 $15 20.
Qd3 {/\a3} Qg5 (20... Qf6 21. Rd2 Rc1 {21...h5!? 22.a3 h4 23.h3=/+} 22. Rxc1
Rxc1 23. b3 {23.Rc2 Rc2 24.Qc2 Ba2 25.b3 Qa1-/+} Qa1 24. Rc2 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 g6
26. f3 Qe1 27. Qf2 $10) 21. Rd2 Rc1 $6 {>=21...h5=/+} 22. Rxc1 Rxc1 23. Rd1 $8
Bc4 24. Qd7 $6 (24. Qd2 $1 Rxd1 {24...Bf1 25.Rf1=} 25. Qxd1 Bxa2 26. Qa4 Qd5
27. Qxa7 Bc4 28. Qa1 $10) 24... Bxf1 25. Rxf1 {25.Kf1 Rd1 26.Qd1 Qe5 27.Qd8
Kh7 28.Qd7=; 25...Qc5=/+} Qc5 $15 26. Qd8+ {T;>=26.g3 Rf1 27.Kf1 Qc4 28.Kg2
Qa2 29.Qe8 Kh7 30.Qf7=/+} Kh7 27. Qd3+ g6 {27...f5 28.g3 Qc4 29.Qc4 Rc4 30.Rd1
Rc2 31.Rd7 a5 32.Rd6 Rb2 33.Re6 b5 34.a3_|_=} 28. g3 a5 29. a3 Rc2 $5 {29...
Qc4!? 30.Qc4 Rc4 31.Rd1 Rc2 32.b4 ab 35.ab /\Rd4_|_=/+} 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4
Qc4 32. Qd6 (32. Rd1 $1 b5 33. Qd7 {33.Qc4!? Rc4 34.Rd4! Rd4 35.ed Kg7 36.f3
Kf6 37.Kf2 Ke7 38.Ke3 Kd6 39.h3_|_=} Kg7 34. Qd4+ $15) 32... Qb5 $5 33. h4 $6 {
33.Qf8 Qf5 /\b5-/+;>=33.Rd1=/+} Kg7 $6 (33... Rc4 $1 34. Rb1 Qf5 35. Rd1 {
35.Rf1!? b5 36.Qd2 /\Rc1-/+} Qf3 $17) 34. Qd4+ $1 e5 35. Qd6 Rb2 $138 36. Rc1
$1 $10 Rxb4 37. Rc6 {37.Rc8=} Kh7 38. h5 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 Rh1+ 40. Kxh1 Qf1+ 41.
Kh2 Qxf2+ 42. Kh3 Qf1+ 43. Kh2 $8 {Artur Yusupov} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Dolmatov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4
Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 (11... Nd7 {Dolmatov} 12.
cxd5 exd5 13. O-O Re8 14. Qb1 Nf6 15. b4 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 Be6 $14 {
Nikolic,P-Yusupov,A/Horgen/1994/}) 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O b6 14. Bd3 (14. Qe2 a5
$6 (14... Bb7 15. Rd1 Rfd8 16. Ba6 Bxa6 17. Qxa6 c5 {equalizing, Benjamin,
J-Yusupov,A/Horgen CS 1994}) 15. Rfc1 Bb7 16. h3 c5 17. Bb5 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5
19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Rd1 {White is better, Epishin,V-Vaganian,R/It, Reggio Emilia
1995}) 14... c5 15. Be4 (15. Bb5 {Dolmatov} Rd8 (15... cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17.
Bc6 Bb7 18. Qf3 Bxc6 19. Nxc6 Qb7 20. Ne5 Qxf3 21. gxf3 f6 22. Nc6 {1-0
Polugaevsky,L-Andersson,U/Reggio Top16 1991/CBM 22 (50) [Ftacnik]}) 16. Bc6 Rb8
17. Qc2 cxd4 18. Nxd4 e5 19. Nf5 Qf6 20. Rd1 Nc5 $10 {Smyslov,V-Kasparov,G/
Vilnius/1984/}) 15... Rb8 (15... Ba6 $2 {Dolmatov} 16. Bxa8 Bxf1 17. Bc6 Ba6
18. Qa4 Nb8 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. h3 $14) 16. Qa4 (16. Qc2 $5 {Dolmatov} Ba6 (16...
a5 17. Rc1 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Ne5 Qf6 21. Nd3 Rd8 22. Nxc5
bxc5 23. Qe2 Rbd7 24. R3c2 a4 (24... c4 25. g3 e5 26. Kg2 e4 {1/2-1/2
Khalifman,A-Jussupow,A/BL9293 1993/BL 90 (35)}) 25. g3 Rd5 26. Kg2 g6 27. a3 h5
28. Qf3 Qe5 29. Qf4 Qxf4 30. gxf4 Rb8 31. Rxc5 Rxc5 32. Rxc5 Rxb2 33. Rc4 {
1-0 Karpov,A-Jussupow,A/Baden-Baden Hofmann Cup 1995/EXT 95 (51)}) 17. Rd1 Nf6
18. dxc5 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 bxc5 20. b3 $14) 16... Bb7 (16... Nf6 {Dolmatov} 17. Bc6
Nd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Qa3 Be6 21. Rfc1 Rfc8 22. b3 $16) 17. Bxb7
Rxb7 18. Qc2 $1 (18. Qc6 $5 Nb8 19. Qe4 Rc7 20. Rfc1 Rfc8 21. Qf4 c4 {game is
even}) (18. Rd1 {Anand-Kramnik/TV-GER/1996}) 18... Rc8 (18... cxd4 $6 {Dolmatov
} 19. Nxd4) (18... a5 $5 {Dolmatov} 19. Rd1 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nc5 21. Nc6 Qf6 22.
b3 $14) 19. Rc1 Rbc7 20. b4 e5 (20... c4 {Dolmatov} 21. b5 a6 22. Rb1 $16) 21.
dxc5 $2 (21. bxc5 $142 $1 {Dolmatov} exd4 22. exd4 bxc5 23. Rc4 Nb8 24. Rxc5
Rxc5 25. dxc5 Nc6 (25... Na6 26. c6 Nb4 27. Qa4 Nd3 28. Qa6 $18) 26. h3 $18)
21... bxc5 22. Rc4 (22. h3 {Dolmatov} c4 23. a3 Nb6) 22... e4 $5 23. Qxe4 (23.
Rxe4 cxb4 $1) (23. Nd2 $2 Ne5 24. Rxc5 (24. Rxe4 {Dolmatov} cxb4) 24... Rxc5
25. bxc5 Nd3 {is good for Black}) 23... Qxe4 24. Rxe4 cxb4 25. Re8+ Rxe8 26.
Rxc7 Ne5 {It is important to trade the Knights; Rook ending is drawish} 27.
Nxe5 (27. Rxa7 {Dolmatov} Rc8 $10) (27. Nd4 {Dolmatov} a5 28. Ra7 Rc8 $132)
27... Rxe5 28. Rxa7 h5 29. h3 Rb5 30. g4 hxg4 31. hxg4 g6 32. Kg2 b3 33. axb3
Rxb3 {Now White has just theoretical chances to win the game} 34. g5 Kg7 35.
Kg3 Rc3 36. Re7 Ra3 37. Rd7 Kf8 38. Rc7 Kg7 39. Rc8 Kh7 40. Rc7 Kg7 41. Re7 Kf8
42. Re5 Kg7 43. f4 Rd3 44. Kf3 Rd2 45. Ke4 Rd1 46. Rd5 Re1 47. Rd3 Kf8 48. Ke5
Kg7 49. e4 Re2 50. Rd7 Re1 51. Rc7 Re2 52. Ra7 Re1 53. Ra4 Re2 54. Kd6 Rd2+ 55.
Ke7 Rf2 56. e5 Rf1 57. Ra6 Rxf4 58. e6 (58. Rf6 $2 {Dolmatov} Rf5 59. e6 fxe6
60. Kxe6 Rxg5 61. Rf7+ Kh6 62. Rf1 Ra5 63. Kf6 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[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. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. g4 {This "sudden" kingside attack converts a quiet position
of the Lasker System into a mess.} Nd7 11. h4 {[%mdl 4]} e5 ({Perhaps Black
should consider more closely} 11... Nxc3 12. Rxc3 c5 {- Mamedyarov-Fridman in
CBM 146. Although here, too, Varuzhan Akobian managed to pose problems to
Black:} 13. cxd5 exd5 14. g5 h5 15. Bg2 b6 (15... c4 16. Nd2 Nb6 17. Qxh5 Bf5
18. Qf3 Bd3 19. Bf1 Na4 20. Bxd3 Nxc3 21. Bf5 $44 {1/2 (41) Chirila,I (2521)
-Papp,G (2552) Baia Sprie 2012}) 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nd4 Ne4 18. Bxe4 Qxe4 19. f3
Qe5 20. Kf2 $14 {1-0 (48) Akobian,V (2653)-Fridman,D (2639) Tromsoe 2014}) 12.
cxd5 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 cxd5 {This line has been examined in detail in several CBM
issues, most recently in CBM 144; annotations to Aronian-Harikrishna by GM I.
Stohl, and CBM 160, annotation to Laznicka-Dvirnyy by GM L.Ftacnik.} 14. g5 {
This pawn seriously restricts Black's pieces.} (14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16.
Be2 Be6 {1/2 (16) Stanciu,A (2288)-Georgescu,T (2391) Brasov 2011}) (14. Bb5 e4
15. Bxd7 Bxd7 16. Ne5 Be6 17. g5 hxg5 18. Qh5 g4 19. Nxg4 Bxg4 20. Qxg4 f5 $13
{1/2 (51) Dimic,P (2201)-Grigorchuk,S (2297) Zaragoza 2013}) 14... e4 (14... h5
15. Bb5 (15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Be2 $14 Bg4 $6 17. Nxe5 Bxe2 18. Qd4 Rfe8 19. f4 $16
{1-0 (37) Rozum,I (2498)-Baglaev,E (2099) St Petersburg 2012}) 15... exd4 16.
Qxd4 Nb6 (16... Rd8 17. g6 Nf8 18. gxf7+ Qxf7 19. Ng5 Qf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. Nf3
$16 {1-0 (44) Ipatov,A (2614)-Chigladze,I (2365) Yerevan 2014}) (16... Qe4 17.
Qxe4 dxe4 18. Nd2 Ne5 19. Nxe4 Be6 20. f4 $1 Bd5 21. fxe5 Bxe4 22. O-O $14 {
Aronian,L (2805)-Harikrishna,P (2669) Ningbo 2011 CBM 144 [Stohl,I]}) 17. O-O
Bf5 18. Qf4 Be4 (18... Qe4 19. Nd4 Qxf4 20. exf4 Bc8 21. Re1 a6 22. Bd3 $16 {
1-0 (30) Dambacher,M (2490)-Sonntag,H (2364) Germany 2015}) 19. Rc7 Qb4 20. Nd4
Qxb2 21. Rxb7 $14) (14... hxg5 15. hxg5 e4 16. Ne5 g6 17. Ng4 Qxg5 18. f4 {
1-0 (27) Colpe,M (2349)-Grabarczyk,M (2436) Lueneburg 2015} Qd8 19. Qd2 Kg7 20.
Qh2 Rh8 21. Qxh8+ Qxh8 22. Rxh8 Kxh8 23. Rc7 $14) 15. Nd2 (15. Ne5 $6 Nxe5 16.
dxe5 Qxe5 17. Rg1 Kh8 18. Qh5 f6 19. Qe2 Bd7 20. gxh6 gxh6 21. Qc2 Rac8 $17 {
1/2 (47) Chirila,I (2521)-Dimitrov,A (2339) Golden Sands 2012}) 15... hxg5 (
15... g6 16. Qb3 (16. gxh6 Nf6) (16. Rg1 h5 17. Be2 Nb6 18. Nf1 Be6 19. Bxh5
Qb4 20. Bg4 Qxb2 $15 {1-0 (75) Benjamin,J (2534)-Akobian,V (2616) Saint Louis
2013}) 16... Nb6 17. a4 $36) 16. Qh5 $1 (16. hxg5 $143 $2 Qxg5 17. Rh5 Qg1 $1
18. Rh3 (18. Rxd5 Nf6 19. Rd6 Be6 $17 {0-1 (35) Sadzikowski,D (2448)
-Grabarczyk,M (2460) Wroclaw 2013}) 18... Nf6 19. Rg3 Qh1 20. Nb3 b6 21. Kd2
Bg4 $17 {1/2 (59) Wang,H (2718)-Kravtsiv,M (2571) Shenzhen 2011}) 16... g6 (
16... g4 17. Qxd5 $1 (17. Qxg4 Nb6 $5 (17... Rd8 18. Rg1 Qf6 19. Qg3 Nf8 20. f3
exf3 21. Nxf3 Bf5 22. Bh3 Bxh3 23. Qxh3 Qh6 24. Ne5 $14 {1-0 (28) Laznicka,V 
(2681)-Dvirnyy,D (2575) Yerevan 2014 CBM 160 [Ftacnik,L]}) 18. Qg3 Bd7 19. Rg1
f6 20. Nb3 Rfc8 21. a3 Na4 22. Rc7 $11 {L.Ftacnik}) 17... Nf6 (17... Nb6 18.
Qxe4 Qxe4 19. Nxe4 Be6 20. Nc5 Bd5 21. Rg1 $16 {1-0 (38) Kunin,V (2575)-Gstach,
J (2237) Schwarzach 2014}) 18. Qg5 Qb4 19. Rb3 Qd6 20. h5 Nh7 21. Qc5 $14 {
1-0 (33) Li,R (2419)-Rodgaard,J (2354) Istanbul 2012}) 17. Qxg5 Qxg5 18. hxg5
$14 {In the resulting endgame White controls the c- and h-files so Black is
doomed to defence. That means that the whole line is not quite satisfactory
for Black, and he should rather look for other replies to 10.g4.} Rd8 (18...
Nb6 $5 19. b3 Bf5 20. Nb1 Rac8 21. Kd2 f6 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. gxf6 Rxf6 24. Rh2
Bd7 25. Nc3 Kg7 26. Be2 a6 27. Bd1 Rf8 28. Ne2 Rh8 29. Rxh8 Kxh8 30. Kc3 $14 {
1-0 (33) Sadzikowski,D (2487)-Dubiel,J (2410) Germany 2014}) 19. f3 exf3 20.
Nxf3 Nf8 21. Bd3 {, and White gradually converted his positional advantage:}
Be6 {Black could probably have defended better, e.g.} (21... Bd7 $5 22. Kd2
Rac8 23. Rhc1 Ne6 {or}) (21... Bg4 22. Ne5 Be6 {[%cal Yf8h7]}) 22. Kd2 Rac8 23.
Rhc1 Nh7 24. a4 Rxc3 25. bxc3 {[%mdl 4096]} Bg4 26. Ne5 Be6 27. Rg1 Kf8 28. e4
$1 b6 29. Ke3 dxe4 30. Bxe4 Bb3 31. Bc6 Bd5 ({It was better to refrain from
the bishop exchange:} 31... Be6 {although after} 32. c4 {White should
gradually crush Black.}) 32. c4 Bxc6 33. Nxc6 Re8+ 34. Kd3 a5 35. d5 {[%csl
Gd5]} Kg7 36. Kd4 Re2 37. Ne5 Rd2+ 38. Kc3 Re2 39. Nd7 {[%csl Rb6]} Re3+ 40.
Kd4 Rb3 41. d6 Rb2 42. Kd5 Rd2+ 43. Kc6 Rd4 44. Nxb6 Nf8 45. c5 Ne6 46. Re1 Kf8
47. Rxe6 fxe6 48. Kd7 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.09.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2877"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "23"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Nd7 12. Be2 (12. Bd3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 {
is more common but White wants to recapture with his queen.}) 12... dxc4 13.
Qxc4 {An unusual decision allowing e6-e5. On the other hand, White prevents ...
b7-b6 followed by ...Bc8-b7 and ...c6-c5 so the position remains asymmetrical.}
e5 14. O-O exd4 15. Nxd4 {We have a typical quiet position with the open
d-file. It is approximately equal but not yet drawn - just made for Magnus
Carlsen!} Nf6 (15... Ne5 16. Qc5 Re8 17. Qxe7 Rxe7 18. Rfd1 Bd7 19. b4 Kf8 20.
Rc3 Be8 21. Nb3 Rd7 22. f4 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Rd8 24. Be2 Ng6 25. Kf2 Ne7 26. e4 b6
27. Bf3 f6 28. Ke3 $14 {/= 1/2 (55) Nanu,C (2515)-Nikolov,S (2409) Sunny Beach
2010}) (15... Nb6 16. Qc5 (16. Qb3 $5) 16... Re8 17. Qxe7 Rxe7 18. Rfd1 Be6 19.
a3 g6 20. Nxe6 Rxe6 21. Rd4 Kf8 22. Rcd1 Ree8 23. Kf1 Ke7 24. Re4+ {1/2 (24)
Del Rio de Angelis,S (2484)-San Segundo Carrillo,P (2509) Leon 2012}) 16. b4 ({
White obtained a tiny plus in the following game:} 16. Bf3 Re8 17. Rfd1 Bd7 18.
a4 a5 19. Qb3 Bg4 20. Bxg4 Nxg4 21. h3 Nf6 22. Nf5 Qe6 23. Qxe6 Rxe6 24. Nd6
Re7 25. Nc4 $14 {1-0 (83) Melkumyan,H (2628)-Esen,B (2555) Plovdiv 2012}) 16...
Bd7 (16... Be6 $5 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Qxe6 fxe6 {was recommended by IM Maxim
Notkin but White can still fight on, say, after} 19. a4 {with a minority
attack.}) 17. Rfd1 Rfe8 18. Qc5 g6 19. a4 Qxc5 20. bxc5 a5 21. Nb3 (21. Rd2 $5
{[%cal Yd2b2] M.Notkin}) 21... Re5 22. Rd4 Kf8 23. Kf1 Ke7 24. Bc4 g5 25. h3 b5
$6 {Hardly a good idea. Black trades White's only weakness and remains with
pawn ruins on the queenside.} (25... h5 $5 26. Ke2 g4) 26. cxb6 Rb8 27. f4 $5 {
A nice pawn sacrifice.} Rxe3 28. Nc5 {[%csl Gc5]} (28. Nxa5 Rxb6 29. fxg5 c5
30. Rd3 Rxd3 31. Bxd3 hxg5 32. Rxc5 g4 33. hxg4 Bxa4 $11) (28. fxg5 $5 hxg5 29.
Nxa5 Re5 (29... Rxb6 30. Bd3 $1 {[%cal Ra5c4]}) 30. Nb3 c5 31. Rxd7+ Nxd7 32.
a5 $14) 28... Rxb6 29. Kf2 gxf4 30. Rxf4 Re5 31. Rxf6 Be8 {An unnecessary
tactical trick.} (31... Rb2+ 32. Kf3 Rxc5 33. Rxf7+ Kd8 (33... Kd6 34. Rd1+ Ke5
35. Re7+ Kf6 36. Re4 $14) 34. Rd1 Rxc4 35. Rdxd7+ Kc8 {looks very dangerous
for Black but, surprisingly, there is no decisive blow, e.g.} 36. Rc7+ Kb8 $1 (
36... Kd8 $2 37. Ra7 Ke8 38. Rh7) 37. Rce7 Ka8) 32. Rf4 $1 Rxc5 33. Re4+ Kf8
34. Rxe8+ Kxe8 35. Bxf7+ Kxf7 36. Rxc5 {[%mdl 4096] This rook endgame is very
subtle; the line between a draw and White's win is very thin.} Rb4 {It looked
more logical to give a couple of checks to force White's king out of the
centre:} (36... Rb2+ 37. Kg3 Rb3+ {; however, the king goes forward:} 38. Kh4
$1 Rb4+ 39. g4 Rxa4 40. Rxc6 Kg7 41. Kh5 $18 {M.Notkin}) 37. Rxa5 c5 38. Ke3
Rd4 39. Ra6 Kg7 $6 (39... h5 $5 40. Rh6 (40. a5 Ra4) 40... Rxa4 41. Rxh5 Ra3+
42. Kf4 c4 43. Rc5 c3 44. h4 Ra2 45. g4 c2 46. g5 (46. h5 Ra4+ 47. Kg3 Ra3+ 48.
Kh4 Ra2 {is a theoretical draw}) 46... Ke6 47. Kg4 Kd6 48. Rc8 Ra4+ 49. Kh5 Ra2
{, and White apparently can't make progress}) 40. a5 Ra4 41. g4 h5 (41... Ra3+
42. Ke4 Rxh3 43. Kd5 c4 (43... h5 44. gxh5 Rxh5+ 45. Kc4 Rh4+ 46. Kb5) 44. Kxc4
h5 45. gxh5 Rh4+ 46. Kc5 Rxh5+ 47. Kb6 Rh6+ 48. Kb7 Rh5 49. Ra7 $1 $18 {
M.Notkin}) 42. gxh5 Ra3+ 43. Ke4 c4 44. Kd4 c3 (44... Rf3 45. h6+ Kh7 46. Rc6)
45. Kd3 Kh7 46. h6 $2 (46. Kc2 $1 {was necessary. It is essential for White
not to allow Black's rook to control the a-pawn from the side.} Kg7 47. h6+ Kh7
48. h4 Kh8 49. Ra7 Kg8 50. a6 Kh8 51. h5 $22 Kg8 52. Rg7+ Kh8 53. a7 Ra2+ 54.
Kb3 $18) 46... Rb3 $3 {Miraculously, this move now saves the game.} 47. Kc2 (
47. Rc6 {(b6, d6 etc.)} Ra3 48. a6 Kg8 {No zugzwang is possible now, and White
can't make progress.}) 47... Rb5 48. Kxc3 Rf5 {The so-called Vancsura setup.
Despite 3 extra pawns, the position is drawn.} 49. Ra8 Rb5 50. Kc4 Rf5 {
The f-file is the most appropriate position for Black's rook.} 51. Kb4 Rf4+ 52.
Kc5 Rf5+ 53. Kd4 Rb5 54. Ke4 Rc5 55. Ra6 Rb5 56. h4 Rc5 57. Kd4 Rb5 58. Kc4 Rf5
59. Kb4 Rf4+ 60. Kc5 Rf5+ 61. Kb6 Rf6+ {Black pushes White's king away as it
is approaching the a-pawn.} 62. Kb7 Rf7+ 63. Kc8 Rf8+ 64. Kd7 Rf5 65. Ra8 Rd5+
66. Ke6 Rb5 67. Kf6 Rc5 68. Ra7+ Kxh6 69. Kf7 Rb5 70. a6 Rb6 71. Kg8 Rb8+ 72.
Kf7 Rb6 73. Ke7 Kg6 74. Kd7 Rf6 75. Ra8 Kg7 76. Kc7 Rf7+ 77. Kd6 Rf6+ 78. Ke5
Rb6 79. Ra7+ (79. a7 Ra6 $11) 79... Kg6 80. h5+ Kh6 81. Kf5 Rc6 82. Re7 Rxa6
83. Re6+ Rxe6 84. Kxe6 Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2011.05.07"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2011.05.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. Qc2 b6 14. Bd3 Nf6
$5 {[%mdl 512] A fresh idea by GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov - and probably the
easiest way to equalise!} (14... c5 {was played automatically for many decades:
} 15. Bh7+ (15. Be4 Rb8 16. O-O Ba6 (16... a5 17. Rd1 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. a3
Re8 20. h3 e5 21. Qe4 Rbb8 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. f4
Ree8 26. Kf2 Red8 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Ke2 Rc8 29. Kd3 b5 $11 {1/2 Van Wely,L 
(2681)-Azmaiparashvili,Z (2672)/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104 (48)}) 17. Rc1 Rfc8 18.
dxc5 Rxc5 19. Nd4 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 Rc8 21. Qd2 Rxc1+ 22. Qxc1 Ne5 23. Qc3 g6 24.
h3 Qd6 $2 (24... Qc5 25. Qxc5 bxc5 26. Nb3 c4 27. Nc5 Bb5 28. a4 Nd7 $1 29.
Nxd7 Bxd7 30. a5 Kf8 $11) 25. b4 {[%cal Rb4b5] 1-0 Grischuk,A (2736)-Jakovenko,
D (2736)/Moscow 2009/EXT 2010} Nd7 26. b5 Qc5 27. Qxc5 bxc5 28. bxa6 cxd4 29.
exd4 Nf6 {, and still Black should not lose}) 15... Kh8 16. Be4 Rb8 17. O-O Ba6
(17... b5 18. Rc1 b4 19. Rb3 a5 {1/2 Arutinian,D (2584)-Dobrowolski,A (2335)/
Legnica 2008/EXT 2010 (44)} 20. a4 $1 f5 21. Bc6 cxd4 22. exd4 Ba6 23. Re3 Rbc8
24. Qb3 $14 {[%csl Re6]}) (17... Bb7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Rc1 (19. dxc5 $5 Nxc5
20. b4 Na6 21. a3 $14) 19... a5 (19... cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nf6 21. Nc6 Qe8 22. e4 e5
23. b4 $16 {1-0 Pirc,V-Gawlikowski,S/Karlovy Vary 1948/MCD (43)}) 20. a3 Rd8
21. h3 Kg8 22. Rd1 g6 23. dxc5 bxc5 24. b3 Rdb8 25. a4 $14 {1-0 Zakhartsov,V 
(2602)-Grabinsky,V (2303)/Cappelle la Grande FRA 2011/The Week in Chess 852 
(37)}) (17... a5 18. Rd1 (18. Bc6 cxd4 19. Nxd4 e5 20. Bxd7 Bxd7 21. Nc6 Bxc6
22. Rxc6 Rfd8 23. Rc1 Rd6 24. g3 Rbd8 25. Qe4 Qe6 26. Kg2 {1/2 Lysyj,I (2631)
-Ovsejevitsch,S (2594)/Dresden 2010/CBM 137 Extra}) 18... Bb7 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20.
a3 Rc8 (20... Re8 21. dxc5 Nxc5 22. Ne5 $36) 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Rbc7 23. Rc1
$14 {1-0 Van Wely,L (2677)-Volokitin,A (2684)/Foros 2008/CBM 125 (41)}) (17...
Nf6 $5 18. dxc5 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 bxc5 20. Qc2 Bb7 21. Nd2 Rfd8 22. f3 Ba6 23. Rf2
Rd7 24. Nb3 Rbd8 25. Rd2 Rxd2 26. Nxd2 Qd7 27. Ne4 Qb5 28. Ng3 Qd7 29. Ne4 Qb5
30. Ng3 Qd7 {1/2 Dydyshko,V (2555)-Kriebel,T (2296)/Frydek Mistek CZE 2011/The
Week in Chess 860}) 18. Rc1 Rfc8 19. h3 Kg8 20. Qa4 Bb7 21. Bxb7 Rxb7 22. Qb5
Rbc7 23. b4 Qd6 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. dxc5 Nxc5 $11 {1/2 Sakaev,K (2634)-Lysyj,I 
(2578)/Krasnoyarsk 2007/CBM 120 (36)}) 15. Rxc6 (15. e4 Bb7 16. O-O Rac8 $11 {
[%cal Yc6c5,Gb7e4]}) 15... Nd5 16. Qb3 Nb4 17. Rc1 Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 Bb7 {That's
the point. Black's development advantage compensates for his material deficit.}
19. O-O (19. a3 $5 {, with the idea not to give up the a2-pawn, can be met with
} a5 $5 {preventing castling.}) 19... Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qg5+ 21. Kh1 {Draw agreed
in the stem game Van Wely - Kasimdzhanov (Khanty-Mansiysk 2010).} Qd5 22. Qe4
Qxa2 {Black has regained the pawn; White has insufficient resources to create
a dangerous attack along the g-file.} 23. Rg1 Rfc8 24. Qb7 (24. Rcf1 Qd5) 24...
Rf8 25. Rc7 Qxb2 (25... Rad8 $6 26. Qe4 Qd5 27. Rxa7) 26. Rxf7 Rxf7 27. Qxa8+
Kh7 28. Qe8 Rc7 29. Qxe6 Qxf2 30. Qe4+ Kg8 31. Qe8+ Kh7 32. Qe4+ Kg8 33. Qe8+ (
33. h3 $5 {[%cal Yg1g2] was a way to continue fighting but after} Qc2 34. Qe8+
Kh7 35. d5 Qf5 (35... Qc5 $5) 36. Qe4 Qxe4 37. fxe4 Re7 $1 38. d6 Re8 $1 {
the rook ending proves to be drawn.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2876"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "190"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 dxc4 {A dubious decision: Black allows
White's bishop to get to c4 in one go.} (11... Nd7 {is more accurate and
common.}) 12. Bxc4 b6 (12... Nd7 13. Be2 $5 Re8 14. O-O e5 15. Rfe1 exd4 16.
exd4 Nf8 17. d5 Bg4 18. h3 Bh5 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Bf1 Qb7 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Nd4
$16 {1-0 (68) Bischoff,K (2533)-Senff,M (2449) Germany 2006}) 13. O-O {Too
conventional.} (13. Be2 $5 Bb7 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. O-O $142 {as it is not easy for
Black to push ...c6-c5 without concessions:} (15. Bh5 {(Hort) is not very
promising due to} g6 16. Bf3 c5 {as} 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 {[%cal Yb8d7]} 18. Ng4 {
doesn't work:} Qxg2 19. Nf6+ Kg7 20. dxc5 Qxh1+ 21. Ke2 Qxc1 22. Qxc1 Rxc5 $1 (
{but not} 22... Kxf6 $2 23. cxb6 $1 Rxc1 24. b7)) 15... Nd7 (15... c5 16. b4 $5
) 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Qb3 (17. b4 $5) 17... Qe7 (17... c5 {leads to an isolated
pawn}) 18. Bf3 {etc.}) 13... Nd7 {More accurate than} (13... Bb7 14. Ne5 $5 (
14. e4 c5 15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 Nd7 17. Rfe1 Qd6 (17... Qf6 $5 18. Bb5 (18. Ne5
$5) 18... Qxc3 19. bxc3 Nf6 {Hort} 20. c4 a6 21. Bc6 $14) 18. Nh4 $5 g6 $1 (
18... Qf6 19. Qxf6 Nxf6 20. d6 $14 {1-0 (29) Hort,V-Donner,J Wijk aan Zee 1970}
) 19. Qe3 Rfe8 $1 20. Qxh6 Ne5 $132) 14... Nd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Be2 $1 Rfc8 (
16... Qe7 17. Bf3 Rac8 18. Qb3 Rc7 19. Qa4 c5 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. dxc5 bxc5 22.
b3 $14 {1-0 (41) Frydman,P-Gershman,J Buenos Aires 1939}) 17. b4 (17. Rfd1 Qe7
18. Bf3 c5 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 $11 {1/2 (27) Kieninger,G-Schmidt,P Heidelberg 1949})
17... a5 18. a3 axb4 19. axb4 Qd5 20. Bf3 Qb5 21. Rb1 Ra2 22. Rfc1 $14 {
1-0 (40) Huzman,A (2570)-Ravia,M (2330) Israel 1996}) 14. Rfd1 (14. b4 Bb7 15.
Be2 Rfc8 16. Rfd1 {1/2 (16) Kantsler,B (2455)-Ravia,M (2370) Petah Tiqwa 1996}
a5 $132) 14... Bb7 15. h3 (15. e4 Rfd8 16. Qe3 c5 17. h3 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Rac8 19.
f3 Ne5 $11 {1-0 (36) Sanikidze,T (2426)-Becker,M (2330) Dresden 2007}) 15... c5
$11 {Black has solved his opening problems.} 16. d5 {A harmless attempt.
Black's queenside pawns will not be less strong than White's central pawns,
which are not too advanced.} exd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Nf6 19. Rd3 Rad8 20.
Rcd1 Rxd3 21. Qxd3 Rc8 22. a4 c4 23. Qc2 Qe4 24. Nd4 c3 25. Qb3 Qd5 26. Qc2 Qe4
27. Qxe4 Nxe4 {[%mdl 4096]} 28. b3 Nd2 $6 {A risky adventure. It was better to
take another route:} (28... Nc5 $5 {(K.Sakaev)} 29. Kf1 Na6 (29... a5 30. Ke2
Na6 {[%cal Ya6b4]}) 30. Nc2 Nc5 $11) 29. Rc1 a5 (29... c2 $6 30. b4) 30. Rc2 (
30. f3 c2 {[%cal Yc8c3]}) 30... Nb1 31. Rc1 (31. f3 Na3 32. Rc1 c2 33. Kf2 Rc3
{, and White can't make progress.}) 31... Nd2 32. Rc2 Nb1 33. Nb5 Kf8 (33...
Rd8 34. Rc1 Rd3 (34... c2 35. Rxc2 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Nd2 37. Kg3 Nxb3 38. Rc6 {
is risky for Black}) 35. g4 c2 36. Rxc2 Rxb3 37. Rc8+ Kh7 38. Rc6 Rb4 39. Nd6 {
, and White fights on.}) 34. f3 Rd8 35. Nd4 {White could have kept winning
chances by means of} (35. Kf2 $1 Rd2+ 36. Rxd2 cxd2 37. Ke2 Ke7 38. g4) 35...
Rc8 36. Rc1 Na3 37. Nc2 Nxc2 38. Rxc2 {White eventually wins the c3-pawn in
this rook ending but Black manages to trade all the queenside pawns, after
which a theoretically drawn endgame arises.} Rc5 39. Kf2 b5 40. axb5 Rxb5 41.
Rxc3 g6 42. f4 (42. g4 h5 $1) 42... h5 {It is useful for Black to put his rook
pawn here as it makes his task easier. White's further attempts are absolutely
fruitless.} 43. Rc8+ Kg7 44. Ra8 Rxb3 45. Rxa5 Rb2+ 46. Kf3 Rb3 47. Ra7 Rc3 48.
Re7 Rb3 49. Kg3 Rb2 50. Kf3 Rb3 51. g4 hxg4+ 52. hxg4 Rb1 53. Rd7 Rf1+ 54. Ke4
Rg1 55. g5 Ra1 56. Ke5 Ra3 57. e4 Ra5+ 58. Kd6 Ra6+ 59. Ke5 Ra5+ 60. Rd5 Ra4
61. Rc5 Ra1 62. Rc2 Rf1 63. Rc7 Re1 64. Ra7 Rg1 65. Ra4 Rf1 66. Ra6 Re1 67. Kd4
Rd1+ 68. Ke3 Re1+ 69. Kf3 Rf1+ 70. Kg3 Re1 71. e5 Re3+ 72. Kf2 Rb3 73. Rd6 Ra3
74. Rd8 Rc3 75. Ke2 Ra3 76. Rd3 Ra1 77. Ke3 Re1+ 78. Kd4 Rf1 79. Ke4 Ra1 80.
Rd7 Ra4+ 81. Rd4 Ra5 82. Rc4 Kf8 83. Rc8+ Kg7 84. Rc7 Kf8 85. Kd4 Ra4+ 86. Rc4
Ra5 87. Rc8+ Kg7 88. e6 fxe6 89. Rc5 Ra7 90. Ke5 Rf7 91. Rc4 Rf5+ 92. Kxe6 Kg8
93. Rc8+ Kg7 94. Rc7+ Kg8 95. Rc8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Be2 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O b6 14. Qc2 (14.
Bd3 {is more ambitious.}) 14... Bb7 15. Bd3 c5 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 Bxe4 18.
Qxe4 {For this line - see article by GM P.Lukacs and IM L.Hazai in CBM 142,
particularly annotations to Borovikov - Bakre.} Rac8 (18... Nf6 19. Qc2 Nd5 20.
Rc4 cxd4 21. Nxd4 Qf6 22. Rc1 Rfd8 23. h3 a6 24. a3 b5 25. Rc6 Ne7 26. Rc7 Nd5
27. Rb7 Ne7 28. Rc7 Nd5 29. Rc6 Ne7 30. Rc5 Ra7 31. Qe4 Rad7 $11 {1/2
Borovikov,V (2601)-Bakre,T (2509)/Kavala GRE 2010/CBM 142/[Lukacs/Hazai] (46)})
(18... f5 $6 19. Qf4 Rae8 20. Rd1 e5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. Qxe5 Rxe5
24. Rd7 f4 25. Rxa7 Rd5 26. h3 Rd1+ 27. Kh2 Rd2 28. exf4 Rxf4 29. Rg3 g5 30.
Re3 {1-0 Ponomariov,R (2754)-Miroshnichenko,E (2651)/Kiev 2011/CBM 143 (34)}
Kg8 $1 $14) ({Recent practice has seen solid, apparently equalising plans for
Black:} 18... Rfe8 19. Rfc1 Kg8 20. h3 e5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Qxe5 Qxe5 23. Nxe5
Rxe5 24. Rd1 Kf8 25. g4 Ke8 {1/2 Malinin,Y (2344)-Krivonosov,O (2448)/Klaipeda
2011/EXT 2012}) (18... cxd4 19. Nxd4 Nc5 20. Qc2 a5 21. Nb3 Nxb3 22. Qxb3 Qb7
23. Rfc1 Rfc8 24. g3 Rxc3 25. Qxc3 Rd8 26. Qc6 Qb8 27. a4 Rd2 28. b3 Rd3 29.
Rc3 Rxc3 30. Qxc3 {1/2 Gurevich,M (2617)-Miroshnichenko,E (2651)/Konya 2011/
CBM 143 Extra}) {GM Magnus Carlsen finds another, quite simple option. Still,
he has to work a while to reach a draw.} 19. Rfc1 (19. Qb7 Qd6 $1) 19... Rc7
20. Qc2 Rfc8 21. h3 {Too slow.} (21. b4 $5 Nf6 $140 $5 22. bxc5 $1 Nd5 23. Rc4
b5 24. Rc3 Nxc3 25. Qxc3 $44 {[%csl Gc5]}) 21... Nf6 22. Rc4 Ne8 23. dxc5 Rxc5
24. Qb3 Rxc4 25. Rxc4 Rxc4 26. Qxc4 Nd6 27. Qc6 {Black holds this position
with accurate defence.} Kg8 28. Ne5 (28. e4 $5) 28... Qd8 29. Nd7 Ne4 30. b3 (
30. Qb7 Nc5 $1 31. Nxc5 Qd1+ 32. Kh2 Qd6+ 33. f4 Qxc5 34. Qb8+ Kh7 35. Qxa7 Kg6
$11) 30... Nf6 31. Ne5 Nd5 32. g3 Qe7 33. h4 g6 34. Kg2 Kg7 35. Nd3 Qd8 36. Qc4
Nf6 37. e4 g5 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Qc3 Kg8 40. Kf3 Nd7 41. Ke3 Nf6 42. a4 Ng4+ 43.
Kf3 Nf6 44. b4 Qd7 45. b5 Qd8 46. Ke3 Ng4+ 47. Ke2 Nf6 48. Qc4 Qa8 49. Ke3 Qd8
50. Kf3 Kg7 51. Qc3 Qh8 52. Qd4 Qh1+ 53. Ke3 Qd1 54. Ne5 Qe1+ 55. Kf3 Qh1+ 56.
Ke3 Qe1+ 57. Kf3 Qh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 3rd"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2008.08.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "L'Ami,E"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.08.20"]
[EventType "team-schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 {
This came as no suprise since the Lasker-defence has been an integral part of
my opponent's opening repertoire troughout his career.} 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6
10. Be2 $5 ({A subtlety pointed out to me by Vladimir Chuchelov in our
preparation for the game. White avoids} 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 Nd7 12. O-O e5
13. dxe5 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 {which might be just equal.}) 10...
Nd7 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Rxc3 dxc4 ({Here} 12... e5 $2 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. dxe5 {
just loses a pawn.}) 13. Bxc4 b6 14. Bd3 c5 15. Be4 Rb8 16. Qc2 a5 17. Rd1 Ba6
$5 $146 ({A new move -played after long thought- and an interesting attemp to
solve Black´s problems. The main move is} 17... Bb7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. a3 {
when White retains a small plus.}) 18. Bc6 cxd4 $6 ({I was expecting Black to
defend his c-pawn by tactical means} 18... Rfd8 $1 {when Black should be able
to equalise} 19. Rc1 ({The slow} 19. h3 Rbc8 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 {doesn't give Black
much problems.}) ({And the direct} 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Rc1 (20. Rd2 cxd4 21. Rxd4
Qb5 {is fine for Black.}) 20... Qd5 $5 21. e4 Qd6 22. dxc5 bxc5 {with the idea}
23. Rxc5 Rxb2 $1 {looks OK for Black as well.}) 19... Rbc8 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21.
dxc5 Rxc5 22. Rxc5 bxc5 23. b3 {and White is a tiny bit better.}) 19. Nxd4 Nc5
20. a3 {Simple and strong, the b4-threat is very hard to counter.} Qf6 $5 21.
Bf3 $1 {Vacating the c6-square for the knight.} ({The point of Black's 20th
move is that} 21. b4 {is answered with} e5 $1 22. Nf5 (22. bxc5 $2 exd4 {
just loses a piece}) 22... axb4 23. axb4 Rfd8 $1 (23... Qxc6 $4 24. Ne7+) 24.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. bxc5 Qxf5 $1 26. e4 Qg4 27. Bd5 bxc5 {and a draw is likely.})
21... a4 ({A natural move, preventing b4, but Black had an interesting
alternative in} 21... e5 22. Nc6 Ra8 23. b4 ({the exchange sac} 23. Rxc5 bxc5
24. Qxc5 Rae8 $8 25. Rd6 (25. Bg4 Qg6 $1 {with the idea} 26. Bd7 Bb7 $1 27.
Bxe8 Rxe8 {winning the knight.}) 25... Qf5 26. b4 axb4 27. axb4 Qb1+ 28. Rd1
Qb3 $5 29. Nxe5 Bb7 {is not convincing for White.}) 23... axb4 24. axb4 {
and now either} Bb7 ({or} 24... Bb5 $5 {(which was missed completely by yours
truly during the game )} 25. Qf5 $1 Bxc6 26. Qxf6 gxf6 27. Bxc6 Rac8 28. Bf3 {
with a pleasant edge for White in the ending.}) 25. Nxe5 (25. Qf5 {doesn't
work here} Qxf5 26. Ne7+ Kh7 27. Nxf5 Bxf3 28. gxf3 Na6 {with a draw.}) ({
neither does} 25. bxc5 Bxc6 26. Bxc6 Qxc6 27. cxb6 Qxb6 {with a draw.}) 25...
Qxe5 26. bxc5 Bxf3 27. gxf3 bxc5 28. Rxc5 {and altough this may still be
within drawing range it is of course not pleasant for Black.}) 22. Nc6 Ra8 $6 (
{Tougher is} 22... Rbc8 {altough} 23. Nb4 Bb5 24. Rd6 Rb8 25. Nd5 {is clearly
better for White.}) 23. Rd6 $6 ({Not precise, instead} 23. Rd4 $1 e5 {(Rf4 was
threatening)} 24. Rb4 {simply wins material.}) 23... Bb7 24. Rc4 Rfc8 $2 ({
Overlooking the awkard positioning of the Black queen. Instead} 24... Bxc6 25.
Rxc6 Rab8 26. Rb4 Qd8 {still gives fighting chances.}) 25. Rf4 {Winning the
queen and the game.} Rxc6 (25... Qg5 26. h4 $1 {leaves no safe haven for the
queen.}) 26. Bxc6 Qe7 27. Bxb7 Qxb7 28. Rb4 {Now the b-pawn also falls, the
rest is easy.} Rc8 29. Rbxb6 Qa8 30. h3 Nb7 31. Rdc6 Rd8 32. Rc7 Na5 33. Qxa4
Rd2 34. Rbc6 Kh7 35. Rc5 Qd8 36. Qxa5 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Qd6+ 38. f4 Qd3 39. Rc1 Rd2
40. Qc3 Qe2 41. Rg1 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.08.30"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Ragger, Markus"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. g4 Rd8 $146 {This looks a bit suspicious. Black not only
neglects the queenside development, but also weakens the kingside defences!}
11. Rg1 c5 12. cxd5 Nxc3 $2 {But this is too much already. After this
premature release of the tension, White's activity becomes overwhelming.} ({
The only way to justify the novelty would have been} 12... exd5 13. dxc5 Be6
14. h4 Nc6) 13. Rxc3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 exd5 15. g5 $1 $40 {The start of a well
calculated attack.} hxg5 16. Qh5 g4 (16... f6 17. Bd3 $18) 17. Rxc8 $1 Rxc8 18.
Qxg4 Qf8 19. Ne6 $1 Rc1+ (19... fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21. Rg3 Qb4+ 22. Kd1 Qa4+
23. b3 Rc1+ 24. Kxc1 Qc6+ 25. Qxc6 Nxc6 26. Bg2 $18 {With a similar ending to
that in the game.}) 20. Kd2 fxe6 21. Qxe6+ Qf7 22. Qxf7+ Kxf7 23. Kxc1 $18 {
White has an extra pawn, the better structure and the more active minor piece.
Objectively speaking, there is nothing which should give Black the idea that
he can save the game.} Nd7 24. Bg2 Nf6 25. Kd2 Rh8 26. h3 Ke6 27. Ke2 Rc8 28.
Kd3 Rh8 29. Rc1 Kd6 30. Ke2 Kd7 31. Rd1 Ke6 32. Rd4 Rc8 33. Kd2 b6 34. Ra4 Rc7
35. h4 Ke5 36. f3 Kd6 37. Rd4 Ke5 38. a3 Ke6 39. Bh3+ Ke5 40. Rf4 Kd6 41. b3
Re7 42. Rf5 Nd7 43. Rg5 Nf6 44. Rg6 Rf7 45. Kd3 Ke7 46. Kd4 Kf8 47. e4 dxe4 48.
fxe4 Rc7 49. e5 Ne8 50. Rg3 Rc1 51. b4 Ke7 52. Rd3 Nc7 53. Ke4 Rc4+ 54. Kf3 Ne6
55. Rd6 Nf8 56. Bf5 g6 57. Bxg6 Nxg6 58. Rxg6 Rxh4 59. Rg7+ Ke6 60. Rxa7 Kxe5
61. Ke3 Rh3+ 62. Kd2 Kd5 63. Kc2 b5 64. Rd7+ Kc6 65. Rd3 Rh4 66. Rg3 Kb6 67.
Kb3 Rf4 68. a4 bxa4+ 69. Kxa4 Rf5 70. Rg6+ Kb7 71. Rh6 Rg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.08.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ragger, Markus"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. g4 Nd7 $146 {A logical developing move, which does not take
the steam out of White's early attack, though.} (10... f5 11. gxf5 Qf6 12. Bg2
Qxf5 13. O-O Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Nd7 15. Qc2 Nf6 16. Ne5 $16 {Halkias,S (2578)
-Fridman,D (2645)/Warsaw 2010/CBM 139 Extra (0-1, 46)}) 11. h4 Nd6 $5 ({
The usual plan from the normal Lasker lines does not work out well here:} 11...
Nxc3 12. Rxc3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 e5 14. g5 $40) 12. c5 (12. cxd5 exd5 13. g5 h5 14.
Bd3 (14. g6 $6 fxg6 $1 $17 {[%cal Gd7f6,Gf6e4,Gf8f2]}) 14... g6 $13) (12. g5 $5
) 12... Ne8 13. g5 e5 (13... h5 14. Be2 g6 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 15. e4 $16) 14. gxh6
gxh6 15. Rg1+ Ng7 16. Bh3 f5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 {This position looks OK
for Black, but the last sequence certainly offers White possibilities to
improve on it.} (18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Qd4 (19. Ne2 {is simplest met with} f4 $1 {
preventing Nf4, rather than grabbing the b2-pawn.}) 19... Qxd4 20. exd4 Kf7 {
[%csl Gd4][%cal Gf5f4,Gg7e6,Gg7f5]} 21. f4 Nh5 $132) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2011.05.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2011.05.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Be2 Nd7 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Rxc3 dxc4 13. Rxc4 (13. Bxc4 b6 {
Topalov,V (2805)-Anand,V (2787)/Sofia 2010/CBM 136/[Giri,Anish] (0-1, 56)})
13... e5 14. Qc2 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nb6 16. Rc5 Rd8 $5 $146 ({This looks more
active than} 16... Nd7 17. Ra5 {Ivanchuk,V (2779)-Carlsen,M (2776)/Linares
2009/CBM 129 (1/2, 22)}) 17. Bf3 Be6 18. Rc1 ({After} 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 {, the
superior major piece activity at least compensates for the theoretical
advantage of a bishop over a knight in open positions.}) 18... Bd5 $11 {
Black has completed his development and neutralised White's queenside pressure.
} 19. a3 Nd7 20. Rc3 Nf6 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Rc4 Re8 23. h3 Ne4 24. b4 a5 25. Rb1
1/2-1/2

[Event "BL2-Nord 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2012.01.15"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Fish, Gennadij"]
[Black "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2011.10.02"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen II"]
[BlackTeam "Luebeck"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{TÜCKEN DER VORTEILSVERWERTUNG} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5
h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 c6 11. Qc2 Nd7 12.
Be2 dxc4 13. Rxc4 e5 14. O-O exd4 {Diagramm [#]} 15. Rxd4 ({Die
"Lasker-Verteidigung" gilt nach wie vor als zäh. Die Alternative zum Textzug} 
15. Nxd4 {führte nach} Nb6 16. Rc5 Rd8 17. Bf3 Be6 18. Rc1 Bd5 19. a3 Nd7 20.
Rc3 Nf6 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Rc4 Re8 23. h3 Ne4 24. b4 a5 25. Rb1 {zum Remis in
der Partie Radjabov,T (2744) - Kramnik,V (2785), Kazan 2011}) 15... Nf6 16.
Rfd1 Be6 17. e4 (17. b4 Rfd8 18. a3 Rxd4 19. Rxd4 $6 (19. Nxd4 Bd5) 19... a5 $1
20. Qb2 axb4 21. Rxb4 b5 $15 {0-1/43, Bacrot,E (2707) - Roiz,M (2611), Wch
Blitz, Rishon Le Ziyyon 2006}) 17... Rfd8 18. e5 Rxd4 19. Nxd4 Ng4 $2 ({
Ein übermütiger, abenteuerlicher Ausflug: Der Rappe kommt gleich in die
Bredouille. Das normale} 19... Nd5 $14 {/= versprach hingegen nahezu Ausgleich}
20. Qe4 (20. Nxe6 Qxe6) 20... Nc7 $5 (20... Re8) 21. Nxe6 (21. Bd3 g6 22. Nxe6
Nxe6 23. Bc4 Rd8) (21. f4 Qc5) 21... Nxe6 22. Rd6 (22. Bd3 Ng5) 22... Rd8 23.
Qb4 c5) 20. Qe4 $1 Qh4 ({"Wer A sagt, ..."} 20... h5 {dürfte wegen} 21. Bd3 g6
22. Nxe6 Qxe6 23. Bc4 Qf5 24. Qxf5 gxf5 25. e6 $1 fxe6 26. Bxe6+ Kg7 27. Bxf5 {
noch unerfreulicher für den Nachziehenden sein.}) 21. Qf4 {Der damit drohende
Figurenverlust zwingt Schwarz zur folgenden Abwicklung nebst Damentausch.} g5
22. Qg3 Qxg3 23. hxg3 {Diagramm [#] Was nun ?} h5 ({In dieser ernsten Lage ist
schwer zu sagen, ob} 23... Nxe5 {das geringere Übel war, z.B.} 24. f4 gxf4 25.
gxf4 Ng6 26. f5 Bxa2 27. fxg6 fxg6 {Schwarz bekommt immerhin drei Bauern für
seinen Springer.} 28. b3 $5 (28. Kf2 a5) 28... Rd8 29. Kf2 (29. Ne6 Rxd1+ 30.
Bxd1 b6 31. Nd4 c5 32. Nb5 c4 33. bxc4 Bxc4 34. Nxa7 Kf7) 29... a5 30. Rd2 (30.
Ke3 c5 31. Ne6 Rxd1 32. Bxd1 c4) 30... Bb1 31. Nf3 Rxd2 32. Nxd2 Bc2 33. Ke3
Kf7 34. Kd4 a4 35. bxa4 Bxa4 $16) 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Bxg4 ({Diesmal eine
schwere Entscheidung für Weiß, denn die Leichtfiguren vorerst auf dem Brett zu
behalten, kam ebenso in Betracht. Nach} 25. Rd7 $5 {und beispielsweise} b5 (
25... Nxe5 $143 26. Rxb7 g4 27. Re7) 26. Rd6 Kf7 27. Rxc6 Rd8 28. Rc7+ Kg6 29.
Kf1 Nxe5 30. Rc5 Nd3 $5 31. Bxd3+ (31. Rxb5 Nc1 $1 {/\Rd2 und Nxa2}) 31... Rxd3
32. Ke2 Rd7 33. Rxb5 $16 {entsteht ein vorteilhaftes Turmendspiel ähnlich der
Partie.}) 25... hxg4 26. Rd7 $16 {Diagramm [#] Weiß hat zu einem
chancenreichen, allerdings auch hochkomplizierten Turmendspiel abgewickelt.}
Rf8 $2 ({Schwarz strebt zu hastig Gegenspiel an. Seine Ressourcen waren besser
mit} 26... b5 $5 {auszuschöpfen:} 27. Kf1 (27. Re7 Rd8 $132) (27. Rd6 Kf7 28.
Rxc6 (28. Kf1 c5) 28... Rd8 $132) 27... c5 28. Ke2 Rf8 ({vielleicht auch} 28...
Kf8 29. Ke3 a6 30. Rc7 Rd8 31. Rxc5 Rd1 32. Rc6 (32. Rc2 b4) 32... Re1+) 29.
Rxa7 (29. Re7 Rf5 30. Rxe6 a5) 29... Rf5 30. a4 (30. Ra3 b4 31. Re3 Rf8 32. a4
bxa3 33. bxa3 Ra8 34. Rc3 Kf7) 30... Rxe5+ 31. Kd3 bxa4 32. Rxa4 Kf7 33. Rxg4
Rd5+ 34. Kc3 Kf6 $16 {mit zähem Widerstand}) 27. Rxb7 a5 (27... Rf5 $143 28.
Rxa7 Rxe5 29. Kf1 $18) 28. Re7 Rd8 {Diagramm [#]} 29. Kf1 $6 ({Um seinen König
nicht nach h2 abdrängen zu lassen, aber dadurch wird die Chose nur noch
kniffliger. Es gewann} 29. Rxe6 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 Rd2 31. Rxc6 {und nun z.B.} Rxf2 (
31... Rxb2 32. Rg6+ Kf7 33. Rxg5 Rxa2 34. Rxg4 Rxf2 35. Ra4 Ke6 36. Rxa5 $18)
32. Rg6+ ({Oder auch} 32. Rb6 Re2 33. e6 $1 Kg7 (33... Kf8 34. Rb5 a4 (34...
Ke7 35. Rxa5 Rxb2 36. Rxg5 Rb4 37. Rf5 Kxe6 38. Rf4 $18) 35. Rb4 a3 36. bxa3
Rxe6 37. Rxg4 $18) 34. Rb7+ Kf6 35. e7 Kf7 (35... Rxe7 36. Rxe7 Kxe7 37. Kg1
$18) 36. a4 Rxe7 (36... Re4 37. b3 Re3 38. b4 axb4 39. Rxb4 Kxe7 (39... Rxe7
40. Rxg4 Re5 (40... Kg6 41. a5) 41. Rb4 Kg6 42. Kh3) 40. Rxg4 Kf6 41. Rb4 Kg6
42. g4 ({oder} 42. Kh3 Kh5 43. Rb5) 42... Ra3 43. Rb6+ Kf7 44. Ra6 {usw. +-})
37. Rb5 Re2 38. b3 Re3 39. Rxa5 Rxb3 40. Rxg5 Rb4 41. Rf5+ Ke6 42. Rf4 $18)
32... Kh7 (32... Kf7 $2 33. Rf6+ $18) 33. Rxg5 Rxb2 34. a4 (34. Rxg4 $143 Rxa2
35. Re4 Kg7) 34... Re2 (34... Rb4 35. e6 Re4 36. Rxa5 Rxe6 37. Rf5 $18 (37. Kg1
$18)) 35. Rxg4 Rxe5 (35... Kh6 36. Rf4) 36. Rf4 Kg6 37. g4 Re8 38. Rf5 {usw.})
29... Rd2 30. Rxe6 Rxb2 {Diagramm [#]} 31. Rxc6 $2 ({Allem Anschein nach war
hierfür jetzt keine Zeit und vergibt diese verlockende Fortsetzung den Sieg.
Aber all dies ist am Brett freilich nicht vorauszusehen. Korrekt war} 31. Rg6+
$1 Kf7 32. Rxg5 {mit heftigen Komplikationen:} Rxa2 (32... a4 33. a3 (33. Rxg4
Rxa2 34. Rf4+ Ke6 35. Rf6+ Kxe5 36. Rxc6 Rb2 37. Ra6 $18) 33... Ra2 34. Rxg4
Rxa3 35. Ke2 $1 (35. Rf4+ $6 Ke6 36. Rf6+ Kxe5 37. Rxc6 Rb3 38. Ra6 a3 39. Kg1
Kd4 40. Kh2 Kc3 41. g4 Kb2 42. g5 a2 43. g6 Rb8 44. f4 Rf8 45. Kg3 (45. g3 a1=Q
46. Rxa1 Kxa1 $11) 45... Rf6 46. Rxf6 a1=Q $11) 35... Ke6 36. f4 Rb3 37. Rg6+
Kf5 38. Rf6+ Ke4 39. e6 Rb2+ 40. Kf1 Rb1+ 41. Kf2 Rb2+ 42. Kg1 Kd5 43. e7 Re2
44. Rf5+ Kd6 45. Ra5 Rxe7 46. Rxa4 c5 (46... Re2 47. g4) 47. Kf2 $18) (32...
Ke6 33. Rxg4 Kxe5 34. Ra4 $18) 33. Rxg4 Ra1+ (33... a4 34. Rf4+ Ke6 35. Rf6+
Kxe5 36. Rxc6 Ra1+ 37. Ke2 Ke4 38. Rc4+ Kd5 39. Rf4 Ra2+ 40. Ke3 Ke5 (40...
Ra3+ 41. Kd2 Ra2+ 42. Kc3 $18) 41. Re4+ Kd5 42. Rd4+ Kc5 43. g4 $18) 34. Ke2
Ra2+ 35. Ke3 Ra3+ 36. Kd2 Ra2+ 37. Kc3 Ke6 38. f4 Rxg2 39. Kd4 Rd2+ 40. Ke4
Re2+ 41. Kf3 Re1 42. Rg6+ Kd5 43. Rd6+ Kc5 44. g4 a4 45. Rd2 a3 46. g5 Rb1 47.
g6 Rb2 48. Rd1 a2 49. g7 Rb1 50. g8=Q a1=Q 51. Qg1+ Kc4 52. Rxb1 $18) 31...
Rxa2 32. Rf6 $6 ({Die kritische (und auch von den Kiebitzen erwartete)
Variante lautet} 32. Rg6+ Kf7 33. Rxg5 {und Weiß wird schon "irgendwie"
gewinnen. Aber hier "steckt der Teufel im Detail". Man sehe (und staune):} Ke6
$8 {Diagramm [#] (Analyse)} (33... Ra1+ $2 34. Ke2 Ra2+ 35. Ke3 Ra4 36. f4 $18)
(33... Ra4 34. Ke2 Ra2+ 35. Ke3 $18) 34. f4 (34. Rxg4 Ra1+ 35. Ke2 Ra2+ 36. Ke3
(36. Ke1 Ra1+ 37. Kd2 Ra2+ 38. Kc3 Rxf2 $11) 36... Ra3+ $11) (34. Kg1 Ra1+ 35.
Kh2 Ra2 $11) (34. Rg6+ Kxe5 35. Rg5+ (35. Rxg4 Ra1+ 36. Ke2 Ra2+ $11) 35... Kd6
$11) 34... gxf3 35. gxf3 a4 $1 {Daß Schwarz sich hier tatsächlich zu retten
vermag, hatte keiner vermutet!} 36. f4 (36. Rg6+ Kxe5 37. Ra6 Kd4 38. g4 (38.
f4 Ke4 $11) 38... Ke3 $11) (36. Rg4 a3 37. Ra4 Kxe5 38. g4 Rb2 39. Rxa3 Kf4 $11
) 36... Rh2 37. Kg1 (37. Rg6+ Kf5) (37. g4 a3 38. Rg6+ Ke7 39. Ra6 a2 40. f5
a1=Q+ 41. Rxa1 Rh1+ 42. Ke2 Rxa1 43. Kf2 $8 {!=}) 37... Re2 38. Rg6+ Kf5 39.
Ra6 Kg4 40. Rxa4 Kxg3 $11 41. Kf1 Rb2 42. e6 Kf3 $8 43. Ra1 (43. Ke1 Re2+)
43... Kxf4 44. Rd1 Rb8 45. e7 Re8) (32. f4 gxf3 33. gxf3 a4 {und Schwarz kann
sich ebenfalls behaupten, z.B.} 34. Ra6 (34. Rc7 Ra3 35. Kf2 (35. Kg2 Re3)
35... Rb3 36. f4 g4 37. e6 Kf8 $11) 34... Kf7 35. f4 (35. Ke1 a3) 35... gxf4
36. gxf4 Ra1+ 37. Kf2 a3 38. f5 a2 39. Ra7+ Ke8 40. Kg2 Re1 41. Rxa2 Rxe5 $11)
32... Kg7 {Wonach die verzweifelten Gewinnversuche des Weißen ins Leere laufen.
} 33. Rf5 Kg6 $11 34. Rf6+ Kg7 35. Ke1 a4 36. Ra6 Kf7 37. Kf1 Ke7 38. Kg1 Ra1+
39. Kh2 Ra2 40. Rf6 Re2 41. Ra6 Ra2 42. Rg6 Rxf2 43. Rxg5 a3 44. Rxg4 a2 45.
Ra4 Ke6 46. Ra5 Rf1 $6 ({Merkwürdig, eine zielstrebige Abwicklung wie etwa} 
46... Re2 47. Kh3 Rxe5 48. Rxa2 Kf6 $11 {erschien gegeben.}) 47. Rxa2 Kxe5 48.
Ra3 {Diagramm [#]} Rf8 $8 49. Ra4 $6 ({Danach kann Weiß nicht verhindern, daß
der schwarze König letztlich problemlos vor die Bauern gelangt. Im Nachhinein
ärgerte sich Gennadij, daß er die laxe Behandlung seines jungen Gegners nicht
mit} 49. Re3+ {auf die Probe gestellt hatte. Denn danach hätte Schwarz noch
eine Reihe von einzigen Zügen finden müssen:} Kd4 $8 50. Re7 Rh8+ $8 51. Kg1
Rf8 $8 52. g4 Rf4 $8 53. Kh2 Rxg4 $8 54. Kh3 Rg8 $8 55. g4 Kd5 $8 56. Kh4 Kd6
$8 57. Re3 Rh8+ $8 58. Kg5 Rg8+ $8 $11) 49... Rh8+ 50. Rh4 Ra8 51. Rf4 Rh8+ 52.
Kg1 Rg8 53. Kf2 Rb8 54. Kf3 Ra8 55. Kf2 Rg8 56. Rf3 Ke6 57. Re3+ Kf5 58. Kf3
Rf8 59. g4+ Kg5+ 60. Kg3 Rf1 61. Re5+ Kg6 62. Ra5 Rf8 63. Kh4 Rh8+ 64. Rh5 Ra8
65. Rg5+ Kf6 66. Rb5 Rh8+ 67. Rh5 Ra8 68. Rh6+ Kg7 69. Rb6 Ra5 70. g3 Rc5 71.
g5 Rc1 72. Kg4 Ra1 73. Rb4 Kg6 74. Rf4 Rb1 75. Rf6+ Kg7 76. Ra6 Rc1 77. g6 Rc4+
78. Kh5 Rc5+ 79. Kh4 Rc4+ 80. g4 Rc5 81. g5 Rc1 82. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia-ch 5th"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2005.10.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Black "Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2005.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Qb3 Nd7 11. Bd3 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b6 14. Qa3 Qxa3
15. Rxa3 Bb7 16. Ke2 Rfc8 17. Rc1 Kf8 18. b4 Ke7 19. Ba6 Bxa6+ 20. Rxa6 Kd6 21.
Nd2 e5 22. dxe5+ Nxe5 23. Ra3 Rc7 24. f4 Nd7 25. Rd1 Ke7 26. Nc4 b5 27. Nd6 g6
28. e4 Rb8 29. Rc3 c5 30. Rd5 a5 31. bxc5 b4 32. Rc1 Rxc5 33. Rdxc5 Nxc5 34.
Rxc5 Kxd6 35. Rxa5 b3 36. axb3 Rxb3 37. f5 g5 38. e5+ Ke7 39. h3 h5 40. Ra7+
Ke8 41. Ra8+ Ke7 42. Rg8 Rb2+ 43. Kf3 Rb3+ 44. Ke4 Rb4+ 45. Kd5 Rb5+ 46. Kd4 f6
47. Rg7+ Kf8 48. exf6 Rxf5 49. Ke4 Rxf6 50. Rxg5 Rh6 51. g3 {[%tqu "De","Wie
konnte sich Schwarz noch retten?","Aktivität ist im Turmendspiel oberste
Bürgerpflicht","es ist kein Königszug","f8e7","",0,"h5h4","",5]} Ke7 $2 (51...
h4 52. g4 Ra6 53. Rh5 Ra3 54. Rxh4 Kg7 55. Rh5 Kg6 $11 {und wegen der
unglücklichen Stellung seines Turmes kann Weiß nicht gewinnen.}) 52. Kf4 Kf7
53. Ra5 Rb6 (53... Rh8 54. Kg5 h4 55. g4 Ke6 56. Ra6+ Kf7 57. Rh6 $18) 54. Rxh5
Rb4+ 55. Kg5 (55. Kg5 Rb5+ 56. Kh4 Rb4+ 57. g4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Candidates (Women) final"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Black "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Polgar,Zsu"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. O-O Rc8 14. b4 c5
15. dxc5 bxc5 16. b5 Nd7 17. a4 a6 18. Rfc1 (18. Rfd1 $5) (18. Nd2 $5) 18...
axb5 $146 (18... c4 {Psakis,L-Yusupov,A/1992}) 19. Bxb5 (19. axb5 Nb6 $10)
19... Bc6 (19... c4 $5) 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. a5 Qf6 22. Qxf6 gxf6 (22... Nxf6 23.
Ne5 Rc7 24. Nc4 $16) 23. Nd2 $1 Rca6 24. Nc4 Rb8 25. f4 (25. Rab1 Rb4 $1 (25...
Rxb1 $2 26. Rxb1 Ne5 27. Nxe5 fxe5 28. Rb5 $16) 26. Rxb4 (26. f4 {- 25.f4})
26... cxb4 27. Rb1 Rc6 28. Rxb4 Ne5 29. Nd2 Rc1+ 30. Nf1 Ra1 $10) 25... Rb4 26.
Rab1 Nb8 $1 27. Rxb4 cxb4 28. Nd2 $1 (28. Nb6 $2 Rxa5 29. Rc8+ Kg7 30. Rxb8 Rb5
$1 $19) 28... Nc6 29. Nb3 f5 (29... Nxa5 $4 30. Ra1 $18) 30. Rc5 Kf8 31. Kf2
Ke7 32. h3 $6 (32. Ke2 $1 Kd6 33. Kd3 $16) 32... Kd6 33. g4 (33. Ke2 $142)
33... fxg4 34. hxg4 Ra8 35. e4 Na7 $1 36. e5+ Kd7 37. Rc4 Nc6 38. Kg3 $2 (38.
Rc1 $1 Ra7 39. Rc5 Ra8 40. Kg3 Na7 41. Rc4 Nc6 42. Rc1 $1 $18) 38... Nxa5 $10
39. Nxa5 Rxa5 40. Rxb4 Ke7 41. Rb8 Ra3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rohde op 07th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2007.11.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dobrev, Nanko"]
[Black "Bedouin, Xavier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2007.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 (7... b6
{La ligne principale}) 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qc2 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Nd7 12. O-O
dxc4 13. Bxc4 b6 14. e4 (14. b4) (14. Rac1) 14... Bb7 15. Rfe1 c5 ({RR} 15...
Rfe8 16. Rad1 c5 17. Bb5 Red8 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 Qf6 20. Qc4 Nf8 21. Ne5 Ng6
22. Nxg6 Qxg6 23. Re7 Bxd5 24. Qf1 Bxa2 25. Rxa7 Bb3 26. Rd3 Be6 27. Qa1 Rab8
28. Rb7 c4 29. Rxb8 Qxd3 30. Rxd8+ {Geller,E (2615)-Krogius,N (2575)/Leningrad
1971/URS-ch/0-1 (47)}) 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Qf6 18. Qe3 $5 $146 ({RR} 18. Bb5
Rfd8 19. Rad1 Qxc3 20. bxc3 Nf6 21. c4 a6 22. Bc6 Bxc6 23. dxc6 Rxd1 24. Rxd1
Rc8 25. Ne5 Ne8 26. Rd7 b5 27. Kf1 bxc4 28. Ke2 Nf6 29. Re7 Nd5 30. Rd7 Nf6 31.
Ra7 Nd5 32. f4 Nxf4+ {Muco,F (2425)-Toth,B (2405)/Bern 1996/CBM 051 ext/0-1 
(38)}) ({RR} 18. Ne5 $142 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Rad8 20. Rae1 {1/2-1/2 Bilek,I (2490)
-Lengyel,L (2485)/Budapest 1971/MCD}) (18. Rad1 $5 {[%cal Gd1d5] Ce coup
naturel soutenant le P passé mériterait un essai}) (18. d6 $5 Bxf3 19. Qxf3
Qxf3 20. gxf3 $16 {[%cal Ge1e7]}) 18... Qxb2 19. Qe7 Rad8 20. d6 $2 Bxf3 $1 21.
Bxf7+ {[%cal Ge7d8]} Kh8 (21... Rxf7 22. Qxd8+ Kh7 23. gxf3 Ne5 $40 {[%cal
Ge5f3]}) 22. gxf3 Ne5 23. Bh5 Nd3 {[%cal Gd3e1,Gd3f2]} 24. Rf1 Qd4 (24... Nxf2
$1) 25. Rad1 Qxd6 26. Qxa7 Qe5 27. Bg4 h5 28. Bd7 Rxf3 29. Qb7 Qg5+ 30. Kh1
Nxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Sautron op 15th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2015.10.24"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Le Roux, Jean Pierre"]
[Black "Delorme, Alban"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2015.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:06:14"]
[BlackClock "0:17:28"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:01:13]} 3. c4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:
22]} Be7 {[%emt 0:03:12]} 5. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 6. Bh4 {
[%emt 0:00:15]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:19]} 7. e3 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:03:37]
} (7... b6) 8. Bxe7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qxe7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 9. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} Rd8 $6 {[%emt 0:08:43] Une ligne secondaire assez passive et qui donne
une petite avance de développement aux Blancs} (9... c6 $142 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11.
Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O b6 14. Bd3 c5 15. Qc2 Bb7 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Be4
Bxe4 18. Qxe4 a5 19. h3 Rfd8 20. Rfc1 cxd4 21. Nxd4 Nc5 22. Qc2 Rac8 23. Nb3
Nxb3 24. Rxc8 Nxc1 25. Qxc1 Rxc8 26. Qxc8+ Kh7 27. Qc2+ Kg8 28. a3 {1/2-1/2 
(28) Harikrishna,P (2740)-Moiseenko,A (2710) Kocaeli 2015}) (9... Nxc3 10. Rxc3
c6) 10. Qc2 {[%emt 0:07:09]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:04:19]} 11. Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]
[%csl Ge5]} c6 {[%emt 0:07:09]} 12. Be2 {[%emt 0:04:35]} (12. Bd3) 12... Nd7 {
[%emt 0:01:57]} 13. O-O {[%emt 0:01:54]} dxc4 $146 {[%emt 0:04:45]} (13... a5
14. a3 Nf6 15. Rfd1 Bd7 16. Bd3 Be8 17. Bb1 b5 18. c5 Nd7 19. Re1 Rdb8 20. b4
Ra7 21. Nd2 axb4 22. axb4 Rba8 23. Nb3 f5 24. Na5 Nf6 25. f3 Qc7 26. e4 dxe4
27. fxe4 Ng4 28. g3 Qd7 29. Rcd1 Nf6 30. exf5 exf5 31. Re5 g6 32. Ba2+ Bf7 33.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 34. Qb3+ Kg7 35. Qe6 Rc8 36. Qxd7+ Rxd7 37. Re6 Rdc7 38. d5 cxd5 39.
Rb6 Re7 40. Rxb5 Re2 41. Rb7+ Kf8 42. Rb6 Kg7 43. Rb7+ {Donchenko,A-Loisha
Rostov on Don 1972 1/2-1/2 (69)}) 14. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:01:20]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:31]}
15. Rfd1 $32 {[%emt 0:01:10][%csl Ra8,Rc8]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:08:13]} 16. Qc5 $1 {
[%emt 0:06:43] Transpose dans une bonne finale pour les Blancs} Qxc5 {[%emt 0:
05:04]} 17. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Rxd1+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 18. Bxd1 {[%emt 0:05:
22]} (18. Rxd1 $2 Na4 {[%cal Ga4c5,Ga4b2]}) 18... Nd7 {[%emt 0:02:11]} 19. Nd2
{[%emt 0:01:10][%csl Rb7,Rc8][%cal Gd2e4,Ge4d6]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:03:48]} 20. Bb3
$32 {[%emt 0:06:54][%csl Ra8,Rc8]} (20. Ne4 f5 21. Nd6 Ke7) 20... Ke7 {[%emt 0:
01:31]} 21. f4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:55]} f5 {[%emt 0:05:42]} 22. Kf2 {[%emt 0:05:39]}
Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 23. h3 {[%emt 0:01:19]} e4 {[%emt 0:02:07][%csl Rc8]} 24.
Rc4 {[%emt 0:06:40]} (24. Nc4 {[%cal Gc4e5]}) 24... Be6 {[%emt 0:05:12]} 25.
Rb4 $36 {[%emt 0:03:01]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 26. Bxe6 {[%emt 0:07:10]} Kxe6 {
[%emt 0:00:33]} 27. Nb3 $1 {[%emt 0:00:31][%csl Rb7,Rc6][%cal Gb3a5]} (27. Nc4
Nd5 28. Rb3) 27... Nd7 {[%emt 0:05:24]} 28. g4 $1 $40 {[%emt 0:05:04] Avec des
coups simples, le GMI a pris un gros avantage} g6 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 29. Rd4 $1 {
[%emt 0:08:48][%csl Gd6,Rg6,Rh6][%cal Gd4d6]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 30. Rd6 {
[%emt 0:03:21]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 31. Rxg6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nd3+ {[%emt 0:
01:55]} (31... Nxb3 32. axb3 {[%csl Rh6]}) 32. Ke2 {[%emt 0:05:07]} c5 {
[%emt 0:01:33]} 33. gxf5 {[%emt 0:09:05]} (33. Rxh6) 33... c4 $2 {[%emt 0:00:
28]} 34. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:16][%cal Gd2c4,Gd2e4]} Nxb2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 35. Nxe4
$18 {[%emt 0:00:05]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 36. Rxh6 {[%emt 0:02:22]} Rf8 {
[%emt 0:00:32]} 37. Rh7+ {[%emt 0:01:37] Une partie a sens unique} Kd8 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 38. f6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[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 "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UZB"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 (10. h4 $5 {is an aggressive way to fight for the
initiative.}) 10... Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O b6 14. Qc2 (14. Bd3
c5 15. Qc2 {is just another order of moves.} (15. Be4 Rb8 16. Qc2 Nf6 17. dxc5
Nxe4 18. Qxe4 bxc5 19. Qc2 Bb7 20. Nd2 Rfd8 $11 {0-1 Topalov,V (2805)-Anand,V 
(2787)/Sofia 2010/CBM 136/[Giri,A] (56)})) 14... Bb7 15. Bd3 {The Bb7 may
become very strong, so White should exchange it.} c5 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 cxd4
$1 {An important improvement over Ivanchuk's previous game in this line.} (
17... Bxe4 {is less accurate and allows White to fix a small advantage:} 18.
Qxe4 Rac8 (18... Nf6 19. Qc2 Rfc8 20. Rc1 Qb7 21. Rc4 a5 22. Ne5 Kg8 23. dxc5
Rxc5 24. Rxc5 bxc5 25. b3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V (2803)-Nakamura,H (2733)/
Khanty-Mansiysk 2010/CBM 139 (53)}) 19. Rfc1 Rc7 20. Qc2 Rfc8 21. h3 Nf6 22.
Rc4 Ne8 23. dxc5 Rxc5 24. Qb3 Rxc4 25. Rxc4 Rxc4 26. Qxc4 Nd6 27. Qc6 Kg8 28.
Ne5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V (2766)-Carlsen,M (2835)/Wijk aan Zee 2012/CBM 147/
[Krasenkow,M] (57)}) 18. Nxd4 (18. Bxb7 dxc3 19. Bxa8 Rxa8 20. Qxc3 {doesn't
pose Black serious problems:} Qc5 21. Qxc5 Nxc5 22. Rc1 Kg8 23. Ne5 f6 24. Nc6
a5 $11) 18... Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Nc5 20. Qc2 a5 $1 {Securing the Nc5 looks like a
convincing way to neutralise White's slight pressure.} 21. Rc1 $146 {This
novelty hardly changes the evaluation of this position. Black needs some
accuracy, but the position is equal.} (21. a3 a4 22. Rc4 Rfc8 23. Nb5 Qd7 24.
Nc3 Qd3 25. Qxd3 Nxd3 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Nxa4 b5 28. Nc3 Rc5 29. Ne4 Re5 30.
Nc3 Rc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 L'Ami,E (2651)-Can,E (2513)/Iasi ROU 2014 (33)}) (21. Nb3
Nxb3 22. Qxb3 Qb7 23. h3 Rac8 24. Rfc1 Rxc3 25. Rxc3 Rd8 $11 {1/2-1/2
Arutinian,D (2553)-Miroshnichenko,E (2624)/Dubai 2012/CBM 148 Extra (30)})
21... Qb7 22. Qe2 {The queen is heading to b5, but it is not a big deal.} (22.
h3 Rfd8 23. a3 e5 24. Nf5 Qd7 $11) (22. a3 a4 23. Rc4 Rfd8 $11) (22. Nb3 Nxb3
23. Qxb3 Rac8 24. h3 Rxc3 25. Qxc3 Rd8 $11) 22... Rfd8 23. h3 Kg8 24. Qb5 Qd7
$11 {The Pb6 isuntouchable in view of 25...Na4, so Black can liqudate into an
equal endgame.} 25. Qxd7 Rxd7 26. Kf1 Kf8 ({There was nothing wrong with a
more active approach:} 26... e5 27. Nb3 Nd3 28. Rd1 Rad8 $11) 27. Ke2 Ke7 {
A slight inaccuracy.} ({It was the right moment for some prophylaxis:} 27...
Rad8 28. R1c2 Rd6 29. a3 (29. Nb3 Nxb3 30. Rxb3 Ke7 $11) 29... e5 (29... a4 30.
Rc4 $14) 30. Nf3 Rd5 31. Nd2 Ke7 32. Rc4 R8d6 $11) 28. R1c2 ({Missing a good
opportunity of getting some pressure in the rook endgame:} 28. Nb3 $1 Rad8 (
28... Nxb3 29. Rxb3 Rb8 (29... Rd6 30. Rc7+ Kf6 31. Rb5 Rad8 32. Kf3 $14) 30.
e4 $14) 29. Nxc5 Rd2+ 30. Kf3 bxc5 31. R1c2 $14 {Still, Black should be able
to hold it with precise play.}) 28... Rd6 29. a3 ({Now} 29. Nb3 {gives nothing:
} Nxb3 30. Rxb3 Rad8 31. a4 Kd7 $11) 29... a4 30. Rc4 {Black's queenside pawns
are somewhat weak now, so Rustam had to be careful.} Ra5 $1 {A nice
prophylactic move. Now Black is ready to meet 31.Rb4 with Na6.} (30... g5 31.
Rb4 Kf6 32. Nb5 Rd7 33. Rcc4 $14) 31. f4 (31. Rb4 Na6 32. Rb5 Rxb5 33. Nxb5 Rd5
34. Nc3 Rc5 35. Kd3 b5 $11) 31... g5 32. g3 Kd7 {I don't like this passive
move - the king is becoming vulnerable there.} ({Black's task would be simpler
after} 32... gxf4 33. gxf4 (33. exf4 h5 34. Nf3 Rb5 $11) 33... Ra8 $1 {
activating the rook} 34. Kf3 Rg8 35. Rg2 Rxg2 36. Kxg2 Nd3 $11) 33. e4 $1 {
Admitting the drawback of Kasmdzhanov's last move.} Nxe4 $6 {Accepting the
challenge is risky.} ({The cool-blooded} 33... f6 $1 {should be enough for
equality:} 34. Kf3 gxf4 35. gxf4 h5 36. Ke3 e5 37. fxe5 fxe5 38. Nf3 Ke6 $11)
34. Nc6 $4 {[%mdl 8192] A dramatic blunder by Vasily.} ({Of course, he had to
take the material:} 34. Rc7+ Ke8 35. Rc8+ Ke7 36. Nc6+ Rxc6 37. R2xc6 Nxg3+ (
37... Rb5 38. R6c7+ Kd6 39. Rxf7 Rxb2+ 40. Kf3 Nc5 41. fxg5 hxg5 42. Kg4 Rb3
43. Rf3 $16) 38. Kf3 {In this unbalanced endgame Whte's chances are better:}
gxf4 39. Rxb6 Rh5 40. Kxf4 Nf5 41. Rc3 Rh4+ 42. Kf3 Rxh3+ 43. Kg2 $14 {[%csl
Ra4]}) 34... Rc5 $1 {I guess, being short on time, Ivanchuk missed this simple
move. Now Black is just a pawn up.} (34... Nxg3+ 35. Kf2 Ne4+ 36. Ke3 Rxc6 37.
Rxc6 Nf6 $132) 35. Ne5+ Ke7 $17 36. fxg5 $4 {Obviously, this move is a result
of psychological shock.} ({It was possible to fight for a draw:} 36. Rxc5 bxc5
(36... Nxc5 37. Nc4 Rc6 38. Ne5 Rc7 39. Ke3 $17) 37. Kf3 f5 $17) 36... Rxe5 {
A painful loss for Vassily.} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.05"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Peru"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Qc2 (9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 Nd7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. O-O Re8 14.
Qb1 Nf6 (14... a5 $5) 15. b4 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 $14 {Nikolic,P-Yusupov,
A/Horgen/1994/}) 9... Nxc3 (9... c6) 10. Qxc3 dxc4 (10... c6) 11. Bxc4 b6 (
11... c5) 12. O-O (12. d5 $5 exd5 13. Bxd5 c6 14. Bc4 (14. Bxc6 $6 Nxc6 15.
Qxc6 Bb7 $36) 14... Bb7 15. Ne5 $1 b5 $6 (15... Qc7 16. Rd1 $16) 16. Bb3 (16.
Ng6 Qd6 17. Nxf8 bxc4 $15) 16... Qc7 17. a4 $1 Nd7 18. Ng6 Rfe8 19. axb5 $16 {
Lobron,E-Yusupov,A/Munich/1993/}) 12... Bb7 13. Rfd1 (13. Be2 c5 (13... Rc8 14.
b4 Nd7 15. Rfd1 (15. Rfc1 $5) 15... Nf6 $1 16. Qb3 Bd5 17. Bc4 Bxf3 $1 18. gxf3
c6 19. Bf1 Nd5 20. a3 a5 $1 21. bxa5 Rxa5 $15 {Lutz,G-Yusupov,A/Munich/1993/})
14. dxc5 Rc8 15. b4 (15. Nd4 $6 Rxc5 16. Qa3 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Rfd1 Rc8 19.
Bf1 Bd5 $15 {Karpov,A-Yusupov,A/London(m/4)/1989/}) 15... bxc5 16. b5 (16. Rac1
Nd7 $1 17. bxc5 Rxc5 18. Qa3 Rac8 19. Rfd1 Kf8 $10 {Ftacnik,L-Yusupov,A/GER/
1994/}) 16... a6 17. Nd2 $5 (17. a4 axb5 18. Bxb5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nc6 $13) 17...
axb5 18. Bxb5 Bxg2 $5 19. Kxg2 Qb7+ 20. Kh3 Qxb5 21. Rg1 $36 {Huebner,
R-Yusupov,A/Munich/1993/}) 13... Nd7 (13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nd7 15. Bb5 $16) 14.
Ne1 $5 {N/} (14. b4 c5 15. bxc5 bxc5 16. d5 exd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Rac8
19. Rc1 Qe6 20. Qd2 Nf6 21. Re5 Qb6 $10 {Tal,M-Timoshchenko,G/Tbilisi/1978/})
14... c5 (14... e5 15. d5) 15. Qa3 a6 $1 (15... Rfd8 $6 16. Bb5 $1 $36) 16. Bf1
Qf6 (16... Rfd8 $5 17. Rac1 Kf8 $13) (16... Qg5 $5) 17. Rac1 Rfd8 (17... Rfc8
18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Qb4 e5 $132) 18. dxc5 Nxc5 $10 19. Rxd8+ $2 (19. Qb4 Rxd1 (
19... e5 $2 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rxc5 $1 $18) 20. Rxd1 Rd8 (20... e5 $5) 21.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 $10) 19... Rxd8 20. Qb4 {[#]} (20. b4 Ne4 21. Nf3 Nd2 $1 $40) 20...
a5 $1 (20... e5 21. Rxc5) 21. Qxb6 (21. Qc3 Qxc3 22. bxc3 (22. Rxc3 Rd1 23. Nd3
Ba6 $19) 22... Rd2 $17) 21... Rd2 22. Nf3 (22. f3 Qh4 23. Bb5 (23. Bc4 Qf2+ 24.
Kh1 Rxb2) 23... Rxb2 (23... Qf2+ 24. Kh1 Bxf3 $2 25. Qb8+ $1 Kh7 26. gxf3 $13)
24. Qxc5 Qf2+ 25. Kh1 Bxf3 26. Qc8+ Kh7 27. Bd3+ g6 28. Bxg6+ $5 Kg7 29. Qc3+
Kxg6 30. Qd3+ f5 $19) 22... Bxf3 23. gxf3 (23. Qxc5 Bxg2) 23... Qxf3 24. Qb8+
$8 Kh7 25. Qg3 Qd5 $1 $17 26. Qf4 $6 (26. Bg2 $1 $17) 26... Ne4 $1 27. Bc4 (27.
Bg2 Rd1+ 28. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 29. Bf1 Nd2 $19) (27. f3 Ng5 28. Bg2 Rxg2+ 29. Kxg2
Qd2+ $19) 27... Qa8 28. Qxf7 Nxf2 $19 29. Bxe6 (29. Qxf2 $8 Rxf2 30. Kxf2 Qb8
31. Bd3+ Kg8 $19) 29... Qh1# 0-1

[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.23"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 {Opening choices are often governed by fashion
and the once very popular Queen's Indian seems to be on the decline for no
patently obvious reason. In Biel, Dortmund and Ningbo the main line occurred
only once:} (3... b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O (7... c6 8. Bc3
d5 $11 {is satisfactory, but Black seeks a more complex fight.}) 8. Nc3 d5 9.
cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Re8 11. Rc1 (11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Bf4 Na6 13. Rfd1 c6 14. Ne5 h6
15. a3 Nc7 16. e4 Ne6 (16... dxe4 $5 17. Nxe4 Ncd5 18. Bc1 Rc8 $132 {Bareev})
17. Be3 Bf8 18. b4 Rc8 19. Qb3 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Nd5 21. Rac1 f6 22. Ng6 Qd7 23.
Nc3 Rcd8 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. Nxf8 Rxf8 26. b5 f5 27. Qd3 f4 28. Bd2 Qf7 29. Bb4
Rfe8 30. h4 g5 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Bh3 $36 {Grischuk,A (2720)-Gelfand,B (2717)/
WCup Khanty Mansiysk/2005/}) 11... Bb7 12. Ne5 Na6 13. Bf4 h6 $5 (13... c5 14.
Nb5 $1 Ne4 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Nd3 Qd7 17. a4 Re7 18. Qe1 (18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. f3
Nf6 20. Bd6 $16) 18... g5 19. Be5 d4 $5 20. f3 Rae8 21. fxe4 Rxe5 22. Nxe5 Rxe5
{Laznicka,V (2681)-Sasikiran,K (2676)/New Delhi/2011/} 23. Qd2 $5 $16) 14. Nb5
Bf8 15. Bh3 (15. Nc6 $6 Qd7 16. Nbxa7 $2 Rxa7 17. Nxa7 Ra8 $17) 15... c5 16. a3
Ne4 17. Rc2 g6 18. Qc1 g5 19. Be3 Bg7 20. Nf3 Qe7 21. Rd1 {Meier,G (2656)
-Kramnik,V (2781)/Dortmund/2011/} Bc6 22. Nc3 Rad8 $13) 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 ({
A popular alternative is} 5. Bf4 O-O {and now:} {Current practice indicates
Black is OK after} 6. e3 (6. Rc1 $5 {has been recently tried a couple of times:
} c5 (6... Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3 c6 9. h3 Re8 10. Bd3 Nf8 11. O-O Ng6 12. Bh2
Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qc2 Re7 15. Rb1 Bd7 16. b4 b6 17. b5 $14 {Giri,A (2701)
-Nakamura,H (2770)/Dortmund/2011/}) 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. e3 Nc6 9. a3 d4 10. exd4
Nxd4 11. b4 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Bd4 13. Nb5 e5 14. Bg5 Re8 15. Bxf6 e4 16. Bxd8
exf3+ 17. Kd2 Rxd8 18. Nxd4 Rxd4+ 19. Kc3 fxg2 20. Bxg2 Rg4 21. Rhd1 Be6 22.
Bxb7 Rxc4+ 23. Kb2 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rd8 25. Kc3 Kf8 $14 {/=,Grischuk,A (2747)
-Gelfand,B (2733)/Kazan Candidates/2011/}) 6... Nbd7 {A rare attempt is} 7. Qc2
(7. a3 c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bf6 (11... Bg4 12.
Be2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Bf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qc2 Rac8 (15... Ne4 16. Rd1 Rac8 17.
Qb3 $14) 16. Bxd5 Rfd8 $6 (16... Ne6 $5 $44 {/\} 17. Qe2 Nd4 $11) 17. Rd1 Qe5
18. Qc4 b5 19. Qa2 Rd7 20. O-O $16 {Giri,A (2701)-Ponomariov,R (2764)/Dortmund/
2011/}) 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qd4 Qe7 14. Qf4 (14. Rd1 Rd8 15. Be2 Bf5 16. Qf4 Bc2
17. Rc1 Bd3 18. Qe5 Qf8 19. Rc3 Bxe2 20. Kxe2 Ne6 21. Rd1 Qd6 22. Qxd6 Rxd6 23.
Nd4 Kf8 24. Rb3 Rd7 25. Rbd3 Rc8 26. Nb5 Rc2+ 27. R3d2 Rxd2+ 28. Rxd2 a6 $11 {
Markos,J (2585)-Likavsky,T (2494)/SVK-ch Banska Stiavnica/2011/}) 14... Qe4 15.
Qxe4 dxe4 16. Nd4 Be6 17. Be2 Rfd8 18. O-O Nb3 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Rad1 Kf7 21.
f4 Kf6 22. Kf2 Nd2 23. Rfe1 Rac8 24. Rc1 Nb3 25. Rc4 Rxc4 26. Bxc4 Nc5 27. Ke2
b5 28. Ba2 Nd3 29. Rd1 Rc8 30. Bb1 Nxb2 31. Rd7 $11 {Carlsen,M (2815)-Radjabov,
T (2744)/Medias/2011/}) 7... c5 8. Rd1 $5 cxd4 9. Rxd4 Qa5 10. Bg3 Nb6 11. Nd2
dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nxc4 (12... Nbd5 $5 {is more active:} 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. O-O Bd7 15.
a4 Rac8 16. a5 Qc6 17. Be5 b5 18. Bd3 Nb4 19. Rxb4 {1/2,Velilla Velasco,F 
(2524)-Mikheev,S (2544)/corr/2007/} Bxb4 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Qd1 $1 {[%cal Rd3b5,
Rd1g4]} Bxc3 22. Bxh7+ Kg7 23. Qg4+ $11) 13. Nxc4 Qa6 14. O-O Bd7 (14... Nd5
15. e4 $32 {|^}) 15. Rfd1 Bc6 16. Bd6 Bxd6 17. Nxd6 Bd5 18. Ndb5 (18. e4 $5)
18... Qb6 19. e4 $6 (19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Nc3 Qc5 $11 {was more reasonable}) 19...
Bc6 $6 (19... Bxe4 $1 {/\} 20. Rxe4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Rad8 $15) 20. Nd6 e5 21. R4d3
Rad8 22. h3 Rd7 23. Qd2 h6 24. Nf5 Rfd8 25. Nd5 $14 {Aronian,L (2805)-Radjabov,
T (2744)/WChT Ningbo/2011/}) 5... h6 ({Yasser's Seirawan's successful return
to the American team was connected with the orthodox} 5... Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7.
Rc1 a6 8. c5 c6 9. Bd3 e5 $5 (9... b6 10. cxb6 c5 11. b3 cxd4 12. exd4 Qxb6 13.
Na4 Bb4+ 14. Bd2 Qd6 15. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 16. Qd2 a5 17. Qxb4 axb4 18. O-O Ba6 19.
Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Rc7 Rb8 21. Rfc1 Kf8 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Ne8 $11 {Sargissian,G
(2663)-Seirawan,Y (2635)/WChT Ningbo/2011/}) 10. dxe5 Ne8 11. Bxe7 (11. h4 $5
$13) 11... Qxe7 12. Qc2 h6 13. O-O (13. e4 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. O-O dxe4 16.
Nxe4 Nf6 17. Rfe1 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Qc7 19. Rce1 Be6 20. Qc3 Rad8 21. R1e3 Bf5 22.
Re7 Rd7 23. Rg3 g6 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 $11 {Topalov,V (2788)-Nielsen,P (2668)/
Dortmund/2005/}) 13... Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Ne2 Nf6 16. Qc3 (16. Nd4 Re8 17.
b4 Ng4 18. Nf3 Qh5 19. Rfe1 {1/2,Margvelashvili,G (2289)-Saric,I (2227)/Urgup/
2004/}) 16... Qc7 17. Qd4 Bg4 18. Ng3 Rae8 19. f3 Bc8 20. Rfe1 Re5 21. Re2 Rfe8
22. Rce1 Nh5 23. Nf1 Bf5 $1 $11 {El Gindy,E (2510)-Seirawan,Y (2635)/WChT
Ningbo/2011/}) 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 {The Lasker Defence became very popular
after Anand's win in the final game of the world title match last year.} ({
However, Harikrishna used to play the Tartakower also; we can only guess what
he was afraid of after} 7... b6 {The last time Aronian faced this line, in a
blitz game he came up with the original} 8. Rb1 $5 (8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10.
Qe2 c5 11. Bg3 cxd4 12. exd4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 a6 14. a4 Re8 15. Rad1 Bb4 16. Bd3
Nh5 17. Bb1 Nxg3 18. fxg3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qc7 20. g4 f6 {Black's defences are
solid, so White preferred to force a draw with} 21. g5 $5 hxg5 22. Nxg5 fxg5
23. Bh7+ Kxh7 24. Qh5+ $11 {Cheparinov,I (2661)-Adams,M (2728)/EU Cup Plovdiv/
2010/}) ({A downright brutal try is} 8. g4 $5 dxc4 (8... c5 $5 $132) 9. Bxf6
Bxf6 10. h4 Bb7 11. g5 hxg5 12. hxg5 Bxg5 13. Bxc4 c5 (13... Bh6 $142 $5) 14.
d5 Bh6 15. Ke2 b5 16. Rxh6 $1 gxh6 17. Qh1 Kh7 18. Ne4 Rg8 19. Qh5 Rg6 20.
Nfg5+ $5 Rxg5 21. Qxf7+ Rg7 22. Qf4 bxc4 23. Rh1 $40 {Nielsen,P (2662)
-Georgiev,V (2372)/Dresden olm/2008/}) 8... Ne4 ({White's idea is} 8... Bb7 9.
Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 {and the R-move serves to prevent c5. However,
even here} c6 {leads to a typical Tartakower position, where Black has
reasonable <=>.}) 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. cxd5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 exd5 12. c4 $5 ({Black
has applied a combination of the Lasker and Tartakower defences, he is fine
after the soft} 12. Bd3 c5 13. O-O Nc6 $11) 12... dxc4 (12... Be6 $5 $132) 13.
Bxc4 Nd7 $6 (13... Bb7 $142 $5 14. Ne5 Nc6 15. Ng6 {Hodgson,J (2565)-Parker,J 
(2350)/Dublin/1993/} Qe4 $1 16. Nxf8 Nxd4 $1 $13) 14. Bd5 Rb8 15. Qa4 a6 16.
Rc1 c5 17. O-O Nf6 18. Bb3 cxd4 19. Nxd4 b5 20. Nc6 $16 {Aronian,L (2786)
-Gelfand,B (2758)/WCh blitz Moscow/2009/}) 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 {This was also
Topalov's choice in the decisive game in Sofia 2010.} ({Later last year he
preferred the other main line} 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Qb3 (11. Rb1 {
is too soft:} c5 12. Ne5 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bd3 Be6 15. O-O Rab8 16. Qa4 c4
17. Bc2 Qc7 18. Rxb8 Rxb8 19. Rb1 Rxb1+ 20. Bxb1 Qb6 21. Qc2 g6 22. Qc1 Kg7 23.
h3 c5 $11 {Aronian,L (2786)-Anand,V (2788)/WCh blitz Moscow/2009/}) 11... Rd8
12. c4 {Now Black has a choice:} {Anand opted for the more active} Be6 $5 (
12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nc6 {is the more usual and fully playable reaction:} 14.
Be2 (14. Qc3 Bg4 15. O-O Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qf6 17. f4 (17. Be2 Rac8 $1 18. Rab1 b6
{[%cal Yc6e7,Yc7c5] /\Ne7, c5} 19. Rfc1 $6 (19. Ba6 Qxf3 20. Rfc1 Ne7 $44)
19... Ne7 20. Kh1 Rd5 $1 $15 {[%csl Rh1] עh1,Karpov,A (2755)-Jussupow,A (2610)
/London Candidates/1989/ This game started changing the attitude towards the
whole 9.cxd5 line, which was until then considered White's most promising
option.}) 17... Ne7 18. Bd3 Rac8 $5 (18... Qe6 19. Qxc7 (19. Rfc1 Qg4+ 20. Kf1
Nd5 $15) 19... Qg4+ $11) 19. Qc5 b6 20. Qe5 Qxe5 21. fxe5 c5 22. Ba6 Rc6 23.
Rfd1 cxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. exd4 {Navara,D (2718)-Stohl,I (2514)/Hustopece rpd/
2010/} Rc2 26. Rd1 Nd5 $15 {The N heads for f4, Black's pieces are active and
the o^d4 is not so dangerous.}) 14... b6 (14... Na5 $5 {is similar:} 15. Qc3 b6
16. O-O Bb7 17. Rfc1 Rac8 18. h3 c5 19. Qa3 Rc7 20. dxc5 Rd5 21. Qb2 Rdxc5 22.
Rxc5 Rxc5 23. Rd1 Be4 24. Nd4 Nc6 $11 {Istratescu,A (2617)-Karpov,A (2674)/
Bucharest m/2005/}) 15. O-O Bb7 16. Rac1 (16. Rfc1 Rac8 17. Qa4 Na5 18. Rc3 c5
19. Rac1 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Rxc3 21. Rxc3 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. h3 g6 $11 {Comp
Deep Fritz-Kramnik,V (2807)/Manama m/2002/}) 16... Na5 17. Qb2 Rac8 18. h3 c5
19. dxc5 Rxc5 20. Rxc5 Qxc5 21. Rc1 Qe7 22. Nd4 {Kramnik,V (2710)-Lutz,C (2595)
/Bundesliga 9394/1994/} Rd5 $5 {[%cal Yd5c5] /\Rc5=}) 13. c5 (13. Qxb7 $6 Qa3
$1 14. Nd2 (14. Rb1 Qxa2 15. cxd5 Bf5 16. Rc1 Qa3 17. Qxc7 Nc6 18. Rd1 Rac8 19.
Qf4 Bc2 20. dxc6 Bxd1 21. Kxd1 Rxc6 $40 {Jobava,B (2566)-Shengelia,D (2415)/
Batumi/2002/}) 14... dxc4 15. Be2 Bd5 16. Qb1 c5 (16... Bxg2 17. Rg1 Bd5 $15 {
[%csl Re1] עe1}) 17. O-O cxd4 18. Nxc4 Qe7 19. Re1 Nc6 20. Bf1 d3 (20... Rab8
$142 $1 $36) 21. Qxd3 Bxg2 22. Qa3 Qxa3 23. Nxa3 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 Rd5 25. Rec1 Ne5
26. Nc4 $11 {Lugovoi,A (2563)-Alavkin,A (2482)/Togliatti/2003/}) 13... b6 14.
Rc1 bxc5 15. Qa3 ({A more circumspect move is} 15. Rxc5 $5 Nd7 16. Rxc7 Rab8
17. Qc2 Qa3 18. Bd3 Rb2 19. Qc3 Qxc3+ 20. Rxc3 Rxa2 21. O-O Rb8 22. Rfc1 Kf8
$11 {Nikolic,P (2674)-Jojua,D (2463)/EU-ch Plovdiv/2008/}) 15... Nd7 16. Bb5 $2
({Already the modest} 16. dxc5 $11 {was necessary}) 16... Bg4 $1 17. Bxd7 Rxd7
$5 (17... Bxf3 18. Bc6 Bxg2 19. Rg1 Qd6 20. Bxa8 Qxh2 21. Rxg2 Qxg2 {Ghaem
Maghami,E (2606)-Thejkumar,M (2458)/Jakarta/2011/} 22. Bb7 c4 $5 $44) 18. Qxc5
(18. Ne5 cxd4 $1 19. Qxe7 Rxe7 20. Nc6 (20. Nxg4 $2 h5 $17) 20... Re6 21. h3
Bh5 22. Nxd4 Ra6 $15 {/-/+}) 18... Qe4 19. Rg1 Re8 20. Qb5 Rdd8 21. Qe2 Rb8 $17
{[%csl Re1] Topalov,V (2803)-Anand,V (2800)/Nanjing/2010/ Black has a raging
-> and White's king didn't manage to get into safety till the bitter end. See
the notes to this game by Anand in CBM 139.}) (9. Qc2 {doesn't cause Black too
serious problems after} Nxc3 10. Qxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 (11. Qxc4 b6 12. Rc1 c5 13.
dxc5 Bb7 $1 $32 14. Qh4 (14. Be2 Rc8 15. O-O Rxc5 16. Qa4 Nc6 17. a3 Ne5 18.
Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Rfd1 Rd5 20. Rxd5 Bxd5 21. Qf4 e5 22. Qf5 Qg5 23. Bg4 Qxf5 24.
Bxf5 g6 25. Bg4 f5 26. Be2 Be6 27. Rc6 Kf7 $11 {Gurevich,M (2614)-Jakovenko,D 
(2725)/Odessa rpd/2010/}) (14. cxb6 axb6 $44) 14... Qxh4 15. Nxh4 Rc8 16. Bb5
Na6 $1 (16... a6 17. Ba4 Rxc5 18. Rxc5 bxc5 19. Ke2 Bc6 20. Bxc6 Nxc6 21. Nf3
Rb8 22. b3 Nb4 23. Ra1 Kf8 24. Nd2 $14 {Chvojka,J (2131)-Jarabinsky,M (2127)/
corr/2004/}) 17. c6 Nb4 18. Ke2 $11 {1/2,Alekseev,E (2716)-Jakovenko,D (2710)/
Moscow/2007/}) 11... b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Be2 Rc8 (13... c5 14. dxc5 Rc8 15. b4 {
-13...Rc8}) 14. b4 Nd7 (14... c5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. b5 a6 $13 {is similar.}) 15.
Rfc1 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. b5 a6 18. a4 axb5 19. Bxb5 (19. axb5 Nb6 $11) 19...
Bxf3 (19... c4 $5 $132 {is roughly equivalent.}) 20. gxf3 Qg5+ 21. Kh1 Nf6 22.
Rg1 Nd5 23. Qb2 Qf6 24. Qxf6 Nxf6 25. Rgc1 Ra5 26. Rc4 Rc7 27. Kg2 Nd7 $11 {
1/2,Billen,H-Mayer,J (1880)/corr/1998/}) 9... c6 10. h4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] A
very surprising novelty, until now White preferred fighting for a small edge
by positional means. Does Aronian really want to launch an all-out attack?} (
10. Be2 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O b6 (13... e5 14. Bb3 Re8 15.
Re1 e4 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. Qb1 $5 (17. Rc5 Be6 18. Re5 Bxb3 19. Qxb3 Qc7 20. Rf5
Nd5 21. Rc1 Qb6 22. Re5 Qxb3 23. axb3 Rxe5 24. dxe5 Re8 $11 {Grischuk,A (2736)
-Anand,V (2788)/WCh blitz Moscow/2009/}) 17... Bd7 18. Rc5 Ng4 19. h3 b6 20.
Rc2 Nf6 21. Rec1 Rac8 22. a3 Rc7 23. Ba4 Rec8 24. b4 $14 {Grischuk,A (2760)
-Stupak,K (2502)/EUCup Plovdiv/2010/}) 14. Bd3 c5 15. Be4 Rb8 16. Qc2 {Anand
went for the relatively rare} Nf6 $5 ({The older approach is} 16... Ba6 17. Rc1
Rfc8 {, po} 18. Qa4 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Qc2 {Kramnik,V (2765)-Kasparov,G 
(2785)/Las Palmas/1996/ This position arose also in Brodsky,M (2554)
-Harikrishna,P (2667)/Cappelle la Grande op/2011/, where at this point the
players agreed on a draw. Engines indicate that} a5 21. a3 Rbc7 {/\} (21... Re8
22. h3 e5 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. Rd1 $14 {[%cal Gd1d8] <->d,Harika,D 
(2461)-Pan Qian (2154)/Jiangsu Wuxi/2008/}) 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Nf6 $5 24. e4
c4 $132 {should hold the balance.}) {Right after the match} 17. Bc6 $5 {
was suggested as an improvement, but even here Black can hold his own after} (
17. dxc5 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 bxc5 19. Qc2 (19. b3 Bb7 20. Qf4 (20. Qe5 Bxf3 21. gxf3
Qb7 $5 22. Kg2 Qa6 $11) 20... Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Rfd8 22. Rfc1 Rd2 23. R1c2 Rbd8 24.
g3 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Rd5 $11 {Kulaots,K (2531)-Grabarczyk,M (2510)/Borup/2008/ The
position is too simplified and Black's pieces are sufficiently active to fully
compensate his split <<P.}) 19... Bb7 20. Nd2 (20. e4 f5 $5 21. exf5 Rxf5 22.
Nd2 Qf6 23. Nc4 Ba6 24. b3 Rf4 25. Rc1 Rd8 26. h3 Bxc4 27. Rxc4 Rxc4 28. Qxc4
Rd2 $11 {Mamedyarov,S (2761)-Nakamura,H (2729)/Moscow/2010/}) 20... Rfd8 21. f3
Ba6 22. Rf2 Rd7 23. g3 Rbd8 24. Kg2 Bd3 25. Qc1 Ba6 $11 {Topalov,V (2805)
-Anand,V (2787)/WCh Sofia/2010/ See notes to this game by Giri in CBM 136.})
17... cxd4 (17... Qd6 18. Qa4 Bd7 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Qxd7 Nxd7 21. dxc5 Nxc5 22.
Ne5 a5 $5 {is also close to full equality.}) 18. Nxd4 e5 19. Nf5 (19. Nf3 Bg4
20. h3 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 e4 22. Be2 Rbd8 23. Rc1 Nd5 $11 {De la Calle,I (2108)
-Rodriguez Landa,M/corr/2007/}) 19... Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Rfd8 21. Rfc1 Rd2 22. Ba4
Rbd8 23. h3 g6 24. Qf3 e4 (24... Nd5 $5 $11) 25. Qg3 Nh5 26. Qc7 Qf6 $132 {
Babula,V (2515)-Toufighi,H (2499)/Khanty Mansiysk olm/2010/}) (10. Bd3 Nxc3 11.
Rxc3 {gives Black the extra option} Nd7 $5 (11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 {transposes to
10.Be2}) 12. O-O e5 13. dxe5 dxc4 14. Rxc4 (14. Bxc4 Nxe5 $11 {is rather boring
}) 14... Nxe5 15. Re4 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Be6 (16... Qc7 $5 17. Bc4 b5 18. Bb3 c5
19. Bd5 (19. Bxf7+ $6 Qxf7 20. Rf4 Bf5 $15) 19... Bb7 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Re5 Qb6
(21... Qxf3 22. gxf3 c4 23. Rxb5 Rab8 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Rb1 $14) 22. Qf5 Rac8
23. Rd1 g6 24. Qf3 Rfd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. g3 Kg7 27. Qb7 Qc7 28. Re7 Qxb7 29.
Rxb7 a6 30. Rb6 c4 31. Kf1 h5 32. Ke2 c3 33. bxc3 Rxc3 34. Rxa6 Rc2+ 35. Kf3 b4
36. h3 Rb2 37. g4 hxg4+ 38. hxg4 b3 $11 {Timman,J (2580)-Becker,M (2350)/BL2W
0809/2008/}) 17. Bc4 Rad8 18. Bxe6 (18. a4 Rd2 19. b3 Qd6 20. h4 Bxc4 21. Rxc4
Rd8 $15 {<->d,Skembris,S (2475)-Mastrovasilis,A (2537)/Vrachati/2011/}) (18.
Qg4 Bxg4 19. Rxe7 Rd7 20. Rxd7 Bxd7 21. Rd1 Rd8 22. e4 Kf8 23. f4 f6 $11) 18...
fxe6 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gd8d1] In this position Black's control of the <->d and
f balances his ><e6} 19. Qg4 (19. Qe2 Rd5 $11) 19... Rd2 $5 (19... Rd6 20. Rd4
(20. b4 Qd7 21. h3 Rf5 $11 {/=/+,Timman,J (2635)-Vaganian,R (2640)/Novgorod/
1995/}) 20... Rxd4 21. Qxd4 c5 22. Qa4 a6 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. g3 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 b5
$11 {Matamoros Franco,C (2484)-Korneev,O (2559)/Bobadela/2003/}) 20. Rxe6 Qd7 (
20... Qf7 21. Rxh6 $5 (21. f4 Qf5 (21... Rxb2 22. f5 $36) 22. Qxf5 Rxf5 23. Re5
$5 (23. e4 Rb5 $36) 23... Rxe5 (23... Rf7 $44) 24. fxe5 Rd7 $1 {/\Re7=}) 21...
Rxb2 (21... Rxf2 $2 22. Rh8+ Kxh8 23. Qh4+ Kg8 24. Qxf2 $16) (21... Qf5 22.
Qxf5 Rxf5 23. Rh4 Rxb2 24. Ra4 a6 $44) 22. f4 $13) (20... Qc5 $5 21. f4 (21.
Rxh6 Rdxf2 22. Qe6+ R8f7 23. Qc8+ Rf8 24. Qe6+ $11) 21... Rxb2 (21... Qf5 {
-20...Qf7}) 22. f5 Qb4 $132) 21. Qc4 (21. f4 Rd6 $5 (21... Rxb2 22. f5 (22. Rd1
Rd2 23. Rxd2 Qxd2 24. h3 Qxa2 25. Rxh6 Qb1+ 26. Kh2 Qf5 27. Qg3 Rf6 $13 {/=})
22... Rxa2 (22... Rb5 23. f6 Rg5 24. Qc4 Rf7 {Iotov,V (2447)-Caselas Cabanas,J
(2400)/Ortigueira/2005/} 25. h4 Rg6 26. Re7 Qd5 27. Re8+ Kh7 28. Qc2 Rfxf6 29.
Rxf6 gxf6 30. Re7+ Kh8 31. Qxg6 Qd1+ 32. Kf2 Qd2+ 33. Kf3 Qd1+ 34. Kf4 Qd6+ 35.
Kf5 Qxe7 36. Qxh6+ $16) 23. Qc4 Qd5 24. Qg4 Qd7 $11) 22. Rg6 Qxg4 23. Rxg4 Re8
(23... Rd2 24. Rf2 Rd1+ $11) 24. Rg3 Rd3 $11 {Anic,D (2445)-Marciano,D (2470)/
Narbonne/1997/}) (21. h3 Rxb2 22. Rd1 Rd2 23. Rxd2 Qxd2 24. Re7 (24. f4 $13 {
-21.f4}) 24... Qxf2+ 25. Kh2 Rf7 26. Qc8+ Kh7 27. Qxb7 Rxe7 28. Qxe7 Qxa2 29.
Qe4+ $11 {Pirc,V-Thomas,G/Hastings/1938/}) 21... Qf7 (21... Qd5 22. Qxd5 cxd5
23. b4 Rxa2 24. Rd6 Rb2 $132) (21... b5 22. Qb3 (22. Qxc6 $6 Rdxf2 $1 $17) (22.
Qc1 Rfxf2 23. Rxf2 Rd1+ 24. Qxd1 Qxd1+ 25. Rf1 Qd7 26. Rg6 Qd5 $36) 22... Rd3
23. Re7+ Rxb3 24. Rxd7 Rxb2 25. Rxa7 c5 $44) 22. f4 Rxb2 (22... Rd6 23. Re4 Rd2
24. Rb1 Qxc4 25. Rxc4 Re2 $11) 23. Rd1 Rb4 $5 24. Qxb4 $8 Qxe6 25. Qb3 (25. Qa3
$5 Re8 26. Kf2 $13) 25... Re8 (25... Qxb3 26. axb3 Rf5 27. Rd8+ Kh7 28. Kf2 Rb5
$11) 26. Kf2 (26. Rd7 Qxb3 27. axb3 Rxe3 28. Rxb7 a5 $11) (26. Qxe6+ Rxe6 27.
Kf2 Kf7 28. Kf3 c5 $13) 26... Qxb3 27. axb3 Re4 $1 $11 28. Rd8+ Kf7 29. Rd7+ (
29. Kf3 Rb4 $132) 29... Re7 30. Rd8 (30. Rxe7+ Kxe7 31. e4 c5 32. Ke3 Ke6 33.
Kd3 b5 $11) 30... Re4 31. Rd7+ Re7 32. Rd8 {1/2,Babula,V (2536)-Stohl,I (2514)/
Hustopece rpd/2010/}) (10. Qc2 {makes life simpler for Black after} Nxc3 11.
Qxc3 Nd7 12. Bd3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b6 14. O-O Bb7 15. Rfd1 c5 16. Be2 Rfc8 17. Qa3
Kf8 $11) ({Aronian was possibly inspired by} 10. g4 $5 {Black's rash reaction
resulted in big trouble:} f5 $6 (10... Nd7 $142 {is more natural and will
probably transpose to our game.}) 11. gxf5 Qf6 12. Bg2 Qxf5 13. O-O Nxc3 14.
Rxc3 Nd7 15. Qc2 Nf6 $6 (15... Qh5 $142 16. Nd2 $36) 16. Ne5 Qxc2 17. Rxc2 Bd7
18. Bh3 Rfe8 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Rc7 Bb5 21. Rfc1 $18 {Halkias,S (2578)-Fridman,
D (2645)/EU-ch blitz Warsaw/2010/}) 10... Nd7 {Logical enough, but Black had
also other moves.} (10... b6 11. Ne5 (11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne5 c5 $132) 11... Nxc3
12. Rxc3 c5 $5 13. dxc5 Rd8 $32 {~~ deserves attention.}) (10... Nf6 {prevents
g4, but only temporarily:} 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. g4 $1 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. f4 $36)
11. g4 {Yes, White really means it...} e5 $6 {A blow in the [+] is a typical
reaction to flank activity, but in this case the text move is probably
misguided.} (11... Nxc3 12. Rxc3 c5 $5 {seems to be a better version of the
game idea:} 13. cxd5 exd5 14. g5 h5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 {and} 16. Qxd5 {is not
without risk after} b6 $5 (16... Ne4 17. Rc4 Nd6 18. Rd4 $14) (16... Bg4 $5 {/\
} 17. Bg2 Ne4 18. Rc4 Ng3 $1 $36) (16... Na4 $132) 17. Qxa8 Bg4 18. Qc6 Rc8 19.
Qxc8+ Bxc8 $44) (11... Ndf6 12. Rg1 $5 (12. g5 Ng4 13. Rc2 $13 (13. Nxe4 dxe4
14. Nd2 e5 $132)) 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 $1 {/\g5|^}) (11... f5 12. gxf5 exf5 13.
cxd5 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 cxd5 15. Qb3 Qe4 16. Be2 Nf6 17. Rg1 f4 18. Rc7 Ne8 19. Nd2
$16 {Sambuev,B (2528)-Martchenko,A (2227)/Montreal/2011/}) ({Another
interesting idea is the most recent example} 11... Nd6 $5 12. c5 Ne8 13. g5 e5
14. gxh6 gxh6 15. Rg1+ Ng7 $13 16. Bh3 f5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 {1/2,Ragger,M
(2651)-Alekseev,E (2659)/WCup Khanty-Mansiysk/2011/}) 12. cxd5 Nxc3 13. Rxc3
cxd5 14. g5 h5 (14... e4 15. Nd2 hxg5 16. Qh5 $5 (16. hxg5 $143 $2 Qxg5 17. Rh5
Qg1 $1 18. Rh3 Nf6 19. Rg3 Qh1 20. Nb3 b6 21. Kd2 Bg4 $17 {Wang Hao (2718)
-Kravtsiv,M (2571)/Shenzhen/2011/}) 16... g4 17. Qxd5 $14) 15. Bb5 exd4 ({
Consistent with move 11, but roughly equivalent was} 15... e4 16. Nd2 $5 (16.
Bxd7 Bxd7 17. Ne5 Bf5 18. Qxh5 Rac8 $44 {<=>}) 16... g6 17. Rc7 $14) 16. Qxd4
Qe4 {A Q-swap doesn't quite fit into the concept of active <=>, but even after}
(16... Nb6 17. O-O Bf5 (17... Be6 18. Rfc1 $14) (17... Qe4 18. Qxe4 dxe4 19.
Nd4 $14) 18. Rfc1 {White retains a pleasant edge.} (18. Qf4 Be4 19. Rc7 Qb4
$132)) 17. Qxe4 dxe4 18. Nd2 Ne5 {Instead of defending a worse _|_,
Harikrishna prefers to sacrifice a P. However, White still manages to remain
on top.} (18... f5 $5 19. Nb3 $14 {_|_}) 19. Nxe4 Be6 (19... Nf3+ 20. Kf1 Bg4
21. Be2 (21. Kg2 $2 Ne5 $15) 21... Rfd8 22. Rc2 (22. a3 $5 {/\} Nd2+ 23. Nxd2
Rxd2 24. Bxg4 hxg4 25. Rg1 Rxb2 26. Rxg4 $16) 22... Rac8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Nc3
Nd2+ 25. Ke1 Ne4 26. f3 Nxc3 27. bxc3 Be6 28. Kd2 Bxa2 29. Ra1 Bc4 30. Bxc4
Rxc4 31. Rxa7 $16) 20. f4 $1 ({The text is more ambitious than} 20. Ng3 Rfc8 (
20... Nf3+ 21. Ke2 Bg4 22. Bd7 Rad8 23. Bxg4 hxg4 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Kxd1 Rd8+
26. Kc1 Nxh4 27. Rc4 Nf3 28. Rxg4 Rd2 29. Ne4 Re2 30. Rf4 $14) 21. f4 Rxc3 22.
bxc3 a6 23. Be2 $14) 20... Bd5 (20... Ng4 21. Nc5 Bxa2 22. Ke2 $36 {/\Ra1}) 21.
fxe5 Bxe4 22. O-O $14 {/+/- Although White's extra P is doubled, it controls
important central squares and this gives him a distinct edge.} Bd5 $6 {Black's
position can't stand another error and this eases Aronian's technical task.} (
22... Rac8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. e6 $1 fxe6 $1 25. Bd7 $16) (22... Rad8 $5 23. Rc7
Rd2 24. Rf2 Rd1+ 25. Bf1 $14 {/+/-}) 23. Bd7 $1 {[%csl Ra8,Gd7,Rf8] This
powerful move greatly limits Black's forces - now he can't activate neither of
his R.} Rfd8 (23... Bxa2 24. b3 Rad8 25. e6 fxe6 26. Bxe6+ Kh7 27. Rxf8 Rxf8
28. Rc1 Rd8 29. Bf7 $1 $16 {[%csl Ra2,Ge3,Rh7][%cal Ge3e8] ץa2, Kh7, o^e3})
24. Rc7 a5 (24... Bxa2 25. g6 $1 fxg6 26. e6 $40 {/\} Rdb8 27. Rd1 a5 28. e7
Bf7 29. Bc8 $1 $18) 25. a4 $18 Ra6 26. Rf4 Rf8 27. Rd4 Bc6 (27... Be6 28. Rxb7
$18 {with a decisive material advantage.}) 28. e6 $5 ({The text move is even
more convincing than} 28. Bxc6 Rxc6 29. Rxb7 $18) 28... fxe6 29. Bxe6+ Kh8 30.
Bf7 $1 {[%csl Gf7] The B again limits any possible <=> and the rest is simple,
as Black's forces are almost paralysed.} Rb6 31. b3 Bf3 32. g6 Rc6 33. Rxc6
bxc6 34. e4 Be2 35. e5 {[%cal Re5e7] /\e6-e7} 1-0

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.11.28"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bh4 ({Should White give
up a tempo, or the bishop?} 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 {is played less often:} 7. Qc2 (7. e3
c6 8. Rc1 O-O 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Ne4 (12. d5 Nb6 13. b3 $5
cxd5 (13... Bf5 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. e4 Bg4 16. Be2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Be7 18. Qc2 Bb4
19. Bg4 Ba3 20. Rcd1 Qe7 21. Nb1 Bc5 22. Nd2 Bb4 23. Nf3 Qf6 24. Rd3 Rfd8 25.
Rfd1 Rxd3 26. Qxd3 $14 {Kramnik,V (2785)-Radjabov,T (2744)/Kazan candidates/
2011/}) 14. Bxd5 Qe7 15. Qc2 Bg4 16. Qe4 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Rac8 18. Be4 Rc7 19. Ne2
Rfc8 20. Rcd1 a5 21. a4 Kf8 22. g4 Rd8 23. Ng3 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 g6 $11 {
Sargissian,G (2676)-Baramidze,D (2614)/WchT Antalya/2013/ In both cases
White's pull was rather symbolic, the opposite-coloured bishops being a strong
neutralising factor.}) (12. h3 {has brought Kasparov success in his duel with
Karpov, but since then Black has found roads to reliable equality.}) 12... exd4
13. Nxd4 Be5 14. f4 Bxd4 $5 (14... Bc7 15. Bxf7+ Rxf7 16. Ne6 Qe7 17. Nxc7 Qxe4
$5 18. Nxa8 Qxe3+ 19. Rf2 Nf6 $44 {is possibly playable, but Black doesn't
need such complications.}) 15. Qxd4 Nb6 16. Qxd8 (16. Nd6 Nxc4 17. Rxc4 Be6 18.
Rc3 Qb6 $132 19. f5 (19. Qxb6 axb6 20. a3 Rad8 21. Rd1 f5 22. Rd4 Bd5 23. Nb5
Be4 24. Nd6 Bd5 25. Nb5 c5 26. Rd2 Bc6 27. Nd6 Rd7 28. Nc4 Rxd2 29. Nxd2 Rd8
$11 {/=/+,Iotov,V (2576)-Onischuk,A (2674)/Richardson/2011/}) 19... Qxd4 20.
exd4 Bd5 21. b3 b6 22. Nc4 Rfe8 23. Ne3 Be4 $15 {Fressinet,L (2706)-Bacrot,E 
(2705)/Calvi rpd/2013/}) 16... Rxd8 17. Bb3 Nd5 18. Rfe1 Nb4 $11 (18... Nc7 19.
Kf2 Be6 20. Bxe6 Nxe6 21. Red1 Kf8 22. g4 Ke7 23. h4 g6 24. f5 gxf5 25. gxf5
Nc7 26. Kf3 Nd5 27. Nc5 b6 28. Nd3 c5 29. e4 $36 {Cramling,P (2495)-Van der
Sterren,P (2514)/Amsterdam/2011/})) 7... O-O 8. O-O-O $5 {is an aggressive try,
which requires an accurate reaction:} dxc4 (8... c5 9. dxc5 d4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4
11. Qe4 $1 Nc6 12. e3 f5 13. Qf3 Qg5 14. h4 $16) 9. e4 Nc6 10. e5 Bg5+ 11. Kb1
Nb4 12. Qe4 Rb8 ({Pasivne} 12... Bd7 $6 13. Bxc4 Bc6 14. d5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5
16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 $36 Qc8 18. h4 c6 $2 19. Nxg5 hxg5 20. hxg5 f5 21. Qh4
Qe6 22. Rd7 {1-0,Mamedyarov,S (2753)-Bacrot,E (2725)/Geneve rpd/2013/}) 13.
Bxc4 b5 $5 14. Nxg5 (14. Bb3 Bb7 15. d5 Be7 16. a3 Nxd5) 14... Qxg5 15. h4 Qe7
16. Bxb5 Bb7 17. Qe2 Nd5 (17... Bxg2 $5) 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bc4 Rfd8 20. Bxd5
Rxd5 $44 {Goganov,A (2526)-Airapetian,G (2435)/St Petersburg/2012/}) 6... O-O
7. e3 Ne4 ({The Tartakower is also still popular and topical:} 7... b6 8. Be2 (
8. Bd3 Bb7 (8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qe2 a6 12. Rfd1 Nd5 13. Bg3
Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bd6 15. e4 Bxg3 16. hxg3 b5 17. Bd3 Nb6 18. Qe3 Na4 19. Bc2 Nb2
20. Rdb1 Nc4 21. Qc1 c5 22. a4 cxd4 23. cxd4 Rc8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Qe1 Bc6 26.
Rb4 Ra8 27. Rd1 Ra3 28. d5 $1 $36 {Kramnik,V (2784)-Andreikin,D (2716)/WCup
Tromsoe/2013/}) 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 c5 11. Rfd1 cxd4 12. exd4 Ne4 $5 $146 13.
Nxe4 Bxh4 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Nc3 Bb7 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 Be7 18. d5 exd5 19.
Rxd5 Qc7 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Nd4 Nf6 22. Nb5 Qb8 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. Nd6 Qc7 25.
h3 a5 26. b3 Be7 $11 {Bacrot,E (2702)-Moiseenko,A (2702)/Fujairah City/2012/})
8... Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 (11. O-O Re8 12. Qb3 c6 13. Rfe1 Nd7
14. Rad1 g6 15. e4 Nf8 16. e5 Bg7 17. Bd3 Ne6 18. Bb1 Qe7 19. Qc2 Red8 (19...
Rad8 $5) 20. h4 h5 21. Qd2 Re8 (21... c5 $132 {/\} 22. Nb5 Bc6 23. Nd6 Rxd6 24.
exd6 Qxd6 $44) 22. Ng5 Nxg5 23. hxg5 Qe6 24. f4 Qg4 25. Qf2 Rad8 26. b4 Bf8 27.
a3 c5 $1 $13 {Korobov,A (2713)-Meier,G (2623)/WchT Antalya/2013/}) 11... c6 (
11... c5 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. Rb1 Bc8 $5 ({This is a new alternative to} 13... Bc6
{, tested already in the K-K matches.}) 14. O-O Nc6 15. Rc1 cxd4 16. Nb5 Qb6
17. Nbxd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. exd4 $11 {1/2,Giri,A (2730)
-Naiditsch,A (2712)/Belgium/2013/}) 12. O-O a5 13. b5 c5 14. Ne5 Qc7 15. Ng4
Nd7 16. Bf3 Rad8 17. Rc1 (17. Nxd5 $142 $5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 h5 $5 (18... cxd4 19.
Rc1 Qd6 20. e4 $14) 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Bc6 cxd4 21. exd4 Qf4 22. d5 Rd6 $44 {
/= Although this looks dangerous for Black, the engine sees no problems and
claims equality.}) 17... Bg5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Qd6 20. Nc3 cxd4 21. f4 $6
(21. Ne4 $142 Qe7 22. Nxg5 dxe3 23. Nxe3 Qxg5 $11) 21... Bf6 22. Ne2 Qe6 23.
Nxd4 Bxd4 24. exd4 Qxa2 25. Rc6 Qd5 $11 {/=/+} 26. Nxh6+ $2 gxh6 27. Rxh6 (27.
Qg4+ Kh7 28. f5 {[%cal Rc6h6] is parried by} Nf6 $1 29. Rxf6 Rg8 $19) 27... Kg7
28. Rh5 f5 $17 {Aronian,L (2809)-Adams,M (2727)/Paris/St Petersburg/2013/ For
more details see the notes in CBM 154 by Krasenkow.}) 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 {
Definitely the main move nowadays.} ({The once popular} 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3
exd5 {doesn't give White anything, a recent example is} 11. c4 dxc4 12. Bxc4
Nc6 13. O-O Na5 14. Be2 c5 15. Rc1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 b6 17. Bf3 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Nxb7
19. Nc6 Qe6 20. Qb3 Rfe8 21. Qxe6 Rxe6 22. Nd4 Re7 23. Rc6 Rd8 24. Rfc1 Nc5 $11
{Seirawan,Y (2643)-Karpov,A (2615)/Saint Louis m rpd/2012/}) 9... c6 10. Bd3 (
10. Be2 {was played by Topalov in the last match game in Sofia 2010. If White
takes with the bishop on c4 2 moves later, both continuations are equivalent.})
({Levon doesn't repeat the double-edged} 10. h4 Nd7 11. g4 f5 (11... e5 12.
cxd5 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 cxd5 14. g5 h5 15. Bb5 exd4 16. Qxd4 Qe4 17. Qxe4 dxe4 18.
Nd2 Ne5 19. Nxe4 Be6 20. f4 Bd5 21. fxe5 Bxe4 22. O-O $36 {Aronian,L (2805)
-Harikrishna,P (2669)/WchT Ningbo/2011/ For more details see the notes to this
game in CBM 144.}) 12. gxf5 Rxf5 $5 $146 13. Bd3 (13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 e5 15.
d5 Nc5 16. Qc2 {Van Wely,L (2691)-Fridman,D (2668)/Wolvega/2012/} Rf7 $5 17. b4
Nd3+ 18. Bxd3 exd3 19. Qxd3 Qxb4 $15 {White's king is more exposed, than
Black's.}) 13... Ndf6 (13... Qf8 14. Rh3 Ndf6 15. Qc2 e5 16. dxe5 Rh5 $5 $13)
14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Ne5 c5 16. Rg1 (16. Ng6 $142 $5 {complicates the deployment
of Black's bishop and gives more chances for an advantage.}) 16... Bd7 17. Ne2
cxd4 18. Qxd4 Be8 $1 {Gajewski,G (2653)-Svetushkin,D (2588)/EU-ch Legnica/2013/
} 19. Ng3 Rd8 20. Qc3 Bh5 $44 {|^}) 10... Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 ({It would be
interesting to know what Levon had on his mind after} 11... Nd7 12. Qc2 (12.
O-O e5 (12... dxc4 {- 11...dxc4}) 13. dxe5 (13. cxd5 e4 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Be2
exf3 16. Bxf3 Bb7 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Rxc6 Rac8 $15 {Psakhis,L (2525)-Kholmov,R 
(2475)/Tallinn/1983/ White's pawns can't advance freely and are not too
dangerous.}) (13. Bb1 {or}) (13. Bc2 {is an attempt to transpose into the game
after all, but Black also has} e4 (13... dxc4 14. Rxc4 {-11...dxc4}) 14. Nd2
Nf6 $11 (14... f5 $5 $132)) 13... dxc4 14. Bxc4 ({We will still mention} 14.
Rxc4 Nxe5) 14... Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 {This position arises also from
Capablanca's line with 5...0-0 snd 6...Nbd7, only here Black has the extra
move h6. The breathing space for his king certainly doesn't hurt his chances:}
16. Qc2 Bf5 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Rxd3 Rad8 19. Rfd1 Rxd3 20. Rxd3 Qa5 21. h3 Qxa2
22. Ra3 Qd5 23. Rxa7 c5 24. Ra5 b6 $11 25. Ra7 Rd8 $11 {Wojtaszek,R (2721)
-Alekseev,E (2673)/Lublin/2011/}) ({2)} 12. cxd5 exd5 13. O-O {leads to a
Carlsbad pawn structure, after} Re8 14. Qb1 a5 $5 $132 {Black has no serious
problems in the resulting simplified position.}) 12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 {gives
Black a choice. White has perhaps the best chances to get a slight pull after}
e5 (13... b6 14. Bd3 Nf6 15. Rxc6 Nd5 16. Qb3 Nb4 17. Rc1 Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 Bb7
19. O-O Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qg5+ 21. Kh1 Qd5 22. Qe4 Qxa2 23. Rg1 Rfc8 24. Qb7 Rf8
25. Qe4 Rfc8 26. Qb7 Rf8 27. Rc7 Qxb2 28. Rxf7 Rxf7 29. Qxa8+ Kh7 30. Qe4+ Kg8
31. Qa8+ Kh7 32. Qe8 Rc7 33. Qg6+ Kh8 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Qxe6 Qxf2 36. Qe4+ Kg8
37. h3 Qc2 38. Qe8+ Kh7 39. d5 Qf5 40. Qe4 Qxe4 41. fxe4 {Jakovenko,D (2716)
-Gelfand,B (2746)/ECC Rogaska Slatina/2011/} Re7 $1 $132) (13... b5 $5 14. Be2
Bb7 15. O-O b4 16. Rc4 a5 17. Rc1 Rfc8 18. Qe4 Rc7 19. Qf4 Rac8 20. R4c2 c5 21.
h4 Nf6 22. Bd3 Qd8 23. Qe5 {1/2,Hinterberger,W (2355)-Szczepanski,Z (1400)/
corr/2010/}) 14. O-O exd4 15. exd4 $5 (15. Nxd4 Nf6 16. Rd1 a6 17. Bb3 Ne4 18.
Rc4 Re8 19. f3 Nd6 20. Rc3 Nb5 21. Nxb5 axb5 22. a3 b4 23. axb4 Qxb4 24. e4 Be6
$11 {Khairullin,I (2660)-Korneev,O (2609)/RUS-chT Loo/2013/}) 15... Qd6 16. Re1
Nb6 17. Bb3 Nd5 18. Ne5 Be6 (18... Nxc3 $2 19. Nxf7 $1) 19. Rg3 Nc7 20. Re4
Rad8 21. h3 Bxb3 22. Qxb3 Ne6 23. Nxf7 $1 (23. Qxb7 Nxd4 24. Rd3 c5 25. b4 Qb6
26. Qxb6 axb6 27. bxc5 bxc5 28. Kf1 Rfe8 29. Ree3 Ra8 30. Rd2 f6 $11 {1/2,
Grischuk,A (2736)-Jakovenko,D (2736)/WCup Khanty-Mansiysk/2009/}) 23... Rxf7
24. Rg6 $1 $14 {Black loses a pawn and has to fight for draw.}) 12. Rxc4 {
Taking with the rook makes more sense with the bishop on d3 instead of e2.} ({
The more usual follow-up is} 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O {and now:} b6 (13... e5 14.
Qc2 $5 {transposes to the above note} (14. Bb3 Rd8 15. Re1 exd4 16. exd4 Qd6
17. d5 (17. Rce3 Nf8 18. Ne5 Be6 $11 {/\} 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Rf3 $2 f6 21. Ng6
Rxd4 $1 22. Qb1 Qxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Rad8 $17 {[%cal Rd4d1]}) 17... cxd5 18. Qxd5
Qxd5 19. Bxd5 Nf8 20. Bb3 Be6 21. Kf1 Rac8 22. Rec1 Rxc3 23. Rxc3 Bxb3 24. Rxb3
Rd7 $11 {Babula,V (2585)-Baramidze,D (2615)/AUT-chT/2012/})) 14. Bd3 (14. Qc2
$5 Bb7 15. Bd3 c5 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Rac8 19. Rfc1 Rc7 20. Qc2
Rfc8 {leads to a known position, only with the king on h8.} 21. h3 (21. b4 $5 {
is critical}) 21... Nf6 22. Rc4 Ne8 23. dxc5 Rxc5 24. Qb3 Rxc4 25. Rxc4 Rxc4
26. Qxc4 Nd6 $11 {Ivanchuk,V (2766)-Carlsen,M (2835)/Wijk aan Zee/2012/}) 14...
c5 15. Be4 Rb8 16. Qc2 Nf6 (16... Ba6 17. Rc1 Rfc8 18. Qa4 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Rxb7
20. Qc2 Rbc7 21. b4 Nf6 $1 $146 {[%cal Rf6d5]} (21... e5 {Kramnik,V (2765)
-Kasparov,G (2785)/Las Palmas/1996/} 22. bxc5 exd4 23. exd4 bxc5 24. Rc4 $1 $36
{[%cal Gc1c8]}) 22. e4 $8 c4 $8 23. b5 a6 24. a4 axb5 25. axb5 Qd7 26. Qb1 (26.
Rb1 $5 Ne8 27. e5 g6 $132) 26... Ra8 27. h3 Ra5 28. Rxc4 (28. Ne5 Qxb5 29. Qxb5
Rxb5 30. f3 $11) 28... Rxc4 29. Rxc4 Qxb5 $11 {Babula,V (2574)-Stupak,K (2494)/
EU-chT Warsaw/2013/ Here already White should tread with care.}) 17. Bc6 (17.
dxc5 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 bxc5 19. Qc2 Bb7 20. Nd2 Rfd8 21. f3 Ba6 22. Rf2 Rd7 23. g3
Rbd8 24. Kg2 Bd3 25. Qc1 Ba6 $11 {Topalov,V (2805)-Anand,V (2787)/WCh Sofia/
2010/}) 17... cxd4 18. Nxd4 e5 19. Nf3 (19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Rfd8 21. Rfc1 Rd2
22. Ba4 Rbd8 23. h3 g6 24. Qf3 e4 25. Qg3 Nh5 26. Qc7 Qf6 $132 {Babula,V (2515)
-Toufighi,H (2499)/Khanty Mansiysk olm/2010/}) 19... Rd8 ({In postal play
Black prefers} 19... Bg4 $5 20. h3 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 e4 $11) 20. h3 Qd6 21. Qa4 a5
22. Qb5 Be6 23. a3 Bd5 24. Rfc1 Ne4 25. R3c2 {Babula,V (2591)-Cyborowski,L 
(2543)/EU-ch Legnica/2013/} Bxc6 (25... g6 $5 $11) 26. Rxc6 Qd5 $11) 12... Nd7
13. O-O e5 (13... c5 $6 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bb1 $32 {[%cal Rd1c2]}) 14. Bc2 $5 {
A rare move, obviously prepared by Aronian, who was still playing very fast.} (
{There is nothing new and exciting after the standard} 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Re4
Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Be6 17. Bc4 Rad8 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qg4 Rd2 20. Rxe6 Qd7 21. Qc4
Qf7 22. f4 Rxb2 23. Rd1 Rb4 24. Qxb4 Qxe6 $11 {Babula,V (2536)-Stohl,I (2514)/
Hustopece rpd/2010/}) 14... Nb6 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (14... exd4 {seems playable:}
15. Qd3 (15. Rxd4 Nf6 16. Qd3 {Stahlberg,G-Espina,C/Mar del Plata/1942/} c5 $1
17. Qa3 b6 $11) 15... Nf6 16. e4 $5 g6 17. e5 Nd5 18. Qd2 Kg7 $5 (18... Bg4 19.
Nxd4 Qxe5 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Rxg4 $14) 19. Rxd4 Be6 20. Rd1 Rad8 21. Bb3 Rd7 22.
Qa5 b6 23. Qe1 Rfd8 24. Qe4 Bf5 25. Qe1 Be6 26. Qe4 Bf5 27. Qe1 Be6 {1/2,
Cherednichenko,S (2165)-Hrabinska,M (2295)/Nikolaev/2008/}) ({Perhaps Black
can venture even the untested} 14... e4 15. Nd2 f5 $13) 15. Rc5 exd4 ({The
swap is natural enough. However, even after} 15... Nd7 16. Rc3 Re8 $5 {it's
not easy get anything tangible. Perhaps White can try} 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5
Qxe5 19. Qd3 g6 (19... Be6 $5) 20. f4 {[%cal Ye3e4]}) 16. Qd3 g6 17. Bb3 $1 {
Still analysed at home and played fast.} Kg7 (17... Qxc5 $2 18. Qxg6+ Kh8 19.
Qxh6+ Kg8 20. e4 $1 $18 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Rf3g5]}) (17... Be6 $6 18. Re5 $40) (
17... Qd6 {[%cal Yc8e6]} 18. Nxd4 $14 {/\} Qxc5 $2 19. Qxg6+ Kh8 20. Qxh6+ Kg8
21. f4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb3c2,Rf1f3,Rf4f6] ->}) (17... Kh7 18. exd4 $5 $14 {
[%csl Rh7] Black with his vulnerable king must still fight for equality.} (18.
Qxd4 Be6 $11)) 18. Qxd4+ Qf6 (18... f6 {[%cal Yc8e6,Yf8d8] is a computer
suggestion, but a top GM wouldn't dare to play such a weakening move without
thorough analysis.}) 19. Re5 $1 {A typical engine move - concrete and
unpleasant. The rook aims for e7 and discourages Be6.} Bd7 ({After some
thought Nakamura spurned} 19... Rd8 20. Qb4 Nd5 $5 (20... Bd7 21. a4 $36) 21.
Bxd5 cxd5 $132 {[%cal Yc8f5,Yf5e4] Although formally White has a better minor
piece, the rook on e5 is now rather clumsy and Black has counterchances.}) 20.
h4 Rad8 ({Also here Black had an alternative in} 20... Rfe8 21. h5 g5 22. Ra5 (
22. Rxg5+ $2 hxg5 23. h6+ Kg6 24. Bc2+ Bf5 25. Bxf5+ Kxf5 26. Qd3+ Kg4 27. Qe2
Kh5 28. Ne5+ g4 $17 {with no mate in sight.}) (22. Bc2 Nd5 $1 $11) (22. Rc5 $5
Qxd4 23. Nxd4 Nc8 {is similar}) 22... Qxd4 23. Nxd4 $14 {/=}) 21. h5 {Now
Levon started thinking as well.} Bf5 (21... g5 $2 22. Nxg5 $16) (21... Nc8 $5
22. hxg6 fxg6 $14 {/<=>}) 22. Qc3 (22. Qb4 $5 gxh5 23. Ra5 {was suggested by
Korotylev, but Black has} Nd5 {/\} 24. Qxb7 Be4 $13) 22... Bg4 (22... Rd3 23.
Qb4 $36) (22... Nd7 23. Ra5 Qxc3 24. bxc3 Bd3 25. Rd1 Be2 26. Rd6 $1 $13 {
/+/= White has an initiative in this endgame, as it's difficult to prevent his
offside Ra5 from reentering the fray.}) ({Perhaps a better move was} 22... Nd5
$5 23. Bxd5 (23. Qd4 Nb6 $11) 23... Rxd5 $132) 23. hxg6 Bxf3 (23... Nd7 {
already gives White a choice between} 24. Re7 ({and} 24. Ra5 $5 {- this is
similar to 22...Nd7 from the above note.})) 24. gxf3 Nd5 $6 {[%csl Gb3] Forces
White to swap his bishop, but stabilises his advantage.} ({Black had the last
chance to play} 24... Nd7 $142 $1 $14) 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. gxf7 ({A safer and
less complex way is} 26. Rd1 $142 $1 fxg6 (26... d4 27. exd4 fxg6 28. Kg2 $36)
27. f4 $14 {[%csl Rd5,Rg7] /+/-}) 26... d4 ({A more concrete line was} 26...
Rc8 $5 27. Rf5 (27. Qd4 Rc4 28. Re6 Qxd4 29. exd4 Rxf7 $11) 27... Rxc3 28. Rxf6
Rc2 $132 ({or} 28... Rxe3 $5 {, in both cases Black has drawing chances.})) 27.
exd4 Rxf7 28. d5 ({White had other moves as} 28. Rc1 {and also}) (28. Kg2 $14 {
/+/- However, the outcome of the game remains open.}) 28... Qxf3 $1 {[%mdl
4096]} 29. Qxf3 (29. Re3+ Qf6 {also forces a queen swap.}) 29... Rxf3 30. Rd1 {
Objectively in the endgame Black has drawing chances, but another problem
arises on Nakamura's clock...} Kf7 31. Rd4 $6 {White should have tried to keep
both rooks on the board.} ({A more promising try was} 31. Kg2 $142 Rf6 32. Rde1
$36 ({or} 32. Rc1 $5)) 31... Re8 $1 $14 32. Rxe8 (32. Rh5 Rf6 33. d6 Rd8 {
[%csl Rd6] stops the passed pawn.}) 32... Kxe8 {Activating the king gives good
chances to hold the game.} 33. Kg2 Rf5 34. f4 Kd7 35. Kf3 Kd6 36. Ke4 Rf8 37.
Rd2 (37. f5 Re8+ 38. Kf3 Re1 $132) 37... h5 $6 (37... Re8+ $142 $1 38. Kf5 Rf8+
{forces the king back:} 39. Kg4 Rg8+ 40. Kh5 Rf8 41. Rf2 Rf6 $11) 38. f5 h4 39.
Rh2 Re8+ 40. Kf4 Rh8 $2 $138 {This definitely throws away the game.} ({He had
to play} 40... Kxd5 $1 41. Rxh4 $5 (41. Rd2+ Kc6 42. f6 h3 43. Rh2 Re6 $1 44.
Kf5 Re3 45. f7 Rf3+ 46. Ke6 Re3+ $11) 41... Re2 42. Rh3 Rf2+ ({or} 42... Rxb2
43. Rd3+ Kc4 $14)) 41. f6 Re8 {Desperation.} ({Now} 41... Kxd5 42. Kf5 h3 43.
f7 $18 {[%cal Rf5f6,Rf6g7] is insufficient: Although his rook is "correctly"
behind the passed pawn, he has no defence against the penetration of White's
king.}) 42. Rxh4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch08 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1933.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Romanovsky, Peter Arsenievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D56"]
[Annotator "Yudovich,M/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1933.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. Qc2 d5 (7... c5
{Gruenfeld,E-Vukovic,V Vienna 1922 0-1}) 8. e3 (8. cxd5 $1 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7
10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. e4 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4]} Bb7 12. Bd3 $14) 8... Nbd7 (8... O-O) 9.
Be2 O-O 10. O-O Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 f5 {[%csl Rb7] [#]} 14.
f3 $6 (14. b4 e5 15. c5 Bd5 $11) (14. Rad1 e5 15. d5 Nf6 16. Nb1 Rad8 17. Nc3
a6 $11) 14... exf3 15. Bxf3 Bxf3 16. Rxf3 $6 (16. Nxf3 e5 17. Rad1 e4 18. Nd2
Qg5 19. Qc3 $11) 16... e5 $6 {[#]} (16... c5 17. Rff1 g6 $15) (16... Rad8) (
16... Rae8 17. Rff1 g6 18. Qc3 e5 $15) 17. Raf1 (17. Rxf5 exd4 18. exd4 Qe3+
19. Kh1 Qxd4 $11) 17... Qg5 18. Qa4 (18. Rg3) 18... Rad8 19. Rg3 Qe7 20. Rgf3 (
20. d5 $142 Nc5 21. Qc2 f4 $1 $11) 20... exd4 21. exd4 Nc5 22. Qb4 Rxd4 23. Nb3
a5 24. Qb5 Nxb3 25. axb3 (25. Qxb3 $2 Qc5 {[%cal Gc5g1,Gd4c4]}) 25... g6 26. h3
Rfd8 27. Qc6 R4d6 28. Qb7 Rd2 29. Rg3 Qc5+ 30. Kh1 Kf7 $17 31. Qe4 Rd1 32. Rgf3
Qd4 33. Qc6 Qe5 34. R3f2 R8d3 35. Kg1 Qd6 36. Qb7 Qc5 37. Kh2 Qe5+ 38. Kh1
Rxf1+ (38... R3d2) 39. Rxf1 Rxb3 40. Rd1 Re3 41. Qc8 Re1+ 42. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 43.
Kh2 Qe5+ 44. Kh1 g5 45. Qd7+ Kg6 46. b3 Kh5 47. Qd1+ Kh4 48. Qd2 Qg3 49. c5
bxc5 $2 (49... f4 {[%cal Gf4f3] Plus actif (Yudovich)}) 50. Qxa5 Qxb3 $4 (50...
f4 {[%cal Gf4f3]} 51. Qxc5 Qe3 52. Qxc7 Kg3 {[%cal Ge3e1]}) (50... Qe3 {
[%cal Ge3c5]}) 51. Qe1+ Qg3 52. Qe6 h5 {[%csl Rh4]} 53. Qxf5 Qe3 54. Qd7 {[#]}
c4 $2 (54... Qe1+ 55. Kh2 Qg3+ 56. Kh1 Qd6 {Yudovich}) (54... Qc1+ 55. Kh2 Qf4+
(55... g4 $4 56. Qe7+ Qg5 57. g3#) 56. Kh1 Qd6 $19) 55. Qxc7 $11 {[#]} Qc1+ $4
(55... Qf4 $11 {Yudovich}) (55... g4 $11) 56. Kh2 $18 {[%cal Gc7g3]} Qf4+ $4
57. g3+ 1-0

