[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katowice Szopienice"]
[BlackTeam "Wroclaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 (3... c5 {L'alternative dans cette variante
Mikenas} 4. e5 Ng8 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxe5 8. Bf4 Ng6 9. Bg3 a6 10.
Qd2 (10. Qa4) 10... Nf6 11. O-O-O Bb4 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Nc2 Be7 14. Be2 e5 {
Jussupow,A (2490)-Bakulin,N (2275) URS Soviet Union 1979 1-0} (14... d5 15. h4
dxc4 16. h5 Qxd2+ 17. Rxd2 Nh8 18. Bf3 $32 {Youssoupov})) 4. e5 (4. cxd5 exd5
5. e5) 4... d4 (4... Ne4 $5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d4 Bb4 {Transpose dans une Ragozin}
7. Qc2 {[%csl Rc7]} f5 8. exf6 Qxf6 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 $14 {[%csl Gc1,Rc8,
Gf1][%cal Gf1d3];Ivanchuk,V (2710)-Aronian,L (2649) Warsaw AIG Life rapid sf
2003 (1) 1-0}) 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 (7. d4 c5 (7... e5)) 7... b6 (
7... e5 {La grande ligne} 8. d4 exd4 9. Bg5 Qe6+ 10. Be2 Be7 11. cxd4 Bxg5 12.
Nxg5 Qg6 13. f4 O-O 14. O-O Nc6 15. d5 Ne7 16. Qd2 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Nf5 18. Bd3 h6
19. Nf3 c6 20. Rab1 $14 {Grachev,B (2669)-Wojtaszek,R (2721) Lublin 3rd 2011 
(2) 1/2}) 8. d4 Bb7 (8... h6 {Contrôle l'importante case "g5" mais c'est
très lent}) 9. Bd3 (9. Be2 h6) 9... Bxf3 {Le polonais a tenté d'améliorer
03 ans plus tard avec h6} (9... h6 10. O-O (10. Qe2 Bd6 11. Be4 c6 12. a4)
10... Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Qxf3 12. gxf3 Nc6 13. c5 Na5 14. Bf4 Kd7 15. Rfd1 Be7 16.
c6+ Nxc6 17. d5 exd5 18. Bf5+ Ke8 19. Rxd5 Rd8 20. Rad1 Bd6 21. Bxd6 cxd6 22.
Rxd6 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 Nb8 24. Rd4 Ke7 25. Rc4 Kd6 26. Rd4+ Ke7 27. Rc4 Kd6 28.
Rd4+ {1/2-1/2 (28) Movsesian,S (2695)-Wojtaszek,R (2700) Loo 2013}) (9... Bd6
$6 10. Bg5 Bxf3 11. Qd2 Bf4 12. Bxf4 Bxg2 13. Rg1 Bb7 14. Be5 $40 {Miles,A 
(2555)-Sosonko,G (2530) IBM Amsterdam 1977 (13) 1/2}) 10. gxf3 (10. Qxf3 Qxf3
11. gxf3 Bd6 $11 {Palac,M (2579)-Saric,A (2540) CRO-ch 13th Plitvicka Jezera
2013 (11) 1/2}) 10... Nd7 11. Be4 {Il y a peu de parties dans les bases avec
l'échange 9. Bf3} (11. Qe2 Rd8) (11. Be3) 11... Rd8 12. h4 {[%cal Gc1g5]} (12.
Rg1 h6 {Iordachescu,V (2582)-Gajewski,G (2653) EU-ch 14th Legnica 2013 (7) 1-0}
) 12... h6 13. Qa4 {La Qa4 est un peu hors-jeu} Bd6 14. Be3 (14. Bc6 $6 {
[%csl Rd7,Re8][%cal Ga4e8]} O-O $1 (14... e5 $5 15. Be3 exd4 16. cxd4 Qe6 {
[%cal Ge6e1,Ge8g8,Ge6d7]} 17. Qxa7 $2 (17. Ke2 O-O $15 {[%csl Ra4,Re2]}) 17...
Bb4+) 15. Bxd7 $4 Qxf3 {[%csl Ra1,Rc3,Re1]} 16. Bd2 (16. Rf1 Qxc3+) 16... Qxh1+
) 14... O-O 15. Qxa7 {Gagne un P mais la Q doit perdre au minimum trois tempi
pour revenir en jeu et avec un K Blanc bloqué au centre, c'est assez risqué.}
Qe7 $1 {[%cal Gf7f5,Gd8a8,Ge6e5,Ge7e1]} 16. Qa4 $8 (16. Kd2 f5 17. Bc6 Nb8 18.
Bb5 f4) 16... c5 17. Rb1 e5 $44 {[%csl Re1] La paire de B des Blancs n'est pas
très utile et le K Blanc manque de bonnes cases de protection.} 18. Kf1 exd4
19. cxd4 cxd4 20. Bxd4 {La paire de B s'est activée mais au détriment de la
sécurité du K Blanc} Bc5 $1 {Menace d'échanger la meilleure pièce Blanche}
21. Re1 {[%cal Ge4h7]} Qd6 22. Bc3 Nf6 23. Be5 $1 Qe6 24. Bg3 $6 {[%csl Rg3]} (
24. Qc2 $142 {[%cal Gc2e4]} Nxe4 25. Rxe4 Qc6 26. Rg1 $13 {[%cal Ge5g7]} f6 27.
Ba1 {Ce B est mieux placé sur cette grande diagonale plutôt qu'en "g3"})
24... Nxe4 25. Rxe4 Qg6 26. h5 Qg5 27. Bf4 Qf5 28. Qb3 {Illustrant les
difficultés du plan d'attaque des Blancs à l'aile-dame qui est trop lent} (
28. Qc2) 28... Rfe8 $1 29. Rxe8+ $6 (29. Qb1 {[%cal Gb1e4] Semble plus solide})
29... Rxe8 $32 {[%csl Rf1,Rh1]} 30. Bg3 Rd8 $1 $40 {[%csl Rb3,Rf3][%cal Gd8d3]}
31. Ke2 $8 {[%csl Rh1] La Rh3 reste une témoin impuissante et le courageux
Ke2 peut difficilement survivre dans les courants d'air.} (31. Kg2 Rd3) 31...
Qe6+ (31... Bb4 $3 32. Qxb4 Qd3+ 33. Ke1 Qd1#) 32. Kf1 Rd2 33. Kg2 Qe2 34. Qb1
$2 {29.Qb1 aurait aussi éviter de perdre un tempo important} (34. Rf1 $2 Rd3)
(34. Qa4 $8 Bxf2 35. Qa8+ Kh7 36. Qe4+ {[%cal Ge4e2,Ge4h7] Avec peut-être une
transposition en finale de R} Qxe4 37. fxe4 Bc5+ (37... Bxg3+ 38. Kxg3 Rxa2 39.
Kf4 {[%csl Gf4,Rh7] Et les Blancs ont des bonnes chances de nulle malgré le P
de moins.}) 38. Kf3 Rxa2) 34... Rd3 35. Qe1 Qxf3+ 36. Kh2 Qxh5+ 37. Kg2 Qf3+
38. Kh2 f5 39. Rf1 Kh7 40. Rg1 f4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.28"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd2 Nc6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Be7 11. Qe2 Nf6 12. Ne4 Bd7 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. a3 Qb6
15. Be3 Nd5 16. b4 a6 17. Nc5 Rcd8 18. Be4 Be8 19. Rfd1 Na7 20. Bg5 Nc8 21. Bb1
Bc6 22. Qe4 g6 23. Qh4 Qc7 24. Qh6 Rfe8 25. Re1 Nd6 26. a4 Rc8 27. Bxe7 Qxe7
28. Ng5 Nf6 29. Ba2 Nf5 30. Qh3 Nxd4 31. Qh4 Rcd8 32. f3 Nf5 33. Qf2 Ng4 34.
fxg4 Qxg5 35. Rc2 Qxg4 36. b5 axb5 37. axb5 Bxb5 38. Ne4 Kg7 39. Rc7 Rd1 40. h3
Qe2 41. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 42. Kh2 Bc6 43. Qb2+ Qd4 44. Qxd4+ Nxd4 45. Ng5 h6 46. Rxf7+
Kg8 47. Rf4 hxg5 48. Rxd4 Kf7 49. Rd2 Ra8 50. Rf2+ Ke7 51. Re2 Bd7 52. Bb1 Be8
53. Ba2 Bd7 54. Bb1 Be8 55. Ba2 Ra6 56. Kg3 Bb5 57. Rb2 Bc6 58. Re2 Bd7 59. Bb1
Kf6 60. Rf2+ Kg7 61. Rd2 Bc6 62. Ba2 Be4 63. Re2 Bd3 64. Rb2 b5 65. Kf2 Kf6 66.
Ke3 Ra3 67. Kd4 e5+ 68. Kc5 e4 69. Kb4 Ra4+ 70. Kc3 Ke5 71. Bf7 Ra3+ 72. Kb4
Ra6 73. Kc3 Rc6+ 74. Kd2 Rf6 75. Be8 Rf2+ 76. Kc3 Rxb2 77. Kxb2 Kd4 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-B 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8.
Nge2 Nc6 9. O-O Bg4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. h3 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Bd6 13. Qb3 Bxf4 14.
Nxf4 Qd6 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Qb4 17. Qxb4 Nxb4 18. a3 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 Rd7 20.
g4 h6 21. f3 Rad8 22. Rcd1 g6 23. Kf2 Kg7 24. h4 g5 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Ne2 Ng8
27. Nd4 Ne7 28. Kg3 Rh8 29. f4 Kg6 30. Nf3 gxf4+ 31. exf4 f6 32. f5+ Kf7 33.
Re1 Rc7 34. Nd4 a6 35. Rde3 Nc6 36. Nf3 Re7 37. g5 fxg5 38. Kg4 Rhe8 39. Rxe7+
Rxe7 40. Rh1 d4 41. Nxg5+ Kf6 42. Kf4 d3 43. Ne4+ Kf7 44. Rh3 d2 45. Rd3 1-0

[Event "George Marx Memorial 9th"]
[Site "Paks"]
[Date "2011.06.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2011.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be2 Bf6 12. Be5 Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Be6 14. Nf3
Qb6 15. Qd4 Rfc8 16. Rd1 Nb3 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Rc1+ 20. Bd1
Rc4 21. Rxc4 dxc4 22. Kd2 Rd8+ 23. Kc2 Bf5+ 24. Kc3 Rd3+ 25. Kxc4 Rd2 26. b4
Rxf2 27. Bf3 Ra2 28. Rd1 g5 29. Kb5 Kg7 30. Bxb7 Rxa3 31. e4 Bg4 32. Rd4 Ra2
33. e5 Be2+ 34. Kxb6 Bf1 35. Rd7 Bxg2 36. e6 Kf8 37. Rxf7+ Ke8 38. Ba6 Bc6 39.
Rxh7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.06"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Wojtaszek,R"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{The only previous game between us was played in an European Championship
under 10 in 1996. It ended up with a draw, Teimur won that tournament and I
finished fifth. As can be seen, we had to wait a bit for the next game... Die
einzige frühere Partie zwischen uns war 1996 bei einer U10-Europameisterschaft
gespielt worden. Sie endete mit Remis, Teimur gewann dieses Turnier, und ich
wurde Fünfter. Wie man sieht, mussten wir auf die nächste Begegnung ein
bisschen warten...} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 {King's Indian Defence, not
a surprise at all but recently Teimur also had some games in the Queen's
Gambit. Königsindische Verteidigung, keineswegs eine Überraschung, wobei
Teimur in letzter Zeit auch ein paar Partien im Damengambit hatte.} 4. e4 d6 5.
Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 {The Bayonet Attack, recently the
most fashionable choice against the King's Indian. Der Bayonett-Angriff, in
letzter Zeit die populärste Wahl gegen den Königsinder.} Nh5 10. Re1 ({At the
same tournament, in my game against GM Morovic Fernandez, I played Bei
demselben Turnier, in meiner Partie gegen GM Morovic Fernandez, spielte ich} 
10. g3 {and I managed to win that game. For this game I had another idea in
mind. und konnte gewinnen. Für diese Begegnung schwebte mir eine andere Idee
vor.}) 10... f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 ({In my previous games I used to play In
meinen früheren Partien spielte ich immer} 12. f3) 12... c6 13. dxc6 $1 $146 {
A very interesting novelty, although I've found some correspondence games with
this position. It's not very difficut to guess that it was one of the fruits
of working for the World Champion. At the first glance it doesn't look too
dangerous for Black as White is giving up the centre, but the position is very
concrete and I was hoping to get some surprise value as well. Eine sehr
interessante Neuerung, obwohl ich ein paar Fernschachpartien mit dieser
Stellung gefunden habe. Es ist nicht sonderlich schwer zu erraten, das dies
eine der Früchte des Arbeitens für den Weltmeister war. Auf den ersten Blick
wirkt es nicht allzu gefährlich für Schwarz, da Weiß das Zentrum aufgibt, aber
die Stellung ist sehr konkret, und ich hoffte, auch ein bisschen von dem
Überraschungseffekt zu profitieren.} bxc6 {I was glad that already here Teimur
spent some time on this move, so I was able to surprise my opponent. Ich war
froh, dass Teimur bereits an diesem Zug einige Zeit überlegte, ich hatte
meinen Gegner also überraschen können.} ({I can't recommend Nicht empfehlen
kann ich} 13... Nxc6 $6 14. exf5 {and now it's impossible to take , und nun
ist das Schlagen} gxf5 {because of unmöglich wegen} 15. Bd5+ $1) 14. exf5 gxf5
15. b5 e4 {A very important moment. I already had a huge time advantage and
the position remains very complicated. Ein ganz wichtiger Moment. Ich hatte
bereits einen Riesenzeitvorsprung, und die Stellung bleibt sehr kompliziert.}
16. Be2 c5 $6 {The most practical choice, but not the best one. Die
pragmatischste Wahl, aber nicht die beste.} ({The most principled was Am
prinzipiellsten war} 16... d5 $1 {but it's not simple to make such a move when
you know that your opponent is still in his preparation allerdings ist es
nicht leicht, einen solchen Zug zu machen, wenn man weiß, dass sich der Gegner
noch in seiner Vorbereitung befindet.} 17. Be3 ({I also considered Ich erwog
auch} 17. cxd5 $5 Nfxd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Rb1 {and the position remains very
complicated because it's not so easy for Black to move his central pawns. und
die Stellung bleibt sehr kompliziert, da es für Schwarz nicht leicht ist,
seine Zentrumsbauern zu bewegen.}) 17... Ng4 $1 18. Bd4 Ne5 19. cxd5 cxd5 {
with unclear play. mit unklarem Spiel.}) (16... h6 {was also possible, but I
liked my position after war ebenfalls möglich, aber mir gefiel meine Stellung
nach} 17. Nh3 d5 18. Be3 Ng4 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 $14) 17. a4 $1 {That was my
first independent move and I liked this a lot. It's quite a typical idea in
the Bayonet to activate the rook via the 3rd rank. Dies war mein erster
eigenständiger Zug und er gefiel mir sehr. Es ist eine typische Idee im
Bayonett-Angriff, den Turm über die 3. Reihe zu aktivieren.} Ng6 18. Ra3 $14 {
It's obvious that White got a comfortable position after the opening. Black
has too many weaknesses, so I was quite optimistic about my chances at that
point. Es ist offensichtlich, dass Weiß nach der Eröffnung eine bequeme
Stellung erhalten hat. Schwarz hat zu viele Schwächen, daher war ich an dieser
Stelle bezüglich meiner Chancen recht optimistisch.} Kh8 19. Nd5 $1 h6 20. Nh3
Be6 21. Nhf4 Nxf4 22. Nxf4 Bf7 {After some logical moves from both sides, I
spent a lot of time on this position. The problem is that White has many
promising ideas and it's not so simple to choose the best one. Nach einigen
logischen Zügen von beiden Seiten verbrauchte ich für diese Stellung eine
Menge Zeit. Das Problem ist, dass Weiß viele aussichtsreiche Ideen hat, und es
nicht so leicht fällt, die beste zu wählen.} 23. Bb2 $5 {The most logical, but
I think there was the even stronger Am logischsten, aber ich glaube, es gab
das noch stärkere} (23. Rh3 $5 Qe7 (23... d5 $6 24. cxd5 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Qxd5 26.
Bxh6 $18) 24. Bb2 Rad8 25. Qb3 Rg8 26. Rh4 $1 {and that's the move I missed in
my calculations. Qh3 is a huge threat, so Black has nothing better than the
forced line after , und das ist der Zug, den ich in meinen Berechnungen
übersehen hatte. Qh3 ist eine gewaltige Drohung, daher hat Schwarz nichts
Besseres als das forcierte Abspiel nach} Ng4 27. Bxg7+ Kxg7 28. Qh3 Ne5 29.
Rxh6 Qg5 30. Rh7+ Kf8 31. Qe3 $1 {and White is probably almost winning here. ,
und hier steht Weiß wahrscheinlich fast auf Gewinn.}) 23... d5 24. cxd5 Nxd5
25. Qa1 ({The immediate Das sofortige} 25. Bxg7+ $1 {was stronger: war stärker:
} Kxg7 26. Nxd5 Qxd5 27. Rg3+ $1 Kh7 28. Qxd5 Bxd5 29. Rc3 $16 {with very good
winning chances for White. mit sehr guten Gewinnchancen für Weiß.}) 25... Bxb2
26. Qxb2+ Qf6 27. Qxf6+ Nxf6 28. Rc3 $16 {After a series of forced moves an
interesting endgame appeared. It's clear that White is better, although I was
not sure how serious my advantage is. Nach einer Serie forcierter Züge hat
sich ein interessantes Endspiel ergeben. Es ist klar, dass Weiß besser steht,
wenngleich ich nicht sicher war, wie ernst mein Vorteil ist.} Rac8 $6 (28...
Rfc8 {was better, but even here, after war besser, aber selbst hier nach} 29.
Rec1 ({The main idea of ...Rfc8 can be seen after Die Hauptidee von ...Rfc8
sieht man nach} 29. Rd1 Rab8 $1 {and White doesn't have und Weiß hat kein} 30.
Rd6 {wegen einfach simply because of} Rb6) 29... Nd7 30. Rd1 Ne5 31. Nd5 $1 {
and White is still better. steht Weiß nach wie vor überlegen.}) 29. Rec1 $6 {
In time trouble both sides make mistakes. In Zeitnot machen beide Seiten
Fehler.} ({I missed the very strong idea Ich übersah die bärenstarke Idee} 29.
Rd1 $1 c4 30. Rd6 Kg7 31. Ra6 $1 {and Black can't protect everything und
Schwarz kann nicht alles decken:} Rc7 32. Rg3+ $1 Ng4 33. h3 c3 34. Rc6 Rxc6
35. bxc6 Rc8 36. Rxc3 (36. hxg4 $4 Rxc6 $11) 36... Nf6 37. Rc5 $18) 29... Nd7
30. Bc4 $1 {This position I'd seen when I was playing 25.Qa1. I thought I have
good winning chances but I understood it might be not so simple to convert it
into victory. Diese Stellung hatte ich gesehen, als ich 25.Qa1 spielte. Ich
dachte, ich hätte gute Gewinnchancen, begriff aber, dass es nicht so leicht
sein könnte, es in einen Sieg umzumünzen.} Kh7 ({Objectively speaking,
Objektiv gesehen war} 30... Nb6 $5 {was better, but even here after besser,
doch auch hier nach} 31. Bxf7 Rxf7 32. a5 Nd7 33. Ne6 $1 {Black's position
would be very difficult. wäre die Stellung von Schwarz sehr schwierig.}) 31.
Be6 $1 Bxe6 32. Nxe6 Rfe8 33. Nxc5 $16 Nb6 34. g3 $2 {With this natural move I
almost spoiled all of my winning chances. Mit diesem natürlichen Zug machte
ich fast all meine Gewinnchancen zunichte.} ({During the game I saw Während
der Partie sah ich} 34. Nb3 {but I was not sure of the position after , war
aber nicht sicher bezüglich der Stellung nach} Rxc3 35. Rxc3 Nxa4 36. Rc7+ Kg6
37. Rxa7 Rd8 $1 38. h4 Rd3 $1 39. Na5 Rd1+ 40. Kh2 Nc5 {It seemed to me that
Black will get dangerous counterplay after ...f4 Mir schien, dass Schwarz nach
...f4 gefährliches Gegenspiel bekommen wird.}) ({I should play Spielen sollte
ich} 34. a5 $1 Nd5 35. Rc4 e3 36. fxe3 Nxe3 37. Rd4 $1 {and now after , und
jetzt nach} Re5 {White wins after gewinnt Weiß mit} 38. Rd7+ $1 Kg6 (38... Kg8
39. Rxa7 Rexc5 40. Rxc5 Rxc5 41. b6 $18) 39. Rd6+ Kf7 40. Rc6 $18) 34... f4 $2
{I was lucky that my opponent missed his chance to save the game, although it
has to be said it was not so simple in time trouble. Ich hatte Glück, dass
mein Gegner seine Chance verpasste, die Partie zu retten, obwohl zu sagen ist,
dass es in Zeitnot nicht so einfach war.} (34... Re7 $1 35. a5 (35. Nxe4 Rxe4
36. Rxc8 Nxc8 37. Rxc8 Rxa4 38. Rc7+ Kg6 39. Rc6+ Kh5 $1 40. Ra6 Rb4 {and
Black will hold it easily und Schwarz wird es mühelos halten.}) 35... Nd5 36.
Rc4 Rec7 {and I don't see how White can improve in this position. , und ich
sehe nicht, wie Weiß sich in dieser Stellung verbessern kann.}) 35. gxf4 Nd5
36. Rc4 e3 $5 37. fxe3 Nxe3 38. Rd4 Re7 $1 {Here I realised that things are
not simple at all. White is two pawns up, but I had to face some practical
problems. Hier wurde mir klar, dass die Sache keineswegs einfach ist. Weiß hat
zwei Bauern mehr, aber ich sah mich mit einigen praktischen Problemen
konfrontiert.} 39. h3 $1 {During the game I was very happy with this move. I
thought it was essential not to allow counterplay connected with ...Ng4 tricks.
Während der Partie war ich sehr zufrieden mit diesem Zug. Ich hielt es für
notwendig, kein Gegenspiel in Verbindung mit ...Ng4-Tricks zu erlauben.} Rg8+
40. Kf2 Rg2+ 41. Kf3 Rh2 42. Rd7 $1 Rxh3+ 43. Kf2 $1 {It's never too late to
make a mistake. Es ist nie zu spät, einen Fehler zu machen.} (43. Ke2 $6 Rxd7
44. Nxd7 Nd5 $1 {and suddenly Black has good drawing chances. und plötzlich
hat Schwarz gute Remischancen.}) 43... Rxd7 (43... Rh2+ 44. Kg3 $18) (43...
Ng4+ 44. Kg2 Rhe3 (44... Rxd7 45. Kxh3 $1) 45. Rxe7+ Rxe7 46. a5 $18) 44. Nxd7
Kg6 45. Rc7 $1 {The only move, but to be fair, not the most difficult to find.
Der einzige Zug, aber um fair zu sein, auch nicht so schwierig zu finden.} h5
46. Rxa7 h4 47. b6 Ng4+ 48. Ke2 Re3+ (48... Rb3 49. b7 h3 50. Ra6+ $1 Kf5 51.
Nb6 h2 52. b8=Q h1=Q 53. Ra5+ $18) 49. Kd2 h3 50. b7 Rb3 (50... Re8 51. Ra8 h2
52. Rxe8 h1=Q 53. b8=Q {and Black has no perpetual. und Schwarz hat kein
Dauerschach.}) 51. Ra6+ $1 Kh5 52. Nb6 {Black resigned because of Schwarz gab
auf wegen} (52. Nb6 h2 53. b8=Q h1=Q 54. Ra5+ Kh4 55. Qh8+ {Probably one the
best games in my life so far, although I didn't avoid some mistakes.
Wahrscheinlich eine der besten Partien meines Lebens bisher, wenngleich ich
ein paar Fehler nicht vermeiden konnte.}) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.07"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. h3 a5 10. g4 Qg6 11. a3 a4 12. Qa2 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ne4 14. Bg2 f5 15.
Rb1 Kh8 16. Qc2 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 e5 18. e3 Qf6 19. O-O Nd8 20. f4 exd4 21. cxd4
Qe7 22. Nc4 fxg4 23. hxg4 Bxg4 24. Ne5 Bf5 25. e4 Be6 26. d5 Bg8 27. Rf3 c6 28.
Rh3 Rf6 29. Rd1 Nf7 30. Nxf7+ Qxf7 31. f5 cxd5 32. Rxd5 Rc6 33. Rc3 Qe7 34.
Rxc6 bxc6 35. Rd3 Rb8 36. Rc3 h6 37. Rc5 Qd6 38. e5 Qd4+ 39. Qf2 Rb1+ 40. Bf1
Qg4+ 41. Kh2 Bd5 42. Rc3 Qe4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.09"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 g6 8. Nc3
Nb4 9. Be4 c6 10. Nf3 N4d5 11. Bd2 Bg7 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 f6 14. h3 Kh8 15.
Nxd5 cxd5 16. Bd3 Nc4 17. Bc3 Na5 18. exf6 exf6 19. Bb4 Rf7 20. Nh4 f5 21. Nf3
Nc6 22. Ba3 Bd7 23. Qb3 Be8 24. Bb5 Rc7 25. Bxc6 Bxc6 26. Re2 Rcc8 27. Re7 Qb6
28. Qe3 Re8 29. Re1 Rxe7 30. Bxe7 Qc7 31. Qg5 Kg8 32. Bf6 Bf8 33. Ne5 Re8 34.
Re3 Bg7 35. Bxg7 Kxg7 36. Rg3 Bd7 37. h4 Qd8 38. Qf4 Rf8 39. h5 Be8 40. h6+ Kg8
41. Rc3 Qd6 42. Rc8 Bf7 43. Qc1 Be6 44. Rc7 f4 45. Rxb7 g5 46. Rxa7 g4 47. Qc7
Qxc7 48. Rxc7 Rf6 49. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 13th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2012.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2012.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. a4 Nc5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Qf3 Bd8
15. Qd3 Rc8 16. a5 Bc7 17. Ra4 Bd7 18. Raa1 Bxa5 19. Bxf7+ Rxf7 20. Nb3 Qb6 21.
Rxa5 Be6 22. Qe3 Qd8 23. Raa1 Bc4 24. Rfe1 Ng4 25. Qg3 Nxf2 26. h3 Nd3 27. cxd3
Bxb3 28. Qe3 Rc6 29. d4 Qb6 30. d5 Qxe3+ 31. Rxe3 Rb6 32. Nb1 Rb4 33. Nd2 Ba4
34. b3 Bb5 35. Rc1 Rd4 36. Rf3 Rf8 37. Rc2 h6 38. Kf2 Rd8 39. Re3 Rd7 40. Ke1
Rf7 41. Rc8+ Kh7 42. h4 a5 43. Rf3 Rxf3 44. gxf3 a4 45. bxa4 Rxa4 46. Rd8 Ra1+
47. Kf2 Rd1 48. Nb3 Rf1+ 49. Ke3 Rb1 50. Na5 Rb2 51. f4 Re2+ 52. Kf3 exf4 53.
Nxb7 g5 54. Nxd6 Re3+ 55. Kg4 Rg3+ 56. Kf5 f3 57. Nxb5 f2 58. Rd7+ Kg8 59. Rd8+
Kg7 60. Rd7+ Kf8 61. Nd6 f1=Q+ 62. Ke6 gxh4 63. Rd8+ Kg7 64. Nf5+ Kh7 65. Rd7+
Kh8 66. Rd8+ Rg8 67. Rxg8+ Kxg8 68. d6 Qc4+ 69. Ke5 Kf7 70. Nxh6+ Ke8 71. Ng4
Qc5+ 0-1

[Event "New Delhi AICF AAI Cup"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2012.12.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2012.12.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
f3 e5 9. e4 c5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. h4 h6 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. O-O-O a6 14. g4 Bd7 15.
Ne2 Ne8 16. Ng3 Ng6 17. Be3 Qe5 18. Qe1 b5 19. g5 bxc4 20. Rd5 Qe7 21. gxh6 Ne5
22. f4 Ng4 23. hxg7 Nxg7 24. Rg5 f6 25. Bxc4+ Kh7 26. Qe2 Nxe3 27. Qxe3 Be6 28.
Bxe6 Qxe6 29. Rd5 Rab8 30. Rhd1 Rb6 31. Nh5 Rfb8 32. Nxg7 Kxg7 33. Rg1+ Kf7 34.
f5 Qe8 35. Rd2 Qh8 36. Qd3 Qh7 37. Qd5+ Kf8 38. Rdg2 Qh6+ 39. Kb1 1-0

[Event "POL-chT 69th"]
[Site "Poland"]
[Date "2013.05.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2013.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wroclaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Katowice"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. d5 a6 13. Nc3 Ne5 14. Qc1 Qd6 15.
h4 h5 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Qf6 18. Qc1 c6 19. g4 cxd5 20. gxh5 Be6 21. f4 Ng4
22. e5 Bf5+ 23. Ka1 Qc6 24. Rd4 Nc4 25. Rh3 Qc5 26. Nge2 gxh5 27. b3 Nb6 28.
Qd2 Rac8 29. Kb2 e6 30. Ng3 Bg6 31. Be2 Qxc3+ 32. Qxc3 Rxc3 33. Kxc3 Rc8+ 34.
Kb4 Ne3 35. Rd2 Nc2+ 36. Ka5 Nd7 37. b4 Rc3 38. a4 b6+ 39. Kxa6 Nxb4+ 40. Kb7
Bf5 41. Nxf5 Rxh3 42. Nd4 Kf8 43. Bb5 Ke7 44. Bxd7 Kxd7 45. Kxb6 Nc6 46. Nb5
Rb3 47. Rc2 Nd4 48. Rc7+ Ke8 49. Kc5 Nxb5 50. axb5 d4 51. Rc6 Kd7 52. Rd6+ Kc8
53. Rxd4 Kc7 54. Ra4 Kb7 55. Kd6 Rxb5 56. Ke7 Kc6 57. Kxf7 Kd5 58. Kg6 Rb8 59.
Kxh5 Rh8+ 60. Kg5 Rg8+ 61. Kf6 Rh8 62. Ra5+ Ke4 63. Kxe6 Rh6+ 64. Kd7 Rh7+ 65.
Kd6 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 29th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2013.10.25"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "Wojtaszek,R"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SOCAR"]
[BlackTeam "Novy Bor"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

{Before this match, we were one point behing our opponents. We had no pressure
at all, Socar is like the Real Madrid of chess, they have only star players,
so we were expected to lose. We were even joking that David Navara, our
highest rated player, would be their 2nd reserve player :) Anyway, I was
looking forward to this game, it's always nice to play such strong rivals.} 1.
e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 h5
{I hestitated before playing this move a little bit because I knew that my
opponent is one of the biggest experts in this line from Black's point of view.
On the other hand I was too curious and decided to see what he prepared.} 9.
Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 Qc7 ({Last year I played} 11... g6 {against
Leko but here I had different idea in mind. The game went} 12. Be2 Bg7 13. O-O
O-O 14. Na5 Rb8 15. c4 e4 {with unlcear play.}) 12. c4 g6 13. O-O-O $5 {
Quite an interesting novelty. White wants to hide his king on the queenside.} (
13. Be2 {followed by 0-0 would be normal but here Black can try} a5 $5 {
which was played by Dominguez against Caruana. Black's idea is to exchange
queens:} 14. Rd1 a4 15. Na1 Qa5 16. Qxa5 Rxa5 {and I think Black has a very
decent position.}) 13... Nb6 $1 {I think it's the best reaction as it forces
the exchange of dark-squared bishops.} (13... Bg7 {would be normal , but I
didn't like the position after} 14. Kb1 O-O 15. Be2 {and didn't really see how
I can proceed.}) 14. Qa5 Bh6 {A typical idea in this line, Black will castle
in an unusal way with Kf8-g7.} 15. Bxh6 Rxh6 16. Kb1 Nfd7 ({During the game I
also considered} 16... O-O-O {but it looked bizarre for me, so I decided to
stick to the normal plan} 17. Rc1 Kb8 18. Bd3 ({computers suggest also} 18. c5
$5 Nbxd5 19. Qa4 {and Black might be in trouble also here}) 18... Rhh8 19. Qd2
h4 20. Rhe1 {with the idea Bf1 and Re3, I didn't like Black's position.}) 17.
Qd2 ({White has nothing after} 17. f4 exf4 $1 18. Qd2 Kf8 $1 19. Qxf4 Kg7 20.
Nd4 Ne5 $13) 17... Rh8 18. Rc1 Na4 $6 {I wanted to prepare a blockade with
a5-Nc5 but we both missed a strong reply for White.} ({I should have started
with} 18... Kf8 $1 19. f4 (19. g3 h4 $1) 19... exf4 20. Qxf4 Na4 {with chances
for both sides.}) 19. Be2 $6 (19. Na5 $1 {and strangely enough, Black is
already in trouble:} Kf8 {would be normal but} 20. c5 $1 {is a very strong
sacrifice} dxc5 $6 (20... Nf6 {would be a less evil} 21. cxd6 Qxd6 22. Nxb7 Qd7
23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. Rxc5 Kg7 {but it's clear that Black has not enough
compensation for the pawn}) 21. d6 Qc8 22. Bc4 $36) 19... a5 20. Na1 $5 {
The knight has nothing to do on b3, so White wants to put it on b5. Now it's
all about manouevring.} Kf8 21. Nc2 Kg7 22. Na3 Nf6 $2 {This just loses an
important tempo.} (22... Qd8 $1 23. Nb5 Qf6 24. Bd1 Nac5 {and compared to the
game I would have an extra tempo.}) 23. Nb5 Qe7 24. Rhe1 Nc5 25. Bd1 Nfd7 26.
b3 Qf6 $6 {Around here I started to drift and lose too much time as I couldn't
findthe right plan.} ({It was time to play actively with} 26... f5 $5 27. Bc2 (
27. g4 $6 hxg4 28. fxg4 f4 29. Qxf4 $4 Nd3 $1 $17) 27... Nf6 28. g3 b6 29. h3
Raf8 {but even here Black's position looks already unpleasant.}) 27. Bc2 h4 28.
Rf1 b6 29. Rce1 $6 {It looked tempting to improve the R's position but it was
time for more active play already:} (29. f4 $1 {and it's difficult to
recommend something for Black, for instance} e4 (29... exf4 30. Rxf4 Qe7 31.
Rcf1 Ne5 32. Nd4 $16 {and Nc6 next}) 30. Rce1 Rae8 31. Re2 {with clear
advantage for White.}) 29... Rae8 $1 30. a3 Re7 31. Qc3 $6 (31. g3 hxg3 32.
hxg3 Ree8 {and the opened h-file favours Black I think}) (31. b4 $1 {was a way
to go} Nb7 32. Nc3 Ree8 33. f4 exf4 34. Rxe8 (34. Ne4 $5 Rxe4 $1 35. Rxe4 g5 {
with some compensation}) 34... Rxe8 35. Rxf4 Re1+ $1 (35... Qe7 36. Ba4 {
and Black is paralysed}) 36. Ka2 Qe5 37. Rxh4 Qe3 38. Qxe3 Rxe3 39. Kb3 {
with clear advantage in the endgame.}) 31... Ree8 32. Kb2 $6 (32. Qd2 {would
be better as it's difficult to see what Black can do.}) 32... Nb7 $1 {I was
very happy to find this idea during the game. At least now I will be able gain
some space on the kingside. Moreover, Black has an easy plan - to develop some
pressure on the kingside.} 33. b4 $5 {Fixing the knight on b7 but it's always
risky to push pawns in front of your king...} Qf4 34. Rh1 Nf6 35. Bb3 Rh5 $5
36. Re2 Rg5 37. Bc2 Rc8 38. Be4 Nh5 39. Rc2 Nf6 $6 {Quite a naive decision. I
was a bit short of time so I was hoping to repeat moves once, but of course
White doesn't have to do that.} (39... f5 $1 40. Bd3 Nf6 {was what I should
have done, with a very comfortable position for Black.}) 40. Qe1 $1 Nd7 $6 {
As it happens quite often, mistakes come in pairs. It was much better to keep
the N on f6.} (40... Kg8) 41. Qf2 $1 Kg8 (41... f5 42. Bd3 e4 43. Qd4+ $1 (43.
fxe4 Qxf2 44. Rxf2 fxe4 {ist good for Black}) 43... Kg8 44. Bf1 $1 {and Black
is stuck with the pinned Q on f4.}) 42. Bd3 {With the idea Nc3-e4.} Rh5 $5 43.
Qe2 $6 {White also waits but there was a chance to free the R from h1.} (43.
Nc3 Qh6 {was my idea during the game.}) (43. g4 $1 hxg3 (43... Rh8 44. Rg1 $1 {
threathening g5} Qf6 45. g5 Qg7 46. Rc3 $14) 44. hxg3 Qh6 45. Rxh5 Qxh5 {
and maybe White is a little bit better but I thought I have some
counter-chances as well.}) 43... Kg7 $132 44. Kb1 Rhh8 {Here I decided to
change my plan and try to use the fact that White is expanded on the queenside.
} 45. Qf2 Ra8 $5 46. Nc3 $4 {After manoeuvring for a long time White finally
makes a final blunder.} (46. Nc7 $2 {It's too late for repeating like this:}
axb4 47. Nxa8 b3 $1 48. Rb2 Rxa8 49. Rxb3 Nbc5 50. Rc3 Qd4 51. Qc2 Na4 $17) (
46. Rb2 $1 {was the way to keep equality:} axb4 47. axb4 Ra4 48. Kc2 $1 Rha8
49. g3 Qf6 {with an unclear position where both sides have chances.}) 46...
axb4 47. axb4 Ra3 48. Kb2 Rha8 $19 {White is already lost, there is no defence
against the piece sacrifice and ...Qd4.} 49. Rd2 Nbc5 $1 50. bxc5 Nxc5 51. Be4
Rb3+ 52. Kc2 Raa3 {And my opponent resigned. Later on we were able to win also
on board 1 and 3 which gave us a sensational win against Socar. Thanks to this
result, the next day we were able to celebrate winning the European Club Cup!}
0-1

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-B 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2014.03.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:59:26"]
[BlackClock "0:56:56"]

{Motylev is the reigning European Champion and Wojtaszek is of course an
extremely strong player. Their game was anticipated to be quite an interesting
one.'} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} d6 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nd7 $5 {[%emt 0:00:06] Black usually
goes for this system when he wants to play for a win.'} (3... Bd7 {(Sagar Shah)
is more tame}) 4. O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. Bd3 $5 {[%emt 0:
00:04] This became quite popular after Carlsen used it against Svidler in a
Norway tournament in March 2013. The idea is to play c3 followed by Bc2, and
then play d4.'} g6 {[%emt 0:01:13]} (5... Ngf6 6. Re1 b5 7. c4 Ne5 8. Bf1 Nxc4
9. a4 Bd7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 e5 12. axb5 exd4 13. Bxc4 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15.
Bb3 Be7 16. Qxd4 O-O 17. Nc3 b4 18. Qxb4 Rb8 19. Qc4 Be6 20. Nd5 Bd8 21. h3 h6
22. Bf4 Qb7 23. Bc2 Ba5 24. Rd1 Bxd5 25. exd5 Rc8 26. Qb3 Qxb3 27. Bxb3 Rb8 28.
Bc4 Rxb2 29. Bxd6 Bb6 30. Be5 Rxf2 31. Kh2 Rf5 32. Bg3 h5 33. d6 Rc5 34. Be2
Ne4 35. d7 {Carlsen,M (2872)-Nakamura,H (2776) Zuerich 2014 1/2-1/2 (70)}) 6.
Re1 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 7. c3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:
02:11]} 8. Be2 {[%emt 0:02:44]} (8. Bc2 {Sagar Shah} Bg4 {would be quite
unpleasant.}) 8... Nxf3+ {[%emt 0:07:42]} 9. Bxf3 {[%emt 0:01:01]} e5 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} 10. d4 {[%emt 0:11:53] Sagar Shah: '?!' Sagar Shah: 'A daring pawn
sacrifice by Motylev, but it is a bad move which gives Black a good solid
advantage.'} (10. d3 {Sagar Shah} Nf6 11. Be3 O-O 12. d4 {Might be a safer way
to break in the center.}) 10... cxd4 {[%emt 0:07:40]} 11. cxd4 {[%emt 0:01:06]}
exd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 12. Na3 {[%emt 0:10:40] Sagar Shah: 'White wants to
regain the pawn now with Nc2.'} Ne7 {[%emt 0:03:13]} 13. e5 {[%emt 0:20:38]
Sagar Shah: 'White gets desperate and tries to complicate matters.'} (13. Nc2 {
Sagar Shah} Nc6 $15 {and white does not regain the pawn.}) (13. b3 {Sagar Shah}
Nc6 14. Bb2 O-O $15) 13... dxe5 {[%emt 0:02:52]} 14. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:30:30]} (14... Qc7 {might have been even better.} 15. Qa4+ Bd7 16. Qb4
Bc6 17. Nd6+ Kf8 $17 {It is really unclear what White's compensation is.}) 15.
Bxc6+ {[%emt 0:05:12] White now gives up his important bishop to regain the
pawn.'} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 16. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} (
16... O-O {was equally good.}) 17. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:13:01]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:01:42]} (
17... Qd6 {was very strong as the knight cannot return to the strong square e5
and then blockade on d3.}) 18. Ne5 {[%emt 0:20:36]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:12]} 19. b3
{[%emt 0:01:16]} Rfd8 $15 {[%emt 0:01:55][%csl Gd4,Ge6,Gg7]} 20. Bb2 {[%emt 0:
09:13]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:18:58]} (20... d3 $1 {it's surprsing why Radoslaw didn't
choose this move.} 21. Qd2 Rac8 $17) 21. Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:
10]} 22. Rxc5 {[%emt 0:03:52]} Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 23. Nd3 {[%emt 0:02:01]}
Qb5 {[%emt 0:00:49] Black is clearly better here because of the double bishop
advantage.'} 24. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 25. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:
50]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 26. h3 {[%emt 0:03:31]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 27. Bc1 {
[%emt 0:03:56]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 28. Nf4 $2 {[%emt 0:01:11] White was
passive and in bad shape, but this just expedites the loss.'} Rc8 $1 {[%emt 0:
01:02][%csl Gf5][%cal Gc8c2] Invading on c2.'} 29. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qxe2 {
[%emt 0:01:47]} 30. Nxe2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 31. Rd2 {
[%emt 0:00:49]} d3 {[%emt 0:00:14] white rook will be lost.'} 32. Nf4 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 33. Rxc2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} (33. Rxd3 Bxd3 34. Nxd3
Rd8 $19 {is no better.}) 33... dxc2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 34. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Re8 {[%emt 0:00:57] An effortless victory by Wojtaszek. Motylev's problems
began from the point when he made the overambitious move 10.d4? which was
totally not required. After that he was just trying to find compensation for
the sacrificed pawns, which didn't really exist. A very nice and easy win for
the Polish GM.'} 0-1

[Event "HUN-POL m"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2014.06.13"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2014.06.08"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2 c5 8.
d3 b5 9. a4 Bb7 10. O-O Be7 11. Nc3 Qb6 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8+ Bxa8 14. Qb3
Nd5 15. Bg5 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 O-O 18. Bxa8 Rxa8 19. Rc1 h6 20. Ne4
Ra2 21. b4 c4 22. dxc4 bxc4 23. Qxc4 Rb2 24. Qd3 Qxb4 25. Rc8+ Nf8 26. Kg2 f5
27. Nc5 Kh7 28. h4 Rd2 29. Qe3 Rd1 30. Rxf8 Qe1 31. Kf3 Qh1+ 32. Kf4 Qd5 33.
Qe5 g5+ 0-1

[Event "Biel Suri Memorial"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2014.07.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. b3 {A rare move. First White wants to develop his queenside with
Bb2 and he doesn't want to hurry with 0-0.} (9. f3) ({and} 9. h3 {are more
popular.}) 9... Nc6 10. Bb2 Qg4 (10... O-O {is another line.}) 11. Qxg4 $146 {
A novelty by Motylev.} (11. O-O Qxd1 12. Raxd1 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 O-O 14. Rd2 a6 15.
a4 Rfc8 16. f3 Kf8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxg7+ Kxg7 19. Rxd5 {with a nearly equal
endgame, Greet-Le Quang, Beijing blitz 2008.}) 11... Nxg4 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. h3
Ne5 14. O-O-O Nd7 {A prophylactic move. Black prevents White's f4 and
sometimes the N can go toward c5.} 15. f4 Rg8 $5 {At first sight this is a
very strange move, but Black is simply protecting the g7 B and he is also
avoiding possible tactics after some N moves.} 16. g4 O-O-O 17. h4 {White
tries to gain some space on the kingside. He prepares for h5 and opens the
h-file for his R.} h6 18. g5 $6 {Too aggressive. First White should have been
protecting his position.} ({In the event of} 18. h5 $6 Bf6 19. hxg6 Rxg6 $15 {
and suddenly Black has some unpleasant threats on the kingside.}) (18. Kc2 {
was a natural and safe reply.}) 18... Rh8 $6 {Black returns the favour.} (18...
Nc5 $1 {was more unpleasant for White} 19. Rhe1 (19. b4 Bxc3 20. Bxc3 Nxe4 $15
{with a healthy P up.}) 19... hxg5 20. hxg5 Rh8 $15 {and Black looks nicely
placed.}) 19. e5 $6 {Another inaccuracy.} (19. Kc2 {was easier} Nc5 20. b4 {
and White is safe.}) 19... dxe5 (19... hxg5 $1 {was the most accurate answer,}
20. hxg5 (20. exd6 gxf4 21. dxe7 Rde8 $15) 20... dxe5 21. Ne4 Rdg8 $1 $15 {
Black avoids the pin, now the f4 P is hanging. Black is slightly better.}) 20.
Ne4 Rhg8 ({Even here too} 20... Rdg8 $1 {was the best choice} 21. Ba3 (21. fxe5
Bxe5 $15) 21... Re8 22. Bb2 hxg5 23. fxg5 f5 24. gxf6 Bxf6 {and only Black can
play for the win.}) 21. Rhe1 ({The cool-blooded} 21. Kc2 $5 {was an
interesting reaction} exf4 22. Bxg7 Rxg7 23. gxh6 Rgg8 (23... Rh7 $2 24. Ng5 $1
) 24. h5 gxh5 25. Rxh5 $44 {and thanks to the h6 P White has enough
compensation.}) 21... hxg5 22. Nxg5 ({In the event of} 22. fxg5 Rh8 23. Rh1 Rh7
{is a little bit unpleasant for White.}) 22... Nc5 $1 {A very strong move.
Wojtaszek immediately activates his N and he is threatening Nd3!} 23. Nxf7 Nd3+
24. Kb1 $6 ({The strange} 24. Kc2 {was the tougher} Nxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rdf8 26.
Nxe5 Bxe5 27. Bxe5 $44 {with some compensation, because the e5 B is very
powerful.}) 24... Rd7 $1 25. fxe5 $6 (25. Re3 Nxb2 26. Rxd7 Kxd7 27. Nxe5+ Bxe5
28. fxe5 Nxc4 29. bxc4 Rh8 30. Re4 Ke6 $15 {and Black has a very comfortable R
endgame.}) 25... Nxe1 26. Rxe1 Rd2 {Black activates his R to the 2nd rank,
which is very unpleanast for White.} 27. Ba3 Rf2 28. e6 (28. Ng5 Rgf8 29. Bxe7
Rf1 $19 {with a winning endgame for Black.}) 28... Bf6 29. Rg1 Re2 $1 30. h5
Rxe6 31. Bc5 Re2 32. hxg6 Rb2+ 33. Kc1 Rxa2 34. Rg4 Kd7 $19 {The K is also
coming. White's position is hopeless.} 35. Be3 Rb8 $1 36. Bd4 Ke6 37. Bxf6 exf6
38. Nh6 f5 39. Rg3 f4 40. Rf3 Rg2 0-1

[Event "Biel Suri Memorial"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2014.07.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ Nc6 {
Hardly a good reaction to the bishop check.} 8. Nf3 {[%mdl 4] The most
appropriate reply. The d4 point is safe so White has no reason to fear ...
Bc8-g4.} (8. Ne2 O-O {is less convincing:} 9. O-O (9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Ba3 Ba6 (
10... Re8 $5 11. f4 e5 12. fxe5 f6 13. O-O fxe5 14. Qd3 Bg4 15. Bc5 Qd7 $11 {
0-1 (21) Mitigas,S-Atalik,S (2555) Ikaria 1997}) 11. O-O Re8 12. Qc2 e5 {
1/2 Tunik,G-Yandemirov,V/Minsk-B 1993}) 9... Na5 10. Be3 (10. Ba3 c6 11. Bd3 b6
12. Qc2 {1/2 Gleizerov,E-Yandemirov,V/Balatonbereny 1994}) (10. Bg5 c6 11. Bd3
Be6 12. f4 Bc4 13. f5 b5 14. Rf3 {1/2 (35) Akesson,R (2520)-Konopka,M (2410)
Pardubice 1997} c5 $132) (10. a4 b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Qc2 c5 {1/2 (12) Bonin,J 
(2360)-Kreiman,B (2395) New York 1995}) 10... c6 11. Bd3 e5 (11... Be6 $5) 12.
Qc2 (12. Rb1 Be6 13. a4 Qe7 14. f4 f6 $13 {0-1 (39) Grabliauskas,V (2430)
-Khachiyan,M (2480) Pardubice 1996}) 12... Be6 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. f4 exf4 15.
Bxf4 Bc4 16. Ng3 b5 17. e5 f6 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Ne4 Rf5 20. Rde1 {0-1 (36)
Gleizerov,E (2545)-Zagorskis,D (2505) Vilnius 1997} Qd7 $11) (8. Qf3 {is
harmless:} O-O 9. Ne2 Na5 10. h4 a6 11. Ba4 c5 $132 12. h5 $6 cxd4 13. cxd4
Bxd4 14. Rb1 Nc4 15. Bb3 Be6 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. O-O b5 {0-1 (52) Kincs,I (2300)
-Yandemirov,V (2465) Budapest 1993}) 8... O-O 9. O-O Na5 {[%cal Yc7c5]} (9...
Bd7 {is too passive:} 10. Rb1 b6 (10... Re8 {1/2 (88) Neverov,V (2485)
-Khachiyan,M (2420) Moscow 1995} 11. Be3 $14) 11. Bg5 Re8 12. Qc1 Na5 {1/2 (30)
Gurevich,D (2488)-Khachiyan,M (2539) Saint Louis 2010} 13. Be2 $14) 10. Bf4
$146 {[%mdl 8] A good continuation. White's bishop needn't protect the centre
so it controls some important squares (c7, b8). Other options:} (10. h3 {
looks like an unnecessary waste of time:} b6 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. Qe2 c6 13. Ba4 (
13. Bd3 c5) 13... Qd6 14. Bc2 Rfe8 15. e5 Qe6 16. Be4 c5 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 $11 {
1/2 (30) Khenkin,I (2570)-Yandemirov,V (2490) Heraklio 1993}) (10. Be3 Bd7 (
10... b6 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Bd3 Qd7 13. Qe2 Rfd8 14. Rfd1 Rac8 15. c4 c5 16. d5 e6
17. Bd2 $6 (17. Qd2 $142 $14) 17... exd5 18. cxd5 c4 19. Bb1 c3 20. Be3 Nc4
$132 {1-0 (40) Beliavsky,A (2610)-Filipovic,B (2410) Becici 1993}) (10... c6
11. Bd3 Be6 12. Qe2 b5 13. Nd2 Qc7 (13... Rb8 {1/2 (35) Shumiakina,T (2351)
-Votava,J (2497) Pardubice 1999} 14. f4 b4 15. f5 bxc3 16. fxe6 cxd2 17. exf7+
Rxf7 18. Rxf7 Kxf7 19. Qxd2 Bxd4 20. Qf2+ Bf6 21. Rd1 $14) 14. a4 a6 15. Ra3 c5
$6 16. axb5 c4 17. Bc2 axb5 18. Rfa1 $16 {0-1 (59) Ovod,E (2355)-Yandemirov,V 
(2502) St Petersburg 2002}) 11. Be2 c5 12. Rc1 Qc7 13. Qd2 Rad8 14. Bf4 Qc8 15.
h3 b6 16. Qe3 $14 {1/2 (40) Socko,M (2441)-Predojevic,B (2546) Cappelle la
Grande 2005}) (10. Bg5 {is also a possible development:} c6 (10... b6 11. Qe2
$1 (11. Qd2 c6 12. Be2 Be6 13. Rad1 Qd6 14. Qc2 Bc4 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. Bh4 Qa3
17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. Qb3 Qxb3 19. axb3 Na5 20. Rb1 c5 $11 {0-1 (53) Atalik,S 
(2535)-Yandemirov,V (2490) Heraklio 1993})) 11. Bd3 Be6 12. Qe2 b5 13. Nd2 a6
14. a4 Qc7 15. Ra3 c5 $6 16. axb5 cxd4 17. cxd4 Bxd4 18. bxa6 Rfd8 19. Nf3 $16
{0-1 (33) Yakovich,Y (2560)-Yandemirov,V (2460) Elista 1995 CBM 050 [Ftacnik,L]
}) (10. Ba3 $5 {looks quite strong, too:} c6 11. Bd3 (11. Be2 Be6 12. Qa4 b5
13. Qb4 Bc4 14. Rfe1 Re8 15. Bc1 Bxe2 16. Rxe2 Nc4 $132 {1/2 (41) Virovlansky,
S (2345)-Yandemirov,V (2545) St Petersburg 1998}) 11... Be6 12. Qe2 b5 13. Nd2
(13. Rfd1 Bc4 14. Bc5 Qc7 15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. a4 a6 17. Ne1 Rfd8 18. e5 $36 Nb6 {
1/2 (32) Riazantsev,A (2290)-Yandemirov,V (2545) Krasnodar 1998} 19. Bxb6 Qxb6
20. e6 $14) 13... a6 14. Kh1 Nb7 15. f4 c5 16. f5 Bc8 17. e5 gxf5 18. Qh5 e6 {
1-0 (43) Danielian,O (2450)-Yandemirov,V (2545) Moscow 1998 CBM 063 [Ftacnik,L]
} 19. g4 $40) 10... Bd7 (10... c6 11. Bd3 Be6 12. Qe2 b5 13. Nd2 {is similar
to the previous lines while the bishop is placed on f4 quite well.}) 11. Be2 c5
12. d5 $1 {An important move, especially appropriate as Black can't just take
on c3.} Bg4 (12... Bxc3 13. Rc1 Bb4 $6 14. Bh6) 13. e5 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5][%mdl 32]
} Qd7 14. Re1 Rad8 15. h3 Bf5 16. c4 $16 {White has strengthened his pawn
centre and has a clear advantage.} e6 17. Qd2 (17. Bg5 $5 f6 (17... exd5 18.
Bxd8 Rxd8 19. cxd5 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 Rxd5 21. Rad1 Be6 22. Rxd5 Bxd5 23. Rd1 Bxa2
$140 24. Ra1 Bc4 25. Bxc4 Nxc4 26. Rxa7 $18) 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20.
Qd2 Qc7 21. Qc3 Rff8 22. Rad1 $16) 17... b6 18. d6 (18. Bg5 $1 {is probably
more accurate. Black has nothing better than the exchange sacrifice but White
keeps the upper hand:} exd5 (18... f6 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. Ne5 Qg7
22. Bf3 $16) 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 20. cxd5 Qxd5 21. Qxd5 Rxd5 22. Rad1 Be6 23. Rxd5
Bxd5 24. Rd1 Bxa2 25. Rd7 $16) 18... Be4 (18... f6 $142 $1 19. Rad1 Nc6 20.
exf6 (20. Bf1 g5 21. Bg3 g4 $1 $132 {(recommended by IM Maxim Notkin)}) 20...
Bxf6 $14) 19. Ng5 Bb7 20. Rad1 (20. Rac1 $142 {M.Notkin}) 20... Kh8 $2 {
Black misses a chance to win a pawn (of course, White would keep good
compensation but still...):} (20... h6 21. Nf3 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 (22. gxf3 $2 Nc6)
22... Nxc4 {since} 23. Qc1 b5 24. Bxh6 {doesn't work due to} Nxe5 $1) {After
the text move White's pawn wedge gradually decides the game.} 21. Qe3 Nc6 22.
Nf3 Nb4 23. Rd2 Qa4 {Desperation.} 24. Bd1 Qa6 25. Bg5 Rd7 26. Bf6 $1 {Even
better than} (26. Be7 $5 {winning the exchange as the f8-rook can't retreat:}
Re8 $2 27. Qf4 Kg8 28. Ng5) 26... Bxf6 (26... Kg8 27. Nh2 h5 28. Qf4 {[%cal
Yd1h5] M.Notkin}) 27. exf6 Bxf3 28. Bxf3 Qc8 29. Qe4 $6 (29. Qg5 {[%cal Ye1e4]
(M.Notkin) wins on the spot:} Rg8 30. Re4 Qf8 31. Rh4 {[%cal Yh4h6,Yg5h4]})
29... Rg8 30. a3 Na6 31. Bd1 Nb8 32. Ba4 Rdd8 33. g4 Qa6 34. Qc2 Qb7 35. Qc3
Nc6 $2 {A blunder in a poor position.} (35... Nd7 36. g5 $16) 36. Bxc6 Qxc6 37.
Rxe6 $1 {[%mdl 64]} Rgf8 (37... fxe6 38. f7+ Rg7 39. d7 $1 {[%cal Rf7f8]} Qa8
40. Qf6 $18) 38. Qe5 Qf3 39. Qe3 Qc6 (39... Qxe3 40. Rxe3 Rd7 41. Re7 Rfd8 42.
Kg2 a6 43. Kf3 b5 44. Ke4 bxc4 45. Rxd7 Rxd7 46. Kd5 $18) 40. Re7 Rd7 (40...
Rd7 41. Qh6 Rg8 42. Re8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1415"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2015.01.31"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 a5 7. b3 Bb7 8.
e3 O-O 9. Be2 d6 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. O-O Qe7 12. Qc2 c5 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Qc3 Ne4
15. Qe1 h6 16. Nd2 Nef6 17. Nb1 cxd4 18. exd4 e5 19. Bf1 e4 20. Nc3 d5 21. a4
Nf8 22. Ba3 Qd7 23. Rac1 Ng6 24. Nb5 Nh4 25. Nd6 Ba6 26. Qe3 Nf5 27. Nxf5 Qxf5
28. h3 Qe6 29. Rc3 Rac8 30. Rdc1 Qe8 31. Be2 Rc6 32. c5 Bxe2 33. Qxe2 Rb8 34.
b4 axb4 35. Bxb4 bxc5 36. Bxc5 Nd7 37. a5 Nxc5 38. Rxc5 Rxc5 39. Rxc5 Rb1+ 40.
Kh2 Qb8+ 41. g3 Ra1 42. Qg4 Qb7 43. Qf5 g6 44. Qxd5 Qxd5 45. Rxd5 Kg7 46. g4
Ra4 47. h4 Kf6 48. Kg3 Ke6 49. Re5+ Kd6 50. Kf4 Rxd4 51. Rxe4 Rd2 52. Ra4 Rxf2+
53. Ke3 Rb2 54. a6 Rb8 55. a7 Ra8 56. Ke4 f6 57. Ra6+ Kc5 58. h5 Kb5 59. Ra1
gxh5 60. gxh5 Kb6 61. Kf5 Rxa7 62. Rxa7 Kxa7 63. Kxf6 Kb6 64. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2014.12.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. b3 Nf6 6. Bb2 Be7 7. d3 h6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. c4 a5 10. Re1 Bh7 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Na6 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15.
Qg4 f6 16. Nf3 Nc5 17. Rad1 Qe8 18. Nd4 Qf7 19. Bh3 e5 20. Ne6 h5 21. Qe2 Nxe6
22. Rd7 Nc5 23. Rc7 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2862"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 f5 {A delayed dutch.} 4. b4 Bg7 5. Bb2 a5 6. b5 a4 $5
{This brave pawn will be weak, but it does restrict White a little. Carlsen
has to be very careful not to lose it though.} 7. e3 Nf6 8. Be2 c6 9. bxc6 bxc6
10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. Nc3 a3 13. Bc1 {White has a nice edge. His central
control and possibility to attack a3 makes Black's position very shaky. The
best he can do is sacrifice the a3 pawn and try to gain counterplay using the
open a-file, but that seems to be easier said than done.} Nbd7 14. Rb1 Ne4 {
This uses a nifty tactical resource, but Wojtaszek smartly sidesteps the
complications.} 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Nd2 (16. Qxe4 Nc5 $1 17. dxc5 (17. Qh4 Bf5
$132) 17... Bf5 {skewers the queen to the rook on b1.}) 16... Nf6 17. Rb3 {
White is now going to win the b3 pawn and in some lines e4 is under attack.
Black really has no compensation.} Bf5 18. Rxa3 h5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. a3 h4 {
Initiating operations on the kingside is the only way to go, but it is
insufficient.} 21. Bb2 h3 22. g3 {Ignoring the pawn pushes is fine for White
as there is no way to force the trade of the bishops, the knight on d2 AND get
a queen to f3.} Qc8 23. Re1 (23. Ra1 Bg4 $1) 23... Rb8 (23... Bg4 24. Nxe4 {
is no good. Re1 is prophylaxis against Bg4.}) 24. Bc3 Nh7 25. a4 Ng5 26. Rb1
Ra8 27. Qd1 (27. Rb6 $16) 27... c5 28. Rb6 Qe6 $2 {This leads to a forced win
for White.} (28... Kh7 {still keeps Black's chances alive, though there is no
doubt that White is better.}) 29. g4 $1 {Simply put the bishop on f5 is
trapped. Black has some tricks, but that's it.} cxd4 30. Bxd4 {There is no
rush in capturing on f5, so this is more precise.} Bxd4 31. exd4 e3 32. gxf5
gxf5 (32... exf2+ 33. Kf1 $1 Qxf5 34. Qb1 {is kaput.}) 33. Nf1 exf2+ 34. Kxf2
Ne4+ 35. Ke1 {White's king is a little exposed, and with time trouble looming
the situation is tricky, but Wojtaszek handles it very well.} Qf6 36. Qd3 Rxa4
37. Rb1 $1 {Covering the first rank removes counterplay.} Qh4+ 38. Ng3 Kf7 (
38... Nxg3 39. Qxg3+ Qxg3+ 40. hxg3 h2 41. Kf2 $18) 39. Qf3 $1 Kg7 40. Qf4 $1 {
A very human reaction. The computers will tell you there are better moves out
there, but simplifying into an endgame up a piece is the simplest.} Qxf4 41.
Nh5+ Kf7 42. Nxf4 Ng5 43. d5 {The rest is relatively easy. White just needs to
untangle and put his pieces in the correct spots. f5 and h3 will eventually
work by themselves.} Kf6 44. Kf2 Ra3 45. Bd3 Ra2+ 46. Kg3 Ra3 47. Re1 Ne4+ 48.
Kf3 Ng5+ 49. Ke3 Ra2 50. Re2 Ra3 51. Rf2 Ne4 52. Rf3 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Re1
Na6 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Nc5 12. Ng5 d5 13. Nh3 Ne4 14. Bb2 Be6 15.
Nf4 Bf7 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Nd3 a5 18. a4 b5 19. axb5 Qb6 20. e3 Rfb8 21. Bf1
Qxb5 22. Ra3 Qe8 23. f3 Nd6 24. Qa1 g5 25. Bc3 g4 26. f4 Ne4 27. Bxa5 h5 28.
Rc1 h4 29. Be1 Bf6 30. Nc5 hxg3 31. hxg3 Nxc5 32. Rxc5 e5 33. Rxa8 Rxa8 34. Qb1
exd4 35. Qxf5 Qxe3+ 36. Bf2 Qe6 37. Bd3 Qxf5 38. Bxf5 Ra1+ 39. Kg2 d3 40. Bxd3
d4 41. b4 Bb3 42. b5 Be7 43. Rh5 Rd1 44. Be2 Rd2 45. Bxg4 Rb2 46. Bf3 Bb4 47.
b6 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2015.05.01"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2015.05.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belorechensk Univ"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Our Heritage"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. c4 Bg7 4. d4 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Be3 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 e5 8. d5
Nd4 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nb5 c5 12. dxc6 Nexc6 13. Nc3 a6 14. Rc1 h6 15.
a3 Kh7 16. b4 Rc8 17. Bg4 Ra8 18. Bh3 Ne6 19. g3 Ncd4 20. Nd5 a5 21. Qd3 axb4
22. axb4 Ra2 23. Ra1 Qa8 24. Qb1 Rxa1 25. Qxa1 f5 26. exf5 gxf5 27. Qxa8 Rxa8
28. f4 exf4 29. Nxf4 Nxf4 30. Bxf4 Ne2+ 31. Kh1 Nxf4 32. Rxf4 Ra1+ 33. Kg2 Ra2+
34. Kf3 Ra3+ 35. Kg2 Ra2+ 36. Kf3 Ra3+ 37. Ke2 Ra2+ 38. Kd3 Ra3+ 39. Kc2 Be5
40. Bxf5+ Kg7 41. Rh4 Rf3 42. Be6 b6 43. Bd5 Ra3 44. b5 Kg6 45. Kd2 Bf6 46. Re4
Ra2+ 47. Ke3 Rxh2 48. Re6 Kg5 49. Be4 Rb2 50. Rxd6 Rb3+ 51. Bd3 Be7 52. Rg6+
Kh5 53. Re6 Bd8 54. Rd6 Be7 55. Rd7 Bg5+ 56. Kf3 Ra3 57. Rd6 Be7 58. Rd5+ Bg5
59. Kg2 Ra1 60. c5 bxc5 61. b6 1-0

[Event "Biel GM 48th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2015.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2015.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 ({Choosing between the classical text
move and} 4... Ba6 {is still more or less a matter of taste and preparation.
Both continuations remain roughly equally popular in elite practice.}) 5. Bg2
Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 $5 {As the notes will show, Wojtaszek has had previous
experience with this sacrificial line with both colours.} ({More restrained
attempts to fight for an opening edge are} 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2) ({and} 7. Re1)
7... exd5 8. Nh4 {The Candidates match Korchnoi-Polugaevsky in 1980 was
crucial for the development of this line, which later caught the interest of
Kasparov.} ({Thanks to Polugaevsky White's knight started heading for f5 via
the edge, as after} 8. Nd4 {he has to reckon with} Bc6 $1 9. cxd5 Bxd5 10. Bxd5
Nxd5 11. e4 Nb4 12. Nc3 Bf6 13. Nf5 Re8 14. f4 d6 15. Qg4 N8c6 16. e5 dxe5 17.
Ne4 exf4 18. Nh6+ Kf8 19. Nxf6 Qxf6 20. Rxf4 Re1+ 21. Kg2 Ne5 22. Rxf6 Nxg4 23.
Rxf7+ Ke8 24. Rxg7 Nxh6 25. a3 Rd8 26. axb4 Rd7 27. Rxd7 Kxd7 $17 {Polugaevsky,
L (2635)-Kortschnoj,V (2695) Candidates Buenos Aires 1980}) 8... c6 {Clearly
the main move.} ({Returning the pawn immediately with} 8... Ne4 $143 9. cxd5
Bxh4 10. Bxe4 Bf6 11. Nc3 (11. Qc2 $5 $36) {gives White a riskless pull:} 11...
Na6 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bf4 Nc5 14. Bg2 a5 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 c5 17. dxc6 Bxc6
18. Rfd1 Rc8 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Qd2 Qc8 21. Rac1 Re8 22. Be3 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qb7
24. Rd1 d5 25. Qxd5 Qxd5 26. Rxd5 Bxb2 27. Rb5 $16 {Adhiban,B (2564)-Prince,B 
(2305) Visakhapatnam 2012}) 9. cxd5 Nxd5 (9... cxd5 {will sooner or later cost
Black the central pawn:} 10. Nc3 Na6 11. Nf5 Nc7 12. Bf4 d6 (12... Bc5 13. Rc1
(13. Ne3 $5) 13... Bc6 14. Na4 (14. a3 a5 15. Qd2 Ne6 16. Nxd5 $6 (16. Be5 $142
$44) 16... Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Nxf4 18. gxf4 Qf6 19. Bxc6 dxc6 $36 {Piazza,R-Schmidt
DDR corr 1989}) 14... g6 (14... d6 15. b4 Qd7 16. bxc5 $5 (16. Nxc5 dxc5 17.
bxc5 $14) 16... Bxa4 17. c6 Qxf5 18. Qxa4 $36) 15. Nxc5 bxc5 16. Bxc7 Qxc7 17.
Ne7+ Kg7 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Rab8 20. b3 Rfe8 21. Bf3 Qe5 22. Qd2 d6 23. Rc4
$5 (23. Rfd1 Rb6 24. Qa5 Re7 25. Rc4 Qb2 26. Ra4 h5 27. Qd2 Qe5 28. h4 Rd7 29.
Rc1 Rc7 30. Kg2 d5 $11 {Beliavsky,A (2590)-Spassky,B (2615) Vienna 1980}) 23...
Rb6 24. Ra4 Re7 25. Rc1 $14 {Timman,J (2655)-Gligoric,S (2535)/Bugojno 1982/
Black didn't get in the d5 advance, his pawns are vulnerable and he is
slightly worse.}) 13. Rc1 (13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5
17. Qxd5 Bxb2 18. Rad1 Qf6 19. Qf3 Rad8 20. Rd5 Rfe8 21. Rfd1 Re5 $11 {Ftacnik,
L (2612)-Gschnitzer,O (2427) Germany 2006}) (13. Qb3 Bc8 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15.
Rad1 Bb7 16. Qa3 (16. Bg5 $14) 16... Rfd8 17. e4 Nh5 $1 18. exd5 Nxf4 19. gxf4
{Jobava,B (2644)-Sachdev,T (2393) Benasque 2007} Re8 $132) 13... Re8 14. Re1
Bf8 15. Ne3 Rc8 16. Bg5 Be7 17. Qa4 a6 18. Qb3 Ne6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Ncxd5 Rxc1
21. Rxc1 Nd4 22. Qd3 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 b5 24. Kg2 g6 25. h4 $14 {[%csl Gd5,Rf6]
1-0 (38) Gledura,B (2407)-Georgescu,T (2478) Arad 2014}) 10. Nf5 Nc7 {Black
still follows a well-trodden path. Let's have a look at the less common
alternatives:} ({Korchnoi was surprised and reacted badly in this position with
} 10... Bc5 $6 11. e4 Ne7 ({Even the subsequently tested} 11... Qf6 12. Nxg7 (
12. Bd2 $5 $36) 12... Kxg7 13. exd5 Ba6 14. Bd2 $40 {doesn't solve the opening
problems.}) 12. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 13. b4 Bxb4 ({A more resilient move is} 13... Ba6
$5 {, but} 14. bxc5 $5 (14. Re1 Bxf2+ 15. Kxf2 Ng6 16. Bb2+ f6 $13) 14... Bxf1
15. Bxf1 $44 {[%csl Rg7] is still very dangerous for Black.}) 14. Qd4+ f6 15.
Qxb4 c5 16. Qd2 Nbc6 17. Bb2 Ba6 18. Rd1 Ne5 19. Na3 N7c6 20. Qe3 Qe7 21. f4
Nc4 22. Nxc4 Bxc4 23. e5 $1 fxe5 24. Bxc6 dxc6 25. Rd7 $3 Qxd7 26. Qxe5+ Kf7
27. Qf6+ Kg8 28. Qg5+ Kf7 29. Re1 $1 $18 {Polugaevsky,L (2635)-Kortschnoj,V 
(2695) Candidates Buenos Aires 1980}) (10... Bf6 {was introduced by Portisch,
but it's quite risky:} 11. e4 (11. Re1 {After} Ba6 (11... Ne7 12. Nd6 Ba6 13.
Nc3 Be5 (13... Nc8 14. Bf4 Nxd6 15. Bxd6 Re8 16. Qb3 Bb7 17. Rad1 Na6 18. Ne4
$16 {Greenfeld,A (2575)-Mecking,H (2565)/Passo Fundo 2008/ Here White profits
from omitting e4, as this allows him to increase his pressure.}) 14. Bf4 (14.
f4 $5) 14... Bxf4 15. gxf4 Ng6 16. e3 (16. Qd4 $5 $44) 16... Nh4 17. Bh3 c5 18.
Nd5 Nc6 $13 {Wojtaszek,R (2625)-Hernandez Carmenates,H (2568)/Havana 2008/
Despite the pretty white knights Black has counterplay and the position
remains unclear.}) 12. e4 Ne7 {Black must reckon also with} 13. Ne3 (13. Nd6 $5
Nc8 {-11.e4}) {However, this seems playable after} 13... Be5 14. Ng4 Bc7 15. e5
d5 (15... d6 $1 $13) 16. Bg5 Bc8 17. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 $1 (17... Kh8 $2 18. Nc3 Na6
19. Nfxd5 cxd5 20. Nxd5 Be6 21. Bxe7 Qd7 22. Nxc7 Qxc7 23. Bd6 Qc4 24. Bf1 {
1-0, Timman,J (2605)-Portisch,L (2630) London 1982}) 18. Bxf6 Bf5 19. Qh5 Bg6
20. Qh6 Nf5 21. Bxd8 Nxh6 22. Bxc7 Nf5 $132) 11... Ne7 12. Nd6 Ba6 13. Re1 {
is more natural:} Nc8 $142 $5 (13... Be5 $6 14. Nc3 c5 15. Bf4 $1 (15. f4 Bxd6
16. Qxd6 Nbc6 17. Be3 Nb4 18. Qd2 d5 $1 19. exd5 Nf5 20. Bf2 Nd3 $11 {
Cheparinov,I (2618)-Ponomariov,R (2704) Pamplona 2005}) 15... Bxf4 (15... Nbc6
$6 16. Qa4 Bc8 17. Rad1 a6 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. f4 N5c6 20. e5 Ra7 21. f5 Nd4 22.
Rxd4 cxd4 {Almasi,I (2441)-Sachdev,T (2343) Balatonlelle 2005} 23. Qxd4 $16 {
/+-}) (15... Ng6 $6 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. f4 Nd3 18. Re3 c4 19. e5 Nc6 {Vazquez
Igarza,R (2558)-Kravtsiv,M (2510) Cappelle la Grande 2009} 20. Qh5 $40 (20. Nd5
$5 $40)) 16. gxf4 Nbc6 17. Re3 $1 (17. Qa4 $143 Nc8 18. Rad1 Nxd6 19. Rxd6 Bb7
20. e5 Rb8 21. Red1 (21. Re3 $142 Nd4 22. Qxd7 Qc8 $5 $132) 21... Qh4 22. Rxd7
b5 $1 23. Nxb5 $2 (23. Qe4 $5 Ba8 24. Qf5 Nd4 25. Qg5 $11) 23... Ba8 $1 24. b3
Nd4 $1 25. Nxd4 Bxg2 26. Nf5 Qh3 27. R1d3 Bf3 28. Ne3 Rb4 {0-1, Lukacs,P (2465)
-Portisch,L (2650) Budapest 1981}) (17. e5 $5 $44) 17... Nd4 $2 (17... Nc8 $142
18. Nf5 N8e7 ({Black tries to avoid the weakening} 18... g6 19. Rh3 $40 {
[%csl Rg8]}) 19. Qg4 $1 Nxf5 20. exf5 $36 {[%cal Ya1d1,Yd1e1,Ye3g3,Yg3h3,Yc3d5,
Yf5f6] After a while even the engine confirms that Black is in trouble here.})
18. Qa4 Bc8 19. e5 Nec6 20. Rae1 a5 21. Nd5 Ba6 22. Qd1 Ne7 23. Nf6+ $1 Kh8 (
23... gxf6 24. Qh5 Be2 (24... Ne2+ 25. R1xe2 Bxe2 26. Qh6 $1 fxe5 27. Rh3 Bd3
28. f5 $18) 25. R1xe2 Nxe2+ 26. Qxe2 Ng6 27. Rh3 $18) 24. Rh3 h6 25. Qb1 {
1-0, Ftacnik,L (2563)-Garcia Palermo,C (2455) Sibenik 2014}) 14. Nxc8 (14. Nf5
Ne7 15. Nd6 $11) (14. e5 Nxd6 15. exd6 Bc4 $5 $13) 14... Bxc8 15. e5 Be7 16.
Nc3 Na6 17. Be3 (17. Ne4 Nc5 18. Nd6 a5 $5 $132 {[%cal Yc8a6,Yf7f6]}) 17... Nc5
(17... f6 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. Rad1 fxe5 20. Bxc6 $36) (17... Bb7 $5 18. Ne4 $44)
18. Qc2 f6 19. Rad1 $1 fxe5 20. Bxc6 Rb8 21. b4 Qe8 22. Bg2 Ne6 23. Qa4 Bb7 24.
Nd5 $36 {Buhmann,R (2594)-Rozentalis,E (2592) Austria 2013}) (10... Nf6 {
also isn't quite ideal:} 11. e4 d5 12. Nc3 dxe4 ({It's not easy to retain the
tension:} 12... Re8 13. e5 Nfd7 14. Qg4 $5 (14. Bh6 $44) 14... g6 15. Nh6+ Kg7
16. Re1 f6 17. e6 Ne5 18. Rxe5 $1 fxe5 19. Nf7 Qc7 20. Bh6+ Kg8 21. Rc1 Bc5 22.
b4 Na6 23. bxc5 Nxc5 24. f4 Rxe6 25. Nxe5 $16 {Pogrzeba,G (1881)-Schlosser,R 
(1845) GER email 2006}) 13. Bg5 ({The most common move, but Kasparov points
out the simpler} 13. Nxe4 $5 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 $36 {[%cal Yd1c2,Yd1g4,Yc1f4,Ya1d1,
Yf1e1] White easily coordinates his forces and he has a powerful initiative -}
Bf6 15. Qc2 Qc7 16. Bf4 Be5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Rad1 Bc8 19. Rfe1 g6 20. Nh6+ Kg7
21. Bxc6 $18 {Nanu,C (2515)-Corlatescu,D (2176) Eforie Nord 2010}) 13... h6 14.
Bf4 {and Black has development problems:} (14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Qc1 Bc8 $1 16.
Nxh6+ Kh8 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. Re1 Qe5 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Qg5 21. Nxf7+ $1 Rxf7
22. Qxg5 Bxg5 23. Re8+ Kg7 24. Rxc8 Rf8 25. Rc7+ Rf7 26. Rc8 Rf8 27. Rc7+ Rf7 {
½, Polugaevsky,L (2620)-Stean,M (2420) Valetta olm 1980}) {Insuffcient is}
14... Ba6 $6 ({The untested} 14... Nbd7 $5 {deserves attention, but White has
a choice here:} 15. Nxe7+ (15. Bxh6 $5 gxh6 16. Qd2 Re8 17. Qxh6 Bf8 18. Qg5+
Kh8 19. Rad1 $44 {with at least a guaranteed draw}) 15... Qxe7 16. Bd6 $14) 15.
Re1 Bb4 16. Qb3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qd3 18. Nxh6+ Kh8 19. Qxd3 exd3 20. Bd6 $16 {
Sturua,Z (2450)-Kengis,E (2385) Tallinn 1981}) 11. e4 ({Kasparov actually
considered} 11. Nc3 {more flexible, his point being it eliminates some
defensive options by Black. After} {The most natural} d5 {transposes into the
game after} (11... d6 12. Bf4 Ne8 13. Qd2 Na6 14. Rfd1 Nc5 15. Bxd6 Nxd6 16.
Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Qxd6 Bxd6 18. Rxd6 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Rxd6 20. Rxd6 $14 {Sveshnikov,E
(2570)-Platonov,I (2435) /Tashkent 1980/ White is better, as he has refrained
from closing the long white diagonal with e4.}) ({After} 11... Nba6 12. Bf4 d5
{White already plays} 13. e4 Bf6 $5 (13... Re8 14. Qg4 g6 15. Nh6+ Kf8 (15...
Kg7 $142 16. Rad1 $44) 16. Rad1 d4 17. Qf3 f6 18. Ne2 Ne6 19. Bh3 Nxf4 20. Nxf4
Bc8 21. Qb3 $18 {Frisk,E (2184)-Golubka,P (2397) Vaxjo 2014}) 14. Nd6 Bc8 15.
exd5 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nxd5 17. Be5 $5 Nc5 18. c4 Nb4 $1 (18... Ne7 19. Re1 Be6 20.
Rc1 Qd7 21. Rc2 f6 22. Bc3 Rad8 23. Rd2 Qc7 24. Bb4 Bg4 25. Qxg4 Rxd6 26. Bxc5
bxc5 27. Qf4 $14 {Miladinovic,I (2555)-Iordachescu,V (2515) Elista olm 1998})
19. Bc3 Nbd3 20. Bxc6 Bh3 $11 (20... Be6 21. Qf3 Rb8 $132)) (11... Ne6 12. e4
$44 (12. Nd6 $5)) (11... Ne8 12. Bf4 Na6 13. Qd2 d5 14. e4 Nac7 15. Rad1 Bf6
16. Qc2 $1 $36 {Kasparov} (16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Ne3 Nc7 19. Bxc7
Qxc7 {1/2, Timman,J (2605)-Karpov,A (2710) Tilburg 1983}) (16. Rfe1 $5 $44))
12. e4) 11... d5 (11... d6 {is perhaps playable, but rather passive:} 12. Bf4 (
12. Nc3 Nd7 13. Qg4 Bf6 (13... g6 $142 $13) 14. Rd1 Ne5 15. Qe2 d5 16. f4 (16.
exd5 cxd5 17. Ne4 $36) 16... Ng6 17. Be3 Ne7 18. g4 Nxf5 19. gxf5 Bxc3 20. bxc3
Qc8 21. f6 dxe4 22. Qh5 {Wojtaszek,R (2630)-Shirazi,K (2404) France 2009} Qe6
$5 23. fxg7 Rfd8 $13 {/=/+}) 12... Ne8 13. Nc3 Na6 14. Qd2 (14. Qg4 $5 Nc5 (
14... Nac7 $142 15. Rad1 Bc8 $5 $132) 15. Rad1 f6 $2 16. b4 Nd7 17. Bxd6 Bxd6
18. Nxd6 Nxd6 19. Rxd6 $18 {Rizouk,A (2406)-Crouch,C (2403) Hampstead 2001})
14... Nac7 15. Rfd1 Ne6 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Bxd6 Nxd6 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 c5
$1 (19... Rfd8 20. Rad1 Rxd6 21. Rxd6 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Nxd8 23. e5 Kf8 24. f4 $14
{/=, Shulman,Y (2571)-Seirawan,Y (2643) Saint Louis 2012}) 20. e5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2
Nd4 22. Rd1 {1/2-1/2 (22) Mozny,M (2405)-Hracek,Z (2510) Czechia 1994}) 12. Nc3
({White has also tested the alternative} 12. Re1 {and now:} {Black's main
reaction is the provocative} Bf6 $5 (12... Re8 13. Nc3 (13. exd5 cxd5 14. Nc3
Bf8 15. Rxe8 Qxe8 16. Bf4 Nba6 17. Qh5 Qd7 18. Ne3 Nc5 19. Qd1 Rd8 20. Bxc7
Qxc7 21. Nexd5 Qe5 $11 {Miroshnichenko,E (2671)-Le Quang,K (2284) Abu Dhabi
2007}) 13... Nba6 (13... Bf8 $5 {also seems playable}) 14. exd5 (14. Qg4 Bf6
15. Bf4 Bc8 $1 {is a standard motif, White's compensation gives him only
equality after} 16. exd5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nxd5 19. Bg5 Qc8 $11)
14... cxd5 15. Bf4 Bf8 16. Qg4 Qf6 17. Nh6+ ({Ambitious, the modest} 17. Ne3
Qe6 18. Qh5 {regains the Pd5 with simplification and equality.}) 17... Kh8 18.
Qd7 $2 (18. Qf5 $1 Qxf5 19. Nxf5 $11) 18... gxh6 $1 19. Bxc7 Bc6 20. Nxd5 Qg6
$1 21. Qh3 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Nxc7 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. Rad1 Ne6 $17 {Kozul,Z (2602)
-Alekseev,E (2700) EU-ch Rijeka 2010}) ({Opening the centre is better than in
the 10...Nf6 line, but still quite risky:} 12... dxe4 13. Nc3 $5 (13. Qg4 Bf6
14. Nc3 Bc8 15. Bxe4 (15. Nxe4 Nd5 $132 16. Ned6 $5 Qxd6 17. Nh6+ Kh8 18. Nxf7+
Kg8 $11) 15... Bxf5 16. Qxf5 g6 17. Qf3 Ne6 18. Bh6 Nd4 19. Qg2 Re8 20. Be3 a6
21. Ne2 Ra7 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 Qxd4 24. Bxc6 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Nxc6 26. Qxc6
Kg7 27. b3 {½, Sosonko,G (2513)-Komarov,D (2588) France 1999}) 13... Ne6 (
13... Bc8 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Nxe4 Ne6 16. Qh5 Nd7 $2 (16... h6 17. Be3 $36) 17.
Bg5 f6 18. Bf4 $1 Nxf4 19. gxf4 Qb4 20. Rad1 Rb8 21. Nd6 Nc5 22. Bxc6 Be6 23.
Bd5 {1-0, Mamedyarov,S (2728)-Jakovenko,D (2671) Fuegen 2006}) 14. Qg4 Nd7 15.
Nxe4 (15. Rd1 $1 $36) 15... Ne5 16. Nh6+ Kh8 17. Nxf7+ Nxf7 18. Qxe6 Bb4 19.
Nc3 Re8 20. Qxe8+ Qxe8 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Be3 {Shomoev,A (2551)-Tiviakov,S 
(2663) Sochi 2007} Re7 $11 {/+/=} (22... Ne5 $5)) (12... Bc5 $2 13. b4 $1 Qf6
14. bxc5 Qxa1 15. Bd2 $1 Qxa2 16. Bh6 (16. Qg4 g6 17. Qf4 $1 $40) 16... Bc8 (
16... Ne6 17. Bxg7 $1 Nxg7 18. Qg4 Qb2 19. e5 $18) 17. Nxg7 Qb2 18. Nh5 Be6 19.
Bf4 (19. Bg7 $5) 19... Nd7 20. Bxc7 Rfe8 21. Re2 Qa1 22. Qd2 Kh8 23. Re1 f6 24.
Nc3 Qa5 25. Nxf6 Nxf6 26. Be5 Kg8 27. Qg5+ {1-0, Schebler,G (2474)-Huebner,R 
(2637) Germany 2005}) ({A radical solution is} 12... d4 $5 13. Nxd4 c5 14. Nf5
Nc6 15. Nc3 Nd4 16. Bf4 Bf6 (16... Nce6 17. Nd5 $1) 17. e5 $5 Bxg2 18. exf6 Bf3
19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. Bxc7 (20. fxg7+ Kxg7 21. Nf5+ Kh8 22. Qb1 Nce6 $132) (20. Be5
$5 g5 21. Qc1 Nce6 $13) 20... Qxc7 21. Nb5 Bxd1 22. Nxc7 Bc2 23. Nxa8 Nf3+ 24.
Kg2 Nxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rxa8 26. Nd5 gxf6 27. Nxf6 Kg7 $11 {Aronian,L (2744)
-Ivanchuk,V (2750) Morelia/Linares 2007}) (12... Ne6 $2 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Nc3
Bb4 15. Qg4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qf6 (16... Qc7 17. Ba3 Rd8 18. Be7 g6 19. Bxd8 Qxd8
20. Nh6+ Kg7 21. Nxf7 Qf6 22. Rxe6 Qxf7 23. Qd4+ {1-0, Lalic,B (2600)-Marchand,
F (2310) Montecatini Terme 1997}) 17. Ba3 Nc5 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20.
Rab1 Bc6 21. Nxd5 Qd8 22. Rbd1 Qa5 {Sosonko,G (2525)-Tiviakov,S (2655)
Polanica Zdroj 1995} 23. Qf5 $1 {[%cal Rg2e4] /\} Nd7 (23... Bd7 24. Qf4 Nc6
25. Nf6 $18) 24. Ne7 $1 Bxg2 25. Rxd7 {[%csl Rg2]} Qxc3 26. Re3 $18) 13. e5 (
13. Nc3 Bc8 $5 14. Qf3 Be6 15. g4 Nd7 16. Qg3 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Nd5 18. g5 Be5 19.
Qh4 g6 20. Nh6+ Kh8 $15 {Romanishin,O (2550)-Epishin,V (2475) Belgrade 1988})
13... Be7 (13... Bc8 $5 14. exf6 Bxf5 15. fxg7 Re8 $13 {hasn't been refuted
either}) {White mostly plays} 14. Qg4 {, the knight can be developed also via
d2. After} (14. Bh6 $6 gxh6 15. Qg4+ Bg5 16. h4 Kh8 17. hxg5 Qxg5 18. Qf3 Bc8
19. Nd6 Be6 20. Qc3 c5 21. b4 Nba6 22. a3 f6 $17 {Netolitzky,G (2263)-Gaujens,
A (2377) email 2008}) (14. Nc3 Nba6 15. Qg4 g6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Rad1 (17. Nxe7+
Qxe7 18. Rad1 f5 $6 (18... Ne6 $13) (18... Qb4 $5) 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Bg5 Qf8
21. Re3 $1 Bc8 22. Qh4 Rxe3 23. fxe3 Be6 24. Be7 Qf7 25. Rf1 Qg7 26. Bf6 Qd7
27. Bd4 Ne8 28. e4 $1 $40 {Sadowski,M-Salomone,N email 2003}) 17... Bc8 18.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Qe2 (19. Qa4 $5 $44) 19... Nc5 20. b4 Ba6 21. Qc2 N5e6 22. Qa4
Bb7 23. Qb3 Ba6 24. f4 Bc4 25. Qb1 c5 (25... a5 $1 $15) 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. Bxd5
Nxd5 28. Rxd5 Rad8 $11 {Ftacnik,L (2544)-Langrock,H (2398) Rakovnik 2008})
14... g6 15. Bh6 (15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Nd2 {was successfully tested
in mail games, but Black seems to be OK after} Nd7 18. Nf3 c5 $5 $13 {/=/+})
15... Re8 16. Nc3 (16. Ng7 Bc8 17. e6 Bxe6 18. Qe2 Bf8 $1 19. Nxe8 Bxh6 20.
Nxc7 Qxc7 $15 {/-/+}) 16... Bc8 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qa4 (18. Qd1 $13 {Tiviakov})
18... b5 $1 19. Qd1 b4 20. Ne2 Ne6 21. f4 {[%csl Rh6]} (21. Nd4 $142) (21. Rc1
$44) 21... Nd7 22. Rc1 Bb7 23. Nd4 Rac8 (23... Nxd4 $5 24. Qxd4 c5 $15) 24. Nf3
(24. Bh3 $5) 24... c5 25. g4 $2 (25. f5 $1 gxf5 26. Nh4 $132) 25... c4 26. f5
Nec5 $17 {L'Ami,E (2617)-Tiviakov,S (2663)/Hilversum 2007/ Black took over and
converted his advantage. See the notes to this game by Tiviakov in CBM 119.})
12... Bf6 (12... dxe4 $6 13. Qg4 Bf6 $6 (13... g6 $142) 14. Rd1 $1 (14. Nxe4
Bc8 15. Bh6 $14) ({or} 14. Bh6 {are also good for White}) 14... Nd5 15. Bh6 Bc8
16. Bxe4 $1 g6 (16... Bxc3 17. Bxg7 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Kxg7 19. Qxh7+ Kf6 20. bxc3
b5 21. Qh6+ Ke7 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Rd3 $1 $18 {and the attack breaks through})
17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Rxd5 Qe8 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Qf4 Bxf5 (20... gxf5 21. Bg2 Bb7
22. Rxf5 Bxg2 23. Rxf6 $18) 21. Rxf5 gxf5 22. Bxa8 Na6 23. Bf3 Bxb2 24. Rd1 $18
{Thejkumar,M (2441)-Yashas,D (1992) Nagpur 2008}) ({2)} 12... Nd7 $6 {is an
attempt to finish development by returning the pawn, but White stays clearly
on top after} 13. Re1 $1 Bf6 (13... dxe4 14. Nxe4 Ne6 15. Ned6 (15. Bd2 $5 Nf6
16. Bc3 $16) 15... Bxd6 16. Nxd6 Qc7 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Rxe6 Nc5
20. Re3 Qd6 21. Rc3 Rae8 22. Bf4 $36 {RexT,G-WOODIE,R Engine Room blitz 2007})
14. Nd6 Ba6 15. exd5 Bxc3 16. bxc3 cxd5 (16... Nxd5 17. Qa4 Qc7 18. Nf5 Bd3 19.
Nxg7 $1 $16) 17. Bf4 Nc5 18. Nf5 Bd3 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. Nc6 Qc8 21. Bd6 $16 {
Ghaem Maghami,E (2599)-Canda,D (2289) Dresden olm 2008}) 13. exd5 (13. Bf4 Bc8
$1 (13... d4 $6 14. e5 dxc3 15. exf6 Qxf6 16. Nd6 cxb2 17. Rb1 Rd8 18. Re1 Nba6
19. Be5 Qe6 20. Rxb2 Ne8 21. Rd2 $36 {Hergott,D (2390)-Shakhnazarov,O (2230)/
San Francisco 1999/ This game followed an older analysis of Kasparov.}) 14. g4
$5 Nba6 15. Rc1 (15. e5 Be7 16. Bg3 f6 $1 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Rc1 fxe5 19. Bxe5 Bf6
20. Bg3 Rc8 $15 {Navara,D (2719)-Gelfand,B (2729) Prague 2006}) 15... Bxf5 (
15... Bd7 $6 16. Qd2 Nc5 {Kasparov,G (2715)-Karpov,A (2705) WCh Moscow 1984}
17. Bxc7 $1 Qxc7 18. exd5 Bxf5 19. gxf5 Rad8 20. b4 Na6 21. Qe2 $1 Nxb4 22. Qc4
$36 {[%cal Rd5c6]}) 16. gxf5 Bg5 17. Bxc7 (17. Qg4 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 d4 19. Rcd1 f6
20. Ne2 c5 21. Qh4 Nb4 22. a3 Nc6 23. Rd3 Ne5 24. Rh3 h6 25. Nf4 Rf7 $15 {
sirocco,h (2550)-jamwan,h (2563) Engine Room 2012}) 17... Nxc7 18. f4 Be7 (
18... Bf6 $5 19. e5 Be7 $13) 19. exd5 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 cxd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Qxd5
Qxd5 23. Bxd5 Rad8 24. Rcd1 Rfe8 25. Bc6 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 {1/2, Sosonko,G (2565)
-Tukmakov,V (2550) Tilburg 1984}) (13. Qg4 $6 Nd7 14. f4 g6 15. Nh6+ Kh8 16. e5
Bg7 $17 {Razuvaev,Y (2465)-Makarichev,S (2495)/Tbilisi 1978/ This was one of
the first games in the whole line, but it was played with the 8.Nd4 move order.
}) 13... cxd5 ({The modest} 13... Nxd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 {returns the pawn, but
also deserves attention:} 15. Bf4 (15. Ne3 Nc6 (15... Na6 16. Nxd5 Nc5 17. Be3
Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Rc8 19. Rb1 Qe7 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. b4 Rc3 22. Re1 Qc7 23. Bb3 g6
24. Qg4 Kg7 25. Rbd1 h5 26. Qd7 Rd8 $11 {Harika,D (2528)-Adams,M (2758)
Douglas 2014}) 16. Nxd5 Be5 17. Re1 (17. Qg4 Re8 18. Bg5 Qc8 19. Qh4 h6 20. Be3
Qd8 21. Qg4 Qc8 22. Qh4 Qd8 23. Qh5 Nd4 24. Rad1 Bxd5 25. Bxd4 Bxg2 26. Bxe5
Qg5 $11 {Ramirez,A (2593)-Shulman,Y (2571) Saint Louis 2012}) 17... Re8 18. Qg4
Nd4 19. Bg5 f5 20. Bxd8 fxg4 21. Ne7+ Kf7 22. Bxb7 Raxd8 23. Rxe5 Rxe7 24.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 $11 {Lysyj,I (2670)-Khismatullin,D (2671)/Vladivostok/2014/}) 15...
Bxb2 (15... Nc6 $5 16. Bxd5 Na5 17. Bxb7 Qxd1 18. Raxd1 Nxb7 19. b4 Nd8 20.
Rfe1 Ne6 21. Be5 Bxe5 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Rxe5 Rfd8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Nc6 Rd7 26.
Re3 h6 27. Ra3 Rd1+ 28. Kg2 Nd4 29. Nxa7 Rb1 $11 {Ragger,M (2655)-Rozentalis,E
(2592) Austria 2012}) 16. Rb1 Bf6 17. Re1 Na6 18. Nd6 (18. Bd6 Re8 19. Qg4 g6
20. Nh6+ Kg7 21. Nf5+ {½, Brunsteins,D (2383)-Helmreich,R (2470) email 2011})
18... Bc6 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 $142 (19... Qd7 $6 20. Bc4 Nc5 21. Qh5 g6 22. Qh6 Ba4
23. Be5 $1 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Bc2 25. Rbe1 Qxd6 26. Rh5 $16 {Kraai,J (2514)
-Romanenko,V (2486) ICC INT 2012}) 20. Qxd5 Qd7 $11 (20... Nc5 $5)) 14. Bf4
Nba6 15. Re1 (15. Rc1 Bc8 16. Nd4 (16. Ne3 d4 $1 17. Ncd5 dxe3 18. Bxc7 Nxc7
19. Rxc7 Be5 {leads nowhere}) 16... Be6 (16... Bb7 $11) 17. Re1 Qd7 18. Qd2
Rad8 19. b4 Rc8 20. a3 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 $44 {Dgebuadze,A (2547)-Werle,J (2412)
Dieren 2001}) 15... Qd7 ({Possibly after this game Black will concentrate only
on} 15... Bc8 $1 {, which seems more reliable:} {Maybe Wojtaszek intended} 16.
Qh5 {, which has been scoring well in engine games after} (16. Ne3 $2 d4 17.
Bxa8 dxc3 (17... Nxa8 $17) 18. Qf3 cxb2 19. Rad1 Bd7 20. Bc6 Bxc6 21. Qxc6 Qa8
22. Qxa8 Rxa8 23. Ng4 Bc3 24. Re3 Nd5 $17 {[%csl Gb2] Cerveny,M (2328)
-Michenka,J (2357) Czechia 2013}) (16. Nd6 Be6 (16... Bxc3 17. bxc3 Be6 18. a4
(18. c4 dxc4 19. Rc1 (19. Qh5 Nc5 20. Ne4 Nd3 21. Rad1 Nd5 22. Ng5 Nf6 23. Qh4
Nxe1 24. Rxd8 Raxd8 25. Be4 h6 26. Be5 Rd1 27. Nxe6 Nf3+ {0-1, Sciborowski,
M-Marusiak,L Poland corr 1990}) 19... b5 (19... Rb8 $5) 20. Qh5 Nb4 $2 (20...
Qd7 $142 $13) 21. Be4 g6 22. Qc5 Ncd5 23. Bh6 $14 {alexander3,d (2330)-gürü,h 
(2522) Engine Room 2012}) (18. Qd2 Nc5 19. Rad1 Bg4 20. Rc1 Qd7 21. c4 N7e6 22.
Be5 d4 23. h3 Bh5 24. Nf5 Rac8 25. Bd6 Rfe8 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27. Bd5 $11 {tamino,
d (2347)-solidor,h (2401) Engine Room 2011}) 18... Nc5 (18... Qd7 19. c4 Bh3
20. Bxh3 Qxh3 21. Nb5 Qd7 22. Nxc7 Nxc7 23. Bxc7 Qxc7 24. cxd5 Rad8 25. Ra2 Rd6
26. Rd2 Qd7 $11 {Basso,P (2428)-Repka,C (2414) Zillertal 2015}) 19. h4 a6 (
19... Ne8 $142 20. Nb5 a6 $11) 20. c4 dxc4 21. Nxc4 Bxc4 22. Qxd8 Raxd8 23.
Bxc7 Rde8 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Bxb6 $14 {1/2, Diermair,A (2488)-Efimenko,Z (2656)
Zalakaros 2015}) 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Bxb2 20. Rad1 Nc5 21. h4
(21. Re8 Rxe8 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Qd5 Qf6 24. Nf7+ Kg8 25. Nh6+ Kh8 $11) (21. Be3
Qc7 22. Nb5 Qb7 23. Bxc5 Qxd5 24. Rxd5 bxc5 25. Rxc5 Rfd8 26. Rc6 Bf6 (26... a6
27. Nd6 Ba3 $11) 27. Ra6 h5 28. Re4 Rd2 29. a4 Kh7 30. Kg2 $14 {Im_martinez,R 
(2703)-Mrtambourineman,L (2386) 3m + 0s, rated 2007}) 21... h6 $1 22. Re2 Bf6
23. Qf3 Ne6 24. Re4 Nxf4 25. Rxf4 Be5 26. Nxf7 Qc7 27. Nxe5 Qxe5 28. Rd7 Rxf4
29. gxf4 Qe8 $11 {Lehnhoff,H (2237)-Schwierzy,H (2435)/corr/2008/ This game
was quoted already in the notes to Aronian-Karjakin in CBM 159.}) 16... g6 (
16... Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Qc8 18. Qh5 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qd7 20. c4 Rad8 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22.
Be5 g6 23. Qh6 f6 24. Rad1 fxe5 25. Bxd5+ Kh8 {Nisipeanu,L (2668)-Polgar,J 
(2708) Vitoria Gasteiz 2007} 26. Rxe5 $36) (16... Be6 17. Rad1 Kh8 18. Ne3 Qc8
19. Be5 Bxe5 20. Qxe5 Rb8 21. Nexd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 $36 {Spiess,G (2406)
-Langrock,H (2422) Leipzig 2006}) 17. Nh6+ Kg7 18. Qf3 Bg5 ({Perhaps the
safest is} 18... g5 $5 19. Bxc7 Nxc7 $11) 19. Rad1 $5 Kxh6 (19... Bxf4 20. Qxf4
Be6 21. Ng4 Bxg4 22. Qxg4 Qf6 23. Bxd5 $14 {oskarwin,h (2501)-Pavel,h (2423)
Engine Room 2012}) 20. Nxd5 Bxf4 21. Qxf4+ Qg5 22. Qd4 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Bf5 24. h4
Qh5 25. Re7 Rad8 26. Qe3+ Kg7 27. Qc3+ Kh6 28. Rd4 $44 {oskarwin,h (2512)
-Павел-,h (2391) Engine Room 2012}) 16. Bh3 Qd8 {Black must take a move
back, parrying both Nh6+ as well as Ne4:} (16... Kh8 $2 17. Ne4 $1 Bxb2 18. Ng5
Qc6 19. Ne7 Qf6 20. Nxh7 Qd4 21. Qh5 g6 22. Qh4 Bxa1 23. Nf6+ {1-0, Kasparov,G
(2595)-Marjanovic,S (2490) Valetta olm 1980}) (16... Ne6 $2 17. Ne4 Bxb2 18.
Rb1 {doesn't help:} Bc8 (18... Rad8 19. Ng5 Bf6 20. Nxg7 $1 (20. Rxe6 $6 fxe6
21. Nh6+ Kh8 22. Bxe6 Bxg5 23. Bxd7 Bxf4 24. gxf4 Rxd7 25. Qd4 Rd6 26. Ng4 Rg6
27. h3 Nc5 $132 {Hracek,Z (2628)-Wojtaszek,R (2701) Poland 2013}) 20... Kxg7
21. Qh5 Bxg5 22. Bxg5 $18) 19. Ng5 Bf6 20. Qh5 Bxg5 21. Bxg5 Re8 22. Bf6 $3
gxf6 23. Qh6 Nac5 24. Rbd1 Qb7 25. Rd4 Ne4 26. Rexe4 dxe4 27. Qxf6 Qc7 28. Nh6+
Kf8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Nf5# {1-0, Sandipan,C (2563)-Tiviakov,S (2648) Ottawa 2007
}) 17. Nd6 Bc6 18. Rc1 Nc5 19. b4 $146 {[%mdl 8] A definite improvement over} (
19. Nf5 $143 $2 d4 (19... N7e6 $17) 20. b4 N7e6 21. Bd6 (21. bxc5 Nxf4 22. gxf4
dxc3 23. Qd6 Bd7 $17) 21... dxc3 22. bxc5 Nxc5 23. Bxf8 Qxf8 24. Qg4 Rd8 $19 (
24... Nd3 {Ragger,M (2632)-Eljanov,P (2723) Dubai blitz 2014} 25. Nh6+ Kh8 26.
Qc4 $1 $15)) 19... N5e6 ({Black's position hangs on a very thin thread after} 
19... d4 20. Nce4 Nxe4 21. Rxc6 Nc3 22. Qd2 N3d5 (22... N7d5 $2 23. Nb7 {
[%csl Rd8]}) 23. Nb7 Qb8 24. Rxc7 $1 Nxc7 25. Bg2 a6 26. Rc1 Rc8 27. Nd6 (27.
b5 axb5 28. Nd6 Rf8 29. Nxb5 Nxb5 30. Bxb8 Raxb8 $14 {/<=>}) 27... Rf8 28. Ne4
$5 (28. Bxa8 Nxa8 29. Qc2 $44) 28... Bd8 29. Be5 $36) 20. Nce4 $1 {After this
strong move White retains some pressure.} (20. Nxf7 Rxf7 (20... Kxf7 21. Qh5+
Kg8 22. Bxe6+ Nxe6 23. Rxe6 d4 24. Ne4 Qd5 $5 $11) 21. Bxe6 Nxe6 22. Rxe6 d4 (
22... Bb7 $6 23. Rd6 $16) 23. Rxc6 dxc3 $132 {releases the tension and gives
Black enough counterplay.}) 20... dxe4 21. Rxc6 Nxf4 22. gxf4 Ne8 {Passive and
leads to problems.} (22... Be7 $142 $1 23. Nf5 g6 $5 {is more dangerous, but
there is no immediate refuration in sight after} (23... Ne6 24. Qg4 (24. Qxd8
Bxd8 25. Rxe4 Bf6 26. Nd6 Nd4 27. Rc7 a5 28. b5 Rad8 29. Bd7 Ne6 30. Rxe6 fxe6
({or} 30... Rxd7 {and the defence holds})) (24. Nxe7+ Qxe7 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26.
Rxe4 Rad8 27. Qb3 Qd7 28. Rcxe6 Qd1+ $14 {/= is drawish despite White's extra
pawn.}) 24... Bf6 25. Nh6+ Kh8 26. Nxf7+ Rxf7 27. Qxe6 Re7 28. Qc4 $14 {/=})
24. Qb3 $5 gxf5 (24... Na6 25. Qc3 $1 gxf5 26. Bxf5 $40 {[%cal Rc3h3,Rc6h6]})
25. Rd1 Qb8 26. Bxf5 (26. Qg3+ Kh8 27. Qc3+ f6 (27... Kg8 $6 28. Bxf5) 28. Rxc7
Rc8 29. Rxc8+ Qxc8 $11) (26. Kh1 Ne6 $1 (26... Ne8 27. Qg3+ Kh8 28. Rg1 {
[%cal Rc6h6,Rh3f5]} e3 29. Rh6 Qc8 30. fxe3 $18 {[%cal Re3e4]})) 26... Rd8 27.
Bxh7+ Kg7 28. Bxe4 Ne6 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Rxd8 Qxd8 31. Qxe6 Qd1+ (31... Rc8 32.
Qg6+ Kf8 33. Qh6+ Kf7 34. Qh5+) 32. Kg2 Rg8 33. Bd5 $1 Re8 $1 34. Qf7+ Kh6 35.
Qe6+ Kg7 $11) 23. Nxe4 Qxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Bd7 $1 $14 Be7 ({A similar line is
} 25... Bh4 26. b5 g6 27. Kg2 $14) 26. b5 {[%csl Ra7]} g6 27. Kg2 Kg7 28. f5 (
28. Rc4 {[%cal Yc4a4]} Kg8 {[%cal Re8d6]} (28... f5 29. Ng5 Bxg5 30. fxg5 Rf7
31. Rcd4 $36) 29. Kf3 $14) (28. Rd3 Rg8 $5 $14 {[%cal Yg7f8,Yg8g7,Yf7f5]} (
28... f5 $6 29. Ng5 Bxg5 30. fxg5 Rf7 31. Bxf5)) 28... Nf6 $6 {Eljanov is too
impatient to simplify the position.} (28... gxf5 29. Ng3 Rg8 30. Nxf5+ Kf8+
$132 {[%cal Yg8g6,Yg8g5]}) (28... Rg8 $5 $11) 29. Nxf6 Bxf6 30. Rc7 {[%mdl
4096] In this endgame opposite-coloured bishops give White the initiative due
to his far more active rooks.} Be5 (30... Ra8 31. fxg6 hxg6 32. Be6 $16) 31.
Rxa7 Ra8 32. Ra6 $1 $36 {Perhaps Black overlooked this important move - White
keeps the active rook on the board and retains his advantage.} (32. Rxa8 $2
Rxa8 $11 {would be a rather easy draw.}) 32... Rfd8 33. Rd5 f6 (33... Bf6 34.
Rxb6 (34. Bc6 Rxd5 35. Bxd5 Rd8 36. Bb3 Bd4 37. Ra7 gxf5 $14) (34. fxg6 $5 hxg6
35. Bc6) 34... Rxa2 35. Rb7 Bh4 36. Be6 $16) 34. Rd3 (34. Rxb6 Rxa2 35. Rb7 Kh6
36. Rd3 Kg5 $14) (34. a4 $142 $5 gxf5 (34... Rab8 35. fxg6 hxg6 36. a5 bxa5 37.
b6 $16) 35. Rd3 $36) 34... gxf5 $2 (34... Rab8 $1 {[%cal Yb8b7] allows Black
to exchange rooks and retain drawing chances after} 35. Ra7 Ra8 36. Rda3 (36.
Rb7 Rdb8 $14) 36... Rxa7 37. Rxa7 Kh6 $14) 35. Rda3 $1 Rab8 (35... Rxa6 $2 36.
bxa6 Bd6 (36... Rxd7 37. a7 $18) 37. Ra4 Ra8 38. Bc6 (38. a7 $2 b5 39. Bxb5 Bc5
) 38... Ra7 39. Bb7 $18 {[%csl Ra7]}) 36. Bxf5 {With both rooks on the board
White is close to winning.} Rg8 (36... Rb7 37. Be4 $18) 37. Ra7+ (37. Be6 $5
Rgf8 38. Rh3 h6 (38... Rb7 39. Bd5 Rd7 40. Bc6) 39. Bf5 $40) 37... Kf8+ 38. Kf1
Rg5 ({A more resilient way was} 38... Rg7 {, but after} 39. Rxg7 (39. h4 $5)
39... Kxg7 40. Ra7+ Kh6 41. Rxh7+ Kg5 42. Bd3 {White should gradually convert
his extra pawns.}) 39. Bxh7 Bxh2 (39... Rg7 40. h4 $18) 40. Rh3 $1 $18 Rg1+ 41.
Ke2 Re8+ 42. Kf3 Bd6 (42... Bb8 43. Rb7 $18) 43. Be4 Rg7 44. Rh8+ Rg8 45. Rh6 {
Black loses more matierial, the rest is simple.} Re7 (45... Be7 46. Bc6 Rd8 47.
Rh7 $18) (45... Be5 46. Rhh7 Rc8 47. Raf7+ Ke8 48. Re7+ Kd8 49. Rd7+ Ke8 50.
Bc6 $18) 46. Rxf6+ Kg7 47. Rg6+ Kh8 48. Rh6+ Kg7 49. Rxe7+ Bxe7 50. Rg6+ Kh8
51. Rxb6 Rf8+ 52. Ke2 Rxf2+ (52... Bc5 53. Rh6+ $18) 53. Kxf2 Bc5+ 54. Kf3 Bxb6
55. Kf4 {Black's king is too far away.} Kg7 56. Ke5 Kf7 57. Kd6 Ke8 58. Kc6 (
58. Kc6 Be3 59. b6 $18 {[%cal Ra2a8]}) 1-0

[Event "Biel GM 48th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2015.07.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2015.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 {This time we have a bit of
an unusual gambit against the Ragosin Defence which could have occurred if
White had opted for 5.Nc3. I seriously doubt such an idea; the game itself
proves my point, Still such ideas can catch an unprepared opponent off guard.
Probably Rapport was counting on that.} dxc4 6. Qc2 ({An interesting
alternative was} 6. Qa4+ $5 Nc6 7. e3 Bd7 8. Qc2 b5 9. a3 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 e5 $1
(10... a6 11. b3 cxb3 12. Nxb3 O-O 13. Bd3 {would be very unpleasant for Black}
) 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. a4 h6 (12... c6 $5 13. Qc3 Qe7 14. Be2 h6 15. Bh4 O-O 16.
Nf3 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 g5 18. Bg3 Nd5 {a sharp position but it looks fine for Black
}) 13. Bh4 O-O 14. axb5 Bxb5 15. Nxc4 Qe7 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Ra5
a6 19. Bc4 Kg7 20. O-O {½-½ (26) Dubov,D (2632)-Matlakov,M (2695) Jerusalem
2015. White has managed to get some pressure.}) 6... b5 7. a4 c6 8. Bxf6 {
Using the fact that Black can't really recapture with the queen, thus trying
to profit from the slightly damaged black structure.} ({An alternative is also
playable:} 8. g3 Bb7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. Ne5 Qc8 11. O-O O-O 12. b3 c5 13. Bxb7
Qxb7 14. bxc4 Bxd2 15. Bxd2 b4 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. dxc5 a5 {0-1 (29) Krasenkow,M
(2640)-Gajewski,G (2629) Warsaw 2014. Black is fine.}) 8... gxf6 9. g3 Bb7 10.
Bg2 Nd7 11. O-O a5 ({Another perfectly ok idea was displayed in the following
game:} 11... a6 12. b3 cxb3 13. Qxb3 Be7 14. Rfd1 O-O 15. Ne1 b4 16. a5 Qc7 17.
Rdc1 c5 18. dxc5 Bxg2 19. Nxg2 Nxc5 (19... Rab8 $1 20. c6 Ne5 {with next Rfc8
was fine for Black.}) 20. Qxb4 Qd7 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Rd1 {1-0 (50) Cramling,P 
(2525)-Kosintseva,T (2496) Beijing (blitz) 2013. White keeps some edge here.})
12. b3 cxb3 13. Nxb3 bxa4 14. Rxa4 Ba6 (14... c5 15. dxc5 $5 (15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16.
dxc5 Rc8 17. Rxb4 axb4 18. Qa4+ Bc6 19. Qxb4 O-O 20. Rc1 Rc7 21. Ne1 Bxg2 22.
Nxg2 Rd7 23. Ne3 Rd4 24. Qc3 f5 {0-1 (56) Vovk,Y (2550)-Moiseenko,A (2679)
Kiev 2011. White has some compensation here.}) 15... Rc8 16. Rd1 Qc7 17. Nfd4
Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Qxc5 20. Qxc5 Rxc5 21. Nb3 Rc2 22. e3 O-O 23. Nxa5
Bxa5 24. Rxa5 Rb8 {Black should be able to hold this, but precision play is
necessary.}) 15. Ra2 {Over-ambitious I would say; White simply has to settle
for a modest approach:} (15. Raa1 Bb5 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 O-O 18. Rfd1 Qe7
19. Nd4 Rad8 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Bxc6 {with good chances to take a draw.}) 15...
Bb5 16. Rfa1 O-O 17. Nc1 Rc8 18. Nd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 c5 {Black has remained a
pawn up and managed to get rid of the bad c-pawn. Quite simply, Black is
looking for an advantage.} 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Qe3 Kg7 22. h4 {White didn't
achieve anything and is a pawn down for no play at all.} Qd6 23. Rc1 Nd7 24.
Raa1 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Bc5 26. Qc3 a4 {The black passer is going fast.} 27. Qa1 a3
28. Rd1 Qc7 29. h5 h6 30. Rc1 Qb6 31. e3 Rb8 32. Bf1 Bxe3 $1 {A final detail.
The game is over now.} 33. Rc2 (33. fxe3 Qxe3+ 34. Kg2 Rb2+ {wins.}) 33... Bc5
34. Rd2 Qb1 0-1

[Event "Biel GM 48th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2015.07.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D83"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Wojtaszek,R"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2015.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Last year I had to face Maxime with White the day after I'd lost almost a
7-hour game against Anish Giri. Having no idea what to do against the Grünfeld
I played quite a harmless line and our game finished with a draw quite quickly.
This year I was lucky to have a freeday before the game, so I was determined
to prepare something more serious.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 {
Not the most topical line at the moment but GM Gajewski, who was helping me
during the tournament, convinced me that it was worth a try.} Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6.
Rc1 Be6 {That's what everyone is doing nowadays. I must admit I was not really
playing for an advantage out of the opening. My main hope was rather that the
structure we got might not suit Maxime - instead of playing his usual sharp
Grünfeld stuff this one is more similar to some positional a6-Slav lines.} 7.
c5 ({It's well known that White has nothing after} 7. Qb3 {because of} c5 $1 8.
Qxb7 Qb6 9. Qxb6 axb6 {and practice shows that Black has at least enough
compensation}) 7... c6 8. Bd3 Bg4 {Of couse this move is not a mistake but
Grischuk's choice against Gelfand looks much more convincing.} (8... Bc8 $1 {
I must admit that in my preparation I was not really able to find any reaction
which would make me happy. Black has a simple plan to play ...Nfd7 and ...e5.}
{After all I would probably play a strange-looking move which was already seen
in the game Kovalenko-Grigoriants} 9. Bg5 $5 {and after} (9. Nf3 Bg4 $1 {
and Black will exchange the only bad piece he has.}) ({Gelfand played normal
looking moves} 9. h3 Nfd7 $1 10. Nf3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxc5 12. Bb1 Nbd7 {but it
quickly became clear that is White who has to be careful not to end up being
worse}) 9... Nfd7 {which happened in the game I would improve with} 10. Nge2 $5
) 9. Nge2 (9. f3 {It was possible to start also like this but since I was not
afraid of tthe capture on e2 I'd decided to give Maxime an extra option} Bc8
10. Nge2 Nbd7 (10... Nfd7 11. Bg5 $1 {again this is a useful resource to stop
e5 for a while}) 11. O-O e5 12. Bg5 Re8 {would tranpose to our game with no
real alternatives along the way}) (9. Qc2 $6 {was played in the game Wang
Yue-Carlsen but Black was more than fine after the simple} Nfd7 {with the
usual idea to play ...e5.}) 9... Re8 (9... Bxe2 $5 {was also possible but I
liked the character of the position and still thought that White could be a
bit better} 10. Bxe2 Nfd7 {This position I saw briefly in my preparation and
since I've spotted that White has two promising options, I decided to choose
during the game which one I should play.} (10... Nbd7 11. Bg3 $1 Re8 12. f4 $1
{and finally I would stop ...e5 for good!}) 11. Bg5 $1 {would be much stronger}
(11. e4 {was my early favourite but in fact it doesn't offer anything special.}
dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nf6 $1 (12... Na6 13. O-O Nc7 14. Bc4 {and here I think White is
a bit better thanks to the space advantage}) 13. Nc3 Nd5 14. Bg3 Nc7 $1 {
the key move which solves Black's problems} 15. Qb3 (15. O-O Ne6 16. d5 cxd5
17. Qxd5 Nc6 {and Black has nothing to complain about}) 15... b6 $1 {leads to
a forced draw after} 16. cxb6 axb6 17. Qxb6 Ne6 18. Qb7 Qa5 19. Qxe7 Ra7 20.
Qh4 Nxd4 21. O-O Nxe2+ 22. Nxe2 Qxa2) 11... Bf6 12. Bh6 Bg7 (12... Re8 13. Qb3
$1 {much stronger than immediate} (13. f4 $2 {which runs into} e5 $1 14. fxe5
Bxe5) 13... Qc7 14. f4 {and we already know that this structure is good for
White}) 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. h4 $5 {and at least I could pretend that I have
chances to create some play on the kingside.}) 10. f3 Bc8 11. O-O ({Before the
game I also considered playing more sharply but then decided that against such
a tactically gifted player as Maxime it wouldn't make much sense, especially
since I was happy with the alternative which happened in the game} 11. e4 $5
dxe4 12. fxe4 e5 $1 (12... Nh5 13. Be3 e5 14. d5 Qh4+ 15. Bf2 Qg5 16. O-O {
looks much better for White}) 13. Bxe5 Rxe5 14. dxe5 Ng4 15. Bc4 Qf8 $1 {
and I wasn't sure if objectively White can play for an advantage here and I
definitely didn't like it from the practical point of view as my king is weak
and my pawns are falling.} 16. e6 $1 {would lead to a really crazy position}
fxe6 (16... Bxe6 $6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qd6 $1 Qf2+ 19. Kd2 Bh6+ 20. Kc2 {
and White is clearly better}) 17. Qd6 Qf2+ 18. Kd2 Bh6+ 19. Kc2 Ne3+ 20. Kd3
Nxc4 21. Kxc4 {Normally I would write that the white king's position is
impressive but it's not even close to what David did against me!} Bxc1 22. Nxc1
Nd7 23. Qxe6+ Kg7 24. Qe7+ Kh6 {and most likely it would end up with a draw
after} 25. Nd3 Qxg2 26. Qh4+ Kg7 27. Qe7+ $11) 11... Nbd7 12. Bg5 e5 13. b4 Nf8
14. Bh4 {After f3 this position is more or less forced, also it was my main
position in the preparation.} Bh6 $2 {It looks tempting but in fact it's a
mistake after which Black will never recover in this game} ({It was neccessary
to play} 14... exd4 $1 15. exd4 {and here it is a choice between} Bd7 $5 {
which would be safer and also good enough. White has more space but the
weakness on d4 might hurt in the long run} (15... b5 {is more dynamic but
Black would have to watch out for} 16. a4 a6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nxb5 cxb5 19.
Bxb5 {and I have to say that even with engines running I couldn't properly
analyse this position}) ({I should point out that immediate} 15... Ne6 {
would run into} 16. f4 $1 {and it turns out that White is better on both flanks
}) 16. b5 Qa5) 15. f4 $1 e4 $6 {This gives me really easy play on the
queenside without any real compensation but it was already difficult to find
any alternative.} ({Funnily, when I was preparing for the game that was the
last line I'd checked and it really confused me as it was like 1.30 PM (rounds
started at 2). Computers at first were very excited as Black but after some
time they realised it doesn't work} 15... g5 $6 16. fxe5 $1 (16. fxg5 Ng4 {
would lead to some crazy position after} 17. Rf6 $1 (17. Qd2 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5
{is at least slightly better for Black}) 17... Bg7 (17... Nxf6 $2 {doesn't
work in view of} 18. gxh6 $1) 18. Rxf7 {and here the best for Black according
to engines is} a5 {... when I saw it I thought it's enough and I will better
stop since it's impossible for that to happen. After the game I was just
curious why such a ridiculous move should be played and it turned out that the
point is clear in the line} 19. b5 e4 20. Nxe4 $6 Nxe3 21. Qb3 a4 $1 {and
without a4 Black would be hopeless while now it's White who is in big trouble})
16... gxh4 17. Rxf6 Bxe3+ 18. Kh1 {It turns out that White's compensation for
the exchange is more than sufficent} Bg4 {Black can even win a tempo but this
doesn't really help.} (18... Bg5 19. Rd6) (18... Be6 19. Rb1) (18... Bxc1 19.
Qxc1) 19. Qe1 (19. Rb1 $2 {would be a mistake} Bxd4 20. Bxh7+ Nxh7 21. Qxd4
Nxf6 22. exf6 Bxe2 23. Qf4 Bd3 24. Qh6 Qxf6 $1 {I thought it's a nice trick to
show. Also it's the only defence.} 25. Qxf6 Bxb1 {with advantage for Black})
19... Bxc1 20. Qxc1 Bh5 21. Nf4 Bg6 22. Bf5 $1 {is the key point because after}
Nd7 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. h3 $1 {Black just has no hope and the h4-pawn will fall.}
) (15... exd4 16. exd4 {it's not the same as before because the knight on f6
is pinned} Bg7 17. f5 {and again, White is better on both flanks.}) 16. Bc2 Bg7
({I'm pretty sure that Maxime's first intention was to play} 16... g5 $5 {
but it doesn't work} 17. Bxg5 Bxg5 18. fxg5 Ng4 19. Qd2 Qxg5 20. Nf4 {Black is
just not in time to organise any counterplay around white's king. The sample
line was in fact one which I briefly considered during the game} Ng6 (20... Ne6
21. b5 Bd7 22. Ba4 Nxf4 23. Rxf4 Re6 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Nxd5 $1 Rg6 26. Rxg4
Bxg4 27. Nf4 {with great compensation}) 21. b5 Bd7 22. Ba4 Re7 23. bxc6 bxc6
24. Rb1 {and here I stopped thinking that I should have something, and indeed,
this time actually I was right} Nxf4 25. Rxf4 Kh8 26. Rb7 Rg8 27. Bxc6 $1 {
is the nice trick} Nxe3 (27... Bxc6 28. Rxg4 $1) 28. Rf2 $1 Bxc6 29. Rxe7 Qxe7
30. Qxe3 Rg6 31. Ne2 $1 {with a clear advantage.}) 17. b5 Bd7 18. Ba4 Qc8 ({
During the game I considered all kinds of active tries for Black like} 18... h6
19. Rb1 N8h7 {and here the engine shows a really beautiful idea to stop
Black's counterplay} (19... g5 20. fxg5 Ng4 21. Qd2 hxg5 22. Bg3 {and Black
achieved nothing and White is ready to start an operation on the queenside})
20. f5 $1 ({I only considered} 20. h3 g5 21. fxg5 hxg5 22. Bg3 g4 23. h4 Nh5
24. Qe1 {which also gives White a nice advantage}) 20... gxf5 21. Ng3 Qc8 22.
bxc6 bxc6 23. h3 $1 {and Black is completely paralysed because after} Nf8 24.
Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 25. Nxd5 $1 cxd5 26. Bxd7 Qxd7 27. Nxf5 {White's attack is just
too strong to handle.}) 19. h3 $1 {During the game I was very proud to make
this move. I had to stop ...Ng4 but it was psychologically not easy to play h3
just after Maxime played ...Qc8 threating all kind of sacrifices on h3. To be
truth, after the game I've realised that the lines are not difficult to
calculate after all.} (19. Bxf6 $2 Bxf6 20. Rb1 Bd8 {and White has no
advantage at all.}) 19... Nh5 (19... Bxh3 $2 20. gxh3 Qxh3 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22.
bxc6 Qxe3+ 23. Kg2 {is just an easy win.}) 20. Rb1 f5 {Now It's clear that my
advantage is huge with no counterplay.} (20... Bxh3 21. bxc6 bxc6 (21... Qg4
22. Ng3 (22. Rf2 {is also good}) 22... Qxh4 23. Nxh5 Bg4 24. Qe1 Qxh5 25. cxb7
{is winning}) 22. gxh3 Qxh3 23. Bxc6 Qxh4 24. Qe1 Qg4+ 25. Kh2 {and Black's
attack is over}) 21. Qb3 Bf6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. bxc6 bxc6 (23... Bxc6 24. Qc2 {
and doubling rooks on the b-file would also guarantee a serious advantage.})
24. Qb7 Ne6 25. Nc1 $1 {An important manoeuvre - White goes to a5 and now it's
clear that with so many pieces around the c6-pawn it will be very difficult to
defend.} Rb8 $5 {An interesting try to find some counterplay, even if
objectively it is not correct.} (25... Nd8 {passive defence probably also
wouldn't be enough} 26. Qxc8 Bxc8 27. Nb3 {and here in fact I missed} Ba6 $5 ({
I only saw} 27... a5 28. Rb2 Ra7 29. Rfb1 {and eventually I will move my
bishop from a4 and bring the knight to b6. Practically speaking I considered
this position as being close to winning for me.}) 28. Rfe1 Bd3 29. Rb2 a5 {
but fortunately for me I would have} 30. g4 $1 {and usual stuff in the endgame
- trying to find the second weakness to win the game.}) 26. Qxc8 {I thought it
was very pragmatic just to exchange queens and keep a big advantage but on the
other hand after taking the pawn Black wouldn't have counterplay either.} (26.
Qxa7 $5 Rxb1 27. Nxb1 g5 28. fxg5 Nxg5 29. Ne2 Kh8 30. Nf4 Rg8 31. Nc3 {
and I don't see how Black can create any active play.}) 26... Rexc8 27. Nb3 Nc7
$6 {Again searching for counterplay. Probably not the best idea but it's hard
to criticise as passive defence also looks very sad.} (27... Kf7 28. Na5 Nd8
29. a3 Rxb1 30. Rxb1 h6 (30... Ke8 31. Na2 Ng8 32. Nb4 Ne7 33. Na6) 31. Na2 g5
32. g3 g4 33. hxg4 $1 (33. h4 Ke7 34. Nb4 Ne8 35. Na6 Nc7) 33... Nxg4 34. Rb3)
28. Na5 Nb5 29. Ne2 $6 {During the game I thought it was very clever but in
fact simple taking on b5 was much easier.} (29. Bxb5 cxb5 30. Rb3 $1 {and
thanks to the fact that Ra3 is not possible compared to the Rb2 line - White
is much better} (30. a3 $5 Kf8 31. Na2 a6 32. Nb4 {would be also very tough
for Black}) (30. Rb2 {For some reason I only considered this.} a6 31. Rfb1 Kf8
32. a4 Ra8 33. axb5 axb5 34. Nb7 Ra3 $1 {and this counterplay was very annoying
}) 30... a6 31. Rfb1 Ra8 32. a4 Kf8 33. axb5 axb5 34. Nb7 Rcb8 35. Nd6 Ke7 36.
Ndxb5 {with a healthy extra pawn.}) 29... Na3 {This I underestimated during
the game. I thought that there is no real compensation for the pawn.} (29...
Kf7 30. Rb3 $1 Ke7 31. Rfb1 a6 32. Rb4 {followed by Bd1-a4 was the idea behind
Ne2.}) 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31. Bxc6 Bxc6 32. Nxc6 Rb2 33. Nc3 Rc2 34. Ne7+ Kf7 35.
Ncxd5 {To be honest I didn't expect here any problems and it went rather
smoothly during the game but it turned out that there is quite some poison
here.} Nc4 $6 (35... Nxd5 $5 36. Nxd5 Rc4 (36... Ke6 37. Nb4 $1 {the only way}
(37. Nc7+ $6 Kd7 38. Na6 Nc4) 37... Rb2 38. d5+ $1 Kf6 39. d6 Rxb4 40. c6 Nb5
41. Rd1 Nxd6 42. Rxd6+ {wins}) 37. Nc7 $1 Ke7 38. Na6 $1 Ra4 (38... Kd7 39. d5
$1) 39. Nb8 $1 {all this would be required to score the whole point.}) 36. Rb1
$1 Nh5 37. Nc6 Nd2 38. Ncb4 {Good enough to win but I could finish the game
immediately after} (38. Ne5+ Kg7 39. Rb7+ Kh6 40. g4 $1) 38... Nxb1 39. Nxc2
Ke6 40. Nc7+ Kd7 41. Nd5 Ke6 42. Ndb4 Nf6 43. d5+ $1 Kd7 44. d6 Nc3 45. Nd4
Nfd5 46. Na6 {It was a nice win for me, especially since it was the first time
I had won against Maxime in classical game. Also it gave me high hopes of
winning the tournament but we all know that stopping Maxime from winning the
tournament in Biel seems just impossible!} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 {An idea popularised by
Smyslov. Black keeps the options open for the B on c8 and at the same time
makes a developing move, with the square b4 in mind for the N on a6.
Artemiev's intention seems to be to avoid discussions on mainstream theory
against Anand's second.} ({The most solid variation is naturally the most
popular} 5... Bf5 {[%cal Gf5e4,Gf6e4] fighting for the control of the centre.})
6. e4 Bg4 7. Bxc4 Bxf3 (7... e6 {is a common alternative.}) 8. gxf3 {Spoiling
the pawn structure but bolstering the centre.} ({White has an interesting and
relatively unexplored gambit in} 8. Qxf3 Qxd4 9. Bxa6 bxa6 10. O-O $44 {
but since 8.gxf3 is quite pleasant for White, this has not found many takers
as of yet.}) 8... Nb4 9. Be3 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. a5 ({An alternative and
popular approach is} 11. Kh1 O-O 12. Rg1 {[%csl Gc4,Gd4,Ge3,Ge4,Gf4][%cal
Gg1g8,Gf3f4] with a pleasant position and dynamic prospects.}) 11... O-O 12.
Qb3 b6 ({After} 12... b5 {White can either transpose to the game with} 13. axb6
({or choose} 13. Be2)) 13. axb6 ({The game Uhlmann vs Spiridonov, 1980 went} 
13. Be2 bxa5 14. Qa4 Qb8 $1 15. Rfc1 {when Black had an interesting
possibility to create play with} Nh5 ({In the game Black played} 15... Bd8 $5 {
but White found a way to to get rid of Black's main defender of the weak <<
pawn structure with} 16. Na2 $1 Bc7 17. Nxb4 axb4 {Now Uhlmann found another
subtle idea} 18. Kg2 $1 {and after} Bf4 (18... Bxh2 $2 19. e5 $18) 19. Rxc6 $16
{went on to win the game in 39 moves. 1-0 Uhlmann-Spiridonov, 1980.}) 16. Qxa5
Nf4 $132) 13... axb6 14. Be2 c5 $146 (14... Qc7 15. Ra4 (15. f4 c5 16. d5 exd5
17. e5 $6 c4 18. Qd1 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 Ne4 $17 {0-1 Storland,K (2195)-Johansen,T 
(2240)/Stavanger 1997/EXT 2001 (35)}) 15... Rxa4 16. Nxa4 Ra8 17. Bd2 Qa7 (
17... c5 $142) 18. Ra1 Qa5 $2 19. Ra3 $1 Qh5 20. Nxb6 $16 {1-0 Blocker,C (2395)
-Stauffer,C (2174)/King's Island 2001/EXT 2002 (48)}) 15. Nb5 Rxa1 ({White
maintains a very slight but pleasant advantage after} 15... Nc6 16. Rxa8 Qxa8
17. Rc1 (17. d5 $6 exd5 18. Nc7 Qb7 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Rd8 $15) 17... cxd4
18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 $14 {[%csl Rb6]}) ({The story is the same after} 15...
cxd4 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Nxd4 $14 (17. Bxd4 $14)) 16. Rxa1 Nc6 17. Rd1 cxd4 $2 {
This just loses a pawn.} (17... Qa8 18. d5 $36) (17... Qb8 $142 18. d5 (18.
dxc5 $5 bxc5 $132 {[%cal Gb8e5,Gf8c8]}) 18... exd5 19. exd5 {Now Black has a
typical manoueuvre to blockade the d5-pawn with} Na5 20. Qa4 Nb7 $14 {with a
complex position that seems to give White dynamic prospects.}) 18. Nxd4 Nxd4
19. Bxd4 $16 {[%csl Rb6] The rest is a matter of technique and Wojtaszek shows
that he has the flair for it.} Qc8 20. Qxb6 Qc2 21. Kf1 Rd8 22. Ke1 $5 Qc8 23.
Be3 Rf8 ({Black could have provided more resistance with} 23... Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1
h6 $16 {although it would still be hoping against hope.}) 24. Rc1 Qa8 25. Qc7
Bd8 26. Qa7 Ba5+ 27. Kf1 Qxa7 28. Bxa7 h6 29. Rc4 Ra8 30. Bd4 Rb8 31. Be5 Rb7
32. Rc8+ Kh7 33. Rc5 Bd8 34. Rb5 Ra7 35. b4 g5 36. Bd4 Rc7 37. Rc5 Rd7 38. Rc4
Rb7 39. Rc8 Be7 40. b5 Nh5 41. b6 Rd7 42. Be5 Rb7 43. Rc7 Rxb6 44. Rxe7 Kg6 45.
Bd3 Rb3 46. Rd7 Ra3 47. Ke2 Ra4 48. Ke3 f6 49. Bd6 e5 50. Bb5 {Wojtaszek won
this (first) game and drew the second to advance to the 3rd round of the World
Cup.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8.
O-O ({M.Marin: The idea of the last move is to avoid exposing the king's
bishop to ...Nb6 in view of White's intention to meet ...c5 with d4-d5:} 8.
Bxc4 a6 9. a4 c5 10. d5 $2 ({of course, White has other options like} 10. O-O)
({or} 10. dxc5 {- MK}) 10... Nb6) 8... a6 (8... c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bxc4 {
- see Kasimdzhanov-Topalov in CBM 151.}) 9. a4 Nh5 $146 {Hardly a good novelty.
} (9... c5 {is quite possible:} 10. d5 $5 {(a relatively new idea but not too
dangerous)} (10. Bxc4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Bd7 14. a5 Nbd5
15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bg3 Bf6 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. e4 Nb4 19. Bc7 Rdc8 20. Bb6 Be8 21.
Nxe6 fxe6 22. Bxe6+ Kf8 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 $13 {0-1 (42) Tregubov,P (2608)-Fridman,
D (2629) Baden-Baden 2013}) (10. dxc5 {is less dangerous for Black than in the
position without ...a7-a6 a2-a4 as he has the perfect b4-square at his
disposal:} Nxc5 11. Bxc4 Bd7 (11... Nce4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qc2 Nf6 14. Rfd1 Qa5
{1/2 (43) Smirnov,A (2440)-Solomon,S (2365) Cammeray 2015} 15. Qb3 $14) (11...
Qa5 $5 12. Qe2 Bd7 $1 (12... Rd8 13. e4 Bd7 14. Rfb1 Qb4 15. Bd2 Be8 16. e5
Rxd2 17. Nxd2 Nfd7 18. a5 {1-0 (18) Kveinys,A (2512)-Kalvaitis,S (2258)
Vilnius 2012}) 13. e4 $140 Bc6 $132) 12. Ne5 (12. Qc2 $5 {[%cal Rb2b4,Yf3e5,
Ye5f3]}) 12... Rc8 13. Nxd7 Ncxd7 14. Be2 Qb6 15. Qb1 Bb4 16. Bf3 Rfe8 17. Bg3
Nc5 $11 {1-0 (72) Atalik,E (2458)-Zatonskih,A (2512) Mamaia 2012}) 10... Nxd5
11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Qxd5 Nf6 (12... Nb6 $2 13. Qxd8 Bxd8 (13... Rxd8 $2 14. Bc7 {
, exploiting the insertion of ...a7-a6 a2-a4}) 14. Bd6 Re8 15. Bxc5 $16) 13.
Qe5 $5 (13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Bxc4 Nd5 15. Be5 Be6 16. Rfc1 f6 17. Bg3 Kf7 18. Kf1
Nb4 19. Ke2 Bxc4+ 20. Rxc4 b5 21. Rc3 c4 $36 {0-1 (54) Pashikian,A (2618)
-Kanmazalp,O (2389) Plovdiv 2012}) (13. Qxc4 Be6 14. Qc2 Qb6 15. a5 Qb3 16.
Qxb3 Bxb3 17. Nd2 Be6 18. e4 Rad8 19. Rfc1 {1/2 (56) Vachier Lagrave,M (2722)
-Jakovenko,D (2734) Loo 2013} Rd4 20. f3 Rfd8 $132) 13... Re8 (13... Ng4 14.
Qc3 Be6 15. Bxc4 Bf6 16. Qb3 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Qe7 18. Rad1 $14 {1/2 (34) Gupta,A 
(2606)-Neverov,V (2519) New Delhi 2014}) (13... Qe8 14. Bxc4 Bd7 15. a5 Bc6 16.
b3 Ne4 17. Qb2 Nd6 18. Bd3 Bb5 19. Rfd1 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 Nb5 21. Rad1 Rd8 22. Qc2
$14 {1/2 (67) Gelfand,B (2748)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2706) Baku 2014 CBM 163 [Marin,
M]}) (13... Bd7 {(recommended by M.Marin)} 14. Rfd1 Qe8 15. Nd2 $5) (13... Be6
$5 14. Ng5 Bd7 15. Bxc4 {1-0 (48) Gonzalez Garcia,J (2497)-Capo Vidal,U (2319)
Mexico City 2012} Bc6 $13) 14. Bxc4 Bf8 15. Qc3 Be6 16. Rfd1 (16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17.
Rfd1 Qe7) 16... Qe7 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Ng5 Qc6 19. Qc4 Re7 20. Rd6 Qe8 $13 {
[%cal Rh7h6]} 21. Qc2 $2 Rxe3 $1 $17 {1/2 (67) Grandelius,N (2628)-Kravtsiv,M 
(2599) Abu Dhabi UAE 2015}) ({Other options:} 9... Bd6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 b6
12. Bxc4 (12. Nd2 $5 {[%cal Yd2c4]}) 12... Bb7 13. Qe2 c5 14. d5 exd5 15. Nxd5
g5 $1 16. Bg3 Bxg3 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. hxg3 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Kg7 20. Bd5 Bxd5 21.
Rxd5 Nf8 22. Rfd1 Ne6 23. e4 $14 {1/2 (33) So,W (2755)-Zhou,J (2580) Las Vegas
2014}) (9... b6 $5 10. Nd2 ({with Black's bishop on e7 and not on d6,} 10. Bxc4
Bb7 11. Qe2 {looks more sensful}) 10... Bb7 11. Nxc4 Nd5 12. Bg3 N7f6 13. Qb3
Nxc3 14. bxc3 Ne4 15. Bf4 g5 16. Be5 f6 17. Bg3 Qd5 18. f3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 b5 20.
Na5 Qxb3 21. Nxb3 Bc6 $11 {1/2 (180) Gupta,A (2662)-Vaibhav,S (2494) Kolkata
2012}) (9... Nd5 10. Bxc4 (10. Bg3 b6 11. Bxc4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bb7 13. Bd3 Bd6
14. Qc2 h6 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Nf6 18. Qd3 Bxg3 19. hxg3 c5 $11
{1/2 (65) Navara,D (2734)-Ivanchuk,V (2726) Berlin GER 2015}) 10... Nxf4 11.
exf4 {- game}) 10. Bxc4 Nxf4 11. exf4 {[%mdl 32] This is a typical position in
which White has a damaged pawn structure but controls the e-file and the
e5-square; moreover, undermining with f4-f5 becomes a potential threat.
Practice, since the classic games Alekhine - Rubinstein and Rubinstein - Canal,
has proven that Black's task is not easy.} c6 (11... c5 12. d5 Nb6 13. Ba2 {
keeping pressure.}) 12. Qe2 Qa5 13. Bb3 Rd8 14. Rfd1 g6 {Eliminating the f4-f5
threat but inviting h2-h4-h5.} 15. Ne4 Nf6 16. Neg5 Nd5 17. g3 Bd7 18. h4 $1 {
[%mdl 128]} h5 $6 {The weakening of dark squares boosts White's attack.} (18...
f6 {is realatively better but doesn't solve Black's problems after} 19. Ne4 {
[%cal Yh4h5]} ({but not} 19. Nxe6 $2 Re8)) 19. Ne5 Be8 20. Qf3 Bf8 21. g4 $5
hxg4 22. Nxg4 Bg7 $6 (22... Be7 $5 {was more stubborn but hardly helpful, too,
after} 23. Ne5 {[%cal Yh4h5]} ({rather than} 23. h5 Nxf4) {e.g.} 23... Nf6 24.
f5 gxf5 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Qxf5) 23. h5 $1 gxh5 24. Ne5 {Black is helpless. If
necessary, White's rook will join his attack via d3.} Nf6 25. f5 $1 Rxd4 26.
Rxd4 $2 {After this obvious but wrong move the position becomes less clear
although White keeps an attack.} (26. fxe6 $1 Qxe5 27. exf7+ Bxf7 28. Nxf7 Qf4
$1 29. Ne5+ Kh7 30. Rxd4 Qxe5 $8 31. Rad1 $18) 26... Qxe5 27. Rad1 Nd5 (27...
Kf8 28. Rf4 $1 Bh6 29. Qg3 $36) 28. Bc2 exf5 (28... Bh6 $5 {forcing} 29. Nh3 (
29. Qxh5 Qg7)) 29. Qxh5 Nf4 $2 {This nervous move helps White to break through.
} (29... Qf6 $142 $1 30. Qh7+ (30. Bb3 Qg6 31. Qxg6 fxg6 {with good drawing
chances in the endgame.}) 30... Kf8 31. Qh4 Kg8 32. R4d3 Bd7 33. Rg3 Re8 {
tenaciously defending.}) 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Nf3 $1 Qe2 $2 (31... Qc7 $8 {
although after} 32. R4d2 {Black's position is very bad.}) 32. Rxf4 Qxc2 33. Rd2
Qb1+ (33... Qc1+ 34. Kg2 Rd8 35. Rxd8 Qxf4 36. Rxe8+ Kxe8 37. Qxg7 {, and
White should win.}) 34. Kg2 c5 35. Rxf5 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.22"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novy Bor"]
[BlackTeam "Oslo Schakselskap"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8.
dxc5 Nbd7 9. Qd4 $5 {A rare but interesting move.} Qa5 ({The natural} 9... Bxc5
{deserves serious examination. It was played in the following blitz game:} 10.
Qd2 Qb6 11. e3 Bb4 12. a3 Ne4 13. Qxd5 Nxc3 $6 14. Qc4 Ba5 15. b4 $16 {0-1 (48)
Riazantsev,A (2684)-Vitiugov,N (2738) Wroclaw POL 2014}) 10. a3 (10. Rc1 $5
Bxc5 11. Qd2) 10... Bxc5 (10... Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Qb4 $5 Qxc5 13. Bxf6
Qxb4 14. axb4 Nxf6 15. Nd4 Be6 16. f3 a6 17. e3 Rfc8 18. Kd2 Rc7 19. Bd3 Rac8
20. Ra3 Kf8 21. b5 axb5 22. Nxb5 Rd7 23. Nd4 $14 {1/2 (36) Vazquez Igarza,R 
(2601)-Gharamian,T (2655) Saint Quentin 2014}) 11. Qd2 O-O 12. e3 Be7 13. Bd3
$14 {As a result of the opening battle, Black does not have enough counterplay
for his isolated pawn.} (13. Be2 {was possible, too.}) 13... Qd8 (13... Nc5 14.
Bc2 Qa6 15. Qe2 {, and White keeps an edge in the endgame.}) 14. Rd1 Nc5 15.
Bb1 Be6 16. O-O (16. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 17. Nd4 {obtaining a classic setup, mostly
known from the famous Karpov-Kasparov game.}) 16... Nce4 {This attempt to
simplify the game proves unsuccessful; perhaps it was better to try another
knight move:} (16... Nfe4 17. Nxe4 (17. Bxe7 Nxd2 18. Bxd8 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Raxd8
20. f4 $14) 17... dxe4 18. Qc3 Qe8 19. Nd4 $14) 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 (17... dxe4 18.
Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Nd4 {is also unpleasant.}) 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qc2 exf3 (19... Bd5
$5 {was a better option: White wins a pawn by means of} 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Rxd5
exf3 22. gxf3 {but after, say,} Rac8 {it will be very difficult to convert it
due to White's doubled pawns. After the text move, sacrificing the queen,
White has a lot of technical problems, too, but GM Radek Wojtaszek
successfully overcomes them.}) 20. Rxd8 Bxd8 21. Bxd8 fxg2 22. Rd1 Rfxd8 23.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 {[%mdl 4096]} 24. Kxg2 a6 25. e4 g5 {It is not easy to say whether
this move is necessary.} 26. Qc3 Kh7 27. f3 Rd1 {If Black waits passively:} (
27... Rd7 {, White can prepare h2-h4, eliminating Black's g5-pawn, and then
start moving his f-pawn.}) 28. Qc2 Re1 29. Qd2 Rb1 30. Qc2 Re1 31. Kf2 Rh1 32.
Ke3 b5 33. Kd4 Rf1 34. Qg2 Rc1 35. Ke5 Bb3 36. h4 Rc6 37. Qg3 Bd1 $6 (37... f6+
$142) 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Qg2 $1 {Black's pieces have lost co-ordination, and he
can't avoid fresh material losses.} Rh6 (39... Bb3 40. Kd4 {[%cal Rg2g5,Rf3f4]}
) 40. Kf5 g4 41. Qxg4 Rg6 42. Qh4+ Rh6 43. Qe7 Bb3 44. f4 Kg7 45. Qe5+ Kg8 46.
Qc3 Ba2 $2 {Loses on the spot but} (46... Be6+ 47. Ke5 {was hopeless, too.})
47. b3 {[%cal Rc3b2]} Bb1 48. Qc1 $1 Bd3 49. Qc8+ Kh7 (49... Kg7 50. Qc3+) 50.
Qd7 Rh5+ 51. Kf6 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.24"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novy Bor"]
[BlackTeam "Zuerich SG"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. a3 Rc8 12. b4 c5 13. bxc5 Bxf3 14. cxd6 Nd5 15.
gxf3 Nxc3 16. f4 Nf6 17. Qb2 Qd7 18. Bd2 e5 19. f3 exd4 20. e4 a5 21. Rae1 Rc5
22. Bc1 Nh5 23. e5 g6 24. Qf2 b4 25. axb4 axb4 26. Qxd4 Rd5 27. Qe3 Rc8 28. f5
Ng7 29. f6 Nh5 30. f4 Qg4+ 31. Kh1 Re8 32. Rg1 Qd7 33. Qf3 Nxf6 34. exf6 Rxd6
35. f5 Rxf6 36. Bg5 Rd6 37. Bc4 Rxe1 38. Rxe1 gxf5 39. Be7 Qc6 40. Rg1+ Kh8 41.
Qxc6 Rxc6 42. Bxf7 h6 43. Bxb4 Ne4 44. Ba3 Nf2+ 45. Kg2 Nd3 46. Rf1 f4 47. Bd5
Rc2+ 48. Kg1 Kg7 49. Be4 Ra2 50. Bd6 Ra6 51. Bc7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Wojtaszek,R"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

{The game was played during the last round of the Olympiad. After having
rather disappointing tournament we wanted to at least finish it with the win
which would guarantee us the place in the Top-10.} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6
4. g3 Bb4+ {First surprise although I expected my opponent to play some
sideline to get me out of book.} ({During the European Championship he played
another less-known line:} 4... c6 $5 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O Be7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Qc2 Bb7
9. Rd1 Nh5 10. Bc1 Nf6 11. Ne5 Qc8 12. Nc3 {with a nice advantage.}) 5. Bd2
Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Qd3 f5 $5 {This was the real
surprise for me - I knew this move existed but I'd never paid enough attention
to it.} ({The only move I had prepared was} 9... Nxc3 10. Ng5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 d5
12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nc3 {with a pleasant position.}) 10. Ne5 $5 (10. O-O Nxc3 11.
Qxc3 d6 {and it would be difficult to pose any problems here - Black's
position is very solid.}) 10... Nc5 11. dxc5 Bxg2 12. Rg1 Bc6 13. O-O-O Qe7 14.
Qd4 $5 {It took me some time to understand that this will be the only
challenging move.} ({The simple alternative didn't offer anything} 14. Nxc6
dxc6 15. cxb6 axb6 16. a3 Na6 17. Qd7 Qxd7 18. Rxd7 Rac8 $1 $11) 14... Na6 $1 (
{The main point of Qd4 was of course that Black can't take the pawn:} 14...
bxc5 $2 15. Nxc6 $1 dxc6 16. Qe5 $16) 15. cxb6 axb6 16. g4 $5 {Entering big
complications, but I didn't really have a choice.} (16. Qh4 Rfe8 17. Qxe7 Rxe7
$11) 16... Nc5 17. gxf5 $1 Rxa2 $1 {The only move to stay in the game.} (17...
exf5 $6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5+ Kh8 20. Rg3 $1 $36 {with the unpleasant threat
of 21.Ng6+!.}) 18. Kc2 $1 Ba4+ (18... Raa8 $2 19. b4 $1 {this unusual move
would guarantee a big advantage.}) 19. Nxa4 Nxa4 $6 {Funnily, that was the
only move I calculated but Black has a strong alternative:} (19... Rxa4 $1 {
and White has nothing better than an equal ending after} 20. Nxd7 Nxd7 21. Qxd7
Rxc4+ $1 22. Kb1 Qxd7 23. Rxd7 Rf7 $1 24. fxe6 Rxd7 25. exd7 Rd4 $11) 20. Nd3
$16 {I calculated till this position when I played 16.g4. White is better but
of course the position is very dynamic.} c5 $6 (20... e5 21. Qd5+ Kh8 22. c5 $1
e4 $8 23. Qxa2 exd3+ 24. exd3 Qxc5+ 25. Kb1 $16) 21. f6 $6 {I thought this was
very clever but in fact it almost spoils the whole advantage...} (21. Qe5 $1
Rxf5 22. Qc7 {I saw this move but somehow I missed that after} Qf6 23. Qc8+ Kf7
{I have the simple} 24. Ne5+ $1 {with mate to follow.}) 21... Rxf6 22. Qe4 $6 (
22. Qh4 $1 {would keep the advantage but it was difficult to make such a move
as the queen on h4 looks rather misplaced} b5 23. Kb1 Rxb2+ 24. Nxb2 Nc3+ 25.
Kc2 Nxd1 26. Nxd1 bxc4 27. Qxc4 $16) 22... b5 23. Kb3 $6 {After this I'm not
better anymore.} ({The last chance was} 23. Qb7 $1 bxc4 24. Kb1 Rxb2+ 25. Nxb2
Nc3+ 26. Kc2 Nxd1 27. Nxd1 {but here} Rf7 $1 {and ...d5 next gives Black good
drawing chances.}) 23... d5 $1 24. Qe5 Rf5 25. Qb8+ ({I was hoping for} 25.
Rxg7+ $6 {but} Qxg7 26. Qxe6+ Qf7 $1 27. Rg1+ Kh8 28. Qc8+ Qf8 29. Qxf8+ Rxf8 {
and it's rather bad for me} 30. Kxa2 bxc4 $17) 25... Rf8 26. Qe5 Rf5 27. Qb8+
Rf8 28. Qe5 Qa7 $6 {My opponent had to continue because we had big advantages
on the two remaining boards, so he took the risk...} 29. Kxa2 Nc3+ 30. Kb3 Nxd1
{But here he offered me a draw. We were in mutual time trouble. It took me
some time to make a decision but I liked my position so I decided to play on.}
31. Nxc5 $5 dxc4+ $4 (31... Nxf2 $1 {not an easy move to find in time trouble.
I saw that I can play} 32. Qxe6+ (32. cxd5 exd5 33. Qxd5+ Kh8) 32... Kh8 33.
Qxd5 {but forgot that Black can play} Ne4 $1 {and the rook on g1 is hanging!} (
33... bxc4+ {is also good in fact}) 34. Qxe4 Qxc5 35. Rc1 Rc8) 32. Kc2 Nxf2 33.
Nxe6 $18 {And the game is basically over.} Rf7 34. Nxg7 Ng4 35. Ne6 $1 h5 ({
I think Ne6 was a nice trick as now} 35... Qa4+ {doesn't work for Black:} 36.
Kb1 Rf1+ 37. Rxf1 Nxe5 38. Rf8#) 36. Qg5+ Kh7 37. Qxh5+ {An entertaining game
which helped my team to finish in the Top-10!} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Ne2 O-O 6. Nbc3 c6 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. Qd2
a6 {An elastic approach.} 9. c5 $5 (9. g4 e5 (9... b5 10. Ng3) 10. d5 cxd5 11.
cxd5 h5 12. g5 {transposes to another well known line of the Sämisch System.})
9... b5 10. cxb6 Nxb6 11. Nf4 {A positional idea that has not been used much.}
a5 12. Be2 Nfd7 (12... d5 13. e5 Ne8 14. h4 Nc7 15. h5 Ba6 16. b3 a4 17. Rc1
axb3 18. axb3 Bxe2 19. Ncxe2 Ra6 20. Nd3 $16 {1-0 (38) Stopa,J (2455)
-Chojnacki,K (2369) Poronin 2016}) 13. O-O Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Qe2 Qa8 16.
Rac1 (16. Rfd1 Rb8 17. Rac1 a4 18. Rc2 Ra5 19. Nb1 d5 20. e5 $1 $14 (20. Na3 e5
21. dxe5 Bxe5 22. exd5 cxd5 23. Nd3 Bg7 24. Qf2 $13 {1-0 (63) Sriram,J (2400)
-Lubbe,M (2320) Lueneburg 2015})) 16... Rb8 17. Rc2 a4 18. Bf2 Ra5 19. Nd3 e6 (
{There was the much better} 19... Nf8 $1 20. Kh1 (20. Rd1 Ne6 $132) (20. d5 c5
21. Bh4 Qb7 22. Nf2 Re8 $13) 20... Ne6 21. d5 cxd5 22. Bxb6 Rxb6 23. Nxd5 Rxd5
24. exd5 Nd4 25. Qf2 Nxc2 26. Qxb6 Qxd5 {Black has nice compensation.}) 20. Nb1
c5 $2 {The wrong plan.} (20... Qb7 21. Rfc1 Rc8 22. Nd2 $14 {White has some
slight pressure but the game is still on.}) 21. dxc5 Nxc5 $6 (21... dxc5 $1 22.
Na3 c4 $1 {active chess!} 23. Nxc4 Nxc4 24. Rxc4 Ne5 $1 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. Rb1
Rab5 27. Rc8+ Rxc8 28. Qxb5 Bf6 {Black has compensation, it is not easy for
White to progress from here.}) 22. Nxc5 dxc5 23. Rd1 Qc6 24. Qd2 Rba8 25. Na3
$16 h5 $6 (25... Bf8 $5 {White has better play but is far from easy to make a
breakthrough.}) 26. Qd6 $1 Rc8 27. Qxc6 Rxc6 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. Rb8 Ra7 30. Rxc5
Rd6 31. Rc1 Rad7 32. Rf1 Bxb2 33. Nb5 Nc4 $2 (33... Rc6 34. Rxb6 (34. Bxb6 Be5
$1 35. Rd8 Rb7 36. Bd4 Rxb5 37. Bxe5 Rxe5 $11) 34... Rxb6 35. Bxb6 Rb7 36. Rb1
a3 37. Kf1 Rxb6 38. Nxa3 $16 {White is a pawn up but Black is not lost.}) 34.
Nxd6 Rxd6 35. Rb4 $18 Rc6 36. Rxa4 g5 37. h3 g4 38. hxg4 hxg4 39. fxg4 Ne5 40.
Bd4 Bxd4+ 41. Rxd4 Rc2 42. Ra1 Kg6 43. a4 Kg5 44. a5 Kxg4 45. a6 Kg3 46. Ra3+
1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. Re1 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 7. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]
} 8. a4 {[%emt 0:00:50]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 9. d4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} d6 {
[%emt 0:00:34]} 10. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 11. Nbd2 {
[%emt 0:00:18]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 12. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:05:
38]} 13. h3 {[%emt 0:02:30]} h6 {[%emt 0:08:00]} (13... Rd8 14. Nc4 Nd4 15.
Nxd4 Rxd4 16. Be3 Rxe4 17. Qf3 Bb7 18. Na5 Rxe3 19. Qxb7 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Re8 21.
Qxa6 e4 22. Nc4 e3 23. Nxe3 Ne4 24. Qc4 g6 25. Ng4 Nd2 26. Qxf7+ {1-0 (26)
Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-Aronian,L (2785) Doha 2016}) 14. a5 {[%emt 0:09:26]}
Rd8 {[%emt 0:13:08]} 15. Bc4 {[%emt 0:12:04]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:03:10]} 16. Nxd4 {
[%emt 0:00:29]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 17. Nb3 {[%emt 0:06:29]} Be6 {[%emt 0:19:
35]} 18. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:11:00]} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 19. Nf5 {[%emt 0:25:59]}
Qe6 {[%emt 0:08:00]} 20. Qe3 $146 {[%emt 0:01:56]} (20. Qf3 Kh7 21. b3 Bb5 22.
Qg3 Rg8 23. Qh4 Ne8 24. Bd2 Nd6 25. Qe7 Rge8 26. Qxe6 Rxe6 27. Bxb4 Nxf5 28.
exf5 Ree8 29. Rad1 Bc6 30. Rd3 Rab8 31. Rc3 Bd5 32. Ba3 Rb5 33. Rxc7 Rxa5 34.
Bd6 f6 35. c4 Bg8 36. Re3 e4 37. Rg3 Rxf5 38. Rgxg7+ Kh8 39. Rg6 Rh5 40. g4
Rxh3 41. Kg2 {1-0 (41) Caruana,F (2791)-Tomashevsky,E (2695) Dubai 2014}) 20...
Ne8 {[%emt 0:09:46]} 21. Qc5 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:13:27]} 22. Qxb4 {
[%emt 0:02:28]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:03:39]} 23. Ng3 {[%emt 0:05:59]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:
57]} 24. Qc3 {[%emt 0:03:24]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:04:08]} 25. f4 {[%emt 0:01:44]} Bc6
{[%emt 0:04:26]} 26. f5 {[%emt 0:13:32]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 27. Kh2 {[%emt 0:
00:30]} Nb5 {[%emt 0:04:06]} 28. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 29.
Qf2 {[%emt 0:04:57]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 30. Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Be8 {
[%emt 0:02:02]} 31. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 32. Rg3 {[%emt 0:
00:47]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 33. Rc3 {[%emt 0:02:27]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:02:33]} 34.
Ng3 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Be8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 35. Nh1 {[%emt 0:00:55]} c4 {[%emt 0:
04:11]} 36. Qh4 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 37. Qf2 {[%emt 0:01:31]}
Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 38. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 39. Rf1 {
[%emt 0:00:30]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:02:45]} 40. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:
51]} 41. Re3 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 42. Nh5 {[%emt 0:03:09]} Be8
{[%emt 0:07:03]} 43. Qh4 {[%emt 0:08:52]} Bxh5 {[%emt 0:04:03]} 44. Qxh5 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 45. Qh4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nxc2 {[%emt 0:02:
23]} 46. Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 47. Rg6 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Rd3
{[%emt 0:08:01]} 48. Qg4 {[%emt 0:18:16]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 49. Qh5 {
[%emt 0:01:37]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 50. Qg4 {[%emt 0:10:50]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:
55]} 51. Qh5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 52. Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Nd4
{[%emt 0:02:41]} 53. Rxd3 {[%emt 0:02:00]} cxd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 54. Bd2 {
[%emt 0:01:08]} Ne2 {[%emt 0:16:33]} 55. Qf3 {[%emt 0:03:41]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:
17]} 56. Qf2 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:02:21]} 57. Be3 {[%emt 0:02:57]} Rd7
{[%emt 0:01:01]} 58. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:02:59]} 59. Be3 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:04:13]} 60. Qe1 $2 (60. Bxd4 exd4 61. e5 Qc7 (
61... fxe5 62. Rxa6 $5 (62. Qf3 {gives White at least enough counterplay here.}
)) 62. Qf3 $1 Qxe5+ 63. g3 {and the threat of the perpetual cannot be avoided.}
) 60... Rxe4 61. Qd2 Rxe3 (61... Qd5 {was cleaner, but who is counting?}) 62.
Qxe3 Qd7 {Now White has no perpetual possibilities and the pawn on d3 is a
monster. The rook on g6, without the possibilities of breaks on f6, seems
completely stuck and out of place.} 63. Qb6 Nf4 64. Rg3 d2 65. Qb8+ Kf7 66.
Qb3+ Qd5 67. Qd1 e4 68. Qg4 g5 69. fxg6+ Kg7 70. Rc3 Qd6 {Black queens next
move.} 0-1

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2017.04.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,Alex "]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. e4 Bg4 (7...
Bxd4 {is high on the not recommended list.} 8. Bh6 Be6 9. Qc2 c5 10. Nxd4 cxd4
11. Rd1 $16 {Novoselski-Djuric, 1990}) 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Ng5 $1 {The ownership of
this unexpected idea belongs to Illescas, although he lost to Negi in 2010.
Ever since, it has drawn a lot of attention from top players: Nakamura,
Topalov, Aronian, Navara etc..} O-O 10. Be2 Bxe2 (10... Bc8 11. h4 $1) 11. Nxe2
{Somehow the d4-pawn survived.} Na6 $5 {Shak is not the kind of man to back
down, but what follows requires Black to walk a tightrope - perhaps, not the
most optimal strategy when the tournament victory needs to be secured above
anything else.} ({Wojtaszek had already had a game in this line. His opponent 
(Jumabaev, 2016) chose wisely:} 11... h6 12. Nf3 Na6 13. Be3 {White has a
normal opening advantage, and the pawn on h6 may cause Black some headache
later in the game, but, more importantly, he's not getting mated any time soon.
}) 12. Qh3 h6 13. Nf3 h5 14. Rg1 Nb4 {I am not familiar with this move.} ({
All I know is that Sutovsky played} 14... Nd7 {twice in 2013. The thematic} 15.
e5 {is best, and this is what Cheparinov used against Sutovsky:} ({Emil
survived against Jakovenko after} 15. g4 Nf6) 15... Nb4 16. g4 Nc2+ 17. Kf1
Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. gxh5 Qc8 20. Rg4 Qf5 21. dxe5 Rad8 22. hxg6 {Here Black
played the unfortunate} Rd1+ (22... fxg6 23. Nf4 Rd1+ {was the right move
order. According to the engines, this, like nearly every other forced line in
today's chess, should end in a draw.}) 23. Kg2 Ne1+ (23... fxg6 24. Qb3+) 24.
Kg3 Qf3+ 25. Kh4 Qxf2+ 26. Kg5 {and White is winning. An absolute brilliancy
from Ivan Cheparinov. I know the Short-Timman king walk was instructive, but
in that game Black could barely move his pieces. This one has a much higher
degree of difficulty.}) 15. g4 $1 {Radoslaw is not going to be denied!} Qd7 (
15... Nc2+ 16. Kf1 Nxa1 17. gxh5 Qd7 18. Qh4 {doesn't really change anything.})
16. Qh4 $1 Nc2+ 17. Kf1 Nxd4 {Rejecting the rook must not have easy to
Mamedyarov.} (17... Nxa1 18. gxh5 {Here Black won't be able to save his king
without suffering heavy losses. One line goes as follows:} Bf6 (18... Nc2 19.
hxg6 fxg6 20. Ng5 Rf6 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. e5 Rf5 23. Qxg6 Rxg5 24. Rxg5 e6 25.
Qxc2) (18... Nd5 $5 19. exd5 cxd5 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Ng5 Rf6 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23.
Nf4 Qf5 24. Nge6+ Rxe6 25. Nxe6+ Qxe6 26. Rxg6 Qg8 27. Rxg7) 19. Bg5 Bg7 20. h6
$1 Bf6 21. Bxf6 exf6 22. Ng3 $1 (22. Qxf6 $4 Qh3+) 22... Kh7 23. Qxf6 Qh3+ 24.
Rg2 Qxh6 25. Ng5+ Kg8 26. Nf5 {curtains.}) 18. Nexd4 Bxd4 19. gxh5 Bf6 20. Bg5
{It looks to me like White just got himself a free ride.} Bxb2 21. Re1 Qd3+ 22.
Kg2 f6 23. Bh6 g5 {A desperate attempt to stop the flood.} 24. Nxg5 $1 {
When the levee breaks....} Rf7 25. Nxf7 Kxf7 26. Re3 Qc2 27. Rg3 Bd4 28. Rg7+
Ke6 29. Qg4+ Kd6 30. Be3 Bxe3 31. Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "WchT 11th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,Alex "]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nbd2 {A quiet line.} O-O 7.
O-O a5 8. b3 Ne4 ({The main position of this line is reached after} 8... a4 9.
Ba3 Re8 10. e3 {Radoslaw has played it before, without particular success,
losing to Ivanchuk and Sjugirov in 2015. Likely, he had some improvement
prepared.}) 9. e3 Bg4 ({Previously seen was} 9... Bf5 10. Bb2 a4 {mainly in
the games of Predrag Nikolic, one of the first people to regularly employ this
variation as White.}) (9... a4 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ng5 f5 13. bxa4
{may offer White a little bit of something.}) 10. Ba3 ({I assume the point of
Shankland's novelty was to provoke} 10. h3 {then Black returns to the main
line,} Bf5 11. Bb2 a4 {and is ready to meet} 12. g4 $2 {with} a3) 10... b5 $6 {
A novel approach. Such ideas are commonly played against more modern White
setups, such as the Reti. Here White is pretty solid in the centre, so I'm not
sure I'd give it my support.} 11. cxd5 ({An interesting try was} 11. Qc1 b4 12.
Bb2 Bf5 13. Nh4 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Be6 15. a3 $5) 11... cxd5 12. Qc1 b4 ({The line} 
12... Bf5 13. Ne5 b4 14. Bb2 Na6 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 (15... Rc8 $5 16. Nxf7 Rxf7 17.
Nc5) 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Qc6 {illustrates the probelm on the c-file Black
created for himself with his brash 11...b5}) 13. Bb2 Na6 {This looks very
awkward considering Black's structure on the queenside. The knight obviously
has no prospects on a6.} (13... Nd7 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Ng5 a4 16. bxa4 Nb6 17.
Nxe4 Nxa4 18. Qd2 {it doesn't seem Black has enough here.}) (13... Nxd2 14.
Qxd2 Nd7 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Be6 17. Rac1 Rc8 18. Qd4 {is clearly better for
White.}) 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Ng5 e5 {This is what Sam was counting on. Indeed,
Black will get his pawn back, but the resulting position turned out to be
plain bad for him.} 16. Nxe4 exd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. exd4 Qxd4 19. Qg5 {The
difference between White's well-organised army and Black's scattered forces is
striking.} Be2 20. Rfe1 Rac8 21. Rac1 $2 (21. Qf6 {was winning on the spot:}
Qxf6 22. Nxf6+ Kg7 23. Rxe2 Kxf6 24. Bb7) 21... Qb2 $2 ({However bad} 21...
Rxc1 22. Qxc1 (22. Rxc1 f5 {and Black is fighting}) 22... Bd3 23. Rd1 Kg7 {
might have looked to Sam, he still had to accept this position.}) 22. Rxc8 Rxc8
23. Nd6 $1 {The f7-pawn falls, and it's curtains.} Rf8 24. Qe7 Bh5 25. Bd5 1-0

[Event "WchT 11th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 {
One of the most famous 'draw' offers in chess. One can not blame black to be
happy with a draw in a team tournament. Let the white pieces do their job! :-)}
8. f3 $1 {and so it is!} e6 9. Be3 b5 {This is the Scheveningen-style English
Attack of the Najdorf Sicilian. Black makes a lot of pawn moves to start some
action before developing the king-side. A very modern approach, that was tried
numerous times by the one and only Garry Kasparov in the 2000's. Going deeper,
I found that the first time where black tried something similar, was in 1979
by Wachinger (?) and later I found a stronger game, played by Yuri Razuvaev,
in 1987.} (9... Be7 10. Qd2 b5 11. g4 Bb7 12. O-O-O b4 13. Nce2 d5 $2 {this is
simply wrong, but kudos to Wachinger for trying something new :-). Before this,
black always tried to develop the king-side and castle quickly, allowing a
straightforward attack by white.} 14. g5 Nfd7 15. exd5 $5 (15. Nf4 $1 {a
well-known idea nowadays, preparing to destroy the vulnerable e6 square.} dxe4
$2 16. Ndxe6 $1 fxe6 17. Nxe6 $18 {and white has a demolishing attack after
Nxg7+ and Nf5}) 15... Bxd5 16. Kb1 Ne5 17. Nf4 Nxf3 $2 18. Qf2 $1 Nxd4 19. Nxd5
exd5 20. Bxd4 O-O 21. Bd3 Nc6 22. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 23. Qh4+ Kg8 24. Bxg7 {a nice
finish. White has mate in few moves with Qh6+ and g6 if black takes. Thus
Wachinger resigned. 1-0 (22) Teufel,J (2350)-Wachinger,G Passau 1979}) 10. Qd2
Nbd7 11. g4 h6 {slowing down white's attack, this move is very important.} (
11... Nb6 $6 {was played by Kasparov, but is considered to be bad nowadays} 12.
a4 $1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 bxc4 14. g5 Nd7 15. f4 Bb7 16. f5 Nc5 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Qg2
$1 g6 19. Rf1 Bg7 20. O-O-O Qd7 21. Qg4 O-O-O 22. Ndb5 $1 $16 {and black is in
big trouble: 1-0 (44) Stukopin,A (2500)-Artemiev,V (2499) Loo 2013}) 12. a3 $5
{I like this idea} (12. O-O-O {is the most common.} b4 $1 {is the critical
move. Black wants to play d5 as fast as possible, before white has time to
play h4 and g5.} (12... Ne5 {was seen in 1987, played by the notable Soviet
player Yuri Razuvaev.} 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. Rhe1 b4 15. Nce2 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 Nd7 $5
$13 {1/2-1/2 (31) Ostojic,P (2385)-Razuvaev,Y (2490) Berlin West 1987}) 13.
Nce2 Qc7 $1 {preparing d5 next} (13... d5 $6 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nf4 $1 {white
gives away his strong bishop, in exchange for a dangerous piece activity
towards e6 and the black king. Nxe3 already loses, for example} Nxe3 $2 16.
Qxe3 $18 {and there is no good way to deal with the sacrifice on e6 (not to
mention moves like Bc4 and Qe4)}) 14. h4 d5 $13 {dozens of games have been
played here, and black has been able to control white's scary initiative.})
12... Bb7 13. O-O-O Rc8 (13... d5 $6 {now is well met by:} 14. exd5 Nxd5 15.
Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bg2 $1 $36 {followed by f4 and black doesn't have time to
stabilize the center} Nb6 17. Nf5 $1 Nc4 18. Qe2 $16 {and black is in trouble,
a simple move like f4 is very strong}) 14. Kb1 $5 {I never took this move
seriously, but Ponomariov showed it has to be investigated in future games.} (
14. h4 {I thought this was the only critical move} d5 15. Rg1 $1 dxe4 (15... e5
$2 {is already bad} 16. g5 $1 exd4 17. Bxd4 hxg5 18. hxg5 Nh5 19. Bh3 $40 {
with a devastating attack!}) 16. g5 hxg5 17. hxg5 Nd5 18. Nxe4 g6 {was a game
I played back in 2013} 19. Bf2 (19. Kb1 $5 b4 20. axb4 Bxb4 21. c3 Nxe3 22.
Qxe3 Bxe4+ 23. Qxe4 Bxc3 24. Nxe6 $1 $40 {ended in a draw after a wild game,
but white is doing well here!: 1/2-1/2 (59) Robson,R (2668)-Zherebukh,Y (2605)
Saint Louis 2017}) 19... b4 20. axb4 Nxb4 $2 (20... Bxb4 $1 $13) 21. Nxe6 $1
Bxe4 22. Nxd8 Rxc2+ 23. Qxc2 Bxc2 24. Nxf7 $1 Rh2 25. Rd2 $18 {1-0 (30)
Mekhitarian,K (2544)-Ashwin,J (2472) Varna 2013}) 14... d5 $1 15. exd5 Nxd5 16.
Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Be2 (17. Bg2 {now this is not very effective} Nb6 $1 {quickly
reaching the strong c4 outpost} 18. Nf5 Nc4 19. Qe2 Nxb2 $1 $40) 17... Bc5 18.
Rhg1 O-O {black places his king in a dangerous spot, but in the other hand,
gets ready for a queen-side assault - in these kind of positions, he has to
create something fast, otherwise white slowly gets there on the king-side.} 19.
h4 {visually black is entirely fine, but it is not that simple. the white
pawns may get there soon!} (19. g5 $5 {was possible, and similar to the game}
h5 (19... hxg5 {looks very dangerous} 20. Bxg5 $40) 20. g6 f5 $1 {And I have
no idea what is going on}) 19... Ne5 20. f4 Nc4 (20... Bxd4 $5 21. Bxd4 (21.
Qxd4 Nf3 22. Bxf3 Bxf3 {probably heading towards an equal endgame}) 21... Nf3
22. Bxf3 Bxf3 23. Rde1 Rc4 24. c3 Qxh4 $13 {white may try different moves here,
like f5, g5, Re5, with an interesting attack}) 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. g5 (22. h5 $5
{would be the ideal attacking setup, but black will do something before g5} Rb8
$1 (22... Qb6 23. Qc3 $1) 23. Qc3 Qd6 24. Ka1 (24. g5 $2 Bxa3 25. Bc1 Rxb2+ $1
{initiative is the key} 26. Bxb2 Rb8 27. Nb3 Bxb2 28. Qxc4 $1 Ba3 $17 {and
black has clearly the better chances}) 24... a5 $1 {threatening Bb4} 25. Bc1 $1
(25. g5 $2 Bb4 $1 26. axb4 axb4 27. Qd2 Qa6+ 28. Kb1 Ra8 $19) 25... Bb4 26. Qe3
c3 27. g5 Rfc8 $13 {with a crazy position!}) 22... h5 {a typical reaction to
delay white's attack} 23. g6 Qxh4 {brave!} (23... f5 $2 {fails now} 24. Qe2 $1
$18 {and black will get mated soon}) (23... Qf6 $5 24. gxf7+ Rxf7 {with a
complex position}) 24. f5 $1 Qh3 $2 (24... Qe4 $1 {was the right square} 25.
Rde1 $13 (25. gxf7+ Rxf7 26. fxe6 $2 Bxe6 $17 {and now the queen can't be
chased, as in the game (26...Bxe6 27.Rh1)})) 25. gxf7+ Rxf7 26. fxe6 Rb7 $2 (
26... Bxe6 {probably Wojtaszek dismissed this because of 27.Rh1, but there was
still play then:} 27. Rh1 Qg3 {keeping an eye on e3} 28. Rxh5 $40 (28. Rdg1 c3
$1 29. Qxc3 Bxd4 {when black is surviving})) 27. Rg5 $1 {now white is winning}
Bxd4 (27... Be4 28. Qc3 $18 {followed by Rdg1 with a tremendous attack, and
somewow black can not create anymore counterplay}) 28. Qxd4 Bxe6 29. Rdg1 Rcc7
30. R5g3 $2 {one bad move and it all goes away! How cruel is chess?} (30. Bd2
$1 {adding a new attacker to g7 was decisive - and at the same time,
safeguarding the king forever, since the black rooks become useless after the
white bishop reaches c3.} Bg4 {this will be forced sooner or later} 31. Bc3 Rf7
32. Ka2 $18 {followed by Re1 or moves like Qd5 and black won't be able to hold
it}) 30... Qf5 31. Bh6 Qf8 $1 {now black had time to bring the queen back to
defense and also has an eye on the queen-side. Suddenly the position is
complicated again} 32. Rg6 $1 c3 33. b4 {White stops the attack for now, but
this is not stable at all} Bg4 {closing the file, but allowing something on
the a2-g8 diagonal} 34. Bf4 $6 (34. Qd5+ $1 {was the only way to keep the
initiative} Kh7 35. R6xg4 hxg4 36. Bc1 {threatening Rh1} Rf7 $1 {forced} 37.
Rh1+ Kg8 38. Qe4 g6 $16 {and now both Qxg4 and Qxg6+ are appealing, white has
a good attacking potential}) 34... Rf7 35. Bc1 $2 (35. Qc4 $1 {a hard move to
find, pinning the rook and preparing Be5 (without allowing Rf1+)} a5 36. Be5 {
when the position still remains unclear}) 35... a5 $1 {after some defensive
moves, black has once again time to attack, and grabs the initiative until the
end of the game. Ponomariov starts to feel the trouble, with his unsafe king.}
36. Rd6 {cutting the f8-queen, and also threatening Rd8} Rb8 $1 37. Qd5 Kh7 $19
{black has a pawn up and a decisive attack now} 38. Ka1 axb4 39. a4 Ra7 40. Kb1
b3 $1 41. cxb3 Rxb3+ 42. Kc2 (42. Qxb3 Qxd6 $19 {and black is simply two pawns
up with a winning attack}) 42... Rb8 43. Be3 Bf5+ 44. Kxc3 Rc7+ 45. Bc5 Rbc8 {
A dramatic win for Wojtaszek, in a rollercoaster game. Poland scores a major
3-1 victory against Ukraine and now is tied for 2nd-3rd place with China,
right behind Russia, after 5 rounds!} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund 45th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2017.07.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 {In Dortmund Radek willingly allowed the
Nimzo-Indian, which in the end brought him 2 full points and a well-deserved
tournament victory.} ({However, in the final round he varied with} 4. Qc2 {
Instead of the main lines, Nisipeanu went for the rare} d6 ({In the currently
topical line} 4... O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 {Kasparov after his long absence
from elite chess came up with a very interesting new idea:} d5 (6... d6 7. Bg5
Nbd7 8. Nf3 b6 9. e3 Bb7 10. Nd2 Rc8 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O h6 13. Bh4 cxd4 14.
exd4 d5 (14... b5 $5 15. b3 Qb6 (15... Ba6 16. Rac1 bxc4 17. bxc4 Bxc4 18. Nxc4
d5 $11) 16. Qb2 bxc4 $6 (16... Nh5 $1 $132) 17. Nxc4 Qc6 18. f3 Ba6 19. Rac1 d5
20. Ne5 Qb6 21. Bxa6 Qxa6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. b4 Qb7 24. Rc5 Nd7 25. Nxd7 Qxd7
26. Rfc1 $14 {Gunina,V (2528)-Cramling,P (2495) Sochi 2015}) 15. b3 Qc7 (15...
dxc4 16. bxc4 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Bf5 Rc5 19. Rad1 Qd6 20. Qh3 $2 (20. f3 $1
$14) 20... Qc6 21. Nb3 Nh5 $1 $36 {[%cal Rh5f4] Ivanisevic,I (2650)-Beliavsky,
A (2602) Baku olm 2016}) 16. Rfe1 Nh5 17. f3 Rfe8 18. Rac1 dxc4 19. bxc4 e5 ({
This is again premature, but White seems to be better even after} 19... Qf4 20.
Bf2 e5 21. dxe5 Rxe5 22. g3 $14) 20. Bf5 $1 exd4 21. Qxd4 Bc6 22. Ne4 (22. Bg4
Qf4 23. Nb3 $16) 22... Qf4 23. Bxd7 Bxd7 {Kasparov,G (2812)-Navara,D (2737)
Saint Louis blitz 2017} 24. Qxd7 Qxh4 25. Qxa7 $14 {/+/-}) 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4
b6 9. h4 $5 $146 Bb7 (9... c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. h5 h6 12. g4 $1 Qd5 (12... Ba6
13. Qa4 $5 $14) 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14. g5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 f6 16. Bd2 Nc6 $2 (16... Nd7
17. e4 N5b6 18. O-O-O $36 (18. h6 $5)) 17. Rc1 Nd4 18. Rxc5 Nxf3+ 19. exf3 Bd7
20. Rh4 Rfb8 21. b4 a6 22. Rd4 Bb5 23. Bg2 Re8 24. f4 $16 {/+-, Kasparov,G 
(2812)-Nakamura,H (2792) Saint Louis blitz 2017}) ({One can expect further
practical tests with} 9... Ba6 10. Qc2 (10. Qa4 Qd7 $11 (10... Qd5 $5)) 10...
Nbd7 (10... c5 $5 11. dxc5 bxc5 $13)) 10. Bg5 Nbd7 (10... Qd5 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12.
Qxd5 Bxd5 13. Ne5 c5 $6 (13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 $14 {/=}) 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15.
dxc5 bxc5 16. f3 $1 Rab8 17. e4 Ba2 18. Rc2 Bb1 19. Rd2 Rfd8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.
Bb5 Nh5 22. g4 (22. Nc6 $16) 22... Nf4 23. Kf2 $2 (23. Rh2 $1 $16 {[%cal Yh2d2]
}) 23... f6 24. Nc6 Rd2+ 25. Ke3 Rxb2 26. Kxf4 Rxb5 $11 {Kasparov,G (2812)
-Aronian,L (2799) Saint Louis blitz 2017}) (10... h6 $5 {/\} 11. Ne5 c5 $132)
11. Ne5 h6 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rh3 $1 f5 15. Rd1 Kh7 16. Qc1 Bd5 $6
(16... Rac8 17. Rc3 Qd6 $13) 17. Rc3 c6 18. g3 a5 19. e3 (19. Qf4 $142 $1 $14 {
[%cal Yf2f3,Ye2e4]}) 19... Rac8 20. Be2 Qe7 21. Rd2 Rc7 22. Bc4 Rfc8 23. Rdc2
Be4 24. Bd3 Bf3 25. Be2 Be4 26. Bd3 Bf3 27. Be2 $11 {½, Kasparov,G (2812)
-Anand,V (2783) Saint Louis blitz 2017}) 5. Bd2 Nc6 (5... O-O 6. a3 Bxc3 7.
Bxc3 Qe7 8. Nf3 Nbd7 {is played somewhat more often:} 9. e3 b6 10. Bd3 e5 $5
11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. Be2 Bb7 14. O-O Nfe4 15. b4 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Nd7 17.
c5 bxc5 18. Rfc1 Bd5 19. bxc5 {Lenic,L (2641)-Carlsen,M (2840) chess.com rpd
2017} Rab8 $132) 6. Nf3 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Qe7 9. e3 a5 10. Be2 e5 11. dxe5
dxe5 12. h3 (12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nxe5 $5 Nxe5 15. Bxh5 Nxh5 16. Qf5 Nxc4
17. Qxh5 f5 18. Rad1 (18. Rac1 $14) 18... c6 19. Rd4 Nb6 20. e4 fxe4 21. Qg4
Nd5 22. Rxe4 Qf7 $132 {Nolte,R (2460)-Bersamina,P (2206) Tagaytay City 2013})
12... Rd8 (12... a4 13. O-O Nd7 14. Bd3 (14. Nd2 Nc5 15. Bf3 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Rfe8
17. Bb4 Nxb4 18. axb4 e4 19. bxc5 exf3 20. Nxf3 Bc6 21. Nd4 {Anton Guijarro,D 
(2650)-Kayumov,S (2505) Doha blitz 2016} Be4 22. Qe2 Qxc5 $11) 14... g6 15. Be4
Nd8 16. Bb4 Nc5 17. Ne1 c6 18. Nd3 b6 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. Bc3 $16 {Salomon,J 
(2488)-Fenil,S (2267) Sitges 2017}) 13. O-O (13. b3 g6 14. Qb2 Re8 15. Nd2 b6
16. O-O Bb7 17. b4 Nd7 18. Bf3 Nd8 19. bxa5 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 bxa5 21. Rfd1 f6 22.
Qd2 Nc5 23. Rab1 Ndb7 $11 {Lupulescu,C (2618)-Bogdanovich,S (2591) Baku 2016})
13... e4 14. Nd4 Nxd4 (14... Ne5 15. b4 Bd7 16. Rfd1 c5 17. bxc5 Qxc5 18. Rab1
Qxa3 19. Nb3 Re8 20. Ra1 Qe7 21. Rxa5 Rxa5 22. Nxa5 Bc6 23. Qd2 $16 {Enricci,J
(2410)-Cilloniz Razzeto,A (2301) email 2006}) 15. Bxd4 c5 16. Bc3 (16. Bxf6
gxf6 (16... Qxf6 17. Qxe4 $14) 17. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 f5 $14 {is pleasant for
White, but is it really enough to win?}) 16... a4 17. f4 $5 Bd7 (17... exf3 18.
Bxf3 (18. Rxf3 Ne4 19. Bd3 Re8 $11) 18... Qxe3+ 19. Kh1 $44) 18. f5 Bc6 19. Rf4
Rd6 20. Raf1 Rad8 21. Qc1 Nd7 $6 (21... h6 $13) 22. f6 $1 Nxf6 $6 (22... Rxf6
$142 $5 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 $14) 23. Qe1 Ne8 (23... Re6 24. Qg3 Qc7 25. Qg5 h6 26.
Qxc5 $16 {[%csl Gc3,Ge2]}) 24. Rxf7 Qxf7 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26. Qg3 Nf6 27. Qe5 $16
{[%cal Rg2g5] /+-, Wojtaszek,R (2736)-Nisipeanu,L (2683) Dortmund 2017}) 4...
O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 (6. Rc1 h6 7. Bh4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. e3 (9. cxd5 g5 $1 10.
Bg3 Qxd5 $132) 9... e5 10. Nf3 d4 (10... g5 11. Bg3 d4 12. exd4 exd4 13. Nxd4
$6 (13. Qxd4 $142 {transposes to 10...d4}) 13... Qb6 14. Ndb5 Bg4 $1 15. Be2
Bxe2 (15... Rd8 $5) 16. Kxe2 Qe6+ $6 (16... Nc6 $1 $36) 17. Kf1 Qxc4+ 18. Qe2
Qxe2+ 19. Kxe2 Re8+ 20. Kd3 Nc6 21. Rhe1 (21. Rhd1 $142 $11 {/=/+}) 21... Red8+
22. Kc2 a6 23. Na3 b5 24. Kb1 Rac8 25. Red1 Bxc3 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Rxc3 Nb4
28. Rc1 Ne4 29. Bc7 Rc8 30. f3 Nd2+ 31. Ka1 Nd5 32. Rd1 Rxc7 33. Rxd2 Rc1+ $17
{Wojtaszek,R (2701)-Tkachiev,V (2632) Legnica 2013. Although later Radek
managed to save the game, probably this experience subsequently led him to
abandon 6.Rc1 in favour of 6.e3.}) 11. exd4 exd4 12. Nxd4 $6 (12. Qxd4 g5 $44)
12... Qb6 $1 $32 13. Nf3 Rd8 14. Qc2 g5 15. Bg3 Nc6 16. Bd3 g4 17. Nh4 Bf8 18.
Qb1 Re8+ 19. Kf1 Be6 20. h3 Nh5 21. Ne4 Nxg3+ 22. Nxg3 Rad8 23. hxg4 Ne5 $40 {
Edouard,R (2613)-Nakamura,H (2785) Caleta 2017 For more details see the notes
to this game by Navara in CBM 177 and an article about the 4.Nf3 0-0 line in
CBM 179.}) 6... h6 7. Bh4 cxd4 (7... Qa5 $143 $6 8. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qxc3+
10. Nd2 $44 gxf6 11. Rb1 d6 12. Rb3 Qa5 13. Bd3 e5 14. O-O Nc6 15. d5 Nb4 16.
Bb1 f5 17. a3 Na6 18. Nf3 Qd8 19. g3 Qf6 20. Nh4 Nc7 21. Bxf5 $1 Bxf5 22. Qf3
b5 23. Qxf5 Qxf5 24. Nxf5 $16 {Melkumyan,H (2647)-Vydeslaver,A (2384) Warsaw
2014}) 8. exd4 d5 {Wang Yue opts for the simple alternative.} ({The sharper
continuation is} 8... Qa5 $5 {and now:} {Wojtaszek himself once played} 9. Bd3
$5 (9. Qc2 Ne4 10. Rc1 (10. Bd3 $5 Nxc3 11. O-O Qa4 12. Qc1 Nxa2 13. Qb1 d6 14.
Rxa2 Qe8 $44 {and White's initiative is good enough only for equality -
Kasparov}) (10. Be7 Bxe7 11. Qxe4 Bb4 12. Qe3 Nc6 13. Be2 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qc7
15. g4 Ne7 16. g5 Nf5 17. Qd3 hxg5 18. Nxg5 f6 19. Ne4 b6 20. c5 Bb7 $17 {
Van Doorn,J (2269)-Oudheusden,W (2222) email 2011}) 10... d5 11. Bd3 (11. a3
Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Bd3 f5 14. O-O g5 15. Bg3 f4 16. cxd5 exd5 17. c4 Qxa3
18. Qb1 Bf5 19. cxd5 Nd2 20. Nxd2 Bxd3 $17 {Jobava,B (2334)-Barsov,A (2526)
Abu Dhabi 2003}) 11... Qxa2 12. Bxe4 (12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxc2 14. Rxc2 Nc6
15. Ra1 b6 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. d5 Na5 19. Nd2 Bf5 $17 {Cruz,W 
(2241)-Mekhitarian,K (2559) Florianopolis 2017}) 12... dxe4 13. Nd2 (13. Ne5 f6
14. O-O Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Qa4 16. Ng6 Rf7 17. Bg3 Kh7 18. Bxb8 Rxb8 19. h4 Qe8 20.
Qg3 Bd7 $15 {Sideif Sade,F (2385)-Novikov,I (2455) Pavlodar 1987}) 13... Qa5
14. Qxe4 (14. Ndxe4 Nc6 15. Qd3 {Cruz,W (2241)-Das Chagas,D (1952) Pirai do
Sul 2017} Qh5 $1 16. Qg3 Kh8 $19 {[%cal Rc6d4,Rf7f4]}) 14... f5 ({Black has
more restrained moves such as} 14... Nc6 $5 15. O-O Qh5 $11) ({or} 14... Qf5
$11) 15. Qd3 e5 ({Black still doesn't have to force the issue - the solid} 
15... Qc7 $1 16. f3 Nc6 {is at least equal}) 16. O-O $142 $1 $32 {is a
dangerous piece sacrifice:} (16. f4 exd4 17. Qxd4 Re8+ 18. Kd1 Be6 (18... Nc6
$5 19. Qd5+ Be6 20. Qxa5 Nxa5 21. b3 b5 22. Nxb5 Bxd2 23. Kxd2 Nxb3+ 24. Kc2
Nxc1 25. Nc7 Ne2 26. Nxa8 Bxc4 27. Nc7 Rc8 {0-1, Skaperdas,K (2217)-Sigalas,F 
(2277) Aghios Kirykos 2004}) 19. Qe5 Qxe5 20. fxe5 Nc6 21. Re1 g5 22. Bf2 Rad8
$19 {Florean,A (2459)-Rogozenco,D (2557) Bucharest 1999 See the notes to this
game in CBM 70 by Tisdall.}) 16... g5 (16... exd4 17. Nd5 Bxd2 18. Ra1 {
[%csl Ra5]}) (16... e4 17. Qe2 Nc6 $5 18. Nb3 Qc7 19. f3 $5 $14) 17. Bg3 e4 18.
Qe2 f4 19. Ndxe4 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qc7 21. h4 (21. c5 $40) 21... fxg3 22. fxg3 Bf5
23. hxg5 Nd7 24. gxh6 Kh8 25. Ng5 Qd6 26. g4 $36 {Bekker Jensen,S (2438)
-Lupulescu,C (2626) Germany 2016}) 9... Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qxc3+ 11. Kf1 Nh5 ({
Also the older move} 11... d6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 {might be playable after} 13. Rc1 (
13. Rb1 Bd7 14. Rxb7 Ba4 15. Qe2 Nc6 16. Qe3 Kg7 {Ciparis,J (2363)-Stropus,V 
(2383) corr 1999} 17. Ke2 Nb4 18. Rb1 $11) (13. h4 e5 $13 {can only transpose
to 13.Rc1}) 13... Qa5 14. Bb1 $5 (14. h4 e5 15. g4 Nc6 16. g5 f5 17. gxh6 Kh8
18. Rg1 e4 19. d5 exf3 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. Qxf3 Be6 22. c5 Rg8 23. Rxg8+ Rxg8 24.
Qf4 Qa3 25. Qd4+ Kh7 $132 {Rashkovsky,N (2420)-Novikov,I (2490) Tashkent 1986})
14... Kg7 15. g3 (15. Nd2 $5) 15... e5 16. Kg2 $44) 12. g3 $1 Nc6 $142 (12...
f5 13. Rc1 $6 (13. Be7 $1 Re8 14. Bd6 $44 {/|^}) 13... Qa3 14. Ne5 Nf6 15. Ng6
Rf7 16. Kg2 b6 17. Re1 Bb7+ 18. d5 Na6 19. Ne5 g5 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 $19 {Wojtaszek,
R (2715)-Berkes,F (2665) Budapest 2014 This game is annotated in more detail
in the theoretical article in CBM 179.}) 13. Rc1 Qa5 $5 (13... Qa3 $143 14. Kg2
$44) 14. Kg2 b6 $13 {is far from clear, but the Chinese GM is not interested...
}) 9. Rc1 (9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nc6 11. O-O Be7 12. a3 b6 13. Qd3 Bb7 14. Rad1
Nh5 15. Bg3 Bf6 $142 $5 (15... Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bf6 17. d5 exd5 (17... Na5 18.
dxe6 Nxc4 19. exf7+ Rxf7 20. Qxc4 Qc8 21. Qb3 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Qf5 23. Ne5 Qxe5
24. Rd7 $16 {Shankland,S (2602)-Bregadze,L (2417) Santa Clara 2014}) 18. Bxd5
$14 Na5 {Timofeev,A (2539)-Aleksandrov,A (2606) St Petersburg 2015} 19. b4 $1
Bxc3 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Qxc3 $36) 16. d5 (16. Ne4 Na5 17. Ba2 Bd5 $11) 16...
Na5 17. dxe6 Nxc4 18. exf7+ Rxf7 19. Qxc4 Qc8 20. Qb3 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Bxc3 22.
Rc1 Qf5 23. Rxc3 Raf8 24. Qc4 Nf4 25. Re1 Kh8 26. Bxf4 Qxf4 27. Qxf4 Rxf4 28.
Kg2 R8f7 {½, Learte Pastor,T (2258)-Sciarretta,R (2129) email 2012}) 9... Be7
$146 {[%mdl 8] A plausible novelty.} ({However, the developing} 9... Nc6 $142
$1 {makes a better impression:} 10. a3 (10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Qd6 12. O-O Ne4
13. Nb5 Qf4 14. Bg3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Qb8 16. a3 Be7 17. Re1 Bf6 18. Qd3 a6 19. Nc3
Qd6 20. Bd1 Bg4 21. Bc2 g6 22. Bb3 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Nxd4 24. Qxd5 Rad8 $11 {
Taimanov,M (2585)-Parma,B (2500) Tbilisi 1973}) (10. c5 $6 g5 (10... e5 $5 11.
Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 d4 13. a3 dxc3 14. axb4 cxb2 15. Rb1 Qxd1+ 16. Kxd1 Rd8+ 17.
Ke1 Rd4 18. exf6 Rxb4 $1 19. Bd3 Rxh4 20. Rxb2 gxf6 $15 {/-/+, Chatalbashev,B 
(2550)-Lie,K (2525) Kragero 2017}) 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. h4 Nxg3 13. fxg3 e5 14. a3
Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 e4 16. Ng1 Qc7 $17 {Champion,W-Gladis,D email 2004}) (10. Be2
dxc4 11. Bxc4 b6 (11... Be7 12. O-O b6 13. a3 Bb7 14. Ba2 Nd5 15. Bxe7 Ncxe7
16. Bb1 Rc8 17. Qd2 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Rxc3 19. Qxc3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qxd4 $17 {
Brynell,S (2501)-Willemze,T (2393) Wijk aan Zee 2007}) 12. O-O Bb7 13. Bd3 Be7
14. Bb1 Rc8 15. Re1 Re8 16. a3 Nd5 17. Bg3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bxa3 19. Qd3 g6 20.
Rcd1 {Rashkovsky,N (2445)-Mikhalchishin,A (2525) Kuibyshev 1986} Ne7 $5 $15 {
[%cal Ye7f5]}) 10... Be7 11. c5 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bb5 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 e5 15.
dxe5 (15. O-O Bg4 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. dxe5 (17. Qa4 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 e4 19. Rb3 Qd7
20. Qa6 {Ivanov,I (2505)-Seirawan,Y (2595) Saint John blitz 1988} f5 $132 {/=/+
}) 17... Bxf3 18. Rxf3 Qxe5 {1/2-1/2 (58) Carlsen,M (2855)-Nakamura,H (2787)
Leuven 2016} 19. b4 d4 20. Re1 Qd5 21. Qb3 Rfd8 22. Qxd5 Rxd5 23. Rd1 a5 $11 {
Carlsen,M (2855)-Nakamura,H (2787) Leuven blitz 2016}) 15... Nxe5 16. Nxe5
Qxe5+ 17. Qe2 Qc7 18. O-O d4 19. Rcc1 Bf5 20. Qf3 Bg6 21. Rfd1 Rad8 22. b4 a6
23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. Rxd3 Rfe8 25. g3 Re5 26. Kg2 a5 27. h4 axb4 28. axb4 {
Gonzalez Garcia,J (2498)-Burg,T (2506) Barcelona 2017} Qc6 $11) ({Even though} 
9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 {gives White an extra tempo in comparison with 9.Bd3, it's
still difficult to prove any advantage:} Nc6 11. O-O Be7 12. Re1 b6 13. a3 Bb7
14. Bg3 Rc8 15. Ba2 Bd6 $1 16. d5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxg3 18. hxg3 exd5 19. Bxd5 Qf6
20. Qa4 Rfd8 21. Rcd1 {Kasparov,G (2700)-Karpov,A (2720) WCh Moscow 1985} Rc7
$1 22. Be4 Rcd7 $11 {Kasparov}) 10. c5 {As White doesn't want to lose a tempo
with his Bf1, this is practically forced.} (10. cxd5 Nxd5 {makes life rather
easy for Black:} 11. Bxe7 (11. Bg3 Nc6 $11 (11... b6 $5)) 11... Nxe7 12. Bc4 a6
$11) 10... b6 (10... Nc6 11. Bb5 $14 {favours White - compared to the similar
line in the Panov attack of the Caro-Kann, he has an extra tempo due to the
manoeuvre Bb4-e7.}) ({However, a good alternative is} 10... Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7
12. Bd3 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 (13. bxc3 b6 $15) 13... e5 $1 14. dxe5 Nc6 15. O-O Bg4 $5
(15... Nxe5 16. Bb1 $14) 16. Bc2 Rad8 $132) 11. b4 a5 (11... Nc6 $6 12. b5 $36
{makes even less sense, than a move earlier.}) ({Black still had} 11... Ne4 $5
12. Bxe7 Qxe7 {and now:} 13. Bd3 (13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Ne5 Rd8 $13) (13. Ne5 Nxc3
14. Rxc3 Nd7 15. Nxd7 (15. Nc6 Qe8 {[%cal Rd7c5]} 16. b5 Bb7 $132) 15... Bxd7
16. Ba6 bxc5 17. bxc5 (17. dxc5 Qf6 18. Rf3 Qe5+ 19. Re3 Qf4 $11) 17... Bc6 18.
O-O e5 $132) 13... Nxc3 (13... Bb7 14. Qe2 $14) 14. Rxc3 e5 15. dxe5 Nc6 16.
O-O Nxb4 17. cxb6 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 axb6 19. Qxd5 Be6 20. Qb5 Rxa2 21. Qxb6 Bd5 $11
{and despite White's extra P the position is drawish.}) 12. Na4 $6 {Falling
behind in development.} ({White should have taken his chance to flick in} 12.
Bxf6 $142 $5 gxf6 (12... Bxf6 $6 13. b5 $16 {[%csl Gb5,Gc5]}) 13. a3 (13. Na4
axb4 14. Nxb6 Rxa2 15. Qb3 Ra5 16. Qxb4 Nc6 17. Qd2 e5 $1 $13 {/\} 18. Qxh6 Bf5
) (13. Qd2 axb4 14. Qxh6 Re8 $1 (14... bxc3 $2 15. Bd3 (15. Rxc3 Rxa2 16. Ne5
$18) 15... f5 16. Rg1 $18 {[%cal Rg2g4]}) 15. Bd3 f5 16. Nb5 bxc5 17. dxc5 Rxa2
18. O-O Bf8 $13) 13... axb4 14. axb4 Nc6 15. b5 Nb4 16. c6 e5 17. Be2 $13)
12... axb4 13. Nxb6 ({Now it's already late for} 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 $17) 13... Rxa2
{[%cal Rf6e4]} (13... Ra3 $5 14. Bd3 (14. Qd2 Ne4 15. Qxb4 Bxh4 16. Qxa3 Bxf2+
17. Kd1 e5 $1 $40) (14. Bg3 Nbd7 15. Nxc8 Qxc8 16. Bd3 Ne4 $15) 14... Nc6 15.
O-O Ne4 $15) 14. Qb3 Ra7 (14... Ra5 $142 $1 15. Qxb4 Nc6 16. Qb2 e5 $1 $32 {/\}
17. dxe5 $2 (17. Be2 $142 exd4 18. O-O $15) 17... Bxc5 18. Rxc5 (18. Nxc8 Qxc8
19. exf6 Ba3 $19) 18... Rxc5 19. Be2 (19. exf6 $2 Re8+ 20. Kd2 Bf5 $40) 19...
g5 20. exf6 gxh4 21. O-O Bf5 22. Nxh4 d4 $17) 15. Qxb4 Nbd7 $6 {Black again
had better moves:} (15... Nc6 16. Qb2 Nd7 $5 (16... Bb7 17. Bb5 $14) 17. Bxe7
Nxe7 18. Bd3 Rb7 19. Rb1 f6 20. O-O e5 $11) (15... e5 16. dxe5 (16. Nxe5 Ng4 $1
17. Bg3 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Be6 $44) 16... Nc6 17. Qb2 Ne4 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Be2 Rb7
20. O-O Nxc5 21. Rxc5 Qxb6 $14 {/=}) 16. Nxd7 $6 {White returns the favour,
this exchange is in my opinion misguided.} ({After} 16. Nxc8 Qxc8 17. Bb5 $36 {
[%csl Gc5] the o^ is potentially more dangerous.}) 16... Bxd7 17. Bd3 ({
Black has no problems whatsoever after} 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Bd3 Qa8 (18... Ra2
$11) (18... Bc6 $11) 19. O-O Rb8 $11 {Therefore Wojtaszek allows the
transition into an endgame.}) 17... Ra4 18. Qd2 $8 (18. Qb2 g5 19. Bg3 Qa5+ $15
) 18... Ne4 19. Bxe7 Nxd2 $1 (19... Qxe7 $143 20. Qb2 $14) 20. Bxd8 Nxf3+ 21.
gxf3 Rxd8 {[%mdl 4096]} 22. Ke2 $1 (22. c6 $2 Bxc6 $17) 22... Bc6 {Playing it
safe.} (22... Rxd4 23. c6 Bc8 24. Ra1 $44 ({or} 24. c7 $5 {probably doesn't
lose by force, but it's definitely more dangerous.})) 23. Ke3 e5 $5 {Suddenly
Black lashes out - surprising and objectively probably OK.} ({However, the
simple} 23... Kf8 24. Ra1 Rda8 25. Rxa4 Rxa4 26. Rb1 Ke7 27. Rb6 Kd7 $11 {
should hold.}) 24. dxe5 Rh4 (24... g5 25. Ra1 Rf4 26. Ra6 d4+ 27. Kd2 Rc8 $1
28. Rb1 h5 $5 (28... Bxf3 29. Rxh6 Kg7 $1 30. Rh7+ Kg8 31. Rg1 Rxc5 32. Rxg5+
Kf8 $44) 29. Rbb6 Bxf3 30. e6 fxe6 31. Rxe6 Rxc5 32. Rg6+ Kf8 33. Rgf6+ Kg7 $11
) 25. Rb1 d4+ 26. Kd2 {[%cal Yb1b6]} (26. Ke2 $143 Rf4 $11 (26... Rh5 $5))
26... Kf8 (26... Bxf3 27. Rhc1 Rxh2 (27... Bc6 $2 28. Rb6 Rc8 29. Bf5 Rc7 30.
Rb8+ $18) 28. c6 Bxc6 29. Rxc6 Rxf2+ 30. Kd1 $14 {gives White some winning
chances.}) ({This line shows Black needs an airhole, roughly equivalent to the
text was} 26... g5 $5) 27. Rb6 Rc8 $5 (27... Bxf3 28. c6 $1 Rc8 (28... Bxh1 29.
c7 Ke7 (29... Rc8 30. Rb8 Ke7 (30... Bb7 $2 31. Bf5 $18) 31. Rxc8 {- 29...Ke7})
30. Rb8 Rc8 31. Rxc8 Kd7 32. Bf5+ Kc6 33. Rf8 Kxc7 34. Rxf7+ $16) 29. Rhb1 Bxc6
30. Rxc6 $1 (30. Ba6 Re8 $5 31. Rxc6 Rxh2 $14) 30... Rxc6 31. Rb8+ Ke7 32. Bb5
Ke6 $1 33. Bxc6 Kxe5 34. Rb7 $14) 28. Rhb1 Ke7 (28... Bxf3 $2 29. Rb8 Re8 (
29... Rxb8 30. Rxb8+ Ke7 31. Bb5 $18) 30. R1b6 $1 $16 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Rd3b5]
unblocks the strong Pc5.}) 29. Ra1 Rc7 $1 {Again the best defence.} (29... Bxf3
$2 30. Ra7+ Kf8 31. Ba6 $1 Rd8 32. Bc4 $18) 30. Raa6 Bxf3 31. Bb5 {[%cal Yb6b8]
White has finally removed the Bc6 and can now play for an attack against the
Ke7.} Bg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Wang Yue stumbles, this tactical error costs him the
game.} (31... Rxh2 32. Rb8 f6 {holds, White has no more than repetition after}
33. exf6+ (33. Re8+ Kf7 34. e6+ $6 Kg6 $17) 33... gxf6 34. Rh8 Rxc5 35. Rh7+
Kf8 36. Raa7 (36. Rb6 Kg8 37. Rd7 Rxf2+ 38. Ke1 Rfc2 39. Rd8+ Kf7 40. Rd7+ $11)
36... Rxf2+ 37. Kd3 Rg2 38. Rhf7+ Kg8 39. Rfe7 Kh8 40. Re8+ Rg8 41. Ree7 $11)
32. Ra8 Bc8 (32... f6 33. Rg8 $18) (32... Rc8 33. Rb7+ Kd8 34. Raa7 Rxc5 35.
Rxf7 $18) 33. Rc6 $1 $18 ({The text move is more straightforward than} 33. c6
Rxh2 34. Rb7 Kd8 $16 (34... Bxb7 $2 35. cxb7 Rxb7 36. Re8#)) 33... Kd8 34. Rxc7
Kxc7 35. Ra7+ Kb8 (35... Kd8 36. c6 Rxh2 37. c7+ Ke7 38. Ra8 Rxf2+ 39. Kd1 $1
$18 (39. Ke1 $2 Rf5 $11)) 36. Rxf7 ({After} 36. Rxf7 Rxh2 {White has more than
one way to win; possibly the cleanest is} 37. Kd3 $5 $18 {[%csl Gc5,Ge5] and
the o^ will decide.} (37. Bc4 $18 {[%cal Ge5e8]}) (37. Bd7 $18) (37. c6 $18))
1-0

[Event "Dortmund 45th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2017.07.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Bd2 Nc6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Qe7 {[%cal Ye6e5] The key to Black's plan started with 4...d6.} 9. e3 a5 (
9... e5 {is possible at once but Black needn't hurry.}) 10. Be2 {White doesn't
fear ...a5-a4} ({but} 10. b3 {is a common continuation, too.}) 10... e5 11.
dxe5 {Logical: White, possessing the bishop pair, opens up the position.} (11.
d5 {is another plan}) ({White can simply play} 11. O-O {but then he must
reckon with} Bg4) 11... dxe5 12. h3 {Preventing ...Bc8-g4.} (12. O-O {is quite
good, though. The point is that in the event of} Bg4 {White can continue} 13.
h3 Bh5 14. Nxe5 $1 Nxe5 15. Bxh5 Nxh5 16. Qf5 Nxc4 17. Qxh5 {keeping a small
edge (B vs N), e.g.} f5 18. Rad1 c6 19. Rd4 $14 {1/2 (72) Nolte,R (2460)
-Bersamina,P (2206) Tagaytay City 2013}) 12... Rd8 {And this move prevents the
manoeuvre Be2-d3-e4.} (12... a4 {is hardly useful for Black:} 13. O-O Nd7 (
13... Re8 14. Nd2 (14. Rfd1 Nd7 15. Rd5 f6 16. Rad1 Nc5 17. Nh4 Be6 18. Bg4 $1
$14 {1-0 (41) Bonneville,J (2048)-Riff,J (2460) St Chely d'Aubrac 2007}) 14...
Bd7 15. Rfd1 g6 16. Ne4 Bf5 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Bd3 Be6 19. b4 $1 axb3 20. Qxb3
Rab8 21. Be4 $14 {1/2 (55) Flohr,S-Tartakower,S Groningen 1946 MCL [ChessBase]}
) 14. Bd3 (14. Nd2 f5 15. Rfd1 {1-0 (42) Speelman,J (2600)-Orlov,G (2510) New
York 1994} Nc5 $11) 14... g6 15. Be4 Nd8 16. Bb4 Nc5 17. Ne1 c6 18. Nd3 b6 19.
Nxc5 bxc5 20. Bc3 $14 {1-0 (45) Salomon,J (2488)-Fenil,S (2267) Sitges 2017}) (
12... Re8 13. Rd1 (13. g4 Nd7 14. O-O a4 15. Nd2 e4 16. Kg2 Nf8 17. Rae1 Ng6
$132 {0-1 (66) O'Kelly de Galway,A-Kieninger,G Oldenburg 1949}) (13. O-O $5 e4
14. Nd4) 13... e4 14. Nd4 Ne5 15. Nb5 Bf5 16. O-O h6 17. Rd2 $14 {1-0 (26) Di
Domenico,G (1266)-Klutz,J (1393) IECC 2009}) (12... g6 13. Bd3 $5 (13. b3 Bf5
14. Qb2 Rfe8 15. O-O Ne4 $10 {0-1 (59) Van Scheltinga,T-Reshevsky,S Amsterdam
1950 MCL [Ftacnik,L]})) 13. O-O (13. Bd3 $2 Rxd3 14. Qxd3 e4 15. Bxf6 gxf6) (
13. Nd2 $2 Nd4 $1 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. e4 Bf5 $1 16. f3 Nh5 $19 {0-1 (30)
Benvenuti,G-Prucha,K Venice 1949}) 13... e4 14. Nd4 $14 {[%csl Gc3]} Nxd4 (
14... Ne5 15. b4 Bd7 16. Rfd1 c5 17. bxc5 Qxc5 18. Rab1 Qxa3 19. Nb3 $1 Re8 20.
Ra1 Qe7 21. Rxa5 $14 {1/2 (91) Enricci,J (2410)-Cilloniz Razzeto,A (2301) ICCF
WS 2006}) 15. Bxd4 c5 16. Bc3 a4 {This queenside blockade is unsuccessful as
major events take place on the other flank.} 17. f4 $1 {[%mdl 160]} Bd7 ({
It was probably better to accept the pawn sac:} 17... exf3 18. Bxf3 Qxe3+ 19.
Kh1 {although White has excellent compensation here.}) 18. f5 Bc6 19. Rf4 Rd6
20. Raf1 Rad8 21. Qc1 {[%cal Yc1e1,Yg2g4,Ye1g3]} Nd7 $6 {An understandable
mistake. Black has no counterplay at all but he can't just sit and watch
White's kingside progress.} 22. f6 $1 {[%mdl 512] The f-file opens up, and
White's attack becomes irresistible.} Nxf6 (22... Rxf6 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 {is
hopeless in the long run.}) 23. Qe1 {[%cal Ye1h4]} Ne8 (23... Re6 {[%cal Yd8d6]
was probably more stubborn. A possible continuation:} 24. Qg3 Qc7 (24... Rdd6
$2 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. Rxf6 Rxf6 27. Rxf6 Qxf6 28. Qb8+) 25. Qh4 Rdd6 26. Bg4
Nxg4 27. Rxf7 Qxf7 28. Rxf7 Kxf7 29. Qxg4 Rg6 30. Qf5+ Kg8 31. Qxc5 $16) 24.
Rxf7 $1 Qxf7 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26. Qg3 $16 {Black's rooks are badly restricted by
White's powerful bishops.} Nf6 27. Qe5 Rd2 {Desperation.} (27... b6 28. g4 $1 {
[%cal Yg4g5] etc.}) 28. Bxd2 Rxd2 29. Kf1 {The rest is quite easy.} Rc2 30. Ke1
Rc1+ 31. Kd2 Rg1 32. g4 h6 33. h4 g5 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Qxg5 Bd7 36. Qxc5 Bxg4
37. Bxg4 Rxg4 38. Qc7+ Ke6 39. Qxb7 Rg2+ 40. Kc3 Re2 41. Qc8+ {The whole line
is probably unfavourable for Black.} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 33rd"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2017.10.13"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baia Mare"]
[BlackTeam "Novy Bor"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Qe1
Be7 9. f4 Nfd7 10. Nf3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 O-O 12. e4 dxe4 13. dxe4 e5 14. Nd2 Nc5
15. Kh2 b5 16. Bg2 Nbd7 17. Nf3 a5 18. fxe5 Ne6 19. Bf4 Qc7 20. Rd1 Rfd8 21.
Qf2 Bc5 22. Qe2 Ndf8 23. c3 Ng6 24. Bc1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 Qxe5 27.
Qf3 Bd6 28. Rf1 f6 29. h4 Rd8 30. Bh3 Nc5 31. Bf4 Qe7 32. e5 Bxe5 33. Qxc6 Nd3
34. Qxb5 Nxf4 35. gxf4 Bc7 36. Rf2 Qe3 37. Qc4+ Kf8 38. Kg2 Rd3 39. Bg4 Qg3+
40. Kf1 Bb6 41. Rg2 Qe3 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.10.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Qc1 Nbd7 12. Nc3 Qe7 13. a5 h6 14. Re1 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 c6 17. Red1 Rfe8 18. Qe3 Rad8 19. Bg2 Nd5 20. Qc1 N7f6 21.
Na4 e5 22. e3 exd4 23. Rxd4 Nc7 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Qc5 Qd7 26. Qb4 Nb5 27. Nc5
Qc7 28. Qf4 Qe7 29. Rc1 Nc7 30. Qb4 Nb5 31. Nxa6 Qxb4 32. Nxb4 Rd2 33. Rc2 Rd1+
34. Bf1 Nd5 35. Nxd5 Rxd5 36. a6 bxa6 37. Rxc6 a5 38. Rc8+ Kh7 39. Bc4 Rd1+ 40.
Kg2 Nd6 41. Rd8 f5 42. Be2 Rd2 43. Kf1 Ne4 44. Rxd2 Nxd2+ 45. Ke1 Nb3 46. Bd3
g6 47. Bc2 Nc5 48. Kd2 Nd7 49. Kc3 Ne5 50. Bd1 Kg7 51. f4 Nc6 52. Kc4 Nb4 53.
Kb5 Nd5 54. Kxa5 Nxe3 55. Bf3 1-0

[Event "CZE-chT 1718"]
[Site "Czech Republic"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2017.11.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lysa nad Labem"]
[BlackTeam "Novoborsky"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4
Qb6 9. a3 Be7 10. Bf2 Qc7 11. Bd3 e5 12. Nde2 b5 13. Qd2 Nbd7 14. O-O-O Rb8 15.
h3 b4 16. axb4 Rxb4 17. g4 Nc5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. g5 hxg5 20. fxg5 Qa5 21. Kb1
Be6 22. Nc1 Nd7 23. N3a2 Ra4 24. Qxa5 Rxa5 25. h4 c4 26. Be2 Nb6 27. Nc3 O-O
28. Bf1 Rb8 29. Bh3 Ba3 30. b3 Bxc1 31. Bxe6 Be3 32. Nd5 Na4 33. Nxe3 Nc3+ 34.
Kb2 Nxd1+ 35. Rxd1 fxe6 36. Nxc4 Rc5 37. Ka3 Kf7 38. Rd6 Kg6 39. Rxa6 Kh5 40.
Rxe6 Kxh4 41. g6 Kg5 42. Ka4 Kf4 43. Re7 Kxe4 44. Rxg7 Kf5 45. Ne3+ Kf4 46. Nc4
Kg5 47. Ra7 Kxg6 48. Ra5 Rxa5+ 49. Kxa5 e4 50. b4 Rc8 51. Ne3 Rc3 52. Nd5 Rxc2
53. b5 Kf7 54. Nb4 Rc5 55. Ka6 Rc4 56. Nd5 Ke6 57. Ne3 Rc3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Bronznik,V"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 {
Diese Fortsetzung ist keine Hauptvariante, kommt aber trotzdem relativ oft vor
- es gibt Tausende Partien damit.} 8. Be3 {(die verbreitetste Antwort)} c6 ({
Häufiger wird} 8... Ng4 9. Bg5 {gespielt.} Qe8) 9. Qc2 $5 {Eine ziemlich
seltene, aber trotzdem beachtenswerte Option. Weiß erhält die Spannung in
der Mitte noch aufrecht, befestigt den Bauern e4 und kann jetzt bei Bedarf
einen seiner Türme nach d1 bringen.} ({Die Hauptlinie ist} 9. d5 Ng4 10. Bg5
f6 11. Bh4) 9... Ng4 (9... exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. f3 d5 13. cxd5
Nb4 14. Qd2 Nbxd5 $1 (14... Nfxd5 $6 15. Bf2 Nc7 16. a3 Rd8 (16... Nba6 17. b4
c5 18. bxc5 Nxc5 19. Ndb5 $1 $16 {Lastin,A (2510) - Krivoshey,S (2434)/Rovno
2000}) 17. Qc1 Nba6 18. f4 $16 (18. b4 $6 c5 19. bxc5 Nxc5 20. Bc4 {(+/= laut
GM Huzman)} Bd7 $1 $132 {[%cal Ya8c8,Yc5a4]}) 18... Bd7 (18... Nc5 $2 19. Nxc6
$1 bxc6 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Bxc5 $18) 19. e5 Nc5 20. Nf3 $16 {[%cal Rf2h4,Rd1d6]
}) 15. exd5 Qxe3+ 16. Qxe3 Rxe3 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Nxc6 Bd7 19. Nd4 Rb8 20. Bb5
({Huzman empfiehlt} 20. Nc2 {, aber nach} Re5 $1 21. b3 Rc8 22. Bc4 Be6 {
ist Weiß derjenige, der sich um Ausgleich Gedanken machen muss}) 20... Bxb5
21. Ndxb5 Bf8 {[%cal Rf8c5] (so weit die Analyse von Huzman)} 22. Nd6 $1 Rb4 (
22... Rxb2 {ist mindestens zweifelhaft wegen} 23. Nc4 Rxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Rxc3 25.
Rc1 {- vermutlich kann Schwarz dieses Endspiel nicht halten}) 23. a3 (23. Rd2
Re6 24. Nde4 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 f5 26. Nc3 Bc5+ 27. Kh1 Rd4 28. Rc2 Red6 {sieht
sehr remisverdächtig aus}) 23... Rb8 24. Nc4 Ree8 25. Na4 Rec8 26. Ne3 (26.
Rc1 Nd5) 26... Bh6 27. Rfe1 Kg7 {- dank seiner aktiven Position verfügt
Schwarz trotz eines Minusbauern über gute Remisaussichten, andererseits
läuft hier das Spiel nur auf zwei Ergebnisse.}) 10. Bg5 Qe8 ({Öfter wurde
hier} 10... f6 {gespielt.} {Übrigens entsteht dann im Falle von} 11. Bh4 (11.
Bd2 exd4 12. Nxd4 f5 13. Bxg4 fxg4 14. Be3 Qe7 15. Rad1 Nc5 $13 {Ragger,M 
(2632) - Milov,V (2622)/Wch Rapid Dubai 2014}) 11... Qe8 12. Rad1 {durch
Zugumstellung die gleiche Position, wie später in der Hauptpartie.}) 11. Rad1
f6 $146 {In dieser Partie wird es zwei Neuerungen geben, weil die Gegner bald
in einer Position landen, die die frühere Turnierpraxis mit einer
Zugumstellung bereits gesehen hat.} (11... h6 12. Bc1 Nf6 13. a3 $14 {,
Kivisik,B (2312) - Stubberod,O (2327)/Lillehammer 2013}) 12. Bh4 {In der
Partie Svane,R - Mohammad,N kamen die Gegner zu dieser Stellung mittels der
oben bereits erwähnten Zugfolge 10...f6 11.Bh4 Qe8 12.Rad1.} (12. Bc1 $5)
12... Kh8 $146 {Die zweite und dieses Mal "endgültige" Neuerung. Jetzt wird
der König im Falle des Vorstoßes c4-c5 keinen Schachs auf der Diagonale
a2-g8 ausgesetzt.} (12... Nh6 13. c5 $1 g5 (13... exd4 14. Bxa6 dxc3 (14...
bxa6 15. Nxd4 dxc5 16. Nb3 $16 {[%csl Rc5,Rc6]}) 15. Bc4+ {(bereits diese
Variante zeigt uns, dass der König auf g8 nicht optimal steht)} Be6 16. Bxe6+
Qxe6 17. cxd6 (17. Rxd6 $5 Qxa2 18. Qxc3 Nf7 19. Rd7 g5 20. Bg3 f5 21. Be5 Qe6
22. Bxg7 Qxd7 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. exf5 Qxf5 25. Re1 $36) 17... Rad8 18. Bg3 Nf7
19. bxc3 Nxd6 20. Bxd6 Rxd6 21. Rxd6 Qxd6 22. Qb3+ Rf7 (22... Kh8 23. Qxb7 $16)
23. Rd1 Qc7 24. Nd4 Qb6 25. Ne6 h5 26. Rd8+ Kh7 27. Qxb6 axb6 28. f4 $16) 14.
Bg3 g4 15. Nh4 (15. Nd2 $5 exd4 16. Na4) 15... exd4 16. Bxa6 bxa6 {(Svane,R 
(2570) - Mohammad,N (2408)/Sharjah Masters 2017)} 17. Ne2 $1 dxc5 18. Bd6 Qf7 (
18... Rf7 19. Bxc5 $18) 19. Bxc5 $5 (19. Bxf8 Bxf8 20. b4 $1 $16) 19... Re8 20.
Bxd4 Qxa2 21. Ng3 {[%cal Rg3h5,Rc2c6]} Qf7 22. Be3 {[%cal Rc2c1]} Kh8 23. Qxc6
Be6 24. Rfe1 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Ra7,Rg7,Rh6]}) ({Eigentlich ist in solchen
Positionen der Zug} 12... f5 {typisch, aber in dieser konkreten Stellung
scheint er mir wegen der Antwort} 13. d5 $1 {zweifelhaft:} fxe4 (13... c5 $2 {
(grundsätzlich ist es eine typische Reaktion) scheitert hier an} 14. Nb5 $1 {
, z. B.} Qd7 (14... fxe4 15. Nd2 $18) (14... Nb4 15. Qb3 Qd7 16. a3 Na6 17.
exf5 gxf5 18. Ng5 Nc7 19. Ne6 $1 $18) 15. exf5 gxf5 (15... Rxf5 16. Ng5 Nf6 17.
Ne6 $18) 16. Ng5 Bf6 17. Bxg4 Bxg5 (17... fxg4 18. f4 $1 $18) 18. Bxg5 fxg4 19.
Bh6 Rf6 20. Qd2 Qf5 21. f4 $1 Rxh6 22. fxe5 Qh5 23. Qf4 Bd7 24. Nxd6 $18 {
[%cal Re5e6,Rd6f7,Rd6e4]}) (13... Nf6 14. dxc6 Qxc6 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Qd2 $16 {
[%csl Rd5,Rd6]}) (13... Nc5 14. dxc6 Qxc6 $2 (14... bxc6 15. Rxd6 $16) 15. Be7
Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Re8 (16... fxe4 17. Ng5 $18) (16... Qxe4 17. Qb3 $1 $18 Qxe2 $140
18. c5+ Kh8 19. Bxf8 Bxf8 20. Qf7) 17. Nfg5 $1 Rxe7 18. Rxd6 Qe8 19. Rfd1 Bd7
20. Nc5 Bc6 21. Nce6 $18) 14. Nxe4 (14. Ng5 $6 e3 $1 15. f3 Nf2 16. Bxf2 Bf5
17. Qc1 exf2+ 18. Rxf2 Qe7 $13) 14... Bf5 15. Nfd2 cxd5 16. cxd5 Nc5 (16... Rc8
17. Qb3 $16 {[%csl Ge4]}) 17. Bxg4 Nxe4 (17... Bxg4 18. Nxd6 Bxd1 19. Qxc5 Qd7
20. Rxd1 $16) 18. Bxf5 (18. Nxe4 $5 Bxg4 19. Nxd6 Bxd1 20. Rxd1 Qd7 21. Ne4
Rac8 22. Qd3 h6 23. f3 {mit mehr als ausreichender Kompensation für die
Qualität}) 18... gxf5 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. Bg5 (20. Qxe4 $4 Rf4 $19) 20... Qg6
21. Be3 {, und Schwarz muss hart ums Remis kämpfen}) (12... g5 13. Bg3 Nh6 14.
c5 $1 {- s. 12...Nh6 13.c5 g5 14.Bg3}) 13. h3 (13. d5 c5 14. Nb5 {ist jetzt
nicht so kritisch wegen} Qd7 {, z. B.} 15. a3 Nc7 (15... f5 $4 16. exf5 gxf5
17. Ng5 {[%cal Re2g4,Rc2h7]} Nf6 18. Ne6 $18) 16. Nc3 Nh6 (16... f5 $5) 17. b4
b6 18. Rb1 Nf7 {[%cal Yg7h6,Yf6f5]} 19. Ne1 (19. bxc5 dxc5 $5 {[%cal Yf7d6]})
19... f5 $132 {[%cal Rg6g5,Rf5f4]}) ({Die Idee, bei dem (später in der Partie
kommenden) Plan Rf1-e1, a2-a3, b2-b4 sich den Zug h2-h3 zu ersparen, versprach
nicht viel:} 13. Rfe1 Nh6 ({im Falle von} 13... Nc7 {kann Weiß} 14. b4 {
spielen, ohne dies mittels a2-a3 vorbereiten zu müssen}) (13... f5 $2 {
erweist sich als schlecht, wobei in vielen Varianten die Gegenüberstellung
Re1-Qd8 eine große Rolle spielt:} 14. h3 exd4 (14... Nf6 15. exf5 gxf5 16. c5
e4 17. Bxa6 bxa6 18. cxd6 Qh5 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Ne5 Rxd6 21. Ne2 $16) (14...
Nh6 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Rd8 Qe6 17. Red1 $16) 15. Nxd4 (15. hxg4 {ist auch gut
genug:} dxc3 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Bd3 $16) 15... Bxd4 16. hxg4 (16. Rxd4 $6 Qe5)
16... Be5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Bf1 Qf7 19. Qd2 Be6 (19... fxg4 20. Ne4 $18) 20.
gxf5 Bxf5 (20... Qxf5 21. Ne4 $18 {[%cal Re4d6]}) 21. f4 Bg7 22. Re7 Qg6 23.
Qxd6 $16) 14. a3 Nc7 15. b4 (15. h3 Nf7 {führt zur Partie} ({interessant ist
hier außerdem} 15... f5 $5 {, weil die Abwicklung} 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Rd8 Qf7
18. Red1 {wegen} Ne6 {nicht mehr gefährlich ist, z. B.} 19. Ng5 Qc7 20. Nxe6
Bxe6 21. R8d6 Rae8 $13)) 15... g5 ({oder} 15... Bg4 $5 {[%cal Rg4f3,Re5d4] , z.
B.} 16. d5 cxd5 17. cxd5 f5 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 fxe4 20. Nxe4 Nb5 {[%cal
Rf8f3]} 21. Be2 Nd4 $13) 16. Bg3 g4 17. Nh4 Ne6 18. d5 (18. dxe5 fxe5 $1 $13
19. Rxd6 $140 $6 Nd4 20. Qd1 Nf7 {[%csl Rd6]}) 18... Nd4 19. Qd2 f5 $13) 13...
Nh6 14. Rfe1 Nf7 15. a3 Nc7 16. b4 Ne6 17. d5 Nf4 18. c5 (18. Bf1 cxd5 19. Nxd5
Nxd5 20. cxd5 g5 $5 21. Bg3 g4 22. hxg4 Bxg4 23. Be2 Rc8 24. Qd3 f5 25. exf5
Nh6 $13) 18... cxd5 $6 {Eine etwas unglückliche Reaktion.} ({Stärker war} 
18... dxc5 19. bxc5 b6 $1 {M.E. würde sich die Stellung in diesem Fall im
dynamischen Gleichgewicht befinden. Ein paar Varianten dazu:} 20. Bc4 (20. d6
g5 $5 21. Bg3 Nxe2+ 22. Rxe2 g4 23. hxg4 Bxg4 {[%cal Rg4f3]} 24. Nh4 $5 Bxe2
25. Nxe2 bxc5 26. Nf5 Nh6 27. d7 Qe6 28. Rd6 Qf7 29. Nxh6 Bxh6 30. Qxc5 Rfb8 {
[%cal Rb8b1,Rf7h5]} 31. Rd1 Qe6 {[%cal Rh6f8]} 32. Rd6 Qf7 33. Rd1 Qe6 {
mit Zugwiederholung}) (20. Bf1 cxd5 21. exd5 bxc5 22. Nd2 (22. Ne4 Bf5 23. Qxc5
Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Qd7 25. Bg3 Nd6 26. Ree1 {[%cal Rg3f4]} Rfc8 27. Qa5 Bh6 28. Nd2
Qc7 29. Qxc7 Rxc7 30. Ne4 Nxe4 31. Rxe4 Rd8 $11) 22... Bf5 (22... f5 23. f3 Bd7
24. Nc4 $44) 23. Qa2 Bd3 24. Bxd3 Nxd3 25. Re3 Nf4 26. Nde4 f5 27. Nxc5 g5 28.
Bg3 e4 $132) 20... bxc5 21. dxc6 Qxc6 22. Bg3 Rb8 (22... Ba6 23. Bxa6 Qxa6 24.
Bxf4 exf4 25. Nd5 Qd6 26. Qc1 Bh6 27. Qc3 Bg7 28. Qc1 $11) 23. Bxf4 exf4 {
- die weiße Kompensation reicht nur zum Ausgleich, z. B.} 24. Bd5 Qa6 25. Bxf7
Rxf7 26. Nd5 Be6 27. Qxc5 (27. Nxf4 $2 Bb3) 27... Rc8 28. Qb4 Rb7 29. Qd2 Qxa3
30. Nxf4 (30. Qxf4 Qf8 $13) 30... Rd7 31. Ra1 Qe7 32. Qe3 Bg8 33. e5 fxe5 34.
Nxe5 Qxe5 35. Qxe5 Bxe5 36. Rxe5 $11) 19. Bb5 $1 Bd7 ({Sehr interessant war} 
19... Qe6 {(die rein analytiche Einschätzung dieses Zuges ist im besten Fall
"?!", aber aus praktischer Sicht verdient er eher "!?")} 20. exd5 Nxh3+ $5 (
20... Qf5 21. Qxf5 Bxf5 22. c6 $16) 21. gxh3 Qxh3 22. Re3 g5 (22... f5 23. Be7
$1 {(die einzige Antwort)} (23. Bf1 $2 Qg4+ 24. Bg2 g5 25. Bg3 f4 26. Re4 Bf5
$17) 23... f4 24. Red3 Bf5 25. Qe2 Qg4+ 26. Kf1 Rfc8 27. Ne4 $16 {- die
Stellung ist immer noch verzwickt, aber objektiv gesehen hat Schwarz keine
genügende Kompensation für den fehlenden Springer}) 23. Rde1 $3 {(wer außer
Computer ist fähig, so was zu finden!?)} ({bei den "normalen" Fortsetzungen
hat Schwarz beträchtliche Initiative für das geopferte Material :} 23. Bf1 $6
Qd7 24. Bg3 f5 25. Ree1 f4 26. Bh2 Qg4+ 27. Bg2 Qh5 28. Ne4 g4 29. Nfd2 Bf5 30.
Qb3 Qg6 $44 {[%cal Rh7h5,Rh5h4]}) (23. Bg3 $6 Qh5 $44 {[%cal Rf6f5,Rg5g4]})
23... gxh4 (23... dxc5 24. bxc5 gxh4 25. Nxe5 Qf5 26. Qxf5 Bxf5 27. Nxf7+ Rxf7
28. d6 Bh6 29. Re8+ Rf8 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. Nd5 $16) (23... f5 $6 24. Nxe5 Qxh4
25. Nxf7+ Rxf7 26. Re8+ Bf8 27. cxd6 Qg4+ 28. Kf1 Qh3+ 29. Ke2 Qg4+ 30. Kd3 a6
31. Ba4 b5 32. d7 Qc4+ 33. Kd2 Bxd7 34. Rxa8 bxa4 35. Qd3 $18) (23... Bf5 24.
Ne4 gxh4 25. Nxe5 Ng5 26. Nf7+ Rxf7 27. Rxh3 Nxh3+ 28. Kh1 $16) 24. Nxe5 Nxe5
25. Rxh3 Bxh3 26. Kh1 $16) 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Rxd5 $14 {Nach
kurzen Komplikationen bekam Weiß dank seiner aktiveren Schwerfiguren und des
Raumvorteils am Damenflügel eine angenehme, etwas bessere Position.} Qc7 23.
Rc1 Rac8 (23... dxc5 24. Rxc5 Qb6 25. Rc7 $36) 24. Qa4 (24. Nd2 $5 {[%cal
Yd2c4,Yd2b3,Yd2f1,Yf1e3]}) 24... a6 (24... dxc5 $6 25. Rcxc5 $1 (25. Rdxc5 Qb8
26. Nd2 $14) 25... Qb8 26. Nd2 Rxc5 27. bxc5 {[%cal Yd2c4,Yc4d6,Yf2f3,Yh4f2]
mit klarem Vorteil.}) 25. Nd2 Qc6 26. Qxc6 Rxc6 ({Die nach} 26... bxc6 $6 27.
Rd3 dxc5 28. Rxc5 Rfd8 29. Rxd8+ Nxd8 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6][%cal Yf2f3,Yh4f2]
entstehende Position ist klar besser für Weiß.}) 27. Nb3 Rfc8 28. Rcd1 g5 ({
Eine wichtige Alternative ist} 28... dxc5 29. Nxc5 b5 $5 (29... R6c7 $2 30. f3
Kg8 31. Rd7 $16 {[%cal Rc5b7,Rc5e6]}) 30. Rd7 Kg8 {[%cal Yg7f8] - die Lage des
Nachziehenden ist natürlich unangenehm, aber sein Verteidigungspotential ist
auch nicht zu unterschätzen. Das weitere Spiel kann z. B. so verlaufen:} 31.
Ra7 R8c7 32. Ra8+ Rc8 33. Rxc8+ Rxc8 34. Nxa6 g5 {(um später Bg7-f8 spielen
zu können)} 35. Bg3 {[%mdl 32768] (in einer späteren Variante kommt diese
Stellung aufs Brett über eine veränderte Zugfolge - um dem Leser Übersicht
zu erleichtern, habe ich die beiden Positionen mit der hellblauen Medaille
markiert)} Rc3 (35... Ra8 36. Nc7 Rxa3 37. Rb1 Nd6 38. f3 $36 {[%cal Rg3f2,
Rf2c5]}) 36. f3 (36. Ra1 h5 $1 37. Nc5 (37. f3 g4 $1 38. hxg4 hxg4 39. a4 bxa4
40. Be1 Rc2 41. Rxa4 Nd6 42. Nc5 Bh6 {mit ausreichender Kompensation}) 37... h4
38. Bh2 Nd6 39. Kh1 (39. f3 Nc4 40. a4 bxa4 41. Nxa4 Rb3 42. Kh1 Bf8 $11) 39...
Bf8 $1 40. f3 Nc4 41. Nd7 Be7 42. a4 bxa4 43. Rxa4 Kf7 44. Bg1 Rc1 45. Kh2 Nd2
46. Bc5 Re1 47. Bxe7 Nf1+ 48. Kg1 Ng3+ 49. Kf2 Re2+ 50. Kg1 Re1+ $11) (36. Rb1
h5 $1 (36... Rxa3 37. Nc7 Nd6 38. f3 $36 {[%cal Rg3f2,Rf2c5]}) 37. f3 g4 38.
hxg4 hxg4 39. Be1 Rxa3 40. Nc7 Nd6 $11) 36... Rxa3 37. Nc7 Bf8 38. Be1 {
Der weiße Plan ist, den Bauern b4 durch Nc7-d5 zu überdecken und nach Rd1-c1
den Turm über die c-Linie ins gegnerische Lager zu schicken, damit er die
Bauern b5 und f6 angreifen kann} (38. Nxb5 $143 $6 Rb3 {mit Remis}) 38... h5 $1
{[%cal Rg5g4] (ich glaube, dieser aktive Plan ist der beste)} ({die weiße
Absicht illustriert z. B. folgende Variante:} 38... Ra4 39. Nd5 Kg7 40. Rc1 Nd8
41. Rc7+ Kg6 42. Rc8 Ne6 43. Rb8 {, und der Bauer b5 fällt} Ra1 44. Kf2 h5 45.
Rxb5 Ra2+ 46. Kf1 Nf4) 39. Nxb5 ({hier erreicht} 39. Nd5 {sein Ziel nicht:} Kg7
40. Rc1 Nd6 41. Rc7+ Kg6 42. Bf2 {[%cal Rf2c5]} g4 $1 43. Bc5 gxf3 ({gut ist
auch} 43... g3 44. Ra7 Rxa7 45. Bxa7 Nc4 $11) 44. Bxd6 Bxd6 45. Rc6 Ra1+ 46.
Kf2 fxg2 47. Kxg2 Ra2+ 48. Kg3 Ra3+ 49. Kh4 Bxb4 50. Nxb4 Ra4 {mit Remis})
39... Rb3 40. Nc7 g4 $1 (40... Bxb4 $4 41. Bxb4 Rxb4 42. Nd5 $18) 41. fxg4 hxg4
42. h4 (42. hxg4 Ng5 43. Nd5 ({oder} 43. Bh4 Nxe4 44. Re1 Rxb4 45. Nd5 Rb5 46.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 47. Bxf6 Bg7 {mit Remis}) 43... Nxe4 44. Rc1 Kf7 45. Rc4 Rd3 46.
Rxe4 Rxd5 {, und Weiß kann seinen Mehrbauern nicht verwerten}) 42... Nd6 43.
Ne6 Be7 (43... Nxe4 $2 44. Rd8) 44. Nc5 Rb2 45. Kh2 (45. Ra1 Nb5 46. Kf1 Bxc5
47. bxc5 Rc2 $11) 45... Kg7 46. Kg3 Kg6 47. Kxg4 Rxg2+ 48. Kf3 Rg1 49. Ke2 Rg4
$11 {Aber selbstverständlich bietet dieses Abspiel genug Platz für
Alternativen - villeicht gibt es darunter etwas für Weiß, womit er doch
zufrieden sein könnte.}) 29. Bg3 Bf8 $6 ({Meines Erachtens würde Schwarz im
Falle von} 29... dxc5 $5 30. Nxc5 b5 {über bessere Verteidigungsaussichten
verfügen, als nach der Partiefortsetzung.} {Dann entstünde nach} 31. Rd7 Kg8
32. Ra7 R8c7 33. Ra8+ Rc8 34. Rxc8+ Rxc8 35. Nxa6 {[%mdl 32768] die Position,
die wir in den Anmerkung zum 28. Zug von Schwarz bereits analysiert haben 
(dort ist sie mit der gleichen Medaille versehen).}) 30. Na5 R6c7 31. cxd6 Rd7
32. f3 $2 {Mit diesem Zug erlaubt Wojtaszek dem Gegner, das Spiel praktisch
auszugleichen.} ({Mit Abstand die stärkste Fortsetzung war} 32. Rc5 $1 {
. Natürlich kann Schwarz auch dann das materielle Gleichgewicht
wiederherstellen, aber seine Probleme werden dadurch noch lange nicht gelöst:}
Rcd8 33. Nc4 b5 (33... Nxd6 $6 34. Rcd5 Kg8 35. f3 b5 36. Ne3 Kf7 37. Bf2 Ke6
38. Rc1 $16) 34. Nb6 Rxd6 35. Nd5 Kg7 (35... R8d7 36. Rdc1) 36. Rdc1 {Weiter
erhöht Weiß seinen Druck am Damenflügel, indem er den Rc5 nach c6, c7 oder
c8 bringt und den Läufer nach f2 überführt - dieser Plan kann durchaus zu
materiellen Eroberungen führen. Eine anschauliche Variante wäre z. B. die
folgende:} R8d7 37. Rc8 Nd8 (37... Rd8) 38. f3 Ne6 39. Bf2 {[%cal Rf2c5,Rf2b6]}
Rd8 40. Bb6 Rxc8 41. Rxc8 {[%cal Rc8a8] , und der Bauer a6 geht verloren, ohne
dass Schwarz dafür genügende Kompensation erhält. Natürlich kann der
Nachziehende an mehreren Stellen dieser Linie anders agieren und es ist gar
nicht ausgeschlossen, dass er den Zug 28.Rc5! überleben kann, aber einfach
wäre es für ihn keinesfalls.}) 32... b6 33. Nb3 Rc3 $6 ({Einfacher und
stärker wäre} 33... Rxd6 {, z. B.} 34. R1d3 Kg7 35. Bf2 Rcc6 $11) 34. R1d3
Rxd3 35. Rxd3 Bxd6 $6 {Danach gerät Schwarz wieder in eine ziemlich
unangenehme Situation.} (35... Rxd6 $142 36. Rc3 Kg7 37. Bf2 {, und der weiße
Vorteil ist gering.}) 36. Bf2 Rb7 (36... b5 $6 37. Nc5 Ra7 38. Ne6 Ra8 39. Rc3
h5 40. Rc6 $16 {[%cal Rh3h4,Rf2c5]}) 37. Nd2 {[%cal Rd2c4]} b5 38. Nb3 $6 (38.
Nf1 $1 $36 {[%cal Rf1e3,Re3f5,Rf1g3,Rg3f5,Rg3h5] scheint mir gefährlicher zu
sein.}) 38... Rc7 39. Kf1 Kg8 40. Bc5 Bxc5 41. Nxc5 a5 (41... Rc6 $5 42. Rd7 (
42. a4 bxa4 43. Nxa4 Rc4 44. Nc3 Rxb4 45. Nd5 Ra4) 42... a5 43. Rb7 axb4 44.
axb4 Nd6) 42. Rd5 (42. Nd7 {würde dem Schwarzen keine großen Probleme
bereiten -} Kg7 43. bxa5 Ra7) 42... axb4 (42... a4 $5) 43. axb4 h5 44. Nd3 Rc3
45. Nf2 Rb3 46. Rxb5 Nd6 ({Einen guten Eindruck macht} 46... Kf8 $5 {, z. B.}
47. Rb8+ Ke7 48. Nd1 Nd8 49. Ke1 Nc6 50. Rb7+ (50. Rb6 Nd4) 50... Kd6 51. b5
Nd4 52. b6 Rb1 53. Kd2 Kc5 {Schwarz steht aktiv, und ich konnte für den
Anziehenden keinen Weg finden, seinen Mehrbauern zu verwerten. Eine mögliche
Abwicklung wäre} {z. B.} 54. Ne3 Rb2+ 55. Kc1 Rxb6 56. Rxb6 Kxb6 57. Nd5+ Kc5
58. Nxf6 Ne2+ 59. Kc2 Nf4 60. Kd2 Kd4 61. Nh7 Nxg2 62. Nxg5 Nf4 63. h4 Ng6 64.
Ne6+ Kc4 65. Ke2 Kc3 66. Ng7 Nf4+ 67. Ke3 Kc4 {, und Weiß kommt nicht weiter.}
) 47. Rb6 Nc4 48. Rxf6 Kg7 49. Rc6 Ne3+ 50. Ke2 Nxg2 51. Nd3 Nf4+ $1 52. Nxf4
exf4 ({Auch nach} 52... gxf4 {ist die schwarze Stellung haltbar:} 53. Re6 Rxb4
(53... Rb2+) 54. Rxe5 Rb2+ 55. Kd3 Rf2 (55... Rb3+ 56. Kd4 Rxf3 57. Rxh5 Kf6
58. h4 Rf1 59. Rh6+ Ke7) 56. Rxh5 Kg6 (56... Rxf3+ 57. Kd4 Kg6 58. Rh4 Kg5 59.
Rh8) 57. Rf5) 53. Rc5 Kg6 54. b5 Rb2+ $4 {Ein ganz schlimmer Fehler - Schwarz
zwingt den gegnerischen König, die Bewegung des b-Bauern zu unterstützen.
Wahrscheinlich meinte Demchenko, dass die Eroberung des Bauern f3 ihm
genügendes Gegenspiel geben würde, und hatte dabei falsch gerechnet. Es gab
hier mehr als einen Weg, Remis zu erzielen.} ({Der einfachste davon wäre} 
54... Re3+ 55. Kf2 (55. Kd2 Rxf3 56. Kc2 Re3 57. b6 Rxe4 58. Rb5 Re8 59. b7 Rb8
60. Kd3 g4 61. hxg4 hxg4 62. Ke4 f3 63. Ke3 Kf6 64. Kf2 Ke6 $11) 55... g4 $1
56. hxg4 hxg4 57. fxg4 Rxe4 58. Kf3 Rb4 59. Re5 (59. g5 Kh5 $1 $11) 59... Kf6
60. Rf5+ Kg6 61. Rc5 Kh6 62. g5+ Kh5 $11) ({Die spektakulärste Möglichkeit
bestand in} 54... h4 $1 55. Rc6+ Kg7 56. b6 g4 57. hxg4 ({oder} 57. fxg4 Rxh3
58. Kf2 Rb3 59. g5 h3 60. Rh6 h2 61. Kg2 Rg3+ 62. Kxh2 Rxg5 63. Rd6 f3 64. Rd2
f2 65. Rxf2 Rb5) 57... h3 58. Kf2 Rb1 59. Rc7+ Kg6 60. b7 h2 61. Rc6+ Kg7 62.
b8=Q Rxb8 63. Kg2 Rb3 64. Kxh2 Rxf3 $11) ({Lässt sich die schwarze Stellung
auch im Falle von} 54... Kf6 {halten:} 55. h4 g4 56. Rf5+ Kg6 57. Rxf4 gxf3+
58. Rxf3 Rxb5 59. Ke3 (59. Rg3+ Kh6 60. Ke3 Rb1 $11 {[%cal Rb1h1]}) 59... Rb1
60. Kd4 (60. Rg3+ Kh6 {nebst 61...Rh1}) 60... Rh1 61. Rf4 Ra1 {, und die
Schachs von der Seite sichern dem Schwarzen das Unentschieden}) ({Außerdem
endet der Kampf sogar nach} 54... g4 55. hxg4 hxg4 56. fxg4 Re3+ 57. Kd2 Rxe4
58. Rf5 Rb4 59. Kc3 Rb1 60. Kc4 {friedlich - obwohl hier der Pb5 die
Unterstützung seines Königs genießt, rettet der schwarze f-Bauer den Tag:}
Rc1+ 61. Kd5 Rb1 62. Kc6 Rc1+ 63. Kb7 Rf1 64. b6 f3 65. Kb8 f2 66. b7 Kg7 {
mit Remis.}) 55. Kd3 Rb3+ (55... g4 56. hxg4 hxg4 57. fxg4 f3 58. Rf5 f2 59.
Kc4 $18) (55... h4 56. Kc3 Rb1 57. Rd5 g4 58. fxg4 Rc1+ 59. Kb4 f3 60. Rf5 Rf1
61. Ka5 f2 62. Kb6 $18) 56. Kc4 Rxf3 57. b6 Rf1 58. Rb5 Rc1+ 59. Kd5 Rd1+ (
59... Rc8 60. b7 Rb8 61. Kc6 g4 62. Kc7 Rf8 63. hxg4 hxg4 64. b8=Q Rxb8 65.
Rxb8 g3 (65... f3 66. Rf8 $18) 66. Rg8+ Kh5 67. e5 $18) 60. Kc6 Rd8 61. b7 g4
62. hxg4 hxg4 63. Rf5 g3 64. Rxf4 Kg5 65. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 (6. Nc3 $5 {was seen
in a game between two ex-world champions in 2017:} b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nd5 $5 (8.
d3 {Anand later tried this move against Carlsen:} d6 9. Nd5 h6 10. c3 Rb8 11.
Re1 Ba7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Re8 14. a4 b4 15. a5 bxc3 16. bxc3 Be6 $11 {
½-½ (66) Anand,V (2783)-Carlsen,M (2822) Saint Louis 2017, with a roughly
equal position.}) 8... Nxe4 9. d3 Nf6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. Re1 h6 13.
Bh4 Bb7 14. c3 Rfe8 15. d4 e4 16. Nd2 Na5 $13 {0-1 (60) Anand,V (2786)-Kramnik,
V (2808) Stavanger 2017, with a complex and unbalanced position.}) 6... O-O 7.
d4 Ba7 {This idea was tried for the first time back in 1902! But more
seriously in a game between Tal and Keres, in 1959.} 8. Re1 {This is a
standard move, but apparently Black starts to achieve a comfortable position
if White plays too passively.} (8. dxe5 {was played by the Swedish GM
Grandelius against Wojtaszek's compatriot GM Gajewski, in 2018.} Nxe4 9. Qd5
Nc5 10. Bc2 Ne7 11. Qd1 d5 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Qxd6 cxd6 {The black pieces are
quite active, but White has a better pawn structure, guaranteeing him a very
slight advantage, that did not materialise in this game.} 14. Bf4 Bf5 (14... d5
$1) 15. Na3 Bxc2 16. Nxc2 Nf5 17. Rad1 $14 {1/2-1/2 (46) Grandelius,N (2646)
-Gajewski,G (2588) Batumi 2018}) (8. Bg5 $146 {a logical move, but a novelty
at the time. I think this is the critical way to play as White.} h6 9. Bh4 exd4
$1 (9... b5 $2 10. dxe5 $1 g5 11. exf6 Qxf6 (11... gxh4 {doesn't help} 12. e5
$3 bxa4 13. Qd2 {[%csl Rh6]} Kh7 {Now White wins with a nice combination:} 14.
Qd3+ Kh8 15. Ng5 $1 hxg5 16. Qf3 $1 Nxe5 17. Qh5+ Kg8 18. Qh6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 $18
) 12. e5 $5 Qg7 13. Bc2 $1 gxh4 14. Nxh4 Nxe5 15. Nf5 Qf6 16. Qh5 Re8 17. Nxh6+
Kf8 18. Nd2 d5 19. Rae1 Bd7 20. Kh1 (20. Bf5 $1 $18) 20... Kg7 21. f4 Qxh6 22.
Qxh6+ Kxh6 23. fxe5 Kg7 $16 {½-½ (42) Tal,M-Keres,P Tallinn (Estonia) 1959,
Keres went on to defend this endgame.}) 10. cxd4 d6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nbd2 (12.
Re1 $5) 12... Re8 {Black is doing fine dynamically with the bishop pair and
the loose white central pawns.} 13. Qa4 (13. Re1 $5) 13... Bd7 14. e5 g5 $1 15.
Nxg5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 dxe5 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxd8 Raxd8 $13 {0-1 (39) Smirnov,A 
(2478)-Nabaty,T (2622) Pardubice 2016, with complex play.}) 8... b5 (8... d6 {
was played in another very old game in 1963, this time by the Soviet master
Lev Aronin as Black.} 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Qe7 11. d5 $6 (11. Bxc6 {similar to
the Smirnov - Nabaty game, this exchange is typical in these positions. I
don't like 11.d5 as in the game.}) 11... Nb8 12. Nbd2 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6
15. Nf1 c6 $132 {1-0 (54) Nikitin,A-Aronin,L Moscow (Russia) 1963}) 9. Bb3 d6
10. h3 Bb7 {[%csl Ra7,Rb7]} 11. a4 Ne7 $1 12. Bc2 Ng6 {[%csl Ra7,Rb7,Rf6,Rg6]
This is the main idea of the variation - achieve this very active piece setup.
If Black is able to place the bishops and knights like this without any danger,
he should have a good position.} 13. Na3 c6 {Wojtaszek chooses to keep the
tension. 13...exd4 was possible, but not so clear.} (13... exd4 14. cxd4 b4 15.
Nc4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 (16. Rxe4 d5 {with sharp play.}) 16... Nxe4 17. Rxe4 d5 $11)
14. Bd3 Re8 15. Nc2 h6 16. dxe5 $6 (16. Be3 {had to be played. With 16.dxe5,
Black's position improves and he already starts to look for a serious
advantage.}) 16... dxe5 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Nf4 19. Bc2 Qc7 $1 {[%cal Ga8d8,
Gc6c5,Gc5c4] Topalov simply doesn't have much in return for all the strategic
achievements Black has made.} 20. Nf5 Rad8 21. Qc1 Bc8 $1 {Trying to eliminate
White's strongest piece. 22.Ng3 is possible, but it's hard to make such
passive moves.} (21... c5 $5 {was also a good move.}) 22. Nh2 $2 (22. Ng3 {
would have been a better choice.}) 22... Bxf5 23. exf5 e4 $1 $17 {[%csl Rf2,
Rf5,Rg2,Rh3] When Black achieves such a pawn structure, the advance of the
central e-pawn is very strong. White's f5-pawn basically becomes useless.} 24.
axb5 axb5 25. Nf1 (25. Ng4 {wouldn't change much:} Nxg4 26. hxg4 {Here Black
can choose the best purpose for the e-pawn: support d3 or break White's pawn
structure.} Nd3 (26... e3 $5 27. fxe3 Nd5 28. Re2 Nf6 $40) 27. Bxd3 exd3 $17)
25... c5 $1 26. b3 Nd3 27. Bxd3 exd3 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. c4 Re2 $1 30. cxb5 Qe5
{Wojtaszek is very precise concluding the game. The threat of ...Qd4 (amongst
others) decides the game.} 31. Ra8+ Kh7 32. Qc4 Qxf5 33. f3 Rc2 34. Qxf7 Qg5
35. g4 Qh4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.28"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 c6 {
This continuation is obviously less logical than the normal} (7... dxc4 {
, gaining a tempo.}) 8. O-O Nh5 9. Rc1 {A typical idea: White allows Black to
double his pawns but obtains the open e-file and control of the e5 square.} (9.
Bg3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 {is harmless}) ({or} 9. Be5 f6 10. Bg3 Nxg3 ({simpler than} 
10... f5 11. Be5 Nhf6 12. h3 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Nd7 14. f4 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Bg5 16. Qd2
Bd7 $11 {1-0 (60) Gelfand,B (2740)-Aronian,L (2809) London 2013}) 11. hxg3 f5
12. Rb1 Rf6 13. b4 a6 14. a4 Rh6 15. b5 g5 $132 {1/2 (59) Svane,R (2555)
-Merriman,J (2243) London 2016}) (9. Qc2 $5 Nxf4 10. exf4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nb6 (
11... Nf6 12. Rad1 (12. Qe2 Nd5 13. g3 Bf6 14. Ne4 b6 15. Rfd1 Bb7 16. Ne5 Rc8
17. Rac1 Rc7 18. Bd3 {1/2 (76) Deac,B (2543)-Radjabov,T (2710) Bastia 2016})
12... Qc7 13. g3 c5 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Ne5 a6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 $14 {
1-0 (53) Artemiev,V (2650)-Golubov,S (2347) Baku 2014}) (11... b6 $5 12. Rfe1
g6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. g3 $6 (14. Ne4 $5) 14... Qc7 15. Ng5 Nf6 16. Qb3 Kh8 17. h4
Rad8 $132 {1/2 (39) Mchedlishvili,M (2619)-Nigalidze,G (2458) Tbilisi 2009})
12. Bd3 g6 13. g3 Nd5 14. a3 Nxc3 (14... Bd7 15. Ne4 Rc8 16. Rac1 b6 17. Qe2
Rc7 18. Ne5 Be8 19. Rc2 f6 20. Nf3 Bf7 21. Rfc1 Qa8 22. h4 $14 {1/2 (53)
Dorfman,J (2580)-Ivkov,B (2505) France 1993}) 15. Qxc3 Qd6 16. Rac1 Rd8 17. Be4
Bd7 18. Rfd1 Be8 19. Ne5 Bf8 20. Qb3 Qe7 21. Rd3 Bg7 22. Rcd1 Rac8 23. Bg2 Rc7
24. h4 $36 {1/2 (62) Tari,A (2450)-Oparin,G (2552) Pune 2014}) 9... Nxf4 10.
exf4 b6 (10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 b6 {allows White to harmoniously arrange his
pieces:} 12. Qe2 (12. Re1 Bb7 13. Qb3 Bd6 14. g3 Nf6 15. Ne5 Nd5 16. f5 Nxc3
17. bxc3 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 exf5 19. Rce1 c5 20. dxc5 Be4 21. Bd5 Rc8 22. cxb6 Qxb6
23. Qxb6 axb6 24. c4 Rc5 $11 {1/2 (39) Sebenik,M (2549)-Spalir,J (2342)
Maribor 2017}) 12... Bb7 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Ne5 Nf6 15. a3 Bd6 16. Ba6 Bxa6 17.
Qxa6 Rc7 18. g3 Qc8 19. Qe2 $14 {1-0 (61) Gelfand,B (2731)-Oparin,G (2563)
Moscow 2015}) 11. cxd5 {A common reaction to ...b7-b6.} cxd5 {This gives White
a stable plus as he has initiative on both sides.} (11... exd5 {[%csl Rc6]} 12.
Re1 Bb7 13. g3 $14 {etc. - White doesn't hurry with Nf3-e5 but is ready to
play it at an appropriate moment.} f6 $6 14. Bd3 {is clearly favorable for
White.}) 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Qe2 a6 14. Rfe1 Bd6 15. Ne5 b5 $6 {Probably a poor
idea: White is able to use the weakness of dark squares in Black's position.} (
15... g6 $142 $14) 16. Nb1 $1 {[%mdl 32]} Nf6 17. Nd2 {[%csl Gd2] From here
White's knight is able to go to f3 (to support White's kingside attack) or to
b3 to control and possibly invade c5 or a5.} Qb6 18. Ndf3 Rac8 19. Rxc8 Bxc8
20. Qe3 h6 $6 {A weakening move, making White's task easier.} (20... Qc7 $142 {
[%cal Yc7e7]}) 21. h4 $6 {An unnecessary "subtlety".} (21. g4 {[%cal Yg4g5]
was quite possible. If} Ne4 {then} 22. Rc1 {etc.}) 21... Ne4 22. Rc1 {Of
course, White ignores Black's e4 knight. He can take it at any appropriate
moment.} f6 $6 (22... Qa5 $142 $1 23. a3 Bb7 {[%cal Yf8c8] with stubborn
defense.}) 23. Ng6 Re8 24. Nd2 $1 f5 {[%csl Re5] Black must weaken his
position even further.} (24... Nxd2 $2 25. Rxc8 $1 $18) 25. Nb3 (25. f3 $5 {
was quite possible. If} Nxd2 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Qxe6+ Kh7 {then} 28. Qxf5 $1 {
, e.g.} Qxd4+ 29. Kh2 Nf1+ 30. Kh3 Ne3 31. Nf8+ Kg8 32. Qe6+ Kxf8 (32... Kh8
33. Ng6+ Kh7 34. Ne5+ $18) 33. Qxd6+ Kg8 34. Qe6+ $18) {However, even after
the text move White keeps a decisive positional advantage.} 25... Qd8 26. h5
Bb7 27. Ne5 Qe7 28. Be2 Rc8 29. g3 Qe8 30. Kg2 {White is not hurrying.} Nf6 31.
Nd3 Rxc1 32. Qxc1 Kh7 (32... Nxh5 $2 33. Na5 $18) 33. Qd1 Ne4 34. Ne5 Nf6 35.
Nc5 Qc8 36. b4 Bc6 37. g4 $1 {Starting a final assault.} Be8 38. Bd3 Kh8 39. f3
a5 40. bxa5 Bxc5 41. Qc2 Qa8 42. Qxc5 Qxa5 43. Qf8+ Kh7 44. gxf5 Qd2+ 45. Kh3
Qe1 46. fxe6+ Ne4 47. Bxe4+ dxe4 48. Qxe8 1-0

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "Wojtaszek,R"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{With two rounds to go I was been in the leading pack with many other players.
Most likely it was my last game with white, so I thought it should be the time
to put some "real" pressure on my opponent. Not a simple task, especially
given that my opponent, Micky Adams is solid but also an all-around player.
Also, with 6 out of 7 previous games having ended in a draw, I wasn't all that
optimistic about my chances before the game.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 {
In the only game I managed to beat Micky I have also played the Catalan.
Having this nice memory in mind, I thought it was a good choice also for this
game.} d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 c5 {I expected this as my opponent used it twice
before. In our previous encounters I faced the more classical systems 4...Be7
and 4...Bb4+.} 6. O-O Nc6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Nxc4 $5 {A somewhat forgotten line,
but I remembered having some problems analyzing this from Black's point of
view, so I thought it could be interesting to try it as White.} cxd4 9. Bf4 Be7
(9... Nd5 {is the only way to castle, but White gets a nice compensation after}
10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Bxd6 Nde7 12. Nd2 $1 (12. Qb3 $6 Na5 $1) 12... O-O 13. Qb3
$44) 10. Nd6+ Kf8 11. Nxb7 Qb6 12. Nd6 Qc5 {Thanks to this move Black is
supposed to be okay in the offical theory. Black's position looks quite
suspicious, but it's difficult to prove it.} 13. b4 $1 (13. Ne4 $6 {is way too
soft} Nxe4 14. Bxe4 e5 15. Bd2 f5 {and White's pieces are getting pushed back.}
) (13. Qb3 {was the only serious try.} Bxd6 14. Rc1 {A similar plan like in
the game, but here the difference is} Qb4 $1 15. Qxb4 Bxb4 16. Bxc6 Rc8 {
Black is doing fine and of course now it doesn't matter that he didn't manage
to castle.}) 13... Qxb4 14. a3 Qc5 15. Qb3 $5 $146 {The actual novelty.So
White sacrificed a pawn to keep this strong knight on d6, at least for a while.
Of course with an engine running it's easy to prove that Black is objectively
fine, but during the actual game where there are many pieces on the board and
with such an unsafe king it's quite dangerous for Black. There is a funny
hidden story connected to this idea - just before Isle of Man I played the
European Club Cup in Greece and at some point I thought that I would like to
have it analyzed a bit more carefully. It turned out that all my friends with
whom I'm usually working with were not available. So I decided to ask my wife
to check this line for me. She was there with me and didn't play so I
disrupted her holidays but after all we both agreed it was worth it:)} (15. Nd2
{Only this was played before, even my opponent faced this move in 2008 against
Gelfand.} e5 16. N2e4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Qb6 18. Rb1 Qc7 {and White didn't have
enough counterplay in Gelfand,B (2723)-Adams,M (2729) Yerevan 2008.}) 15... Na5
$4 {This is a losing mistake. It's easy to criticise such a blunder but with
all pieces on the board it's not simple to make a right choice.} (15... Bxd6 $2
16. Rc1 $1 {This explains the whole 13.b4 idea. Now the b4 square is not
available.}) (15... Qh5 $1 {This is the engine's first line but didn't look
natural to me, so I wasn't particularly worried about this move.} 16. Nc4 Nd5
17. Qb7 Rd8 18. Bc7 Nxc7 19. Qxc7 Qb5 $1 20. Nbd2 Qb8 $1 {Like this Black
manages to exchange queens and limit the damage, but even} 21. Qxb8 Rxb8 22.
Rab1 Rc8 23. Rb7 {felt promising over the board.}) (15... Qb6 $5 {was the move
I expected the most. It avoids the Rc1 threat with tempo. Now White has
several interesting possibilites but I would like to mention the tricky} 16.
Qa2 $5 {where Black should answer with the brilliant but also over the board
very difficult to find} Qd8 $3 (16... Nh5 17. Nc4 $1 Qd8 18. Bd6 $36) 17. Nd2
g5 $1 {and White has nothing better than repetition after} 18. Nb7 Qc8 19. Nd6
Qd8 $11) (15... Nd5 {I thought that this could be the likely human response
but after} 16. Rc1 Qa5 17. Qf3 $1 {the position looks dangerous for Black.})
16. Qb4 $1 Qxb4 17. axb4 e5 (17... Nb3 18. Ra3 $1 {is probably what my
opponent missed:} Nd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Rxb3 g5 21. Be5 f6 22. Rf3 $1 {would
be the cleanest win}) 18. Bxa8 exf4 19. Rxa5 Bxd6 20. Rxa7 Bxb4 {Of course
White's position is winning but there is a techincal part. I was trying to be
precise and not to give too many practical chances.} 21. Rd1 $1 {Activity is
much more important than material.} (21. gxf4 g6 22. Rd1 Kg7 23. Bf3 Rc8 $16 {
and it's visible that Black is still fighting.}) 21... fxg3 22. hxg3 Bc5 (22...
Ke7 23. Bc6) 23. Ra5 Bb4 24. Ra6 Ke7 25. Bc6 $1 {Again, I thought that I
should exchange one of the opponents' bishops and then it would be simple.} Rc8
26. Rxd4 $1 Bc5 (26... Bxc6 27. Rxb4 Be4 {and here White is lucky to have the
simple} 28. Nd2 Rc1+ 29. Nf1 $1) 27. Bxd7 Nxd7 28. Re4+ Kf8 29. Nd2 g6 30. Kg2
Rd8 31. Rc4 Be7 32. Ne4 {Now the rest is simple.} h5 33. Rc7 Ne5 34. Raa7 Re8
35. f4 Ng4 36. Nc3 Nh6 37. e4 Bd6 38. Rc6 Rd8 39. Nd5 Kg7 40. Kf3 Ng4 41. Rb7
Kf8 42. Ra6 Bc5 43. Rc7 Bd4 44. Ra4 Bg1 45. Rb4 {and Black resigned.
Definitely the critical win for me, allowing me to fight for the 1st place in
the last round and tiebreak as it turned out.} 1-0

[Event "Douglas IoM op playoff"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.10.28"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
Re8 9. Be3 a5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qc2 c6 12. c5 Ng4 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 Nxc5 15.
Rad1 Qe7 16. h3 Nh6 17. Be3 Bf8 18. Na4 Nxa4 19. Qxa4 Qb4 20. Qc2 Be6 21. a3
Qc4 22. Qb1 Nf7 23. Nd2 Qa6 24. Rfe1 a4 25. Bf1 b5 26. Qc2 c5 27. Rc1 c4 28.
Nb1 Qc8 29. Nc3 Rb8 30. Rcd1 Bxh3 31. Nd5 Kg7 32. Qe2 Bxf1 33. Rxf1 Bc5 34. Kg2
Bxe3 35. Qxe3 h5 36. f4 Qg4 37. fxe5 Rxe5 38. Nxf6 Qe6 39. Nd7 Rxe4 40. Qc3+
Kh6 41. Nxb8 Re2+ 42. Rf2 Qe4+ 43. Kg1 Re3 44. Qd2 Ng5 45. Qd6 Nh3+ 46. Kh2
Nxf2 47. Qf8+ Kg5 48. Qd8+ Kg4 49. Rd4 Kf3 50. Rxe4 Rxe4 51. Qf6+ Ke2 52. Kg2
Nd3 53. Qf3+ 1-0

[Event "Douglas IoM op playoff"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.10.28"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
Re8 9. Be3 c6 10. h3 a5 11. d5 Nc5 12. Nd2 cxd5 13. cxd5 b6 14. a4 Ba6 15. Nb5
Qd7 16. Nc4 Bxb5 17. axb5 Rab8 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Qa4 h5 20. h4 Bh6 21. Rad1 g5
22. hxg5 Bxg5 23. Qb3 Kg7 24. f4 exf4 25. gxf4 Bh6 26. e5 Ng4 27. Qh3 Rh8 28.
f5 Kf8 29. e6 Qd8 30. f6 Nxf6 31. d6 fxe6 32. Ne5 Kg7 33. Qg3+ Ng4 34. Nxg4
hxg4 35. Qe5+ Kg8 36. Qxe6+ Kh7 37. Be4+ 1-0

[Event "Prague Masters 1st"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Wojtaszek,R"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.03.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Second round of the tournament. At the first round I drew against Vidit while
Richard lost a crazy game against Duda with White. Having that in mind I felt
that I should get some chances in this game.} 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4.
Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Qe8 $5 {It's never easy to guess Richard's
preparation. Before the game I had this feeling that he might try some sort of
KID's position and even checked some sidelines but obviously not this one.} 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. b4 $1 {By far the most promising reaction, White needs to gain
some space on the queenside. Black on the other hand will try to exploit the
d4 and c5 squares (after White goes b5).} Bg4 $5 {This was new to me but I
didn't feel particularly worried as white's position looks quite easy to play.}
(9... Nc6 $2 {is to early as Black loses material after} 10. b5 Nd4 11. Ba3 {
[%csl Gf8]}) 10. b5 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Qe6 12. Nd5 Rc8 13. Nxf6+ $1 {Not the most
obvious move but probably the best one. The idea is that it's stops
development of Black's knight.} (13. Ba3 $6 Bf8 $1 14. Bxf8 Kxf8 {and Black is
doing at least fine.}) 13... Qxf6 14. Be3 Rd8 15. Qb3 $1 {Funnily enough
Richard played exactly the same position himself... but with White! He went 15.
Qc1 but I felt that b3 is more natural square for the queen.} (15. Qc1 Qe7 16.
c5 c6 17. a4 Nd7 {and I don't see many problems for Black.}) 15... Nd7 16. c5
c6 17. Rfd1 Bf8 18. Rac1 $14 {Both sides are making natural moves but it's
quite visible that white is putting up pressure on the queenside while it's
difficult to see what exactly Black is doing - his position is just passive.}
Be7 $6 {It's easy to criticise this move, but on the other hand it's not too
simple to offer an improvement.} ({Maybe objecitvely it was better to play
ugly looking} 18... cxb5 $5 19. Qxb5 Qc6 {but also here White's advantage is
obvious, for instance after} 20. Be2 Nf6 21. Qxc6 bxc6 22. f3 $14) 19. Be2 $1 {
I liked this move as my bishop was the last piece which was not doing anything.
} Nf8 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Bc4 $6 (21. Qb7 $1 Rab8 22. Qa6 $16 {would be similar
to the game but Black wouldn't have a chance to put the rook on the 7th rank.})
21... Kg7 $6 (21... Rab8 $1 22. Qa4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rb7 {and Black is still
worse of course but it's not simple to increase the pressure with White.}) 22.
Qb7 Rab8 23. Qa6 (23. Qxa7 $2 Ra8 24. Qb7 Rdb8 $1 25. Qc7 Rc8 $11) 23... Nd7
24. Qa5 $16 h5 25. h3 $6 {Around here we were approaching time trouble and I
just played this normal looking move to save some time, but it turns out that
now Black is getting some practical chances.} (25. Rd3 $1 {[%cal Gc1d1] and
Black's position is probably already lost:} Qh4 26. f3 Nf8 (26... Bg5 $2 27.
Bf2 $1) 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Qxa7 $18) 25... g5 $1 {The move I completely forgot
about.} 26. Rd3 $2 (26. Be2 $1 Qg6 27. Qc3 {and according to the engine White
keeps a big advantage but moving pieces back two moves in a row is not easy to
do.}) 26... g4 $1 27. hxg4 (27. h4 $5 {was objectively stronger, but also here
Black was already very much back in the game.} Qxh4 28. Qc7 (28. Rcd1 $2 g3 $1)
28... Rbc8 29. Qxa7 Nf8 30. Rcd1 Rxd3 31. Rxd3 {should be better for White,
but the position remains complicated.}) 27... hxg4 28. Rcd1 g3 $1 29. Rxd7 (29.
fxg3 Qg6 30. Bf2 Qxe4 31. Qc3 Qg4 {with mutual chances.}) 29... Rxd7 30. Rxd7
Qe6 $4 ({We both miscalculated} 30... Qh4 $1 31. fxg3 Rb1+ $1 32. Bf1 Qxe4 33.
Qd2 (33. Qc3 Qf5 {[%csl Gd7,Gf1]}) 33... Qf5 34. Bf2 (34. Qd3 Rxf1+ $1) 34...
Bxc5 $1 35. Rc7 {I saw all this and thought I was just winning, but Black has
an amazing resource:} Rd1 $3 (35... Rxf1+ $4 {would be premature because of}
36. Kxf1 Bxf2 37. Qd7 $3 {and White is winning.}) 36. Qe2 Rxf1+ 37. Qxf1 (37.
Kxf1 Bxf2 38. Qxf2 Qb1+ $11) 37... Bxf2+ 38. Qxf2 Qb1+ 39. Kh2 Qh7+ 40. Kg1
Qb1+ $11 {and White has to take a draw because of} 41. Qf1 $4 Qb6+ $19) 31. Qc7
$1 $18 {I saw this while playing 26.Rd3 and that was the reason I went for
this line in the first place.} Rb1+ 32. Bf1 gxf2+ 33. Bxf2 Rxf1+ $5 (33... Qc4
34. Qxe5+ Bf6 35. Qg3+ Kf8 36. Qd3 $18) 34. Kxf1 Qc4+ 35. Ke1 Qxe4+ 36. Kd1
Qa4+ 37. Ke2 Qg4+ 38. Kd2 Qb4+ 39. Ke2 Qg4+ 40. Kd2 Qb4+ 41. Kd3 $1 {The key
move, now White is avoiding all checks.} Qb1+ 42. Ke2 Qc2+ ({I was a bit more
worried about} 42... Qe4+ {but also here White is winning:} 43. Be3 Qxg2+ 44.
Kd3 e4+ 45. Kc3 Bf6+ 46. Bd4 Qf3+ 47. Kb4 $18) 43. Rd2 Qe4+ 44. Kf1 Qb1+ 45.
Be1 Qf5+ 46. Rf2 Qd3+ 47. Re2 Qf5+ 48. Bf2 Qb1+ 49. Re1 {And I finally managed
to escape from all checks.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. Nge2 Qxc5 10. Qb3 Qa5 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Nb5 Ne4 13. Bc7 b6 14. Bxf7+
Rxf7 15. Qd5 Nec5 16. Qxa8 Qxb5 17. Nd4 Qa6 18. b4 Nd3 19. Rcd1 Nb2 20. Rb1
Bxd4 21. exd4 Nc4 22. Rbc1 b5 23. a4 Qb7 24. Qxb7 Bxb7 25. axb5 Na3 26. f4 Nxb5
27. Be5 Rf8 28. g3 Kf7 29. f5 g5 30. g4 a6 31. Kf2 Nf6 32. Rg1 Rh8 33. Ke2 h6
34. h3 Rd8 35. Rc4 Rg8 36. Re1 Nd5 37. Kf2 Rd8 38. Kg3 Ndc3 39. Kh2 Ne4 40. Re2
Nec3 41. Re3 Nd5 42. Re2 Rd7 43. Kg3 Nf6 44. h4 Rd8 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. Bxf6 exf6
47. Rh2 Kg7 48. Rd2 Rd7 49. Rc1 Bd5 50. Kf2 Kf7 51. Rc5 Ke7 52. Re2+ Kd6 53.
Re8 Nxd4 54. Ra5 Bb7 55. Ra3 Kd5 56. Rc3 Bc6 57. Ke3 Nb3 58. Re6 Bb5 59. Rxb3
Kc4 60. Rb1 Kc3 61. Rxf6 Rd3+ 62. Ke4 Rd4+ 63. Ke5 Rxg4 64. Rb6 Bd3 65. Rc6+
Kd2 66. Rb2+ Ke3 67. f6 1-0

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.05.21"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Wojtaszek,R"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In the first game we made a considerably short draw, so I had a bit more time
to prepare for the Grunfeld which was more or least given against Peter.} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 {Against Mamedyarov I've played the calmer system with Bf4.
This time I wanted to get a bit more complicated position, so 3.f3 felt like a
decent choice.} e6 4. e4 c5 5. d5 d6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. Ng3 exd5 (8...
a6 9. a4 h5 10. Bg5 Qc7 {Obviously it's not the most critical system, but
wanted to point out a beautiful idea:} 11. Qd2 exd5 12. cxd5 Nh7 13. Bh6 h4 14.
Bxg7 Kxg7 {and now} 15. Bc4 $3 {was played in the beautiful game Aronian-MVL
2017 which I can recommend to the readers.}) 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 h5 11. Bg5 Qe8 {
I must confess that I didn't expect this line from Peter, so I only barely
remembered my file. The good thing was that Peter was spending quite a lot of
time for the next moves, so I was able to figure out some important details of
my old preparation.} 12. Bd3 Nh7 ({An alternative was} 12... Nbd7 $5 13. f4 (
13. O-O {would be too soft:} Nh7 14. Be3 (14. Bf4 $2 Ne5 $1 {explains the idea
of 12...Nd7}) 14... Ne5 15. Be2 h4 16. Nh1 f5 $13) 13... Ng4 14. h3 c4 $1 {
leads to a big mess and was already played in the game Matlakov-Adhiban, rapid
2017.}) 13. Bf4 Qe7 14. Nge2 (14. O-O Nd7 {would lead to the same as White
doesn't really have any other ideas than improving the knight from g3.}) 14...
Nd7 15. O-O Ne5 16. Bc2 {I considered this position to be a bit more pleasant
for White as it's not that simple for Black to find a good plan, while White
can simply improve the position with moves like a5 or h3 followed by Bc1 and
f4.} Rb8 (16... Bd7 17. a5 Rae8 {looked also logical to play on the kingside
but White is also prepared for that.} 18. h3 f5 {is something I considered
during the game but now White has a strong idea:} (18... h4 {allows another
positional idea:} 19. Ba4 $1) 19. Bc1 $1 {[%cal Ge2f4]}) 17. a5 b5 18. axb6
Rxb6 19. Bc1 h4 {here I had my first long thought, mainly choosing between 20.
h3 or 20.f4. After all I decided that} 20. f4 {is more forcing} (20. h3 $5 g5
$5 {was bothering me as the position after} 21. f4 gxf4 22. Nxf4 Bh6 {during
the game felt rather unclear even though engines are claiming White is much
better.}) 20... Ng4 21. h3 Ngf6 22. Ra2 Bd7 $13 {here I spent quite a lot of
time trying to figure out what is exactly my plan and I decided to attack f4
pawn.} 23. Qe1 (23. e5 dxe5 24. f5 {A typical idea in this kind of positions,
but here Black shouldn't be afraid of this.} gxf5 (24... g5 $5 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26.
Bxe4 Rb4 27. Nc3 Qd6 {would be also highly unclear}) 25. Bxf5 Bxf5 26. Rxf5 Qd6
{[%cal Gf8d8,Gf6d5]}) 23... Nh5 24. Be3 Rfb8 25. b3 Rxb3 $1 {A very strong,
practical decision. Instead of being slightly worse, Peter changes the
character of the position, and now all 3 results are possible.} (25... Qd8 {
is the computer's second choice which shows how unpleasant Black's position
was if this sacrifice wouldn't be available.}) 26. Bxb3 Rxb3 27. Bd2 $5 {
Maybe not the best move but the practical one. We were approaching time
trouble so I wanted to keep some control.} (27. e5 dxe5 28. fxe5 Qxe5 29. Qf2
Bf5 {must be fine for black}) (27. Rxa6 Ng3 $1 {and white cannot keep control
any longer.} 28. Nxg3 Bxc3 29. Ra8+ Kg7 30. Qd1 Rb4 31. Qc2 Bd4 32. Bxd4+ Rxd4
33. Ne2 Rxe4 $44) (27. Rf3 $5 Bb5 28. Bf2 Bxe2 29. Nxe2 $1 Rb4 $1 30. e5 dxe5
31. Rc2 {and according to an engine white is better but for me it looks
nothing more than unclear.}) 27... Bd4+ $6 {Funnily this is the move we both
thought it's a decisive mistake. Not the best one but not the losing one
either.} (27... Bb5 $1 {is the only move which I expected during the game.} 28.
Nxb5 axb5 29. e5 $1 dxe5 30. Ra8+ Nf8 31. f5 {and I thought that White has a
huge initiative which is only partly true because after} gxf5 $1 32. Rxf5 Ng3
33. Nxg3 hxg3 $1 {Black is also having some counterplay:} 34. Rg5 Qb7 $8 35.
Re8 Qxd5 36. Rexe5 Qd4+ 37. Re3 (37. Be3 Qxe5 $3 38. Rxe5 Bxe5 39. Bxc5 Ne6 {
and it's even White who should be careful.}) 37... Ne6 38. Rg4 Rxe3 39. Bxe3
Qe5 40. Qxg3 Qxg3 41. Rxg3 Kh7 $44 (41... c4 $2 42. Bh6)) (27... Bc8 $5 {
simply protecting the pawn was also interesting. It's not easy to understand
but Black has a decent positional compensation, so it's not necessary to force
things.} 28. Qd1 Rb4 $44) 28. Kh2 N7f6 $4 {Only this loses. First of all the
a6 pawn is lost and also now the bishop on d4 is rather stuck doing nothing.} (
28... Rb6 $1 29. Qa1 (29. Nxd4 cxd4 30. Ne2 Bb5 $44 {[%csl Ge4]}) 29... Ng3 $1
30. Rb1 $1 (30. Nxg3 $2 hxg3+ 31. Kxg3 Bb5 32. Re1 Nf6 $17) 30... Rxb1 31. Qxb1
Nf6 32. Rxa6 Nfxe4 33. Nxe4 Qxe4 34. Qxe4 Nxe4 35. Be1 $14 {Practically
speaking it's closer to a draw than anything else.}) 29. Rf3 Rb4 30. Rxa6 $18 {
The rest normally would be easy but given that we were short of time and the
stake was quite high it was neccessary not to allow many tricks.} Rc4 31. Ra7
Qd8 32. Qa1 $1 Nxe4 33. Ra8 (33. Rxd7 Qxd7 34. Qa8+ Kg7 35. Nxe4 {was also
winning but as usual in such situations one should just calculate one way and
play it.}) 33... Bc8 34. Qa6 $1 Nxd2 (34... Bxa6 35. Rxd8+ Kg7 36. Nxe4 $18)
35. Rxc8 Nxf3+ 36. gxf3 Qxc8 37. Qxc8+ Kg7 38. Nxd4 Rxd4 (38... Rxc3 39. Nb5
Rc2+ 40. Kg1 {is also hopeless.}) 39. Qd8 Rd2+ 40. Kg1 Nxf4 41. Qxd6 Nxh3+ 42.
Kf1 {and Peter resigned. I considered it be quite a good game, especially
since it gave me a qualification to the semi-finals.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 Rxa5 11. a4 c5 12. Bd2 Ra6 13. Qc1 Nh5 14. Rb1 b6 15. Rb3
Bd7 16. Ra3 f5 17. Nb5 fxe4 18. Ng5 Nf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Nxe4 Nf5 21. Qxf4 Bh6
22. Qf3 Ne3 23. Rxe3 Rxf3 24. Rxf3 Bxb5 25. axb5 Ra2 26. Bd3 Bg7 27. g3 Ra3 28.
h4 h6 29. Re1 Be5 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Nd2 Ra2 32. Nf1 Qa8 33. Nh2 Ra1 34. Re4 h5
35. Rfe3 Qa4 36. Re1 Rd1 37. Rxd1 Qxd1 38. Bf1 Qb1 39. Re2 Kf7 40. Nf3 Bf6 41.
Re6 Be7 42. Nd2 Qc2 43. Ne4 Kf8 44. Nxd6 Bxd6 45. Rxd6 g5 46. hxg5 h4 47. Rf6+
Kg7 48. gxh4 Qe4+ 49. Kg3 Qe5+ 50. Rf4 Kg6 51. Kg4 1-0

[Event "EU-chT 22nd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2019.10.25"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.10.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nb6 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Be7 10. O-O Nc6 11. a3 Qd7 12. Rd1 Rd8 13. Qe4 h5 14. h3 Nd5 15.
Rd3 Kf8 16. Bd2 g6 17. Qe2 Kg7 18. Ne4 h4 19. Rd1 Rh5 20. Nfg5 Bxg5 21. Bxg5
Rxg5 22. Nxg5 Nf4 23. Qe4 Nxd3 24. Rxd3 Rh8 25. Rf3 Nd8 26. Rf6 Rh6 27. Qf4 Qe7
28. Nf3 c5 29. dxc5 Nc6 30. Qe3 Rh5 31. Rf4 Qd8 32. b4 a6 33. Kh2 Qc7 34. Re4
f6 35. Kg1 Nxe5 36. Nd4 Qd7 37. f4 Nc4 38. Qd3 Qd5 39. Nxe6+ Kf7 40. Nd8+ 1-0

