[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Li, Wenliang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Bg2 a6 7. Qxc4 b5 (7...
c5 8. dxc5 (8. O-O b5 9. Qb3 Bb7 10. a4 Bd5 11. Qd1 $14) 8... Bxc5 9. Qd3 b5 $1
10. Ne5 Ra7 11. Nc6 Qb6 12. Nxa7 Bxf2+ 13. Kf1 Qxa7 14. Qf3 Bb6 15. Qa8 Qc7 16.
Qc6 Qxc6 17. Bxc6 O-O 18. Kg2 Ne5 19. Bf3 Nxf3 20. exf3 Bd7 21. Nc3 b4 22. Ne2
Bb5 23. Re1 Rc8 24. a4 bxa3 25. Nc3 axb2 26. Bxb2 $10) 8. Qc6 Rb8 (8... Ra7 9.
Bf4 Bb7 10. Qc1 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. O-O O-O 13. Nbd2 Qe7 14. Nb3 Bb6 15. Be3
Rc8 16. Qd2 Ne4 17. Qd3 Ndc5 18. Nxc5 $10) 9. Bf4 Nd5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7
12. Nc3 Qb4 $5 $146 (12... Bb7 13. Nxd5 Bxc6 14. Nxe7 Kxe7 15. O-O $142 $5 (15.
Rc1 Rb6 16. O-O Rc8 17. Ng5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rd6 $1 19. Rfd1 Rd5 20. Ne4 c5 21.
Nxc5 $1 Nxc5 22. dxc5 Rdxc5 23. Rxc5 Rxc5 24. Rd2 $10) 15... Bxf3 16. Bxf3 c5
17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Rfc1 $14) (12... Nb4 13. Qxc7 $3 Nc2+ 14. Kd1 $1 Nxa1 15. Ne5
Qd8 $8 (15... O-O 16. Nc6 Qf6 17. Ne4 $1 Qh6 18. Nxb8 Nxb8 19. Qxb8) 16. Qxd8+
Kxd8 17. Nc6+ Kc7 18. Nxb8 Kxb8 $1 (18... Nb6 19. Nc6 Bb7 20. d5 $16) 19. Kd2
Nb6 20. Rxa1 $14) 13. O-O Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qd6 15. Qxd6 cxd6 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4
Ke7 18. Rfa1 (18. c4 $6 Rb2 19. e3 Nb6 $17) 18... Rb2 19. e3 Bb7 20. Ne1 Bxg2
21. Kxg2 Rc8 22. Rxa6 Rxc3 23. R6a2 Rxa2 24. Rxa2 $10 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham International Masters"]
[Site "Nottingham"]
[Date "1936.08.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E03"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nbd7 5. Qxc4 e6 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 b5 8.
Qc6 Ra7 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. Qc1 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. O-O O-O 13. Nbd2 Qe7 14. Nb3
Bb6 15. Be3 Rc8 16. Qd2 Ne4 17. Qd3 Nec5 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Qd1 Ba8 20. Rc1 Rac7
21. b3 Nd7 22. Rxc7 Rxc7 23. Bxb6 Nxb6 24. Qd4 Nd5 25. Rd1 f6 26. Ne1 Bb7 27.
Bxd5 exd5 (27... Bxd5 $142 28. f3 Rd7 $11) 28. e3 Qe4 29. h4 a5 30. f3 Qxd4 (
30... Qe5 $142 $11) 31. Rxd4 $14 Rc1 32. Kf2 Ra1 33. Rd2 a4 $2 34. Nd3 Rb1 35.
Rb2 Rxb2+ 36. Nxb2 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Guter N <-> Schlechten B} Bc6 37. Nd3 g5 ({
Better is} 37... Kf7 $1 38. Nb4 Bb7 39. Nc2 Bc6 40. Nd4 Bd7 41. Ke2 Ke7 42. Kd3
axb3 43. axb3 {(Fine). A draw is forced by} b4 $1 44. Nc2 Bf5+ 45. e4 dxe4+ 46.
fxe4 Be6) 38. hxg5 fxg5 39. Nb4 axb3 40. axb3 Bb7 41. g4 Kg7 42. Ke2 Kg6 ({
Bondarevsky gives} 42... Kf6 43. Kd3 Ke5 44. Nc2 Bc6 45. Nd4 Be8 46. Kc3 h5 47.
gxh5 Bxh5 48. Kb4 g4 49. fxg4 Bxg4 50. Kxb5 Ke4 {drawn.}) 43. Kd3 h5 44. gxh5+
Kxh5 45. Kd4 Kh4 46. Nxd5 Kg3 47. f4 g4 48. f5 Bc8 49. Ke5 Bd7 50. e4 Be8 51.
Kd4 $2 ({Right is} 51. f6 $1 Kf3 {(Capablanca)} 52. Nf4 g3 $1 53. Kf5 Bd7+ 54.
Kg5 Be6 $1 55. Nxe6 g2 56. f7 g1=Q+ 57. Kf6 Kxe4 58. f8=Q Qf2+ 59. Ke7 Qa7+ 60.
Kd6 Qb6+ 61. Kd7 Qb7+ 62. Nc7 {and White wins.}) 51... Kf3 52. e5 g3 53. Ne3
Kf4 $2 ({Bondarevsky finds the great escape} 53... Bf7 54. e6 Bg8 55. b4 Kf4 {
drawn.}) 54. e6 g2 55. Nxg2+ Kxf5 56. Kd5 Kg4 57. Ne3+ Kf4 58. Kd4 {Good
endgame performance by Capablanca.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 81st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2019.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 {Neither this nor ...Bb4+ is
especially fun for White players looking for a garden-variety Catalan.} 5. Qa4+
(5. Nf3 {tends to be viewed as more testing.} c5 {And this is not the only
move, not by a long way, but I think it could be best.} 6. O-O (6. Na3 Nc6 7.
Nxc4 cxd4 8. O-O Bc5 9. b3 {could be due a revival- trying to keep the long
diagonal as clear as possible.}) 6... Nc6 7. Ne5 (7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qd3
(9. Qc3 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Rc8 $11) 9... c4 10. Qd1 Rc8 11. Re1 Be7
$132 {Maybe it's just my contrary streak, but I don't see what White wants to
achieve after e4.}) (7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O {
is a relatively easy Catalan for Black to 'huddle and survive'. The plus-side
being that after he does, he has a slightly better structure to try and work
with. The analogy to Karjakin's line in the 'Korchnoi-Karpov variation' is
obvious.}) 7... Bd7 8. Na3 cxd4 9. Naxc4 Be7 10. Qb3 Qc7 $1 {Now the main line
which leads to a draw runs:} 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Nxc6 Nxf4 13. Nxe7 Nxg2 14. Rfc1
Kxe7 15. Qa3+ (15. Qb4+ Kf6 16. Ne3 Bc6 17. Qxd4+ Ke7 18. Nxg2 f6 $11 {and it
is not clear who benefited from the game having continued.}) 15... Kf6 16. Qf3+
Ke7 $11) 5... Nbd7 6. Qxc4 c5 {I can't be the only person to feel as if it is
already Black playing to be better here. White has never really demonstrated a
way to prevent ...a6 and ...b5 from becoming reality.} (6... Rb8 $5 {is also a
playable move, which says a lot.}) 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Nc3 a6 9. Qb3 {White's play
does not give the impression of having made any particular preparations for
this opening or this opponent.} Ra7 {The best move on high depth, and a normal
enough one for players on the Black side of the Catalan.} 10. Na4 $5 {This is
at least optimistic.} (10. a4 b6 11. Nf3 Bb7 12. O-O O-O {and Black need not
feel he has made any particular concession in playing ...Ra7- in fact, the
rook might be well placed here after some minor piece trades, and the
a8-square is useful for a Black queen.}) 10... Qa5+ 11. Kf1 b6 {A solid and
sensible move, shoring up the g1-a7 diagonal.} (11... O-O 12. Nf3 b5 {was
plausible, but if by some accident after} 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. Qa3 Qxa3 15. bxa3 {
White should manage to play a4, then he will stand better. Furthermore, Black
may need a concrete plan after 14.Qc2.}) 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Nf3 Bb7
15. Bd2 Qb5 16. Nd4 {Trading off the bishop-pair (and improving Black's
a7-rook) has become a sad reality. Black did have an annoying threat of ...Be4,
...Rd7, ...Rfd8.} Qd7 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 (17... Qxb7 18. Nf3 Rc8 $15 {could be
slightly better, making it imperceptibly harder for White to finish
development.}) (17... Nxb7 18. Nf3 Rc8 19. Qd1 e5 $1 $40 {also enters into
consideration.}) 18. Nf3 Nce4 19. Rc1 Qd5 20. Bb4 Re8 21. Kg2 Qb5 22. Ba3 (22.
Qc4 $5 {ends White's opening problems for good.}) 22... h5 {A generally good
move- it isn't clear exactly when Black might want an escape square for his
king, or the ...h4 break- but both are on the cards.} 23. Rhf1 {This move
tries to keep both rooks, with the idea of (at some distant moment) doubling
them on the c-file.} (23. Rhd1 Rd7 24. Nd4 Qg5 {will also swap off some rooks.}
) 23... Rd7 24. e3 $6 (24. Rfd1 {admitting his mistake was still good enough
to equalise- usually in such positions, the side with the bishop can afford to
'mess around' more.}) 24... h4 $1 25. Nxh4 Rd2 26. Qc4 Qxc4 27. Rxc4 b5 28. Rd4
(28. Rb4 {might have had to be done.}) 28... Rc2 {White's main problem is that
he can't stop ...Ng4 (possibly as a capture.)} 29. Bb4 $6 (29. h3 g5 30. Nf3 g4
31. hxg4 e5 $17) 29... e5 30. Rd3 Rxb2 31. a3 Ng4 32. Be1 Rc8 33. Nf5 Rcc2 34.
Rd8+ Kh7 {All White's pieces, bar the d8-rook, are stuck on the defensive and
it still isn't enough.} 35. Kh3 Ngxf2+ 36. Kh4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.27"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "2827"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "Ganguly, Surya Sekhar "]
[PlyCount "51"]
[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 "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Be3 $5 $146
{Fabiano comes up with a very interesting novelty as early as move 7 in a
popular line of the Catalan system. The idea is as obvious as it looks. White
stops c5 for the moment. Anand already had this position as Black against
Anish in 2018 Wijk where Anish played the most popular move 7.Qc2} (7. Qc2 c5
8. Nf3 b5 9. Ne5 Nd5 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. Bxd5 exd5 12. dxc5 Bc6 {½-½ (20) Giri,
A (2752)-Anand,V (2767) Wijk aan Zee 2018 Anand came up with this nice pawn
sac idea in that game and drew comfortably.}) 7... Bd6 {In order to have the
e5 option in future.} (7... Nd5 8. Bxd5 Nb6 {doesn't work due to} 9. Bc6+) (
7... b5 {in order to exploit the fact that white queen is still on c4} 8. Qc1 (
8. Qc2 Nd5) 8... Rb8 {is another way of playing which needs further tests.} (
8... Nd5 9. Bg5)) (7... Be7 $5 8. Qc2 $140 Nd5 9. Bd2 c5 {in this particular
line the black bishop is better placed on e7 than on d6}) 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Nh3 $5
{Fabiano was still blitzing out all these weird looking moves which shows the
depth of his preparation. The knight on h3 might look odd for the moment but
in return the bishop on g2 remains open thus Black will not easily be able to
develop normally on the queenside.} e5 (9... Ng4 10. Bg5 $14) (9... Rb8 10. O-O
b5 11. Nc3 $14) 10. O-O h6 {now threatening Ng4} (10... Ng4 11. Bg5 f6 (11...
Ndf6 12. f3 h6 13. Bc1 Nxh2 {leads nowhere} 14. Kxh2 exd4 15. e4 $1) 12. dxe5
Ndxe5 13. Bd2 c6 {An interesting computer suggestion. I somehow still like
White's position more here.}) 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nc3 Qe7 (12... Neg4 13. Bf4 g5
14. Bc1 {[%csl Rg8]}) 13. Rad1 {For the first time Fabi started to think. It
showed a great amount of preparation starting with an uncommon setup from
White's side.} Re8 (13... Ng6 {In order to keep the h3 knight out of the game
for a while} 14. Bd4 {[%cal Gd4f6,Gc3e4]} Be5 15. Bxe5 Nxe5 16. Nf4 c6 {
similar to the game but without the dark-squared bishops which reduces White's
advantage a bit.}) 14. Nf4 c6 15. Bd4 g5 $6 {After 15min of thought Anand took
this decision. Clearly his first choice would have been just to play Bd7 but
something bothered him there hence he opted for this desperate solution. Or
perhaps he just wanted to exchange a few pieces to reduce White's advantage.} (
15... Bd7 16. Ne4 (16. Na4 g5 {Now that the other knight is in the corner g5
becomes strong.}) (16. e4 {even here moves are not that easy for Black but at
least he has no obvious weakness.} b5) 16... Nxe4 17. Bxe4 {White still
maintains some pressure}) 16. Nd3 Nxd3 17. Rxd3 $1 Be5 (17... Bf5 {loses on
the spot} 18. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 19. Rxd6 $18) 18. Qd2 {[%cal Gf2f4] After a very
long thought. White goes for f4 ideas in order to open up the kingside.} (18.
Re3 Ng4) (18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. e4 {was also possible}) 18... Bf5 {Ideally Black
wouldn't want to lock his bishop in on g6 but how else can he develop?} 19. e4
Bg6 20. f4 $1 (20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. f4 Qc5+) 20... gxf4 $2 {This turns out to be
a big mistake based on some nice tactics.} (20... Bxd4+ {The line looks ugly
but this was more or less the only decent option Black had.} 21. Rxd4 Rad8 22.
e5 Nh5 23. f5 (23. Rd6 gxf4) 23... Rxd4 24. Qxd4 Bh7 {looks horrible at first
sight. The engine as usual doesn't think about how it looks and says Black is
not so very worse after all! During a game it could be very frustrating to aim
for this position.} 25. Bf3 (25. Re1 $2 Bxf5 26. g4 Rd8 $1 $17 {is a nice
tactical point}) 25... Ng7 26. g4 Qxe5 27. Qxe5 Rxe5 {at some point Black will
sac the piece and will be able to hold}) 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. gxf4 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 {
Now everything comes down to one single question. Can Black take on e4 or not?
If he can’t then it is surely lost. Both players were looking at this at a
distance of many moves and lines are not trivial to calculate with so many
options. Especially over the board during a game.} Nxe4 (23... Rxe4 24. f5 $1
Bxf5 25. Qxh6 $18) 24. Nxe4 Rxe4 {Here too it is not that obvious how White is
better. Fabiano finds the only precise way to win the game.} (24... Bxe4 25.
Bxe4 Rxe4 26. Qg2+ {is one of the tactical points that had to be foreseen a
long time previously}) 25. Rg3 $1 (25. f5 {looks super tempting but spoils the
advantage immediately.} Bxf5 26. Qxh6 Bg6 $1 27. Rg3 (27. Rh3 $2 Qd4) 27... Re6
{Only move but good enough to hold the balance.}) 25... Rd4 {Here too White
had to find the only way to win....} 26. Qe3 $1 {Now Black loses a piece.
Anand resigned. Great preparation and a great game by Fabiano.} (26. Qf2 $2 Kh8
) (26. Qe3 $1 Kh7 (26... Kh8 27. f5 {[%csl Rh6]}) 27. f5 Bxf5 (27... Bh5 28.
Rh3 $18) 28. Rxf5 Qxf5 29. Qxd4 Qb1+ 30. Qg1 $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[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. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. O-O b6 8.
Nc3 Bb7 9. d4 Rc8 10. Qd3 $5 $146 {Interesting novelty. Leaving the c-file so
as to take back on d4 with the N.} (10. Rd1 a6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Qf4 Qe7 13.
Be3 O-O 14. Bxc5 Nxc5 $11 {0-1 (87) Svetlov,D (2396)-Kazhgaleyev,M (2573)
Moscow RUS 2015}) (10. Bg5 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qh4 O-O 13. Rad1 Qe8 $11 {
1/2 (29) Andreikin,D (2580)-Vitiugov,N (2617) Plovdiv 2008}) 10... cxd4 11.
Nxd4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Bb4 $1 {I like this move, Black wants to take on c3 and
forces the next moves.} (12... Be7 13. Rd1 $14 {is a bit better for White.})
13. Ndb5 $1 a6 (13... O-O $5 {is a nice line} 14. Nxa7 Bxc3 15. Nxc8 Be5 16. f4
Bb8 17. Nd6 Nc5 18. Nxf7 Qxd3 19. Nh6+ gxh6 20. exd3 Nxd3 $13) 14. Nd6+ (14. a3
$1 {was interesting} Bc5 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Qe7 17. Qb4 $5 {is the extra
possibility connected with a3.}) 14... Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Qe7 16. Qd3 (16. Qd4 O-O)
16... b5 $132 {Black is already fine.} 17. Bf4 e5 18. Bg5 h6 19. Nd5 Qe6 20.
Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 {At the first sight, the position is easily drawn,
but actually it's very unclear.} 22. Qa3 $1 {The only chance to fight.} (22.
Rac1 O-O $11) (22. a4 bxa4 23. Rxa4 Qc6+ 24. Qe4 O-O $11) 22... Rc2 $1 23. b3
$1 {Preparing Rac1, because the Q is defending c1.} Qc6+ 24. Kg1 Qc5 $1 (24...
f6 25. Rfc1 $36) 25. Qxa6 O-O 26. a4 (26. e3 {is simpler} b4 27. a4 bxa3 28.
Qxa3 Qxa3 29. Rxa3 Rb8 30. Rd1 $14) 26... Rxe2 (26... Rb8 {The computer
suggests this, but I am not sure.} 27. e3 bxa4 28. bxa4 e4 29. Rad1 $14) 27. a5
(27. Rac1 Qd5 28. Qxb5 Qxb5 29. axb5 $14) 27... e4 $1 28. Rae1 $1 Rxe1 (28...
Rb2 $1 $11) 29. Rxe1 f5 (29... Qb4 30. Re3 f5 {is also not so clear.}) 30. Qe6+
(30. Rd1 f4 31. Qd6 Qc2 32. Qd5+ Kh8 {is not bad for Black.}) 30... Kh7 31. Rd1
Rf6 32. Qd5 Qc2 (32... Qc3 $1 33. Qxb5 e3 $132) 33. Rd2 (33. b4 f4 34. Qd2 Qc4
35. Rc1 Qe6 36. Rc3 $1 $14) 33... Qc3 (33... Qb1+ 34. Rd1 (34. Kg2 f4) 34...
Qc2 {repetition of moves.}) 34. Ra2 Qe1+ (34... e3 $1 {is again better.}) 35.
Kg2 f4 36. a6 f3+ 37. Kh3 Rg6 $4 (37... e3 $1 38. Qe4+ Rg6 39. Qxf3 exf2 40.
Rxf2 Rxa6 $11) 38. Kh4 $4 (38. a7 Qg1 39. Qf5 $1 Qg2+ 40. Kh4 $18) 38... Qb4 $4
(38... e3 39. Qxf3 exf2 40. Rxf2 Rxa6 $11) 39. Kh3 $4 (39. Qf5 $3 Qxb3 40. Ra1
Qc3 41. Kh5 $18) 39... Rg5 $1 $17 {Now Black is even better.} 40. Qf7 Qc5 $1
41. g4 Qc1 $1 42. a7 h5 $1 (42... Qg1 43. Qg8+ Kxg8 44. a8=Q+ Kh7 45. Qxe4+ Rg6
46. Qxf3 Qf1+ 47. Kh4 Qg1 $11) 43. Qxh5+ (43. Qg8+ {is not so good now:} Kxg8
44. a8=Q+ Kh7 45. Qxe4+ Kh6 $19) 43... Rxh5+ 44. gxh5 Qc8+ 45. Kg3 Qa8 $19 46.
Ra6 Kg8 47. b4 Kf8 48. Kf4 Ke7 49. Ke3 Kd7 50. Kd4 Kc7 51. Ke3 Kb7 52. Ra5 Kb6
53. Ra3 Kc6 54. Ra5 Kd6 55. Kd4 Qd5+ 56. Ke3 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1994.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{CBM 43} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Nf3
a6 8. Qc2 b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qc8 13. e4 Bb4 14.
f3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 O-O 16. Ba3 Rd8 17. Be7 Re8 18. Bd6 Qc4 19. Rab1 b5 20. a4
Rec8 21. Rfc1 Qxa4 22. Qxa4 bxa4 $10 {DIAGRAMM} 23. Rb4 $2 (23. c4 {/\24.c5}
Nc5 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Rb4 {Jetzt hat Schwarz verschiedene Möglichkeiten; bei
genauem Spiel sollte er aber nicht in Schwierigkeiten geraten.}) 23... a5 (
23... Ne8 $142 24. Be7 Ra7 {/\25... Se5 mit Qualitätsgewinn.} 25. Rxa4 (25. Bg5
Nc5 {Schwarz behält einen gesunden Mehrbauern; Weiß schwebt in Lebensgefahr.})
25... Nb6 26. Rb4 Nc4 27. Bh4 (27. Bg5 h6 {und Weiß verliert Material.}) 27...
a5 {mit gewaltigem Vorteil}) 24. Rb7 (24. Rxa4 Nb6 25. Ra2 Nc4 {Schwarz hat
großen Vorteil.}) (24. Rb5 Ne8 25. Ba3 Rc4 {Schwarz behält seinen Mehrbauern
und droht seine Stellung allmählich zu verbessern.}) 24... Nc5 25. Bxc5 Rxc5
26. Nb5 Rd8 (26... g5 $142 {/\27... Td8, 27... g4 Hier hat Weiß Mühe, das
Gleichgewicht zu bewahren. Durch Aufgabe seines überzähligen a-Bauern kann
Schwarz häufig mit dem Damenturm die d-Linie erobern.}) 27. Rd1 Rcc8 28. Rxd8+
Rxd8 29. Ra7 Rd2+ 30. Kg1 h6 31. Rxa5 Ra2 32. Ra7 h5 33. h4 e5 34. c4 Kf8 35.
Nd6 a3 36. c5 Rc2 37. Rxa3 Rxc5 38. Ra8+ Ke7 39. Nf5+ Kd7 40. Ra7+ Rc7 41.
Rxc7+ Kxc7 42. Nxg7 Kd7 43. Kf2 Ke7 44. Ke3 Kf8 45. Nf5 Nd7 46. Kd3 f6 47. Kc4
Kf7 48. Kd5 Nb6+ 49. Kc6 Na4 50. g4 hxg4 51. fxg4 Nc3 52. Nd6+ Kg8 53. Kd7 Nd1
54. Ke6 Ne3 55. Ne8 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.02.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Jacoby,G"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "1997.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2050]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Bg2 a6 7.
Qxc4 c5 8. dxc5 (8. O-O b5 9. Qb3 Bb7 10. a4 Bd5 11. Qd1 $14) 8... Bxc5 9. O-O
(9. Qd3 b5 $1 10. Ne5 Ra7 11. Nc6 Qb6 12. Nxa7 Bxf2+ 13. Kf1 Qxa7 14. Qf3 Bb6
15. Qa8 Qc7 16. Qc6 Qxc6 17. Bxc6 O-O 18. Kg2 Ne5 19. Bf3 Nxf3 20. exf3 Bd7 21.
Nc3 b4 22. Ne2 Bb5 23. Re1 Rc8 24. a4 bxa3 25. Nc3 axb2 26. Bxb2 $10) 9... b5
10. Qh4 $2 {Hier steht die Dame im Abseits.} Bb7 11. Nc3 (11. Nbd2 Be7 12. Nb3
Rc8 13. Qd4 O-O 14. Bd2 Nc5 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Ba5 Re8 18. Rfd1
Bd5 19. Ne1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Nd5 21. Nd3 Bb6 22. Bxb6 Nxb6 23. Rac1 Kf8 24. b3
Red8 25. Kf3 Ke7 26. g4 h6 27. h4 a5 28. Rg1 Nd5 29. a3 g5 30. hxg5 hxg5 31.
Rgd1 Nb6 32. Rh1 a4 33. bxa4 bxa4 {1/2-1/2 Keres,P-Kortschnoj,V/Curacao ct 1962
}) 11... Rc8 (11... b4 12. Na4 Be7 13. Rd1 Qa5 14. b3 Rd8 {1/2-1/2 Bilek,
I-Jakobsen,O/Naleczow 1979}) 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. Rad1 h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Rd3 O-O
16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Rxd3 19. Nxd3 Bd4 20. Nb1 e5 $1 {Schwarz
hat die aktiveren Figuren. Der schwarze Turm wird auf der siebten Reihe
eindringen (Rc8-c2) und Material gewinnen.} 21. Nd2 (21. e3 Bxe3 $1 22. fxe3
Rc2+ 23. Nf2 Qxe3 24. Rf1 Ne4 $19) 21... Rc2 22. Qh3 Qb7+ 23. Kg1 e4 24. Nb4
Rxb2 25. Nb3 e3 26. f3 Bb6 27. Rc1 Qd7 28. Qxd7 Nxd7 29. Kf1 a5 30. Rd1 Nf6 31.
Rd6 Bc7 32. Rc6 Bxg3 33. hxg3 axb4 34. Rc5 Rxa2 35. Rxb5 Rb2 36. Nd4 (36. Rxb4
Nh5 $1 37. g4 (37. Kg2 Rxe2+ 38. Kh3 Rb2 $19) 37... Ng3+ 38. Kg1 Nxe2+ 39. Kf1
Nc3 $19) 36... g6 37. g4 Kg7 38. Kg2 Rd2 39. Rxb4 Nd5 40. Rc4 Nf4+ 41. Kh2 (41.
Kg3 Rxd4 42. Rxd4 Nxe2+ 43. Kg2 Nxd4 $19) 41... Kh7 42. Nf5 $5 gxf5 $2 (42...
Rxe2+ 43. Kg3 g5 $2 {Dies ist ein Fehler. Springerzüge ergeben eine klar
gewonnene Stellung für Schwarz.} (43... Ne6 $19) (43... Nd5 $19) (43... Ng2 $1
44. Nd4 Rd2 45. Rc7 e2 $19) 44. Rxf4 $1 (44. Z0 Rg2#) 44... gxf4+ 45. Kxf4 $11
{Mit Gewinn des schwarzen e-Bauern und Remis-Chancen für Weiß.  Diese Variante
hatte Kortschnoj gesehen. Deshalb zog er nicht 42...Rxe2+.}) 43. Rxf4 Rxe2+ 44.
Kg3 Re1 45. Rxf5 Rg1+ 46. Kh2 e2 47. Kxg1 e1=Q+ 48. Kg2 Kg6 49. Rh5 Qe2+ 50.
Kg3 Qf1 51. Kf4 Qe1 52. Rd5 $11 {Der Endspielkünstler Salov hat eine
phantastische Rettung der Partie gefunden. Mit Turm gegen Dame hat er eine
uneinnehmbare Verteidigungsstellung aufgebaut. Der weiße Turm hindert den
schwarzen König die fünfte Reihe zu betreten.  Schwarz versucht noch weitere
30 Züge erfolglos die weiße Blockade zu brechen.} Qc1+ 53. Kg3 Qc7+ 54. Kg2 Qf4
55. Rh5 Kf6 56. Rd5 Ke6 57. Rh5 Qd2+ 58. Kg3 f6 59. Rf5 Qc1 60. Rh5 Qg1+ 61.
Kf4 Qe1 62. Rb5 Qc1+ 63. Kg3 Qg1+ 64. Kf4 Qh2+ 65. Ke3 Kf7 66. Rh5 Qg1+ 67. Kf4
Kg6 68. Rd5 Qh2+ 69. Ke3 Kf7 70. Rh5 Qg1+ 71. Kf4 Ke6 72. Rb5 Qh2+ 73. Ke3 Kd6
74. Rf5 Qb2 75. Rh5 Ke6 76. Kf4 Qc3 77. Kg3 Qc7+ 78. Kg2 Qf7 79. Rb5 Qe8 80.
Rf5 Qg6 81. Rb5 {Dieses Remis bereitet Salov den alleinigen Turniersieg.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares-03"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1981.01.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Quinteros, Miguel Angel"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1981.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Qa4 a6 7. Qxc4 (7. Nc3
Rb8 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. d3 Bd6 $10) 7... b5 8. Qc2 (8. Qb3 Bb7 9. d3 Be7
10. Nc3 c5 11. Bg5 (11. Ng5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qb6 13. f3 O-O 14. Nge4 Rac8 $10 {
Salov,V-Kharitonov,A/URS(ch)/1988/0,5 (41)/}) 11... O-O 12. Nd2 Bxg2 13. Kxg2
h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Rfd1 Qc7 $15 {Espig,L-Beliavsky,A/Vilnius/1978/0:1 (39)/})
8... Bb7 9. d4 (9. d3 c5 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. Nb3 O-O 12. a4 Qb6 13. Bd2 c4 14.
dxc4 Be4 15. Qc3 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Rfb8 17. Na5 Qxb2 $15 {Suetin,A-Kharitonov,A/
Moscow/1992/0,5 (30)/}) 9... c5 10. e3 $6 (10. a4 $1 Be7 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8
Qxa8 13. dxc5 $5 Be4 (13... Bxc5 $142 14. Nc3 b4 15. Na4 Be4 $13) 14. Qb3 $1
Bxb1 15. Nd2 Qa2 16. c6 Qxb3 17. cxd7+ Nxd7 18. Nxb3 O-O 19. Nd4 $16 {
Rashkovsky,N-Panchenko,A/Sochi/1979/1:0 (43)/}) 10... Rc8 (10... Qb6 $5) 11.
Qe2 Be7 12. a4 Bc6 (12... Qb6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Nc3 c4) 13. Rd1 $6 (13. Ne5
Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qb6 $5 (14... c4 $5) (14... Nxe5 $6 15. dxe5 Qd5+ 16. Kg1 Qxe5
17. axb5 $16)) 13... c4 $5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Bd2 (15. Nbd2 $142 O-O 16. e4 Qb6
$15) 15... Qb6 16. Ba5 Qb7 $17 17. b3 (17. Nbd2 O-O 18. Ne1 Bxg2 19. Nxg2 e5 $1
$17) 17... cxb3 18. Nbd2 b2 19. Ra2 (19. Rab1 b4 $1 20. Rxb2 Ra8 21. Ra2 Nd5
$17) 19... Ra8 20. Nb3 Bb4 21. Nh4 Bxg2 22. Nxg2 Bxa5 23. Rxa5 (23. Nxa5 Qc7
24. Qe1 O-O {/\Ra6,Rfa8-+/}) 23... Rxa5 24. Nxa5 Qc7 25. Qxb5 $2 (25. Nb3 $5
Qc3 26. Nd2 (26. Qxb5 Qc2 $19) 26... O-O 27. Ne1 Rc8 $17) 25... O-O 26. Nc6 (
26. Nb3 Qc2 $19) (26. Rb1 Rb8 27. Qa6 Qc2 28. Qf1 Rc8 $19) 26... Nd5 $1 (26...
Nd5 {/\Nc3-+/} 27. Rf1 Rc8 $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.07.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tunik, Gennady"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 11880]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Bg2 a6
7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qc6 Ra7 $5 {Reshevsky's idea.Preparing typical Bb7 and
liberating 8-th line for the Qd8-a8 which is impossible with Black's rook on
b8.The only drawback is uncomfortable position of the rook.} (8... Rb8 {
is more popular.}) 9. O-O {The main line.} (9. Bf4 Bb7 10. Qc1 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5
12. O-O O-O 13. Nbd2 Qe7 14. Nb3 Bb6 15. Be3 Rc8 16. Qd2 Ne4 17. Qd3 Nec5 18.
Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Qd1 Ba8 20. Rc1 Rac7 $15 {1-0 Capablanca,J-Reshevsky,S/
Nottingham 1936/HCL 01 (58)}) (9. Bg5) ({and} 9. a4 {also were played.}) 9...
Bb7 10. Qc2 c5 (10... Be4 11. Qd1 c5 (11... Be7 12. Nc3 Ba8 13. Be3 c5 14. dxc5
Bxc5 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Qxd8+ Kxd8 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rc7 19. Rfd1+ Ke7 20.
e3 Rhc8 21. Rd4 Ncd7 {1/2-1/2 Chloupek,S-Petersen,S/Denmark 1991/EXT 91ch (21)}
) 12. a4 (12. Nc3 Ba8 13. Be3 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Rc7 15. Be5 Nxe5 16. Qxd8+ Kxd8 17.
Nxe5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Bb4 19. Rac1 Ke7 $2 (19... Bxc3 $142 $15) 20. Nxb5 $1 Rxc1
21. Rxc1 axb5 22. Nc6+ Kd7 23. Nxb4 $16 {1-0 Ivanov,M-Jonkman,H/Cannes 1995/
EXP 46 (50)}) 12... b4 13. Bg5 Qa8 14. Nbd2 Bd5 15. Bh3 c4 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17.
Ne5 Rc7 18. a5 Bd6 19. Rc1 c3 20. bxc3 bxc3 21. Qa4+ Ke7 22. Ndc4 Qe8 $1 $15 {
0-1 Khasin,A-Zaichik,G/Kostroma 1985/MCD-ch (37)}) 11. a4 (11. Bg5 cxd4 12.
Nxd4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Rc7 14. Qb3 Be7 15. Nf3 O-O 16. Bf4 Rc8 17. Nbd2 Nc5 18. Qc2
Nd5 $15 {0-1 Wockenfuss,K-Unzicker,W/BL8485 1985/BL 80 (41)}) (11. dxc5 Bxc5
12. Bg5 Qb6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nc3 O-O $15 {1/2-1/2 Wojtkiewicz,A-Rogers,I/Wijk
aan Zee 1993/CBM 40 (57)}) (11. Nbd2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Rc7 14. Qd1
Be7 15. N2f3 Qa8 16. Kg1 Qe4 17. Bd2 O-O 18. Ba5 Rcc8 19. Rc1 Nc5 20. Qd2 Qd5
$15 {0-1 Toran Albero,R-Petrosian,T/Palma de Mallorca 1969/MCD-r6 (36)}) 11...
Qa8 $5 $146 (11... Be4 12. Qd1 b4 13. Nbd2 Bd5 14. e3 Qa8 15. Qe2 cxd4 16. exd4
Rc7 17. Re1 Be7 18. Nf1 O-O $15 {0-1 Rubinetti,J-Sorokin,M/San Martin 1993/EXP
37 (60)}) 12. Bg5 (12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa7 Qxa7 14. Na3 $140 b4 15. Nc4 cxd4) (
12. Na3 $5 b4 13. Nc4 cxd4 14. Bf4 $1 $44 {For example:} Be4 15. Qd1 Qd5 (15...
Bc5 16. Nd6+) 16. Qxd4 Bxf3 17. Qxa7 Bxg2 18. Qxa6 Qb7 (18... Bxf1 $2 19. Qc8+
Ke7 20. Bd6+ $18)) 12... cxd4 13. Bxf6 (13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa7 Qxa7 15. Qd3 $1
$44 (15. Nxd4 $2 Bxg2 16. Qc8+ Ke7 17. Rd1 Qb7 $19 (17... Bb7 $4 18. Nf5+ exf5
19. Qxd7#))) 13... gxf6 (13... Nxf6 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa7 Qxa7 16. Qd3 $11
Bxf3 $140 17. Qxb5+) 14. Nbd2 (14. axb5 $5 axb5 15. Rxa7 Qxa7 16. Qd3 Bxf3 17.
exf3 $1 Qb6 18. Rd1 Bc5 19. f4 $1 $44) 14... b4 $15 15. Bh3 $6 (15. Nb3 $5 e5
16. Nh4 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 $44 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Gg2h4,Gh4f5]}) 15... Bc5 16. Nb3 Be4
17. Qd1 (17. Qc1 Bxf3 18. exf3 (18. Nxc5 Bxe2 $17) 18... Qd5 $17) (17. Qd2 Bxf3
18. exf3 Qd5 $17) 17... d3 $5 (17... Bxf3 18. exf3 Qd5 19. f4 $132 {[%cal
Gh3g2]}) 18. Nfd2 (18. Nxc5 Nxc5 $17) 18... dxe2 19. Qxe2 Bd5 20. Nxc5 Nxc5 21.
Rfc1 Nd7 22. Qg4 (22. Rc2 $5 {[%cal Ga1c1,Gc2c7]}) 22... a5 (22... Ne5 $6 {
is dubious as after} 23. Qh4 $1 {Black has to return to d7} (23. Qd4 $6 Rd7 $1)
(23. Qxb4 $2 Nd3 24. Qd4 Nxc1 25. Rxc1 O-O 26. Qxf6 Rd7 (26... Qd8 $17)) 23...
Qd8 24. Qxb4 Nd3 $140 $2 25. Qd4 Nxc1 26. Qxa7 Ne2+ 27. Kf1 Nd4 28. Qxa6 $16)
23. Bf1 (23. Rc2 $5 {[%cal Ga1c1] trying to create counterplay}) 23... Ke7 24.
Qd4 Rd8 25. Rc2 (25. Qh4 Ne5 $1 26. Qxh7 Bc6 $1 27. f4 $140 Rad7 $1 $19 {
[%cal Ga8a7]}) 25... Qb8 {[%cal Gb8b6] covering 7-th line.} 26. Re1 {[%cal
Gd4d5]} Rc7 $1 $17 27. Qd3 {[%cal Gd3h7]} (27. Rxc7 Qxc7 28. Qxd5 $140 Ne5 $1
29. Qe4 Rxd2) 27... Ne5 $1 28. Qxh7 Bb3 $3 (28... Bc6 $6 {[%cal Gd8d2,Gc6a4]}
29. Rxe5 $1 fxe5 30. Qh4+ Ke8 (30... Kd7 31. Nc4) 31. Qh8+ Kd7 32. Qxe5 Bd5 33.
Bb5+ Kc8 34. Ba6+ Bb7 35. Bc4 $1 $36 {[%cal Gc4e6]}) 29. Rxc7+ Qxc7 30. Rxe5
Rxd2 $19 {Powerful play in the middlegame has bring its fruits.Black must win
if something dramatical doesn't happen.} 31. Re3 Rxb2 32. Qe4 Bxa4 33. h4 Qc6
34. Qd4 Rb1 35. Rd3 {[%cal Rd4d8]} Kf8 $4 {Suddenly the miracle has happen!} ({
After simple} 35... Qc7 {[%cal Ga4b5]} 36. Rd2 Kf8 $1 {Black wins as} (36...
Bb5 $5 37. Rd1 Rxd1 38. Qxd1 Bxf1 39. Qxf1 Qc3 $1 $19 {[%cal Gb4b3,Gb3b2,Gf6f5,
Ge7f8,Gf8g7]}) 37. Qxf6 {is impossible in view of} Rxf1+ 38. Kxf1 (38. Kg2 Rd1)
38... Qc1+ 39. Ke2 Bb5+ 40. Ke3 Qe1+) 36. Qxf6 {[%cal Gd3d8] Now Black is in
the big trouble.} Rxf1+ $1 (36... Qc7 37. Rd8+ Be8 38. Qh8+) 37. Kxf1 Bb5 $4 {
Black is in shock and blunders mate in two.} ({Black could save his skin with
help of fantastic tactical blow:} 37... Qc1+ $8 38. Ke2 (38. Kg2 $2 Bc6+) 38...
Bd1+ $3 {Here it comes.King can't escape from perpetual check.} 39. Rxd1 Qc2+
40. Ke1 (40. Rd2 Qe4+ 41. Kf1 Qh1+ 42. Ke2 Qe4+ 43. Kd1 Qb1+ $11) 40... Qe4+
41. Kd2 (41. Kf1 Qh1+ 42. Ke2 Qe4+ 43. Kd2 {see 41.Kd2}) 41... Qd5+ 42. Kc1
Qc4+ 43. Kb2 (43. Kb1 Qb3+ 44. Kc1 Qc4+) 43... Qe2+ 44. Kc1 Qc4+ 45. Kd2 Qd5+
$11) 38. Qh8+ Ke7 39. Qd8# {Sad final of a good game.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ ({Objectively speaking, more
principled continuation is} 5. Bg2) 5... Nbd7 ({Another playable way of
development is} 5... Bd7 6. Qxc4 Bc6) 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Bg2 a6 {[%cal Gb7b5]} 8.
Qc2 b6 {This move is the most solid one. White can not really make use of
temporary control of the diagonal h1-a8.} (8... cxd4 {gives white more chances
for an opening advantage.} 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. O-O Rb8 13.
Rd1 Qe7 14. Be3 $14 {1-0 Speelman,J-Li Zunian/Lucerne 1982/EXT 97-B (30)}) 9.
Ne5 (9. O-O Bb7 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Rfd1 Qc7
15. Nd4 O-O 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. a3 b5 $15 {0-1 Lieb,H-Naiditsch,A/Bad
Woerishofen 2001/CBM 081 ext (32)}) 9... Nd5 10. Nxd7 $6 (10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Nxd5
exd5 12. O-O Be7 13. Rd1 O-O $11 14. Qf5 $6 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Ra7 16. e6 d4 17.
Bxb7 Rxb7 18. e3 Bf6 19. exd4 Re7 20. Be3 fxe6 21. Qg4 h5 22. Qxh5 cxd4 $15 {
0-1 Huebner,R-Smyslov,V/Tilburg 1982/MCD (57)}) 10... Bxd7 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8]
Simple and strong novelty. Black's position is already preferable.} (10... Qxd7
11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 O-O 16. Bf4 Bxg2
17. Kxg2 Rd8 18. Qf3 Ra7 19. Rac1 Rad7 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 $11 {1-0 Andersson,
U-Lombard,A/Biel 1977/EXT 2000 (51)}) 11. dxc5 Rc8 (11... Bxc5 12. O-O Rc8 {
is just a trasposition.}) 12. O-O Bxc5 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Gc5f2]} 13. Qb3 O-O {
Suddenly, white is behind in development.} 14. Nd2 {After a long think, I
realized that my indistinct play in the opening led to pretty much worse
position.} ({Capturing the pawn is extremely risky for white:} 14. Bxd5 $6 exd5
15. Qxd5 Qe8 $36 {The light squares in white's camp are very vulnerable.} (
15... Bh3 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Re1 Bb4 18. Nc3 $15)) (14. Bd2 Bb5 15. Bf3 Bc4 $1
16. Qd1 Bd4 $17) 14... Bb5 $1 {[%csl Re2]} 15. Bf3 Nb4 16. a4 Nc2 $6 {An
attractive continuation, but the consequences are far from clear.} ({Black
could keep a stable advantage without any risk after} 16... Bc6 17. Bxc6 Nxc6
18. Nf3 Qf6) 17. Qxc2 $1 {This sacrifice is practically forced.} ({The
exchange sacrifice leads to hopeless position for white:} 17. axb5 $2 Nxa1 18.
Qa4 Nc2 19. bxa6 (19. e3 Nxe3 $19) 19... Nd4 $19) 17... Bxf2+ 18. Kxf2 $8 (18.
Rxf2 $2 Rxc2 19. axb5 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Qxd2 $19) 18... Rxc2 19. axb5 Qd4+ $6 {
First step in the wrong direction. This check helps only white. The immediate
capture on b5 was preferable.} (19... axb5 20. Ne4 (20. Nb3 $2 Qd3 $19) 20...
f5 (20... b4 $5) 21. Nc3 b4 22. Nd1 e5 23. Ne3 Rxc1 $2 (23... Rc5 $13) 24.
Raxc1 e4 25. Bg2 f4 26. gxf4 Qd4 27. Bh3 $1 Rxf4+ 28. Kg2 Qxe3 29. Rxf4 Qxf4
30. Be6+ Kf8 31. Rf1 $18) 20. Kg2 axb5 21. Ne4 f5 22. Nf2 {Now, the drawback
of 19...Qd4 is clear. White's knight finds a safe place to retreat.} e5 23. Rd1
Qc5 (23... Qb4 24. Rd7 e4 25. Raa7 exf3+ 26. Kh3 Rf6 (26... Rfc8 $2 27. Rxg7+
Kf8 28. Bh6 $18) (26... Kh8 27. Rxg7 Rf6 $11) 27. Rxg7+ Kf8 28. Rxh7 Kg8 $11)
24. Bd5+ Kh8 25. Kf1 f4 $2 {This is actually the turning point of the game.
After this move white manages to consolidate his position.} (25... Rd8 $6 26.
Be4 (26. Bb3 Rxd1+ 27. Nxd1 Rxc1 28. Ra8+ Qc8 29. Rxc8+ Rxc8 30. Nc3 $14) 26...
Rxd1+ 27. Nxd1 Rxc1 28. Ra8+ Qc8 29. Rxc8+ Rxc8 30. Bd3 e4 31. Bxb5 Rc1 32. Ba4
$14) (25... Qe7 $1 26. Bb3 Rcc8 {[%cal Gf8d8] Black must exchange rooks as
soon as possible. The position is approximately balanced in this case.}) 26.
gxf4 exf4 27. Bf3 {[%csl Gf3] It's very important for white to get a
stronghold in this position. White's king is now well-protected. The last
problem white has to solve is the development of the dark-squared bishop...} h5
$2 {This impulsive move is very bad. Black's Ph5 will be a target for white's
pieces very soon.} 28. Bd2 {White managed to complete the development and
white's coordinated forces overcome black's heavy pieces quite easily. Black's
position is already beyond saving.} Qe7 (28... b4 29. Be1 $1 {The key move.
White achieves full harmony and the following penetration with the rooks is
deadly for black.}) 29. Bc3 $18 b4 {[%tqu "En","Find the winning move.","","",
"d1d5","",7]} 30. Rd5 $1 Kg8 (30... bxc3 31. Rxh5+ Kg8 32. Bd5+ Rf7 33. Ra8+
$18) (30... Kh7 31. Rxh5+ Kg6 32. Re5 $18) 31. Re5 bxc3 $2 {Actually,
resigning without a fight.} ({More stubborn would have been} 31... Qd6 32. Bd5+
Kh7 33. Be4+ Kh6 34. Rd1 Rc1 35. Rxc1 bxc3 36. Rd5 $18) 32. Rxe7 cxb2 33. Re1 {
White is two pieces up, and black's Pb2 is easily neutralized.} Rc1 34. Bd5+
Kh8 35. Be4 g5 36. Rh7+ Kg8 37. Rxh5 Ra8 38. Rxg5+ Kf7 39. Rb5 Raa1 40. Rd1 {
[%mdl 1024]} (40. Nd3 $1 b1=Q 41. Ne5+) 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 10th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2010.10.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Abbasov, Farid"]
[Black "Spassov, Liuben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2010.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 {Une bonne ligne pour les Noirs dans
cette variante Reti} 5. Qa4+ {Intrinséquement, les Blancs ont du mal а garder
un avantage d'ouverture avec cette ligne} (5. Na3 {[%cal Ga3c4] Plus ambitieux
mais les Blancs ne sont pas certains d'avoir assez de compensations après Ba3}
Bxa3 6. bxa3 O-O 7. Qc2 Qd5 $132 {Van Oosterom,C (2413)-Smeets,J (2669)
NED-chT 1011 2010 (2.2) 1/2} (7... Nc6 $5)) 5... Nbd7 (5... c6 $1 6. Qxc4 b5 7.
Qc2 Bb7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. d4 c5 $132 {[%cal Ga8c8,Gc8c2]}) 6. Qxc4 c5 7. O-O a6 {
[%cal Gb7b5]} 8. Qc2 {Anticipe b5 tout en préparant la poussée centrale e4
mais la manoeuvre de la Q est trés lente et les Noirs vont égaliser assez vite.
} b6 (8... b5 $5 {plus actif} 9. a4 (9. d4 Bb7 10. a4) 9... Bb7 10. axb5 axb5
11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. Na3 {[%cal Ga3b5]} Bc6 $11 13. d3 {Zaichik,G-Beliavsky,A 
(2615) URS-ch sf Yaroslavl 1982 1/2}) 9. d4 {Retombe par interversion de coups
sur une Catalane} (9. b3 Bb7 10. Bb2 Rc8 $11) (9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Rd1 Rc8 {[%cal
Gc8c2]} 11. d4 b5 12. d5 $5 Nxd5 13. e4 $1 Nb4 14. Qe2 c4 {[%cal Gb4d3]} 15.
Ne5 {[%csl Rd7]} Nd3 16. Nxd3 cxd3 17. Qxd3 $32 {[%csl Rd7,Rd8,Re8]}) 9... Bb7
10. dxc5 (10. Nc3 {Un peu plus souple pour essayer de forcer les Noirs а jouer
Be7 et prendre ensuite dc5 pour gagner un tempo} Rc8 11. Rd1 {[%cal Gd1d8]}
cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qc7 14. Bg5 (14. e4 $14) (14. Qd3 $5 Qb7+ 15. Qf3
Qxf3+ 16. Kxf3 {[%csl Gf3] Avec une bonne finale pour les Blancs}) (14. e4 $143
Bb4 $32) 14... Qb7+ $132 {Tkachiev,V (2642)-Doettling,F (2542) FRA-chT Top 16
GpB 2006 (5) 1/2}) 10... Bxc5 $11 11. Nc3 (11. Bg5 Rc8 {[%cal Gc5f2]} 12. Nc3
h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Rac1 O-O 15. Rfd1 Qe7 {[%cal Gf8d8];Hulak,K (2530)
-Andersson,U (2640) Indonesia 1983 (19) 1/2}) 11... Rc8 $1 {[%cal Gc8c2]} 12.
Bd2 {Reprenant une vieille idée de Botvinnik qui avait pourtant donné lieu а
une nulle rapide} (12. Bf4 b5 13. a3 O-O 14. Rac1 (14. Rfd1 {[%cal Gf4d6]} Qb6
$132 {[%csl Rf2]}) 14... Qe7 {[%cal Gf8d8]}) (12. Qd3) 12... b5 {[%cal Gc8c2,
Gb5b4] Autant jouer b5 au 08ème coup} 13. a3 {Une nouvelle perte de temps mais
les Blancs n'avaient pas vraiment le choix} O-O $11 14. Rad1 $5 {[%cal Gd1d8,
Gc2b1] Le plan naturel est plutôt de jouer Rac1 et Rfd1 mais après Qb6, la
case "f2" est assez faible} Qb6 {[%csl Rf2]} (14... Qe7 15. Qb1 Rfd8 $132) 15.
Qb1 Rfd8 {Les pièces Noires sont trés actives} 16. h3 {[%csl Gg4] Empêche Ng4
avec pression sur "f2" mais au détriment d'une nouvelle perte de temps et les
Noirs sont maintenant presque mieux} h6 $1 {[%csl Rd2]} 17. b4 Be7 $6 (17...
Bd4 $142 $36 18. Nxd4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qxd4 20. Be1 Qc4 $17 21. Rc1 Nb6) 18. Be3
$1 {Regagnant deux tempi important après Rc1 qui permettent aux Blancs de
tenir la position.} Qc7 19. Rc1 $1 Qb8 20. Rfd1 Nd5 (20... Qa8 $5 {[%cal Ga8g2]
}) 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxc8 (22. Bf4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 e5) 22... Rxc8 23. Ne1 Nf6 24.
Bd4 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Qb7+ 26. Kh2 Rd8 (26... Ne4 $5 {[%csl Rf2,Rg3]}) 27. Rd3 Rc8
28. Qb2 Ne8 29. Nf3 Bf6 30. Qd2 Qc7 (30... Bxd4 31. Rxd4 Qc7 {La finale est
totalement égale}) 31. Bc5 Rd8 32. Nd4 (32. Kg2 Rxd3 33. Qxd3 Qd8 34. Qxd8 Bxd8
35. e4 (35. Nd4 Bf6 36. Nc6 Bb2 37. Nb8 Nc7 38. Bd6 Ne8 39. Be7 Bxa3 40. Nxa6))
32... Qb7 33. Nf3 Rxd3 34. Qxd3 g6 35. e4 Qc6 {[%cal Gc6e8]} 36. h4 (36. Kg2 {
[%cal Gf3d2]}) 36... h5 {[%csl Rg5]} 37. Qe3 Bg7 38. Qf4 (38. Ng5) 38... Qc7
39. e5 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gf3d2,Gd2e4]} Qb7 40. Kg1 Nc7 {[%cal Gc7d5]} 41. Ng5
Nd5 42. Qd4 (42. Qe4 {[%cal Ge4b7]}) 42... Qc7 43. f4 a5 44. Ne4 axb4 45. axb4
Qc6 46. Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[Annotator "Quintiliano,R"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b6 $5 {
Mamedyarov always comes with interesting opening ideas, and seeing this move
played I became very curious about the next moves, specially because Aronian
has faced the Bukavshin Variation recently without success, so I wondered what
was he going to try.} 8. Qxc4 {Then I was surprised to realise that basically
Aronian had nothing special against it, as this move is harmless for Black.} ({
He has tried the most principled move} 8. Ne5 Qxd4 $1 9. Bxa8 Qxe5 {but this
position offers good compensation for Black and has scored pretty well} 10. Bf3
Nd5 $1 {preventing Bf4 is more important than material} 11. Qxc4 Ba6 12. Qa4 (
12. Qb3 $5 {was a novelty played in the same tournament by Ding Liren, that
deserves a serious attention} Nc6 (12... Bf6 $5 {is still an option} 13. Nd2 c5
14. Ne4 Nc6 (14... Be7 15. Nc3 $1 {[%csl Yd5] exchanging the knight is an
important point in White's plan, that would allow an easier development}) 15.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Qa4 Bb7 $13) (12... c5 $2 {would be bad because of} 13. Nc3 $1 {
[%csl Yd5] the Nd5 is an important piece, that prevents White from continuing
his development}) 13. Qa4 $1 {this way the queen's dance has prevented c5} Bb7
14. Nc3 $1 {again the idea of exchanging the strong knight is the best one} Nd4
$1 $13 {Ding Liren (2769)-Caruana,F (2784) FIDE Candidates 2018 (2.2) 1/2
Caruana finds the only move that keeps Black's chances in a complicated fight,
that eventually finished in a draw -} (14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qxc3 $2 16. Be3 $18
{[%cal Ga1c1]})) 12... c5 (12... Bf6 $1 {is stronger as it prevents White from
continuing development} 13. Re1 c5 14. Na3 b5 $5 15. Nxb5 Nb6 16. Qa5 Nc4 17.
Qa4 Nb6 $11 {Cheparinov,I (2677)-Bacrot,E (2692) ESP-chT Div Honor 2016 (3.3)
1/2}) 13. Re1 b5 14. Qe4 Nc6 $5 {also gave Black some compensation, even with
the exchange of queens White still has some issues to solve in development} 15.
Nc3 Rd8 16. Rd1 Qxe4 17. Bxe4 Nd4 18. Bxd5 b4 $3 {Aronian,L (2799)-Hou,Y (2652)
FIDE World Cup 2017 (2.3) 1/2 with this nice intermadiate move, Black managed
to keep things equal -}) (8. Rd1 {was also simple for Black} Bb7 9. Qxc4 c5 $1
{Aronian,L (2799)-Hou,Y (2652) FIDE World Cup 2017 (2.2) 1/2 once Black is
able to play this move without losing any tempi and also avoiding weaknesses
in his camp, he is ok -}) 8... Bb7 9. Nc3 c5 $5 {Although White has some small
advantage after this move, Black should equalise with precise play.} ({in CBM
182 I recommended the Bukavshin Variation against Catalan, and in this
position I've analysed} 9... a6 $5 {[%cal Yb6b5,Yc7c5] which is a pretty fresh
move, but detailed analysis shows that it is a realible way to continue
Black's development and maybe start some activity on the queenside by means of
b5-c5.}) (9... Nbd7 {is the most played, but I think after} 10. Ne5 $1 {
White keeps some chances. Then we can see a nice point behind 9...a6: this
move wouldn't be as strong if the knight remained on b8 one move more.}) 10.
Rd1 {We are now by transposition in the same position that Aronian played
against Hou Yifan.} (10. Bf4 $5 $146 {is a natural move that has not yet been
tried.}) (10. dxc5 {was played only once} Bxc5 {Antic,D (2478)-Livaic,L (2358)
Skopje Karposh op 2016 (7) 1/2} 11. Bf4 Nbd7 (11... Nc6 $5 {is maybe better})
12. b4 $5 Be7 13. Rac1 Rc8 (13... a5 $5) 14. Qb3 a6 15. Rfd1 {Black should be
ok here, but has still some practical problems in development.}) 10... Nbd7 11.
Ne5 ({Previously Aronian played} 11. Bg5 cxd4 12. Rxd4 (12. Nxd4 $5 {[%csl Gc6]
is a typical idea in such positions, White aims to control the c6-square, but
after} Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qc8 {Black is ok, for example} 14. Nc6 Qb7 $1 15. f3 Bc5
$1 {[%csl Yc6] and the knight can't be supported on its nice square}) 12... h6
13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Rd2 Rc8 {after this move Black not just has solved his
problems} 15. Qa4 Bc6 16. Qb4 Bxf3 $1 17. exf3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qc7 {[%csl Gc3];
Aronian,L (2799)-Hou,Y (2652) FIDE World Cup 2017 (2.2) 1/2 as his game is
even easier -}) 11... Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qc8 $146 {This seems enough to equalise,
although White keeps some small advantage.} 13. Nxd7 (13. Bf4 cxd4 14. Rxd4
Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Qb7+ {[%cal Ya8c8,Yf8d8]}) (13. Bg5 $6 cxd4 14. Qxc8 Rfxc8 15.
Nxd7 dxc3 $1 {is favourable for Black.}) 13... Qxd7 $1 (13... Nxd7 $5 {would
be careless} 14. d5 $1 {and White has the initiative.}) 14. dxc5 Qc6+ 15. f3
Qxc5 16. Qxc5 Bxc5 {White can claim some practical chances as he has more
space by playing e4 and because Black has some squares to defend on the
queenside. In some of Ulf Andersson's classical games, this minimal edge used
to be enough to win, but with accurate play Black is ok.} 17. Bf4 Rfd8 18. e4
Ne8 $1 {A good manoeuvre, since the knight became restricted in f6, and now
has more useful purposes covering some squares on the queenside.} 19. Kf1 Kf8
20. Ke2 Ke7 {Slightly inaccurate.} ({During the press conference, Mameyarov
pointed out} 20... f6 {as more precise, if} 21. Nb5 a6 {is ok for Black,
although then Aronian said} 22. Nc3 {[%cal Yc3a4] still offers some pressure
for White, then both players agreed that despite it Black should be able to
equalise with good moves.} g5 $1 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Kxe3 Ke7 $11 {confirms it.})
21. Nb5 $1 {Now this move is a bit unpleasant for Black.} Rdc8 (21... a6 22.
Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Na7 $1 {[%cal Ya7c6] is the point} Ra8 24. Nc6+ Kd7 25. Ne5+ Ke7
26. Nd3 Bd4 27. Rc1 $14) 22. Rac1 a6 23. Nc3 {[%cal Yc3a4]} b5 24. a4 (24. e5
$5 {[%cal Yc3e4,Ye4d6] looks a good but counter-intuitive idea: White closes
in his dark-squared bishop but clears the path to the manoeuvre Ne4-d6.
Another point is that the Ne8 is considerably dominated by the pawn, and
Black's position immediately seems unpleasant to defend} h6 (24... Bb6 {
was Aronian's suggestion} 25. Ne4 h6 26. Bd2 $1 {transposes}) 25. Ne4 Bb6 26.
Bd2 $1 {[%cal Yd2b4] forcing more weakening moves in Black's camp} a5 27. Be3
$1 Bxe3 28. Kxe3 $14 {[%csl Yc5] White controls the c5-square, which is very
sensible in such positions, and enjoys more space while Black's queenside is
exposed. This position would be a tough defence for Mamedyarov.}) 24... Bd6 $1
{A good defensive idea, aiming to place the rook on b8.} 25. Be3 (25. axb5 Bxf4
26. gxf4 axb5 27. Nxb5 Rcb8 $11 {[%csl Yb2]}) (25. e5 {is not so strong as one
move earlier.} Bb4 $1 {and the pawn on a4 makes all difference}) 25... Rab8 26.
axb5 axb5 27. Ba7 {Trying to provoke the conditions for tactical ideas.} (27.
f4 f6 28. Kf3 $14 {would keep better chances for White.}) 27... Rb7 28. Bd4 {
[%cal Yc1c8]} Rc4 $6 {Aronian finds a nice idea now.} (28... f6 $11 {was safer,
since} 29. Nd5+ Kd8 $1 {remains a bit easier for White, but Black is holding
with good play.}) 29. e5 Bc5 (29... Bb8 30. b3 Rcc7 31. b4 $1 $16 {[%cal Yd4c5]
}) 30. Nd5+ $1 exd5 31. Bxc5+ Ke6 32. b3 $6 {But this move loses all the
advantage.} ({Both players agreed that after} 32. Bd4 Rbc7 33. Ra1 {would
leave Black with an unpleasant defence ahead of him, for example} Ra4 {
(Mamedyarov)} 34. b3 Rc2+ (34... Rxa1 35. Rxa1 Rc6 36. Ra7 Nc7 37. Rb7 $14) 35.
Ke3 Raa2 36. Rxa2 Rxa2 37. Ra1 $1 {the subsequent BxN endgame is also pleasant
for White} Rxa1 38. Bxa1 Kd7 39. f4 g6 40. g4 Ng7 41. Bc3 Kc6 42. b4 $16 {
and here Black's defence is also very unpleasant.}) 32... Rxc1 33. Rxc1 Kxe5
34. Kd3 Ke6 $1 {The move that Aronian missed.} (34... Kf5 $6 {was inferior} 35.
g4+ Kg6 (35... Kf4 $2 36. Be3+ $1 Kxf3 $4 37. Rg1 $1 $18 {[%cal Gg1g3]}) 36.
Be3 $36 {[%cal Yc1c6] and White has a pleasant initiative, regaining the pawn
is a matter of time and Black will continue under pressure after that.}) 35.
Bb4 Kd7 36. Kd4 ({Both players saw} 36. Re1 Nc7 $1 37. Re7+ Kc6 38. Rxf7 Na6 $1
{and Black has no problems} 39. Rf4 $11 (39. Rxb7 $2 Nxb4+ 40. Kc3 d4+ 41. Kxb4
Kxb7 42. Ka3 Kc6 43. Kb2 Kd5 44. Kc2 {seems a draw})) 36... Nc7 {Now White
regains the pawn but Black has time to improve the knight, and the position is
just equal.} 37. Ba5 Ne6+ 38. Kxd5 Ra7 39. b4 Ra6 $1 {Also improving the rook.}
40. f4 Rd6+ 41. Ke4 Rd4+ ({Mamedyarov saw a last attempt in} 41... g6 42. Ke5 (
42. f5 gxf5+ 43. Kxf5 Rd2 44. Bb6 $1 $132 {[%csl Gf2][%cal Yf5f6] (Aronian)})
42... f5 $2 {but realising that White now has} 43. Rc8 $1 $16 {decided not to
be over-ambitious.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.12.11"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Dinstuhl, Volkmar"]
[Black "Teske, Henrik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[BlackTeam "Tegernsee"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ {Das ist eine wenig
ambitionierte Fortsetzung; viel mehr Chancen verspicht 5...Bg2.} Nbd7 6. Bg2 a6
7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qc2 (8. Qc6 Rb8 (8... Ra7 $5) 9. Bf4 Nd5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7
Qxe7) 8... Bb7 9. a4 c5 {Mit diesem Zug kann Schwarz seinen Damenflügel
befreien.} 10. O-O Rc8 11. axb5 axb5 12. dxc5 (12. Qb3 b4 13. Bg5 Bd5 14. Qd1
Qb6 {1/2-1/2 Nikitin,A-Yagupov,I/Alushta 2002/CBM 92 no vc (25)}) (12. Bd2 b4
13. Ne5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 cxd4 15. Qa4 Bc5 16. Bg5 O-O 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Bxf6 Qd5+
19. f3 Ra8 {0-1 Teuchert,B-Hummel,D/Germany 1998/EXT 2003 (24)}) (12. Bg5 Qb6
13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Na3 c4 15. Rfd1 Be4 16. Qc1 Nd5 17. Nb1 Bb4 {1/2-1/2 Civin,
T-Polak,T/Plzen 1999/EXT 2000 (17)}) 12... Bxc5 {Es droht das Abzugsschach 13..
.Bxf2+, daher muss die weiße Dame die c-Linie verlassen.} 13. Qd3 (13. Qb3 b4
14. Be3 (14. Nbd2 Bd5 15. Qd3 O-O 16. b3 Be7 17. Bb2 Nc5 18. Qe3 Ng4 19. Qd4
Bf6 {0-1 Bricard,E-Van der Sterren,P/Brussels 1993/CBM 34 ext (40)}) 14... Bd5
15. Qd3 O-O 16. Nbd2 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Qb6 {1/2-1/2 Pecorelli Garcia,H-Delgado,N/
Santa Clara 2001/EXT 2002/[Ribli] (24)}) 13... b4 $1 $146 {[%mdl 4] Mit diesem
Zug gewinnt Schwarz Raum am Damenflügel und verhindert Nc3. Der eventuelle
Nachteil des Partiezuges besteht in der Möglichkeit für Weiß, nachfolgend
Nd2-Nc4 zu spielen.} (13... Qb6 14. Nc3 Bc6 15. Ng5 Ng4 (15... Bxg2 16. Kxg2 b4
17. Na4 Qb7+ 18. Qf3 Qxf3+ 19. Nxf3 Bd6 20. Bd2 {1/2-1/2 Lindinger,M-Mueller,K/
Hamburg 2000/CBM 76 ext (20)}) 16. Bxc6 Bxf2+ 17. Kg2 Qxc6+ 18. Qf3 Qxf3+ 19.
exf3 Ne3+ 20. Kxf2 Nxf1 21. Kxf1 b4 22. Ne2 Nc5 {1/2-1/2 Plachetka,J-Kaidanov,
G/Austria 1991/EXT 97 (80)}) 14. Nbd2 (14. Bf4 Qe7 $15 {[%cal Ge6e5,Ge5e4]} (
14... Nd5)) (14. Be3 $11) 14... O-O 15. Nb3 (15. Nc4 $2 Be4 16. Qd1 Bxf2+ 17.
Rxf2 Rxc4 $17) (15. b3 e5 $15) 15... Qb6 $15 {Aufgrund der natürlichen
Entwicklungszüge kann Schwarz mit dem Ergebnis seiner Eröffnung zufrieden sein;
er hat sehr bequemes Spiel, besseres Figurenspiel, Entwicklungsvorteil und
dank seinem b4-Bauern bessere Aussichten am Damenflügel, während Weiß mit den
Damenzügen 5.Qa4+, 7.Qxc4, 8.Qc2 und 13.Qd3 viel Zeit verloren hat.} 16. Nxc5
$6 (16. Bg5 $142 h6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Nxc5 Rxc5 $15 (18... Qxc5 $15)) 16...
Nxc5 {[%csl Rd3] Die weiße Dame steht unglücklich auf d3, aber es ist nicht
leicht, ein sicheres Feld zu finden.} 17. Be3 $2 {Dieser Zug verliert einen
Bauern.} (17. Qd4 $142 Rfd8 18. Qe5 $15) (17. Qe3 Nd5 $15) 17... Nxd3 18. Bxb6
Nxb2 19. Rfb1 Nc4 20. Ba5 (20. Rxb4 $2 Nd5 $19 {[%cal Rd5b4,Rd5b6]}) 20... Nxa5
21. Rxa5 Nd5 $17 {[%csl Gb4] Schwarz hat einen Bauern mehr und sein Freibauer
auf b4 ist stark.} 22. Nd4 Rc4 23. Nf5 {Mit diesem Zug möchte Weiß das Spiel
komplizierter gestalten.} Nc3 (23... exf5 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Rb8 $17) 24.
Ne3 Rd4 (24... Nxb1 25. Nxc4 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Nc3 $17) 25. Rb2 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 f5 {
[%mdl 4096]} 27. Ra7 Rb8 (27... f4 28. gxf4 Rdxf4 29. f3 Rb8 $17) 28. Rc7 Nb5 (
28... Nd5 $2 29. Nxd5 Rxd5 30. Ra2 $11 {[%cal Ra2a7,Ra7h7]}) 29. Re7 Re4 30.
Rd2 {[%cal Rd2d7,Rd7h7]} Nd4 31. Nc2 b3 $19 {Mit diesem Zug Schwarz gewinnt
weiteres Material und die Partie.} 32. Nxd4 b2 33. Nxe6 (33. Rxb2 Rxb2 34. e3
Rxe3 $19) 33... b1=Q 34. Rxg7+ Kh8 35. Rdd7 Rxe6 36. Rxh7+ Kg8 37. Rdg7+ 0-1

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.09.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2001.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ {Heutzutage wird dieses Schach
selten gespielt - 5.Bg2 bietet Weiß mehr Chancen auf Eröffnungsvorteil.} Nbd7
6. Bg2 a6 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qc2 {Dieser Zug ist natürlicher, aber der andere
Damenzug ist auch möglich. Der Nachteil des Systems 5.Qa4+ ist, dass Weiß zu
viel Zeit mit der Dame verliert.} (8. Qc6 Rb8 (8... Ra7 9. Be3 Nd5 10. Qc1 c5
11. Nc3 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 cxd4 $14) 9. Bf4 Nd5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nc3
Qb4 13. O-O Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qd6 $11) 8... Bb7 9. Bg5 (9. O-O c5 10. a4 Rc8 11.
axb5 axb5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qd3 Qb6 14. Nc3 Bc6 $11) 9... c5 {In solchen
Stellungen muss Schwarz c7-c5 spielen. Er hat eine bequeme Stellung und gute
Entwicklung.} 10. O-O (10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O Rc8 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14.
Nc3 Ng4 15. e3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Nxe3 17. Kh1 Nxf1 18. Rxf1 O-O {0-1 Donchenko,
A-Rustemov,A/Moscow 1999/EXT 2001 (33)}) 10... cxd4 (10... Rc8 11. Qd2 Be7 12.
Nc3 b4 13. Na4 c4 14. a3 a5 15. Rfd1 O-O 16. Qe1 Be4 {0-1 Beaumont,C-Jonkman,H/
England 2000/CBM 75 ext (26)}) 11. Nxd4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Rc8 $11 {Schwarz hat
eine sehr bequeme Stellung und er hat schon die gefährlichste weiße Figur, den
g2-Läufer, getauscht.} 13. Qd1 h6 (13... Bc5 14. Nb3 O-O 15. Nc3 Be7 16. Rc1
Qb6 17. e3 Qb7+ 18. Qf3 Qxf3+ 19. Kxf3 Ne5+ 20. Ke2 Nc4 21. Nd1 h6 22. Bxf6
Bxf6 23. Nd4 Rfd8 {0-1 Zunker,D-Serper,G/Moscow 1990/EXT 2000 (45)}) 14. Bd2 (
14. Bxf6 Qxf6 $5 (14... Nxf6 $11) 15. Nc3 Bc5 $15 (15... Bb4 16. Ne4 Qe5 17.
Qd3 f5 $36)) 14... Qb6 {Die Dame steht sehr gut auf b6 - jetzt hängt der d4N
und im folgenden kann Schwarz die wichtige große Diagonale benutzen.} 15. Nf3
Qb7 $15 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Gb7g2]} 16. Ba5 {Weiss spielt diesen sonderbaren Zug,
um sich mit Nbd2 zu entwickeln.} (16. Nc3 b4 17. Na4 Ne5 $15) 16... e5 (16...
Be7 17. Nbd2 O-O $15) 17. e3 (17. Nc3 $2 b4 {Nach diesem Zug ist der a5B
eingeschlossen.} 18. Qb3 (18. Na4 Qb5 $19) 18... Qb8 19. Na4 Qb5 $19 {[%csl
Ra5]}) 17... Nb8 $1 {[%mdl 32] Originelles Spiel - Schwarz verliert zwei Tempi,
aber der Springer gelangt nach c6, wo er ausgezeichnet steht.} 18. Nbd2 Be7 (
18... Nc6 19. Nb3 $15) 19. Nb3 O-O 20. Qe2 (20. Kg1 Nc6 $15) 20... Qe4 21. Bc3
(21. Nbd2 $5 Qg4 (21... Qa4 22. Bc3) 22. e4 Nc6 23. Bb6 $15) 21... Nc6 22. Rac1
$6 (22. Nbd2 Qg4 $15) 22... b4 23. Bd2 {[#]} Nd4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 64]} 24. Nbxd4 (
24. Qd1 Nxb3 (24... Rxc1 25. Nxc1 Nxf3 26. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 27. Kxf3 Rc8 $15) 25.
axb3 (25. Qxb3 g5 26. h3 h5 $19) 25... Rxc1 26. Bxc1 Rc8 $17) 24... exd4 25.
Qxa6 $2 (25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Qxa6 {Auf diese Weise hat Weiß ein Tempo mehr, da
der Tum auf c8 hängt.} dxe3 (26... Rc2 27. exd4 Rxd2 28. Re1 $16) (26... Ra8
27. Qb6 d3 $44 (27... Rxa2 28. exd4 Nd5 29. Qb8+ Kh7 30. Re1)) 27. Bxe3 Ra8 28.
Qb6 Rxa2 $15) 25... Rxc1 26. Rxc1 g5 $1 {[%csl Rf3,Rg2] Nach diesem (für Weiß
sicher überraschenden) Zug droht der brutale Zug g5-g4 mit Figurengewinn.} 27.
h3 h5 28. Qb5 Nd5 {Nach diesem Zug kann Weiß nicht die Drohung g5-g4
verhindern, so verliert er eine Figur.} (28... g4 29. Qg5+ Kh8 30. hxg4 hxg4
31. Rh1+ Nh7 32. Qe5+ $18) 29. Rc4 g4 30. hxg4 hxg4 31. Rxd4 gxf3+ 32. Kh3 (32.
Kh2 Qh7+ 33. Kg1 Qh3 34. Qf1 Qxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Rd8 $19) (32. Kg1 Qb1+ $19) 32...
Qf5+ (32... Qh7+ $2 33. Kg4 $132) 33. g4 (33. Kh2 Qh5+ (33... Nxe3 $2 34. Qxf5
Nxf5 35. Rg4+ Kh8 36. Rf4 Rd8 37. Bxb4 Bxb4 38. Rxf5 $15) 34. Kg1 Qh3 $19)
33... Nf4+ {[%cal Rf4h3,Rf5b5]} (33... Qf6 34. Kg3 Bd6+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ {Dieser Zug wird heutzutage
nur noch selten gespielt, aber vor vielen Jahren war das die Hauptfortsetzung
in dieser Stellung. Der Läuferzug 5.Bg2 bietet Weiß viel bessere Chancen auf
Eröffnungsvorteil.} Nbd7 {Dieser natürliche Springerzug sowie der Plan a6-b5
bieten Schwarz die besten Ausgleichschancen.} 6. Bg2 a6 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qc6 {
Dieser Zug kommt mit Tempo - auf diese Weise blockiert Weiß den schwarzen
c-Bauern, und das ist wichtig, denn sonst kommt Schwarz zu c7-c5. Der Nachteil
des ganzen Systems ist, dass Weiss später den Ausgleichszug nicht verhindern
kann.} (8. Qc2 Bb7 9. O-O c5 $11) 8... Rb8 (8... Ra7 9. Be3 Nd5 10. Qc1 c5 11.
Nc3 $14) 9. Bf4 (9. Qc2 Bb7 10. O-O c5 $11) 9... Nd5 (9... Bb7 10. Qxc7 Bb4+
11. Kf1 Qxc7 12. Bxc7 Rc8 $44) 10. Bg5 Be7 (10... Bb4+ $6 11. Nbd2 Ne7 12. Bxe7
Bxe7 (12... Kxe7 $2 13. Qc2 $16) 13. Rc1 Bd6 14. Ne4 $14) 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nc3
Bb7 {Die Alternative 12...Qb4 reicht auch für Ausgleich, aber der Läuferzug
ist viel natürlicher.} (12... Nb4 $6 13. Qxc7 Nc2+ 14. Kd1 Nxa1 (14... Bb7 15.
Kxc2 b4 16. Kd2 bxc3+ 17. bxc3 O-O 18. Rhc1 {1-0 Pedersen,E-Fries Nielsen,J/
Aarhus 1993/EXT 97 (38)}) 15. Ne5 Qd8 (15... b4 16. Ne4 {1-0 Stamenkovic,
Z-Todorovic,G/JUG-ch Kladovo 1992} Nxe5 17. Qxb8 O-O 18. dxe5 Bb7 19. Qxb7 Qxb7
20. Nf6+ gxf6 21. Bxb7 $16) (15... O-O 16. Nc6 Qe8 (16... Qf6 17. Ne4 $1 Qh6
18. Nxb8 Nxb8 19. Qxb8) 17. Nxb8 b4 18. Kd2 bxc3+ 19. bxc3 Nxb8 20. Qxb8 {
1-0 Rodgaard,J-Olsen,H/Oyrabakki FAI 2000/The Week in Chess 285 (33)}) 16.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 17. Nc6+ Kc7 18. Nxb8 Nb6 19. Nc6 Bb7 20. d5 Bxc6 21. dxc6 b4 22.
Ne4 b3 23. Nc5 Kd6 (23... Rd8+ 24. Kc1 bxa2 25. b3 $18) 24. Nb7+ Kc7 25. Kd2 {
1-0 Wojtkiewicz,A-Ivanov,S/Slupsk 1992/TD (39)}) (12... Qb4 $5 13. O-O Nxc3 14.
bxc3 Qd6 15. Qxd6 cxd6 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 Ke7 18. Rfa1 Rb2 19. e3 Bb7 20. Ne1
Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rc8 22. Rxa6 Rxc3 23. R6a2 Rxa2 24. Rxa2 $10 {1/2-1/2 Atalik,
S-Li Wenliang/Beijing 1996/CBM 55/[Atalik,S] (24)}) 13. Nxd5 Bxc6 14. Nxe7 Kxe7
15. Rc1 (15. O-O Bxf3 16. Bxf3 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Rfc1 Rhc8 19. Rc2 Nd7 20.
Rac1 Nb6 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rxc8 Nxc8 23. Bb7 Nd6 24. Bxa6 Kd7 25. b3 Kc6 26. a4
{1/2-1/2 Wojtkiewicz,A-Kaidanov,G/New York 1993/CBM 35 (30)}) 15... Bd5 $5 {
[%mdl 512] Schwarz gibt den Läufer nicht auf, sondern opfert einen Bauern.} (
15... Rb6 16. O-O Rc8 17. Ng5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rd6 $1 19. Rfd1 Rd5 20. Ne4 c5 21.
Nxc5 $1 Nxc5 22. dxc5 Rdxc5 23. Rxc5 Rxc5 24. Rd2 $10) (15... Bxf3 $6 16. Bxf3
Rhc8 17. Bc6 $14) 16. Rxc7 (16. O-O Rhc8 $11) 16... Rhc8 17. Ra7 (17. Rxc8 Rxc8
18. Kd2 Nf6 $44) 17... Ra8 (17... Rc2 $5 18. O-O f6 $44) 18. Rxa8 Bxa8 $44 {
[%mdl 2048] Schwarz hat einen Bauern weniger, hat aber starke Kontrolle über
die c-Linie und die große Diagonale.} 19. Kd2 (19. Kd1 Nf6 $44) 19... Nf6 20.
Ne1 {Weiß muss die Läufer tauschen.} (20. Rg1 Rc4 21. Ne5 (21. e3 Ne4+ $15)
21... Rxd4+ 22. Ke3 Rd8 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. Rc1 Nd5+ $11) 20... Bxg2 21. Nxg2 Rd8
22. e3 (22. Kd3 $6 Ng4 23. Rf1 e5 $36) 22... Ne4+ (22... e5 $6 23. Nh4) 23. Ke2
Rc8 {[%cal Rc8c2,Rc2a2,Rc2h2]} 24. Ne1 Rc1 {[%cal Gc1h1]} 25. Rg1 (25. f3 Nd6
26. Rf1 Ra1 27. a3 Nc4 $11) 25... f5 26. f3 Nf6 {[%cal Gf6d5]} (26... Nd6 $44)
27. Rg2 (27. Kd2 Ra1 28. a3 Nd5 $44) 27... Nd5 28. e4 fxe4 29. fxe4 Nf6 30. Nd3
(30. e5 Nd5 $44 {[%csl Gd5]}) 30... Rc4 $11 31. Ne5 Rc2+ (31... Rxd4 $4 32.
Nc6+ $18 {[%cal Rc6e7,Rc6d4]}) 32. Kf3 Rxg2 33. Kxg2 Nxe4 {Endlich hat Schwarz
den Bauern zurück gewonnen - das Endspiel ist ausgeglichen.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 2nd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Afifi, Assem"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1989.10.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Africa"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. O-O a6 7. Qxc4 b5 8.
Qc2 Bb7 9. d4 c5 10. Bg5 $5 (10. a4 b4 11. b3 Rc8 12. Qd1 Be7 13. Bb2 O-O {=/+}
) 10... Qb6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nc3 Rc8 14. Ng5 Ng4 15. Bxb7 Qxb7
16. Qe4 $1 Qxe4 17. Ngxe4 Be7 18. Rfd1 Rc6 19. e3 Ne5 20. Ne2 f5 21. N4c3 Kf7
22. Nd4 Rd6 23. a4 $1 b4 24. Nce2 Nc6 25. Nxc6 Rxc6 26. Rac1 Rhc8 27. Rxc6 Rxc6
28. Rc1 Rd6 29. Nd4 Bf6 30. Rc7+ Ke8 31. Ra7 Kf8 32. Kf1 Bxd4 33. exd4 Rxd4 34.
Rxa6 Rd1+ 35. Ke2 Rb1 36. Rxe6 Rxb2+ 37. Ke3 Ra2 38. Re5 Ra3+ 39. Kf4 Rxa4 40.
Rxf5+ Ke7 41. Rb5 Kd6 42. Ke4 Kc6 43. Rb8 Kc7 44. Rb5 Kc6 45. Rb8 b3+ 46. Kd3
Ra2 47. f4 b2 48. Kc3 Kd5 49. Rxb2 Rxb2 50. Kxb2 Ke4 51. Kc3 h5 52. Kc4 Kf3 53.
Kd5 Kg2 54. Ke4 Kxh2 55. Kf3 Kg1 56. f5 Kf1 57. Kf4 Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch sf1"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.08.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Benjamin} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ {Heutzutage ist
dieser Zug nicht so beliebt wie die Alternative 5.Bg2. Mit der
Partiefortsetzung gewinnt Weiß den Bauern zurück, verliert dabei jedoch Zeit.
Ribli.} Nbd7 6. Bg2 a6 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qc6 Ra7 {Dieser Zug ist zweifellos nicht
schlecht, meiner Meinung nach ist 8...Rb8 aber natürlicher.} (8... Rb8 9. Bf4
Nd5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nc3 Qb4 $5 (12... Bb7 13. Nxd5 Bxc6 14. Nxe7
Kxe7 15. Rc1 (15. O-O $5) 15... Rb6 16. O-O Rc8 17. Ng5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rd6 19.
e3 c5 20. dxc5 Rd5 {1/2-1/2 Vaulin,A-Yakovich,Y/5th stage Russia Cup,
Ekaterinburg RUS 1997 (21)}) 13. O-O Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qd6 15. Qxd6 cxd6 16. a4
bxa4 17. Rxa4 Ke7 18. Rfa1 {1/2-1/2 Atalik,S-Li Wenliang/Beijing Tan Chin Cup
1996 (23)}) 9. Be3 (9. O-O Bb7 10. Qc2 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. Bxf6
Nxf6 14. Nc3 O-O 15. e3 Rc8 16. a3 h6 {Wojtkiewicz,A-Rogers,I/Wijk Sonnevanck
1993/CBM 40/1/2-1/2 (57)}) (9. a4 Bb7 10. Qc2 Be4 11. Qd1 b4 12. Nbd2 Bd5 13.
O-O c5 14. e3 Qa8 {1/2-1/2 Peregudov,N-Yakovich,Y/RUS-Cup10 1997 (25)}) (9. Bg5
Bb7 10. Bxf6 Bb4+ 11. Nbd2 Bxd2+ 12. Kxd2 gxf6 $13) 9... Nd5 {Es ist
interessant, daß dieser Zug vor mehr als 50 Jahren von Aljechin empfohlen
wurde.} (9... Bb7 10. Qc1 Ra8 11. O-O Rc8 12. Rd1 Bd6 13. a3 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5
15. Bxc5 Rxc5 16. Qe3 Qc7 17. Nbd2 O-O {1/2-1/2 Van der Vliet,F-Hess,R/
Amsterdam 1982/MCL 07 (27)}) (9... Bc5 $6 {Mit diesem Zug gewinnt Schwarz zwar
die weiße Dame, büßt dabei aber selbst zu viel Material ein.} 10. dxc5 Bb7 11.
Qxb7 Rxb7 12. c6 {Und die weißen Leichtfiguren sind stärker als die Dame.}) 10.
Qc1 (10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qc2 c5 $11) 10... c5 11. Nc3
Nxc3 (11... Nxe3 12. Qxe3 Nb6 13. dxc5 Nc4 $5) (11... c4 $142 $13 {Benjamin
Kaidanov}) 12. Qxc3 $14 {[%csl Ra7] Weiß besitzt Entwicklungsvorsprung. Zudem
finden die schwarzen Figuren, insbesondere der Bc8 und der Ra7, keine guten
Felder.} Nb6 $5 (12... b4 13. Qc2 Qb6 14. O-O Rc7 15. Bf4 Bd6) 13. dxc5 Nd5 14.
Qd2 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Qa5+ (15... Rc7 $2 16. b4) 16. Nd2 Qb4 {[%csl Gb4,Rc5] Weiß
hat einen Mehrbauern, dafür übt Schwarz Druck auf den schwarzen Feldern aus.}
17. Rc1 Rc7 (17... Qxb2 18. O-O Qxa2 $6 (18... Rc7 {Führt zur
Partiefortsetzung.}) 19. Bc6+ Bd7 20. Qe5 {[%csl Ra7,Ge5,Re8][%cal Re5b8]}) 18.
O-O Qxb2 (18... Rxc5 19. a3 $18) (18... Bxc5 19. Qe5 {[%csl Rc7,Ge5,Rg7]}) 19.
Rfd1 Be7 20. c6 {[%csl Gc6] Dieser weiße Bauer bleibt immer gefährlich, aber
Schwarz kann ihn jetzt gut auf c7 blockieren.} O-O 21. Rb1 (21. Qb6 $5 Bd8 22.
Nc4 {[%cal Yb6b2]} Qf6 23. Nd6 {[%csl Ra6] Und Weiß droht einfach 24.Nxc8
nebst 25.Qxa6 oder 24.Qb8.}) 21... Qa3 (21... Qxa2 $5 22. Qe5 Qa5 (22... Ra7 {
Benjamin} 23. Qb8 (23. Ra1 Bf6 24. Qxf6 Qxd2) 23... Bc5 24. Ne4) (22... Bd8 23.
Ra1 Qc2 24. Be4 f6 25. Qd4) 23. Nc4 {[%cal Ye5a5]} f6 $13) 22. Nb3 Bd8 (22...
f6 23. Qb6 Bd6 24. Rd2 Rcf7 25. Rbd1 Bc7 {[%csl Gc7] Es ist besser für Schwarz,
den Pc6 mit dem Läufer zu blockieren.} 26. Qc5 $14) 23. Rd3 Re7 24. Rbd1 {
[%cal Gd1d8]} Bc7 25. Nc5 {Weiß opfert einen Bauern für weitere Aktivität.} (
25. Qd2 $5 $14 {[%cal Gd1d8]}) 25... Qxa2 26. Nd7 {[%csl Gd7]} Rfe8 (26... Bxd7
27. cxd7 {[%csl Gd7]} Bd8 (27... Rd8 $2 28. Qc5 $18) 28. Ra3 (28. Rc1 $44)
28... Qc2) 27. Qg5 h6 $2 (27... Kh8 $5) {[#]} 28. Nf6+ $1 Kh8 29. Qh4 gxf6 (
29... Rf8 30. Nd5 exd5 31. Qxe7 $18) (29... Qxe2 30. Nxe8 Rxe8 31. Rd8 $1 Bxd8
32. Rxd8 Qe1+ 33. Bf1 Rxd8 34. Qxd8+ Kh7 35. Qxc8 $18) 30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. Rd4
$18 {[%cal Rd4g4] Das Erscheinen des Turms auf der vierten Reihe entscheidet
die Partie.Ribli.} f5 32. Qg5+ Kf8 33. Qh6+ Kg8 34. Qg5+ {Mit dieser
Zugwiederholung Weiss gewinnt Bedenkzeit.Ribli.} Kf8 35. Qf6 $1 Be5 $8 (35...
Kg8 36. Rh4 $18) 36. Qxe5 f6 (36... Kg8 37. Rh4 $18 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Rh4h8]})
37. Qxf6+ Rf7 38. Qh6+ {Das gewinnt auch, aber der Chef der "Deep
Blue-Mannschaft" hätte (in Zeitnot) Matt in 3 geben können.} (38. Qh8+ Ke7 39.
Rd7+ Bxd7 40. Rxd7#) 38... Kg8 39. Qg6+ Kf8 40. Qh6+ Kg8 41. Rd8 {Die
Zeitnotphase ist überstanden, und Weiß hat eine klare Gewinnstellung, weil
Schwarz die Probleme seines Königs nicht lösen kann.} Rfe7 42. Qg6+ Kf8 43.
Qf6+ {Und Schwarz gab in hoffnungsloser Stellung auf.Ribli.} (43. Qf6+ Kg8 44.
Qxe7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Agzamov Memorial 09th"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2015.03.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Safarli,E"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2015.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 (4... c5 $5 5. O-O (5. d4 dxc4 {
->Catalan 4...-dxc4 5.Bg2-c5}) 5... d4 (5... Nc6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 (6... exd5 7. d4
$14 {->Tarrasch}) (6... Qxd5 7. d4 $1 $146) 7. d4 $14) 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4
8. d3 Bd6 9. Na3 $5 O-O (9... e5 $6 {there is no logic on playing this move
before castling} 10. c5 $1 $146 {Giri punishes immediately} Bxc5 11. Nc4 {
already Black is in trouble} Nd7 $14 {another suspicious decision, Black ain't
gonna hold 'e5' pawn anyway} 12. Re1 (12. Nfxe5 $5 {could be a bit more
accurate just not to give f6 possibility at all, however ...-f6 also has bad
sides}) 12... O-O (12... f6 13. Nh4 g6 14. a3 Be7 (14... O-O 15. b4 Be7 16. Bh6
$36) 15. Nf5 $5 Nb6 16. Ng7+ Kd7 17. Bh3+ Kc7 18. Ne6+ Bxe6 19. Bxe6 $36 {
for a pawn White has pairs of Bishop and Black has a bit misplaced pieces and
King}) 13. Nfxe5 Ncxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Qb6 16. a4 a5 17. Qc2 Bb4 18. Rb5
$16 {...1-0, Giri,A - So,W (Wijk aan Zee, 2015)}) 10. Nc2 e5 11. b4 a6 12. a4
$5 $146 Re8 13. Ba3 $5 $13 ({I think, so far there's no need in playing cause
we might need the 'f' Rook on 'b1'} 13. Re1)) 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2 (
7. O-O b5 8. Qc6 Rb8 9. Qc2 Bb7 (9... c5 $5) 10. a4 Be7 11. d3 O-O 12. axb5
axb5 13. Nc3 b4 14. Na4 (14. Nb1 $5) 14... c5 15. b3 Nd5 16. Bb2 $14 {...1-0,
Kasimdzhanov,R - Adams,M (London, 2012)}) 7... c5 8. d4 (8. Nc3 $5 Qc7 ({
also been tried} 8... Ra7 {but not successfully} 9. O-O b6 10. d4 Bb7 11. e4 (
11. Be3 $5) 11... cxd4 12. Nxd4 {and it's not clear what Rook does on a7} Bb4
$5 $146 13. Bd2) 9. O-O (9. d4 b5 10. Bf4 Qa7 $11) 9... b6 10. d4 Bb7 11. Bf4 (
11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Qb1 Qb8
17. Ng5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 {...1/2, Aronian,L - Wojtaszek,R (Wijk aan Zee, 2015)} h6
19. Nge4 O-O 20. Rd4 b5 $11) 11... Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. e4 Qe7
15. Qe2 b5 16. e5 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Qe3 Qb7 21.
Rxc5 Rxc5 22. Qxc5 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Qxf3 24. Rd6 Qe4 25. Rxa6 Qb1+ 26. Kg2 Qe4+ {
1/2, Radjabov,T - Mamedyarov,S (Shamkir, 2014)}) 8... b6 ({the only reason why
people don't play} 8... b5 $5 {is} 9. Ne5 (9. O-O $6 Bb7 $15) 9... Nd5 10. Bxd5
$5 exd5 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. dxc5 {however after} Be7 $5 $146 {position is full
of play} 13. O-O (13. a4) (13. Nd2 Qh3 14. Nf3 Bf5 15. Qc3 Bf6 16. Qe3+ Be4 17.
Nd2 O-O 18. Nxe4 dxe4 $36) 13... Qc6 14. Bf4 $5 {the best option for White
most probably is to give up a pawn and try to regain the initiative} (14. Be3
Bh3 15. Bd4 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 O-O 17. Nd2 $44) (14. b4 Bh3 15. Rd1 d4 16. f3 a5 17.
Nd2 axb4 18. Nb3 O-O 19. Bb2 d3 $1 20. Rxd3 Bf5 21. e4 Be6 22. Rdd1 Bc4 23. Bd4
Ra3 $36 {the position is full of play, and I think Black actually has more
chances}) 14... Qxc5 15. Qxc5 Bxc5 16. Rd1 Bb7 17. a4 b4 18. Nd2 Rc8 19. Nb3
Be7 {White's better pawn structure; they gonna have strong Knight on d4; Black
has not a great 'b7' Bishop; however, objectively saying, Black should easily
hold this with the help of Bishops pair. e.g.} 20. Rac1 O-O 21. Nd4 Bf6 22. Bd6
Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 (23... Bxd4 $4 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. Rc7 $18) 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25.
Bc5 Bxd4 26. Bxd4 b3 $11) 9. Ne5 Nd5 10. Nc3 (10. Nc6 $5 Qc7 11. e4 N5f6 (11...
Qxc6 12. exd5 exd5 13. Nc3 Nf6 14. Bg5 Be6 $5 $146 (14... cxd4 $6 15. Bxf6 dxc3
16. Bxc3 Be6 17. Rc1 $146 Rc8 18. O-O Bb4 19. Qe2 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Qd7 21. Rxc8+
Qxc8 22. Bxd5 O-O 23. Bxe6 $14) 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Qd3 $132) 12.
d5 Bb7 13. O-O Bd6 14. Nd2 O-O 15. Nc4 exd5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bxc6 18. Rd1
Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Be7 {very strange decision} 20. Rxd7 $6 {this move might be not
a big mistake but} ({even the beginner of chess would include an intermediate} 
20. Bf4 Qc6 21. Rxd7 Qxd7 22. Nxb6 Qe6 23. Nxa8 Rxa8 {nevertheless the
position is objectively drawish. Not enough resources to hope for something
more that just a draw}) 20... Qxd7 21. Nxb6 Qe6 22. Nxa8 Rxa8 23. Be3 Rc8 24.
a3 {1/2, Landa,K - Meier,G (Copenhagen, 2010)}) 10... Bb7 11. Nxd5 exd5 ({
looks more logical to exchange light-squared Bishops} 11... Bxd5 $5 12. Bxd5 (
12. e4 $6 Bb7 $36) 12... exd5 13. O-O (13. Bf4 $146 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 f6 15. Bf4 c4
16. O-O Bd6 17. Bd2 Qd7 18. e4 Qc6 $11) (13. Qf5 $146 Qe7 $11) 13... Nxe5 14.
dxe5 Qc8 15. Rd1 Qe6 16. Qd3 Be7 17. Qxd5 Rd8 18. Qb3 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1 O-O 20.
Qb3 c4 21. Qc3 f6 22. b3 Rc8 23. Bb2 b5 24. Qe3 fxe5 25. bxc4 Rxc4 26. Bxe5 h6
27. Rd1 Rc2 28. Qb3 Qxb3 29. axb3 Rxe2 {...1/2, Kramnik,V - Comp Deep Fritz 10
(Bonn, 2006)}) 12. O-O Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qd7 $146 {Good novelty} 14. Rd1 Qe6 15.
Be3 Be7 (15... Qxe5 $6 16. Qa4+ ({undoubtedly} 16. Qb3 {is also possible} Qe6
17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 {and is enough for long lasting small advantage} Be7 19.
Rad1 $14) 16... b5 17. Qa5 {White Queen penetrates into Black's base and it
becomes difficult to keep the balance with Black} Rc8 18. a4 b4 19. Qb6 Qc7 20.
a5 Qxb6 21. axb6 $14) 16. b4 $1 {White had to take radical solutions} O-O 17.
bxc5 Bxc5 18. Qb3 (18. Bxc5 $5 {would lead at first glance dead drawish
endgame. However, deeper you analyze the position, you like White's position
more} Rac8 19. Qb2 Rxc5 20. Rab1 b5 21. Rbc1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8
24. Qd2 $1 {[%csl Rc1,Gd5][%cal Gd2g5,Gd2a5,Gd2d5,Rd2c1] White Queen perfectly
stands on d2. It might jump how on g5 so on g5. Also it keeps under control c1
square and attacks d5 weak pawn} Qc4 25. Bf3 {White has certain plan how to
impove the position. From the other side. They move the Bishop, later on they
might play Kg2,h4 etc and start playing with the Queen. From the other side,
it's not easy to improve Black's position} b4 $6 {looks normal however is a
weakening move} 26. Qg5 Qc7 27. Qe3 $1 $14 {[%cal Ge5e6,Ge3d4] the idea is to
play e6, and also the Queen comes to d4. Black already has to give up a pawn})
18... Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Rac8 20. Rac1 (20. Rab1 $5 {would keep the pressure a bit
more} Rc5 21. Qd4) 20... d4 $1 {simplifying the position} 21. Qxd4 Rxc1 {
Draw was agreed due to} 22. Rxc1 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qxa2 24. Qxb6 Qxe2 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Soffer,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Cifuentes Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Bg2
a6 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qc6 Rb8 (8... Ra7 $6 {Cifuentes} 9. Be3 Nd5 10. Bg5 Be7 11.
Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qc2 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Rc1 $14) 9. Bf4 (9. O-O {
Cifuentes} Bb7 10. Qc2 c5 11. a4 b4 12. Nbd2 Be7 $10) 9... Nd5 (9... Bb7 $5 {
Cifuentes} 10. Qxc7 Qxc7 11. Bxc7 Rc8 12. Bf4 Rc2 13. b3 Be7 $44) 10. Bg5 Be7
11. Bxe7 Qxe7 (11... Nxe7 $5 {Cifuentes} 12. Qc2 Bb7 13. O-O Rc8 $13) 12. Nc3 {
The only way to try for an advantage} ({After} 12. O-O {or 12.Nbd2} Bb7 13. Qc2
c5 {Black equalises} (13... c5 {Cifuentes} 14. Nc3 $5 Nxc3 (14... Rc8 15. Nxd5
Bxd5 16. Rac1 O-O 17. Rfd1 {Sosonko-S.Polgar, Aruba 1991} h6 $5) 15. Qxc3 O-O
16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Qb4 Rfc8 18. Rac1 Qf8 $1 $10 {Cifuentes-Lau, Eupen 1993}) (
13... Rc8 14. a4 $1 bxa4 15. Qxa4 O-O 16. Nc3 c5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Qxa6 $14) (
13... O-O 14. Nc3 c5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Qxc5 Nxc5 18. Rfc1 Rfc8
$10)) 12... Nb4 $2 {Very risky, and probably unsound [#]} (12... Bb7 $5 13.
Nxd5 Bxc6 14. Nxe7 Kxe7 {Although White looks slightly better he hasn't
managed to prove it in practice so far} 15. O-O (15. Rc1 Rb6 16. O-O (16. Kd2 {
Ftacnik} Rd8 $1 {/\ e5}) 16... Rc8 17. Ng5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rd6 (18... c5 $2 {
Cifuentes} 19. dxc5 Rxc5 20. Rxc5 Nxc5 21. Rc1 $16) 19. e3 (19. Rfd1 {Ftacnik}
c5 20. Ne4 (20. dxc5 $2 {Cifuentes} Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rxc5 22. Nxf7 Rc2 $17) 20...
Rd5 21. Nxc5 $1 (21. dxc5 $6 {Cifuentes} Rxd1 22. Rxd1 f5 $1 $15) 21... Nxc5
22. dxc5 Rcxc5 23. Rxc5 Rxc5 24. Rd2 $10) 19... c5 20. dxc5 Rd5 (20... Rxc5 $2
{Ftacnik} 21. Ne4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 $16) 21. c6 Ne5 22. Nf3 Nd3 23. Rcd1 Nxb2 24.
Rxd5 exd5 25. Nd4 g6 $11 {0-1 Gleizerov,E-Serper,G/Moscow Alekhine op 1992 (38)
}) 15... Bxf3 16. Bxf3 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Rfc1 Rhc8 19. Rc2 Nd7 20. Rac1 Nb6
21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rxc8 Nxc8 23. Bb7 Nd6 24. Bxa6 Kd7 25. b3 Kc6 26. a4 Kb6 27.
Bxb5 Nxb5 28. axb5 Kxb5 29. Kg2 Kb4 30. Kf3 Kxb3 {1/2-1/2 Wojtkiewicz,
A-Kaidanov,G/New York Hudson 1993}) (12... Qb4 $5 13. O-O Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qd6 15.
Qxd6 cxd6 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 Ke7 18. Rfa1 Rb2 19. e3 Bb7 20. Ne1 Bxg2 21.
Kxg2 Rc8 22. Rxa6 Rxc3 23. R6a2 Rxa2 24. Rxa2 {1/2-1/2 Atalik,S-Li Wenliang/
Beijing Tan Chin Cup 1996}) (12... Nxc3 {Ftacnik} 13. Qxc3 $16 {><c6, c7}) 13.
Qxc7 $1 {This was already played before with success. In this game White gets
an ending with a solid extra pawn, and I can hardly recommend any improvement
for Black.} (13. Qe4 Bb7 14. Qb1 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. O-O O-O 17. a3 (17. e4 {
Ftacnik} Rfd8 18. a3 Nbd3 19. Rd1 Qf6 20. Qc2 b4 21. axb4 Nxb4 22. Qe2 Nbd3 {
1/2-1/2 Cuevas Rodriguez,M-Maric,M/Novi Sad olw (10)/1990 (29)}) (17. Qc1 Rbc8
18. Qf4 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Rfc1 Na4 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 {1/2-1/2 Plachetka,
J-Franzen,J/CSR-ch Frenstat (06)/1982/}) 17... Nd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 $15 {
Romanishin,O-Dzindzichashvili,R/Amsterdam IBM 1978/0-1 (65)} (18... Bxd5 19. b4
Na4 20. Rc1 Rbc8 21. Qd3 Nb2 22. Qd4 Nc4 {Romanishin,O-Dzindzichashvili,R/
Amsterdam IBM (02)/1978/0-1 (65)})) 13... Nc2+ 14. Kd1 $1 {on d2 the king will
be exposed to unpleasant checks} (14. Kd2 $2 {Ftacnik} Nxa1 15. Ne5 Qb4 $1 16.
Nxd7 (16. Kc1 {Cifuentes} O-O 17. Nxd7 Bxd7 18. Qxd7 Rfd8 19. Qa7 Rbc8 $19) (
16. Nc6 {Cifuentes} Qxb2+ 17. Kd3 Qc2+ 18. Ke3 Qxc3+ 19. Kf4 Qd2+ $19) 16...
Qxb2+ 17. Kd3 Qc2+ 18. Ke3 Bxd7 19. Qxb8+ Ke7 20. Qc7 (20. Qxh8 {Cifuentes}
Qxc3+ 21. Kf4 Qxd4+ $19) 20... Rc8 $19) 14... Nxa1 (14... Bb7 15. Kxc2 b4 16.
Kd2 bxc3+ 17. bxc3 O-O 18. Rhc1 (18. Rab1 Rfc8 19. Qa5 Nf6 20. Rhc1 Ng4 21. Ke1
Nxh2 22. Nxh2 Bxg2 $14) 18... Rfc8 19. Qa5 Nb6 20. Ke1 Nc4 21. Qh5 h6 22. Kf1
$16 {1-0 Pedersen,E-Fries Nielsen,J/Aarhus 1993 (37)} (22. Kf1 {Ftacnik} Be4
23. Kg1 Rb2 24. Ne5 {1-0 Pedersen,E-Fries Nielsen,JO/Aarhus (07)/1993 (38)}))
15. Ne5 {The point of the combination - White wins back the sacrificed material
} Qd8 {There are not many good alternatives} (15... b4 $6 16. Ne4 {1-0
Stamenkovic,Z-Todorovic,G/JUG-ch Kladovo 1992} Nxe5 (16... O-O 17. Nc6 Qe8 18.
Nd6 Rb7 19. Nxb7 $18) 17. Qxb8 O-O 18. dxe5 (18. Qxe5) 18... Bb7 (18... Rd8+
19. Nd6 f6 20. f4 fxe5 21. fxe5 Qg5 22. Qc7) (18... Qd7+ 19. Kc1 Qa4 20. Kb1 b3
21. Nc3 $18) 19. Qxb7 Qxb7 20. Nf6+ gxf6 21. Bxb7 $16) (15... O-O $2 16. Nc6
Qg5 (16... Qf6 17. Ne4 Qh6 18. Nxb8 (18. Nxb8 {Cifuentes} Nxb8 19. Qxb8 e5 20.
Qd6 $1 $18 {1-0, Cifuentes,R-Kohlweyer,B/ Leiden 1997})) (16... Qe8 17. Nxb8 b4
18. Nxd7 bxc3) 17. Ne4 Rb7 18. Qxb7 Bxb7 19. Nxg5 $18) (15... Qb4 {Ftacnik} 16.
Nc6 $18) (15... f6 {Ftacnik} 16. Nc6 $18) (15... f5 {Ftacnik} 16. Nxd7 $18) (
15... Nxe5 {Ftacnik} 16. Qxb8 O-O (16... Qd7 {Cifuentes} 17. Qxe5 b4 18. Kd2
bxc3+ 19. bxc3 $16) 17. Qxe5 b4 18. Nd5 Qd7 19. Kd2 $16) 16. Qxd8+ Kxd8 17.
Nc6+ (17. Nxf7+ $6 Ke7 18. Nxh8 b4 19. Ne4 (19. Na4 {Ftacnik} b3 20. a3 Nc2 21.
e3 Bb7 22. Bxb7 Rxb7 23. Kd2 Rc7 $17) 19... b3 20. Kd2 Nc2 21. e3 Bb7 22. axb3
Nb4 23. Nf7 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Kxf7) 17... Kc7 18. Nxb8 {White has to be careful in
order to destroy the Na1 and keep the spare pawn. Weiss muss vorsichtig
spielen, um den Na1 zu verhaften, ohne seinen Mehrbauer zu verlieren.} Nxb8 {N}
(18... Nb6 19. Nc6 (19. Kd2 $2 Nc4+) 19... Bb7 20. d5 Bxc6 (20... Nxd5 $2 21.
Nxd5+ Kxc6 (21... exd5 22. Nd4) 22. Ne3+ Kb6 23. Bxb7 Kxb7 24. Kc1 $18) (20...
exd5 21. Nd4 (21. Na5 $6 b4 22. Kd2 bxc3+ 23. bxc3 Nc4+ 24. Nxc4 dxc4 25. Bxb7
Rd8+ $1) 21... b4 22. Nb1 {/\Nd2,Kc1-b1} Rc8 23. Bh3) 21. dxc6 b4 22. Ne4 b3
23. Nc5 Kd6 (23... Rd8+ 24. Kc1 bxa2 25. b3 $18) 24. Nb7+ Kc7 25. Kd2 $18 {
1-0 Wojtkiewicz,A-Ivanov,S/Slupsk op 1992 (38)}) (18... Kxb8 {Ftacnik} 19. Kd2
Nb6 20. Rxa1 b4 (20... Rd8 $2 21. e3 $16) 21. Nd1 (21. Ne4 Bb7 $10 {/\ 22.f3
Nc4, 22.Bf3 Rd8} (21... Bb7 {Cifuentes} 22. Bh1 Rd8 (22... Nc4+ 23. Kc2 Rc8 24.
Nc5 $16) 23. e3 e5 24. Kd3 $16)) 21... Rd8 22. Ke3 (22. e3 e5 23. b3 exd4 24.
e4 $14) 22... Nc4+ 23. Kd3 Ne5+ 24. Kc2 (24. Ke4 Nc6 25. e3 Nxd4 26. exd4 Bb7+
$10) 24... Rxd4 $10 {1/2-1/2 Monin,N-Vul,A/Kecskemet/1992 (38)}) 19. Kd2 Rd8 (
19... b4 {Ftacnik} 20. Na4 Rd8 21. Rc1+ $1 Kd6 22. Rxa1 $16) 20. e3 e5 (20...
b4 {Ftacnik} 21. Ne2 $16) 21. d5 (21. Rxa1 {Ftacnik} exd4 22. Nd5+ (22. exd4
Rxd4+ 23. Ke3 Rd6) 22... Kd6 23. exd4 Bb7 24. Nf4 Bxg2 25. Nxg2 Nc6 $14) 21...
f5 (21... b4 22. Na4 $1 (22. Ne2 Bb7 23. e4 f5 24. Rc1+ (24. f3 $2 Bxd5 25.
exd5 (25. Rc1+ {Ftacnik} Bc6+ 26. Ke3 fxe4 27. fxe4 Nb3 28. axb3 Nd7 $15) 25...
Rxd5+ 26. Kc1 b3) (24. Rxa1 {Ftacnik} fxe4 25. Bxe4 Bxd5 26. Bxd5 Rxd5+ 27. Ke3
Nc6 $10) 24... Kd6 25. f3 Nb3+ 26. axb3 Nd7 $44) 22... Bb7 23. e4 f5 24. Nc5
$16) 22. Rxa1 e4 (22... b4 23. Na4 (23. Na4 {Ftacnik} e4 24. Rc1+ Kd6 25. f3
$16)) 23. Rc1 Kd6 {There are still some technical problems because Pd5 is weak
and blockaded} 24. f3 exf3 (24... b4 {Ftacnik} 25. Na4 Ke5 (25... Kxd5 $4 26.
Rxc8 $1 Rxc8 27. Nb6+) 26. Nb6 Bb7 27. fxe4 fxe4 28. Rc4 Bxd5 29. Nxd5 Rxd5+
30. Ke2 $16) 25. Bxf3 Nd7 26. Be2 Ne5 (26... b4 27. Na4 Kxd5 28. Rc4 Ke5 29.
Rd4 $16 (29. Rd4 {Cifuentes} a5 30. Nb6 Ke6 31. Bb5 $18)) 27. a3 Bd7 (27... Bb7
{Ftacnik} 28. Ke1 Ke7 29. Rd1 $16) 28. e4 $6 (28. Rf1) 28... Rb8 $6 (28... fxe4
{offered much better chances} 29. Ke3 Re8 30. Kxe4 (30. Rd1 Bf5 (30... Ng4+ 31.
Bxg4 Bxg4 32. Rd4) 31. Rd4 Nd3 32. Nxe4+ Bxe4 33. Rxe4 Rxe4+ 34. Kxe4 Nxb2 $11)
30... Nc6+ $5 (30... Nc4+ 31. Kd4 Nxb2 32. Ne4+ Ke7 33. Rc2 Na4 34. d6+ Kd8 35.
Ng5 $16 (35. Ng5 {Cifuentes} Be6 36. Rc7 h6 37. Bh5 $18)) 31. Kd3 (31. Kf4 $14
{Ftacnik}) 31... Bf5+ 32. Kd2 Nd4 $132) 29. b4 Re8 30. Ke3 Nf7 $2 ({Again} 
30... fxe4 {offered much more resistance}) (30... fxe4 {Ftacnik} 31. Kxe4 (31.
Nxe4+ {Cifuentes} Kxd5 32. Rd1+ Kc6 33. Rd6+ Kb7 34. Nc5+ Kc7 35. Rxa6 Nc6+ 36.
Kd2 Bc8 37. Ra8 $16) 31... Nc6+ 32. Kf4) 31. Kd4 Ng5 32. exf5 Bxf5 33. g4 $1
Bg6 (33... Bd7 {Ftacnik} 34. h4 Nf7 35. Ne4+ Ke7 36. Bf3 $16) (33... Be4 {
Cifuentes} 34. h4 Nf3+ 35. Bxf3 Bxf3 36. g5 Re5 $2 37. Nxb5+ $1 $18) 34. h4 $18
Ne4 (34... Nf7 35. h5) (34... Nh3 35. h5 Bf7 36. Ne4+) 35. Nxb5+ $1 (35. h5 {
Ftacnik} Nxc3 36. Rxc3 Rxe2 37. Rc6+ Kd7 38. hxg6 $18) 35... axb5 36. Rc6+ Ke7
(36... Kd7 37. Rxg6 hxg6 (37... Nc3 {Ftacnik} 38. Rxg7+ Kd6 39. Bd3 $16) 38.
Bxb5+) 37. Re6+ Kd8 38. Rxe8+ Kxe8 39. h5 (39. h5 {Ftacnik} Bxh5 40. Kxe4 Bg6+
41. Ke5 Kd8 42. Bxb5 $18) 1-0

