[Event "Zadar op 12th"]
[Site "Zadar"]
[Date "2005.12.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Petkov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2005.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Be3
c6 9. d5 c5 10. Ne1 Kh8 11. Nd3 Ng8 12. Qd2 f5 13. f4 g5 14. fxg5 f4 15. Bf2
Qxg5 16. Nb5 Qg6 17. Bf3 b6 18. Qe2 a6 19. Nc7 Ra7 20. Ne6 Rf6 21. Bh4 Rxe6 22.
dxe6 Nf8 23. Kh1 Nxe6 24. Bf2 Nf6 25. b4 Ng5 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Rab1 Rf7 28.
Rfe1 Bf8 29. Rb6 Rg7 30. Bh4 Kg8 31. Bxg5 Qxg5 32. Nf2 Qh4 33. Rb8 Be6 34. Rd1
Nd7 35. Rb7 Rg6 36. Rdb1 Qd8 37. Bh5 Rg7 38. Bg4 Bxg4 39. Nxg4 Qg5 40. h3 Qg6
41. Qd3 h5 42. Rxd7 Rxd7 43. Nxe5 dxe5 44. Qxd7 Qxe4 45. Qe6+ Kg7 46. Rd1 Kh8
47. Qf7 1-0

[Event "CRO-chT 15th"]
[Site "Sibenik"]
[Date "2006.10.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Petkov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2006.09.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. b4
a5 9. b5 c5 10. Bb2 Nb6 11. Qc2 N8d7 12. Bd3 h6 13. O-O a4 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15.
cxd5 Nxd5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Bc4 Bd7 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. Qb1 Qa5 20. Nd4 Bg5 21.
Rc2 Bxd2 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Rcxd2 Ne4 24. Rd3 Bxb5 25. Re3 Bd7 26. Ba1 Rc7 27.
e6 fxe6 28. Qb2 Nf6 29. Nxe6 Bxe6 30. Rxe6 Rf8 31. h3 Qc5 32. Qa2 Qc4 33. Qd2
Ne4 34. Qe3 Nxf2 35. Rb1 Ne4 36. Qd4 Qa2 37. Qb2 Rf2 38. Qxa2 Rxa2 39. Be5 Rd7
40. Reb6 Nc5 41. R1b5 Nd3 42. Bd4 Nf4 43. Be5 Ne2+ 44. Kh2 d4 45. Rxb7 Rxb7 46.
Rxb7 d3 47. Rxg7+ Kf8 48. Rd7 d2 49. Bg7+ Ke8 50. Rd6 Ke7 51. Be5 h5 52. h4 Rc2
53. Rd3 Ke6 54. Bg7 Nf4 55. Rd4 d1=Q 0-1

[Event "Figueira da Foz op 7th"]
[Site "Figueira da Foz"]
[Date "2010.11.03"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Corrales Jimenez, Fidel"]
[Black "Petkov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2010.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 b6 11. Rd1 Bb7 12. Bf4 Be7 13. e6 fxe6 14. Bxc7
c5 15. Be5 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Bf6 17. f4 Bxe5 18. fxe5 Ke7 19. Ne4 Nd4 20. Kg2 Rhf8
21. Rd3 Rf4 22. c3 Rxe4 23. cxd4 cxd4 24. Rad1 Rd8 25. Kf3 Rh4 26. Kg3 g5 27.
f3 Rf4 28. a4 h5 29. b4 Rd5 30. b5 Kf7 31. Rc1 Rxe5 32. Rc4 Re2 33. h4 Rxh4 34.
Rcxd4 Rhh2 35. f4 g4 0-1

[Event "SRB-chT"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "2012.10.03"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Petkov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2012.09.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Pirot"]
[BlackTeam "Paracin"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

{Our opponent's team were playing without their first board in the 6th round.} 
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Nh5 {with this line allowed by his move order I wanted to imitate GM Uwe
Boensch's play.} 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O-O Nb6 {This is the critical position for
this opening.} 11. Kb1 (11. Nf3 g6 (11... Bg4 12. Be2) 12. h3 Ng7 13. Rhe1 Be6
(13... O-O $5 14. g4) 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. g4 h5 16. Ne5 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. f3
$11) 11... g6 12. h3 Ng7 13. g4 Be6 $146 {I am really surprised why no-one has
tried this.} (13... Bd7 14. Nf3 O-O-O 15. Na4 Nxa4 16. Qxa4 Kb8 17. Rc1 Rc8 18.
Rc3 Rc7) 14. f4 O-O-O 15. Nf3 Kb8 16. f5 Bc8 ({First of all I could have
exchanged the pawns.} 16... gxf5 17. gxf5 Bc8 18. Qh2+ (18. Rhe1 Ne8 19. e4
dxe4 20. Rxe4 Qc7) 18... Ka8 19. Qf4 (19. Qe5 $2 Nxf5 20. Qxe7 Nxe7 21. Ne5
Rdf8) 19... Nh5 20. Qg4 (20. Qg5 Qxg5 21. Nxg5 Rde8 $132) 20... Nf6 21. Qf4 Nh5
$11) 17. Qh2+ Ka8 18. Qe5 Qf8 19. f6 Ne8 20. Qf4 $1 {White has an overexpanded
pawn structure but Black has the key squares.} Be6 (20... h6 21. h4 (21. e4 $2
dxe4 22. Bxe4 g5) 21... h5 22. g5 Bg4 23. Rde1 (23. Ne5 Bxd1 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25.
Nxg6 Qg8 26. Nxh8 Qxh8 27. Rxd1 Qh7+ 28. Ka1 Nd6 $17) 23... Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Nd6
25. e4 $140 $2 dxe4 26. Nxe4 Nf5 $17) 21. Ne5 Nd6 22. h4 h5 23. g5 Nd7 (23...
Bf5 24. Bxf5 Nxf5 25. Rhe1 Nd7 26. Nxd7 Rxd7 27. e4 dxe4 28. d5 $1 Qc5 29. Nxe4
Qb4 30. a3 Qa4 $13) 24. Nxd7 Rxd7 25. Na4 Bg4 ({There should nothing be wrong
with} 25... b6 26. Rc1 Qc8 27. b3 (27. Rc2 Bf5) 27... Bf5 $36) 26. Rc1 (26. Nc5
Rc7 27. Rc1 Qd8) 26... Qb8 27. Rc3 Re8 $5 {It is actually a queen sacrifice.}
28. Nc5 (28. Nb6+ axb6 29. Ra3+ Qa7 30. Rxa7+ Kxa7 31. Ka1 (31. Rc1 Bf5) 31...
Bf5 32. Be2 b5 33. Rc1 Kb6 $44) 28... Qd8 $5 {Black is not forced to sacrifice.
} (28... Rdd8 29. Rb3 Qc8 30. Rc1 Bh3 (30... Bf5 $6 31. Bxf5 Qxf5+ 32. Qxf5
gxf5 33. Rg1 b6 34. Nd3 Rxe3 35. Ne5 Re4 36. g6 (36. Rc3 $5) 36... fxg6 37.
Rxg6 $40) 31. Ka1 (31. Qf2 $5 b6 32. Na6 Nc4 $132) 31... Bg2 $13) 29. Nxd7 Qxd7
30. Ka1 Bf5 31. Bf1 Re4 32. Qf2 Rg4 $5 {Very risky .I knew that this might
turn out to be bad but I could not stop myself.} (32... Re6 33. Qh2 Qe8 34. Qf4
$13) 33. Rc1 Qe8 (33... Ne4 34. Qe1 Rg3 35. Rc3 Qd6 36. Ra3 $132) 34. Qh2 Qd8
35. Bg2 Be4 36. Bh3 (36. Bxe4 Rxe4 37. Rhf1 Re6 $11) 36... Rxh4 37. Qf2 Nf5 $4
$138 {I kept on missing things.} (37... Bxh1 38. Qxh4 Be4 39. Qf4 a5 40. Qe5
Kb8 41. Qe7 Qc7 (41... Qxe7 $2 42. fxe7 Kc7 43. Rf1 Bf5 44. Bxf5 gxf5 45. Rh1
Kd7 46. Rxh5 Kxe7 47. b3 $16) 42. b3 Bf5 $11 {should be more or less equal.})
38. Bxf5 Rxh1 39. Rxh1 Bxf5 (39... Bxh1 40. Bxg6 fxg6 41. f7 Qf8 42. Qf6 a5 43.
a3 $1 $18) 40. Rxh5 $18 {Now it is already resignable.} gxh5 41. Qxf5 h4 42. g6
fxg6 43. Qe6 h3 (43... a6 44. f7 Ka7 45. Qe8 Qg5 46. a3 Qg1+ 47. Ka2 $18) 44.
Qxh3 a5 45. f7 Qf8 (45... Ka7 46. Qh6 $18) 46. Qd7 Ka7 47. a3 1-0

[Event "Cesme op 2nd"]
[Site "Cesme"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Petkov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Solodovnichenko, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2014.06.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Qd3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Bb7 8. e4
b4 9. Na4 Nbd7 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Rc1 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e5 Be7 14. Qe4 Rb8 15.
Bd3 c5 16. Qg4 g5 17. Nd2 cxd4 18. Nc4 h5 19. Qxd4 Bxg2 20. Rg1 Bd5 21. Nd6+
Kf8 22. Nc5 Rg8 23. Nxd7+ Qxd7 24. Ne4 Rd8 25. Nf6 Bxf6 26. exf6 Qd6 27. Qe3
Bb7 28. Bh7 Bf3 29. Qxf3 Qd2+ 30. Kf1 Qxc1+ 31. Kg2 g4 32. Qb7 Qc5 33. Rd1 Ke8
34. Rxd8+ Kxd8 35. Bxg8 h4 36. Bxf7 h3+ 37. Kg3 Qe5+ 38. Kxg4 Qxf6 39. Qb8+ Kd7
40. Qxa7+ Kc8 41. Qc5+ Kd7 42. Bxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Cappelle op 31st"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2015.03.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gharamian, Tigran"]
[Black "Petkov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2015.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 $5 {Le bulgare a commencé à jouer
cette ligne secondaire depuis 2014} 5. c3 (5. O-O) 5... g6 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4
Bg7 (7... b5 8. Bc2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Be6 11. Nc3 Bg7 12. Bg5 Nxc3 13.
bxc3 Qd7 14. Be4 f5 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 O-O 18. Bf6 Rf7 19. Qc1
Raf8 20. Rd1 Rd7 21. Rxd7 Qxd7 22. h4 Rf7 23. h5 Qe8 24. Qh6 Rd7 25. a4 Qf8 26.
Qg5 Kf7 27. axb5 axb5 28. hxg6+ hxg6 29. Qh4 Bd5 30. Qh7+ Ke6 31. Qxg6 Qf7 32.
Qg5 Qh7 33. Ra6+ c6 34. Qe3 Be4 35. Ra1 Qg6 36. f3 Rd3 37. Qg5 {Leko,P (2723)
-Dubov,D (2629) Moscow 2014 1/2-1/2}) 8. d5 (8. O-O b5 9. Bb3) 8... b5 9. Bc2
Na5 10. Bd2 c5 11. Bc3 Bxc3+ 12. Nxc3 d6 13. b3 $146 (13. Qc1 Bg4 14. Ng5 f6
15. h3 Bd7 16. Nf3 O-O 17. h4 Nc4 18. h5 g5 19. Bb3 Na5 20. Bc2 h6 21. b3 Nb7
22. Qd2 Qa5 23. O-O Nd8 24. a4 b4 25. Nd1 Nf7 26. Ne3 Qc7 27. Nh2 Rae8 28. f4
Kg7 29. g3 Ng8 30. Rae1 Re7 31. Qd3 Rfe8 32. Nc4 Bf5 33. Qf3 Bc8 34. Re3 f5 35.
exf5 Nf6 36. Re6 gxf4 37. Rxf6 Kxf6 38. Ng4+ Kg7 39. f6+ Kh8 40. fxe7 Ng5 41.
Qd3 Bxg4 42. gxf4 Nh3+ {Iordachescu,V (2593)-Petkov,V (2538) Erice 2014 1-0})
13... O-O 14. O-O b4 15. Ne2 Bg4 16. Nd2 Nc8 17. a3 Na7 18. Bd3 (18. axb4)
18... Nb5 19. Bxb5 axb5 20. h3 (20. axb4) 20... Bd7 21. axb4 cxb4 22. Nd4 $14
Nb7 23. Rxa8 Qxa8 24. Re1 Nc5 25. N2f3 Re8 26. Qb1 Re7 27. Re3 f6 28. Qe1 $1
Qe8 29. Qxb4 (29. Nc2 {[%cal Gc2b4]}) 29... Rxe4 30. Rxe4 Qxe4 31. Qa5 Qe8 32.
Qb6 $36 Ne4 33. Qc7 g5 34. Nc6 h5 35. Nb8 Bf5 36. Nd4 Nd2 37. Qc1 (37. Nxf5
Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Nf1+ {Forçant la nulle}) 37... Nxb3 $1 38. Nxb3 Qxb8 39. Nd4 Bd7
40. h4 (40. Qb1 $5 {[%cal Gb1b5,Gb1g6]}) 40... gxh4 41. Nf3 $6 {Le zeitnot est
passé mais souvent les joueurs se déconcentrent juste après le contrôle de
temps} (41. Qh6 h3 42. Qg6+) 41... h3 $1 42. Qf4 Qf8 43. Nd2 Qg7 $40 44. g3 Qe7
45. Ne4 Kg7 46. Nxd6 Qe5 47. Qb4 Qxd5 48. Ne4 Qd1+ 49. Kh2 Qf3 {Le nordiste
était abattu après cette défaite.} 0-1

[Event "SRB-chT 1st League"]
[Site "Kragujevac"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Petkov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2015.09.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Pirot Progres"]
[BlackTeam "Valjevo Sveti Nikolaj"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. b4 d6 3. Bb2 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. Bb3 Qe7 8. d4 e4
9. Ng5 h6 10. Nh3 g5 11. Nc3 Be6 12. d5 Bf7 13. Nb5 Qd7 14. c4 O-O 15. O-O a6
16. Nd4 c5 17. dxc6 Nxc6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Kh1 Qe7 20. Ng1 c5 21. Ne2 Ng4 22.
Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Ra2 Qe5 24. Ng3 h5 25. Qxd6 Be6 26. Qe7+ Kg6 27. h4 Rf6 28. hxg5
Rf7 29. Qxc5 Qxc5 30. bxc5 Rb8 31. Ne2 f4 32. Bc2 fxe3 33. Bxe4+ Kg7 34. Bd5
Rxf2 35. Re1 Bf5 36. Raa1 Bd3 37. Bf3 Ne5 38. Nf4 Nxf3 39. gxf3 Be4 40. Rxe3
Bc6 41. Kg1 Rxf3 42. Rxf3 Bxf3 43. Kf2 Bg4 44. Ke3 Re8+ 45. Kd3 Re5 46. Rg1
Bf5+ 47. Kc3 h4 48. Rh1 h3 49. c6 Rc5 50. Kd4 Rxc6 51. Nxh3 Kg6 52. Nf4+ Kxg5
53. Nd5 Re6 54. Rg1+ Kh6 55. Rg8 Re4+ 56. Kc5 Re6 57. a4 Bc2 58. a5 Bb3 59. Rb8
1-0

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Div1"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2016.08.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petkov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.08.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Silla CA"]
[BlackTeam "Oromana Schneider Electric"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. h3 c5 6. Nc3 a6 7. Be2 cxd4 8. exd4
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 d6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Nd2 Rc8 13. Bd3 Re8 14. Qe2 Nb8 15.
Nde4 Nc6 16. d5 Nd4 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Qg4 exd5 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Be3 Qe6 21.
Qd1 Qe5 22. Qg4 Ne6 23. Bxb6 h5 24. Qb4 Bc6 25. Ne2 Rb8 26. a5 Nc5 27. Re1 Qxb2
28. Qxb2 Bxb2 29. Nf4 g6 30. Re7 Be5 31. Rc7 Bb7 32. g3 Rc8 33. Rxb7 Nxb7 34.
Bxa6 Rb8 35. Bxb7 Rxb7 36. Nxd5 1-0

