[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8. axb5
Nb6 (8... Bb4 9. Qc2 Nb6 10. Qe4 Qd5 11. Qg4 axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. Be2 Nd5 14.
Qxg7 Rf8 15. O-O Bxc3 16. Ng5 Bb4 {1-0 Sakaev,K-Kharlov,A/EuClub Cup Final
Budapest HUN (03) 1996 (39)}) 9. bxa6 $6 $146 (9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O axb5 11. Rxa8
Bxa8 12. Nxb5 Qd7 13. Na3 Bd5 14. Qc2 Bxa3 15. bxa3 Nc6 16. Rd1 Bxf3 17. Bxf3
Nxd4 18. Qe4 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Qa4 {1/2-1/2 Nielsen,PH-Kumaran,D/Copenhagen KS 
(02) ;CBM 55 1996 (34)}) (9. Ng5 h6 10. Nge4 (10. Qh5 $2 {Ftacnik} g6 $17 (
10... hxg5 $2 11. Qxh8 Qxd4 12. Be2 Qxe5 13. O-O $44 axb5 14. Rxa8 Nxa8 15. f4
$1 gxf4 16. Bxf4 Qc5+ 17. Kh1 Nd7 18. Ne4 Qd4 19. Ng5 Nf6 20. Bf3 $1 {1-0
Kramnik,V-Miles,A (02)/London PCA-Intel GP (01)/1995/ (40)}) 11. Qh3 $140 Qxd4
12. Nf3 Qd8 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Rd1 N8d7 15. Ne4 Bxg5 16. Nfxg5 axb5 17. Nh7 $1
Rxh7 18. Nf6+ Nxf6 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. exf6 Nd5 $17) 10... Bb7 11. Qg4 axb5 12.
Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Nxb5 Qd7 14. Nbc3 Nc6 15. Be3 Nb4 16. Be2 Nc2+ 17. Kf1 {0-1
Krasenkow,M-Grabarczyk,M/POL-ch (12) ,CBM 53 1996 (40)} (17. Kd2 {Ftacnik} Nxd4
18. Rd1 Nf3+ 19. Kc1 Nxe5 20. Rxd7 Nxg4 21. Rxc7 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Bxe4 23. Nxe4
Nd5 24. Rxc4 f5 $17)) (9. Be3 $5 Bb4 10. Nd2 axb5 11. Rxa8 Nxa8 12. Qg4 Kf8 13.
Nxb5 Nb6 14. Nc3 Nc6 15. Be2 h5 16. Qe4 Bb7 {1-0 Kramnik,V-Kortchnoi,V/
EuClubCup Final Budapest HUN (01) 1996 (49)}) 9... Rxa6 $1 (9... Bxa6 10. Be2
$14) 10. Rxa6 (10. Bg5 Qd7) 10... Nxa6 (10... Bxa6 11. Be2 $14) 11. Bg5 (11.
Bxc4 Nxc4 12. Qa4+ Qd7 13. Qxc4 Nb4 $1 $15) 11... Qd7 12. Be2 Bb7 13. O-O h6
14. Be3 Be7 15. Nd2 (15. b3 $5 Bb4 16. Na2 Bd5 $13) 15... O-O 16. Bf3 (16. Nxc4
Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Nb4 18. Qg4 Kh8 $10) 16... Bxf3 17. Qxf3 c5 18. dxc5 (18. Qg3 Kh8
(18... cxd4 $2 {doesn't work because of} 19. Bxh6 g6 20. Bxf8 dxc3 21. Bxe7
cxd2 22. Bd6 $1) 19. Rd1 Qc6 $1 (19... cxd4 $6 20. Bxd4 $1)) 18... Nxc5 19. Qg4
Qc7 20. Nce4 $10 (20. Bxh6 Qxe5 21. Nf3 Qf6 22. Be3 $14) 20... Nxe4 21. Qxe4 (
21. Nxe4 Qxe5 (21... Nd5 $1 22. Bd4 $10) 22. Bxb6 f5 23. Qe2 fxe4 24. Qxc4 Bd6
$14) 21... Rc8 $10 22. Rc1 Bc5 23. h4 (23. Nxc4 Bxe3 24. fxe3 $10) 23... Bxe3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tekirdag Rodosto"]
[Site "Tekirdag"]
[Date "2016.11.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Sulava, Nenad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.11.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 {I finally pulled out my secret weapon
against the QGA.} a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 {Tony Miles's move which he
found in the mid 90s,} ({after being dissatisfied with} 7... Nxc3 8. bxc3 Qd5
9. g3 Be6 10. Bg2 Qb7 11. O-O Bd5 12. e6 $1 {in the early 80s.}) 8. axb5 Bb4 $5
({A more popular move is} 8... Nb6 9. Be3 $1) 9. Qc2 $1 (9. Bd2 Nb6 {misplaces
the pieces.}) 9... Nb6 10. Be2 {Not being well acquainted with ...Bb4.} (10.
Qe4 {I calculated the following line till a draw.} Qd5 11. Qg4 axb5 12. Rxa8
Qxa8 13. Qxg7 ({Nenad added at the press conference that} 13. Be2 g6 14. O-O
Bxc3 15. bxc3 h6 $1 {may even be better for Black as GM Edouard demonstrated.})
13... Qa1 14. Qxh8+ Kd7 15. Kd1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qa4+ 17. Kd2 Qa2+ 18. Ke1 Qb1 $11
) 10... Bb7 11. O-O Bxc3 $146 ({I thought that after} 11... Qd7 12. bxa6 Rxa6 (
12... Nxa6 13. b3) 13. Be3 $14) (11... axb5 {or} 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Nxb5 Bc6 14.
Bxc4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 c6 16. Qb3 $1 {I take my pawn back.}) 12. bxc3 $5 axb5 13.
Ba3 {I thought that the presence of rooks should be better for White.} ({
rather than} 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Ba3) 13... Nd5 $6 {This move may not be
necessary!} (13... N8d7 $142 14. Rfb1 (14. Nd2 Ra5 $1) 14... Ra5 $1 {and in
each case ...Qa8 is annoying.}) 14. Rfb1 Bc6 15. Nd2 Nd7 (15... Nf4 $5 16. Ne4
$1 (16. Bf3 $6 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Qd5 $17) 16... Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Qh4 18. f3 Nd7 19.
Bb4 {and I had already reasoned that the presence of opposite coloured bishops
favours White.} Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Nb6 {but a closer look suggest that things are
not easy.} 21. Ra7 (21. Ra6 Bxe4 22. fxe4 Kd7) 21... Nd5 $13) 16. Bf3 N7b6 17.
Ne4 Na4 18. Nc5 $1 {A little trick} Qg5 $5 {The move puzzled me since Black
loses some tempi with the idea of simplifying the position by getting rid of
the minor pieces.} ({With the obvious idea} 18... Naxc3 $4 19. Qxc3 Nxc3 20.
Bxc6+ Ke7 (20... Kf8 21. Nxe6+) 21. Na4+ $18) 19. Nxa4 (19. Bc1 Qd8 20. Nxa4
bxa4 $5 {Ther is no need to give this possibility to Black.} 21. Ba3) (19. g3
$6 Nxc5 20. Bxc5 Kd7 $17) 19... Rxa4 20. Bc1 Qd8 21. Rxa4 bxa4 22. Ba3 $1 $44 {
White has attacking chances but once again things are far from being clear:
Black has a combination of good moves like ...Kd7, ...Qa8 and ...f5!} (22. Qe2
Qa8 23. Qxc4 Kd7 $132) 22... Qa8 (22... f5 $6 23. exf6 gxf6 24. Qe2 $40) (22...
Kd7 $142 {may even be better at once.} 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Qxa4+ Bc6 25. Qxc4 Qg5
26. d5 (26. f3 Ra8) 26... Bxd5 27. Qb5+ Kc8 28. Qa6+ Kd7 $11) 23. Qd2 {The
natural move bringing the queen towards the vulnerable kingside.} (23. h4 $2
Nb6 $1) (23. Qa2 $6 Nb6 $1 24. Rxb6 $2 cxb6 25. Qxc4 Bxf3 26. gxf3 (26. Qc7 Qb7
) 26... Kd7 27. Qb4 Qc6 28. Qe7+ Kc8 $19) (23. Qc1 Kd7) (23. Bxd5 $5 Bxd5 24.
f3 f5 (24... Kd7 25. Rb4) (24... h6 25. Rb4 Bc6 26. Rxc4 Qa6 27. Rc5 O-O $13)
25. Rb4 (25. exf6 gxf6) 25... Kf7 26. Rxa4 Qc6 $11) 23... Kd7 24. Bxd5 {
The following two moves are obligatory for White.} ({I spent almost a quarter
of an hour} 24. Qg5 $2 Nxc3 25. Qe7+ (25. Qxg7 Qg8) 25... Kc8 26. Bd6 Qa5 $1 {
looking in this position in total disbelief. White is not winning but in
reality he is losing!} (26... Qa7 $2 27. Bc5 Qa6 28. Rb6 cxb6 29. Bxc6 bxc5 30.
Qd7+ Kb8 31. Qd6+ $11) (26... cxd6 $4 27. exd6 $18) 27. Bb4 Qb6) 24... Bxd5 25.
Qf4 (25. Qg5 Qd8 $1 26. Qh5 (26. Qxg7 Qg8 27. Qxg8 Rxg8 28. g3 $11) 26... Qe8
27. Rb4 f6 $11) 25... Qe8 $5 {Unexpected! The position is optically deceptive
since Black will break with ...f5!} ({I had been considering only} 25... Rb8 {
which is not a bad move after all.} 26. Qxf7+ Kc6 27. Ra1 Rb3 28. h4 (28. h3
Rxc3 29. Bb4 Rb3 30. Rxa4 Qd8) 28... Rxc3 29. Bb4 Rb3 30. Rxa4 Qd8 31. Be7 Qd7
32. Qxg7 $13) 26. Rb5 {The most logical move in the position. Considering the
later happenings in the game, it is really strange that I was already
considering Rxd5!} (26. Rb4 f6 (26... g5) 27. exf6 Qg6 28. Qg3 Qxg3 29. hxg3
gxf6 30. Rxa4 $11) (26. h4 f5) (26. Qg4 g5 27. f3 Qg8 $1 $36) 26... f5 $1 (
26... g5 $5 27. Qf6 h5 $13) (26... f6 $2 27. Qg4 $1) 27. f3 (27. exf6 $6 Qg6
28. Rxd5+ $2 exd5 29. fxg7 Rg8 $1 $19 (29... Qb1+ 30. Bc1 Rg8)) (27. Rxd5+ $2
exd5 28. Qxf5+ Qe6 $19) (27. Qg5 Qf7 28. f3 h6 29. Qd2 Qg6 $5 $13 (29... g5))
27... h6 28. Ra5 g5 29. Qd2 (29. Qc1 $5 Bc6) 29... g4 $138 {In slight time
trouble Nenad pushes his kingside forward which looked impossible because of
the thematic Rxd5 but...} (29... Bc6 30. d5) (29... Qb8 30. Bb4 Qb6 31. Rxa4
Ra8 32. Rxa8 Bxa8 33. h4) 30. fxg4 (30. f4 g3 $5) 30... Qg6 $5 (30... fxg4 {
may be safer.} 31. Qd1 Qg6 32. Qxa4+ (32. Rxd5+ exd5 33. Qxa4+ c6) 32... Bc6
33. Qxc4 Qc2 34. d5 Qd1+ 35. Kf2 Bxd5 36. Qa4+ Qxa4 37. Rxa4 $11) 31. Qc2 {
Now I started to get dissatisfied with whatever I had on the board.} (31. Rxd5+
$5 exd5 32. Qc2 Ke6 (32... Rb8 33. gxf5 Qg5 {is a transposition to what should
have happened in the game.}) 33. gxf5+ (33. Qxa4 Qe8 (33... fxg4 34. Qc6+ Kf5
35. Qxd5 Qe6 36. Qb7 Kg6 37. Qxc7 Ra8 38. Qc5 $13) 34. gxf5+ Kxf5 35. Qc2+ Ke6
36. h3 h5 $13) 33... Qxf5 34. Qxa4 Qb1+ 35. Kf2 Qf5+ 36. Kg1 $11) 31... Rb8 $5
{An interesting decision!} ({I had only considered} 31... Be4 $1 32. Qxa4+ Bc6
33. Qb4 Qg5 (33... fxg4 34. Ra7 Kc8 35. Qxc4 Qe4 36. Qf1 Rh7 37. Qf8+ Kd7 38.
Qd6+ Kc8 $11) (33... Qxg4 34. Qe7+ Kc8 35. Qxe6+ Kb8 $5 (35... Kb7 36. Ra7+
Kxa7 37. Qxc6 Qd1+ 38. Kf2 Qd2+ $11)) 34. h4 Qxh4 (34... Qe3+ 35. Kh2 $11) 35.
Ra7 $11) 32. gxf5 $4 ({I had been considering} 32. Rxd5+ {for ages but at the
very last moment I gave up the idea thinking that I may win a tempo with the
text.} exd5 33. gxf5 (33. Qxa4+ $2 Kc8 $19) (33. Qxf5+ $2 Qxf5 34. gxf5 Rb3 35.
e6+ Kd8 $1 $19) 33... Qg5 34. Bc1 (34. Qxa4+ $2 Kd8) (34. h4 Qe3+ 35. Kh2 Rb3
36. f6 Qf4+ 37. g3 Qf3 38. Qh7+ Kc6 39. f7 Qf2+ 40. Kh3 Qf1+ 41. Kg4 Qd1+ $11)
(34. h3 Qe3+ 35. Kh2 Rb3 36. Bc1 Qxc3 37. Qxc3 Rxc3 38. Bxh6 a3 39. e6+ Ke7 40.
Bg5+ Kd6 41. Bf4+ Ke7 $11) (34. e6+ Kc8 35. Bc1 Qh4 36. g3 Qg4 37. Qxa4 Rb1 38.
Qd7+ Kb7 39. Qxd5+ Ka7 40. Qa5+ Kb7 41. Kf2 $11) 34... Qh4 35. Qxa4+ (35. g3
Qe4 36. Qxa4+ c6 37. e6+ Kd8 38. Qxc6 Qe1+ 39. Kg2 Qe2+) 35... c6 36. g3 Qe4
37. e6+ Kd8 38. Qxc6 Qe1+ 39. Kg2 Qe2+ $11) (32. Bb4 $6 Be4 33. Qxa4+ Bc6 34.
Qd1 fxg4 35. Ra2 Ra8 $40) 32... Rb1+ $1 {This kind of move gives you insomnia
for some nights!} 0-1

[Event "Rijeka Liburnija 1st"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2005.04.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jovanic, Ognjen"]
[Black "Jankovic, Alojzije"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2005.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 b6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Rd1 Qe7 (11... Na5 {is a more popular
continuation here.}) 12. e4 e5 $6 (12... h6 {was to be preferred.}) 13. Bg5 $1
{[%csl Rf6][%cal Gg5e7,Gc3d5] A very strong move yielding White a dangerous
initiative.} Nxd4 $2 ({After this move White develops an irresistible attack.
Essential was} 13... Bxc3) 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. e5 dxc3 (15... Qe6 {loses after}
16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qh5) 16. Bxf6 Qe6 {[%tqu "En","Black's king is in desperate
situation. How can White finish him off?","Destroy the pawn shield around the
enemy king.","Sacrifice your bishop!","d3h7","After this sacrifice mate is
inevitable",4]} 17. Bxh7+ $1 {[%csl Ge2,Gf6,Rg7,Rg8,Gh7][%cal Ge2h5]} (17.
Bxh7+ {, and Black resigned in view of inevitable mate:} Kxh7 (17... Kh8 18.
Qh5) 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Qg5 {, with mate in three.}) 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires Najdorf"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Spangenberg, Hugo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 exd5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 Qd8 11. Qc2 Nb6 12. O-O-O Nxd5 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. Bxd5
Qe7 15. Kb1 Na6 16. a3 Nc7 17. Be4 h6 18. Rc1 Ne6 19. Rhd1 Rb8 20. g3 b5 21.
Nh4 b4 {[#]Even in Queeen's Gambit Accepted it's possible to get a position
with the Kings, castled opposite side! Once again the advanced a3-pawn, being
a good target, simplifies Black's task of getting the initiative.} 22. axb4
Rxb4 23. Rd6 Ng5 24. Bg2 Qxe5 25. Rd5 Qf6 26. Rxc5 Ba6 27. Rc6 Bd3 28. Rxf6
Bxc2+ 29. Rxc2 gxf6 30. Nf5 Kh7 31. Ne3 Rd8 32. Nd5 Rd4 33. f4 Rd1+ 34. Ka2
R1xd5 35. Bxd5 Rxd5 36. fxg5 fxg5 37. Rc7 Ra5+ 38. Kb3 Kg6 39. g4 Ra1 40. Kb4
Rh1 41. Rxa7 Rxh2 42. b3 Rg2 43. Kc5 Rxg4 44. b4 Rg1 45. b5 Rc1+ 46. Kd6 Rb1
47. Kc6 h5 48. b6 h4 49. b7 h3 0-1

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 Nxc3 8. bxc3
Qd5 9. g3 Be6 (9... Bb7 10. Bg2 Qd7 11. Nh4 c6 12. f4 e6 13. f5 exf5 14. O-O g6
15. Bg5 $16 {Kavalek-Miles, Wijk aan Zee 1978}) 10. Bg2 Qb7 11. O-O (11. Nh4 $1
Bd5 12. Bxd5 Qxd5 13. O-O e6 14. Ng2 Nd7 15. Nf4 Qb7 16. Qg4 $16 {
Sosonko-Schammo, Ostende 1975}) 11... Bd5 12. e6 (12. Ba3 e6 13. Bxf8 Kxf8 14.
Nh4 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 Nd7 $17 {Ivkov-Filip, Zagreb 1965}) 12... Bxe6 (12... fxe6
13. Nh4 (13. Re1 Nd7 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8+ Qxa8 16. Qe2 g6 17. Bf4 Bg7 $13)
13... Bxg2 14. Nxg2 b4 $15) 13. Ng5 Bd5 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15. axb5 (15. Qg4 e6 16.
axb5 h6 $1) 15... axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Qg4 Nc6 (17... Qb7 18. Qf5 f6 19. Ne6
{/\Qxb5+/-}) (17... e6 18. Nxe6) (17... Nd7 18. Nxf7) 18. Qf3 (18. Qf5) 18...
f6 19. Ne6 Qb7 20. Qd5 $18 g5 21. Bf4 $1 Bh6 22. Re1 Qb6 23. Nxc7+ Kf8 24. Re6
$1 gxf4 25. Rxc6 Qb8 26. Ne6+ Ke8 27. Rc7 Kf7 28. Nxf4+ Kf8 29. Qc5 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 {This natural developing move is not
really fashionable nowadays.} a6 ({Against WHite's declared intention to
occupy the centre with e4,} 4... c6 {is considered a safer reaction, because
the influence of the c6-pawn over the centre is higher than that of his
marginal colleague. However, White can now abandon his initial plan andplay} 5.
a4 {transposing to a genuine Slav, which might not always suit a player having
the Queen's Gambit Accepted as his main opening.}) 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6
({Black should refrain from maintaining the extra-pawn with} 7... Bb7 {because
of the resolute} 8. e6 $1 {which would create him big problems with the
development of the king side.}) 8. axb5 Nb6 9. Ng5 ({A rare move. White
usually continues his development with} 9. Be3) ({or} 9. Be2) 9... h6 10. Nge4
({White was successful with} 10. Qh5 {in the game Kramnik-Miles, London 1995,
but later it was established that Black could obtain a good gamewith} g6 {
. Apparently, Kramnik had the same feeling, since in the very next game
against the same opponent he did not repeat the experiment with 9.Ng5.}) 10...
axb5 11. Rxa8 Nxa8 12. Nxb5 Nb6 {White has won his pawn back and maintains the
more compact structure. However, the firm control of the d5-square offers
Black reasonable play.} 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Be2 Bb4+ 15. Nbc3 O-O 16. g4 $2 {
In certain positions, the slight weakening of the black king side provoked by .
..h6 justifies such radical attacking moves. However, this hardly is the case
now, when the centre is not blocked. Vallejo might have overlooked the threat
created by Black's natural reply.} Bb7 {Completing the development and
threatening to win a pawn with ...Nxe5.} 17. O-O {Admitting the complete
failure of his attacking plans. Once he was more or less forced to castle,
White would gladly spend another tempo in order to retreat his pawn to its
initial square, if only allowed by the regulations..} Ne7 18. Nd2 Bxc3 19. bxc3
Ned5 20. Qc1 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Qg5 22. Rf4 Nd5 23. Re4 Ne7 24. Rf4 Ng6 25. Rf2 Qxe3
26. Nb3 Qxc1+ 27. Nxc1 c5 28. Bxc4 cxd4 29. Rb2 Bf3 30. cxd4 Rc8 31. Rc2 Be4
32. Nd3 Nf4 33. Rd2 Nh3+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zakharevich, Igor"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 Nxc3 8. bxc3
Qd5 9. g3 Bb7 (9... Be6 10. Bg2 Qb7 11. O-O Bd5 12. e6 $1 Bxe6 (12... fxe6 13.
Nh4 g6 14. Re1 Bg7 15. Qg4 O-O 16. Qxe6+ Bxe6 17. Bxb7 Ra7 18. Bg2 Bd7 19. axb5
Bxb5 20. Ba3 $16 {Gurevich,M/}) 13. Ne5 $1 Bd5 (13... c6 14. Qh5 g6 15. Nxg6
fxg6 16. Qe5 $18) 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15. axb5 f6 (15... axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Qg4)
(15... Qxb5 16. Qf3 $18) 16. Ng4 $1 Qxb5 (16... axb5 17. Ne3 Qb7 18. Rxa8 Qxa8
19. Qh5+ $18) 17. Qf3 c6 18. Ne3 $1 $18 {Chernin,A-Mikhalchishin,A/Lvov/1987/1:
0 (43) Inf 44/466/}) 10. Bg2 Qd7 11. Ba3 (11. O-O e6 12. Nh4 Nc6 $5 13. f4 g6
14. f5 $1 gxf5 15. Bg5 Be7 $8 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qb1 b4 $1 18. cxb4 Rb8 19. d5
Nxb4 $1 20. d6 Qd8 21. Nxf5 $8 exf5 22. Qxf5 O-O 23. dxc7 Qxc7 24. Qg5+ $10 {
Morgulov,A-Shumilin,V/SSSR/1991/0,5 (25) Inf 52/387/}) 11... g6 (11... e6 12.
Bxf8 Kxf8 13. O-O g6 14. Ng5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qd5+ 16. Qf3 Qxf3+ 17. Kxf3 b4 $8
18. cxb4 Nc6 19. Rac1 Nxb4 20. Rxc4 Nd5 $10 {Kapetanovic,A-Grottke,H/corr/8588/
0,5 (56) Inf 46/511; 14.Nh4!?/}) 12. h4 (12. O-O $5 Bg7 13. Re1 O-O 14. e6 fxe6
15. Ne5 Qc8 16. Bh3 Bd5 17. Bxe7 Re8 18. Bg5 c5 $15 {Shneider,A-Ibragimov,I/
SSSR/1991/Inf 53/373/}) 12... Bg7 13. h5 O-O 14. Kf1 $1 (14. hxg6 fxg6 15. Rxh7
$6 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Qf5 17. Rxg7+ Kxg7 18. Bxe7 Qxf3 19. Bxf8+ Qxf8 20. axb5 a5
$17) 14... Bd5 15. Ng5 $5 $146 (15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Ng5 Bxg2+ 17. Kxg2 Qd5+ 18.
Kg1 $1 h6 19. Nh3 Nc6 20. Nf4 Rxf4 21. gxf4 Rf8 22. Rh4 $16 {Sakaev,
K-Ibragimov,I/Herson/1991/0,5 (49) Inf 51/400/}) 15... Bxg2+ 16. Kxg2 Qd5+ 17.
Qf3 (17. Kg1 Nc6 $13) 17... Qxf3+ 18. Nxf3 (18. Kxf3 h6 19. Ne4 Nc6 $13) 18...
Re8 $1 (18... Nc6 $6 19. h6 Bh8 20. Nd2 f6 21. f4) 19. e6 (19. h6 Bf8) 19...
fxe6 20. Rae1 (20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Rhe1) 20... Nd7 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Rxe6 Bf6 23.
g4 $1 $44 Nb6 24. g5 Nd5 $1 25. Kg3 Kf7 26. Rhe1 Bg7 27. Nh4 Nxc3 28. Nxg6 (28.
Rxe7+ $5 Rxe7 29. Rxe7+ Kg8 30. Nxg6 Nd5 31. Rd7 b4 $1 32. Bxb4 (32. Bc1 c3 33.
Rxd5 b3 $19) 32... Nxb4 33. Rxc7 $13) 28... Nd5 29. Nf4 $6 (29. Nxe7 b4 (29...
Nxe7 30. Rxe7+ Rxe7 31. Rxe7+ Kg8 32. Rxc7 Bxd4 33. f4) 30. g6+ Kf8 31. Nxd5
Rxe6 (31... bxa3 32. Nxc7 $1) 32. Rxe6 bxa3 33. Re3 Bxd4 34. Rxa3 c6 35. Nf4
$13) 29... Nxf4 30. Kxf4 Bxd4 31. g6+ Kg8 32. Bxe7 (32. Rxe7 Rxe7 33. Rxe7 c5
$19) 32... c5 33. Kf5 b4 (33... Bxf2 $5) 34. f4 c3 35. g7 c2 (35... Kf7 $5) (
35... Kxg7 $5 36. Rh1 Rh8 37. Rg6+ Kf7) 36. Kg6 b3 $2 (36... Ra7 $5 37. Bf6 (
37. f5 c1=Q $19) 37... Rxe6 38. Rxe6 Rxg7+ $1 39. Bxg7 Bxg7 40. Re1 (40. Re8+
Bf8 41. Re1 b3 $19) 40... Kf8 41. f5 Bb2 $19) 37. f5 b2 38. Rh1 $1 Bxg7 39. f6
Rxe7 (39... Bxf6 40. Bxf6 $18) 40. Rxe7 Bxf6 41. Kxf6 Rf8+ 42. Kg6 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1989.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 e6 6. e4 exd5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bg5
(8. Qxd5 Nb6 $10) 8... Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 Qd8 11. Qc2 $1 (11. Bxc4 O-O
12. O-O Nc6 13. Re1 Nb6 $10 {Miles,A-Seirawan,Y/London/1982/}) 11... b5 $5 {N}
(11... O-O $2 12. O-O-O $1 $16 {Beliavsky,A-Seirawan,Y/URS-WORLD London/1982/
1-0/}) (11... Na6 12. O-O-O b5 13. Qe4 Bb7 14. e6 Nb6 15. Qf5 $16 {Farago,
I-Hertneck,G/Altensteig/1987/1-0/ -> CBM 4}) 12. O-O-O (12. Qe4 $5 Bb7 $1 13.
e6 (13. Nf6+ $2 Qxf6 $1 14. Qxb7 Qc6 $1) 13... O-O $6 (13... Qa5+ $5 {Seirawan}
14. Kd1 fxe6 15. Qxe6+ Kd8 16. Ng5 Bxd5 17. Nf7+ (17. Qxd5 {!+-; Saidy} Re8 18.
Ne6+ Kc8 19. Be2 Qa6 (19... Nb6 20. Qxc5+ Kd7 21. Bg4 Rxe6 22. Qf5 $18) (19...
Qa4+ $5 {Seirawan} 20. Kc1 c3 $13) 20. Qxa8 Qxe6 21. Bf3) 17... Kc7 18. Qd6+
Kb7 19. Qxd5+ Nc6 $44) 14. O-O-O $1 {Minev} (14. exd7 $2 Qa5+ 15. Nd2 Bxd5 16.
Qxd5 Nxd7 $44) 14... Re8 15. exf7+ Kxf7 16. Qxh7 $16) 12... Bb7 13. h4 Bxd5 (
13... O-O $2 14. Ng5 g6 15. Nf6+ $18) 14. Rxd5 Qe7 15. Qe4 Nb6 $1 16. e6 $1 (
16. Rd6 N8d7 17. g3 O-O 18. Bh3 Rae8 19. Re1 Qxd6 $15) 16... f6 17. h5 $1 (17.
Rh5 $6 Na6 (17... g6 18. Qxg6+ $5 $13) 18. Qc6+ Kf8 19. Qxb5 g6 $13) 17... O-O
18. Nh4 Nxd5 19. Nf5 (19. Qxd5 $5 {Ftacnik} Rd8 20. Nf5 (20. Qxa8 $2 Qd6 $19)
20... Qe8 21. Qxa8 Qxe6 22. Ne3 Qd7 $13) 19... Qc7 $1 $8 20. Qxd5 (20. e7 $2
Qf4+ 21. Qxf4 Nxf4 22. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 23. g3 Nd3+ $17) 20... Nc6 21. Qxc6 $1 (21.
e7+ $2 Rf7 22. Nd6 $2 Qxe7 23. Nxf7 Qe1+ 24. Kc2 Nb4#) 21... Qf4+ 22. Ne3 Qxf2
23. Nd5 Qe1+ 24. Kc2 Qe4+ 25. Kc1 Qe1+ 26. Kc2 Qe4+ 27. Kc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch14 Alekhine-Bogoljubow +8-3=15"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1934.05.20"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1934.04.01"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 $5 a6 5. e4 {? Alekhine} b5 6. e5 Nd5 7.
Ng5 (7. a4 e6 (7... Bf5 8. Nh4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Be4 10. e6 $1 Qd5 11. exf7+ Kd8 12.
Be2 $14 {Miles,A-Heinbuch,D/Ostende/1985}) (7... Nxc3) 8. axb5 Nb6 $5 (8... Bb4
9. Bd2 Nb6 10. bxa6 Rxa6 11. Rxa6 Bxa6 12. Be2 Nc6 13. Bg5 $1 Qd7 14. O-O $14 {
Sherbakov,V-Fominikh,A/USSR/1988}) 9. Ng5 $6 h6 10. Qh5 g6 $1 11. Qh3 Qxd4 12.
Nf3 Qd8 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Rd1 N8d7 15. Ne4 Bxg5 16. Nfxg5 axb5 17. Nh7 $1 Rxh7
18. Nf6+ Nxf6 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. exf6 Nd5 $17) 7... e6 (7... Nxc3 8. bxc3 (8.
Qf3 Qd5 $13) 8... f6 9. Ne4 (9. Qf3 $5) 9... Qd5 10. Nc5 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12.
exf6 gxf6 13. Be2 Bc6 $15 {Buslaev-Gurgenidze,B/URS/1964}) (7... f6 8. Nxd5 (8.
exf6 exf6 9. Qe2+ Be7 10. Qe4 c6 11. Ne6 Bxe6 12. Qxe6 Nb4 13. Be3 Nc2+ 14. Kd2
Nxa1 15. Be2 Qd7 16. Qe4 O-O 17. Rxa1 f5 {0-1 Clausen,S-Fridjonsson,J/
Copenhagen op/1985}) 8... Qxd5 9. Be2 c6 10. Bf3 Qd8 11. exf6 exf6 12. Qe2+ Be7
13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. Qxe6 Qd7 15. Qe2 O-O (15... Qxd4 $5) 16. O-O Ra7 17. a4 {
+/= Rogers,I-Garcia Palermo,C/Dortmund/1985}) 8. Qf3 (8. Qh5 Qd7 (8... Qe7 {
Alekhine} 9. Nge4 Nd7 10. Bg5 Qb4 $17 {Bogoljubow}) 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Bf3 g6 11.
Qg4 b4 12. Nce4 Nc6 13. Be3 h6 14. Nh3 O-O-O 15. O-O $13 {Petursson,M-Zaltsman,
V/Reykjavik/1984}) 8... Qd7 9. Nxd5 (9. Nce4) 9... exd5 {[%cal Rf8b4] /\Bb4}
10. a3 (10. e6 fxe6 11. g3 Nc6 $1 $19 {[%cal Yf8b4,Yc6d8,Rc6d4] /\12.... Nd4,
12... .Bb4 13.... Nd8}) 10... Nc6 11. Be3 Nd8 $1 12. Be2 Qf5 $1 13. Qg3 (13.
Qxd5 $4 Bb7 $19) 13... h6 14. Nh3 (14. Nf3 Qg4) 14... c6 15. f4 Qc2 $1 16. Qf2
Bxa3 $1 (16... Qxb2 17. O-O $40) (16... c3 17. b4 $1 $40) 17. O-O (17. Rxa3
Qxb2 $19 18. Ra5 Qb4+ 19. Bd2 c3) 17... Bxb2 18. Rae1 Bf5 {[%cal Yf5e4,Yd8b7,
Ye8c8,Ya8d8] /\Be4, Nb7, 0-0-0} (18... Bxh3 $142 19. gxh3 Ne6 20. f5 Ng5 {
Alekhine}) 19. g4 Be4 20. f5 Nb7 21. Nf4 (21. Qh4 c5 $1) 21... O-O-O $1 22. Qg3
g5 $1 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. Bd1 Qc3 25. Ne6 Rde8 26. Rf6 Re7 27. Ref1 Rhe8 28. Nf4
(28. Nc5 Nxc5 29. Rxc6+ Kb7 30. Rxc5 Qxd4 $1 $19 {Alekhine}) 28... Nd8 29. Qf2
(29. Nxg6 Bxg6 30. Rxg6 c5 $1 $19 (30... Qd3 $5)) 29... Qa3 30. Bf3 Bxf3 31.
Qxf3 g5 32. Ne2 Re6 33. Rf5 Qd3 34. h4 Rg6 35. h5 Rge6 36. Qf2 c5 $1 37. Rf3
Qc2 38. Qe1 Nc6 39. R1f2 Qe4 40. Ng3 Qxg4 41. Kg2 Bxd4 0-1

[Event "USA-ch Match Marshall-Lasker Ed +5-4=9"]
[Site "USA (10 cities)"]
[Date "1923.04.23"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Black "Lasker, Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1923.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1)BCM 1923. p.297 [Blake,JH]. The game was played in Detroit.} d5 2. Nf3
Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 c5 5. e4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 e5 8. Ndb5 Na6 9. Bxc4
Be7 10. Be3 Bd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nxa7 Bc5 13. Nab5 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Bxb5 15. Bxb5
Nc5 16. Rf5 Ng4 17. Re1 g6 18. Rf3 Kg7 19. Ref1 Nh6 20. Bc4 Rad8 21. Bd5 Nd3
22. h3 Rb8 23. g4 f6 24. b3 b5 25. g5 fxg5 26. Rxf8 Rxf8 27. Rxf8 Kxf8 28. Nxb5
g4 29. h4 g3 30. Kg2 Ng4 31. Kxg3 Nxe3 32. Kf3 Nc2 33. Bc4 Nc5 34. a3 Ne1+ 35.
Kf2 Nc2 36. Ke2 Ke7 37. b4 Na6 38. Kd2 Nxa3 39. Nxa3 Nxb4 40. Bb5 Kd6 41. Nc2
Nc6 42. Bxc6 Kxc6 43. Ne3 Kd6 44. Ng4 Ke6 45. Kd3 Kd6 46. Nh6 Ke6 47. Kc4 Kf6
48. Kd5 g5 49. Ng4+ Kg6 50. Nxe5+ Kh5 51. hxg5 1-0

[Event "World-ch03 Steinitz-Gunsberg +6-4=9"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1890.12.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Gunsberg, Isidor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1890.12.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 {Blackburne/Wien/1873/} Nf6 (3... b5 4. a4 c6 5.
axb5 cxb5 6. b3 $16) 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 Bb4+ $6 (5... a6 {/\ c5 Theorie (1990)})
6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. Ne5 {/\ f3} Bb7 9. Qb3 Bxc3 $6 (9... Be7 {>=} 10. Bxe6
fxe6 11. Qxe6+ Kh8 12. Nf7+ Rxf7 13. Qxf7 $14) 10. bxc3 Bd5 $2 {>< c6} 11. Bxd5
exd5 12. Ba3 Re8 13. c4 c5 $1 (13... c6 $1 {Borik}) 14. Rac1 {(!)} Ne4 $2 15.
Rfd1 cxd4 16. exd4 f6 17. cxd5 $1 fxe5 18. d6+ Kh8 19. Qd5 Nxf2 $1 (19... exd4
20. Rxd4 {+/-/+-} (20. Qxa8 Nc3 {/\ Ne2+ +/=/+/-})) 20. Rd2 Nd7 (20... Nh3+ 21.
gxh3 Qg5+ 22. Rg2 Qe3+ 23. Kh1 Qxa3 24. Rcg1 $18) 21. Rxf2 Nf6 22. Rxf6 $18
gxf6 (22... Qxf6 23. d7 (23. dxe5 Qxe5 24. Qxe5 Rxe5 25. d7 {/\ Rc8 +- Borik})
23... Rf8 (23... Red8 24. dxe5 {/\ QxR}) 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Qf3 Qd8 26. Qxf8+
Qxf8 27. Rc8 $18) 23. d7 Rg8 24. dxe5 Rg5 (24... fxe5 25. Bb2 $18 (25. Qxe5+
Rg7 26. Bb2 Qg8 27. Qxg7+ Qxg7 28. Rc8+ Rxc8 29. dxc8=Q# {Borik})) 25. Qxa8
Qxa8 26. Rc8+ Rg8 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. e6 {Zeit: Steinitz: 1h 05min Gunsberg: 1h
35min} 1-0

[Event "Koop Tjuchem op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Schleining, Zoya"]
[Black "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Cifuentes Parada,L"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1996.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 c5 4. e4 Nf6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 e5 8.
Ndb5 Kd8 $5 (8... Na6) 9. f4 $6 $146 (9. Be3 Be6 10. Nxa7 Nbd7 11. f3 Bb4 12.
a3 $6 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Kc7 14. a4 b6 15. a5 Rhb8 16. Be2 Kb7 17. Nb5 Kc6 18. Na3
Rxa5 $17 {Gisbergen-Cifuentes/ Amsterdam (ch) 1994}) (9. Bxc4 $1 a6 10. Na3 Be6
(10... b5 $6 11. Bd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 $14) 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nc4 Nbd7 $14) 9... a6
10. fxe5 Nxe4 $3 (10... axb5 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Nxb5 $14) 11. Nxe4 axb5 12. Bg5+
Kc7 13. O-O-O Bg4 $1 14. Rd8 Rxa2 15. Nd6 (15. Nc3 Ra1+ 16. Kd2 Be7 $1 17. Bxe7
(17. Rxh8 Bxg5+ 18. Kc2 Rc1# {mate}) 17... Rxd8+ 18. Bxd8+ Kxd8 19. Nxb5 Nc6
$19) 15... Ra1+ 16. Kd2 (16. Kc2 Nc6 17. Re8 Bd7 $19) 16... f6 $1 $19 17. Be2 (
17. exf6 Rd1+ $1 (17... gxf6 18. Nxb5+ Kb6 19. Nc3 fxg5 20. Rxb8 Bd7 $1 $19 {
xRb8}) 18. Ke3 Rxd6 (18... Bxd6 $2 19. Rxh8 Bc5+ 20. Kf4 Rd4+ 21. Kg3 Bd6+ 22.
Kf2 $13) 19. Rxd6 Bxd6 20. fxg7 Re8+ $19) 17... Rxh1 (17... Kxd8 $2 18. Rxa1
Bxd6 19. exf6 $15) 18. Bxg4 Kxd8 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Bxf6+ Be7 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-B 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Smirnov, Anton"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Bd6 $5 {An interesting alternative to the more common 8...Be7.} 9. Qe2 {
Here White has tried many other moves. Let's have a look at the most recent or
most concrete ideas.} (9. Ng5 {has been played the more often.} h6 10. Qh5 $5 {
The most recent try.} (10. Ne4 O-O 11. Re1 Nd7 12. Qf3 {is the start of
another long line.}) 10... O-O 11. Ne4 (11. Re1 hxg5 12. Bxg5 Be7 13. Bd3 f5
14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Qxf5 {1-0 (36) Sulskis,S (2577)-Lupulescu,C 
(2657) Porto Carras 2011} Nc6 $5) 11... f5 (11... Nd7 {may also hold, as} 12.
Bxh6 {only leads to a draw:} gxh6 13. Qxh6 Re8 14. Qh5 (14. Rae1 Bf8 15. Qh3
Nf6 16. Ng5 Bg7 17. f4 b5 $1 18. Bxb5 Re7 19. Bc4 {wasn't enough for White in
the game Mamedyarov,S (2719)-Morozevich,A (2750) Moscow 2009, 0-1 (32), had
Black played} Bb7 $5 {for example.}) 14... Kg7 $8 (14... Nf8 $2 15. f4 $1 Ng6
16. f5 Qh4 17. Qxh4 Nxh4 18. Nf6+ Kf8 19. Nxe8 Kxe8 20. Rae1 $16 {1-0 (34)
Zhao,X (2506)-Batsiashvili,N (2485) Iran 2016}) 15. Qg4+ Kf8 16. Qh5 $11) 12.
Nxd6 cxd6 13. Re1 $5 (13. Bxh6 {forces a draw:} gxh6 (13... Qc7 14. Qg6 d5 15.
Bb3 Rf6 16. Qe8+ Rf8 17. Qg6 Rf6 {½-½ (17) Nikolaidis,I (2493)-Drozdovskij,Y
(2624) Greece 2010}) 14. Qg6+ Kh8 15. Qxh6+ Kg8 16. Qg6+ Kh8 17. Qh6+ Kg8 18.
Qg6+ {½-½ (18) Lenic,L (2644)-Aronian,L (2758) Batumi 2019}) 13... Rf6 $5 (
13... d5 14. Bb3 Nc6 {is also playable}) 14. Bf4 d5 15. Bd3 Nc6 16. Rab1 $5 b6
17. h4 {White definitely has compensation, but it is very hard to prove more.}
Bd7 $6 (17... Ne7 $5 {with the idea of ...Ng6 was stronger.}) 18. Re3 Qf8 19.
Rbe1 $36 {½-½ (37) Keymer,V (2500)-Praggnanandhaa,R (2539) Wijk aan Zee 2019}
) (9. Re1 O-O (9... Nd7 $2 {loses in incredible fashion:} 10. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 $2
11. Rxe6+ Kf8 12. Ng5 $1 Nf6 13. Qb3 $1 Qd7 14. Ba3 $1 Bxa3 15. Qxa3+ Kg8 16.
Qb3 Kf8 17. Qb4+ Kg8 18. Re7 $18) 10. Ne5 $5 {This was Nakamura's try in 2019.}
({And} 10. Bg5 {was Nihal's:} Qe8 11. Qd3 Nc6 12. Bb3 f6 13. Bh4 Qg6 $13 {
½-½ (59) Nihal,S (2610)-Sarana,A (2655) Cap d'Agde 2019}) 10... Nd7 11. Qg4
Nf6 $5 (11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 f5 $1 {should be simpler:} 13. exf6 Qxf6 $13) 12.
Qg3 Nh5 13. Qh3 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. g4 Ng7 16. Re3 (16. Bd3 $5 Rf8 $1 $13) 16...
f6 $13 {½-½ (59) Nakamura,H (2749)-Duda,J (2731) Saint Louis 2019}) 9... Nd7
({Starting with} 9... O-O {shouldn't change much.}) 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bd3 Re8 12.
Bg5 Be7 $146 {Not a bad novelty, but I do not see anything wrong with what has
been played before.} (12... f6 13. Bh4 Nf8 14. Rab1 c6 $6 (14... c5 $1 $15) 15.
Nd2 b6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Bg3 Bb7 18. a4 $44 {0-1 (69) Cuenca Jimenez,J (2490)
-Salgado Lopez,I (2627) Las Palmas 2017}) 13. h4 Nf8 $5 (13... c5 14. d5 $14) (
13... h6 14. Qe4 Nf8 {should be playable as well.}) 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 {As in most
positions in this line, White has compensation due to his extra space, but it
is difficult to prove an advantage.} 15. Rab1 (15. h5 h6 {doesn't help.}) 15...
Rb8 16. Be4 c5 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. h5 cxd4 (18... h6 19. Bc2 (19. Nxd7 Bxd7 20.
Bxb7 Red8 $11) (19. Nxf7 $6 Qxf7 20. Bg6 Qf8 21. Bxe8 Qxe8 $17) 19... Nxe5 20.
dxe5 {looks unpleasant for Black, as Qe4/e4 is coming. However, after} b6 $1
21. Qe4 Kf8 22. Qh7 Qg5 $8 23. f4 Qg4 $8 {Black might be fine.}) 19. cxd4 Nxe5
20. dxe5 b6 21. h6 g6 22. Qd2 Rd8 23. Qf4 Bb7 24. Rbc1 (24. Bxb7 {is a forced
draw:} Rxb7 25. Red1 Rbd7 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Rc1 Qd8 28. Rc6 Rd5 29. Qc4 Rc5 $11
) 24... Rd4 25. f3 Bxe4 26. fxe4 Rbd8 27. Rf1 Kf8 28. Kh2 {The position is
drawish. Black doesn't have enough space to really hope to win, but White is a
pawn down. The one who pushes too much loses, as the game proves!} Ke8 29. Rc6
Rd2 30. Rfc1 R2d7 31. R1c2 Rd4 32. Rf2 R4d7 33. Kh3 Rd3+ 34. g3 R3d7 35. Rfc2
Rd1 36. Kg4 R1d4 37. Kh3 Rd3 38. Kg4 R3d4 39. Kh3 Rd3 40. Rc7 R3d7 41. Qc1 Kf8
42. Rc8 Rxc8 43. Rxc8+ Rd8 44. Rc7 Rd7 45. Rc8+ Rd8 46. Rc7 Rd7 47. Rb7 $2 (47.
Rc8+ $11) 47... Qd8 $1 {And suddenly White is worse.} 48. Qa3+ Kg8 49. Qxa7
Rxb7 50. Qxb7 Qf8 $1 51. Kg2 (51. Qxb6 Qxh6+ 52. Kg4 Qd2 $19) 51... Qxh6 52.
Qb8+ Kg7 53. Qxb6 Qd2+ 54. Qf2 (54. Kf3 Qxa2 {is hopeless as White, as he has
so many weaknesses.}) 54... Qxf2+ $1 (54... Qa5 {is also good, but the text
move wins.}) 55. Kxf2 Kf8 56. g4 h6 57. Ke3 Ke7 58. Kd4 Kd7 59. Kc5 Kc7 60. a3
Kb7 61. a4 Ka6 {White cannot handle both his a-pawn and Black's h-pawn.} 0-1

[Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2011.10.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2011.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+10:3600+10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O {
First surprise!} Nf6 ({Normally people play} 7... Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 {which is
supposed to be fine for Black.}) 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. Bg5 $1 $146 (9. Ne5 {was the
usual move, but after} Rb8 $1 {Black was fine in Halkias-Fressinet (2010).})
9... Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. d5 exd5 12. Rfe1+ Be6 13. Bxd5 (13. Ba6 $1 {was
simply strong in my opinion: I don't know how Black should defend. Of course
White isn't winning, as Black can play either ...bxa6 and ...Kf8, or ...0-0
and ...Be7 (to sac the exchange) which only gives White a small yet stable
plus. Aronian probably judged the move insufficient, but I think it may be
best, since Black was just fine at some point in the game, in my opinion.})
13... O-O 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Rad1 {An interesting try... but the more I look at
it, the more I prefer my 13.Ba6!} (15. Rxe6 {should be slightly better for
White "by default", due to the pawn structure and better activity, but after
something like} Qd7 16. Re2 Kh8 {it should of course not be a big deal at all.}
) 15... Qe8 (15... Qe7 {first made sense: what is White supposed to do here?
Anyway, Black's queen will go to f7, and 16.Nd5 is just equal. So why not win
a tempo just in case 16.Ne4 is played?} 16. Qb3 (16. Nd5 Qf7 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $11
) 16... Rad8 $1 17. Qxb7 Nd4 {and Black has enough counterplay to compensate
for his pawn structure.}) 16. Ne4 (16. Qb3 Rd8 (16... Qf7 $5 17. Qxb7 Nd4 {
is also possible.}) 17. Qxb7 Nd4 {is unclear.}) 16... Qe7 $6 (16... Rd8 $1 17.
Qb3 Qf7 18. Qxb7 Nd4 {was again the way: Black has good counterplay.}) 17. Qb3
Rab8 $6 {Black is being too passive. He should play ...Rd8 at some point. But
from a human point of view it is probably extremely difficult to sac the b7
pawn: Black's structure becomes extremely ugly as a result. In fact, it is
possibly only at home that one can to evaluate whether ...Nd4 will give enough
counterplay. Or maybe Anand evaluated correctly but felt that passive play was
enough to equalise. Difficult to say! But in Bilbao everyday somebody loses
for being too passive! This round was Anand's turn...} (17... Rad8 {should be
played, again. Though Black lost some tempi, he should hold:} 18. Qxb7 Nd4 19.
Neg5 $5 Rb8 20. Qxa7 Ra8 $1 21. Qb7 Rfb8 22. Qe4 Nxf3+ 23. Nxf3 Rxa2 $11) 18.
Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. Ng5 {Now Black is under pressure.} Qb4 $6 {Not accurate, since
it seems Black has to play ...g6 on the next move, which is not good news.} (
19... Kh8 {seems quite logical, but somehow Black needs to play ...Nd4 in good
circumstances in order to equalise at some point, which he is unable to do:}
20. Rc1 (20. Re3 $5) 20... Qd7 21. Nxe6 Nd4 22. Nc5 $1 {and White is still
quite dominating thanks to his space advantage.}) 20. Qc2 Rg6 $6 {Too
artificial, but of course playing 20...g6 is a very unpleasant choice.} (20...
g6 21. Re4 Qe7 22. Rde1 e5 (22... Nd8 23. h4 {is very unpleasant for Black who
is just defending.}) 23. f4 Rf5 24. b4 $1 {and Black's position looks simply
bad.}) (20... Rh6 $2 21. Rxe6 $18) 21. Re4 Qa5 (21... Qe7 {should be the only
move, but of course after something like} 22. h4 Rd8 23. Rd3 Rxd3 24. Qxd3 Qd8
25. Qb3 {Black has huge problems.}) 22. h4 {Now it gets disastrous.} Re8 23.
Rd7 h6 24. b4 $5 (24. Re3 $18) 24... Qf5 (24... Qb5 25. a4 Nxb4 26. Qxc7 Nd5
27. axb5 Nxc7 28. Nf3 Nxb5 29. Ne5 Rf6 30. Rg4 $18) 25. Rxe6 $1 {Of course a
terrible tournament for the World Champion, but let's not forget how difficult
it is to play somewhere just months before a World Championship match!} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1819"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2019.03.02"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Bg5 {Not a very threatening move,
but with less forcing theory than after 5.e4!} a6 6. a4 Bb4 $6 {Just not a
right move - Black should enter an Isolated Pawn position, and there the
bishop should better be on e7.} (6... c5 7. e3 (7. d5 Be7 $132) 7... cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. O-O O-O {and Black transposes in a theoretical Slav
position with the extra move ...a7-a6.}) (6... Nc6 7. e3 Na5 8. Ne5 h6 9. Bh4
Be7 10. Nxc4 Nxc4 11. Bxc4 {should also be a little better for White.}) 7. e3
h6 8. Bh4 g5 $6 {A wrong direction.} (8... c5 9. Bxc4 $14) 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Qc2
Nxg3 11. hxg3 Nc6 (11... c5 12. dxc5 $16) 12. Bxc4 Bd7 (12... g4 13. Nd2 $16)
13. O-O-O $1 Bxc3 $8 {Otherwise 14.d5 and White wins!} 14. Qxc3 (14. d5 {
was my first intention, but then I couldn't exactly assess it:} Bf6 $1 (14...
exd5 $2 {just loses after} 15. Qxc3) (14... Bg7 15. dxe6 $1 fxe6 16. Qg6+ Kf8
17. Bxe6 Bxe6 18. Rxd8+ Nxd8 19. Rd1 {is crushing}) 15. dxc6 $1 (15. dxe6 {
no longer works:} fxe6 16. Bxe6 Bxe6 17. Qg6+ Ke7 $17) 15... bxc6 16. Qe4 $1 {
The idea I missed - but a difficult one I must admit. With the bishop on g7
Black would have ...Qf6 here. As a result, White stands much better.} Qe7 17.
Ne5 Qb4 18. Rd2 $1 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Qxc4+ 20. Rc2 Qxa4 21. Qxh8+ Ke7 22. Qxh6 $16)
14... Qf6 15. Nd2 Ne7 (15... O-O-O 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. Nc5 $16) 16. Ne4 Qg7 17. Nc5
Bc6 18. e4 (18. Bxe6 $2 b6 $17) 18... b6 (18... O-O {was a better move
objectively:} 19. d5 exd5 20. exd5 Be8 $8 (20... Qxc3+ 21. bxc3 Be8 22. Rxh6
$18) 21. d6 (21. Bb3 $5) 21... cxd6 22. Rxd6 Rc8 23. Rdxh6 Qxc3+ 24. bxc3 Rxc5
25. Rh8+ Kg7 26. R1h7+ Kg6 27. Bd3+ Nf5 28. Rxf8 Kxh7 29. Rxe8 Kg7 $16) 19.
Nxa6 O-O 20. Qb4 $1 Ng6 21. d5 exd5 22. exd5 Bd7 23. Bb5 $1 Ne5 (23... Bxb5 24.
axb5 $16) 24. f4 Bxb5 25. axb5 Nd7 26. Qc3 Qg6 $6 (26... Nf6 $142) 27. Qc2 Qf6
$2 (27... Qg7 28. Kb1 $18) 28. Qc6 $1 Qxc6+ 29. dxc6 Nc5 30. Nxc7 Ra4 31. Kb1
Kg7 32. Nd5 $6 Ra5 33. Ne7 Ne6 34. f5 Nc7 35. Rd6 Rfa8 36. f6+ Kh7 37. Rdd1 g4
$8 (37... Rxb5 38. Rxh6+ $1 $18) 38. Rh5 Nxb5 39. Rxb5 $1 Rxb5 40. c7 Rc5 41.
Rd8 (41. Rc1 $4 {was the last trick:} Ra1+ $19) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 81st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 (5... b5 $5 {was Black's
previous choice, against a member of present company:} 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8.
Be2 Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Qf4 $40 {Ding,L-Duda,J Batumi 2018}) 6. Bxc4
(6. Bg5 c5 7. e5 cxd4 (7... h6 $5) 8. Nxd4 Qa5 9. exf6 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qxg5 11.
fxg7 Qxg7 {This position was a tabiya of the early 2010's.} 12. Qd2 $14) 6...
Nxe4 7. O-O Nf6 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. Bg5 (9. Ne5 a5 (9... Bd6 $1 $146 {seems better})
10. d5 exd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxc6+ Bd7 14. Qxd5 O-O 15. Bg5 $14
{Svane,R-Meier,G Dresden 2017}) 9... Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Ne5 Qd6 12. Rfe1 Nd5
13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Nxc6 {Commencing an exchanging combination that leaves the
position completely devoid of life.} Qxc6 15. Qxc6 bxc6 16. Bf4 Bf5 17. Bxc7
Rfe8 18. f3 f6 19. Kf2 Kf7 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Re1 Rxe1 22. Kxe1 a6 23. a3 h5 24.
h4 Ke6 25. Bh2 Kd7 26. Bb8 Ke6 27. Bh2 Kd7 28. Bb8 Ke6 29. Bh2 Kd7 30. Bb8 Ke6
31. Bh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.08"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[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 "China"]
[BlackTeam "Argentina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. e4 b5 $5 {[%mdl 4] Chess theory is
a very dynamic system with surprises waiting in many corners. Black is
refusing to suffer in the standard lines like 5...Bb4 and hits the centre
indirectly with an active b-pawn move.} 6. e5 Nd5 (6... b4 $6 7. exf6 bxc3 8.
fxg7 Bxg7 9. bxc3 Qd5 10. Qa4+ Bd7 11. Qxc4 Qxc4 12. Bxc4 c5 13. Ba3 cxd4 14.
cxd4 Bc6 15. Rc1 Nd7 16. Be2 $16 {1-0 (26) Shneider,A (2560)-Kovalchuk,I
Alushta 1998}) 7. Nxb5 (7. a4 c6 8. Ng5 h6 9. Nge4 b4 10. Nb1 Ba6 11. Nbd2 Nf4
12. Qg4 Nd3+ 13. Bxd3 cxd3 14. O-O h5 15. Qf4 Be7 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Nd7 18.
Ne4 O-O 19. Bd2 Qc7 20. Nd6 Nxc5 21. Bxb4 $11 {1/2-1/2 (26) Zakharevich,I 
(2532)-Ivanov,V (2427) Moscow 1999}) 7... Nb6 8. Be2 {The line became a hot
topic in the last two years, but White is visibly struggling to get some
advantage against active piece play by Black.} (8. Be3 Nc6 9. Be2 Bb4+ 10. Nc3
O-O 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qc2 Be7 13. Qe4 Kh8 14. Rfd1 Rb8 15. Qg4 Nb4 16. Rac1 N4d5
17. Nd2 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Nd5 19. Rcc1 f5 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Nf3 $11 {0-1 (38)
Santiago,Y (2427)-Perez Ponsa,F (2577) Buenos Aires 2016}) 8... Nc6 (8... Be7
9. h4 Nc6 (9... Ba6 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Be3 Nb4 12. b3 O-O 13. h5 Nd3+ 14. Bxd3
cxd3 15. h6 g6 16. Ne4 Nd5 17. Bg5 f6 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nxf6+
Rxf6 $15 {0-1 (36) L'Ami,A (2342)-Mastrovasilis,A (2538) Skopje 2016}) 10. Bg5
h6 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. a4 a6 14. Na3 Nxa4 15. Rh3 O-O 16. Nc2 Nxb2
17. Rb1 Nd3+ 18. Bxd3 cxd3 19. Qxd3 Rab8 $17 {0-1 (47) Krysa,L (2464)-Peralta,
F (2560) Buenos Aires 2015}) 9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qc1 {Even the
superstrong Chinese player is not able to change the nature of the position
and its intrinsic value. Black seem to be doing fine despite the novel
approach by White.} (11. a3 Na5 12. Qc2 Bb7 13. Rad1 Qd7 14. Nc3 Qc6 15. Rfe1
Rfd8 16. Bf1 h6 17. Bd2 Nb3 18. Bc1 Qe8 19. Ne4 Qa4 20. Nc3 Qe8 21. Ne4 {
1/2-1/2 (24) Anton Guijarro,D (2635)-Del Rio de Angelis,S (2511) Linares 2015})
(11. Rc1 Ba6 12. Nc3 Nb4 13. b3 cxb3 14. Bxa6 b2 15. Rb1 Nxa6 16. Qe2 Nb4 17.
Rxb2 N4d5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Rc2 Rb8 20. Bd2 Qd7 21. Rfc1 Qa4 22. Qc4 $11 {
1/2-1/2 (63) Pavlidis,A (2380)-Mastrovasilis,A (2541) Achaea 2016}) (11. Nd2
Ba6 (11... a6 12. Bf3 axb5 13. Bxc6 Rb8 $11) 12. a4 Bxb5 13. axb5 Nxd4 14. Nxc4
Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Qd5 16. Na5 Qxe5 17. Nc6 Qd6 18. Rac1 Nd5 19. Rfd1 Rfe8 20. Bc5
Qxc5 21. Rxc5 Bxc5 22. g3 $16 {1/2-1/2 (38) Nihal,S (2349)-Del Rio de Angelis,
S (2541) Port de Pollenca 2016}) 11... Ba6 (11... Nb4 $5 12. Na3 (12. Bxc4 Nxc4
13. Qxc4 Ba6 14. Bd2 Qd5 15. Qxc7 Bxb5 16. Qxe7 Bxf1 17. Qxb4 Be2 $15) 12...
Nd3 13. Qc2 Bxa3 14. bxa3 Ba6 $11) 12. Nc3 Bb7 (12... Nb4 13. Rd1 Rb8 14. Ne4
$14) 13. Rd1 Rb8 $2 {Mareco is guilty of remarkable complacency, White was
obviously concentrating his forces in the centre for a purpose. The d-pawn
advance to d5 had to be stopped.} (13... Na5 14. Qc2 Rb8 15. Ne4 $14) 14. d5 $1
Nb4 (14... Nxd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bxc4 Na5 17. Bd3 $16) (14... exd5 15. Bxb6
axb6 (15... cxb6 16. Nxd5 Qe8 17. Qxc4 $16) 16. Nxd5 Qc8 17. Qxc4 $16) 15. dxe6
Qe8 16. exf7+ Qxf7 (16... Rxf7 $2 17. Bxb6 axb6 18. Bxc4 $18) 17. Ne1 {We will
have to remember that it is much easier to judge unusual positions after home
analyses with the computer. Wang is missing the chance to crown his strategy
with the active approach - b3.} (17. Qb1 c5 18. b3 $1 $16) 17... Kh8 (17... Qe6
18. a4 (18. f4 g5 19. fxg5 Qxe5 20. Kh1 Rbe8 $132) 18... a5 19. Nb5 Qxe5 20.
Bxc4+ $14) 18. a3 (18. b3 $5 Nc6 19. Nf3 Qg6 20. Qb1 Nxe5 21. Qxg6 Nxg6 22.
bxc4 $14) 18... Nc6 (18... N4d5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Qc2 $16) 19. Nf3 Qg6 20. Qb1
Rf5 (20... Nxe5 $5 21. Qxg6 Nxg6 22. Nd2 $14) 21. Nd5 $1 (21. Bxb6 axb6 22. Rd5
Na5 $11) 21... Nxd5 22. Rxd5 Rbf8 $6 {The Argentinian player fails to fight
against White's centralisation with the timely combination with the
elimination of the dangerous e5-pawn.} (22... Nd8 23. Rd7 $16) (22... Nxe5 $5
23. Nxe5 Qe6 24. Rb5 Rxe5 25. Bxc4 Qc6 26. Qf1 Rxe3 27. Bd5 Qxb5 28. Qxb5 Re5
29. Qd7 Rd8 30. Qxd8+ Bxd8 31. Bxb7 $14) 23. Qe4 $1 Na5 (23... Nd8 24. Nd4 Rxf2
25. Qxg6 hxg6 26. Bxf2 Bxd5 27. Nb5 $16) 24. Rad1 {If you ever read about the
importance of centralisation it woud be difficult to find more clear-cut
example. The loss of the exchange on d5 is not that important, as White has
near ideal pieces.} c5 25. h3 (25. Nh4 Bxh4 26. Qxh4 Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Nc6 28. Rd6
Qe8 29. e6 $16) (25. Qc2 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Qc6 27. Rd1 $16) 25... Qb6 26. g4 R5f7 (
26... Rxf3 27. Bxf3 Nb3 28. Bg2 Nd4 29. Rd2 $16) 27. Nd2 $2 {The old wisdom
about pressure can be shown to be one of the basic truths in chess. Even the
best players find it difficult to play their best when they are feeling the
heat from the opponent.} (27. e6 $1 Rf6 28. Ng5 g6 (28... Rg6 29. Nxh7 Rxe6 30.
Qc2 Bxd5 31. Rxd5 Rf7 32. Ng5 Bxg5 33. Rxg5 $18) 29. Qe5 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 Nc6 31.
Qc3 $16) 27... Bxd5 $6 (27... Qxb2 28. e6 Rf6 $11) 28. Qxd5 Qxb2 29. Bxc4 $2 {
Wang has lost his belief that he can concentrate on his own advantage and does
not have to primarily fight the initiative of the opponent.} (29. e6 $1 Rf6 30.
Qd7 Qb7 31. Nxc4 Qxd7 32. exd7 Nxc4 33. Bxc4 $16) 29... Nxc4 30. Nxc4 (30. Qxc4
Qxe5 $17) 30... Qe2 31. Rd2 Qe1+ 32. Kg2 Bh4 $1 {Mareco could have only
dreamed about concentrated forces directed against white king. White will miss
the great tactical trick of his adversary and it will all end up in tears.} 33.
Qxc5 (33. e6 $1 Rxf2+ 34. Bxf2 Rxf2+ 35. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 36. Kh1 Qe1+ 37. Kg2 Qg3+
38. Kh1 Qxh3+ 39. Kg1 Qxg4+ 40. Kf1 Qf4+ 41. Ke2 h6 $17) 33... Rf3 34. e6 Rg3+
$1 35. fxg3 Qf1+ 36. Kh2 Bxg3+ 37. Kxg3 Rf3+ {The white king will be mated as
Black has managed to focus all his pieces towards spirited counterplay.} (37...
Rf3+ 38. Kh4 Qxh3+ (38... Rxh3+ 39. Kg5 Qf6#) 39. Kg5 Qh6#) 0-1

[Event "Budapest Honved"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. a4 Nf6 5. e3 Bg4 6. Bxc4 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. O-O (9. g4 Bg6 10. Nh4 Bb4 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qf3 Na5 13. Ba2 c5 14. O-O
cxd4 15. exd4 Qxd4 16. Rd1 $146 {Garcia_Gonzales-Garcia_Palermo/Bayamo/1983/})
9... Bb4 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Ne4 (12... Be4 13. Ng2 $14 (13. f3
Bd5 14. Bxd5 Nxd5 15. Qe1 Nxc3 $15)) 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Kg2 (14. Qf3 Ng5 $17)
14... Qh4 15. Qf3 O-O-O (15... Ng5 16. Qg3 Qxg3+ (16... Qxh3+ $2 17. Qxh3 Nxh3
18. f4 $16) 17. fxg3 $22 Rxh3 18. e4 $1) 16. Rh1 (16. Qxe4 Qxh3+ 17. Kg1 Qh2#)
16... f5 $1 17. Bxe6+ Kb8 18. gxf5 Rh5 19. Qf4 $2 (19. fxg6 $5 Ng5 20. Qg4 Nxe6
21. Qxe6 Rg5+ 22. Kf1 Rf8 23. Ra2 Qh5 $40) 19... Rg5+ 20. Kf3 (20. Kf1 Qh5 $40)
20... Qxf2+ 21. Kxe4 Qc2+ {Ftacnik,L} (21... Qc2+ 22. Kf3 Qg2#) 0-1

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shneider, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 Nxc3 8. bxc3
Qd5 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Qd7 11. Ba3 g6 12. O-O Bg7 13. Re1 (13. e6 fxe6 14. Bc5
O-O 15. Ne5 Qc8 16. Bxe7 Re8 17. Bg5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qb7+ 19. Kg1 c5 $13 {
Smirin,O-Ibragimov,I/Podolsk/1990/}) 13... O-O 14. e6 (14. Bc5 Bd5 15. Ng5 Nc6
16. e6 fxe6 17. Qg4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qd5+ 19. f3 e5 20. Ne6 exd4 21. cxd4 b4 22.
Nxc7 h5 23. Qe6+ Qxe6 24. Rxe6 Nxd4 $17 {Zakharov,I-Ibragimov,I/Smolensk/1991/}
) 14... fxe6 15. Ne5 Qc8 16. Bh3 Bd5 $8 17. Bxe7 Re8 18. Bg5 c5 (18... Nd7 19.
Ng4 $40) 19. dxc5 Qxc5 (19... Nd7 $5 20. Ng4 $40 (20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. axb5 axb5
22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Qxd5 Qxd5 24. Bxe6+ Qxe6 25. Rxe6 Bxc3 $13)) 20. Be3 Qc7 21.
Bf4 Qb7 (21... g5 $2 22. Qh5 $16) 22. Ng4 Bxc3 (22... Nd7 23. Nh6+ Kh8 24. Nf7+
Kg8 25. Nd6 $16) 23. Nh6+ Kh8 24. axb5 axb5 (24... Bxe1 25. Be5+ $18) 25. Rxa8
Qxa8 26. Bxe6 $1 Qa1 (26... Bxe6 27. Rxe6 Nc6 28. Qd7 Rxe6 29. Qxe6 $40) (26...
Rxe6 27. Rxe6 Bxe6 28. Qd8+ Kg7 29. Qe7+ Kh8 30. Qf8+ Bg8 31. Nf7#) 27. Qxa1
Bxa1 28. Rxa1 Rxe6 (28... Bxe6 29. Be5#) 29. Bxb8 b4 (29... Bf3 30. Be5+ Rxe5
31. Nf7+ Kg7 32. Nxe5 $18) 30. Ba7 Kg7 (30... Re4 31. Rd1 $18) 31. Ng4 c3 32.
Ne3 Be4 33. Bc5 b3 (33... Rc6 34. Bxb4 c2 35. Bd2 $18) 34. Bd4+ Kg8 35. Bxc3
Rd6 36. Rd1 Rc6 37. Bb2 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 e5 8.
Ndb5 Kd8 9. Bg5 {N} (9. Be3 Be6 10. Bxa7 Nbd7 11. Be3 Bb4 12. f3 Ra5 13. O-O-O
Ke7 14. Be2 Rc8 $10 {Pein-Polgar,Zsu/New York op/1986/ ->CBM 02}) 9... a6 10.
Nd5 (10. Rd1+ Nbd7 11. Nd5 axb5 12. Nxf6 Bb4+ 13. Ke2 Be7) 10... axb5 11. Nxf6
Bb4+ $1 12. Ke2 Be7 13. Rd1+ Bd7 (13... Nd7 14. Nxd7 Bxd7 $17) 14. Nxd7 Nxd7
15. g3 (15. Bxe7+ Kxe7 16. a3 Nc5 $17) 15... Rxa2 16. Bh3 Rxb2+ 17. Kf1 Bxg5
18. Rxd7+ Ke8 19. Kg2 (19. Rxb7 c3 20. Rb8+ Bd8 21. Kg2 c2 22. Rc1 b4 $19)
19... Rd2 (19... c3 20. Ra1) 20. Rxb7 c3 21. Rxb5 (21. Ra1 c2 22. Ra8+ Rd8 $19)
21... Be3 22. Ra1 (22. Rb8+ Ke7 23. Rxh8 Rxf2+ 24. Kg1 Ra2+ 25. Kf1 c2 26. Rc8
c1=Q+ 27. Rxc1 Bxc1 $17) 22... Rxf2+ 23. Kh1 Ke7 24. Rxe5+ Kf6 25. Rd5 (25.
Rf5+ Rxf5 26. Bxf5 c2 $19) 25... Rb8 26. e5+ (26. Ra6+ Ke7 $19) 26... Kg6 27.
Rd3 Re2 28. Bg4 (28. Rxc3 Rbb2 29. Rc6+ Kg5 $19) 28... c2 29. Bxe2 (29. Rf1 Rb1
$19) 29... Rb1+ {Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "POL-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Brzeg Dolny"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Grabarczyk, Miroslaw"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.03.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8. axb5
Nb6 9. Ng5 (9. Be3 Be7 $2 (9... Bb7 $10) 10. Nd2 axb5 11. Rxa8 Nxa8 12. Nxb5
$16 {Chernin,A-Miles,A/Biel (rapid)/1995/}) (9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. bxa6
Rxa6 12. Rxa6 Bxa6 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Nc6 15. Qb1 Rd8 16. Rd1 Bb7 17. Ne4 h6
$10 {Tukmakov,V-Miles,A/Biel (rapid)/1995/}) (9. Be2 Bb7 10. bxa6 (10. O-O Be7
(10... axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. Nxb5 Be7 13. b3 cxb3 14. Qxb3 O-O 15. Ba3 Nc6 16.
Rc1 Nd5 17. g3 Qd7 18. Bxe7 Ncxe7 19. Ng5 Rb8 20. Qd3 Ng6 {0-1 Rasmussen,
P-Pedersen,D/DEN-ch qual (06)/1996/ (39)}) 11. Be3 O-O 12. bxa6 Rxa6 13. Rb1
Nc6 14. b3 Ra3 15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. bxc4 Rxc3 17. Rxb7 Rxc4 18. Qb1 Rb4 19. Rxb4
Nxb4 20. Ng5 Bxg5 21. Qxb4 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Qg5 23. Rf3 {1/2-1/2 Cebalo, M-Sulava,
N/Milan (06) 1996 (31)}) 10... Rxa6 11. Rxa6 Nxa6 12. O-O Be7 13. Na4 (13. Be3
O-O 14. Nd2 Qd7 (14... c5 15. Nxc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Bxd4
Nb4 19. Bb6 Rc8 20. Be2 Bc5 21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22. f4 {Van Wely,L-Miles,A (03)/
London PCA-Intel GP (02)/1995/0-1 (55)}) 15. Nxc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Qc6 17. Qf3
Qxc4 18. Qxb7 Rb8 19. Qf3 Rxb2 20. Ne4 Qd3 21. h3 h6 22. Qg4 h5 23. Qf3 Nb4 {
1/2-1/2 Sulava,N-Estrada Nieto,J/Candas op (07)/1996/ (28)}) (13. Bxc4 $5)
13... Qd5 14. Ne1 Qc6 $1 15. Nxb6 cxb6 16. Bf3 Qd7 17. b3 (17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18.
Qg4 Kf8 $1 {/\ h5, g6, Kg7=/+}) 17... cxb3 18. Qxb3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Nb4 20. Ba3
Nd5 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Qa4+ Qd7 23. Qa8+ Qd8 24. Qc6+ Qd7 25. Qa8+ {1/2-1/2 van
Wely,L-Miles,A/Matanzas/1995/}) (9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O axb5 12. Rxa8
Bxa8 13. Nxb5 O-O 14. Rd1 Na6 15. Nc3 Nb4 16. Qb1 Qd7 17. Ne4 Qa4 18. Bg5 Bxg5
19. Nexg5 Qc2 20. Qxc2 Nxc2 21. Rc1 Nb4 22. Nd2 Rd8 23. Nxc4 {Kramnik,V-Miles,
A (03)/London PCA-Intel GP (01)/1995/1/2-1/2 (66)}) 9... h6 10. Nge4 (10. Qh5
$2 g6 $17 (10... hxg5 $2 11. Qxh8 Qxd4 12. Be2 Qxe5 13. O-O $44 axb5 14. Rxa8
Nxa8 15. f4 $1 gxf4 16. Bxf4 Qc5+ 17. Kh1 Nd7 18. Ne4 Qd4 19. Ng5 Nf6 20. Bf3
$1 Nb6 21. Bxc7 Qc5 22. Bxb6 Qxg5 (22... Qxb6 23. Bh5 $1 $40 Nxh5 $140 24. Rxf7
Qd6 25. Qxh5 Kd8 26. Ra7 $18) 23. Bd4 $1 {1-0 Kramnik,V-Miles,A (02)/London
PCA-Intel GP (01)/1995/ (40)} (23. h4 $2 Qh6)) 11. Qh3 $140 Qxd4 12. Nf3 Qd8
13. Bg5 Be7 14. Rd1 N8d7 15. Ne4 Bxg5 16. Nfxg5 axb5 17. Nh7 $1 Rxh7 18. Nf6+
Nxf6 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. exf6 Nd5 $17) 10... Bb7 11. Qg4 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13.
Nxb5 Qd7 14. Nbc3 Nc6 15. Be3 Nb4 16. Be2 Nc2+ 17. Kf1 (17. Kd2 Nxd4 18. Rd1
Nf3+ 19. Kc1 Nxe5 20. Rxd7 Nxg4 21. Rxc7 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Bxe4 23. Nxe4 Nd5 24.
Rxc4 f5 $17) 17... Nd5 18. Bc1 (18. Nxd5 $6 exd5 19. Qxd7+ Kxd7 $15) (18. Nd1
h5 19. Qh4 Be7 $10) 18... Nxd4 19. Bxc4 Nb6 20. Ba2 Nf5 21. h4 Be7 22. Kg1 Qd4
$1 (22... O-O 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. exf6 g6 25. h5 g5 26. Bb1 $13) 23. Qf4 h5 $6 (
23... Nd7 $1 24. Ng3 Qxf4 25. Bxf4 Nxh4 $17) 24. Ng5 Nd7 25. Nb5 (25. Qxf5 $5
exf5 26. Bxf7+ Kf8 27. Ne6+ Kxf7 28. Nxd4 Nxe5 29. Nxf5 Bf6) 25... Qxf4 26.
Bxf4 Bd8 27. Rh3 (27. Bb1 Bc6 28. Bxf5 Bxb5 $10) 27... Bc6 28. Na7 Bb7 (28...
Bd5 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Nc6 $14) 29. Rd3 $1 (29. Bb1 Nd4 $15) 29... Nxh4 $6 (
29... Rf8 30. Nxf7 Bxh4 $10) 30. Nxf7 Nxg2 31. Bd2 Kxf7 32. Rxd7+ Ke8 (32...
Kg6 $2 33. Bb1+ Be4 34. Bxe4#) 33. Rxg7 $2 (33. Bxe6 $1 Nh4 (33... h4 34. Bh3
$18) 34. Rxd8+ $1 Kxd8 35. Bg5+ Ke8 36. Bxh4 Rh6 37. Bf5 $16) 33... Nh4 34. Bc3
Rh6 35. Nb5 (35. Rg8+ Kd7 36. Rg7+ Be7 37. Bb4 Nf5 38. Bd2 Rh8 39. Rg6 Nd4 $19)
35... Nf3+ 36. Kf1 (36. Kg2 Nd4+ $19) 36... h4 37. Rg8+ (37. Nxc7+ Bxc7 38.
Rxc7 Ba6+ 39. Bc4 (39. Kg2 h3+ 40. Kxf3 (40. Kh1 Rg6 $19) 40... h2 $19) 39...
h3 40. Bxa6 h2 41. Bb5+ Kd8 42. Rd7+ Kc8 $19) 37... Kd7 38. Rg7+ Ke8 39. Rg8+
Kd7 40. Rg7+ Kc6 (40... Kc6 41. Bc4 h3 42. Be2 Kb6 43. Nd6 h2 44. Nc8+ Bxc8 45.
Bxf3 Ba6+ 46. Ke1 Bb7 47. Bd4+ Kb5 48. Bxb7 c6 $19) 0-1

[Event "Czerniak Memorial 12th"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bykhovsky, Avigdor"]
[Black "Zifroni, Dov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. e4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 e5 8.
Ndb5 Kd8 9. Be3 (9. Bxc4 a6 10. Na3 b5 11. Bd5 Ra7) (9. f4 $5) 9... Be6 10.
Nxa7 (10. Bxa7 Nbd7 11. f3 (11. Rd1 Bb4 12. f3 Ke7 13. a3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 b6 15.
Be2 Rhc8 16. a4 Ne8 17. Kf2 Nc7 18. Rxd7+ Kxd7 19. Rd1+ Ke7 20. Bxb6 Nxb5 21.
axb5 Rab8 22. Ba5 Rxb5 {Ivanov,IV-Pajak,J/Canada zt/1986/1/2-1/2 (46)}) 11...
b6 12. O-O-O Bc5 13. a4 Kc8 14. a5 Kb7 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Bxb6 Kxb6 17. Nd6 (17.
Kc2 Kc6 18. Be2 Ra5 19. Ra1 Rha8 20. Rxa5 Rxa5 21. Na3 Bxa3 22. bxa3 Rxa3 {
0-1 Tratar,M-Sermek,D/Ljubljana op/1993/ (35)}) 17... Ra1+ 18. Nb1 Be3+ 19. Kc2
Ra4 20. Na3 Bd4 21. Bxc4 Kc5 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Ndb5 Rb8 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. Rd2
Rab4 26. Rc1 {Chiburdanidze,M-Watson,W/Brussels mix (02)/1987/1-0 (70)}) (10.
O-O-O+ Nbd7 11. Bxa7 Kc8 (11... Rxa7 $17) 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 b6 14. d6 c3
15. g4 cxb2+ 16. Kxb2 Nc5 17. Bg2 e4 18. g5 Nfd7 19. Rhe1 f5 20. gxf6 Nxf6 21.
d7+ Nfxd7 22. Rxe4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Rb8 24. Rxd7 Kxd7 25. Bxb8 $16 {Soffer,R-Afek,
Y/Tel Aviv-B/1992/}) 10... Nbd7 11. f3 (11. Nab5 Bb4 12. Be2 Nxe4 13. Bf3 Nxc3
(13... f5 14. Bxe4 fxe4 15. O-O-O $13) 14. bxc3 Bc5 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Bc6 Bxe3
17. fxe3 Nc5 18. a4 Ke7 19. O-O Rhc8 20. Bf3 Bd7 (20... Nxa4 21. Na7 $1) 21.
Bd5 Ne6 22. Na3 Rc5 23. Bxc4 Bxa4 24. Rab1 Rbc8 {1/2-1/2 Gostisa,L-Sermek,D/
Ljubljana Iskra/1992/}) 11... Bb4 (11... Rxa7 12. Bxa7 b6 13. Nb5 $1 $13) 12.
Nab5 (12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Kc7 14. a4 b6 15. a5 Rhb8 16. Be2 Kb7 17. Nb5 Kc6
18. Na3 Rxa5 19. Kf2 Rba8 20. Nc2 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Rxa1 22. Nxa1 Nc5 {Van
Gisbergen,S-Cifuentes Parada,R/NLD-ch (02)/1994/0-1 (54)}) 12... Ra5 (12... Nc5
13. Be2 Na4 $36) 13. Kf2 (13. O-O-O Ke7 14. Be2 (14. Nc7 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Rxa2 16.
Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bxc4 Rxg2 $17) 14... Rc8 15. a3 $2 Bc5 16. Bxc5+ Nxc5 17. Bxc4
Bxc4 (17... Ncxe4 $15) 18. Nd6 Nb3+ 19. Kc2 Rac5 $1 20. Nxc8+ Rxc8 21. Kb1 b5
$19 {0-1 Pein,M-Polgar,Zs/New York/1986/ (36)}) 13... Ke7 14. Be2 Rc8 15. Rhd1
(15. Rad1 Ne8 16. Rd2 Bc5 17. Rhd1 Bxe3+ 18. Kxe3 Nb6 19. g3 Rc5 20. Na3 Na4
21. Nab1 b5 22. a3 Nb6 23. Na2 Nc7 24. Nbc3 Na4 25. Nxa4 Rxa4 26. Nc3 Ra8 {
1/2-1/2 Winants,L-Karolyi,T/Brussels OHRA-B/1986/ (35)}) 15... Nc5 (15... Ne8
$5 16. Nd5+ Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Rc6 $8 (17... Nef6 $2 18. Nd6 $1 $18) 18. Na7 $6 Rcc5
$3 19. Rad1 Rxd5 20. Rxd5 Rxd5 21. exd5 Nd6 $17 {Gurevich,D-Polgar,Zsu/Las
Vegas/1986/}) 16. a3 Nb3 (16... Bxc3 17. Nxc3 $14) 17. Rab1 Bc5 18. Bxc5+ Rxc5
19. a4 Nd7 20. Nd6 Ra6 21. Nf5+ (21. Nxb7 $2 Rc7 22. Nd6 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 Kxd6 24.
Nb5+ Kc6 25. Nxc7 Kxc7 $17) 21... Bxf5 22. exf5 Nb6 23. Ne4 (23. f4 exf4 (23...
Nxa4 $2 24. Nd5+ Ke8 25. fxe5) 24. Re1 Kf6 $1 (24... Kf8 25. Bf3 Nxa4 26. Rbd1
Rc8 27. Bxb7 Nxc3 28. Rd7 $16) 25. Ne4+ Kxf5 26. Nxc5 Nxc5 $15) 23... Rc6 24.
f4 exf4 25. Bf3 Nxa4 26. Re1 Kf8 27. Nc3 (27. Ng5 $5 Nac5 28. Bxc6 Nd3+ 29. Kg1
Rxc6 30. Nxh7+ Kg8 31. Ng5 Nxe1 32. Rxe1 Kf8 33. Nh7+ $10) 27... Nac5 (27...
Rd6 $5 28. Bxb7 Nxc3 29. Bxa6 (29. bxc3 Ra2+ 30. Kg1 Rc2 $17) 29... Nxb1 30.
Bb5 f6 31. Rxb1 Rd2+ $17) 28. Bxc6 Nd3+ 29. Kg1 Rxc6 (29... Nxe1 30. Bxb7 Rb6
31. Bd5 Nc2 32. Bxc4 Nd2 33. Rc1 Nd4 34. Nd5 $10) 30. Re2 Rc5 31. f6 $6 (31.
Na4 Rxf5 (31... Rc6 32. Nc3 Nd4 $13) 32. Nb6 h5 33. Rd1 $10) 31... gxf6 32. Rf1
b5 33. g3 f3 $1 34. Re3 (34. Rxf3 Nd4 $19) 34... Nd2 35. Rxd3 (35. Rd1 f2+ 36.
Kg2 Rf5 $19) 35... cxd3 36. Rd1 (36. Rf2 b4) 36... b4 37. Na2 (37. Rxd2 bxc3
38. bxc3 Rxc3 39. Rd1 Ke7 40. Kf2 Ke6 41. Kxf3 Kd5 42. Ke3 Kc4 $19) 37... b3
38. Nc1 (38. Nc3 Rxc3 39. bxc3 b2 $19) 38... Rc2 39. Nxd3 Ne4 40. Rf1 Rg2+ 41.
Kh1 Rd2 (41... Rd2 42. Rxf3 (42. Nf4 f2 $19) 42... Rxd3 43. Rxd3 Nf2+ 44. Kg2
Nxd3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Rostock-07 IM Group"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "1981.08.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hesse, Peter"]
[Black "Bernard, Ryszard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1981.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 Nc6 $1 6. e3 (6. e4 Bg4 7. Be3
e5 8. dxe5 Nd7 9. Bxc4 Ndxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Be2 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Be6 $10) (6.
d5 Nb4 7. e4 e6 8. Bxc4 exd5 9. exd5 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Bf5 $132) 6... Na5
$1 7. Ne5 Be6 8. f4 (8. e4 Nb3 9. d5 Nxa1 10. Bxc4 Bc8 11. Bf4 e6 12. Qxa1 Bb4
$17 {Karasev-Nikolajewski,UdSSR 1963}) (8. Be2 c5 9. Bf3 Qc7 $17 {
Grigorjan-Georgadze,UdSSR 1969}) 8... c5 9. Ra3 cxd4 10. exd4 g6 11. Be2 Bg7
12. O-O O-O 13. g4 Nb3 14. Be3 Rc8 15. f5 Nd5 $1 16. Bg5 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bd5 18.
Bh4 $2 (18. Bf4) 18... Qd6 19. Ra2 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21. Bf3 Qe3+ 22. Kg2
Bxf3+ 23. Rxf3 Qe4 24. h3 Rfd8 25. Qe2 gxf5 26. Qf2 fxg4 27. hxg4 Rd3 28. Kg3
Rxf3+ 29. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 30. Kxf3 f6 31. g5 Kf7 32. Ke4 Rc5 33. gxf6 exf6 34. Bg3
Rh5 35. Rf2 Ke6 36. Re2 Ra5 37. Rh2 h5 38. Bc7 Rg5 39. Bf4 Rf5 40. Re2 Rd5 41.
Rh2 Nc5+ 42. Ke3 Nxa4 0-1

[Event "Rostock-10 GM Group"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "1984.08.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chekhov, Valery A"]
[Black "Bernard, Ryszard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1984.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 Nxc3 8. bxc3
Qd5 9. g3 Be6 $6 (9... Bb7 10. Bg2 Qd7 11. Ba3 $1) 10. Bg2 Qb7 11. O-O (11. Nh4
$5 Bd5 12. Bxd5 Qxd5 13. O-O e6 14. Ng2) 11... Bd5 12. Ba3 $6 (12. e6 $1 Bxe6
13. Ng5 Bd5 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Qg4 $1 Nc6 18. Qf3 f6
19. Ne6 $36) 12... e6 13. Bxf8 Kxf8 14. Nh4 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 Nd7 16. f4 (16. Ne3
g6 17. f4 Nb6 18. Qb1 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. axb5 Rb8 $1 $17) 16... f5 17. exf6
g6 18. Qe2 Re8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rfb1 Kf7 21. Ne3 (21. Ra5) 21... Qe4 $1 22.
Rxb5 Rb8 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Re1 Rb1 25. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 26. Qf1 Qxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Nb6
28. g4 Kxf6 29. g5+ Ke7 30. Ke2 Nd5 31. Nxd5+ exd5 32. Kf3 Ke6 33. h3 Kf5 34.
Ke3 Ke6 35. Kf3 Kf5 36. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Brenninkmeijer, Joris"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Polgar,Zsu} d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5 4. d5 (4. Nf3 {Polgar,Zsu} cxd4 5.
Qxd4 Qxd4 6. Nxd4 {does not promise much for white}) 4... Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3
(6. Bxc4 {Polgar,Zsu} exd5 7. Nxd5 Nxd5 8. Bxd5 Be7 9. Qh5 O-O 10. Nf3 Nd7 11.
Ng5 Bxg5 12. Bxg5 Nf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. O-O Qxb2 15. Rac1 (15. Rab1 Qf6 16.
Rfc1 $146) 15... Be6 16. Rb1 Qf6 17. e5 Qd8 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Rxb7 Qd5 $1 20.
Re7 Rf5 21. Qg4 Qxe5 $15 {Rivas Pastor,M-Polgar,Zsu/Leon/1989/}) 6... exd5 7.
e5 Nfd7 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 Qd8 11. Qc2 Nxe5 12. Qe4 Be6 13. Qxe5
Qxd5 14. Qxg7 Rf8 15. Rd1 Qe4+ (15... Qf5 $2 {Polgar,Zsu} 16. Ng5 Qg6 17. Qxg6
hxg6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bxc4 Ke7 20. Bd3 $1 $16 { >>d3-e4; Lukacs/Hazai}) 16.
Be2 Nd7 17. Ng5 Qg6 18. Nxe6 (18. Qxg6 {Polgar,Zsu} hxg6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Bxc4
Ke7 21. Bd3 $10 {There is a big difference between the above mentioned Hazai/
Lukacs line and this one. White took the c4 pawn in two moves!} Ne5 22. Be4
Rad8 $10 {Timman,J-Polgar,Zsu/Köln TV-Cup/1987/}) 18... Qxe6 19. Qxh7 (19. O-O
$5) 19... O-O-O 20. Qc2 Rfe8 (20... Rg8 $5 21. Qxc4 Rxg2) 21. h4 Ne5 (21... Re7
22. Rh3 Rde8 23. Re3 Ne5 24. Kf1 Qf6 25. g3 $1 $16 {Epishin,V-Vladimirov,E/
Barnaul/1988/}) 22. O-O Rd4 23. Rxd4 (23. g3 $2 Rxh4 $1 24. gxh4 Rg8+ 25. Kh2
Ng4+ $1 26. Kh1 (26. Bxg4 {Polgar,Zsu} Qxg4 $19) 26... Ne3 $19) 23... cxd4 24.
Rc1 b5 (24... Rg8 25. Bxc4 Rxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Qg4+ 27. Kf1 $18) 25. Qe4 Qb6 $1 26.
Kf1 (26. f4 $2 {Polgar,Zsu} d3+ $1) 26... Re6 (26... Kb8 {Polgar,Zsu} 27. f4 $1
) 27. h5 $6 (27. f4 d3 $1 28. fxe5 (28. Bd1 {Polgar,Zsu} d2 { 29...[]d3 -+})
28... dxe2+ 29. Kxe2 Qc5) (27. a4 Kb8 28. Bg4 Nxg4 29. Qxg4) 27... Kb8 28. Bg4
(28. Qf4 {Polgar,Zsu} Qd6) (28. b3 {Polgar,Zsu} c3) 28... Nxg4 29. Qxg4 d3 $1
30. Qg8+ Kb7 31. Qxf7+ Ka6 32. a4 (32. Qd7 Qd6 $1 33. Qxd6+ (33. Qc8+ {Polgar,
Zsu} Kb6) 33... Rxd6 34. Rd1 b4) 32... b4 33. Qf4 (33. Qd7 Qc6 34. Qd4 (34.
Qxc6+ {Polgar,Zsu} Rxc6 { c4-c3}) 34... Qe4) (33. Rxc4 $2 {Polgar,Zsu} d2 $19)
33... Qc5 $1 34. h6 (34. Rxc4 d2 $1 $19) 34... Qd5 (34... c3 35. bxc3 bxc3 36.
h7 d2 37. h8=Q) 35. Rd1 (35. h7 d2 36. h8=Q (36. Rd1 Re1+ 37. Rxe1 Qd3+) 36...
d1=Q+ (36... d1=Q+ {Polgar,Zsu} 37. Rxd1 Qxd1#)) 35... Qe4 (35... c3 36. bxc3
bxc3 37. Qb8 Qc4 $1 38. Qb5+ Qxb5 39. axb5+ Kxb5 40. Rxd3 c2 41. Rc3 Rc6 42.
Rxc2 Rxc2 43. g4 a5 44. h7 Rc8 45. g5 a4 46. g6 a3 47. g7 a2 48. g8=Q a1=Q+ 49.
Kg2 Qa8+ $19) 36. Qxe4 Rxe4 37. g3 (37. h7 Rh4 38. Ke1 Rxh7 39. Kd2 Ka5 40. b3
cxb3 41. Kxd3 Kxa4 $19 (41... Kxa4 {Polgar,Zsu} 42. Ra1+ Kb5 $19)) 37... Re6
38. Kg2 (38. b3 {Polgar,Zsu} c3 $1) 38... Rxh6 39. f4 Rd6 40. f5 c3 {Ftacnik,L}
0-1

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.05.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1991.05.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 exd5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 Qd8 11. Qc2 Nxe5 12. Qe4 Be6 13. Qxe5 Qxd5 14. Qxg7
Rf8 15. Rd1 Qe4+ 16. Be2 Nd7 17. Ng5 Qg6 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. O-O $1 {N} (19. Qg5
f6 20. Qh5+ Rf7 21. O-O O-O-O 22. Rd6 Qxd6 23. Qxf7 Ne5 24. Qxh7 Qe6 25. Qe4
Rd4 $13 {Piket,J-Vladimirov,E/Rotterdam EU-Cup/1988/ ->CBM 09}) (19. Qxh7 O-O-O
20. Qc2 Rfe8 21. h4 Ne5 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rh3 Nd3+ $15 {Van der Sterren,
P-Polgar,Zsu/Wijk aan Zee/1990/ ->CBM 17}) 19... O-O-O 20. Bg4 f5 $8 (20... Qe7
21. Rfe1 $18) 21. Bh3 Nf6 (21... Rf7 22. Qg5 Qg6 23. Qf4 $14) 22. Qh6 Rfe8 (
22... Rg8 23. Rfe1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 $14) 23. g3 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Kc7 $6 25. Qf4+ Qe5
26. Qxc4 (26. Qxf5 Qxb2 $5) 26... Kb8 27. Qb3 Ne4 (27... Re7 $16) 28. Rd5 $1
Qe7 29. Qe3 (29. Bxf5 Nxf2 $132) 29... Qg5 30. Qxg5 Nxg5 31. Bxf5 $18 Nf3+ 32.
Kg2 Ne1+ 33. Kf1 c4 34. Bxh7 Nf3 35. h4 Kc7 36. h5 Kc6 37. Rf5 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Portoroz/Nova Gorica"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 exd5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 Qd8 11. Qc2 Nxe5 12. Qe4 Be6 13. Qxe5 Qxd5 14. Qxg7
Rf8 15. Rd1 Qe4+ 16. Be2 Nd7 17. Ng5 Qg6 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Qg5 f6 20. Qh5+ Rf7
21. O-O O-O-O 22. Rd6 Qxd6 23. Qxf7 Ne5 24. Qxh7 Qd2 $6 {N} (24... Qe6 25. Qe4
Rd4 26. Qe3 Qf5 27. h4 b6 28. h5 Re4 29. Qd2 Rd4 $13 {Piket,Je-Vladimirov,E/
Rotterdam EU-CUP f/1988/ ->CBM 09}) 25. Qf5+ Rd7 (25... Kc7 26. Bxc4 Qxb2 27.
Qxf6 Nxc4 28. Qe7+ Rd7 29. Qxc5+ Kb8 30. Qxc4 $18) 26. Bh5 Qg5 $6 (26... Qxb2
27. Be8 $18) (26... Kc7 27. Qxf6 $16) 27. Qh3 $1 (27. Qxg5 fxg5 28. Re1 Nd3 $13
) 27... Qh6 28. f4 Nd3 29. Bg4 Qxh3 30. gxh3 $1 (30. Bxh3 b5 $132) 30... b5 31.
h4 Kc7 32. Bxd7 Kxd7 33. h5 Ke7 34. Kh1 $1 Kf7 35. Rg1 Nf2+ 36. Kg2 Ng4 37. Kf3
Nh6 38. Ke4 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "WchT 2nd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Ye, Rongguang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[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 "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 e6 6. e4 exd5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bg5
f6 9. exf6 gxf6 10. Qxd5 Qe7+ 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Qh5+ Qf7 13. Qh4 Be6 14. O-O-O
Nc6 15. Be2 Be7 16. g4 {N} (16. Bh6 Nd7 17. Nd2 O-O-O $13 {Novikov,I-Karolyi,
jr/Lvov/1988/1/4-1/4/34/ -> CBM 07}) 16... Nd5 $1 17. Nxd5 (17. Ne4 O-O-O $22
18. Bxc5 $2 f5) 17... Bxd5 18. Rxd5 (18. g5 O-O-O $36) 18... Qxd5 19. Rd1 Qe4
20. Qh5+ Qg6 21. Qd5 Rd8 22. Qxc4 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Qf7 24. Qe4 $1 (24. Qb5 $2
Qxa2 25. Qxb7 Qc4+ 26. Kb1 Nb4 $40) (24. Qa4 Qd5) 24... Qg6 (24... Qxa2 25. Ba4
Kd7 $8 26. g5 $40) 25. Qe6 Qf7 26. Qe4 Qg6 27. Qe6 Qf7 28. Qc8+ $2 Bd8 29. Qf5
Qc4+ 30. Kb1 Nb4 31. Bxc5 (31. Qh5+ Kd7 32. Qf5+ Kc6 $5) 31... Qxa2+ (31...
Qd3+ 32. Qxd3 Nxd3 $17) 32. Kc1 Qa1+ 33. Kd2 Qxb2+ 34. Ke1 Qc3+ 35. Ke2 Qc4+
36. Kd2 a6 37. Nd4 Qd5 $1 38. Bb3 Qxf5 39. Nxf5 Nc6 40. Nd6+ Kd7 41. Nxb7 Be7
42. Ba4 Rc8 43. Be3 Bb4+ 44. Ke2 Re8 45. Kd3 Kc7 46. Bc5 a5 47. Bxb4 Nxb4+ 48.
Kc3 Re5 49. f4 Nd5+ 50. Kd4 Nxf4 {Ftacnik} 0-1

[Event "Sochi-B"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tunik, Gennady"]
[Black "Kallai, Gabor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1989.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 e6 6. e4 exd5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Qxd5
Nb6 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Bg5+ Be7 11. O-O-O+ Ke8 12. Bxe7 (12. Nb5 Na6 13. Bxe7
Kxe7 14. Nd6 Nb4 15. a3 Nc6 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Be6 {Torre,E-Seirawan,Y/
London/1984/1/4-1/4/76/}) 12... Kxe7 13. Nd2 Be6 14. f4 Rd8 (14... Nc6 15. Nde4
$36) 15. Be2 Nc6 16. Nde4 Nd4 17. Nxc5 Nxe2+ 18. Nxe2 Bd5 19. Ng3 Bxg2 (19...
g6 20. f5) (19... Rac8 $5 20. Nce4 $13) 20. Nf5+ Kf8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rg1 Bd5
23. Nd6 (23. Nxg7 $2 Rc8 $19) 23... g6 24. Rd1 Bc6 25. Rd2 $1 (25. Ncxb7 Bxb7
26. Nxb7 Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1 Nd5) 25... Rb8 26. h4 Nd5 $2 (26... Ke7 27. f5 f6 $5)
27. Rxd5 Bxd5 28. Nd7+ Ke7 29. Nxb8 Kd8 30. Kd2 Kc7 31. Ne8+ Kxb8 32. Nf6 Be6
33. Nxh7 Kc7 34. Kc3 Kc6 35. Kd4 c3 36. Kxc3 Bxa2 37. b3 Bb1 38. Ng5 f6 39.
exf6 Kd6 40. Kd4 a5 41. f7 Ke7 42. Ne6 Kxf7 43. Nd8+ Kf6 44. Nxb7 Kf5 45. Ke3
Kg4 46. Nxa5 Bc2 47. b4 Ba4 48. Nc4 Kxh4 49. Nd6 Bc6 50. b5 Ba8 51. Kd4 g5 52.
f5 g4 53. Nc4 Kg5 54. Ke5 g3 55. Ne3 g2 56. Nxg2 Bxg2 57. f6 {Ftacnik} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 12th final"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.11.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1996.11.21"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novosibirsk Sibekobank"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan TatTransGaz-Itil"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 {Dautov Sakaev} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7.
a4 e6 8. axb5 Bb4 9. Qc2 Nb6 10. Qe4 (10. bxa6 Rxa6 11. Rxa6 Bxa6 12. Be2 Nc6
13. Qe4 Ne7 14. O-O h6 (14... Nf5 15. Na2 Be7 16. g4 Nh4 17. Nxh4 Bxh4 18. Nb4
Bb5 19. b3 O-O 20. bxc4 Bxc4 21. Bxc4 Nxc4 22. d5 exd5 23. Nxd5 Nb6 24. Nxb6
cxb6 {Hudecek,J-Fominyh,A/Karvina op (02) ;EXT 92op 1992/1/2-1/2 (39)}) (14...
Nf5 $13 {Dautov Hudecek-Fominyh/ Karvina op 1992}) 15. Na2 Nbd5 16. Nxb4 Nxb4
17. Bd2 Ned5 18. Bxb4 Nxb4 19. b3 Qd5 20. Qxd5 exd5 21. bxc4 {Hudecek,
J-Raetsky,A/Pardubice op (07) ;TD 92\11 1992/1/2-1/2 (67)}) (10. Be2 Bb7 $1 {
Sakaev} (10... Qd7 11. O-O Bb7 12. bxa6 Rxa6 13. Be3 h6 14. Ne4 Rxa1 15. Rxa1
Bd5 16. Nfd2 Qc6 17. f3 N8d7 18. Rc1 Bxd2 19. Nxd2 Ke7 20. b3 c3 21. Nb1 f5 22.
exf6+ gxf6 23. Nxc3 f5 24. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:23] 1-0 Chekhov,V-Golikov,A/
Kecskemet (10) ;EXP 1991}) (10... axb5 11. Rxa8 Nxa8 12. O-O Qd7 (12... Bd7 13.
d5 $1 $16) 13. Qe4 Nb6 14. Qg4 Kf8 15. Ne4 Nc6 16. Ng3 Ne7 17. Nh5 Ng6 18. h4
Bb7 19. Bd1 Be7 {Kramnik,V-Ivanchuk,V/Monaco Amber blind (06) ;EXP 40 1994/0-1
(37)}) 11. bxa6 Nxa6 $1 12. O-O {[%emt 0:00:56] Sakaev-Ibragimov/RUS-ch /1996/
CBM} Be7 $1 13. Be3 Nb4 14. Qd2 O-O $10) 10... Qd5 11. Qg4 axb5 (11... g6 12.
Bd2 (12. Be2 {Dautov}) 12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Be2 $13) 12.
Rxa8 Qxa8 13. Be2 $1 (13. Qxg7 Qa1 $3 (13... Rf8 $2 14. Be2 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Qa1
16. O-O $16) 14. Qxh8+ Kd7 15. Kd1 (15. Kd2 Na4 16. Qxh7 Nxb2 $1 $17) 15...
Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nd5 17. Qxh7 Nxc3+ 18. Kd2 Nc6 $8 19. Qc2 $8 Na4 $8 {Semenov,
V-Fominyh,A/USSR/1988/} (19... Na4 $8 {Semenov,V-Fominyh,A/URS 1988} 20. Bxc4
bxc4 21. Qxc4 Nb6 $1 22. Qc3 $1 Qa2+ 23. Kd1 Ba6 24. Re1 $13)) 13... Nd5 (13...
O-O 14. O-O Kh8 15. Ng5 h6 16. Qh5 Kg8 17. Nge4 Bxc3 18. Nf6+ gxf6 19. Bf3 Qa4
20. Be4 Bb7 21. exf6 {1-0 Khenkin,I-Gurevich,G/ISR-ch (02) ;EXT 94ch 1994}) (
13... g6 {Dautov} 14. O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 $36) 14. Qxg7 (14. O-O Nxc3 $1 15. bxc3
Bf8 $13) 14... Rf8 (14... Nxc3 15. Qxh8+ Kd7 16. bxc3 Bxc3+ 17. Nd2 Qxg2 18.
Rf1 $18) 15. O-O Bxc3 16. Ng5 $5 {/\Bh5 White could have probably played less
violently, but this is extremely unpleasant for the defender. Wahrscheinlich
konnte Wei� auch weniger aggressiv spielen, aber das ist �u�erst
unangenehm f�r den Verteidiger.} (16. bxc3 Nxc3 17. Bd1 (17. Re1 {Dautov}
Nxe2+ 18. Rxe2 Bb7 $13) 17... Nxd1 (17... Qa1 18. Bh6 Nd7 19. Qxh7 Nxd1 20.
Bxf8 Nxf8 21. Qc2 $18) 18. Rxd1 Bb7 19. Ng5 $16) 16... Bb4 (16... Bxd4 17. Bh5
(17. Nxh7 $2 Nd7 18. Nxf8 Bxe5) (17. Nxf7 $6 Rxf7 18. Bh5 Kd7) 17... Bxe5 18.
Qxe5 Ke7 19. Nxh7 (19. Qg7 $18 {Dautov}) 19... f6 20. Qg3 $16) 17. Bh5 (17.
Nxf7 Be7 $1 18. Bh5 $140 Kd7) (17. Nxh7 Qa7 $1 18. Bh5 c6 19. Bh6 Nd7) 17...
Kd7 (17... Bd7 18. Nxh7 Nc6 19. Nxf8 $18) (17... Nc6 18. Nxh7 Nd8 19. Bh6 Qa7
20. Nxf8 Qxd4 21. Qh8 $18) (17... Qc6 {Dautov} 18. Nxh7 $1 (18. Bxf7+ Kd8 19.
Nxh7 Rxf7 20. Qxf7 $16) 18... Qd7 19. Bh6 Qe7 20. Bg5 Qd7 21. Bf3 f6 (21... Be7
22. Bh6 $18) 22. Bh5+ Kd8 23. exf6 $18) 18. Nxh7 (18. Bxf7 Kc6 19. Nxe6 Bxe6
20. Bxe6 Kb6 $13 21. Bd2 $140 $6 Na6 $1 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Bxb4 Rg8 24. Qf6+ Kb7
$19) (18. Nxe6 $2 {Sakaev} Kxe6 $1 $19) 18... Re8 (18... Rd8 19. Bg5 Be7 (19...
Nc6 {Dautov} 20. Qxf7+ Nce7 21. Nf6+ Kc6 22. Nxd5 $18) 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21. Qxf7
Qa7 22. d5 exd5 23. Nf6+ Kc6 24. Qxe7 Rh8 25. Be8+ Kb7 26. Nxd5 $18) 19. Bxf7 (
19. Nf6+ $6 {Sakaev} Nxf6 20. exf6 Rf8 21. Bxf7 (21. Bd2 Bd6 $1) 21... Kc6) (
19. Qxf7+ $6 {Sakaev} Re7) 19... Re7 (19... Bb7 20. Bxe8+ Kxe8 21. Qg8+ Kd7 22.
Qf7+ Be7 23. Bg5 $18) (19... Rd8 $6 {Sakaev} 20. Bg5 (20. Be8+ $5 Kxe8 21. Bg5
$40) 20... Be7 21. Bxe7 Nxe7 22. d5 $1 exd5 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. Nf6+ $18) 20.
Bxe6+ $1 Kc6 (20... Kxe6 21. Nf8+ Kf5 22. Qg6#) (20... Kd8 21. Qf8+ Re8 22.
Bxd5 Bxf8 23. Bxa8 c6 24. Nxf8 Rxf8 25. Bh6 $18) 21. Bxd5+ Kxd5 22. Qg3 {
/\Qf3 The Kd5 makes for a fascinating picture. Der Kd5 gibt ein faszinierendes
Bild ab.} (22. Qf8 $1 {Sakaev} Bg4 $140 23. Nf6+ $18) 22... Rf7 (22... Bb7 23.
Qf3+ Kxd4 (23... Ke6 24. Nf8#) 24. Rd1+ Kxe5 (24... Kc5 {Dautov} 25. Be3#) 25.
Qf4+ Ke6 26. Nf8#) (22... Qa4 23. Qf3+ Kxd4 24. Rd1+ Qxd1+ 25. Qxd1+ Kxe5 26.
f4+ $18) 23. Nf6+ Rxf6 (23... Ke6 24. Qg4+ Ke7 25. Qxc8 Rxf6 26. Bg5 $18) (
23... Kxd4 24. Qe3#) 24. exf6 Qa6 (24... Ke6 25. Qg4+ Kxf6 26. Qxc8 $18) 25.
Qf3+ Ke6 (25... Kxd4 26. Rd1+ Ke5 27. Rd5+ Ke6 28. Qf5+ Kf7 29. Qh7+ Ke6 30.
Qg8+ Kxf6 31. Bg5#) 26. Bg5 (26. f7 Nd7 27. Bg5 $18) 26... Qb7 (26... Nd7 27.
d5+ Kd6 (27... Kf7 28. Qh5+ Kf8 29. Qh8+ Kf7 30. Qg7+ Ke8 31. f7#) 28. f7 $18)
27. Qg4+ Kd5 (27... Kf7 28. Qh5+ Ke6 29. d5+ (29. f7 $18 {Dautov}) 29... Qxd5 (
29... Kxd5 30. Bd2+ $18) 30. Qe8+ Kf5 31. Qxc8+ Kxg5 32. Qxb8 $18) 28. Qf4 Nd7
(28... Bd6 29. Qe3 c5 30. Rd1 $18) 29. f7 c3 (29... Bf8 30. Re1 $18) (29... Kc6
30. Bh6 $18) (29... Bd6 30. Qf3+ Kxd4 31. Qf5 c3 32. Rd1+ Kc4 33. Qd3+ Kb3 34.
Qxc3+ Ka2 35. b3 $18) 30. bxc3 Bd6 31. Qf3+ Kc4 32. Qe2+ Kd5 (32... Kxc3 33.
Rc1+ $18) 33. Be7 $1 Qb6 34. f8=Q Nxf8 35. Bxf8 Bxf8 36. Qf3+ Kc4 37. Qxf8 Bb7
38. Qb4+ Kd5 39. Re1 1-0

[Event "NED-ch50"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.06.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Riemersma, Liafbern"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {King Hecht} d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 e6 6. e4 exd5 7. e5
Nfd7 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 Qd8 11. Qc2 Nxe5 12. Qe4 Be6 13. Qxe5
Qxd5 14. Qxg7 Rf8 15. Rd1 Qe4+ (15... Qf5 $2 16. Ng5 Qg6 17. Qxg6 hxg6 18. Nxe6
fxe6 19. Bxc4 Ke7 20. Bd3 $1 {/\ Be4+/-}) 16. Be2 Nd7 17. Ng5 Qg6 18. Nxe6 Qxe6
19. Qg5 (19. O-O O-O-O 20. Bg4 f5 $8 21. Bh3 $1 (21. Bf3 $6 Qf6 $1 22. Bxb7+
Kc7 23. Qxf6 Rxf6 $132) 21... Nf6 (21... Qf6 22. Qxh7 $16) 22. Qh6 $1 (22. Rfe1
$2 Rfe8 $1 $13) (22. Qg5 Ng4 23. Bxg4 fxg4 24. Qxc5+ Kb8 $10) (22. Rde1 Qd5 23.
Qg3 (23. Re7 Kb8 24. g3 f4 25. Be6 Qf3 26. Bxc4 h5 27. Qg5 Rd1 28. Qe5+ {
1-0/Levin,F-Bouton,C/Dortmund op-A (01)/1992/}) 23... Ne4 24. Qf4 Rd7 25. Re2
b6 26. Rfe1 Rff7 27. g3 Kb7 28. Bg2 Qd6 29. Bxe4+ fxe4 30. Qxe4+ Qd5 31. Qxd5+
Rxd5 32. f4 $16 {Tregubov,P-Kallai,G/Kobanya op (09)/1992/1-0 (61)}) 22... Rfe8
23. g3 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Kc7 $2 (24... Ng4 25. Qxh7 Re7 26. Qh8+ Re8 27. Qh5 b6 28.
Bf1 $16) 25. Qf4+ $16 Qe5 26. Qxc4 Kb8 27. Qb3 Ne4 $2 (27... Re7) 28. Rd5 $18 {
Lobron,E-Polgar,Zs/Munchen/1991/1-0 (37)}) (19. Qxh7 O-O-O 20. Qc2 Rfe8 21. h4
f5 (21... Ne5 $1 22. Rxd8+ (22. O-O Rd4 23. Rxd4 cxd4 24. Rc1 b5 25. Qe4 Qb6
26. Kf1 Re6 27. h5 Kb8 28. Bg4 Nxg4 29. Qxg4 d3 $17 {Brenninkmeijer,J-Polgar,
Zsu/Wijk-B (08)/1990/0-1 (40)}) 22... Rxd8 23. Rh3 (23. O-O Qg6 $5 24. Qxg6
fxg6 25. h5 gxh5 26. Bxh5 Nd3 $13) 23... Nd3+ 24. Kf1 Qf5 25. Rf3 Qe4 $1 26.
Bxd3 cxd3 $1 (26... Rxd3 27. Rxd3 cxd3 28. Qxc5+ Kd7 29. Qe3 $16) 27. Qxc5+ Kb8
28. Rxf7 Qe2+ $1 (28... Rc8 $2 29. Qd6+ Ka8 30. Rf8 $18) 29. Kg1 Qc2 $1 $132 {
Van der Sterren,P-Polgar,Zsu/Wijk II/1990/0.5 (38)}) (21... Re7 22. Rh3 Rde8
23. Re3 Ne5 24. Kf1 Qf6 25. g3 Nd3 26. Bxd3 Rxe3 27. Bf5+ R3e6 28. Rc1 b5 29.
b3 $16 {Epishin,V-Vladimirov,E/URS-OT56 Barnaul/1988/1-0 (40)}) 22. Kf1 Ne5 23.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rh3 Kb8 25. b3 cxb3 26. axb3 f4 27. h5 $16 {Van der Sterren,
P-Kaminski,U/Groningen op/1989/}) 19... f6 20. Qh5+ Rf7 21. O-O O-O-O {[%csl
Yd7,Ye2] Model position with opposite castling, since the assymetry is nearly
complete with pawns and different easy pieces. King White stands better,
because his K is better protected than Black s. Piket is able to exploit the
tactical opportunities this offers.} 22. Rd6 Qxd6 23. Qxf7 Ne5 24. Qxh7 Qd2 $6
(24... Qe6 25. Qe4 Rd4 26. Qe3 Qf5 27. h4 b6 28. h5 Re4 29. Qd2 Rd4 30. Qe3 Re4
31. Qd2 Rd4 32. Qh6 Kb7 $13 {Piket,J-Vladimirov,E/Rotterdam EU-CUP f/1988/0-1 
(37)}) 25. Qf5+ Kc7 (25... Rd7 26. Bh5 Qg5 27. Qh3 Qh6 28. f4 Nd3 29. Bg4 Qxh3
30. gxh3 b5 31. h4 Kc7 32. Bxd7 Kxd7 33. h5 $16 {Khalifman,A-Polgar,Zsu/
Portoroz/Nova Gorica (4) 60'/1991/1-0 (38)}) 26. Bxc4 Rd6 (26... Nxc4 27. Qxc5+
Kb8 28. Qxc4 Qxb2 29. Rc1 $16) (26... Qxb2 27. Qxf6 $18) 27. Be6 Qe2 (27...
Qxb2 28. Qxf6 Qe2 29. Qg7+ $16) 28. Qh7+ (28. Qxf6 Rd1 (28... Rxe6 $17) 29.
Qxe5+ Qxe5 30. Rxd1 Qxe6 $19) 28... Nd7 (28... Kb6 29. Bc8) 29. Bxd7 Rxd7 30.
Qb1 (30. Qf5 {Hecht} Rd1 31. Qxc5+ Kd7 32. Qf5+ Ke7 33. Qc5+ {Dauerschach!? -
Analyse!} (33. Qh7+ Kd6 $19)) 30... Rd2 (30... b6 31. Re1 $16) 31. h4 Rxb2 32.
Qh7+ {King Exposed K!} Kb6 33. h5 c4 {[%csl Gc4,Gg1,Gh5,Rb6] White is better,
because even though both passed pawns are dangerous white has much safer king.}
34. Qf7 Ka5 (34... c3 35. Qxf6+ Kb5 36. Qxc3 $18) 35. h6 (35. Qxf6 Rxa2) 35...
c3 36. h7 c2 37. Qc7+ (37. h8=Q $2 Qxf1+ $1 (37... Qxf1+ $1 {Hecht} 38. Kh2
c1=Q $19)) 37... Ka6 38. h8=Q {Uneven number of Q makes for exciting positions.
} Rb1 39. Qxf6+ b6 40. Qc8+ Ka5 41. Qff5+ (41. Qff5+ Kb4 42. Rxb1+ cxb1=Q+ 43.
Qxb1+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Ljubljana Iskra"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gostisa, Leon F"]
[Black "Sermek, Drazen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Qxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. e4 e5 8.
Ndb5 Kd8 9. Be3 Be6 10. Nxa7 (10. Bxa7 Nbd7 11. f3 b6 12. O-O-O Bc5 13. a4 Kc8
14. a5 Kb7 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Bxb6 Kxb6 17. Nd6 Ra1+ 18. Nb1 $13 {
Chiburdanidze-Watson,W/Brussels tt/1987/}) (10. O-O-O+ Nbd7 11. Bxa7 Kc8 12.
Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 b6 14. d6 c3 15. g4 cxb2+ 16. Kxb2 Nc5 17. Bg2 e4 18. g5 Nfd7
19. Rhe1 f5 20. gxf6 Nxf6 21. d7+ Nfxd7 22. Rxe4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Rb8 24. Rxd7
Kxd7 25. Bxb8 $16 {Soffer,R-Afek,Y/Tel Aviv-B/1992/}) 10... Nbd7 11. Nab5 Bb4
12. Be2 (12. f3 Nc5 13. Be2 Na4 $36) 12... Nxe4 13. Bf3 Nxc3 (13... f5 14. Bxe4
fxe4 15. O-O-O $13) 14. bxc3 Bc5 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Bc6 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Nc5 18. a4
Ke7 (18... Rb6 19. Bf3 Nxa4 20. Rxa4 Rxb5 21. Ra8+ Bc8 22. O-O $40) 19. O-O
Rhc8 20. Bf3 Bd7 (20... Nxa4 21. Na7 $1) 21. Bd5 Ne6 22. Na3 Rc5 23. Bxc4 Bxa4
24. Rab1 Rbc8 {Ftacnik,L} (24... Rbc8 25. Rb7+ $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Horgen-B"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Brunner, Lucas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 e6 6. e4 exd5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 Qd8 11. Qc2 Nb6 12. O-O-O Nxd5 13. Bxc4 O-O (13...
Be6 14. Bxd5 Qe7 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Qxc5 Nd7 17. Qb5 a6 18. Qxb7 O-O 19. Qd5 Qf5
20. Qd3 Qf4+ 21. Kb1 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 $14 {Lukacs,P-Pekarek,A/Polanica Zdroj/1986/
}) (13... Nc6 14. Bxd5 Qe7 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. Rd6 O-O 17. Qxc5 Rb8 18. Kb1 Bf5+
19. Ka1 Rb5 20. Qxc6 Rfb8 21. Rd2 Qb4 22. Qd6 {Kohlweyer,B-Lekic,D/JUG-chT Nis/
1994/1-0 (42)}) 14. Bxd5 (14. Rxd5 Qe7 15. h4 (15. Rxc5 $6 Bf5 16. Qc3 Na6 $1 {
/\} 17. Bxa6 Rac8 $1 $40) 15... Nc6 16. Qe4 (16. Rxc5 $2 Bf5 17. Qc3 Rac8 $17)
16... Be6 17. Ng5 g6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rd6 Nd4 20. Rd1 Kh8 (20... b5 21. R1xd4
cxd4 22. Bxe6+ Kh8 23. Qxd4 Rad8 24. Bd7 g5 25. e6+ Kg8 26. Rd5 gxh4 27. Rxb5 {
Hodgson,J-Duncan,C/Dublin zt (02)/1993/1-0 (45)}) 21. Rd2 Rad8 (21... b5 $2 22.
Bxb5 $1 Nxb5 23. Rd7 Qe8 24. Qb7 $18) 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. g3 a5 $15 (23... b5 $5
24. Bf1 Rd5 (24... a5) 25. Qe3 Kg7 26. Bg2 Rd7 27. Be4 a5 28. h5 gxh5 29. Rd1
Kh8 30. Rh1 {Kohlweyer,B-Sermek,D/Bad Woerishofen op (09)/1993/1-0 (40)}) 24.
a4 Qd7 25. Qf4 Kg8 26. Qf6 $1 Re8 $1 27. b3 Qc6 28. Kb2 Rf8 29. Qe7 {Averkin,
O-Mirkovic,S/Beograd/1992/1-0 (36)}) 14... Qe7 15. h4 Na6 (15... Nc6 16. Bxc6
bxc6 17. Rd6 Rb8 18. Ng5 g6 19. Qxc5 Qb7 20. Qc3 Bf5 21. h5 Qb4 22. Qxb4 Rxb4
23. hxg6 Bxg6 24. Rh3 {Barsov,A-Kamber,B/Bern op (08)/1994/1-0 (44)}) 16. a3 {
Honest idea to limit the N to the rear square a6 is done with the doubleedged
means. Pushing the pawn in front of the own K is not without risk.} (16. Ng5 g6
17. Qc3 Nb4 18. a3 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Bf5 20. g4 Bd7 21. Ne4 Bc6 22. Nf6+ Kh8 23.
Qe3 Kg7 24. h5 Bxd5 25. Nxd5 Qd7 26. hxg6 fxg6 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. e6 Qg7 29. e7 {
Cramling,P-Blauert,J/Bern op (05)/1995/0.5 (39)}) 16... Bg4 (16... Nc7 17. Be4
g6) 17. Qe4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 (18. Qxf3 Rab8 (18... Qxe5 $2 19. Bxb7 Rab8 20. Rhe1
$18) 19. Qf5 c4 20. e6 $14) 18... Rab8 19. f4 c4 $1 {Logical pawn sacrifice,
since black wins two tempos for the advance of the bP and improvement of the
knight position.} (19... b5 20. Rhg1 $14) 20. Bxc4 Nc5 21. Qe2 (21. Qg2 b5 22.
Rhg1 g6 23. Bd5 b4 $132) 21... b5 22. Bd5 (22. Bxb5 Rfc8 23. Kb1 Qb7 24. Bc4
Na4 $17) 22... b4 23. a4 (23. axb4 Rxb4 24. Rhg1 Na4 25. b3 Nc3 26. Qg4 g6 27.
Rd2 Nxd5 28. Rxd5 Rxb3 $17) 23... Nxa4 24. Qa6 $2 {Not that the achievements
of black's counterplay were small, but white was still in control of the
situation with his magnificient Bd5. Displacement of the Q will cost him
dearly.} (24. Kb1 $5 Nc3+ 25. bxc3 bxc3+ 26. Ka1 Rb2 (26... Qc5 27. Qc4 Qa3+
28. Qa2 Qc5 29. Bb3 $16) 27. Qa6 Rfb8 28. e6 $16) 24... Qc5+ 25. Qc4 (25. Kb1
Nc3+ 26. bxc3 bxc3+ 27. Ka1 (27. Kc1 Qxf2 $19) 27... c2 $19) 25... Qa5 (25...
Qxf2 26. Rd2 Qe3 $17) 26. Bc6 Rfc8 27. Rd7 $6 (27. Rd6 Nb6 28. Qc2 b3 29. Qe4
Qa1+ 30. Qb1 Qa4 $19) (27. Kb1 Nc3+ 28. bxc3 bxc3+ 29. Kc2 Rb4 30. Qd5 Rb2+ 31.
Kd3 Qa6+ 32. Ke4 g6 $19) 27... Qc5 $1 (27... Qc5 $1 28. Qxc5 Nxc5 29. Rd6 Nb7
$19) 0-1

[Event "Portoroz/Nova Gorica"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Polgar,Zsu} d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 c5 4. e4 Nf6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4
7. Nxd4 e5 8. Ndb5 Kd8 9. Be3 (9. Bg5 $2 {Polgar,Zsu} a6 10. Nd5 axb5 11. Nxf6
Bb4+ 12. Ke2 Be7 13. Rd1+ Bd7 (13... Nd7 $1) 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. g3 $1 Rxa2 16.
Bh3 Rxb2+ 17. Kf1 Bxg5 18. Rxd7+ Ke8 $17 {Van Wely-Polgar,Zsuzsa Amsterdam
1990.}) (9. f4 {Polgar,Zsu} a6 10. fxe5 $10) 9... Be6 10. O-O-O+ (10. Bxa7 {
Polgar,Zsu} Nbd7 11. Be3 Bb4 12. f3 Ra5 13. O-O-O (13. Kf2 Ke7 14. Be2 Rc8 15.
Rhd1 Ne8 $5 16. Nd5+ Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Rc6 18. Na7 $6 Rcc5 $3 $17 {Gurevich,D.
-Polgar,Zsuzsa Las Vegas 1986.}) 13... Ke7 14. Be2 Rc8 15. a3 Bc5 16. Bxc5+
Nxc5 $17 {Pein,M.-Polgar,Zsuzsa New York Open 1986 -41/447.}) 10... Nbd7 11.
Bxa7 Rxa7 $1 (11... Bb4 12. f3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ke7 14. Kb2 b6 $1 15. a4 Rhc8 16.
Be2 Ne8 17. Kc2 Nc7 $17 {Pacsay-Nemeth,Z/Balatonbereny op/1988/}) 12. Nxa7 Ng4
13. f3 (13. Rd2 Bc5 14. Nab5 Nxf2 15. Rg1 Nd3+ 16. Bxd3 Bxg1 $19) (13. Nd5 $1 {
Polgar,Zsu} Bxd5 (13... Nxf2 14. Bxc4 Bc5 15. Nb5 Nxh1 16. Rxh1 $14 {Valdes,L.}
) 14. Rxd5 $1 Bc5 15. Nb5 Nxf2 16. Rxd7+ Kc8 17. Rxf7 Ng4 18. Rc7+ Kb8 19. Rxc5
$16 {Valdes,L.}) 13... Nf2 14. Be2 Nxh1 15. Rxh1 Kc7 16. Nab5+ Kc6 17. Rd1 (17.
Na7+ Kb6 18. Nc8+ Ka6 $19) (17. Kc2 {Polgar,Zsu} Bc5 18. b3) 17... Bc5 18. Kc2
Ra8 19. g3 g5 $1 20. a4 (20. a3 Ra5) 20... Nb6 21. f4 (21. Ra1 Bb4 $17) 21...
gxf4 22. gxf4 exf4 23. Bf3 Nxa4 $1 24. e5+ Kb6 25. Nd6 (25. Nxa4+ Rxa4 26. Nd6
Bb4 27. Nxb7 $2 Bf5+ $19) 25... Nxc3 26. Kxc3 Ra4 27. Bd5 (27. Nxb7 Bb4+ 28.
Kd4 c3 29. bxc3 Bc5+ 30. Kd3 Bc4+ 31. Kc2 Ra2+ 32. Kb1 Rxh2 $19) 27... Bg4 28.
Rf1 Bb4+ 29. Kc2 (29. Kd4 c3 30. Nc4+ Kb5 31. bxc3 Bc5+ 32. Kd3 Bf5+ 33. Kd2
Ra2+ 34. Ke1 Ra1+ 35. Ke2 Rxf1 36. Kxf1 Bd3+ $19) 29... Be2 $1 30. Nxc4+ (30.
Rxf4 $4 {Polgar,Zsu} Bd3+ $19) 30... Kc5 31. Rxf4 Kxd5 32. Nb6+ Kxe5 33. Rf2
Bb5 $1 34. Nxa4 Bxa4+ 35. b3 Bc6 36. Rxf7 Be4+ 37. Kb2 h5 38. Rc7 h4 39. Rc4
Bd2 {Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Black "Van der Werf, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Nf6 5. e4 e6 6. Nf3 exd5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bg5
f6 9. exf6 gxf6 10. Qxd5 Qe7+ 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Qh5+ Qf7 13. Qh4 Be6 14. O-O-O
Nc6 15. Ne4 $5 {N} (15. Be2 Be7 16. g4 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Qxd5 19. Rd1
Qe4 20. Qh5+ Qg6 21. Qd5 $10 {Van der Sterren,P-Ye Rongguang/Luzern tt/1989/
->CBM 16}) 15... Nd7 (15... Be7 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Nd7 18. Rxe6+ $1 Qxe6
19. Bxc4 Qf5 20. Rd1 $40) 16. Be2 O-O-O 17. Rd2 Nb4 (17... Be7 18. Nd6+ Bxd6
19. Rxd6 $40) 18. Nc3 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Rhd1 Be6 (20... Nb6 21. Bf4 $40)
21. Rc2 Be7 (21... Nb6 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Ne5 Qe7 24. Nxc4 Nxc4 25. Bxc4 $16)
22. Bxc4 Nb6 $2 (22... Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Qxc4 24. Rxc4 $14) 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.
Bxe6+ Qxe6 25. Bxc5 Bxc5 26. Rxc5+ Kb8 27. Qxh7 Nd7 28. Qd3 Qb6 29. Rd5 Rc8+
30. Kb1 Qc6 31. a3 Nc5 32. Qf5 Nb3 33. Rd1 a5 34. Nd4 Nd2+ (34... Nxd4 35. Rxd4
Qc1+ 36. Ka2 Rc2 37. Rd8+ $18) 35. Ka1 Qc7 36. Qd3 Nc4 37. Nb5 Qb6 38. Qg3+ Ka8
39. a4 Qc5 40. Qc3 Qxf2 $2 41. Qxc4 $1 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Ruban, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Nc3 c5 $5 6. Bxf6 (6. e4 cxd4 7.
Nxd4 Bb4) 6... Qxf6 7. d5 exd5 8. Nxd5 Qd8 9. e3 Bd6 (9... b5 10. a4 Bb7 11. e4
$1 $16) 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. Rc1 Be6 13. a4 $1 Rc8 $6 (13... a6 $1 14.
e4 (14. h3 $2 b5 15. Ba2 (15. axb5 $2 axb5 16. Bxb5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Bh2+ 18. Kxh2
Qxd5 $19))) 14. Rc2 $1 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Rd2 Bxd5 (16... Bxh2+ $2 17. Kxh2
Qh4+ 18. Kg1 Qxc4 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. Nxc8 $18) (16... Qh4 17. f4 Bf6 18. Qb3 $14)
17. Bxd5 Qf6 18. b3 b6 19. f4 Bc3 (19... Bc7 20. g4 $1 $16) 20. Rd3 Rcd8 21.
Qc2 Bd4 $2 (21... Bb2 22. g4 $1 Ba3 23. g5 $16) 22. Be4 $1 Qe6 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7
24. exd4 $1 (24. Rxd4+ f5 25. Rd3 Qe4 26. Rfd1 Rfe8 $14) 24... Kg8 25. Rh3 Qg6
26. f5 Qd6 27. dxc5 Qxc5+ 28. Qxc5 bxc5 29. f6 $1 g6 30. Rc3 Rd5 31. Rfc1 Rf5
32. Rf1 Rd5 (32... Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Rb8 34. Rxc5 Rxb3 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. Rc7 Rb1+
37. Ke2 Rb2+ 38. Kf3 Rb3+ 39. Kf4 Rb4+ 40. Ke5 Rxa4 41. Rxf7+ Kh6 42. Rf8 $18)
33. Rfc1 Rf5 34. Rxc5 Rxf6 35. b4 $1 Rf4 36. R1c4 Rxc4 37. Rxc4 Rd8 38. h4 Rd2
39. b5 Ra2 40. Kh2 $6 (40. g4 $1 Kf8 41. g5 $18) 40... Kg7 41. Kh3 Kh6 42. g4
$1 Ra3+ 43. Kg2 f5 44. gxf5 (44. g5+ $2 Kh5 45. Kf2 f4 46. Rxf4 a5 $1 47. bxa6
Rxa4 $10) 44... gxf5 45. Kf2 Kg6 46. Rc6+ Kh5 47. Rc4 Kg6 48. Rc6+ Kh5 49. Ra6
Kxh4 50. Rxa7 Rb3 51. Rb7 $1 Kg4 (51... Ra3 52. b6 Rxa4 53. Rb8 Rb4 54. b7 Kg4
55. Rg8+ $18) 52. a5 Rb2+ 53. Ke1 f4 54. a6 f3 55. a7 Ra2 56. b6 f2+ 57. Kf1
Kf3 58. Rf7+ Ke3 59. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Pamplona 9293 3rd"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Magem Badals, Jordi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kortschnoj} d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e4 Bb4 6. e5 Ne4 (6...
Nd5) 7. Qc2 Qd5 8. Be2 b5 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Bb7 11. a4 a6 12. Ba3 Nd7 13.
Rfe1 f5 (13... f6 $5) 14. Nh4 $1 O-O-O (14... Nb6 15. f3 Ng5 16. a5 Na4 17. Qc1
(17. Bc1 Nf7 18. Rxa4 bxa4 19. Qa2 Qd8 20. Nxf5 exf5 21. Bxc4 $44) 17... Qd8
$13) 15. f3 Ng5 $2 (15... g5 16. fxe4 Qxe4 (16... fxe4 $2 17. Nf3 exf3 18. Bxf3
$18) 17. Qb2 Qxh4 $132) 16. Be7 Nf7 17. Bxd8 Nxd8 18. f4 Nb6 19. Bf3 Qd7 20.
axb5 axb5 21. Bxb7+ Nxb7 22. Ra6 Qd5 23. Qb2 Kd7 24. Rb1 Kc6 25. Nf3 Ra8 26.
Rxa8 Nxa8 27. Ne1 Nb6 28. Nc2 Kd7 29. Ne3 Qe4 30. Qxb5+ Kd8 31. Nxc4 Nxc4 32.
Qxb7 Qe3+ 33. Kh1 Nd2 34. Qb8+ Kd7 35. Qb5+ Kd8 36. Ra1 Ke7 37. Qc5+ Kd7 38.
Qf8 Ne4 39. Qf7+ Kc6 40. Qxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Chalkidiki"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 $6 Nc6 $1 6. Bg5 $6 $146 (6. e4
Bg4 7. d5 Ne5 8. Be2 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 10. Qd4 Nfd7 $1 11. Be3 Bc5 12. Qd2 exd5
13. f4 Nd3+ 14. Bxd3 cxd3 15. Nxd5 c6 16. Nc3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Qe7 18. Qxd3 Nc5
19. Qe3 O-O-O $1 $17 {Ho-Adianto/Manila ol/1992/}) 6... h6 7. Bxf6 (7. Bh4 g5
8. Bg3 g4 9. Ne5 Qxd4 10. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 bxc6 12. Bxc7 Be6 $17) 7... exf6
8. e3 Na5 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 c6 12. Rad1 Qc7 (12... b5 13. d5 $1) (
12... Be6 $5 13. e4 Bg4) 13. d5 Rb8 $1 (13... c5 14. Nd2 $1 $10) 14. dxc6 (14.
Nd4 c5 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Bd6 17. g3 b5 $17) 14... bxc6 15. Rb1 Rd8 16. Na2
c5 $1 17. Nd2 (17. Bxc4 $2 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Be6 $19) 17... Qe5 $1 (17... Bf5 18.
Qxf5 Rxd2 19. Bf3 Rdxb2 20. Rxb2 Rxb2 21. Nc3 $17) 18. e4 (18. Nxc4 Bf5 $1 $19)
18... f5 19. Nxc4 (19. Nc3 fxe4 $17) 19... Nxc4 20. Bxc4 fxe4 21. Nc3 Bf5 22.
Rbe1 Rd4 23. b3 (23. Bxa6 $17) 23... Rbd8 24. Re2 Bg5 25. f4 Bxf4 26. g3 Bg5
27. Bxf7+ Kh8 (27... Kxf7 28. g4 $132) 28. Nb1 Bh3 29. Rfe1 Rf8 30. Bh5 (30.
Bc4 Qf5 31. Rf2 Be3 $1 32. Rxe3 Rd1+ $19) 30... e3 31. Na3 Qf6 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.04"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Ganguly, Surya Sekhar "]
[PlyCount "75"]
[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 "China"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 {A line that Duda has played
only once but then that was in an important game in the Polish Championship
2018 against Radek so naturally it was not a surprise and Ding turned out to
be well prepared for it.} 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8. Be2 Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qd2
$5 $146 {An interesting concept in this newly developing line. White first
brings his queen to the kingside and only then develops his bishop on c1.} (10.
Be3 {is more common} O-O 11. Qd2 (11. Nc3 Rb8 12. a3 Bb7 $132 {½-½ (61)
Mamedyarov,S (2801)-Caruana,F (2822) Saint Louis 2018}) 11... Rb8 12. Rfd1 Bb7
{was the first time Duda played this line.} 13. b3 a6 14. Nc3 cxb3 15. axb3 Nb4
$132 {0-1 (55) Wojtaszek,R (2750)-Duda,J (2724)Warsaw 2018}) ({Just the day
before the Wojtaszek - Duda game this position came up in another Wojtaszek
game but this time he was Black and tried this line against Gajewski. It’s
interesting to see that Duda actually next day decided to play the same line
which Wojtaszek himself played as Black.} 10. Na3 Bxa3 11. bxa3 Bb7 12. Be3 $13
{1/2-1/2 (41) Gajewski,G (2599)-Wojtaszek,R (2750) Warsaw 2018}) 10... O-O 11.
Qf4 Rb8 {[%cal Gb6d5] Duda kept on blitzing even after this new idea of
Qd2-Qf4 which underlines his depth of preparation against a novelty. Although
nowadays any move that is in the top three choices of the computer can hardly
be called a novelty.} 12. Nc3 f5 13. Qg3 {It was Ding who started to think for
the first time and he took a solid 22min to make this decision.} (13. exf6 Rxf6
14. Qe4 Nb4 {gives Black decent counterplay.}) 13... Kh8 {This time finally it
was Duda's turn to think and after about 15min he opted for the natural Kh8.} (
13... Qe8 $5 {The computer's suggestion}) 14. Rd1 Nb4 15. b3 cxb3 (15... Ba6
16. Bg5 {gives white some edge}) 16. axb3 a6 17. Bc4 Nc2 $1 {The practical
choice} (17... Qd7 18. Bg5 $14) (17... N6d5 18. Ne2 $14) 18. Ra2 (18. Rb1 {
The engine prefers this move but it is psychologically hard to keep the rook
on b1 instead of e2.}) 18... Nb4 19. Ra1 Nc2 20. Ra2 Nb4 21. Re2 a5 $1 {
Black now has got a strategically fine position and if White gives him some
more time to consolidate Black will then soon take over.} 22. d5 {Ding is a
very solid player (or else it would have been slightly difficult to remain
unbeaten for 14 months!) but he is also very good when there is total chaos on
the board. In fact he gets better when there is chaos on board and those are
the days when such games as Bai Jinshi - Ding Liren take place :)} exd5 {
After a long thought Duda chose not to exchange one knight. It was a tough
call. At first sight it looks as if exchanging a knight would have been safer.
It is hard to say if Duda didn't like something for N6d5 or at this stage he
was just getting more optimistic about his position.} (22... N6xd5 23. Nxd5 (
23. Bg5 Bxg5 24. Nxg5 h6 {is fine for Black}) (23. Bxd5 Nxd5 (23... exd5 24. e6
Rf6 25. Bf4 {Everything is equal according to the computer. From a human
perspective everything looks messy. Let’s just say White has good
compensation.}) 24. Nxd5 exd5 25. e6 Rxb3 26. Bf4 {also leads to similar
evaluation and similar conclusions.}) 23... exd5 (23... Nxd5 24. Bg5) 24. e6
Rf6 25. Ng5 Qe8 (25... Kg8 $5) 26. Rxd5 Nxd5 27. Bxd5 Bb7 28. Bc4 $44 {is just
one sample variation of the many wild lines which were possible}) 23. e6 Bd6 (
23... Rf6 $142 24. Bg5 (24. Ng5 Qf8) 24... Rxe6 25. Bb5 $1 (25. Rde1 dxc4 26.
Rxe6 Bxe6 27. Rxe6 N6d5 {favours Black}) 25... Rxe2 26. Nxe2 $44 {This is not
easy to evaluate properly during the game}) 24. Qh3 (24. Bf4 $1 Rb7 {Too
subtle a way to stop the e7 threat!} (24... dxc4 25. e7) (24... Qe7 25. Nxd5) (
24... Bxf4 25. Qxf4 Qe7 26. Bxd5 $14) 25. Nb5 $1 Bxf4 26. Qxf4 Qe7 27. Bd3 $14)
24... Qf6 $1 (24... Qe8 25. Nb5) 25. Nb5 $1 {After a long thought of 30min
Ding goes for the only way to maintain the balance.} dxc4 26. Nxd6 $6 {Right
intention but wrong move order. This will allow Black to seize the initiative.}
(26. Ng5 {The correct move order to get a similar position to what happened in
the game. Although Black will have some extra options here to equalise but he
won’t get an advantage.} h6 {This leads to massive complications and will be
hard to guess what both players saw here.} (26... Qg6 $2 27. Nxd6 cxd6 28. e7
Re8 {transposes to the game. Since Duda didn't see White's upcoming deep
combination which happened in the game most likely he would have opted for the
same line here too.}) 27. Nf7+ (27. Nxd6 cxd6 28. e7 Bd7 $1 (28... Re8 29. Qh5
$1 {We will be seeing this tactic a number of times} Rxe7 (29... Bd7 30. Rxd6
$18) 30. Qe8+ {is mate}) 29. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 30. Ne6 Bxe6 31. Bb2 (31. Rxd6 Rd8
$19) 31... Qg6 32. Rxd6 f4 {Practically I would prefer White here.}) 27... Kg8
(27... Rxf7 28. exf7 Bf8 (28... Bd7 29. Bb2 Qg6 30. Nxd6 cxd6 31. Qg3 Qxf7 32.
Qxd6 Nc6 33. Qxh6+ Kg8 34. Qg5 Re8 {holds the balance.}) 29. Re8 Qxf7 30. Rdd8
Nd7 {Only a computer can play like this. This is 0.00 but really has no
practical impact as such lines would never occur in a real game.}) 28. Bb2 Qg6
29. Nfxd6 cxd6 30. e7 Re8 31. Rxd6 Qg4 32. Qxg4 fxg4 {One thing I am certain
of is that if any of the players saw this line then they would have left it
after spotting Rg6 thinking it is winning for White with a guaranteed draw. As
Black no one would like to enter such a line and as White there is a secured
draw. Also, optically it looks winning. However, emotions are only for humans.
This position is 0.00 for the silicon mind.} 33. Nc7 (33. Rg6 c3 34. Bxc3 N6d5
35. Rxg7+ Kh8 $11) 33... Bd7 34. Rg6 N4d5 35. Rxg7+ Kh8 36. Nxd5 Nxd5 37. Be5
cxb3 $11) 26... cxd6 $2 {The losing move which even the computer fails to
understand initially. Ding once again started blitzing out from now on,
showing the confidence he has in his calculation.} (26... Bxe6 $1 27. Ng5 {
It is this move which must be the reason Duda didn't take on e6.} (27. Nxc4 {
The computer's first choice and clearly the best but I am sure this could not
have bothered Duda.} Nxc4 28. bxc4 Nc6 $1 $17) 27... Bg8 28. Re6 {and now it
all comes down to the psychological factor if Black would spot Qa1 and more
importantly would he believe that after playing such a move he will survive?
Only then would it be possible to play 26...Be6} Qa1 $1 {The only move and at
first glance it feels like this will lead to mate within 5-6 moves. On closer
inspection it turns out that not only there is no mate but Black is completely
winning now!} 29. Qh5 {[%cal Gc1e3]} (29. Nxf5 N6d5) 29... cxd6 {another only
move but by elimination this is easy} 30. Be3 Qxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Bxe6 32. Nxe6 Rf6
$19) 27. e7 $1 Re8 (27... Bd7 28. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 29. bxc4 Nxc4 30. Rd4 $1 $18)
28. Ng5 Qg6 (28... h6 {is the same position we analysed before where White
wins with the nice Qh5 trick.}) 29. Rxd6 $1 f4 $1 {only way to stay in the
game.} 30. Qh4 $1 (30. Rxg6 Bxh3 31. Nf7+ Kg8 32. Nh6+ {A spectacular
perpetual but by now Ding smelled blood.}) 30... Qb1 31. Re1 (31. Qxf4 $1 {
A killer blow with an amazing piece of tactics.} Bd7 32. Rf6 $3 {[%cal Gf6f8]
It is easy to overlook this nice intermediate move.} (32. Rxb6 Nd5 $19 {
must be the reason why Ding didn't opt for this.}) 32... Kg8 33. Rxb6 $1 $18 {
No more Nd5 due to Qf7!}) 31... Bf5 (31... Bd7 {is the lesser evil but even
here if White finds the following strong move Black is totally busted.} 32. f3
{[%cal Gc1f4]}) 32. Rd8 {The rest is simple} Bg6 (32... Nc6 33. Qxf4 $18) 33.
Rxb8 Rxb8 34. Qxf4 Rg8 35. Nf7+ Bxf7 36. Qxf7 Nd7 37. e8=Q Nf6 38. Bg5 {
Very creative and impressive game by Ding.} 1-0

[Event "Taastrup"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Hutters, Tomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 e6 6. e4 exd5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 Qd8 11. Bxc4 Nc6 12. Qc2 (12. Qa4 $5) 12... Qa5+ 13.
Kf1 Nf8 14. Ne3 {N} (14. Nf4 Ne6 15. Nxe6 Bxe6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Rd1 Nd4 18.
Qc4 O-O 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 $15 {Sosonko-Marjanovic Reggio Emilia 1985}
) (14. Ng5 Be6 15. Ne4 O-O-O 16. Nd6+ Kb8 17. f4 f6 $13 {Razuvaev-Garcia
Palermo Dortmund 1985}) 14... Ng6 15. Ng5 Ncxe5 16. Re1 O-O 17. h4 Nxc4 18.
Nxc4 Qa6 19. h5 Bf5 20. Qxf5 Qxc4+ 21. Kg1 Qf4 22. Qxc5 Rfe8 $4 (22... Rac8 $10
) 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. g3 {Hansen,C} (24. g3 Qe5 25. hxg6 $1 Qxc5 26. gxh7+ Kh8
27. Nxf7#) 1-0

[Event "NED-ch49"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.06.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Gisbergen, Stan"]
[Black "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1994.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 e5 8.
Ndb5 Kd8 9. Be3 Be6 10. Nxa7 Nbd7 11. f3 Bb4 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Kc7 14. a4
b6 15. a5 Rhb8 16. Be2 Kb7 17. Nb5 Kc6 18. Na3 Rxa5 19. Kf2 Rba8 20. Nc2 Rxa1
21. Rxa1 Rxa1 22. Nxa1 Nc5 23. Ke1 Nfd7 24. Nc2 Na4 25. Kd2 Ndc5 26. Nb4+ Kd6
27. g4 f6 28. Kc2 Nb3 29. h4 Nac5 30. Kb2 b5 31. h5 h6 32. Bd1 Na5 33. Bc2 Nd3+
34. Ka3 Ne1 35. Bd1 Nc6 36. Na6 Nd3 37. Be2 b4+ 38. Nxb4 Ndxb4 39. cxb4 Nd4 40.
Bd1 c3 41. Bxd4 exd4 42. Bb3 d3 43. Bxe6 Kxe6 44. Kb3 c2 45. Kb2 Ke5 46. b5 Kd4
(46... Kd6 $2 47. f4 Kc5 48. f5 Kxb5 49. e5 fxe5 50. g5 e4 51. gxh6 gxh6 52. f6
e3 53. f7 e2 54. f8=Q e1=Q 55. Qb8+ $10) 47. b6 Ke3 48. b7 Kd2 49. b8=Q c1=Q+
50. Ka2 Qc2+ 51. Ka3 Kc1 52. Qf4+ d2 53. Qe3 Qc4 54. e5 Kc2 0-1

[Event "Mitropa Cup 21st"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2002.05.07"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.05.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8. axb5
Nb6 9. Be3 Bb7 10. bxa6 Rxa6 11. Rxa6 Nxa6 12. Bxc4 Nxc4 13. Qa4+ Qd7 14. Qxc4
Nb4 (14... Be7 15. O-O O-O 16. Ra1 Nb4 17. Nd2 Rd8 {1/2-1/2 Pert,N-Zalkind,K/
Witley 1999/CBM 71 ext (17)}) 15. Qb5 Qxb5 16. Nxb5 Nd3+ $2 (16... Bc6 17. Nc3
Be7 (17... Nd3+ 18. Ke2 Nxb2 19. Rb1 Nc4 20. Rb8+ $16) 18. Kd2 Kd7 19. Ra1 Rb8
$6 (19... Bxf3 $5 20. gxf3 Rb8 $14) 20. Ne1 $1 Nd5 21. Nd3 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Bxg2
23. Rg1 Be4 24. Rxg7 Bg6 25. Nf4 $16 {1-0 Balinov,I-Stevic,H/Leipzig 2002 (42)}
) 17. Kd2 Nxb2 18. Rc1 $1 Be4 (18... Bb4+ 19. Kc2 c6 20. Kxb2 cxb5 21. Rc7 Ba6
22. Ng5 $1 O-O 23. Kb3 Be1 24. Nf3 Ba5 25. Ra7 $18) (18... c6 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20.
exd6 $18 {[%cal Gc1b1]}) 19. Nxc7+ Kd7 (19... Kd8 20. Bg5+ Be7 21. Bxe7+ Kxe7
22. Ng5 Bf5 (22... Bxg2 23. Ncxe6 fxe6 24. Rc7+ $18) 23. Nb5 Rd8 24. Nd6 $18)
20. Na6 $1 $18 f6 21. Rc7+ Kd8 (21... Ke8 22. Nc5 $18) 22. Bg5 $1 {[%mdl 64]
Spectacular and at the same time the strongest move that gives White a quick
victory.} fxg5 (22... Bb4+ 23. Ke3) 23. Nxg5 Bg6 (23... Bd3 24. Nxe6+ Ke8 25.
Nac5 Bf5 26. Rb7 Nc4+ 27. Kc3 Na5 28. Rc7 $18 {[%csl Ra5]}) 24. Nxe6+ Ke8 25.
d5 Bf7 26. Nxf8 Bxd5 (26... Kxf8 27. e6 Be8 28. d6 $18) (26... Rxf8 27. Rc8+
Ke7 28. d6+ $18) 27. Ng6 $1 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shinkevich, Vitaly"]
[Black "Mirovshchikov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 e6 6. e4 exd5 7. e5 d4 8. exf6 (
8. Bxc4 $5 Ng4 (8... dxc3 9. Bxf7+ Ke7 10. exf6+ gxf6 11. Bd5 (11. Qb3 Qb6 12.
O-O Qxb3 13. Bxb3 Bf5 14. bxc3 Nc6 15. Bf4 Rd8 16. Rfe1+ Kd7 17. Nh4 {1-0
Schroer,J-Blankenau,M/Philadelphia 1987/EXT 97 (17)}) 11... Bg7 12. O-O Re8 13.
Re1+ Kf8 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8 15. Bf4 Qd7 16. bxc3 $16 {1-0 Solin,N-Andersson,C/
Hallsberg 1991/EXT 97 (49)}) 9. Qb3 (9. h3 Nc6 10. hxg4 dxc3 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. e6
fxe6 13. bxc3 Bd7 14. Qc2 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 16. Be3 O-O-O 17. Rh5 Qc7 18. Rxh7
Rxh7 19. Qxh7 Qe5 20. Rc1 Bc6 $15 {1-0 Casafus,R-Abramson,H/Buenos Aires 1990/
EXT 97 (30)}) 9... Qd7 10. h3 Nc6 11. hxg4 Na5 12. Bxf7+ Qxf7 13. Qxf7+ Kxf7
14. Ng5+ Kg6 15. Nce4 Bxg4 16. f3 Bf5 17. g4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Re8 19. f4 Kf7 20.
Kf2 Nc6 $17 {1-0 Schaeffner,C-Erler,R/Germany 1995/GER-chT2 (39)}) 8... dxc3 9.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Ng5 (10. Bg5 Ke8 (10... Kc7 11. bxc3 Be6 12. Bf4+ (12. Ne5 h6
13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Bd6 15. O-O-O Bxe5 16. Bxe5+ Kb6 {1/2-1/2 Grynfeld,
I-Grabczewski,R/Krakow 1953/EXT 2002 (16)}) 12... Kc8 13. Ne5 b5 14. Be2 a5 15.
Bf3 Ra6 16. O-O-O gxf6 17. Nxf7 Bxf7 18. Bg4+ Be6 19. Rhe1 Bh6 20. Bxe6+ Rxe6
21. Bxh6 Rhe8 22. Rxe6 Rxe6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Rabinovich,A-Piip,T/Szombathely 1993/
TD (46)}) 11. O-O-O cxb2+ 12. Kxb2 Nc6 13. Bxc4 Be6 14. Rhe1 Rg8 15. Bxe6 fxe6
16. f7+ Kxf7 17. Rd7+ Kg6 18. g4 Re8 19. Rxb7 Bd6 $15 {0-1 Abramov,
A-Mirovshchikov,S/Tula RUS 2002/(45)}) 10... Be6 11. Nxe6+ fxe6 12. Bg5 (12.
Bxc4 Kd7 13. O-O gxf6 14. Rd1+ Bd6 15. bxc3 Nc6 16. Bf4 e5 17. Bh6 Rhd8 18. Rd3
Kc7 19. Rh3 e4 20. Re1 Re8 21. Bd5 Re5 22. c4 Nb4 23. Bf4 $2 Rxd5 $19 {0-1
Fokin,S-Chernitsyn,I/RUS-sf Ekaterinburg 1996 (31)}) 12... Ke8 13. O-O-O (13.
Bxc4 Kf7 14. bxc3 gxf6 $17) 13... cxb2+ 14. Kb1 $1 h6 $2 (14... c3 15. Bc4 (15.
Rd8+ Kf7 16. Bf4 gxf6 17. Rxb8 Rxb8 18. Bxb8 Bh6 19. Bxa7 Ra8 20. Bb6 Rxa2 $19)
15... Kf7 16. Rhe1 gxf6 17. Bxe6+ Kg6 18. Bf4 Bh6 (18... Nc6 19. Rd3 Bh6 20.
Rg3+ Bg5 21. h4 h6 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Bd6 $16) 19. Bxh6 Kxh6 20. Rd3 Re8 21. Re4
Kg7 22. Rxc3 $36) 15. Rd8+ Kf7 16. Bh4 gxf6 17. Bxc4 $32 Bg7 (17... Ke7 18. Re1
Kxd8 19. Bxf6+ Kc7 20. Bxh8 Nc6 21. Rxe6 $16) 18. Rhd1 Re8 (18... Nc6 19. R8d7+
Kg6 20. Bxe6 Rad8 21. g4 $1 $16) 19. Rxe8 Kxe8 20. Bxe6 a5 $1 (20... Nc6 21.
Rd7 Nd4 22. Bh3 (22. Rxg7 Nxe6 23. Rxb7 $16) 22... Kf8 23. Rxb7 $16) 21. Bg3 (
21. Kxb2 Ra6 22. Bf5 Nc6 $13) 21... a4 (21... f5 $142 22. Bxf5 Nc6 23. Bd6 Kf7
24. Bxc5 Re8 $132) 22. Kxb2 $16 f5+ 23. Kc1 Nc6 24. Rd7 Nd4 25. Rxg7 Nxe6 26.
Rxb7 {[%csl Ra4,Rc5,Rf5,Rh6]} Ra6 27. Be5 Nd8 28. Rc7 Rc6 29. Rxc6 Nxc6 30. Bd6
Nb4 (30... c4 31. Bc5 $1 (31. Kd2 Nd4 $132) 31... Kd7 32. Kb2 Ke6 33. Ka3 $16)
31. Kd2 $1 Na6 (31... Nxa2 32. Bxc5 Kd7 33. Kc2 Kc6 34. Bf8 $18 {[%csl Ra2]})
32. Kc3 Kd7 33. Bf8 h5 34. Kc4 Kc6 35. a3 $1 Kb6 36. g3 Kc6 37. h3 Kb6 38. f3
Kc6 39. g4 fxg4 40. fxg4 hxg4 41. hxg4 Nc7 42. Bxc5 Ne6 43. Be3 {[%csl Ra4]}
Nf8 44. Kb4 Kb7 45. Kxa4 Ka6 46. Kb4 Ng6 47. Bd4 Nf4 48. a4 Ne6 49. Be3 Nf8 50.
Bd2 Ne6 51. Kc4 Nf8 52. Kd5 Ng6 53. Ke4 Kb6 54. Be1 Kc6 55. Kf5 Ne7+ 56. Ke6
Ng6 57. Bg3 Nf8+ 58. Kf7 Nh7 59. Bf4 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "2000.03.10"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Manor, Ilan"]
[Black "Zilberman, Yaacov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2000.01.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tel Aviv Ironi"]
[BlackTeam "Herzliya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. Ng5 f6 8. Nge4 (
8. Qf3 e6 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Qxd5 Bb4+ 12. Kd1 Nc6 13. Be3 Bf5 14.
Nf7 Rf8 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Qxa8+ Ke7 17. Qa7 Qc6 18. Bd2 Bg4+ 19. f3 Bxf3+ 20.
gxf3 Qxf3+ $11 {1/2-1/2 Groenn,A-Formanek,E/Gausdal 1991/TD (26)}) (8. Nh3 Bxh3
9. Qh5+ g6 10. Qxh3 Nb4 $17 {0-1 Edel,T-Bathke,J/Germany 1990/EXT 97-B (22)}) (
8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Be2 c6 10. Bf3 Qd8 11. exf6 exf6 12. Qe2+ Be7 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14.
Qxe6 Qd7 15. Qe2 O-O 16. O-O Ra7 17. a4 Rc7 18. Bd2 Bd6 19. axb5 axb5 $15 {
1-0 Rogers,I-Garcia Palermo,C/Dortmund 1985/MCL (34)}) (8. exf6 exf6 9. Qe2+
Be7 10. Qe4 c6 11. Ne6 Bxe6 12. Qxe6 Nb4 13. Be3 Nc2+ 14. Kd2 Nxa1 15. Be2 Qd7
16. Qe4 O-O 17. Rxa1 f5 {0-1 Clausen,S-Fridjonsson,J/Copenhagen 1985/MCD (17)})
8... Nc6 $1 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gc6d4,Gd8d4]} 9. Be2 Ndb4 (9... fxe5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5
11. Bf3 $44) 10. a3 Nd3+ 11. Bxd3 cxd3 12. O-O f5 $1 (12... Qxd4 13. exf6 exf6
14. Qh5+ Kd8 15. Be3 $44 {[%cal Ga1d1,Gd1d8]}) 13. Ng5 (13. d5 fxe4 (13... Nxe5
14. Ng5 c5 15. Re1 $44) 14. dxc6 Bf5 15. Re1 (15. Be3 e6 16. f3 exf3 17. Qxf3
Be7 $17) 15... Qd4 16. e6 $44) 13... Nxd4 (13... Qxd4 14. Qf3 (14. e6 $5) 14...
Qc4 15. Rd1 $36) 14. Qxd3 e6 15. Ne2 (15. Rd1 c5 16. b4 Ra7 $1 $17) 15... c5 (
15... Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 $36 {[%cal Gf1d1]}) 16. Rd1 Be7 (16... Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Qc7
18. Bf4) 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Qf3 (18. Nf3 $5 O-O (18... Qd5 19. Qe2) (18... Bb7
19. Nxd4 Qd5 20. Qg3) 19. Nxd4 $36 {[%csl Re6]}) 18... Ra7 19. Qh5+ (19. Be3
Bxg5 20. Rxd4 Rd7 21. Rxd7 Bxd7 22. Qh5+ g6 23. Qxg5 Qxg5 24. Bxg5 Bc6 (24...
h6) 25. Rc1 (25. Rd1 Bd5 $11) 25... Kd7) 19... g6 20. Qh6 Bf8 21. Qh4 Rd7 22.
Qg3 Rd5 (22... Qb6) 23. h4 Qd7 (23... d3 24. Bf4 (24. h5 d2) 24... h6 25. Nf3
Rg8 26. Rd2 g5 27. hxg5 hxg5 28. Nxg5 (28. Bxg5 Bh6 29. Bxd8 Rxg3 30. fxg3 Bxd2
31. Nxd2 Kxd8 $17) 28... Be7 29. Rc1 Bd7 $17) 24. Bf4 Bb7 25. Rac1 Be7 (25...
h6 26. Ne4 (26. Nf3 g5 (26... Rg8 27. Rd3 $132) (26... Kf7 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 28.
Nxd4 Qxd4 29. Rc7+ Be7 30. Rxb7 $14 g5 $140 31. Bxg5 hxg5 32. Qxg5 $18) 27.
hxg5 hxg5 28. Nxg5 (28. Bxg5 Qh7 29. Qh4 Qxh4 30. Bxh4 (30. Nxh4 Rg8 31. Rc7 (
31. Bf6 Rd7 $15) 31... Rg7 $15) 30... Rd7 31. Bf6 Rg8 32. Rxd4 Rxd4 33. Nxd4
Rxg2+ 34. Kf1 $11)) 26... fxe4 27. Qxg6+ Qf7 28. Qxf7+ Kxf7 29. Rc7+ Kg6 30.
Rxb7 d3 $17) 26. Nf3 Bd8 (26... O-O 27. h5 $40) 27. Bg5 O-O 28. h5 $44 Qg7 29.
Rxd4 Bxg5 30. Qxg5 gxh5 (30... Rxd4 31. Nxd4 Qxe5 32. Nc6 Bxc6 33. Rxc6 $36)
31. Rxd5 Bxd5 32. Rc7 $1 Qg6 33. Qxg6+ hxg6 34. Ng5 f4 35. Nh7 $11 Rf5 (35...
Rf7 $142 36. Nf6+ Kg7 37. Ne8+ Kf8 38. Rc8 $11) 36. Nf6+ Kf8 37. Ra7 h4 38. f3
h3 39. Kh2 (39. Rxa6 hxg2 40. Kxg2 Ke7 41. Ra7+ Kd8 $11) 39... hxg2 40. Kxg2
Rg5+ 41. Kf2 Rg3 42. Nxd5 exd5 43. Rxa6 Rh3 (43... Ke7 $1 44. Rb6 Rh3 45. Rxb5
Ke6 46. a4 Kxe5 47. a5 Rh2+ 48. Ke1 Kd4 49. a6 Rh1+ 50. Kf2 Ra1 51. Rb6 Ra2 52.
Ke2 g5 $132) 44. Rf6+ ({The White miss possibility to get big advantage by the
move} 44. Rxg6 $1 {because the pawn endgame after} Rh2+ 45. Rg2 Rxg2+ 46. Kxg2
Ke7 47. Kf2 Ke6 48. Ke2 Kxe5 49. Kd3 $18 {is winning for the White.}) 44... Ke7
45. Rxf4 Rh2+ 46. Ke3 Rxb2 $11 47. Rf6 g5 48. Rg6 Rb3+ 49. Kd4 (49. Kd4 Rxf3
50. Kxd5 Rd3+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 Bb7 8. e6
fxe6 9. Be2 {On having slowed Black's development on the previous move, White
is gradually bringing his pieces to the places best suited for an imminent
attack on the K} (9. Ne4 Nb4 (9... Nb6 10. Nc5 Bd5 11. Ne5 g6 12. Qg4 N8d7 13.
Qf4 Nf6 14. h4 Bg7 15. h5 $44 {1-0 Cramling,P-Karpatchev,A/Osterskars 1995/EXT
97 (28)}) (9... Ne3 10. fxe3 Bxe4 11. Ng5 Qd5 12. Nxe4 Qxe4 13. axb5 axb5 14.
Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Qh5+ $18 {1-0 Orsag,M-Taus,M/Trinec 1998/EXT 99 (51)}) (9... Nd7
10. Nfg5 e5 11. Ne6 Qc8 12. N6c5 Nxc5 13. Nxc5 exd4 14. Qxd4 e6 15. Nxb7 Qxb7
$17 {1-0 Neuman,P-Feoktistov,A/ECU-ch (57)}) 10. Nc5 (10. Neg5 Qd7 (10... Qd5
11. Be2 N8c6 12. Bd2 h6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8+ Bxa8 $17 {0-1 Blees,A-Osterman,
R/Portoroz 1995/CBM 46 ext (32)}) 11. Bd2 N8c6 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8+ Bxa8 14.
b3 Nd3+ 15. Bxd3 cxd3 16. O-O Qd5 17. Qa1 Bb7 18. Rc1 $44 {1-0 Cooper,
J-Findlay,D/Ayr 1978/EXT 99 (25)}) 10... Bxf3 11. gxf3 N8c6 12. Nxe6 Qd6 13. d5
Qe5+ 14. Be3 Nd8 15. axb5 Nxe6 16. dxe6 Rd8 (16... Qxe6 17. Qa4 a5 18. Rc1
O-O-O 19. Bxc4 $18 {1-0 Ulanovski-Lubichich/CC URS-YUG 1990 (26)}) 17. Qa4 Qxb2
18. bxa6+ c6 19. Rc1 g6 20. Bxc4 Bg7 21. O-O {1-0 Gufeld,E-Kogan,B/Kiev 1964/
EXT 2003 (21)}) (9. Ng5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qd5 11. Qg4 Qf5 12. Be2 Kd7 13. Qg3 $16 {
0-1 Szemeti,A-Zalai,M/Budapest 2002/CBM 87 ext (61)}) (9. axb5 Nxc3 10. bxc3
axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. Ne5 Qd5 13. Ng4 g6 14. Ne3 Qd6 15. Be2 Bg7 $17 {0-1
Hedman,E-Najer,E/Chania 1994/EXT 97 (23)}) (9. Ne5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 (10. Qh5+ g6
11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qxh8 Ne4 13. Bh6 Nd7 14. Qg8 Nd6 {1/2-1/2 Ikonnikov,
V-Zakharov,V/Tula 2000/EXT 2002 (14)}) 10... g6 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13.
Bxc4 bxc4 14. Qa4+ Bc6 15. Nxc6 Qd7 16. Qa8 Qxc6 17. Qxb8+ Kf7 18. O-O Bg7 $15
{0-1 Florean,A-Fedorchuk,S/Calicut 1998/CBM 67 ext (40)}) (9. g3 Nb4 10. Be2
Nd3+ 11. Bxd3 cxd3 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. O-O b4 15. Ne5 bxc3 16. Qa4+
Bc6 17. Nxc6 Qd7 18. Qa8 Qxc6 19. Qxb8+ Kf7 20. bxc3 Qxc3 $15 {1/2-1/2 Genov,
P-Zhang Pengxiang/Cappelle la Grande FRA 2005/(74)}) 9... Nxc3 (9... c5 10.
dxc5 Nd7 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. Nxb5 Qa5+ 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 g6 16.
Qd4 Rg8 17. Qxc4 $16 {Soffer,R-Dao Thien Hai/Budapest 1993/CBM 37 ext/1/2-1/2 
(125)}) (9... g6 10. Ne4 Nf6 11. Nc5 Qc8 12. Nxb7 Qxb7 13. Ng5 Bh6 14. Bf3 c6
15. Nxe6 $18 {1-0 Then,A-Zahl,H/corr 1998/Corr 2002 (20)}) 10. bxc3 Qd5 11. Ng5
{White is changing his plan trying to take advantage of an untimely appearance
of the Q on "d5".} (11. Bf4 Nd7 12. Bxc7 g6 13. O-O Bg7 14. Re1 e5 15. Bxe5
Nxe5 16. dxe5 O-O $11 {1/2-1/2 Taimanov,M-Novopashin,A/Leningrad 1963/URS-ch 
(33)}) (11. O-O Nc6 12. Re1 (12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8+ Bxa8 14. Re1 g6 15. Ng5
Nxd4 16. Bf1 h6 17. cxd4 hxg5 18. Re5 Qd6 $17 {0-1 Mamedyarov,S-Zhang
Pengxiang/Dubai UAE 2005/The Week in Chess 544 (45)}) 12... g6 13. Nh4 Bg7 14.
axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8+ Bxa8 16. Bg4 e5 17. Bf3 Qd6 18. d5 Nd8 19. Be4 O-O 20. Bg5
Nf7 21. Nf3 e6 $19 {0-1 Cebalo,M-Zaja,I/Porec 1998/EXT 99 (29)}) 11... Qxg2 12.
Rf1 Bd5 13. axb5 (13. Bf4 b4 14. Bg4 h6 15. Bh3 Qxg5 16. Bxg5 hxg5 17. Bg4 Nc6
18. cxb4 Nxb4 19. Be2 Rh4 20. Rc1 Re4 21. Rc3 Nd3+ 22. Rxd3 cxd3 23. Qxd3 e5 {
1/2-1/2 Polugaevsky,L-Szabo,L/Budapest 1965/EXT 99 (23)}) 13... a5 {Black
can't let the N land on "e6", but now his pawn-structure is hopelessly ruined.}
(13... axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15. Bf4 g6 16. Nxe6 Na6 17. Qa1 Bb7 18. Qa5 Qc6 19.
d5 Qd7 20. Be5 Rg8 21. f4 $44 {1-0 Bronstein,D-Ljavdansky,V/Kiev 1964/URS-ch 
(42)}) (13... g6 $5 14. bxa6 Bh6 15. Nxe6 Bxc1 16. Nxc7+ Kd8 17. Nxd5 (17. Nxa8
Bb2 $17) 17... Qxd5 18. Qxc1 Rxa6 19. Rxa6 Nxa6 20. Qa3 Nc7 21. Qb4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Vranesic,Z-Clarke,P/La Habana 1966/EXT 99/(50)}) 14. Bf4 (14. Bg4 $1
Qxh2 (14... c6 15. Bf4 h6 16. Bh3 Qxf1+ 17. Bxf1 hxg5 18. Bxb8 Rxb8 19. bxc6
$18) 15. Nxe6 Bxe6 16. Bxe6 $18) 14... h6 15. Bf3 (15. Bh5+ g6 (15... Kd7 16.
Bf3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Kd8 18. Rg1 Qh3 19. Ne5 $18) 16. Bxg6+ Kd7 17. Nf7 Rg8 18.
Qh5 Kc8 19. Ne5 Nd7 $132) 15... Bxf3 16. Qxf3 $1 {Once more, White is changing
his plan - he is heading for an endgame, where Black's pawn weaknesses will
fall an easy prey.} (16. Nxf3 g5 (16... Nd7 17. Bxc7 $16) 17. Bxc7 Bg7 18. Rg1
Qh3 19. Qe2 O-O 20. Rg3 Qf5 $16) 16... Qxf3 17. Nxf3 e5 (17... Kd8 18. Ne5 Kc8
19. Nxc4 $18) 18. Nxe5 g5 19. Bg3 a4 20. Nxc4 Nd7 21. Ke2 (21. Bxc7 $1 Rc8 22.
Be5 Nxe5 (22... Rxc4 23. Bxh8 Rxc3 24. Rxa4 Rb3 25. Ra5 e5 26. Ke2 $18) (22...
Rg8 23. Rxa4 $18) 23. Nxe5 Bg7 (23... Rxc3 24. Rxa4 $18) 24. Nc6 $18) 21... h5
22. Kd3 (22. Bxc7 Rc8 23. Be5 $18) 22... Ra7 23. Ra2 e6 (23... Bg7 $5 24. Rfa1
(24. f4 h4 25. Be1 Rf8 $132) 24... h4 25. Be5 Bxe5 26. Nxe5 Nxe5+ 27. dxe5 O-O
$132) 24. Rfa1 h4 25. Be5 Nxe5+ 26. Nxe5 a3 27. c4 Bd6 28. Ng4 (28. Nc6 Ra4 29.
h3 Rf8 30. c5 Rf3+ 31. Ke2 Rb3 32. cxd6 cxd6 $44) 28... Rf8 (28... Bb4 $5 29.
Ne5 (29. Re2 O-O 30. Raa2 Rf4 31. Ne5 Bd6 32. Nc6 Ra4 33. Kc3 Rf3+ 34. Re3 Rxf2
35. Rxf2 a2 36. Re1 a1=Q+ 37. Rxa1 Rxa1 $132) 29... Bd6 30. Nc6 Ra4 31. h3 Rf8
$1 32. c5 Rf3+ 33. Ke2 Rb3 34. cxd6 cxd6 $44) 29. c5 Be7 $2 (29... Rf3+ 30. Ke2
Rf4 31. h3 Be7 32. Rxa3 (32. Ke3 Ra4 33. Rxa3 Raxd4 34. Ra8+ Rd8 35. Rxd8+ Bxd8
36. Ne5 Rf5 37. Nd3 Be7 38. Rc1 $16) 32... Rxa3 33. Rxa3 Rxd4 34. Ra8+ Kf7 (
34... Rd8 35. Rxd8+ Kxd8 36. c6 $16) 35. Rc8 Rb4 36. Ne5+ Kf6 37. Nd7+ Kg6 38.
b6 cxb6 39. c6 Bd6 40. c7 Bxc7 41. Rxc7 Kf5 $16) 30. Ne5 $18 Ra5 31. Rxa3 Rxb5
32. Ra8+ Bd8 33. Rxd8+ (33. R1a6 $18) 33... Kxd8 34. Ra8+ Ke7 35. Ng6+ Kf7 36.
Nxf8 Rb3+ 37. Ke2 Rh3 38. Nd7 Rxh2 39. Ne5+ Ke7 40. Rc8 Rh1 41. Rxc7+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Ovetchkin, Roman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 e6 6. e4 exd5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 Qd8 11. Qc2 Nb6 12. O-O-O Nxd5 13. Bxc4 Qe7 (13...
Be6 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 (14... Qe7 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Qxc5 $18 {Lukacs,P-Pekarek,A/
Polanica Zdroj 1986/Inf 42 (22)}) 15. Qxc5 Na6 16. Qxd5 Qc8+ 17. Kb1 O-O 18.
Qe4 h6 19. Nd4 Nc5 20. Qc2 $18 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Diani,J/Cordoba 1992/EXT 98 (52)
}) (13... O-O {-the main continuation.}) 14. Rxd5 (14. Bxd5 Nc6 (14... O-O 15.
h4 Na6 16. Ng5 g6 17. Qc4 Nc7 18. f4 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Bg4 20. Qd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6
Rad8 22. Ne4 Kg7 23. Re1 b6 24. Re3 Bf5 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Nd6 Be6 27. Rd3 Rf8
28. b3 f6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Polajzer,D-Sermek,D/Ptuj 1995/EXT 2000 (40)}) 15. Bxc6+
bxc6 16. Rd6 Be6 17. Qxc5 O-O 18. Rxc6 Qb7 19. Kb1 Rab8 20. Qc3 Rfd8 21. Rc7
Qa6 22. a3 Rd3 23. Rxa7 Qb6 {0-1 Hynes,K-Ryan,J/Kilkenny 1997/CBM 61 ext (23)})
14... Nc6 (14... O-O $5 15. Bd3 $1 (15. Rxc5 Bf5 16. Qc3 b6 17. Rd5 Rc8 $44)
15... Na6 16. a3 Be6 17. Bxh7+ (17. Rd6 h6 18. Rd1 $14) 17... Kh8 18. Rd6 g6
19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qxg6 Bf5 21. Qh5+ Bh7 22. Rhd1 $44) 15. Rxc5 (15. Bb5 Be6 16.
Rxc5 O-O 17. Bxc6 bxc6 $44) 15... O-O 16. Qc3 (16. Bd3 $5 Nb4 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18.
Rc7 Qd8 19. Rd1 Nxc2 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Bxc2 $44) 16... Bf5 17. b3 (17. Rd1 Rac8
18. Rd6 Nb8 $1 $44 {[%cal Yc8c1]}) 17... Rac8 18. Kb2 Nb4 $44 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 {
[%cal Yb7b5]} 20. Rd1 Be6 (20... b5 21. Nd4 Bg4 (21... Bd7 22. Nxb5 Bxb5 23.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 24. Qxc8 Qxe5+ 25. Qc3 $11) 22. f3 bxc4 23. fxg4 Qb7 24. bxc4 Nd5+
25. Qb3 Nb6 26. Ka1 $11) 21. Rd6 (21. Nd4 $5 Bxc4 22. bxc4 Qc5 23. e6 $36)
21... b5 22. Qxb4 bxc4 $17 {The insecure position of the opponent's K provides
Black with more than sufficient compensation for his own pawn disadvantage} 23.
Rb6 (23. Nd4 c3+ 24. Kb1 Qg5 $17) 23... Qd8 24. Rd6 Qc7 25. Qc3 Qc5 26. Rd2 Qb6
{[%csl Rb2]} 27. b4 (27. Rc2 Bf5 28. Rc1 Qxf2+ 29. Ka1 h6 $17) 27... a5 28. a3
axb4 29. axb4 Qb7 30. Nd4 Qxg2 31. f3 Qg1 32. Nc2 (32. Nxe6 fxe6 $17) 32... h6
33. Na3 Bf5 34. b5 Qc5 35. Rd6 Be6 36. Ra6 $2 Rd8 $19 37. Qa5 Qxe5+ 38. Qc3
Rd2+ 39. Nc2 Qxb5+ 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 89th"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "2002.08.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ward, Christopher"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2002.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8. axb5
Nb6 9. b3 Bb4 10. Bd2 Bb7 (10... cxb3 11. Qxb3 a5 12. Be2 Bb7 13. O-O O-O 14.
Qc2 h6 15. Rfc1 c6 16. Ne4 cxb5 17. Bxh6 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 gxh6 19. Bd3 f5 20. exf6
Ra7 21. Qg6+ Kh8 22. Qxh6+ Kg8 23. Qg6+ Kh8 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. Qg4+ Kh8 26. Qh3+
Kg8 27. Qxe6+ Rff7 28. Bg6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Sulava,N-Rowson,J/Pula CRO 2002/(43)})
11. bxa6 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qxd4 13. Bxc4 (13. a7 O-O 14. Bxc4 Rxa7 15. Rxa7 Nxc4
16. bxc4 Qxa7 $15 {[%csl Rc4,Re5]}) 13... O-O 14. Qe3 $1 (14. Be2 Nd5 15. Ra4
Nc6 $17) 14... Qxe3+ 15. fxe3 Nxc4 16. bxc4 Rxa6 17. Rxa6 Nxa6 18. Ke2 $11 {
/=/+} Nb8 19. Nd5 $1 Bxd2 (19... exd5 20. Bxb4 c5 21. Bxc5 Rc8 22. Bd6 dxc4 $11
) 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21. Kxd2 Nd7 22. Nc6 f6 $6 (22... Ra8 $11) 23. exf6 Rxf6 $11 24.
Ke2 (24. Ra1 h5 25. Ra7 Rf2+ 26. Kd3 Rxg2 27. Rxc7 $14) 24... h5 25. Rd1 Nb6
26. Rc1 Kh7 27. c5 Nd5 28. g3 Rf5 29. Rc4 (29. e4 $18) 29... Rg5 30. e4 Nf6 31.
Nd8 h4 32. Nxe6 Re5 33. Nxc7 Nxe4 34. Rc1 Re7 35. Kf3 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (35. Na8
Nxc5+ 36. Kf3 $11) 35... Nd2+ 36. Kg4 Rxc7 $17 37. Kxh4 Nb3 38. Rc3 Nxc5 39. g4
Ne6 40. Rxc7 Nxc7 41. Kg5 Ne6+ 42. Kf5 Nd4+ 43. Ke4 Ne2 44. h4 Kg6 45. Ke5 Nc3
46. Kd4 Nd1 47. Ke5 Nf2 48. Kf4 Kf6 49. g5+ $6 (49. Kf3 Nd3 50. Ke4 $17) 49...
Ke6 50. Kf3 (50. h5 Nd3+ 51. Ke3 Ne5 52. Ke4 Nf7 53. Kf4 Nd6 54. h6 g6 $19)
50... Nd3 51. Ke4 Ne5 52. h5 Nf7 53. Kf4 Nd6 54. Kg4 Ke5 55. g6 Nf5 56. Kg5 Nh6
0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 33rd"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1998.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Zilberman, Yaacov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8. axb5
Nb6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. bxa6 Rxa6 (10... Nxa6 11. O-O $14) 11. Rxa6 Nxa6 12. O-O Be7
13. Bxc4 (13. b3 cxb3 14. Qxb3 O-O $11 {[%cal Ya6b4]}) (13. Be3 Nb4 $11) 13...
Nxc4 14. Qa4+ Qd7 15. Qxc4 Nb4 $44 16. Rd1 O-O 17. Bg5 (17. Qe2 Ra8 $44) 17...
Bxf3 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. gxf3 Rd8 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Yb4d5,Yd5f4]} 20. Kf1 h6 21.
Ke2 Nd5 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. Rd3 Qd8 24. b4 Qb8 $11 {[%cal Yb8b6]} 25. Ra3 $2 {
[%tqu "En","Find strong tactical possibility for black.","","","c7c5","",10]}
c5 $1 26. dxc5 Qxe5+ 27. Re3 (27. Kf1 Qxh2 $40) 27... Qb2+ 28. Kf1 Rd4 (28...
Rd1+ 29. Re1 (29. Kg2 Qb1 30. Kh3 Rd5 $44 {[%csl Rh3]}) 29... Rd4 30. Qb5 Rd2
31. Re2 $11 Qb1+ 32. Re1 Qc2 {-see game.}) 29. Qb5 Rd2 30. Re2 Qb1+ 31. Re1 Qc2
32. Qb8+ Kh7 33. Qf4 $4 (33. Qg3 Qc4+ 34. Kg1 Rd5 (34... Qxb4 $17) 35. Kh1 Rg5
36. Qd6 Qxb4 $17 {/-+}) 33... Rxf2+ 34. Kg1 Rg2+ 35. Kh1 Qf2 $19 {[%cal Yg2g6,
Yf2g2]} 36. Qe4+ Rg6 0-1

[Event "CZE-ch"]
[Site "Zlin"]
[Date "1998.06.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Haba, Petr"]
[Black "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 Nxc3 8. bxc3
Bb7 9. e6 f6 10. Be2 g6 11. O-O Bd5 $146 (11... Qd6 12. Nd2 Qxe6 13. Bf3 c6 14.
Re1 Qc8 15. Ne4 Kf7 16. Nc5 e6 17. Nxb7 Qxb7 18. Qe2 Qd7 19. axb5 $16 {1-0
Schulte,O-Raszka,J/Bielsko Biala 1988 (31)}) (11... Bg7 12. Nh4 Bd5 $5 (12...
O-O 13. Bf3 Nc6 14. Rb1 Na5 $1 15. Bxb7 Nxb7 16. axb5 Nd6 17. bxa6 Rxa6 $14)
13. Bf3 c6 14. Ba3 O-O (14... f5 $2 15. Nxf5 $1 gxf5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Qh5+ Kd8
18. Bxe7+ $1 Kc8 19. Rfe1 $1 Ra7 20. Bc5 Rc7 21. e7 $18) 15. Bc5 f5 16. axb5 $2
(16. g3 $1 $44) 16... cxb5 17. Bxe7 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxe7 19. Qxa8 Qxh4 $13 {
1/2-1/2 Lobron,E-Raetsky,A/Cap d'Agde 1994 (35)}) 12. Nh4 {[%cal Ge2f3]} Nc6 (
12... c6 13. Bf3 Bg7 14. Ba3 $44 {[%csl Rb8]}) 13. Bf3 {[%cal Ga4b5]} b4 14.
Nf5 $1 {[%cal Gf5e3]} bxc3 15. Ba3 $1 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gf5d6]} (15. Ne3 Bxf3
16. Qxf3 Nxd4 $17) 15... Na5 (15... c2 16. Qe2 Rb8 17. Qxc4 $5 (17. Nd6+ exd6 (
17... cxd6 18. Bxd5 Nxd4 19. Qxc4 Qb6 20. Ra2 $1 $40) 18. Bxd5 Nxd4 19. Qxc4 c5
20. Qxa6 Be7 $13) 17... Bxf3 18. gxf3 Na5 (18... Rb6 19. Ne3 $32) 19. Qxc2 (19.
Qc5 gxf5 20. Qxa5 $36 {[%csl Re8,Rf8]}) 19... gxf5 (19... Rb6 20. Ne3 Rxe6 21.
Qc3 $40 {[%csl Re8]}) 20. Qxf5 Rg8+ 21. Kh1 Rg6 22. Qh5 $18) (15... Rb8 16.
Nd6+ exd6 17. Bxd5 $44) 16. Re1 $44 {[%csl Re8,Rf8,Rh8] The white have solid
compensation for sacrificed material due to the advantage in the developing
the pieces.} (16. Nd6+ exd6 17. Bxd5 c6 18. Bf3 d5 $17) 16... c6 (16... Rb8 $5)
17. Bxd5 cxd5 (17... Qxd5 18. Ne3 Qxe6 19. d5 Qd7 20. Qf3 $40 {[%cal Ga1d1,
Gd1d7,Ge1e7]}) 18. Qf3 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gf5e3,Ge3d5,Gf3d5]} Nc6 $2 (18... Nb3
$142 19. Ne3 $5 (19. Ra2 Nd2 20. Qxc3 Ne4 $17) 19... Nxd4 $1 (19... Nxa1 $2 20.
Nxd5 $1 {[%cal Gd5c7,Gd5f6]} Rc8 21. Nxf6+ exf6 22. e7 Bxe7 23. Qxf6 $18) 20.
Qxd5 Qxd5 21. Nxd5 Rc8 22. Rab1 $44) 19. Bc5 $1 {[%cal Gf5e3,Ge3d5,Gf3d5]} (19.
Ne3) 19... c2 (19... Rb8 20. Rac1 $1 $44 (20. Ne3 Bh6 21. Nxd5 O-O $132 {
[%cal Yc3c2]})) 20. Rac1 (20. Ne3 $5 Bh6 21. Nxd5 O-O $132 {[%cal Yc2c1]})
20... Rb8 21. Rxc2 Rb3 (21... Qa5 22. Rec1 gxf5 23. Qxf5 {[%cal Gf5h5,Gf5d5]} (
23. Qh5+ Kd8 24. Qxf5 Ne5 25. Bd6 $1 Bh6 26. dxe5 Bxc1 27. Bxe7+ $1 Kc8 28.
Rxc1 $36) 23... Ne5 24. dxe5 Qxc5 25. exf6 $40 Qd6 26. Rd2 d4 27. f7+ Kd8 28.
Qa5+ $18) 22. Ne3 $18 {[%csl Rd5]} Rxe3 23. fxe3 f5 (23... Bg7 24. e4 $18) 24.
Rxc4 $1 Bg7 25. Ba3 (25. Rc2 $5 $18) 25... Qa5 (25... Ne5 $142 26. dxe5 dxc4
27. Qc6+ Kf8 $16 {/+-}) 26. Bb4 $1 Qxb4 27. Rxb4 Nxb4 28. Rb1 a5 29. Qxd5 $1
O-O 30. Qxa5 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.04.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.04.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Bg5 a6 6. a4 c5 7. Bxf6 $1 (7. d5
$6 Be7 8. e4 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Ne5 Rf8 12. Nxc4 Kc7 13. a5
$15 {>~/=}) 7... Qxf6 (7... gxf6 8. d5 $44) 8. d5 {[%cal Ge2e4,Gf1c4]} exd5 9.
Nxd5 Qd8 10. e3 {[%csl Gd4]} (10. e4 Nc6 11. Bxc4 Bd6 $11 {[%csl Rd4]}) 10...
Nc6 11. Bxc4 Bd6 12. O-O O-O {[%cal Yc8g4]} 13. h3 Re8 (13... Be6 14. Qd2 Ne5
15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. f4 Bf6 17. Rad1 $36) (13... Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Qb3 $14 {
[%csl Rc8][%cal Gb3b7,Gb3f7,Gd5b6,Ga1d1]}) 14. Qc2 Rb8 {[%cal Yb7b5]} (14...
Be6 15. Rfd1 $14) 15. a5 $1 h6 (15... Nxa5 16. Rxa5 Qxa5 (16... b5 17. Ba2 Bb7
18. Ra1 $1 (18. Qd2 c4 $1 19. Nf4 c3 (19... Bc7 20. Ra3 Qxd2 21. Nxd2 Rbd8 22.
Nf3 Bd6 23. Rc3 Bxf4 24. exf4 Re2 $44)) 18... h6 (18... c4 19. Bb1 Bxd5 20.
Qxh7+ Kf8 21. Qh8+ (21. Rxa6 $5 $16) 21... Ke7 22. Qh4+ Kf8 23. Ng5 $40) 19.
Rxa6 $1 Bxa6 20. Bb1 $18) 17. Ng5 $18) 16. Rfd1 Be6 (16... Nxa5 $2 17. Rxa5
Qxa5 18. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 19. Qg6+ $18) 17. Qc3 $16 {The black pieces are
paralized and the black try to defend their position with exchange the strong
Nd5 but after this the position with the opposite colour bishops is definitely
in the favour of the white who have the initiative.} Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Qc7 19. Nd2
$1 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gd2c4]} Nb4 20. Nc4 $1 Be5 (20... Nxd5 21. Rxd5 Be7 22.
Rad1 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rb7,Rc5] The control over the "d" file and weaknesses of
the black pawns give to the white clear advantage.}) 21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. Bf3 $1 {
[%csl Ra6,Rb7,Rc5] The same reasons give to the white big advantage in this
position,too.} Ree8 23. Rdc1 Qd8 $1 24. b3 (24. Bg4 $5) 24... Re7 25. Rd1 Qc7
26. Qd2 $1 {[%cal Gd2d6]} Rc8 27. Bg4 Rce8 28. Qd6 g6 (28... Qxd6 29. Rxd6 Nc6
30. Bf3 Ne5 31. Bd5 $16) 29. Rac1 $1 Qxa5 $2 (29... Qxd6 30. Rxd6 Rc7 31. Kf1
$16) 30. Bd7 $18 Qa2 31. Bxe8 Rxe8 32. Qxc5 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 11th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2003.05.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.04.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. a4 Nf6 5. e3 Bg4 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Bxc4 e6 8. h3
Bh5 9. O-O Bd6 10. Be2 O-O 11. g4 (11. Ne1 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 (12. Nxe2 e5 13. Nf3
Qe7 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Ned4 Rfd8 16. Qc2 c5 $15 {0-1 Rabar,B-Fuster,G/
Trencianske Teplice 1941/EXT 98 (30)}) 12... e5 13. d5 Ne7 14. e4 Ng6 15. Nd3
Qe7 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qg4 Rae8 19. Rab1 Nf4 $11 {0-1 Levine,
L-Seidman,H/New York 1941/EXT 99 (32)}) (11. e4 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nxd4 $17 {
0-1 Conan,C-Benoit,M/Monte Carlo 1969/MCD (58)}) (11. Nd2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 e5 13.
d5 (13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nde4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bb4 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. b3 Ng6 18. Ng3 Qe5
19. Bb2 Bc3 $11 {0-1 Meyer,B-Muench,I/Ingelheim 1991/EXT 2000 (39)}) (13. Nb3
exd4 14. exd4 h6 15. Rd1 Re8 16. Qf3 Qe7 17. Be3 Rad8 18. Rac1 Ne4 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Ljubojevic,L-Lautier,J/Monte Carlo 1999/CBM 69 ext (24)}) 13... Nb4 14.
Nc4 (14. e4 Nc2 15. Rb1 Nd4 16. Qd1 b5 17. Nf3 b4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Ne2 Nxe4
20. Qxd4 Re8 21. Qc4 Nc5 22. b3 {1/2-1/2 Tichy,V-Sapi,L/Leipzig 1978/EXT 99 
(22)}) 14... Nbxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Rd1 Nb6 17. Nxe5 Qe8 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. Qxc4
Rd8 $11 {1-0 Kuijpers,F-Gerusel,M/Hengelo 1970/EXT 2001 (46)}) (11. b3 e5 (
11... Qe7 12. Bb2 (12. Nd2 Bg6 (12... Bxe2 13. Qxe2 e5 14. d5 Nb4 15. e4 Nc2
16. Rb1 Nd4 17. Qd1 Bb4 18. Bb2 Rfd8 $11 {1-0 Couche,D-Archangelsky,M/Cappelle
la Grande 1995/EXT 97 (52)}) 13. Nc4 Bb4 14. Na2 Rfd8 15. Nxb4 Nxb4 16. Ba3 a5
17. Qe1 c5 18. dxc5 Nc2 $17 {0-1 Yunusov,A-Bedgarani,I/Voroshilovgrad 1989/EXT
97 (28)}) 12... Rfd8 13. Nd2 Bg6 14. Nc4 e5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Qc1 Bxc3 17. Qxc3
Nd4 18. Bd1 Ne4 19. Qe1 Nc6 20. Rc1 Nb4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kovacevic,V-Marjanovic,S/
Novi Sad 1984/MCL (55)}) 12. Nxe5 Bxe2 13. Nxc6 Bxd1 14. Nxd8 Bxb3 15. Nxb7 Bc4
16. Rd1 Bb3 17. Re1 Bb4 18. Bb2 Nd7 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Rfd8 $44 {1/2-1/2
Rodriguez Vargas,O-Payne,K/Buenos Aires 1978/EXT 2002 (50)}) (11. Kh1 Re8 (
11... Qe8 12. e4 Bxf3 (12... Rd8 13. Be3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Be5 15. d5 exd5 16. exd5
Nb4 17. Bc5 Bd6 18. Bd4 Be7 19. Qb3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Juhnke,K-Willenberg,D/Germany
1999/EXT 2003 (32)}) 13. Bxf3 e5 14. d5 Ne7 15. Be3 Nd7 16. Qb3 f5 17. exf5
Nxf5 18. Ne4 Nxe3 19. fxe3 b6 20. Bg4 $16 {1-0 Kebbekus,T-Pimmingstorfer,C/
Germany 1992/TD (34)}) (11... Bb4 12. Bd2 Qe7 13. Ne5 Bxe2 14. Nxc6 Bxd1 15.
Nxe7+ Bxe7 16. Rfxd1 c5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Butsenko,I-Papenin,N/Kiev 2001/EXT 2002 
(28)}) 12. e4 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 e5 14. d5 Nd4 15. Be3 Bc5 16. Ne2 Nxf3 17. gxf3
Bxe3 18. fxe3 Qd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ftacnik,L-Donchev,D/Bratislava 1983/MCD (35)}) (
11. Bd2 Qe7 12. Qb3 (12. Re1 h6 13. Qb3 Bg6 14. Rac1 Rab8 15. Red1 Rfd8 16. Be1
e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 $11 {0-1 Prakash,G-Ye Rongguang/Penang 1991/EXT 97 (34)})
12... Rfd8 13. Rfd1 Bg6 (13... Rab8 14. Be1 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nd4 Bg6 17.
Nf3 Ne4 $15 {0-1 Maksimov,Y-Lazarev,E/Simferopol 1989/EXT 97 (34)}) 14. Nh4 Na5
15. Qa2 Bc2 16. Rdc1 Bb3 17. Qb1 Bb4 18. Nf3 Rac8 19. Be1 c5 $15 {1-0 Kraidman,
Y-Shvidler,E/ISR 1986/CBM 01 (50)}) (11. a5 Rb8 12. Ra4 Qe8 13. e4 e5 14. d5
Nd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Qxd4 Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Nxd5 18. exd5 Qxe2 19. Bf4 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Kluss,K-Juergeleit,A/Germany 1987/EXT 97-B (51)}) 11... Bg6 12. Nh4 Nb4
{[%cal Yc7c5]} (12... e5 $5 13. dxe5 (13. d5 Nxd5) (13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. d5 Nb4
15. e4 Bc5) 13... Bxe5 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Bf3 Qe7 $132 16. g5 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Ne4)
13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. e4 Be7 15. g5 Nd7 16. f4 $14 c6 (16... c5 17. d5 exd5 18.
Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 $14) 17. h4 $6 {[%cal Gf4f5,Gh4h5] A rather grave
imprecision that allows Black to develop a fully-fledged counterplay.} (17. a5
$1 {[%csl Rb4]}) 17... Qa5 $1 18. Qb3 $6 (18. h5 gxh5 19. Bxh5 Rad8 20. Be3 g6
21. Bg4 (21. Bf3 e5 $132) 21... c5 $132) (18. Be3 $142 Rad8 19. Qb3 c5 $132)
18... c5 $132 19. d5 c4 $1 20. Bxc4 (20. Qxc4 Nb6 21. Qb3 exd5 22. exd5 N6xd5
23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. Bf3 Nb4 $11 (24... Rad8 $5 25. Qxb7 Bc5+ 26. Kg2 Nb4 $44))
20... Nc5 21. Qd1 Nxe4 $1 $15 22. Nxe4 exd5 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. Qf3 Bb4 (24...
Rac8 $5 25. f5 (25. h5 gxh5 26. Qxh5 Qb4 27. Qf3 Rc4 $17) 25... gxf5 26. Qxf5
Qb6+ 27. Kh1 Qd4 28. Bd2 Rc4 29. Rae1 g6 (29... Rxa4 30. g6 $44) 30. Qf3 Rxa4
31. b3 Ra2 $17) 25. h5 $2 (25. f5 gxf5 26. Qxf5 Rae8 27. Kh1 Ne3 (27... g6 28.
Qf3 Re5 29. Rd1 $132) 28. Bxe3 Qxf5 29. Rxf5 Rxe4 30. Rf4 Rfe8 $15) (25. Rd1
Rad8 26. b3 Nc3 $17) 25... gxh5 26. Qxh5 Rac8 (26... Qb6+ 27. Kg2 Qd4 28. Ng3
Bd2 $17) 27. Kg2 $2 (27. Rf2 Qb6 (27... Bc5 28. Nxc5 Qxc5 29. Bd2 Qd4 30. Ra3
$132) 28. Bd2 Rc4 29. Kh1 Qe6 30. Ng3 Qc6 $17) 27... Rc2+ 28. Kf3 f5 (28... Nf6
$1 29. Nxf6+ gxf6 30. Kg4 Qd5 $19 {[%csl Rg4]}) 29. gxf6 Nxf6 30. Qxa5 $11 Bxa5
31. Nxf6+ (31. Rf2 $11) 31... Rxf6 32. Be3 Rxb2 $15 33. Rab1 $1 Rxb1 34. Rxb1
Rf7 35. Kg4 Bc3 36. Rc1 Rc7 (36... Bf6 $15) 37. Bd4 (37. Bd4 Ba5 38. Rb1 $15)
0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.04.10"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Black "Brynell, Stellan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Neukoelln"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8. axb5
Nb6 9. Be3 Bb4 10. Nd2 Bxc3 (10... axb5 11. Rxa8 Nxa8 12. Qg4 Kf8 13. Nxb5 Nb6
14. Nc3 Nc6 15. Be2 h5 16. Qe4 Bb7 17. O-O g6 18. Bf3 Kg7 19. Qf4 Be7 20. Rd1
Ba8 (20... Nd5 $13) 21. d5 $1 $16 {1-0 Kramnik,V-Korchnoi,V/Budapest 1996/Inf
68/[Kramnik,V] (49)}) (10... O-O 11. Qg4 f5 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. Bxc4 Nxc4 14.
Nxc4 e5 15. Qe4 exd4 16. Bxd4 Bf5 17. Qe3 Qg6 18. O-O Nd7 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5
axb5 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Nxb5 Bd3 23. Rc1 Bxb5 24. Qb3+ Qf7 25. Qxb4 c6 26. h3
Re8 27. Qd4 Qd5 28. Bxg7 {1-0 Aleshnia,V-Bratholm,P/ICCF email 1998/E-Mail
2000 (28)}) 11. bxc3 axb5 12. Rxa8 Nxa8 13. Qg4 $6 ({White had good chances
for an advantage after} 13. Nxc4 bxc4 (13... O-O 14. Nd2 Bb7 15. Qg4 $16) 14.
Qa4+ Nd7 (14... Bd7 15. Qxa8 $16) 15. Qxa8 Nb6 16. Qe4 Qd5 17. Qg4 $1 (17. Qxd5
exd5 18. Be2 Bf5 19. Kd2 Kd7 20. Ra1 Rb8 21. g4 Be4 22. f3 Bg6 23. h4 {1/2-1/2
Calotescu,A-Jackova,J/Yerevan 2000/CBM 78 ext (23)})) 13... Kf8 14. Ne4 (14. h4
$5 h5 (14... Nb6 15. h5 h6 16. Rh3 $44) 15. Qg3 Nb6 $13) 14... Nb6 15. Bg5 (15.
Be2 N8d7 16. O-O Bb7 $11) 15... Qe8 16. Be2 h6 17. Bc1 N8d7 18. Ba3+ Kg8 19.
O-O Bb7 $11 20. Ra1 (20. Bf3 $5 Bd5 21. Rb1 Kh7 22. Bd1 $44) (20. Rb1 Bxe4 21.
Qxe4 Nd5 $11) 20... Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Nd5 $11 22. Bb2 g6 23. Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.10.02"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Timoscenko, Gennadij A"]
[Black "Meins, Gerlef"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lipovec"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8. axb5
Nb6 9. Be3 axb5 10. Rxa8 Nxa8 11. Nxb5 Nb6 12. Be2 (12. Nd2 Ba6 13. Nc3 Nc6 {
1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Ganguly,S/Moscow 2001/CBM 86 (13)}) 12... Ba6 (12... Be7
13. O-O O-O 14. Qc2 Nc6 15. Na3 Nb4 16. Qc1 Nd3 17. Qa1 Ba6 18. Rd1 Nxb2 19.
Qxb2 c3 20. Qc2 Bxe2 21. Qxe2 Bxa3 22. Qd3 Nd5 23. Ng5 g6 24. Ne4 Bb2 25. Bg5
Qa8 26. Qf3 c2 27. Re1 Qa3 28. Qxa3 Bxa3 29. Bc1 Bxc1 30. Rxc1 Rb8 31. Nd2 Rb2
{0-1 Campos Moreno,J-Magem Badals,J/Barcelona 2000/CBM 77 ext (31)}) 13. Nc3
Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Qc2 Nc6 16. Qe4 {[%mdl 36] Following a typical idea of
bringing the Q closer to the opponent's K. I consider it White's best plan 
(Shulman-Krush, I, CBM 97)} Nb4 (16... Bb7 17. Qg4 Kh8 18. Qh5 $40) 17. Qg4 Kh8
18. Qh5 f6 $5 {[%mdl 256] Weakening a bit the K's fortress but establishing a
connection between the K and the rest of Black's pieces and taking control
over the "g5" spot} 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Nd2 $6 (20. Bh6 Rg8 21. Qf7 Rg6 22. Be3
Bc8 $14 {[%cal Yd8g8]}) (20. Qh3 $5 Qd7 21. Ra1 Bb7 22. Ra7 $36) 20... Nc2 $1
$132 21. Qa5 Bb7 22. Bf3 Bxf3 23. Nxf3 Rg8 24. Rc1 {To get an edge, White has
to take advantage of Black's weak pawns} Nxe3 $6 {Swapping a "bad" B and
improving White's pawn structure - a dubious achievement} (24... Nb4 $5 $11 {
[%cal Yb4d3]}) 25. fxe3 Nd5 (25... Qa8 $5 26. Qxa8 (26. Qh5 Nd5 $11) 26... Rxa8
27. Ne4 (27. Kf2 c5 $11) (27. e4 Bb4 28. Kf2 c5 $11) 27... Ra2 28. Ned2 Rxb2
29. Nxc4 Nxc4 30. Rxc4 Bd6 31. e4 $14) 26. Nd1 $14 Qa8 27. Qxa8 Rxa8 28. Nd2
Nb6 29. Kf1 Ra4 30. b3 $5 (30. Ke2 Bd6 31. g3 f5 $14) 30... cxb3 (30... Ba3 31.
Rc2 (31. Rb1 cxb3 32. Rxb3 $11) 31... cxb3 32. Nxb3 Bd6 33. Nc5 Ra1 34. Ke2 $14
) 31. Rxc7 Nd5 32. Rb7 (32. Rc8+ $5 Kg7 33. Nxb3 Ra3 34. Rb8 (34. Nc5 Bxc5 35.
dxc5 Nxe3+ 36. Nxe3 Rxe3 $11) 34... f5 35. Ke2 Ra2+ 36. Kf3 Bd6 37. h3 h5 $44)
32... Bd6 33. h3 Ra2 34. Nxb3 f5 {Only a handful of pieces are still on, and
those of White are too passive. All that prevent White from  turning his
advantage into something more substantial} 35. g4 f4 36. exf4 Bxf4 37. Nc5 Rd2
38. Rb1 Rxd4 39. Nxe6 Rxd1+ 40. Rxd1 Ne3+ 41. Ke2 Nxd1 42. Kxd1 Bd6 43. Ke2 Kg8
44. Kf3 Kf7 45. Nf4 Be7 46. Ke4 Bh4 47. Kf5 Be1 48. Ne6 Bf2 49. Ng5+ Kg7 50.
Nf3 Bg3 51. h4 Bf2 52. h5 Be3 53. Ne5 Bd2 54. Nc4 Bc3 55. Nd6 Bb2 56. g5 Bc3
57. Ne8+ Kf7 58. Nd6+ Kg7 59. h6+ Kg8 60. Ne4 Bb2 61. Ke6 Bc1 62. Ke7 Ba3+ 63.
Ke8 Bc1 64. Ke7 Ba3+ 65. Ke6 Bc1 66. Kf6 Bb2+ 67. Kf5 Bc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.19"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4 exd5 7. e5 Ne4 8. Qxd5
Nxc3 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Ng5 $6 $146 (11. Bxc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 (12. Bb3
Bxb3 13. axb3 Be7 14. Bf4 Kd7 15. O-O-O+ Ke6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Tukmakov,V-Giertz,N/
Biel 1998/EXT 99 (45)}) 12... fxe6 13. Ng5 Kd7 14. Be3 (14. Bf4 Re8 15. O-O-O+
Kc7 16. Rd2 h6 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Rhd1 {1/2-1/2 Khenkin,I-Mellado Trivino,J/
France 2002/CBM 88 ext (18)}) 14... Nxe5 15. O-O-O+ Kc6 16. Bf4 Ng6 17. Bg3 e5
18. Nf7 Rg8 19. h4 $1 h5 20. Rhe1 Be7 $1 21. Kc2 Bf6 22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5+
Bxe5 24. Rxe5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Dos Hermanas 2001/CBM 83/
[Huzman] (38)}) 11... Ke8 $1 (11... Nxe5 12. Bf4 (12. f4 h6 13. fxe5 hxg5 14.
Bxg5+ (14. Bxc4 f6 15. O-O Be7 16. Be3 $44) 14... Be7 15. Rd1+ Ke8 16. Bxe7
Kxe7 17. Bxc4 Be6 18. Bxe6 Kxe6 (18... fxe6 19. O-O Rh5 $15) 19. Rd6+ Kxe5 20.
Rd7 Ke6 21. Rxb7 Rhb8 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 $17) 12... h6 (12... Be7 13. O-O-O+ Bd7 (
13... Ke8 14. Bxe5 Bxg5+ 15. f4 Be7 16. Bxc4 $44) 14. Rd5 h6 15. Bxc4 hxg5 16.
Bxe5 $44) 13. O-O-O+ Ke7 14. Ne4 (14. Bxe5 hxg5 15. Bxc4 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 (
16... Kxe6 17. Rhe1 Kf5 18. Rd7 $44) 17. Rd2 $44) 14... Nd3+ (14... Ke6 $5 15.
Re1 f6 16. Bxe5 fxe5 17. Bxc4+ Kd7 18. Re3 $44) (14... f6 15. Bxe5 fxe5 16.
Bxc4 $44) 15. Bxd3 cxd3 16. Bd6+ Ke6 17. Rxd3 $44) 12. e6 f6 $5 (12... Bxe6 13.
Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bxc4 Kf7 15. f4 Na5 16. Be2 Be7 $15) 13. Nf7 Bxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]}
14. Nxh8 Bd6 15. g3 $5 Bd5 (15... Kd7 $5 16. Bg2 Rxh8 17. Be3 Kc7 $15 {/-/+})
16. Rg1 Ne5 17. Be2 $1 (17. Bg2 Bxg2 18. Rxg2 Kd7 $15) 17... Kd7 (17... Nf3+
18. Bxf3 Bxf3 19. Bf4 $11) 18. f4 Nd3+ 19. Kd2 Rxh8 (19... Nxc1 {Black
wouldn't swap his N for a "bad" "c1" B. He rather prefer to sac a pawn thus
getting rid of a much more important "e2" B} 20. Raxc1 (20. Kxc1 Rxh8 21. Rd1
Kc6 22. Rb1 Be4 23. Rb2 b5 24. a4 a6 25. axb5+ axb5 26. Ra2 $132) 20... Rxh8
21. Rcd1 b5 22. Kc1 Kc6 23. Rge1 $11) 20. Bxd3 cxd3 21. Kxd3 c4+ 22. Kd2 h5 $1
{[%mdl 4096] Opening the "h" file by force allows Black to bring the R in,
which was the initial reason behind the pawn sac} 23. a4 $1 {[%cal Gc1a3]} Bc5
24. Re1 h4 25. Ba3 (25. g4 $6 Bf3 26. g5 fxg5 27. fxg5 Bd6 28. Rf1 Bg2 29. Rf7+
Ke6 30. Rxg7 Bxh2 $19 {[%cal Yh4h1]}) 25... hxg3 $1 (25... Bxa3 26. Rxa3 hxg3
27. hxg3 Rh3 28. Re3 Rh2+ 29. Re2 $11) 26. Bxc5 (26. hxg3 Bf2 $1 27. Re7+ Kc6
28. Rf1 (28. Rxg7 Rh2 $19) 28... Bxg3 29. Rxg7 Rh2+ 30. Ke3 (30. Kd1 Bg2 31.
Rxg3 Bxf1 32. Rg6 Ra2 $17) 30... Rh3 31. Ke2 Bh4 $17) 26... gxh2 27. Re7+ Kc6
28. Bxa7 Rh7 $1 (28... h1=Q 29. Rxh1 Rxh1 30. Rxg7 $11) 29. Bb8 (29. Bd4 h1=Q
30. Rxh1 Bxh1 31. f5 Bd5 $17 {[%cal Yc6d6]}) 29... Kb6 $1 (29... h1=Q 30. Rxh1
Bxh1 31. Rc7+ $11) 30. Bc7+ Kc5 31. Rb1 Bc6 $1 (31... h1=Q 32. Rb5+ Kc6 33.
Rb6+ Kc5 34. Rb5+ $11) 32. Ba5 $2 (32. Bb6+ $1 Kd6 33. Rc7 $1 $11 Bxa4 $140 (
33... h1=Q 34. Rxh1 Rxh1 35. Rxg7 Rh2+ 36. Ke1 Bxa4 37. Rxb7 Kc6 38. Rb8 $11)
34. Rxb7 Bc6 35. Rc7 h1=Q 36. Rxh1 Bxh1 37. Rxc4 $11) 32... h1=Q 33. Bb4+ Kd5
34. Rxh1 Rxh1 35. Rxg7 Ke4 $6 (35... Rh2+ $1 36. Ke3 Rh3+ 37. Ke2 Ke4 $17) 36.
Bd6 Bxa4 $2 (36... Rh2+ $1 37. Kc1 Bxa4 $17) 37. Re7+ Kf5 38. Re1 $15 Rh8 39.
Bc5 $1 {White has consolidated his position, and a draw is now inevitable} Bc6
40. Bd4 Rh3 41. Re7 Bd5 42. Re8 Rd3+ 43. Kc2 Be4 44. Kb2 b5 45. Rb8 Rd1 46. Rb6
Kxf4 47. Bxf6 Rb1+ 48. Ka2 Ke3 49. Bg5+ Kf3 50. Be7 Bd3 51. Bb4 Ke3 52. Rxb5
Kd2 53. Rh5 Rf1 54. Rh2+ Be2 55. Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 e6 6. e4 exd5 7. e5 Ne4 8. Qxd5
(8. Nxd5 b5 (8... Be6 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Qd3 Qa5+ 11. b4 Nxb4 12. Qxe4 Bxd5 13.
Bxd5 Nxd5+ 14. Bd2 Nb4 15. e6 O-O-O 16. O-O $18 {1-0 Malakhatko,V-Kamber,B/
Zurich SUI 2002/(33)}) 9. b3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 12. Nxd2 Na6 13.
bxc4 Be6 14. O-O-O {1/2-1/2 Pein,M-Garcia Palermo,C/Brussels 1986/CBM 01 (14)})
(8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Ng5 Be6 11. Nxe6+ fxe6 12. Bxc4 Nc6 13. Bf4 Nd4
(13... Kc7 14. O-O-O Be7 15. Rhe1 g5 16. Bg3 h5 17. h3 h4 18. Bh2 Rhf8 19. Bxe6
Rxf2 $15 {1/2-1/2 Kharlov,A-Kosintseva,T/St Petersburg RUS 2003/(51)}) 14.
O-O-O Kc7 15. Rhe1 Be7 16. Rxe4 b5 17. Bf1 Rhf8 (17... Kc6 18. Be3 Nf5 19. Bd2
Rad8 20. g4 Nh4 21. f4 Rhf8 22. Be2 h6 23. Kc2 g5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Stefanova,
A-Cramling,P/Istanbul TUR 2003/(43)}) 18. Be3 Rad8 19. Kb1 Rd5 20. Rc1 Nf5 21.
Bxb5 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Rf2 23. Rf4 Rdd2 24. Rxf2 Rxf2 25. Rd1 Bg5 26. Rd7+ Kb6 27.
Bc4 Bxe3 28. Rd6+ Kc7 29. Rxe6 $14 {1-0 Postny,E-Reutsky,S/Budapest HUN 2003/
(43)}) 8... Nxc3 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. bxc3 h6 $6 (10... Nc6 $142 11. Bxc4 Be6) 11.
Bxc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nh4 $1 Be7 14. Ng6 $14 {[%mdl 36] Ng6 provides for
White opportunity of pawn's attack on the king's side.} Re8 15. Be3 b6 16. h4
$1 Nd7 17. h5 (17. Ke2 Kc8 18. h5 Bd8 19. Kf3 Bc7 20. Ke4 Kb7 21. Rh3 Nf8 22.
Rf1 Nxg6 23. hxg6 Kc6 24. g4 b5 25. f4 a5 $16 {1-0 Naer,E-Belikov,V/Moscow
1998/EXT 2000 (25)}) 17... Nf8 18. Ke2 Kc7 (18... Nxg6 19. hxg6 Kc7 20. g4 $16
{[%cal Gf2f5]}) 19. a4 Nxg6 20. hxg6 Kc6 21. f4 Kd5 $1 {Looks risky, but Black
considered it the best counterplay chance, because defending passively didn't
seemingly appeal to him at all} 22. Kf3 (22. Rhd1+ Kc4 23. Rd7 Bf8 $132) 22...
Kc4 23. g4 $1 {White doesn't really care about the "c3" pawn preferring to
pursue his "a"-plan} Rad8 (23... Kxc3 24. Rab1 c4 25. Ke4 Ba3 26. Bd4+ Kc2 27.
Rb5 $18 {[%csl Rc2]}) 24. Rhd1 $1 Rd5 $1 (24... Kxc3 25. Ke4 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Kb3
27. Rd7 Kxa4 28. f5 $1 {White's pawns are much more dangerous than the black
ones} (28. Rxa7+ Kb4 29. f5 exf5+ 30. gxf5 Bf6 (30... Kc4 31. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 32.
Rxe7 $1 Rxe7 33. f6 $18) 31. Bf4 Kc4 32. e6 b5 33. Be5 Rg8 $1 (33... b4 34.
Rxg7 Bxg7 35. Bxg7 h5 36. Be5 $18)) 28... exf5+ (28... c4 29. Rxa7+ (29. Bxh6
exf5+ 30. gxf5 gxh6 31. Rxe7 $1 Rxe7 (31... Rc8 32. g7 c3 33. Rxa7+ Kb3 34. f6
c2 35. Ra1 Kb2 36. Rh1 $18) 32. f6 Rxe5+ (32... Rc7 33. g7 c3 34. g8=Q c2 35.
Qa2+ Kb4 36. Qb2+ Ka4 37. Qc1 $18) 33. Kxe5 c3 34. f7 c2 35. f8=Q c1=Q 36. Qf4+
$18) 29... Kb3 30. Rb7 $18) 29. gxf5 Bf6 30. Bf4 c4 31. Kd5 $16) 25. Rxd5 exd5
(25... Kxd5 26. Rd1+ Kc4 27. Rd7 $18) 26. f5 Bf8 (26... Kxc3 27. Bxh6 gxh6 28.
g7 Rg8 29. f6 c4) 27. Bf4 Kxc3 28. Rd1 d4 29. Ke4 Bd6 (29... Be7 30. Kd5) 30.
Rh1 {A highly complicated position. White doesn't seem to risk losing a full
point, because Black's passing pawns are supported by the K alone. On the
other hand, White's wining chances aren't easy to estimate} d3 (30... Be7 31.
Kd5 d3) 31. Rc1+ Kb2 32. Rd1 c4 33. Kd5 Bxe5 34. Bxe5+ Kc2 35. Rh1 d2 36. Bxg7
c3 37. Bxc3 $1 Kxc3 38. g7 Kb4 (38... Re1 39. Rh3+ $1 Kb4 (39... Kc2 40. Rh2
Re8 41. f6 $18) 40. Rd3 d1=Q 41. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 42. Ke6 Rd8 43. f6 $18) 39. Rd1 1-0

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8. axb5
Nb6 9. Be2 Be7 (9... Bb7 10. O-O axb5 (10... Qd7 11. bxa6 Rxa6 12. Be3 Be7 13.
Qc2 Rxa1 14. Rxa1 Na6 15. Na4 Nb4 16. Qd1 Nd3 17. Nxb6 cxb6 18. b3 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Chuchelov,V-Bosch,J/Dieren 1997/EXT 98 (78)}) 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. Nxb5
Be7 (12... Qd7 13. Na3 Bd5 14. Qc2 Bxa3 15. bxa3 Nc6 16. Rd1 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nxd4
18. Qe4 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Qa4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Nielsen,P-Kumaran,D/Copenhagen 1996/
CBM 55 (34)}) 13. b3 cxb3 14. Qxb3 O-O 15. Ba3 Nc6 16. Rc1 Nd5 17. g3 Qd7 18.
Bxe7 Ncxe7 $11 {0-1 Rasmussen,P-Pedersen,D/DEN 1996/CBM 51 ext (39)}) 10. O-O (
10. h4 Bb7 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Qd2 Qd7 13. Rh3 Bxg5 14. hxg5 Nd5 15. Bxc4 Nxc3 16.
bxc3 axb5 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. Qd3 g6 19. Bxb5 $18 {1-0 Ramesh,R-Ganguly,S/
Calcutta 1998/CBM 62 ext (32)}) (10. Be3 O-O 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. O-O Qd7 13. bxa6
Nxa6 14. Na4 Nb4 15. Nxb6 cxb6 16. Qd2 b5 $17 {0-1 Caramia,J-Dos Santos,R/
Villa Ballester 2003/CB06 (28)}) 10... O-O (10... Bb7 11. bxa6 (11. Be3 O-O 12.
bxa6 (12. Nd2 axb5 13. Nxb5 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 Qd5 15. Bf3 Qxb5 16. Bxb7 c6 17. Qa7
Nd5 $17 {0-1 Burgess,G-Varga,Z/Halkidiki 2002/CBM 92 no vc (24)}) 12... Rxa6 (
12... Bxa6 13. Qb1 Nc6 14. Ne4 h6 15. Rc1 Nb4 16. Nc5 Bb5 17. b3 $16 {1/2-1/2
Ikonnikov,V-Flear,G/Creon 1997/EXT 2001 (42)}) 13. Rb1 (13. Rc1 Nc6 14. b3 cxb3
15. Qxb3 Ra3 16. Qb1 Nb4 17. Nb5 Ra2 18. Rfe1 Rxe2 19. Rxe2 Ba6 20. Rb2 Bxb5
21. Rxb4 Bxb4 22. Ng5 $1 $16 {1-0 Landa,K-Sulava,N/Oberwart 1996/CBM 53 ext 
(45)}) 13... Nc6 14. b3 Ra3 15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. bxc4 Rxc3 17. Rxb7 Rxc4 18. Qb1
Rb4 19. Rxb4 Nxb4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Cebalo,M-Sulava,N/Milan 1996/EXT 98 (31)}) (11.
b3 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Nxb5 cxb3 14. Qxb3 O-O 15. Bd2 Bd5 16. Qc2 Nc6 17.
Rb1 Qd7 $11 {1-0 Menk,R-Putzbach,G/Pinneberg 2000/EXT 2001 (58)}) 11... Rxa6
12. Rxa6 Nxa6 13. Na4 (13. Be3 O-O 14. Nd2 c5 (14... Qa8 15. f3 Rd8 16. Qc1 c5
17. dxc5 Nxc5 (17... Bxc5 18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Ba6 $44 {
1/2-1/2 Krizsany,L-Somlai,L/HUN t-ch 1997 (26)}) 18. Nxc4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Nd7 20.
Bd4 Qc8 21. Na4 Nc5 22. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 23. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 24. Kh1 Qxe5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Orsag,M-Jackova,J/CZE 2000/EXT 2001 (59)}) 15. Nxc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 cxd4 17. Qxd4
Qxd4 18. Bxd4 $16 {0-1 Van Wely,L-Miles,A/London 1995/CBM 49 ext (55)}) (13.
Bxc4 Nxc4 14. Qa4+ Qd7 15. Qxc4 Nb4 $44 {0-1 Tabernig,B-Stevic,H/Montecatini
Terme 1997/CBM 61 ext (84)}) (13. Nd2 Qxd4 14. Nxc4 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Nxc4 16. Bxc4
O-O {1/2-1/2 Tyomkin,D-Lesiege,A/Montreal 2000/CBM 79 (16)}) 13... Qd5 14. Ne1
Qc6 15. Nxb6 cxb6 16. Bf3 Qd7 17. b3 cxb3 18. Qxb3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Nb4 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Van Wely,L-Miles,A/Matanzas 1995/CBM 48 (25)}) 11. Be3 Qd7 (11... axb5
12. Rxa8 Nxa8 13. Nxb5 Nb6 14. Qc2 Nc6 15. Qe4 $1 Nb4 16. Qg4 $1 f5 $1 17. exf6
Bxf6 18. Rd1 N4d5 19. Qe4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Najer,E-Sulskis,S/Linares 2001/CBM 81/
[Huzman] (19)}) 12. bxa6 Rxa6 (12... Nxa6 13. Nd2 Bb7 14. Nxc4 Nxc4 15. Bxc4
Qc6 16. Qf3 $16) (12... Bxa6 $5 13. Ne4 Nc6 $14) 13. Qc2 Nc6 (13... Bb7 $142 {
By this move was possible to prevent transfer Qc2 to g4.}) 14. Qe4 $1 Rxa1 15.
Rxa1 Bb7 16. Qg4 $36 {>>} Kh8 (16... f5 17. exf6 Bxf6 (17... Rxf6 18. d5 Nxd5
19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. Bxc4 $16 {[%csl Re6]}) 18. Ne4 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Re6][%cal
Ge4c5]}) 17. Ne4 Ba8 {Black were afraid of penetration Ne4 to c5.Now Ne4 will
take part in the attack on the king's side where White have large outnumber in
pieces.But even this does not guarantee full success of the attack.} (17... Nb4
18. Nc5 (18. Neg5 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 N6d5 21. Be4 f5 $132) 18... Bxf3
19. Bxf3 Bxc5 (19... Qb5 20. Be4 N6d5 21. Qh3 $18) 20. dxc5 N6d5 21. Qxc4 Rb8
$16 (21... Nxe3 22. Qxb4 Nc2 23. Qa4 $18)) 18. Neg5 Nb4 (18... h6 19. Ne4 (19.
Qh5 Kg8 20. Nh3 $36) 19... Nb4 20. Nf6 $40) 19. h4 (19. Qh5 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 h6
21. Nh3 Kh7 $14 (21... Nc2 22. Bxh6 $40 Nxa1 $140 23. Bd2+ Kg8 24. Ng5 $18))
19... h6 20. Qh5 Kg8 21. Nh3 Nc2 $6 (21... N4d5 $1 22. Bxh6 (22. Bd2 Qb5 $132)
22... gxh6 23. Qxh6 f6 24. Qg6+ $11) 22. Bxh6 $1 {[%mdl 704]} Nxa1 $2 (22...
gxh6 23. Qxh6 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Qxd4 25. Ra3 Bxa3 26. Qg5+ $11) 23. Qg4 g6 24. h5
Nb3 (24... Rb8 25. hxg6 f5 26. Qh5 Bf8 27. Bxf8 Bxf3 28. Bxf3 Rxf8 29. Ng5 Nb3
30. Nxe6 $18 Nxd4 $140 31. g7 $18) (24... Re8 25. hxg6 f5 26. Qh5 Bd8 (26...
Bxf3 27. Bxf3 Bd8 (27... Bf8 28. Bc6 $1 Qxc6 29. Bxf8 Kxf8 30. Qh7 Qd7 31. Qh8+
Ke7 32. Qf6#) 28. Bc6 Qxc6 29. Bg7 $1 $18) 27. Nfg5 $1 Nc2 28. g7 Re7 29. Qg6
Rxg7 30. Bxg7 Qxg7 31. Qxe6+ Kh8 32. Qe8+ Qg8 33. Qh5+ Kg7 34. Nf4 $1 $18) 25.
hxg6 f6 $2 (25... f5 $142 26. Qh5 Bb4 27. Bg5 $1 Bxf3 (27... Qg7 28. Bf6 (28.
Bh6 $11) 28... Bxf3 29. Bxf3 Rxf6 30. exf6 Qxf6 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Nf4 $1 {
/\33.g7 +-} Nxd4 33. Nh5 Nxf3+ 34. gxf3 Qg5+ 35. Kh1 Qh4+ 36. Kg2 Qg5+ 37. Kh3
$18) 28. Bxf3 Nxd4 29. Bf6 Nxf3+ 30. gxf3 Rxf6 31. exf6 c3 (31... Bf8 32. Ng5
Nd5 33. Nf7 $18) 32. g7 $18) 26. Qh5 $1 Be4 (26... Bb4 27. Bxf8 Bxf8 28. exf6
$18) 27. Bxf8 (27. Bg7 Bxg6 28. Qxg6 Qe8 29. Qh6 $18) 27... Bxf8 28. exf6 Nc1
29. Ne5 (29. f7+ Kg7 30. Qe5+ Kxg6 31. Qg5+ Kxf7 32. Ne5+ Ke8 33. Bh5+ Qf7 34.
Bxf7#) 29... Nxe2+ 30. Kh2 Nxd4 31. Nxd7 1-0

[Event "Vidmar Memorial 15th"]
[Site "Terme Zrece"]
[Date "2003.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Black "Sermek, Drazen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e4 exd5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 Qd8 11. Qc2 Nb6 12. O-O-O Nxd5 13. Bxc4 Qe7 (13...
Be6 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 (14... Qe7 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Qxc5 $18 {Lukacs,P-Pekarek,A/
Polanica Zdroj 1986/Inf 42 (22)}) 15. Qxc5 Na6 16. Qxd5 Qc8+ 17. Kb1 O-O 18.
Qe4 h6 19. Nd4 Nc5 20. Qc2 $18 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Diani,J/Cordoba 1992/EXT 98 (52)
}) 14. Bxd5 ({Continuation} 14. Rxd5 {is a good alternative for White.} O-O $5
(14... Nc6 15. Rxc5 (15. Bb5 Be6 16. Rxc5 O-O 17. Bxc6 bxc6 $44 {1-0 Szabolcsi,
J-Raupp,T/Baden 1998/EXT 2002 (41)} (17... bxc6 $44)) 15... O-O 16. Qc3 Bf5 17.
b3 Rac8 18. Kb2 Nb4 $44 {0-1 Filippov,V-Ovetchkin,R/Moscow 2002/CBM 88/[Huzman]
(39)}) 15. h4 (15. Bd3 $1 Na6 16. a3 $36) 15... Nc6 (15... Bg4 16. Ng5 g6 17.
Ne4 Bf5 18. h5 $40 {1-0 Beck,H-Zoebisch,H/Oberwart 1999/EXT 2000 (25)}) 16. Qe4
Be6 17. Ng5 g6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rd6 Nd4 20. Rd1 Kh8 (20... b5 21. R1xd4 cxd4
22. Bxe6+ Kh8 23. Qxd4 $16 {Hodgson,J-Duncan,C/Dublin zt (02)/1993/1-0 (45)}) (
20... Rxf2 21. Kb1 Kh8 22. h5 gxh5 23. Bb5 Rf7 24. Rd7 Qf8 25. Qxb7 Rxd7 26.
Qxd7 Rd8 $15 {1-0 Van Wely,L-Overeem,M/Haarlem 1995/EXT 98 (54)}) 21. Rd2 Rad8
22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. g3 a5 $15 {Averkin,O-Mirkovic,S/Beograd/1992/1-0 (36)} (23...
b5 $5 24. Bf1 Rd5 25. Qe3 Kg7 26. Bg2 Rd7 27. Be4 a5 28. h5 $36 {Kohlweyer,
B-Sermek,D/Bad Woerishofen op (09)/1993/1-0 (40)})) 14... O-O (14... Nc6 15.
Bxc6+ bxc6 16. Rd6 Be6 (16... O-O 17. Qxc5 Rb8 18. Kb1 Bf5+ 19. Ka1 Rb5 20.
Qxc6 Rfb8 21. Rd2 Qb4 22. Qd6 $16 {Kohlweyer,B-Lekic,D/JUG-chT Nis/1994/1-0 
(42)}) 17. Qxc5 O-O 18. Rxc6 Qb7 19. Kb1 Rab8 20. Qc3 Rfd8 21. Rc7 Qa6 22. a3
Rd3 23. Rxa7 Qb6 {0-1 Hynes,K-Ryan,J/Kilkenny 1997/CBM 61 ext (23)}) 15. h4 (
15. Kb1 Na6 16. a3 Nc7 17. Be4 h6 18. Rc1 Ne6 19. Rhd1 Rb8 20. g3 b5 21. Nh4 b4
$132 {0-1 Van Wely,L-Spangenberg,H/Buenos Aires 1995/CBM 49/[Baburin] (49)}) (
15. Rhe1 Na6 16. a3 Rb8 17. Re3 b5 18. Qe2 Rb6 19. Nd2 Nc7 20. Ba2 Be6 21. Bxe6
Nxe6 $15 {0-1 Urosevic,M-Savic,M/Obrenovac 2002/CBM 86 ext (41)}) 15... Na6 (
15... Nc6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Rd6 Rb8 18. Ng5 g6 19. Qxc5 Qb7 20. Qc3 Bf5 21. h5
$16 {Barsov,A-Kamber,B/Bern op (08)/1994/1-0 (44)}) (15... h6 16. Qe4 Nc6 17.
Kb1 Re8 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Rd2 Rb8 20. Rhd1 Qc7 21. Rc1 Qa5 22. Qe3 Be6 23. a3
Rb5 $40 {0-1 Rawlings,A-Mackintosh,I/SCCA 2001 (36)}) 16. Ng5 (16. a3 Bg4 17.
Qe4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rab8 19. f4 c4 $1 20. Bxc4 Nc5 21. Qe2 b5 22. Bd5 b4 $44 {
0-1 Cramling,P-Brunner,L/Horgen 1995/CBM 50/[Ftacnik] (27)}) 16... g6 17. Qc4 (
{White have good attacking possibilities after} 17. Qc3 Nb4 (17... Bf5 18. a3
Nc7 19. Be4 Nb5 20. Qg3 Kh8 21. h5 Nd4 22. Rxd4 cxd4 23. hxg6 $18 {1-0 Najer,
E-Batsanin,D/Togliatti RUS 2003/(31)}) 18. a3 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Bf5 20. g4 Bd7 21.
Ne4 $36 {Cramling,P-Blauert,J/Bern op (05)/1995/0.5 (39)}) 17... Nc7 18. f4
Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Bf5 $1 {[%mdl 8] This strong move neutralises dangerous transfer
of Ng5 to e4 and stops Kc1 in the zone of attack.} (19... Bg4 20. Qd6 Qxd6 21.
Rxd6 Rad8 22. Ne4 Kg7 23. Re1 b6 24. Re3 Bf5 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Nd6 Be6 27. Rd3
Rf8 28. b3 f6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Polajzer,D-Sermek,D/Ptuj 1995/EXT 2000 (40)}) 20.
Ne4 (20. h5 {This move was very risky because after} Rad8 21. Qf3 Rd4 $1 22.
hxg6 (22. b3 Rfd8 23. hxg6 Bxg6 $15) 22... Rc4+ 23. Kd2 Bxg6 $36 {threats for
Kd2 is more real than for Kg8.}) 20... Bxe4 (20... Rad8 $2 21. Nd6 $16) 21.
Qxe4 Rad8 22. h5 Qe6 $11 23. Kb1 (23. Kb1 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qg4 25. Rc1 Qxh5 26.
Rxc5 Rd8 $132) (23. hxg6 fxg6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Estremera Panos, Sergio"]
[Black "Degerman, Lars"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8. axb5
Bb4 9. Qc2 Nb6 10. Qe4 Qd5 11. Qg4 axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. Qxg7 Bxc3+ (13... Rf8
14. Be2 {[%cal Yf3g5,Yg5h7]}) 14. bxc3 Qa1 15. Qxh8+ Kd7 16. Kd2 (16. Kd1 Qa4+
17. Ke2 Qc2+ 18. Nd2 Nd5 19. Qf8 Nxc3+ 20. Kf3 Qxc1 21. Qxf7+ Kc6 $44) 16...
Qa2+ 17. Ke1 Qb1 18. Kd2 Qa2+ 19. Ke1 Qb1 20. Kd2 Qa2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Poznan"]
[Date "2005.05.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 e6 5. e4 Bb4 6. e5 Nd5 7. Bd2 Nb6 8. Bg5
(8. a3 Bxc3 (8... Be7 9. Na4 (9. Ne4 Bd7 10. Be2 Bc6 11. Qc2 Bd5 12. O-O Qd7
13. Be3 Qa4 14. Qb1 Qc6 15. Ned2 Qd7 16. Rc1 Nc6 17. Nxc4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 O-O 19.
Bxd5 Qxd5 $11 {0-1 Abdulla,A-Dydyshko,V/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (50)}) (9. Bxc4
$6 Nxc4 10. Qa4+ Bd7 11. Qxc4 Bc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Ne1 Nd7 14. f4 Nb6 $17 {
Bykhovsky,A-Chekhov,V/Irkutsk 36/(460) 1983/[Chekhov,V] (16)}) (9. Be3 Nc6 10.
Na4 Na5 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Nxc4 Qd5 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. Nxa5 Qxa5+ 16.
Bd2 Qd5 17. Rxc7 Qxd4 18. Be2 Bc5 19. O-O Ba4 20. b3 Bxb3 21. Qxb3 Qxd2 $17 {
0-1 Kahn,E-Almasi,I/HUN tt2 2000-1 2001/Magyar Versenyek 2001 (35)}) 9... Nc6
10. Bc3 Qd5 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Rd8 14. Qc1 Bd7 15. Qf4 Be8 16.
Rad1 b5 $17 {1/2-1/2 Grooten,H-Mikhalchishin,A/Sas van Gent 1990/EXT 99 (18)})
9. bxc3 Bd7 10. Ng5 h6 11. Qh5 Rf8 12. Ne4 Bc6 13. f3 N8d7 14. Qg4 Qe7 15. Qxg7
Bxe4 16. fxe4 Qh4+ 17. Kd1 Qxe4 18. Qxh6 Na4 $40 {0-1 Konopka,M-Gyimesi,Z/
Hungary 1994/TD (39)}) (8. Qc2 Bd7 9. Bg5 f6 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Bh4 Ba4 12. Qd2
Qe7 13. Be2 N8d7 14. O-O O-O-O 15. b3 Bc6 16. Qc2 Qg7 17. Bg3 h5 $17 {0-1
Drazic,S-Nikolic,S/Kladovo 1996/EXT 2000 (55)}) (8. Ne4 Bxd2+ (8... Be7 9. Bc3
Bd7 (9... Qd5 10. Ned2 (10. Nfd2 Bd7 11. Qg4 Bf8 12. Be2 Bc6 13. Bf3 Qd8 14.
O-O N8d7 15. a4 h5 16. Qh3 Nxa4 17. Nxc4 Nab6 18. Na5 Bd5 19. Rfd1 Rb8 20. b4
c6 21. Nc5 $44 {0-1 Jakubowski,K-Maksimenko,A/Krynica 1998/EXT 2002 (44)})
10... Bd7 11. Be2 c5 12. O-O Nc6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Qc2 Nb4 15. Bxb4 Bxb4 16.
Nxc4 Rc8 17. Rac1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bagirov,V-Maksimenko,A/Germany 1996/EXT 98 (25)}
) 10. Nfd2 Bc6 11. Qg4 O-O 12. h4 Bd5 13. Rh3 f5 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. O-O-O Nc6
$17 {1-0 Miralles,G-Polgar,Z/Cannes 1987/TD (42)}) (8... Qd5 9. Bxb4 Qxe4+ 10.
Be2 Nd5 11. Bd2 b5 12. a4 c6 13. O-O h6 14. Re1 Qg6 15. axb5 cxb5 16. b3 c3 17.
Bc1 b4 18. Bd3 Qh5 19. h3 $44 {1-0 Nueesch,G-Peredy,F/Basel 2000/CBM 74 ext 
(46)}) 9. Qxd2 Bd7 10. Be2 Bc6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Ng5 h6 13. h4 Qe7 14. O-O-O N8d7
15. Rh2 Rad8 16. Qe3 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Kb1 Qb4 19. Rc1 Nb6 20. Bf3 {
0-1 Jurin,N-Krueger,T/corr 6-7 ICCF CUP-sf 1994 (20)}) (8. Be2 Nc6 (8... Bd7 9.
h4 Bc6 10. Rh3 Na6 11. Rg3 g6 12. a4 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Ne4 Bxg5
16. Nd6+ Kf8 17. hxg5 $44 {1-0 Divljan,I-Wang,D/Toronto CAN 2004/The Week in
Chess 511 (31)}) 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qc2 Be7 11. a3 Na5 12. Rd1 Nd5 13. Bc1 Bd7 14.
h4 f5 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Bh6 $44 {1/2-1/2 Schroll,G-Rabiega,R/Jenbach AUT 2004/
The Week in Chess 489 (46)}) (8. h4 Nc6 9. a3 Be7 10. Be3 Na5 11. Nd2 O-O 12.
Qc2 f5 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Rd1 Bd7 15. Nde4 Nd5 16. Bg5 Bc6 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. f3
Qd6 $17 {0-1 Bareev,E-Mikhalchishin,A/Tallinn 1988/EXT 2000 (26)}) 8... Qd5 (
8... Be7 9. Bxe7 (9. h4 Nc6 10. Be2 h6 11. Be3 Nb4 12. Rh3 N4d5 13. Bd2 Nxc3
14. bxc3 Bd7 15. Rg3 g6 16. Qc1 h5 17. Ng5 Bc6 18. Qc2 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Qd7 20.
Rb1 $44 {1-0 Rajkovic,D-Pilgaard,K/Backa Palanka 2002/CBM 88 ext (49)}) 9...
Qxe7 10. Be2 Bd7 11. O-O Bc6 12. Nd2 Bd5 13. Bf3 Nc6 14. Bxd5 exd5 15. Qg4 O-O
16. Nf3 Nd8 17. Nh4 Qe6 18. Nf5 g6 19. Nh6+ Kg7 20. Qh4 f5 $17 {1-0 Gelfand,
B-Inkiov,V/Haifa 1989/EU-chT (35)}) 9. Be2 Bd7 (9... h6 10. Be3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3
Bd7 12. h4 Ba4 13. Qc1 Bc6 14. Rh3 Qa5 15. Rg3 g6 16. Kf1 h5 17. Ng5 N8d7 18.
Qc2 Nf8 19. a4 Rd8 20. Bc1 Rd7 21. Ba3 Qxa4 22. Qc1 Qb5 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Nh7
$16 {1-0 Forster,R-Hoelzl,F/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (46)}) 10. O-O Bxc3 (10... Qa5
11. Qc2 (11. Nd2 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qxc3 13. Ne4 Qb2 $13) 11... h6 12. Bd2 Bc6 $11)
11. bxc3 Bc6 12. Qc1 {[%cal Gc1a3,Ga3f8]} h6 13. Bh4 O-O 14. Be7 Re8 15. Ba3
N8d7 16. Re1 Qb5 $6 (16... Na4 $5 {To my opinion Black had to keep pressure on
the big diagonal.} 17. Nh4 (17. Bf1 b5 18. Nd2 Ndb6 19. Re3 Qd8 20. Rg3 Kh8 (
20... a5 21. Nxc4 $1 Nxc4 22. Qxh6 g6 23. Rh3 $18) (20... Qh4 21. Be2 a5) 21.
Rb1 a5 $15) 17... Ndb6 18. Bf3 Qd7 $17) 17. Rb1 Qa6 18. Nd2 Bd5 19. Bh5 Nf8 20.
f3 $1 {[%cal Gd2e4]} Nbd7 21. Ne4 $44 Nh7 22. Bb4 Bxe4 $5 (22... Qa4 $5) 23.
fxe4 ({Piece attack on the king's side was a good option for White.} 23. Rxe4
$5 {[%cal Ge4g4]} Ng5 (23... c5 24. dxc5 Rec8 25. Qd2 Qc6 26. Qe3 Nxc5 27. Rxc4
b6 28. Rg4 $36) (23... b6 24. Rg4 $16) (23... g6 24. Rg4 c5 25. Qxh6 (25. Bxc5
Nxc5 26. dxc5 Kh8 27. Bxg6 fxg6 28. Qxh6 Re7 $15) 25... Re7 26. Bxc5 Nxc5 27.
dxc5 Qxa2 28. Re1 Qc2 $13) 24. Rg4 g6 25. h4 $40) 23... c5 $1 $132 24. Ba3 (24.
Bxc5 Nxc5 25. dxc5 Re7 $15 {[%csl Rc5,Re4,Re5]}) 24... Rac8 25. Rf1 Rf8 26. Qb2
b6 27. Rbd1 (27. Rf2 $1 f6 28. Bg4 Rfe8 29. Bh5 $11) 27... Qa4 (27... b5 $1 28.
Rf2 Ng5 $15) 28. Qc1 (28. Rd2 f6 29. Bd1 Qc6 30. d5 Qc7 31. Bg4 Ng5 $17) 28...
b5 29. Bxc5 Nxc5 30. dxc5 b4 (30... Qxa2 31. Rd7 Ng5 32. Qf4 $36) 31. Rd4 (31.
Qf4 Rc7 $17) 31... bxc3 (31... Rxc5 32. Bxf7+ Rxf7 33. Rd8+ Rf8 34. Rfxf8+ Nxf8
35. Qf4 Kh7 36. Qxf8 Rxe5 37. h4 Qc6 38. cxb4 Qxe4 39. Qg8+ Kg6 40. Qe8+ Kf5
41. Qf7+ Kg4 42. Qxg7+ Kh5 43. Qf7+ Kxh4 44. Qf6+ Kg4 45. Qg7+ Rg5 46. Rd4 $11)
32. Qxc3 Rxc5 33. Bxf7+ Rxf7 34. Rd8+ Nf8 ({Black could fight for advantage by
} 34... Rf8 35. Rfxf8+ Nxf8 36. Qf3 Kh7 37. Qxf8 Rxe5 38. h4 (38. Qg8+ Kg6 39.
Rd6 Qb5 40. Rxe6+ Rxe6 41. Qxe6+ Kh7 42. Kf2 c3 43. Qc8 Qe5 44. Ke3 Qxh2 45.
Qf5+ Kg8 46. Qc8+ Kf7 47. Qc4+ (47. Qd7+ Kf6 48. Qc6+ Kg5 $17) 47... Ke7 48.
Qxc3 Qg3+ 49. Kd4 Qxc3+ 50. Kxc3 Ke6 51. Kd4 h5 52. a4 a5 53. Kc4 g5 54. Kd3 h4
55. Ke3 g4 56. Kf4 h3 57. gxh3 gxh3 58. Kg3 $11) 38... Qc6 39. Qg8+ Kg6 40. Rc8
Qd7 41. Rxc4 Qd1+ 42. Kf2 Qg4 $17) 35. Rxf7 Kxf7 36. Qf3+ Kg6 37. h4 $1 $11 Qa5
$1 (37... Qxa2 $2 38. h5+ Kg5 39. Rxf8 Qb3 (39... Qa1+ 40. Kh2 Qxe5+ 41. Kh3
$18) 40. Qf4+ Kxh5 41. Qf7+ g6 42. Qf2 $1 Qd1+ 43. Kh2 Rxe5 44. Rf4 $18) 38.
h5+ Kh7 (38... Kg5 39. Qg3+ Kxh5 40. Rxf8 Rxe5 41. Qf3+ Kg6 42. Qf7+ Kh7 43.
Qg8+ $11) 39. Qxf8 (39. Qxf8 Qe1+ 40. Kh2 Qh4+ 41. Kg1 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. a4 b6 8. Nc3
(8. b3 Bb7 9. Ba3 Bxa3 10. Nxa3 Qe7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Nd2 c5 $15 {0-1 Brekke,
J-Mannion,S/Port Erin 2003/CBM 96 ext (34)}) 8... Bb7 9. Re1 (9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2
O-O 11. d5 e5 12. e4 Ne8 13. Be2 Nd6 14. Nd2 Bg5 15. Nc4 Re8 16. Qc2 $11 {
0-1 Oms Pallise,J-Markowski,T/ESP t-ch Ciudad Real 2004 (52)}) (9. Bd2 Bd6 10.
Qe2 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Rfd1 O-O 13. Rac1 Qe7 $11 {0-1 Anderson Smith,W-Wohl,
A/Perth 1994/EXT 98 (30)}) (9. Qe2 c5 (9... Bd6 10. e4 e5 11. Bg5 c6 12. dxe5
Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. f4 Bxc3 15. bxc3 b5 16. e5 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Nd5 18. Bxd5
cxd5 19. f5 $16 {1-0 Rogers,I-Wohl,A/Sydney 1996/EXT 2003 (28)}) 10. Rd1 Qc7 (
10... Bd6 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 cxd4 13. exd4 Nd5 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Rac1 N7f6 $11 {
0-1 Blees,A-Van den Doel,E/Tilburg 2003/CBM 95 ext (43)}) 11. d5 (11. e4 $6
cxd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Bb3 Neg4 14. g3 Bc5 15. h3 Nxf2 $1 16. Qxf2 e5 17. Be3
exd4 18. Bxd4 O-O 19. Bxc5 (19. a5 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 bxa5 21. Bd5 Rab8 $17) 19...
bxc5 $15 {0-1 Erdogan,H-Markowski,T/Istanbul 2003/CBM 096/[Huzman] (41)}) 11...
exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. Rxd5 Be7 15. b3 Qb7 16. Rd3 O-O 17. Bb2
Rfd8 18. Rad1 Nf8 19. Be5 Rxd3 20. Rxd3 b5 21. h3 Qe4 22. Qd1 Rc8 {1/2-1/2
Buhmann,R-Markowski,T/Germany 2003/CBM 093/[Konikowski] (22)}) 9... Bb4 (9...
c5 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Bxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Be7 14. e4 O-O 15. e5 Re8
16. e6 fxe6 17. Qxe6+ (17. Rxe6 Nf6 18. Qb3 Qd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kurajica,
B-Mannion,S/Plovdiv 2003/(34)}) 17... Kh8 18. Bf4 Bf6 19. Qb3 h6 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8
21. Re1 Qg8 22. Qd3 Qf7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Janssen,R-Van den Doel,E/Leeuwarden 2003/
(62)}) 10. Qb3 c5 11. e4 O-O ({The assessment of White's idea  depends on the
seriousness of his initiative in the line} 11... cxd4 $5 12. Qxb4 (12. Nxd4
Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nc5 14. Qb4 Nfxe4 15. a5 b5 16. Nxb5 O-O 17. Be3 axb5 18. Bxb5
Rc8 $11) 12... dxc3 13. Qxc3 (13. bxc3 Nxe4 14. Ba3 Nec5 $17) 13... Bxe4 14.
Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 O-O 16. Ne5 $44) 12. e5 Bxc3 (12... Nd5 13. Rd1 Nxc3 14. bxc3
Bxf3 15. gxf3 Ba5 16. Be3 $16 {[%csl Ra5]}) 13. bxc3 Nd5 14. Ng5 $1 $16 {
[%cal Gg5e4,Ge4d6]} h6 15. Ne4 Bc6 16. Bf1 Qh4 17. g3 Qg4 (17... Qh5 18. Bg2
$16) 18. Bg2 b5 (18... Qg6 $142 19. Ba3 Rab8 20. Nd6 Ne7 21. Bf1 Qh5 $16) 19.
Ba3 b4 20. cxb4 cxb4 21. Rac1 $1 (21. Bb2 a5 $14) 21... Bxa4 (21... Rfc8 22.
Bb2 Rc7 (22... a5 23. Nd6 Rc7 24. Rxc6 Rxc6 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Qxd5 $18) 23. a5
$1 $16 {[%csl Rd7]}) 22. Qxa4 N7b6 23. Qa5 bxa3 24. h3 Qg6 25. Rc6 (25. Qxa3 a5
26. Rc5 a4 27. Nd6 $16) 25... a2 26. Ra1 {[%csl Ra2,Ra6][%mdl 32]} Rac8 (26...
Nc8 27. Rxa2 (27. Nc3 Nxc3 28. Rxc3 Ra7 29. Qxa2 Ne7 30. Qa5 $16) 27... Nce7
28. Rc4 Rab8 29. Ra1 $16) 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Qxa2 Rc4 (28... Nb4 29. Qa5 N6d5
30. Nd6 Rb8 31. Be4 Qh5 32. Rb1 Qe2 33. Bxd5 exd5 34. Qc5 $16) 29. Qd2 Rb4 30.
Kh2 $6 {From this moment the FIDE time control becomes the main factor which
explains the numerous mistakes of the players.} (30. Rxa6 Nc4 31. Qe2 $16)
30... Nc4 31. Qe2 (31. Qc1 $5 a5 32. Nd6 Qd3 33. Rxa5 $1 Ndb6 $1 (33... Qxd4
34. Ra8+ Kh7 35. Qc2+ g6 36. Nxf7 Rb2 37. Qa4 Qxf2 38. Ng5+ $18) 34. Qe1 Rb2
35. Nxc4 Qxc4 36. Qe3 Re2 (36... Rb4 37. d5 $1 Nxd5 38. Bxd5 exd5 39. e6 $16)
37. Bf1 Rxe3 38. Bxc4 Re4 $11) 31... a5 32. Nd6 (32. Nc5 $1 Ndb6 (32... Ncb6
33. Rxa5 Rxd4 34. Qb5 $1 $16 {[%cal Gb5e8]}) 33. Nd3 Rb3 34. Be4 f5 (34... Qg5
35. Qc2 Rb5 36. Bc6 $18) 35. Bc6 (35. exf6 $5 Qxf6 36. Nf4 Rb2 37. Bc2 $36)
35... Rc3 36. Nc5 $16) 32... Nxd6 33. exd6 Rxd4 34. Rd1 (34. Qb2 Qd3 35. Rxa5
Nf6 36. Qb8+ Kh7 37. Ra7 Rxd6 38. Rxf7 Rd7 $14) (34. Rxa5 Nf6 35. Qb2 e5 $5 36.
Qb8+ Kh7 37. Rxe5 (37. Ra6 Qc2 $1 $17) 37... Rxd6 $11) 34... Rxd1 $2 (34... Qf6
$1 35. Bxd5 (35. d7 Nb6 36. Rxd4 Qxd4 37. Qe3 Qd6 38. Qe5 Qxd7 39. Qb8+ Nc8 40.
Bb7 a4 41. Bxc8 Qd8 $17) 35... Rxd1 36. Qxd1 exd5 37. Qxd5 $11) 35. Qxd1 Qf6 (
35... Qg5 36. Bxd5 exd5 37. d7 Kh7 38. Kg2 $18) 36. Qe1 $2 (36. d7 $1 Qd8 37.
Bxd5 Qxd7 (37... exd5 38. Qxd5 a4 39. Qc6 Kh7 40. Qc8 Qf6 41. Kg2 $16) 38. Bb3
$18) 36... Nb4 $2 (36... Nb6 $1 37. Qxa5 (37. Qe3 Qd8 38. Qc5 a4 39. Qb4 a3 40.
Qxa3 Nc4 $17) 37... Qd4 38. Qa3 g5 $15 {[%csl Rd6]}) (36... Qd4 37. Qxa5 Nb6
$15) 37. Qc1 $1 $18 Nd5 38. Qc5 Kh7 (38... Qd8 39. Bxd5 exd5 40. Qc7 Qf6 41.
Kg2 Qf5 42. Qe7 $18) 39. d7 Qd8 40. Qc2+ f5 41. Qc8 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.22"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4 exd5 7. e5 Ne4 8. Nxe4
dxe4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Ng5 Be6 11. Nxe6+ fxe6 12. Bxc4 Nc6 13. Bf4 Kc7 $1 14.
O-O-O Be7 15. h4 {This move can hardly be considered as an improvment. Black
has better perspectives in this endgame.} (15. Rhe1 g5 $1 16. Bg3 h5 17. h3 h4
18. Bh2 Rhf8 19. Bxe6 $2 (19. Bg1 $142) 19... Rxf2 20. Rd7+ Kb6 $17 {1/2-1/2
Kharlov,A-Kosintseva,T/St Petersburg 2003/EXT 2004 (51)}) 15... Nd4 (15... Rhf8
16. g3 (16. Bg3 Nd4 17. Rhe1 b5 18. Bf1 a6 19. Rxe4 Nf5 $15) 16... Nd4 17. Rde1
(17. Rhe1 b5 18. Bf1 Bxh4 19. Rxe4 Be7 20. Be3 Kb6 $15) 17... Rad8 18. Rxe4 b5
19. Bf1 Kb6 $15) 16. Rde1 b5 17. Bf1 Rad8 18. Rxe4 c4 $15 19. g3 $1 {[%cal
Gf1h3]} Nc6 (19... Bc5 20. Bh3 $132) 20. Bh3 Nb4 21. Kb1 Nd3 22. Be3 Bc5 23.
Bxe6 $8 (23. Rf1 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Rhe8 $15) 23... Nxf2 (23... Rhe8 $142 24. Bxc4 (
24. Bf7 Re7 25. e6 Bxe3 26. Rxe3 Nxf2 $15) 24... bxc4 25. Rxc4 Kb6 26. Rxc5
Nxc5 27. b4 Rxe5 28. bxc5+ Kc6 29. Kc2 $11) 24. Bxf2 Bxf2 25. Bf7 $14 {The
passed pawn e5 gives white better chances.} Bc5 26. Kc2 (26. b3 cxb3 27. axb3
Rd2 $132) 26... Rd3 (26... Kd7 27. e6+ Ke7 28. Re5 Bd4 (28... Rc8 29. Rd1 $16)
29. Rxb5 Rb8 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31. b3 $14) 27. Bxc4 bxc4 28. Rxc4 Rd5 29. b4 Rxe5
30. Rf1 Kb6 31. Rxc5 Rxc5+ 32. bxc5+ Kxc5 33. Rf7 $16 g6 34. Rxa7 (34. g4 h5
35. g5 Rd8 36. Rxa7 Rd4 $132) 34... Rf8 $1 {[%mdl 256] The active rook
determines the drawing character of this endgame.} 35. Rc7+ (35. Rxh7 Rf2+ 36.
Kb3 Rf3+ 37. Ka4 Rxg3 $14) 35... Kb4 36. Kb2 Rf2+ 37. Rc2 Rf3 38. Rg2 h5 $11
39. Kc2 g5 40. hxg5 Rf5 41. Rh2 Rxg5 42. Rh3 Ra5 43. Kd3 Ra3+ 44. Ke2 Rxa2+ 45.
Kf3 Ra5 46. Kf4 Kc4 47. Rh1 Kd3 48. Re1 Kd2 49. Re4 Kd3 50. Re7 Rd5 51. Re3+
Kd2 52. Re8 Kd3 53. Re7 Ra5 54. Kf3 Kd4 55. Kg2 Re5 56. Rf7 Kd5 57. Rf6 Re6 58.
Rf2 Re4 59. Kh3 Ke6 60. Rf8 Rg4 61. Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vidmar Memorial 16th"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "2005.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Borisek, Jure"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 e6 6. e4 exd5 7. e5 Ne4 8. Nxd5
b5 (8... Qa5+ 9. Nd2 (9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 11. Nxd2 (11. Kxd2 Na6 12.
Bxc4 Be6 13. Kc3 (13. Rhd1 O-O-O 14. Ke1 Nc7 15. Ne3 Be7 16. Bxe6+ fxe6 $11 {
1-0 Pedro,F-Mazziotti Irigoyen,G/Buenos Aires Torre Blanca 2003/PG (56)}) 13...
O-O-O 14. Rad1 h6 15. Rd2 Nc7 16. Rhd1 Nxd5+ 17. Bxd5 Rxd5 18. Rxd5 Bxd5 19.
Rxd5 Be7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Plachetka,J-Smejkal,J/Mezibori 1963/Inf 004 (25)}) 11...
Na6 12. Nxc4 Be6 13. Nf4 O-O-O 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Be2 Be7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Mourot,
F-Bouton,C/France 2003/EXT 2004 (40)}) 9... Nc6 10. Bxc4 Be6 11. O-O Nxd2 12.
Bxd2 Qd8 13. Bc3 (13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Rad1 Nd4 15. Qa4+ Qd7 16. Nc7+ Kd8 17. Nxe6+
fxe6 18. Qxa7 $18 {1-0 Svenn,G-Brynell,S/V[#]xj SM 1987 (22)}) 13... Qd7 14.
Qa4 O-O-O 15. Rfd1 Kb8 16. Nf4 $16 {1-0 Cylwik,Z-Gabrys,Z/Poznan 1962/EXT 2001
(24)}) (8... Be6 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Qd3 Qa5+ 11. b4 Nxb4 12. Qxe4 Bxd5 13. Bxd5
Nxd5+ 14. Bd2 Nb4 15. e6 $40 {1-0 Malakhatko,V-Kamber,B/Zuerich 2002/CBM 91
ext (33)}) 9. b3 Qa5+ 10. Nd2 $1 $146 {[%mdl 12] This is very strong novelty
by Beliavsky. White destroys Black's pawn chain on the queen's side without
exchanging the queens.} (10. Bd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 12. Nxd2 Na6 13. bxc4 Be6
14. O-O-O {1/2-1/2 Pein,M-Garcia Palermo,C/Brussels 1986/CBM 01 (14)}) 10...
Be6 (10... Nc3 11. Nxc4 $1 bxc4 12. Bd2 Nxd1 13. Bxa5 Nc6 14. Nc7+ Ke7 15. Nxa8
Nxa5 16. Rxd1 $16) (10... Bf5 $5 11. Qf3 $1 (11. bxc4 Nc6 12. f3 Nxd2 (12...
Nc3 13. Nb3 $1 Nxd1+ 14. Nxa5 Nxa5 15. Nc7+ Kd7 16. Nxa8 Nxc4 17. a4 $1 Nde3
18. axb5 $1 Nc2+ 19. Kf2 Nxa1 20. Bxc4 $16) 13. Bxd2 Qd8 14. Bc3 Nb4 $1 $132)
11... Bg6 12. b4 $1 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Qd8 14. Nc3 cxb4 $1 (14... Nd7 15. Nxb5 Rb8
16. Bxc4 $16) 15. Nxb5 $1 (15. Qxa8 bxc3 16. Bxc3 Qb6 $44) 15... a6 16. Bxc4 $1
$18) (10... Bb7 11. bxc4 Nc6 12. Bd3 (12. Qg4 $5 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Qd8 14. Bc3 Nb4
15. Bxb4 cxb4 16. Rd1 $36) 12... Nc3 13. Nb3 Nxd1+ 14. Nxa5 Nxa5 15. Nc7+ Ke7
16. Nxa8 Bxg2 17. Rg1 Bxa8 18. cxb5 $1 Nc3 19. Bd2 $16) (10... cxb3 11. Bxb5+
Bd7 12. Bd3 $16) 11. bxc4 Nd7 (11... Bxd5 12. cxd5 c4 13. Qg4 $1 $16) 12. Qf3
$1 Bxd5 13. cxd5 Qc3 (13... Ng5 14. Qe3 $18) 14. e6 $1 {[%mdl 128]} Ndf6 (14...
fxe6 15. dxe6 Ndf6 16. Bxb5+ Ke7 17. Qxc3 Nxc3 18. Bc4 $16) 15. Bxb5+ Ke7 16.
O-O (16. Qf4 $5 Nd6 17. Rb1 $18) 16... Qxf3 17. Nxf3 $18 {Even after
exchanging the queens White's attack is very strong due to his big development
advantage.} fxe6 (17... Nxd5 18. exf7 $18) 18. dxe6 Nd6 19. Ba4 $1 Kxe6 20.
Re1+ Kf5 21. Bc2+ (21. Bc2+ Nfe4 22. Ng5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 e6 6. e4 a6 $6 7. Bg5 b5 $2 (
7... Qa5 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Qc7 11. O-O h5 12. Re1 Bd6 13. dxe6
Bxe6 14. Bxb5+ $18 {1-0 Jaffe,C-Hodges,A/New York 1911/HCL (33)}) (7... Be7 8.
d6 Bf8 9. e5 $16 {1-0 Doncea,V-Sandu,C/Bucharest 2002/CBM 87 ext (41)}) (7...
exd5 8. e5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 (10. Nxg5 $5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 $16) 10... d4 11.
exf6 dxc3 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. O-O-O+ Ke8 14. Bxc4 $40 {1-0 Martic,Z-Mrdjen,D/
Rabac CRO 2004 (26)}) 8. e5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Nxg5 $1 hxg5 11. Bxg5 {
This"version" of Botvinnk's system is very bad for Black.} Bg7 (11... Nbd7 12.
dxe6 Qc7 (12... fxe6 13. exf6 $16) 13. exf6 Qe5+ 14. Qe2 $18) (11... Be7 12. d6
$18) 12. dxe6 (12. Qf3 $5 $16) 12... Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Bxe6 14. exf6 Bh6 15. f4 $1
Bxg5 (15... Nc6 16. Ne4 $16) 16. fxg5 {White has an extra pawn in the endgame
without compensation. Black pieces are coordinated badly. The attempt to put
the Rh8 into the game via h4-d4 failed because the passed pawn h became very
strong.} Rh4 17. g3 $1 Rd4 18. Bg2 Ra7 19. Ne2 $1 $18 Rad7 (19... Rxd1+ 20.
Kxd1 Bg4 21. Kc1 Bxe2 22. Re1 $18) 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. h4 $1 b4 22. h5 Kf8 23. g6
Kg8 24. g7 Rd6 25. h6 Bf5 26. h7+ $1 Bxh7 27. Be4 Re6 28. Rxh7 $1 Rxe4+ 29. Kf2
Kxh7 30. Rh1+ Kg8 31. Rh8# 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch 4th"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2003.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg"]
[Black "Turpanov, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 Nxc3 8. bxc3
Bb7 9. e6 f6 10. Be2 Bd5 (10... Qd5 $5) (10... g6 $5) 11. O-O c6 12. Nh4 Bxe6
13. Bg4 (13. axb5 cxb5 14. Bf3 Bd5 15. Nf5 g6 16. Ne3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Ra7 18. Re1
Bg7 19. Nd5 O-O 20. Ba3 Rf7 21. Bc5 Rd7 22. Nb6 Rc7 23. Qd5 Qe8 24. Re6 Bf8 25.
Rae1 $44 {1-0 Piket,J-Schlosser,P/Munich 1989/CBM 13 (40)}) 13... Bf7 $2 (13...
Bd5 14. Re1 g6 $13) 14. Re1 g6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (14... Ra7 15. Qf3 $36 Bd5 16.
Bh5+ Kd7 17. Qh3+ e6 18. Bg4 $40) 15. axb5 cxb5 16. Qf3 {[%cal Gf3a8,Gf3f6]}
Bd5 17. Qxf6 $16 Rg8 18. Ba3 Nc6 19. Nf3 Bg7 20. Qh4 h6 $2 {[%mdl 16384]} (
20... Rh8 $142 21. Bc5 (21. Re3 b4) 21... a5 22. Re3 $40 {[%csl Re8]}) 21. Be6
$1 $18 Bf6 (21... Bxe6 22. Rxe6 $18 {[%cal Ge6c6,Ge6g6,Ge6e7]}) 22. Qf4 (22.
Qxf6 exf6 23. Bxg8+ Kd7 24. Bxd5 $18) 22... Rf8 23. Qxh6 Bxe6 24. Rxe6 Qd5 25.
Qxg6+ Kd7 26. Re3 a5 27. Bc5 b4 28. Qc2 b3 29. Qe2 {[%csl Rc4]} Rg8 30. g3 a4
31. Ba3 Rg7 $2 (31... Kd8 $142 32. Nd2 Bg5 (32... Na5 33. Ne4 $18) 33. Nxc4
Bxe3 34. Nb6 Qa5 35. Nxa8 Qxc3 36. Bb2 Nxd4 37. Qxe3 Qxb2 38. Rd1 Rg4 39. Qe6 (
39. h3 Qc2 40. Rxd4+ Rxd4 41. Qxd4+ Ke8 42. Qxa4+ Kf8 $132 {[%cal Yb3b1]})
39... Rg5 40. h4 $18) 32. Nd2 $18 Na5 33. Ne4 $1 Nc6 (33... Nb7 34. Nxf6+ exf6
35. Re7+ Rxe7 36. Qxe7+ Kc8 37. Re1 $18) 34. Nc5+ $1 Kc8 35. Ne6 $1 Rh7 (35...
Rg8 36. Nf4 Qb5 37. d5 $18) 36. Nf4 Qd7 37. Qxc4 Kb7 38. Ne6 Ra5 39. Nc5+ Rxc5
40. Bxc5 b2 41. Qb5+ Kc8 42. Qxb2 Qh3 43. f4 Qh5 44. Qe2 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Bg5 a6 6. e4 (6. a4 Nc6 (6... c5 7.
Bxf6 $1 (7. e3 Nc6 8. Bxc4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. exd4 Be7 12. O-O
O-O $11 {1-0 Veselsky,J-Malac,M/Slovakia 2002/EXT 2004 (39)}) 7... Qxf6 (7...
gxf6 8. d5 exd5 9. Qxd5 Qb6 10. Qe4+ Be6 11. Nd5 Qa5+ 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. O-O-O Bh6
14. e3 O-O 15. Nxc4 Qd8 16. Nd6 $16 {1-0 Lerner,K-Sveshnikov,E/Tashkent 1980/
MCL (25)}) 8. d5 exd5 9. Nxd5 Qd8 10. e3 {[%csl Gd4]} Nc6 11. Bxc4 Bd6 12. O-O
O-O 13. h3 Re8 14. Qc2 Rb8 15. a5 $1 h6 16. Rfd1 Be6 17. Qc3 $16 {1-0
Khalifman,A-Ivanov,S/St Petersburg 1998/CBM 65/[Huzman] (32)}) (6... Bb4 7. e3
c5 8. Bxc4 cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 (9... Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Bd2 Ne4 12. Bd3 Nxd2
13. Qxd2 O-O 14. O-O Nd7 15. Rfe1 Qc7 16. Re3 b6 17. Ng5 Nf6 18. Rg3 $36 {
1-0 Gausel,E-Hawelko,M/Slupsk 1987/EXT 97 (24)}) 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 Be7 12.
Re1 h6 13. Bf4 Bd7 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5
Bg5 19. Bxg5 hxg5 20. h4 $1 Rfd8 21. hxg5 Qf5 22. Rc5 $16 {1-0 Kasparov,
G-Nogueiras,J/Belfort 1988/CBM 08 (29)}) (6... Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bxc4 O-O 9.
O-O c5 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bh4 Nb6 12. Ba2 cxd4 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Rxd4 $14 {1/2-1/2
Muendle,K-Nhar,C/Yerevan 1996/EXT 97 (33)}) (6... h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. e3 Nc6 9.
Bxc4 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne4 Qe7 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. d5 Nd8 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Rc1
$14 {1/2-1/2 Conquest,S-Milov,V/Port Erin IOM 2004/(68)}) 7. e3 Na5 8. Ne5 c5
9. Bxc4 (9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nxc4 cxd4 11. exd4 Rg8 12. g3 Bb4 13. Ne3 f5 14. Bg2
f4 15. Nc2 Qb6 16. O-O Bd7 17. Nxb4 Qxb4 18. Qc2 Nb3 19. Rad1 Nxd4 20. Qe4 $16
{1-0 Schlosser,P-Ott,F/Bad Neuenahr 1989/CBM 15 (51)}) 9... Be7 10. O-O cxd4
11. exd4 Nxc4 12. Nxc4 a5 13. d5 exd5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxd5 Be6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6
17. Nd6+ Kf8 18. Nxb7 Qe7 19. Qd6 Qxd6 20. Nxd6 Ke7 $44 {1/2-1/2 Eingorn,
V-Gelfand,B/Tallinn 1989/EXT 97 (28)}) (6. e3 b5 7. a4 b4 (7... c6 8. axb5 (8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. axb5 cxb5 10. Nxb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 {1/2-1/2 Adorjan,A-Nogueiras,J/
Szirak 1986/MCL (11)}) 8... cxb5 9. Nxb5 axb5 (9... Qb6 10. Nc3 Qxb2 11. Qc1
Ba3 12. e4 Qxc1+ 13. Bxc1 Bb4 $17 {0-1 Vajda,A-Treybal,K/Semmering 1926/HCL 
(51)}) 10. Rxa8 Bb7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Ra7 (12. Ra1 Bb4+ 13. Ke2 Nd7 14. Ne1 f5
15. f3 Rg8 16. g3 h5 17. Ng2 $16 {1-0 Campos Moreno,J-Korneev,O/Terrassa 1995/
EXT 98 (34)}) 12... Bb4+ 13. Ke2 Be4 14. Nd2 Bg6 15. Nxc4 Nc6 16. Ra6 Qc8 17.
Rb6 O-O 18. Rxb5 Qa6 19. Rxb4 Nxb4 20. Qb3 Rb8 $44 {1-0 Piket,J-Lobron,E/
Amsterdam 1994/CBM 43 (43)}) 8. Nb1 Bb7 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. Nb3 c5
12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Ke2 Rc8 16. Nd2 Nd7 17. Bd3 Be7
18. Bxe7 {1/2-1/2 Zvjaginsev,V-Makarov,M/Elista 1998/CBM 65 (18)}) 6... b5 (
6... Be7 7. Bxc4 b5 (7... O-O 8. O-O b6 (8... Nbd7 9. d5 Nb6 10. Bb3 exd5 11.
exd5 Nfxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxg5 13. Nxb6 cxb6 14. Qxd8 Bxd8 $15 {0-1 Hoffmann,
C-Lorenz,O/Bad Neustadt 1992/EXT 2004 (36)}) 9. Rc1 Bb7 10. Qc2 Nfd7 11. Bf4 c5
12. d5 $16 {1-0 Buerger,E-Bikulcius,J/Illinois 1965/EXT 99 (26)}) 8. Bb3 (8.
Bd3 Bb7 9. a3 (9. Qe2 c5 10. dxc5 Nfd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. b4 $16 {1-0 Singer,
R-Raffalt,M/Austria 2000/EXT 2002 (34)}) 9... Nbd7 10. b4 h6 11. Bf4 c6 12. O-O
$16 {0-1 Jaffe,C-Duras,O/New York 1913/HCL (46)}) 8... Bb7 9. Bc2 Nbd7 10. O-O
b4 11. e5 bxc3 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. bxc3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qxf3 16. gxf3
c5 $15 {0-1 Trimp,M-Visschedijk,M/Leiden 1999/EXT 2000 (36)}) (6... h6 7. Bxf6
Qxf6 (7... gxf6 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 c5 10. d5 Rg8 11. O-O Nd7 12. dxe6 fxe6 13.
a4 b4 14. Ne2 Qc7 15. Qb3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. f4 Qh5 18. Bc4 $16 {0-1
Kostelny,J-Bakalar,J/Martin 1996/EXT 98 (51)}) 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O
Nd7 11. Rc1 Qd8 12. Qe2 Be7 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. e5 $36 {1-0 Hebden,M-Boudre,J/
Montpellier 2003/CBM 95 ext (43)}) 7. e5 (7. a4 b4 8. Nb1 Bb7 9. e5 h6 10. Be3
(10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Bxc4 g4 13. Bh4 Ng5 14. Nxg5 hxg5 15. Bg3 Bxg2 16.
Rg1 Bf3 $19 {0-1 Schenk,A-Landa,K/Fuerth 2002/CBM 90 ext (19)}) 10... Nd5 11.
Bxc4 c5 12. O-O Nd7 13. a5 Be7 14. Nbd2 O-O $11 {0-1 Loeffler,S-Lerner,K/
Berlin 1993/TD (37)}) 7... h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Be7 (10... Nbd7
11. exf6 (11. Be2 c5 12. Bf3 Ra7 13. exf6 Qb6 14. d5 Ne5 15. dxe6 Nd3+ 16. Kf1
Bxe6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Razuvaev,Y-Sveshnikov,E/Minsk 1979/URS-ch (42)}) 11... c5 12.
d5 Ne5 13. f4 Nd3+ 14. Bxd3 cxd3 15. Qxd3 b4 16. O-O-O $3 bxc3 17. Qxc3 $18 {
1-0 Vaganian,R-Dobosz,H/Yerevan 1980/MCD (40)}) 11. Bxf6 $1 (11. exf6 Bxf6 12.
Qf3 Bxg5 13. Qxa8 Qxd4 14. Rd1 Qb6 15. Qf3 Bb7 $44) 11... Bxf6 12. Qf3 Qxd4 $2
{Black tries to seize initiative by an exchange sacrifice. But this move is a
mistake because instead of taking the Ra8 White takes the Bf6 and gets an
attack.} (12... Ra7 $1 13. Qxf6 (13. exf6 Qxd4 14. Rd1 Qe5+ 15. Be2 Bb7 $36)
13... Qxf6 14. exf6 Nd7 15. b4 $5 (15. b3 b4 16. Ne4 Bb7 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5
Rh5 $13) (15. a4 b4 16. Ne4 Bb7 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Rh5 19. f3 Rxc5 20. h4
$16) 15... Nxf6 16. a4 Rb7 17. axb5 axb5 18. g3 c6 (18... Nd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20.
h4 c6 21. Kd2 $14) 19. Bg2 Nd5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. h4 $14) 13. Qxf6 Rh5 $4 {
[%mdl 8192]} (13... Qh4 $8 14. Qf3 Ra7 15. Qe3 Rb7 16. g3 $16) 14. Be2 $18 Rxe5
15. Qh8+ (15. Qh8+ Ke7 16. Qxc8 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov Ekonomist SGSEU"]
[BlackTeam "Samara Yunilain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Bg5 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. e3 (7. e4 Na5
8. Qc2 (8. e5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Nxg5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Be7 12. Bxf6 (12. exf6 Bxf6
$13) 12... Bxf6 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. d5 Bd7 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Qc2 Nb3 17. Rd1
O-O-O 18. Bxc4 Nd4 $17 {0-1 Shovkoplias-Yatsishin/Lvov op 2001 (29)}) 8... h6
9. Be3 c6 10. Ne5 b5 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. f4 Nd7 15. Rad1
Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qc7 17. Qf2 Nb3 $17 {0-1 Dive,R-Sadler,M/Hastings 1988/EXT 97 
(49)}) 7... Na5 (7... h6 8. Bh4 Na5 9. Nd2 Bb4 10. Nxc4 g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Qc2
Nxg3 13. hxg3 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 Bd7 15. O-O Qe7 16. Rfc1 h5 $132 {0-1 Wallach,
K-Acosta,M/Chicago 1985/MCD (30)}) 8. Ne5 c5 (8... Be7 9. Nxc4 (9. Bxc4 $5 Nd7
$5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nxd7 (11. Ba2 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qc5 $11) 11... Nxc4 12. Nc5
$14) 9... Nxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. O-O (11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. dxc5 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qxd1+
14. Rxd1 Bd7 $11) 11... cxd4 12. exd4 O-O 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Qd3 Bc6 15. Rad1 Re8
16. Qh3 Nd5 $11 {0-1 Csala,I-Sulava,N/Budapest 1990/CBM 17 ext (43)}) 9. Bxc4 (
9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nxc4 cxd4 11. exd4 Rg8 12. g3 Bb4 13. Ne3 f5 14. Bg2 f4 15.
Nc2 Qb6 16. O-O Bd7 17. Nxb4 Qxb4 18. Qc2 $132 {1-0 Schlosser,P-Ott,F/Bad
Neuenahr 1989/CBM 15 (51)}) 9... cxd4 (9... Be7 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Nxc4 $6 (
11... O-O 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Nf3 $14 (13. Re1 Nxd4 14. Re3 Nf5 $13)) 12. Nxc4 a5
13. d5 $1 (13. Rc1 O-O 14. Ne5 $14) 13... exd5 (13... Nxd5 14. Bxe7 $16) 14.
Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxd5 Be6 (15... O-O 16. Ncb6 (16. Qf3 Be6 17. Rfd1 $14) 16... Ra6
17. Nxc8 Qxc8 18. Qb3 $14) 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Nd6+ Kf8 18. Nxb7 $6 (18. Qc2 h5
(18... g6 19. Qc5 $40) 19. Nxb7 h4 20. Nc5 $14) (18. Qd2 $5 h5 (18... Rd8 19.
Ra3 $5 $16) 19. f4 $1 $16) 18... Qe7 19. Qd6 $8 Qxd6 20. Nxd6 Ke7 $1 21. Nb5
Rhd8 $44 22. Nc7 (22. Rfd1 Rab8 (22... Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rb8 $11) 23. Nd4 Kf6 24.
Nxe6 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Kxe6 $11) 22... Rab8 $11 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Rab1 Rd2 25. b3
Rd3 26. Rfe1 Rbxb3 27. Rxb3 Rxb3 28. f4 $1 Rb4 {1/2-1/2 Eingorn,V-Gelfand,B/
Tallinn 1989/Inf 47/[Gelfand,B] (28)}) (9... Qb6 $2 10. O-O Qxb2 11. Rc1 $16 {
->}) 10. exd4 Nxc4 11. Nxc4 a5 (11... Be7 12. a5 $1 $16) (11... Bd7 $5 12. O-O
(12. d5 $140 exd5 13. Nxd5 Be6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 (14... Qxd5 15. Qxd5 Bxd5 16. Nb6
gxf6 17. Nxd5 O-O-O 18. O-O-O $16) 15. Ncb6 $16 Bb4+ $1 16. Ke2 Ba5 17. Nxa8
Bxd5 $44) 12... Bc6 13. a5 Be7 14. Nb6 Rb8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. d5 exd5 17. Re1+
Kf8 18. Ncxd5 g6 19. Ra3 $1 $36) 12. Bxf6 ({After} 12. O-O $5 Be7 $140 13. d5 {
see comments to the game Eingorn-Gelfand,1989}) 12... Qxf6 (12... gxf6 13. O-O
$36 {[%cal Gd4d5]}) 13. Nb6 (13. O-O Bb4 (13... Qd8 14. Qg4 $36) (13... Be7 14.
Nb6 $16) 14. Na2 O-O (14... Qe7 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Qg4 O-O 17. Nxb4 Qxb4 18. Qg3
$16) 15. Nxb4 axb4 16. Qd2 Bd7 17. Qxb4 Bc6 18. Ne5 $14) 13... Ra6 $1 {Nice
tactical trick allows Black to decide opening problems.} 14. Nxc8 Qd8 15. O-O
Qxc8 16. Qg4 g6 17. Nb5 (17. Rac1 Bh6 $11 {[%cal Ye8g8]}) 17... Qd7 18. d5 (18.
Rac1 Bd6 19. d5 O-O 20. Rfe1 Re8 $14) 18... Bb4 19. Rac1 O-O 20. Rfd1 h5 $1 (
20... Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Qxc8 22. h3 Qd7 23. b3 Qe7 $14) 21. Qf3 (21. Qh3 Rc8 22.
Rxc8+ Qxc8 $11) 21... exd5 22. Rxd5 Qe7 $11 23. h3 Qf6 (23... Qf6 24. Qxf6 Rxf6
25. Rd7 Re8 $132 {[%cal Ye8e2]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "SCG-ch 1st"]
[Site "Kopaonik"]
[Date "2005.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Todorovic, Goran M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2005.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 Nxc3 8. bxc3
Bb7 9. e6 f6 10. Nh4 g6 (10... Qd5 11. Be2 Qe4 12. O-O Nc6 13. Bf3 Qd3 14. Qe1
f5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8+ Bxa8 17. d5 Nd8 18. Qe5 {1-0 Hottes,D-Lohsse/
Germany 1967 (18)}) 11. Be2 Bd5 (11... Qd5 12. O-O Qxe6 13. Bf3 $44) 12. O-O
Nc6 (12... Qd6 13. Bf3 c6 14. Re1 $16) 13. f4 $1 b4 (13... Bxe6 14. axb5 axb5
15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. d5 $18) 14. f5 bxc3 (14... Bg7 15. Bh5 $1 Qc8 16. Bf3 $1 Qd8
17. fxg6 $16) 15. fxg6 ({White got big advantage by typical idea} 15. Bh5 $1
Bxe6 16. fxe6 Qxd4+ 17. Qxd4 Nxd4 18. Bf3 O-O-O 19. Rb1 $16) 15... c2 (15...
Bxe6 16. Bf3 Bd5 (16... Qd7 17. d5 c2 18. Qd2 c3 19. dxe6 $1 Qxd2 20. Bxc6+ Kd8
21. Bxd2 (21. Nf3 $5 Qd6 22. Bxa8 hxg6 23. Be4 $16) 21... cxd2 22. Bxa8 Bh6 23.
Rfd1 hxg6 24. Nf3 $16 Kc8 25. Rxd2 Bxd2 26. Nxd2 Rd8 27. Rc1 Rxd2 28. Bf3 c5
29. Kf1 c4 30. Ke1 c3 31. Be4 $18) 17. Bh5 hxg6 18. Nxg6 Rxh5 19. Qxh5 Bf7 20.
Be3 Qd5 21. Qxd5 Bxd5 22. Rac1 $14) 16. Qxc2 ({The spectacular} 16. Bh5 $3 {
[%mdl 512] leads to an unclear position after} cxd1=Q 17. Rxd1 Bf3 $3 {[%mdl
256]} 18. gxf3 (18. g7+ Bxh5 19. gxh8=Q Qd5 20. Qxh7 O-O-O $17) 18... Qd5 19.
g7+ Qxh5 20. gxh8=Q O-O-O 21. Qg8 Qxh4 22. Qg2 Qh5 $44) 16... Bxe6 17. Rd1 (17.
Be3 $5 Nb4 (17... Bh6 $2 18. Bxh6 Qxd4+ 19. Kh1 Qxh4 20. g7 Rg8 21. Qxh7 O-O-O
22. Rf4 $18) (17... hxg6 18. Nxg6 (18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Qd6 20. g3 $16) 18...
Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 20. Kh1 Rh6 21. Rad1 Qe3 22. Rf3 Qg5 23. Qe4 Rxg6 24. Rg3
$1 Qe5 25. Qxg6+ Bf7 26. Qc2 $16) 18. Bh5 (18. Qb1 Rb8 19. gxh7 Nd3 $132) (18.
Qd2 a5 19. Bh5 hxg6 20. Bxg6+ Bf7 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Nf3 Qd5 $13) 18... Qd5 $1
19. Qe2 (19. Qxc4 $1 Qxh5 $1 20. Qxe6 hxg6 21. Nf3 Qd5 $15) 19... O-O-O 20. Bf3
Qd6 21. g3 $44) 17... Nb4 18. Qc3 Nd3 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (18... Qd6 19. Bf3 (19.
Ba3 a5 20. Bxc4 hxg6 21. Bxe6 Rxh4 22. g3 Re4 $13) (19. Bh5 O-O-O 20. Ba3 a5
$13) 19... Rd8 20. Bh5 hxg6 21. Bxg6+ Kd7 22. g3 Nd5 23. Qc2 $44) 19. Bxd3 $2 (
19. Rxd3 $1 cxd3 (19... hxg6 20. Re3 $18) 20. Qc6+ Bd7 21. Bh5 $1 Bxc6 22. g7+
Kd7 23. gxh8=Q $18) 19... cxd3 20. Qxd3 $2 (20. Qc6+ $1 Bd7 21. Qd5 hxg6 (21...
Bg4 22. Qf7+ Kd7 23. Re1 hxg6 24. Nxg6 Rh5 25. Re4 Bf5 26. Nxf8+ Qxf8 27. Qd5+
$18) (21... e6 22. Qh5 $18) 22. Nxg6 e6 23. Qf3 Rh7 24. Nxf8 (24. Qxd3 Bg7 25.
Ne5 f5 26. Qg3 Qf6 27. Bg5 Qf8 28. Qf3 $18) 24... Kxf8 25. Rxd3 $40) 20... Qd5
$1 21. gxh7 (21. Ba3 $5 hxg6 22. Nxg6 Bf5 23. Qg3 Rh7 (23... Rg8 $2 24. Nf4 Qf7
25. Qf3 $18) 24. Nxf8 (24. Nf4 Qe4 25. d5 Bh6 $1 26. Qg8+ $140 Kd7 27. Qxa8
Qe3+ 28. Kh1 Bxf4 29. Qc6+ Kd8 30. Qa8+ Bc8 $19) 24... Kxf8 25. Rac1 Rg7 26.
Qf2 Be4 27. g3 Qb3 $13) 21... Qh5 22. Qg6+ Bf7 (22... Qxg6 23. Nxg6 Rxh7 24.
Bf4 (24. d5 Rd8 25. Nf4 Bg8 26. Be3 Bh6 $11) 24... c6 25. Nxf8 Kxf8 26. Rab1
Bd5 $14) 23. Qxh5 (23. Qc2 Bd5 (23... c5 24. a5 c4 $1 25. Nf5 Be6 26. Rf1 Rxh7
27. h3 $36) 24. Qg6+ Bf7 $11) 23... Bxh5 24. Re1 Rxh7 25. Bf4 {In the arising
endgame Black has good chances to equalize the game.} (25. Nf5 Bg6 $15) 25...
Kd7 (25... O-O-O $1 26. Rac1 (26. Rec1 e6 $11) 26... Rxd4 27. Rxc7+ (27. Bxc7
Rxa4 28. Nf5 Bg4 $17) 27... Kd8 28. Bg3 Rxa4 29. Rb1 Ke8 $11) 26. Rac1 (26.
Rab1 e6 27. Rec1 Bd6 28. Bxd6 Kxd6 29. g3 Kd5 30. Rb4 a5 31. Rb5+ Kxd4 $13)
26... c6 $2 (26... Rc8 $142 27. Rc3 e6 28. Rec1 c6 (28... Bd6 29. Bxd6 Kxd6 30.
Rc6+ Kd5 31. g3 $14) 29. Rb3 Bd6 30. Bxd6 Kxd6 31. Rb6 a5 $14 {/=}) 27. Rb1 Ra7
28. Bb8 (28. Rb8 Rh8 29. g4 $1 Bf7 30. Nf5 e6 (30... e5 31. Be3 $16) 31. Ne3
Rg8 32. a5 (32. Kf2 Bd6 33. Bxd6 Kxd6 34. Rb2 $16) 32... Bg7 33. Reb1 (33. Rxg8
Bxg8 34. Nc4 $16) 33... e5 34. Rxg8 Bxg8 35. Nf5 $16) 28... Ra8 29. Rb7+ (29.
Bf4 $1 Ra7 30. Rb8 Rh8 31. g4 Bf7 32. Nf5 e6 33. Ne3 $16 {[%cal Ge3c4]}) 29...
Kc8 30. Reb1 Bh6 $2 ({The move} 30... Be8 $1 {[%cal Yh7h5,Yh5a5] allows Black
to coordinate his pieces.} 31. Bg3 (31. Nf3 Bg6 32. R1b6 e6 33. Rxh7 Bxh7 34.
Bf4 Be4 $132) (31. g3 Rh5 32. Ng2 e5 (32... Rb5 $5 33. axb5 axb5 34. Ra7 (34.
Rb6 Rxb8 35. Rxb8+ Kxb8 36. Re1 $14 (36. Nf4 e5 $13)) 34... Rxb8 35. Nf4 Bd7
36. Rc1 $16) 33. dxe5 Bc5+ 34. Kh1 fxe5 35. Rc7+ Kd8 36. Rg7 Bd4 $13) 31... Rh5
32. Nf3 Ra5) 31. Kf2 Bg4 (31... Bd2 32. Bd6 Bc3 33. Bc5 $16) 32. Bg3 ({White
would receive a great advantage after a "smal" combination:} 32. Bd6 $1 Kd8 33.
Re1 $1 (33. Ng6 Bf5 34. Nxe7 Bxb1 35. Nxc6+ Ke8 36. Rxb1 Rd7 (36... Rc8 37. Rb6
$16) 37. Bb8 $1 $44) 33... Bd7 (33... Bf4 34. Bxf4 Bc8 35. Rc7 Rxh4 36. Bg3 Rh7
(36... Rxd4 37. Rcxe7 Bd7 38. Rf7 $18) 37. Rxc6 $18) 34. Rxe7 $1 Rxe7 35. Bxe7+
Kxe7 36. Nf5+ Ke6 37. Nxh6 a5 38. Ng4 Be8 39. Ne3 c5 40. Rb6+ Kf7 41. dxc5 Bxa4
42. Nc4 $18) 32... Kd8 33. Rb8+ (33. R1b6 Bc8 34. Rc7 Bd7 35. Nf3 Rg7 $16)
33... Rxb8 34. Rxb8+ Kd7 $2 (34... Bc8 $142 35. Ng6 (35. Nf5 Bd2) 35... e6 36.
Bd6 (36. Nf4 $5 Bxf4 37. Bxf4 Rh5 38. g4 Rd5 39. Be3 Kc7 40. Rb2 $16 {[%cal
Gh2h7]}) 36... Kd7 37. Bc5 Kc7 $16) 35. Ra8 Ke6 36. h3 (36. Rxa6 Kd5 37. Nf3
Bxf3 38. Kxf3 e5 39. dxe5 fxe5 40. Bf2 Rf7+ 41. Ke2 Rb7 $132) 36... Bd1 37.
Rxa6 Kd5 38. Nf5 (38. a5 $5 e6 (38... Bd2 39. Nf3 Bxf3 40. Kxf3 e6 41. Bf2 $16)
39. Nf3 Rb7 40. Rb6 Ra7 41. a6 $18) 38... e6 $2 (38... Bd2 $142 39. Ne3+ (39.
Ra7 Ke4 40. Nxe7 Bc3 $132) 39... Bxe3+ 40. Kxe3 Rg7 $16) 39. Nxh6 Rxh6 40. a5
Rh7 41. Rb6 Ba4 (41... Ra7 42. a6 Ra8 43. Bb8 $18) 42. a6 e5 (42... Ra7 43. Bb8
Ra8 44. a7 $18) 43. Rb7 Rh8 44. a7 Ra8 45. dxe5 fxe5 46. Re7 c5 47. Bxe5 Rf8+
48. Ke3 Bc6 49. h4 Kc4 50. h5 1-0

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ulko, Jaroslav"]
[Black "Kashtanov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8. axb5
Nb6 9. Ng5 Bb7 10. Qh5 g6 11. Qg4 h6 (11... Bg7 12. b3 O-O 13. bxc4 axb5 14.
Rxa8 Bxa8 15. Nxb5 c5 16. Bd3 cxd4 17. O-O Nc6 18. Qh3 h6 19. Nxe6 Qd7 20. Bf5
Ne7 21. Nxg7 Nxf5 22. Nxf5 Qxf5 23. Qxf5 gxf5 24. Nxd4 $16 {1-0 Babula,V-Salai,
L/Nove Zamky 1999/EXT 2000 (52)}) 12. Nge4 N8d7 13. bxa6 Rxa6 14. Rxa6 Bxa6 15.
Be2 Be7 (15... c5 16. Be3 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Qb8 18. O-O Be7 19. Ra1 $36) 16. h4 Nb8
{[%cal Yb8c6,Yc6b4,Yb4d5]} 17. Bf3 $1 Kf8 18. h5 g5 19. Be3 Nd5 (19... Nc6 20.
Nxg5 $16) 20. O-O {[%cal Gf1a1,Ga1a8]} Nb4 21. d5 $1 {[%mdl 512] With the help
of this tupical breakthrough all White pieces turn allive.The Be3 takes the
diagonal e3-a7 ander its full control,Qg4 moves to f5 to attack the Black king,
pawn e5 moves to e6 opening the position of the Black king.} exd5 (21... Nxd5
22. Nxd5 (22. Rd1 c6) 22... exd5 23. Nc5 Bc8 (23... c6 24. e6 $40) 24. e6 c6
25. Qf5 Bf6 (25... f6 26. Ra1 $40) 26. Ne4 $1 dxe4 27. Rd1 Bd7 28. exd7 exf3
29. Bb6 $18) (21... Nd3 $5 22. d6 (22. dxe6 Bc8 23. Qg3 Bxe6 $132) 22... cxd6
23. exd6 Bxd6 24. Nxd6 Qxd6 25. Ra1 $44) 22. Nc5 Bc8 23. e6 Bf6 24. Rd1 c6 25.
N3e4 (25. Qf5 $1 {[%cal Gc3e4]} Qe7 26. N5e4 Bxc3 27. bxc3 (27. Bc5 $2 Bxe6 28.
Bxe7+ Kxe7 $19) 27... N4a6 28. Qe5 Rg8 29. Nf6 Qxe6 (29... Rg7 30. Rb1 fxe6 (
30... Qxe6 31. Qxb8 $1 Nxb8 32. Bc5+ $18) 31. Rxb8 Nxb8 32. Qxb8 $16) 30. Qxe6
(30. Qd4 c5 31. Nh7+ Ke7 32. Qxd5 Qxd5 33. Rxd5 $11) 30... fxe6 (30... Bxe6 31.
Nxg8 Kxg8 32. Rb1 $16) 31. Nxg8 Kxg8 32. Bg4 $14) 25... Nc2 (25... Bxb2 26. Rb1
dxe4 (26... Nd3 27. Qf5 Qe7 28. Rxb2 Nxb2 29. Qe5 $1 f6 30. Nxf6 $18) 27. Rxb2
exf3 28. Qxf3 Rh7 29. Rxb4 Na6 30. Nxa6 Bxa6 31. Bc5+ Kg8 32. e7 $18) 26. Bc1 (
26. Qf5 Nxe3 27. fxe3 Kg7 $17) 26... Kg7 $2 (26... fxe6 27. Nxe6+ Ke7 28. Qf5
Qf8 29. N4c5 Nd4 30. Rxd4 Na6 $1 31. Re4 $1 dxe4 32. Qxe4 $40) (26... Bd4 27.
Qf5 Qe7 28. Rxd4 Nxd4 29. Qe5 Nxf3+ 30. gxf3 Rg8 31. Nf6 $40) (26... Be5 $5 27.
Qf5 f6 $13) 27. Qf5 $1 {[%cal Gf5c2]} Na6 (27... Ne1 28. Rxe1 dxe4 29. Qxe4 Re8
30. Qxc4 $16) 28. Nxa6 Bxe6 29. Qxf6+ Qxf6 30. Nxf6 Kxf6 31. Bd2 $18 Ra8 32.
Nc5 Ke5 (32... Ra2 33. Bc3+ Ke7 34. Rc1 $18) 33. Rc1 Ra1 (33... Bf5 34. g4 Bh7
35. Bd1 Nd4 36. Bc3 $18) 34. Rxa1 Nxa1 35. Nxe6 fxe6 36. Bd1 $1 Kd4 (36... c5
37. g3 $18 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gf2f4]}) 37. Bxg5 1-0

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2001.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8. axb5
Bb4 9. Bd2 Nb6 10. b3 Bb7 11. bxc4 $2 (11. bxa6 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qxd4 13. Bxc4
Qxe5+ 14. Be2 Nd5 15. Rc1 O-O 16. O-O Bd6 17. g3 Nxa6 18. Rfe1 Qd4 19. Red1
Nab4 20. Bc4 Qf6 21. Qg2 Be5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Qxd5 Rfd8 25. Qe4
Rab8 {1/2-1/2 Maksimovic,S-Bojkovic,N/Split 1989/EXT 97 (25)}) 11... Bxf3 12.
Qxf3 Qxd4 13. Rb1 (13. Qg3 O-O $17 {[%cal Yb6c4]} 14. Rb1 $140 $2 Bxc3 15. Bxc3
Qe4+ $19) (13. Be2 N8d7 $1 (13... Qxe5 14. O-O O-O 15. c5 $5 Qxc5 (15... Bxc5
16. Bf4 Qf6 17. Ne4 $44) (15... Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Qxc5 17. Rfc1 $44) 16. Ne4 Qe7
17. Bxb4 Qxb4 18. bxa6 $44) 14. Rxa6 Rxa6 15. bxa6 Nxe5 16. Qe3 Qxe3 17. fxe3
Nbxc4 18. a7 Kd7 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Rf1 f5 21. Rf4 Nxe3 $1 $17) 13... a5 $1 14.
Qd3 Qxe5+ 15. Be2 N8d7 $17 16. f4 Qd6 17. Ne4 Qxd3 18. Bxd3 f5 (18... Bxd2+ 19.
Kxd2 f5 20. Ng5 Nc5 $17) 19. Bxb4 axb4 20. Nd2 Nc5 21. Be2 Ra4 22. Kf2 Ke7 23.
Rb2 Rd8 24. Rhb1 Rxd2 $1 (24... Ra3 25. Ke1 Nd3+ 26. Bxd3 Raxd3 27. Nf3 Nxc4
28. Rxb4 Ne3 29. Rc1 $132) 25. Rxd2 Ne4+ 26. Ke1 Nxd2 27. Kxd2 Kd6 $19 28. c5+
Kxc5 29. Rc1+ Kd4 $1 (29... Kd6 30. Rc6+ Kd7 $19) 30. Rxc7 Ra2+ 31. Kd1 b3 32.
Rc6 Ra1+ 33. Kd2 b2 34. Rd6+ Nd5 35. Bd3 Rd1+ $1 (35... Rd1+ 36. Kxd1 Kxd3 $19
{[%cal Yb2b1]}) 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.27"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nfd7 (6... Nd5 7. a4 e6
8. axb5 Nb6 9. Be3 axb5 10. Rxa8 Nxa8 11. Nxb5 Nb6 12. Nd2 Ba6 13. Nc3 Nc6 {
1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Ganguly,S/Moscow 2001/CBM 86_03 (13)}) 7. a4 Nb6 8. axb5
Bb7 9. Be2 e6 10. bxa6 Rxa6 11. Rxa6 Nxa6 12. O-O Be7 13. Be3 O-O 14. Nd2 Qd7 (
14... c5 15. Nxc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Bxd4 Nb4 19. Bb6 Rc8 20.
Be2 Bc5 21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22. f4 $16 {0-1 Van Wely,L-Miles,A/London 1995/CBM 49
ext (55)}) 15. Re1 $1 $14 {White prepares square f1 for the B neutralizing
idea Qc6 from the game Sulava-Estrada Nieto.} (15. Nxc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Qc6 17.
Qf3 Qxc4 18. Qxb7 Rb8 19. Qf3 Rxb2 20. Ne4 Qd3 21. h3 h6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sulava,
N-Estrada Nieto,J/Cannes 1996/CBM 51 ext (28)}) 15... Nb4 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17.
Bxc4 Qc6 (17... Bxg2 $142 18. Qg4 $1 (18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Kxg2 Nd5 $14) 18... Bb7
19. Bh6 (19. d5 $6 f5 $1 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. dxe6 Qc6 $40) 19... g6 20. Bb5 Qd8
21. Bxf8 Bxf8 $44 {/+/- Black has good practical chanses.}) 18. Bf1 $16 Rd8 19.
Qb3 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21. Rd1 h6 22. h3 Qa8 (22... c6 $142) 23. Qc4 Qb7 24. Rc1
Rb8 25. Qe2 Kf8 26. Rd1 Nd5 {Probably better was just to wait.I think that
exchange of the Knights is in White's favour.} 27. Nxd5 Qxd5 28. Rc1 Rb7 29.
Rc3 Bb4 30. Rc2 Be7 31. Qa6 Kg8 32. Kh2 Kh7 33. Qa4 Bb4 34. Qc6 Qxc6 35. Rxc6
Ba5 36. Rc5 Bb6 37. Rc3 Rb8 38. Kg3 {White improves position of K.} Rd8 39. Rc4
Rd5 40. Kf3 Kg6 41. Ke4 f6 42. f4 f5+ 43. Kd3 Rb5 44. b4 Kf7 45. g4 g6 46. Bd2
Rd5 47. Bc3 Rd8 48. Bb2 Ra8 49. Rc3 Rd8 50. Rc1 Ra8 51. Kc4 Rd8 52. Ra1 Ke7 53.
Bc3 {On the next step of the winning plan White prepares exchange of the
Bishops.} Kf7 54. Rd1 Rd5 55. b5 Kg7 56. Bb4 Kf7 57. Rd3 {[%cal Gb4c5]} fxg4 {
Black are trying to create some counterplay but this only helps White to win.}
58. hxg4 h5 59. gxh5 gxh5 60. f5 $1 $18 h4 61. Bc3 Rd8 62. Rh3 exf5 63. Rxh4
Rg8 64. Rh5 Kg6 65. Rh1 f4 66. Rg1+ Kf7 67. Rxg8 Kxg8 68. Kd3 Kf7 69. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2001.01.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2001.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8. axb5
Nb6 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O (10... Bb7 11. bxa6 Rxa6 12. Rxa6 Nxa6 13. Na4 Qd5
14. Ne1 Qc6 15. Nxb6 cxb6 16. Bf3 Qd7 17. b3 cxb3 18. Qxb3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Nb4
20. Ba3 Nd5 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Qa4+ Qd7 23. Qa8+ Qd8 24. Qc6+ Qd7 25. Qa8+ {
1/2-1/2 Van Wely,L-Miles,A/Capablanca mem 1995/CBM 48 (25)}) 11. Be3 axb5 (
11... Bb7 12. bxa6 Rxa6 13. Rxa6 Nxa6 14. Nd2 Qa8 15. f3 Rd8 16. Qc1 c5 17.
dxc5 Bxc5 18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Ba6 21. Bxa6 Qxa6 22. Qe3 Qc4
23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Nxd1 Qc2 25. Qd4 h6 26. Nf2 Qb1+ {1/2-1/2 Krizsany,L-Somlai,
L/HUN t-ch 1997 (26)}) 12. Rxa8 Nxa8 13. Nxb5 Nb6 14. Qc2 Nc6 15. Qe4 $1 (15.
Bxc4 $2 Nb4 16. Qe2 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Ba6 $17) 15... Nb4 16. Qg4 $1 (16. Nc3 N4d5
17. Qg4 Nxe3 18. fxe3 c5) 16... f5 $1 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Rd1 (18. Ne5 N4d5 (
18... Bxe5 19. dxe5 Nd3 20. Bxb6 cxb6 21. Qxc4 Nxe5 22. Qc3 $14) 19. Nxc4 e5
20. Qe4 Nxe3 21. fxe3 exd4 22. exd4 Nxc4 23. Bxc4+ Kh8 $14) 18... N4d5 19. Qe4
Bb7 $6 {In my opinion there still was plenty room for fight.It can be
illustrated by following lines:} (19... Bb7 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 {[%cal Yf8e8]} 21.
Ne5 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Bd5 (22... Bxe5 23. Qxe5 Nd5 24. Bg4 (24. Bxc4 Re8 25. Qh5 g6
26. Qe2 Nxe3 $17) 24... Qe8 (24... Nxe3 25. Qxe3 Qd5 26. Rd2 Qxb5 27. Qe7 Qe8
28. Re2 $36) 25. Qxe8 Rxe8 26. Bf3 Nxe3 27. Re1 Bxf3 28. gxf3 $16) 23. Qf5 g6 (
23... Bh4 24. Qh3 $16) 24. Qg4 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Qe7 26. Nc3 Qxe5 27. Qd4 $14) (
19... Qd7 $5 20. Nc3 Bb7 $132) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes m1"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2000.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2000.04.18"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8. axb5
Nb6 9. Be3 Bb7 10. bxa6 Rxa6 11. Rc1 (11. Rxa6 Nxa6 12. Bxc4 Nxc4 13. Qa4+ Qd7
14. Qxc4 Be7 15. O-O O-O 16. Ra1 Nb4 17. Nd2 Rd8 {1/2-1/2 Pert,N-Zalkind,K/
Witley 1999/CBM 71 ext (17)}) 11... Nc6 (11... Bb4 12. Nd2 (12. Be2 Ra2 13. Qc2
Bxc3+ 14. Qxc3 Nd5 15. Qxc4 Rxb2 $132) 12... Qh4 $5) 12. Nd2 Nb4 (12... Nxd4
13. Nxc4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 Rc6 15. Qa4 $1 $16) 13. Nxc4 $1 (13. Nde4 Na2 14. Rc2
Nb4 15. Rc1 $11 (15. Rd2 Qa8 $17)) 13... Bxg2 14. Bxg2 Nxc4 15. O-O Nxe3 (15...
Nxb2 16. Qe2 Na4 17. Nxa4 Rxa4 18. Bg5 $1 Qb8 19. Rxc7 $1 $18) (15... Be7 16.
Qg4 g6 17. Bh6 $36) 16. fxe3 Be7 17. Ne4 $36 O-O 18. Qh5 Nd5 19. Rf3 $40 Nxe3
$2 (19... Ra2 20. Rg3 (20. Rh3 h6 21. Rg3 Kh8 22. Rf1 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 Qxd4 24.
Qe2 Qxe5 $44) 20... Kh8 21. Rf1 Nxe3 $1 22. Rxe3 Qxd4 23. Qh3 Rxb2 $44) (19...
f5 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Nxf6+ (21. Qe5 Nxe4 22. Rxf8+ Bxf8 23. Bxe4 Qd6 $11) 21...
Bxf6 (21... Rxf6 22. Rxf6 Bxf6 23. Rxc7 $1 $16) 22. Rh3 h6 23. Be4 $40 {
[%cal Gh5g6]} Qe8 $1 24. Qxe8 Rxe8 25. Rxc7 Rb8 $132) 20. Rxe3 Qxd4 21. Qe2 $16
Ra2 (21... Rfa8 22. Nf2 Ra1 23. Bxa8 Rxc1+ 24. Kg2 Rb1 25. Rb3 g6 26. Qe4 $16)
22. Rxc7 Bd8 (22... Rxb2 23. Qd3 $16) 23. Rc4 Qxe5 24. Rb3 $1 Bc7 25. Ng3 Rd8 (
25... Ra1+ 26. Kf2 Qd6 27. Qd3 $16) 26. Qxe5 Bxe5 27. Rd3 $1 Rb8 28. b4 Ra1+ (
28... Rb2 29. Bc6 Bc7 30. b5 Bb6+ 31. Kh1 $16 {/+-}) 29. Nf1 h5 30. Bc6 $1 g5
31. h3 Bc7 32. b5 Rd8 33. Rxd8+ Bxd8 34. Kg2 Bb6 $2 (34... Ra2+ $142 $1 35. Kf3
f5 $132) 35. Be4 $1 Ra5 36. Bd3 $1 Kg7 37. Rc6 Ra2+ 38. Bc2 Bd4 (38... f5 39.
Kf3 Kf6 40. Rxe6+ $18) 39. Ng3 $1 Rb2 40. Nxh5+ $6 (40. Ne2 $1 Ba7 41. Bd3 $16)
40... Kh6 $2 (40... Kf8 $1 41. Rc4 Bb6 42. Nf6 Ke7 $14) 41. Ng3 $18 Rxb5 $2 (
41... Kg7 42. Ne2 $18) 42. Nf5+ Kh5 43. Nxd4 Rb4 44. Rd6 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch Haute"]
[Site "Vichy"]
[Date "2000.08.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 Nxc3
8. bxc3 Qd5 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Qd7 11. Ba3 g6 12. O-O Bg7 13. Re1 O-O 14. Bc5
Bd5 15. Ng5 Nc6 (15... Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qd5+ 17. Ne4 Nc6 18. Qf3 Kh8 19. h4 f6 20.
exf6 Bxf6 21. Nxf6 Qxf3+ 22. Kxf3 Rxf6+ 23. Kg2 Rd8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rab1 $44
{1-0 Cebalo,M-Ibragimov,I/Bled 1996/CBM 51 ext (41)}) 16. e6 $1 fxe6 17. Qg4
Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qd5+ 19. f3 e5 (19... Rf5 20. Nxe6 Ne5 21. dxe5 (21. Nxc7 Nxg4
22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. fxg4 Rxc5 24. dxc5 Bxc3 25. axb5 Bxe1 26. Rxa6 (26. b6 $5)
26... Rf8 (26... Rc8 27. b6 Bc3 (27... Rxc5 28. b7 Rb5 29. Ra8+ Kf7 30. b8=Q
Rxb8 31. Rxb8 $16) 28. c6 Be5 29. b7 Rb8 30. Ra4 $11) 27. c6 c3 28. c7) 21...
Qxe6 22. axb5 $36) 20. Ne6 exd4 21. cxd4 Rac8 (21... b4 22. Nxc7 h5 23. Qe6+
Qxe6 24. Rxe6 Nxd4 25. Rxg6 Nb3 26. Bxb4 Nxa1 27. Nxa8 Kf7 28. Rxa6 c3 $132 {
0-1 Zakharstov,V-Ibragimov,I/Smolensk 1991/CBM 24 (83)}) 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ra6
Rf5 (23... c3 24. Qe4 (24. Nf4 Rxf4 25. Qxf4 Rf8 26. Qe4 Qxe4 27. Rxe4 c2 28.
Re1 Nxd4 29. Bxd4 Bxd4 30. Rc6 b4 31. Rxc2 c5 $17) (24. Nxf8 Rxf8 $17) 24...
Qxe4 25. fxe4 Nb8 26. Ra3 Rf6 27. Nxg7 Kxg7 28. Rxc3 $44) 24. Nf4 Rxf4 (24...
Qd7 $1 25. Re6 Rxc5 26. dxc5 Ne5 27. Qg5 Qd2+ 28. Kh3 Nxf3 29. Qd5 (29. Qxe7
Qxh2+ 30. Kg4 Nd4 $17) 29... Qxd5 30. Nxd5 Ng5+ 31. Kg4 Nxe6 32. Nxe7+ Kf7 33.
Nxc8 Nxc5 34. Rc6 Ne6 $17) 25. Qxc8+ Rf8 26. Qe6+ Qxe6 27. Rxe6 Nxd4 28. Rxe7
Nb3 29. Rc6 (29. Rxc7 Nxc5 30. Rxc5 Rb8 (30... c3 31. Rxb5 Rc8 32. Ra1 c2 33.
Rc1 $16) 31. Ra5 b4 32. Rxc4 b3 33. Rac5 b2 34. Rc8+ Rxc8 35. Rxc8+ Kf7 36. Rb8
$16) 29... Rc8 (29... Bf6 30. Rexc7 Rf7 31. Rxf7 Kxf7 32. Bb4 $16) 30. Rexc7
Rxc7 31. Rxc7 Bf8 (31... Be5 32. Rc8+ Kf7 33. Bb4 $16) 32. Bxf8 Kxf8 {Hecht: '
[#] Weiß zentralisiert seinen König und der Springer ist trotz verbundener
Freibauern machtlos'} 33. Kf2 Ke8 34. Ke3 Kd8 35. Rxh7 b4 (35... Kc8 {Hecht}
36. Rg7 c3 37. Rxg6 Kc7 38. Kd3 b4 39. h4 $18 (39. Rg4 $18)) 36. Rb7 c3 37.
Rb8+ Kd7 (37... Kc7 38. Rxb4 c2 39. Rc4+ $18) 38. Kd3 Nd4 39. Rxb4 Nxf3 40. h4
{[%mdl 4]} 1-0

[Event "Cannes masters k.o."]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2000.02.22"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2000.02.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8. axb5
Nb6 9. Be3 Bb7 (9... Qd7 10. bxa6 Rxa6 11. Rc1 (11. Nd2 Bb7 12. Nxc4 Nxc4 13.
Bxc4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 Bxg2 15. Rg1 Bb7 16. Qa7 Qc8 17. Ke2 g6 18. Bb5+ Nd7 19. Rc1
Be7 20. Ne4 c6 21. Bh6 $36 {1-0 Beliavsky,A-Kortschnoj,V/Frankfurt 1998/CBM 65
ext (46)}) 11... Nc6 12. Nd2 Na5 13. Qg4 Bb7 14. Be2 h5 15. Qg5 h4 16. O-O h3
17. g3 Rh7 18. Qg4 Be7 19. Rfd1 Kf8 20. Nce4 Nd5 21. Bf3 Qb5 22. Nc3 Nxc3 23.
bxc3 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Qd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Sakaev,K-Baburin,A/Vienna 1995/EXT 98 (57)}
) (9... Be7 10. Nd2 Bb7 (10... axb5 11. Rxa8 Nxa8 12. Nxb5 $16 {Chernin,
A-Miles,A/Biel (rapid) 1995/ (12)}) 11. bxa6 Nxa6 12. Nxc4 O-O 13. Nxb6 cxb6
14. Bxa6 Bxa6 15. f3 Bb4 16. h4 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Qc7 18. Qd2 Rfc8 19. Kf2 Qxc3
20. Qxc3 Rxc3 $11 21. Rhb1 Rc6 22. Rb2 Bb7 23. Rxa8+ Bxa8 24. d5 exd5 25. Bxb6
Rc8 26. Bd4 Bc6 27. g4 h5 28. gxh5 Bd7 {1/2-1/2 Piket,J-Nikolic,P/Monte Carlo
1998/CBM 63 ext (28)}) (9... axb5 10. Rxa8 Nxa8 11. Nxb5 Nb6 12. Nd2 Ba6 13.
Nc3 Nc6 14. Nde4 Be7 15. Qg4 Kf8 16. Ng3 Nb4 17. Be2 Nc2+ 18. Kd2 Nb4 19. Rd1
N6d5 20. Nh5 $36 {1/2-1/2 Nemtsev,I-Fominyh,A/Nizhnij Novgorod 1998/EXT 2000 
(58)}) 10. bxa6 (10. Nd2 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. Nxb5 Qd7 (12... Nc6 13. Nxc4
Bb4+ 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Nxb6 cxb6 16. Bxb4 Nxb4 17. Qd2 Nc6 18. Bc4 {1/2-1/2
Wells,P-Zilberman,Y/Herzliya 1998/EXT 99 (18)}) 13. Nc3 Qc6 14. h4 N8d7 15. Rh3
f6 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Rg3 Kf7 18. Nf3 Nbd7 19. Ne5+ Nxe5 20. dxe5 Nd5 21. Qg4
Nxc3 22. bxc3 Qa6 23. Bxc4 Qa1+ 24. Ke2 Qb2+ 25. Bd2 Qb6 26. Qf5+ {1-0 Kinsman,
A-Shaw,J/Edinburgh 1996/EXT 98 (26)}) 10... Rxa6 11. Rxa6 Nxa6 12. Nd2 (12.
Bxc4 Nxc4 13. Qa4+ Qd7 14. Qxc4 Be7 15. O-O O-O 16. Ra1 Nb4 17. Nd2 Rd8 {
1/2-1/2 Pert,N-Zalkind,K/Witley 1999/CBM 71 ext (17)}) 12... Nb4 $1 13. Nxc4
Nxc4 14. Bxc4 Bxg2 15. Rg1 Bc6 $15 {[%csl Re1]} 16. Qb3 g6 (16... Qh4 17. Kd2
Qxh2 18. Ra1 $44) 17. Bb5 $2 (17. Ke2 $1 {[%cal Gg1d1,Gd1d5]} Be7 (17... Qh4
18. Ra1) (17... Qa8 18. Bg5) 18. Rd1 Qa8 19. d5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 O-O
22. Qc4 $11) 17... Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Be7 19. Bh6 (19. Bg5 Nd5 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 $15)
19... Qb8 (19... c6 20. Qc4 Qd7 21. Na3 Qd5 $15) 20. Qc4 Kd7 $1 (20... c6 21.
Nc3 c5 22. Kf1 $13 {[%csl Rh8]}) 21. Rg3 (21. Bg5 $1 Bxg5 (21... Nd5 22. Bxe7
Kxe7 23. Nc3 $11) 22. Rxg5 Nd5 23. Rg3 c6 (23... Qb6 24. Rf3 Rb8 25. Nc3 $132)
24. Nd6 (24. Nc3 Qxb2 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. Qc5 Qb1+ 27. Kd2 Rb8 28. Qd6+ Ke8 29.
Qxc6+ Kf8 $36) 24... Qxb2 25. Rb3 Qa1+ 26. Ke2 Ra8 27. Rb7+ Nc7 $17) 21... Qb7
22. Rb3 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (22. Bd2 Qc6 $1 (22... Nd5 23. Rf3 Rb8 (23... f5 24.
exf6 Bxf6 25. Nc3 Nxc3 26. Qxc3 $132) 24. Nc3 Ke8 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. Qa4+ Qb5
$15 {/=}) (22... Qh1+ 23. Ke2 Nd5 24. Na7 $1 $132) 23. Qxc6+ Nxc6 24. Na3 (24.
Bc3 Rb8 $17) (24. d5 exd5 25. Rd3 Nb4 $17) 24... Rb8 (24... Bxa3 25. Rxa3 Rb8
26. Bc3 Ne7 $15) (24... Ra8 25. Nc2 $15) 25. Nc4 (25. Bc3 Bxa3 26. bxa3 Rb3 $17
) 25... Ra8 (25... Nxd4 26. Rd3 c5 27. Bc3 Kc6 28. Bxd4 cxd4 29. Rxd4 f5 $15)
26. Rd3 Ra4 $1 27. b3 Ra2 $17) 22... Rb8 23. d5 (23. Nc3 Nc2+ $19) 23... Qxb5
0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2001.04.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4 exd5 7. e5 Ne4 8. Qxd5
Nxc3 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Bxc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 (12. Bb3 Bxb3 13. axb3
Be7 14. Bf4 Kd7 15. O-O-O+ Ke6 16. Bg5 Rhd8 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Kc2 h6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Tukmakov,V-Giertz,N/Biel 1998/EXT 99 (45)}) 12... fxe6 13. Ng5 (13. Ke2
Be7 14. Rd1+ Kc7 15. Bg5 Rae8 $11) 13... Kd7 (13... Nxe5 $2 14. f4 Nd3+ 15. Kd2
Nxc1 16. Nf7+ Kd7 17. Nxh8 Bd6 18. g3 $16) 14. Be3 Nxe5 (14... Re8 15. O-O-O+
Kc7 16. Nf7 Rg8 17. Nd6 Rd8 18. Bxc5 $16) 15. O-O-O+ Kc6 16. Bf4 (16. Nxe6 Re8
(16... c4 $5 17. Nd4+ (17. Rd4 Re8 18. Nxf8 Rhxf8 $11) 17... Kd5 18. Nf3+ Nd3+
19. Kc2 Kc6 $11) 17. Nd8+ Kc7 18. Bf4 Bd6 $5 (18... Rxd8 19. Rxd8 (19. Bxe5+
Bd6 20. Rxd6 Rxd6 21. Rd1 Rhd8 $11) 19... Kxd8 20. Bxe5 Be7 $11) 19. Rxd6 Kxd6
20. Nf7+ Ke6 21. Nxe5 Kf5 22. g3 Rxe5 $11) 16... Ng6 (16... Ng4 17. Bg3 Re8 18.
Rhe1 $36) 17. Bg3 e5 18. Nf7 Rg8 19. h4 $1 h5 (19... Re8 20. Rhe1 h5 21. a4 b6
22. f4 Be7 23. f5 Nxh4 24. Rxe5 $16) 20. Rhe1 Be7 $1 21. Kc2 (21. Nxe5+ Nxe5
22. Rxe5 Bf6 23. Rxh5 Bxc3 (23... Rad8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Be5 Rd5 26. f4 Bxe5
27. fxe5 Rd3 28. Rg5 Rxc3+ 29. Kb2 Re3 30. Rxg7 Rxe5 31. g4 $16) 24. Rhd5 (24.
Rd6+ Kb5 25. Rd7 b6 (25... Rae8 $5 26. Rxb7+ Kc4 27. f3 Re2 $44) 26. Kc2 Bf6
27. Kb3 Rgd8 $15) 24... Bd4 25. Rd6+ Kb5 26. Rd7 b6 $15) 21... Bf6 22. Bxe5
Nxe5 (22... Raf8 23. Bxf6 (23. Rd6+ Kc7 24. Bg3 Kc8 $11) 23... Rxf7 24. Re6+
Kb5 25. a4+ $1 Kxa4 (25... Ka5 26. Bd8+ Rxd8 27. Rxd8 Nxh4 28. Re5 Rxf2+ 29.
Kb3 $16) 26. c4 Kb4 (26... Rxf6 27. Kc3 $18) 27. Bc3+ Kxc4 28. Re4+ Kb5 29.
Rb1+ Kc6 30. Re6+ Kd5 31. Rxg6 $16) 23. Nxe5+ Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Raf8 25. f3 g6 26.
Re6+ Kc7 27. Re7+ Kc6 28. Re6+ (28. Rdd7 g5 29. Rc7+ Kd6 30. hxg5 Rxg5 $132 {/=
}) 28... Kc7 29. Rd5 Rf5 $1 30. Ree5 (30. Rxg6 $5 Rxg6 31. Rxf5 Rxg2+ 32. Kb3
Kc6 33. Rxh5 (33. a4 $5 Rg3 34. Kc4 b6 35. Rf6+ Kb7 36. Kd5 Rh3 37. Rf4 Ka6
$132) 33... b5 34. a4 c4+ 35. Ka3 a6 $14) 30... b6 31. Kd3 Rf4 32. Re4 Rf5 33.
Re7+ Kc6 34. Rde5 Rf4 35. Re4 g5 $1 36. hxg5 (36. R4e6+ Kb5 37. Rxa7 Rd8+ $11)
36... Rxe4 37. Rxe4 Rxg5 $11 38. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-chT 53rd"]
[Site "Krynica"]
[Date "1997.10.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Kaminski, Marcin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Ivanov,Se"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1997.09.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bielsko-Biala Wlokniarz"]
[BlackTeam "Niedobczyce Rymer"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 Nxc3 (7... c6
8. axb5 Nxc3 9. bxc3 cxb5 10. Ng5 f6 (10... Bb7 11. e6 $36) 11. Qf3 $36) (7...
e6 8. axb5 Bb4 9. Qc2 $14) (7... Nb4 8. Be2 Bf5 9. O-O $16) 8. bxc3 Qd5 (8...
Bb7 9. e6 $1 $36) 9. g3 Bb7 (9... Be6 10. Bg2 Qb7 11. O-O Bd5 12. e6 $1 $36)
10. Bg2 Qd7 11. Ba3 (11. O-O e6 12. Nh4) 11... g6 (11... e6 12. Bxf8 Kxf8 13.
O-O g6 14. Nh4 (14. Ng5) 14... Bxg2 15. Nxg2 c6 16. Ne3 Ra7 17. Qf3 Qe7 18.
axb5 cxb5 19. d5 Kg7 20. d6 Qg5 21. Qe4 Nd7 22. f4 Qd8 23. g4 $16 {Kogan -
Girtz, Martinji, 1994}) (11... Bd5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Re1 g6 (13... Rb8 $2 14. e6
$1 Bxe6 15. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 16. Ng5 g6 17. Bh3 Nd8 18. Qe2 Bg7 19. Nxe6 Nxe6 20.
Bxe6 Qd8 21. Qf3 $18 {Inkov - Donchev, Sofia, 1984}) 14. Bc5 $5 (14. e6 $5 fxe6
15. Ng5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qd5+ 17. Qf3 $36) 14... Rd8 15. axb5 axb5 16. Ng5 $14)
12. h4 $5 (12. O-O Bg7 13. Re1 O-O 14. e6 fxe6 15. Ne5 Qc8 16. Bh3 (16. Bxb7
Qxb7 17. Qg4 Qd5 18. Bxe7 Re8 19. Bc5 $13 {I.Ibragimov}) 16... Bd5 17. Bxe7 Re8
18. Bg5 c5 $1 $15 {Shneider - I.Ibragimov,USSR, 1991}) 12... Bd5 $146 (12...
Bg7 13. h5 O-O 14. Kf1 $1 Bd5 15. Ng5 $5 (15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Ng5 Bxg2+ 17. Kxg2
Qd5+ 18. Kg1 (18. f3) 18... h6 19. Nh3 Nc6 20. Nf4 $16 {Sakaev - I.Ibragimov,
Kherson, 1991}) 15... Bxg2+ 16. Kxg2 Qd5+ (16... Nc6 $2 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Rh8+
Bxh8 19. Qh1 Qd5+ 20. f3 $18) 17. f3 $5 (17. Qf3 Qxf3+ 18. Nxf3 (18. Kxf3 h6
19. Ne4 Nc6) 18... Re8 19. e6 fxe6 20. Rae1 Nd7 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Rxe6 Bf6 23.
g4 Nb6 24. g5 Nd5 25. Kg3 Kf7 26. Rhe1 $13 {Zakharevich - I.Ibragimov, St.
Petersburg, 1994}) (17. Kg1 $6 Nc6 {with the idea b4}) 17... Nc6 18. hxg6 hxg6
$2 (18... fxg6 $142 19. Nxh7 Rf5 20. Rh3 {with the ideas Qe2, Rah1}) 19. Rh8+
$1 {1-0 Soln - Lazarev, Wien, 1994}) 13. Kf1 (13. h5 g5 $5) 13... Nc6 (13...
Bg7 14. h5 O-O 15. Ng5 {- 12...Bg7}) 14. h5 Na5 (14... Rg8 15. hxg6 hxg6 16.
Ng5 $36) 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Ng5 Nb3 17. Ra2 Bxg2+ 18. Kxg2 Qd5+ 19. f3 (19. Qf3
Qxf3+ 20. Kxf3 h5 21. Ne6 Kd7 $13) 19... h5 $1 (19... h6 20. Nh3 $16 {with the
idea Nf4}) 20. Qb1 (20. Nh3 Bh6) 20... Rg8 21. axb5 Bh6 22. Ne4 axb5 23. Bb4
Rxa2+ (23... Kf7 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 (24... Qxa8) 25. g4 $5 c5 $5 $13) 24. Qxa2 Kf7
25. Qa7 (25. g4 Bf4 $1) 25... Rc8 (25... Ra8 26. Qxc7 Ra2+ 27. Kh3 (27. Kf1 $5
Ra1+ 28. Ke2) 27... Qe6+ 28. g4 $13) (25... Qc6 26. d5 $5 Qxd5 27. Qxc7 Qe6 28.
Rd1 $36) 26. Re1 Qa8 $5 27. e6+ Ke8 (27... Kxe6 $2 28. Nd6+ Kf6 29. Nxc8 $18)
28. Qxa8 Rxa8 29. f4 Ra1 (29... Ra2+ 30. Kf3 $13 {( XBh6)}) 30. Rxa1 Nxa1 31.
Kf3 Nc2 32. Ba5 c6 33. Nc5 Bg7 (33... g5 $5) 34. Na6 (34. Ke4 b4 $1 35. Bxb4
Bxd4 $11) 34... Ne1+ 35. Ke4 Nd3 36. d5 (36. Nb4 Nxb4 37. Bxb4 Bf6 $11) 36...
cxd5+ 37. Kxd5 h4 38. Nc7+ Kf8 39. gxh4 Nxf4+ 40. Ke4 Ng2 41. Nxb5 Nxh4 $11 42.
Na3 Nf5 (42... g5) 43. Nxc4 Bh6 (43... Nd6+ $2 44. Nxd6 exd6 45. Kd5 Ke7 46. c4
$1 g5 (46... Be5 47. c5 $18) 47. Bc7 Be5 48. c5 $18) (43... Bf6 $5) 44. Ne5 Kg7
45. Bb6 (45. c4 Kf6 46. Kd5 Ne3+ $11) 45... Bd2 (45... Kf6 46. Kd5 Ne3+ $2 47.
Bxe3 Bxe3 48. Ng4+ $18) 46. c4 Kf6 47. Kd5 Ng7 $5 (47... g5 48. Nd7+ Kg6 49. c5
) 48. Nf3 $1 (48. c5 Nxe6 49. c6 Bf4 $1 $11) (48. Nd7+ Kf5 49. Nf8 g5 50. c5
Bf4 (50... Be3 $5 51. Ba7 $5 Ne8 $13) 51. c6 Ne8 $13) 48... Bc3 $8 49. c5 $1 (
49. Bd4+ Bxd4 50. Nxd4 g5 51. c5 g4 52. c6 Ne8 $11) (49. Nd4 g5 50. c5 $140
Bxd4 51. Kxd4 Nxe6+ $11) 49... g5 (49... Nxe6 $5 50. c6 Kf5 (50... Bb4 51. Bd4+
Nxd4 (51... Kf5 52. Nh4+ $18) (51... Kf7 52. Ng5+ Nxg5 53. c7 $18) 52. c7 Nxf3
53. c8=Q Ng5 $8 54. Qf8+ Nf7 55. Kc6 $16 {with the idea Kd7-e8}) (50... g5 51.
Nxg5 (51. Nd4 $1 Nf4+ (51... Nxd4 $2 52. Bxd4+ Bxd4 53. c7 $18) (51... Bxd4 $2
52. Bxd4+ Kf5 53. Be5 $1 g4 54. Bg3 Kf6 55. Bh2 Kf5 56. Be5 $22 $18) 52. Kc4 (
52. Ke4 Ne6) 52... Bxd4 53. c7 Bxb6 54. c8=Q $16) 51... Nf4+ $1 52. Kc4 (52.
Ke4 Ne6 $1) 52... Be5 53. Bd4 Bxd4 54. c7 Kxg5 55. c8=Q e5 $11) (50... Bb2 $1
51. Nd4 (51. Ng5 Nf4+ 52. Kc4 Ne6 $11) 51... Nf4+ 52. Kc4 Ne6 $11) 51. Nh4+ Kf6
(51... Kg5 $4 52. Kxe6 Kxh4 53. c7 $18) 52. Nxg6 Bb4 $2 (52... Bb2 $1 53. Nf8
Nf4+ 54. Kc4 (54. Ke4 Ne6 $1) 54... Ne6 $1 $11 (54... Be5 $2 55. Nd7+ Ke6 56.
Nxe5 Kxe5 57. Bc7+ Kf5 58. Bxf4 $18)) 53. Bd4+ Nxd4 (53... Kxg6 54. Kxe6 Ba5 (
54... Bd6 55. Be5 $18) 55. Kxe7 $18 {with the idea Kd7-c8-b7,Bb6}) 54. c7 Nb5 (
54... Kxg6 55. Kxd4 $18) 55. c8=Q Kxg6 56. Qg4+ $18) 50. c6 Ne8 $2 (50... Nxe6
$142 {- 49...Ne6 50.c6 g5}) 51. c7 Nd6 52. Be3 $1 (52. Bd4+ Bxd4 53. Nxd4 g4
54. Nb5 Nc8 $11) (52. Bc5 Nc8 $13) 52... g4 53. Ng5 $1 $18 Ba5 (53... Kf5 54.
Ne4 $18) 54. Ne4+ Kg6 55. Nxd6 Bxc7 56. Nc8 Bd8 57. Bf4 Kf5 58. Bg3 Kg5 59. Kc6
Kf5 60. Kd7 Kf6 61. Nxe7 Bxe7 62. Bh4+ 1-0

[Event "USA-ch GpB"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Kriventsov, Stanislav G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[Annotator "Kaidanov,G"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 e6 6. e4 exd5 7. e5 d4 $2 8.
Bxc4 dxc3 9. Bxf7+ Ke7 10. exf6+ gxf6 11. Qb3 (11. Bd5 $16) 11... Qb6 12. O-O
Qxb3 13. Bxb3 Bg4 14. Re1+ (14. bxc3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nd7 16. Re1+ Kd8 17. Bf4 h5
18. Rad1 Bh6 19. Bd6 (19. Bxh6 Rxh6 20. Bf7 Rh8 21. Re2 Rc8) 19... Re8 20.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 21. Ba4 $18) 14... Kd8 15. Ng5 {This nice looking move maybe not
objectively the strongest.} (15. bxc3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Bd6 17. Bh6 Nd7 18. Rad1
Kc7 19. Re6 Be5 20. Re7 Rad8 21. Be6 Bd6 22. Rxd7+ Rxd7 23. Bxd7 Rg8+ 24. Kh1
Rg6 25. Be3 Kxd7 26. Bxc5 f5 27. Bxa7 Kc6 28. Be3 $18) 15... fxg5 16. Bxg5+ Kc7
17. Bf6 cxb2 18. Bxb2 Bd6 19. Bxh8 Nc6 {White is up an exchange, but to win is
not easy, because it's easier for Black to activate his queenside majority.}
20. Bb2 (20. Bg7 $1 b5 21. Bd5) (20. Bc3) 20... Rf8 21. f3 $2 (21. Bd5 b5 (
21... Nb4 22. Be4) 22. Bxc6 Kxc6 23. Be5 b4 24. f3 Be6 $13) (21. Be6 Bh5 22.
Bd5 b5 23. a4 $1 (23. Bxc6 Kxc6 24. Be5 (24. Re6 Kd7) 24... c4) 23... a6 24.
axb5 axb5 25. Ra6 Nb4 26. Ra7+ Kb8 27. Rd7 $16) 21... Bf5 22. Rad1 (22. Bd5 Nb4
23. Be4 c4) (22. Be6 Bd3 $5 (22... Bg6 23. Bd5 Nb4 (23... b5 24. a4 a6 (24...
b4 25. Rac1) 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra6 Nb4 27. Ra7+ Kb6 28. Rb7+ Ka5 29. Ra1+ $18)
24. Be4 {This is not as strong as before 21.f3, because the pawn on h7 is not
hanging.})) 22... b5 23. Be6 (23. Bg7 Rd8 24. g4 Bg6 25. Bf6 Rf8 26. Re6 Rxf6 (
26... Nd4 27. Bxd4 cxd4 28. Kg2) 27. Rxf6 Be5) (23. Bd5 Nb4 24. Be5 Nd3 25.
Bxd6+ Kxd6 26. Be4 c4 27. Kf1 (27. Bxd3 Bxd3 28. Re3 Rf7 29. Rdxd3+ cxd3 30.
Rxd3+ Kc5 $132) 27... b4 28. Bxf5 Rxf5 29. Re4 Kc5 30. Re7 Rh5 31. h3 Kd4 $11)
(23. Re2 $5 c4 24. Rxd6 $5 (24. Bc2 Bxc2 25. Rxc2 Nb4 (25... Rd8) 26. Rcd2 Bc5+
27. Kf1 Nd3 28. Rxd3 cxd3 29. Rxd3 a5 $44) 24... cxb3 $1 (24... Kxd6 25. Bxc4
$16) 25. Rf6 Rxf6 26. Bxf6 bxa2 27. Rxa2 a5 $36) 23... Bg6 24. Bd5 (24. a3 c4 (
24... Nd4 25. Kf2) (24... a5 25. Bd5 Ne7 26. Be5) 25. a4 Bc5+ 26. Kf1 a6 $36)
24... Nb4 25. a3 $4 {I plainly didn't see the d3-square being available for
the b4-knight.} (25. Be5 Bxe5 26. Rxe5 Rd8 27. Bb3 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 Kd6 29. Re2
c4 $36) (25. Be4 c4 26. Bxg6 (26. Bd4 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Nd3 28. Bxa7 Ra8 $36) 26...
hxg6 27. Bd4 Nxa2 28. Ra1 Nb4 29. Rxa7+ Kc6 30. Re6 Kd5 31. Rxg6 Re8 $36) 25...
Nd3 $19 {Black is winning, but he offered a draw here.} 26. Re2 {refusing to
come in terms with reality.} c4 27. Bg7 Rd8 28. Be4 Bxe4 29. Rxe4 Bxa3 30. Kf1
Bc5 31. Rb1 Kc6 32. Rh4 Rd7 33. Rh6+ Kd5 (33... Kc7 $19) 34. Rh5+ {Offering a
draw, which was almost instantly accepted. Black was somewhat low on time, but
the main reason for him to agree for a draw was the fact that he was lost
after the opening. He didn't realize he is winning now.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow International-01"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1925.12.05"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[Annotator "Kasparov,G"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1925.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Efim Bogoljubow, originally born in Russia, but later emigrated to Germany,
was for more than a decade one of the top chess players in the world. Twice,
in 1929 and 1934, he even challenged Alekhine for the world championship title,
however without success. The tournament in Moscow in 1925 was the greatest
triumph of his career. He won the event ahead of Lasker and Capablanca. A big
contribution to his success was the fact that as the effective champion of
Soviet Russia he knew the Soviet participants very well and scored +7, -0, =2
against them. Before this game Capablanca was two points behind the leader,
which is why the world champion was prepared to take risks which under normal
circumstances he would consider unacceptable. Efim Bogoljubow, in Rußland
geboren und später nach Deutschland emigriert, zählte mehr als zehn Jahre lang
zu den besten Spielern der Welt. Zweimal, 1929 und 1934, forderte er sogar
Aljechin zu einem Zweikampf um die Weltmeisterschaft heraus, leider ohne
Erfolg. Der größte Triumph seiner Karriere war das Moskauer Turnier von 1925,
das er vor Lasker und Capablanca gewann. Eine wichtige Voraussetzung für
seinen Erfolg war die Tatsache, daß er als eigentlicher sowjetischer Meister
die russischen Teilnehmer sehr gut kannte und gegen diese mit +7, -0, =2
punkten konnte. Die folgende Partie war dadurch geprägt, daß der Weltmeister
Capablanca zwei Punkte hinter ihm lag und deshalb gezwungen war, Risiken
einzugehen, die er unter normalen Umständen niemals in Kauf genommen hätte.} 1.
d4 {1)WSZ 1925, S.354 [Capablanca; Reti] 2)Bogoljubow: Moskau 1925. S.189} d5
2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e4 c5 $6 {In recent games players have found that 4...
b5 gives Black good counterchances. Heute hat man herausgefunden, daß 4...b5
Schwarz gute Gegenchancen bietet.} 5. Bxc4 {In an earlier game in the
tournament Capablanca had played 5.d5?! but got nothing out of the opening. In
einer früheren Partie des gleichen Turniers spielte Capablanca 5.d5?!, holte
aber damit nichts aus der Eröffnung heraus.} cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bc5 8. Be3
Nbd7 $5 {Not satisfied with the position after Da er mit der Stellung nach} (
8... O-O 9. e5 Nd5 10. Bxd5 exd5 11. O-O {where White retains a stable
advantage, Bogoljubow invites his opponent to make a tempting sacrifice. , in
der Weiß einen dauerhaften Vorteil hat, nicht glücklich war, lud Bogoljubov
seinen Gegner zu einem verführerischen Opfer ein.}) 9. Bxe6 $5 {According to
witnesses Capablanca played this move without hesitation. He was definitely in
a fighting mood. Nach Aussagen von Zeitzeugen spielte Capablanca diesen Zug
ohne Zögern. Er war wirklich in kämpferischer Stimmung.} fxe6 10. Nxe6 Qa5 $2 {
Bogoljubow's move was not based on sound calculations. He didn't find the
right square for his queen. After Bogoljubows Zug basierte nicht auf
gediegener Berechnung, er fand nicht das richtige Feld für die Dame. Nach} (
10... Qb6 $1 {White had to work hard to justify his brave decision. In the
post-mortem Capablanca proposed a beautiful line in the old romantic style:
muß Weiß noch hart arbeiten, um sein mutiges Opfer zu rechtfertigen. Nach der
Partie schlug Capablanca eine hübsche Variante im romantischen Stil vor:} 11.
Nxc5 Nxc5 12. O-O Qc6 13. Rc1 Ncxe4 14. Nxe4 Qxe4 15. Re1 Kf7 16. Rc7+ Kg6 17.
Bd4 Qf4 18. Ree7 Rd8 $2 ({Aber nach dem einfachen} 18... Rg8 {would have left
White with nothing. hat Weiß gar nichts.}) 19. Rxg7+ Kh6 20. Rxh7+ $1 Nxh7 21.
Rxh7+ Kxh7 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Qg6+ Kf8 24. Bc5+ {etc.}) 11. O-O Bxe3 12. fxe3 Kf7
13. Qb3 Kg6 14. Rf5 Qb6 {In case of Im Falle von} (14... Ne5 15. Nd5 $1 {
decides: entscheidet} Bxe6 (15... Nxd5 16. Rxe5 Bxe6 17. Rxe6+ Nf6 18. e5) 16.
Nf4+ Kh6 17. Qxe6 Rhe8 18. Rh5#) 15. Nf4+ Kh6 16. g4 $2 {After his nervous
move White's attack collapses. Capablanca later declared that Nach diesem
nervösen Zug bricht der weiße Angriff zusammen. Später gab Capablanca an, daß}
(16. Qf7 {was winning. Question one: is this statement correct? ANSWER 1: Yes!
gewinnt. Frage Nr. Eins: Ist diese Aussage richtig?}) 16... g5 $1 {Forcing the
exchange of queens. Erzwingt den Abtausch der Damen.} 17. Qxb6 (17. Qf7 {
is met by wird nun mit} Rf8 {beantwortet.}) 17... axb6 18. Rd1 $1 {A clever
attempt to complicate a lost position. Ein schlauer Versuch die verlorene
Stellung zu verkomplizieren.} Rg8 $2 {Bogoljubow wants to win in great comfort.
Obviously Bogoljubow macht es sich zu einfach. Offensichtlich gibt} (18... gxf4
19. g5+ Kg7 20. gxf6+ Nxf6 21. Rg5+ Kf7 22. exf4 h6 {gave him excellent
winning chances, although White's resources are not yet fully exhausted.
Schwarz ausgezeichnete Gewinnchancen, obwohl die weißen
Verteidigungsressourcen noch nicht völlig erschöpft sind.}) 19. Nfd5 Nxg4 $2 {
Probably Bogoljubow didn't believe in mates with the queens off the board, and
he left too many white pieces dangerously near his king. Capablanca
immediately resurrects the dying White attack. The simple Wahrscheinlich hat
Bogoljubow geglaubt, daß mit den Damen auch alle Mattdrohungen vom Brett
verschwunden waren. Er kümmerte sich zu wenig um die vielen weißen Figuren,
die gefährlich nah an seinem König standen. Sofort ließ Capablanca den
sterbenden Angriff wieder auferstehen. Mit dem einfachen} (19... Nxd5 {would
have forced the great Capablanca to fight for a draw. hätte Bogoljubow seinen
großen Gegner gezwungen, ums Remis zu kämpfen.}) 20. Ne7 $1 Rg7 21. Rd6+ Kh5
22. Rf3 $1 Ngf6 23. Rh3+ Kg4 24. Rg3+ Kh5 25. Nf5 {Naturally White could
already force a draw by perpetual check, but Capablanca felt there was a
treasure to be found! Natürlich konnte Weiß Remis durch ewiges Schach
erzwingen, aber Capablanca fühlte, daß es hier irgendwo noch einen Schatz zu
heben gab!} Rg6 {[#]} 26. Ne7 $2 {Trying to reach the first time control at
move 30 in order to then look for the decisive blow, Capablanca misses a
miraculous win. Question two: Find it! Beim Versuch die erste Zeitkontrolle im
30. Zug zu schaffen, um dann in aller Ruhe nach dem entscheidenen Schlag zu
suchen, verpaßt Capablanca einen wunderbaren Gewinn. Frage Nr. Zwei: Finden
Sie ihn?} (26. Rh3+ $1 {[ANSWER 2]}) 26... g4 $2 {Bogoljubow, also in time
trouble, quite correctly wanted to avoid a repetition of moves. But he took
the wrong route. Question three: What was the refutation of White's mistake on
move 26? Bogoljubow, auch in Zeitnot, wollte richtigerweise Zugwiederholung
vermeiden. Aber er wählte den falschen Weg. Frage Nr. Drei : Wie wird der
Fehler von Weiß im 26. Zug widerlegt?} (26... Nc5 $3 {[ANSWER 3] would have
turned tables again:}) 27. Nxg6 Kxg6 (27... hxg6 28. e5 {wouldn't have changed
the course of events. hätte den Lauf der Dinge auch nicht geändert.}) 28. Rxg4+
Kf7 29. Rf4 Kg7 30. e5 Ne8 31. Re6 Nc7 32. Re7+ {and Black resigned. The
remaining moves could have been: und Schwarz gab wegen der möglichen Folge} (
32. Re7+ Kg6 33. e6 Nc5 34. Rxc7 Nxe6 35. Rg4+ Kf5 36. Rcc4 b5 37. Rb4 {auf.})
1-0

[Event "Balashiha"]
[Site "Balashiha"]
[Date "1977.05.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Black "Szilagyi, Gyorgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R/Poetzsch,A"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1977.04.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH 9/1977 Seite 413} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. e4 Nb6
6. Bg5 c6 7. Be2 g6 8. a4 a5 9. Ne5 Be6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Rad1 Nfd7
13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Qe3 f6 15. Bf4 e6 16. Qg3 Rc8 17. h4 Rf7 18. Bd6 Bf8 19. Bc5
Rg7 20. Rfe1 Kh8 21. Bf1 Be7 22. Re3 Be8 23. Qh3 Bf7 24. Rf3 f5 25. Qg3 Bg8 26.
Qf4 fxe4 27. Qxe4 Nd5 28. Bxe7 Qxe7 29. Bxc4 h6 30. Re1 Qb4 31. Bxd5 exd5 32.
Qe3 Kh7 33. h5 Qd6 34. Rg3 g5 35. Qd3+ Kh8 36. Re5 Rcc7 37. Re8 Rce7 38. Re3
Qd7 39. R8xe7 Rxe7 40. Qg6 Re6 41. Qd3 Bf7 42. Qf5 Qe7 43. Nd1 Rxe3 44. Nxe3 {
[#]In nur wenig schlechterer Stellung meinte Schwarz, sich auf die Folge von}
Bxh5 $6 {einlassen zu dürfen. Er gerät jetzt jedoch in große Schwierigkeiten:}
45. Qh3 $1 Bg6 ({Nach} 45... Qf7 46. g4 {büßt Schwarz den g- und h-Bauern ein.}
) 46. Qxh6+ Bh7 47. Nf5 Qf7 48. g4 {Schwarz gerät nun allmählich in eine
Zugzwangstellung hinein.} Qg6 49. Qf8+ Bg8 50. Qd8 $1 b5 51. b3 $1 {Den Bauern
a5 kann Weiß immer noch kassieren.} bxa4 52. bxa4 Kh7 ({Oder} 52... Qe6 53.
Qxg5 {denn Schwarz hat kein Dauerschach.}) 53. Qc7+ Kh8 {Weiß hat richtig
kalkuliert, als er zunächst auf den Bauern a5 verzichtete, denn Schwarz gerät
jetzt mit seinen Figuren in die Klemme.} (53... Bf7 {kostet nach} 54. Qh2+ Kg8
55. Ne7+ {die Dame.}) 54. Qe5+ Kh7 55. Qh2+ {3:17-3:15} 1-0

[Event "Linares 13th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.03.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1995.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 Nxc3 8. bxc3
Qd5 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Qd7 11. e6 $5 (11. Ba3) 11... Qxe6+ 12. Be3 Qc8 13. d5
Nd7 14. O-O Nf6 15. Ne5 e6 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Bg5 Bd6 $1 $8 18. Bxf6 O-O $1 19.
Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qg4+ Kh8 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Qxe6 Qc8 (22... Rae8 $2 23. Nf7+ Kg7
24. Nxd6 $16) 23. Qd5 (23. Qxc8 Raxc8 24. Nc6 Rf3 $10) 23... Qf5 24. Rae1 Rad8
25. axb5 axb5 26. f4 (26. Qxb5 $6 c6 $1 27. Qa5 $2 Ra8 $19) 26... Bxe5 27.
Qxe5+ Qxe5 28. Rxe5 $14 c6 29. Re6 Rd3 30. Rc1 Ra8 31. f5 Ra2 32. f6 Kg8 33.
Rf1 Kf7 34. Re7+ Kf8 35. Rxh7 Rdd2 36. Rh8+ $2 (36. g4 $5 Kg8 37. Rh6) 36...
Kf7 37. Rh7+ Kg6 38. Rh4 Rg2+ 39. Kh1 Rgf2 $10 40. Rxf2 Rxf2 41. Kg1 Rxf6 42.
Kg2 Rd6 43. Rg4+ Kf5 44. Rf4+ Ke5 45. h4 c5 46. h5 Rh6 47. Rh4 Kf5 48. Kf3 Kg5
49. Ke4 b4 50. Kd5 Rxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 12th final"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.11.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V/Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1996.11.21"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Berlin SV Empor"]
[BlackTeam "Beer-Sheva Chess Club"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8. axb5
Nb6 {Ftacnik: Ein sehr popul�rer Zug in der modernen Praxis, Schwarz will
den Pc4 unterst�tzen.} (8... Bb4 9. Qc2 $14) 9. Be3 $5 (9. bxa6 Rxa6 10. Rxa6
Nxa6 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O Be7 13. Be3 (13. Na4 Qd5 14. Ne1 Qc6 $1 15. Nxb6 cxb6
16. Bf3 Qd7 17. b3 cxb3 18. Qxb3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Nb4 20. Ba3 Nd5 21. Bxe7 Qxe7
22. Qa4+ Qd7 23. Qa8+ Qd8 24. Qc6+ Qd7 25. Qa8+ {1/2-1/2 van Wely,L-Miles,A/
Matanzas 1995}) 13... O-O 14. Nd2 Qd7 15. Nxc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Qc6 17. Qf3 Qxc4
18. Qxb7 Rb8 19. Qf3 Rxb2 20. Ne4 Qd3 21. h3 h6 22. Qg4 h5 23. Qf3 Nb4 {
1/2-1/2 Sulava,N-Estrada Nieto,J/ Candas op 1996 (28)}) (9. Ng5 {Ftacnik} h6
10. Nge4 (10. Qh5 $2 g6 $17 (10... hxg5 $2 11. Qxh8 Qxd4 12. Be2 Qxe5 13. O-O
$44 axb5 14. Rxa8 Nxa8 15. f4 $1 gxf4 16. Bxf4 Qc5+ 17. Kh1 Nd7 18. Ne4 Qd4 19.
Ng5 Nf6 20. Bf3 $1 Nb6 21. Bxc7 Qc5 22. Bxb6 Qxg5 23. Bd4 $1 {1-0 Kramnik,
V-Miles,A/ London PCA-Intel GP 1995 (40)}) 11. Qh3 $140 Qxd4 12. Nf3 Qd8 13.
Bg5 Be7 14. Rd1 N8d7 15. Ne4 Bxg5 16. Nfxg5 axb5 17. Nh7 $1 Rxh7 18. Nf6+ Nxf6
19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. exf6 Nd5 $17) 10... Bb7 11. Qg4 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Nxb5
Qd7 14. Nbc3 Nc6 15. Be3 Nb4 16. Be2 Nc2+ 17. Kf1 Nd5 18. Bc1 Nxd4 19. Bxc4 Nb6
20. Ba2 Nf5 21. h4 Be7 22. Kg1 Qd4 $1 {0-1 Krasenkow,M-Grabarczyk,M/ POL-ch
1996 (40)}) (9. Bg5 Be7 (9... Qd7 10. bxa6 Rxa6 11. Rxa6 Nxa6 12. Be2 h6 13.
Bh4 Bb7 14. O-O g5 15. Bg3 Be7 16. b3 g4 17. Ne1 c5 18. bxc4 cxd4 19. Nb5 h5
20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21. exd6 Qc6 22. Qxd4 Rg8 23. Qf6 Nc8 24. Bh4 Qxd6 25. c5 {
1-0 Krallmann, M-Juergeleit,A/ NRW-II 9596/1996}) 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. bxa6 Rxa6
12. Rxa6 Bxa6 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Nc6 15. Qb1 Rd8 16. Rd1 Bb7 17. Ne4 h6 $10 {
Tukmakov, V-Miles,A/ Biel (rapid) 1995}) (9. Qc2 Bb7 $13 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O
axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Nxb5 O-O 14. Rd1 Na6 15. Nc3 Nb4 16. Qb1 Qd7 17. Ne4 Qa4
18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Nexg5 Qc2 20. Qxc2 Nxc2 21. Rc1 Nb4 22. Nd2 Rd8 23. Nxc4 {
Kramnik, V-Miles,A/ London PCA-Intel GP 1995/1/2-1/2 (66)}) (9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O
(10. bxa6 Rxa6 11. Rxa6 Nxa6 12. O-O Be7 13. Be3 O-O 14. Nd2 c5 (14... Qd7 $10
{Ftacnik}) 15. Nxc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Bxd4 Nb4 19. Bb6 Rc8
20. Be2 Bc5 21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22. f4 Kf8 23. Ra1 Nd5 {Van Wely,L-Miles,A/ London
PCA-Intel GP 1995/0-1 (55)}) 10... axb5 (10... Be7 11. Be3 O-O 12. bxa6 Rxa6
13. Rc1 Nc6 14. b3 cxb3 15. Qxb3 Ra3 16. Qb1 Nb4 17. Nb5 Ra2 18. Rfe1 Rxe2 19.
Rxe2 Ba6 20. Rb2 Bxb5 21. Rxb4 Bxb4 22. Ng5 Re8 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. Ne4 {Landa,
K-Sulava,N/ Oberwart op 1996/1-0 (45)}) 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. Nxb5 Be7 (12... Qd7
13. Na3 Bd5 14. Qc2 Bxa3 15. bxa3 Nc6 16. Rd1 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nxd4 18. Qe4 Nxf3+
19. Qxf3 Qa4 20. Rd4 O-O 21. h3 Qa5 {1/2-1/2 Nielsen,PH-Kumaran,D/ Copenhagen
KS 1996 (34)}) 13. b3 cxb3 14. Qxb3 O-O 15. Ba3 Nc6 16. Rc1 Nd5 17. g3 Qd7 18.
Bxe7 Ncxe7 19. Ng5 Rb8 20. Qd3 Ng6 21. Rc5 {0-1 Rasmussen,P-Pedersen,D/ DEN-ch
qual 1996 (39)}) 9... Bb4 $6 (9... Bb7 $1 $10) (9... Be7 $2 10. Nd2 axb5 11.
Rxa8 Nxa8 12. Nxb5 $16 {Chernin,A-Miles,A/ Biel (rapid) 1995}) 10. Nd2 axb5 $6
(10... Bxc3 {Ftacnik} 11. bxc3 axb5 12. Rxa8 Nxa8 13. Nxc4 bxc4 14. Qa4+ Bd7
15. Qxa8 $16) (10... Bb7 $5 {Ftacnik}) 11. Rxa8 Nxa8 12. Qg4 Kf8 (12... O-O {
Ftacnik} 13. Bh6 g6 14. Bxf8 $16) 13. Nxb5 Nb6 14. Nc3 {Ftacnik: Die
Schw�che von Pc4 ist unangenehmer als der exponierte Pd4.} Nc6 15. Be2 $14 (
15. Nxc4 Nd5 16. Bd2 Nde7 $44 (16... f5 $1 {Ftacnik} 17. exf6 Nxf6)) 15... h5
16. Qe4 (16. Qf4 $6 Nd5 $10) 16... Bb7 17. O-O g6 18. Bf3 (18. Rd1 Nd5 $10 19.
Qc2 $2 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Qg5 $17) 18... Kg7 19. Qf4 Be7 (19... Na5 {Ftacnik} 20.
Nde4 Nd5 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. e6 $40) 20. Rd1 Ba8 $4 (20... Nd5 $8 21. Bxd5 exd5
22. Qf3 Nb4 23. Nxc4 $4 (23. b3 Bc8 24. h3 $13) 23... Bc8 $17) 21. d5 $1 $16 {
Ftacnik Important moment, white breaks through on the strongest square in
black's possesion! Ftacnik Ein wichtiger Moment, Weiss bricht auf dem
st�rksten Feld von Schwarz durch!} g5 (21... Nxd5 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Nxc4 $16
(23. Nxc4 {Ftacnik} Nb4 24. e6 $40)) (21... exd5 {Ftacnik} 22. Bxb6 cxb6 23.
Bxd5 Rf8 24. Nxc4 $18) 22. Qg3 h4 23. Qg4 (23. Qh3 $142) 23... Nxe5 24. Bd4 Bf6
(24... f6 {Ftacnik} 25. Bxe5 fxe5 26. dxe6 $18) 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26. dxe6 f5 (
26... Bxc3 $142 27. bxc3 (27. Ne4 Qe7 28. Nxg5 f5 29. Qxf5 Bf6 30. Nf7 Bxf3 31.
gxf3 Re8 32. Re1 Qxf7 $17) 27... Bxf3 28. Qxf3 Qf6 $14 (28... Qe7 {Ftacnik} 29.
Ne4 fxe6 30. Qg4 Kg6 31. Re1 e5 32. Nd2 Rf8 33. Nf3 Rf4 34. Rxe5 Rxg4 35. Rxe7
$16)) 27. Qxf5 Qf6 28. Qh3 (28. Qxf6+ {Ftacnik} Bxf6 (28... Kxf6 29. Bg4 $16)
29. h3 $16) 28... Bxc3 29. bxc3 Qxc3 30. Qf5 Qf6 31. Qc5 $1 Kh6 (31... Rc8 {
Ftacnik} 32. Bxa8 Nxa8 33. Ne4 $18) 32. Qxc7 $18 {Ftacnik Despite exchange of
many pieces black's king remains dangerously exposed. Ftacnik Trotz des
Abtausches vieler Figuren bleibt der schwarze K�nig gef�hrlich exponiert.}
Nd5 (32... Qxe6 33. Ne4 Nd5 34. Qxc4 g4 (34... Rc8 35. Nxg5 Kxg5 36. Bxd5 $18)
(34... Rd8 {Ftacnik} 35. Nc5 $16) 35. Qc1+ $18) 33. Qxc4 Nf4 34. Ne4 Bxe4 35.
Qxe4 Re8 (35... Qxe6 36. Qxe6+ Nxe6 37. Rd6 Re8 38. Bg4 $18) (35... Nxe6 {
Ftacnik} 36. Rd6 Re8 (36... Qa1+ 37. Bd1) 37. h3 $18) 36. Bg4 Nxe6 37. Qc6 (37.
Rd6 Qa1+ 38. Bd1 Kg7 39. Rd7+) 37... Qg6 (37... Re7 38. Re1 $18) 38. Bf5 Qxf5 (
38... Qf7 {Ftacnik} 39. Re1 $18) 39. Qxe8 {Hecht #K Kleinkunst: Pattwitz wird
mit Generalabtausch gekontert} g4 40. Re1 Ng5 41. Qh8+ Nh7 (41... Kg6 {Ftacnik}
42. Qxh4 $18) 42. Qe5 Qg6 43. Qf4+ Kh5 44. h3 gxh3 45. Re5+ Ng5 46. gxh3 Qf6
47. Qg4+ (47. Qxf6 $4 {-stalemate}) 47... Kg6 48. Rxg5+ Qxg5 49. f4 (49. f4 {
Ftacnik} Qxg4+ 50. hxg4 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.15"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Bd6 {This gambit was examined in annotations to Sulskis-Lupulescu (CBM
146).} (8... Be7 {, covering the g5-square, is played more often.}) 9. Bd3 $146
{A logical continuation. The bishop will be more active on the b1-h7 diagonal.}
(9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. Qe4 Nf6 14. Qh4 h6 15.
Ne5 Re8 16. f4 Bd7 17. Rf3 Nd5 $13 {0-1 (44) Gunina,V (2516)-Dzagnidze,N (2566)
Rome ITA 2015}) (9. Ng5 h6 10. Ne4 (10. Qh5 O-O 11. Re1 $5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 Be7
13. Bd3 f5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Qxf5 Nc6 $5 17. Qe4 Qg5 18. Re3 Bd7
19. Rh3 Qf5 20. Qh4 Rf8 21. Re1 Rf6 $13 {0-1 (42) Bulatov,R (2221)
-Fakhrutdinov,T (2128) Kazan 2013}) 10... O-O 11. Qf3 (11. Qh5 Nd7 $5 12. Bxh6
gxh6 13. Qxh6 Re8 14. Rae1 Bf8 $13 {0-1 Mamedyarov,S (2719)-Morozevich,A (2750)
/Moscow 2009/EXT 2010 (32)}) 11... Nc6 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. Qg3 Qf6 14. Qxd6 Rd8
15. Qg3 e5 16. d5 (16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Be2 $11) 16... Na5 17. Bb3 Nxb3 18. axb3
Rxd5 19. c4 Rd8 20. Bb2 Qf4 21. Bxe5 Qxg3 22. hxg3 Be6 $11 {1/2 (40)
Sargissian,G (2674)-Khairullin,I (2626) Plovdiv 2012}) (9. Re1 $5 O-O 10. Ng5
h6 11. Ne4 Nd7 12. Qf3 Re8 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. Qg3 Kh8 15. Re4 Nf6 16. Rh4 Ng8
17. Bb3 a5 18. Bg5 Qc7 19. Re1 a4 20. Bc2 $44 {1-0 (38) Bacrot,E (2694)-Maze,S
(2573) Saint-Quentin 2015}) (9. Qe2 $5 O-O 10. Rd1 (10. Bg5 Qe8 11. Bd3 Nd7 12.
Qe4 f5 13. Qe2 h6 14. Bd2 e5 15. Bc4+ Kh8 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Rae1 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3
Qg6 $15 {0-1 (82) Gunina,V (2509)-Kosteniuk,A (2527) Beijing 2013}) 10... Nc6
11. Bb3 Ne7 12. Bc2 f6 13. c4 c6 14. Qd3 Ng6 15. h4 f5 16. g3 h6 17. Bb2 Bd7
18. Re1 $44 {1-0 (25) Wen,Y (2583)-Lu,S (2606) Xinghua 2015}) 9... Nd7 10. Qe2
Qe7 $6 {The delay in castling is not a good idea in this position.} (10... O-O
{needs further examination.} 11. Qe4 g6 $5) 11. Re1 h6 (11... O-O 12. Qe4 g6 {
was still possible} (12... Nf6 13. Qh4 h6 $2 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Qxh6 $18 {
[%cal Re1e3]}) (12... f5 13. Qxe6+ Qxe6 14. Rxe6 $14)) 12. c4 c5 13. d5 e5 (
13... Nf6 $5) 14. Nd2 $6 (14. Bb2 O-O 15. Nxe5 {, regaining a pawn and keeping
a positional advantage, was a simple course.}) 14... O-O 15. f4 $6 (15. Ne4 $5
f5 $140 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. f3 $44 {[%csl Re5,Rf5]}) 15... f5 {It looks like
Anton Korobov simply overlooked this move. Black parries all threats, and
White has no compensation for the pawn anymore.} 16. fxe5 Qxe5 17. Nf3 $5 {
[%mdl 512]} Qxe2 {Black displays a lack of courage. Now White, controlling the
e-file, obtains decent counterplay.} (17... Qxa1 {was quite good:} 18. Qe6+ (
18. Bb2 Qxa2) 18... Rf7 19. Qxd6 Qf6 20. Bf4 Qxd6 21. Bxd6 b5 $1 (21... b6 $143
22. Re8+ Kh7 23. g4) 22. cxb5 Bb7 {, and Black should convert his material
advantage.}) 18. Rxe2 Nf6 (18... b5 $5 19. cxb5 Nb6 {[%cal Yf5f4,Gc8g4,Ya7a6]})
19. Bb2 Nh5 20. Rae1 (20. Be5 $5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Nf4 22. Ree1 Nxd3 23. Nxd3 b6
24. a4 $132) 20... Nf4 21. Re7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxe7 22. Rxe7 Rf7 23. Re8+ Rf8
24. Re7 Rf7 25. Re8+ Kh7 $6 {A risky attempt to play for a win.} 26. Ne5 Nxd3
27. Nxd3 b5 (27... b6 28. Ne5 Rf6 {was too passive.}) 28. Ne5 (28. d6 $5 {
now posed problems to Black} bxc4 $140 29. Nxc5) 28... Rb7 29. d6 bxc4 30. Bc3
$6 (30. d7 Bxd7 31. Rxa8 Rxb2 32. Nxd7 c3 33. Nf8+ Kg8 34. Ne6+ Kf7 35. Nxc5 c2
36. Rxa7+ Kf6 37. Nd3 Rb1+ 38. Kf2 Rd1 39. Rc7 Rxd3 40. Rxc2 $11) 30... Rab8
31. h4 f4 (31... Bd7 $1 32. Rxb8 (32. Re7 Ba4 33. d7 Rd8) 32... Rxb8 33. Nxd7
Rd8 34. Nxc5 Rxd6 $17 {, and Black's rook and two pawns are stronger than
White's minor pieces.}) 32. Nc6 Rb1+ ({Black could still try} 32... Ra8 $5 {
[%cal Rb7d7,Rc8b7]} 33. Ne5 Rbb8) 33. Kh2 f3 34. Nxb8 (34. gxf3 $2 R8b2+ 35.
Kg3 (35. Bxb2 Rxb2+ 36. Kg3 Bd7) 35... Bd7 36. Re7 Rg1+ 37. Kf4 Rc2 $19) 34...
f2 35. Re7 f1=N+ {This underpromotion only leads to a perpetual.} (35... h5 $5
36. Rxg7+ Kh6 37. Rf7 f1=Q 38. Rxf1 Rxf1 39. d7 Bxd7 40. Nxd7 Rf2 41. a4 Rc2 {
was the last chance to play for a win for Black.}) 36. Kg1 Ne3+ 37. Kh2 Nf1+ (
37... Nf5 $2 38. g4) 38. Kg1 Ne3+ 39. Kh2 Nf1+ 40. Kg1 Ne3+ 41. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates sf"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2007.05.31"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 $5 {[%mdl 512] An
interesting but risky pawn sacrifice. The position is quite closed so White's
development advantage can't be easily exploited.} Nxe4 7. O-O (7. Qa4+ Nc6 8.
O-O Nxc3 (8... Bxc3 $5 9. bxc3 Nxc3 10. Qb3 Nd5) 9. bxc3 Bxc3 10. Rb1 Bd7 $2 (
10... O-O 11. Ba3 Nxd4) 11. Qa3 $36 {1-0 Radnic,Z-Seifert,P/Bad Zwesten 2001/
EXT 2002 (23)}) 7... Nxc3 (7... Bxc3 $6 8. bxc3 Nxc3 9. Qb3 Nd5 10. Ba3 Nc6 11.
Rfe1 Nce7 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. d5 exd5 14. Bxd5 O-O 15. Bxf7+ Rxf7 16. Rad1 Qf8
17. Ng5 Bg4 18. f3 Bh5 19. Rd7 (19. Ne6 $1 Qc8 20. Rd8+ Qxd8 21. Nxd8 Rxd8 22.
Rxe7 $18) 19... Nc6 {0-1 Pedersen,S-Nielsen,P/Faaborg 2007/CBM 116 ext (23)}) (
7... Nf6 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. Ne5 Be7 10. Nxc6 (10. d5 $1 exd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nxd5
$1 O-O 13. Qxc6 $14) 10... bxc6 11. Qxc6+ Bd7 12. Qf3 Rb8 $11 {0-1 Gustafsson,
J-Aronian,L/playchess.com INT 2004/CBM 099 ext (23)}) 8. bxc3 Be7 (8... Bxc3 9.
Rb1 Nc6 10. Qb3 Bxd4 11. Rd1 $44) 9. Ne5 (9. Qe2 Nd7 10. Rd1 c6 11. Bb3 Qc7 12.
h4 O-O 13. Bg5 Bd6 14. Qe4 Re8 15. Rd3 h6 16. Re1 c5 $17 17. Ba4 c4 18. Rde3
Qa5 19. Bxd7 Bxd7 20. Bxh6 Qh5 $1 21. Qxb7 Rad8 22. Bg5 f6 23. d5 e5 {0-1
Hillarp Persson,T-Agrest,E/Umea 2003/EXT 2004 (37)}) 9... O-O 10. Qg4 (10. Qe2
Nd7 11. Bb3 (11. Rd1 $5 {S.Kishnev}) 11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bd7 13. Rd1 Qe8 (13...
Qc8 $5 {[%cal Yf8d8] S.Kishnev}) 14. Qg4 Kh8 15. Bc2 Bc6 16. Rd3 Rd8 (16... f5
$5 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Rg3 Rf7 19. Bh6 f5 20. Bg7+ Kg8 21. Qd4 Bh4 $3 22. Qxh4
Rxg7 {S.Kishnev} 23. Re1 $44) 17. Rh3 g6 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Rg8 20. Qf6+ Rg7
$13 {1-0 Arbakov,V-Kishnev,S/Moscow (ch) 1989/Inf 47/[Kishnev,S] (60)}) (10. f4
$5 Nd7 11. Qf3 $5 Nb6 12. Bb3 $44 {S.Kishnev}) 10... Kh8 (10... Nc6 11. Bh6 Bf6
12. f4 Ne7 13. Rae1 c5 14. Bg5 Nf5 15. dxc5 Bxg5 16. fxg5 Qc7 17. c6 bxc6 18.
Rf3 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Qxa6 21. Nd7 Qxa2 (21... Rfd8 22. Nf6+ $1) 22.
Nxf8 Rxf8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Potkin,V-Kharlov,A/Sochi 2006/CBM 111 ext (57)}) 11. Qh3
Qe8 12. Bd3 f5 {Black has to weaken his pawn structure and White's
compensation for the pawn becomes more stable.} 13. Re1 Nc6 14. Nf3 Qg6 15. Rb1
Bd6 16. Rb2 b6 17. Rbe2 Bd7 18. Ng5 Rae8 19. Bb5 h6 20. Bxc6 Bxc6 21. Nxe6 {
White has regained the pawn but Black's bishop pair now compensates for his
kingside weaknesses.} Rg8 22. c4 Bd7 23. d5 Bxe6 (23... Bb4 24. Nf4 Qf6 25.
Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. Nd3 {[%cal Yc1b2]}) 24. Rxe6 Rxe6 25. dxe6 $2 {
[%csl Re6]} (25. Rxe6 Re8 $1 26. Bxh6 $1 {White probably didn't see this trick.
} (26. Rxe8+ $143 Qxe8 $17 {[%cal Re8e2,Re8e1]}) 26... Rxe6 (26... gxh6 $2 27.
Qc3+) 27. Bd2+ Kg8 28. dxe6 Qxe6 29. Qd3 $11) 25... Re8 26. Qe3 f4 $2 {Missing}
(26... Bc5 $1 27. Qe5 (27. Qe2 Bb4 $17) 27... Bb4 $1 28. Re2 Rd8 29. g3 Rd1+
30. Kg2 Rxc1 31. e7 Qc6+ (31... Bxe7 $143 32. Qxe7) 32. Qd5 Qxd5+ 33. cxd5 Bxe7
34. Rxe7 {[%cal Yd5d6]} a5 {and White's survival in this endgame is not
guaranteed.}) 27. Qe4 Qxe4 28. Rxe4 {[%mdl 4096]} Kh7 29. f3 (29. Bxf4 Bxf4 30.
Rxf4 Rxe6 31. Kf1 Re5 $15) 29... g5 $1 $15 {[%csl Re6]} (29... Kg6 30. Bxf4 (
30. g4 fxg3 31. hxg3 h5) 30... Bxf4 31. Rxf4 Rxe6 $11) 30. Kf2 Kg6 31. g4 Kf6
$6 {A serious positional inaccuracy. There was no reason to allow White to fix
the black pawns on dark squares.} (31... fxg3+ $142 32. hxg3 h5 $1 $15 {
[%csl Re6,Gh5]}) 32. Bb2+ Ke7 33. h4 gxh4 $6 {An unnecessary concession. After}
(33... Rg8 $5 {[%cal Rg8g6]} 34. h5 Bb4 $11 {White can't break through.}) (
33... Bc5+ $5 {[%cal Ye8d8] was even simpler:} 34. Kg2 Rd8 35. Bg7 Rd2+ 36. Kh1
(36. Kh3 $4 Bg1) 36... Rxa2 $5 (36... Rd1+ $11) 37. Bxh6 gxh4 38. Bg5+ Ke8 39.
Bxf4 $13) 34. Bg7 h3 (34... Bc5+ {is now too late:} 35. Kg2 Rd8 36. Bxh6 Rd2+
37. Kh3 Rxa2 38. Bg5+ Ke8 39. Bxf4 $16 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Yg4g5,Yg5g6]}) 35. Kg1
Bc5+ (35... Rg8 36. Bxh6 Rg6 37. Bxf4 Bxf4 38. Rxf4 Rxe6 39. Kh2 Re2+ 40. Kxh3
Rxa2 41. g5 Ra1 42. Kg4 a5 43. Kf5 $16) 36. Kh2 Rd8 37. Bxh6 Rd3 38. Kxh3 (38.
Bg5+ $142 Ke8 39. Bxf4 Rxf3 40. Bxc7 {winning a pawn and keeping pressure, e.g.
} Be3 41. a4 $1 Bg5 42. Bg3 $16) 38... Rxf3+ 39. Kh4 Re3 (39... Bd6 $5) 40.
Bg5+ Ke8 41. Rxe3 fxe3 42. Kg3 e2 43. Bd2 Ke7 44. Kf3 Kxe6 45. Kxe2 c6 46. Bf4
Be7 47. Kd3 b5 48. cxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.07"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Qg4 {This line was examined in CBM 119, annotations to
Kasimdhzanov-Gelfand.} Nc6 (10... Kh8 11. Qh3 Qe8 12. Bd3 f5 13. Re1 Nc6 14.
Nf3 Qg6 15. Rb1 Bd6 16. Rb2 b6 17. Rbe2 Bd7 18. Ng5 Rae8 19. Bb5 h6 20. Bxc6
Bxc6 21. Nxe6 $11 {1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R (2677)-Gelfand,B (2733)/Elista 2007/CBM
119/[Krasenkow] (48)}) (10... Nd7 11. Bh6 Bf6 12. Rad1 c5 13. Rd3 cxd4 14. cxd4
Re8 15. Bb5 Re7 16. Bxd7 Bxd7 $2 (16... Rxd7 $1 17. Nxd7 Bxd7 $44) 17. Rf3 Bxe5
18. dxe5 g6 19. Bg5 $16 {1-0 Kanep,M (2526)-Turova,I (2394)/Jyvaskyla 2010/CBM
137 Extra (60)}) (10... c5 $5 11. Bh6 Bf6 12. Rad1 (12. Bd3 $5 {[%cal Rg4e4]})
12... cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Rd3 Ne7 15. Rh3 Nf5 16. Be3 g6 17. Qf3 Bg7 $17 {
1/2 Kanep,M (2531)-Kaunas,K (2258)/Riga LAT 2011/The Week in Chess 876 (36)})
11. Bh6 (11. Re1 f5 (11... Bf6 12. Bb3 (12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qf3 a5 14. Qxc6 Bd7
15. Qf3 Rb8 16. a4 Rb6 17. Bf4 $14 {1-0 Shchekachev,A (2528)-Klein,D (2359)/
Maastricht NED 2011/The Week in Chess 866 (53)}) 12... Ne7 $6 (12... g6) 13.
Ba3 Bd7 14. Rad1 a5 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. d5 $18 {1-0 Riazantsev,A (2679)
-Frolyanov,D (2610)/Olginka 2011/CBM 141 Extra (24)}) (11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 Kh8
13. Qh3 Bd7 14. Bd3 g6 15. Bh6 Rg8 16. Be4 Bc6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Rad1 Qe8 19.
Be3 c5 20. Qf3 Kg7 21. Qb7 Qc8 22. Qc6 Rd8 $11 {1/2 Nyback,T (2627)-Neubauer,M
(2431)/Werder Bremen GER 2011/The Week in Chess 892 (41)}) 12. Qf3 Nxe5 13.
Rxe5 Kh8 14. Bxe6 (14. Bf4 g5 15. Bd2 Bd6 16. Re2 Qf6 17. Rae1 g4 18. Qd3 f4
19. f3 Qf5 20. Qxf5 exf5 21. Bd3 Kg8 22. c4 c5 23. Bc3 Bd7 {1/2 Riazantsev,A 
(2682)-Bauer,C (2612)/Biel 2010/CBM 137 Extra}) 14... Bd6 15. Bxc8 (15. Re2
Bxe6 16. Rxe6 Qd7 17. Re1 Rae8 18. Bd2 c6 19. c4 Bc5 20. d5 Re4 $132 {1/2
Lalith,B (2495)-Swapnil,S (2411)/Aurangabad IND 2011/The Week in Chess 884 (51)
}) 15... Bxe5 16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. a4 Bd6 18. a5 Qe8 19. Bd2 Qb5 20. a6 Qb2 21. Qd1
c5 22. Rb1 Qa2 23. Ra1 Qb2 24. Rb1 Qa2 25. Ra1 {1/2 Shulman,Y (2608)-Meier,G 
(2648)/Lubbock USA 2011/The Week in Chess 885}) 11... Bf6 12. Rae1 $146 {
[%mdl 8] A new plan in this position. Previous attempts were unsuccessful:} (
12. Rad1 Ne7 13. Rfe1 (13. Bc1 c5 14. Rd3 (14. h4 {1-0 Greenfeld,A (2557)
-Swapnil,S (2418)/Chennai 2011/CBM 140 Extra (71)} Nf5 $1 15. h5 h6 $13) (14.
Ba3 Qc7 (14... Bxe5 $5 15. dxe5 Qa5 16. Bc1 b6 {[%cal Yc8a6]}) 15. Rfe1 (15.
Qh5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 b6 17. Bd3 Ng6 18. Bc1 Bb7 $17 {0-1 Carlsen,M (2813)-Kramnik,
V (2790)/Nice 2010/CBM 135 Extra (39)}) 15... b6 16. Qh3 Ng6 17. Bd3 Bxe5 18.
Rxe5 f5 (18... Rd8 19. Rh5 h6 $17) 19. Ree1 Rf6 20. Bc1 cxd4 21. cxd4 Nf4 22.
Qg3 Nd5 $15 {0-1 Halkias,S (2600)-Morozevich,A (2694)/Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2011/
The Week in Chess 878 (38)}) 14... cxd4 (14... Nf5 $142 15. Ba3 $140 $2 Bxe5
16. dxe5 Qa5 {[%cal Rb7b5]}) 15. cxd4 Nf5 16. Ba3 Be7 17. Bb2 Bd6 18. Rh3 g6
19. Qe4 f6 20. Nd3 Re8 21. Nc5 $44 {1-0 Halkias,S (2570)-Marjanovic,S (2480)/
Kragujevac 2009/CBM 132 Extra (38)}) 13... c5 $1 (13... Ng6 14. Bc1 c5 15. Qh5
Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qh4 17. Qxh4 Nxh4 18. Bg5 Ng6 19. h4 h6 20. h5 Nxe5 21. Rxe5 hxg5
22. Rxc5 b6 23. Rxg5 Rb8 $11 {1/2 Eljanov,P (2716)-Jakovenko,D (2760)/Jermuk
2009/CBM 132 (36)}) 14. Rd3 cxd4 15. cxd4 b5 $1 {0-1 Brynell,S (2495)-Macieja,
B (2639)/Copenhagen 2010/CBM 137 Extra (46)} 16. Bxb5 Qa5 17. Rb1 Rb8 18. Rdb3
a6 $15) (12. f4 Kh8 (12... Ne7 13. Rae1 c5 14. Bg5 Nf5 15. dxc5 Bxg5 16. fxg5
Qc7 17. c6 bxc6 18. Rf3 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Qxa6 21. Nd7 Qxa2 22. Nxf8
Rxf8 $13 {1/2 Potkin,V (2547)-Kharlov,A (2555)/Sochi 2006/CBM 111 ext (58)})
13. Bg5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bxg5 15. fxg5 Bd7 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Rd4 Qc5 18. Qh3 Bc6
19. Bd3 g6 20. Kh1 Qxe5 $17 {0-1 Eljanov,P (2693)-Grischuk,A (2748)/Odessa
2009/CBM 130 Extra (40)}) 12... Kh8 (12... Ne7 $5 {is the most solid move here.
}) 13. Bf4 {Missing a good opportunity:} (13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bd3 $1 {[%cal
Yg4e4]} Re8 (14... Qd5 $2 15. Qh3 Re8 16. Bg5) 15. Qe4 g6 16. Qxc6 $14) 13...
Bxe5 (13... Ne7 {was still possible but Black has another plan in mind.}) 14.
dxe5 f5 15. Qh5 (15. exf6 Qxf6 16. Bxc7 e5 17. Qg3 Be6 $11) 15... Qe8 16. Qh4
Ne7 17. Bg5 Ng8 $6 {Too passive. White now obtains a strong kingside attack.
His compensation would be under doubt after} (17... Ng6 18. Qh5 Qf7 $1 {
[%cal Rg6e5]}) 18. Re3 b6 19. Rd1 Bb7 20. Be2 h6 21. Rg3 Be4 22. f3 Bd5 23. c4
Bb7 24. f4 Be4 25. Bh5 Qa4 26. h3 Bc6 27. Be7 Rf7 $2 (27... Qxa2 $142 28. Kh2
$36 (28. Bxf8 Rxf8 29. Rd8 Qxc4 $1 $13)) 28. Bd8 $2 (28. Rd8 $1 Rxd8 29. Bxf7
$1 {[%cal Re7d8,Re7f6]} Qd1+ 30. Kh2 Rd2 31. Bf8 Rxg2+ $8 32. Rxg2 Bxg2 33.
Kxg2 $16) 28... Be4 $2 (28... Rf8 29. Be7 Qxa2) 29. Kh2 Rd7 (29... Qe8 30. Bxc7
Qe7 31. Qxe7 Rxe7 32. Bd8 Rb7 33. Rg6 $18) (29... Rf8 30. Be7 $18) 30. Bf6 $1 {
[%mdl 64] This blow is extremely effective here.} gxf6 31. exf6 {[%cal Rf6f7]}
Qxd1 (31... Rxd1 32. Bf7 $18 {[%cal Rg3g8]}) 32. Bxd1 Rf8 33. Bh5 Nxf6 34. Be8
$1 Re7 (34... Rh7 35. Bg6) 35. Qxh6+ Nh7 36. Bg6 Rf6 37. Qh4 {[%cal Rg6h7]} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lithuania"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Bd6 (8... Be7 {- see Cheparinov-Meier in this issue.}) 9. Ng5 (9. Qe2 $5
O-O 10. Rd1 Nd7 11. Rd3 Nf6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Ne5 Bd7 14. Rh3 $40 {1-0
Mamedyarov,S (2763)-Movsesian,S (2721)/Moscow 2010/EXT 2011 (34)}) 9... h6 10.
Qh5 (10. Ne4 O-O 11. Qh5 f5 (11... Nd7 $5 12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. Qxh6 Re8 14. Rae1
Bf8 $13 {0-1 Mamedyarov,S (2719)-Morozevich,A (2750)/Moscow 2009/EXT 2010 (32)}
) 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. Re1 (13. Bxh6 gxh6 (13... Qc7 14. Qg6 d5 15. Bb3 Rf6 16.
Qe8+ Rf8 17. Qg6 Rf6 {1/2 Nikolaidis,I (2493)-Drozdovskij,Y (2624)/Kalamaria
2010/CBM 138 Extra}) 14. Qg6+ Kh8 15. Qxh6+ Kg8 16. Qg6+ Kh8 17. Qh6+ Kg8 18.
Qg6+ {1/2 Halkias,S (2579)-Naiditsch,A (2665)/Subotica 2008/CBM 126 Extra})
13... Rf6 14. Bf4 Na6 15. Re3 Nc7 16. Rae1 Qe8 17. Qf3 $44 {1-0 Sulava,N (2539)
-Zelcic,R (2557)/Otocac 2010/CBM 135 (39)}) 10... O-O 11. Re1 $5 $146 {[%mdl
520] An interesting piece sacrifice. White recovers some of the material and
obtains positional compensation.} (11. Ne4 {- see above}) 11... hxg5 12. Bxg5
Be7 (12... Qd7 $6 13. Bf6 $1) 13. Bd3 f5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Qxf5
exf5 $6 {Hardly a good idea: to allow White's rook in.} (16... Nc6 $5) 17. Rxe7
Bd7 18. Rae1 b5 19. h4 a5 20. h5 b4 21. R1e3 Kf8 22. h6 gxh6 23. Rh7 Kg8 24.
Rxh6 f4 $6 (24... Kg7 25. Rh4 Ra6 26. cxb4 axb4 27. Re7+ Kf8 28. Reh7 $36) 25.
Rf3 Nc6 26. Rxf4 {In the endgame R+P can often successfully fight against B+N
but R+2P are usually stronger. White gradually converts his advantage.} Kg7 (
26... bxc3 $2 27. Rg6+ Kh7 28. Rg3 $18) 27. Rh5 Kg6 28. Rc5 Re8 29. cxb4 axb4
30. d5 Re1+ 31. Kh2 Ne5 32. Rxc7 Re2 33. Kg3 Nd3 34. Rd4 Bf5 35. d6 Ne5 36. Re7
1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nf6 {
A rare and rather illogical continuation. Avoiding exchanges with an extra
pawn needs a good reason, which I don't see here.} 8. Bg5 (8. Qa4+ {, forcing}
Nc6 {, is probably more precise. It was examined in the annotations to
Halkias-Fressinet (CBM 136) and Aronian-Anand by GM Romain Edouard (CBM 145).
Here is a fresh example:} 9. Bg5 $1 Bxc3 (9... Be7 {was played in
Aronian-Anand, and White brilliantly won after} 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. d5 exd5 12.
Rfe1+ Be6 13. Bxd5 (13. Ba6 $142 $1 {R.Edouard}) 13... O-O 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15.
Rad1 $44 {1-0 (25) Aronian,L (2807)-Anand,V (2817) Sao Paulo/Bilbao 2011 CBM
145 [Edouard,R]}) 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Rae1 Ne7 12. Qc2 b5 13. Bxb5 Bb7 14. Qd3 Nf5
15. Ne5 h6 16. Bc1 Nd6 17. Ba4 $14 {1-0 (33) Wojtaszek,R (2735)-Pelletier,Y 
(2578) Tromso 2014}) 8... O-O (8... Be7 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6
12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. d5 exd5 14. Re1+ Kf8 15. Nxd5 Qd6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Nxf6 Qxf6
18. Qh5 $36 {1/2 (57) Manolache,M (2535)-Thesing,M (2404) Brasov 2011}) 9. Qe2
h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Rad1 Nbd7 12. Ne5 Nb6 13. Bd3 Nfd5 14. Bg3 Bd7 $146 {
Black improves his defence compared to the following game:} (14... f5 15. h3
Bd6 16. Rfe1 Qg5 17. Qf3 Nf6 18. Bf4 Qh5 19. Qg3 Qe8 20. Bxh6 Nh5 21. Qg5 $16 {
1-0 (48) Mamedyarov,S (2719)-Kramnik,V (2772) Moscow 2009}) {Still, White
keeps an initiative for the missing pawn.} 15. Ne4 Ba4 16. Rc1 Nd7 17. b3 Nxe5
18. dxe5 Bc6 19. Rfd1 $44 a5 20. a4 Qe8 ({The Rubinstein-style manoeuvre} 20...
Qb8 {[%cal Yf8d8,Yb8a7] deserved serious attention. The position remained
double-edged.}) 21. h4 {[%mdl 128]} Rd8 22. h5 Nb4 23. Bb1 Kh8 ({An attempt to
simplify the game by means of} 23... Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qc8 {[%cal Yf8d8] led to a
balanced position:} 25. Nf6+ $1 Kh8 (25... Bxf6 26. exf6 Rd8 27. Be5) (25...
gxf6 26. Qg4+ Kh8 27. Qf4 Kg7 28. Bh4 f5 29. Bxe7 Rg8 30. g4 $1 Nd5 31. Rxd5 $1
Bxd5 32. Kh2 $40) 26. Rc1 $1 Bxf6 (26... gxf6 27. exf6 Bxf6 28. Rxc6 $1 {
[%cal Re2e4]}) 27. exf6 gxf6 28. Qe3 (28. Be5 fxe5 29. Qe3 Kg7 30. Qg3+ $11)
28... Kg7 29. Rc4 f5 30. Be5+ Kh7 31. Rg4 Rg8 32. Qg3 Qf8 $13) 24. Bf4 Rg8 25.
Bd2 {White's plan is to eliminate Black's powerful knight, which will allow
him to create threats along the b1-h7 diagonal.} Rd5 (25... Rd7 {was more
accurate, e.g.} 26. Bxb4 axb4 27. Ng3 (27. Qc2 f5) 27... Bg5 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29.
Rd1 Bd5 30. Qd3 g6 $13) 26. Bxb4 axb4 $6 (26... Rxd1+ $142 27. Qxd1 Bxb4 28.
Qd3 f5 29. exf6 gxf6 30. Nxf6 Rxg2+ 31. Kf1 Qe7 32. Rxc6 Rxf2+ $1 33. Kxf2
Qxf6+ 34. Ke2 Qe5+ $11) 27. Rxd5 exd5 {After this move Black's bishop is dead,
White gets the important f5-square, and his e5-pawn becomes mobile. But alas,}
(27... Bxd5 {is poor due to} 28. Qc2 $1 f5 (28... g6 29. Qd2 $1 Kg7 30. Nf6)
29. exf6 gxf6 30. Nxf6 Rxg2+ 31. Kf1 Qf7 32. Nxd5 {(the difference from the 26.
..Rxd1+ line)}) 28. Ng3 Bg5 29. Re1 g6 30. Qg4 (30. Qb2 $5 $36) 30... Qe7 31.
Qd4 b6 $2 (31... Qe6 {, giving up the b4-pawn but stopping White's strong
e5-pawn, was a must. White needn't restore the material balance at once:} 32.
hxg6 fxg6 33. Ne2 $14 {[%cal Yf2f4,Ye2f4]}) 32. e6+ $1 Bf6 ({Black probably
overlooked} 32... Rg7 33. exf7 $1 Qxe1+ 34. Kh2 Qe7 (34... Be7 35. Qf4 {
[%cal Rf7f8,Rf4h6]}) 35. hxg6 {[%cal Rg3f5] , and Black has no defence despite
his extra rook. E.g.} Qd6 (35... Bf6 36. Nf5 $1 Bxd4 37. Nxe7) 36. Kg1 Be7 (
36... Bf6 37. Qf4 $1 Qxf4 38. f8=Q+ Rg8 39. g7+ Bxg7 40. Qxf4) 37. Qe3 Bg5 38.
Qe8+ Bxe8 39. fxe8=Q+ Rg8 40. g7+ Kxg7 41. Nf5+ Kh8 42. Nxd6 Rxe8 43. Nxe8 $18)
33. Qf4 $1 g5 (33... Kg7 34. hxg6 fxg6 35. Bxg6 $1 Kxg6 36. Qf5+ Kg7 37. Nh5+
Kh8 38. Nxf6 $18) (33... Bg5 34. Qxf7) 34. Qf5 Rg7 35. Qc2 $1 {[%cal Rg3f5,
Rc2c6] A decisive attacking "retreat"!} Qc5 36. Qxc5 bxc5 37. Nf5 Rg8 38. exf7
{[%cal Rf7g8,Re1e6]} 1-0

[Event "POL-ch"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2018.05.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 $5 {A recently popular
alternative to} (5... Bb4) 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O (9. h4 $5 {
needs more research:} Nc6 (9... Ba6 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Be3 (11. h5 $5) (11. Rh3 $5
) 11... Nb4 12. b3 O-O 13. h5 Nd3+ 14. Bxd3 cxd3 15. h6 g6 16. Ne4 Nd5 17. Bg5
f6 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nxf6+ Rxf6 $15 {0-1 (36) L'Ami,A (2342)
-Mastrovasilis,A (2538) Skopje 2016}) 10. Bg5 $6 (10. h5 $5) (10. Rh3 $5) 10...
h6 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. a4 a6 14. Na3 Nxa4 15. Rh3 O-O 16. Nc2 Nxb2
17. Rb1 Nd3+ 18. Bxd3 cxd3 19. Qxd3 Rab8 $17 {0-1 (47) Krysa,L (2464)-Peralta,
F (2560) Buenos Aires 2015}) 9... Nc6 (9... O-O {can lead to a transposition
but White can also try} 10. Qc2 $5 Nc6 11. Qe4 {e.g.} Bd7 $6 {1/2 (56) Mueer,S
(2222)-Poetsch,H (2507) Leipzig 2018} 12. Na3 $14) 10. Be3 {Alternatives seen
in practice:} (10. Qc2 $6 Ba6 11. Nc3 {1-0 (43) Zhou,J (2597)-Fenil,S (2326)
Kuala Lumpur 2017} Nxd4) (10. Na3 Bxa3 (10... Qd5 11. Nc2 Bb7 {1/2 (17)
Riazantsev,A (2661)-Buhmann,R (2625) Germany 2017} 12. Ne3 Qd7 (12... Qb5 $6
13. b3) (12... Qe4 13. b3 $1) 13. Nxc4 $14) 11. bxa3 Bb7 (11... O-O 12. Be3 Bb7
13. Rc1 Qd5 14. Qc2 Ne7 15. Rfd1 Rab8 16. Bf1 Nf5 17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Qe4
19. d5 {1/2 (19) Quintiliano Pinto,R (2423)-Pichot,A (2564) Montevideo URU 2018
}) 12. Be3 Ne7 13. Nd2 Ned5 14. Bf3 Nc3 15. Qc2 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Ncd5 17. Nd2 Qe7
18. Nxc4 O-O 19. a4 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 Qa3 $11 {1/2 (41) Gajewski,G (2599)
-Wojtaszek,R (2750) Warsaw POL 2018}) (10. Nc3 O-O 11. Qd2 Bb7 12. Rd1 Nb4 13.
Rb1 Rb8 14. b3 cxb3 15. Rxb3 c5 16. dxc5 Qxd2 17. Nxd2 N6d5 18. Ba3 Bxc5 19.
Nce4 Be7 $11 {1/2 (25) Pashikian,A (2585)-Grandelius,N (2646) Batumi 2018}) (
10. b3 $5 cxb3 11. axb3 Bb7 12. Ba3 a6 (12... O-O $5) 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Na3 Nf5
15. Nc2 O-O 16. Ne3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 a5 18. Qd2 c5 $6 (18... a4) 19. dxc5 Qxd2 20.
Nxd2 Nd7 21. Nc4 Nxc5 22. Rxa5 Rxa5 23. Nxa5 Bd5 $14 {0-1 (91) Faizrakhmanov,R
(2414)-Sarana,A (2510) Sochi 2017}) 10... O-O 11. Qd2 {This quiet development
is rather harmless.} (11. a3 Na5 12. Qc2 Bb7 13. Rad1 Qd7 14. Nc3 Qc6 15. Rfe1
Rfd8 16. Bf1 h6 17. Bd2 Nb3 18. Bc1 Qe8 19. Ne4 Qa4 20. Nc3 Qe8 21. Ne4 {
1/2 Anton Guijarro,D (2635)-Del Rio de Angelis,S (2511) Linares 2015}) (11. Qc2
Nb4 12. Qe4 Qd5 13. Nc3 Qxe4 14. Nxe4 Rb8 15. Rfc1 Ba6 16. Nfd2 Na4 17. Bxc4
Nxb2 18. Bxa6 Nxa6 19. Rc6 Rb6 $11 {0-1 (45) Wichmann,C (2305)-Poetsch,H (2507)
Leipzig 2018}) (11. Rc1 Ba6 12. Nc3 Nb4 13. b3 cxb3 14. Bxa6 b2 15. Rb1 Nxa6
16. Qe2 (16. Rxb2 Nb4 17. Nd2 N4d5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Rc2 Rac8 20. Qe2 c5 $11 {
1/2 (31) Sychev,K (2453)-Grandelius,N (2643) Tallinn 2016}) 16... Nb4 17. Rxb2
N4d5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Rc2 Rb8 20. Bd2 Qd7 $11 {1/2 (63) Pavlidis,A (2380)
-Mastrovasilis,A (2541) Achaea 2016}) (11. Nd2 Ba6 (11... a6 $5) 12. a4 Bxb5
13. axb5 Nxd4 14. Nxc4 Nf5 $11 (14... Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Qd5 16. Na5 Qxe5 17. Nc6
Qd6 18. Rac1 Nd5 19. Rfd1 Rfe8 20. Bc5 Qxc5 21. Rxc5 Bxc5 22. g3 $16 {1/2 (38)
Nihal,S (2349)-Del Rio de Angelis,S (2541) Port de Pollenca 2016})) (11. a4 Ba6
(11... Na5 $5) 12. Rc1 (12. Nd2 {- 11.Nd2}) 12... Nb4 13. Nd2 c6 14. Nc3 Rb8
15. a5 N6d5 16. Nxc4 c5 $11 {1/2 (47) Babula,V (2552)-Plischki,S (2373)
Teplice 2017}) (11. Qc1 $5 {is probably the most cunning move:} Rb8 $5 {
probably better than the obvious} (11... Ba6 12. Nc3 (12. a4 Qd7 13. Rd1 Na5
14. Nd2 Bxb5 15. axb5 Qxb5 16. Qc2 c5 17. Qc3 cxd4 18. Rxa5 dxc3 19. Rxb5 cxd2
20. Rxd2 Rfc8 21. Rc2 $11 {1/2 (56) Ebeling,D (2465)-Gharamian,T (2626)
Heraklio 2017}) 12... Bb7 (12... Nb4 $5) 13. Rd1 $14 Rb8 $2 (13... Nb4) 14. d5
$1 Nb4 15. dxe6 Qe8 16. exf7+ Qxf7 {0-1 (37) Wang,Y (2737)-Mareco,S (2606)
Baku 2016 CBM 175 [Ftacnik,L]} 17. Qb1 $16) 12. Nc3 Nb4 13. Rd1 Bb7 14. b3 cxb3
15. axb3 a6 16. Nd2 N6d5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Bf3 Qd8 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 $11 {1/2 (46)
Real de Azua,E (2478)-Flores,D (2568) Buenos Aires 2017}) 11... Rb8 12. Rfd1
Bb7 (12... Nb4 13. b3 a6 14. Nc3 cxb3 15. axb3 N4d5 $11 {1/2 (29) Deac,B (2559)
-Volokitin,A (2668) Calimanesti Caciulata 2016}) 13. b3 a6 14. Nc3 cxb3 15.
axb3 Nb4 $11 {Black has obtained a comfortable position controlling the
d5-square.} 16. Bg5 {Hardly a good decision. White has more space so exchanges
are rather unfavourable for him.} (16. Rac1 $11) 16... Nd7 17. Qf4 (17. Na4 $5)
17... c5 18. Rac1 cxd4 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Rxd4 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Nc5 {[%csl Rb3,Re5]
} 22. Rcd1 Nbd3 {Black goes for an interesting position with R+P vs B+N.
Usually, when queens are on the board, two pieces are much stronger than the
rook but here White has no active play.} (22... a5 $5 {was possible, too.}) 23.
R4xd3 Nxd3 24. Rxd3 Rxb3 25. Bd1 (25. g3 $5) 25... Qb4 26. Qxb4 (26. Qd2 $5 Rb2
27. Qe3 {although White will hardly be able to avoid exchanges.}) 26... Rxb4
27. g3 a5 28. h4 Rc8 29. Kg2 Kf8 30. f4 Ke7 31. Kf3 Rcc4 32. Ke3 h6 33. h5 Ke8
34. Bc2 Kf8 35. Bd1 Ke7 36. Bc2 Rc7 37. Bd1 Rcc4 38. Bc2 Rc7 39. Bd1 Rd7 $1 40.
Rxd7+ Kxd7 {[%mdl 4096]} 41. g4 Ke7 42. f5 $6 {This break opens the way for
Black's king.} (42. g5 $142 {, and White should not lose.}) 42... Rc4 43. Na4 (
{or} 43. Kd3 Rb4 44. Ke3 f6 {etc.}) 43... Rc1 44. Kd2 Rc8 45. Ke3 Rc1 46. Kd2
Rc7 47. Ke3 f6 $1 48. exf6+ Kxf6 49. fxe6 Kxe6 50. Nb2 $2 (50. Nb6 $1 {was now
the only defence. White holds on by very subtle play:} Ke5 51. Be2 {[%cal
Rb6c4]} Ra7 (51... Rc3+ 52. Bd3 Ke6 53. Nc4 a4 54. Kd2 Rb3 55. Bc2 Rg3 56. Bxa4
Rxg4 57. Bd7+ $1) 52. Bd1 Kf6 53. Kd4 Kg5 54. Kc3 $1 Re7 55. Nc4 {,
consequently attacking Black's a5 pawn.}) 50... Kf6 51. Nd3 Kg5 52. Ne5 Rc1 53.
Kd2 Rc5 54. Nd3 Rc4 55. Ne5 Re4 {White resigns. Black gives up his rook for
White's bishop and g4 pawn, at the same time keeping his a-pawn. White's
knight will not be able to fight against Black's three pawns.} (55... Re4 56.
Nd3 Rxg4 57. Bxg4 Kxg4 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O {
This gambit was examined in CBM 119, annotations to Kasimdzhanov - Gelfand.}
Nf6 (7... Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 {is Black's most common defence.}) 8. Qa4+ (8. Bg5
$5 O-O 9. Qe2 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Rad1 Nbd7 12. Ne5 Nb6 13. Bd3 Nfd5 14. Bg3 f5
15. h3 Bd6 16. Rfe1 Qg5 17. Qf3 $44 {1-0 Mamedyarov,S (2719)-Kramnik,V (2772)/
Moscow 2009/EXT 2010 (48)}) 8... Nc6 9. Ne5 Rb8 $1 $146 (9... Be7 10. d5 $5 (
10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qxc6+ Bd7 12. Qf3 Rb8 13. Bb3 O-O 14. Bf4 Bd6 $11 {0-1
Gustafsson,J (2572)-Aronian,L (2648)/playchess.com INT 2004/CBM 099 ext (23)})
10... exd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nxd5 $1 O-O 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Bg5 $14) 10. Nxc6 (
10. Bb5 O-O 11. Bxc6 $140 bxc6 12. Nxc6 Bd7 $1 $15) 10... bxc6 11. Qxc6+ Qd7
12. Qxd7+ Bxd7 $11 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Rfc1 Ba5 15. Rab1 Rfd8 16. Bb3 $6 (16. a3
$11) 16... Bc6 17. Rd1 Rd7 18. Rbc1 h6 19. Be3 Bb6 20. h3 Rbd8 21. Ne2 Bb5 22.
Nc3 c6 23. a4 Ba6 24. Na2 Bb7 25. Nb4 Rd6 26. Nd3 Bxd4 {Black has won a pawn
but White's drawing chances are significant.} 27. Bf4 R6d7 28. Ne5 Bxe5 29.
Bxe5 Nd5 30. a5 f6 31. Bg3 Kf7 32. Re1 Rc8 (32... g5 $5) 33. Bc4 a6 34. Rcd1 g5
{Too late! White now obtains counterplay.} 35. Be2 $1 c5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (
35... f5 $1 36. Bh5+ Ke7) 36. Bh5+ Ke7 (36... Kg7 $142 37. Rxe6 $16 {[%csl Ra6,
Rc5,Gg3,Gh5]}) 37. Rxe6+ $1 {[%mdl 64]} Kxe6 38. Re1+ Kf5 (38... Ne3 39. Rxe3+
Kd5 40. Rd3+ Ke6 41. Bg4+ f5 42. Bxf5+ Kxf5 43. Rxd7 Bc6 44. Rd6 $18 {_|_}) 39.
Bh2 {[%cal Rg2g4]} g4 40. Bxg4+ Kg6 41. Bxd7 {It is now White who has an extra
pawn, plus a strong bishop pair. The rest is clear.} Rd8 42. Be8+ Kg7 43. Bh5
c4 44. Bg4 Bc6 45. Bg3 Kg6 46. Rd1 Re8 47. Rd4 h5 48. Bf3 Nb4 49. Rxc4 Re1+ 50.
Kh2 Bxf3 51. Rxb4 (51. gxf3 $142 Nd3 52. Rc6 $18) 51... Bc6 (51... Bd5 $142 {
and Black can still resist:} 52. Rb6 Re6 53. Bd6 Bc4) 52. Rb6 (52. Rb6 Bb5 53.
Bh4) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 10th"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Banusz, Tamas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "L'Ami,E"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. a4 Nf6 5. Nc3 $6 Nc6 6. e4 Bg4 7. e5 Nd5 $6 (
7... Bxf3 8. gxf3 Nd5 9. Be3 Na5 10. Bg2 $15) 8. Bxc4 e6 9. Be3 Nxe3 (9... Bb4
$5 10. Rc1 Bxc3+ (10... Nb6 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O $14) 11. bxc3 Nxe3 12. fxe3
Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nxe5 14. Qxb7 Rb8 15. Qe4 Nxc4 16. Qc6+ Kf8 17. Qxc4 Qh4+ 18. g3
Qe4 19. O-O Qxe3+ 20. Kh1 Qe4+ 21. Kg1 Qe3+ $11) 10. fxe3 Bxf3 (10... Be7 $5
11. O-O O-O 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. Be4 c5 14. Bxb7 Rb8 15. Be4 cxd4 16. exd4 f5 17.
exf6 Bxf6 $44) 11. Qxf3 Nxe5 12. Qxb7 Rb8 13. Qxa6 Rb6 14. Bb5+ c6 15. Qa7 Nd7
$2 (15... Ng4 $8 16. O-O (16. a5 Rxb5 17. Nxb5 cxb5 18. a6 (18. O-O {- 16.0-0})
18... Nxe3 19. Qb7 Qxd4 (19... Nc2+ 20. Kf1 Qf6+ 21. Qf3 Qxf3+ 22. gxf3 Kd7 23.
a7 Ba3 24. Ra2 Ra8 25. b3 Rxa7 26. Rxc2 Bd6 27. Ke2 Ra3 $14) (19... Bb4+ 20.
Ke2 Qxd4 21. a7 Qxb2+ 22. Kf3 O-O 23. a8=Q Nc4 24. Qa2) 20. a7 Bb4+ 21. Ke2
Qxb2+ 22. Kxe3 Bc5+ 23. Kd3 Qb3+ 24. Ke2 Qc2+ 25. Ke1 Bb4+ 26. Kf1 Qd3+ 27. Kf2
$11) 16... Be7 $1 (16... f5 17. Bc4 (17. a5 Rxb5 18. Nxb5 cxb5 19. Rf3 $14)
17... Qd6 18. Rf4 Rxb2 19. Rxg4 fxg4 20. Ne4 Qb8 $132) 17. a5 Rxb5 18. Nxb5
cxb5 19. Rf3 (19. Qb7 O-O 20. a6 Nxe3 21. a7 Qa8 22. Qxa8 Rxa8 23. Rfc1 Nd5 $15
) 19... f5 20. h3 Nf6 21. Qb7 Kf7 22. Qxb5 Qa8 23. a6 Rb8 $132) 16. a5 Rxb5 17.
Nxb5 cxb5 18. a6 $6 (18. O-O Bd6 19. a6 Qh4 20. h3 Ke7 21. Rxf7+ Kxf7 22. Qxd7+
Qe7 23. Qxb5 Ra8 24. Qc6 Ra7 25. Rf1+ Kg6 26. e4 $16) 18... Bb4+ 19. Ke2 Qg5
20. Qb7 Qg4+ 21. Qf3 Qxf3+ 22. gxf3 Nb6 23. a7 Kd7 24. Rhc1 Na8 $1 25. e4 Rc8
26. Kd3 Rc6 27. e5 Kc7 28. Rxc6+ Kxc6 29. Ke4 g6 (29... Be7 30. Rc1+ Kb7 31. d5
exd5+ 32. Kxd5 Nb6+ 33. Ke4 Bd8 (33... g6 34. f4 Bf8 35. f5 $16) 34. Ra1 Ka8
35. f4 g6 36. f5 gxf5+ 37. Kxf5 $16) 30. Rd1 Nb6 31. d5+ exd5+ 32. Rxd5 Be7 33.
f4 Kb7 34. Rxb5 Kxa7 35. f5 f6 36. e6 g5 $6 (36... Nc4 37. fxg6 (37. Kd5 $5 Ne5
(37... Ne3+ 38. Kc6 Nxf5 39. Rb7+ (39. Kd7 $5 h5 40. Rxf5 gxf5 41. Kxe7 f4 42.
Kf7 f3 43. e7 f2 44. e8=Q f1=Q 45. Qe7+ Kb8 46. Qd8+ Kb7 47. Qxf6 Qg2 48. h4
$14) 39... Ka6 (39... Ka8 40. Rd7 Kb8 41. b4 $1 $18) 40. Rb8 Ka7 41. Rh8 h5 42.
Rh7 Kb8 43. Kd7 Bd6 44. Rf7 Be5 45. Kc6 Nd4+ 46. Kd5 Nf5 47. e7 Nxe7+ 48. Rxe7
Bxb2 49. Rh7 $18) (37... Nd6 38. fxg6 hxg6 39. Rb3 $16) 38. Rb3 (38. fxg6 hxg6
39. Rb3 g5 40. Rh3 Kb6 $11) 38... gxf5 39. Rh3 Kb6 40. Rxh7 Nc6 41. h4 f4 42.
Rh5 (42. Ke4 Kc5 43. Kxf4 Kd6 $11) 42... Kc7 43. Rf5 Nb4+ (43... Ba3 $5 44. Ke4
$1 (44. Rxf4 Ne7+ 45. Kc4 Bxb2 46. Rf2 Be5 47. Kc5 Nc6 48. Rd2 Nd4 $1 49. Kd5
Nf5 50. h5 Kd8 51. Ra2 Ke7 52. Ra7+ Ke8 $11) 44... Ne7 45. Rb5 Kc6 46. Rb3 f5+
47. Ke5 Bd6+ 48. Kf6 $16) 44. Ke4 Kd6 45. h5 Kxe6 46. Rb5 Kf7 47. Rb7 Nc6 48.
Kxf4 Nd8 49. Ra7 Nc6 50. Rc7 Nd4 51. Rb7 Ne6+ 52. Kg4 Nc5 53. Ra7 Ke6 54. b4
f5+ 55. Kf3 Nd7 56. b5 Bg5 57. Ra3 Kd6 58. Rd3+ Ke6 59. Rd1 Ke7 $11) 37... hxg6
38. Kd5 Ne5 39. Rb3 (39. h4 Ka8 40. Rb3 Ka7 41. h5 gxh5 42. Rh3 Kb6 43. Rxh5
Nd3 44. Rh7 Nb4+ 45. Ke4 Nc6 $11) 39... g5 40. Rb5 (40. Rh3 Kb6 41. Rh7 Nc6 $11
) (40. Ke4 Nc6 $1 41. Rd3 Ne5 42. Rc3 Kb6 43. Kf5 Nc6 44. Kg6 Ne5+ 45. Kg7 f5
$11) 40... Nf3 41. Ke4 Ne5 (41... Nxh2 42. Rd5 Kb6 43. Rd7 Bc5 44. e7 (44. Kf5
Nf1 45. Kxf6 Ne3 46. Kxg5 Nc4 47. b3 Na5 48. Rd3 Nc6 49. Kf6 Kb5 50. Rd5 Nb4
51. Rd7 Kc6 52. Rd1 Nd5+ 53. Kf7 Bb4 54. Rc1+ Kb5 55. Rc8 Bd6 $11) 44... Bxe7
45. Rxe7 Ng4 46. Kd4 $16) 42. Kf5 (42. Rb3 Nc4 43. Kd4 Nb6 44. Rc3 Kb7 45. Ke4
Nc8 46. Kd5 Nb6+ $11) 42... Nc4 43. Kg6 Nd6 44. Rb3 f5 45. Rh3 (45. Kh6 Ka8 46.
Kg7 Ka7 $11) 45... f4 46. Rb3 (46. Rh7 Nc8 47. Kf5 Kb6 $11) 46... Ka8 47. h3
Ka7 48. Kh5 Nf5 (48... Ka8 49. Kg4 Ka7 50. h4 gxh4 51. Kxf4 Ka8 52. Ke5 Ka7 53.
Kd5 $16) 49. Kg4 Nd4 50. Rd3 Nc6 51. Kf5 Kb6 $132) 37. h4 $5 (37. Rb3 h5 38.
Rh3 Nc8 $1 (38... h4 39. Rd3 Kb7 40. h3 Kc6 41. Rc3+ Kb7 42. Rc2 Nc8 43. Kf3
Nb6 44. Kg4 Nd5 45. Kh5 Nf4+ 46. Kh6 Nxh3 47. Kg6 Nf4+ 48. Kf7 Nd5 49. Rd2 Kc6
50. Rxd5 Kxd5 51. Kxe7 g4 52. Kxf6 g3 53. e7 g2 54. e8=Q g1=Q 55. Qe6+ $14) 39.
Rxh5 (39. Kd5 Kb6 40. Rxh5 Nd6 {- 39.Rxh5}) 39... Nd6+ 40. Kd5 Kb6 $1 41. h4
Nxf5 42. hxg5 fxg5 43. Ke5 Nd6 44. Rh7 Nc8 $11) 37... h6 $2 (37... g4 $1 38. h5
Bd6 39. Rb3 Nc8 (39... Kb7 40. h6 Kc7 41. Rc3+ Kd8 42. Rd3 Kc7 (42... Ke7 43.
Rb3 Bc7 44. Rc3 Be5 45. Rc6 Na4 46. Rc8 $18) 43. Rd4 Bc5 44. Rd1 Bd6 45. b4 Nc8
46. b5 Kb6 47. Rd5 Kc7 48. Rd4 Kb6 49. Kd3 g3 50. Rg4 Kxb5 51. Rg7 Bf8 52. Rg8
g2 53. Rxg2 Bxh6 54. Rb2+ Kc6 55. Rc2+ Kb7 56. Rh2 Bf4 57. Rxh7+ Kc6 58. Ke4
Bd6 59. Rh8 Kc7 60. Kf3 $16) 40. Kd5 g3 41. Kc6 g2 42. Rb7+ Ka6 (42... Ka8 43.
Rg7 Ne7+ $1 44. Kd7 Ng6 45. Kxd6 g1=Q 46. hxg6 hxg6 47. fxg6 Qd4+ 48. Ke7 f5
49. Kf7 Qd5 50. Rg8+ Ka7 51. Rf8 (51. g7 Qb7+ 52. e7 Qd5+ 53. Kf8 Qd6 $11)
51... Qb7+ 52. e7 Qd5+ 53. Kg7 Qe5+ 54. Kh7 Qh2+ 55. Kg8 $18) 43. Rg7 Ne7+ 44.
Kd7 Ng6 45. hxg6 g1=Q 46. Kxd6 hxg6 47. fxg6 f5 48. e7 Qb6+ 49. Ke5 f4 50. Rf7
Qxb2+ 51. Kxf4 Qd4+ 52. Kf5 Qd5+ 53. Kf6 Qd4+ 54. Kg5 Qe3+ 55. Kf5 Qd3+ 56. Ke5
Qe3+ 57. Kd6 Qd4+ 58. Kc7 Qe5+ $11) 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Rb3 Kb7 40. Rc3 Nc8 41.
Kf3 Nd6 42. Kg4 Kb6 43. b4 $1 Kb7 44. Rc5 Kb6 45. Kh5 Kb7 46. Kg6 Kb6 47. Rc1
Kb7 48. Rc2 (48. Rh1 Kc6 49. Rh7 Nc8 50. b5+ (50. Kf7 Bxb4 51. Kxf6 g4 52. Rh2
Kd6 53. Rg2 Bc3+ 54. Kg5 Ne7 55. Kxg4 (55. f6 Nd5 56. f7 Ke7 57. Rxg4 Nc7 58.
Kg6 Be5 59. Re4 Bd6 60. Kf5 Bh2 $11) 55... Bf6 (55... Ke5 56. Kg5 $18) 56. Rd2+
Ke5 57. Re2+ Kd6 58. Ra2 Ke5 $11) 50... Kxb5 51. Rxe7 Nxe7+ 52. Kxf6 g4 (52...
Nd5+ 53. Ke5 $1 (53. Kxg5 Kc6 54. f6 Kd6 $11) 53... Kc6 54. f6 $18) 53. Kxe7 g3
54. Kf8 g2 55. e7 g1=Q 56. e8=Q+ Kc5 57. Qe5+ Kc6 58. f6 $18) 48... Kb6 49. b5
$2 (49. Rh2 Kc6 (49... Kc7 50. b5 g4 51. Rh7 Nc8 52. Rh4 g3 53. Rc4+ Kd8 54.
Rg4 $18) 50. Rh7 $18 {- 48.Rh1}) 49... g4 50. Rg2 Kxb5 51. Rxg4 Kc6 52. Ra4 Kb7
$2 (52... Kd5 $1 53. Ra7 Ke5 54. Rxe7 Nxf5 55. Kf7 (55. Rf7 Nh4+ 56. Kh5 Kxe6
$11) 55... Nd6+ 56. Kf8 f5 $11) 53. Ra1 Bd8 (53... Kb8 54. Ra6 Kc7 (54... Kb7
55. Rxd6 Bxd6 56. Kxf6 $18) 55. Ra7+ Kd8 56. Ra8+ Kc7 57. Rh8 Kc6 58. Rh7 Nc8
59. Kf7 Bd8 60. Ke8 Bc7 61. e7 Bd6 (61... Kd5 62. Kd7 Nxe7 63. Rxe7 Be5 64. Re8
Bb2 65. Re2 Be5 66. Ke7 $18) 62. Kd8 Bxe7+ 63. Kxc8 (63. Rxe7 Nd6 $1 64. Re6
Kd5 65. Rxf6 Ke5 66. Re6+ Kd5 $11) 63... Bb4 64. Rd7 $18) 54. Rh1 Kc6 55. Rh7
Bb6 56. Kxf6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch31 Semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karasev, Vladimir I"]
[Black "Nikolaevsky, Yuri V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[Annotator "Langlois,A"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. e3 Na5 7. Ne5 Be6 8. e4
Nb3 9. d5 Nxa1 10. Bxc4 Bc8 11. Bf4 e6 12. O-O Bb4 13. Qxa1 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5
15. Bxd5 O-O 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. Nd3 Bg4 18. f3 Be6 19. Bxb7 Rad8 20. Bxa6 Bb3 21.
Rc1 Qf6 22. Nxb4 Qxf4 23. Bf1 Rd2 24. Rc3 Qd6 25. Nc6 Rc2 26. Rxc2 Bxc2 27. Bb5
Ra8 28. b4 Bxa4 29. Bxa4 Qxc6 30. Qxg7+ Kxg7 31. Bxc6 Ra2 32. h4 Kf6 33. Kh2
Ke5 34. Kg3 f6 35. b5 Rc2 36. f4+ Kd4 37. Kf3 h5 38. Kg3 Rc3+ 39. Kf2 $11 Rxc6
$4 40. bxc6 Kxe4 41. g4 Kxf4 (41... Kxf4 42. gxh5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Ptuj zt"]
[Site "Ptuj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Sermek, Drazen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Lobron,E"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 $2 {Schon bei der
morgendlichen Vorbereitung entdeckte ich Sermeks`Vorliebe für diesen selten
gespielten Zug, nicht zu verwechseln mit der gleichen Stellung mit e2-e4
anstatt Sf3, die in Linares `94 die Runde machte. Mit Hilfe von Shft f6 machte
ich mich also auf die Suche nach Vorgängerpartien, in der Hoffnung den
richtigen Weg gezeigt zu kriegen. Zum großen Ärgernis meiner Denkfaulheit
konnten meine Datenbanken mir diesen Gefallen jedoch nicht tun; auf
großmeisterlichem Niveau schon gar nicht. (RR: es klappt aber doch!)
Frustriert beschloß ich mich zunächst um wichtigere Dinge zu kümmern und ging
Mittag essen. Aufgrund der dürftigen Qualität desselbigen kann ich nur von
Glück sagen, daß sich währenddessen meine Gedanken auf die Suche nach
Möglichkeiten machten, den Slowenen durch Zugumstellungenen von Heimanalysen
abzulenken. Das half- das Essen wurde zur reinen Nahrungsaufnahme degradiert,
mehr Aufmerksamkeit verdiente es sowieso nicht. Ins Hotelzimmer zurückgekehrt
holten mich jedoch die alten Probleme wieder ein, die Möglichkeit Sermek durch
Zugumstellungen aufs Glatteis zu führen schien mir nicht gegeben. Sein
Repertoire war zwar begrenzt, aber doch wasserdicht. Vollkommen verunsichert
durchforstete ich nur wenige Minuten vor Abfahrt des Busses noch einmal die
"Bigbase", und fand-die Lösung!} 6. Nxb5 (6. Bf4 a6 7. e4 b4) 6... Bb7 7. e4 $1
{Mit diesem Zug überrumpelte ein 2400er einen namenlosen Spieler. Leider finde
ich diese Partie trotz aller Shft f6 Bemühungen nicht mehr (RR:es klappt doch
und zwar so: 1) Suchstellung aufs Brett 2)F12 drücken und die zu durchsuchende
Datenbank [BigDatabase] mit Mausklick aktiviere 3)Nun Shift/F6 oder STRG/C
drücken), die Züge sind in meinem Gedächtnis jedoch noch gespeichert.} (7. g3
Nxd5 8. Bd2 e6 9. Bg2 Nd7 $13 {Bareev,E-Fedorov,Vladis/URS-chT/1988/1-0/}) (7.
Qa4 Nbd7 8. Nc3 (8. e4 {Ftacnik} Nxe4 9. Bf4 Nd6 10. Bxc4 a6 11. Na3 Qb6 12.
O-O Qb4 13. Bb3 Qxa4 14. Bxa4 Bxd5 15. Ne5 Be6 16. Rfe1 Kd8 17. Bxd7 Bxd7 18.
Nac4 Be6 19. Nb6 Ra7 20. b4 Rc7 21. Rac1 c4 22. Red1 c3 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5
$16 {Burmakin,V-Lugovoi,A/Balatonbereny op (06)/1993/1-0 (38)}) 8... Nxd5 9.
Nxd5 Bxd5 10. Ne5 Rb8 11. e4 Bxe4 12. Bxc4 e6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qxe4 Nxe5 15.
Qxe5 Qd6 16. Bf4 Qxe5+ 17. Bxe5 Rd8 18. O-O Rd5 19. Rfe1 Kf7 20. Re3 Be7 21.
Rae1 Rhd8 {1/2-1/2 Tratar,M-Sermek,D/SLO-ch ;TD 93\10 1993}) 7... Nxe4 (7...
Qa5+ {RR Es folgt die von E.Lobron zitierte Partie, die er nicht mehr
wiederfinden konnte. Sie konnte mühelos mit "Shift"/ "F6" gefunden werden.} 8.
Nc3 Nxe4 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 g6 11. Nxc4 Qd8 12. Qa4+ Nd7 (12... Qd7 13. Nd6+
$18) 13. Ne5 Bg7 14. Nxd7 {Mollov,E 2400-Peric,SI 2270/Cannes op (08)/1993/1-0/
;TD 93\04} Qxd7 15. Bb5 $18) 8. Bxc4 Nd6 (8... g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Re1 Nd6 11.
Bg5 f6 (11... Nxc4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rxe7+ Kxe7 14. Qe2+ $18) 12. Nxd6+ Qxd6
13. Bh4 O-O 14. Bg3 $18) (8... a6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 (9... Nd6 10. Bb3 g6 11. Ba4+ Nd7
12. Ne5 $18) 10. bxc3 g6 11. Rb1 $16) (8... Nd7 {Ftacnik} 9. Bf4) 9. Ne5 $1 $8
(9. Nxd6+ exd6 10. O-O Be7 11. Bb5+ $2 (11. Bf4 $14) 11... Nd7 12. Qa4 a6 13.
Bc6 Bxc6 14. dxc6 Nb6 $15) 9... a6 {[#]} (9... Nxc4 10. Nxc4 Ba6 (10... a6 {
Ftacnik} 11. Nc3 e6 12. Qa4+ Nd7 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. O-O $16) (10... Bxd5 $2 11.
Qxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc7+ $18) 11. a4 g6 12. Bf4 $16) 10. Qf3 $1 $18 f6 $8 (10... Qa5+
11. Bd2 axb5 (11... Qxb5 12. Bxb5+ axb5 13. O-O e6 14. Nc6 exd5 15. Rfe1+ $18)
12. Bxa5 Rxa5 13. b4 cxb4 14. Bb3 $18) (10... axb5 {Ftacnik} 11. Bxb5+ $18) (
10... Nxc4 $4 {Ftacnik} 11. Qxf7#) 11. Nxd6+ Qxd6 (11... exd6 {Ftacnik} 12.
Qh5+ g6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Qxh8 $18) 12. Qh5+ g6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Qxh8 Nd7 (
14... Bxd5 {Ftacnik} 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. O-O Nd7 17. Be3 $16) 15. O-O Nb6 16. b3
O-O-O (16... Nxd5 {Ftacnik} 17. Bh6 e5 18. Rad1 $18) 17. Be3 Kb8 (17... Nxd5
18. Rfd1 e6 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxc5 $18) 18. Rfd1 Nd7 (18... Nxd5 {Ftacnik} 19.
Rac1 f5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxc5 $18) 19. Rac1 Rc8 20. Qh3 1-0

[Event "Match Reshevsky-Najdorf +6-5=7"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1953.06.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[Annotator "Morgado,J"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1953.06.01"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. e4 Nb6 6. a4 a5 7. Ne5 c6 8. Nxc4
e6 9. Bd3 $14 (9. Be3 h6 10. h3 Nxc4 11. Bxc4 Bb4 12. Qc2 $14 {Sorkin,I (2265)
-Godes,D (2390)/Kfar Sava 1995}) 9... e5 $6 (9... Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 $14 {
Werbeck,T-Schmidt,H/Germany 1995}) 10. dxe5 $6 (10. Nxe5 Qxd4 11. Nf3 Qb4 12.
O-O $40) 10... Ng4 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Be2 Qxd1+ 14. Nxd1 Be6 15.
f3 Nf6 16. Be3 Nfd7 17. Bd4 O-O 18. Ne3 f6 (18... f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Nxf5
Rxf5 21. Kf2 $40) 19. Kf2 Rfd8 20. g4 c5 21. Bc3 Ne5 22. g5 Kf7 23. gxf6 gxf6
24. f4 Nd3+ 25. Kf3 Nb4 26. Rhg1 Nc6 27. f5 Bb3 28. Kf4 $6 (28. Ra3 c4 29. Ng4
Nd4+ 30. Kf2 Ke7 31. Bd1 Rd6 32. Bxd4 Rxd4 33. Bxb3 cxb3 34. Rxb3 $16) 28...
Nd4 29. Bh5+ Kf8 30. Rg2 Bf7 $2 (30... Nxa4 $13) 31. Bxf7 Kxf7 32. Ng4 Ke7 33.
Nh6 Rd7 34. Be1 Kd6 35. Bh4 Rf8 36. Ng8 Kc6 37. Bxf6 Nb3 38. Re1 Nc4 39. Bc3
Nd4 40. Nh6 Ne6+ 41. Kg4 Nd4 42. Kf4 (42. Kh5 {es la jugada que citan otras
fuentes}) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 81st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2019.01.26"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Nielsen,Peter Heine"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[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"]

{[%evp 0,141,19,31,14,-14,-11,0,0,6,43,66,55,20,15,4,22,24,11,11,35,6,7,-10,
-13,5,0,1,-12,-21,9,1,-9,-23,-23,-122,65,83,83,86,61,95,90,105,90,104,97,105,
112,95,109,105,105,106,110,102,111,77,111,93,100,98,81,71,108,109,90,90,70,61,
51,86,99,72,60,84,113,85,84,92,93,81,88,68,66,55,47,55,55,55,67,43,66,45,62,47,
68,54,74,76,171,102,137,135,135,152,153,179,197,193,271,271,277,277,266,256,
256,243,256,211,320,298,301,255,269,259,309,256,298,308,302,310,329,313,313,
278,276,287,271,235,295,587,587,587]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4
{Duda stays loyal to his tournament preparation, the Vienna had netted him 2
effortless draws in the tournament already.} 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 $5 {In the
first round Vidit played the traditional 6 Bg5 whereafter Duda surprised with
6...b5!? 7.a4 c5. Magnus follows Duda's game with Mamedyarov, where White
played the now popular pure pawn sacrifice, aiming for quick development.} Nxe4
7. O-O Nf6 $5 (7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 Nxc3 {gives Black even 2 extra pawns, but the
white initiative becomes overwhelming. Danish IM Steffen Pedersen and Swedish
GM Tiger Hillarp Pedersen showed me this idea way before it became popular,
and I managed to win a blitz game agasnt Van Wely in the German Team
Championship before forgetting about it, and being completely lost against
Pedersen himself in an blindfold event in Denmark 2007. Won by Magnus himself,
as it was organised in order to give him training for his first appearance in
the Melody Amber Tournament.} 9. Qb3 Nd5 10. Ba3 Nc6 11. Rfe1 Nce7 12. Bxe7
Nxe7 13. d5 exd5 14. Bxd5 O-O 15. Bxf7+ $1 Rxf7 16. Rad1 Qf8 17. Ng5 {is the
basic tactical point, and my game against Pedersen from 2007.}) 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9.
Ne5 Rb8 {Obviously the line has evolved, and Black found more sensible
solutions than the early greedy attempts. 9...Rb8 is Caruana's choice against
Aronian from the Norway Chess tournament 2018, but obviously part of the
American's preparation for the candidates tournament. Funnily it was already
played by Magnus' second Laurent Fressinet in 2010, whose loss had nothing to
do with his position after the opening.} 10. Rd1 $5 {Aronian took on c6, and
Halkias played 10.d5. Magnus plays a less direct approach, but blitzed out the
following moves obviously still in his preparation. Duda knew the risks.
Playing Caruana's favourite line, which Magnus obviously must have prepared,
with hindsight might seem like a bad idea, but the young Pole showed numerous
times in Wijk that he is not afraid of a challenge.} O-O 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qxa7
{Quite a typical scenario in modern chess: White threatened a blitz attack by
sacrificing a pawn, Black choose a solid continuation, and now suddenly White
changes gears, now playing for a better pawn structure and a potentially
passed a-pawn.} Bd7 {Threatening a "perpetual" against White's queen with ...
Ra8/...Rb8.} 13. Qa4 c5 14. Qc2 {This is why White included 10.Rd1 0-0, he
needed the rook to protect the d4-pawn.} cxd4 15. Rxd4 Bc5 $6 {Magnus
mentioned in a video interview after the tournament that he recalled asking
some of his second trying to sell him on this concept and he asked why can
black not just go 15...Bc5 followed by 16...h6? Somebody switched on the
engine, and said 17.Bxh6 and 18.Qd2 is +1. But no one told me what this +1
consisted of.} 16. Rh4 $5 {It was notheworthy that the Norwegian supercomputer
"sesse" preferred 16.Rd1, aiming for more positional methods.} h6 $2 {Played
quickly, but walking straight into preparation. Or sort of preparation at
least:} 17. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 18. Qd2 {Blacks problem is that h6 cannot be
protected, and losing it basically leads to mate on h8.} Nh7 $1 {Or 18...Ne8
leading to the same thing.} (18... h5 19. Qg5+ Kh8 20. Ne4 $1 {also causes the
game to end immediately, so Black has to praise himself lucky things are
actually not worse than they are.}) 19. Qxh6 Bxf2+ $1 {Black sacrifices the
bishop to force an exchange of queens. White cannot decline with 20.Kh1 as the
bishop on f2 also threatens the white rook on h4.} 20. Kxf2 Qf6+ 21. Qxf6 Rxb2+
$1 {Not only did Black have a saving check forcing off the queens, but he even
manages to pick up a pawn as well with this intermezzo equalling the material
balance.} 22. Kg1 Nxf6 23. Rf1 $1 {Maybe this position does not look as much,
but White's initiative still is very threatening. As Magnus knew the machines
evaluated the sacrifice on h6 as advantageous for White, and he (correctly)
saw no better option than this, it meant he could enter this seemingly
innocent position with confidence.} Kg7 $5 {Duda realized his problems, and
went for a practical solution.} (23... Ne8 24. Rf3 f5 25. Rg3+ Ng7 {is the
computer's preferred line, but showing a considerable initiative for White
after} 26. Ne2 {followed by 27.Nf4 or 27.Nd4.}) 24. Rf3 {Black's problem is
the safety of his king. Rg3+ basically mating is the immediate threat.} Rg8 25.
Rhf4 $1 {Blacks last move has a dual purpose of providing an escape route via
f8 for the king, as well as then attacking g2 with the rook. White, however,
is just in time to start his own attack in the f-line and Duda is now forced
to give up material.} Bc6 26. Rxf6 $1 ({If} 26. Rg3+ $2 Kf8 27. Rxf6 {Black has
} Rxg3 28. hxg3 Rxg2+ {followed by ...Rc2 winning back the piece.}) 26... Bxf3
27. Rxf3 Rd8 {White has 2 minor pieces for the rook, but the reduced remaining
material as well as Black's activity makes it a kind of 50-50 situation if
Black can manage the draw or not.} 28. Rf2 Rb4 29. Bb5 $6 {Too ambitious. More
stable was 29.Bb3, but Magnus underestimated Black's strong resource at move
30.} Ra8 30. a4 c6 $1 31. Be2 ({Due to} 31. Bxc6 Rc8 $1 {winning a piece, Duda
now manages to push White's bishop away from b5, meaning the knight is forces
to stay at c3 to defend the pawn at a4.}) 31... Ra5 32. Rf3 f5 33. Kf2 Rc5 34.
Bd1 {Defending the pawn on a4, and thus releasing the knight on c3 of its
defensive duties.} e5 $6 {Logical, advancing the pawn exploiting that 35.Rxf5
can be met by 35...Rc3. However, it does weaken the f5 pawn, meaning Black
will have to advance it further and thus allow White's knight to permanently
settle on f4.} 35. Ne2 Kf6 36. Ra3 Rb1 37. Ke1 $1 {A good retreat, defending
the d1 bishop and not fearing 37...Rcd5 due to 38 Nc3! forking the black rooks.
} e4 38. g3 $1 ({Not falling for the trick} 38. a5 $2 Rbb5 39. a6 Ra5 $1 {
winning the white a-pawn.}) 38... Ke5 39. h4 Ra5 40. h5 c5 41. Kd2 c4 42. Kc2
Rb8 43. Kc3 Rb1 44. Kc2 Rb8 45. Kc1 Rb6 46. Bc2 Rd6 47. Nf4 {White's pieces
start landing on their ideal squares, even so breaking Black's resistance is
not at all easy.} Rc5 48. Re3 Kd4 49. Re1 Rh6 $6 {Here Duda did not realize it
was a crucial moment of the game, and just played a common sense move.} ({
He had his chance, as} 49... Kc3 $1 {would ensure counterplay sufficient for
serious drawing chances as after} 50. Ne2+ Kb4 {Black makes it much more
difficult for White to improve his position than in the game.}) 50. Kd2 $1 {
A very strong move either luring Black's pawn to c3, meaning b3 becomes
available for the white bishop, or as in the game, White's king gets to c3.}
Re5 51. Ne2+ Kc5 52. Rh1 $1 {Covering the h5-pawn and thus getting ready for
Kc3.} Re8 (52... Kb4 53. Ke3 $1 {intending Kd4 and Rb1+ becomes decisive.}) 53.
Kc3 Rg8 54. Rb1 $1 Rxh5 55. Bxe4 $1 Re8 56. Nf4 $1 {A fascinating tactical
sequence, despite the limited amount of material. Its end result is just the
elimination of the kingside pawns.} Rg5 57. Rb5+ Kd6 58. Bxf5 Rxg3+ 59. Kd4 $5
{Taking on c4 was also possible, but Magnus' idea with the previous moves was
aiming exactly for this position: material has been reduced even further, but
Black's king suddenly surprisingly finds itself under a devastating attack!}
Rg1 60. Rb6+ Ke7 $1 {The good thing from Black's perspective is that he avoids
getting mated. The problem is that the king ends up too far away from a8.} 61.
Ng6+ Kf7 62. Ne5+ Kg8 63. Nxc4 {Materialistic, at last.} Ra8 64. a5 Ra1 65. Rb5
Ra7 66. Be4 Rc7 67. Rf5 Kg7 68. Bc2 Rc1 69. Kc3 Rf7 70. Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7 {An
interesting observation was being made by the spectators following the game in
the live chat. This ending is generally a draw as proved by Tablebases. Here,
however, the black king is not close enough to a7, and with his next move
Magnus shuts down any black hope of stopping the a-pawn with his rook from a1:}
71. Na3 $1 {Now White's a-pawn queens trivially, and not wanting the world
champion to end the game by showing his skills mating with knight and bishop,
Duda resigned.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zakharevich, Igor"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Nikitin,A"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 (5. a4 Nc6 6. e4 Bg4 $5) 5... b5
6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Qd5 9. g3 Bb7 (9... Be6 10. Bg2 Qb7 11. O-O Bd5
12. e6 $5 Bxe6 13. Ng5 Bd5 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15. axb5 e6 $13) 10. Bg2 Qd7 11. Nh4
Bxg2 (11... c6 12. f4 e6 13. O-O g6 $13) 12. Nxg2 b4 {N/} (12... e6 13. Qf3 Qd5
14. Qxd5 exd5 15. axb5 $16) 13. O-O (13. Qf3 $5 Qc6 14. d5 Qb7 15. e6 fxe6 16.
Nf4 $146 exd5 17. Nxd5 (17. Qh5+ $2 g6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Qxh8 d4 20. O-O dxc3
21. Bh6 Nd7 $17) 17... e6 $8 18. Nxc7+ Qxc7 19. Qxa8 Qe5+ 20. Be3 Qxc3+ 21. Ke2
$146) 13... e6 14. Nf4 Nc6 $132 15. Qe2 bxc3 $1 16. Be3 Na5 17. Rad1 c6 18. Qc2
Bb4 19. Nh5 O-O-O $1 (19... O-O $5 20. Qe4 f5 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Bh6 Rf7 $15)
20. Nf4 (20. Nxg7 h5 21. Bg5 Rdg8 22. Bf6 Rh6 $17) 20... Nb3 (20... Kc7 $1 21.
Ne2 Rb8 22. Nxc3 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 Qd5 $17) 21. Qe2 Nd2 $2 (21... c5 $5 22. d5 (22.
Qxc4 $2 Qxa4 23. Rb1 Nxd4 24. Ra1 Qb5 25. Qxb5 Nxb5 $1 26. Rxa6 Kb7 $17) 22...
Qxa4 23. dxe6 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 fxe6 25. Qxc4 Re8 26. Rd6 Nd2 $13) 22. Bxd2 cxd2
23. Qxc4 a5 24. Nd3 $1 Qxd4 25. Qxc6+ Kb8 26. Nxb4 (26. Rxd2 Bxd2 27. Rb1+ $1 (
27. Nc5 Qb2 28. Qe4 Bc1 $1 $17) 27... Bb4 28. Nc5 Qxc5 (28... Qd5 29. Qb6+ Kc8
30. Rc1 $40) 29. Qxc5 Rd1+ $1 30. Kg2 Rxb1 31. Qb6+ Kc8 32. Qc6+ Kb8 $10) 26...
axb4 27. Qb5+ Ka8 28. Qa5+ Qa7 (28... Kb8 29. Rb1 (29. Qb5+ Kc7 $1 30. Rc1+ $3
(30. Qa5+ $2 Kd7 $1 31. Rb1 Rb8 32. Rfd1 Rhd8 $17) 30... dxc1=Q 31. Rxc1+ Qc3
32. Rxc3+ bxc3 33. Qc5+ Kb8 34. a5 Rd7 35. a6 Rc8 36. Qb5+ Kc7 37. Qa5+ Kb8 38.
Qb5+ $10) 29... d1=Q 30. Rbxd1 $1 (30. Rxb4+ $2 Kc8 31. Qa6+ Kd7 $17) 30...
Qxd1 31. Qxb4+ Kc7 32. Qc5+ Kb7 33. Qb5+ $10) 29. Qxb4 Rd4 30. Qc3 Rhd8 31. Rb1
Qa6 $8 (31... Qd7 32. Rfd1 Rxa4 33. Rxd2 $1 Rc8 34. Qb3 Qa7 35. Qf3+ $18) 32.
Rfd1 Rd3 33. Qc7 R3d7 34. Rb8+ $1 Rxb8 35. Qxd7 Rb2 36. Rxd2 (36. Qe8+ $2 Rb8
37. Qxf7 Qe2 $17) 36... Rxd2 37. Qxd2 Qxa4 38. Qg5 Qd1+ 39. Kg2 Qd5+ 40. f3 g6
41. Qf4 Qb7 42. g4 Qc7 43. Qh6 Qxe5 44. Qf8+ Kb7 45. Qxf7+ Kc6 46. Qxh7 Qe2+
47. Kg3 Qe5+ 48. Kh3 Qf6 $1 $10 49. Kg2 Qb2+ 50. Kf1 Qa1+ 51. Ke2 Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rychagov, Andrey"]
[Black "Vaulin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Nikitin,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e4 exd5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 Qd8 11. Qc2 (11. Bxc4 Nc6 12. Qe2 $5 (12. Qa4 Qa5+
13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. Bb5 $14) 12... Qa5+ 13. b4 $1 Nxb4 14. O-O $146) 11... b5 (
11... Nb6 12. Rd1 Nxd5 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. Rxd5 Qe7 15. h4 Nc6 $13) 12. O-O-O (12.
e6 fxe6 13. Qe4 O-O 14. O-O-O Na6 15. h4 exd5 16. Qxd5+ Kh8 17. Qxa8 Qc7 18.
Qe4 Nf6 19. Qe5 Qa5 20. Qd6 Kg8 21. a3 c3 $13 {Lukacs,P-Vaulin,A/Budapest/1994/
}) 12... Bb7 13. h4 Bxd5 14. Rxd5 Qe7 15. Qe4 Nb6 16. e6 f6 $8 (16... Nxd5 17.
exf7+ $18) (16... O-O 17. Ng5 f5 18. Rxf5 Rxf5 19. Qxf5 g6 20. Qe4 Na6 21. f4
$40) (16... fxe6 17. Re5 O-O 18. Ng5 g6 19. Rxe6 $16) 17. Rh5 (17. h5 O-O 18.
Nh4 Nxd5 19. Nf5 Qb7 (19... Qc7 20. Qxd5 Nc6 21. e7+ Rf7 22. Rh4 Re8 23. Rg4 (
23. Nh6+ gxh6 24. Rg4+ Kh8 25. Qxf7 Qxe7 $19) 23... Rexe7 24. Rxg7+ Kf8 25.
Nxe7 Qf4+ 26. Kb1 Rxg7 27. Nxc6 Rg5 28. Qd8+ Kg7 29. Qe7+ Kh6 30. Qf8+ $16) 20.
Qg4 Nc6 21. e7 Qxe7 22. Nxe7+ Ncxe7 23. h6 Rf7 24. Be2 f5 25. Qg5 $14) 17...
Na6 (17... g6 18. Qxg6+ hxg6 19. Rxh8+ Qf8 20. Rxf8+ Kxf8 21. h5 Nc6 22. hxg6
Kg7 23. g3 Kxg6 24. Bg2 Rc8 25. Nh4+ Kg5 26. Bh3 Ne7 27. f4+ $16 Kh5 28. Nf5) (
17... Kd8 $5 18. Rxh7 Rxh7 19. Qxh7 Qxe6 20. Qxg7 Nc6 21. h5 Nd4 22. Nxd4 cxd4
23. g3 c3 $132) (17... h6 18. Qg6+ Kd8 19. Be2 Kc7 20. Rd1 Na6 $15) 18. Qc6+
Kf8 19. Ne5 (19. Qxb5 g6 20. Qxa6 gxh5 21. Bxc4 Nxc4 22. Qxc4 Rg8 23. Re1 Rg4
24. Qd5 Rd8 25. Qxh5 Rc4+ 26. Kb1 Kg8 $13) 19... Kg8 $8 20. Nf7 (20. Qxb5 Nc7
21. Nc6 Qxe6 22. Qxc5 Qe1+ 23. Kc2 Qe4+ 24. Kc1 Re8 $17) 20... g6 $8 21. Rh3 $1
Kg7 $2 (21... gxh5 $8 22. Rg3+ Kf8 23. Nxh8 Re8 24. Qxb5 (24. Rg6 $2 Nc7 25.
Qf3 Nbd5 26. Qxh5 Qxe6 27. Qh6+ Ke7 28. Rg7+ Kd8 29. Nf7+ Kc8 $17) 24... Nc7
25. Qc6 Qxe6 26. Qxc5+ Qe7 27. Qxh5 Qe1+ 28. Qd1 Qxd1+ 29. Kxd1 Re7 (29... Ncd5
30. h5 Re5 31. h6 Rg5 $1 32. Ra3 Kg8 33. Rxa7 Kxh8 $17) 30. Be2 Rg7 31. Bh5
Rxg3 32. fxg3 Ne6 33. Nf7 Ng7 $17) 22. Rg3 $1 $40 Rhe8 23. Nd6 Kf8 (23... Qxe6
24. Re3 Rac8 25. Rxe6 Rxc6 26. Nxe8+ $18) (23... Kh8 24. Rxg6 Qxe6 25. Re5 $3
hxg6 26. Rxe6 Rxe6 27. Nf7+ Kg7 28. Qxe6 $18) 24. Nxe8 Rxe8 25. Rxg6 $1 Nb4 26.
Rxh7 $1 Qxh7 $2 (26... Nxa2+ $1 27. Kb1 $1 Qxh7 28. e7+ $3 Kxe7 (28... Qxe7 29.
Rxf6+ Kg7 30. Rg6+ Kf7 31. Kxa2 Rc8 32. Qd6 Qxd6 33. Rxd6 Re8 34. Rd1 Re4 35.
g3 b4 36. Kb1 $16) 29. Qxf6+ Kd7 30. Kxa2 $18) 27. Rxf6+ Ke7 28. Qc7+ $18 Kxf6
29. Qxh7 Rxe6 30. Qh6+ Ke7 31. Qg7+ Kd6 32. Kd2 Nc6 33. h5 b4 34. h6 c3+ 35.
bxc3 bxc3+ 36. Kxc3 Nd5+ 37. Kb2 Re7 38. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 17th"]
[Site "Gjakova"]
[Date "2016.05.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sanikidze, Tornike"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KOS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In my games with Black so far, I had faced the King's Indian with dxe5 and
the Nimzo-Indian 4.Qc2, Nf3 and g3, two well known drawish lines. Although in
the Nimzo I tried hard to lose, I managed to draw that game anyway and I was
happy to finally play a opponent who wants to win with White.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4
e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 {The most critical test nowdays and
even though Sanikidze had not played this move before, I had checked my
preparation a bit, just in case.} Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 (8... Bd6 {
is the main alternative and it was played by Sankidze himself later in the
tournament against Cheparinov.}) 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Qg4 Nc6 11. Bh6 Bf6 12. Rfe1
$146 (12. Rae1 Ne7 13. Bc1 c5 14. Ba3 b6 15. Qf3 Rb8 16. Ng4 Nf5 17. dxc5 Be7
18. Ne5 Bxc5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Nc6 Bb7 21. Nxd8 Bxf3 22. Nxf7 {with a draw was
played in Bacrot-Van Kampen in the Bundesliga.}) (12. Rad1 Ne7 13. Bc1 c5 {
finished in Black's favour in Carlsen-Kramnik Amber 2010.}) 12... Ne7 {After
some brief thought, I decided to execute the standard plan in this position.} (
{The only other move which I considered was} 12... Kh8 {but after} 13. Nxc6
bxc6 14. Bd3 {Black's position does not impress.}) 13. Rad1 {Now we have
transposed again into known territory; things are very confusing in this line.}
c5 $1 {Again, typical for this line, Black needs to undermine White's grip in
the centre.} 14. Rd3 $6 (14. Bc1 Ng6 15. Re3 {keeps the game balanced
according to the engine, but the position is unclear with chances for both
sides in human terms.}) 14... b5 $1 {I just remembered that I had to include
this pawn sac somwhere, in order to distract the bishop from the a2-g8
diagonal and this seemed like the best moment to me.} 15. Bxb5 cxd4 16. Rh3 $5
({It is clear that after the modest} 16. cxd4 Qa5 17. Rb1 Rb8 $15 {the
initiative passes to Black, so Tornike's choice is understandable.}) 16... Nf5
$1 (16... dxc3 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qf3 Nd5 19. Ng4 {is quite unclear.}) 17. Bd3 ({
After} 17. Bd2 Bb7 18. Bd3 g6 $1 19. cxd4 Bg7 $15 {Black's minor pieces look
very nice.}) 17... dxc3 $1 {Since I could not find a mate for White, I decided
to be greedy.} (17... Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Nxh6 19. Qe4 f5 20. Qxa8 Qc7 21. Re1 {
did not seem clear to me.}) 18. Nc6 (18. Bf4 g6 19. Be4 c2 $1 20. Bxc2 Qa5 $17
{would have been White's best bet, but his position might be lost anyway.})
18... Qc7 19. Bf4 $2 {Time trouble made my job easier.} ({A more stubborn try
was} 19. Bg5 Bxg5 20. Qxg5 Qxc6 $1 21. Be4 Qc5 22. Bxa8 h6 $17) 19... Qxc6 20.
Be4 Qc4 21. Bxa8 e5 22. Be4 Nh6 (22... Nh4 {was simpler, but my time was also
running low.}) 23. Qf3 exf4 24. Rxh6 {Desperation, but also the best practical
chance.} gxh6 25. Qxf4 Re8 $1 $19 26. Re3 Qd4 27. h4 c2 28. Rg3+ Bg7 29. Bxh7+
Kxh7 {Quite a clean game, which put me in a good mood before the free day. My
respect to Sanikidze who played all out for a win and I think that this is the
right mindset for progressing in chess, even if sometimes it backfires.} 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. Re1 {Objektiv sicher nur ein "one-time shot"! Aber am Brett ist es
nicht so einfach, den psychologischen Druck eines so gut vorbereiteten und
dynamischen Gegners wie Topalovs zu halten.} O-O 10. h4 c5 ({Zu gefährlich ist
zweifellos} 10... Bxh4 11. Nxh4 Qxh4 12. Re3 $40) 11. Bd3 ({Mit} 11. d5 {
kann Weiss auch nicht um Vorteil kämpfen, auch wenn er nach} exd5 12. Bxd5 Nd7
13. Qc2 Nf6 14. Bc4 {genug Kompensation besitzt.}) 11... Nd7 ({Gut war auch} 
11... cxd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 {, aber ich hielt es für sicherer, meinen Springer
Richtung Königsflügel zu führen.}) 12. Ng5 ({Wenn die weisse Partieanlage
bisher zumindest interessant war, geriet das Spiel nun wirklich in die
Spekulation! Schwarz hat zwar auch kein Problem nach} 12. h5 h6 13. Bc2 ({oder
} 13. Bf4 Nf6 14. Ne5 cxd4 15. cxd4 Bd7 $13) 13... cxd4 14. cxd4 Nf6 15. Ne5 (
15. Qd3 Bd7 $13) 15... Bd7 16. Re3 Rc8 17. Rg3 Kh8 $13 {, aber mit seiner
Aktivität am Königsflügel sollte Weiss auch nicht in Gefahr sein.}) 12... Nf6
13. Bf4 cxd4 14. cxd4 (14. Be5 h6) 14... h6 15. Be5 {Zurückzutreten ist nicht
im Stil des Hauses ... Nach einem Springerzug würde einfach 15...Bd7 folgen.}
hxg5 $6 ({Danach sind die Chancen wieder verteilt. Zum Vorteil geführt hätte
der Entwicklungszug} 15... Bd7 $1 16. Re3 Bc6 17. Rg3 {, und nun die wichtige
Ressource} Bd6 $1 {, was ja wirklich hxg5 droht.}) 16. hxg5 g6 ({Zu gefährlich
war} 16... Nh7 $6 17. Bxh7+ (17. Qh5 $6 Nxg5 18. f4 f5 19. fxg5 Bxg5 $15) 17...
Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. f4 $1 {[%cal Ge1e3]} (19. Bxg7 {führt nach} Kxg7 20. Qh6+
Kg8 21. g6 fxg6 22. Qxg6+ Kh8 23. Re3 Bh4 {zum Dauerschach}) 19... Bd6 20. Rad1
$1 $40) 17. gxf6 Bxf6 18. Rb1 (18. Re3 $142 Kg7 $13) 18... Kg7 ({In der
Variante} 18... b6 $142 19. Qf3 Bxe5 20. dxe5 {vergass ich, dass} Bb7 $1 $15 {
möglich ist.}) 19. Qf3 Rh8 {Bis zum Ende entfernt sich nun die
Stelungseinschätzung nur wenig vom Gleichgewicht. Weiss ist aktiv genug, um
den Minusbauern zu kompensieren.} 20. g3 (20. Re4 $142 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Rb8 22.
Rf4 Qe7 $13) (20. Bxg6 $142 $5 fxg6 21. Rxb7+ Bxb7 22. Qxb7+ Kh6 23. Bxf6 Qxf6
24. Re3 {[%cal Ge3h3] und Schwarz kann dem Dauerschach nicht entkommen.}) 20...
Bxe5 21. dxe5 Rb8 22. Be4 (22. Qf4 Qe7) 22... Qg5 23. Qa3 (23. Bc6 Qf5 $15) (
23. Qc3 b6 24. Qc7 Ba6 25. Qxa7 Bc4 $15) 23... Bd7 24. Qxa7 Qxe5 $6 ({
Ernsthaft aufpassen müssen hätte Weiss nach} 24... Qh5 $1 25. Bxb7 Rbc8 $1 {
(ich übersah leider diese Ressource)} 26. Qe3 Bc6 27. Bxc6 Rxc6 28. Qe4 Rc2 $36
) 25. Bxb7 Qf6 26. Bg2 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 Rd8 28. a4 {Nun geriet Schwarz leicht in
die Defensive. Aber der folgende Läufertausch sichert den halben Punkt.} e5 29.
a5 Bc6 30. Qb6 (30. Rb6 $2 Rd1+ $19) (30. Bxc6 Qxc6 31. Qe3 Qd5 32. a6 Rh8 33.
f3 Qa5 $11) 30... Rd6 31. Bxc6 Rxc6 32. Qe3 Rc4 (32... Qd6 $142 $11) 33. Rb6
Qf5 34. Kg2 Qe4+ 35. Qxe4 Rxe4 36. a6 Ra4 37. Kf3 Kh6 38. Rb7 (38. Ke3 f5 $11)
38... Ra3+ 39. Ke4 f5+ 40. Kxe5 Rxa6 41. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Polgar,Zsu"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e4 exd5 7. e5
Nfd7 8. Bg5 (8. Qxd5 Nb6 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Bg5+ Ke8 11. O-O-O Be7 $10 {Torre,
E-Seirawan,Y/London/1984/}) 8... Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 Qd8 11. Qc2 (11.
Bxc4 Nc6 12. Qa4 {Christiansen,L-Polgar,Zsu/Reykjavik/1988/} O-O $1 (12... Nb6
13. Nxb6 Qxb6 14. O-O $1 O-O 15. Qc2) 13. O-O-O Nd4 $13) 11... Nxe5 (11... Nb6
$6 12. O-O-O $1 {Lukacs,P-Polgar,Zsu/HUN-ch/1986/}) 12. Qe4 Be6 13. Qxe5 Qxd5
14. Qxg7 Rf8 15. Rd1 Qe4+ (15... Qf5 $2 16. Ng5 Qg6 17. Qxg6 hxg6 18. Nxe6 fxe6
19. Bxc4 Ke7 20. Bd3 $1 { 21.>>d3-e4 >>}) 16. Be2 Nd7 17. Ng5 Qg6 18. Nxe6 (
18. Qxg6 hxg6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Bxc4 Ke7 21. Bd3 Ne5 (21... Rf4 22. f3 Rb4 23.
b3 Ne5 $10 {Haifman-Vladimirov/Taschkent/1987/}) 22. Be4 Rad8 $10 {Timman,
J-Polgar,Zsu/Cologne/1987/}) 18... Qxe6 19. Qxh7 (19. Qg5 f6 20. Qh5+ Rf7 21.
O-O O-O-O 22. Rd6 Qxd6 23. Qxf7 Ne5 24. Qxh7 $13 {Vladimirov,E-Piket,J/
Tashkent/1987/}) 19... O-O-O 20. Qc2 Rfe8 (20... Ne5 $2 21. O-O $16) 21. h4 Ne5
$1 {N} (21... Re7 $6 22. Rh3 Rde8 23. Re3 $16 {Epishin,V-Vladimirov,E/Barnaul/
1988/}) (21... f5 22. Kf1 Ne5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rh3 Kb8 25. b3 cxb3 26. axb3
f4 27. h5 $16 {Van der Sterren,P-Kamski,G/Groningen/1989/} (27. Qc3 $5 $14 {
Ftacnik})) 22. Rxd8+ (22. O-O Rd4 $1 {Brenninkmeijer,J-Polgar,Zsu/Wijk/1990/})
22... Rxd8 23. Rh3 (23. O-O Qg6 24. Qxg6 fxg6 25. h5 gxh5 26. Bxh5 Nd3 $13)
23... Nd3+ (23... Rd3 $5 24. Re3 (24. Bxd3 $4 Nxd3+ 25. Kd2 Qe1#) (24. Rxd3 $2
cxd3 25. Qxc5+ Nc6 $19) 24... Rxe3 25. fxe3 $14) 24. Kf1 Qf5 25. Rf3 (25. Bf3
$2 Re8) 25... Qe4 $1 (25... Qd5 26. b3) 26. Bxd3 (26. g3 Nxf2 $2 (26... Re8 $13
27. b3 c3 $1) (26... Re8 $13 {Ftacnik}) 27. Qxc4 Qxc4 28. Bxc4 $16) (26. h5 $5)
26... cxd3 $1 (26... Rxd3 27. Rxd3 cxd3 28. Qxc5+ Kd7 29. Qe3 $16) 27. Qxc5+
Kb8 28. Rxf7 (28. Re3 $2 Qxe3 $1 $19) 28... Qe2+ $1 (28... Ka8 $2 29. Rf8 Qxh4
$2 30. Qc8+ $1 $18) (28... Rc8 29. Qd6+ Ka8 30. Rf8 $18) (28... Re8 $2 29. Kg1
{ 1/4d6,<<d7 +-}) 29. Kg1 Qc2 $1 30. Qe5+ (30. Qe7 Qc8) (30. Qb4 Qc1+ 31. Kh2
Qc6 32. Qd2 a6 { 1/4c2}) 30... Ka8 31. Rd7 $1 (31. Qg5 Qc8 32. Qd2 a6) 31...
Qc1+ 32. Kh2 Qc8 33. Rd5 (33. Rxd8 Qxd8 34. Qe1 d2 35. Qd1 Qc7+ 36. g3 Qc1 37.
Qh5) 33... a6 34. Qd4 Rxd5 35. Qxd5 Qc2 36. Qd8+ (36. Qe4 Qe2) 36... Ka7 37.
Qd4+ Ka8 (37... b6 38. Qd7+ $10) 38. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS07 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2003.07.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Thorfinnsson, Bragi"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2003.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 ({More ambitious way of play is
} 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4) 5... Nc6 {Black is intending to defend the Pc4 by
Nc6-a5.} 6. a5 {[%csl Ra5] A rare move in this position. White is preventing
black's Na5 possibility, but the pawn on a is highly vulnerable and actually
doomed to fall.} ({Mainly appeared in practice} 6. e4 Bg4 7. Be3) ({or} 6. e3
Na5 7. Ne5) 6... e6 7. e4 Bb4 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Bxc4 (10. e5 Qe7 11.
Bxc4 O-O 12. Qe2 Nxa5 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Qe4 g6 15. Qf4 Kg7 16. O-O Bxc3 17. bxc3
Bb5 18. Bxb5 axb5 19. Rab1 c6 $15 {0-1 Garcia,A-Ibragimov,I/Groningen 1994/EXT
97 (49)}) 10... O-O 11. O-O {White is losing the Pa5, but hoping to use his
superiority in the centre.} Rd8 $146 (11... Bxa5 12. Ne2 Bb6 13. e5 Qe7 14. Qd3
Nb4 15. Qe4 Bd7 16. Ra3 Bc6 17. Qg4 Rad8 $17 {0-1 Autenrieth,M-Hertneck,G/
Germany 1985/GER-chT (43)}) 12. e5 Qe7 13. Qd3 (13. Bd3 $5 {[%cal Yd3c2,Yd1d3]}
) 13... Bxa5 14. Qe4 Bb6 (14... Qb4 $6 15. d5 $36) 15. Bd3 g6 16. d5 exd5 17.
Nxd5 Qf8 $6 (17... Qc5 $1 18. Nf6+ Kg7 19. Rac1 Qb4 $15) 18. Bc4 $1 $44 {
Threatening 19.Nxb6 followed by 20.Qxg6+.} Bf5 19. Qf4 ({The alternative move
is} 19. Qh4) 19... Be6 20. Rad1 (20. Nf6+ Kg7 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qg4 Qf7 23.
Nh5+ Kh7 24. Nf6+ Kg7 25. Nh5+ $11) 20... Kh8 21. h4 Qg7 22. Rd2 Ba5 23. Rd3 b5
24. Bb3 ({Safer is} 24. Ba2) 24... Nb4 $6 ({Another critical line was} 24...
Ne7 25. Rfd1 Bf5 (25... c6 26. Nxe7 Bxb3 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Rd7 Be6 29. Rb7 $44
) (25... c5 26. Nxe7 Bxb3 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 (27... Rxd8 28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 29. Nc6 Bc7
30. Qe3) 28. Rd7 Be6 29. Rb7) (25... Nxd5 26. Bxd5 Bxd5 27. Rxd5 $44) 26. Nxe7
Rxd3 27. Nxf5 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 gxf5 29. Nd4 $44) 25. Nxb4 Rxd3 26. Bxe6 $1 {
[%mdl 512]} ({Another possibility was} 26. Nxd3 Bxb3 27. Nc5 Bd5 28. Rd1 c6 29.
Rxd5 cxd5 30. e6 {with unclear consequences.}) 26... Bxb4 27. Bxf7 Rdd8 (27...
Rf8 $2 28. e6 Bd6 29. Qe4 {[%csl Rd3]} Rb3 30. e7 Qxf7 31. Ne5 Bxe5 32. Qxe5+
Kg8 33. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 34. Rc1 $40) 28. e6 Bd6 29. Qe4 Qf6 30. h5 ({It was
possible to capture the pawn} 30. Bxg6 $13) 30... g5 (30... gxh5 $6 31. Nh4 {
[%csl Rh8]}) 31. Re1 Rf8 32. Bg6 {Here in mutual time-trouble draw was agreed.}
(32. Bg6 Be7 33. Bf7 Bd6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-ch 34th"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "2008.12.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Nabaty, Tamir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 dxc4 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 {This position arises more
often after a different order of moves: 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c5 5.
d5.} e6 6. e4 exd5 7. e5 {White has to go for this, a recapture on d5 is not
promising at all.} Ne4 8. Qxd5 {I could barely remember my own game that I
played against this line. Basically, it's not an easy choice here for White,
all three captures are possible.} (8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Ng5 Be6 11.
Nxe6+ fxe6 12. Bxc4 Nc6 13. Bf4 Nd4 14. O-O-O Kc7 15. Rhe1 Be7 16. Rxe4 b5 17.
Bf1 Rhf8 18. Be3 Rad8 $11 {1-0 Postny,E (2499)-Reutsky,S (2307)/Budapest 2003/
CBM 095 ext (43). The knight on d4 compensates for White's pair of bishops.}) (
8. Nxd5 {This leads to a very messy fight.} b5 9. b3 Be6 10. bxc4 Nc6 11. Bd3
Qa5+ 12. Nd2 Nc3 13. Nb3 Nxd1+ 14. Nxa5 Nxe5 15. Nc7+ Kd7 16. Be4 Kxc7 17. Bxa8
Nc3 18. Bd2 Bd6 19. Bxc3 Rxa8 20. cxb5 Nd3+ 21. Ke2 Nf4+ 22. Kf1 Bf5 $44 {
0-1 Malakhatko,V (2559)-Sulava,N (2493)/San Marino 2006/CBM 112 ext (47)}) 8...
Nxc3 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Bxc4 Be6 ({It is not recommended for Black
to give his opponent a pair of bishops even at a price of a pawn:} 11... Bg4 $6
12. Bf4 Bxf3 $6 13. gxf3 Ke8 14. Rb1 b6 15. Ke2 $16) 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Ng5 Ke7
$5 $146 {A strange looking move, in fact not a bad one. After the coming ...
h7-h6 the black king will find a comfortable shelter on f7.} (13... Kd7 14. Be3
Nxe5 15. O-O-O+ Kc6 16. Bf4 (16. Nxe6 Re8 17. Nd8+ Kc7 18. Bf4 Bd6 $5 19. Rxd6
Kxd6 20. Nf7+ Ke6 21. Nxe5 Kf5 22. g3 Rxe5 $11 {Huzman}) 16... Ng6 17. Bg3 e5
18. Nf7 Rg8 19. h4 $1 h5 20. Rhe1 Be7 $1 21. Kc2 Bf6 22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5+
Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Raf8 25. f3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Dreev,A (2685)-Azmaiparashvili,Z (2670)/
Dos Hermanas 2001/CBM 083/[Huzman] (38)}) (13... Nxe5 $2 14. f4 Nd3+ 15. Kd2
Nxc1 16. Nf7+ Kd7 17. Nxh8 Bd6 18. g3 $16) 14. f4 h6 (14... Rd8 $1 {would have
been more precise.}) 15. Ne4 Kf7 $6 ({Again, Black should seize the d-file as
soon as possible.} 15... b6 16. Be3 Rd8 $1) 16. Be3 b6 {Here my opponent
offered a draw. Obviously, it's too early to call it a day.} 17. Rd1 $6 {
Inaccuracy.} (17. O-O-O $1 {The main advantage of castling over the move in
the text is that my kingside rook could join the battle faster, while the king
on e1 is obstructing.} Be7 (17... Ke8 $1 $14 {is the least of the evils for
Black.}) 18. Rd7 Rhd8 19. Rc7 Na5 20. Nxc5 $1 bxc5 (20... Nc4 21. Bf2 Rac8 22.
Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Ne4 $16) 21. Bxc5 Re8 22. Bb4 $1 $16 {[%csl Ra5] I didn't see
this move during the game.}) 17... Be7 18. Rd7 Ke8 19. Rd3 (19. Rc7 $4 Na5 {
[%csl Rc7][%cal Ge8d8] and the rook is trapped.}) 19... Kf7 20. Ke2 Rhd8 21.
Rhd1 {White can't take any benefit from the d-file and has to acquiesce in
massive exchanges.} Rxd3 22. Rxd3 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Nxd8 24. g4 {A draw is,
obviously, the most likely result in this endgame. Still, White retains
certain pressure thanks to some space advantage.} Nc6 25. Kd3 g6 26. Nd2 h5 27.
gxh5 gxh5 28. Ke4 b5 (28... Kg6 {was possible. I intended to continue} 29. Nc4
{and then Nc4-a3-b5-c7 trying either to penetrate with a knight, or to provoke
some concession.}) 29. f5 exf5+ 30. Kxf5 a5 $6 {During the game I thought that
this is a losing move. Actually, the decisive mistake came a bit later.} (30...
c4 $1 {was the most precise way to escape.} 31. e6+ Ke8 32. Ke4 Bf6 {[%csl Rc3]
} 33. Kd5 Ne7+ 34. Kc5 Nf5 35. Bf4 Bxc3 36. Kxb5 Bxd2 37. Bxd2 Nd6+ 38. Ka6 Ke7
$11) 31. e6+ Kg7 $2 {This came a pleasant surprise to me. 31...Ke8 was
obligatory.} (31... Ke8 $1 32. Ke4 Bf8 $1 {A very strong defensive resource.
White's position looks very promising, but I don't see a win. Too little
material left on the board.} 33. Nb3 (33. Kd5 $2 Ne7+ {and the king has to
retreat.}) (33. c4 b4 34. Nb3 a4 35. Nxc5 b3 36. Nxb3 (36. axb3 $4 a3 $19 {
[%csl Ga3]}) 36... axb3 37. axb3 $11) (33. Nb1 a4 34. Bf2 b4 35. Kd5 Nd8 36.
Bxc5 Bxc5 37. Kxc5 b3 38. a3 Nxe6+ 39. Kb4 Ng5 40. Kxa4 Nf3 41. Kxb3 Nxh2 $11)
(33. Bg5 b4 34. Kd5 Ne7+ 35. Kc4 Nf5 36. Ne4 Nd6+ 37. Nxd6+ Bxd6 38. cxb4 cxb4
39. h3 a4 $11) 33... b4 34. Kd5 Ne7+ 35. Kc4 a4 36. Nxc5 Nf5 37. Bc1 (37. Bf2
b3 $1 38. Nxb3 (38. axb3 $4 a3 $19 {[%csl Ga3]}) 38... axb3 39. axb3 $11) 37...
Bxc5 38. Kxc5 bxc3 39. Kb4 c2 40. Kxa4 Nd4 41. Ka3 Ke7 42. Kb2 Kxe6 43. Be3 Nf3
44. h3 Ne1 45. Bd2 Nf3 46. Kxc2 Ng1 $11 {Black can just sacrifice his knight
for the h-pawn and then to run with the king to the a8 corner.}) 32. Ke4 $18 b4
(32... Bf6 33. Kd5 Ne7+ 34. Kxc5 Bxc3 35. Kxb5 Nf5 36. Kc6 $1 Nxe3 37. e7 Kf7
38. Kd7 $18) (32... Bf8 33. Bxc5 $1 Bxc5 34. Kd5 Be3 35. Kxc6 Bxd2 36. e7 Kf7
37. Kd7 $18 {This trick would not work ife Nabaty had played 31...Ke8.}) 33.
Kd5 Nd8 34. c4 {[%csl Rc5] Fixing the Pc5 as a target.} Kf6 35. Ne4+ Kf5 36.
Bxc5 1-0

[Event "Syre Memorial op 33th"]
[Site "Issy les Moulineaux"]
[Date "2010.05.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Guilleux, Fabien"]
[Black "Guliyev, Namig"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2010.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {01h30} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O Nbd7 {
Le GMI tente d'éviter une préparation adverse sur la grande ligne qu'il joue
d'habitude} (6... c5 {la grande ligne} 7. Bb3 Nc6 {David,A (2587)-Guliyev,N 
(2534) Syre Memorial op 32nd 2009 (6) 1/2}) 7. a4 {[%csl Gb5]} b6 {Le plan
noir est solide mais un peu passif} 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. Re1 {Un carrefour important
pour les blancs qui ont plusieurs alternatives} (9. Qe2 {[%cal Gf1d1]} c5 10.
Rd1 Qc7 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. Rxd5 {[%csl Re8]} Be7 15.
b3 Qb7 16. Rd3 O-O 17. Bb2 $14 {Ftacnik,L (2544)-Ganguly,S (2631) World op
36th 2008 (3) 1/2}) (9. e4 $5 {Les blancs ont des bonnes compensations si les
noirs acceptent le gambit} Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Ng5 {[%csl Re6]} Bg6 (11...
Bb7 $2 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nxe6 $40) 12. Bxe6 $1 Be7 13. Bd5 Rc8 14. Nf3 (14. f4
{[%cal Gf4g5,Gf4f5]} O-O 15. Bb7 $36 {[%cal Gb7a6]}) 14... c6 {Wells,P (2521)
-Markowski,T (2598) EU-ch 9th Plovdiv 2008 (9) 0-1}) 9... Bb4 $1 {[%csl Ge4]
[%cal Gb4e1,Gf6e4] la réaction logique au plan des blancs de pousser "e4"} (
9... Ne4 10. Bd3 Ndf6 {Ragger,M (2561)-Godena,M (2530) EU-chT (Men) 17th 2009 
(4) 1/2}) 10. Qb3 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gb3b4,Gc4e6]} c5 11. e4 {01h28 Visiblement,
le français est toujours dans sa préparation puisqu'il a joué quasiment а
tempo l'ouverture.} O-O (11... cxd4 {la ligne critique selon Huzman} 12. Qxb4
dxc3 13. Qxc3 Bxe4 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 {Huzman} (15. Rxe4 $5 {[%csl Re8] Non
mentionné par le GMI} hxg5 16. Rd4 $32 {[%cal Ga1d1]} g4 (16... Rc8 17. Nxg5)
17. Ne5 Qb8 {[%cal Gb8h2,Gh8h2]} (17... Qc7 18. Rxd7 $1 Nxd7 19. Bxe6 {[%csl
Rc7]}) 18. f4 {[%cal Gf4e5]} gxf3 19. Nxf3 {Il est difficile ensuite
d'améliorer la position noire car le OO ne serait pas trés logique dans cette
position et laisser le K au centre n'est pas non plus trés sain après le
doublement des R blanches sur la colonne "d"})) 12. e5 (12. d5 $5 exd5 13. exd5
b5 $1 $13) 12... Bxc3 ({RR} 12... Nd5 13. Rd1 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Ba5
16. Be3) 13. bxc3 Nd5 14. Ng5 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gb3c2,Ge1e4,Ge4h4]} h6 15. Ne4
$16 {[%cal Ge4d6,Ge4f6]} Qc7 $146 (15... Bc6 {Sokolov,I (2662)-Markowski,T 
(2560) EU-ch 6th Warsaw 2005 (6) 1-0}) 16. Ba3 {01h22 Les blancs semblent
toujours suivre une préparation maison car ils continuent а jouer trés vite.} (
16. Nd6 Bc6 17. Bd2 {[%cal Gd2c3]}) 16... Rfb8 {La partie sera ensuite trop
courte pour comprendre l'idée de ce coup assez mystérieux} 17. Bf1 (17. Qc2
cxd4 {[%cal Gc7c4]}) 17... Bc6 (17... Nf4 $5 {[%cal Gb7g2,Gf4g2]}) 18. Rad1 {
01h07} Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rohde op 12th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2012.10.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Le Roux, Jean Pierre"]
[Black "Karpatchev, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:01:02]} 3. c4 {[%emt 0:01:02]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} (3... c6 4. Nc3
dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bd2 b5 9. axb5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 cxb5 11. Ng5
{Donne un millieu de jeu assez proche de la partie}) 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:21]} (
4. e3 {La grande ligne}) 4... a6 $1 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 5. e4 {[%emt 0:12:36] Le
meilleur coup mais le breton a hésité dans son choix} (5. a4 $142 Nc6 $132)
5... b5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 6. e5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. Ng5 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} (7. a4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Qd5) 7... e6 {[%emt 0:18:43]} 8. Qh5 {
[%emt 0:00:56]} (8. Qf3 $143 {Bogoljubow,E-Alekhine,A World Championship 15th
1934 (17) 0-1}) 8... Qe7 {[%emt 0:03:52]} (8... Qd7 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O h6 11.
Bg4 g6 12. Qh3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bd5 14. Bf3 Qc6 15. a4 Be7 16. Re1 Bxf3 17. gxf3
Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Nd7 19. Bf6 Rh7 20. d5 Qxd5 21. Red1 Qc6 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rxa8+
{Rogers,I (2569)-D'Costa,L (2352)/Amsterdam 2005/CBM 107 ext/1-0 (35)}) 9. Be2
{[%emt 0:07:51]} g6 {[%emt 0:06:23]} 10. Qh3 $1 $146 {[%emt 0:03:33]} ({RR} 10.
Qf3 Bb7 11. Nge4 Nd7 12. Bg5 Qb4 13. a3 Qxb2 14. Ra2 Nxc3 15. Rxb2 Nxe4 16.
Bxc4 Nd6 17. Be2 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nc4 {0-1 Nester,I (2354)-Brodowski,P (2365)/
Gdansk 2007/CBM 119 ext}) 10... Bb7 {[%emt 0:09:29]} 11. Bf3 {[%emt 0:07:06]} (
11. O-O $5 h6 12. Nge4 Bg7 13. Nc5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bd5 15. a4 $1 {[%cal Ga1a8,
Gc1a3]} Nd7 16. Ba3 $14) 11... h6 {[%emt 0:15:29] Chasse le N mais les Noirs
auront ensuite du mal а roquer а cause de la pression sur le P"h6"} 12. O-O {
[%emt 0:08:35]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 13. Nge4 {[%emt 0:00:58][%csl Gc5,Gf6] La
position est assez proche d'un gambit Slave mais les Noirs n'ont pas affaibli
la case "d6"} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 14. Re1 {[%emt 0:12:45]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:08:59]
[%cal Gf8g8,Gg8h7] Les Noirs sont obligés de "roquer а la main"} 15. Bd2 {
[%emt 0:04:52]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:04:54]} (15... Nb4 $5 {[%cal Gb4d3]}) (15... Kg8 {
[%cal Gg8h7]}) 16. Rad1 $16 {[%emt 0:12:50] Les pièces Blanches sont
maintenant plus actives} Kg8 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 17. a3 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Nxc3 $5 {
[%emt 0:05:39][%cal Gb7e4,Gd7b6,Gb6d5] Début d'une simplification au centre
afin d'activer le Nd7} 18. Bxc3 {[%emt 0:02:39]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:08:47] Les
Noirs commençaient а être en gros retard а la pendule mais le Bb7 était une
des rares pièces actives des Noirs} 19. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:02:11]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:
19]} 20. Bc6 $1 {[%emt 0:04:03]} (20. d5 $6 exd5 21. Bxd5 Nb6 22. Bb4 c5 23.
Ba5 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 b4 {[%csl Ra5]}) 20... Nb6 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 21. Qf3 {[%emt 0:
01:09]} Nd5 $6 {[%emt 0:05:30] Les Noirs ont maintenant moins de 05 mns pour
passer le contrôle de temps et ils décident de sacrifier un P.} 22. Bxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:48]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 23. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:
01:48]} 24. Qxe6 {[%emt 0:02:04]} (24. Qe4 {[%cal Gd4d5]} c6 25. d5 {[%csl Gd1]
[%cal Gf2f4,Gf4f5]}) 24... fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 25. d5 $1 $32 {[%emt 0:00:05]
Curieusement au 25ème coup, les Noirs sont encore en retard de développement!}
Rhe8 {[%emt 0:02:27]} 26. d6 $36 {[%emt 0:03:03]} cxd6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 27.
Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:04][%csl Ra6,Re6,Rg7]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 28. Red1 {[%emt 0:
01:08]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 29. Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:53][%cal Gb6b7,Gd1d7]} Kg8 {
[%emt 0:00:31]} (29... Ra7 {Passif mais les Noirs évitent Rd7} 30. Kf1) 30. Rd7
{[%emt 0:01:22][%cal Gb6b7]} Red8 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 31. Rxd8 $1 {[%emt 0:00:48]}
(31. Rbb7 $143 Rxd7 32. Rxd7) 31... Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 32. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:
08] Le gauigampais a une excellent finale même si le P"e5" gêne une peu le Bc3
mais il contrôle des cases importantes.} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 33. Rxa6 {
[%emt 0:02:00]} (33. f4 g5) 33... g5 {[%emt 0:00:23][%cal Gf7g6,Gg6f5]} 34. Ke2
{[%emt 0:03:53]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 35. g3 {[%emt 0:01:03][%cal Gf2f4]} g4 {
[%emt 0:00:47]} 36. f4 {[%emt 0:01:01]} gxf3+ {[%emt 0:00:41]} 37. Kxf3 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 38. Ke4 $36 {[%emt 0:01:45]} h5 {[%emt 0:
00:41][%cal Gc5g1]} 39. Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} (39... Bg1
40. h3) 40. Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rh8 {[%emt 0:09:13]}
Bxh2 {[%emt 0:09:31]} 42. g4 $1 {[%emt 0:04:26]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 43. Rxh5
{[%emt 0:00:15][%csl Gg4]} Bg1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 44. g5 {[%emt 0:01:37]} Rd3 $2
{[%emt 0:18:15] Comme souvent le camp en infériorité se déconcentre juste
après le passage du contrôle de temps} 45. Rh6 $18 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Bc5 {
[%emt 0:00:42]} 46. Rxe6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Bxa3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 47. Rc6 {
[%emt 0:07:03]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 48. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:
40]} 49. g6 {[%emt 0:02:21]} Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 50. Rc8+ {[%emt 0:02:19]} Kg7
{[%emt 0:00:30]} 51. e6+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 07th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2007.11.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Malakhatko, Vadim"]
[Black "Abbasov, Farid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2007.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 (4. e3 {la ligne principale du gambit
dame accepté}) 4... a6 {Un bon système face а Nc3, notamment parce que
beaucoup de joueurs vont répondre automatiquement par 5.a4} 5. e4 (5. a4 $143 {
le coup naturel 5.a4 est théoriquement moins précis} Nc6 $1 6. e4 Bg4 $132 {
[%csl Rd4]}) 5... b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 (7. Ng5 $5 e6 (7... f6 8. Nge4 Nc6 $132)
8. Qh5 g6 9. Qf3 Qd7 $13) 7... e6 (7... Nxc3 8. bxc3 Qd5) (7... c6 {retombe
sur le gambit Slave D15} 8. axb5 Nxc3 9. bxc3 cxb5 10. Ng5) 8. axb5 Nb6 (8...
Bb4 {L'alternative qui mène а une position trés compliquée} 9. Qc2 Nb6 10. Qe4
Qd5 11. Qg4 {[%csl Rg7]} axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. Be2 (13. Qxg7 $6 {Plus
personne n'ose prendre ce P car les noirs ont un sacrifice de R qui leur donne
une forte attaque} Qa1 $40 14. Qxh8+ Kd7 15. Kd1 (15. Kd2 {[%cal Gb2c3,Gd2c3]})
15... Bxc3 16. bxc3 {Komarov,D (2539)-Fominyh,A (2571) Golden Cleopatra op (10)
0-1}) 13... Rg8 (13... Kf8)) 9. Be3 $1 ({RR} 9. bxa6 Rxa6 10. Rxa6 Nxa6 (10...
Bxa6 {[%cal Gb8c6]}) 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O Be7 13. Be3 ({RR} 13. Na4 Qd5 14. Ne1
Qc6 15. Nxb6 cxb6 16. Bf3 Qd7 17. b3 cxb3 18. Qxb3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Nb4 20. Ba3
Nd5 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Qa4+ Qd7 23. Qa8+ Qd8 24. Qc6+ Qd7 25. Qa8+) 13... O-O
14. Nd2 Qd7 ({RR} 14... c5 15. Nxc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Bxd4
Nb4 19. Bb6 Rc8 20. Be2 Bc5 21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22. f4 Kf8 23. Ra1 Nd5) 15. Nxc4 Nxc4
16. Bxc4 Qc6 17. Qf3 Qxc4 18. Qxb7 Rb8 19. Qf3 Rxb2 20. Ne4 Qd3 21. h3 h6 22.
Qg4 h5 23. Qf3 Nb4) ({RR} 9. Ng5 h6 10. Nge4 ({RR} 10. Qh5 g6 ({RR} 10... hxg5
11. Qxh8 Qxd4 12. Be2 Qxe5 13. O-O axb5 14. Rxa8 Nxa8 15. f4 gxf4 16. Bxf4 Qc5+
17. Kh1 Nd7 18. Ne4 Qd4 19. Ng5 Nf6 20. Bf3 Nb6 21. Bxc7 Qc5 22. Bxb6 Qxg5 23.
Bd4) 11. Qh3 Qxd4 12. Nf3 Qd8 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Rd1 N8d7 15. Ne4 Bxg5 16. Nfxg5
axb5 17. Nh7 Rxh7 18. Nf6+ Nxf6 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. exf6 Nd5) 10... Bb7 11. Qg4
axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Nxb5 Qd7 14. Nbc3 Nc6 15. Be3 Nb4 16. Be2 Nc2+ 17. Kf1
Nd5 18. Bc1 Nxd4 19. Bxc4 Nb6 20. Ba2 Nf5 21. h4 Be7 22. Kg1 Qd4) ({RR} 9. Bg5
Be7 ({RR} 9... Qd7 10. bxa6 Rxa6 11. Rxa6 Nxa6 12. Be2 h6 13. Bh4 Bb7 14. O-O
g5 15. Bg3 Be7 16. b3 g4 17. Ne1 c5 18. bxc4 cxd4 19. Nb5 h5 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21.
exd6 Qc6 22. Qxd4 Rg8 23. Qf6 Nc8 24. Bh4) 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. bxa6 Rxa6 12. Rxa6
Bxa6 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Nc6 15. Qb1 Rd8 16. Rd1 Bb7 17. Ne4 h6) ({RR} 9. Qc2
Bb7 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Nxb5 O-O 14. Rd1 Na6 15. Nc3 Nb4
16. Qb1 Qd7 17. Ne4 Qa4 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Nexg5 Qc2 20. Qxc2 Nxc2 21. Rc1 Nb4
22. Nd2 Rd8 23. Nxc4) ({RR} 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O axb5 ({RR} 10... Be7 11. Be3 O-O
12. bxa6 Rxa6 13. Rc1 Nc6 14. b3 cxb3 15. Qxb3 Ra3 16. Qb1 Nb4 17. Nb5 Ra2 18.
Rfe1 Rxe2 19. Rxe2 Ba6 20. Rb2 Bxb5 21. Rxb4 Bxb4 22. Ng5 Re8 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24.
Ne4) 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. Nxb5 Be7 ({RR} 12... Qd7 13. Na3 Bd5 14. Qc2 Bxa3 15.
bxa3 Nc6 16. Rd1 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nxd4 18. Qe4 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Qa4 20. Rd4 O-O 21.
h3 Qa5) 13. b3 cxb3 14. Qxb3 O-O 15. Ba3 Nc6 16. Rc1 Nd5 17. g3 Qd7 18. Bxe7
Ncxe7 19. Ng5 Rb8 20. Qd3 Ng6 21. Rc5) 9... Bb4 ({RR} 9... Bb7 {RR} 10. Nd2
axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. Nxb5 Bb4 13. Qg4 Kf8 14. Nc3 h5 {1-0 Bocharov,D (2590)
-Grishchenko,S (2317)/Moscow 2006/CBM 110 ext}) ({RR} 9... Be7 10. Nd2 axb5 11.
Rxa8 Nxa8 12. Nxb5) (9... axb5 10. Rxa8 Nxa8 11. Nxb5 Nb6 12. Be2 Be7 13. O-O
O-O 14. Qc2 Nc6 15. Qe4 $14 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Ge4g4]}) 10. bxa6 ({RR} 10. Nd2
axb5 ({RR} 10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 axb5 12. Rxa8 Nxa8 13. Nxc4 $1 bxc4 14. Qa4+ {
[%cal Ga4a8,Ga4e8]} Bd7 15. Qxa8) ({RR} 10... Bb7) 11. Rxa8 Nxa8 12. Qg4 Kf8 ({
RR} 12... O-O 13. Bh6 g6 14. Bxf8) 13. Nxb5 Nb6 14. Nc3 Nc6 15. Be2 ({RR} 15.
Nxc4 Nd5 16. Bd2 Nde7 ({RR} 16... f5 17. exf6 Nxf6)) 15... h5 16. Qe4 ({RR} 16.
Qf4 Nd5) 16... Bb7 17. O-O g6 18. Bf3 ({RR} 18. Rd1 Nd5 19. Qc2 Nxe3 20. fxe3
Qg5) 18... Kg7 19. Qf4 Be7 ({RR} 19... Na5 20. Nde4 Nd5 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. e6)
20. Rd1 Ba8 ({RR} 20... Nd5 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Qf3 Nb4 23. Nxc4 ({RR} 23. b3 Bc8
24. h3) 23... Bc8) 21. d5 g5 ({RR} 21... Nxd5 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Nxc4 {RR} Nb4
24. e6) ({RR} 21... exd5 22. Bxb6 cxb6 23. Bxd5 Rf8 24. Nxc4) 22. Qg3 h4 23.
Qg4 ({RR} 23. Qh3) 23... Nxe5 24. Bd4 Bf6 {Kramnik,V (2765)-Kortschnoj,V (2635)
/Budapest 1996/CBM 056/[Kortschnoj,V/Ftacnik,L]/1-0 (49)} ({RR} 24... f6 25.
Bxe5 fxe5 26. dxe6)) 10... Rxa6 11. Rxa6 Nxa6 12. Qc2 $5 {reprenant l'idée
d'une nouveauté jouée cette année par VALLEJO PONS au tournoi de l'aeroflot
mais pas avec le même ordre de coups.} Bb7 13. Be2 Be7 $146 {[%cal Ga6b4]} (
13... O-O $143 14. Ng5 {[%cal Gc2h7]} g6 {[%csl Rf6,Rg7,Rh6]} 15. O-O $14 (15.
Nge4 $14 {[%cal Ge4f6]})) (13... c5 {Vallejo Pons,F (2679)-Yakovich,Y (2577)
Moscow Aeroflot op-A (6) 1/2}) 14. O-O Nb4 $132 {[%cal Gb4c2,Gb4d3]} 15. Qb1
Qa8 16. b3 $1 cxb3 17. Qxb3 O-O 18. Qb2 N4d5 19. Ra1 Qd8 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Qc2
Ba8 22. Bd3 h6 23. Rc1 Nd5 {[%cal Gd5b4,Gb4d3,Gb4c2]} 24. Be4 Nb4 25. Qb1 Bxe4
26. Qxe4 Nd5 27. Bd2 Qa8 28. h4 $5 Rb8 29. Qg4 {[%cal Gd2h6,Gg4g7]} Kh7 30.
Qe4+ {Les blancs n'insistent pas mais ils n'ont pas obtenu grand chose dans la
partie et la variante noire est trés solide.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rohde op 12th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2012.10.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Marholev, Dimitar"]
[Black "Rusev, Krasimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} dxc4 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:05]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 4. d5 {[%emt 0:01:
14]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:46]} e6 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 6. e4 {
[%emt 0:02:10]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} (6... a6) 7. e5 {[%emt 0:05:21]} (7. exd5
) 7... d4 {[%emt 0:02:26]} (7... Nfd7 {La grande ligne et la poussée d4 est
assez risquée pour les Noirs} 8. Bg5 (8. Qxd5 Nb6 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Bg5+ Be7
11. O-O-O+ Ke8 12. Bxe7 Kxe7 13. Bxc4 $1 Nxc4 14. Nd5+ Kd7 15. Nb6+ {[%csl Rd7]
})) 8. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:11:33][%cal Gc4f7,Gd1d8]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:03:17]} (8... Be6
$6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. exf6) (8... dxc3 $6 9. Bxf7+ $40) 9. Ne4 $146 {[%emt 0:04:
31]} (9. Qb3 Qd7 10. h3 Nc6 11. hxg4 Na5 12. e6 ({RR} 12. Qb5 Nxc4 13. Qxc4
dxc3 14. Qxc3 Be7 15. g5 b6 16. O-O Qe6 17. Bf4 O-O 18. Nd2 Rd8 19. Rfe1 Bb7
20. Qg3 Rd4 21. Nf3 Rd3 22. Be3 Rad8 23. b3 Bf8 24. Rac1 a5 25. Rc4 Rd1 26.
Rxd1 Rxd1+ {Bronznik,V (2413)-David,V (2312)/Rochefort 2004/EXT 2005/0-1 (42)})
12... fxe6 13. Qb5 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 dxc3 15. Qxc3 Qa4 16. Bg5 Qb4 17. Qxb4 cxb4
18. Ne5 Bd7 19. Ng6 Rg8 20. Rxh7 Bc6 21. Kd2 Bc5 22. Re1 Bd5 23. b3 Bd6 {
Nagle,S (2375)-Danner,G (2393)/Budapest 2004/CBM 100 ext/1/2-1/2 (45)}) 9...
Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 10. Bf4 {[%emt 0:02:38]} (10. O-O $5 {[%csl Re8] Plus
souple} Ngxe5 (10... Ncxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Re1 Be7 (12... Nxc4 13. Nf6#) 13.
Nxc5 Nxc4 14. Qa4+ Bd7 15. Qxc4 O-O 16. Nxb7 Qb6 (16... Rc8) 17. Rxe7 Rae8 (
17... Qxb7 18. Qxd4) 18. Bg5 Qxb7 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. Qxd4 Bc6) 11. Re1 {[%cal
Ge1e8]} Be7 (11... Nxc4 12. Nf6#) 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxc5 Nxc4 14. Qa4+ Bd7 15.
Qxc4 O-O 16. Nxb7 Qb6 17. Rxe7) (10. e6 $5 Bxe6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nfg5 Nf6 13.
Nxe6 Qe7 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. O-O Qxe6 16. Re1 Ne5 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19.
Qh5+ (19. f4) 19... g6 20. Qxe5 Qxe5 21. Rxe5+ Kd7 22. Rxc5 $11) 10... b5 $1 {
[%emt 0:20:51]} 11. Be2 {[%emt 0:10:06]} (11. Bxf7+ $6 Kxf7 12. Qb3+ c4 13.
Qxb5 Nb4 14. Qxc4+ Qd5) (11. Bg5 $5 Qa5+ 12. Bd2) 11... c4 {[%emt 0:04:44]} 12.
h3 {[%emt 0:02:20]} d3 $36 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 13. hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Bxg4 {
[%emt 0:02:05]} 14. Nd6+ {[%emt 0:02:28]} Bxd6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 15. exd6 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:05:02]} 16. O-O {[%emt 0:05:19]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:
15]} 17. a4 {[%emt 0:02:09]} Re8 $40 {[%emt 0:02:12]} 18. Bxd3 {[%emt 0:01:38]}
Nxd3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 19. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} f5 $1 {[%emt 0:02:21][%cal
Gf5f4]} 20. axb5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} f4 $19 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 21. Qc2 {[%emt 0:05:
12]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:02:11]} 22. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 23.
Nh2 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Be2 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 24. Rfb1 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Qh6 {
[%emt 0:01:23]} 25. g3 {[%emt 0:00:48]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 26. Ra6 {[%emt 0:
00:37]} Qg7 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 0-1

[Event "Biel GM 42nd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2009.07.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 b6 (6... c5 {would
lead to a major main line. würde zu einer großen Hauptvariante führen.}) 7.
Bxc4 Bb7 8. O-O Bb4 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Rd1 Bd6 11. Qc2 Nb4 12. Qe2 Ne4 13. Nxe4
Bxe4 14. Bd2 Bxf3 {In a weaker player, this move would be mercilessly
criticised: White gets the two bishops and there is no doubt that he is better
off.   Bei einem schwächeren Spieler würde man diesen Zug ohne Pardon tadeln:
Weiß erhält das Läuferpaar und steht zweifellos besser.} 15. Qxf3 O-O 16. a5 c6
{Another surprising move.  Noch ein überraschender Zug.} 17. axb6 Qxb6 18. h4
a5 19. h5 Be7 20. Rdc1 {Here, and one move later, White could play Hier wie
auch einen Zug später konnte Weiß gut} (20. h6 {. spielen.}) 20... Rfc8 21. b3
h6 22. Ra4 $6 {Not very convincing. White should do something to allow himself
to meet ...Nd5 with e4 without any problems. Das kann nicht überzeugen. Weiß
sollte etwas tun, um auf ...Nd5 problemlos mit e4 antworten zu können.} Nd5 $1
23. e4 Bb4 {This is the point of it - a pair of minor pieces is exchanged and
White's previously clear advantage disappears.  Das ist der Witz - eine
Leichtfigur wird getauscht und der ehemals deutliche weiße Vorteil
verschwindet.} 24. exd5 (24. Be3 Nxe3 25. fxe3 {was perhaps worth a try. war
vielleicht einen Versuch wert.}) 24... Bxd2 25. dxe6 ({Or Oder} 25. Rc2 cxd5
26. Rxd2 dxc4 27. bxc4 {with equality. mit Ausgleich.}) 25... Bxc1 26. Qxf7+ $2
{Ivanchuk overlooks the defence provided by moves 27 and 28. Iwantschuk
übersieht die Verteidigung im 27. und 28. Zug.} (26. e7 Qa7 27. Qxf7+ Kh8 28.
Bd3 Bg5 29. Qg6 Kg8 30. Bc4+ Kh8 31. Bd3 {would have led to a draw. hätte zum
Remis geführt.}) 26... Kh8 27. Bd3 Qd8 $1 28. Qg6 Qg8 {An unpleasant surprise
- the only threat has been parried, White cannot strengthen his attack.  Eine
unangenehme Überraschung - die einzige Drohung ist pariert, Weiß kann seinen
Angriff nicht verstärken.} 29. Rc4 Ba3 30. g3 Be7 31. d5 cxd5 32. Rf4 Bd6 33.
Rf7 Rc7 34. Rd7 Be5 35. Qf5 Rxd7 36. exd7 Bc7 37. Bb5 Rf8 38. Qg6 Qf7 0-1

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Socko, Monika"]
[Black "Majdan, Joanna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[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 "Lublin"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 (3... Nf6 {La grande ligne}) 4. a4 (4. e4 $142 b5
5. a4) 4... Nf6 (4... Nc6 $142 $1 {[%csl Rb4]} 5. e3 Na5 $132 {[%cal Ga5c4];
Laznicka,V (2666)-Lupulescu,C (2630) Bundesliga 1415 2014 (9.2) 0-1}) 5. e3 Bg4
6. Bxc4 e6 7. Nc3 Nc6 $5 8. Be2 (8. h3 Bh5 9. O-O Bd6 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. Rd1 O-O
12. g4 Nxg4 13. hxg4 Bxg4 14. Kg2 f5 15. Rh1 Rf6 16. Qd1 f4 17. Ne4 Rg6 18. Kf1
Rf8 19. Be2 Nb4 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. exf4 Qd5 22. Ra3 Qe4 23. Rh4 Rd8 24. Re3 Qc6
25. Ne5 {1-0 (25) Wang,H (2696)-Zhou,W (2563) Xinghua Jiangsu 2009}) 8... Bd6
9. h3 Bh5 10. Nd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 e5 $11 12. dxe5 Nxe5 $146 (12... Bxe5 13. Nf3
O-O 14. O-O Re8 15. Nxe5 Rxe5 16. b3 Qd7 17. Bb2 Qe6 18. Nb5 axb5 19. axb5 Rxa1
20. Rxa1 Re4 21. bxc6 Qxc6 22. Qf3 Ne8 23. Ra4 Re6 24. Qxc6 Rxc6 25. Ra8 Re6
26. Rb8 b6 27. Kf1 f6 28. Ke2 Kf7 29. Bd4 Ke7 30. Kd3 Kd7 31. g4 Nd6 32. h4 Re8
33. Rxe8 Nxe8 34. e4 c5 35. Bc3 b5 36. f4 Nd6 37. h5 Ke7 38. Bd2 g6 39. hxg6
hxg6 40. Be3 c4+ 41. bxc4 {1/2-1/2 (41) Ragozin,V-Flohr,S Leningrad 1947}) 13.
O-O O-O 14. Nde4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bb4 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. b3 Ng6 18. Ng3 Bd6 (18...
Bc3) 19. Nf5 $1 Qe5 {[%cal Ge5h2,Ge5a1]} 20. Nxd6 Qxa1 21. Bb2 Qa2 22. Qc2 cxd6
23. Qc3 (23. Rxd6 $2 Rac8 24. Qd2 Qb1+ 25. Kh2 Rc2 $19) 23... f6 24. Ra1 Rac8
25. Rxa2 Rxc3 26. Bxc3 Rc8 27. Bd2 Kf7 28. Kf1 Ke6 29. Ke2 d5 30. Ra1 Ne5 31.
Rc1 Rxc1 32. Bxc1 Nc6 33. Kd3 {Paradoxalement dans cette ouverture du gambit
dame accepté, les Noirs ont un P isolé} b5 34. axb5 axb5 35. Bb2 b4 {[%csl
Rc3]} 36. Bd4 g6 37. f3 f5 38. Bb6 Kd6 39. e4 fxe4+ 40. fxe4 dxe4+ 41. Kxe4 Ke6
42. g3 Kd6 43. g4 Ke6 44. Bc7 Kd7 45. Bf4 Ke6 46. Bd2 Kd6 47. Bh6 Kc5 48. Be3+
Kd6 49. Bb6 Ke6 50. Bc5 Na5 51. Bxb4 Nxb3 52. h4 h5 53. gxh5 gxh5 54. Bc3 Nc5+
55. Kf4 Nd3+ 56. Kg5 Ne5 57. Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novy Bor m1"]
[Site "Novy Bor"]
[Date "2013.09.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2013.09.19"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The third game was a nail biting affair. Topalov was extremely aggressive and
repeated the line that gave him a victory on the first game. This time the
ante was upped as he sacrificed an exchange and two pawns for an initiative
against his opponent's king. His plan almost worked as he was very close to
victory, and only a slight inaccuracy and clever play by the Czech player
allowed Black to salvage half a point.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3
dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Qg4 Nc6 11.
Re1 f5 12. Qf3 Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Kh8 14. Bf4 g5 15. Bd2 Bd6 16. Rae1 Bxe5 17. Rxe5
Qf6 18. h4 gxh4 19. Bf4 Qg6 20. Qh3 Rg8 21. Re3 h6 22. Qh2 b5 23. Bf1 Kh7 24.
Qxh4 e5 25. dxe5 (25. Rg3 $1 {Surprisingly effective.} Qe6 26. Rxg8 Kxg8 (26...
exf4 27. Rf8 {should be hopeless.}) 27. Bxe5 Kh7 28. Qd8 $1 $18) 25... Qe6 26.
Bd3 {threatening Bxf5.} Rg6 $1 {Forced but sufficient.} 27. Rg3 Rxg3 28. fxg3 {
White is down an exchange, but Black's king position is so weak that he can't
really do much with it.} Bb7 29. Bc2 Rf8 30. g4 Qg6 31. e6 Qxe6 (31... Be4 $5 {
would maybe have caused White some problems, but I believe White's initiative
after 32.Bb3 is enough to hold a draw somehow. Only a computer would play on
such a position!}) 32. Bxf5+ Rxf5 33. gxf5 Qxf5 34. Qxh6+ Kg8 35. Qg5+ Qxg5 {
Laznicka saved himself on this one!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Zwesten op 10th"]
[Site "Bad Zwesten"]
[Date "2006.01.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "Van den Doel,E"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2006.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8192] This game was played in the last round of the Bad Zwesten Open.
Graf is a fighter pur sang and we both needed to win for a good prise, so it
was clear a tough fight was ahead.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 a6 5.
Bg5 {Graf likes to play sidelines.} Nf6 (5... Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 (6... Nxe7 7. e3
b5 8. a4 b4 9. Ne4 {gives with a slight plus.}) 7. Qa4+ {is slightly better
for White.}) 6. e3 b5 7. a4 b4 8. Na2 (8. Ne4 {is better.}) 8... Bb7 (8... Qd5
9. Qc1 c3 {would have been interesting. I just wanted to play solid though.})
9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nc1 c5 12. Nb3 cxd4 13. Nbxd4 (13. Qxd4 Qb8 {
followed by castling gives Black a comfortable game.}) 13... Qe7 14. Nb3 O-O
15. Qe2 Bxf3 16. gxf3 (16. Qxf3 {was better, not weakening the pawn structure.
After} Ne5 17. Qe2 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Rfc8 19. Qe2 {White has chances to play
against Black's slightly weak queenside.}) 16... Ne5 17. Rfd1 (17. Bxa6 Rxa6
18. f4 Rfa8 {is ok for Black.}) 17... Qb7 18. Nd2 $6 (18. Kg2 Nxc4 19. Bxf6
gxf6 20. Qxc4 Rac8 {is equal.}) 18... Be7 19. Bxf6 gxf6 {Blach has aggressive
intentions on the g-file.} 20. f4 Kh8 21. Qh5 $4 (21. f3 Nxc4 22. Nxc4 b3 {
is slightly better for Black.}) 21... Rg8+ (21... Nxc4 22. Nxc4 Rac8 {is much
better for Black.} 23. b3 (23. Rac1 Rc5 24. Qh3 b3 {and White will collapse on
the c- and g-files.}) 23... Rc5 24. Qh3 Rg8+ 25. Kf1 Rxc4 26. bxc4 Qe4 27. Rac1
b3 {winning.}) 22. Kf1 Ng4 $2 (22... Nxc4 {is winning. See previous note.}) 23.
Ke2 f5 24. h3 $4 (24. Qh3 Rad8 {is slightly better for Black.}) 24... Nxf2 $1 {
Now I smelled blood.} 25. Kxf2 Qg2+ 26. Ke1 Qg3+ 27. Ke2 Rad8 28. Nf1 (28. Rf1
Bh4 29. Qf3 Qh2+ {wins.}) 28... Qg2+ 29. Ke1 b3 $3 {Making space for a
devastating check at b4.} 30. Rd2 Rxd2 31. Nxd2 Bb4 32. Rd1 {Now I did not
play the most efficient moves due to time trouble.} Rd8 (32... Rg3 33. Qe2 Qg1+
34. Qf1 Qxe3+ 35. Be2 Rg1 {was simpler.}) 33. Qe2 $19 Qg1+ 34. Qf1 Qxe3+ 35.
Qe2 Qg1+ 36. Qf1 Qe3+ 37. Qe2 Qxf4 38. Bxa6 Qd4 (38... Rg8 39. Qf2 Qe4+ 40. Kf1
Bxd2 41. Rxd2 Qh1+ 42. Ke2 Rg2 {was also winning.}) 39. Bb7 Qg1+ 40. Qf1 Bxd2+
(40... Bxd2+ 41. Rxd2 Qxf1+ 42. Kxf1 Rxd2) 0-1

