[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 35th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2007.06.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2007.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3
Bd7 9. a4 Be7 10. f4 O-O 11. Nb3 Rc8 12. a5 Nb4 13. Bf3 e5 14. Rf2 Qc7 15. Rd2
Be6 {In this setup Black hopes to control the centre with his pieces, but they
lack the necessary space. In order to survive the defender often has to turn
to some juggling.} (15... exf4 16. Bb6 Qb8 17. e5 Ne8 18. exd6 Bd8 19. Na4 Nf6
20. Bf2 Bf5 21. c3 Nc6 22. Nac5 $16 {1-0 Forchert,M (2340)-Gutman,L (2475)/
Boeblingen 1997 (47)}) (15... Bc6 16. Qe2 Qb8 17. Rad1 Nd7 18. Bg4 Rcd8 19.
Bxd7 exf4 20. Bxf4 Bxd7 21. Bxd6 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 $14 {1-0 Kapengut,A (2485)
-Shamkovich,L (2535)/Baku 1972 (44)}) 16. Bb6 (16. Ra4 Bxb3 17. Rxb4 (17. cxb3
d5 18. exd5 Bc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 20. Kh1 Rfe8 21. d6 Rcd8 22. Qg1 Qxg1+ 23. Kxg1
Nc6 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Rc4 $16 {1-0 Mokry,K (2510)-Cebalo,M (2540)/Reggio
Emilia 1991 (32)}) 17... Bc4 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 exf4 20. Bb6 Qb8 21. Re2
Rce8 22. Rxf4 Nd7 23. Bd4 Bf6 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 $11 {1-0 Nunn,J (2435)
-Dzindzichashvili,R (2520)/Thessaloniki 1984 (57)}) 16... Qb8 (16... Qc6 17.
Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Qd7 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. d6 $16) 17. f5 Bxb3 $6 {[%mdl 2048]
Mamedyarov must have been afraid of the white pawn advance on the kingside.
Despite everything it is very difficult to approve of this serious positional
concession.} (17... Bd7 18. g4 h6 19. h4 Bc6 20. Qe2 $14) 18. cxb3 Nd7 (18...
Nc6 19. Bf2 Bd8 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Rxd5 Nd4 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Qxd4 Bf6 $14) 19.
Be3 b5 (19... h6 20. Be2 Qc7 21. Bc4 Bg5 22. Bxg5 hxg5 23. Qh5 $14) 20. axb6
Nxb6 21. Kh1 (21. f6 $5 Bxf6 (21... gxf6 $2 22. Bg4 $18) 22. Rxd6 Rc6 (22...
Rfd8 23. Rxb6 Rxd1+ 24. Nxd1 Qc7 25. Rxb4 $18) 23. Rxc6 Nxc6 24. Rxa6 Nd4 25.
Bg4 $14) 21... Rc6 (21... Rfd8 22. Be2 Qb7 23. Bxa6 (23. Bf1 Rc6 24. Qf3 h6 25.
Be2 Rdc8 26. Qg4 Kf8 27. Qh5 $14) 23... Nxa6 24. Bxb6 Qxb6 25. Nd5 Qb7 26.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 27. Rxa6 $14) 22. Be2 Qb7 23. Bf1 {Black is doing a good job of
controlling most squares with his pieces, but his position is passive and his
white squares tragically weak.} Rfc8 24. Qg4 (24. Qf3 Nd7 25. Bc4 Nb6 26. Be2
$14) 24... Nd7 25. Bc4 (25. Bh6 Bf6 26. Rad1 Qc7 27. Be2 Kh8 28. Be3 $14) 25...
Nf6 (25... Nb6 26. Be2 Nd7 $14) 26. Qf3 h6 27. Bf2 Rxc4 $6 {In many positions
the exchange sacrifice can turn the flow of the game. Black did not want to
suffer for the rest of the fight and hopes to get counterplay against the weak
pawns on b2 and e4.} (27... Bd8 28. Ra4 a5 29. Bh4 $14) 28. bxc4 Rxc4 29. Bh4
Rd4 (29... Rc6 30. Qe2 $16) 30. Rad1 (30. Rxd4 $2 exd4 31. Bxf6 Bxf6 32. Nd5
Nxd5 33. exd5 Qxb2 $15) 30... Nc6 (30... Rxd2 31. Rxd2 $16) 31. Bxf6 $1 {
Alekseev deserves credit for choosing the best moment to part with his bishop.
The white knight on d5 will be a super steed, so his opponent's counterplay
will be successful only up to a certain point.} Bxf6 32. Nd5 Bg5 33. Rxd4 Nxd4
34. Qa3 Qc6 (34... Kh7 35. Qxd6 Qb3 36. Ra1 Qxb2 37. Qxa6 $16) 35. Qc3 Qb5 36.
b4 Qe2 37. Qd3 Qa2 (37... Qxd3 38. Rxd3 Nb5 39. Rd1 Bd8 40. Ra1 $18) 38. Rf1 h5
39. g3 f6 40. Kg1 {White needs to find a suitable time to lash out against
black king.} (40. h4 Bh6 41. Qd1 Qc4 42. Rf2 $18) 40... h4 (40... Ne2+ 41. Kh1
Nd4 42. h4 $18) 41. Rf2 Qa1+ 42. Kg2 Kh7 (42... Kf7 43. Qc4 $18) 43. gxh4 Bf4
44. Kh3 (44. Nxf4 exf4 45. Rxf4 Qb2+ 46. Rf2 Qxb4 47. Rd2 $18) 44... Kh8 45.
Ne7 (45. Ne7 Kh7 46. Qc4 Qa3+ 47. Kg4 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Finek"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov Economist"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O g6 6. d4 Bd7 7. d5 Ne7 8. Bxd7+
Nxd7 9. c4 Bg7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 h6 12. Ne1 f5 13. f3 g5 14. Nd3 Nf6 15. c5
Kh8 16. Rc1 Qd7 17. h3 fxe4 18. fxe4 g4 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. hxg4 Nxg4 21. Rxf8+
Bxf8 22. Bd2 Ng8 23. Ne2 Qb5 24. Qb3 Qxb3 25. axb3 N8f6 26. Ng3 h5 27. Bg5 Bh6
28. Bxf6+ Nxf6 29. Rf1 Bg5 30. Rf5 Rg8 31. Ne1 h4 32. Nf3 hxg3 33. Nxg5 Kg7 34.
Ne6+ Kf7 35. Kf1 Rc8 36. Rf3 Rc1+ 37. Ke2 Rc2+ 38. Kf1 Rxb2 39. Ng5+ Kg6 40.
Rxg3 Kh5 41. Nf7 Nxe4 42. Rg7 Rxb3 43. g4+ Kh4 44. g5 Kh5 45. g6 Ng3+ 46. Ke1
Nf5 47. Rg8 a5 0-1

[Event "Foros Aerosvit 3rd"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2008.06.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bb3 Ba7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 {
This apparently modest pawn move is not without venom. The way Svidler will
play, White will basically get this extra move for free, which will have an
almost decisive influence over the outcome of the battle. Chess is indeed the
tragedy of one tempo...} ({In order to understand the significance of h3, let
us compare with the lines where White plays} 8. Be3 {immediately.} d5 9. Bxa7
$5 {The same move as in our main game.} (9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Bxa7 Rxa7 11. Re1 Nf4
12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 {This active developing move would not have been
possible in our main game.} 14. Nc3 Ra8 15. Re4 Qf6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Rxg4 Rad8
18. Qd2 {Zagrebelny,S (2521)-Aleksandrov,A (2679)/Moscow 2004/EXT 2005/ (1-0,
32)} Rfe8 $11) {Even better may be} 9... dxe4 $5 (9... Rxa7 10. d4 (10. Nbd2 {
is completely inoffensive:} dxe4 11. dxe4 Ra8 12. a4 Bg4 13. a5 Qe7 14. h3 Bh5
15. Qe2 Rad8 16. Bc2 Rxd2 17. Qxd2 Bxf3 18. gxf3 $44 {1/2-1/2 Sandipan,C (2585)
-Kaidanov,G (2596)/Gausdal 2008/CBM 124}) 10... exd4 (10... dxe4 11. Nxe5 Nxe5
12. dxe5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Ng4 {is another attempt to make use of the g4-square,
but White seems to retain an advantage in development after} 14. Nd2 e3 15.
fxe3 Nxe5 16. Nf3 $32 {, partly because of the badly placed black queen's rook.
}) 11. e5 Ne4 12. cxd4 {and now,} Bg4 {offers Black counterplay against
White's centre.}) 10. Bc5 exf3 11. Qxf3 Bg4 {Winning an important tempo.} 12.
Qe3 (12. Qg3 Re8 13. Nd2 Be2 $15) 12... Re8 13. Nd2 Nd5 14. Qg3 Be6 $11 {
and Black has little to fear.}) 8... d6 ({Black can try to take advantage of
White's slow development by imemdiately opening play in the centre:} 8... d5 9.
exd5 Nxd5 10. Re1 {The solid} f6 {is also possible:} (10... Be6 $5 11. Na3 (11.
Nxe5 $2 {is impossible because of} Nxe5 12. Rxe5 Bxf2+ $1 $17) (11. Nbd2 $2 {
leaves the f4-square at Black's mercy.}) (11. Ng5 Qf6 12. Qe2 Rad8 13. Nxe6
fxe6 $15) 11... b5 12. Qe2 b4 13. Nb1 f6 14. d4 Bf7 15. dxe5 Nxe5 $132 {
Arizmendi Martinez,J (2534)-Cruz Lopez Claret,C (2293)/Andorra 2004/CBM 101
ext (1/2-1/2, 27)}) 11. Nbd2 (11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Na5 13. Nc3 Nxb3 14. Qxb3 c6
15. Bf4 Rf7 16. Bg3 Bf5 17. a4 Qb6 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. Re2 Rd8 20. Rae1 Rfd7 21.
Bf4 g5 22. Bc1 Kf7 23. b3 Nc8 {De la Paz,F (2452)-Short,N (2683)/Ottawa 2007/
CBM 119 ext (0-1, 43)}) 11... Kh8 12. Ne4 Be6 13. Ng3 Qd7 14. Nh4 Rad8 15. Qh5
Bf7 16. Qf3 Nde7 17. Bc2 $11 {Xu Yuhua (2475)-Short,N (2701)/Ji Nan 2003/CBM
098/[Hecht] (0-1, 89)}) 9. Be3 d5 $6 {As mentioned before, giving up a whole
tempo is risky.} ({Once the pawn is on d6 already,} 9... Bxe3 {should be
preferred, as in Nevednichy,V (2531)-Marin,M (2551)/Predeal 2007/CBM 121/
[Marin,M] (1/2-1/2, 97)}) 10. Bxa7 (10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. Re1 Nf4 13.
d4 {would have been a better form for White of the game Zagrebelny,S (2521)
-Aleksandrov,A (2679)/Moscow 2004/EXT 2005/ (1-0, 32), above.}) 10... Rxa7 ({
AFter} 10... dxe4 11. Bc5 exf3 12. Qxf3 {the queen would be more stable than
in the similar variation without h3.} (12. Bxf8 fxg2 $44) {However, Black
seems to be holding his own after} 12... Re8 13. Nd2 Be6) 11. d4 dxe4 12. Nxe5
Qd6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Nd2 $14 {White is better developed and the a7-rook will
require some time to be recycled.} Ra8 {This is too slow to equalize.} (14...
a5 $5 15. a4 Ra6) 15. Re1 Bf5 16. g4 {Once again, the presence of the pawn on
h3 contributes to the development of White's initiative.} Bg6 17. g5 Nh5 18. d5
Qd7 19. Qg4 f5 (19... Qxg4+ 20. hxg4 Nf4 21. Nxe4 Nd3 22. Re3 Rae8 (22... Nxb2
23. f3 $16) 23. Rxd3 Rxe4 24. Rd4 Rxd4 25. cxd4 Rd8 (25... Re8 26. Rc1 Re7 27.
d6 $1 $18) (25... Rc8 26. Rc1 Kf8 27. f4 Be4 28. Kf2 $18 {[%cal Gf2e3,Gd5d6]})
26. Rc1 Rd7 27. f4 Bd3 28. Rd1 Bb5 29. a4 Be2 30. Re1 $18) 20. gxf6 Qxg4+ 21.
hxg4 Nxf6 22. g5 Nd7 23. Nxe4 $16 {White is a pawn up, without any
compensation for Black.} Rf4 24. Ng3 Kf8 25. Rad1 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Kxe8 27. d6 Kd8
28. Rd4 Rf8 29. dxc7+ Kxc7 30. f4 h6 31. gxh6 gxh6 32. Be6 Nc5 33. Bd5 h5 34.
b4 Na4 35. Bb3 Nb6 36. f5 Be8 37. Be6 Nd7 38. Kf2 Nf6 39. Ke3 Rh8 40. Rh4 Kd6
41. Kd4 Rh7 42. c4 Rg7 43. Ne4+ Nxe4 44. Rxe4 Ke7 45. Bd5+ Kf8 46. f6 Rh7 47.
Rh4 1-0

[Event "Biel GM 41st"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2008.07.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2008.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 Qd4 8.
Be3 Qxe5 9. d4 Qe7 10. dxc5 Nxe4 11. Qd4 Bf5 12. O-O-O Rad8 13. Qb4 Qe6 14. Kb1
b5 15. b3 Qe5 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bd4 Qf5 18. Qc3 f6 19. f3 Bd5 20. Rhe1 Rd7 21.
Bf2 Rfd8 22. Rd4 h5 23. h3 Bf7 24. g4 hxg4 25. hxg4 Qg5 26. Kb2 Rxd4 27. Bxd4
Qd5 28. Rd1 b4 29. Qxb4 Qxf3 30. Rd2 Qxg4 31. Bc3 Qc8 32. Rg2 Bd5 33. Rg1 Qf5
34. Qb7 Kf7 35. Qxc7+ Rd7 36. Qc8 Be4 37. Qh8 Qh7 38. Qc8 Qf5 39. Rf1 Qe6 40.
Qh8 Re7 41. Rd1 Re8 42. Qh2 Bf5 43. Rd2 Re7 44. Qb8 Rd7 45. Rf2 Bg6 46. Rh2 Qe8
47. Qg3 Qe4 48. Rg2 Re7 49. Rd2 Rb7 50. Qh2 Re7 51. Qb8 Bf5 52. a4 Bg6 53. a5
Bf5 54. a6 Bg6 55. Qg3 Bf5 56. Rg2 Bg6 57. Rh2 Bf5 58. Qb8 Bg6 59. Ka3 Bh7 60.
Rd2 Bf5 61. Qh8 Qe3 62. Kb2 Qe4 63. Rf2 Qg4 64. Qh2 Bg6 65. Qd6 Qe6 66. Qxe6+
Kxe6 67. Ba5 Be4 68. c4 g5 69. Bd2 Rg7 70. Re2 f5 71. b4 g4 72. b5 cxb5 73.
cxb5 g3 74. Re1 Kd5 75. Be3 Bd3 76. Rd1 Ke4 77. Rxd3 Kxd3 78. Bg1 f4 79. b6 f3
80. b7 Rg8 81. c6 f2 82. c7 fxg1=Q 83. c8=Q Qd4+ 84. Ka2 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 {Die Rubinstein-Variante ist eine
sehr solide Verteidigung. Das Maximum, was Weiß erreichen kann, ist ein etwas
besseres Endspiel, das sehr schwer zu gewinnen sein wird.} 5. Nf3 (5. Bd3 Ngf6
6. Qe2 $5 {Dies stellt Schwarz eine Falle.} c5 (6... Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6 $2 8.
Bxb7 Bxb7 9. Qb5+ $18) 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bd2 O-O 10. O-O-O {
Diese Stellung galt lange Zeit als sehr gut für Weiß, bis Schwarz auf die Idee
kam, seinen Zentrumsbauern zu opfern:} e5 $1 11. Nf3 e4 12. Bxe4 Qe7 13. Rhe1
Qe6 14. Kb1 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bxf2 16. Re2 Qxe4 17. Rxe4 Rd8 $15 {Baramidze -
Schlosser (Austria, 2006). Schwarz steht sogar besser.}) ({Nichts bringt auch
die Entwicklung des Läufers auf die lange Diagonale:} 5. g3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6
7. Bg2 e5 8. Qe2 (8. dxe5 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Ng4 $15) 8... Qxd4 9. Nf3 Qd5 (9... Qe4
10. Qxe4 Nxe4 11. Nxe5 Nc5 12. Be3 f6 13. Nc4 Be6 14. Na5 O-O-O $11 {Svidler -
Bareev (Monte Carlo, 2005)}) 10. O-O Bd6 11. Re1 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 e4
14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4+ Qxe4 16. Rxe4+ Kd7 $11 {Svidler - Anand (Monte Carlo,
2005)}) 5... Ngf6 6. Bd3 {Meiner Meinung nach die prinzipiellste Variante.} (6.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Rad1
Qc7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Be4 Rfd8 $11 {Zwar hat Weiß die etwas bessere
Bauernstruktur, es ist trotzdem zu wenig, um einen spürbaren Vorteil zu
erreichen.}) (6. Bg5 h6 7. Nxf6+ (7. Bxf6 Nxf6 8. Bd3 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 c5 10. c3
cxd4 11. Qa4+ Qd7 12. Qc4 Bd6 13. Qxd4 O-O 14. O-O-O Bf4+ 15. Kb1 Qxd4 16. Nxd4
a6 $11 {Polgar - Bareev (Enghien les Bains, 2003). Weiß hat eine symbolische
Initiative, kann allerdings nicht richtig was angreifen.}) 7... Nxf6 8. Be3 Nd5
9. Qd2 Bd6 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. Ne5 Bd7 $132 {Schwarz hat keine Schwierigkeiten.})
6... c5 (6... Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6 8. Bg5 Qd6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. c3 $14 {Dank dem
Entwicklungsvorsprung und der besseren Bauernstruktur steht Weiß doch etwas
besser.}) 7. O-O cxd4 (7... Nxe4 8. Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. Bf3
O-O 12. Re1 (12. c4 a6 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. Nb3 Bd7 15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 Ra7 17.
Bc7 Bc5 18. Nb3 Rc8 19. Be5 Bb6 20. c5 Bc7 21. Bxc7 Rxc7 22. Rac1 a5 $11 {
Svidler - Bareev (Monte Carlo, 2004)}) 12... a6 13. c3 Qc7 14. Bh4 (14. g3 Nd5
15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Qe2 Bd7 17. Qe5 Rac8 18. Rad1 Qxe5 19. Rxe5 Rc7 $11 {
Zhigalko - Drozdovskij (Warsaw, 2006)}) 14... Bd6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. g3 Rd8 17.
Bg2 Bf8 18. Qh5 Bg7 19. Rad1 Qb6 (19... Bd7 20. Nf5 $3 Bc6 (20... exf5 21. Re7
$18) 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Re4 $16) 20. Nb3 Re8 21. c4
Qc7 22. Qa5 $1 $14 {Shirov - Anand (Wijk aan Zee, 2001)}) 8. Nxd4 Nxe4 (8...
Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. c3 a6 11. Qf3 $1 (11. Ng5 Nc5 12. Bc2 h6 13. Ngf3 Qc7 14.
Ne5 Bd6 15. Qe2 b5 16. h3 Bb7 $11 {Alekseev - Tratar (Crete, 2007). Das größte
Problem von Schwarz im Rubinstein ist die Entwicklung des Läufers c8. Wenn der
Läufer rauskommt, steht Schwarz zumindest nicht schlechter.}) 11... Nd5 12. Qg3
Qc7 13. Qxc7 Nxc7 14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 Nf6 16. Ne4 Ncd5 17. c4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4
Nf6 19. Bf3 $14 {Kritz - Tratar (Plovdiv, 2008). Der weiße Vorteil ist sehr
klein, man muss solche Stellungen sehr dynamisch und energisch spielen, um den
Punkt zu erzielen.}) 9. Bxe4 Nf6 10. Bf3 Be7 (10... Bc5 11. Be3 Bb6 12. c4 e5
13. Nb5 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Ke7 16. Nd6 Rb8 17. c5 Rd8 18. Rac1 $1 $14
(18. b4 b6 19. Nb5 bxc5 20. Nxa7 Bd7 $1 21. bxc5 e4 22. c6 Ra8 23. c7 Re8 24.
c8=Q Bxc8 25. Nc6+ Kf8 26. Be2 Ra3 $15 {Shirov - Bareev (Monaco, 2002)})) 11.
Bf4 $5 $146 {Es ist komisch, dass dieser Zug nicht früher gespielt wurde, er
sieht sehr logisch aus. Die weißen Läufer üben sehr unangenehmen Druck auf die
schwarze Stellung aus.} (11. Nb5 O-O 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. c4 Bc6 14. Qe2 Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 Qb6 16. Rad1 a6 $11 {Shirov - Anand (Moscow, 2001)}) (11. Re1 O-O 12. c3
Qc7 (12... Qb6 13. Qb3 Rd8 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. Bf4 Ne8 16. Nb5 $14 {Macieja -
Milov (Antalya, 2004)}) 13. Nb5 Qb6 14. a4 Bc5 15. Qe2 a6 16. Na3 Qc7 17. Nc4
Nd5 18. Ne5 (18. Bxd5 $6 exd5 19. Ne5 Bd6 20. Nf3 Bg4 $36) 18... f6 19. Nd3 Bd6
20. g3 Bd7 $11 {Korneev - Mirzoev (Elgoibar, 2006)}) 11... O-O 12. c3 a6 $6 {
Schwarz bringt sich ins Gefahr.} (12... Nd5 13. Be5 Bd6 (13... Qb6 14. Qb3 f6
15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Qxd5+ Kh8 17. Bf4 Qxb2 18. Rae1 $16) 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Qb3
Nf4 16. Nb5 Qb6 17. Rad1 e5 $1 $132) 13. Re1 {Weiß folgt der richtigen
Strategie - er entwickelt seine Figuren und gleichzeitig passt er auf, dass
Schwarz sich am Damenflügel nicht entfesselt und den Läufer c8 in die Freiheit
bringt.} Ra7 $6 {Die schwarze Lage ist nicht einfach, dieser Zug sieht aber
nun wirklich sehr gekünstelt aus.} (13... Nd5 14. Be5 $1 Bc5 (14... Bd6 15.
Nxe6 Bxe6 16. Bxd5 Bxe5 17. Rxe5 $16) (14... Bf6 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Bxf6 gxf6
17. c4 Qxc4 18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. Qh4 $18) 15. Nb3 Ba7 16. c4 $16) (13... Qb6 14.
Qb3 Qxb3 15. Nxb3 Rd8 16. c4 $14) 14. a4 {Weiß erhöht langsam den Druck.} Bd7
15. Qb3 Qc8 (15... Bc5 16. Bxb7 Nh5 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Bf3 $16) 16. a5 $16 {
Schwarz kann sich kaum noch bewegen.} Bc5 17. Rad1 (17. Be5 $5 Rd8 (17... Bxd4
$2 18. Bxd4 Ra8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Bxb7 Qb8 21. Qb6 Ra7 22. Bxa6 $18) 18. Rad1
$16) 17... Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Bc6 19. Qb6 $6 (19. c4 $5 {wäre vielleicht etwas
genauer gewesen.} Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Re8 21. h3 Qc5 22. Qc3 Raa8 23. Be5 $16) 19...
Ra8 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Qxc6 bxc6 22. c4 $1 {Es ist wichtig, dem schwarzen
Springer das Feld d5 zu nehmen.} Rfd8 23. Red1 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Kf8 25. g4 Ke8 (
25... h6 26. Be5 Ke7 $14 {Weiß steht besser, aber es ist nicht so einfach, die
schwarze Verteidigungslinie zu knacken.}) 26. g5 Ng8 27. Be5 f6 28. gxf6 gxf6 (
28... Nxf6 29. Rd6 $18) 29. Bc7 Ne7 $2 (29... Rc8 $1 30. Bb6 c5 31. Rh4 (31.
Rd6 Ke7 32. Rd3 f5 $11) 31... h6 32. Kg2 Kf7 $11) 30. Rd6 Kf7 31. Bb6 (31. Kf1
{ist ebenfalls stark, um den König näher zum Zentrum zu bringen. Mit 29....Ne7
hat sich Schwarz dast in eine Pattstellung gebracht.} Rc8 32. Bb6 e5 33. Rd7
Ke6 34. Ra7 $16) 31... e5 32. Bc5 Ng6 33. Rxc6 $18 {Der Rest ist die Sache der
Technik.} Nf4 34. Be3 Nd3 35. b3 f5 36. Rd6 e4 37. f4 Rg8+ 38. Kf1 Rg4 {
Anscheinend hat Schwarz hier die Zeit überschritten. Die Stellung war aber
sowieso verloren - Weiß sollte am besten mit 39.Rxa6 fortfahren und danach
seinen a-Bauern nach vorne bewegen.} 1-0

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Men 5th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2008.09.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2008.09.18"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Be2 a6 10. O-O b5 11. a3 Qb6 12. Nd1 a5 13. c3 Ba6 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. b4
Bxe3+ 16. Nxe3 f6 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 fxe5 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 d4 21. Nd5
exd5 22. bxa5 Qc5 23. Rac1 Qxa3 24. Qxd4 Qxa5 25. e6 Bb7 26. e7 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1
b4 28. Qf2 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT final"]
[Site "Motril"]
[Date "2008.11.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2008.11.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cajacanarias"]
[BlackTeam "Linex Magic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
f5 9. Qc2 Bf6 10. Rad1 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Be4 12. Qd2 d6 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 Nd7
15. Qc2 Qe8 16. e4 fxe4 17. Qxe4 e5 18. Qd5+ Qf7 19. Ne3 Rae8 20. Qxf7+ Rxf7
21. Kg2 exd4 22. Bxd4 Re4 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. b3 h5 25. h3 Rfe7 26. Rd3 Kf7 27.
Rc1 a5 28. a3 g5 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 b5 31. cxb5 Rxb4 32. Nf5 Rd7 33. Nd4 g4
34. Rc2 Ne4 35. Re2 Nc5 36. Rd1 Kf6 37. hxg4 hxg4 38. Nc2 Rxb5 39. Ne3 Kg7 40.
Rd4 Ne6 41. Rxg4+ Kf7 42. Rh4 Re7 43. Rd2 Ke8 44. Nd5 Rf7 45. f4 Kd7 46. Rh6 c6
47. Nf6+ Ke7 48. Nh5 Kd7 49. Ra2 Rb7 50. g4 c5 51. f5 Nd4 52. Ra6 Kc7 53. Nf6
Rb3 54. Ra7+ Rb7 55. Ne8+ Kd8 56. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. Qb3 {A rare move, in
this game, however, leading to a well-known position of the 6.Qc2 system.} c5
7. cxd5 exd5 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 c4 (9... h6) 10. Nd2 O-O 11. e3 (11. e4 $2
Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Qe8 13. O-O-O Qxe4 $17 {0-1 Clausen,S-Sarosi,Z/Copenhagen 1988/
TD (51)}) (11. b3 b5 $5 (11... cxb3 12. Qxb3 b6 13. e3 Bb7 14. Bb5 Rc8 $1 15.
O-O $6 (15. Bf4 $1 $16 {Ftacnik}) 15... Qc7 16. Qb4 Qc3 17. Rfb1 a6 18. Bf1
Qxb4 19. axb4 Rc2 $132 {1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Lautier,J/Biel 1993/CBM 037/[Ftacnik] 
(52)}) 12. a4 b4 $1 13. Qxb4 Rb8 14. Qc3 cxb3 15. e3 Qb6 16. Rb1 b2 $132 {
0-1 Peric,S-Sarosi,Z/Kecskemet 1992/EXT 2004 (45)}) (11. g3 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6
13. Bg2 Re8 14. e3 Bf5 15. O-O Rc8 16. a4 Re6 $13 {0-1 Gurieli,N-Milov,V/Biel
1998/CBM 066/[Milov,V] (30)}) 11... h6 12. Bh4 (12. Bf4 Nb6 (12... Re8 13. Be2
b5 14. a4 $1 bxa4 15. Rxa4 Nb6 16. Ra5 $1 Bg4 17. Bxg4 Nxg4 18. O-O Nf6 19.
Rfa1 Nh5 20. Be5 f6 21. Bg3 Nxg3 22. hxg3 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Rd5] 1-0 Yakovich,
Y-Yandarbiev,R/Krasnoyarsk 2003/CBM 098/[Yakovich] (46)}) (12... b5 13. a4 $1
bxa4 14. Rxa4 Nb6 15. Ra5 Bd7 16. Qa3 a6 17. Be2 Bb5 18. O-O Rc8 19. Nb1 Ne4
20. Nc3 Nxc3 21. bxc3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Zvjaginsev,V/RUS-ch m1-2 1997/CBM
59 (45)}) 13. a4 (13. Be2 Na4 14. Qb4 Qd7 15. b3 a5 16. Qd6 c3 17. Qxd7 cxd2+
18. Kxd2 Bxd7 19. bxa4 Ne4+ 20. Ke1 g5 21. Bg3 Bxa4 22. f3 Nxg3 23. hxg3 $14 {
1-0 Gelfand,B-Greenfeld,A/Haifa 1998/EXT 2002 (41)}) 13... a5 14. b3 (14. Be2
Bf5 15. O-O Qe7 16. Qa3 Qxa3 17. Rxa3 Rfc8 18. Rc1 Ne4 19. Nb1 {1-0 Yakovich,
Y-Voitsekhovsky,S/Tomsk 1997/EXT 2000/[Baburin] (51)} g5 $1 $11 {Baburin})
14... Be6 15. Be2 Qe7 16. O-O Rfc8 17. Rfb1 (17. bxc4 dxc4 18. e4 Bf5 19. Bf3
Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Qc2 f5 22. Be5 Nd5 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Qxe4 Qf7 $13 {
1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A-Alekseev,E/Moscow 2008/CBM 127 (40)}) 17... Bf5 18. Rc1
Rc6 19. h3 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Bg3 {1/2-1/2 Potkin,V-Kosintseva,T/Moscow RUS
2009/The Week in Chess 746}) 12... Qe8 $1 $146 {[%cal Yf6e4,Yb7b5][%mdl 8] A
strong multi-purpose move.} (12... b5 $143 13. a4 $1 bxa4 14. Rxa4 Ne4 15. Bxd8
Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rxd8 17. Be2 Nf6 18. f3 a5 19. Kf2 Bd7 20. Ra2 a4 21. Rha1 Bc6
22. e4 $1 $14 {1-0 Akopian,V-Khenkin,I/Amsterdam 2005/CBM 107 ext (45)}) 13. f3
$6 (13. Bg3 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Qxe4 15. f3 Qe7 $13 {is probably more accurate.})
13... b5 $1 14. Kf2 (14. a4 $4 b4 $1 {is the point behind 12...Qe8.}) 14... a5
$17 {Black's queenside initiative is definitely coming first!} 15. g4 Qe7 16.
Bg3 b4 17. Qc2 b3 $6 (17... Re8 $142 $1 18. Re1 (18. axb4 Qxe3+ 19. Kg2 Qxd4
20. bxa5 Bb7 $17) 18... bxa3 $17) 18. Qc3 (18. Qc1 Nb6 19. h3 Na4 20. Nb1 Nd7
$1 21. Nc3 Nxc3 22. Qxc3 Nb6 $17 {[%cal Yb6a4]}) 18... Nb6 19. Re1 Na4 20. Qc1
Re8 $6 {Black loses an important tempo.} (20... c3 21. bxc3 b2 22. Qc2 $13) (
20... Bd7 $142 $1 21. Nb1 Rac8 22. h3 (22. Nc3 Nxc3 23. Qxc3 Bxg4 $1) 22... c3
$1 23. Nxc3 Rc6 24. Qa1 Rxc3 $1 25. bxc3 Rc8 $17) 21. h3 c3 $2 {Now it was
better to play positionally:} (21... Bb7 22. Nb1 Nd7 $15 {[%cal Yd7b6] The ...
c4-c3 threat is stronger than its execution!}) 22. bxc3 b2 23. Qc2 Bd7 24. Nb1
{The b2-pawn is stopped, and the a4 knight is hardly stronger than the white
blocker on b1. Conclusion: White has taken over the initiative and can now try
to prepare a kingside attack (although it is not easy).} Bc6 (24... Rec8 25.
Bd3 Nxc3 $6 {doesn't work due to} 26. Qxb2) 25. Bd3 Qb7 26. h4 $36 {>>} Bb5 $4
{[%mdl 8192] A terrible blunder probably caused by bewilderment: Black had
hung on so well... However, it is hard to suggest anything instead (except
waiting).} 27. Qb3 Bc6 28. Qxb7 Bxb7 29. Bb5 {Black's position now just
collapses.} Nb6 30. g5 hxg5 (30... Nh5 31. Re2) 31. hxg5 Nh7 32. Re2 Re6 33.
Rxb2 Nxg5 34. Bf4 Nh7 35. Nd2 {An extra pawn and a bishop pair are quite
enough for an easy victory.} Ba6 36. Rc1 Nf6 37. Bxa6 Rxa6 38. Rb5 Rc6 39. e4
Ra8 40. c4 $1 Nxc4 41. Nxc4 dxc4 (41... Rac8 42. Nb6 Rxc1 43. Bxc1 Rxc1 44. e5
$18) 42. d5 Rcc8 43. Ke3 Nd7 44. Kd4 f6 45. Rxc4 Rxc4+ 46. Kxc4 Rc8+ 47. Kd4 g5
48. Bd6 Kf7 49. Rxa5 Rc1 50. Ra7 Ke8 51. a4 Rf1 52. a5 Rxf3 53. Ra8+ Kf7 54. a6
Rf1 55. Rd8 Rd1+ 56. Kc3 Nb6 57. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 {'Fischer scored 3:0
with this move (Bolbochan, Najdorf, Reshevsky, all in 1962).' Fischer hat
damit ein 3:0 geholt (Bolbochan, Najdorf, Reshevsky, alles 1962).} e6 {'The
most important alternatives are:' Die wichtigsten Alternativen sind:} (6... e5
7. Nde2 b5 8. g4 Bb7 9. Bg2 {'and according to Kuzmin White plays as in the 6.
g3 system but is a tempo ahead (g2-g4 instead of g2-g3-g4).' und laut Kuzmin
spielt Weiß wie im 6.g3-System hat aber ein Tempo mehr (g2-g4 statt g2-g3-g4).}
) ({After Auf} 6... g6 {'Kuzmin recommends a setup with' empfiehlt Kuzmin
einen Aufbau mit} 7. Be3 {'followed by Qd2 and 0-0-0.' gefolgt von Qd2 und
0-0-0.}) 7. g4 d5 (7... b5 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O $1 {'Karjakin's idea!' Karjakins
Idee!} b4 10. Nd5 $1 exd5 11. exd5 Be7 12. Nc6 Qc7 13. Nxe7 Kxe7 14. g5 Nfd7
15. Re1+ Kd8 {'White has sufficient compensation, but for keeping equality
only ... (Kuzmin)' "Weiß hat ausreichende Kompensation, aber nicht mehr ..." 
(Kuzmin)}) 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nde2 ({Kuzmin recommends Kuzmin empfiehlt} 9. Bd2 {
'"In my opinion the most unpleasant continuation for Black" (Kuzmin)' "Meines
Erachtens die für Schwarz unangenehmste Fortsetzung" (Kuzmin).} Nc6 10. Nxc6
bxc6 11. Bg2 Be7 12. Na4 $14) 9... Bb4 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Nxc3 Nc6 $6
{'Karjakin must know this variation, but with this move he immediately gets
into a difficult endgame.' Karjakin muss ja die Variante kennen, aber hiermit
gerät er sofort in ein schwieriges Endspiel.} (12... Qc7 {'should be the
critical line; there is as yet no practical experience with it at the top
level.' dürfte die kritische Variante sein, praktische Erfahrungen auf
Topebene gibt es noch nicht.}) 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Na4 e5 15. c3 Be7 16. Nb6 Rb8
17. Nxc8 Rbxc8 18. Be3 Kf8 19. Rfd1 Rd6 20. Kf1 Na5 21. Rxd6 Bxd6 22. Rd1 Ke7
23. b3 Nc6 24. Be4 b5 25. b4 Nd8 26. Rc1 Ne6 27. Ke2 Rb8 28. Ra1 Nf4+ 29. Kd2
Nxh3 30. Rh1 Nf4 31. Rxh7 Kf6 32. Kc2 Bc7 33. Ba7 Rd8 34. Rh1 a5 35. Rb1 axb4
36. Rxb4 Kg5 37. f3 g6 38. Rxb5 f5 39. gxf5 gxf5 40. Bb7 Ng2 41. Bf2 Bd6 42. a4
Kf4 43. a5 e4 44. fxe4 fxe4 45. Bb6 Rg8 46. a6 e3 47. Kd3 {Shipov: A highly
important victory for the Russian grandmaster, who showed great technique and
enviable accuracy. Alekseev employed Fischer's idea 6.h3 against the Najdorf
Sicilian, and after Black made a dubious novelty 12...Nc6?!, White proceeded
to a better endgame. The rest was a textbook example of using the bishop pair.
Evgeny skillfully restricted the opponent (23.b3!) and consistently developed
the queenside attack (28.Ra1!, 35.Rb1!). Sergey didn't have a single chance!}
1-0

[Event "Biel GM 42nd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2009.07.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[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. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 Bg4
8. h3 Bh5 {Morozevich is striving for more complicated play.} ({The safe
choice is} 8... Bxf3 {which appeared a couple of times even in the world
championship match Kasparov-Karpov in Sevilla 1987.} {After} 9. Qxf3 Qd5 {
Black is only slightly worse and his position is free of weaknesses.}) 9. g4
Bg6 10. Ne5 Be4 {A novelty on a high level.} (10... Nd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. d5
Qc7 13. Bg2 Qe5+ 14. Be3 cxd5 15. Qxd5 $16 {0-1 Nikolenko,O (2475)-Galkin,A 
(2430)/Moscow 1995/CBM 050 ext (34)}) (10... e6 11. h4 Bd6 12. Qe2 c5 13. Qb5+
Nd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. dxc5 Be4 16. Qxd7+ Kxd7 17. f3 Bg3+ (17... Bxf3 $2 18.
Rh3 Bxg4 19. Rd3 $18) 18. Ke2 Bd5 19. Be3 b6 20. Rh3 Be5 21. f4 Bc7 22. Rd1 Kc6
23. cxb6 axb6 24. a3 Ra4 $132 {0-1 Filipenko,A (2360)-Ovetchkin,R (2511)/Ufa
1999/CBM 070 ext (37)}) (10... Qd5 11. f3 Nd7 12. Bc4 Qd6 13. Bf4 Nxe5 14. Bxe5
Qd7 15. Qe2 e6 16. O-O-O $14 {1/2-1/2 Campora,D (2541)-Burmakin,V (2519)/Dos
Hermanas 2006/CBM 111 ext (28)}) 11. f3 (11. Qb3 Bd5 12. Bc4 Bxc4 13. Qxc4 Qd5
$11) 11... Bd5 12. Be3 {This is a bit passive.} (12. Bf4 $1 {This is a better
place for the bishop. If Black exchanges White's active knight, the bishop
might replace it on e5.} g6 13. c4 Be6 14. Qd2 h5 15. Rh2 $14) 12... g6 {
Black's light-squared bishop is going to be kicked away to e6, so the
fianchetto is the only reasonable way to develop.} 13. c4 Be6 14. Qd2 $6 {
Again Alekseev chooses a solid way of development, but it is not ambitious
enough.} ({The idea} 14. Qa4 $6 {does not work in view of} Bg7 15. d5 $2 Nxd5
$17) ({But} 14. Qb3 $1 {seems right to the point.} Qc7 (14... Qa5+ 15. Kf2
O-O-O 16. d5 $1 cxd5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Rc1+ Nc7 19. Nc4 $40) 15. O-O-O Bg7 16.
f4 b5 17. f5 bxc4 (17... gxf5 18. gxf5 Bxf5 19. Rg1 {with fine compensation.})
18. Qc2 $1 ({The idea of a queen sacrifice is creative, but not very promising:
} 18. Bxc4 Rb8 19. Qxb8+ (19. fxe6 Rxb3 20. exf7+ Kf8 21. Bxb3 Nd5 $15) 19...
Qxb8 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Bxe6 Qd6 22. Bf7+ Kd8 23. Bxg6 Kc7 $13) 18... Nd5 19.
Bd2 gxf5 20. gxf5 Bd7 21. Re1 $14) 14... h5 15. Rg1 (15. Rh2 Nd7 16. O-O-O Nxe5
17. dxe5 Qxd2+ 18. Rhxd2 hxg4 19. hxg4 Bg7 20. Bf4 a6 $11 {[%cal Gb7b5]}) 15...
hxg4 16. hxg4 Nd7 {Exchanging white's most active piece.} 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18.
O-O-O Rd8 19. Rg2 Bg7 20. Rh2 {The manouevre Rh1-g1-g2-h2 is amusing, but not
more than that.} Qd6 21. Rxh8+ Bxh8 {Black has no problems. The king feels
quite comfortable on e8. Actually White should already look for equality.} 22.
Qc2 (22. Qa5 $2 Qg3 23. Be2 Bxg4 24. Rg1 Qh2 $17) 22... a6 $1 23. Be2 $6 (23.
b3 $1 b5 24. c5 $1 {was the right way to equalise. Black will get the d5
outpost at his disposal, but not more than that. The potential weakness Pd4 is
well protected.}) 23... b5 24. Kb1 bxc4 25. Bxc4 Bd5 $15 {White's pawn
weaknesses are more apparent than the black ones.} 26. Qe2 Qe6 27. Bxd5 Rxd5
28. Qh2 Bf6 $6 {The exchange of bishops was actually fine for Black.} (28...
Qxe3 $1 29. Qxh8+ Kd7 30. Qa8 Qxf3 31. Qb7+ (31. Re1 e6 $17 {Black's king will
escape to g7.}) 31... Ke8 32. Qxc6+ Kf8 $17) 29. Bc1 $6 {Missing the chance to
activate his pieces.} (29. Rd3 $1 c5 30. Rb3 cxd4 31. Rb8+ Rd8 32. Rxd8+ Kxd8
33. Qb8+ Qc8 34. Qb6+ Qc7 35. Bxd4 $11) 29... c5 30. Qb8+ Rd8 31. d5 {The only
way to save the pawn.} Qe2 32. Qb3 c4 33. Qa4+ Kf8 34. Rd2 Qxf3 35. Qxc4 a5 (
35... Bg5 36. Rd4 Qh1 $17) 36. a3 Qh1 37. Qd3 Kg8 {Black is clearly better.
His king is much safer and Pd5 and Pg4 are targets.} 38. Rd1 Qg2 39. Qc4 Qf3
40. Rd3 Qf1 41. Ka2 Qe2 42. g5 Be5 43. Kb1 e6 $4 {After fine play, achieving a
clearly better position, Morozevich throws all away with a one move blunder.} (
{After, let's say} 43... Qf1 {or any other normal move Black could continue
torturing his opponent, even though it's not so easy to achieve progress.}) 44.
dxe6 $1 Kg7 $8 (44... Rxd3 45. Qc8+ Kh7 46. exf7 $18) (44... Qxd3+ 45. Qxd3
Rxd3 46. e7 $18 {Could Morozevich miss this one?}) 45. e7 $1 Re8 46. Qd5 $1
Rxe7 47. Re3 Qh2 48. Bd2 f6 (48... Kh7 49. Re1 $1 $18 {[%cal Ge1h1]}) 49. gxf6+
Kxf6 $2 {This weird recapture is the last mistake.} ({After} 49... Bxf6 50.
Rxe7+ Bxe7 51. Bxa5 Qg1+ 52. Ka2 Bf6 {Black could still put up a stubborn
resistance.}) 50. Qf3+ {Now White wins by force.} Kg7 51. Bc3 Qg1+ 52. Ka2 Qg5
53. Rxe5 Rxe5 54. Qd5 Kf6 55. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2009.08.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Na3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8.
Nb5 Qd8 9. Nbxd4 Nd5 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bd2 Bc5 12. Bb5 Qb6 13. Qa4 O-O 14. Bxc6
bxc6 15. O-O e5 16. Nb3 Be7 17. c4 Nc7 18. Na5 Bd7 19. Be3 Qa6 20. Rfd1 Rfd8
21. b4 Be8 22. a3 Ne6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 c5 26. Qd2 cxb4 27.
axb4 Qd6 28. b5 Qc7 29. h3 Kf7 30. Qa2 Bc5 31. Bxc5 Nxc5 32. Qa3 a6 33. Nb3
Nxb3 34. Qxb3 Qb6 35. Nxe5+ fxe5 36. c5+ Qe6 37. Qf3+ Ke7 38. Qb7+ Kf6 39. bxa6
Bc6 40. Qb8 Qd5 41. Qf8+ Kg6 42. f3 h6 43. a7 e4 44. fxe4 Qd4+ 45. Kh1 Qxe4 46.
Qd6+ Kh7 47. Qd2 Qf5 48. Kh2 Qe5+ 49. Kh1 Qa1+ 50. Kh2 Qxa7 51. Qd3+ Kg8 52.
Qd8+ Kf7 53. Qd6 Qd7 54. Qf4+ Kg6 55. Qg3+ Kh7 56. Qf2 Qd3 0-1

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2009.08.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. h3 h6 11. b3 Kc8 12. Bb2 Ne7 13. Rad1 c5 14. Rd2
b6 15. Ne2 {White players are ready to use all sorts of wonderful moves in the
fight against the Berlin Defence, but they find it impossible to change the
basic setup. Black has for the worse pawn structure and cramped position, but
the advantage of two bishops and remarkable flexibility in defence.} (15. Rfd1
Be6 (15... Bf5 16. Nh2 Be6 17. f4 Kb7 18. g4 g6 19. Ne4 Bg7 20. c4 Rae8 21. Nf3
$14 {1/2-1/2 Morovic Fernandez,I-Mitkov,N/Poikovsky 2001/ (51)}) 16. Ne2 g5 17.
h4 (17. c4 Kb7 18. Nc3 Ng6 19. Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Volokitin,A (2654)-Eljanov,P (2686)
/Dresden 2007}) (17. Rd8+ Kb7 18. Rxa8 Kxa8 19. h4 g4 20. Ne1 Nc6 21. Nf4 Bf5
22. Nd5 Bg7 23. Nxc7+ {1/2-1/2 Smirin,I (2702)-Almasi,Z (2630)/Pula 2001})
17... g4 18. Nh2 h5 19. Rd8+ Kb7 20. Rxa8 Kxa8 21. Rd8+ Kb7 22. Nf4 Ng6 23.
Nxe6 (23. g3 c4 24. bxc4 Nxf4 25. gxf4 g3 26. Nf1 gxf2+ 27. Kh2 Bxc4 {0-1
Anand,V (2794)-Kramnik,V (2797)/Mainz 2001}) 23... fxe6 24. g3 Bh6 25. Rxh8
Nxh8 26. f3 gxf3 27. Kf2 Ng6 28. g4 Nxh4 29. gxh5 Kc6 30. Ng4 Bg5 31. h6 Kd7
32. h7 Ng6 33. Kxf3 {1-0 Grischuk,A (2748)-Eljanov,P (2693)/Odessa 2009 (53)})
15... Ng6 16. c4 {The advance of the white c-pawn sometimes simplifies the
opponent's counterplay on the queenside, so it is far from a universal idea.} (
16. Rfd1 Be6 17. h4 $1 (17. Ng3 Kb7 18. Nh5 Rg8 19. Rd8 Rxd8 20. Rxd8 c6 21. g4
Kc7 22. Rd1 Be7 23. Ne1 Nh4 24. Kh2 g5 25. f4 gxf4 26. Nxf4 Bg5 27. Bc1 c4 28.
Nxe6+ fxe6 29. Bxg5 hxg5 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2801)-McShane,L (2592)/Germany 2007
(39)}) (17. Rd8+ Kb7 18. Rxa8 Kxa8 19. Rd8+ (19. Ng3 Be7 20. Nh5 Rg8 21. c4 Nh4
22. Nxh4 Bxh4 23. Nf4 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. g4 Bg5 27. Kg2 Bd2
28. h4 {1-0 Shirov,A (2732)-Panjwani,R (2350)/Edmonton 2009 (53)}) 19... Kb7
20. g4 Rh7 21. Nh2 Be7 22. Rd1 Bg5 {1/2-1/2 Baramidze,D (2551)-Naiditsch,A 
(2663)/Bad Koenigshofen 2007 (25)}) 17... Be7 (17... Bg4 18. Nh2 Bxe2 19. Rxe2
Nxh4 20. Re4 Ng6 (20... Nf5 21. Rf4) 21. e6 $36) 18. h5 Nh4 19. Nxh4 Bxh4 20.
Nf4 $3 Bg5 (20... Bf5 21. e6 $36) 21. Nxe6 Bxd2 22. Nxg7 Bg5 23. g3 Rd8 24.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Nf5 {1-0 Grischuk,A (2712)-Marciano,D (2502)/France 2003/ (41)})
16... Bc6 17. Ne1 Kb7 18. f4 Re8 $6 {Eljanov will committ two serious
inaccuracies in the defence and that will be enough for tough punishment by
his opponent. The logical development of the bishop to e7 would keep the
chances roughly equal.} (18... Be7 $1 19. f5 (19. Nc3 Bh4 20. Nd3 Rad8 21. Kh2
Rhe8 22. g3 Be7 $11) 19... Bg5 20. fxg6 (20. Rd1 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Rhe8 22. Nd3 f6
$17) 20... Bxd2 21. gxf7 Bd7 22. e6 Bxe6 23. Bxg7 Bxf7 24. Bxh8 Rxh8 25. Rxf7
Bxe1 26. Kf1 Bd2 $11) 19. Nf3 Ne7 (19... Be7 20. f5 Nh4 21. Nxh4 Bxh4 22. Nf4
Rd8 23. Re2 $14) 20. Ng3 b5 $2 {[%mdl 16384] The untimely advance of the
b-pawn is a nervous and faulty decision. It was necessary to concentrate on
passive, but tough to break defence.} (20... Rg8 21. f5 Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Nc6 23.
Re3 Be7 $14) 21. cxb5 Bxb5 22. Rc1 Ng6 (22... Bc6 23. f5 Nd5 24. Kf2 Rg8 25.
Ne4 Kb6 26. Rcd1 Nb4 27. Nc3 Kb7 28. Re2 $16) 23. Nh5 Bc6 24. Kf2 Kb6 25. Ba3
Be4 (25... Rg8 26. Rdc2 Rd8 27. Bxc5+ Bxc5+ 28. Rxc5 Ne7 29. R5c4 $16) 26. Rc4
Bb7 27. Rdc2 {The pawn on c5 is lost; the pressure as a result of Black's
mistakes is very tough.} f6 (27... Re6 28. Nxg7 (28. f5 Bxf3 29. gxf3 Rxe5 30.
Ng3 Ne7 31. Bxc5+ Ka6 32. Bd4 $18) 28... Bxg7 29. Bxc5+ Kc6 (29... Ka6 30. Ra4+
Kb5 31. Nd4#) 30. Bd6+ Kd7 31. Rxc7+ Ke8 32. Rxb7 $18) 28. Nxg7 $1 {Tactical
blows of this type constitute a very bad sign for the player trying to save a
slightly cramped position. Alekseev has decided to play for mate.} Rc8 (28...
Bxg7 29. Bxc5+ Kc6 30. Bxa7+ Kd7 (30... Kd5 31. f5 c5 32. Rd2+ Kc6 33. Rxc5#)
31. Rxc7+ Ke6 32. Nd4+ Kd5 33. Rxb7 $18) 29. exf6 Bd5 30. f5 Bxc4 31. Rxc4 (31.
Rxc4 Ne7 32. Bxc5+ Kb7 33. Bxe7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Qc8 {
Quite a rare continuation, which was examined by IM I. Tsesarsky in CBM 63 
(annotations to his game vs. E. Shvidler). Black protects his bishop and waits
for Nb1-c3 in order to play ...Nf6-e4.} ({Juan S. Morgado: La línea normal es} 
7... d5 {is the main line.}) 8. Nc3 (8. Ne5 $6 Bxg2 9. Kxg2 Qb7+ 10. f3 c5 11.
dxc5 bxc5 12. Nc3 d6 13. Nd3 Nc6 14. e4 Rab8 15. b3 Nd7 16. Be3 Bf6 17. Rc1 a6
18. Qd2 h6 19. Bf4 Nde5 $132 {1-0 Bykhovsky,A-Tsesarsky,I/Grand Prix 1997
rapid,Ashkelon,Israel. (34)}) (8. Qc2 c5 $5 (8... Be4) 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nc3 Nc6
11. a3 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. Nb5 Bc5 15. b4 Be7 16. Bb2 a5 $1 $11
{1/2 Koneru,H (2622)-Dzagnidze,N (2479)/Nalchik RUS 2010/The Week in Chess 808
(43)}) (8. b3 d6 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. d5 Bf6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6
14. Bh3 Bf5 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. Qd3 Re8 17. Nd4 g6 18. f3 Nd7 $132 {1-0 Gutman,L
(2471)-Ikonnikov,V (2553)/Wiesbaden 1999/EXT 2001 (46)}) (8. Bg5 $5 h6 9. Bxf6
Bxf6 10. e4 d6 11. Nc3 Nd7 (11... c5 {looks premature:} 12. d5 (12. e5 $5 dxe5
13. d5 (13. dxe5 Be7 14. Qc1 a6 15. Qf4 Ra7 16. Ne4 Rd8 17. g4 Bxe4 18. Rxe4
Rad7 $15 {0-1 Wirig,A (2497)-Granda Zuniga,J (2640)/Nancy FRA 2010/The Week in
Chess 799 (58)}) 13... exd5 (13... Rd8 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Rxe5 Nc6 16. Re3 Nd4
17. Qd3 Re8 18. Rae1 Qd7 19. Bh3 Rad8 20. Ne2 $1 $16 {1-0 Prusikin,M (2520)
-Brunello,S (2467)/Chur SUI 2010/The Week in Chess 813 (27)}) 14. cxd5 Nd7 15.
Bh3 Qc7 16. Nb5 Qd8 17. Nd6 Qc7 18. Nxb7 Qxb7 19. Nd2 g6 20. Ne4 Bg7 21. Nd6
Qc7 22. Nb5 $44 {1-0 Akopian,V (2688)-Medvegy,Z (2556)/Rijeka CRO 2010/The
Week in Chess 801 (34)}) 12... e5 13. h4 Qd8 14. Bh3 Bc8 15. Bxc8 Qxc8 16. Kg2
Nd7 17. h5 Be7 18. Qe2 a6 19. Rh1 Qe8 20. Qd3 Rb8 21. a4 Bd8 22. b3 $14 {
1/2 Iordachescu,V (2584)-Aleksic,N (2374)/Zlatibor 2007/CBM 120 ext (65)}) 12.
Qd2 (12. Rc1 c5 13. Nb5 Be7 14. d5 e5 15. h4 a6 16. Na3 Nf6 17. Nc2 g6 $11 {
1/2 Piket,J (2590)-Salov,V (2660)/Wijk aan Zee 1993/CBM 034 (25)}) (12. Qc2 c6
13. e5 dxe5 14. dxe5 Be7 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Qe2 Rad8 17. Nd4 a6 18. f4 c5 19. Nc2
Nb8 $11 {1/2 Baryshpolets,A (2426)-Korobov,A (2623)/Pardubice 2009/CBM 131
Extra (52)}) 12... Re8 (12... c5 $5) 13. Rad1 Nf8 14. h4 a6 15. b3 Qd7 16. e5
Be7 17. d5 Rad8 18. Bh3 Qc8 19. Ne4 Qa8 20. exd6 Bxd6 21. Nxd6 Rxd6 22. Qe3 Qd8
23. Nd4 $14 {1-0 Sharavdorj,D (2453)-Roussel Roozmon,T (2425)/Berkley 2005/CBM
107 (72)}) 8... Ne4 {Juan S. Morgado: Many GMs prefer Juan S. Morgado: Muchos
GM prefieren} 9. Bd2 {Probably too modest.} (9. Nxe4 {is hardly dangerous for
Black, too:} Bxe4 10. d5 (10. Bh3 $5 Nc6 $1 $132 (10... Bxf3 $6 11. exf3 c6 12.
f4 Qa6 13. Bf1 Bf6 14. g4 $36 {1-0 Grabarczyk,M (2522)-Gorin,L (2413)/
Bydgoszcz 2000/CBM 076 ext (25)})) 10... exd5 (10... Qb7 $5 11. Nh4 Bxg2 12.
Nxg2 d6 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Nf4 Qc8 15. Qa4 c6 16. e4 Nd7 17. Nd3 e5 18. Nb4 Nb8
19. Be3 Qb7 20. Rad1 a5 21. Nd3 Nd7 22. Qc2 $14 {1-0 Papaioannou,I (2591)
-Stefansson,H (2575)/Leon 2001/CBM 086 (35)}) 11. cxd5 c5 (11... Re8 $142) 12.
Bg5 (12. Nh4 $1 Bxg2 13. Nf5 $1 Re8 14. Kxg2 $14) 12... f6 13. d6 Bd8 14. Bd2
Qc6 15. Bc3 b5 16. b3 a5 17. Qd2 Na6 18. a4 b4 19. Bb2 c4 20. bxc4 Bb6 $132 {
1-0 Papaioannou,I (2561)-Graf,A (2584)/Korinthos 1999/EXT 2000 (55)}) (9. Qc2
$5 f5 ({Juan S. Morgado: If Juan S. Morgado: Si} 9... Nxc3 10. Qxc3 f5 (10...
c5 $5 11. dxc5 bxc5 $132) 11. Ne5 (11. b3 {- see below}) (11. Rd1 $5) 11... d6
12. Bxb7 Qxb7 13. Nd3 Bf6 14. Nf4 Nc6 15. Qf3 Rae8 16. Rd1 Kh8 17. Nh5 Qa8 18.
Nxf6 Rxf6 19. b3 e5 $11 {1/2 Jeremic,V (2525)-Aleksic,N (2378)/Vrnjacka Banja
2005/EXT 2006 (26)}) 10. b3 (10. Nd2 $6 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Nc6 13. Qd3
Qb7 14. Nf3 Nb4 $1 15. Qb3 Qe4 $36 {0-1 Siegel,G (2540)-Kortschnoj,V (2625)/
Switzerland 1998/EXT 2006 (55)}) (10. d5 $5 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Bf6 12. Qc2 {1-0
Miciak,E (2410)-Bas Fortuny,M (2325)/ICCF 1996/ICCF Telechess CBM 112 (24)} Na6
$5) 10... Nxc3 (10... c5 $5 11. Bb2 Na6 12. a3 d5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. e3 Qe6 15.
Nb5 Rfc8 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rac1 Nb8 18. Nc3 Nd7 $11 {1/2 Forslof,L (2425)
-Staudler,H (2570)/ICCF 1998/ICCF tele 1/2002 (44)}) 11. Qxc3 a5 12. a3 Bf6 13.
Bb2 Na6 14. Qd2 Be4 15. Red1 {intending Ne1. 15.Red1 is better than 15.b4,
according to Anton. Con idea de Ne1. 15.Red1 es mejor que 15.b4, según Anton.}
(15. b4 Qb7 16. b5 Nb8 17. a4 d6 18. Bh3 Qc8 19. c5 dxc5 20. dxc5 Nd7 21. Bxf6
Rxf6 22. c6 Nc5 $13 {1/2 Alatortsev,V-Makogonov,V/Tbilisi 1937/EXT 2000 (52)})
15... Qb7 16. Ne1 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 c6 $6 {Very artificial Muy artificial.} (17...
d6 $5 {Juan S.Morgado}) (17... b5 $5) 18. Nf4 Bg5 19. d5 $1 $36 {1-0 Anton,V 
(2616)-Rittner,H (2601)/corr BdF 2000/78 telechess/[Juan S. Morgado] (64) This
breakthrough is very strong, and brings out the power of the Bb2. Ahora esta
ruptura es muy fuerte, y se potencia el Bb2.}) 9... f5 {Strengthening the e4
outpost underlines the passivity of White's e1 rook.} (9... d5 10. cxd5 exd5
11. Rc1 Na6 {1/2 Martinovic,S (2447)-Abramovic,B (2508)/Belgrade 2007/CBM 121
Extra (15)} (11... Nd7 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Ng5 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Bd5 15. Qc2 h6 16.
Qxc7 $1 $16 {1-0 Yevseev,D (2572)-Vlasenko,M (2409)/Peterhof 2006/CBM 113 ext 
(33)}) 12. Ne5 $36) (9... c5 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 d6 13. e4 Nd7
14. Bh3 Qd8 15. Qf4 a6 16. Rad1 f6 17. Be6+ Kh8 18. Qe3 Ne5 {1/2 Jurek,J (2387)
-Voloshin,L (2494)/Imperia 2004/EXT 2005}) (9... d6 $5 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Bh3
Qd8 12. Bc3 c5 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Red1 Rc8 15. b3 {1/2 Wells,P (2506)-Bykhovsky,A
(2415)/Herzliya 2000/CBM 079}) 10. d5 Na6 11. Nd4 $146 (11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Ng5
exd5 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Nxe4 Nc5 $11 {1/2 Shvidler,E (2455)
-Tsesarsky,I (2425)/Israel 1998/CBM 063/[Tsesarsky]}) 11... Bf6 $1 12. e3 Nd6
13. b3 c6 $132 {Black has solved his opening problems. Now lengthy manoeuvring
starts.} 14. Rc1 Qe8 15. Qc2 Rc8 16. Qb1 Qf7 17. Rcd1 Rfd8 18. Bc1 Nc5 19. Ba3
Nce4 20. dxe6 dxe6 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 fxe4 {The e4 pawn is now weak but
White's king is less safe.} 23. c5 Rd5 24. Qxe4 bxc5 25. Ne2 Rcd8 26. Rc1 $2 {
Why give up the d-file?} (26. Qc2 $142 {although Black is OK after} Qd7 $1 27.
Rxd5 cxd5 28. Qxc5 e5 $44 {Zagrebelny}) 26... Rd2 27. Rc2 (27. Bxc5 Ba6 28. Nf4
g5 $1 (28... e5 29. Ng2 Rxa2 30. Ra1 Rxa1 31. Rxa1 Bb5 $36) 29. Nh3 (29. Nxe6
$2 Re8) 29... Bb2 $17 {Zagrebelny}) 27... Ba6 $1 28. Rxd2 Rxd2 29. Nf4 (29. Qf3
Qd7 $17) 29... e5 {[%csl Rf2]} 30. Bc1 (30. Ng2 Rxa2 31. Bc1 (31. Bxc5 Be7 $1
32. Bxe7 Qxf2+ 33. Kh1 Bf1 $19) 31... Bd8 $1 32. f4 Ba5 33. Rd1 Qxb3 $19) 30...
Rxa2 31. Qb1 Ra5 32. Ne2 Rb5 {[%csl Rb3]} 33. Qa1 Bc8 34. Nc3 Rxb3 $19 {
Black has two extra pawns and a continuous attack.} ({However,} 34... e4 $1 $19
{(Zagrebelny), with a deadly pin, was even stronger.}) 35. Ne4 Bh3 36. Nxf6+
gxf6 37. Qa4 c4 38. Qxc6 Kg7 39. Qe4 Qb7 {The safest. Despite the
opposite-coloured bishops, White has few chances to survive in the resulting
endgame as his king is blocked in, and Black's queenside pawns easily move
forward. However, the game will now drag on.} (39... c3 {was more energetic.})
40. Qxb7+ Rxb7 {[%mdl 4096]} 41. f3 Be6 42. e4 c3 43. Kf2 a5 44. Re2 Rb8 $6 (
44... a4 $142 45. Rc2 $1 ({here is Black's plan if White just waits:} 45. Ke3
Ra7 46. Ba3 Bb3 47. Re1 c2 48. h4 Rd7 49. Rc1 Rd1 {and the black king goes to
c3 - indicated by S.Zagrebelny}) 45... Rb3 (45... Rc7 46. Bd2 $1 {- that's why
the black rook is poorly placed on the 7th rank!}) 46. Ra2 $1 Bf7 $1 (46... Bd7
$143 47. Ra3 Bb5 (47... Rb2+ 48. Ke1) 48. Ke1) 47. f4 (47. Ra3 Rb2+ 48. Ke1 Bb3
$19) 47... Rb8 $1 48. Rxa4 (48. Rc2 Rc8 {[%cal Yf7b3]}) 48... Rb1 49. Be3 exf4
50. gxf4 c2 $19 {- White has no Ra7+ and Rc7 - that was the idea of 46...Bf7!})
{Instead, Black is trying to parry the Re2-c2 "threat" by removing his rook
from the 7th rank. However, White finds another way to organize his defence.}
45. Ke3 Bb3 46. Kd3 Rc8 (46... c2 47. Kc3 a4 48. Rd2) 47. Re3 a4 48. f4 Kf7 (
48... Rc4 $142 $1) 49. fxe5 fxe5 50. g4 Kg7 51. Rf3 c2 52. Kd2 Rc4 53. Re3 Rd4+
54. Kc3 Kf6 55. Kb2 Ke6 $1 {Black finally finds the right way.} 56. g5 (56. h4
Kd6 $1 57. g5 Kc5 $19 {[%cal Rc5b4]}) (56. Kc3 Rc4+ 57. Kb2 Kd6 $1 {[%cal
Yd6c5,Yc5d4]} 58. g5 Kc5 59. Rh3 Rb4 $1 60. Kc3 Rb7 $19 {[%cal Yb7d7,Yd7d1]})
56... Kf7 $1 {And now the black king comes back squeezing into the chink!
which has arisen} (56... Kd6 $143 57. Rh3) 57. h4 $6 {[%csl Rh4] This pawn
becomes weak, and Black wins easily. However, passive defence didn't help
either:} (57. Rf3+ Kg7 58. Re3 Kg6 59. Ka3 Rd1 60. Kb2 Rg1 $19) 57... Kg6 58.
Rf3 Kh5 59. Rf6 Kxh4 60. Rh6+ Kg4 61. Rxh7 Rxe4 62. Rh6 Re1 63. g6 Kf5 64. g7
Rg1 65. Rh7 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Saratov Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov"]
[Date "2011.10.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2011.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14.
Nce4 c5 15. Nxe6 Rxe6 16. Rfe1 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 18. c3 b5 19. Re2 h4 20. g4
hxg3 21. fxg3 b4 22. Kf2 Ra6 23. b3 bxc3 24. Nxc3 g5 25. Rd2+ Kc8 26. g4 Nh4
27. Nd5 Bd8 28. Bg3 c4 29. bxc4 c6 30. Nb4 Ra3 31. Rd3 Ra4 32. Nxc6 Bb6+ 33.
Kf1 Rxc4 34. Ne7+ Kb7 35. Rd7+ Rc7 36. Rxc7+ Bxc7 37. Ke2 Bd8 38. Nf5 Kc6 39.
Nd6 Kd5 40. Nxf7 Be7 41. Bxh4 gxh4 42. g5 Ke6 43. g6 Bf8 44. Kf3 Kf5 45. Nd6+
Kxg6 46. Kg4 Bg7 47. e6 Bf8 48. Nf5 Kf6 49. e7 Bxe7 50. Nxe7 Kxe7 51. Kxh4 Kf6
52. Kg4 Kg6 53. a4 a5 54. Kf4 Kh5 55. Ke5 Kh4 56. Kd5 Kxh3 57. Kc5 Kg4 58. Kb5
Kf5 59. Kxa5 Ke6 60. Kb6 Kd7 61. Kb7 1-0

