[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Krasenkow} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7.
cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 {Repeating Wang Hao's game from the 3rd round vs
Kramnik. I had in mind a trap and was curious to see if I could get it in.} Ne7
10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Bb5 Nec6 13. Ne2 Na5 (13... e5 {(Krasenkow) looks
more accurate} 14. O-O Be6 15. Qa4 a6 (15... Na5 16. Nd4 $5 {- the same idea
that we see in the game! -} exd4 17. cxd4 Bd7 18. d5 a6 19. Bxd7 Nxd7 20. Rac1
Rac8 21. Bd2 Nc4 22. Qxc4 {1-0 Leon Varela,L (2165)-Santana Montero,P (1959)/
Telde 2009/EXT 2011}) 16. Bc4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Na5 18. Qa4 Nd7 19. Rfd1 Nxc5 20.
Qb4 {1-0 Hernandez Carmenates,H (2544)-Guliev,L (2454)/Santa Cruz de la Palma
2007/CBM 120 ext (46)} b6 $11) 14. Qb4 {Kramnik went 14.Qa4 the previous day.}
e5 15. O-O (15. Rd1 {Krasenkow} Na6 16. Qa4 Be6 17. Bxa6 bxa6 18. Rd5 Rab8 19.
O-O Bxd5 20. exd5 Rb5 21. d6 Qc6 22. c4 Rxc5 23. Qb4 Rxc4 24. Qxa5 Qxd6 $11 {
1/2 Monacell,J (2458)-Ingersol,H (2409)/Lechenicher SchachServer 2009/
Telechess CBM 135 (31)}) 15... Be6 $2 {...and I get lucky - 15...Na6 has also
been played here.} (15... Na6 $5 {Krasenkow} 16. Bxa6 bxa6 17. Rfd1 Be6 18. c6
Nc4 19. Bc5 Rfc8 20. Qb7 {1/2 Moskalenko,V (2575)-Delchev,A (2613)/Benidorm
2007/CBM 121 Extra (41)} g6 $11) (15... a6 $5 {Krasenkow} 16. Bd3 Nbc6 17. Qb6
Qxb6 18. cxb6 Be6) 16. Nd4 $1 $146 {The point. Krasenkow: 'Not a new idea but
a novelty in this particular position. White gets two pawns for a piece and a
strong pawn centre.'} (16. Rfd1 {Krasenkow} Bb3 17. Rd6 Nbc6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19.
c4 Rab8 20. Qc3 Nxc4 21. Rb1 Ba2 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. Nc1 Nxd6 24. cxd6 Qxd6 25.
Nxa2 Qd1+ 26. Kf2 Qb3 $11 {1/2 Cebalo,M (2509)-Marinkovic,S (2388)/Budva 2009/
CBM 130 (35)}) 16... exd4 17. cxd4 Nbc6 (17... a6 18. Be2 Re8 {is the
computer's suggestion.} 19. Qc3 (19. Bf2 Nbc6 20. Qc3 Qf4 $1 {Not easy to
understand at first sight, but the queen is well placed on f6} 21. Rab1 Qf6)
19... Nd7 (19... Nbc6 20. d5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Qe5 (21... Qe7 22. Bd2 $1 Qxe2 23.
dxc6 Nxc6 24. Rfe1 Qb5 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. a4 $18) 22. Qxe5 Rxe5 23. dxc6 Nxc6
24. Kf2 Rae8 25. Bxa6 bxa6 26. Rfe1 $16) 20. Rab1 b5 (20... Nf6 21. Rb6 Nc6 22.
Rfb1 Nd8 23. Bg5 $16) 21. d5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Qe5 23. Qxe5 Rxe5 24. Bd2 $1 Rxe2
25. Bxa5 Nxc5 26. Rfc1 $1 {with a huge endgame edge} Nb7 $140 27. Bb4 a5 28.
Be1 Nd6 29. Bg3 Nf5 30. Bf4 $1 Nh4 (30... Ree8 31. Bc7) 31. Kf1 $1 $16) 18. Qc3
Ne7 19. Rfd1 Rad8 $2 {A good example of the wrong rook.} (19... Rfd8 20. Bf2
Nac6 21. Rab1 (21. d5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Bxd5 24. Rd1 {White is
better due to the two bishops, but Black is extremely solid}) (21. Bg3 Qa5 22.
Qxa5 Nxa5 23. Rab1 Ba2 $1) 21... Qf4 (21... Rd7 22. Bh4 $1) 22. d5 $14 (22. Bg3
Qf6 23. Bd6 Nc8)) 20. Bf2 a6 (20... Nac6 21. Bg3 Qa5 22. Qxa5 Nxa5 23. Bd6 $18
{The difference - with the rook on f8, Black is lost.}) (20... f5 {(Krasenkow)
was the logical way to parry the 21.Bg3 threat but it is a weakening move, and
White obtains a clear advantage regaining the piece by means of} 21. d5) (20...
b6 {Krasenkow} 21. c6 a6 22. Bxa6 Naxc6 23. d5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Rxd5 25. Rac1 $16
{[%csl Ga6,Gf2]}) 21. Bg3 {Krasenkow: 'The threat of the invasion of this
bishop to d6 decides the game.'} Qc8 22. Bf1 b6 (22... Nac6 23. Bd6 $18) 23.
Rab1 Nb3 24. Rxb3 Bxb3 25. Qxb3 bxc5 26. d5 {The rest isn't difficult.} Ng6 27.
Qb6 f5 28. Bxa6 Qd7 29. Bb5 Qf7 30. exf5 Qxf5 31. Qxc5 Rc8 32. Qd4 Rfd8 33. a4
{A nice win before the rest day - on +2, I was feeling confident at this stage!
} 1-0

[Event "Candidates m7"]
[Site "Madras"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Ne7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Nh3 e5 13. Nf2 Nec6 14. Nd3 (14.
Rb1 Na5 15. Qa4 Be6 16. Be2 (16. Rb5 $1) 16... Nd7 17. Rb5 b6 18. O-O Rfc8 19.
Rfb1 Nb7 $13) 14... Be6 $1 (14... Na5 15. Qd5 $1 $16) 15. Qb5 Nd7 16. Be2 Na5
17. O-O Rac8 18. Rfd1 Bb3 $2 (18... Bc4 $1 19. Qb4 Nb8 $10) 19. Rd2 (19. Nb4 $1
Nxc5 (19... Bxd1 20. Rxd1 Nc6 21. Nd5 Qb8 22. Rb1 $44 Qa8 $5) 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21.
Rxd5 Ncb3 22. Rb1 a6 (22... Qxc3 23. Rd3 $16 Qc2 24. Rdxb3 Nxb3 25. Rxb3 Rfd8
26. Rb2 $16 (26. Bd3 Qd1+ 27. Bf1 $13)) 23. Qb4 Qxc3 24. Bb6 $16) 19... Bc4 20.
Qb4 Nb8 $1 21. Rb1 Na6 22. Qb2 Bxd3 23. Bxd3 Nxc5 24. Bf1 b6 25. c4 Ne6 26.
Rbd1 (26. Rc1 $13) 26... Nxc4 27. Bxc4 Qxc4 28. Qxe5 Qb3 29. Rd3 Qa2 30. Qd5 $6
(30. Qa1 $10) 30... Qe2 $15 31. Qd6 $4 Rcd8 $19 32. Qxd8 Nxd8 33. Bf2 Qa2 34.
Rxd8 Qxa3 35. Bg3 h6 36. R8d7 Rc8 0-1

[Event "SRB-chT Central"]
[Site "Kraljevo"]
[Date "2014.09.14"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Stojanovski, Dejan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "2014.09.13"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kraljevo"]
[BlackTeam "Donja Studena"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Ne7 {The relatively older line.} (9... Nf6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Kf2
$5 Nfd7 12. Rb1 $5 Rd8 13. Rb5 Qxa3 14. Ne2 $44 {is very popular these days.})
10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. a4 (12. Nh3 Nd7 13. Nf2 Nxc5 14. Qc4 b6 15. Bxc5
bxc5 16. Nd3 {is an alternative with a drawish reputation.}) 12... Nd7 13. a5
Rb8 $5 {Frankly speaking I did not even know the existence of this move.} (
13... Nc6 14. Bb5 (14. Qa3 f5 $1 15. Nh3 fxe4 (15... Nf6 16. Nf2 Qe5 17. Bd3 f4
18. Bc1 Nd7 19. Be2 $16) 16. fxe4 b6 17. Ng5 (17. axb6 Qe5 18. Nf2 Bb7 $132)
17... Nxc5 $1 18. axb6 axb6 19. Qxa8 Na5 20. Rd1 Bd7 21. Qxf8+ Kxf8 $13) 14...
Nxa5 15. Qa3 b6 16. Ne2 Ne5 17. Bd4 Rd8 18. O-O Bd7 19. Qb4 Bxb5 20. Qxb5 Nec4
21. Rfb1 bxc5 22. Qxc5 Qxc5 23. Bxc5 $14) 14. Ne2 $5 $146 {I have exaggerated
the impact of f5 if my queen leaves the a2-g8 diagonal.} (14. Qa3 $1 f5 $1 15.
Nh3 fxe4 16. fxe4 Ng6 17. Nf2 Nde5 18. Be2 Nf4 19. Bxf4 Rxf4 20. O-O Bd7 21.
Qb4 $16) (14. Bb5 Nxc5 15. Qb4 b6 $11) 14... Nxc5 15. Qc4 b6 16. axb6 {I
thought that I would anyway be compelled to exchange on b6.} (16. Nd4 Bd7)
16... axb6 17. Nd4 Nc6 (17... Bd7 18. Be2 $14) 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Be2 Ra8 $5 (
19... e5 20. Kf2 Be6 21. Qb5 $14) 20. Rxa8 $5 {A peculiar decision to exchange
everything and squeeze him around the weak c5-pawn.} (20. O-O Bd7 $14 (20...
Ba6 $4 21. Rxa6 $18)) 20... Qxa8 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Kf2 (22. Qxc5 $6 Qa1+ 23.
Bd1 Ba6 $1 $44) 22... Qa7 23. Rb1 Qc7 24. g3 Bd7 25. Qa6 $1 Qe5 $2 (25... Rb8
26. Qa5 Rc8 27. Qxc7 Rxc7 28. Rb8+ Rc8 29. Rb7 Bc6 30. Ra7 $14) 26. Rd1 $1 {
Not so surprisingly this wins a pawn.} Qc7 (26... Bc8 27. Qb6 Qxc3 $140 $2 28.
Rd8 g6 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Qd8+ Kg7 31. Qxc8 Qd4+ 32. Kg2 Qd2 33. Qa6 $18) 27.
Qd6 Qxd6 28. Rxd6 Ba4 29. Ra6 Bd7 (29... Bb3 $5 30. c4 (30. Rc6 c4 31. h4 $1 (
31. Bxc4 Bxc4 32. Rxc4 g5 $1) 31... h5 (31... Ra8 32. Bxc4 Bxc4 33. Rxc4 e5 34.
g4 $14) 32. Bxc4 Bxc4 33. Rxc4 Ra8 34. Rc5 Ra2+ 35. Ke3 g6 36. e5 {has some
resemblance to my ending with Pantsulaia albeit I had the b-passer there.})
30... Rc8 31. Ke3 Kf8 32. Ra3 Rb8 33. Ra5 Rc8 34. Kd2 Rd8+ 35. Kc1 $16) 30. Ra7
Rd8 31. Rc7 Kf8 32. Rxc5 Ke7 33. e5 f6 34. Ke3 fxe5 35. Rxe5 Rc8 36. c4 Kd6 37.
Rg5 $5 (37. Ra5 Rb8 38. Bd3 $18) 37... g6 38. f4 Ra8 39. h4 Ra3+ 40. Bd3 Be8
41. Kd4 Ra1 42. Re5 Rg1 43. c5+ Ke7 44. Re3 (44. Bc4 $5 Rxg3 (44... Rd1+ 45.
Kc3 Rc1+ 46. Kb4) (44... Bd7 45. c6 Bc8 (45... Bxc6 46. Rxe6+ Kd7 47. Kc5 Bf3
48. Re3 $18) 46. Ra5) 45. Rxe6+ $18) 44... Kf6 (44... Rc1 45. Be4 $18) 45. Be4
$5 {I preferred this} ({to} 45. Bc4 Rd1+ 46. Kc3 Rc1+ 47. Kb4 Bd7 48. c6 Bc8
49. Bb5 Ke7 50. Ka5 $18) 45... Rc1 46. g4 $5 {I aimed to strenghten my
position to the utmost.} (46. Rc3 Rxc3 47. Kxc3 e5 48. c6 exf4 49. c7 Bd7 50.
gxf4 Ke7 51. Bb7 Kf6 52. c8=Q Bxc8 53. Bxc8 {would have finished the game.})
46... Rd1+ 47. Rd3 Rf1 48. g5+ $1 (48. c6 Bxc6 $3 (48... Ke7 49. Kc5 Rxf4 50.
c7 Bd7 51. Bc6 Bc8 52. Rd8 $18) 49. g5+ Ke7 50. Bxc6 Rxf4+ 51. Ke5 Rxh4 52.
Rd7+ Kf8 $11 {is what I wanted to side step.}) 48... Ke7 49. Bf3 Rb1 50. Ra3
Rb4+ 51. Ke5 Ba4 {This is one of the most critical positions in this game.} 52.
Be4 $2 {I was mesmerised by the rook ending.} (52. Be2 $18 {would just have
finished the game off.}) ({The move I have focused on should have the same
consequence.} 52. Rc3 Rb1 53. Ra3 Re1+ 54. Kd4 $18) 52... Rc4 53. c6 $2 ({
There was a hidden trick in the position with} 53. Ra1 $3 Kf7 (53... Rxc5+ 54.
Kd4 Ra5 55. Bc6 $18) 54. h5 gxh5 55. f5 $18) 53... Bxc6 54. Bxc6 Rc5+ $1 {
Of course I had seen this intermezzo but I did not figure out the difficulty
in the forthcoming rook ending.} 55. Kd4 Rxc6 56. Ra7+ Kd6 $1 {Black should
not allow White's king to approach.} 57. Rxh7 Rc1 58. Rh6 Rh1 59. Ke3 $4 {
Possibly the only drawing variation in the position.} (59. Rxg6 Rxh4 60. Ke4
Rg4 61. Rf6 $3 (61. Rh6 Rg1 62. f5 Re1+ 63. Kd4 Re5 $11) 61... Rh4 (61... Rg1
62. f5 Rxg5 (62... Re1+ 63. Kf4 $1 Rf1+ 64. Kg4 $18) 63. Rxe6+ Kd7 64. Ke5 $18)
62. Kf3 Rh1 63. Kg2 Re1 (63... Ra1 64. f5 Re1 65. g6 $18) 64. g6 $18) (59. Ke4
Rh3 $1 {The reason why I chose 59.Ke3 but completely wrong.} (59... Ke7 60.
Rxg6 Rxh4 61. Ke5 $18) (59... Rh2 60. Kf3) 60. Rxg6 Rxh4 61. Kf3 (61. Rf6 Rg4
62. g6 $18) 61... Rh1 (61... Ke7 62. Rh6) 62. Kg2 $18) 59... Ke7 $1 {A total
surprise especially} ({since I had only calculated} 59... Rh3+ $2 60. Ke4 $18)
60. Rxg6 Rxh4 61. Rh6 Rg4 62. Rh7+ Kd6 63. Kf3 Rg1 64. Rg7 (64. Rh4 Ke7 (64...
e5 $2 65. Kf2 $18) 65. Rg4 Rf1+ 66. Kg2 Ra1 67. Rh4 Kf7 $11) 64... e5 $1 $11
65. Rg6+ Kd5 66. f5 Rf1+ 67. Kg4 Rf4+ $4 {Since White's king could only use
the h-file} ({the counter-attack with} 67... Rg1+ $1 68. Kh3 (68. Kh4 Ke4 69.
f6 $4 Kf3 $19) 68... Ke4 $1 69. f6 Kf3 70. Kh2 Rg2+ 71. Kh3 (71. Kh1 $4 Kg3)
71... Rg1 $11 {works!}) 68. Kh5 e4 (68... Rxf5 69. Rf6 $18) 69. f6 e3 70. Rg7
$5 (70. Rg8 e2) 70... e2 71. Rd7+ Kc4 72. Re7 Kd3 73. Kg6 (73. Rxe2 $2 Kxe2 74.
Kg6 (74. g6 Rf5+ $11 (74... Rxf6 75. g7 Rf5+ (75... Rf1 $11) 76. Kh4 Rf4+ 77.
Kh3 Rf3+ 78. Kg2 Rf2+ $11)) 74... Kf3 75. Kf7 Kg4 76. g6 Kg5 77. g7 Rxf6+ 78.
Ke7 Rg6 $11) 73... Re4 74. Rxe4 Kxe4 75. f7 e1=Q 76. f8=Q Qa5 77. Kh6 $2 ({
The only winning move is} 77. Qf2 $1 Qc7 (77... Qa6+ 78. Kh5) 78. Qe2+ Kd4 79.
Qf3 Qb8 80. Kh5 Qh8+ 81. Kg4 $18) (77. Qf6 $2 Qc7 $11) 77... Qd2 $1 $11 78.
Qe7+ (78. Qf6 Qh2+ 79. Kg7 Qc7+ $11) 78... Kf5 79. Qc5+ Ke6 $2 {He should have
kept his king behind the g -pawn on g4 or h4 to make a draw.} (79... Kg4 80.
Qe5 Qc1 $11) 80. Qc6+ (80. Qc8+ Ke7 81. Qf5 $18) 80... Kf7 81. Qg6+ Kf8 82.
Qg7+ Ke8 83. Kh7 $6 $138 {Exactly the same mistake I committed at the end of
my game with Korchnoi in the European National Teams Championship, Plovdiv
2003.} (83. Qf6 Qh2+ 84. Kg7 Qc7+ 85. Kg8 Qc4+ 86. Kh8 Qh4+ 87. Kg7 $18) 83...
Qh2+ 84. Qh6 Qc7+ 85. Qg7 $2 {A bad loss of time!} (85. Kg8 Qc4+ 86. Kh8 Qc3+
87. Qg7 Qh3+ 88. Kg8 Qb3+ 89. Kh7 Qh3+ 90. Qh6 Qd7+ 91. Kh8 Qd4+ 92. Qg7 Qh4+
93. Kg8 Qc4+ 94. Kh7 Qh4+ 95. Qh6 $18 {proves that this ending is always won
since the white pieces swing back and forth: Kh8, Q check on a1-h8 diagonal,
Qg7, Qcheck on the h-line, Qh6, Qcheck on 7th rank, Qg7 eventually pushes
Black's queen to final check which loses on h4.}) 85... Qh2+ 86. Kg8 Qa2+ 87.
Kh8 Qh2+ 88. Qh6 Qxh6+ 89. gxh6 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Danzhou 2nd"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2011.05.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Zhou, Weiqi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2011.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 f5 9. e4 fxe4 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. fxe4 N5f6 12. c6 bxc6 13. Nf3 Qa5 14. Bd2
O-O 15. c4 Qc7 16. c5 Ng4 17. Rc1 Nde5 18. Be2 {[#]} Ba6 $3 {A fantastic
sacrifice by Zhou Weiqi!} 19. Qb3 ({The first question to answer is what
happens if White takes the bait?} 19. Bxa6 $2 Rxf3 $1 {The rook is untouchable
and the exposed king is fatal.} 20. gxf3 Nxf3+ 21. Kd1 (21. Ke2 Nd4+) (21. Kf1
Rf8 $1) 21... Rd8) 19... Bxe2 20. Kxe2 Qc8 {Protecting e6 and eyeing a6} 21.
Rc3 Rb8 22. Qa4 Rb2 23. Qxa7 Rf7 24. Qa4 Qb8 25. h3 Ra7 26. Qd1 Nf6 27. Rc2
Qb5+ 28. Kf2 Nxe4+ 29. Kg1 Nxf3+ (29... Nxf3+ 30. gxf3 Qd3 $1 31. Rxb2 Qd4+ {
and White must give up the queen to avoid Qf2 mate.}) 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Ne7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Nh3 e5 13. Nf2 Nec6 14. Rb1 Na5
15. Qa4 Be6 16. Be2 Nd7 17. Rb5 b6 18. O-O Rfc8 19. Rfb1 (19. Rd1 Nb7 20. cxb6
axb6 21. Qb4 $10 {Marin,M}) 19... Nb7 (19... a6 $5 {/\} 20. Rxb6 Nxb6 21. cxb6
Qxc3) 20. Nd3 Qc6 21. Qc2 Nbxc5 22. Nxc5 Nxc5 23. Bxc5 a6 24. Rxb6 Qxc5+ 25.
Kf1 Qxa3 26. Qc1 Qxc1+ 27. Rxc1 a5 28. c4 a4 29. Rb2 a3 30. Ra2 Rc5 31. Rc3
Rca5 32. Ke1 Kf8 33. Kd2 Ke7 34. Rb3 Kd6 35. Kc3 g5 36. g4 R5a7 37. Rb6+ Kc7
38. Rb5 f6 39. Bd1 Kc6 40. Bc2 Rd7 41. Rb4 Rda7 42. Bb3 Ra6 43. Rb5 Rd8 44. Rb4
Rda8 45. Rb5 R6a7 46. Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lin, Ta"]
[Black "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Ne7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Rd1 Nd7 13. Bb5 (13. Qc4 $5 Ne5
14. Qd4 N7c6 15. Qa4 Bd7 16. Nh3 $13 {Lin,Ta}) 13... Nxc5 14. Qc4 b6 15. Bxc5 (
15. Ne2 a6 $1 (15... e5 16. Bxc5 Be6 17. Bd6 $1) 16. Ba4 e5 {/\ Be6-/+}) 15...
bxc5 16. Ne2 Ng6 17. O-O Ne5 18. Qa2 Rb8 19. c4 Bb7 20. Qc2 Rfd8 21. Qc3 h6 22.
Ng3 Ng6 23. Ne2 Ne5 24. Nf4 a6 25. Ba4 Bc6 26. Bc2 Be8 27. Nh5 f6 28. Nf4 Bf7
29. Ba4 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Rd8 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8 32. Kf2 Qb8 33. Nd3 Nxd3+ 34. Qxd3 g5
35. Bc6 Qc7 36. Ba4 Kg7 37. h3 h5 38. g3 Qb6 39. Qb3 Qc7 40. Qd3 Qb6 41. Qd2 e5
42. h4 gxh4 43. gxh4 Qe6 44. Qd5 Qh3 45. Qxc5 Qxh4+ 46. Ke2 Qh2+ 47. Kf1 Qa2
48. Bc6 Qxc4+ 49. Qxc4 Bxc4+ 50. Kg2 Kh6 51. Kg3 Kg5 52. Bd7 h4+ 53. Kf2 Kf4
54. Bc8 a5 55. Bd7 Bb3 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lin, Ta"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Ne7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Bb5 Nec6 13. f4 Na5 (13... e5
14. f5 $16) 14. Qb4 Na6 15. Bxa6 bxa6 16. Rd1 e5 17. Nf3 (17. fxe5 Be6) (17.
Ne2 Bg4) (17. f5 Rb8 $36 {Lin,Ta}) 17... Rb8 18. Qa4 exf4 19. Bf2 Be6 20. O-O
Rfc8 21. Rd5 (21. Rd6 Nb7 $1) 21... Nb7 22. Re5 Qa5 23. Qb4 Qc7 24. Qa4 Qa5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Frunze"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yurtaev, Leonid"]
[Black "Makarichev, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1989.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. f3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Nc7 (9... Qxc3+ 10. Bd2 Qe5 11. Ne2 Ne7 {11...Nf6} 12. Bc3 Qxc5
13. Bxg7 Rg8 14. Bd4 {Kortschnoj,V-Bikov/URS/1957/}) 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Nca6
12. Rd1 $5 Nd7 $6 (12... Nxc5 13. Qb4 $14) (12... Nc6 $1 13. Bxa6 Qxa6 14. Ne2
Ne5) 13. Bxa6 Qxa6 $2 (13... bxa6 14. Qb4 $14) 14. Rd6 b6 15. Bd4 $1 (15. Ne2
Ne5 $1) 15... Qd3 $6 (15... Qa5 16. Qb4 $1) (15... Re8 $1) 16. Ne2 bxc5 17. Nf4
$1 (17. Be5 c4 $1) 17... Rb8 18. Qxb8 Qc2 19. Qc7 Qc1+ 20. Kf2 Qxh1 21. Rxd7
Bxd7 22. Bxc5 Bb5 23. Bxf8 Qf1+ 24. Kg3 g5 (24... Kxf8 25. Qd6+ Ke8 26. Nh5
Qe1+ 27. Kh3 Qxc3 28. Qb8+ {/\ 29.Qxb5}) 25. Nh3 Kxf8 26. Nxg5 1-0

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.08.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E25"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 (7. e3
{Szabo-Kottnauer (12)}) 7... c5 {[/\ 8...Qa5]} 8. f3 (8. e3 Qa5 9. Ne2 Ne4 10.
Bf4 cxd4 (10... Nxc3 $4 11. Qd2 $18) 11. exd4 O-O) 8... h6 $1 9. Bxf6 $2 {>=} (
9. Bd2 $5 {or 9.Lc1}) (9. Bh4 Qa5 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Bxf6 gxf6) 9... Qxf6 10. e3
O-O 11. Ne2 Re8 12. Kf2 Qe7 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Nf4 $2 (14. Ng3 $142) 14... Nf6 15.
Bd3 Bd7 16. h3 $2 (16. Rhe1 $8 {/\ Kg1, e.g.} b6 17. Ne2 $1 (17. Kg1 $2 g5 $1))
16... Qd6 17. Rhb1 b6 18. Bf1 Re7 19. a4 (19. Re1 $1 $8) (19. Nd3 Bf5 $1) 19...
Rae8 20. Re1 c4 $1 $19 {[/\ 21...g5 xPe3]} 21. g4 g5 22. Ne2 (22. Ng2 Qh2 {
(/\ 23...Qxh3)} 23. Be2 Rxe3 $1 (23... Qxh3 $2 24. Rh1)) 22... Rxe3 $1 23. Ng3
(23. Ng1 Ne4+ $1 24. fxe4 Qg3#) (23. Qxe3 Qh2+ $1 24. Bg2 Rxe3 25. Kxe3 Qxg2
26. Rh1 {(/\ 27.Rag1+-)} Ne4 $3 27. fxe4 Qxe4+ $19) 23... Qxg3+ $1 24. Kxg3
Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "Grand Slam Final 3rd"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2010.10.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2010.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 $5 {This line is getting more and more
popular.} d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 (8... f5 {occured
in Anand-Kramnik, in their match in Bonn (2008), game 2.}) 9. e4 Nf6 10. Be3
O-O 11. Qb3 Nfd7 12. a4 Qc7 13. Qa3 b6 14. a5 Bb7 $146 {Nice novelty by
Kramnik!} (14... bxc5 {was the usual move.}) 15. a6 {One of the best tries
according to Deep Rybka 4.} Bc8 16. Bb5 Nxc5 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. Ne2 Bd7 19. Bc4
{From now Kramnik started to think some 5 minutes per move. I think the text
move shouldn't be the only one to equalize, though Black must pay some
attention due to White's space advantage.} Bc6 $5 {Giving the c-pawn for
long-term compensations. This reminds, for instance, some of the positions in
the Bc4-Ne2 line in the Grunfeld. Black's safe development and pressure on the
c-file is enough to compensate for an extra c-pawn.} (19... Be8 $5) 20. Qxc5
Nd7 21. Qa5 Rfc8 22. Qxc7 {I I think after this move, White has no winning
chances at all.} (22. O-O $5 {should be a better try, though Black should be
able to draw by force, somehow.}) 22... Rxc7 23. Nd4 Bxe4 {After this move,
Kramnik started to play fast until the draw was agreed.} 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. fxe4
Rxc3 26. O-O Nc5 27. e5 h6 28. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1 Nxa6 30. Nxe6 Re8 31. Nd4
Rxe5 32. Ra1 Re4 33. Rxa6 Rxd4 34. Rxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Ne7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Nh3 {N} e5 (12... Nd7 $5 13. Nf2
Nxc5 14. Qc4 b6 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Qxc5 bxc5 17. Nd3 (17. Rb1 $5) 17... Ba6 18.
Nxc5 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 Rfc8 $10) 13. Nf2 Nec6 14. Rb1 Na5 15. Qa4 Be6 (15... Bd7
16. Bb5 Be6 17. O-O a6 18. Be2 Nd7 19. Qb4 Rac8 20. c6 $1 bxc6 21. Bxa6 $16 {
Arencibia,W-Franco/La Habana/1990/}) 16. Be2 Nd7 17. Rb5 b6 18. O-O Rfb8 (18...
Rfc8 $5 19. Rfb1 (19. Rd1 a6 20. Rxb6 Nxb6 21. cxb6 Qxc3) 19... Nb7 $13 {
Marin,M-Lautier,J/Manila izt/1990/  ->CBM 19}) (18... a6 19. Rxb6 Nxb6 20. cxb6
Qxc3 21. Nd1 $18) 19. Rfb1 h6 20. g3 bxc5 $2 (20... Nb7 $1 21. Nd3 bxc5 22. f4
Nb6 23. Qc2 Bd7 24. Nxe5 Bxb5 25. Rxb5 $44) 21. Rxb8+ Rxb8 22. Rxb8+ Nxb8 23.
Qe8+ Kh7 24. f4 Nc4 (24... Bc4 25. Bg4 Qb6 26. h4 $16) 25. f5 $1 Nxe3 $2 (25...
Nd6 26. Qf8 Nd7 27. Qe7 Nc8 28. Qh4 Bb3 29. Ng4 Qc6 30. f6 Nxf6 31. Nxf6+ Qxf6
32. Qxf6 gxf6 33. Bxc5 $16) 26. fxe6 Qb6 (26... fxe6 27. Bh5 g5 28. Qg6+ Kh8
29. Qxh6+ Qh7 30. Qf8+ Qg8 31. Qf6+ Qg7 32. Qd8+ Qg8 33. Qd3 $18) 27. exf7 Qb1+
28. Bd1 Nxd1 29. Qg8+ Kg6 30. f8=N+ {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd3 b6 9. e4 Ba6 10. Qd2 (10. c4 $5 {Karpov,An}) 10... Bxf1 11. Kxf1 Ne7 12.
Ne2 Nbc6 13. dxc5 Qc7 14. Qf4 (14. Qd6 Qxd6 15. cxd6 Nc8 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4
Nxd6 $10) 14... e5 15. Qg4 O-O 16. Kf2 (16. Bh6 Ng6 17. Be3 Na5 $44) 16... Na5
17. cxb6 Qxb6+ $1 (17... axb6 18. Rd1 Rad8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Bg5 $1 $132) 18.
Be3 Qc6 $1 19. Rhd1 (19. Rhe1 $15) 19... Nc4 20. Bg5 (20. Rd3 Rad8 21. Rad1
Nxe3 22. Kxe3 Qb6+ 23. Kd2 Rxd3+ 24. Kxd3 Qb3 $19) (20. Qd7 Nxe3 21. Kxe3 Qc5+
$19) 20... f6 21. Bc1 Qb6+ $1 (21... Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rb1 $132) 22. Kg3 (
22. Ke1 Rad8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Bh6 Ng6 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Kxd1 Qb3+ 27. Ke1 gxh6
28. Qe6+ Kg7 29. Qd7+ Kf8 $19) 22... f5 $1 23. exf5 Nxf5+ 24. Kh3 Nce3 25. Bxe3
Nxe3 26. Qe4 Qe6+ (26... Nf5 27. g3 (27. g4 Qh6+ 28. Kg2 Nh4+ 29. Kh1 Nxf3 $19)
27... Qh6+ 28. Kg2 Ne3+ 29. Kg1 Nxd1 30. Rxd1 $15) 27. Kg3 Nxd1 28. Rxd1 Rad8
29. Re1 (29. Rxd8 Rxd8 $19) 29... Qf5 30. Qxf5 Rxf5 31. Kf2 Rd2 32. Rb1 Ra2 33.
Rb5 (33. Rb3 e4 $19) 33... Rxa3 34. c4 Rf6 $1 35. Rxe5 (35. Ng3 Rb6 36. Rxe5
Rb2+ $19) 35... Rc6 36. c5 Ra5 37. Re7 Rcxc5 38. Nf4 Re5 39. Rc7 Ra4 {Ftacnik,L
} 0-1

[Event "Daugavpils"]
[Site "Daugavpils"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. e4 Nb6 11. Be3 O-O 12. Be2 f5 13. Rd1 Kh8 (13... Bd7
14. Nh3 fxe4 15. Qxe4 Nd5 16. Ng5 Nf6 17. Qd3 Qa5+ 18. Rd2 Ne7 19. O-O Rac8 20.
Rb2 b6 21. Bd2 Qd5 22. Bd1 Nc6 23. Be3 Ne5 24. Qe2 Nc4 25. Bb3 b5 $10 {Heyken,
E-Petran,Pa/Budapest Elekes/1989/ ->CBM 14}) 14. Nh3 fxe4 15. Qxe4 Nd5 16. Ng5
Nf6 17. Qd3 Qa5+ 18. Rd2 h6 $6 (18... Bd7 {/\ Rac8}) 19. Ne4 Ne7 20. Bf4 Ned5
21. Bd6 Rf7 22. O-O Bd7 23. Rc2 Bc6 24. Be5 $14 Raf8 25. Nc5 Re8 26. f4 Qd8 27.
Qh3 Qe7 28. Bd3 b6 29. Nb3 Ba4 $2 30. Bg6 $18 Rff8 31. Bxe8 Rxe8 32. Ra2 Rc8
33. Rc1 Qe8 34. Raa1 Bc6 35. Nd2 Nh5 36. Rf1 Bb7 37. Ne4 Kg8 38. Nd6 {Ftacnik,L
} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kortschnoj} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7.
cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qd3 b6 $5 9. e4 Ba6 10. Qd2 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 Ne7 12. Ne2 Nbc6 13.
dxc5 Qc8 (13... Qxd2 14. Bxd2 bxc5 15. Be3 (15. c4 Ne5 16. Be3 Rc8 $13) 15...
c4 16. Kf2) 14. Qe3 (14. c4 $5 O-O 15. Bb2 Rd8 16. Qc3 e5 17. Nf4 Nd4 18. Nd5
Qxc5 19. Qb4 Nec6 20. Qxc5 bxc5 21. Kf2 Rab8 $13) 14... O-O 15. cxb6 Rd8 16.
Kf2 axb6 17. Rb1 (17. Qxb6 Ne5 $1 $40 18. Be3 Rb8 19. Qa7 N7c6 20. Qa4 Nd3+ 21.
Kg3 (21. Kf1 Rb2) 21... Qc7+ 22. f4 Rb2 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. cxd4 Qc3 25. Kf3 Rf2+
26. Kg3 Nb2 $19) 17... Ne5 18. Qxb6 Qc4 19. Be3 Nd3+ 20. Kg3 (20. Kf1 Nc6 21.
Qb5 (21. Qb3 Qa6 22. Qb5 Rdb8 $1) 21... Qxb5 (21... Qa2 22. Qb3 Rxa3 23. Qxa2
Rxa2 $36) 22. Rxb5 Rxa3 23. Rb1 Nce5 $36) 20... f5 $1 21. Bg5 Rd7 22. Nd4 f4+
23. Kh4 (23. Bxf4 Nxf4 24. Kxf4 e5+ 25. Kxe5 Ng6+ 26. Kf5 Qf7+ 27. Kg4 Qf4+ $19
) 23... Ng6+ 24. Kh5 Nf8 25. Qc6 Qa2 $1 26. Rhg1 (26. Qxa8 Qxg2 27. Rbg1 (27.
h4 h6 28. Rbg1 g6+ 29. Kxh6 Rh7#) 27... Qh3+ 28. Bh4 g6+ 29. Kg5 h6+) 26... e5
27. Qxa8 (27. Nb3 Re8 (27... Rb8 28. Qc4+ (28. Nd2 Rxb1 29. Nxb1 Qf7+ 30. Kh4
Ng6+ $19) 28... Kh8 29. Nd2 Qxc4 30. Nxc4 Rxb1 31. Rxb1 h6 32. Bh4 $13) 28.
Qc4+ Kh8 29. Na5 Qf2 30. Rbf1 Qb6 $19) 27... Qf7+ 28. Kh4 h6 29. g4 (29. Bd8
g5+ 30. Bxg5 hxg5+ 31. Kxg5 Qg6+ 32. Kh4 Rh7#) 29... hxg5+ 30. Kh3 exd4 31.
cxd4 Nf2+ 32. Kg2 Qa2 33. Qb8 (33. Rb8 Nxg4+ 34. Kh3 Nf2+ 35. Kg2 Nxe4+ 36. Kh1
Nf2+ 37. Kg2 Rf7 $19) 33... Nd3+ 34. Kh1 Qe2 35. Rgf1 Rxd4 36. Qb3+ Kh7 37. Qb5
Rd6 38. h4 (38. Qxg5 Rh6 39. h4 Nf2+ 40. Rxf2 Qxf2 $19) 38... Ng6 39. Qxg5 Nxh4
40. Qxh4+ Rh6 41. Qxh6+ Kxh6 {Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd3 O-O 9. e4 Ne7 10. f4 Qc7 {N} (10... f5 11. Nf3 Nbc6 12. dxc5 Qa5 13. exf5
Rxf5 14. Ng5 h6 15. Ne4 e5 16. g4 Rf8 17. f5 $16 {Khenkin,I-Schneider,LA/Peer
Gynt Int/1991/}) (10... b6 11. Qe3 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Nf3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nc7
15. a4 f5 16. Ba3 fxe4 17. Qxe4 Qd5 18. Qc2 Qa5+ 19. Qd2 Qxa4 $13 {Shirov,
A-Chandler,M/Hastings/1991/}) 11. Nf3 b6 12. Qe3 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. O-O Rae8
15. Bb2 Qb7 (15... f5 16. c4 $40) 16. Rae1 f5 17. Qd3 Nc7 (17... fxe4 18. Rxe4
Nc7 19. Ng5 $16) 18. c4 cxd4 $2 (18... fxe4 19. Rxe4 Nf5 20. d5 $1 exd5 21.
Rxe8 Nxe8 22. cxd5 $16) 19. Qxd4 Rf7 20. Ng5 Nc6 21. Qd3 Rff8 (21... Rfe7 22.
exf5 exf5 23. Qxf5 $18) 22. exf5 Rxf5 (22... exf5 23. Qd7 $18) 23. Nxe6 $1 {
Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "FRA-NED"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ligterink, Gert"]
[Black "Miralles, Gilles"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. f3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 f5 9. Nh3 O-O 10. c4 Qh4+ 11. Nf2 Nf6 12. e3 Nc6 13. Be2 Rd8 (13... e5 14.
O-O Be6 15. Rb1 Rf7 16. Qa4 Raf8 $13 {Gutman-Dzhanoev/USSR/1972/}) 14. Qc2 Nd7
15. O-O Nxc5 16. Bb2 b6 (16... e5 17. Nd3 Qe7 18. Rad1 b6 19. Nb4 $36) 17. Nd3
$1 Qh6 18. f4 $8 Ne4 (18... Nxd3 19. Bxd3 Bb7 20. c5 $40) (18... Bb7 19. Nxc5
bxc5 20. Bf3) 19. Rf3 Qh4 (19... Bb7 $2 20. Rh3 Qg6 21. Bh5 Qh6 22. Bf7+ $18)
20. Rh3 Qe7 21. Bf3 e5 $5 (21... Bb7 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Ne5 {/\ Rg3, x g7}) 22.
Nxe5 (22. fxe5 Be6 {/\ Rac8 <=>}) 22... Nxe5 23. Bxe5 (23. Bxe4 $2 fxe4 24.
Bxe5 Bxh3) 23... Bb7 24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25. Qb2 Rdc8 (25... Rac8 26. Rg3 g6 27. Bf6)
26. Bxg7 $1 (26. Rg3 g6 27. Rc1 $16) 26... Rxc4 27. Bh6 $2 (27. Bf6 Qe6 28.
Rg3+ Kf7 (28... Kf8 29. Bh4 $18) 29. Rg7+ Kf8 30. Be7+ Ke8 31. Bh4 $18) 27...
Rc6 $8 28. Rg3+ Rg6 29. Rxg6+ hxg6 30. Rd1 Rc8 31. h3 Kh7 (31... Rc2 $2 32.
Rd8+ $1 Kf7 33. Qg7+ Ke6 34. Qxg6+ $18) 32. Bg5 Qf7 (32... Qe6) 33. Rd2 Qe6 34.
Bf6 Rc2 $1 35. Rxc2 (35. Rd8 g5 $8) 35... Bxc2 36. Qxc2 (36. Be5 Be4 $14) 36...
Qxf6 37. Qc7+ Kh6 38. Qxa7 Qe6 39. Qb8 (39. Kf2 Qa2+ 40. Kg3 Qe6) 39... Qxe3+
40. Kh2 Kh7 41. Qd6 Qf2 42. Qe7+ Kg8 43. Qg5 Kf7 44. Qg3 (44. h4 Qe2) 44... Qd4
45. h4 Qd1 46. Qe3 Qg4 47. g3 (47. Qxb6 Qxh4+ 48. Kg1 Qe1+ $10) 47... Qd1 48.
Qxb6 Qe2+ 49. Kg1 Qe1+ 50. Kg2 Qe4+ 51. Kf2 Qc2+ 52. Kg1 Qc1+ 53. Kh2 Qxa3 54.
Qc7+ Qe7 $1 55. Qc4+ (55. Qxe7+ Kxe7 56. Kh3 Kf6 (56... Ke6 $2 57. h5 gxh5 58.
Kh4 $18) 57. Kg2 Ke6 58. Kf3 Kd5 59. Ke3 Ke6 (59... Kc4) 60. Kd3 Kd7 $1 61. Kc4
Kc6 62. Kd4 Kd6 $10) 55... Qe6 56. Qd3 Kg7 {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd3 O-O (8... cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. e4 Nb6 11. Be3 O-O 12. Be2 f5) 9. e4 Ne7 10.
a4 (10. Nh3 Nbc6 11. Be3 Qa5 12. Kf2 Rd8 13. Be2 $6 (13. Qc4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nxd4
$1 15. Bxd4 Qd2+) (13. Rd1 Qxa3 14. Qc2 $132) 13... cxd4 14. cxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4
Qa4 $1 16. Qc4 Qxc4 17. Bxc4 Rxd4 18. Rhd1 $15 {Shirov,A-Budnikov,A/URS-ch58/
1991/ ->CBM 27}) (10. f4 b6 11. Qe3 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Nf3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nc7
15. a4 f5 16. Ba3 $14 {Shirov,A-Chandler,M/Hastings/1991/ ->CBM 27}) 10... Nbc6
(10... Qa5 11. Bd2) 11. Ba3 cxd4 (11... b6 12. dxc5 Qxd3 13. Bxd3 $14) 12. cxd4
Qc7 (12... Nxd4 $2 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qxd4 $18) (12... Qa5+ 13. Qd2 Qxa4 (13...
Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Rd8 15. Ne2 Nxd4 $2 16. Bxe7 $18) 14. Ne2 $40) 13. Qc3 $1 f5 14.
Bd3 fxe4 15. Bxe4 Rd8 16. Ne2 Nd5 17. Qd3 Nf6 (17... g6 18. O-O $16) 18. O-O
Bd7 19. Rac1 Be8 (19... Qa5 20. Bxc6 Bxc6 21. Be7 Rd7 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qe3 $40
) 20. Qe3 Nxe4 21. fxe4 Bh5 (21... Bf7 22. Rf2 Qa5 23. Rcf1 $16) 22. Nf4 Bf7
23. d5 $1 exd5 24. exd5 Qe5 (24... Bxd5 25. Nxd5 Rxd5 26. Qe6+ $18) 25. Qf2
Bxd5 (25... Na5 26. Bb2 $40) 26. Rc5 Ne7 (26... b6 27. Rxd5 Rxd5 28. Nxd5 Qxd5
29. Qf8+ $1) 27. Bb2 Qf5 (27... Qg5 28. Nxd5 Nxd5 29. Qf7+ Kh8 30. Rxd5 $18) (
27... Qd6 28. Nxd5 $18) 28. Qg3 {Ftacnik,L} (28. Qg3 g6 29. Nxd5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Moscow5"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Moskalenko, Viktor"]
[Black "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 f5 9. c4 Qf6 (9... Qh4+ 10. g3 Qxc4 11. e4 Qc3+ 12. Bd2 Qe5) 10. Bg5 (10.
Bd2 Ne7 11. Nh3 Nbc6 $13) 10... Qxg5 11. cxd5 exd5 (11... O-O 12. Nh3 Qf6 13.
e3 Qc3+ 14. Kf2 Qxc5 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Nf4 $10 {Bondarevsky-Furman/URS/1958/})
12. Nh3 $5 {N} (12. Qxd5 Qf6 13. Rc1 Nc6 $44) 12... Qf6 (12... Qe3 $5 13. Rc1
Nc6 $13) 13. Nf4 Qc3+ 14. Kf2 Qxc5+ (14... d4 15. Qc1 $14) 15. e3 Nc6 (15... d4
$2 16. Rc1 dxe3+ 17. Kg3 $18) 16. Qxd5 Qxd5 (16... Qc2+ 17. Be2 Ne7 18. Qe5 $16
) (16... Qe7 17. Bb5 Bd7 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. Qxf5 $16) 17. Nxd5 O-O 18. Bb5 $1
Ne5 (18... Be6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21. Rhc1 $16) 19. Rhd1 Rb8 (19... Be6
20. Nc7) 20. Rac1 Be6 21. Ne7+ Kh8 (21... Kf7 22. Rc7 Kf6 23. Nd5+ Bxd5 24.
Rxd5 $16) 22. Rd6 Bb3 23. Rc7 Nf7 (23... Rfd8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxb7 Rd2+ 26.
Kg3 $16) 24. Rd4 g6 (24... Be6 25. Rh4 g5 26. Ng6+ Kg7 27. Nxf8 gxh4 28. Nxe6+
$18) 25. Rh4 Kg7 26. Rb4 Ba2 (26... Be6 27. Be2 b6 28. Nc6 Rbc8 29. Nd4 $1 Bd5
30. Rxa7 $16) 27. Be2 Kf6 28. Rbxb7 Rxb7 29. Rxb7 Ne5 30. f4 Nf7 (30... Ng4+
31. Bxg4 fxg4 32. Rxa7 Rf7 33. Nc6 $18) 31. Rxa7 Rb8 32. Bf3 Rb2+ 33. Kg3 Nd6
34. Nd5+ Bxd5 35. Bxd5 h5 36. a4 Rd2 37. Ba8 (37. Bf3 g5 $132) 37... Nc4 38.
Ra6+ Kg7 39. Kh4 $1 Kh6 (39... Nxe3 40. Kg5 Nxg2 41. Rxg6+ Kf8 42. a5 $18) 40.
e4 $1 Rxg2 (40... fxe4 41. Bxe4 $18) 41. exf5 Rxh2+ (41... Rg4+ 42. Kh3 Rxf4
43. Rxg6+ Kh7 44. Ra6 $18) 42. Kg3 Ra2 43. Bd5 Ra3+ 44. Kh4 Ne3 45. Be4 Ra2 46.
Rxg6+ Kh7 47. Ra6 Rh2+ 48. Kg5 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Correze m"]
[Site "Correze"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Renet, Olivier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. e4 Nb6 11. Be3 O-O 12. Be2 Qh4+ $5 (12... f5 13. Rd1
Kh8 14. Nh3 fxe4 15. Qxe4 Nd5 16. Bg5 Nf6 17. Qd3 Qa5+ 18. Rd2 {
Shirov-Unzicker/Dauvgavpils/1990/} Ne7 19. O-O Ned5 20. Rc2 Bd7 21. Bd2 Qb6 $10
{Shirov}) 13. g3 Qe7 14. f4 f5 15. Nf3 fxe4 16. Qxe4 Nd5 17. Bc4 Kh8 18. O-O
Nf6 19. Qd3 Bd7 20. Rfe1 Qd6 21. Bd2 Rfe8 22. f5 $1 Nd5 (22... exf5 $2 23. Bf4
Qf8 24. Ne5 $1 $18) 23. fxe6 Bxe6 24. Ng5 Bg8 (24... g6 25. Rxe6 $1 Rxe6 26.
Nf7+ $18) 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Qxh7+ $1 Bxh7 27. Nf7+ Kg8 28. Nxd6 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Ne7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Bb5 Nec6 13. Rd1 e5 14. Qa2 $5
Na5 (14... Be6 15. Bc4) 15. Qd5 Bd7 $1 16. Bxd7 Rd8 17. Qd6 Qxd6 $5 (17... Qxd7
$1 $10) 18. Rxd6 Nxd7 19. Kf2 Nc4 20. Rd5 Nf6 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Ne2 Rc8 $2 (
22... Rd3 23. Rb1 $1 Nxe3 24. c6 $1 $18) (22... Rd7 $5) 23. Rb1 Rc7 (23... Nxe3
24. Kxe3 Rc7 25. c6 $1 b6 26. Rb5 $16) 24. Bg5 Kf8 (24... Nd7 25. Bd8 Rc8 26.
Be7 Rc7 $2 27. Bd6 $1) 25. Rb4 Na5 26. Rb5 Nc4 27. Rb4 Na5 28. Be3 Nd7 29. Nc1
b6 $2 (29... Nc6 30. Rb5 a6) 30. cxb6 axb6 31. Na2 $1 Nc4 32. Ra4 $1 Ke7 33.
Ra8 h5 34. Bc1 b5 35. Nb4 Ncb6 36. Ra6 Rc8 37. Bd2 $5 (37. Be3 Na4 38. Nd5+ Kd8
39. Bd2 $16) 37... Ke8 38. Ke2 f6 39. Ra7 Ra8 $1 40. Rxa8+ Nxa8 41. Be3 Ndb6
42. Kd3 (42. Bxb6 Nxb6 43. Nd5 Nc4 44. Nc7+ Kd7 45. Nxb5 Kc6 46. a4 h4 $14)
42... Nc4 43. Bc1 (43. Nd5 Nxa3 44. Bc5 Nc4 45. Kc2 Na5 46. Kb2 Nc6 47. c4 bxc4
48. Kc3 $14) 43... Nab6 44. Nd5 Nxd5 45. exd5 Nb6 $1 46. c4 (46. Ke4 g6 47. Be3
Nc4 48. Bc5 Nd2+) 46... bxc4+ (46... Nxc4 $2 47. a4 $1 Nd6 48. a5 Kd7 49. Ba3
Nc4 50. Bb4 Kc7 51. a6 Kb6 52. d6 $1 $18) 47. Kc3 Kd7 48. Kb4 Kd6 49. Kb5 Nxd5
50. Kxc4 Kc6 51. a4 Nb6+ 52. Kb4 Nd5+ 53. Kc4 Nb6+ 54. Kb3 Nd5 55. Bd2 Ne7 56.
Be3 Nd5 57. Bd2 Ne7 58. Be3 Nd5 59. Bd2 {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London WFW"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "Suba, Mihai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
e3 Qc7 9. Ra2 cxd4 $5 {N} (9... Bf5 10. g4 Be6 11. Ne2 Nc6 12. Nf4 h6 (12...
O-O-O 13. g5 Nd7 14. Bd3 Kb8 15. O-O $14 {Shirov,A-Lerner,K/Lvov/1990/ ->CBM 18
}) 13. Bd3 O-O-O 14. O-O g5 15. Nxe6 fxe6 $14 {Georgadze,G-Lerner,K/Lvov/1990/
->CBM 18}) 10. cxd4 Bf5 11. Ne2 (11. g4 Bg6) 11... Nbd7 $1 12. g4 Bg6 13. a4 (
13. h4 Rc8 14. h5 Bc2 15. Qd2 Bb3 16. Rb2 Bc4 $15) 13... O-O 14. h4 Rac8 15.
Ra3 Qd6 (15... Rfe8 16. h5 Bc2 17. Qd2 Nb6 $2 18. Rc3 $18) 16. h5 Bc2 17. Qd2
Ne4 $5 (17... Nb6 18. Ra2 (18. Nc3 Qg3+ 19. Qf2 Qxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Nxa4 21. Nxa4
Bxa4 22. Rxa4 Rxc1 23. Rxa7 Rb1 $13) (18. Rc3 Rxc3 19. Qxc3 Rc8 $17) 18... Bb3
19. Ba3 $13) 18. fxe4 Bxe4 19. Rh3 (19. Rg1 Rc2 20. Qd1 Rfc8 21. Ra1 Qh2 $40)
19... Rc2 20. Qd1 Rfc8 21. Ra1 (21. Rb3 Nf6 $40) 21... Nf6 22. Ba3 (22. Rh4 Bf3
) 22... Qc7 23. Rc1 (23. Rh4 Rxe2+ $1 24. Kxe2 Qg3 25. Rh3 Bf3+ 26. Kd3 (26.
Kd2 Ne4+ 27. Kd3 Rc3#) 26... Ne4 27. Qxf3 Rc3+ 28. Ke2 Rc2+ 29. Kd1 Rd2+ 30.
Kc1 Qe1+ $19) 23... Qa5+ 24. Kf2 Nxg4+ 25. Kg1 Qd8 26. Rxc2 Rxc2 27. Qe1 (27.
Bc1 Qg5 28. Rg3 Qh4 $19) 27... Ra2 28. Qg3 (28. Bc1 Ra1 $40) 28... Qc8 29. Qd6
(29. Rh4 Nh6 30. Bc5 Nf5 31. Qg4 b6 $17) 29... h6 30. Rg3 Qf5 31. Nf4 (31. Qf4
Qxh5 32. Rxg4 Qh1+ 33. Kf2 Rxa3 $40) 31... Kh7 32. Bb4 Rxa4 33. Be1 Ra1 34. Qb4
Nxe3 $1 35. Rxe3 (35. Qf8 Ng4 $19) 35... Qxf4 36. Qc3 Rb1 37. Bg3 $4 (37. Bg2
Bxg2 38. Kxg2 Qg4+ 39. Kf2 Qxh5 40. Qd3+ Qg6 $19) 37... Qxf1+ {Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "OHRA-A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 f5 9. Nh3 O-O 10. c4 Qh4+ 11. Nf2 Qf6 (11... Nf6 12. e3 Nc6 13. Be2 Rd8
14. Qc2 Nd7 15. O-O Nxc5 16. Bb2 $14 {Ligtering,G-Miralles,G/Cannes tt/1990/
->CBM 18}) 12. Bd2 Nc3 13. Qc1 Na4 14. Bg5 Qf7 15. Nd3 Nd7 16. Qe3 $6 (16. e3
Ndxc5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Qc3 $10) 16... e5 (16... Re8 $5 {/\ e5, Qf8}) 17. c6
bxc6 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 Re8 20. Qa5 Nb6 (20... Qxc4 21. e3 Qc3+ 22. Qxc3
Nxc3 $14) 21. e3 h6 (21... Nxc4 22. Qc3 $6 (22. Bxc4 Qxc4 23. Qb4 $10) 22...
Nxe3 23. Bxe3 f4 24. Bc4 Be6 $17) 22. Bf4 Be6 (22... g5 23. Be5 c5 (23... Nd7
24. Bd4 c5 25. Bxc5 Re5 26. Qd8+) 24. Qxc5 Ba6 $40) 23. Kf2 Bxc4 24. h4 Rad8
25. Rc1 Bxf1 26. Rhxf1 Nd5 $6 27. Rxc6 Qh5 (27... Nxe3 28. Bxe3 Qa2+ 29. Kg1
Rxe3 30. Qxf5) 28. Rh1 Rd7 (28... Nxf4 29. exf4 $14) 29. Qa4 Red8 30. Qc4 Kh7
31. Be5 Nb6 32. Qc1 Rd2+ 33. Kg3 Qf7 34. h5 Qe7 35. Bf4 R2d7 36. Qc2 Qf7 37. e4
fxe4 38. Qxe4+ Kh8 39. Be5 Kg8 40. Rg6 {Time; Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "HUN-ch 56th"]
[Site "Szekesfehervar"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Black "Horvath, Adam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "Gavrikov,V"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2006.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Nf6 {This reply allows Black to attack c5-pawn by Nfd7.} 10. Be3
O-O 11. Qb3 Nfd7 12. a4 Qc7 13. Qa3 Na6 $5 ({An interesting alternative to the
mostly played} 13... b6 {after which is possible:} 14. a5 $5 (14. cxb6 axb6 15.
Nh3 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Nxa6 17. O-O Nac5 18. Qb4 Ra5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Paramos Dominguez,
R-Campos Moreno,J/Pontevedra 1992/TD (60)}) 14... bxc5 15. a6 $5 ({if} 15. Nh3
{then} Ba6 16. Bxa6 Nxa6 17. Qa4 c4 $5 18. O-O (18. Qb5 $6 Nac5 19. Bxc5 (19.
Qxc4 $6 Ne5) 19... Qxc5 $1 20. Qxd7 $140 $4 Rfd8 21. Qa4 Rab8 $1 {with
decisive threats,e.g.} 22. Nf4 Rb2 23. Ne2 Qe3 24. Qxc4 h6 25. Rf1 (25. Kf1 Rd3
26. Re1 Rxe2 $1) 25... Rdd2 26. Rf2 Rxe2+ $1 27. Rxe2 Qg1#) 18... Rab8 $11 {
0-1 Cebalo,M-Zelcic,R/Sibenik 2005/CBM 108 ext (49)}) 15... c4 (15... f5 $142
$5 $146 16. exf5 (16. Nh3 fxe4 17. f4 c4 $5 18. Qe7 Nc6 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Qxc4
Nb6 $44) 16... Qe5 17. Kf2 Qxf5 $13) 16. Qa5 $1 Qxa5 17. Rxa5 {1-0 Berkes,
F-Almasi,Z/Budapest 2004/CBM 103 (76)} Bxa6 $140 18. Ne2 Rc8 19. Ng3 $44 {
[%cal Gf1e2,Ge1f2,Gh1a1]}) 14. c6 $146 {White gives back the pawn but wins
time for complete his development. However Black has a pleasant position
because of better pawn structure.} ({For the evaluation of this line critical
is the continuation} 14. Bxa6 bxa6 15. Ne2 Ne5 16. O-O Nc4 17. Qc1 e5 18. f4 {
1-0 Moskalenko,V-Lawson,D/St Martin 1991/EXT 2000 (44)} f6 {and it seems to me
that Black has sufficient compensation for the pawn.}) 14... Qxc6 15. Ne2 e5
16. Ng3 Ndc5 ({Perhaps it was worth to play} 16... Nb6 $5 17. Bb5 Qc7 18. Bxa6
bxa6 19. Qc5 Qxc5 20. Bxc5 Rd8 $11) 17. Bb5 Qc7 18. O-O Be6 {[%cal Gc5b3]} 19.
Nf5 ({Better looks} 19. Rab1 $5 {preventing Nb3.}) 19... Nb3 $1 {Vacating
c5-square for Na6.} 20. Rab1 Nac5 {[%cal Ga7a6]} 21. Nd4 $2 {A wrong tactical
operation.} ({Correct was} 21. Rfd1 a6 22. Bf1 $13) 21... exd4 22. cxd4 a6 23.
Be2 Nxe4 $1 {Refutes White´s idea.} 24. fxe4 Qc3 $1 $17 {[%csl Ra3,Re2,Re3]
[%cal Gb3d4] Exploiting the hanging position of Qa3.} 25. Bd1 {Probably the
best practical chance.} (25. Kf2 Nd2 $1 26. Qxc3 Nxe4+ 27. Ke1 Nxc3 $17) (25.
Rf3 Nxd4 $1 26. Bxd4 Qxd4+ $17) 25... Qxe3+ 26. Kh1 Qxd4 27. Bxb3 Qxe4 28. Bxe6
Qxe6 (28... fxe6 $143 29. Rfe1) 29. Rxb7 {In view of reduced material Black
has serious difficulties to realize his extra pawn.} Rae8 30. h3 Qc4 31. Rc1
Qf4 32. Rb4 Qf2 (32... Re4 $5 33. Rxe4 Qxe4 34. a5 Qe6 35. Rb1 Rd8 $17) 33. Qc3
(33. Qa1 $5) 33... Re3 34. Qc4 Rfe8 35. Rbb1 Re2 36. Rg1 R2e6 37. Rgf1 Qg3 $2 (
{Necessary was to prevent Rb7 by} 37... Qa7 38. Qd5 Rb8 $17) 38. Rb7 Qg6 39.
Rbxf7 {transposing to the drawn position.} Qxf7 40. Rxf7 Kxf7 41. Kh2 R8e7 42.
h4 h6 43. Kh3 Kf8 44. a5 Kg8 45. g3 Kh8 46. Qd3 Re8 47. Qd7 Re5 48. g4 $5 {
Planning g4-g5.} Re3+ 49. Kg2 Rb8 50. Qd2 $6 ({Simpler was} 50. Qd6 $1 Rb2+ 51.
Kf1 $11) 50... Reb3 51. Qd5 Rc3 52. Qd2 Rcb3 53. Qd5 Ra3 54. Qd2 Rbb3 (54...
Ra4 $5) 55. Qe2 {[%cal Ge2a6,Ge2e8]} Rb8 56. g5 $1 {Makes black king more
vulnerable for possible checks.} hxg5 57. hxg5 Rxa5 58. Qe3 {[%cal Ge3h3,Gh3e6]
} Ra2+ 59. Kg3 Rab2 60. Qe1 {[%cal Ge1h1,Gh1d5]} R2b3+ 61. Kg4 R3b4+ 62. Kg3
Rb1 63. Qe6 R1b3+ 64. Kg4 a5 65. Qc6 {[%cal Gc6h1]} R3b4+ 66. Kg3 Rb3+ 67. Kg4
Rb1 68. g6 R1b4+ 69. Kg3 Rb3+ 70. Kg4 R3b4+ 71. Kg3 Rb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch GpB"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Black "Ippolito, Dean"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[Annotator "Gavrikov,V"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd3 {A rare continuation in modern practice.} b6 {Intending to exploit the
position of white queen for exchange light-squared bishops.} ({Also playable is
} 8... O-O 9. e4 Ne7 {e.g.} 10. Be3 Qa5 11. Kf2 Rd8 12. Be2 Nbc6 13. Qc4 cxd4
14. cxd4 Bd7 15. Nh3 {1-0 Savchenko,S-Reeh,O/Gausdal 1992/TD (40)} Rac8 {
with approximately equal chances.}) 9. e4 ({Black has a pleasant ending in
case of} 9. dxc5 $6 bxc5 10. e4 Ba6 11. Qd2 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 Nb6 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8
14. Ne2 N8d7 15. a4 Rb8 16. Ng3 Nc4 $15 {0-1 Shirov,A-Arnason,J/Reykjavik 1992/
CBM 028 (43)}) 9... Ba6 10. Qd2 ({After} 10. c4 {is possible} Nf6 11. e5 Nfd7
$1 12. Qe4 cxd4 13. Qxa8 Nc5 14. Rb1 Qc7 15. Rb5 $1 {[%cal Gb5c5]} (15. f4 $2
Bb7 16. Qxa7 Nbd7 17. a4 O-O 18. a5 Ra8 19. axb6 Qc6) 15... Bxb5 16. cxb5 Nd3+
(16... Qxe5+ $5 $13) 17. Bxd3 Qxc1+ 18. Kf2 Qe3+ 19. Kg3 Qg5+ {with perpetual
check.}) 10... Bxf1 11. Kxf1 Ne7 12. Ne2 O-O ({Black mostly played first} 12...
Nbc6 {because dubious is} 13. dxc5 $6 {in view of} Qc7 $1 14. Qf4 e5 15. Qg4
O-O $36 {0-1 Shirov,A-Karpov,A/Biel 1992/CBM 031/(39)}) 13. h4 $5 {Planning
h4-h5 or Rh1- h3-g3.} ({More natural} 13. Kf2 Nbc6 14. Rd1 {is well answered by
} Na5 15. Qa2 Qd7 16. Be3 c4 $1 $132 {/\ f5, 0-1 Martinez Martin,D-Solozhenkin,
E/Linares 1995/CBM 045 ext (26)}) 13... Nbc6 $146 ({To the unclear position
leads} 13... Qd7 14. h5 f5 15. h6 g6 16. exf5 (16. Kg1) 16... Nxf5 17. dxc5
bxc5 {0-1 Hillarp Persson,T-Sammalvuo,T/Sweden 2003/EXT 2004 (40)}) 14. Rh3 {
[%cal Gh3g3]} (14. h5 $5 $13) 14... Kh8 ({Perhaps stronger was} 14... f5 $5 {
at once} 15. Nf4 $140 Qc8 16. Qa2 Nd8 17. Kg1 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qc6 $132) 15. Rg3
cxd4 ({Black could play} 15... f5 {,without opening the c-file and diagonal
for Bb2.}) 16. cxd4 f5 17. d5 $6 {This action is premature because at the
moment White is unable to create any serious threats against black king.} (17.
Kg1 $142) 17... exd5 18. Bb2 d4 ({Much better was} 18... Rf7 $1 {for example:}
19. h5 (19. e5 $6 Qd7 $17 {[%cal Gc6d8,Gd8e6]}) 19... fxe4 20. Rxg7 (20. h6 $2
Nf5) 20... Rxg7 21. h6 exf3 22. Bxg7+ Kg8 23. gxf3 Nf5 24. Rc1 (24. Bb2 $6 Qd6
$1 25. Qg5+ Qg6) 24... Rc8 25. Qf4 Nce7 $1 (25... Nxg7 $4 26. Qg4 $1 Qf8 27.
hxg7 Qe8 28. Ng3 $18) 26. Rxc8 Qxc8 {and White doesn´t have adequate
compensation for the pawn.}) 19. Nxd4 Rf7 20. Rd1 fxe4 21. Qc2 $6 {The
beginning of unnecessary complications.} ({A draw would result from} 21. Rxg7
Rxg7 22. Ne6 Qxd2 23. Bxg7+ Kg8 24. Rxd2 Nf5 (24... Kf7 25. Rd6) 25. Bb2 exf3
26. gxf3 Nxh4 27. Rd7 Nf5 28. Ng5 Nce7 29. Bf6 h6 30. Bxe7 Nxe7 31. Rxe7 hxg5
32. Re5) 21... Nxd4 ({If} 21... Qe8 {then} 22. Rxg7 $1 (22. Qxe4 $2 Nxd4 23.
Bxd4 Nf5) 22... Kxg7 (22... Rxg7 $2 23. Ne6 Nf5 24. Nxg7 Nxg7 25. Qc3) 23.
Nxc6+ Kf8 24. Ne5 $44) 22. Rxd4 (22. Bxd4 $2 {loses to} Nf5 $1 23. Bxg7+ (23.
Rxg7 $2 Qxd4 $1 24. Rxd4 Ne3+) 23... Rxg7 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {[%cal Gf5e3,Gf5g3]})
22... Qb8 $1 23. Qxe4 $2 ({Missing the possibility to maintain the material
balance by} 23. Rg4 $1 Nf5 (23... exf3 $6 24. Rdf4 $1 {[%csl Rg7]} Rxf4 $140 $2
(24... Qxf4 25. Bxg7+ Rxg7 26. Rxf4 fxg2+ 27. Kg1) 25. Rxg7 $18) 24. Qb3 $1 Qf8
25. Rdxe4 $13) 23... Nf5 24. Rg5 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 Qg8 $2 {Allows White to save
the game.} (25... Qb7 $1 26. Qg4 $140 Rd8 27. h5 Qd7 $19) 26. h5 {[%cal Gd4h8,
Gh5h6]} Re8 27. Be5 Re6 28. Qg4 Rc6 29. h6 $1 Rxh6 30. Rxg7 $1 {Forcing
perpetual check.} Rh1+ 31. Kf2 Rxg7 32. Bxg7+ Qxg7 33. Qc8+ Qg8 34. Qc3+ Qg7
35. Qc8+ Qg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.24"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Grabliauskas, Virginijus"]
[Black "Gronn, Atle"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[Annotator "Gavrikov,V"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[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 "Vilnius NSEL"]
[BlackTeam "Oslo"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Ne7 ({A solid alternative is} 9... Nf6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Nfd7
12. a4 Qc7 13. Qa3 b6 $1 14. cxb6 axb6 15. Nh3 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Nxa6 17. O-O Nac5
18. Qb4 Ra5 {followed by Rfa8, 1/2-1/2 Paramos Dominguez,R-Campos Moreno,J/
Pontevedra 1992/TD (60)}) 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Qc7 {Planning Ne7-c6-a5.} 12. a4
{Vacating the a3-square for the queen.} ({After} 12. Nh3 e5 13. Nf2 {Black
solves opening problems by} Nec6 14. Rb1 Na5 15. Qa4 Be6 16. Be2 Nd7 17. Rb5 b6
$1 18. O-O Nb7 19. cxb6 axb6 20. Qb4 Nd6 21. Bxb6 Qc6 22. Be3 Rfc8 $1 (22...
Nxb5 $143 $6 23. Bxb5 Qc7 24. Nd3) 23. Ra5 Rxa5 24. Qxa5 Ra8 25. Qb4 {1/2-1/2
Yakovich,Y-Sokolov,A/Moscow 1990/EXT 2000 (25)}) 12... Nec6 13. f4 Nd7 $6 ({
More precise is} 13... Na5 $1 14. Qa3 (14. Qb4 $6 {0-1 Solana Suarez,E-Gomez
Esteban,J/Corte Ingles 1998/EXT 2002 (27)} e5 15. f5 Na6 16. Bxa6 (16. Qa3 $2
Qc6) 16... bxa6 $36) 14... b6 15. Nf3 Ba6 16. Bb5 ({or} 16. Nd2 Bxf1 17. Rxf1
Nd7 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Kf2 Rfc8 $44 {1/2-1/2 Soffer,R-Law,A/Biel 1992/CBM 031
ext (75)}) 16... Bxb5 17. axb5 Nc4 18. cxb6 Qb7 19. Qc1 axb6 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21.
O-O Qxe4 22. Bd4 Nd7 {with equal play, 1/2-1/2 Milov,V-Soffer,R/Budapest 1993/
CBM 037 ext (45)}) 14. Nf3 b6 15. cxb6 axb6 16. Bb5 Na5 17. Qb4 {In result of
Black´s inaccuracy white queen can take a better position than on a3.} Nc5 18.
O-O Bb7 19. f5 $5 {An interesting decision. By giving back a pawn White wants
to activate his pieces.} (19. Nd2 $14) 19... Nxe4 (19... Bxe4 {is worse
because of} 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 22. Qxc5 bxc5 23. Ng5 Bd5 24. Bd7 e5
25. Rfe1 Ra7 26. Bb5 Re7 27. Rad1 {and Black´s c-and e-pawns are vulnerable.})
20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Bd4 Bd5 $2 {A serious mistake which allows White to attack
the weakness on b6.} ({Correct continuation was} 21... Nc5 22. Be5 Qe7 23. Qg4
Rf5 24. Rae1 Raf8 {when Black has good chances to neutralize White´s
initiative.}) 22. Ne5 $1 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Ge5d7]} Nc5 (22... Nb3 {is strongly
met by} 23. Nd7 $1 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Nbc5 25. c4 Bc6 (25... Bb7 $4 26. Be5) 26.
Bxc6 Qxc6 27. Nxb6 Rd8 28. Be3 $16) 23. Ng4 $6 ({Missing a possibility to win
a pawn:} 23. Nd7 $1 Rfd8 (23... Rfc8 $4 24. Be5 {[%cal Gb4g4]}) (23... Nxd7 24.
Qe7 e5 25. Bxd7) 24. Nxb6 Qxb6 25. Bxc5 Qc7 26. c4 Bb7 27. Rae1 $16) 23... Nab3
24. Be5 Qe7 25. Rad1 Qg5 26. h4 Qg6 27. Ne3 Bb7 $6 ({Black should have
preferred} 27... Be4 28. Bf4 Qh5 {e.g.} 29. Bc4 Qxh4 30. Qxb6 Rxf4 31. Bxe6+
Nxe6 32. Qxe6+ Kh8 33. Qxb3 Rxf1+ 34. Rxf1 Qg3 35. Qb6 h6 36. a5 (36. Qd4 Bc6
$11) 36... Qe5 {restoring the material balance.}) 28. Rf4 {[%cal Gf4g4]} h5 29.
Be2 Rxf4 30. Qxf4 Rf8 31. Qg5 Qxg5 32. hxg5 g6 $2 {This move creates a new
target for white pieces.} ({It was necessary to play} 32... Nxa4 33. Bxh5 Nbc5
{and White is only slightly better.}) 33. Rd6 $1 {[%csl Rb6,Re6,Rg6][%cal
Gd6b6,Ge2c4]} Ra8 34. Bb5 $1 {Prepares the manoeuvre Nc4xb6.} (34. Rxb6 {
is not so good on account of} Rxa4 35. Bc4 Nd2) 34... Nxa4 $2 {Loses
immediately.} ({In case of} 34... Be4 {unpleasant is} 35. Nc4) ({but more
tenasious was} 34... Na5 35. Rxb6 Kf7) 35. Rxe6 Be4 36. Bc4 1-0

[Event "Gausdal GM-A"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "2005.04.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nordahl, Helge Andreas"]
[Black "Pedersen, Christian Kyndel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[Annotator "Gavrikov,V"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2005.04.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[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. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd3 {Here the queen is unfavourable placed.} ({In the main variation} 8. dxc5
Qa5 9. e4 {Black can reply} Nc7 ({other moves are} 9... Ne7) (9... Nf6) {
for example:} 10. Qd4 (10. Be3 e5 ({or} 10... O-O 11. Qb3 Nca6 12. Rd1 Nc6 13.
Bb5 e5 14. Ne2 Be6 15. Qb2 Rfc8 16. Kf2 $140 Nxc5 $1 17. Bxc5 a6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Lehner,O-Farago,I/Austria 1997/EXT 99 (27)}) 11. Qb3 Be6 12. Qb4 Nc6 13. Qxa5
Nxa5 14. Rb1 O-O-O 15. Nh3 Nc4 16. Bc1 f6 17. Rb4 Na5 18. Be2 Nc6 19. Rb2 Na5
$11 {0-1 Erdogan,H-Ivanchuk,V/Kocaeli 2002/CBM 089 ext (42)}) 10... f6 11. Qb4
Nc6 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Rb1 Bd7 14. Nh3 (14. c4 O-O-O 15. Bd2 Nc6 16. Ne2 Be8 17.
Nc3 {1/2-1/2 Aschenbrenner,R-Farago,I/Zalakaros 2003/EXT 2004 (24)} {and now}
Na6 18. Be3 Nd4 {allows win back the pawn}) 14... O-O-O $146 (14... e5 15. Nf2
O-O-O 16. Be2 Ne6 17. Be3 Kb8 18. O-O Rc8 19. Rfd1 Ba4 20. Rd5 Bb3 21. Rd7 Rhd8
22. Rxd8 Rxd8 $44 {1/2-1/2 Simantsev,M-Parligras,M/Bucharest 2000/CBM 079 ext 
(53)}) 15. Nf4 Ba4 16. Be2 e5 17. Nh5 Ne6 18. Be3 Bb3 19. Kf2 Rhf8 (19... Bc4
$5) 20. Ng3 g6 21. Nf1 Nf4 $44 {1/2-1/2 Bauer,C-Schlosser,P/Port Barcares 2005/
CBM 107_01 (21)}) 8... O-O ({More promising for Black is the immediate} 8... b6
9. e4 ({dubious is} 9. dxc5 $6 bxc5 10. e4 Ba6 11. Qd2 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 Nb6 13.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Ne2 N8d7 15. a4 Rb8 $15 {0-1 Shirov,A-Arnason,J/Reykjavik 1992/
CBM 028 (43)}) 9... Ba6 {after which White has played:} 10. Qd2 (10. c4 Ne7 11.
d5 exd5 12. exd5 O-O 13. Bb2 Nd7 14. O-O-O Nc8 15. Qc3 Qg5+ 16. Kb1 Nd6 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Miton,K-Sulskis,S/Koszalin 1998/CBM 065 ext (40)}) (10. Qc2 Bxf1 11.
Kxf1 Ne7 12. Be3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nbc6 14. Ne2 Rc8 15. Qd3 $6 (15. Qa2 $142 O-O
16. Kf2) 15... O-O 16. Rc1 f5 $1 $36 {1/2-1/2 Touzane,O-Wells,P/Paris 1992/EXT
97 (46)}) 10... Bxf1 11. Kxf1 Ne7 12. Ne2 ({if} 12. dxc5 {then} Nd7 $5 13. cxb6
Qxb6 (13... axb6 14. Ne2 Qc7 15. g3 Ne5 16. Kg2 O-O $44 {0-1 Kirszenberg,
M-Templier,N/Paris 2004/CBM 101 ext (58)}) 14. Qd4 Nc5 15. Qb4 (15. Qxg7 $2 Rg8
16. Qd4 Qa6+ 17. c4 Nb3 $19) 15... Qa6+ 16. c4 Rc8 17. Ne2 {1-0 Volkov,S-Ionov,
S/St Petersburg 1998/CBM 067/] (67)} O-O 18. Be3 Qd6 {with comfortable
position for Black}) 12... Nbc6 13. Kf2 (13. dxc5 Qc7 $1 14. Qf4 e5 15. Qg4 O-O
16. Kf2 (16. Bh6 Ng6 17. Be3 Na5 18. cxb6 axb6 $44) 16... Na5 17. cxb6 Qxb6+ $1
(17... axb6 18. Rd1 Rad8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Bg5 $1 $132) 18. Be3 Qc6 $1 {
0-1 Shirov,A-Karpov,A/Biel 1992/CBM 031/ (39)with dangerous initiative for the
pawn}) 13... O-O 14. Rd1 {and now strong looks} Na5 $1 15. Qa2 Qd7 16. Be3 c4
$1 {0-1 Martinez Martin,D-Solozhenkin,E/Linares 1995/CBM 045 ext (26) planning
f7-f5.}) 9. e4 Ne7 10. Be3 ({White has also the following possibilities:} 10.
dxc5 Qa5 ({perhaps even better is} 10... Qc7 $5 11. Qd6 Qa5 12. Bd2 Nbc6) 11.
Bf4 (11. Qc4 Nd7 (11... e5 $1) 12. Be3 Nc6 13. Nh3 Qc7 14. Be2 Na5 15. Qb4 Nc6
16. Qb5 a6 17. Qa4 Na5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Dao Thien Hai-Wu Shaobin/Ho Chi Minh City
2003/CBM 097 ext (36)}) 11... Nbc6 12. Bd6 e5 13. Qd2 Rd8 14. Bc4 b6 15. Rd1
Ba6 $1 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Qc1 bxc5 18. Ne2 (18. Bxc5 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1 Qc4) 18...
Qa5 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Kf2 c4 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rd1 Qb6+ {1/2-1/2 Shirov,
A-Gavrikov,V/Biel 1991/CBM 025 (22)}) (10. Nh3 Nbc6 (10... cxd4 11. cxd4 b6 12.
Qe3 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Bb2 Rc8 15. O-O Qd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Khenkin,I-Balashov,
Y/Cappelle la Grande 1992/EXT 97 (32)}) 11. Be3 (11. dxc5 Qa5 12. Rb1 {1/2-1/2
Sakaev,K-Lutz,C/Dortmund 1992/CBM 029 (56)} Rd8 13. Qc4 e5 $1 14. Ng5 Rf8 $132)
11... Qa5 $1 12. Kf2 Rd8 13. Be2 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nxd4 $1 15. Bxd4 Qa4 16. Qc4 (
16. Rhd1 Nc6) 16... Qxc4 17. Bxc4 Rxd4 18. Rhd1 Nc6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,
A-Budnikov,A/Moscow 1991/URS-ch (58)}) (10. a4 Qc7 ({interesting is} 10... Nbc6
11. Ba3 cxd4 12. cxd4 f5 $1 $146 {with counterchances}) 11. Ba3 cxd4 12. cxd4
Rd8 13. Rd1 b6 14. Qe3 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Nxa6 16. Ne2 Ng6 17. Rc1 Qd7 18. Qb3 Rab8
$11 {1/2-1/2 Yakovich,Y-Campos,J/Osuna 1991/EXT 97 (34)}) (10. f4 b6 11. Qe3
Qc7 12. Nf3 Bb7 (12... Ba6) 13. Rb1 Rc8 14. Bd3 Ba6 $5 15. Bxa6 Nxa6 16. O-O
cxd4 17. cxd4 Qc3 18. Qe2 Qc4 $11 19. Qe3 Qc3 20. Qe2 Qc4 21. Qe3 {1/2-1/2
Hillarp Persson,T-Timman,J/Malmo 2003/CBM 095 (21)}) 10... cxd4 ({More active
continuation is} 10... Qa5 $5 11. Qd2 (11. Kf2 Rd8 12. Be2 b6 {/\ Ba6}) 11...
Rd8 12. Bd3 Nbc6 13. Ne2 b6 14. Ra2 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. O-O Rac8 {0-1 Juarez,
A-Kanefsck,G/Buenos Aires 1992/EXT 97 (41)}) 11. cxd4 b6 12. Qd2 {This new
move does not change the character of position.} (12. Qb3 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14.
Ne2 Qd7 15. O-O Rac8 16. Rfd1 {1/2-1/2 Belotti,B-Arlandi,E/Mantova 1996/EXT 98
(16)}) 12... Qd7 $5 {Intending to win a tempo by playing Ba6 only after
White´s Bd3.} 13. Bd3 ({In case of} 13. Rc1 {Black has another useful move} Rd8
{.}) 13... Ba6 14. Ne2 $5 (14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. Ne2 Rac8 16. O-O Rfd8 $11) 14...
Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nbc6 16. O-O Rac8 17. Qb5 {White is going to relocate his queen
on the kingside.} Rfd8 18. Rac1 Qb7 ({The ending after} 18... Na5 19. Qxd7 Rxd7
20. Rxc8+ Nxc8 21. Rc1 Nd6 22. Bf4 Ndc4 23. Bd2 f6 24. Bxa5 Nxa5 25. Rc8+ Kf7
26. Kf2 {looks favourable for White.}) 19. Rfd1 a6 20. Qg5 $5 Ng6 21. d5 ({
This advance is premature and allows to neutralize White´s passed pawn. It was
essential to play first} 21. h4 $1) 21... exd5 22. exd5 Nce5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24.
d6 f6 25. Qf5 Qd7 26. Ng3 Rc6 $1 27. f4 Qxf5 28. Nxf5 Nd7 29. Ne7+ {Otherwise
White has to reckon with Rc3.} Nxe7 30. dxe7 Re6 $1 31. Rxd7 ({Or} 31. Bxb6
Nxb6 32. Rd6 Rxe7 33. Rxb6 Re4) 31... Rxe3 32. Rd6 b5 33. Rxa6 Rxe7 34. Kf2 Rb7
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.07.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Gavrikov,V"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Finland"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FIN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 f5 ({Although} 8... Qa5 {allows Black easier to solve opening problems,
the text move is quite playable.}) 9. Nh3 ({This continuation is less popular
in tournament practice than the alternatives:} 9. c4 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qxc4 11. e4
Qc3+ 12. Bd2 Qe5 13. Bg2 fxe4 14. fxe4 Nc3 (14... Nc6 $143 15. Ne2 Nf6 16. Rc1
Nxe4 $140 $2 17. Bf4 Qf5 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Nf6 20. O-O $18) 15. Qc1 Nxe4
16. Bf4 Qd4 (16... Qf5 17. Ne2 $44) 17. Be3 Qd3 18. Ne2 {1/2-1/2 Moskalenko,
V-Karpman,V/Simferopol 1990/CBM 021 (34)} {and now deserves attention} e5 $5
$146 19. O-O Nd7 (19... Nc6 20. Ra2 Nf6 21. Qc3 Qxc3 22. Nxc3 $44 {/\ Rb2}) 20.
Ra2 Ndf6 21. Rd1 Qa6 22. Nc3 Nxc3 23. Qxc3 O-O 24. Qxe5 Bd7 {with
approximately equal chances}) (9. e4 fxe4 10. Qc2 e3 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. Ne2 Nxc5
13. O-O Bd7 (13... Nxd3 14. Qxd3 O-O 15. Bxe3 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Qe7 17. Nd4 Bd7 $13
{1/2-1/2 Pogorelov,R-Levin,F/Lvov 1988/EXT 2000 (42)}) 14. Be4 (14. Bxh7 $2 Qh4
15. Bg6+ Kf8 16. h3 Bb5) 14... Rc8 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Bxe3 O-O $11 {1-0
Moskalenko,V-Rogovski,V/Alushta 1999/EXT 2001 (48)}) (9. Qc2 O-O 10. e4 fxe4
11. fxe4 Nf4 (11... Qh4+ 12. g3 Qf6 13. Bg2 Qxc3+ 14. Qxc3 Nxc3 15. Bf4 Bd7 16.
Ne2 $5 (16. Rc1 Na4 17. Bd6 Rc8 18. e5 Bc6 19. Bxc6 Nxc6 20. Ne2 b6 21. cxb6
Nxb6 $132 {1-0 Malaniuk,V-King,D/Frunze 1987/TD (67)}) 16... Na4 17. Bd6 Rc8
18. e5 Bc6 19. Bh3 Bd7 $13 {1-0 Khenkin,I-Karpman,V/Minsk 1990/CBM 017 (26)})
12. Nf3 Nd7 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Bc4 Nxc5 15. O-O Bd7 16. e5 Ba4 $5 17. Qb1 h6 18.
Qb4 Rac8 $11 {/\ a5 0-1 Milov,V-Greenfeld,A/Israel 1992/TD (48)}) 9... O-O 10.
Nf4 ({Not dangerous for Black is} 10. c4 Qh4+ 11. Nf2 Qf6 $1 12. Bd2 (12. Bg5
Qxg5 13. cxd5 Qe3 (13... f4) 14. Qc1 Qxc1+ 15. Rxc1 exd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Yakovich,
Y-Lugovoi,A/Krasnodar 2002/CBM 091 (25)}) 12... Nc3 $5 13. Qc1 Na4 14. Nd3 Nd7
15. Bg5 Qf7 16. Be3 (16. Qe3 e5 $1 17. c6 $6 (17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Qxe5 Be6 $44)
17... bxc6 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 Re8 20. Qa5 Nb6 21. e3 h6 (21... Nxc4 22.
Bxc4 Qxc4 23. Qb4 $10) 22. Bf4 Be6 23. Kf2 Bxc4 $36 {1-0 Beliavsky,A-Portisch,
L/Amsterdam 1990/CBM 020/(40)}) 16... Qe7 17. Bg5 Qe8 18. Be3 Qe7 19. Bg5 {
1/2-1/2 Bluvshtein,M-Lugovoi,A/Gausdal 2003/CBM 092 ext (19)}) 10... Na6 $5
$146 {An interesting innovation.} ({In the event of} 10... Nc6 11. Nxd5 exd5
12. Bf4 Be6 {1-0 Arencibia,W-Del Rio Angelis,S/Santa Clara 2000/CBM 078 (50)} {
White could claim a slight advantage by} 13. Bd6 Rf7 14. e3) 11. Nxd5 exd5 12.
Qd4 Qa5 ({Also possible was} 12... Nc7 $5 13. c4 $140 Ne6 14. Qxd5 Qf6 15. Rb1
f4 $1 {[%cal Gf6h4]} 16. g3 fxg3 17. hxg3 Qg6 18. Qe4 Qxg3+ 19. Kd1 Rd8+ 20.
Bd2 h6 21. Qe3 Qc7 22. Rg1 Kf7 {followed by Qxc5}) 13. Bf4 ({Black has
sufficient compensation for the pawn after} 13. Qxd5+ Kh8 14. Bd2 Rd8 15. Qc4
Nxc5 16. Qb4 Qc7) 13... Nxc5 14. Qb4 Qb6 15. e3 (15. Qxb6 axb6 16. e3 Be6 $132
{/\ Rfc8}) 15... Qc6 $5 {Planning b6 and Ba6.} 16. Bb5 Qb6 17. Be2 Qc6 $5 18.
O-O b6 19. Rfd1 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Nxa6 21. Qd6 ({To the same result leads} 21. Qd4
Rad8 22. Bg5 Rd7 23. c4 Nc7 $11) 21... Rac8 22. Qxd5+ ({Or} 22. Rxd5 Qxd6 23.
Bxd6 Rfd8 24. Rad1 Rxc3 25. Kf2 g6 $11) 22... Qxd5 23. Rxd5 Rxc3 24. Rd7 {
Forcing repetition of moves.} Rf7 25. Rd8+ Rf8 26. Rd7 Rf7 27. Rd8+ Rf8 28. Rd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Gavrikov,V"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 f5 ({It seems that simpler is} 8... Qa5 {although the text is quite
playable too.}) 9. Qc2 {The most popular continuation which prepares the
advance e2-e4.} ({Another idea is to exchange the knight on d5 by} 9. Nh3 O-O
10. Nf4 {for example:} Na6 $5 (10... Nc6 $143 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Bf4 Be6 {
1-0 Arencibia,W-Del Rio Angelis,S/Santa Clara 2000/CBM 078 (50)} 13. Bd6 Rf7
14. e3 $14) 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Qd4 Qa5 13. Bf4 (13. Qxd5+ Kh8 14. Bd2 Rd8 15.
Qc4 Nxc5 16. Qb4 Qc7 $44) 13... Nxc5 14. Qb4 Qb6 $1 {with equal play, 1/2-1/2
Nyback,T-Beliavsky,A/Gothenburg 2005/CBM 109/28)}) 9... O-O 10. e4 fxe4 11.
fxe4 Nf4 ({White maintains some initiative in the endgame after} 11... Qh4+ 12.
g3 Qf6 13. Bg2 Qxc3+ 14. Qxc3 Nxc3 15. Bf4) 12. Be3 {A rare move.} ({Earlier
Milov has tried} 12. Nf3 Nd7 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Bc4 Nxc5 15. O-O Bd7 16. e5 (16.
Rae1 $142 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Karpov,A/Reykjavik 1991/CBM 026 (22)} a6 $5 $13 {
/\ Bb5}) 16... Ba4 17. Qb1 h6 18. Qb4 Rac8 $132 {/\ a5 0-1 Milov,V-Greenfeld,A/
Israel 1992/TD (48)' but perhaps was not satisfied with opening results.})
12... Qc7 ({Probably better is} 12... Nd7 $5 13. Qd2 Qa5 $5 $146 ({wrong is} 
13... Qf6 $2 14. Nf3 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Qd4 Qh5 {1/2-1/2 Sakaev,K-Savon,V/
St Petersburg 1996/CBM 052 (28)} 17. Bxf4 Rxf4 18. Be2 $16) 14. Qd4 (14. Bxf4
$2 Rxf4) 14... e5 15. Qb4 Qc7 16. Nf3 Kh8 $5 17. Rd1 a5 18. Qc4 (18. Qb5 Ra6 $5
) 18... Nf6 {and Black has sufficient counterplay.}) 13. Qd2 {White tries to
keep the pawn on c5 and drive away the knight from f4 but loses time.} Nd7 14.
Qd6 Qa5 15. Rc1 e5 16. Nf3 (16. c6 $143 bxc6 17. Qxc6 Rb8 $44) 16... Rf6 17.
Qe7 ({Bad is} 17. Qd2 $2 Nxc5 18. Nxe5 Be6 $1 {threatening Nb3.}) 17... Qa4 $1
{[%cal Ga4e4]} 18. Nd2 $5 ({To the drawn ending leads} 18. Nxe5 Qxe4 19. Bc4+
Nd5 20. Bxd5+ Qxd5 21. Nxd7 (21. Nf3 Qc4 $5 $44) 21... Bxd7 22. Rd1 Qxg2 23.
Rg1 Qxg1+ 24. Bxg1 Re6+ 25. Qxe6+ Bxe6) 18... Rf7 ({Deserves attention} 18...
Kh8 $5) 19. Qd8+ ({Of course not} 19. Bc4 $4 Nd3+ 20. Ke2 Nxc1+ 21. Ke1 (21.
Rxc1 Qxc4+) 21... Nd3+ 22. Ke2 Nf4+ 23. Bxf4 Qxc4+) 19... Rf8 20. Qc7 ({After} 
20. Bc4+ $6 Kh8 21. Qg5 h6 22. Qg3 {strong is} b5 $1 23. cxb6 Ba6 $1 24. Bxa6
Qxa6 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Qf2 axb6 (26... Ne5 27. Qe2 Nd3+ 28. Kf1 axb6 29. Rd1)
27. Qe2 Qxa3 28. O-O Qc5+ {followed by Ra2}) 20... Kh8 {Preventing Bc4 with
check.} 21. g3 Ne6 $6 (21... Ng6 $142 $13) 22. Qd6 Nf6 23. Qd3 $2 {A serious
concession.} ({White fails to find} 23. c6 $1 {[%cal Gd6b4]} Nxe4 $140 (23...
bxc6 $6 24. Qb4) 24. Qb4 Qxb4 25. cxb4 Nxd2 26. Kxd2 bxc6 27. Bg2 Bd7 28. Bxc6
Rad8 29. Bxd7 Rxd7+ 30. Ke2 $14) 23... Ng4 24. Bg1 Qxa3 25. Rb1 Rd8 ({Better
looks} 25... Nf6 $1 26. Nc4 $140 Qa4 27. Rb4 Qc6 28. Nxe5 Qc7 29. Qd6 Qa5 $17)
26. Qc4 $6 (26. Nc4 $142 Qa2 (26... Rxd3 $6 27. Nxa3 Rxc3 28. Nb5 Rc2 29. Bd3)
27. Nd6 Rf8 28. Be2 Nf6 $13) 26... Ng5 {[%cal Gc8e6]} 27. Qb3 Qa5 28. Be2 $2 {
A blunder.} ({Correct was} 28. h4 $1) 28... Nh3 $6 ({Missing a blow} 28... Rxd2
$1 29. Bxg4 (29. Kxd2 Nxe4+ 30. Kc2 Bf5 $19) 29... Bxg4 30. Kxd2 Nxe4+ 31. Kc2
Bf5 {with decisive threats.}) 29. Nc4 Qc7 30. Nd6 Rf8 31. Qd5 $2 ({White has
no time for} 31. Nxc8 $2 {because of} Nxg1 $1 32. Bxg4 (32. Rxg1 Qxc5) 32...
Qxc5 33. Kd2 Qf2+ 34. Kc1 Raxc8 35. Bxc8 Ne2+ $19) ({but necessary was} 31.
Bxg4 Bxg4 32. Be3 Rf3 33. Kd2) 31... Nxg1 32. Rxg1 (32. Bxg4 Bxg4 33. Rxg1 Qa5
34. Qc4 Be6 $1 35. Qb4 (35. Qxe6 $2 Qxc3+ 36. Kd1 Qd3+ 37. Kc1 Qe3+ $19) 35...
Qd8 $36 {[%csl Rd6,Re1][%cal Gd8f6,Gf6g5,Gb7b6]}) 32... Be6 $1 33. Rxb7 $2 {
After this mistake White´s position is lost.} ({The only way to continue the
game was} 33. Qxe6 Qxc5 34. Kd2 Qe3+ 35. Kc2 Qxe2+ 36. Kb3 Ne3 37. Rb2 (37.
Nf7+ $2 Rxf7 38. Qxf7 Qb5+ 39. Ka2 Qa4+ 40. Kb2 Nc4+ 41. Kc1 Qa3+ $19) (37.
Rgc1 $2 Rf2 38. Nf7+ $140 Rxf7 39. Qxf7 Qb5+ 40. Ka2 Qa4+ $19) 37... Qa6 38.
Nf7+ Rxf7 39. Qxf7 Qb5+ 40. Ka2 Qa4+ 41. Kb1 Qxe4+ 42. Ka1) 33... Qa5 34. Qd2 (
34. Rb5 Qxc3+ 35. Qd2 Qa1+ 36. Qd1 Qa3 37. Qd2 Nxh2 $19) 34... Qxc5 35. Rf1
Rfd8 36. Bxg4 Rxd6 37. Qg5 {The last sortie of White´s queen.} ({More stubborn
was} 37. Bxe6 Rxd2 38. Kxd2) 37... Qxc3+ 38. Kf2 Rf8+ 39. Kg2 Qc2+ 40. Kg1 ({Or
} 40. Kh3 Bxg4+ 41. Kxg4 Qe2+ 42. Kh4 Qxh2+ 43. Kg4 h5+ $19) 40... Qc5+ 41. Kg2
Qc2+ 42. Kg1 Rxf1+ 43. Kxf1 Bc4+ (43... Bc4+ 44. Kg1 (44. Ke1 Qc3+ 45. Kf2 Rd2+
$19) 44... Rd1+ $1 45. Bxd1 Qxd1+ 46. Kf2 Qf1+ 47. Ke3 Qe2#) 0-1

[Event "GMA-qual f"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1990.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Ne7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Qc7 $5 (11... e5 12. Bc4 Qc7 13. Ne2 $1
(13. Bd5 Na6 14. Qc4 Bd7 15. Rb1 Rab8 16. Ne2 {0,5:0,5 Gelfand-Brunner,
Dortmund,1990}) 13... Nec6 14. Bd5 Na5 15. Qb2 Na6 16. c4 $1 $14 {Beliavsky,
A-Hjartarson,J/Moscow GMA-op/1990}) 12. a4 e5 (12... Nec6 13. f4 Na5 14. Qa3 b6
15. Nf3 Nd7 16. cxb6 axb6 17. Nd2 Bb7 {Azmaiparashvili-Sokolov,A Moscow,1990})
13. Bc4 Nec6 14. Qa3 Na5 15. Bd5 Na6 16. Rb1 (16. c4 $5 Be6 17. Rc1 Rac8 18.
Ne2 Nxc5 19. O-O $14 {/\ f4 Malaniuk-Georgiev,Ki Moscow 1990}) (16. Ne2 Be6 17.
Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qa2 Rfe8) 16... Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qa2 (18. Bf2 $2 Rad8 19.
Ne2 (19. Nh3 Nc4 20. Qa2 Nxc5 $15) 19... Rd2 $1 $17 (19... Nc4 $5 20. Qa2 Nxc5)
) 18... Nxc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21. Ne2 Qe3 $1 (21... b6 22. Qd5 $14)
(21... Rad8 22. Rb5 Qe3 23. Rxa5 Rd2 24. Qc4 Rfd8 25. Rd5 R8xd5 26. exd5 h6 $10
) 22. Qxe5 Rad8 $3 (22... Nc6 23. Qg3 Rad8 24. Rxb7 $1 g6 $16) 23. Qxa5 {
23...Rd2 24.Qb5 Rc8 25.f4!([]15.Rd1 a6-+)Rcd8 26.Qc4? b5! 27.ab5 g6/\28...
R8d3-+ ;26.Qh5 Qe4 27.0-0=;24...Rfd8 25.f4 Qe4 26.0-0=;25.Qc4! a6 26.a5 h6 27.
Rf1 R8d3 (27...Kh7 28.e5) =} 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch National Juniors"]
[Site "Ajmer"]
[Date "2012.09.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grover, Sahaj"]
[Black "Narayanan, Srinath"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "Grover,S"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2012.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The 8th round of National Juniors Chess Championship, I did not play well
here probably because this was my 3rd tournament in a row.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 {The Sämisch Variation in the Nimzo; I developed a liking for
these positions till I was hammered badly by Zhao Weiqi at Dubai earlier this
year.} d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 {The main move, the other interesting
alternative for Black is} (6... O-O {although this is not the best move order
for Black} 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3) 7. cxd5 Nxd5 (7... exd5 $5 8. e3 c4 $1 {and
according to my experience, White is in some trouble.}) 8. dxc5 Qa5 (8... f5)
9. e4 Ne7 (9... Nf6) 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Bb5 Nec6 13. Ne2 Na5 14. Qb4
e5 15. O-O Na6 $5 {Avoiding the deadly Nd4, it came on the board anyway :)} (
15... Be6 16. Nd4 $1 {Anand-Wang Hao}) 16. Bxa6 bxa6 17. Qa4 $5 $146 (17. c4 $6
Be6 18. Rac1 Rfb8 $1 19. Qa4 Rb3) 17... Be6 (17... Rb8 18. c4 $5 Be6 19. Rab1
Nxc4 20. Bf2 {and I just figured I'd continue playing with the c5-pawn.}) 18.
Nd4 $1 {I have my doubts whether this is working, but for one game, this
looked like a killer, following the idea of Anand against Wang Hao. I believe
with the correct play, Black can hold on.} Bd7 {This move was not in my
preparation, it just didn't seem logical at that moment.} (18... Bc4 19. Rfb1
exd4 20. cxd4 Bb5 21. Qb4 Bd3 22. Rc1 Rab8 23. Qd2 Rb3 24. Rc3 Bc4 25. Rac1 {
and the 3 pawns look good!}) (18... exd4 {didn't seem to be the right option
for Black} 19. cxd4 Bb3 20. Qb4 Bc4 21. Rfb1 Bd3 22. Rc1 Rfb8 23. Qd2 Rb3 24.
Rc3 Bc4 25. d5 {was what I thought to be good for White during my preparation.}
) 19. Qc2 Qxc5 (19... exd4 20. cxd4) 20. Nf5 Qc4 21. f4 (21. Ne7+ {is another
option} Kh8 22. Rab1 Rfd8 23. Rfd1 Bb5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Nd5 f5 {nothing is
clear.}) 21... Bxf5 22. exf5 Rac8 23. fxe5 Rfe8 24. Qf2 (24. e6 {This I missed}
fxe6 25. f6 gxf6 26. Rxf6 Qxc3 27. Qxc3 Rxc3 28. Bh6 Rcc8 29. Raf1 Nc6 30. Rf7
Kh8 31. Rd7 Re7 32. Rd6) 24... Nb3 25. Rae1 (25. f6 Nxa1 26. Qg3 g6 27. Qg5 Kh8
28. Qh6 Rg8) 25... Rxe5 26. f6 g6 27. Bxa7 Rh5 28. Qe3 h6 29. h3 {Here I
thought my positon remained preferable but could not find a clear plan. This
looks like a useful move.} Kh7 $2 (29... Rg5 {and its game on!}) 30. Rf4 (30.
Qe7 {of course should be played immediately} Rf5 (30... Kg8 31. Qd7 {is
curtains}) 31. Rxf5 gxf5 32. Rf1 {with some serious threats.}) 30... Qc6 31.
Qe7 Kg8 32. Rg4 Rg5 33. Rxg5 hxg5 34. Re3 ({Missing out on another chance} 34.
Rd1 Qxc3 35. Rd7 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Qf4+ 37. Kh1 Rc1+ 38. Bg1 Rxg1+ 39. Kxg1 Qc1+ 40.
Kf2 Qf4+ 41. Ke1 Qc1+ 42. Rd1 {With mate to follow in a few moves.}) 34... Nc5
35. Bxc5 Qxc5 36. Qxc5 Rxc5 37. Re8+ Kh7 38. Rf8 Rc7 39. Kf2 $6 (39. Kh2 {
was the right way to continue.} g4 40. h4 g5 41. h5 Rxc3 42. Rxf7+ Kh6 43. Rg7
Rc8 44. Re7 Kxh5 45. f7 Rf8 46. Kg3 a5 47. a4 Kg6 48. Kxg4 Rc8 {Although here
I feel White is not winning anyway.}) 39... g4 40. h4 g5 41. h5 Rxc3 42. Rxf7+
{Now its a draw.} Kh6 43. Ra7 g3+ 44. Ke2 Rc2+ 45. Ke3 Rf2 46. Rxa6 Kxh5 47. f7
Rxf7 48. Rd6 Rf1 49. Rd3 g4 50. a4 Ra1 51. Rd8 Rxa4 52. Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-0=7"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2013.11.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2870"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2013.11.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 $1 {"I should have played 1.d4 from the start. That was one of my
greatest mistakes in my preparation", Viswanathan Anand after the match. "Ich
hätte von Anfang an 1.d4 spielen müssen. Dies war einer meiner größten Fehler
bei der Vorbereitung", Viswanathan Anand nach dem Wettkampf.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3.
Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 ({In the match
Anand-Kramnik, Bonn 2008 Im Wettkampf Anand-Kramnik, Bonn 2008, kam} 7... Nxd5
{was played. aufs Brett.}) 8. e3 c4 $5 {In any case the choice of opening by
Carlsen should have ben no surprise, since his previous trainer and confidant
GM Simen Agdestein had already played this at the start of the year and even
revealed after the game, "that the Norwegian national team had recently been
lookng into this variation", Ian Rogers.  Allerdings sollte die Eröffnungswahl
von Carlsen keine Überraschung sein, da sein früherer Trainer und Vertrauter
GM Simen Agdestein bereits Anfang des Jahres so gespielt hat und nach der
Partie sogar verriet, "dass die norwegische Nationalmannschaft sich kürzlich
gerade mit dieser Variante beschäftigte", Ian Rogers.} 9. Ne2 (9. g4 Nc6 10.
Ne2 {leads to the game by transposition. führt durch Zugumstellung zur Partie})
({For Bezüglich} 9. g3 Nc6 10. Nh3 {see Biolek-Agdestein, Prag 2013 siehe
Biolek-Agdestein, Prag 2013}) ({Once can hardly recommend Kaum zu empfehlen ist
} 9. e4 $6 dxe4 10. Bxc4 (10. Bg5 Qa5 11. Qc1 (11. Qd2 $5 Nbd7 12. Bxc4 O-O 13.
Ne2 b5 14. Ba2 exf3 15. gxf3 Bb7 16. O-O Bd5 $15) 11... Nbd7 12. Bxc4 O-O 13.
Ne2 Re8 (13... b5 $5 14. Ba2 exf3 15. gxf3 Bb7) 14. Rb1 Qc7 15. Bb3 $6 (15. Bb5
a6 16. Bxd7 Nxd7 $15) 15... exf3 16. gxf3 b6 17. Kf2 Ba6 $17 {Grover-Zhou
Weigi, Dubai 2012}) 10... O-O 11. fxe4 (11. Ne2 exf3 12. gxf3 Bf5 13. O-O Nbd7
14. Bb3 Rc8 15. c4 Re8 16. Rf2 Nh5 17. Ng3 Bg6 18. Ne4 Ndf6 19. Nc3 h6 $15 {
Jambrich-Nemchenko, email 2010}) 11... Nxe4 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. Qb3 Nd7 14. O-O Nb6
15. Bd3 Be6 (15... Qxc3 16. Qb1) 16. Qc2 f5 17. Ng5 Bc4 18. Bd2 Bxd3 19. Qxd3
Qc4 20. Qh3 Nxg5 21. Bxg5 Nd5 22. Bd2 g6 23. Rae1 Nf6 24. Bh6 Rfe8 25. Qf3 Re4
$15 {Gerola-Kunzelmann, corr 2012}) 9... Nc6 (9... O-O 10. g4 (10. Qc2 $6 Nc6
11. e4 dxe4 12. fxe4 Qa5 13. e5 Re8 $17) 10... Nc6 {is a transposition of
moves. ist Zugumstellung.}) 10. g4 ({Abzuraten ist von} 10. Ng3 {cannot be
advised:} h5 $5 {(Michail Krasenkow, chesspro.ru). (Michail Krasenkow,
chesspro.ru).} 11. h4 ({Compare: Man sehe:} 11. Qc2 h4 12. Ne2 Qe7 13. Kf2 g6 (
13... b5 $5 $17) 14. g4 hxg3+ 15. Nxg3 Be6 16. a4 Na5 17. Ba3 Qc7 18. Bg2 Nb3
19. Rae1 O-O-O $17 {Joergensen-Sadowski, email 2006}) (11. e4 h4 12. exd5 hxg3
13. dxc6 Rxh2 14. Rg1 Kf8 $17) 11... Qc7 $5 (11... Na5 12. e4 Nb3 13. Rb1 Qa5
$15 {Marusenko-Pavlov, Kiev 2010}) 12. Kf2 Na5 13. Qe1 (13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4
Nd5 $15) 13... Nb3 $15) 10... O-O (10... Na5 $5 {is perhaps somewhat more
flexible (Krasenkow), see Kortschnoj-O'Kelly and Aghasuryan-Mekumyan. ist
vielleicht etwas flexibler (Krasenkow), siehe Kortschnoj-O'Kelly und
Aghasuryan-Mekumyan.}) (10... h6 {leads to Kasparov-Polgar. führt zu
Kasparov-Polgar.}) 11. Bg2 Na5 ({Zeitverlust wäre} 11... Qe7 $6 {would be a
waste of time:} 12. Nf4 (12. O-O $5) 12... b5 (12... Na5 13. O-O Nb3 14. Ra2)
13. O-O h6 14. h4 (14. e4 $5 dxe4 15. fxe4 Bxg4 16. Qe1 $14) 14... Rd8 $6 (
14... Qd8 $5 15. e4 Ne7 {would be more solid wäre solider}) 15. g5 hxg5 16.
hxg5 Ne8 17. e4 Nc7 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Na5 20. f4 Nb3 21. Ra2 Bb7 22. Re2
Qd7 23. Re5 $16 {Nikitin-Belinkov, Moskau 1966}) 12. O-O Nb3 {Anand must have
been satisfied with his choice of opening; he obtained exactly the sort of
position he needed since he was trailing in the match - complicated and sharp.
Mit seiner Eröffnungswahl dürfte Anand zufrieden gewesen sein, er bekam genau
den Typ Stellung, den er bei seinem Rückstand im Wettkampf gebraucht hatte -
kompliziert und scharf.} 13. Ra2 {In contrast to the Botvinnik Variation White
does not need a rook on e2 in order to get in e3-e4. Im Unterschied zur
Botwinnik-Variante braucht Weiß keinen Turm auf e2 um e3-e4 durchzusetzen.} ({
The move Der Zug} 13. Rb1 $5 {has been less explored, but in view of the
counterplay for Black on the b-file it looks to make more sense and would
perhaps have been less pleasant for Carlsen to face. ist weniger untersucht,
erscheint in Anbetracht des schwarzen Gegenspiels auf der b-Linie sinnvoller
und wäre für Carlsen vielleicht unangenehmer gewesen.}) 13... b5 (13... h6 {
see Kasparov-Polgar siehe Kasparov-Polgar}) (13... Qa5 14. g5 Nd7 (14... Nh5 {
(Krasenkow)} 15. Qe1 Bd7 16. Qh4 g6 17. e4 Rae8 18. Bf4 Nxf4 19. Qxf4 Bc6 20.
h4 $14) 15. e4 Nb6 16. Qe1 $5 (16. h3 Na4 $5 (16... Nxc1 17. Qxc1 Bd7 18. Ng3
Nc8 19. Re2 Ne7 {Bernasek-Hera, Österreischische Liga 2012/13} 20. f4 dxe4 21.
Nxe4 Nd5 22. Nc5 Bc6 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Rfe1 $11) 17. Qe1 f6 18. gxf6 Nxc1 19.
Qxc1 Rxf6 $15) 16... f6 (16... Nxc1 17. Qxc1 Bd7 18. Ng3) (16... Na4 17. Rc2
Bd7 18. Ng3) 17. gxf6 Nxc1 18. Qxc1 Rxf6 19. Ng3 Na4 20. Rc2 Be6 21. e5 Rf7 22.
f4 Raf8 23. Qe3 $14) 14. Ng3 (14. a4 {hardly fits in here ist kaum am Platze}
bxa4 15. Ng3 (15. Rxa4 a5 16. g5 Ne8 17. e4 Nc7 18. Ng3 Bd7 19. Ra2 Nxc1 20.
Qxc1 a4 21. e5 Rb8 22. f4 Rb3 $15 {(Pavel Maletin, ruchess)}) (15. Nf4 Bb7 16.
Rxa4 Re8 17. g5 Nd7 18. h4 a5 $15) 15... Nxc1 16. Qxc1 Qa5 17. e4 Rb8 18. g5
Ne8 $15) ({Etwas sinnvoller erscheint} 14. g5 {seems to make more sense:} Nd7 (
14... Nh5 15. e4 f6 16. gxf6 Qxf6 17. Be3 a5 18. Nc1 Nxc1 19. Qxc1 Rb8 20. Rb2
Qe7 21. Qd2 Rb6 22. e5 Bf5 23. Kh1 Bd3 24. Rg1 Rf7 25. Bg5 $11 {Fessler-Vozda,
corr 2012}) 15. e4 Nb6 16. Bf4 (16. e5 $2 Bf5 $17 {Gardner-Shabalov, Calgary
2012}) 16... a5 (16... f6 17. gxf6 Qxf6 18. Qe1 $11) 17. Qe1 Ra7 18. Qg3 $11)
14... a5 15. g5 ({Kaum besser wäre} 15. e4 {would hardly be any better, see
Volkov-Smirnov, Khanty Mansiysk 2013. siehe Volkov-Smirnov, Khanty Mansiysk
2013.}) 15... Ne8 16. e4 Nxc1 ({After Nach} 16... Nc7 {then ist} 17. Be3 Rb8
18. Qe1 b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Ne2 bxc3 21. Nxc3 Bb7 22. Qg3 Ra8 23. Rxa8 Bxa8
24. Rd1 Bc6 $11 {is possible (Maletin). möglich (Maletin).}) 17. Qxc1 Ra6 (
17... Rb8 18. Qd2 Nc7 19. e5 Qe7 20. Rb1 $11) 18. e5 Nc7 $6 {Carlsen is too
optimistic. He wants to maintain the tension and over-estimates his position.
Carlsen ist zu optimistisch. Er will die Spannung aufrechterhalten und
überschätzt seine Stellung.} ({Two alternatives appear more prudent:
Vorsichtiger erscheinen zwei weitere Alternativen:} 18... b4 19. axb4 axb4 20.
Rxa6 Bxa6 21. cxb4 Qb6 22. Qc3 Nc7 23. f4 Nb5 (23... Rb8 24. Ra1) 24. Qe3 Qxd4
25. Qxd4 Nxd4 26. Bxd5 c3 {(Krasenkow)} 27. Rc1 c2 28. Be4 Rc8 29. Kf2 g6 30.
Ke3 Rc4 31. Bd3 Rc3 32. Kxd4 Rxd3+ 33. Kc5 Rc3+ $11) (18... g6 19. f4 Ng7 20.
Rb2 Rb6 21. Qb1 {(Krasenkow)} Qd7 $1 22. f5 Nxf5 23. Nxf5 (23. Rxf5 gxf5 24.
Nh5 Qe7 25. Nf6+ Rxf6 26. gxf6 Qxa3 {(Maletin)} 27. Qc2 b4 28. Bxd5 Kh8 29. Ra2
b3 30. Rxa3 bxc2 31. Ra1 Be6 32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. Rc1 Ra8 34. Rxc2 Kg8 35. Ra2 $16
) 23... gxf5 24. h4 h6 25. Bh3 Qe7 26. Bxf5 Qxa3 {(Maletin)} 27. Rg2 Qxc3 28.
Bxc8 Qxd4+ 29. Rff2 Qxe5 30. Bf5 Kh8 31. Qc1 Re8 32. g6 $11) 19. f4 $2 ({
The critical moment! Black had more difficulties after Der kritischer Moment!
Mehr Schwierigkeiten hatte Schwarz nach} 19. Rb2 $5 Qe7 20. Rb1 {(Krasenkow) ,
so as to finally bring this rook to b1: , um diesen Turm endlich auf b1 zu
bringen:} Rb6 21. f4 b4 22. axb4 axb4 23. cxb4 Rxb4 (23... g6 24. Qe3 $5 Bd7
25. f5 Bxf5 26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. Rxf5 Rxb4 28. Rbf1 $14 {(Maletin)}) 24. Qa3 Na6
25. Bxd5 $5 (25. Rb2 Qb7 26. Rfb1 Rxb2 27. Qxb2 Qd7 28. Qb6 $14 {(Maletin)})
25... Qd8 26. Rxb4 Nxb4 27. Qxb4 Qxd5 28. Qc5 $14) 19... b4 20. axb4 ({For
equality Zum Ausgleich reichte} 20. a4 {was sufficient, to deprive Black of
the b5-square for his knight: um Schwarz das Feld b5 für den Springer
wegzunehmen:} b3 (20... Rb6 21. f5 bxc3 22. Raf2 Na6 (22... Rb3 23. e6 fxe6 24.
f6 Rb2 25. Rf3 {(Maletin)} e5 26. Rxc3 exd4 27. Qxb2 dxc3 28. Qxc3 Ne6 29. Nf5
gxf6 30. Bxd5 Kh8 31. gxf6 Qxd5 32. f7+ Nd4 33. Qxd4+ Qxd4+ 34. Nxd4 Kg7 35.
Nf5+ Bxf5 36. Rxf5 Rxf7 37. Rxa5 Rc7 38. Kf2 c3 39. Rg5+ Kf6 40. Rg1 $11) 23.
f6 Nb4 24. fxg7 Kxg7 25. Nh5+ Kh8 26. Rxf7 {(Maletin)} Rxf7 27. Rxf7 Be6 28.
Rf6 Nd3 29. Qxc3 Rb1+ 30. Bf1 Bh3 31. Qxa5 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Qxg5+ 33. Ng3 Bxf1
34. Qa8+ Kg7 35. Qa7+ $11) 21. Raf2 Bd7 22. f5 Bxa4 23. f6 Bd7 $1 (23... g6 $2
24. Qf4 Re8 (24... Ne6 $2 25. Qh4 Kh8 26. Bh3) 25. Qh4 Ree6 26. Nf5 gxf5 (26...
Qf8 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. Rf3 h5 29. Bh3 Be8 30. Bg4 $18) 27. Bh3 Kh8 28. Bxf5 Qg8
29. Rf3 Ne8 30. Rh3 Nxf6 31. exf6 Rxf6 32. Qxh7+ Qxh7 33. Rxh7+ Kg8 34. gxf6
$18 {(Maletin)}) 24. fxg7 Kxg7 25. Nh5+ Kh8 26. Rxf7 (26. Nf6 Ne8 27. Nxd5 Be6
28. Nf6 Nxf6 29. Rxf6 Rg8 $11 {(Maletin)}) 26... Rxf7 27. Rxf7 Be6 28. Rf6 Qg8
{(Maletin)} 29. g6 hxg6 30. Nf4 (30. Qh6+ Qh7 31. Qf8+ Qg8 32. Qh6+ Qh7 $11)
30... Bf7 31. Nxd5 Rxf6 32. Nxf6 Qf8 33. Qg5 Kg7 34. Nh5+ Kh8 35. Nf6 Kg7 $11)
({A more energetic move seems to be Energischer erscheint} 20. f5 $5 {(Boris
Gelfand, chesspro)} bxc3 $5 (20... b3 21. Raf2 $40) (20... Nb5 21. axb4 axb4
22. Rxa6 Bxa6 23. f6 g6 24. Qf4 $1 (24. e6 fxe6 25. Qe3 Bc8 26. cxb4 Nd6 $11 {
(Krasenkow)}) 24... Qb6 25. Qh4 h5 26. Nxh5 bxc3 27. Kh1 $1 Nxd4 28. Ng3 Ne6
29. Nf5 $1 gxf5 30. Qh5 $1 Qb7 31. Bh3 d4+ 32. Bg2 $18) 21. f6 g6 22. Qxc3 (22.
Qf4 Ne6 23. Qh4 Qb6 24. Ne2 Qb3 25. Nc1 Qb6 26. Ne2 $11) 22... Rb6 23. Qxa5 Rb3
$11 {(Maletin)}) ({And Auch} 20. Raf2 $5 {is also interesting, so as to
mobilise all his resources: ist interessant, um alle Resourcen zu mobilisieren:
} Nb5 (20... bxc3 21. Qxc3 a4 22. Qe3 Rb6 23. f5 Rb3 24. Qf4 Rd3 (24... c3 25.
f6 Ne6 26. Qh4 Ba6 27. Bh3 $16) 25. Nh5 Nb5 26. e6 Rxd4 27. Qe5 Qxg5 28. Nf4
$16) (20... b3 21. f5 Kh8 22. Nh5 Rb6 23. Qe3 $16) 21. axb4 axb4 22. cxb4 Nxd4
23. f5 Bb7 (23... Nb3 24. Qd1 Bb7 25. Qh5) 24. Nh5 {(Maletin)} Qb6 25. Qe3 Qa7
26. e6 fxe6 27. Qe5 Bc8 28. b5 Nxb5 29. f6 Ra2 (29... Qd4 30. fxg7 Rf5 31. Qb8
Qc5 32. Kh1 $18) 30. Bxd5 Qb6 31. Bxc4 Rxf2 32. Rxf2 Nd4 $11) 20... axb4 21.
Rxa6 Nxa6 22. f5 (22. cxb4 Nxb4 23. f5 g6 24. Qd2 Nc6 $11) 22... b3 (22... bxc3
23. Qxc3 g6 24. Qe3 (24. f6 Nc7 25. Rb1 Ne6 26. Qd2 Qc7 27. Ne2 $11 {(Maletin)}
) 24... Nc7 25. h4 Bxf5 26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. Rxf5 Ne6 28. Rf6 Qa5 29. Kh2 $11) 23.
Qf4 (23. f6 g6 24. Qf4 Kh8 $5 25. Qh4 b2 26. Qh6 Rg8 27. Rf4 b1=Q+ 28. Bf1 Qd1
$1 29. Rh4 Qh5 30. Nxh5 gxh5 31. Qxh5 Bf5 32. Qxf7 Nc7 $15) (23. Nh5 Nc7 24.
Qe3 Kh8 25. h4 $11) (23. h4 $5 {(Alexej Dreev, chessnews.ru)} Nc7 24. h5 Ne8 (
24... Nb5 $6 25. f6 Be6 26. g6 hxg6 27. hxg6 fxg6 28. Qg5 Nxc3 29. Qxg6 Qc7 30.
Nh5 $18) 25. Qf4 (25. f6 gxf6 26. gxf6 Kh8 27. Ne2 Rg8 28. Nf4 Nc7 $15) 25...
Qa5 26. h6 g6 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Nh5 Bf5 29. Bh3 Bxh3 30. Nf6+ Kh8 31. Nxe8 f6
32. e6 Qa2 33. Rf2 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Qe1 35. Nxf6 Bxe6 $11 {(Maletin)}) 23... Nc7 (
23... Kh8 $6 24. Nh5 Nc7 25. e6 Ne8 (25... fxe6 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27. f6+ Kg8 28.
f7+) 26. exf7 Rxf7 27. f6 g6 28. Re1 Nc7 29. Ng7 Kg8 30. h4 $14) 24. f6 $5 (24.
Qh4 Kh8 25. Nh5 Nb5 (25... b2 26. f6 g6 27. Ng7 Nb5 {(Mikhail Golubev, chess
today)} 28. Qf2 Nxc3 29. Qxb2 Ne4 30. h4 Kg8 31. Qb4 Qc7 $11) 26. e6 fxe6 27.
f6 gxf6 28. Nxf6 Qe7 29. Rf2 Rf7 30. g6 Rg7 31. Nh5 Kg8 $11) 24... g6 (24...
gxf6 25. Qh4 f5 (25... Kh8 26. Rxf6 Ne6 27. Bxd5 Qxd5 28. Rh6 Nxg5 29. Qxg5 Qf3
30. Rf6 Qg4 31. Qh6 Kg8 32. Rb6 Be6 33. Kf2 Qg6 34. Qxg6+ hxg6 35. Ke3 Kg7 36.
Rb5 $11) 26. Nh5 Ne8 27. Nf4 Be6 28. Rf3 Ng7 29. Rh3 Re8 30. Nxd5 Bxd5 31.
Qxh7+ Kf8 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qxg7 b2 34. Qf6+ Kd7 35. Qd6+ Kc8 36. Qa6+ Kc7 $11)
25. Qh4 Ne8 {Magnus Carlsen has defended more or less accurately and is hoping
for the best.  Magnus Carlsen hat sich mehr oder weniger akkurat verteidigt,
und hofft auf das Beste.} 26. Qh6 (26. Ne2 Be6 27. Nf4 Qa5 28. Nxe6 ({Maletin
gives Maletin gibt} 28. Bh3 Bxh3 29. Qxh3 b2 30. e6 (30. Ne6 Qa1 31. Nxf8 Kxf8
32. e6 Nd6 33. Qh6+ Ke8 34. exf7+ Nxf7 35. Qh3 Kd8 36. Qg2 b1=Q 37. Qxd5+ $11)
(30. Nxg6 hxg6 31. e6 Qa1 32. e7 Nxf6 33. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 34. gxf6 Kg8 $11) 30...
Nd6 (30... Qa1 31. e7 b1=Q 32. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 33. Nxd5) 31. Nxg6 hxg6 32. Qh6 Nf5
33. Rxf5 b1=Q+ 34. Rf1 Qxf1+ 35. Kxf1 $11 {with equality in each case. jeweils
mit Ausgleich an}) 28... fxe6 29. Bh3 Nc7 (29... Qa6 30. Qf2 Rf7 31. Qb2 Ra7
32. Bg4 Kf8 33. Qf2 Qb6 34. Qh4 b2 35. Qh6+ Kg8 36. Qh3 Kf8 $11) 30. f7+ Rxf7
31. Rxf7 Kxf7 32. Qxh7+ Kf8 33. Qh8+ Ke7 34. Qf6+ Kd7 35. Bxe6+ Nxe6 36. Qf7+
Kd8 37. Qf6+ Kc7 38. Qe7+ Kb8 39. Qxe6 $11) 26... b2 27. Rf4 $5 (27. Ne2 Be6
28. Nf4 Qa5 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. Bh3 Qa6 31. Bg4 Rf7 32. Qh3 Nc7 33. Qg2 Qa2 34.
Qc2 Rf8 35. f7+ Kg7 36. Qf2 $11) 27... b1=Q+ 28. Nf1 $4 ({Anand overlooks
Black's reply. Anand übersieht die schwarze Antwort. Zum Ausgleich reichte} 28.
Bf1 {was enough for equality:} Qd1 $1 29. Rh4 Qh5 30. Nxh5 gxh5 31. Rxh5 Bf5
32. g6 $1 (32. Bh3 Bg6 33. e6 Nxf6 34. gxf6 Qxf6 $15) 32... Bxg6 33. Rg5 Nxf6 (
33... Qa5 34. Rg3 Qa3 35. h4) 34. exf6 Qxf6 35. Rxd5 Qf3 36. Rc5 Qxc3 37. Rxc4
$11 {(Krasenkow)}) 28... Qe1 $1 ({But not Aber nicht} 28... Qd1 $4 29. Rh4 Qh5
30. Rxh5 gxh5 31. Ne3 Be6 32. Bxd5 $18) 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Pushkov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Ne7 (9... Nf6 $5 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Nfd7 12. a4 Qc7 13. Qa3 b6
$5 14. a5 (14. cxb6 axb6 15. Ne2 Ba6 $146) 14... bxc5 15. Nh3 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Nxa6
$13 {Milov,V-Razuvaev,Y/Biel/1994/0,5/34/}) 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Na6 $5 $146 (
11... Qc7 12. a4 Nec6 13. f4 Na5 14. Qa3 b6 15. Nf3 Ba6 16. Bb5 (16. Nd2 Bxf1
$146) 16... Bxb5 17. axb5 Nc4 18. cxb6 Qb7 19. Qc1 axb6 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 $10 {
Milov,V-Soffer,R/Budapest/1993/0,5/45/}) 12. Rb1 (12. Bxa6 Qxa6 {/\ e5,Be6~/=})
(12. Bxa6 bxa6 $1 {/\Nc6,Rb8|^/}) 12... Nc6 (12... Nxc5 $2 13. Qb4 Qxb4 14.
cxb4 $16 {_|_}) 13. Bb5 $8 e5 14. Ne2 Be6 15. Qb2 (15. Bc4 Bxc4 $6 (15... Nxc5
$5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19. Qd5 Qe3 20. Rxb7 (20. Qd2 Qc5
$13) 20... Rfd8 21. Qxc6 (21. Rd7 Rab8) 21... Rd2 22. Qc4 Rad8 23. Rb1 h6 $44)
16. Qxc4 Qc7 17. O-O Na5 18. Qb5 Rac8 19. Rfd1 Nxc5 20. Rd5 b6 21. Bxc5 bxc5
22. Rd7 Qc6 23. Rxa7 $16) 15... Rac8 16. O-O Ncb8 17. Bxa6 $8 Qxa6 $2 (17...
Nxa6 $5 18. Qxb7 Bc4 19. Rbe1 (19. Rb2 Rb8 $19) (19. Rfe1 $2 Bxe2 20. Rxe2 Rb8
$19) (19. Qb2 Nxc5 $44) 19... Nxc5 20. Qb4 Qb5 $44) 18. Ng3 Rc7 19. f4 $1 Nd7 (
19... exf4 $2 20. Bxf4 Rxc5 21. Qxb7 Qxb7 22. Rxb7 $16) 20. fxe5 $1 $16 (20. f5
$6 Bc4 21. Rfd1 Bd3 22. Rbc1 Nxc5 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. f6 g6 $1 25. Qd2 Bc4 26.
Qg5 Rc6 27. Nh5 Kh8 28. Qh6 Qb6+ $1 (28... Rg8 $4 29. Qg7+ Rxg7 30. fxg7+ Kg8
31. Rd8#) 29. Kh1 Rg8 30. Rb1 Qa5 31. Rxb7 Rcc8 $1 $13 (31... gxh5 $2 32. Rb8
$18)) 20... Nxc5 (20... Nxe5 21. Bd4 Nc4 22. Qf2 f6 23. e5 $1 f5 24. Ne4 $36)
21. Bd4 Bc4 22. Rf3 Qc6 23. Re3 b6 24. Qf2 Re8 25. Nf5 Re6 (25... Ne6 26. Qh4
$40) (25... Nxe4 26. Qh4 Nd2 27. Rbe1 $40) 26. Qh4 h6 27. Rbe1 $1 (27. Rg3 Rg6
28. Nxg7 (28. Rxg6 $2 fxg6 29. Ne7+ Rxe7 30. Qxe7 Qxe4 31. Rd1 Bd5 $19) 28...
Qxe4 29. Qxe4 Nxe4 30. Rxg6 fxg6 31. Ne8 Re7 32. Nd6 $14) 27... Kh7 28. Rg3 Rg6
29. Ne7 $18 Rxe7 30. Qxe7 Rxg3 31. hxg3 Nxe4 32. Qxa7 b5 (32... Qg6 33. Qxb6
$18) 33. Qb6 Qa8 34. e6 $1 Bxe6 35. Qxb5 Nxg3 36. Bxg7 $1 Nf5 (36... Kxg7 37.
Qe5+ $18) 37. Bd4 Qxa3 (37... Nh4 38. Qd3+ Bf5 39. Qg3 $18) 38. Qe5 Nxd4 39.
cxd4 Qa2 40. Re3 Qd2 41. Rg3 Bg4 42. Qf6 $1 (42. Rxg4 Qd1+) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.07"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 (
7... exd5 $5 8. e3 (8. dxc5 Qa5 $1) (8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 cxd4 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11.
Qxd4 Qxd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. e3 Bf5 $11) 8... Nbd7 $11) 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Nf6 10.
Be3 (10. Qb3 Qxc5 (10... Nc6 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Qb4 Qa6 14. Ne2 O-O
15. Bf4 $14 {Kataev,S-Tavadian,R/URS 1979/}) 11. Qb4 (11. Qb5+ Nbd7 12. Qxc5
Nxc5 13. Be3 (13. Bf4 Bd7 14. Bd6 Rc8 15. c4 Ba4 16. Nh3 Kd7 17. Be5 (17. e5
Ne8 18. Bxc5 Rxc5 19. f4 Bc6 $15) 17... Rhd8 18. Ke2 Ke7 19. Ke3 Ncxe4 20. fxe4
Ng4+ 21. Kf4 Nxe5 22. Kxe5 g5 23. Nxg5 f6+ 24. Kf4 e5+ 25. Ke3 fxg5 $15 {
Crouch,C-Kosten,A/Hastings 1994/}) 13... Nfd7 14. Ne2 Ke7 15. Nd4 g6 16. O-O-O
a6 17. Kc2 e5 18. Nb3 Ne6 19. Bc4 b6 20. Rd2 a5 21. a4 Bb7 22. Bb5 Bc8 23. Rhd1
$16 {Branicki,I-Makarczyk,K/Lodz 1954/}) 11... Qc7 12. a4 Nc6 13. Bb5 Nd7 14.
Qa3 Na5 15. Ne2 a6 16. Bxd7+ Bxd7 17. O-O Nc4 18. Qb4 a5 19. Qb3 O-O 20. Rb1 e5
21. f4 Ra6 22. Qxb7 Qxb7 23. Rxb7 Bxa4 24. fxe5 Bc2 25. e6 fxe6 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8
27. Rc7 Bb3 28. Nd4 a4 29. Kf2 Ba2 30. Nc2 Rb6 31. Nb4 Bb3 32. Be3 Rb8 33. Nc6
Ra8 34. Bc5+ Kg8 35. Nd4 {1/2-1/2 Erdogan,H-Kolev,A/Varna 1994/}) (10. Rb1 O-O
11. Rb5 Qxc3+ 12. Kf2 Qe5 13. Bb2 Qc7 14. Qd6 Ne8 15. Qxc7 Nxc7 16. Rb3 Nc6 17.
f4 f5 18. e5 Rd8 19. Nf3 Nd5 20. g3 Na5 21. Rd3 b6 22. cxb6 axb6 23. Nd4 Nb7
24. Bg2 Nc5 25. Rdd1 Bb7 26. Nb5 Rab8 27. Nd6 $14 {Milov,V-Magerramov,E/Berlin
1993/}) 10... O-O (10... Qxc3+ 11. Bd2 (11. Kf2 O-O 12. Ne2 Qa5 13. Qd2 Qxd2 (
13... Qc7 14. Nc3 {[%cal Yc3b5] /\14,Sb5}) 14. Bxd2 Nc6 15. Be3 Rd8 16. Nc3 Bd7
(16... Nd4 17. Rd1 e5 18. Nb5 $16) (16... e5 17. Be2 Be6 18. Rhd1 h6 19. Rab1
Rxd1 20. Nxd1 Rb8 21. Nc3 Nd7 22. Nb5 b6 23. cxb6 axb6 24. Nc7 Nd4 25. Bxd4
exd4 26. Rb4 Nc5 27. Rxd4 Rc8 28. Nxe6 Nxe6 29. Rc4 (29. Rd6 $5) 29... Ra8 30.
Rc3 $16 {Vladimirov,E-Sturua,Z/Daugavpils 1978/}) 17. Be2 Ne5 18. Rhd1 Bc6 19.
Nb5 Bxb5 20. Bxb5 h6 21. Bf4 Ned7 22. Bd6 {[%cal Yc5c6] /\23.c6} a6 23. Be2
Rac8 24. Rdc1 Rc6 25. a4 $1 {[%cal Ya1b1,Ya4a5] /\26.Tab1, a5} Rdc8 26. Rab1
Nxc5 27. Bxc5 Rxc5 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29. Rxb7 Ra5 (29... a5 30. Ra7 {[%cal Ye2b5] /
\31.Lb5}) 30. Bd1 Kf8 31. Ke3 Ke8 32. Ra7 Nd7 33. Kd4 e5+ 34. Kc3 Rc5+ 35. Kb4
a5+ 36. Rxa5 Rc1 37. Rd5 $18 {Gligoric,S-Martin,P/Mar del Plata 1950/[Leach]})
11... Qe5 12. Ne2 $11) (10... Nfd7 11. Qd4 O-O 12. Qb4 Qc7 13. a4 Nc6 14. Qa3
Na5 15. Nh3 b6 16. cxb6 axb6 17. Qb4 Nc6 18. Qb2 Na5 19. Qb4 Nc6 {1/2-1/2
Zagorskis,D-Nilssen,J/Copenhagen 1998/}) 11. Kf2 (11. Qb3 e5 (11... Na6 12. a4
(12. Bxa6 Qxa6 13. Ne2 e5 14. c4 Be6 15. Qb5 Bxc4 16. Qxa6 Bxa6 17. Kf2 Rac8
18. Rhd1 Rfd8 19. Nc3 Kf8 20. a4 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 b6 22. Rd6 Ke8 23. a5 Nd7 24.
axb6 axb6 25. Nd5 Bb7 26. cxb6 $16 {Moskalenko,V-Shneider,A/Lvov 1985/}) 12...
Nd7 13. Bxa6 bxa6 14. Qb4 Qc7 15. Ne2 a5 16. Qd4 Bb7 17. Kf2 Rad8 18. Qd6 Qc8
19. Rhd1 Nf6 20. Qe5 Bxe4 21. Rd6 Bd5 22. Nf4 Qb8 23. Nxd5 Qb2+ 24. Kg3 exd5 (
24... Qxa1 25. Nxf6+ gxf6 26. Qxf6 $18) 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 Qe2 27. Qd4 Re8
28. Bc1 Re6 29. h3 Nh5+ 30. Kh2 Rg6 31. Rg1 Nf6 32. c6 Qe7 33. Bf4 h6 34. c7
$18 {Nilssen,J-Hedman,E/Vejen 1993/}) (11... Nc6 12. Nh3 (12. Bb5 Qc7 13. Ne2
e5 14. Bxc6 (14. O-O Be6 15. Qa4 Na5 16. Rab1 a6 17. Bd3 Nd7 18. Qb4 $14 {
Muse,M-Chandler,M/BL8788 1988/}) 14... bxc6 15. O-O Rb8 16. Qa4 Rb2 17. Ng3 Qb7
18. Rad1 Be6 19. Rd6 Ne8 20. Rd8 $16 {Josephsen,N-Ochsner,T/DEN-chT9596 1996/})
(12. Ne2 e5 $5 13. Nc1 Be6 14. Bc4 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Rfd8 16. Nb3 Qc7 17. Ke2 Rab8
18. Rhd1 h6 19. a4 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Qb5 $16 {Gheorghiu,
F-Yanofsky,D/Winnipeg 1967/}) 12... e5 (12... Nd7 13. Bb5 a6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15.
Qb4 Qc7 16. O-O a5 17. Qd4 Ba6 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Qd6 $16 {Sakaev,K-Ivanov,A/
Thessaloniki 1996/}) 13. Bc4 Bxh3 14. gxh3 Nd4 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Qb4 Qc7 17.
cxd4 Qf4 18. O-O Qe3+ 19. Rf2 Rad8 20. Rd1 Nh5 21. Qb3 $18 {Arne,M-Osbun,E/
California op 1990/}) (11... Qc7 12. Bb5 Nfd7 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. Qb4 a5 15. Qd4
Ra6 16. Ne2 e5 17. Qd5 Nf6 18. Qb3 Nd7 19. Kf2 Nxc5 20. Qb5 Rc6 21. Rab1 f5
$132 {Krizsany,L-Almasi,Z/HUN-chT 1993/}) 12. Bc4 Nc6 13. Ne2 Qc7 14. Bd5 Na5
15. Qb4 Be6 16. c4 Nc6 17. Qb2 Na5 18. Qb4 Nc6 19. Qb2 Na5 20. Qb4 {1/2-1/2
Csom,I-Farago,I/HUN-chT 1992/}) (11. Ne2 Na6 (11... Nc6 12. Kf2 Nd7 13. Nd4
Nxc5 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qd6 Nb3 16. Ra2 Ba6 17. Rb2 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Qxc3 19. Rfb1
Rfd8 20. Qb4 Qxb4 21. axb4 Nd4 22. Rc1 h6 23. Rd2 e5 24. Bxd4 Rxd4 25. Rxd4
exd4 26. Rxc6 a5 $11 {Santos,A-Boino,C/Almada 1998/}) 12. Kf2 Rd8 13. Qc2 Nxc5
14. Nd4 e5 15. Nb3 Nxb3 16. Qxb3 Be6 17. Qb4 Qc7 18. Be2 b6 19. Rhc1 Nd7 20. a4
a5 21. Qb5 Rdc8 22. Rab1 Rab8 23. Rd1 Kf8 24. Bc1 Qc5+ 25. Qxc5+ Nxc5 26. Ba3
f6 27. Rd6 Kf7 28. Rdxb6 Rxb6 29. Rxb6 Nxa4 30. Rb7+ Kg6 31. c4 Nc3 (31... Bxc4
32. Bxc4 Rxc4 33. Bf8 $11) 32. Bd3 Bxc4 33. Bxc4 Rxc4 34. Bf8 Rc8 35. Rxg7+ Kh6
36. Rf7+ $11 {Ionescu Ilie,V-Iosif,C/Bucharest 1991/}) 11... Nc6 12. Qb3 Qc7
13. Ne2 e5 14. Rb1 Na5 15. Qb4 Be6 16. Ng3 Rfc8 17. Bb5 Rab8 (17... a6 $5 18.
Be2 Nd7 19. c6 Nxc6 (19... bxc6 20. Rhd1 $14) 20. Qxb7 Qxb7 21. Rxb7 Na5 22.
Rb2 Rxc3 23. Rd1 Rxa3 24. Bxa6 Rxa6 25. Rxd7 h6 (25... Bxd7 $4 26. Rb8+ $18)
26. Rd8+ Kh7 27. Bc5 Ra1 28. Nf5 Nc4 29. Rbb8 Kg6 30. g4 R6a2+ 31. Kg3 Nd2 32.
Ne7+ Kf6 33. Ng8+ Kg6 34. Ne7+ $11) 18. Rhd1 a6 19. Be2 Nd7 20. Nf5 Nxc5 $2 (
20... Nc6 $142 $5) 21. Nd6 $18 h6 22. c4 Kh7 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. Bd2 b6 25. Be3
Nd7 26. Bxb6 Nxb6 27. Qxb6 Qxb6+ (27... Nxc4 28. Qxc7 Rxc7 29. Rbc1 $18) 28.
Rxb6 Nxc4 29. Rxa6 Nb2 30. Rd2 Rb8 31. Ra5 Bc4 32. Rc5 (32. Rxe5 $5 Bxe2 33.
Kxe2 Nc4 34. Red5 Nxd2 35. Rxd2 $18) 32... Bxe2 33. Kxe2 1-0

[Event "Nijmegen m"]
[Site "Nijmegen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd3 b6 9. e4 Ba6 10. c4 Nc7 (10... Nf6 $1 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Qe4 cxd4 13. Qxa8 Nc5
14. Rb1 Qc7 15. Rb5 (15. f4 $6 Bb7 16. Qxa7 Nbd7 17. a4 O-O 18. a5 Ra8) 15...
Bxb5 16. cxb5 Nd3+ (16... Qxe5+ $5 $40) 17. Bxd3 Qxc1+ 18. Kf2 Qe3+ 19. Kg3
Qg5+ $10) 11. dxc5 $2 bxc5 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Bb2 (13. Bf4 Nd7 14. Bd6 $14)
13... f6 14. f4 Ke7 15. O-O-O Nc6 16. Nf3 Rhd8 17. Be2 Na5 18. Nd2 Rab8 19. Bc3
(19. Kc2 $14) 19... Nc6 20. e5 $6 (20. Nf3 $10) 20... fxe5 21. fxe5 Nd4 22.
Bxd4 (22. Bd3 $5) 22... Rxd4 23. Kc2 Bb7 $15 24. Kc3 (24. Rb1 Rbd8 $15) 24...
Bc6 25. Rhf1 Na8 26. Nb3 $2 (26. Nf3 $1) 26... Re4 27. Nxc5 Rxe5 $17 (27...
Rxe2 $2 28. Rd6 $13) 28. Na6 Rc8 29. Bd3 Rh5 $1 (29... Bb5 $2 30. Kd4 $16) 30.
Rf4 Bb5 31. Nb4 Nb6 32. Re1 $2 (32. Kb2 Nxc4+ $17) 32... a5 $19 33. g4 Rh3 34.
Kd2 axb4 35. cxb5 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Linares 27th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2010.02.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2010.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 {An old, rather harmless move.} Qa5 {Alternatives:} (8... f5) (8... Nc6) 9.
e4 (9. c4 Qxd2+ 10. Bxd2 Nb6 11. e3 Nc6 12. dxc5 Na4 13. Ne2 Nxc5 $11 {1/2
Boros,S-Steiner,L/Budapest 1936/EXT 1999 (41)}) (9. Bb2 Nb6 (9... cxd4 10. cxd4
Nc6 11. e4 Ne3 12. Bc3 Nxf1 13. Kxf1 Qa6+ 14. Ne2 O-O 15. Kf2 $14 {0-1
Baumbach,F-Schlieder,R/Zittau 1956/EXT 2003 (31)}) 10. e3 Na4 11. Rb1 Nxb2 12.
Qxb2 Nc6 (12... O-O 13. Kf2 b6 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Bd3 Nc6 16. Ne2 cxd4 17. cxd4 e5
18. Be4 exd4 19. Nxd4 Rac8 20. Nb5 $14 {1/2 Steiner,H-Donner,J/Venice 1950/MCD
(41)}) 13. Kf2 O-O 14. Bb5 Qc7 15. Ne2 Na5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Qb4 Qc7 18. Rhd1
b6 $11 {0-1 Muhring,W-Euwe,M/Amsterdam 1950/EXT 1998 (48)}) 9... Qxc3 (9... Nb6
10. Rb1 Bd7 11. Bd3 Ba4 (11... Nc6 12. Rb5 Qa4 13. Rxc5 O-O 14. Bc2 Qa6 15. Bd3
Qa4 16. Ne2 Rad8 17. Bc2 Qa6 18. Bd3 Qa4 19. O-O $16 {0-1 Barden,L-Szabo,J/
Leipzig 1960/EXT 1999 (56)}) 12. Ne2 Nc6 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Qb2 Rd7 15. Bd2 c4
16. Bc2 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Na4 18. Ng3 g6 19. e5 b5 20. Ne4 $16 {1-0 Portisch,
L-Pogats,J/Budapest 1959/EXT 2000 (57)}) (9... Ne7 10. Rb1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qxd2+
12. Bxd2 O-O $14 {1/2 Van Wely,L (2585)-Zueger,B (2470)/Horgen 1995/CBM 050})
10. Qxc3 (10. Bb2 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 Ne7 (11... Nf6 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Rxc5 Nbd7 14.
Rc1 Nb6 15. Ke3 Bd7 16. Bd3 Rfc8 17. Ne2 Ne8 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Rc1 $14 {
1/2 Sherwin,J-Denker,A/New York 1959/MCD (40)}) 12. dxc5 O-O 13. Nh3 $5 (13.
Rc1 Nec6 14. Ke3 Bd7 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Ne2 Be8 17. f4 Nd7 18. Rc3 Rc7 19. Rhc1
Rac8 20. Bb5 f5 21. exf5 exf5 22. Rd3 Na5 $11 {1/2 Weinstein,R-Sherwin,J/New
York 1960/MCD (36)}) (13. Ke3 Nec6 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Bc3 Rc8 $11 {1/2 Taimanov,
M-Milic,B/Kiev 1959/MCL (31)}) 13... Rd8+ (13... Nbc6 $142 {[%cal Yc8d7,Ya8c8]}
) 14. Ke3 Nbc6 15. Bc4 e5 16. Ng5 Rf8 17. Rhf1 Ng6 18. Rad1 h6 19. Rd6 Nf4 20.
Nxf7 Rxf7 21. g3 Nh5 22. f4 exf4+ 23. gxf4 Kf8 24. Bxf7 Kxf7 25. f5 $16 {
1-0 Hertneck,G (2535)-Ketzscher,R/Germany 1991/TD (41)}) 10... Nxc3 11. dxc5
Na4 12. Be3 Bd7 (12... Ke7 13. Rc1 Bd7 14. Ne2 Rc8 15. Nc3 f6 16. Be2 Nxc3 17.
Rxc3 Rc7 18. Kf2 Nc6 19. Rd1 Rd8 20. f4 Be8 $11 {1/2 Carlsson,H-Kaila,O/Sweden
1951/EXT 2007 (37)}) 13. Rb1 (13. Nh3 Ke7 14. Nf4 Rc8 15. Rc1 a5 16. Kf2 Na6
17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Rhd1 Rac6 19. Nd3 f6 20. Rd2 R6c7 21. Rb1 e5 $11 {1-0 Khodos,
G-Kuijpers,F/Helsinki 1961/EXT 2001 (40)}) 13... b6 {Black decides on
simplifications.} (13... Bc6 $5 14. Ne2 $5 {[%cal Ye2d4]} e5 $5) 14. cxb6 axb6
{The exchange of the a3- and b6-pawns, with a drawish outcome, can hardly be
avoided.} 15. Bb5 $6 (15. Nh3 $5 {promised more chances. White gives up his
bishop pair, after which he can't hope for any advantage.}) 15... Bxb5 16. Rxb5
Nd7 17. Ne2 Nac5 18. Bc1 Nd3+ 19. Kd2 Nxc1 {Black is satisfied with a draw.} (
19... N7e5 $5 {w was an interesting attempt to play for a win. In case of} 20.
f4 $6 Nf2 21. fxe5 Nxh1 22. Ke3 O-O {Black's chances, despite his trapped
knight, look rather favorable.}) 20. Rxc1 Ke7 21. Rc3 Rhc8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. h4
Ra8 24. Rb3 Nc5 25. Rxb6 Rxa3 26. Nf4 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.13"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk"]
[BlackTeam "Wollishofen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Ne7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. a4 Nd7 13. a5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]
A curious novelty in a well-known line, connected with a pawn sac.} (13. Qa3 f5
$1 14. Nh3 (14. Bd3 Ne5 15. Bc2 Nc4 16. Qc1 e5 17. Ne2 Nxe3 (17... fxe4 $5 18.
Bxe4 Bf5) (17... f4 $5) 18. Qxe3 Be6 19. O-O Rac8 20. Rab1 Nc6 $2 (20... f4 21.
Qf2 Rfd8 $44) 21. exf5 $16 {1-0 Erdogan,H-Yildiz,B/Antalya 2004/CBM 101/
[Mueller,Karsten] (50)}) 14... fxe4 15. fxe4 Ng6 (15... Ne5 16. Be2 N7g6 17.
Nf2 Nf4 18. Bxf4 Rxf4 19. O-O Bd7 20. g3 Rff8 21. Nd3 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Nxd3 23.
Bxd3 Rc8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Vaisser,A-Psakhis,L/Novosibirsk 1993/CBM 036/[Wahls] (44)
}) 16. Bb5 $5 (16. Nf2 Nde5 17. Be2 Nf4 18. Bxf4 Rxf4 19. O-O Bd7 20. Rad1 Raf8
21. Qb4 Bc6 22. Qd4 {1/2-1/2 Golod,V-Makarichev,S/Simferopol 1990/EXT 97})
16... Nde5 (16... Nh4 $5) 17. Bf2 Ng4 18. Bg3 e5 19. O-O-O Ne3 20. Rd6 a6 21.
Bd3 Kh8 $13 {1-0 Roeschlau,B-Kersten,U/Bruchkoebel 2002/EXT 2003/[Hoehne,V/
Loukas,T] (42)}) 13... Nc6 (13... Nxc5 14. Qc4 Na6 15. Qxc7 Nxc7 16. Bc5 Re8
17. Bd6 Na6 18. Bb5 Nc6 19. e5 Bd7 20. Ne2 $14 {[%csl Ra6]}) 14. Bb5 Nxa5 (
14... Nce5 $5 15. Qa3 $140 f5 $1 {needs testing}) 15. Qa3 b6 (15... Nc6 16. Ne2
) 16. Ne2 Bb7 (16... Ne5 $5 {[%cal Ra5c4]} 17. Bd4 Rd8 (17... Nec6 18. O-O $1)
18. O-O Bd7) 17. O-O Rfc8 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Qe7 Nc5 20. Qxc7 Rxc7 21. Rfd1 $14
{[%csl Gb5,Rb6,Ge3][%cal Gd1d8][%mdl 4096] White has a bishop pair, controls
the d-file , and Black's b6 pawn is weak.} Rcc8 22. Ra2 {[%cal Rd1d6]} (22. Rd6
Nc4 $1 23. Rxa8 Nxd6) 22... Bc6 $1 23. Bxc5 Bxb5 $6 (23... bxc5 $142 $1 24. c4
(24. Rxa5 Rxa5 25. Bxc6 Kf8 26. Rd6 Ra6 27. Bb7 Rxd6 28. Bxc8 Ke7 {[%csl Rc8]})
24... Kf8 25. Kf2 $14 {/=}) 24. Bxb6 Bxe2 25. Rxe2 Nc4 26. Bf2 $16 {Of course,
such a weak extra pawn is not easy to convert but defense is quite hard, too!}
h6 27. h3 Rc6 28. Be1 g5 29. Rb1 Kg7 30. Bg3 Kg6 31. Kh2 Ra3 32. Be1 Rc8 33.
Rc2 Rc6 34. Bf2 Ra8 35. Rb4 Ra1 36. Bd4 e5 37. Bf2 Rc7 38. Re2 Rc1 39. Be1 Ra1
40. Rb8 Ra3 41. h4 Ra1 42. Kh3 f6 43. Kg4 Ra6 44. Rg8+ Kf7 45. Rd8 Kg6 46. Bf2
Ra3 47. Rc2 Ra1 48. h5+ Kf7 49. Rd5 Ke6 50. Rd8 Kf7 51. Rd5 Ke6 52. Rd8 Kf7 53.
Rh8 Kg7 54. Rb8 Kf7 55. Rd8 Ra6 56. Rd1 Ke6 57. Rb1 Kf7 58. Bg1 Ra4 59. Bf2 Ra6
60. Kh3 Ra4 61. Rcc1 Ra2 62. Bg1 Na3 $6 (62... Rd2 $142 63. Rb8 Nd6 64. Ra1
$140 $2 Rxc3 65. Ra7+ Ke6) 63. Rb8 Nc4 (63... Rd2 64. Bb6 Rc6 65. Ra1 $18) 64.
Rd1 $1 Rc2 $2 {Black eventually succumbs to pressure. The d1 rook now invades
Black's camp, which ends the game. However,} (64... Rd2 {apparently didn't
help either:} 65. Rxd2 Nxd2 66. Kg4 {[%cal Yg4f5]} Nc4 (66... Rxc3 67. Rb7+ Ke6
68. Rb6+ Ke7 69. Kf5) (66... Nf1 67. c4 $1 Rxc4 68. Rb1 Nd2 69. Rb7+ Ke6 70.
Rb6+ Ke7 71. Kf5 $18) 67. Rh8 Kg7 68. Ra8 {[%cal Ya8a6,Yg4f5]} Nd6 69. Ra6 Ne8
70. Ra7 $18 {The endgame is lost for Black because of his weak kingside pawns 
(especially h6).}) (64... g4+ $1 {was correct.} 65. Kg3 (65. fxg4 Nd2) 65...
gxf3 66. gxf3 Rd2 67. Rxd2 Nxd2 {and the weakness of White's f3 pawn
diminishes his winning chances.}) 65. Rh8 Kg7 (65... Ke6 66. Rxh6 g4+ $5 67.
Kg3 gxf3 68. gxf3 Rxc3 69. Rg6 $18) 66. Rdd8 Rc1 67. Rdg8+ Kf7 68. Rg6 Ke6 69.
Kh2 Nd2 70. Rhxh6 R7xc3 71. Rxf6+ Ke7 1-0

[Event "World-ch Anand-Kramnik +3-1=8"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "2008.10.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2008.10.14"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 f5 9. Qc2 Nd7 {A rare continuation.} (9... f4 {is the most common}) (9...
O-O) (9... Qa5) (9... Qh4+) (9... Qf6 {have been seen in practice, too.}) 10.
e4 fxe4 11. fxe4 N5f6 12. c6 {It is useful to spoil Black's pawn structure.}
bxc6 13. Nf3 Qa5 {[%cal Yc8a6] It Black neglects White's bishops, they can
become formidable like in the following game:} (13... Qc7 14. Bd3 O-O 15. O-O
Ng4 16. h3 Nge5 17. Nxe5 Rxf1+ 18. Bxf1 Qxe5 19. Be3 Nf6 20. Bd3 c5 21. Rf1 Bd7
22. Bf4 Qh5 23. Bd6 Bc6 24. e5 Nd7 25. Qf2 $16 {1-0 Portisch,L-Kluger,G/
Budapest 1962/MCL (54)}) 14. Bd2 (14. Be3 $6 Ng4 15. Bg1 O-O 16. h3 Nge5 17.
Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Bh2 Qc5 (18... Qg5 $1 $36) 19. Qd2 e5 20. Bg1 Rxf1+ $5 21. Kxf1
Ba6+ 22. Ke1 Qe7 23. Qe3 Nb6 $44 {1/2 Moehring,G-Neukirch,D/Annaberg-Buchholz
1965/EXT 1999 (28)}) 14... Ba6 (14... O-O $5 15. Bd3 $6 (15. Be2 $142 Nc5 $140
16. c4 Qc7 17. e5) 15... Ba6 16. c4 Qc7 17. Bc3 Ng4 (17... Nc5 $15) 18. e5
Ndxe5 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 $15 {Gilman-Lepsenui/corr 1966}) 15. c4 (15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16.
c4 O-O $11) 15... Qc5 (15... Qc7 16. Bb4 $1 {preventing ...Nc5}) 16. Bd3 Ng4
17. Bb4 Qe3+ 18. Qe2 {After the queen exchange Black's attack loses its
strength. Mutual weaknesses and control of the dark squares will now be
crucial.} O-O-O 19. Qxe3 (19. Be7 $143 Qb6 $1 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 $36 {[%csl Re1] S.
Shipov}) 19... Nxe3 20. Kf2 Ng4+ 21. Kg3 Ndf6 $6 (21... Nde5 $6 22. Be2 h5 23.
h3 h4+ (23... Nxf3 24. gxf3 Ne5 25. Kf4 $1 $14) 24. Nxh4 Nf6 {-game}) (21...
Nge5 $5 22. Be2 Bxc4 23. Bxc4 Nxc4 24. Rhc1 Nde5 25. Nxe5 Nxe5 26. Rc5 Rd3+ 27.
Kh4 $1 Ng6+ 28. Kg5 Kb7 29. Rb1 {S.Shipov} Rc8 $1 30. Rc3 Rd2 $132) 22. Bb1 $1
{[%cal Re4e5] Black probably underestimated this move.} h5 (22... Ne3 23. Ne5
$16) 23. h3 (23. e5 $2 h4+ $1 24. Kf4 g5+ $1 25. Nxg5 Rd4+ $40 {S.Shipov})
23... h4+ {Black must give up this pawn to prevent collapse.} (23... Ne3 24.
Ne5 $16) 24. Nxh4 Ne5 25. Nf3 $1 {"You are welcome to recapture on c4", White
says, "but then beware of my bishop pair and rooks attacking your weaknesses!"}
Nh5+ 26. Kf2 Nxf3 (26... Nxc4 27. Rc1 (27. Ba2 Nf4 28. Rhd1 $5 $16) 27... Nf4
28. Ba2 $1 Nd3+ 29. Kg3 Nxc1 30. Rxc1 Ne3 31. Ne5 $16) 27. Kxf3 e5 28. Rc1 $6 (
{Less greedy} 28. Bc2 {was more appropriate, e.g.} Rh6 (28... Bxc4 29. Rhd1 $16
{S.Shipov}) 29. Rhd1 Rf6+ 30. Ke3 Nf4 31. Rxd8+ Kxd8 32. Rg1 Rg6 33. g4 Nxh3
34. Rh1 Nf4 (34... Ng5 35. Rh8+ Kc7 36. Bd3) 35. Bc3 Rg5 36. c5 {and White's
bishop pair guarantees him a clear advantage.}) 28... Nf4 $132 29. Ra2 Nd3 30.
Rc3 Nf4 31. Bc2 (31. Rf2 $5 {was a better contribution to the harmony of
White's arrangement but the position was still far from clear after} Rh6 $1 {
The rest was much worse:} (31... Rd1 32. Bc2 {S.Shipov}) (31... Rd4 32. Kg3 {
[%cal Yg3h2,Yc3g3]} Rxc4 (32... Rhd8 33. Be7 R8d7 34. Bg5) 33. Kh2 $1 $16 Rd8 {
[%cal Yd8d1]} 34. Bc2 $1 $16) 32. h4 $5 (32. Kg3 Rd1 33. Bc2 Rh1 $1 {
preventing Kg3-h2}) (32. Be7 Rd7 33. Bg5 {doesn't work due to} Nxh3 $1 34. Bxh6
Nxf2) 32... Ne6 $1 33. Ke3 (33. Kg3 Rdh8) 33... Rg6 {with strong counterplay.})
31... Ne6 (31... Rh6 $5 {[%csl Rf3] (S.Shipov) was good here, too:} 32. Be7 Rd7
33. Bg5 Rg6 34. h4 Rf7 35. Kg4 Ne2 36. Rf3 Rxf3 37. gxf3 Bxc4 {[%cal Rc4e6]}
38. Bb3 $1 Bxb3 39. Rxe2 $14) ({but probably even simpler was} 31... Rd4 32.
Bc5 (32. Bb3 Ne6 {[%cal Re6g5]}) (32. Ra1 Rd2) 32... Rxc4 33. Rxc4 Bxc4 34. Rb2
Rd8 35. Bxa7 Rd2 36. Be3 Re2 {with sufficient counterchances.}) 32. Kg3 {
The king quickly runs to h2!} Rd4 (32... Rh6 33. Kh2 c5 34. Ba5 Rd4 $44 {
, containing White's bishops, was probably more accurate}) ({After the text
move} 32... Rd4 {Black's compensation for the extra pawn is hardly sufficient,
e.g.} 33. c5 Nf4 34. Re3 $16 {but the position remains quite complicated and
not so easy to play under time pressure. Therefore Vishy Anand accepted
Vladimir Kramnik's draw offer.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pulvermuehle 6th"]
[Site "Pulvermuehle"]
[Date "2006.02.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Braun, Arik"]
[Black "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "Prusikin,M"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2006.02.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 {Die erste Überraschung, so hat Arik noch
nie zuvor gespielt} d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4
Ne7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Bd7 $5 {Auf der Suche mach Möglichkeiten, der
gegnerischen Vorbereitung sinnvoll auszuweichen, kam ich am Brett auf diesen
seltenen Zug.} 12. Kf2 {Eine Neuerung, die, bis heute keine Nachahmer fand,
dabei ist der Königszug durchaus möglich, kaum besser oder schlechter als
die zhalreichen Alternativen.} (12. Nh3 $5 Na6 13. Be2 Rfc8 14. O-O (14. Qxb7
Nxc5 15. Qb4 $14) 14... Nxc5 15. Qb4 Qc7 $11 {1-0 (36) Crouch,C (2395)-Lalic,S
(2375) Isle of Man 1994}) 12... Nbc6 13. Ne2 f5 $1 {Von Gavrikov mit "?!"
versehen, stellt dieser Zug die einzige Möglichkeit dar, die schlechte
Figurenkoordination des Anziehenden auszunutzen.} 14. Rd1 Be8 (14... Rad8 $4
15. Rxd7 $18) 15. Kg1 $6 (15. Qxe6+ $2 Bf7 16. Qd6 Rad8 $19) (15. Nf4 $1 {
Figurenentwicklung war angebracht:} fxe4 16. Bc4 $1 Nf5 (16... Bf7 $5 17. Rd7
exf3 18. gxf3 Rad8 19. Rhd1 $16) 17. Bxe6+ Kh8 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 19. fxe4 Rf7 (
19... Rxc5 $5 20. c4 $1 (20. Bxc5 Qxc5+ $13) 20... Re5 21. Rhf1 Rxe4 22. Kg1
$16 {und plötzlich es es den Nachziehende, dem es an Koordination mangelt.})
20. Rd5 Re7 21. Rhd1 $14) 15... fxe4 16. fxe4 $1 (16. Qxe6+ Bf7 17. Qxe4 Rfe8
18. Bf2 Nd5 $36) 16... Kh8 {Nach menschlichem Ermessen klar der logischste Zug.
Die berühmt berüchtigte "erste Linie" ist in dieser Stellung weder machbar
noch sinnvoll.} 17. Ng3 (17. h4 $5 Ne5 $1 $13) 17... Ne5 $3 {Nach langem
Nachdenken erkannte ich, dass der Be3, die weiße Schlüsselfigur, unbedingt
entfernt werden muss.} 18. Qxb7 Ba4 19. Rc1 ({Mit} 19. Qxe7 $5 {konnte Weiß
noch mal ordenlich Öl isn Feuer gießen:} Bxd1 20. Bd4 Rae8 21. Qg5 Ng6 22. h4
e5 23. h5 Nf4 24. h6 Qc7 $13) 19... Ng4 20. Qxe7 (20. Bd4 e5 $1 21. Qxe7 exd4
22. Nh5 (22. Nf5 Rxf5 23. exf5 dxc3 24. h3 Re8 25. Qd6 Rd8 26. Qe7 Re8 $11)
22... Rg8 23. h3 (23. cxd4 $4 Qd2 $19) 23... Ne3 24. Kh2 dxc3 $11) 20... Nxe3
21. Nh5 $4 {Ein seltsamer Einsteller, zumal Arik noch genug Zeit hatte. Die
Stellung befand sich im Gleichgewicht, z.B.} (21. h3 Bc2 22. Kh2 Qxc3 23. Be2
Rae8 24. Qd6 Rd8 25. Qe7 Rde8 $11) 21... Qxc3 $1 $19 22. h3 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Nxf1
24. Kxf1 Qd4 25. Ke2 Qxe4+ 26. Kf2 Qf5+ 0-1

[Event "Vandoeuvre op 11th"]
[Site "Vandoeuvre"]
[Date "2014.12.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Savina, Anastasia"]
[Black "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2014.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {90} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 (4... O-O) 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5
7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3 Qc7 9. Ne2 b6 $5 (9... O-O 10. g4 Re8 {La grande ligne} 11.
Bg2 Nc6 {Moskalenko,V (2572)-Rojas,L (2414) Montcada op 16th 2008 (3) 0-1}) 10.
g4 {79} Ba6 11. Qa4+ Qc6 12. Qxc6+ Nxc6 13. g5 Ng8 14. e4 Nge7 15. Be3 $14 {
Avec la paire de B et le centre, les Blancs ont gardé un petit avantage
d'ouverture} cxd4 16. cxd4 O-O 17. Bh3 Rfe8 {Suite illisible et nulle au
58ème coup} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.01.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5
Nxd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Ne7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. a4 Nec6 13. f4 Na5 14.
Qa3 Nd7 15. Nf3 b6 16. cxb6 axb6 17. Nd2 Ba6 {TN} (17... Bb7 18. Be2 (18. Bb5 {
Ftacnik} Nf6 19. O-O $1 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Qb4 $16 {Lin Ta-Li Wenliang/
China/1990/}) 18... Rfc8 19. O-O Qxc3 20. Rfb1 $5 (20. Bb5 Qxa3 21. Rxa3 Bc6
$10 {Azmayparashvili-Sokolov,A Moscow(GMA)1990}) 20... Qxa3 21. Rxa3 Nc5 22. e5
Bc6 23. Rxb6 Nxa4 24. Rxc6 Nxc6 25. Bb5 $16 {Azmayparashvili}) (17... Nf6 {
Ftacnik} 18. Be2 Ba6 19. Qb4 $1 $14 {Sakaev-Emms/Leningrad/1990/ ->TD89_09})
18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. O-O Rfa8 (19... Nc4 20. Nxc4 Qxc4 21. Qb4 Rc8 22. Rfd1 $16)
20. Qb4 Nb7 $1 21. Ra2 Qc6 22. Rfa1 Ndc5 23. c4 h6 (23... Nxe4 $2 24. Qb5 $1
Qd6 $8 25. Nxe4 Qd3 26. Bxb6 Qxe4 27. c5 Qe3+ 28. Kh1 Nd6 29. Qf1 Ne4 30. a5
$16) (23... Nd6 $5) 24. e5 Rxa4 25. Rxa4 Rxa4 26. Rxa4 Nxa4 (26... Qxa4 $2 {
Ftacnik} 27. Qxb6 Qd1+ 28. Nf1 $18) 27. Bd4 Qd7 (27... Nac5 $5 28. Qb5 Qc7 29.
Nb3 Nxb3 (29... Nd7 $10) 30. Bxb6 Qb8 $1 31. Qxb3 Na5 32. Qb5 Nxc4 $10) 28. Nf3
Nbc5 29. h3 (29. Bxc5 {Ftacnik} bxc5 30. Qb8+ Kh7 $10) 29... Nd3 30. Qd2 Nac5
31. Bxc5 Nxc5 (31... bxc5 $4 32. Kf1 $1 $18) 32. Qxd7 Nxd7 33. Kf2 $14 Kf8 34.
Ke3 Ke7 35. Nd4 (35. g4 $5) 35... h5 36. Nb5 f6 37. Kd4 fxe5+ 38. fxe5 Nc5 39.
Nd6 Kd7 40. h4 Nb3+ 41. Ke3 Nc5 42. Nf7 Ke7 43. Ng5 Nb3 44. Ne4 Na5 45. Nd6 Kd7
46. Kf4 Kc6 47. Kg5 Kc5 48. Kxh5 Nxc4 49. Nxc4 Kxc4 50. Kg6 b5 51. h5 b4 52.
Kxg7 b3 53. h6 b2 54. h7 b1=Q 55. h8=Q Qf5 $10 56. Qh3 (56. Kh6 Qf4+ $10) 56...
Qxe5+ 57. Kf7 Kd4 58. Qxe6 Qxe6+ 59. Kxe6 Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates final"]
[Site "Kuala Lumpur"]
[Date "1990.03.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Tischbierek,R"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "MAS"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Van der Wiel} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 {/\ e4 [+]} d5 (4... c5) 5.
a3 Bxc3+ (5... Be7 6. e4 dxc4 (6... dxe4 7. fxe4 e5 8. d5 Bc5 $13) 7. Bxc4 c5
8. dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bxc5 {Kasparov-Ljubojevic/Linares/1990/}) 6. bxc3 c5 7.
cxd5 Nxd5 (7... exd5 8. e3 $14 {van der Wiel}) 8. dxc5 {Keres /\ () ^^} Qa5 9.
e4 Ne7 (9... Nxc3 $2 10. Qd2 Qxc5 {/\ Bb2, Bg7:+/- Ernst}) 10. Be3 O-O (10...
Qxc3+ 11. Kf2 $146) 11. Qb3 Qc7 $5 {N /\ 12... Nd7} (11... Na6 12. Rd1 $1 Nc6 (
12... Nxc5 13. Qb4 $16) 13. Bb5 $14 {van der Wiel}) (11... e5 12. Bc4 Na6 13.
Ne2 Nc6 14. Rb1 $5 Qc7 (14... Nxc5 15. Qb5) 15. Qa2 Na5 16. Bd5 Nxc5 17. O-O
$16 {Malaniuk-Komarov/Warschau/1989/}) 12. Bb5 (12. Nh3 e5 13. Rb1 Na6 $1 14.
Bxa6 bxa6 15. Nf2 Nc6 $1 16. O-O Na5 $44 {van der Wiel}) (12. Nh3) 12... Nec6 (
12... Na6 $5 13. Bxa6 $1 bxa6 14. Ne2 e5 15. c4 Rb8 16. Qa2 Be6 17. O-O (17.
Kf2 f5 $5) (17. Nc3 Qa5) 17... Nc6 18. Nc3 Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Nd5 Qxc5 $10 {
van der Wiel}) 13. Rd1 $6 (13. Ne2 {Van der Wiel} Na5 14. Qa2 e5 15. c4 Be6 16.
Rc1 $13 a6 17. Ba4 Nxc4 $2 18. Rxc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 b5 20. Qd5 $18 {van der Wiel}
) (13. Bxc6 $5 Nxc6 14. Ne2 e5 15. Kf2 Be6 16. Qb5 Na5 17. Rhd1 Nc4 $1 18. Nc1
$1 $13 {van der Wiel}) 13... Na5 14. Qb4 $6 (14. Qa4 e5 15. Ne2 Be6 16. Rd6 a6
17. Bd3 b5 $1 $17 {van der Wiel}) 14... e5 15. Ne2 Be6 16. c4 (16. Rd5 $1 $8
Na6 17. Bxa6 bxa6 18. O-O $13 {van der Wiel}) (16. O-O $2 Bb3 17. Rb1 Nbc6 18.
Bxc6 bxc6 {/\ Rab8-+}) 16... a6 (16... Na6 $5 17. Bxa6 (17. Qa4 Nxc5 18. Bxc5
Qxc5 19. Qxa5 Bxc4 20. a4 a6 $19) 17... bxa6 $17 {/\ Rab8 >< <<}) 17. Ba4 Nxc4
18. Bf2 Nc6 19. Qc3 Qa5 {! Ernst, van der Wiel _|_ >< Pa3} 20. Bxc6 (20. Qxa5
N6xa5 21. Ra1 {? van der Wiel} (21. Nc3 $1 Nxa3 22. Nd5 $17 {van der Wiel})
21... Rfd8 {-/+/-+} (21... Nb2 $17)) 20... bxc6 21. Qxa5 Nxa5 22. O-O Rab8 {
-+ bei excellenter Technik} 23. Nc3 Rb3 24. Na4 Rxa3 25. Nb6 Nc4 26. h3 (26.
Nxc4 Bxc4 {>< Bf2}) 26... h5 27. Rc1 {?! van der Wiel} (27. Ra1 Rd8 (27... Rc3
28. Rfc1 $1 {van der Wiel}) 28. Rxa3 (28. Nxc4 $1 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 Bxc4 {/\ Bb5,
f6, Kf7-e6, Rd4, g6, f5} 30. Be1 {van der Wiel}) 28... Nxa3 29. Ra1 Rd3 $17)
27... Nb2 {! Ernst, van der Wiel} 28. Rb1 (28. Ra1 {>=} Rb3 (28... Rxa1 29.
Rxa1 Rd8 30. Rxa6 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 Nd3 (31... Rd2 $2 32. Bg1 Nd3 33. Ra8+ Kh7 34.
Rd8 Bxh3 35. Rxd3) 32. Bg1 (32. Bg3 {>=} h4 $5 33. Bxh4 Nxc5 $17) 32... Rc1 $1
{/\ Rc2, Nf4-+}) (28... Rc3 $1 29. Rxa6 Nd3 30. Ra5 Rc2 31. Be3 Re2 $1 32. Bc1
Ne1 $19 {van der Wiel}) 29. Rxa6 Rd8 $17) 28... Nd3 29. Rfd1 f5 $1 30. exf5 {
? van der Wiel} (30. Be3 $1 f4 $1 (30... fxe4 31. fxe4 Nf4 32. Bxf4 Rxf4 33.
Rd6 {+/-/}) 31. Bd2 $1 g5 32. Bb4 Nxb4 33. Rxb4 g4 34. hxg4 hxg4 35. Rd6 $1 $13
Ra1+ 36. Kf2 Ra2+ 37. Ke1 Rf6 38. Nd5 $1 cxd5 39. exd5 Rh6 40. Rb8+ {/\ 41.
Rb7= van der Wiel}) 30... Rxf5 31. Rd2 (31. Be3 e4 $1 (31... Nf4 $1 {/\ Re3,
Rg5 Ernst}) 32. fxe4 Re5) 31... Nxf2 $138 32. Kxf2 e4 33. Re1 {[] van der Wiel}
e3+ 34. Rxe3 Rxe3 35. Kxe3 Rxc5 $19 36. Nd7 Rb5 {? Ernst} (36... Rd5 {! Ernst}
37. Nb8 $1 {van der Wiel} (37. Rxd5 Bxd5 {Ernst})) 37. f4 a5 38. Ne5 Bd5 39.
Rc2 Rb6 (39... a4 $6 40. Nxc6 Bxc6 41. Rxc6 Ra5 42. Rc2 a3 43. Ra2 Kf7 44. g4
h4 $1 45. Kf3 Kf6 $19 46. Ke4 Ra4+ 47. Kf3 (47. Kd3 Rxf4) 47... Ke6 48. Ke3 Kd5
{van der Wiel}) 40. g4 a4 {! van der Wiel} (40... hxg4 $2 {van der Wiel}) 41.
Rc3 h4 {?! van der Wiel} (41... Rb3 42. Kd4 a3 43. Rxb3 Bxb3 44. Kc3 a2 45. Kb2
c5 $19 {>< >>} (45... c5 46. Nf3 c4 47. Nd4 c3+ 48. Ka1 Bc4 49. gxh5 Kh7 50.
Nc2 Kh6 51. Nb4 Kxh5 52. Nxa2 Bxa2 53. Kxa2 Kh4 54. Kb3 Kxh3 55. Kxc3 Kg4 $19 {
van der Wiel})) 42. Ng6 Rb3 (42... Bb3 43. Ne7+ Kf8 44. Nxc6 a3 45. Nd4 a2 46.
Rxb3 $1 a1=Q 47. Rxb6 {van der Wiel}) 43. Kd2 Rb2+ $2 (43... a3 44. Rxb3 (44.
Ne7+ Kf7 45. Nxd5 a2 46. Rc1 Rb1 $19) 44... Bxb3 45. Kc3 a2 46. Kb2 c5 {
-+ vgl, Anmerkung im 41. Zug.} (46... c5 $19 {Thomas Ernst} 47. Nxh4 c4 48. Nf3
c3+ 49. Ka1 c2 $19 {Ernst}) (46... c5 $1 $10 {van der Wiel} 47. Ka1 $3 c4 (
47... Kf7 48. Nxh4 Ke6 (48... c4 49. Nf3 c3 50. Nd4 Bc4 51. Nc2 $10) 49. Nf3 (
49. Nf5 Kd5 $1 50. Nxg7 c4 $17) 49... Kd5 50. Nd2 c4 51. f5 Kd4 (51... Ke5 $5
52. h4 $1 $10) 52. g5 Ke5 (52... Kd3 53. f6) (52... Ba4 53. f6 gxf6 54. gxf6
Be8 55. Nxc4 $5 $10) 53. f6 gxf6 54. gxf6 Kxf6 55. Nxc4 $1 $10) 48. Ne7+ $1 Kf7
49. Nd5 $10 Ke6 (49... Bd1 50. Ne3 (50. Nc3)) 50. Nc3 g6 $1 51. Nxa2 (51. Kb2
Kd6 52. Ka1 Kc5 $1) 51... Bxa2 (51... Kd5 52. Nc3+ Kd4 53. Kb2 $16) 52. Kxa2
Kd5 53. Kb2 Ke4 54. f5 gxf5 55. g5 $1 Ke5 (55... Kd3 56. g6 Kd2 57. g7 c3+ 58.
Kb3 c2 59. g8=Q c1=Q 60. Qg5+ $10) (55... f4 56. g6 f3 57. g7 f2 58. g8=Q f1=Q
59. Qe6+ $15) 56. Kc3 Ke6 57. Kxc4 Kf7 58. Kd5 Kg6 59. Kd4 $1 Kxg5 60. Ke5 Kg6
61. Kd4 $1 Kf6 62. Kd5 f4 63. Ke4 Kg5 64. Kd3 $1 Kf5 65. Kd4 $10 {van der Wiel}
)) 44. Kd3 Kf7 (44... Bb3 {! -+ van der Wiel} 45. Rxc6 (45. Ne7+ Kf8 46. Nxc6
a3 47. Nd4 a2 48. Rxb3 $19 {van der Wiel}) 45... a3 46. f5 {/\ 47.Rc8+ Kf7 49.
Rf8#} (46. Rc7 a2 47. f5 Kh7 $1 $19) 46... Kf7 (46... Kh7 47. Nf8+) 47. g5 Ke8
(47... a2 $1 48. Ra6 (48. Rc8 Bc2+ 49. Kc3 Rb8 50. Rxb8 (50. Rc7+ Ke8 51. Re7+
Kd8 52. Ra7 Bxf5 $19) 50... a1=Q+ 51. Kxc2 Qa4+ $19) 48... Ke8 {/\ Rb2-b1 -+
van der Wiel}) 48. f6 a2 49. Ne5 {/\ 50.Rc8#} Kd8 50. f7 Bxf7 (50... Rf2 51.
Ra6) 51. Nxf7+ Ke7 52. Rc7+ Kf8 53. Ra7 a1=Q 54. Rxa1 Kxf7 55. Ra4 Rb3+ 56. Ke4
Rxh3 57. Kf4 $10) 45. Ne5+ Ke8 (45... Ke6 $6 46. Nxc6 a3 47. Nd4+) (45... Kf6
$6 46. Nxc6 a3 47. g5+) 46. f5 (46. Nxc6 a3) 46... Bg2 (46... Bb3 47. Rxc6 a3
48. Rc8+ $1 Ke7 49. Ra8 a2 50. Nc6+ $1 Kd6 51. Nb4 $10 {van der Wiel}) 47. Kd4
Rb5 $2 {/\ 48...Rd5 -+} (47... Rb3 $10 48. Rc4 $1 $8 a3 49. Ra4 Bxh3 50. Ra8+
Ke7 51. Ra7+ $10 {van der Wiel}) (47... Rb3 $19) 48. Ng6 (48. Nxc6 $2 a3 $1 $19
{van der Wiel}) 48... Rb4+ 49. Ke5 Rb3 50. Rc2 Bxh3 51. Rxc6 Bg2 (51... Bxg4
52. Ke6 (52. Nxh4 $10) 52... Re3+ 53. Ne5 Rxe5+ 54. Kxe5 h3 55. Rc2 $1 $10 {
van der Wiel}) 52. Re6+ Kd7 53. Nxh4 Bc6 54. Rg6 Re3+ 55. Kd4 Re7 56. Kc5 Re5+
57. Kb4 Re4+ 58. Kc5 Re5+ 59. Kb4 Re7 60. Kc5 Bb7 61. Kb4 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 3080]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7.
cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qd3 b6 9. e4 Ba6 10. Qd2 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 Ne7 12. dxc5 $146 (12. Ne2
Nbc6 13. dxc5 Qc8 14. Qe3 O-O 15. cxb6 Rd8 16. Kf2 axb6 17. Rb1 Ne5 18. Qxb6
Qc4 19. Be3 Nd3+ 20. Kg3 f5 $1 {0-1 Shirov,A-Georgiev,K/Biel 1992/CBM 31/
[Ftacnik] (41)}) 12... Nd7 {!? - J. Arnason} 13. cxb6 Qxb6 (13... axb6 {
Looks like a more natural recapture, to add the a-file to his compensatory
ingredients, and prevent the creation of a passed pawn for white.}) 14. Qd4 Nc5
15. Qb4 Qa6+ 16. c4 Rc8 17. Ne2 Nd7 $6 {The beginning of a series of
retrograde moves. Black could play more directly and try to demonstrate his
compensation through long-term piece activity with the natural} (17... O-O {
intending to post his queen on d6 in response to direct annoyance. In
particular, retreating from c5 makes it much easier for white to coordinate
his postiion by playing Kf2.} 18. Be3 (18. Qb5 Qd6) 18... Qd6 19. Bxc5 {
is not a real solution since black easily organizes serious pressure against
the c-pawn:} Rxc5 20. Kf2 Nc6) 18. Qb5 Qb6 (18... Qd6 19. Be3 a6 20. Qa4 $5 Qd3
21. Rd1 (21. Kf2 Qxc4 (21... Rxc4 22. Qxa6) 22. Qxc4 Rxc4 23. Rab1 {also gives
white a strong initiative.}) 21... Rxc4 22. Rxd3 Rxa4 23. Kf2 {and white's
advantage in development gives his a safe edge.}) 19. Bb2 O-O 20. Rd1 (20. Bd4
Qc7) 20... a6 21. Qb4 (21. Qxd7 Rfd8 22. Qa4 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Qxb2 $36) 21... Nc6
22. Qc3 Nf6 (22... Nde5 $5 {has the advantages of being trickier and messier,
though not necessarily better.} 23. c5 (23. f4 $2 Rfd8 $1 (23... f6 24. c5) 24.
Rc1 (24. Re1 Rd3 25. Qc2 Ng4) 24... Rd3 25. Qc2 Qe3 $40) 23... Qb5 24. Kf2 $16
(24. f4 Rfd8 25. Rd6 Rb8 $132) 24... f5 25. exf5 Rxf5 26. Ng3 Rf7 27. Ne4) 23.
c5 Qb5 24. Kf2 {White completes development and has driven the black Ns to
passive posts in the meantime, spelling the end of black's compensation.} Na5
25. a4 $1 Qb7 (25... Qxc5+ 26. Qxc5 Rxc5 27. Ba3 $18) 26. Ba3 Nc6 27. Rd6 Rb8
28. Bc1 Rfc8 29. Bf4 Qb4 30. Rxc6 $1 Rxc6 31. Bxb8 Qxb8 32. Nd4 Rc8 33. g3 h5
34. Kg2 h4 35. c6 hxg3 36. hxg3 Qe5 37. Qc4 Rc7 38. Rd1 $6 (38. Qxa6 $1 Nh5 39.
Ne2 $18) 38... g5 $5 (38... Nxe4 39. fxe4 Qxe4+ 40. Kf2 e5 41. Qc2 (41. Qb3
exd4 42. Qb8+ Kh7 43. Qxc7 Qc2+ 44. Ke1 Qe4+ $11) 41... Qxc2+ 42. Nxc2 Rxc6 43.
Ne3 $18) 39. Qxa6 g4 40. Qb5 gxf3+ 41. Nxf3 Qxe4 42. Rd8+ $2 (42. Re1 Qxc6 (
42... Qc2+ 43. Re2) 43. Qg5+ Kf8 44. Qxf6 $18) 42... Kg7 43. Rd4 Qg6 (43...
Qc2+ 44. Rd2 Qg6) 44. Qc4 Nd5 45. Kf2 Qb1 46. a5 Qb2+ 47. Rd2 Qb4 48. Qd4+ Kf8
(48... Qxd4+ 49. Nxd4 Nb4 50. Ke3 Rc8 51. Rb2 Nxc6 52. Rc2 Ne7 53. Rxc8 Nxc8
54. Nc6 Kf6 (54... Kf8 55. Kd4 Ke8 56. Kc5 Kd7 57. Ne5+ Ke7 58. Kc6 $18) 55.
Kf4 $18) 49. a6 Ke7 (49... Rxc6 50. Qxb4+ Nxb4 51. Rd8+ Ke7 52. a7) 50. Ra2
Qxd4+ 51. Nxd4 e5 52. a7 Nb6 53. Ra6 Na8 (53... exd4 54. Rxb6 Rxa7 55. Rb7+)
54. Nb5 Rc8 55. c7 $18 Rg8 56. Kf3 f5 57. Rc6 Kd7 58. Rd6+ Kc8 59. Rd5 e4+ 60.
Kf4 Nb6 61. Rxf5 e3 62. Kf3 Kb7 63. Rf7 Nc8 64. Rd7 e2 65. Kxe2 Rxg3 66. Nd6+
Nxd6 67. Rxd6 (67. c8=Q+ Kxc8 68. a8=Q+ Kxd7) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8200]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7.
cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Nf6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Nfd7 12. Nh3 Qc7 13. Qb5
$146 (13. a4 Nxc5 14. Qa3 Nba6 (14... b6 15. a5 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Nbxa6 17. axb6
axb6 18. O-O Qc6 19. Nf2 b5 20. Rfd1 Na4 21. Bd4 f6 22. Qb3 N6c5 23. Qb4 Na6
24. Qb3 N6c5 25. Qb4 Na6 {1/2-1/2 Laveryd,P-Wedberg,T/SVE-chT 9596 1996/EXT 97
(25)}) 15. Nf2 Bd7 16. Bb5 Rfc8 17. O-O e5 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. Rfd1 Nab8 20. Qe7
Rd8 21. Ng4 Nc6 22. Qg5 Kh8 23. Nh6 Nb6 24. Qf5 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rf8 26. a5 Nxa5
27. Qxe5 Qxe5 28. Nxf7+ Kg8 29. Nxe5 Rc8 30. f4 Na4 31. Bd4 Kf8 32. Rd3 Nb3 33.
Nd7+ Kf7 34. c4 Nxd4 35. Rxd4 Ke7 36. Ne5 Nc5 37. Kf2 a5 38. Ke3 a4 39. Rd2 a3
40. Ra2 Ra8 41. Nd3 Nb3 42. g4 Ra4 43. g5 b6 44. h4 Na5 45. Ne5 Nb3 46. f5 Nc1
47. Rd2 a2 48. Nc6+ Kf8 49. Rd8+ Kf7 50. e5 Ra3+ 51. Ke4 {1-0 Pomes,
J-Spraggett,K/Platja d'Aro 1994/EXT 94 (51)}) 13... b6 $1 14. Rd1 Nxc5 15. Bxc5
Ba6 $4 (15... bxc5 {does not leave black with any problems that I can see.})
16. Qa4 Bxf1 17. Bxf8 Bxg2 18. Kf2 $1 {Much simpler than} (18. Qe8 $5 Qxc3+ 19.
Rd2 Qe3+ (19... Qc1+ 20. Ke2 Bxf3+ 21. Kxf3 (21. Ke3 Qc3+ 22. Rd3 Qc6 23. Qxc6
Nxc6 24. Kxf3 Ne5+ 25. Ke3 Nxd3 26. Bxg7) 21... Qxh1+ 22. Kg3 h6 23. Rf2 $18)
20. Re2 Qc3+ 21. Kd1) 18... Bxh1 19. Bd6 Qd8 (19... Qc8 20. Bc7 $1) 20. Bc7
Qh4+ 21. Bg3 Qe7 22. Rxh1 $18 Nd7 23. Rd1 Nc5 24. Qc6 Re8 25. Kg2 e5 26. Qd6
1-0

[Event "Jakarta Gunadarma"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adianto, Utut"]
[Black "Lioe, Dede"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Ne7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Nd7 12. Rd1 $146 {This is a novelty
only in a very technical sense - it does very little to change the position.} (
12. Nh3 Nc6 13. Bb5 Qc7 14. Rd1 a6 15. Ba4 Qa5 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qb4 Qc7 18.
O-O Rb8 19. Qc4 Qa5 20. a4 Ne5 21. Qd4 Ng6 22. Bf4 Rb3 23. Rd3 Ra3 24. Bd6 e5
25. Bxe5 Rxa4 26. Qd6 Nxe5 27. Qxe5 Bxh3 28. gxh3 Rc4 29. f4 Qxc5+ 30. Qxc5
Rxc5 31. Ra1 a5 32. Ra4 g6 33. e5 Rb8 34. h4 Rb2 35. h5 Kg7 36. hxg6 hxg6 {
Danner,G-Cladouras,P/Budapest Elekes 1989/0-1 (79)}) 12... Qc7 (12... Nxc5 $2
13. Qb4 $16 {allows white to correct his pawn structure and simply have the
advantage of the bishop pair.}) 13. Qc4 Nc6 14. Nh3 b6 $1 {a, c. A thema tic
sacrifice to place all of white's queenside pawns on open files.} 15. cxb6 axb6
16. Qb3 Ba6 {This move guarantees that black will have easy access to key
squares a4 and c4, ensuring him even more compensation for the sacrificed pawn.
} 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. O-O Rfa8 19. Bf4 Nde5 20. Bc1 Na5 21. Qc2 Nac4 22. f4 Ng4
$5 {This leads to very sharp play.} (22... Nc6 {was a duller alternative.}) 23.
Qe2 h5 24. Ng5 $5 (24. Nf2 Qc5 $1 {creates enough discord in the enemy camp to
give black good prospects.} (24... Nxf2 25. Rxf2 Ra5 (25... Nxa3 26. Qxh5 Nc4 (
26... Qxc3 27. Bb2 $40) 27. Rf3 (27. f5 $16)) 26. f5 $16) 25. h3 (25. Rd4 Nxa3
(25... Nxf2 26. Rxc4 $1 $18) 26. Nxg4 hxg4 27. Be3 Qxc3 $13) 25... Nxf2 (25...
Nf6 $6 26. e5 Nd5 27. Rd3 $5 (27. Qxh5 Nce3 (27... Nde3 28. Ne4 Qc7 29. Ng5)
28. Ne4 Qc7 29. Ng5 Nxd1 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Qh8+ Ke7 32. Qxg7 Rf8 33. Rxd1 $16))
26. Rxf2 Nxa3 27. f5 Nb5) 24... Qc5+ 25. Rd4 Nxa3 26. Be3 {[#]} Qxc3 $6 (26...
Nxe3 27. Qxh5 R6a7 (27... Qc7 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qxg7 $44) 28. Qh7+
Kf8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qxg7 Ke8 31. Nh7 (31. Rf3 Nac4 $1 {a,}) 31... Nac2 {
and white must settle for perpetual check.} 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qf6+ Ke8) 27. Qxa6
$1 Qxe3+ 28. Kh1 Rf8 (28... Rxa6 29. Rd8#) 29. Rdd1 Nc2 30. e5 $1 {Although
black seems to have both a strong initiative thanks to his active pieces, and
a passed pawn for the exchange, white's material advantage nevertheless
appears to the most important aspect of the position. This is largely due to
the black king not being completely secure.} g6 (30... Nf2+ 31. Rxf2 Qxf2 32.
Qd3 g6 33. Ne4 (33. Rf1 Nb4) 33... Qxf4 34. Nf6+ Kg7 35. Qxc2 $16) 31. Nh3 Qc5
32. Rc1 b5 33. Qd6 Qc4 ({Not} 33... Qxd6 $2 34. exd6 {and black cannot
coordinate his forces successfully;} Nge3 (34... Nce3 35. d7 Nf6 36. Rc8 Nxd7
37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Rb1 $16) 35. Rf2 $16) 34. Qd2 Rc8 35. Ng5 b4 36. Qd7 Rc7 $6
{This is inferior to} (36... Rf8 {but after} 37. Qb7 $1 {- to gain the e4
square for the knight and to monitor the b-pawn - white again controls the
essential elements of the position, despite black's apparent ability to cause
trouble.} b3 38. Ne4 Nge3 39. Rf3 $16) 37. Qd8+ Kg7 38. h3 Nge3 39. Qf6+ Kg8
40. Rfd1 $1 {The beginning of a crisp tactical finish.} Nd5 (40... Nxd1 41.
Rxd1 Nd4 42. Qd8+) 41. Qd8+ Kg7 {[#]} 42. Rxd5 $1 exd5 43. Qf6+ Kg8 44. e6 d4
45. exf7+ (45. Rxc2 $1 Qxc2 46. exf7+ {was slightly more efficient.}) 45...
Rxf7 46. Qxg6+ Kf8 47. Nxf7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 9288]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7.
cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qd3 O-O 9. e4 Nf6 (9... Nb6 10. Be3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. Nh3 f5
13. Rd1 fxe4 14. Qxe4 Nd5 15. Ng5 Rf5 16. h4 Nc3 17. Qd3 Nxd1 18. Kxd1 Qd5 19.
Be2 Bd7 20. g4 Rxg5 21. hxg5 g6 22. Rf1 Rc8 23. f4 Na5 24. Ke1 Nc4 25. Bc1 Nd6
26. Qe3 Ne4 27. Bd3 Rc3 28. Bb2 Rxd3 29. Qxd3 Bb5 30. Qc2 Bxf1 31. Qc8+ Kf7 32.
Qc7+ Ke8 33. Kxf1 Qc4+ 34. Qxc4 Nd2+ 35. Ke2 Nxc4 36. Bc1 Nd6 37. Kd3 Kd7 38.
Bd2 Kc6 39. Bb4 b5 40. Ba5 Kd5 41. Bd2 Nb7 42. Bb4 Nd8 43. Bf8 Nc6 44. Bc5 a5
45. Bb6 b4 46. axb4 axb4 47. Bc5 b3 48. Kc3 Nxd4 {0-1 Hansen,S-Gronn,A/Aarhus
1990/EXT 97 (48)}) (9... Nc7 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Nh3 cxd4 12. cxd4 e5 13. d5 Nd4
14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Nf2 Qf6 16. Rd1 Qb6 17. Be2 Bd7 18. Qxd4 Qd6 19. O-O Nb5 20.
Bxb5 Bxb5 21. Ra1 Qe7 22. Rfc1 a6 23. Ng4 Rac8 24. Ne3 Qg5 25. e5 Rfe8 26. f4
Qh5 27. Re1 Qh4 28. Nf5 Qg4 29. Ne3 Qh4 30. Reb1 Rcd8 31. Ra2 f6 32. exf6 Qxf6
33. Qxf6 gxf6 34. Kf2 Re4 {1/2-1/2 Bandza,A-Zhidkov,V/Rimavska Sobota 1990/EXP
20 (34)}) 10. Bg5 $5 (10. Nh3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Nf2 Rd8 14. Be2
Nh5 15. Qe3 Qc7 16. O-O Qf4 17. Qd3 Qh4 18. g3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Qxg3+ 20. Kh1 Qh4+
21. Kg2 Qg5+ 22. Kh2 Qh4+ 23. Kg2 Qg5+ 24. Kh2 {1/2-1/2 Yakovich,Y-Kishnev,S/
Munich 1992/TD 92\03 (24)}) 10... cxd4 (10... h6 $5) 11. cxd4 b6 12. e5 Qd5 (
12... Ba6 13. Qd2 $1 Bxf1 (13... h6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qxh6 Qxd4 16. exf6 Qc3+ (
16... Qxa1+ 17. Kf2 Qd4+ 18. Kg3 $18) 17. Kf2 Qc2+ 18. Ne2 (18. Be2 Qg6 19.
Qxg6+ fxg6 20. Rd1 $16) 18... Qg6 19. Qxg6+ fxg6 20. Rd1 $16) 14. exf6 (14.
Kxf1 h6 15. Bh4 (15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qxh6 $16) 15... Ne4) 14... gxf6 15. Bh6 $18)
13. Qd2 Nfd7 14. Bd3 Nc5 $1 (14... Nxe5 15. Be4) 15. dxc5 Qxe5+ 16. Kf2 Qxa1
17. Be4 Nd7 (17... Qxa3 18. Be7 Re8 19. Bxa8 Nd7 20. cxb6 Qxe7 21. b7 Qc5+ 22.
Qe3 Qxe3+ 23. Kxe3 Bxb7 24. Bxb7 {is very similar to what eventually happens
in the game. Black prefers to keep the pin on the first rank.}) 18. Bxa8 Nxc5
19. Be7 Re8 20. Bc6 Bd7 21. Bxd7 Rxe7 22. Qd6 {Looks crushing...} Qe5 $1 {
a very neat resource that allows black to fight on, but surely this ending
should be winning for white.} 23. Qxe5 (23. Qxe7 $4 Nd3+) 23... Nd3+ 24. Kg3
Nxe5 25. Bb5 a6 26. Bxa6 (26. Be2 Rc7 (26... b5) 27. Nh3 (27. a4 $5) 27... b5
28. Rd1 {looks tempting, trying to preserve the a-pawn for as long as possible.
}) 26... Ra7 27. Bb5 Rxa3 28. Ne2 g5 29. Nd4 Kg7 30. Rb1 (30. Re1 Kf6 31. Re2
h5 32. Rb2 $16) 30... Ra2 31. h3 ({Also possible is} 31. Nc6 Ng6 32. Bf1 h5 33.
h3 h4+ 34. Kh2 Nf4 35. Ne5 $16 (35. Rxb6 Ra1 36. Kg1 Nh5 $5 37. Kf2 Ra2+ 38.
Ke3 Ng3 39. Bd3 Rxg2 40. Rb7 Nf5+ 41. Bxf5 exf5 42. Ne5 Kf6 $1 {and black has
enough play against what remains of white's kingside.})) 31... h5 32. Rb4 h4+
33. Kh2 Rd2 34. Bf1 Ng6 35. Ne2 Rd6 36. f4 gxf4 37. Nxf4 Ne7 38. Nh5+ (38. Nd3
Nf5 39. Ne5 {and white should gradually realize his material advantage.} ({or} 
39. Kg1)) 38... Kg6 39. Rxh4 $4 (39. Nf4+) 39... Kg5 40. Rf4 (40. g3 Ng6) 40...
Kxh5 41. Rxf7 Nf5 42. Be2+ Kg5 43. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 81st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2019.01.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "Vidit,S"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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 0,57,80,5,0,-36,0,0,-7,-58,-75,-80,-35,-42,-34,-44,-28,-14,14,-11,-4,5,
1,-12,-10,5,-10,14,25,-16,-2,3,23,23,18,22,39,-5,-5,7,-8,28,9,13,69,28,3,29,13,
-16,28,1,4,12,41,101,101,57,101,107] After the end of Tata Steel Chess
Tournament, Kramnik soon announced his decision of retiring from chess.
Although he was far from his best form, I am lucky that I got a chance to play
against the legend himself. In fact, he was the only player from the
participants who I hadn't faced previously. Kurz nach dem Ende des
Tata-Steel-Turniers verkündete Kramnik seine Entscheidung, sich vom Schach
zurückzuziehen. Obwohl er dort bei weitem nicht in Bestform war, hatte ich
das Glück, die Chance zu haben, gegen die Legende selbst zu spielen.
Tatsächlich war er nämlich der einzige von den Teilnehmern, dem ich zuvor
noch nicht am Brett gegenüber gesessen hatte.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4
4. f3 {After a successful first half, I had scored only half a point in the
next three games. (Yes, ironically that half point was against Anish Giri!) So
I very much wanted to get back in the event, and with this move, I was aiming
for an open fight with three results in mind. Nach erfolgreicher erster
Hälfte hatte ich in den nächsten drei Partien nur einen halben Punkt erzielt
(ja, ironischerweise war dieser gegen Anish Giri!). Daher wollte ich unbedingt
ins Turnier zurückkommen, und mit diesem Zug strebte ich einen offenen Kampf
an, mit drei Resultaten im Sinn.} d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 {
I was a bit surprised by this choice. Although this line was used by Carlsen
to defeat Vishy in their world championship match, it never really caught on.
Ich war ein bisschen überrascht von seiner Wahl. Obwohl bei ihrem
Weltmeisterschaftskampf Carlsen mit dieser Variante Vishy besiegt hatte,
setzte sie sich nie wirklich durch.} 8. e3 c4 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. g4 Na5 {Carlsen
went for castles first and then the same plan with Na5-b3. Carlsen wählte
zunächst die kurze Rochade und dann den gleichen Plan mit Sa5-b3.} (10... O-O
11. Bg2 Na5 12. O-O Nb3 13. Ra2 b5 14. Ng3 a5 15. g5 Ne8 16. e4 Nxc1 17. Qxc1
Ra6 18. e5 Nc7 19. f4 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. Rxa6 Nxa6 22. f5 b3 23. Qf4 Nc7 24.
f6 g6 25. Qh4 Ne8 26. Qh6 b2 27. Rf4 b1=Q+ 28. Nf1 $4 Qe1 {0-1 (28) Anand,V 
(2775) -Carlsen,M (2870) Chennai IND 2013 0-1 (28) Anand,V (2775) -Carlsen,M 
(2870) Chennai IND 2013}) 11. Bg2 Nb3 12. Rb1 {A novelty for over the board
games. As this game was played on one of the chess on tour days, we had to
leave earlier than usual, and while walking towards the bus, my coach informed
me that the rook on b1 is better placed for a quick e2-e4. That's all I knew
about this line. Eine Neuerung in praktischen Partien. Da diese Partie an
einem der "Chess on Tour"-Tage gespielt wurde, mussten wir früher los als
sonst, und auf dem Weg zum Bus informierte mich mein Coach, dass der Turm auf
b1 besser steht für ein schnelles e2-e4. Das war alles, was ich über diese
Variante wusste.} O-O 13. O-O b5 $6 {This opens the h1-a8 diagonal. Starting
with the counter-intuitive a5 seems better. One advantage is that Black can
play Ra6 and bring the rook in the game. Dies öffnet die Diagonale h1-a8. Mit
dem kontraintuitiven a5 zu beginnen, sieht besser aus. Ein Vorteil ist, dass
Schwarz Ta6 ziehen und den Turm ins Spiel bringen kann.} (13... a5 14. e4 dxe4
15. fxe4 Bxg4) 14. e4 $1 {I played this pawn sacrifice after thinking for 5
minutes. For one pawn White gets a lot of initiative, so it was not hard for
me to convince myself. Peter Leko also remarked in the live commentary that it
doesn't even feel like White is a pawn down! Dieses Bauernopfer spielte ich
nach 5 Minuten Überlegen. Für einen Bauern bekommt Weiß eine Menge
Initiative, daher fiel es nicht schwer, mich dazu durchzuringen. Peter Leko
merkte im Livekommentar auch an, dass es sich nicht mal so anfühlt, als ob
Weiß einen Bauern weniger hat!} dxe4 15. fxe4 Nxc1 {Played instantly. I was a
little surprised by the speed of his play. If it was his preparation, I didn't
understand what I was missing. Sofort gespielt. Ich war ein wenig überrascht
von seinem Tempo. Wenn es seine Vorbereitung war, verstand ich nicht, was mir
entging.} (15... Bxg4 {This felt more natural, but the resulting position
looks ugly. Dies fühlte sich natürlicher an, aber die entstehende Stellung
sieht hässlich aus.} 16. Bg5 Qb6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qe1 {Getting out of the
pin. Geht aus der Fesselung.} Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Kh8 20. Kh1 {Now I just double
rooks on the f-file and sooner or later play e5. What can Black do? Jetzt
verdopple ich einfach die Türme in der f-Linie und spiele früher oder
später e5. Was kann Schwarz tun?}) 16. Qxc1 Bxg4 17. Nf4 Rb8 18. h3 $1 {
An important point, the immediate e5 would allow ...Nh5 when White loses some
momentum. Eine wichtige Pointe, sofortiges e5 würde ...Sh5 erlauben, wonach
Weiß einigen Schwung verliert.} (18. e5 Nh5) 18... Bd7 {Kramnik after the
game told me that he mixed up his preparation and that he had ...Bc8 in his
notes. Either I don't understand the position, or he mixed up some different
line. White's play is still very very easy. Kramnik erzählte mir nach der
Partie, er hätte seine Vorbereitung durcheinander gebracht und in seinen
Notizen ...Lc8 stehen. Entweder verstehe ich die Stellung nicht oder er meinte
irgendeine andere Variante. Das Spiel von Weiß ist so oder so superleicht.} (
18... Be6 {Dieser Zug ergibt mehr Sinn. Der sofortige Bauernvormarsch lässt
das Zentrum fragil werden. Weiß muss zuerst ein paar Vorbereitungszüge wie
De3-Tbe1 machen und erst dann d5-e5 spielen. This move makes more sense. The
immediate pushing of pawns leaves the centre fragile. White has to first make
some preparatory moves like Qe3-Rbe1 and then play d5-e5} 19. Qe3 $1 (19. d5 $6
Bc8 20. e5 Nd7 21. Qe3 Qb6 {is the point. ist die Pointe.}) 19... a5 20. Kh2
$16 {followed by d5-e5. nebst d5-e5.}) (18... Bc8 19. e5 Nd7 20. Qe3 $16) 19.
e5 $1 {I played this intuitively. Apparently move order is important. If I had
played Qe3 first Black has extra defensive possibilities. Dies spielte ich
intuitiv. Offenbar ist die Zugfolge wichtig. Bei zuerst De3 hat Schwarz
zusätzliche Verteidigungsmöglichkeiten.} (19. Qe3 Kh8 $1 20. e5 Ng8 {Too
cheeky for me to see it. Zu frech, als dass ich es gesehen hätte.}) 19... Ne8
20. Qe3 {Finally, after this move, Kramnik thought for a long time. I feel the
position is already very difficult for Black. I once read an interesting
comment about Fischer's play. " His plans are simple and straightforward but
at the same time very hard to stop" The current position gives a very similar
vibe. I am just going to push my central pawns, and I don't see how Black can
prevent it. Nach diesem Zug verfiel Kramnik endlich in langes Nachdenken.
Meines Erachtens ist die Stellung bereits sehr schwierig für Schwarz. Ich las
einmal einen interessanten Kommentar über das Spiel von Fischer: "Seine
Pläne sind einfach und geradlinig, aber gleichzeitig sehr schwer zu stoppen."
Die aktuelle Stellung verbreitet ein ganz ähnliches Gefühl. Ich rücke
einfach meine Zentrumsbauern vor, und ich sehe nicht, wie Schwarz es
verhindern kann.} Rb6 21. d5 Nc7 22. d6 {Kasparov,G (2595)-Pribyl,J (2390) EU
Team-ch07 Final 1980 (5.8) 1-0 I was aware of the classic, Kasparov-Pribyl
where Kasparov played d7! cutting the board in half. So, the decision to allow
...Ne6 at the cost of dividing the defenses was an easy one to make. Ich
kannte sehr wohl den Klassiker Kasparov-Pribyl, wo Kasparov d7! spielte und
damit das Brett zerteilte. Daher fiel die Entscheidung, ...Se6 zuzulassen, um
dafür die Verteidiger zu entzweien, nicht schwer.} Ne6 23. Nd5 Ra6 24. Rf5 $1
{It was important to stop Qg5. Now I have threats like Rh5-Ne7 Be4. The attack
just plays by itself. Es war wichtig, ...Dg5 zu verhindern. Jetzt habe ich
Drohungen wieTh5-Se7-Le4. Der Angriff spielt sich einfach von selbst.} Qh4 25.
Rbf1 $18 Rxa3 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. Rxf7 Rxf7 28. Rxf7 {I have threats like Qf3 and
Rf8. Black is not in time to create any counterplay with the rook. Ich habe
Drohungen wie Df3 und Tf8. Schwarz schafft es nicht rechtzeitig, irgendwelches
Gegenspiel mit dem Turm aufzuziehen.} Qh5 29. Qf4 $1 {A cute finish! After the
game, my coach Alon Greenfeld and I were walking down the vibrant streets of
Leiden where suddenly a stranger walked up to us and asked if I am Vidit. Upon
confirmation, he congratulated me on the game and the final move. That's what
makes Tata steel chess such a special event! :) Ein schönes Finale! Nach der
Partie spazierten mein Trainer Alon Greenfeld und ich durch die pulsierenden
Straßen von Leiden, als plötzlich ein Fremder auf uns zukam und fragte, ob
ich Vidit sei. Als ich bejahte, gratulierte er mir zu der Partie und dem
letzten Zug. Das macht Tata Steel Chess zu einem so besonderen Event! :)} 1-0

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Wahls,M"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Glatman} e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ (5... Be7 $5 {
Glatman} 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 e5 8. d5 Bc5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Bd4 $1 $132 {
Moskalenko,V-Chekhov,V Leningrad 1989 /\ 11.Nge2 Ne4!/}) 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5
Nxd5 8. dxc5 (8. Qd2) (8. Qd3) (8. Qd3 {Glatman} b6 $1 9. dxc5 (9. e4 Ba6 10.
Qd2 (10. c4 Ne7 11. d5 exd5 12. exd5 O-O $15 {Arnason/}) 10... Bxf1 11. Kxf1
Ne7 12. dxc5 Nd7 $5 $44) 9... bxc5 10. e4 Ba6 11. Qd2 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 Nb6 13.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 $15 {Shirov,A-Arnason,J Reykjavik 1992 Inf 54/530/}) (8. Qd2 {
Glatman} f5 $5 9. Nh3 O-O 10. e3 Nc6 11. Bc4 (11. Bd3 cxd4 12. cxd4 e5 $10) (
11. Be2 cxd4 12. cxd4 f4 $10) 11... Na5 12. Ba2 {Shirov,A-Beliavsky,A Biel
1992 Inf 55/540/} cxd4 $5 13. cxd4 Bd7 $10) 8... Qa5 (8... f5) 9. e4 Ne7 (9...
Nf6 {Glatman} 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Nfd7 12. a4 Qc7 13. Qa3 Nc6 14. Nh3 Na5 15.
Be2 (15. Bb5 Ne5 {Moskalenko,V-Lukacs,P Budapest 1991 Inf 51/538/} 16. O-O Nec4
17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. Qc1 e5 19. Nf2 Be6 20. Nd3 Rfd8 $13) 15... b6 16. cxb6 axb6
17. O-O Ba6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Qb4 Nb7 20. Nf2 Nbc5 21. Nd1 Nd3 22. Qb5 N7c5 23.
c4 Ra5 24. Qb1 Qc6 25. Nc3 {1/2:1/2 Sakaev,K-Budnikov,A S-Peterburg 1993/}) 10.
Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. a4 (12. Nh3 Nec6 (12... e5 {Glatman} 13. Nf2 Nec6 14.
Nd3 Be6 15. Qb5 Nd7 16. Be2 Na5 17. O-O Rac8 18. Rfd1 {Dreev,A-Anand,V Madras
1991 Inf 51/539/} Bc4 $5 19. Qb4 Nb8 $10) 13. Rb1 (13. Nf4 Na5 14. Qb4 Bd7 15.
Bb5 Nbc6 16. Qa4 a6 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Qb4 Bb5 $13 {Arencibia-Lalic,Sevilla 1990
}) 13... e5 14. Nf2 Na5 15. Qa4 Be6 16. Be2 Nd7 17. Rb5 b6 18. O-O Nb7 (18...
Rfb8 19. Rfb1 h6 $13 {Arencibia-Lobron,Manila 1990}) (18... Rfc8 19. Rfb1 Nb7
$132) 19. cxb6 axb6 20. Qb4 Nd6 21. Bxb6 Qc6 22. Be3 Rfc8 $1 23. Ra5 $10 {
Jakovic-Sokolov,A,Moscow 1990}) (12. Bb5 Nec6 13. Rd1 Na5 (13... e5 $5 {Glatman
} 14. Qa2 Na5 15. Qd5 Bd7 16. Bxd7 Rd8 17. Qd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Rxd7 $1 19. Kf2
Nc4 20. Rd5 Rxd5 21. exd5 Na6 $10) 14. Qb4 e5 15. Ne2 Be6 $44 {Timman-Karpov,
Kuala Lumpur 1990}) (12. Rd1 Nd7 13. Qc4 Ne5 14. Qd4 N7c6 15. Qa4 Bd7 16. Nh3
$13 {Lin Ta}) 12... Nd7 $5 (12... e5 13. Bc4 Nec6 14. Qa3 Na5 15. Bd5 Na6 16.
Rb1 (16. c4 Be6 17. Rc1 Rac8 18. Ne2 Nxc5 19. O-O b6 $10 {Malanjuk-Georgiev,
Kir,Moscow 1990}) 16... Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qa2 Nxc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Qxe6+
Kh8 $44 {Gelfand-de Firmian,Moscow 1990}) (12... Nec6 {Glatman} 13. f4 Na5 14.
Qa3 Nd7 15. Nf3 b6 16. cxb6 axb6 17. Nd2 Ba6 18. Bb5 Bxb5 19. axb5 Nc4 20. Qxa8
Nxe3 21. Qc6 Qxf4 $1 $132 {Milov,V-Greenfeld,A Israel 1993 Inf 56/617/}) 13.
Qa3 f5 $1 14. Nh3 (14. Ne2 fxe4 15. fxe4 Nf6 16. Ng3 Ng4 $15) (14. Bc4 $2 {
Glatman} Ne5) 14... fxe4 (14... Ng6 $2 15. exf5 $14) 15. fxe4 Ne5 (15... Nf6 $2
16. Nf2 $16) (15... Ng6 16. Nf2 (16. Be2 Nh4 $1) 16... Nde5 17. Be2 (17. h4 $6
Bd7 18. h5 Nf4 19. g3 Nc4 $3 20. Bxc4 Ng2+ 21. Ke2 Nxe3 $17 {Makarychev}) 17...
Nf4 18. Bxf4 Rxf4 19. O-O Bd7 20. Rad1 $1 $10 {Golod-Makarychev,SSSR 1990}) 16.
Be2 N7g6 17. Nf2 Nf4 18. Bxf4 Rxf4 19. O-O Bd7 20. g3 {20.Tad1 siehe voheriger
Kommentar} (20. Rad1 {Glatman Golod,V-Makarichev,S SSSR 1990 Inf 50/566/})
20... Rff8 21. Nd3 Rxf1+ {Der Anfang einer "Remisabwicklung".} (21... Nxd3 {
Glatman} 22. Bxd3 Rfc8) 22. Rxf1 Nxd3 23. Bxd3 Rc8 24. Rb1 Qxc5+ 25. Qxc5 Rxc5
26. Rxb7 Bxa4 27. c4 (27. Rxa7 {Glatman} Rxc3 $10) 27... a5 28. Kf2 {Weiß
besitzt einen aktiveren König,sowie den besseren Turm.Die schwarze  Festung
jedoch,ist uneinnehmbar!} Be8 29. Ke3 e5 30. Kd2 Kf8 31. Kc3 Bf7 32. h4 h6 33.
Ra7 Be6 34. Rb7 Bf7 35. Rb5 Rxb5 36. cxb5 Ke7 37. b6 Kd6 38. Bb5 Be6 39. b7 Kc7
40. Bc6 Bf7 41. Kb2 Bc4 42. Ka3 Ba6 43. Ka4 Bxb7 44. Bxb7 Kxb7 45. Kxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "2000.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Yevseev, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 (4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. f3 d5 7. cxd5
Nxd5 8. dxc5 {is another common enough route to the game, although in the late
80s and early 90s the main debate surrounded 4 f3.}) 4... d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6.
bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 ({if 4 f3 is really coming back into fashion, then it is
time to revisit a few of the tricks that caused my personal crisis of
confidence in it almost a decade ago. The main line here ( only with 8...Qa5!?
) was critical, but so was} 7... exd5 $5 8. e3 Qc7 $1 {The creative Rumanian
Grandmaster Mikhail Suba's move which ( with a measure of success ) aims at
disrupting the flow of white's development.} 9. Ra2 (9. Bd3 $2 cxd4 10. cxd4
Qc3+ $17) (9. Ne2 $5 Nc6 10. Nf4 O-O 11. Bd3 Re8 12. O-O Ne7 13. g4 cxd4 14.
cxd4 Ng6 15. Nxg6 (15. Ng2 $5) 15... hxg6 16. Bd2 Bd7 17. Kg2 Rac8 18. h3 Bc6
$11 {0-1 Gallego,V-Suba,M/ESP-chT 1994/EXT 94ch (33)}) 9... cxd4 $1 (9... Bf5
$6 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nf4 O-O-O 13. Bg2 h5 14. g5 Nh7 15. h4 Nf8 16.
O-O Kb8 17. e4 $1 dxe4 18. fxe4 Ka8 19. Rb2 $1 $16 {[%csl Yd5] Malaniuk,V-Suba,
M/Palma de Mallorca 1989/Inf 48 (19)}) 10. cxd4 Bf5 11. Ne2 Nbd7 12. g4 Bg6
$132 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Ga8c8,Gg6c2,Gc2b3,Gc8c1]} 13. a4 (13. Nf4 Rc8 (13... Rc8
14. Bd2 Bc2 15. Qa1 g5 $1 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Nxd3 h5 18. gxh5 Rxh5 $17 {[%csl
Re1,Rh2] 0-1 Halldorsson,B-Sokolov,I/Reykjavik 2000 (29)})) (13. Bg2 $5 Rc8 14.
O-O Bc2 15. Qe1 Nb6 (15... Bb3 $5) 16. Rf2 O-O 17. g5 Nfd7 18. Bd2 Bf5 19. Ng3
Be6 20. Ra1 Nc4 21. f4 $13 {1-0 Lampen,T-Marks,H/Reykjavik 2000 (61)}) 13...
O-O 14. h4 Rac8 15. Ra3 Qd6 16. h5 Bc2 17. Qd2 Ne4 $5 (17... Nb6 $5 $15) 18.
fxe4 Bxe4 19. Rh3 Rc2 20. Qd1 Rfc8 21. Ra1 Nf6 22. Ba3 Qc7 23. Rc1 Qa5+ 24. Kf2
Nxg4+ 25. Kg1 Qd8 $44 {0-1 Wells,P-Suba,M/London WFW 1991 (37)}) 8. dxc5 f5 $5
(8... Qa5 $5 {and in particular} 9. e4 Nf6 $1 {was the other principal source
of headaches for those trying to show advantage with white after 4 f3. The
text is, however, also interesting, and it is worth checking from time to time
that the opponent is not only doing his homework in the fashionable lines!}) 9.
Nh3 $5 (9. Qc2 O-O (9... f4 10. g3 $1 (10. Bxf4 $6 Nxf4 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Qxf4
e5 13. Qa4 Qe7 14. Qb5 a6 15. Qb6 e4 16. g3 exf3 17. Nxf3 O-O 18. Bg2 Qe3 $44 {
0-1 Ernst,T-Hansen,C/Gausdal 1985/MCD (30)}) 10... O-O 11. c4 Ne3 12. Bxe3 fxe3
13. Qc3 Qg5 14. f4 Qxc5 15. Bg2 Nc6 16. Nf3 h6 17. Rb1 b6 18. Rb5 Qd6 19. c5
bxc5 20. Rxc5 Ne7 21. Qxe3 Nd5 22. Qd4 $16 {1-0 Sakaev,K-Brodsky,M/Kherson
1991/CBM 21 ext (39)}) 10. e4 fxe4 11. fxe4 Nf4 (11... Qh4+ 12. g3 Qf6 {> 9 e4.
}) (11... Nf4 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Bc4 Nxc5 15. O-O Bd7 16. Rae1 $5 {
1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Karpov,A/Reykjavik 1991/Inf 52 (22) and now} Na4 17. Bb3 Nc5
$1 $11)) (9. c4 $5 Qf6 $5 (9... Qh4+ 10. g3 Qxc4 11. e4 Qc3+ 12. Bd2 Qe5 13.
Bd3 fxe4 14. fxe4 O-O 15. Rc1 Nf6 16. Nf3 Qh5 17. O-O Nbd7 18. Nd4 Ng4 19.
Rxf8+ Nxf8 20. Qe2 e5 21. Nf5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Donner,J-Pachman,L/Bled 1961/MCL 
(28) I suspect the bishop pair should be worth an edge here.}) 10. Bd2 Ne7 11.
Nh3 Nbc6 12. Nf4 O-O 13. e3 Ng6 14. Nxg6 Qxg6 15. Bc3 e5 {1/2-1/2 Ragozin,
V-Sokolsky,A/Kiev 1954/URS-ch (26)}) (9. e4 fxe4 10. Qc2 e3 (10... Qh4+ 11. g3
Qf6 12. fxe4 O-O 13. Bg2 Qxc3+ 14. Qxc3 Nxc3 15. Bf4 Bd7 16. Rc1 Na4 17. Bd6
$14 {[%csl Yd6] 1-0 Malaniuk,V-King,D/Frunze 1987/TD (67)}) 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. Ne2
(12. c4 Nf4 13. Bxe3 Qa5+ $1 14. Kf2 Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 O-O 16. Qd2 Qa6 17. Ne2 Nf6
18. Ng3 Qxc4 19. Rhc1 Qa4 {1/2-1/2 Furman,S-Polugaevsky,L/Leningrad 1963/
URS-ch (19)}) 12... Nxc5 13. O-O Bd7 $5 14. c4 Ba4 15. Qb2 Nf6 16. Bc2 Bxc2 17.
Qxc2 O-O 18. Bxe3 Qc7 {A typical example where the black squared bishop does
not guarantee a dark-square bind.} 19. Bf2 {1/2-1/2 Malaniuk,V-Balashov,Y/
Odessa 1989/URS-ch (19)}) 9... O-O 10. c4 (10. Nf4 Qe7 $5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Bf4
{it is almost certainly wise to decline black's offer since} (12. Qxd5+ Be6 13.
Qd6 (13. Bg5 Qxg5 $5 14. Qxe6+ {[%csl Rc3,Rc5,Re3]} Kh8 15. e3 Nc6 $32) 13...
Qf7 $44 {[%cal Yb8c6,Ya8d8] looks like excellent value in terms of
mobilisation with tempo.}) 12... Qxc5 13. Qd4 Qa5 14. e3 Nc6 15. Qd2 Be6 16.
Be2 Rfc8 17. O-O Nd8 18. Rfc1 (18. Be5 Nc6 $1 $11) 18... Nf7 {[%csl Ge5][%cal
Gc8c3,Gf7e5] 1-0 Toth,B-Lengyel,L/Budapest 1971/MCD (61) and black has found a
way to cover the e5 square while uncovering the c-file, and should be fine.})
10... Nf6 ({Black can also elect to keep queens on the board with} 10... Qh4+
$5 11. Nf2 (11. g3 $6 Qxc4 12. e4 Qc3+ 13. Bd2 Qe5 $36) 11... Qf6 $5 (11... Nf6
12. e3 Nc6 13. Be2 Rd8 (13... e5) 14. Qc2 Nd7 15. O-O Nxc5 16. Bb2 b6 17. Nd3
$1 Qh6 18. f4 Ne4 19. Rf3 $1 {[%csl Rg7,Rh6][%cal Yb2g7]} Qh4 20. Rh3 Qe7 21.
Bf3 $14 {[%cal Gf3e4,Yd3e5,Yh3g3,Yg3g7,Yb2g7] 1/2-1/2 Ligterink,G-Miralles,G/
Cannes 1990/CBM 18 (56) white prepares to construct a position in which the
opposite coloured bishops spells direct attacking chances.}) 12. Bd2 Nc3 13.
Qc1 Na4 14. Bg5 Qf7 15. Nd3 Nd7 $13 {1-0 Beliavsky,A-Portisch,L/Amsterdam 1990/
CBM 20 (40)}) 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Nf2 Na6 $6 (12... Nc6 $5 {It looks better to
me to seek some compensation in the centre, rather than merely go after the
c-pawn.} 13. e3 e5 14. Bb2 Be6 15. Nd3 Nd7 16. Rc1 e4 17. fxe4 fxe4 18. Nf4 Bf7
19. Be2 Nxc5 {[%csl Yb2,Gc5,Gd5,Yf4][%cal Gf7d5] 1-0 Yurtaev,L-Utemov,V/
Podolsk 1990/TD (48) with a rather healthy position. Both sides have some
excellent minor pieces.}) 13. Nd3 $1 Nd7 14. Be3 {It looks rather as if black
has put all his eggs in one basket, and the simple threat to c5 well parried
it is not so clear how to continue. Certainly the game continuation cannot be
the way - the passed c-pawn at c6 can also be defended, and the defender,
white's e5 knight, is a monster.} b6 $2 (14... e5 $5 $14) 15. c6 Ndc5 16. Ne5
$1 {[%csl Ge5] A pretty well unchallengable beast!} Nb3 17. Rb1 Nac5 18. g3 Ba6
19. Bg2 Rac8 20. f4 Na5 21. Rb4 Ne4 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Ra4 {[%csl Ra6]} Rc7 24.
O-O Rdc8 25. Rd1 Rxc6 {What else?} 26. Nxc6 Rxc6 27. Rd8+ Kf7 28. Rd7+ Kg6 29.
Rxa7 $18 Bxc4 30. Rb4 Bxe2 31. Rxb6 Rxb6 32. Bxb6 Nc4 33. Kf2 1-0

