[Event "Groningen Festival (Women)"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1998.12.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Socko, Monika"]
[Black "Darchia, Diana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Be2 Qa5 (10... Bxc3+ $1 11. bxc3 Qa5 12. O-O d6 $13 (
12... Qxc3 13. c5 $44)) (10... d6 11. O-O O-O (11... Bd7 12. Qd2 a5 13. Nd5 Nc5
14. f3 Bc6 15. Rab1 O-O 16. Bg5 Re8 17. Rfe1 b6 18. Bf1 Ra7 19. b3 Qb8 20. Qf2
Rb7 21. Qh4 {1/2-1/2 Kotter,R-Schmitz,J/BL2-W qual 1991/TD 91\01 (42)}) 12. f4
b6 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Bf3 Bc6 15. Qc2 Nd4 16. Qd1 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Qd7 18. Rf2 f5
19. Re2 fxe4 20. Nxe4 Bh6 21. Qd2 Rf7 22. Rf1 Raf8 23. f5 Bxe3+ {0-1 Abdul
Majeed,N-Vescovi,G/WchJ-U18 Singapore 1990/EXT 90ch (35)}) 11. Bd2 $5 $146 (11.
Qd2 d6 (11... b6 12. O-O (12. f4 Bb7 13. Rd1 Bxc3 14. bxc3 d6 15. Bf3 f5 16.
O-O Rc8 17. c5 Nxc5 18. Bd4 Rf8 19. exf5 Bxf3 20. Rxf3 gxf5 21. Rh3 Rf7 {
0-1 Ricetto,A-Garcia,H/Piriapolis 1977/MCD-r7 (32)}) 12... Bb7 13. f3 (13. Rad1
d6 14. f3 g5 15. a3 Qe5 16. Rc1 h5 17. b4 h4 18. Nd5 Rd8 19. a4 Nd4 20. Bd1 Ne6
21. Rc2 Rc8 22. Rc1 Rg8 23. a5 bxa5 24. bxa5 {0-1 Szylar,E-Corrigan,F/Cannes
Martinez op 1995/EXT 97 (46)}) 13... g5 14. Rab1 (14. Rfd1 d6 15. a3 Qe5 16.
Rab1 h5 17. Nd5 h4 18. Qb4 Kf8 19. Qa4 Nf4 20. Bf1 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Bf6 22. Ba6
Bxa6 23. Qxa6 Kg7 24. Rdc1 {1/2-1/2 Senff,M-Fleuren,J/Goch op 1992/EXT 97 (30)}
) 14... Bxc3 15. bxc3 Bc6 16. Rfd1 f6 17. Qb2 h5 18. Rd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nf4 20.
Bf1 Kf7 21. Qd2 h4 22. Rb5 Qa3 23. c5 Rac8 24. Rb3 Qa5 25. Rb5 Qa3 26. Rb3 {
1/2-1/2 Krug,P-Guth,T/OLNO9697 1997/EXT 97}) (11... g5 12. h4 Nf4 13. Bf3 h6
14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Rxh8+ Bxh8 16. Bd4 Be5 17. O-O-O d6 18. g3 Ne6 19. Bxe5 Qxe5
20. Qd5 Qxd5 21. exd5 Nc7 22. Rh1 Bf5 23. Be4 Bxe4 24. Nxe4 f6 25. Rh8+ {
1/2-1/2 Grabics,M-Torok,J/Harkany op 1993/EXT 93op (31)}) 12. O-O g5 13. Rfd1
Be5 14. g3 Bd7 15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Bc6 17. Rc1 h5 18. b4 b6 19. c5 bxc5 20.
bxc5 Kd7 21. Nxe7 Kxe7 22. cxd6+ Kd7 23. f3 h4 24. Kg2 hxg3 25. hxg3 {0-1
Helbich,J-Kohlman,R/SVK-chT2 1997/EXT 97 (33)}) (11. O-O b6 12. Nd5 Bxb2 13.
Bd2 Qc5 14. Rb1 Bf6 15. Bb4 Qc6 16. e5 Bxe5 17. Bf3 Nd4 18. Re1 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3
f6 20. Bxe7 {1-0 Ivanov,M-Holmsten,A/Jyvaskyla op2 1996/EXT 97}) 11... Qe5 12.
O-O g5 13. Rc1 b6 (13... d6 14. b3 $16) {[%tqu "En","Find the best move.","",
"","c3d5","",10,"b2b3","",0]} 14. Nd5 $1 {[%cal Gd5e7,Gd2c3]} (14. b3 Bb7)
14... Qxb2 (14... Bb7 15. Bc3 Qxe4 (15... Qb8 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. c5 $16)) 15.
Bg4 Kd8 16. Bb4 Nc5 (16... d6 17. Nxe7 Kxe7 (17... Qxb4 18. Nc6+) 18. Qxd6+ Kf6
19. Bc3+ $18) 17. Rc2 Qd4 (17... Qe5 18. Bc3) 18. Rd2 Qxc4 (18... Qxe4 19. Bf3
Qxc4 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Nxe7 $16) 19. Be2 Qxe4 20. Bf3 Qc4 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22.
Nxe7 (22. Rc2) 22... Qxe7 23. Bxa8 $16 Re8 (23... Be5 $142 24. Qa4 d6 25. Rfd1)
24. Bc6 $6 (24. Qh5 h6 (24... Ba6 25. Bc6 Bxf1 26. Rxd7+ Qxd7 27. Bxd7 Re1 28.
Qxg5+ f6 29. Qd2 $18) 25. Bd5 $2 Ba6 $1 26. Bc6 Bxf1 27. Rxd7+ Qxd7 28. Bxd7
Re1 $19) (24. Qa4 a5 25. g3 $16) 24... Bc3 25. Rd3 Bb4 26. Qg4 (26. g3 $142)
26... Bc5 $44 27. h4 $6 (27. Qf5 f6) 27... Kc7 $1 (27... Rg8 28. Bxd7 Bxd7 29.
Rfd1 $18) (27... gxh4 28. Bxd7 Bxd7 29. Rfd1 $18) 28. Bb5 a6 (28... gxh4 $1)
29. Ba4 b5 30. Rc1 bxa4 $4 (30... d6 $1 31. Qg3 Kb6 32. Bb3 gxh4 $13) 31. Re3
Qxe3 32. fxe3 d6 33. Qxg5 Bb7 34. Qf4 Kc8 35. Qxd6 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Evelev, Vladimir M"]
[Black "Panikarovsky, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2327"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 d6 11. b4 a5 (11... Bd7 12. Be2 Bc6 13. Qd2 b6 14.
O-O O-O 15. Nd5 Qd7 16. f4 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Bf3 Rac8 19. Bf2 Nd8 20. Bh4
Bxd5 21. cxd5 Bf6 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Rxc8 {1-0 Smejkal,J-Mandl,R/BL8687 1987/BL
80 (37)}) (11... O-O 12. Bd3 (12. Qd2 a5 (12... b6 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. O-O Rc8 15.
Nd5 Re8 16. a4 Nd4 17. Rb1 e6 18. Nc3 d5 19. exd5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. cxd5
Qxd5 22. Rfd1 Red8 23. h3 Rc3 24. Bf1 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Kupper,J/Zuerich sim
1988/EXT 88b (27)}) 13. a3 axb4 14. axb4 Ra3 15. Be2 Rb3 16. Nd5 Rb2 17. Qd3
Re8 18. O-O Nc7 19. Rb1 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Ra2 21. Qc4 Ra3 22. Rfc1 e6 23. Rd1 Be5
24. Rd3 exd5 25. Qxd5 Rxd3 26. Qxd3 Qh4 27. g3 Qe7 28. Rd1 Bh3 29. b5 {Vukic,
M-Velimirovic,D/Banja Luka 1983/MCL 08/1/2-1/2 (74)}) 12... a5 (12... b6 13.
O-O Bb7 14. Bb1 (14. f4 Qd7 15. f5 Nc7 16. Qd2 Rad8 17. Bh6 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Rfe8
19. Rf3 b5 20. Rcf1 Bf6 21. Bg5 bxc4 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Bxf6 cxd3 24. Bg7 Qg4
25. Rxf7 {0-1 Williams,L-Vardi,I/Quebec 1978/EXT 97 (36)}) 14... Rc8 15. Nd5
Nc7 16. Qd2 Nxd5 17. exd5 Rc7 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Qa8 20. f3 Rfc8 21. Rfd1
$16 {Petursson,M-Orseth,D/Kringsja Oslo 1978/MCD-r7/0-1 (69)}) 13. a3 axb4 14.
axb4 Bd7 15. O-O {1/2-1/2 Veroci,Z-Skembris,S/Banja Luka 1987/EXT 87} (15. O-O
f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Nd5 Ra3 18. Re1 Kh8 19. Bb6 Qe8 20. Be2 Rg8 21. f4 Bh6 22.
Qd2 Rh3 23. Rc3 Rh4 24. Rf3 Bc6 25. Be3 Qg6 26. Rg3 Qf7 27. Rxg8+ Qxg8 28. Bf3
$16 {1-0 Lau,R-Kaiser,W/BL8788 1988/BL 80 (33)})) (11... b6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. Nd5
O-O 14. O-O Nc7 15. Qd3 e6 16. Nxc7 Qxc7 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Bf4 Bf8 19. c5 bxc5
20. bxc5 Qc6 21. cxd6 Qxe4 22. Qxe4 Bxe4 23. d7 Bd5 24. Bb5 a6 25. Ba4 Bxa2 26.
Bc6 {1-0 Treppner,G-Holfelder,H/Wittlich 1983/GER 05}) 12. a3 Bd7 13. Be2 axb4
14. axb4 Ra3 15. Nd5 O-O 16. Bb6 (16. O-O Bc6 17. Qd2 Re8 18. Kh1 Qa8 19. f4
Ra2 20. Rc2 Rxc2 21. Qxc2 Bxd5 22. exd5 Nd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. Qe4 Bf6 25. c5
Qa4 26. c6 bxc6 27. dxc6 Rc8 28. Rc1 Bb2 29. Qc2 Qa3 30. Rb1 Bd4 31. Qe4 Qc3
32. b5 Kf8 33. Rd1 Bc5 $132 {Bragin,A-Kulikov,V/RUS-sf Briansk 1995/EXP 49/0-1
(56)}) 16... Qe8 17. O-O Ba4 18. Qd2 $16 {[%csl Ra3,Ra4]} Bc6 19. f4 {[%cal
Rf4f5]} Bh6 20. g3 f5 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Rfe1 {[%csl Re7][%cal Ge1e8]} Qf7 23.
c5 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gc6h1,Gh6c1,Ga3g3]} (23. Bf1 $1 $16) 23... Qg7 $1 {[%cal
Ra3g3]} (23... Rfa8 24. Bc4 $18) 24. Kf2 Kh8 25. cxd6 exd6 26. Bc4 Bxf4 $2 {
[%mdl 8192]} (26... Re8 27. b5 $5 (27. Ne3 Nxf4 28. gxf4 Re4 $44) 27... Bd7 28.
Ne3 Nxf4 29. gxf4 Bxf4 30. Bd4 Be5 (30... Re5 31. Rg1 $18) 31. Rcd1 f4 $44) 27.
gxf4 Rh3 28. Rh1 Rg8 29. Ke1 Qg4 30. Rf1 Re8 31. Be2 Qg2 32. Rg1 $18 {[%cal
Gg1g8,Rd2b2]} Qxd5 33. Qb2+ 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.05"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[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 "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 Qa5 11. Be2 (11. a3 $5 b6 12. Bd3 g5 (12... Bb7
13. O-O O-O (13... h5 14. f4 Rc8 15. e5 g5 16. b4 Qxa3 17. Nb5 Qxb4 18. Rb1 Qa5
19. Ra1 Qb4 20. Ra4 Qb2 21. Rf2 $18 {Dautov,R-Becker,M/Halle-B 1987/1-0 (49)})
14. Rc2 f5 15. Nd5 Rae8 16. f4 $14 {1-0 Dolmatov,S-Sriram,J/Calcutta op 1996 
(44)}) 13. O-O Bb7 14. Rc2 Bxc3 (14... Qe5 15. Nd5 $14) 15. Rxc3 Qe5 16. Re1 h5
(16... Bxe4 17. Bd2 Nc5 18. f3 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 $18) 17. Bd2 Rh6 (17... Nc5 18. b4
$1 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 $16 {[%csl Rd7,Rg5][%cal Gd2c3]}) 18. b4 $5 $14 (18. h4 $6
$132 {1-0 Leko,P-Piket,J/Tilburg 1997/CBM 61/ (30)})) 11... b6 12. Qd5 Rb8 (
12... Qxd5 13. exd5 (13. cxd5 Nc5 (13... Nd4 14. Bc4 (14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Kd2 $14)
14... Bb7 15. Kd2 (15. O-O Rc8 16. b3 (16. b3 e6 17. dxe6 dxe6 18. Rfd1 Nc6 19.
Nb5 Be5 20. f4 (20. Bh6 a6 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. Rxd6 b5 23. Be2 $14 {1/2-1/2
Janssen,R-Kalod,R/Calicut IND 1998 (67)}) 20... Bb8 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Ke7
23. e5 Rhd8 24. Rxd8 $14)) 15... e6 (15... Rc8 16. Kd3 e5 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Nb5
$16) 16. Kd3 (16. Rhd1 Rc8 $132 {0-1 Ribli,Z-Rogers,I/Deutschland 1995/Inf 64/
[Rogers,I] (40)}) 16... exd5 17. Nxd5 (17. Bxd5 Nc6 18. Kc2 Nb4+ 19. Kb1 Nxd5
$11) 17... Ne6 18. Kc2 Rc8 19. Kb1 Nc5 20. f3 Na4 21. Bb5 $14) 14. f3 (14. O-O
Bxc3 15. Rxc3 Nxe4 16. Rc7 f6 17. Rfc1 Kf7 18. Kf1 $14) 14... a5 15. d6 e6 16.
O-O O-O 17. Rfd1 f5 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Bb5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Dur,A-Plachetka,J/
OST-BL 1991/Inf 90 (42)}) 13... Nd4 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. O-O O-O 16. Rfd1 Nf5 17.
Bg5 $14 {0-1 Uhlmann,W-Sievers,S/BL 1990 (59)}) 13. O-O (13. Qxa5 bxa5 14. b3
Bd4 15. Bxd4 Nxd4 (15... Nxd4 {1/2-1/2 Hergott,D-Donaldson,J/Hertogenbosch NED
1999 (15)}) 16. e5 Rf8 17. Bd3 f6 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. O-O $14 {1/2-1/2 Nijboer,
F-Reinderman,D/Rotterdam 1999/CBM 72/ (67)}) 13... Nc5 14. f3 $6 (14. Rfd1 $5
d6 15. Qd2 (15. Bd4 O-O 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rb1 Nb7 18. b4 Qxd5 19. cxd5 (19.
Nxd5 Re8 20. Rd2 $14) 19... Bd7 20. Bb5 Rfc8 (20... Bxb5 21. Nxb5 a5 22. a3 (
22. bxa5 Nxa5 23. Rdc1 $14) 22... axb4 23. axb4 Rfc8 24. Rdc1 Kf6 25. f4 g5 26.
g3 gxf4 27. gxf4 e5 28. f5 Rg8+ 29. Kf2 Rg4 30. Rc6 Rxe4 31. Rxb6 Rh4 32. Nxd6
$16) 21. Bxd7 Rxc3 22. Rdc1 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 a5 24. a3 axb4 25. axb4 Ra8 26. Bc6
Ra7 27. f4 Nd8 28. Bb5 $14) 15... Bb7 (15... Bxc3 16. Rxc3 Nxe4 17. Qd4 Qe5 (
17... Nf6 18. Ra3 Qc5 19. Rxa7 $14) 18. Qxe5 dxe5 19. Ra3 $14) 16. f3 $14)
14... d6 15. Qd2 Na4 $1 {After NN change the attacking potential white is
reduced.} 16. Nxa4 Qxa4 17. b3 Qc6 18. Bd3 (18. Rfd1 O-O 19. b4 Bd7 (19... Bb7
20. c5 dxc5 21. bxc5 bxc5 (21... b5 22. Qd7 $16 {[%csl Rb5,Re7]}) 22. Bxc5 Qf6
23. Bxa7 Ra8 24. Bc5 $16) 20. c5 (20. Bd3 Rfc8 21. f4 Qb7 22. Rf1 Bc6 $11)
20... bxc5 21. bxc5 Rb2 22. Qe1 dxc5 23. Bxc5 Rc8 24. Bxa7 Qb7 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8
26. a3 Bc3 27. Qf2 (27. Qf1 Ra2 28. Rb1 Qc7 29. Bb6 Qd6 30. Bc4 Rxa3 $11) 27...
Bb5 28. Bxb5 Rxf2 29. Bxf2 $14) 18... Bb7 19. a4 O-O 20. a5 (20. f4 $5 {
[%cal Gf4f5]}) 20... Bc8 21. b4 (21. axb6 axb6 22. Rfd1 Bd7 (22... Ra8 $2 23.
e5 $1 d5 24. Bd4 $16) 23. b4 Rfc8 24. Qf2 $14) 21... bxa5 22. b5 Qc7 23. Rc2 (
23. c5 dxc5 24. Rxc5 Qd6 25. Rd1 Bd4 26. Rc6 Qb4 27. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 28. Qf2 (28.
Kh1 Bd7 $15) 28... Qxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Rd8 $15) 23... e6 (23... Be6 24. Rfc1 Rfc8
25. c5 (25. Ra2 Rxb5 $1 $19) 25... dxc5 26. Rxc5 Qd6 27. Rxc8+ Rxc8 28. Rxc8+
Bxc8 29. Bxa7 Bd4+ 30. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 31. Kf1 a4 32. Qc2 Bd7 33. Ke2 a3 (33... Qg1
34. Qxa4 Qxg2+ 35. Ke3 Qg1+ 36. Ke2 Qxh2+ 37. Ke3 Qg1+ 38. Ke2 Bh3 (38... Qb6
39. Qa6 $44) 39. Qd1 Qb6 40. Qc1 h5 41. Qe3 $44) 34. Bc4 e5 (34... Qg1 35. Kd3
Qxh2 36. Kc3 Qe5+ 37. Kb4 Qb2+ 38. Qxb2 axb2 39. Ba2 $11) 35. Qb3 Qb2+ 36. Qxb2
axb2 37. Ba2 Bxb5+ 38. Kd2 Bf1 39. g3 Bg2 40. Kc3 Bxf3 41. Bb1 Kg7 (41... Kf8
42. Kxb2 Ke7 43. Kc3 Kd6 44. Kd3 Kc5 45. Ke3 Bg4 46. Bd3 Kb4 47. Kd2 Be6 48.
Ba6 f6 49. Be2 Bc4 50. Bd1 $44) 42. Kxb2 Kh6 43. Kc3 Kg5 44. Kd2 Kg4 45. Ke3
Bg2 46. Kf2 Kh3 47. Kg1 f6 48. Bc2 $11) 24. Ra2 d5 $2 $16 {Terrible move.White
receive advantage in several ways.} (24... a6 $1 25. Rc1 (25. b6 Rxb6 26. Bxb6
Qxb6+ 27. Kh1 Qb4 28. Rb1 Qxd2 29. Rxd2 Bc3 $44) 25... axb5 26. cxb5 Qd8 27.
Rxa5 f5 $14) 25. Qxa5 (25. exd5 exd5 26. cxd5 Bc3 27. Qf2 Rd8 28. Bxa7 Rb7 29.
Be3 (29. Bd4 Bxd4 30. Qxd4 Rxd5 $1 31. Qxd5 Be6 32. Qc6 Bxa2 33. Be4 Qxc6 34.
bxc6 Rc7 35. Ra1 Be6 36. f4 (36. Rxa5 f5 $11) 36... Ra7 37. Kf2 Kf8 38. Ke3 Ke7
$11) 29... Rb8 (29... Rxd5 30. b6 Qd6 31. Be4 Rh5 32. g4 $18) 30. b6 Qe5 31.
Rc1 Rxd5 32. Be4 Rd8 33. Rac2 Bb4 34. g3 $16) 25... Qxa5 26. Rxa5 a6 $5 (26...
dxc4 27. Bxc4 $16) (26... dxe4 27. Bxe4 $16) 27. bxa6 $2 $44 {Not noticing a
following move of black...} (27. cxd5 axb5 28. Rxb5 $16) (27. exd5 axb5 28.
cxb5 exd5 29. Rb1 Re8 30. Kf2 Be5 31. b6 $16) 27... Bxa6 $1 (27... Rb3 28. a7
Bb7 29. Rb1 Rxb1+ 30. Bxb1 dxc4 31. Rc5 $16) 28. Rxa6 Rb3 29. Rd1 (29. Bc5 Rc8
30. Ra3 Rxd3 31. Rxd3 dxc4 32. Rd7 Rxc5 33. Rd8+ Bf8 $44) 29... dxc4 30. Bc5
cxd3 31. Bxf8 Bd4+ 32. Kh1 (32. Kf1 Kxf8 33. Rd6 e5 34. f4 Rb2 (34... Ke7 35.
fxe5 Bxe5 36. R6xd3 Rb4 (36... Rxd3 37. Rxd3 Bxh2 38. g3 $18) 37. Re1 Bxh2 38.
Rh3 Be5 39. Rxh7 $14) 35. Rxd3 (35. Rxd4 exd4 36. Rxd3 Rb4 $11) 35... Rf2+ 36.
Ke1 Rxf4 $11) 32... Kxf8 33. f4 (33. Rd6 e5 $11) 33... Ke7 34. g3 h5 (34... f6
35. Ra2 Be3 36. Kg2 g5 $44) 35. Ra2 Be3 36. Kg2 g5 $2 $16 {[%csl Rh5] Black
takes "a revenge"} (36... e5 $142 37. fxe5 Ke6 38. Kf3 d2 39. Ke2 Kxe5 40. Rf1
Bh6 $44) 37. fxg5 Bxg5 38. Ra5 Bf6 (38... Kf6 39. h4 Bh6 40. Rxh5 $16) 39. Rxh5
Bd4 40. Kf3 (40. h4 $16) 40... Kf6 41. Ra5 Kg6 (41... d2+ 42. Ke2 Be3 43. h4
$16) 42. Ra8 (42. e5 d2+ 43. Ke2 Bc3 44. Rc5 Bd4 45. Rc6 Bc3 46. Rf1 $16) 42...
Bg7 43. Rg8 (43. h4 d2+ 44. Kf2 Bd4+ 45. Kg2 (45. Ke2 Rxg3 46. Rg8+ Bg7 47.
Rxd2 Rh3 48. Rd1 Kh7 49. Rgd8 Rxh4 $11) 45... Rd3 46. g4 $16) 43... Kh7 44. Rd8
d2+ 45. Ke2 Bh6 46. Rf1 Kg6 47. Rd7 (47. Rf3 $2 Rb4 $44) 47... Rb4 (47... f6
48. Rd6 Kf7 49. e5 (49. Rf3 Rb4 $44) 49... f5 50. Rd7+ (50. g4 Rb5 (50... Rh3
51. gxf5 Rxh2+ 52. Kd3 exf5 53. Rf6+ Ke7 54. R6xf5 Ke6 55. Rf6+ $16) 51. gxf5
Rxe5+ 52. Kd1 Rc5 53. fxe6+ Ke7 54. Rd3 Kxe6 $14) 50... Kg6 51. Re7 Re3+ (51...
Rb6 52. g4 fxg4 53. Rf6+ Kh5 54. Rh7 $18) 52. Kxd2 Rxe5+ $16) 48. Kd3 Rb5 49.
g4 $2 $44 {[%csl Rf4,Rg5,Rh4] As such can come in a head ?} (49. h4 $1 Rb3+ 50.
Kc2 Rxg3 51. Rdxf7 Kh5 (51... Rg4 52. R1f6+ Kh5 53. Rxe6 Rg1 54. Rf5+ $18) 52.
R7f6 Rg4 53. Rxe6 Rxh4 54. Kd1 $16) 49... Bg5 50. h4 Bxh4 51. Kxd2 Bf6 $1 52.
Ke3 Rb3+ 53. Rd3 Rb5 54. Kf3 Bg7 55. Rc1 Bf6 56. Rc7 Be5 57. Ra7 Rb1 58. Rdd7
Rf1+ 59. Ke2 Rf4 60. Ke3 Rf1 61. Ra2 Rg1 62. Rf2 f6 63. Re2 Rg3+ 64. Kf2 Kg5 (
64... Rxg4 65. Re7 Kg5 66. Rxe6 Kf4 67. Re8 Rh4 $11) 65. Re7 Kf4 66. Rxe6 Rxg4
67. Ra6 Rg3 68. Ra4 Rf3+ 69. Ke1 Re3 70. Kd2 Rxe2+ 71. Kxe2 f5 72. exf5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.07"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Black "Gelashvili, Tamaz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[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 "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Bxd4 9. Bxd4 Nxd4 10. O-O-O (10. Qd1 $5) 10... Nc6 $2 $16 (10... d6 11.
Qh4 e5 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Ne2 Nxe2+ 14. Bxe2 Ke7 15. b3 Be6 16. Kb2 {1/2-1/2
Trifunovic,P-Barendregt,J/Amsterdam IBM 1965 (16)}) (10... Ne6 11. h4 (11. f4
b5 12. cxb5 Qa5 13. f5 Nc7 14. Bc4 e6 15. Qf4 Bb7 16. Qe5 O-O-O 17. Rd2 gxf5
18. exf5 Rhg8 19. Rg1 $16 {1-0 Smejkal,J-Karlik,J/Kelheim-Passau 1994 (44)}) (
11. e5 Qa5 12. f4 Nc7 13. Qf3 a6 14. h4 b5 15. h5 b4 16. Nb1 Qb6 17. hxg6 fxg6
18. Bd3 Bb7 19. Bxg6+ Qxg6 20. Qxb7 $18 {1-0 Rahman,Z-Kulashko,A/Elista RUS
1998 (39)}) 11... Qa5 12. h5 g5 13. Rd5 Qc7 14. Rxg5 Nxg5 15. Qxg5 d6 16. Nd5
Qd8 17. c5 (17. Qg7 Rf8 (17... Kd7 18. c5 $16) 18. Qxh7 (18. h6 Be6 19. Qxh7
Qa5 20. Qg7 Bxd5 21. exd5 Qe1+ 22. Kc2 Qxf2+ 23. Kd1 O-O-O 24. h7 Qf5 $132)
18... e6 19. Nc3 (19. Ne3 Qf6 $15) 19... Qf6 20. h6 (20. Nb5 Ke7) 20... Qxf2
21. Qg7 Bd7 22. h7 (22. Bd3 Qf4+ 23. Kc2 Qe5 24. Qxe5 dxe5 $44) 22... O-O-O 23.
Bd3 Qf4+ 24. Kc2 Qe5 $132) 17... a6 18. Bc4 Be6 19. Rd1 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 (20. Rxd5
Rc8 $15) 20... e6 21. Qd4 $1 (21. Qxd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Rg8 23. g3 Rg5 24. b4 Rxh5
$44 {0-1 Newbold,R-Pupols,V/Golden Gate op 1977 (33)}) 21... Qg5+ 22. Kb1 O-O
23. cxd6 $16) (10... e5 11. Qg3 d6 12. f4 f6 13. Bd3 $5 (13. f5 gxf5 (13... Kf7
14. Nb5 $1 (14. Bd3 Bd7 15. Rhf1 g5 16. h4 h6 17. Rh1 Bc6 18. Kb1 Ke7 19. Rh3
Qg8 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Rdh1 Qg7 22. Nd1 a6 23. Ne3 a5 24. Ng4 Rxh3 25. Qxh3 Rf8
26. b3 $14 {1-0 Filipenko,A-Chernikov,O/Gorki 1987 (40)}) 14... Nxb5 15. cxb5
d5 (15... gxf5 16. Bc4+ Kf8 17. Qh4 Ke7 18. Rd3 fxe4 19. Rg3 h5 (19... Qf8 20.
Rf1 $18 {[%csl Rf6] 1-0 Timman Jan H-Van Der Vliet Fred/Leeuwarden NED ch 1979
(23)}) 20. Rf1 Ke8 21. Rxf6 $16) (15... Qc7+ 16. Kb1 Bd7 17. b3 Rad8 18. Bc4+
Kg7 19. h4 $16 {1-0 Mestel,J-Karlsson,L/Las Palmas (izt) 1982/Inf 34 (39)}) 16.
Rxd5 Qc7+ 17. Kb1 gxf5 18. Be2 Be6 19. Bh5+ Kf8 20. Qa3+ Qe7 21. Rd6 Kg7 22.
Rhd1 $18 {1-0 Kotronias,V-Anastasian,A/Ankara zt 1995 (32)}) 14. Qg7 Rf8 15.
Nd5 Rf7 16. Qg8+ Rf8 17. Qxh7 Qd7 (17... Rf7 $2 18. Qg8+ Rf8 19. Qg6+ Rf7 20.
Bd3 $16 {1-0 Fogarasi,T-Eberth,Z/Zalakaros 1994 (29)}) 18. Qg6+ (18. Nc7+ Kd8
19. Qxd7+ Bxd7 20. Nxa8 fxe4 21. h4 (21. Kd2 Bc6 22. h4 f5 23. h5 Kd7 24. b4
Ba4 25. Re1 Rxa8 26. h6 Rh8 27. Be2 e3+ $44) (21. g4 Bxg4 22. Rg1 Bxd1 23. Kxd1
Ne6 (23... f5 24. Rg7 f4 25. Rxb7 e3 26. Nc7 Rf7 27. Ne6+ Ke8 28. Rxf7 Kxf7 29.
Nxd4 exd4 30. Ke2 $18) 24. Bh3 f5 25. Rg6 Nf4 26. Rh6 Kc8 $15) 21... Bg4 22.
Re1 f5 23. h5 Kd7 24. h6 Rxa8 25. Rh4 Rh8 $44) 18... Kd8 19. Qh6 (19. Bd3 b5
$132) 19... Qf7 20. Bd3 {1/2-1/2 Samarin,I-Lisenko,A/Briansk 1984 (20)}) (13.
h4 Be6 14. Kb1 (14. h5 g5 (14... Kf7 15. Ne2 (15. Bd3 Rc8 16. hxg6+ hxg6 17. f5
gxf5 18. exf5 Nxf5 19. Qf3 Nh4 20. Qxb7+ {1/2-1/2 Razuvaev,Y-Bonsch,U/
Keszthely 1981 (20)}) (15. Kb1 Rc8 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Nb5 g5 18. Rxd4 exd4 19.
Nd6+ Ke7 20. e5 Rc6 21. c5 Qa5 22. exf6+ Kf8 23. Bc4 Qxc5 24. Re1 Bf5+ 25. Nxf5
Qxf5+ 26. Ka1 Qf4 (26... Qxf6 $17) 27. Qa3+ Qd6 28. Qd3 (28. Qxa7 $1 $132)
28... Rc5 (28... Rc7 $17) 29. Qe4 $18 {1-0 Bonsch-Suetin/Leipzig 1980 (40)})
15... Nxe2+ 16. Bxe2 Qc7 17. Kb1 Rag8 18. Rhf1 Qc5 19. Qd3 $14 {[%csl Rf7] 0-1
Fogarasi,T-Anka,E/HUN-ch Eger ,EXT 1987 (38)}) 15. fxg5 fxg5 16. c5 (16. h6 Qf6
17. Kb1 Qf4 (17... O-O-O 18. Bd3 Rdf8 19. Rdf1 Qe7 20. Qe3 $14 {1-0 Conquest,
S-Pein,M/BCF ch Plymouth 1989 (48)}) 18. Qd3 O-O-O 19. Ne2 Nxe2 20. Bxe2 Qf2
21. Rdf1 Qxg2 22. Rfg1 Qf2 23. Rf1 (23. Rxg5 $14) 23... Qc5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Bang,
A-Hamann,S/Tastrup 1994 (36)}) 16... a6 (16... h6 17. Bb5+ Ke7 18. Nd5+ Bxd5
19. Rxd4 exd4 20. exd5 Qc7 21. Kb1 Kd8 (21... Qxc5 22. Qe1+ Kd8 23. Qe6 $18)
22. cxd6 Qh7+ 23. Ka1 a6 24. Qa3 Rb8 25. Bd3 $16 {1-0 Ninov,N-Meister,Y/cr
1994/Inf 66/[Ninov,N Kostakiev,D] (29)}) (16... Qa5 17. Rxd4 exd4 18. Bb5+ Bd7
19. Bxd7+ Kxd7 20. Qxd6+ $18) 17. cxd6 Qxd6 18. Qxg5 Rg8 19. Qe3 O-O-O 20. Kb1
$14 {1/2-1/2 Iskusnyh,S-Scerbin,D/Ekaterinburg 1997/EXP 57 (32)}) 14... a6 (
14... Rc8 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 O-O $11 (16... Nf5 17. Qf3 Kd7 18. h5 $14 {
1-0 Molnar,B-Dancevski,O/FIJ97 B17 1997 (31)})) 15. Ne2 Nc6 16. Qa3 Bxc4 17.
Rxd6 Qe7 18. Nc3 $14 {1-0 Gufeld,E-Turner,M/London SCCU 1995 (21)}) (13. Ne2
Nxe2+ (13... Ne6 14. f5 Nc5 15. Nc3 $16 {1-0 Gurevich,D-Cramling,D/Eksjo 1982 
(23)}) 14. Bxe2 Be6 15. f5 (15. Qa3 Ke7 $11) 15... Bf7 16. Qa3 (16. fxg6 hxg6
$11) 16... Ke7 $11) 13... Be6 14. f5 $1 $14) 11. Qg3 (11. Qf4 $144 Qa5 12. h4
d6 (12... h5 13. Rd5 $16) 13. Rd5 Qb6 (13... Qd8 14. c5 $1 Be6 (14... O-O 15.
cxd6 $16) 15. cxd6 $1 Bxd5 16. exd5 Qxd6 17. Qxd6 exd6 18. dxc6 $16 {1/2-1/2
Damjanovic,M-Diaz,J/Havana 1968 (87)}) 14. h5 $16) 11... Qa5 12. h4 (12. Rd5
Qb6 13. h4 $16) 12... h5 (12... d6 13. h5 $16) 13. f4 (13. Rd5 Qb6 14. e5 $16 {
[%csl Rc8]}) 13... d6 14. Rd5 Qb6 (14... Qc7 15. f5 Ne5 16. Nb5 Qb8 17. c5 $18)
15. f5 gxf5 (15... Ne5 16. c5 Qc7 17. Bb5+ $18) 16. exf5 Bd7 17. f6 O-O-O 18.
Be2 (18. fxe7 $2 Nxe7 19. Rd2 (19. Rxd6 Nf5 $19) 19... Be6 20. Nb5 Nf5 21. Qf4
Rhg8 22. Rh3 Rg4 $132) 18... Rdg8 (18... Be6 19. Rb5 (19. Bxh5 exf6 $15 (19...
Bxd5 20. Nxd5 Qd4 $132)) 19... Qc7 20. fxe7 Nxe7 21. Bf3 $16 {[%csl Rb7]}) (
18... exf6 19. Nb5 (19. Ne4 $5 Rhg8 20. Qf4 Qc7 21. Nxf6 $16 {[%csl Gf4,Gf6,
Rh5]}) 19... Rhg8 20. Qf4 $1 $16 {The threat (Nd6) is stronger than its
fulfilment} (20. Nxd6+ $2 Kb8 21. Qh2 Ka8 (21... Qe3+ 22. Rd2 Ne5 23. Qg1 (23.
Nxf7 Ba4 $1 $19) (23. Rhd1 Bg4 24. Bxg4 Rxd6 25. Qh3 Qf4 $19) 23... Qh6 24. Qd4
Be6 25. Kc2 Qh7+ $17))) 19. Rg5 (19. Qf4 e5 20. Qf1 Qe3+ 21. Rd2 Be6 22. Bf3
$14 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gc3b5]}) 19... Rxg5 20. hxg5 (20. Qxg5 $5 exf6 21. Qxf6
Qe3+ 22. Kb1 Be6 (22... Qe5 23. Qxf7 (23. Rf1 Be6 24. g3 $132) 23... Bf5+ 24.
Ka1 Nd4 25. Bd1 Be6 26. Qf1 $16) (22... Rd8 23. Rd1 (23. Bxh5 Nd4 $44) 23...
Be6 24. Bxh5 Bxc4 25. Bxf7 Bd3+ 26. Ka1 Nd4 27. b4 $1 {After this move the
activity of black reachs a deadlock.} Rf8 (27... Nc2+ 28. Kb2 Nxb4 29. Be6+ $18
) 28. Qg7 $18)) 20... exf6 (20... e5 21. Rxh5 $16) 21. gxf6 Ne5 22. Rd1 (22.
Nd5 $5 Qc5 (22... Qd8 23. Qa3 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Rc8,Rd6]}) 23. Rxh5 $5 Re8 (23...
Rxh5 24. Qg8+ $18) 24. Qe3 Qxe3+ 25. Nxe3 $16) 22... h4 (22... Bg4 $2 23. Ne4
$1 Bxe2 (23... Rd8 24. Bxg4+ hxg4 25. c5 $18) 24. Nxd6+ Kb8 25. Qxe5 Bxd1 26.
Nxf7+ $18) 23. Qf4 Ng6 $6 $18 (23... Be6 $142 24. Nb5 Rd8 25. Qd4 Qxd4 26. Rxd4
$16 {[%csl Ra7,Rd6,Rh4]}) (23... Re8 24. Qxh4 Qe3+ 25. Kb1 $18) 24. Qxd6 Qxd6
25. Rxd6 Bc6 26. Nd5 $1 (26. Rd2 Nf4 27. Bg4+ Kc7 28. Nd5+ Bxd5 29. cxd5 Kd6
$44) 26... Ne5 (26... Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Kxd8 29. Kd2 Nf8 30. Bh5 Ke8
31. Ke3 Nh7 32. Bf3 b6 33. Kf4 Nxf6 34. Kg5 $18) 27. c5 (27. Kd2 Kb8 {[%cal
Gh8g8]} (27... Rg8 28. Ne7+) 28. b4 b6 (28... a6 29. c5 Rg8 30. Ke3 $18 {
like in this game}) 29. a3 Rg8 30. Ne7 $18) 27... Kb8 28. b4 a6 29. Kd2 Rg8 30.
Ke3 (30. a3 Ka7 31. Bf1 Bxd5 32. Rxd5 Ng4 33. Rd7 Nxf6 34. Rxf7 $18 {[%csl Rb7]
}) 30... Re8 (30... Rxg2 31. Rd8+ Ka7 32. Nb6 $18) 31. Kf2 Bxd5 32. Rxd5 Re6
33. Rd6 {White return back pawn but receive in won endgame.} Rxd6 34. cxd6 Kc8
35. Ke3 (35. Bf3 b6 36. Be2 a5 (36... b5 37. Ke3 Kd7 38. Kf4 Kxd6 39. Kg5 (39.
Kf5 Nc6 40. Bh5 Ne5) 39... Ke6 40. Bd1 Nc4 41. Bg4+ Ke5 42. Bc8 a5 $14) 37.
bxa5 bxa5 38. Bb5 Ng4+ 39. Kf3 Nxf6 40. Kf4 Nd5+ 41. Ke5 Ne3 42. Bc6 Nc4+ 43.
Kd5 Ne3+ 44. Kc5 Kd8 45. Kb5 (45. d7 Kc7 46. Kb5 f5 (46... Nxg2 47. Bxg2 Kxd7
48. Kxa5 $18) 47. Kxa5 Nc4+ 48. Kb5 (48. Kb4 Ne5 49. Bb5 f4 $44) 48... Ne5 49.
Bd5 Kxd7 50. Kc5 $44) 45... Nf5 $11) 35... Kd7 36. Kf4 Kxd6 37. Kg5 Ke6 (37...
b5 38. Kxh4 Nc6 39. a3 Ke5 40. Bf3 (40. Kg5 Nd4 41. Bg4 Ne6+ 42. Bxe6 Kxe6 $11)
40... Nd4 41. Bb7 Kxf6 42. Bxa6 Ke5 43. Kg5 Ne6+ 44. Kh6 Nd4 45. Kg7 (45. g4 $5
) 45... f5 (45... Kf4 46. Kxf7 Kg3 47. Bxb5 Nxb5 48. a4 Nc3 49. a5 Kxg2 50. Ke6
$18) 46. Kh6 Kf6 47. Kh5 Ke5 48. Kg6 f4 49. Kg5 Ne6+ 50. Kh4 (50. Kg4 Nd4)
50... Nd4 51. Kg4 $22 Ke4 52. Bc8 Ke5 53. Bd7 Kd6 54. Bf5 Ke5 55. Bd3 $18) 38.
a4 Nd7 39. Bg4+ Kd6 40. Bh5 (40. Bxd7 $2 Kxd7 41. Kxh4 Ke6 42. Kg5 b6 $11) (40.
a5 $1 $18) 40... Ke6 41. Bg4+ Kd6 42. a5 $1 Ne5 43. Bd1 Nc6 (43... Kd5 44. Bb3+
Kd4 45. Kxh4 Kc3 46. Bd5 Kxb4 47. Kg5 Kc5 48. Bxb7 Nc4 49. Bxa6 Nxa5 50. Be2
Nb7 51. Bh5 Nd8 52. Kh6 $18) 44. Bb3 Nxb4 45. Bxf7 Nc6 46. Ba2 Ne5 47. Kxh4 (
47. Kh6 $18) 47... Nd7 48. Kg5 b6 49. axb6 Nxb6 50. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 07th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.01.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Black "Mirzoev, Azer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2000.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Nc6 10. Qd2 Qa5 (10... d6 11. Be2 (11. Rc1 O-O {1/2-1/2 Pein,
M-Levitt,J/London 1999/CBM 70 ext (11)}) 11... O-O 12. O-O Be6 13. Nd5 Qd7 14.
Rac1 Rac8 15. f4 b6 16. b3 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Rcd1 Kh8 19. Nb4 Nxb4 20. Qxb4
$11 Bg4 21. Qd2 Rce8 22. h3 Bxe2 23. Qxe2 Qc6 24. Qf3 Qxf3 25. Rxf3 {Fridman,
D-Shulman,Y/Pula 1997/CBM 57 ext/[Tsesarsky]/1/2-1/2 (41)}) 11. Be2 (11. Rc1)
11... Bxc3 $146 {[%mdl 16384]} (11... b6 12. Rc1 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 14. Rxc3
d6 15. h4 h5 16. O-O Bb7 $14 17. f4 Nd8 18. Bf3 f5 19. exf5 Bxf3 20. Rxf3 gxf5
21. Ra3 Nc6 22. Rg3 Kf7 23. Rg5 e6 24. Rd3 Rad8 25. Bd2 Rh7 26. Bc3 $11 {
Prins,L-Stoltz,G/Karlovy Vary 1948/MCD/0-1 (51)}) (11... O-O 12. O-O d6 13.
Rac1 Be6 14. Rfd1 Rfc8 15. b3 Nb4 16. Bg5 Re8 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Qa3 19. Bg4
f5 20. Bf3 a5 21. Re1 {0-1 Martz,W-Moe,M/Ybbs 1968/MCD (40)}) 12. bxc3 b6 13.
O-O Ba6 14. Rfd1 d6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Losing by force.Anyway black position is
poor.} 15. Qc2 $1 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gd1d5]} e6 16. Rxd6 Rc8 17. Bh6 Ke7 18. Rad1
{[%csl Gd6,Ge7,Gf6,Gg7]} Rhd8 19. Qd2 Qe5 20. Rd7+ Ke8 21. Bf4 Qc5 22. Bc7 Rxc7
23. Rxd8+ Ke7 24. Rh8 h5 25. Qh6 {[%cal Rh6f8]} Qe5 26. f4 (26. f4 Qxe4 27.
Qg5+ f6 28. Qh6 {[%cal Gh6g7]}) 1-0

[Event "Cannes masters k.o."]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2000.02.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Anic, Darko"]
[Black "Haik, Aldo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2000.02.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. e4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. Rc1 b6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. f3 g5 14. b3 (14.
O-O Be5 15. Rfd1 d6 16. g3 Bxc3 17. Rxc3 Qe5 18. b4 g4 19. c5 O-O 20. c6 Bc8
21. Bh6 Ng7 22. Bf4 Qh5 23. Qc1 $16 {Vinck,M-Kodentsov,G/Leiden 1999/EXT 2000/
1/2-1/2 (66)}) 14... Qe5 $6 {Dubious decision.Now white's attack develops
without problems.} (14... h5 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Yh5h4,Gd7d6,Gg7e5]}) 15. Nd5 $1
h5 16. O-O g4 $146 (16... h4 17. Rfd1 d6 18. b4 Kf8 19. Bf1 h3 20. g4 Bf6 21.
Qf2 Kg7 22. Rc2 Rac8 23. Nxf6 Qxf6 $14 {0-1 Gasthofer,V-Schwamberger,M/Germany
1998/EXT 99 (34)}) 17. f4 Qb2 (17... Qxe4 18. Bd3 $18) 18. Rc2 Qa3 19. e5 {
Immideately winning} (19. f5 $1 {[%mdl 8192]} Nc5 20. Bd4 (20. Nc7+ Kd8 21.
Nxa8 Bxa8 22. Bd4 $16) 20... Bh6 (20... Nxe4 21. Qe3) 21. Qe1 Bxd5 22. exd5 $18
{[%csl Ra3,Rg4,Rh5][%cal Ge1e7]}) 19... Rc8 20. Rd1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Another
time f5 was strong.} (20. f5 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Rxc2 22. Qxc2 Nc5 23. f6 $1 exf6 24.
exf6 Bh6 25. Bxh6 Rxh6 26. Qd2 $18 {[%csl Re7][%cal Gd2e3]}) 20... Nc5 21. Bd4
Ne4 22. Qd3 Nc5 23. Qe3 Ne6 24. Bb2 Qc5 25. Qxc5 (25. Bc1 $16) 25... Nxc5 26.
b4 Ne6 27. g3 Nc7 28. Ne3 Be4 29. Rcd2 Rd8 30. Rd4 f5 31. exf6 $6 (31. R4d2 $16
{[%csl Rg7][%cal Gd2d7]}) 31... Bxf6 32. Rxe4 Bxb2 33. Nf5 Ne6 34. Rd3 Kf7 $138
0-1

[Event "Budapest Negy CC"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1975.06.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vaisman, Volodia"]
[Black "Szilagyi, Gyorgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Balogh,Bela"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1975.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 d6 11. b4 O-O 12. Be2 f5 (12... a5 13. a3 axb4 14.
axb4 Bd7 15. O-O Bc6 16. Qd2 Ra3 17. Nd5 Kh8 18. Bb6 Qd7 19. f4 $16 {
Portisch-Pfleger,1974,Manila}) 13. exf5 gxf5 14. f4 a5 15. a3 axb4 16. axb4 Ra3
17. Qd2 Bd7 18. O-O Bc6 19. Bf3 Rxc3 (19... Rf6 20. Nd5 (20. b5 Bxf3 21. Rxf3
Rg6 22. Nd5 Nc5 $14) 20... Rg6 21. Bb6 $16) 20. Rxc3 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Qc7 22. Qd3
Ng7 23. c5 dxc5 24. Bxc5 Rd8 25. Qe3 Rd7 26. Be2 e6 27. Ra1 Qd8 28. Bb6 Qf6 29.
Ra8+ Kf7 30. b5 Be4 31. Qa3 Qe7 32. Qg3 Qd6 33. Bh5+ Nxh5 34. Qg8+ Kf6 35. Qg5+
Kf7 36. Qxh5+ 1-0

[Event "BL2-Nord 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.01.30"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Bangiev, Alexander J"]
[Black "Glienke, Manfred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1999.10.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Isernhagen"]
[BlackTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 (9... Nc6) 10. Rc1 O-O (10... Qa5 $1) 11. Bd3 d6 12. O-O
Nc5 13. Bb1 a5 (13... f5 $5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Qe2 $14) 14. f4 b6
$6 (14... f5 $6 15. e5) (14... Bd7 $5 15. e5 (15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. e5 Bc6 17. Qe2
$14 f6 18. Rcd1 Qc7 19. f5 $1 Qxe5 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Bxg6 (21. Qxe5 fxe5 22.
Bxg6 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 e4 $11) 21... Qxe2 22. Nxe2 Rfd8 23. Ng3 e6 $11) (15. f5
Bc6 16. Qg4 Qb6 $5 17. b3 a4 $132) 15... Bc6 16. exd6 Qxd6 17. Qxd6 exd6 18.
Rfd1 Rfe8 19. Bf2 $14) 15. f5 Bb7 (15... Ba6 16. b3 a4 17. Nd5 $14) 16. Qg4 Nd7
(16... Rc8 17. Qh4) 17. b3 Bc6 18. Qh4 {/\Rf3-h3} (18. Qh3 $5 {[%cal Yf5e6,
Yf5g6,Yg6h7] /\Rf4-h4} a4 (18... Ne5 {/\a4} 19. a4 Rb8 20. Nd5 Rb7 21. Rcd1 $16
) 19. b4 Ne5 20. Nd5 Rb8 21. b5 Bd7 {/\e6} 22. Qh4 Re8 23. fxg6 (23. Qf2 Ng4)
23... hxg6 24. Qf2 $16) 18... Ne5 19. a4 (19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Qc7 21. a4 $14)
19... Rb8 20. Ne2 $6 (20. Nd5 $142 Bxd5 21. exd5 $16) 20... Qd7 21. Bc2 (21.
Nd4 Bxa4 $5 22. bxa4 Qxa4 23. Qxe7 Nxc4 24. Bf2 $16) (21. Rcd1 Bxa4 $5 22. bxa4
Nxc4 23. Bd4 $16) 21... Qb7 22. Ng3 $6 (22. Nd4 Bf6 23. Qf4 g5 24. Qg3 $14) (
22. Bg5 $6 f6 23. Be3 g5 24. Qg3 Bxe4 25. Nd4 $44) 22... f6 $5 (22... Rbc8 23.
Rcd1 Bf6 24. Qh3 Bg7 25. Rf4 $36) 23. Bd4 Be8 24. Ne2 Bf7 (24... g5 25. Qh3 h5
26. Nc3 Bf7 27. Nd5 $14) 25. Qh3 g5 26. Nc3 Nd7 27. Rce1 (27. Nd5 Rfe8) 27...
Rfe8 28. Bd1 Nc5 29. Nd5 e5 30. fxe6 Bxe6 31. Qg3 (31. Bg4 Bxd5 $132 (31... f5
32. Bxg7 fxg4 33. Nf6+ $18) 32. exd5 $2 Rxe1 33. Rxe1 f5) 31... Bxd5 32. exd5
Re5 {[%mdl 512] In einer schwierigen Stellung findet Schwarz ein Motiv, durch
das Qualitätopfer die schwarzfeldrige Blockade zu bilden.} (32... Qd7 33. Bg4)
(32... Ne4 $2 33. Qe3) 33. Bxe5 dxe5 34. Bc2 Qe7 35. h4 Bh6 36. Qg4 (36. Qf3
$142) 36... Rf8 37. hxg5 $2 (37. Rf3 $18 {/\Rh3, Qh5 gefolgt von hg5}) 37...
Bxg5 38. Rf3 Qg7 39. Qf5 h6 40. Rb1 Rd8 $6 (40... Re8 $1 41. b4 $6 (41. Be4 $1)
41... axb4 42. Rxb4 e4 43. Rf1 Be3+ 44. Kh1 Re5 45. Qh3 Nd3 $132) 41. b4 $1
axb4 42. Rxb4 Qc7 $2 (42... e4 $6 43. Rf1) (42... Nd7 43. Rb5 $18) 43. Qg6+ Kh8
44. Rxf6 Rg8 (44... Bxf6 45. Qxf6+ Kg8 46. Rxb6 $18) 45. Qxh6+ Bxh6 46. Rxh6+
1-0

[Event "Aruba m"]
[Site "Aruba"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 e5 (9... Ne6 10. Rc1 Qa5 11. Qd2 (11. Be2 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13.
f3 h5 14. Rf2 g5 15. Bf1 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 g4 17. f4 Bxe4 18. f5 g3 19. hxg3 Nc5
20. Ra3 Qb4 21. Qd4 Rg8 22. Bd2 $18 {Chandler,M-Larsen,B Hastings 1990 1-0 27})
11... b6 12. b3 Bb7 13. Nd5 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Rc8 15. b4 Nd4 16. Bd3 Nc6 17. c5 e6
18. cxb6 exd5 19. exd5 Ne5 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. bxa7 $10 {Levin,F-Lerner,K
Berlin Summer op 1992 1-0 33}) (9... Nc6 $14) 10. Bd3 (10. Nb5 $5 O-O 11. Qd2
Qe7 12. O-O-O (12. f3 f5 13. Bd3 d6 14. Bg5 Bf6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Nxd4 exd4 17.
O-O $16 {Emelin,V-Silman,J Budapest FS FebGM (07) 1-0 55 -CBM 40}) 12... Nxb5
13. cxb5 $14 {1/4 Ribli,Z-Kasparov,G Belfort WCup 1988}) 10... O-O 11. O-O d6
12. Qd2 Be6 13. Rad1 (13. b3 Re8 14. Rad1 a6 15. Bb1 Rc8 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Ne2
Rc5 18. Nxd4 $18 {Stefansson,H-Yurtaev,L Gausdal International (7) 1990 1-0 54}
) (13. f4 exf4 14. Rxf4 Nc6 15. Be2 Ne5 16. b3 a6 17. Rd1 Qa5 18. Na4 Qxd2 19.
Bxd2 $14 {Dvoirys,S-Stanec,N Oberwart op (6) 1992 1-0 57}) 13... a6 14. b3 Rc8
15. Ne2 (15. Bb1 $2 b5 16. cxb5 $4 Rxc3 $1 $19) 15... Nc6 16. Bb1 b5 17. cxb5
axb5 18. Nc3 (18. Qxd6 $2 Nd4 $19) 18... Qa5 19. Nd5 b4 (19... Qxd2 20. Rxd2
$14) 20. Bg5 f6 21. Be3 f5 22. exf5 (22. Bb6 $2 Qa6 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Bc7 Bxb1
25. Rxb1 Rf7 26. Bxd6 Rd7 $19) 22... gxf5 23. Ne7+ $2 (23. a4 $5 bxa3 24. Ne7+
Kf7 25. Nxc8 Rxc8 26. Qxa5 Nxa5 27. Rxd6 Nxb3 28. Ra6 Bf8 $44) 23... Nxe7 24.
Qxd6 Kf7 $19 25. Bg5 Ng6 26. g4 e4 $1 27. h4 Be5 28. Qd2 h6 29. gxf5 (29. Bxh6
Nxh4 $19) 29... Bxf5 30. h5 hxg5 31. hxg6+ Kxg6 32. Qe2 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS06 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Enders, Peter"]
[Black "Kallai, Gabor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1995.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {King} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3
Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 e5 $6 {Gilt als fragwürdig.} (9... Ne6 $5 10. Rc1 (10.
Qd2 b6 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rad1 d6 14. Rfe1 Rc8 15. f3 Re8 16. Bf1 Nc5
17. Rc1 Bc6 18. b3 a6 19. Red1 Rb8 20. Nd5 Ba8 21. Qf2 Nd7 22. Bg5 $16 {
Davies,N-Ekstroem,R Katrineholm 1995 1-0 49 - CBM 49}) 10... Qa5 11. Qd2 (11.
Be2 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. f3 h5 14. Rf2 g5 15. Bf1 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 g4 17. f4 Bxe4
18. f5 g3 19. hxg3 Nc5 20. Ra3 Qb4 21. Qd4 Rg8 22. Bd2 $18 {Chandler,M-Larsen,
B Hastings 1990 1-0 27}) 11... b6 12. b3 Bb7 13. Nd5 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Rc8 15. b4
(15. f3 Bd4 16. Be2 d6 17. f4 Bxe3+ 18. Kxe3 Nc5 19. b4 Nxe4 20. Kxe4 e6 21.
Kd4 exd5 22. cxd5 $14 {Lalic,B-Vehi Bach,V Manresa (08) 1995 1/2 31 - CBM 49})
15... Nd4 16. Bd3 Nc6 17. c5 e6 18. cxb6 exd5 19. exd5 Ne5 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21.
bxa7 $10 {Levin,F-Lerner,K Berlin Summer op 1992 1-0 33}) (9... Nc6 $14) 10.
Bd3 (10. Nb5 $1 O-O 11. Qd2 Qe7 12. O-O-O (12. f3 f5 13. Bd3 d6 14. Bg5 Bf6 15.
Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. O-O $16 {Emelin,V-Silman,J Budapest FS FebGM (07)
1-0 55 - CBM 40}) 12... Nxb5 13. cxb5 $14 {1/2 Ribli,Z-Kasparov,G Belfort WCup
1988}) 10... O-O 11. O-O d6 12. Nd5 (12. a4 Be6 (12... a6 13. a5 Be6 14. Nd5
Rc8 15. Nb6 Rc7 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. f4 $16 {Hebert,J-Sermek,D Cannes op (02)
1995 1-0 51 - EXP 46}) 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bd2 Rc8 16. b3 f5 17. exf5
Bxf5 18. Qf3 Qd7 19. Rfe1 Rf7 20. Bxf5 Rxf5 21. Qd3 $14 {Spraggett,K-Garcia,I
Candas op (01) 1992 1-0 41}) (12. Qd2 Be6 13. Rad1 (13. b3 Re8 14. Rad1 a6 15.
Bb1 Rc8 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Ne2 Rc5 18. Nxd4 $18 {Stefansson,H-Yurtaev,L Gausdal
International (7) 1990 1-0 54}) (13. f4 exf4 14. Rxf4 Nc6 15. Be2 Ne5 16. b3 a6
17. Rd1 Qa5 18. Na4 Qxd2 19. Bxd2 $14 {Dvoirys,S-Stanec,N Oberwart op (6) 1992
1-0 57}) 13... Rc8 14. b3 a6 15. Ne2 (15. Bb1 $2 b5 16. cxb5 $4 Rxc3 $1 $19)
15... Nc6 (15... f5 $2 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Bb1 d5 19. cxd5 Qxd5 20.
Nxd4 Rfd8 21. Qg5 h6 22. Bxf5 hxg5 23. Bxe6+ Qxe6 24. Nxe6 $18 {Christ,
R-Sorensen,H Biel op (04) 1992 1-0 40}) 16. Bb1 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Nc3 (18.
Qxd6 $2 Nd4 $19) 18... Qa5 19. Nd5 b4 $10 {Polugaevsky,L-Piket,J (5) Aruba m
1994 0-1 32}) (12. Rc1 Be6 13. b3 a6 14. Bb1 Rc8 15. Ne2 Nc6 16. Qd2 Qc7 17.
Rfd1 Rfd8 18. a4 Qa5 19. Rc3 $16 {Riemersma,L-Bosch,J Wijk Sonnevanck (07)
1995 0-1 63 - CBM 46}) 12... Be6 13. Qd2 Bxd5 (13... Qd7 14. f4 Bxd5 15. exd5
Nf5 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 $10 {Kievelitz,B-Espig,L Berlin Summer op 1992 1/2 32}) 14.
cxd5 Qb6 15. Rfc1 {King: The course of this game might make one believe that
White already stands better; however, Kallai improves his play at the first
opportunity.} (15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Rc3 Rc5 17. Rxc5 dxc5 18. Rc1 Rd8 19. Kh1 a6
20. Bc4 Qd6 21. a4 $14 {Farago,S-Kallai,G Budapest FS JunGM (08) 1995 0-1 69 -
CBM 49}) 15... f5 $2 (15... Rac8 16. Rc3 $14 (16. Rc3 {King} Rc5 $1 {See
Farago-Kallai - the next game in this database.})) 16. exf5 (16. f3 $2 Bh6 $1
17. Re1 $8 Bxe3+ 18. Qxe3 $15) 16... gxf5 17. Rc4 $1 $16 {Schwarz muß auf d4
mit dem P zurückschlagen und behält eine ruinierte P und K-Stellung.} Rf7 18.
Re1 f4 $2 {[%cal Rb1h7] Die Öffnung der /^ b1-h7 erleichtert die weiße Aufgabe
erheblich.} 19. Bxd4 exd4 {King: White has a bishop, Black doesn't.} 20. Qc2
Be5 21. Rc8+ $1 Rxc8 22. Qxc8+ Kg7 23. Rc1 $18 Bf6 (23... Qxb2 24. Qg4+ Kf6 25.
Qf5+ Kg7 26. Qg5+ Kf8 27. Rc8#) 24. Qh3 f3 (24... h6 25. Qf5 $18) 25. Rc8 (25.
Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Rc8+ Bd8 (26... Ke7 27. Qg8 Bg7 28. Bg6 $18) 27. Qh6+ Ke8 (27...
Rg7 28. Qf6+ $18) 28. Qe6+ Kf8 (28... Re7 29. Qg8+ Kd7 30. Bf5+ Re6 31. Qxe6#)
29. Bg6 Rf4 30. Qd7 $18) 25... Bd8 (25... h6 26. Qf5 Bd8 27. Qg6+ Kf8 28. Qxh6+
Ke8 29. Qe6+ Kf8 30. Bg6 $18) 26. Qxh7+ Kf8 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Bg6 d3 29. Qh4+
Kd7 30. Qg4+ (30. Qg4+ Ke8 31. Qe6+ Kf8 32. Qxf7#) 1-0

[Event "SUI Grand Prix"]
[Site "Suhr"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Brunner, Lucas"]
[Black "Ekstroem, Roland"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Bönsch} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. e4 Nc6 7. Be3
Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 e5 $5 {Meistens wird 9...Se6 gespielt.} 10. Nb5 O-O 11.
Nxd4 $2 (11. Qd2 Qh4 12. Bd3 d5 13. cxd5 Nxb5 14. Bxb5 Qxe4 15. O-O Rd8 16.
Rfd1 $16) 11... exd4 12. Bxd4 Qa5+ 13. Ke2 Re8 14. f3 d5 $1 15. Bxg7 (15. cxd5
Rxe4+ 16. fxe4 Bg4+ $19) 15... Rxe4+ 16. Kd3 (16. Kf2 Qc5+ 17. Kg3 Qe3 $19 {
-ECO}) 16... Rxc4 17. Ke3 (17. Bd4 Bf5+ 18. Ke3 Re8+ 19. Kf2 Rc2+ 20. Kg3 Rd2
$19) (17. Bc3 Bf5+ 18. Ke2 (18. Kd2 Rd4+ $19) 18... Qc5 19. Qb3 (19. Kd2 Rd4+
20. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 21. Ke1 Re8+ 22. Be2 Bd3 $19) 19... Re8+ 20. Kd1 Rd4+ 21. Bxd4
Qxd4+ 22. Bd3 Re3 $19) 17... Qc5+ 18. Kd2 Kxg7 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Qe1 Qg5+ 21.
Kc3 Qf6+ 22. Kc2 Bf5+ 23. Kc1 c3 $1 24. bxc3 Rc8 25. Kb2 Qb6+ 26. Kc1 Qa5 27.
Kb2 Qb5+ 28. Kc1 Qb4 0-1

[Event "Candidates qf Petrosian-Portisch +3-2=8"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1974.01.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B39"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1974.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 g6 4. e4 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 (6... Nxd4) 7.
Be3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 (9... e5 10. Nb5 (10. Qd2 $5 O-O 11. Bd3 d6 12.
O-O Be6 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. b3 a6 15. f3 Qa5 16. Rfd1 $16 {Tal-Partos/ Nice
ol1974/}) 10... O-O 11. Be2 $5 $16 (11. Qd2 $5)) 10. Rc1 (10. Qd2 $1 d6 11. Be2
Qa5 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. O-O Nc5 14. Bh6 $1 O-O 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. b3 Bc6 17. Rfe1
Ne6 $6 (17... Rad8 $142 $5) 18. Bg4 $14 {() Kortschnoj-Petrosian,T/ Odessa cm/
1974/}) 10... d6 (10... b6 $5 11. Qd2 (11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Bb7 13. Re1 Rc8 14.
b4 $14 {Kortschnoj-Makarov/ URS/1973}) 11... Bb7) 11. Bd3 O-O (11... Bd7 12.
O-O a5 13. f4 Bc6 14. Bb1 Nc5 15. Qe2 O-O 16. e5 Na4 17. Nxa4 Bxa4 18. b3 Bc6
19. Rcd1 Qc7 20. exd6 exd6 21. f5 $16 {Portisch,L-Larsen,B/Lugano ol/1968/})
12. O-O Nc5 (12... a5 13. Bb1) 13. Bb1 (13. b4 $5) 13... a5 14. Qd2 $14 (14.
Bd4 Bh6 15. f4 e5 $13) (14. f4 $5) 14... Bd7 15. Bd4 (15. f4 $5 $40 {>>}) 15...
Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Bc6 17. Qd2 (17. Nd5 e5 $5 18. Qd2 Bxd5) 17... f6 $6 (17... Qb6
$1 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Rae8 20. Rce1 Qb4 $10) 18. Rfd1 (18. f4 $5 f5 $13)
18... Rf7 19. Bc2 $14 Qb6 20. Rb1 Rd8 21. Nd5 Qa7 22. b3 e5 $6 (22... b5 $5)
23. Qe3 Qb8 24. Rd2 $16 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 b6 26. Rbd1 Ne6 27. g3 Kg7 28. R1d2 Qc7 (
28... Nd4 29. R2xd4 $16) 29. Bd1 Qc6 30. h4 $6 (30. Bg4 Nd4 (30... Nc7 31. R5d3
Re7 32. a3 $14) 31. R2xd4 exd4 32. Qxd4 Re7 33. f4 $16) 30... Nc7 31. R5d3 Na6
32. Bg4 Nb4 $15 33. Rc3 Qc5 34. Qe1 Re7 35. Qc1 Qc6 36. Bf3 Qc7 37. Bg2 Nc6 38.
Rd5 Nb4 39. Rd2 Nc6 40. Rd5 Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.09.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B39"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 (9... e5) 10. Qd2 d6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rac1 Bc6
14. Rfd1 Nc5 15. f3 a5 16. b3 Qb6 17. Nb5 $1 Rfc8 18. Bf1 Qd8 19. Qf2 Qe8 20.
Nc3 b6 21. Rc2 (21. h4) 21... Qf8 22. Qd2 Bd7 23. Nd5 Rab8 24. Bg5 Re8 25. Re1
Rb7 26. Qf2 Bc6 27. Qh4 f6 28. Be3 e6 29. Nc3 Rd7 30. Bd4 f5 $1 31. exf5 gxf5
32. Rd2 Bxd4+ 33. Rxd4 Rg7 34. Kh1 $15 Rg6 35. Rd2 Rd8 36. Red1 Rd7 37. Qf2 Qd8
38. Qe3 e5 $1 39. f4 e4 $2 (39... Qh4 $1) 40. Ne2 Rdg7 41. Nd4 Bd7 42. a3 (42.
Nb5 Bxb5 43. cxb5 $16) 42... Qa8 43. Kg1 h5 44. Rb1 (44. b4) 44... h4 45. Rbb2
Rg4 46. Rf2 Qd8 47. b4 Rg3 48. hxg3 hxg3 49. Rfd2 Qh4 50. Be2 Rh7 51. Kf1 $2 (
51. Bh5 $1 Rxh5 52. Kf1) 51... Qxf4+ $1 0-1

[Event "Candidates qf Petrosian-Portisch +3-2=8"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1974.01.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B39"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1974.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. e4 Bg7 (6... Nxd4) 7.
Be3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 (9... e5) 10. Rc1 d6 (10... b6 $5) 11. Bd3 O-O
12. O-O a5 (12... Nc5 13. b4 $1) 13. Bb1 Bd7 14. f4 Bc6 15. Qe2 b6 (15... Nc5
16. e5 Na4 17. Nxa4 Bxa4 18. b3 Bc6 19. Rcd1 Qc7 20. exd6 exd6 21. f5 $1 $16 {
Portisch,L-Larsen,B/ Lugano ol1968/}) 16. f5 (16. Rcd1 {(/\ Nd5)} Bxc3 17. bxc3
Qc7 18. f5 Nc5 19. Bh6 $40 {>>}) (16. Rfd1 {/\ e5}) 16... Nc5 17. Qf2 Nd7 18.
Qh4 Bf6 19. Qf2 Ne5 $2 (19... Rb8 $5 {/\ e6}) (19... Bg7) 20. Qe2 (20. Bxb6 $2
Qb8 21. c5 (21. Bd4 Ng4 22. Qd2 d5)) 20... Rb8 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. cxd5 $2 (22.
exd5 Qd7 23. b3 $16 b5 $2 24. c5 dxc5 25. Bf4 $18) 22... Qd7 23. b3 b5 $10 24.
Bd3 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 Rfc8 26. h3 Be5 27. Kh1 a4 28. Bh6 axb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch51 Final"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1984.04.22"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Black "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1984.04.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Be3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 (10. Qd2 d6 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. Bd3 a5 13. O-O Nc5 14.
Bb1 Bc6 15. f4 O-O 16. e5 b6 17. exd6 Qxd6 18. Qxd6 exd6 19. Rfd1 $14 {
Polugaevsky,L-Kapengut,A/URS-ch/1971/}) 10... Qa5 (10... b6 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. O-O
O-O 13. Bb1 Rc8 14. b3 d6 15. Qd2 a5 16. Nd5 Nc5 17. Bg5 f6 18. Be3 $14 {
Huebner,R-Hernandez,R/Las Palmas/1976/}) 11. Bd3 (11. Be2 d6 12. O-O Bd7 13.
Nd5 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Bg7 15. Rxb7 $16 {Shamkovich,L-Waterman,S/Lone Pine/1975/})
11... Bxc3+ (11... d6 12. O-O O-O 13. Bb1 Bd7 14. f4 Nc5 15. Nd5 $16 {Mednis,
E-Byrne,R/USA/1973/}) 12. Rxc3 Qxa2 13. Qc1 Qa5 14. O-O $6 (14. c5 $5 $44)
14... Qc7 $6 (14... d6 $5) (14... b6 $5) 15. c5 $1 O-O 16. f4 f5 (16... d6 17.
cxd6 (17. f5 Nxc5 18. b4 Nxd3) 17... Qxd6 18. f5 $36) 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Rf3 $1
$16 d5 19. cxd6 Qxd6 20. Rg3+ Kf7 $6 (20... Kh8 21. Bc4 Rg8 22. Rxg8+ Kxg8 23.
Qe1 $40) 21. Qd1 $18 Ke8 (21... Ng7 22. Bc4+ $18) 22. Bb5+ Bd7 23. Rd3 Bxb5 24.
Rxd6 exd6 25. Qxd6 Bc4 26. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Candidates sf Kortschnoj-Petrosian +3-1"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1974.04.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1974.04.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 (4... Nf6 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 {
Petrosian-Korchnoi, Curacao (ct) 1962}) 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Qxg4
Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Qd2 d6 11. Be2 Qa5 (11... Bd7 $142 $1) 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. O-O
Nc5 14. Bh6 $1 $14 O-O (14... Bxc3 15. Rxc3 Nxe4 16. Qd4 Qe5 17. Qxe5 dxe5 18.
Re3 Nd6 19. Bg7 $16) 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. b3 $1 {[/\ 17.Qb2! e5 18.b4 Qb6 19.Nd5
+-]} Bc6 17. Rfe1 Ne6 (17... Rad8 $142) (17... Nxe4 $4 18. Nxe4 $18) 18. Bg4
Rad8 $16 (18... Qg5 $142 19. Qxg5 Nxg5 20. h4 h5 21. Bxh5 Rh8 22. hxg5 Rxh5 23.
f4 e5 24. g3 Rah8 $13) 19. Re3 Nf4 (19... Qg5 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Qd4+ {/\ Qxa7})
20. g3 h5 21. Qb2 hxg4 22. Nd5+ e5 23. gxf4 Rde8 (23... Bxd5 24. exd5 (24. cxd5
f6 25. Rg3 Qb4 $13) 24... f6 25. Rg3 exf4 26. Rxg4 Rde8 27. Rxf4 Re5 $44) 24.
Rg3 Bd7 25. Rd1 f6 26. fxe5 Rxe5 (26... fxe5 27. Ne3 Rf6 28. Nxg4 Bxg4 29. Rxg4
Rh8 $44) 27. Nc3 Qc5 28. Qd2 f5 29. Qxd6 Qxd6 30. Rxd6 Bc6 $2 (30... Be6 $1 $44
) 31. f3 $1 $16 (31. f4 Ree8 32. exf5 gxf5 $13) 31... Kh6 $4 (31... g5 $142)
32. f4 $1 $18 Ree8 33. exf5 Bf3 34. Rxg6+ Kh7 35. Rg5 Re1+ 36. Kf2 Rh1 37. Rh5+
Kg7 38. Nd5 Ra1 39. f6+ Kg6 40. Rg5+ Kf7 41. Rg7+ Ke6 42. Re7+ Kf5 43. Re5+ 1-0

[Event "POR-ch m"]
[Site "Barreiro"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Damaso, Rui"]
[Black "Silva, Fernando"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Costa,L"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "POR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 Qa5 11. Qd5 Bxc3+ {[#]} 12. bxc3 $146 (12. Rxc3
Qxa2 13. Bc1 Qa4 14. Be2 d6 15. O-O Qc6 16. b3 a5 {1/2-1/2 Ivanov,MM-Nielsen,
PH/Bank Skak, Aars DEN (4) 1995}) 12... Qxa2 13. h4 a5 (13... O-O) 14. Bd3 Qa4
15. h5 g5 16. Bxg5 Qc6 17. Be3 d6 18. e5 Bd7 19. exd6 Qxd6 20. Be4 Bc6 21. Qf5
Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Nc5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. O-O O-O 25. h6 Ra6 26. Qh4 Rg6 27. Rcd1 Qc6
28. Rd5 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "BEL-chT 1718"]
[Site "Belgium"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Spoelman, Wouter"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2017.09.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Fontaine"]
[BlackTeam "KGSRL"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 $5 {
The Breyer variation, that Panjawi recommends in his book.} 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1
e5 10. Bd3 (10. Nb5 d6 $1 $146 {is fine for Black, as Panjawi explains. For
example:} 11. Qd2 (11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Bxd4 Qa5+ 13. Ke2 Be5 $1 {gives Black
enough compensation, e.g.} 14. f3 $5 f5 $1 15. Qd3 $5 fxe4 16. Qxe4 Be6 $1 17.
Bxe5 dxe5 18. Kf2 O-O-O 19. Qe3 Rd2+ 20. Be2 Rhd8 $44) 11... Nxb5 12. cxb5 Be6
$1 (12... O-O $6 13. Bc4 $14) 13. Be2 (13. Rd1 Bxa2 14. Qb4 Be6 15. Rxd6 Qe7
16. Bc5 O-O $1 17. Rd1 Qf6 $44) 13... d5 14. exd5 Qxd5 15. Qxd5 Bxd5 16. O-O e4
$1 17. Rfd1 Be6 18. Rd2 (18. Bd4 O-O 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 $36 {0-1 (32)
Nemcova-Panjwani, Chicago 2014}) 18... O-O 19. a4 a6 20. bxa6 bxa6 21. a5 Rfb8
$5 22. Bb6 Rc8 $1 {/\ x...Bh6: 0-1 (39) Gorovets-Panjwani 0-1, Greensboro 2016}
) 10... O-O 11. O-O b6 $5 {Panjawi's side recommendation.} ({A few months
before, I lost to Van Wely using the move} 11... d6 {, but after} 12. a4 {
I played the dubious} a5 $6 (12... Be6 $1 13. a5 f5 $13) 13. Nb5 $14 {1-0 (35)
Van Wely,L (2663)-Edouard,R (2640) Chartres 2017}) 12. Ne2 $6 {Not the
greatest move, as Black is aiming for ...Ne6 anyway.} (12. Qd2 Bb7 13. Rad1 Ne6
14. Bb1 Bc6 15. b4 Rc8 $1 16. a3 Kh8 $1 17. Ba2 (17. c5 bxc5 18. bxc5 Qa5 $132)
(17. b5 Ba8 18. Qxd7 Qxd7 19. Rxd7 Rxc4 20. Nd5 Ra4 $11) 17... f5 18. exf5 gxf5
19. f3 (19. b5 f4 20. bxc6 fxe3 $13) 19... Qe8 20. Nd5 (20. b5 Ba8 21. Qxd7 e4
$132) 20... f4 21. Bf2 e4 $1 22. fxe4 Qh5 23. Rde1 Be5 $132 {is one of the
most interesting and critical lines.}) 12... Ne6 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. f3 $5 (14.
Rfd1 f5 15. f3 Rf7 {with the idea ...Bf8/...Bc5 is fine for Black.}) 14... f5
$6 (14... Re8 $5 {followed by ...Bf8 should be the simplest to equalise.}) 15.
Rad1 Qf6 ({I was not so convinced by} 15... Rf7 {with the a1-rook on d1,
instead of the f1 one, for example} 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Nc3 {and with the other
rook on d1, Black would go ...e4! fxe4 f4!.}) 16. c5 $6 {Not a bad move - but
there was no reason to go for something so optimistic.} (16. exf5 gxf5 17. Nc3
{was what I was expecting anyway, and I believe White should be slightly
better.}) 16... f4 $1 (16... bxc5 $6 17. Bc4 {would pose some problems due to
Bg5 ideas.}) 17. Bc4 $2 {A bad move order, trying to confuse Black!} (17. Bf2
bxc5 18. Bc4 Rfd8 19. Nc3 (19. Bxc5 d5) 19... Kh8) 17... d5 $1 {A nice shot!} (
17... fxe3 18. Qxd7 Bc8 19. Qc6 Rb8 20. Rd6 bxc5 21. Bxe6+ Bxe6 22. Rxe6 Qf7 {
is also better for Black.}) 18. c6 (18. cxd6 fxe3 $19) (18. exd5 fxe3 $19)
18... dxc4 19. cxb7 Rad8 20. Qc2 ({I was expecting} 20. b8=Q {but here Black
wins just playing} Rxd2 21. Qxf8+ Bxf8 22. Bxd2 Nc5 {followed by ...Nd3.})
20... fxe3 21. Qxc4 Qf7 22. Rxd8 Nxd8 (22... Nxd8 23. Qxf7+ Nxf7 24. Rc1 Nd6
$19) 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Spring-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.03.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 e5 {A line used a couple of times. The good side of it: there
isn't too much to remember. The bad side: if your opponent plays normal moves
you can't win!} 10. Bd3 {Definitely best.} ({People used to think} 10. Nb5 {
was right, with the idea to play cxb5 and Bc4, but after} d6 $1 11. Nxd4 {
(otherwise ...Nxb5 and ...Be6)} exd4 12. Bxd4 Qa5+ 13. Ke2 Be5 $1 $44 {Black
has compensation for the pawn.}) 10... O-O 11. O-O d6 12. Qd2 (12. Ne2 {
doesn't help White since after} Nc6 {the white knight will probably have to go
back to c3 sooner or later.}) (12. a4 $5 {has been the most popular try lately,
and even brought Ivan Saric the title of European Champion!} Be6 ({Against Van
Wely I played the dumb} 12... a5 $6 {and quickly got worse:} 13. Nb5 Bd7 14.
Bxd4 Bxb5 15. Be3 Bc6 16. f3 $14 {1-0 (35) Van Wely,L (2663)-Edouard,R (2640)
Chartres FRA 2017}) 13. a5 (13. Nb5 a6 $1 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bd2 Rc8 16. Rc1 f5
$11 {½-½ (22) Ferreira,J (2499)-Edouard,R (2607) Belgium BEL 2018}) 13... Qd7
(13... f5 $5 {also makes a lot of sense}) 14. Qa4 Qxa4 15. Rxa4 Rfc8 16. Nd5
Bxd5 17. exd5 Re8 (17... Nb3 $5) 18. Re1 f5 19. Kf1 Kf7 {and White's advantage
is very symbolic. In the decisive game of the European Championship 2018, a
few imprecise moves were played:} 20. b4 $6 {Black missed} Rac8 $6 (20... e4 $1
21. Bb1 b5 $1 $15) 21. Rc1 e4 22. Be2 Be5 23. g3 Rc7 $6 (23... Red8 $11) 24. c5
Rec8 25. Bxd4 Bxd4 26. c6 $36 {1-0 (67) Saric,I (2657)-Navara,D (2737) Batumi
GEO 2018}) 12... Be6 13. b3 (13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. cxd5 f5 {is always nearly
nothing for White.}) (13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Qa5 $1 15. Bxd6 Rfd8 $44) 13... a6
14. Rad1 Qd7 $5 {Not the only move, 14...Rc8 or 14...Qc7 are also possible.}
15. Kh1 (15. Ne2 $5 $146 b5 $1 {That's the idea.} 16. Nxd4 (16. Bxd4 exd4 17.
cxb5 axb5 18. Bb1 d5 $1 19. Nxd4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Rad8 $44) 16... exd4 17. Bh6
Bxh6 18. Qxh6 bxc4 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. bxc4 Qa7 21. Qd2 Rfc8 $1 22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23.
Rxd4 Rab8 {and Black will eventully reach a drawn rook endgame, with an extra
pawn for White but all pawns on the queenside.}) (15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Nc6 $13)
15... b5 (15... Rac8 $5 {also made sense.}) 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 f5 18. Bxd4 (
18. f3 {was possible as well, but it's difficult to believe White can ever be
better:} Rac8 19. Rc1 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 $11) 18... fxe4 $1 (18...
exd4 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Rfe1 $16 {is highly unpleasant.}) 19. Bxe5 (19. Bxe4
exd4 $11) (19. Bxb5 Qxb5 20. Be3 Rac8 $11) 19... Bxe5 20. Bxe4 Qg4 21. Rde1 $6
{Allowing a cheapo.} (21. Qd3 Rac8 22. g3 Rc3 23. Qb1 Kg7 24. f4 Bf6 {Black
has compensation, but at least Whit could manage to play g3 and f4.}) (21. Rfe1
Rac8 22. Re2 Rfe8 23. Bf3 Qf5 24. Qe3 Re7 $44) (21. Bd3 Rf4 22. Qe2 Qxe2 23.
Bxe2 Raf8 24. Kg1 Bd4 25. Bf3 Bc5 $11) 21... Qh4 $1 22. g3 Bxg3 $1 23. fxg3
Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Qxe4+ {Now only Black can be better.} 25. Qg2 Qe7 26. Qd2 (26.
Qf2 {looked a bit risky but was forcing a draw:} Rf8 27. Qxf8+ Qxf8 28. Rxf8+
Kxf8 29. Kg2 Ke7 30. Kf3 Kf6 31. Kf4 $8 (31. Ke4 $2 Kg5 32. h3 b4 $1 $19) 31...
g5+ (31... h5 32. h3 b4 33. g4 $11) 32. Ke4 g4 33. Kf4 h5 34. b4 Kg6 35. Ke4
Kf6 $11) 26... Qe4+ 27. Qg2 Qe7 28. Qd2 Re8 29. Kg1 Qe5 30. Rc1 $2 (30. b4 $1 {
should be an easy draw.}) 30... a5 $1 {Now it's becoming very tricky for White.
With black pawns on a5 and b4 some rook endgames could be winning.} 31. Qd3 b4
32. Rc2 Qe3+ $2 {There wasn't such a hurry!} (32... Rf8 $1 33. Kg2 Rf5 34. Rd2
(34. Rc8+ Kg7 35. Rc7+ Kh6 $17) 34... h5 $40) 33. Qxe3 Rxe3 34. Kf2 (34. Rc8+
Kg7 35. Ra8 Re2 36. Rxa5 Kf6 {is safe for Black, but no more than a draw.})
34... Rd3 35. Ke2 Rxd5 36. Rc7 {With the black king cut off on the 8th rank,
winning chances are close to zero.} Re5+ (36... Rh5 37. h4 g5 {was the best
try:} 38. hxg5 Rh2+ 39. Kf3 Rxa2 40. Kg4 Ra3 41. Ra7 {with an easy draw.}) 37.
Kf3 h5 38. Rd7 Rd5 39. Ra7 g5 40. g4 hxg4+ (40... h4 41. h3 {doesn't look to
me like an improvement for Black.}) 41. Kxg4 Kf8 42. Kf3 Ke8 43. Ke4 Re5+ 44.
Kd4 Kd8 45. h3 Kc8 46. Kd3 Kb8 47. Rd7 Rd5+ 48. Kc4 Kc8 49. Ra7 Rc5+ 50. Kd4
Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS02 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Black "Silman, Jeremy D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 e5 10. Nb5 O-O 11. Qd2 Qe7 (11... Qh4 12. Bd3 d5 13. cxd5 Nxb5
14. Bxb5 Qxe4 15. O-O $16) 12. f3 $1 $146 (12. O-O-O Nxb5 13. cxb5 $13 {
Ribli,Z-Kasparov,G/Belfort WCup/1988/}) 12... f5 13. Bd3 d6 14. Bg5 Bf6 15.
Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. O-O $16 Re8 18. Rad1 Bd7 19. Bb1 fxe4 20. fxe4 Qe5
21. Qxd4 Bc6 22. Qxe5 dxe5 23. Kf2 Rad8 24. Ke3 a5 25. Bc2 Kg7 26. Rxd8 Rxd8
27. Rd1 Rxd1 28. Bxd1 b6 29. a3 Kf6 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Ke7 32. c5 bxc5 33.
bxc5 Kd7 34. Bb3 Kc7 35. Bg8 h6 36. Bf7 g5 37. Kf3 Bd7 38. Bd5 Bc8 39. Kg3 Bd7
40. Ba8 Be6 41. h4 Bd7 42. Bd5 Bc8 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. Kf3 Bd7 45. Bb3 Bc8 46.
Ba4 Be6 47. Be8 Bc8 48. c6 $1 Kd6 49. Bd7 $18 Ba6 50. Kg4 Bf1 51. g3 Bg2 52.
Bf5 Kxc6 53. Kxg5 Kc5 54. Kf6 Kd4 55. g4 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Renet, Olivier"]
[Black "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 b6 (10... Qa5 11. Be2 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. f3 g5 14.
Rf2 $1 h5 15. Bf1 Qe5 16. Rd2 d6 17. Nd5 Kf8 18. b4 Bh6 19. Qb3 g4 20. Bxh6+
Rxh6 21. Qe3 Qg7 22. f4 $16 {Short - Larsen, Hastings 1987/8.}) 11. Bd3 Bb7 12.
O-O O-O 13. b4 Qe8 (13... Nd4 14. Bb1 Nc6 15. a3 d6 16. Qd3 Rc8 17. f4 $16 {
Suba - Taimanov, Bukarest 1979.}) 14. f4 f5 15. Nd5 Kh8 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Be2
Rg8 18. Bh5 Qf8 19. Rf2 Rc8 20. Bf3 Nc7 21. Rfc2 Na6 22. a3 e6 23. Nc3 Bxf3 24.
Qxf3 Rxc4 25. Qe2 $1 $44 d5 26. Nb5 Re4 27. Qd3 Bf6 28. g3 h5 29. Rc8 Qxc8 30.
Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Nd6 Rc7 (31... Rc3 32. Qxa6 Rexe3 33. Qxa7 $40) 32. Nxe4 fxe4 33.
Qxa6 d4 34. Bf2 {Die schwarzen Freibauern sind leicht zu stoppen.} Rc1+ 35. Kg2
e3 36. Bg1 Rc2+ 37. Kf3 Rc1 38. Bxe3 Rc3 39. Qxa7 Rxe3+ 40. Kf2 Kg8 41. Qxb6
$18 Kf7 42. a4 Ra3 43. a5 Ra2+ 44. Kf3 Ra3+ 45. Ke2 Ra2+ 46. Kd3 Ra3+ 47. Kc4
Rc3+ 48. Kb5 d3 49. Qe3 Be7 50. a6 Rb3 51. a7 Rxb4+ 52. Kc6 Ra4 53. Kb7 Rb4+
54. Kc8 Ra4 55. Kb7 Rb4+ 56. Kc7 Ra4 57. Kb8 Rb4+ 58. Kc7 Ra4 59. Kd7 Ra6 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 Qa5 11. a3 b6 12. Bd3 g5 (12... Bb7 13. O-O h5 (
13... O-O 14. Rc2 f5 15. Nd5 Rae8 16. f4 Qa4 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Be2 Nd4 19. Bxd4
Bxd4+ 20. Kh1 e6 21. b3 Qxa3 22. Nc7 Qxb3 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. Rd2 Qxd1 25. Rfxd1
e5 {1-0 Dolmatov,S-Sriram,J/Calcutta op 1996 (44)}) 14. f4 Rc8 15. e5 g5 16. b4
Qxa3 17. Nb5 Qxb4 18. Rb1 Qa5 19. Ra1 Qb4 20. Ra4 Qb2 21. Rf2 Qxf2+ 22. Bxf2 {
Dautov,R-Becker,M/Halle-B 1987/1-0 (49)}) 13. O-O Bb7 14. Rc2 Bxc3 (14... Qe5
15. Nd5 $14) 15. Rxc3 Qe5 16. Re1 h5 (16... Bxe4 17. Bd2 Nc5 18. f3 Nxd3 19.
Rxd3 $18) 17. Bd2 Rh6 (17... Nc5 18. b4 $1 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 Rh7 20. Rxd7 $18) 18.
h4 $6 (18. b4 $5 $14) 18... Rg6 19. hxg5 (19. Qxh5 O-O-O 20. c5 $6 bxc5 $15)
19... Nxg5 20. Qxh5 (20. f4 $2 Nh3+ $19) 20... Qg7 21. Kf1 (21. e5 $2 Nf3+ 22.
Kf1 Rxg2 $19) (21. Bb1 $2 Nxe4 $17) 21... Ne6 22. g3 O-O-O 23. Be3 $2 {Leko
underestimates black´s counterplay, he had to take a good care about his own
security. Leko unterschatz schwarzes Gegenpiel, es war schon Zeit sich um
eigene Sicherheit zu kummern.} (23. e5 Rh8 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Qg4 Rh1+ 26. Ke2
Qxe5+ 27. Kd1 (27. Be3 Bf3+ 28. Kxf3 Rxe1 29. Qxg6 $13) 27... Nd4 28. Rxh1 Bxh1
29. Re3 Bf3+ 30. Qxf3 Nxf3 31. Rxe5 Nxe5 $11) 23... Rh8 24. Qf3 (24. Qd1 Nc5
25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. Qa4 Rf6 $17) 24... Rh2 25. c5 Rf6 26. cxb6+ Kd8 27. Bf4 Nd4
$1 (27... Nxf4 28. gxf4 Rxb6 29. Rb1 (29. Re2 Qh8 30. Rec2 Rh1+ 31. Ke2 Rxb2
$17) 29... Qh8 $15) 28. Qe3 (28. Bc7+ Ke8 29. Qe3 Rfh6 $19) 28... Qg4 29. Qxd4
(29. f3 Qh3+ 30. Kg1 Qg2#) 29... Qf3 $4 (29... Rxf4 $1 30. Kg1 (30. Rc7 Rh1+
31. Kg2 Qh3#) 30... Qh5 31. Qxd7+ (31. gxf4 Rh1+ 32. Kg2 Qh3#) 31... Kxd7 32.
Bb5+ Ke6 $19) 30. Qxd7+ $1 (30. Qxd7+ Kxd7 31. Bb5+ Bc6 32. Bxc6+ Rxc6 33. Rxf3
$18) 1-0

[Event "Helsingor Jubilee"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "1999.10.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1999.10.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Alterman} c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. e4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7.
Nc3 Ng4 {This line has been played a lot by Bent Larsen, both with the
textmove and with:} (7... d6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 {
Especially Peter Heine Nielsen (Nielsen,PH) has followed Larsens example and
until recently the danish champion of 1999 played this variation quite often.
Also Sune Berg Hansen - the black player in this game - has had good results
as black with that setup. A win in the Bundesliga 98/99 against Bosch and
another somewhat lucky win against Ftacnik in the open city championship of
Hamborg 1999. The textmove is supposed to give a more complicated game, but is
also more difficult to play for black}) 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Qd2 Qa5 11.
Rc1 b6 12. b3 {Interestingly Peter Heine Nielsen and Carsten Hansen wrote a
book about the accelerated Dragon published on Batsford 1998. They hardly
mention Qd2 + Rc1. In connection with the setup b2-b3 (without Bf1-d3) there
is no information at all so these two experts don´t seem to think black has
any particular problems. Maybe they are right.} Bb7 13. f3 {'!?' Alterman.} (
13. Nd5 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 g5 $6 {according to Donaldssons and Silmans book about
the accelerated Dragon - also from 1998 - better is:} (14... Rc8 15. b4 (15. g3
{Alterman} Nc5 16. f3 d6 17. Bh3 e6 18. Nc3 Ke7 19. Ke2 Ba6 20. Rhd1 Rcd8 21.
Bg2 (21. Kf2 $14) 21... Bf6 22. Kf2 $14 {1-0 Timman,T-Van Den Berg,A/
Leeuwarden NK 1972 (75)}) (15. f3 h5 (15... Nc5 16. Be2 e6 17. Nc3 d6 18. b4
Nd7 19. Nb5 Ke7 20. Rc2 a6 21. Nc3 $11 {1-0 Sarkosy,L-Langner,L/CZE-ch
Bratislava ,EXT 1991 (60)}) (15... Bd4 16. Be2 d6 17. f4 Bxe3+ 18. Kxe3 Nc5 19.
b4 Nxe4 20. Kxe4 e6 21. Kd4 exd5 22. cxd5 Ke7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lalic,B-Vehi Bach,V/
Manresa ,CBM 1995 (31)}) (15... f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Bd3 Nc5 18. Bf4 (18. Bxf5
e6 19. Rhe1 Kf8 $19) 18... Nxd3 19. Kxd3 Kf7 20. Bd2 e6 21. Nc3 d5 22. cxd5
Ba6+ 23. Kc2 exd5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Medvegy,Z-Molander,R/Patras GRE 1999 (34)}) 16.
h4 Bb2 17. Rb1 Bd4 18. Be2 f6 19. f4 Kf7 20. g4 Bxe3+ 21. Kxe3 hxg4 22. Bxg4
Nc5 23. h5 e6 24. hxg6+ Kg7 25. Nc3 Kxg6 $11 {0-1 Wedberg,T-Tangborn,E/Berlin
op (1) 1988 (83)}) (15. f4 Nc5 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17. Bd3 e6 18. Nc3 Ke7 $15 {
0-1 Polajzer,D-Plachetka,J/Zurich ,EXT 1990 (29)}) (15. Be2 Nd4 (15... Bb2 16.
Rc2 Be5 17. Rcc1 Nc5 18. f3 f5 19. b4 Ne6 20. exf5 gxf5 21. f4 Bd6 22. a3 Kd8
23. g3 $14 {0-1 Jovanovic,S-Seres,L/Budapest FS09 IM 1996 (44)}) 16. f3 e6 17.
Nc3 O-O 18. Rhd1 d5 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Nxd5 Rfe8 $16 {1/2-1/2
Ziska,B-Sosa,L/Moscow olm FAI-PUR 1994 (21)} (21... Bxd5 22. exd5 Rcd8 23. Bc4
Be5 24. g3 b5 25. Bxb5 Rxd5+ 26. Bd3 Rfd8 $14)) 15... Nd4 (15... d6 16. Bd3 Bd4
17. h4 (17. f4 f6 18. Ke2 Bxe3 19. Kxe3 Kf7 20. Rc3 $14 {1-0 Nesterov,
J-Ilinsky,V/Bishkek zt 1993 (54)}) 17... Kd7 18. Rhd1 Bxe3+ 19. Kxe3 h6 20. f4
g5 21. f5 Bxd5 22. cxd5 Nc7 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Rh1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Hierholz,
B-Walther,A/VLNBaden 1992 (33)}) 16. Bd3 e6 {after which the strong Nd5 is
pushed back and black seems to have solved most problems} (16... e6 17. Nc3 Ke7
18. f3 (18. c5 bxc5 19. bxc5 f5 20. f3 Rhd8 21. Rb1 Ba8 22. Rb4 Nc6 23. Ra4 $14
{1-0 Dabrowska,K-Debovska/Moscow olw 1994 (39)}) 18... d6 19. Rb1 Nc6 20. Nb5
Ba6 21. Nxd6 Rcd8 22. c5 Bxd3 23. Kxd3 Be5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Boensch,U-Teske,H/DDR
ch Zittau 1989 (31)}) (16... Nc6 17. c5 e6 (17... b5 18. Bxb5 e6 19. Bxc6 Bxc6
20. Nc3 Rb8 21. Rb1 Bxc3+ 22. Kxc3 Bxe4 23. Rb2 Bxg2 24. Rg1 Bc6 25. b5 Bd5 26.
Bf4 Rc8 27. Bd6 $16 {1/2-1/2 Balashov,Y-Kotsur,P/Kurgan 1995 (63)}) 18. cxb6
exd5 19. exd5 Ne5 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. bxa7 Bb7 22. Ba6 Bxd5 23. b5 Nc4+ 24. Ke2
Nxe3 25. fxe3 Ke7 26. b6 Ra8 27. Rc1 $18 {1-0 Levin,F-Lerner Konstantin Z/
Berlin Summer 1992 (33)})) (14... Be5 {Alterman} 15. g3 (15. f3 g5 16. h4 h6
17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Rxh8+ Bxh8 19. Bd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Hartoch,R-Sosonko,G/
Leeuwarden 1973 (45)}) 15... g5 16. b4 h5 17. Be2 h4 18. Rhf1 hxg3 19. hxg3 Kf8
20. f4 $14 {1-0 Soffer,R-Becker,M/Budapest FS-4A(2) 1994 (37)}) 15. h4 h6 16.
hxg5 (16. Bd3 {Alterman} Rc8 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. g3 Rg8 19. f4 gxf4 20. gxf4 d6
21. Rcg1 $14 {1-0 Nikolin,Z-Stoisavljevic,S/YUG-chT Cetinje ,EXT 1992 (80)})
16... hxg5 17. Rxh8+ Bxh8 18. Bd3 d6 19. Rh1 Kd7 20. Rh7 Rf8 21. Be2 Nf4 22.
Bg4+ Kd8 23. g3 Nxd5 24. exd5 {'+/-' Alterman. Alterman: '1-0 Luther,T-Ellers,
H/Schwerin GER 1999 (34)'} Bf6 25. Kd3 Bc8 26. Bxc8 Kxc8 27. Ke4 Kc7 28. Kf5 a6
29. Bxg5 Bxg5 30. Kxg5 Kd7 31. Kh6 e5 32. Kg7 Ke7 33. Rh8 Rxh8 34. Kxh8 {
1-0/Luther-Ellers/Schwerin/1999. I was sure Andersson had been inspired by
this game but when I asked the swedish grandmaster during a Bundesligamatch he
said he did not know it !}) 13... g5 {'?!' Alterman.} (13... d6 $5 14. Nd5 {
[%csl Gd5] And it is not clear whether black can equalise. Ulf Andersson was
asked some years ago why he does not play the Dragon anymore. Maybe he knew a
refutation of the sharp opening? His reason was another one: "the square d5 is
to weak".} (14. Nd5 {Alterman} Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Kd7 16. Bd3 (16. g3 Bd4 (16...
Nd4 17. Bg2 e6 18. Nc3 h5 19. Rhd1 h4 20. Ke1 e5 21. Kf2 f5 22. f4 (22. Nb5
Nxb5 (22... fxe4 23. fxe4 hxg3+ 24. hxg3 Raf8+ 25. Ke1 Rh2 26. Rd2 Nxb5 27.
cxb5 Rxg2 28. Rxg2 Bxe4 29. Rf2 Bf5 30. Rc4 $16 {[%cal Gc4a4]}) 23. cxb5 hxg3+
24. hxg3 fxe4 25. fxe4 Rh2 26. Kg1 Rah8 27. Rf1 Rxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Bxe4+ 29. Kf2
Rh2+ 30. Ke1 {[%cal Gf1f7]} Bf5 $15) 22... hxg3+ 23. hxg3 Rh2 24. Rh1 Rah8 25.
Rxh2 Rxh2 26. Kg1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bell,S-Ward,C/Ware,ENG 1996 (34)}) 17. Bh3 Bxe3+
18. Kxe3 Kd8 19. Rc2 Nc7 20. Rhc1 e6 21. Nc3 Ke7 22. Rd2 Rhd8 23. f4 f6 24.
Rcd1 $14 {1-0 Vidarte Morales,A-Fluvia,J/Castellar ,EXT 1995 (62)}) 16... Rac8
17. Rhd1 $14) (14. Be2 g5 15. Nd5 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Kd7 17. b4 Be5 18. g3 Rhg8 19.
Rhf1 Nd4 20. Bd1 e6 21. Nc3 Nc6 22. a3 Ke7 23. Kd3 Bh8 24. f4 (24. Be2 Rac8 25.
Kc2 Bd4 $11) 24... gxf4 25. gxf4 Rg2 26. Rf2 Rag8 27. Bf3 Rxf2 28. Bxf2 Bf6 $11
{1-0 Palatnik,S-Kyas,J/Cattolica 1993 (41)})) 14. Nd5 {Andersson has his own
style of play. It is generally known that he likes and is very strong in
endgames. In this game his opponent probably played 7..Ng4 just to get a
complicated middlegame. Still after the textmove he is forced into the endgame.
That was hardly the plan, and maybe blacks problems in the early middlegame 
(endgame?) can be put down to the fact that he did not continue to play sharp
and aggressive in the endgame - see: move 16} Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Rc8 (15... Rg8 16.
h4 h6 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. g3 {is unpleasant for black}) 16. h4 {'+/=!' Alterman.
Alterman: 'The line H maybe useful for White rooks.'} (16. Be2 {Alterman} Bb2
17. Rb1 Be5 18. g3 f6 19. Rhf1 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nc5 21. b4 Nb7 22. Rfc1 Kf7 23. f4
$14 {1-0 Savicevic,V-Spiric,I/YUG-chT Cetinje ,EXT 1992 (44)}) 16... h6 $2 (
16... g4 $5 {Sune Berg Hansen} 17. fxg4 (17. Bd3 Nc5 18. Bb1 Rg8 $132) (17. h5
Rg8) 17... Nc5 18. Bxc5 (18. Bd3 {This is my suggestion. Hansen,Cu} e6 19. Nc3
Bxc3+ 20. Kxc3 Nxe4+ 21. Kb2 Rg8 22. g5 {is maybe slightly better for white})
18... Rxc5 $44) 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Rxh8+ Bxh8 19. Be2 (19. Bd3 $14 {Alterman})
19... Bd4 20. Rh1 d6 21. Rh5 (21. Rh7 Nf8 22. Rh5 Bxe3+ 23. Kxe3 f6 {[%cal
Ye8f7,Ye7e6] Followed by Kf7 and e7-e6 and black seems to be relatively ok})
21... Bxe3+ 22. Kxe3 Kd7 23. Rh7 Rf8 24. g3 {Now black has big problems
keeping both g5 and the 7th rank protected} Nd8 25. Bf1 e6 26. Bh3 Bxd5 {
'+/-?' Alterman.} (26... Nc6 {[%cal Yd7d8]} 27. Rg7 $1 $16 (27. f4 gxf4+ 28.
gxf4 Kd8 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Rxb7 exd5 31. cxd5 $13) (27. Rg7 {Alterman} Ne5 28.
Nf6+ $16 {[%csl Rg5]})) (26... Ke8 $1 {Alterman} 27. Nf6+ (27. Nc7+ Ke7 28. Nb5
a6 29. Nd4 Kf6 30. Bg4 Kg6 31. Rh2 Nc6 32. Nxc6 Bxc6 33. Rd2 Rd8 34. f4 (34. e5
d5 35. f4 Rh8 36. Bf3 Rh3 37. cxd5 exd5 38. Bxd5 Bxd5 39. Rxd5 Rxg3+ 40. Kf2
gxf4 41. Rd6+ Kf5 42. Rxb6 Rg6 $15) 34... gxf4+ 35. gxf4 Kf6 $11) 27... Ke7 28.
Rh6 (28. Nh5 Nc6 29. f4 gxf4+ 30. gxf4 $14 (30. Nxf4 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gf4g6]}
Rg8 (30... Kf6 31. Bxe6 (31. Nxe6 fxe6 32. Rxb7 Rh8 $44) 31... fxe6 32. Rxb7
$16) 31. Bxe6 Ne5 (31... Rxg3+ 32. Kf2 $18 {[%csl Rf7,Rg3]}) 32. g4 Kf6 33. Bf5
(33. Bd5 Bc8 34. Nd3 Nxg4+ 35. Kf3 Rg7 $11) 33... Nxg4+ 34. Bxg4 Rxg4 35. Rh6+
Kg5 36. Rh5+ Kf6 37. Rh6+ $11)) 28... Nc6 29. f4 gxf4+ 30. gxf4 Rc8 31. f5 $14)
27. exd5 Ke7 28. Ke4 {White now has a position with B against N and play
against weak Ps. Still the postion has to be won, but Andersson has one of his
favorite type of postion.} Kf6 29. dxe6 Re8 (29... Nxe6 30. Bxe6 Kxe6 31. Rh6+
f6 32. f4 (32. Rh7 $5) 32... gxf4 33. gxf4 Rf7 34. f5+ Ke7 35. Kd5 Rg7 36. Rh8
$18) 30. Bg4 Nxe6 31. Kd5 Kg6 32. Rh2 Ng7 33. Bd7 (33. Kxd6 f5 34. Bh3 Re3 $132
) 33... Re3 34. Rf2 $1 {The R now has a defensive role to play. But this gives
the K and B a free hand on the Q-side} Nh5 (34... Rd3+ 35. Kc6 {[%cal Yc6b7]})
35. g4 Nf6+ 36. Kc6 {'!' Alterman.} Kg7 (36... Nxd7 37. Kxd7 f5 (37... Rd3 38.
Kc6 f5 39. Kb7 d5 40. cxd5 $1 $18 (40. Kxa7 $2 dxc4 41. bxc4 fxg4 42. fxg4 Rc3
43. Kxb6 Rxc4 44. Rg2 Re4 45. Kb5 Re5+ 46. Kc6 Re4 $11)) 38. Kxd6 fxg4 39. fxg4
Rg3 40. b4 Rxg4 41. Rc2 $18) 37. Bf5 Ne8 38. Be4 Nf6 39. Bd5 Ne8 40. b4 (40.
Kd7 Kf8 $1) (40. f4 gxf4 41. Rxf4 Re7 {and black would have had better
defensive chances than in the game}) 40... Re7 41. Rd2 Kf8 42. Be4 Rc7+ 43. Kb5
Rc8 $2 {The decisive mistake} (43... Ke7 $142 $16) 44. Bb7 $1 Rc7 (44... Rb8
45. Ka6 $18) 45. Bc6 Ng7 46. Rxd6 Ke7 47. Rd2 Ne6 48. Bd5 Nf4 49. Be4 Kf6 50.
c5 bxc5 51. bxc5 Ne6 52. c6 Rc8 53. Rd7 Nc7+ 1-0

[Event "NED-ch54"]
[Site "Rotterdam "]
[Date "1999.06.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1999.05.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 Qa5 11. Be2 b6 12. Qd5 Rb8 13. Qxa5 bxa5 14. b3
Bd4 15. Bxd4 Nxd4 16. e5 Rf8 17. Bd3 f6 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. O-O Ne6 20. Nd5 Rf7
21. f4 Nc5 22. Bc2 Bb7 23. Nc3 Rf6 24. g3 Rb6 25. Rce1 Kf7 26. h4 e6 27. h5 a4
28. Nb5 axb3 29. axb3 a6 30. Nd4 Rd6 31. Rd1 Be4 32. Bxe4 Nxe4 33. Kg2 gxh5 34.
Rfe1 Nc5 35. Kh3 Kf6 36. Rd2 Rdb6 37. Re5 Nxb3 38. Nxb3 Rxb3 39. Rxd7 Rg8 40.
Rg5 Rxg5 41. fxg5+ Kxg5 42. Rg7+ Kf5 (42... Kh6 $5 {Activity is very important
in rook-endings, so this move does not look natural. However the question is
very often to find the right moment to give up material for good pieceplay.
The double P-sacrifice 42. - Kf5 could be to early. Lets look at the
alternative:} 43. Re7 Rb6 {[%cal Yb6c6] If black would get the chance to play
Rb6-c6 I think he would have good winning chances} 44. Rc7 $1 Kg6 45. c5 (45.
Rc5 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Yc5a5,Yc5h5]} h6 {(.)} 46. Rc8 (46. Kh4 Rd6 (46... Rb1 47.
Kh3 $11) 47. Kh3 Rd4 48. Re5 Kf6 49. Rxh5 Rxc4 50. Rxh6+ Ke5 $17) (46. Kg2 Rd6
47. Kf2 Rd4 {[%cal Ya6a5]}) 46... Kf5 (46... a5 $2 47. Ra8 $11) (46... e5 47.
c5 Rb5 (47... Rf6 48. c6 Kf5 49. c7 Rf7 50. Kh4 e4 51. Kxh5 $11) 48. c6 Rc5 49.
c7 Kg7 50. Re8 Rxc7 51. Rxe5 Ra7 52. Ra5 Kg6 53. Kh4 Ra8 54. Kh3 $11) 47. c5
Rb1 48. Rh8 a5 49. Rxh6 Rc1 50. Rxh5+ Ke4 $17) 45... Rb5 46. Rc6 Kf6 47. Rxa6
Rxc5 48. Kg2 Rf5 $15 {Black has some chances. In my opinion this was a better
try than the game, but that is of course easy to say afterwards}) 43. Rxh7 e5
44. Rxh5+ Ke4 45. Rh6 a5 46. Ra6 Ra3 47. c5 {White now has counterplay.} Kd3 (
47... Kd5 48. c6 Kd6 49. Kg4 $1 (49. Kh4 a4 (49... e4 50. Kg4 $1 $11) 50. g4
Ra1 51. g5 a3 52. g6 a2 $19) 49... a4 50. Kf5 $11) 48. c6 e4 49. Ra8 {[%cal
Rc6c7]} Rc3 50. Rxa5 Rxc6 51. Rd5+ Ke2 52. g4 e3 53. g5 Kf3 54. Rf5+ Ke4 55.
Rf6 $1 Rc1 56. Re6+ Kf4 57. g6 Rg1 58. Kh2 Rg4 59. Kh3 Rg5 60. Kh2 Kf3 61. Rf6+
Ke4 62. Re6+ Kd3 63. Rd6+ Kc2 64. Rc6+ Kd2 65. Rd6+ Ke1 66. Kh3 e2 67. Kh4 Rg2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Petermaennchen GM"]
[Site "Schwerin"]
[Date "1999.08.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Ellers, Holger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1999.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. Rc1 b6 12. b3 Bb7 13. Nd5 (13. f3 g5 $6 (
13... d6) 14. Nd5 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Rc8 $6 (15... h6 16. h4 Rg8 $8) 16. h4 h6 17.
hxg5 hxg5 18. Rxh8+ Bxh8 19. Be2 Bd4 20. Rh1 d6 21. Rh5 Bxe3+ 22. Kxe3 Kd7 23.
Rh7 Rf8 24. g3 Nd8 25. Bf1 e6 26. Bh3 Bxd5 27. exd5 Ke7 28. Ke4 Kf6 29. dxe6
Re8 30. Bg4 Nxe6 31. Kd5 Kg6 32. Rh2 Ng7 33. Bd7 Re3 34. Rf2 Nh5 35. g4 Nf6+
36. Kc6 Kg7 37. Bf5 Ne8 38. Be4 Nf6 39. Bd5 Ne8 40. b4 Re7 41. Rd2 Kf8 42. Be4
Rc7+ 43. Kb5 Rc8 44. Bb7 Rc7 45. Bc6 Ng7 46. Rxd6 Ke7 47. Rd2 Ne6 48. Bd5 Nf4
49. Be4 Kf6 50. c5 bxc5 51. bxc5 Ne6 52. c6 Rc8 53. Rd7 Nc7+ {1-0 Andersson,
U-Hansen,S/Helsingor Jub, Helsingor DEN 1999 (53)}) 13... Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 g5 $2
{This is a serious mistake, as long as black has not played d7-d6 and Ke8-d7
so as to be able to take back with the R on h8. In the game the control of the
h-<-> gives white a big endgame advantage. This was also seen in a very
similar position in the game Ulf Andersson-Sune Berg Hansen Helsingör October
1999 (1-0, 53). However in that game black had the excuse of having played
g6-g5 before white exchanged Qs by Nc3-d5} (14... Rc8 $142 $14) 15. h4 h6 16.
hxg5 $1 {The most exact} (16. Bd3 Rg8 $5) 16... hxg5 17. Rxh8+ Bxh8 18. Bd3 d6
19. Rh1 Kd7 20. Rh7 $16 Rf8 21. Be2 $1 {[%cal Ye2g4,Ye2h5]} Nf4 (21... Bd4 22.
Bg4 $16) 22. Bg4+ Kd8 23. g3 Nxd5 24. exd5 {[%csl Rf7,Rg5]} Bf6 (24... f6 {
[%csl Rh8] In that case black would hang on to his g and f-P but Bh8 would
just be terrible placed} 25. Be6 $18) 25. Kd3 Bc8 26. Bxc8 Kxc8 27. Ke4 Kc7 28.
Kf5 a6 29. Bxg5 Bxg5 30. Kxg5 Kd7 31. Kh6 e5 32. Kg7 Ke7 33. Rh8 Rxh8 34. Kxh8
1-0

[Event "Budapest FS06 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Farago, Sandor"]
[Black "Kallai, Gabor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1995.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {King} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3
Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 e5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O d6 12. Nd5 Be6 13. Qd2 Bxd5 14.
cxd5 Qb6 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Rc3 Rc5 {King: Kallai's improvement over his game
against Enders. The position is equal.} 17. Rxc5 dxc5 18. Rc1 Rd8 19. Kh1 a6
20. Bc4 Qd6 21. a4 f5 22. f3 Bf6 23. a5 Kg7 24. Rb1 f4 25. Bf2 Be7 26. Be1 Qc7
27. Qc3 Bd6 28. Qd3 Qe7 29. Bc3 g5 30. Re1 Qf6 31. Qd1 h5 32. Bd3 Kh6 33. Bb1
Rg8 34. Qd3 g4 35. Bxd4 cxd4 36. Rc1 Qh4 37. Qe2 Qd8 38. Qd2 Qg5 39. Qe2 h4 {
King: Neither bishop is particularly wonderful, it is Black's typical 'King's
Indian' pawn storm that makes the difference.} 40. Bd3 h3 41. Rg1 gxf3 42. Qxf3
hxg2+ 43. Rxg2 Qxg2+ 44. Qxg2 Rxg2 45. Kxg2 {Ungleiche L bei jeweils 2
getrenntenFreibauern} Kg5 46. Kf3 Bb4 47. Bf1 Bxa5 48. Bh3 Bb4 49. Bf1 {
Vorschlag zu Lc8!?:} (49. Bc8 d3 50. Bxb7 d2 51. Ke2 f3+ 52. Kd1 Kh4 53. d6 Kh3
54. d7 Ba5 55. Bxa6 Kxh2 56. d8=Q Bxd8 57. Kxd2 Kg1 58. Kc3 f2 59. Kb4 (59. Bd3
f1=Q (59... Bb6 $1 60. Kc4 Bd4 61. b4 f1=Q 62. Bxf1 Kxf1 63. b5 Ke2 64. Kd5 Ke3
65. b6 Kf4 66. b7 Ba7 $19) 60. Bxf1 Kxf1 61. Kc4 Ke2 62. Kd5 Bc7 63. Kc6 Bb8
64. Kb7 Kd3 65. Kxb8 Kxe4 66. Kc7 Kd5 67. b4 Kc4 68. Kc6 $10) 59... Bb6 $1 (
59... f1=Q 60. Bxf1 Kxf1 61. Kc5 $10 Ke2 (61... Bc7 62. Kc6 Bb8 63. Kb7 Ke2 64.
Kxb8 Kd3 65. Kc7 Kxe4 66. Kc6 Kd4 67. b4 $10) 62. Kd6 Bf6 63. b4 Kd3 64. Ke6 (
64. b5 Kxe4 65. b6 Kd4 66. b7 e4 $19) 64... Kxe4 65. Kxf6 Kd5 66. Kf5 e4 67.
Kf4 Kd4 68. b5 $10) 60. Bc4 Bd4 61. b3 f1=Q 62. Bxf1 Kxf1 63. Kc4 Ke2 64. b4
Ke3 65. Kd5 Kf4 66. b5 Be3 $19 {Zugzwang}) 49... Kh4 50. Kf2 Be7 51. Kf3 Bd8
52. Kg2 Kg4 53. Be2+ f3+ $1 54. Bxf3+ Kf4 55. d6 d3 56. d7 a5 57. b3 b5 58. Bd1
Kxe4 59. Kg3 Kd4 60. h4 e4 61. h5 e3 62. h6 (62. Kf3 e2 63. Bxe2 dxe2 64. Kxe2
Ke5 65. Kd3 Kf5 66. Kd4 Kg5 67. Kc5 b4 68. Kc6 Kxh5 69. Kb7 a4 70. bxa4 b3 71.
Kc8 Ba5 72. d8=Q Bxd8 73. Kxd8 b2 $19) 62... e2 63. Bxe2 dxe2 64. Kf2 Kd3 65.
h7 Bh4+ 66. Kg2 e1=Q 67. h8=Q Qg3+ 68. Kh1 Qf3+ (68... Qh3+ 69. Kg1 Bf2+ {
Damengewinn}) 69. Kh2 Bg3+ {mit Matt} 0-1

[Event "Brussels"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1987.04.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Larsen,B"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "1987.04.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 Qa5 (10... O-O) 11. Be2 b6 (11... Bxc3+ $6 12.
Rxc3 Qxa2 13. Qc1 $44) 12. O-O Bb7 13. f3 g5 14. a3 (14. Rf2 {[%cal Ye2f1,
Yf2d2]}) 14... Qe5 15. Qd2 h5 16. Rfd1 d6 17. b4 h4 18. Nd5 Kf8 19. Bf1 Bc6 20.
Qd3 Nf4 21. Nxf4 $2 (21. Qd2 $1) 21... gxf4 22. Bd4 Qxd4+ 23. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 24.
Rxd4 Rh5 (24... f6 $142) 25. c5 $5 dxc5 26. bxc5 b5 27. e5 h3 $1 28. Re1 hxg2
29. Bxg2 Rc8 30. Rxf4 Bd5 31. e6 f6 $17 32. h4 Rxc5 33. Bh3 Bc6 34. Kf2 Rhd5
35. Re3 f5 (35... a5) 36. h5 Kg7 37. h6+ Kxh6 38. Rh4+ Kg7 39. f4 Rc2+ $4 (
39... Be8 $1) 40. Ke1 Rc1+ 41. Ke2 Be8 42. Rg3+ Bg6 43. Rh5 $4 (43. Bxf5 $1
Rxf5 44. Rhg4 $11) 43... Rc2+ 44. Ke1 Rc3 45. Rxc3 Bxh5 46. Rc7 Kf6 47. Rxa7
Rd4 48. Bxf5 $5 Kxf5 49. Rxe7 Rd5 50. a4 bxa4 51. Ra7 Rd4 52. Ra5+ Kg4 53. e7
Be8 54. f5 Kg5 55. Ra8 Re4+ 56. Kd2 Rxe7 57. Kc3 Kxf5 58. Kb2 Ke4 59. Rd8 Bd7
60. Rb8 Kd4 61. Rb7 Re2+ 62. Ka3 Re3+ 63. Kb2 a3+ 64. Ka1 Be6 65. Rb1 Kc3 66.
Rc1+ Kb4 67. Rb1+ Bb3 68. Rc1 Re2 69. Rg1 Rd2 70. Rg4+ Bc4 71. Rg1 Bd3 72. Rc1
Bc2 (72... Kb3 $2 73. Rc3+ $11) (72... Ka4 $1 {cf. Capablanca-Tarrasch / St.
Petersburg 1914}) 73. Ka2 Be4+ 74. Ka1 Bd3 $22 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 34th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2006.08.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "225"]
[EventDate "2006.07.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 Qa5 11. Be2 b6 12. Qd5 Rb8 13. Qxa5 bxa5 14. b3
Bd4 15. Bd2 d6 16. O-O Bc5 17. Na4 Ba3 18. Rb1 Bb7 19. f3 Bc6 20. Bxa5 Bxa4 21.
bxa4 Kd7 22. Rfd1 Nc5 23. Bc3 Rhc8 24. a5 Na4 25. Be1 Nb2 26. Rdc1 Bb4 27. Bf2
Bxa5 28. c5 dxc5 29. Rxc5 Rxc5 30. Bxc5 Bc3 31. a4 Ke6 32. Bb5 Kf6 33. Rc1 a6
34. Rxc3 axb5 35. a5 Ke6 36. Rb3 Na4 37. Be3 Kd7 38. a6 Ra8 39. Rxb5 Rxa6 40.
Bd4 Rd6 41. Rb7+ Kd8 42. Rb4 Ra6 43. Kf2 Kc7 44. Ke3 Nb6 45. Bxb6+ Rxb6 46.
Rxb6 Kxb6 47. Kd4 Kc6 48. Ke5 Kd7 49. f4 Ke8 50. h4 h5 $2 {This gives White
points to attack. Dies gibt Weiß Aufrollpunkte. Schwarz musste mit} ({Black
had to hold his ground with} 50... Kd7 {e.g. still halten, z.B.} 51. Kd5 f6 52.
e5 e6+ 53. Kc5 fxe5 54. fxe5 Kc7 55. g4 h6 $11) 51. f5 $18 f6+ 52. Ke6 gxf5 (
52... g5 53. hxg5 fxg5 54. e5 g4 55. Kd5 Kf7 56. Ke4 e6 57. f6 Kg6 58. Kf4 Kh6
59. f7 Kg7 60. Kg5 g3 61. Kxh5 Kxf7 62. Kh6 $18) 53. e5 $1 fxe5 54. Kxe5 Kd7
55. Kxf5 Kd6 56. Kg5 Ke5 57. Kxh5 Kf4 58. Kg6 e5 59. h5 e4 60. h6 e3 61. h7 e2
62. h8=Q e1=Q 63. Qb8+ Kg4 64. Qc8+ Kg3 65. Qh3+ Kf4 66. Qf5+ Kg3 67. Qh3+ Kf4
68. Qf3+ Ke5 69. g4 Kd4 70. g5 Qe8+ 71. Kg7 Qe7+ 72. Kh6 Kc4 73. Qf4+ Kb5 74.
g6 Qe6 75. Kg5 Qe7+ 76. Kg4 Qg7 77. Qd6 Ka4 78. Kf5 Qc3 79. Qe5 Qh3+ 80. Kg5
Qg2+ 81. Kf5 Qh3+ 82. Kf6 Qf3+ 83. Qf5 Qc3+ 84. Kg5 $2 (84. Qe5 $18) 84... Ka3
85. Qf8+ Ka4 $2 (85... Ka2 {[%csl Ga1,Ga2,Gb1,Gb2] would have reached the
drawing zone. hätte die Remiszone erreicht.}) (85... Kb2 $2 86. Qf6 $18) 86.
Qa8+ $2 ({The surprising Das überraschende} 86. Kg4 {is the only winning move,
since after ist der einzige Gewinnzug, weil nach} Qc2 87. Qd6 Qg2+ 88. Qg3 {
[%csl Ga1,Ga2,Gb1,Gb2][%cal Gg3a3] the way to the safety of the south-west
corner is blocked off and can be freed up later in such a favourable way that
the situation reached is an exception: der Weg in die rettende Südwestecke
zunächst versperrt ist und so günstig wieder freigegeben werden kann, dass
eine Ausnahmesituation entsteht:} Qe2+ 89. Kg5 Qe7+ 90. Kh6 Qe6 91. Qf3 Qd6 92.
Qe3 Qc6 93. Kg5 Qd5+ 94. Kh4 Qd8+ 95. Kg3 Qd7 {and now White can open up the
way once more, because the black queen is too unfavourably posted. und nun
kann Weiß den Weg freigeben, weil die schwarze Dame zu ungünstig steht:} 96.
Qf4+ Ka3 97. Qf8+ Kb2 98. Qf6+ Kb1 99. g7 Qd3+ 100. Kh4 Qe4+ 101. Kh5 Qe2+ 102.
Kh6 Qh2+ 103. Kg6 Qg3+ 104. Qg5 Qd6+ 105. Kh7 Qh2+ 106. Qh6 Qc7 107. Qd2 Ka1
108. Qd4+ Kb1 109. Kg6 Qc2+ 110. Kg5 Qg2+ 111. Kf5 Qf3+ 112. Ke5 Qg3+ 113. Kd5
Qg5+ 114. Kc4 Qg2 115. Kc5 Qg5+ 116. Kb6 Qg6+ 117. Ka5 Qg5+ 118. Ka6 Qg3 119.
Qd1+ Kb2 120. Qe2+ Kb1 121. Qf1+ Kb2 122. Qf7 Qd3+ 123. Kb6 Qe3+ 124. Kb7 Qe4+
125. Ka7 Qe3+ 126. Ka8 Qa3+ 127. Qa7 Qb3 128. Qf2+ Ka3 129. Qf8+ Kb2 130. g8=Q
$18) 86... Kb4 87. Qb7+ Ka5 $2 (87... Ka3 {[%csl Ga1,Ga2,Gb1,Gb2] brings the
king close enough to the drawing zone, e.g. bringt den König dicht genug an
die Remiszone heran, z.B.} 88. g7 Qe5+ 89. Kg6 Qe6+ 90. Kh7 Qh3+ 91. Kg8 Qf5
92. Qf7 Qg4 93. Kf8 Qc8+ 94. Qe8 Qf5+ 95. Kg8 Kb2 $11) 88. g7 Qe5+ 89. Kg6 Qe6+
90. Kh7 Qf5+ 91. Kg8 Ka4 92. Qh1 $2 {hier steht die Dame zu dezentral.} (92.
Qa7+ Kb4 (92... Kb3 93. Qf7+ $18) 93. Qf7 Qg4 94. Qd5 Ka3 95. Kf7 Qf4+ 96. Kg6
Qg3+ 97. Kf6 Qc3+ 98. Qe5 Qf3+ 99. Kg6 Qg2+ 100. Kf7 Qf3+ 101. Qf6 Qd5+ 102.
Qe6 Qh5+ 103. Kf8 Qf3+ 104. Ke7 Qb7+ 105. Kf6 Qf3+ 106. Kg5 Qg2+ 107. Qg4 $18)
92... Qc8+ $2 {mit} (92... Ka3 {[%csl Ga1,Ga2,Gb1,Gb2] konnte Schwarz die
Remiszone noch rechtzeitig ansteuern, z.B.} 93. Kh8 Qe5 94. Qh3+ (94. Qg2 Qh5+
95. Kg8 Qe8+ $11) 94... Kb2 95. Kh7 Qe4+ 96. Kh6 Qf4+ 97. Kg6 Qe4+ 98. Qf5 Qg2+
99. Kf6 Qc6+ 100. Kg5 Qg2+ 101. Qg4 Qd5+ 102. Kh4 Qh1+ 103. Kg3 Qg1+ $11) 93.
Kh7 Qf5+ 94. Kh8 Qe5 95. Qh3 $5 {[%csl Ga1,Ga2,Gb1,Gb2][%cal Gh3a3] This cuts
the king off from the drawing zone. Dies schneidet dem König den Weg in die
Remiszone ab.} Qd4 96. Qe6 Qh4+ 97. Kg8 Qf4 98. Qd5 Ka3 99. Kh7 Qh4+ 100. Kg6
Qg3+ 101. Kf7 Qf4+ 102. Ke8 Qb8+ 103. Qd8 Qb5+ 104. Qd7 Qh5+ 105. Kf8 Qf3+ 106.
Ke7 Qe4+ 107. Qe6 Qb7+ 108. Kf6 Qf3+ 109. Kg5 Qg3+ 110. Qg4 Qe5+ 111. Kh4 Qf6+
112. Qg5 Qd4+ 113. Kh3 (113. Kh3 Qd7+ 114. Qg4 Qd3+ 115. Qg3 $18 {[%cal Gg3a3]}
) 1-0

[Event "Belgrade RAD 30"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1977.01.29"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Smejkal, Jan"]
[Black "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1977.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 (9... e5 {L'alternative} 10. Nb5 O-O 11. Qd2) 10. Rc1 O-O
11. Be2 b6 (11... a6 12. O-O d6 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. Bh6 b5 15. Bxg7 Nxg7 16. Qh6
Kh8 17. Qe3 f5 18. Nd5 Be6 19. cxb5 Bxd5 20. exd5 axb5 21. Bxb5 Rxa2 22. b4 f4
23. Qc3 Qb6 24. Bd3 f3 25. g3 Qb7 26. Be4 Ra4 27. Rb1 Rb8 28. Qxf3 Rxb4 29.
Rxb4 Qxb4 30. Rb1 Qxb1+ 31. Bxb1 Rxb1+ 32. Kg2 Kg8 33. Qe4 Rb7 34. g4 e5 35. h4
Rf7 36. Qa4 Kf8 {1/2-1/2 (36) Bravo Sedamanos,H-Tosan Pereira,F Buenos Aires
1975}) 12. b4 $146 {[%csl Gc5]} (12. O-O Bb7 13. f3 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Qd2 f4
16. Bf2 d6 17. Nd5 Be5 18. Rfe1 Rf7 19. b4 Rc8 20. Bd1 Kh8 21. Kh1 Rg7 22. Ba4
Bc6 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 24. b5 Rc8 25. Nb4 Qg8 26. Nc6 Rxc6 27. bxc6 Qe8 28. c5 Qg6
29. Bg1 bxc5 30. Bxc5 Nxc5 31. c7 Rg8 32. Rxe5 dxe5 33. Rxc5 Qa6 34. h3 Qc8 35.
Qc3 Rg6 36. Qxe5+ Kg8 37. Qxe7 {1-0 (37) Khavsky,S-Pogats,J Budapest 1961})
12... Bb7 13. Nd5 Nc7 14. O-O Nxd5 15. cxd5 f5 16. Qb3 (16. f3 fxe4 17. fxe4)
16... Kh8 17. exf5 Rxf5 18. Rfd1 $14 Qg8 19. d6 Qxb3 20. axb3 exd6 21. Rc7 Bc6
22. g4 Rd5 23. Rxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd7 Bf8 25. b5 Be6 (25... Bxb3) 26. Bd4+ Kg8 27.
Bf3 d5 28. Bxd5 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Rc8 30. Kg2 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Gb5,Rc6] Malgré les
P doublés, la finale est meilleure pour les Blancs car le P"b5" est davantage
une force qu'une faiblesse} (30. Rd7) 30... Rc7 31. Be5 Rc2 32. Rd8 Kf7 33. Ra8
Ke6 $1 {Probablement la meilleure solution pratique pour transposer en finale
de R avec un K Noir centralisé} 34. Rxf8 Kxe5 $132 {[%csl Ge5,Rg2]} 35. Rf7 h5
36. gxh5 gxh5 37. Rxa7 Rc5 $1 38. Rd7 $1 Rxb5 39. Rd3 $14 {[%cal Gd3b3,Gd3h3,
Gh3h5]} Rb4 40. Kg3 Rg4+ 41. Kf3 Rh4 {Ajournement et les Noirs ont des bonnes
chances de nulle} 42. Kg2 Rb4 43. Kf1 Rh4 44. h3 b5 45. Ke2 Rb4 46. f3 (46. Kd2
{[%cal Gd2c3]}) 46... Kf4 47. Kf2 Ke5 48. Kg3 Kf5 49. Rc3 Kg5 50. Rc5+ (50. h4+
$5 Kf5 (50... Rxh4 $4 51. Rc5+) 51. Rc5+ Kg6 $132) 50... Kg6 51. Rc6+ Kg7 (
51... Kg5 52. f4+ Kf5 53. Rc3 $11) 52. f4 Rxb3+ 53. Kh4 Rf3 54. Kg5 Rg3+ $1 (
54... Rxh3 55. Rc7+ Kf8 56. Kf6 {[%cal Gc7c8]}) 55. Kxh5 Rxh3+ 56. Kg5 Rg3+ 57.
Kf5 b4 58. Rc7+ Kg8 59. Rb7 b3 60. Kf6 Rc3 61. Rb8+ Kh7 62. f5 Rc6+ 63. Kf7
Rc7+ 64. Kf8 Kh6 65. Rb6+ Kh7 66. Rxb3 Rc8+ 67. Ke7 Rc7+ 68. Kd6 Ra7 69. Re3
Kg8 70. Ke6 Kf8 71. Kf6 Rf7+ 72. Kg6 Rg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Herzliya"]
[Site "Herzliya"]
[Date "1998.09.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Afek, Yochanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1998.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 e5 10. Bd3 (10. Qd2 O-O 11. h4 d6 12. h5 Be6 13. hxg6 fxg6 14.
Rc1 a6 15. b3 $13 {1/2-1/2 Murey,Y-Afek,Y/Tel-Aviv 1996 (28)}) 10... O-O 11.
O-O b6 (11... d6 $5 12. Qd2 Be6 13. Rac1 (13. Rad1 a6 14. b3 Rc8 15. Ne2 Nc6
16. Bb1 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Nc3 $13 {0-1 Polugaevsky,L-Piket,J/Aruba m 1994 
(31)}) 13... a6 14. b3 Rc8 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. f3 Kh8 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 h5 19.
Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rc1 Rxc1+ 21. Qxc1 Kh7 22. b4 {1/2-1/2 Dizdar,G-Smirin,I/Dresden
zt 1998}) 12. Qd2 (12. Ne2 $5 Bb7 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. Qd2 Rfe8 16.
Rfe1 Rac8 17. Rad1 Rc5 18. b3 a5 19. Bg3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Dudakov,S-Afek,Y/ISL-ch
1986 (55)}) (12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Qd2 Rc8 (13... f5 14. exf5 Qh4 15. f4 gxf5 16.
fxe5 Bxe5 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Qf6 19. Rce1 $16 {1-0 Chuchelov,V-Roobol,M/
Vlassingen op 1998 (50)}) 14. Nd5 Kh8 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 d6 17. Bg5 f6 18.
Be3 $14 {0-1 Dewenter,U-Djurhuus,R/Reykjavik op 1998 (63)}) 12... Bb7 13. Rad1
(13. f4 exf4 (13... f5 14. Rad1 exf4 15. Bxf4 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 d5
18. Bg5 Qd7 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. Rxf6 Ne6 21. Qxd5 Qxd5 22. Rxd5 Nxg5 23. Rxf8+
Kxf8 24. Rxg5 Rd8 25. Rb5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Shamkovich,L-Shure,G/Marshall 1992 (53)}
) 14. Bxf4 d6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 (15... Ne6 $5) 16. exd5 Be5 17. Rae1 Qc7 18. Bxe5
dxe5 19. Rf6 $1 $36 {1-0 De Vreugt,D-Afek,Y/Dieren op 1997 (39)}) 13... a6 (
13... Ne6 14. Bb1 Bc6 15. b4 Rc8 16. a3 Rc7 17. Ba2 $36 {1/2-1/2 Smyslov,
V-Bagirov,V/Leningrad 1960 (36)}) 14. b3 {N} (14. f3 Bc6 15. Bb1 b5 16. cxb5
axb5 17. a3 Qb6 18. Ne2 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 Qb7 20. Bc5 Rfe8 21. Ba2 Bf8 22. Bxf8
Rxf8 23. Bd5 b4 24. axb4 Qxb4 25. Bc4 Kg7 26. Kh1 {1/2-1/2 Fogarasi,T-Afek,Y/
Budapest GM-3 1996}) (14. Bb1 $5 Rc8 (14... d6 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Ne2 Qc7 17. b3
Rae8 18. f3 f5 19. exf5 $16) (14... Re8 15. f4 $5 d6 16. Qf2 Rf8 17. f5 $40)
15. b3 b5 16. Bd3 $1) 14... Bc6 15. Bb1 b5 16. cxb5 (16. Bd3 $5) 16... axb5 17.
Bxd4 exd4 18. Ne2 d5 $1 (18... Re8 19. Nxd4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21. Nxb5 $16)
19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 dxe4 21. Qc5 $5 (21. Bxe4 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4
Rxa2 24. Rb4 Rd8 25. Rxb5 Rdd2 $11) 21... Qe8 22. Rfe1 (22. Rd6 $5) 22... Rc8
23. f3 $1 (23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Qb4 f5 25. f3 Rc2 26. fxe4 fxe4 27. Rxe4 (27. Qxe4
Qxe4 28. Rxe4 Rff2 29. Rg4 Rxa2 $11) 27... Qf7 $11) 23... f5 24. fxe4 fxe4 25.
Qd4 Rd8 $1 26. Qxd8 Qxd8 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Bxe4 Bxe4 29. Rxe4 Rd2 30. a3 (30.
Rb4 Rxa2 31. Rxb5 Kg7 (31... Rb2 32. Rb7) 32. Rb7+ Kh6 $11) 30... Ra2 31. Rb4
Rxa3 32. Rxb5 Kg7 33. Rb7+ Kf6 34. Kf2 h6 $2 (34... Ra2+ 35. Kf3 Rb2 $11) 35.
Kf3 Ra1 $6 (35... Ra2 $5) 36. Rb6+ Kf7 37. Rd6 $1 Rb1 38. Rd3 Rb2 39. h4 Ke6 (
39... Kf6 40. Re3) 40. g3 Ke5 41. Kg4 Kf6 $6 (41... Ke4 $1 42. Rc3 (42. Rd6 h5+
43. Kg5 (43. Kh3 Kf5 $11) 43... Rxb3 44. Rxg6 Rxg3+ 45. Kxh5 Ra3 $11) 42... Kd4
(42... Rb1 43. h5 gxh5+ 44. Kxh5 Kd4 45. Rc4+ Kd5 46. Rb4 $16) 43. Rc4+ (43.
Rc6 h5+ 44. Kh3 Rxb3 45. Rxg6 Rb5 (45... Ke3 46. Rg5 Kf2 47. Kh2 $1 (47. Rf5+
Rf3) 47... Rf3 48. Rxh5 $18) 46. Rg5 Re5 $11) 43... Kd5 44. Rb4 $16) 42. Kf4
Rb1 43. Ke4 g5 (43... Ke6 44. Kd4 Kd6 45. Kc4+ Kc6 46. Rf3 $18) 44. hxg5+ Kxg5
45. Kd4 Kg4 46. Kc3 $1 $18 (46. Kc5 Rc1+ $1 47. Kd4 (47. Kb5 Rg1 48. b4 Rxg3
49. Rxg3+ Kxg3 50. Kc4 h5 51. b5 h4 52. b6 h3 53. b7 h2 54. b8=Q+ Kg2 $11)
47... Rb1) 46... h5 47. b4 Rc1+ 48. Kb2 (48. Kb2 Rc8 49. Kb3 Rb8 50. Re3 $1 Kh3
(50... Rb7 51. Kc4 Rc7+ 52. Kd5 Rb7 53. Kc5 Rc7+ 54. Kb6 $18) 51. Kc4 Rc8+ 52.
Kd5 Rd8+ 53. Kc5 Rc8+ 54. Kd6 Rb8 55. Rb3 Rg8 (55... Rxb4 56. Rxb4 Kxg3 57. Ke5
h4 58. Kf5 h3 59. Rb3+ Kh4 (59... Kg2 60. Kg4 h2 61. Rb2+ Kg1 62. Kg3 h1=N+ 63.
Kf3 $18) 60. Kf4 h2 61. Rb1 $18) 56. b5 Rxg3 57. Rxg3+ Kxg3 58. b6 h4 59. b7 h3
60. b8=Q h2 61. Qb7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Elgoibar 07th"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "1997.12.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lima, Darcy Gustavo Macha"]
[Black "Matamoros Franco, Carlos S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Rodriguez,Am"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Tsesarsky} c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. e4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7.
Nc3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 e5 10. Nb5 O-O 11. Qd2 Qe7 {A modern approach} (
11... Qh4 12. Bd3 $14 d5 {Tsesarsky} 13. cxd5 Nxb5 14. Bxb5 Qxe4 15. O-O Rd8
16. Rfd1 Qf5 (16... Be6 17. f3 Qh4 (17... Qf5 18. Bd3 Rxd5 19. Bxf5 Rxd2 20.
Rxd2 Bxf5 21. Rc1 $16 {1-0 Arinbjorn Gunnarsson-Mossin,A/Reykjavik open 1994 
(30)}) 18. Bg5 Qh5 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 20. Qa5 {1-0 Joksic,S-Werner,D/Biel 1975}) 17.
Rac1 Bd7 18. Be2 e4 19. Rc7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Gufeld,E-Espig,L/Suhumi 1972 (35)})
12. f3 (12. O-O-O Nxb5 13. cxb5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Ribli,Z-Kasparov,G/Belfort WCup/
1988. After that many games went 13...d5! and 14...Rd8 with powerful
counterplay, so 12.f3 established itself as the stronger move.} d5 14. exd5 Rd8
15. d6 {Tsesarsky} Qe8 (15... Qe6 16. Kb1 Bf8 17. Bc5 (17. Qc3 Rxd6 $132 {
1-0 Nemeth,M-Fleger,H/Balatonbereny op 1996 (31)} (17... Bxd6 $5 18. Bc4 Qf5+
19. Bd3 $132)) 17... b6 18. Bb4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lalic,B-Heim,S/EuClub Cup qual Gp
1997 (30)}) 16. Qb4 Be6 17. Kb1 Bf8 18. Be2 Rd7 19. Rd2 f5 20. Qa3 $16 (20. f4
e4 21. Qa3 $14 {Cao,S-Afek,Y/FSIM A Oct, Budapest HUN 1997/1-0 (107)})) (12.
Bd3 {Tsesarsky} Nxb5 (12... b6 13. O-O Nxb5 14. cxb5 Bb7 15. f3 d5 $11 {
0-1 Rouchouse,S-Afek,Y/18th op B, Cannes FRA 1997 (20)}) (12... d6 13. O-O Be6
14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 a6 17. b3 $14 {1-0 Plaskett,J-Rogers,I/
Skien Wch-jr 1979 (40)}) 13. cxb5 d6 14. O-O Be6 15. Rfc1 f5 16. f3 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Mozaliov,S-Nadyrhanov,S/Russian Cup 8th Leg, Smolensk RUS 1997 (23)})
12... Nxb5 (12... f5 13. Bd3 (13. Bg5 Qc5 14. b4 Qc6 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Nxd4
exd4 17. Bd3 d5 $13 18. c5 {Tsesarsky} Re8+ 19. Kf2 a5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Kerek,
K-Felegyhazi,L/Open, Cseppko HUN 1997 (36)}) 13... d6 14. Bg5 Bf6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6
16. Nxd4 exd4 17. O-O $16 {Yemelin-Silman/Budapest FS FebGM 1994}) 13. cxb5 d5
(13... d6 {Tsesarsky} 14. Bc4 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. O-O d5 (16... Rad8 17. Bxa7
$16) (16... Rfd8 17. b6 axb6 18. Bxb6 Rd7 19. Rfd1 d5 20. a4 $14) 17. exd5 Rfd8
18. d6 $14) 14. exd5 Rd8 {Black´s reaction is thematic but White has not
castled queenside and that makes a big difference.} (14... Qd6 {Tsesarsky} 15.
Rc1 Rd8 16. Bc4 $14) 15. Rc1 (15. Rd1 $1 {is also to be considered} e4 {
Tsesarsky} 16. Be2 $1 (16. f4 $2 Bg4 17. Be2 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 (18. Kxe2 Qd7 19.
Qb4 a6 $17) 18... Qb4+ 19. Kf2 a6 20. b6 Qa5 $15) 16... exf3 (16... Bxb2 17. d6
Qe5 18. O-O Bc3 (18... Bf5 19. fxe4 $14) 19. Qc1 (19. Bd4 Bxd2 20. Bxe5 e3 21.
Rxd2 exd2 22. Rd1 Re8 23. f4 f6 24. Bc4+ Be6 25. d7 Bxc4 26. dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 27.
Bc3 Re1+ 28. Rxe1 dxe1=R+ 29. Bxe1 Bxa2 $15) 19... Bb4 20. Bf4 Qc5+ 21. Qxc5
Bxc5+ 22. Kh1 e3 23. a4 Be6 24. Rc1 Rac8 25. Rc3 $14) 17. Bxf3 Re8 18. Kf2 Bxb2
19. d6 Qe5 20. Bd4 Bxd4+ 21. Qxd4 Bd7 22. Qxe5 Rxe5 23. Bxb7 $16) 15... e4 (
15... Be6 16. Bc4 Rac8 17. O-O Rxc4 $2 18. Rxc4 Bxd5 19. Rd1 $18) 16. f4 (16.
Bg5 {Tsesarsky} f6 17. Be3 exf3 18. gxf3 Bh6 19. Rc3 Re8 20. Kf2 Bxe3+ 21. Rxe3
Qxe3+ 22. Qxe3 Rxe3 23. Kxe3 Bf5 24. Bd3 Re8+ 25. Kd4 Bxd3 26. Kxd3 Kf7 (26...
Re5 27. Kd4 Re2 28. Rc1 Rd2+ 29. Kc5 Rxb2 30. Kd6 $16) 27. Rc1 Re7 28. Kd4 Ke8
29. Rc8+ Kd7 30. Ra8 Re2 31. Rxa7 Kc7 $14) (16. Be2 {Tsesarsky} exf3 17. Bxf3
Re8 18. Kf2 Bxb2 19. Rc4 Be5 $15) 16... Be6 17. Bc4 Rac8 (17... Qh4+ $5 18. g3
Qh5 19. Rd1 (19. dxe6 Rxd2 20. exf7+ Kh8 21. Bxd2 e3 $1) 19... Rac8) (17... Rd7
{Tsesarsky} 18. O-O (18. dxe6 Rxd2 19. exf7+ Kh8 20. Bxd2 Bxb2 21. Ke2 Kg7 22.
Rc2 Rc8 $15) 18... Rad8 19. Rfd1 b6 (19... Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Qxd5 Rxd5 22.
Rxd5 Bxb2 23. Rc8+ Kg7 24. Bc5 $18) 20. b3 $1 (20. dxe6 $2 Rxd2 21. exf7+ Kf8
22. Bxd2 e3 23. Be1 $8 Bd4 24. Rd3 (24. Kh1 e2 25. Rd3) 24... e2+ 25. Kh1 Bc5 (
25... Qe4 26. Bb4+ Kg7 27. Rxd4 $18) 26. Rcc3 (26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Bb3 (27. Bxe2
Qe7 28. Bf1 Qe3 29. Rxc5 bxc5 $19) 27... Qd4 28. Bg3 Qxb2 29. Re1 Bb4 30. f5 (
30. Rg1 Qc3 $19) 30... gxf5 $19) 26... Rxd3 27. Rxd3 Qe4 28. b3 (28. Rd8+ Kg7
$19) 28... Qxf4 29. Rd8+ Kg7 30. Bxe2 Qe3 31. f8=B+ Bxf8 $19) 20... Bg4 21. Rf1
Be6 22. Qe2 Bxd5 23. f5 Qe5 24. Qg4 $132) 18. O-O $16 Rxc4 (18... b6 {Tsesarsky
} 19. Bb3 $14) 19. Rxc4 Rxd5 (19... Bxd5 20. Rd1 $18 (20. Rd1 {Tsesarsky} b6
21. b4 $16)) 20. Qe2 (20. Qa5 {Tsesarsky} b6 (20... a6 21. Rxe4 Rxb5 22. Qa3
Qxa3 23. bxa3 Rb2 24. Rd1 h5 25. Rd2 $16) 21. Qb4 Qxb4 22. Rxb4 f5 23. a4 $16)
20... Qd7 (20... Rxb5 {Tsesarsky} 21. Rc8+ (21. Rc2 a6 22. Rfc1 h5 $14) 21...
Bxc8 22. Qxb5 b6 23. b3 h5 $14) 21. Re1 (21. b6 {Tsesarsky} axb6 (21... Bg4 22.
bxa7 Bxe2 23. a8=Q+ Bf8 24. Rc8 $18) 22. Re1 (22. Rxe4 $2 Bf5 23. Bxb6 Bxe4 24.
Qxe4 Bxb2 $11) 22... f5 23. a3 $14) 21... h5 (21... Rxb5 $1 {Tsesarsky} 22.
Rc8+ Qxc8 (22... Bf8 $14) 23. Qxb5 a6 24. Qb4 f5 $132) 22. Rxe4 $18 (22. b6 $1
{Tsesarsky} axb6 23. Rxe4 $18) 22... Bg4 (22... Rxb5 $5 {Tsesarsky} 23. b3 Rd5
24. Rc4 (24. Bxa7 Rd2 25. Qe3 Rxa2 $16) 24... b5 25. Rc5 $18) 23. Qf2 (23. Qc4
{Tsesarsky} Rxb5 24. Bxa7 $18) 23... Rxb5 (23... Bf5 {Tsesarsky} 24. Rc4 Rxb5
25. b3 Rd5 26. Rcc1 $18) 24. b3 Rd5 25. Rc4 (25. Bxa7 {Tsesarsky} Rd2 26. Qg3
Rxa2 27. Re7 Qd6 28. Bf2 b5 29. Rb7 Bd7 30. Ra7 Rxa7 31. Bxa7 Be6 $16) 25...
Rd3 (25... b5 {Tsesarsky} 26. Rc5 Rd6 27. Rcc1 a5 28. Qc2 $16) 26. h3 (26. Qc2
{Tsesarsky} b6 27. Rc7 Qd6 28. Bc1 Bf5 29. Rxa7 Bc3 30. Rf1 Qc5+ 31. Kh1 Rd2
32. Qxd2 Bxd2 33. Bxd2 $14) 26... Bf5 27. Kh2 (27. Rec1 $18 {Tsesarsky}) 27...
Bf6 (27... b5 $1 {Tsesarsky} 28. Rcc1 (28. Rc2 Bc3 29. Rec1 b4 30. Re2 a5 $16)
28... Bc3 29. Re2 a5 $1 30. Rec2 b4 31. Re2 Be6 (31... Qd5 32. Bb6 Kh7 33. Qc5
$16) 32. Qf3 Bd5 33. Qg3 Qf5 $14) 28. Rc2 Bd4 (28... Rxe3 {Tsesarsky} 29. Rxe3
Bxc2 30. Qxc2 $18) (28... b5 {Tsesarsky} 29. Rd2 $18) 29. Bxd4 Rxd4 30. Rc8+
Kg7 31. Qb2 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 (7...
O-O {is the another main line.}) 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 e5 10. Bd3 d6 11. O-O O-O
12. a4 (12. Qd2 {is the most popular continuation, but I like Saric's idea.})
12... Be6 13. a5 $146 {Novelty by Saric. White has gained some space on the
queenside, moreover he frees the a4-square too.} ({Until this time} 13. Nb5 {
was the main idea of 12.a4.} a6 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bd2 Rc8 16. Rc1 f5 17. exf5
Bxf5 18. Qb3 Qd7 $11 {Ferreira-Edouard, Belgium 2018, with a balanced position.
}) 13... Qd7 14. Qa4 $1 {It's a good strategy with White to go to an endgame,
because positionally White is more comfortable.} Qxa4 15. Rxa4 Rfc8 16. Nd5 {
This is the main question in the Maroczy system: when should White put the
knight on d5? Well, this is a good moment.} Bxd5 ({In the event of} 16... Kf8
17. Bg5 $14 {and White continues the pressure.}) 17. exd5 (17. cxd5 $5 {
was also completely acceptable. White's plan is creating weaknesses with Rb4.})
17... Re8 18. Re1 f5 19. Kf1 $1 {White starts to improve his king too.} Kf7 ({
After} 19... e4 20. Bb1 {and the knight is not so stable on d4.}) 20. b4 $6 {
A straightforward move, but now this is an inaccuracy.} (20. Rb4 {was better,}
Rab8 21. f4 $14 {with comfortable play, but it is still not clear how White
can improve his position.}) 20... Rac8 $6 {A dubious move in reply!} (20... e4
$1 {would be a better chance.}) 21. Rc1 (21. c5 {was also possible,} dxc5 22.
bxc5 Rxc5 23. d6 $44 {with compensation for the pawn.}) 21... e4 22. Be2 ({
In the event of} 22. Bb1 Nb3 23. Rc2 Nd4 $11 {and Black can hold.}) 22... Be5
23. g3 Rc7 24. c5 $1 {The important break-through!} Rec8 25. Bxd4 $2 {Error!
This is a logical move to remove the strong d4-knight, but gives up the bishop
pair.} (25. a6 $1 {was correct,} bxa6 (25... b5 26. Bxd4 $1 bxa4 27. Bxe5 dxe5
28. Bb5 $18 {and the pawns are too strong}) 26. c6 $18 {and White should be
winning.}) 25... Bxd4 26. c6 bxc6 27. b5 $1 c5 $6 {A dubious move in reply.} ({
The great} 27... Bxf2 $1 {could force the draw,} 28. Kxf2 cxb5 29. Rxc7+ Rxc7
30. Bxb5 Rc2+ 31. Be2 Kf6 $11 {followed by ...Ke5 and Black is very active, so
he can reach the draw.}) 28. b6 axb6 29. axb6 Rb7 30. Rxd4 $1 {This is the
point of White's 28.b6.} cxd4 31. Rxc8 Rxb6 32. Ke1 {Black has two strong
pawns for the bishop, so it is still not easy to play for win with White.} g5
$2 {This is one of the tempting continuations to advance with g-pawn, but now
this is a mistake, because White can weaken his structure with g4.} (32... Rb1+
{was better,} 33. Bd1 (33. Kd2 Rb2+) 33... h5 $1 {to avoid g4 and not clear
how can White improve his position.}) 33. Bd1 (33. Rc6 $1 $16 {was more
accurate.}) 33... Rb1 (33... Rb5 $1 {gave more practical chances.}) 34. g4 $1 {
The key move! The e4-pawn becomes weak, so Black's position collapses.} fxg4
35. Rc4 Kf6 36. Rxd4 Ke5 37. Ra4 h5 38. Kd2 (38. Ra8 $18 {was stronger.}) 38...
Kxd5 39. Bc2 Rg1 40. Ra5+ Kd4 41. Bb3 $1 {White creates a mating net, Black
has to avoid Rd5#.} e3+ 42. fxe3+ Ke4 43. Bc2+ Kf3 44. Rf5+ Kg2 45. Rxg5 Kxh2
46. Rxh5+ Kg3 47. Bd1 Rg2+ 48. Be2 {White has consolidated his position, Black
has no hope.} Rf2 49. Ke1 Rg2 50. Rd5 Rg1+ 51. Kd2 Ra1 52. Rd4 Ra2+ 53. Ke1
Ra1+ 54. Bd1 Kh3 55. Rxd6 g3 56. Kf1 g2+ 57. Kg1 Rb1 58. Rd2 Rc1 59. e4 Kg3 60.
e5 Rc6 61. Rd4 Rc5 62. Rg4+ Kh3 63. Re4 Rc3 64. e6 Rd3 65. Re1 Rd4 66. e7 Rh4
67. Re3# 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2001.01.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Reinaldo Castineira, Roi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2001.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 g6 4. e4 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Be3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. Rc1 g5 {Here White has a lot of
possibilites!} (11... b6 12. Be2 (12. Bd3) 12... Bb7 13. f3 g5 {-mainlines})
12. Bd3 (12. h4 $5 h6 13. Be2 $1 (13. Qd5 $6 Qb4 14. Rc2 d6 15. hxg5 hxg5 16.
Rxh8+ Bxh8 17. Qb5+ Qxb5 18. Nxb5 Bd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Portisch-Reshevsky,S/
Amsterdam izt 1964 (25)}) 13... d6 (13... b6 14. Qd5 Qxd5 15. cxd5 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Owosina,T-Mohr,G/Manila olm 1992 (70)}) 14. Qd5 Qxd5 15. cxd5 Nc5 16.
f3 $16 {1-0 Chuiko-Khanov Kurban/Simferopol Ukraine 1989 (56)}) (12. c5 b6 (
12... Nxc5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Nd5 $18) 13. Qd5 (13. cxb6 axb6 14. Bc4 Ba6 15.
Bxa6 Qxa6 16. Nd5 Qxa2 17. Nxb6 (17. Qb4 Qa5 $17 {0-1 Spacek,P-Langner,L/
Ostrava CZE 1999/The Week in Chess 291 (59)}) 17... Rd8 18. b4 $14) 13... Rb8
14. cxb6 axb6 15. Bc4 $14) (12. Be2 {-more popular continuation.} h5 {This
move - in spirit of this opening. Usually Black plays h7-h5 after b7-b6 and
Bb7.} (12... Nf4 13. O-O Be5 14. Rfd1 d6 15. Nb5 $16 {1-0 Uhlmann,W-Pirisi,G/
Dieren NED 1990 (41)}) (12... Be5 13. h4 $14 {1-0 Vekshenkov,N-Buljovcic,I/
Novi Sad ,EXT 1989 (34)}) (12... Qe5 13. h4 h6 14. g3 b6 15. hxg5 hxg5 16.
Rxh8+ Bxh8 17. f4 $14 {1-0 Welling,G-Jongsma,W/ZSG Weekend 1993(36)}) 13. O-O (
13. b3 b6 14. f3 (14. O-O Bb7 15. Rfd1 Bc6 16. Nd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Dezan,
P-Delebarre,X/FrTCh, Mulhouse FRA 1998 (75)}) 14... Bb7 15. Nd5 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2
Rc8 17. h4 $14 {1-0 Uhlmann,W-Bukal,V/Dortmund ,EXT 1990 (65)}) 13... Qe5 14.
Rfd1 b6 15. b4 (15. b3 d6 16. Qd5 Rb8 17. Nb5 $14 {1-0 Bertona,F-Bordoni,N/Mar
del Plata 1992 (25)}) 15... d6 16. c5 $1 $16 {1-0 Melander,J-Bengtsson,H/Taby
1991 (18)}) 12... d6 (12... h5 13. O-O $5 $14 (13. Bb1 $6 h4 $5 14. c5 Be5 15.
Bxg5 Rg8 16. f4 Rxg5 $1 (16... Bb8 17. Bh6 $14 (17. Rf1 $2 Nxg5 $15 {0-1
Girard,E-Delebarre,X/Paris FRA 2000/The Week in Chess 298 (59)})) 17. fxe5 (17.
fxg5 Bf4 18. Qd1 Bxc1 19. Qxc1 Qxc5 $15) 17... Qc7 $132 {[%csl Re5]})) 13. b3
Qe5 $2 $16 (13... Bd7 $142 $14) 14. Nd5 $1 {[%csl Re5,Re8][%cal Gd5c7] Now Qe5
is vulnerable.} h5 15. O-O ({Worth of attention was also} 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 (15...
Nxg5 16. f4 Qd4 17. fxg5 Rb8 18. Rf1 $16) 16. Nc7+ Kd7 (16... Nxc7 17. Qxg5 $18
) 17. Qxg5 Nxg5 18. Nxa8 $16) 15... b6 $6 $18 (15... Kf8 $16) {White changes
focus of Attack: after eventual a4-a5 in the camp of Black will created one
more weakness.} 16. a4 {[%csl Ra7,Rb6][%cal Ga4a5]} ({Now} 16. Bxg5 {was not
such strong as in previous move:} Nxg5 17. Nc7+ Kd8 18. Nxa8 Bb7 19. Nxb6 axb6
20. Rfe1 $132) 16... h4 17. a5 {[%csl Rb6]} bxa5 (17... h3 18. g3 bxa5 19. Ra1
{-like in this game.}) 18. Ra1 h3 (18... Qxa1 19. Rxa1 Bxa1 20. Qxa5 $18 {
[%csl Ra1,Ra7,Ra8,Rc8][%cal Gd5b6]}) 19. g3 Kf8 (19... Qxa1 20. Rxa1 Bxa1 21.
Qxa5 $18) 20. Rxa5 {[%csl Ra7]} Nd4 {[%cal Gd4f3]} ({Lost position would
created also after} 20... Nc5 21. f4 gxf4 22. Nxf4 Kg8 (22... Nxb3 23. Ng6+ Kg8
24. Rxe5 Nxd2 25. Nxe7+ $18) 23. Bc2 (23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. Qf2 Qd4 25. e5 Bxe5 26.
Rxc5 $16) 23... Nxe4 24. Qe1 Nc5 25. b4 $18) 21. f4 gxf4 22. Nxf4 {[%csl Re5]
[%cal Gf4g6,Ga5e5]} (22. gxf4 $4 Qh5 $17 {[%csl Rb3,Rf3][%cal Gd4f3]}) 22...
Qf6 ({Hopeless also} 22... Nxb3 23. Ng6+ Kg8 24. Rxe5 Nxd2 25. Nxe7+ $18) {
[%tqu "En","?","","","e4e5","",10]} 23. e5 $1 {Nice tactical impact!} dxe5 24.
Rxe5 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Ge3d4]} Qxe5 ({Or} 24... Nxb3 25. Qb4 {[%csl Rb3]} Kg8 {
[%csl Re5]} 26. Rb5 $18 {[%csl Rb3]}) 25. Ng6+ 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kovacevic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1997.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 Qa5 11. Bd3 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qd2 g5 (13... O-O
14. a3 Nd4 15. Qd1 Bc6 16. Nd5 Rae8 $132 (16... Ba4 $2 17. Nxe7+ Kh8 {1-0
Grigoriants Sergey-Petrosian Davit Gevorgi/Ch Europe (cadets) (under 14) 1997})
) 14. b3 (14. a3 h5 15. b4 Qxa3 16. Nd5 Qb2 17. Rc2 Qe5 18. Ra2 h4 19. h3 Rg8
20. Rd1 Bh8 21. Be2 Bc6 22. Bf3 Kf8 23. Qc2 Qb8 24. Bg4 Be5 25. f3 d6 26. Kh1
Qb7 27. Qd2 Bxd5 28. Qxd5 $16 {Anand,V-Ljubojevic,L/Amber-blind6th 1997/EXP 57/
1-0 (72)}) (14. Rfd1 d6 15. a3 (15. f3 h5 16. Bf1 h4 17. a3 Kf8 18. Qf2 Qe5 19.
b4 $14 {0-1 Yemelin,V-Kocur,P/URS-chJ Alma-Ata 1991 (45)}) 15... h5 16. Rc2 Bd4
17. b4 Qe5 (17... Qxa3 18. Nd5 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Qa4 (19... Rc8 20. Qd2 $1 $16) 20.
e5 Rd8 21. exd6 Rxd6 22. Qe5 Rf8 23. Ra1 $16) 18. Nd5 Bxe3 19. fxe3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Ljubojevic-Kortschnoi/Tilburg/SW,40,7 1987 (42)}) 14... h5 (14... Be5
15. Rfe1 Rg8 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 f6 18. Be2 Kd8 19. b4 Rc8 20. Red1 Nf4 21.
Nxf4 gxf4 22. f3 e6 23. Be1 Ke7 24. Bf2 Bd6 25. Rb1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Alburt,
L-Gruchacz,R/New York 1980 (60)}) 15. Rfd1 (15. Bb1 h4 16. Rfd1 d6 17. f3 Bc6
18. Qb2 $1 O-O 19. b4 Qe5 20. Qd2 $14 {0-1 Bragin-Vokarev/Ch Russia club 1993 
(40)}) 15... Bc6 (15... d6 16. Nb5 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Kd7 18. Bb1 Be5 19. b4 Rhc8
20. Bd3 g4 21. a4 Nf4 (21... a5 $17) 22. Bb1 f5 $15 {0-1 David,E-Kotsur,P/
WchJM-U18 1992/TD 92\06 (32)}) 16. Nd5 (16. Qb2 $1 d6 17. b4 Qe5 18. Qd2 $14)
16... Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Be5 (17... Rc8 18. Be2 Be5 19. h3 $14) 18. b4 f6 (18... Rc8
$5) 19. Be2 Kf7 (19... h4 20. Bg4 $14) 20. h3 h4 21. Bd1 (21. Bg4 Rhc8 22. Kf1
Ng7 $132) 21... Rhd8 22. Bb3 Ke8 23. a4 $14 Rac8 (23... Rdc8 24. Kf1 Nf4 25. f3
$14) 24. Rcd1 Bb7 25. f3 Nf8 (25... Ng7 26. Rd3 e6 27. Nc3 $14) 26. Rc2 (26.
Rd3 e6 27. Nc3 $14) 26... Ng6 27. a5 $6 (27. c5 e6 28. Nc3 (28. cxb6 exd5 29.
bxa7 dxe4 30. Bb6 Rxc2 31. Bxc2 Ra8 32. fxe4 Nf4 $17) (28. Nxb6 axb6 29. cxb6
Rxc2 30. Bxc2 Rc8 31. Bd3 Rc3 32. a5 Ra3 $17) 28... bxc5 29. bxc5 (29. Bxc5 d6
30. Bd4 Bxd4+ 31. Rxd4 Nf4 32. Kf2 d5 $15) 29... Rb8 30. Bc4 Bc6 31. Bb5 a5 $11
) (27. Kf2 e6 28. Nc3 $14) 27... bxa5 28. bxa5 Bb8 (28... Rb8 $1 29. Bxa7 (29.
Ba4 e6 (29... Bxd5 $1 30. exd5 Rb4 31. Bb5 (31. Ra2 Rxc4 32. Bxa7 Ra8 33. Bb6
Nf4 34. a6 Ne2+ 35. Rxe2 Rxa4 (35... Rxa6 36. Bb5 $18) 36. a7 $15) 31... Rc8
32. Ba6 Rc7 33. c5 Ra4 34. Bd3 Nf4 35. Bxf4 Bxf4 $17) 30. Nc3 Ra8 $11) 29...
Bxd5 30. Bxb8 Rxb8 31. cxd5 Rxb3 32. Ra2 Bb8 33. a6 Ba7+ 34. Kf1 Nf4 $15) 29.
Nb4 (29. Rb1 Ne5 30. Ba2 Bc6 31. Rd2 $11) 29... Ne5 30. a6 Ba8 (30... Bc6 $5)
31. c5 (31. Rb1 $5 $132) 31... Bc6 32. Bd5 $4 (32. Nxc6 Rxc6 33. Ra2 Rcc8 34.
Kf2 $132) 32... Ba4 $17 33. Bb7 Bxc2 (33... Rc7 34. Rcc1 Bxd1 35. Rxd1 e6 $17 {
This game}) 34. Nxc2 Rc7 35. Nb4 e6 36. Rc1 d6 $6 (36... Ke7 37. Kf2 Nc6 $17) (
36... Nc6 37. Nxc6 (37. Rb1 Na5 38. Nd3 d6 $19) 37... dxc6 38. e5 Kf7 $17) 37.
c6 Ke7 38. Rd1 Rg8 $6 39. Bc1 Nc4 (39... Rd8 $17) 40. Rd4 Na5 (40... Ne5 $17)
41. Ba3 Rd8 42. Rd3 Nxb7 $2 (42... Nc4 43. Bc1 Ke8 44. Kf2 Re7 $17) 43. cxb7
$44 Rc4 44. Kf1 Kd7 (44... Bc7 45. Rd1 Rc5 46. Rc1 Rxc1+ 47. Bxc1 Kd7 48. Be3
Bb8 49. Ke2 $44) 45. Ke2 Bc7 46. Rb3 Bb8 47. Kd3 Rc5 48. Bb2 f5 (48... Rf8 49.
Bd4 Rc7 50. Be3 $44) 49. Bd4 fxe4+ 50. fxe4 Rc7 51. Rb2 d5 $2 (51... Rg8 52.
Rf2 Ke7 53. Be3 (53. Rf3 g4 54. Bf6+ Ke8 55. hxg4 Rxg4 56. Rh3 Rxg2 57. Rxh4
Rg3+ 58. Kd2 Rc4 59. Rh8+ Kf7 60. Bc3 $1 Rg8 61. Rxg8 Kxg8 62. Kd3 Rc7 63. Bd4
Kf7 64. e5 d5 65. Ke3 Ke8 66. Nd3 Rc6 67. Nb4 Rc1 68. Nd3 Rh1 (68... Rc2 69.
Bc5 $1 Rc3 70. Bd6 Bxd6 71. exd6 Rb3 72. Kd4 $16) 69. Nc5 (69. Bc5 Kd7) 69...
Rh3+ 70. Kd2 Ke7 71. Kc2 $44) 53... g4 54. Rf4 gxh3 55. gxh3 Rh8 56. Rg4 $11)
52. exd5 $16 exd5 53. Nxd5 $2 (53. Bf6 Rg8 54. Re2 Rc5 55. Kd4 Bd6 (55... Rc4+
56. Kxd5 $18) 56. Nd3 Ra5 57. Ne5+ Bxe5+ 58. Bxe5 Rb5 59. Rc2 $22 g4 $8 60.
Rc7+ Ke6 61. Rc6+ Kd7 62. Rd6+ Ke7 63. Rxd5 Rb1 64. hxg4 Rxg4+ 65. Kd3 Ke6 (
65... Rg8 66. Rc5 Kd7 67. Rc7+ Ke6 68. Rc8 $18) 66. Rd4 Rg8 67. Bf4 $16) 53...
Rc6 $44 54. Nb4 Re6 (54... Rc7 55. Bf6 (55. Re2 Rc1 56. Bf6 Rg8 57. Nd5 (57.
Re7+ Kd6 58. Re5 Rc5 59. Kd4 Rxe5 60. Bxe5+ Kd7 61. Bxb8 Rxb8 62. Kc5 (62. Kd5
Rf8 63. Nc6 Kc7 64. Nxa7 (64. b8=Q+ Rxb8 65. Nxb8 Kxb8 66. Ke5 (66. Kd6 Kc8 67.
Kc6 Kd8 (67... Kb8 68. Kd7 Ka8 69. Ke6 $18) 68. Kd6 (68. Kb7 Kd7 69. Kxa7 Kc7
$11) 68... Kc8 $16) 66... Kc7 67. Kf5 Kb6 68. Kxg5 Kxa6 69. Kxh4 Kb6 70. g4 a5
71. g5 a4 72. g6 a3 73. g7 a2 74. g8=Q a1=Q 75. Qe6+ $16) 64... Rf5+ 65. Kc4 (
65. Ke6 Rc5 66. Ke7 Re5+ 67. Kf6 Rd5 (67... Rc5 $2 68. Ke6 $22 g4 69. hxg4 Rg5
70. Kf6 Rxg4 71. Nc6 $18) 68. Kf7 (68. Kg6 Rd6+ 69. Kxg5 Rxa6 70. Nb5+ Kxb7 71.
Kxh4 Kc6 72. Nd4+ Kd5 73. Nf5 Ke6 $11) 68... Rf5+ 69. Ke6 (69. Ke7 Re5+ $11)
69... Rc5 $11) 65... Rf4+ 66. Kb5 Rf5+ 67. Kb4 Rf4+ 68. Ka5 Rf5+ 69. Nb5+ Kb8
70. Kb4 Rf6 71. Ka5 $11) 62... Kc7 63. Nc6 Rf8)) 55... Rg8 56. Re2 Rc5 57. Kd4
Bd6 58. Nd3 Rb5 59. Ne5+ Ke6 60. Ng4+ Kd7 61. Ne5+ $11) 55. Rc2 Rde8 (55... Rg8
56. Rf2 $16) 56. Rc5 Rb6 $4 (56... Rg8 57. Nd5 (57. Rd5+ Rd6 58. Kc4 Rxd5 59.
Kxd5 Rg6 60. Nd3 Rd6+ 61. Ke4 Kc6 62. Be5 Rd8 $17) 57... Rf8 58. Nb4 Rg8 $11)
57. Rd5+ $18 Rd6 $8 58. Rxg5 Re1 (58... Rde6 59. Rg4 Re2 60. Bc5 $22 $18) 59.
Rg7+ Ke6 60. Rg4 Rd1+ 61. Kc4 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 6th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1998.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Sale, Srdjan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.01.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 (10. Qd2 d6 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. Bd3 a5 13. O-O Nc5 14.
Bb1 Bc6 15. f4 O-O 16. e5 b6 17. exd6 Qxd6 18. Qxd6 exd6 19. Rfd1 $14 {
Polugaevsky,L-Kapengut,A/URS-ch/1971/}) 10... Qa5 (10... b6 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. O-O
O-O 13. Bb1 Rc8 14. b3 d6 15. Qd2 a5 16. Nd5 Nc5 17. Bg5 f6 18. Be3 $14 {
Huebner,R-Hernandez,R/Las Palmas/1976/}) 11. Bd3 (11. Be2 d6 12. O-O Bd7 13.
Nd5 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Bg7 15. Rxb7 $16 {Shamkovich,L-Waterman,S/Lone Pine/1975/})
11... b6 (11... d6 12. Bb1 (12. O-O Nc5 (12... Bd7 13. f4 Bc6 14. Bb1 O-O 15.
f5 Nc5 {[#]} 16. f6 Bxf6 17. Rxf6 exf6 18. b4 Qxb4 19. Qxd6 Na6 20. Qxf6 Rfe8
21. Bd4 Kf8 22. a3 Qa5 23. Rf1 Qc7 24. Qg7+ {1-0 Filipenko,A-Kliukin,B/Biel op
1993}) (12... O-O 13. Bb1 Bd7 14. f4 Nc5 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. e5 Bc6 17. Nc3 a5 18.
Rf2 Qb8 19. exd6 exd6 20. Bd4 Qd8 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. f5 Qg5 23. Qd4+ Kg8 24.
Rcf1 Rad8 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Qxd5 Qe3 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Bxg6 Kg7 29. Bc2 f5 30.
Qf3 Qxf3 31. Rxf3 Rde8 32. Bxf5 Re2 33. R3f2 Rxf2 34. Rxf2 Re8 35. g4 Re1+ 36.
Kg2 Na4 37. h4 Ra1 38. g5 Rxa2 39. h5 Rxb2 40. h6+ Kh8 41. Rxb2 {1-0 Mednis,
E-Byrne,D/USA (ch) 1973}) 13. Bb1 O-O 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Qe2 b6 16. Rfd1 a5 17. f4
e6 18. Nc3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Prie,E-Honfi,K/Paris op 1995 (66)}) 12... Bd7 13. O-O
g5 {The Black King remains in the center in this variation} 14. Bd2 $1 {
1-0 Korneev,O-Vokarev,S/RUS-ch Elista 1996 (38)} (14. Qd2 Rc8 15. b3 $14)) (
11... Bxc3+ 12. Rxc3 Qxa2 13. Qc1 Qa5 14. O-O $6 (14. c5 $5 $44) 14... b6 (
14... d6 $5) (14... Qc7 $6 15. c5 $1 O-O 16. f4 f5 (16... d6 17. cxd6 Qxd6 18.
f5 $36) 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Rf3 $1 $16 {1-0 Eingorn,V-Dorfman,J/URS-ch51 Lvov
1984 (25)}) 15. f4 Bb7 16. f5 Nc5 17. Bd4 O-O-O $14 {1-0 Yemelin,V-Ananchenko,
I/Komercni Banka, Pardubice CZE 1997 (44)}) 12. O-O (12. Bb1 Bb7 13. O-O Rc8
14. Qe2 Qb4 15. Nd1 Ba6 16. b3 b5 17. Bd2 Qd6 18. Ne3 O-O $132 {0-1 Forchert,
M-Oeljeklaus,G/NRW-II 1989 (43)}) 12... g5 13. a3 (13. Qd2 Qe5 (13... Bb7 14.
Bb1 Rc8 15. Rfd1 d6 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Be5 18. b4 Bf4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Horvath,
J-Gyorkos,L/Zalakaros op 1993 (20)}) 14. Rfd1 d6 15. b4 Bb7 16. c5 $5 (16. Nd5
$14) 16... bxc5 17. bxc5 dxc5 18. Bb5+ Kf8 19. Bc4 $1 $14 (19. Qd7 $6 Rb8 $132
{0-1 Neubauer,M-Martin del Campo,R/WchTJ U26 Paranana 1993 (26)})) (13. Bb1 Ba6
14. Nd5 Bxb2 15. Bd2 Qc5 16. Bb4 Qd4 17. Qa4 Bb7 (17... Bxc4 18. Rfd1 b5 $1 19.
Rxd4 bxa4 20. Rdxc4 Bxc1 21. Rxc1 $16) 18. Rcd1 Bxd5 (18... Bc6 19. Qc2 Qg7 20.
Nxe7 $16) 19. cxd5 (19. Rxd4 Bc6 20. Qc2 Bxd4 21. Rd1 $44 {0-1 Mohr,
G-Greenfeld,A/Vidmar-mem 1989 (45)}) 19... Nc5 20. Qb5 Qf6 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22.
Qxc5 $14) (13. Nd5 $1 Bb7 (13... Bxb2 $2 14. Rb1 (14. Bd2 $1 Qa6 (14... Qxa2
15. Qc2 Nd4 (15... Qa3 16. Bb4 $18) 16. Qb1 $16) 15. Rc2 Be5 16. Bb4 d6 17. c5
b5 18. cxd6 $16) 14... Be5 15. Rb5 Qxa2 16. Nxe7 Bxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Kxe7 18. Bxg5+
Nxg5 19. Rxg5 $40) 14. a4 $1 (14. b4 Qxa2 $132) 14... Bc6 $8 15. b3 (15. b4 $2
Qxa4 16. Qxa4 Bxa4 17. Bxg5 $2 Nxg5 18. Nc7+ Kd8 19. Nxa8 Bc6 $17) 15... h5 16.
Bd2 $1 $18 {1-0 Razuvaev,Y-Ermenkov,E/Polanica Zdrój 1972 (26)}) 13... Bb7 (
13... Qe5 14. b4 Bb7 15. Nd5 Rc8 16. g3 (16. Qa4 Qb8 17. Rfd1 $14) 16... Qd6
17. f4 gxf4 18. gxf4 Bd4 19. Qf3 Rg8+ 20. Kh1 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 f5 22. Rce1 {
1/2-1/2 Marin,M-Biriescu,I/ROM-ch Predeal 1988} (22. Qh3 $14)) 14. Re1 (14. Bd2
Qe5 15. b4 Rc8 16. Nd5 h5 17. Bc3 Qb8 18. Qd2 Rg8 19. Bxg7 Rxg7 20. Qb2 f6 21.
Rfe1 $14 {0-1 Ashlanian,L-Ankerst,M/EU-chTW Debrecen ARM-SLO 1992 (40)}) 14...
h5 15. Bd2 $1 $16 Qe5 (15... Bc6 16. Nd5 $16) 16. b4 Qb8 17. Nd5 Be5 18. h3 (
18. g3 $2 h4 $132) 18... Nf4 $6 (18... g4 $1 19. hxg4 hxg4 20. Qxg4 Bb2 21. Rb1
(21. Bc3 $2 Qh2+ 22. Kf1 Bxc1 $19) 21... Qh2+ 22. Kf1 Be5 (22... Nd4 $2 23. f4
$1 $18) (22... Bxa3 23. Bc3 $1 $16) 23. Be3 $16) (18... Bb2 $6 19. Rb1 Bg7 $16
(19... Bxa3 $2 20. Qa4 $18)) 19. Nxf4 gxf4 (19... Bxf4 20. e5 $1 Bxd2 21. Qxd2
g4 22. h4 $16 (22. hxg4 Rg8 23. g5 $16)) 20. c5 $1 Rh6 (20... Bd4 21. Qf3 (21.
Bb5 Qc7 (21... bxc5 22. Bc3 $1 $18) 22. Bc3 Bxc3 23. Rxc3 Rd8 24. Qd3 $16)
21... e5 22. Rc4 bxc5 23. bxc5 Bc6 24. Bxf4 $16) 21. Bb5 $6 (21. Qf3 $1 f6 (
21... Qc7 22. Red1 $16) 22. Red1 $16) 21... Bc6 (21... Qc7 22. cxb6 Qxb6 23.
Rc5 $1 (23. Bxd7+ Kxd7 24. Bxf4+ Rd6 25. Qa4+ Bc6 26. Rxc6 Qxc6 27. Qxc6+ Rxc6
28. Bxe5 Ke6 $132) 23... Qe6 24. Bxd7+ Qxd7 (24... Kxd7 25. Rxe5 Qxe5 26. Bxf4+
Rd6 27. Bxe5 Rxd1 28. Rxd1+ Ke6 29. Bb2 $18) 25. Rxe5 $18) 22. Be2 $6 (22. Bd3
$1 $16) (22. Bxc6 dxc6 23. Bc3 Bxc3 24. Rxc3 Qe5 25. Qc2 b5 (25... Rc8 26. Rd1
$16) 26. Rd3 Rg6 27. Red1 Qg5 28. f3 Qg3 29. Qd2 Kf8 30. Kh1 Kg7 31. Rd7 $14)
22... h4 $2 $18 (22... Bb2 $5 23. Rb1 Bd4 24. Bxh5 Qe5 25. Bg4 $16) (22... Bxe4
23. Bxh5 Bc6 (23... Bg6 24. Bf3 $18) 24. Qg4 Kf8 25. Qg5 Re6 26. Qf5 Bf6 27.
Bxf4 $18) 23. b5 (23. Bh5 $1 b5 (23... Rh8 24. b5 $1 Bb7 (24... Bxb5 25. Bxf7+
Kxf7 26. Qb3+ Ke8 27. Qxb5 f3 28. c6 Bh2+ 29. Kh1 fxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Rg8+ 31. Kh1
$18)) 24. Qg4 Rh8 25. Qf5 Rf8 26. Bc3 Bxc3 27. Rxc3 a5 28. Rf3 e5 29. Rd3 axb4
30. axb4 Ra4 31. Rd6 $18) 23... Bxe4 24. Bf3 (24. Bg4 $5 f5 25. Rxe4 $1 fxe4
26. Bxd7+ Kf8 (26... Kxd7 27. Bxf4+ Rd6 28. cxd6 $18) 27. Bc6 $1 (27. Qg4 bxc5
(27... e3 28. fxe3 bxc5 29. Be6 (29. Rxc5 Qd6 30. Bb4 Rd8 31. Rc6 (31. Rc8 Rxc8
32. Bxd6 Rc1+ 33. Kf2 fxe3+ 34. Ke2 Rxd6 35. Be6 Rc2+ $11) 31... Qxd7 32. Qxd7
Rxd7 33. Rxh6 fxe3 34. Kf1 Bg3 35. Ke2 Rd5 36. b6 axb6 37. Rxb6 Bf2 38. Rb7 $16
) (29. Bc6 Qd6 30. Bxa8 Qxd2 31. Qc8+ Kg7 32. Qxc5 Qxe3+ $14) 29... Rxe6 30.
Qxe6 Qd6 31. Qf5+ Bf6 32. Rc2 a6 33. bxa6 Rxa6 34. Ra2 fxe3 35. Bxe3 Qd1+ 36.
Kh2 (36. Kf2 Rd6 37. Bxc5 $14) 36... Qd6+ 37. Bf4 $16) 28. Be6 Rxe6 29. Qxe6
Qd6 30. Qf5+ Kg8 31. Qxe4 Rf8 (31... Rd8 32. Re1 Qxd2 33. Qxe5 $18) 32. Bc3
Bxc3 33. Rxc3 $16) 27... Rxc6 28. bxc6 bxc5 29. Rxc5 Qd6 30. Qc2 f3 31. gxf3
Qg6+ 32. Kf1 Qe6 33. Qxe4 Qxh3+ 34. Ke2 Bf6 35. Bh6+ $18) 24... Bxf3 (24... d5
25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Rxe4 bxc5 27. Rxc5 Bd6 28. Rg5 Rh8 29. Qf3 $18) 25. Qxf3 f6 (
25... Re6 26. Rxe5 $1 Rxe5 27. Bxf4 $18) 26. c6 dxc6 (26... Bd6 27. c7 $18) 27.
Qxc6+ Kf7 28. Rxe5 $1 Qxe5 (28... fxe5 29. Qxh6) 29. Qxa8 Rg6 30. Re1 Qxb5 31.
Qxa7 Qd5 32. Qxe7+ Kg8 33. Qe8+ Kh7 34. Re7+ Rg7 35. Rxg7+ Kxg7 36. Qe7+ Kg6
37. Bxf4 1-0

[Event "Bad Woerishofen op 14th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "Espig, Lutz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1998.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. e4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 e5 10. Nb5 O-O 11. Nxd4 (11. Qd2 Qh4 12. Bd3 d5 13. cxd5 Nxb5
14. Bxb5 Qxe4 15. O-O Rd8 16. Rfd1 $16) (11. Bd3 d6 (11... Nxb5 12. cxb5 d5 13.
O-O (13. exd5 Qxd5 14. f3 Be6 15. O-O Rfd8 16. Be2 Qxd1 {1/2-1/2 Beck,D-Hempel,
M/OLO-B 1994}) (13. Bc5 Re8 14. b6 axb6 15. Ba3 dxe4 16. Bb5 Qxd1+ (16... Qg5
17. Bxe8 Qxg2 18. Qd8 $4 (18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Qd5+ $14) 18... Qxh1+ 19. Kd2 e3+
20. fxe3 Qxh2+ {0-1 Koelle,A-Rogers,I/Melbourne tt 1981}) 17. Rxd1 Bg4 $17)
13... d4 14. Bd2 Be6 15. Qa4 Qd7 16. Rac1 a6 17. a3 Rfc8 18. Qa5 axb5 19. Qxb5
Qxb5 20. Bxb5 f5 21. Bd3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bykhovsky,A-Afek,Y/Tel Aviv Czerniak
1996 (39)}) 12. O-O a6 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Bf4 Be5 15. Bg3 b5 16. f4 Bg7 17. Rc1
Be6 18. b3 bxc4 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. Rxc4 d5 21. exd5 Qxd5 $11 {0-1 Marggraff,
B-Cmiel,T/Porz op 1993 (35)}) (11. Rc1 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxa2 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Bxd4
Re8 15. Bxg7 Rxe4+ 16. Be2 Kxg7 17. O-O Qa6 18. Bf3 Re5 19. c5 $44 {1/2-1/2
Kaiszauri,K-Espig,L/Vilnius 1978 (32)}) 11... exd4 12. Bxd4 Qa5+ 13. Ke2 Re8
14. f3 d5 15. Bxg7 (15. cxd5 Rxe4+ 16. fxe4 Bg4+ $19) 15... Rxe4+ 16. Kd3 (16.
Kf2 Qc5+ 17. Kg3 Qe3 18. h3 Qf4+ 19. Kf2 Kxg7 20. Qc1 (20. Qc1 {1/2-1/2
Aizenshtadt,I-Aronson,L/Soviet Union 1961}) 20... Qf6 21. cxd5 Rd4 22. Bc4 Qb6
23. Qc3 Kg8 24. Kf1 Bd7 $15 {0-1 Robatsch,K-Stanec,N/AUT-ch 1995 (40)}) 16...
Re8 $4 (16... Rxc4 $1 $11 {Very strange game: Black playes Re8 ?? - losing
move - instead of Rc4 - equal position.  Why Wojitkievicz plays white this
variation? Maybe he prepared something, but what?} 17. Ke3 $1 (17. Bd4 $4 Bf5+
18. Ke3 Re8+ 19. Kf2 Rc2+ 20. Kg3 Rd2 $19) (17. Bc3 $2 Bf5+ 18. Ke2 (18. Kd2
Rd4+ 19. Ke1 Rxd1+ $19 {0-1 Pariente Lopez,F-Nava Pereda,C/ESP-chT 1995 (27)})
(18. Ke3 Qb6+ 19. Kd2 Re8 20. Kc1 Qe3+ 21. Qd2 Qe1+ 22. Qxe1 (22. Qd1 Rxc3+ 23.
bxc3 Qxc3+ 24. Qc2 Qxc2#) 22... Rxe1+ 23. Kd2 Rxa1 24. Bxc4 Rxh1 25. Bxd5 Rxh2
$19) 18... Qc5 19. Qb3 (19. Qc1 d4 $19) 19... Re8+ 20. Kd1 Rd4+ 21. Bxd4 Qxd4+
22. Bd3 Re3 $19) 17... Qc5+ 18. Kd2 (18. Bd4 Qe7+ 19. Kf4 (19. Kf2 Qh4+ 20. g3
(20. Ke3 Bf5 $19) 20... Qxd4+ 21. Qxd4 Rxd4 22. Be2 Be6 $17) 19... Qh4+ 20. g4
(20. Ke3 Bf5 21. Bxc4 Re8+ $19) 20... Bxg4 21. fxg4 (21. Bxc4 Bf5+ 22. Ke3 Re8+
$19) 21... Qf2+ 22. Ke5 Re8+ 23. Kxd5 Rxd4+ $19) 18... Kxg7 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20.
Qc2 $1 (20. Qe1 $2 Qg5+ 21. Kc3 (21. Qe3 Qxg2+ 22. Kc3 Bf5 23. Rac1 b5 $17)
21... Qf6+ 22. Kc2 Bf5+ 23. Kc1 c3 $1 $19 {0-1 Brunner,L-Ekstroem,R/SWZ-GP
1990 (28)}) (20. Qg1 $2 Qb4+ 21. Kc1 c3 $19) (20. Kc3 $2 Qe3+ $19) (20. Ke1 $2
Bf5 21. Qe2 Rd8 $17) (20. Re1 $2 c3+ 21. bxc3 (21. Kc1 Bf5 22. Qb3 Rc8 23.
Qxc3+ (23. bxc3 Qd4 $19) 23... Qd4 $3 $19) 21... Bf5 $19) 20... Bf5 21. Qc3+
Kg8 22. Rad1 (22. Kc1 Rd8 23. Re1 (23. g4 Rd3 24. Qe1 Be6 $15) 23... Qf2 24. g4
Bd3 25. Qd2 Qxf3 $15) (22. Rae1 Qf2+ 23. Kc1 Qxg2 24. h4 b5 25. Reg1 $11) 22...
Qf2+ 23. Kc1 Qxg2 24. h4 b5 25. Rdg1 (25. h5 b4 26. Qd2 Qxf3 $19) (25. Rhg1 Qh2
26. Qd2 Qxh4 27. Rh1 Qf6 28. Qh6 (28. Qd4 Qxd4 29. Rxd4 h5 $17) 28... Qg7 $17)
25... Qe2 26. Re1 (26. h5 b4 27. Qd2 Qxf3 28. hxg6 fxg6 (28... Bxg6 29. Qh6 Qd5
30. Qxh7+ Kf8 31. Qh8+ Ke7 32. Qh4+ $18) 29. Qh6 Qb7 $19) 26... Qg2 $11) (16...
Rf4 $4 17. Ke3 (17. Bc3 $18) 17... d4+ 18. Bxd4 Qg5 19. Kf2 $18 {1-0
Przewoznik,J-Maciejewski,M/Miedzybrodzie 1991 (22)}) 17. Bc3 $18 dxc4+ 18. Kc2
Bf5+ 19. Kc1 Qc5 20. b4 $2 $146 (20. Qd2 $142 Rad8 21. Qh6 $8 f6 22. Qf4 $1 (
22. g4 Bd3 23. Bxd3 (23. Bxf6 Rd7 24. Bc3 Qf2 25. Bxd3 cxd3 26. Qd2 Re2 27. Qd1
d2+ 28. Kc2 Re1 29. Qxd2 Rxd2+ 30. Bxd2 Qc5+ 31. Bc3 Re2+ $19) 23... cxd3 24.
Kb1 Qf2 25. Qd2 Qxf3 26. Qd1 Re2 27. Rf1 Qxg4 28. Qb3+ Qe6 29. Qxe6+ Rxe6 30.
Kc1 Re2 $17) 22... b5 23. g4 Re3 (23... b4 24. Qxc4+ Rd5 25. gxf5 (25. Qxc5
Rxc5 26. gxf5 Re1+ 27. Kd2 Rxa1 28. Bxf6 Kf7 29. Bh8 Kg8 30. Bd4 Rcc1 31. Bc4+
Rxc4 32. Rxa1 Rxd4+ 33. Ke3 Rh4 34. fxg6 Rxh2 35. gxh7+ Kxh7 36. Rb1 Kg6 37.
Kd4 Kf5 38. Kc5 $16) 25... bxc3 26. Qxc5 Rxc5 27. bxc3 Rxc3+ 28. Kd2 Rxf3 29.
fxg6 $18) 24. gxf5 Rxc3+ 25. bxc3 g5 26. Bxc4+ bxc4 27. Qe4 $18 {1-0 Novikov,
I-Hauchard,A/Cappelle op 1995 (39)}) 20... cxb3 $14 21. Qd4 (21. Qxb3 $4 Rac8
22. Kb2 Qf2+ 23. Ka3 Rxc3 $19) 21... Qxd4 (21... Re1+ $142 22. Kb2 Qxd4 23.
Bxd4 Rxa1 24. Kxa1 Rd8 25. Bxa7 (25. Bf6 Rd1+ 26. Kb2 bxa2 27. Kxa2 Bd3 28.
Bxd3 Rxh1 $17) 25... Ra8 26. Bc4 Rxa7 27. Bxb3 h5 28. Rd1 $14) 22. Bxd4 Rac8+
$2 (22... Re1+ 23. Kb2 Rxa1 24. Kxa1 Rd8 $14) 23. Kb2 Rc2+ $2 (23... bxa2 $16
24. Bb5 $1 (24. Rxa2 Red8 25. Be5 Rc2+ 26. Kb3 Rxa2 27. Kxa2 Rd1 28. g4 Bd3 29.
Bxd3 (29. Bg2 Rd2+ $17) 29... Rxh1 30. Be4 b6 $11) (24. Kxa2 $16) 24... Red8 (
24... Rc2+ 25. Ka3 Rd8 26. Rhd1 Rxg2 $14 (26... Be6 27. Bf6 Rd5 28. Rxd5 Bxd5
29. Rd1 Rc5 30. Bc4 $3 Rxc4 31. Rxd5 Rc8 32. Rd7 Rb8 33. Kxa2 $18)) 25. Rhd1
Rc2+ 26. Ka3 Rxg2 27. Rxa2 Rxa2+ 28. Kxa2 h5 $14) 24. Kxb3 Rd2 25. Bc3 Rd6 26.
Bb5 Rb6 27. a4 1-0

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ionescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1998.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 c5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Be3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. Rc1 b6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. f3 g5 (13... h5 14.
O-O g5 15. a3 Qe5 16. Rfd1 d6 17. Bf1 h4 18. b4 Kf8 19. Qf2 Rc8 20. Nb5 $16 {
1-0 Arnason-Pares Vives/Murcia rc/SW,25,5 1990 (25)}) 14. O-O h5 15. Rfd1 $14
Rd8 (15... Bc6 16. a3 Qe5 (16... d6 17. Qc2 (17. Nd5 Qxd2 18. Rxd2 h4 19. b4
Be5 20. c5 dxc5 21. bxc5 bxc5 22. Bxc5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Bf4 24. Rc3 Nxc5 25. Rdxc5
Kf8 {1/2-1/2 Petit,R-Beck,T/Genf op sp 1996 (29)}) 17... Qe5 18. Rd5 $1 Bxd5 (
18... Qf6 $1 $14) 19. cxd5 Nd4 (19... Nf4 20. g3 Nh3+ 21. Kg2 g4 22. Qa4+ Kf8
23. f4 Qf6 24. Bxb6 $16) 20. Qa4+ Kf8 21. Bf1 $1 (21. Qd7 $2 Bf6 22. Bd1 Kg7
23. g3 Rhd8 $15 (23... Nxf3+ $2 24. Bxf3 $16 {1-0 Mate,G-Monus,Z/
Hajduboszormeny op 1995 (30)})) 21... Qf6 22. Rd1 $16) 17. b4 d6 18. Nd5 h4 19.
Bd3 $14 (19. Qc3 $6 Rc8 20. Qxe5 Bxe5 $11 {0-1 Backstrom,M-Sjodahl,P/Rilton
Cup 1990 (58)})) (15... d6 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Rc8 18. b4 Be5 19. a4 (19. Bd1
Rg8 20. Ba4+ Kf8 21. Bb3 Rg6 {1/2-1/2 Ionov,S-Savon,V/RUS-chT Podolsk 1992})
19... h4 20. Bf1 f6 21. Ra2 Bd4 22. Kf2 Kf7 23. a5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Bxe3+ 25. Kxe3
Nf4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Larsen,B/Brussels SWIFT 1987 (47)}) 16. Nb5 (16. b3
$14) (16. c5 $6 Nxc5 (16... bxc5 17. Bc4 (17. Bxg5 Nxg5 18. Qxg5 Bh6 $17) 17...
g4 18. f4 d6 (18... Bxc3 19. Rxc3 Bxe4 20. Bxe6 fxe6 (20... dxe6 21. Qxd8+ Qxd8
22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Ra3 $11) 21. Rxc5 Qxd2 22. Rxd2 $44) 19. Qd3 $44) 17. Bxg5
$14) 16... Qxd2 (16... Qxa2 17. Nd4 $1 (17. Ra1 Qxb2 18. Qxb2 Bxb2 19. Rxa7 Bc6
20. Bxb6 Rb8 21. Nc7+ Nxc7 22. Bxc7 Ra8 $11) 17... Qa5 (17... Nxd4 18. Bxd4
Bxd4+ 19. Qxd4 f6 20. Ra1 Qb3 21. Rxa7 Bc6 22. Qd2 $16) 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. b4 (
19. Qxa5 bxa5 20. Ra1 $14) 19... Qe5 20. Bxg5 $16) 17. Rxd2 Ra8 18. Nd4 $5 (18.
c5 $5 a6 (18... bxc5 19. Bc4 Bc6 20. Bxe6 Bxb5 21. Rxc5 dxe6 22. Rxb5 $16) (
18... Bc6 19. cxb6 axb6 20. Bc4 $14) 19. Nd4 Nxc5 20. b4 Ne6 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22.
b5 $1 $14 (22. Bxb6 $14)) 18... Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 20. Rxd4 d6 21. b4 O-O 22.
c5 $6 (22. e5 $5 dxe5 (22... Rfe8 23. exd6 exd6 24. Kf2 $14) 23. Rd7 Bc6 24.
Rxe7 Rfe8 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. c5 $14) 22... Rfc8 $1 $11 23. Rdd1 bxc5 24. bxc5
Rxc5 25. Rxc5 dxc5 26. Rd7 Bc8 27. Rd5 (27. Rxe7 Be6 28. Rc7 Rc8 29. Rxa7 c4
30. Bd1 Rd8 $44) 27... f6 28. Rd8+ $11 (28. Rxc5 Be6 29. Ra5 h4 30. Kf2 Kf7 31.
Ke3 Bd7 32. Bc4+ e6 33. Kd4 Ke7 34. e5 f5 35. g3 Bc8 36. Rc5 Bd7 37. Rc7 a5 38.
f4 hxg3 39. hxg3 gxf4 40. gxf4 Rb8 41. Kc5 (41. a4 Ke8 42. Kc5 Bxa4 43. Bxe6
Rb5+ 44. Kd4 Rb4+ 45. Rc4 Rxc4+ 46. Kxc4 Bc2 47. Kb5 Ke7 48. Bc4 a4 49. Kb4 Bd1
50. Bb5 Bc2 51. Bxa4 Bd3 52. Kc3 Ba6 53. Kd4 Bc8 (53... Be2 54. Ke3 Ba6 55. Kf2
Kf7 56. Bb3+ Kg6 57. Ke3 Kg7 58. Kd4 Kf8 59. Be6 $18) 54. Ke3 Kf8 55. Kd4 (55.
Kf2 Kg7 56. Kg3 Kh6 57. Kh4) 55... Ke7 56. Kc5 Be6 57. Bb5 Bc8 58. Kb6 Be6 59.
Kc7 (59. Bd3 Bd7 $11) 59... Bd5 60. Bc6 Be6 61. Bb7 Bc4 (61... Bd7 62. Bc8 $18)
62. Bc8 Bd3 63. Kc6 Be4+ 64. Kc5 Bd3 65. Kd4 Be4 66. Ke3 Kf7 67. Kf2 Bc2 68.
Kg3 Kg6 69. Kh4 Bb3 (69... Kh6 70. Bd7 Kg6 71. Be8+ Kh6 72. e6 Kg7 73. Kg5 $18)
70. Bd7 Bd5 71. Be8+ Kh6 72. Kg3 Kg7 73. Bd7 Kg6 (73... Be4 74. Kh4 $18) 74.
Kf2 Be4 75. Be6 Kg7 76. Ke3 Kf8 77. Kd4 Ke7 78. Bd5 Bc2 79. Bc4 Ba4 (79... Bd1
80. Bd3 Bg4 81. Ke3 $18) 80. Kd5 Bd7 81. Ba6 $11) 41... a4 42. Ra7 Rb2 43. a3
Rc2 $11) 28... Kg7 29. Bc4 Rb8 30. Rg8+ Kh6 31. Rh8+ Kg7 32. Rg8+ Kh6 33. Bb3
a5 34. Rh8+ Kg6 35. Rg8+ Kh6 36. Rh8+ Kg6 37. Rg8+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Europe-Americas"]
[Site "Mermaid Beach"]
[Date "1998.01.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.01.26"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 10336]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6
7. Nc3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 e5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O d6 12. a4 a6 (12... Be6
13. Nb5 a6 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bd2 Rc8 16. b3 (16. Qb3 Qd7 17. a5 Rc5 18. Qa4 $11
{1-0 King,D-Rogers,I/BL 1996 (42)}) 16... f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Qf3 (18. Bb4 Be5
19. Ra2 Qg5 20. g3 Bd7 21. Be4 Bc6 22. Bd2 Qd8 23. Re1 $14 {1-0 Horvath,
J-Kallai,G/Magyar Bajnoksag 1995 (36)}) 18... d5 (18... Qd7 19. Rfe1 Rf7 20.
Bxf5 Rxf5 21. Qd3 Rcf8 22. Re2 $16 {1-0 Spraggett,K-Garcia,I/Candas op 1992 
(40)}) 19. Rac1 Qd7 20. cxd5 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Qxd5 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Re1 Qf5 24.
Re4 $11 {1-0 Smyslov,V-Fabiano,G/Roma op 1990 (45)}) (12... b6 13. Nb5 a6 14.
Nxd4 exd4 15. Bd2 Bb7 16. a5 bxa5 17. Rxa5 Re8 18. Re1 Rc8 19. b4 Re5 20. Rxe5
dxe5 $11 (20... Bxe5 21. Qb3 $14 {0-1 Wirthensohn,H-Steiger,W/OLBaden 1992 (36)
})) (12... Nc6 13. Nd5 Be6 14. Qd2 Nd4 15. Ra3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Vera,R-Matamoros
Franco,C/Capablanca Premier 1997 (43)}) 13. a5 Be6 14. Qa4 (14. Nd5 Rc8 (14...
Bxd5 15. exd5 $14 {Hebert,J}) 15. Nb6 Rc7 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. f4 f6 (17... f5 18.
exf5 Bxf5 19. Nd5 $14) 18. Qf3 $14 {1-0 Hebert,J-Sermek,D/Cannes op 1995 (50)})
14... Rc8 15. Nd5 Bxd5 (15... f5 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Qb3 $14) 16.
cxd5 $14 (16. exd5 Qh4 $132) 16... Rc5 (16... f5 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. exf5 gxf5
$14) 17. Rfc1 Qe7 (17... f5 18. Rxc5 dxc5 19. f3 $14 (19. exf5 gxf5 20. Rc1 Qd6
$132)) 18. Rxc5 dxc5 19. Rc1 Rd8 20. Qc4 Bf8 21. f4 $1 (21. f3 $14) 21... Qf6 (
21... exf4 22. Bxf4 Bg7 23. Kh1 (23. Qxc5 $2 Qxc5 24. Rxc5 Ne2+ 25. Bxe2 Bd4+
26. Kf1 Bxc5 $17) 23... Qh4 24. Rf1 Qe7 25. d6 $16) 22. b4 (22. Rf1 $16) (22.
fxe5 Qxe5 23. Rf1 Nf5 24. Bf4 Qd4+ 25. Qxd4 Nxd4 26. Bc4 $14) 22... exf4 (22...
Bh6 23. Rf1 (23. bxc5 Bxf4 24. Bxf4 Qxf4 25. Rd1 Qe3+ 26. Kh1 h5 27. Qc3 $14)
23... cxb4 (23... exf4 24. bxc5 Nb5 25. g3 $16 (25. Qb4 Qe5 26. Bd2 $16)) 24.
Qxb4 $16) 23. Rf1 b5 (23... Qe7 24. Bxf4 Nb5 25. bxc5 Qxc5+ 26. Qxc5 Bxc5+ 27.
Kh1 Nc3 28. Rc1 Bb4 29. Bc7 (29. Be5 Nxd5 30. exd5 Rxd5 31. Bc3 $1 Bxc3 (31...
Rc5 32. Bd2 Rxc1+ 33. Bxc1 Bxa5 34. Be4 $18) 32. Rxc3 Rxa5 33. Kg1 $16) 29...
Rd7 30. d6 Na2 31. Rf1 Bxd6 32. Bxd6 Rxd6 33. Bc4 Nc3 34. e5 Rd2 35. Rxf7 Nd5
36. Rf1 Rd4 37. Bb3 Kg7 38. e6 Nf6 $132) 24. axb6 Qxb6 25. Bxf4 $2 (25. Rxf4 $1
Bh6 26. bxc5 $1 Qb8 27. d6 (27. e5 Qxe5 28. Qxd4 Qxd4 29. Bxd4 Bxf4 30. Bc4 a5
31. d6 Bxd6 32. cxd6 Rxd6 $17) (27. Qxd4 Bxf4 28. Bxf4 Qxf4 29. Bxa6 Re8 30.
Bd3 Qc1+ 31. Bf1 Qf4 32. c6 (32. d6 $1 Qc1 (32... Rxe4 33. Qf2 Qxf2+ 34. Kxf2
Rf4+ (34... Rd4 35. Ke3 Rd5 36. Bc4 $18) 35. Ke3 $18) 33. e5 Rc8 34. d7 Rd8 35.
g3 h5 36. Qd5 g5 37. c6 Kg7 38. Kf2 Qb2+ 39. Be2 Qb6+ 40. Kg2 $18) 32... Rxe4
33. Qc3 Re7 $11) 27... Bxf4 28. Bxf4 Qb2 29. h3 (29. c6 Nxc6 $19) 29... Ne6 30.
Bg3 Qa1+ 31. Kh2 Qa3 32. c6 Rxd6 33. Bxd6 Qxd6+ 34. g3 $14) 25... Qxb4 26. Qxa6
Nb3 $4 $18 (26... Bg7 $1 27. e5 Nf5 28. e6 Qd4+ 29. Kh1 Qxd5 30. exf7+ Kh8 (
30... Qxf7 31. Bc4 $18) 31. Bc4 Qd7 32. Bg5 Rf8 33. Be6 Qc7 34. Bxf5 gxf5 35.
Rxf5 Qd7 36. Qf1 c4 37. Rf3 (37. Bc1 c3 38. Ba3 c2 39. Rf4 Qd1 40. Qg1 Rb8 41.
Re4 (41. Rc4 h6 $19) 41... Rb1 42. Re8+ Bf8 $19) 37... c3 38. Rxc3 Rxf7 39.
Rc8+ Qxc8 40. Qxf7 h6 $16) 27. Be5 $1 Be7 $8 28. Qa7 (28. Bc7 $2 Rf8 29. d6 Bg5
$132) 28... c4 (28... Kf8 29. d6 $18) 29. d6 Re8 (29... cxd3 30. Qxe7 $18) 30.
Qd7 Qb6+ 31. Kh1 Qd8 32. Bxc4 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shchekachev, Andrei"]
[Black "Vokarev, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 c5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Be3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 Qa5 11. Be2 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. f3 g5 $6 {This
variation certainly can't be recommended. Black strategy plan is dubious: His
K had to stay in the centre and will be vulnerable.} 14. Rf2 Be5 (14... d6 15.
Bf1 O-O $6 {Not in spirit of this variation.} 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nf4 18. g3
Ng6 19. Bxg5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Bolehradski,J-Lehmann,H/Budapest 1995/EXT 97 (34)}) (
14... Qe5 15. Bf1 Rd8 16. b4 (16. Nd5 Qb8 17. b4 Be5 18. g3 h5 19. f4 $5 (19.
c5 h4 20. g4 $14) 19... gxf4 20. gxf4 Bxd5 21. exd5 (21. Qxd5 $2 Nxf4 22. Bxf4
Bxf4 23. Qf5 e5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Van Beek,G-Muhren,W/Hengelo 1999/EXT 2000 (25)})
21... Nxf4 22. Qf3 Rg8+ 23. Kh1 Rg4 24. c5 $18 {[%csl Rf4,Rf7][%cal Gc1c4,
Gf2f7]}) 16... O-O 17. Nd5 Rfe8 18. Qa4 Qb8 19. Rd2 $14 {1-0 Koglin,A-Ankerst,
M/Germany 1995/EXT 99 (40)}) ({More popular is} 14... h5 15. Bf1 Qe5 16. Rd2 (
16. Qd2 h4 17. Rd1 Bc6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 $14 {1-0 Shchekachev,A-Ljubojevic,
L/Antwerp 1997/CBM 59 ext (63)}) (16. Nd5 Rc8 17. Rd2 Qb8 18. Qa4 Be5 19. g3 h4
20. Qa3 Rc5 21. b4 Rc8 22. g4 f6 23. c5 $14 {1-0 Volzhin,A-Fluvia Poyatos,J/
Barbera 1999/EXT 2001 (47)}) 16... d6 17. Nd5 Kf8 18. b4 Bh6 19. Qb3 (19. c5
bxc5 20. bxc5 dxc5 21. Nxe7 $1 (21. Rxc5 $6 Nxc5 22. Bxc5 Bxd5 23. Bd4 Qc7 24.
Bxh8 Be6 25. Rc2 Rd8 26. Rxc7 Rxd1 27. Bc3 (27. Rxa7 f6 {[%csl Rh8]}) 27... g4
28. Kf2 Rc1 $132 {0-1 Ramesh,R-Konguvel,P/Nagpur 1999/CBM 69 ext (72)}) 21...
Kxe7 (21... g4 22. Bxh6+ Rxh6 23. Rd7 $18) 22. Rd7+ Kf6 23. Rxb7 g4 24. Bxh6
Rxh6 25. Rd7 $16 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gd7d5]}) 19... g4 20. Bxh6+ Rxh6 21. Qe3 Qg7
22. f4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Larsen,B/Hastings 1987/EXT 99 (42)}) 15. a3 {
Simple and good move.} (15. g3 $6 h5 16. Bf1 (16. Nd5 $6 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Qa3 18.
Bf1 Bxd5 (18... Be5 $44) 19. Qxd5 Nc7 20. Qd2 Bc3 21. Qd3 Bb4 $44 {1-0
Ikonnikov,D-Vokarev,S/Perm 1993/CBM 38 (33)}) 16... h4 17. g4 (17. Kg2 $2 hxg3
18. hxg3 Bxg3 19. Kxg3 Qe5+ $19) 17... Nf4 {[%csl Ge5,Gf4,Gg5]} 18. a3 $14 {
[%csl Ra5,Re8]}) (15. Bf1 Bf4 16. Bxf4 Nxf4 17. Nd5 Qc5 18. b4 Qd6 19. c5 bxc5
20. bxc5 Qe5 21. Rd2 $16 (21. Ne3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Sharif,M-Birmingham,E/Val
Thorens 1988/EXT 97 (21)})) 15... Bc6 16. Bf1 Qa6 ({Or} 16... h5 17. Nd5 $16)
17. c5 $1 {White immediately uses opening centre possibility.} Qb7 18. cxb6
axb6 19. Nd5 {[%csl Rb6]} b5 (19... Bf4 20. Bc4 $16 {[%cal Gd1b3]}) 20. g3 {
[%csl Re8][%cal Gf3f4]} Rg8 ({or} 20... h5 21. f4 gxf4 22. gxf4 Rg8+ 23. Bg2
$16 {-see below.}) 21. Bg2 Bb8 (21... h5 22. f4 gxf4 23. gxf4 Bb8 24. Qxh5 $16)
22. Rd2 h5 23. Bh3 $1 ({Not badly also} 23. Qb3 Ba7 24. Bxa7 Qxa7+ 25. Kh1 Qa5
26. Nb4 h4 27. g4 Nf4 28. Rdc2 Qa4 29. Qc3 $16) 23... h4 24. Bf2 hxg3 25. hxg3
Ba7 $2 $18 ({More stubborn looks} 25... Rh8 26. Bxe6 ({interesting is also} 26.
Kg2 b4 (26... Bf4 $2 27. gxf4 Bxd5 28. Bxe6 Bxe6 29. f5 Ba2 30. b3 $18 {
[%csl Ra2]}) 27. Nxb4 (27. Nb6 Bxg3 28. Bxe6 (28. Kxg3 Qb8+ $19) 28... fxe6 (
28... Bxf2 29. Bxd7+ Bxd7 30. Nxa8 Bh3+ 31. Kxf2 Qa7+ 32. Kg3 Qxa8 33. Rc7 $18)
29. Nxa8 Bxf2 30. Rxf2 Qb8 31. Kg1 bxa3 32. bxa3 Qxa8 33. Qd4 Rg8 34. Rc3 $16)
27... Bf4 28. Bxe6 Bxd2 29. Qxd2 fxe6 30. Nxc6 dxc6 31. Qc3 (31. Qxg5 Qxb2 32.
Rxc6 Kf7 33. Rc7 Qxa3 34. e5 Rh7 35. Qf6+ Kg8 36. Qxe6+ Kh8 37. Rc8+ Rxc8 38.
Qxc8+ Kg7 $14) 31... Kf7 32. Rc2 Rac8 33. b4 $16) 26... fxe6 27. Nb4 Be5 28.
Nxc6 dxc6 29. Qb3 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gb3e6]} (29. Qc2 b4 30. axb4 Qxb4 31. Qxc6+
Kf7 32. Qd7 Rad8 33. Qxd8 Rxd8 34. Rxd8 Bxg3 35. Rc2 Bd6 $44) 29... Kf7 30. Rc5
Qc7 31. Kg2 Rh7 32. Qc2 Rah8 33. Rxc6 $16) 26. Bxa7 Qxa7+ 27. Kg2 {Black
opening strategy is crashed, White caught serious advantage.} Qb7 28. Bxe6 $1 {
This move looks very strong, White wins without any difficulties.} ({Or} 28.
Qb3 $6 Nd8 29. Nb4 $16) 28... fxe6 (28... dxe6 29. Nb4 Bd7 30. Nd3 Qb8 31. Nc5
Bc6 32. Nxe6 $18) 29. Nb4 Rh8 (29... g4 30. Nxc6 dxc6 (30... gxf3+ 31. Qxf3
dxc6 32. Qh5+ $18) 31. Qh1 gxf3+ 32. Kxf3 $18 {[%csl Re8][%cal Gh1h5]}) 30.
Nxc6 dxc6 31. Qc2 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gc1c6]} Kf7 (31... Rc8 32. Qc5 $18 {[%csl
Rg5][%cal Gc5g5]}) 32. Qc5 (32. Qxc6 $2 Qxc6 33. Rxc6 Rad8 34. Rxd8 Rxd8 35.
Rc2 $16) 32... Rag8 (32... Rh6 33. Qxg5 Rah8 34. Qf4+ Kg6 (34... Rf6 35. Qe5
Rfh6 36. g4 $18) 35. g4 $18 {[%cal Gf4h2]}) 33. Rcd1 Qc8 34. Rd7 Qf8 35. Rc7 {
[%csl Re7][%cal Gd1d7]} Rh7 (35... Rg6 36. Rdd7 $18) 36. Rdd7 Kf6 37. Rxc6 Rg6
38. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 04th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "Maharramzade, Javad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 Qa5 11. Qd2 d6 12. Bd3 (12. b3) 12... g5 (12...
Bd7 13. O-O Bc6 (13... Nc5 14. Bb1 Bc6 15. Bd4 O-O 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rfe1 Rad8
18. Re3 Ne6 19. Rg3 f6 20. a3 b6 21. Rd1 Rfe8 22. f4 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 a5 24. Nd5
Bb7 25. f5 Nf8 26. b4 axb4 27. axb4 Qxc4 28. Rc1 Bxd5 29. Rxc4 Bxc4 $14 {
Westerinen,H-Hurme,H/Helsinki 1983/1/2-1/2 (71)}) 14. Rfe1 (14. f3 g5 15. b3 h5
16. Nd5 (16. Rfd1) 16... Qxd2 17. Bxd2 Be5 18. Be3 (18. g3 h4 19. Kg2 $14 {
[%cal Gf3f4]}) 18... h4 19. b4 f6 $138 {1/2-1/2 Daamen Ferry-Seres Lajos/It 
(cat.2) Budapest (Hungary) 1996 (29)}) 14... O-O 15. Bh6 $6 (15. Nd5 Qd8 (15...
Qxd2 16. Nxe7+ Kh8 17. Bxd2 Nc5 18. Bc2 Bxb2 19. Rb1 Bf6 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Bb4
(21. Bf4 Rfd8 22. Red1 Be5 23. Be3 $14) 21... a5 (21... Rfb8 22. e5 Be7 (22...
Rxb4 23. Rxb4 Bxe5 24. Reb1 $18) 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. Red1 (24. Be4 Rb6 25. a4
Rab8 26. Rxb6 Rxb6 27. Rd1 Rb4 28. Bxc6 Rxc4 29. Bd5 Rxa4 30. Bxf7 $11) 24...
Kg7 25. f4 Rxb1 26. Rxb1 Rd8 27. Rb7 Rd2 28. Be4 (28. Rxe7 Rxc2 29. Rxa7 Rxc4
30. g3 $1 $16 (30. e6 Rxf4 31. e7 (31. Rxf7+ Rxf7 32. exf7 Kxf7 33. Kf2 Ke6 34.
Ke3 Kd5 35. Kd3 c4+ 36. Kc3 Kc5 37. g4 g5 38. a4 h6 39. h3 Kd5 40. a5 Kc5 $19)
(31. a4 c4) 31... Re4 32. a4 c4 33. a5 c3 34. Rc7 c2 35. Rxc6 Rxe7 36. Rxc2
Re1+ 37. Kf2 Ra1 $11)) 28... Bd8 29. Rxa7 Rd4 30. Bxc6 Rxf4 (30... Rxc4 31.
Rxf7+ (31. e6 Kf6 (31... Rxf4 32. e7 Bb6 33. Rb7 $18) 32. exf7 Be7 33. Bd5 Rxf4
34. a4 Rd4 35. Ra6+ Kg7 36. Be6 $16) 31... Kxf7 32. Bd5+ Ke7 33. Bxc4 $18) 31.
Bd5 $18) 22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. Ba4 $16) 16. b4 $14) 15... Qe5 $6 (15... Bxh6 16.
Qxh6 Rac8 $11) 16. Bxg7 Qxg7 17. Rcd1 Nc5 18. Bf1 (18. Bc2 $14) 18... a5 19.
Re3 Kh8 20. Rde1 Rad8 21. h4 e5 22. h5 f5 23. hxg6 f4 24. Rh3 Qxg6 25. f3 Ne6
26. Qf2 Rg8 27. Rd1 Qf7 28. Rh6 Ng5 29. b3 Rg6 30. Rh2 Qf6 31. Rd3 Rh6 32. Rxh6
Qxh6 33. Qb6 Rg8 34. Kf2 Qh4+ 35. Ke2 Ne6 36. Rxd6 (36. Nb5 Bxb5 37. cxb5 Nd4+
38. Rxd4 exd4 39. Qxd4+ Rg7 40. Qxd6 $14) 36... Qe7 37. Rd2 $14 {Nogueiras,
J-Kortschnoj,V/Montpellier ct 1985/0-1 (60)}) 13. O-O (13. b3 Bd7 14. Nd5 Qxd2+
15. Bxd2 $14) (13. h4 $5 g4 14. h5 $5 Bd7 15. Bb1 (15. b3 $14 {[%cal Gc3d5]})
15... Bc6 16. b3 Qe5 $5 17. Nd5 b6 18. Qd1 $6 (18. Qe2 $1 g3 19. f4 Qb2 20.
Qxb2 Bxb2 21. Rd1 Rc8 22. Rh3 Rg8 23. Ke2 (23. e5 $2 dxe5 24. Bxh7 Rh8 25. Bf5
Bxd5 26. Rxd5 (26. cxd5 Rc3 27. dxe6 Rxe3+ 28. Kd2 exf4 $17) 26... exf4 27.
Bxf4 Nxf4 28. Bxc8 e6 $1 29. Rg5 Nxh3 30. gxh3 Bf6 $19) 23... Bd7 {[%csl Rh3]}
24. f5 Nc7 25. Nf4 (25. Kf3 {[%csl Rg3]} Nxd5 26. exd5 Be5 27. Bf4 b5 28. Bd3
bxc4 29. bxc4 Ba4 30. Rb1 Bxf4 31. Kxf4 $16) 25... e5 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. Rxd5 Ke7
28. Kf3 Bc6 29. Rd1 $16 {[%csl Rg3]}) (18. h6 Bf6 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Qe2 (20.
Qc3 Qxc3+ 21. Rxc3 Nc5 22. f3 a5 $14) 20... g3 21. fxg3 Qg6 $44) 18... g3 19.
f4 Qb2 20. Qd2 Rc8 21. Rh3 Qxd2+ 22. Kxd2 Rg8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Vuksanovic,
S-Nikolin,Z/JUG-chW Split 1989 (40)}) 13... Bd7 14. Bb1 (14. b3 Bc6 15. Nd5
Qxd2 16. Bxd2 $11) 14... Qe5 15. b4 h5 16. Nd5 $16 Kf8 (16... h4 17. f3 Bc6 18.
b5 Bxd5 (18... Bd7 19. Bxg5 $1 Qxg5 20. Qxg5 Nxg5 21. Nc7+ Kd8 22. Nxa8 Bd4+
23. Kh1 Kc8 24. c5 $1 (24. f4 $2 Ne6 25. f5 (25. Rcd1 Bc5 26. f5 Nd4 27. Rd2
Kb8 28. Rfd1 e5 29. fxe6 Nxe6 30. e5 Kxa8 31. exd6 Nf4 32. Rf1 Be3 $132) (25.
c5 Bxc5 26. b6 Kb8 27. Nc7 Nxc7 28. bxc7+ Kxc7 $132) 25... Nd8 (25... Nc5 26.
b6 Kb8 27. Nc7 $18) 26. Rcd1 (26. c5 dxc5 27. Rfd1 Kb8 28. Nc7 Be3 29. Rc3 Bd4
(29... Kxc7 30. Rxe3 $18) 30. Rc4 e5 31. fxe6 fxe6 32. a4 (32. Rdxd4 cxd4 33.
a4 Nf7 $17) 32... Rf8 33. b6 (33. a5 Kxc7 $19) (33. h3 Nf7 34. a5 Ne5 35. Rc2
Nd3 36. Rxd3 Rf1+ 37. Kh2 Rxb1 (37... Bg1+ 38. Kh1 Bd4+ $11) 38. g4 Bg1+ 39.
Kg2 Kxc7 $19) 33... axb6 34. Nb5 e5 $132) 26... Bc5 27. e5 (27. f6 e5 $44)
27... Kb8 28. f6 exf6 29. exd6 Kxa8 30. Rxf6 Re8 31. Bf5 Bxf5 32. Rxf5 Bxd6 33.
g4 $14) 24... Bxc5 25. b6 Kb8 26. Nc7 Bxb6 27. Nd5 $16) 19. cxd5 Nc5 20. Bxg5
$18) 17. Rfd1 Ba4 (17... b6) 18. Bc2 Bc6 (18... Bxc2 19. Qxc2 $16) 19. f3 $6 (
19. b5 $1 Bd7 (19... Bxd5 20. cxd5 Nf4 21. Bb1 $1 $16 {[%cal Gc1c7]}) 20. Qa5
$1 a6 (20... Nf4 21. Bxf4 gxf4 22. Nb6 Rd8 23. Nxd7+ Rxd7 24. Qxa7 Bf6 25. c5
$18) 21. Nb6 Rd8 22. Rd5 Qc3 (22... Qb2 23. Nxd7+ Rxd7 24. bxa6 b6 (24... bxa6
25. Rb1 $18) 25. Qxb6 $18)) 19... h4 20. Bb3 $6 (20. h3 b6 21. a4 Rc8 22. a5
bxa5 23. b5 $16) 20... g4 $5 $132 21. b5 (21. Qe2 h3 22. g3 gxf3 23. Qxf3 Ng5
24. Bxg5 Qxg5 25. Nc7 $1 $18 {[%csl Ra8,Re6]} Bd4+ 26. Rxd4 $1 (26. Kh1 Qf6 $1)
26... Qxc1+ 27. Rd1 Qb2 28. Nxa8 $18) 21... Bxd5 22. cxd5 $2 (22. Qxd5 Qxd5 (
22... Nc5 23. Bxc5 Qxd5 (23... dxc5 24. Qd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxd8#) 24. cxd5 dxc5 25.
Rxc5 $16) 23. cxd5 Nc5 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. Rxc5 $16) 22... Nc5 23. f4 $5 (23.
Bxc5 dxc5 24. Rxc5 gxf3 25. Qc2 Bh6 26. Rc8+ Kg7 27. Rxa8 Be3+ 28. Kh1 Rxa8 29.
gxf3 Rg8 30. d6 Qf4 31. Qg2+ Kh7 32. Qh3 exd6 $11) 23... Qxe4 $132 24. Rxc5 $5
(24. Rc4 Nxb3 (24... Qf5 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. Rxc5 $14) 25. axb3 Qf5 26. Rc7 b6
27. Bd4 Bxd4+ 28. Qxd4 Rh5 29. Qc4 $44) (24. Bc2 $5 Qc4 $8 25. Bf5 Qxb5 26.
Bxg4 $132) 24... dxc5 25. Bxc5 b6 $2 (25... h3 26. d6 (26. Re1 Qxg2+ 27. Qxg2
hxg2 28. Bxe7+ Kg8 29. Kxg2) 26... exd6 27. Bxd6+ Kg8 28. Bd5 Qf5 29. Bxb7 Rd8
$17) 26. Ba3 $4 (26. Re1 $1 Qxe1+ 27. Qxe1 bxc5 $13) 26... Rd8 $19 (26... h3
$19) 27. Bc2 (27. d6 exd6 28. Bc2 Qc4 $19) 27... Qc4 28. Qe3 (28. d6 exd6 29.
Bf5 g3 $19) 28... Bf6 29. Bb3 Qxb5 30. d6 exd6 (30... e6 $19) 31. Rd5 Qe8 (
31... Re8 32. Bxd6+ Kg7 33. Be5 Qc6 $19) 32. Qd2 Rh6 33. Rf5 Qe4 34. Rd5 Re8
35. Rxd6 (35. Bxd6+ Kg7 $19) 35... Kg7 36. Rd3 Rg6 37. Bd5 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 13th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2003.08.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rahman, Ziaur"]
[Black "Abdelnabbi, Imed"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2003.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Bd3 (10. f4 Qa5 (10... Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Qd2 b6
13. Bd3 Nc5 14. Bd4 Rg8 15. O-O Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Ba6 17. Qh3 h5 18. f5 Bxc4 19.
Rf2 $44 {[%csl Re8] 1/2-1/2 Kovalenko,V-Ryzhov,V/Kiev 2000/EXT 2001 (42)}) 11.
Rc1 d6 12. Bd3 Nc5 13. Bb1 Be6 14. Bd4 Bg4 15. Qd2 e5 16. Be3 exf4 17. Bxf4 Be6
18. b3 Rd8 19. O-O O-O 20. Bg5 f6 21. Bf4 Rf7 22. Kh1 $16 {1-0 Borriss,
M-Michalski,K/GER 1999/EXT 2003 (41)}) (10. f3 Qa5 11. Qd2 b6 12. Be2 Bb7 13.
O-O g5 14. Rad1 d6 15. c5 $1 (15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Rc8 17. b3 h5 18. a4 h4
$132 {1/2-1/2 Van Eijk,S-Van Kerkhof,D/Hengelo 2000/EXT 2001 (25)}) 15... bxc5
16. Bb5+ Kf8 17. Bc4 Be5 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Bxg5 $14) 10... Bxc3+ (10... O-O 11.
Qc2 d6 12. Rd1 Bd7 13. O-O b6 14. Qd2 Re8 15. Bc2 Bc6 16. b3 Qd7 17. Nd5 $14 {
1-0 Manujlovich,I-Smirnov,A/St Petersburg 1997/EXT 2000 (35)}) (10... d6 11.
O-O O-O (11... Nc5 12. Rc1 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 O-O 14. b4 Be6 15. Nd5 Qd7 16. Rfd1
$14 {1-0 Glatt,G-Lehmann,H/Budapest 1981/EXT 98 (31)}) 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. Qd2 Nc5
14. Bb1 a5 15. f4 b6 16. Bd4 (16. f5 $36) 16... Bc6 17. Rcd1 a4 18. Qe3 Ra5 19.
e5 $16 {1-0 Orev,P-Kraidman,Y/Saint Vincent 2001/CBM 84 ext (29)}) 11. bxc3 Qa5
({Black also tried} 11... Qc7 12. O-O b6 13. f4 Bb7 14. a4 Nc5 15. Bd4 Rg8 16.
Qe2 Rc8 17. f5 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 gxf5 19. Rxf5 Qxc4 20. Qe3 Rc6 $15 {0-1 Kokkila,
T-Hokkanen,P/FIN 1994/EXT 98 (26)}) (11... b6 12. O-O (12. Bh6 Qc7 13. O-O Qe5
14. Qd2 g5 15. h4 gxh4 16. Be3 h3 $17 {0-1 Czarnota,D-Zawadzka,J/Wisla 1999/
EXT 2003 (61)}) 12... Nc5 13. Bd4 O-O 14. f4 Bb7 15. Qe2 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 f6 17.
Rae1 Rc8 18. f5 e5 19. Be3 (19. fxe6 dxe6 20. e5 f5 $15) 19... g5 20. c5 $1
bxc5 21. c4 $14 Qc7 22. h4 h6 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Kf2 Kg7 25. Rd1 d6 26. Rh1 Rcd8
27. Bxg5 fxg5 28. Qg3 Qe7 29. Rh5 Rh8 (29... Rg8 30. Qh3 Rh8 31. Rh1 Rxh5 32.
Qxh5 Rg8 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Qxe7+ Kxe7 35. Rh7+ $16) 30. Rxg5+ Kf8 31. Rh1 Qf6
32. Rg6 {1-0 Majzlan,I-Zavarsky,J/Sala 1994/EXT 97 (32)}) (11... O-O 12. Bh6 (
12. f4 $14) 12... Re8 13. h4 Qa5 14. Qd2 d6 15. h5 Nd8 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. f3 (
17. Be3 $16) 17... Nf7 18. Be3 Bd7 19. g4 (19. Rb1 Bc6) 19... e5 20. Rc1 $16 {
[%csl Gc3][%cal Gd2h2]} (20. Qh2 Qxc3+ 21. Ke2 Qb2+ 22. Bd2 h6 $132 {0-1
Kolodin,V-Baryshpolets,A/Kiev 2002/EXT 2003 (38)})) 12. O-O (12. Qd2 d6 13. O-O
g5 14. Rab1 f6 15. c5 Nxc5 16. Bb5+ Nd7 17. f4 gxf4 18. Bxf4 a6 19. Be2 Ne5 20.
Kh1 $44 {0-1 Schuele,H-Lang,Z/Bayern 1995/EXT 99 (37)}) 12... Qxc3 {Other
continuations are worse:} (12... b6 13. Bd4 Nxd4 14. cxd4 Ba6 15. Rc1 $16 {
0-1 Kalka,A-Boros,L/Copenhagen 1991/EXT 97 (45)}) (12... g5 13. Qd2 b6 14. Rab1
Ba6 15. c5 Nxc5 16. Bxa6 Nxa6 17. Bxg5 Rg8 18. Bh4 $14 {1-0 Bologan,V-Garcia
Padron,J/Las Palmas 1993/CBM 39 ext (56)}) 13. Rc1 ({Interesting is trying to
organize position opening in advance:} 13. c5 $1 Nxc5 (13... b6 14. cxb6 axb6
15. Bxb6 O-O 16. a4 Ba6 $14) 14. Bb5 $1 {[%csl Rc3,Rc5,Rh8][%cal Ga1c1,Ge3d4]}
b6 15. Bd4 Qa5 16. Bxd7+ Bxd7 17. Bxh8 $14) 13... Qa3 14. Qd2 ({Again} 14. c5
$1 {was quite strong:} Qxa2 15. f4 $40 {[%csl Gd3,Ge3,Re8]}) 14... b6 15. f4
$44 ({Interesting is} 15. c5 Nxc5 (15... bxc5 16. Bc4 Ba6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18.
Bxc5 Qa4 19. Rfd1 $16) 16. Bc4 (16. Rc3 Qa4 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. Rxc5 O-O 19. Rfc1
d6 20. Rc7 Be6 21. Rxe7 a5 $132) 16... Bb7 17. Rc3 Qb4 18. Qd4 {[%csl Rb4,Rh8]
[%cal Rc4f7]} O-O-O 19. Rfc1 Kb8 20. Qe5+ d6 21. Qxe7 $14) 15... Bb7 (15... Ba6
$44) 16. Bb1 ({And again worth of attention} 16. c5 $5 O-O (16... bxc5 17. f5
gxf5 18. exf5 Nd4 19. Rc3 Qa4 20. Qb2 Bc6 21. Rb1 $16) 17. Rc3 Qa5 18. Rb1 Bc6
19. cxb6 axb6 20. Rxb6 Qxa2 21. Rb2 Qa1+ 22. Rb1 Qa2 23. Qe1 $44) 16... d6 17.
Rf3 Qa4 18. Qb2 (18. Rh3 h5 $15) 18... f6 19. Rg3 Qc6 20. e5 {[%csl Gb1,Ge3,
Re8] Trying to open the position for pair of BB} (20. f5 Nf8 21. Bd4 Nd7 $15)
20... dxe5 21. f5 Nf4 22. c5 b5 23. Bxf4 (23. fxg6 Nxg6 24. Qe2 $44) 23... exf4
24. Rb3 (24. Rg4 g5 $17) 24... Rd8 25. Rxb5 $6 $15 (25. a4 $142 $5 $132) (25.
fxg6 $142 Qe6 26. Rh3 f3 $132) 25... Ba6 26. Rb4 $2 $17 {Tactical blunder.} ({
Much better is} 26. Rb8 O-O (26... Kf7 27. Qb3+ e6 28. fxe6+ Qxe6 29. Rb4 $44)
27. Qb3+ Kg7 28. Rb4 Rd5 $15) 26... Qxc5+ $1 {Of course!} 27. Kh1 Qd6 28. Qb3
Kf8 29. Re4 gxf5 30. Re6 $2 $19 ({More stubborn was} 30. Ree1 Rg8 31. Bxf5 Rb8
32. Qh3 Bb7 33. Rc2 f3 $17) 30... Qd2 31. Rce1 (31. Rg1 Bc8 32. Ree1 e5 $19)
31... Rg8 32. Qf3 Bc4 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Vokarev, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 Qa5 11. Bd3 d6 (11... b6 12. O-O g5 13. Bb1 (13.
Nd5 $1 Bb7 (13... Bxb2 14. Rb1 Be5 15. Rb5 Qxa2 16. Nxe7 Bxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Kxe7
18. Bxg5+ Nxg5 19. Rxg5 d6 20. e5 $16) 14. a4 Bc6 (14... Bxb2 $2 15. Rb1 Be5
16. Rb5 Qa6 17. Nb4 $18) 15. b3 $14 h5 $4 (15... Rc8) 16. Bd2 $18 Qa6 17. Bxg5
f6 18. Be3 {1-0 Razuvaev,Y-Ermenkov,E/Polanica Zdrój 1972 (26)}) 13... Ba6 14.
Nd5 (14. Qd5 Qxd5 15. exd5 Nf4 16. Bxf4 gxf4 17. b3 $14 {Tsesarsky}) 14... Bxb2
15. Bd2 $8 Qc5 $8 16. Bb4 Qd4 $8 17. Qa4 (17. Rc2 $5) 17... Bb7 18. Rcd1 Bxd5 (
18... Bc6 19. Qb3 Qe5 (19... Qg7 20. Nxe7 $16) 20. Bxe7 $16) 19. Rxd4 (19. cxd5
Nc5 20. Qb5 Qe5 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Qxc5 O-O $32 {[%csl Rg8] +/=}) 19... Bc6 20.
Qc2 Bxd4 $44 21. Rd1 Bc5 22. Qb2 O-O-O 23. Bc2 Kb7 24. a4 Ka8 25. e5 Rb8 26.
Rd5 Nf4 27. Be4 $2 (27. Rd1) 27... e6 $19 {0-1 Mohr,G-Greenfeld,A/Vidmar-mem
1989 (45)}) 12. Bb1 (12. O-O Nc5 (12... Bd7 13. f4 (13. Bd2 h5 14. Bb1 Qc5 15.
b3 Bh6 16. Nd5 Qd4 17. Bc3 Qxd1 18. Rcxd1 Rg8 19. e5 dxe5 20. Bxe5 Bg7 21. Bxg7
Rxg7 22. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Terentiev,V-Sadriev,O/URS-sf Voronez 1991 (48)}) 13...
Bc6 14. Bb1 O-O 15. f5 $1 Nc5 {[#]} 16. f6 $1 Bxf6 17. Rxf6 exf6 18. b4 $1 Qxb4
19. Qxd6 Na6 20. Qxf6 $18 Rfe8 (20... Rfd8 21. Bh6 $18) 21. Bd4 Kf8 22. a3 Qa5
23. Rf1 Qc7 24. Qg7+ {1-0 Filipenko,A-Kliukin,B/Biel op 1993 (Tsesarsky)}) 13.
Bb1 O-O 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Qe2 b6 16. Rfd1 a5 17. f4 e6 18. Nc3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Prie,
E-Honfi,K/Paris op 1995 (66)}) 12... Bd7 13. O-O g5 {The Black King remains in
the center in this variation} 14. Bd2 $1 (14. Qd2 Rc8 15. b3 $14) 14... Qe5 (
14... Rc8 15. b3 $16) 15. b4 $1 {[%cal Gc3d5,Yd2c3]} h5 (15... a5 16. a3 axb4
17. axb4 Ra1 (17... Bc6 18. Nd5 Ra3 19. Bc3 Nd4 20. Qh5 Bxd5 21. Bxd4 Qxd4 22.
cxd5 O-O 23. Qxg5 $16 (23. e5 $2 h6 $11)) 18. Nd5 Ba4 19. Qh5 Nf4 20. Qf3 $1
$16 (20. Bxf4 gxf4 21. Qxe5 Bxe5 22. Bc2 Ra2 23. Bxa4+ Rxa4 $15)) 16. Nd5 Qb2 (
16... Rc8) 17. Re1 (17. Bxg5 $2 Nxg5 18. Nc7+ Kd8 19. Nxa8 Kc8 20. f4 Ne6 21.
f5 (21. b5 Kb8 $13) 21... Nd4 22. Rf2 (22. f6 Bh6 23. Rc2 Nxc2 24. Bxc2 Bg4 25.
Qd3 Kb8 26. fxe7 Kxa8 (26... Qxb4 $17) 27. Qxd6 Bg5 28. Rxf7 (28. Bd1 Qc3 29.
Ba4 Be2 30. e8=Q+ Rxe8 31. Bxe8 Qe3+ 32. Kh1 Bxf1 33. Bd7 Bxg2+ 34. Kxg2 Qe2+
35. Kh3 Qf3+ 36. Qg3 Qf1+ 37. Qg2 Qd3+ 38. Qg3 Qxd7+ $19) 28... Qc1+ 29. Bd1
Bxe7 30. Qxe7 Qxd1+ $19) 22... Qxb4 23. f6 Bh6 $1 24. Qe1 (24. fxe7 Bxc1 25.
Qxc1 Kb8 $17) 24... Qc5 25. Rd1 e5 $17) 17... g4 (17... Rc8 18. Re3 Bc6 19. Bc3
Bxc3 20. Rexc3 $16) 18. Rc2 Qe5 $2 (18... Qd4 19. Qe2 Qe5 20. Bc3 Qg5 21. Bxg7
Qxg7 22. Rd2 $16) (18... Qa3 19. Bc3 Bxc3 (19... Ba4 20. Bxg7 Bxc2 21. Qxc2 $18
) 20. Rxc3 $16) 19. Qc1 $1 $18 {[%csl Re5]} Rc8 (19... Qa1 20. e5 $1 Bxe5 21.
Rxe5 Qxe5 22. Bc3 Nd4 23. Nc7+ (23. Qd2 $18) 23... Kf8 24. Nxa8 $18) 20. Bc3
Nd4 21. Rd1 Qxe4 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Re1 Qh7 24. Rxe7+ Kd8 25. Qg5 f6 $8 26. Qd2
(26. Qf4 Qd3 27. Rc1 Qa3 28. Rce1 $18) 26... Bxf2+ 27. Qxf2 Qg6 28. Rc1 $138 {
(?)} (28. Qxa7 Rc6 29. Qxb7 {Mate}) 28... Qg5 29. Rce1 Rxc4 30. Rxd7+ (30. Nxf6
) 30... Kxd7 31. Bf5+ Kc6 32. Qxa7 Re8 (32... Kxd5 33. Be6+ Kc6 34. Bxc4) 33.
Rd1 Qxf5 34. Qa4+ b5 35. Qa6+ Kd7 36. Qxb5+ Rc6 37. Nb6+ Ke6 38. Qxc6 Kf7 39.
Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 13th Group3"]
[Site "Slough"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Heim, Sverre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1997.09.22"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slough Chess Club"]
[BlackTeam "Oslo Schakselkap"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 e5 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Nb5 Qe7 12. O-O-O Nxb5 13. cxb5 d5 (13...
d6 14. Qxd6 Qh4 15. Qb4 (15. Bd3 $14) 15... Be6 16. Kb1 f5 17. f3 Rac8 18. Be2
b6 19. Rd6 Qe7 20. Qd2 f4 21. Bf2 Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Qc2 Rc8 24. Qa4 Qc7
25. Rd1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Ornstein,A-Rogers,I/Gausdal open 1979 (75)}) 14. exd5 Rd8
(14... Bf5 15. Bd3 Rac8+ 16. Kb1 Qd7 17. Bxf5 Qxf5+ 18. Qd3 e4 19. Qb3 b6 20.
Rc1 Rcd8 21. Rhd1 Rd7 22. Rd2 Rfd8 23. Rcd1 Be5 24. h3 $16 {1-0 Smyslov,
V-Jimenez Zerquera,E/Havana 1963 (53)}) 15. d6 (15. Kb1 Bf5+ 16. Ka1 Rac8 17.
d6 Qe6 18. Qd5 Qf6 19. Be2 Bc2 (19... Rc2 $5 20. Bd3 Rxb2 21. Bxf5 e4 22. Bd4
Rb4 $17) 20. Rd2 e4 21. Rd4 b6 (21... Bd3 22. Bxd3 exd3 23. Rd1 Rd7 $14) 22.
Re1 $5 $14 (22. Rc1 $2 Rc5 23. Qb7 Bd3 $17 {0-1 Feher,G-Szabolcsi,J/HUN-chT1
1995 (50)})) 15... Qe6 (15... Qe8 16. Qb4 Be6 17. Kb1 Bf8 18. Be2 Rd7 19. Rd2
f5 20. f4 (20. Qa3 f4 21. Bc5 b6 22. Bb4 Rad8 23. Rhd1 e4 24. b3 (24. Bc3 Qf7
$44) 24... Bg7 25. Bc4 $14) 20... e4 21. Qa3 Qd8 22. Rhd1 b6 23. h3 h5 24. g4
hxg4 25. hxg4 fxg4 26. Qc3 Bg7 27. Bd4 Rc8 28. Qe3 $16 {Cao,S-Afek,Y/FSIM A
Oct, Budapest HUN 1997/1-0 (107)}) 16. Kb1 Bf8 17. Bc5 $6 (17. Qc3 $1 Rxd6 18.
Bc4 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Qg4 20. Qb3 Bf5+ (20... Kg7 21. Bd5 a6 22. h3 (22. b6 $14)
22... Qb4 23. Bxf7 Qe4+ 24. Ka1 axb5 $8 (24... Qxg2 25. Bg8 $1 $18) 25. Bd5 Qa4
26. Qxa4 Rxa4 27. Bxb7 $1 $16) 21. Ka1 Rc8 22. Bxf7+ Kh8 (22... Kg7 23. f3 Qxg2
24. Be6 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Bc2 26. Bh6+ $18 {1.59/1.40.1-0 Serper-Sermek/Tilburg
1994 (40)}) 23. Qd5 (23. f3 $2 Qxg2 24. Be6 Bxe6 25. Qxe6 Qxf3 $17) (23. Rg1
$16) 23... Be4 (23... Qe2 24. Rg1 $16) 24. Qxe5+ (24. Be6 Qe2 25. Qd7 $18 (25.
Qxe5+ $6 Bg7 26. Qd4 $8 h5 $2 (26... Bd3 $1 27. Rg1 $5 (27. Rxd3 Rc1+ 28. Bxc1
Bxd4 29. Rxd4 Qxe6 30. Be3 $14) 27... Re8 (27... Bxb5 $1 28. Bxc8 (28. Qb4 a5
29. Qb3 Rc2 30. Rc1 Rxc1+ 31. Bxc1 Bc6 $10) 28... Bxd4 29. Bxd4+ Kg8 30. Bxb7
$14) 28. Bf7 Rf8 29. Bb3 Bxb5 30. Bd1 $16) 27. Qd8+ Bf8 28. Qf6+ Bg7 29. Rd8+
Kh7 30. Bg8+ Kh8 31. Bc4+ Kh7 32. Bxe2 {1-0 Nemeth,M-Fleger,H/Balatonbereny op
1996})) 24... Bg7 25. Qd4 $16) 17... b6 18. Bb4 Bb7 19. h4 (19. f3 Rd7 20. Be2
Rad8 21. Qc2 Bxd6 22. Bc4 Qf6 23. Bc3 Bc5 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Rd1 Bd4 $15 {
0-1 Wirthensohn,H-Zueger,B/SWZ-ch 1994 (37)}) 19... Bxd6 (19... Rac8 $5 20. f3
$1 $16 (20. h5 Bxd6 21. Bc3 (21. Bxd6 Rxd6 22. Qxd6 Be4+ 23. Bd3 Qxd6 24. Bxe4
Qb4 $19) 21... Be7 $15 {Anka,E-Silman,J/Budapest FS03 GM 1994/EXP 42/0-1 (75)})
) 20. Bxd6 Rd7 21. f4 (21. h5 Rad8 22. hxg6 Be4+ $1 23. Bd3 Rxd6 24. gxf7+ Kxf7
$17) 21... exf4 22. Qxf4 (22. h5 $5 Rad8 (22... Be4+ 23. Ka1 Rad8 24. Qxf4 Rxd6
25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. Bc4 Qe7 (26... Bd5 27. Rd1 $18) 27. Bxf7+ $18) 23. hxg6 (23.
Qxf4 $2 Rxd6 24. Rxd6 Rxd6 (24... Qe1+ 25. Kc2 $18) 25. Bc4 Qe4+ 26. Qxe4 Bxe4+
27. Kc1 Bxg2 $19) 23... Be4+ 24. Ka1 (24. Bd3 Bxg6 25. Bxg6 Qxg6+ $17) 24...
Qxg6 25. Qxf4 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 Rxd6 27. Bc4 Rf6 28. Qb8+ Kg7 29. Qxa7 Qxg2 $132)
22... Rad8 23. Bc4 (23. h5 $2 Rxd6 24. Rxd6 Rxd6 25. Bc4 Qe4+ $19) 23... Be4+
24. Ka1 Qxc4 25. Rc1 Qe6 (25... Qxb5 26. Be5 (26. Qxe4 Rxd6 $17) 26... Re8 27.
Bc3 Qf5 (27... f5 28. h5 $16) 28. Qh6 f6 29. h5 Qg5 30. hxg6 Qxh6 31. Rxh6 Bxg6
32. Bxf6 Re2 33. g4 $10) 26. Be5 f6 (26... Rd5 27. Bc3 $132) 27. Qxf6 Qxf6 28.
Bxf6 Rf8 29. Bg5 Bxg2 30. Rhd1 Rxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2001.02.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Rechlis, Gad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2001.02.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. Rc1 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O O-O {The main
idea of this variation is to play g6-g5 and probably h7-h5 without castle.
Sometimes Black recieves convenient game on the black squares. In this game
Black wants to avoid theoretical variations and White leaves with space
advantage.} (13... Rc8 14. a3 g5 {planning move} (14... Nd4 15. b4 Qe5 (15...
Qxa3 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Nb5 {1-0 Servert-Gruner/cr E-DDR 1987/ (17)}) 16. f4 Qe6
17. Qf2 $14) 15. b4 Qe5 (15... Qxa3 16. Nb5 $14 {[%csl Ra3,Ra7,Rg5]}) 16. Nd5
d6 17. Rce1 h6 18. Qd1 Bc6 19. g3 $14 {[%cal Gf2f4] 1-0 Howell,J-Degen,V/St.
Ingbert ,EXT 1987/(43)}) (13... d6 14. Bb1 (14. b3 g5 15. f3 h5 16. Rfd1 h4 17.
Nd5 Qxd2 18. Rxd2 Be5 19. Bf1 $14 {1-0 Sherzer,A-Mate,L/HUN tt 1992/ (67)})
14... Rc8 15. b3 g5 {We can see this planning move in most of games in this
variation!} 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 h6 18. b4 Nd4 19. Bd3 e6 20. Ne3 O-O 21. f3
Rc7 22. Rfd1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Maus,S-Wagenknecht,U/NRW 1990 (32)}) (13... f5 $6 14.
exf5 gxf5 15. Rfd1 O-O 16. f4 Nc5 17. Bb1 Rad8 18. Qe2 Na4 19. Nd5 $16 {
1-0 Wojtkiewicz,A-Rotstein,A/Open, Cannes FRA 1998 (33)}) (13... g5 {-see
comments to the game 1-0 Kovacevic,A-Ljubojevic,L/Belgrade 1997/CBM 62 (61) 
[Tsesarsky]}) 14. b3 {After this move White will be "obliged" to sacrifice P
for strong initiative.} ({Interesting also} 14. Bh6 $5 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Qe5 16.
Qe3 g5 17. Rfd1 d6 18. b3 $14 {1-0 Marfia,J-Vardi,I/Columbus op 1977 (44)})
14... Nc5 15. Bb1 (15. Rfd1 $6 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 d6 $132 {[%csl Gb7,Gg7] ^^}) 15...
Bxc3 16. Rxc3 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 {Here Smirin played very fast:} 18. Re1 $5 Bc6
(18... f5) 19. Bd4 Rae8 ({Badly is to play with another rook:} 19... Rfe8 $2
20. Re5 d5 (20... Qb4 21. Qh6 f6 22. Rh3 $18) 21. Qh6 Qxa2 22. Re1 $18) 20. Re5
$2 $17 {This natural active move is mistake! Black's protective resources are
not exhausted yet!} (20. c5 $142 bxc5 21. Bxc5 d6 22. Be3 Rc8 23. Rec1 Qa6 $44)
20... Qb4 $4 $18 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Strong was} 20... d5 $1 $17 {-the only
possibility of successful resistance.} 21. Rh5 (21. Qe2 $143 f6 22. Re6 (22.
Rxe7 Rxe7 23. Qxe7 Re8 $19 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Ge8e1]}) 22... Bd7 23. h4 (23. Rc2
Bxe6 24. Qxe6+ Rf7 25. Bc3 Qc5 $19) 23... Kf7 $19) ({White has no sufficient
compensation in case of} 21. cxd5 f6 22. Rh5 (22. Qe1 Ba8 (22... fxe5 $2 23.
Qxe5 Rf6 24. dxc6 Qxa2 (24... Qxe5 25. Bxe5 $14) 25. g4 h6 26. Qd5+ Rf7 27. c7
$18) (22... Bb7 23. Rc7 fxe5 (23... Qxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Bxd5 25. Rxa7 $16) 24. Qxe5
Rf6 25. Rxb7 Qxa2 26. h3 (26. g4 Qxb3 27. g5 Qd1+ 28. Kg2 Qf3+ 29. Kg1 Rc8 $19)
26... Qxb3 27. Rxe7 Rxe7 28. Qxf6 Qxd5 29. Qh8+ Kf7 30. Qxh7+ Ke8 31. Qxg6+ Kd7
$17) 23. Rf3 Qxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Bxd5 $17) 22... gxh5 23. dxc6 (23. Rg3+ Kf7 $1 $19)
23... Rc8 24. b4 (24. Qh6 Rf7 $17) 24... Qb5 25. c7 Rf7 $17) 21... f6 22. cxd5
gxh5 23. dxc6 $17) (20... Qa6 $4 21. Qh6 f6 22. Rg3 $18 fxe5 (22... Rf7 23.
Rxg6+ hxg6 24. Qxg6+ $18 {[%csl Re8]}) 23. Rxg6+ hxg6 24. Qxg6+ Kh8 25. Bxe5+
Rf6 26. Qxe8+ $18) 21. Rh5 f6 22. Rxh7 $1 Qxc3 23. Rh8+ $1 {Strong
intermediate move!} Kxh8 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 26. Bxc3 d6 27. f3 $6 ({
Smirin complained after the game, he didn't play} 27. Bd2 $1 $18 {and White
wins by force:} Rc8 (27... Rg8 28. Qh6#) (27... f5 28. Bc3+ e5 29. Qxd6 $18)
28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. Bh6 $18) 27... Rc8 28. Bd2 {Now this move is not such strong,
like on the previous move...} Be8 (28... Rfd8 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. Bh6 Be8 31. Qg4+
Kf7 32. Qg7+ Ke6 $16 {and Black K escapes from the mate net.}) 29. Qe4 Rc7 30.
a4 (30. Qh4+ $18) 30... Kg7 31. h4 Rh8 32. a5 ({Interesting was} 32. Be1 {
[%cal Gg2g4,Gh4h5] with plan of kingside PP promotion}) 32... Bg6 33. Qd4 bxa5
34. Bxa5 Rb7 35. b4 Rh5 36. Qg4 {[%cal Gg4c8] threatening Qc8.} Rb8 37. Qd7 {
White Q in any case penetrates into the Black camp.} Re8 38. Qxa7 Rxh4 39. b5
Rxc4 40. b6 Ra4 41. b7 Ra1+ 42. Kh2 (42. Kf2 Ra2+ 43. Kg3 Rg8 44. Qa8 $18)
42... Rh8+ 43. Kg3 Rh5 (43... Bf7 44. Qa8 Rb1 45. Bc7 Bd5 46. b8=Q Rhxb8 47.
Qxd5 $18) 44. b8=Q Rg5+ 45. Kf2 Ra2+ 46. Bd2 Rxd2+ 47. Ke1 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "Belarus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Nc6 10. Qd2 d6 (10... Qa5 11. Rc1 d6 12. Be2 Be6 13. b3 Rc8
14. O-O (14. Nd5 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 $132) 14... O-O 15. f4 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17.
Rfd1 (17. Bf3 $14) 17... Bf7 18. Bf3 Rfd8 19. Nb5 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Ra8 21. Nc7 (
21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Nxa7 Be8 23. b4 c5 24. Nb5 cxb4 $15) (21. c5 $1 $14) 21...
Rac8 22. Nb5 Ra8 {1/2-1/2 Taggatz,M-Orel,O/Bled op 1995}) 11. Be2 (11. Rc1 O-O
12. b3 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Be2 Qd7 15. O-O Rae8 16. Rfd1 b6 17. Nb5 Kh8 18. f3
$14 {1-0 Averbakh,Y-Zaderman,Y/New York Enhance MCC 1992 (44)}) 11... O-O (
11... Be6 12. b3 O-O 13. Rc1 (13. O-O f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. f4 Kh8 16. Bf3 Qa5
17. Rac1 Bg8 18. Rfd1 Rad8 19. Nb5 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 a6 21. Nd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Banas,
J-Szalanczy,E/Tapolca 1989 (30)}) 13... Qa5 14. O-O Rfc8 (14... f5 15. exf5
Bxf5 16. Rfd1 Rad8 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 e5 19. Bf3 Nd4 20. Bd5+ Kh8 21. Qe3
$14 {1-0 Trifunovic,P-Kozomara,V/Sarajevo 1962 (33)}) 15. Rfd1 Ne5 16. h3 Kf8
17. f4 Nc6 18. Bf3 $14 {1-0 Gavrikov,V-Pribyl,J/BL 1994 (33)}) (11... Bd7 12.
Rc1 Qa5 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. b3 Ne5 16. h3 Bc6 17. Bg5 Re8 18. Nd5
Qxd2 19. Rxd2 h6 20. Be3 b6 21. Nc7 $16 {1-0 Papaioannou,I-Gretarsson,H/WchJM
U16 Duisburg 1992 (40)}) 12. O-O Be6 13. Nd5 (13. Rac1 $14) 13... Qd7 14. Rac1
Rac8 15. f4 b6 (15... f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Bf3 $14 (17. Rfd1)) 16. b3 f5 (16...
f6 $14) 17. exf5 Bxf5 (17... gxf5 18. Rfd1 $14) 18. Rcd1 $14 Kh8 19. Nb4 $6 (
19. Bf3 h6 20. Nc3 $14) 19... Nxb4 20. Qxb4 Bg4 (20... Be4 $1 $132) 21. Qd2 $14
Rce8 (21... Bxe2 22. Qxe2 e6 23. Bd4 Bxd4+ 24. Rxd4 $14) 22. h3 Bxe2 23. Qxe2
Qc6 24. Qf3 $1 Qxf3 (24... Qd7 $14) 25. Rxf3 Rd8 (25... Kg8 26. Rf2 Kf7 $14)
26. Rf2 Kg8 27. Rd5 (27. Rfd2 Kf7 (27... Bh6 28. g3 e5 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. Rxd6
exf4 31. Bd2 $1 $16)) 27... e6 28. Rd3 Rd7 29. Rfd2 Rfd8 30. Kf2 Kf7 31. Kf3 d5
$5 (31... Bf8 32. g4 Be7 $14) 32. Bf2 Bf6 33. g4 Ke8 34. cxd5 Rxd5 35. Rxd5 (
35. Ke4 Rxd3 (35... R5d7 36. g5 Bg7 37. Bd4 Bf8 38. Bf6 Rxd3 39. Rxd3 Rxd3 (
39... Rc8 40. Ke5 Rc6 41. Rd8+ Kf7 42. Rd7+ $18) 40. Kxd3 Ba3 41. Ke4 Kd7 42.
Bd4 Kd6 $11 (42... Bd6 $11)) 36. Rxd3 Rxd3 37. Kxd3 Kd7 38. Bd4 Be7 $11 (38...
Bxd4 39. Kxd4 Kd6 40. g5 $18) (38... Bd8 39. a4 Kc6 40. Ke4 Bc7 41. g5 Bd6 $11
(41... a6 42. Be5 Bd8 43. Bb8 Kb7 44. Bd6 Kc6 45. Ke5 Kd7 46. b4 $22 $18 Be7 (
46... b5 47. a5 Be7 48. Bxe7 Kxe7 49. h4 $18) 47. Bxe7 Kxe7 48. b5 a5 49. h4
$18))) 35... exd5 $2 (35... Rxd5 36. Rxd5 exd5 37. a4 $1 (37. g5 $6 Be7 $1 $11
(37... Bg7 38. f5 gxf5 39. Kf4 d4 40. Kxf5 d3 41. Be1 $16) 38. Kg4 Bc5 39. Bxc5
bxc5 40. f5 c4 41. bxc4 dxc4 42. fxg6 hxg6 43. Kf4 Kd7 44. Ke4 Ke6 45. h4 c3
46. Kd3 Kf5 47. Kxc3 Kg4 $19) 37... Kd7 38. b4 Kd6 39. b5 Ke6 (39... d4 40. Ke4
Kc5 41. Kd3 Kb4 42. Bxd4 Be7 43. f5 $16) 40. Be1 (40. Ke3 Be7 41. Kd3 Bd6 (
41... Bc5 42. Bxc5 bxc5 43. a5 Kd6 44. f5 $18) 42. Be3 Be7 43. Bd4 (43. a5 $6
bxa5 44. Bxa7 a4 45. Bd4 Bd6 46. Kc3 $11 (46. Ke3 a3 47. b6 a2 48. b7 Kd7 49.
f5 gxf5 50. gxf5 Kc7 $17)) 43... Bd6 44. Ke3 Be7) 40... Be7 41. a5 bxa5 42.
Bxa5 Bc5 43. Ke2 d4 44. Kd3 Kd5 45. Bd8 Bb4 (45... Bb6 46. Bxb6 axb6 47. h4 h6
48. h5 gxh5 49. gxh5 Kc5 50. f5 Kd5 51. f6 Ke6 52. Kxd4 Kxf6 53. Kd5 Kg5 54.
Kc6 Kxh5 55. Kxb6 Kg4 56. Kc5 h5 57. b6 h4 58. b7 h3 59. b8=Q $18) 46. f5 gxf5
47. gxf5 Ke5 48. f6 Ke6 49. Kxd4 Bd6 50. Ke4 (50. Be7 Bxe7 51. fxe7 Kxe7 52.
Ke5 Kd7 53. h4 Kc7 $11) 50... h5 51. Ba5 $1 (51. Be7 Bxe7 (51... Be5 52. Bc5
$18) 52. fxe7 Kxe7 53. Kd5 $11 (53. Kf5 Kd6 54. Kg5 Kc5 55. Kxh5 Kxb5 $19))
51... Kxf6 (51... Be5 52. Bb4 Kxf6 53. Bc5 Bb8 54. Kd5 Kg5 55. Bf2 Kf4 56. Kc6
Kf3 57. Kb7 Bd6 (57... Kxf2 58. Kxb8 Kg3 59. Kxa7 Kxh3 60. b6 $18) 58. Bxa7 Kg2
59. Kc6 Bf4 60. h4 Kh3 (60... Kg3 61. b6 Be3 62. Bb8+ Kxh4 63. b7 Kg4 64. Kb5
h4 65. Ka6 h3 66. Bh2 Bf4 67. Bxf4 Kxf4 68. b8=Q+ $18) 61. Bf2 $18) 52. Kd5 Bg3
53. Bc3+ Kf5 54. Bd4 Bb8 55. Be3 $1 $18) 36. Ke3 $2 (36. Bd4 Bxd4 37. Rxd4 Ke7
38. g5 Kd6 39. b4 Rc8 $11) (36. g5 $1 Bg7 (36... Bc3 37. Rd3 Bb4 38. f5 gxf5
39. Kf4 Ke7 40. Bd4 (40. g6 Bd6+ 41. Kf3 Ke6 42. Re3+ Kd7 $17) 40... Ke6 41.
Re3+ Kd6 42. Kxf5 Rf8+ 43. Bf6 Bc5 (43... Kc6 44. h4 $14) 44. Re7 $16) 37. h4 (
37. Bd4 Bxd4 38. Rxd4 Ke7 39. f5 gxf5 40. Rh4 d4 (40... Kf7 41. Kf4 (41. Rxh7+
Kg6 42. Rxa7 Kxg5 43. Rg7+ Kf6 44. Rh7 Kg5 45. Rb7 Rh8 $11) 41... Kg7 42. Kxf5
d4 43. Re4 d3 44. Re7+ Kf8 45. Re1 d2 46. Rd1 $11) 41. Rxh7+ Ke6 42. Ke2 d3+
43. Kd2 f4 44. Rxa7 Kf5 45. h4 f3 46. Rf7+ Ke4 47. g6 $18) 37... Ke7 38. Kg4 $1
(38. f5 gxf5 39. Kf4 Ke6 40. Re2+ Kd6 41. Kxf5 Rf8+ 42. Kg4 Be5 43. h5 Rf4+ $15
) (38. Bd4 Bxd4 39. Rxd4 Kd6) (38. h5 gxh5 39. f5 (39. Bg3 Ke6 40. Rh2 d4 41.
Ke4 Kf7 42. f5 Re8+ 43. Kd5 d3 44. Rd2 Rd8+ 45. Ke4 Rd4+ 46. Kf3 $15) 39... Be5
$15) 38... Ke6 39. Re2+ Kd6 (39... Kd7 40. h5 gxh5+ 41. Kxh5 Rf8 42. Kg4 h6 43.
g6 Kd6 44. f5 Be5 45. Be1 a5 46. b4 $16) 40. Bg3 Kc5 41. Re7 h5+ 42. Kf3 $16 (
42. gxh6 Bxh6 43. Rxa7 d4 44. Rh7 d3 45. Be1 Bf8 46. Rh8 Be7 47. Rxd8 Bxd8 48.
Kf3 Kd4 49. a4 Bf6 (49... d2 50. Bxd2 Bxh4 51. Be3+ Kc3 52. Bxb6 Kxb3 53. a5
$18) 50. b4 Kc4 51. a5 bxa5 52. bxa5 Bc3 53. a6 Bd4 54. Ke4 Bf2 55. Bd2 (55.
Bxf2 $4 d2 56. a7 d1=Q 57. a8=Q Qh1+ $19) 55... Kb5 56. f5 $1 gxf5+ 57. Kxd3
Kxa6 (57... f4 58. h5 Bb6 59. h6 $18) 58. h5 $18)) 36... Ke7 $11 37. Kd3 Rc8
38. Rc2 (38. Bd4 Bxd4 39. Kxd4 Kd6 $11) 38... Rxc2 39. Kxc2 Ke6 40. Kd3 Be7 41.
Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olomouc After GP Mladi"]
[Site "Olomouc"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Kalod, Radek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1997.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 c5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Be3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 Qa5 11. Bd3 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. f4 d6 (13... Bd4 $2
$16 14. Bxd4 Nxd4 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. cxd5 b5 $8 (16... Qxa2 17. Bc4 Qxb2 18. Rf2
Qa3 19. Qxd4 Qxc1+ 20. Rf1 $18) 17. Bb1 (17. Qe1 Qb6 $8 18. Qf2 (18. Kh1 O-O
19. e5 Rac8 20. f5 Nxf5 21. Bxf5 gxf5 22. Rxf5 Qg6 23. Rf1 (23. Rf3 Qe4 24. d6
Rxc1 25. Qxc1 Qxe5 26. dxe7 Qxe7 $44) 23... d6 24. Qe3 $14) 18... O-O 19. Rfd1
(19. a4 bxa4 20. Rc4 Nb3 21. Rxa4 Nc5 22. Ra3 Nxd3 23. Rxd3 Rfc8 $11) 19... e5
20. fxe5 f6 21. e6 (21. exf6 Rxf6 $19) 21... dxe6 22. dxe6 Rfe8 23. Bc4 bxc4
24. Rxd4 Rab8 25. Rc2 c3 $11) 17... Qb6 18. Kh1 O-O 19. Qd2 (19. Rc3 $1 b4 (
19... f6 20. Rd3 e5 21. dxe6 Nxe6 22. Rd6 Qe3 23. f5 $18) 20. Rc4 Nb5 21. Rxb4
$18) 19... f6 (19... b4 20. Rc4 Nb5 21. Rxb4 a5 22. Rb3 a4 23. Rb4 Qa5 24. a3
$18 {1-0 Klocker,H-Ebner,H/AUT-chT2S 1995 (44)}) 20. f5 $1 (20. Rfd1 Rac8 21.
Rc3 e5 22. dxe6 Nxe6 23. f5 $16) 20... gxf5 21. exf5 b4 (21... e5 22. fxe6 dxe6
23. Qd3 Rf7 (23... f5 24. Qg3+ Kf7 25. Rc7+ $18) 24. Rxf6 $1 $18) 22. Rc4 (22.
Rf4 Nb5 23. Rxb4 $18) 22... Nb5 23. Rxb4 $18 {1-0 Horvath,J-Conquest,S/
Budapest 1987 (31)}) (13... Nc5 14. Bb1 Bxc3 (14... O-O 15. Bd4 (15. a3 $6 Bxc3
16. Rxc3 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxd7 Qh5 19. Qxe7 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qe2+ 21. Rf2 (
21. Kg1 Rae8 22. Qxa7 Rxe3 23. Qxb6 Rxc3 24. bxc3 Qg4+ 25. Kh1 Qe2 26. Qf2 Qxc4
$44) 21... Qg4+ $11) 15... Bxd4+ 16. Qxd4 Rfe8 17. f5 (17. Nd5 Ne6 18. Qf2 Qc5
19. b4 Qxf2+ 20. Rxf2 Rac8 21. a4 $14) 17... d6 18. Qf2 $14) 15. Rxc3 Qb4 (
15... O-O $5 16. Qd4 (16. a3 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxd7 Qh5 $11) 16... d6 17.
a3 $14) 16. a3 (16. Bd4 f6 (16... O-O $2 17. a3 Qa4 18. Bxc5 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 bxc5
20. Rxd7 $18) 17. a3 (17. e5) 17... Qa4 18. Bc2 (18. b4 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Nxe4 20.
Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Re3 Bc2 22. Rd2 Ba4 23. Bxf6 O-O 24. Bd4 Rxf4 25. Rxe7 Raf8 26.
h3 R4f7 $11) (18. Bxc5 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 bxc5 20. Bc2 d6 $11) 18... Qc6 19. Re3 Ne6
20. b3 Qc7 21. e5 f5 22. Bb2 $16) 16... Qa4 17. Qe2 Qc6 18. Bd4 O-O 19. f5 Nxe4
20. Re3 Nd6 21. Rxe7 Rae8 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Rf3 (23. Bxg6 $1 Qxg2+ 24. Qxg2
Bxg2 25. Rfxf7 $18) 23... Nf5 (23... Rxe7 24. Qxe7 Nxc4 25. Bxg6 Qxg6 26. Rg3
Qxg3 27. hxg3 $18) 24. Bxf5 $18 {1-0 Gofshtein,L-Sedina,E/2nd op, Nova Gorica
SLO 1997 (32)}) (13... O-O 14. a3 $5 {/\ f5 Rodriguez,Am}) (13... Rc8 14. Kh1
Bd4 15. Bd2 (15. Bxd4 Nxd4 16. Nd5 Qxa2 17. Ra1 Qxb2 18. Rxa7 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Nb5
20. Bxb5 Qxb5 21. Qb1 $1 $14 (21. Qa1 O-O $11)) 15... Qh5 16. Qe1 Nc5 17. Bb1
a5 18. b3 d6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Qh6 21. Bc3 Qg7 22. f5 Nd7 23. Bxd4 Qxd4 24.
Rd1 Qg7 25. Qe3 f6 26. Rfe1 Rc5 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Bxg6+ $18 {ilegible 1-0
Rodriguez,A-Gonzalez,B/Capablanca mem-B 1993 (43)}) 14. Rf2 (14. f5 Nc5 15. Bb1
O-O $2 (15... Rc8) 16. Bd2 Qa6 (16... Bd4+ 17. Kh1 Qa6 18. b4) 17. b4 (17. Qe2)
17... Nd7 (17... Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Qd4 $18) 18. a4 b5 19.
cxb5 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 $16 {0-1 Yemelin,V-Kalod,R/Komercni Banka, Pardubice CZE
1997 (43)}) (14. a3 O-O 15. Rf2 Nc5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Rac8
19. b4 Qa6 20. Qb3 $14 {1-0 Mueller,K-Lehmann,H/Berliner Sommer 1994 (54)}) (
14. Qd2 Nc5 15. Bb1 O-O 16. Bd4 Bxd4+ 17. Qxd4 Ne6 18. Qd3 Rac8 19. b3 Qc5+ 20.
Kh1 Qd4 21. Qh3 Qg7 22. f5 $14 {0-1 Boros,D-Lehmann,H/Budapest FS11 IM-A 1994 
(44)}) 14... O-O 15. Bb1 Rac8 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nc5 18. Qd2 (18. a3 Na4 19.
b4 Qa6 20. Qb3 (20. Bd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 b5 22. c5 e6 23. dxe6 fxe6 24. Ba2 dxc5
25. bxc5 Rc6 26. Re2 $16) 20... b5 21. Bd3 Qb7 22. c5 $16 {1-0 Rodriguez,
A-Hernandez,R/CUB-ch 1988/TD 88\11 (39)}) (18. Qd2 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 Na4 20. b3 Nc3
$11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Krynica zt"]
[Site "Krynica"]
[Date "1998.09.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Chatalbashev, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1998.09.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 20512]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6
7. Nc3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 e5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O d6 (11... a6 12. Rc1 (12.
Nd5 d6 13. Qd2 Be6 14. f4 b5 15. f5 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Qb6 17. Kh1 Rfc8 18. f6 Bf8
19. Qf2 Rc5 20. Rac1 Rac8 21. Bxd4 exd4 22. Qxd4 Qc7 23. Rce1 $16 {0-1 Speck
Nicholas-Kagan,I/Melbourne Australia ch 1994 (86)}) 12... Rb8 13. Bb1 b5 14.
cxb5 axb5 15. f4 d6 16. f5 Bb7 17. a3 $14 {1-0 Smyslov,V-Listengarten,L/Moscow
1967 (30)}) (11... f5 $2 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Nd5 d6 15. Re1 Rf7 16.
Qh5 $18 {1-0 Van Mil Lucas-Slingerland Caroline/Ch Netherlands (team) 1996 (38)
}) 12. Nb5 $6 $11 (12. Kh1 Be6 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Rc8 15. Nd5 Nc6 16. Qd2
Bxd5 17. cxd5 Ne5 18. Rac1 Qd7 19. b3 a6 {1/2-1/2 Dvoirys,S-Kuzmin,G/Moscow
open Russian Winter 1991 (19)}) (12. f4 f5 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Nd5 Kh8 15. exf5
Bxf5 16. Bxf5 Rxf5 17. Qb3 $16 {1-0 Perez Pardo,J-Clemente,A/ESP 1993 (30)}) (
12. Rc1 Be6 13. Ne2 (13. b3 a6 14. Bb1 b5 15. cxb5 Nxb5 16. Nxb5 axb5 17. Rc6
d5 18. exd5 {1/2-1/2 Gulko,B-Seirawan,Y/Key West Florida (1O) 1994 (18)}) 13...
Nc6 (13... a6 14. Bb1 Qf6 15. b3 Rab8 16. Qd3 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Rfd1 Nxe2+
19. Qxe2 Rfd8 20. Rc6 $16 (20. Rc7 Rd7 21. Rc6 Qd8 22. Bd3 b4 23. Bb5 $14 {
0-1 Liebert,H-Espig,L/Strasbourg ch20-DDR 1971 (42)})) 14. Qd2 Qe7 15. Rfd1
Rad8 16. b3 (16. b4 b6 17. a3 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2
Mastrovasilis,D-Roiz,M/Eu Youth bu16, Mureck AUT 1998 (52)}) 16... f5 17. f3
Kh8 18. Nc3 f4 19. Bf2 g5 20. Qe2 Rg8 21. h3 h5 22. Kf1 Rd7 23. Ke1 Rc8 24. Bb1
$14 {1/2-1/2 Pecnik,L-Roiz,M/Eu Youth bu16, Mureck AUT 1998 (51)}) (12. Ne2 Be6
13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Bd2 Rc8 15. b3 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18. Rc1 d5 $11
(18... Qf8 $2 19. f4 d5 20. g4 Rf7 21. cxd5 Rd8 22. Qf3 Rfd7 23. f5 $16 {
1-0 Luther,T-Shishkin,V/MK Cafe, Koszalin POL 1997 (46)})) (12. a4 $5 a6 (12...
Be6 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bd2 Rc8 16. b3 (16. Qb3 Qd7 17. a5 Rc5 18. Qa4
$11 {1-0 King,D-Rogers,I/BL 1996 (42)}) 16... f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Bb4 $5 (18.
Qf3 d5 (18... Qd7 19. Rfe1 Rf7 20. Bxf5 Rxf5 21. Qd3 Rcf8 22. Re2 $16 {1-0
Spraggett,K-Garcia,I/Candas op 1992 (40)}) 19. Rac1 Qd7 20. cxd5 Bxd3 21. Qxd3
Qxd5 $11 {1-0 Smyslov,V-Fabiano,G/Roma op 1990 (45)}) 18... Be5 19. Ra2 Qg5 20.
g3 Bd7 21. Be4 Bc6 22. Bd2 Qd8 23. Re1 $14 {1-0 Horvath,J-Kallai,G/Magyar
Bajnoksag 1995 (36)}) (12... b6 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bd2 Bb7 16. a5
bxa5 17. Rxa5 Re8 18. Re1 Rc8 19. b4 Re5 20. Rxe5 dxe5 $11 (20... Bxe5 21. Qb3
$14 {0-1 Wirthensohn,H-Steiger,W/OLBaden 1992 (36)})) (12... Nc6 13. Nd5 Be6
14. Qd2 Nd4 15. Ra3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Vera,R-Matamoros Franco,C/Capablanca Premier
1997 (43)}) 13. a5 Be6 14. Qa4 (14. Nd5 Rc8 (14... Bxd5 15. exd5 $14 {Hebert,J}
) 15. Nb6 Rc7 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. f4 f6 (17... f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Nd5 $14) 18.
Qf3 $14 {1-0 Hebert,J-Sermek,D/Cannes op 1995 (50)}) 14... Rc8 15. Nd5 Bxd5 (
15... f5 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Qb3 $14) 16. cxd5 $14 {1-0 Shabalov,
A-Baburin,A/Mermaid Beach 1998/EXP 62/[Tsesarsky] (32)} (16. exd5 Qh4 $132))
12... Nxb5 13. cxb5 d5 (13... Be6 $11) 14. exd5 Qxd5 15. f3 (15. Qe2 e4 16. Bc4
Qe5 17. b3 Be6 $11) 15... Be6 16. Qe2 Qd7 (16... Rfd8 $2 17. Rfd1 $1 $16 {
[%csl Rd5]}) (16... Qd8 $1 17. Rfd1 Qh4 $11) 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. a4 (18. Rac1 Rfc8
(18... Bxa2 19. Bc5 $14) 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. b3 b6 $11) 18... Rfd8 (18... Qb4
19. a5 Rfd8 $11 (19... Bb3 20. Rdc1 Rfd8 $11)) 19. a5 Qb4 (19... Bb3 20. Rdc1
Qd7 $11) 20. Rdc1 Rd7 21. Bc5 Qh4 22. Bc4 (22. b6 a6 23. Ra3 (23. Bc4 Bxc4 24.
Rxc4 Qf6 25. Be3 Rad8 26. Rac1 Bf8 27. Rc7 Bb4 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Rc8+ Kg7 30.
Bc5 e4 31. Bxb4 Qd4+ 32. Kf1 Qxb4 $17) (23. Bf2 Qd8 24. Ra3 Bf8 25. Bc5 Bf5 $1
26. Bxf5 Bxc5+ 27. Rxc5 Rd1+ $19) 23... Rad8 24. Bf2 (24. b4 Bh6 25. Rf1 Bf4
26. g3 Bxg3 27. hxg3 Qxg3+ 28. Kh1 Qh3+ 29. Kg1 Rd5 30. Be7 R8d7 31. Bf6 Qg3+
32. Kh1 e4 33. fxe4 Rxd3 (33... Rh5+ 34. Qxh5 gxh5 35. Rg1 $18) 34. Rxd3 Rxd3
$19) 24... Qe7 25. Bc5 Qf6 26. Rac3 $132) 22... Bxc4 23. Rxc4 Qd8 (23... Rd2
24. Qf1 (24. Qxd2 Qxc4 25. Qb4 Qxb4 26. Bxb4 Rc8 27. Rd1 $11) 24... Qg5 $11)
24. Be3 a6 $6 (24... Rd5 $1 25. b6 axb6 26. Bxb6 Rd2 27. Qe1 Qd5 28. Rac1 Rxb2
29. Rc8+ Rxc8 30. Rxc8+ Bf8 31. Bc5 Qxc5+ 32. Rxc5 Bxc5+ 33. Kh1 Bd4 $11 (33...
Bb4 34. Qc1 Rd2 35. Qc8+ Kg7 36. g3 Bxa5 37. Qxb7 Bc3 $11)) 25. b6 h5 (25...
Rc8 26. Rxc8 Qxc8 27. Rc1 Qd8 28. b4 Bf8 29. b5 axb5 30. Qxb5 Rd1+ 31. Rxd1
Qxd1+ 32. Kf2 Qc2+ 33. Qe2 Qa4 (33... Qc8 34. Qb2 $1 Bd6 35. a6 bxa6 36. b7 Qb8
37. Qb6 e4 38. Qxa6 Bxh2 39. Qa8 Kg7 40. Qxb8 Bxb8 41. fxe4 Kf6 42. Kf3 g5 43.
Bf2 $18) 34. a6 bxa6 35. b7 Bd6 36. Ba7 $16) 26. Rac1 Rd3 (26... Qe7 27. Rc7
Rad8 28. Qe1 f5 29. b4 e4 30. Bf2 Bb2 31. R1c2 Qe5 32. Rxd7 Rxd7 33. fxe4 fxe4
34. Rc5 Qe7 35. h3 $16 {[%csl Gb6,Rg8]}) 27. Bg5 (27. b4 Qd5 28. Rc5 Qb3 $132)
27... Qd7 28. h3 Rb8 (28... f6 29. Be3 Rd8 30. Rc8 Bf8 31. Rxd8 Qxd8 32. Rc8
Rd1+ 33. Kh2 Qxc8 34. Qxd1 Kg7 35. Qd5 $132) 29. Kh1 Rd5 $2 $16 (29... Rb3 $1
30. Qc2 (30. Rc5 Qd4 $132) 30... Rb5 (30... Qb5 $2 31. Rc8+ Rxc8 32. Qxc8+ Kh7
33. Qxb7 Qxa5 34. Qxf7 $18) 31. b4 Bf8 32. Qe4 Qd5 33. Rc8 (33. Qxd5 Rxd5 34.
Rc8 Rxc8 35. Rxc8 Kg7 36. Bh6+ Kxh6 37. Rxf8 Kg7 38. Rc8 Rb5 (38... Rd4 39. b5
$18) 39. Rc7 Rxb4 40. Rxb7 Rb5 41. Ra7 Rxa5 42. Ra8 Rb5 43. Rxa6 Rb1+ 44. Kh2
h4 $11) 33... Rxc8 34. Rxc8 Kg7 35. Bh6+ Kxh6 36. Rxf8 Qxe4 37. fxe4 Rxb4 38.
Rxf7 Rb5 (38... Rxe4 $4 39. Rxb7 Ra4 40. Rb8 Kg7 41. Ra8 $18) 39. Rxb7 Rxa5 $11
) 30. Rc5 Rxc5 31. Rxc5 Rc8 32. Qd2 Qf5 (32... Qe6 33. Rc7 Rb8 34. Re7 Qc6 35.
b4 Bf8 (35... f6 36. Bh6 $18) 36. Rxe5 $16) 33. Rc7 Re8 $2 $18 (33... Rb8 34.
Qd5 $16) 34. Be3 $2 $16 (34. Rxb7 e4 (34... Bf8 35. Qd7 $18) 35. fxe4 Qxe4 36.
Ra7 Qe1+ 37. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 38. Kh2 Be5+ 39. g3 Re2+ 40. Kh1 Rxb2 41. Rxa6 $18)
34... e4 35. f4 Bf6 $2 $18 (35... Rb8 36. Re7 (36. b4 Bf8 37. Qd4 (37. Bc5 Bh6
38. Be3 Bf8 $11) (37. Qb2 Bd6 $15) 37... Qe6 38. Bc1 (38. Rc4 Re8 $11) (38. Bd2
Bd6 $1 (38... Bg7 $2 39. Qd7 Qxd7 40. Rxd7 Bf6 41. Be3 Bc3 42. b5 axb5 43. a6
bxa6 44. b7 Ba5 45. Ba7 e3 (45... Rf8 46. Kg1 b4 47. b8=Q Rxb8 48. Bxb8 $18)
46. Bxb8 e2 47. Re7 $18) 39. Rc1 Re8 $132) 38... Bd6 39. Bb2 f6 40. Qxf6 Qxf6
41. Bxf6 Bxc7 42. bxc7 Rc8 43. Bd8 h4 $1 (43... Kf7 44. g4 Ke6 45. Kg2 Kd5 46.
gxh5 gxh5 47. f5 Ke5 48. f6 $18) 44. Kg1 (44. g4 hxg3 45. Kg2 Kf7 46. Kxg3 Ke6
47. Kf2 Kf5 48. Ke3 Ra8 49. Bg5 Rc8 50. Bd8 $11) 44... Kf7 45. Kf2 Ke6 46. Ke2
(46. Ke3 Kf5 $22 47. Bxh4 Rxc7 48. g4+ Ke6 49. Be1 Rc4 $17) 46... Kd6 47. Kd2
Ke6 $11 (47... Kc6 48. Ke2 Kb5 49. Ke3 Kxb4 50. Kxe4 Kxa5 51. Kd5 Kb4 52. Kd6
$18)) 36... Qb5 (36... Bf6 37. Qd6 Bxe7 38. Qxb8+ $18) (36... Qf6 37. Qd7 Bf8
38. Re5 $16 (38. Rxe4 Qxb2 39. Re5 Bg7 (39... Qc3 40. Bd2 $16) 40. Re7 $16))
37. b4 $16) 36. Rxb7 Rd8 37. Qe2 Qxa5 38. Kh2 (38. Qc4 Qd5 39. Qxa6 Bxb2 40.
Rc7 $16 Qb3 41. Rc8 Qxe3 42. Rxd8+ Kg7 43. Rd1 Qxf4 44. Rf1 Qg3 45. Rxf7+ Kxf7
46. Qa2+ Kf6 47. Qxb2+ $18) 38... Qd5 (38... Qb5 39. Qxb5 axb5 40. Rc7 $18) 39.
Rc7 Kg7 (39... Rb8 40. Qxa6 $18) 40. b7 Rb8 41. Qxa6 Bd4 42. Bxd4+ Qxd4 43. Qc6
Qf6 44. Qxe4 Qxb2 45. Qd5 1-0

[Event "Donetzk zt"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "1998.11.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Black "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 24676]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. e4 Bg7
7. Be3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 b6 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qd2 (
13. Re1 Rc8 14. b4 Nd4 15. f4 d6 16. Bf1 e5 17. fxe5 (17. Nd5 Ne6 18. f5 Nc7
$11) (17. Qd2 Qf6 18. Rcd1 Rfe8 19. Qf2 Bc6 (19... Ne6 20. Nb5 exf4 21. Bc1
Rcd8 22. Nxd6 Re7 23. Nxb7 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rxb7 $11) 20. g4 Ne6 21. f5 gxf5 22.
exf5 Ng5 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 $1 Rxc4 25. Qg2 Rec8 (25... Rxb4 26. Bd2 Rb2 27.
h4 Ne6 28. fxe6 fxe6 29. Rxd6 (29. g5 Qe7 30. Rb5 Rxa2 31. Bc4 $14) 29... Qxh4
30. Re2 Rxa2 31. Bg5 Rxe2 32. Bxh4 Rxg2+ 33. Bxg2 Bf8 34. Rd7 Bc5+ 35. Kh2 a5
36. Be4 $16) 26. Bxc4 $16 {1-0 Kortchnoi,V-Makarov,G/USSR 1973/Inf 15 (36)})
17... dxe5 18. Nd5 f5 19. Bd3 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Rf7 21. Qg4 $14) (13. b4 Rc8 (13...
f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Csom,I-Groszpeter,A/Budapest Tungsram
1978/[MClas 03 (41)}) (13... a5 14. a3 axb4 15. axb4 Ra3 16. Nb5 Ra2 17. Nc3 (
17. Rc2 Ra1 18. Qd2 Rxf1+ 19. Kxf1 Bc6 20. Nc3 $14) 17... Ra3 (17... Ra8) 18.
Qd2 f5 19. Nd5 (19. exf5 gxf5 20. f4 (20. Nd5 b5 21. Be2 f4 22. Nxf4 Nxf4 23.
Bxf4 Qa8 24. g3 (24. f3 Qa7+ 25. Kh1 Ra2 $19) 24... Ra2 25. Qe3 e5 26. Bg5 $1
$16 (26. Bxe5 $2 Bh1 $1 27. f3 Re8 $132)) 20... Qa8 21. Nb5 Ra2 22. Rc2 Ra6 $14
) 19... Bxd5 20. exd5 f4 21. dxe6 fxe3 22. Qxe3 Rf6 23. exd7 $16 {1-0 Csom,
I-Planinc,A/Banja Luka 1974/Inf 18 (43)}) (13... Qe8 14. f4 f5 15. Nd5 Kh8 16.
exf5 gxf5 17. Be2 Rg8 18. Bh5 Qf8 19. Rf2 Rc8 20. Bf3 $14 {1-0 Renet,
O-Apicella,M/Montpellier French ch 1991/[Ernst] (59)}) (13... Nd4 14. Bb1 Nc6
15. a3 d6 16. Qd3 Rc8 17. f4 $14) 14. Qd2 f5 (14... Ba6 15. Nd5 Nc7 16. c5 Bxd3
17. Qxd3 bxc5 18. Bxc5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Bh6 20. Rcd1 Rc7 21. e5 $14 {1/2-1/2
Nunn-Larsen/Hastings 1988 (62)}) 15. exf5 gxf5 16. f4 Qe8 17. Be2 Qf7 18. Nd5
$14 {1/2-1/2 Gallagher,J-Huss,B/Neuchatel op 1996/EXT 96op2 (47)}) (13. Bb1 a6
(13... d6 14. f4 Nc5 (14... f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Rf2 Qe8 17. b3 Qg6 $14 (17...
Qf7 18. Nd5 Nc5 19. Bd4 e6 (19... Bxd4 20. Qxd4 e6 21. Rf3 h6 22. Rg3+ Kh7 23.
Re1 $18) 20. Bxg7 Qxg7 21. Rf3 $1 Kh8 22. Rg3 Qh6 23. Rh3 Qg7 24. Rcc3 $1 Rae8
$5 (24... exd5 $4 25. Rcg3 Qf7 26. Rh6 $4 (26. Rxh7+ $3 Kxh7 (26... Qxh7 27.
Qd4+ $18) 27. Qg4 Kh8 28. Bxf5 $1 $18) 26... Ne6 (26... Rg8 $4 27. Qd4+ $18 {
1-0 Schneider-Wirius,S/Vienna AUT 1987 (29)}) 27. cxd5 Ng7 28. Qd4 Qe7 $15) 25.
Rcg3 Qd7 26. Rh6 $1 Bxd5 27. Qd4+ e5 28. Qxd5 $16)) 15. f5 (15. Bd4 e5 16. Be3
exf4 17. Bxf4 Re8 18. Bxd6 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21. Qd5 Re6 22. Ba3
Rc8 $11) 15... Nd7 16. b3 Ne5 17. Nd5 e6 18. f6 exd5 19. fxg7 Re8 20. cxd5 $14
{1-0 Olafsson,F-Huebner,R/Wijk aan Zee 1971/Inf 11 (41)}) (13... f5 14. exf5
gxf5 15. f3 (15. b4 f4 (15... Qe8 16. f4 Kh8 17. Nd5 d6 18. g4 fxg4 19. Qxg4
Nd4 20. Qh3 h5 (20... h6 $4 21. f5 $1 (21. Bxd4 $5 Bxd4+ 22. Kh1 Rf6 (22... Bg7
23. Qd3 $18) 23. Be4 $1 (23. Qd3 Qf7 24. Qxd4 e6 25. Be4 $16) 23... Bxd5 24.
Bxd5 Rd8 $16) 21... Bxd5 (21... Ne2+ 22. Kh1 Nxc1 (22... Qf7 23. Bxh6 $18) 23.
Bxh6 Bxd5+ 24. cxd5 Ne2 25. Bxg7+ Kxg7 26. f6+ $18) 22. cxd5 Rg8 23. f6 $18 {
1-0 Akesson,R-Ward,C/Gausdal Troll 1996 (28)}) 21. Bd3 $14) 16. Qh5 h6 17. Qg6
Rf6 18. Qh7+ Kf8 19. Bd2 Ng5 20. Qd3 f3 $132) (15. f4 Qe8 16. Rf2 Rc8 17. Nd5
$6 (17. b3 $14) 17... Nc7 18. Nc3 $5 (18. Nxc7 Rxc7 19. c5 Qc8 $132) 18... Bc6
(18... Ne6 $5) (18... d6) 19. Bd3 (19. b3 Qg6 20. Bd3 Kh8 21. Be2 Rg8 22. Bf3
$14) 19... Qf7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Savon-Silva/Odessa 1976 (41)}) 15... d6 16. Qd2 Rf7
17. Nd5 Be5 18. Bf4 $6 Nxf4 (18... Bg7 $6 19. Rfe1 Nxf4 $11 (19... Nf8 $4 20.
Bxf5 $1 (20. Rcd1 $4 Rc8 21. b3 $14 {0-1 Jansa,V-Shalimov,V/Komercni Banka,
Pardubice CZE 1997 (42)}) 20... Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Bxb2 22. Bg5 Bxc1 23. Rxe7 Qxe7
24. Bxe7 Re8 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Qxd6+ $16)) 19. Nxf4 Qc8 $11) 14. b3 Bc6 15. Qd2
b5 16. c5 b4 17. Nd5 a5 18. Rfd1 $14 {1-0 Kushnir,A-Gaprindashvili,N/WchW
Tbilisi ,BIG 1969 (47)}) 13... d6 (13... Re8 14. f4 (14. Bh6 Bf6 15. Nd5 Bh8
16. Rfd1 a6 17. Be3 $14 {1-0 Chess Genius 1-Felegyhazi,L/BUEK '94 1994 (89)})
14... Nc5 15. f5 d6 16. Rf4 Be5 17. Rh4 e6 18. Rh3 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Qc7 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Frey,K-Hernandez,R/Bayamo 1983 (35)}) (13... f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Bh6
Rf7 16. Bxg7 Rxg7 17. Nd5 Nc5 18. f3 e6 19. Nc3 Qh4 $15 {0-1 Hass,R-Woda,J/POL
ch tt Porabka POL 1986 (36)}) (13... Nc5 14. Bb1 (14. Bc2 Qc7 15. b4 Ne6 16.
Nd5 Qd6 17. f4 Rfe8 18. f5 $1 $16 (18. Ba4 Bc6 19. Bb3 Rad8 (19... Rac8 20. f5
gxf5 21. exf5 Bxd5 22. cxd5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Nc7 24. Bf4 Be5 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. d6
$14 {1/2-1/2 Chess Genius-Risc 2500/3/93 Liebert 1993 (51)}) 20. f5 gxf5 21.
Rxf5 Be5 22. Rh5 $14 {1-0 Chess Genius-Risc 2500/3/93 Liebert 1993 (34)}))
14... a5 15. Rcd1 d6 16. Rfe1 Qd7 17. Bh6 a4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Re3 $36 {
1/2-1/2 Nerenz,M-Lutzkat/cr DDR 1990 (27)}) 14. Rfd1 $14 (14. Bb1 a5 15. b3 Nc5
16. Rcd1 (16. Rfe1 Re8 17. Bg5 Bc6 18. Nd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Belikov,V-Lukovnikov,A/
Open, Voronezh RUS 1998 (26)}) 16... Bc6 17. Rfe1 Qc7 18. h4 Qb7 19. Bh6 Rad8
20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Cseshkovsky,V-Hernandez,R/Leipzig ,MCL 1975 
(41)}) 14... Rc8 15. b4 Qd7 16. f3 $5 (16. Nd5 $14) 16... Ba6 (16... Nd4 17.
Nd5 e6 18. Nf4 $14) 17. Ne2 $6 $11 (17. Nd5 Bb7 (17... Nc7 $2 18. c5 bxc5 (
18... Bxd3 19. c6 Qe6 20. Qxd3 $16) 19. Bxa6 Nxa6 20. bxc5 e6 21. Nf4 Be5 22.
Ne2 d5 23. exd5 exd5 24. Qxd5 Qxd5 25. Rxd5 Rfe8 26. Kf2 $16) 18. a3 $14) 17...
Qa4 $1 (17... Bb7 $14) 18. f4 Rfe8 (18... Bb7 19. Rb1 $14 (19. Nc3 $2 Qxb4 20.
Nd5 Qxd2 21. Nxe7+ Kh8 22. Rxd2 Rce8 23. Nd5 Nc5 $15) (19. f5 Nc7 (19... gxf5
20. exf5 Nc7 21. Ng3 $16) 20. Rf1 $14)) 19. f5 Nf8 (19... Nc7 20. Rf1 $14) 20.
Bd4 $5 (20. Nd4 Nd7 21. Nf3 (21. Bc2 $2 Qxa2 (21... Qa3 22. Bb3 $132) 22. Ra1
Qxc4 23. Bb3 Qc3 24. Rxa6 Bxd4 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 26. Qxd4 Qxd4 27. Bxd4 Rc7 28.
Rda1 Rc4 $17) 21... Bb7 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Rf1 $132) (20. Nf4 Nd7 21. fxg6 hxg6
22. b5 Bb7 $15) (20. b5 Bb7 21. Rf1 Nd7 22. Nc3 Qa5 $132) 20... Bxd4+ (20...
Nd7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 $132) 21. Nxd4 Nd7 22. Bc2 (22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Nf3 Bb7 24. Rf1
a5 $11) 22... Qa3 23. Bb3 Bb7 24. Nb5 (24. Nc2 Qb2 $132) 24... Qa6 25. Qf4 Kg7
$4 $16 (25... Bc6 $1 26. Nd4 Ba4 $1 (26... Qb7 $2 27. Nxc6 Rxc6 28. c5 Nf6 29.
Bd5 Nxd5 30. exd5 Rcc8 31. c6 $16) 27. b5 Qa5 28. Nc6 Rxc6 29. bxc6 Qc5+ 30.
Kh1 Bxc6 $44) (25... Ba8 26. a4 Rf8 (26... Qb7 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. c5 $18) 27.
Qg5 Rfe8 28. c5 Bxe4 29. cxd6 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Bxf5 31. Nc7 $18) (25... Rf8) 26.
Nxd6 $2 $14 (26. a4 $1 {[%csl Ra6]} Rf8 (26... Ba8 27. c5 bxc5 28. fxg6 fxg6
29. Qf7+ (29. Nc7 Rxc7 30. Qf7+ Kh6 31. Qxe8 Qb6 (31... Bxe4 32. Qxe7 Qe2 33.
Qh4+ Kg7 34. Qg5 Ne5 35. Re1 $18) 32. Qxa8 c4+ 33. Kh1 cxb3 34. Rxc7 Qxc7 35.
Qd5 Qc2 36. Qd2+ Qxd2 37. Rxd2 $16) 29... Kh6 30. Be6 Bc6 (30... Ne5 31. Bxc8
Qxc8 32. Qf4+ g5 33. Qg3 $16) 31. bxc5 Bxb5 32. axb5 Qxb5 33. Rc3 Ne5 34. Rh3+
Kg5 35. Qg7 $18) 27. Rf1 $16) 26... exd6 27. Rxd6 Rxe4 $1 (27... Ne5 28. c5 $2
(28. f6+ Kh8 29. Rc3 $1 g5 30. Qxg5 Ng6 (30... Rg8 31. Qxe5 $18) 31. Rh3 Rxe4
32. Qh6 Re1+ 33. Kf2 $18) 28... Qe2 $132) 28. f6+ Kg8 $1 (28... Kf8 $4 29. Qh6+
Ke8 30. c5 $18) (28... Kh8 $5 29. Qh6 Nxf6 30. Rxf6 Re7 31. Rcf1 Kg8 32. b5 (
32. c5 Qe2 33. Qh3 Rf8 34. Qg3 Ba6 35. cxb6 axb6 36. Qg5 $132) 32... Qa3 33.
Rxf7 Qc5+ 34. R7f2 Rf7 $14) 29. Qh6 Nxf6 30. Rxf6 Re2 $4 $18 (30... Re7 31. c5
Qe2 32. Qg5 $132) 31. Rxf7 $3 (31. Rf2 Rxf2 32. Kxf2 Qa3 33. Qd2 a5 34. bxa5
Qc5+ 35. Kf1 bxa5 $15) 31... Rxg2+ 32. Kf1 Kxf7 33. Qxh7+ Kf8 (33... Kf6 34.
Re1 $18) 34. Re1 Bd5 (34... Rxa2 35. b5 Bg2+ 36. Kg1 Qa3 37. Qh8+ Kf7 38. Qxc8
$18) 35. Re7 1-0

[Event "Pinamar Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Pinamar"]
[Date "2002.03.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Slipak, Sergio"]
[Black "Mohr, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2002.03.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. e4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. Rc1 b6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. f3 g5 {[%csl Gf4]}
14. b3 h5 15. h4 $6 {I don't really believe black's system, but I don't like
this move. In a sense it battles for f4, but it also encourages an expansion
that does indeed yield some counterplay.} g4 16. Nd5 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 gxf3 18.
gxf3 Be5 19. Rhg1 Kf8 $13 {[%csl Yf4][%cal Gb7d5,Ge6f4,Ge5f4] directly or
indirectly black's minor pieces show an admirable spirit of single-minded
teamwork in targetting f4.} 20. f4 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Nxf4 22. Bb5 Ke8 23. Rg5 f6
24. Rg7 a6 25. Rcg1 Rf8 26. Bf1 f5 27. R7g5 b5 28. Rxf5 Rxf5 29. exf5 Kf7 30.
Bxf4 Bxf4+ 31. Kd3 Be5 32. Be2 Rc8 33. Bxh5+ Kf8 34. Bf3 Rc3+ 35. Ke4 d6 36. h5
Rc2 37. Rg2 Rxg2 38. Bxg2 Bc3 39. Kd3 Be1 40. a3 a5 41. Bf1 Kg7 42. Ke4 a4 43.
Bxb5 axb3 44. Bd3 Kh6 45. Kd4 Kxh5 46. Kc4 b2 47. a4 Kg4 48. Kb5 Kf4 49. a5 Ke3
50. Bb1 Bxa5 51. Kxa5 Kd4 52. Kb6 Kxd5 53. Kc7 Kc4 54. Kd7 d5 55. Kxe7 d4 56.
f6 d3 57. f7 d2 58. f8=Q d1=Q 59. Qc8+ Kb4 60. Qb7+ Kc3 61. Qc7+ Kb3 62. Qb6+
Kc3 63. Qa5+ Kb3 64. Ba2+ Kc2 65. Qc5+ Kd2 66. Qg5+ Kc2 67. Qf5+ Kd2 68. Qf4+
Ke1 69. Qh4+ Kd2 70. Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Volgograd"]
[Site "Volgograd"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Sedina, Elena"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Yakovich,Y"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. e4 Nc6 7. Be3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 Qa5 11. Be2 d6 12. O-O Bd7 13. f4 $1 (13. Nd5 Bxb2
14. Rb1 Bg7 15. Rxb7 Nd8 $8 (15... Bc6 $6) 16. Qb3 Nxb7 17. Qxb7 Rd8 18. c5
dxc5 19. Bb5 $3 $40 {Voormans-Shek/corr/1988/89/0,5/30/}) 13... Nc5 (13... Bc6
14. f5 Nc5 15. f6 Bxf6 (15... exf6 16. Qxd6 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19.
Rce1 $3 $18) 16. Rxf6 exf6 17. Qxd6 Ne6 (17... Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxf6 Rg8
20. c5) 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Qa3 $40) 14. e5 (14. Bd4 $5) 14... Bc6 (14... dxe5 15.
fxe5 $36) 15. exd6 Rd8 (15... O-O-O 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 exd6 18. Bd2 {/\b4+-/
}) 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. dxe7 Kxe7 18. cxd5 Ne6 19. Bf3 Bxb2 20. Rb1 Qa3 21. Qe2
Qxe3+ 22. Qxe3 Bd4 23. Rfe1 $1 1-0

