[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 d6 (5... e6 {is rather more
popular nowadays - it leads to more lively positions.}) 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. a4 a5 {
Black doesn't let White gain () on the << to slow down his play. The text-move
is the most usual continuation, but perhaps deserving attention is the
less-tested alternative} (7... Qxb6 8. a5 Qb4 9. Ra4 Qb7 10. e4 g5 $5 11. Bxg5
Qxb2 12. Bd2 Rb8 13. f4 Bg7 14. Bc4 Ng4 15. Nge2 Bd4 $13 16. Ra2 Qb4 17. Ra4
Qb2 18. Ra2 Qb4 19. Ra4 {1/2,Volzhin,A-Conquest,S/Hastings/1993/}) 8. e4 g6 9.
Nf3 Bg7 10. Be2 {Cheparinov leaves b5 free for his N, but White more often
plays} (10. Bb5 O-O 11. O-O Nxb6 12. Re1 Ne8 13. Bf4 f6 (13... Ba6 14. e5 $5
Bxb5 15. axb5 Nc7 $132) 14. Nd2 (14. h4 $5 $14) 14... Nc7 15. Bc6 Rb8 16. Nb3
Nc4 17. Nb5 Na6 18. Qe2 Ne5 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. Nd2 Nb4 21. Nc4 Ba6 22. Ra3 Rc8
23. Na7 Rc7 24. Nb5 Nxc6 (24... Rc8 $11) 25. dxc6 Rxc6 26. Qd2 Qd7 27. Rb3 $44
{Sokolov,I-Ponomariov,R/Hastings/1999/}) 10... O-O 11. O-O Qxb6 ({Black often
plays} 11... Nxb6 {, but the character of the position remains similar. White
first tries to "cement" the << and then turn his attention to the opposite
flank.} 12. Bf4 {Aimed to prevent [+]<=>} (12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 e6 $5 14. dxe6
Bxe6 15. Nd2 Qe7 16. Qc1 Rfc8 17. Bf3 Nfd7 18. Be2 Ne5 19. Nf3 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3
Kh7 21. Rd1 Rab8 22. Bf4 Nc4 23. Be2 Nxb2 24. Rxd6 Rb3 25. e5 Rxc3 26. Qxc3
Qxd6 27. Qxb2 Qd4 $15 {Kobylkin,E-Tseshkovsky,V/Krasnodar/2002/}) 12... Nh5 (
12... Bg4 $6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nfd7 15. Rb1 c4 16. Be3 Qc8 17. Qc2 Rb8 18.
Nb5 Rb7 19. Bg4 h5 20. Bxd7 Nxd7 21. Rfc1 Ne5 22. b3 $16 {Nielsen,
P-Tseshkovsky,V/Hastings/2002/}) (12... Ne8 13. Qd2 Bg4 14. Rfe1 Nc7 15. h3
Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nc4 17. Qc2 Na6 18. Nb5 Ne5 19. Be2 Nb4 20. Qd2 Qd7 21. Bg3 Qb7
22. Rad1 Kh8 23. f4 Nd7 24. Bc4 Nb6 25. b3 Rad8 26. Bh4 Rd7 27. f5 $36 {
Shaked,T-Shirov,A/Tilburg/1997/ Especially this second example is very similar
to our game, exchanging the Bc8 for the N makes it difficult to get effective
<=>.}) 13. Bg5 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Nd2 Ra7 16. Rc1 Rb7 17. b3 f5 $5 18. g4
fxg4 19. Qxg4 Qd7 20. f3 Bd4+ 21. Kg2 Qxg4+ 22. fxg4 Rxf1 23. Kxf1 Nf6 $14 {
/<=>,Gleizerov,E-Sadatnajafi,M/Dubai op/2003/}) 12. Nd2 Ba6 (12... Ne8 13. Nc4
Qd8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bd2 Nb6 16. Qc1 Kh7 17. Nb5 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Nc7 19. Bc3 Bxc3
20. Qxc3 (20. bxc3 $142 $36) 20... Nxb5 21. axb5 Bd7 {Demasi,J-Bernard,I/Isla
Margarita/1998/} 22. Ra3 Qb6 23. Rfa1 a4 $11) 13. Nb5 $1 {[%mdl 4] This move
is in keeping with White's general plan.} (13. Kh1 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Rfb8 15. f4
Qa6 16. Qf3 Rb7 17. Rb1 Ne8 18. Nb5 Nc7 19. Nxc7 Rxc7 20. b3 Rb8 21. Bb2 Bxb2
22. Rxb2 {Nakamura,R-Ali,G/Moscow olm/1994/} Rb4 $132) 13... Rfb8 $146 (13...
Ne5 14. Kh1 c4 15. f4 Nd3 16. Nxc4 Nf2+ 17. Rxf2 Qxf2 18. Be3 Qh4 19. Bf3 h5
20. g3 Qh3 21. Bg2 Qg4 22. Qf1 Qd7 23. Nb6 $16 {Alonso Gonzalez,A-Munoz,M/
Asturias/1995/}) (13... Ne8 14. Nc4 Qd8 15. Bd2 $16) 14. Qc2 Qd8 15. Nc4 Nb6
16. Nca3 $5 (16. Nxb6 Qxb6 {[%cal Yf6e8,Ye8c7,Ye7e6] /\e6,Ne8-c7<=>}) 16... Ne8
(16... e6 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Bf4 Ne8 19. Nc4 $5 $36 {[%csl Rd6,Re6] ק}) 17. Rb1
Nc7 18. b3 $14 Bxb5 $6 {As we have indicated above, Black should be very
careful about giving White control over the light squares.} (18... Nxb5 $142
19. Nxb5 e6 $5 $14) 19. Nxb5 Na6 20. Bg5 Nb4 21. Qd2 Qd7 22. f4 Rb7 23. f5 $1
$40 {[%mdl 128] As in Shaked-Shirov, White stops any e6 ideas and starts
playing for a >>->.} Qe8 24. Rf3 Nd7 25. Rbf1 {While the Nb5 holds the <<,
White methodically concentrates the rest of his pieces against Black's K.} Be5
26. Rh3 (26. Bh6 $40 {[%cal Rf5g6] /\fg6}) 26... f6 27. Be3 {This allows Black
to put up a (at least temporary) blockade.} (27. fxg6 $5 Qxg6 (27... fxg5 28.
Bg4 $1 $40) 28. Rf5 $40) 27... g5 $5 28. g4 (28. Rh5 $1 Qf7 29. h4 $16) 28...
Rc8 29. Bc4 Bd4 $2 {Black wants to activate his Nd7 even at the cost of a P,
but he allows a powerful sacrificial blow.} (29... Qf7 $142 {[%cal Yg8e8] /
\Kf8-e8}) 30. Nxd4 cxd4 31. Bxg5 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%mdl 512] The most energetic
move, Cheparinov tears up Black's >>.} ({The mundane} 31. Bxd4 $16 {/\ is also
quite good:} Nc5 32. Rh5 Nxe4 33. Qe3 Nc5 34. Rxg5+ $18) 31... Ne5 (31... fxg5
32. Qxg5+ Kh8 33. Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 34. Rf3 $18) 32. Bh6 d3 {Black's major pieces
are too far from the >> to help out the defence.} (32... Nxc4 33. bxc4 Rxc4 (
33... Qxa4 34. g5 Qc2 35. Qf4 $18) 34. Bg7 $1 Qf7 (34... Kxg7 35. Qh6+ Kf7 36.
Qxh7+ Kf8 37. Qh8+ Kf7 38. Rh7#) (34... e5 35. Bxf6 $18) 35. Rxh7 Qxg7 $8 36.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 37. g5 d3 38. Qg2 $18 {->}) 33. g5 Qf7 34. Rg3 Kh8 35. g6 $1 $18
hxg6 (35... Qe8 36. Rh3 {[%cal Rh6g7] /\Bg7+-} (36. gxh7 $18)) 36. fxg6 Nxg6
37. Rf5 Ne5 (37... Rg8 38. Rh5 Qh7 39. Qd1 $1 $18) 38. Bf8 (38. Bg7+ {-39.Bg7})
38... Qh7 39. Bg7+ Qxg7 (39... Kg8 40. Bxf6+ Ng6 41. Rxg6+ Qxg6+ 42. Rg5 $18)
40. Rh5+ Kg8 41. Rxg7+ Kxg7 42. Qh6+ Kf7 43. Qh7+ Ke8 44. Qf5 {[%cal Rf5c8,
Rh5h8] /\Rh8,Qc8} 1-0

[Event "Taiyuan 4th"]
[Site "Taiyuan"]
[Date "2007.07.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2007.07.04"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Kh1 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. Qd2 Qb6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bxc5 Nxc5 15.
Bd3 b4 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. f5 exf5 18. Bxf5 Ne7 19. Nd4 Qb6 20. Rae1 Ne4 21. Nxe4
dxe4 22. c3 Nxf5 23. Nxf5 f6 24. Qd1 Qc7 25. e6 Rfe8 26. Qb3 Qc6 27. e7+ Qd5
28. c4 Qc6 29. c5+ Qd5 30. Qg3 g6 31. Rd1 Qe5 32. Qb3+ Kh8 33. Nd6 Rxe7 34.
Nf7+ Rxf7 35. Qxf7 Bc6 36. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 2nd"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2007.08.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2007.08.22"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. a3 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. b4 Be7 13. Bb2 b5 14. Be2 Bb7 15.
a4 a5 16. Nxb5 axb4 17. Rfd1 Rc8 18. Qb1 Be4 19. Bd3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rc5 21. f4
Qa8 22. Bf1 e5 23. Bg2 Qb8 24. fxe5 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Nd4 Rg5 27. f4 Rg6
28. Qc2 Rc8 29. Nc6 Rxc6 30. Qxc6 Ng4 31. Qf3 Bc5 32. Rd3 Nxe3 33. Rxe3 Re6 34.
Rae1 b3 35. Bh3 Bxe3+ 36. Rxe3 b2 37. Bf5 b1=Q+ 38. Bxb1 Qxb1+ 39. Kf2 Qc2+ 40.
Qe2 Qc5 41. Qd3 h6 42. Qc3 Qa7 43. Qc8+ Kh7 44. Qc2+ g6 45. Qd3 Ra6 46. Qd5 Ra5
47. Qc6 Rxa4 48. Kf3 Qd4 49. Qc7 Qd5+ 50. Kg3 Ra1 51. Re5 Rg1+ 52. Kh4 g5+ 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.08"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Merida Linex Magic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. g4
h6 9. f4 g5 {[%mdl 4] A very interesting novelty from the Bulgarian kitchen.
Topalov and his seconds have been working on the provocative system with 7...
Nbd7 and had to find something against the aggressive white approach.} 10. fxg5
(10. f5 Ne5 $13) 10... hxg5 11. Bxg5 b5 {With hindsight, development seems
better than the immediate counterplay with the queen move to b6.} (11... Qb6
12. Nb3 (12. Qd2 Qxb2 13. Rb1 Qa3 $13) 12... Rxh2 $1 13. Rf1 Bg7 (13... Be7 14.
Qd2 Nxg4 $2 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Qg5+ Ngf6 17. e5 dxe5 18. O-O-O Rf2 19. Nd2 Rxf1
20. Rxf1 Qd8 21. Nc4 $16) 14. Bf4 (14. Qd3 Ne5 15. Qg3 Rxe2+ $1 16. Kxe2 Nfxg4
$132) 14... Rh3 15. g5 Nh7 16. Qd2 $16) 12. Bf3 (12. e5 dxe5 (12... Nxe5 $2 13.
Bf3 Ra7 (13... d5 14. Qe2 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Bg7 16. Nc6 Qc7 17. Bxf6 $18) 14. Nc6
Nxc6 15. Bxc6+ Bd7 16. Bxd7+ Rxd7 17. Rf1 Be7 18. Qd4 e5 19. Qf2 $18) 13. Nxe6
fxe6 14. Bf3 Rb8 15. Qd3 Kf7 16. h4 $44) 12... Ne5 (12... b4 13. Nce2 (13. Ncb5
$5 axb5 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 16. Bxa8 Be7 17. h4 $14) (13. e5 bxc3 14.
b4 (14. Bxa8 cxb2 15. Rb1 Qa5+ $17) 14... d5 15. exf6 Qc7 16. Qe2 $13) (13. Nd5
exd5 14. Nc6 Qb6 15. Qe2 Qb5 $1 $17) 13... Ne5 14. Ng3 Be7 15. h4 Bb7 $13) 13.
Nc6 $5 {Bologan goes to extremes in an attempt to find the advantage. The key
factor of this spectacular move is the unprotected knight on f6.} Nxc6 14. e5
Qb6 $1 (14... Nxe5 15. Bxa8 Be7 (15... Bd7 16. Ne4 $1 Be7 17. Nxd6+ Kf8 18.
Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Be4 $16) 16. Qd4 $16) 15. Bxf6 (15. exf6 Bb7 16. Bf4 Ne5 $11)
15... Rh3 $1 (15... Rxh2 $2 16. Bxc6+ $18) 16. exd6 (16. Bg5 $5 d5 (16... Bb7
17. Ne4 Be7 18. Nxd6+ Bxd6 19. Qxd6 $1 Rxf3 20. O-O-O Rd8 21. Bxd8 Qxd8 22. Qc5
$16) 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Qxd5 Rxf3 $1 19. Qxf3 Bb7 20. Rf1 (20. e6 $6 Bb4+ $1 (
20... fxe6 $2 21. Rf1) (20... Ne5 $2 21. exf7+ Nxf7 22. Qe2+) 21. c3 Ne5 22.
exf7+ Nxf7 23. Qe2+ Kf8 $17) 20... Nxe5 21. Qe2 Qe6 22. O-O-O $13) (16. Kf1 Bb7
17. exd6 Ne5 $1 18. Bg2 Bxd6 $13) (16. Qd3 $2 Nb4 17. Qe2 Rxf3 $1 18. Qxf3
Nxc2+ 19. Kd2 Bb7 $17) 16... Qe3+ 17. Be2 Ne5 $1 (17... Rxh2 $2 18. Rxh2 Qg1+
19. Bf1 Qxh2 20. Qf3 Bd7 21. O-O-O $18) (17... Rf3 18. Bg5 $1 Qf2+ 19. Kd2 Qd4+
20. Kc1 Rxc3 21. Qxd4 $1 Nxd4 22. bxc3 Nxe2+ 23. Kd2 Nxc3 24. Kxc3 Bxd6 $14)
18. Qc1 $6 {White had to find a good defence against the manifold threats.
Unfortunately the sound idea is realised without the intermediate moves 18.Rf1
Bb7, so Black can get the upper hand.} (18. Bxe5 $2 Qxe5 $17) (18. Rf1 Bb7 (
18... Nf3+ $2 19. Rxf3 Rxf3 20. Bd4 $18) (18... Rxh2 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Qd3 Qxd6
$11) 19. Qc1 Qxc1+ (19... Nf3+ 20. Rxf3 Qxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Bxf3 22. Rd1 $1 Bc6 (
22... Kd7 23. Rd3 Bg2 24. Rxh3 Bxh3 25. Bf3 Rb8 26. Ne4 $16) 23. Ne4 Bd5 24.
Bg5 Kd7 $13) 20. Rxc1 Bxd6 21. Rd1 Bc7 $44) 18... Nf3+ (18... Nxg4 19. Qxe3
Nxe3 20. Bd3 (20. Kf2 Bb7 21. Nxb5 Kd7 $15) 20... Bxd6 $15) 19. Kd1 Qb6 $6 {
Black also misses the best continuation and squanders a great part of his
advantage.} (19... Qc5 $1 20. Qf4 (20. Ne4 Qd5+ 21. Bd3 e5 $17) 20... e5 (20...
Bxd6 21. Qe4 $16) 21. Qe4 Qxd6+ 22. Bd3 Rb8 23. g5 b4 24. Ne2 Bb7 25. Qe3 Nxg5
26. Qxe5+ Qxe5 27. Bxe5 Rd8 $17) 20. Ne4 $1 (20. Qf4 $2 Bxd6 21. Qe4 Bb7 $19)
20... e5 (20... Bxd6 21. Bxf3 Rxf3 22. Qd2 Bf4 23. Qb4 $1 $16) 21. Bxf3 (21.
Bg5 Qd4+ 22. Bd3 Bg7 23. Be3 Qd5 24. Nf2 e4 $1 25. Nxh3 (25. Nxe4 Bxg4 $19)
25... exd3 26. Nf2 Nd4 27. Kd2 dxc2 $19) 21... Rxf3 22. Qd2 Bxg4 23. Kc1 (23.
d7+ Bxd7 24. Qd5 Qd4+ (24... Bc6 25. Qxe5+ Kd7 26. Re1 $14) (24... Qc6 25.
Qxe5+ Be6 26. Re1 $1 $13) 25. Qxd4 exd4 26. Re1 Be6 $11) 23... Qc6 (23... Qe3
24. Re1 Qxd2+ 25. Kxd2 Bh6+ 26. Bg5 $11) 24. Rd1 $2 {The danger in sharp and
unsual positions lies in the possibility of making a huge mistake. Bologan
falters tactically and is just lost.} (24. Re1 $1 Bf5 25. d7+ $1 (25. Ng5 Bh6
$1 26. Rxe5+ Be6 $19) (25. Nc3 Bxd6 26. Bxe5 O-O-O $19) (25. Ng3 Rd3 $1 26.
Rxe5+ Kd7 27. Qf4 Qxc2+ 28. Kxc2 Rc8+ 29. Rc5 (29. Kb1 $2 Rd1#) 29... Rxc5+ 30.
Bc3 Rdxc3+ (30... Bg6 $2 31. Ne4 $18) 31. Kd2 Bxd6 $17) 25... Bxd7 (25... Qxd7
26. Qe2) 26. Qg2 Rf5 $13) 24... Rf4 $1 25. Nc5 (25. d7+ Bxd7 $19) 25... Rxf6
26. d7+ Kd8 27. Qa5+ Qb6 28. Nb7+ Kc7 (28... Kc7 29. Qxb6+ Kxb6 30. d8=Q+ Rxd8
31. Rxd8 (31. Nxd8 Bh6+ $19) 31... Bh6+ $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.09"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Merida Linex Magic"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov Economist"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nc3 Bf5 9. Re1 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O {To a certain extent, the idea
of this variation is similar to that after the very fashionable 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.
dxc3. White creates for himself pawn weaknesses in order to exchange the enemy
king's knight and leave the whole kingside slightly weakened. At the same time,
the remaining black knight will need a considerable amount of time to get
coordinated with the other pieces. For the moment, it is strongly restricted
by White's central pawns, but the very appetizing c4-square seems to be
waiting for it. In fact, it should be said that White's whole setup contains
an elevated dose of strategic risk. If his attack should fail to yield any
material or positional gain, the weakness of the pawn structure could prove
lethal in the endgame.} 12. Rb1 {Not a very popular, though a natural move.} (
12. c4 {would eliminate the strategic risk, but would lead to the kind of
positions White is trying to avoid, similar to the boring main lines of the
Petroff.} dxc4 (12... Re8 {allows White develop some initiative in the centre,
although Black remained well coordinated after} 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. c4 Qd7 15.
Be3 Bf6 16. Rad1 h6 17. h3 b6 18. Qc2 Na5 19. Nh2 Rad8 {+/=/= White's
advantage (if any) is minimal, Torre,E (2520)-Speelman,J (2490)/Hastings 1980/
MCD (1/2-1/2, 39)}) 13. Qxc4 Bd6 14. a4 Re8 15. Bb2 Qd7 16. d5 $6 {Premature
activity, allowing Black obtain strong counterplay.} Nb4 17. Red1 Qf5 18. Rac1
Re4 19. Rd4 Rae8 $36 {Velimirovic,D (2520)-Mijailovic,Z (2330)/Banja Vrucica
1991/EXT 97 (0-1, 34)}) ({Up to this moment, the natural developing move} 12.
Bf4 {has been more popular at a high level, but White has not yet managed to
demonstrate anything concrete.} Bd6 (12... Na5 {is more natural, when White
should probbaly try to transpose to our main game with 13.Rab1.} 13. Re2 {
is less dangerous, because Black will have little trouble neutralising the
pressure along the e-file and retaining his strategic advantage.} Nc4 14. Rae1
Bf6 15. Qf5 c6 16. Bg5 Nd6 17. Qf4 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 h6 19. Nf3 Re8 $15 {Karjakin,
S (2591)-Bologan,V (2663)/Dortmund 2004/CBM 103 (0-1, 51)}) 13. Ng5 g6 14. Qh3
h5 15. Qg3 $5 {A logical attempt to force Black to release the tension,
instead of doing it himself.} (15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qf3 Qd7 17. Re3 Rae8 18. Rae1
Rxe3 19. Qxe3 Qf5 $11 {Svidler,P (2743)-Gelfand,B (2727)/Turin 2006/CBM 113 (1/
2-1/2, 25). Without any effective pawn breaks at his disposal, White cannot
take advantage of the control of the only open file.}) 15... Qf6 ({Black does
not wish to give in, but the less ambitious} 15... Bxf4 16. Qxf4 Qd7 {[%cal
Ga8e8] seems to be just OK for him.}) 16. Bxd6 cxd6 {Now, both sides have
weaknesses in the centre and White is out of any strategic risk.} 17. Nh3 Rae8
18. Qf4 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Kg7 20. Qg3 Qf5 21. Nf4 b5 22. h4 Rd8 23. Qg5 Qxg5 24.
hxg5 {Topalov,V (2801)-Bacrot,E (2717)/Morelia/Linares 2006/CBM 112 (1/2-1/2,
54). The general structure is anything but usual, but White's chances seem to
be preferable.}) 12... Na5 {The natural reaction. The knight defends the
attacked pawn and approaches the c4-square. However, the control over the
e5-square is released now, leaving White with a slight initiative. To what
extent this will be dangerous, we can only guess at this point in the game.} (
12... Rb8 $5 {was also tried in a recent game, with the aim of restricting
White's activity in the centre.} 13. Qf5 g6 14. Qh3 b5 15. Bf4 Qc8 16. Qg3 Rb7
{Black's regroupment looks a bit artificial, but how can White take advantage
of it?} 17. Ne5 $6 {This exchange solves Black's problems of coordination.} ({
White should have played a neutral useful move such as} 17. h4 $5 {eventually
followed by h5-h6.}) 17... Nxe5 18. Rxe5 c6 19. Rbe1 Bd6 20. R5e3 Bxf4 21. Qxf4
c5 $132 {Black has opened the communication between his wings now.} 22. Qh6
cxd4 23. cxd4 Qd7 24. h4 {This move comes too late. Black will manage to
simplify the position and avoid any real danger.} Rbb8 25. Qg5 Rbe8 26. h5 Rxe3
27. Rxe3 Re8 28. Rxe8+ Qxe8 29. h6 Qf8 $11 {Gashimov,V (2664)-Dominguez Perez,
L (2683)/Barcelona 2007 (1/2-1/2, 35)}) 13. Qf5 {Increasing the pressure on
Black's kingside.} ({The straightforward} 13. Rb5 {only loses time:} b6 14. Ne5
f6 15. Nf3 Bd6 16. Qf5 c6 17. Rb1 Re8 18. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 Kavalek,L (2555)
-Bisguier,A (2430)/New York 1972/MCD}) 13... Re8 14. Bf4 g6 15. Qh3 c6 {
An important moment. Black consolidates his d5-pawn, but leaves the knight
tied to the defence of the b7-pawn.} ({The main alternative was} 15... b6 {
. Suppose play continues as in the game:} 16. Ne5 Bf6 17. Ng4 Rxe1+ ({This is
the first moment when the presence of the pawn on c7 favours White. Black has
to give up the control of the e-file if he wants to keep the material equality.
} 17... Bg7 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Bxc7 {Maybe Black has some compensation in view
of the possible pressure along the c-file, but his kingside remains slightly
weak. The attempt to start counterplay with} Qe2 $6 {is easily parried with}
20. Ne3 $14 Nc4 21. Nxd5 Qxc2 22. Rf1 Qxa2 23. Qd7 $36 {[%csl Ga8]}) 18. Rxe1
Bg7 19. Nh6+ Kf8 ({In the event of} 19... Bxh6 20. Bxh6 Nc4 {White can take
advantage of the vulnerability of the d5-pawn in order to regroup quickly with}
21. Qf3 {, when the desirable ...Qh4 is not possible yet.} c6 {[%csl Gd5,Rh6]
[%cal Yd8h4] ><d5, /\...Qh4} 22. Qf4 $14 {and White's pressure is annoying.
One possible threat is h4 followed by Re8!+.}) 20. Re3 Nc4 {The knight hurries
to the defence, but it will be one tempo too slow...} 21. Nxf7 $1 (21. Rf3 Qe8
22. Be3 Nd6 23. Nxf7 Nxf7 24. Qxh7 Qe6 25. h4 $44) 21... Qc8 (21... Kxf7 $2 22.
Qe6+ Kf8 23. Rf3 $18) 22. Qxh7 Nxe3 23. Be5 Nf5 24. Ng5 {[%cal Ge5g7,Gh7h8]}
Qe8 {[%csl Rg1]} 25. g4 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Nh4 27. f4 $16) 16. Ne5 $146 ({White won
easily after} 16. Qg3 Rc8 (16... b6 $5) 17. h4 h5 (17... Qd7 $5) 18. Be5 (18.
Re6 $5) 18... Qd7 19. Qf4 Qg4 20. Qh6 {1-0 Van den Bosch,J-Barendregt,J/
Amsterdam 1954/EXT 99. Black had probably missed that after} f6 {White wins
with} 21. Ng5 $1 {In view of Black's missed possibility on the 18th move, I
wonder whether Cheparinov's novelty is really an improvement,}) 16... Bf6 17.
Re3 ({Now,} 17. Ng4 {is less effective because of} Bg7 {, without the
necessity of giving up the e-file.} 18. Nh6+ Bxh6 ({It should be said that ...
c6 is not 100% without drawbacks.} 18... Kf8 $4 {loses to} 19. Rxe8+ {when the
capture with the queen is impossible because of Bd6+, while} Kxe8 20. Re1+ Kf8
21. Nxf7 $1 $18 {is just as bad, for similar reasons: the d6-square is not
defended.}) 19. Bxh6 Qd6 20. Qf3 Nc4 {and Black can hope to simplify to a
promising ending, while White has to find ways to maintain the tension.}) 17...
Bxe5 18. dxe5 {White is just one tempo away from starting a dangerous attack
with Qh6.} Re6 $6 {And Black kindly offers him this tempo!} (18... Nc4 $5 {
was critical, when White has problems maintaining his king's rook active and
the e5-pawn defended. He can try} 19. Rxb7 $5 (19. e6 {can be parried with} Qe7
) 19... Rb8 $1 (19... Nxe3 {is risky.} 20. Rxf7 h5 $8 (20... Kxf7 21. Qxh7+ Ke6
22. Qxg6+ Kd7 23. Qd6+ Kc8 24. Qxc6+ Qc7 25. Qxa8+ Kd7 26. e6+ Ke7 27. Qxe8+ $1
$18) 21. Rf6 Nf5 22. Rxg6+ Ng7 23. Bh6 Re7 24. Qxh5 Rb8 25. h4 $44) 20. Rxb8
Qxb8 21. Re1 Nxe5 {leaves White poorly coordinated. The threat ...Nf3 forces
him to abandon the e-file.} 22. Rc1 (22. Bxe5 Rxe5 $15) 22... Qb2 $15 23. Qe3
$2 Nf3+ $1 24. Qxf3 Qxc1+ $1 $19) 19. Qh6 $36 {Finally, White has got what he
wanted: a strong attack at no cost.} Qf8 (19... Nc4 $2 20. Rh3 $18) 20. Qh4 f6
$5 (20... b5 21. Rh3 Qg7 22. Bg5 $16) 21. Bh6 Qf7 22. exf6 Rae8 (22... Qxf6 23.
Qxf6 Rxf6 24. Re7 Rf7 25. Rbe1 Rxe7 26. Rxe7 b5 27. f4 (27. f3 $16 {[%cal
Gg1c5]}) 27... Nc4 28. g4 $16 {[%cal Gf4f7,Gg1c5]}) 23. Rbe1 Nc4 24. Rxe6 Rxe6
25. Rxe6 Qxe6 26. h3 {The f6-pawn will perish soon, but White's advantage
consists of the safer position of his king.} Nd6 27. Qf4 Kf7 28. Bg5 a6 29. Bh4
Ne8 30. Qb8 Qd7 31. a4 h6 32. Bg3 Nxf6 33. a5 {Paradoxically, the queenside
structure favours White. The permanent possibility of infiltrating with the
king along the f2-b6 diagonal makes the position very dangerous for Black.} Qe7
34. Bd6 Qd7 35. f3 g5 36. Kf2 Ne8 37. Be5 Qe7 38. g4 Qc5+ 39. Bd4 Qxa5 $2 ({
Leaving the centre unattended will have fatal consequences, but} 39... Qe7 {
did not guarantee easy life either:} 40. h4 $1 Qc7 (40... gxh4 $6 41. Qf4+ {
[%csl Rh6]} Kg6 $2 42. Qf5#) 41. Qxc7+ Nxc7 42. Be3 Ne6 (42... Kf6 43. f4 gxh4
44. Kg2 Nb5 45. Kh3 Na3 46. Kxh4 Nxc2 47. Bf2 Kg6 48. f5+ Kh7 49. Kh5 Kg7 50.
Bc5 $22 Ne1 51. Bd4+ Kh7 52. g5 hxg5 53. f6 Ng2 54. f7 Nf4+ 55. Kxg5 Ng6 56.
Kf6 $18) 43. Kg3 Kg6 44. h5+ Kg7 45. f4 gxf4+ 46. Bxf4 Kh7 (46... Nxf4 $2 47.
Kxf4 Kf6 48. c4 dxc4 49. c3 c5 50. g5+ hxg5+ 51. Kg4 $18) 47. Be5 Kg8 48. Kf3
Kf7 49. Ke3 Kg8 50. c4 $1 dxc4 51. Kd2 Nc5 52. Kc3 b6 53. axb6 Na4+ 54. Kb4
Nxb6 55. Bd4 $16) 40. Qc8 (40. Qxb7+ Qc7 41. Qxa6 c5 42. Be3 Qh2+ $132) 40...
Qc7 41. Qf5+ Ke7 42. Qh7+ Kd8 43. Qxh6 $16 Qh2+ 44. Ke3 Nd6 45. Qxg5+ Kc8 46.
Kd3 Nc4 47. Qf5+ Kc7 48. Qh7+ Kc8 49. Be3 b6 50. Qf5+ Kb7 51. Qd7+ Kb8 52. Qe8+
Kb7 53. Qf7+ Ka8 54. Bf4 Nb2+ 55. Kd4 Qf2+ 56. Ke5 Nc4+ 57. Kf5 Qxc2+ 58. Kg5
1-0

[Event "ESP-chT finals"]
[Site "Calvia"]
[Date "2007.10.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.10.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 b6 8.
Bf4 Nd5 9. Bg3 O-O 10. Nf3 f5 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. e4 Ne7 13. Ng5 Nec6 14. Nxe6 Nxd4
15. Qxc7 Qxc7 16. Nxc7 f4 17. Bc4+ Kh8 18. O-O-O fxg3 19. Nxa8 Nbc6 20. fxg3
Bxa8 21. Rhf1 Rc8 22. Kb1 h6 23. Rf7 Kh7 24. Bd5 a5 25. Rd7 a4 26. e5 Nxe5 27.
Bxa8 Nxd7 28. Be4+ Kg8 29. Rxd4 Nc5 30. Bg6 b5 31. Rf4 Kh8 32. Bf7 Nd3 33. Rd4
Ne5 34. Bh5 Rc5 35. Be2 Nc6 36. Rd6 b4 37. Bf3 Ne5 38. axb4 Rc4 39. Rb6 Kh7 40.
Bd1 Rd4 41. Bxa4 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.11.05"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. Qd2 b4 10. Na4 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. b3 Bd7 13. Nb2 d5 14. Bf4 Qc7 15. Bg3
dxe4 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Qa5 18. Kb1 Be7 19. h4 Rd8 20. Qe3 e5 21. Nf5 Bxf5
22. gxf5 O-O 23. fxe4 Bc5 24. Qf3 Bd4 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26. Bd3 h5 27. Bf2 Rd6 28.
Be3 Ng4 29. Rg1 Rfd8 30. Bg5 Qc5 31. Rg2 R8d7 32. Be2 a5 33. Bc1 Rd4 34. Bd3
Qc6 35. Bb2 R4d6 36. Qg3 a4 37. Bxe5 Rxd3 38. cxd3 Qb5 39. Bb2 Rxd3 40. Qe1
axb3 41. axb3 Rf3 42. Rg1 Rxb3 43. Qd2 Qc4 44. Rc1 Qxe4+ 45. Ka2 Rd3 46. Rc8+
Kh7 47. Qg5 Qd5+ 48. Kb1 Rd1+ 49. Rc1 Qd3+ 50. Ka2 Qa6+ 51. Kb1 Rxc1+ 52. Bxc1
b3 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.11.29"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd2 Ne4 6. Nc3 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 Bf5 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 O-O 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Neg5 g6
15. Rfe1 Bf6 16. h4 Bg7 17. h5 Nd7 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Qe4 Rfe8 20. Qh4 Nf8 21.
Re4 Rad8 22. Rde1 b5 23. b3 bxc4 24. bxc4 Qa5 25. R1e3 Rb8 26. Rf4 f6 27. Ne4
g5 28. Nfxg5 fxg5 29. Nxg5 Rb1+ 30. Kh2 Re7 31. Rg4 Qf5 32. Rf3 Qg6 33. Ne4 Qh7
34. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.11.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 c5 8.
Qc2 Qa5 9. Bd3 c4 10. Bf5 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Nd2 g6 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. h4 Nb6
15. f3 Bf8 16. e4 Bg7 17. Be3 Be6 {A novelty. Previously Black took on e4,
which leaves White with a very pleasant position. Mamedjarov tries to keep the
center blockaded, but White finds enough play on the wings.} 18. a4 {One move
on the left side} Bd7 19. h5 {One move on the right side} Rac8 20. Rfe1 {
And finally a move in the center.} Bc6 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. e5 Na8 23. Nf1 Nc7 24.
f4 Bd7 25. Ng3 Qb6 26. a5 Qe6 27. f5 $1 {The danger comes on the g-file, not
on the h-file, as it seemed.} gxf5 28. Nh5 Qg6 29. Nxg7 Kxg7 30. Bf4 Ne6 $2 ({
After} 30... Rh8 31. Re3 Rh4 $1 32. Rg3 Rg4 {Cheparinov had yet to show the
correctness of his aggressive strategy.}) 31. Qf2 Rh8 32. Re3 {Suddenly Black
is in troubles.} Rh5 {The resulting positions after this move are hopeless.} ({
Perhaps some more chances would have offered} 32... Nxf4 33. Rg3 Nd3 34. Rxg6+
fxg6 {but White should be winning here anyway.}) 33. Rg3 Rch8 34. Rxg6+ fxg6
35. Qf3 Rh1+ 36. Kf2 Rxa1 37. Qxd5 Bc8 38. Ne2 g5 39. Bc1 f4 40. Qxc4 b6 41. d5
{The central pawns quickly decide the outcome.} Nc5 42. e6 Ra4 43. Qc3+ Kg8 44.
Kg1 Re4 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.12.04"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E87"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Qd2 f5
9. O-O-O a6 10. Kb1 Nd7 11. Bd3 Nc5 12. Bc2 b5 $1 13. cxb5 ({White cannot keep
the queenside closed. After} 13. b4 Nd7 14. c5 {Black continues} a5 $1) 13...
axb5 14. Nxb5 Ba6 15. Nc3 Qb8 {One should be a born optimist to choose such an
opening variation, especially against such a fine attacking player like
Cheparinov.} 16. Nge2 Qb4 17. Bxc5 dxc5 {White's ext ra pawn plays no role for
the moment. Black has an easy and clear play on the queenside and from the
practical point of view his chances are preferable.} 18. a3 {It is very
difficult to stop Black's growing attack, but without being forced the Chinese
GM shouldn't have created additional weaknesses anyway.} ({Best chances to
survive offers} 18. Ng3 Nf4 19. exf5 Rfb8 20. Na4 {although Black keeps an
attack even in endgame after} Bc4 21. Qxb4 Rxb4) ({The immediate} 18. Na4 {
is bad in view of} fxe4 19. fxe4 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Bh6 {winning a piece}) 18... Qa5
19. Nc1 (19. exf5 gxf5 20. Ng3 Nxg3 21. hxg3) 19... Bc4 20. Bb3 Bxb3 21. Nxb3
Qb6 22. Qc2 Rfb8 23. Ka2 $2 ({Correct was} 23. Nd2 Qa6 ({Not} 23... Rxa3 $2 24.
Nc4 Qa6 25. Nxa3 Qxa3 26. d6 cxd6 27. Rxd6) ({Nothing brings} 23... Nf4 24. g3
Nh3 25. Rhf1) 24. Ka1 (24. Kc1 Nf4 25. Ndb1 Bh6 $19) 24... Nf4 25. Na2 {
followed by Nc4 and White is still in the game}) 23... Nf4 24. Nc1 c4 25. Rd2
Bf8 {Now that the bishop joined the attack sooner or later Black will have the
decisive blow.} 26. g3 Bxa3 $1 {Simple and nice. Black wins by force.} 27. bxa3
Rxa3+ 28. Kxa3 Qb4+ ({Not} 28... Ra8+ $4 {of course, due to} 29. Na4) 29. Ka2
Ra8+ 30. Na4 c3 31. Ka1 cxd2 32. Na2 Rxa4 33. gxf4 Qd4+ 34. Kb1 Rc4 35. Qb3 (
35. Qd1 fxe4 $19) 35... fxe4 36. d6 cxd6 37. fxe4 Qxe4+ 38. Kb2 Qxh1 39. Qxc4+
Kg7 40. Qe6 d1=N+ 41. Kc2 Ne3+ 42. Kd3 Nf5 43. fxe5 Qf3+ 44. Kd2 Qf2+ 45. Kd3
Qd4+ 46. Kc2 dxe5 47. Nc3 Qf2+ 48. Kb1 Qg1+ 49. Kb2 Qxh2+ 50. Ka3 Qg3 51. Kb4
Qf4+ 52. Ka5 Qd4 53. Nd5 Qc5+ 54. Ka4 Qd6 0-1

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Ne5 Bb4 10. Be2 Nxe4 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nxc3 13. Qc2 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 h5
15. f4 f5 16. fxg5 Qxg5 17. Rae1 h4 18. Nf3 Qg4 19. Qe5 O-O 20. Nxh4 Rf7 21.
Qd6 Nd7 22. Rxe6 Nf8 23. Re8 c3 24. Ng6 Be6 25. Ne7+ Rxe7 26. Rxa8 Qg5 27. Qd8
Qg7 28. Be5 Qf7 29. Bd6 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+
8. Be2 Na6 9. Bd6 b6 10. Nf3 Bb7 11. O-O Rd8 12. Qd2 c5 13. Rad1 Nb4 14. a3 Nc6
15. Bd3 Qg4 16. h3 Qh5 17. Qf4 f6 18. Rfe1 Qf7 19. Bf5 Bc8 20. Be4 Bd7 21. Bc7
Rc8 22. Ng5 fxg5 23. Qxf7+ Kxf7 24. Rxd7+ Nce7 25. Bd6 a5 26. Bf3 h5 27. Rb7
Rh6 28. Rxb6 Nf5 29. Rb7+ Nge7 30. Rd1 Kf6 31. Bc7 Nd4 32. Bxa5 g4 33. hxg4
hxg4 34. Bxg4 Rch8 35. Bh3 g5 36. f3 Ng6 37. Rc7 Nf4 38. Rxc5 Nxh3+ 39. gxh3
Nxf3+ 40. Kg2 Rxh3 41. Bc3+ e5 42. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.27"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qc2 Be7 8.
e3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. h3 Nhf6 11. Bd3 Nb6 12. O-O O-O 13. Ne5 c5 14. dxc5
Qxc5 15. Rfd1 Be6 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Nf3 Nc4 18. b3 Na5 19. Qb2 Qe7 20. Nd4 Nc6
21. Ncb5 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 a6 23. Nc3 Rc7 24. b4 Rfc8 25. Ne2 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rxc1+
27. Nxc1 Nd7 28. Nb3 f6 29. Be2 Ne5 30. Nc5 Nc6 31. Qc3 d4 32. exd4 Bxa2 33.
Bf3 Bf7 34. d5 Ne5 35. Be4 f5 36. Bxf5 Bxd5 37. Qd4 Bf7 38. Qe4 g6 39. Bc8 b6
40. Nd7 Qd8 41. Qxe5 Qxc8 42. Nf6+ Kf8 43. Nxh7+ Kg8 44. Nf6+ Kf8 45. Qd6+ Kg7
46. Qd4 Qc1+ 47. Kh2 Qc7+ 48. f4 Kh6 49. Nd7 Qd8 50. g4 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.04.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. Re1 Bf8 {
This topical line was examined in several CBM issues, most recently in
annotations to Radjabov-Anand (CBM 122). GM Ernesto Inarkiev tries a new plan
avoiding the exchange of the dark-squared bishops.} 15. Bg3 (15. Bxf8 Rxf8 $6 (
15... Kxf8 $5) 16. b3 b4 17. Na4 c3 18. a3 a5 19. d5 $5 Qe7 20. d6 Qf6 21. e5
$1 $40 {1-0 Radjabov,T-Anand,V/Wijk aan Zee 2008/CBM 122/[Krasenkow] (82)})
15... Bg7 16. Bd6 Bf8 17. Bg3 Bg7 18. e5 $5 O-O (18... c5 $5 19. d5 O-O 20. Bf3
Ra7 $6 21. dxe6 Bxf3 22. exf7+ Rxf7 23. gxf3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Radjabov,T-Aronian,L/
Sofia BUL 2008/The Week in Chess 705 (56)}) 19. Bf3 Qe7 20. Ne4 {A typical
transfer of the white knight to d6.} Nb6 {And Black's typical reaction would be
} (20... c5 $5 {However, it is now quite risky due to} 21. Nxg5 hxg5 22. Bxb7
Rab8 23. Be4 cxd4 24. Qh5 Rfc8 25. Bh7+ Kf8 26. h4 gxh4 27. Bxh4 Qc5 28. Qg5
$40) 21. Qe2 (21. b3 $5) 21... Rad8 22. Rad1 Nd5 23. a3 Kh8 24. Qc2 a5 25. h4
$5 {It is logical to exploit the weakness of Black's kingside.} (25. b3 {
was another plan.}) 25... Nf4 (25... gxh4 $2 26. Nf6 $1 Nxf6 27. Bxh4 $16) 26.
hxg5 hxg5 27. Bxf4 gxf4 28. g4 (28. Nc5 $5) 28... f5 (28... fxg3 29. Kg2 f5 30.
exf6 Bxf6 31. Nc5 $36) 29. exf6 Bxf6 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Nc5 (31. Nxf6 $5 {was now
more appropriate now, e.g.} Rxf6 (31... Qxf6 32. Re5) 32. Rh1 Rg6 33. Rh5 $36)
31... Bc8 32. Qe4 Qd6 33. Rh1 Rh8 34. g5 $6 {White adds some firewood to the
stove aspiring for more than} (34. Rxh8 Rxh8 35. Qxc6 Qxc6 36. Bxc6 b4 37. axb4
axb4 38. Rc1 $11) 34... Bxg5 35. Rhg1 Kf7 (35... Bf6 $5 36. Kf1+ Kf8 {White's
compensation for the missing material is hardly sufficient.}) 36. Kf1 Rdg8 37.
Ke2 Rg7 38. Rg4 $4 {[%mdl 8192] A blunder leading to a "sudden death". The
position remained unclear after} (38. Qxc6 Qxc6 39. Bxc6 b4 40. axb4 axb4 41.
Ra1 $132) 38... e5 $1 39. Nb7 $6 {Desperation.} Qg6 $6 {Quite enough for a win
but there was nothing wrong with} (39... Bxb7 40. dxe5 Qe7 41. Qf5+ (41. Rd6
Re8) 41... Ke8 42. Rd6 Rf8 $19 {parrying White's threats.}) 40. Qxg6+ Kxg6 (
40... Rxg6 $19) 41. Rxg5+ $5 Kxg5 42. Rg1+ Kf6 43. dxe5+ Kf7 44. Nd6+ Kf8 {
White's counterplay is over and Black's material advantage decides.} 45. Rd1
Ke7 46. Bxc6 Be6 (46... Bg4+ $5 47. Bf3 Bd7) 47. Bxb5 Rg5 (47... Bg4+ 48. Kd2
Bxd1 49. Nf5+ Kf7 50. e6+ Kf6 51. Nxg7 Bb3 52. e7 Kxe7 53. Nf5+ Kf6 54. Nd4 Rh2
$19) 48. Nxc4 Bg4+ 49. f3 Rh2+ 50. Kd3 Bxf3 51. Re1 Rg3 52. Kd4 Be2 53. e6 Rd3+
54. Ke4 f3 55. Ne5 Rh4+ 56. Kf5 Rh5+ 57. Kg4 Rxe5 58. Bxd3 Bxd3 59. Rxe5 f2 0-1

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.04.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 {A classic
arrangement of pieces (Qc2,Rd1) after Black has played ...c7-c6.} Nbd7 8. a3 h6
9. Bh4 a6 10. Rd1 b6 (10... Re8 {(waiting for Bf1-d3 in order to take on c4
gaining a tempo) or}) (10... b5 {are more common.}) 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. O-O Rc8 (
12... c5 $5 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Qe2 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Bg3 b5 18.
Bd3 Qc7 19. f4 b4 20. Nb1 c4 21. Bxc4 bxa3 22. bxa3 Qc6 $44 {0-1 Borisenko,
G-Lutikov,A/Kiev 1964/URS-ch (64)}) 13. Bg3 (13. Rfe1 c5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxe7
Qxe7 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Bf5 c4 18. e4 dxe4 19. d5 Qd6 20. Qxe4 Rce8 21. Qxc4 {
1/2-1/2 Averkin,O-Lutikov,A/Moscow 1969/URS-ch}) (13. e4 $5) 13... dxc4 (13...
c5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Bf5 $36) (13... Nh5 $5) 14.
Bxc4 b5 15. Ba2 c5 (15... Qb6 $5 {not fearing} 16. b4 a5) 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5
(17. Bxd5 $5 Qb6 $140 (17... Nxd5 18. Nxd5 {and Black hardly has anything
better than} Bxd5) 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Nh4) 17... Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 (18... Qb6
$5 19. Nh4 (19. Bxf7+ Rxf7 20. Rxd7 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qe6 22. Rfd1 Rxf3 $11) 19...
Bxd5 20. Nf5 Rfe8 21. Rxd5 Nf6 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Rd6 Rc6 24. Rfd1 Re8 $11) 19.
Rxd5 Qe8 20. Bd6 c4 21. Rfd1 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Nc5 $11 {Black's active knight
compensates White's control of the d-file.} 23. Nd4 g6 (23... Qe5 $5 24. Nc6 (
24. Nf5 $6 Nd3) 24... Qe8 25. Nb4 a5 26. Nd5 Nd3 $13) 24. h4 $1 h5 (24... Qe5 {
doesn't work now:} 25. Nc6 Qe8 26. Nb4 a5 27. Nd5) 25. Nf3 (25. Ne2 $5 {
[%cal Ye2f4,Yf4d5]}) 25... Qe7 26. Ng5 Rcd8 $5 {An interesting pawn sacrifice;
however, Black quickly goes astray.} 27. Nxf7 Rxd6 28. Nxd6 Kh7 (28... Nd3 $2
29. Nxc4 $1) (28... Qe6 $5 {[%cal Rc5d3]} 29. Rd4 Nb3 30. Rd5 Qxd5 31. Qxg6+
Kh8 {and White must give a perpetual.}) 29. Rd4 Nd3 $2 {Black's first serious
mistake.} (29... Rd8 {was still enough for equality:} 30. Nf7 (30. Qd1 Nd3)
30... Rxd4 31. Ng5+ Kh6 32. exd4 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Nd3 34. Nh3 Qe4 {and White has
hardly anything better than} 35. Qd2+ Kg7 36. Qg5 Qxd4 37. Qe7+ $11) 30. Ne4
Kh6 31. Qd2 $2 {Returning the favour.} (31. Qc3 $1 $16 {as Black can't
recapture the pawn:} Qxh4 $140 $2 32. Rd7 Rg8 33. Qd4 $18) 31... Qxh4 32. f4
$14 {Still, White keeps pressure.} Rd8 $6 {A dubious rook exchange but other
options were not comfortable either:} (32... Rf7 33. Rd6 $1 Qe7 34. Ng5 $36 {or
}) (32... Re8 33. Nd6 Re7 34. f5 $36) 33. Rxd8 Qxd8 34. Qc3 {[%cal Ye4g5,Yg5e6,
Rg5f7]} Qe7 $4 {This move loses. The only defence was} (34... Qf8 {[%cal Yf8g7]
but Black's position remained difficult after} 35. Qd4 Qg7 36. Nf6) 35. Qh8+
Qh7 36. Qd8 {[%cal Re4g5]} Qa7 (36... Qf7 37. Ng5 Qg7 38. Ne6 $18) (36... Qg7
37. g4 $1 $18) 37. Kh2 (37. Qg5+ Kg7 38. f5 $18 {was simpler.}) 37... h4 38.
Qxh4+ Kg7 39. Qf6+ Kh6 40. Nd6 Kh7 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.05.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. Ngf3 Bg7 5. g3 e5 6. Bg2 Ne7 7. O-O O-O 8. b4 a5
9. bxa5 Qxa5 10. Bb2 d4 11. Nb3 {Black players have learned, how to handle
this position. Despite loss of flexibility closing the center was proven
promissing.} Qc7 12. c3 dxc3 13. Bxc3 c5 14. Nfd2 {Radjabov is playing general
moves without realizing, that Cheparinov is improving his position with each
move.} (14. Qc2 Na6 15. Na5 $5 b5 16. Bd2 Bd7 17. Rfc1 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 $11) (
14. a4 Rd8 15. Qb1 Na6 16. Rc1 Nc6 $11) 14... b5 $1 15. Qc2 (15. a4 $5 Rxa4 (
15... b4 16. Bb2 Be6 17. Nc4 Bxc4 18. dxc4 Rd8 $15) 16. Rxa4 bxa4 17. Na5 Rd8
18. Qxa4 Rxd3 19. Qc2 Rd7 $15) 15... Na6 16. Rfc1 (16. Ba5 Qc6 17. Rfc1 Bd7 18.
Nf3 Rfc8 $15) 16... Be6 17. Nf1 $6 {The knight is heading to d5 square, but
opponent will be quicker.} (17. a4 $5 bxa4 18. Na5 Bd7 $15) 17... Nc6 18. Ne3 (
18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Bd2 Nd4 20. Qxc5 Qb8 21. Kh1 (21. Rd1 Re8 $19) 21... Rc8 22.
Qe7 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Ra7 24. Qg5 Rxa2 $17) 18... c4 $1 {A very disturbing move
for White, since Black has great control of excellent tactical possibilities.}
19. dxc4 bxc4 20. Nd5 (20. Nd2 Nab4 21. Bxb4 (21. Qd1 Nxa2 22. Nd5 Qd7 23. Nxc4
Nxc1 24. Rxc1 Ra2 $17) 21... Nxb4 22. Qb1 Rfb8 23. Ndxc4 Nxa2 24. Rxa2 Rxb1 25.
Rxa8+ Rb8 26. Raa1 $17) 20... cxb3 21. Nxc7 (21. Qxb3 Qd6 22. Qb6 Bd7 $19)
21... bxc2 22. Nxa8 (22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Rxc2 Nd4 $19) 22... Nd4 $1 {[%mdl 64]
Radjabov was hoping to resist in the position with a rook for two light pieces.
Unfortunatelly just eliminating c2 pawn will prove very costly.} (22... Rxa8
23. Rxc2 Nab4 24. Rb2 Nxa2 25. Bd2 Bf8 $17) 23. Nb6 Rb8 (23... Ne2+ 24. Kf1
Nxc3 25. Rxc2 Rb8 $17) 24. Ba5 (24. Na4 Ne2+ 25. Kf1 Bc4 26. Ke1 Nxc1 27. Rxc1
Rb1 28. Kd2 Bh6+ 29. f4 exf4 $19) (24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Ne2+ 26. Kf1 Nxc1 27.
Rxc1 Rb1 28. Bd2 Nb4 29. Ke2 Rxc1 30. Bxc1 Nxa2 31. Kd2 Bh6+ 32. Kxc2 Nxc1 33.
d6 Kf8 $19) 24... Bh6 25. Bf1 Bxc1 26. Rxc1 (26. Bxa6 Bb2 $19) 26... Nc6 $1 {
Due to the basic rank problems white is unable to save the piece.} 27. Rxc2 (
27. Bxa6 Nxa5 28. Nd5 Rb1 $19) (27. Nc4 Nxa5 28. Nxa5 Rb1 29. Rxc2 Bh3 $19)
27... Nxa5 28. Nd5 Nb4 29. Rc5 (29. Rb2 Nac6 30. Bc4 Kg7 $19) 29... Nbc6 30. a4
Kg7 {In the technical phase black does not have to hurry, any exchange of
pieces will be to his benefit.} 31. Kg2 Rb7 (31... Rb2 32. Ne3 Ra2 33. Bb5 Nd4
34. Rxe5 Nab3 $19) 32. h4 Ra7 33. Nc3 Bd7 34. Bb5 Nb3 35. Rd5 (35. Rxc6 Bxc6
36. Bxc6 Rc7 $19) 35... Nbd4 {Now Cheparinov is just a step from breaking free,
the game is over.} 36. f4 (36. Bf1 Bg4 $19) 36... exf4 37. gxf4 Nxb5 38. axb5 (
38. Nxb5 Rb7 39. Nc3 Be6 $19) 38... Ne7 39. Rc5 Rb7 40. h5 Nc8 41. hxg6 hxg6
42. Kg3 Na7 43. f5 (43. b6 Rxb6 44. Rc7 Bc6 45. Rxa7 Rb3 $19) 43... Nxb5 0-1

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 4th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2008.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3
Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a5 {The modern openings are sometimes playing with
paradoxes. Black is losing a tempo, weakens b5 square but still gets
reasonable play due to the activity against the castled white king.} 11. Qe1
Qc7 {Much less common then 11...Qc8, but in higher sense much more logical.} (
11... Qc8 12. Bb5 (12. a3 a4 13. Nd2 Nbd7 14. Kb1 Rd8 15. Bb5 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5
17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Qe2 Qc7 19. Ne4 Be6 20. Nc3 Nb6 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Nxa4 Nc4
23. Bxc4 Bxc4 24. Qf2 Qc6 25. Nb6 Be6 {0-1 Leko,P (2749)-Svidler,P (2728)/
Morelia/Linares 2007 (37)}) (12. a4 Nc6 (12... Na6 13. Kb1 Nc7 14. g4 Rd8 15.
Bb6 Nd7 16. Be3 Nf6 17. Bb6 Nd7 18. Bf2 b6 19. Bd3 Qb7 20. Qe2 Nc5 21. Nxc5
bxc5 22. Nb5 Rdb8 23. c4 {1-0 Svidler,P (2750)-Bu Xiangzhi (2671)/Germany 2007
(47)}) 13. g4 Nb4 14. g5 Nh5 15. Kb1 Qc7 16. Qf2 Nf4 17. Nb5 Qb8 18. Bxf4 exf4
19. N3d4 Bd7 20. Rg1 g6 21. Bc4 Qc8 22. Bb3 Qc5 23. Qd2 {1-0 Anand,V (2766)
-Vallejo Pons,F (2663)/Monte Carlo 2004 (31)}) 12... Na6 13. Na4 Nb4 14. Qf2
Nxa2+ 15. Kb1 Nb4 16. Nb6 Qc7 17. Nxa8 Rxa8 18. Bb6 Qc8 19. Ba4 d5 20. c3 Na6
21. Nd2 dxe4 22. fxe4 Bc5 23. Bxc5 Nxc5 24. Bc2 a4 $17 {0-1 Talla,V (2419)
-Babula,V (2594)/Havlickuv Brod 2008 (40)}) 12. Bb5 Nbd7 13. Qf2 Rfc8 {The
first independent move, Bu has a quite playable position.} (13... Bc4 14. Bxc4
Qxc4 15. Qf1 Qc6 16. a4 Nb6 17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18. Qb5 Qc7 19. Kb1 Rfc8 20. Rd2 Bf8
21. Rhd1 Qc6 22. Rd3 Nd7 23. Rd5 Nb6 24. Qxc6 bxc6 25. Rxa5 Nc4 26. Rxa8 Rxa8
27. Nc1 {1-0 Karjakin,S (2599)-Wojtaszek,R (2553)/Moscow 2005 (44)}) 14. Kb1 (
14. a4 Bxb3 15. cxb3 Nc5 16. Qc2 Qd8 $13) 14... Bc4 15. g4 (15. a4 Bxb3 16.
cxb3 Nc5 $13) 15... Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Qc6 17. a4 {Cheparinov is wisely refraining
from grabbing the exchange after Na7 as the knight would remain trapped.} (17.
Na7 Rxa7 18. Bxa7 b6 $11) 17... Ne8 (17... d5 18. g5 d4 (18... dxe4 19. gxf6
Nxf6 20. Na7 Rxa7 21. Bxa7 exf3 22. Rc1 Nd7 23. Be3 $16) 19. Bxd4 Nxe4 20. fxe4
exd4 21. N3xd4 Qc5 22. h4 $16) 18. Rd3 Qc4 19. Nc3 Nc7 20. Bb6 {White decided,
that is is ncessary to prevent b7-b5 thrust.} (20. f4 b5 $1 $15) (20. h4 b5 $1
21. axb5 Nxb5 22. Nd5 Bd8 $36) 20... Nxb6 21. Qxb6 Qb4 $1 22. Qxb4 (22. Qe3 b5
$1 23. axb5 Rcb8 $1 (23... a4 24. Nc1 Rab8 25. N1a2 Qc4 26. Qa7 $13) 24. Nc1
Nxb5 25. Nxb5 Rxb5 26. Rb3 Qa4 $11) 22... axb4 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Rxa4 25.
Rb5 Ra7 $5 {[%mdl 4096] Black was definitely not worse with his spare pawn,
but the Chinese player will play the endgame in a very insecure manner.} (25...
Rc7 26. Rd1 g6 $11) 26. Rxb4 g6 27. Rd1 f5 (27... d5 $2 28. Rb5 dxe4 29. Rxe5
Bf6 30. Rxe4 $16) 28. gxf5 gxf5 29. Rd5 (29. exf5 Kf7 30. f4 d5 31. Rb5 exf4
32. Rbxd5 Ra4 33. Nd4 $14) 29... fxe4 30. fxe4 Kf7 31. c3 h5 32. Na5 Rc7 $2 {
All good teachers warn chessplayers not to forget about activity in the
endgames. When facing a dangerous opponent we all tend to forget to good
maxims and commit mistakes.} (32... Rg8 $5 33. Rxb7 (33. Nxb7 Rg1+ 34. Kc2 Rg2+
35. Rd2 Rxd2+ 36. Kxd2 Ra1) 33... Rg1+ 34. Ka2 Rxb7 35. Nxb7 Ke6 $11) 33. Nc4
Ke6 (33... Ra6 34. Ne3 Bg5 35. Nf5 Ke6 36. Rd1 $14) 34. Ne3 Bd8 (34... Bg5 35.
Nf5 Ra6) 35. Nf5 Rd7 (35... Be7 36. Ng7+ Kf7 37. Nxh5 $18) 36. c4 b6 $6 {
Now the position is also structurally bad and White can roam freely on the
kingside.} (36... Ra5 $1 37. Rxa5 (37. Rd1 b5 38. cxb5 Bb6 $11) 37... Bxa5 38.
Ra4 Bd8 39. Ra8 $14) 37. Rb3 Ra4 38. Rbd3 Be7 (38... Rxc4 $2 39. Rxd6+ $18) (
38... Bc7 39. b3 $16) 39. b3 Ra8 40. Rg3 $1 $16 {Saving the position becomes
truly challenging for the defender.} Bf8 (40... Bf6 41. Kb2 h4 42. Rg6 $16) 41.
Kb2 h4 42. Rg6+ Kf7 43. Rg4 Rda7 (43... h3 44. Rg3 Ke6 45. Rxh3 $16) 44. Rxh4
Ra1 45. Rh7+ Ke6 (45... Kg6 46. Rh8 Re1 47. Rh4 Kf6 48. Kc3 $16) 46. Rh8 {
With good play White should be winning, unless Black manages to create great
counterplay.} Re1 47. Ng3 (47. Nxd6 $2 Re2+ 48. Kc3 Re3+ 49. Kb4 Rd8 50. Ka4
Rb8 $14) 47... Kf7 48. Rh7+ Ke6 (48... Kg6 49. Rb7 $16) 49. Rb7 Rea1 50. Nf5
R8a2+ 51. Kc3 Rc1+ 52. Kb4 Rb2 53. Rb8 Rcb1 54. Rd3 Kf7 55. Rf3 (55. Rf3 d5+
56. Nd6+ Ke6 57. cxd5+ Kxd6 58. Rbxf8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 4th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "L'Ami,E"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2
Ne4 $5 ({I like this move for two reasons; first of all Black tries to make
use of the fact that White hasn't played Qc2, immideately fighting for the
initiative. Second, Bu had a hard time in Sofia and the quiet} 8... b6 {
would be less ambitious, making things easier for White.}) 9. Nd2 $6 ({I would
prefer} 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nd2 f5 11. Qc2 {with unclear play. Now Black gets a
reasonable Stonewall position.}) 9... f5 10. O-O Qh4 11. f4 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Nf6
13. a4 Rf7 (13... a5 {is the standard reaction but White seems to have some
edge after} 14. c5 Bc7 15. Rf3 $5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Rg3 $14 {With the text
move Black is preparing an attack, with g5-Rg7.}) 14. a5 g5 15. g3 Qh3 16. Bf3
gxf4 17. exf4 Bd7 {Now if Blacks gets enough time, he will go
Kh8-Rg8-Rfg7-Be8-Bh5 and be more than fine. Of course this is just a dream,
with his next move White starts operations aimed to distract Black from
executing these moves.} 18. Na4 Ne4 19. Bxe4 ({A very radical decision, the
alternative being} 19. Qe3 Rg7 20. Bg2 Qh6 21. Ba3 Bc7 (21... Bxa3 22. Rxa3 Be8
23. Nc5 Qf6 {is a worthy alternative.}) 22. Nc5 Rb8 {with dynamic equality.})
19... fxe4 20. Nc5 Be8 21. Ba3 Qf5 ({Threatening} 21... Z0 22. Nxe4 $1 Bxa3 23.
Ng5) 22. a6 b6 23. Nb7 Bxa3 24. Rxa3 Rg7 25. Nd6 Qf6 {Now Black is on the
verge of completing the transfer of his bishop to f3, followed by the Kh8-Rag8
etc. In the meantime White's play on the queenside has been stopped, it
transpires that White is in trouble.} 26. f5 Bh5 ({Perhaps better is} 26... e5
27. dxe5 Qxe5 28. Qh6 e3 $1 {when Black's central pawns are impressive, while}
29. f6 Rd7 {doesn't work for White. But of course, the game continuation is
very natural, Ivan turns the 'bad' bishop into a strong one.}) 27. fxe6 Bf3 {
The final destination has been reached!} 28. cxd5 cxd5 29. Nf7 h5 $1 {Entering
concrete play.} 30. Ne5 {It is important to eliminate the bishop.} h4 31. Nxf3
hxg3 $1 {Now the knight can't move because of gxh2+} 32. b4 $1 Rf8 33. h3 $1 {
Bu defended very well and is almost OK.} g2 ({Again a strong intermediate move,
White would be able to draw after} 33... exf3 34. Rfxf3 Qxf3 35. Rxf3 Rxf3 36.
e7 Rxe7 37. Qg5+ Rg7 38. Qd8+ Rf8 39. Qxd5+ Kh8 40. Qh5+ {with perpetual check.
}) 34. Re1 $2 ({Only now White is definitely lost. The only move White has at
his disposal is} 34. Rf2 {when} exf3 35. e7 {leads to a draw.}) 34... exf3 35.
Qf2 Qf5 36. Kh2 Qf4+ 37. Kg1 Qf5 {It is always smart to repeat moves once in
order to get closer to move 40.} 38. Kh2 Qf4+ 39. Kg1 Rg3 $1 40. e7 Rxh3 (40...
Re8 {is more precise, but the final result is the same.}) 41. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 42.
Rxf3 Rxf3 43. Re2 $5 {A final trick!} Kf7 ({And not} 43... Rxf2 $2 44. Rxf2
Qxf2+ 45. Kxf2 Kf7 46. Kxg2 Kf6 47. b5 $1 {which is drawn.}) 44. b5 Kf6 ({
And White resigned, the pawn ending is hopeless:} 44... Kf6 45. Qxf3 Qxf3 46.
Rf2 Qxf2+ 47. Kxf2 Kf5 {winning.}) 0-1

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Ne4 h6 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. Rad1 Kc8 14.
Rfe1 c5 15. Ng3 b6 16. Nh5 Kb7 17. Bc3 Be6 18. g4 Ne7 19. Nf4 g5 20. Nxe6 fxe6
21. Nd2 Rd8 22. Ne4 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Nd5 24. Bd2 Bg7 25. h4 gxh4 26. f4 Rf8 27.
Rf1 Nb4 28. Bxb4 cxb4 29. g5 hxg5 30. fxg5 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Bxe5 32. b3 Kc6 33.
Kg2 Kd5 34. Nf2 Bd4 35. g6 Bg7 36. Nd3 Ke4 37. Nxb4 Kf5 38. Nc6 a5 39. Kh3 Bf6
0-1

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Qd2 (12. Rc1 {- see Van
Wely-Shirov in CBM 125.}) 12... e5 {The same idea as in the above-mentioned
game but White's plan is now different, of course.} 13. Bh6 {With this
exchange White intends to start a kingside attack. Practice has seen the
following alternatives:} (13. dxc5 {is harmless:} Be6 {[%cal Ra5c4]} 14. Rfd1
Qc7 15. cxb6 axb6 16. Bh6 Rfd8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 $44 18. Qe3 $6 Bxa2 $1 19. Bc2 (
19. Rxa2 $2 Nc4) 19... Be6 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rd1 Ra8 22. Bd3 Nb7 23. h3 Ra2 24.
Rb1 Qc5 25. Qc1 Nd6 $17 {0-1 Ni Hua (2703)-Navara,D (2672)/Dagomys 2008/CBM
124 (29)}) (13. d5 f5 {with an inevitable ...f5-f4, e.g.} 14. Bg5 Qe8 $5 (14...
Qd7 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Ng3 Qxd5 17. Nh5 Bb7 18. f3 Rf7 19. Nxg7 Kxg7 20. Qe2 $44
{1-0 Volke,K (2472)-Lupor,S (2293)/Bad Wiessee 2007/CBM 121 Extra (36)}) (14...
Qd6 15. Bh6 f4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. f3 c4 18. Bc2 g5 19. Kh1 Bd7 20. g3 Rae8 21.
gxf4 gxf4 22. Rg1+ Kh8 23. Rg5 Rg8 24. Rxg8+ Rxg8 25. Rg1 Rxg1+ 26. Nxg1 Nb7
27. Qe2 Qc5 28. Qg2 Qe7 29. Nh3 Nd6 $15 {1/2 Nielsen,P (2644)-Ivanchuk,V (2729)
/Monte Carlo 2006/CBM 111 ext (53)}) 15. f3 c4 16. Bc2 f4 17. Kh1 h6 18. Bh4 g5
19. Be1 Bd7 20. g3 Qh5 21. Ng1 Rf7 22. Qg2 Kh8 23. Bd1 Rg8 24. Rb1 Bf8 25. Be2
Bc5 $15 {0-1 Van Wely,L (2676)-Kamsky,G (2726)/Dagomys 2008/CBM 124 (48)}) (13.
dxe5 Be6 (13... Bxe5 14. Rad1 Be6 15. Bh6 Bg7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. f4 f5 18. Qc2
Qe7 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 Rxf5 21. Ng3 Rf7 22. Rde1 Qh4 23. f5 $14 {1/2 Wang
Yue (2704)-Navara,D (2646)/Sochi RUS 2008/The Week in Chess 719 (69)}) 14. Rad1
Nc4 (14... Qe8 $5 15. Bh6 Nc4 16. Qc1 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Nxe5 $13 18. Nf4 $6 Bxa2
19. c4 f6 20. Be2 Bxc4 21. Bxc4+ Nxc4 22. Nd5 Qf7 {0-1 Butnorius,A (2442)
-Greenfeld,A (2545)/Dublin IRL 2008/The Week in Chess 714 (28)}) 15. Bxc4 Bxc4
16. f4 Qe7 17. Qc2 Rad8 18. Rfe1 h5 19. Nc1 Qe6 20. Rd2 Bb5 21. Nb3 Qc4 22. Bf2
g5 $1 23. Bg3 gxf4 24. Bxf4 Qe6 25. Rd6 Rxd6 26. exd6 Qf6 27. Qf2 Qxc3 $13 {
0-1 Navara,D (2646)-Kamsky,G (2723)/Sochi RUS 2008/The Week in Chess 719 (40)})
13... cxd4 (13... f6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. f4 (15. Qe3 $5) 15... cxd4 16. cxd4 Bg4
17. dxe5 (17. fxe5 fxe5 18. Rxf8 Qxf8 19. Qg5 Bxe2 20. Qxe5+ Kh6 $1 21. Bxe2
Re8 $11) 17... Bxe2 (17... Nc4 $1 18. Qc3 Rc8 19. exf6+ Rxf6 20. Qd4 Qxd4+ 21.
Nxd4 Rd6 22. Be2 Rxd4 23. Bxg4 Rf8 $11 {[%cal Rd4e4,Rc4d2,Rc4e3]}) 18. exf6+ (
18. Qxe2 $5 fxe5 19. f5) 18... Rxf6 19. Qxe2 Qd4+ 20. Kh1 Rxf4 21. Rxf4 Qxa1+
22. Rf1 Qe5 $11 {1-0 Li Chao2 (2590)-Howell,D (2561)/Gaziantep TUR 2008/The
Week in Chess 718 (137)}) 14. cxd4 exd4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. f4 (16. Rac1 Bb7 17.
f4 Rc8 {and Black exchanges a crucial pair of rooks:} 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 (18... Bxc8
19. f5 Nc6 20. Nf4 Ne5 21. Nd5 {1/2 Peralta,F (2558)-Alonso,S (2437)/La Plata
ARG 2008/The Week in Chess 717}) 19. f5 Nc6 20. Rf3 Ne5 21. Rh3 Rh8 22. f6+ Kg8
23. Qh6 Qf8 24. Qxf8+ Kxf8 25. Nxd4 Ke8 26. Bb5+ Kd8 $11) 16... f6 (16... Bg4
17. f5 Bxe2 18. f6+ Kh8 19. Bxe2 {[%csl Rh8]}) 17. Rac1 Bg4 18. Ng3 {[%cal
Rf4f5]} Bd7 {Black could have actually ignored White's threat:} (18... Rc8 19.
f5 Nc6 20. h3 Bh5 {is OK}) 19. h4 Rc8 {The rooks are finally exchanged.
White's compensation for the pawn doesn't look convincing.} 20. Rxc8 (20. h5
Qe7 21. Ba6 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Nc6 23. Bb5 Qd6 24. h6+ Kxh6 25. e5 Qd5 26. f5+ Kg7
$4 (26... g5) 27. exf6+ Rxf6 28. Qg5 Rd6 29. f6+ Kf8 30. Qh6+ Ke8 31. Bc4 {
1-0 Golichenko,I (2353)-Shishkin,V (2510)/Kyiv UKR 2008/The Week in Chess 701})
20... Bxc8 21. h5 Qe7 22. Qe2 (22. Rc1 $142 Bb7 23. Qf2 {not allowing Black to
swap the last pair of rooks and keeping up the pressure.}) 22... Bd7 23. Rc1
Rc8 24. Re1 $6 (24. Rxc8 {is too gloomy but now Black starts a strong
counterattack.}) 24... Rc3 25. e5 f5 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Qd2 Nc4 (27... Qa3 $5
28. e6 Be8 29. Bxf5 $1 Nc6 30. Ne2 gxf5 31. Nxc3 dxc3 $17) 28. Bxc4 Rxc4 29.
Qd3 Qc5 30. e6 Bb5 $19 31. Nh5+ {This desperate attempt pays off in time
trouble.} (31. e7 Rc1 $19) 31... Kh6 $1 (31... gxh5 32. Qg3+ Kh7 33. Re5 {
is less clear.}) 32. Qh3 (32. Nf6 Rc3 $19) 32... d3+ 33. Kh2 gxh5 34. Qh4 Be8
35. Re5 Qf8 36. Qg5+ Kh7 37. Rxf5 Qg7 38. Qd8 Rc2 $2 (38... d2 {was good
enough as after} 39. Rg5 (39. Qxd2 Qg4) 39... Qf8 40. Rxh5+ Bxh5 41. Qxf8 d1=Q
42. Qe7+ Kg8 43. Qg5+ Kf8 {White has no perpetual; however, the most
convincing was}) (38... h4 $1 {[%cal Rg7g3]} 39. Rg5 (39. Qxh4+ Qh6) 39... Qc7
40. Qxd3+ Kh8 $19 {[%cal Rc7f4,Rc4f4]}) 39. Rg5 Qc7 $4 {[%mdl 8192] A final
blunder.} (39... Bg6 {still retained most of Black's advantage:} 40. Rg3 $1 (
40. f5 Qe5+ 41. Rg3 Qxf5) 40... Rc7 $1 {[%cal Rg7e7]} 41. f5 Qe5 42. fxg6+ Kg7
43. Qg5 $8 Qxg5 44. Rxg5 Re7 45. Rd5 Kxg6 46. Rxd3 Rxe6 {and Black should
bring home his extra pawn.}) 40. Qxd3+ Kh6 41. Qf5 (41. Qf5 Qe7 $8 42. Qxc2 $18
) 1-0

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 {Black can also
choose 6...Bg4 or 6...Be4, but the move in the text is considered as the most
solid option.} 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. Nxg6 {White has no reason to delay this exchange
as, in some cases the black bishop might run away to h5.} hxg6 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10.
cxd5 {An alternative plan of developing the bishop to g2 followed by kingside
castling usually brings Black no troubles.} (10. g3 Be7 11. Rc1 Nb6 12. cxd5
exd5 13. Bg2 Nc4 14. Qc2 Qd7 15. Na4 O-O 16. O-O Rfe8 17. Bc3 Qf5 18. b3 Nd6
19. Nc5 Nfe4 20. Bb4 a5 21. Ba3 Nxc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc2 23. Rxc2 Nb5 $11 {0-1
Azmaiparashvili,Z (2674)-Gelfand,B (2701)/Moscow 2001/CBM 086 (68)}) 10... exd5
11. O-O-O a5 (11... Nb6 12. h3 (12. f3 $5 Rxh2 13. Rxh2 Qxh2 14. e4 O-O-O 15.
e5 Ne8 16. a4 $44 {[%cal Ga4a5,Ga5a6]}) 12... Be7 13. Kb1 a5 14. Bd3 a4 15. Qc2
Nc4 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. a3 b5 18. Na2 O-O 19. e4 c5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 $11 {1-0
Koneru,H (2537)-Sharma,D (2370)/Visakhapatnam 2006/CBM 111 ext (45)}) 12. f3 $6
(12. Bd3 {seems logical. Now} a4 $2 {does not work} ({Black should play} 12...
Be7 {with a double-edged position.}) {in view of} 13. Nxa4 b5 14. Nc3 b4 15.
Na4 Qa7 16. Bc2 $16) 12... a4 $1 13. Qc2 ({The pawn is taboo. After} 13. Nxa4
$2 b5 14. Nc3 b4 15. Ne2 c5 16. Qc2 c4 {Black gets a smashing attack.}) 13...
a3 14. b3 Bb4 $6 {Actually, I didn't understand why both players ignored the
Ph2. Here are some sample variations that could arise:} (14... Rxh2 15. Rxh2 (
15. Nb5 {is just a waste in view of} Qb8) 15... Qxh2 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 (17.
fxe4 Bb4 18. e5 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Nd5 $15) 17... Be7 18. Re1 Kf8 19. Bc4 Nd5 (19...
Qxg2 $4 20. Nxf6 Nxf6 21. Rxe7 $1 Kxe7 22. Bb4+ {[%csl Rg2]}) 20. g3 N7b6 21.
Qd1 {[%cal Ge1h1,Gh1h8]} Kg8 22. Rh1 Qg2 {The queen is not trapped, Black has
nothing to worry about.}) 15. Kb1 {Threatening 16.Nb5.} Qb6 16. g4 O-O (16...
O-O-O $2 17. g5 $16 {[%csl Rd5]}) 17. h4 {White's kingside offensive seems to
be dangerous. However, the position is still far from being clearly better for
White; Black's resources in the centre should not be underestimated.} Rfe8 (
17... c5 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. g5 Rfc8 $1 (19... Nh5 $2 20. Nxd5 $1 $16) 20. gxf6
Bxc3 21. Bh3 Bxd2 22. Qxd2 Rc7 23. Bxd7 Rxd7 24. fxg7 $14) (17... Rac8 18. Bh3
{[%cal Gg4g5] is annoying for Black.}) 18. Rc1 Qa5 (18... c5 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20.
g5 Nh5 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22. Bxb4 Qxf3 23. Bg2 Qxe3 24. Rhd1 Ne5 25. Bd6 $14 {
White's bishops are very strong.}) 19. Bd3 (19. h5 g5 20. Bd3 Nf8 (20... Rac8
$2 21. h6 g6 22. Bxg6 $18) 21. h6 g6 {and White's h-pawn is actually the key
defender of Black's king.}) 19... Nf8 20. h5 g5 21. Bf5 Rad8 22. Qd3 {Neither
sides has succeeded in opening files against the opponent's king, therefore
both are trying to concentrate all forces in the centre.} b6 23. Rc2 c5 24. Rd1
Re7 $6 {Black should not double his rooks along the e-file. It was more
important to bring the Nf8 into play.} (24... Ne6 $1 {with the idea 25...cxd4
and 26...Nf4. In this case some spectacular variations could appear in which
one of the sides is forced to give a perpetual check.} 25. Bxe6 (25. Nb5 Bxd2
26. Rdxd2 (26. Rcxd2 $2 Qb4 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Gc5c4]}) 26... Qb4 27. dxc5 bxc5
28. Bxe6 c4 29. Bxf7+ Kxf7 30. Qg6+ Kg8 31. h6 Rd7 32. Rxd5 cxb3 33. Rxd7 bxc2+
34. Kxc2 Qb2+ 35. Kd1 Qa1+ 36. Ke2 Qb2+ 37. Kd1 Qa1+ 38. Ke2 $11) 25... Rxe6
26. Qf5 cxd4 27. exd4 Rc8 28. Rdc1 (28. Nxd5 Rxc2 29. Nxf6+ Rxf6 30. Qxc2 Bxd2
31. Rxd2 Rxf3 32. Qc8+ Kh7 33. Qc2+ $11) 28... Rec6 29. h6 gxh6 $1 30. Nxd5
Qxd5 31. Rxc6 Rxc6 32. Rxc6 Qxd4 $1 33. Qxf6 (33. Bc1 Nd5 34. Rc4 Qd1 35. Rc8+
Kg7 36. Qe5+ f6 37. Qe4 Nc3+ 38. Rxc3 Bxc3 39. Qe7+ $11) 33... Qd3+ $1 34. Ka1
Qxd2 35. Rc8+ Bf8 36. Kb1 Qd1+ 37. Rc1 Qd3+ 38. Rc2 Qd1+ $11) 25. Bc1 $1 Rc7 (
25... Ne6 {Now it's weaker than on the previous move.} 26. Nb5 Nc7 27. Nxc7
Rxc7 28. e4 dxe4 29. fxe4 Rxd4 30. Qxd4 cxd4 31. Rxc7 $16) 26. Ne2 Re7 {
Black's last few moves show that Grischuk lost his way...} 27. Ng1 $1 {The
knight is going to h3 to attack the Pg5.} (27. e4 $6 dxe4 28. fxe4 cxd4 29.
Bxg5 Ne6 30. Bxf6 gxf6 {is far from clear.}) 27... Rde8 $2 {The doubling along
the e-file brings Black no benefits. This was the last chance to bring the
knight into the battle.} (27... Ne6 28. Nh3 $140 c4 $1 {By this pawn sacrifice
Black is getting an access to the important c3-square.} 29. bxc4 dxc4 30. Rxc4
b5 31. Rc6 Nd5 32. Qb3 Nc3+ 33. Rxc3 Bxc3 34. Qxa3 Qc7 {with unclear
consequences.}) 28. Nh3 cxd4 (28... N8h7 {is just too passive to be acceptable.
}) 29. exd4 Re1 30. Nf2 N6h7 31. Rxe1 Bxe1 (31... Rxe1 32. Rc8 Nf6 33. Nd1 $1
$16 {[%cal Gc1g5]}) 32. Re2 Rxe2 33. Qxe2 Bxf2 34. Qxf2 {The difference
between White's bishops and Black's knights is amazing. The position can be
evaluated as won for White.} g6 35. hxg6 fxg6 36. Bd3 Ne6 {Trying to activate
the pieces at the price of a pawn, but too late.} 37. Bxg6 Nhf8 38. Bf5 Qb4 39.
Qe3 (39. Qe2 Kf7 40. Qa6 Qxd4 41. Qb7+ Kf6 42. Bxa3 Qd1+ 43. Bc1 {is similar
to the game and winning for White as well.}) 39... Kf7 40. Qe5 Qxd4 41. Qb8 Qd1
42. Qxb6 Nd4 43. Qc7+ Ke8 44. Qc3 (44. Qe5+ Nfe6 45. Qxd5 {would have been
simpler.}) 44... Nxf5 (44... Nfe6 45. Qd3 Qxd3+ 46. Bxd3 Nxf3 47. Bxa3 $18) 45.
gxf5 d4 46. Qc2 Qf1 47. Qe4+ Kf7 48. Kc2 {Black's queen alone can't create any
serious threats.} Nh7 49. Qd5+ Kg7 50. Qd7+ Kg8 51. Qe6+ Kh8 52. Qe8+ Kg7 53.
Qg6+ Kh8 54. f6 d3+ 55. Kb1 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 3rd"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2008.08.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2008.08.20"]
[EventType "team-schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. h4 h5 8. Nf4 Bh7
9. Nxh5 Nc6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bb5 Qc7 12. Bxc6+ Qxc6 13. Qf3 d4 14. Qxc6+ bxc6
15. Nxg7+ Kf8 16. Na4 Be7 17. Nh5 Bxc2 18. b3 Rd8 19. Nb2 Bg6 20. Nf4 Be4 21.
Rh3 Rxh4 22. Rxh4 Bxh4 23. Ke2 Ne7 24. f3 Bh7 25. Bd2 Bg3 26. Rh1 Bxf4 27. Bxf4
Kg8 28. Bg5 Rd7 29. Rc1 Nd5 30. Rxc6 Kg7 31. Nc4 Bb1 32. a3 Rb7 33. b4 Kg6 34.
Bd2 Rb8 35. Kf2 Rh8 36. Kg2 Bd3 37. a4 a6 38. Na5 Rb8 39. Rd6 Rc8 40. Nc6 Bc2
41. b5 axb5 42. axb5 Kg7 43. Nxd4 Bd3 44. b6 Ba6 45. Rd7 Nxb6 46. Nxe6+ Kg8 47.
Rd8+ Rxd8 48. Nxd8 Nc4 49. Bc3 Ne3+ 50. Kg3 Nd5 51. Bd2 Nc7 52. Nc6 Bb7 53.
Ne7+ Kf8 54. Nf5 Ne6 55. Bb4+ Kg8 56. f4 Be4 57. Nd6 Bd5 58. Ne8 Bc6 59. Nf6+
Kg7 60. f5 Nc7 61. Nh5+ Kg8 62. Kh4 Nd5 63. Bd2 Ba4 64. Ng3 Bc2 65. Ne2 Bd1 66.
Nd4 Nc7 67. Kg5 Kh7 68. Bc1 Kg8 69. Bd2 Ba4 70. Kf4 Be8 71. Ba5 Nd5+ 72. Ke4
Ne7 73. Bd2 Ba4 74. e6 Nc6 75. exf7+ Kxf7 76. Nf3 Bc2+ 77. Kf4 Ne7 78. Ng5+ Kg8
79. Ne4 Kf7 80. Nd6+ Kg8 81. Bc1 Bd1 82. g5 Bc2 83. Ke5 Bd3 84. Bb2 Bc2 85. Ke6
Kf8 86. Bg7+ Kxg7 87. f6+ Kg6 88. Kxe7 Bb3 89. f7 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp1"]
[Site "Cala Mayor"]
[Date "2008.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Zhang, Pengxiang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.09.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Bd7
9. Nf3 Bxb5 10. Bxb5+ Nc6 11. O-O Nge7 12. Bd3 Nf5 13. Qe1 h6 14. Kh1 Bb6 15.
Bxf5 exf5 16. b5 Ne7 17. a4 Ng6 18. Ba3 Nxf4 19. Nh4 Ne6 20. Nxf5 Bc7 21. Bd6
Rc8 22. Qf2 Qd7 23. Ne7 Bxd6 24. Qxf7+ Kd8 25. exd6 Rc3 26. Nxd5 Rc5 27. Rae1
Qxf7 28. Rxf7 Rf8 29. Nc7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. Rb1 Rc8 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. Qd2 Rfd8
15. Rfc1 a6 16. Nf4 e6 17. d5 Na5 18. c4 b6 19. h4 Qd6 20. Bf1 e5 21. Nd3 Nb7
22. Qf2 Rb8 23. Qb2 Na5 24. Qa3 Qc7 25. Bd2 Nb7 26. Qxa6 Nd6 27. Qa3 f5 28. Nf2
Ra8 29. Qb2 Ra6 30. Bc3 Re8 31. Re1 f4 32. Nd3 Nxc4 33. Qb3 b5 34. d6 Qa7 35.
a4 Rxa4 36. Ra1 Rxa1 37. Rxa1 Qb6 38. Nxe5 Bxe5 39. Bxc4+ Kg7 40. Bxe5+ Rxe5
41. Rd1 Kh6 42. Qb2 Re8 43. e5 Qd8 44. Bf7 Rf8 45. e6 Qxh4 46. Qe5 Bc6 47. d7
Rd8 48. Qc7 Bxf3 49. Rf1 Bxg2 50. Qxf4+ Qxf4 51. Rxf4 Bc6 52. Be8 Kg5 53. e7
1-0

[Event "Elista FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2008.12.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. f4
b5 9. f5 {It is not easy to punish Black for the provocative set up, since the
natural move 9.Bf3 does not promise any advantage.} (9. Bf3 Bb7 10. e5 Bxf3 11.
Qxf3 (11. Nxf3 Ng4 12. Bd4 dxe5 13. fxe5 Qc7 14. Qe2 Bc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16.
O-O-O Qe3+ 17. Rd2 {1/2 Nisipeanu,L (2592)-Georgiev,K (2661)/New Delhi/Teheran
2000}) 11... dxe5 12. Nc6 Qc7 13. Nxe5 Rc8 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. O-O Qc6 16. Qxc6+
Rxc6 17. f5 Bc5 18. Bxc5 Rxc5 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Rae1 Ke7 {1/2 Adams,M (2731)
-Rowson,J (2547)/West Bromwich 2004 (28)}) 9... Ne5 10. fxe6 (10. a3 Bd7 11.
O-O Be7 12. Qe1 O-O 13. Qg3 Rc8 14. Bh6 Ne8 15. Nf3 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. fxe6
Bxe6 18. Kh1 Kh8 19. Be3 Nf6 20. Bd4 {1-0 Ehlvest,J (2505)-Shneider,A (2420)/
Lvov 1985 (72)}) 10... fxe6 11. O-O Bd7 $146 {[%mdl 4] Cheparinov is
splendidly prepared in opening theory thanks to his cooperation with Topalov.
No wonder he is the first to come up with a novelty.} (11... Be7 12. a4 b4 13.
Na2 Qd7 14. Nxb4 Qb7 15. c3 Qxe4 16. Bf4 O-O 17. Ndc6 Nxc6 18. Bd3 Nxb4 19.
Bxe4 Nxe4 20. cxb4 Bb7 21. Qg4 Rf6 22. Bxd6 Nxd6 23. Rxf6 Bxf6 24. Qxe6+ Nf7
25. Qd7 Be4 26. Re1 Rd8 27. Rxe4 {1-0 Makarichev,S (2495)-Anikaev,Y (2435)/
Rostov on Don 1976}) 12. a4 bxa4 13. Nxa4 Be7 {Both top players have
understood, that it cannot be sound to take the e4-pawn. Black is lagging in
development and the punishment would be severe.} (13... Nxe4 $2 14. Bf3 $1 d5 (
14... Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Nf6 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. Qxc6+ Kf7 19. Rxa6 $16)
15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nc3 $16) 14. Nb3 (14. Nf3 Neg4 (14... Rb8 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16.
Nc5 Rxb2 17. Qc1 Rb8 18. Rxa6 $16) 15. Bd4 e5 16. h3 exd4 17. hxg4 Nxg4 18.
Qxd4 Bf6 19. Qxd6 Bxa4 20. Qxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rxa4 Bxb2 22. Rxa6 $14) 14... Rb8 (
14... Nxe4 15. Qd4 Nf6 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Rxa6 $16) (14... O-O 15.
Nb6 Rb8 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Rxa6 Qb7 18. Rf4 Ng6 19. Ra7 $16) 15. Nc3 O-O 16.
Rxa6 Qc8 (16... Ra8 17. Rxd6 $5 Bxd6 18. Qxd6 Nfg4 19. Bf4 $16) 17. Ra7 {
The critical moment in the development of the game as White has won the pawn
and would be delighted to improve the position even further. Probably the best
was to courageously sacrifice the exchange for the second pawn with 17.Rxd6!?
with splendid piece play and an unpleasant initiative.} (17. Rxd6 $5 Nfg4 18.
Bf4 Rxb3 19. cxb3 Qc5+ 20. Rd4 Nc6 21. Bxg4 $16) 17... Rb4 $1 18. Rf4 (18. Bd3
$6 Nfg4 19. Rxf8+ Qxf8 20. Qe2 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Bd8 $17) (18. Bd4 Nc6 19. Bxf6
Rxf6 20. Ra6 Rxf1+ 21. Bxf1 Rb8 $11) 18... Qb8 (18... g5 19. Rf2 Nxe4 20. Rxf8+
Qxf8 21. Bd4 Qf4 $11) 19. Ra1 {If White feels obliged to retreat the rook then
his 17th move was obviously false. The better move should be the completion of
his development with 19.Qd2!?} (19. Qd2 $5 g5 20. Rf1 Nxe4 21. Rxf8+ Qxf8 22.
Nxe4 Rxe4 23. Nd4 d5 24. Bd3 Rh4 25. Bxg5 Rxd4 26. Bxe7 Qxe7 27. Bxh7+ Kxh7 28.
Qxd4 Qf6 29. Qe3 $14) 19... Ng6 (19... g5 20. Rf2 Nxe4 21. Rxf8+ Qxf8 $11) 20.
Rf3 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Nc5 $2 {Inarkiev was not ready to live with the
fact that his opponent had managed to equalize. The move by the knight is
risky, as the white pieces are lacking harmony.} (22. Ba7 Qd8 23. Rxf8+ Qxf8
24. Bf3 Ra4 $11) 22... dxc5 23. Qxd7 Nh4 $6 (23... Qxb2 $5 24. Rxf8+ Nxf8 25.
Ra8 Qf6 $17) 24. Rxf8+ Bxf8 25. Bc4 $2 {The small comedy of errors is
finishing with the move representing unrealistic ambition from White. The best
move 25.Ra3! was still able to hold the game level.} (25. Ra3 $1 Qxb2 26. Ra7
Qf6 27. Qd3 Rb4 28. Ra8 Rb1+ 29. Bf1 $11) 25... Rxe3 26. Bxe6+ Kh8 27. Qf7 Bd6
{This is a perfect picture of a broken dream; in return for the piece White
"gained" only the enemy attack on his own position.} 28. Bd5 (28. Ra7 Nf5 $1
29. Bxf5 (29. Qxf5 Qxa7 $19) 29... Bxh2+ 30. Kf2 Qf4#) 28... Bxh2+ 29. Kf2 Re8
0-1

[Event "Elista FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2008.12.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 {By
employing this slow system of development, White does not pretend to refute
the Breyer variation. Instead, he aims to maintain the tension for as long as
possible, maintaining the centre under control and preventing freeing pawn
breaks in the centre. Since Black is under no immediate pressure, he can
arrange his pieces as he wishes and employ different move orders. However,
there comes a time when he should undertake some concrete action, or else he
will be suffocated, as will happen in this game.} c6 15. b3 (15. Rb1 $5 $146 {
Topalov,V (2813)-Mamedyarov,S (2728)/Hoogeveen 2006/CBM 115/[Marin,M] (1-0, 50)
}) 15... Qc7 16. Bb2 g6 ({I have made a Survey of the whole variation in my
notes to} 16... d5 $5 $146 {1/2 Svidler,P (2750)-Carlsen,M (2698)/Moscow 2006/
CBM 116/[Marin] (29). Now, I will only insert game fragments that are closely
related with the main game.}) 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. Bf1 Qb8 19. Rad1 Bg7 20. g3 {
A relatively new plan. Black seems to have completed his regrouping, but risks
remaining short of strengthening moves, while White can still improve his
position further.} Ba8 {This still looks like an useful move, by overdefending
the b5-pawn in view of an eventual break in the centre.} ({A more fluent
regrouping was carried out in the following blitz game:} 20... Nf8 21. Bg2 Ne6
22. b4 Nd7 23. axb5 axb5 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Nd4 c5 $132 {Ponomariov,R (2718)
-Ivanchuk,V (2781)/Moscow 2008/CBM 126 Extra (0-1, 36)}) 21. axb5 axb5 ({
As a Pirc player, I would seriously consider} 21... cxb5 $5 {aiming to give
the position an assymetrical character, for instance} 22. d5 {[%csl Ra8]} Rc7 {
[%cal Ga8b7,Gb7c8,Gg7h6]} 23. b4 (23. c4 b4 $1 {[%cal Gd7c5]}) 23... Nb6 $1 {
[%csl Gc4]}) 22. b4 Bf8 $6 {Starting with this move, Black loses the thread
and plays without a clear plan. With all his pieces on optimal squares, he
could consider opening the centre already.} (22... c5 $5 23. bxc5 exd4 24. cxd4
dxc5 25. d5 c4 {Ponomariov,R (2722)-Sasikiran,K (2666)/Biel 2004/CBM 102/
[Wedberg] (1-0, 62)}) (22... d5 $5 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 $132 25. f4 $6 (
25. c4 dxc4 26. Bxe5 Qxe5 $44) 25... Qb6+ 26. Kh1 (26. Kh2 $2 Qf2+) (26. Kg2
Nxe4 $17 {[%csl Gf2][%cal Ga8g2]}) 26... Rh5 27. e5 Ng4 $36) 23. Qb3 h6 $6 (
23... Bg7 $5 24. dxe5 $140 Nxe5 25. c4 bxc4 26. Nxc4 Nxf3+ 27. Qxf3 Re6 $11) (
23... d5 $5) 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. c4 bxc4 26. Nxc4 Nfd7 $2 (26... Qc7 $14 {
would still have offered chances to hold the position.}) 27. Nfxe5 Nxe5 28.
Nxe5 dxe5 29. Rd7 $18 {Black cannot defend the f7-square for too long.} Re7 30.
Red1 Rce8 31. Bc4 Kg7 32. Qf3 c5 33. Qxf7+ $1 Rxf7 34. Rxf7+ Kh8 35. Rdd7 1-0

[Event "Elista FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2008.12.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 {The so called "Dutch
variation" leads to positional play. A sharper continuation is 6.Ne5.} e6 7.
Bxc4 Nbd7 8. O-O Bb4 9. Qe2 {Preparing the e3-e4 advance.} O-O 10. e4 Bg6 11.
Bd3 Bh5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qe3 {This line is employed, among others,
by Topalov, so, obviously, Cheparinov is familiar with all the plans and ideas.
} Be7 ({In the seventh game of the last World championship match Black got a
bit the worse of matters and had to defend accurately:} 14... Re8 15. Ne1 Bg6
16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Nd3 Qb6 18. Nxb4 Qxb4 19. b3 Rac8 20. Ba3 Qc3 21. Rac1 Qxe3
22. fxe3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2783)-Kramnik,V (2772)/Bonn 2008/CBM 127 (37)})
15. Ng5 ({The alternatives are:} 15. Bd2) (15. Ne1) 15... Bxg5 (15... Bg6 $5 {
worth being tested in practice.}) 16. Qxg5 Bg6 17. Be2 Qxg5 {There is nothing
wrong with the exchange of queens.} (17... Nb8 18. Qe3 Nc6 19. Bd2 Rc8 20. Bc3
Qh4 21. g3 Qe4 22. Rac1 f6 23. Qxe4 Bxe4 24. exf6 gxf6 25. f3 Bg6 26. Rfd1 Rfd8
27. Bf1 Bf5 28. Kf2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V (2791)-Bu Xiangzhi (2714)/Nanjing
CHN 2008/(49)}) 18. Bxg5 Nb8 $1 {A typical manoeuvre in this line, even though,
it's a novelty in this specific position. The knight is going to c6, from
where it will attack White's only weakness Pd4, and perhaps move to b4.} 19. a5
{Getting more space on the queenside.} Nc6 {[%csl Rd4]} 20. Be3 {Objectively,
White has very little in this endgame. His bishops are not so active. White
hopes to make use of his space advantage in the long run.} Rfc8 (20... Nb4 21.
Ra3 (21. Ra4 Nd3 $11) 21... Nc2 22. Rb3 b6 $1 23. axb6 axb6 24. Rxb6 Rfb8 $11)
21. Ra3 Nd8 {Protecting Pb7 against possible attack by Ra3-b3, and seizing the
c-file.} 22. Re1 Rc2 23. b4 Nc6 (23... a6 {was possible as well.}) 24. b5 Nb4
25. Rb3 Na2 {Black's pieces are very active, even though he can gain no more
than equality.} 26. h4 {[%cal Gh4h5]} h5 {Not a bad move, but, it wasn't
necessary to spend a tempo on it.} (26... Nc3 27. Bf1 Rc8 28. b6 a6 {and Black
is not worse.}) 27. Bf1 Rac8 28. b6 a6 29. Kh2 Kf8 30. Re2 Rxe2 $2 {This
careless exchange spoils all Black's activity.} (30... Rc1 $1 31. Bxc1 Nxc1 32.
Rbb2 Nxe2 33. Bxe2 Ke7 $11) 31. Bxe2 {Now Black has two things to watch out:
his knight which might be trapped, and the Bxa6 strike.} Ke7 (31... Nc3 32.
Bxa6 $1 bxa6 33. Bd2 $1 Ne4 34. Bb4+ Ke8 35. f3 $1 {The point of the whole
combination.} Rb8 36. fxe4 Bxe4 37. Bd6 Rb7 38. Bc7 {blocking the rook. After
that White will win through on the kingside, as he is actually an exchange up!}
) 32. Bd2 Kd7 (32... Rc2 $2 33. Bxa6 $1 Rxd2 34. Bxb7 Rxd4 35. a6 $18 {[%csl
Ga6,Gb6]}) 33. Rb2 Nc3 34. Bxc3 (34. Bxa6 bxa6 35. Bxc3 {was definitely an
option. However, it is difficult to say whether White is winning or not,
opposite colour bishops always give the defending side chances for a draw.})
34... Rxc3 35. Bxa6 $1 {Finally, White has managed to accomplish his idea of
pushing forward his queenside pawns. Not without some help from the opponent,
though...} Kc8 $8 36. Be2 Kb8 37. Bb5 Kc8 38. Rb4 Ra3 {Black's active rook
still gives him some chances for a draw.} 39. Ba4 f6 $2 {Trying to go for
active counterplay, but, actually, a tactical oversight. To be honest, however,
I don't see how Black can survive in this endgame even with correct play.} (
39... Ra2 40. Kg3 Ra3+ 41. f3 Ra2 42. Kf4 $1 Rxg2 {If not, then the plan of
g2-g4 followed by Kf4-g5 should make White's day.} 43. Rb5 Rd2 44. Rc5+ Kb8 45.
Bd7 Rxd4+ 46. Ke3 Rc4 47. Rxc4 dxc4 48. Kd4 Bd3 49. Be8 $18) 40. exf6 gxf6 {
[%tqu "En","How should White continue?","","","a5a6","",5]} 41. a6 $1 bxa6 {
[%tqu "En","And now?","","","a4d7","I guess, this punch was overlooked by
Akopian when playing 39...f6.",5]} 42. Bd7+ $1 {I guess, this punch was
overlooked by Akopian when playing 39...f6.} Kb7 43. Bxe6 Ra5 {[%cal Ga5b5]}
44. Bd7 Bd3 45. Bc6+ $1 {Again, the same trick.} Kb8 46. Rb2 Bc4 47. f3 Ra1 48.
g4 {Creating a passed pawn on the kingside which decides the outcome.} hxg4 49.
fxg4 Re1 50. h5 Re6 51. Bd7 Re7 52. Bf5 Kb7 53. h6 a5 54. h7 Re8 55. g5 $1 {
Opening the g-lile for the rook.} fxg5 56. Rg2 a4 57. Rxg5 a3 58. Rg8 a2 59.
Rxe8 1-0

[Event "Zafra Ruy Lopez 3rd"]
[Site "Zafra"]
[Date "2009.06.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 Nc6 8.
Nf3 Nd7 9. Be3 Nb6 10. Qd3 f5 11. Rd1 f4 12. Bc1 e5 13. d5 Nb4 14. Qb1 Bg4 15.
a3 Na6 16. b4 Nb8 17. h4 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nc8 19. Bg4 Nd6 20. h5 g5 21. h6 Bf6 22.
Na4 b6 23. Bd2 Nd7 24. Rc1 Re8 25. Rh3 a6 26. Nb2 Kh8 27. Qc2 Ra7 28. a4 a5 29.
Rc3 axb4 30. Rxc7 b3 31. Rxa7 bxc2 32. Rxd7 Qb8 33. Rxc2 Nxe4 34. Rcc7 Nxd2 35.
Kxd2 Qa8 36. Be6 Rxe6 37. dxe6 Kg8 38. Kc1 e4 39. e7 Bxe7 40. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2009.08.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bd2 Rd8 12. Bd3 Nf8 13. Nh4 c5 14. Qf3 h6
15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Qc7 17. Qg3 Kh8 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. c4 Re8 20. Bc3 N8d7 21.
Re3 Re7 22. Qh4 Rae8 23. g4 e4 24. g5 exd3 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. gxf6 Nxf6 27. Bxf6
gxf6 28. Qxh6+ Kg8 29. Qxf6 Qe5 30. Qxe5 Rxe5 31. cxd3 Re2 32. a4 Rb2 33. Kg2
Rb3 34. Rd1 Ra3 35. Kf3 Kg7 36. Ke3 Rxa4 37. Rb1 b6 38. h4 Kf6 39. h5 Kg5 40.
Rg1+ Kh6 41. f6 Ra2 42. Rg7 Kxh5 43. f4 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. c4 Nbc6 8. Na3
dxc4 9. Nxc4 Nd5 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. Rc1 h6 12. Be3 b5 13. Na3 a6 14. dxc5 Be7 15.
Nc2 Nxe3 16. Nxe3 Be4 17. a4 Qb7 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nd2 Bg6 20. Bf3 Rd8 21.
Bxc6+ Qxc6 22. Qf3 Qc7 23. Rfd1 O-O 24. c6 Rc8 25. Nb3 Qxe5 26. Rd7 Bg5 27. Qe2
Be4 28. Rc5 Qb8 29. c7 Qa8 30. Nd4 Bf6 31. Nxb5 Bc6 32. Rd6 Bxb5 33. Qxb5 Qa2
34. Rd1 Qa7 35. Qc6 Bxb2 36. g3 Bf6 37. Kg2 Be7 38. Rc2 Bb4 39. Rd7 Ba5 40. Ra2
Qb6 41. Rc2 Qb1 42. Rc5 Rxc7 43. Rxc7 Bxc7 44. Qxc7 Qe4+ 45. Kg1 Ra8 46. Rc1
Ra2 47. Qb8+ Kh7 48. Qb1 Qxb1 49. Rxb1 g5 50. Kg2 h5 51. Rb5 Kg6 52. h3 Ra8 53.
Nc4 f6 54. Rb6 Rc8 55. Nd6 Rd8 56. Ne4 Re8 57. Nc5 Kf7 58. Rb7+ Kg6 59. Rc7 g4
60. h4 Kf5 61. Nd3 e5 62. Rc6 Rd8 63. Ne1 Rd2 64. Nc2 Ke4 65. Rc4+ Kf5 66. Ne3+
Kg6 67. Rc6 Kf7 68. Nf5 Kg6 69. Nd6 Rd4 70. Ne8 1-0

[Event "Villafranca 4th"]
[Site "Villafranca"]
[Date "2010.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2010.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 a5 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O
9. Bf4 Na6 10. Ne5 Nb4 11. e4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 f6 14. Ng6 Rf7 15.
Re1 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Nf4 g6 18. Bg2 Bd7 19. c5 Qc7 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Rxe6
Rd8 22. Qd2 Kg7 23. Rae1 Rdd7 24. Bf1 Rfe7 25. Bc4 Qd8 26. Rxe7+ Rxe7 27. Rxe7+
Qxe7 28. Qe3 Qd7 29. Qe4 Kf8 30. Kg2 Qe7 31. Qxe7+ Kxe7 32. Kf3 f5 33. Ke2 Kf6
34. Kd2 g5 35. Kc3 f4 36. g4 h6 37. Be2 Ke6 38. Bf3 Na6 39. Kc4 Nb8 40. Be4 Na6
41. d5+ Ke5 42. d6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Young GM"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.01.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2011.01.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bd7 6. Ne5 Bc6 7. Nxc6 Nxc6 8.
e3 Qd7 9. O-O Nd5 10. Nd2 h5 11. Nxc4 h4 12. e4 Nb6 13. d5 Nxc4 14. dxc6 Qxc6
15. e5 Qb5 16. a4 Qb4 17. Qe2 hxg3 18. hxg3 c6 19. Bg5 Nb6 20. a5 Nd5 21. a6
Be7 22. Bd2 Qb6 23. Rfc1 g6 24. axb7 Qxb7 25. Ra6 c5 26. Rca1 Kf8 27. Be4 Kg7
28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Qg4 g5 30. Qxe6 Rh6 31. Bxd5 Rxe6 32. Bxb7 Rb8 33. Rxa7 Rxe5
34. Bc3 Bf6 35. Bg2+ Kf8 36. Ra6 Bg7 37. Rg6 Rxb2 38. Rxg7 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 Kxg7
40. Bxe5+ Kh6 41. Bd5 Rd1 42. Bb3 Rb1 43. Bf7 Rb7 44. Bd5 Rb4 45. Kg2 Kg6 46.
Kf3 Kf5 47. Bc3 Rb8 48. g4+ Kg6 49. Ke3 Rd8 50. Ke4 Kh6 51. f3 Kg6 52. Ke5 Re8+
53. Be6 c4 54. Kd6 Kh6 55. Kd5 Re7 56. Bb4 Re8 57. Bf5 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.02.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. f3 f5 11. g4 Nf6 12. Nd3 c6 13. Be3 Kh8 14. Kh1 b5 15. g5
Nh5 16. Nb4 c5 17. Nc6 Qd7 18. cxb5 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Nf5 20. Qd2 Nd4 21. b4 Qh3
22. Kg1 Nxf3+ 23. Bxf3 Rxf3 24. Rae1 Bg4 25. bxc5 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Bf3 27. Rxf3
Qxf3 28. Nf2 Qf5 29. cxd6 Nf4 30. Bxf4 exf4 31. Qd3 Qxg5+ 32. Kf1 f3 33. Qxf3
Rf8 34. Qd3 Qf4 35. Qg3 Qc4+ 36. Kg1 Qxd5 37. a4 Bd4 38. Nxd4 Qxd4 39. a5 Rf6
40. b6 {%04time} axb6 41. a6 Kg7 42. a7 Qa1+ 43. Kg2 Qxa7 44. Qe5 Qd7 45. Ne4
Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "Baku op-A"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2011.08.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 a6 11. a4 Nh5 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Re1 Nd7 14. a5 Rb8 15. Qc2
b5 16. axb6 Qxb6 17. Ra2 h6 18. Bd2 Nhf6 19. h3 c4 20. Qc1 Nc5 21. Bxh6 Bxh6
22. Qxh6 Nce4 23. e3 Nxc3 24. bxc3 Qb3 25. Raa1 Qxc3 26. Qf4 Nxd5 27. Qxd6 Bb7
28. Rac1 Qb4 29. Qxb4 Nxb4 30. Rxc4 Nd3 31. Rf1 Bxf3 32. Bxf3 Ne5 33. Rf4 Red8
34. Be2 Rb2 35. Bxa6 Ra8 36. Bc4 g5 37. Re4 Nf3+ 38. Kg2 Nd2 39. Rg4 Kf8 40.
Rd1 Re8 41. Bd5 Nb1 42. Rxg5 Rxe3 43. Rxb1 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.06"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O b4 11. Nce2 Qc7 12. h4 d5 13. Bh3 Nb6 14. b3 dxe4 15.
g5 Nfd5 16. fxe4 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 hxg5 18. hxg5 g6 19. Kb1 Bg7 20. Rhf1 Qe5 21.
Qf2 Ra7 22. Ng1 Rc7 23. Ngf3 Qc5 24. Qd2 Qc3 25. Bg4 Qxd2 26. Rxd2 Ke7 27. Rdf2
Nd7 28. Ne2 Bb7 29. Ne1 Ne5 30. Nd3 Ke8 31. Nxe5 Bxe5 32. Bf3 Rh4 33. Nc1 Bxe4
34. Re2 Bxf3 35. Rxe5 Be4 36. Rf2 Bf5 37. Ra5 Rc6 38. Rg2 Rh3 39. Re5 Rh1 40.
Kb2 Rd6 41. Nd3 Bxd3 42. cxd3 Rxd3 43. Re4 a5 44. Re5 Rd5 45. Rxd5 exd5 46. Rd2
Rf1 0-1

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

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

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.08"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. f3 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. Na4 Be6 12. Nb6 Rb8 13. Qxa5 Nd7 14. Qb4 f5
15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Bd3 fxe4 17. fxe4 Be5 18. a4 b6 19. Kd2 Qa7 20. b3 Bxa1 21.
Rxa1 Bd7 22. Qc3 Qa5 23. Be2 Bc6 24. b4 Qa8 25. a5 Bxe4 26. axb6 Qc6 27. Ra7 e5
28. b5 Qe8 29. c5 Qe6 30. c6 Bxg2 31. Qc4 Bd5 32. Qh4 h5 33. Qe7 Qxe7 34. Rxe7
Ra8 35. Ra7 Rxa7 36. bxa7 Kg7 37. Kc3 Kf6 38. Bd1 1-0

[Event "Burgas Black Sea"]
[Site "Burgas"]
[Date "2012.09.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2012.09.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. g3 Be7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. e4 Nc6 12. Bf4 Qd7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. O-O-O Rd8
15. Be3 Qc7 16. Kb1 a6 17. Bf4 Qd7 18. h4 O-O 19. Bh3 b5 20. h5 gxh5 21. e5 Nh7
22. Qc2 f5 23. exf6 Rxf6 24. Be5 Rh6 25. f4 Qe8 26. g4 Nb4 27. Qe2 hxg4 28.
Qxg4 Bf8 29. f5 exf5 30. Qxf5 Nc6 31. Bg4 Ne7 32. Qd3 Qc6 33. Ne2 Rxh1 34. Rxh1
Nf6 35. Bh3 Nh5 36. Bg4 Nf6 37. Bh3 Nh5 38. Bg2 g6 39. Bh3 Bg7 40. Rc1 Qe8 41.
Be6+ Kh8 42. Qe3 Ng8 43. Nf4 Nxf4 44. Qxf4 1-0

[Event "Burgas Black Sea"]
[Site "Burgas"]
[Date "2012.09.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2012.09.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. d5 e6 7. Bd3 exd5 8. cxd5
d6 9. h3 Re8 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Re1 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Rxe5 13. Bf4 Re8 14. Qd2 a6 15.
a4 Qc7 16. Rac1 Nd7 17. Bf1 Ne5 18. b4 b6 19. Bh6 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 f6 21. bxc5
bxc5 22. f4 Nf7 23. Qh4 Kg7 24. Rb1 Rb8 25. Rxb8 Qxb8 26. Rb1 Qc7 27. Qf2 Qa5
28. Qc2 g5 29. g3 gxf4 30. gxf4 Nh8 31. Ne2 Ng6 32. Ng3 Kf7 33. Nh5 Rg8 34. Kh1
Qd8 35. Rb8 Qe7 36. e5 dxe5 37. Qb3 Qd6 38. Rb6 c4 39. Bxc4 Qc5 40. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Burgas Black Sea"]
[Site "Burgas"]
[Date "2012.09.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2012.09.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Qd2 e6 13. f4 Bc7 14. O-O exd5
15. exd5 Ba5 16. d6 Rb8 17. Rb5 b6 18. Rxa5 bxa5 19. Ba3 Be6 20. Bxc5 Qd7 21.
c4 Rfc8 22. Qd4 Qa4 23. Qe5 Rxc5 24. Qxc5 Qxa2 25. Qxa7 Rb2 26. Bf3 Rb1 27.
Rxb1 Qxb1+ 28. Kf2 Qd3 29. Qb8+ Kg7 30. Qb2+ Kg8 31. c5 a4 32. Qe5 a3 33. c6 a2
34. d7 Qd2+ 35. Be2 h5 36. Qb8+ Kh7 37. d8=Q Qxd8 38. Qxd8 a1=Q 39. Qd2 Qa7+
40. Qe3 Qa2 41. Kg3 Bd5 42. c7 Qc2 43. Qd3 h4+ 44. Kxh4 Qxc7 45. Qxd5 Qxf4+ 46.
Kh3 Qh6+ 47. Kg3 Qe3+ 48. Bf3 Qe1+ 49. Kh3 Qe7 50. g3 Kg7 51. Qd4+ Kg8 52. Kg2
Qc7 53. Bd5 Qd7 54. Qe5 Kh7 55. h4 Kg8 56. Qe4 Kg7 57. Qf3 f6 58. Qe4 Kh6 59.
Qe3+ Kg7 60. Qe6 1-0

[Event "BUL-chT-A 62nd"]
[Site "Sunny Beach"]
[Date "2012.09.25"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.09.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Plovdiv Lokomotiv"]
[BlackTeam "Sofia Lokomotiv"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bd3
c5 9. h4 f5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Ng5 Qb6 12. Qf3 Qc6 13. Qh5 h6 14. Ndf3 b6 15. e6
Nf6 16. Qf7+ Rxf7 17. exf7+ Kh8 18. Ne5 g6 19. Nxg6+ Kg7 20. Nxe7 Qb7 21. Ng6
Nbd7 22. Ne6+ Kxg6 23. h5+ Kxf7 24. Nd8+ Kg7 25. Nxb7 Bxb7 26. f3 cxd4 27. Bf4
Re8+ 28. Kf2 Nc5 29. Bxf5 Bc8 30. Bg6 Rf8 31. Be5 Ne6 32. Rhd1 Bd7 33. Bxd4 Nf4
34. Rac1 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2012.11.07"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2012.11.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Extremadura"]
[BlackTeam "Reverte Albox"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bd3
c5 9. h4 g6 10. h5 cxd4 11. Qc2 Nc5 12. Bf1 d3 13. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 dxc4 15.
Qe3 g5 16. Ne4 h6 17. Nfxg5 hxg5 18. Qg3 Kh8 19. Bxg5 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Nc6 21. Rd1
Qc7 22. f4 Rg8 23. Qe3 b5 24. Rd6 Bb7 25. f5 Qe7 26. Ne4 Qf8 27. fxe6 Nxe5 28.
e7 Nd3+ 29. Kf1 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 20th"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2013.04.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belorechensk 	Universitet"]
[BlackTeam "Rostov PGMB"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxc5 Nxe4 5. cxd6 Nc6 6. Bd3 Nxd6 7. O-O g6 8.
Bd2 Bg7 9. Bc3 O-O 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Nc3 e5 12. Re1 f6 13. Ne4 Be6 14. c3 Nxe4
15. Bxe4 Qxd1 16. Rexd1 Rfd8 17. h3 Kf7 18. Kf1 Ke7 19. b3 a5 20. Rxd8 Nxd8 21.
Rb1 Rc8 22. Rc1 f5 23. Bb1 Nc6 24. Nd2 a4 25. bxa4 Na5 26. Ke2 b6 27. f3 Nb7
28. Bd3 Nc5 29. Bb5 Bxa2 30. Ra1 Be6 31. a5 bxa5 32. Rxa5 Rc7 33. c4 Bf7 34. g3
g5 35. Ra8 f4 36. g4 Bg6 37. Kf2 Kf6 38. Ke2 Bd3+ 39. Kf2 Bg6 40. Ke2 Ke7 41.
Kf2 Ne6 42. Ra5 Nd4 43. Ba4 Kd6 44. Ke1 Bd3 45. Kf2 h6 46. Bd1 Bxc4 47. Ne4+
Ke6 48. Nc5+ Ke7 49. Ne4 Bb5 50. Ra1 Ke6 51. Nd2 Rc3 52. Ne4 Rc7 53. Nd2 Rc3
54. Ne4 Re3 55. Ra2 Bc4 56. Rb2 Bd5 57. Rb6+ Ke7 58. Rxh6 Bxe4 59. fxe4 Ne6 60.
Rh7+ Kf8 61. Bf3 Nc5 62. Kg2 Nd3 63. Bd1 Rxe4 64. h4 gxh4 65. g5 Re3 66. Rxh4
Rg3+ 67. Kf1 Rxg5 68. Be2 Nc5 69. Bf3 Kg7 70. Ke2 Rg6 71. Rh5 Kf6 72. Rh8 e4
73. Bh1 Ke5 74. Rh5+ Kd4 75. Rh8 Rf6 76. Rd8+ Ke5 77. Rh8 Ne6 78. Ra8 Nd4+ 79.
Kf1 f3 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup 35th"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2013.07.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2013.07.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Ne4 b6 12. a3 Bb7 13. Qd3 h6 14. Bd2 Nce7
15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Ng6 17. Qg3 Qh4 18. Nd6 Bc6 19. Rac1 Rad8 20. Qxh4 Nxh4
21. Be2 Ba8 22. g3 Ng6 23. f4 f6 24. Bg4 f5 25. Bf3 Rd7 26. Bxd5 Bxd5 27. Rc2
Ne7 28. Rec1 Rfd8 29. Rc7 Be4 30. Kf2 Kh7 31. b4 Kg6 32. Rxd7 Rxd7 33. a4 Bc6
34. b5 Bd5 35. a5 bxa5 36. Bxa5 Kh5 37. Rc7 Rxc7 38. Bxc7 g5 39. Bd8 Ng8 40. h3
Kg6 41. Nc8 gxf4 42. gxf4 Kf7 43. Nxa7 Ke8 44. Bh4 Kd7 45. b6 Bb7 46. Bf6 Ba6
47. h4 Bb7 48. Ke3 Ne7 49. Bxe7 Kxe7 50. Kd4 Kd7 51. Kc5 Bg2 52. Nb5 Bf3 53.
Nd6 Bg2 54. Nf7 h5 55. Ng5 Bd5 56. Nh7 Bf3 57. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 14th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2013.09.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2013.08.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Bb5+ c6 9. Ng5 O-O 10. Be2 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 Na6 12. Qh3 h6 13. Nf3 h5 14. Rg1 Nd7
15. e5 Nb4 16. g4 Nc2+ 17. Kf1 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. gxh5 Qc8 20. Rg4 Qf5 21.
dxe5 Rad8 22. hxg6 Rd1+ 23. Kg2 Ne1+ 24. Kg3 Qf3+ 25. Kh4 Qxf2+ 26. Kg5 f6+ 27.
Kh6 f5 28. Rg3 Qxe2 29. Kg5 Rf7 30. gxf7+ Kxf7 31. Qxf5+ Ke8 32. Bf4 Rxa1 33.
e6 1-0

[Event "Camarinas Entrefaros"]
[Site "Camarinas"]
[Date "2013.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "195"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg5 c5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Qxc3 Ne4 9. Bxd8 Nxc3 10. Bh4 Ne4 11. e3 Nc6 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Bd3 Ne7 14. Nd2
Nxd2 15. Kxd2 Nf5 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. b4 f6 18. f3 d5 19. bxc5 O-O-O 20. Bg3
dxc4+ 21. Bd6 Rhe8 22. Rhc1 Bd5 23. Rab1 Kd7 24. Rb5 g5 25. Ra5 Ra8 26. Rb1 h5
27. Rb4 h4 28. Rba4 h3 29. gxh3 Bxf3 30. Rxc4 Bc6 31. h4 Re4 32. Rxe4 fxe4 33.
h5 a6 34. Kc3 Bb5 35. Kd4 Ke6 36. h6 Rh8 37. a4 Bd3 38. Bg3 Rd8+ 39. Kc3 Rc8
40. h7 Kd7 41. c6+ Kxc6 42. Kb4 Kd7 43. Rc5 Rh8 44. Rc7+ Ke6 45. Be1 Kf5 46.
Rg7 Kg4 47. Bc3 Kh5 48. Bxf6 Kh6 49. Rg8 Rxh7 50. Bxg5+ Kh5 51. Bf4 Kh4 52. Rg6
Rh5 53. Bg3+ Kh3 54. Bc7 Rf5 55. Rg3+ Kh4 56. Bd8+ Kh5 57. Rg8 Rf3 58. Bb6 Kh4
59. Kc3 Kh3 60. Rh8+ Kg4 61. Kd4 Rh3 62. Rg8+ Kf3 63. Bc7 Rh5 64. Be5 Bc2 65.
a5 Bd3 66. Rg6 Rh7 67. Bd6 Rh5 68. Be5 Rh7 69. Rd6 Kg2 70. Rf6 Rh5 71. Rf8 Rh7
72. Kd5 Rh3 73. Kd4 Rh7 74. Rf5 Rh6 75. Kd5 Rh7 76. Bf4 Kh3 77. Kc6 Kh4 78. Rf6
Rh5 79. Bc7 Kg4 80. Rf8 Rh6+ 81. Kd5 Rh7 82. Bb6 Kg5 83. Bd8+ Kg4 84. h4 Rb7
85. Rg8+ Kf3 86. Bg5 Rb5+ 87. Kd6 Kg4 88. Bd8+ Kf3 89. Bb6 Rh5 90. Rf8+ Kg3 91.
Bd8 Rb5 92. Rf4 Kh3 93. Ke6 Rc5 94. Kf7 Rd5 95. Bg5 Be2 96. Kg6 Rd6+ 97. Bf6
Rd5 98. Rf5 1-0

[Event "Camarinas Entrefaros"]
[Site "Camarinas"]
[Date "2013.10.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 g6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Bd6 7. Nc3 c6 8.
Qc2 Qe7 9. h3 Nd7 10. Nf3 Nb6 11. Bb3 Be6 12. O-O-O a5 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. Kb1
O-O 15. Qe4 Qd7 16. d5 c5 17. Qh4 Kg7 18. e4 Na4 19. Rc1 Rfe8 20. Rhe1 Nxc3+
21. Rxc3 b5 22. Qg4 Qe7 23. Rce3 Qc7 24. Nh4 Kh8 25. g3 c4 26. Qf3 Qe7 27. Qd1
Bc5 28. R3e2 Bb4 29. Rf1 c3 30. Nf3 cxb2 31. Nd4 Rac8 32. Nc6 Qd7 33. Qb3 Qxh3
34. Rd1 Qg4 35. f3 Qxg3 36. e5 fxe5 37. d6 Rxc6 38. Qxf7 Rc1+ 39. Kxb2 Rxd1 40.
Qxe8+ Kg7 41. Qe7+ Kh6 42. Qf8+ Kh5 43. Qg7 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 12th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2014.02.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Re1 Bc5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Ne7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 a5 14. Qh5 Ng6
15. b3 O-O 16. e5 Qe7 17. Ng4 Qc5 18. Qh3 f5 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Qg3 Kg7 21. Rad1
Rf7 22. Be4 Rc8 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 24. Ne3 h5 25. Qf3 h4 26. Rd2 f5 27. Nc4 Kh6 28.
h3 Kg7 29. Rde2 Rf6 30. Qh5 f4 31. Re5 Qf8 32. Rg5 d6 33. Qxh4 e5 34. Qg4 Qc8
35. Qf3 Kh6 36. Rh5+ Kg7 37. Rd1 Qe8 38. Qe4 Nf8 39. Rg5+ Ng6 40. Nxa5 Rc5 41.
Nc4 Qc6 42. Qxc6 Rxc6 43. h4 Kf7 44. g3 Ke6 45. Re1 Kf7 46. Rd1 Ke6 47. a5 Ra6
48. h5 Ne7 49. gxf4 Rxf4 50. Kg2 Rf6 51. Rh1 Nf5 52. Ne3 Nxe3+ 53. fxe3 Rh6 54.
Ra1 Kf6 55. Rg6+ Rxg6+ 56. hxg6 d5 57. Kf3 Kxg6 58. e4 d4 59. Kg4 Kf6 60. Kh5
Ra7 61. a6 Rh7+ 62. Kg4 Rg7+ 63. Kf3 Ra7 64. Ra5 Ke6 65. Ke2 Kd6 66. Kd3 Kc7
67. Kc4 Kb6 68. Kxb4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 15th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2014.03.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2014.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 Bb4 8.
O-O-O Nge7 9. Qg3 Qxg3 10. hxg3 b5 11. Nb3 Na5 12. Nc5 Nb7 13. Nd3 Bxc3 14.
bxc3 d6 15. e5 dxe5 16. Nxe5 f6 17. Nf3 e5 18. c4 Bd7 19. Nd2 Rc8 20. Ne4 bxc4
21. Bh6 Bf5 22. Bxg7 Bxe4 23. Bxh8 Kf7 24. Rh4 Bf5 25. Bxc4+ Kg6 26. Bd3 Nd6
27. g4 Bxd3 28. Rxd3 Nf7 29. Bxf6 Kxf6 30. Rxh7 Kg6 31. Rf3 Rf8 32. Rh1 Nc6 33.
Rb3 Rc8 34. Rc3 Nd6 35. Rd1 Nd4 36. Rxc8 Nxc8 37. c3 Nb5 38. Kc2 Ncd6 39. a4
Na3+ 40. Kb3 Nac4 41. Kb4 Kf6 42. Kc5 Ke6 43. g5 Nd2 44. Kb6 N2e4 45. g6 Nf5
46. Kxa6 Nxc3 47. Ra1 Kf6 48. a5 Nd4 49. Rc1 Ne4 50. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Albena Masters op"]
[Site "Albena"]
[Date "2014.06.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2014.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 c5 7. Bxb4 cxb4 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qd3 d6 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. Rfd1 Nbd7 12. Ne1 Rfe8 13. Nc2 a5 14. e4 e5
15. f3 b5 16. cxb5 d5 17. Ne3 Qb6 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Ndc4 Qxb5 20. Nd6 Qxd3 21.
Rxd3 Ba6 22. Nxd5 Bxd3 23. Nc7 Red8 24. Nxa8 exd4 25. f4 Bc2 26. Re1 g5 27. Nc4
gxf4 28. gxf4 Nc5 29. Nab6 b3 30. a3 Nd3 31. Rf1 Kg7 32. f5 f6 33. Bd5 Kh6 34.
Kg2 Re8 35. Be6 Nc5 36. Rf4 Nxe6 37. fxe6 Rxe6 38. Rxd4 Kg5 39. h4+ Kh5 40. Nd5
Re1 41. Nxf6+ Kg6 42. Nd5 Re4 43. Nf4+ Kf5 44. Rxe4 Kxe4 45. Kg3 a4 46. Nb6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.10"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O {Not a lucky variation for Ponomariov. It
yielded him his only loss during the 2009 World Cup final against Gelfand.} 11.
Nb3 {When I started playing the Catalan, I tried making this plan work, but
somehow did not believe in White's dynamic resources in the absence of the
queens. It seems I was wrong.} ({Gelfand managed to surprise Ruslan with} 11.
Ne1 {in the aforementioned Gelfand,B (2758)-Ponomariov,R (2739)
Khanty-Mansiysk 2009 CBM 134 [Marin,M] (1-0, 52)}) 11... Be7 12. c4 Bd7 13. Bb2
Rfd8 14. Nfd4 Rac8 15. Nb5 b6 {So far, both sides had played relatively
quickly, but Cheparinov spent 12 minutes on his next move.} 16. Nd6 $1 $146 ({
A novelty over} 16. Rac1 {as examind in the notes to Andreikin,D (2709)
-Mamedyarov,S (2757) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014 CBM 160 [Marin,M] (1/2-1/2, 46). The
last move seems to settle some new kind of problems, since Ponomariov needed
17 minutes to adapt himself to the changed circumstances.}) 16... Rc7 {The
most natural answer. Black keeps his rook on the open file, refraining from
making any positional concessions yet.} (16... Rb8 17. Rd2 $14) ({A player
with good defensive skills and good capacity of endurance would consider} 16...
Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Be8 18. Rxd8 Nxd8 19. Rc1 Bc6 (19... Nd7 20. f4 Nc5 21. Nxc5 Rxc5
22. Ba3 Rc8 23. c5 b5 24. Rd1 $14) 20. f3 $1 {Keeping the two bishops.} Nd7 21.
c5 (21. Ba3 Nb7 {[%csl Gc5]}) 21... Bd5 22. cxb6 Rxc1+ 23. Nxc1 Nxb6 24. e4 Bc4
25. Kf2 $14 {The bishop pair and the more active king offer White the better
ending. How big his winning chances are - that is another question. But from a
practical point of view it surely is no fun to play with Back.}) 17. Ba3 $1 {
A kew move in White's plan. The bishop was not doing much on the long diagonal,
while from a3 it creates all sorts of tactical motifs. The immediate threat is
18.Nb5 Rcc8 19.Bxc6 winning a piece.} Kf8 {Since White's coordination is
obviously better, Ponomariov tries to relieve his position by using numeric
superiority. This is a known method when the game gets close to an ending. If
the defending side can use his king as an extra piece in the main area of
combat, he has every chance of a favourable outcome. The main problem is that
the position is far from getting to an endgame yet, being closer to a complex
queenless middlegame. This makes the last move double-edged.} ({True, there
was no obvious way to equalising. If} 17... Ne5 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20.
cxb5 {the strong Catalan bishop and the queenside space advantage offers White
better chances in the endgame. A possible continuation is} Be7 21. Bxe7 Rxe7
22. Rc1 g5 23. Nd4 Rd7 24. Rc8+ Kg7 25. e3 g4 26. Bc6 Re7 {Black is solid, but
awfully passive. White may well fail in proving a way to increase his
advantage, but who would like to sit and wait with Black for the rest of the
endgame?}) ({We can also understand that Black was not keen to weaken his
queenside with} 17... a6 18. c5 bxc5 (18... b5 19. Bb2 $14) 19. Rac1 Ne5 20.
Nxc5 Bc8 21. Nxc8 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rxc8 23. Rc1 a5 24. Nb3 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 $14 {
Another version of the ending with the bishop pair. Additionally, the a5-pawn
is vulnerable.}) 18. c5 {Reinforcing the threat 19.Nb5, this time with a
different idea (see the next comment to better understand).} Nb8 $2 {The
decisive mistake.} ({A neutral move such as} 18... h6 {would run into} 19. Nb5
Rcc8 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. Nxa7 Rc7 22. cxb6 {In this line, the Catalan bishop
proved its force by a well-timed capture on c6. With his last move, Ponomariov
not only cleared the long diagonal, but took the b5-square under control as
well. In doing so, he failed to notice the hidden force of the other bishop.})
({A better way of neutralising the g2-bishop would have been} 18... Nd5 {
In some lines White may win a pawn, but his pieces could be left a bit hanging.
} 19. Rac1 bxc5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Bxc5 Be6 22. Nb5 Rb7 23. N5d4 $14 {White
will soon reach an ending with a good knight against a (at least theoretically)
bad bishop. In view of all the alternatives to Ponomariov's play examined
above, I believe it is safe to conclude that Cheparinov's novelty offers White
a small, but lasting advantage in the endgame.}) 19. Nb5 $1 {Unexpectedly,
this move is possible and winning! Ponomariov sank into deep thought (possibly
interrupted by self-reproaches) for almost half an hour, but there is nothing
to be saved anymore.} Rcc8 ({The tactical point is that} 19... Bxb5 {loses the
exchange to} 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21. cxb6+) 20. Nxa7 Rc7 21. cxb6 {White has won
two pawns while retaining normal coordination. The game is over.} Rc2 22. Nd4
Rc4 23. Rac1 Rxc1 24. Bxe7+ Kxe7 25. Rxc1 Kd6 26. Ndb5+ Bxb5 27. Nxb5+ Ke7 28.
a4 Rd2 29. Nc3 Nfd7 30. a5 Rb2 31. Ra1 Rc2 32. Ra3 Rc1+ 33. Bf1 Nc6 34. Nb5
Nce5 35. b7 Nc4 36. a6 Nxa3 37. Nxa3 1-0

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2014.08.19"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Mamedov, Nidjat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.08.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turk Hava Yollari"]
[BlackTeam "Mersin Ezgi"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bf4
h6 9. Qc1 Kh7 10. Rd1 Bf5 11. h3 g5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bg3 e6 14. d5 exd5 15. cxd5
Ne7 16. Nd4 Nd7 17. h4 gxh4 18. Bxh4 Ne5 19. Nf5 f6 20. Nxg7 Kxg7 21. Qf4 Qd7
22. Rd4 f5 23. g5 h5 24. Bg3 Bh7 25. Qd2 N7g6 26. f4 Ng4 27. Nd1 Rae8 28. Rc1
Rf7 29. Rdc4 Kg8 30. Bf2 Ree7 31. e3 Qe8 32. Qd4 h4 33. Qd2 Kf8 34. R1c3 Bg8
35. Qc2 Qd7 36. Bh3 Kg7 37. a4 Kh7 38. Bxh4 b5 39. axb5 Qxb5 40. Bg3 Rf8 41.
Bxg4 1-0

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2014.08.27"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2014.08.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turk Hava Yollari"]
[BlackTeam "Kahramanmaras Buyuksehir"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Na5 7. Qa4 c5 8. e4
Bb7 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 a6 11. Bg2 b5 12. Qc2 Be7 13. O-O d6 14. b3 O-O 15. Bb2
Nd7 16. Rfe1 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Rac1 Re8 19. Qb2 Nd7 20. a3 Rc8 21. b4 cxb4
22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. axb4 Nb7 24. Ra1 Qb6 25. Rc1 a5 26. Nd4 axb4 27. Qxb4 Nbc5
28. Qxb5 Qa7 29. Nf5 Qa3 30. Rb1 Ba6 31. Qb2 Qxb2 32. Rxb2 Nb7 33. Nc4 Bxc4 34.
Rxb7 Nc5 35. Nxd6 Ra8 36. Rb1 Bd3 37. Rc1 f6 38. f4 Ra5 39. e5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 16th"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2015.03.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Bukavshin, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2015.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Ba6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. h3 Rc8
15. Nc3 Nxf2 16. Kxf2 Bc5+ 17. Be3 Bxe3+ 18. Kxe3 b5 19. Qd3 Qb6+ 20. Qd4 Qb8
21. Kf2 b4 22. Nb1 f6 23. Qe3 fxe5+ 24. Kg1 e4 25. Nd2 Rc2 26. Rab1 Qe5 27.
Rdc1 Rfc8 28. Nb3 Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 30. Qxc1 Bxe2 31. Qc8+ Kf7 32. Qd7+ Kg6
33. Nc5 Qd4+ 34. Kh2 Qxc5 35. Qxe6+ Kh5 36. g4+ Kh4 37. Qe5 Bxg4 38. hxg4 Kxg4
39. Qxg7+ Kf4 40. Qg3+ Kf5 41. Bh3+ Kf6 42. Qf4+ Ke7 43. Qe5+ Kd8 44. Bg2 Qc7
45. Qxc7+ Kxc7 46. Kg3 Kd6 47. Kf4 Kc5 48. Ke3 b3 49. a3 h5 50. Bf1 h4 51. Bh3
Kc4 52. Bg2 Kc5 53. Bf1 a5 54. Bh3 Kc4 55. Bg2 Kc5 56. Bf1 Kd6 57. Kd4 Ke6 58.
Bh3+ Kf6 59. Bc8 Kg5 60. Be6 Kf4 61. Bxd5 e3 62. Kd3 h3 63. Bc6 a4 64. Ke2 h2
65. Bh1 Kg3 66. Kxe3 Kg4 67. Bc6 Kg3 68. Bf3 Kh4 69. Kf4 Kh3 70. Bh1 Kh4 71.
Bg2 Kh5 72. Kg3 Kg5 73. Kxh2 Kf4 74. Bc6 1-0

[Event "Warsaw Najdorf Memorial op-A 13th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2015.07.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2015.07.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O
d5 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Bc1 Nhf6 13. Nc3 O-O 14. e4 dxc4 15.
Bf4 b5 16. bxc4 bxc4 17. Rab1 Qa5 18. h3 Rfd8 19. Bd2 Qc7 20. Bf4 Qa5 21. Re1
Nf8 22. Bd2 Qc7 23. Qa4 Bb5 24. Nxb5 cxb5 25. Rxb5 c3 26. Bf4 Qd7 27. Qb3 Ng6
28. Bc1 Qc6 29. h4 h6 30. h5 Nf8 31. d5 Qe8 32. Nd4 a6 33. Rb7 Bc5 34. Nc6 Rxc6
35. dxc6 Qxc6 36. e5 Bxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Ng4+ 38. Kf1 Qc5 39. Qb6 Nh2+ 40. Ke2 Qxe5+
41. Qe3 Qxh5+ 42. Bf3 Qf5 43. Qe4 Qa5 44. Kf2 Nd7 45. Qf4 Nxf3 46. Qxf3 f5 47.
Qe3 Qxa2+ 48. Re2 Qc4 49. Qf4 Qc5+ 50. Be3 Qf8 51. Bd4 Nf6 52. Rxe6 Ne4+ 53.
Rxe4 fxe4 54. Rxg7+ Qxg7 55. Bxg7 Rd2+ 56. Ke3 Kxg7 57. Kxe4 Rb2 58. Qe5+ Kg6
59. Qe6+ Kg7 60. Qd7+ Kg6 61. Qc6+ Kg7 62. Qxc3+ 1-0

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2015.08.14"]
[Round "12.5"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2015.08.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turk Hava Yollari"]
[BlackTeam "Deniz Su Aquamatch"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nh5 12. Bd2 Nhf6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nc6 Bxc6
15. Qxc6 Rc8 16. Qb5 Ne8 17. Qd3 Nd6 18. Nc3 Nc4 19. Bc1 Bb4 20. e4 Bxc3 21.
bxc3 dxe4 22. Bxe4 Nf6 23. Bb7 Rc7 24. Ba6 Qd5 25. Rb1 Rd8 26. Bf4 e5 27. Bxe5
Nxe5 28. dxe5 Qxd3 29. Bxd3 Rcd7 30. Bc2 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 32. Bxd1 Ne4 33.
c4 a5 34. Bb3 g5 35. f3 Nc5 36. Bc2 h6 37. Kf2 f6 38. exf6 Kf7 39. Ke3 Kxf6 40.
f4 gxf4+ 41. Kxf4 Nd7 42. Ke4 Ke6 43. Bd1 Ne5 44. Be2 Nc6 45. a3 Ne7 46. h4 Kd6
47. g4 Ke6 48. g5 hxg5 49. hxg5 Ng6 50. Bg4+ Kd6 51. Bh5 Nf8 52. g6 Ne6 53. Bg4
Ng7 54. a4 Ke7 55. Kd5 1-0

[Event "CRO-chT1A 24th"]
[Site "Bol"]
[Date "2015.10.06"]
[Round "4.31"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Osijek EFT"]
[BlackTeam "Rijeka Liburnija"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O O-O 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3
Rd8 9. h3 Be6 10. c5 Qxb3 11. axb3 Na6 12. Ra4 Ne4 13. Bf4 Naxc5 14. dxc5 Nxc5
15. Ra3 d4 16. Na4 Nxb3 17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Bxd2 b6 19. b4 Bc4 20. Bxc6 Rac8 21.
b5 Bxe2 22. Re1 Bc4 23. Nb2 Bd5 24. Rxa7 d3 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Nc4 Bd4 27. Raxe7
Kg7 28. Ne3 Rdd8 29. Rd1 Rc5 30. Be1 Bf6 31. Ra7 Bb2 32. Ra2 Bc1 33. Bd2 1-0

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2016.07.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2016.07.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turk Hava Yollari"]
[BlackTeam "Maras Spor Dernegi"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Ba6 7. b3 O-O 8.
Bg2 d5 9. cxd5 Ne4 10. Qb2 exd5 11. O-O Re8 12. Re1 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Nbd2
Nd7 15. Rac1 Nef6 16. e3 Qb6 17. Qc2 Bb7 18. e4 dxe4 19. Ng5 h6 20. Ndxe4 Nxe4
21. Nxe4 Ne5 22. Rcd1 Nc6 23. Rd7 Rad8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Qxc5 Nd4 26. Qxb6 axb6
27. Nf6+ gxf6 28. Bxb7 Rd7 29. Bg2 Kg7 30. Kf1 Nc2 31. Rc1 Rd2 32. a4 f5 33.
Bf3 Nb4 34. Be2 Rb2 35. Bc4 Nc2 36. Rd1 Na3 37. Bd5 Nb1 38. Rd3 Nd2+ 39. Ke1
Ne4 40. f3 Nc5 41. Rc3 Na6 42. h4 Nb4 43. Bc4 f4 44. gxf4 h5 45. Kf1 Rh2 46.
Re3 Rxh4 47. Re4 Rh1+ 48. Kg2 Rd1 49. Re7 Nd5 50. Bxd5 Rxd5 51. Re5 Ra5 52. Re4
Rf5 53. Rb4 Rf6 54. Kg3 Kg6 55. Rb5 Rd6 56. Rg5+ Kh6 57. Kh4 Rd4 58. Rxh5+ Kg6
59. Rg5+ Kh6 60. Kg4 Rd6 61. Rb5 Kg6 62. f5+ Kh6 63. Kf4 f6 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT Div Honor"]
[Site "Monzon"]
[Date "2016.09.30"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2016.09.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Magic Extremadura"]
[BlackTeam "Equigoma Social Catolica"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 10. Kb1 Rd8 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. d5 a6 13. Nc3 Qe8 14. Qc1 Na5 15.
Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 e6 17. Nh3 Qf8 18. Qf4 Qe7 19. g4 e5 20. Qh6 c6 21. Be2 f6
22. Nf2 Nac4 23. Bxc4 Nxc4 24. Nd3 Nd6 25. h4 Bd7 26. Qe3 Be8 27. g5 Bf7 28.
gxf6 Qxf6 29. Qg5 Qxg5 30. hxg5 Nc4 31. b3 Ne3 32. Rd2 cxd5 33. Nxe5 Be6 34.
Re1 d4 35. Ne2 Rac8 36. Nxd4 Rxd4 37. Rxd4 Nc2 38. Red1 Nxd4 39. Rxd4 Kf8 40.
Rd6 Ke7 41. Rb6 Rc7 42. Kb2 Bc8 43. a4 Be6 44. a5 Bc8 45. b4 Be6 46. f4 Bh3 47.
Rf6 Bg2 48. Rf7+ Kd6 49. Rxc7 Kxc7 50. f5 Bxe4 51. f6 Kd6 52. Nf7+ Ke6 53. Nh6
Bd5 54. Kc3 Kd6 55. Kd4 Be6 56. Ke4 Bd5+ 57. Ke3 Be6 58. Kf4 Bc4 59. Ng4 Ke6
60. Ke4 Be2 61. Nh6 Bf1 62. Kd4 Bg2 63. Kc5 Bf3 64. Kb6 Kd7 65. Ka7 Ke6 66. Kb6
Kd7 67. Kc5 Ke6 68. Ng8 Be4 69. Kd4 Bh1 70. Ne7 Kd6 71. Nc8+ Ke6 72. Kc5 h6 73.
gxh6 Kxf6 74. Nd6 g5 75. h7 Kg7 76. Nf7 Kxh7 77. Nxg5+ Kg6 78. Ne6 Kf5 79. Nd8
Ke5 80. Kb6 Kd4 81. Nxb7 Kc4 82. Nc5 Kxb4 83. Nxa6+ Ka4 84. Nc5+ Kb4 85. a6 Ba8
86. Nb7 Kc4 87. Kc6 Kd4 88. Kc7 Kc4 89. Kb8 Kb5 90. a7 Kb6 91. Kxa8 Kc7 92. Nd6
1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.01.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sethuraman, SP."]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. O-O a5 8. h3
h6 9. b3 Bb6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Bb2 Ne7 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. d4 Nc6 15.
a3 Ba7 16. Qc2 Nh5 17. Nf1 Nf4 18. Kh2 Ne7 19. Rad1 Neg6 20. Ng3 Nxg2 21. Rg1
N2f4 22. Nf5 exd4 23. cxd4 Qc6 24. Qxc6 bxc6 25. Rge1 Rab8 26. Re3 d5 27. e5 c5
28. Ba1 Ne6 29. Rc1 Rb7 30. h4 Ne7 31. Nxe7+ Rxe7 32. Rd3 cxd4 33. Nxd4 Bxd4
34. Bxd4 Nxd4 35. Rxd4 Rxe5 36. b4 axb4 37. axb4 Kf8 38. Rc5 Ke7 39. b5 Re4 40.
Rxe4+ dxe4 41. Kg3 Kd6 42. Rf5 f6 43. Kg4 Ra7 44. Kh5 Ra1 45. Kg6 Rg1+ 46. Kf7
Rg2 47. Kf8 Ke6 48. Rc5 Rxf2 49. Rxc7 g5 50. h5 Rb2 51. Rc6+ Ke5 52. b6 e3 53.
Kf7 e2 54. Rxf6 g4 55. Rxh6 Kf5 56. Re6 Rxb6 57. Rxb6 e1=Q 58. h6 Qe5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2017.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Nc5 {A glance into Megabase reveals that White is scoring rather poorly in
the line 7...Nbd7. The rook move is a solid choice supporting White's central
pawn advance without any special risk.} 9. Re1 (9. f4) 9... Be7 10. f4 O-O 11.
e5 Ne8 {The retreat of the knight to e8 without opening the centre is a rare
continuation based on a very sound idea. Black shows litte interest in
fighting White in a direct confrontation before he manages to catch up with
the development of pieces.} (11... dxe5 12. fxe5 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bc5 (13... Nd7
14. Nf3 Qc7 15. Ra4 Rd8 16. Qe2 Rb8 17. Rc4 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 b5 19. Rg4 Bb7 20. Bh6
Bf8 21. Qf2 f5 $15 {0-1 (32) Reguera Zayas,A-Vasquez Schroder,R (2490) Seville
1994}) 14. Be3 Nd5 15. Bf2 (15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Nf3 Rd8 17. Qxd5 Bxe3+ 18. Rxe3
Rxd5 19. c4 Rd8 20. b4 Bd7 21. Rd3 Bc6 22. Rad1 $11 {½-½ (34) Sofronie,I 
(2456)-Florean,A (2429) Romania 2001}) 15... Nxc3 16. bxc3 f5 17. exf6 Qxf6 18.
Be3 Bd7 19. Qd2 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Qf4 21. Re3 Bc6 22. Qe2 Rad8 23. Rd1 $14 {
1-0 (34) Tomczak,J (2564)-Anton,T (2438) Kazan 2013}) 12. Be3 (12. Qg4 Qc7 13.
Qg3 b5 14. a3 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nxb3 16. Nxb3 Bb7 17. Kh1 g6 18. Bg5 Ng7 19. Bxe7
Qxe7 20. Na5 Nh5 21. Qe3 $11 {1/2-1/2 (27) Kupka,F-Cmiko,J Cesky Brod 1996})
12... Bd7 (12... Qc7 13. Bf2 b5 14. a3 Bb7 15. Ba2 Rd8 16. Qe2 g6 17. Rad1 Ng7
18. Qg4 dxe5 19. fxe5 Rxd4 20. Rxd4 Nf5 21. Rd2 Qc6 22. Qh3 $11 {0-1 (58)
Leito,P-Pedersen,S (2325) Ringsted 1992}) 13. Bf2 {Ivanisevic shows some
respect for his strong opponent and doesn't try to force matters on the
kingside.} (13. Qh5 g6 14. Qh3 Ng7 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Bf2 f6 17. Bg3 Nxb3 18.
axb3 dxe5 19. fxe5 f5 20. Bf2 Rad8 21. Qe3 g5 $11 {0-1 (32) Nattermueller,
I-Maksimenko,A (2502) Senden 2001}) 13... Rc8 14. Ne4 Nxb3 15. axb3 dxe5 16.
fxe5 f6 {Cheparinov feels that the moment has arisen to open up the play and
hope for the best with his bishop pair.} (16... Qc7 17. c3 Rd8 (17... Qxe5 $4
18. Bg3 Qd5 19. c4 $18) 18. Nd2 $14) 17. exf6 {White will live to regret some
of his choices, but he can certainly afford this confrontation.} (17. c3 $5
fxe5 18. Nf3 Bc6 19. Nxe5 Bd5 20. Bd4 $11) 17... Nxf6 18. Bg3 (18. Ng5 e5 19.
Nde6 Bxe6 20. Nxe6 Qxd1 21. Raxd1 Rfe8 22. c3 Ng4 23. Rd7 Bf6 24. Nc7 Red8 $11)
18... Qb6 19. c3 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Bf6 21. Be5 {Safety first, but White should not
have worried about the dangers of Black's activity. The position with opposite
coloured bishops was easy to hold.} (21. Qd2 Bc6 22. Rxe6 Bxd4+ 23. Qxd4 Qxd4+
24. cxd4 Bd5 25. Rd6 Bxb3 26. Be5 $11) 21... Bc6 22. Re3 Bd5 23. b4 Bxe5 24.
Rxe5 Rf4 (24... Rf6 25. Qe2 Qd6 26. Re1 $11) 25. Qd2 Rcf8 26. Rae1 Bc4 27. h3
Rf1+ 28. Rxf1 $2 {Black has managed to activate his pieces to the maximum and
White becomes worried. Objectively it was much better to keep the rook on e1
as White would play against the e6-pawn.} (28. Kh2 $1 R8f2 29. Qe3 Rxe1 30.
Qxe1 Rxb2 31. Nxe6 Qd6 32. Nf4 $11) 28... Rxf1+ 29. Kh2 Qc7 30. Qe3 Bd5 31. Qg3
(31. b3 b5 32. Qg3 Rb1 $17) 31... Rb1 $1 32. Re3 (32. b3 b5 $17) (32. Re2 $2
Rh1+ $19) 32... Qxg3+ 33. Kxg3 Rxb2 34. Nxe6 Rxg2+ 35. Kf4 {[%mdl 256] A phase
of very difficult defence begins, but White is not devoid of counterchances.} (
35. Kh4 $2 h6 $17) 35... Kf7 36. Nc5 (36. Ng5+ Kg6 37. Ne4 Bc6 $17) 36... Rf2+
(36... Bc6 $1 37. h4 Rh2 38. Kg3 Rd2 $17) 37. Kg3 {Ivanisevic could not find
the courage to break into the open and activate the king. It would have been
much more difficult for his opponent to convert the advantage.} (37. Ke5 $5 Bg2
38. Ne4 $15) 37... Rf5 (37... Rd2 38. Kf4 h6 $17) 38. Rd3 (38. c4 $1 Bxc4 39.
Nxb7 Rf6 40. Re4 Bb5 41. Nd8+ Kg8 42. Re7 h6 $17) 38... Kf6 39. Re3 Bc6 40.
Ne4+ (40. Re6+ Kf7 41. Re3 $17) 40... Kg6 41. Nd6 Rd5 42. Nc8 $6 {When all is
bad players begin to lose objectivity and look for something unsusal. The
knight will be looking for a good spot without success.} (42. Re6+ $5 Kh5 43.
c4 Rd3+ 44. Kf2 g5 45. b5 axb5 46. cxb5 Bh1 $17) (42. Nc4 Bb5 43. Na5 b6 44.
Nb3 Kf6 $17) 42... Kf6 43. Nb6 Rg5+ 44. Kh4 {Everybody understands that h4 is
not a very desirable spot due to a mating attack. In a difficult position
White is choosing to tempt his opponent.} (44. Kf2 Rg2+ 45. Kf1 Rc2 $17) 44...
Rg2 (44... Re5 45. Rd3 g5+ 46. Kg3 Re2 47. Kg4 Re4+ 48. Kg3 Kf5 $19) 45. Nc4
Kf5 46. Rd3 (46. Re7 g5+ 47. Kh5 Rh2 48. Nd6+ Kf4 49. Rf7+ Ke5 50. Nc4+ Ke6 51.
Rf8 h6 $19) 46... Rg1 {The computer is convinced that the most efficient way
was to advance the b-pawn.} (46... b5 $1 47. Nd6+ (47. Nd2 Kf4 $19) 47... Ke6
48. c4 Rb2 $19) 47. Nd6+ Ke6 48. Nc4 Kf5 (48... h6 49. Re3+ Kf5 $17) 49. Nd6+
Kf6 50. Re3 Rd1 (50... h6 51. Kh5 b5 $17) 51. Nc4 Rd5 52. Na5 Re5 53. Rd3 Bd5
54. c4 $2 {Losing his nerve after a very painful defence. This small blunder
will speed up White's demise.} (54. Rd4 b5 55. c4 bxc4 56. Nxc4 Re4+ $17) 54...
Bxc4 55. Rd6+ Be6 56. Nxb7 Re3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 a6 5. Bg2 Qc7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1 h5 $6 {
Frankly speaking, this move looks very suspicious. However, Ivan is ready to
take a definite risk.} ({The usual} 7... Be7 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O {is
preferable.}) 8. d3 $146 {This somewhat modest move is a novelty.} ({A much
more dangerous move is} 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nd5 $1 {For instance,} exd5 10. exd5+ Ne7
11. Qxd4 d6 12. Bf4 $1 (12. c4 Bg4 13. Ng5 Nd7 {Ghaem Maghami,E (2581)
-Skripchenko,A (2458) playchess.com INT 2006, was unclear.}) 12... Kd8 13. c4 {
and White is developing a powerful attack.}) 8... d6 9. Bg5 {Even though the
position is closed now, exposing the g5-spot still causes Black some problems.}
Ng4 (9... Be7 10. a4 Bd7 11. h3 $14) 10. Nh4 b5 ({After} 10... Be7 11. Bxe7
Nxe7 12. f4 Bd7 13. h3 Nf6 14. Qd2 $14 {White's position seems better due to a
space advantage.}) 11. h3 Nf6 12. Nf3 {Ivan is wasting priceless time and
letting Black complete development.} ({More energetic would be} 12. Bxf6 gxf6
13. Ne2 $1 {putting pressure on the weak Ph5 and intending to seize the centre}
Bb7 (13... Bh6 14. d4 $36) 14. c3 Bh6 15. d4 Bg5 16. Nf3 $36) 12... Bb7 13. a4
$1 {This is the best way of handling the position - Black's pawn structure is
getting less flexible now.} ({In comparison to the opening stage, now} 13. d4
cxd4 14. Nxd4 Be7 $132 {offers White nothing special - Black's pieces are
developed!}) 13... b4 14. Nb1 Nh7 {The knight is poorly located now.} ({
Possibly, the solid} 14... Be7 15. Nbd2 Nd7 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 {was better, though
Black's problems here are not fully solved either.}) 15. Be3 Be7 16. Nbd2 Nf8 (
16... O-O 17. c3 Rab8 18. Rc1 bxc3 19. bxc3 Na5 20. d4 $14 {would secure White
superiority in the centre. However, it was the lesser evil!}) 17. c3 h4 {
This is consistent, but still not good...} 18. Nxh4 Bxh4 19. gxh4 e5 {Ivan is
aiming for some stability in the centre.} (19... Rxh4 20. d4 bxc3 21. bxc3 $16
{feels very bad for Black, since his pieces are uncoordinated.}) 20. h5 Ne6 21.
Nc4 (21. Bf3 $5 {deserved serious attention:} O-O-O 22. Bg4 Kb8 23. Rc1 {
The play is tense, but Black doesn't have sufficient compensation for a pawn
here.}) 21... a5 22. Qg4 Ba6 23. Bd2 {An interesting idea - the e3-spot is now
vacant for the knight.} (23. Rad1 $5) 23... Bxc4 ({Most probably, Ivan rejected
} 23... O-O-O {in view of} 24. Ne3 Bxd3 25. Nd5 Qb7 26. Bg5 Rd7 27. Red1 $36)
24. dxc4 O-O-O {Black's king is really safe, but there are structural
drawbacks in his camp.} 25. Rad1 $6 {Now Black gets an important tempo for
consolidating.} ({A much stronger move was} 25. Bg5 $1 Rdg8 26. Rad1 Rh7 27.
Rd5 Rgh8 28. Red1 Rxh5 29. Be3 $16 {and the vulnerablity of the Pd6 makes
Black's position difficult.}) 25... Kb8 26. Be3 $2 {GM Salgado Lopez is
underestimating the opponent's attacking potential.} ({Much more precise would
be} 26. h4 Qe7 27. Bg5 Nxg5 28. hxg5 g6 29. h6 f6 30. gxf6 Qxf6 31. Re3 Rxh6
32. Rdd3 {maintaining the dynamic balance.}) 26... g6 $1 27. h6 (27. hxg6 {
was hardly any better:} Rdg8 28. Qf3 Rxg6 29. Kh1 Qe7 $40 {and White's extra
pawn is not of much value.}) 27... g5 {Since the position is closed, White's
bishops are rather useless now.} 28. Qh5 Rdg8 {Regaining the pawn is a matter
of time now.} ({Another possibility was} 28... Nf4 $5 29. Bxf4 gxf4 $17) 29.
Rd3 Rg6 30. h7 Ng7 31. Qf3 $2 {The queen is definitely misplaced now.} ({
It was necessary to play} 31. Qe2 Rxh7 32. Red1 Ne7 33. Kf1 $17 {trying to
remove the king from the k-side.}) 31... Rxh7 32. Red1 Nh5 $19 {Now Black's
attack plays itself.} 33. Qg4 Nf4 34. R3d2 Qe7 (34... Rh4 {was simpler:} 35.
Qf5 g4 $19) 35. Qf5 Rhg7 36. Bf3 Rf6 {This move doesn't spoil anything,} ({but
} 36... Nxh3+ $1 37. Qxh3 g4 38. Bxg4 Rxg4+ 39. Kf1 bxc3 40. bxc3 Qe6 $19 {
could have won in good style.}) 37. Qg4 Rh6 38. Bxf4 exf4 $6 {This natural
recapture makes Black's task much tougher!} ({Instead} 38... f5 $1 39. Qxf5
gxf4+ 40. Kf1 Rg5 {trapping the queen wins on the spot.}) 39. Rd5 $6 {
Returning the favour!} ({After} 39. Qf5 $1 b3 40. Rd5 Ne5 41. Rxe5 dxe5 42. Bg4
$17 {it would be not easy for Ivan to convert his material advantage into a
full point.}) 39... Ne5 40. Rxe5 dxe5 41. cxb4 axb4 42. Rd7 Qe6 {The endgame
which now arises is completely lost for White.} 43. Qxe6 Rxe6 44. Bg4 Rc6 45.
b3 Rgg6 {Of course, Black's rooks are penetrating into the opponent's camp and
decide the game.} 46. Kf1 Rgd6 47. Rxd6 ({Or} 47. Rxf7 Rd3 $19) 47... Rxd6 48.
Ke2 f5 $1 {The simplest solution.} 49. exf5 (49. Bxf5 f3+ 50. Ke3 Rd1 $19)
49... e4 {Securing the access to d3-spot.} 50. Bh5 Rf6 51. Bg6 Kc7 52. Bh7 Kd6
53. Bg8 Rxf5 54. a5 Kc6 0-1

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2017.07.30"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.07.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kahramanmaras Buyuksehir"]
[BlackTeam "Istanbul Turk Hava"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. h3 h6 11. b3 b6 12. Bb2 Kc8 13. Rfd1 c5 14. Nd5 a5
15. a4 Ne7 16. c4 Bf5 17. Ne3 Be6 18. Rd2 Kb7 19. Rad1 g5 20. Nd5 Ng6 21. Nf6
Be7 22. Nh2 Bxf6 23. exf6 Rae8 24. Nf1 h5 25. Kh2 g4 26. hxg4 Bxg4 27. f3 Be6
28. Ng3 h4 29. Ne4 Rhg8 30. Ba1 Kc6 31. Bb2 Bf5 32. Ng5 Ne5 33. f4 Ng4+ 34. Kg1
Bg6 35. Nf3 Re3 36. Nxh4 Be4 37. Be5 Rh8 38. Bxc7 Rxh4 39. Bd8 Rg3 40. Rd6+ Kb7
41. Rxb6+ Kc8 42. Rd2 Re3 43. Rd1 Re2 0-1

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2017.08.02"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2017.07.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Varyant Yontem"]
[BlackTeam "Istanbul Turk Hava"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. Qd2
b5 9. f3 Nbd7 10. a3 h5 11. O-O-O Be7 12. h3 h4 13. Bg5 Rb8 14. Kb1 Nb6 15.
Rhe1 O-O 16. f4 Bb7 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Nfd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21.
c3 Rfd8 22. Bd3 Ba8 23. Qf2 Rdc8 24. Rc1 Qg5 25. Re4 Nxc3+ 26. Rxc3 Rxc3 27.
bxc3 Bxe4 28. Bxe4 Rd8 29. Bc2 Rd5 30. Nf3 Qg3 31. Qxg3 hxg3 32. Kc1 a5 33. Be4
Rc5 34. Kd2 Kf8 35. Bd3 Rd5 36. Kc2 Rc5 37. Kd2 Rd5 38. Kc2 Rc5 39. Kb3 Rd5 40.
Be2 Rc5 41. Nd4 Rxe5 42. Bxb5 Re1 43. Ka4 e5 44. Nf5 Rg1 45. Bc6 Rc1 46. Kb3 g6
47. Nxg3 f5 48. h4 Re1 49. h5 f4 50. Ne4 gxh5 51. c4 h4 52. Nc3 Re3 53. Kc2 f3
54. gxf3 h3 55. f4 exf4 56. Kd2 h2 57. Bh1 Rg3 58. Ne2 Rg1 59. Bd5 Rf1 60. c5
Ke7 61. Be4 f3 62. Ng3 Rg1 63. Nf5+ Kf6 64. Bxf3 Kxf5 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 d6 9. f3 Be6 10. Bb5 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qe2 g5 13. Bf2 Bxb3 14. axb3 Nd5
15. Qd2 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 f5 17. Qc4+ Kg7 18. Qxc6 fxe4 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Rxa8 Qxa8
21. Qxc7+ Kg8 22. O-O exf3 23. Qc4+ Kg7 24. Qc3+ Kg8 25. Rxf3 Rxf3 26. gxf3 Qd5
27. Kg2 b5 28. Kg3 Kf7 29. f4 Kg6 30. Qe3 Kf5 31. fxg5 hxg5 32. h3 Qc5 33. Qd3+
Kf6 34. Kf3 Qe5 35. Qc3 Qxc3+ 36. bxc3 d5 37. Ke3 Ke5 38. Kd3 Kf4 39. Kd4 Kg3
40. Kxd5 Kxh3 41. c4 g4 42. c5 1-0

[Event "CRO-chT1A 26th"]
[Site "Mali Losinj"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "5.41"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2017.09.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rijeka"]
[BlackTeam "Osijek Ferit"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 b6 10. b3 Ba6 11. a4 c5 12. Na3 Bb7 13. a5 dxc4 14. bxc4 cxd4 15.
Nxd4 Qc8 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Qa4 Qe4 18. Be1 Bc5 19. Qc6 Qxc6 20. Nxc6 Rfc8 21.
Nd4 bxa5 22. Bxa5 Ne5 23. Ndc2 Ne4 24. Be1 h5 25. Kg2 Nd6 26. Ne3 Rab8 27. Bc3
Nc6 28. Nac2 Ne4 29. Be1 Rb2 30. Kf1 Bb6 31. f3 Nc5 32. Rdb1 Rxb1 33. Rxb1 f6
34. Ra1 Kf7 35. Ra3 Rc7 36. Bf2 Rd7 37. Be1 Rc7 38. h3 Nd7 39. Bf2 Na5 40. Ra4
Nc5 41. Ra2 Nd7 42. Na3 Nc5 43. g4 hxg4 44. hxg4 Rd7 45. Be1 Nc6 46. Nac2 g5
47. Ra3 Rb7 48. Bf2 Ke8 49. Be1 Bc7 50. Bc3 Be5 51. Bxe5 Rb1+ 52. Kf2 fxe5 53.
Ra1 Rb2 54. Ke1 a5 55. Ra3 a4 56. Kd2 Rb1 57. Kc3 Kd7 58. Ra2 Rb3+ 59. Kd2 e4
60. Ra3 Rb1 61. Kc3 Kd6 62. fxe4 Ke5 63. Ng2 Nxe4+ 64. Kd3 Na5 65. Nce3 Rb2 66.
Nc2 Rb1 67. Nce1 Rd1+ 68. Kc2 Rd2+ 69. Kc1 Rxe2 70. Kd1 Rd2+ 71. Kc1 Kd6 72.
Rd3+ Rxd3 73. Nxd3 Nxc4 74. Nde1 a3 75. Kb1 Nc3+ 76. Kc1 e5 77. Nc2 e4 78. Na1
Ke5 79. Kc2 Nd5 80. Kb3 Nde3 81. Ne1 Kf4 82. Ka2 Kxg4 0-1

[Event "CRO-chT1A 26th"]
[Site "Mali Losinj"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "7.51"]
[White "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2017.09.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kastel Novi Sedlar Pepe"]
[BlackTeam "Osijek Ferit"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O c5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Ne5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. a4 Re8 13. Qd3 Nb8 14. Ba3 c4
15. Qf5 Qc7 16. f3 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Bc1 Re6 19. Ra2 Rae8 20. Qc2 Nd7 21.
g4 Nf8 22. Qf2 Rg6 23. h3 f5 24. Qh4 Rf6 25. Qh5 Qd7 26. Rg2 Ng6 27. gxf5 Rxf5
28. Qg4 Qf7 29. Rff2 Rf6 30. h4 Nf8 31. h5 Ne6 32. e4 Nf4 33. Bxf4 Rxf4 34. Qg5
dxe4 35. fxe4 Rexe4 36. Rxf4 Rxf4 37. Qd8+ Qf8 38. Qd5+ Kh8 39. Qxc4 h6 40. Qe2
Qf7 41. Rg6 Rf3 42. Qe1 Qf4 43. Rg2 Qf7 44. Rf2 Rxf2 45. Qxf2 Qxh5 46. c4 Kg8
47. Qf4 Qd1+ 48. Kf2 Qc2+ 49. Kf3 Qd3+ 50. Kf2 Qxc4 51. Qb8+ Kh7 52. Ke3 Qe6+
53. Kd3 a5 54. Qd8 Qb3+ 55. Ke4 Qxa4 56. Qc8 Qb5 57. d5 Qb1+ 58. Ke5 a4 59. Qa6
Qb2+ 60. Ke6 b5 61. Kf7 Qf2+ 62. Ke7 Qe3+ 63. Kd7 Qd3 64. d6 a3 65. Kd8 a2 66.
d7 Qb1 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Qe7 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8.
h3 Bh5 9. Re1 Nd7 10. Nf1 Nf8 11. Ng3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 g6 13. c3 h5 14. b4 Bd6 15.
a4 a5 16. b5 cxb5 17. axb5 Nd7 18. d4 Nb6 19. Qd3 a4 20. f4 f6 21. h4 O-O-O 22.
fxe5 fxe5 23. Bg5 Qe6 24. Bxd8 Rxd8 25. Ne2 Kb8 26. g3 g5 27. hxg5 h4 28. Kg2
Rg8 29. d5 Qg4 30. Rh1 Qxg5 31. Raf1 Nd7 32. Rf5 Qh6 33. Kf3 Nc5 34. Qc2 h3 35.
Ng1 Qg6 36. Rxh3 Qg4+ 37. Kg2 Nxe4 38. Rf3 Nc5 39. Kh2 e4 40. Re3 Bf4 41. Qe2
Bxe3 42. Qxe3 b6 43. d6 cxd6 44. Qd4 Qe6 45. Ne2 Qe5 46. Qd1 Rh8 47. Nd4 Rxh3+
48. Kxh3 Kc7 49. Qf1 Qe7 50. g4 a3 51. Nc6 Qg7 52. Qc1 a2 53. Nd4 Nd3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
h4 d6 9. c4 Nb6 10. exd6 cxd6 11. Be3 Be6 12. Qc2 Qd7 13. Nd2 d5 14. O-O-O d4
15. Ne4 c5 16. Bf4 Be7 17. Bd3 h6 18. Rde1 O-O-O 19. h5 Kb7 20. f3 a5 21. Kb1
Ka6 22. Re2 Qa4 23. b3 Qc6 24. Rhe1 Rhe8 25. Be5 Bf8 26. g4 f6 27. Bg3 Bf7 28.
a3 Ka7 29. Qd2 Ka6 30. Rc1 Nd7 31. b4 Qb6 32. b5+ Ka7 33. f4 f5 34. gxf5 Bxh5
35. Ree1 Bf7 36. Nf2 Rxe1 37. Rxe1 Nf6 38. Nd1 Re8 39. Nb2 Kb8 40. Na4 Qa7 41.
Re5 Bd6 42. Ka1 Kc8 43. Qe1 Kd8 44. Qh1 Qb8 45. Qc6 Bxe5 46. fxe5 Rxe5 47. Nxc5
Rxc5 48. Bxb8 Rxc6 49. bxc6 Be8 50. c7+ Kc8 51. c5 Bc6 52. Ba6+ Bb7 53. Bb5 Nd5
54. c6 Nxc7 55. Bxc7 Bxc6 56. Bxc6 Kxc7 57. Be8 Kd6 58. Kb2 Ke5 59. Bg6 h5 60.
Bxh5 Kxf5 61. Kc2 Ke4 62. Kd2 g5 63. Bg4 Kd5 64. Kd3 Kc5 65. Bd1 Kd5 66. Be2 a4
67. Bd1 Kc5 68. Bf3 1-0

[Event "CHN-chT"]
[Site "China"]
[Date "2018.05.23"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.04.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Shenzhen Longgang"]
[BlackTeam "Tianjin"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bb2
b6 9. d4 Bb7 10. e4 Nc7 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nc4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Nb5
15. Bb2 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Rfd8 17. a4 Nc7 18. a5 b5 19. a6 Bxa6 20. Na5 Kf8 21.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Be5 Bd6 23. Rd1 Ne8 24. Nc6 Rd7 25. Bd4 f6 26. e5 Be7 27. Ra1
Bb7 28. Bxa7 Bxc6 29. Bxc6 Rc7 30. Bxb5 fxe5 31. Bc4 Kf7 32. Bb8 Rc5 33. Ra6
Nc7 34. Bxc7 Rxc7 35. Bxe6+ Ke8 36. Bg8 h6 37. Bc4 Bc5 38. Kg2 Bd4 39. Ra8+ Ke7
40. Kf3 Ra7 41. Rg8 Kf6 42. Ke4 Rd7 43. h4 Bc3 44. Bd5 h5 45. Rc8 Bb4 46. Rb8
Bd6 47. Rb6 g6 48. b4 Ke7 49. b5 Ra7 50. Ra6 Rxa6 51. bxa6 Bc5 52. f3 Bf2 53.
Kd3 Kf6 54. Be4 g5 55. hxg5+ Kxg5 56. Kc4 1-0

[Event "CHN-chT"]
[Site "China"]
[Date "2018.07.12"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Zhao, Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.04.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Shenzhen Longgang"]
[BlackTeam "Shandong Jingzhi"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 d6 6. O-O Bb6 7. a4 a6 8. Re1
Ne7 9. a5 Ba7 10. h3 Ng6 11. d4 O-O 12. Nbd2 h6 13. Bd3 Nh5 14. Nf1 Nhf4 15.
Bc2 Qf6 16. Ng3 Be6 17. Be3 Rfd8 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Ne7 20. Bxf4 exf4 21.
Qd2 Re8 22. Qxf4 Nd5 23. Qd2 c6 24. h4 Nc7 25. g4 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Re8 27. Rxe8+
Nxe8 28. g5 hxg5 29. hxg5 Qd8 30. Qe3 d5 31. g6 Nd6 32. Ng5 Bb8 33. f6 Qd7 34.
gxf7+ Nxf7 35. Bf5 1-0

[Event "CHN-chT"]
[Site "China"]
[Date "2018.08.25"]
[Round "15.6"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.04.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beijing Beiao"]
[BlackTeam "Shenzhen Longgang"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b6 8. Bg5
Nd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nbd2 b5 11. b3 c3 12. Ne4 b4 13. a3 f5 14. Nc5 Nc6 15.
axb4 Ncxb4 16. Qc1 Bd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Ra5 Rfb8 19. Ne5 Qe8 20. Qa3 Rb5 21.
Rc1 a6 22. e3 c5 23. dxc5 Rxa5 24. Qxa5 Qb5 25. Qxb5 axb5 26. Bxd5 Nxd5 27. b4
Kf8 28. Nc6 Ra4 29. Kf1 Ke8 30. Ke1 Kd7 31. Ne5+ Kc7 32. Nd3 g5 33. h4 h6 34.
hxg5 hxg5 35. f3 e5 36. c6 Nxb4 37. Rxc3 Nxd3+ 38. Rxd3 Kxc6 39. Rd8 g4 40. e4
fxe4 41. fxg4 Ra3 42. g5 Rxg3 43. Rg8 e3 44. Ke2 Kd5 45. Kd3 e4+ 46. Ke2 Kd4
47. g6 Rg2+ 48. Ke1 Kd3 49. Rd8+ Kc3 50. Rc8+ Kb4 51. Rg8 e2 52. Kd2 e3+ 53.
Ke1 Kb3 54. Rb8 b4 55. Rg8 Kb2 56. Rg7 b3 57. Rg8 Kb1 58. g7 b2 0-1

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Ankara"]
[Date "2018.07.27"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.07.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kahramanmaras Buyuksehir"]
[BlackTeam "Turk Hava Yollari"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. h3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. a4 c5
9. c3 a6 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Re1 cxd4 12. exd4 Nd5 13. Bh2 Bh6 14. Bd3 N7f6 15.
Ne4 Nh5 16. Bf1 Ne3 17. fxe3 Bxe4 18. Bd3 Nf6 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21.
Qxd2 b5 22. Qd3 Qd7 23. axb5 axb5 24. e4 Qc6 25. d5 Qc5+ 26. Kh1 Bg7 27. Bg1
Qc4 28. Qxc4 bxc4 29. Ba7 Rfc8 30. Ra2 Rcb8 31. Rea1 Rxb2 32. Rxb2 Bxc3 33.
Rbb1 Bxa1 34. Rxa1 c3 35. g4 c2 36. Rc1 Rxa7 37. Rxc2 Ra3 38. Kg2 Re3 39. Rc4
g5 40. Rb4 Kg7 41. Ra4 h6 42. Rb4 Kf6 43. Ra4 e6 44. dxe6 fxe6 45. Rb4 Ke5 46.
Rb7 Rxe4 47. Rh7 d5 48. Rxh6 d4 49. Rg6 d3 50. Rxg5+ Kf4 51. Rg8 d2 52. Rf8+
Ke5 0-1

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 25th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2018.08.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vocaturo, Daniele"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. Bb5 O-O 12. O-O Nf6 13. f3 a6 14. Be2 c4 15.
Nd2 b5 16. f4 Qa5 17. Qc2 Ng4 18. Bxg4 Bxg4 19. Rae1 Bd7 20. f5 Rfc8 21. Qb2 b4
22. Qxb4 Qxb4 23. cxb4 gxf5 24. exf5 a5 25. a3 axb4 26. axb4 Ra3 27. d5 c3 28.
Ne4 c2 29. Bc1 Bd4+ 30. Kh1 Rd3 31. f6 exf6 32. Nxf6+ Bxf6 33. Rxf6 Re8 34.
Rxe8+ Bxe8 35. Rf1 Rd1 36. Rg1 Rxd5 37. h3 Rd1 38. g4 Bc6+ 39. Kh2 Kf8 40. h4
Ke7 41. g5 Ke6 42. h5 Kf5 43. g6 fxg6 44. hxg6 hxg6 45. Rg5+ Ke4 46. Rg1 Rxg1
47. Kxg1 Kd3 48. Kf2 Kc3 49. Ke3 Kxb4 50. Kd4 Kb3 51. Kd3 Bd7 0-1

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 25th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. Kb1 b5 11. h4 h6 12. Be3 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qc7 14. g4 Bc6
15. Bh3 b4 16. Ne2 Rc8 17. Qd2 Nd7 18. Nd4 Ne5 19. b3 Nxf3 20. Nxf3 Bxe4 21.
Nd4 e5 22. Nf5 Qxc2+ 23. Qxc2 Rxc2 24. Ng3 Bh7 25. Nf5 Re2 26. Rde1 Rxe1+ 27.
Rxe1 Bxh4 28. Rc1 Kd7 29. Kb2 Bg5 30. a3 d5 31. Re1 Bxf5 32. gxf5 bxa3+ 33.
Kxa3 Bxe3 34. Rxe3 Kd6 35. Rg3 Rg8 36. b4 e4 37. Bf1 Ke5 38. Bxa6 Kf4 39. Rg1
Ra8 40. b5 e3 41. Kb4 e2 42. Kc5 Ke3 43. b6 Kf2 44. Bxe2 Kxg1 45. Bf3 g5 46. f6
Rf8 47. Kxd5 Kf2 48. Bh5 Kg3 49. b7 Rb8 50. Kc6 Kf4 51. Kc7 Rf8 52. Kd6 g4 53.
Bxf7 g3 54. Ke7 Rb8 55. Bd5 Ke5 56. Bg2 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.03"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belarus"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. b4 e6 5. a3 a5 6. b5 b6 7. c4 Bg7 8. Bb2 O-O 9.
Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Qe7 11. Nc3 d6 12. Na4 Nbd7 13. Rc1 Ne4 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2
Qg5 16. g3 Rad8 17. Qc2 Nf6 18. c5 Be4 19. Qb3 Bd5 20. Bc4 Bf3 21. Bxe6+ Kh8
22. e4 fxe4 23. cxb6 cxb6 24. d5 Rde8 25. h4 Qh5 26. Rc7 g5 27. Rfc1 gxh4 28.
g4 Bxg4 29. Bxg4 Qxg4+ 30. Kh1 e3 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1819"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2019.03.03"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Deizisau"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
a6 9. Bd3 b5 10. a3 O-O 11. O-O f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Kh1 c4 14. Be2 b4 15. axb4
Bxb4 16. Qc1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Ne4 18. Qe1 Bd7 19. Bc1 Qc7 20. Bxc4 Nxd4 21. cxd4
Qxc4 22. Ne5 Qc7 23. c4 a5 24. Ba3 Rfb8 25. Qh4 Re8 26. cxd5 exd5 27. Rfc1 Qa7
28. Bc5 Nxc5 29. dxc5 Bf5 30. h3 Be4 31. Qg4 Rac8 32. c6 Qe3 33. Re1 Qf2 34.
Re2 Qc5 35. Rea2 Ra8 36. Qd7 h6 37. Kh2 Kh7 38. Qg4 Re7 39. Ra3 d4 40. Ra4 Kg8
41. Rc4 Qa7 42. Rac1 Ree8 43. c7 Rac8 44. f5 Rxe5 45. f6 Rg5 46. Qxc8+ Kh7 47.
Qg4 Rxg4 48. hxg4 1-0

[Event "Zagreb Peace"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.11.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Be3
c6 9. d5 c5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bd2 a6 12. Qc1 Kh7 13. Ne1 Qe7 14. Nc2 Ng8 15. Ne3
h5 16. a3 Bh6 17. b4 a5 18. Nb5 b6 19. bxa5 bxa5 20. Rb1 Ndf6 21. Nc3 Ba6 22.
Qc2 Nd7 23. Rb2 Rfb8 24. Rfb1 Qd8 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Rxb8 Qxb8 27. Ncd1 Qb6 28.
Qa4 Ngf6 29. Bd3 Bc8 30. Qxa5 Bxe3 31. Nxe3 Qb3 32. Qc3 Qa2 33. Bc1 Nb6 34. Qb2
Qxb2 35. Bxb2 Na4 36. Bc1 Kg7 37. f3 Nd7 38. Kf2 h4 39. Ke1 f6 40. Kd1 Kf7 41.
Kc2 Nf8 42. g3 hxg3 43. hxg3 Nd7 44. Bd2 Ndb6 45. Kb3 Ke7 46. f4 Bd7 47. f5 g5
48. Ba5 Be8 49. Be2 Kd8 50. Bd1 Ke7 51. Ka2 Nc8 52. Bb3 Ncb6 53. Bxa4 Nxa4 54.
Kb3 Bd7 55. g4 Be8 56. Nf1 Bd7 57. Ng3 Be8 58. Nh5 1-0

[Event "Zagreb Peace"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.11.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.11.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Qc2 Re8+ 9. Be3 h5 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Kb1 Be6 12. c4 Na6 13. Bd2 Nb4 14. Qb3 b5
15. Bxb4 Bxb4 16. Qc2 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Rab8 19. Nf3 Ba3 20. b3 Qf5+
21. Qd3 Qxd3+ 22. Rxd3 Re2 23. Rd2 Rbe8 24. Rhd1 Bb4 25. Rxe2 Rxe2 26. Rc1 Rxf2
27. Rc2 Rxc2 28. Kxc2 Kf8 29. Kd3 Ke7 30. Kc4 a5 31. d5 c5 32. Ng1 Kd6 33. Ne2
g6 34. Nf4 h4 35. Nd3 f5 36. h3 g5 37. Nb2 f4 38. Nd3 f5 39. a4 Ba3 40. Kb5 Bb4
41. Kc4 Ba3 42. Kb5 Kxd5 43. Kxa5 Kd4 44. Nxf4 gxf4 45. Kb5 Bb4 46. a5 Bxa5 47.
Kxa5 c4 0-1

[Event "Zagreb Peace"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.11.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.11.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Be2 Bd7 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Qc2 a5 13. Rad1 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. Bg4 Ne5 16. c5 Nxg4 17. hxg4 Qc8 18. cxd6 Qxg4 19. dxe7 Rfe8 20. Nd5 Bxd5
21. Qc3+ Kg8 22. exd5 Rxe7 23. d6 Rd7 24. Rd5 Qb4 25. Qe5 a4 26. a3 Qb6 27. Re1
Rad8 28. Red1 Qc6 29. Kh2 Qc4 30. R1d4 Qc2 31. Rd2 Qb3 32. Qd4 h6 33. Re2 Kh7
34. f4 b5 35. Re4 Qc2 36. Re7 Qc6 37. Qe5 h5 38. f5 Rxe7 39. fxg6+ fxg6 40.
Qxe7+ Kh6 41. Qg5+ Kh7 42. Qxd8 Qxd5 43. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 20th"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Paravyan, David"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[Tiebreak "Sum of Buchholz"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Be2 Ngf6 6. d3 e6 7. a4 b6 8. Ng5
h6 9. Nh3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Bf3 Ra7 12. Bxd5 exd5 13. Re1+ Be7 14. Qg4 Kf8
15. Nc3 Nf6 16. Qd1 Bg4 17. Qd2 Qd7 18. d4 Bxh3 19. gxh3 Qxh3 20. Qf4 g5 21.
Re3 Qd7 22. Qe5 Rb7 23. Rf3 Qg4+ 24. Rg3 Qxd4 25. Qf5 Rd7 26. Rd3 Qh4 27. a5 b5
28. Nxd5 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 Nxd5 30. Qxd5 Qg4+ 31. Kh1 Qd4 32. Qf5 Qf6 33. Qxf6 Bxf6
34. Be3 Bxb2 35. Rd1 Bd4 36. Bxd4 cxd4 37. Rxd4 Ke7 38. c4 Rd8 39. Re4+ Kd6 40.
cxb5 axb5 41. Rd4+ Kc7 42. Re4 Kb7 0-1

[Event "CHN-chT"]
[Site "China"]
[Date "2019.07.24"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.04.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Shenzhen Longgang"]
[BlackTeam "Zhejiang"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Bf4 Nf6 14. Bd1 Nh5
15. Bd2 Qc7 16. h4 Nf6 17. e5 Nd5 18. c4 Nb4 19. Bxb4 cxb4 20. Bc2 g6 21. Bb3
Rfd8 22. d5 b5 23. Rbc1 exd5 24. cxd5 Qxc1 25. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 26. Kh2 Bxd5 27. Bxd5
Rc5 28. Bxf7+ Kxf7 29. Qe3 a5 30. h5 Kg8 31. Qe4 Kf7 32. Qf4+ Kg8 33. Qg4 Kf7
34. Ng5+ Ke8 35. Qe6 Rd4 36. Nxh7 gxh5 37. Nf6+ Kd8 38. f4 1-0

[Event "Belt and Road Hunan op-A"]
[Site "Changsha"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Parligras, Mircea Emilian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2019.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd7 9. O-O Bd6 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Be2 O-O 13. b3 Rc8 14. Bb2 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 Be5 16. Rb1 d4 17. Nb5 dxe3 18. Qxd8 exf2+ 19. Rxf2 Rcxd8 20. Bxc6
Bxb2 21. Rbxb2 bxc6 22. Nxa7 c5 23. Nc6 Rd6 24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. Nf5 Re6 26. Rfe2
Ne4 27. Kh2 g6 28. Ng3 Nxg3 29. Kxg3 Rxe2 30. Rxe2 Kg7 31. Rc2 Ra8 32. Kf4 Kf6
33. g4 h6 34. h4 Ke6 35. h5 Kd5 36. Rd2+ Ke6 37. Re2+ Kd5 38. Rh2 Ra6 39. Rd2+
Ke6 40. Rh2 Kd5 41. hxg6 Rf6+ 42. Ke3 Re6+ 43. Kf3 Rf6+ 44. Kg3 Rxg6 45. Rh5+
Kd4 46. Rf5 Ra6 47. Rf4+ Ke5 48. Rf2 Ke6 49. Rc2 Kf6 50. Kf4 Kg6 51. Kg3 Ra5
52. Kf4 h5 53. gxh5+ Kxh5 54. Rg2 Rb5 55. Ke4 Ra5 56. Kf3 Rb5 57. Rg7 Ra5 1-0

[Event "Belt and Road Hunan op-A"]
[Site "Changsha"]
[Date "2019.08.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nge2 Nf8 9. O-O Ne6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. f3 b6 12. Kh1 g6 13. Bf2 c5 14. Qd2 Bb7 15.
Rad1 a6 16. Bc2 Re8 17. Rfe1 Rc8 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Ba4 Rf8 20. Bb3 Qb6 21. Nf4
Nc7 22. e4 dxe4 23. fxe4 Rcd8 24. Nfd5 Ncxd5 25. exd5 Qc7 26. Bg3 Bd6 27. Bh4
Bf4 28. Re7 Qd6 29. Qe1 Bc8 30. Re6 Bxe6 31. dxe6 Qe5 32. e7 Rxd1 33. exf8=Q+
Kxf8 34. Qxd1 g5 35. Bf2 Bxh2 36. Qe2 Qc7 37. Ne4 Nxe4 38. Qxe4 Kg7 39. Qf5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 c6 6. b3 Bb4 7. a3 Ba5 8. e3
Qe7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Be2 dxc4 11. bxc4 e5 12. O-O e4 13. Nd2 Re8 14. a4 Nf8 15.
Ba3 Qe6 16. Rfd1 Qf5 17. Bd6 Ng6 18. Nb3 Bd8 19. d5 cxd5 20. Nd4 Qd7 21. Bg3 h5
22. cxd5 a6 23. h3 h4 24. Bh2 Bc7 25. Bxc7 Qxc7 26. Nxe4 Nxd5 27. Qxc7 Nxc7 28.
Rac1 Ne6 29. Nd6 Nxd4 30. Rxd4 Rf8 31. Bf3 Be6 32. Bxb7 Ra7 33. a5 Rb8 34. Rc7
Ba2 35. Rb4 Be6 36. Rb6 Rd8 37. f4 Nf8 38. e4 g6 39. Kf2 Nd7 40. Rc8 Rxc8 41.
Nxc8 Nxb6 42. Nxa7 Nc4 43. Nc6 Nd6 44. Bxa6 Nxe4+ 45. Ke3 Nc5 46. Be2 Kf8 47.
Nb4 Ke7 48. a6 Nxa6 49. Bxa6 f6 50. Bd3 g5 51. Nc6+ Kd6 52. Nd4 Bc8 53. fxg5
fxg5 54. Nf3 g4 55. hxg4 Bxg4 56. Nxh4 Ke5 57. Ng6+ Kf6 58. Kf4 Bc8 59. Ne5 Be6
60. Bb5 Ba2 61. g4 Bb3 62. g5+ Kg7 63. Bc4 Bc2 64. Ng4 Bb1 65. Nh6 Bc2 66. Be6
Bb1 67. Bg4 Bg6 68. Bd1 Kf8 69. Nf5 Kf7 70. Ke5 Kf8 71. Kf6 Bf7 72. Nd6 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2019.10.04"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.09.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Extremadura Magic"]
[BlackTeam "Taldea Gros Xake"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8.
O-O a6 9. a4 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Nf6 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Bc7
Rd7 15. Ba5 Rd6 16. Ne5 b6 17. Bc3 Bb7 18. Nxc4 Re6 19. Rfd1 Ne4 20. Be1 Nf6
21. Bc3 Ne4 22. Be5 b5 23. Bg4 Rg6 24. Rd7 Rxg4 25. Rxb7 bxc4 26. Rxe7 Kf8 27.
Rb7 Rg5 28. f4 Rg6 29. Rd1 Re8 30. Rdd7 f6 31. f5 1-0

[Event "EU-chT 22nd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2019.10.26"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.10.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8.
O-O c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bxc4 Qxd1 11. Rfxd1 b6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. f3 Rfd8 14. e4
a6 15. a4 Rac8 16. Be2 Nb3 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Rd1 Rxd1+ 19. Bxd1 Nc5 20. Nc4
Nd3 21. Be3 Bc5 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Be2 Nb4 24. a5 Bc6 25. Ne5 Nd7 26. Nxc6 Nxc6
27. Bxa6 Nxa5 28. Na4 c4 29. Kf2 Ne5 30. Ke3 g5 31. Kd4 f6 32. Nb6 g4 33. f4
Ng6 34. Nxc4 Nc6+ 35. Kc5 Nb8 36. Bc8 Nxf4 37. g3 Nd3+ 38. Kd6 Nf2 39. Kc7 Kf7
40. b4 Nxe4 41. b5 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 18th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2020.01.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 b6 11. h4 e6 12. h5 Qh4 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. f3 Bb7 15.
Qd2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qe7 17. Rad1 Rac8 18. Bg5 Qd6 19. Bb5 a6 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21.
Qe3 Qb5 22. Rd2 Rfe8 23. e5 Rc4 24. Kf2 f6 25. exf6 Bf8 26. Qf4 Qf5 27. Qh4 e5
28. Rh1 Kf7 29. Qh7+ Ke6 30. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2020.09.25"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.09.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Silla Bosh Serinsys"]
[BlackTeam "Extremadura Magic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Be3 Bg4 9. Rc1 O-O 10. d5 Qa5 11. Qd2 b5 12. Be2 Nd7 13. O-O Bxf3 14. Bxf3 c4
15. Bg4 Nf6 16. Bf3 Nd7 17. Be2 Qa3 18. f4 Rad8 19. Rfd1 Nc5 20. e5 Nd3 21.
Bxd3 Rxd5 22. Qc2 cxd3 23. Rxd3 Rxd3 24. Qxd3 a6 25. Qd5 Rc8 26. e6 Qd6 27.
exf7+ Kf8 28. Qxd6 exd6 29. Bd2 Kxf7 30. Kf2 Rc4 31. Ke2 h5 32. Kd3 Ra4 33. Rc2
Ke6 34. g3 d5 35. Be3 Kf5 36. Bc1 Rc4 37. h3 d4 38. g4+ hxg4 39. hxg4+ Kxg4 40.
Rg2+ Kf5 41. Rg5+ Kf6 42. Bd2 Kf7 43. cxd4 Rxd4+ 44. Kc2 Bh6 45. Rg4 g5 46.
fxg5 Rxg4 47. gxh6 Rh4 48. Kb3 Ke6 49. Bg5 Rh5 50. Bc1 a5 51. Bd2 Rh3+ 52. Kc2
b4 53. h7 Kd5 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2020.09.26"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2020.09.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Extremadura Magic"]
[BlackTeam "Taldea Gros Xake"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. e4 e5 12. h3 Re8 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5
15. Be3 Qc7 16. Rae1 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Nxe4 18. Qc2 Qe5 19. Bd2 f5 20. f3 Rad8 21.
fxe4 Qd4+ 22. Re3 fxe4 23. Bxe4 1-0

