[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Adhiban,B"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The final showdown... and it was for the spot of who was the crowd's
favourite :) !} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Nc3 {Predicting the unpredictable! Me
and my friend managed to guess that he could actually go here which was
already a great feat given Rapport's track record!} cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qh4 e6
6. O-O-O Be7 7. e4 a6 8. Nf3 (8. f4 $5 b5 9. e5 (9. a3 Qa5 10. e5 Bxa3 11. exf6
Qxc3 12. bxa3 Na5 $1 13. Kb1 Nb3 {with a funny draw.}) 9... b4 {Black is just
in time to create sufficient counterplay on the queenside.} 10. exf6 gxf6 11.
Ne4 fxg5 12. fxg5 Qa5 13. Kb1 Bb7 {was one of the lines in my prep.}) (8. Qg3
Qa5 9. f4 b5 10. e5 b4 11. exf6 gxf6 {with a complex fight.}) 8... Qc7 9. Bd3 (
9. Qg3 Qxg3 10. hxg3 Ng4 $1 11. Bxe7 Kxe7 12. Rd2 b5 {with a comfortable
endgame.}) 9... d6 (9... b5 10. Rhe1 $5 {is the accurate refutation.} (10. e5 {
is something Rapport would love to play!} Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. Rhe1 Qc5 $1 {
White doesn't have enough compensation.} (12... Qc7 13. Ne4 $1 Nd5 14. Bxe7 (
14. Bxb5 f6 $1 {will lead to material losses for White.}) 14... Nxe7 15. Qg4 {
with compensation.} (15. Bxb5 {fails to} Ng6 $1))) 10... d6 11. Nd5 $1 {
transposes to the comments on 10...b5.}) 10. Rhe1 Bd7 {Preparing to castle
long.} (10... b5 {is the typical plan but here since I was planning to castle
long, I decided to be a bit restrained about pushing the queenside pawns and
also it has a concrete refutation with} 11. Nd5 $1 exd5 12. exd5 Ne5 (12...
Nxd5 13. Be4 Ncb4 (13... Nf6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Bxc6+ Qxc6 16. Qxf6 {winning.})
14. a3 {getting back the piece with a winning advantage.}) 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. d6
$1 Qxd6 (14... Bxd6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qxf6 Rf8 17. Be4 {winning.} (17. Bxb5+
axb5 18. Rxd6 Be6)) 15. Bxb5+ axb5 16. Rxd6 Bxd6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qxf6 {
winning.}) 11. e5 {Typical aggressive play by Rapport!} (11. Nd5 exd5 12. exd5
Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. d6 Qxd6 $1 ({Also possible is} 14... Bxd6 15. Bxf6 gxf6
16. Qxf6 Rf8 17. Bxh7 Be6 {beating off the attack.}) 15. Bb5 Qxd1+ 16. Rxd1
Bxb5 {with too much material for the queen.}) (11. Qg3 Nh5 $5 (11... O-O-O $5)
12. Qh3 Nf6 {would seriously cut into White's plans.}) 11... dxe5 (11... Nxe5
12. Nxe5 dxe5 {I wonder what was Rapport's intention here} 13. f4 $1 (13. Ne4 {
falls into} O-O-O $1 ({The natural} 13... Nd5 {allows} 14. Bxe7 (14. Bc4 {
is bad:} f6 $1 {is winning, as White can't get his attack going.} ({but} 14...
Bxg5+ {would be dubious:} 15. Qxg5 {with a dangerous attack.})) 14... Nxe7 15.
Qh5 $1 {with compensation.}) 14. Nxf6 h6 $1 {is a very pretty refutation with
a clear extra pawn.}) 13... exf4 14. Bxf4 Qa5 15. Re5 Qb6 16. Qg3 {with
energetic play for the pawn.}) 12. Ne4 Nd5 $1 ({Also possible was} 12... Nxe4
$5 13. Bxe4 f6 14. Qh5+ Kf8 15. Bd2 Be8 {[%cal Ge8f7] But here White has more
compensation than in the game continuation.}) 13. Bxe7 Ncxe7 (13... Ndxe7 14.
Nc5 {with sufficient compensation.} (14. Neg5 f6 {is bad for White.}) (14. Qh5
{is another decent option with compensation.})) 14. Ng3 f6 $1 {Maintaining the
pawn mass in the centre.} 15. Nh5 O-O-O ({A move which also looked totally
fine was} 15... Kf7 {Where is the attack :) ?}) 16. Nxg7 Ng6 {I didn't bother
too much with h5 since this looked very convincing.} ({It was possible to try
to trap the knight.} 16... h5 $5) 17. Qc4 {Rapport generally is not a big fan
of exchanging queens, hence it is already a sign that his position is very
difficult.} (17. Qh6 Ngf4 {with too many loose pieces, hence Black has a clear
advantage.} (17... f5 18. Ng5 {White is holding.} ({The tempting} 18. Bxf5 {
is refuted by} exf5 19. Rxd5 Ba4 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. b3 (21. c3 Nf4 {with a
terrific concentration of attack on the light squares.}) 21... Qc3 $1 22. Kb1
e4 {winning.}))) 17... Ngf4 18. Qxc7+ Nxc7 19. g4 Bc6 20. Be4 {Here I decided
to repeat the position with different patterns and make the time control :).}
Rxd1+ (20... Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Rhg8 22. Nh5 Nxh5 23. gxh5 Rg2 {was one clearcut
way to get a advantage.}) 21. Kxd1 Ng2 22. Re2 Nf4 23. Re1 Ng2 24. Re2 Rd8+ 25.
Nd2 Nf4 26. Bxc6 $5 {My opponent decided that he had seen enough :).} (26. Re1
Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Rg8 28. Nh5 Nxh5 29. gxh5 Nd5 {with a clearly superior endgame.}
(29... Rg2 $5 30. f4 exf4 31. Rxf4 f5)) 26... Nxe2 27. Bxb7+ Kxb7 28. Kxe2 Rg8
29. Nh5 Rg6 $1 (29... Rxg4 30. Nxf6 {is fine for White.}) (29... f5 {was my
original intention but runs into} 30. gxf5 exf5 31. Nc4 {Suddenly it is not at
all easy to defend against the dual threat on e5 and f5.}) 30. Kf3 (30. c4 $5
f5 {Now that the c4-square has been taken, this becomes possible.}) (30. Nc4
Nd5 {is ideal for Black.}) 30... f5 {Getting the pawns rolling.} 31. gxf5 exf5
32. Ng3 e4+ $1 (32... Rg4 {was another possibility maintaining the central
pawn mass, but then the rook would be reduced to a passive role.}) 33. Kf4 ({
A more stubborn way was} 33. Ke2 Rf6 34. Nc4 Kc6 {though eventually Black
should be able to convert his material superiority.}) 33... Nd5+ 34. Kxf5 e3
35. fxe3 Nxe3+ 36. Ke5 (36. Ke4 {was the safest square for the king from away
any knight forks.}) 36... Nxc2 37. Nde4 Rh6 $1 {Gaining a important temp,
attacking the h2-pawn and making the g3-knight passive.} 38. Nf1 Nb4 39. Nf6
Nxa2 {And I had finished with an amazing +2 in such a strong field and some
more favourable results followed, allowing me to finish a credible 3rd place
in the Tata Steel Masters! A debut to be proud of!} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-B 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Adhiban,B"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played towards the end of the very lengthy tournament. Safarli
was one of the key competitors in the battle for the ever-desired victory.} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 {Tromp! A surprise for my opponent, but also for myself.} Ne4 3.
Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nf6 {This system, losing two tempi, feels somewhat
unnatural to me, but Black remains of course very solid. His idea is to
develop the c8-bishop before closing the door shut with e6.} 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nd2
Bg4 8. Ngf3 e6 9. Qa4 $5 {Trying to use the advantage in development, like in
the Cambridge Springs Variation, but with few extra moves under my belt!} c4 $5
(9... Nd7 {is the main move and much less committal as well. Eltaj probably
decided that the poor knight had already moved around enough for the first ten
moves.}) 10. Bb1 $5 {A new move according to my database. I liked this
diagonal for the bishop, but on c2 it would make my queen look trapped. Being
a gentleman, this is not what I do to my queens.} (10. Be2 a6 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12.
Kxe2 {Shimanov-Jurcik, 2012}) 10... Bd6 11. Bg5 $5 {Keeping all the pieces on
the board!} ({The natural} 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. b3 {would simplify matters.} (12.
Ne5 $5)) 11... O-O 12. O-O Be7 13. Re1 Rb8 14. b4 $5 {Limiting Black's
counterplay on the queenside.} b5 15. Qd1 a5 16. a3 {The pawn chains might
make one sleepy, but the boringness of the position is delusional. Sooner or
later the centre will get blasted open.} Ra8 (16... e5 {was what I was hoping
for, but things are even messier than I thought.} 17. Qc2 {was my idea...} e4
18. Bxf6 gxf6 $3 (18... Bxf6 19. Nxe4 $1 {is what I was daydreaming about.})
19. Nxe4 {and now time for something pretty-} dxe4 20. Qxe4 f5 $1 21. Qxc6 Rb6
{and the queen is trapped. Who is the gentleman now?}) 17. Bc2 e5 {Now there
is no temptation to go Qc2. I was not happy with this, but life and the game,
continued.} 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Ne4 $6 {Accompanied by the offer of a draw. I
was more worried about 19...e4, so it wasn't hard to refuse this one.} (19...
e4 $1 20. Ne5 Qc7 {and I'm not sure the knight on e5 has as bright a future as
a present.}) 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 (20... Nxe7 {worried me at first, but I don't have
to accept the pawn sacrifice with 21.Bxe4? instead after} 21. dxe5 $1 (21. Bxe4
dxe4 22. Nxe5 f6 23. Ng4 Nd5 {is too pretty to allow}) 21... Nxc3 22. Qd4 $1 {
White is better.}) 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Nd2 {The protected d-pawn gave me some
hopes now.} axb4 (22... f5 {allows} 23. a4 $1) 23. axb4 f5 24. d5 $1 {Now
Black is forced to concede the a-file.} (24. Rxa8 {was tempting too, but the
position after} Rxa8 25. f3 exd4 26. exd4 e3 27. f4 {didn't seem that
advantageous for White.}) 24... Rxa1 25. Qxa1 Nd8 26. f3 $1 {Activating the
sleeping knight.} exf3 27. Nxf3 Nf7 28. Qa6 Qd7 $6 (28... Nd6 {is more natural
and better too.} 29. Ra1 {White has some initiative on the queenside. Still
Black should be able to get some counterplay in the centre and on the kingside.
} (29. Ng5 Qxg5 30. Qxd6 Qg3 {with enough counterplay to hold}) 29... h6 $5 {
getting the king out of the way first and stopping any Ng5.} 30. Qb6 Kh7 31.
Ra7 Qf6) 29. Qe6 Rd8 {Here I took some time and came up with a surprisingly
venomous idea.} 30. e4 $1 {Just when everything seemed lost!} fxe4 31. Rxe4
Qxd5 $2 (31... Kf8 $1 {holds after a surreal sequence of cold blooded only
moves.} 32. Nxe5 Qxd5 33. Qf5 g6 34. Qf6 (34. Qf4 $2 {is met with} Re8 $1)
34... Rd6 35. Qf4 g5 $1 36. Qf5 Kg7 {and White has nothing better than
simplifying, when Black gets a draw} 37. Rd4 Qe6 38. Qxe6 Rxe6 39. Nxf7 Kxf7
40. Rd5 Kf6 41. Rxb5 Re3) 32. Rxe5 $1 {Now White gets a nice pull. This is not
the sort of simplifications that my opponent was looking for.} Qxe6 33. Rxe6
Kf8 34. Nd4 {The b5-pawn is weak, while Black has no way to get his hands on
my c3-pawn which is stabilising the whole construction.} Rd5 35. Rc6 Ke7 (35...
Ng5 {going for counterplay was interesting, but White wins a pawn and keeps it.
} 36. Rb6 Ne4 37. Nxb5 Ke7 38. Rb7+ Kf6 39. Na3 $1) 36. Rc7+ $6 {Too hasty.} (
36. Kf2 $1 {is how Karpov would play. I am still learning.}) 36... Kf6 37. Rb7
Nd6 38. Rd7 Rxd4 $2 {Counterplay was the right approach, but this is too
straightforward.} (38... Ke5 $1 {the king hurries towards d3.} 39. Kf1 (39.
Rxg7 Ke4 $1) (39. Re7+ Kf6 $1) 39... Ke4 40. Ke2 g5 {now if White moves the
rook from the d-file Black will get counterplay in the rook endgame with ...
Nf5!. For example:} 41. g3 (41. Rxh7 Kf4 $1 42. Rd7 Ne4 $1) 41... h5 42. Rh7
Nf5 43. Nxf5 Rxf5 44. Rxh5 Rf3 {and Black is in time to make a draw.}) 39. cxd4
Ke6 40. Rc7 Ne4 41. Kf1 Kd6 42. Rc8 Kd5 43. Rd8+ Kc6 44. d5+ (44. Ke2 {once
again bringing up the king first would be a good way to finish things off.}
Nc3+ 45. Kd2 Nd5 46. Rc8+ Kb6 47. Rh8 Nxb4 48. Rxh7 {and White will be first.})
44... Kc7 45. Re8 Nc3 46. Re7+ Kd6 47. Rxg7 Na2 48. Ke2 Nxb4 49. Rxh7 Nxd5 50.
h4 {In the pawn race the rook is clearly superior, but things soon got out of
hand.} b4 51. h5 (51. Kd2 $1 {would kill the counterplay, but it was somewhat
intuitive to let the pawns advance with checks.} b3 52. Kc1 c3 53. Rb7 b2+ 54.
Kb1) 51... b3 52. Rb7 $4 (52. Kd1 $1 {was still required, stopping the pawns.})
52... Nf4+ (52... Kc6 $1 {draws} 53. Rb8 Kc7 $1 {here we both hallucinated
that h6 was possible. Unfortunately the knight is just in time to come back to
g6, so I would have to accede to a draw with Rxb3. This fortunately didn't
happen. Must be my guardian angel?}) 53. Ke3 Nxh5 $4 (53... Kc6 $1 {still
draws:} 54. Rb8 Kc7 $1) 54. Kd4 $2 (54. Rb5 $1 {wasn't easy, but it wins.})
54... Nf4 55. g4 Nd3 $4 (55... Nd5 $1 {was a miraculous draw. Now Black is
threatening to promote his c-pawn.}) 56. g5 Kc6 57. Rb8 $1 Kc7 58. Rb5 $1 {
Now it's over.} Nf4 59. Kxc4 Kd6 60. g6 Ne6 61. Rxb3 Ke7 62. Rf3 {A highly
tense game where in the end I could have played more strongly, to say the
least, but overall a good game and a grind I can be proud of!} 1-0

[Event "Vikings GM 1st"]
[Site "York"]
[Date "1999.12.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1999.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 cxd4 7. Nb3 Qb6 8.
Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Nd4 e5 (10... Ra5 11. Nb3 (11. e4 e5 12. Nxc6 dxc6
13. Be3 Be6 14. a3 Nd7 15. Ne2 b5 16. Nc1 b4 17. cxb4 Bxb4+ 18. Kf2 O-O 19. Nd3
Be7 20. Be2 f5 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. b4 Raa8 23. Rhc1 e4 24. Nc5 exf3 25. Nxd7 Bxd7
{Dishman,S-Tebb,D/Birmingham ENG 2000/ /1/2-1/2 (86)}) 11... Ra8 12. Nd4 Ra5
13. b4 Ra4 14. Nb5 g6 15. e4 Bg7 16. Nc7+ Kf8 17. Bb5 Ra3 18. Ne2 Nh5 19. Bc1
Rxc3 20. Bb2 Rc2 21. Bxg7+ Kxg7 22. Nd5 e6 23. Ne3 Rb2 24. a3 d5 25. Nd1 {
Torre,E-Svidler,P/Bad Homburg 1998/CBM 66/1/2-1/2 (60)}) 11. Nxc6 exf4 12. Nd4
Bc5 13. Nh3 $146 (13. g3 Nd5 14. gxf4 ({RR} 14. Nh3 Ne3 15. Kd2 Nxf1+ 16. Rhxf1
fxg3 17. hxg3 Bxd4 18. cxd4 d6 19. Nf2 Be6 20. a3 Rc8 21. Rac1 {Gunter,
D-Simons,M/GBR 1998/EXT 99/1/2-1/2 (60)}) 14... Ne3 15. Kd2 Nxf1+ 16. Rxf1 Rxa2
17. Kc2 d6 18. e4 (18. e3 Bd7 19. Nge2 Ke7 20. Ra1 Rha8 21. Rxa2 Rxa2 22. Rg1
g6 23. h4 b5 24. Kb1 Ra8 25. b4 Bb6 26. Rg5 h6 27. Rg2 {1-0 Berkes,F-Sevo,I/
Paks 1998/EXT 99 (53)}) 18... Be6 19. Nge2 Ke7 20. Ra1 Rha8 21. Rxa2 Rxa2 22.
Rd1 g6 23. h4 Ra8 24. h5 Bc4 25. Nc1 {1/2-1/2 Wells,P-Shaked,T/London 1997/CBM
62 (25)}) 13... Nd5 14. e4 $1 {[%mdl 52]} fxe3 15. Bc4 Nc7 16. Nf4 O-O (16...
Bxd4 17. cxd4 O-O 18. Ke2 Re8 19. Rhc1 $16) 17. O-O-O b5 18. Nxb5 Nxb5 19. Bxb5
Rxa2 20. Kb1 Ra7 (20... Ra8 21. Bxd7 Rd8 22. Bxc8 Raxc8 23. Kc2 $14) 21. Bxd7
b5 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 23. Rd5 {White has a clear plus.Blacks pawns e3 and b5 is
weak ,and white pieces control important squares in the centre.} Rb7 24. Rhd1
g6 25. Rd8+ Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Kg7 27. Rd5 Ba7 28. Kc2 Kf6 29. Kd3 g5 30. Ne2 h6
31. Nd4 b4 32. c4 Bb8 (32... Re7 33. Ke2 $16) 33. g3 {White has a technically
winning position.Pawn in e3 is fall and black's position is hopeless.} Re7 34.
Ke2 Rc7 35. Rd6+ Ke5 36. Rd5+ Kf6 37. b3 Ra7 38. Nc6 Ra2+ 39. Kxe3 Bc7 40. Rd2
Bb6+ 41. Ke2 Ra3 42. Nxb4 Bg1 (42... Rxb3 43. Rd6+ $18) 43. Kf1 Bc5 44. Nd5+
Ke5 45. b4 Bf8 46. Re2+ Kf5 47. Kg2 Rd3 48. h4 Rd4 49. h5 g4 50. f4 1-0

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2000.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "De la Villa Garcia, Jesus Maria"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1999.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 cxd4 7. Nb3 Qd8 (
7... Qh5 8. cxd4 d5 9. g4 Qh4+ 10. Bg3 Qh6 11. h4 Nfd7 12. Rc1 Na6 13. Nh3 Qb6
14. e3 e6 15. a3 Be7 16. Bd3 Nf8 17. Rc3 Bd7 18. Qc1 Bb5 19. Bb1 Nd7 20. Nf4
Bd6 21. Kf2 Ba4 22. Nd2 {Salov,V-Polgar,J/Madrid 1995/CBM 47/[Stohl]/1-0 (85)})
8. cxd4 g6 (8... d5 9. e3 e6 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Ne2 Bb4+ 13. Kf2 Qb6
14. Bd3 O-O 15. g4 Rfe8 16. a3 Bf8 17. Bg5 Qd8 18. h4 e5 19. Nc3 Be6 20. dxe5
Nxe5 21. Bb5 Nc6 22. Nd4 Rc8 23. Qa4 {Hodgson,J-Babula,V/Delmenhorst GER 2000/
The Week in Chess 272/0-1 (44)}) 9. e4 Bg7 10. Ne2 $146 (10. Bd3 O-O 11. Ne2 d6
12. Be3 (12. O-O Nc6 13. Be3 b6 14. Rc1 Bb7 15. Bb5 Rc8 16. d5 Ne5 17. Ned4
Rxc1 18. Qxc1 Qb8 19. Rf2 Rc8 20. Rc2 Rxc2 21. Qxc2 $16 {Adams,M-Georgiev,K/
Las Palmas 1993/CBM 36/[Schussler]/1-0 (63)}) 12... Nc6 13. Qd2 a5 14. Rc1 a4
15. Na1 d5 16. e5 Nd7 17. h4 Qa5 18. h5 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Nb6 20. h6 Bh8 21. Rc5
f6 22. f4 {1/2-1/2 Mikhalevski,V-Avrukh,B/Beersheba 1996/CBM 53 (43)}) 10...
O-O 11. Nc3 d6 12. Be2 a6 13. O-O b5 14. a3 Nbd7 15. Qd2 Bb7 16. Be3 e6 17. Na2
Rb8 18. Na5 (18. Rac1 $5) 18... Ba8 19. Rac1 Qb6 20. Rc2 (20. b4 $1 {[%mdl 48]
Much stronger was to fix the pawn structure, after} Rfc8 21. Nc3 d5 22. e5 Ne8
23. Nb3 $16 {[%csl Ra8,Gc5,Rg7] White has a clear advantage.}) 20... Rfc8 21.
Rfc1 Rxc2 22. Rxc2 d5 23. e5 Ne8 24. Nc1 Bf8 25. Nd3 Qd8 26. Bg5 (26. b4 $5 Nb6
27. Nc5 Qc8 $14) 26... Qb6 27. Be3 Qd8 28. Bg5 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.07"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Orr, Mark JL"]
[Black "Lanka, Zigurds"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "329"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ireland"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Nf6 5. d5 g6 6. Nc3 (6. c4 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O
8. e4 d6 9. Bd3 a6 10. Nge2 e5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 $14 {0-1 Viladiu,J-Campos
Moreno,J/L'Hospitalet de l'Infant 1993 (56)}) (6. e4 Bg7 7. Nc3 (7. Qc1 O-O 8.
Nc3 e6 9. dxe6 dxe6 10. Bc4 Nc6 11. a3 Nd7 12. Nge2 Nde5 13. Ba2 b6 14. O-O Ba6
15. Rd1 Qe7 $11 {0-1 Trajkovic-Panzalovic,S/Novi Sad 1989 (34)}) (7. c3 O-O 8.
Qd2 (8. Bd3 d6 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Nd2 a6 11. a4 b6 12. Ne2 Nh5 13. Be3 Ne5 $11 {
0-1 Nielsen,H-Damgaard,S/Politiken Cup, Copenhagen DEN 1998 (43)}) 8... d6 $132
(8... a6 $6 9. h4 h5 10. e5 Nh7 11. g4 d6 12. gxh5 gxh5 13. Bh6 $16 (13. Bd3
$40 {1-0 Bellon Lopez,J-Lopez Colon,F/ESP-chT ,EXT 1995 (27)}))) 7... O-O (7...
a6 8. a4 O-O 9. Qd2 e6 10. Bd6 Re8 11. dxe6 dxe6 12. Bxc5 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nc6
14. Rd1 Bd7 15. Bd3 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 Ne5 18. Bd4 $16 {1-0 Klaric,
Z-Zarrouati,P/Toulouse ,EXT 1990 (40)}) 8. Nh3 d6 9. Nf2 Na6 10. Qd2 Nc7 11. a4
b6 12. Be2 a6 13. O-O Rb8 14. Bh6 b5 $11 {0-1 Adams,M-Khalifman,A/Dos Hermanas
ESP 1993 (70)}) 6... a6 (6... d6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bh6 (9. Nge2 a6 $5 (
9... Na6 $6 10. Ng3 Nc7 (10... Re8 11. Bh6 Bh8 12. h4 Nc7 13. h5 e6 14. hxg6
hxg6 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Bg5 $16) 11. Bh6 Rb8 12. h4 b5 13. h5 b4 14. Nce2 $16 {
0-1 Ruggieri Oliviero-Iannacone,E/Italy tt 1994 (51)})) 9... e6 (9... a6 10.
Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Nge2 b5 12. Nf4 Nbd7 13. h4 h5 14. a4 b4 15. Nd1 Ne5 16. Ne3 a5
17. Nd3 Ned7 18. Nf2 Nb6 19. g4 e6 20. g5 Ng8 21. f4 exd5 22. Nxd5 Bb7 23. Nxb6
Qxb6 24. O-O-O Rad8 25. f5 d5 26. f6+ Kh7 27. Qe3 dxe4 28. Bg2 Rd4 29. Bxe4
Rfd8 30. Rxd4 cxd4 31. Qb3 Rd7 32. Re1 d3 33. Nxd3 Bxe4 34. Rxe4 Qg1+ 35. Re1
Qd4 36. Kb1 Nxf6 37. gxf6 Qxf6 38. Re4 Qf3 39. Rf4 Qh1+ 40. Ka2 f5 41. Ne5 Rg7
42. Nf3 Qd1 43. Rd4 Qh1 44. Rd8 {1-0 Kamsky,G-Polgar,J/Monaco Amber blind 1994
(44)}) (9... Bxh6 10. Qxh6 e6 11. O-O-O exd5 12. exd5 Re8 13. Nge2 a6 14. Ng3
b5 15. Nce4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 f5 (16... Ra7 17. Qf4 f5 18. Qxd6 fxe4 19. Qxb8 $16)
17. Ng5 Qd7 (17... Qe7 18. Bxb5 $1 $16 {1-0 Adams,M-Georgiev,K/Elenite 1993/ 
(21)}) 18. g4 Qg7 19. Qh4 $132) 10. O-O-O exd5 11. exd5 Re8 $14 (11... b5 $2
12. Bxb5 Qb6 13. h4 Ba6 14. Ba4 Nbd7 15. Bxd7 Nxd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. h5 $16 {
1-0 Alburt-Gudmundsson/Reykjavik 1984 (39)})) 7. e4 d6 8. a4 Bg7 9. Qd2 O-O (
9... Qa5 $143 10. Ra2 O-O 11. Nge2 Nbd7 12. Nc1 Ne5 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Bxe5 dxe5
15. Qe3 Nd7 16. a5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lukasiewicz-Lanka/European club ch 1993 (28)})
10. Bh6 Bxh6 11. Qxh6 e5 $1 $11 (11... Nbd7 12. Nh3 Ne5 13. Nf2 $14) 12. g3 (
12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. Qd2 Ne8 15. h4 $132) 12... Kh8 13. Bh3 Ng8 14.
Qd2 f5 $1 {Lanka wants to keep on a board more pieces - it is necessary to win.
..} (14... Bxh3 15. Nxh3 $132) 15. exf5 (15. Bg2 Nd7 $15) 15... gxf5 16. Nge2
$11 Nd7 (16... Nf6 17. O-O {[%csl Rf5][%cal Gb8d7]}) 17. O-O Rb8 (17... Qf6 18.
f4 e4 $11) 18. f4 e4 19. Nd1 Qf6 20. Ne3 Ne7 {[%csl Gf5]} (20... Qxb2 21. Bxf5
$16) 21. b3 (21. c3 $132 {Taking into account some advantage white in space,
it is not simplly for black to put into practice the active schedule connected
for example with promoting of a pawn "h"}) 21... b6 22. c4 Qg7 23. Rab1 {
[%cal Gb3b4]} (23. a5 b5 $132) 23... a5 $5 {To prevent b3-b4} 24. Nc3 Nf6 25.
Nb5 Ne8 26. Rf2 Bd7 27. Nc3 Nf6 28. Bf1 (28. Kf1 $5 {[%cal Gf1e2,Ge2d1,Gd1c2]})
28... Ng6 29. Be2 Rf7 30. Kf1 Kg8 31. Ke1 Kf8 32. Kd1 Ke7 33. Kc2 Rbf8 (33...
Rh8 {[%cal Gh7h5]}) 34. Rg2 Kd8 35. Rbg1 Ne8 36. Ncd1 (36. h3 $11) 36... Nc7
37. Qc3 Qh6 {Without piece changing!} 38. Kb1 Na6 39. Nc2 Ne7 40. Nde3 Rf6 41.
Qd2 Be8 42. Qd1 Rg6 43. Ka2 Bd7 44. Qa1 Rfg8 45. Qd1 Qf8 46. Qa1 Rh6 {These
manoeuvres will take a lot of time} 47. Qd1 Rh3 48. Nf1 Be8 49. Nfe3 Qh6 50.
Rh1 Bf7 51. Qe1 Bh5 {Black decides to change the bishops} 52. Bxh5 Qxh5 53. Nf1
(53. Qd1 $11) 53... Qf7 54. Qc3 Ng6 55. Qd2 Nf8 56. Nfe3 Nd7 57. Rhg1 Kc7 58.
Qe2 Rg6 59. Qd2 Rgh6 60. Qe2 R6h5 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Gf7g6,Gg6h6]} 61. Qd2 Qf6
62. Rf2 Qg6 63. Rgg2 Nf6 64. Qe2 Qe8 65. Qd2 Qd7 66. Qe2 Kb7 67. Qd2 Rh6 68.
Qe2 Rg6 69. Rg1 Ng4 {One more exchange. Draw?} 70. Nxg4 Rxg4 71. Qf1 Rh6 72.
Qa1 Rg8 73. Qc3 Rhg6 74. Rfg2 Qc8 75. Kb2 R8g7 76. Qe3 Qe8 77. Qc3 Rg8 78. Qe3
Qf8 79. Qc3 Qh6 80. Qe3 Qh3 81. Kc1 Kc7 82. Kb2 Kd7 83. Kc1 Qh6 84. Qc3 Qf8 85.
Kb2 Rg4 86. Ne3 R4g6 87. Nc2 h5 88. h4 {For a long time it was possible to
receive this position} Nb4 89. Nxb4 $2 $15 (89. Ne1 $1 $11) 89... axb4 90. Qe3
R8g7 91. Kc2 Qg8 92. Kd1 Rg4 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Gg4h4]} 93. Qf2 R7g6 94. Kc1 Ke7
95. Kb1 Kf7 96. Kc1 Kg7 97. Kb1 Kh6 98. Kc1 Kh7 {The king has returned to
"native places"} 99. Kb1 Rg7 100. Kc1 Qh8 101. Kb1 Kh6 102. Qb2 R4g6 103. Kc1
Qe8 104. Qc2 Rg8 105. Kb1 R6g7 106. Kc1 Qg6 107. Qe2 (107. Qb2 Qg4 108. Rf2 Kh7
(108... Qh3 109. Rh2 Qg4 110. Rf2) 109. Qd2 Qh3 110. Qe2 {[%cal Ge2h5]}) 107...
Re7 108. Qe3 Qf6 109. Kd2 (109. Kc2 b5 $1 110. cxb5 (110. axb5 Ra8 $19) 110...
Qd4 111. Re2 (111. Qxd4 cxd4 112. Kd1 Rc8 (112... d3 113. Kd2 Rc8 114. Ke3 $132
) 113. Ra2 (113. Rc2 Rc3 $17) 113... Rc3 114. a5 d3 115. a6 e3 116. b6 (116. a7
Rxb3 $19) 116... Rxb3 117. Ra1 Rb2 118. a7 e2+ 119. Kc1 Rc2+ 120. Kb1 e1=Q+ $19
) 111... Qxd5 $17) 109... Qb2+ 110. Ke1 Qh8 111. Kf2 Reg7 112. Kf1 Rg4 113. Kf2
Rc8 {[%cal Gb6b5]} 114. Rd1 Qg7 115. Re1 Rg8 116. Reg1 Kh7 (116... Qb2+ 117.
Kf1 Qd4 118. Kf2 $15) 117. Kf1 (117. Qd2 b5 $5 (117... Re8 118. Re1) (117...
Qd4+ 118. Qe3 b5 119. axb5 Ra8 120. Re1 Rgg8 121. Kf1 Ra3 122. Rge2 Rga8 $44)
118. cxb5 c4 119. bxc4 Qa7+ 120. Qe3 Qxa4 $17) 117... b5 $1 {Long made
dispositions breakthrough} 118. axb5 (118. cxb5 c4 $1 (118... Qa1+ 119. Kf2
Qb2+ 120. Kf1 Qb1+ $11 (120... Qa3 121. Re2 c4 122. bxc4 Rxg3 123. Rxg3 Rxg3
124. Qxa3 bxa3 $18) (120... Qd4 121. Qxd4 (121. Re2 Qxd5 $17) 121... cxd4 122.
a5 Ra8 123. Ra2 $16)) 119. bxc4 Qa1+ 120. Kf2 Qxa4 121. Rc1 b3 122. Qe2 Qa3 {
[%csl Rg3][%cal Gb3b2]} 123. Rc3 Ra8 124. Qe1 Qb4 125. Rc1 Ra2+ 126. Kg1 b2
127. Rb1 Qxe1+ 128. Rxe1 Ra1 $19) 118... Ra8 119. Re2 Ra1+ 120. Re1 Ra3 121.
Rg2 Qf6 122. Kg1 Rg8 123. Kh2 Rga8 124. Rc2 Qg7 125. Ree2 Kg8 126. Re1 Kf7 127.
Ree2 Ke7 128. Re1 Kd7 129. Ree2 Kc7 130. Re1 Kb6 {The king has blocked a pawn.
What is farther?} 131. Ree2 Qd4 132. Rcd2 (132. Qxd4 cxd4 $19) 132... Qc3 133.
Rb2 Qg7 134. Rb1 (134. Rbc2 Qg4 135. Rf2 Qd1 136. Rfd2 Qf1 137. Rf2 Qa1 138.
Rc1 Qd4 139. Re2 Ra2 $17) 134... Ra2 135. Kg2 Rxe2+ 136. Qxe2 Qc3 137. Kh3 Rg8
138. Rg1 Qh8 (138... Qxb3 139. Qxh5 Qxc4 140. Qxf5 Qd4 141. Rg2 $132) 139. Rb1
Ra8 140. Qb2 Qd4 141. Qe2 Qh8 142. Qb2 Qc3 $4 {Passing abroad of permissible
risk} 143. Qxc3 $18 (143. Qe2 $2 Rg8 144. Qe1 Qf3 145. Kh2) 143... bxc3 144.
Rc1 Ra2 145. Rxc3 Ka5 146. Re3 Rb2 147. g4 $1 hxg4+ 148. Kg3 Rb1 149. Kg2 Ra1
150. h5 Kb4 151. h6 $4 (151. Kh2 Ra8 (151... Ra2+ 152. Kg3 Ra1 153. Kh4 $16)
152. Kg3 Ra1 153. Kh4 $18) 151... Ra8 $4 $18 (151... Ra7 152. Kg3 Rh7 153. Kh4
Rxh6+ 154. Kg5 {like in the game}) 152. Kg3 $4 $11 (152. b6 Ka5 153. b7 Rh8
154. Kg3 Kb6 155. Kh4 Rxh6+ (155... Kxb7 156. Kg5 $18) 156. Kg5 Rh8 157. Kxf5
$18) 152... Rh8 153. Kh4 Rxh6+ 154. Kg5 Rh8 155. Kxf5 Rg8 156. Rg3 $4 $19 (156.
b6 $1 g3 157. b7 g2 158. Re1 (158. Rg3 Rxg3 159. b8=Q+ Kc3 $19) 158... e3 (
158... Kxb3 159. Kxe4 Kxc4 160. Rc1+ Kb3 161. Rg1 Rb8 162. Rxg2 Rxb7 163. Kf5
$11) 159. Ke4 (159. Ke6 Rb8 160. f5 e2 (160... Rxb7 161. f6) 161. f6 (161. Kxd6
Rxb7 162. f6 Rh7 $19) 161... Kc3 162. Rg1 Rxb7 163. f7 Rb8 164. Kxd6 Kxb3 165.
Kxc5 Rf8 166. Kd4 Rxf7 $19 167. Rb1+ Kc2 168. Rg1 Rg7 169. Ke3 Re7+ 170. Kf2
e1=Q+ 171. Rxe1 Rxe1 172. Kxg2 Kd3 $19) 159... e2 160. Kd3 Rb8 161. Kxe2 Rxb7
162. Kf2 Rg7 163. Rb1 Kc3 164. f5 Kc2 165. Rg1 $11) 156... e3 157. Rxe3 (157.
b6 e2 158. Rg1 Kxb3 $19) 157... g3 158. Re1 Kxb3 159. Rc1 g2 160. Ke6 g1=Q 161.
Rxg1 Rxg1 162. Kxd6 Kxc4 163. b6 (163. Kc6 Rg8 $1 (163... Rb1 $2 164. d6 Rxb5
165. d7 Rb8 166. Kc7 Rf8 167. d8=Q Rxd8 168. Kxd8 Kd5 169. Ke7 Ke4 170. Ke6 $1
$11 {Reti}) 164. d6 Kb4 $19) 163... Rg6+ 164. Kc7 Kxd5 165. b7 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.07"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Manninen, Marko"]
[Black "Bakhtadze, Giorgi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Finland"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FIN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qd2 d6 (6... c5 7. a3
Ba5 (7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9. f4 (9. Nf3 O-O 10. Be2 Nc6 11. O-O e5 $11) 9...
O-O (9... e5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Rb1 exf4 12. Ne2 g5 $132 {1-0 Hall,J-DeFirmian,N/
Malmoe SWE 1999 (20)}) 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Bb5 Na5 12. Bd3 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Rae1
Rac8 15. e5 Qe7 16. f5 $40 {1-0 Hodgson,J-Yudasin,L/GP Rapid qual. 1994 (36)})
(7... cxd4 8. axb4 dxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. b5 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13.
Qd4 Qxd4 14. cxd4 d5 $14 {1-0 Hodgson,J-Pritchett,C/EuCl Cup Prelim 1996 (59)})
8. b4 cxd4 9. Nb5 Bb6 10. Nd6+ Ke7 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Nc4 Bc7 (12... Bc7 $17) 13.
b5 Bf4 14. Qd1 Ne5 15. Nxd4 Rd8 16. c3 (16. g3 d5 $17) 16... d5 $17 {0-1
Schneider,S-Kogan,A/Politiken Copenhagen DEN 1996 (28)}) (6... e5 7. dxe5 Qxe5
8. Nge2 d6 9. a3 Ba5 10. f4 Qf6 11. O-O-O Nc6 $132) (6... Nc6 7. Nf3 e5 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Nd4 O-O 10. Be2 Nc6 11. Ndb5 Ba5 12. O-O a6 13. Na3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qxc3
15. bxc3 Re8 $15 {1-0 Benjamin,J-DeFirmian,N/New York 1995 (89)}) (6... O-O 7.
f4 c5 8. e5 Qe7 9. a3 cxd4 10. axb4 dxc3 11. bxc3 f6 12. Nf3 b6 (12... fxe5 13.
Nxe5 Qf6 14. g3 Nc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bg2 Bb7 (16... a5 17. O-O a4 18. Rfe1 Rd8
19. Ra3 d5 (19... Qf5 $2 20. Bxc6 {1-0 Rabinovich,A-Plasman,H/Dieren NED 1999 
(20)}) 20. Rea1 e5 21. fxe5 Qxe5 22. Rxa4 Rxa4 23. Rxa4 Re8 24. Ra8 $16) 17.
O-O Rf7 18. Ra5 $14) 13. Nh4 Qf7 (13... Rd8 14. Nf5 $1 $16) 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. O-O
$14) 7. a3 (7. O-O-O Nd7 8. a3 $11 (8. Kb1 O-O 9. Nf3 $11 (9. f4 e5 10. Nge2 (
10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Nf3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Rd8 $15) 10... exd4 11. Qxd4 Qxd4 12. Nxd4
Bxc3 13. bxc3 a6 14. Bd3 Nc5 $15 {0-1 Hennig,D-Bischoff,K/BL 1994 (64)}))) (7.
f4 $6 e5 8. fxe5 (8. dxe5 dxe5 9. fxe5 (9. f5 $2 Bxc3 10. Bb5+ (10. Qxc3 Qh4+
$17) 10... Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. Qxc3 Qh4+ $17 {0-1 Gunter,D-Ward,C/open, St
Heliers JER 1997 (15)}) 9... Qxe5 10. O-O-O Nd7 11. Nf3 Bxc3 $15) 8... dxe5 9.
Nf3 exd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 O-O $15) 7... Ba5 (7... Bxc3 8.
Qxc3 (8. bxc3 e5 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bc4 O-O 11. Ne2 Re8 12. f3 Nd7 13. O-O $132 {
1/2-1/2 Zlochevskij,A-Iotti,P/Montecatini Terme ,EXT 1995 (41)}) 8... O-O (8...
Nc6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. e5 f6 12. exd6 cxd6 13. O-O f5 14. Rae1 Qf6 15.
b4 a6 16. a4 $14) 9. e5 (9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Bd3 (10. e5 Qe7 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. h4
Rab8 13. Qe3 b5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Tolnai,T-Yudasin,L/Budapest HUN 1999 (24)}) 10...
Qe7 11. e5 Rd8 12. O-O Bd7 13. Rfe1 dxe5 14. dxe5 $14 {1-0 Szymanski,M-Balogh,
C/Artek UKR 1999 (30)}) 9... Qe7 10. Nf3 b6 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O-O Rc8 (12...
Bxf3 13. gxf3 d5 14. Rhg1 c5 15. Qe3 $16 {[%csl Rc5,Rh6]}) 13. Kb1 Nd7 14. h4
c5 15. exd6 Qxd6 16. dxc5 Qe7 17. c6 (17. Qe3 Rxc5 $132) 17... Bxc6 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Fernandes,A-Spasov,V/Yerevan (ol) 1996/Inf 67/ (61)}) 8. f4 (8. O-O-O
Nd7 9. f4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nb6 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. Ne2 d5 13. e5 Qe7 14. Kb2 c5 $17 {
0-1 Groffen,H-Van Doeland,J/NED tt 1994 (55)}) (8. Nf3 Nd7 9. Be2 O-O (9... c6
10. O-O e5 11. d5 $132 (11. dxe5 dxe5 12. b4 Bc7 $15 {0-1 Ionescu,D-Vasiesiu,D/
Bucharest ROM 1999 (38)})) 10. O-O c6 11. b4 Bc7 12. Rfe1 e5 13. d5 $132 {
0-1 Soffer,R-Rapoport,E/Invitational, Rishon LeZion ISR 1997 (33)}) (8. Nge2 e5
9. b4 Bb6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Rd1 exd4 12. Nxd4 O-O 13. Be2 Re8 14. O-O Rxe4 $17 {
1-0 Romero Holmes,A-Van Beek,L/Wijk aan Zee NED 1998 (75)}) 8... Bxc3 $1 $146 (
8... O-O $6 9. Nf3 c5 10. b4 cxd4 (10... cxb4 11. Nb5 Nc6 12. axb4 Bxb4 13. c3
Ba5 14. Nxd6 Bc7 15. e5 $14) 11. Nb5 Bb6 12. Nxd6 Nc6 13. e5 Qe7 14. Bd3 Bd7
15. Nxb7 $1 (15. O-O $14 {1-0 Hodgson Julian M-Enders,P/BL 1994 (42)}) 15... f6
(15... Rab8 16. Nd6 f6 17. Qe2 fxe5 18. fxe5 Rf4 19. O-O $16) 16. b5 fxe5 (
16... Nd8 17. Nxd8 Raxd8 18. O-O $16) 17. bxc6 Bxc6 18. Na5 Bxf3 (18... Bxa5
19. Qxa5 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qh4+ 21. Kd1 Qxf4 22. Be4 $16) 19. gxf3 Rxf4 20. Be4 $16
) (8... g5 $5 9. Nh3 gxf4 (9... g4 10. Nf2 h5 11. e5 $14) 10. Nxf4 c6 (10...
Nc6 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Nfe2 O-O-O $11) 11. Bc4 d5 12. e5 $132 {1-0 Hodgson,
J-Granda Zuniga,J/Amsterdam 1996/CBM 55/(34)} (12. exd5 cxd5 13. Bb5+ Nc6 14.
O-O)) 9. bxc3 e5 10. g3 (10. Ne2 O-O $11) 10... O-O 11. Nf3 $6 $15 (11. Bg2 $11
) 11... exd4 $5 {Right decision.} (11... Nd7 $11) 12. cxd4 Re8 13. e5 {The
early approach in center is not dangerous - the white pieces are not developed}
dxe5 14. Nxe5 (14. dxe5 Bg4 15. Bg2 Nc6 16. O-O Qe7 $15) 14... Qd6 $1 15. Bc4 (
15. Be2 f6 16. Nc4 Qe7 $15) 15... Be6 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17. O-O Nc6 18. Rfd1 (18.
c3 $142 Nxe5 (18... Rae8 19. Qb2 b6 $15) 19. fxe5 Rxe5 20. Rxf7 $1 Re7 (20...
Kxf7 21. Qf4+ Kg8 22. dxe5 Qe6 $15 (22... Qc5+ 23. Qd4)) 21. Rxe7 Qxe7 22. a4
Re8 $15) 18... Rd8 19. Qf2 Nxe5 20. fxe5 $2 $17 (20. dxe5 $142 Qxd1+ 21. Rxd1
Rxd1+ 22. Kg2 b6 23. Qe2 Rd7 $15) 20... Qd5 {[%csl Ra3,Rc2,Rd4]} 21. Rd3 Rc6
22. c3 (22. Rf1 Rd7 $17) 22... Ra6 23. Qa2 Ra4 24. Qb2 (24. Qxd5 Rxd5 $17 {
[%cal Gd5a5]}) 24... b5 25. Re1 (25. Rf1 a6 $17) 25... a6 26. e6 $5 {Desperate
attempt to intercept the initiative} (26. Ree3 Re8 $17) 26... fxe6 27. Rde3 Rd6
28. Re5 Qf3 (28... Qc6 29. R1e3 Rc4 $17 {[%cal Ga6a5,Gb5b4]}) 29. Rc5 $2 $19 (
29. R5e3 Qc6 $17) 29... Rc6 {Rook exchange for the benefit of black.} 30. Rxc6
Qxc6 31. Re3 Rc4 32. Qe2 Qd7 $2 $17 (32... e5 $1 33. Rxe5 (33. dxe5 Rxc3 $19)
33... Rxc3 $19) 33. Rxe6 $6 (33. Qe1 $17) 33... Rxc3 34. Qe5 (34. Re8+ Kf7 $19)
34... Rc4 35. d5 Qf7 36. Qe3 $2 (36. Rc6 Rxc6 37. dxc6 Kh7 $17) 36... Qf5 37.
Qd2 Rc2 38. Qe3 Qxd5 {The mature game of the young Georgian chess player makes
a good impression!} 0-1

[Event "GER-ch 71st"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "1999.11.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jugelt, Tobias"]
[Black "Von Herman, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1999.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 h6 4. Bh4 b6 $6 {Allows white to trap center "free
of charge"} (4... c5 $142 5. e3 (5. c3 d5 (5... cxd4 6. cxd4 Be7 (6... Nc6 7.
e3 g5 8. Bg3 Qb6 9. Rb1 Bb4 10. Bd3 d6 11. a3 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Ke7 13. Ne2 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Rausis,I-Roder,M/Las Palmas Op 1995 (26)}) 7. Ngf3 d5 $11 (7... d6 8.
e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O e5 11. Rc1 Nd5 12. Bg3 exd4 13. Nxd4 $16 {1-0
Rausis,I-Clausen,M/Bern SUI 1998 (20)})) 6. e3 Qb6 (6... Nbd7 7. f4 Be7 8. Bd3
b6 9. Nh3 Bb7 10. O-O Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bb5 O-O $11 {1-0
Rausis,I-Vatter,H/Viernheim 1992 (74)}) 7. Rb1 Be7 8. Bd3 Bd7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10.
exd4 a6 11. Ngf3 Bb5 $11 {0-1 Zaichik,G-Ivanov,A/Kostroma RUS 1985 (43)}) 5...
cxd4 6. exd4 Be7 7. c3 (7. Bd3 b6 8. Ngf3 Bb7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Be4
Qc7 12. Re1 Be7 (12... d6 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. Ne4 Be7 $11) (12... d5 13. Bd3 Ba6
$11) 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. Nc4 d5 $11 (14... d6 $11) (14... Nc6 15. d5 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Miles,A-Kasparov,G/Horgen 1994/Inf 61/ (52)})) 7... b6 8. Bd3 O-O 9.
Ngf3 Nh5 10. Bg3 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nf6 12. O-O d6 13. Nec4 Nc6 14. Ne3 $11 {0-1
Miles,A-Rowson,J/4NCL, West Bromwich ENG 1996 (56)}) (4... d5 $142 5. e3 b6 (
5... Be7 6. Bd3 Nbd7 (6... O-O 7. f4 c5 8. c3 b6 9. Ngf3 Ba6 $11 {1-0 Rausis,
I-Storland,K/Gausdal 1995 (32)}) (6... b6 7. Ngf3 (7. f4 Bb7 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9.
Ngf3 Nc6 10. c3 Qe7 11. O-O O-O-O $132 {1-0 Klaric,Z-Hracek,Z/Kecskemet GM ,
EXT 1991 (51)}) 7... Bb7 8. Ne5 a6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12.
Bg3 Nc5 13. Qg4 g6 14. h4 h5 15. Qf4 g5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Armas,J-Hulak,K/Moscow
olm CUB-CRO 1994 (42)}) 7. c3 e5 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. b4 exd4 11. exd4 Ne4
12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nf3 a5 $132 {1-0 Shabalov,A-De Firmian,N/USA-ch 1994/CBM 44 
(60)}) 6. Ngf3 Bb7 7. Ne5 Be7 8. f4 Nfd7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Bd3 Nxe5 (10... Ba6
11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. O-O O-O 13. c3 c5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kovacevic,V-Uhlmann,W/
Sarajevo 1982 (17)}) 11. fxe5 Nd7 12. Qe2 O-O-O 13. O-O-O Kb8 14. Nf3 f6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Kovacevic,V-Schussler,H/Tuzla 1981 (64)}) 5. e4 $5 $14 Bb7 6. Bd3 Be7
7. c3 d6 {Scrambling for center black have lost.} (7... d5 $6 8. e5 Nfd7 9.
Bxe7 Qxe7 10. f4 c5 11. Ne2 Ba6 12. Ne4 $1 O-O (12... dxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxe5 14.
fxe5 Bb7 15. Qa4+ Kf8 16. dxc5 $1 $16) 13. Nd6 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nf6
16. O-O Ne8 17. Nxe8 Rxe8 18. Rac1 $16 {[%cal Gf4f5]}) 8. Qe2 (8. Ngf3 $14)
8... Nbd7 (8... c5 9. f4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Ngf3 (
13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Qb4+ 15. Kf1 Ba6 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qxb2 $17) 13...
Nxd2 14. Qxd2 O-O 15. O-O Ba6 16. Rac1 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qd7 18. Nh4 $1 $14 {
[%cal Gf4f5]}) 9. f4 (9. O-O-O $5 c5 10. Ngf3 g5 11. Bg3 g4 12. Ne1 cxd4 13.
cxd4 Rc8+ 14. Kb1 e5 15. Nc2 $14 {[%csl Re8]}) 9... c5 10. Ngf3 Qc7 (10... Nh5
11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. g3 g5 13. fxg5 (13. Qe3 gxf4 14. gxf4 Qf6 $15) (13. O-O gxf4
14. Ne1 Qg5 15. Nc4 Ke7 16. Nf3 Qg4 $17) 13... hxg5 14. O-O-O g4 15. Nh4 cxd4
16. cxd4 Rc8+ 17. Kb1 Ndf6 18. Rc1 Rxc1+ (18... O-O 19. Rcg1 $1 $16 {[%cal
Gh2h3]}) 19. Rxc1 Rg8 (19... O-O 20. e5 $18) 20. e5 dxe5 21. Qxe5 $16 {[%cal
Gc1c7]}) 11. e5 Nd5 12. Bg3 (12. Bxe7 Kxe7 (12... Nxe7 13. Nc4 Nc8 14. f5 $1
$16) 13. g3 (13. exd6+ Qxd6 14. g3 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Qc7 16. O-O Rhd8 17. Rae1 Kf8
18. N2f3 (18. f5 e5 $15) 18... Nc5 19. f5 exf5 20. Bxf5 Re8 $11) 13... cxd4 14.
cxd4 (14. exd6+ Qxd6 15. Nxd4 Qc7 $11) 14... Rhd8 15. O-O dxe5 16. fxe5 Kf8 17.
Ne4 Nb4 18. Rac1 (18. Bb1 Ba6 19. Qd2 Nd5 20. Rc1 Qb8 21. Bc2 $14) 18... Qb8
19. Bc4 b5 20. Bb3 Bd5 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Nd6 $16 {[%csl Rb5,Rf7]}) 12... cxd4
13. Nxd4 (13. cxd4 Nb4 $15) 13... O-O (13... a6 14. O-O Nc5 (14... dxe5 15.
fxe5 (15. f5 exf5 16. Rxf5 O-O 17. Nc4 Rae8 18. Nxe5 Bd6 $19) 15... Nc5 16. Bc2
$14) 15. Bc2 dxe5 16. fxe5 $14) 14. O-O dxe5 (14... Rad8 15. Nb5 Qc5+ 16. Rf2 (
16. Bf2 Nxf4 $19) 16... dxe5 17. fxe5 Qe3 (17... a6 18. Ne4 Qc6 19. Nbd6 $14)
18. Nd6 (18. Nxa7 Bc5 $1 19. Kh1 Nxe5 $1 20. Be4 f5 $17) 18... Nc5 19. Nxb7 (
19. Bb5 Qxe2 20. Bxe2 $11) 19... Nxb7 20. Nf3 Nc5 21. Bc2 $14) 15. f5 $2 $15 {
Beautiful but incorrect move} (15. fxe5 Nc5 16. Bc2 (16. Bc4 a6 17. a3 Rac8
$132) 16... Ba6 17. c4 Nb4 18. Bb1 Rad8 19. N2f3 $14) 15... Nf4 $2 $14 (15...
exf5 $6 16. Nxf5 Rae8 17. Rae1 (17. Qg4 Bg5 18. Ne4 Ne3 19. Nxe3 Bxe3+ 20. Kh1
Bd5 21. Rae1 Bc5 22. Nxc5 (22. b4 Be7 $17) 22... Nxc5 23. Bc2 Qd6 $15) 17...
Bc5+ 18. Kh1 Ne7 19. Ne4 Nxf5 20. Rxf5 f6 21. Rh5 Kh8 22. Qg4 Bd5 23. Qg6 f5 (
23... Bg8 24. Ng5 fxg5 25. Rxh6+ $18) 24. Ng5 Nf6 25. Bxf5 (25. b4 $2 f4 $1 $17
(25... Bd6 26. Bxf5 Qb7 27. Re2 Bg8 $132)) 25... Bg8 (25... Qb7 26. Re2 e4 (
26... Qa6 27. Rxh6+ Kg8 (27... gxh6 28. Qxh6+ Kg8 29. Bh7+ Kh8 30. Be4+ Kg8 31.
Bxd5+ $18) 28. Bd3 $18) 27. b4 $16) 26. Rh4 $1 (26. Rxh6+ gxh6 27. Qxh6+ Nh7
28. Nxh7 Bxh7 29. Bxe5+ Rxe5 30. Rxe5 Qg7 31. Qxg7+ Kxg7 32. g4 $15) 26... a5 (
26... b5 27. b4 Bb6 28. Rxh6+ gxh6 29. Qxh6+ Bh7 (29... Nh7 30. Nxh7 Rxf5 (
30... Bxh7 31. Bxe5+ $1 Rxe5 32. Qxf8+ Bg8 33. Qf6+ $18) 31. Nf6+ Bh7 32. Nxe8
Qf7 33. Nf6 $1 Qxf6 34. Qxf6+ Rxf6 35. Bxe5 Kg7 36. h4 $16) 30. Nxh7 $18 (30.
Bxh7 Nxh7 31. Nxh7 Qxh7 32. Bxe5+ Kg8 33. Qg5+ Kf7 $11)) 27. b4 axb4 28. cxb4
Bxb4 (28... Bd6 29. Rxh6+ gxh6 30. Qxh6+ Bh7 31. Nxh7 Nxh7 32. Bxh7 Qxh7 33.
Qxd6 $16) 29. Rxb4 hxg5 30. Qxg5 Bxa2 31. Rbe4 Kg8 32. R4e2 $16) (15... Qd8 $1
16. fxe6 (16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. Qxe5 Bf6 18. Qe1 (18. Qg3 Nb4 $1 $17) 18... e5 $17)
(16. N4b3 Bg5 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Ne4 (18. Qe4 N7f6 19. Qxe5 Ne3 $17) 18... Bf4
19. Qg4 Qe7 20. Bh4 g5 21. Bf2 Ne3 $17) 16... exd4 17. exf7+ (17. exd7 dxc3 18.
Qe4 g6 19. bxc3 Qxd7 $19) 17... Rxf7 18. Qe6 N7f6 19. Bg6 Qe8 20. cxd4 Bb4 21.
Bxf7+ Qxf7 22. Qxf7+ Kxf7 23. Nc4 Rc8 $15) 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. fxe6 Ne5 (17...
Nf6 18. exf7+ (18. Rae1 Bc5 19. N2b3 f3 $1 20. gxf3 Bd5 $14) 18... Rxf7 19. Bg6
Rff8 20. Ne6 $18) 18. exf7+ (18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Nc4 (19... f3 20. exf7+ Rxf7
21. Nxf3 $16) 20. Nf5 {[%csl Rc4,Re7]} (20. exf7+ Rxf7 21. Rae1 Ne3 22. Ne6 Qe5
23. Rxf4 Rxf4 24. Qxe3 (24. Nxf4 Qxe4 25. Qxe3 Bc5 $19) 24... Rf7 $17) 20...
Bc5+ 21. Kh1 Ne3 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. Nxe3 Qxe3 $11) 18... Rxf7 19. Be4 Bxe4 (
19... Bd6 20. Ne6 (20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Ne4 Bc7 (21... Qd5 22. Rae1 Re8 23. Qb5 $1
$18) 22. Rae1 Qd5 23. b3 Rd8 $132) 20... Qc8 21. Nxf4 (21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Nxf4 (
22. Rxf4 Re8 23. Rxf7 Nxf7 24. Qg4 Ne5 25. Qf5 Qd7 26. Nd4 Qxf5 27. Nxf5 Bc5+
$44) 22... Raf8 23. Ne4 Ba3 $1 24. g3 (24. bxa3 Rxf4 $44 {[%csl Ra2,Ra3]})
24... Be7 25. Rad1 (25. Nd3 Nf3+ 26. Kg2 Qc6 27. Rf2 Bc5 28. Ndxc5 Ne1+ 29.
Qxe1 Rxf2+ 30. Kg1 R2f3 $15) (25. Nd2 Bc5+) (25. Rae1 g5 26. Qb5 Bc5+ 27. Nxc5
Nf3+ 28. Rxf3 Qxf3 29. Qd3 Qxd3 30. Ncxd3 gxf4 31. Nxf4 $11) 25... g5 26. Nh5
Nf3+ 27. Kg2 {[%cal Gh5f6]} g4 28. Nf4 $14) 21... Ba6 22. Nd3 $1 $16 (22. c4
Nxc4 23. Bd5 Ne5 24. Qe4 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 Qc5+ 26. Kh1 Raf8 $11)) 20. Qxe4 {
[%csl Rf4]} Re8 21. Rae1 {[%csl Rf4]} (21. Qd5 Kh8 $11) (21. Rxf4 Rxf4 22. Qxf4
Bg5 $19) 21... Bf6 22. Qd5 (22. Kh1 Rfe7 23. Nf5 (23. Qd5+ Kh8 24. Nb5 (24.
Rxf4 Bg5 $19) 24... Qc5 25. Qxc5 bxc5 26. Nd6 (26. Rxf4 Bg5 27. Rf2 Nd3 $19)
26... Rd8 27. N2c4 Nxc4 28. Nxc4 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 g5 30. Kg1 Kg7 $11) 23... Re6
24. Qd5 (24. Qxf4 Bg5 $19) (24. Nd4 R6e7) 24... Qc6 25. Qxc6 Nxc6 26. Rxe6 Rxe6
27. Kg1 Re2 28. Rf2 $11) 22... Rd8 (22... Qd8 23. Qb5 (23. Qxd8 Rxd8 24. Ne4
Nc4 $132) 23... Rfe7 24. Rxf4 Bg5 25. Rf5 (25. Rf2 Bxd2 $17) 25... Qb8 26. Nf1
$16) 23. Qb3 Qd7 24. Ne4 Re8 $2 $18 {Only this weak move loses the game} (24...
Bh4 $1 25. Rd1 Qg4 26. Rd2 Kh8 (26... f3 27. Nxf3 Rxd2 28. Nexd2 Nxf3+ 29. Nxf3
$16) 27. Qb5 $14) 25. Nxf6+ (25. Rxf4 $18) 25... gxf6 26. Qc2 $6 $16 (26. Kh1
$18 {[%csl Rf4,Rf6,Rg8]}) 26... f3 27. gxf3 Rg7+ (27... Rfe7 28. Kh1 $18) 28.
Kh1 Kh8 29. Qf5 $1 Qf7 30. Qh3 Reg8 (30... Rg6 31. f4 Ng4 32. Qf3 Rxe1 33. Rxe1
Qd5 34. Re2 $18) 31. Nf5 (31. Qxh6+ Rh7 32. Qd2 Qxa2 33. Rg1 $16) 31... Rg6 $2
$18 (31... Rh7 32. b3 $16) 32. Re4 $2 $16 (32. Rxe5 $1 fxe5 33. Nxh6 $18) 32...
Qh7 33. Rh4 Nf7 $4 $18 (33... Nd3 $1 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Gg6g1,Gd3f2]} 34. Rg4 $16
) 34. Ne7 1-0

[Event "Ubeda op 5th"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "2000.01.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.01.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 h6 5. Bc1 Nd5 (5... Nh7 6. d5 d6 7. Bb5+ Bd7
8. Qe2 Bxb5 9. Qxb5+ Qd7 10. Nc3 exd5 11. Qe2 dxe5 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. O-O-O Qe6
14. Nf3 exf4 15. Qb5 O-O-O {0-1 Wagner,B-Danzer,G/Bayern 1999/EXT 2000 (15)})
6. c4 Ne7 $146 (6... Nb6 7. d5 (7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Nf3 (8. Qg4 Kf8 9. Nf3 d6 10.
Bf4 Nc6 11. Nc3 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Qd4 13. Qg3 g5 14. Be3 Qxe5 15. Qxe5 {Vigus,
J-Williams,L/GBR 1998/EXT 99/1-0 (42)}) 8... d5 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Qxd6 Bxd6 11.
Nc3 Nc6 12. Bd2 Nd7 13. O-O-O Ke7 14. Nb5 {1/2-1/2 Soffer,R-Yudasin,L/Tel Aviv
1994/EXT 97 (14)}) 7... d6 8. exd6 Bxd6 9. Nf3 exd5 10. cxd5 O-O 11. Nc3 N8d7
12. Be2 Nf6 13. Be3 Re8 14. Qd2 Bg4 15. O-O-O Ne4 16. Nxe4 Rxe4 $40 {0-1
Kinsman,A-Gofshtein,L/Paris 1996/EXT 97 (30)}) 7. dxc5 Nbc6 8. Nc3 Nxe5 9. Nb5
Nf5 10. Bf4 a6 11. Qa4 (11. Bxe5 axb5 12. g4 Qa5+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 d6 15.
cxd6 Nxd6 16. cxb5 Bd7 $44) 11... f6 12. Qa3 axb5 $5 {[%mdl 640] Intesting
exchange sacrifice.Thanks to the development advantage black start an attack
the white's king .} (12... Bxc5 13. Qxc5 axb5 14. cxb5 d6 15. Qb4 O-O $13) 13.
Qxa8 bxc4 14. Rc1 Bxc5 15. Bxc4 (15. Bxe5 fxe5 16. Bxc4 Bb4+) 15... Bb4+ 16.
Kf1 O-O 17. Be2 (17. a3 d5 $1 18. Be2 Bd6 $44) 17... d5 18. Nf3 Nc6 (18... Bd6
$5) 19. Bd2 Be7 (19... Qb6 $1 {Was much stronger.Black has a pleasant position
and white should to think about draw.}) 20. Qa4 e5 21. Nh4 Ncd4 $6 {[%mdl 8192]
This enough only for draw.Better is} (21... Nxh4 22. Qxh4 Nd4 $1 {[%cal Gf6f5,
Ge5e4] And black's initiative is dangerous.}) 22. Ng6 Bd7 23. Qa5 Nxe2 24. Kxe2
Qxa5 25. Bxa5 Ra8 {Black return the pawn and equalize the game.} 26. Nxe7+ Nxe7
27. Rc7 Bb5+ 28. Kd2 Nc6 29. b4 b6 30. a4 Bxa4 31. Bxb6 Bb5 32. Rc1 Ra2+ 33.
Rc2 Rxc2+ 34. Kxc2 Nxb4+ 35. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Iasi"]
[Date "1999.12.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nanu, Ciprian Costica"]
[Black "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1999.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c6 3. Bxf6 gxf6 (3... exf6 4. c4 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 d5 6. e3 Be6 7.
cxd5 Bxd5 8. a3 Bd6 9. e4 Be6 10. Bc4 Bxc4 11. Nxc4 O-O 12. Ne2 Re8 13. Qc2 Bc7
14. O-O Nd7 15. Rad1 Nb6 16. Ne3 Qe7 17. Nc3 Rad8 18. f4 {Hodgson,J-Slobodjan,
R/Germany 1999/EXT 2000/1-0 (28)}) 4. e3 Qb6 (4... d6 5. c4 Nd7 6. Nc3 f5 7. g3
Nf6 8. Bg2 Bd7 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Qc2 Bg7 11. Rc1 e6 12. b4 Rc8 13. O-O O-O 14. Qb1
Qd8 15. a4 d5 16. Ne5 Ne4 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. f3 exf3 19. Nxf3 {Stefanova,
A-Insua Mellado,J/Sevilla 1999/EXT 2000/1-0 (43)}) 5. b3 $146 (5. Qc1 e5 (5...
c5 6. c3 d5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Nbd2 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Bh6 11. Qd2 e5 12. dxc5
Qxc5 13. b4 Qd6 14. Nh4 Qd7 15. g4 O-O-O 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. Bg2 Kb8 18. a3 e4 19.
O-O-O Ne5 20. Qa2 Nd3+ 21. Kb1 {0-1 Senoner,E-Bawart,M/Oberwart 1997/EXT 99 
(37)}) 6. Nf3 e4 7. Nfd2 d5 8. c4 Be6 9. Nc3 Nd7 10. a3 h5 11. b4 h4 12. b5 f5
13. bxc6 bxc6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rb1 Qc7 16. Ba6 Be7 17. O-O O-O 18. Nxd5 Qd6
19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 {Senoner,E-Bawart,M/Graz 1997/EXT 2000/0-1 (45)}) 5... c5 6. c3
d5 7. g3 cxd4 8. exd4 h5 9. Bg2 Bg4 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. h3 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 O-O-O 13.
h4 e5 14. dxe5 (14. Qf3 exd4 (14... Bg7) 15. Qxf6 Be7 16. Qf5+ Kb8 $13) 14...
fxe5 15. O-O e4 $17 16. Nd2 Kb8 17. c4 $2 {[%mdl 16384]} (17. b4 Bg7 18. Rac1
Be5 (18... Ne5 19. c4 Nd3 20. Rb1 f5 21. cxd5 Qd4 $17)) 17... Nd4 18. Qd1 f5
19. cxd5 Rxd5 20. Nc4 Qg6 21. Qe1 (21. Kh1 Bg7 22. Qd2 $1 Rhd8 23. Qf4+ Ka8 24.
Rad1 Bh6 25. Qc7 Qg8 $1 $17) 21... Rg8 22. Rd1 Bc5 $6 (22... Bg7 $1) 23. Kh1 a6
24. Qa5 Nc6 25. Qe1 Rxd1 26. Qxd1 e3 (26... Rd8 27. Qc1 Qe6 28. Qf4+ Ka7 29.
Ne3 Nd4 $13) 27. b4 $1 Bxb4 28. Nxe3 f4 29. Nd5 $2 (29. gxf4 $1 Qf6 30. Qxh5
Rh8 31. Qg5 $1 Rxh4+ 32. Kg1 Rxf4 33. Qxf6 Rxf6 $11) 29... Bd6 30. Qb3 fxg3 31.
Nf6 Rg7 32. fxg3 $6 (32. Qe6 Bc7 33. Nd7+ Ka8 34. Qxg6 Rxg6 35. fxg3 Bxg3 36.
Rf6 Rxf6 37. Nxf6 Bxh4 38. Nxh5 Nb4 $19) 32... Nd4 $19 33. Qe3 Nf5 34. Rxf5
Qxf5 35. Ne4 Bc7 36. a4 Qg4 37. Qd2 Rd7 38. Bf3 Qf5 39. Kg2 Qe5 40. Qe2 Rd4 41.
Qc2 Qa5 42. Nc3 Qc5 43. Qb3 Rb4 0-1

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chepukaitis, Genrikh"]
[Black "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bh4 d5 4. f3 Nf6 5. c4 (5. e4 dxe4 6. Nc3 $5 e3) 5...
c5 $146 (5... e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. e4 Nxe4 8. fxe4 Bxh4+ 9. g3 Bf6 10. exd5 O-O 11.
Bg2 Re8 12. Nge2 exd5 13. Nxd5 Bg4 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Bxb7 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Rxe2+
17. Kxe2 Nc6 18. Bxa8 $17 {1/2-1/2 Dus Chotimirsky,F-Kubbel,A/Petrograd 1923/
URS-ch (28)}) 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. dxc5 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 e5 9. e4 Bxc5 10. Bb5+ Ke7 (
10... Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 $11) 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Nge2 a6 13. Ba4 Rd8+ 14. Kc2 b5
15. Bb3 Nc6 {[%csl Gb4,Gd4]} 16. Rad1 (16. Bxe6 Nb4+ 17. Kb3 Kxe6 {[%csl Gd3]})
16... Be3 $1 {[%cal Gc6d4,Rg7g5][%mdl 2048] Black trying to activise their
pieces,but white's position is easy protected.} 17. Kb1 Bxb3 18. axb3 g5 19.
Bg3 Ke6 (19... Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 b4 21. Nd5+ Nxd5 22. Rxd5 f6 $13 {[%csl Rg3]
[%cal Gc6d4,Ga8c8]}) 20. h4 h6 21. hxg5 hxg5 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. exd5+ Rxd5 24.
Rh6+ f6 25. Rxf6+ Kxf6 26. Rxd5 {[%csl Gb2,Rb3] Thanks to some weakness in the
Queen side black has a some better chances.} Ke6 27. Rd3 Bd4 (27... Bb6 28. Nc3
Rd8 29. Rxd8 Bxd8 30. Ne4 Kd5 $11) 28. Rd1 Rh8 29. Rc1 Kd5 {More interesting
was} (29... Nb4 $5 30. Rd1 Be3 31. Nc3 (31. Be1 Rh1) 31... Bf4 $1 32. Bf2 Rh2
$1 $132) 30. Nc3+ Bxc3 31. bxc3 g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.07.31"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Liang, Chong"]
[Black "Dizdar, Goran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 (3... c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 (6. Nd2 cxd4
7. Nb3 Qf5 8. Bxb8 Rxb8 9. Qxd4 b6 10. e4 Qf4 11. Nh3 Qc7 12. e5 Ng8 13. O-O-O
e6 14. f4 f5 15. Be2 Nh6 16. Nf2 Be7 17. Kb1 Bb7 18. Qa4 Bc6 19. Bb5 Bxb5 20.
Qxb5 Qb7 21. Rd2 a6 22. Qa4 Rc8 23. Rhd1 Rc7 24. g3 b5 25. Qd4 O-O $13 {
Arduman,C-Hjartarson,J/Copenhagen PC/1996/}) 6... Qb6 7. Bc1 g6 (7... e6 8. c4
exd5 9. cxd5 c4 10. e3 Bc5 $5 $146 (10... Qa5+ 11. Nc3 b5 12. Qd4 Bb4 13. Qe5+
Kf8 14. a3 Bb7 15. axb4 $1 Qxa1 16. Nge2 Qa6 17. Nd4 d6 18. Qf4 Qb6 19. Nf5 a5
20. Nxg7 Kxg7 21. Qg5+ Kf8 22. Qxf6 Rg8 23. Qh6+ Rg7 24. e4 Kg8 25. Be3 $44 {
Hodgson,JM-Stohl,I/Isle of Man op/1995/}) 11. Kf2 O-O 12. Bxc4 d6 13. Ne2 Nbd7
14. Nbc3 Ne5 15. Na4 Qb4 16. b3 Nxc4 17. bxc4 Qxc4 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Nf4 Re8
20. Re1 g5 21. Nd3 Qb6 22. Qb3 Qxb3 23. axb3 Nxd5 24. Ra5 Be6 25. e4 Ne7 26.
Rxg5+ Ng6 27. f4 f6 28. Rb5 Rac8 $132 {Hodgson,J-Wells,P/Copenhagen PC/1996/})
8. Nh3 d6 9. Nf2 Bg7 10. e4 e6 11. c4 O-O 12. Nc3 exd5 13. cxd5 Na6 14. Be2 Bd7
15. O-O Rac8 16. Bc4 Rfe8 17. a3 Nc7 18. a4 a6 19. Qd3 Na8 20. Bg5 Qc7 21. a5
Rb8 22. Rfe1 h6 23. Bd2 b5 24. axb6 Rxb6 25. b3 Qb8 26. Na4 $14 {Hodgson,
J-Ftacnik,L/Ischia/1996/}) 4. e3 (4. f3 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. Qd3 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. O-O-O Bxc3 10. Qxc3 d4 11. Qd2 e5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Bb5
O-O 15. Ne2 Qe7 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. c3 Qxc5 18. Kb1 dxc3 19. Qxc3 Qb5 20. Nc1 Be6
21. Rd6 Rfc8 22. Nd3 Rd8 23. Qxe5 Rxd6 24. Qxd6 Qa5 25. Qa3 Qd2 26. Rc1 Qxg2
$132 {Tichy,V-Smejkal,J/Mar.Lazne CS-ch/1978/}) (4. Nd2 {Greenfeld} c5 5. Nxe4
dxe4 6. dxc5 Qa5+ 7. c3 Qxc5 8. Qd4 $2 (8. Qa4+ Qc6 9. Qxc6+ Nxc6 10. f3 e5 11.
Be3 Bf5 12. g4 Be6 13. Nh3 f6 14. Nf2 exf3 15. exf3 Ne7 $10 {Tunik,G-Avrukh,B/
Beersheba/1996}) 8... Qxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. O-O-O e5 $1 11. dxe5 Be6 12. Kb1 e3
$1 13. Bxe3 Nb4 $17 {Mikhalevski,V-Tseitlin,MD/Beersheba/1996}) 4... c5 (4...
c6 5. Bd3 Qb6 6. Bxe4 Qxb2 7. Nd2 dxe4 8. Ne2 Nd7 9. O-O Nf6 10. c4 Qa3 11. Ng3
g6 12. Be5 Bg7 13. Ngxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxg7 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Rg8 16. Be5 f6 17. Bg3 b6
18. e4 c5 19. d5 Rg7 20. e5 fxe5 21. Bxe5 Rf7 22. Rfe1 Bf5 23. Qg5 Qa4 24. Bd6
O-O-O 25. Bxe7 Re8 26. Qh4 Bd3 27. Rac1 Bxc4 28. d6 Bb5 $10 {1/2,Hodgson,
J-Hjartarson,J/Copenhagen PC/1996/}) 5. Bd3 {Stohl: 'N/'} (5. Nd2 {Greenfeld})
(5. f3 {Greenfeld}) 5... Nc6 {'!?' Stohl.} (5... Qb6 6. Bxe4 dxe4 7. Nc3 {
with a strong imitiative}) (5... e6 {Greenfeld}) (5... g6 {Greenfeld}) 6. Bxe4
{'!?' Speelman,J. '?!' Stohl. Stohl: 'White wants to take over the initiative
forcefully, but his attempt nearly backfires.'} (6. c3 $10) 6... dxe4 7. d5 (7.
c3 Qb6 8. Qb3 Be6 $36) 7... e5 (7... Nb4 8. Nc3 {Stohl: '/\a3,Ne4'} e6 {
'[]' Stohl.} (8... f5 9. a3 Na6 10. f3 $16 {[%csl Gd4,Gd5,Ge5] [+],@}) (8...
Bf5 9. a3 Na6 10. Nge2 {[%csl Re4][%cal Ye2g3] /\Ng3,><e4}) 9. d6 $5 {Stohl:
'׻'} (9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. a3 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 $2 (11. Kxd1 O-O-O+ 12. Kc1 Nd5 {
'|^' Stohl.} 13. Nxe4 Nxf4 14. exf4 {Black has a wonderful position.}) 11...
Nxc2+ 12. Kd2 Bb3 13. Kc1 Na1 14. Re1 Be6) (9. Nxe4 $2 Qxd5 $19) 9... Nc6 {
'!' Stohl.} (9... Qa5 $5) (9... Qa5 $1 10. Nge2 (10. a3 $6 Nd5) 10... Bd7 (
10... Nd5 11. O-O Nxf4 12. Nxf4 $40) 11. O-O f5 12. a3 (12. Nc1 $6 {Greenfeld}
c4 $1 $13) 12... Nc6 13. b4 $1 {White has a lead in development and active
position, but his d6P is in serious danger and Black threatens to win it in
due course. Hodgson must use all his imagination to retain his initiative.
Baburin: White wants to open some files and create tension.} cxb4 $8 14. axb4
Qb6 (14... Qxb4 $6 15. Rb1 {[%cal Rb1b7] /\Rb7|^}) 15. b5 (15. Qd2 $1 {
Greenfeld} Nd8 (15... Nxb4 16. Rfb1 a5 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Rxb4 $16) (15... g6
16. b5 Nd8 17. Na4 $1 Qxb5 18. Rfb1 $18) 16. Na4 (16. Nd4 $5) 16... Bxa4 17.
Rxa4 $16) 15... Nd8 $1 (15... Na5 16. Ra4 $1 {[%cal Rd1a1] /\Qa1+-} Bxb5 17.
Nxb5 Qxb5 18. c4 $1 Nxc4 19. d7+ Kd8 20. Rxa7 $1 Rxa7 21. Bc7+ $18) 16. Nd4 (
16. Na4 $5 {Greenfeld} Qxb5 17. Nd4 Qa5 18. Nb3 $1 $44) 16... Nf7 {1-0 Hodgson,
J-Tseitlin,M/Ischia 1996/CBM 54/[Stohl] (34)} (16... Bxd6 17. Na4 (17. Nxf5 $5
$16) (17. Bxd6 {Greenfeld} Qxd6 18. Nxf5 $1 Qxd1 19. Nxg7+ $18) 17... Qc7 18.
Nxe6 Nxe6 19. Bxd6 $40 {[%csl Re8] עe8})) 10. Nxe4 (10. Nge2 $6 e5 11. Nb5
exf4 12. Nc7+ Kd7 13. Nxf4 Bxd6 14. Nxa8 Ke7) (10. b4 e5 11. Nb5 Be6 $1 (11...
exf4 $2 12. Nc7+ Kd7 13. Qg4+ Kxd6 14. Qxf4+ Ke7 15. Rd1) 12. Nc7+ Kd7 13. Nxa8
Qxa8 14. b5 exf4 15. bxc6+ Kxc6 $17) 10... f5 $6 {1-0 Speelman,J-Wang Yaoyao/
Beijing 1997/CBM 61/[Speelman,J] (23)} (10... e5 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Qd5 Be6 $2 (
12... f6 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Bxf6 Rd8 16. Nf3 $18) (12... Qxb2 13.
Rd1 $36) 13. Nxc5 $3 $18)) 8. Bg3 Ne7 (8... Nb4 9. Nc3 {Stohl: '/\ a3'} Bg4 10.
Qxg4 Nxc2+ 11. Kd2 Nxa1 12. Nge2 Qb6 13. Kc1 $16) 9. Nc3 (9. c4 f6 10. Nc3 Bf5
11. f3 $5 exf3 12. Nxf3 {with the initiative}) 9... f6 10. Nxe4 Nxd5 11. Bxe5
$1 {[%mdl 512]} Bf5 $1 {[%mdl 256]} (11... fxe5 12. Qh5+ {[%csl Yd5][%cal
Rh5e5,Gh5e8] With the winning attack.}) 12. Ng3 Be6 13. e4 (13. Bc3 Nxc3 14.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. bxc3 Be7 {With the good compensation for a pawn.}) 13... Nb4 14.
Bc3 Qxd1+ 15. Kxd1 Nxa2 16. N1e2 Nxc3+ 17. Nxc3 O-O-O+ 18. Ke2 a6 {[%mdl 4096]
Black has pair of bishops and they need only protect square d5 .} 19. Rhd1 Bd6
20. Nd5 Rhe8 21. Kf1 Be5 22. c3 Bxg3 23. hxg3 f5 24. Ra5 fxe4 25. Rxc5+ Kb8 26.
Ne3 Rxd1+ 27. Nxd1 b6 {Arising endgame looks drawish.} 28. Rg5 g6 29. Ne3 Bf7
30. Rg4 Re5 31. Rf4 Ba2 32. Ke1 a5 33. Kd2 Kb7 34. Kc2 Be6 35. Rf8 Kc6 36. Rh8
Rh5 37. Re8 Kd7 38. Rb8 Kc7 39. Re8 Kd7 40. Rb8 {Both sides can't improve
position so draw is normal result.} Kc7 41. Rf8 b5 42. Rf4 Re5 43. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS06 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1999.06.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Lorscheid, Gerhard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1999.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. f3 Nd6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4 c6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Nge2
O-O 9. Qd2 b5 10. e5 Nc4 11. Bxc4 (11. Qc1 {Deserve attention.}) 11... bxc4 12.
Be3 Nd7 13. f4 Rb8 {[%cal Gb8b2,Yd8a5,Yc6c5] Starting a game on the Queenside.}
14. Rb1 f5 $1 {Important move after which white has to make a couple of moves
for the preparing the attack on the kingside .} 15. O-O Qa5 16. h3 Rf7 17. Kh2
Nf8 18. a3 g6 19. Ng1 Bd8 20. Nf3 Rfb7 21. Qc1 Be7 22. Nd1 {White has a lot of
problem with defending of the weak pawn on b2} Qc7 23. Ra1 Nd7 24. g4 Nf8 $2 {
[%mdl 16384] Black start to play passive and lost initiative. Better was to try
} (24... c5 $1) 25. Qd2 Bd7 26. Qf2 Be8 27. Rg1 Kh8 28. Rg2 Bd8 29. c3 Qg7 30.
Rc1 {Now all white's pieces on the game and black's rooks stands very bad .
White has a clear advantage.} Qh6 31. Kg1 Rf7 32. Qg3 Qg7 33. Rcc2 c5 34. dxc5
$2 (34. Nf2 $1 Ba4 35. Rd2 {And white's initiative on the Kingside very
dangerous.}) 34... Ba4 35. Rcd2 Rfb7 36. gxf5 gxf5 37. Qh2 (37. Qxg7+ Rxg7 38.
Rxg7 Kxg7 39. Nd4 Bxd1 $1) 37... Qf7 38. c6 (38. Bd4 $5 Qh5 39. Qg3 Ng6 40. Ne3
Bh4 $1) 38... Bxc6 39. Bd4 Qh5 40. Rg3 Ng6 41. Rdg2 Bh4 42. Kh1 Bxg3 43. Qxg3
Rg8 44. Ne3 Rbg7 45. Kh2 {White has some compensation for the exchange .} Ne7
46. Qf2 Rxg2+ 47. Nxg2 h6 48. Ne3 Ng6 (48... a6 49. Bc5 Ng6 50. Nd4 Bd7 51. Bd6
Qh4 $17) 49. Ng2 a6 50. Qf1 Kh7 51. Qf2 Nf8 52. Qe2 Qf7 53. Qf2 Ng6 54. Bc5 Qb7
55. Nd4 Rb8 56. Kg1 Bd7 57. Bd6 Rg8 58. Kh2 Qc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.07"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Comas Fabrego, Luis"]
[Black "Manik, Mikulas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Slovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 Bg7 (5... e6 6. c4 (6. Nc3 f5
7. e3 d6 (7... Bg7 $132) 8. g3 Nd7 9. Bg2 Nf6 $11 {Ermenkov,E-De Firmian,N/
Tunis izt 1985/1-0 (119)}) 6... f5 (6... Bg7 7. Nc3 f5 8. Nh3 e5 9. e3 d6 10.
Bd3 e4 11. Be2 $14 {1-0 Kovacevic,V-Popovic,P/Tuzla 1981/Inf 32 (51)}) 7. e3
Bg7 (7... Na6 8. Nc3 Nc7 9. Nge2 Qa5 10. Qd2 Rb8 11. Nf4 $14 {0-1 Werner,
V-Pribyl,J/Marbach ,EXT 1994 (34)}) 8. Nc3 Na6 (8... d6 9. Nh3 Nd7 10. Be2 Nf6
11. O-O Bd7 12. Nf4 O-O-O $132 {1-0 Kharitonov,A-Rozentalis,E/URS-FL
Sverdlovsk ,MCL 1984 (41)} (12... h5 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Qc2 O-O-O 15. Bf3 Ng4
$132 {0-1 Llopis,M-Gofshtein,L/Castellar ,EXT 1995 (33)})) 9. Nf3 Nc7 10. Be2
d6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Qc2 O-O-O $132 {0-1 Ionov,S-Almasi,Z/Tilburg 1994 (76)}) 6.
c4 (6. g3 f5 7. c3 d6 8. Nd2 O-O 9. Nh3 Nd7 10. Nc4 Qa6 11. Qf4 Nf6 12. Bg2 Ne4
13. Nd2 (13. Ne3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bxc3+ $19) 13... Qb5 14. Rb1 e5 15. dxe6 Bxe6
16. Ng5 Nxd2 17. a4 Qc4 18. Qxd2 Rad8 $11) (6. Nf3 f5 7. c3 Na6 8. Na3 Qd6 9.
Qd2 Nc7 10. Rd1 b5 11. e3 a6 12. c4 Qf6 13. b3 Qb2 14. Nb1 $11 {1/2-1/2
Lachmann-Fricker/La Spezia 1974 (41)}) (6. Nd2 f5 7. c3 Qd6 8. c4 Qf6 9. Rb1 d6
10. e3 e5 11. Ne2 O-O 12. Ng3 $14 {1-0 Sariego,W-Batres,F/Managua Nicaragua
1985 (30)}) (6. Nc3 f5 7. e3 d6 8. a3 Na6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Kxd7 11. Nge2
Nc7 12. O-O Qa6 13. e4 Bxc3 14. Nxc3 fxe4 15. Qf4 Raf8 16. Qxe4 $14 {1/2-1/2
Guerrero Alvarez,R-Cardoso Garcia,S/Open, Malaga ESP 1998 (41)}) (6. c3 d6 (
6... e6 7. e4 f5 8. Na3 O-O 9. Nc4 $14 {0-1 Alburt,L-Savon,V/USSR (ch) 1972/
Inf 14 (60)}) (6... O-O 7. Na3 f5 8. e3 Qf6 9. Ne2 a6 10. Ng3 Bh6 11. Qd1 b5
12. Qf3 f4 13. Nh5 Qd6 14. Nxf4 Bb7 15. Rd1 Qf6 16. Nh5 Qxf3 17. gxf3 Kh8 18.
Rg1 e6 19. c4 exd5 20. cxd5 d6 21. Bh3 Rd8 22. Rg3 Nd7 23. Bf5 Nb6 24. Rh3 Rg8
25. Nf6 Rg5 26. e4 Rg1+ 27. Ke2 Rxd1 28. Kxd1 Kg7 29. Ng4 Bf4 30. Rxh7+ Kf8 31.
Be6 fxe6 32. dxe6 Bg5 33. Rxb7 Na4 34. Rf7+ Kg8 35. f4 Bh4 36. Nh6+ Kh8 37. e7
{1-0 Pomes,J-Wehmeier,S/Groningen 1991 (37)}) 7. e3 (7. Nd2 Nd7 (7... e6 8. Nc4
Qc7 9. Qf4 e5 10. Qg3 O-O 11. e4 $14 {0-1 Molineus Stefan-Ploehn Heiko/Bayern
Landesliga South 1995 (28)}) (7... f5 8. Ngf3 Nd7 9. Nc4 Qa6 10. Ne3 Bh6 11.
Qc2 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Nf6 $17 {0-1 Drozdov Alexandre-Manik,M/Slovakia ch 1996 (47)}
) 8. Ngf3 Qc7 9. e3 f5 10. Qc2 Nf6 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. a4 Bxb5 13. axb5 Nxd5 14.
Qxf5 e6 15. Qg4 O-O $132 {1/2-1/2 Ubezio,M-Piantoni,R/Corsico Italy 1996 (28)})
(7. g3 Bf5 8. Bg2 Nd7 9. Nf3 h5 10. Nbd2 Ne5 11. Nxe5 fxe5 12. e4 Bd7 13. h4
$14 {1/2-1/2 Regatschnig,H-Vidali,J/Finkenstein ,EXT 1995 (51)}) 7... Na6 8.
Na3 Bd7 9. Ne2 O-O-O 10. Qd2 e5 11. Ng3 f5 12. Nh5 Rhg8 13. Nxg7 Rxg7 14. g3 f4
15. Nc4 Qc7 16. exf4 $16 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Prados,A/El Pais Simul, Madrid ESP
1997 (31)}) 6... Qb4+ (6... f5 7. Nc3 O-O (7... d6 8. e3 Nd7 9. f4 (9. Nge2 Nf6
10. Ng3 h5 11. Bd3 e6 $132) (9. Qd2 Nf6 10. f3 e5 (10... Bd7 11. Bd3 $11) 11.
Bd3 h5 12. Nge2 Bh6 13. Qc2 e4 14. fxe4 Ng4 $44) (9. Qc2 Nf6 (9... Ne5 10. Nf3
Bd7 11. Nd2 a5 12. Be2 a4 13. O-O O-O 14. Kh1 Kh8 15. f4 $14 {0-1 Kataev,
S-Krays,A/Tel-Aviv Cup rapid 1996 (21)}) 10. Bd3 Ne4 11. Nge2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 e6
$11 {1-0 Romero Holmes,A-Reinaldo,R/ch-ESP, Torrevieja 1997 (42)}) 9... Qb4 10.
Nf3 (10. Bd3 Nb6 $17) (10. Qc2 Nb6 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qa4 $11) 10... Nf6 (
10... Nb6 11. Nd2 Na4 12. Nxa4 Qxa4 13. Bd3 $11) 11. a3 Qa5 12. Nd2 $132 {
0-1 Miles,A-Garcia,G/Capablanca mem-A 1996 (33)}) 8. e3 d6 (8... Qf6 9. Nh3 e5
10. Be2 d6 11. f4 Qh4+ 12. Kd2 Nd7 13. Kc2 Qe7 14. Qe1 $14 {1-0 Jansa,V-David,
P/Lazne Bohdanec (Czech Republic) 1995 (42)}) 9. Bd3 e5 10. Qc2 e4 11. Be2 Nd7
12. Rc1 (12. Nh3 $14) 12... Ne5 13. Nh3 $14 {1-0 Matthiesen,A-De La Rosa,D/Jr
DM 1995 (32)}) 7. Nd2 f5 8. Rb1 d6 9. a3 Qa5 10. e3 (10. g3 Na6 11. Nh3 b5 12.
cxb5 Qxb5 13. Nf4 Rb8 14. Nc4 Qb3 15. Bh3 Bc3+ 16. Nd2 (16. Kf1 Qxc4 17. Kg2
Rg8 $19 {[%csl Rf4]} (17... e5 $4 18. dxe6 Bb7+ 19. f3 Be4 20. exf7+ Kxf7 21.
b3 $1 $132 {1-0 Romero,A-Arbouche,M/Coria op ESP 1994 (40)})) 16... Bxb2 17.
Nxb3 Bxc1 18. Rxc1 Rxb3 $17) 10... Nd7 {Black equalized} 11. Ne2 b5 $5 {
Pawn sacrifice} (11... Nf6 $132) 12. Nf4 (12. cxb5 Bb7 (12... Qxb5 $2 13. Ng3
Qb7 14. Nxf5 $16) 13. Nf4 (13. Ng3 Bxd5 14. Nxf5 Bf6 15. Qc2 $44) 13... Be5 14.
b4 cxb4 15. axb4 Qd8 $132) 12... bxc4 13. Bxc4 Nb6 (13... Rb8 $11) 14. O-O O-O
(14... Nxc4 15. Nxc4 Qb5 16. Qc2 $11) 15. Nh5 (15. b4 cxb4 16. axb4 Qa4 $11)
15... Bh6 $6 {It was not necessary to concede the important diagonal a1-h8} (
15... Be5 16. f4 Bh8 17. b4 cxb4 18. axb4 Qa4 19. Qe1 (19. Rf3 {This attack is
not dangerous for black} Rd8 20. Rg3+ Kf8 21. Rh3 (21. Nf3 Nxc4 22. Qxc4 Ba6
$17) 21... Nxc4 22. Qxc4 Ba6 23. b5 Qxc4 24. Nxc4 Bb7 $15) 19... h6 (19... Bc3
20. Rb3 $1) 20. Qg3+ Kh7 21. Rfc1 Rg8 22. Qh4 Nxc4 23. Nxc4 Qd7 24. Na5 Rg4 25.
Qh3 Ba6 $132 {[%cal Ga8g8]}) 16. b4 cxb4 17. axb4 Qa4 18. Qc3 $1 Bb7 (18...
Nxc4 $6 19. Nxc4 Qb5 ({Being not fallen in the latent trap:} 19... Ba6 $2 20.
Nxd6 $3 exd6 (20... Bxf1 21. Nxf5 $18) 21. Qf6 $1 (21. Nf6+ Kh8 22. Ra1 Qb5 23.
Ne8+ f6 24. Nc7 Qc4 $13) 21... Be2 22. Qxh6 Bxh5 23. Qxh5 $18) (19... Qd7 20.
Na5 $16) 20. Rfd1 {[%cal Gc4d6]} (20. Nxd6 $6 Qxd5 21. Rfd1 Qe6 22. Nb5 Bb7
$132) 20... Rd8 21. Na5 $16 (21. Nf6+ exf6 22. Qxf6 Qxc4 (22... Rd7 23. Nxd6
Qb6 24. Ne8 Rd8 25. d6 Rxe8 26. Qxh6 Re6 $15) 23. Qxd8+ Bf8 24. Rbc1 Qb3 $14))
19. Ra1 Qe8 $2 $16 (19... Qd7 $142 20. Qd3 (20. Ra5 Rfc8 21. Qd3 Nxc4 22. Nxc4
Qc7 $132) 20... Nxc4 21. Nxc4 Rfc8 $5 (21... Qb5 22. Ra5 $16) 22. Na5 $14) 20.
Qd3 Nxc4 21. Nxc4 Qb5 22. Ra5 $1 Qd7 23. Nd2 $2 {Is not logical} ({There were
at least 2 ways to increase advantage : 1)} 23. Rfa1 Qc7 24. Ng3 Bg7 (24... e6
25. Rxa7 Rxa7 26. Rxa7 Ra8 (26... Qb8 27. Ra4 Bxd5 28. Nxf5 $1 $18) 27. Rxa8+
Bxa8 28. e4 fxe4 29. Nxe4 $16) 25. R1a3 $16) ({2)} 23. Ng3 e6 (23... f4 24. Nf5
Bg5 25. exf4 Bf6 (25... Bxf4 26. Qh3 $1 $18 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Gh3g4,Gf5h6]}) 26.
Nce3 $16) 24. dxe6 fxe6 25. Qxd6 $16) 23... Bg7 $2 $18 (23... Rfc8 $6 24. Rfa1
a6 25. Nb3 $16) (23... Rfb8 24. Rfa1 Bc8 $14) 24. e4 $1 {[%cal Gd3g3]} (24.
Nxg7 $2 Kxg7 25. Rxa7 Rxa7 26. Qd4+ f6 27. Qxa7 Qb5 $11) 24... Bh6 $8 25. exf5
f6 (25... Bc8 26. f6 e5 27. dxe6 Qxe6 28. Ne4 $18) 26. Nf3 (26. Nc4 $18) 26...
Kh8 27. Nd4 Rg8 28. Ne6 a6 29. Ng3 Rab8 30. Ne4 (30. Re1 $18) 30... Bc8 31. Rb1
Qe8 32. Qh3 (32. b5 Bxe6 33. dxe6 axb5 34. Raxb5 Rxb5 35. Rxb5 Qc6 36. g3 $18)
32... Bxe6 33. fxe6 $2 $16 (33. dxe6 $18) 33... Qg6 34. Qf3 Rgc8 (34... Rgc8
35. Raa1 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 07th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1999.06.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hall, Jesper"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1999.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 64]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 cxd4 7.
Nb3 Qb6 8. Qxd4 Qxd4 9. cxd4 (9. Nxd4 a6 $14) 9... e6 10. e4 Nc6 11. a3 (11.
Rc1 Be7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Be2 d6 14. Nh3 a5 15. a4 Bd7 16. Bb5 Rfc8 17. Ke2 Nb4
18. Nf2 Bxb5+ 19. axb5 a4 20. Nd2 Nc2 21. Nb1 $17 {0-1 Loebler,H-Muellneritsch,
A/AUT-ch 1996/EXT 98 (47)}) 11... d5 (11... a5 12. Be3 $11 {[%csl Gb5]}) 12. e5
Nd7 13. Be3 (13. Bd3 $5 $14) 13... Nb6 (13... f6 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Rc1 $11) 14.
Rc1 Bd7 15. Bd3 Na4 16. Rc2 Rb8 (16... Be7 17. Nh3 $14) 17. Ne2 b5 18. Nd2 Na5
(18... b4 19. b3 bxa3 20. bxa4 $15) 19. b3 Nb6 20. Ra2 Be7 21. O-O O-O 22. f4 (
22. Rc1 Rbc8 $11) 22... Rfc8 (22... g6 23. Raa1 $11) 23. g4 {[%cal Yf4f5]
White intends f5} (23. Raa1 Rc7 $11) 23... b4 24. axb4 $11 (24. a4 Nbc4 $1 25.
bxc4 dxc4 $17) 24... Bxb4 {A comfortable square for the black bishop} (24...
Nc6 25. Bb1 $11) 25. Nf3 Nxb3 $14 (25... Na8 26. Rb1 $14) 26. Rxa7 $11 (26. Ba6
Rc7 27. Rb1 Ba4 28. Rxa4 Nxa4 29. Rxb3 Rb6 $14) 26... Na5 27. f5 {The typical
lever} Nc6 28. Raa1 Nc4 {The black knight on an outpost} 29. Bc1 (29. Bf4 exf5
30. gxf5 Ra8 $11) 29... Be7 (29... exf5 30. gxf5 Be7 31. Nf4 $11) 30. Nf4 (30.
Ng5 exf5 31. Bxf5 Bxf5 32. Rxf5 Bxg5 33. Bxg5 Rb2 $17) 30... Rb3 31. Ra2 $6 (
31. Ra6 Rcb8 $11) 31... Nxd4 $1 32. Nxd4 {The knight likes it on d4} Bc5 33.
Be3 {White has to cough up material} Ra3 $1 (33... Nxe5 34. fxe6 Bxe6 35. Nxb3
Bxe3+ 36. Kg2 Bxf4 37. Ba6 $11) 34. Rxa3 Nxe3 35. Rc3 {throwing away the
advantage} (35. Ba6 Ra8 36. fxe6 fxe6 37. Nfxe6 Bxa3 38. Bb7 {With the
advantage for black.}) 35... Bxd4 36. Rxc8+ Bxc8 37. Rc1 Nxf5+ 38. Kg2 Ne7 39.
Re1 Bc3 40. Re2 Bb7 41. Bb5 (41. Bb1 h6 $17) 41... g5 $15 (41... Nc6 42. Bxc6
Bxc6 43. Rc2 d4+ 44. Kg3 $17) 42. Nd3 Ng6 {[%cal Rc3e5,Rg6e5,Gd3e5,Ge2e5] The
isolani on e5 becomes a target} 43. Kg3 d4 $15 (43... Bd4 44. Re1 $15) 44. Nc5
(44. h3 Bd5 $17) 44... Bd5 {Black begins to deal mighty blows} 45. Nd7 $2 $19 (
45. Nd3 $142 $15 {is a viable option}) 45... Kg7 $1 46. Nf6 d3 $1 {finishing
the game} 47. Nh5+ Kh6 48. Bxd3 Nxe5 (48... Bxe5+ 49. Kf2 Bd4+ 50. Kf1 $19) 49.
Bb5 (49. Bb1 f5 50. gxf5 exf5 51. Bxf5 Kxh5 52. Bxh7 Nc6 $19) 49... Nf3 $1 {
the punch} 50. Bd3 (50. Re3 {does not help much} Be5+ 51. Rxe5 Nxe5 $19) 50...
Be5+ 51. Rxe5 Nxe5 52. Bc2 (52. Be2 $19) 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. f"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "1998.01.08"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.01.02"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Before this game, I trailed by 2-3 and Karpov only needed a draw to clinch
victory. What should I do? I remembered my previous match against Karpov 
(Brussels 1991). Trailing by one point after 4 games, I played calm chess and
still got winning positions in both the 5th and 6th games. I also got some
hope from the 24th game between Kasparov and Karpov in Seville 1987 when
Karpov was in the same situation. Kasparov avoided a theoretical battle and
got no advantage. Karpov, however, was too eager to draw and soon got himself
into hot water. With these thoughts in mind, I went for game 6.} 1. d4 Nf6 2.
Bg5 {The Trompovsky!! I couldn't really bring myself to play something like
Kasparov's Reti, so this seemed like a good compromise. On the one hand, it
offers interesting positions. Since the theory mostly consists of games of
Hodgson, there are no long forced lines leading to draws (yet!), but lots of
fascinating and creative chess. Perfect, I thought, for today's game.} e6 3. e4
h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Qd2 g5 7. Bc4 $5 {My team was looking for
something off the beaten track, but with some venom. Eventually Yusupov came
up with this idea. White is going to castle kingside. His knight should go to
e2 (on f3, it would be harassed by g4) and so the idea arose to develop the
bishop first. The knight also has ideas like Ne2-g3-h5.} Nc6 8. Nge2 Bg7 9. Rd1
Bd7 10. O-O O-O-O (10... O-O 11. Qe3 {>< f5, h5 >> /\ f2-f4}) 11. Nb5 $1 {
Black will ignore any queenside thrust like b4-b5 by simply playing his knight
to a5. So I must first provoke weaknesses and only then prepare b2-b4} (11. b4
g4 12. b5 Na5 13. Bd3 h5) 11... a6 12. Na3 {/\ c3, b4} g4 $1 {Black must
expand on the kingside to generate counterplay} 13. f4 (13. b4 $6 Qg5 $1) 13...
gxf3 14. Rxf3 Qe7 15. c3 h5 16. Rdf1 Rdf8 17. b4 Na7 {Not a bad move, but
perhaps showing an over-developed sense of danger.} 18. Nc2 Bh6 19. Qe1 Kb8 20.
Bd3 Bc6 $1 $132 {Black has played this phase well and his two bishops and the
open g-line give him counterplay.} 21. Nf4 Rfg8 (21... e5 22. Nxh5 $1) 22. d5 (
22. Nxh5 f5 $1) 22... Be8 (22... Bxf4 23. dxc6 $1 (23. Rxf4 exd5 24. Rxf7 Qg5
$15) 23... e5 24. cxb7 $14) 23. Qf2 (23. Nxh5 $2 Qg5 $1 24. Ng3 Qh4 $44) 23...
Bg7 (23... h4 $5) 24. Nd4 $1 {White has succeeded in neutralizing the two
bishops} Bd7 25. dxe6 Bxd4 26. cxd4 fxe6 27. e5 Bc6 28. Ng6 {I didnt see any
alternatives for White.} (28. Rg3 h4) 28... Qd8 $4 {As soon as he made this
move, I saw a grimace on his face - maybe he missed Nh8xf7, but later it
turned out that he hadn't seen 29...Nc8.} (28... Rxg6 29. Bxg6 (29. Rf8+ Nc8 $1
30. Bxg6 Rxf8 31. Qxf8 Qg5 $19) 29... Bxf3 30. Qxf3 dxe5 31. dxe5 Nc6 (31...
Qxb4 32. Qf6 $13) 32. Qf6 $13) 29. Nxh8 $16 {Suddenly I was back in the
match!! I tried my best to calm down realizing that 3-3 was now a matter of
technique.} Bxf3 30. Nf7 Qh4 $8 {After some thought, he came up with this move,
but really White only has to play carefully to rake in the point.} (30... Bxg2
31. Nxd8 Be4+ 32. Qg3 Rxg3+ 33. hxg3 Bxd3 34. Rf8 $1 $18) 31. Qxf3 (31. Qxh4 $4
Rxg2+ 32. Kh1 Rf2+ $11) 31... Qxd4+ 32. Kh1 d5 {Matters could still get
complicated if Black can save his h-pawn due to my stranded Nf7.} 33. Rd1 $1 {
The b-P is not important, White must capture the h-P.} Qxb4 34. Rb1 Qa4 35.
Qxh5 $18 Nc6 36. Qe2 Ka7 37. Qf2+ b6 {/\ Nb4} 38. Rc1 $1 Kb7 39. h3 $1 {
All the precautionary moves and White can go for the e6 pawn.} Rc8 40. Qf6 Nd4
41. Nd8+ $1 {I saw that Nd6 won as well, but Karpov has swindled too many
points from me over the years, so I looked for something easier.} (41. Nd6+
cxd6 42. Qe7+ Kb8 43. Rxc8+ Kxc8 44. exd6 Qc6 45. Bxa6+ (45. Qf8+ Kd7 46. Qg7+
Kxd6 47. Qxd4 $16) 45... Kb8 $16) 41... Kb8 42. Nxe6 {Here he resigned. I had
drawn the match!} (42. Nxe6 Qa3 43. Rd1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2830"]
[Annotator "Andreikin,D"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 {After my miraculous escape in the previous round's game with
Anand, fate gave me a chance to fight for a higher position and prize. I had
nowhere to retreat. I had -1 and was sharing 3rd-8th place and this was the
last round. I decided to fight to the end. I had successfully used the
Trompowsky Opening during the Chess World Cup 2013, but decided to extend my
repertoire of classical openings. Now I don't know whether it was a good or
bad idea.} g6 {A nice surprise.} ({Recently Levon applied the original scheme} 
2... d5 3. e3 Nbd7 $5 {a rare move} 4. Nf3 h6 5. Bf4 g5 6. Bg3 Ne4 {
Rapport-Aronian 2014.}) 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. c4 {This move is necessary, otherwise
Black plays d7-d5.} Bb4+ {The black bishop joins the game immediately.} ({
Another setup looks more logical:} 4... f5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2
Nd7 9. Nge2 Nf6 10. O-O c6 11. b4 {White creates play on the queenside and
receives a small, but stable advantage.}) 5. Nd2 {I did not want to spoil the
pawn structure.} ({After} 5. Nc3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 f5 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2 Nd7 9. Nh3
Nf6 10. Nf4 {the position is almost equal.}) 5... c5 {I can't call this move a
mistake, but it doesn't look correct; it looks as if from this point on the
game was about one of two results. The Trompowsky again had not disappointed
me :)} 6. a3 {The potentially dangerous bishop should be exchanged right now.}
Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 cxd4 8. Nf3 Nc6 {Black is unable to fully exchange the pawn
centre:} (8... d5 9. c5 $1 O-O 10. Nxd4 $16 {This pawn structure looks fatal
for Black.}) 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5+ 11. b4 Qe5 {Some of the previous moves
had been made automatically, and now it was time to think properly. Black
still has a very safe position. White has few pieces which can be used to put
pressure on his opponent's weakened centre. Also, there is a risk that if the
opponent comfortably places his pawns on the dark squares, playing d7-d6 and
b7-b6, then my light-squared bishop will be out of work for a long time.} 12.
O-O-O $5 {I like this idea. It is clear that White's main hope is associated
with play on the queenside, so, using castling, the king is sent there. Before
making this move, I made sure that I could execute it according to the rules.
I did't want to finish the tournament having blundered the queen and the rook
at the same time :)} a5 {Black wants to locate my pawns on "unprofitable"
white squares, or to activate the rook on a8.} 13. b5 {I had a pleasant choice
either to make a move or to exchange the queens:} (13. Qxe5+ $5 fxe5 14. b5 {
the black pawn has got stuck on d7. It is difficult to say in whose favour it
is. The computer suggests that Black sacrifice a pawn.} b6 $5 15. Rd5 f6 16.
Rd6 Rb8 17. Rxf6 Ke7 18. Rf3 d5 $1 $44 {This position is approximately equal,
but White does not feel so comfortable.}) 13... d6 {I underestimated this move,
although Black didn't have a better alternative.} ({Deep in my heart I was
hoping for} 13... Ke7 14. c5 Rd8 15. Qd6+ Ke8 16. Rd3 Qa1+ 17. Kd2 Qa2+ 18. Ke3
Qe6+ 19. Kd4 $18) 14. Qxe5+ {If White plays to win, this move should be
recognised as the only one. Unfortunately, you can't get a pawn majority on
the queenside any other way.} (14. e3 Ke7 $1 15. f4 Qc5 $1 16. Kb2 Be6 17. Qxc5
dxc5 $11 {You can settle for a draw.}) 14... dxe5 15. g3 {This idea with the
activation of the bishop along the main diagonal should be foreseen.} ({
Otherwise White can get a worse position:} 15. Kb2 $6 Be6 16. e3 Rc8 17. Kb3
Ke7 18. Be2 Rc5 19. a4 Rhc8 20. Rc1 b6 {White's pawn majority became a
weakness, and the black infantry has the resources to attack on the kingside.})
15... Be6 ({To build barricades against the white bishop isn't possible:} 15...
f5 16. Bg2 e4 17. f3 Be6 18. Rd4 Ke7 19. fxe4 Rac8 20. exf5 Bxc4 21. Kd2 Bxb5
22. Bxb7 {White's advantage has acquired material form.}) 16. Bg2 Bxc4 $6 {
An error associated with a particular miscalculation.} ({It would be more
natural and stronger be to bring the rook into play:} 16... Rc8 $1 17. Kb2 {
During the game I thought that this move of the king was a very powerful
resource. In fact, it only leads to a transposition of moves.} Ke7 $1 18. Bxb7
Rxc4 {White can not safely move the bishop on c6, because of the ligament
along the b-line.} 19. Bd5 $5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Rhc8 21. Rhd1 Rc2+ 22. Kb3 R8c4 $1
{With this move Black keeps the balance. If you do not know about it, the
ending with the remote b-pawn looks very optimistic for White.} 23. Rd7+ Kf8
24. Ra7 R2c3+ 25. Kb2 Rc2+ 26. Kb3 $11) 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Bc6+ Kf8 19. a4 Bb3
20. Kb2 $1 {After the game Levon said that he had blundered this opportunity,
making his 16th move. Of course, to find and execute such ideas is very nice.
I was sure that my position is close to winning.} Bxa4 $2 {In fact, this move
is the decisive mistake. Black had to accept the gift and then adjust the
interaction of the pieces:} (20... Bxd1 $1 21. Rxd1 Ke7 22. Rd7+ Ke6 23. Kc3
Rhd8 24. Ra7 Rd1 25. Rxa5 Rc1+ 26. Kd2 Ra1 27. Ra7 Rd8+ 28. Kc3 Rd4 29. a5 Raa4
$11 {Next the a4-rook checks on the 4th rank. This is one of the possible
"traps" for the white king. Anyway, the white a- and b-pawns were a visual
rather than a real threat in this ending.}) 21. Rd5 Ke7 22. Ka3 {However, it
is impossible to trap the black bishop, but White's position is winning.} (22.
Ra1 $2 Rhc8 23. Ka3 (23. Rxa4 Rxc6 $11) 23... Bb3 $1 24. Rd7+ Kf8 25. Rb1 a4
$11) 22... Bc2 23. Rd7+ {I need to push the king back to the 8th rank.} Kf8 (
23... Ke6 $2 24. Rc1 Be4 25. Rc7 Bxc6 26. R1xc6+ Kf5 27. b6 $18) 24. e4 $6 {
I spent about half of the remaining 20 minutes on this move. Unfortunately, of
all varieties I chose the worst one. I can not say that I was delighted with
the computer solution in this position:} (24. Bd5 $6 Rxb5 25. Rc1 Rxd5 26. Rxd5
Bf5 27. Rd8+ Kg7 28. Rxh8 Kxh8 29. Ka4 {I am not at all sure how to evaluate
this position. In my opinion, the best way to victory was found at the press
conference immediately after the game:}) (24. Rc1 $1 Bf5 25. Ra7 Kg7 26. Rd1 $1
{An important move! You can't allow the black rook to capture the d-file.} Rhc8
27. Rd6 $18 {the white king enters the game and the b-pawn determines the
outcome of the game. Such a position is won easily. Black has no active ideas.
Even in severe time pressure it is almost impossible to make a mistake here.})
24... a4 {This is harder than another attempt to release the bishop:} (24... f5
$6 25. Rc1 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 fxe4 27. Ka4 Kg7 28. Rc6 $1 $18 {Black can not
exchange the rooks and the white pawn calmly goes to b7.}) 25. Rc1 Bb3 26. Bd5
$6 {Another doubtful solution. I overestimated my position in the rook ending
thinking that the active king and passed pawn easily ends the game. I should
have been keeping in mind that two pawns are better than one.} ({After} 26. Rc5
$1 Kg7 27. Bd5 Bxd5 28. exd5 {Black can hardly stop these two pawns.}) 26...
Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Kg7 28. Rc7 Rb6 29. Rc6 Rb7 30. Kxa4 {First I didn't plan to
take this pawn. I thought I could neutralise the black rooks' activity by
moving the b-pawn further forward. But time passed, and I couldn't find a
precise positioning of my pieces. I had to go to plan B - my king was forced
to do all the work himself.} (30. b6 Ra8 31. g4 Ra6 32. Rdd6 {White has the
initiative, but I can not see how to achieve progress.}) 30... Ra8+ 31. Ra6 Rc8
32. b6 $2 {This move loses victory.} ({The cute rook manoeuvre never entered
my head} 32. Rad6 $3 $18 {I will not give super-long options, White must win
here.}) 32... Rc2 33. Kb5 Rxf2 $4 {Levon made this move quickly.} ({Of course
I saw the right move} 33... Rb8 $1 $11 {but being pressed for time I didn't
know what to do in response to it. The analysis shows that Black makes a draw
in all variations} 34. Rd1 Rxf2 35. Rb1 f5 $1 36. exf5 e4 37. fxg6 hxg6 38.
Raa1 e3 39. Ka6 Ra8+ 40. Kb7 Rxa1 41. Rxa1 Rd2 42. Kc8 e2 43. b7 Rd1 44. b8=Q
e1=Q 45. Rxd1 Qxd1 $11) 34. Kc6 Re7 35. Raa5 $1 $18 {Levon confessed, that he
had blundered by not seeingthis move. Now the white king is protected from
checks and nothing can prevent it from accomplishing its mission! I am pleased
that having about 1 minutes for 5 moves I managed to find this idea.} Re6+ 36.
Rd6 Re7 37. Rdd5 {I repeated moves before the final march of the king. Black
has large material losses, the next part of the game does not need comments.}
Re6+ 38. Kc7 Re7+ 39. Kc8 Re8+ 40. Kd7 Kf8 41. b7 Re7+ 42. Kc6 Re6+ 43. Kc7
Re7+ 44. Kb6 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Lanzarote"]
[Date "2003.05.13"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel"]
[Black "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "Arizmendi,J"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2003.05.06"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Alzira Hiraturas"]
[BlackTeam "Tiendas UPI"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 {Bellon is very fond of rare systems, and he especially likes
the Trompovsky, which he plays in a very original manner.} Ne4 3. Bh4 (3. Bf4 {
is the usual move but, as I said before, Bellón plays the Tromp his own way.})
3... c5 {The critical move.} 4. f3 g5 5. fxe4 gxh4 6. e3 Bh6 7. Nd2 {Bellon
again chooses a rare move, although he had already played like this once.} (7.
d5 {Was another Bellón favourite for some time, and his results with it were
very good. Still, he must have found something since he has not played it of
late. But then, maybe he just wants to try out more ideas.}) (7. Kf2 {Is the
main line.}) 7... d5 $1 {I believe this is best. The knight on d2 stands a bit
passive (unlike on c3), so opening up the position now makes sense.} ({After} 
7... Bxe3 8. d5 {The Spaniard has demonstrated several times that white has
enough compensation for the pawn.} d6 9. Qh5 Bxd2+ 10. Kxd2 Qb6 11. Kc1 c4 12.
Nf3 c3 13. bxc3 Qe3+ 14. Kb2 Qb6+ 15. Kc1 Qe3+ 16. Kb2 Qb6+ {Bellon - Palac,
2003.}) (7... e6 8. Nc4 d5 9. Qh5 Bg7 10. exd5 exd5 11. Ne5 Qe7 12. Ngf3 a6 13.
O-O-O Nc6 14. Nxh4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Be6 16. Be2 O-O-O 17. Bf3 Kb8 18. Rd2 Qc7 19.
Rhd1 Qxe5 20. Qxe5+ Bxe5 21. Bxd5 Bxh2 22. Nf3 Bc7 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Ng5 Rde8
25. Rd7 Rhg8 26. Ne4 Rxg2 27. Rxh7 Rf8 28. Re7 Rh8 29. Rxe6 Rhh2 30. Nd2 b6 31.
c3 Kb7 32. Kc2 c4 33. b3 b5 34. bxc4 bxc4 35. Re4 Bb6 36. Kc1 Re2 37. Nxc4 Rc2+
38. Kb1 Rxc3 39. Re7+ Bc7 40. Nd6+ Kc6 41. Nf5 Rc4 42. Nd4+ Kb6 43. Rd3 Rb4+
44. Nb3 Rc4 45. Nd2 Rc5 46. Rb3+ Rb5 47. Kc2 Rxb3 48. axb3 Bd6 49. Re6 Kc7 50.
Kd3 Bb4 51. Nc4 a5 52. Nb6 Rd2+ 53. Kc4 Rc2+ 54. Kb5 Rb2 55. Rc6+ Kd8 56. Kc4
Ke8 57. e4 Kf7 58. Nd5 Be1 59. Rf6+ Ke8 60. Rf1 Bg3 61. Rf3 Bd6 62. Kb5 Ra2 63.
e5 Be7 64. e6 Rd2 65. Nxe7 Kxe7 66. Kxa5 Kxe6 67. b4 Kd7 68. Rc3 Ra2+ 69. Kb6
Ra1 70. b5 Ra2 71. Kb7 Ra1 72. Rd3+ Ke7 73. b6 {1-0 Bellon Lopez,J-Peredun,A/
Toronto CAN 2003/The Week in Chess 455 (73)}) (7... Qb6 8. Nc4 Qg6 9. dxc5 Na6
10. Nf3 Bg7 11. Qd5 Qc6 12. Nxh4 Nxc5 13. Nf5 Bf6 14. O-O-O Qxd5 15. exd5 d6
16. Ng3 Bd7 17. Be2 b5 18. Na3 a6 19. c3 Rc8 20. Nc2 a5 21. Nd4 b4 22. c4 e6
23. Kb1 Ke7 24. Rhf1 Be5 25. Nh5 Rhg8 26. g3 a4 27. Nf3 Bh8 28. Nd2 a3 29. b3
Ra8 30. Nf4 Rgc8 31. dxe6 fxe6 32. Nd3 Be8 33. Nxc5 Rxc5 34. Bd3 Re5 35. Bxh7
Rxe3 36. Rde1 Rxe1+ 37. Rxe1 Bc3 38. Kc2 Bf7 39. Be4 Rf8 40. h3 Rg8 41. g4 Rh8
42. Rh1 d5 43. cxd5 exd5 44. Bd3 Rc8 45. Kd1 Kd6 46. Rf1 Bg8 47. h4 Re8 48. Rf3
Be6 49. Bf5 Bxf5 50. Rxf5 Re3 51. Rf2 Rg3 52. g5 Rh3 53. Nf3 Ke6 54. Ke2 Rh1
55. Rf1 Rh3 56. Kf2 Kf5 57. Kg2 Kg4 58. Nh2+ {1-0 Bellon Lopez,J-Wang,H/
Toronto CAN 2003/The Week in Chess 456 (58)}) 8. Qh5 {A logical move. White is
trying to develop quickly to attack black´s king, so moving the queen with
tempo seems to be the way to go.} Bxe3 9. exd5 Nd7 $1 {I must admit this was
an "accidental" novelty. I knew the Romero - Sutovsky game, but could not
remember the exact order. So, I played my way, based on Sutovsky´s ideas.} (
9... cxd4 10. Nc4 Nd7 11. Nxe3 Qa5+ 12. c3 dxe3 {This seems fine for black.}
13. Nf3 Nf6 14. Qxh4 Rg8 15. Rd1 Rg4 16. Qh6 Qb6 17. b4 Ne4 18. Qxh7 Qf6 19.
Rd4 Bf5 20. Bb5+ Kf8 21. Qh5 Kg7 22. O-O Rh8 23. Qxg4+ Bxg4 24. Rxe4 Bxf3 25.
Rxf3 Qxc3 26. Rg3+ Kf8 27. Rgxe3 Qc7 28. h3 Rh5 29. Bc4 Rf5 30. g3 Qd6 31. Bb3
Qf6 32. Re2 Rf1+ 33. Kh2 Qf3 34. Rg2 Qxe4 {0-1 Romero Holmes,A-Sutovsky,E/
Vendrell 1996/EXT 98 (34)}) 10. Qxh4 (10. Nc4 {Is possible.} Nf6 (10... cxd4 {
Transposes to Romero - Sutovsky.}) 11. Qxh4 cxd4 (11... Bxd4 $5 {and I like
black´s position.}) (11... Ng4 12. Nxe3 Nxe3 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 15.
Qe4 cxd4 16. Ne2 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd4 $11) 12. Nxe3 Qa5+ 13. c3 dxe3 14.
d6 $13) 10... Nf6 {I wanted to keep my options open.} (10... cxd4 11. Nc4 Nf6
12. Nxe3 dxe3 13. O-O-O $36) 11. Ngf3 $2 {White is taking too long to get rid
of the e3 bishop.} (11. Nc4 {seems a better try, transposing to the note to
move 10.}) 11... cxd4 12. Bc4 Rg8 13. O-O-O Rxg2 $17 {Black´s advantage is
obvious,although he still has to be careful.} 14. Rhf1 Qc7 $1 {A useful move.
Some ideas like Qf4 are in the air, while the f3 knight has to stay put due to
Rxh2} 15. Kb1 Bg4 $6 {Much better was} (15... Bd7 {followed by 16...0-0-0,
with a winning advantage for black.}) 16. d6 $2 {A surprising move, typical in
the imaginative Bellon. Still, it does not work, so it would have been better
to play for compensation with} (16. Bb5+ Kf8 17. Bd3 (17. Nc4 Qc5 $1) 17... Qf4
$17 {black should be able to repel the attack, but the position remains
complicated.}) 16... Qxd6 17. Bxf7+ {The key idea, but white is asking way too
much from his position.} (17. Bb5+ Kf8 {does not change much.}) 17... Kxf7 18.
Nc4 Qe6 (18... Qc5 {is perfectly possible; I went for the safe option.} 19.
Nfe5+ Ke8 20. Rxf6 Bxd1 $19) 19. Nxe3 Qxe3 20. Rde1 Bxf3 $1 {White has nothing
left after this simple move.} 21. Qh3 $6 {The position is lost, so white tries
to confuse me in time trouble. Nevertheless, the answer was not very difficult.
} (21. Rxe3 dxe3 22. Qc4+ Kf8 23. Rxf3 e2 $19) 21... Re2 22. Rxe2 Qxe2 {
and Bellon resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Malaga op 11th"]
[Site "Malaga"]
[Date "2008.02.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel"]
[Black "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "Arizmendi,J"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2008.02.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bh4 g5 4. f3 gxh4 5. fxe4 c5 {Bellón and I have a kind
of duel in the Trompovsky. I know he is going to surprise with some new
creative idea in this opening, but, on the other hand, I realize that,
whatever happens, it´s going to be an interesting game.} 6. Nc3 $5 {There we
go. I had never seen this move, but afterwards I found out that Mamedyarov had
employed against Van Wely!} cxd4 {This had to be the right move.} 7. Qxd4 Rg8
8. e5 Nc6 9. Qe4 d5 $5 {One of the good things about not knowing a line is
that, when thinking on your own, you sometimes come up with worthy ideas. Here,
for example, nobody had ventured 9...d5, although it makes perfect sense to me.
Black has a monster dark-squared bishop, and the only thing that prevents him
from claiming an advantage is white´s e5 thorn and slightly superior
development. With 9...d5 black is willing to give up some material in order to
accentuate his plusses, namely his superiority on the dark squares and
bishop-pair.} 10. Qxh7 $2 {Going in for broke, but coming out empty-handed.} (
10. Nxd5 Rg4 11. Nf4 Qa5+ 12. c3 Qxe5) (10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Rd1 Qb4 (11... Qg6 $2
{allows the neat trick} 12. Nb5 $1 (12. Qxg6 $6 fxg6 13. Nb5 Kf7)) 12. Qxb4
Nxb4 13. Nb5 Na6 {is what I calculated, and seems to be fine for black.}) (10.
Qxd5 Be6) 10... d4 $1 {Of course. I had no intention of giving up on the
initiative.} 11. Qxg8 {In for a penny, in for a dime.} (11. O-O-O Qa5 (11...
Rg7 12. Qxh4 Rg4 13. Qh8 Qa5)) 11... dxc3 12. bxc3 Qa5 13. Rd1 {Watch the
tremendous help that the little h4-pawn renders to black´s attack. For
starters, it prevents Qg3, protecting c3.} Qxc3+ 14. Rd2 (14. Kf2 Nxe5 15. e3 (
15. h3 Ng4+ 16. hxg4 Qg3# {is a little tactic that made smile during the game.
I mean, isn´t funny that the h4-pawn could actually play such an important
role in the game.}) 15... Qxc2+ $17 (15... Ng4+ $2 16. Qxg4 Bxg4 17. Bb5+ Bd7
18. Rxd7)) 14... Nxe5 15. e4 $2 (15. Qg5 {is what I expected} Bd7 16. e3 (16.
Kf2 $2 Qc5+ $19) 16... h3 {with an advantage for black.}) 15... Bd7 16. Ne2 Qe3
{This looked natural to me, pinning the knight, but} (16... Qa5 $5 {also had
something going for it.} 17. Nd4 O-O-O 18. Nb3 Bh6 19. Nxa5 Bxd2+ 20. Kxd2 Rxg8
) 17. Qh8 Qg5 (17... Qxe4 18. Rd4 Qf5 19. Qxh4 Qxc2) 18. Rd5 $6 ({Best was} 18.
Nd4 $1 Ng6 (18... O-O-O 19. Nf5 e6 (19... Bxf5 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Qxf8+ (21.
Qxe5 Qe3+ 22. Be2 Bxe4 23. Qa5+ (23. Qb8+ Kd7 24. Qxf8 h3) 23... Ke8 $40) 21...
Kc7 22. exf5 Qe3+ 23. Be2 Ng4 24. Qg7 Qc1+ 25. Bd1 Qe3+ $11) 20. Qxe5 (20. Qxh4
Qxh4+ 21. Nxh4 Bb4 22. Kd1 Bxd2 23. Kxd2 Bc6+ 24. Ke3 Ng4+ 25. Kf3 f5 26. Bd3
Nf6) 20... exf5 21. Qc3+ Kb8 22. Qe5+ Kc8 23. Qc3+ $11) 19. Qg8 Qf4 20. Bb5
O-O-O (20... Qxe4+ 21. Kd1 O-O-O 22. Bxd7+ Rxd7 23. Nf3 Rxd2+ 24. Nxd2) 21.
Bxd7+ Rxd7 22. Nb3 Qxe4+ 23. Re2 (23. Kd1 Qxg2 24. Re1 Qf2) 23... Qb4+ {
and black, with white´s king dancing all over the place, is obviously better.})
18... f6 19. g3 O-O-O 20. Bh3 $2 {I knew Bellón was going for this, especially
since I was already low on time. But I had prepared a good riposte.} (20. Nf4
hxg3) (20. Qxh4 $1 Nf3+ 21. Kf2 Nxh4 22. Rxg5 fxg5 23. gxh4 gxh4 $17) 20... e6
$19 21. Rxe5 Bb4+ {Good enough,} ({but} 21... Qxe5 22. Kf1 (22. Qxh4 Qa1+)
22... Qxe4 23. Bg2 Qf5+ {was cleaner.}) 22. c3 Bxc3+ 23. Kf2 fxe5 24. Qxd8+ (
24. Qxh4 Rf8+ 25. Bf5 (25. Kg2 Qe3) 25... Qxh4 26. gxh4 Ba5 $19) 24... Kxd8 25.
Nxc3 Qd2+ 26. Ne2 hxg3+ 27. hxg3 Qxa2 28. g4 Qd2 29. Bg2 a5 {Nothing can stop
the a-pawn´s march.} 30. Rh5 a4 31. g5 Be8 32. Rh7 a3 0-1

[Event "GRE-chT"]
[Site "Athens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosic, Dragan"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nd2 h5 $5 6. c3 Qxc5 7. Ngf3
h4 8. e3 Nc6 9. Qa4 h3 10. gxh3 (10. g4 d6 11. Rg1 f5) 10... d6 11. O-O-O Bd7
$5 (11... Bxh3 12. Bxh3 Rxh3 13. Rhg1 $13) 12. Rg1 O-O-O $5 (12... Na5 13. Qd4
Qc7 $13) 13. Rg3 Kb8 14. Nb3 $6 (14. Kb1) 14... Qb6 15. Nfd4 Bh6 $1 16. Nxc6+
Bxc6 17. Qa5 e5 $1 (17... Qxa5 18. Nxa5 f5 19. Nxc6+ bxc6 $10) 18. Qxb6 axb6
19. Bd3 e4 20. Bf1 $1 f5 21. Kc2 $5 (21. Kd2 f4 22. Rg1 f5 23. Nd4 Bd7 $40)
21... f4 22. exf4 Bxf4 23. Rg7 f5 24. Nd4 Ba4+ $1 25. b3 Bd7 26. Rf7 $1 Bxh2 (
26... Rhf8 $2 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Ne6 Bh6 29. Nxf8 $14) (26... Be5 27. f4 $1 (27.
Nxf5 $4 Be6 $19) 27... Bxf4 28. Nxf5) 27. Bb5 (27. Nxf5 Rhf8 28. Rxf8 Rxf8 29.
Ne3 Rxf2+ 30. Rd2 $10) 27... Bc8 28. Nxf5 $8 Rdf8 29. Rxf8 Rxf8 30. Nxd6 Rxf2+
31. Kb1 Bxd6 32. Rxd6 e3 33. Rd1 $8 (33. Kc1 Rxa2) 33... Bf5+ 34. Ka1 Bxh3 35.
Re1 Rf3 36. Be2 Rg3 37. c4 Kc7 38. Kb2 Kd6 39. Rd1+ Ke5 40. Rd5+ Kf4 $5 (40...
Ke4 41. Kc3 Rg2 42. Bd3+ Kf3 43. Rd6 e2 44. Bxe2+ Rxe2 45. Rxb6 Re7 46. a4 $10)
41. Rd4+ Ke5 42. Kc3 $5 Rg2 43. Bd3 Rxa2 44. Re4+ Kd6 45. Rxe3 Bd7 $1 $10
1/2-1/2

[Event "Nova Gorica op-A 08th"]
[Site "Nova Gorica"]
[Date "2003.02.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2003.01.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 {Trompowsky.} e6 3. e3 h6 4. Bh4 Nc6 $5 {A new but possibly
not sound concept.} 5. Nd2 d6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. c3 g5 8. Bg3 Qe7 9. h4 {It looks
as if white will get the h line but eventually this line may still go to black.
Thus} Rg8 $1 10. hxg5 hxg5 11. e4 O-O-O 12. Qe2 Bg7 13. f3 Rh8 {What I have
mentioned on the 9th move became true.} 14. Rxh8 Rxh8 15. O-O-O Nh5 ({Also
possible is} 15... a6 16. Bxa6 bxa6 17. Qxa6+ Kb8 18. Bf2 d5 19. Bg3 Qe8 20.
Qb6+ Ka8 21. Bxc7 Qc8 22. Nh3 Ne8 $17) 16. Bf2 Nf4 17. Qf1 a6 $5 {An extremely
risky move.} (17... Nb8 18. Bxd7+ Nxd7 19. Be3 Ng6 20. Nh3 Bh6 $14) (17... Rh1
18. Be3 Ng6 19. g3 Rh2 20. Nh3 e5 21. Nxg5 exd4 22. cxd4 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 Nxd4 24.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 $40 {would have been the normal continuation.}) 18. Bxa6 (18. Ba4
Rh2 $36 {After this moves it is appearant that the white bishop is on the
wrong diagonal.}) 18... bxa6 19. g3 {Because of the fork on d3 white has to
first kick Nf4 away.} (19. Qxa6+ $2 Kd8 20. Qa8+ (20. g3 Nb8 $19) 20... Bc8 21.
Nb3 Qe8 $17) 19... Nb4 $1 {The point behind blacks play.} 20. gxf4 Bb5 21. c4
Ba4 22. b3 Rh2 $1 {Burning all the bridges behind!} 23. Kb1 Bd7 $2 {Too timid.
I have lost my head in the complications.} (23... gxf4 $1 24. bxa4 (24. a3 $2
d5 25. bxa4 $2 (25. axb4 $2 Qxb4 26. cxd5 (26. Kb2 Bxd4+ 27. Bxd4 Qxb3+ 28. Ka1
Qa3+ 29. Kb1 Bxd1 30. Qxd1 Qd3+ 31. Kc1 Qxd4 $19) 26... Bxb3 27. Qxa6+ (27.
Nxb3 Qxb3+ 28. Kc1 Qa2 $19) 27... Kb8 $19) (25. exd5 $2 Nxd5 $1 26. cxd5 Bb5
27. Qe1 Qxa3 28. Kc2 Qa2+ 29. Kc3 Qa5+ (29... e5 30. Ne2 exd4+ 31. Nxd4 c5 32.
dxc6 (32. Qg1 cxd4+ 33. Bxd4 Qa5+ 34. Kc2 Qc7+ 35. Kb2 Rg2 $1 $19) 32... Qa5+
33. Kc2 (33. Kb2 Bxd4+ 34. Bxd4 Re2 35. Qg1 Rxd2+ 36. Rxd2 Qxd2+ $17) 33...
Qa2+ $11) 30. Kc2 (30. Kb2 Qb4) 30... exd5 $5 $40) (25. Nh3 $2 dxe4 26. Bg1 Nc6
$3 27. Bxh2 Qxa3 $19 {and the attack is too strong.}) (25. e5 $1 dxc4 26. bxa4
Rxf2 (26... Nd3 $6 27. Nxc4 Nxf2 28. Rd2 Qh4 29. Na5 $40) 27. Qxc4 (27. Qxf2
Nd3 28. Qe2 Qxa3 29. Nxc4 Qb3+ 30. Ka1 Qxa4+ $11) 27... Nd5 28. Qxa6+ Kd8 29.
Ne4 Qxa3 30. Nxf2 Qb3+ 31. Kc1 Qc3+ 32. Kb1 Qb3+ $11) 25... Rxf2 $3 26. Qxf2
Nd3 27. Qe2 Qxa3 $19) (24. Nh3 $2 Bd7 25. Bg1 Qf6 $3 {This I have seen in the
game.} 26. a3 Nc6 27. c5 Rxh3 (27... Nxd4 $19 {also gives black a huge edge!})
28. Qxh3 Nxd4 $19) 24... Qd7 25. Nb3 Qxa4 26. Qe2 (26. Rd2 Nxa2 27. Kb2 (27.
Rxa2 $2 Qxb3+ 28. Rb2 Rxf2 $3 {The trick!} 29. Qxf2 Qd1+ 30. Ka2 Bxd4 $19)
27... Nb4 28. Ne2 Qa2+ 29. Kc3 Qa3 30. Bg1 Rh1 31. Qa1 (31. Qg2 Na2+ 32. Rxa2
Qxa2 33. Qxh1 Qxe2 $44) 31... Bxd4+ 32. Nexd4 Qxa1+ 33. Nxa1 Rxg1 34. Kxb4 c5+
35. Kb3 cxd4 36. Nc2 e5 37. Nb4 Rb1+ 38. Ka4 Rf1 39. Rd3 Kb7 40. Rb3 Kb6 41.
Nd3+ Kc7 42. Nb2 Rb1 $44) 26... Bf6 27. Rf1 Bh4 28. d5 c6 $1 29. dxc6 (29. dxe6
fxe6 30. c5 (30. e5 Nxa2 31. Kb2 dxe5 (31... Nb4 32. Ra1) 32. Qxe5 Bxf2 33.
Qxe6+ Kb8 $11) 30... Nxa2 31. Qxa2 Qxa2+ 32. Kxa2 Bxf2 33. Ka3 Be3 $1 $19 {
How to meet the threat of34... Rh1.}) 29... Qxc6 30. Qd2 Rxf2 31. Rxf2 Bxf2 32.
Qxf2 Qxc4 33. Qe2 Qc3 34. Nh3 $16) (23... d5 $6 24. Bg3 (24. a3 dxc4 25. bxa4
Nd3 26. Nxc4 Nxf2 27. Rd2 Qd7 28. e5 (28. Na5 Qd6 29. Nb3 Ng4 30. fxg4 Rxd2 31.
Nxd2 Qxd4 32. Kc1 Qd6 $44) 28... Qxa4 29. Nb2 Qxa3 30. Rxf2 Rxf2 31. Qxf2 gxf4
32. Ne2 $18) (24. bxa4 Qd7 25. a3 Qxa4 26. axb4 Rxf2 (26... Qxb4+ $2 27. Kc2
Qa4+ 28. Kc3 Rxf2 29. Qxf2 Qxd1 30. exd5 $18) 27. Qxf2 Qxd1+ 28. Kb2 Qa4 29.
cxd5 Qxb4+ 30. Nb3 a5 $44) 24... Qf6 25. Ne2 Rxe2 26. Qxe2 Qxd4 27. e5 gxf4 28.
Nf1 Qc3 29. Be1 Nxa2 30. Qxa2 Qxb3+ 31. Qxb3 Bxb3 32. Rc1 Bxc4 33. Bc3 $18 {
Practically rook seems to be better in this case than 4 pawns.}) 24. a3 Nc6 25.
c5 ({Also good was} 25. Ne2 gxf4 26. Qg1 Rh7 27. Nxf4 $16) 25... dxc5 {I could
have sacrificed the exchange right away.} (25... Rxf2 $5 26. Qxf2 dxc5 27. Qg2
(27. Qf1 Kb7) (27. dxc5 Qf6 28. e5 Qxf4 $44) 27... cxd4 (27... Nxd4 28. Qxg5 (
28. fxg5 $2 Nb5 29. Rc1 Qd6 30. Nc4 Qd3+ 31. Ka2 Nc3+ 32. Rxc3 Qxc3 33. Qb2
Qxb2+ 34. Nxb2 $11) 28... Qxg5 29. fxg5 Nxb3 30. Nxb3 Ba4 31. Rc1 Bxb3 32. Rxc5
Bd4 33. Rc1 $16) 28. Nc4 (28. Qxg5 Qxa3 29. Ne2 Nb4 30. Nc1 Bb5 31. Nf1 Bxf1
32. Rxf1 d3 33. Qxg7 d2 $17) 28... f6 29. Nh3 gxf4 30. Nxf4 Ne5 31. Rxd4 Nxc4
32. Rxc4 Qxa3 33. Rc3 $16) 26. Bg3 c4 $4 {What a howler!} (26... Rxd2 27. Qxa6+
Kb8 28. Rxd2 Nxd4 29. f5 Bc8 30. Qb6+ Bb7 31. fxe6 fxe6 32. Rd3 e5 33. Qg6 Bc8
$16 {and black still shows a fight.}) 27. Bxh2 Qxa3 28. Nxc4 Qxb3+ 29. Nb2 Nb4
(29... Bxd4 30. Qxa6+ Kb8 31. Qa2 {was one of many things I have missed in
this game.}) 30. Qc4 $18 {The rest is an agony.} Qa3 31. fxg5 e5 32. Rc1 {
Even simpler than the immediate capture.} (32. Qxf7 Bb5) 32... c6 33. Rc3 (33.
Qxf7 Nd3 34. Rc2 $18) 33... Qa5 34. Qb3 {Curtains!} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.03.10"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Black "Seul, Georg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Castrop Rauxel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 d6 6. Bd3 g6 7. Ne2 Bg7 8. O-O
Qe7 9. f4 Nd7 10. Nd2 b6 11. a4 a6 12. Qe1 Bb7 13. Qf2 f5 14. d5 O-O 15. Ng3
fxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxd5 17. Bxg6 Ne5 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Ngxe4 Nd3 20. Qe3 Nxb2 21. Ra2
d5 22. Rxb2 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Qd7 24. Ng3 Qxa4 25. Nh5 Qc4 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27. Rb4
Qc5 28. Rd4 Rad8 29. Rf3 Rxd4 30. cxd4 Qd5 31. Qc3 Rf7 32. Re3 Rd7 33. Rg3+ Kf7
34. Rd3 c5 35. h3 cxd4 36. Qc8 Ke7 37. Rg3 Kd6 38. Qb8+ Kc5 39. Qf8+ Kb5 40.
Qxh6 {With the threat 41.Rg5.} d3 $1 {Ignoring this threat in hope to utilize
the energy of the advanced d-pawn.} 41. Rg5 d2 42. Qh5 {[%tqu "En","White
seems to have defended. How can Black break this defence?","Utilise the energy
of the d-pawn.","Play energetically not to allow White any time for defence.",
"d5g5","That's it! After this blow White is defenseless.",5]} Qxg5 $1 {[%cal
Gd2d1,Gd7d1,Gd5g5]} ({Certainly, not} 42... Kb4 $2 43. Rxd5 Rxd5 44. Qd1 {
, and Black is lost.}) (42... Qxg5 43. Qxg5+ (43. fxg5 d1=Q+) 43... Rd5 {
, and White cannot prevent promotion of the d-pawn.}) 0-1

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Qb6 4. Nc3 Qxb2 5. Bd2 Qb6 6. e4 e5 7. f4 d6 8. Nf3
Nbd7 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. Bc4 Qd8 11. Rb1 Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 a6 15.
a4 Qa5 16. Be1 Qd8 17. Nh4 Ne8 18. Nf5 Ndf6 19. Ne3 Be7 20. Bg3 Nd6 21. Qd3 Nd7
22. Nf5 Kh7 23. Rf3 g6 24. Nxd6 Bxd6 25. Bf2 $2 ({Allows Black to develop
dangerous initiative on the kingside.} 25. Rbf1 {was to be preferred.}) 25...
Nf6 26. h3 Nh5 27. Be3 Rb8 28. Rbf1 f6 29. Qd2 g5 30. h4 $2 ({A dubious
continuation, simplifying Black's task. More stubborn was} 30. Bd3) 30... g4
31. R3f2 f5 32. exf5 g3 33. Rf3 Qxh4 34. Re1 Qxc4 35. Bxh6 Bxf5 36. Bxf8 Rxf8
37. Qg5 Bg6 $4 ({A terrible mistake in a winning position. After} 37... Qd4+ {
or 37...Qg4 White's position is defenseless.}) {[%tqu "En","How can Whtie take
advantage of Black's last imprudent move?","Exploit an unfortunate placement
of the enemy queen and ashaky position of the black knight.","Use your e1-rook
for the decisive strike!","e1e4","This excellent move punishes Black's last
careless move and decides the game for White.",6]} 38. Re4 $3 {[%csl Rc4,Ge4,
Gf3,Gg5,Rg6,Rh5,Rh7] This unexpected thrust of the white rook yields White a
decisive advantage.} Rf5 ({The rook is invulnerable:} 38... Bxe4 39. Qxh5+ Kg7
40. Rxg3+ Kf6 41. Qh6+ Ke7 42. Rg7+ Rf7 43. Qe6+ {, with mate in three. Yet,
the text move is insufficient too.}) 39. Qxf5 $1 Bxf5 40. Rxc4 Nf4 41. Ne4 Bf8
42. Nxg3 Bd7 43. Nh5 1-0

[Event "Beersheba"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. Nd2 c5 $1 {N/} (4... Bf5 5. Nxe4 Bxe4 6. e3
e6 7. Ne2 Bd6 8. Ng3 Bxf4 9. exf4 Qd6 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Be2 c5 $10
{Sokolov,I-Illescas Cordoba,M/Madrid/1994/0,5/20/}) 5. Nxe4 (5. e3 Qb6 $13)
5... dxe4 6. dxc5 Qa5+ 7. c3 Qxc5 8. Qd4 (8. Bxb8 Rxb8 9. Qa4+ b5 10. Qxe4 b4
$44) (8. Qa4+ Qc6 9. Qxc6+ Nxc6 10. f3 e5 11. Be3 Bf5 12. g4 Be6 13. Nh3 f6 14.
Nf2 $10 {Tunik,G-Avrukh,B/ISR/1996/0,5/24/}) 8... Qxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. O-O-O (
10. d5 $2 Nb4) (10. e3 e5 $1 11. dxe5 Bb4+ $17) 10... e5 $1 11. dxe5 (11. Bxe5
Nxe5 12. dxe5 e3 $1 13. fxe3 Bf5 $40) 11... Be6 12. Kb1 $2 (12. a3 Bb3 (12...
Ba2 13. e3 Rc8 14. Ne2 $1 $14) 13. Rd2 Rc8 14. Kb1 Bc5 (14... b5 $2 15. e3 b4
16. Bb5 bxa3 17. Ne2 $1 $16) (14... Be7 15. e3 O-O 16. Ne2 $1 (16. Bb5 Nxe5 $15
) 16... Rfd8 17. Nd4 $14) 15. e3 Ke7 {/\Rfd8~/=/}) 12... e3 $1 13. Bxe3 $2 (13.
fxe3 $32 Bf5+ 14. Ka1 Nb4 15. a3 Nc2+ 16. Ka2 Bc5 $17 (16... Be6+ $10) (16...
b5 17. Nf3 {/\Nd4/})) 13... Nb4 14. Rc1 (14. a3 Bf5+ 15. Ka1 (15. Kc1 Rc8+ 16.
Kd2 Rd8+ $19) 15... Nc2+ 16. Ka2 Nxe3 17. fxe3 $17) 14... Bf5+ $6 (14... Nxa2
$1 15. Rd1 Nb4 16. Nf3 Bf5+ 17. Ka1 Nc2+ 18. Ka2 Nxe3 19. fxe3 $17) 15. Ka1
Nc2+ 16. Rxc2 Bxc2 17. Nf3 Be4 $15 (17... O-O-O 18. Bd4 $8 Bc5 19. e3 Be4 20.
Bc4 $13) 18. g3 b6 19. Bh3 Bc5 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. Rf1 $2 (21. Rc1 Rd8 22. a3 Ke7
(22... O-O 23. Ng5 {/\e6/}) (22... Rd5 $5 $15) 23. Rxc5 Rd1+ 24. Ka2 Bd5+ 25.
b3 Rb8 $36) 21... Ke7 22. Nd2 Bd5 23. Kb1 Rhd8 $17 24. Kc2 (24. b3 $5) (24. Rc1
Bxa2+ 25. Kxa2 Rxd2 26. Rxc5 Rb8 $19) 24... a5 $2 (24... Bxa2 $1 25. b3 a5 26.
Ra1 a4 27. Rxa2 axb3+ $19) 25. Ra1 (25. a3 Rab8 $17) 25... Rab8 26. e4 (26. Kc3
Rb4) 26... Bc6 27. f3 (27. Rb1 Rb4 28. b3 Rbd4 $19) 27... Rb4 $2 (27... Rxb2+
28. Kxb2 Rxd2+ 29. Kc3 Rxh2 30. Bf1 Rf2 $19) 28. Bf1 Rbd4 (28... Rxb2+ $2 29.
Kxb2 Rxd2+ 30. Kc3 Rxh2 31. Kc4 $13) 29. Nc4 Bb5 (29... a4 $5) 30. Nd6 Bd7 (
30... Bxf1 $2 31. Nf5+) 31. Kc3 {(.)/} Rb8 32. Nc4 a4 $15 33. Ne3 (33. b3 $1 {
/\33...Ra8 34.b4!/}) 33... Be6 34. Bc4 Bxc4 35. Nxc4 Ke6 36. Re1 Rbd8 37. Nd6 (
37. Re3 Rd1 $19) 37... f6 38. Nb7 Rd3+ 39. Kc2 (39. Kc4 R8d4+ 40. Kxc5 fxe5 $19
) 39... Rd2+ 40. Kc1 (40. Kc3 R8d3+ 41. Kc4 Rxf3 $19) 40... R8d4 41. Nxc5+ Kxe5
$2 $10 (41... Ke7 $6 42. exf6+ gxf6 43. e5 $132) (41... Kf7 $1 42. exf6 (42.
e6+ Ke7 $19) 42... Rxh2) 42. f4+ Kd6 43. e5+ Kxc5 (43... fxe5 44. Ne4+) (43...
Ke7 44. exf6+ $18) 44. e6 a3 (44... Rxh2 45. e7 Rdd2 $10) 45. b4+ $1 $8 (45. e7
$4 axb2+ 46. Kb1 Rd1+ 47. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 48. Kxb2 Re1 $19) 45... Kxb4 46. e7 Rb2
47. e8=Q Rc4+ 48. Kd1 Rd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oxford GM-A"]
[Site "Oxford"]
[Date "1998.12.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 d6 6. Bd3 g6 7. Ne2 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. f4 Nd7 10. Nd2 Qe7 11. Qe1 b6 12. Qg3 Bb7 13. e5 Rad8 14. Ne4 b5 15.
Rae1 b4 {[%tqu "En","White has more space, all his pieces are mobilised - how
can he build up an attack?","You need to weaken Black's king.","Usually the
attacker has to damage the pawns covering the enemy king. Often a pawn advance
is a good way of doing this.","h2h4","",10]} 16. h4 $1 {White needs to soften
up Black's kingside, so the h-pawn is going to work as a battering ram.} bxc3
17. bxc3 Kh8 18. h5 $1 gxh5 19. Qh3 h4 {[%tqu "En","How would you develop
White's initiative?","You need to open files.","But make sure that you do not
lose the e5-pawn when you go for f4-f5...","e5d6","",8]} 20. exd6 $1 {White
clears the e-file and prepares for f4-f5.} cxd6 21. f5 $1 d5 $2 ({Black had to
eliminate the e4-knight at once! The text turns the b7-bishop into a useless
creature... After} 21... Bxe4 22. Bxe4 {Black would still be in the game.}) {
[%tqu "En","One of you main attacking pieces is being kicked, how would you
deal with this?","Use the e4-knight while it's still in the centre!","","f5f6",
"",8]} 22. f6 $1 Nxf6 {[%tqu "En","How should White continue here?","Usually
the attacker should keep more pieces on the board.","Consider what the
exchange on f6 does for White and Black.","e4f6","This move looks natural, but
it's not the best.",10,"e4c5","planning to develop the attack with Nf4 (with
threats like Rxe6!) and Bc2, followed by Qd3 & Nh5. Then Black's defence would
be difficult.",0]} 23. Nxf6 $2 {This move looks natural, but it's not the best.
} ({Correct would be} 23. Nc5 $1 {planning to develop the attack with Nf4 
(with threats like Rxe6!) and Bc2, followed by Qd3 & Nh5. Then Black's defence
would be difficult, as he has to deal with simple moves like Qxh4 as well.})
23... Bxf6 24. Nf4 ({Also} 24. Ng3 Bg5 25. Nf5 Qc7 26. Nxh6 Qxc3 {is good for
Black.}) 24... Rd6 $2 {This is too passive.} ({Much better was} 24... Bg5 $1
25. Rxe6 $1 ({The line} 25. Bc2 Ba6 $1 26. Rxe6 fxe6 27. Ng6+ Kg7 28. Rxf8 Rxf8
29. Nxe7 Rf1+ 30. Kh2 Bf4+ 31. g3 Bxg3+ 32. Kg2 Kf7 {is good only for Black.})
25... Qd7 {and although after} 26. Re5 $1 Qxh3 27. Nxh3 {White maintains the
initiative, Black should survive.}) 25. Bc2 Rg8 (25... Ba6 26. Rxe6 Rxe6 27.
Qf5 Re4 28. Nxd5 Qe6 29. Bxe4 Qxf5 30. Rxf5) 26. Nh5 Bg5 27. Qd3 f6 {[%tqu
"En","How should White continue?","Use the threats along the b1-h7 diagonal.",
"The enemy queen is overloaded - exploit this!","h5f6","",10]} 28. Nxf6 Bxf6
29. Rxf6 Qg7 30. Qf3 $18 Rc6 31. Rf7 Rxc3 32. Rxg7 Rxf3 33. Rh7# 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 12th final"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.11.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yegiazarian, Arsen"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1996.11.21"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yerevan"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan TatTransGaz-Itil"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{This game illustrates the theme of attacking and exchanging the doubled pawns
in order to achieve some other advantages. That means, that there is no need
to keep the opponents pawns doubled all the time, sometimes it might be
beneficial to trade them in.} 1. d4 {King} Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6
5. Qc1 f5 6. c4 Bg7 7. Nc3 d6 8. e3 Nd7 9. Nf3 Nf6 10. Bd3 e5 {King: Black
never gets enough dynamic compensation to match his structural weaknesses.
After this move the pawn on f5 is a permanent liability. I would prefer to
meet the attack on f5 with ... e6.} 11. Nd2 e4 12. Be2 h5 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. a4
Qa5 15. O-O Qd8 16. Nb5 Bf8 {Now White wants to open up the position in order
to get access to the f5-pawn. This he achieves by playing} 17. f3 $1 a6 18. Nc3
exf3 19. Rxf3 Ng4 20. Bd3 Qg5 21. Nf1 Ne5 22. Rf4 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Rg8 24. Rf2 h4
25. a5 Be7 26. Na4 Bd8 27. Qb3 Rb8 28. Nb6 Bxb6 29. Qxb6 Rg6 30. b4 cxb4 31.
Qxb4 Qe7 32. Rd1 Kf8 33. Qb6 Kg7 34. Rd4 h3 35. g3 Rg4 36. Rdf4 Rc8 {Here the
f4-square - the one in front of the isolated doubled pawns - has become an
excellent post for White's pieces.} 37. Qxb7 Rxc4 38. Rxf5 1-0

[Event "Krasnodar"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Beshukov, Sergei"]
[Black "Nadyrhanov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 f5 6. g3 Bg7 (6... d6 7. Bg2
Nd7 8. Nh3 Nf6 (8... Bg7 $5) 9. Nd2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O $13 {Ashley,M-Gurevich,I/
New York/1994/0:1/59/}) 7. c3 d6 8. e3 (8. Bh3 e6 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. Nbd2 Nf6 11.
c4 Bd7 12. O-O O-O $10 {Hodgson,J-Alterman,B/Pardubice/1993/0:1/60/}) (8. Nd2
O-O 9. Nh3 Nd7 10. Nc4 Qa6 11. Qf4 Nf6 12. Bg2 Ne4 13. Ne3 e6 $13 {Conguest,
S-Panno,O/Buenos Aires/1994/1:0/36/}) 8... Nd7 9. Nh3 Nf6 10. Bc4 $6 (10. Nf4
e5 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O Bd7 $10) 10... e5 $5 (10... O-O 11. Nf4
Re8 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. O-O Qc7 14. a4 $14) (10... e6 $5 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. O-O O-O
13. Nd2 d5 $15) 11. Ng5 (11. O-O f4 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nf3 e4 14. Nfd2 f3 $15)
11... Bd7 12. Nd2 Qd8 13. a4 Ng4 14. Ngf3 O-O 15. h3 (15. O-O b6 (15... a6 16.
a5) 16. Qc2 a6 17. Be2 b5 $15) 15... Nh6 16. Qc2 Kh8 17. Bb5 Bc8 $5 (17... Bxb5
18. axb5 Qd7 19. c4 e4 20. Nh4 $14) 18. O-O-O $5 (18. O-O f4 19. Kh2 fxg3+ 20.
fxg3 f5 $15) 18... a6 19. Be2 Bd7 20. Rdg1 e4 21. Nh4 (21. Ne1 $5 b5 22. g4 b4
23. gxf5 bxc3 24. bxc3 Qa5 25. Rxg7 Kxg7 26. f6+ $13) 21... b5 22. Ng2 b4 23.
Nc4 (23. c4 b3 $1 24. Qd1 Qa5 $17) 23... Bb5 $1 24. g4 (24. axb5 axb5 25. Kd2 (
25. Nd2 Ra1+ 26. Nb1 bxc3 27. bxc3 Qa5 $19) 25... bxc3+ 26. bxc3 bxc4 27. Bxc4
Ra3 $19) 24... bxc3 25. b3 $6 (25. bxc3 Bxc4 26. Bxc4 Qa5 27. Kd2 Rab8 28. g5
Ng8 (28... Bxc3+ 29. Qxc3+) 29. Nf4 Ne7 30. Rb1 $13) 25... Bxc4 26. Bxc4 Qe7 (
26... Qa5 27. Nf4 Qb4 28. Kd1 $13) 27. Nf4 Be5 28. g5 Ng8 29. Nh5 Qb7 30. f4 (
30. Kd1 $5 Qb4 31. Ke2 Qa3 32. f4 $13) 30... exf3 31. Qxf5 Ne7 32. Qxf3 $6 (32.
Qc2 Qb4 33. Rf1 Qa3+ 34. Kd1 $13) 32... Qb4 $17 33. Kc2 (33. Qe2 Qa3+ 34. Kb1
c2+ 35. Kxc2 Qb2+ 36. Kd3 (36. Kd1 Qa1+ 37. Kd2 Qc3+ 38. Kd1 Rab8 $17) 36...
Qc3+ 37. Ke4 Ng6 38. Kf3 Rae8 $17) 33... Qa3 34. Kd3 Rab8 35. Qd1 Ng6 36. Qc2
Bg7 37. Nxg7 (37. Ke2 Rfe8 (37... Ne5 38. Qxc3 $1) 38. Kf2 Qb2 39. Rc1 Ne5 $17)
37... Ne5+ $1 38. Ke4 (38. Ke2 Nxc4 39. bxc4 Rb2 $19) 38... Nxc4 39. Nf5 $6 (
39. bxc4 Kxg7 40. Rc1 Rb3 41. Kd3 Re8 $17) 39... Rxb3 40. Rc1 Re8+ 41. Kf4 Rb2
$1 42. Qd3 (42. Qxc3+ Qxc3 43. Rxc3 Rf2+ 44. Kg3 (44. Kg4 Re4+ 45. Kg3 Rxf5 $19
) 44... Rxf5 45. Rxc4 Rxg5+ 46. Kf4 Rxd5 $19) 42... Ne5 43. Qf1 Rf2+ $1 44.
Qxf2 Nd3+ $19 45. Kf3 Nxf2 46. Kxf2 Qa2+ 0-1

[Event "Krasnodar"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Nadyrhanov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 f5 6. c4 Bg7 7. Nc3 d6 (7...
Qb4 8. e3 d6 9. f4 $1 Nd7 10. Nf3 Nb6 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. Bd3 $14 {Hodgson,
J-Schlosser,P/Horgen SKA/1994/1:0/33/}) 8. e3 Nd7 9. Qd2 (9. Nge2 Nf6 10. Ng3
h5 11. Bd3 e6 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. Nge2 O-O-O $10 {Gurevich,M-Alterman,B/Haifa/1995/
0:1/32/}) 9... Nf6 (9... Qb4 10. Rc1 Nb6 11. b3 a5 12. Bd3 a4 13. Nge2 axb3 14.
axb3 Ra3 15. Bc2 Bd7 16. Nb1 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Ra8 $10 {Aleksandrov,A-Neverov,V/
Nikolaev zt/1995/1:0/40/}) 10. f3 e5 (10... Bd7 11. Bd3 e6 12. Nge2 O-O $10)
11. Bd3 h5 12. Nge2 Bh6 13. Qc2 $5 (13. O-O Rg8 14. f4 e4 15. Bc2 Bd7 16. Rab1
Qd8 $13) 13... Bxe3 14. Bxf5 Bxf5 15. Qxf5 Qxb2 16. Rb1 Qd2+ 17. Kf1 Rh6 $8 18.
Rd1 $1 (18. Rxb7 $6 Rg6 19. Qb1 Kf8 20. Rxf7+ Kxf7 21. Qb7+ Kg8 22. Qxa8+ Kh7
23. Qb7+ Kh6 24. Qb1 Bd4 25. Qe1 Qb2 $17) 18... Qb2 19. Qd3 Bd4 (19... Bg5 20.
Rb1 Qa3 21. Rxb7 Kf8 22. Qc2 $14) 20. Rb1 Qa3 21. Qd2 $1 (21. Rxb7 e4 22. fxe4
Ng4 23. Rb3 Rf6+ 24. Ke1 Qa5 $36) 21... Rg6 (21... Rh8 $2 22. Nb5 $18) 22. Nb5
Qa4 23. Nc7+ Kf8 24. Nxa8 Ne4 $1 25. Qd3 $8 (25. fxe4 $2 Rf6+ 26. Ke1 Bf2+ 27.
Kf1 Be3+ 28. Ke1 Bxd2+ 29. Kxd2 Rf2 30. Rb2 Qxc4 $19) 25... Nf2 26. Qb3 Qa5 (
26... Qxb3 27. Rxb3 Nxh1 28. Nxd4 cxd4 29. Kg1 $18) 27. Nxd4 cxd4 28. Qb5 (28.
Kxf2 $2 Qd2+ 29. Kf1 Rxg2 $19) 28... Qxa2 (28... Qc3 29. Qb2 Qd3+ (29... Nxh1
30. Qxc3 dxc3 31. Kg1 Rf6 32. Rc1 e4 33. Kxh1 exf3 34. Kg1 $18) 30. Kxf2 Qe3+
31. Kf1 e4 32. Re1 Qd3+ 33. Qe2 $18) 29. Qb2 $1 Qxb2 30. Rxb2 Nxh1 31. Kg1 $18
e4 $5 (31... b6 32. Kxh1 Ke7 33. Nc7 $18) 32. fxe4 Rg4 33. Kxh1 Rxe4 34. Kg1 d3
35. Kf2 Rxc4 36. Rxb7 (36. Ke3 $2 Rc8 $17) 36... Rd4 37. Ke1 d2+ 38. Kd1 Rxd5
39. Rb2 Rc5 40. Ra2 (40. Rb8+ $6 Kg7 41. Kxd2 Rg5 42. g3 h4 43. Rb3 hxg3 44.
hxg3 Rc5 45. Rb8 Rg5 $10) 40... Rc8 41. Rxa7 Rc1+ 42. Kxd2 Rg1 43. g3 Rg2+ (
43... h4 44. gxh4 (44. Ra3 Rg2+ 45. Ke1 Rxh2 46. g4 Rg2 47. Ra4 h3 $10) 44...
Rg4 45. Ke3 Rxh4 46. Ra2 Kg7 47. Kf3 $18) 44. Ke3 Rxh2 45. Ra4 Kg7 46. Rh4 Rxh4
47. gxh4 Kf6 48. Kf4 d5 49. Nc7 d4 50. Nd5+ Kg7 51. Ke4 Kg6 52. Nf4+ Kf6 53.
Nxh5+ Kg6 54. Nf4+ Kf6 55. Kxd4 Kf5 56. Ke3 Kg4 57. h5 Kg5 58. Ke4 1-0

[Event "NOR-chT 1314"]
[Site "Norway"]
[Date "2014.01.11"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Collins, Sam E"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "192"]
[EventDate "2013.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Black Knights"]
[BlackTeam "OSS"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 h6 {I played this move a bit too quickly, not being
aware of what was about to come up later.} ({Instead} 3... c5 {would avoid the
complications that appeared in the game in view of} 4. e4 $6 cxd4 5. e5 Qa5 $1
$15) 4. Bh4 c5 (4... d5 $11 {is a solid alternative reaching a balanced
position.}) 5. e4 $5 {A tricky move which came as a total surprise to me
during the game. Although there are no particular problems for Black from a
theoretical point of view it's quite hard to play the position unprepared.} d5
$5 {After some thought I decided to link over to a French-like position which
I hoped my opponent would be less familiar with.} ({The mainline goes} 5...
cxd4 6. e5 g5 7. Bg3 Nd5 {when White has scored well with either} 8. h4 ({or} 
8. Bc4 {although the computer announces that Black is OK or even better.})) 6.
e5 {The critical try forcing an unbalanced position.} g5 7. Bg3 Nfd7 8. h4 $1 {
White immediately strikes to take advantage of Black's weakened kingside. If
White simply protects the centre Black is doing well. Therefore playing for
activity and tactics is the way to go forward.} (8. c4 $6 {does not trouble
Black at all as he has firm control in the centre. Following} Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5
10. h4 g4 $1 $15 {Black was doing well and went on to win in 0-1 (33)
Moskalenko,V (2529)-Rodshtein,M (2641) Benasque 2013}) 8... gxh4 $5 $146 {
A novelty, which to me appeared as the most logical move. Indeed Black weakens
his pawn structure slightly but he keeps a pretty safe position with
continuous pressure against White's centre.} ({As my opponent pointed out
afterwards} 8... g4 {was the move that had been preferred in the database.
This keeps the h-file closed but White's position looks promising after} 9.
Qxg4 Nc6 10. Ngf3 Qb6 11. O-O-O {1-0 (20) Rombaldoni,D (2462)-Caprio,G (2418)
Rome 2013}) (8... Nc6 $5 9. dxc5 g4 10. Qxg4 Ndxe5 11. Bxe5 Nxe5 12. Bb5+ Bd7
13. Qe2 {was seen in 1-0 (36) Vitiugov,N (2734)-Vallejo Pons,F (2706)
Khanty-Mansiysk 2013.} {Now} Rg8 $146 {looks good when Black would hold an
advantage. However it is impossble to draw any conclusion just from a single
game since there are many alternative moves for both sides up to this moment.})
({Finally Black could also go for} 8... Rg8 $146 {but now} 9. hxg5 hxg5 10. Qg4
$1 $36 {planning Ngf3 looks good for White who has an open h-file a nice
initiaitve.}) 9. Rxh4 (9. Bxh4 $5 {was also interesting following} Qb6 10. c4
$1 {entering a sharp position with mutual chances.}) 9... Nc6 (9... Qb6 $5 {
was also considered but I didn't feel that the threat of taking on b2 was
anything in particular for White to worry about and rather wanted to develop
my minor pieces first.}) 10. Qh5 $1 {An excellent attacking move completely
ignoring the d4-pawn in order to get the maximum out of White's initiative.} ({
Protecting the centre with} 10. c3 $6 {would be a clear mistake as it gives
Black a target to attack and White will have to defend rather than to play
actively.} {Black does well after} cxd4 11. cxd4 Qb6 (11... Be7 12. Rf4 Bg5 13.
Ngf3 Bxf4 14. Bxf4 $15 {winning an exchange is also good.}) 12. Ngf3 Be7 13.
Rf4 Nf8 14. Bd3 Qxb2 $15 {Black is a pawn up and White has lost most of his
atacking potential as now the knight on f3 blocks the way for the queen to h5.}
) 10... Nxd4 11. Rf4 ({Starting with} 11. Bd3 $5 {was also worth considering 
(preventing ...Rh7) when Black needs to search for another way to defend the
pawn on f7. A possible line is} Rg8 12. Rf4 Rg7 13. Rxf7 Rxf7 (13... Qg5 $2 {
loses to the beautiful} 14. Re7+ $3 Kd8 $4 ({or} 14... Kxe7 15. Bh4 $16 {
winning the queen when White is clearly better.}) 15. Qe8+ Kc7 16. Rxd7+ $1 $18
{and White wins further material on either f8 or a8.}) 14. Bg6 Nxc2+ 15. Kd1
Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Nxa1 17. Bxf7+ Kd7 18. Ngf3 $36 {After things have calmed down a
bit it's possible to draw some kind of conclusion. Although Black is material
up at the moment I believe White's initiative counts for more. Once the
trapped a1-knight has been picked up the material balance is at least equal
while Black's king will always be very exposed, hunted by the queen and a
white army of minor pieces.}) 11... Rh7 12. O-O-O {A slightly surprising
choice to me although not a bad one. During the game I first thought that ...
Qg5 would solve all Black's problems.} (12. Bh4 {merely helps Black following}
Qc7 13. Bd3 Rg7 14. Ngf3 Nxf3+ 15. Nxf3 c4 16. Be2 Rg6 {when Black is a pawn
up with a pretty much controlled position although White's compensation cannot
be denied.}) ({Now} 12. Bd3 {can be met strongly by} Qg5 $1 {intending} (12...
Rg7 13. Rxf7 {transposes to 11.Bd3.}) 13. Qxg5 $2 ({A stronger move is} 13. Qh2
$1 {which ends up in a obscure position after} Qxe5+ (13... Qg8 {might well be
better keeping the centre closed.}) 14. Kf1 Qg7 15. Re1 $1 {when White has a
fair amount of compensation despite being two pawns down.}) 13... hxg5 14. Rxd4
Rh1 $15 {reaching a favourable position for Black.}) 12... Qg5 13. Qh2 {
White goes passive in order to keep the queens on the board. However Ngf3 will
come, striking back shortly.} h5 $6 {Opens the way for the bishop to h6 but
apparently this creates unnecessary weaknesses as the game will show.} (13...
Qxe5 $5 {was considered but didn't feel sound. After} 14. Rxf7 Qh8 15. Rxh7
Qxh7 16. Bd3 Qf7 17. c4 $1 $36 {White has a very strong initiative.}) ({Instead
} 13... Nc6 $1 {seems like the best way to go.  This puts further pressure
against e5 and does not allow White the freedom of exchanging a pair of knight.
The position remains fairly balanced and offers mutual chances.} 14. Ngf3 Qg8)
14. Ngf3 Nxf3 15. Nxf3 Qh6 16. Kb1 {Black is now actually under great long
term pressure positionally and in addition there are also nasty threats around
the corner.} c4 {Sad news for the "French" bishop on c8 but a necessary
concession not to offer White too much active piece play.} 17. Bh4 {A strange
decision as the bishop was well placed already and h4 could be used by the
rook instead after} (17. Be2 $1 $36 {intending Rh4 etc with excellent play for
White.}) 17... Rg7 {This activates the rook and defends the g5-square.} 18. g3
{Once again a very surprising move to me. This closes both the way for the
queen on h2 and the way out for the bishop on h4.} ({Instead I was awaiting} 
18. Nd4 a6 19. Be2 $14 {when White still has a very promising position.}) 18...
Rg6 {A natural move stabilising the position and preparing ...Bg7 to attack
the vulnerable e5-pawn.} ({However} 18... b5 {developing the queenside was
also worth considering.}) 19. Bh3 {It seemed to me that the strange moves were
now coming one after the other. However although the bishop is biting on
granite it exerts some important control and Black will have to constantly
watch out for tactics.} ({Instead I was pretty scared by the sacrificial idea} 
19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Rxc4 {when White dominates the position. Although there is
no immediate threat Black is in serious trouble. The best way out seems to be}
Rg4 21. Nd4 a6 (21... Rxh4 22. Qxh4 Be7 23. Qe4 $14 {promise good play for
White in view of Black's total lack of development.}) 22. f4 {with very
promising play for White although nothing is yet decided.}) 19... Bg7 $6 {
Playing according to my plan. However the e5-pawn appeared to be more poisoned
than I expected so it would have been wiser to play} (19... Bc5 {keeping the
centre closed.}) 20. Qh1 $1 {[%cal Gh1e1,Ge1b4] Madame is heading for the
queenside.} Nxe5 $2 {Opening the centre is just a bit too dangerous. However
having no other concrete ideas I decided to try my luck and go for it anyhow.}
(20... a5 $5) ({or} 20... Kf8 {would have been objectively better.}) 21. Nxe5 (
21. Re4 $5) 21... Bxe5 22. Rxc4 {The position starts to open up and Black is
still far away from being developed.} Bd7 $2 {After this move White is more or
less already winning although the complex nature of the position still offers
black some chances.} (22... Bf6 {was perhaps the lesser evil, exchanging off
one pair of bishops.}) 23. Qe1 (23. f4 $1 {was another good continuation.} {
I was seriously considering to reply} Bc6 (23... Bf6 24. f5 Rg8 25. Rc7 $16) {
when} 24. Rxc6 bxc6 25. fxe5 Qe3 26. Re1 $16 {is clearly better for White but
Black is still alive.}) 23... f6 (23... dxc4 {wins an exchange but after} 24.
Qxe5 {White's initiative and attack will likely prove too strong.}) 24. Rb4 (
24. f4 $1 dxc4 25. fxe5 $18 {would end up with a crushing victory for White.})
24... O-O-O 25. f4 Bd6 26. Rb3 Kb8 27. Bxe6 Re8 28. f5 ({Here White missed the
tactical opportunity} 28. Rxb7+ $3 Kxb7 29. Bxd5+ {when there is no way to
escape for Black.} Kb8 (29... Kb6 30. Qc3 Qf8 31. Qb3+ Bb4 32. a3 Kc7) 30. Qa5
$18 {White is in no hurry since Black is unable to set up a defence in view of
the lack of harmony among his pieces.}) 28... Bxe6 29. fxg6 $6 ({A stronger
move was} 29. fxe6 $1 {when White is winning due to the following line} f5 30.
e7 $18 Re6 31. Qa5 Bxe7 32. Qb5 $18 {and there will drop off material for
Black.}) 29... Qxg6 {Suddenly Black has some realistic chances again. The pair
of bishops often proves strong and can set up a lot of trouble along the way
for White.} 30. Re3 Qf5 31. Qe2 d4 $1 {Not objectively best but certainly
giving White some headaches in the mutual time trouble.} (31... Bc5 32. Rf1 Qh3
33. Qb5 Rc8 34. Ref3 $14 {would most likely lead to a technically lost
position.}) 32. Rxd4 Bc5 33. g4 $1 {A very clever move bringing the bishop
back to life with tempo.} hxg4 34. Bg3+ Kc8 (34... Ka8 {loses to} 35. Rxe6 $1
$18 {with mating threats along the 8th rank.}) 35. Rc4 $2 (35. Qc4 $3 $18 {
would be winning. My opponent admitted that he saw this move but didn't find a
good reply to} Qh5 {Indeed it's important to have a good follow up and there
actually is one. Following} 36. Qc3 {Black ends up in a lost position, e.g.}
Bxa2+ ({or} 36... Qh1+ 37. Re1 Qc6 38. Rde4 $18) 37. Kxa2 Rxe3 38. Qc4 $1 $18 (
38. Qxe3 Bxd4 39. Qxd4 $18 {also wins.})) 35... Bxc4 36. Rxe8+ Kd7 37. Qxc4 $2
{A terrible move in time trouble. Now the tables are turned.} (37. Qe1 Qf1 38.
Qxf1 Bxf1 39. Re4 Bh3 40. Kc1 $14 {would keep White slightly on top.}) 37...
Kxe8 38. Qb5+ Qd7 {A cold shower for White. This was certainly something that
Collins had missed in his calculation.} 39. Qe2+ (39. Qxc5 Qd1#) 39... Kf8 40.
a3 Qd4 41. Ka2 Kf7 {Black has a technically won position. However it's not all
that easy as the game will show.} 42. Qh2 Qd5+ 43. Kb1 Kg7 44. Bf4 Qf5 45. Bh6+
Kg6 46. Bd2 Bf2 {Supporting the advance of the g-pawn.} 47. Qh6+ $6 (47. Qh8 g3
48. Qg8+ Kh5 $19) ({would offer better chances.} 47. Qb8 Qe6 $1 (47... g3 48.
Qe8+ $11) (47... Qd7 48. Qf4) 48. Qxb7 f5 $17 {With some good technique
Black's passed kingside pawns should eventually lead to a win.}) 47... Kf7 48.
Bb4 g3 49. Qf8+ Kg6 50. Bd2 Qe4 $6 ({Simplest was} 50... Kh5 $1 51. Qf7+ Kg4 (
51... Qg6 52. Qd5+ Kg4 (52... f5 $2 53. Qh1+ Kg4 54. Qd1+ $11) 53. Qxb7 f5 $19)
52. Qxb7 Qf3 53. Qg7+ Kh3 54. Qh6+ Kg2 55. Bf4 f5 $19) 51. Qh6+ Kf7 52. Bc3 Qg6
53. Qh3 (53. Qd2 Qf5) 53... f5 54. Qg2 Qc6 55. Qh3 Qg6 56. Qg2 Qc6 57. Qh3 Kg6
58. Bd2 g2 $2 {After this move White has a draw available.} 59. Qh6+ Kf7 60.
Qh7+ Ke8 61. Qg8+ (61. Qh5+ $1 Kd8 62. Qg5+ Kc7 63. Qf4+ Qd6 64. Qxf2 Qxd2 65.
Qxd2 g1=Q+ 66. Ka2 $11 {would lead to a draw.}) 61... Kd7 62. Qf7+ Kd6 $1 63.
Bf4+ $4 (63. Qf6+ $1 Kc7 64. Qe5+ Qd6 65. Ba5+ Bb6 66. Bxb6+ axb6 67. Qg7+ Qd7
68. Qxg2 $11 {should eventually be drawn.}) 63... Kc5 64. Qxf5+ Kb6 65. Bc7+ (
65. Bh2 g1=Q+ 66. Bxg1 Bxg1 {is a technical win for Black.}) 65... Kxc7 66.
Qxf2 Qe4 $1 {Centralising the queen to reduce the amount of available checks.
Black has a won endgame although some technique is still needed. The winning
idea is to bring the king down to the first rank supporting the passed pawn.
White will have a lot of checks as we will see, but there is no perpetual in
sight.} 67. b3 (67. Qg3+ Kd7 68. b3 Ke6 69. Kc1 Kf5 70. Kb1 Qg4 $19) 67... Qg4
$1 68. Qf7+ Kd6 69. Qf6+ Kd7 70. Qf7+ Kd6 71. Qf6+ Kd5 72. Qf7+ Ke5 73. Qc7+
Kf5 74. Qd7+ Kf4 75. Qc7+ Ke3 76. Qc5+ Qd4 77. Qg5+ Kf2 78. Qf5+ Ke1 79. Qa5+
Kf2 80. Qf5+ Ke2 81. Qb5+ Kd1 82. Qh5+ Ke1 83. Qa5+ Qd2 84. Qe5+ Kd1 85. Qh5+
Qe2 86. Qd5+ Ke1 87. Qa5+ Kf2 88. Qf5+ Qf3 89. Qc5+ Qe3 90. Qf5+ Ke1 91. Qa5+
Kf2 92. Qf5+ Kg3 93. Qg6+ Kh2 94. Qh7+ Kg1 $1 {A necessary manoeuvre in order
to get some rest. Now Black prepares to continue with ...b6 which rules out
the necessary check on a5 for White.} 95. Qxb7 {Blunders immediately but there
was no salvation to be found.} (95. Qf5 b6 $1 $19) 95... Kf2 96. Qf7+ Ke1 {
Suddenly White is out of checks and so he resigned. An unfortunate loss for
Sam after a well played opening and middlegame. However chess is, as we know,
a game which require the utmost concentration and precision throughout the
entire game.} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Breutigam,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 c5 {For some specific reason Black does without the
insertion of 3...h6 4.Bh4.  Schwarz verzichtet aus einem bestimmten Grund auf
den Einschub 3...h6 4.Bh4.} 4. e3 {Now a transposition could result in a pure
Torre Attack, if White develops his king's knight to f3. Nun könnte es per
Zugumstellung ein reiner Torre-Angriff werden, wenn Weiß den Königsspringer
nach f3 entwickelt.} ({Here Hier funktioniert} 4. e4 $6 {does not work so well
on account of nicht so gut, wegen} cxd4 5. e5 Qa5 $1 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Ga5g5]
That is the difference: if Black does with the insertion of 3...h6 4.Bh4, he
can unpin without the structural concession ...g5. Das ist der Unterschied:
Verzichtet Schwarz auf das eingeschaltete Zugpaar 3...h6 4.Bh4, kann sich
Schwarz ohne das strukturelle Zugeständnis ...g5 entfesseln.} 6. Ngf3 (6. exf6
$2 Qxg5 $17) 6... Ne4 (6... Ng4 $5 {[%csl Re5]} 7. Bf4 Nc6 8. Qe2 Bb4 9. a3
Ngxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. O-O-O Bxd2+ 12. Bxd2 Qc7 $15) 7. Bf4 Nc6 8. Bd3 Nxd2 9.
Bxd2 Bb4 10. a3 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 f6 $15 {1/2-1/2 (66.) Ivanisevic,
I (2655)-Ludwig,D (2456), Wheeling 2012. Other fourth moves for White are
discussed in Vitiugov-Moranda (in this database). Andere vierte Züge von Weiß
werden in Vitiugov-Moranda besprochen (in dieser Datenbank).}) 4... cxd4 {
Black still has some alternatives. A quick survey: Schwarz verfügt noch über
einige Alternativen. Ein kleiner Überblick:} ({If Falls} 4... d5 5. c3 {
, White can decide whether to transpose to the Torre Attack with Ngf3 or
according to circumstances first play f2-f4. This will, e.g., be one subject
in the third part of our Trompowsky repertoire. , kann Weiß entscheiden, ob
als nächstes mit Ngf3 in den Torre-Angriff übergeleitet wird oder u.U.
zunächst f2-f4 geschehen soll. Dies wird u.a. Thema im dritten Teil unseres
Trompowsky-Repertoire-Vorschlags sein.}) ({After Nach} 4... h6 5. Bxf6 ({
a more resilient move here would be nachhaltiger wäre hier} 5. Bh4 cxd4 6. exd4
Be7 7. Ngf3 {cf. the game Mamedov-Hammer , vgl. Partie Mamedov-Hammer}) 5...
Qxf6 6. Ngf3 {would be by definition a position from the Torre Attack. wäre es
per Definition eine Stellung aus dem Torre-Angriff.} ({The independent attempt
Der eigenständige Versuch} 6. Ne4 {does not lead to any prospects of an
advantage here: führt hier zu keinerlei Aussichten auf Vorteil:} Qh4 $5 7. Nxc5
(7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. c3 d5 10. Nf3 Qf4 11. Ng3 g6 12. O-O Bg7 $11 {
0-1 (41.) Mishin,A (2323)-Vlasenko,M (2406), St Petersburg 2005.}) 7... Bxc5 8.
Nf3 Qf6 9. dxc5 Qxb2 10. Qd4 Qxd4 11. exd4 b6 $11) 6... cxd4 7. exd4 Nc6 8. c3
d5 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Rfe1 Bc7
15. Qf3 Qg5 16. Nf1 Be6 17. h3 Rad8 18. Rad1 g6 19. Nd2 d4 20. Ne4 Qf4 21. Qxf4
Bxf4 22. c4 Rc8 23. b3 Kg7 24. Re2 Rfd8 25. Nd2 Bd7 26. Nf3 Bc6 27. Ne5 Re8 28.
Nxc6 bxc6 29. c5 a5 30. Rde1 Kf8 {1/2-1/2 Jussupow,A (2640)-Almasi,Z (2615),
Groningen 1997.}) ({On the other hand, after Hingegen lässt sich nach} 4... b6
{we would rather be setting out along an independent path away from Torre
theory: schon eher ein eigenständiger Weg abseits der Torre-Theorie
einschlagen:} 5. Ne4 $5 (5. c3) (5. Ngf3) 5... Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. d5 $1 Bb7 8.
c4 f5 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Nge2 d6 11. g3 Nd7 12. Bg2 Ne5 13. O-O $14 {1-0 (40.)
Kecskes,G (2280)-Cerneanu,N (2270), Budapest 1995.}) ({In the case of Im Fall
von} 4... Be7 {WGM Antoaneta Stefanova tried to avoid the main lines of the
Torrre on her way to the title at the Women's WCh in 2004 - and successfully
so: versuchte Großmeisterin Antoaneta Stefanova auf ihrem Weg zum Titelgewinn
bei der Frauen-WM 2004 den Torre-Hauptvarianten aus dem Weg zu gehen - mit
Erfolg:} 5. Bxf6 $5 {The voluntary exchange on f6 will also be dealt with in
detail in Mamedov-Hammer (in this database). Der freiwillige Abtausch auf f6
wird auch noch ausführlich Thema in Mamedov-Hammer sein (in dieser Datenbank).}
({White would like to avoid with Bg5xf6 the standard relieving manoeuvre in
the Torre Attack: Weiß möchte mit Bg5xf6 das Standard-Entlastungsmanöver im
Torre-Angriff vermeiden:} 5. c3 b6 6. Ngf3 Bb7 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4 (8. cxd4 $5)
8... Nc6 9. O-O Nd5 10. Bxe7 Ncxe7) 5... Bxf6 6. c3 cxd4 7. exd4 O-O 8. Bd3 b6
9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Ngf3 d6 11. h4 $5 {A typical procedure (cf. also Mamedov-Hammer)
. Ein typisches Vorgehen (vgl. auch Mamedov-Hammer).} Re8 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Ne4
Qc7 14. Nfg5 d5 $6 {This suppresses the white pressure but makes the b7-bishop
passive. Das dämpft den weißen Druck, macht aber den Läufer b7 passiv.} ({
If Falls} 14... h6 {, there could be the cool follow-up , könnte cool} 15. Kb1
$1 {and White would have all sorts of attacking motifs, e.g. 16.Qh5 if
appropriate also Ng5-h7, or f2-f4 and g2-g4. The knight on g5 should at least
not be taken at the moment: folgen, und Weiß hätte allerhand Angriffsmotive, z.
B. 16.Qh5 ggf. auch Ng5-h7, oder f2-f4 und g2-g4. Der Springer g5 wäre
zumindest im Moment nicht zu nehmen:} hxg5 $2 16. hxg5 Bd8 17. Qh5 Kf8 18. Qh8+
Ke7 19. Qxg7 $18) 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Rde1 a5 17. Rh3 $1 a4 18. a3 h6 19. Nf3
Ne4 20. Kb1 Rac8 21. Ne5 {White is better because she has chances of a
kingside attack because her bishop is more active than the black one and
because a pawn weakness could arise on e6 if Black were to drive away the
annoyng e5-knight with ...f6. Weiß steht besser, weil sie Chancen auf einen
Königsangriff hat, weil ihr Läufer aktiver ist als der schwarze und weil auf
e6 eine Bauernschwäche entstehen könnte, wenn Schwarz den störenden Springer
e5 mit ...f6 vertreibt.} f6 22. Ng6 Qf7 23. h5 Qc7 24. Re3 Qd6 25. Bc2 Bc6 26.
f3 Ng5 27. g4 Rc7 28. Nh4 $6 ({Einfacher wirkt} 28. f4 $1 {looks simpler:} Ne4
29. Rg1 {, intending 30.Bxe4 and 31.g5. , mit der Idee 30.Bxe4 und 31.g5.})
28... Rcc8 29. Qd3 Qd7 30. Qg6 Rcd8 31. Ng2 $14 {[%cal Gg2f4] 1-0 (65.)
Stefanova,A (2490)-Dzagnidze,N (2452) Elista 2004.}) 5. exd4 Be7 ({After Mit} 
5... b6 $5 {Black could avoid the minor piece setup chosen by Vitiugov in this
game: Bd3/Ne2 . In addition to the usual transpositions to the classical
system of theTorre Attack (with 6.Ngf3 or 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.Ngf3) White could choose
an independent plan with the as yet rarely tried könnte Schwarz die von
Vitiugov in dieser Partie gewählte Leichtfigurenaufstellung Bd3/Ne2 vermeiden.
Neben den üblichen Übergängen zum klassischen System des Torre-Angriffs (mit 6.
Ngf3 oder 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.Ngf3) könnte Weiß dann mit dem bislang kaum erprobten} 6.
Qf3 $5 {. einen eigenständigen Plan wählen.} (6. Bd3 Bb7) 6... Nc6 7. c3 Be7 8.
Bd3 Bb7 9. Qh3 {After the conclusion of the queen manoeuvre it is clear from
now on that short castling by Black will involve certain dangers. Nach
Abschluss des Damenmanövers ist klar, dass die kurze Rochade von Schwarz
fortan mit gewissen Gefahren verbunden wäre.} Nd5 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Gd5f4]} 10.
Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne2 {[%csl Gf4] So here it tuned out to make sense to delay the
development of the knight, at least insofar as a path outside of the usual
theory was being considered. The position is more or less level. Who will
castle where and who will attack where depends of course on what the other
side does, e.g. Hier erwies es sich also als sinnvoll, die Springerentwicklung
zu verzögern, zumindest vor dem Hintergrund, einen Weg abseits der
gewöhnlichen Theorie zu gehen. Die Stellung befindet sich ungefähr im
Gleichgewicht. Wer wohin rochieren und wer wo angreifen wird, ist natürlich
abhängig vom Spiel der jeweils anderen Seite, z.B.} h6 $6 12. O-O g5 13. Nc4
O-O-O 14. a4 $40 {[%cal Ga4a5] 1/2-1/2 (47.) Andres Gonzalez,A (2407)
-Bjornsson,S (2297), Olomouc 2001.}) 6. Bd3 b6 7. Ne2 $5 {This would avoid the
known equalising variations in the Torre Attack. The question is simply
whether the knight is really better on e2 than on f3. Damit wären die
bekannten Ausgleichsvarianten im Torre-Angriff umgangen. Die Frage ist bloß,
ob der Springer auf e2 wirklich besser steht als auf f3.} (7. Ngf3 Bb7 $11)
7... Bb7 8. O-O Nc6 9. c3 Nd5 {The typical relieving manoeuvre. Das typische
Entlastungsmanöver.} ({Vitiugov's plan has already found an imitator:
Vitiugovs Plan hat bereits einen Nachahmer gefunden:} 9... O-O 10. Nf3 d6 11.
Ng3 e5 $6 {[%csl Rf5]} 12. Nf5 Nd5 13. Be4 Bxg5 14. Bxd5 Bf6 15. dxe5 dxe5 16.
Nd6 Qc7 17. Nxb7 Qxb7 18. Qa4 Rac8 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. Rad1 g6 21. Nd2 $16 {
[%csl Rd6,Rf6][%cal Gd2e4]} (21. Nd4 $6 exd4 $1 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Bxc6 b5 $1
$11 {1/2-1/2 (41.), Shimanov,A (2591)-Nozdrachev,V (2449), Sochi 2012.})) 10.
Be3 $5 {Original. White has nothing against exchanging the bishop for the
knight; after f2xe3 there could be new possibilities on the f-file and also
even in the centre (e3-e4). Originell. Weiß hat nichts dagegen, den Läufer für
den Springer zu tauschen; nach f2xe3 könnten sich neue Möglichkeiten auf der
f-Linie ergeben und auch einmal im Zentrum (e3-e4).} ({Of course Möglich war
natürlich auch} 10. Bxe7 Ncxe7 11. c4 {was also possible and because the
knight controls the f4-square from e2, the black knight can no longer cling to
its active position. und weil der Springer von e2 aus das Feld f4 kontrolliert,
kann der schwarze Springer sich nicht länger in seiner aktiven Stellung halten.
}) 10... O-O 11. Nf4 Nxf4 ({Perhaps Vielleicht bot} 11... Nxe3 $5 {oftered
more tangible chances of complete equality, e.g. reellere Chancen auf
vollständigen Ausgleich, z.B.} 12. fxe3 {[%cal Gf1f8,Gd1h5]} f5 13. Qe2 {
[%cal Ge3e4]}) 12. Bxf4 d6 13. Nc4 $1 {Now just 14.Re1 (e.g. aimed against ...
e5) and Black might have a solid position but he would have to hang on for
quite a long time in a rather passive position. For that reason... Jetzt noch
14.Re1 (u.a. gegen ...e5 gerichtet) und Schwarz stünde zwar solide, müsste
aber für längere Zeit in einer ziemlich passiven Stellung verharren. Deswegen .
..} e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Bg3 $1 $14 {The rest of the game is perfectly clear:
the e5-pawn will come under pressure at once. In order to protect it, Black 
(who over and above this is slightly lagging in development) will have to
loosen his kingside. And Vitiugov systematically increases the pressure... Der
Rest der Partie ist ein eindeutiger Befund: Der Bauer e5 wird gleich unter
Druck geraten. Um ihn zu schützen, wird Schwarz, der obendrein einen leichten
Entwicklungsrückstand hat, seinen Königsflügel lockern müssen. Und Vitiugov
verstärkt systematisch den Druck ...} ({Not Nicht} 15. Nxe5 $6 Nxe5 16. Bxe5
Qd5 17. Qf3 $8 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Bxf3 $11) 15... g6 (15... f6 16. Qc2 {[%csl Gc2,
Gd3][%cal Gd3h7]}) 16. Be4 f6 17. Qc2 Kg7 18. Rad1 Qc8 19. Rfe1 {[%cal Gf2f4,
Re1e7,Rd1d7]} Rd8 20. Ne3 Bd6 21. Rd2 Ne7 22. Red1 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Bc7 24. Rxd8
Bxd8 25. f4 $1 exf4 26. Bxf4 Qc6 27. Qxc6 Nxc6 28. Rd7+ Kg8 29. Nd5 Rc8 30. Bh6
$18 b5 31. Rg7+ Kh8 32. Rf7 {Suite illsible et gain Blanc au 38ème coup} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Breutigam,M"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 {At this point White may have a range of
alternatives, but theoretically and for good reason the capture is the most
frequently met move. White damages the black pawn structure and on the next
move will seize the space which is on offer (3...gxf6 4.d5). Whether these two
advantages outweigh the surrender of the bishop pair is something it will be
necessary to prove thereafter. Weiß hat an dieser Stelle zwar eine Reihe von
Alternativen, aber das Schlagen ist hier prinzipiell und aus guten Gründen am
häufigsten anzutreffen. Weiß schädigt die schwarze Bauernstruktur und wird
sich im nächsten Zug den gebotenen Raum nehmen (3...gxf6 4.d5). Ob diese
beiden Vorteile die Preisgabe des Läuferpaars überwiegen, gilt es anschließend
zu beweisen.} ({A quick glance at the most important alternatives. In the
event of Ein kurzer Blick auf die wichtigsten Alternativen: Im Fall von} 3. d5
{White would have to be prepared for the pawn sacrifice müsste Weiß zu dem
Bauernopfer} Qb6 4. Nc3 Qxb2 5. Bd2 {, with unclear consequences. bereit sein,
mit unklaren Folgen:} Qb6 6. e4 d6 (6... e5) 7. f4 Qc7 $5 (7... e6) 8. Nf3 Bg4
9. Bb5+ (9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Qxe5+ 12. Be2 g5 $5 13. Rb1 g4 14.
Qd3 Bg7 15. Rxb7 O-O 16. h3 h5 17. hxg4 hxg4 18. g3 Nbd7 19. Bf4 Qd4 20. Rxd7
Qxd3 21. Bxd3 Nxd7 22. Bh7+ Kh8 23. Bf5+ Kg8 {1/2-1/2 Ehlvest,J (2618)-Kudrin,
S (2551), Reno 2005.}) 9... Nbd7 10. O-O a6 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. Qe1 Bxf3 13.
Rxf3 g6 $15 {[%cal Gf8g7] 0-1 (40.) Povah,N (2360)-Wells,P (2486), Portsmouth
2003.}) ({After Nach} 3. Nc3 {Sicilian structures could appear, e.g. könnten
Sizilianisch-Strukturen entstehen, z.B.} cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qh4 d6) ({And
also after Ebenso nach} 3. dxc5 Na6 $5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. Nc3 Nxc5 6. e4 d6 {
0-1 (27.) Brodowski,P (2437)-Olszewski,M (2542), Wroclaw 2011.}) 3... gxf6 ({
There is the positionally commital, perhaps playable, but undertandably
unpopular move Vielleicht spielbar, aber verständlicherweise unbeliebt ist das
positionell verpflichtende} 3... exf6 $6 {[%csl Rd7] White has two good plans
for playing against the isolated d-pawn. Either 4.Nc3 - in this case White
would unthinkingly recapture on d4 with the queen - or 4.e3 followed by a
natural development of the kingside. here are a few examples: Weiß hat zwei
gute Konzepte, gegen den isolierten d-Bauern zu spielen. Entweder 4.Nc3 - in
diesem Fall würde Weiß auf d4 bedenkenlos mit der Dame zurückschlagen - oder 4.
e3 gefolgt von einer natürlichen Entwicklung des Königsflügels. Hier ein paar
Beispiele:} 4. Nc3 $5 (4. e3 {[%cal Ge3d4]} Qb6 5. b3 (5. Nc3 Qxb2 $5 6. Nd5
cxd4 7. Rb1 Qxa2 8. Nc7+ Kd8 9. Nxa8 dxe3 10. fxe3 Bc5 $44 {[%cal Gb7b6,Gc8b7]}
) 5... cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. c3 Bd6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bh5
12. Nbd2 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Re1 Rac8 15. Rc1 Bf4 16. g3 Bh6 17. Rc2 Qc7 18.
Nb1 Qd7 19. Kg2 g5 20. Rce2 g4 21. hxg4 Qxg4 22. Qd3 g6 23. Qb5 Rfd8 24. Qxb7
Bf8 25. Nbd2 Kg7 26. Nf1 Qd7 27. Qxd7 Rxd7 28. Re8 Rcc7 29. Ne3 Nd8 30. c4 dxc4
31. bxc4 Nc6 32. Rb1 Nxd4 33. Nxd4 Rxd4 34. Rbb8 Bd6 35. Nf5+ {1-0 (35) Hort,V
(2600)-Sibarevic,M (2340) Banja Luka 1976}) 4... cxd4 (4... Qb6 $6 5. Nd5 $1)
5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qe4+ Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bc4 Bb4 (8... a6 9. Nge2 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7
11. O-O g6 12. Rad1 f5 13. Qd5 d6 14. Nf4 Na5 15. Qd3 Nxb3 16. axb3 Re8 17.
Ncd5 $14 {1-0 (65.) Chandler,M (2526)-Knott,S (2381), Millfield 2000.}) 9. Nge2
Re8 10. Qd5 Ne5 11. Bb3 Rb8 12. O-O b5 13. Rfd1 a6 14. Qd4 Bf8 15. Ng3 Bb7 16.
Nd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 (43.) Moiseenko,A (2581)-Dvoirys,S (2578), Dieren 2001.}) 4.
d5 Qb6 {because Black has payed a not inconsiderable price for the bishop pair
(disadvantage in space, damaged pawn structure), he has to come up with
something here. He has to try to turn his dark-squared bishop, which no longer
has a counterpart, into the boss of the board. White, on the other hand, will
try to limit the effectiveness of this bishop.  Weil Schwarz für das
Läuferpaar einen nicht unerheblichen Preis gezahlt hat (Raumnachteil,
geschädigte Bauernstruktur), muss er hier etwas zeigen, muss versuchen, den
schwarzfeldrigen Läufer, der ja keinen Gegenspieler mehr hat, zum Chef auf dem
Brett werden zu lassen. Weiß hingegen wird versuchen, die Wirkung dieses
Läufers einzuschränken.} 5. Qc1 f5 ({After Auch auf} 5... Bg7 {too, White
would have the choice between hätte Weiß die Wahl zwischen} 6. c4 {and und} (6.
g3)) 6. c4 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Gc4d5,Gb1c3] White provides reliable support for
the d-pawn and makes possible the natural development Nb1-c3. On the other
hand, 6.c4 (unlike c2-c3) does less to restrict the strength of the bishop
which will appear on g7. So stützt Weiß zuverlässig den d-Bauern und
ermöglicht die natürliche Entwicklung Nb1-c3. Andererseits hemmt 6.c4 (im
Gegensatz zu c2-c3) weniger die Kraft des auf g7 erscheindenden Läufers.} ({
In the same position one year earlier van Wely had still been playing Ein Jahr
vorher hatte van Wely an gleicher Stätte noch} 6. g3 {This is also a popular
plan, White is planning e3, c3 and wants in this way to limit the
effectiveness of the dark-squared bishop; the knights often come into play via
the edge of the board : Nh3-f4, Na3-c4. But Black too has some good ideas, e.g.
...h5-h4 (if g2-g3 has already been played). A typical move here is a queen
lift to the kingside, to h6 or f6. The queen is then correctly placed if
things take off on this flank with ...d6, ...e6, and later if appropriate ...
f4. gespielt. Dies ist auch ein populäres Konzept, Weiß plant e3, c3 und will
auf diese Weise die Wirkung des schwarzfeldrigen Läufers einschränken; die
Springer finden oft über den Rand ins Spiel: Nh3-f4, Na3-c4. Aber auch Schwarz
hat ein paar gute Ansätze, z.B. ...h5-h4 (wenn g2-g3 schon gespielt worden ist)
. Typisch ist auch ein Damenschwenk zum Königsflügel hier, nach h6 oder f6.
Die Dame steht dann schon richtig, wenn es an diesem Flügel losgeht, mit ...d6,
...e6, später ggf. ...f4.} Bg7 7. c3 Qf6 $5 ({Or Oder} 7... h5 $5 {[%cal Gh5h4]
To immediately soften up White's king position. Um gleich die weiße
Königsstellung aufzuweichen.} 8. h4 Qh6 9. e3 d6 10. Qc2 Na6 11. Qa4+ Bd7 12.
Qb3 Nc7 13. Qxb7 Rc8 14. Nh3 O-O 15. Be2 Rfd8 16. O-O e6 17. dxe6 Nxe6 18. Qf3
Rb8 19. b3 f4 20. Nxf4 Nxf4 21. Qxf4 Qxf4 22. gxf4 d5 23. Nd2 Bxc3 24. Rad1 Bh3
25. Rfe1 d4 26. e4 d3 27. Bxh5 c4 28. Re3 Bxd2 29. Rxd2 c3 30. Rd1 c2 31. Rc1
Rbc8 32. Rxh3 d2 33. Rg3+ Kh7 34. Rxc2 Rxc2 35. Kg2 d1=Q 36. Bxd1 Rxd1 37. e5
Rdd2 38. Rf3 Rxa2 39. Kg3 Re2 40. Kg4 Rxf2 41. Rc3 Rac2 {0-1 (41.) Marcelin,C 
(2383)-Akopian,V (2640), Cappelle la Grande 1999.}) ({As was said, in this
type of position the white king's knight often appears on f4, via h3 or e2. GM
Alexei Shirov once chose in a rapid game another route, namely simply going
for the h4-square after Ng1-f3. from there the knight not only keeps an eye on
the f5-pawn, but at the same time draws the teeth from the idea of ...h5-h4
which needs to be considered in the event of Nh3-f4: Wie gesagt erscheint der
weiße Königsspringer in diesem Stellungstyp oft auf f4, über h3 oder e2
kommend. GM Alexei Shirov wählte einmal, in einer Schnellpartie, eine andere
Route, und zwar peilte er einfach mit Ng1-f3 das Feld h4 an. Von dort aus
beschäftigt der Springer nicht nur den Bauern f5, zugleich wird auch die (im
Fall von Nh3-f4 beachtliche) Idee ...h5-h4 entkräftet:} 7... d6 8. Nf3 {
[%cal Gf3h4]} ({Here is another idea against the development Ng1-h3: Hier noch
ein Beispiel gegen die Entwicklung Ng1-h3:} 8. Bg2 Nd7 9. Nh3 h5 $5 10. Nd2 Ne5
11. Qc2 Bd7 12. Nf4 h4 13. Nf3 hxg3 14. hxg3 Rxh1+ 15. Bxh1 O-O-O 16. O-O-O Rh8
17. e3 Qa6 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Nd3 Ba4 20. b3 Bd7 21. Kb1 Qb6 22. Nb2 e4 23. Bg2
Qf6 24. c4 Rh2 25. Rg1 Kc7 26. a3 e6 27. dxe6 fxe6 28. Ka2 Be8 29. Qd2 b6 30.
b4 Qxb2+ 31. Qxb2 Bxb2 32. Kxb2 Bh5 33. Kc3 Kd6 34. Kd2 Ke5 35. Ke1 Bf3 36.
Bxf3 exf3 37. Rf1 Ke4 38. Kd2 Rh7 39. Kc2 Rh2 40. Kc3 Rg2 41. Kd2 Rh2 42. bxc5
bxc5 43. Kc2 e5 44. Kd2 a5 45. a4 Rg2 46. Kc2 Rxf2+ 47. Rxf2 Kxe3 48. Rd2 f2
49. Rd5 f1=Q {0-1 (49.) Stips,F (2214)-Joachim,S (2458), Germany 2011.}) 8...
Nd7 9. Bg2 Nf6 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gf6d5] The disadvantage of 8.Nf3 is that the
d-pawn is lacking in support. Der Nachteil von 8.Nf3 ist, dass dem d-Bauern
die Unterstützung fehlt.} 10. Nh4 Bd7 11. O-O e6 12. Nd2 $5 {Shirov simply
ignores the attack on d5! Shirov ignoriert den Angriff auf d5 einfach!} ({
The exchange Der Tausch} 12. dxe6 $6 {is not what White has in mind here; the
mobile pawn centre supported by the bishop pair would be an advantage for
Black: ist hier nicht im Sinn des Weißen; das vom Läuferpaar unterstützte
mobile Bauernzentrum wäre ein schwarzer Vorteil:} fxe6 13. Nd2 d5) 12... Qc7 ({
Schwach wäre} 12... Nxd5 $2 {would be weak:} 13. Nc4 Qa6 14. Nxf5 $1) ({
But Aber} 12... exd5 $5 {was well worth considering, e.g. kam stark in
Betracht, z.B.} 13. Bh3 O-O-O 14. Bxf5 Be6 15. Qc2 Kb8 $11) 13. Qc2 O-O 14.
Rad1 Rad8 15. Rfe1 b5 16. e4 $14 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxd5 $2 18. Rxd5 $1 exd5 19. Ng5
f5 20. Bxd5+ Kh8 21. Qe2 Rde8 22. Qh5 {1-0 Shirov,A (2732)-Orosa Martinez,V 
(2054), Villarrobledo.}) 8. e3 Na6 9. Ne2 Nc7 10. Nf4 Bh6 11. c4 d6 12. Nc3 Bd7
13. Be2 a6 14. a4 b6 15. Nh5 Qg6 16. Bf3 Rb8 17. Ne2 Rf8 18. Qd2 a5 19. O-O Kd8
20. Rfe1 Ne8 21. Nef4 Qg8 22. e4 Qh8 23. Qe2 $14 {1/2-1/2 (66.) Van Wely,L 
(2692)-Giri,A (2714), Wijk aan Zee 2012.}) 6... Bg7 {In a setup with c4/Nc3
the queen lift to the kingside is unusual; here the d5-pawn would be better
protected than in positions with the restricting strategy c3-e3 (cf. previous
note) e.g. Bei einem Aufbau mit c4/Nc3 ist der Damenschwenk zum Königsflügel
ungebräuchlich; der Bauer d5 wäre hier besser geschützt als in Stellungen mit
der der Hemmstrategie c3-e3 (vgl. vorige Anmerkung), z.B.} (6... Qf6 7. e3 Na6
8. Nc3 Nc7 9. Bd3 (9. Nh3 $5) 9... Rg8 10. g3 b5 $6 11. cxb5 Bb7 12. Bc4 Rg4
13. f4 Bg7 14. Qd2 Kf8 15. Rd1 (15. Nf3 $1 $16 {[%csl Rg4][%cal Gf3e5]} d6 16.
Kf2 {[%cal Gh2h3]}) 15... Qh6 16. Kf2 Ne8 17. Be2 Rg6 18. Nf3 $2 (18. Na4 $1)
18... Bxc3 $1 19. Qxc3 Nf6 $44 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Rf6e4] 0-1 (46.) Neuman,P 
(2476)-Kislinsky,A (2551) Stare Mesto 2012.}) 7. Nc3 d6 8. e3 Nd7 9. Qc2 $1 {
The queen is usually well placed here. The rooks are connected and eye contact
is made with the pawn on f5; in addition the queen is now on a white square
which can be an advantage in view of a future battle for the white squares;
for example White could, after Black had played the absolutely typical
aggressive moves ...e6 and ...h5, perhaps exchange on e6, when after ...fxe6
the g6-square would then suddenly be weakened, so that the e3-e4 lever would
become interesting, because the queen could perhaps later invade on g6 from
its post on c2. Hier steht die Dame meistens gut. Die Turmverbindung wird
hergestellt und Blickkontakt zum Bauern f5 aufgenommen; außerdem steht die
Dame nun auf einem weißen Feld, was im Hinblick auf einen bevorstehenden Kampf
um weiße Felder von Vorteil sein kann, zum Beispiel könnte Weiß, nachdem
Schwarz die durchaus typischen Anrempelungszüge ...e6 und ...h5 ausgeführt hat,
vielleicht einmal auf e6 tauschen, nach ...fxe6 wäre dann plötzlich das Feld
g6 geschwächt, so dass der Hebel e3-e4 interessant würde, weil die Dame von c2
aus vielleicht später mal auf g6 eindringen könnte.} (9. Be2 Nf6 10. Bd3 (10.
Qc2 Ne4 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Rb1 Qa5+ 13. Kf1 Bf5 14. a3 h5 15. h4 e6 16. Nh3 exd5
17. cxd5 Qd8 18. Nf4 Be5 19. g3 Bxf4 20. exf4 Qe7 21. Qc3 O-O-O 22. Qe3 Kb8 23.
Kg2 Rc8 24. Rhc1 Rhg8 25. Kf1 Bg6 26. b4 f5 27. bxc5 dxc5 28. Ba6 Rc7 29. d6
Qxd6 30. Bxb7 Rd8 31. Bxe4+ Kc8 32. Bf3 Qd3+ 33. Be2 Qe4 34. Ba6+ Kd7 35. Re1 {
1/2-1/2 (35) Curien,N (2216)-Edouard,R (2646) Biel 2012}) 10... e6 11. Nge2 Bd7
12. O-O O-O 13. Rb1 Rae8 14. a3 Ng4 15. Nf4 Qd8 16. h3 Ne5 17. Be2 Ng6 18. Nh5
{1/2-1/2 (18) Adams,M (2640)-Alterman,B (2585) Cap d'Agde 1994}) (9. f4 Qb4 (
9... Nf6 $5 10. Bd3 e6 11. Rb1 O-O {0-1 (38.) Tuominen,R-Gurevich,V (2445),
Kuopio 1995.}) 10. Nf3 Nb6 (10... Nf6 11. a3 Qa5 12. Nd2 Ne4 13. Ndxe4 fxe4 14.
Be2 f5 15. O-O Bd7 16. Bh5+ Kd8 $13 {0-1 (33.) Miles,A (2635)-Garcia,G (2525),
Cienfuegos 1996.}) 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. Bd3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qa5 14. a4 $5 (14. O-O)
14... Nxa4 15. Qc2 Qxc3 16. Rxa4 Qxc2 17. Bxc2 Bxa4 18. Bxa4+ Kd8 19. Kf2 $14 {
1-0 (33.) Hodgson,J (2580)-Schlosser,P (2510), Horgen 1994.}) 9... Qa5 ({
A further advantage of 9.Qc2 is that Ein weiteres Plus von 9.Qc2 ist, dass} 
9... Nf6 {can now be well met with jetzt gut mit} 10. Bd3 {: beantwortet
werden kann:} e5 $6 11. Rb1 e4 {necessary on account of the weakness of the
f5-pawn; but now the pawn structure remains static, so that it will be
difficult for Black to find possibilities to exert any pressure. Wegen der
Schwäche des Bauern f5 notwendig; doch nun bleibt die Bauerntruktur statisch,
so dass Schwarz schwerlich Möglichkeiten finden wird, Druck aufzubauen.} 12.
Be2 Bd7 13. Nh3 O-O 14. O-O Rae8 15. Nf4 Qd8 16. b4 cxb4 17. Rxb4 b6 18. a4 Ng4
19. Bxg4 fxg4 20. Nh5 Re5 21. Nxg7 Kxg7 22. Ne2 Qc7 23. Qb2 Qc5 24. a5 bxa5 25.
Rb7 Rd8 26. Qd4 Qxd4 27. Nxd4 Kf6 28. Rxa7 a4 29. Rb1 Ree8 30. g3 Bc8 31. Rxa4
Bf5 32. Rb6 Rd7 33. Raa6 Rc8 34. Rxd6+ Rxd6 35. Rxd6+ Ke5 36. Nxf5 Kxf5 37. Rc6
Ra8 38. Rc7 Ra1+ 39. Kg2 Kf6 40. d6 h5 41. c5 {1-0 Macieja,B (2606)-Butkiewicz,
L (2284), Karpacz 2008.}) ({If the knight goes to e5 Wenn der Springer nach e5
geht:} 9... Ne5 {, White usually brings his king's knight into play via h3 to
f4 and develops the bishop to e2, doing without the fianchetto. The key here
is that Black's plan of ...h5-h4 is less attractive without a pawn on g3. ,
bringt Weiß seinen Königsspringer meist über h3 nach f4 ins Spiel und
entwickelt den Läufer nach e2, verzichtet also aufs Fianchetto. Der Clou dabei
ist: Die schwarze Spielidee ...h5-h4 verliert ohne einen Bauern auf g3 an
Attraktivität.} 10. Nh3 h5 (10... Ng6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. O-O O-O-O 13. a3 Rdg8 14.
Kh1 h5 15. Rab1 {[%cal Gb2b4] 1-0 (42.) Sedlak,N (2593)-Milanovic,D (2520),
Vrnjacka Banja 2012.}) 11. Be2 Bd7 12. O-O h4 13. a3 {[%cal Ga1b1,Gb2b4]} Rh6
14. Rab1 Kf8 15. Rbe1 $5 {Because, in view of b2-b4, Black has deceided
against queenside castling, McShane drops his plan; now lines are to be ripped
open elsewhere: f2-f4 and e3-e4. Weil Schwarz sich angesichts b2-b4
entschieden hat, nicht lang zu rochieren, nimmt McShane von seinem Plan
Abstand; jetzt sollen an anderer Stelle Linien aufgerissen werden: f2-f4 und
e3-e4.} Kg8 16. f4 Ng4 17. Bd3 e6 18. Re2 Rf8 19. Kh1 Qd8 20. e4 Bxc3 $6 21.
Qxc3 fxe4 22. Bxe4 $14 {1-0 (34) McShane,L (2625)-Damljanovic,B (2612)
Gothenburg 2005}) 10. Nh3 {As has been said, this is often a viable route for
the knight, but in this specific case it is an innovation Wie gesagt ist dies
oft ein gangbarer Weg für den Springer, im konkreten Fall handelt es sich aber
um eine Neuerung.} (10. Nf3 {L'Ami had already had this position once before:
Dies hatte L'Ami zuvor schon einmal auf dem Brett gehabt:} Ne5 (10... b5 11.
cxb5 Nb6 12. Nd2 a6 (12... Bb7 13. Nb3 Qb4 14. a3 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Qa4 16. c4 a6
17. Qc3 Rg8 18. bxa6 Bxa6 19. Nd2 $14 {1-0 (36.) McShane,L (2619)-Sutovsky,E 
(2639), Rethymnon 2003.}) 13. Nc4 $6 (13. a4 $5 {Houdini} Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nxd5
15. Nc4 $5 Qxc3+ 16. Qxc3 Nxc3 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. a5 axb5 19. a6 Bxa6 20. Rxa6 Kd8
21. Ra7 $1 $14) (13. Be2 {1/2-1/2 Doric,D (2504)-Valsecchi,A (2376), Milan
2011.}) 13... Nxc4 14. Bxc4 Rb8 15. O-O axb5 16. Bd3 c4 $1 17. Bxf5 b4 18. Nd1
Ba6 $17 {1/2-1/2 (44.) Kovacevic,B (2510)-Fedorov,A (2602), Warsaw 2005.}) 11.
Nxe5 dxe5 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Be2 a6 14. g4 e4 15. gxf5 Bxf5 16. Qa4+ Qxa4 17.
Nxa4 Rc8 18. Rhg1 Be5 19. Rg5 e6 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Rdg1 Ke7 22. Nb6 Rcf8 23.
Rd1 Rd8 24. Rgg1 $6 (24. Nd5+ $1 Kd6 25. Nf6+ Kc6 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Nxe4 Bxb2+
28. Kxb2 Bxe4 29. Kc3 $11) 24... Rd6 25. Rxd6 Kxd6 26. f4 exf3 27. Bxf3 Kc7 28.
Na4 b6 $15 {0-1 (42) Nielsen,M (2127)-L'Ami,E (2615) Helsingor 2012}) 10... Nb6
$5 {Now L'Ami is also obviously planning to exchange his dark-squared bishop
and then the doubled pawns on both sides on the c- and f-files should somehow
lead to a balance of weaknesses. Nun plant offenbar auch L'Ami, seinen
schwarzfeldrigen Läufer abzutauschen; anschließend sollen die jeweiligen
Doppelbauern auf der c- bzw. f-Linien zu einer Art Gleichgewicht der Schwächen
führen.} ({If Falls} 10... Ne5 {, White should adopt a setup similar to that
in McShane-Damljanovic (cf. note to move 9): , sollte Weiß sich analog zu
McShane-Damljanovic aufbauen (vgl. Anmerkung zum neunten Zug):} 11. Be2 {
[%cal Ge1g1]}) 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 e6 $6 {In principle good,
this idea is premature here and is the cause of the serious problems which
arrive at once.. Diese prinzipiell gute, hier aber verfrühte Idee ist die
Ursache der gleich auftretenden ernsten Probleme.} ({Black should first play
Schwarz sollte zunächst} 13... Qa4 $1 {White would then have to keep an eye on
the c4-pawn and if possible avoid the exchange of queens; or else it would be
hard for him to hope for any advantage.  spielen. Weiß müsste daraufhin den
Bauern c4 im Blick behalten und dem Damentausch möglichst ausweichen,
andernfalls könnte er schwerlich auf Vorteil hoffen.} 14. Qe2 {Computers
evaluate this position as approximately level. Certainly. the pawn weaknesses
on both sides are obvious and both sides have semi-open files on which to
operate. In practice the position is perhaps slightly easier for White to play
thanks to his slight advantage in space in the form of the pawn on d5. Black
can force the exchange of this pawn (...e6), which will mean both freer play
for him but also new weaknesses will arise. But Black should first castle long
before lines are opened in the centre with ...e6. There are the following
possible, but not forced, further developments: Die Computer bewerten diese
Stellung als ungefähr ausgeglichen. Gewiss, die Bauernschwächen hüben wie
drüben heben sich quasi auf und beide Seiten können auf halboffenen "arbeiten".
In der Praxis ist diese Stellung vielleicht etwas leichter für Weiß zu spielen,
dank des kleinen Raumvorteils in Gestalt des Bauern d5. Schwarz kann diesen
Bauern zum Abtausch zwingen (...e6), woraufhin sowohl freiere
Spielmöglichkeiten aber auch neue Schwächen entstehen. Doch zunächst sollte
Schwarz lang rochieren, bevor mit ...e6 in der Mitte Linien geöffnet werden.
Denkbar, aber natürlich nicht forciert wären solche weiteren Entwicklungen:} ({
Mit} 14. Qb3 {does not appear to advance White's cause. scheint Weiß nicht
weiter zu kommen:} e5 $5 15. dxe6 (15. f4 e4 16. Be2 Qa6 {[%csl Re2][%cal
Gb6d5,Gd7a4,Ge8c8]}) 15... fxe6 16. Nf4 (16. e4 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Qxc4 18. Bxb7 Rb8
19. Bf3 O-O {[%csl Gc5,Gd6,Ge6]}) 16... Rg8 $11 {[%cal Ge8c8]}) 14... O-O-O 15.
Qh5 $5 {To keep Black occupied. In principle White is playing against the pawn
weaknesses on the kingside. Um Schwarz zu beschäftigen. Im Prinzip spielt Weiß
ja auf die Bauernschwächen am Königsflügel.} ({But this strategy could also be
combined with pressure on the b-file: Man könnte diese Strategie aber auch mit
Druckspiel in der b-Linie kombinieren:} 15. Rfb1 {The other rook would do
better at first to remain on a1, so that after the retreat of the queen (e.g. .
..Qa6) the advance a2-a4 has more power behind itt. Der andere Turm soll
vorerst lieber auf a1 bleiben, damit nach Rückzug der Dame (z.B. ...Qa6) der
Vorstoß a2-a4 mehr Kraft hat.} Rhg8 16. Nf4 e5 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. e4 fxe4 19.
Qxe4 Rg7 (19... e5 20. Rxb6 $5 (20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Qxe4 22. Bxe4 h5 $11)
20... axb6 21. Nd5 $44 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Ge4h7,Gd5b6]}) 20. g3 {[%cal Gd3f1,
Gf1g2,Gb1b2,Ga1b1]} e5 21. Rxb6 axb6 22. Nd5 Qa5 23. Qh4 $44) (15. Nf4 e5 16.
dxe6 fxe6 17. Rab1 Rhg8 $11) 15... Rdf8 (15... Nxc4 16. Bxf5 Rdf8 17. Nf4) 16.
Rfc1 $5 {Since for the moment there is nothing to be achieved on the b-file,
the c-pawn is simply prophylactically protected. That could be important if
the c4- and f5-pawns disappear from the board in an exchange. Weil auf der
b-Linie derzeit ohnehin nichts zu holen ist, wird der c-Bauer einfach
vorbeugend gedeckt. Das könnte wichtig sein, wenn die Bauern c4 und f5 im
Tausch vom Brett verschwinden.} (16. Bxf5 $6 Qxc4) 16... Nxc4 (16... e6 $6 17.
Ng5 $1 {[%csl Rf7]}) (16... Kb8 17. Nf4 e5 18. Ne2 $5 e4 19. Bc2 Qxc4 20. Bb3
Qb5 21. c4 Qa5 22. Ng3 {[%cal Gg3f5]}) 17. Bc2 $1 {[%cal Ga4d7] So that the
queen cannot immediately recapture on d7. Damit die Dame gleich nicht auf d7
zurücknehmen kann.} (17. Bxf5 Ne5 18. Nf4 Rfg8) 17... Qa6 18. Bxf5 Bxf5 19.
Qxf5+ {[%csl Gd5][%cal Gh3f4] and White could continue to hope for something
of an advantage. und Weiß könnte weiterhin auf etwas Vorteil hoffen.}) 14. dxe6
fxe6 15. e4 $1 {With this logical opening of the centre van Wely proves that ..
.e6 was premature. Mit der konsequenten Öffnung des Zentrums beweist van Wely,
dass ...e6 voreilig war.} fxe4 16. Bxe4 O-O-O ({If Falls} 16... Nxc4 17. Qe2 {
[%cal Ge2c4,Ge2h5] , Black would also be struggling on account of his king
position, e.g. , litte Schwarz auch unter seiner Königsstellung, z.B.} O-O-O
18. Bxb7+ $1 (18. Qxc4 d5) 18... Kxb7 19. Qxc4 $14 {[%csl Rb7,Gg1]}) 17. Ng5 $1
{[%csl Rh7][%cal Gg5f7]} Rhg8 $2 {The precursor to the decisive error. L'Ami
will not get sufficient compensation for the exchange. Der vorentscheidende
Fehler. L'Ami wird für die Qualität keine ausreichende Kompensation bekommen.}
({He had to play Notwendig war} 17... Rdf8 18. Nxh7 Rf7 19. Rab1 $14) 18. Nf7
Nxc4 19. Nxd8 Qxd8 20. Qe2 d5 21. Bd3 Nd6 22. Qe3 c4 23. Bxh7 Rh8 24. Bc2 Kc7
25. Rfe1 Qf6 26. a4 Qh6 27. Qe5 Qh5 28. Qxh5 Rxh5 29. g4 Rh4 30. f3 b5 31. Kg2
Rh8 32. Kg3 a5 33. axb5 Nxb5 34. Re3 Ra8 35. Ba4 Nd6 36. h4 Bxa4 37. Rxa4 Nb7
38. h5 Nc5 39. Ra2 Kd6 40. f4 a4 41. h6 Ke7 42. g5 Kf7 43. Kg4 Ne4 44. Rh3 Kg8
45. g6 Kh8 46. f5 exf5+ 47. Kxf5 a3 48. Ke5 Ra6 49. h7 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 79th"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mortazavi, Ali"]
[Black "Howell, James C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1992.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. d5 Qb6 5. Nd2 Qxb2 6. Nxe4 Qb4+ 7. Qd2 Qxe4
8. e3 e6 9. dxe6 Qxe6 10. Ne2 b6 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. Rd1 Be7 13. Nb5 Na6 14. Bc4 {
[#]} (14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Bxd6 O-O-O $1 $15) (14. Bd6 $5 {[ Williams ]} Bf6 (
14... O-O 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qxd7 $16) (14... Bc6 $1 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Nd6 Nb4
17. Bc4 $2 Qg6 18. Nxf7 Nxc2+ 19. Ke2 Qg4+ $19) 15. Bxc5 $3 $18) 14... d5 15.
Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Qxd5 17. Rxd5 Nb4 18. Nc7+ Kf8 19. Rd2 Rd8 20. Ke2 Rxd2+ 21.
Kxd2 f5 22. a3 Nc6 23. Kc3 Kf7 24. Rd1 g5 $1 25. Bg3 Rd8 (25... Rc8 26. Rd7 Nb8
$10) 26. Rd5 Rxd5 $10 27. Nxd5 Bd8 28. Kc4 Ke6 29. Bc7 Bxc7 30. Nxc7+ Kd7 31.
Nd5 Ke6 32. Nc7+ Kd7 33. Nd5 Ke6 34. Nc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sonnevanck 1st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1987.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Berg, Klaus"]
[Black "Armas, Julius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1987.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bh4 c5 4. f3 g5 5. fxe4 gxh4 6. e3 Bh6 7. Qh5 Bxe3 8.
Nf3 Nc6 9. Nbd2 Qa5 $6 10. Bc4 e6 11. d5 Nd4 12. c3 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 $5 Nc2+ 14.
Ke2 Nxa1 15. d6 $6 (15. dxe6 dxe6 16. Qe5) (15. e5 $1 {nebst 16. Se4}) 15... b5
16. Bd5 Rb8 17. Rxa1 Qb6 $1 18. Rf1 Qxd6 19. Qxf7+ Kd8 20. Qf6+ Kc7 21. Qxh8
exd5 22. Rf8 $2 ({Stärker war} 22. e5 Qg6 23. Qf8) 22... Qxh2 23. Nf3 Qxg2+ 24.
Ke3 dxe4 25. Qe5+ d6 26. Qxe4 Bd7 27. Rf7 Qxb2 28. Qxh7 Re8+ 29. Re7 Qxc3+ 30.
Kf2 Qb2+ 31. Kg1 Rxe7 0-1

[Event "AUT-ch"]
[Site "Lienz"]
[Date "1981.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Roehrl, Karl"]
[Black "Wittmann, Walter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1981.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 {Ein Störzug, doch schon alles.} c5 {Die sofortige
Gegenattacke erachtet man als stärkste Erwiderung. Nur optisch gut ist 2...Se4
3.Lh4.} 3. dxc5 {3.d5 Db6 4.Dc1 d6 ist nicht angenehm für Weiß.} Na6 4. Qd4 {
Das ist bestimmt ganz schlehct. Angezeigt war} (4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 {mit
verteidigungsfähiger Stellung.}) 4... e6 5. e3 Bxc5 6. Qa4 Qb6 7. Nd2 Qxb2 8.
Rb1 Qa3 9. Qxa3 Bxa3 10. Bxa6 bxa6 11. Ngf3 a5 12. Nd4 Ba6 13. Nb5 Bxb5 14.
Rxb5 Bb4 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Ke2 Ke7 17. c4 f5 18. Nf3 Rhc8 19. Rb7 Rxc4 20.
Rxd7+ Kxd7 21. Ne5+ Ke7 22. Nxc4 Rc8 23. Kd3 e5 {[#] Einen solch wertvollen
Mittelbauern zu opfern, ist nicht jedermanns Sache. Mit Feingefühl erkannt der
Anziehende jedoch die der Annahme folgenden Konse- quenzen.} 24. Nxe5 {Warum
nicht? Oder sollte nicht doch besser} (24. f3 {Wenn hierauf} e4+ 25. fxe4 fxe4+
26. Kd4 f5 {so kaltblütig} 27. g4 {und wie geht's nut weiter?}) 24... Rc3+ 25.
Kd4 Rc2 26. Nd3 Rxa2 27. Rc1 {Naheliegend, doch zu versuchen war 27.h3 nebst
28.g4.} Bd6 28. Rb1 a4 29. Rb7+ Kf8 30. Rxa7 a3 31. Kc3 Be7 32. Kb3 Rd2 33. Kc3
Rd1 34. Kc2 $2 {Dies verliert endgültig. Mit 34.g3 war die Partie
wahrscheinlich noch zu retten.} Rh1 35. g3 Rxh2 36. Ra8+ Kg7 37. Ra7 Bd6 38.
Ra6 Bxg3 39. Rxa3 Bxf2 40. Nxf2 Rxf2+ 41. Kd1 h5 {Die Partie ist theoretisch
gewonnen, die Gewinnführung ein Lehrbeispiel.} 42. Ke1 Rb2 43. Ra4 Kg6 44. Kf1
f6 45. Ra5 h4 46. Rc5 h3 47. Kg1 Rg2+ 48. Kh1 Rg3 49. Kh2 Rxe3 50. Rc7 f4 51.
Rc5 Rg3 52. Ra5 f5 53. Ra8 Re3 54. Rh8 Kg5 55. Rg8+ Kh4 56. Rh8+ Kg4 57. Rg8+
Kf3 58. Ra8 Kf2 59. Ra5 f3 60. Kxh3 f4 61. Kh2 Kf1 62. Ra1+ Re1 63. Ra2 f2 64.
Ra4 Re7 {Dies gewinnt, auch ohne Bf4 immer.} 65. Ra1+ Ke2 66. Ra2+ Kf3 67. Ra3+
Re3 68. Ra4 f1=R {Selbstverständlich konnte man sich auch eine Dame aufstellen,
denn 69.Txf4 Ke2 ist nicht patt! [IM A. Beni]} 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch 79th"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Emms, John M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1992.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. h4 c5 4. d5 {[ According to Ali Mortazavi, another h4
practitioner, he and Julian had become tired of 4.dxc5 so this possibility was
briefly considered ]} g6 5. Qd3 Qa5+ 6. Nd2 Nxg5 7. hxg5 Bg7 8. c3 d6 9. e4 Nd7
10. a4 $14 {[ The white knight's strong post on c4 assures him of some
advantage ]} Rb8 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. f4 a6 (12... b6 13. Nf3 a6 14. Be2 b5 15. axb5
axb5 {[ Looks playable ]} 16. Ne3 c4 17. Qc2) 13. a5 b5 14. axb6 Nxb6 15. Qc2
e6 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Ne3 Bd7 18. Nf3 O-O 19. f5 Rfe8 20. f6 Bf8 21. O-O-O {
[ Now if Black does not react he will be mated very quickly ]} d5 22. e5 $2 (
22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Bc6 24. Bc4 $1 $16) 22... Rxe5 $1 $17 23. Qf2 Rxe3 24.
Qxe3 d4 $2 (24... Bd6 $1 $17) 25. Qe1 $13 dxc3 26. Qxc3 Qf4+ (26... Na4 27. Qe5
) 27. Rd2 Qa4 28. b3 $1 {[ The prelude to an incredible concept, the
commentary room thought White had to play 28.Qa3 ]} Qa3+ 29. Qb2 Qa5 {[#] [ A
remarkable position, White looks to be helpless against the threats of ..c4 ..
Ba3 etc but a brilliant combination from Julian exploits the imprisoned black
king. ]} 30. Rxd7 $1 c4 $5 {[ Brace yourselves ]} (30... Nxd7 $5 31. Bc4 {
[ At first I thought this was good for white but maybe not, Black's 30th,
while entertaining the crowd and giving the impression of winning on the spot,
may have been the decisive mistake. ]} Bd6 $1 $13 (31... Nb6 $2 32. Bxf7+ $1
Kxf7 33. Ne5+ Kg8 (33... Ke6 34. Nc6 $18) 34. f7+ $18)) 31. Rxf7 $3 {[#]} Ba3 (
31... Kxf7 32. Ne5+ $1 Ke6 (32... Kg8 33. f7+ $18) (32... Ke8 33. f7+ {[ /\
Nc6+ +- ]}) 33. Bxc4+ $1 $18) 32. Rg7+ $1 {[ Essential, so that Rhh7 threatens
mate ]} Kf8 33. Rhxh7 {[#] [ An incredible position. The queen is going with
check but the white king can escape the attentions of queen rook and knight
and make it to h2 g3, amazed ? you will be ]} Bxb2+ 34. Kd1 $4 {[ With 5
minutes on the clock to John's 1 Julian makes a losing blunder. It is
reasonable to assume that recapturing the bishop loses but in fact it wins. ]}
(34. Kxb2 Na4+ 35. Kc1 Qc3+ 36. Kd1 Nb2+ 37. Ke2 Qd3+ 38. Kf2 Nd1+ 39. Kg1 $1
Qe3+ 40. Kh2 $18) 34... Qd5+ $4 {[ Black lost on time but he is now lost. 35.
Nd2 forces 35..Qg8 going into a lost ending, a bizarre end to a very
entertaining game ]} (34... Bxf6 $3 35. gxf6 Qa1+ 36. Ke2 Qxf6 $19) 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 82nd"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cooper, Lawrence"]
[Black "Ward, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. f3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nh5 {"Bizarre" - Martin. "The
heat was getting to all the players today, not just these two" - Pein.} 6. Bg5
h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. e3 (8. dxc5 {After the game Ward showed} d4 9. Ne4 Nc6 10. g4
g5 11. Bf2 Nf4 $13) 8... g5 9. Bf2 cxd4 10. exd4 Nf6 11. Bd3 Nc6 {[#] Black's
zany ideas have worked out quite well. White did not like 12.Nge2 Nb4 so he
played} 12. a3 {But this was met by} a6 {Not wishing to be outdone White
replied} 13. h3 b5 14. Na2 Bg7 15. Nb4 Qd6 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Ne2 Bd7 18. c3 a5
{and just when it was getting interesting, and, very hot in the tournament
hall a draw was agreed.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Manresa op"]
[Site "Manresa"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mellado Trivino, Juan"]
[Black "Vidarte Morales, Arturo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Nf6 5. d5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bh6 e6 10. O-O-O exd5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Nxd5 Be6 13. Nf4 Bxa2 14. b3 a5
15. Qxd6 (15. Kb2 a4 16. Kxa2 axb3+ 17. Kxb3 Qb6+ $19) 15... Qxd6 16. Rxd6 a4
17. Kb2 axb3 18. cxb3 Nc6 19. Nge2 (19. Bc4 Nd4 20. Nge2 b5 21. Nxd4 bxc4)
19... c4 20. bxc4 Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch46 First League"]
[Site "Ashkhabad"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1978.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bh4 c5 4. f3 g5 (4... Nf6 $1 5. Bxf6 gxf6 6. d5 Bh6 $15
) 5. fxe4 gxh4 6. e3 Qb6 7. Nc3 e6 (7... Qxb2 $13) 8. a3 d6 (8... Qxb2 $2 9.
Na4) 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. b4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 (11. exd4 Bg7 {P c6}) 11... Rg8 12. Nb5
Bxb5 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. Bxb5+ Ke7 15. Kf2 Bg7 16. Ra2 Bc3 17. Rb1 Nd7 18. h3 Ne5
19. Nxh4 Rgc8 $10 20. Rb3 Rc7 21. Be2 Rd8 22. Nf3 Nxf3 23. Bxf3 Be5 24. Be2 Rc3
25. Rb1 Rg8 26. g4 Bf6 27. Bd3 h5 28. Rg1 hxg4 29. Rxg4 Rxg4 30. hxg4 Rc8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Basque 1"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.11.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.11.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 {The Trompowsky! A rare guest in GM games.} e6 3. e4 h6 4.
Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qd2 d6 7. a3 Ba5 8. Nge2 Nc6 {This is probably why the
Trompowsky is a rare gues in GM games. I like Black already, he has the pair
of bishops and White's central position doesn't impress me to the point where
it would be compensation.} 9. Rd1 O-O 10. f4 e5 $1 {A very standard break on
the center. White's position is underdeveloped and his dark squares are going
to suffer without his bishop of that square.} 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. b4 Bb6 13. f5
Ne7 $2 {This was definitely not the way to punish White's play.} (13... Rd8 $1
14. Nd5 Qh4+ 15. Ng3 Nd4 $1 {with a big, big initiative all over the board.})
14. Na4 Qh4+ 15. Ng3 g6 16. fxg6 Nxg6 (16... fxg6 $15 {made much more sense,
opening the f-file and making it difficult for White to castle.}) 17. Be2 Nf4
18. Bf3 Be6 (18... Qg5 $1 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. Qc3 h5 $1 {with an initiative.})
19. Nxb6 cxb6 20. O-O Qg5 21. Kh1 Rfd8 22. Qf2 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Ng6 24. Nf1 Rd8 {
Black exchanges rooks, good enough for equality but he is no longer thinking
of an advantage.} 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qd2 Qxd2 27. Nxd2 Ne7 28. Kg1 Nc8 29. Kf2
Nd6 30. Be2 f6 31. Bd3 Kf7 32. Ke3 {It's impossible for either side to make
any real progress here.} Ke7 33. h3 Kf7 34. c4 Ke7 35. Be2 Nf7 36. Nf1 Nd6 37.
Nd2 Nf7 38. Nf1 Nd6 39. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Snowdrops-Old Hands"]
[Site "Podebrady"]
[Date "2013.12.02"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2013.11.30"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Snowdrops"]
[BlackTeam "Old Hands"]
[WhiteClock "0:04:00"]
[BlackClock "0:13:12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Qd2 g6 7. O-O-O Bg7 8.
f4 O-O 9. Nf3 Qe7 10. h4 h5 11. e5 b6 12. Ne4 Bb7 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. g4 hxg4 15.
Nfg5 Nxd4 16. h5 dxe5 17. hxg6 f5 18. Qh2 Rfe8 19. fxe5 fxe4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21.
Bxe4 Qg5+ 22. Kb1 Rad8 $2 (22... Qxe5 {was good for a win for Black.}) 23. Qh7+
Kf8 24. Rdf1+ Nf5 25. Bxf5 exf5 26. Rh5 Rd1+ 27. Rxd1 Qf4 28. c3 Qe4+ 29. Ka1
Qxe5 30. a3 g3 31. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1516"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2015.12.13"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Mista, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.09.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]
[BlackTeam "Berlin SF"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 f5 7. g3 {Mit
dieser Variante der Trompowski-Eröffnung hat Weiß eine erstaunlich hohe
Quote erzielt, über 70%.} Nd7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. b4 Nf6 11. Qd3 c6 12.
b5 Bd7 13. O-O Qa5 (13... a6 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. Rfb1 Rb8 16. Rxb8 Qxb8 17. Rb1
Qa7 18. Na4 f4 19. gxf4 Bf5 20. Qb3 Bxb1 21. Qxb1 c5 22. Qb7 Re7 23. Qc8+ Re8
24. Qc6 Qb8 25. Nb6 Rd8 26. a4 a5 27. Bf3 h6 28. dxc5 dxc5 29. Qxc5 Qd6 30.
Qxa5 Qd1+ 31. Kg2 Rd2 32. Nd5 Nxd5 33. cxd5 Bf8 34. Qb5 Qa1 35. a5 Rd1 36. a6
Rf1 37. Qc6 Rd1 38. Qb7 Rb1 39. Qc8 Rd1 40. Ng3 Rg1+ 41. Kh3 Rc1 42. Qa8 Qa4
43. Ne4 Ra1 44. d6 Qxa6 45. Qe8 Qf1+ {1-0 (45) Lputian,S (2590)-Fedorowicz,J 
(2525) Chicago 1994}) 14. Rab1 Rac8 15. a4 Be6 16. Rfc1 Nd7 17. Nf4 Nb6 18.
Nce2 cxb5 $6 {Wohl keine gute Idee. In manchen Varianten öffnet sich die
a-Linie und die schwarze Dame kommt ins Gedränge.} (18... d5 $5) 19. Nxe6 bxc4
(19... fxe6 20. axb5 {und es droht neben Ta1 auch Lxb7.}) 20. Qc3 Qxc3 21. Nxc3
fxe6 {[#]} 22. a5 {Nun zeigt sich der Haken der schwarzen Spielweise. Weiß
brichtauf der b-Linie ein.} Na8 23. Bxb7 (23. Rxb7 {war auch nicht schlecht.})
23... Rc7 {[#]} 24. a6 {Befestigt den Läufer und ist auch dem Umwandlunsgfeld
schon einen Schritt näher gerückt. Gegen Sb5 ist schon nicht mehr viel zu
machen.} d5 25. Nb5 Rf7 (25... Rd7 26. Bc6 $18) 26. Nd6 $18 {Die Partie ist
gelaufen, aber der technische Teil ist noch ganz hübsch.} Nc7 27. Nxe8 Nxe8
28. Bc8 Re7 29. Rb7 Kf7 ({Nehmen verbietet sich natürlich.} 29... Rxb7 30.
axb7 {und der Bauer ist durch.}) 30. Rcb1 Nd6 31. Bd7 {Elegant!} ({Das profane
} 31. Rxe7+ {war auch gut:} Kxe7 32. Rb7+ Kd8 33. Rxa7 $1 Kxc8 34. Rxg7 $18)
31... e5 32. Rxa7 exd4 {[#]} 33. Be6+ {Erneut ein souveräner Vortrag. Weiß
erzwingt die Bauernumwandlung.} Kxe6 34. Rxe7+ Kxe7 35. a7 c3 36. a8=Q c2 37.
Ra1 d3 {Schwarz am Zug würde jetzt gewinnen (Lxa1, d2). Es ist allerdings
Weiß am Zug.} 38. Ra7+ Ke6 {Schwarz macht mit und lässt den netten Schluss
zu.} 39. Qg8+ Ke5 40. Qxg7+ Ke4 41. Kg2 c1=Q 42. Qd4# 1-0

[Event "URS-ch14 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander V"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1945.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. dxc5 (3. d5 $1) (3. Bxf6 $5) 3... Ne4 4. Bf4 (4. Be3 $6
e6 5. b4 a5 6. f3 Qh4+ 7. g3 Nxg3 8. Bf2 Qxb4+ 9. c3 Qb2 10. hxg3 Qxa1 11. Qc2
a4 12. a3 Na6 $17) (4. Bh4 $5) 4... Nc6 (4... e6 $5) 5. Qd5 $6 f5 $1 6. Qxf5 (
6. Nf3 e6 7. Qd1 Bxc5 8. e3 Qb6 9. Qc1 d6 $17) (6. f3 e6 7. Qd1 e5 $1 8. Be3
Qh4+ 9. g3 Nxg3 10. Bf2 Qb4+ 11. c3 Qxb2 12. hxg3 Qxa1 $19) 6... d5 7. Qh5+ g6
8. Qh4 Nd4 9. Be5 (9. Na3 Nf5 $1 $19) 9... Nxc2+ 10. Kd1 Nxa1 11. Bxh8 Qa5 12.
Nc3 Nxc3+ 13. Bxc3 Qxa2 14. e3 Qb1+ 15. Ke2 d4 $1 (15... Bd7 16. Nh3 Bb5+ 17.
Kf3 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 $1 Qxf1 19. Qa4+ Kf7 (19... Kd8 20. Ba5+ b6 21. cxb6) 20.
Ng5+ Kg8 21. Qf4 $18) 16. Qxd4 (16. Bxd4 Bd7 17. Nh3 Bb5+ 18. Kf3 Bxf1 $19)
16... Bd7 17. Qb4 (17. Nh3 O-O-O 18. Qh4 Qd1+ $1 19. Kxd1 Bg4+ $19) 17... O-O-O
18. f4 Nc2 19. Qa5 Qc1 20. Bd4 (20. Bd2 Bb5+ 21. Qxb5 Qxd2+ $19) 20... Nxd4+
21. exd4 Qxb2+ $19 22. Kf3 Qxd4 23. Ne2 Bc6+ 24. Kg4 h5+ 25. Kh4 Qf6+ 26. Kg3
e5 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup 18th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 Qb6 7. Bc1 e6 8. c4
exd5 9. cxd5 c4 $6 (9... d6 $5) 10. e3 (10. e4 $5 Bc5 11. Nh3 d6 12. Bxc4 Bxh3
13. gxh3 O-O 14. Nc3 Nbd7 15. Kf1 a6 16. Na4 Qc7 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Be2 Rae8 19.
Rg1 $16 {Gurevich,M-Kochyev,A/Sverdlovsk/1984/1|0/43/}) 10... Bc5 11. Kf2 O-O
12. Bxc4 d6 (12... Re8 13. Qb3 $16) 13. Ne2 Nbd7 (13... Re8 $5 14. Qb3 Nbd7 15.
Rd1 Qd8 16. Nbc3 a6 $44) 14. Nbc3 Ne5 (14... Re8 15. Nd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17.
exd4 Nb6 18. Bb3 $16) 15. Na4 (15. Bb3 Bf5 16. Na4 Qb4 $44) 15... Qb4 16. b3 (
16. Bb3 Bf5 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 $44) 16... Nxc4 17. bxc4 Qxc4 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Nf4
Re8 20. Re1 (20. Qd3 $5 g5 21. Ba3 Qa5 22. Ne2 Nxd5 23. e4 Qb6+ $13) 20... g5
21. Nd3 Qb6 (21... Qxd5 22. Bb2 $36) 22. Qb3 Qxb3 23. axb3 Nxd5 24. Ra5 (24. e4
Nc7 25. Bxg5 Be6 26. b4 Kg7 $14) 24... Be6 25. e4 Ne7 26. Rxg5+ Ng6 27. f4 f6
28. Rb5 (28. Rg3 f5) 28... Rac8 $1 (28... Bc8 29. f5 Ne5 30. Nf4 $16) 29. f5
Rc2+ 30. Kf1 (30. Re2 $2 Rxe2+ 31. Kxe2 Bd7 32. Rxb7 Rxe4+ 33. Kf3 Bxf5) 30...
Bd7 31. Rxb7 Bc6 32. Rc7 Nh4 33. Rxc6 (33. Re2 Rxe2 34. Kxe2 Bxe4 $36) 33...
Rxc6 34. Nb4 Rxc1 (34... Rcc8 35. Bf4 a5 36. Nd5 Kf7 37. Bg3 $16) 35. Rxc1 Rxe4
36. Nd5 Re5 37. Nxf6+ Kg7 38. Ng4 (38. Nh5+ Kh6 39. g4 (39. Ng3 Nxf5 $10) 39...
Nxf5 $1 $10) 38... Rxf5+ 39. Kg1 Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Shliperman, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Qd2 e5 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. dxe5 Qxe5 8.
Nge2 d6 9. f4 Qf6 10. Ng3 Nc6 11. Bd3 h5 12. Nge2 Bg4 13. a3 Bxe2 14. Bxe2 Ba5
15. Rd1 Bb6 16. Na4 O-O-O 17. Nxb6+ axb6 18. c3 Qh4+ 19. g3 Qe7 20. Qd5 h4 21.
Kf2 Rh6 22. Bf3 Rdh8 23. a4 f6 24. b4 g5 25. a5 hxg3+ 26. hxg3 bxa5 27. bxa5
Rxh1 28. Rxh1 Rxh1 29. Bxh1 gxf4 30. gxf4 Qh7 31. Bg2 Nd8 32. Kg3 Qg7+ 33. Kh2
Qh6+ 34. Bh3+ Kb8 35. Kg3 Ka7 36. Qd4+ Kb8 37. Qd5 Ka7 38. Qg8 Nc6 39. Qf7 Kb8
40. Qe8+ Ka7 41. Qe6 Kb8 42. a6 Qh8 43. axb7 Nd8 $4 {Stohl: The game hardly
could have gone 43...Sd8?? 44.Dd7?? (44.Dc8+ mates) 44...Sxb7. It's impossible
to say what really happened.} (43... Na7 44. Qd7 Kxb7 45. Be6 Qh1) 44. Qd7 $4
Nxb7 45. Be6 Qh1 46. Qe8+ Ka7 47. Bd5 f5 48. Qa4+ Kb8 49. Qb5 Qe1+ 50. Kg2 Qd2+
51. Kh3 Qe3+ 52. Kh4 Qxf4+ 53. Kh5 Qg4+ 54. Kh6 Qh4+ 55. Kg6 Qg4+ 56. Kf6 Qh4+
57. Kxf5 Qh5+ 58. Kf4 Qe5+ 59. Kg4 Qg7+ 60. Kf5 Qe5+ 61. Kg6 Qg3+ 62. Kf7 Qf4+
63. Ke8 Qe5+ 64. Kf7 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Nf6 (4... Qa5+ 5. c3 {[%cal Yb1c3]}) 5. d5
d6 6. e4 e6 $6 7. dxe6 fxe6 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O e5 (10... Nd4 11.
Nge2 O-O 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Nxe4 $1 (13... e5 14. Qc4+) 14. Qxe4 Rxf4 $1
15. Qxf4 $4 Bg5 $19) 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 13. Nd5 Qd7 14. Nxe7 Kxe7 15.
Ne2 Nd4 16. Nc3 b5 17. Nd5+ Bxd5 18. exd5 b4 19. f4 $1 a5 $2 (19... Rag8 20.
fxe5 fxe5 $1) 20. fxe5 dxe5 (20... fxe5 21. Qg5+) 21. Bc4 h5 {[%csl Yh6]} 22.
Rhf1 Raf8 23. Qd3 $1 $18 {[%cal Yc2c3]} Qg4 24. c3 bxc3 25. bxc3 e4 26. Rfe1
Qg5+ 27. Rd2 Nf5 28. d6+ Kd8 29. Qxe4 1-0

[Event "Biel MTO op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel"]
[Black "Schmidt, Wlodzimierz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bh4 c5 4. f3 g5 5. fxe4 gxh4 6. e3 Bh6 7. Bc4 $5 {
[7.Kf2]} e6 (7... Bxe3 $2 8. Bxf7+ Kxf7 9. Qf3+ {[7...Qb6!]}) 8. Qh5 Qg5 (8...
Bxe3 9. Nf3) 9. Qxg5 Bxg5 10. Nc3 $1 (10. Kf2 $2 cxd4 11. exd4 Bc1 $19) 10...
Bxe3 11. Nb5 Kd8 (11... Na6 12. c3) 12. Nf3 a6 13. Nd6 Ke7 14. e5 $1 (14. dxc5
Bxc5 15. e5 {[15.Nxc8 Kxc8]} Bxd6 16. exd6+ Kxd6 17. Ng5 Ke7 18. O-O f6 $19)
14... cxd4 15. c3 Nc6 (15... dxc3 16. bxc3 Nc6 17. Rf1 {[17.g3!?]} Bc5 18. Rd1)
16. Rf1 Rf8 (16... f5 $6 17. g3 hxg3 18. hxg3) 17. cxd4 Bxd4 (17... Nxd4 $2 18.
Rd1 $1) 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. O-O-O Nc6 20. Rfe1 (20. Rde1 $2 f6) 20... f6 21.
exf6+ Rxf6 22. Re4 $1 e5 $1 (22... Rh6 23. Nf5+) 23. Rxh4 Nd4 $1 24. Nf7 (24.
Ne4 Rc6 25. Rxh7+ Kd8) 24... Rxf7 25. Bxf7 Kxf7 26. Rf1+ $1 Ke6 (26... Kg6 $2
27. Rg4+ Kh5 28. Rg8) 27. Rf8 b5 28. Rh6+ Ke7 $1 (28... Kd5 29. Rxh7 Bb7 30.
Rxa8 Bxa8 31. Rxd7+) 29. Rh8 Bb7 30. R8xh7+ Kd8 31. Rh8+ Ke7 32. R8h7+ Kd8 33.
Rh8+ Ke7 34. R8h7+ Kd8 35. Rh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch51 Final"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1984.04.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1984.04.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. d5 Qb6 5. Bc1 e6 6. f3 Qa5+ 7. c3 Nf6 8. e4
d6 9. Bd2 Qb6 10. c4 Qxb2 11. Nc3 $44 Qb6 12. f4 Nbd7 13. Nf3 e5 14. f5 g6 15.
Bd3 Qd8 16. O-O gxf5 (16... Bg7) 17. exf5 $16 h6 18. Kh1 Be7 (18... Bg7) 19.
Qc1 b5 20. Nxb5 e4 (20... Ba6) 21. Bf4 {[#]} Qb6 $2 (21... Nb6 22. Re1 a6 23.
Nxd6+ Bxd6 24. Bxe4 O-O 25. Bd3 $14 Bxf4 26. Qxf4 Kh7 (26... Nfd7 27. g4 $18)
27. Ne5 $14) 22. Rb1 $18 exf3 23. Re1 fxg2+ 24. Kg1 Kd8 25. Rxe7 Kxe7 26. Nxd6
Qa5 (26... Qd8) 27. Qe3+ Kf8 28. Re1 Kg7 29. Qg3+ Kh7 30. Re7 Rg8 31. Rxf7+ Kh8
32. Qh4 Rg4 33. Rf8+ Nxf8 34. Qxf6+ Kh7 35. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch51 Final"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1984.04.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1984.04.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bd3 f5 8.
Nge2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Nf4 a6 12. Be2 Qa5 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Rfd1
Re8 15. g3 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 g5 18. Nd5 Be6 19. a4 f4 20. Rac1 fxe3 21.
fxe3 Ne5 22. Rxc5 Nd7 23. Rc6 Nb6 24. Rxe6 Rxe6 25. Nbc7 Nd7 26. Bb5 Re5 27.
Qb4 Qa7 28. Ne7+ (28. Rf1) (28. Qd6 $14) 28... Kh8 29. Rxd7 (29. Ncd5 Rxe3 30.
Nxe3 Qxe3+ 31. Kg2 Ne5 32. Rf1 Nd3 33. Qd6 Qe2+ 34. Kg1 Qe3+ $11) 29... Qxe3+
30. Kg2 g4 (30... Rc5 31. Qd2 Qe4+ 32. Kg1 Rf8 $17) 31. Nc6 Rf5 32. Qd2 Qf3+
33. Kg1 Rbxb5 34. Rd8+ Bf8 35. Rxf8+ Kg7 36. Qd4+ Rbe5 37. Ne6+ Kh6 38. Qd2+
Re3 39. Nf4 Qe4 40. Rd8 Rf6 $2 (40... Qb1+ 41. Kg2 Qe4+ $11) 41. Rd4 Qb1+ 42.
Kg2 Rf3 43. Ne2+ R6f4 44. Qxf4+ Rxf4 45. Rxf4 Qxb2 46. Ncd4 Qb7+ 47. Kf2 Kg5
48. a5 Qh1 49. Ke3 h5 50. Rf5+ Kh6 51. Rxf7 h4 52. a6 Kg6 53. Rc7 h3 54. Rc1
Qa8 55. Rc6+ 1-0

[Event "AUT-ch"]
[Site "Moesern"]
[Date "1997.08.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Casagrande, Harald"]
[Black "Duer, Arne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1997.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 c6 5. Nd2 Nd7 6. Ne2 f5 7. c4 Nf6 8. Nf4
g6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. b4 Re8 12. O-O Bd7 13. Rb1 Ne4 14. Qc2 Nxd2 15.
Qxd2 Rb8 16. b5 Qc7 17. a4 Bh6 18. Ne2 Bg5 19. Rfc1 Rec8 20. c5 dxc5 21. Rxc5
Be7 22. Rc2 Qd6 23. Nf4 Bd8 24. Nd3 Be8 25. Rbc1 Qa3 26. Nc5 cxb5 27. Ra2 Ba5
28. Qc2 Qb4 29. Rb2 Qa3 30. Rb3 {[#]} Rxc5 31. dxc5 Qxa4 32. Qb2 b4 33. Rd3 Qb5
34. Rd6 b3 35. Bf1 Qa4 36. Bc4 Bc7 37. Bxb3 Qe4 38. Rc4 Qe7 39. Rd1 Bc6 40. Ba4
b5 41. cxb6 Rxb6 42. Qc1 Bxa4 43. Rxa4 Rb7 {[#]} {Das Endspiel sollte gewonnen
sein, technisch einfach aber ist die Aufgabe für Weiß nicht. Es folgte:} 44.
Rad4 Bb6 45. Qc8+ Kg7 46. Rd7 Rxd7 47. Rxd7 {Mit den Damen am Brett ist das
Endspiel leichter zu spielen, denn dem schwarzen König drohen Gefahren, wie
man noch sehen wird.} Qe6 ({Nach} 47... Qf6 {kommt das Manöver Tb7 nebst De8
und Tb8 in Betracht.}) 48. Qc3+ Kh6 49. Rd1 {Der Turm soll auf die vierte
Reihe, Zielfeld h4.} Qe4 50. Rc1 Qe7 51. Qh8 (51. Qh8 {Nun droht Tc1-c4-h4.
Weiß muß immer das Läuferopfer auf e3 im Auge behalten, aber nun scheitert}
Bxe3 {an} 52. Re1 {und es gibt kein "ewiges Schach"}) 51... Bc7 {Auf 52. Tc4
soll nun 52. ..Le5 geschehen, mit der Idee 53. Th4+? Dxh4!.} 52. Qa1 Be5 53.
Qa5 Bd6 54. Rc4 Be5 55. Ra4 {Weiß hat ein erstes Ziel erreicht: Der Läufer
mußte vom gedeckten Punkt b6 auf das ungedeckte Feld b8 ausweichen.} Bb8 56.
Qd5 Bd6 57. Qa8 Bc5 58. Qh8 $1 (58. Qh8 {Wieder in die Ecke! Doch nun steht
der Turm auf der 4. Reihe, und es droht bereits Matt.} Bxe3 {scheitert an} 59.
Rh4+ Kg5 60. Qc3 {mit der Drohung Txh7 und h2-h4+.}) 58... g5 {Der einzige Zug,
der aber zur entscheidenden Schwächung der Königsstellung führt.} 59. Qc3 Bb6
60. h4 $1 f6 61. Rc4 Kh5 62. Qc2 Qe5 63. hxg5 fxg5 64. g4+ Kh4 (64... Kg6 65.
Rc6+ {nebst gxf5.}) (64... fxg4 $4 65. Qxh7#) 65. Qd1 $1 {Der entscheidende
Schlußzug. Nun droht 66. gxf5+ usw.} f4 66. Kg2 $1 {Schwarz gab auf. Gegen die
Drohung 67. Dh1+ nebst 68. Dh3 matt ist kein Kraut gewachsen.} 1-0

[Event "Belfort"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kosten, Anthony C"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. c4 f5 7. Nc3 c5 8.
dxc5 Na6 9. Rc1 Nxc5 10. e3 Qb6 11. b3 Qa5 12. Qd2 f4 13. gxf4 d5 14. Bxd5 Bf5
15. e4 Rfe8 16. Nge2 Bg4 17. Ng3 Bf3 18. O-O Rad8 19. Qe3 Bg4 20. e5 Be6 21.
Rfd1 f6 $4 (21... Bg4 $142 $16) (21... b6 $142) 22. b4 $1 Qxb4 {Jetzt deckt
die Dame nicht mehr Rd8.} 23. Nge4 Nd7 (23... Nxe4 24. Bxe6+ Rxe6 $2 25. Rxd8+
$18) 24. exf6 Bf8 (24... Nxf6 25. Bxe6+ $18) 25. Bxe6+ Rxe6 26. Qh3 1-0

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Black "Kolev, Atanas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. h4 d5 4. Nd2 Bf5 5. Nxe4 Bxe4 6. f3 h6 7. fxe4 hxg5 8.
Qd3 c6 {N} (8... e6 9. Qb5+ $2 Nc6 10. Qxb7 Nb4 {Hodgson,Ju-Salov,V/Wijk aan
Zee/1993/}) 9. Nf3 gxh4 10. exd5 (10. g3 e6 11. gxh4 {Miladinovic,I-Alterman,B/
Burgas/1995/}) 10... Qxd5 (10... cxd5 $5 11. Ne5 (11. e4 Nc6 12. exd5 Qxd5 13.
c4 Qa5+ 14. Kf2 e6 $13) 11... Nc6) 11. e4 Qa5+ 12. c3 Nd7 13. Qc4 $6 (13. g3 e6
14. gxh4 O-O-O $10) 13... e6 14. O-O-O Be7 15. Kb1 (15. g3 g5 16. gxh4 gxh4 17.
Bh3) 15... O-O-O 16. Be2 (16. d5 Nb6 $17) 16... Kb8 $17 17. Rdf1 c5 18. Qb3 (
18. d5 Nb6) 18... cxd4 $2 (18... Ka8 $17) 19. Nxd4 Nb6 (19... Ne5 20. Rxf7 Rxd4
21. Rxe7 $16) 20. Rxf7 Bf6 21. e5 $1 (21. Nxe6 Rd2 22. Bb5 a6) 21... Qxe5 22.
Bf3 Rd5 23. a4 (23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Nb5 h3 $40) 23... Qg5 24. Qc2 (24. a5 $2 Qg6+
25. Ka2) 24... Rd7 25. Nxe6 Qe3 26. Rxd7 Nxd7 27. Qb3 Qb6 28. Qxb6 (28. Qd5 $2
Bxc3) 28... axb6 (28... Nxb6 29. Nc5 g5 30. a5 Be7 31. Nxb7 Nc4 $10) 29. Nf4
Ne5 30. Bd1 g5 (30... Rd8 31. Nh5 Bg5 32. Nxg7 Rd2 33. Nf5 Nc4 34. Bc2 Rxg2 35.
Nxh4 $10) 31. Nd5 Bg7 $6 (31... Bd8 32. Ne3 $10) 32. Nxb6 Rd8 (32... g4 33. Nd5
$10) 33. Kc2 Ka7 34. a5 Rd3 $2 (34... Rf8 35. Rg1 Rf2+ $17) 35. Bf3 Rxf3 $6 (
35... Rd6 $14) 36. gxf3 Nxf3 37. Nd5 g4 38. Ne3 g3 39. Ng2 Bf6 40. Kd3 $18 Nh2
41. Nf4 Ng4 42. Nh3 Ne5+ 43. Ke2 Ka6 44. Rf1 Nd7 45. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. h4 d5 4. Nd2 Bf5 5. Nxe4 Bxe4 6. f3 h6 7. fxe4 hxg5 8.
Nf3 (8. Qd3 e6 9. Qb5+ (9. Nf3 g4 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 $10) 9... Nc6 10.
Qxb7 Nb4 11. Qb5+ Qd7 12. Qb7 Qc8 $40 {Hodgson,Ju-Salov,V/Wijk aan Zee/1993/
Inf 56/65/}) 8... gxh4 (8... g4 9. Ne5 (9. Ng5 $6 e6 10. e3 Be7) 9... dxe4 10.
e3 Nd7 11. Qxg4 $14) 9. Qd3 c6 10. g3 (10. exd5 $2 cxd5 $15) (10. O-O-O e6 11.
g3 h3 12. Bxh3 $14) 10... e6 (10... g6 $5 11. gxh4 Bg7 12. O-O-O dxe4 13. Qxe4
Qd5 $10) 11. gxh4 Qa5+ 12. c3 dxe4 (12... Be7 13. Bg2 Nd7 14. e5 $10) 13. Qxe4
Nd7 (13... Bd6 $6 14. Rg1 g6) 14. Qf4 Be7 15. Bg2 Bf6 (15... Rh5 $5 16. e4 (16.
Ng5 $2 Bxg5 17. hxg5 Qxg5 18. Qxg5 Rxg5 19. Rh8+ Nf8 $17) 16... e5 $132) 16.
Ng5 Qf5 (16... e5 $6 17. Qe3) (16... Bxg5 17. hxg5 Rxh1+ 18. Bxh1 f6 $10) 17.
Qxf5 exf5 18. Kf2 $14 Kf8 19. a4 a5 20. Ra3 $5 (20. e4 $6 fxe4 21. Nxe4 Bxh4+
22. Kf3 Rh6) (20. Kg3 Re8 21. e4 Bxg5 22. hxg5 Rxh1 23. Rxh1 fxe4 24. Rh8+ Ke7
25. Rxe8+ Kxe8 26. Bxe4 $14) 20... Rc8 21. Rb3 b6 22. e4 (22. Kg3 $5 c5 23. e3
$40) 22... fxe4 23. Bxe4 g6 24. Bg2 Kg7 25. Nf3 (25. Bh3 $6 Rxh4 26. Bxd7 Bxg5
27. Bxc8 Rxh1 28. Rxb6 $10) 25... c5 (25... Bd8 $5 26. Bh3 f5 $10) 26. Bh3 Rcd8
(26... Rhd8 $5 27. Rd1 (27. dxc5 Nxc5 28. Rxb6 Rb8 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 $40) 27...
cxd4 28. cxd4 Rc6 $10) 27. Kg2 (27. Bxd7 $2 Rxd7 28. Rxb6 cxd4 29. cxd4 Bxd4+
30. Nxd4 Rxd4 $15) 27... cxd4 28. cxd4 Rhe8 (28... Bxh4 29. Bxd7 Rxd7 30. Rxh4
Rxh4 31. Nxh4 Rxd4 32. Nf3 Rxa4 33. Rxb6 $14) 29. Rf1 Re4 30. Rb5 Be7 $2 (30...
Bxh4 31. Nxh4 Rxh4 32. Rd5 f5 33. Rc1 $44) (30... Nf8 31. Rxb6 Bxh4 32. Nxh4
Rxh4 33. Rb7 Rhxd4 $10) 31. Bxd7 Re2+ (31... Rxd7 32. Ne5 Rdxd4 33. Rxf7+ Kh6
34. Rxe7) 32. Rf2 (32. Kh3 $5 Rxd7 33. Ne5 Rxd4 34. Rxf7+ Kg8 35. Rxe7 Rde4 36.
Rxb6 (36. Rb3 Rxe5 37. Rxe5 Rxe5 38. Rxb6 Kg7 $14) 36... R2e3+ 37. Kg2 Re2+ $10
) (32. Kg1 $2 Rxd7 33. Ne5 Rxd4 $17) 32... Rxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Rxd7 34. Rxb6 Rc7 35.
Ke3 Rc4 36. Rb7 Kf8 37. b3 Rc3+ 38. Ke4 f6 39. Nd2 Rh3 (39... Bb4 40. Kd5 Rh3
$10) 40. Kd5 Rxh4 41. Nc4 g5 $2 (41... Bb4 42. Nb6 g5 $10) 42. Nxa5 (42. Ke6 $6
Re4+) 42... g4 43. Nc4 g3 44. Ne3 Rh2 45. a5 Ra2 (45... Rh5+ 46. Ke6 Rxa5 47.
Rb8+ (47. Rxe7 $2 Ra6+) 47... Kg7 48. Kxe7 $18) 46. b4 f5 47. Rxe7 g2 (47...
Kxe7 48. Nxf5+ Kd7 49. Nxg3 Rb2 50. Kc4 $16) 48. Nxg2 Kxe7 49. Nh4 Rf2 (49...
f4 50. Ng6+ $16) (49... Ra4 $5 50. Nxf5+ (50. Kc4 Kf6) 50... Kf6 51. Nd6 Rxb4)
50. Kc6 Rc2+ (50... f4 51. a6 $18) 51. Kb6 Kd7 52. b5 Kc8 53. Nxf5 $18 Rc7 54.
a6 Kb8 55. d5 Rb7+ 56. Ka5 Rf7 57. Nd4 Ka8 58. b6 1-0

[Event "Belgrade-Moscow"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1998.01.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Machulsky, Anatoly D"]
[Black "Pavlovic, Milos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.01.28"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow"]
[BlackTeam "Belgrade"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qd2 d5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bf5 8.
Be2 e6 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb4 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Rfc1 Na5 13. Nh4 Bg6 14. Nxg6
hxg6 15. Bd3 Rfc8 16. Qe2 Bxc3 17. bxc3 f5 {vermeidet e3-e4} 18. Rab1 Qd8 19.
g3 Rc7 20. h4 Rac8 $17 {Schwarz hat klaren positionellen Vorteil. Die Türme
sind gegen den schwachen Pc3 gerichtet, und der Springer kann jederzeit den
Vorposten c4 besetzen.} 21. Qd2 Qe7 22. Rc2 Kg7 23. Kg2 Nc4 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25.
Rb3 b6 26. Qe2 g5 27. hxg5 Qxg5 28. Rc1 Rxd4 $4 {[%cal Yc8c1,Yg5d2] Ein
kapitaler Bock!} (28... Rh8 $17) 29. f4 $18 Qh6 30. Rh1 Qxh1+ 31. Kxh1 Rdc4 32.
Kg2 Kf6 33. Qd2 Ke7 34. Kf3 1-0

[Event "BEL-chT 1920"]
[Site "Belgium"]
[Date "2020.02.16"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Santos Latasa, Jaime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.09.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "KGSRL"]
[BlackTeam "Wachtebeke"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 Qb6 {A strange mix of ideas. Normally
Black plays 4...e5 at once.} 5. Qc1 (5. Bc1 $5 {made sense as well.}) ({So did
} 5. Qd2 $5 Qxb2 6. Rb1 Qa3 7. e4 $44) 5... e5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e4 {After a 4am
taxi drive, 6am flight, 2 hours train, all that just before the game, I wasn't
really sure what was going on. I was lucky that the following line didn't work
for my opponent, and that he saw more than me!} h6 (7... Nxe4 $2 8. Nxe4 Qb4+
9. Nc3 Bxg5 10. Qxg5 Qxb2 11. Kd2 $1 Qxa1 12. Bb5+ $1 Bd7 13. Qxg7 Rf8 14. Nf3
$1 Qxh1 15. Ne4 {and White wins!}) ({However,} 7... Qd8 {to threaten ...Nxd5
was more logical than ...h6.}) 8. Bd2 Qd8 9. Bb5+ Nbd7 10. a4 O-O 11. Nge2 Ne8
12. Ng3 (12. h4 $5) 12... Bg5 13. Nf5 (13. Bxg5 Qxg5 14. Qxg5 hxg5 15. Nf5 Ndf6
{isn't much for White: Ne7+ and h4 is always answered with ...g4.}) 13... Bxd2+
14. Qxd2 Ndf6 15. Ne3 $1 Nc7 16. Be2 b6 17. g4 $1 {This is what the position
is calling for!} a6 18. h4 Rb8 (18... b5 19. g5 b4 20. gxf6 bxc3 21. Qxc3 Qxf6
22. Nc4 $16) 19. g5 hxg5 20. hxg5 Nh7 21. O-O-O Nxg5 (21... g6 22. Rh2 $5 Nxg5
23. Nc4 f6 24. f4 exf4 25. Qxf4 $18) 22. Rdg1 (22. Nf5 f6 23. f4 {was also
crushing.}) 22... b5 (22... g6 23. Nf5 $1 f6 24. f4 exf4 25. Qxf4 gxf5 26. Qh4
Kf7 27. Qh7+ $1 {would have been a cute finish:} Nxh7 (27... Ke8 28. Rxg5 $18)
28. Rxh7+ Ke8 29. Bh5+ Rf7 30. Rg8+ Kd7 31. Rxf7+ Qe7 32. Rgg7 Qxf7 33. Rxf7+
Kd8 34. Rxf6 $18) 23. Nf5 f6 24. f4 $1 Bxf5 25. exf5 exf4 (25... b4 26. fxg5
bxc3 27. Qd3 $1 fxg5 28. f6 $18) 26. Bh5 $1 {Preventing ...Kf7. It looks like
I'm slowly waking up in that game!} (26. Qxf4 {was good enough.}) 26... g6 (
26... Qe7 27. Re1 (27. Qh2 $5) 27... Qd7 28. Bg6 $18) (26... Nf7 27. Bxf7+ Kxf7
28. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 29. Qg2+ Kf7 30. Rh7+ Ke8 31. Qe2+ {was another nice line.})
27. Bxg6 Qe7 28. Qh2 Qg7 29. Ne4 (29. Rg4 $5) 29... bxa4 30. c3 $1 a3 31. Nxg5
fxg5 ({I was expecting} 31... Rxb2 {after which} 32. Qh7+ $1 {is a killer:}
Qxh7 33. Bxh7+ Kg7 (33... Kh8 34. Nf7+ Rxf7 35. Rg8#) 34. Ne6+ Kf7 35. Rg7+ Ke8
36. Bg6+ Rf7 37. Rh8+ Ke7 38. Rxf7#) 32. Rxg5 Rxb2 33. Bf7+ Kxf7 34. Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Salongernas IM"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Engqvist, Thomas"]
[Black "Hedman, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "Engqvist"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 $8 Qxf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Qd2 c6 7. f4 (7.
O-O-O e5 (7... Nd7 8. f4 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. g3 Be7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. f5 b5 13.
g4 b4 14. Ne2 Rd8 15. Ng3 Nc5 16. Qe1 Rxd1+ 17. Qxd1 Bb7 18. h4 Rd8 19. Qe1 Qd6
20. g5 Na4 21. Bc4 Nb6 22. Bb3 c5 23. f6 $1 $40 {+- Gocheva-Lazic, Cetinje tt
1991}) 8. d5 (8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Bc4 O-O 11. Kb1 Nd7 12. Ne2 b5 13.
Bd3 a5 14. Ng3 $13 {Dunworth-Dive, London 1994}) (8. Nf3 Be7 9. Kb1 Nd7 10. Ne2
Nf8 11. Qa5 Ng6 12. Ng3 Bd8 13. Qc3 O-O 14. d5 cxd5 15. Rxd5 Bb6 16. Qe1 Bg4
17. Rd2 Nf4 $17 {Summerscale-Knezevic, 1996}) 8... c5 9. h4 g6 10. g3 h5 11.
Kb1 a6 12. Nh3 (12. a4 $5) 12... b5 13. Ng5 Nd7 14. a4 b4 15. Na2 Bg7 16. Be2
Nb6 17. a5 Nd7 18. Nc1 Qd8 19. Nb3 Nf6 20. Rdf1 O-O 21. f4 exf4 {1/2 Romero
Holmes-Suarez, Ch Spain 1995}) 7... e5 (7... g5 8. f5 $1 exf5 9. O-O-O $32 fxe4
10. Nxe4 Qg6 11. Bd3 f5 12. Re1 fxe4 13. Bxe4 Qf6 14. Bxc6+ Kd8 15. Qa5+ b6 16.
Qc3 Nxc6 17. Qxc6 Bg7 18. Qxa8 $18 {David-Daly, Linares zt 1995}) 8. dxe5 (8.
Nge2 Bg4 (8... Nd7 $5 9. O-O-O Be7 10. g3 $13 {Stohl}) 9. O-O-O exd4 10. Qxd4
Qxd4 11. Rxd4 Bxe2 12. Bxe2 Nd7 13. Rhd1 Nc5 $10 {Stohl}) 8... dxe5 9. f5 {
>< Bc8} (9. fxe5 Qxe5 10. Nf3 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bb4 $36 {Stohl}) 9... Qd6 (9... Qg5
$5 $13 {Hedman}) (9... Qd8 $6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Bc4 $14 f6 12. Nf3 Bb4 13.
O-O-O+ Kc7 14. Ne2 $16 {/\ Ng3-h5, Nh4-g6 >< g7}) (9... g6 $5 10. Bd3 Nd7 (
10... gxf5 $2 11. exf5 {>< e4} Bxf5 $4 12. Qf2 $18) 11. Nge2 h5 12. O-O Bh6 13.
Qe1 Qe7 14. Kh1 Nf6 15. Ng1 g5 16. Rb1 g4 17. b4 h4 18. Be2 Be3 19. Rb3 Bd7 20.
Nb1 Bd4 21. Bd1 O-O-O 22. c3 Bb6 23. Na3 Kb8 {=/+ Stohl} 24. Nc4 Bc8 25. Nxb6
axb6 26. Qe3 $13 {Minasian-Glek, Moscow Tal 1992}) 10. Bd3 b5 $5 $146 {At
first glance this seems to weaken the c4-square, but Black has an interes-
ting idea in mind.} (10... Be7 {/\ Bd8-b6} 11. Nf3 Nd7 (11... b5 $6 12. a4 b4
13. Nd1 {/\ Ne3 >< c4 Stohl}) 12. a4 $1 a5 (12... Nc5 13. Bc4 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2
Bd6 (14... f6 15. Nh4 $36 {Stohl}) 15. g4 $14 {Stohl}) 13. g4 Qc5 14. Qf2 $5
Qb4 (14... Qxf2+ 15. Kxf2 Bd6 16. Bc4 $1 $14 {Hodgson-Magem Badals, Linares zt
1995}) 15. O-O-O Bc5 $132 {Stohl}) 11. a4 b4 12. Nd1 Nd7 13. Ne3 b3 $5 $13 {
This is the hidden point with 10...b5. Black weakens the White pawn structure
with a surprising pawn sacrifice.} (13... Nc5 14. Nc4 Qd4 $2 15. Nf3 Nxe4 $4
16. Qe2 $18) 14. cxb3 $8 Rb8 (14... Nc5 $5 {>< Bf8} 15. Bc2 Qxd2+ (15... Rb8
16. Nc4) (15... Qd4 16. O-O-O) 16. Kxd2 Rb8 17. Kc3 $13) 15. Bc2 $13 Qf6 $6 (
15... Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Bb4+ 17. Ke2 (17. Kc1 $2 Ba6 18. Nf3 f6 19. Kb1 Nc5 20.
Ka2 Ke7 21. Rhd1 Rb7 $17) 17... Ba6+ 18. Kf2 f6 19. Nf3 Nc5 20. Rhd1 $13) (
15... Qc7 $6 16. O-O-O Bb4 17. Qf2 $14) 16. O-O-O (16. Ne2 $2 Nc5 17. Nc1 $4
Nxb3 $19) 16... Bb4 17. Qf2 Ba6 18. Nf3 Qe7 19. Ng4 (19. Qg3 Bc5) (19. f6 Qxf6)
19... Rb7 (19... Bc5 20. f6 $1 (20. Qg3 f6) (20. Rxd7 Kxd7 21. Ngxe5+ Kc8 $1 $8
(21... Kc7 22. Qg3 Bd6 23. Qxg7 Rhg8 24. Qxf7 Qxf7 25. Nxf7) (21... Ke8 22. Qg3
) 22. Qg3 (22. Nxc6 $2 Qd6 23. Ncd4 Rd8 24. Rd1 Rb4 25. e5 Qd5 $19) 22... Qf6
23. Ng4 Qe7 24. Nge5 $10) 20... Nxf6 (20... gxf6 $2 21. Qd2 {/\ 22.Qd7+-} Rd8
22. Nh4 $16) (20... Bxf2 21. fxe7 Bd4 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Rxd4 Kxe7 24. Rhd1 Rhd8
25. b4 $14) 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Qg3 Be3+ 23. Kb1 Bf4 24. Qg7 Rf8 25. Nh4 Bc8 26.
g3 Bg5 27. Rhf1 Be6 28. Nf5 Bxf5 29. Rxf5 {/\ 30.h4 >< f6}) 20. f6 (20. Rxd7
Rxd7 21. Ngxe5 Rd6) 20... Nxf6 (20... gxf6 $2 21. Nh4 $16) 21. Ngxe5 $14 Bc5 (
21... O-O $5 22. Kb1 $14 (22. Nxc6 $2 Qc7 23. Nxb4 Rxb4 $132 {>< b3, e4})) 22.
Qd2 (22. Qg3 $2 Bd6 $1 23. Qxg7 Rg8 24. Qxf7+ Qxf7 25. Nxf7 Bf4+ $17) 22... O-O
23. Kb1 (23. Nxc6 $2 Qc7 $132) 23... Rc7 24. Qc3 (24. g4 $6 Bb4 25. Qg2 Bd6 26.
Nc4 Bxc4 27. bxc4 Nd7 $13 {White's pawn structure is certainly shattered in
this variation.}) 24... Rfc8 (24... Bb4 $2 25. Nxc6 Bxc3 26. Nxe7+ Rxe7 27.
bxc3 Nxe4 28. Bxe4 Rxe4 29. Rhe1 $16) 25. Ka2 (25. Nh4 Nxe4 $1 26. Bxe4 Qxh4
27. Bf5 Bb4 28. Qd4 Qxd4 29. Rxd4 Bc5 30. Bxc8 Bxd4 31. Bxa6 Bxe5 $10) (25.
Nxf7 $4 Bb4 26. Qd4 Rd7 $19) 25... Bb4 26. Qd4 Bc5 27. Qd2 Bb4 28. Qf4 Be2 (
28... Bd6 29. Qf5) 29. Rc1 Bd6 30. Qf5 Re8 (30... g6 $2 31. Nxg6 fxg6 32. Qxg6+
Qg7 (32... Kh8 33. Qxh6+ Nh7 34. e5 $18) 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. e5 Bxf3 35. exd6
Rd7 36. gxf3 Rxd6 37. Rhg1+ $18) 31. Nc4 $4 (31. Rhe1 Bxe5 32. Rxe2 $14) (31.
Ng4 Nxg4 (31... Nxe4 $4 32. Rhe1 $18) 32. Qxg4 $14) 31... g6 32. Qh3 Bf4 33.
Rce1 Nxe4 $4 $138 (33... Bxc4 34. bxc4 Qb4 35. g3 (35. e5 Rb8 36. b3 Qc3 37.
Re2 Ne4 $1 {Hedman} 38. e6 f5 $1 $17 (38... Nd2 $2 39. Ne1 Qxh3 40. gxh3 $16 {
>< Nd2})) 35... Rb7 36. b3 Qc3 37. Qg2 Be3 $17) 34. Bxe4 (34. Rxe2 Nc3+ 35.
bxc3 Qxe2 36. Kb2 $18) 34... Qxe4 35. Rxe2 Qxe2 36. Re1 Qxe1 37. Nxe1 Rxe1 38.
Qh4 Re4 (38... Rf1 39. Qd8+ Kg7 40. Qd3 $18) 39. Qd8+ Kg7 40. g3 Bxg3 (40...
Rxc4 41. gxf4 $18) 41. hxg3 Rce7 42. Nd6 Re3 43. Nc8 R7e4 44. Nxa7 Rxg3 45.
Nxc6 h5 46. a5 h4 47. a6 h3 48. a7 h2 49. a8=Q h1=Q 50. Qf8+ Kf6 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Qb6 $5 {After a loss in the previous "black"game to
Bruzon the Dutch grandmaster is willing to enter this risky line once again.}
4. Nc3 Qxb2 5. Bd2 Qb6 6. e4 e5 7. Rb1 ({Bruzon continued} 7. f4 {and managed
to win in very convincing fashion, however it's clear that Nijboer had
something in mind for that case.}) 7... Qd8 8. f4 d6 9. Nf3 (9. fxe5 dxe5 10.
Nf3 Bd6 11. Be2 (11. Bb5+ Nbd7 12. a4 (12. O-O a6 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 14. a4 O-O 15.
Qe1 f6 16. Nh4 Rf7 17. Nf5 Nf8 $13 {Naumann,F-Plischki,S/Germany 1995}) 12...
O-O 13. O-O a6 14. Bd3 Re8 15. Nh4 Nf8 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Rxf5 Rb8 18. Qf3 Ng6
19. Bg5 Be7 $13 {Brandics,J-Rechner,K/Kecskemet 1992}) 11... h6 12. O-O O-O 13.
Qe1 Kh8 14. Nh4 a6 15. a4 b6 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Rxf5 Nbd7 18. Qg3 Ng8 19. Rbf1
$36 {Manic,J-Grujic,L/Belgrade 1991}) (9. f5 a6 10. a4 Be7 11. Nh3 h6 12. Be2
Nh7 13. Bh5 Ng5 14. Nf2 Nh7 15. h4 b6 16. g3 Ra7 17. Qe2 $44 {Berg Jensen,
J-Guddahl,V/Langesund 2001}) 9... Nbd7 10. Bc4 (10. f5 a6 11. a4 Be7 12. Bd3 h6
13. Qe2 Nh5 14. g4 Nf4 15. Qf2 h5 16. gxh5 Rxh5 17. Ne2 Nh3 $13 {Maki Uuro,
M-Salmensuu,O/Helsinki 2000}) 10... Be7 (10... a6 11. a4 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. h3
Ne8 14. f5 Nc7 15. g4 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 $16 {Gil Gonzales,J-Candela
Perez,J/Spain 1993}) 11. O-O {In my opinion it was better to take on e5. I'm
nearly sure that this time Dutch grandmaster would've opted for ...N:e5
instaed of taking with the pawn as in above mentioned game:} (11. fxe5 Nxe5 12.
Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qf3 O-O 14. O-O Ne8 15. Qg3 Nd6 $132) 11... exf4 $1 12. Bxf4 O-O
13. e5 {White has got to hurry since black was ready to play Ng4 taking e5
under control.} (13. Qe1 Ng4 14. Qg3 Bf6 $1 15. Qxg4 Bxc3 $15) 13... Nxe5 14.
Nxe5 dxe5 15. Bxe5 Ng4 {[%cal Ge7f6]} 16. Bf4 Bf6 17. Qd2 $4 {Very painfull
blunder. It was necessary to play} (17. Ne4 Bd4+ (17... Be5 18. Qd2 b6 19. Rbe1
) 18. Kh1 $44 {with a very complicated position.}) 17... g5 $1 $17 18. Bg3 (18.
Be3 Nxe3 19. Rxf6 Nxc4 20. Qxg5+ Kh8 $19) 18... Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Ne3 {Now black is
just an exchange up. All white's attempts to get counterchances failed to
accurate defense by black.} 20. Qd3 Nxf1 21. Rxf1 f5 22. Bc7 $5 {[%cal Gd5d6]}
Qf6 23. Nb5 (23. d6+ Kh8 (23... Be6 24. Nd5) 24. Nd5 Qh6 25. Ne7 Bd7 26. Nxf5
Qg6 $19) (23. Ne2 Bd7 24. d6+ Kg7 25. Bb5 Bxb5 26. Qxb5 b6 $19) 23... Bd7 24.
Nxd4 Qxd4 25. Qg3 h6 26. Qd6 Rf7 27. Be2 g4 $1 $19 28. Qxh6 $6 (28. Rf4) 28...
Re8 {[%csl Re2]} 29. Bd3 c4 30. Bxf5 Bxf5 31. d6 Bd7 32. Rc1 Qf4 0-1

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 13th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2003.08.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Iuldachev, Saidali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2003.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. c4 f5 5. g3 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. e3
Nd7 9. Nge2 c6 10. b4 (10. O-O Re8 (10... h5 11. h4 Nf6 12. Nf4 Bh6 13. Qd3 Qb6
14. Rab1 Bxf4 15. exf4 Re8 16. b4 Be6 17. a4 $14 {Degraeve,J-Malisauskas,V/
Budapest 1996}) (10... Nf6 11. b4 Be6 (11... Qc7 12. Qd3 Bd7 13. a4 c5 14. Nb5
Bxb5 15. axb5 $16 {Zlochevskij,A-Termeulen,A/Porto San Giorgio 2000}) 12. Qd3
d5 13. c5 a6 14. a4 b5 15. cxb6 Qxb6 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 cxb5 18. Qxb5 $16 {
Ionescu,D-Vajda,S/Bucharest 1997}) (10... Nb6 11. b3 Bd7 12. Qd3 Qe7 13. Nf4
Rfd8 14. b4 d5 15. c5 Nc8 16. b5 Qe8 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Rab1 $16 {Stefanova,
A-Petrenko,S/Sovata 1999}) 11. b4 Nf6 (11... Nb6 12. c5 Nc4 13. Qd3 (13. cxd6
Nxd6 14. a4 Be6 15. b5 Rc8 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Rc1 $14 {Akopian,V-Yurtaev,L/
Calcutta 2000}) 13... d5 14. Nf4 Be6 15. a4 g5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Ne2 Qd7 18. f4
$14 {Miladinovic,I-Lin Weiguo/Moscow 1994}) 12. Qd3 Bd7 (12... Qe7 13. d5 (13.
b5 Ne4 14. Rab1 h5 15. a4 h4 16. a5 Bh6 17. a6 cxb5 18. Nd5 $14 {Torre,E-Safin,
S/Aden 2002}) 13... Ne4 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Rad1 Nxc3 16. Nxc3 $14 {Dishman,
S-James,D/England 1997}) 13. a4 a5 14. b5 Qc7 15. Rab1 Bf8 16. Rb3 Rec8 17. Qb1
Rab8 18. Qb2 c5 19. b6 $16 {Aleksandrov,A-Novik,M/Moscow 1991/URS-ch}) (10. h4
Nf6 11. Nf4 Re8 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. O-O-O h5 14. Rhe1 Ne4 15. Kb1 Bd7 16. Nxe4 fxe4
17. Rc1 Bf5 $13 {Voloshin,L-Wenzel,R/Germany 2000}) 10... Nb6 $5 {Somehow I
didn't find this move in my database although it's the most natural one in the
position.} (10... Nf6 11. b5 cxb5 12. cxb5 Re8 13. Qc2 Ne4 14. O-O Bd7 15. Nxe4
fxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxb5 17. Bxb7 $16 {Agdamus,J-Pelikian,J/BRA 1995}) (10... a5 11.
b5 Nb6 12. bxc6 bxc6 13. Bxc6 Rb8 14. Bb5 Bb7 15. O-O Bf3 16. Qd3 h5 17. h4 Bf6
$44 {Lputian,S-Kveinys,A/Budapest 1996}) 11. c5 (11. Qd3 Be6 12. d5 cxd5 13.
cxd5 Bd7 14. O-O Rc8 $132) 11... Nc4 12. O-O d5 13. Nf4 (13. Qd3 Re8 14. b5 {
[%cal Ge2f4]} g5 15. Rab1 Be6 $13) 13... g5 14. Nd3 {The knight on c4 is quite
annoying so white's plan is to trade it for one his minor pieces.} Re8 15. Re1
a6 16. a4 Re6 17. Ra2 h5 $5 18. Ne2 (18. Qxh5 $2 g4 {[%csl Rh5]} 19. h4 Rh6 20.
Qg5 f6 21. Qf4 Rh5 $1 $19 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Gg7h6]}) (18. Nb2 Nxb2 19. Rxb2 h4
20. Qd2 Rh6 21. b5 axb5 22. axb5 $14) 18... Rh6 19. Nb2 Nxb2 20. Rxb2 h4 21. f4
{Not to worry about ...f4 by black!} Bd7 22. Kf2 Kh8 (22... g4 23. Nc1 Qe7 24.
Nd3 Qe6 25. Ne5 Bf8 $13) 23. fxg5 Qxg5 24. Nf4 Re8 25. Rg1 {White keeps
slightly better chances, but it's very difficult to make a progress since the
position is closed.} Bf6 26. Bf3 Bd8 27. Qd3 hxg3+ 28. hxg3 Rh2+ 29. Rg2 Rxg2+
30. Kxg2 Rg8 31. Kh1 Rg7 32. Rh2+ Kg8 33. Qf1 Bc7 34. Qh3 Kf8 35. Kg2 a5 36.
bxa5 Bxa5 37. Kf2 Bc7 38. Qh4 (38. Rh1 Rg8 39. Rb1 Bc8 40. Be2 Ke7) 38... Bd8
39. Rh1 Bc8 40. Be2 Rg8 41. Qxg5 Bxg5 (41... Rxg5 42. a5 Bc7 43. Ra1 Ke7 $11)
42. a5 Kg7 43. Ra1 Rh8 44. Kf3 Re8 45. a6 bxa6 46. Bxa6 Bxf4 47. gxf4 Bxa6 48.
Rxa6 Re6 49. Ra7 Kg6 50. Ra8 Kf6 51. Ra7 Kg6 52. Ra8 Kg7 53. Rd8 Kf6 54. Rh8
Kg7 55. Rh3 Re8 56. Rh5 Kg6 57. Rg5+ Kf6 58. Rg3 Rb8 59. Rg2 Re8 60. Re2 Rb8
61. Rh2 Kg6 62. Ra2 Re8 63. Rb2 Re6 64. Rb3 Kh5 65. Rb8 Kg6 66. Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "2000.06.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Varavin, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2000.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 (3... Nbd7 4. Bg2 e5 5. c4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2
c6 8. Nc3 Re8 9. Rd1 Bf8 10. b3 a6 11. e4 Qa5 12. h3 b5 13. cxb5 {1/2-1/2
Kengis,E-Shabalov,A/Bonn GSK 1994}) 4. Bg2 e5 5. dxe5 dxe5 (5... Nxe5 6. Nxe5
dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Nd2 Bc5 9. Nc4 Re8 10. Bd2 Nd7 11. O-O-O $14 {Liebert,
H-Braun,G/BL2-O 1994}) 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. O-O Bf5 8. c4 Bxb1 $6 {There was no
need to give up the bishop.Better was} (8... Bd6 9. Nc3 Ke7 10. Bg5 Be6 11. b3
Rhd8 12. Rfd1 $14) (8... e4 $2 9. Ng5 Ke8 (9... Ne5 10. Bf4 $16 {[%csl Rf7]})
10. Nc3 Nd4 11. e3 Nc2 12. Rb1 $16 {[%csl Re4]}) 9. Rxb1 a5 10. a3 Nd7 11. Be3
f6 ({Doen't work} 11... Bc5 12. Ng5 $1 Ke8 13. Rbd1 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Nf6 (14...
Nd8 15. Nxf7 Nxf7 16. Bxb7 $1 (16. Rxf7 $6 Kxf7 17. Rxd7+ Kf6 18. Rxc7 Rac8 $11
) 16... Rd8 17. Bc6 Nd6 18. c5 $18) 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. Rf5 $16 {and white gets
big advantage in both cases.}) 12. Rfd1 Ke8 13. Rd5 $1 $14 {[%csl Rc5] Not
permitting black to play Bc5.} Rd8 (13... Nb6 $5 14. Bxb6 cxb6 15. Rbd1 Rd8 16.
Rxd8+ Nxd8 17. Bh3 $14 {[%cal Gh3d7,Gd7b5,Gd1d7]}) 14. Rbd1 Ndb8 15. Nd2 $1 {
Knight comes to b5 from where it will put an additional pressure on the
position of black.} Be7 16. Ne4 b6 17. Nc3 Na6 18. Nb5 Ncb8 (18... Kf7 19. R1d3
Ke6 20. f4 $16) 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. f4 $1 exf4 $6 (20... Be7 21. Be4 g6 22. fxe5
fxe5 23. Kg2 $14) 21. gxf4 Be7 22. Kf1 Bc5 $6 {After this careless move blck
pawn on a5 becomes a turget for white pieces.} (22... f5 $5 $14) 23. Bxc5 bxc5
24. Bb7 $1 Ke7 25. Na7 $1 $18 {[%csl Ra5]} Rd8 (25... a4 26. Nc6+ Ke6 27. Rd5
$18) 26. Rxd8 Kxd8 27. Bxa6 Nxa6 28. Nc6+ Kd7 29. Nxa5 {Now white is a pawn up
and the rest is a matter of technique.} g5 30. Kf2 $1 Ke6 31. Kf3 Kf5 32. e4+
Ke6 33. Nb3 Kd6 34. Nc1 Nb8 35. Nd3 $1 Nc6 36. e5+ Ke6 (36... fxe5 37. fxe5+
Nxe5+ (37... Ke6 38. Ke4 $18 {[%cal Gd3c5]}) 38. Nxe5 Kxe5 39. a4 $1 h5 40. a5
Kd6 41. Ke4 Kc6 42. Kf5 Kb7 43. Kxg5 Ka6 44. Kxh5 Kxa5 45. Kg4 Kb4 46. h4 Kxc4
47. h5 $18) 37. exf6 Kxf6 38. Nxc5 Kf5 39. fxg5 Ne5+ 40. Kg3 Kxg5 41. Ne6+ Kf5
42. Nxc7 Nxc4 43. a4 Ke5 44. b4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "2000.06.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Yevseev, Denis"]
[Black "Grechihin, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2000.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c6 $5 {One of the possible ways to meet Bg5.} 3. Nc3 (3. Bxf6
gxf6 (3... exf6 4. c3 d5 5. e3 Bd6 6. Bd3 Be6 7. Qc2 g6 8. h4 f5 $11 {Di
Giugno,F-Bartolini,T/Montecatini Terme op 1994}) 4. e3 d5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nd7
7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nh3 f5 9. Nf4 Nf6 10. Bd3 a6 $11 {Ibaez Tarradellas,E-Gamundi,
A/ESP-ch 1997}) (3. c3 Qb6 4. Qc2 d5 5. Nd2 Nbd7 6. e3 e5 $6 7. dxe5 Ng4 8. e6
fxe6 9. Bd3 Ngf6 10. Bxh7 $1 $16 {Van der Wiel,J-Georgiev,K/Katerini op 1992})
3... Qb6 (3... d5 4. Qd3 Na6 5. O-O-O Qa5 6. a3 b5 7. Bd2 b4 8. Na2 e6 9. f3
Rb8 10. c4 Qa4 $36 {Toby,A-De Rooij,G/NLD-chT9596}) 4. Rb1 (4. Qd2 Qxb2 5. Rb1
Qa3 6. e4 Qa5 7. Bd3 d6 8. f4 e6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. O-O Qd8 11. e5 $36 {Ignatescu,
R-Ceteras,M/ROM-chT 1993}) 4... d5 5. Bxf6 exf6 (5... gxf6 6. e3 e5 7. Be2 Bf5
8. Nf3 Nd7 $11) 6. e3 Bb4 {After this move black also doesnt have any problems
to keep the position equal,but bishop has nothing to do on b4 that's why black
should prefer} (6... Bd6 7. Bd3 f5 8. Qf3 g6 (8... f4 9. Nge2 fxe3 10. fxe3 Be6
11. O-O Nd7 12. Nf4 O-O $11) 9. Nge2 Be6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Nf4 O-O 12. Nce2 Nf6
$11 {with equal chanses.}) 7. Qd2 Bf5 8. Nge2 Nd7 9. Ng3 Be6 10. Bd3 c5 $6 {
[%csl Rd5] This move is saurse of black's troubles-the pawn on d5 becomes
weakness,which needs perminent protection.} (10... g6 11. a3 Bd6 12. O-O O-O
13. Nce2 f5 $11) 11. a3 cxd4 12. exd4 (12. axb4 dxc3 13. Qxc3 Ne5 14. Qc5 Nxd3+
(14... Qxc5 15. bxc5 Rc8 16. Ra1 $1 $14) 15. cxd3 Kd7 $1 $11) 12... Bd6 (12...
Bxc3 13. Qxc3 O-O 14. O-O Rac8 15. Qd2 $14) 13. Nf5 O-O (13... Bf8 $5 14. Qe3 (
14. Na4 Qc6) (14. O-O g6 15. Ne3 Qxd4 $15) 14... g6 15. Nh4 $5 Qd6 16. O-O Bg7
17. f4 f5 18. Nf3 $14) 14. O-O g6 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Ne2 $14 {[%csl Rd5,Re6]} f5
$6 (16... Nb6 17. Qf4 Qxf4 18. Nxf4 Nc4 $6 19. Rfe1 $1 Rfe8 20. Re2 Kf8 21. b3
Nd6 22. Rbe1 $16) 17. Qf4 Qxf4 18. Nxf4 {[%csl Re6] Black bishop looks more
like a pawn!} Nf6 19. Rfe1 Bd7 (19... Rfe8 20. Re5 Re7 21. Rbe1 Rae8 22. Bb5
Rc8 23. c3 a6 24. Ba4 b5 25. Bb3 $18) 20. Re5 Bc6 21. f3 $1 {[%csl Ge4] Taking
control of square e4.} Rfe8 (21... Rfd8 22. Kf2 Kf8 23. h4 Rac8 24. Rbe1 Rc7
$14) 22. b4 $6 a6 (22... Red8 $5) 23. Rbe1 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Nd7 25. Re1 b5 $6 {
Creating to himself another weakness.} 26. Kf2 a5 27. Ne2 axb4 (27... Nb6 28.
Rb1 (28. Nc3 axb4 29. axb4 Ra3) 28... axb4 29. axb4 f6 30. Nc3 (30. Ke3) 30...
Nc4 31. Bxc4 dxc4 32. d5 Bd7 33. Ke3 $16) 28. axb4 Ra4 29. Rb1 Nb6 30. Nc3 $18
Ra8 (30... Ra3 31. Rb3 $1 Rxb3 32. cxb3 Kf8 33. Bxb5 Bxb5 34. Nxb5 Ke7 35. Nc3
$18 {[%cal Gc3a4]}) 31. Nxb5 Bxb5 32. Bxb5 Rc8 33. Bd3 Kf8 34. Ra1 Ke7 35. Ra7+
Ke6 36. Ke2 {[%cal Gb4b5,Ge2d2,Gd2a5]} f4 37. Kd2 h5 38. Rb7 Rc6 39. b5 $1 Rd6
40. Kc3 h4 41. Kb4 h3 42. gxh3 g5 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 512]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 e6 (6...
Qb6 7. Bc1 $5 e6 8. c4 $14) 7. e4 d6 {Somehow this move appears to be
premature.} (7... exd5 $5 8. exd5 d6 9. Ne2 $5 (9. Qe2+ Be7 10. Bxd6 Nxd5 11.
Bxb8 Rxb8 12. Qe5 Qb6 $1 13. Qxd5 Qxb2 14. Qe5 O-O 15. Qxe7 Bf5 16. Qg5 Bg6 17.
Nd2 Qxa1+ 18. Kf2 Rfe8 $17 {Popov,V-Novik,M/St.Petersburg 1992}) 9... Nbd7 10.
Nd2 Nb6 11. b4 $1 cxb4 12. c4 Be7 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. N2b3 $14 {Gulko,B-Browne,W/
USA-ch 1992}) 8. dxe6 $1 {That's the main drawback of 7...e6.} (8. Na3 exd5 9.
exd5 Be7 10. Bd3 (10. Nc4 Qd8 11. g4 O-O 12. a4 Re8 13. Ne2 Na6 14. Bg2 Bf8 15.
Qd2 Nc7 16. Ne3 Rb8 17. h4 $14 {Krylov,D-Bragin,A/Lipetsk 1993}) (10. g4 Nbd7
11. Nc4 Qc7 12. a4 O-O 13. Ne2 Re8 14. Kf2 Nf8 15. Ng3 Ng6 16. Be3 Nd7 $132 {
Benjamin,J-Ivanov,A/World Open, Philadelphia USA 1999}) (10. Ne2 Nh5 11. Be3
O-O 12. Qd2 f5 13. Nf4 Nxf4 14. Bxf4 Qd8 15. Bd3 a6 16. O-O b5 17. Rfe1 Bf6 $11
{Ferreira,N-Damaso,R/Campo Grande 2001}) 10... Nbd7 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Ne3 Nh5 13.
Bg3 Ndf6 14. Ne2 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Bd7 16. a4 O-O-O 17. Qc2 h5 $15 {Kerma,
S-Pavasovic,D/Slovenia 1992}) (8. Qd2 exd5 9. exd5 Be7 10. c4 Qxd2+ 11. Nxd2 b5
12. Ne2 {1/2-1/2 Gormally,D-Stocek,J/Port Erin 2001/CBM 84 ext (12)}) 8... Bxe6
9. Na3 (9. Bxd6 $6 Bxd6 10. Qxd6 Nc6 11. Nd2 Rd8 12. Qf4 O-O 13. Ne2 Qb6 14. b3
c4 $36 {Krasnov,V-Vorobiov,E/St Petersburg 1998}) 9... d5 $5 {Giving up a
castle, but getting rid of the weakness on d6.} (9... Nc6 10. Nc4 Bxc4 11. Bxc4
Be7 12. Qb3 $6 (12. Ne2 $5) 12... O-O 13. Qxb7 Rab8 14. Qxc6 Rxb2 $40 {Wells,
P-Hamdouchi,H/Pulvermuehle 2000}) 10. Bxb8 Rxb8 11. Bb5+ Ke7 12. e5 (12. Qe2)
12... Nd7 (12... Ne8 13. f4 Nc7 14. Bd3 b5 15. Nc2 d4 16. b4 $16 {Shantharam,
K-Muralidharan,M/India 1994}) 13. f4 g6 14. Ne2 $6 {I don't quite get white's
idea because the knight is much more active on f3.} (14. Nf3 $5 Bg7 15. O-O
Rbd8 (15... Rhd8 $6 {[%csl Rh7]} 16. Ng5 Nf8 17. Qe1 $36 {[%cal Ge1h4]}) 16.
Be2 f6 17. Qd2 $14) 14... Bg7 15. Bxd7 Kxd7 16. O-O Rbd8 17. Nc2 Kc8 18. b4
cxb4 (18... Qc7 19. bxc5 Qxc5+ 20. Ncd4 $14) 19. Nxb4 $1 {This move is
stronger than} (19. cxb4 Qb6+ 20. Ned4 f6 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. a4 Bd7 $13 {
and black is doing fine.}) 19... f6 20. Nd4 Rhe8 21. Nd3 Kb8 (21... Qc7 22. Rb1
Bd7 $132) 22. Qb3 Rc8 23. Rab1 b6 24. Nb4 Bd7 25. e6 $1 (25. exf6 Bxf6 26. Qxd5
Qxd5 27. Nxd5 Bg7 $44 {[%csl Rc3,Gg7]}) 25... Ba4 26. Qa3 (26. Qxd5 $6 Qxd5 27.
Nxd5 f5 $13) 26... Ka8 27. Nxd5 f5 28. Nb5 Bxb5 29. Qxa5 bxa5 30. Rxb5 Bxc3 31.
Rfb1 (31. Nxc3 Rxc3 32. Re1 Re7 33. Rxa5 Kb7 34. Re2 Rc6 35. Rae5 Kc7 $14)
31... Bb4 (31... Rxe6 $4 32. Rb8+ Rxb8 33. Nc7#) 32. a3 a6 33. Rb6 (33. axb4
axb5 34. Nb6+ Kb7 35. Nxc8 Rxc8 36. bxa5 Ka6 $11) 33... Bc5+ 34. Kf1 Bxb6 35.
Nxb6+ Ka7 36. Nxc8+ Rxc8 37. Re1 Re8 38. e7 (38. Kf2 Kb6 39. Kg3 Kc5 40. Kh4 h6
41. g4 fxg4 42. Kxg4 Kd6 43. f5 gxf5+ 44. Kxf5 Rf8+ 45. Kg6 Ke7 46. h4 Rf6+ 47.
Kh5 Rf4 $14) 38... Kb6 39. Re5 Kc6 40. Rxa5 Rxe7 41. Rxa6+ Kd5 42. Ra4 (42. Kf2
Rb7 43. Kg3 Rb3+ 44. Kh4 Rb2 45. Kh3 Ra2 $14) 42... Rc7 43. Kf2 Rc3 44. h3 Rb3
$1 $11 45. Ra7 Ke4 46. Ra4+ Kd5 47. Kg1 Rb1+ 48. Kh2 Rb3 49. h4 Rc3 50. g3 h5
51. Kh3 Rb3 52. Kg2 Rb2+ 53. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Garcia Palermo, Carlos H"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 f5 6. g3 Bg7 7. c3 e6 8. Bg2
Na6 {Very messy variation. Till certain point in the game it was very
difficult to understand what was going on, but then young american star
delivered great attack just out of the blue.} (8... O-O 9. Na3 d6 10. Qd2 e5
11. Nf3 Qd8 12. O-O Nd7 13. Rad1 Qf6 14. Qg5 e4 15. Qxf6 Nxf6 16. Nh4 $14 {
Eiber,M-Kreuzer,G/Germany 1996}) (8... exd5 9. Bxd5 Nc6 10. Na3 Ne7 11. Nc4 Qc7
12. Qd2 O-O 13. Rd1 d6 14. Ne3 $14 {Stiller,J-Schindler,V/Bayern 2000}) (8...
d6 9. Nh3 e5 10. Nd2 Bh6 11. e3 Bd7 12. a4 Qc7 13. Qd1 Qd8 14. a5 Na6 15. Nc4
Bb5 16. b3 Qf6 $13 {Lerner,D-Mirabile,T/Stratton Mountain 1999}) 9. Na3 (9. Nh3
Nc7 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. e4 fxe4 12. Bxe4 d5 13. Bg2 e5 $15 {Kaloskambis,
M-Tsekouras,T/Halkidiki 2002}) 9... Nc7 10. Nc4 Qa6 11. Qf4 O-O 12. Nh3 (12.
Ne3 Qb6 13. Nc4 Qa6 14. Ne3 Qb6 15. Nh3 Qxb2 16. O-O Ne8 17. Rfc1 Qxe2 $17 {
Welling,G-Baljon,C/Leeuwarden 1997}) 12... d6 13. O-O e5 14. Qh4 f4 ({Black
could win a pawn, but it would harldy improved his chances in the forthcoming
play.} 14... e4 $6 15. Ne3 Qxe2 16. Rab1 $40 {[%cal Gh3f4,Gf4h5]}) 15. b3 b5
16. Nd2 f5 17. a4 $6 {Starting the play on the quenside white just helps black
to bring his awkwardly placed pieces to the better positions.} (17. gxf4 e4 18.
c4 bxc4 (18... Bxa1 $2 19. Ng5 $18) 19. bxc4 h6 $132) 17... bxa4 18. Nc4 Nb5
19. Rxa4 Qb7 $15 20. Na5 Qf7 21. Rc1 fxg3 (21... e4) 22. Qxg3 f4 23. Qd3 Qh5
24. Nxf4 exf4 25. Qxb5 f3 $1 {Black is getting started!} 26. exf3 (26. Bxf3 $2
Qg5+ {[%csl Rc1]}) 26... Bh3 27. Qf1 Rxf3 28. Bxh3 (28. Nc4 Bh6 29. Re1 Kh8 $19
{[%cal Ga8g8]}) 28... Rxh3 29. Qg2 Kh8 $1 $19 30. Rg4 Be5 31. Nc6 $6 (31. Rg3
$8 Bxg3 32. fxg3 Re8 {[%cal Ge8e2]} 33. Qf2 Qxd5) 31... Bxh2+ 32. Kf1 Bf4 $1
33. Ne7 Rh1+ 34. Ke2 Rxc1 35. Kd3 Qf7 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.10.01"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Palliser, Richard"]
[Black "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Barbican"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 Bf5 5. f3 (5. Nd2) 5... Nf6 6. c4 e6 7.
Qb3 b6 8. Nc3 c6 9. g4 Bg6 10. h4 h5 11. g5 Ng8 12. Nh3 (12. cxd5 $5 exd5 13.
e4 Bd6 (13... dxe4 14. O-O-O Bd6 15. Nh3 (15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Nxe4 Qf4+ 17. Nd2
Ne7 $14) 15... exf3 16. d5 $1 Ne7 17. dxc6 Bxf4+ 18. Nxf4 Qc7 19. Nxg6 Nxg6 20.
Nd5 Qxc6+ 21. Kb1 O-O 22. Qxf3 $16 {[%csl Ra8,Rb8]}) 14. Nh3 Ne7 15. O-O-O O-O
16. Bd3 a5 17. Rhe1 $14 {McShane,L-Jansa,V/Germany 2002}) 12... Bd6 13. O-O-O
Ne7 14. e4 O-O 15. Bd3 $6 {I don't quite get the purpose of this move. More
logical was to take on d6 followed by e5 and Nf4.} (15. Kb1 a5 16. cxd5 cxd5
17. Ka1 Nbc6 18. Bb5 a4 19. Bxa4 Na5 20. Qb5 Nc4 $44 {Kinsman,A-Jansa,V/
Wrexham 1998}) (15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. e5 Qc7 17. Nf4 Nd7 18. Nxg6 Nxg6 19. Kb1 $14)
15... dxc4 16. Bxc4 b5 17. Be2 (17. Bf1 a5 18. Kb1 a4 19. Qc2 Na6) 17... a5 18.
a4 $6 Na6 19. axb5 a4 $1 20. Qxa4 (20. Nxa4 cxb5 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22. dxc5 Bxf4+
23. Nxf4 Qc7 24. Nd3 Nc6 $36) 20... Nc7 21. Qb3 cxb5 $36 22. e5 $4 {[%cal
Gg6b1] Opening up diagonal b1-g6 is identical to the suicide under the
circumstances.} Bc5 $1 $19 23. Ne4 (23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. Rxd3 Ra1+ 25. Nb1 Bb6 26.
Qc2 Nf5 {[%cal Gf5d4,Gc7d5]}) 23... Bxd4 24. Bd3 (24. Kb1 Nf5 25. Rd2 Nd5 26.
Rhd1 Qa5 27. Qa3 Qb6 28. Qb3 Ra5 $19 {[%cal Gf8a8]}) 24... Ncd5 25. Nf6+ $6
gxf6 26. gxf6 Nxf4 27. fxe7 (27. Nxf4 Qa5 28. fxe7 Be3+ 29. Kc2 Rfc8+ 30. Qc3
Rxc3+ 31. bxc3 Qa2#) 27... Ra1+ 28. Kd2 0-1

[Event "Lausanne YM 4th"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "2003.09.20"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2003.09.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 d6 4. c4 h6 $5 {It's not easy to refer to this move,
which doesn't look very logial, but white didn't manage to reveal it's
drawbacks and was severeky crushed.} (4... e6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. dxe6 Bxe6 7. e4 Nc6
8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 Rb8 10. O-O a6 11. a4 Re8 12. Qc2 $14 {Parr,F-Lane,G/Torquay
1982}) (4... g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Qd2 Na6 8. f3 Bd7 9. Nge2 Rb8 10. g4
Nc7 11. Ng3 $36 {Klokas,K-Papagrigoriou,V/Nikea 2002}) (4... b5 5. cxb5 a6 6.
Bxf6 gxf6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Nc3 f5 9. bxa6 Qa5 $44 {Konenkin,D-Ganizhev,M/Serpukhov
2003} 10. h4) 5. Bf4 $6 {I'm sure that this one is not the best reaction to 4..
.h6} (5. Bxf6) 5... e5 6. dxe6 Bxe6 $13 7. Nc3 {White is still looking for an
opening advantage.} (7. e3 d5 8. Qb3 Nc6 (8... Qd7 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. O-O-O d4 11.
Nf3 $36) 9. Qxb7 Na5 10. Qc7 Qxc7 11. Bxc7 Nxc4 12. Bxc4 dxc4 13. Nc3 Nd5 $11)
7... Bxc4 $1 8. Qa4+ b5 9. Nxb5 Bxb5 10. Qxb5+ Nbd7 11. O-O-O $6 {[%csl Rc1]
Such a move simply can't be good. Black's initiative over the b-file is just
too dangerous.} (11. Qb3 d5 12. Nf3 Qb6 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. e3 c4 15. Nd4 Bb4+
16. Ke2 $13) 11... Rb8 12. Qd3 Qb6 $36 13. b3 $6 {[%csl Rb3]} (13. Qc2) 13...
Ne5 14. Qc2 c4 $1 15. Nf3 (15. bxc4 Qa5 $19 16. Rd4 $140 Ne4 $1) 15... cxb3 16.
axb3 Nc6 $1 {Black prefers to keep as many pieces as he can on the board.} (
16... Nxf3 17. exf3 Be7 18. Bc4 O-O 19. Rhe1 $132) 17. Kb2 Nb4 18. Qc4 Be7 19.
Nd4 Nfd5 $1 $19 {[%cal Ge7f6]} 20. g3 O-O 21. Bh3 Bf6 22. e3 g5 23. e4 Nc6 24.
exd5 Nxd4 25. Be3 Nxb3+ 26. Kc2 Qa5 27. Kd3 Qa2 28. Qc2 Nc5+ 29. Bxc5 Rb3+ 30.
Kd2 Rb2 31. Ke1 0-1

[Event "Pula zt 1.2"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2000.04.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Black "Grosar, Aljosa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2000.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Qd2 g6 (6... g5) 7. f4
$1 (7. O-O-O Bg7 8. f4 g5 9. g3 Nc6 10. e5 $5 Qd8 11. d5 exd5 12. exd6 Qxd6 13.
Re1+ Kf8 14. Qxd5 $14 {Fernandez Siles,L-Ramesh,R/Ubeda op 1996}) 7... Bg7 8.
O-O-O a6 (8... O-O 9. Nf3 Nd7 (9... b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. g4 c5 12. g5 hxg5 13.
fxg5 Qe7 14. d5 $14 {Miltner,A-Migl,D/BL2-S9596}) 10. h4 h5 $2 11. e5 Qe7 12.
Ne4 a5 13. Bd3 Bh6 14. Nfg5 $16 {Orlov,G-Reyes,E/Seattle Washingt-ch 1995}) 9.
Nf3 b5 (9... Qe7 10. f5 $5 g5 11. g4 Nc6 12. Bg2 Bd7 13. Rhf1 O-O-O 14. Rde1
$14 {Zlochevskij,A-Sbarra,M/Celle Ligure op 1996}) (9... Nd7 10. Bd3 g5 11. g3
b6 12. e5 Qe7 13. Rhe1 g4 14. Nh4 dxe5 15. Be4 Rb8 16. fxe5 $16 {Malmstig,
E-Livner,A/SWE-chJ 1995}) 10. Bd3 b4 $6 {Careless move with disasterous
consequances for black:after 10...b4 black king will not find a safe shelter
on the queenside-it means it will not find a shelter at all!} (10... Nd7 11. h4
Bb7 (11... c5 12. e5 Qe7 13. Ne4 dxe5 14. dxe5 O-O 15. h5 $16) 12. e5 (12. g4
e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 $1 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. f5 gxf5 16. gxf5 O-O-O $15) 12... Qe7 13.
h5 gxh5 14. Rxh5 O-O-O $132 {[%cal Gc7c5]}) 11. Ne2 a5 12. h4 Ba6 13. g4 $1 Qe7
14. g5 e5 $2 {This move looks like a suicide:black almost forced to give up
the bishop.} (14... d5 15. exd5 exd5 16. f5 $1 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 gxf5 18. Nf4 $1
$16 {[%csl Rd5,Rf5]}) (14... Nd7) 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. f5 $16 {[%cal Gf5f6]} hxg5
17. hxg5 Rxh1 18. Rxh1 Nd7 (18... Bxd3 19. cxd3 $2 (19. Qxd3 $6 gxf5 20. exf5 (
20. Rh7 Kf8 21. exf5 e4 22. f6 exd3 23. fxe7+ Kxe7 24. cxd3 Kf8 $11) 20... e4
21. Qd2 exf3 22. f6 Bxf6 23. gxf6 Qxf6 24. Qe3+ Kf8 25. Nf4 $36) (19. f6 Bxf6
20. gxf6 Qxf6 21. Qxd3 $18) 19... gxf5 20. exf5 Qd7 $13 {[%cal Gd7c6,Gd7f5]})
19. f6 Nxf6 20. gxf6 Qxf6 21. Qe3 $18 a4 22. Nd2 (22. Bxa6 Rxa6 23. Rd1 b3 $6
24. cxb3 axb3 25. Qxb3 $18) 22... Rd8 23. Bxa6 Qxa6 24. Kb1 Qb5 25. Nc1 Rd4 (
25... c5 26. b3 $1) 26. b3 $1 {[%csl Gc4]} Qc6 27. Ne2 Rd8 28. Nc4 Bf8 29. Nxe5
Qe6 30. Nc4 Bg7 31. e5 axb3 32. axb3 Ra8 33. Qd4 (33. Rd1 $5 Qa6 34. Kc1 (34.
Qd4 Qa2+ 35. Kc1 Bh6+) 34... Qa1+ 35. Kd2 Rd8+ $2 36. Nd6+ $1 $18) 33... Qa6
34. Qb2 Rd8 35. Nf4 Qc6 36. Qc1 Ra8 37. Nd3 Qa6 38. Qb2 Qb7 39. Rh7 Kf8 40. Rh2
g5 41. Qd4 g4 42. Ne3 Qa6 43. Nxg4 Qa2+ 44. Kc1 Qa3+ 45. Kd2 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.10.04"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Karttunen, Mika"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Jyvaskyla JyS"]
[BlackTeam "Lipovec"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FIN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Ne4 4. Bf4 (4. Bc1 e5) 4... Qb6 5. Bc1 e5 6. f3 Nd6 {
Quite interesting continuation promising black good counterchanes.} (6... Nf6
7. e4 d6 8. a4 (8. c4 Be7 9. Nc3 Na6 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. Nge2 Nb4 12. Bb1 h5 13. a3
Na6 14. Bd3 h4 15. Be3 h3 16. g3 $16 {Braakhuis,W-Jaluvka,J/IECG Email 1999}) (
8. Nd2 Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. a4 Ne8 11. Nc4 Qd8 12. Ne2 Bg5 13. f4 exf4 14. Nxf4
Nd7 15. O-O $14 {Stefanova,A-Manca,F/Saint Vincent 2000}) 8... Be7 9. Nc3 O-O
10. g3 Nbd7 11. Bh3 Ne8 12. Qd3 Qd8 13. Be3 Bg5 14. f4 exf4 15. gxf4 Bh4+ 16.
Kd2 g6 17. Nf3 Bf6 18. Bg2 a6 19. Rhe1 {1/2-1/2 Van der Wiel,J-Nunn,J/Leiden
1982}) 7. e4 f5 8. c4 fxe4 (8... Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bd3 Na6 11. a3 $14) 9. fxe4
Nf7 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Nf3 Qg6 12. Be3 d6 13. Qd2 O-O (13... Bg4 14. Be2 O-O 15.
O-O Nd7 16. Rf2 a6 17. Raf1 $14) 14. h3 a6 15. a4 Nd7 16. g4 Nh8 $5 {[%cal
Gg6e8,Gh8g6,Gg6f4] The knight is heading for f4.} 17. Bg2 Qe8 18. O-O Ng6 19.
Ng5 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Ndf8 21. b3 Bd7 (21... Nf4 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Qxf4 Bf6 24.
Ne2 Ng6 25. Qd2 Ne5 $44) 22. Ne2 b5 23. a5 bxc4 24. bxc4 Rb8 25. Ng3 Rb4 {
For some reason black insists not to play nf4!?} (25... Nf4 $5 26. Bxf4 exf4
27. Qxf4 Ng6 28. Qc1 Ne5 29. Nf3 Bf6 30. Nxe5 Qxe5 31. Nf5 Rb4 $13) 26. Nh5 {
[%cal Gf1f7]} Nf4 27. Bxf4 exf4 28. Qc3 Qg6 29. Nf3 Qh6 $2 (29... Bxg4 $1 30.
Nxf4 (30. hxg4 $2 Qxg4 31. Nxf4 Qxf4 32. Nd4 Bf6 $1 $17) 30... Qh6 31. hxg4
Qxf4 32. Nd4 Bf6 33. Rxf4 Bxd4+ 34. Qxd4 cxd4 35. Bf1 Nd7 $17) 30. e5 Be8 31.
Nd4 $1 Bxh5 (31... Qg5 32. exd6 (32. Nf5 Bxh5 33. h4) 32... Bxd6 33. Nf5 Bxh5
34. Nxd6 Bg6 35. Qd2 $16) 32. Nf5 Qg5 33. h4 Qxg4 34. Nxe7+ Kh8 35. exd6 Qxh4
36. Nc6 Rb7 37. Qe5 $6 $13 (37. Qh3 $1 {[%cal Gh3c8]} Qxh3 38. Bxh3 g5 39. Bc8
{[%cal Gd6d7]} Rb3 (39... Rg7 40. Bxa6 Nd7 41. Bc8 $18) 40. d7 Rg3+ 41. Kh2
Nxd7 42. Bxd7 Be2 43. Rc1 g4 44. Ne5 Rh3+ 45. Kg1 $16) 37... Rf7 38. Qe4 Bg6
39. Qe5 h6 40. Rf3 Nd7 41. Qe6 Qg5 (41... Bh5 42. Rh3 Qg4 43. Rxh5 Qxh5 44.
Qe8+ Nf8 (44... Kh7 $2 45. Be4+ $18) 45. d7 f3 46. Qxf7 Qxf7 47. d8=Q fxg2 48.
Kxg2 $11) 42. Ne7 Nf8 43. Nxg6+ Qxg6 44. Qxg6 Nxg6 45. Bh3 Ne5 46. Rb3 g5 47.
Rb8+ Kg7 48. Re8 (48. Be6 Rf8 49. Rc8 Rxc8 50. Bxc8 Nf7 51. d7 Kf6 52. Bxa6 Ke7
53. Bb5 Kd6 54. a6 Kc7 $19) 48... g4 49. Rxe5 gxh3 50. Rh5 Rd7 51. Kf2 Rxd6 $13
1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "2000.05.12"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Rabinovich, Alexander"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2000.01.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kfar Saba"]
[BlackTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Nc3 $6 {Definitly not the best way to fight for the
advantage,but possible continuation if you have in mind to deviate from
opening theory.} (3. dxc5 Ne4 4. Be3 e6 5. g3 Nxc5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. c4 Be7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Nc3 d6 10. O-O a6 11. a3 Qc7 12. Rc1 $16 {Shabalov,A-Kreiman,B/USA-ch/
1994/}) (3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 h6 $1 6. Bd2 d6 7. h3 $6 O-O 8. Nf3 e6 9.
Be2 exd5 10. exd5 Bf5 $15 {Lputian,S-Alterman,B/Moscow(olm)/1994/0,5/52/}) (3.
d5) 3... cxd4 4. Qxd4 e6 (4... h6 5. Qh4 Qb6 6. O-O-O hxg5 $6 7. Qxh8 Qxf2 8.
e4 Nc6 9. Nf3 g4 10. Qh4 Qc5 11. Nd2 $14 {Meszaros,G-Moltchanov,R/Cannes
opB18th 1997}) (4... Nc6 5. Qh4 e6 6. e4 Be7 (6... Bb4 $5 $13) 7. Nf3 Qa5 8.
Bb5 d6 9. O-O Bd7 (9... O-O $5) 10. Rfe1 a6 $6 (10... O-O $5) 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12.
e5 $1 $36 {Conquest,S-Garcia,G/Capablanca mem-A 1996}) 5. Ne4 (5. O-O-O Be7 6.
Nf3 d5 7. e4 dxe4 8. Qxd8+ Bxd8 9. Nxe4 Be7 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Rxd6 $14 {
Puranen,J-Kiviaho,A/Helsinki We HSK 1993}) 5... Qa5+ 6. Bd2 Qf5 $1 $132 7.
Nxf6+ gxf6 (7... Qxf6 8. Qxf6 gxf6 9. Bc3 Be7 10. e4 Nc6 11. O-O-O b6 12. Nf3
Bb7 $13) 8. e3 (8. e4 Bc5 9. exf5 Bxd4 10. c3 Bc5 11. Nf3 Nc6 $13) 8... Nc6 9.
Qa4 Rb8 $5 {[%cal Gb7b5] Preparing b5.} 10. Nf3 b5 11. Qh4 {[%cal Gf1d3]} Qxc2
12. Qxf6 Rg8 13. Rc1 Qe4 (13... Qg6 14. Qxg6 hxg6 15. e4 $5 Bg7 16. Bc3 Bxc3+
17. Rxc3 $13) 14. Ng5 Qg6 15. Qxg6 Rxg6 $6 {After this active move only white
can hope for the advantage.} (15... hxg6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Bc3 e5 18. Bd2 f5 19.
Nc3 a6 20. Nd5 Bb7 $13) 16. h4 (16. Nxh7 Be7 17. f4 f6 {[%csl Rh7]} 18. g3 Rg7
19. Bd3 Bb7 20. Rf1 Kf7 $17 {[%cal Gb8h8]}) 16... h6 17. Ne4 f5 18. h5 $5 Rg7
19. Nc5 $36 Ne5 {[%cal Gd7d6]} 20. e4 $5 {[%csl Rh6] Finding weak spot in
black's position.} d6 (20... Rf7 $5) 21. Nb3 fxe4 22. Bxh6 Rh7 23. Bxf8 Kxf8
24. Bxb5 $5 Rxb5 25. Rxc8+ Kg7 26. Ke2 $5 ({Nothing promises} 26. Rc7+ Kh6 27.
Rxh7+ Kxh7 28. Kd2 a5 29. Kc3 a4 30. Nd4 Rc5+ 31. Kd2 Rd5 32. Kc3 $11) 26...
Nd3 27. g3 $5 Rhxh5 (27... a5 28. Rc7+ Kh6 29. Rxh7+ Kxh7 30. Ke3 d5 31. f3 a4
32. Nd4 Rxb2 33. Nxe6 Rxa2 34. fxe4 Nf2 $11) 28. Rxh5 Rxh5 29. Ke3 d5 30. Nc5
$5 d4+ ({More accurate way to draw was} 30... Nxc5 $5 31. Rxc5 Kf6 32. Rc7 a5
33. Ra7 Rf5 34. b3 Rf3+ 35. Ke2 d4 36. Rxa5 d3+ 37. Ke1 e3 38. fxe3 Rxe3+ 39.
Kd2 Rxg3 $11) 31. Kxd4 Rd5+ 32. Kc4 Nxc5 33. Rxc5 Rd2 34. Re5 ({The only
chanse to fight for the win was} 34. Rc7+ $5 Kf6 35. Rxa7 Rxf2 (35... Rxb2 36.
Kd4 Rxf2 37. Kxe4 Rg2 38. Kf3 Rb2 39. Ra6 $14) 36. b4 Ke5 37. a4 Rc2+ $132)
34... Rxb2 35. Rxe6 Rxa2 36. Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch 73rd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.04.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chepukaitis, Genrikh"]
[Black "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2000.04.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bh4 c5 4. f3 Nf6 5. d5 Qb6 (5... d6 6. e4 (6. c4 Nbd7
7. Nc3 g6 8. e4 Bg7 9. Nh3 a6 10. a4 Qa5 11. Be2 h6 12. O-O $14 {Disconzi da
Silva,R-Gomes,L/BRA-ch 1996}) 6... Nbd7 7. Bd3 g6 8. Ne2 Bg7 9. c4 Ne5 10. Nbc3
O-O 11. O-O Bd7 12. b3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 a6 $132 {Schalow,D-Vogt,R/Werther Schloa
op 1996}) 6. e4 $5 {Sacrificing a pawn and hoping to develop the initiative
instead.} (6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Qc1 f5 8. c3 Bg7 9. Na3 d6 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. a4 Nd7
12. a5 b5 $13 {Goes,D-Sternau,A/Haarlem op 1996}) 6... Qxb2 (6... e6 7. Bxf6
gxf6 8. Nc3 Bh6 9. Rb1 O-O 10. f4 Kh8 11. g3 d6 $132 {Arancibia,E-Vasquez,R/
Santiago ARAIS tt 1993}) 7. Nd2 g6 (7... Qb4 8. Rb1 Qa5 9. Kf2 $5 d6 10. Bb5+
Nfd7 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Ne2 a6 $13 {Aleksandrov,A-Mochalov,E/BLR-ch 1993}) 8. Rb1
Qc3 (8... Qxa2 $2 9. Nc4 Qa4 10. Bg5 $1 $18 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Gb1a1,Gg5d2]}) 9.
Ne2 Qa5 10. a4 $5 d6 {The pawn is poisoned:} (10... Qxa4 $2 11. Ra1 Qb4 (11...
Qb5 12. Nc3 Qb6 13. Nc4 Qd8 14. e5 $18) 12. c3 Qb6 13. Nc4 Qd8 14. e5 b5 15.
Nd6+ $1 $18 {and white is winning}) 11. c3 $5 Bg7 12. Nc4 Qd8 13. g4 $1 O-O 14.
Bg3 $36 {[%cal Gh2h5]} b6 15. h4 h5 16. g5 Ne8 $5 (16... Nfd7 $5 17. Ne3 Na6
18. f4 Nc7 19. c4 a6 20. Bg2 Rb8 21. O-O b5 $13) 17. Ne3 Nd7 18. f4 c4 $6 {
Wrong idea,permitting white to get an advantage.} (18... Nc7 $5) 19. Bg2 Nc5
20. O-O Bd7 21. Ra1 b5 (21... Nb3 22. Ra2 Qc7 23. f5 Kh7 24. Nf4 $40 {[%cal
Ga2f2]}) 22. axb5 Bxb5 23. Nd4 Qb6 (23... Nc7 24. f5 (24. e5 a6 25. Qf3 Nd3 26.
exd6 exd6 27. f5 Be5 $13) 24... Be5 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. fxg6 fxg6 27. Nxb5 Nxb5
28. Nxc4 $14) 24. Rb1 Nb3 25. e5 a5 26. Bf2 Qa6 (26... a4 27. Nef5 $1 {[%cal
Gf2b6]} gxf5 28. Nxb3 Qc7 29. Nd4 Bd7 30. e6 $16) 27. Nc6 $1 Bxc6 28. dxc6 dxe5
29. f5 $1 $16 {[%csl Rg6] The difference in the strength of the pieces is huge
and white gets the decisive advantage in a couple of moves.} Nc7 30. Qc2 e4 (
30... Nc5 31. fxg6 Nd3 32. Nd5 $5 Nxd5 33. Bxd5 e6 34. gxf7+ Rxf7 35. Bxe6 Qxc6
36. Rb6 $1 $18) 31. Bxe4 Rad8 {[%cal Gd8d2]} 32. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 33. Rxd1 Nc5 34.
fxg6 fxg6 35. Nd5 $1 $18 Nxd5 (35... Nxe4 36. Nxe7+ Kh7 37. Qxe4 $18 {[%csl
Rg6]}) 36. Bxd5+ e6 37. Bxc5 exd5 38. Bxf8 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch 73rd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chepukaitis, Genrikh"]
[Black "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2000.04.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bh4 c5 4. f3 $6 {Dubious idea.} g5 5. fxe4 gxh4 6. e3
Bh6 7. Kf2 cxd4 8. exd4 Qb6 9. Nc3 e6 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Bb5 ({White has tried} 
11. Nb5 $6 O-O 12. c4 d6 13. Nxd6 e5 $1 14. Qb3 exd4 15. Qxb6 Be3+ 16. Ke1 axb6
$36 {,but black got very comfortable position in Aleksandrov,A-Loginov,V/
Kstovo op 1994}) 11... d6 (11... O-O 12. Re1 Bg7 13. Bxc6 $5 bxc6 14. Na4 Qa5
15. c3 d6 16. b4 Qb5 17. e5 c5 $13 {Dumitrescu,D-Polgar,S/Pardubice op 1995}) (
11... Bg7 $5 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Na4 Qb5 14. b3 Qh5 15. Re1 O-O 16. h3 d6 $5 $13
{Eliet,N-Cramling,P/FRA-chT9697 final}) 12. Bxc6+ (12. Qd3 Bd7 13. a4 a6 14.
Bxc6 Bxc6 15. a5 Qc7 16. Rhf1 O-O 17. Nxh4 Qe7 18. Qg3+ Kh8 $132 {Rausis,
I-Tzermiadianos,A/Athens op 1993}) (12. Re1 Bd7 13. a4 Bg7 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15.
Qd3 h3 16. a5 Qc7 17. g3 O-O 18. Kg1 $14 {Dumitrescu,D-Socko,B/EU-chJM U18 1995
}) 12... bxc6 13. Na4 Qa5 14. b3 h3 15. g3 O-O 16. Qe1 $6 (16. e5 $5 dxe5 (
16... c5 $6 17. exd6 c4 (17... cxd4 18. Qxd4 Bb7 19. Qg4+ Bg7 20. Rad1 $16) 18.
Nc5 Qd8 19. bxc4 Qxd6 20. Rb1 $16) 17. Nxe5 Qd5 $1 {[%csl Gg2]} 18. Nf3 Bg7 19.
Re1 Rd8 20. c3 $13) 16... Qh5 17. g4 $6 {Too opimistic:white seems to forget
that his opponent has a pair of bishops,which is quiet a force in this kind of
position.} Qg6 18. g5 Bg7 $15 {[%csl Rf2]} 19. e5 $6 c5 $1 $17 {[%cal Gc8b7]
Opening the diagonal for the bishop.} (19... dxe5 20. dxe5 Qxc2+ 21. Qe2 Qxe2+
22. Kxe2 Rd8 23. Rhd1 $15) 20. c3 cxd4 21. cxd4 Bb7 22. Qe3 dxe5 23. dxe5 Rad8
{[%cal Gd8d3]} 24. Rad1 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Qxg5 26. Rhe1 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Qxe5 $19 {
Now we can make the conlusions:black is a pawn up and white king is absolutely
exposed-black has decisive advantage!} 28. Qxh3 Rc8 29. Kg1 Qe2 (29... h6 $5 {
[%csl Ra4,Rg1]} 30. Qd3 Qf4 31. a3 a5 $19) 30. Qd3 Qxd3 31. Rxd3 Rc2 32. a3 f5
{[%cal Ge6e4,Gf5f3]} 33. b4 Bf8 $5 34. Rd7 (34. Nc3 Kf7 35. Nb5 a6 36. Nd4 Rc4
$19 {[%cal Gf7f6,Ge6e4]}) 34... a6 35. Ra7 Rc6 36. Kg2 e5 37. Rb7 e4 38. Nb6
Rc2+ 39. Kf1 (39. Kg3 Bd6+ 40. Kh4 Bf4 41. h3 Rc6 $19 {[%csl Rh4]}) 39... Bh6
$1 40. h4 {[%cal Gb6d7,Gd7f6]} Rc1+ 41. Ke2 f4 42. Nd5 (42. Nd7 f3+ 43. Kf2 Bg7
$5 {[%cal Gg7d4]}) 42... f3+ 43. Kf2 Rc2+ 44. Kg3 Rg2+ 45. Kh3 e3 46. Rd7 {
[%cal Gd5f6]} (46. Nf6+ Kf8 47. Nxh7+ Ke8 48. Nf6+ Kd8 $19) 46... Kf8 47. Nf6
Bg7 48. Nxh7+ Kg8 49. Ng5 Rxg5 50. hxg5 e2 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.10.02"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Lipovec"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]

1. d4 {McShane} Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 f5 (5... e6 {
McShane} 6. e4) 6. c4 Bg7 7. Nc3 d6 8. e3 Nd7 9. Qc2 Qa5 (9... Nf6 10. Bd3 (10.
Nf3 Ne4 11. Rc1 Nxc3 12. bxc3 e6 13. Bd3 Qd8 14. O-O O-O 15. Rfe1 b6 $13 {
Gerstner,W-Acs,P/Germany 1999}) 10... Ne4 (10... e6 11. Nge2 Bd7 12. a3 h5 13.
Rb1 Qc7 14. O-O Ng4 15. h3 Ne5 16. f4 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 O-O-O 18. b4 $36 {Manninen,
M-Paronen,P/Jyvaskyla 2002}) 11. Nge2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 {'!?' McShane.} e6 13. O-O
Qd8 {'!' McShane.} 14. dxe6 {'!' McShane.} fxe6 15. e4 O-O (15... Qg5 $5 {
McShane}) 16. exf5 exf5 17. Nf4 Qg5 $13 {Romero Holmes,A-Reinaldo Castineira,R/
Torrevieja 1997} 18. Nh3 (18. Nd5 $14 {(McShane) Romero-Reinaldo, Spain ch})) (
9... Ne5 {McShane} 10. h3 Rg8 11. f4 Ng6 12. Nf3) 10. Nf3 b5 $5 {'?!' McShane.
Emil is very active player so ...b5 is just a natural reply for him, however
more logical looked 10...Nf6 with unclear position with mutual chances.} (10...
Nf6 11. Bd3 Ne4 12. Bxe4 fxe4 13. Nd2 f5 14. O-O $13) 11. cxb5 Nb6 12. Nd2 Bb7
(12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxd5 14. Rc1 Nf6 15. Be2 Bb7 16. f3 e6 17. O-O O-O 18. e4
$14) 13. Nb3 Qb4 14. a3 Bxc3+ $2 {Very bad move after which black is just a
pawn down without any compensation! McShane: 'with a draw offer'} (14... Qg4 {
'>=' McShane.} 15. h3 (15. Na5 {McShane} Bxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Be2 $1 Qg6 (
17... Qxg2 18. O-O-O $16 {[%csl Rd5,Rg7][%cal Yh1g1]} Bf6 (18... Rg8 19. Bc4
Nf6 20. Qxf5 $16)) 18. Bf3 e6 19. Nc4 Rd8 20. O-O-O $16) 15... Qg6 16. Na5 Bxd5
17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. O-O-O Nb6 19. Bd3 Qf6 $132) 15. bxc3 Qa4 {[%csl Ra4]} 16. c4
$16 a6 17. Qc3 Rg8 18. bxa6 Bxa6 (18... Qxa6 {McShane}) 19. Nd2 e6 20. Rb1 (20.
dxe6 {McShane} fxe6 21. Be2 (21. Qf6 Qd7 22. Be2 Qe7 $1) 21... Ke7 $1 {[%csl
Ge7]}) 20... Nd7 (20... Rb8 {[%csl Rb8][%cal Yc3h8,Yb1b8] McShane} 21. Bd3 $16)
21. Be2 Bc8 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Rb3 Rxg2 {'!?' McShane.} (23... Qa5 24. Qb2 $16)
24. Qh8+ Nf8 25. Bf3 Rg6 26. Bxa8 Qxa8 27. Rf1 $18 (27. f3 {McShane} Rg2) 27...
e5 (27... Kf7 {'>=' McShane.} 28. f4 {[%cal Gd2f3,Gf3g5]} (28. Qb2 Nd7 29. e4
$5 {McShane} f4 $16 (29... fxe4 30. f3 e3 31. Rxe3 $16)) 28... Bb7 29. Qb2 Bg2
30. Rb8 Qa7 31. Rg1 $18) (27... Bb7 $2 {McShane} 28. Qb2 $1 {[%csl Ra8,Gb3,Re8,
Rg6][%cal Yb3b8,Yb2g7,Yg6g7]}) 28. f4 {'!' McShane.} Be6 29. fxe5 d5 30. Rb6 $1
Ke7 (30... Kf7 $144 {McShane} 31. Rxe6 $18) (30... Qxa3 {McShane} 31. Rb8+ Kd7
32. Qxf8 $18) 31. Rxe6+ Kxe6 (31... Rxe6 {McShane} 32. Qg7+ Ke8 33. Rxf5 $18)
32. cxd5+ Kxd5 33. Rxf5 Rg1+ (33... Qxa3 {McShane} 34. Qxf8 Qxe3+ (34... Qc1+
35. Ke2 Rg2+ 36. Rf2 $18) (34... Qa1+ 35. Ke2 Qa6+ 36. Kf2 $18) (34... Rg1+ 35.
Kf2 $18) 35. Kd1 Rg1+ 36. Kc2 $18) 34. Kf2 Rd1 (34... Qa5 {McShane} 35. Qxf8 (
35. Nf3 $18) 35... Qxd2+ 36. Kxg1 $18) 35. Qg8+ Kc6 (35... Ne6 {[%csl Rd5]
[%cal Yg8g2,Yg8a8] McShane} 36. Qxa8# (36. Qg2# $144 $1)) 36. Qg2+ 1-0

[Event "Paris NAO GM 3rd"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2003.12.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vandevoort, Pascal"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.12.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. d5 Qb6 5. Nd2 {'Luc Winants: 'Ce gambit ne
vaut pas celui du gambit du Capitaine Evans, si cher aux champions du 19e
siècle. Cependant la théorie ne s'y est jamais vraiment intéressée et les
analyses présentées ne paraissent guère convaincantes. Les Blancs y trouveront
donc encore l'occasion d'y mener de belles parties d'attaque et pour de
nombreuses années а venir !''} Qxb2 $5 {A very risky continuation leading to
an extremly complicated struggle with mutual chances. There is no doubt that
white gets a very dangerous initiative, however black gets his chances.} 6.
Nxe4 Qb4+ 7. Qd2 Qxe4 8. e3 g5 {'Luc Winants: 'Cette réplique avait été
présentée comme une réfutation...''} 9. f3 (9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Rb1 (10. c3 b5 11.
f3 Qa4 12. Rb1 a6 13. e4 d6 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. Ne2 $36 {Galyas,M-Amrein,R/Harkany
1999}) 10... Qa4 11. c3 Qa5 12. Rb3 d6 13. Nf3 g4 14. Nh4 Na6 15. Bb5+ Kf8 $13
{Fritze,B-Maxion,D/Germany 1995/GER-chT2}) 9... Qf5 (9... Qg6 10. Be5 Bg7 11.
Bd3 Qh6 12. Qc3 (12. Bxg7 Qxg7 13. Rb1 d6 14. Ne2 Nd7 {1/2-1/2 Caselli,
L-Piantoni,R/Corsico 1996/EXT 98 (14)}) 12... O-O 13. h4 f6 14. Bxb8 Rxb8 15.
Qxc5 f5 16. Rb1 b6 $13 {Weindl,A-Manievich,V/Bern 1996}) 10. Bg3 d6 (10... Qf6
11. c3 Bg7 12. Rc1 d6 13. f4 {Une nouveauté : Les Blancs dégagent de nouvelles
lignes pour assiéger la Dame et profiter des affaiblissements consentis а
l'aile Roi (...g5).} (13. h4 h6 14. Nh3 $2 Bxh3 15. Rxh3 Nd7 16. Rh1 Rb8 $17 {
Weindl,A-Berthelot,Y/Cannes 1996}) 13... Nd7 {Un choix manifestement
discutable : la Tour et le Bc8 se retrouvent pris dans de nouveaux
embouteillages.} 14. Nf3 h6 15. Bd3 {Prépare le roque et le siège le long de
la colonne -f-.} e5 16. dxe6 Qxe6 17. O-O {Pour l'instant le pion g5
n'intéresse personne !} Bf6 {Il ne sait plus que faire, mais si} 18. Bb5 $44 {
Winants,L-Verat,L/France 2002}) (10... Bg7 11. e4 Qg6 12. Rb1 O-O 13. h4 gxh4
14. Bxh4 d6 15. g4 e6 16. Ne2 f5 17. Nf4 Qe8 18. Bb5 $36 {Peredy,F-Egedi,I/
Hungary 2003}) 11. Bd3 Qf6 12. Rb1 b6 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. O-O Bg7 $6 {More in the
spirit of the position was} (14... Bxd5 $1 15. Bb5+ Bc6 16. Qd5 Kd7 {[%csl Gc6]
} 17. a4 Kc7 18. Qb3 Bxb5 19. Qxb5 Nc6 $15 {and it's pretty hard for white to
break through.}) 15. f4 g4 {Correct decision, since opening an f-file would be
too dangerous.} (15... Nd7 16. e4 gxf4 17. Bxf4 Rg8 18. Kh1 $44 {[%cal Ge2g3,
Gg3f5]}) 16. e4 Nd7 17. a4 e6 $1 {It's very important to free square e7 for
the queen.} (17... h5 18. e5 (18. c4 h4 19. Be1 e5 $132) 18... Qh6 19. Bh4 dxe5
20. Ng3 $1 Bf6 21. Nf5 Qf8 22. Bxf6 exf6 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Qg5 $36 {[%csl Re8]
[%cal Ga4a5,Gf1e1]}) 18. e5 Qe7 (18... dxe5 $6 19. fxe5 Bh6 20. Qe1 Be3+ 21.
Kh1 Qh6 22. Nf4 $16) 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Nc3 dxe5 (20... O-O 21. exd6 Bd4+ 22.
Kh1 Qxd6 23. f5 Qe7 24. Nb5 $1 $16) 21. fxe5 O-O-O $2 {For the second time in
the game black refraines from accepting a pawn sacrifice. And for the second
time his decision is wrong! After the correct} (21... Bxe5 $1 22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23.
Bb5+ Nd7 24. a5 O-O-O 25. Qe3 $44 {white has some attacking chances, but it's
hardly enough for more than equality.}) 22. Qe2 $16 c4 23. Be4 Rhf8 (23... Qc5+
24. Kh1 Bxe5 $2 25. Bxb7+ Kxb7 26. Rb5 Bxc3 27. Rxc5 Nxc5 28. Qxc4 $16) 24.
Rfe1 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Kb8 26. Nb5 $1 $18 Nc5 (26... Qc5+ 27. Nd4 {[%csl Re6][%cal
Gb1b5,Gd4c6]} Bxe5 28. Bxe5+ Nxe5 29. Qxe5+ Qxe5 30. Nc6+ Kb7 31. Nxe5 $18) 27.
Qxc4 Rd2 (27... Nb7 28. Nd4 Qc5 29. Qxc5 Nxc5 30. Nc6+ Kc7 31. Nxd8 $18) 28.
Nd6 Qc7 29. a5 Qc6 30. Re2 Rxe2 31. Qxe2 Na4 32. axb6 Nxb6 33. Bf2 Kc7 34. Nb5+
Kd7 35. Nxa7 Qc4 36. Qxc4 Nxc4 37. Rb7+ Ke8 38. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "Belfort Masters 6th"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2003.12.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Le Roux, Jean Pierre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2003.12.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 Nc6 $6 {A dubious continuation passing
the initiative into white's hands.} 5. Bd3 (5. Nd2 Bf5 6. Ngf3 e6 7. Nxe4 Bxe4
8. Nd2 Bg6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 f5 $11 {Geisler,
R-Kummerow,H/Werther 1996}) (5. f3 $6 g5 6. Bg3 Nxg3 7. hxg3 Qd6 8. Kf2 h5 9.
Bd3 e5 $15 {Reynolds,P-Putka,V/Panormo 2001}) 5... f5 (5... g5 6. Bg3 Nxg3 (
6... h5 7. Bxe4 dxe4 8. h4 g4 9. Ne2 Bg7 10. Nd2 f5 11. Nf4 $14 {Svensen,
T-Wilsbeck,J/Oslo 2001}) 7. hxg3 h6 8. c3 Bg7 9. f4 $6 Qd6 10. Qf3 g4 11. Qf2
Qf6 12. Nd2 Bf5 $15 {Glendmeier,H-Barthel,A/Passau 1997}) (5... e6 $6 6. Bxe4
dxe4 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Nge2 O-O 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Nxc3 $14 {Amura,C-Echeveste,N/
Villa Martelli 1999}) 6. Nc3 e6 (6... Nxc3 7. bxc3 e6 8. Nf3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10.
c4 $14) (6... a6 7. Bxe4 dxe4 8. d5 e5 9. Bg3 Na5 10. Bxe5 Nc4 11. Qd4 Nxe5 12.
Qxe5+ Qe7 13. Qxe7+ Bxe7 14. f3 $14) 7. Bxe4 $5 {Concrete approach to the
position.} dxe4 (7... fxe4 8. Nb5 Bd6 9. Nxd6+ cxd6 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Qh6 Nb4
$132) 8. Nb5 Bd6 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Qh6 Qe7 11. Nxd6+ cxd6 12. Ne2 $14 {The
complex of the dark squares on the kingside is seriously weakend, so white's
advantage is unquestionable.} Bd7 $6 ({More logical looks} 12... Nb4 $5 13. Kd2
Bd7 $132 {even though white's chances are preferable in any case.}) 13. d5 $5
exd5 (13... Nb4 14. dxe6 Nxc2+ 15. Kd2 Ba4 16. Nc3 Nxa1 17. Nxa4 {[%csl Ra1]}
Nb3+ 18. axb3 Qxe6 19. Qg7 $16) 14. Nc3 Be6 15. O-O-O O-O-O (15... Ne5 16. Bxe5
dxe5 17. Nxd5 Qf7 18. Nc3 $36 {[%cal Gc3b5,Gb5d6]}) 16. Bg5 Qf8 {Due to this
resourse black manages to keep the material balance.} 17. Qxf8 Rdxf8 18. Nxd5
Kd7 $6 {Serious unaccuracy after which black doesn't manage to protect the
pawn on d6.} (18... Rf7 $5 19. Nf4 $140 Kd7 20. Rd2 h6 21. Rhd1 d5 22. c4 hxg5
23. Nxe6 Kxe6 24. cxd5+ Kf6 25. dxc6 Rxh2 $14) 19. Bf4 Ne5 20. Nc3 Kc6 (20...
Nf7 21. Bxd6 Nxd6 22. Nb5 Kc6 23. Rxd6+ Kxb5 24. Rxe6 $16) 21. Rxd6+ $1 $18 {
Revealing the drawbacks of 17th move of black.} Kxd6 22. Rd1+ Ke7 (22... Kc5
23. Bxe5 Rd8 24. Bxh8 Rxh8 25. Ne2 $16) 23. Bxe5 a6 24. a4 $1 {[%csl Rb7]} g5
25. Rd4 Rhg8 26. Bd6+ Kf6 27. Bxf8 Rxf8 28. Rb4 Rf7 29. Kd2 Rd7+ 30. Ke1 Rc7
31. Rb6 Ke5 32. Ne2 $1 {Transferring the knight to a more active position at
d4.} Bd7 (32... Rxc2 33. Rxe6+ Kxe6 34. Nd4+ $18) 33. Nd4 Bxa4 34. Re6+ Kd5 35.
b3 Bd7 36. c4+ Kc5 37. Re7 Kd6 $6 ({The last chance to prolong the struggle was
} 37... b5 $5 38. cxb5 axb5 {but after} 39. Nxf5 Kb4 40. Nd4 {it's not likely
that black would be able to hold on.}) 38. Rxh7 Rc5 39. Rg7 f4 40. Kd2 b5 41.
Rg6+ Kc7 42. Rxa6 bxc4 43. b4 Re5 44. Ra5 1-0

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2003.12.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2003.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. dxc5 Nc6 (6... Qa5+ 7.
Nc3 (7. c3 Qxc5 8. Na3 Nc6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Qa4 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Rc8 $11 {Neiman,
E-Haimovich,T/Tel Aviv 2002}) 7... e6 8. a3 Qxc5 9. Nb5 Na6 10. b4 Qb6 11. Nf3
Bd7 12. Qe2 $14 {Summerscale,A-Hermansson,E/Oxford 1998}) 7. Bb5 $5 {[%csl Rc5]
Very logical move. White doesn't want to give back the pawn so easily.} (7. Nf3
Bg4 8. Be2 Qa5+ 9. Nbd2 e6 10. a3 Qxc5 11. O-O Be7 12. Rc1 Qb6 13. b4 a5 $11 {
Rey,G-Smirin,I/San Francisco 1999}) 7... e6 8. Bxc6+ (8. b4 Bd7 9. c3 a5 10.
Qb3 (10. a4 axb4 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. cxb4 b6 13. Nd2 bxc5 14. b5 Bb7 15. Ngf3 c4
16. O-O Bb4 17. Qc2 $14 {Gustafsson,J-Avrukh,B/Plovdiv 2003}) 10... axb4 11.
cxb4 Ne4 12. Nc3 Qf6 13. Nge2 Nxf2 14. O-O Ng4 15. h3 Nge5 16. Na4 $16 {
Winants,L-Carlsen,M/Rethymnon 2003}) 8... bxc6 9. b4 a5 ({Maybe, more accurate
was} 9... Ne4 {[%cal Ge6e5,Ge7g5]} 10. f3 (10. Nf3 f6 11. O-O e5 12. Bg3 (12.
Nxe5 fxe5 13. Qh5+ Ke7 14. Qxe5+ Kf7 $17) 12... a5 13. c3 Bg4 $36) 10... e5 11.
Bxe5 Qg5 12. fxe4 Qxe5 13. Qd4 Qxe4 14. Qxe4+ dxe4 15. Ne2 $14 {but it seems
that white manages to get an opening advantage in any case.}) 10. c3 Ne4 (10...
Ba6) 11. f3 Nxc3 $2 {I can understand Emil who wasn't very happy about the
position arising after} (11... e5 12. Bxe5 Qg5 13. fxe4 Qxg2 (13... Qxe5 14.
Qd4 $14) 14. Qf3 Qb2 15. Ne2 Qxa1 16. O-O $36 {[%csl Ra1,Re8,Rf7] and white
has a very dangerous attack, but giving up a piece and getting nothing in
return can't be a serious alternative!}) 12. Nxc3 axb4 13. Na4 Ba6 14. Nb6 $18
{White is just a piece up. All black got in compensation is a pawn and an
awfull lot of optimism. Unfortunately it's not sufficient compensation, so the
outcome of the game is actually predecided.} Ra7 15. Qd4 f6 16. Qxb4 e5 17. Bg3
Bb5 18. Kf2 Ra6 (18... Qxb6 19. cxb6 Bxb4 20. bxa7 $18) 19. Qc3 {Of course
white is ware of black's "threat"to take on b6!} d4 (19... Qe7 20. a4 Qxc5 21.
Qxc5 Bxc5 22. Rc1 Bxb6 23. axb5 Ra3 24. Rxc6 Bxe3+ 25. Ke2 $18) 20. exd4 exd4
21. Re1+ Kf7 22. Qb3+ Kg6 23. a4 d3 24. axb5 Bxc5+ 25. Kf1 Ra3 (25... Rxb6 26.
Nh3 Rxb5 27. Nf4+ Kh6 28. Qxd3 $18) 26. Qc4 d2 27. Rd1 Re8 28. Qc2+ Kf7 29. Nc4
Rd3 30. Nd6+ Bxd6 31. Qxd3 Bxg3 32. Qc4+ (32. Qxd8 $4 Re1+ 33. Rxe1 dxe1=R#)
32... Re6 33. hxg3 cxb5 1-0

[Event "DEN-ch"]
[Site "Aalborg"]
[Date "2000.04.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Berg, Klaus"]
[Black "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Nf6 5. dxc5 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Qxc5 7. e4 d6 8.
Qd2 a6 9. O-O-O {The arising position reminds sicilian defense and the plans
of the both sides should be similiar to this opening.} (9. Nge2 Nbd7 10. Be3
Qc7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 $14 {Ionov,S-Umanskaya,I/St.Petersburg op 1994}) (9.
Be3 Qc7 10. Na4 Nbd7 11. c4 e6 12. Rc1 Be7 13. Nh3 b6 14. Be2 Bb7 $132 {
Kristensen,B-Mortensen,E/DEN-chT9596}) 9... Nbd7 (9... e5 10. Be3 Qc7 11. g4 h6
12. h4 Be6 13. Bh3 Nc6 14. g5 $14 {Landenbergue,C-Walther,E/SWZ-ch 1993}) 10.
Nh3 (10. Nge2 b5 11. Nd4 Bb7 12. Kb1 Rc8 13. a3 g6 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Be2 h5 $13 {
Landenbergue,C-Cebalo,M/Geneva op 1996}) 10... e5 $5 {Responsible move,but it
seems that black manages to get after it quiet comfortable play.} (10... b5 $5
11. Nf2 Bb7 12. Nd3 Qc7 13. g4 Rc8 14. h4 e5 15. Bh2 Nb6 $132 {Hodgson,
J-Vyzmanavin,A/Zaragoza op 1993}) 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Nf2 (12. g4 $5) 12... Nb6 13.
g4 Be6 14. Bxb6 $6 {I don't like this move.The darksquared bishop is too
important in this position!} (14. g5 Nh5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 (15... Bxd5 16. exd5 Be7
17. Ne4 f5 18. gxf6 Nxf6 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Qd3 $14) 16. exd5 Bd7 17. Ne4 Be7
18. h4 f5 19. gxf6 Nxf6 20. Bh3 $14) 14... Qxb6 15. g5 Nh5 {[%csl Rf4]} 16. Bh3
Nf4 17. Bg4 (17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Nd3 Nxd3+ 19. Qxd3 (19. cxd3 $6 Be7 20. f4 $2
exf4 21. Qxf4 Rf8 22. Qg3 Rf2 $17 {[%csl Rb2]}) 19... Be7 20. h4 Qc6 $1 $15 (
20... O-O $6 21. Qc4 $1 Qe3+ 22. Kb1 Qxf3 23. Qxe6+ Qf7 24. Qd5 $14)) 17... Be7
18. h4 h6 19. gxh6 Rxh6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 $1 {[%csl Gd5,Gf5]} 21. Ng4 Rh8 22. Kb1
O-O-O {[%cal Gc8b8,Gc8c4,Gh8c8,Gd8c8]} 23. Ne3 $6 {Better was} (23. Ne2 $5 Nxe2
(23... Rxh4 24. Nxf4 Rxh1 25. Rxh1 exf4 26. Qxf4 Rf8 27. Qg3 $11) (23... Rdf8
$2 24. Nxf4 Rxf4 25. Nxe5 $1 $16) 24. Qxe2 Qc7 25. h5 Bg5 26. Rd3 $13 {with
good chanses.}) 23... Kb8 $15 24. Rdg1 Bf6 25. Qe1 (25. Ne2 d5 $36) 25... Rc8
26. Ng4 Be7 27. Qe3 Qc7 {[%csl Rh4]} 28. Qf2 d5 $1 $17 {After this stronng
move white's position falls into pieces.} 29. exd5 $2 (29. Rc1 $1 Bc5 30. Qf1
Bd4 31. Ne2 Nxe2 32. Qxe2 Qb6 $40) 29... Bc5 30. Ne3 exd5 31. Na4 (31. Ncd1 d4
32. Ng4 d3 33. Nde3 Ne2 $1 34. cxd3 (34. Rf1 Bxe3 35. Nxe3 dxc2+ $19) 34...
Nxg1 35. Qxg1 Qd6 $19) 31... Bxe3 32. Qxe3 Qxc2+ $19 {[%cal Gc2a4,Gc2b1]} 33.
Ka1 Qxa4 34. Qxe5+ Ka8 35. Rg4 Nd3 $5 36. Qxg7 Nb4 37. a3 Nc2+ 38. Ka2 d4 39.
Qf7 Rhf8 40. Qe6 Rfe8 0-1

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Qb6 4. Nc3 $1 {White is forced to sacrifice a pawn
since all the other moves promise black very comfortable play. However after
accepting the pawn sacrifice black is doomed to defend till the end of the
game.} Qxb2 5. Bd2 Qb6 6. e4 e5 {This move is necessary, otherwise there
would've just played f4 followed by e5 with crushing consequances.} 7. f4 d6 8.
Nf3 Nbd7 (8... Nfd7 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. f5 Qd8 12. g4 g5 13. h4 h6 14.
Kg2 $36 {Franke,H-Ott,F/Stuttgart 1985/GER}) (8... exf4 9. Bxf4 Be7 10. Rb1 Qa5
11. Bd2 O-O 12. Bc4 a6 13. O-O Qc7 14. a4 Re8 $13 {Karhanek,P-Michenka,J/
Ostrava 2002}) 9. fxe5 {Depriving black a chance to get the square e5 for his
pieces. On the other hand black gets the square d6 for his knight.} (9. a4 exf4
(9... Be7 10. a5 Qd8 11. f5 h6 12. Qc1 Nh7 13. h4 Nhf6 14. g3 Ng4 15. Bb5 O-O
$13 {Gurevich,V-Panov,V/Yalta 1995}) 10. a5 Qd8 11. Bxf4 Be7 12. Nd2 O-O 13.
Nc4 Ne8 $15 {Sahovic,D-Ribli,Z/Vrbas 1977}) (9. Bc4 a6 10. O-O Be7 11. a4 Qc7
12. Qe1 Nf8 13. Ng5 Ng6 14. f5 Nf8 15. Qe2 h6 16. Nf3 $44 {Buchal,S-Haensel,T/
Germany 2000}) (9. Rb1 Qd8 10. Be2 a6 11. a4 g6 12. O-O Bg7 13. Bd3 O-O 14.
fxe5 dxe5 15. Qc1 Ne8 16. Ne2 Nd6 $15 {Goguadze,M-Gaprindashvili,V/Tbilisi 2002
}) 9... dxe5 $6 ({In my opinion it was better to play} 9... Nxe5 $5 {trading a
pair of the knights and getting some space.} 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Rb1 Qd8 (11...
Qc7 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bg5 a6 14. Bxd7+ Nxd7 $15) 12. Bc4 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Qf3
Ne8 $132) 10. Bc4 Be7 (10... a6 11. a4 Qd6 12. O-O g6 13. Qe1 Bg7 14. Qh4 h6
15. Kh1 Nh5 16. Rab1 O-O 17. a5 $14 {Cech,P-Mrva,M/Czechia 1997}) 11. Rb1 Qd8 (
{After} 11... Qd6 12. Nh4 $1 {[%cal Gh4f5] things look pretty dangerous for
black} (12. Nb5 $6 Qb8 13. d6 Bd8 (13... Bxd6 $2 14. Ba5 $1 Ke7 15. Ng5 $18)
14. Ng5 O-O 15. Qf3 Nb6 $17)) 12. Bg5 $1 {[%cal Gd5d6]} h6 $2 {The decisive
mistake. It's clear that black underestimated the consequences of white's 14th
move.} (12... Ng4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. d6 Qf6 15. Qd2 O-O 16. O-O $16) (12... Qa5)
(12... Bd6 $5) 13. d6 $1 hxg5 14. Nxg5 $16 {[%csl Rf7] The point of white's
play. The black king is in grave danger.} O-O (14... Rf8 15. dxe7 Kxe7 (15...
Qxe7 16. Nb5 Kd8 17. Bxf7 $1 Rxf7 18. Nd6 Rf8 19. Nf5 Qe8 20. Qd6 $18) 16. Qe2
Nb6 17. Rd1 Bd7 18. O-O $40) 15. O-O $1 Nb6 (15... Qe8 16. dxe7 Qxe7 17. Qe1
$18 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ge1h4,Gc3d5]}) 16. dxe7 Qxe7 17. Rxb6 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal
Gc3d5,Gd1h5]} axb6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Qh5 Qxg5 (19... Nf6 20. Rxf6 $18) 20. Qxg5
Nf4 21. Qxe5 Be6 $1 (21... Ne6) 22. Rxf4 Bxc4 23. Qh5 Rxa2 24. Rh4 Ra1+ 25. Kf2
f5 $2 {Throwing up a game in the position in which white still had a lot of
work to do to get the whole point.} (25... f6 $142 26. Qh7+ Kf7 27. Rg4 Rg8 28.
e5 Rf1+ 29. Ke3 Be6 $16) 26. Qh7+ Kf7 27. exf5 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "2000.03.03"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Rabinovich, Alexander"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2000.01.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kfar Saba"]
[BlackTeam "Petah Tikva Elitzur"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. d5 Qb6 5. Bc1 d6 ({Interesting idea was
tried in the following game:} 5... g6 $5 6. f3 Nd6 7. e4 Bg7 8. c3 O-O 9. Na3
f5 $5 10. exf5 Nxf5 11. Qb3 Qf6 $132 {Miltner,A-Lanka,Z/BL9697}) 6. f3 Nf6 7.
c4 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. e4 O-O 10. Nge2 (10. Bd3 e6 (10... a6 11. Nge2 Qc7 12. a4
e5 13. O-O Ne8 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Nd7 16. Ng3 Ne5 17. Be2 $14 {Kohout,
V-Jelinek,M/CZE-chT1b 9697}) 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Nge2 Nc6 13. Rb1 a6 14. Be3 Qc7
15. O-O b6 16. Kh1 Bb7 $132 {Vatter,H-Lingnau,C/BL9394}) 10... e6 11. Nf4 {
If white intends to take on d5 with e-pawn then the knight is better placed on
f4.} (11. Ng3 exd5 12. cxd5 $5 Nbd7 13. Be2 h5 14. a4 a6 15. a5 Qc7 16. O-O Re8
17. Rf2 Rb8 $132 {Hodgson,J-Gallagher,J/Bern Cup 1996}) 11... exd5 12. exd5 (
12. Nfxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Qd8 15. Rb1 f5 16. Bd3 Nc6 17. O-O $14)
12... Nbd7 13. Be2 Ne5 14. O-O Bd7 15. a4 $5 a6 (15... Rae8 16. g4 h5 17. h3
Bc8 18. Qc2 Qd8 $132) 16. g4 h6 17. Ng2 {[%cal Gh2h3,Gf3f4]} g5 $5 {Yudasin is
known for his incompromising style and also in this position he tries to find
a way to breakthrough.} 18. h4 Nh7 (18... Qb4 19. Ra3 $5 gxh4 $6 20. Nxh4 $16)
19. hxg5 (19. f4 $6 gxf4 20. Nxf4 Qd8 $1 {[%csl Rg4,Rh4]} 21. Ng2 f5 22. gxf5
Bxf5 $36) 19... hxg5 20. Ne4 f5 $1 (20... Ng6 $5 21. Rb1 Rae8 22. Nxg5 Nxg5 23.
Bxg5 Bxa4 24. b3 Bd7 25. Bd3 $13) 21. Nxg5 Nxg5 22. Bxg5 Qxb2 $6 ({Much better
was} 22... fxg4 $1 23. f4 (23. fxg4 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Rf8+ 25. Kg1 Qxb2 26. Rb1
Qa2 $36 {[%csl Ra4,Rg4]}) 23... Nf3+ 24. Bxf3 gxf3 25. Qxf3 Qxb2 26. Rae1 Rae8
$15 {with complicated position.}) 23. Rb1 Qa2 24. Ra1 Qxa1 $2 {Looking for
troubles!} (24... Qb2 $11) 25. Qxa1 Nxf3+ 26. Bxf3 Bxa1 27. Rxa1 fxg4 28. Be2
$1 $16 (28. Be4 $6 Rae8 29. Bg6 Re2 30. Nf4 Re5 31. Bh6 Rf6 $15) 28... Rae8 29.
Bf1 Re4 30. a5 $1 Rd4 $6 31. Rb1 $6 (31. Be7 $18 {[%csl Rd6]}) 31... g3 32.
Rxb7 (32. Be7) 32... Bh3 33. Rb1 Rf2 34. Ne3 Bxf1 $18 {The draw agreement
seems strange to me,because white seems to have the decisive advantage:} (34...
Bxf1 35. Rxf1 Rxf1+ (35... Ra2 36. Rf3 Rdd2 37. Rxg3 Ra1+ 38. Nf1 $18) 36. Kxf1
Rd2 37. Bh4 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-A"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.02.02"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Eliet, Nicolas"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2003.01.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gonfreville"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bh4 c6 4. c3 d5 (4... Qb6 5. Qc2 d5 6. f3 g5 (6... Nd6
7. e4 c5 8. Bf2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. a3 dxe4 12. fxe4 e5 13. Nf3
exd4 14. Nxd4 $14 {Aleksandrov,A-Malisauskas,V/Minsk 1994}) 7. fxe4 gxh4 8. Nd2
Bh6 9. Ngf3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bf5 11. Nxh4 Bxe4 12. Qxe4 Qxb2 13. Rb1 Qxc3+ 14. Kf2
$36 {Petrosian,G-Zernitsky,D/Leningrad 1974}) (4... Qa5 5. Qc2 d5 6. f3 Nd6 7.
Nd2 e5 $1 8. dxe5 Nf5 9. Bf2 Bc5 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 $44 {Sucher,J-Landenbergue,C/
Schaan 1999}) 5. f3 (5. e3 Bf5 6. f3 Nd6 7. Bd3 Qb6 8. b3 Nd7 9. Bf2 Bg6 10.
Ne2 e5 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Nd2 Be7 $11 {Biljanic,L-Bakic,R/Yugoslavia 1994}) 5...
Nd6 (5... Nf6 6. Nd2 Bf5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Nh3 Nbd7 (8... h6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. Bg3 Qb6
11. Qb3 e6 12. Nf4 Bh7 13. h4 e5 $5 $15 {Chepukaitis,G-Yuferov,S/St Petersburg
1996}) 9. Bg3 h6 10. Nf4 Bh7 11. h4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Qb3 Nfd7 $13 {
Chepukaitis,G-Yagubov,E/St Petersburg 1996}) 6. Nd2 Bf5 7. g4 {Starting
immediate actions on the kingside. The main drawback of this move is that
black gets his chance to disturb white on the kingside with h5.} (7. Qb3 Qc8 8.
e3 Nd7 9. g4 Bg6 10. Bg2 Nb6 11. Bf2 h5 12. g5 h4 13. h3 $14 {Valarezo Ricard,
P-Lazaro Porta,A/Spain 1999}) 7... Bg6 8. Nh3 Qb6 (8... Nd7 9. Bg3 h6 10. Nf4
Bh7 11. Bg2 e6 12. e4 Nb6 13. Qe2 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Nh5 Ndc4 $13 {
Chepukaitis,G-Shipov,S/St Petersburg 1994}) 9. Qb3 Nd7 10. Bg3 f6 {[%cal Ge7e5]
Preparing to push e5.} 11. Nf4 (11. Qxb6 axb6 12. Bxd6 exd6 13. Nf4 Bf7 14. e3
O-O-O 15. Bd3 $13) 11... Bf7 12. Nd3 h5 13. gxh5 ({Deserved some attention} 13.
h4 $5 O-O-O 14. O-O-O $13 {with complicated position in which white's chances
are definitly not worse.}) 13... Rxh5 14. e4 e5 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Be2 $6 {
Permitting black to take on d4.} (16. dxe5 fxe5 17. Be2 Be7 18. f4 Rh7 19. Nxe5
Nxe5 20. fxe5 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. a3 $11) 16... exd4 $1 17. cxd4 Nb5 {
[%csl Rd4]} 18. Bf2 Rh7 19. e5 Ra4 (19... Be7) 20. Bd1 (20. Nb3 fxe5 21. dxe5
g5 $15 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gf8g7,Gf7g6,Gh7e7]}) 20... Ra5 $5 ({Black refrains
from tempting} 20... Rxd4 $5 21. Bxd4 Nxd4 22. exf6 Nxf6 23. Nb3 Nf5 $15 {
with fantastic compensation for exchange.}) 21. Nb3 Ra8 22. a4 $6 {From now on
white's play is just weak. By pushing a-pawn he just cretaes weaknesses to
himself.} (22. Bc2 fxe5 23. dxe5 Rh3 24. Nd2 Bg6 $13) 22... Nc7 23. a5 $2 Ne6
$6 {Missing a chance to win the pawn by} (23... fxe5 $1 24. dxe5 bxa5 25. Rxa5
Rxa5 26. Nxa5 Nxe5 $1 27. Nxe5 Bb4+ $17) 24. axb6 Rxa1 25. Nxa1 Nxb6 $17 {
[%csl Rd4,Rh2] Even after black's inaccuracy white's in big troubles since his
pieces badly lack coordination.} 26. Nb3 $6 (26. b3 Nd7 27. Nc2 $2 Bg6 28. Be2
fxe5 29. dxe5 Nxe5 $19 {[%csl Rc2]}) 26... Nc4 27. exf6 gxf6 28. Nbc1 $6 {
Waste of time.} Bh6 {[%csl Rc1][%cal Gc4b2,Gc4e3]} 29. Nb3 Bg6 30. Be2 Ng5 $19
31. Nbc1 (31. Nbc5 Re7 32. Kd1 Nh3 33. Bg3 b6 34. Nb3 Bxd3 35. Bxd3 Nxb2+ $19)
31... Nh3 32. Bg3 Nxb2 33. Bf1 Re7+ 0-1

[Event "Stepanakert Petrosian Memorial"]
[Site "Stepanakert"]
[Date "2004.03.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2004.03.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 Ne4 4. Bf4 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Nd2 g6 8. Ngf3
Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O (10. dxc5 $6 Nd7 11. Be2 Nxc5 12. O-O e5 13. Bh2 a5 14.
Bb5 e4 15. Nd4 Ne5 $15 {Frometa,Z-Sakhatova,G/Tuzla 1987}) 10... Nd7 {[%cal
Ge7e5]} 11. Bb5 $5 {White chooses a quite radical way to prevent e5.} (11. Qa4
e5 12. dxe5 Ndxe5 13. Bb5 a6 14. Rad1 Bd7 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Qc2 Nxf3+ 17. Nxf3
Qa5 $11 {Stranjakovitch,J-Manolov,I/Cannes 1990}) (11. Re1 e5 12. dxe5 Ndxe5
13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Be2 Be6 15. Nf3 f6 $11) 11... a6 (11... e5 $2 12. Bxc6 exf4
13. Bxd5 $16) 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. b4 c4 $6 {White is doing very good after this
one, so it deserved attention to trade the pawns on the queenside.} (13... cxb4
14. cxb4 a5 15. Qc2 (15. bxa5 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Be5 Ba6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19.
Re1 Nd3 20. Rf1 Qxa5 $15) 15... Ra6 16. a3 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Qb6 $11)
14. e4 a5 15. a3 Re8 16. Re1 Bb7 17. h4 (17. Qe2 e5 $140 $6 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19.
Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. f4 Re8 22. e5 $14 {[%cal Gd2f3,Gf3d4]}) 17... h6
18. e5 Nf8 19. Nf1 Bc8 20. Qd2 h5 (20... Kh7) 21. Bh6 Bf5 22. Ng3 Qd7 23. Bxg7
Kxg7 24. e6 $2 {This move was most definitly based on miscalculation,
otherwise I can't explain white's play.} (24. Qg5 Bg4 25. Nh2 Ne6 26. Qe3 $14)
24... Bxe6 25. Ne5 Qd6 26. Re3 f6 27. Nxh5+ gxh5 28. Rg3+ Bg4 $1 $19 (28... Kh7
29. Qe2 Kh6 30. Qe3+ Kh7 31. Qf3 Kh6 32. Qf4+ Kh7 33. Re1 $40) 29. f3 (29. Nxg4
hxg4 30. Rxg4+ Kh7 31. Qe3 Qe6 32. Qf3 axb4 33. cxb4 Ra7 $19) 29... fxe5 30.
fxg4 Nh7 {[%csl Gg5]} 31. gxh5+ Kh8 32. Rg6 e6 33. Qh6 Qf8 34. Qe3 $6 (34. Rf1
$8 Qxh6 35. Rxh6 Re7 36. dxe5 axb4 37. axb4 Ra3 $19) 34... Qf4 35. Qh3 exd4 36.
Re1 axb4 37. Rg4 Qh6 38. axb4 dxc3 39. Rf1 e5 40. Qxc3 d4 41. Qxc4 Rf8 42. Re1
Qxh5 43. Rge4 Rae8 44. Qc5 Rf5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 1st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2000.07.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rabinovich, Alexander"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2000.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Ne4 4. Bf4 Qb6 5. Bc1 g6 6. f3 Nd6 $6 {Dubious
continuation,which is meant to complicate the position and to give white to
play regular kind of game.} (6... Nf6 7. Nh3 Bg7 8. e4 O-O 9. c4 e6 10. Nc3
exd5 11. cxd5 d6 12. Nf2 Nbd7 13. Be2 a6 14. O-O Rb8 15. a4 Ne8 {1/2-1/2
Hodgson,J-Marinkovic,I/Cacak 1996}) (6... Qa5+ 7. c3 Nd6 8. e4 f5 9. Bf4 Qb6
10. Qb3 Nf7 11. Na3 $14 {Allegro,V-Thiede,L/Bad Ragaz op 1995}) 7. a4 $5 (7.
Nc3 Bg7 8. e3 $6 O-O 9. Nh3 Nf5 10. g4 $2 Nxe3 11. Bxe3 Qxb2 $17 {Helbig,
U-Thiel,T/BL9798}) (7. e4 Bg7 8. Nc3 (8. c3 O-O 9. Na3 f5 10. exf5 Nxf5 11. Qb3
Qf6 12. Nh3 Kh8 13. Bg5 Qf7 $132 {Miltner,A-Lanka,Z/BL9697}) 8... O-O 9. Nge2
f5 10. Ng3 e6 11. a4 c4 12. a5 Qc5 $13 {Summerscale,A-Benitah,Y/FRA-chT 1996})
7... c4 $6 {[%csl Rc4] Now the pawn sooner or later will be lost and the big
question is wether black will manage to create counterplay.} (7... f5 $5) 8. e4
Bg7 9. c3 O-O 10. Na3 f5 (10... Qc5 11. Qe2 $16 {[%csl Rc4]}) 11. exf5 (11.
Nxc4 Nxc4 12. Bxc4 fxe4 $13) 11... Nxf5 12. Nxc4 Qc5 13. g4 $1 $16 Nd6 (13...
Nh4 14. Be3 Ng2+ {[%csl Rc4]} 15. Bxg2 Qxc4 16. f4 $16 {[%cal Gg1f3,Gd1e2]})
14. Be3 Qc7 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Nh3 $1 (16. Bc4 $6 b6 17. Qd2 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Nxa6
19. f4 Nc5 $132) 16... b6 17. Nf2 Bb7 18. Bc4 Qf6 19. O-O $6 {So far white has
played accurately and it seems that black doesn't have any compensation for
the pawn,but with his last move white loses a major part of his advantage and
black gets good chanses to save the game.} (19. f4 $1 e5 20. Ne4 Qh4+ 21. Bf2
Qh3 (21... Qd8 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Qd3 $16) 22. Bf1 Qh6 23. g5 Qh5 24. Qxh5 gxh5
25. Nf6+ Bxf6 26. gxf6 $16) 19... Qxf3 20. Qxf3 Rxf3 21. Bg5 Ba6 $6 (21... Rf7
22. Ne4 Ba6 23. Rxf7 Kxf7 24. Rf1+ Ke8 25. Re1 $1 {[%cal Ge4d6,Ge1e8]} Be5 26.
Bb3 $14 {[%csl Ra8,Rb8]}) 22. Bxa6 Nxa6 23. Bxe7 Re8 24. Rfe1 Bf8 (24... Nc7
25. Rad1 Rf7 26. d6 Ne6 27. Nd3 $16) 25. Bh4 Rfe3 26. Rxe3 Rxe3 27. Kf1 Nc5 28.
Bg3 Nb3 29. Rd1 Nc5 30. Rd4 Nb3 31. Rd3 Re8 $14 {[%csl Ra4]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2003.03.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grigore, George Gabriel"]
[Black "Manolache, Marius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2003.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 $5 cxd4 7. Nb3 Qb6 (
7... Qd8 $5 8. cxd4 d5 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. e3 e6 11. Bd3 (11. Bb5 $5 $14) 11... Bb4+
12. Kf2 O-O 13. Ne2 Re8 14. Bb5 Qb6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qc2 Ba6 17. Qxc6 Bc4 18.
Qa4 a5 19. Nc3 Nh5 20. Bg3 Nxg3 21. hxg3 e5 $1 $40 {Vegh,E-Acs,P/Budapest FS02
GM/1998/}) 8. Qxd4 Nc6 (8... Qxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e3 e6 11. g4 $14 {[%csl Gf3,
Gg4,Gh4] ()>>,Salov,V-Akopian,V/Wijk m (2)/1993/}) 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Be3 $5 {
Favorite move of GM I.Miladinovic, who is probably one of the leading experts
in this variation. The idea behind this move is to force black to play b5
intending to attack the pawn on this square later on or to trade the knights
after ...Na5 intending to fight for advantage due to more flexible pawn
structure.} (10. Nd4 e5 (10... Nd5 $2 11. Nb5 $1 Ra4 12. Bd2 Na5 13. O-O-O d6
14. e4 Nf6 15. Kb1 Nc4 16. Bc1 $14 {[%csl Rb6] Rausis,I-Ivanov,V/Riga/1993}) (
10... Nxd4 11. cxd4 e6 12. e4 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Bd2 Nb8 15. Bd3 Nc6 16. Ne2 Bd7
17. O-O $14 {Knaak,R-Volke,K/BL 9798}) 11. Nxc6 dxc6 (11... exf4 12. Nd4 Nd5 (
12... Bc5 13. g3 Nd5 14. gxf4 Ne3 15. Kd2 Nxf1+ 16. Rxf1 Rxa2 17. Kc2 d6 18. e3
Bd7 $13 {Berkes,F-Flumbort,A/Hungary 1997}) (12... d5 13. e3 (13. g3 Bd6 14.
Nb5 Bb8 15. gxf4 Bxf4 16. e3 Bb8 17. Ne2 g5 $15 {Profit,B-Littke,A/CAN-op/1994}
) 13... fxe3 14. Ke2 Bd6 15. Kxe3 O-O 16. Kf2 Bd7 17. Bd3 Bc6 18. Nge2 Nd7 19.
a3 Ne5 $11 {Rogers,I-Ftacnik,L/Znojmo 1999}) (12... g6 13. Nh3 $6 {[%csl Rh3]}
Bd6 14. Nb5 Be5 15. e3 fxe3 16. Ke2 O-O 17. Kxe3 Re8 18. Kd2 d5 $13 {Miles,
A-Olafsson,H/Reykjavik 1998}) 13. g3 g5 14. e4 Ne3 15. Bb5 Bg7 16. Nge2 $14 {
Soffer,R-Mikhalevski,V/Tel Aviv 1994}) 12. Bxe5 Be6 13. a3 b5 14. e4 b4 15.
cxb4 Bxb4+ 16. Ke2 (16. Kf2 Bc5+ 17. Ke1 Bb4+ 18. Ke2 Ba5 19. Nh3 Bb3 20. Nf4
O-O-O 21. Bc3 Bb6 22. Ke1 Rhe8 $44 {Miles,A-Hebden,M/Millfield 2000}) 16... O-O
$6 17. Rc1 Ba5 18. Bc3 $16 {Karttunen,M-Volokitin,A/Halkidiki 2002/CBM 92_01})
(10. a3 d5 (10... e5 $5 11. Be3 d5 12. Bxb6 d4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. d5 (14. Nc5
$143 Nd5 $1 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bc5 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Rc1 Bd6 $36 {
Kovacevic,V-Smirin,I/Zagreb zt/1993}) (14. dxe5 $2 Nd7 $19) 14... Nxd5 15. Bc5
Be7 16. Kf2 f5 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Nc5 f4 19. g3 Bf7 20. h4 b6 21. Nd3 Bg6 22.
gxf4 Bxd3 23. exd3 Nxf4 $44 {Lesiege,A-Shaked,T/Mermaid Beach Club/1997/}) 11.
Nd4 e5 $5 12. Nxc6 exf4 13. Nd4 Bd6 14. Kf2 O-O 15. e3 fxe3+ 16. Kxe3 Nd7 17.
Bb5 Ne5 18. Kd2 Nc4+ 19. Kc1 g6 20. Nge2 h5 21. g3 Kg7 22. a4 Be5 23. Kc2 Nd6
24. Bd3 Bd7 25. b3 Rfe8 26. Kd2 Ra5 27. Rhd1 h4 28. Rh1 Rh8 $132 {Giorgadze,
T-Dorfman,J/URS-ch sf/1984/}) (10. e4 d5 $10) 10... Na5 $5 {Not such a bad
move which wasn't tried before for no particular reason!} (10... b5 {Finkel,A}
11. Nd4 (11. Bd2 e5 12. a3 (12. e4 b4 13. Bb5 d5 (13... bxc3 14. Bxc3 Bb4 (
14... d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bxe5 Bb4+ 17. Kf2 O-O 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. a3 Re8 $36 {
Delchev,A-Del Rio Angelis,S/Linares 2003}) 15. Ne2 Ke7 16. Rc1 Rxa2 $2 17. Bxc6
Bxc3+ 18. Nxc3 $18 {Miladinovic,I-Ivanov,J/Salou 2000}) 14. cxb4 dxe4 15. a3
Bd7 16. Bc3 Nd5 17. fxe4 Ne3 18. Kf2 Ng4+ 19. Ke2 Nf6 20. Bd3 $16 {Miladinovic,
I-Banikas,H/Panormo 1998}) 12... d6 13. e4 Be6 14. Nc1 Bc4 15. Nge2 Na5 16. Ng3
Bxf1 17. Rxf1 Nc4 18. Nd3 d5 19. Ke2 h5 $13 {Alvarez,J-Garcia,O/Cuba 1995})
11... b4 (11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 d6 (12... e6 13. e4 b4 14. Bc4 (14. Bb5 bxc3 15.
Bxc3 Be7 16. Ne2 O-O 17. Nf4 d6 18. a3 Rd8 19. O-O-O $14 {Miladinovic,
I-Grigore,G/Istanbul 2002}) 14... bxc3 15. Bxc3 Bc5 16. e5 Ng8 17. Ne2 Ne7 18.
Ng3 Nc6 19. Ne4 Bd4 20. Bxd4 Nxd4 21. O-O $14 {Roiz,M-Yeke,S/Tel Aviv 1998})
13. e4 Bd7 14. Bd3 (14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ne2 e6 (15... f5 16. exf5 Bg7 17. Nf4 Rc8
18. Nh5 Bh6 19. Bd3 Rc5 20. g4 $16 {Torre,E-Barbosa,O/Makati 2002}) 16. a3 d5
17. exd5 b4 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. cxb4 Bxb4+ 20. Nc3 Rg8 21. Rc1 Ba5 22. g3 $14 {
Miladinovic,I-Matamoros Franco,C/Dos Hermanas 2000}) 14... e5 15. Bf2 Be7 16.
Ne2 O-O (16... Bc6 17. O-O Nd7 18. Ng3 g6 19. Rfd1 h5 20. Nf1 Nc5 21. Bc2 Ne6
22. Ne3 $16 {Stefanova,A-Handke,F/Andorra 2001}) 17. O-O d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19.
Rfd1 Bc6 20. Ng3 Rfd8 21. a3 Nf4 22. Bf1 Ne6 $11 {Lukasiewicz,G-Giffard,N/
Cannes 1997}) (11... Nd5 12. Bf2 Nxd4 (12... Nc7 13. Bg3 d6 14. e4 Nxd4 15.
cxd4 g6 16. Bd3 Bg7 17. Ne2 Bd7 18. Bf2 $14 {Miladinovic,I-Ftacnik,L/Istanbul
2000}) 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Bf2 b4 15. c4 Nc7 16. e3 Bc5 17. Ne2 O-O 18. Nc1 d6 19.
Nb3 Be6 $13 {Lyukmanov,V-Wang,M/Rusakov mem email 1999}) 12. Nb5 Ra4 13. Nc7+
Kd8 14. Bb6 bxc3 15. Ne6+ {1/2,Milov,V-Smirin,I/Struga zt/1995/}) (10... e5 11.
Bxb6 d5 12. e4 (12. a3 Be6 13. Nc5 d4 14. e4 dxc3 15. bxc3 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Bxd7
17. a4 Na5 18. Rb1 $14 {Halkias,S-Begnis,N/Kavala 1999}) (12. g3 d4 13. e4 Nd7
14. Bc7 Nc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. b4 Kd7 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. bxc5 dxc3 19. f4 $16 {
Lukasiewicz,G-Henze,R/Geneve 2001}) 12... dxe4 (12... Be6 13. Bb5 (13. Nc5 Bxc5
14. Bxc5 dxe4 15. a3 Bb3 16. Bb5 Rd8 17. Bb6 Rd5 18. c4 Rd3 19. fxe4 Nxe4 20.
Nf3 $16 {Lyukmanov,V-Thomson,T/Rusakov mem email 1999}) 13... Nd7 (13... dxe4
14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. Bxc5 Rxa2 16. Rxa2 Bxa2 17. Nh3 Nd7 18. Bd6 Na7 19. Be2 Nc8
20. Ba3 f6 $13 {Berend,F-Polzin,R/Panormo 2001}) 14. Bf2 dxe4 15. Nd2 exf3 16.
Ngxf3 Be7 17. O-O O-O 18. a4 Rfd8 19. b4 Rac8 $13 {Dishman,S-Simons,M/England
1998}) 13. Bc4 (13. Bb5 Be6 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. Bxc5 O-O-O 16. a4 Rd5 17. Bb6 Re8
$13 {Miladinovic,I-Smirin,I/Leon 2001}) 13... Bf5 14. Ne2 exf3 15. gxf3 Be7 16.
Ng3 Bg6 17. O-O O-O 18. a4 Rfc8 19. a5 $14 {Dishman,S-Kinsman,A/Sutton 1997}) (
10... Ne5 $5 11. Nd4 Nc4 12. Bf2 Nxb2 13. Nb5 Ra4 14. Nc7+ Kd8 15. Bxb6 Nc4 16.
Ne6+ Ke8 17. Nc7+ Kd8 {1/2-1/2 Miladinovic,I-Vouldis,A/Halkidiki 2002}) 11.
Nxa5 bxa5 12. Bd4 d6 $6 {The pawn belongs to d5 in this kind of positions so
more in the spirit of the position was} (12... d5 13. Rd1 e6 14. e4 dxe4 15.
Bxf6 gxf6 16. Bb5+ Ke7 17. fxe4 Bh6 18. Nf3 Bf4 19. g3 Bd6 $11 {[%cal Gb7b6,
Gc8b6,Gh8d8]}) 13. e4 e5 14. Bf2 Be6 $6 {Missing the chance to transfer ...d5,
which would still promise black playable position after} (14... d5 $1 15. exd5
(15. Bb5+ Bd7 16. Bxd7+ Kxd7 17. exd5 (17. Bh4 dxe4 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. fxe4 Rg8
20. Kf2 Ke6 $13 {[%cal Gf6f5]}) 17... Nxd5 18. O-O-O Kc6 19. Ne2 b5 $13) 15...
Nxd5 16. O-O-O Be6 17. Bb5+ Ke7 18. Ne2 Nc7 $13 {[%csl Ra2]}) 15. Bb5+ Bd7 16.
Bxd7+ Nxd7 17. Ne2 $6 {More accurate was immediate} (17. c4 $1 $16) 17... Be7 (
17... b5 $1 18. Rd1 b4 19. O-O Be7 20. Rd3 O-O 21. Rfd1 $14) 18. c4 $16 {
After this move black's position extremly difficult. Black pawn on d6 is a
target for white pieces not to mention the fact that black pawns on the
queenside are pretty vulnerable too.} O-O 19. Nc3 f5 $6 (19... g6 20. O-O f5
21. Rad1 Rac8 22. b3) 20. exf5 $1 {[%csl Ge4]} Rxf5 21. O-O Rc8 22. b3 h5 $6 {
[%csl Rh5] Best chance to preolong the struggle was bringing the king to e6 to
take care of d6.} (22... Kf7 23. Rad1 Ke6 24. Rd5 b6 25. Rfd1 Rc6 $16) 23. Rad1
Rc6 24. Rd5 b6 25. Rfd1 Nc5 (25... Kf7 26. Ne4 Ke6 27. Ng3 $18) 26. Nb5 $18 {
It turns out that black can't avoid material losses. The rest is just a matter
of techique.} Rf6 27. Bh4 Re6 28. Bxe7 Rxe7 29. Nxd6 e4 30. Re1 (30. fxe4 Nxe4
31. Re1 Nf6 32. Rxe7 Nxd5 33. Nf5 $1 Rf6 34. Rxg7+ Kf8 35. Rg5 $18) 30... a4
31. Nxe4 axb3 32. axb3 Kf7 (32... Nxb3 33. Rd8+ Kf7 34. Ng5+ Kf6 35. Rf8+ Kxg5
36. Rxe7 $18) 33. Kf2 g6 34. Nxc5 Rxe1 35. Kxe1 bxc5 36. Kd2 Ra6 37. Ke3 Ra2
38. g3 Rb2 39. Rxc5 Rxb3+ 40. Kf4 Rb2 41. Rc7+ Kf6 42. Rc6+ Kf7 43. Kg5 Rxh2
44. Rf6+ Ke7 45. Rxg6 Rh3 46. Kf4 h4 47. g4 Rh1 48. Rh6 Kf7 49. c5 Kg7 50. Rh5
1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.02.09"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Moreno Carnero, Javier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bh4 c6 {Not very popular variation, however not such a
bad one.} 4. Nd2 (4. f3) 4... Nxd2 5. Qxd2 d5 6. f3 $5 {Interesting attempt to
fight for the initiaive at the very early stage of the game. White sacrifices
a pawn getting in return serious advantage in development.} (6. Nf3 Bf5 (6...
Qb6 7. b3 Bf5 8. e3 Nd7 9. c3 e6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 c5 12. O-O Bd6 $11 {
Dumitrescu,D-Haznedaroglu,K/Varna 1994}) 7. e3 Qb6 (7... Nd7 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9.
Qxd3 Qa5+ 10. c3 Qb5 11. Qxb5 cxb5 12. a4 bxa4 13. Rxa4 e6 $11 {Seul,
G-Franzoni,G/Biel 1994}) 8. c4 a5 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qb4 11. Rc1 Nd7 12. O-O
Qxd2 13. Nxd2 Nb6 14. Be2 e6 15. e4 Bg6 16. f3 $16 {Aleksandrov,A-Ryskin,A/
Minsk 1993}) (6. e3 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. c3 O-O 9. f4 b6 10. Nf3 Ba6 11. Bc2 Nd7
12. O-O-O Nf6 13. Bxf6 exf6 14. g4 $36 {Melikhov,E-Belov,V/Moscow 2000}) 6...
Bf5 7. O-O-O Nd7 8. e4 $5 dxe4 9. Bc4 Nb6 (9... exf3 10. Nxf3 Nb6 11. Bb3 Nd5
12. Rhf1 g6 13. Rde1 $16 {[%csl Re7,Re8]}) 10. Bb3 Qd7 11. fxe4 Bxe4 12. Qe2
Bd5 ({Another possibility was} 12... Bg6 13. Nf3 Bh5 (13... O-O-O $2 14. Ne5
Qe8 15. Qg4+ Kb8 16. Qf4 $18 {[%csl Rf7]}) 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 e6 16. Rhf1 Bd6
17. Qg4 $44 {[%csl Re8,Rg7] but white's initiative fully compensates him for
minimal material deficit.}) 13. c4 Be6 14. Nf3 f6 {Very risky decision
weakening a complex of white squares in the center, however other
continuations wouldn't promise black an easy life too.} (14... Bg4 $5 15. Rhf1
(15. h3 Qe6 16. Rhe1 Qxe2 17. Rxe2 Bf5 18. g4 Bg6 $13) 15... O-O-O 16. h3 Bh5
17. g4 Bg6 18. Ne5 Qe8 19. d5 $36) 15. Kb1 $1 {[%cal Gd4d5] Preparing an
advance of d-pawn.} ({No good was} 15. d5 $2 cxd5 16. cxd5 Bf5 $17 {[%csl Rc1]
and white king is very vulnerable at c1.}) 15... g5 ({Serious attention
deserved} 15... O-O-O $5 16. Bg3 Bf5+ 17. Ka1 e6 18. Qd2 {[%cal Gd2a5]} Na8 $13
{intending to meet Qa5 with b6 keeping defendable position.}) 16. Bf2 Bg7 17.
d5 $1 {Everything is set up for this break so white starts an active play in
the center.} cxd5 18. cxd5 Bf7 (18... Nxd5 19. Rhe1 Bf7 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5
$18) 19. Rhe1 O-O 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. Nd4 $16 {[%csl Ge6,Re7,Gf5,Rg7,Rg8] It's
pretty obvious that white is well in control of the game:knight is about to
penitrate to e6 while black bishop on g7 is no better than the pawn under the
circumstances.} Ra5 (21... f5 22. Qxe7 Qxe7 23. Rxe7 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Rfe8 25.
Rxb7 Re1+ 26. Kc2 Re2+ 27. Rd2 Rxd2+ 28. Kxd2 Rd8 29. Rxb6 Bxd5 30. Bxd5+ Rxd5+
31. Kc3 $18) 22. Qxe7 Qg4 (22... Qxe7 23. Rxe7 Bxd5 24. Ne6 $1 (24. Rxg7+ Kxg7
25. Nf5+ Kh8 26. Bxd5 Rd8 $16) 24... Bxe6 25. Bxe6+ Kh8 26. Rdd7 Re5 27. Rxg7
Re1+ 28. Kc2 Rc8+ 29. Kd3 Rxe6 30. Rxh7+ Kg8 31. Rdg7+ Kf8 32. Rxb7 $18) 23.
Ne6 Re8 24. d6 $1 $18 {Decisive tactical blow.} Qf5+ ({Nothing changed} 24...
Rxe7 25. dxe7 {[%cal Gd1d8,Gb3g8]} Bg6+ 26. Ka1 h5 27. Rd8+ Kh7 28. Nf8+ Kh6
29. Nxg6 $18) 25. Ka1 Bf8 26. Qxe8 $1 (26. Qxe8 Bxe8 27. Nd4+ Bf7 28. Bxf7+
Kxf7 29. Nxf5 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Ne4 4. Bc1 e5 $5 {Very logical move which was tried
very few times in the tournament practice.} 5. g3 (5. dxe6 fxe6 6. g3 d5 7. Bg2
Nd6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nc3 O-O $15 {Blaha,M-Vacek,R/CZE 1997}) 5... f5 (
5... d6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. a4 Ne8 10. Nge2 Bg5 11. O-O Bxc1 12.
Qxc1 Nd7 $132 {Nun,J-Pribyl,J/Decin 1975}) 6. Bg2 {After thi move black is
doing ok. An only chance to pose black some problems was} (6. f3 Nf6 7. e4 d6
8. Nc3 Be7 9. Bh3 fxe4 10. fxe4 O-O 11. Qe2 $14 {Tibensky,R-Movsesian,S/
Trencin 1995}) 6... d6 7. Nh3 Be7 8. f3 Nf6 9. Nc3 (9. c4 O-O 10. Nc3 Qe8 11.
O-O Na6 12. e4 fxe4 13. f4 Bg4 14. Qb3 Nb4 15. Nf2 $13) 9... O-O 10. O-O Qe8
11. a4 Na6 12. Nf2 Qg6 13. e4 Nb4 14. Nb5 (14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Nfe4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4
Bxe4 17. fxe4 Rxf1+ 18. Kxf1 Bg5 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Qe2 $13) 14... fxe4 15. fxe4
Ng4 16. c3 (16. Bf3 Rxf3 17. Qxf3 Nxc2 18. Rb1 a6 19. Nc3 Nd4 20. Qg2 Qh5 $36)
16... Nxf2 17. Rxf2 Rxf2 18. Kxf2 Bg4 19. Qd2 Na6 20. Qc2 (20. b3) 20... Qh5
21. Kg1 Bd1 $1 22. Qd3 c4 (22... Be2 23. Qe3 c4) 23. Qxc4 Be2 24. Qa2 Bd3 25.
Be3 Qe2 26. Bf2 Rf8 27. Bxa7 Bg5 28. b4 $2 {[%csl Ra2,Re4] Missing black's
30th move. It was necessary to play} (28. Nxd6 Be3+ 29. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 30. Kh1 Nc5
(30... Rf2 $2 31. Nf5 Qe2 32. d6+ Bc4 33. d7 $18) 31. Nf5 Rxf5 32. exf5 Ne4 33.
h3 Nxg3+ 34. Kh2 Qf4 35. d6+ Kf8 36. d7 Ne2+ 37. Kh1 Ng3+ 38. Kg1 Ne2+ $11)
28... Be3+ 29. Kh1 (29. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 30. Kh1 Rf2 $19) 29... Rf1+ $1 $19 30. Rxf1
Qxa2 31. Bxe3 Bxf1 32. Bxf1 Qb1 33. Kg1 Qxe4 34. Bb6 Qxd5 35. a5 Qd2 36. Bc4+
d5 37. Bf1 d4 38. cxd4 e4 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "David, Alberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 Qb6 7. b3 d6 8. e4 g6
(8... e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Na3 Nc6 11. Nc4 Bxc4 12. Bxc4 Be7 13. Nh3 $14 {
Legky,N-Anka,E/Metz 1994}) 9. Bd3 (9. c4 Bg7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Qd2 Qa5 12. Rc1
Re8 13. Bd3 a6 14. Bh6 Bh8 $13 {Piva,G-Gurevich,D/Bratto 1998}) (9. Qd2 Bg7 10.
Bh6 Bxh6 (10... O-O 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. c4 e6 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14. Ne2 Ne5 15. Nbc3
exd5 {1/2-1/2 Kovacevic,B-Sermek,D/Pula 2001/CBM 84 ext (15)}) 11. Qxh6 a5 12.
a4 Qxb3 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Qc1 Bxb5 15. Nd2 Qxa4 16. Rxa4 Bxa4 17. c4 $16 {
Minasian,A-Paragua,M/Linares 2001}) 9... Bg7 10. Ne2 O-O 11. Na3 Nbd7 12. Nc4
Qc7 (12... Qd8 13. a4 Nh5 14. Be3 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. O-O f5 17. exf5 gxf5
18. f4 $14 {Tichy,V-Michalek,J/CZE 1999}) 13. a4 Nb6 {This move makes sense
because black is interested to trade pieces in order to decrease white's
pressure.} (13... b6 14. O-O a6 15. Qd2 Re8 16. Ng3 Bb7 17. b4 Ne5 18. Nxe5
dxe5 19. Be3 $14 {Adams,M-Tkachiev,V/Wijk aan Zee 1995}) 14. Qd2 Nxc4 15. Bxc4
a6 (15... b6 16. Bh6 a6 17. O-O Bd7 18. Ng3 b5 19. Be2) 16. a5 Bd7 17. Bh6 b5
18. axb6 Qxb6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. O-O {[%cal Ge2g3,Gf3f4]} Bb5 {White's attempts
to create sometihng on the kingsie are pretty harmless at this stage so black
is looking for counterplay at the other part of the board.} 21. Ng3 Bxc4 22.
bxc4 Qb3 23. Qd3 Nd7 24. f4 (24. Rfb1 Ne5 25. Rxb3 Nxd3 26. Rba3 Rfb8 $15)
24... Nb6 25. Rab1 Qxc4 26. Qf3 Rab8 $2 (26... Na4 $1 27. Ne2 $6 Rab8 28. Rxb8
Rxb8 29. f5 f6 30. fxg6 hxg6 $15) 27. f5 f6 (27... e5 28. f6+ Kh8 29. Qe3 Rg8
30. Rbc1 Na4) 28. fxg6 hxg6 29. Qg4 $1 Nxd5 (29... Qxc3 30. Nf5+ Kf7 31. Nxe7
Kxe7 32. Qe6+ Kd8 33. Qxd6+ $18) 30. Nf5+ Kh7 (30... Kf7 31. exd5 Qxg4 32. Nh6+
Kg7 33. Nxg4 $18) 31. Rbe1 $18 Nxc3 (31... gxf5 32. Rxf5 Nf4 33. Rxf4 Rg8 34.
Qh4+ Kg7 35. e5 $18) 32. Rf3 Ne2+ 33. Rxe2 Qc1+ 34. Kf2 Qg5 35. Qh3+ Kg8 36.
Nxe7+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 cxd4 7. Nb3 Qb6 8.
Qxd4 Nc6 (8... Qxd4) 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Nd4 e5 11. Nxc6 exf4 12. Nd4 Bd6 $5 {
This move is a novelty,but it's hardly any better than other moves tried by
black in this position.} (12... Nd5 13. g3 (13. e4 fxe3 14. Bc4 Nc7 15. Nge2
Bc5 16. b4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 d5 18. Bb3 O-O 19. Ke2 $14 {Goldenberg,R-Pira,D/
Cannes 2000}) 13... g5 14. e4 Ne3 15. Bb5 Bg7 16. Nge2 Kf8 17. Kd2 $16 {
Soffer,R-Mikhalevski,V/Tel Aviv 1994}) (12... d5 13. Kf2 (13. g3 Bd6 14. Nb5
Be5 15. gxf4 Bxf4 16. e3 Be5 17. Bh3 Be6 $15 {Turner,M-Ftacnik,L/Hastings 2000}
) 13... Bc5 (13... Bd6 14. e3 fxe3+ 15. Kxe3 O-O 16. Bb5 {1/2-1/2 Silman,
J-Dzindzichashvili,R/San Francisco 1999/CBM 68 ext (16)}) 14. e3 fxe3+ 15. Kxe3
Bd7 16. Bd3 b5 17. Nge2 b4 $13 {Chakov,P-Georgiev,K/Varna 1995}) (12... Bc5 13.
g3 Nd5 (13... g5 14. Nh3 fxg3 15. hxg3 Rg8 16. Nf2 d5 17. e3 h5 18. a3 Bd7 19.
O-O-O O-O-O $15 {Pert,R-Howell,D/Birmingham 2002}) (13... Bxd4 14. cxd4 Ra4 15.
gxf4 Rxd4 16. e3 Ra4 17. Ne2 O-O 18. Nc3 $16 {Karttunen,M-Nyysti,S/Helsinki
2002}) 14. gxf4 Ne3 15. Kd2 Nxf1+ 16. Rxf1 Rxa2 17. Kc2 d6 18. e4 Be6 $15 {
Wells,P-Shaked,T/London 1997}) (12... g6 13. g3 Bd6 14. Kf2 h5 (14... O-O) 15.
gxf4 Bxf4 16. e3 Be5 17. h4 d5 $13 {Liang Chong-Sasikiran,K/Vung Tau City 1999}
) 13. e4 $1 fxe3 (13... Be5 14. Bc4 d5 15. exd5 Ke7 16. Nge2 Kd6 17. O-O-O Kc5
18. Bb3 Nxd5 $14) 14. Nf5 {Forcing black to face a dilemma which pawn to
protect. in my opinion black has chosen the wrong pawn.} Bc5 $6 {[%csl Ge3]} ({
After cautious} 14... Bf8 15. Nxe3 d5 16. Ne2 Bc5 17. Nd4 Be6 18. Bb5+ $14 {
white would keep slightly better chances, but black would be doing ok too.})
15. Nxg7+ Kf8 16. Nf5 d6 {Keeping square d5 for the knight in case it needs to
get there.} (16... d5 17. Nd4 Bxd4 18. cxd4 Ra4 19. Ke2 Rxd4 20. Kxe3 Rb4 21.
b3 $14) 17. Bd3 (17. Nd4 $6 Bxd4 18. cxd4 Ra4 19. Ke2 $2 Nd5 $17) 17... b5 18.
b4 $1 Bb6 19. Ne2 Be6 (19... Bxf5 20. Bxf5 Ra3 21. Kd1 Ke7 22. Kc2 Rha8 23. Kb2
$14) 20. O-O Bxf5 21. Bxf5 Ra3 22. Bc2 $1 $16 {[%cal Gc2b3]} Nd5 (22... Rxc3 $2
23. Nxc3 e2+ 24. Rf2 Bd4 25. Nxe2 Bxa1 26. Rf1 $18 {[%csl Ra1]}) 23. Bb3 Nxc3
24. Nxc3 e2+ 25. Rf2 Bd4 26. Rc1 e1=Q+ (26... Bxc3 27. Rxe2 Bxb4 28. Rc7 $16)
27. Rxe1 Bxc3 28. Re4 Rxb3 29. axb3 d5 30. Re3 Bxb4 (30... Bd4 31. Rd3 Bxf2+
32. Kxf2 $18) 31. Rc2 Kg7 32. Rd3 Rd8 33. Rd4 Ba5 34. Kf1 Kf6 35. Rc5 Ke5 36.
Rh4 b6 37. Rxb5 Rc8 38. Rh5+ f5 39. g4 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.26"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Karttunen, Mika"]
[Black "Relange, Eloi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Joensuu"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FIN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 d6 6. Bd3 Qg5 $5 {Interesting
move forcing white to weaken kingside by playing g3.} (6... e5 7. Ne2 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Na3 (9. f4 exd4 (9... Qe7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Nf3 c5 12. Kh1 Nc6 13. fxe5
dxe5 14. d5 Nd8 15. Ng3 b6 16. Qc2 Nb7 17. Rae1 Nd6 $15 {Neiman,E-Razuvaev,Y/
Porto San Giorgio 1999}) 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. e5 Qd8 12. Nbc3 O-O 13. Rc1 dxe5 14.
dxe5 g5 15. Nd5 gxf4 16. Nexf4 Nxe5 17. Rxc7 $36 {Hodgson,J-Ward,C/Millfield
2000}) 9... O-O 10. Nc2 exd4 11. cxd4 c5 12. Ne3 Nc6 13. Nd5 Qh4 14. dxc5 dxc5
15. Nec3 Be6 16. Rc1 Rad8 $11 {Summerscale,A-Adams,M/France 1999}) (6... g6 7.
Ne2 Bg7 8. O-O Nd7 9. f4 Qe7 10. e5 b6 11. Be4 d5 12. Bd3 h5 13. c4 Bb7 14.
cxd5 Bxd5 15. Nbc3 $14 {Hodgson,J-Ivanov,A/Philadelphia 2000}) 7. g3 e5 8. Nd2
g6 9. Ne2 $5 (9. Ngf3 Qf6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Kg2 O-O 12. h3 Nc6 $13) 9... Bg7 10.
f4 Qe7 11. O-O Bh3 12. Rf2 Nd7 13. Qb3 (13. dxe5 dxe5 14. f5 O-O-O $17 {
[%cal Gd7c5]}) 13... Rb8 14. Qa3 exd4 $5 {Opening a center seems to be very
decent idea under the circumstances however also after calm} (14... a6 {
black is doing fine} 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Qxe7+ Kxe7 17. Bc4 Rhf8 $13 {with
unclear position.}) 15. cxd4 c5 16. e5 (16. Qxa7 O-O 17. Nf3 Ra8 18. Qxb7 Rab8
19. Qa6 Rxb2 $44) 16... O-O 17. Nc4 dxe5 18. dxe5 b5 19. Ne3 Rfd8 $1 {[%cal
Gg7f8] Bringing the bishop to c5.} 20. Qxa7 {At least taking a pawn.} (20. Nd5
Qe6 21. Be4 Nb6 22. Nxb6 Qxb6 $15) 20... c4 21. Bc2 (21. Be4 Qc5 22. Qxc5 Nxc5
23. Bg2 Be6 $44) 21... Bf8 22. Qd4 $6 ({Better try was} 22. Nc3 $5 {[%cal
Gc3e4] trying to prevent black bishop to come to c5.}) 22... Qe6 23. Qe4 (23.
f5 Qxe5 24. Qxe5 Nxe5 25. Nf4 Bc5 26. Re1 Ng4 $19 {[%cal Gc5g1]}) 23... Bc5 24.
Nc3 $6 (24. Kh1 f5 25. Qf3 Nf6 $1 (25... Bg4 $6 26. Nxg4 fxg4 27. Qg2 Bxf2 28.
Qxf2 $132) 26. Nc3 Bxe3 27. Qxe3 Ng4 28. Qf3 Nxf2+ 29. Qxf2 b4 $17) 24... Nf6
$1 $19 {The pin over the diagonal a7-g1 is lethal} 25. f5 (25. Qf3 Ng4 26. Re2
Rd2 $1 $19) 25... Nxe4 26. fxe6 Nxf2 27. exf7+ Kxf7 0-1

[Event "Asia-ch 4th"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2003.02.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Kotsur, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 d6 6. Bd3 Qg5 {Interesting
move forcing white to weaken kingside by playing g3.} (6... e5 7. Ne2 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Na3 (9. f4 exd4 (9... Qe7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Nf3 c5 12. Kh1 Nc6 13. fxe5
dxe5 14. d5 Nd8 15. Ng3 b6 16. Qc2 Nb7 17. Rae1 Nd6 $15 {Neiman,E-Razuvaev,Y/
Porto San Giorgio 1999}) 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. e5 Qd8 12. Nbc3 O-O 13. Rc1 dxe5 14.
dxe5 g5 15. Nd5 gxf4 16. Nexf4 Nxe5 17. Rxc7 $36 {Hodgson,J-Ward,C/Millfield
2000}) 9... O-O 10. Nc2 exd4 11. cxd4 c5 12. Ne3 Nc6 13. Nd5 Qh4 14. dxc5 dxc5
15. Nec3 Be6 16. Rc1 Rad8 $11 {Summerscale,A-Adams,M/France 1999}) (6... g6 7.
Ne2 Bg7 8. O-O Nd7 9. f4 Qe7 10. e5 b6 11. Be4 d5 12. Bd3 h5 13. c4 Bb7 14.
cxd5 Bxd5 15. Nbc3 $14 {Hodgson,J-Ivanov,A/Philadelphia 2000}) 7. g3 e5 8. Nd2
Nc6 $5 {In the previous game played in this variation black refrained from
developing the knight to c6.} (8... g6 9. Ne2 $5 (9. Ngf3 Qf6 10. O-O Bg7 11.
Kg2 O-O 12. h3 Nc6 $13) 9... Bg7 10. f4 Qe7 11. O-O Bh3 12. Rf2 Nd7 13. Qb3 (
13. dxe5 dxe5 14. f5 O-O-O $17 {[%cal Gd7c5]}) 13... Rb8 14. Qa3 exd4 $5 $132 {
Karttunen,M-Relange,E/Halkidiki 2002/CBM 92_01}) 9. Ne2 g6 10. f4 Qe7 11. Bb5
Bd7 {Black has to keep the center closed. After} (11... exd4 $6 12. cxd4 a6 13.
Qa4 Bd7 14. d5 Ne5 15. Bxd7+ Nxd7 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Qb4 Nc5 18. Qd4 $16 {white
is clearly better.}) 12. Qa4 $5 a6 13. d5 Nb8 14. Bxd7+ Nxd7 15. f5 h5 16. Qc4
Bh6 $5 {It's pretty obvious that black won an opening battle, however he has
to play accurately not to give his initiative to slip away.} (16... Rc8 17.
fxg6 fxg6 18. Nb3 Bh6 19. Na5 $140 $2 O-O 20. Nxb7 Qg5 $1 $17 {[%csl Re1]}) 17.
Nf3 ({An endgame arising after} 17. Qxc7 Nc5 18. Qxe7+ Kxe7 19. Rf1 Nd3+ 20.
Kd1 Nxb2+ 21. Kc2 Na4 $15 {is cleraly better for black.}) 17... Nc5 18. O-O b5
(18... gxf5 $5 19. exf5 (19. Nh4 fxe4 20. Nf5 Qg5 21. a4 (21. b4 b5 $19 {
[%csl Rc4]}) 21... Qd2 $1 $17) 19... Rg8 {[%cal Gg8g4]} 20. Qh4 Qxh4 21. Nxh4
Kd7 $15) 19. Qb4 O-O (19... gxf5 $5) 20. c4 Rab8 (20... Nxe4 21. cxb5 Nf6 22.
Nc3 Be3+ 23. Kh1 Bc5 24. Qc4 axb5 25. Qxb5 e4 $13) 21. b3 Nxe4 22. cxb5 Nf6 23.
Nc3 axb5 $1 {Keeping a pressure.} (23... Be3+ $5 24. Kh1 Bc5 25. Qc4 axb5 26.
Qe2 (26. Nxb5 $2 Ng4 $17 {[%cal Gg4e3]}) 26... b4 27. Ne4 Nxd5 28. Nxc5 dxc5
$15) 24. Rae1 Qd7 25. Qh4 $1 {Only chance to get some counterplay.} b4 (25...
Kg7 $5 26. h3 gxf5 $1 (26... b4 $6 27. Ne4 Nxd5 28. f6+ Kg8 29. g4 Be3+ 30. Kh1
Ra8 31. Re2 Qb5 32. Rfe1 Qd3 33. gxh5 $36) 27. Qb4 f4 28. Kg2 c5 29. dxc6 Qxc6
$17) 26. Ne4 Nxe4 {It's hard to criticize black for this move, but I see
nothing wrong in taking the pawn:} (26... Nxd5 $5 27. Rd1 c6 28. Rxd5 $140 Qa7+
29. Kh1 cxd5 $19 {and black should win it.}) 27. Rxe4 Qb5 (27... Qxf5 $6 28.
Nxe5 Bg5 29. Rxf5 Bxh4 30. Nxg6 $1 fxg6 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Rxh4 Ke7 $15) 28. g4
$1 Qxd5 29. g5 Bg7 30. f6 Bh8 {[%csl Rh8] Black is 2 pawns up, but his bishop
is stuck on h8, so it's far from easy to convert his material advantage into a
point.} 31. Re2 (31. Rxb4 $4 Qc5+ $19) 31... Rb5 32. Nd2 Ra8 33. Ne4 Rba5 34.
Qf2 Qe6 35. Rc1 d5 36. Nc5 Qg4+ 37. Qg2 Qf4 ({It's intersting to mention that
after} 37... Qxg2+ 38. Rxg2 Rxa2 39. Rxa2 Rxa2 40. Nd3 {[%csl Rb4,Re5]} e4 41.
Nxb4 Ra5 42. h4 Rb5 43. Nc6 $44 {white is doing ok.}) 38. Rcc2 h4 39. h3 e4 40.
Qg4 Qe5 $6 {This move should also be enough for a win, but much more
convincing was} (40... Qd6 $1 41. Na4 Re8 $1 {[%cal Gd5d4] and white is
helpless against d4.}) 41. Nd3 Qa1+ 42. Ne1 Bxf6 (42... Rxa2 $4 43. Rxa2 Rxa2
44. Qc8+ Kh7 45. Qf8 Bxf6 46. Qh6+ Kg8 47. gxf6 Qd4+ 48. Kh1 Qxf6 49. Rxa2 $18)
(42... c5 $5 $19) 43. gxf6 Qxf6 44. Ng2 Qa1+ 45. Kh2 Rxa2 46. Rxa2 Rxa2 47.
Qc8+ Kg7 48. Rxa2 Qxa2 49. Qxc7 Qxb3 $6 {I'm not sure that black keeps winning
chances after this move. Much better was} (49... Qb2 $1 {[%csl Ge5] taking
control over e5.}) 50. Qe5+ Kh7 51. Nxh4 Qc2+ 52. Ng2 b3 (52... Qf2 53. Qxd5 e3
54. Qb3 e2 55. Qxb4 $11) 53. Qf4 $1 Kg8 54. Qb8+ Kg7 55. Qe5+ Kh7 56. Qf4 Qc3
57. Qxf7+ Qg7 58. Qf4 $11 {[%csl Rh7]} Qe7 (58... b2 59. Qh4+ Qh6 60. Qe7+ Kg8
61. Qe6+ Kh8 62. Qe8+ $11) 59. Qb8 $1 d4 60. Qxb3 Qe5+ 61. Kg1 e3 62. Qf7+ Kh6
63. Nf4 Qf5 64. Qxf5 gxf5 65. h4 d3 66. Kf1 d2 67. Ke2 Kg7 68. Ng2 Kh6 69. Nxe3
f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karadeniz, Ali Emre"]
[Black "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 c5 4. d5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nc3 d6 (6... a6 7. Nf3 e5
(7... d6 8. Be2 Nd7 9. O-O e5 10. a4 b6 11. Nd2 Qd8 12. Nc4 Be7 13. Qd3 O-O $13
{Abramov,V-Nikanorov,A/St Petersburg 1999}) 8. a4 d6 9. Nd2 b6 10. Be2 Qd8 11.
Bg4 Be7 12. Bxc8 {1/2-1/2 Tondivar,B-Pliester,L/Leeuwarden 1993/TD (12)}) 7.
Nf3 (7. Bb5+ Nd7 8. dxe6 fxe6 9. Nf3 Qf7 10. a4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. a5 Rd8 13.
Qe2 $14 {Siptitz,F-Dittrich,C/Mecklenburg VP 1998}) 7... e5 (7... Be7 8. e5
dxe5 9. d6 Bd8 10. d7+ (10. Ne4 Qf4 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. g3 Qf5 13. Nxc5 Qg4 14.
Nxd7 Bxd7 15. Nxe5 Qb4+ 16. c3 Qxd6 17. Qh5 Qe7 18. Nxf7 {1-0 Mihok,L-Hafiz,S/
Budapest 2000/CBM 77 ext (18)}) 10... Nxd7 11. Ne4 Qe7 12. Nd6+ Kf8 13. Bb5 e4
14. Nxc8 Rxc8 15. Bxd7 Ba5+ $17 {Halsegger,H-Kratschmer,H/Austria 1997}) 8. Be2
(8. Bb5+ Nd7 9. a4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd2 Qg6 12. Be2 Nf6 13. Rb1 $14 {
Leroy,D-Ivanov,J/Saint Quentin 2000}) 8... g6 9. Nd2 $5 (9. O-O Bg7 10. Nd2 a6
11. a4 b6 12. Nc4 Nd7 13. Ra3 h5 14. Rb3 Rb8 $13 {Popov,I-Lanin,A/Moscow 2002})
9... h5 $6 {There was no need to give up a right to castle. More logical looked
} (9... Nd7 10. Nc4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. f4 $140 $6 exf4 14. Rxf4
Qg7 15. Raf1 Bg5 16. Nxd6 Ne5 $15) 10. Nc4 Nd7 (10... Bd7 11. a4 Na6 12. Nb5
Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Ra3 $14) 11. Nb5 Kd8 12. O-O a6 13. Nc3 b6 (13... Bh6 14.
Rb1 Kc7 15. b4 cxb4 16. Rxb4) 14. Rb1 Bh6 15. b4 b5 16. Na5 cxb4 $6 ({It was
necessary to play} 16... Qf4 $1 {[%cal Gf4d2]} 17. Rb3 cxb4 18. Rxb4 Qd2 19.
Qa1 $44 {with very unclear position.}) 17. Rxb4 Nc5 $6 18. a4 bxa4 19. Nxa4
Nxa4 20. Rxa4 Ke7 21. Qa1 {[%csl Ra6]} Kf8 22. Nc6 Kg7 23. Bxa6 Bg4 $6 (23...
Bd7 24. Rb1 h4 25. h3 Bd2 26. Bb5 Rxa4 27. Qxa4 $16) 24. Rb1 Qg5 25. Qa3 Qd2 (
25... Qf6) 26. Qxd6 $18 Qxc2 27. Rba1 Bg5 28. h3 Bh4 29. R4a2 Bxf2+ 30. Kh2 Qc5
31. Qxe5+ Kg8 32. Ne7+ Kh7 33. Rf1 Rhe8 34. Raxf2 1-0

[Event "Jakarta Makita Lakoni"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "2004.02.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "Juswanto, Denny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.02.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nd6 {Black has quite a few
reasonable ways to meet this line, so I see no point in 5...Nd6.} (5... Nf6) 6.
dxc5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 (7. Nd2 Qxc5 8. Nb3 Qb6 9. Qh5 e6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. O-O Nf6 12.
Qh4 Bd7 $13 {Gerstner,W-Alber,H/Baden 1999}) 7... Nc4 (7... Qxc5 8. Bxd6 exd6 (
8... Qxd6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Qxd5 $16) 9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. Qxd5 Qb6 11. Nge2 $16 {
Mensch,E-Claverie,C/Mulhouse 2000}) 8. Nge2 Nc6 $6 {After this move black is
in serious troubles.} (8... Qxc5 9. b3 Nb6 10. Nb5 Na6 11. O-O f6 12. a3 e5
$132) 9. Bxc4 dxc4 10. Nd4 Bd7 (10... Qxc5 11. Ndb5 $18) 11. Qh5 $1 $16 {
Very simple and at the same time very strong.} g6 (11... e6 12. Ndb5 Ne5 13.
Bxe5 Bxb5 14. O-O-O Bc6 15. Bd6 $16) 12. Qd5 $1 {Going after another black
pawn.} Bg7 13. O-O-O (13. O-O e5 $2 14. Bh6 $1 Bxh6 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Qxe5+ $18
) 13... Rd8 (13... Nxd4 14. exd4 Bc6 15. Qxc4 Bxg2 16. Rhe1 $16) 14. Qxc4 Nxd4
15. exd4 O-O 16. Rhe1 b5 17. cxb6 axb6 18. Rxe7 $18 {The rest is just a matter
of technique.} Qf5 (18... Be6 19. Qb5 Rxd4 20. Qxa5 bxa5 21. Rxd4 Bxd4 22. Ne4
$18) 19. g3 b5 20. Qb4 Rc8 21. Re2 Qh5 22. Red2 Rfe8 23. h4 Bf8 24. Qb3 Rc4 25.
a3 Qf3 26. Kb1 Qb7 27. d5 Rec8 (27... Bg7 28. Na2) 28. Be3 Bg7 29. Bd4 Bxd4 30.
Rxd4 Qb6 31. Rxc4 Rxc4 32. Rd2 Qc5 33. Nd1 b4 34. Ne3 Re4 35. Qd3 Bf5 36. axb4
Qxb4 37. Nxf5 Re1+ 38. Rd1 gxf5 39. d6 Qe4 40. Qd2 Re2 41. Qc3 Qe8 42. d7 Qd8
43. Qc8 1-0

[Event "Breizh Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Guingamp"]
[Date "2004.02.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Le Roux, Jean Pierre"]
[Black "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2004.02.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c6 5. Bd3 Nd6 (5... Bf5 $2 6. f3 Nd6 7.
Bxd6 Bxd3 8. Bxb8 $18) (5... Nf6 6. c4 Be6 7. Nd2 dxc4 8. Nxc4 Bxc4 9. Bxc4 e6
10. Nf3 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Qb3 Nbd7 $11 {Torre,E-Hort,V/Bad
Homburg 1998}) (5... Nd7 6. Bxe4 dxe4 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Be5 Bg4 9. Qd2 Nd7 10. Nxe4
Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qb6 $44 {Minasian,A-Gligoric,S/Panormo 1998}) 6. Nf3 (6. Nd2 Nd7
7. Bxd6 exd6 8. Ngf3 Nf6 9. h3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. c3 Re8 12. Re1 Bf8 $11 {
Moskovich,D-Gruenfeld,Y/Ramat Aviv 2000}) 6... Bg4 7. Nbd2 e6 8. c3 Nd7 9. Qc2
Bh5 {Intending to trade the bishops on g6.} (9... Bf5 10. Bxf5 Nxf5 11. e4 dxe4
12. Nxe4 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Qxh4 14. Bg3 $14) 10. O-O Bg6 11. Rae1 {White is playing
without a clear plan, which is a very dangerous thing regardless of the
position.} (11. c4 Be7 12. c5 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nf5 14. h3 O-O 15. b4 $14) 11...
Be7 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. c4 (13. b3 f5 (13... g5 14. Nxg5 Bxg5 15. Bxd6 $16) 14.
Ng5 Bxg5 15. Bxd6 Be7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 $13) 13... Nxc4 14. Nxc4 dxc4 15. Qxc4 Nb6
16. Qc2 Bd6 17. Ne5 (17. Bg3 Bxg3 18. fxg3 Nd7 19. e4 $13) 17... Qc7 18. Rc1
Nd7 19. Qe4 f5 {Black doesn't want to force things.} (19... g5 20. Bxg5 Nxe5
21. dxe5 Bxe5 22. Bf4 Bxf4 23. exf4 O-O-O $15) 20. Qc2 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Be7 (21...
Bxe5 22. Qb3 Bxf4 23. Qxe6+ Kf8 24. exf4 Qxf4 25. h3 Re8 26. Qb3 Re7 27. Rcd1
Qc7 28. Rd2 $44) 22. Rfd1 Kf7 23. e4 Rad8 (23... Rh4 24. g3 (24. Bg3 Rxe4 25.
a3 Rd8 $17) 24... Rh3 25. exf5 gxf5 26. g4 $132) 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Qxf5+ exf5
26. e6+ Kxe6 27. Bxc7 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Bf6 29. b3 Rc8 30. Bf4 c5 31. Kf1 c4 32.
Ke2 g5 33. Be3 b5 $6 {This move apperas to be an inaccuracy.} (33... f4 $1 34.
Bd4 (34. Bc1 cxb3 35. axb3 Rc2+ 36. Bd2 Bc3 $19) 34... cxb3 35. Bxf6 Kxf6 36.
axb3 Rc2+ 37. Kf3 (37. Rd2 Rxd2+ 38. Kxd2 f3 $1 39. gxf3 a5 $19) 37... Rc3+ 38.
Kg4 Rxb3 39. Rd6+ Ke7 40. Rg6 Rb5 $17) 34. bxc4 Rxc4 (34... bxc4 35. Bxa7 Ra8
36. Be3 Rxa2+ 37. Rd2 Ra6 $15) 35. Bxa7 Ra4 36. Bc5 Rxa2+ 37. Kd3 Kd5 38. Bf8
f4 (38... Rxf2 $4 39. Ke3+ $18) 39. Rb1 Rxf2 40. Rxb5+ Ke6 41. Ke4 Rxg2 42.
Rb6+ Kf7 43. Bd6 Rxh2 44. Kf5 Bd8 45. Rb7+ Ke8 46. Rb4 (46. Bxf4) 46... Rd2 47.
Bxf4 gxf4 48. Rxf4 Kf7 49. Ke5+ Ke7 50. Rc4 Rh2 51. Rc6 Rh5+ 52. Ke4 Kd7 53.
Rg6 Be7 54. Kd4 Bd6 55. Rg7+ Kc6 56. Ke4 Rh4+ 57. Kf5 Kd5 58. Rg2 Rf4+ 59. Kg5
Rf8 60. Kg4 Be5 61. Ra2 Rf4+ 62. Kg5 Rf1 63. Kg4 Ke4 64. Re2+ Kd4 65. Kg5 Bf4+
66. Kg6 Be3 67. Ra2 Ke4 68. Re2 Rf3 69. Ra2 Rg3+ 70. Kf7 Bd4 71. Rh2 Rg7+ 72.
Ke6 Rg6+ 73. Ke7 Kd5 74. Rd2 Rg7+ 75. Kd8 Rh7 76. Rd1 Ke5 77. Kc8 Bc5 78. Rd7
Rh1 79. Kc7 Rc1 80. Rd3 Bd4+ 81. Kd7 Bb6 82. Rd2 Rc7+ 83. Ke8 Rh7 84. Re2+ Kf6
85. Re1 Bc7 86. Rf1+ Ke6 87. Rf7 Rh8+ 88. Rf8 Rh1 89. Rf7 Bd6 90. Re7+ Bxe7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Merida"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2000.06.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Hernandez Guerrero, Gilberto Eduardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2000.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 f5 6. g3 Bg7 7. c3 d6 8. Nd2
Nd7 {This variation demands from black accurate play and despit of seeming
simplicity ie quiet poisonous.} (8... O-O 9. Bg2 Nd7 10. Qc2 Nf6 11. Nh3 Qc7
12. O-O Bd7 13. Rad1 b5 14. Nf4 Rab8 $13 {Hernandez,Y-Martin Gonzalez,A/
Benasque op 1997}) (8... Qc7 9. a4 Nd7 10. Bg2 Nf6 11. Nc4 Bd7 12. Qd2 h5 13.
Nf3 Ne4 14. Qe3 Bf6 15. h4 $14 {Kosic,D-Damljanovic,B/JUG-ch52 1997}) 9. Nh3
Nf6 10. Bg2 Bd7 (10... O-O 11. O-O e6 (11... e5 12. Qc2 Qa6 13. c4 Bd7 14. a4
b6 15. f3 Bh6 16. Ra3 Qc8 $13 {Armas,J-Izeta Txabarri,F/Alcobendas op 1994})
12. Nf4 Bh6 13. e3 Bd7 14. Rd1 e5 15. Ne2 Rae8 16. Qc2 Qd8 17. Nc4 Qe7 18. a4
$14 {Adams,M-Lautier,J/Paris PCA-Intel GP 1995}) (10... Qc7 11. a4 O-O 12. Nc4
Bd7 13. Qc2 e6 14. Ne3 Rae8 15. O-O Bh6 16. f4 c4 $15 {Cander,M-Podkriznik,G/
SLO-chT 1994}) 11. Qc2 (11. O-O $6 h5 12. Nf4 h4 13. gxh4 Bh6 14. e3 O-O-O 15.
Nf3 Rdg8 16. Ng5 Bxg5 $40 {James,R-Devereaux,M/GBR-chT 9798}) 11... Qa6 12. O-O
$5 {Inviting black to enter the complications with unclear consequances:} O-O {
Declining the challenge.} (12... Qxe2 $5 13. Rfe1 (13. Nf4 Qa6 14. Rfe1 Bh6 15.
Nd3 e6 $15) 13... Qa6 14. Nf3 $6 Nxd5 (14... Kf8) 15. Nh4 Nf6 (15... Bc6 16.
Nxf5 Be5 17. f4 Bf6 18. Nxd6+ Kf8 19. Ne4 $14) 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Qb6 $15)
13. e4 $5 {This move leads almost by force to draw that's why white should've
played} (13. Nf4 e5 14. Nd3) 13... fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxd5 $8 (14... Nxe4 $2 15.
Qxe4 e5 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Ng5 Rf5 18. Nxe6 $18) 15. Nhg5 Bf5 $8 (15... f5 16.
Nxc5 dxc5 17. Bxd5+ e6 18. Qb3 $1 $16) 16. Rad1 e6 {Now white has to sacrifice
an exchange and to give the perpetual sooner or later.Black could try to play
for a win after} (16... Qxa2 $5 {,but in case if he would choose}) (16... Nc7
$6 {he could find hamself in troubles.} 17. g4 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gc2h7]} Bg6 (
17... Bxg4 $2 18. Nf6+ exf6 19. Qxh7#) 18. f4 d5 (18... f5 19. Ng3 $1 e6 (19...
fxg4 20. f5 (20. Be4 $2 d5 $1 $19) 20... Be8 21. f6 {[%cal Gf6g7,Gc2h7]} Bg6
22. Be4 $1 Rxf6 23. Rxf6 exf6 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. Qxg6 $1 fxg5 26. Nf5 $18) 20.
gxf5 exf5 21. h4 {[%csl Ra6,Rc7]} h6 22. h5 Be8 23. Nxf5 hxg5 24. Rxd6 Qxa2 25.
fxg5 $1 $40) 19. f5 dxe4 20. fxg6 Qxg6 21. h4 f5 22. gxf5 Rxf5 23. Bxe4 Rxg5+
24. hxg5 Qxg5+ 25. Bg2 $16) 17. Rxd5 $8 exd5 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. Qxf5 Bxg5 20.
Qxg5+ Kh8 21. Qf6+ Kg8 22. Rd1 $5 (22. Bxd5 $6 Qd3 $1 $15) 22... Rae8 23. Bf1 (
23. Bxd5 Re5 $1 24. c4 Qa4 25. b3 Qxa2) 23... Qc6 24. Qg5+ Kh8 25. Qf6+ Kg8 26.
Bh3 Qa4 $1 {Accurate defensive move after which white has nno choice,but to
force a draw.} 27. Qg5+ (27. b3 Qe4 28. Bf5 Qe5 $19) (27. Rxd5 Re1+ 28. Bf1
Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Qc4+ $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aarhus GM"]
[Site "Aarhus"]
[Date "2003.07.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Berg, Klaus"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2003.07.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Qd2 c6 $5 7. O-O-O e5 8.
g3 (8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Bc4 O-O 11. Kb1 Nd7 12. Ne2 b5 13. Bd3 a5 $15 {
Dunworth,C-Dive,R/London 1994}) (8. d5 c5 9. h4 g6 10. g3 h5 11. Kb1 a6 12. Nh3
b5 13. Ng5 Nd7 $132 {Romero Holmes,A-Suarez Pousa,D/Spain 1995}) (8. Nf3 Be7 (
8... Bg4 9. dxe5 (9. Be2 Be7 10. h4 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 exd4 12. Ne2 Qe6 13. Kb1 Qe5
14. Nxd4 Bf6 15. c3 $14 {Bellon Lopez,J-Merino Garcia,R/Vila Real 2001}) 9...
dxe5 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Bc5 12. Kb1 O-O 13. h4 Na6 $13 {Botsari,A-Kalesis,N/
Athens 1996}) (8... Nd7 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Qxe5 11. f4 Qa5 12. Kb1 Bg4 13.
Be2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 $14 {Gonzalez de la Nava,A-Perez Fungueiro,M/Vila Real 2001})
9. Kb1 O-O (9... Nd7 10. Ne2 Nf8 11. Qa5 Ng6 12. Ng3 Bd8 13. Qc3 O-O $13 {
Summerscale,A-Knezevic,B/Cannes 1996}) (9... a6 10. Be2 b5 11. h4 Nd7 12. Qe3
Rb8 13. g4 Nb6 14. g5 Qf4 15. Qxf4 exf4 16. Rdg1 $16 {Hall,J-Van Wely,L/
Germany 2001}) 10. Be2 b5 11. Qe3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 exd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4
15. Rxd4 Nd7 $11 {Ovsejevitsch,S-Belichev,N/Yalta 1995}) 8... exd4 $1 {Very
strong move solving all black's problems, even though i'm not quite sure he
had any.} (8... Nd7 9. f4 exd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Rxd4 Nb6 12. Nf3 Bd7 13. Bg2
O-O-O 14. Nd2 Be7 15. Rd3 Rhe8 $13 {Vasilev,M-Zoler,D/Golden Sands 2000}) (8...
Be7 9. f4 exd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Rxd4 Nd7 12. Bh3 O-O 13. Nf3 Re8 14. Rdd1 {
1/2-1/2 Kovacevic,B-Cvitan,O/Zadar 2001/CBM 85 ext (14)}) 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. Rxd4
Be7 11. Bh3 Bxh3 12. Nxh3 Nd7 13. f4 $6 {White pawn on e4 is much weaker than
the black one on d6 so deserved attention something less commiting} (13. Nf4
O-O-O 14. Rhd1 Rhe8 $15) 13... O-O-O 14. Nf2 Nc5 15. Rhd1 Kc7 {[%csl Re4]} 16.
b4 $6 Nd7 17. Ng4 $6 (17. Rc4 Kb8) 17... Rhe8 $17 {It's interesting that white
got himself in deep troubles without blundering a thing in he position where
the draw seemed he most likely result after the opening.} 18. Ne3 {[%cal Ge3c4,
Ge3f5]} Nb6 {[%cal Ge7f6]} (18... Bf6 $5 19. Nf5 (19. R4d3 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Rxe4
21. Nf5 Nf6 22. Nxg7 Rxb4 $17) 19... Bxd4 20. Rxd4 g6 21. Nxd6 Re7 $17) 19. Nf5
Bf6 20. e5 (20. R4d3 Bxc3 21. Rxc3 Rxe4 $17) 20... dxe5 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rxd8
Kxd8 23. Ne4 exf4 24. gxf4 (24. Nxf6 fxg3 25. hxg3 gxf6 26. Nxh6 Ke7 27. Kd2
Ke6 $17) 24... Nd5 25. Nxf6 Nxf6 26. Nxg7 Kd7 27. c4 (27. Nf5 h5 28. c4 b5 29.
cxb5 cxb5) 27... Ng4 28. h3 (28. Nf5 Ke6 29. Nd4+ Kf6 30. Nb3 Nxh2 31. Na5 Nf3
32. Kd1 Kf5 33. Nxb7 Kxf4 34. b5 cxb5 35. cxb5 h5 $19) 28... Ne3 29. c5 Nd5 $19
30. Nf5 Nxf4 31. Nxh6 Ke6 32. Ng4 (32. h4 f5 33. Kd2 Kf6 $19) 32... Nxh3 33.
Kd2 Nf4 34. Kc3 f5 35. Nf2 Kd5 36. Nd1 Ke4 37. Nb2 Nd5+ 38. Kb3 f4 0-1

[Event "Yerevan zt 1.5"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2000.06.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e3 h6 4. Bh4 b6 (4... g5 5. Bg3 d6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Nd2 Nc6
8. c3 Bd7 9. h4 g4 10. h5 Qe7 $132 {Peltonen,B-Johansson,J/Karhula We KarhTS
1997}) (4... Be7 5. Nd2 b6 6. Ngf3 Bb7 7. Bd3 g5 8. Bg3 g4 9. Ne5 h5 10. Rg1 d6
11. Nec4 Nc6 $15 {Agababian,N-Sheremetieva,M/Timisoara-W 1994}) (4... c5) 5. c4
$5 {The idea behind this move is very simple and at the same time quiet
unpleasent for black-if black doesn't play queens gambit white may wait with
development of knight g1 and sometimes to play f4;that's exactly what happened
in the following game.} (5. f4 Bb7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. c3 Qc7
10. Ne5 d6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qe2 Ne4 $11 {Inngauer,W-Kaeppel,R/OL9495}) (5. Nf3
Bb7 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Be7 8. Nbd2 cxd4 9. exd4 O-O 10. Re1 Nh5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12.
c3 d6 13. Ne4 Nd7 14. Qd2 $14 {Giessmann,S-Kraft,H/LL-N9495}) 5... g5 (5... d5)
6. Bg3 Ne4 7. Nc3 Nxg3 8. hxg3 Bg7 9. f4 $5 {This move doesn't lead to clear
advantage of white,but now the character of the game is different from main
lines,which are convinient for black.} Bb7 (9... c5 10. d5 (10. Nf3 cxd4 11.
Nxd4 (11. exd4 Bb7 12. Qd2 gxf4 13. gxf4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nc6 $15) 11... Bb7 12.
Qd2 Na6 $132) 10... Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qf6 12. Qd3 d6 13. Nf3 g4 14. Nd2 e5 15. Be2
$14) 10. Nf3 d5 $6 (10... f5 $5) 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ne5 c6 (12... Nd7 13. Qa4 (
13. Bb5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 c6 15. Be2 Qe7 16. Rc1 f6 $132) 13... Bxe5 14. dxe5 c6
15. Qd4 Nc5 16. e6 Rh7 17. exf7+ Kxf7 18. Bd3 $36) 13. e4 Nd7 $6 {White
already has quiet significient advantage,but after the move in the game black
is just in deep troubles.} (13... dxe4 14. Bc4 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qxd1+ 16. Rxd1
gxf4 17. gxf4 e3 18. Ke2 $14) 14. exd5 Qe7 15. Qf3 cxd5 (15... Rc8 16. Bc4 c5
17. Bb5 Rd8 18. d6 $1 $18) 16. Bb5 O-O-O 17. Nxd5 $5 {This move demands from
white accurate clculation,but it is working.} Qd6 (17... Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Qb4+ 19.
Kf1 Nxe5 20. Ba6+ Kc7 21. Rc1+ $18) (17... Qe6 18. Rc1+ Kb8 19. Nc7 $1 Qxa2 20.
Nc6+ Kc8 21. Na6 $1 $18) 18. Rc1+ Nc5 $2 {Losing move.It was neccecary to play}
(18... Kb8 $1 19. Nc6+ Bxc6 20. Rxc6 Rhe8+ 21. Kf1 Ne5 $1 22. dxe5 Qxd5 23.
Qxd5 (23. Rxb6+ $4 axb6 24. Qxd5 Rxd5 25. Bxe8 Rd1+ $19) 23... Rxd5 24. Be2 Rd2
$14 {and despite of lack of pawn black has good chanses of survival.}) 19. dxc5
Qxd5 20. cxb6+ Kb8 21. bxa7+ Kxa7 22. Qxd5 (22. Qe3+ Kb8 23. Bc6 Qa5+ 24. Rc3
Qxa2 (24... Bxe5 25. Qxe5+ Qxe5+ 26. fxe5 Bxc6 27. Rxc6 Rd5 28. Rhxh6 $18) 25.
Rb3 Qb1+ 26. Kf2 Qc2+ 27. Kf3 $18) 22... Rxd5 23. Bc6 Ra5 24. O-O Rxa2 25. Bxb7
Kxb7 26. Nxf7 $18 {The endgame is easily winnning for white and Lputian proves
it in nice style.} Rg8 (26... Rf8 27. Nd6+ Kb8 28. fxg5 Bd4+ 29. Kh2 Rxf1 30.
Rxf1 hxg5 31. Rf8+ Kc7 32. Nb5+ $18) 27. Rc2 Bd4+ 28. Kh2 g4 29. Rd1 Bb6 30.
Nd6+ Kb8 31. Rc6 Ba7 (31... Bc7 32. Nb5 Bd8 33. Rd7 Rxb2 34. Nd6 Ba5 35. Nc4
$18) 32. Rdc1 {[%csl Rc8]} Be3 33. R1c3 Bf2 34. Rb3+ Ka8 35. Rc2 Ba7 36. Nb5
Bb8 37. Nc7+ Ka7 38. Rc4 h5 39. Rcb4 Bxc7 40. Rb7+ Ka6 41. Rxc7 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.17"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 Qb6 7. Bc1 (7. Qd2 $2
Nxd5 $1) (7. b3 $5) 7... e6 8. c4 exd5 (8... Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qc7 10. Nc3 Bd6 11. e4
a6 12. Bd3 exd5 13. exd5 O-O 14. Nge2 Re8 15. a4 Bxh2 16. Qc2 g6 17. O-O-O Bd6
18. g4 $40 {Orr,M-McShane,L/Kilkenny 1997/CBM 61}) (8... g6 9. e4 d6 10. Nc3 e5
11. Rb1 Bg7 $14 {Lindberg,B-Llobel Cortell,E/Oropesa del Mar 2000}) (8... Qb4+
$5 9. Nc3 (9. Bd2 Qxb2 (9... Qxc4 10. e4 Qd4 11. Nc3 exd5 12. Nge2 Qe5 13. Bf4
Qe6 14. exd5 Qb6 15. d6 $14 {Pixton,A-Yefimenko,Z/Oropesa del Mar ESP 2001})
10. Nc3 Qb6 11. e4 e5 12. Rb1 Qd8 $15) 9... Qxc4 10. e4 Qb4 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Bc4
d6 13. Nge2 Be7 {Agdestein,S-Bacrot,E/Germany 2001/CBM 82}) (8... Bd6 $1 9. Nc3
O-O 10. e4 Be5 11. Bd3 Bxc3+ $13 {Knaak,R-Wells,P/Germany 1998/GER-chT}) 9.
cxd5 Bd6 $6 {This move looks too odd to be strong! Black is ready to lose a
couple of tempi with the bishop just to lose a couple more!} (9... d6 10. Nc3 (
10. e4 g6 11. Na3 $5 Nbd7 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. a4 Nb6 14. Na3 $14) 10... g6 11. Bg5
Bg7 12. Qd2 O-O 13. e4 Re8 14. h4 h5 15. Be2 a6 16. Nh3 Bxh3 17. Rxh3 Nbd7 18.
Kf1 Qc7 $132 {Kanep,M-Volokitin,A/Oropesa del Mar 2000}) 10. e4 (10. Nc3 Be5 (
10... Qc7 11. Nh3 Bxh2 12. e4 Bg3+ 13. Nf2 d6 14. Be3 Nbd7 15. f4 Nf8 16. Qf3
$44 {Kanep,M-Berzinsh,R/Tampere 2002}) 11. e3 (11. e4 O-O 12. Nge2 d6 13. Na4
Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Qd8 15. Qc2 Re8 16. Nac3 Qe7 $132) 11... O-O 12. Bc4 d6 13. Nge2
Nbd7 14. O-O Qb4 15. Bd3 c4 16. Bc2 Qc5 $13 {Rippis,T-Weeks,M/Sydney 1999})
10... Be5 11. Nd2 Qa5 12. Ne2 c4 $6 13. Nc3 {White has so many ways to
advantage that it's quite difficult task to choose the best one.} (13. f4 $5
Ng4 $8 (13... Bc7 $2 14. Nc3 b5 15. e5 $16) 14. Nc3 (14. fxe5 $2 Ne3 15. Nc3
Nxd1 16. Nxc4 Qb4 $1 (16... Qd8 17. Nd6+ Kf8 18. Nxd1 b6 19. Bd3) 17. Nd6+ Kf8
18. a3 Qd4 19. Nxd1 Qxe5 20. Nxc8 Na6 $19) 14... Ne3 (14... Bxc3 15. Qxg4 $16)
15. Qf3 (15. Nxc4 $5 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Nxc4 17. Qd4 b5 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Qxg7 $36)
15... Nc2+ 16. Kd1 Nxa1 (16... Bxc3 17. Nxc4 $16) 17. fxe5 b5 18. Qg3 $36)
13... b5 14. a4 Ba6 15. Rb1 (15. f4 Bd4 (15... Bxc3 $6 16. bxc3 Qxc3 17. Ra3
Qb4 18. axb5 Bxb5 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. Ra4 Qe7 21. Rxc4 $16) 16. e5 Bxc3 17. bxc3
Nxd5 18. Ne4 Nxc3 19. Qd2 b4 20. Nd6+ Kf8 21. Bb2 $44) 15... bxa4 16. Ra1 $5 ({
Not so bad was also} 16. Bxc4 $5 O-O 17. Ra1 Bxc4 18. Rxa4 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qxc3
20. Rxc4 Qe3+ 21. Qe2 $16) 16... Qc7 17. g3 $1 O-O 18. Rxa4 d6 19. Nxc4 (19.
Bxc4) 19... Bxc4 20. Rxc4 Qb7 21. Na4 $6 (21. Bg2 Nbd7 22. O-O Rac8 23. Rxc8
Rxc8 24. Qe2 $16) 21... Nfd7 22. Qc2 Na6 23. f4 Bf6 24. Be2 $6 Nb6 25. Nxb6
Qxb6 26. Kf1 $6 (26. Bd2 $1 {[%csl Gb4]} Rab8 27. b4 $1 $16 (27. Rc6 $2 Nb4 $1
28. Bxb4 Qxb4+ $11)) 26... Nb4 27. Qa4 Rfc8 28. Rxb4 $2 {Only this move is a
mistake depriving white winning chances.} (28. b3 Rxc4 29. bxc4 Bc3 30. Kg2 Qd4
31. Kf3 $1 $16) 28... Rxc1+ 29. Kg2 Qe3 $1 $11 30. Rxc1 Qxe2+ 31. Kh3 (31. Kh1
Qf3+ 32. Kg1 Qe3+ $19) 31... Qh5+ 32. Kg2 Qe2+ 33. Kh3 Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Karttunen, Mika"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Joensuu"]
[BlackTeam "Karpaty"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FIN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 $5 cxd4 7. Nb3 Qb6 (
7... Qd8 $5 8. cxd4 d5 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. e3 e6 11. Bd3 (11. Bb5 $5 $14) 11... Bb4+
12. Kf2 O-O 13. Ne2 Re8 14. Bb5 Qb6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qc2 Ba6 17. Qxc6 Bc4 18.
Qa4 a5 19. Nc3 Nh5 20. Bg3 Nxg3 21. hxg3 e5 $1 $40 {Vegh,E-Acs,P/Budapest FS02
GM/1998/}) 8. Qxd4 Nc6 (8... Qxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e3 e6 11. g4 $14 {[%csl Gf3,
Gg4,Gh4] ()>>,Salov,V-Akopian,V/Wijk m (2)/1993/}) 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Nd4 {
The most ambitious.} (10. a3 {Very similar to the game is} d5 (10... e5 $5 11.
Be3 d5 12. Bxb6 d4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. d5 (14. Nc5 $143 Nd5 $1 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16.
Bc5 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Rc1 Bd6 $36 {Kovacevic,V-Smirin,I/Zagreb zt/1993}) (
14. dxe5 $2 Nd7 $19) 14... Nxd5 15. Bc5 Be7 16. Kf2 f5 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Nc5 f4
19. g3 Bf7 20. h4 b6 21. Nd3 Bg6 22. gxf4 Bxd3 23. exd3 Nxf4 $44 {Lesiege,
A-Shaked,T/Mermaid Beach Club/1997/}) 11. Nd4 e5 $5 12. Nxc6 exf4 13. Nd4 Bd6
14. Kf2 O-O 15. e3 fxe3+ 16. Kxe3 Nd7 17. Bb5 Ne5 18. Kd2 Nc4+ 19. Kc1 g6 20.
Nge2 h5 21. g3 Kg7 22. a4 Be5 23. Kc2 Nd6 24. Bd3 Bd7 25. b3 Rfe8 26. Kd2 Ra5
27. Rhd1 h4 28. Rh1 Rh8 $132 {Giorgadze,T-Dorfman,J/URS-ch sf/1984/}) (10. e4
d5 $10) (10. Be3 b5 11. Nd4 b4 12. Nb5 Ra4 13. Nc7+ Kd8 14. Bb6 bxc3 15. Ne6+ {
1/2,Milov,V-Smirin,I/Struga zt/1995/}) 10... e5 {The most active and
principled continuation. Black takes into account his horrible pawn structure,
which he tries to compensate by the active piece play} (10... Nd5 $2 11. Nb5 $1
Ra4 12. Bd2 Na5 13. O-O-O d6 14. e4 Nf6 15. Kb1 Nc4 16. Bc1 $14 {[%csl Rb6]
Rausis,I-Ivanov,V/Riga/1993}) (10... Nxd4 11. cxd4 e6 12. e4 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14.
Bd2 Nb8 15. Bd3 Nc6 16. Ne2 Bd7 17. O-O $14 {Knaak,R-Volke,K/BL 9798}) 11. Nxc6
dxc6 (11... exf4 12. Nd4 Nd5 (12... Bc5 13. g3 Nd5 14. gxf4 Ne3 15. Kd2 Nxf1+
16. Rxf1 Rxa2 17. Kc2 d6 18. e3 Bd7 $13 {Berkes,F-Flumbort,A/Hungary 1997}) (
12... d5 13. e3 (13. g3 Bd6 14. Nb5 Bb8 15. gxf4 Bxf4 16. e3 Bb8 17. Ne2 g5 $15
{Profit,B-Littke,A/CAN-op/1994}) 13... fxe3 14. Ke2 Bd6 15. Kxe3 O-O 16. Kf2
Bd7 17. Bd3 Bc6 18. Nge2 Nd7 19. a3 Ne5 $11 {Rogers,I-Ftacnik,L/Znojmo 1999}) (
12... g6 13. Nh3 $6 {[%csl Rh3]} Bd6 14. Nb5 Be5 15. e3 fxe3 16. Ke2 O-O 17.
Kxe3 Re8 18. Kd2 d5 $13 {Miles,A-Olafsson,H/Reykjavik 1998}) 13. g3 g5 14. e4
Ne3 15. Bb5 Bg7 16. Nge2 $14 {Soffer,R-Mikhalevski,V/Tel Aviv 1994}) 12. Bxe5
Be6 13. a3 b5 14. e4 b4 15. cxb4 Bxb4+ 16. Ke2 (16. Kf2 Bc5+ 17. Ke1 Bb4+ 18.
Ke2 Ba5 19. Nh3 Bb3 20. Nf4 O-O-O 21. Bc3 Bb6 22. Ke1 Rhe8 $44 {Miles,A-Hebden,
M/Millfield 2000}) 16... O-O $6 {This natural move proves to be too slow and
white manages to complete development of the pieces. More logical for black is
to castle queenside as was played in Miles-Hebden.} 17. Rc1 Ba5 18. Bc3 Bb6 19.
Kd2 {King is heading for c2.} Nd7 (19... Bb3 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Bc4 Rfd8+ 22.
Ke2 Bxc4+ 23. Rxc4 Rd7 24. Nh3 $14) 20. Ne2 Rfd8 21. Kc2 Be3 22. Rd1 (22. Re1
$5 Nc5 23. Nc1 $16) 22... Nc5 23. Nd4 Na4 24. Be2 Nxc3 25. Kxc3 Bg5 26. Nxe6 {
Deserved attention} (26. Kc2 Bf6 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. f4) 26... fxe6 27. Bc4 Bf6+
28. Kc2 Kf7 29. f4 b5 30. Be2 (30. Ba2 c5 31. e5 Be7 32. Bb1 Rxd1 $6 33. Rxd1
Rd8 34. Rxd8 Bxd8 35. b3 $16 {[%cal Ga3a4]}) 30... Bd4 31. e5 Ke7 32. Rd3 Rab8
33. Rhd1 c5 34. Rh3 ({Nothing promised} 34. b4 Rbc8 35. bxc5 Bxc5 36. Rxd8 Rxd8
37. Rxd8 Kxd8 38. Kb3 Bg1 39. h3 Bh2 $11 {and black manages to hold on
destroying white pawns in the center.}) 34... b4 $6 35. a4 h6 36. Bc4 Rf8 37.
Rf1 Rf7 38. g4 (38. a5) 38... Rff8 39. b3 Ra8 40. Rh5 $6 (40. Rhf3 {[%cal
Gf4f5]}) 40... Rad8 41. Rh3 (41. g5 Rh8 (41... Bc3 42. gxh6 Rd2+ 43. Kc1 gxh6
44. Rxh6 $18) 42. gxh6 Rxh6 43. Rxh6 gxh6 44. Rf3 Rf8 $14 {[%cal Gf8f3]}) 41...
Bc3 42. Rd3 Rxd3 43. Bxd3 g5 $11 {After rook disappear from the board a draw
agreement could be signed, but white decided to play on for a while...} 44.
fxg5 (44. f5 exf5 45. Bxf5 Bxe5 $11) 44... Rxf1 45. Bxf1 hxg5 46. a5 Kd7 47.
Bg2 Kc7 48. Kd3 Bxe5 49. h4 (49. h3 Bd4 50. Bf1 Kb7 51. Ke4 Bc3 52. Bc4 Bb2 53.
Bxe6 Ka6 54. Kf5 Bc1 $11) 49... gxh4 50. g5 Kb8 51. Ke4 Bc3 52. Kf4 (52. Bh3 c4
53. Bxe6 cxb3 54. Bxb3 Ka7 55. Bc4 b3 $11) 52... Ka7 53. Bf1 Bd2+ 54. Kg4 h3
55. Bxh3 c4 56. g6 Bc3 57. bxc4 b3 58. Bf1 b2 59. Bd3 Ka6 60. c5+ Kxa5 61. Kf3
b1=Q 62. Bxb1 Kb5 63. Ke4 Kxc5 64. g7 Bxg7 65. Ba2 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Black "Sion Castro, Marcelino"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Franco"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. Nd2 Bf5 5. e3 e6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Bxe4 dxe4 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Bxd6 cxd6 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 $2 (11. O-O $1) 11... Qg5 12. g3 (12.
Kf1 $5) 12... Nb4 $1 13. O-O Qg6 14. f3 Bh3 15. Rf2 Nd3 16. Re2 (16. Ndxe4 $5
Nxf2 17. Nxf2 $5 $15) 16... Nxb2 17. Qb3 exf3 18. Nxf3 Nxc4 19. Nh4 Qh5 $2 (
19... Qg4 $1 20. Qxc4 Rac8 {/\ 21...Rc3}) 20. Qxc4 Rac8 21. Qb5 $1 g5 22. Rc2
a6 23. Qa5 (23. Qxb7 $6 gxh4 $1 (23... Rb8 24. Qxa6 gxh4 25. Qxd6) 24. Ne4 Qf3
$2 (24... Qb5 $1 $36) 25. Nf6+ Qxf6 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Qxc8+ Kg7 28. Qc2 $14)
23... b6 24. Qxb6 gxh4 25. Qxd6 hxg3 26. hxg3 Bf5 27. e4 Bg6 28. Qf4 Qa5 29.
Rac1 Rc4 30. Ne2 Rxc2 31. Rxc2 Qe1+ 32. Kh2 Qb1 33. Qd2 Bxe4 34. Rc1 Qb5 35.
Rc5 Qd3 36. Qxd3 Bxd3 37. Nf4 Bb5 38. d5 Rd8 39. dxe6 Rd2+ 40. Kh3 fxe6 41. Kh4
Kf7 42. Kg5 Ke7 43. Re5 Bd7 44. Ra5 $2 (44. a3 $17) 44... Bb5 45. a4 Ra2 46.
Kh6 Rxa4 47. Rxa4 Bxa4 48. Kxh7 Kf6 49. Kh6 Kf5 50. Nd3 Bb5 51. Nc5 e5 52. Kh5
e4 53. g4+ Kf4 54. g5 e3 55. g6 Bc4 0-1

[Event "Copenhagen Open-02 (Politiken Cup-01)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1980.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wicker, Kevin J"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1980.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 $5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 f5 5. h4 d5 6. Ne2 (6. h5) 6... Nd7
7. Nf4 c6 8. Nd2 Nf6 9. c3 Bd6 10. g3 Qe7 11. Be2 O-O 12. Kf1 Re8 13. Kg2 Ng4
$1 {/\ Nxf2, Qxe3} 14. Nf1 b6 15. b4 a5 16. b5 $2 Bxf4 $1 17. gxf4 cxb5 18.
Bxb5 Bd7 19. Be2 Rac8 20. Rc1 $2 Qa3 $1 21. Qd2 Rc7 22. Ng3 Rec8 23. Ba6 Rb8
24. Bd3 Nf6 25. f3 Ne8 $1 26. h5 Nd6 27. hxg6 fxg6 28. Rh2 Bb5 29. Bb1 Rbc8 30.
Rch1 Re7 $1 (30... Nc4 $142) 0-1

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "De la Villa Garcia, Jesus Maria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 Nf6 3. e3 Ne4 4. Bf4 (4. h4 c5 5. Nd2 Nxg5 6. hxg5 Nc6 7. c3 e5
8. dxe5 Qxg5 9. Ndf3 Qd8 10. Nh3 Bg4 11. Nf4 Be7 12. Qxd5 Qb6 13. Bc4 $16 {
Rogers,J-Hermannsson,T/London Lloyds/1988/1-0 (19)}) (4. Bh4 c5 5. Nd2 (5. f3
Nf6 6. c3 Nc6 7. dxc5 a5 8. Bb5 e6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. b4 e5 11. Ne2 Be7 12. O-O
O-O 13. Re1 Be6 14. Nd2 axb4 15. cxb4 Ra3 $132 {Meszaros,An-Lengyel,B/Budapest
Utasellato IM-B (01)/1990/0-1 (45)}) 5... Nxd2 6. Qxd2 cxd4 7. exd4 Nc6 8. Nf3
g6 9. Bb5 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rfe1 Re8 {Andersen,I-Arkell,K/Cappelle op (6)/
1992/0-1 (38)}) 4... Bf5 5. f3 Nf6 6. g4 Bg6 7. h4 h6 (7... h5 8. g5 Nfd7 9.
Bh3 $14) 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 c6 10. Nc3 Na6 (10... Qb6 11. O-O-O) 11. Nge2 e6 (
11... Nb4 12. Qd2 e6 13. a3) 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. Kb1 O-O-O {The position is
roughly equal, as no side has palpable weaknesses.} (13... Nb4 14. Qd2 O-O-O
15. a3) 14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5 Rxh1 16. Rxh1 Ne8 17. Rh8 Qb4 (17... Be7 18. g6
$14) 18. a3 Qe7 19. e4 Nd6 (19... dxe4 20. fxe4 $14) 20. g6 fxg6 21. exd5 exd5
22. Qxg6 Nf7 (22... Qf6 $2 23. Qxf6 gxf6 24. Rxf8 Rxf8 25. Bxd6 $16) 23. Rh5 {
[%cal Rh5f5] Adams have squazed out some advantage, opponents pieces occupy
modest squares.} Nc7 24. Bh2 Qf6 25. Qg4+ Qe6 26. Qg3 Qd6 (26... Bd6 27. Qxg7
$16) 27. Qg2 Qf6 28. Nf4 Bd6 29. Qg4+ Rd7 (29... Kb8 30. Rf5 $16) 30. Rh7 g5
31. Nh5 Qe6 32. Rxf7 $1 Qxg4 (32... Rxf7 33. Bxd6 $18) 33. fxg4 Bxh2 34. Rf5
Ne6 35. Ne2 Re7 36. c3 $14 Ng7 $6 37. Rxg5 $3 Nxh5 (37... Rxe2 38. Rxg7 $16)
38. gxh5 Rxe2 39. h6 Be5 (39... Re7 40. Rg7 Kd7 41. Rxe7+ Kxe7 42. h7 $18) 40.
dxe5 Rh2 41. Rg8+ Kd7 42. Rh8 (42. Rh8 c5 43. h7 Kc7 44. e6 $18) 1-0

[Event "New York MCC"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ashley, Maurice"]
[Black "Gurevich, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 f5 6. g3 d6 (6... Bg7 $142 7.
c3 d6 8. Nd2 O-O 9. Nh3 Nd7 10. Nc4 Qa6 11. Qf4 Nf6 {Conquest,S-Panno,O/Buenos
Aires/1994/}) 7. Bg2 Nd7 8. Nh3 $5 Nf6 $6 (8... Bg7 9. c3 Nf6 10. Nd2 Qa6 $1
11. Qc2 e5 $15) 9. Nd2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O $6 (10... e6 11. Nc4 Qa6 12. Ne3 O-O 13.
c4 $13) 11. Rd1 Bd7 (11... e5 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Nf4 d5 14. c4 $1 Rfd8 (14...
Ne4 15. cxd5 Bxb2 16. Qc2 Bxa1 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. dxe6 Bg7 19. Bxe4 $18) 15. Qc2
$16) 12. c3 Qa6 $1 13. Qc2 Rae8 (13... Qxe2 14. Re1 Qa6 15. Rxe7 Rfe8 16. Rxd7
Nxd7 17. Qxf5 Nf6 18. Ne4 $16) 14. e4 b5 $1 15. Ng5 $1 (15. a4 b4 16. cxb4 cxb4
17. exf5 Qc8 $15) 15... Qc8 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Nde4 Ng4 $2 (17... Bg6 18. Nxf6+
Bxf6 (18... exf6 19. Ne4 Qf5 20. f3 $1 $16) 19. Ne4 Bg7 20. f4 $14) 18. Bh3 (
18. h3 $142 $1 Nh6 19. f4 Bg6 20. Qe2 $1 Qd7 21. g4 f5 22. Nf2 fxg4 23. Ne6
gxh3 (23... g3 24. Ne4 Nf5 25. Nxf8 Rxf8 26. Ng5 $18) 24. Bxh3 Bf5 25. Nxf8
Rxf8 26. Qh5 $1 $16) 18... Nh6 19. Rd2 Kh8 20. Bxf5 (20. Re1 $2 Bxh3 21. Nxd6
Bf5 22. Nxc8 Bxc2 23. Nxe7 Bf6 24. d6 Bxg5 25. Rxc2 Ng8 $17) 20... Qxf5 21. Re1
Qg6 22. Nf3 Nf5 23. Qd1 (23. Qd3 $1 Rb8 24. Qf1 $1 h5 25. Qg2 Rg8 26. h3 Bh6
27. Rde2 Bf4 28. Kh1 $16) 23... Rb8 24. Rde2 Rb7 25. Kg2 $6 (25. h3 $142 {
/\ Kh2+/=}) 25... h5 26. h4 $2 {><g3, g4, Kg2} (26. h3 $142 Bh6 27. Kh2 $14)
26... Bh6 27. Neg5 $6 f6 $1 $17 28. Ne4 Rg8 29. Ned2 Bf4 30. Kh1 $1 Rg7 $1 (
30... Bxg3 31. fxg3 Nxg3+ 32. Kh2 Nxe2 33. Qxe2 $16) (30... Nxg3+ 31. fxg3 Qxg3
32. Rg1 Qh3+ 33. Nh2 $16) 31. Rg1 Bh6 32. Qf1 Rb8 33. Qh3 Rbg8 34. Rge1 Qh7 $1
35. Nf1 Rg4 36. N3h2 Rc4 37. Nf3 b4 38. cxb4 Rxb4 39. b3 Rbg4 (39... a5 $142 $1
) 40. Re6 a5 41. Qg2 a4 $19 42. N3h2 $5 Rxh4 43. R6e4 (43. Qf3 Nd4) (43. gxh4
Rxg2 44. Kxg2 Nxh4+ 45. Kh3 Ng6) 43... axb3 44. axb3 Rxe4 45. Qxe4 Rb8 46. Nf3
(46. Qa4 Qf7 47. Rd1 Nd4) 46... Rxb3 47. Kg2 Qg6 48. Nh4 Nxh4+ 49. Qxh4 Rb4 $1
50. Qh3 Re4 (50... Qg4 51. Rxe7 Qxh3+ 52. Kxh3 Rd4 53. Re6 Rxd5 54. Rxf6 Kg7
55. Re6 c4 $17) 51. Qc8+ Kh7 52. Ra1 Qg4 $1 53. Qe8 Qg8 $1 54. Qc6 (54. Qxh5
Re5) 54... Rd4 55. Re1 Qxd5+ 56. Qxd5 Rxd5 57. Rxe7+ Kg6 58. Nh2 Rd1 59. Nf3 (
59. f4 Bf8 60. Rd7 c4) 59... Bg5 0-1

[Event "URS-ch14 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1945.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d6 (3... d5 $142 4. Nd2 Bf5 5. Ngf3 e6 $10) (3...
c5 $6 4. f3 Nf6 5. dxc5 (5. d5 $2 e6 6. c4 Nh5 $15) 5... Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Qxc5 7. e4
Nc6 8. Qd2 $16) 4. f3 Nf6 5. e4 g6 6. Qd2 Nbd7 7. Bh6 $2 Bxh6 8. Qxh6 c5 $1 9.
c3 Qb6 10. Qd2 cxd4 11. cxd4 e5 12. Na3 (12. d5 $15) (12. Nc3 $142 exd4 13. Na4
Qc6 14. Qxd4 O-O 15. Nc3 d5 $1) 12... d5 $1 13. dxe5 (13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nc4 (
14. dxe5 Ne3 15. Nc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Nxe5 17. Qe2 Qb4+ 18. Kd1 O-O $19 {->})
14... Qxd4 15. Qxd4 exd4 16. O-O-O O-O 17. Rxd4 N7f6 $17) 13... Nxe5 14. Bb5+
Kf8 $1 15. exd5 Kg7 16. Ne2 (16. O-O-O Bf5 $17) 16... a6 17. Bc4 Re8 18. Rd1 (
18. Kf1 $142 Bf5 19. Rd1 (19. Ng3 Bd7 {/\20... Sf3} 20. Qf2 Qb4 $19 21. Bb3 (
21. Qd4 Rac8) 21... Nd3) (19. Nd4 Bd3+ 20. Bxd3 Qxd4 21. Rd1 Nxd5 22. Nc2 Qxb2)
(19. Qd4 $2 Nxc4 20. Nxc4 (20. Qxc4 Qxb2) 20... Qxd4 21. Nxd4 Bd3+)) 18... Bh3
$1 19. Kf1 (19. f4 Bxg2 20. fxe5 Rxe5 21. Rf1 Bxf1 22. Kxf1 Rf5+ 23. Kg2 Rf2+
24. Kh3 (24. Kh1 Qd6) 24... Qd6 25. Rh1 Qd7+ 26. Kg3 Ne4+) 19... Nxf3 20. Qf4 (
20. Qc3 Re3 21. Bd3 (21. Rd3 Bxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Rxe2+ 23. Kh3 Ng5+ 24. Kh4 Re4+ 25.
Kxg5 h6#) 21... Rc8 22. Nc4 Rxc4 $1 23. Qxc4 Ng4 $1 24. gxh3 (24. Nd4 Re1+ 25.
Rxe1 Nd2+ 26. Ke2 Nxc4 $19) 24... Rxe2 $19) 20... Ng4 21. Qxf3 Ne3+ 22. Ke1
Bxg2 23. Qf2 Bxh1 24. Rd3 Qb4+ 25. Rd2 Rac8 26. Bb3 Bxd5 27. Bxd5 Nxd5 28. Qd4+
Qxd4 29. Rxd4 Nf6 0-1

[Event "Terrassa"]
[Site "Terrassa"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 g6 (6... Qb6 $5 7.
Qd2) 7. e4 Bg7 8. Na3 O-O $6 (8... d6) 9. Nc4 Qd8 10. d6 $1 e6 11. a4 Nc6 12.
Bg5 Qe8 (12... h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bf2 Nh5 15. h4 $1) 13. Qd2 b6 14. Nh3 Ba6 15.
Rd1 Qc8 16. Nf2 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Na5 18. Qe2 Nxc4 $6 (18... a6 19. e5 Ne8 20. Be7
Nxc4 21. Qxc4 Bxe5 22. Ne4 Qc6 $132) 19. Qxc4 Qc6 20. O-O Rfc8 (20... h6 $5 21.
Bh4 (21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. f4 Bg7 23. e5 f6 24. exf6 Rxf6 25. Ne4 Rf5) 21... Rfc8)
21. Rfe1 a6 22. e5 Ne8 23. Ng4 b5 24. Qf4 Qb6 (24... bxa4 25. Bf6 Bf8 (25...
Nxf6 26. exf6 Bh8 27. Qh6 Rcb8 28. Re5 Rxb2 29. Rh5 gxh5 30. Qg5+ Kf8 31. Nh6
Bxf6 32. Qxf6 $18) 26. Nh6+ Bxh6 27. Qxh6 c4 28. Re4 Qc5+ 29. Rdd4 Rab8 30.
Qxh7+ Kxh7 31. Rh4+) 25. Bh6 Qd8 26. Re4 $1 f5 $8 (26... bxa4 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28.
Qh6+ Kg8 29. Rf4 Rab8 30. Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 31. Qxh7+ Ng7 32. Nh6+ Kf8 33. Qg8#) 27.
exf6 Nxf6 $6 (27... Bxf6 28. h4 {/\ Bg5+/-}) 28. Bxg7 Nxg4 (28... Kxg7 29. Qe5
h5 30. Rf4 hxg4 31. fxg4 $18) 29. fxg4 Kxg7 30. Rf1 c4 (30... Qe8 31. Qe5+ Kg8
32. Ref4 bxa4 33. h4 $1 Rab8 34. h5 gxh5 35. gxh5 $18) 31. a5 Qxa5 32. Qf7+ Kh8
33. Qxd7 Rf8 34. Qe7 Qb6+ (34... Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Qa1+ 36. Re1 Qxb2 37. d7 $18)
35. Rd4 Rfe8 36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. d7 Red8 38. Qf7+ Kh8 39. Qe7 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "ARG-World"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Panno, Oscar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 f5 6. g3 Bg7 7. c3 d6 8. Nd2
O-O 9. Nh3 Nd7 10. Nc4 Qa6 11. Qf4 Nf6 12. Bg2 Ne4 13. Ne3 e6 14. Rd1 Qxa2 15.
Bxe4 fxe4 16. Ng5 Qxb2 17. O-O Qxe2 18. Qh4 h6 19. Nxe4 f5 20. Nxd6 f4 21. Ng4
Kh7 22. Rfe1 Qf3 23. Nxc8 Raxc8 24. dxe6 Rce8 25. Rd7 Qxc3 26. Kg2 (26. Qxh6+
Kg8 $17 {x Re1, Qh6}) 26... fxg3 (26... f3+ 27. Kh3 Rh8 28. Re5 Kg8 29. Rxg7+
Kxg7 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Qf7#) 27. hxg3 Kg8 28. Re3 Qc2 29. Red3 Rxe6 30. Qh5 Qc4
31. Kh2 b5 32. f4 Qc1 33. Rxg7+ Kxg7 34. Rd7+ Kh8 35. Nxh6 Re2+ $2 36. Qxe2 1-0

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "1996.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Stohl} Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 cxd4 7. Nb3
Qb6 {Stohl: A safer alternative, which gives Black better chances to hold the
balance.} ({Risky is} 7... Qf5 {Stohl} 8. Bxb8 Rxb8 9. Qxd4 b6 (9... Ra8 10. e4
Qf4 11. Nh3 Qc7 12. e5 Ng8 13. O-O-O e6 14. f4 Ne7 15. Ng5 Nf5 16. Qd2 d5 17.
Bd3 g6 18. g4 Ne7 19. Nd4 a6 20. f5 Bh6 21. Rde1 Bd7 22. Rhf1 O-O 23. Rf3 exf5
24. gxf5 Qd8 25. f6 Nc6 26. Nxc6 bxc6 27. Qf4 $40 {Remmler,V-Barbieri,G/Verona
op/1997/}) 10. e4 Qf4 11. Nh3 Qc7 12. e5 Ng8 13. O-O-O {Stohl: White's lead in
development and spacial advantage enable him to maintain the initiative deep
into the middlegame.} e6 14. f4 (14. Ng5 $5 Ne7 15. f4 Nf5 16. Qf2 h6 17. Ne4
Bb7 18. Bd3 d5 19. Ng3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Bc5 21. Qe2 Rd8 22. Qg4 g6 23. Bxg6 $5 $36
{Miles,A-Avrukh,B/Biel op/1995/}) 14... f5 15. Be2 Nh6 16. Rhg1 (16. Nf2 $143
Be7 17. Kb1 Bb7 18. Qa4 Bc6 19. Bb5 Bxb5 20. Qxb5 Qb7 21. Rd2 a6 22. Qa4 Rc8
23. Rhd1 Rc7 24. g3 b5 25. Qd4 O-O 26. Na5 Qc8 27. Nd3 Nf7 28. Qe3 d5 $15 {
Arduman,C-Hjartarson,J/Copenhagen PC/1996/}) 16... Be7 17. g4 fxg4 18. Bxg4 O-O
19. Qd3 Kh8 20. Bf3 Nf5 21. Be4 b5 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. Nd4 d6 24. Qg3 g6 25. Ng5
$36 {Salov,V-Nunn,J/Amsterdam Donner/1995/}) ({Less tested, but interesting is
} 7... Qa4 $5 {Stohl} 8. Nxd4 Qxd1+ 9. Rxd1 d5 10. e4 e6 11. Nb5 Na6 12. exd5
Nxd5 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. Bxd6 Ne3 15. Bb5+ Bd7 16. Bxd7+ Kxd7 17. Rd3 Nd5 18. Bg3
b5 19. Ne2 Rhc8 20. O-O Ke8 $11 {Kosic,D-Azaric,S/JUG-chT Budva/1996/}) 8. cxd4
{Stohl: This move will probably after this game disappear from the
international scene.} (8. Qxd4 {is an alternative}) ({Stohl: That leaves White
to try to prove an advantage after} 8. Qxd4 {Stohl for example} Nc6 9. Qxb6
axb6 10. Nd4 $1 e5 11. Nxc6 exf4 12. Nd4 Nd5 13. g3 g5 14. e4 $5 Ne3 (14...
fxe3 $142 $13) 15. Bb5 Bg7 16. Nge2 Kf8 17. Kd2 d5 18. gxf4 Ng2 19. fxg5 h6 20.
g6 fxg6 21. exd5 Ke7 22. Rhg1 Bh3 23. Bd3 Rhd8 24. Bxg6 Rxd5 25. Be4 Rd7 26. f4
$18 {Soffer,R-Mikhalevski,V/ISR-ch/1994/}) 8... Nc6 $1 $146 {This is a very
strong novelty which puts the 8.cd4 line in question. This idea was analysed
by A. Huzman an me on January 3rd and 4th 1994 when preparing to my candidates
match against M. Adams. Stohl: A very strong and tactically well founded
novelty.} (8... d5 {and}) (8... e6 {both give White a slight but long lasting
advantage}) ({Stohl: It's based also on the fact after the rather passive} 8...
d5 {Stohl} 9. e3 {Stohl: White can develop his minor pieces more effectively
and actively. Black's problem is the Bc8, e6 shuts it in, while Bf5 invites
the g4 advance. For example} Nc6 10. Ne2 e6 11. Nc3 a6 12. Bd3 Be7 13. Bg5 Qd8
14. O-O e5 15. Re1 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. exd4 O-O 18. Qe2 Bb4 19. Qe3 Be6 20.
Qf4 Be7 21. Qh4 $40 {Hodgson,J-Cramling,P/Bern op/1995/}) (8... g6 {Stohl} 9.
Rc1 Nc6 10. d5 Nb4 (10... e5 $5 $13) 11. e4 Nxa2 12. Rc4 d6 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. Ba5
Qe3+ 15. Ne2 Bg7 16. Nbd4 Nxe4 17. fxe4 Qxe4 $44 {Stohl: also is not quite
convincing, Hodgson,J-Horvath,C/Leeuwarden op/1993/}) 9. e4 (9. d5 e5 $1 (9...
e5 $1 {Stohl} 10. dxc6 exf4 $17)) 9... e5 $1 {This is the real point of
Black's idea. Black sacrifice a pawn temporarly but develops their pieces very
quickly, while White's King is blocked in the centre. I think that White has
to play accurately to equalize. Stohl: The first time I saw a similar, but
less efective idea was in the game} 10. dxe5 (10. Bxe5 {Stohl} Bb4+ 11. Ke2 (
11. Nd2 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qe3+ 13. Ne2 (13. Qe2 Bxd2+ 14. Kd1 Nxe4 $17) 13... Bc5
$40) 11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qb5+ 13. Kf2 Qxe5 $36 {[%csl Rf2] עf2}) 10... Bb4+
11. Ke2 {So White is trying to get control on g1-a7 diagonal.} (11. Bd2 Nxe5
$10 (11... Nxe5 {Stohl} 12. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. O-O-O (14. Nd4 d5 15.
Bb5+ Kf8 $1 $36) 14... O-O $32 {[%csl Rc1][%cal Rd7d5] Stohl: Black is better
developed and has a safer K.} 15. Z0 d5)) (11. Nd2 Nh5 $17 (11... Nh5 {Stohl}
12. g3 Nxf4 13. gxf4 Qe3+ 14. Ne2 Nd4 $1 15. Bg2 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Qxf3 $17))
11... Nxe5 (11... Nh5 12. Be3 (12. Nh3 $5 {Stohl} d6 (12... Nxe5 13. Be3) 13.
g4 Nxf4+ 14. Nxf4 dxe5 15. Nd5 Qd8 $11) 12... Qb5+ 13. Kf2 Qxe5 {was also okay}
14. Qc2 (14. Rb1 $5 Nf6 15. Ne2 (15. a3 Be7 16. Ne2 d5 17. Bf4 Qe6 (17... Qh5))
15... d5 16. Bf4 Qh5 (16... Qe7 17. exd5) (16... Qe6 17. Ned4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bc5
19. Bb5+ $5) 17. g4 Qg6) 14... O-O 15. a3 Be7 16. Rd1 Nf6 $132) 12. Qd4 (12.
Bxe5 Qb5+) 12... Ng6 $1 {Stohl: Black must play energetically, otherwise he
will be saddled with weak pawns in an unpleasant endgame.} (12... Nc6 13. Qxb6
axb6 14. a3 Be7 15. Rd1 $14) (12... d6 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. a3 Bc5 15. Rd1 $14)
13. Be3 (13. Qxb6 $2 {Stohl} Nxf4+ 14. Ke3 N4d5+ $17) 13... d5 $5 (13... O-O $5
14. Kf2 d5 $10 15. e5 $140 Qxd4 16. Bxd4 Nd7 17. a3 Be7 18. Re1 Nf4 19. Be3 Ne6
20. f4 f6) ({Stohl: Less enterprising is} 13... Qxd4 {Stohl} 14. Bxd4 d5 15.
Bxf6 gxf6 16. exd5 Nf4+ 17. Kf2 Nxd5 18. Bc4 Be6 19. Ne2 $11 {Stohl: when
White overcomes his problems.}) 14. exd5 (14. e5 Qxd4 15. Bxd4 Nd7) 14... O-O {
Black could force a draw but I decided to keep some tension on the board.} (
14... Qxd4 15. Bxd4 Nf4+ (15... Nxd5 16. Bxg7 Rg8 17. Bd4) 16. Kf2 N4xd5 17.
Bb5+ Bd7 18. Bxd7+ Kxd7 $10 {looks like dead draw} (18... Kxd7 {Stohl} 19. Ne2
$11 {Stohl: with a drawish position.})) 15. a3 $6 {Julian offered a draw here,
but his last move is a mistake as it loses a tempo and weakens the important
b3 square} (15. Kf2 $1 {was a precise way to equality} Qxd4 16. Bxd4 Nxd5 $10 (
16... Nxd5 {Stohl} 17. Bc4 $11)) (15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Bxb6 (16. a3 Nxd5 17. axb4
Rxa1 18. Nxa1 Re8 19. Nc2 Bf5 $15 (19... Bf5 {Stohl} 20. Kf2 Bxc2 21. Bd2 Ne5
22. Nh3 {Stohl: and White gradually equalizes.})) 16... Nxd5 $40 (16... Nxd5
17. Bc5 Bxc5 18. Nxc5 b6 $36)) (15. Rd1 Nxd5 $5 {I was excited by the
possibility to make this interesting sacrifice, but Julian didn't let me} (
15... Bf5 $44 {Stohl}) 16. Qxd5 (16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. Kf2 Be6 $32) 16... Nf4+ 17.
Bxf4 Re8+ 18. Kd3 (18. Qe4 Bf5 19. Be3 Bxe4 20. Bxb6 Bc2+ 21. Kf2 Bxd1 $40)
18... Be6) 15... Qxd4 {Black had a few more possibilities at their disposal
but I decided to win the pawn back. My idea was to eliminbate the possibility
for White to give the pawn back in order to complete their development and
though limit Black's initiative} (15... Be7 $5 {Deserves serious attention,and
maybe the best choice} 16. Qxb6 (16. Qd3 Bf5) 16... axb6 17. Bxb6 Nxd5 18. Bc5
$13 (18. Bc5 {Stohl} Bxc5 19. Nxc5 b6 20. Ne4 Ba6+ 21. Kf2 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Rac8
$44 {Stohl: gives Black sufficient compensation, but not more. The text move
is stronger.})) (15... Re8 $4 16. axb4 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd5 18. Ra3) (15... Bd6
$5) 16. Bxd4 Be7 17. Kf2 (17. Bc5 $5 {I think that White had to exchange Black
square bishops now or on the next move} Bxc5 (17... Nxd5 18. Bxe7 Ngxe7 19. Kf2
Be6 20. Nd4) 18. Nxc5 Nxd5 19. Kf2 Bf5 $36 (19... b6 20. Nb3)) 17... Nxd5 (
17... Rd8 $5) 18. Ne2 (18. Bc5 $5) (18. Bc4 Be6 19. Ne2 Rfc8 20. Rhc1 $140 (20.
Nd2 {Stohl} Bg5 21. Bxd5 (21. Ne4 Bh4+) 21... Bxd5 22. Be3 Bf6 $36) 20... Bg5)
(18. Bc5 {Stohl} Bxc5+ 19. Nxc5 Bf5 20. Ne2 $1 (20. g4 Bc8 $15 {[%csl Rf4] ><f4
}) 20... Rfc8 21. Nb3 Bc2 $5 22. Nbd4 Ne5 $15) 18... Be6 19. Nc5 ({Stohl:
Deserving serious attention was} 19. Bc5 $5 {Stohl}) 19... Bxc5 20. Bxc5 Rfc8
21. Rc1 {Stohl: White misses his last chance to hold approximate balance.} (21.
Bd4 $142 $1 {Stohl} {Stohl: A more refined move is} Nge7 $5 {[%cal Ye7c6,Ye7f5]
/\Nf5,Nc6 and Black retains some initiative.} (21... Rc2 22. Rc1 Rac8 (22...
Rxc1 $143 23. Nxc1 Rc8 24. Bd3 $11) 23. Rxc2 Rxc2 24. Ke1 $1 (24. g3 Nge7 $1 {
[%cal Re7c6] /\Nc6->}) 24... Ngf4 25. Kd1 Bf5 26. Nxf4 Nxf4 27. g3 {Stohl:
enables White to shake off the pressure.})) 21... Ne5 $1 (21... b6 22. Bd4 Rxc1
23. Nxc1 Rc8 24. Bd3 Ngf4 25. Bb1) 22. Nd4 b6 (22... Nf4 23. Ke3) 23. Nxe6 (23.
Re1 Nxf3 {-game} (23... bxc5 $5 24. Nxe6 Ng6 25. Ng5 Rab8)) 23... fxe6 24. Re1
(24. Be3 {Stohl} Nxe3 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Kxe3 Rc2 27. b4 Ra2 {-/+/-+}) 24...
Nxf3 (24... Rxc5 $143 {Stohl} 25. Rxe5 Rc2+ 26. Re2 Rac8 27. g3 $1 Rxe2+ 28.
Bxe2 Rc2 29. Rb1 $15) 25. gxf3 Rxc5 26. Rxe6 {ק} Rf8 $1 {There are only a few
pieces left on the board but White's King is still in danger.So,they have to
be accurate} (26... Rc2+ $142 $1 {Stohl} 27. Kg3 (27. Re2 Rac8 $36) 27... Kf8
$1 $17) 27. Re4 $6 (27. Re2 $5 {/\Rd2 was correct plan}) (27. Re2 $142 $1 $15 {
Stohl}) 27... Rc2+ 28. Kg3 Nf6 {Stohl: More ambitious than} (28... Rxb2 $2 {
Stohl} 29. Bc4 Rd2 30. Rhe1 {Stohl: and I can't see how Black can untangle
from the unpleasant pin without at least giving back a pawn.}) 29. Re2 Nh5+ 30.
Kf2 (30. Kg4 $2 Rc4+ $19) (30. Kh4 Rc5 (30... Rf4+ 31. Kh3 Rxf3+ $4 32. Kg2 $18
) (30... Rc4+ 31. Re4)) 30... Rfc8 31. b3 Kf8 (31... R8c3 {Stohl} 32. Rg1 Kf8
$1 $36 {-game.} (32... Rxe2+ 33. Bxe2 Nf4 (33... Rxb3 $4 34. Bc4+) 34. Bc4+ Kf8
35. Rg4 $132)) 32. Rg1 R8c3 33. Rg5 g6 {White managed to protect their King,
but they have to take care of their weak pawns.} 34. Rb5 (34. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 35.
Kg1 Rc3 36. Rb5 {deserved serious attention as the pawn ending after} Rxf3 $140
(36... Nf4 $1 {Stohl} 37. a4 Ne6 38. Z0 Nd4 {Stohl: In this line White can
also hardly avoid losing a pawn, and it will be under worse circumstances,
than later on.}) 37. Be2 Rh3 38. Bxh5 Rxh5 39. Rxh5 gxh5 40. Kf2 Kf7 41. Kg3
Kf6 42. Kf4 {looks drawish}) 34... Nf4 35. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 36. Ke3 {White are
sacrificing a pawn for some activity, which is not recommended in endings.
However after Stohl: The best chance.} (36. Kg1 Ke7 {here Julian's pieces are
extremely passive and White have to suffer.} (36... Ne6 {Stohl Stohl: wouldn't
keep the material equal for long and the K would remain passive.})) 36... Ne6
37. Bc4 Nc7 (37... Nc5 $5 38. h4 (38. a4 $1 {Stohl} Rxh2 39. a5 $132) 38... Ke7
39. Bg8 h5 40. a4) 38. Re5 Rxh2 39. a4 Rh1 (39... a5 $6 {Stohl} 40. Re4 $132 {
[%cal Re4d4,Re4f4] /\Rd4,Rf4}) 40. Kf4 {Stohl: White's pieces are so active he
shouldn't be afraid of the exchange of R.} (40. a5 $142 $1 {Stohl} Re1+ (40...
b5 $2 41. Bxb5 Re1+ 42. Be2) 41. Kf4 Rxe5 42. Kxe5 Ke7 43. axb6 axb6 44. f4 $44
) 40... Rh4+ 41. Ke3 Rh1 42. Kf4 a5 {I decided to prevent a4-a5in order to
keep as much pawns as possible on the board. Now Black's plan is to activate
their King.  Stohl: Prevents further pawn exchanges for the time being.} 43.
Kg4 (43. Kg5 Rh5+ 44. Kf6 Rxe5 45. Kxe5 Ke7 $17 {looks winning as Black should
be able to exchange their two king's side pawns for f3 and to be able to win
White Queen's side pawns.}) 43... Rg1+ 44. Kh3 (44. Kf4 h6 $22) 44... Rd1 45.
f4 Rd7 46. Re4 (46. f5 $5 {Stohl} Kg7 47. fxg6 hxg6 48. Kg4 Kf6 49. Re4 g5 $15)
46... Kg7 47. Kg4 Kf6 $17 48. Kf3 Rd6 $2 {A very inaccurate move which let
White equalize. Stohl: After strengthening his position methodically Black
comitts a mistake and allows serious counterplay.} (48... h6 $142) (48... h5) (
48... h6 $142 $1 $17 {Stohl}) 49. Bg8 $1 h5 (49... Rd8 50. Rc4 $1 (50. Bxh7 $2
{Stohl} Rh8 $19)) (49... Kg7 50. Bc4) (49... Ne6 50. Bxe6 Rxe6 51. Rd4) (49...
Na6 50. Bc4 Nc5 51. Re8) 50. b4 Rd3+ $1 {A tricky check} 51. Kf2 (51. Ke2 Rd8
52. Bb3 (52. Rc4 $1 {Stohl} Na6 (52... Rxg8 53. Rxc7 axb4 54. Rc6+ Kf5 55. Rxb6
Kxf4 56. Rxb4+ Kg3 57. Kf1 $11) 53. Rc6+ Kg7 $15) 52... Re8) 51... Rd8 52. Rc4
{White had another funny possibility which would also probably lead to a draw}
(52. bxa5 Rxg8 53. axb6 Na6 54. b7 Rb8 (54... Nc5 55. Rb4 Rb8 56. Rb6+ Kf7 (
56... Kf5 57. a5 $10) 57. a5) 55. Rc4 Rxb7 56. Rc6+ Kf5 57. Rxa6 Rb4 58. Kg3)
52... Na6 (52... Na8 53. Rc6+ Kg7 54. Bb3 axb4 55. Ke3 $132 (55. Bc2 $44 {Stohl
})) (52... Rxg8 53. Rxc7 axb4 54. Rc6+ Kf5 55. Rxb6 Kxf4 56. Rxb4+ Kf5 57. a5
$10) 53. Rc6+ Kg7 (53... Kf5 $2 {Stohl} 54. Bf7) 54. Rxb6 Nxb4 55. Be6 (55. Bb3
$1 Rd2+ 56. Kg1 Rd4 (56... Nd3 57. Rd6) (56... Rd3 $5 {Stohl} 57. Be6 (57. Rb7+
Kf8 $1) 57... Nd5 58. Bxd5 Rxd5 59. Rb5 Rd4 $1 (59... Rf5 $2 60. Rxf5 $1 gxf5
61. Kg2 Kf6 62. Kg3 $11) 60. f5 (60. Rxa5 Rxf4 61. Ra7+ Kh6 62. a5 Ra4 63. a6
Kg5 64. Ra8 Kh4 65. a7 g5 $19) 60... Rxa4 61. fxg6 Kxg6 {[%cal Ra4g4,Rg4g5] /
\Rg4-g5-+}) 57. Rb5 Rxf4 58. Rxa5 $10) 55... Nd5 (55... Nd3+ 56. Ke3 Nc5 57.
Bc4 Nxa4 58. Rb5 (58. Ra6 {Stohl} Nb2 59. Bb5 Rd5 $1 $17 {/\} 60. Rxa5 $2 Nc4+
61. Ke4 Rxb5 $1 $19) 58... Ra8 $15) 56. Bxd5 Rxd5 57. Ke3 h4 58. Rb5 {It looks
like White could hold the rook ending after} (58. Kf3 Rd4 (58... h3 59. Rb5 (
59. Kg3 {Stohl} Rd3+ 60. Kh2 Rd4 61. f5 $3 gxf5 62. Rb5 Rxa4 63. Rxf5 $11 {
Karpov,A (2725)-Yusupov,A (2605) Linares 1991 (4) 1/2 Stohl: A theoretical
draw, as the endgame books prove. See also quoted game}) 59... Rxb5 (59... Rd2
$1 $19) 60. axb5 a4 61. b6 a3 62. b7 a2 63. b8=Q a1=Q 64. Kg3 $10) 59. Ra6 (59.
Kg4 h3) 59... Rxa4 60. Kg4 Kh6 61. Ra7 g5 62. Ra6+ Kg7 63. Kxg5 h3 64. Ra7+ (
64. Rg6+ Kf7 65. Rh6 Ra3 66. f5 a4) 64... Kg8 (64... Kf8 65. Rh7 Ra3 66. f5 Kg8
67. Rh4 $10) 65. Kg6 Kf8 66. f5 Rg4+ (66... h2 67. Ra8+ Ke7 68. f6+ Kd6 69. Rh8
$10) 67. Kf6 Kg8 68. Rxa5 h2 69. Ra8+ Kh7 70. Ra7+ Kh6 71. Ra8 Rg7 72. Ra1 Rg1
73. Ra8 $10) 58... Rxb5 (58... Rh5 59. Rxh5 gxh5 60. Kf3 Kf6 61. Kg2 Kf5 62.
Kh3 Kxf4 63. Kxh4 $10) (58... Rf5 59. Kf3 Rxb5 (59... Kf6 {Stohl} 60. Rb6+ $11)
60. axb5 a4 61. b6 $10) 59. axb5 a4 60. b6 a3 61. b7 a2 62. b8=Q a1=Q {so
after second time control we already have a queens ending on the board. My
opinion is that it should be drawn. However it's not that easy to do it
especially with only half an hour to finish the game.} 63. Kf3 Qc3+ 64. Kg2 Kh6
65. Qd6 (65. f5 h3+ 66. Kh2 gxf5) 65... Qg3+ 66. Kh1 $2 {The King should try
to get out of the corner.} (66. Kf1 $5 {and Black cannot activate their King as
} h3 $140 67. Qf8+ Kh5 68. Qh8+ Kg4 69. Qc8+ Kxf4 70. Qc7+ $10 {Leads to
perpetual check} (70. Qc7+ {Stohl} Kg4 71. Qd7+ $11 {Stohl: If someone is
suprised by the mutual mistakes in the endgame, let us realize it's different
to analyze a game and to play it for 7 hours.})) 66... Qh3+ (66... Kh5 67. Qe5+
(67. Qd1+ {Stohl} Qg4 68. Qd5+ Kh6 69. Qe5 $11) 67... Kg4 68. Qe6+ Kxf4 69.
Qe5+ $10) 67. Kg1 Kh5 68. Qd4 $2 {After this move White's position is hopeless,
even with one tempo down White had to try to evacuate his King and it is not
clear if Black can win.} (68. Qd2 Qf5) (68. Kf2 Qg3+ 69. Kf1 (69. Ke2 g5) 69...
Qf3+ 70. Kg1 (70. Ke1 Qe4+ 71. Kf2 Kg4) 70... Qe2 (70... Qe3+ 71. Kf1 (71. Kh2
Qe2+ (71... Qg3+ 72. Kh1 Qh3+ 73. Kg1 Qf5 74. Kf2 Kg4 75. Ke3 Kg3 $19) 72. Kg1
(72. Kh3 Qg4+ 73. Kh2 Qg3+ 74. Kh1 Qh3+ 75. Kg1 Qf5 76. Kf2 Kg4 $19) 72... Qc2
$19 (72... h3 73. Qd5+ Kg4 74. Qg5+ Kf3 75. Qxg6 $10)) 71... h3 72. Qd5+ Kh6 (
72... Kg4 73. Qf5+ $3 $10 {with stalemate. Black has to be very careful with
this things.}) 73. Qg5+ Kg7 74. Qh4 Qf3+ 75. Ke1 Qh1+ 76. Ke2 Qg2+ 77. Ke3 Kf7
78. Qh7+ $10) (70... Qe4 $17 {Stohl}) 71. Qf6 Qe1+ {White draws the pawn
ending after} (71... Qg4+ 72. Kf2 Qf5 73. Qxf5+ gxf5 74. Kf3 $10) 72. Kg2 Qg3+
73. Kf1 Qd3+ 74. Kf2 Qd5 {I'm not sure if this ending is won or not}) (68. Qd5+
{Stohl} Qf5 $19) 68... Qf5 $19 69. Kg2 Kg4 {Stohl: The rest is a matter of
technique.} 70. Qd1+ Kxf4 71. Qd2+ Kg4 72. Qd1+ Kg5 73. Qd8+ Kh5 74. Qh8+ Kg5
75. Qd8+ Qf6 76. Qd2+ Kh5 77. Qe2+ Kh6 78. Kh3 Qf4 79. Kg2 Qg3+ 80. Kh1 Qh3+ (
80... h3 $4 {Stohl} 81. Qh5+ $1 Kg7 82. Qh7+ $11) 81. Kg1 Qf5 82. Kh2 g5 83.
Qe8 Qf6 84. Qc8 Qf4+ 85. Kh1 Kh5 86. Qe8+ Kg4 87. Qe6+ Qf5 88. Qc4+ Kg3 89.
Qc7+ Qf4 $138 0-1

[Event "Dresden op 08th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1999.07.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gerstner, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Gipslis, Aivars P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[Annotator "Gipslis,A"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1999.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 cxd4 7. Nb3 Qb6 8.
Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. e4 (10. Nd4 e5 (10... Ra5 11. e4 e5 12. Nxc6 dxc6 13.
Be3 b5 14. c4 Be6 15. cxb5 Rxa2 16. Rxa2 Bxa2 17. Ne2 Nd7 18. Nc3 Bb3 19. Be2
Bc5 $13 {Szymanski - Kazhgaleyev,Koszalin 1999}) (10... Nxd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e3
Bd7 13. Bd3 {Engvist -Sandstrem, Stockholm 1999 - 13. ...Lc6! =} (13. g4 b5 14.
Ne2 b4 15. Nc1 e6 16. Bd3 Bc6 17. Nb3 Be7 18. Ke2 O-O 19. Nc1 Ra7 $17 {Fink -
Winer, Philadelphia 1999}) 13... e6 14. Ne2 Be7 15. Kd2 O-O 16. Rhc1 Bc6 17.
Nc3 Rfc8 $11 {Lputjan - Solozhenkin,Reggio Emilia 1999}) 11. Nxc6 exf4 12. Nd4
g6 (12... Nd5 13. g3 g5 14. e4 Ne3 15. Bb5 Bg7 16. Nge2 Kf8 $13 {Soffer -
Mikhalevski, Tel Aviv 1994}) (12... d5 13. e3 fxe3 14. Ke2 Bd6 15. Kxe3 O-O 16.
Kf2 Bd7 17. Bd3 Bc6 18. Nge2 Nd7 19. a3 Ne5 20. Rad1 $14 {Rogers - Ftacnik,
Znojmo 1999}) 13. Nh3 Bd6 14. Nb5 Be5 15. e3 fxe3 16. Ke2 O-O 17. Kxe3 Re8 18.
Kd2 d5 19. Ng1 Bd7 20. Bd3 d4 $132 {Miles - H.Olafson, Reikjavika 1998}) (10.
a3 d5 11. Bc7 (11. Nd4 e5 12. Nxc6 exf4 13. Nd4 Bd6 14. Kf2 O-O 15. e3 fxe3+
16. Kxe3 Nd7 17. Bb5 Ne5 18. Kd2 Nc4+ 19. Kc1 g6 20. Nge2 h5 $11 {T. Giorgadze
- Dorfmans, Taskenta 1984}) (11. e3 e5 12. Bg3 Be6 13. Nc1 Bc5 14. Nd3 Bxe3 15.
Nxe5 O-O 16. Ne2 Rfe8 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bf4 Bc5 $15 {Jepson - Sandstrom,
Haninge 1997}) 11... e5 12. Bxb6 d4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. d5 (14. Nc5 Nd5 15. Nxe6
fxe6 16. Bc5 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 $17 {Kovacevics - Smirin, Zagraba 1993}) 14...
Nxd5 15. Bc5 Be7 16. Kf2 f5 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Nc5 f4 $16 {Lesiege - Shaked Tal,
Bermuda 1997}) (10. Be3 d5 (10... Na5 11. Nd2 b5 12. Bg5 $6 Nc4 13. b3 Na3 14.
O-O-O Nd5 15. Kb2 h6 16. e4 Nxc3 $17 {Ibanez - Martinez,Palencia  1999}) (10...
b5 11. Bd2 e6 12. a3 d5 13. e3 Na7 14. Nh3 e5 15. Nf2 Bd6 16. Nd3 O-O $11 {
Neuillet - Relange,France 1999}) 11. Bxb6 e5 12. e4 Be6 $1 13. Bb5 Nd7 14. Bf2
dxe4 $1 15. Nd2 exf3 16. Ngxf3 Be7 17. a4 (17. O-O O-O 18. a4 Rfd8 19. b4 Rac8
$132 {Dishman - Simons, Anglija 1999}) 17... O-O 18. O-O f5 19. Nc4 e4 20. Nd4
Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Nc5 $11 {Garcia R. - Rohl, Elista (ol) 1998}) 10... d5 11. Bc7 (
11. Be3 dxe4 $1 12. Bxb6 e5 13. Bb5 Nd5 14. Bc5 Bxc5 15. Nxc5 exf3 16. Nxf3 f6
17. O-O Ke7 18. Rae1 Kd6 $11 {Sutherland - Chapman, Suncoast 1999}) (11. exd5
Nxd5 12. Bd2 e5 13. a3 (13. Bc4 Be6 14. Kf2 O-O-O 15. Ne2 Be7 16. Rhd1 f5 17.
Ng3 h5 $15 {Jugelt - Ankerst, Germany 1999}) 13... Be6 14. c4 Nf6 15. Rc1 Be7
16. Ne2 O-O 17. Be3 Nd7 18. Nc3 Nc5 $132 {Landenburgue - Mittelman, Biel 1998})
(11. Bb5 dxe4 12. fxe4 Nxe4 13. Nf3 Bd7 14. O-O-O f6 (14... Nf6 15. Rhe1 Rxa2
16. Bc7 g6 17. Ne5 Ra8 $13 {Brumen - Sale, Pula 1996})) (11. e5 Nd7 12. Bb5 Nc5
13. Nxc5 bxc5 14. Be3 e6 15. f4 Bd7 16. Be2 Be7 17. Nf3 O-O 18. O-O f6 19. a3
fxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. fxe5 Ra4 $11 {Muller - Dekic, Budapesta 1995}) (11. Bd3
e5 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Nd2 Nd7 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. a3 (15. Bc4 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 b5 17.
Ne3 f6 18. Bh4 Nc5 19. Nd5 Kf7 $17 {Ochoa - Dorfmans, Nujorka 1989}) 15... f6
16. Be3 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Bc2 O-O-O 19. O-O-O Be6 $15 {Beikerts - Dorfmans,
Francija 1996}) 11... e5 $6 (11... dxe4 $142) 12. Bb5 Be6 13. Bxe5 dxe4 14. Nd4
Bd7 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. fxe4 Rg8 $1 17. Kf2 Nxd4 18. Bxd7+ Kxd7 19. cxd4 Rg4 20.
Kf3 (20. Nf3 $5) 20... f5 $1 21. exf5 (21. Ne2) 21... Rxd4 22. Ne2 Rd3+ $1 23.
Ke4 Rd2 24. Rhd1 $4 Re8+ {0:29 - 0:15} 0-1

[Event "Vlissingen HZ op 04th"]
[Site "Vlissingen"]
[Date "2000.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2000.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bh4 c6 $5 {[%mdl 4]} ({Other lines are:} 3... d5 $5 {
See comments to Lastin,A-Nureev,G/ Moscow,1999/CBM 70(0-1)(Finkel,A)(23)}) (
3... c5 $5 {See comments to Rustemov,A-Baikov,V/Moscow,1995/EXT 97(1/2-1/2)
(Shipov,S)(63)}) (3... g5) ({and} 3... g6) 4. f3 $140 $6 ({Most probably,
better is:} 4. e3) (4. Nd2 $5) ({or} 4. c3 $5) 4... Qa5+ $1 5. Nd2 ({More
unpleasantly for white after:} 5. c3 Qh5 {[%csl Rh4]}) 5... Qh5 {[%csl Rh4]} ({
Insufficiently for equality:} 5... Nxd2 6. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 7. Kxd2 g6 8. c3 Na6 9.
e4 Nc7 10. Bd3 {+/=/= Popov,V-Kochyev,A/St.Petersburg,1995 (1/2-1/2)(14)}) 6.
Nxe4 {In my opinion it's best move.} ({Loses:} 6. Bxe7 $4 {in view of:} Nxd2 7.
Bxf8 Nxf1 8. Bxg7 Ne3 9. Qd3 Nxg2+ 10. Kf2 Rg8 $19) ({Also badly:} 6. g3 {
because of:} Nd6 $1 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Gg7g5,Gd6f5]}) ({Dubious:} 6. fxe4 Qxh4+
7. g3 Qh6 8. Bg2 d6 9. Ngf3 Nd7 (9... e5 $143 10. c3 (10. dxe5 $5 dxe5 11. Nxe5
Be6 $44) 10... Be7 11. Qb3 $6 (11. dxe5 $142) 11... Nd7 $15 {Gerber,R-Razuvaev,
Y/Geneve,1993/CBM 39 (0-1)19)}) 10. Nc4 $1 (10. O-O $143 Nf6 11. Qc1 g6 12. a4
Bg7 13. Ra3 Ng4 14. Re1 Ne3 $15 {Vasilev,M-Dunnington,A/Cannes,2000(1/2-1/2) 
(54)}) 10... b5 $5 (10... Nf6 11. Qd3 Be6 12. Na5 Ng4 $13 {Budnikov,A-Krips,G/
Khabarovsk,1990(1-0) (54)}) 11. Na5 c5 $13) 6... Qxh4+ 7. g3 Qh5 ({Slightly
worse is:} 7... Qh6 $6 {in view of:} 8. f4 $1 {[%csl Rh6]} (8. Qd2 $6 Qxd2+ 9.
Nxd2 g6 10. e4 Bg7 11. c3 d6 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. Ne2 c5 {=/+/= Bartosik,P-Kruppa,Y/
Warsaw,1992 (1/2-1/2)(41)}) 8... d5 9. Nf2 c5 10. c3 $6 (10. dxc5 $5) 10... Qb6
11. Qb3 cxd4 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nf3 Nb4 {=/+/= Obsivac,J-Zagorskis,
D/Sala,1994(1/2-1/2) (58)}) 8. f4 ({After:} 8. Qd2 {good enough:} d5 9. Nc3
$140 e5 {=/=/+}) (8. Bg2 d5 9. Nf2 e6 (9... e5 $5) 10. Qd3 Nd7 11. e4 c5 $11 {
Mkrychian,A-Bandziene,R/URS,1979(1/2-1/2) (30)}) 8... Qb5 $1 {[%csl Rb2] Fifth
move of black's queen in the opening.} ({Senselessly:} 8... Qd5 {even if in
view of:} 9. Nf2 {[%csl Yf2][%cal Yf2h1]}) 9. Bh3 $5 $146 {[%csl Rc8,Gh3][%mdl
512]} ({Black equalizes after:} 9. Rb1 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 d5 11. Bg2 Nd7 12. Nf3 e6
13. O-O Bb4 14. Qd2 O-O $11 {Murdzia,P-Jasnikowski,Z/Lubniewice,1994 (0-1)(37)}
) ({Also possibly:} 9. Qc1 d5 $11) 9... Qxb2 {Of principle decision.} 10. Nf3
e6 11. O-O f5 $5 {[%csl Rh3] Besides this move,can be recommended:} (11... Be7
$5) (11... Qa3 $5) ({and} 11... d5 $5 12. Neg5 $140 $2 (12. Nf2 $5) 12... h6
13. Rb1 Qxa2 14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15. Ne5+ Kg8 16. e4 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gd1h5]} h5 $1
$17) 12. Nf2 d5 13. g4 Bd6 14. Rb1 $6 {[%mdl 512] Again sacrifice of pawn.} ({
In my opinion better is:} 14. e3 $13) 14... Qxa2 15. e3 O-O 16. Ng5 Qa5 ({
Leads to bad position:} 16... h6 $2 17. Nf3 {/\Nh4(><g6;Pf5)|^}) 17. Kh1 Qc7 {
[%csl Yc7]} 18. Rg1 g6 {Differently after:} (18... Qe7 $2 19. gxf5 exf5 $140
20. Qh5 h6 (20... g6 $2 21. Nxh7 $1 Qxh7 22. Rxg6+ Kh8 23. Rh6 $18) 21. Nf3 {
[%csl Rg6] white has a very strong attack.}) 19. Nd3 (19. Bf1 $5 {[%cal Gh2h4,
Gh4h5] An interesting idea which was mentioned by Psakhis,L after the game.})
19... b5 $1 $15 {[%mdl 256] I make this move for: 1)against advance c2-c4 in
future; 2)with the idea a5 and Ra7(><h7).} 20. Qe1 Qe7 21. Rg2 Nd7 {[%csl Gg5]
[%cal Yd7f6,Yf6e4,Ye4g5]} 22. Qh4 Kh8 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. fxe5 ({Badly:} 24. dxe5
{because of:} Nc5 $17 {[%csl Yc5,Rg5][%cal Yc5e4,Ye4g5]}) 24... Nb6 ({It
deserves attention:} 24... f4 $5) ({Pretty dubious:} 24... Rg8 {[%cal Gd7f8]
because of:} 25. gxf5 gxf5 (25... exf5 $2 26. e6 $16) 26. Rbg1 $36) 25. gxf5
exf5 26. Qf4 Be6 27. Rbg1 {[%cal Gg5h7]} Rg8 {[%csl Yg6,Yg8][%cal Yg8g6]} 28.
Nf3 Nd7 $1 {[%csl Yd7][%cal Yd7f8,Yf8g6,Yf8h7]} (28... a5 $143 29. Nh4 $13 {
[%cal Gh4g6]}) 29. Nh4 $138 Qf7 30. Qh6 Nf8 $17 31. Rf1 a5 {[%csl Ga5][%cal
Ga5a4,Ga4a3,Ga3a2,Ga2a1] At last!} 32. Qf4 a4 $138 33. Rfg1 a3 34. Ra1 a2 35.
c3 Ra3 36. Rgxa2 $4 $138 {Gross mistake!} ({It is necessary:} 36. Nf3 Qa7 37.
Qg5 Rg7 $17) 36... Rxa2 37. Rxa2 g5 $19 {[%csl Rf4,Rh4]} 38. Qf2 gxh4 {Further
resistance is useless.} 39. Qxh4 Ng6 40. Qh5 Qg7 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Gg6e5]} 41.
Rg2 Qf7 {Please pay your attention to the fantastic work of the my queen.} 42.
Rf2 (42. Qg5 $142) 42... Nxe5 {[%csl Ye5][%cal Ye5f7]} 0-1

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "Gormally,D"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 2. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} b6 {
[%emt 0:02:10]} 3. c4 {[%emt 0:02:50]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:
07]} e6 {[%emt 0:03:13]} 5. a3 {[%emt 0:06:38]} d5 {[%emt 0:07:18] This is
already rare stuff. Presumably both players were happy with this development -
Vachier Lagrave was having a terrible tournament and was probably just
relieved to play some interesting and new type of positions, while Nakamura is
also often happy to leave the confines of main-line opening theory.} ({Of
course Black has a lot of choice about how to approach this line. One way is
the double fianchetto with} 5... g6 $5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. e3 (7. Qd2 $5 {with the
idea of Bh6, is also possible}) 7... O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. h3 Nbd7 {Shchekachev,A 
(2560)-Zvjaginsev,V (2590) Elista 1996, when Black was totally fine.}) 6. e3 {
[%emt 0:10:00]} ({In another game White played more directly;} 6. cxd5 exd5 7.
Nb5 $5 Na6 8. Qc1 c6 9. Qe3+ $1 Be7 10. Nd6+ Kf8 11. Nf5 (11. Nxb7 $1 {taking
material is often best :D} Qd7 12. Nf3 Qxb7 13. g3 $16) 11... Qd7 12. Qxe7+
Qxe7 13. Bd6 Qxd6 14. Nxd6 Bc8 15. e4 {Bruno,F (2436)-Rombaldoni,D (2480)
Boscotrecase 2014, with interesting play in the endgame.}) 6... Bd6 {[%emt 0:
01:37]} 7. Bg5 $1 {[%emt 0:01:28]} h6 {[%emt 0:06:38]} (7... O-O 8. cxd5 exd5
9. Bd3 Nbd7 {and now as White hasn't yet committed the knight to f3 he has
more options, perhaps with} 10. Qf3 $1 {being the best of them; simple
development will follow with Nge2, 0-0 when White is ready to pressurise the
kingside.}) 8. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:19:05]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 9. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 10. Qa4+ $1 {[%emt 0:00:04] Giving Black an awkward
decision to make. Nakamura is excellent at posing these little tactical
problems for his opponent.} Kf8 $6 {[%emt 0:09:07] The loss of time associated
with castling by hand allows Nakamura to grab the advantage.} (10... Bc6 $1 {
was the only real alternative, even if this looks a little ugly.} 11. Bb5 (11.
Qc2 O-O 12. g3 Bb7 13. Bg2 c6 14. Nge2 Nd7 {also looks more than acceptable
for Black}) 11... Bxb5 12. Qxb5+ c6 13. Qd3 O-O 14. Nge2 {on the surface looks
rather nice for White - he has a simple plan of 0-0, followed by f3 and e4.
But Black remains very solid and with accurate play it will be difficult for
White to develop an initiative:} Re8 15. O-O Qe6 $1 {preventing f3} 16. b4 Nd7
$13) 11. g3 {[%emt 0:01:22]} c6 {[%emt 0:12:06]} 12. Bg2 {[%emt 0:01:07]} g6 {
[%emt 0:01:25]} 13. Nge2 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 14. O-O {
[%emt 0:01:26]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:09:42] Slightly passive. Slowly and almost
inperceptibly Black inches closer to the precipice.} ({I'm sure a more in form
and less tired Maxime would have found the more combative} 14... Qf5 $1 {
if White continues as he did in the game with} 15. e4 {then Black looks much
more co-ordinated and active after} (15. f3 {is certainly possible. However
even when White is able to carry out e4, this does at least give Black
something to bite on in terms of counterplay against d4.} Qd7 16. e4 c5 $5 17.
Qxd7 Nxd7 18. exd5 Nf6 $1 {with excellent counterplay in the centre.} (18...
cxd4 19. Nxd4 Bc5 20. Rad1 Nf6 21. b4 $1 {is less accurate})) 15... dxe4 16.
Nxe4 Rd8 $1) 15. e4 {[%emt 0:10:43]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 16. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:
00:15]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 17. Rad1 {[%emt 0:06:28]} Na6 {[%emt 0:07:53]} 18.
N2c3 {[%emt 0:08:55] Probably the critical moment of the game.} Nc7 $2 {
[%emt 0:06:46]} ({The only way to hold the position together tactically was by
} 18... Rb8 $1 19. d5 (19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Ne4 Qe7 {is also just about holding
together for Black}) 19... cxd5 20. Nxd5 {which perhaps surprisingly, isn't as
overwhelming as it looks at first sight for White:} Nc5 $1 {pretty much the
only move} 21. Nxc5 bxc5 22. Rd2 {when White retains a slight edge.} (22. Qxa7
$6 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Rxb2 {is not convincing for White - for example} 24. Rfd1 $2
Qf6 $1)) (18... Bf8 $2 19. d5 $1 cxd5 (19... c5 20. d6 {and Black can hardly
move anything while the White d-pawn looks a monster}) 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Qxa6 {
looks rather horrible.}) 19. Nc5 $1 {[%emt 0:01:16] Now White gains an almost
crushing positional edge.} bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 20. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nd5
{[%emt 0:00:05]} 21. cxd6 {[%emt 0:08:49]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 22. Ne4 {
[%emt 0:02:00]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:06:33]} (22... Qe7 23. Rc1 {and with Nc5 coming,
it's getting really ugly.}) 23. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:05:23]} 24.
Qb4 {[%emt 0:01:48]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:06:00]} 25. Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Rd4 $2 {
[%emt 0:03:16] Under pressure, Black gives the game away.} (25... Bc8 26. Bxc6
{just looks like a clean pawn.}) (25... Ba8 {looks like positional sucicide
and probably is as now the bishop can't move for a long time. It's a very
difficult move to force your hand to make, especially for an instinctively
active player like Maxime. However Black retains material parity for the time
being.} 26. Rfe1 Qd6 27. h3 $16) 26. Qc3 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:02:04]}
27. Rce1 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 1-0

[Event "Nuremberg LGA Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Nuremberg"]
[Date "2006.09.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kunin, Vitaly L"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 cxd4 7. Nb3 Qd8 8.
cxd4 d5 9. e3 e6 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Ne2 Nh5 12. Bg3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 {Die weiße
Stellung bietet mehr Optionen, doch hat der Nachziehende eine stabile
Bauernstriktur und das Läuferpaar, was das Schlimmste verhindern sollte.} {
13...} Qb6 $6 {Der Textzug sieht etwas provozierend aus.} (13... g6 $6 14. Rc1
a6 {Gouret-Bricard, Clermont-Ferrand 2003,} 15. Nc5 $14 {ist vorteilhaft für
Weiß, doch kommt}) (13... h5 $5 14. Rc1 h4 $11 {in Betracht.}) 14. Kf2 Bd7 15.
Nc3 g6 16. Na4 Qb4 $6 (16... Qc7 17. Nac5 h5 18. Rc1 Bd6 19. f4 $14 {mit etwas
Plus für Weiß.}) 17. Nac5 Qb6 ({Auch nach} 17... O-O-O 18. Rc1 h5 19. Qe2 Qb6
20. Rc3 (20. Nxd7 Rxd7 21. Bb5 Rc7 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Rxc6+ bxc6 24. Qc2 Bd6 25.
f4 Kb8 $11) 20... Kb8 21. Rhc1 Be8 22. a4 a5 23. Bb5 Rc8 24. Qd2 $14 {hat
Schwarz einige Schwierigkeiten zu überwinden.}) 18. Rc1 (18. Nxd7 Kxd7 19. a4
$14 {war zu überlegen.}) 18... Rc8 19. g4 Nb4 20. Bb1 (20. Be2 $5 {ist zu
beachten, um 20...} Bc6 {mit} 21. a3 Na6 22. Bxa6 bxa6 23. a4 h6 24. Qd3 $16 {
zu bestrafen.}) 20... Be7 ({Falls} 20... Bc6 {, so} 21. g5 $14) 21. f4 Na6 (
21... Bb5 22. g5 Bc4 23. Nd2 $16) 22. g5 $5 (22. Nxd7 Kxd7 23. g5 Rxc1 24. Qxc1
Nc7 25. Nd2 Bd6 26. Nf3 $14 {ist auch nicht übel.}) 22... Bf8 23. Qd2 (23. Nxd7
Kxd7 24. e4 Rxc1 25. Qxc1 Nc7 26. exd5 Nxd5 27. Be4 Bd6 28. g3 $16 {mit klarem
Plus für Weiß.}) 23... Bg7 24. Rh2 (24. Nxd7 Kxd7 25. e4 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 h6 27.
exd5 exd5 28. Nc5+ Nxc5 29. Rxc5 Qd6 $11 {macht das schwarze Leben leichter.})
24... Bb5 25. Rch1 Nxc5 26. dxc5 ({Nichts spricht gegen} 26. Nxc5 $5 $16) 26...
Qa6 27. Rxh7 (27. Nd4 $5 {war vielleicht einfacher, 27...} Rxc5 28. Rxh7 Rxh7
29. Rxh7 Kf8 30. Rxg7 Kxg7 31. Nxe6+ Qxe6 32. Qd4+ Kg8 33. Qxc5 $16 {mit
weißem Mehrbauern.}) 27... Rxh7 28. Rxh7 Kf8 29. g4 $1 ({Dies ist stärker als} 
29. e4 Bc4 30. Rh3 Qc6 31. e5 Bxb3 32. Rxb3 Kg8 33. g4 Bf8 $11) 29... Bc4 30.
f5 exf5 31. gxf5 Kg8 32. Rh4 gxf5 33. Bxf5 Rc7 34. e4 ({Leicht gewann} 34. Na5
{mit der Idee 34...} Bf1 35. Rh1 Bc4 36. b3 $18) 34... Qxa2 35. exd5 Qxb3 36.
d6 Be5 37. Rh3 Qb5 38. dxc7 $2 (38. b4 $18 {mit Gewinnstellung.}) 38... Qxc5+
39. Qe3 Qxc7 40. Qxa7 $2 (40. b3 Bd5 41. Be4 $16 {mit weißem Vorteil.}) 40...
Qd8 41. Bd7 Be6 42. Re3 Bxb2 43. Bxe6 Bd4 44. Bxf7+ Kxf7 45. Qxb7+ Kg6 46. Qe4+
Kxg5 47. Kg2 Bxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hotel Agro GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bellini, Fabio"]
[Black "Gross, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Nf6 5. dxc5 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Qxc5 7. e4
d6 8. Qd2 a6 9. O-O-O e5 10. Be3 Qa5 11. Bc4 Nbd7 12. g4 h6 13. Nge2 Nb6 14.
Bxb6 Qxb6 15. h4 Be6 16. Bb3 O-O-O 17. Ng3 Kb8 18. Kb1 Qc5 19. Nf5 g6 20. Ne3
Be7 21. Ned5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 {[%cal Rd5f7] This looks like a
typical middlegame example where whites clearly superior bishop gives him a
big advantage. However he did not win the game. Should the evaluation of the
position be reexamined or did he not use his chances in the best possible way?
I will try to answer this question.} Rdf8 {[%csl Rb7]} 24. Qd3 $2 {Basically
with this Q-manouvre white wants to put pressure on b7, which I think is the
right plan. However doing so with Q and B gives black the chance to exchange
Qs which is a great help for black since whites attack loses its force. The
right way to pressurise b7 would definitely be by playing Rd1-d3-b3. However
blacks next move showes that white does not have that much time to carry out
this plan. Black has counterchances on the K-side.} (24. Qe2 $1 {This would be
logical since white keeps an eye on a6 (white square) .} h5 25. g5 $5 {
Normally white would not want to play this since f7-f6 would improve the
possibilities of Be7 and make h4 a serious weakness. However white keeps the
position closed on the K-side and gains time to build up pressure on the
Q-side. Furthermore white avoids playing c2-c4 as after 24.Qe1} (25. Rd3 $2
hxg4 26. fxg4 Rxh4 27. Rxh4 (27. Rhd1 Rfh8 28. Rb3 b5 $132 {[%cal Yh4h2,Yh2h1]}
) 27... Bxh4 28. a4 {[%cal Yd3b3] white is a P down but that is not so
important. The question is whether he can organize serious pressure against b7
with the pieces he has left.} Qf2 $1 {Forces the exchange of queens, with
equality} 29. Qxf2 Bxf2 30. Rb3 b6 $11 {From this line, it would seem that
white should either try to hang on to his Ps on the K-side, or at least avoid
giving black chances to exchange Qs}) 25... f6 26. gxf6 Bxf6 (26... Rxf6 27.
Rd3 {[%cal Yd3c3,Yd3b3] black now has to look out for both Rb3 and Rc3} Ka7 $2
28. Rc3 $1 $18) 27. Qg2 {White shows interest in the g6-P since black can
succesfully defend by putting Rh8 and the seventh rank} (27. Rd3 Rh7 $14 28.
Qg2 Rg7) 27... Rh6 28. Rd3 $16 {White could improve his postion by a2-a3, and
maybe Rhd1 followed by Rd3-c3 sometimes sacrificing the h4-P. In my opinion
this would have been whites best way from move 24.}) (24. Qe1 {[%cal Ge1h4]} h5
25. a3 $5 {This looks nicer than a4.} (25. Rd3 $6 hxg4 26. fxg4 Rxh4) (25. a4 {
[%cal Yd1d3,Yd3b3]} Rc8 $1 {[%cal Rc5c2] This is somewhat annoying since white
has problems coordinating the defence of c2 and h4.} 26. Rh2 $2 hxg4 27. fxg4
Rxh4) 25... Rc8 (25... hxg4 26. fxg4 f5 27. gxf5 gxf5 28. exf5 Rxf5 29. Bxb7
$16) 26. c4 $5 $14 {[%cal Yd1d3,Yd3b3,Rd5f7] somewhat reluctantly this move -
weakening d4 - is played, but white is now ready to carry on with his plan
even though it is not nearly as strong with the c-P on c4 since it is now no
longer possible to attack blacks Q by Rd1-d3-c3}) (24. h5 $6 Bg5 25. Qe2 gxh5
26. Rxh5 f6 27. Rd3 Rh7 {This may be good for white but it is my feeling that
blacks B has gotten much more space than neccessary}) 24... h5 25. Qb3 Qb5 26.
Qxb5 axb5 27. Rd3 $1 {b5 is quit weak so this endgame is also somewhat better
for white} hxg4 28. fxg4 Rxh4 29. Rxh4 Bxh4 30. Rh3 (30. Rb3 Kc7 31. Rxb5 b6
32. Rb3 f5 $11) 30... Bd8 $2 (30... g5 31. Rb3 $16) (30... Rh8 $142 31. Bxf7
Rf8 $11) 31. Rh7 $16 Bc7 32. Bxf7 d5 33. exd5 e4 34. Kc1 g5 35. c3 e3 36. Kd1
Bf4 37. a3 Ka7 38. Ke2 Rd8 39. Rh6 Rd7 40. Be6 Rd8 41. Rh7 Kb6 42. Kd3 Ka7 43.
Rh6 Kb8 44. Rh7 Ka7 45. Rh6 Kb8 46. Rg6 Kc7 47. Rg7+ Kb6 48. Rg8 Rxg8 49. Bxg8
{Hecht: '[#] Hier sorgt der weit vorgeprellte schwarze e-Bauer für
Kommunikationsstörungen zwischen weißem König und Läufer. So gelingt es Weiß
nicht, den Läufer nach e2 zu bringen, um dann mit dem König aktiv werden zu
können. Zuvor wäre der Bd5 hin. '} Kc5 (49... e2 {Hecht} 50. Kxe2 Bc1 51. b4
Bxa3 {sieht einfacher aus, weil die weißen Bauern nicht gewinnbringend
eingesetzt werden können.}) 50. Bh7 Kxd5 51. Be4+ Kc5 52. Bxb7 e2 53. Kxe2 Kc4
54. Ba6 Bc1 55. a4 Bxb2 56. Bxb5+ Kxc3 57. a5 Kb4 58. a6 Bd4 59. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karditsa"]
[Site "Karditsa"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Black "Vouldis, Angelos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. h4 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Qd5 Qa5+ 6. c3 Nxg5 7. hxg5 e6 8.
Qd3 Qxc5 9. Nf3 g6 10. Nbd2 d5 11. e4 Bg7 12. Be2 Bd7 13. Nb3 Qd6 14. Rd1 Ne7
15. Qe3 Qb6 16. Qf4 dxe4 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. Qxe5 O-O-O 19. Qxe4 Nc6 20. Qf4 e5
21. Qf6 Be6 22. Rh4 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Rd8 24. Rxh7 Nb4 25. Rh8 Nd3+ 26. Kf1 Rxh8
27. Qxh8+ Qd8 28. Qh4 Nxb2 29. Bf3 Bf5 30. Qb4 b6 31. Qa3 e4 32. Be2 Nd3 33.
Qxa7 Qc7 34. Qxc7+ Kxc7 35. Bxd3 exd3 {[#] starker s Defensiv-L + aktiver K
kompensieren den "halben" Minusbauern, schlechte w B-Struktur} 36. Ke1 Kd6 37.
Kd2 Ke5 38. Nd4 Be4 39. g3 Bd5 40. a3 Bc4 41. Ke3 Kd5 42. Nf3 Bb5 43. Ne1 Kc4
44. Kd2 Kb3 45. Nxd3 Bc4 46. Ne5 Be6 47. Kd3 b5 48. Kd4 Kxa3 49. Nd3 Bg4 50. f4
Kb3 51. Nc5+ Ka3 52. Ne4 Be6 53. Nc5 Bf5 54. Nb7 Be6 55. Nd8 Bc4 56. Nc6 Ba2
57. Kc5 Kb3 58. Nb4 Bb1 59. Nd5 Be4 60. Nc7 Kxc3 61. Nxb5+ Kd2 62. Nd6 Bc2 63.
Nxf7 Ke3 64. Ne5 Kf2 65. g4 Kg3 66. f5 gxf5 67. g6 f4 68. g7 Bh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.10.01"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Karttunen, Mika"]
[Black "Rasik, Vitezslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "207"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Jyvaskyla JyS"]
[BlackTeam "Trinec"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FIN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. Bxe4 dxe4 7. Nd2 c5 8. c3
cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Nxe4 Qd5 11. f3 O-O 12. Ne2 Ba6 13. Qd2 Nc6 14. b3 Rfd8 15.
O-O f5 16. Nf2 h6 17. c4 Qf7 18. Bxh6 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Rxd4 20. Qb2 Bh8 21. Qa3
Bb7 22. Bg5 Be5 23. Rfe1 Bd6 24. Qb2 Qg7 25. Qe2 e5 26. Rad1 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Bc7
28. Qd2 Bc6 29. b4 a6 30. b5 axb5 31. cxb5 Bb7 32. Qd7 Qxd7 33. Rxd7 Rc8 34.
Kf1 Ba8 35. h4 Bb8 36. a4 Re8 37. Be3 e4 38. f4 Kf8 39. Nh3 Re7 40. Rd8+ Re8
41. Rxe8+ Kxe8 42. Bxb6 Bd5 43. Kf2 Bd6 44. Bd4 Kd7 45. a5 Bc4 46. a6 Bxb5 47.
a7 Bc6 {Teil I: L/S mit einem unangreifbaren Freibauer auf a7 gegen das
Läuferpaar} 48. Kg3 Kc8 49. Be3 Kb7 50. h5 gxh5 51. Kh4 Bb5 52. Nf2 Bb4 53.
Kxh5 Be1 54. Nh3 Bf1 55. Kg6 Bxg2 56. Ng5 Ba5 57. Kxf5 Bc7 58. Kg4 Bf3+ 59. Kf5
Bg2 60. Nf7 Bh3+ 61. Kg5 Be6 62. Nh6 Bd8+ 63. Kg6 Ka8 64. f5 Bxf5+ 65. Kxf5 Kb7
66. Nf7 Bc7 67. Kxe4 {Teil II: Thema = Läufer und falscher Randbauer - also
ein technisches Problem. Die gewünschte Aufstellung lautet: Kb5 und Sd5 -
dazugehörige Taktik: Springergabel bzw. Springerabzug mit Läufergewinn. Das
sich anschließende Elementarendspiel Springer/Läufer gegen König sollte nur
dann Kopfzerbrechen bereiten, wenn weniger als 60-70 Sekunden auf der Uhr
verblieben sind.} Ka8 68. Kd5 Kb7 69. Bd4 Ka8 70. Ng5 Kb7 71. Ne6 Bh2 72. Kc4
Bg3 73. Kb5 Bh2 74. Bb6 Bg3 75. Nc5+ Ka8 76. Ne4 Bh2 77. Nc3 Kb7 78. Bd4 Bg3
79. Na4 (79. Nd5 $142 Bh2 80. Bf2 {siehe Anmerkung zum 80.Zug}) 79... Bh2 80.
Bf2 Bf4 {Erkennt nicht die weiße Idee} (80... Bc7 $8 81. Nc3 Bd8 (81... Bh2 82.
Nd5 Bd6 (82... Be5 83. Nb6 Kxa7 84. Nd7+ $18) 83. Nb6 Kxa7 84. Nc8+ $18) (81...
Be5 82. Nd5 Bh2 83. Ka5 $22) 82. Nd5 Bg5 (82... Ka8 83. Ka6 $18 {Kein Zugzwang,
denn Weiß am Zuge würde mit Lb6 gewinnen.}) 83. Nc7 $18) 81. Nb6 Kxa7 82. Nd5+
Kb7 83. Nxf4 Kc7 84. Bc5 Kb7 85. Nd5 Kb8 86. Kc6 Ka8 87. Nc7+ Kb8 {[%cal Gc7d5,
Gd5e7,Ge7f5,Gf5g7] Ab hier ist der Gewinn Standard: Matt in 19 Zügen mit der
sogenannten WM-Methode.} 88. Bd4 Kc8 89. Ba7 Kd8 90. Nd5 {WM1} Ke8 91. Kd6 Kf7
92. Ne7 {WM2} Kf6 93. Be3 Kf7 94. Bd4 Ke8 95. Ke6 Kd8 96. Bb6+ Ke8 97. Nf5 {WM3
} Kf8 98. Bc7 Ke8 99. Ng7+ {WM4} Kf8 100. Kf6 Kg8 101. Bd6 Kh7 102. Nf5 Kg8
103. Kg6 Kh8 104. Bc5 {Sollte auch bei sehr knapper Zeit nicht zu verfehlen
sein.} 1-0

[Event "Pinamar Masters 1st"]
[Site "Pinamar"]
[Date "2001.03.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hobaica, Juan Pablo"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2001.03.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qd2 d6 7. a3 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 e5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Ne2 Bd7 11. Qe3 Qg5 12. f4 exf4 13. Nxf4 Qa5 14. O-O
O-O-O 15. Nd5 f5 16. Nb4 Rde8 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Qh3 Qxc3 19. Qxf5+ Kb8 20. d5
Ba4 21. Qf7 Qe5 22. Rab1 Re7 23. Qf2 c5 24. dxc6 Bxc6 25. Rb4 Rhe8 26. Rfb1 Qc5
27. Bb5 Qxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Bxb5 29. Rxb5 Rc8 30. R1b2 Rc4 31. Kf3 b6 32. Rd5 Kc7
33. Ra2 Rcxe4 34. a4 Kc6 35. Rd3 Rc4 36. Re3 Rxe3+ 37. Kxe3 {[#] Ein schwarzer
Mehrbauer bei weißen Bauernschwächen und deshalb passiven weißen Figuren. Ab
Zug 60 Turm+a+b vs Turm (siehe Abtlg. Abteilung "T+Bauer(n) gegen Turm")} a5
38. Kd3 d5 39. c3 h5 40. h3 g5 41. g3 (41. Ra1 h4 42. Ra2 Kc5 43. Ra1 g4 44.
Ra2 (44. hxg4 Rxg4 45. Ra2 Rg3+ $19) 44... g3 45. Ra1 Rf4 46. Ra2 Rf2 47. Rxf2
gxf2 48. Ke2 b5 49. axb5 a4 $19) 41... h4 42. g4 Rf4 43. Re2 Kc5 44. Re8 {
Die Turmaktivierung ist lobenswert, kann aber nicht mehr retten.} Rf3+ 45. Kc2
Rxh3 46. Rc8+ Kd6 47. Rg8 Rg3 48. Rxg5 h3 49. Rg6+ Kc5 50. g5 Rg4 {[%cal Rg4h4]
} 51. Rh6 (51. Kb3 Rh4 $19 {[%cal Rh3h2]}) 51... Rxa4 52. Rxh3 Rg4 53. Rh8 (53.
Rh5 Kc4 $19 {[%cal Rg4g2]}) 53... Rxg5 $19 {Der Rest ist Sache der Technik -
für Larsen kein Problem.} 54. Kb3 Rg6 55. Ra8 Rc6 56. Rd8 b5 57. Rb8 a4+ 58.
Kb2 Kc4 59. Rg8 d4 60. cxd4 (60. Rg4 a3+ 61. Kc2 Rd6 62. Rh4 b4 ({oder} 62...
a2 63. Kb2 a1=Q+ 64. Kxa1 Kxc3 $19) 63. cxb4 a2 64. Kb2 (64. Rh1 Rh6 65. Ra1
Rh2+ $19) 64... Rb6 65. Kxa2 Rxb4 66. Ka3 Rb5 $19) 60... Kxd4 61. Ka3 Rc3+ 62.
Kb2 Rb3+ 63. Ka2 Kc5 64. Rg5+ Kb4 65. Rg4+ Ka5 66. Rg5 Rf3 67. Rh5 a3 68. Rh8
Ka4 69. Ra8+ Kb4 70. Rh8 Rf2+ 71. Ka1 Ka4 72. Rh7 b4 73. Rh4 Rd2 74. Rg4 Kb3
75. Rg3+ Kc4 76. Rg8 b3 77. Rc8+ Kd3 78. Rd8+ Ke3 79. Re8+ Kf4 80. Re1 Kf3 81.
Kb1 Re2 82. Rh1 Kg2 (82... Kg2 83. Rd1 Kf2 84. Rh1 Re1+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Skopje op 18th"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2002.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ilic, Zoran"]
[Black "Jacimovic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2002.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. dxc5 e6 4. Nf3 Bxc5 5. e3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
O-O b6 9. e4 d6 10. c3 Bb7 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Rfe1 h6 13. Bh4 Qc7 14. Nb3 Ne5 15.
Nxe5 dxe5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Ba6 Red8 18. Red1 Bxa6 19. Qxa6 Qc6 20. f3 Bg5 21.
a4 f5 22. Qb5 Qc7 23. Qe2 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 {[#] Ideeller
weißer Mehrbauer, aber schlechter Sb3. Weiß lockert freiwillig seine Stellung
und bekommt Probleme.} 26. g3 (26. Kf2 $142) 26... Qd7 27. h4 $6 (27. a5 Qa4
28. axb6 Qxb3 29. bxa7 Qb7 30. Qf2 fxe4 31. fxe4 Qxe4 32. h4 Be3 (32... Bd8 33.
b4 Qb7 34. Kh2 Kh7 35. c4 Bb6 36. a8=Q $11) 33. a8=Q+ Qxa8 34. Qxe3 Qa1+ $11)
27... Bf6 28. Qc4 (28. a5 $142) 28... Kh7 29. Kg2 f4 30. a5 $2 (30. gxf4 $1
exf4 31. e5 Bxh4 32. Qxf4 $11) 30... fxg3 (30... Qd1 $1 31. axb6 (31. gxf4 Qc2+
32. Kh1 (32. Kh3 Qf2 33. Qxe6 Qxf3+ 34. Kh2 Qxf4+ 35. Kg1 Qxe4 $19) 32... Qb1+
33. Kg2 Qxb2+ 34. Kh1 Qf2 35. Qxe6 Qxf3+ 36. Kg1 Qg3+ $19) 31... Qc2+ 32. Kf1
fxg3 $19) 31. axb6 axb6 32. Kxg3 $2 (32. Qe2 $142 Bxh4 33. Nd2) 32... Qd1 $1
33. Kg2 Bxh4 34. Qxe6 Qe2+ 35. Kh3 Qxf3+ {nebst matt in 1 oder 3 Zügen} 0-1

[Event "Olomouc AZ Sanace Cup"]
[Site "Olomouc"]
[Date "1998.08.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zurek, Milan"]
[Black "Kalod, Radek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1998.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nd2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. h4 Nd7 8.
Ngf3 Bg7 9. h5 c5 10. Bc4 e6 11. Qe2 a6 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. a4 b6 14. d5 Re8 15.
Ne4 Nf8 16. Nfg5 Ra7 17. Rd1 e5 18. g4 Qe7 19. Rg1 Rd8 20. f4 f6 21. Ne6 Nxe6
22. dxe6 b5 23. Nxd6 Bxe6 24. Bxe6+ Qxe6 25. f5 Qb3 26. Ne4 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1
Qxd1+ 28. Kxd1 {[%cal Rf5g6,Re4c5] [#] Starker Springer zentral und
unvertreibbar zenral postiert. Schwarze Bauernschwächen und passiver Läufer.}
gxf5 29. gxf5 c4 30. Nxf6+ Kf7 31. Ne4 Rd7+ 32. Ke2 bxa4 33. Nc5 Rd5 34. Ne4
Bf8 (34... a3 35. bxa3 Ra5 36. Rb1 Rxa3 37. Rb7+ Kg8 38. f6 Bh6 39. Nd6 $18)
35. Ra1 Ra5 36. Nd2 a3 37. bxa3 Ra4 38. Rb1 Rxa3 39. Nxc4 Rxc3 40. Nxe5+ Kg7
41. Rg1+ Kh7 42. Nd7 Bg7 (42... Bb4 43. Nf6+ Kh6 44. Rg6#) 43. f6 Bh6 44. f7
Rc2+ 45. Kf3 Rc6 46. Rh1 {[%cal Rf7f8]} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pixton, Aaron"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. g3 f5 7. e3 c5 8. Nge2
cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. Qd2 Re8 11. O-O-O d6 12. Bg2 f4 13. Qxf4 Qa5 14. Bd5 Be6
15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. Qd2 Ree8 17. f4 Rac8 18. Kb1 Nb4 19. b3 Qf5+ 20. Kb2 a6 21.
a3 Nc6 22. d5 Na5 23. Nd4 Qd7 24. Rhe1 Rxc4 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Qe2 Qxe2+ 27.
Ndxe2 Re4 28. Kc2 Re3 29. Rf1 f5 30. Kd2 Re8 31. Rb1 Kf7 32. Kd3 Rc8 33. Nd4
Bf6 34. Nce2 b5 35. Rc1 Rc5 36. b4 Rxc1 37. Nxc1 Nc4 38. Ne6 Bb2 39. Kc2 Bxc1
40. Kxc1 {Nachteiliger weißer Raumvorteil wegen a) der Schwächen a3 und d5 b)
der Unmöglichkeit, den Ba6 zu erobern} Ke7 41. Nc7 Kd7 42. Ne6 Ke7 43. Nc7 Kd7
44. Ne6 Nxa3 45. Kd2 Nc4+ 46. Kd3 Nb6 47. Kd4 Ke7 48. Ng5 h6 49. Ne6 Nd7 50.
Nc7 Kd8 51. Ne6+ Ke8 52. Nc7+ Ke7 53. h3 Kd8 54. Ne6+ Ke8 55. Nc7+ Ke7 56. g4 {
Führt zum entfernten schwarzen h-Freibauern.} fxg4 57. hxg4 h5 58. g5 h4 59.
Ke4 Nb6 60. Kf3 h3 61. Kg3 Kd7 62. Ne6 Nxd5 63. Nf8+ Ke7 (63... Ke8 $142 64.
Nxg6 Nxb4 $19) 64. Nxg6+ Ke6 65. Kxh3 Kf5 66. Nh4+ Kxf4 67. g6 Ne7 68. g7 Kg5
69. Nf3+ Kf6 70. Nd4 Kxg7 {und mit zwei Mehrbauern ist der Rest "Sache der
Technik".} 71. Ne6+ Kf6 72. Nc7 Ke5 73. Nxa6 Kd5 74. Nc7+ Kc4 75. Kg2 Kxb4 76.
Kf2 Kc4 77. Ke2 b4 78. Kd2 Nf5 79. Kc2 d5 80. Na8 Ne3+ 81. Kd2 b3 82. Nb6+ Kb5
0-1

[Event "Recklinghausen"]
[Site "Recklinghausen"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kishnev, Sergey"]
[Black "Kummerow, Heiko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1997.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 cxd4 7. Nb3 Qb6 8.
Qxd4 Qxd4 9. cxd4 (9. Nxd4 a6 10. e4 d6 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Nh3 e6 13. Nf2 h6 14.
Bd2 Be7 15. Nd3 O-O 16. Be2 Ne5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Nb3 Bd7 19. Be3 Rac8 20. O-O
Rfd8 21. Bb6 Re8 22. a4 Bc6 23. Rfd1 Nd7 {Medancic,R-Soyer,J/Cannes opB18th
1997/EXP 57/1-0 (38)}) 9... d5 10. Rc1 (10. e3 e6 11. g4 Nc6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. a3
Kd8 14. Rc1 Ne8 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Rxc5 Ke7 17. Ne2 Nd6 18. Bd3 Rac8 19. b4 b6
20. Rc3 a5 21. b5 Na7 22. a4 Rxc3 23. Nxc3 Rc8 24. Kd2 Nc4+ {Salov,V-Akopian,V/
Wijk m 1993/CBM 34/[Schussler]/1-0 (43)}) 10... Nc6 11. e3 a6 (11... e6 12. g4
Bd7 13. a3 Rc8 14. Bb5 Be7 15. Na5 O-O 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Ne2 Nd7 18. Kf2 Nb6
19. b4 Nc4 20. Nxc4 dxc4 21. e4 b5 22. Rhd1 g5 23. Bd2 Bb7 24. h4 gxh4 25. Rh1
Rc7 26. g5 {Lputian,S-Aseev,K/URS-ch sf Tashkent 1984/MCD-ch/1-0 (46)}) 12. Ne2
e6 13. Nc3 Nh5 14. Bc7 Kd7 15. Bb6 Bd6 16. g4 Nf6 17. Bh3 Ke7 18. e4 dxe4 19.
fxe4 Nd7 20. Na4 Nxb6 21. Nxb6 Rb8 22. O-O Rd8 23. d5 Ne5 24. g5 Nd3 25. Nxc8+
Rbxc8 26. Rxf7+ Kxf7 27. Bxe6+ Kg6 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Bxc8 Kxg5 30. Na5 Kf4 31.
Nxb7 Bc7 32. d6 Bb6+ 33. Kg2 Kxe4 34. d7 Nf4+ 35. Kf1 Ne6 36. Nd6+ Kd5 37. Nf7
a5 38. Bb7+ Kc5 39. Be4 Nd8 40. Nxd8 Bxd8 41. Bxh7 {[#] Features of the
position: the White bishop does not control the promotion square of the
potentially winning h-pawn; the White passed pawn (-candidates) d- and b- do
not have a promising interval between them. The emergence of a White passed
a-pawn absolutely must be prevented. In my opinion, poor Black defence! For
the strategic patzer an Endgame Medal. [#] Stellungsmerkmale: der weiße Läufer
hat nicht die Farbe des Umwandlungsfeldes des potentiellen Gewinnbauern h2;
nicht ausreichender Abstand der weißen Freibauern(-kandidaten) d und b. Die
Entstehung eines weißen a-Freibauern (statt b-) muß unbedingt verhindert
werden. M.E. schlechte schwarze Verteidigung! Für den startegischen Patzer
eine Endpsielmedaille} Kd6 42. Bf5 Ke5 $5 (42... Kc7 $1 43. Ke2 Bf6 44. b3 g5
45. h3 Bb2 46. Kd3 Bf6 47. Kc4 Be5 48. Kb5 Bc3 49. a3 Bd2 50. b4 axb4 51. axb4
Be1 (51... Be3 52. Ka6 Bd4 53. b5 Be3 54. b6+ Bxb6 55. d8=Q+ Kxd8 56. Kxb6 Ke7
$11 {The bishop is not of the color of the queening square! der L hat nicht
die Farbe des Umwandlungsfeldes h8!}) 52. Kc5 Bf2+ 53. Kd5 Be3 54. b5 Bf2 55.
Ke6 Bc5 (55... Kd8 56. Kf6 Be3 57. b6 Bxb6 58. Kxg5 Ke7 59. Kg6 (59. h4 Kf7 60.
h5 Kg7 61. h6+ Kh8 62. Kf6 Bd8+ $11 {the bishop sacrifices itself for the
d-pawn. der Läufer opfert sich gegen den d-Bauern}) 59... Bf2 $11) 56. b6+ Bxb6
57. Ke7 Kc6 58. d8=Q Bxd8+ 59. Kxd8 Kd6 60. Bg4 Ke5 61. Ke7 $18 {The king
doesn't make it to h8. der König erreicht nicht h8}) 43. Bh3 Kf4 44. Ke2 Ke4
45. Kd2 Kd4 46. Kc2 Kc4 47. Bf1+ Kd4 48. Kb3 Kc5 49. Ka4 g5 50. Bb5 Bc7 51. h3
Bd8 52. Be2 Bc7 53. Kb3 Bd8 54. Kc3 Kd5 $2 (54... Be7 $1) 55. b4 $1 $18 Kc6 56.
Bg4 axb4+ 57. Kxb4 Kb6 58. a4 Kc6 59. a5 Be7+ 60. Ka4 Kc5 61. a6 Kb6 62. Be2
Kc6 63. Bb5+ Kb6 64. Kb3 {[%cal Rb3c4,Rc4d5,Rd5e6,Re6f7,Rf7e8,Rd7d8]} 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Meribel"]
[Date "1998.08.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Relange, Eloi"]
[Black "Kouatly, Bachar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "1998.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 b6 6. Qd2 Bb7 7. O-O-O Bb4 8.
e5 Bxc3 9. Qxc3 Qg5+ 10. Kb1 Nc6 11. h4 Qe7 12. f4 O-O-O 13. Nf3 f6 14. Be2 Nb4
15. a3 Nd5 16. Qd2 g5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. hxg5 Ne4 19. Qe3 hxg5 20. fxg5 Rhg8 21.
g6 Rxg6 22. Bd3 d5 23. Rdg1 Rg3 24. Rh3 Qg7 25. Rxg3 Qxg3 26. Qh6 Re8 27. Qh7
Qg8 28. Qxg8 Rxg8 29. g4 Ng5 30. Ne5 Kd8 31. Rh1 Ke7 32. b4 a6 33. Rh5 Rg7 34.
Bg6 Kf6 35. Rh6 Ke7 36. Rh8 c5 37. Re8+ Kf6 38. Rf8+ Ke7 39. Rb8 Kd6 40. c3
cxd4 41. cxd4 Kc7 42. Rh8 Bc6 43. Rh5 Ne4 44. Bxe4 dxe4 {[#] Schwerer
taktischer Patzer Zug 76 in Remisstellung. Daher die Patzermedaille.} 45. Kc2
Kd6 46. Kd2 Ba4 47. Ke3 Bd1 48. Rh1 Bf3 49. Rc1 Kd5 50. Rc8 Kd6 51. Nc4+ Kd7
52. Nxb6+ Kd6 53. Nc4+ Kd7 54. Ra8 Kc6 55. g5 Kb7 56. Re8 Rxg5 57. Rxe6 Rg3 58.
Nd6+ Ka7 59. Nf5 Rg2 60. d5 Ra2 61. Re7+ Kb8 62. Kd4 Rxa3 63. d6 Kc8 64. Rc7+
Kd8 65. Ke5 Bg4 66. Nd4 Bd7 67. Ra7 Kc8 68. Kxe4 Ra4 69. Rc7+ Kd8 70. Rb7 Kc8
71. Rb6 Bb5 72. Ke5 Rxb4 73. Nc6 Rb1 74. Ne7+ Kd7 75. Rb7+ Ke8 76. Nd5 {[#]}
Kd8 $4 (76... Re1+ 77. Kd4 Rd1+ 78. Kc5 Rc1+ $11) 77. Rb8+ Kd7 78. Nf6+ Kc6 79.
d7 Re1+ 80. Kf4 Rf1+ 81. Ke3 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 14th final"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1999.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "Hertneck"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1999.01.11"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Gorzow Stilon Welkopolski"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 cxd4 7. Nb3 Qb6 8.
Qxd4 Qxd4 9. cxd4 e6 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. e4 d5 $6 {Der �bergang in eine
franz�sische Struktur ist hier weniger angeraten, da Wei� auf der c-Linie
Druck macht} (11... Be7) (11... Bb4+) 12. e5 Nd7 13. Bb5 a5 $5 (13... Bb4+ 14.
Bd2 Bxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Ne7 {+=}) 14. a4 $1 {Ein feiner Zug, der sich gegen die
schwarze Expansion am Damenfl�gel richtet} (14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Rxc6 a4 16. Nd2
Ba6 $132) 14... Na7 (14... Bb4+ 15. Bd2 O-O $1 {kam in Betracht}) 15. Nxa5 $1
Nxb5 16. axb5 Nb6 $2 (16... Nc5 $3 {Fritz} 17. dxc5 Rxa5 18. b4 Rxb5 19. Bd2 b6
20. cxb6 Ba6 {~}) 17. Bd2 Be7 18. Ne2 O-O 19. Kf2 Bd7 20. Nxb7 Nc4 21. Bc3 Rfb8
22. Ra1 $1 {+/- Nutzt jede Gelegenheit aus, sein Figuren zu aktivieren} Bxb5
23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. b3 Na3 25. Ra1 Bc6 26. Nd6 Kf8 27. Bb4 Nb5 28. Rxa8+ Bxa8 29.
Ke3 Bc6 30. Nf4 Kg8 31. Nd3 Bd8 32. f4 h5 33. g3 g6 34. Nc1 Bb6 35. Ne2 Kg7 36.
Bc5 Bc7 37. Nxb5 Bxb5 38. Nc3 Bd7 39. b4 f6 40. b5 Ba5 41. b6 Bc6 42. Ne2 Kf7
43. Nc1 1-0

[Event "Escaldes zt"]
[Site "Escaldes"]
[Date "1998.11.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosten, Anthony C"]
[Black "Garcia Ilundain, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 d5 {Normal ist d6, aber warum
nicht in eine französische Struktur überleiten?} 6. e5 Qd8 7. b4 $5 a5 (7... b6
8. b5 a6 {gefällt mir besser}) 8. b5 a4 $5 {Beide Seiten überbieten sich an
Originalität} 9. Bd3 c5 10. bxc6 bxc6 11. Ne2 c5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Nd2 Be7 (13...
cxd4 14. cxd4 Bd7 15. f4) 14. Nf3 cxd4 15. Nexd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qc7 17. Re1 O-O
18. Rc1 Bg5 19. Rc2 Ba6 20. g3 Be7 21. f4 Rfc8 22. f5 Bc5 23. Rf2 Qa5 24. Bxa6
Rxa6 25. Re3 Ba7 26. fxe6 fxe6 27. Ref3 Rac6 28. Qf1 Bxd4 29. cxd4 Qb4 30. Qd3
Qc4 31. Kg2 Qxd3 32. Rxd3 Rc3 33. Rdd2 a3 34. Kf1 Rb8 35. Ke2 Rb2 36. Kd1 Rb1+
37. Ke2 Rb2 38. Kd1 Rb4 39. Ke2 Kh7 40. Rf3 Rxf3 41. Kxf3 Rb2 42. Ke3 Kg6 43.
Rf2 h5 44. h3 h4 45. Rf3 Rxa2 46. gxh4 Rb2 47. Rg3+ Kh6 48. Kf4 a2 49. Ra3 Rd2
50. Ke3 Rb2 51. Ra8 Rb3+ 52. Kf4 Rd3 53. Rh8+ Kg6 54. h5+ Kf7 55. Ra8 Rxd4+ 56.
Kg5 Rd2 57. Ra7+ Kg8 58. Ra8+ Kh7 59. h6 Rg2+ 60. Kh5 a1=Q 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 41th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia "]
[Date "1998.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Solozhenkin, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 cxd4 7. Nb3 Qb6 8.
Qxd4 Nc6 $5 {Für den Doppelbauern bekommt Schwarz die halboffene a-Linie und
muß sich keine Sorgen auf der c-Linie machen. Nach meinem Geschmack ist der
Zug trotzdem nicht} 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Nd4 (10. e4 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bd2 e5
$13) (10. Be3 $5) 10... Nxd4 ({Hochinteressant war} 10... e5 11. Nxc6 exf4 12.
Nd4 Bc5 $13) 11. cxd4 d5 12. e3 $6 (12. Bc7 $142 e6 13. Bxb6 Bb4+ 14. Kf2)
12... Bd7 13. Bd3 e6 14. Ne2 Be7 15. Kd2 O-O 16. Rhc1 Bc6 {mit knappem
Ausgleich} 17. Nc3 Rfc8 18. h3 Ne8 19. e4 dxe4 20. fxe4 Rd8 21. Ke3 Rd7 22. Bc4
Nf6 23. Rd1 Rad8 24. Be5 Bb4 25. Rab1 Bxc3 26. Bxf6 Bxd4+ 27. Bxd4 e5 28. Bd5
exd4+ 29. Rxd4 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. exd5 Rxd5 32. Rc1 Kf8 33. Rc7 Re5+ 34.
Kd3 Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oxford GM-A"]
[Site "Oxford"]
[Date "1998.12.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1998.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. d5 Qb6 5. Bc1 g6 6. f3 Nd6 $1 {Diesen
Rückzug halte ich für deutlich stärker als 6...Sf6, weil er den Hebel ...f5
vorbereitet und der Springer die Läuferdiagonale nicht verstellt} 7. e4 Bg7 8.
Nc3 {Der natürlichste, aber nicht der einzige Zug. Hodgson erwähnt in seiner
Monographie nur 8.Sd2, was ebenfalls nichts einbringt} (8. c3 O-O 9. Na3 f5 10.
exf5 Nxf5 11. Qb3 Qf6 $1 {mit gutem Spiel für Schwarz in Miltner-Lanka BL 96})
8... f5 $5 {Solider war 8...0-0 und erst dann ...f5} 9. exf5 Nxf5 10. g4 {
Typisch Hodgson!} Nh6 (10... Nd4 11. Ne4 $1 e6 12. d6 O-O 13. c3 Ndc6) 11. d6
e6 12. Nb5 Na6 13. Be3 {Leider bleibt diese Stellung ungeklärt. Das
Remisangebot von Hodgson deutet aber darauf hin, daß er sich hier bereits
nicht mehr wohlgefühlt hat} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oxford GM-A"]
[Site "Oxford"]
[Date "1998.12.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Turner, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1998.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. d5 Qb6 5. Bc1 g6 6. f3 Nd6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. e3
$5 {Das ist möglicherweise besser als 8.e4, weil das Zentrum weniger anfällig
ist} (8. e4 f5 9. exf5 Nxf5 10. g4 $5 {Hodgson-Nunn, Oxford 98}) 8... O-O 9.
Nh3 Qc7 10. a4 b6 11. Nf2 f5 12. Be2 e5 {Schwarz hat mit einfachen und
natürlichen Zügen Ausgleich erreicht} 13. e4 f4 14. a5 Ba6 15. O-O Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen Festival (Women)"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1998.12.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "Socko, Monika"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. d5 d6 $6 {Bekanntlich stellt der
Damenausfall 4...Db6 Weiß vor die unangenehme Wahl, wie er den Bauern b2
decken soll} 5. f3 Nf6 6. e4 g6 7. Qd2 Bg7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bh6 a6 $6 {Erweist
sich als glatter Tempoverlust, da das Gegenspiel am Damenflügel zu spät kommt}
(9... Re8 $1 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. h4 h5 $13) 10. h4 $1 e6 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. dxe6
Bxe6 13. Rd1 ({konsequenter war} 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. h5 (14. Qxd6 Qa5 $132))
13... Nc6 14. h5 (14. Qxd6 Qb6 $132) 14... Kg8 15. Nge2 Nxh5 16. g4 Ne5 17. Bg2
Ng7 (17... Nf6 18. Qh6 Re8 19. Nf4 $40) 18. Qh6 f6 19. f4 Nh5 (19... Nxg4 20.
Qxh7+ Kf7 21. f5 gxf5 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Bd5+ $18) 20. fxe5 Bxg4 21. exd6 b5 22.
Bh3 f5 23. Bxg4 fxg4 24. e5 g3 25. Nxg3 Qe8 26. Rxh5 gxh5 27. e6 b4 28. Rd5 Ra7
29. d7 Qe7 30. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2016.06.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Iotov,V"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 {A line with increasing popularity in the last
several years that has eagerly been played by many GMs.} d5 4. e3 (4. Qd2 Bg7 (
4... c6 5. f3 $5 b5 6. a3 Bg7 7. Bh6 Bxh6 8. Qxh6 Qd6 9. e3 e5 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11.
Nge2 a6 12. b4 a5 13. O-O {1-0 Jobava,B (2713)-Winants,L (2545)/Tromso NOR 2014
}) 5. Bh6 (5. O-O-O $5) 5... O-O (5... Bxh6 6. Qxh6 Bf5 (6... c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8.
O-O-O Qxc5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Nge2 Bf5 11. Nd4 $14 {1-0 Grischuk,A (2810)-Dominguez
Perez,L (2726)/Beijing CHN 2014}) 7. Qd2 c5 8. e3 cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. f3 h5
11. Bb5 Qd6 12. Nge2 a6 13. Bxc6+ Qxc6 14. O-O h4 $11 {1-0 Jobava,B (2661)
-Demchenko,A (2589)/Gjakova KOS 2016}) 6. Bxg7 Kxg7 7. Nf3 b6 8. O-O-O Bb7 9.
h4 h5 10. Ne5 c5 11. e3 Nc6 12. Be2 Rh8 13. f4 e6 14. Kb1 Ne7 15. g4 $14 {
0-1 Ponomariov,R (2744)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2720)/Moscow RUS 2010}) 4... Bg7 5.
Be2 c6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Qa5 {Radjabov prepares for a queenside attack with
b5-b4.} (7... O-O 8. Qd2 (8. Ne5 Qb6 $5 $132) 8... Nbd7 9. Ne5 (9. O-O-O b5 $36
) 9... Nxe5 10. Bxe5 $14) 8. Qd2 (8. Nd2 $5 {[%cal Gg2g4,Yd2b3] A typical
response to ...Qa5 ideas in a variaty of chess positions. Furthermore, White
prepares a possible f3-e4 central push.} h5 9. Nb3 Qd8 10. Qd2 O-O 11. f3 a5
12. a4 $14) 8... Bg4 $1 {Exchanging the light-squared bishops is Radjabov's
main priority in this position. Without them, the black knight would always be
able to safely retreat to h5, if needed.} 9. Ne5 (9. b4 Qd8 $1 10. b5 O-O $11)
9... Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Qa6 $5 {The more pieces are exchanged, the easier
Radjabov's defence becomes.} (10... Ne4 11. O-O Nxc3 12. bxc3 O-O (12... Qxc3
$6 13. Rab1 b5 14. Rb3 Qa5 15. e4 Qd8 16. Qe3 h5 17. a4 bxa4 18. Rxb8 Qxb8 19.
Nxf7 Qc8 20. Nxh8 Bxh8 21. e5 $16) (12... Bxe5 13. Bxe5 O-O 14. h5 $40) 13. c4
$14) 11. Qf3 (11. Qd2 $5 {[%cal Gf2f3,Ge3e4]}) 11... Nbd7 (11... h5 12. O-O-O (
12. g4 hxg4 13. Nxg4 Nbd7 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. O-O-O Nh5 $11) 12... Nbd7 13. Kb1
$14) 12. a3 $6 {Simply, a waste of time! Eljanov could have used that time to
initiate a kingside attack rather than prevent a possible b5-b4 push.
Furthermore, even if the b5-b4 push is to happen, the a3-pawn could become a
possible weakness in White's queenside defence.} (12. g4 $1 b5 13. Nd3 Qb7 14.
g5 hxg5 15. hxg5 Rxh1+ 16. Qxh1 Nh5 17. Bh2 $14) 12... Nxe5 $6 (12... h5 $1 {
Preventing any g4 shenanigans.} 13. Qh3 {[%csl Ye6][%cal Gh3e6,Ge7e6]} (13.
O-O-O e6 $11 {[%cal Gc6c5]}) 13... Nxe5 14. Bxe5 b6 $1 $11 {[%cal Ga6c8]} (
14... b5 $6 15. Na2 $1 $14 {[%csl Yd3][%cal Ga2b4,Gb4d3]})) 13. Bxe5 O-O 14. g4
Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. h5 (16. O-O-O $142 {The move order in this situation
appears to make almost zero difference, but I would still argue that leaving
more options in the positions is always vital!}) 16... g5 17. e4 $6 {There is
no need for Eljanov to rush with the central push, especially when the king is
still in the centre.} (17. O-O-O $142 Nf6 18. Kb1 b5 19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 $14 {
[%csl Yc5][%cal Ge4c5]}) 17... e6 (17... dxe4 $5 18. Qxe4 (18. Nxe4 Qa5+ 19.
Nc3 Nf6 20. O-O-O Rad8 21. Rd3 Rd7 $11) 18... Qb6 19. O-O-O Qc7 20. f4 Qxf4+
21. Qxf4 gxf4 22. Rhf1 Rg8 23. Rxf4 Nf6 $132) 18. Qe3 (18. O-O-O b5 19. Qd3
Rab8 20. f4 gxf4 21. Rhg1 $1 (21. Rhf1 Qa5 22. Rxf4 b4 23. axb4 Qxb4 24. b3 c5
$1 25. exd5 e5 26. Rf5 Qa3+ 27. Kd2 $8 cxd4 28. Ne4 Qa5+ 29. Kc1 Qa1+ 30. Kd2
Qa5+ $11) 21... Qb6 22. g5 b4 23. gxh6+ Kh8 24. Ne2 e5 $1 $132) 18... dxe4 (
18... f5 $1 {Utilising the enemy's unsafe king position.} 19. gxf5 exf5 20. e5
Rf7 {[%cal Gd7f8,Gf8e6]} 21. O-O-O Nf8 $132) 19. Nxe4 Qa5+ 20. c3 Qc7 $11 {
Having no weaknesses and acquiring a firm control over the square f4, it
appears that Radjabov has solved all his problems! The rest of the game is
simply a matter of playing solid chess.} (20... f5 $1 21. Nxg5 $5 (21. Nc5 Nxc5
22. Qe5+ Rf6 23. dxc5 Qa4 24. gxf5 Re8 $1 $36) 21... hxg5 22. Qxg5+ Kf7 23. Qf4
Qa4 $1 24. g5 Qb3 $13) 21. O-O-O Nb6 22. Kb1 (22. Nc5 Nd5 23. Qe5+ Qxe5 24.
dxe5 b6 25. Ne4 f6 26. exf6+ Nxf6 27. Nxf6 Rxf6 28. Rd7+ Rf7 29. Rhd1 Raf8 $11)
22... Nd5 23. Qd2 b5 24. Nc5 a5 25. Rhe1 Qf4 $6 (25... Nf4 $11) 26. Qe2 (26.
Qxf4 $1 {Maybe Eljanov's last chance to fight for the positional advantage. It
is also important to note that this endgame would be easily equalised if the
knights are also exchanged - something to consider when fighting for the
advantage.} Nxf4 27. a4 $14) 26... Rad8 (26... Rfb8 $5 {[%csl Ga5,Ya8,Gb5,Yb8]}
) 27. Nd3 Qd6 28. Qd2 Rb8 29. Qc2 Rfd8 30. Nc5 Nf4 31. Qe4 Qd5 32. Nd3 (32. f3
$5 {[%csl Ye4]}) 32... Qxe4 33. Rxe4 Nxd3 34. Rxd3 a4 $11 35. Kc2 Rd5 36. Re5
Rbd8 37. Rde3 R8d7 38. Kd3 Kf8 39. Ke4 Ke7 40. Kf3 R7d6 41. Ke2 Rd8 42. Kf3
R8d6 43. Ke2 Rd8 44. Kf3 R8d6 {With very few major mistakes having been made,
I consider this to be a decent game by both players!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.09"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Iotov,V"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nc3 {In typical Rapport style...} (3. e4 $5 {Considered
as the older theory, White attempts to take control of the centre with his
dark-squared bishop being the price.} h6 $1 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 d5 6. Nd2 c5 $11
) 3... h6 $5 {One of the three main moves in this position. What follows are
quite interesting practical positions which could take many routes.} (3... d5
4. e4 {Transforms into a French Defence with 4.Bg5:} dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 (5...
Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O a5 10. h4 a4 11. a3 b6 12. Bd3
$14 {1-0 Edouard,R (2688)-L'Ami,A (2381)/Leon ESP 2012}) 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxf6+
Bxf6 8. h4 c5 9. Qd2 cxd4 10. O-O-O e5 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Rhe1 Re8 13. Bxf6 Qxf6
14. Qg5 Kf8 15. Qg3 h6 16. Bb5 e4 17. Nxd4 $16 {1-0 Rapport,R (2704)-Spasov,V 
(2546)/Palic SRB 2014}) (3... Bb4 $5 4. e4 (4. Qd2 $5 {could possibly
transpose back into the game.} d5 $1 $11) 4... h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Qd2 $1 (6. a3
$6 {There is no need for White to freely ruin his own pawn structure.} Bxc3+ 7.
bxc3 d6 8. Bd3 e5 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. O-O O-O $15 {0-1 Zhang Pengxiang (2616)-Wang
Yue (2736)/JinZhou CHN 2009}) 6... d5 $1 {Other popular moves are 6...0-0, ...
d6, and even ...c5.} 7. e5 Qd8 8. a3 Be7 9. f4 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12.
Bd3 Bd7 13. f5 a6 14. O-O-O Qc7 $15 {0-1 Mamedyarov,S (2743)-Nepomniachtchi,I 
(2730)/Dubai UAE 2014}) 4. Bxf6 (4. Bh4 $5) 4... Qxf6 5. Qd2 (5. e4 Bb4 $11 {
see 3...Bb4.}) 5... Bb4 $6 {I do not like the idea of giving up the bishop
pair for free as it is the only way for Black to possibly fight for the
positional advantage.} (5... d5 6. Nf3 (6. e4 Bb4 $1 $15) 6... Qd8 {Improving
the location of the queen.} (6... c5 $6 {Attempting to take control of the
centre.} 7. e4 $1 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bb4 9. exd5 O-O 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 exd5 12.
Ne2 $1 Qb6 13. Qd4 Qa5+ 14. Qd2 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nc6 16. Rd1 $14) 7. O-O-O $14) (
5... a6 $5 6. e4 b5 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. Bd3 Qd8 9. O-O Be7 {Results in a similar
position to the variations resulting from 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bxf6
Qxf6 5.e4 d6 6.Nf3 Qd8.  White has the centre but has no targets to attack,
while Black has the bishop pair.}) 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Qxc3 $14 Nc6 8. Nf3 b6 9. e3
$6 {Why not take control of the centre when it is given for free?} (9. e4 Bb7
10. Bd3 O-O-O 11. O-O-O Kb8 12. Rhe1 $14 {Central strategy is always a sign of
good chess!}) 9... Bb7 10. Bb5 $6 {I am not sure what the idea of this move
might be... Is White really in a position to give up his only remaining bishop?
} (10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Rfc8 $11) 10... Rc8 $6 (10... O-O $142) 11. e4 O-O (
11... Qf4 $1 {takes the initiative while the white king is still in the centre.
} 12. Qe3 Qxe3+ 13. fxe3 Ne7 14. Bd3 c5 15. c3 f6 $15) 12. O-O Nb8 {[%csl Rb8]}
(12... Ne7 $5 {[%csl Ge7] A much better location for the knight in comparison
to b8.} 13. Bxd7 Rcd8 14. Ne5 Bxe4 15. Rae1 Bd5 16. Bb5 (16. Qxc7 $6 Ng6 $44 {
[%csl Rd7]}) 16... Qg5 17. g3 Nf5 $132) 13. Qe3 c5 14. Rad1 cxd4 $6 (14... d5
$1 15. e5 Qe7 16. c3 Ba6 $1 17. Bxa6 Nxa6 $11) 15. Nxd4 $14 e5 $2 (15... Qe5
$142 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Ge5e4,Ge5b5]} 16. Rfe1 Nc6 $132) 16. Nf5 {[%csl Gf5]} d5
$8 {Unfortunately for Black, the only way to proceed.} 17. f4 $1 $40 {[%csl
Gf5,Rf6][%cal Gd1d8,Gf1f8]} Rxc2 (17... dxe4 18. Nd6 exf4 19. Rxf4 Qe5 20. Nxc8
Rxc8 21. Ba4 $18 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Ga4b3,Gb3f7]}) 18. Qg3 Rxb2 19. Rf3 $4 {
Chess is all about time management, which is why moves like 19.Rf3 which
forfeit the initiative (not improving the position / not creating a threat)
could lead to some very serious repercussions.} (19. fxe5 $1 Qg5 20. Qxg5 hxg5
21. e6 Rxb5 22. Nd6 Bc6 23. exd5 Rc5 (23... Rxd5 24. e7 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 $16) 24.
dxc6 Nxc6 25. exf7+ Kh7 26. Rfe1 {[%csl Gf7]} Re5 27. Rc1 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 $16)
19... exf4 20. Rxf4 Bc8 $5 (20... Rxb5 $1 21. Nxg7 Rb3 $1 22. Nh5+ Qg5 23. Qxb3
Qxh5 24. Qg3+ Kh7 25. Rdf1 Nd7 26. Rf5 Qg6 27. Qc7 Ba6 28. Qxd7 Bxf1 29. Rxf1
dxe4 $15) 21. e5 Qxf5 22. Rxf5 Bxf5 {Definitely a situation I wouldn't want to
be caught in. White has virtually no targets to attack and not nearly enough
resources to create counterplay, which means he is doomed to fight for a draw!
In a practical setting, I would easily evaluate this position ias being in
Black's favour, though the computer doesn't seem to be so generous...} 23. Bd3
$6 (23. Bf1 $1 {[%csl Rb2]} Be4 (23... Rc2 24. Rxd5 Nd7 25. Rd1 Nc5 26. Qh4 $11
) 24. Rc1 Nd7 25. Qc3 Ra2 26. Qb3 Rd2 27. Qe3 Ra2 28. Qb3 $11) 23... Be6 $17 {
I give a larger advantage than the computer awards due to the lack of
counterplay.} 24. Rc1 (24. Bb1 Rc8 25. Qd3 g6 26. Qd4 Re2 27. Qa4 Nc6 28. Bd3
Rxe5 $17) 24... Nd7 25. Bc2 Nc5 26. Qc3 Ra2 $5 {[%cal Ga2h2] Keeping the rook
active!} (26... Rb5 27. a4 Ra5 28. Qd4 Rc8 29. Bd1 $132) 27. Bb1 d4 28. Qb4 (
28. Qxd4 Rxa3 {[%csl Ga7,Gb6]} 29. h3 Ra5 30. Qd6 Re8 $17 {[%csl Re5][%cal
Ga5e5,Ge8e5]}) 28... Rd8 $6 {I don't see the need for this sacrifice...} (28...
Re2 $142 29. Qxd4 Re8 $17) 29. Bxa2 Bxa2 {[%csl Gd4]} 30. Rd1 d3 31. Rd2 Be6
32. a4 Rd5 33. h3 Nd7 34. Qe7 Kh7 35. Rd1 a5 36. Qd8 Nc5 37. Qxb6 Nxa4 38. Qe3
Nc5 39. Rc1 Nd7 40. h4 $6 {[%csl Rg4] So far White has defended well, but now
has created a weakness on g4 for free. As a rule, players should avoid making
such important moves just before the time control.} (40. Qe4+ g6 41. Qa4 Nxe5
42. Rd1 Bd7 43. Qb3 Rc5 44. Qb2 Rb5 45. Qd4 Be6 46. Qa4 Rd5 $11 {I wouldn't
evaluate this position as equal, but it is not an easy task to argue with the
computer. Of course, such a position would be a nightmare in a practical
setting.}) 40... h5 $17 {[%csl Rg1,Rg4][%cal Gd7e5,Ge5g4]} 41. g4 $4 {A human
move, born out of impatience and low energy levels after defending for so long.
} (41. Qe4+ $142 g6 42. Rd1 Nxe5 $17) 41... hxg4 42. Qe4+ Kg8 43. Rc8+ Nf8 $19
{The rest is of the game is a matter of simple technique.} 44. Rc1 d2 45. Rd1
Ng6 46. h5 Nxe5 47. Kg2 Nf3 48. Kg3 Rxh5 49. Rb1 g6 50. Rb8+ Kg7 51. Rd8 Rc5
52. Qb1 Rc8 53. Qb2+ Kh6 54. Rd3 Kh7 55. Qf6 a4 56. Rd6 Bb3 57. Rd7 Kg8 58. Qa1
d1=Q 59. Rxd1 Bxd1 60. Qxd1 Rc4 61. Qd8+ Kg7 62. Qd3 Ne5 63. Qe3 f6 64. Kh4 Rf4
65. Kg3 Rf3+ 66. Kh4 Rh3+ 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 31st"]
[Site "Cienfuegos"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Garcia, Gildardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Kantsler,B"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Baburin: This game shows an attack on a king castled on the same wing.
Usually such an attack can be successful, if there is a space advantage on
that flank, which allows the attacker to accumulate an advantage in force on
that particular flank.} 1. d4 {Baburin} Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Nc3 (3. dxc5 Ne4 4.
Be3 e6 5. g3 Nxc5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. c4 Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Nc3 d6 10. O-O a6 11. a3
Qc7 12. Rc1 $16 {Shabalov,A-Kreiman,B/USA-ch/1994/}) (3. d5 g6 (3... Ne4 4. Bf4
Qb6 5. Bc1 e6 6. f3 Nf6 7. c4 exd5 8. cxd5 c4 9. e3 $1 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 b5 11. Qd4
Bb4 12. Qe5+ Kf8 13. a3 Bb7 14. axb4 Qxa1 15. Nge2 Qa6 16. Nd4 $16 {Hodgson,
J-Stohl,I/Isle of Man/1995/1:0/35/}) 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 h6 $1 6. Bd2 d6 7. h3 $6
(7. Nf3 $10) 7... O-O 8. Nf3 e6 9. Be2 exd5 10. exd5 Bf5 $15 {Lputian,
S-Alterman,B/Moscow(olm)/1994/0,5/52/}) 3... cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qh4 e6 6. e4
Be7 (6... Bb4 $5 $13) 7. Nf3 Qa5 8. Bb5 d6 9. O-O Bd7 (9... O-O $5) 10. Rfe1 a6
$6 (10... O-O $5) 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. e5 $1 dxe5 (12... Bxf3 $2 13. exf6 $18) 13.
Nxe5 Rc8 (13... O-O 14. Ng4 (14. Re3 Qb4 $13) (14. Nxc6 $5 bxc6 15. Ne4 Qf5 $8
16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 $14) 14... Nxg4 15. Bxe7 Rfe8 $14)
14. Rad1 O-O $6 (14... Qb4 $1 $13) 15. Rd3 $1 {Baburin: A nice rook lift along
the 3rd rank. White gets an additional powerful piece in his forthcoming
attack on the king side in this way.} Qb4 16. f4 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Qxb2 $2 (17...
Rfd8 $32) 18. Rg3 Kh8 19. Bh6 $1 g6 (19... gxh6 $2 20. Qxh6 Ne8 21. Qxf8+ $1
Bxf8 22. Nxf7#) 20. Bg5 (20. Bxf8 $6 Rxf8) 20... Kg7 21. Qh6+ Kg8 22. Bxf6 (22.
Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Rh3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 31st"]
[Site "Cienfuegos"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Garcia, Gildardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Kantsler,B"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 Bg7 6. c4 (6. g3 f5 7. c3 d6
8. Nd2 (8. e3 Nd7 9. Nh3 Nf6 10. Bc4 e5 11. Ng5 Bd7 12. Nd2 Qd8 $13 {Beshukov,
S-Nadyrhanov,S/URS/1995/0:1/45/}) 8... O-O 9. Nh3 Nd7 10. Nc4 Qa6 11. Qf4 Nf6
12. Bg2 Ne4 13. Ne3 e6 $13 {Conquest,S-Panno,O/Buenos Aires/1994/}) 6... f5 7.
Nc3 d6 8. e3 Nd7 9. f4 $6 {N/} (9. Nge2 Nf6 10. Ng3 h5 11. Bd3 e6 12. Qc2 Bd7
$13 {Gurevich,M-Alterman,B/Haifa/1995/}) (9. Qd2 Nf6 10. f3 e5 $6 (10... Bd7 $5
{/\0-0-0,e6/} 11. Bd3) 11. Bd3 h5 12. Nge2 Bh6 13. Qc2 $1 $14) 9... Qb4 $5 10.
Nf3 $8 (10. Bd3 Nb6 $17) (10. a3 $6 Qb3 $17) (10. Qc2 $6 Nb6 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12.
bxc3 Qa4 $17) 10... Nf6 (10... Nb6 $6 11. Nd2 Na4 12. Nxa4 Qxa4 13. Bd3 $13)
11. a3 Qa5 12. Nd2 Ne4 $1 (12... O-O $6 13. Bd3 $14) 13. Ndxe4 fxe4 14. Be2 f5
$1 (14... O-O $6 15. O-O f5 16. Kh1 {/\Rg1,g4|^/}) 15. O-O (15. Bh5+ Kf8 $17)
15... Bd7 16. Bh5+ Kd8 17. Ne2 $6 b5 $1 18. Rb1 bxc4 19. Qxc4 Bb5 20. Qc1 Bd3
21. b4 (21. Ra1 Qb6 $17) 21... cxb4 22. Rxb4 Qxd5 23. Qd2 Rc8 24. Rfb1 Rc7 25.
h3 Kd7 26. Rc1 Rhc8 27. Rxc7+ Rxc7 28. Qd1 Rc2 29. Qe1 $2 Bxe2 30. Bxe2 Bc3 $19
31. Qb1 (31. Bb5+ Kd8 32. Qb1 Qd2 $19) 31... Rxe2 32. Rb7+ Ke6 33. Kh2 Re1 0-1

[Event "Hastings 9697"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Xie, Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1996.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 Bf5 5. f3 Nf6 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 c6 8. g4 Bg6
9. h4 h6 10. Qb3 b6 11. Nh3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd5 13. O-O-O Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15.
e4 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Nd7 17. h5 Bh7 18. Kb1 O-O-O 19. Ka1 Kb8 20. Nf2 f6 21. Ba6 {
With Black's bishop shut out of the game on the other side of the board,
Conquest latches onto the weak squares on the queenside. Xie Jun fails to
appreciate the danger, misses a couple of tactics and is mated with surprising
speed.} c5 (21... Ka8 {followed by ...Nb8 keeps Black in the game. Retreating
the knight in this way is a common method of defending the squares around the
king. Compare with Handoko-Ye Jiangchuan in this database.}) 22. Qa3 Qg3 23.
Rhf1 cxd4 24. Nd3 Ne5 25. Rc1 Rhe8 (25... Nxd3 26. Qe7 $18) 26. Qa4 Re7 (26...
Nxd3 27. Qc6 $18) 27. Qxd4 Red7 28. Qc3 1-0

[Event "ARG-ch"]
[Site "Argentina"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fiorito, Fabian"]
[Black "Ricardi, Pablo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 h6 5. Bc1 Ng8 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. Bd3
d6 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Na3 cxd4 12. Nb5 Qb8 13. cxd4 Nd5 14. Nc3 Nf6
15. a3 Be7 16. Re1 O-O 17. Bc2 Qd6 18. g3 Na5 19. Qd3 Rac8 20. Ne5 Rfd8 21. Ng4
Bc6 22. Be3 b6 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. b4 Bb7 25. Ne4 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Nc4 27. Qh7+ Kf8
28. Rad1 Nxe3 29. fxe3 {A typical case where Black's king abandons its
hideaway on the kingside, but finds security in the centre on a dark square.
The bishop on f6 holds the fort successfully: it cannot be exchanged off, and
thus the king is safe.   Black's counter-attack is irresistable. Compare this
game with Wojtkiewicz-Luther, Altensteig 1995, in which Black is not so
fortunate.} Rc3 30. Be4 Rxa3 31. Rc1 Rxe3 32. Rxe3 Bxd4 33. Kg2 (33. Rce1 Bxe3+
$1 34. Rxe3 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Rd2+ 36. Kh3 Qh5#) 33... Bxe3 34. Rf1 Qe5 35. Bg6 Rd2+
36. Kh3 Bf2 37. Qh8+ Ke7 38. Qxg7 Qxg7 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.03.29"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Black "Enders, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1997.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Duisburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{[%mdl 20480]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qd2 d6
7. a3 Ba5 8. Nge2 (8. f4 {So hat Hodgson gegen Enders gespielt, aber mir
wollte die Stellung nach} Bxc3 9. bxc3 e5 {nicht gefallen:} 10. fxe5 Qh4+ $1)
8... c6 $6 9. b4 Bc7 (9... Bb6 $5) 10. a4 O-O $6 {Ich weiß nicht auf Anhieb,
was besser ist, aber so ergibt sich Schwarz kampflos. Die Leichtfiguren sind
sehr schwer zu entwickeln.} 11. a5 $16 e5 12. d5 Nd7 13. Ng3 Qg5 {Das scheint
tadelnswert zu sein, weil Weiß forciert ein gutes Endspiel bekommt. Aber
womöglich sind Alternativen noch schlechter.} 14. Qxg5 hxg5 15. dxc6 bxc6 16.
b5 Nb8 17. Be2 ({Auf} 17. Bc4 $1 {hatte ich} Be6 {als einzigen Zug gesehen.
Enders sagte nach der Partie, daß er den sehr wahrscheinlich nicht gespielt
hätte.} (17... Bd7 18. Ke2 cxb5 19. Bd5 Bc6 20. Nf5 Bd8 $16) 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19.
h3 $16) 17... g6 18. O-O Be6 19. Rfd1 Rd8 20. Nf1 {Jetzt droht b5-b6
fürchterlich.} ({Gleich} 20. b6 {bringt nichts:} axb6 21. axb6 Rxa1 22. bxc7
Rxd1+ 23. Nxd1 Rf8 24. cxb8=B Rxb8 {ist etwa Ausgleich.}) 20... cxb5 21. Nxb5
Na6 22. Nxc7 $2 (22. Ne3 $1 Bb8 {nebst Nc5 und a6 schien mir nicht klar.} 23.
f3 Nc5 24. a6 $1 $16 {(Oliver Reeh) Den hatte ich völlig übersehen.}) 22...
Nxc7 $14 23. Rab1 Ne8 24. Ne3 (24. h3 Nf6 25. f3 d5 $5) 24... Nf6 {RA, von mir
postwendend abgelehnt.} 25. f3 g4 $13 26. Rb7 (26. Bc4 Bxc4 27. Nxc4 Rac8 28.
Ne3 gxf3 29. gxf3 Rc7 $11) 26... gxf3 27. Bxf3 (27. gxf3 {ist auch ungesund.
Selbst wenn ich a7 oder d6 gewinne - Schwarz hat genug Gegenspiel.}) 27... Kf8
28. h3 $2 {Maßlose Überschätzung meiner Stellung und Unterschätzung der
schwarzen Möglichkeiten kommen hier zum Ausdruck. Der Bauernzug ist zwar
gelegentlich nützlich, hat aber wahrlich noch Zeit.} (28. Rc7 Ke8 29. Rb1 Rd7
30. Rbb7 Kd8 31. Rxd7+ $13) (28. g4 $6 g5 29. h4 gxh4 30. g5 Nh7 $17) (28. h4
$1 Ke8 29. g4 Rd7 30. Rb4 $14) 28... Ke8 {Die einfache Idee R d8-d7 war mir
entgangen.} 29. c4 (29. Rc7 $142 Rd7 30. Rc6 Ke7 31. Rb1 {Daß ich diese
Variante sah, aber verwarf ist typisch: Es war mir zu wenig.}) 29... Rd7 30.
Rxd7 $2 {Der wahre Verlustzug: Der Pa5 wird nun unheilbar schwach, weil der
schwarze König zu stark wird.} (30. Rb4 Ke7 31. h4 Rh8 32. g3 Rc7 $13) 30...
Kxd7 $17 31. c5 (31. Rb1 Kc7) 31... Kc6 (31... Ne8 32. cxd6 (32. Nd5 Rb8) (32.
Bg4 Rc8 33. Rf1 Bxg4 34. Nxg4 Ke6 $19) 32... Rc8 $17) 32. cxd6 (32. Rxd6+ Kxc5
33. Ra6 Ne8 34. Nd5 Bc8 $19) 32... Rd8 33. g4 Rxd6 34. Rc1+ Kb5 35. g5 Nh5 36.
Nd5 Nf4 $1 (36... Bxd5 37. exd5 Nf4 38. h4 $13) 37. Rb1+ Ka4 $1 (37... Kxa5 38.
Ra1+ Kb5 39. Nxf4 exf4 40. Rxa7) 38. Ra1+ Kb3 $1 39. Nxf4 exf4 40. h4 Rd2 {
Weiß spielt ohne König - das gibt den Ausschlag.} 41. Bg2 Kb4 42. a6 Kc5 43.
Ra5+ Kb6 44. Ra1 Ba2 45. Rf1 Kxa6 46. Rxf4 Kb5 47. Bf1+ Kc5 48. Ba6 Be6 49. Rf1
Kb6 50. Ra1 Rd4 51. h5 gxh5 52. Be2 Rxe4 53. Rb1+ Kc7 54. Bf3 Rf4 55. Kg2 a5
56. Rb7+ Kc8 57. Rb5 a4 58. Ra5 h4 59. Bd1 Bd7 60. Bc2 Kb7 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.10.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1998.10.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Delmenhorst"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 {Hodgson ist der absolute Experte dieses Systems, u.a. auch
deshalb, weil er stets Überraschungen parat hat.} e6 3. e3 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5.
f4 {Meine Datenbank verzeichnet nur ein Beispiel mit dieser Stellung - da ist
der Schwarze seinen Gegner mit 5...g5 angegangen. Vielleicht traut man sich so
etwas gegen den Trompowsky-Guru Hodgson einfach nicht.} d6 {Der erste einer
Reihe von etwas schlappen Zügen. Die schwarzen Läufer sind eingemauert. Der
Versuch e6-e5 durchzusetzen ist vielleicht zu ehrgeizig, denn auf jeden Fall
hat Weiß dann die freie f-Linie.} 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Nbd2 Bd7 8. c3 e5 $6 {Schwarz
sollte die Läufer besser später befreien.} 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. Bc4 O-O-O 11. O-O
Qe7 12. Qe1 $1 {geht aus der d-Linie raus und bereitet d4-d5 vor.} g6 (12... f5
13. Nh4) 13. d5 Nb8 (13... Na5 14. Bd3 f5 15. e4 Qc5+ 16. Kh1) 14. e4 Re8 15.
Nh4 {Mit dem schwarzen Aufbau ist etwas gründlich schiefgegangen. Da wo der
Nachziehende die Bauernmehrheit hat, ist kein Spiel möglich, und am
Damenflügel ist er soundso hoffnungslos unterlegen.} Rh7 16. Kh1 Qd8 17. Qf2
Bd6 18. b4 a6 19. Rab1 Qe7 20. a3 Rf8 21. Bd3 {Droht c3-c4-c5.} c5 {[#] Stellt
Material ein, aber die Lage ist soundso nicht rosig.} 22. Nc4 $1 (22. Nc4 cxb4
(22... Rd8 23. Nxd6+ Qxd6 24. bxc5) 23. Nxg6 fxg6 24. Nxd6+ Qxd6 25. Qxf8+) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.04.25"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Passau"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{[%mdl 4136]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 Qb6 7.
Bc1 e6 8. c4 Bd6 $5 {Eine interessante Idee.} 9. Nc3 O-O 10. e4 Be5 11. Bd3 {
Züge die den Springer decken sind auch riskant. Man darf nicht vergessen, daß
Weiß einen kleinen Entwicklungsrückstand hat.} (11. Nge2 $13) 11... Bxc3+ {
Pflicht!} 12. bxc3 {Ganz sicher war und bin ich mir nicht, ob Weiß besser
steht. Andererseits müßte erst mal eine Verbesserung des weiteren schwarzen
Spiels gefunden werden.} d6 13. Ne2 Re8 14. Qc2 Nbd7 15. f4 exd5 16. exd5 Qa5
17. O-O a6 18. a4 Nb6 19. Ng3 Bd7 20. Bd2 Nxa4 {Nun war ich unsicher, ob ich
am Damenflügel spielen sollte, um den Bauern zurückzugewinnen, oder ob ich die
Abwesenheit einiger schwarzer Figuren vom Königsflügel ausnutzen sollte.} 21.
Rfb1 $4 (21. Bf5 $1 b5 22. Nh5 $1 {Das hatte ich nicht gesehen; Wells teilte
es mir hinterher mit.} Nxh5 (22... Bxf5 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Qxf5 Qd8 25. Rf3 $18
) 23. Bxd7 Re7 24. Bc6 Rb8 25. cxb5 axb5 26. c4 Qc7 27. Bxb5 Nb6 $16) 21... b5
22. cxb5 c4 (22... axb5 $1 23. Bxb5 c4 $1 {Fritz} (23... Bxb5 $2 {Das war
meine Hauptvariante bei 21.R fb1.} 24. c4 Qc7 25. Rxb5 Nb6 26. Rab1 $16) 24.
Rxa4 Qb6+ 25. Kh1 Bxb5) 23. Bxh7+ (23. Bxc4 axb5 24. Bb3 Qb6+ 25. Kh1 Ng4 26.
h3 Qd8 $36) 23... Nxh7 24. Rxa4 Qb6+ 25. Kh1 axb5 26. Rxc4 (26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27.
Re1 $13) 26... Nf6 27. Rd4 Qc5 28. Qd3 (28. h3 Ra4 (28... Nxd5 29. Qd3) 29.
Rxa4 bxa4 30. c4 Nxd5) 28... Ng4 29. Qf1 (29. Rf1 b4 30. cxb4 Qb6 $40) (29. Kg1
Ne5 (29... Ra2 30. h3 Ne5 31. fxe5 dxe5 32. Nh5 exd4 33. Qg3 g6 34. Nf6+ Kg7
35. Nxe8+ Bxe8) 30. Qc2) (29. Qf3 b4 (29... Ra4 30. h3 Rxd4 31. cxd4 Qxd4 32.
Bc3 Nf2+ 33. Kh2 Qd3 34. Qxd3 Nxd3 35. Nh5)) 29... Ra4 $15 30. Qg1 Rxd4 31.
Qxd4 Qxd4 (31... Nf6) 32. cxd4 {Es war mir nicht bewußt, wie schlecht ich hier
stehe.} Nf6 (32... Ra8 33. Bb4 Nf6 34. Bxd6) 33. Bb4 Nxd5 34. Bxd6 b4 35. Kg1 (
35. h4 Ba4 36. Rxb4 Nxb4 37. Bxb4 Rb8 38. Bc5 {mit besseren Remischancen als
in der Partie.}) 35... Ba4 $1 {Erst jetzt fing ich an, etwas länger zu
überlegen.} 36. Rxb4 {Vielleicht zu zeitig.} (36. Nf1 b3 37. Nd2 Nc3 38. Rxb3
Bxb3 39. Nxb3 $15) 36... Nxb4 37. Bxb4 Rb8 38. Bc5 $2 (38. Bd2 $1 Rb2 39. Nf1
Bb5 40. Be1 Rb1 41. Kf2 Bxf1 42. Kxf1 Rd1 $15) 38... Rb1+ 39. Kf2 Bc6 $2 (39...
Rb2+ 40. Kf3 Bd1+ (40... Bc6+ 41. Kg4 Rxg2 42. h4) 41. Ke4 Rxg2 $19) 40. Nf5
Rb2+ 41. Ke3 Rb3+ {Zu ängstlich.} (41... Bxg2 42. Ne7+ Kh7 43. d5 {Schwarz
geht hier kein Risiko ein.} Bf1 (43... Bh3 $6 44. f5 Rxh2 $2 45. d6 Bf1 46. Nc6
Re2+ 47. Kf3 $11) 44. h4 $17) 42. Kf2 Rb2+ 43. Ke3 Rb3+ 44. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner Memorial op"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 Bh6 6. e3 f5 7. c4 $6 {
This is reputed to be bad, but things are not as clear as all that. Das gilt
als schlecht, aber ganz klar ist die Sache nicht.} f4 8. exf4 Bxf4 9. Qxf4 Qxb2
10. Ne2 Qxa1 11. Nec3 Qb2 $2 ({Results with Die Resultate mit} 11... d6 12. Qd2
{are mixed. But basically Black should have an advantage. sind gemischt. Aber
in einem höheren Sinne sollte Schwarz Vorteil besitzen.}) 12. d6 $1 {
Presumably, White is already winning. Vermutlich steht Weiß bereits auf Gewinn.
} Nc6 (12... Rg8 13. Be2 Nc6 14. O-O Rg6 15. Bh5 Rg7 16. dxe7 $18) 13. Bd3 exd6
(13... e6 14. O-O Rg8 15. Qh6 $18) 14. O-O Ne5 15. Qf6 O-O 16. Nd5 Re8 17. Qg5+
Ng6 (17... Kh8 18. Nf6 Nxd3 19. Qf5 $18) 18. Nf6+ Kf8 19. Qh6+ Ke7 20. Nd5+ Kd8
21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Nbc3 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Leko,P"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1995.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 Ne4 4. Bf4 c6 5. Bd3 $1 {N} Qb6 (5... Bf5 $2 6. f3
Nd6 7. Bxd6 Bxd3 8. Bxb8 $18) 6. Qc1 (6. Bxe4 $5 Qxb2 7. Nd2 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Qb4+
9. c3 Qa5 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. O-O g6 $13) 6... Qa5+ $1 (6... Nd7 7. Bxe4 dxe4 8.
Nd2 Nf6 9. Ne2 Bf5 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. Be5 $16) 7. c3 Bf5 8. f3 (8. Qc2 Bg6 9. f3
Nf6 10. e4 e6 $13) 8... Nd6 9. Bxf5 Nxf5 10. e4 Nh4 11. Bg3 Ng6 12. Ne2 e6 13.
Nd2 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Qc2 Nd7 16. Rae1 Rac8 17. b4 $5 Qd8 $5 (17... Qa6 $1
$10) (17... Qb6 18. Nb3 $14) 18. Qb3 $1 b5 19. a4 a6 20. a5 $1 (20. Ra1 Ra8 21.
Ra2 Nb6 22. axb5 axb5) 20... f5 $1 21. exf5 (21. Nc1 $6 fxe4 22. fxe4 Bg5 $1
23. Qc2 Bxd2 24. Qxd2 Nf6 $15) 21... exf5 (21... Rxf5 $5) 22. Nc1 $5 (22. Nf4
Nxf4 23. Bxf4 Bg5 $1 24. Bxg5 Qxg5 25. f4 Qf6 26. Nf3 Qd6 27. Ne5 Nf6 $10)
22... Bg5 (22... f4 $5 23. Bf2 Bd6 24. Nd3 Qf6 $10) 23. Qc2 Bxd2 24. Qxd2 Qf6
$2 (24... f4 25. Bf2 Qf6 26. Nd3 Rce8 $10) 25. Bf4 $1 $14 Rce8 (25... Nxf4 $5
26. Qxf4 g5 27. Qg3 (27. Qe3 $5 f4 28. Qe7 Qxe7 29. Rxe7 Rf7 30. Rfe1 Kf8 31.
R7e6 $14) 27... f4 28. Qh3 Qf5 $14) 26. Nd3 Kf7 27. g3 $1 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Re8 29.
Rxe8 Kxe8 30. h4 Ngf8 31. Kf2 Kf7 $2 (31... Ne6 $14) 32. Be5 $1 $16 Qe7 (32...
Qg6 33. Nf4 Qh6 34. Qc2 $1 g6 35. Qe2 $16) (32... Qh6 33. Qxh6 gxh6 34. h5 Ne6
35. f4 $1 Nf6 (35... Nd8 36. Kf3 Ke6 37. g4 Nf7 38. Ne1 Nd8 39. Ng2 Nf7 40. Ne3
$18) 36. Bxf6 Kxf6 37. Ne5 Nd8 38. Nd7+ Ke7 39. Nc5 $18) 33. Qf4 g6 (33... Qe6
34. Qg5 $1) 34. Qh6 Ke8 $138 35. h5 Qf7 36. Bd6 Ne6 37. hxg6 Qxg6 38. Qh4 Qf7
39. Ke3 $1 Qg7 40. Nf4 Ng5 (40... Nxf4 41. Kxf4 $18) 41. Kf2 h6 42. Qh5+ Nf7
43. Bc5 $2 (43. Ne6 $1 Qf6 44. Nc7+ Kd8 45. Bf4 Nb8 46. Qh4 $1 Qxh4 47. gxh4
Kd7 48. Na8 $1 Kc8 49. Nb6+ Kb7 50. Kg3 $18) 43... Qf6 44. Qh1 Nxc5 $1 45. bxc5
b4 $1 $8 46. Nh5 Qg5 47. Qe1+ (47. f4 $5 Qg6 48. cxb4 Nd8 49. Qh4 Kf7 $1 50.
Qxd8 Qxh5 51. Qd7+ Kf8 52. Qd8+ Kf7 53. Qh4 Qd1 $10) 47... Kd7 48. Nf4 Qf6 49.
Qd2 (49. Nd3 bxc3 50. Qxc3 h5 $1 $132) 49... bxc3 50. Qxc3 h5 $1 $132 51. Nxh5
Qh8 52. g4 fxg4 53. fxg4 Nh6 $1 54. Kg3 Nf5+ $1 $10 55. gxf5 Qxh5 56. Qd3 Qg5+
57. Kf2 Qf4+ 58. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 35th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1998.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1998.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Avrukh,B} Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 {This does not a seems to be a very
promising setup for White at first sight. However White wants to complicate
matters soon.} (3. Bxf6 {is the main idea in the Trompovsky.}) 3... Ne4 4. Bf4
Bf5 5. f3 {This is White's only agressive idea here to attack Black's pieces
by Ps.} (5. Nd2 {is the quite approach to finish the development with natural
moves, but not causing troubles for the opponent as well.} Nxd2 ({Less clear
and classical is} 5... e6 $5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Bxe4 dxe4 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Nc4 Bg4 10.
c3 O-O 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. Qxd5 Qb6 14. b3 Bxe2 15. Kxe2 Qa6+ 16. c4
Rad8 $13 {Lputian-Winants, Wijk aan Zee 1993}) 6. Qxd2 e6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. c4 dxc4
$1 {This move introduces a N manoeuvre against White's ^^.} 9. Bxc4 Nb6 $1 10.
Bd3 Nd5 {/\ Bb4} 11. O-O Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nxf4 13. exf4 Qd5 $1 14. Rfe1 Bd6 15. f5
O-O 16. fxe6 fxe6 $11 {Salov-Van der Sterren, Biel izt 1993}) 5... Nd6 {
Avrukh,B: 'A very rare continuation , the main line here 5...Nf6'} (5... Nf6 {
Adams-Van Wely, Tilburg 1996 CBM 56}) 6. Nc3 $142 {White doesn't want to chase
the B immediately. 'N' Avrukh,B.} (6. g4 Bg6 7. Nc3 (7. Bd3 {Avrukh,B} e6 8.
Ne2 c5 9. dxc5 Qa5+ 10. Qd2 Qxc5 11. Qc3 Nd7 12. Qxc5 Nxc5 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14.
Nbc3 Be7 15. O-O-O {[%cal Ge3e4]} Rd8 {1/2-1/2 Groffen,H-Van der Stricht,G/BEL
1997/EXT 97 (46) with equal ending.}) 7... e6 8. Qd2 Be7 $142 {'?!' Avrukh,B.}
(8... h5 9. g5 Nd7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Qd7 13. b3 O-O-O 14.
Nge2 Kb8 15. Kb1 $14 {Efimov-Kuzmin, SU-ch 1986 '+/-' Avrukh,B. Avrukh,B: '1-0
Efimov,I-Kuzmin,A/Sevastopol 1986/EXT 97 (32)'}) 9. O-O-O Nd7 10. Bd3 Nb6 $13 (
10... c5 $5)) 6... e6 7. Qe2 $1 {So White wants to threaten with e4 and not
with g4. '!?' Avrukh,B.} (7. Qd2 {Avrukh,B} Nd7 8. O-O-O c6 9. g4 Bg6 10. h4 h6
$13 {[%cal Gd8a5,Rb7b5,Rb5b4,Rd7b6,Rb6c4]}) (7. Bd3 {Avrukh,B} Bxd3 (7... Bg6
$5) 8. Qxd3 Nc6 $11 {[%cal Gc6b4]}) 7... Bg6 {This is a prophilactic move
against e4.} 8. O-O-O Be7 9. e4 c6 (9... dxe4 $6 {giving up the [+] doesn't
bring any relef for Black:} 10. fxe4 O-O 11. Nf3 $16) 10. Qe1 (10. Qe3 Qa5 11.
h4 h6 12. Kb1 Nd7 (12... b5 $2 13. exd5 $1 cxd5 14. Nxd5 Nf5 15. Qc3 $1 $18)
13. h5 Bh7 14. Qe1 $1 {- 10.h4}) (10. h4 h6 (10... Bxh4 $4 {loses outright:}
11. Bxd6 Bg5+ 12. f4 $18) (10... dxe4 11. fxe4 Bxh4 $4 {is bad again:} 12. Rxh4
$1 $18 (12. Bxd6 $2 Bg5+)) (10... h5 $6 11. Be5 $1 O-O (11... f6 12. Bh2 {
[%csl Re6][%cal Gg1h3,Gh3f4]}) 12. g4 $1 (12. Nh3 $5 Nd7 13. Nf4 $36) 12...
hxg4 13. exd5 gxf3 14. Nxf3 cxd5 15. h5 $40) 11. h5 (11. g4 {Avrukh,B} b5 $1
$13) 11... Bh7 12. Qe3 (12. g4 Nc4 $1) 12... Qa5 (12... Bg5 13. Nh3 $14) (12...
O-O 13. g4 Nd7 14. Nh3 $40) 13. Kb1 Nd7 14. Qe1 $1 Nb6 (14... O-O-O $4 15. Nxd5
$1) 15. b3 {was interesing with unclear consequences.}) 10... O-O (10... Nd7 $2
{Avrukh,B} 11. exd5 cxd5 12. Nxd5 $16) 11. h4 h6 12. Bd3 (12. h5 Bh7 13. Qe3
Nd7 $13) (12. g4 $143 {Avrukh,B} b5 13. g5 h5 $1 (13... hxg5 14. hxg5 Bxg5 15.
Nh3 Bxf4+ 16. Nxf4 Qg5 17. Qd2 $40 {[%cal Gd2h2]}) 14. Bd3 b4 15. Nb1 Qa5 16.
a3 (16. e5 $2 Bxd3 17. Rxd3 Nc4 $17) 16... Nc4 $36) 12... b5 (12... Nd7 $2 13.
Qg3 $16 (13. h5 Bh7 14. Qg3 Bg5 $1)) 13. Bxd6 (13. e5 $2 Nc4 (13... Nf5 $2 14.
h5 Bh7 15. g4) 14. Bxg6 fxg6 15. Bg3 Qa5 16. Nh3 $2 Ba3 $1 $19) (13. Qg3 Kh8
$13) (13. h5 {Avrukh,B} Bh7 14. Qg3 Kh8 15. Be5 f6 $1 16. Bxd6 Bxd6 17. e5 Bxd3
18. Rxd3 Bc7 19. Nge2 {[%cal Ge2f4,Gf4g6]} fxe5 20. dxe5 Nd7 $15) 13... Bxd6
14. e5 Bxd3 15. Rxd3 (15. exd6 {Avrukh,B} Bh7 16. Qg3 Qd7 $17 {[%csl Rd6][%cal
Gf8d8]}) 15... Be7 (15... Bb4 $5) 16. f4 {The position with opposite side
castles is very exciting with P marches on both flanks.} Qa5 17. Kb1 {Perhaps
this prophilactic move is a bit slow.} (17. g4 $5 {was the consequent
alternative to continue the march of the Ps on the >>.} b4 18. Nb1 Qxa2 {
White gives a2, but if he comes first on the >>, this is not a big consession.}
19. f5 Nd7 (19... a5 20. Nf3 a4 21. f6 $1 gxf6 22. exf6 Bxf6 (22... Bd6 23. Qe3
Kh7 24. Ng5+ $18) 23. Qxb4 $16) 20. Nf3 Nb6 21. g5 (21. f6 $6 gxf6 22. exf6
Bxf6 23. Qxb4 Nc4 $132) 21... Nc4 22. Rb3 exf5 23. gxh6 g6 24. h5 a5 (24... g5
25. Nh4 $1) 25. e6 a4 26. exf7+ Rxf7 27. Rxb4 a3 (27... Bxb4 28. Qxb4) 28. bxa3
Bxb4 (28... Nxa3 29. Rb2) 29. Qxb4 Nxa3 30. Nxa3 Rxa3 31. hxg6 $18) 17... c5 $1
({There is no time for} 17... Nd7 18. Nf3 Nb6 19. g4 Nc4 20. f5 $16) 18. dxc5
Nc6 $1 19. Nf3 (19. f5 $2 {[%cal Gf5f6] Avrukh,B} exf5 $1 (19... b4) 20. Rxd5
b4 21. Nce2 Rad8 $17) 19... Bxc5 20. Ne2 (20. g4 $5 {is less promosing here as
it was before.} Ne7 (20... f6 $2 21. exf6 Rxf6 22. g5 $18) (20... d4 $2 21. Ne4
$16) 21. h5 $13) 20... Qa4 (20... Qxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Rfc8 $11) (20... Qb6 $6 {
Avrukh,B} 21. g4 $40) 21. Qd1 Rfc8 22. Ned4 {'=!' Avrukh,B.} (22. g4 $2 {
Avrukh,B} Nb4 23. Nc3 (23. Ra3 Qxc2+ 24. Qxc2 Nxc2 25. Kxc2 Bxa3+ $19) 23...
Qa5 24. Rd2 Be3 $17 {[%cal Gc8c3]}) 22... Bxd4 {Avrukh,B: 'after
23Nd4-Nd424Rd4-Rc425Rd4-Rd4 position is absouletly equal.'} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Prie, Eric"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nd5 $1 {il n'y a quasiment aucune partie dans les
bases avec cette ligne imaginée par le clermontois JL CHABANON mais il faut
noter que cette variante a été reprise ensuite dans beaucoup de parties en
2011 et 2012} (3... Qb6 4. Na3 $5 (4. Nc3)) 4. Bg3 {[%emt 0:33:28]} (4. Bxb8 $6
{[%emt 0:33:28]} Rxb8 5. e4 Nc7 6. Nf3 d5 $11 {Tran Tuan Minh (2295)-To,N 
(2345) Budapest FS04 IM 2011 (5) 1/2}) (4. dxc5 $5 Nxf4 5. exf4 Qa5+ 6. c3 Qxc5
$11 {Ferry,R (2029)-Giffard,N (2350) Syre Memorial op 36th 2013 (1.13) 0-1})
4... Qb6 {[%csl Rb2]} 5. Nc3 (5. Na3 $5 $146 {[%cal Ga3c4]} Qxb2 (5... Qb4+ 6.
c3 Nxc3 7. Qd2 Ne4 8. Qxb4 cxb4 9. Nb5 Na6 10. Rc1 d6 11. Nxa7) 6. Nb5 Qb4+ 7.
c3 $1 Qa5 8. Bc4 a6 9. Bxd5 axb5 10. Ne2 e6 11. Bf3 b4 (11... d6 12. O-O) 12.
O-O $32 {[%csl Re8]}) 5... Nxc3 6. bxc3 e6 $146 {La préparation des Noirs} (
6... d5 7. Rb1 Qa5 {Prie,E (2526)-Chabanon,J (2457) Cap d'Agde CCAS op 2010 (5)
1-0}) 7. Nf3 Qb2 $5 {[%emt 0:01:21] Risqué mais force quasiment Kd2} (7... Nc6
8. Bd3 (8. Rb1) 8... d5 9. O-O Be7 10. Rb1) 8. Kd2 $5 {Rappelle un peu une
position de française winawer avec un Kd2 difficile а attaquer.} Nc6 9. Ne5
Nxe5 10. Bxe5 f6 11. Bg3 Be7 12. a4 $1 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Ga4a5,Gf1b5] Menace
d'enfermer la Q} Qb6 (12... O-O 13. Bb5 a6 14. Qf3 {[%cal Gh1b1]} axb5 15. Rhb1
) 13. Qh5+ (13. d5 e5 (13... exd5 14. Qh5+)) (13. Bd3 $142 $5 {Semble un peu
meilleur pour le développement} d5 (13... O-O 14. Qh5 f5 (14... g6 15. Bxg6)
15. a5) (13... g6 14. h4) 14. Qh5+ Kf8) 13... g6 14. Qh6 $1 Kf7 {Les deux K
sont maintenant déroqués mais le K noir parait un peu plus exposé} 15. Bd3 Qd8
16. h4 $1 Bf8 17. Qf4 d5 18. a5 c4 $1 19. Be2 Bd7 20. h5 g5 21. Qf3 h6 22. e4 (
22. Rhb1 {[%csl Rb7]}) (22. a6) 22... Bc6 23. exd5 (23. e5 f5 $17 {[%csl Re2,
Rf3,Rg3]}) 23... Bxd5 24. Qe3 Qd7 25. Bf3 (25. f4 {[%cal Ga1f1,Gf1f7]} Bg7 26.
Rhf1) 25... Bg7 26. Rhb1 Rhe8 27. Ke1 Rad8 28. Kf1 Qc6 $1 {[%cal Gc6b7,Gd5f3]}
29. Rb4 (29. a6 $5) 29... f5 $1 {[%cal Gf5f4,Gg5g4]} (29... Bxf3 $6 30. Qxf3
Qxf3 31. gxf3 {[%csl Rb7]}) 30. Be5 Bxe5 31. dxe5 (31. Qxe5 Bxf3 32. gxf3 Qxf3
33. Qc7+ Kf8 (33... Re7 34. Qxd8 Qh1+ 35. Ke2 Qxa1) 34. Rxb7) 31... Bxf3 32.
gxf3 Re7 33. Rab1 {Après l'échange des pièces légères, les Blancs peuvent
peut-être annuler mais la finale serait perdante} a6 34. Qe2 (34. Rb6 Qd5 35.
Qd4 (35. Kg2 Qxa5) 35... Qxd4 36. cxd4 Rxd4 37. Rxb7 $132 {[%csl Ra6]}) (34.
Kg2 g4 {[%cal Gc6g2]}) 34... Qd5 $36 {[%csl Gd5]} 35. Kg2 $6 (35. Rxc4 Qxa5 36.
Rcb4 b5 37. c4 $132) 35... g4 {[%cal Gd5g2]} 36. Qe3 $2 {[%cal Ge3h6] Il va
manquer un tempo aux Blancs} gxf3+ (36... Rg8 {[%cal Gg8g2] Semblait un ordre
de coups plus précis}) 37. Kh2 (37. Kh1 $142 $1 {[%cal Ge3h6] Evite l'échec
intermédaire} Rg8 38. Qxh6 {[%cal Gh6f6]}) 37... Rg8 $36 {[%cal Gg8g2]} 38. Rg1
(38. Qd4) 38... Rxg1 39. Kxg1 Kg8 40. Qd4 Rg7+ 41. Kf1 Qxa5 $19 42. Ke1 Rg4 43.
Qd6 Re4+ 44. Kd2 Qd5+ 45. Kc1 Re1+ 46. Kb2 Qxd6 47. exd6 b5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.04.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Roser, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {André MARCHAND: Kevin ROSER (5,5 pts) affronte un jeune junior GMI
russe Aleksandr SHIMANOV (né en 92 - 2550) Voici son parcours déjà
impressionnant : 2200 а 12 ans, MF а 14 ans, MI а 15 ans, GMI а 17 ans ! et ce
n'est pas fini car il a encore gagné 16 pts début mars au championnat de
Russie Juniors.} Nf6 {L'isséen avait bien commencé le tournoi avec une nulle
contre un 2700 mais il a eu plus de mal sur les dernières rondes.} 2. Bg5 e6 (
2... Ne4 3. Bf4 (3. h4) 3... c5 (3... e5 {La mode actuelle} 4. dxe5 d5)) (2...
c5) 3. e4 {Une ligne agressive qui gagne de l'espace au détriment de la paire
de B} h6 (3... c5 4. e5 h6) 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 d6 (5... Bb4 {L'alternative})
6. Qd2 c6 (6... g5 {La ligne critique avec la paire de B pour les Noirs contre
le fort centre des Blancs} 7. O-O-O Bg7 8. g3 Nc6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Nge2 $14 {
Degraeve,J (2580)-Chuchelov,V (2540)/Anderlecht rap rapid 1998/1/2-1/2}) 7. f4
e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. f5 {[%csl Rc8]} Bb4 (9... Qd6 10. Bd3 $14) 10. Nf3 (10.
O-O-O) 10... Nd7 11. a3 Ba5 12. Bc4 (12. g4 $143 Qe7 13. h4 Nf6 $132 {[%cal
Ga5e1,Gf6e4,Gf6g4]}) 12... Qe7 13. b4 (13. O-O-O {La suite logique du système
blanc}) 13... Bc7 14. O-O Nf6 15. Rab1 $6 $146 {Un coup bizarre} ({RR} 15. Kh1
Bd7 16. Qe1 b5 17. Bb3 a5 18. Qg3 O-O 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. Rd3 axb4 21. axb4 Be8
22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rb1 Kf8 24. Ba2 Bd6 25. Qh4 Bxb4 26. Ne2 Bd6 27. Ng3 Bc7 28.
Nh5 Nxh5 29. Qxh5 f6 {Povah,N (2324)-James,D (2123)/Hinckley Island 2009/EXT
2010/1-0 (76)}) 15... O-O {Un coup naturel mais la poussée h6 va donner de la
prise а une attaque sur l'aile-roi} (15... b5 16. Bb3 a5) (15... a5 $5) 16. Kh1
$1 {[%cal Gf1g1] Le plus étonnant dans cette position qui semble ok pour les
Noirs est la violence de l'attaque blanche qui va débouler sur l'aile-roi} Rd8
(16... Bd7 {[%cal Gf8d8]} 17. g4 Nh7 {[%csl Gg5]} (17... Rfd8 18. g5) 18. h4
Rfd8 19. g5) (16... b5 17. Bb3) 17. Qe1 Kf8 $1 {Anticipe l'attaque sur la
colonne "g" mais l'isséen a néanmoins des problèmes pour terminer le
développement} 18. g4 $1 Nxg4 19. Rg1 $44 Nf6 20. Qg3 Ne8 (20... Nh5 21. Qg4 g6
$13 {[%cal Gc8g4]}) 21. f6 $3 {Un coup très profond} Nxf6 (21... Qxf6 22. Rbf1
{[%csl Rf6,Rf8][%cal Gf3h4]}) 22. Qxg7+ Ke8 23. Rbf1 {[%csl Rf6,Rf7][%cal
Gf3h4]} Bh3 24. Nh4 $1 Rd6 25. Rf3 Be6 $2 26. Rxf6 Bxc4 27. Rxd6 Bxd6 28. Nf5
Qf8 29. Nxd6+ Qxd6 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qxa8 Qd4 32. Rd1 {Une partie
impressionnante du jeune russe} 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 07th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1999.06.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hall, Jesper"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "McShane,L"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1999.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qd2 c5 7. a3 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 d6 9. f4 e5 {Black must grab some dark squares otherwise White will
dominate with e5.} 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Rb1 $1 exf4 {The position is very much
like a Kings Gambit. This seems to be a good one for White because he has a
strong centre and he will win the pawn back in a couple of moves.} 12. Ne2 g5
13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 14. Rxb7 {The rook is a monster. The most immediate problem is
that it prevents Black from castling.} Nb6 15. Qd3 Qe6 (15... O-O {is natural,
but after h4 its easy to imagine the queen and two rooks converging on h7 very
soon. Instead Black tries to trap the rook.}) 16. h4 Qc8 17. Qa6 {White's
queen and rook are a bit ugly, but Black's position is a wreck which more than
compensates.} O-O 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. e5 $2 (19. Qd3 $1 {should soon wrap the
game, e.g.} Qxb7 20. Qh3 f6 21. Qh8+ Kf7 22. Qh7+) 19... Re8 $2 (19... c4 $1 {
and it's very doubled edged, e.g.} 20. exd6 Re8 21. Qb5 Qg4) 20. Qd3 $1 {
21...Qxb7 22.Qh7+ Kf8 23.Qh6 Ke7 (23...Kg8 24.Qh8 mate) 24.Qxd6 is mate.} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Jansa, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Forchheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 {McShane} Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 Bf5 5. f3 Nf6 {The main move in
the position.} ({Black can try to prevent c4 with} 5... Nd6 {[%csl Gc4] which
is a rare move and I think rightly so, because the knight doesn't look great
on d6. See Leko-Krasenkow,1998 [Lucacs] CBM 67.}) 6. c4 e6 ({More flexible
seems to be} 6... c6 {but anyway Black can't meet Qb3 with Qb6. For example} 7.
Nc3 e6 8. Qb3 {and Winants correctly explains why Qb6 is dubious:} Qb6 (8...
Qc8 {Winants} 9. Rc1 Nbd7 10. g4 Bg6 11. h4 h6 12. Nh3 {Hodgson-Sukharisingh,
Bundesliga 1996}) (8... Qd7 {Winants} 9. g4 Bg6 10. c5 (10. h4 {Winants}) 10...
Be7 (10... Qc8 {Winants}) 11. h4 h6 12. Nb5 cxb5 13. Bxb8 a6 14. Bg3 O-O 15.
Nh3 Qc6 16. Nf4 Bh7 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Nxd3 {Miles-Kovacevic, Benasque 1997}) (
8... b6 $5) 9. c5 $1 Qxb3 10. axb3 {[%cal Gb3b4,Gb4b5] and Black has no time
to stop b4-b5}) (6... c5 {McShane} 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bxb8 Rxb8 9. e4 Ne3 10. exf5
$3 {Fritz, of course} (10. Qb3 {McShane} Qa5+ 11. Kf2 Nxf1 12. exf5 Nd2 13.
Nxd2 Qxd2+ 14. Ne2 $36) 10... Qa5+ (10... Nxd1 {McShane} 11. Bb5+ Qd7 12. Bxd7+
Kxd7 13. Kxd1 $18) 11. Qd2 Nc2+ 12. Kf2 Qxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Nxa1 14. Bb5+ Kd8 15.
Bd3 $16 {[%csl Ra1][%cal Yg1e2]}) (6... Bxb1 {McShane} 7. Rxb1 e5 $2 8. Bxe5
Bb4+ 9. Kf2 $16) 7. Qb3 {[%csl Rb7] Forces weakening of the queen side. It's
interesting that this move was made only once before.} (7. Nc3 Bb4 (7... c6 8.
Qb3 b6) 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 c5 10. g4 Bg6 11. h4 h5 12. g5 Nfd7 13. cxd5 exd5
14. Bh3 O-O 15. Ne2 Nc6 16. O-O {occuried in 1-0 Kasparov,G-Sokolov,I/Wijk aan
Zee 1999(blitz)/CBM 68 ext (62)}) 7... b6 8. Nc3 c6 {Usually this position
arises by other moves order. See 7.Nc3} 9. g4 $1 {White takes some space also
on the king side.} Bg6 10. h4 $14 {White is better thanks to a space advantage.
} h5 {Jansa is ready to repeat his game against Kinsman in which he held White
for a draw.} (10... h6 {with the idea to prevent g5 occuried twice:} 11. Nh3 {
Vers f4.} Be7 ({Au lieu de} 11... Bd6 12. O-O-O {Hodgson-Pribyl, Bundesliga
1996}) 12. O-O-O {1-0 Winants,L-Wiedenkeller,M/Neum 2000/CBM 80/[Winants] (39)}
) 11. g5 Ng8 (11... Nfd7 {McShane} 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nxd5 $1 cxd5 14. Qxd5 Bb4+
15. Kf2 Nc6 16. Bb5 $1 $18 (16. Qxc6 {McShane} Rc8 17. Qa4 $16)) 12. cxd5 {
'N' McShane. Young Englishman has prepared a surprise. He puts more pressure
on the centre right away.} ({In the only preceding game White has castled long
side immediatly.} 12. O-O-O Bd6 13. Nh3 Ne7 14. e4 $14 {and White seizes play
initiative. 1/2-1/2 Kinsman,A-Jansa,V/Wrexham 1998/CBM 67 ext (50)} ({Also
interesting} 14. Bxd6 $5 Qxd6 15. Nf4)) (12. e4 $5 {McShane} Bd6 13. Nh3 Ne7 (
13... dxe4 {McShane} 14. fxe4 Bxf4 15. Nxf4 Qxd4 {looks like it is asking for
trouble, but with the addition of pawns on c4 and e6 it's not obviously bad.})
14. O-O-O O-O 15. Bd3 $5 $36) 12... exd5 13. e4 $1 {[%csl Rd5,Re8] An
interesting pawn sacrifice justified by White's development advantage.} (13.
Nb5 {McShane} cxb5 14. Bxb8 (14. Bxb5+ {McShane} Nd7 15. Rc1 a6 $17) 14... Rxb8
15. Bxb5+ Ke7 $17 {[%cal Yd8d6]}) 13... Bd6 ({It's very dangerous to accept
the sacrifice:} 13... dxe4 14. fxe4 Qxd4 15. Rd1 Qc5 ({Surprisingly} 15... Qb4
$2 {is strongly met by} 16. Bc7 $3 {[%cal Gd1d8] with intermediate Rd8+ on the
next move.}) 16. Nf3 $40 {[%cal Gf3e5,Gf1h3,Gf4c7] with a very dangerous
initiative.}) 14. Nh3 $5 {[%cal Gf1d3]} (14. e5 {[%csl Rf5] would give some
control over the light squares.} Bc7 15. O-O-O Ne7 {[%csl Rf5]}) ({It was also
possible to defend the bishop from e2 in order to develop the light-squared
bishop to h3.} 14. Nge2 {[%cal Gf1h3]}) 14... Ne7 $1 {First of all Black need
to complete development.} ({Again dangerous to accept the sacrifice:} 14...
dxe4 15. fxe4 $1 (15. Nxe4) 15... Bxf4 16. Nxf4 Qxd4 17. Nxg6 fxg6 18. Rh3 $1 {
[%csl Re8][%cal Gh3f3,Gb3f7] White simply brings his rook to f3 and it's not
easy for Black to find a satisfactory defense.} ({Also very tempting is} 18.
Qe6+ Ne7 19. Nd5 {but Black has a very nice defense:} cxd5 20. Bb5+ Nd7 $3 {
Only, but sufficient defense.} (20... Kd8 $2 21. Qd6+ Kc8 22. Rc1+) (20... Kf8
$2 21. Rf1+) 21. Qxd7+ Kf7 22. Rf1+ Kg8 23. Qxe7 Qxb2 {[%csl Ra1,Rb5] and
Black seems to be OK.})) 15. O-O-O O-O 16. Bd3 a5 {'!?' McShane.} ({After} 
16... dxe4 $6 17. Bxe4 Qc7 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 {White breaks theorugh in the centre}
19. d5 $14) (16... b5 {McShane} 17. exd5 $16 {[%csl Rb5]}) 17. Rhe1 {'?'
McShane.} ({It was better to win a pawn with} 17. Bxd6 $1 Qxd6 18. Qxb6 {
but, maybe, McShane was afraid of counterplay along the b-file, which in fact
is not dangerous.} Nd7 (18... Qb4 19. Qc7 $1) 19. Qb3 (19. e5 {McShane} Qb4 $1)
19... dxe4 (19... Rfb8 {McShane} 20. Qc2 $44) 20. Bxe4 Rab8 21. Qc2 $14) (17.
exd5 {McShane} Bxd3 18. Rxd3 cxd5 (18... a4 $5 {McShane}) 19. Nxd5 Nbc6 $44)
17... Na6 {[%cal Ga6b4] '->!' McShane.} 18. a3 $6 {'!?' McShane. I don't like
this move so much. Now Black has an object of attack on the queen side.} ({
Probably White should've preffered computer's} 18. Bb1 b5 19. Qc2) (18. exd5 $2
{McShane} Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Nb4 $1 $17) (18. Bxd6 {McShane} Qxd6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20.
Qa3 $5 Qc7 $1) 18... b5 {[%cal Gb5b4,Ga5a4]} 19. exd5 ({Probably White should
move the knight away from b4.} 19. Ne2 a4 (19... b4 20. a4) 20. Qc2 b4 {
[%csl Ra3,Rc1]} 21. e5 Bxd3 22. Rxd3 $13) 19... b4 $2 {Black misses his chance
to seize the initiative.} ({After the correct} 19... a4 $1 20. Qa2 (20. Qc2 {
McShane} b4 $1 $40 {In this line I think I am probably worse, though of course
there are still excellent fighting chances.}) 20... b4 {[%csl Ra2,Rc1] Black
has a dangerous attack.} 21. Nxa4 (21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Ne4 (22. Nxa4 Bxd3 23.
Rxd3 Nxd5 {[%csl Ra2,Ra4,Rc1]}) 22... Bxe4 $1 23. fxe4 cxd5 {with attack.})
21... Bxd3 (21... cxd5 $5) 22. Rxd3 Nxd5 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 {[%csl Rc1][%cal Gf8e8]
with a clear advantage for Black.}) 20. Bxd6 (20. Ne4 $5 {McShane}) 20... Qxd6
21. Ne4 $1 Bxe4 ({Dubious is} 21... Qxd5 $6 22. Qxd5 Nxd5 (22... cxd5 {McShane}
23. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 24. Rxe7 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Yc1d2,Yd2e3]}) 23. Kd2 $1 {[%csl
Rc6][%cal Gd1c1]} (23. a4 $14 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Yd3c4] McShane})) 22. fxe4 a4 {
'!' McShane.} ({I think Black had to agree with closing of the queen side after
} 22... cxd5 23. a4 Nc7 (23... Rac8+ $5 24. Kb1 Nc7 {with approximate equality.
})) (22... bxa3 {McShane} 23. e5 axb2+ 24. Kb1 Qxd5 25. Bc4 $40) 23. e5 $1 {
Nice counterblow which, perhaps, was missed by Jansa.} axb3 {'?' McShane.} ({
Black had to try to look for initiative with the Queens.} 23... Qb8 24. Qxa4
bxa3 25. Qxa3 (25. bxa3 {McShane}) 25... Nb4 26. Qb3 Nexd5 27. Bb1) (23... Qd8)
(23... Qd7 {(McShane) was another interesting variation:} 24. dxc6 $1 Qxc6+ (
24... Qc8 {McShane} 25. Qc4 $1 Qxh3 26. d5 $44) (24... Qxh3 $4 {McShane} 25.
Bh7+ $18) 25. Qc2 $13 Qf3 26. Ng1 $1) 24. exd6 {Whites gets an advantage.} Nxd5
25. a4 $5 {[%csl Ra6] Finally the queen side is closed and it turns out that
the a6-knight is out of play.} (25. Bc4 $5 {[%csl Rb3]} Rfd8 $140 26. g6 $1)
25... g6 {McShane: 'Shutting out g5-g6, but now I have a route into f6, and
the knight is strong on e4 anyway.'} ({or} 25... Nb8 26. Bc4 Rxa4 27. Bxb3 $14)
(25... Rfd8 {McShane} 26. g6 $1 fxg6 27. Ng5 $16 Rxd6 28. Bxa6 Rxa6 29. Re8#)
26. Nf2 {[%cal Gf2e4]} ({It was possible to start with} 26. Bc4 {in order to
meet} Nb8 {[%csl Ra4] with} 27. Bxb3 {[%csl Ga4]}) 26... Nb8 27. Bc4 Rxa4 28.
Bxb3 $16 {[%csl Rc6,Gd6][%cal Gf2e4,Gc1d2] White is clearly better. The knight
is coming to e4; The c6-pawn is weak and the d6-pawn is very strong.} Ra5 (
28... Ra1+ {McShane} 29. Kd2 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 $16 {[%cal Yd1a1,Yf2e4,Yf2d3]}) 29.
Kd2 {'+/-' McShane.} (29. Ne4 {[%cal Gc1d2] preventing f6 was, probably, more
accurate.}) 29... Nd7 (29... f6 $5) 30. Ra1 (30. Rc1 $5 {[%csl Rc6]} Ra6 31.
Nd3 $1 {[%cal Gd3e5]}) 30... Rxa1 31. Rxa1 f6 32. Ne4 $5 ({Also} 32. Nd3 $1 {
[%csl Rb4] looks very strong}) 32... fxg5 33. Nxg5 {[%cal Ga1a7]} Rf6 34. Ra8+
(34. Ra7 $5 {McShane} Rxd6 35. Ne4 Re6 36. Rxd7 Rxe4 37. Rxd5 $1 $18) 34... Kg7
(34... Rf8 {McShane} 35. Ra7 N7f6 36. Rc7 $18 {[%cal Yc7c6,Yd6d7,Yc7c8]}) 35.
Ra7 Rxd6 36. Ne4 $18 {time} 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Porper, Edward"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Qb6 $6 (6... g5 $1 7.
Bg3 (7. Be5 Nxe5 8. dxe5 Qb6 $1 9. Qc2 (9. Qb3 Qe6 $1 10. c4 Qxe5 {/^a1-h8})
9... Bf5 $1 (9... Bg7 {See 6...Qb6}) 10. c4 (10. f3 c4 $1 $17) (10. Nd2 Nxd2
11. Bxf5 Nc4 $1 $17) 10... Bg7 (10... dxc4 11. Bxe4 Bxe4 12. Qxe4 Qxb2 13. Ne2
O-O-O 14. O-O Qxa1 15. Nbc3 Qb2 16. Rb1 $18) (10... Qb4+ 11. Ke2 (11. Kf1 dxc4
$1 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 Qxb2 $19 {/\0-0-0}) 11... dxc4 $1 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13.
Qxe4 Qxb2+ 14. Nd2 $1 $13) 11. f3 Bxe5 $1 12. Nc3 $1 $8 Nxc3 $1 13. Bxf5 Qa5 $5
(13... e6) 14. Qd2 e6 $1 $17) 7... Nxg3 8. hxg3 Qb6 {/\h6=}) 7. Qc2 $6 (7. Bxe4
$1 dxe4 8. d5 $1 e5 (8... Qxb2 9. dxc6 Qxa1 10. cxb7 $1 (10. Bc7 f6) 10... Bxb7
11. Qa4+ Kd8 12. Qa5+ $18) 9. Bg3 Qxb2 10. Nd2 $16) 7... g5 $1 8. Be5 $2 (8.
Bg3 $142) 8... Nxe5 9. dxe5 Bg7 $5 (9... Bf5 $1 {See 6...g5}) 10. Bxe4 (10. f3
c4 $1) 10... dxe4 11. Nd2 Bf5 $1 $15 12. Ne2 O-O-O $1 13. Nxe4 Bg6 $1 (13...
Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Qxb2 15. Qg4+ $1 $8 (15. Rb1 $2 Qd2+ 16. Kf1 Qd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rxd1#)
15... e6 16. O-O $40) (13... Bxe5 14. Nd6+) 14. O-O Qc6 15. N2g3 h5 $1 $17 (
15... Bxe5 16. f4) 16. f4 $8 h4 17. f5 hxg3 18. fxg6 Qxg6 $22 19. Rf5 $1 Rxh2
20. Nxg3 Bxe5 $3 21. Kxh2 Qh5+ 22. Kg1 Bxg3 23. Qe4 Qh2+ 24. Kf1 Rd2 $1 25.
Rxc5+ Kb8 {[Mikhalevski,V]} 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.02"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Efimov, Igor"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "Milov,V"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. d4 {Alterman} Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Ne4 4. Bf4 Qb6 5. Bc1 g6 6. f3 Nd6 {
'!' Alterman. Alterman: 'better than Nf6.'} (6... Nf6 $5 {Alterman} 7. e4 (7.
Nh3 Bg7 8. e4 O-O 9. c4 (9. Be2 d6 10. Nf2 e6 11. c4 Na6 12. O-O exd5 13. cxd5
Qd8 14. Nc3 Nc7 15. a4 a6 16. Bg5 h6 {The game transformated to Zemish
variation of King Indian defence.} 17. Be3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Rabinovich,A-Roeder,M/
FSGM June, Budapest HUN 1998 (46)}) 9... e6 (9... d6 10. Nf2 e5 11. Nc3 Nh5 12.
g3 f5 13. Be2 f4 14. g4 Nf6 15. a3 Qd8 16. b4 $14 {0-1 Roland,M-Tsuboi,E/
Brasilia BRA 1999 (71)} (16. h4 $14)) 10. Nc3 exd5 11. cxd5 d6 12. Nf2 Nbd7 13.
Be2 a6 14. O-O Rb8 15. a4 Ne8 {1/2-1/2 Hodgson,J-Marinkovic,I/Cacak 1996/CBM
57/ (15)} 16. a5 $14 {[%cal Gc1e3]}) 7... d6 8. c4 (8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Nge2 (9. a4
a6 10. a5 Qa7 11. Bc4 Nbd7 12. Nge2 O-O 13. O-O Ne5 14. b3 Nxc4 15. bxc4 Nd7
16. Bb2 Ne5 $17 {0-1 Adams,M-Shirov,A/Hoogovens Blitz, Wijk aan Zee NED 1998 
(74)}) 9... O-O 10. g4 e6 11. Nf4 Re8 12. h4 Na6 13. h5 Nc7 14. hxg6 hxg6 15.
Kf2 a6 (15... exd5 16. exd5 (16. g5) 16... Bd7 17. a4 (17. g5 Nh7 18. Bh3 Bxh3
19. Nxh3 c4+ $17) 17... Re5 18. a5 Qb4 $132) 16. Kg2 Bd7 17. a4 e5 18. Nd3 c4
19. Nf2 $16 {1-0 Van Der Wiel John T H-Gruenfeld,Y/Amsterdam 1982 (25)}) (8. b3
Bg7 9. Bb2 Qa5+ 10. Bc3 Qc7 11. Bc4 O-O 12. Ne2 a6 13. a4 Nbd7 14. O-O Ne5 $132
{1/2-1/2 Kouatly-Jordan/Simul Lyon 1990 (36)}) 8... Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Nge2 (
10. Bd3 e6 11. Nge2 (11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Nge2 Nc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Vatter,H-Lingnau,
C/BL 1994 (46)}) 11... Nbd7 12. O-O Ne5 $11) 10... e6 11. g4 (11. Ng3 exd5 12.
cxd5 Nbd7 13. Be2 h5 14. a4 a6 15. a5 Qc7 16. O-O Re8 17. Rf2 Rb8 18. Nf1 Ne5
19. Ne3 $132) 11... exd5 12. exd5 Re8 13. Kf2 Nbd7 14. Ng3 h5 15. gxh5 Nxh5 16.
Nxh5 Bd4+ 17. Kg2 gxh5 18. Qd2 Ne5 19. Qg5+ Ng6 20. f4 Re7 21. Bd3 f6 22. Qxh5
Rh7 23. Qxg6+ Rg7 24. f5 Rxg6+ 25. fxg6 $44 {1/2-1/2 Alburt,L-Browne,W/
Santiago 1981/Inf 32 (41)}) 7. Nc3 (7. e4 {Alterman} Bg7 8. Nd2 (8. c3 O-O 9.
Na3 f5 10. exf5 Nxf5 11. Qb3 Qf6 12. Nh3 Kh8 13. Bg5 Qf7 14. Nb5 Na6 15. O-O-O
d6 16. Bc4 Nh4 $1 $15 {0-1 Miltner,A-Lanka,Z/BL 1996 (27)}) 8... O-O 9. f4 e6
10. e5 Nf5 11. Nc4 Qd8 12. Nf3 (12. Ne3 $2 Qh4+ (12... Nxe3 13. Bxe3 d6 14. Nf3
dxe5 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Nxe5 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Bxd7 18. c3 Qh4+ 19. g3 Qe7 20. Kf2
Rfe8 21. Qe2 Bb5 $17 {0-1 Legky,N-Rotstein,A/Cannes 1992 (58)}) 13. g3 Nxg3 14.
Nf3 Qh5 15. Rg1 Nxf1 16. Nxf1 f6 $17) 12... b5 13. Ne3 Bb7 14. Nxf5 exf5 15.
Be3 Re8 16. Qd2 (16. Bxc5 d6 $1) 16... c4 17. O-O-O d6 18. Be2 $14) 7... Bg7 8.
Nh3 {'=/+?!' Alterman.} (8. e3 $6 {Alterman} c4 (8... O-O 9. Nh3 Qc7 10. a4 b6
11. Nf2 f5 12. Be2 e5 13. e4 f4 14. a5 Ba6 15. O-O Qb7 {1/2-1/2 Hodgson,
J-Turner,M/Oxford 1998/CBM 69/ (15)}) 9. Nh3 Na6 10. Be2 Nc7 11. Nf2 Qa5 12. e4
(12. Bd2 Nxd5 $17) (12. Qd2 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxd5 $17) 12... Ncb5 13. O-O Nxc3 14.
bxc3 Bxc3 $17 {1-0 Kinsman,A-Berthelot,Y/Open, Cannes FRA 1998 (40)}) (8. e4 $1
{Alterman} f5 (8... O-O 9. Nge2 f5 10. Ng3 e6 11. a4 c4 12. a5 Qc5 13. Bf4 e5
14. Bg5 Nf7 15. Bd2 $11 {1-0 Summerscale,A-Benitah,Y/Franz.
Mannschaftsmeisterschaft sp 1996 (36)}) 9. exf5 Nxf5 10. g4 Nd4 (10... Nd6 11.
h4 Nf7 12. Ne4 d6 13. c3 Na6 14. a4 Bd7 $132 {0-1 Orzechowski,J-Wismont,R/
Lubniewice POL 1998 (30)}) (10... Nh6 11. d6 e6 12. Nb5 Na6 13. Be3 {1/2-1/2
Hodgson,J-Nunn,J/Oxford 1998/CBM 69 (13)}) 11. Ne4 O-O (11... e6 12. d6 O-O 13.
c3 Ndc6 14. h4 $16) 12. c3 Nb5 13. Be3 Nd6 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. Qd2 b6 16. O-O-O
Bb7 17. h4 e6 18. c4 exd5 19. cxd5 Na6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Orzechowski,J-Pedzich,D/
Lubniewice POL 1998 (31)}) 8... c4 {'!?' Alterman.} (8... Qa5 $5 {Alterman} 9.
Qd2 (9. Bd2 Nc4 $15) (9. e4 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qxc3+ 11. Bd2 Qg7 $15) (9. Qd3 c4 (
9... Nb5 10. Bd2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 13. bxc3 d6 14. Nf2 Nd7 15.
e4 $11) 10. Qd2 b5 11. e4 b4 12. Nd1 Ba6 (12... c3 13. bxc3 bxc3 14. Qf4 O-O
15. Bd3 Ba6 16. Nhf2 $132) 13. a3 c3 14. bxc3 bxc3 15. Qf2 O-O 16. Bxa6 Nxa6
17. O-O f5 $15) 9... b5 (9... Nc4 10. Qd3 Qb4 11. Rb1 Na3 12. Ra1 Nb5 13. a3
Qa5 14. Bd2 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 16. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 17. bxc3 d6 18. Nf2 Nd7 19. e4
$11) 10. e4 b4 11. Nd1 c4 12. c3 b3 13. Ne3 Ba6 14. a3 O-O 15. Be2 f5 $15) 9.
g3 (9. e4 O-O (9... Na6 $5 {Alterman} 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Nf2 e5 (11... f5 12. e5
Nf7 13. f4 $14) 12. dxe6 dxe6 13. e5 Nf5 14. Qxc4 Bxe5 $15) 10. Be2 (10. Qe2 e5
11. dxe6 dxe6 12. e5 Nf5 13. f4 (13. Qxc4 Bxe5 $15) 13... Nd4 14. Qf2 Nbc6 15.
Bxc4 Nb4 16. O-O Nbxc2 17. Rb1 Bd7 18. Rd1 Rac8 19. Bd3 Rfd8 $132) 10... f5 11.
Nf2 Qc5 (11... Bd4 12. O-O fxe4 13. Na4 Bxf2+ 14. Rxf2 Qa5 15. Nc3 $16) (11...
fxe4 12. Nfxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Qa5+ 15. Bd2 $36) (11... Bxc3+ 12.
bxc3 fxe4 13. O-O $44) 12. O-O (12. a4 Bd4 13. O-O fxe4) 12... b5 $13) 9... Na6
(9... O-O 10. Bg2 (10. e4 f5 11. Bg2 fxe4 12. fxe4 Nf7 13. Rf1 d6 14. Nf4 Ne5
$17) 10... Nf5 11. Qd2 d6 12. Nf2 Nd7 $13) 10. Bg2 (10. e4 O-O 11. Bg2 f5 12.
Nf2 Bd4 (12... Nc5 13. Qe2) 13. Qe2 Bxf2+ (13... fxe4 14. Nfxe4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4
Bxb2 (15... Nc5 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. c3 Bg7 18. f4 $16) 16. Bxb2 Qxb2 17. O-O $44)
14. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 15. Kxf2 fxe4 16. Bf4 exf3 17. Bxf3 Nf5 $15) 10... Nf5 11. e4 (
11. Qd2 $142 O-O (11... Bd4 12. Nd1) 12. Nf2) 11... Ne3 12. Qe2 Nxg2+ 13. Kf1 (
13. Qxg2 O-O 14. Qe2 d6 $17 {><Ke1}) 13... Ne1 $2 (13... Nh4 14. gxh4 Bxc3 15.
bxc3 Qf6 $17) 14. Qxe1 d6 15. Nf4 (15. Kg2 Bxh3+ (15... O-O 16. Nf2 {/\h4}) 16.
Kxh3 O-O 17. Kg2 $13 {/\Qe2}) (15. Nf2 Bd7 16. Kg2 Nc7 $13) 15... e5 16. dxe6
fxe6 17. Kg2 O-O (17... Bd7 $6 {(/\0-0-0)} 18. Qe2 Qc6 19. Nfd5 $13) 18. h4 Qc6
19. Be3 (19. a4 $5) 19... b5 20. a3 Nc7 21. Rd1 (21. h5 g5 22. h6 Bxc3 $1 (
22... Be5) 23. Qxc3 e5 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. exd5 Qxd5 26. Bxg5 Bb7 27. Rhf1 Rf7 28.
Rad1 $140 Rxf3 $1) 21... Bb7 $2 (21... a5 22. Qd2 (22. h5 g5 23. h6 Be5 24.
Nfe2 g4 25. fxg4 b4 $19) 22... b4 23. Nce2 d5 24. exd5 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Qxd5 26.
Qxd5 exd5 27. Bd4 c3 $1 28. bxc3 bxa3 $13) 22. h5 (22. Bd4 Bxd4 (22... e5 23.
Nfd5 Rf7 24. Be3 $16) 23. Rxd4 Rad8 (23... a5 24. Qd1 $1 Rad8 25. e5 d5 26. Ne4
$16) 24. Qe2 Qc5 $15 {/\a5}) 22... g5 23. h6 Be5 (23... Bxc3 24. Qxc3 Rf7 25.
Rh5 $1 (25. Ng6 e5 $8 26. Nxe5 dxe5 27. Qxe5 Qf6 28. Qxf6 Rxf6 29. Rd7 Rf7 30.
Rhd1 Raf8 31. Rxf7 Rxf7 32. Bxg5 $14) 25... gxf4 26. Rg5+ Kf8 27. Rxd6 Qxd6 28.
Bc5 $16) 24. Nfe2 g4 25. f4 $2 (25. fxg4 a5 26. Rh5 b4 27. Rg5+ Kh8 28. Bd4 $1
bxc3 29. Bxe5+ $1 (29. Rxe5 dxe5 30. Bxe5+ Kg8 31. Nxc3 Rf7 32. Qe3 Ne8 33.
Qg5+ Kf8 34. Bd4 Rc8 $17) 29... dxe5 30. Rxe5 cxb2 31. Qc3 Kg8 32. Qxb2 (32.
Rg5+ Kf7 33. Rf1+ Ke8 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Qf6+ Ke8 36. Rg8+ Kd7 37. Qg7+ Kd6 38.
Qd4+ Nd5 39. Rg7 Qb5 40. Nc3 b1=Q $19) 32... Rf7 (32... Kf7 33. Nd4 $40) 33.
Rf1 Rxf1 34. Rg5+ Kf8 35. Qg7+ Ke8 36. Kxf1 Qxe4 37. Qxc7 Qg2+ 38. Ke1 Qh1+ 39.
Kd2 Qxh6 40. Qf4 $16) 25... Bf6 26. Bd4 $2 (26. Qd2 d5 (26... Rfd8 27. Rhf1 Qe8
(27... a5 28. Bd4) 28. Bd4 $16) (26... a5 27. Qxd6 b4 28. axb4 Qxd6 (28... Nd5
29. Nxd5 Qxd6 30. Nxf6+ Rxf6 31. Rxd6) 29. Rxd6 axb4 30. Rb6 Rab8 31. Rxb4 Bxc3
32. Nxc3 Bxe4+ 33. Nxe4 Rxb4 34. Rh4 $1 $16) (26... Rad8 27. Bxa7 e5 28. Rhf1
d5 29. fxe5 dxe4 30. Qe3 $16) 27. Nd4 Qe8 28. e5 Be7 $13 29. b4 $140 a5) 26...
e5 $17 27. fxe5 (27. Be3 a5) 27... dxe5 28. Be3 a5 29. Kg1 (29. Nd5 Nxd5 30.
exd5 Qd7 $17) (29. Rf1 b4) 29... Qe6 (29... Rad8 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Rh2 b4 32.
Nd1 Qxe4 33. Bb6 Rd7 34. axb4 axb4 35. Bxc7 Rxc7 36. Qxb4 Bg5 $19) 30. Rh2 b4
31. Na4 (31. Nd5 Bxd5 32. exd5 Nxd5 $19) 31... Be7 (31... Bxe4 32. Nc5 Qc6) 32.
Nc5 Qb6 $19 33. Rh5 (33. Nxb7 Qxe3+ 34. Rf2 Rf3 $19) 33... Bxc5 34. Nd4 Bxd4
35. Rxd4 exd4 36. Qd1 dxe3 37. Qxg4+ Qg6 38. Rg5 Ra6 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT2b 0304"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2004.03.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Milov,V"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2003.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 cxd4 7. Nb3 Qb6 8.
Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Nd4 e5 11. Nxc6 dxc6 12. Bxe5 b5 13. e4 Be6 14. Ne2
$1 $146 (14. a3 b4 15. cxb4 Bxb4+ 16. Kf2 (16. Ke2 O-O $36) 16... Bc5+ $44 17.
Kg3 $4 (17. Ke1) 17... Nh5+ 18. Kh4 Be7+ 19. Kxh5 Ra5 $1 20. f4 Rxe5+ $3 21.
fxe5 h6 {/\22...g6}) 14... Nd7 15. Bg3 Rxa2 16. Rxa2 Bxa2 17. Nd4 $14 Nc5 18.
Kd2 (18. b4 Ne6 19. Nf5 Kd7 20. Be2 g6 21. Be5 Rg8 22. Ne3 Bd6 23. Bxd6 Kxd6
24. Kf2 Ra8 $11) (18. Be2 Nb3 (18... Na4 19. Kd2)) 18... Nb3+ 19. Kc2 Na1+ $1
20. Kd3 Nb3 $1 21. Be2 Bc5 (21... Nxd4 22. Kxd4) 22. Rd1 $6 (22. Nf5 $142 O-O
23. Rd1 Rd8+ 24. Kc2 Rxd1 25. Kxd1 Kf8 26. Nd6 b6 27. Nb7 $14 (27. Nc8 Ke8)
27... Be3 $140 28. Nd8 Na5 29. b4) (22. Bd1 Nxd4 23. cxd4 Bc4+ 24. Kc3 Bb6 $11)
22... Nxd4 23. cxd4 Bc4+ 24. Ke3 Bxe2 25. Kxe2 Bb6 $11 26. Bd6 (26. d5 Ke7)
26... Kd7 27. Bc5 Bc7 (27... Bxc5 28. dxc5+ Kc7 29. Ra1 $14) 28. g3 b6 29. Bb4
Ra8 30. Kd3 h5 31. f4 Bd6 32. Bc3 g6 33. d5 cxd5 (33... c5 34. Bf6 c4+ 35. Kc3
Ra4 36. e5 Bb4+ 37. Kc2 Bc5 $13) 34. exd5 h4 35. Bf6 (35. gxh4 Ra4 36. Bd4 Bc5
37. Be5 f6 38. Bxf6 Rxf4 39. Be5 Rxh4 40. Ra1 Rh3+ 41. Bg3 Bd6 42. Ra7+ Ke8 $11
) 35... hxg3 $2 $138 (35... h3 36. Ke4 (36. Rc1 Ra4 37. Bd4 Ra2 $11) 36... Rc8
37. Rd2 (37. Kf3 Rc2 38. Rh1 Be7) 37... Bb4 $11 38. Re2 Re8+ 39. Kf3 Rxe2 40.
Kxe2 Kd6 41. Kf3 Kxd5 42. Kg4 Ke4 43. Kxh3 Kf3 44. Kh4 Kg2) 36. hxg3 Ra4 37.
Rh1 Be7 38. Be5 f6 39. Bc3 b4 40. Bd4 Kd6 41. Re1 $1 $18 Bd8 42. Bxf6 Bxf6 43.
Re6+ Kxd5 44. Rxf6 Ra2 45. Kc2 g5 46. Kb3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.10"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Philippines"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

{Legendary GM Eugenio Torre had a great run at 42nd Chess Olympiad. Throughout
the event, he stayed solid and faithful to his "offbeat" choice with the white
pieces. In this game he opted for the Trompowsky.} 1. d4 Nf6 {} 2. Bg5 {} g6
{An odd choice by Salgado.} (2... d5 {is more popular} 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 {
with ambitious play for Black.}) (2... e6 {is another popular choice too which
after} 3. Nd2 c5 4. e3 {transposes into the "Torre Attack", named after the
Mexican GM Carlos Torre!}) 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Ne2 {Not that odd. White
is going to fianchetto his bishop anyway.} f5 (5... b6 {preventing the
fianchetto is not a sound idea.} 6. Nf4 Bb7 7. h4 h5 8. Be2 $14 {1-0 (41)
Martin,A (2433)-Graham,D (2224) Birmingham 2005}) 6. g3 d5 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O h5
$146 (8... Nd7 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Gd7f6,Gf6e4,Yf6d5] is the most popular
continuation in this position} 9. Nd2 O-O 10. c4 Nf6 11. Nf4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Ne4
{with a complex but balanced middlegame.}) 9. c4 {A typical reaction by Torre.
He decides to react to Black's kingside assault with a counterpunch in centre.}
dxc4 10. Na3 (10. Nd2 {should be equally good since b5 is not a plausible move.
} Be6 $6 {is not sound either because} (10... b5 $2 11. a4 {[%cal Gg2a8] and
the pressure over the diagonal is overwhelming.}) 11. Nf4 {and White will be
better after winning back his pawn.}) 10... h4 11. Nxc4 {} hxg3 12. hxg3 {}
Be6 13. Qd3 {} Bd5 14. Rfe1 $6 {The right plan, wrong timing. Obviously,
White has to react in the centre but this move is no more than a waste of a
tempo.} ({Instead White had to go for} 14. Nf4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 g5 16. Nh3 $1 {
when} b5 17. Nd2 Qd5+ 18. e4 $1 Qxd4 (18... fxe4 19. Qxe4+ Qxe4+ 20. Nxe4 g4 (
20... Bxd4 21. Nd6+ $1 Kf8 (21... Ke7 $4 22. Nf5+ $18) 22. Nxg5 $18) 21. Nhg5
$1 Bxd4 22. Rad1 $1 c5 23. b4 $16 {and White is dominating}) 19. Qxd4 Bxd4 20.
Nxg5 Bxb2 {Maybe Torre could not evaulate this position. Nevertheless, this
position is much better for White.} 21. Rae1 $1 f4 {and now comes a typical
move which is easy to miss:} (21... fxe4 22. Ndxe4 O-O 23. Nd6 Bf6 (23... Nd7
24. Rh1 {and suddenly White has a lot of mating threats.} a5 25. Nf5 Rfe8 (
25... Bf6 26. Rh7 $1 {[%cal Gf5h6] and mate follows!}) 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Rh7
Ne5 28. f4 Ng4 29. Kf3 $1 Bf6 30. Kxg4 Bxg5 31. Rg7+ $18) 24. Nge4 Nd7 25. Rh1
Bg7 26. Rh5 f6 27. Reh1 Ne5 28. Nf5 {and White is strategically winning since
Rh7 and f4 are unstoppable. Black is completely dominated.}) 22. e5 $1 Nd7 23.
e6 Ne5 24. exf7+ Kf8 25. gxf4 Nxf7 26. Ne6+ Kg8 27. Ne4 $16) 14... Na6 15. Rac1
Bxg2 {} 16. Kxg2 {} Qd5+ {} 17. f3 O-O (17... Qd7 {followed by long
castling is what engines suggest but it is hard to believe Black has so much
in the h-file to take such a risky decision.}) 18. Nf4 Qb5 19. a3 $1 {Torre
stops Black's active play with ...Nb4.} c5 $6 {Too ambitious. Black's knight
is far from the centre and because of this fact White's central pawns could
become dangerous. Given the fact that Black does not get much by opening up
the a1-h8 diagonal, this move is a serious inaccuracy.} 20. d5 (20. b4 $1 cxb4
21. Qb3 {is a very strong but 'hard to find' continuation for White. It would
have revealed the weakness of Black's 19th move instantly.}) 20... Qd7 21. d6
b5 22. Na5 Rab8 {} 23. Rcd1 {Torre has prepared his troops for e4. However,
it was not really necessary to invest a tempo to protect d6. 23.e4 would have
given White a winning position right away.} (23. e4 $1 {The b2-pawn is
completely irrelevant to the where the main action is taking place.} Bxb2 24.
Rcd1 c4 25. Qd5 {and White completely dominates the board.}) 23... Rfd8 $2 {
This returns the favour for the last time! After this hasty move, Black is
lost instantly!} (23... Rb6 {is a must!} 24. e4 Re8 25. Nd5 Qxd6 26. Nxb6 Qxd3
27. Rxd3 axb6 28. Nb7 c4 29. Rd6 Bxb2 30. Rxb6 Re6 {is definitely better for
White, but to win this over the board is a different story.}) 24. e4 $1 {
Of course!} fxe4 25. Qxe4 {[%cal Ga5c6] Now material loss is inevitable.} Rb6
26. Nd5 Rxd6 {} 27. Ne7+ {} Kf8 {} 28. Rxd6 {} Qxd6 {} 29. Nb7 Qd2+ {}
30. Re2 {} Rd4 $2 {Salgado plays this fast and prays that Torre will miss the
win but...} 31. Nxg6+ $1 {Torre would not miss such a primitive win in his
good form!} Kg8 32. Qe8+ {The rest is just an easy win for Torre.} Kh7 33. Rxd2
{} Rxd2+ {} 34. Kh3 fxg6 {} 35. Qxb5 {} Rxb2 {} 36. Qxa6 {} c4 {} 37.
Nc5 {} c3 {} 38. Qxa7 {} Re2 39. Qc7 c2 40. Nd3 {Neat play by Torre,
Salgado's approach in this game was too risky and he was punished by Torre's
'simple chess'!} 1-0

[Event "Biel Credis"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Casagrande, Harald"]
[Black "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Mowsziszian,K"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1996.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. h4 c5 4. dxc5 (4. e3 Qa5+ (4... d5 5. Nd2 Qa5 6. c3
Nxd2 7. Qxd2 Nc6 8. Bd3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nf3 Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 Be6 12. e4 dxe4
13. Qxe4 Qa6 {0-1 Lindam,I-Schoen,W/Porz op (04) ;EXT 92op 1992 (33)}) 5. c3
cxd4 (5... Nxg5 6. hxg5 cxd4 7. g6 dxe3 8. gxf7+ Kd8 9. fxe3 Qg5 10. Qf3 Nc6
11. Rh5 Qf6 12. Rf5 Qg6 13. Nh3 e6 14. Rg5 Qc2 15. Qg3 Qxb2 16. Rxg7 Qxa1 17.
Bd3 Nb4 {0-1 Yung,KO-Kharitonov,A/Moscow4 ;TD 91\03 1991 (29)}) 6. exd4 Nxg5 7.
hxg5 Qxg5 8. Nf3 Qf6 9. Bc4 Nc6 10. Nbd2 e6 11. Qe2 Na5 12. Bd5 Qe7 13. O-O-O
exd5 14. Qb5 Qd8 15. Rhe1+ Be7 16. Rxe7+ Kxe7 17. Qxd5 Nc6 18. Ng5 Qf8 19. Re1+
Kd8 20. Nxf7+ Kc7 21. Re8 Qxe8 22. Qd6+ Kb6 23. Nc4+ {1-0 Lindam,I-Weber,Mi/
Porz op26 (01) ;EXT 91op 1991}) (4. Nf3 Qa5+ 5. c3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 d5 7. b4 Qd8 8.
g3 f6 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd1 e5 11. a3 Be7 12. Bg2 Be6 13. Nfd2 Nxc3 14. Nxc3 d4
15. b5 Na5 16. Bxd4 Qxd4 {0-1 Paasikangas,J-Skripchenko,A/Kishinev ztW (01) ;
EXT 95 1995 (31)}) 4... Qa5+ (4... Nc6 5. Nd2 Nxc5 6. e4 d6 7. Ngf3 Bg4 8. c3
g6 9. Be3 Bg7 10. Bxc5 dxc5 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Qd5 O-O 13. Qxc5 Rad8 {1/2-1/2
Miladinovic,I-Sulskis,S/Moscow olm (03) YUG-LTU ;EXP 44 1994 (43)}) (4... Nxg5
5. hxg5 Qa5+ (5... Na6 6. Nf3 Nxc5 7. Nc3 Qa5 8. Rh4 Ne6 9. g6 fxg6 10. Qd3 g5
11. b4 Qa3 12. Rc4 g6 13. Nxg5 Nxg5 14. Qd4 Rg8 15. Nb5 Ne6 16. Qd5 Qb2 17. Rd1
Kf7 18. e3 Bg7 {0-1 Wall,T-Plaskett,J/BCF-ch Eastbourne ;EXT 90ch 1990 (25)})
6. Nc3 Nc6 7. g6 fxg6 8. e3 Qxc5 9. Bd3 Ne5 10. Nf3 Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 d6 12. O-O-O
Bf5 13. Qb5+ Qxb5 14. Nxb5 Rc8 {0-1 Depasquale,C-West,G/AUS-ch op (11) ;EXT
93ch 1993 (42)}) (4... Nxc5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 d6 7. e4 h6 8. Be3 Bg4 9. e5 e6
10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Nc4 Be7 12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. Nce5 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 O-O 15. Bb5 {
1-0 Bukal,VJ-Jazbinsek,S/Bled op (09) ;EXP 46 1995 (49)}) (4... h6 5. Be3 e6 6.
Nd2 Nxc5 7. Ngf3 d5 8. c3 b6 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. c4 Nbd7 13.
cxd5 Bxd5 14. b4 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 {1/2-1/2 Miladinovic,I-Svidler,P/JUG-chT
Tivat (06) ;EXP 48 1995 (20)}) 5. Nd2 Nxg5 (5... Nxc5 6. c3 Qc7 7. e4 d6 8. b4
Ncd7 9. Ngf3 Nc6 10. Nd4 a6 11. h5 h6 12. Be3 e6 13. Bc4 Nf6 14. Rc1 Be7 15. b5
Ne5 {0-1 Casagrande,H-Loginov,V/Velden op (06) ;EXT 95op 1995 (39)}) (5... e6
6. c3 (6. e3 Bxc5 7. Bd3 Nxd2 8. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 9. Kxd2 f6 10. Bf4 e5 11. Bg3 d5
12. Rd1 Be6 13. Ne2 Nc6 14. Nc1 O-O-O {1-0 Villing,D-Jacob,V/VLNBaden 9293 
(1993) ;GER 04 1993 (56)}) 6... Nxg5 7. hxg5 Qxc5 8. Ngf3 Nc6 9. Qc2 Qb6 10.
O-O-O g6 11. Ne4 Be7 12. e3 d5 13. Nf6+ Bxf6 14. gxf6 Qd8 {0-1 Naumann,
F-Nikolaev,S/HUN-chop Gyor (05) ;EXT 90ch 1990 (41)}) (5... Nc6 6. c3 Nxg5 7.
Nb3 Qd8 8. hxg5 g6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. e3 a5 11. a4 b6 12. Bb5 Bb7 13. Qd3 Qc7 14.
O-O-O Rd8 15. cxb6 Qxb6 16. Rh4 d5 17. Nfd4 {1-0 Hansen,MS-Olsen,N/Lyngby op 
(09) ;EXT 90op 1990 (43)}) 6. hxg5 g6 (6... Qxc5 7. Ngf3 d5 8. e3 Nc6 9. Nb3
Qd6 10. Qd2 e5 11. O-O-O Be6 12. Bb5 O-O-O 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qa5 Rd7 15. Qa6+
Kb8 16. Na5 f6 17. Rd3 {1-0 Engqvist,T-Ostergaard,D/Rilton Cup ;TD 87\05 1987 
(35)}) 7. Ngf3 (7. Rh4 Nc6 8. Rc4 Bg7 9. c3 Ne5 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. Rh4 a5 12. a4
b6 13. cxb6 Qxb6 14. Nf3 Nxf3+ 15. exf3 Qe6+ 16. Re4 Qf5 17. Qd2 Bb7 18. O-O-O
O-O 19. Rxe7 {1-0 Hodgson,J-Pein,M/London Lloyds ;EXT 90op 1990 (41)}) 7... Bg7
8. c3 Qxc5 9. b4 (9. e4 Nc6 10. Nb3 (10. Nc4 b5 11. Ne3 b4 12. Qd5 Qxd5 13.
exd5 Ne5 14. Ng1 bxc3 15. f4 cxb2 16. Rb1 O-O 17. fxe5 Bxe5 {0-1 West,G-Lau,R/
Thessaloniki olm (02) ;TD 88\06 1988 (53)}) 10... Qb6 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. Be2 a6
13. O-O-O b5 14. Kb1 d6 15. Rh4 Qb6 16. Rdh1 Kf8 17. Rf4 Nd8 {1/2-1/2 Jirovsky,
Pa-Ciemniak,R/EU-chJ Denmark ;EXT 91ch 1991 (46)}) (9. e3 Nc6 (9... d6 10. Bd3
Nc6 11. Rh4 Be6 12. Qe2 a6 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. Nbd4 Bd7 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. Qc2 Rc8 17.
Ke2 Kf8 18. Rdh1 Kg8 19. Qb1 {0-1 Lindestrom,T-Purtov,A/Budapest Multicoop op 
(09) ;EXT 92op 1992 (40)}) (9... b6 10. Qa4 Bb7 11. O-O-O a6 12. Qf4 b5 13. Nb3
Qc6 14. Ne5 Qe6 15. Nd3 d6 16. Rh4 Nc6 17. Qh2 Ne5 18. Rxh7 O-O-O 19. Rxh8 Rxh8
20. Qf4 Rh1 {0-1 Depasquale,C-Fuller,M/AUS-ch Melbourne (10) ;EXT 91ch 1991 
(53)}) 10. Nb3 Qb6 11. a4 d6 12. a5 Qc7 13. Ra4 Bd7 14. Qa1 h5 15. gxh6 Rxh6
16. Rxh6 Bxh6 17. a6 Rb8 18. Nbd4 Bg7 19. axb7 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Rxb7 21. Ra2 e5
22. Nc2 Be6 23. Ra6 Qb8 24. Qa5 Bf6 25. Nb4 Bd8 26. Qa4+ Bd7 27. Qd1 Be7 28.
Be2 Rb6 {1/2-1/2 Hodgson,J-Nunn,J (02)/ENG-ch m ;CBM 28 1991}) 9... Qc7 (9...
Qxc3 $4 {. Manchmal passiert so etwas} 10. Rc1 Qxb4 11. Rxc8#) 10. e3 d6 11.
Rc1 Nd7 12. Nd4 a6 13. c4 (13. Qb3 $5 {/\f4,Lc4}) 13... Qb6 14. c5 $6 dxc5 15.
bxc5 Nxc5 16. Bc4 O-O 17. Qf3 Qb2 18. Rb1 Qc3 19. Rh4 e5 20. N4b3 Nxb3 21. Rxb3
Qc1+ 22. Ke2 Bf5 23. e4 Rad8 24. Bd5 Rxd5 $1 25. exd5 Bc2 {/\Ld1} 26. Rc4 e4
27. Nxe4 Re8 28. Rxc2 Qxc2+ 29. Ke3 Qc1+ 30. Ke2 Qxg5 $2 (30... Qc4+ $1 31. Ke3
f5 $1 32. gxf6 Bh6+) 31. Re3 Qd8 (31... Qxd5 $2 32. Nf6+) 32. d6 f5 33. Ng5
Rxe3+ 34. Qxe3 Bf6 35. Qe6+ Kg7 36. Nf7 $2 (36. Qf7+ Kh6 37. Nxh7 Be5 38. d7
$13) 36... Qa5 37. d7 Qb5+ 38. Kf3 Qb2 $2 (38... Qd3+ 39. Qe3 Qxd7) 39. d8=Q
Bxd8 40. Nxd8 $138 {Beide Spiler waren während der letzten 10 Züge in Zeitnot.}
0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.07.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

{[%mdl 256]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 cxd4 7.
Nb3 Qd8 8. cxd4 e6 9. e4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 O-O 12. Bd3 d6 13. Ne2 Nc6
14. O-O Qb6 15. Qe3 e5 16. Qf2 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Be4 Be6 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20.
Qxb6 Nxb6 21. Bxb7 Rab8 22. Be4 Na4 23. Ned4 Bd7 24. Rf2 Rfc8 25. h3 g6 26. Re1
Nc4 27. Ree2 Kf8 28. Rc2 Ne3 29. Rcd2 Nc4 30. Rde2 a5 31. Rc2 Rb4 32. a3 Rb6
33. Bc6 Bxc6 34. Rxc4 Bd7 35. Rxc8+ Bxc8 36. Rc2 Bd7 37. Nxa5 Nxb2 38. Nc4 Nxc4
39. Rxc4 Rb1+ 40. Kh2 Rd1 41. Rb4 g5 42. Nb3 Be6 43. Nc5 Bd5 44. a4 Rd2 45. Kg1
Rd1+ 46. Kf2 Rd2+ 47. Kf1 Ra2 48. Kg1 Ra1+ 49. Kh2 Ra2 50. Ne4 Bxe4 51. Rxe4
Kg7 52. h4 h6 53. h5 Ra1 54. Rb4 Ra3 55. Kg3 Ra2 56. f4 gxf4+ 57. Rxf4 f5 58.
Kf3 $2 {After this, Black's king can play a more active and effective part.
Danach kann sich der schwarze König wirkungsvoll aktivieren. Mit} ({Following} 
58. Kh4 $1 {this could have been made more difficult to achieve and I estimate
that Black could no longer hang on, e.g. konnte dies sehr erschwert werden und
ich vermute, dass sich Schwarz nicht mehr halten kann, z.B.} Ra1 59. g4 Rh1+
60. Kg3 fxg4 61. Kxg4 Rg1+ 62. Kf3 Rf1+ 63. Ke3 Re1+ 64. Kd3 Re5 65. Rh4 Kf6
66. Kc4 Kf5 (66... Kg5 67. Rd4 $18) 67. Kb4 Re1 68. Rc4 Rb1+ 69. Ka3 $18) 58...
Ra3+ 59. Ke2 Kf6 60. g4 Kg5 61. Rxf5+ Kxg4 62. Ra5 Kf4 63. Kd2 Ke4 64. Ra6 (64.
Kc2 Kd4 65. Kb2 Rh3 66. Rf5 Kc4 67. a5 Rh2+ $11) 64... Kd4 65. Kc2 Kc4 66. Kb2
Rb3+ 67. Ka2 Rh3 68. Rxh6 Kb4 69. Rh8 Kxa4 70. h6 Rh2+ 71. Kb1 Kb3 72. Kc1 Kc3
73. Kd1 Kd3 74. Ke1 Ke3 75. Kf1 Rf2+ (75... Kf3 76. Kg1 Rg2+ 77. Kh1 Rg6 78. h7
Rf6 $11 {also works. geht ebenfalls.}) 76. Kg1 {[%tqu "En","How does Black
secure the draw?","","","f2f7","",2,"De","Wie hält Schwarz remis?","","",
"f2f7","",2]} Rf7 $1 {[%mdl 4352] This retreat tops off Kotronias' good
defensive performance. Dieser Rückzug krönt Kotronias gute
Verteidigungsleistung.} 77. Kg2 Ke4 78. h7 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.02.18"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Richter, Michael"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zehlendorf"]
[BlackTeam "Tegernsee"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e3 h6 4. Bh4 Be7 5. Bd3 b6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. O-O c5 8. Nbd2
cxd4 9. exd4 d6 10. a4 a6 11. c3 Nbd7 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. b4 Nxg3 14. hxg3 O-O 15.
Be4 Qc7 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Qb3 Rfc8 18. Rfe1 Nf6 19. c4 Rab8 20. a5 bxa5 21.
Rxa5 Qxb4 22. Qxb4 Rxb4 23. Rxa6 Bf8 24. Rc1 g5 25. Ne1 Rb2 26. Rc2 Rcb8 27.
Ra2 R2b7 28. Ra6 Rb2 29. Ra2 R2b7 30. Nd3 Bg7 31. c5 Rd7 32. c6 Rc7 33. Ra6 Kf8
34. Rb2 Rxb2 35. Nxb2 Nd5 36. Nbc4 Ke7 37. Ne4 Nb4 38. Rb6 Nxc6 39. Nexd6 Bxd4
40. Rb7 Rxb7 41. Nxb7 Nb4 42. Nba5 e5 43. Kf1 Ke6 44. g4 Nd3 45. f3 Kd5 46. Nd2
Bc3 47. Nab3 Bxd2 48. Nxd2 Nc5 49. Ke2 e4 50. fxe4+ Nxe4 51. Nf1 Ke5 52. Kf3
Kd4 53. Ne3 Nd6 54. Nc2+ Ke5 55. Ne3 Ke6 56. Nc2 Kf6 57. Nd4 Kg6 58. Ne2 h5 59.
gxh5+ Kxh5 60. Ng3+ Kg6 61. Ne2 f6 62. Nd4 Nf5 63. Nxf5 Kxf5 64. g4+ Ke5 65.
Ke3 Kd6 66. Kd4 Kd7 67. Kd3 Ke7 {[%tqu "De","Gelang es Michael Richter noch
seinen Laden zusammenzuhalten?","","","d3e3","Fernopposition!",3]} 68. Ke3 $1 {
[%csl Ge3,Ge7]} (68. Ke4 $2 Ke6 69. Kd4 f5 70. gxf5+ Kxf5 71. Ke3 Kg4 72. Kf2
Kh3 {[%csl Gf3,Gg3,Gh3] und der schwarze König hat die Schlüsselfelder seines
Bauern erreicht und gewinnt nun wie üblich:} 73. Kg1 g4 74. Kh1 g3 75. Kg1 g2
76. Kf2 Kh2 $19) (68. Kd4 $2 Kd6 69. Ke4 Ke6 $19) (68. Kd2 $2 Kd6 {[%csl Gd2,
Gd6]} 69. Ke2 Ke6 70. Kd2 f5 71. gxf5+ Kxf5 72. Ke3 Kg4 73. Kf2 Kh3 $19) 68...
Ke8 69. Ke2 {[%csl Ge2,Ge8] Erneut Fernopposition, diesmal die ganz weite
Variante.} Kd8 70. Kd2 Kc8 71. Kc2 Kc7 72. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "2000.05.12"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Birnboim, Nathan"]
[Black "Oratovsky, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "Oratovsky,M"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2000.01.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Jerusalem Elitzur"]
[BlackTeam "Petah Tikva Elitzur"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 $6 {Dubious move in my opinion.At first white has
to develope pieses of the kingside and darksquare bishop comes in the game
later.} Nbd7 4. e4 (4. Nf3 c6 (4... e5 5. e4 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O h6 8. Bh4 c6
9. a4 Re8 10. Bg3 Nh5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Smirnov,A-Kodinets,K/RUS-chT 1995 (15)}) 5.
e4 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Bc4 Be7 8. O-O O-O $11 {Trommsdorf,F-Manouck,T/Paris-ch
1993/0-1 (54)}) 4... e5 5. f4 $6 $146 {Another inaccurasy.Now white forsed to
change the bishop and his pawn centre becomes an object for the attack.Better
was} (5. Nge2 c6 6. f3 Qb6 7. Rb1 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Ng3 g6 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. Be2
b5 12. O-O b4 13. Nd1 exd4 14. Bxd4 d5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I-Adams,M/Elenite
1993 (55)}) 5... h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 $15 {[%csl Rd4,Rf4,Gf8]} 7. Nf3 {White
sacrifices pawn,looking for the initiative.Other moves promises black better
play.} (7. Nge2 exf4 8. Nd5 Qh4+ $15) (7. dxe5 $2 Qxf4 $1 8. exd6 Bxd6 $17 {
[%cal Gd6b4]}) (7. fxe5 dxe5 8. d5 Bb4 $15 {[%csl Gb4,Re4][%cal Gf6h4,Yd7c5]})
7... Qxf4 8. Be2 {[%cal Gc3d5,Gc3b5]} c6 9. O-O Qe3+ 10. Kh1 exd4 $6 {
inaccurasy,safer was} (10... Be7 11. Bc4 (11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bc4 O-O {[%cal
Ge7f6]}) 11... exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 $17) 11. Nxd4 Ne5 {[%tqu "En","","","","d4b5",
"",10]} 12. Ndb5 $8 cxb5 13. Nd5 Qxe4 $8 (13... Qc5 $2 14. b4 Qc6 15. Bxb5 $1
$18) 14. Rf4 $8 (14. Nc7+ Kd8 15. Nxa8 b6 $19 {[%csl Ra8][%cal Gc8b7]}) 14...
Qg6 15. Nc7+ Kd8 16. Nxa8 Bd7 $1 17. Qd4 {also after} (17. Qd2 {[%cal Gd2a5]}
b6 $8 {[%cal Gd7c6]} 18. Re1 {blacks chanses are better in all variations.} Be7
{[%cal Ge7g5,Gd7c6]} (18... Bc6 19. Bxb5 Bxb5 (19... Bxa8 20. Rxe5 Bxg2+ 21.
Qxg2 Qxg2+ 22. Kxg2 dxe5 23. Rxf7 $14) 20. Rxe5 Bc6 21. Ref5 Bxa8 22. Rxf7 Be7
$17) 19. Bd3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Qxd3 21. cxd3 Bf6 $19) (17. Qg1 Bc6 $17 {[%csl Ra8]
[%cal Gd8c8,Gc8b8]}) 17... Nc6 $8 (17... Bc6 18. Rf2 b6 19. Nxb6 Qe4 20. c3 $1
(20. Qxe4 Bxe4 $17 {[%csl Rb6]}) 20... Kc7 21. Na8+ Kb8 22. Nc7 $36) 18. Qf2
Qxc2 19. Rxf7 (19. Bxb5 Qxf2 20. Rxf2 Ne5 21. Bxd7 Kxd7 22. Rc1 Be7 23. Nc7 Rc8
24. Rfc2 Bg5 $19) 19... Be7 20. Rd1 (20. Bxb5 Qxf2 21. Rxf2 Ne5 22. a4 Bc6 $19
{[%cal Gd8d7]}) 20... Re8 $1 {[%csl Ra8][%cal Gd8c8,Gc8b8]} ({Doesn't work} 
20... Qxb2 {[%tqu "En","","","","d1d6","",10]} 21. Rxd6 $3 Bxd6 22. Rxd7+ Kc8
23. Rxd6 Kb8 (23... Re8 24. Qf7 Qc1+ 25. Bf1 Nd8 26. Qd7+ Kb8 27. Qxd8+) 24.
Nb6 $1 axb6 25. Rxc6 $132) 21. Rxg7 Kc8 22. h3 Kb8 $19 23. Qe1 Qxb2 (23... Kxa8
24. Bh5 $17) 24. Qg3 (24. Rh7 Kxa8 25. Bh5 Rg8 $19) 24... Qxe2 0-1

[Event "Lingen Gutman 70"]
[Site "Lingen"]
[Date "2015.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Black "Pap, Misa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "Palliser,R"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 c5 4. d5 ({Richard Pert's choice, rather than the
sharper and much more unclear} 4. e5 {.}) 4... d6 5. Nc3 a6 $5 {Black rules
out any notion of a check on b5 with this suggestion from Cherniaev and
Prokurnov's 'The New Old Indian'.} ({More popular, though, has been} 5... Be7
6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. dxe6 fxe6 {when White can go} 8. e5 {(which probably fizzles
out towards a draw),} ({or} 8. a4 $5 {, as we considered in Shengelia-Maurer,
St. Veit 2012.})) 6. Nf3 ({I see that Jan Timman has given Black's approach
his seal of approval, with} 6. a4 Be7 7. Be3 {(not such a bad way to avoid
potential ...Nxd5 tricks)} O-O 8. h3 exd5 9. exd5 g6 (9... Qb6 10. Rb1 Re8 11.
Nf3 Qb4 {would be a more ambitious approach}) 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nf3 Nh5 $5 12.
Nd2 Ng7 13. Nc4 Nb6 14. O-O Nxc4 15. Bxc4 Bd7 {looking like a reasonable
enough version of a Benoni for Black in Englert-Timman, Helsingor 2014,
despite the unusual minor piece on g7.}) 6... Be7 ({Harika's last was very
calm and quite possibly best considering that} 6... b5 {seems premature in
view of} 7. dxe6 Bxe6 (7... fxe6 $2 8. e5 $1 {should be avoided}) 8. a4 b4 9.
Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Bc4 {with a pleasant edge for White.}) 7. Be2 O-O
{A recent development and very sensible, but Black is still to quite fully
equalise. Previous games had seen:} ({a)} 7... h6 8. Bh4 O-O 9. O-O exd5 10.
Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 11. Nxd5 Re8 12. c3 Nc6 (12... Rxe4 $1 13. Nd2 Re8 14. Nc4 Nc6 {
would have been critical after} 15. Ndb6 Rb8 16. Nxc8 Rxc8 {the d-pawn is
taboo and White doesn't seem to have anything better than} 17. Bg4 Rb8 18. Nxd6
Rf8 19. Ne4 Be7 {, which can't be much at all}) 13. Qc2 b5 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. a4
c4 16. Rfe1 g6 17. b3 $1 cxb3 18. Qxb3 {gave White a definite pull in
Rusev-Mantovani, Senigallia 2009.}) ({b)} 7... e5 8. a4 b6 {(slow)} 9. O-O h6
10. Be3 O-O 11. Nd2 {was already a pleasant edge for White before the
misguided break} Nh7 12. Nc4 f5 $2 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Bg4 Bd7 15. f4 {gave him
a large advantage in Orlov-Spicer, Vancouver 1998.}) 8. O-O b5 ({The move
Black would like to make work, but Harika reacts well. As such, the
previously-seen} 8... h6 9. Be3 (9. Bf4 $5 {allows Black a tempo hit with ...
e5, but may still improve note too that here} exd5 10. Nxd5 $1 Nxe4 $2 11. Bd3
{is just very good for White, since there's no good way for Black to hold d6
in view of} Nf6 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Bxd6 $1 Qxd6 14. Bh7+) 9... exd5 {might be
a better try, holding back on ...b5 until the centre is closed. As such, White
tried} 10. Nxd5 $5 Nxe4 11. Re1 Nc6 12. Bf4 {in Rahman-Shivananda, Mumbai 2015,
but I have my doubts that this could possibly have offered him more than
enough compensation in the event of} Bf6 {, heading for e5.}) 9. dxe6 $1 Bxe6
10. e5 {Harika wastes no time blowing open the centre in a bid to put her
small developmental lead to good use.} dxe5 11. Qxd8 Bxd8 (11... Rxd8 12. Nxe5
{is also a bit awkward for Black, since his knight on b8 wants to keep
preventing Nc6 and Bf3 is coming.} Ra7 {is possible, but after, say,} 13. Rad1
Rxd1 14. Rxd1 Bf5 15. Rd2 {it's still not so easy for Black to fully untangle,
with} Rc7 16. Bf3 Nbd7 17. Ng4 $1 {retaining a definite pull for the first
player.}) 12. Nxe5 Nfd7 $6 ({Black never quite wriggles free after this and} 
12... Nbd7 {was surely more natural. Maybe} 13. Bf3 {spooked Pap, but after}
Rc8 $1 (13... Rb8 14. Nc6 Rc8 15. Rad1 {is quite awkward}) 14. Nxd7 ({or} 14.
Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Nd5 Bg5) 14... Nxd7 15. Bf4 Bc7 16. Bxc7 Rxc7 17.
Rad1 Nf6 {Black would have been very solid and one's money would surely have
been on a draw.}) 13. Bxd8 Rxd8 14. Rad1 {Now White has a pin to work with and
so gains an extra tempo.} Rc8 15. Bf3 Ra7 16. Nd3 $1 {White's play is rather
Karpov-like in this game, gradually accumulating small advantages. Here the
knights are retained to keep Black's position gummed up.} Kf8 $6 ({Pap's
position was unpleasant, but by now there was no time to waste:} 16... Nc6 $1
17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Bxc6 {does win a pawn, but after} Rac7 19. Bf3 Na4 20. Nxa4
bxa4 {it wouldn't have been so easy for White to hold her queenside together.
Best seems to be} 21. Be4 Bxa2 22. Rd2 {, but even so after} Be6 23. Ra1 Rd7 $1
{Black would have been much better off than he is in the game.}) 17. a4 $1 ({
Strong and thematic, undermining Black's advanced queenside. Also good would
have been the immediate} 17. Ne4 {, although here Black might try} Bxa2 $5 18.
Nd6 Rd8 {and hope to survive.}) 17... b4 $6 ({Now Black is simply in huge
trouble.} 17... bxa4 18. Nxa4 Bf5 19. Rd2 {would have been unpleasant, but was
a much better try,}) ({as was} 17... Nc6 $5 {, and if} 18. axb5 Nd4 19. Ra1
Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Rca8 {, jettisoning a pawn for some freedom.}) 18. Ne4 {Now
White has pretty much everything she could want, with her knights superbly
placed and all set to crank up the pressure yet further. Once again, Black
might now have developed his final piece to c6 at the cost of a pawn, but Pap
preferred to suffer solidly:} b3 19. c3 c4 20. Nf4 {Or not so solidly perhaps
I should say. Black has kept queenside lines closed, but only at the cost of
incurring major weaknesses on the light squares, something that Harika is
quick to exploit.} Ne5 21. Nxe6+ fxe6 22. Be2 {Threatening Rd6, as well as
just to double.} Nf7 23. Rd4 Rac7 24. Nd2 {Oh dear. There's to be no reprieve
for the c4-pawn and the game is pretty much up.} Ne5 25. f4 Nec6 ({Or if} 25...
Nd3 26. Nxc4 $1 Rxc4 27. Rxd3 Rxa4 28. f5 exf5 29. Rxf5+ Kg8 30. Bd1 {with a
large initiative and advantage.}) 26. Rxc4 Nd7 {At last the knight develops,
but far, far too late in the day. Black is losing a second pawn.} 27. Nxb3 Rb8
28. Na5 $1 Rxb2 29. Bf3 Nxa5 30. Rxc7 Nb6 31. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Syre Memorial op 32nd"]
[Site "Issy les Moulineaux"]
[Date "2009.05.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Payen, Arnaud"]
[Black "Guliyev, Namig"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Payen,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2009.05.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 {PRIMEL: Intrinsèquement, c'est une ouverture nettement plus douteuse
que la défense hollandaise mais c'est un choix intéressant pour éviter la
préparation adverse. Arnaud n'a en effet jamais pratiqué cette attaque BIRD
selon les bases} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 (3. b3 {Werner,G (2195)-Guliyev,N (2555)
Charleroi op 4th 2005 (1) 0-1}) 3... Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. O-O cxd4 7.
exd4 b6 8. Qe2 Bb7 9. f5 $1 {Un coup que Guliyev a mésestimé!} e6 10. fxg6 hxg6
(10... fxg6 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. c3 $14 {[%cal Ra1e1] Le jeu blanc est
plus aisé}) 11. Bg5 d6 12. Nh4 $5 {[%cal Gh4g6,Gd3g6] looking for blood!} (12.
Nbd2 $14) 12... Nbd7 13. Nxg6 $1 fxg6 14. Qxe6+ Kh8 (14... Rf7 15. Bxg6 Qe7 16.
Bxf7+ Qxf7 17. Qxf7+ $1 (17. Qxd6 {Interessant mais très risqué!}) 17... Kxf7
18. Nd2 Rg8 {[%cal Rg7h6,Gg8g2,Gb7g2]} 19. Nf3 $14) 15. Qh3+ Kg8 16. Qe6+ (16.
Bxg6 Nh5 $1 {[%cal Gg7d4]} 17. Rxf8+ Qxf8 18. Qe6+ Kh8 19. Qg4 {[%cal Gg4h5]}
Ndf6 20. Qh4 Kg8 21. Nd2 {[%cal Ga1f1] PRIMEL: Les blancs ont terminé le
développement tout en gardant des bonnes chances d'attaque а l'aile-roi}) 16...
Kh8 17. Qh3+ Kg8 18. Qe6+ (18. Bxg6 Nh5 $3 19. Rxf8+ $1 (19. Qxh5 Bxd4+ {
[%csl Rf1,Rg1]} 20. Rf2 Bxf2+ 21. Kh1 Nf6 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Nc3 (
24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Qg7+ (25. Qh7+ Ke6 26. Qh3+ Kd5 27. Nc3+ Kc5 28. Ne4+) 25...
Ke6 $19)) (19. Bxd8 Bxd4+ 20. Rf2 Rxf2 21. Qe6+ Kg7 $19) 19... Qxf8 20. c3 $1
Nhf6 21. Qe6+ Kh8 22. Nd2 $16 {[%mdl 512] Honnêtement j'ai eu du mal а évaluer
toutes ces suites et j'ai sagement pris la nulle.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Petursson,M"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1997.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d6 4. Nd2 Nf6 5. e4 g6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Bg3 Bg7 8. Ngf3
O-O 9. Bc4 Nb6 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. O-O Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Na5 14. Qe1 Nxb3
15. axb3 Qd7 16. Qe4 d5 17. Qh4 h6 18. Rfe1 Qe6 19. Re3 a5 20. Rae1 a4 {
[%tqu "En","Can you find a move here that gives White a winning advantage?",
"Provoke him to play g5 and then sacrifice!","Attack his pawn on h6 with your
bishop","g3f4","RIGHT!  Of course you are not afraid of sacking on g5!",10]}
21. Bf4 g5 (21... h5 22. g4 axb3 23. Rxb3 $16) {[%tqu "En","Now you must give
up a piece for two pawns. But should you sacrifice you rknight or your
bishop?","It seems easier to defend h7 then g7","You want to be able to play
Re3-g3 quickly, and then Bh6.","f3g5","YES! you got that Hodgson way of
thinking!",10,"f4g5","",0]} 22. Nxg5 $1 (22. Bxg5 hxg5 23. Nxg5 Qh6 24. Qg4 Qg6
$13) 22... hxg5 23. Bxg5 Nc8 {[%tqu "En","What next? You should be able to
move quickly now","Threaten Bg5-h6","Put you rook on the same file as his
king","e3g3","",7]} 24. Rg3 f5 (24... f6 25. Bh6 Rf7 26. Ree3 $1 $18) 25. Bh6
Rf7 {[%tqu "En","Now force him to abandon the game","Do not give him time to
play Nc8-d6.","Add one more piece to the attack on g7.","h4g5","",6]} 26. Qg5
f4 27. Rg4 1-0

[Event "Osasco Franca Garcia Memorial 20th"]
[Site "Osasco"]
[Date "2004.07.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lima, Darcy Gustavo Macha"]
[Black "Delgado Ramirez, Neuris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2004.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Ne4 ({Another common theoretical line is} 3... Qb6 4.
Nc3 Qxb2 5. Bd2 Qb6 6. e4 $44) 4. Bf4 Qb6 {[%csl Rb2]} 5. Bc1 {White retreats
to the initial square with the only developed piece, but he has all the
reasons to hope to build up a strong pawns centre and keep the space advantage.
} (5. Qc1 e6 6. f3 Nf6 7. dxe6 fxe6 8. e4 d5 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bxb8 Rxb8 11. Bb5+
Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. exd5 exd5 14. Nge2 Nf6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Thorfinnsson,
B-Stefansson,H/Hafnarborg 2003/EXT 2004 (40)}) ({An interesting pawn sacrifice
is:} 5. Nd2 $5 Qxb2 6. Nxe4 Qb4+ 7. Qd2 Qxe4 8. e3 Qb4 9. c3 Qa5 10. d6 $44 {
1/2-1/2 Winants,L-Schebler,G/Belgium 2002/EXT 2004 (60)}) 5... e5 {A rare
continuation which gained some popularity recently.} (5... g6 6. f3 Nd6 (6...
Nf6 7. e4 d6 8. c4 Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bd3 e6 {--> 1/2-1/2 Radjabov,T-Grischuk,
A/Bastia 2003/CBM 98 [Finkel] (40)}) 7. e4 Bg7 8. Nc3 f5 9. exf5 Nxf5 10. Bd3
O-O 11. Bxf5 Rxf5 12. Nge2 c4 {--> 1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Gelfand,B/Cap d'Agde 2003/
CBM 98 [Finkel] (40)}) (5... e6 6. f3 Qa5+ (6... Nf6 7. c4 exd5 8. cxd5 c4 9.
e3 Bc5 10. Kf2 O-O 11. Bxc4 {--> 1-0 Dishman,S-Greenfeld,A/Chalkidiki 2002/CBM
92 [Finkel] (33)}) 7. c3 Nf6 8. e4 d6 9. Na3 exd5 10. exd5 Be7 11. Nc4 Qd8 12.
Ne3 O-O $11 {0-1 Van der Wiel,J-Kasparov,G/Moscow 1982/IZT (22)}) 6. f3 Nf6 {
The other retreat 6...Nd6 seems to me more to the point, as it will be easier
for black to create a counterplay by advancing f7-f5.} (6... Nd6 7. e4 f5 (7...
g6 8. Nc3 Qd8 9. Be3 b6 10. Qd2 Bg7 11. Nh3 O-O 12. Nf2 f5 {--> 1-0 Golod,
V-Tyomkin,D/Beer Sheva 2004/CBM 101 [Tyomkin] (31)}) 8. c4 fxe4 9. fxe4 Nf7 10.
Nc3 Be7 11. Nf3 Qg6 12. Be3 d6 {--> 1/2-1/2 Karttunen,M-Movsesian,S/Rethymnon
2003/CBM 98 [Finkel] (51)}) 7. e4 d6 8. Na3 {The knight is heading to an ideal
square c4.} (8. a4 Be7 9. Nc3 (9. Na3 $142 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Ya3c4]}) 9... O-O
10. g3 Nbd7 11. Bh3 Ne8 12. Qd3 Qd8 13. Be3 Bg5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Van der Wiel,
J-Nunn,J/Leiden 1982/EXT 2002 (19)}) 8... Be7 ({Preferable is the immediate} 
8... Qd8 $1 {with the idea to meet Na3-c4 with b7-b5.}) 9. Nc4 Qd8 10. a4 $14
O-O 11. Bd3 Ne8 12. Ne2 Bg5 13. O-O $146 (13. f4 exf4 14. Nxf4 Nd7 15. O-O Ne5
16. Be2 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Qe7 18. Qe2 h6 19. Nd3 Bxc1 20. Raxc1 Nf6 21. e5 dxe5 22.
Qxe5 Qxe5 23. Nxe5 $16 {1-0 Stefanova,A-Manca,F/Saint Vincent 2000/CBM 74 ext 
(41)}) 13... Bxc1 14. Qxc1 b6 15. f4 Ba6 16. f5 (16. fxe5 $2 {would have been
a big strategical mistake, due to} Bxc4 17. Bxc4 dxe5 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Ge8d6]})
16... Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Nd7 $6 ({Stronger would have been} 17... a6) 18. Bb5 $1 {
Now white is getting rid of his bad bishop.} a6 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. g4 f6 21. Ra3
{The rook can be transfered to the kingside via the third rank.} b5 $6 {
I would not recommend this move, but it worked well in the game...} (21... Ra7
$5 {[%cal Yd7a7,Gb6b5]}) 22. a5 $2 {Closing the queenside white certainly
hoped to succeed on the other side of the board, but clearly overestimated his
attacking chances.} ({In my opinion after the simple} 22. axb5 Qxb5 23. c4 {
white keeps big positional advantage thanks to great space and possibility to
play on both flanks.}) 22... c4 23. Rg3 $6 ({Better was} 23. Qe1 {preventing
the b5-b4 advance.}) 23... b4 {Black finally got space on the queenside and
the Pa5 is an easy prey for him. On the other hand, white's attacking chances
on the kingside are very murky.} 24. Kh1 (24. g5 fxg5 25. Qxg5 Nf6 {[%csl Re4]
and white has to retreat due to e4 weakness.}) 24... Qb5 25. Ng1 {Trying to
transfer the knight to a better pastures, but it's too late already.} c3 $5 ({
There was nothing wrong with} 25... Qxa5) 26. b3 (26. bxc3 Qxa5 27. Qe1 {
was objectively stronger, but white does not want to admit that his plan was
wrong.}) 26... Qxa5 27. g5 fxg5 28. Nf3 (28. Qxg5 Ra7 $17 {[%csl Re4][%cal
Ge8f6]}) 28... g4 $1 29. Rxg4 (29. Ng5 Nf6 {is also bad for white.}) 29... Nf6
{Black wisely kept the knight on e8 for a long time, and now it joines the
battle with great force.} 30. Rh4 {[%tqu "En","What would you suggest for
black?","","","f6e4","An excellent sacrifice, which can not be calculated till
the end, but white will be clearly on the defensive, which is especially
difficult for him after the seemingly good attacking position.",15]} Nxe4 $3 {
[%mdl 512] An excellent sacrifice, which can not be calculated till the end,
but white will be clearly on the defensive, which is especially difficult for
him after the seemingly good attacking position.} 31. Rg1 $2 {Losing without a
fight. The only chance was to accept the sacrifice, though white's position is
far from it's best times...} (31. Rxe4 Qxd5 32. Rxb4 (32. Rg4 Rxf5 33. Qh6 Ra7
$19 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Ga7f7]}) 32... Rxf5 33. Qe3 Raf8 34. Kg2 Qe6 35. h3 d5 {
Black has three pawns for the piece and strong initiative. It does not seems
that white can survive here.}) 31... Nf6 32. Rd1 (32. Qh6 Ra7 $19 (32... Rf7
$19)) 32... Qc5 33. Kg2 Nxd5 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.23"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Paris NAO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qd3 {White is
intending to castle long, while the knight on c3 won't be pinned anymore.
Still, this move looks somewhat awkward to me, compared to the more common
move 6.Qd2.} Nc6 (6... d5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nd7 9. e5 Qe7 10. f4 Nb6 11. Qe3
Bd7 12. Nf3 c5 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. O-O cxd4 15. cxd4 Nc4 16. Qc1 $14 {1-0 Nijboer,
F (2529)-De Jong,M (2299)/Dieren NED 2005/The Week in Chess 563 (53)}) ({
The following game was played in the same tournament just few rounds earlier:} 
6... d6 7. O-O-O O-O 8. Nf3 c5 9. e5 Qf4+ 10. Kb1 Bxc3 11. g3 Qf5 12. Qxf5 exf5
13. bxc3 {and white got a stable advantage - 1/2-1/2 McShane,L (2625)-Agopov,M
(2389)/Saint Vincent 2005/CBM 110_01 (72)}) (6... c5 7. e5 Qe7 8. a3 cxd4 9.
axb4 dxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nf3 Rd8 12. Qe4 f5 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Bd3 Nc6 15. O-O
$16 {1-0 Palliser,R (2402)-Van Voorthuijsen,P (2249)/Cork IRL 2005/The Week in
Chess 546 (32)}) 7. Nf3 (7. O-O-O Bxc3 8. Qxc3 d6 9. Kb1 Bd7 10. Qe3 e5 11. d5
Ne7 12. g3 $14 {1-0 Legky,N (2503)-Spiridonov,N (2182)/Sautron 2002/EXT 2003 
(51)}) (7. Nge2 O-O 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 d5 10. e5 Qe7 11. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2
Polaczek,R (2426)-Roeder,P/Dos Hermanas 2004/EXT 2005 (20)}) 7... O-O $146 (
7... d6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. Kb1 O-O-O 10. Qe3 Kb8 11. e5 $6 dxe5 12. dxe5 Qe7 13.
Ne4 Ba5 14. Bc4 Bb6 15. Qe2 a6 $15 {[%csl Gb6] 0-1 Michaud,C (2074)-Sokolov,A 
(2568)/Crans Montana 2001/EXT 2002 (33)}) 8. O-O-O d6 {The position is
balanced. White's space advantage is compensated by black's pair of bishops.}
9. Kb1 {A useful move, moving the king out of possible check along the h6-c1
diagonal.} Qg6 10. h4 f5 {Kramnik is not intending to stay in passivity and is
opening the "f" file for the rook.} 11. h5 Qf7 12. exf5 (12. e5 $6 Rd8 {
is fine for black.}) 12... Qxf5 13. Qc4 $5 {McShane avoids the exchange of
queens.} ({A playable alternative would have been} 13. Qxf5 Rxf5 14. Ne4 {
with approximate equality.}) 13... Qa5 $1 {[%csl Rc3]} 14. Ne2 Qd5 $1 15. Qxd5
{In this case white is practically forced to exchange queens.} (15. Qd3 $6 e5
$1 16. dxe5 Qxd3 17. Rxd3 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 $15 {Open files and diagonals
give black more than sufficient compensation for the Pe5 weakness.}) 15... exd5
16. Rh4 $1 {This unusual rook manoeuvre is quite typical for a Trompowsky.} Ne7
17. Nf4 c6 18. g3 Bf5 19. Bh3 Be4 20. Bg4 $1 {White's pieces are crowded on
the kingside, but black can not really take advantage of it. Black's Bb4 is
misplaced.} Ba5 21. Rh2 {After white has established his knight on f4, the
rook has nothing to do anymore on h4.} Nf5 (21... Rae8 22. Nd2 Bxd2 $6 (22...
Nf5 {see the game.}) 23. Rxd2 Bf5 24. Bxf5 Nxf5 25. c3 $14) 22. Nd2 Rae8 23.
Nf1 Bb6 24. Ne2 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gf2f3]} Ne7 {Black has to step back in order
to save his bishop.} 25. Ne3 Nf5 $11 26. Ng2 $4 {[%mdl 8192] I guess that
McShane was still optimistic about his chances, since he declined the option
of repeating the position... The move in the text loses on the spot.} (26. Nf1
Ne7 $11) {[%tqu "En","Find the winning strike for Black.","","","f5d4","That's
it. White's position collapsed like a sand-house.",10]} 26... Nxd4 $1 {[%cal
Gf8f2] That's it. White's position collapsed like a sand-house.} 27. Ngf4 (27.
Nxd4 Rxf2 $19) 27... Bxc2+ 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.22"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Black "Nedev, Trajce"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Biel"]
[BlackTeam "Skopje"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Nf6 5. dxc5 Qa5+ 6. Qd2 Qxc5 7. e4 d6 8.
Nc3 a6 {This pawn structure is very typical for a Sicilian Najdorf. So, it's
quite obvious that all the games played in this line lead to a sharp battle.}
9. O-O-O Nbd7 (9... e5 10. Be3 Qc7 11. g4 Be6 12. g5 Nfd7 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. Qxd5
Be7 15. Ne2 Nc6 16. Nc3 Nd4 17. Bxd4 Bxg5+ 18. Kb1 Nf6 19. Qb3 exd4 20. Qa4+
Kf8 21. Qxd4 $16 {1-0 Zhang Zhong (2599)-Wang Yaoyao (2456)/Jinan 2005/CBM 106
ext (34)}) 10. g4 {Starting a common kingside offensive. Black's main problem
is the uncastled king...} (10. Nge2 b5 11. Nd4 Bb7 12. Kb1 Rc8 13. a3 g6 14.
Be3 Qc7 15. Be2 h5 16. Rhe1 Bg7 17. Bf1 Ne5 18. h3 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 $132 {
0-1 Landenbergue,C (2430)-Cebalo,M (2495)/Geneve 1996/CBM 051 ext (44)}) 10...
h6 11. h4 (11. Nge2 b5 12. Ng3 Bb7 13. Kb1 Ne5 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. Nh5 Bc6 16.
Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Qxd5 19. exd5 h5 20. h4 Bh6 21. Bd3 Kd7 22.
Bf5+ Kd6 $15 {0-1 Grigore,G (2486)-Marin,M (2551)/Eforie Nord 2002/EXT 2003 
(56)}) 11... b5 $146 (11... Ne5 12. Kb1 Be6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 g6 15. Be3
Qc7 16. Be2 Bg7 17. Nh3 Rc8 18. c3 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Nf2 h5 21. g5 Nd7 $13
{1/2-1/2 Moiseenko,A (2618)-Gersov,E (2352)/Kapuskasing 2003/CBM 095 ext (50)})
12. Be3 Qc7 13. Nh3 Nb6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] A glaring blunder.} ({A possible
continuation might be:} 13... Ne5 14. Be2 e6 15. g5 hxg5 16. hxg5 Nfd7 17. Nf4
Rxh1 18. Rxh1 Bb7 $14) {[%tqu "En","White has an opportunity to get decisive
advantage. How?","","","e4e5","",10]} 14. e5 $1 $18 b4 (14... dxe5 15. Bxb5+
Nbd7 16. Ba4 {followed by 17.g5+-.}) (14... Nfd7 15. exd6 exd6 16. Bd4 $40 {
[%csl Re8]}) 15. exf6 bxc3 16. Qd4 $1 {[%csl Rb6,Rg7] This was probably the
move black overlooked. Double threat on b6 and g7 decides the game on the spot.
} Qc5 17. b4 $1 e5 18. bxc5 exd4 19. Bxd4 {White is winning a piece and few
more pawns for nothing. It wasn't too late to resign here. I guess black
continued the game for a while only because it was a team competition...} Na4
20. fxg7 Bxg7 21. Bxg7 Rg8 22. Bf6 Be6 23. Rxd6 Rg6 24. Be5 Bxa2 25. Rxg6 fxg6
26. Bd3 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cao, Sang"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nf3 ({More popular
continuation is} 6. Qd2 {keeping an option of the advance f2-f4.}) 6... d5 {
In this line arises a typical French defense type position.} ({Few rounds
later Cao Sang played this line as white again:} 6... d6 7. Qd3 $5 O-O 8. O-O-O
Nd7 9. Kb1 c6 10. a3 Ba5 11. h4 e5 12. Ne2 exd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Nfxd4 Ne5 {
1/2-1/2 Cao Sang-Alekseev,E/Warsaw 2005 (22)}) 7. e5 (7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Bxc3 9.
bxc3 c5 10. Re1 Nc6 11. Rb1 cxd4 12. exd5 exd5 13. Nxd4 b6 14. Rb5 Nxd4 15.
cxd4 Bb7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hort,V-Balashov,Y/Moscow 1999 (24)}) 7... Qd8 (7... Qe7
8. Qd2 b6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 c5 11. b4 c4 12. Be2 b5 13. O-O Bd7 14. Nd2 a5
15. Qg3 Qg5 16. Qxg5 hxg5 17. c3 Ke7 $15 {0-1 Rossetto,H-Eliskases,E/Mar del
Plata 1966 (48)}) 8. a3 Be7 {Black has slightly passive but a solid position
and he hopes to make use of his pair of bishops in the long run.} (8... Bxc3+
9. bxc3 c5 {is a playable alternative.}) 9. Bd3 b6 $146 (9... c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5
11. O-O Nc6 12. b4 Be7 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nbd4 {- 1-0 Akopian,V-Antonio,R/Las
Vegas 1999/CBM 072 [Alterman,B]}) 10. Ne2 c5 11. c3 Nc6 12. O-O c4 $5 {This
advance always has it's up and down sides. On the one hand black is gaining
space on the queenside, on the other hand white's pair of knights might be
well preferable that's black's pair of bishops in such type of close position.}
({A playable alternative is} 12... Bb7 {followed by 13...Qc7 and 14...0-0-0.})
13. Bc2 Qc7 14. Nd2 Bd7 15. f4 {[%cal Gf4f5]} g6 16. Kh1 (16. g4 $2 h5 17. h3
hxg4 18. hxg4 Rh4 19. Ng3 O-O-O 20. Kg2 Rdh8 21. Rh1 Rxh1 22. Nxh1 g5 $40)
16... O-O-O $6 {There was no need to determine the placement of the king that
soon.} 17. b3 $1 {The most principled continuation after black's queenside
castling. On the other hand, white has to be aware that this thrust spoiles
his pawn structure. Therefore, he will be obliged to play actively to keep the
initiative.} cxb3 18. Nxb3 Kb8 19. a4 {[%cal Ga4a5]} a5 20. Bd3 Na7 21. Nd2 Bc6
{Black is preparing for white's c3-c4 thrust.} 22. Qb3 Ka8 23. Rfb1 (23. Rab1
Rb8 24. Rfc1 b5 $132) 23... Rb8 24. Nf1 $6 {This looks too slow.} ({More in
the spirit of the position would have been:} 24. c4 $5 Bb4 25. Nc3 dxc4 26.
Nxc4 Rhd8 27. Na2 Rxd4 28. Nxb4 axb4 29. Qc2 $36 {[%cal Gb1b4]}) 24... b5 25.
axb5 Bxb5 26. Bxb5 Rxb5 27. Qxb5 $2 {If this could work, then it would be a
brilliant sacrifice, but objectively speaking, apart from a psychological
shock this sacrifice has no point. White's position is far from being bad, so
there was no reason at all for such a drastic measures.} (27. Qa4 Rhb8 28. Rxb5
Rxb5 29. Ne3 $14) 27... Nxb5 28. Rxb5 Bd8 29. Nd2 Qd7 30. c4 (30. Rb4 Bc7 31.
Nb3 Rb8 32. Nc5 Qc6 $19) 30... dxc4 31. Rab1 c3 $1 {Forcing white to capture
the pawn with the wrong knight.} (31... Qc6 $6 32. Rc5 Qa6 33. Nxc4 $44) 32.
Nxc3 Bc7 {[%csl Rd4]} 33. d5 Rb8 {After the exchange of pair of rooks white
won't be able to create serious threats against the black king.} 34. Rxb8+ Bxb8
35. d6 Qc6 36. Nde4 f5 $1 37. exf6 Bxd6 38. f7 (38. Rd1 $142 Bb4 39. f7 Qc8 (
39... Qc7 40. Nb5 Qxf7 $4 41. Rd8+ Kb7 42. Nbd6+ $18 {[%csl Rb7,Rf7]}) 40. Nb5
Be7 $17) 38... Be7 ({Even stronger is} 38... Bf8 $1 39. Rd1 Qc7 {[%csl Rf7]})
39. Rd1 a4 $2 {There was no need to be in a hurry.} (39... Qc8 $1 {was simple
and strong, preventing the invasion of white's rook.}) 40. Rd8+ Ka7 41. f8=Q
Bxf8 42. Rxf8 Qa6 {[%cal Ga6f1]} 43. h3 a3 44. Rf7+ Kb6 45. Na2 Qe2 46. Nec3 {
After white blocked the "a" pawn, the position is balanced.} Qf1+ 47. Kh2 g5
48. Rf6 gxf4 49. Rxe6+ Kb7 50. Re7+ (50. Rxh6 f3 51. Rh7+ $8 (51. gxf3 Qf2+ 52.
Kh1 Qxf3+ $19 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Rf3e3,Rf3f4]}) 51... Kc6 52. gxf3 Qf2+ 53. Kh1
Qxf3+ 54. Kh2 $11) 50... Kc8 51. Re8+ Kb7 52. Re7+ Kc8 53. Re8+ Kb7 54. Re7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch 73rd"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2004.08.30"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2004.08.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 {This variation frequently leads to interesting and
relatively unexplored positions.} Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 {Black goes for the most
principled continuation.} 4. f3 ({Another theoretical line is} 4. d5 Qb6) 4...
Qa5+ {Before retreating with the knight black provokes the c2-c3 move, which
will rob from white's queenside knight his natural developing square.} 5. c3
Nf6 6. d5 {More positional line is 6.Nd2.} (6. Nd2 cxd4 7. Nb3 Qb6 (7... Qd8 8.
Bxb8 Rxb8 9. Qxd4 a6 10. Qa7 Qc7 11. e4 e6 12. Bxa6 Bd6 13. Bb5 Bxh2 14. Ne2 b6
15. Qxc7 Bxc7 $15 {0-1 Miladinovic,I-Georgiev,K/Skopje 2002/CBM 88 (34)}) (7...
Qf5 8. Bxb8 Rxb8 9. Qxd4 b6 10. e4 Qf4 11. Nh3 Qc7 12. e5 Ng8 13. O-O-O $36 {
1/2-1/2 Moiseenko,A-Svidler,P/Ekaterinburg 2002/CBM 90 (29)}) 8. Qxd4 Nc6 (8...
Qxd4 9. cxd4 e6 10. e4 d5 11. Bxb8 Rxb8 12. e5 Nd7 13. f4 f6 $11 {0-1
Moiseenko,A-Zubarev,A/Kharkov 2001/CBM 83 (63)}) 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Nd4 e5 11.
Nxc6 exf4 12. Nd4 {--> 1-0 Aleksandrov,A-Kotronias,V/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96 
[Finkel] (39)}) 6... Qb6 {Forcing another concession in white's camp.} 7. b3 (
7. Bc1 {--> 1/2-1/2 Gustafsson,J-Eljanov,P/Plovdiv 2003/CBM 98 [Finkel] (33)})
7... e6 {Opening up the centre is the most logical try to make use of white's
non-development.} (7... d6 8. e4 g6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. Ne2 O-O 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. Nc4
Qc7 13. a4 b6 14. O-O a6 {+/=/= 1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Tkachiev,V/Wijk aan Zee 1995/
CBM 45 (53)}) 8. e4 exd5 9. exd5 Bd6 10. Bg5 {White correctly avoids the
exchange of dark-squared bishops, since the dark squares in his camp are quite
vulnerable.} (10. Nh3 O-O 11. c4 Nh5 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Nc3 Qe5+ 14. Ne2 d6 $17
{0-1 Medancic,R-Tukmakov,V/Zadar 1997/EXT 99 (30)}) 10... Be7 ({Also appeared
in practice} 10... O-O $5 11. Bxf6 Re8+ 12. Ne2 gxf6 $13) 11. Ne2 (11. Na3 d6
12. Nc4 Qd8 13. a4 O-O 14. Ne2 Na6 15. h4 Nc7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 $15 {0-1 Taylor,
M-Hebden,M/Scarborough 2004/CBM 101 ext (36)}) 11... d6 $146 (11... Qd6 12. Na3
O-O 13. Nb5 Qb6 14. d6 Qxb5 15. dxe7 Re8 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nf4 Rxe7+ 18. Kf2
Qc6 19. Bc4 $40 {1-0 Moiseenko,A-Wang,H/Toronto 2003/CBM 95 ext (25)}) 12. c4
Qd8 13. Be3 b5 $1 {Volokitin does not want to stay in passivity and offers a
typical pawn sacrifice.} 14. cxb5 O-O 15. Nec3 $6 {After this move white will
have problems to complete the development.} ({Comes to consideration} 15. Nbc3
Re8 16. Kf2) 15... Re8 16. Be2 Nh5 $1 17. Qd2 (17. O-O Bf6 18. Bf2 (18. Qd2 $4
Rxe3 19. Qxe3 Bd4 $19) 18... Nf4 $36) 17... Bf6 18. a4 (18. f4 $2 {[%csl Rh5]}
{[%tqu "En","Please enter a move for black","","","h5f4","",10]} Nxf4 $1 19.
Bxf4 Bg4 $17 {White is not able to save his extra piece.}) 18... a6 19. Ra2 {
Moving the rook out of the attack of black's bishop.} axb5 20. axb5 $2 {
This recapture has serious tactical drawback.} (20. Nxb5 $6 Na6 $36 {[%cal
Ga6b4]}) (20. Bxb5 Bd7 21. Bxd7 Nxd7 22. Nd1 Qb8 23. Ra3 $13) 20... Rxa2 $2 ({
Black could take benefit of white's uncastled king by} 20... Bxc3 $1 21. Nxc3
Rxa2 22. Nxa2 Qe7 23. Kf2 (23. Bf2 Nf4 $17 {[%csl Re2,Rg2]}) 23... Qh4+ 24. Kg1
$2 (24. Kf1 Ng3+) 24... Rxe3 25. Qxe3 Qe1+ 26. Bf1 Qxe3#) 21. Nxa2 Nd7 {
Black still keeps excellent compensation for the pawn. White has to play very
carefully.} 22. Nbc3 Nb6 23. Ne4 {White has to block the "e" file in order to
castle.} (23. O-O $4 Rxe3 24. Qxe3 Bd4 $19) 23... Bh4+ $1 24. g3 f5 {Black's
play is very tempting.} 25. Bg5 Bxg5 26. Nxg5 c4 $6 {Trying to open second
front, but it was probably a time to pick up the Pd5.} (26... Nf6 27. O-O (27.
Nc3 Bb7 28. Ne6 Qe7 29. Nf4 Kh8 $1 $17) 27... Nfxd5 28. Bc4 Bb7 $17 {White can
not make use of the temporary pin along the diagonal a2-g8.}) 27. O-O {Finally.
..} cxb3 28. Nb4 {White sacrificed back a pawn, but coordinated his forces a
little bit. The chances are about equal now.} f4 29. Ne4 fxg3 30. hxg3 Nxg3 $1
{[%mdl 512] Very nice piece sacrifice, which keeps black's initiative.} (30...
Rxe4 $2 31. fxe4 Nxg3 32. Rb1 Nxe4 33. Qe3 $16) 31. Nxg3 Qh4 32. Ne4 {The
safest continuation.} (32. Qe1 Bh3 33. Ne4 Rxe4 34. fxe4 Qg5+ 35. Kf2 Qf4+ 36.
Kg1 Qg5+ $11) ({After} 32. Nh1 $5 Bf5 $1 {Black has strong compensation, since
white's pieces are badly placed.}) 32... Rxe4 {Finishing the game in a
perpetual check.} 33. fxe4 Qg3+ 34. Kh1 Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.04"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Hall, Jesper"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden III"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 f5 6. c4 e5 $6 {A very rare
and not the best move. Black seizes some space in the centre, but his Pf5 will
become a target for White's pieces, since the move e7-e6 is no longer
available for Black.} ({The main line continues with} 6... Bg7 7. Nc3 d6) 7.
Nc3 Qg6 $146 {Transfering the queen to the kingside before playing d6. In case
of the immediate 7...d6 the black queen will be misplaced on b6.} (7... d6 8.
Qc2 Nd7 9. e3 Nf6 10. O-O-O Bg7 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. Nh4 e4 13. g3 $14 {0-1 Vehi
Bach,V-Baron Rodriguez,J/Barbera 1995/EXT 97 (54)}) 8. g3 $1 {The best way of
development. The bishop will go to h3 pressing Pf5.} d6 9. Bh3 Nd7 ({A
probably safer way of development for Black would have been:} 9... Na6 10. Nf3
Be7 {followed by Nc7,Bd7 etc.}) 10. Qc2 Nf6 11. Nf3 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Gf3h4]}
Ng4 (11... Qh5 12. Nh4 Ng4 {is a transposition.}) 12. Nh4 Qh5 13. Nb5 Kd8 14.
f3 $1 Ne3 ({The passive retreat was probably not worse:} 14... Nh6 15. Qc3 Be7
16. f4 Bxh4 17. gxh4 (17. fxe5 Bg5 18. Bg2 Ng4 19. Nxd6 Ne3 20. Bf3 Qg6 21. e6
Rf8 22. Nxb7+ Bxb7 23. Qa5+ Ke7 24. Qxc5+ Kf6 25. Qd4+ Ke7 26. Qc5+ Kf6 27.
Qd4+ $11) 17... Qxh4+ 18. Qg3 Qxg3+ 19. hxg3 Ke7 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. O-O-O $44)
15. Qc3 Be7 $2 {Black was probably too optimistic about his chances.} (15... f4
$1 16. Bxc8 Kxc8 17. Qa5 b6 18. Qa6+ (18. Qa4 Kb8 19. Nc7 Kxc7 20. Qc6+ Kb8 21.
Qe8+ Kb7 22. Qc6+ $11) 18... Kb8 19. Nxa7 Rxa7 20. Qxb6+ Rb7 21. Qd8+ Ka7 22.
Qa5+ $11) 16. f4 $1 {Now black's centre is under heavy pressure.} Bxh4 $2 {
The decisive mistake.} (16... Ng4 17. Bxg4 fxg4 18. O-O {The position seems to
be in white's favour, but this option was definitely the better over the one
chosen by IM Hall.}) 17. Qxe3 Be7 {[%tqu "En","What would you suggest for
White?","","","f4e5","Very effective and well-calculated sacrifice. Black's
centre falls apart completely.",12]} 18. fxe5 $1 {[%mdl 640] A very effective
and well-calculated sacrifice. Black's centre falls apart completely.} Bg5 (
18... Qxh3 19. exd6 Bf6 20. Qxc5 Qg2 21. Qc7+ Ke8 22. d7+ Bxd7 23. Nd6+ Ke7 24.
Nxf5+ Ke8 25. Nd6+ Ke7 26. Rf1 Qxh2 27. Nf5+ Ke8 28. Qd6 Bxf5 29. Qxf6 Qxg3+
30. Kd2 $18) 19. Qf2 $1 {White must keep an eye on the Pc5.} Qxh3 20. Nxd6 Qh5
(20... Rf8 21. Qxc5 Qh6 22. Nb5 Bd2+ 23. Kf1 Ba5 24. e6 fxe6 25. dxe6 Bxe6 26.
Nd4 $18 {[%csl Ra5,Re6,Rf8]}) 21. Qxc5 Be7 {Other moves do not save as well.}
22. Rd1 (22. Nxb7+ $1 Bxb7 23. d6 Rc8 24. Qxa7 $18) 22... Qg6 {[%tqu "En",
"Continue the attack.","","","d6b7","",10]} 23. Nxb7+ $1 Bxb7 24. d6 Rc8 {
Black has to give all his extra material and more to avoid mate.} (24... Bg5
25. Qc7+ Ke8 26. Qxb7 Rd8 27. c5 $18 {[%csl Gc5,Gd6]}) 25. dxe7+ Ke8 26. Qd4
Kxe7 27. Qd7+ Kf8 28. Qxb7 {White is just a few pawns up with a continous
attack.} Rxc4 29. O-O {Castling on move 29 is not often to see!} Re4 30. Rf2
Kg7 31. Rd6 Qg4 32. Rf6 {[%csl Rf5,Rf7]} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.05"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bh4 (3. Bf4 {is a more popular continuation.}) 3... c5
{This leads to an extremely sharp line, which can be rarely seen on high level
nowadays...} (3... d5 4. f3 Nd6 {is a solid alternative.}) 4. f3 g5 5. fxe4
gxh4 6. e3 {The arisen position is double-edged. On the one hand, White has
better control of the centre and most likely his pieces will come into the
battle faster than the black ones. On the other hand, after White's
dark-squared bishop has gone, the dark squares in his camp are vulnerable and
this becomes a source for black's counterplay.} (6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Rg8 8. e5
Nc6 9. Qe4 Qa5 10. Qxh7 Rg4 11. O-O-O Qxe5 12. Nf3 Qe3+ 13. Kb1 e6 14. Qh5 Rb4
15. Rd3 Qh6 16. Qxh6 Bxh6 17. e4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Mamedyarov,S-Van Wely,L/Moscow
2004 (53)}) 6... Qb6 (6... Bh6 7. Kf2 $5 {appeared many times in practice as
well.}) 7. Nc3 $1 {White does not care about his Pb2 and correctly develops
his pieces as fast as possible.} (7. b3 $6 {is not really in the spirit of the
variation.}) 7... e6 {Covering d5 square.} (7... Qxb2 $6 8. Nd5 Kd8 9. Rb1 Qa3
10. Qh5 cxd4 11. exd4 Nc6 12. Nf3 e6 13. Qxh4+ Ne7 14. Bd3 exd5 15. O-O dxe4
16. Ne5 Kc7 17. Nxf7 exd3 18. Rb3 Qa6 19. Nxh8 {1-0 Hodgson,J-Thipsay,P/
Southampton 1986}) 8. Nf3 (8. Rb1 {is possible, but does not suit White's play.
If black will manage to complete his development safely, his position will be
better thanks to a strong dark-squared bishop.}) 8... Qxb2 (8... Nc6 $6 9. d5
Qxb2 10. Nb5 Nb4 11. Rb1 Qxa2 12. Rxb4 Qa5 13. d6 Qxb4+ 14. Kf2 Bg7 15. Nc7+
Kf8 16. Nxa8 Qxe4 17. Nc7 $16 {1-0 Maljutin,E-Aleksandrov,A/Wisla 1992 (61)})
9. Nb5 Qb4+ 10. Kf2 (10. c3 Qa5 11. Ne5 d6 $2 (11... a6 12. Nc4 Qxb5 13. Nd6+
Bxd6 14. Bxb5 axb5 $15) 12. Nc4 Qd8 13. e5 d5 14. Ncd6+ Bxd6 15. Nxd6+ Kd7 16.
Nxf7 $18 {1-0 Tugui,A-Brajovic,R/Bucharest 2000 (27)}) 10... Qa5 (10... cxd4
11. Qxd4 Qxd4 12. exd4 Na6 13. e5 b6 14. Nxh4 Bb7 15. Nf3 Be7 16. Bd3 O-O 17.
c3 f6 $11 {Aleksandrov,A-Bologan,V/Oakham 1992}) 11. Ne5 a6 (11... Bh6 $2 12.
Nd6+ Ke7 13. Ndc4 Qd8 14. Qh5 $40 {1/2-1/2 Felegyhazi,L-Tengely,S/Nyirsegi
Torna 1998 (32)}) 12. Qh5 (12. Nc4 $6 Qxb5 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. Bxb5 axb5 {
and Black's light pieces should overcome White's queen.}) 12... Be7 $8 13. Nd6+
$1 $146 {This novelty is actually the only reasonable continuation for White.}
(13. Nc4 $6 Qxb5 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Bxb5 axb5 16. Rhf1 Nc6 17. Kg1 Rf8 18. e5
Be7 19. c3 Ra3 $17 {0-1 Agababean,N-Saljova,S/Yerevan 1996 (38)}) (13. Qxf7+ $2
Kd8 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Gh8f8,Gf8f2]}) 13... Bxd6 14. Qxf7+ Kd8 15. Nc4 (15. Qf6+
Kc7 16. Qxh8 cxd4 17. Nf3 (17. exd4 $2 Qd2+ {[%csl Rd4,Rf2]}) 17... dxe3+ 18.
Kxe3 Nc6 19. Bd3 Ne5 {with good compensation for the exchange, since White's
king is wandering around in the centre and the dark squares are under Black's
control.}) 15... Qc3 16. Nxd6 {This leads to a more or less forced draw.} ({
A possible way to continue the fight was} 16. Qf6+ $5 Kc7 17. Qxh8 Nc6 18. Bd3
(18. Nxd6 Qxa1 19. Ne8+ Kb8 20. Qf8 cxd4 21. Qd6+ Ka7 22. exd4 Qc1 {and Black
is not worse.}) 18... cxd4 19. Ke2 {with an irrational position, which is very
hard to evaluate.}) 16... cxd4 $1 17. Qf6+ Kc7 {[%cal Gd4e3,Gc3f6,Gc3a1]} 18.
exd4 $8 Kxd6 19. Qe5+ {Now it's a perpetual check.} Ke7 (19... Kc6 $4 20. d5+ {
[%csl Rc3] winning the queen.}) 20. Qg7+ Kd6 21. Qe5+ Ke7 22. Qg7+ Kd6 23. Qe5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Igualada"]
[Site "Igualada"]
[Date "2005.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2005.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ {This check forces White to play
c2-c3, which block this natural developing square for White's queenside knight.
} 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 ({Another theoretical line is} 6. d5 {--> 1/2-1/2 Moiseenko,
A-Volokitin,A/Kharkov 2004/CBM 103 [Postny,E] (34)}) 6... cxd4 7. Nb3 Qb6 (7...
Qf5 8. Bxb8 Rxb8 9. Qxd4 b6 10. e4 Qf4 11. Nh3 Qc7 12. e5 Ng8 13. O-O-O $36 {
1/2-1/2 Nguyen,N-Ilincic,Z/Budapest 2004/CBM 102 ext (54)}) (7... Qd8 8. Bxb8 (
8. cxd4 d5 9. e3 e6 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Ne2 Nh5 12. O-O Nxf4 13. Nxf4 Bd6 $11 {
0-1 Nguyen Ngoc Truong,S-Belezky,S/Budapest 2004/CBM 98 ext (33)}) 8... Rxb8 9.
Qxd4 a6 10. Qa7 Qc7 11. e4 e6 12. Bxa6 Bd6 13. Bb5 Bxh2 14. Ne2 b6 15. Qxc7
Bxc7 $15 {0-1 Miladinovic,I-Georgiev,K/Skopje 2002/CBM 88 (34)}) 8. Qxd4 (8.
cxd4 {- 0-1 Hodgson,J-Gelfand,B/Groningen 1996/CBM 57 [Gelfand] (89)}) 8... Nc6
(8... Qxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e3 e6 11. g4 Nc6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. a3 $14 {1-0 Salov,
V-Akopian,V/Wijk aan Zee 1993/CBM 34 (43)}) 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Nd4 (10. e4 d5 $11
) (10. Be3 b5 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e6 13. e4 b4 14. Bb5 bxc3 15. Bxc3 Be7 16.
Ne2 O-O 17. Nf4 d6 18. a3 Rd8 19. O-O-O $14 {1-0 Miladinovic,I-Grigore,G/
Istanbul 2002/CBM 91 ext (44)}) 10... e5 ({A bit awkward, but also playable is
} 10... Ra5 $5 {The rook might be quite useful on the 5th rank.}) 11. Nxc6 exf4
12. Nd4 {Black's pawn structure is severely damaged, but he can count on his
counterplay using the absence of White's dark-squared bishop.} Bc5 (12... Bd6 {
appeared in the game Aleksandrov,A-Kotronias,V/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96 [Finkel] 
(1-0,39)}) (12... d5 {- see the annotated game McShane,L-Cvitan,O/Mallorca
2004/CBM 104 [Postny,E]}) (12... Nd5 13. e4 fxe3 14. Bc4 Nc7 15. Nge2 Bc5 16.
b4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 d5 18. Bb3 O-O 19. Ke2 Re8 20. Rhd1 Bd7 21. Rd3 Ne6 22. Nxe6
fxe6 23. Kxe3 Ba4 24. Re1 {1/2-1/2 Marzolo,C-Mamedov,R/Warsaw 2005}) 13. Nh3 (
13. g3 Bxd4 (13... Nd5 14. gxf4 Ne3 15. Kd2 Nxf1+ 16. Rxf1 Rxa2 17. Kc2 Bxd4
18. cxd4 d6 19. e3 Ke7 20. Ne2 Bh3 21. Rfg1 Rc8+ 22. Nc3 Kf8 23. e4 $16 {
1-0 Berkes,F-Flumbort,A/Paks 1998 (41)}) 14. cxd4 Ra4 15. gxf4 Nd5 16. f5 Rxd4
17. e4 Ne3 18. Ne2 Nc2+ 19. Kf2 Rd2 20. Rc1 d5 21. Bg2 dxe4 22. fxe4 Ke7 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Golubovic,B-Brenjo,S/Neum 2005 (46)}) 13... Nd5 14. e4 fxe3 15. Bc4 Nb4
$5 $146 {[%mdl 8] A very interesting novelty, which seems to solve Black's
problems (if they exist).} (15... Nf6 16. O-O-O d5 17. Bb5+ Kf8 18. a3 Bxh3 19.
gxh3 Rd8 20. Rd3 Rd6 21. Rxe3 Bxd4 22. cxd4 Re6 $11 {0-1 Schneider,I-Polzin,R/
Baden Baden 2005 (36)}) (15... Nc7 16. Nf4 O-O 17. O-O-O d5 (17... b5 {-
Hodgson,J-Sutovsky,E/York 1999/CBM 75 [Alterman,B]}) 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Rd8
20. Ne2 Bf5 21. Rhe1 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 Rxa2 23. Kd1 Rxb2 24. Rxf5 Ba3 25. Rg1 $1
$18 {1-0 Bruzon,L-Flores,D/Santa Clara 2004 (30)}) 16. O-O-O Bxd4 17. Rxd4 d5
$1 {The point.} 18. cxb4 (18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Bxh3 20. gxh3 O-O $11) (18.
Bb5+ Nc6 19. Rxd5 O-O 20. Re1 Bxh3 21. gxh3 Rfe8 22. a3 Re6 $13) 18... dxc4 19.
Re4+ Kf8 ({Worse is} 19... Be6 $6 20. a3 $14) 20. Re1 (20. a3 Bxh3 21. gxh3 Re8
22. Rxe8+ Kxe8 23. Re1 $11) 20... Bxh3 21. gxh3 Rxa2 22. Kb1 Ra8 23. R1xe3 $11
g6 {Black has no chance to hold his extra pawn anyway, so Volokitin correctly
completes the development of his kingside rook.} (23... Rc8 24. Rc3 $11 (24.
Re7 h5 25. Rxb7 Rh6 $11)) 24. Rxc4 Kg7 25. Re7 Rhe8 26. Rxb7 Re1+ 27. Kc2 (27.
Rc1 Ra1+ 28. Kxa1 Rxc1+ 29. Ka2 Rc2 30. Rxb6 Rxh2 31. b5 Rxh3 32. Rc6 Rxf3 33.
b6 Rf5 34. Rc3 Rb5 35. Rb3 Ra5+ 36. Ra3 Rb5 37. Rb3 $11) 27... Re2+ 28. Kb3
Re3+ $1 (28... Rxh2 $6 29. Rf4 Rf8 30. h4 $16) 29. Rc3 Re2 {Now, white is not
able to play Rf4 and attack Pf7.} 30. h4 (30. Rxb6 Rd8 $132 {[%cal Gd8d2]})
30... Rd8 31. h5 Rxh2 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. Rxb6 Rdd2 34. Ka4 Rxb2 35. Rbc6 {
White's passed pawn should not create an illusion of white's advantage. Black
can easily prevent it's advance, so the position is drawish.} Rb1 36. R3c4 g5
37. R4c5 f6 38. Rf5 Ra2+ 39. Kb5 Rab2 40. Rfxf6 Rxb4+ 41. Kc5 Rf4 42. Rxf4 gxf4
43. Kd5 Rb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 40th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2005.05.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2005.05.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 ({A solid, but a bit passive is:
} 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Nd2 g6 8. Ngf3 Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O {0-1 Anastasian,
A-Ghaem Maghami,E/Stepanakert 2004/CBM 100 [Finkel] (44)}) 5... Nc6 $6 {
A risky move. The statistics is pretty discouraging for black in this line.} ({
A rare and awkward is:} 5... Nd6 {1-0 Stefanova,A-Juswanto,D/Jakarta 2004/CBM
100 [Finkel] (43)}) (5... Qb6 6. Bxe4 dxe4 (6... Qxb2 $2 7. Bxd5 Qxa1 8. Nf3 e6
9. Bb3 cxd4 10. O-O Nc6 11. exd4 Be7 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Bb4 15. Bxb4
Nxb4 16. Qd2 $18 {[%csl Ra1] 1-0 Stefanova,A-Grobelsek,A/Rabac 2003/CBM 96 ext
(22)}) 7. Nc3 Qxb2 8. Nge2 Bg4 9. Nxe4 Bxe2 10. Kxe2 cxd4 11. Qd3 f5 12. Ng5
Nc6 13. Ne6 Rc8 14. Rhb1 Qc3 15. Qxc3 dxc3 16. Rxb7 $18 {1-0 Adams,M-Xie Jun/
Hastings 1996/CBM 57 (22)}) ({A reliable alternative for black is:} 5... Nf6 {
1-0 McShane,L-Sutovsky,E/Pamplona 2003/CBM 99 [Finkel] (33)}) (5... cxd4 6.
Bxe4 dxe4 7. exd4 Qb6 {- 0-1 Stefanova,A-Mamedyarov,S/Wijk aan Zee 2005/CBM
106 [Postny,E]}) 6. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 7. d5 {This tempting continuation is a source
of worry for Black in this line.} ({After the solid} 7. Ne2 {Jobava didn't
survive as well in the game against Bruzon played several rounds later, though
black's play could be definitely improved.}) 7... Nb4 (7... e5 {--> Radjabov,
T-Polgar,J/Benidorm 2003/CBM 99 [Finkel]}) 8. Nc3 e6 (8... Bf5 9. a3 Na6 10. f3
$16 {Kornev,A-Prokopchuk,E/Nefteyugansk 2002/CBM 92 [Tsesarsky]}) 9. d6 {
The whole fight now will be around this mighty pawn. Black must eliminate it,
otherwise he will never complete the development.} Nc6 (9... f5 10. f3 $36) (
9... Qa5 $5 {deserves further investigation:} 10. Nge2 Bd7 11. O-O f5 12. a3
Nc6 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 Qb6 15. b5 Nd8 16. Nd4 Nf7 17. Na4 Qd8 18. Nxe6 Bxe6
19. Nc5 Qc8 20. Qd4 $40 {Hodgson,J-Tseitlin,M/Ischia 1996/CBM 54 [Stohl]}) 10.
Nge2 $146 (10. Nxe4 f5 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Nf6+ Kf7 13. Nxh7 Rxh7 14. d7 Be7 15.
Nf3 Qxb2 16. O-O Qb6 17. dxc8=Q Rxc8 18. Rb1 $18 {Speelman,J-Wang Yaoyao/
Beijing 1997/CBM 61 [Speelman]}) 10... f5 $2 {After this move Black is already
losing by force.} (10... e5 11. Nb5 exf4 (11... Qa5+ $2 12. Nec3) 12. Nc7+ Kd7
13. Nxa8 fxe3 14. fxe3 Bxd6 {Despite the fact that the king is wandering, this
position could well be playable for Black.}) 11. Nb5 Kf7 12. Nc7 Rb8 {[%tqu
"En","Find the best move.","","","g2g4","This pawn thrust destroys black's
position completely.",10]} 13. g4 $1 {This pawn thrust destroys black's
position completely.} fxg4 (13... g5 14. gxf5 $1 gxf4 15. Nxf4 $1 {[%cal Gd1h5]
} Bxd6 16. Qh5+ Kf6 17. Qh6+ Kxf5 18. Ncxe6 $18) ({After} 13... g6 14. gxf5
gxf5 15. Nd4 $1 {[%cal Gd1h5]} h5 16. Nxf5 $1 {Black can't survive as well.})
14. Ng3 Nb4 (14... g5 15. Qxg4 $1 gxf4 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. Rg1 Bg7 (17... fxg3 18.
Rxg3+ Bg7 19. Qh6 Qf8 20. Ne8 $1 $18) 18. Nxe4 {with a crushing attack.}) 15.
a3 Nd5 16. Nxe4 Nxf4 17. exf4 Kg8 18. Qxg4 {White has material advantage and
strong attack as well. Black could resign already.} h5 19. Qg3 b5 20. Rg1 Rh6
21. O-O-O Kh8 22. Nxc5 b4 23. axb4 Rxb4 24. d7 Rc4 25. N5xe6 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.02"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Serbia & Montenegro"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 {This exchange always leads to a strategically
unbalanced position.} gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 f5 (5... Bg7 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 f5 8.
c3 {- see the annotated game Lakdawala,C-Nakamura,H/San Diego 2004/CBM 105 
[Postny,E]}) (5... Na6 6. c4 f5 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. e3 e5 10. Be2 Qh6 11.
Qd2 d6 12. O-O-O Nc7 $132 {0-1 Comas Fabrego,L-Khenkin,I/Andorra 2004/CBM 101
ext (68)}) 6. c4 (6. g3 Bg7 7. c3 Na6 8. Bg2 Nc7 9. Nh3 O-O 10. Qc2 Qh6 11. Nf4
e5 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Nd2 d5 14. Rd1 b5 15. O-O c4 $15 {0-1 Cebalo,M-Zelcic,R/
Rabac 2004/CBM 102 ext (49)}) 6... Bg7 7. Nc3 d6 {Black's play is based mainly
on the dark squares, using the absence of White's antagonist. White, from his
side. will try to make use of Black's damaged pawn structure.} (7... e6 8. e3
Na6 9. Bd3 d6 10. a3 Bd7 11. Nge2 O-O-O 12. Qd2 Kb8 13. O-O Rdg8 14. Rab1 Bf6
15. e4 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Rg4 17. Qd3 Be7 18. f4 Nc7 {1/2-1/2 Wells,P-Nakamura,H/
Port Erin 2004/CBM 102 ext (18)}) 8. e3 Nd7 9. Qc2 Ne5 (9... Qa5 10. Nf3 b5 11.
cxb5 Nb6 12. Nd2 a6 (12... Bb7 13. Nb3 Qb4 14. a3 {1-0 McShane,L-Sutovsky,E/
Rethymnon 2003/CBM 098 [Finkel] (36)}) 13. Nc4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 Rb8 15. O-O axb5
16. Bd3 c4 17. Bxf5 b4 18. Nd1 Ba6 19. Rb1 Qxd5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Kovacevic,
B-Fedorov,A/Warsaw POL 2005/The Week in Chess 555 (44)}) (9... Nf6 10. Bd3 e6
11. Nge2 Bd7 12. a3 h5 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. O-O Ng4 15. h3 Ne5 16. f4 Nxd3 17. Qxd3
O-O-O 18. b4 $14 {1-0 Manninen,M-Paronen,P/Jyvaskyla 2002/EXT 2004 (29)}) 10.
Nh3 $146 (10. Be2 h5 11. Rb1 Bd7 12. Nh3 h4 13. O-O Qc7 14. a3 a6 15. Nf4 $13 {
1/2-1/2 Gerstner,W-Acs,P/Germany 2004/CBM 100 ext (60)}) 10... h5 {The purpose
of this push is to prevent the manoeuvre Nh3-f4-h5. In some cases the kingside
rook might be developed to the 6th rank via h6.} 11. Be2 Bd7 12. O-O h4 13. a3
Rh6 (13... O-O-O $6 14. Rfb1 $36 {[%cal Gb2b4]}) 14. Rab1 {Preparing b2-b4.
Now, if Black's castling queenside, he may find himself under dangerous attack.
Therefore, Black's next move is understandable.} Kf8 15. Rbe1 {McShane decided
to switch his plan, clearly indicating that the black king is his main target
in this game...} Kg8 16. f4 Ng4 17. Bd3 {[%csl Rf5]} e6 18. Re2 ({The immediate
} 18. Kh1 {[%cal Ge3e4] was possible as well.}) 18... Rf8 19. Kh1 {Moving the
king out of the diagonal a7-g1, which is obviously useful for White
considering the forthcoming e3-e4 advance.} Qd8 {The queen had nothing to do
on b6 anymore.} 20. e4 {White made all necessary preparations, so it's time
for the strike in the centre.} Bxc3 $6 {Quite a risky exchange of Black's key
defender.} (20... fxe4 21. Nxe4 exd5 22. cxd5 Nf6 $13) 21. Qxc3 fxe4 22. Bxe4
Nf6 23. Rfe1 $6 (23. dxe6 Nxe4 24. exf7+ Rxf7 25. Rxe4 Bc6 26. Re2 Qf6 {
and Black's strong bishop provides him a reasonable compensation for the pawn.}
) (23. Nf2 $5 {might be an improvement for white.}) 23... exd5 24. Bxd5 Nxd5
25. cxd5 Qf6 26. Qf3 {Correctly avoiding the exchange of queens. In the
middlegame white has chances to create threats against black's vulnerable king.
} Bxh3 27. gxh3 $1 {Opening the g-file.} (27. Qxh3 $6 Qxf4) 27... Rg6 28. f5
Rg7 29. Re4 b5 $2 {The plan of advancing the queenside pawns is too slow. It
was necessary to create the immediate counterplay by simply capturing the Pb2.}
(29... Qxb2 30. f6 Rg6 {Looks extremely dangerous for black, however the
concrete variations yield White no more than a draw:} 31. Rg4 (31. Rg1 Rxg1+
32. Kxg1 Qc1+ 33. Kg2 Qd2+ $11) 31... Qc2 32. Reg1 {[%cal Gg4g2]} c4 $8 33. Qf4
Qd3 34. Qh6 Qxd5+ 35. R1g2 Qd1+ 36. Rg1 Qf3+ $11) 30. Rg4 Rd8 31. Qf4 c4 32.
Rxh4 Qxb2 $2 {A clear tactical oversight, but black's position is very tough
already.} (32... Rg5 $2 33. Qxg5+ Qxg5 34. Rg4 f6 35. Rxg5+ fxg5 36. Re6 $18) (
32... a5 $16) {[%tqu "En","Can you spot a forced mate?","","","h4h8","Very
neat tactical twist.",5]} 33. Rh8+ $1 {[%mdl 64] A very neat tactical twist.}
Kxh8 34. Qh4+ (34. Qh4+ Kg8 (34... Rh7 35. Qxd8+ Kg7 36. Rg1+ Kh6 37. Qg5#) 35.
Qxd8+ Kh7 36. Qh4+ Kg8 37. Re8# {Nice geometrical work of white's queen.}) 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 40th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2005.05.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2005.05.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 ({Solid, but a bit passive is:} 
5. c3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Nd2 g6 8. Ngf3 Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O {0-1 Anastasian,
A-Ghaem Maghami,E/Stepanakert 2004/CBM 100 [Finkel] (44)}) 5... Nc6 $6 {
A crushing defeat against Ivanchuk few rounds before didn't discourage Jobava
to repeat this risky line.} ({Rare and awkward is:} 5... Nd6 {1-0 Stefanova,
A-Juswanto,D/Jakarta 2004/CBM 100 [Finkel] (43)}) (5... Qb6 6. Bxe4 dxe4 (6...
Qxb2 $2 7. Bxd5 Qxa1 8. Nf3 e6 9. Bb3 cxd4 10. O-O Nc6 11. exd4 Be7 12. Bd2 Bb4
13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Bb4 15. Bxb4 Nxb4 16. Qd2 $18 {[%csl Ra1] 1-0 Stefanova,
A-Grobelsek,A/Rabac 2003/CBM 96 ext (22)}) 7. Nc3 Qxb2 8. Nge2 Bg4 9. Nxe4 Bxe2
10. Kxe2 cxd4 11. Qd3 f5 12. Ng5 Nc6 13. Ne6 Rc8 14. Rhb1 Qc3 15. Qxc3 dxc3 16.
Rxb7 $18 {1-0 Adams,M-Xie Jun/Hastings 1996/CBM 57 (22)}) ({A reliable
alternative for Black is:} 5... Nf6 {1-0 McShane,L-Sutovsky,E/Pamplona 2003/
CBM 99 [Finkel] (33)}) (5... cxd4 6. Bxe4 dxe4 7. exd4 Qb6 {- 0-1 Stefanova,
A-Mamedyarov,S/Wijk aan Zee 2005/CBM 106 [Postny,E]}) 6. Bxe4 dxe4 7. Ne2 {
Bruzon chooses a more solid continuation, probably suspecting an improvement
in the principled 7.d5 line.} (7. d5 {- see the above-mentioned game Ivanchuk,
V-Jobava,B/Havana 2005/CBM 107 (1-0,25) [Postny,E]}) 7... cxd4 8. exd4 Bg4 9.
h3 $146 (9. Nbc3 e6 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nxe4 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nxd4 13. Qd3 Nc6 14.
O-O-O Qxd3 15. Rxd3 $36 {1-0 Hodgson,J-Wells,P/Oxford 1998/CBM 69 [Wells] (30)}
) 9... Bxe2 {Black is consequent, though 9...Bh5 looks safer.} 10. Qxe2 Qxd4 (
10... Nxd4 11. Qxe4 Qb6 12. Nc3 (12. O-O e6 13. Be3 O-O-O $11 {[%cal Gb6c6]} (
13... Bc5 $2 14. Nc3 {[%cal Gc3a4]})) (12. Nd2 e6 13. Be5 Nc6 14. Nc4 Qa6 {
and white does not achieve much.}) 12... Qxb2 13. Qxd4 Qxa1+ 14. Ke2 Qxh1 (
14... Qb2 $4 15. Qa4+ b5 16. Nxb5 $18) 15. Qa4+ Kd8 16. Qa5+ Kd7 17. Qb5+ Kd8 {
and White does not have more than a perpetual check.}) 11. Nc3 e5 (11... f5 $2
12. Nb5 Qxb2 13. Nc7+ Kf7 14. Qc4+ Kg6 15. O-O $18) 12. Be3 Qb4 $2 {A grave
mistake. This move allows White to castle queenside, while the black queen
will get under attack soon by Nd5.} ({A normal continuation was} 12... Qd7 13.
Rd1 Qe6 14. Nxe4 Be7 {and Black completes the development.}) 13. O-O-O Be7 (
13... f5 14. Nd5 Qa5 15. Qh5+ g6 16. Qh4 Be7 17. Nxe7 Nxe7 18. Qf6 Rf8 19. Qe6
Qc7 20. Bg5 {[%cal Gd1d2,Gh1d1] with decisive attack.}) 14. Qg4 Kf8 {Sad
necessity.} (14... O-O 15. Bh6 g6 16. Bxf8 Rxf8 17. Qxe4 $18) 15. Nd5 Qa5 16.
Nxe7 Nxe7 17. Qd7 Rc8 $2 {This loses straight away, but Black's position is
beyond saving anyway.} ({A bit more stubborn was} 17... Re8 18. Kb1 $18) {
[%tqu "En","Find the decisive move.","","","e3c5","Exploiting the weakness of
the 8th rank.",5]} 18. Bc5 $1 {Exploiting the weakness of the 8th rank.} Re8
19. Rd5 (19. Rd5 Qxa2 20. Qxe7+ Rxe7 21. Rd8#) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. dxc5 ({More popular continuations are:} 4. f3
) ({and} 4. d5) 4... Nc6 {Black does not bother himself with recapturing the
pawn, but plays for a quick development.} (4... Qa5+ 5. Nd2 e5 6. Bg3 (6. Bxe5
Nxf2 $1 7. Kxf2 Qxc5+ $15) 6... Bxc5 7. e3 Nxd2 8. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 9. Kxd2 d6 10.
Bc4 Ke7 11. Ne2 Be6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Teske,H-Ftacnik,L/Germany 1996/GER-chT (42)})
(4... Nxc5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Qd2 Ne6 8. Bh6 Bxh6 9. Qxh6 Qc7 10. e3 Ne5
11. Be2 Ng4 12. Qh4 Nf6 13. O-O-O a6 14. g4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Claverie,C-Cornette,M/
Evry 2002/CBM 88 ext (33)}) 5. Qd5 $6 {A principled, but risky continuation.} (
5. Nf3 Qa5+ 6. Nbd2 e5 7. Be3 Bxc5 8. Bxc5 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 Qxc5 10. e4 O-O 11. Rd1
d6 12. c3 Be6 13. Ng5 Rad8 14. b4 Qb6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bc4 Rf6 17. O-O $14 {
1-0 Lorenz,G-Polzin,R/Germany 1998/GER-chT (50)}) 5... f5 $1 {This effective
idea was introduced by Boleslavsky 60 years ago!} 6. e3 (6. Qxf5 d5 7. Qh5+ g6
8. Qh4 Nd4 9. Be5 (9. Na3 Nf5 $1 $19) 9... Nxc2+ 10. Kd1 Nxa1 11. Bxh8 Qa5 12.
Nc3 Nxc3+ 13. Bxc3 Qxa2 $17 {0-1 Tolush,A-Boleslavsky,I/Moscow 1945/URS-ch/
[Chekhov] (26)}) 6... e6 7. Qd1 Bxc5 8. Nd2 O-O 9. Ngf3 d5 {Black has very
nice game already.} 10. Nb3 $2 $146 {After this move white is already in
serious troubles. It was much better to keep the knight on d2, keeping the
option to exchange on e4 at appropriate moment.} (10. Be2 Qe7 (10... g5 $2 11.
Nxe4 fxe4 12. Nxg5 e5 13. Bg3 $16 {[%csl Rd5]}) 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13.
Bxd6 Nxd6 14. O-O {1/2-1/2 Kogan,A-Miladinovic,I/Salou 2000/CBM 80 (14)}) 10...
Bb6 11. Bb5 g5 $1 12. Bg3 Ne7 $1 {The threat 13...Ng6 followed by 14...f4 can
not be parried in a satisfactory way.} 13. Bd3 (13. Be5 f4 14. Bd4 fxe3 15.
fxe3 g4 $40) 13... Ng6 14. Qe2 ({Does not help:} 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Ne5 (15.
Qxd8 Bxd8 $19 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Gf5f4]}) 15... f4 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. exf4 gxf4
18. Qg4 g5 $1 19. Bh4 Rf5 {and white's bishop is trapped anyway.}) 14... f4 $19
{White just did not manage to survive the opening...} 15. exf4 gxf4 16. O-O-O
Qe7 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 fxg3 19. fxg3 e5 {Black has an extra piece for only
two pawns, so his position is winning. White can only hope for some practical
chances in the middlegame.} 20. Rhe1 Bf5 21. Qd5+ Kg7 22. Rd2 Rfd8 23. Qb5 Rac8
24. c3 Rd6 $6 ({Stronger would have been} 24... Qf6 $19 {[%cal Ga7a6,Ge5e4]})
25. Qb4 (25. Nh4 Nxh4 26. Rxe5 Qf6 27. gxh4 a6 28. Rxd6 Qxd6 29. Qe2 Rf8 $19)
25... Rcd8 (25... Rxd2 26. Qxe7+ Nxe7 27. Nbxd2 {white has some chances in the
endgame.}) 26. Rxd6 Rxd6 27. Nbd2 a5 28. Qa4 Rd3 $6 {Jobava is trying to
finish the game with direct attack, but gives to his opponent some chances as
well.} ({More accurate was} 28... Re6 {[%cal Ge5e4]} 29. Ne4 Rc6) 29. g4 Be6 $6
({Nice idea was pointed by Fritz:} 29... Bd7 30. Qe4 Re3 $1 31. Rxe3 Bc6 32.
Qd3 Nf4 33. Qf5 Bxe3 $19) 30. Qb5 Rd6 31. Nc4 $6 ({I don't understand, why
white did not capture the exchange:} 31. Ne4 Bxg4 (31... Rc6 $2 32. Nxe5) 32.
Nxd6 Qxd6 {Black is still on top, but at least white has improved his material
balance.}) 31... Bxc4 32. Qxc4 Qd7 33. Qe4 Qb5 $2 {Black is playing second
part of the game with clear negligence. There was no reason at all to give a
pawn on b7.} (33... Qc6 34. Qxc6 bxc6 35. Nxe5 Re6 36. Nd3 Rxe1+ 37. Nxe1 Ne5
38. h3 Kf6 $19 {[%cal Gf6g5,Gg5f4]}) 34. Qxb7+ Rd7 35. Qe4 {White has already
three pawns for the piece, so black must be careful not to spoil his advantage
completely.} Bf2 $6 {Another hasty move.} (35... Qd5 $142) 36. Re2 Bc5 (36...
Nf4 37. Rd2 Rxd2 38. Nxd2 Nd3+ 39. Kc2 {and white survives.}) 37. h4 (37. Nxe5
$2 Re7 $19) 37... Bd6 38. g3 a4 39. h5 Nf8 40. Rd2 $2 {Allowing black to
penetrate with the queen.} ({After} 40. Nh4 Kh8 41. Nf5 Bc7 42. g5 {the result
of this game is already hard to predict.}) 40... a3 $1 41. b3 Qf1+ 42. Rd1 (42.
Kc2 $2 Qa1 $19) 42... Qf2 43. Rd2 Qxg3 {Now black is on top again.} 44. Kc2 Rf7
45. Ng5 Rc7 46. h6+ (46. Rxd6 Qxc3+ 47. Kd1 Qc1+ 48. Ke2 Rc2+ $19) 46... Kh8
47. Rd3 Qh2+ 48. Rd2 Qxh6 49. Qf5 Kg8 50. Ne4 Be7 51. Qxe5 Qc6 $19 52. Rf2 Ng6
53. Qf5 Bh4 $1 54. Rf1 Re7 55. Nd2 Kg7 {Black parried all white's threats.} 56.
Rf3 h6 $1 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Gh4g5]} 57. b4 Bg5 58. b5 Qa8 59. Rd3 Bxd2 ({
More convincing was} 59... Qa4+ 60. Nb3 Re2+ 61. Kd1 Rxa2 62. Qd7+ Ne7 $19) 60.
Rd6 $1 Bg5 $2 (60... Ne5 $3 61. Qf6+ Kg8 62. Qxe7 Qe4+ 63. Kxd2 (63. Kb3 Qc4+
64. Kc2 Qxc3+ 65. Kd1 Qc1+ 66. Ke2 Qe1#) 63... Nf3+ $19 {[%csl Rd2,Re7]}) 61.
Rxg6+ Kh8 62. Kb3 (62. Rxh6+ $1 Bxh6 63. Qf6+ Kg8 (63... Rg7 64. Qxh6+ Kg8 65.
Qe6+ {and white gives a perpetual.}) 64. Qxe7 Qa4+ 65. Kd3 Qxb5+ 66. Kd4 Bg7+
67. Ke3 {and i don't see clear win for black.}) 62... Re2 63. Ra6 Qg8+ 64. Kb4
$2 (64. c4 Re3+ 65. Kb4 {could be much tougher task for black.}) 64... Be7+ {
Finally, white's king trapped for a deadly attack.} 65. Ka5 Bd8+ 66. b6 Qe8 67.
Kb4 Rb2+ 68. Kxa3 Rb5 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ {This check forces white to play
c2-c3, which will rob from white's queenside knight his natural developing
square.} 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 ({Another theoretical line is} 6. d5 {1/2-1/2
Moiseenko,A-Volokitin,A/Kharkov 2004/CBM 103 [Postny,E] (34)}) 6... cxd4 7. Nb3
Qb6 (7... Qf5 8. Bxb8 Rxb8 9. Qxd4 b6 10. e4 Qf4 11. Nh3 Qc7 12. e5 Ng8 13.
O-O-O $36 {1/2-1/2 Nguyen,N-Ilincic,Z/Budapest 2004/CBM 102 ext (54)}) (7...
Qd8 8. Bxb8 (8. cxd4 d5 9. e3 e6 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Ne2 Nh5 12. O-O Nxf4 13. Nxf4
Bd6 $11 {0-1 Nguyen Ngoc Truong,S-Belezky,S/Budapest 2004/CBM 98 ext (33)})
8... Rxb8 9. Qxd4 a6 10. Qa7 Qc7 11. e4 e6 12. Bxa6 Bd6 13. Bb5 Bxh2 14. Ne2 b6
15. Qxc7 Bxc7 $15 {0-1 Miladinovic,I-Georgiev,K/Skopje 2002/CBM 88 (34)}) 8.
Qxd4 (8. cxd4 {0-1 Hodgson,J-Gelfand,B/Groningen 1996/CBM 57 [Gelfand] (89)})
8... Nc6 (8... Qxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e3 e6 11. g4 Nc6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. a3 $14 {
1-0 Salov,V-Akopian,V/Wijk aan Zee 1993/CBM 34 (43)}) 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Nd4 (10.
e4 d5 $11) (10. Be3 b5 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e6 13. e4 b4 14. Bb5 bxc3 15. Bxc3
Be7 16. Ne2 O-O 17. Nf4 d6 18. a3 Rd8 19. O-O-O $14 {1-0 Miladinovic,I-Grigore,
G/Istanbul 2002/CBM 91 ext (44)}) 10... e5 ({Appeared few times in practice:} 
10... Ra5 $5) 11. Nxc6 exf4 12. Nd4 {Black has an ugly pawn structure, but
usually gets sufficient counterplay using the dark holes in white's camp.} d5 (
12... Bd6 {appeared in the game Aleksandrov,A-Kotronias,V/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96
[Finkel] (1-0,39)}) 13. e3 fxe3 14. Ke2 g6 $6 $146 {This way of development is
too slow.} (14... Bd6 15. Kxe3 O-O 16. Kf2 Bd7 17. Bd3 Bc6 18. Nge2 Nd7 19. a3
Ne5 20. Rad1 Rfe8 21. g3 g6 22. Nf4 Bc5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Rogers,I-Ftacnik,L/
Znojmo 1999/CBM 70 ext (58)}) (14... Bc5 15. Kxe3 Bd7 16. Bd3 Kd8 17. Nge2 Ne8
18. Kd2 Nc7 19. Bc2 Ne6 20. Bb3 Bc6 21. Rhe1 Re8 22. Rad1 Kc7 23. Kc1 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Depasquale,C-Chapman,M/Canberra 2000/EXT 2001 (37)}) 15. Kxe3 Bh6+ (
15... Bc5 {is probably better, but then it's clear that 14...g6 was faulty.})
16. Kf2 O-O 17. Bb5 Bd7 18. Nge2 Rfe8 19. Rhd1 {[%mdl 16] White has completed
the development and his advantage is undoubtful. Black has no real
compensation for his permanent pawn weaknesses.} Be3+ 20. Kf1 Re5 21. Bxd7 Nxd7
22. Nc2 Nf6 (22... Bc5 23. f4 Rh5 24. b4 Be7 25. h3 $16 {[%csl Rh5]}) 23. Nxe3
Rxe3 24. Nf4 Re5 25. Rd4 Kf8 26. Nd3 Re6 27. Nb4 Ra5 28. Rad1 Re5 {All pieces
are concentrated on the Pd5. Black is not losing immediatly, but he can not
hold all his queenside weaknesses in the long run.} 29. a3 h5 30. Nd3 Re6 31.
Nf4 Re5 32. Rb4 Rf5 33. Nd3 Nd7 34. Re1 Rf6 35. Nf4 Rf5 36. Nd3 Rf6 37. Rd4 Rf5
38. Nb4 {It's not so easy to achieve progress for white, so McShane is
torturing his opponent...} Rc5 39. Re2 Nf6 40. Nc2 Ne8 41. Rd3 Nc7 $2 {It's
not so surprising that black finally blundered the exchange. To play such
positions, without any counterplay is extremely difficult.} (41... Rf6 42. Ne3
Rd6 43. Red2 Nf6 44. c4 $18) {[%tqu "En","How can white win material?","","",
"b2b4","",5]} 42. b4 $1 Rc6 43. Nd4 Rff6 44. Nxc6 bxc6 45. a4 Rd6 46. Ra2 Rd8
47. a5 Rb8 48. Kf2 Nb5 49. Kg3 Nd6 50. Kf4 Ke7 51. h4 Nc4 {Black puts up a
strong resistance, but it's clear that white's win is just a matter of time
here.} 52. g4 f6 53. Rd1 Kf7 54. Re1 Rb7 55. axb6 {White does not need to keep
the passed pawn, the "a" file will be a nice road for the white rooks.} Nxb6
56. Rea1 Nc8 57. Ra8 Rc7 58. R1a6 Ke7 59. g5 fxg5+ 60. Kxg5 Kf7 61. Kf4 Ke7 62.
Ke5 Kf7 63. Kd4 Ke7 64. Kc5 Kd7 65. f4 {Black is in zugzwang and forced to
allow the following exchange of rooks.} Nd6 66. R8a7 Ne4+ 67. Kb6 Rxa7 68.
Rxa7+ (68. Rxa7+ Kd6 69. Rc7 $18) 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lakdawala, Cyrus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2004.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 {Damaging the opponent's pawn structure. On the
other hand, black usually gets a counterplay thanks to his dark squared bishop.
} gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 Bg7 (5... f5 6. c4 (6. g3 Bg7 7. c3 Na6 8. Bg2 Nc7 9.
Nh3 O-O 10. Qc2 Qh6 11. Nf4 e5 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Nd2 d5 14. Rd1 b5 15. O-O c4
$15 {0-1 Cebalo,M-Zelcic,R/Rabac 2004/CBM 102 ext (49)}) 6... Bg7 7. Nc3 d6 8.
e3 Nd7 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Nf3 {1-0 McShane,L-Sutovsky,E/Rethymnon 2003/CBM 98 
[Postny,E] (36)}) (5... Na6 6. c4 f5 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. e3 e5 10. Be2 Qh6
11. Qd2 d6 12. O-O-O Nc7 $132 {0-1 Comas Fabrego,L-Khenkin,I/Andorra 2004/CBM
101 ext (68)}) 6. g3 (6. c4 f5 7. Nc3 e6 8. e3 Na6 9. Bd3 d6 10. a3 Bd7 11.
Nge2 O-O-O 12. Qd2 Kb8 13. O-O Rdg8 14. Rab1 Bf6 15. e4 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Rg4 17.
Qd3 Be7 18. f4 Nc7 {1/2-1/2 Wells,P-Nakamura,H/Port Erin 2004/CBM 102 ext (18)}
) ({Another possible way of development starts with} 6. e3) 6... d6 7. Bg2 f5
8. c3 {In this setup white is trying to keep the position as closed as
possible, hoping to make use of black's damaged pawn structure in the long run.
} Nd7 9. Nd2 (9. Nh3 h5 10. Nd2 h4 11. Nf3 hxg3 12. hxg3 Nf6 13. Nh4 Bd7 14.
Qc2 Ne4 15. Nf4 O-O-O 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. O-O-O Qa6 18. Kb1 Qa4 19. Qd2 Bf6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Georgiev,K-Marinkovic,I/Cacak 1996/CBM 57 (35)}) 9... Nf6 10. Nh3 h5 $1
{Strategically correct. Black is intending to exchange his "h" pawn which
could become a potential weakness.} (10... O-O $6 11. O-O e6 12. Nf4 Bh6 13. e3
Bd7 14. Rd1 e5 15. Ne2 Rae8 16. Qc2 Qd8 17. Nc4 Qe7 18. a4 $14 {1-0 Adams,
M-Lautier,J/Paris 1995/CBM 49 ext (38)}) 11. Qc2 Bd7 {The black king will be
safe on the queenside.} (11... Qa6 12. Nf1 h4 13. Ne3 e6 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. g4
$1 $36 {1-0 Sargissian,G-Froehlich,P/Linares 2001/CBM 81 (30)}) 12. a4 $6 {
After this move white will be practically no longer able to make long castling,
while his attacking chances on the queenside are quite murky.} ({More to the
point is} 12. Nf4 h4 13. O-O-O {with approximate equality.}) 12... h4 13. Nf4
hxg3 14. hxg3 Rxh1+ 15. Bxh1 O-O-O {Black can be satisfied with the results of
the opening.} 16. Nc4 Qa6 17. Qd3 (17. Ne3 {[%csl Rf5]} Rh8 18. Bg2 e6 $15)
17... Rh8 18. Bg2 Kc7 19. Ra3 {Not a mistake yet, but a prelude...} (19. Ne3
Qxd3 20. Nxd3 $15) 19... Ng4 ({Another attractive continuation for black was:} 
19... e5 20. dxe6 (20. b4 $2 e4 21. b5 Bxb5 22. axb5 Qxa3 $19) 20... fxe6 21.
b4 (21. Bxb7 $2 Kxb7 $1 22. Nxd6+ Qxd6 $1 23. Qxd6 Rh1+ 24. Kd2 Ne4+ $19) 21...
d5 22. Ne5 (22. b5 dxc4 23. Qxd7+ Kxd7 24. bxa6 b6 $17) 22... c4 $15) 20. b4 $2
{This idea meets tactical refutation.} (20. Nd2 Qxd3 21. Nxd3 $15) 20... cxb4
21. cxb4 Bxa4 $1 {Looks extremely risky, but black is fine in all variations!}
22. Nxd6 {White was probably relying on this strike, but black's next move
frustrates his plans completely.} (22. f3 Nf6 23. Qd2 Nh5) {[%tqu "En","Please
enter a move for Black.","","","a6b6","",10]} 22... Qb6 $1 $19 {[%csl Rb4,Rf2]}
23. Qc4+ (23. Rxa4 Qxf2+ 24. Kd2 Kxd6 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gh8c8] and black's king
feels very comfortable in the centre, while the white one is defenceless
against the attack on the dark squares.}) 23... Kxd6 24. Qc5+ {White is forced
to exchange queens.} Qxc5 25. bxc5+ Kxc5 26. Rxa4 Bc3+ 27. Kd1 a5 28. Nd3+ Kd6
29. Rc4 Bg7 30. Bf3 Ne5 {The exchange of knights will make black's winning
process easier.} 31. Nxe5 Bxe5 32. Kc2 {White is going to block black's
queenside pawns, but will lose his kingside pawns...} Rh2 33. Kb3 Rxf2 34. Ka4
Bxg3 35. Kxa5 Rf1 {Two extra pawns promise black an easy victory.} 36. Rc8 Rb1
37. Ka4 Ke5 38. Rf8 Kd4 39. Ka3 Kc3 {Black's king is extremely active in this
game!} 40. Rc8+ Kd2 41. Rf8 Be5 42. Rc8 b5 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Ne4 4. Bf4 Qb6 5. Nd2 $5 {An interesting pawn
sacrifice, which leads to unusual positions from the very beginning.} ({
The main line is} 5. Bc1) 5... Qxb2 (5... Nxd2 6. Bxd2 Qxb2 (6... e5 7. e4 d6
8. Nf3 Be7 9. Bd3 Bg4 10. b3 Qd8 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Bg5 13. Bb5+ Kf8 14. Bc3
$14 {1-0 Winants,L-Turner,M/France 2001/CBM 083 (88)}) 7. e4 d6 (7... Qe5 8.
Bd3 Qc7 9. f4 c4 10. Be2 e6 11. Nf3 exd5 12. exd5 Bc5 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. Qe2 d6
$15 {1/2-1/2 Winants,L-Czarnota,P/Cappelle la Grande 2002/CBM 086 ext (44)}) (
7... g6 8. Rb1 Qe5 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. h4 d6 12. c4 Nd7 13. h5 Ne5 14.
Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Qb3 O-O 16. Bc3 Rb8 17. Qb2 $36 {1-0 Winants,L-Franzen,J/
Cappelle la Grande 2001/CBM 080 ext (27)}) 8. Rb1 Qf6 9. f4 e5 10. Bb5+ Nd7 11.
Nf3 exf4 12. O-O Be7 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bc3 $36 {1-0 Piket,J-Hertneck,G/Tilburg
1993/CBM 039 [Stohl] (28)}) 6. Nxe4 Qb4+ 7. c3 {In most of the preceding games
white continued 7.Qd2.} (7. Qd2 Qxe4 8. e3 (8. Nf3 d6 9. e3 Qb4 10. c3 Qa5 11.
Rb1 g6 12. e4 Bg7 13. e5 O-O 14. Be2 Nd7 15. Rb5 Qc7 16. exd6 exd6 17. Bh6 Nf6
$15 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Gelfand,B/Tilburg 1992/CBM 032 (69)}) 8... g5 (8... e5 9.
dxe6 Qxe6 10. Ne2 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Nd5 Bd8 13. Be2 Nc6 14. O-O Ba5 15. c3 d6
16. Rfd1 Rd8 17. Rab1 $44 {1/2-1/2 Winants,L-Ibraev,N/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104 no
vc (72)}) (8... Qb4 9. c3 Qa5 10. d6 Nc6 11. Nf3 exd6 12. Bc4 Be7 13. h4 Ne5
14. Bd5 Nxf3+ 15. gxf3 Bf6 16. Rc1 $44 {1/2-1/2 Winants,L-Schebler,G/Belgium
2002/EXT 2004 [Winants] (60)}) (8... e6 9. Ne2 Qxd5 10. Qxd5 exd5 11. Nc3 d6
12. Nxd5 Kd8 13. O-O-O Be6 14. Nc3 Nd7 15. Be2 f6 16. Bf3 Rb8 17. Ne4 Ne5 18.
Nxd6 Bxd6 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. Rxd6+ Ke7 $11 {1-0 Klinger,J-Akopian,V/Palma de
Mallorca 1989/TD (26)}) 9. f3 Qf5 10. Bg3 d6 11. Bd3 Qf6 12. Rb1 $44 {1-0
Vandevoort,P-Vachier Lagrave,M/Paris 2003/CBM 099 [Finkel] (38)}) 7... Qxe4 8.
e3 b5 $6 $146 {This push is not to the point. Black should try to develop his
kingside as soon as possible.} (8... g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Rc1 d6 11. Nf3 Qg6 12.
h4 h6 13. h5 Qf5 14. Bd3 Qg4 15. e4 O-O 16. Qb3 Nd7 $15 {0-1 Piket,M-Hoffmann,
M/Netherlands 2000/CBM 075 ext (48)}) (8... e6 9. dxe6 Qxe6 10. Nf3 Be7 11. Bd3
b6 12. Qc2 g6 13. h4 Bb7 14. h5 Rg8 15. hxg6 hxg6 $15 {0-1 Djurhuus,R-Tisdall,
J/Norway 1995/CBM 048 [Tisdall] (65)}) 9. Nf3 c4 $6 {This move loses the
control over d4 square.} (9... a6 {would have been safer.}) 10. Be2 {Calmly
completing the development.} d6 (10... Bb7 11. Nd4 Qxg2 12. Bf3 Qg6 13. Nxb5
Na6 14. Rb1 {with strong attack.}) 11. O-O {It'a already impossible for black
to complete the development normally.} Bb7 12. Nd2 Qf5 13. Rb1 Qd7 14. Bg4 Qc7
(14... e6 15. e4 Be7 16. Nf3 {[%csl Rb5,Re6][%cal Gf3d4]} Na6 17. Nd4 Nc7 18.
Rxb5 $1 Nxb5 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Bxe6 Qc7 21. Qh5+ Kd8 22. Nxb5 {with crushing
attack.}) 15. Rxb5 a6 16. Rb4 Bxd5 17. Bf3 Bc6 (17... Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Nc6 19.
Rfb1 {and the following penetration of the rook is decisive.}) 18. Nxc4 Nd7 19.
Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Na5 $1 Qxc3 21. Qa4 {White's advantage in development is the
decisive factor in the position.} g5 {Desperate, but insufficient attempt to
complete the development of kingside pieces.} 22. Bxg5 (22. Nc4 gxf4 23. Rb3
Qc2 (23... Qf6 24. Nb6 Qf5 25. e4 Qg4 26. h3 Qe6 27. Nxa8 $18) 24. Qc6 $18 {
[%csl Ra8,Rc2][%cal Gc4d6]}) 22... Rg8 23. Bh4 f5 24. h3 {A useful prophylaxy.
White does not need to be in a hurry.} Ra7 25. Nc6 Rc7 26. Nd4 Kf7 (26... Qd3
27. Bg3 $18 (27. Ne6 $6 {gives black some chances after} Rxg2+ $1 28. Kxg2 Qd5+
29. Kh2 Qxe6)) 27. Nxf5 Nc5 28. Qa5 Rd7 {A blunder, but, obviously black's
position could not be saved anyway.} {[%tqu "En","Please enter the best move
for White.","","","f5d6","",5]} 29. Nxd6+ $1 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gb4f4,Ga5c3]} Ke6
30. Ne4 Rd5 31. Nxc3 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Ne4 4. Bf4 Qb6 5. Bc1 {According to theory, this is
the best move.} (5. Qc1 {The queen from c1 does not protect important d5
square.} e6 6. f3 Nf6 7. dxe6 fxe6 8. e4 d5 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bxb8 Rxb8 11. Bb5+
Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. exd5 exd5 14. Nge2 Nf6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Thorfinnsson,
B-Stefansson,H/Hafnarborg 2003/EXT 2004 (40)}) ({An interesting pawn sacrifice
is:} 5. Nd2 $5 Qxb2 6. Nxe4 Qb4+ 7. Qd2 Qxe4 8. e3 Qb4 9. c3 Qa5 10. d6 $44 {
1/2-1/2 Winants,L-Schebler,G/Belgium 2002/EXT 2004 (60)}) 5... e6 {This is the
most aggressive line from black's point of view. Other playable alternatives
are:} (5... e5 {0-1 Lima,D-Delgado,N/Osasco 2004/CBM 103 [Postny,E] (33)}) (
5... g6 6. f3 Nf6 (6... Nd6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Nc3 f5 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Gelfand,B/Cap
d'Agde 2003/CBM 98 [Finkel] (40)}) 7. e4 d6 8. c4 Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bd3 e6 {
1/2-1/2 Radjabov,T-Grischuk,A/Bastia 2003/CBM 98 [Finkel] (40)}) 6. f3 Nf6 (
6... Qa5+ 7. c3 Nf6 8. e4 d6 {0-1 Vallejo Pons,F-Svidler,P/Leon 2004/CBM 102 
[Roiz] (19)}) 7. c4 {This position can also arise after the following order of
moves: 2...Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.f3 Qa5 5.c3 Nf6 6.d5 Qb6 7.Bc1 e6 8.c4 with an extra
move made by both sides!} exd5 ({Black can win a pawn, but white gets a good
compensation in this case:} 7... Qb4+ 8. Bd2 Qxb2 (8... Qxc4 9. e4 Qd4 10. Nc3
exd5 11. Nge2 Qe5 12. Bf4 Qe6 13. exd5 $36) 9. Nc3 Qb6 10. e4 $44) 8. cxd5 c4
$5 {This move is a pawn sacrifice, since the pawn on c4 is certainly doomed.
On the other hand, black hopes to take advantage of white's temporary lag in
development and few weak fields in white's camp.} ({After} 8... d6 9. Nc3 g6 {
black can get a Benoni type position, but the queen on b6 is not to the point
in this case.}) 9. e3 Bc5 {[%csl Re3]} 10. Kf2 O-O 11. Bxc4 Re8 12. Qd3 (12.
Qe2 Qd6 $2 (12... d6 $44) 13. Nc3 a6 14. a4 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 bxc4 17.
Qxc4 Bb7 18. Ra5 Bb6 19. Rb5 $18 {1-0 Stefanova,A-Paramos Dominguez,R/Dos
Hermanas 2002/CBM 87 ext (24)}) (12. Qb3 Qd8 13. Ne2 d6 14. Nbc3 (14. Bb5 Nbd7
15. Nbc3 a6 16. Bxd7 Bxd7 17. Ng3 b5 18. a3 Rc8 19. Bd2 a5 20. Rhe1 a4 21. Qc2
h5 22. Nf1 g6 23. Kg1 Re5 24. Kh1 Nxd5 25. Qd3 Nb6 $15 {Chernin,A-Volokitin,A/
Warsaw 2002}) (14. Rd1 a6 15. a4 Nbd7 16. Nd4 Nb6 17. Nc3 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 b5 19.
Qd3 b4 20. Nc6 Qc7 21. Ne2 Nxd5 22. Qxd5 Be6 23. Qd3 Qxc6 $15 {Mamedyarov,
S-Sulskis,S/Batumi 2002}) 14... a6 15. a4 Nbd7 16. Ng3 Rb8 17. Bd2 b5 18. axb5
axb5 19. Be2 b4 20. Na4 Bb7 21. Nxc5 Bxd5 22. Qc2 Nxc5 23. Rhe1 Rc8 $36 {
0-1 Georgiev,K-Grischuk,A/Mainz 2004/CBM 101 ext (71)}) 12... d6 13. Nc3 Qa5 $1
$146 {Stefanova already played this position before, so it seems that this
novelty was prepared by Nijboer before the game.} (13... Nbd7 14. Na4 Qa5 (
14... Ne5 15. Nxb6 Nxd3+ 16. Bxd3 Bxb6 17. Bc4 Re5 18. Ne2 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Rxd5
20. Nc3 Re5 21. Rd1 Bd7 22. Nd5 $14 {1-0 Dgebuadze,A-Stellwagen,D/Dieren 2001/
CBM 83 ext (41)}) 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. Qd1 b5 17. Be2 Bb7 18. Nh3 Nxd5 19. Re1 b4
20. Bc4 Nf6 21. Kg1 d5 22. Bf1 Ba6 $11 {1-0 Stefanova,A-Moreno Ruiz,J/Andorra
2001/CBM 83 ext (54)}) 14. Nge2 ({After} 14. Bd2 Nbd7 {white can not make use
of the vulnerable position of Qa5.} 15. Qf1) 14... Nbd7 {[%cal Gd7e5]} 15. Bb3
$6 ({Comes to consideration:} 15. Qd1 Ne5 $140 16. Bb5) 15... Ne5 16. Qc2 Neg4+
$3 {[%mdl 512] This sacrifice leaves strong impression and could not be
calculated till the end, but based mainly on intuition. Black gets a strong
initiative, and it's especially difficult to defend this position on practice.}
17. fxg4 Nxg4+ 18. Ke1 ({Black gets a strong attack also after:} 18. Kf1 Nxe3+
(18... Qd8 $6 19. Nd1 $1) 19. Bxe3 Rxe3 20. Bc4 Bg4 21. h3 Bxe2+ 22. Nxe2 (22.
Bxe2 Qb4 $1) 22... Rae8) 18... Nxe3 19. Bxe3 Rxe3 20. h3 {Preventing Bc8-g4.}
Bd7 21. Kd1 (21. Bc4 Rae8 22. Bd3 b5 $1 $40 {[%cal Gb5b4]}) 21... Rae8 22. Rf1
({The following variation was probably the least of the evils for white:} 22.
Bc4 b5 23. Bd3 b4 24. Ne4 b3 $1 25. Qd2 Qxd2+ 26. Kxd2 Rxd3+ 27. Kxd3 Bb5+ 28.
Kd2 Rxe4 29. Nc3 Rd4+ 30. Kc1 Bc4 31. axb3 Bxb3 $15) 22... b5 $1 23. Nc1 Qd8 $1
24. Nd3 Qh4 {Black's pieces are superbly coordinated, which can not be said
about the white ones. Black's attack is irresistible.} 25. Kc1 (25. Nxc5 $2
Re1+ 26. Kd2 Qg5+ {mating.}) 25... b4 26. Nd1 (26. Nxc5 bxc3 27. Nd3 Re2 28.
Qxc3 Rc8 $19) (26. Ba4 bxc3 27. Bxd7 cxb2+ 28. Nxb2 (28. Kxb2 Qd4+ $19) (28.
Qxb2 Qc4+ $19) 28... Re1+ 29. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 30. Nd1 Be3+ 31. Kb2 Qb4+ 32. Qb3 Re2+
33. Kb1 Qe4+ $19) 26... Re2 27. Qc4 R8e4 28. Qa6 Qg5+ 29. Kb1 Qxg2 30. Nxc5
dxc5 $1 {This is even stronger than 30...Qxf1.} (30... Qxf1 31. Nxe4 (31. Qxd6
Rd4 $19) 31... Rxb2+ 32. Kxb2 Qxa6 $19) 31. Qxa7 Qxf1 32. Qxd7 Re1 33. Qa4 Qd3+
34. Kc1 {[%tqu "En","Find the quickest way for a win.","","","e1d1",
"Destroying the last defense of white's king.",5]} Rxd1+ $1 {Destroying the
last defense of white's king.} 35. Bxd1 Rc4+ 36. Bc2 Qf1+ 37. Kd2 Rd4+ 38. Ke3
Qf4+ {[%mdl 128] and mate in two.} 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpB"]
[Site "Vandoeuvre"]
[Date "2005.02.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wirig, Anthony"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2005.02.04"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ {Provoking the move c2-c3, which
will obstruct the development of white's queenside knight.} 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 ({
The main alternative is} 6. d5 {gaining space in the centre.}) 6... cxd4 7. Nb3
Qf5 {This continuation is a risky one.} (7... Qd8 8. Bxb8 (8. cxd4 d5 9. e3 e6
10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Ne2 Nh5 12. O-O Nxf4 13. Nxf4 Bd6 $11 {0-1 Nguyen Ngoc Truong,
S-Belezky,S/Budapest 2004/CBM 98 ext (33)}) 8... Rxb8 9. Qxd4 a6 10. Qa7 Qc7
11. e4 e6 12. Bxa6 Bd6 13. Bb5 Bxh2 14. Ne2 b6 15. Qxc7 Bxc7 $15 {0-1
Miladinovic,I-Georgiev,K/Skopje 2002/CBM 88 (34)}) (7... Qb6 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9.
Qxb6 axb6 10. Nd4 e5 11. Nxc6 exf4 12. Nd4 {--> 1-0 McShane,L-Cvitan,O/
Mallorca 2004/CBM 104 [Postny,E] (68)}) 8. Bxb8 (8. Qxd4 $6 Nc6 9. Qd2 e5 10.
Bg3 d5 11. e3 Be7 12. Bd3 Qe6 $15 {0-1 Mamedjarova,Z-Cramling,P/Istanbul 2003/
CBM 094 ext (22)}) 8... Rxb8 9. Qxd4 {[%csl Ra7]} b6 10. e4 Qf4 {The only
reasonable move. The queen must retreat to c7.} 11. Nh3 Qc7 12. e5 Ng8 {
Black's position looks pretty dangerous, as he lost several tempoes with queen
and knight. On the other hand, white must act decisevely, otherwise, black's
pair of strong bishops will tell...} 13. f4 $6 {This move is actually a loss
of an important tempo.} (13. O-O-O e6 14. Ng5 (14. Bd3 Ne7 15. Be4 Nc6 16. Bxc6
Qxc6 17. Ng5 Be7 18. Ne4 Bb7 19. Rhe1 Rd8 20. Qe3 O-O 21. Nd6 Ba8 22. Kb1 f6
23. Re2 fxe5 24. Qxe5 Rf6 25. Red2 Rg6 26. Qe2 Qc7 27. h3 Bxd6 28. Rxd6 Bd5 29.
Qe5 {1/2-1/2 Moiseenko,A-Svidler,P/Ekaterinburg 2002/CBM 090 (29)}) (14. f4 f5
15. Be2 Nh6 16. Rhg1 Be7 17. g4 {1/2-1/2 Salov,V-Nunn,J/Amsterdam 1995/CBM 049
[Salov] (42)}) 14... Ne7 15. Bb5 Ng6 16. f4 Bc5 17. Qd2 O-O 18. Bd3 f6 19. h4
fxg5 20. hxg5 Kf7 21. Rxh7 Ne7 22. Qe2 $40 {1-0 Galyas,M-Ilincic,Z/Torokbalint
2004/EXT 2005 (39)}) (13. Ng5 e6 14. Ne4 Qc6 15. O-O-O Be7 16. Qf2 a6 17. Nd6+
Bxd6 18. Rxd6 Qc7 19. Qg3 g6 20. Nd2 Bb7 21. Bd3 $16 {1-0 Torre,E-Paragua,M/
Makati 2002/CBM 088 ext (41)}) 13... e6 14. Ng5 Ne7 15. Bd3 $146 (15. O-O-O Nc6
16. Qd2 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Ne4 f5 19. Nf6+ Kf7 20. Nh5 Rg8 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22.
Qxd4 Be7 $15 {0-1 Toth,C-Lima,D/Rio de Janeiro 2004/CBM 099 ext (35)}) 15... h6
16. Ne4 Nf5 17. Qf2 (17. Qa4 $6 b5 18. Bxb5 $140 $2 (18. Qa5 $8) 18... Qb6 $40)
17... d5 18. exd6 $2 {Opening the position in black's favour.} (18. Ng3 $11)
18... Nxd6 {Black solved all the opening problems, and has preferable
prospects thanks to pair of strong bishops.} 19. O-O-O Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bd6 21. g3
O-O 22. Kb1 b5 {Starting an assault against the white king.} 23. Qe2 Be7 $1 {
Transfering the bishop to f6, where it will put pressure on white's king
residence.} 24. Bc2 b4 25. cxb4 $2 {Opening the "b" file certainly can not be
recommended for white.} ({Necessary was} 25. c4 {keeping the "b" file closed.})
25... Rxb4 26. h4 $6 {Another move, which I fail to understand...} (26. Rd4 $5
{Trying to exchange black's active rook.} Rxd4 27. Nxd4 Bf6 28. Nb3 {Of course,
black is much better, but white can still resist...}) 26... Qb6 27. Qd3 f5 28.
Rhe1 Bf6 29. Qd6 a5 30. Qxb6 Rxb6 $19 {The exchange of queens did not make
white any better. The following doubling of the rooks along the "b" file will
decide the game.} 31. a3 Ba6 32. Nd4 Bc4 33. Rd2 Rfb8 {White is defenceless.}
34. Kc1 Rxb2 35. Nc6 R8b6 36. Ne5 Ra2 {[%cal Ga2a1]} 37. Rd4 Bd5 38. Re3 Bxe5 (
38... Bxe5 39. Rxe5 Rc6 40. Rd2 Be4 $19) 0-1

[Event "CZE-ch"]
[Site "Karlovy Vary"]
[Date "2005.02.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Haba, Petr"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2005.02.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c3 {Of course, this is not the way to fight for an opening
advantage. However, the opening setup adopted by white in this game is
extremely solid.} d6 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Nd2 e5 5. e3 Be7 6. dxe5 {GM Haba decided
to release the pressure in the centre. It was possible to continue the
development with Bf1-d3 and Ng1-e2.} (6. Bd3 b6 7. Ne2 Bb7 8. O-O O-O 9. Ng3
Re8 10. Qb3 $6 d5 11. Nf5 Bf8 12. f4 e4 13. Be2 h6 14. Bh4 g6 15. Ng3 c5 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Zurek,M-Navara,D/Czechia 2001/EXT 2003 (81)}) 6... dxe5 7. Bc4 Nb6 $146
(7... O-O 8. Ne2 c6 9. Ng3 Nc5 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nde4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Be7 13. Qh5
Qc7 14. h4 b5 15. Bb3 a5 16. g4 h6 17. Ng5 a4 18. Bxf7+ Kh8 19. Bg6 a3 20. b3
c5 21. Be4 Ra6 22. Nf7+ Kg8 23. Bd5 Kh7 24. Be4+ Kg8 25. Bd5 Kh7 26. Be4+ {
1/2-1/2 Zurek,M-Hracek,Z/Czechia 1993/TD (26)}) 8. Bxf6 $6 {I don't see any
reason to exchange this bishop so early. More logical is the immediate 8.Bb3
with equality.} Bxf6 9. Bb3 Qd3 $5 {An original way to transfer the queen to
the kingside.} 10. Qf3 (10. Bc2 Qb5 $15) 10... Qg6 11. Ne2 Rb8 $1 {Protecting
Pb7 and preparing the development of the light-squared bishop.} 12. h3 (12. O-O
$4 Bg4 $19 {[%cal Rg4e2]}) 12... Bd7 {[%cal Gd7c6]} 13. Ne4 $6 (13. Qg3 {
would have been safer.}) 13... Bh4 $1 $15 {Covering g3 square against the
white knight.} 14. g3 Bc6 15. Bc2 Be7 {[%cal Gf7f5]} 16. g4 {The only way to
prevent f7-f5.} Bh4 (16... Rd8 $15) 17. b3 O-O 18. Qf5 {White is practically
forced to exchange queens, since his king feels uncomfortable in the centre.}
Qxf5 19. gxf5 Nd5 20. O-O g6 {Clearly indicating that white's blockade on the
white squares is pretty shaky.} 21. c4 $6 {Very risky.} (21. Nd2 gxf5 22. Bxf5
Ne7 $15) 21... Nb4 22. Bb1 gxf5 23. N4g3 {White is trying to create a blockade.
} f4 24. Nf5 Bf6 25. a3 Bf3 $1 ({Black achieves nothing after} 25... e4 $6 26.
Nfd4) 26. Nc3 (26. axb4 Bxe2 27. Re1 Bf3 28. exf4 (28. Rxa7 Kh8 29. Kf1 Rg8 30.
exf4 Bg2+ 31. Ke2 exf4 $19) 28... exf4 29. Rxa7 Kh8 30. Kh2 Rg8 31. Rg1 Rxg1
32. Kxg1 Rg8+ 33. Kf1 Re8 $19 {The threat 34...Bc3 followed by 35...Re1 can
not parried in a satisfactory way.}) 26... e4 27. Nd4 Nc6 $6 (27... Nd3 $1 28.
Bxd3 (28. Nd5 Bxd4 29. exd4 Kh8 $19 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Rf8g8]}) 28... exd3 29.
Nxf3 Bxc3 30. Rad1 Rbd8 {and black's position is nearly winning.}) 28. Bxe4
Nxd4 $6 {Not the best choice.} (28... Bxd4 29. exd4 Nxd4 30. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 31. Kh1
Nd2 32. Rg1+ Kh8 $17 {[%csl Rb3]}) 29. exd4 Bh5 30. Nd5 Bxd4 31. Rae1 {It's
clear now that black spoiled his advantage.} f5 32. Nxf4 $2 (32. Bxf5 $1 c6 33.
Ne7+ Kh8 34. Bg4 $11) 32... fxe4 33. Nxh5 Rbe8 {Now black is on top again. The
following penetration to f3 is very unpleasant for white.} 34. Ng3 Rf3 35. Nxe4
{[%csl Re8][%cal Ge4f6]} Re6 36. Kg2 (36. Nd2 Rxf2 $1 (36... Bxf2+ $143 37. Kg2
Bxe1 38. Nxf3) 37. Rxe6 Re2+ 38. Kh1 Rxe6 {and the endgame is difficult for
white, though it was probably the least of the evils for white.}) 36... Rxb3
37. Ng3 Rxe1 38. Rxe1 Kf7 {Black has decisive advantage in this endgame.
White's queenside pawns will fall one after another, as well as the tandem
rook + bishop is stronger than rook + knight.} 39. Re4 Bc5 40. Rh4 Kg8 41. Rg4+
Kf8 $1 {The Ph7 won't be captured with check.} 42. Rh4 Bxa3 43. Rxh7 Bd6 44.
Ne4 a5 {[%csl Ga5] This passed pawn decides the game.} 45. c5 Be5 46. Rh5 Bb2
47. c6 b6 48. Ng5 Ke7 49. Rh7+ Kd6 50. Rh6+ Kd5 51. f4 (51. Ne6 Be5 $19) 51...
a4 52. Ne6 {The last chance, but insufficient.} Kxc6 53. Nd4+ Kb7 54. Nxb3 axb3
{White won the exchange, but won't be able to stop black's passed pawns,
supported by the bishop.} 55. Rg6 c5 56. Kf3 Bc1 $1 {[%csl Gb3]} 0-1

[Event "Drammen Smartfish Masters"]
[Site "Drammen"]
[Date "2005.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2004.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. d5 e6 ({More popular continuation is} 4...
Qb6 {[%csl Rb2] with an attempt to force a concession in white's camp.}) 5. f3
({Giving the control over the centre should not be recommended for white:} 5.
dxe6 fxe6 6. e3 Qf6 7. c3 Bd6 (7... d5 $5 8. Nf3 Nc6) 8. Nd2 Nxd2 9. Bxd6 Nxf1
10. Kxf1 b6 11. Nf3 Bb7 12. h4 Nc6 13. Rh3 $14 {1-0 Adams,M-Adorjan,A/Manila
1992/TD (35)}) 5... Nf6 (5... Bd6 6. Bxd6 Nxd6 7. Qd2 O-O 8. e4 b5 (8... exd5
9. Qxd5 Qb6 10. Qb3 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. O-O-O Nd4 13. Qd5 Qc7 14. Nge2 $16 {
1-0 Stefanova,A-Van Elst,A/Montpellier 2000/EXT 2001 (88)}) 9. Nc3 Qb6 10. b3
e5 11. Nh3 Na6 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. Be2 b4 14. Na4 Qc7 15. Nb2 f5 $15 {0-1 Cornette,
M-Hamdouchi,H/Nice 2003/CBM 97 ext (57)}) ({Risky, but deserves further
investigation is:} 5... Qf6 6. Bxb8 Qxb2 7. fxe4 Qxa1 8. Bf4 Qxa2 9. Bd2 b5 10.
c4 b4 11. e3 a5 12. Bd3 a4 13. Nf3 Ba6 14. O-O Bxc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. Ne5 Qxe4
17. Nxf7 Rg8 18. dxe6 Qxe6 19. Qf3 Ra7 20. Ng5 Qc4 21. Rc1 Qb3 22. Bxb4 h6 23.
Nd2 Qa2 24. Qe4+ Kd8 25. Qf4 cxb4 26. Qb8+ Ke7 27. Qe5+ {1/2-1/2 Piket,J-Comp
Gideon 2/The Hague 1994/EXT 99 (27)}) (5... Qa5+ 6. c3 Nf6 {appeared few times
in practice as well.}) 6. e4 {White has two alternative ways to defend the Pd5.
} (6. c4 Nh5 7. Be3 d6 8. Nc3 e5 9. Bf2 Be7 10. e4 O-O 11. Nge2 g6 12. g4 Ng7
13. h4 Na6 14. Qd2 $14 {1-0 Golod,V-Adamson,R/Las Vegas USA 2004/The Week in
Chess 503 (68)}) (6. Nc3 Nh5 (6... d6 7. e4 a6 8. Qd2 exd5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10.
Qxd5 Qf6 11. Bc1 Nc6 12. c3 Be6 13. Qg5 Qxg5 14. Bxg5 f6 15. Be3 d5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Maksimovic,B-Pavlovic,M/Belgrade 1999/EXT 2000 (55)}) 7. Be3 d6 8. Qd2
Be7 9. Bf2 O-O 10. e3 Nf6 11. Bc4 Na6 12. Nge2 Nc7 13. e4 exd5 14. exd5 a6 15.
a4 b6 16. Nf4 Bd7 $132 {[%cal Gb6b5] 1/2-1/2 Piket,J-Shaked,T/Merrillville
1997/CBM 62 (37)}) 6... exd5 7. exd5 d6 {White has obvious space advantage,
but the pawn on f3 obstructs his development.} 8. Nc3 (8. Bb5+ Nbd7 9. a4 a6
10. Be2 Nh5 11. Be3 g6 12. Nh3 Bg7 13. Nc3 O-O 14. g4 Re8 15. Qd2 Nhf6 $15 {
0-1 Granovski,A-Maksimenko,A/Moscow 1991/TD (30)}) (8. c4 Be7 9. Ne2 O-O 10.
Ng3 Re8 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. Nc3 Bf8 13. O-O Ne5 14. Qc2 Bd7 15. Rfe1 a6 16. a4 h6
17. Bd2 $14 {1-0 Bredl,H-Lechtynsky,J/Bayern 2002/EXT 2003 (56)}) 8... Be7 9.
Qd2 a6 $146 {[%cal Gb7b5]} (9... O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Nge2 b5 12. Ng3 c4 13.
Be2 Nbd7 14. Nf5 Nc5 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Rhe1 Qc7 17. Bg5 Nfd7 18. Be7 Re8 19.
Bxc4 Bb7 20. Bb3 f6 21. Re6 Nxe6 22. dxe6 Nc5 23. Bxd6 Nxb3+ 24. axb3 Qc8 25.
e7 $16 {1-0 Savchenko,S-Golubev,M/Luzern 1994/EXT 99 (42)}) 10. a4 O-O 11. Nge2
Re8 12. g4 {White wants to grab as more space as possible.} Qa5 $1 {Black is
intending to carry out b7-b5 advance gaining space on the queenside.} 13. Ng3 (
13. Ra3 {prevents b7-b5, but wastes an important tempo. After} Nbd7 14. Ng3 Nb6
$1 {[%csl Rd5] white is losing Pd5.}) 13... b5 14. g5 b4 15. Nce2 $1 {The side
that has space advantage should avoid exchanges, so the move in the text is
correct.} (15. Nce4 $6 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bf5 $15) 15... Nfd7 16. Ne4 {[%csl Rd6]}
Qc7 17. a5 {Preventing from black the manouevre Nd7-b6 as well as a6-a5
followed by Bc8-a6.} Bf8 18. N2g3 Ne5 {[%csl Rf3]} 19. Kf2 Nbd7 20. h4 f5 $1 {
Black must act decisively, otherwise his position will be simply cramped.} 21.
gxf6 ({I think that white could go for:} 21. Nxf5 Nxf3 $1 22. Nh6+ $1 (22. Kxf3
Ne5+ 23. Bxe5 Bxf5 {[%csl Re4,Re5]} 24. Ng3 Rxe5 25. Nxf5 Rxf5+ 26. Kg2 Qf7 $17
) 22... gxh6 23. Kxf3 Ne5+ 24. Kg2 {with a sharp position, but white should
not be worse.}) 21... Nxf6 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Bh6 $6 {It's illogical to
exchange black's passive bishop.} (23. h5 $1 $13 {preventing Ne5-g6.}) 23...
Kh8 24. h5 Qf7 25. Bxf8 Qxf8 26. Bh3 $6 {This exchange favours black as well.}
({Possible was} 26. Qf4 $15) 26... Bxh3 27. Rxh3 f5 {Black has now nearly
winning advantage due to numerous factors, namely: strong Ne5 compared to his
counterpart, vulnerable position of white's king and Pd5 weakness.} 28. Qg5 (
28. Rh4 Qf6 29. Rf4 Qg5 30. Rd4 f4 $1 31. Qxf4 Qd8 32. Re4 Rf8 $19) 28... h6 $1
29. Qf4 (29. Qxf5 Qg7 {[%csl Rf2,Rf3][%cal Ge8f8,Gf8f2]} 30. Ne4 Rf8 31. Qe6
Rae8 32. Qxd6 Nc4 $19) {[%tqu "En","Find the best move for Black.","","",
"e5g4","With help of small tactical trick Shirov transfers his knight to e3,
which decides the game quickly.",10]} 29... Ng4+ $1 {With help of small
tactical trick Shirov transfers his knight to e3, which decides the game
quickly.} 30. Kg1 (30. fxg4 fxg4 $19 {[%csl Rf4,Rh3]}) 30... Ne3 {[%csl Rc2,
Rd5]} 31. Rh2 Qg7 32. Rd2 Re5 33. Kh2 Nxd5 {Black won a pawn and his attack is
irresistible.} 34. Qh4 f4 35. Ne4 Rg8 36. Kh1 Ne3 37. Nxd6 Rd5 38. Qh2 Rxd2 39.
Qxd2 Qd7 {[%cal Rd7h3]} 0-1

[Event "Nancy"]
[Site "Nancy"]
[Date "2005.02.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Black "Marzolo, Cyril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2005.02.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. h4 $5 {An odd-looking move, but suits well to the
original style of GM Miladinovic.} c5 {The most principled continuation.} ({
Solid enough is:} 3... d5 4. Nd2 Bf5 (4... Nxg5 5. hxg5 g6 6. e3 Bg7 7. f4 c5
8. c3 Qb6 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Be2 Bd7 11. Ngf3 Qxb3 12. axb3 cxd4 13. exd4 h6 14. b4
hxg5 15. Rxh8+ Bxh8 16. Nxg5 $14 {1-0 Miladinovic,I-Manca,F/Genova 2004/EXT
2005 (35)}) 5. e3 h6 6. Bf4 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 e6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nd7 10. Nf3
Bb4+ 11. c3 Bd6 12. h5 Qf6 13. Rh4 O-O-O 14. O-O-O Kb8 15. Bxd6 cxd6 16. e4
dxe4 17. Qxe4 Qe7 18. Rhh1 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 Hodgson,J-Rowson,J/York 1999/CBM 075 
(18)}) 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nd2 Nxg5 (5... h6 6. Be3 Nxc5 7. c3 Qc7 8. Nb3 d6 9. g3
b6 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. Nf3 e6 12. O-O Be7 13. Nxc5 bxc5 $11 {0-1 Miladinovic,
I-Vocaturo,D/Rome 2004/CBM 102 ext (57)}) (5... Nxd2 6. Qxd2 Qxc5 7. e4 Nc6 8.
O-O-O d6 9. Be3 Qa5 10. Qxa5 Nxa5 11. Ne2 Nc4 12. Bd4 e5 13. Ng3 Be6 14. b3 Nb6
15. Bxb6 axb6 16. Kb2 O-O-O 17. Bc4 g6 18. Bd5 h5 19. c4 Rh7 20. Rd3 {1/2-1/2
Kanep,M-Erdogdu,M/Istanbul 2004/CBM 102 ext (20)}) 6. hxg5 g6 {After
eliminating the white dark-squared bishop black is hoping to get play on the
dark squares.} (6... Qxc5 7. g6 fxg6 8. e3 Nc6 9. Ngf3 d6 10. c3 Bf5 11. Nb3
Qb6 12. Ng5 Ne5 13. a4 Nd3+ 14. Bxd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qxb3 16. Rh4 a5 17. Rc4 e5
18. Qd5 Be7 19. Qf7+ Kd7 20. Qe6+ Ke8 21. Rc8+ Rxc8 22. Qxb3 Bxg5 23. Qe6+ {
1-0 Miladinovic,I-Georgieva,L/Nice 2002/CBM 091 ext (23)}) 7. Rh4 {Quite an
original way to develop the rook.} (7. c3 Qxc5 8. Ngf3 Bg7 9. a4 Nc6 10. a5 d5
11. e4 Be6 12. a6 b6 13. Qa4 O-O 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Qh4 Rfd8 16. Bc4 Bxf3 17.
Nxf3 b5 18. Bb3 Bxc3+ 19. Kf1 Bg7 20. Qxh7+ Kf8 $17 {0-1 Miladinovic,I-Janssen,
R/Kavala 2002/CBM 089 ext (31)}) 7... Nc6 (7... Na6 8. Rc4 b6 9. c3 (9. cxb6
$142) 9... bxc5 10. Nb3 Qb6 11. Qd5 Bb7 12. Qe5 f6 13. gxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxf6 exf6
15. Rd1 Be7 16. e3 d5 17. Ra4 Nc7 $15 {0-1 Nowak,R-Szelag,M/Poznan 1999/EXT
2003 (32)}) 8. Rc4 {The idea behind the 7.Rh4. It's really rare to see the
rook being so active from the very beginning.} (8. Ngf3 Bg7 9. c3 Qxc5 10. e4
h6 11. gxh6 Rxh6 12. Nb3 Qb6 13. Rxh6 Bxh6 14. Bc4 d6 $15 {1-0 Perez,Y-Ramon,V/
Matanzas 1995/EXT 2000 (56)}) 8... d5 (8... Ne5 9. b4 Qa3 10. Re4 Bg7 11. Qc1
Qxc1+ 12. Rxc1 b6 13. Nb3 Bb7 14. Rh4 f6 15. gxf6 Bxf6 16. Rh3 O-O 17. c3 Rfc8
18. f4 Ng4 19. e3 a5 $36 {0-1 Botsari,A-Lakos,N/Pula 1997/CBM 057 ext (54)}) 9.
cxd6 Be6 10. c3 $1 $146 (10. dxe7 Bxe7 11. Rc3 h6 12. gxh6 Rxh6 $44 13. Ngf3 g5
14. e3 Rh1 15. Qe2 Bb4 16. Rd3 g4 17. Nd4 Bxd2+ 18. Rxd2 Nxd4 19. exd4 Kf8 20.
a3 {[%tqu "En","Find the winning combination.","","","e6c4","",15]} Bc4 $3 21.
Qxc4 Re8+ 22. Kd1 {[%tqu "En","And now, the point of the combination...","","",
"a5a6","",5]} Qa6 $3 23. Qc5+ Kg7 24. Rd3 Rxf1+ 25. Kd2 Rxa1 $19 {0-1 Teske,
H-Pachow,J/Germany 2001/CBM 082 ext (60)}) 10... exd6 ({After} 10... Bxc4 11.
d7+ $1 Kd8 $8 12. Nxc4 Qxg5 13. Nf3 {white has strong compensation for the
exchange.}) 11. Rf4 Qxg5 12. g3 {White is hoping to exploit black's Pd6
weakness in the long run.} Qe7 13. Bg2 Bg7 14. Nc4 O-O ({The pawn sacrifice
comes into consideration:} 14... d5 15. Bxd5 Rd8 (15... O-O-O 16. Bxe6+ Qxe6
17. Qb3 $14) 16. Bxc6+ bxc6 17. Qa4 Qc5 18. Nf3 $14) 15. Ne3 Rac8 (15... Bh6
16. Re4 $14) 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Qa4 a6 18. Rd1 g5 $6 {Black is lack of clear plan,
but this move just weakens his kingside.} (18... Re8 $14) 19. Re4 Bf5 $6 ({
Again} 19... Re8 {[%cal Gf7f5] should have been prefered.}) 20. Re3 {Great
work of white's rook!} Kh8 21. Nf3 Ne5 $2 {After this move black is just
collapsing.} 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Qb4 {Black is not able to protect all his
weaknesses.} Be6 24. Nb6 $18 {[%cal Ge3e5,Gb6c8,Gd1d8]} 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 ({A solid, but a bit passive is:
} 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Nd2 g6 8. Ngf3 Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O {0-1 Anastasian,
A-Ghaem Maghami,E/Stepanakert 2004/CBM 100 [Finkel] (44)}) 5... cxd4 ({Risky
for black is:} 5... Nc6 6. Bxe4 dxe4 7. d5 {1-0 Radjabov,T-Polgar,J/Benidorm
2003/CBM 99 [Finkel] (40)}) ({A rare and awkward is:} 5... Nd6 {1-0 Stefanova,
A-Juswanto,D/Jakarta 2004/CBM 100 [Finkel] (43)}) (5... Qb6 6. Bxe4 dxe4 (6...
Qxb2 $2 7. Bxd5 Qxa1 8. Nf3 e6 9. Bb3 cxd4 10. O-O Nc6 11. exd4 Be7 12. Bd2 Bb4
13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Bb4 15. Bxb4 Nxb4 16. Qd2 $18 {[%csl Ra1] 1-0 Stefanova,
A-Grobelsek,A/Rabac 2003/CBM 96 ext (22)}) 7. Nc3 Qxb2 8. Nge2 Bg4 9. Nxe4 Bxe2
10. Kxe2 cxd4 11. Qd3 f5 12. Ng5 Nc6 13. Ne6 Rc8 14. Rhb1 Qc3 15. Qxc3 dxc3 16.
Rxb7 $18 {1-0 Adams,M-Xie Jun/Hastings 1996/CBM 57 (22)}) ({A reliable
alternative for black is:} 5... Nf6 {1-0 McShane,L-Sutovsky,E/Pamplona 2003/
CBM 99 [Finkel] (33)}) 6. Bxe4 {The only way to fight for an opening advantage.
White will try to make use of his temporary advantage in development. Black's
pawn on e4 might become a target for white as well.} (6. exd4 Nc6 7. c3 Bf5 8.
Qe2 e6 9. Nd2 Nd6 $11 {1-0 Timman,J-Van Wely,L/Breda 1998/CBM 65 [Stohl] (63)})
6... dxe4 7. exd4 ({Leads to approximate equality:} 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9.
c3 {1-0 Lputian,S-Rytshagov,M/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 [Tsesarsky] (55)}) 7...
Qb6 (7... Nc6 8. Ne2 Bg4 9. Nbc3 e6 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nxe4 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nxd4 13.
Qd3 Nc6 14. O-O-O Qxd3 15. Rxd3 $36 {1-0 Hodgson,J-Wells,P/Oxford 1998/CBM 69 
[Wells] (30)}) (7... g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Nge2 Bf5 10. O-O O-O 11. Ng3 Nc6 12. d5
e5 13. Nxf5 gxf5 14. dxc6 exf4 15. cxb7 Rb8 16. Qh5 Qf6 17. Nd5 Qe5 18. Qxf5
Qxf5 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. Nxf5 $16 {1-0 Pixton,A-Kudrin,S/Philadelphia 2001/CBM 85
ext (72)}) 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Qd2 $2 (9. d5 e5 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Nge2 Bg4 12. Bxd4
exd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Bc5 15. h3 Bh5 16. Nf5 $16 {1-0 Janssen,R-Visser,Y/
Rotterdam 1999/CBM 73 ext (46)}) 9... Qxd4 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] This concrete
approach refutes white's last move. In the only preceding game black did not
take the pawn, but it works fine for him.} (9... Bg4 $6 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6
12. d5 O-O-O 13. Qe3 e5 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. Be3 Nd4 16. O-O-O $13 {0-1 San
Emeterio Cabanes,J-Holmsten,A/Lisbon 2001/EXT 2002 (62)}) 10. Nb5 $6 {After
this move white's chances for a draw are very low.} (10. Qxd4 Nxd4 11. O-O-O
Ne6 12. Nge2 (12. Be3 f5 13. f3 f4 14. Bd4 e3 15. Nd5 Nxd4 $1 16. Nc7+ (16.
Rxd4 e5) 16... Kf7 17. Nxa8 (17. Rxd4 e5) 17... e5 18. Nc7 (18. c3 Bd6 $1 19.
cxd4 Bf5 $19) 18... Bd6 19. Nd5 Bf5 $40) 12... Nxf4 13. Nxf4 f5 14. Nb5 Kf7 15.
Rd8 g6 (15... g5 16. Ne6 $1) 16. Rhd1 Bg7 17. Rxh8 Bxh8 18. Rd8 Be5 19. g3 a6 {
followed by 20...b5 and 21...Bb7.}) (10. Qe2 $5 e5 11. Be3 Qd6 $1 12. f3 (12.
Nxe4 $2 Qb4+ $19 {[%csl Rb2,Re4]}) 12... exf3 13. Nxf3 {with some compensation
for the pawn.}) 10... Qxd2+ 11. Bxd2 (11. Kxd2 e5 12. Nc7+ Kd8 13. Nxa8 exf4
$19 {[%csl Ra8]}) 11... Rb8 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Ne2 Rc8 14. Be3 a6 15. Nbc3 f5 {
Black is just a healthy pawn up, while white has not enough resources to make
use of his temporary advantage in development.} 16. Nd5 e5 17. Rd2 (17. Nb6 Rd8
18. Bg5 Be7 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 {with a winning position for black.}) 17... Be6 18.
Rhd1 Kf7 19. Kb1 ({White achieves nothing after} 19. Nb6 Re8 (19... f4 $6 20.
Nxc8 fxe3 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. Rxd6 exf2 23. Ng3 Ke7 24. Nxe4 Rf8 25. Rxe6+ Kxe6
26. Rf1 $15)) 19... b5 20. g3 Bxd5 {Time to get rid of this annoying knight.}
21. Rxd5 Be7 22. Bb6 Ke6 23. Nc3 Nb8 $1 {Preparing to kick off the white
bishop with Rc8-c6.} 24. a4 b4 25. Na2 Rc6 26. Ba7 Rc7 27. Bb6 Rd7 28. c4 bxc3
29. Nxc3 Rc8 {Black successfully completed the development. The rest is a
matter of technique.} 30. a5 Rxd5 31. Nxd5 Bd6 32. g4 {This hurts only white,
but there is no significant improvement in any case.} g6 33. gxf5+ gxf5 34. Ne3
f4 35. Nf5 Bf8 36. Nh4 Nd7 {White's bishop is trapped.} 37. Ng2 Nxb6 38. axb6
Rb8 39. Re1 Kf5 40. Nh4+ Kg4 (40... Kg4 41. Ng2 Rxb6 42. Rxe4 Kf3 $19 {[%csl
Re4,Rg2]}) 0-1

[Event "Budapest Hunguest Hotels"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2003.04.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2003.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Qd2 e5 {Very rare move
in this particular position. Usually black plays 6...c6 covering the d5 square
and preparing e6-e5 on the next move. Another popular plan connected with the
fianchetto of the dark-squared bishop by 6...g5 or 6...g6 followed by 7...Bg7.}
7. Nf3 ({More in principle would be} 7. Nd5 Qd8 8. Nf3 c6 9. Ne3 Qc7 10. O-O-O
$14 {1-0 Grigore,G-Osman,M/Bucharest 2002/CBM 89 ext (65)}) 7... c6 {The
position is now back to "normal" for this opening variation.} 8. Be2 ({More
ambitious is} 8. O-O-O Be7 9. Kb1 (9. h3 Nd7 10. Kb1 O-O 11. Qe3 Re8 12. d5 Bd8
13. Bc4 c5 14. Nh2 a6 15. Ng4 Qg6 16. Qf3 b5 17. Bf1 h5 18. Ne3 Nf6 19. g4 hxg4
20. hxg4 Bxg4 21. Nxg4 Qxg4 22. Qe3 b4 23. Ne2 Qxe4 24. Qh3 Qh7 25. Qg2 Qg6 26.
Qh3 Qh7 27. Qg2 Qg6 28. Qh3 {1/2-1/2 Hall,J-Glek,I/Germany 1997/EXT 99 (28)})
9... a6 ({Possible is} 9... O-O 10. h3 Bd8 {as in the game Houska,M-Parker,J/
Hove 1997/EXT 99 (0-1,36)}) 10. Be2 b5 11. h4 Nd7 12. Qe3 Rb8 13. g4 Nb6 14. g5
Qf4 15. Qxf4 exf4 16. Rdg1 b4 17. Nd1 d5 18. e5 $13 {1-0 Hall,J-Van Wely,L/
Bundesliga 2000 (53)}) 8... Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd1 $146 {Trying to find for
the knight better pastures.} (10. a4 $6 a5 11. h3 Nd7 12. Nd1 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5
$15 {0-1 Martinez Medina,E-Spassov,L/La Pobla de Lillet 1997/EXT 99 (41)}) (10.
Rad1 $5) 10... exd4 $1 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. f4 (12. Ne3 Bd8 $1 {[%csl Re4][%cal
Yd8b6]}) (12. Re1 Bd8 $1 13. Bf1 Bb6 14. c3 Nd7 {In both cases black has a
nice game.}) 12... Bd8 $1 {Good manoeuvre. The black dark-squared bishop is
heading to b6, where it will put a pressure on white's position.} 13. Nf2 Bb6
14. c3 Nd7 15. Kh1 Nc5 16. Bf3 a5 {Black has certainly got more flexible
position, on the other hand white managed to defend his central outposts and
keeps some space. The chances are about equal.} 17. b3 Bd7 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. g3
{Both sides has no clear plan and continuing with the manoeuvres.} Bc8 20. Kg2
h5 21. a3 {[%cal Yb3b4]} (21. Bxh5 $2 Nxe4) 21... g6 22. b4 {Driving out the
black knight from it's active position.} axb4 23. axb4 Ne6 24. Rfe1 (24. f5 $6
Ng5 {seems to be in black's favour.}) 24... Qg7 25. h4 Nf8 {The black knight
goes to f6, where it has better prospects.} 26. Nc2 Nh7 27. Ne3 Nf6 28. Nc4 Bc7
29. Qd4 d5 {After a long manoeuvering black carries out a breakthrow in the
centre, which leads to a simplification.} 30. exd5 (30. e5 $2 dxc4 31. exf6
Rxe1 32. Rxe1 (32. Qxd8+ Bxd8 33. fxg7 Rxd1 34. Nxd1 Kxg7 $17) 32... Rxd4 33.
fxg7 Rd8 $17) 30... Rxe1 31. Rxe1 Nxd5 32. Bxd5 Qxd4 33. cxd4 (33. Bxf7+ $2
Kxf7 34. cxd4 Rxd4 {is clearly in black's favour.}) 33... cxd5 34. Na5 (34. Re7
$2 Bxf4) ({More logical was} 34. Ne5) 34... Kf8 35. Nb3 Bf5 36. Ra1 b6 {
[%csl Rb3] Restricting the possibilities of Nb3.} 37. Rc1 Rc8 38. Rc3 $6 {
This move appeares to be a loss of important tempo.} (38. Kf3 Bd6 39. Rxc8+
Bxc8 40. Nd3 Bf5 41. Nbc1 {reaching the same position as in the game with the
only difference, that the white king is on f3 instead of g2. The importance of
this difference will become clear in the game later...}) 38... Bd6 39. Rxc8+
Bxc8 40. Nd3 Bf5 41. Nbc1 Ke7 42. Kf3 Kd7 43. b5 (43. Ne5+ Kc7 44. Nxf7 Bxb4 {
with a big advantage.}) 43... Kc7 44. Ke3 {If white have had played 38.Kf3
instead of 38.Rc3 he could get this position with white's turn to move and
after Ne2 followed by Nc3 reach the equality. Now white is loses his Pb5.} Bd7
45. Ne5 Be8 46. Ne2 f6 47. Nf3 Bxb5 48. f5 $1 gxf5 {An important moment. Black
has several options, but it looks like white is still holding the balance.} (
48... g5 49. hxg5 fxg5 50. Nc3 (50. Nxg5 $2 Bxe2 51. Kxe2 Bxg3 {[%csl Gb6,Gh5]}
) 50... Bc4 51. Nxg5 Bxg3 52. f6 Kd7 53. Na4 $1 Bb3 54. Nxb6+ Kc7 55. f7 Bd6
56. Na8+ $1 Kb7 57. Ne6 Kxa8 58. f8=Q+ Bxf8 59. Nxf8 $11) (48... Be8 49. Nf4
Bxf4+ 50. gxf4 b5 51. Kd2 Kb6 52. Kc3 Ka5 53. Kb3 b4 54. Nd2 {and this endgame
is drawish.}) 49. Nf4 Bc4 ({After} 49... Bxf4+ 50. gxf4 {white is building a
fortress after transfer of his king to the queenside.}) 50. Nxh5 b5 51. Ng7 Ba3
$1 (51... b4 $2 52. Ne8+ {eliminating strong bishop.}) 52. h5 Bc1+ 53. Nd2 b4
54. h6 b3 {Both white's and black's pawns queens, and the resulting position,
surprisingly appeares to be equal.} 55. h7 b2 56. h8=Q b1=Q 57. Ne6+ Kb7 58.
Nc5+ (58. Qg7+ $6 Ka8 59. Qf8+ Qb8) 58... Ka7 59. Qxf6 (59. Qg7+ Ka8 {changes
nothing.}) 59... Bxd2+ ({After} 59... Bxd2+ 60. Kxd2 Qb2+ 61. Kd1 Qb1+ {
black gives a perpetual.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Georgiev, Vladimir"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ {A useful intermediate check. Black
forces white to play c2-c3, which will obstruct the development of white's
queenside knight.} 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 ({A solid alternative is} 6. Nd2 cxd4 7. Nb3
Qb6 8. Qxd4 {1-0 McShane,L-Cvitan,O/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104 [Postny,E] (68)})
6... Qb6 {Provoking a concession.} 7. b3 (7. Bc1 {--> 1/2-1/2 Gustafsson,
J-Eljanov,P/Plovdiv 2003/CBM 98 [Finkel] (33)}) 7... e6 {This typical break in
the centre is the most logical attempt to make use of white's temporary lag in
development.} (7... d6 8. e4 g6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. Ne2 O-O 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. Nc4 Qc7
13. a4 b6 14. O-O a6 {+/=/= 1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Tkachiev,V/Wijk aan Zee 1995/CBM
45 (53)}) 8. e4 exd5 9. exd5 d6 {I guess that L'Ami prepared this line at home,
since Georgiev has already this variation in this tournament few rounds before:
} (9... Bd6 10. Bg5 O-O (10... Be7 11. Ne2 d6 12. c4 Qd8 13. Be3 b5 {1/2-1/2
Moiseenko,A-Volokitin,A/Kharkov 2004/CBM 103 [Postny,E] (34)}) 11. Bxf6 Re8+
12. Ne2 gxf6 13. Nd2 Bf4 14. Nc4 Qd8 15. g3 b5 16. gxf4 bxc4 17. Kf2 d6 18. Ng3
cxb3 19. axb3 $16 {1-0 Georgiev,V-Spoelman,W/Wijk aan Zee 2005/CBM 105_03 (38)}
) 10. c4 (10. Na3 Be7 11. Bb5+ Nbd7 12. Ne2 O-O 13. Bxd7 Bxd7 14. Nc4 Qc7 15.
a4 b6 16. O-O Nh5 17. Qd2 Nxf4 18. Qxf4 f5 $132 {0-1 From,S-Gagarin,V/Aalborg
1995/EXT 97 (33)}) 10... Be7 11. Bd3 (11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bd3 Nbd7 13. Nge2 Ne5 14.
Bxe5 dxe5 15. Qc2 g6 16. O-O-O Nh5 17. g4 Nf4 18. h4 Nxd3+ 19. Qxd3 Bd7 20. d6
Bd8 21. g5 Qa5 22. Ng3 b5 23. Nge4 $40 {1-0 Kanep,M-Seeman,T/Kilingi Nomme
2002/EXT 2003 (28)}) 11... O-O 12. Ne2 {White's position is preferable thanks
to space advantage. Black should strive for exchanges to avoid potential
squeezing.} Re8 13. Nbc3 $146 (13. Qc2 g6 14. Nbc3 Nh5 15. Bd2 Nd7 16. f4 f5
17. O-O Ndf6 18. Rae1 Bd7 19. Kh1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Jones,I-Rayner,F/Swansea 2002/
EXT 2003 (61)}) 13... Nbd7 14. Qc2 Bf8 15. g4 Ne5 16. Bxe5 $6 {I don't like
this exchange. This bishop is important to cover the dark holes in white's
camp.} (16. O-O-O $14 Nxf3 $6 17. g5 Nh5 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Be4 Nxf4 20. Bxf3
$40 {[%csl Rh8]}) 16... Rxe5 17. f4 Rxe2+ $1 {This sacrifice is actually
forced, but gives black good counterplay.} (17... Re7 $2 18. g5 {[%csl Rf6,Rh7]
}) 18. Nxe2 Bxg4 {Black has sufficient compensation for the exchange. White
has to play carefully, since his monarch is not safe and the dark squares in
his camp are extremely vulnerable.} 19. Rg1 Bxe2 $6 {This is too hastily.
Black had plenty of useful moves and could keep the exchange on e2 as an
option.} (19... g6 {followed by Bg7 and Re8 with a nice game for black.}) 20.
Kxe2 Re8+ 21. Kf3 Qd8 {Transfering the queen to the kingside, where it will
create threats against the white king.} 22. Rae1 $2 ({It was much stronger to
hide the king in the corner as soon as possible by} 22. Kg2 {[%csl Yh1][%cal
Yg2h1]}) 22... Rxe1 23. Rxe1 g6 24. Kg2 (24. f5 Nh5 $36 {[%cal Gd8h4]}) 24...
Nh5 {Black has total control over dark squares. It's extremely difficult to
defend this position as white.} 25. Rf1 (25. f5 Qh4 26. Re8 Nf4+ 27. Kg1 Qg4+
28. Kf2 Qh3 $17) 25... Bh6 26. f5 Qh4 27. Rf3 (27. fxg6 hxg6 {does not assist
white.}) (27. Be2 Bf4 28. Rh1 Be5 $40) 27... Qg4+ 28. Kf2 Bg7 $1 29. Qe2 (29.
Be2 Nf4 $40) 29... Be5 $1 30. Qe4 $6 (30. Ke1 Nf4 31. Qf1 {trying to escape
with the king to the queenside.}) 30... Nf4 31. Rxf4 {White is forced to give
back the exchange to avoid the worse.} Bxf4 $4 {It's hard to tell what black
missed, but this recapture is a losing one!} ({Black has great winning chances
in the endgame with the opposite colour bishops:} 31... Qxf4+ 32. Qxf4 Bxf4 33.
h3 Kg7 {This endgame deserves further investigation. At the moment, i don't
see a clear draw for white.}) 32. f6 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ge4e8] Suddenly,
black's king is in danger.} h5 (32... Qh4+ 33. Kf3 Qh5+ 34. Kxf4 Qxh2+ 35. Ke3
$18) 33. Qe8+ Kh7 34. Qxf7+ Kh6 35. Qg7+ Kg5 {[%tqu "En","Find the best move
for White.","","","g7e7","The only way for a win.",10,"g7g6","",0,"f6f7","",0]}
36. Qe7 $1 {The only way for a win.} (36. Qxg6+ Kh4 37. f7 Qxg6 38. Bxg6 Bh6
$11) (36. f7 $2 Qh4+ 37. Kf1 Qh3+ 38. Ke1 Qe3+ $1 39. Be2 Qg1+ 40. Bf1 Qxh2 41.
Qc3 Qh4+ 42. Ke2 Qg4+ 43. Qf3 Qf5 $19) 36... Qh4+ 37. Kf1 Qh3+ 38. Ke1 Qxd3 ({
There is no perpetual after} 38... Qh4+ 39. Kd1 Qg4+ 40. Kc2 (40. Be2 $4 Qg1+
41. Kc2 Qc1+ 42. Kd3 Qd2+ 43. Ke4 Qe3#) 40... Qg2+ 41. Be2 $18) 39. f7+ Kg4 {
[%tqu "En","How should White continue?","","","e7e6","Very important check.",
10,"f7f8Q","",0]} 40. Qe6+ $1 {Very important check.} ({White could still lose
after:} 40. f8=Q $4 Qc3+ $1 (40... Qd2+ $2 41. Kf1 Kf3 42. Qxf4+ Kxf4 (42...
Qxf4 $4 43. Qe2#) 43. Qxd6+ $11) 41. Kf1 Qf3+ $1 42. Ke1 (42. Kg1 Be3+ 43. Qxe3
Qxe3+ $19) 42... Qh1+ 43. Ke2 Qxh2+ 44. Ke1 Qd2+ 45. Kf1 Kf3 $1 $19 {A
picturesque position. Two white's queens are hopeless against black's
coordinated forces.}) 40... Kh4 41. f8=Q {Now it's all over for black, since
his king can not take part in the attack.} Qc3+ 42. Kf2 1-0

[Event "BLR-ch 71st"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2005.03.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Trifonov, Denis"]
[Black "Azarov, Sergei Nikolaevich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2005.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ {This check forces white to play
c2-c3, which will obstruct the development of white's queenside knight.} 5. c3
Nf6 6. Nd2 ({Another theoretical line is} 6. d5 {1/2-1/2 Moiseenko,A-Volokitin,
A/Kharkov 2004/CBM 103 [Postny,E] (34)}) 6... cxd4 7. Nb3 Qd8 (7... Qf5 8. Bxb8
Rxb8 9. Qxd4 b6 10. e4 Qf4 11. Nh3 Qc7 12. e5 Ng8 13. O-O-O $36 {1/2-1/2
Nguyen,N-Ilincic,Z/Budapest 2004/CBM 102 ext (54)}) ({The main line is} 7...
Qb6 {1-0 McShane,L-Cvitan,O/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104 [Postny,E] (68)}) 8. Qxd4 $6
{This looks rather illogical, allowing black to develop the knight with tempo.}
(8. Bxb8 Rxb8 9. Qxd4 a6 10. Qa7 Qc7 11. e4 e6 12. Bxa6 Bd6 13. Bb5 Bxh2 14.
Ne2 b6 15. Qxc7 Bxc7 $15 {0-1 Miladinovic,I-Georgiev,K/Skopje 2002/CBM 88 (34)}
) ({The most logical recapture is} 8. cxd4 d5 (8... g6 9. e4 Bg7 10. Qd2 O-O
11. Bd3 d6 12. Ne2 Nc6 13. Be3 $14 {1-0 Aleksandrov,A-Moiseenko,A/Warsaw 2003/
EXT 2005 (26)}) 9. e3 e6 (9... Nc6 10. Bb5 Qb6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Qc2 a5 13.
Ne2 Nd7 14. Rc1 a4 15. Nd2 Bb7 16. b4 axb3 17. Nxb3 e6 18. O-O Ba6 19. Rb1 Bxe2
20. Qxe2 Qa6 21. Qe1 Be7 22. Rf2 O-O 23. Rc2 Rfc8 24. Qf1 {1/2-1/2 Wells,
P-Hebden,M/Portsmouth 2004/EXT 2005 (24)}) 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Ne2 Nh5 12. O-O Nxf4
13. Nxf4 Bd6 $11 {0-1 Nguyen Ngoc Truong,S-Belezky,S/Budapest 2004/CBM 98 ext 
(33)}) 8... Nc6 9. Qd2 (9. Qa4 e5 10. Bg3 Be7 11. e4 O-O 12. Bb5 Qc7 13. Nd4
Nxd4 14. cxd4 d6 15. Ne2 a6 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Qb3 Nh5 18. Bf2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Szabo,
L-Garcia Molina,F/Heraklio 2004/EXT 2005 (61)}) 9... e5 10. Bg5 $146 (10. Bg3
d5 {1/2-1/2 Kurajica,B-Cvitan,O/Solin/Split 2000/CBM 081 (10)}) 10... h6 11.
Bxf6 Qxf6 12. e4 {The position is approximately balanced. White has superior
pawn structure and control over the central d5 square. n the other hand, black
has got pair of bishops and the dark squares in white's camp might become
vulnerable.} Be7 13. Bc4 Qg6 14. h4 {Covering g5 square.} (14. O-O-O $4 Bg5 $19
) 14... h5 15. O-O-O d6 16. Ne2 $5 ({A prophylactic move} 16. Kb1 {was
possible as well.}) 16... Be6 {Declining the challenge.} (16... Qxg2 $5 17.
Rhg1 Qxf3 18. Rdf1 (18. Rxg7 Rf8 $15) 18... Qxe4 19. Bxf7+ Kd8 20. Nc5 Qxh4 21.
Rxg7 Kc7 {and black seems to be fine.}) 17. Bxe6 $6 {This is illogical. After
this exchange white loses his control over d5 square.} (17. Bd5 Qxg2 $5 {
leads to a forced draw:} 18. Rhg1 Qxf3 19. Rdf1 Qh3 20. Rh1 Qg4 21. Rfg1 $11)
17... fxe6 18. g3 O-O-O 19. c4 Kb8 $15 20. Na5 $2 {After this careless move
white's position is collapsing rapidly.} (20. Kb1 $6 d5 $17) (20. Qe3 $15)
20... Rc8 21. Nxc6+ Rxc6 22. b3 {[%tqu "En","How should Black continue?","","",
"d6d5","Probably, white simply missed this strike. The white king is now in
serious danger.",10]} d5 $1 $19 {Probably, white simply missed this strike.
The white king is now in serious danger.} 23. Qb2 (23. exd5 $4 Ba3+ {[%csl Rc1]
}) 23... dxc4 24. Qxe5+ Ka8 25. Kb1 Bf6 26. Qb5 cxb3 27. axb3 Qe8 {Transfering
the queen to the queenside, where it will a deadly threats against the white
monarch.} 28. Qb4 Rb6 29. Qc4 Qe7 {[%cal Ge7a3]} 30. Rc1 {[%cal Gc4c8]} Rb8 $1
31. Rc3 {What else? The resignation was a deserving alternative to this move...
} Rc6 32. Qd3 Bxc3 33. Nxc3 Rd8 34. Qe3 Qa3 35. Na2 Ra6 36. Rh2 Rd1+ 37. Kc2
Qxa2+ 38. Kxd1 Qxh2 39. Qd4 Ra1+ 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT poule basse"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.05.07"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Legky, Nikolay A"]
[Black "Charnushevich, Aliaksei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2003.05.07"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Drancy"]
[BlackTeam "Besancon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Qd2 e5 {This move is
typical, but usually black starts with 6...c6 covering the d5 square and
intends to play e6-e5 a bit later. Another popular plan connected with the
fianchetto of dark-squared bishop by 6...g5 or 6...g6 and 7...Bg7.} 7. dxe5
$146 ({Probably more troublesome for black is} 7. Nd5 Qd8 8. Nf3 c6 9. Ne3 Qc7
10. O-O-O $14 {1-0 Grigore,G-Osman,M/Bucharest 2002/CBM 89 ext (65)}) (7. Nf3 {
will lead to a "normal" position of this variation.}) 7... dxe5 8. Nd5 {
White is immediatly trying to get use of the d5 square.} Qd8 9. Qc3 Bd6 10.
O-O-O O-O 11. f4 {White is playing very actively, but this is not enough for
the advantage.} c6 12. Ne3 (12. fxe5 Qg5+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ (13... Qxe5 14. Nf3 Qe6
15. Nf6+ Qxf6 16. Qxd6 $11) 14. Rxd2 Bxe5 15. Ne7+ Kh8 16. Nxc8 Rxc8 17. g3 $11
) 12... Qe7 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. fxe5 $6 {Dubious capture.} (14. Nxe5 Nd7 15. Ngf3 (
15. Nxd7 $2 Bxf4+ $17) 15... Nxe5 16. Nxe5 {and in order to regain the pawn
black must give his good dark-squared bishop. The position will be about equal.
}) 14... Bg4 15. Nf3 Nd7 16. Rg1 $2 {This move is very naive. White was
probably hoping for 16...Bxf3, which opens the "g" file, but black has much
simpler and better continuation.} (16. h3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nxe5 $15) 16... b5 17.
Ne3 Nxe5 18. h3 ({Very complicated, but promising for black is:} 18. Bxb5 Nxf3
(18... cxb5 $2 19. Nd5) 19. gxf3 Be5 20. Qd2 (20. Qxc6 Rac8 $36) 20... Bxf3 21.
Nf5 Qf6 22. Rxg7+ Kh8 23. Rdg1 {[%cal Gg1g6]} Bxb2+ 24. Kb1 Bc3) (18. Nxg4 Nxg4
19. Qxc6 Bb6 $17 {[%csl Rg1]}) 18... b4 19. Qd2 Rfd8 (19... Bxf3 $5 20. gxf3
Nxf3 21. Rxg7+ Kh8 22. Qf2 Bf4 23. Qxf3 Bxe3+ 24. Qxe3 Kxg7 $17) 20. Bd3 Be6
21. Nxe5 Bxe5 {Black is now totally dominating.} 22. Kb1 Qc5 23. Qc1 Bf4 24.
Rde1 Qa5 {Forcing white to make a concession.} 25. b3 {Now the black squares
on the queenside are extremely weak.} Qc5 26. Rgf1 Be5 27. Nc4 Bc3 28. Qe3 Rd4
29. Re2 Rad8 {Almost all dark squares are occupied by black's pieces.} 30. Nb2
Qa5 31. Qc1 (31. Na4 c5 {[%cal Gc5c4]} 32. Nxc3 bxc3 {[%csl Rb1] and black's
attack is irresisitible.}) 31... Qh5 32. Ref2 c5 33. Rf3 Bxb2 {Forcing matters.
} ({Possible was} 33... a5) 34. Qxb2 c4 35. bxc4 Bxc4 36. Rc1 $6 ({The best
practical chance for white was to sacrifice queen:} 36. Bxc4 $1 Rd1+ 37. Qc1
Rxc1+ 38. Rxc1) 36... Be6 {Black's position is winning. White has no
counterplay at all and can only wait and see, how black will strengthen his
position.} 37. Ka1 a5 38. Be2 (38. Rcf1 a4 $19) 38... Qg5 39. Rd3 Rxe4 40. Bf3
Rc4 {Black is a pawn up and the domination continues.} 41. Rxd8+ Qxd8 42. Qe5
Qd2 43. Kb1 a4 44. Bg4 Bxg4 45. hxg4 b3 $1 {The decisive breakthrough. White's
king can not survive the attack.} 46. axb3 axb3 47. Qe8+ (47. Qb8+ Kh7 48. Qxb3
Rb4 $19) 47... Kh7 48. Qxf7 bxc2+ 49. Ka2 Qa5+ {The mate is inevitable.} 0-1

[Event "Catania op"]
[Site "Catania"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Garcia Palermo, Carlos H"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. f4 c5 3. c3 Nf6 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 g6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Bg7 8. Qe2 Be4
$6 (8... d5 $5 $10) (8... cxd4 9. exd4 (9. cxd4 Be4 10. Nc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 d5
$10) 9... O-O $10) 9. Bxe4 $5 Nxe4 10. Nbd2 Nxd2 (10... d5 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12.
Ng5 Qd5 $8 13. Qb5+ Nd7 14. c4 Qf5 (14... Qb7 $2 15. dxc5 a6 16. c6 $18) 15.
dxc5 Qxc5 16. Nxf7 $5 (16. Nxe4 Qxb5 17. cxb5 O-O 18. Rb1) 16... Qxb5 17. Nd6+
Ke7 18. Nxb5 Rhc8 19. Na3 $16) (10... f5 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Ng5) 11. Bxd2 d5 (
11... O-O 12. c4 Nc6 13. Qd3 $14) 12. dxc5 (12. e4 $1 dxe4 (12... Nc6 13. e5
$14) 13. Qxe4 Nd7 (13... Qd5 14. Qxd5 exd5 15. Rae1+ $16) 14. d5 Nf6 15. Qa4+
Qd7 16. Qxd7+ Nxd7 (16... Kxd7 17. Ne5+) 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Rae1 $36) 12... bxc5
13. e4 O-O 14. Rad1 (14. e5 $5) 14... Qd6 $1 (14... Qb6 15. exd5 exd5 16. Be3
$14) 15. Be3 Nd7 (15... Nc6 $2 16. e5 Qe7 17. Qb5) 16. e5 (16. c4 d4 17. Bc1 f5
$13) 16... Qc6 17. c4 Nb6 (17... d4 18. Bc1 $14) 18. cxd5 (18. b3 Rfd8) 18...
Nxd5 $5 (18... exd5 19. Rc1 Nc4 20. Bf2 $16) 19. Nd2 Rab8 (19... Rfb8 $5 20.
Nb3 $6 (20. Nc4 Qa6 21. Bxc5 Rc8 $1 (21... Qxa2 22. Ra1 Qb3 23. Rxa7 Rxa7 24.
Bxa7 Nb4 $15) 22. b4 Nc3 23. Qd3 (23. Qc2 Qxc4 24. Rd3 Rxc5 25. bxc5 Qxc5+ 26.
Kh1 Ne4 27. Qe2 Qc6 $19) 23... Nxd1 24. Rxd1 Qxa2 $17) (20. Rb1 $1 $8 Qa4 $10)
20... c4 21. Nd4 Qa6 $17) 20. Nc4 Qa6 $1 21. Bxc5 Rfc8 22. Bd6 Ra8 23. Rd4 (23.
Rc1 $5) 23... Qxa2 24. g4 Rc6 25. f5 Rac8 26. fxe6 fxe6 27. Qf3 Rxc4 28. Qf7+
Kh8 29. Qxe6 Qb3 (29... Ne3 30. Bc5 $1 Rg8 (30... Rb8) 31. Qxg8+ $3 Kxg8 32.
Rd8+ Bf8 33. Rfxf8+ (33. Rdxf8+ Kg7 34. R8f7+ Kh6 35. Bxe3+ g5 36. R1f6#) 33...
Kg7 34. Rd7+ Kh6 35. Bxe3+ g5 36. Rf6#) 30. Rxd5 Qe3+ 31. Kh1 $138 (31. Kh1 Qe2
32. Rg1 Rc2 $19) (31. Rf2 Rc1+ 32. Kg2 Qe4+ 33. Kh3 h5 34. Rdd2 (34. gxh5 R8c3+
35. bxc3 Rxc3+ $19) 34... g5 $1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Alushta2"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tosic, Miroslav"]
[Black "Varavin, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. h4 c5 4. dxc5 Nxg5 5. hxg5 e6 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. e3 (7. Nc3
Qb6 8. Ne4 Qxb2 9. Nxc5 Qc3+ 10. Nd2 Qxc5 $17) 7... Nc6 8. Qd3 (8. Nbd2 $5)
8... Qb6 9. Nbd2 $2 (9. Qb5 $142) (9. Qb3 $142) 9... Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qxa2 11. Qc3
$2 (11. Rxh7 Rxh7 12. Qxh7 Bb4 $17) 11... Bf8 (11... Qxb1+ $1 12. Nxb1 Bb4 $19)
12. g6 fxg6 13. Bd3 Qxb1+ 14. Nxb1 Bb4 15. Bxg6+ Ke7 16. Qxb4+ Nxb4 17. Ne5 d6
18. c3 Nd5 19. Nd3 Bd7 20. Be4 Nf6 0-1

[Event "Sautron op 14th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2014.10.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bedouin, Xavier"]
[Black "Terrieux, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2014.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:02:16"]
[BlackClock "0:04:58"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ne4 {
[%emt 0:00:53]} (2... c5 3. d5 Qb6 4. Nc3 {Le gambit Vaganian}) 3. Bf4 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 4. d5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} (4. f3 {La grande
ligne} Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 (6. d5 Qb6 7. e4 Qxb2 8. Nd2 Qxc3 9. Bc7 $44))
4... Qb6 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 5. Nd2 $5 {[%emt 0:00:42] Un gambit risqué mais
intéressant et le breton l'a utilisé quelques mois plus tard au tournoi de
Lille avec les couleurs inversées.} (5. Bc1 e6 (5... g6 6. f3 Nd6 7. e4 Bg7 8.
Nc3 f5 9. exf5 Nxf5) 6. f3 Nf6 7. e4) 5... Qxb2 {[%emt 0:04:56] Relève le
gant du défi théorique} (5... Nxd2) 6. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Qb4+ {[%emt 0:
00:08]} 7. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} (7. c3 Qxe4 8. e3 $13 {[%cal Gg1f3,Gf1d3]} g5 (
8... e5 9. dxe6) 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Rc1 d6 11. Nf3 Qg6 12. h4 h6 (12... gxh4 13.
Bd3 $44)) 7... Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 8. e3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} g5 $1 {[%emt 0:08:
00][%cal Gf8g7,Gg7a1]} (8... e5 9. dxe6 {Terrieux,K (2439)-Zhigalko,A (2586)
Lille Luce op 6th 2015 (8) 1/2}) 9. Bg3 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:05:30]}
10. Rb1 {[%emt 0:09:59]} (10. c3) 10... Na6 $146 {[%emt 0:18:44]} (10... Qa4
11. c4 Na6 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. Nf3 h6 14. O-O Qxa2 15. Qxa2 Nxa2 16. d6 Nb4 17. Be2
e6 18. Ne5 h5 19. f4 h4 20. Be1 a5 21. Bc3 Nc6 22. Rb5 gxf4 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24.
Rxf4+ Kg8 25. Rg4 e5 26. Rxc5 b6 27. Rd5 Ba6 28. Bxe5 Rh7 29. Bd3 Kh8 30. Bxg7+
Rxg7 31. Rh5+ Kg8 32. Bh7+ Kf7 33. Rf5+ Ke6 34. Rxg7 Bxc4 35. Rf4 Ne5 36. Bg8+
Rxg8 37. Rxg8 Kxd6 38. Rxh4 Bxg8 39. Rh6+ Be6 40. h4 {Galyas,M (2265)
-Sinkovics,P (2405) Budapest 1997 0-1}) 11. f3 {[%emt 0:06:20]} Qa4 {[%emt 0:
03:17]} 12. c3 {[%emt 0:03:43]} Qa5 $1 {[%emt 0:04:00][%csl Re1] Force Rc1
pour activer la majorité b5} 13. Rc1 {[%emt 0:23:54]} b5 $132 {[%emt 0:09:23]}
14. Ne2 {[%emt 0:01:05]} d6 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 15. h4 {[%emt 0:08:39]} g4 {
[%emt 0:04:32]} 16. Kf2 $13 {[%emt 0:01:45] Après la poussée h4, c'est
probablement le seul choix pour le K Blanc mais le K Noir est plus en
sécurité} Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 17. Bf4 {[%emt 0:01:55][%cal Ge2g3] Les
pièces Blanches sont assez mal coordonnées} O-O-O $15 {[%emt 0:01:38][%csl
Gc8,Rf2]} 18. Ng3 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Be5 $6 {[%emt 0:12:02] Uné décision
discutable car les Blancs ont intérêt à simplifier la position par des
échanges.} 19. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:18:43]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 20. a4 $1 {[%emt 0:
00:19]} Qxa4 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 21. Be2 {[%emt 0:03:56][%cal Gc1a1]} (21. c4 $5
b4 22. Be2 $44) 21... Qa5 {[%emt 0:02:21]} 22. Ra1 {[%emt 0:06:15]} Qb6 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} 23. Rhb1 {[%emt 0:00:37]} (23. Ra2 gxf3 24. gxf3 Rhg8 25. Rha1)
(23. Qa2 Kb7 24. Rhb1) 23... gxf3 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 24. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]}
Nc7 {[%emt 0:03:00]} 25. Bxb5 $6 {[%emt 0:02:52]} Bxb5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 26. c4
{[%emt 0:00:15]} e6 {[%emt 0:06:13]} (26... Rhg8 27. Rxb5 Qg6 $19) 27. cxb5 {
[%emt 0:01:16]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 28. Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:34]} f5 {[%emt 0:01:
14]} 29. Nxf5 {[%emt 0:03:26] Une dernière tentative désespérée} exf5 {
[%emt 0:01:26]} 30. Qxf5+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 31. Ra6 {
[%emt 0:01:03]} Nxa6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 32. bxa6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qxa6 {[%emt 0:
01:07]} 33. Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Rd2+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2011.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e4 d5 6. e5 g5 7. Bg3 Nfd7 8. h4 g4
9. dxc5 h5 10. Bb5 Nc6 11. Ne2 Nxc5 12. O-O a6 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. c4 a5 15. Nd4
Qb6 16. Qc2 Nd7 17. Qd3 Ba6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qg6+ Kd8 20. Qxe6 Be7 21. Rfd1 d4
22. c5 $2 (22. Qf5 c5 23. e6 $11) 22... Nxc5 $19 23. Qf7 Ra7 24. Rac1 Rd7 25.
e6 Rd5 26. Nc4 Bxc4 27. Rxc4 Rf8 28. Qg6 Nb7 29. Qe4 Nd6 30. Bxd6 Rxd6 31.
Rcxd4 Rxd4 32. Rxd4+ Kc8 33. g3 Qc5 34. Rd2 Kb7 35. Rd7+ Kb6 36. Qe2 Rd8 37.
Rxd8 Bxd8 38. Qd2 Be7 39. a3 Qe5 40. Qd7 Qd6 41. Qe8 Qxe6 42. b4 axb4 43. axb4
Qe5 44. Kf1 Bd6 45. Qd8+ Bc7 46. Qd2 Bd6 0-1

[Event "GER-GRE"]
[Site "Fuerth"]
[Date "2002.09.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Black "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.08.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Nc3 $5 {Defenetly the sharpest move! Transfering to
Sicilian Defence Setup. White has the queen on h4 ready for attack on Kside
and the d-file open for the rook.} (3. dxc5 $5 e6 (3... Qa5+ 4. Nd2 Qxc5 5.
Bxf6 gxf6 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Ne5 $14 {1-0 Miladinovic,I-Papastavropoulos,A/
Aegina 1995/EXT 97 (38)}) 4. Nd2 Bxc5 5. e3 d5 (5... Be7 6. Ngf3 O-O 7. Bd3 Na6
8. c4 b6 9. O-O Bb7 $11 {[%cal Ga6c5,Gf6e4] 1/2-1/2 Miladinovic,I-Tzoumbas,A/
Ano Liosia 1995/CBM 46 ext (23)}) 6. Ngf3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. c4 Nc5
10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O b6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Miladinovic,I-Kotronias,V/Karditsa 1995/
CBM 47 ext (18)}) (3. e3 Qa5+ 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bxf6 gxf6 6. Qh5 $14 {1-0 Berkes,
F-Georgiev,K/Agneaux 1999/EXT 2000 (22)}) (3. Bxf6 exf6 (3... gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5.
Qc1 f5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. c3 d6 9. Nh3 Nd7 10. O-O Nf6 {1/2-1/2 Minasian,
A-El Taher,F/Dubai UAE 2002/The Week in Chess 390 (10)}) 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Qxd4
Nc6 6. Qe4+ Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bc4 a6 9. Nge2 $14 {[%csl Rd7] 1-0 Chandler,
M-Knott,S/Millfield 2000/CBM 77 ext (65)}) 3... cxd4 $5 (3... Qa5 $5 4. Bxf6
gxf6 5. dxc5 Bg7 6. e3 f5 7. Nge2 Qxc5 8. g3 Qc6 9. Rg1 Qb6 10. Nd5 Qa5+ 11. c3
$13 {[%cal Gf1g2,Ge2f4] 1-0 Vasilev,M-Nikolaidis,I/Cannes 2000/EXT 2001 (46)})
4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qh4 {This position is very interesting for both of sides.White
intends to make a long castle,push e4 and f4. Black on the other hand can
develop a strong attack on Kside in case white casltes immediatly.} e6 (5... d6
$5 6. e4 Be6 7. Bd3 Rc8 8. Nge2 Ne5 9. f4 Nxd3+ 10. cxd3 Qb6 11. f5 $14 {
0-1 De la Villa Garcia,J-Miezis,N/Elgoibar 1995/EXT 97 (47)}) (5... b5 $5 {
[%cal Gb5b4,Gd8a5] Deserves more attention.Black begins to attack the Qside,so
white long castle is now quiet dangerous.}) 6. e4 Be7 (6... h6 $5 7. f4 Rg8 $5
8. O-O-O $44) 7. f4 (7. O-O-O $5 Nd5 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qxe7+ Ndxe7 10. g3 $14)
7... d6 (7... Qb6 $5 8. O-O-O Qe3+ 9. Kb1 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Qxe4 11. Bd3 Bxg5 12.
Qxg5 Qd4 13. Nf3 Qf6 14. Qh5 $44 {[%csl Ra8,Rc8,Re8,Rh8][%cal Gf4f5] 1/2-1/2
Ochoa de Echaguen,F-Browne,W/New York 1989/CBM 12 (49)}) 8. O-O-O Qa5 9. Nf3 {
[%cal Gf1b5,Ge4e5] This is the start position of the variation.White aims to
play e5 ,while black should prevent it and find some play on Qside.} h6 10. e5
$1 {Of course in the mood of the opening and white didn't have to think twice
about this move.The pawn sacrafise is worth the initiative and weak black king.
} (10. Bb5 Bd7 11. e5 $6 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Bxb5 14. Nxb5 Qxb5 15.
exf6 Qxg5+ $17 {0-1 Rabinovich,A-Gershon,A/Israel 1996 (35)}) 10... dxe5 11.
fxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Bb5+ Kf8 14. Bf4 $44 {Both sides made a few forced
moves and position rised is complicated.White is pawn less,but black pieces
yet in the game and black king is weak.The pressure on the f-file can be
umpleasant for black in case he will play g6 to secure the king on g7.} Qc5 $5
{[%cal Gg7g5,Gf6d5] The best square for Q.} 15. Qe1 $1 {Again the best
decision.Q on h4 alrady finished her job.} a6 16. Bd3 (16. Ba4 $6 b5 17. Bb3
Bb7 $15) 16... Bd7 17. Rf1 {[%cal Gh2h4,Gf1f7,Gg2g4]} Bc6 18. g4 Rd8 (18...
Nxg4 $5 {Dangerous,but white can't win immediatly and black is already 2 pawns
up.}) 19. Be3 {Opening up the f-file.} Qe5 $1 {[%mdl 256] Again black is on
top!The best square for Q.} (19... Qa5 $6 20. Qf2 $40 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Ge3b6,
Gh2h4,Gg4g5]}) (19... Qb4 $6 20. Rf4 Qa5 21. Qf2 $40 {[%cal Ge3b6,Gh2h4,Gg4g5]}
) 20. Qf2 Bb4 $5 {[%cal Gf8e7,Gh8f8][%mdl 256]} 21. Ne2 {[%cal Ge2f4,Ge2d4]}
Rd7 $1 {[%cal Gd7f7,Gf6g4] Brilliant play.Since move 10 black finds only moves
in the position where every mistake can cost a game.} 22. h3 {Position occured
is very difficult for evaluation.Black is out of helping moves,since all his
pieces take good positions.He didn't solve the last problem:his king.} Ke8 $8 {
[%csl Rd8][%cal Gf6e4]} 23. Bd4 (23. Kb1 $5 Ne4 24. Bxe4 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Qxe4
26. Bb6 {[%csl Rd8]} Be7 27. Nc3 Qf3 28. Qh2 {[%cal Gh2b8]} Kf8 29. Qc7 {
[%cal Gd1d8]} Be8 30. Bd4 $44 {[%cal Gd4g7]}) 23... Qd5 (23... Qg5+ 24. Kb1 Ne4
25. Bxe4 Bxe4 26. Nf4 {[%cal Gf4h5]} e5 27. Qe2 $14 {/+/-}) 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25.
Kb1 $5 (25. Qxf6 $2 Qg5+ 26. Kb1 Qxf6 27. Rxf6 {And black is simply better.})
25... Be7 26. Nf4 Qc5 $1 (26... Qg5 $6 27. Nh5 f5 28. Ng3 Bd6 29. Nxf5 $1 exf5
30. Bxf5 Rd8 31. Be4 {[%cal Gf2f7]} Rf8 32. Bxc6+ bxc6 33. Qa7 {[%cal Gf1e1]
With very strong attack!}) 27. Qxc5 {The agreement may be just too soon.Black
can play a slightly better ending without any risk.} (27. Qxc5 Bxc5 28. Nh5 Be7
29. Nxf6+ Bxf6 30. Rxf6 Kf8 $15 {[%cal Gf8g7,Gh8d8,Ge6e1] As a conclusion:Very
strong game from both players.Good initiative play from white and very sharp
defence from black.The best result for such a game.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-GRE"]
[Site "Fuerth"]
[Date "2002.09.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2002.08.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 {[%mdl 8384]} Nf6 2. Bg5 {Miladinovic is known as one of an experts of
Trompowsky variation,so i gues it wasn't a surprise for black the choice of
the opening.} e6 3. e3 (3. e4 $5) 3... c5 (3... h6 4. Bh4 d6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. c4
Be7 7. Nc3 b6 8. Bg3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 $11 {1-0 Gurevich,M-Nijboer,F/Wijk aan Zee
2001/CBM 81 (60)}) (3... Be7 4. c4 c5 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 h6 8. Bh4
Nc6 9. Qd2 d5 $5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Miladinovic,I-Nikolaidis,I/Kavala 1999/EXT 2002 
(19)}) 4. c3 (4. dxc5 $5 Bxc5 5. Nd2 Be7 6. Ngf3 O-O 7. Bd3 d6 8. O-O (8. c3
Nbd7 9. Qc2 Nc5 10. Be2 b6 11. b4 Ncd7 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rac1 Rc8 $11 {1-0
Miladinovic,I-Grivas,E/Karditsa 1996/CBM 53 (71)}) 8... b6 9. Nc4 Nbd7 10. a4
a6 11. e4 Bb7 12. Re1 Nc5 $11 {1-0 Miladinovic,I-Arsovic,Z/Kavala 1997/EXT
2001 (56)}) 4... d5 (4... h6 5. Bh4 Nc6 (5... cxd4 6. cxd4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Nc3
Nxg3 9. hxg3 d5 10. Bd3 $14 {1-0 Miladinovic,I-Hansen,C/Groningen 1997/CBM 63 
(52)}) 6. Nd2 d6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Ngf3 b6 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Bb5 Bb7 $11
{1-0 Miladinovic,I-Drei,A/Montecatini Terme 1998/EXT 99 (43)}) (4... cxd4 5.
exd4 Be7 6. Bd3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Qe2 (9. Nbd2 d6 10. O-O Nd7 11.
a4 a6 12. Be4 Bxe4 13. Nxe4 d5 14. Nxf6+ {1/2-1/2 Miladinovic,I-Spasov,V/Poros
1998/EXT 99 (14)}) 9... O-O 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. O-O Ne7 12. a4 Qc7 13. Ne5 g6 14.
f4 d6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Miladinovic,I-Papaioannou,I/Korinthos 1999/EXT 2000 (56)})
5. Nd2 Be7 6. Bd3 Nbd7 (6... b6 $5 7. Ngf3 Nbd7 8. Qe2 Bb7 9. h4 Ne4 10. Bf4
Rc8 11. Rh3 Bf6 12. g4 h6 13. Bc2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 b5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Miladinovic,
I-Chatalbashev,B/Ano Liosia 2000/CBM 79 ext (21)}) 7. f4 $5 {This variation is
very promising for white since keeping an eye on e5 square and the Bc8 is out
of the game for a while.} h6 $1 {The best move.White is facing an important
decision to kep the bishop or to exchange it...} (7... b6 8. Nh3 (8. Ngf3 Bb7
9. Ne5 (9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. h4 Qc7 11. Kf2 O-O-O 12. a4 a6 13. Qe2 $132 {0-1
Chepukaitis,G-Taimanov,M/St Petersburg 1998/EXT 99 (60)}) 9... Nxe5 10. fxe5
Nd7 11. Bf4 Qc7 12. O-O O-O-O $132 {[%cal Gg7g5] 1-0 Kuijf,M-Moiseev,V/
Nettetal 1992/CBM 28 (39)}) 8... Bb7 9. O-O Qc7 10. Nf3 O-O-O 11. Ne5 $14 {
1-0 Rustemov,A-Vasilev,M/Dos Hermanas ESP 2002/The Week in Chess 388 (54)}) 8.
Bh4 (8. Bxf6 $5 {In my opinion this move promises more to white.} Nxf6 (8...
gxf6 $5 {[%cal Gf6f5]}) 9. Qf3 b6 10. Nh3 Bb7 11. O-O $14 {[%csl Re4][%cal
Gd2e4,Gd3e4,Gf3e4] Black can't enter to e4.While white has more space and easy
play.}) 8... Qc7 (8... g5 $5 9. fxg5 Nh7 10. Ngf3 Nxg5 $132) 9. Ngf3 c4 $5 {
Beginning attack on Qside.} 10. Bc2 b5 11. O-O Bb7 (11... g5 $1 12. fxg5 (12.
Bg3 Nh5 13. Ne5 Nxg3 14. hxg3 h5 $132) 12... hxg5 13. Bxg5 Ng4 14. Bf4 (14.
Bxe7 Nxe3 $17) 14... Bd6 $40) 12. Ne5 $14 Bd6 13. Qf3 {White achieved the
better position due to more space and strong Ne5.} Rf8 {[%cal Ge8c8]} 14. Qg3
$6 (14. Qh3 $5 O-O-O {[%cal Gg7g5]}) 14... g5 $5 {Just on time.} 15. fxg5 Nxe5
16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Qh3 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Ne4 {Both sides made few forced moves.And
now white succeded to keep the black king in the center...} 19. Nxe4 dxe4 {
[%cal Gf8h8,Gh8h2]} 20. Bd1 $1 {Only move.} f5 (20... Rh8 $2 21. Bh5 Bxh2+ 22.
Kh1 $18 {[%csl Rf7]}) 21. a4 $5 (21. Bh5+ $6 Kd7 22. Rad1+ Kc6 {[%cal Gf8h8]
Can be dangerous for white.}) 21... Rh8 $8 22. Bh5+ Kd7 $8 {[%cal Ge5h2]} (
22... Kf8 $2 {[%tqu "En","Find the best move for white.","","","f1f5","Correct.
",10]} 23. Rxf5+ $1 exf5 24. Qxf5+ Kg8 25. Qe6+ Kg7 26. Qg6+ Kf8 27. Rf1+ $18)
23. Bf4 Kc6 24. axb5+ Kxb5 25. b3 $6 {It is a pity that after such a good game
white doesn't find the best continuation....} (25. Qg3 $1 Bxf4 26. Rxf4 Qc5 (
26... Rxh5 27. Rxf5+ $18 {[%cal Gg3c7]} Kb6 28. Qxc7+ Kxc7 29. Rxh5) 27. Be2
$36 {[%cal Gb2b3]}) (25. b3 cxb3 26. Rfb1 Bd5 {And it is not easy for white to
prove that his initiative worth the material.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamburg-ch int"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1998.06.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Reddmann, Hauke"]
[Black "Wilhelmi, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Reddmann,H"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 {HR spielt wieder mit Pauken und
Trompowsky!} Nf6 5. dxc5 b6 6. cxb6 Qxb6 7. Qc1 d5 8. e4 Nc6 9. Nc3 e5 10. exd5
exf4 11. Bb5 Bc5 12. Bxc6+ Bd7 13. Na4 (13. Bxa8 Bxg1 14. Ne2 Be3 {ist für
Weiß extrem gefährlich}) 13... Qa5+ 14. Qd2 Bf2+ 15. Ke2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Bxc6
17. dxc6 O-O-O+ (17... Be3+ {><d2} 18. Ke1 (18. Ke2 O-O-O 19. Nh3 $132) (18.
Kc3 $1) 18... O-O-O 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1 Rd8+ 21. Ke1 Rd2 22. c3 Nd5 23. Ne2
Nb6 $17) 18. Kc3 Kc7 19. a3 Rd4 $2 (19... Be3) 20. b4 a5 {(+)} 21. Kb3 axb4 22.
axb4 Nd5 23. c3 $18 Rd2 24. Nh3 Be3 25. Rhd1 Rd8 26. Rxd2 Bxd2 27. Ra2 Be3 28.
b5 (28. Ng5 $1) 28... Ne7 29. Nb2 Nc8 30. Nc4 h6 31. Kb4 g5 32. Nf2 f5 33. Re2
Nb6 34. Nxb6 Kxb6 35. Kc4 Ra8 36. Nd3 Ra5 37. Rb2 g4 38. Ne5 h5 39. Kd5 Kc7 40.
Nc4 Ra8 1-0

[Event "Cappelle op 32nd"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2016.02.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32768]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 Nh5 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 g5 5. e3 Nf6 6. Bg3 d6 7.
Nd2 Bg7 8. c3 Nc6 9. Bd3 e5 10. Ne2 Qe7 11. h3 e4 12. Bc2 Bf5 13. b4 Bg6 14.
Qb1 O-O 15. Bh2 Rae8 16. b5 Na5 17. a4 b6 18. Qa2 Rc8 19. Nc4 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 d5
21. Qa2 c5 22. bxc6 Rxc6 23. Bb3 Rd8 24. O-O Bf5 25. c4 Be6 26. Rac1 Qb4 27.
cxd5 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Nxd5 29. Bg3 Rd7 30. Rc8+ Kh7 31. Kh2 f5 {[%tqu "En",
"What's the best move for White?","Increase the pressure against Black's minor
pieces on the a2-e6 diagonal.","","e2c3","That's what Kamsky did!",3,"De","Wie
lautet der beste Zug für Weiß?","Erhöhen Sie den Druck auf die schwarzen
Leichtfiguren auf der Diagonalen a2-e6.","","e2c3","Genau das hat Kamsky
gespielt!",3]} 32. Nc3 $3 {[%csl Rd5,Re6][%cal Ra2e6,Rc3d5,Rb3d5] Increasing
the pressure on the a2-e6 diagonal. Erhöht den Druck auf der Diagonalen a2-e6.}
Qa5 (32... Nxc3 {[%tqu "En","Please show White's point.","","","b3e6","That's
it - White threatens 34.Bxf5++ checkmate!  Game over!",2,"De","Bitte zeigen
Sie die Pointe von Weiß.","","","b3e6","Das ist es - Weiß droht 34.Bxf5++
schachmatt!  Game over!",2]} 33. Bxe6 $1 Nxa2 34. Bxf5#) 33. Qc2 {[%csl Re4]
[%cal Rc3e4,Rc2e4] With clear sacrificial intentions... Mit klaren
Opferabsichten...} Bf7 ({A more tenacious try was Zäher war} 33... Nb4 {
[%csl Yf5][%cal Ya5f5]} 34. Qb1 (34. Bxe6 Nxc2 35. Bxf5+ $4 (35. Nb5 $1 $13 {
[%cal Re6f5,Re6d7,Rc8c2]}) 35... Qxf5 $1) 34... Bxb3 35. Qxb3 Nd5) 34. Nxe4 $1
Bg6 (34... fxe4 35. Qxe4+ Bg6 {[%tqu "En","How would you continue White's
attack?","Centralisation is everything!","","e4e6","Power move no. 1 - the
queen is targeting g8, d7 and d5.  But what are you planning after 36...Nf6
now?",3,"b3d5","You are hoping for 36...Bxe4?? 37.Bxe4+ Qf5 38.Bxf5++, but 36..
.Qxd5! is very discouraging, right?",0,"De","Wie würden Sie den weißen Angriff
fortsetzen?","Zentralisierung ist alles!","","e4e6","Kraftzug Nr. 1 - die Dame
zielt nach g8, d7 und d5.  Aber was planen Sie jetzt nach 36...Nf6?",3,"b3d5",
"Sie hoffen auf 36...Bxe4?? 37.Bxe4+ Qf5 38.Bxf5++, aber 36...Qxd5! ist doch
sehr ernüchternd, stimmt's?",0]} 36. Qe6 $1 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Re6d7,Re6d5,Re6g8]
} (36. Bxd5 Qxd5 $1 (36... Bxe4 $4 37. Bxe4+ Qf5 38. Bxf5#)) 36... Nf6 {
[%tqu "En","Deliver the coup de grâce!","Once again: centralisation is
everything.","","g3e5","Power move no. 2!  White centralises the bishop and
hits Black's main defender, the Nf6.  Black's position collapses.",3,"De",
"Versetzen Sie Schwarz den Gnadenstoß!","Noch einmal: Zentralsierung ist alles.
","","g3e5","Kraftzug Nr. 2!  Weiß zentralisiert den Läufer und nimmt den
schwarzen Schlüsselverteidiger aufs Korn, den Nf6.  Die Stellung von Schwarz
bricht zusammen.",3]} 37. Be5 $1 $18 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Re5f6]}) (34... Nb4 35.
Qb1 Bxb3 36. Qxb3 fxe4 37. Qg8+ Kg6 38. Qe6+ $18) {[%tqu "En","Black has
declined the sacrifice on e4. What now?","Activate White's queen.","","c2c6",
"Double attack against d7 and d5 - bingo!",3,"De","Schwarz hat das Opfer auf
e4 abgelehnt. Was nun?","Aktivieren Sie die weiße Dame.","","c2c6",
"Doppelangriff gegen d7 und d5 - Volltreffer!",3]} 35. Qc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6d7,
Rc6d5]} f4 36. Qxd7 Bxe4 {[%tqu "En","Here White is spoilt for choice, but
Kamsky chose a forcing rook move. Which one?","","","c8h8","After this check
the black king immediately becomes accessible for the white queen.",2,"De",
"Hier hat Weiß die Qual der Wahl, aber Kamsky wählte einen forcierenden
Turmzug. Welchen?","","","c8h8","Nach diesem Schach bekommt die weiße Dame
sofort Zugriff auf den schwarzen König.",2]} 37. Rh8+ $1 Kg6 (37... Kxh8 {
[%tqu "En","Please show the point of the rook sacrifice.","","","d7e8",
"Exactly - the Be4 drops!",1,"De","Bitte zeigen Sie die Pointe des Turmopfers.
","","","d7e8","Genau - der Be4 fällt!",1]} 38. Qe8+ {[%cal Re8e4,Re8h8]} Kh7 (
38... Bf8 39. Qxf8+ Kh7 40. exf4) 39. Qxe4+ $18) 38. Qe8+ Kf5 39. Qxe4+ (39.
Qxe4+ Kxe4 40. Bc2#) (39. Rf8+ Nf6 (39... Bf6 40. Qxe4+ Kxe4 41. Bc2#) 40. Be6#
) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bagirov, Rufat"]
[Black "Vuckovic, Bojan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 f5 6. c4 Qb4+ 7. Nc3 Qxc4 8.
e4 Qb4 9. a3 Qb6 10. exf5 Bg7 11. Nf3 d6 12. Qc2 Nd7 (12... Bxf5 $4 13. Qxf5
Qxb2 14. Qc8#) 13. Bb5 a6 14. Bxd7+ Bxd7 15. O-O O-O-O 16. Nd2 Kb8 17. Nc4 Qc7
18. a4 e6 19. Qb3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 exd5 21. Ne3 Bc6 22. Nxd5 Qd7 23. Rfd1 Rhg8 24.
g3 Rg5 25. Ne3 Bf3 26. Rd2 d5 27. Rb1 Rgg8 28. Qb6 Be4 29. Rbd1 Qc6 $1 30. Qxc6
bxc6 31. Kf1 Rge8 32. g4 Kc7 33. Ke2 c4 34. Rb2 Bd3+ 35. Kf3 Rb8 36. Ra2 ({
Worth considering was In Betracht kam} 36. Rxb8 $5 Rxb8 37. g5 {- the advance
of the kingside pawns always offers White some counter chances. - der Vorstoß
der Königsflügelbauern bietet Weiß immer einige Gegenchancen.}) 36... Rb3 37.
Rc1 Kd6 38. Kf4 h6 39. f3 $2 {Preventing ...Re4+, but the price is too high.
Verhindert ...Re4+, aber der Preis ist zu hoch.} ({This had to be prepared:
Dies musste vorbereitet werden:} 39. Rd2 $5 {followed by f3, h4 and g5, and
White is not without chances. nebst f3, h4 und g5, und Weiß ist nicht ohne
Chancen}) {[%tqu "En","Black's pieces are very active. How can he increase his
superiority?","Exploit the third rank!","","d5d4","Very strong, since after 40.
cxd4 Black wins material.  How?",15,"De","Die Figuren von Schwarz stehen sehr
aktiv. Wie kann er sein Übergewicht vergrößern?","Nutzen Sie die dritte Reihe
aus!","","d5d4","Bärenstark, denn nach 40.cxd4 gewinnt Schwarz Material.  
Wie?",15]} 39... d4 $1 40. cxd4 ({After Nach} 40. Nd1 {Black activates his
king: aktiviert Schwarz seinen König:} Kd5 $1 {with the threat 41...dxc3
followed by 42....Kd4. mit der Drohung 41...dxc3 nebst 42....Kd4.}) {[%tqu
"En","What now?","Watch out for the themes: discovered attack, attraction,
double attack.","","e8e3","Grabbing the uprooted knight - the discovered check
on the 3rd rank gains material.",5,"De","Was nun?","","","e8e3","Schnappt sich
den entwurzelten Springer - das Abzugsschach auf der 3. Reihe erobert Material.
",5]} 40... Rxe3 $1 {Grabbing the uprooted knight - the discovered check on
the 3rd rank gains material.  Schnappt sich den entwurzelten Springer - das
Abzugsschach auf der 3. Reihe erobert Material.} 41. Kxe3 Bb1+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-30"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.06.20"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "West, Guy"]
[Black "Seredenko, Vladimir Semenovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "Rogers,I"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1992.06.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Australia"]
[BlackTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Nc3 $5 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qh4 d6 6. e4 Bd7 7. O-O-O Rc8
{By an extraordinary move order the players have reached a type of Sicilian
Defence with White's queen on h4 instead of a knight on d4. The difference
should favour Black since White's queen cannot play a part in the defence of
the White king. However over the next few moves the Kazak master takes too
much time launching his attack and West is given the chance to take over the
initiative.} 8. Kb1 Qa5 9. Nf3 a6 $6 10. Nd2 $1 Be6 11. Bc4 h6 $2 12. Bxf6 gxf6
13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. f4 Nd4 15. Nb3 Nxb3 16. axb3 f5 17. Qh5+ Kd7 18. Qf7 $1 {
Black is bound hand and foot on the kingside so his next desperate bid for
freedom is understandable.} Rxc3 $5 19. bxc3 fxe4 20. Rxd6+ $3 Kxd6 21. Rd1+
Kc7 22. Qe8 Qxc3 $2 {The reaction of a player in a state of shock.} (22... Qc5
{was the only try but White would still win with} 23. Qd8+ Kc6 24. Rd4 $1 b5
25. b4 $1) 23. Qd8+ ({The queen is lost after} 23. Qd8+ Kc6 24. Qc8+) 1-0

[Event "Dubai op 6th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2004.04.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2004.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 {A solid continuation.} ({
The alternatives are:} 4. f3) ({and} 4. Nd2) 4... c6 {That move has already
tried by strong GM's. Black prevents c2-c4 and wants to get a ''Slav'' type of
position.} ({The most common continuations are:} 4... Bf5) (4... e6) ({and} 
4... c5) 5. Bd3 {The most natural and common move. White completes the
development and intending to advance his ''c'' pawn.} ({After} 5. f3 Nf6 6. c4
e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 {black has a good version of ''Meran'' variation due to white's
pawn on f3, which takes an important square for Ng1.}) (5. Nd2 Nxd2 6. Qxd2 Bf5
7. f3 e6 8. g4 Bg6 9. h4 h6 (9... h5 $5) 10. Ne2 Bd6 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Bxd6
Qxd6 13. Nf4 Bh7 14. g5 $36 {1-0 Piket,J-Miles,R/Sremic Krsko 1998/EXT 99 (34)}
) 5... Nf6 {In my opinion,after that move black cannot hope for an equalizing,
since white has won a tempo for his development and can prepare a standard
plan with c2-c4.} (5... Nd7 6. Bxe4 dxe4 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Nge2 Bf5 9. Ng3 e6 10.
Bg5 Bb4 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. f3 Qg5 15. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2
Zaichik,G-Anand,V/Coimbatore 1987/EXT 97 (55)}) (5... Qb6 6. Bxe4 Qxb2 7. Nd2
dxe4 8. Ne2 Nd7 9. Nxe4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Qd3 Qb6 12. a4 O-O 13. a5 Qd8 14.
Qc3 $14 {1-0 Hodgson,J-Smejkal,J/Germany 1996/GER-chT (34)}) ({comes to
consideration:} 5... Nd6 $5 6. Nf3 (6. Nd2 Nd7 7. Ne2 g6 8. h4 h5 9. c3 Bg7 10.
Nf3 Nf6 11. Ng5 Bf5 {1/2-1/2 Prie,E-Istratescu,A/Nantes FRA 2003 (11)}) 6...
Bg4 7. Nbd2 e6 8. c3 Nd7 9. Qc2 Bh5 10. O-O Bg6 11. Rae1 Be7 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13.
c4 Nxc4 14. Nxc4 dxc4 15. Qxc4 Nb6 16. Qc2 Bd6 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Rc1 Nd7 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Le Roux,J-Istratescu,A/Guingamp FRA 2004 (90)}) 6. c4 Na6 $6 $146 {
A dubious method of development, because the knight hasn't good perspectives.}
(6... e6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 $14 {0-1 Heisel,G-Strizak,N/
Germany 2000/EXT 2001 (46)}) (6... Be6 7. Nd2 dxc4 8. Nxc4 Bxc4 9. Bxc4 e6 10.
Nf3 (10. a3 $5) 10... Bb4+ 11. Ke2 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Qb3 Nbd7 14. Rhd1 O-O
15. Kf1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Torre,E-Hort,V/Bad Homburg 1998/CBM 66 (26)}) 7. a3 {
That move is not necessary at all,but it's quite useful.} (7. Nc3 $5 Nb4 (7...
Qb6 8. a3 {[%csl Ra6,Rb6]}) 8. Be2 Bf5 9. Rc1 dxc4 10. Bxc4 e6 11. Bg5 (11. Nf3
$6 Nbd5 $1 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Gd5f4]} 12. Bg5 $140 $2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Ba3 $17 {
[%csl Rc1]}) 11... Be7 12. Nf3 $14) 7... Bg4 8. Nf3 {A quiet choice. White is
trying to get a stable advantage without any ''risky'' decisions.} ({Deserved
attention also} 8. f3 $5 Bh5 (8... Be6 9. c5 Nh5 10. Bg5 $14) 9. Nc3 e6 10.
Nge2 Nc7 (10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nc7 12. e4 $14) 11. c5 $36 {[%csl Rc7][%cal
Gb2b4,Gg2g4,Gh2h4] and black's position is unpleasant enough-the Nc7 is not
placed well and that doesn't allows black to prepare e6-e5. On the other hand,
white may seize a lot of space,advancing his pawns on both sides.}) 8... e6 9.
Nc3 Nc7 (9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nc7 11. Qb3 $1 Rb8 12. Ne5 $36) 10. c5 $1 {A
correct decision from strategical point of view - white has to prevent the
activization of Nc7.} ({after} 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 Ncd5 12. Bg5 Be7 $14 {
white could get a very solid position.}) 10... Be7 11. b4 {Too softy! White
chooses a long plan of advancing a queenside pawns.} ({White could play more
energetically:} 11. Qb3 $1 Rb8 ({there is no time for} 11... Bxf3 {in view of}
12. Qxb7 $1 $18 {[%csl Rc6,Rc7]}) 12. Ne5 Bf5 (12... Bh5 13. Qa4 $1 $16 {
[%csl Rc6][%cal Ge5c6]}) 13. Bxf5 exf5 14. Qc2 Qc8 15. h3 O-O 16. g4 $36 {
with a dangerous initiative.}) 11... O-O 12. h3 Bh5 $6 {That allows white to
create an additional target for the kside attack-that makes black's position
very dangerous.} (12... Bxf3 $142 13. gxf3 (13. Qxf3 Nd7 14. O-O Re8 $14 {
[%cal Ge7f6,Ge6e5]}) 13... Nd7 14. Qc2 f5 $14) 13. g4 $1 ({After} 13. O-O Nd7
14. a4 Bf6 15. Bd6 Re8 $132 {black has a reasonable counterplay in the centre.}
) 13... Bg6 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Ne5 {This knight can be easily exchanged by
black's knight.} (15. Qd3 $142 Nd7 (15... a5 16. b5 Nxb5 17. Nxb5 cxb5 18. Qxb5
$16 {[%csl Ra5,Rb7]}) 16. h4 $16) 15... a5 {In order to get some counterplay
on the queenside.} (15... Nd7 $5 16. h4 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 $14) 16. h4 Nd7 17. g5 $1
$16 {It's important to fix black's pawns around black's monarch - in that case
h4-h5 would be stronger, since black couldn't remove his king from the danger
zone so fast.} (17. h5 $143 g5 18. Bg3 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bf6 $14) 17... Nxe5 18.
Bxe5 axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 {Black has to change as more pieces as he can in order
to decrease white's attacking potential and to reach some space for his king
by f7-f6.} (19... Qd7 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. h5 Bxg5 22. hxg6 fxg6 23. Qb1 $16) 20.
Qxa1 f6 21. Bxc7 {White's knight is much stronger than black's bishop, but
white has to play energetically in order to realize that advantage.} ({Correct
was:} 21. gxf6 $142 $1 Bxf6 (21... gxf6 22. Qb1 Kf7 23. h5 gxh5 24. Bxc7 Qxc7
25. Qh7+ Ke8 26. Qxh5+ Kd7 27. Na4 $16) 22. Bg3 Qd7 23. Qb1 $16 {and black's
weakneses are very vulnerable.}) 21... Qxc7 22. f4 {All white's pawns are
placed ideally, so the dark-squared bishop has no perspectives.} (22. h5 gxh5
23. g6 f5 24. Qd1 (24. Rxh5 Rf6 25. Qa8+ Rf8 $11) 24... Bg5 25. Rxh5 Bh6 $132)
(22. Qd1 fxg5 23. h5 (23. hxg5 Bxg5 24. Qg4 Qf7 $1 25. f4 (25. Qxg5 $2 Qxf2+
26. Kd1 Qf3+ $19) 25... Bh6 $15) 23... gxh5 24. Qxh5 Bf6 $132) (22. Qb1 f5 (
22... Kf7 $2 23. gxf6 gxf6 24. h5 gxh5 25. Qh7+ Ke8 26. Qxh5+ Kd7 27. Na4 $16)
23. f4 (23. Ne2 e5 24. dxe5 Qxe5 25. Nf4 Ra8 $132) 23... Kf7 24. h5 gxh5 25.
Rxh5 Qb8 26. Qa2 Qa8 27. Rh2 $14) 22... b6 $6 {That attempt to get a
counterplay on the queenside is too slowly.} ({badly was also:} 22... e5 $2 23.
h5 $1 exd4 (23... exf4 24. hxg6 f5 {[%cal Ge7g5]} (24... fxe3 25. Ke2 $18) (
24... fxg5) 25. Nxd5 $3 cxd5 26. Qa2 $18 {[%cal Ga2d5,Ga2h2,Gh1h8]}) 24. hxg6
dxc3 25. Qd1 $18) ({but after} 22... Kf7 $142 {black's positions seems to be
defensible.}) 23. Ne2 $2 {Missing a nice attacking possibility.} (23. Qb1 $142
$1 bxc5 24. bxc5 Kf7 (24... f5 25. h5 gxh5 26. Rxh5 Rb8 27. Qa2 $36) 25. h5
gxh5 26. g6+ Ke8 27. Rxh5 Kd7 (27... f5 28. Rh7 (28. Rh2 $6 Rf6 $132) 28... Bf6
29. Rh2 $36 {[%cal Gh2b2]}) 28. Rh7 Rg8 29. Kf1 $36 {[%cal Gc3a4]} (29. Na4 $5
Qa5+ 30. Kf1 Qa6+ 31. Kf2)) 23... bxc5 24. bxc5 Qb7 {[%csl Rb1][%cal Yb7b1]
Taking control on ''b1'' and threating 25...Qb4+. Now white cannot keep his
monarch in the centre anymore.} 25. O-O (25. gxf6 Bxf6 26. Kf2 (26. h5 gxh5 27.
Rxh5 Kf7 $11) 26... Qe7 27. Kg3 (27. Kg2 Bxh4 28. Qa6 g5 $132) 27... Kf7 $132 {
[%cal Gf8h8]} 28. Ng1 $140 $2 Qxc5) 25... Kf7 $11 {[%cal Gf8h8] Now white has
only a symbolic advantage, as he cannot make any progress.} 26. Kf2 (26. Rb1 $2
Qd7 $40 {[%cal Ge6e5,Gd7g4]}) 26... Rh8 27. Rb1 Qd7 ({After} 27... Qd7 28. Kg3
$11 {the draw is unavoidable, as any side cannot make progress.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dubai op 6th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2004.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2004.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2048]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Nf6 {Quite a rare move
nowdays, although it was played by top players.} ({The most common line is:} 
4... Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 cxd4 7. Nb3 Qb6 ({or} 7... Qd8)) 5. dxc5 b6 {
That original move is logical: black wants to reach a solid pawn centre. The
drawback of it is some loss of time.} ({The alternatives are:} 5... Na6 6. e4
Nxc5 7. Nc3 d6 (7... g6 8. Be3 Ne6 9. e5 Nh5 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. g4 Nhg7 12. O-O-O
Qxe5 13. Bb5 Qc7 14. Nd5 $36 {1-0 Beshukov,S-Shulman,Y/Gausdal 1994/EXT 97 (29)
}) 8. Qd2 Be6 (8... e5 9. Bb5+ Ncd7 10. Bg5 a6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd5 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Hodgson,J-Reinderman,D/Leeuwarden 1993/TD (22)}) 9. Nge2 a6 10. Nd4 Bd7
11. Nb3 Na4 12. Nxa4 Bxa4 13. Be2 g6 14. O-O Bg7 15. Bh6 $14 {1-0 Hauchard,
A-Bacrot,E/France 1998/CBM 64 ext (66)}) (5... Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Qxc5 7. e4 d6 (7...
g6 8. Qd2 d6 9. O-O-O Bg7 10. Bh6 O-O 11. h4 Be6 12. h5 Nxh5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14.
g4 $40 {1-0 Adams,M-Leko,P/Cap d'Agde 1996/CBM 55 ext (24)}) 8. Qd2 a6 9. O-O-O
Nbd7 10. g4 (10. Nh3 b5 11. Nf2 Bb7 12. Nd3 Qc7 13. g4 Rc8 14. h4 e5 15. Bh2
Nb6 16. g5 Nc4 17. Qe1 Nd7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Hodgson,J-Vyzmanavin,A/Zaragoza 1993/
EXT 97 (23)}) 10... h6 11. Nge2 (11. h4 $5) 11... b5 12. Ng3 Bb7 13. Kb1 Ne5
$132 {0-1 Grigore,G-Marin,M/Eforie Nord 2002/EXT 2003 (56)}) 6. Nc3 {White has
to play very energetically in order to exploit some slowly way of
development-5...b6.} (6. e4 bxc5 7. e5 Qc7 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. exf6 Qxf4 10. fxe7
Bxe7 11. Nd5 Qe5+ 12. Kf2 O-O 13. c3 Rb8 14. Qd2 Re8 15. f4 Qe4 16. Nf3 c4 $132
{1/2-1/2 Puranen,J-Rytshagov,M/Helsinki 1995/EXT 98 (39)}) 6... bxc5 7. e4 d6
$6 $146 {An unsuccessful idea. Black doesn't prevent white from playing e4-e5.
More than that, it becomes even more powerful.} (7... Nc6 8. Bc4 (8. Nd5 d6 9.
Nxf6+ gxf6 10. Qd2 Qb6 11. b3 f5 12. c3 Bg7 13. Bc4 Ne5 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. exf5
Bxf5 16. Ne2 Rd8 $132 {1-0 Pomes Marcet,J-Oms Pallise,J/Linares 1998/EXT 99 
(20)}) 8... d6 (8... Qa5 9. Nge2 g6 10. O-O d6 11. Nd5 Nd7 12. Bd2 Qd8 13. Bc3
Rg8 14. f4 $16 {0-1 Meszaros,G-Timoscenko,G/Slovakia 1997/EXT 99 (40)}) 9. e5
dxe5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. O-O-O+ Bd7 12. Bb5 exf4 13. Bxc6 Rc8 14. Bxd7 Nxd7 15.
Nh3 $14 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Reinderman,D/Wijk aan Zee 1999/CBM 68 ext (47)}) 8. e5
$1 dxe5 (8... Nh5 $2 9. Qd5 Nxf4 10. Qxa8 $18) 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. O-O-O+ Nbd7
11. Bxe5 {White is ahead of black in development. Black's additional problem
is a serious weakness on c5.} Bb7 {It's not easy to find a safe place for
black's monarch. Black is trying to keep it on he queen-side.} ({White has a
great advantage after:} 11... a6 12. Nh3 Ke8 13. Bg3 e6 14. Nf2 Bb7 15. Nfe4
Nxe4 16. Nxe4 $16) 12. Nh3 Kc8 {In my opinion, better was to keep the monarch
in the centre.} ({More to the point was:} 12... a6 13. Bc4 Ke8 14. Bg3 e6 (
14... Nb6 15. Bd3 $14) 15. Rhe1 Be7 $14 {with a worse but solid position.}) 13.
Bg3 {[%cal Gh3g5]} h6 ({After} 13... g6 {white has to exchange the main
defender of the dark squares:} 14. Bc4 e6 15. Nb5 $1 $16 {with an obvious
advantage.}) 14. Bc4 e6 15. Nf4 Be7 $6 {An additional inaccucy, which allows
white to seize a strong and stable initiative.} ({Better was:} 15... Nb6 $142
16. Bd3 ({the sacrifice is not so clear:} 16. Nxe6 $6 fxe6 17. Bxe6+ Nfd7 $1 (
17... Nbd7 $2 18. Ne4 Bc6 $8 19. Nxf6 gxf6 20. Bf5 $1 $16 {[%csl Rh7,Rh8][%cal
Yf5h7,Gh1e1]}) 18. Rd2 g5 $1 19. Rhd1 Rh7 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. fxe4 c4 $1 {[%cal
Gf8c5] and although the pin is quite unpleasant,i don't see how white can make
progress here.}) 16... Be7 $14) 16. Nb5 $1 {White's play is very energetical
and concrete - he prevents black from consolidating.} g5 {That move weakens
black's kside and will cause black very soon.} ({On the other side, I can
hardly recommend something better:} 16... Nb6 $2 17. Bxe6+ $1 fxe6 18. Ng6 Re8
19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 20. Nd6+ Kb8 21. Nf5+ Rc7 22. Nxg7 $18) (16... Rd8 17. Bxe6 $1
fxe6 18. Nxe6 $16) 17. Nd3 Bd5 (17... Ne8 18. Ne5 (18. Rhe1 $5) (18. h3 $5 Nb6
19. Ne5) 18... Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Rg8 20. h3 a6 21. Nc3 $16 {[%cal Gc3a4]}) ({
Black had no time to exchange a pair of kingside pawns:} 17... g4 18. Nc7 $1
gxf3 (18... Rb8 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Bxe6 $16 Ra8 $140 $2 21. Ne5 Rd8 22. Bh4 $18
{[%csl Re7][%cal Gh4e7,Ge5d7]}) 19. Nxa8 fxg2 20. Rhg1 Bxa8 21. Ba6+ Bb7 22.
Bxb7+ Kxb7 23. Rxg2 $16) 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Rhe1 a6 {Black is trying to
simplify the position, but white's dark-squared bishop will be much stronger
than black's knight.} ({An attempt to avoid a loss of ''c'' pawn fails to:} 
19... c4 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Rd8 22. Re4 Nb6 23. Nc7 Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 Rb8 25.
Nxe6 $1 $16) ({More resistant was:} 19... Kb7 20. c4 (20. Nf2 $5 N7b6 21. Ne4)
20... N5b6 21. b3 $16 {[%csl Rb6,Rc5] although white has a winning position
from strategical point of view.}) 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21. Bxd6 c4 22. Ne5 (22. Nb4
N7b6 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. Re4 $6 (24. Be5 $142 {-22.Ne5}) 24... Kd7 25. Be5 Rhc8
$14) 22... Nxe5 $8 23. Bxe5 Rd8 ({After} 23... f6 24. Bd4 Re8 25. b3 $1 {
black has too many weaknesses. For example:} cxb3 (25... c3 26. Rd3 Kb7 27.
Bxc3 Nxc3 28. Rxc3 $18) 26. axb3 Kc7 27. c4 e5 28. Bxe5+ fxe5 29. Rxd5 $18) 24.
Re4 Nb6 ({An attempt to reach some counterplay fails to} 24... Kb7 25. Rxc4 f6
(25... Ne3 26. Rc7+ Kb6 27. Rdd7 $1 Rxd7 28. Rxd7 $18) 26. Bg3 Ne3 27. Rb4+ Kc6
28. Re1 $18) 25. Rxd8+ Kxd8 26. Bg7 $1 {Suddenly the drawback of 16...g5
becomes very significant in the endgame! Black cannot avoid a loss of pawn.}
Ke7 27. Bxh6 f6 (27... Rg8 28. Rg4 f6 29. h4 $18) 28. h4 gxh4 29. Rxh4 $18 {
White has already an extra pawn, while the ''c4'' pawn is still very weak.
White's only goal is preventing black from getting any counterplay.} Rh8 (29...
Rg8 30. Be3 {-29...Rh8.}) 30. Bg5 Rg8 31. Be3 $1 {It's important to take
control on ''e3'' spot.} ({Less convincing was:} 31. Rh7+ Kd6 32. Bxf6 Rxg2 33.
Bd4 Nd5 {and black's pieces are quite active.}) 31... Nd5 32. Bc5+ Kd7 33. Rxc4
Rxg2 34. Rg4 Rh2 ({The endgame after} 34... Rxg4 35. fxg4 Kc6 36. Bf2 $18 {
is completely hopeless for black.}) 35. c4 $1 {The knight has to leave an
excellent central square.} Nc7 36. Rd4+ Kc6 37. Bb4 {[%cal Gd4d6] A decisive
penetration of white's rook is unavoidable.} Rf2 (37... Ne8 38. Rd8 a5 39. Rxe8
(39. Be7 $6 Rf2 $1 40. Rxe8 Kd7) 39... axb4 40. Rxe6+ Kc5 41. Re4 $18 {[%cal
Ge4f4]}) 38. Rd6+ Kb7 39. Ba5 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Gd6d7]} Rf1+ {There are no
chances for black, so the rest is just an agony.} (39... Na8 40. Rxe6 Rxf3 41.
c5 $18) 40. Kd2 Rf2+ 41. Ke3 Rc2 (41... Rxb2 42. Rd7 $18) 42. Kd3 Rc1 (42...
Rc1 {As I know from tournament practice, after the game arbiters are usually
put white's king on e4 if white wins. That's why it looks like black has
resigned after 42...Rc1, as 43.Ke4?? is just a blunder.} 43. Ke4 ({Black has
probably resigned in view of:} 43. Bxc7 Kxc7 44. Rxe6 $18) ({or} 43. Rb6+ Ka7
44. Rc6 $18) ({because after} 43. Ke4 $4 Rxc4+ {the resignation looks
unbelievable.})) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.04.24"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "Papa, Severin"]
[Black "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Stuttgart"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 {That quiet move is not the
best attempt to fight for the opening advantage, as black has a pair of
bishops, so he could stand well after completing the development.} ({The most
ambitious and probably the best here is:} 5. Nc3) 5... d6 {Black wants to
set-up a solid pawn chain and try to put pressure on white's centre with Bg7.}
({Besides,black can also play a French type of position,which is not bad at
all,since white has already changed an important dark-squared bishop:} 5... d5
6. e5 Qd8 7. Nf3 c5 8. dxc5 Nd7 (8... Bxc5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Nbd2 Bd7 11. O-O O-O
$11) 9. b4 g6 (9... Qc7 10. Bb5 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 b6 13. c6 Nb8 14. Nd4
a6 15. Ba4 b5 16. Bc2 Nxc6 17. Qd3 g6 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Nd2 Bd7 20. Qg3 Rfc8
21. Bxg6 Qxc3 22. Nf3 fxg6 23. Qxg6+ Kf8 24. Qxh6+ Ke8 25. Qg6+ Kf8 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Saldano,H-Epishin,V/Almeria 2003/CBM 95 ext (29)}) 10. Nbd2 Bg7 11. Bb5
O-O 12. Bxd7 Bxd7 13. O-O Qc7 14. Re1 b6 15. Nb3 Ba4 $44 {1/2-1/2 Milov,
V-Epishin,V/Amsterdam 2000/CBM 77 ext (25)}) 6. Bd3 {[%cal Gg1e2] White's main
idea in that position is to use his stable centre and to push f2-f4-that's why
it better to put the knight on e2.} g6 (6... e5 7. Ne2 Nc6 (7... Qd8 8. O-O Be7
9. f4 O-O 10. Nd2 Bf6 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. d5 c6 13. Ng3 Nd7 14. Kh1 a5 15. Qf3
$14 {1-0 Milov,V-Moor,O/Switzerland 2001/EXT 2002 (38)}) 8. O-O g5 $6 9. Bb5
Bd7 10. Qa4 Qd8 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Rd1 Bd6 13. Nd2 a6 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Qc2 Qf6
16. Nc4 O-O-O 17. Ng3 $14 {1-0 Milov,V-Tatai,S/Bratto 2003/EXT 2004 (56)}) (
6... Nd7 7. Ne2 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. f4 Qe7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. e5 a5 12. Qe1 b6 13.
Qg3 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. h4 $36 {1-0 Rogers,I-Arakhamia Grant,K/Wijk aan Zee
2002/CBM 86 ext (35)}) 7. Ne2 e5 {That move is more or less necessary, since
white is already prepared for f2-f4.} (7... Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. f4 Qe7 10. e5 Bd7
11. Nd2 dxe5 12. fxe5 Bc6 13. Ng3 Nd7 14. Qe2 a5 15. Rf4 b5 16. Raf1 b4 17.
Nde4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Rad8 19. Nf6+ Kh8 20. Qe3 bxc3 21. Rh4 {1-0 Hodgson,
J-Downey,K/Swansea 1999/EXT 2004 (21)}) 8. Nd2 {White must play energetically
in order to exploit his development advantage. That continuation allows black
to complete development and to put pressure on white's pressure.} ({On the
other hand,an immediate f2-f4 allows black to prove an advantages of his pair
of bishops:} 8. O-O Bg7 9. f4 exd4 $1 10. cxd4 (10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12.
Nd2 O-O $15) 10... Bg4 $1 11. e5 (11. Nbc3 $2 Qxd4+ $1 12. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 13. Kh1
Bxd1 $17) 11... dxe5 12. dxe5 Qb6+ 13. Kh1 Nc6 14. Nbc3 O-O-O 15. Qb1 Qe3 $36 {
1/2-1/2 Rodriguez Gonzalez,J-Vehi Bach,V/Andorra 2002/CBM 89 ext (46)}) 8...
Bg7 9. O-O Nc6 $1 $146 {A good move, which forces white to waste some time for
holding his centre.} (9... O-O 10. f4 exd4 11. Nxd4 (11. cxd4 Bg4 12. Nf3 Nc6
$132 (12... c5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. e5 Qb6 $11)) 11... Nc6 12. Nb5 Qd8 13. Qe1 a6
14. Na3 b5 15. Nf3 Rb8 $15 {1-0 Minnican,A-Grant,J/Edinburgh 1999/CBM 71 ext 
(52)}) 10. Nb3 ({Comes to cosideration:} 10. d5 Ne7 11. a4 O-O 12. a5 a6 13. b4
$11 {with a long strategical struggle with mutual chances.}) 10... O-O 11. f4 {
White has no other plan in this position, but black is developed well and
ready to start a counterplay.} exd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 {White has no comfortable
spot for Bd3, and the following e4-e5 isn't powerful.} (12... Bg4 $5 13. e5 Qe7
14. h3 Be6 15. Be4 Rad8 $15) 13. e5 $6 {A strategical mistake-after opening
the position black's bishops will be much stronger. More than that, white's
key pawn d4 will be very weak.} (13. Nc3 $142 c5 (13... Be6 14. e5 dxe5 15.
dxe5 Qe7 16. Be4 $11) 14. dxc5 (14. d5 $6 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Re8 16. Rae1 Qh4 $15)
14... dxc5 15. e5 Qe7 16. Bc4 $11) 13... dxe5 14. fxe5 (14. dxe5 $2 Qb6+ 15.
Kh1 Rd8 $19) 14... Qb6 15. Kh1 Be6 $17 16. Nc5 $2 {After that natural move
white couldn't control his central pawns any more.} (16. Be4 Rad8 17. Nc5 Bc4
$17) (16. Nf4 $142 $1 Nxd3 $1 (16... Bxb3 $6 17. Qxb3 Qxd4 $2 18. Bc4 $1 $40 {
[%csl Rg6][%cal Gf4g6]}) 17. Qxd3 (17. Nxe6 Nxb2 18. Qc2 fxe6 19. Qxb2 Qb5 $17)
17... Bxb3 18. Qxb3 (18. axb3 Rad8 $17) 18... Qxb3 19. axb3 Rfd8 $15) 16...
Rad8 17. Nf4 {A desperation! White is unable to create any counterplay.} ({
White's position seems to be hopeless after} 17. Be4 Bc4 18. Nxb7 Bxe2 19. Qxe2
Rxd4 $19 {[%csl Rb7]}) 17... Rxd4 18. Nfxe6 fxe6 $19 {Black has already an
extra pawn and will win the second pawn very soon. But the most important fact
is that the pin is practically unavoidable.} 19. Rc1 (19. Rxf8+ Bxf8 20. Qf3
Qxc5 21. Bxg6 Qe7 22. Rf1 Nd5 23. Bf7+ Kh8 $19 {[%cal Gd4f4]}) 19... Nxd3 20.
Nxd3 Qb5 21. Rc3 Rfd8 (21... Rfd8 22. Rf3 Qxe5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Horgen-B"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Romero Holmes"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Stohl} Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 {Stohl: An interesting
position-White has a strong center and space, but Black's B-pair is a
potential force, which can't be underestimated.} 5. Nc3 d6 6. Qd2 (6. Nf3 {
Stohl} a6 (6... Bd7 7. Qd2 Nc6 8. O-O-O O-O-O 9. Bb5 g5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Kb1 Bg7
12. e5 dxe5 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. d6 Bxb5 15. dxe7 Rxd2 16. Rxd2 Nd7 17. Rhd1 b6 18.
c4 Bc6 19. Nc3 a6 20. b4 Re8 21. b5 axb5 22. cxb5 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Rxe7 24. a4 f5
25. Na2 Bf8 {1/2/Hracek,Z-Dokhoian,Y/BL 9495 Bochum-Bremen/1994/}) 7. Bd3 Nc6
8. O-O Bd7 9. e5 dxe5 10. Ne4 Qf4 11. g3 Qg4 12. dxe5 Nb4 13. Kg2 Nxd3 14. cxd3
Bc6 15. Qe2 Bd5 16. Rac1 c6 17. Nc3 Bxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 19. Kxf3 $10 {Grivas,
E-Sturua,Z/Katerini op/1992/}) 6... g5 (6... g6 {Stohl} 7. f4 Bg7 8. O-O-O O-O
9. Nf3 Nd7 10. h4 h5 11. e5 Qe7 12. Ne4 a5 13. Bd3 Bh6 14. Nfg5 f6 15. exf6
Nxf6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. g3 Bd7 18. Rhe1 Kg7 19. Qc3 Rfc8 20. Ne4 Qe7 21. Kb1
Kh8 22. Ng5 Qf6 23. d5 $1 $36 {Orlov,G-Reyes,E/Seattle Washingt-ch/1995/}) 7.
O-O-O (7. h4 {Stohl} Bg7 8. hxg5 hxg5 9. Rxh8+ Bxh8 10. O-O-O Nc6 (10... Bd7
11. Nf3 Nc6 12. d5 Nb4 {[%cal Rb4a2] /\Na2!} 13. Bc4 b5 14. e5 Qf4 15. Qxf4
gxf4 16. Nxb5 Bxb5 17. Bxb5+ Ke7 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. exd6+ cxd6 20. c3 Nxa2+ 21.
Kc2 Rc8 22. Ra1 Nb4+ 23. Kd2 $14 {Lputian,S-Tukmakov,V/Tilburg 20'/1994/}) 11.
Bb5 Bd7 12. Nge2 O-O-O 13. Qe3 Kb8 14. f3 Bg7 15. g4 Rh8 16. Ng3 Qf4 17. Qxf4
gxf4 18. Bxc6 fxg3 19. Bxd7 Bh6+ 20. Kb1 Be3 21. Ne2 g2 22. Ba4 Bxd4 $1 23. c3
Be3 24. Kc2 {1/2/Shereshevski,M-Kolev,At/Elenite-B/1994/} Rh1 $10) 7... Bg7 8.
g3 (8. Nf3 {Stohl} Nc6 9. Bb5 Bd7 $13) (8. e5 {Stohl} dxe5 9. dxe5 Qe7 10. f4
Nc6 (10... gxf4 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Qxf4 Bd7 13. Ne4 O-O-O 14. a3 Nb8 15. Bc4 Bc6
16. Rde1 Nd7 17. Rhf1 Rhf8 18. Ned2 Nb6 19. Nd4 Bd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. c4 Rd7
22. N4b3 f5 $5 $132 {Kappler,JM-Ciric,D/Budapest2/1994/}) 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. h4
gxf4 13. Qxf4 O-O-O 14. Ne4 Nb8 $1 15. Be2 Bc6 16. Nf6 Nd7 17. Nh5 Bxf3 18.
Bxf3 Bxe5 19. Qe4 c6 20. Rxd7 Bxb2+ 21. Kxb2 Rxd7 $17 {Adams,M-Karpov,A/Las
Palmas/1994/}) (8. Kb1 {Stohl} Nc6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. e5 $6 dxe5 11. d5 exd5 12.
Nxd5 Qd6 13. Qc3 O-O 14. Ne2 Nd4 15. Qxc7 Qxc7 16. Nxc7 Rad8 17. Nxd4 exd4 18.
Bxd7 Rxd7 19. Nb5 a6 20. Nc3 Re7 21. Nd5 Re2 22. h4 Rc8 $36 {Gunter,D-Britton,
R/Hastings Masters/1995/}) 8... Nc6 (8... g4 $2 9. h3 (9. h3 {Stohl} h5 10.
hxg4 hxg4 11. Rxh8+ Bxh8 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Qe7 14. f4 gxf3 15. Nxf3 Bd7 16.
Ne4 Bg7 17. Nf6+ Bxf6 18. Qh6 $1 Bg7 19. Qxg7 Qf8 20. Qf6 Nc6 21. Bb5 a6 22.
Rh1 Ne7 23. Rh8 Ng8 24. Qg5 {1-0/Greenfeld,A-Stull,N/Moscow olm/1994/})) 9. Bb5
(9. d5 $6 {Stohl} Nd4 {[%cal Gh8a1] |^/^a1-h8}) 9... Bd7 10. Nge2 a6 (10...
Qxf2 $2 11. Rdf1 Qg2 12. h4 $36 {@} (12. d5 $36 {Stohl @}) 12... Nxd4 $2 13.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 14. Rhg1) 11. Bxc6 (11. Ba4 $5 $13 {Stohl}) 11... Bxc6 {Center and
knights against powerful bishops.An interesting strategical battle is coming
on  Stohl: Two Knights against two Bishops-a sharp strategic struggle, which
would delight Chigorin, arises.} 12. f4 O-O-O {Stohl: Both sides castled
Queen-side, after the sharp 6...g5!? it's only a logical outcome.} 13. Rhf1 Qg6
(13... Qe7 {Stohl} 14. g4 (14. f5 exf5 15. Rxf5 Rde8 16. Rdf1 Rhf8 $15) 14...
h5 $5 $132 {[%csl Gc6,Gg7] ^^}) 14. g4 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Rf4f5] Stopping the
possibility Qh5 at the cost of one pawn, maybe a little optimisti c. ףg6,/
\f5|^} (14. f5 exf5 15. exf5 Qh5) (14. Qe3 $5 Qh5 {[%csl Gc6,Gg7] ^^} (14... f5
$1 $15 {[%csl Gc6,Gg7] ^^}) 15. Rf2 {This is a key position for next testings
of this critical variation.} (15. d5 {Opening the e column is also dangerous
for white} exd5 16. exd5 Bb5 17. Nxb5 axb5 (17... Rde8 18. Qa7 Rxe2 19. Nd4)
18. Nd4 Rhe8 $132)) 14... Bxe4 15. Ng3 (15. Nxe4 $2 Qxe4 16. fxg5 hxg5 17. Rxf7
Rxh2 $17) 15... d5 (15... Bc6 16. f5 exf5 (16... Qh7 17. Nh5 $1 $13 (17. d5
Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Bxd5 $17) (17. f6 {Stohl} Bf8 18. d5 Bd7 19. h3 c6 $1 $15)) 17.
Nxf5 $1 (17. gxf5 Qh7 18. f6 (18. Nh5 $5 $44) 18... Bf8 19. Nf5 $44 (19. d5 {
Stohl} Bd7 20. Nge4 $44 {[%csl Rf8] ץf8})) 17... Bf8 18. d5 Bd7 19. Qd4 $1)
16. Ncxe4 (16. f5 $2 {Stohl} exf5 17. gxf5 Qb6 $17) 16... dxe4 17. f5 {Stohl:
Although Black's Bishop is an active piece, White's strong Nf5 and superior
pawn structure give him compensation for the pawn. But it's hard to believe
White could be better at this phase of the game.} exf5 (17... Qh7 {Stohl} 18.
Qe3 $16) (17... Qf6 {Stohl} 18. c3 $1 {[%cal Rg3e4] /\Ne4+/-} (18. Nh5 Qxd4 19.
f6 Qxd2+ 20. Rxd2 Bf8 $17)) 18. Nxf5 Rhe8 {The knight is very well placed, and
the the structure in the king side justifi es the sacrifice. The danger of the
black passed pawn just give black some cha nces of counterplay.} 19. Qg2 (19.
Qe3 $5 Bh8 $13) 19... Bf8 (19... e3 {Stohl} 20. Rfe1 $16 {[%cal Rd1d3,Rd3e3] /
\Rd3-e3}) (19... Bh8 $5 {[%cal Yh6h5] Stohl /\h5,/^h8-a1}) 20. Rfe1 Qe6 21. Kb1
h5 $1 {This a useful move. The pawn h6 is always hanging and the opening of
the h col umn will be favourable for black} 22. h3 hxg4 23. hxg4 Qd5 (23... c5
$142 {Stohl} 24. c3 $13) 24. Re3 Re6 25. Rde1 Bd6 (25... Rde8 26. b3) (25... c5
$5 {Stohl}) 26. Qe2 (26. Rxe4 Rh8 (26... Rde8 {Stohl} 27. Rxe6 Rxe6 28. Qg1 Qg2
$10)) 26... Bf4 27. c4 Qa5 28. Rc3 {With one pawn less still, white have good
chances due to the pawn storm in  the center and the bad placed black queen.} (
28. Rxe4 Rde8 $1 (28... Rde8 {Stohl} 29. Qg2 Qxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 31. Kc2 R8e2+
$19)) 28... Rh8 $6 (28... c6 29. d5) (28... e3 $5 {This was the critical move})
(28... e3 $1 {Stohl} 29. Ra3 Qb4 30. Rb3 Qa5 $10 (30... Qf8 $6 31. Qf3 $36))
29. Qd1 $1 Qb4 (29... Rh2 $142 $5 {Stohl} 30. Rh1 Rxh1 31. Qxh1 Kb8 $1 (31...
e3 32. Qh8+ Kd7 33. Qf8 $16) 32. d5 Re5 $13) 30. a3 Qf8 31. d5 Re8 32. c5 $36 {
It is clear that now White has good atacking chances} Rh2 33. c6 Bd2 (33...
bxc6 34. dxc6 Rd8 35. Qb3 $18) (33... b5 34. Qd4 {[%cal Rd4a7] /\Qa7+-} Kb8 $8
35. Rxe4 $16) 34. Qb3 (34. d6 $5 {Stohl} cxd6 35. cxb7+ $40) 34... b5 (34... b6
{Stohl} 35. Qa4 a5 36. Qb5 $18) 35. d6 $36 (35. Rc2 $5) 35... Bxe1 (35... cxd6
36. Qd5 {[%cal Rb3d5,Rb3g3] /\Qd5,Qg3} (36. Rc2 {[%cal Rb3d5,Rb3g3] /\Qd5,Qg3}
Re5 37. Rxd2 $1 Rxd2 38. Qe3 {[%cal Re3a7] /\Qa7+-}) 36... Kc7 37. Rc2 Bxe1 38.
Rxh2 Re5 39. Qd4) 36. d7+ $18 Kb8 (36... Kd8 {Stohl} 37. dxe8=Q+ Qxe8 (37...
Kxe8 38. Qd5 $18) 38. Re3 $1 {[%cal Rb3d5,Re3e4] /\Qd5,Re4->+-}) 37. Rc5 $1 {
The winning move} Ba5 (37... Ka7 $8 {Stohl} 38. dxe8=Q (38. Rxb5 $2 axb5 39.
Qxb5 Rxb2+ $1 $19) 38... Qxe8 39. Nd4 $1 Qc8 {[%cal Re1a5] /\Ba5} (39... b4 40.
Qa4 $40) (39... Bf2 40. Nxb5+ axb5 41. Rxb5 Bb6 42. Qa4+ Kb8 43. Rxb6+ $1 cxb6
44. c7+ Kxc7 45. Qxe8 $18) 40. Nxb5+ axb5 41. Rxb5 Qa6 42. Rb7+ Ka8 $10) 38.
Rxb5+ axb5 (38... Ka7 {Stohl} 39. Rb7+ Ka8 40. Ra7+ $1) (38... Ka8 {Stohl} 39.
Rxa5 $18) 39. Qxb5+ Bb6 40. Qa6 Rxb2+ 41. Kxb2 Qh8+ 42. Kb3 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 {This shouldn't be a surprise from Andreikin as he's known to
play London and Torre Attack structures both in short and long time-control
games.} e6 3. Nd2 ({The other popular move here is} 3. e4 {leading to
imbalanced middlegames after} h6 ({or} 3... c5 $5 4. e5 h6) 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3
d6 $11 {where both sides have advantages and disadvantages.}) 3... h6 4. Bh4 d5
5. e3 c5 6. c3 {We're now officially in the land of the Torre Attack :-)} Nc6
7. Bd3 {Andeikin's handling of the Torre System, delaying his king's knight
development, is intriguing as he leaves himself the option of switching to a
favorable Stonewall game after the move f2-f4 (his dark-squared bishop is
outside of the pawn chain instead of being passive on c1)!} Qb6 {Controlling
the important b5-square with tempo.} 8. Rb1 {And now Eljanov doesn't allow
Andrekin to achieve his desired Stonewall setup with} e5 $1 9. Ne2 $5 {Placing
the knight on e2 is another option made possible by Andreikin's move order.} ({
Black has no problems after} 9. dxe5 Nxe5 {Do you see now why it's important
to control b5? :-)} 10. Bc2 (10. Be2 $2 Bf5 $17) 10... Be7 {safe and solid.} (
10... Qa6 $6 {A nice idea but a little too ambitious because White can take
over the initiative with accurate play after} 11. Ndf3 $1 (11. Ngf3 Nd3+ 12.
Bxd3 Qxd3 {with the advantage of the bishop pair.}) (11. Ba4+ $2 {only helps
Black's cause} Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Nfxd7 $17) 11... Nxf3+ 12. Nxf3 Be7 $5 {sac-ing a
pawn may be the best practical choice} (12... Be6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bd3 Qb6 15.
O-O O-O-O 16. b4 $1 $40) 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qxd5 Be6 15. Qe4 $1 (15. Qxc5 $6 Rc8
16. Qb4 Rc4 {White's queen is in trouble giving Black at least enough
compensation for the pawns!}) 15... Qxa2 16. O-O (16. Qxb7 O-O $13) 16... Qd5
17. Ra1 $1 $36 {It is clear that White has good pressure, but Black still has
chances for a successful defence.}) 11. Ngf3 Nxf3+ 12. Nxf3 Be6 $11) 9... cxd4
10. exd4 e4 11. Bc2 g5 12. Bg3 Bg7 13. O-O O-O {The opening was a success for
Black as not only did he manage to equalise but also achieved better chances
in the ensuing middlegame struggle due to the simple plan of advancing his
pawns on the kingside.} 14. b4 {Starting counterplay on the queenside with
ideas of kicking back the c6-knight, but it's also positionally risky as it
weakens many squares.} Nh5 15. Bd6 Rd8 16. Bc5 Qc7 17. f3 e3 18. b5 ({Black is
also better after} 18. Nb3 b6 19. b5 Ne5 $1 {a nice small tactic} 20. Bb4 (20.
Ba3 Nc4) 20... Nc4 {transposes to the line above} 21. Qd3 f5 $17 {Black has
great space advantage well-controlled by stable pieces.}) 18... b6 ({I think
the simple move} 18... Na5 {also works, but Eljanov was probably concerned
about White complicating things with} 19. b6 $5 (19. Nb3 b6 20. Bb4 Nc4 {
transposes to the line above}) 19... Qc6 20. Nb3 {and now Black has to be
careful} (20. Ba4 Qe6 21. Nb3 Nc4 $17) 20... Nc4 $1 (20... axb6 $2 21. Nxa5
bxa5 22. Rb6 Qc7 23. Qd3 {and White is suddenly better!}) 21. bxa7 Nf4 {
and Black is still in control of the advantage.}) 19. bxc6 bxc5 20. Nb3 c4 21.
Nc5 Nf4 22. Re1 Bf8 $1 {planning to remove White's most active piece while
avoiding any counterplay.} ({Taking the pawn right away, gives White chances
to equalise after} 22... Qxc6 23. Qc1 $1 Qe8 (23... Re8 $4 24. Ba4 $18) 24. Ng3
{and the e-pawn is falling.}) 23. Ba4 ({Now the previous idea doesn't work due
to} 23. Qc1 Re8 $17 {and things are under control.} 24. Ba4 $2 Nd3 $1 $19)
23... Bxc5 24. dxc5 $5 {White is faced with a tough choice in a worse
situation, in which Andreikin makes a decision on practical grounds - to be an
exchange down with chances of counterplay in an oddly complex position rather
than be a pawn down in a simpler position.} (24. Nxf4 gxf4 25. dxc5 Qa5 {
this is the simple position that Andreikin rejected playing which anyone will
most likely lose against a player of Eljanov's sytle and calibre.}) 24... Nd3
25. Nd4 Nxe1 26. Qxe1 Re8 27. h4 $5 {White will not go down without a fight!
Instead of waiting for his doom, Andreikin makes sure that the black king will
also be exposed, even slightly, when his king gets attacked in the future!} Re7
28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Rb7 {a logical follow-up to White's idea} Bxb7 30. cxb7 Rb8 {
A good practical choice. Eljanov only had 16 min left to make the time control
and chooses to avoid hazy positions that require too much calculation.} ({
Here's a few sample lines of how tricky and hairy things can get:} 30... Qxb7
31. Bc6 Qb8 32. Bxd5 $1 {and Black will have more problems ahead of him to
solve.} (32. Bxa8 $5 {is also not that easy for Black to face over the board
with little time on the clock} Qxa8 33. Qg3 {and here Black has to reject the
temptation to push the passed pawn to win:} f6 (33... e2 $2 34. Qxg5+ Kf8 35.
Qh6+ Ke8 36. Nxe2 $1 $13 (36. Qh8+ {I know you were hoping for this!} Kd7 37.
Qxa8 e1=Q+ 38. Kh2 Qh4+ 39. Kg1 Re1#)) 34. Nf5 Re5 $1 $19 (34... Re6 $2 35. Qc7
)) 32... e2 $2 33. Nc6 $16) 31. c6 Rbe8 32. Ne2 f6 ({Another good attacking
move and probably a better one is} 32... Kg7 $1 33. Qd1 Rh8 34. Qd4+ (34. Qxd5
Qh2+ 35. Kf1 Qh1+ 36. Ng1 e2+ 37. Kf2 e1=Q#) 34... f6 35. g3 {and there are
many ways to win from here e.g.} Qe5 $19) 33. Qd1 $1 {With 7 minutes left on
his clock, Andreikin finds the most problematic moves. Eljanov either missed
or underestimated this as it took him longer to play his next move compared to
the previous ones.} Rh7 $1 {The right direction to the "puzzle solution"} 34.
Qxd5+ Kg7 35. g3 {With 4 minutes on the clock, which will you choose a) ...Rd8
then ...Rdh8, or b) immediate ...Rdh8?} Rd8 {After using most of his remaining
time, Eljanov chose the more logical move - to force the white queen to lose
control of h1 before doubling rooks. As we will see in the game, Black
unfortunately has no concrete way to gain the advantage in this direction.} ({
The correct solution is:} 35... Reh8 $1 36. f4 Qf7 $3 {an important move to
foresee in one's analysis} 37. Qxf7+ Kxf7 38. Kg2 (38. g4 Ke6 $19 {and the
passed pawns are stopped}) 38... g4 $19 {with mate coming next. What a
position! If Eljanov had had more time, I have a good feeling Eljanov would
have been able to figure it out.}) 36. Qe6 Rdh8 37. f4 Rh1+ 38. Kg2 R1h2+ (
38... R8h2+ {is risky as one of the rooks could end up being misplaced and be
too late to stop the White passed pawns later.} 39. Kf3 Rf1+ 40. Kg4 {could
lead to a forced draw} (40. Ke4 $2 Rxe2 41. Qd7+ Qxd7 42. cxd7 Rd2 $3 43. b8=Q
e2 $19) 40... Rh4+ (40... Rxe2 {Now this doesn't work anymore} 41. Qd7+ Qxd7+
42. cxd7 Rd2 43. b8=Q e2 44. d8=Q Rxd8 45. Qc7+ $1 Kh6 46. Qxd8 e1=Q 47. Qf8+
Kg6 48. Bc2+ $18) 41. gxh4 Rxf4+ 42. Nxf4 (42. Kh3 Rxh4+ 43. Kg2 Qh2+ 44. Kf3
Qf2#) 42... Qxf4+ 43. Kh3 Qf3+ 44. Kh2 Qf2+ $11) 39. Kf3 {The beginning of
another episode of the king marching towards the centre! (We saw it earlier in
Rapport-Wei Yi)} Rf2+ 40. Kxe3 Rhh2 {Fortunately for Andreikin, his critical
moment arose after he made the time control! Seeing that Eljanov has lost
control of the situation, Andreikin now uses all of his resources to keep
himself out of trouble from here on.} 41. Bd1 $1 {The best defence.} ({All
other moves lose:} 41. Nd4 gxf4+ 42. Ke4 Re2+ 43. Kd5 Qa5+ 44. Kd6 Rxe6+ 45.
Nxe6+ Kf7 46. b8=Q Qe5+ $19) (41. Qd7+ Qxd7 42. cxd7 Rxe2+ 43. Kf3 g4+ 44. Kxg4
Rh8 $19) 41... gxf4+ 42. Nxf4 Qb6+ {After a few commercial breaks, we now
resume the king's marching show!} 43. Ke4 Qb1+ $11 {but they play on!} 44. Kd5
$1 {In this unclear complex stage, both players still display great fighting
spirit!} ({The game could end in a draw now with} 44. Ke3 Qb6+ 45. Ke4 Qb1+ $11
{but they play on!}) 44... Qxd1+ 45. Kc5 Rxf4 46. Qe7+ {After trying and
finding no way to play for more, Eljanov finally settles for a perpetual.} ({
Another way for the game to continue was} 46. gxf4 Qg1+ (46... Rh5+ $2 {
This only misplaces the rook and loses coordination with the queen.} 47. f5 Qd8
(47... Rh8 48. Qe7+ Kh6 49. Qxf6+ Kh7 50. Qxh8+ $18) 48. Qd7+ Qxd7 49. cxd7 Rh8
50. Kd6 Kf7 51. Kc7 $18) 47. Kxc4 (47. Kd6 $2 Rd2+ 48. Ke7 Qc5+ 49. Ke8 Qf8#)
47... Qf1+ 48. Kc5 {will most likely end in a perpetual too.}) (46. b8=Q $4
Rh5+ $19 {and White is forced to give up both queens!}) 46... Kg6 47. Qe8+ Kg7
{Andreikin, likewise, cannot find a way to escape checks that's favourable for
him. Thus, the game logically ends in a peace treaty.} (47... Kf5 48. b8=Q $18
{now Black doesn't have a check along the 5th rank!}) 48. Qe7+ Kh6 49. Qf8+ Kh7
50. Qf7+ Kh6 51. Qf8+ Kh7 52. Qf7+ Kh6 53. Qf8+ Kh7 54. Qf7+ {This is a game
with rich opening ideas, a tense middlegame struggle in which White fights to
keep control of his advantage against Black's desperate attempts to create
counterplay and break from the shackles of passivity, and a nerve-testing time
trouble situation that gave Eljanov problems and allowed Andreikin to come
back.  Subsequently after the time control, Andreikin even showed ambition to
win with his queening pawns by bravely walking his majesty to the middle of
the board! In the end, Eljanov minimises the damage and successfully stops
Andreikin's ambitions by creating mating threats, forcing Andreikin to engage
in an inescapable repetition of checks. A truly epic battle!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 09th final"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "1993.12.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Renet, Olivier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1993.12.10"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lyon-Oyonnax Echecs"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Nf6 5. dxc5 Nc6 {N} (5... Na6 $5) 6. e4
Qa5+ 7. Qd2 Qxc5 8. Nc3 e5 $2 (8... d6 $142 $14) 9. Be3 Qa5 10. Nb5 $1 Qd8 $8 (
10... Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 Kd8 12. Bc4 $18) 11. O-O-O b6 12. Ne2 Bb7 13. Ng3 Rc8 14.
Nd6+ (14. Nf5 $1 d5 $8 15. exd5 Nb4 16. Nxg7+ Kd7 17. g3 $1 Rxc2+ 18. Qxc2 Nxc2
19. Bh3+ Ke7 20. d6+ $18) 14... Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Ne7 $8 16. Qxe5 O-O 17. Bb5 d5
18. Bg5 Ng6 19. Qd4 (19. Qf5 Rxc2+ (19... Rc5 $5) 20. Kxc2 Bc8 21. Bxf6 Qc7+
22. Bc3 Bxf5 23. Nxf5 $18) 19... dxe4 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Qxf6 gxf6 22. Rd7 $18
Ba8 23. fxe4 Rc5 24. a4 f5 25. exf5 Nh4 26. Rxa7 Bxg2 27. Rg1 (27. Re1 $18)
27... Kh8 28. f6 Re5 29. Re7 Re6 $1 30. Re1 Rxf6 31. Re8 Ng6 (31... Rxe8 32.
Rxe8+ Kg7 33. Nh5+ $18) 32. h4 Kg8 $1 33. h5 Rxe8 34. Rxe8+ Nf8 35. Bd3 Bc6 36.
Rb8 Bxa4 37. Bf5 $1 {/\Ba4} h6 38. b3 Bb5 39. c4 Ba6 40. Be4 $18 Rf4 41. Bd5
Kg7 42. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. Nd2 Bf5 5. e3 Nxd2 6. Qxd2 e6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
c4 dxc4 $1 9. Bxc4 Nb6 $1 10. Bd3 Nd5 (10... Bxd3 $6 11. Qxd3 Bb4+ 12. Ke2 $14)
11. O-O Bxd3 (11... Nxf4 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. exf4 Be7 14. Qd3 $1 $16) 12. Qxd3
Nxf4 13. exf4 Qd5 $1 14. Rfe1 Bd6 15. f5 O-O 16. fxe6 fxe6 $10 17. Qe4 Rf6 18.
Re3 a5 $5 19. Rae1 a4 20. Qxd5 (20. Qc2 $6 Qxa2 (20... Rg6 $5) 21. Ng5 Rg6 22.
Nxh7 Rh6 $132) 20... exd5 21. g3 g6 22. Kg2 Kg7 23. h4 (23. Ng5 $5 h6 24. Ne6+
Kg8 (24... Kf7 $4 25. Nxc7 $18) 25. f4 Re8 26. Kf3 $14) 23... h6 24. Nh2 Rff8
$1 25. f4 Kf7 $1 26. Ng4 h5 27. Ne5+ Bxe5 28. Rxe5 Rfe8 $1 $10 29. Rc1 (29. f5
Rxe5 30. Rxe5 Ra5 $1 $132) 29... c6 30. Kf3 Rxe5 31. fxe5 Rf8 32. Ke3 Ke6 33.
b4 axb3 34. axb3 g5 $1 $8 (34... Ra8 35. Rf1 Ra3 36. Rf6+ Ke7 37. Rxg6 Rxb3+
38. Kf4 $16) 35. hxg5 Rf5 36. Rh1 Rxg5 37. Kf3 Rg4 38. Rh4 Rxh4 39. gxh4 Kf5 (
39... b6 $10) 40. b4 b6 41. b5 (41. Ke3 c5 42. bxc5 bxc5 43. dxc5 Kxe5 44. Kd3
d4 45. Kc4 Ke4 $10) 41... cxb5 42. Ke3 Ke6 43. Kd3 Kd7 44. Kc3 Kc7 45. Kb3 Kd7
46. Kb4 Kc6 47. e6 (47. e6 Kd6 48. Kxb5 Kxe6 49. Kxb6 Kf5 50. Kc6 Kg4 $10)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Stohl} Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 cxd4 7. Nb3
Qf5 {there are many possible retreats here: Qd8, Qb6 and even Qh5 ( Judith
Polgar tried it once against me)} (7... Qh5 {Stohl} 8. cxd4 d5 9. g4 Qh4+ 10.
Bg3 Qh6 11. h4 Nfd7 12. Rc1 Na6 13. Nh3 Qb6 14. e3 e6 15. a3 Be7 16. Bd3 Nf8
17. Rc3 Bd7 18. Qc1 Bb5 19. Bb1 Nd7 20. Nf4 Bd6 21. Kf2 Ba4 22. Nd2 Nc7 23. Nh5
Bxg3+ 24. Nxg3 $14 {Salov,V-Polgar,J/Madrid/1995/}) (7... Qb6 $142 {Stohl} 8.
Qxd4 (8. cxd4 e6 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. e3 Bb4 11. Ne2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 O-O 13. Nc3 d6
14. g4 e5 15. d5 Ne7 16. O-O-O a5 17. Kb1 a4 18. Nc1 a3 19. b3 Ra5 20. Bc4 Bd7
21. N1e2 Re8 22. Ka1 Qb4 23. Ne4 Qxd2 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. Rxd2 f5 $10 {Hodgson,
J-Kengis,E/Bern op/1995/}) 8... Nc6 (8... d6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. e4 g6 11. Be3
Nbd7 12. Bb5 Kd8 13. Nd2 Kc7 14. Nc4 h5 15. Nh3 Bg7 16. Ng5 Rf8 17. O-O Nc5 18.
e5 Nd5 19. exd6+ exd6 20. Bf2 Bd7 21. Bxd7 Nxd7 22. Ne4 Kc6 23. Rfd1 b5 24. Ne3
$16 {Kishnev,S-Levin,F/2.BLW 9495/1995/}) 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Be3 b5 11. Nd4 b4
12. Nb5 Ra4 13. Nc7+ Kd8 14. Bb6 bxc3 15. Ne6+ {0,5/Milov,V-Smirin,I/Struga zt/
1995/}) 8. Bxb8 (8. Qxd4 $6 {Stohl} Nc6 9. Qd2 e5 10. Be3 d5 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5]
->[+]} 11. g4 Qe6 12. g5 d4 13. gxf6 dxe3 14. Qxe3 Qxf6 15. Bh3 Qh4+ 16. Qf2
Qh6 17. Bxc8 Rxc8 18. e3 Be7 19. Ne2 Bh4 20. Ng3 Bxg3 21. Qxg3 Qxe3+ 22. Kf1
Rd8 23. Re1 Qh6 24. Kf2 O-O $19 {Zucchelli,M-Ragozin,E/Linares op/1995/}) 8...
Rxb8 9. Qxd4 {the point: pawn a7 is now attacked, therefore Black has to allow
advance of the "e" pawn  Black has gained the ^^, but White gets some tempi by
chasing his pieces (Qf5,Nf6) around.} b6 10. e4 Qf4 11. Nh3 (11. Ne2 {Stohl}
Qc7 12. e5 Ng8 13. O-O-O (13. c4 f6 $1 14. f4 fxe5 15. fxe5 g6 16. e6 Nf6 17.
Nc3 dxe6 18. Nb5 Qb7 19. Be2 Qxg2 20. Qe5 Qxh1+ 21. Kf2 Ne4+ 22. Ke3 Bh6+ 23.
Kd3 Nf2+ 24. Kc3 O-O $1 $19 {Tregubov,P-Varavin,V/RUS-ch Elista/1994/}) 13...
e6 (13... f6 $1 $13) 14. Ng3 f5 15. Bd3 Ne7 16. Rhe1 Nc6 17. Qf4 Be7 18. Nxf5
exf5 19. Qxf5 g6 20. Qe4 b5 21. h4 O-O 22. Kb1 Kg7 23. h5 $44 {Gerstner,
W-Palos,O/Baden Baden op/1988/}) 11... Qc7 (11... Qh4+ $2 {Stohl} 12. g3 Qh6
13. e5 d6 14. exf6 Bxh3 15. Bxh3 e5 16. Qa4+ b5 17. Qxa7 {1-0/Gonzalez de la
Nava,A-Cubas,J/ESP-ch Linares/1993/}) 12. e5 Ng8 13. O-O-O {probably a new
move, though I'm not sure} (13. Nf2 $5 {Stohl} Bb7 (13... f5 $142 $14) 14.
O-O-O Nh6 15. Bb5 Rd8 16. Ne4 Nf5 17. Qd3 g6 18. g4 Bh6+ $2 19. Kb1 Ng7 20. g5
Bxg5 21. Nxg5 Qxe5 22. Bxd7+ Kf8 23. Qb5 {1-0/Hergott,D-Belotti,B/Moscow olm/
1994/}) 13... e6 (13... f6 {Stohl} 14. f4 $5 {/\} (14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Nf4 {@} a6
$5 (15... e6 16. Bb5 $36) 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 g6 $13) 14... fxe5 15. fxe5 g6
16. e6 Nf6 17. Bb5 Bh6+ 18. Kb1 $16) 14. f4 {()} (14. Nf2 {Stohl} f5 $5 $13)
14... f5 {An important move. It denies White the e4-square and closes the
b1-h7 diagonal.} 15. Be2 {although Black is awfully behind in development,
it's not easy to demonstrate a direct way to crack his position: the only
weakness in his camp is the pawn d7 and for the moment it is well protected.
Tempting 15.Qa4 (with the idea to exchange bishops by Ba6) may be rebuffed by
the cold 15...a6.} Nh6 16. Rhg1 Be7 17. g4 (17. Nf2 {Stohl} O-O 18. g4 fxg4 19.
Nxg4 Nf5 20. Qd2 d6 $13) 17... fxg4 18. Bxg4 O-O 19. Qd3 $1 {a multipurpose
move: White liberates the square d4 for his poorly placed Knight, targets the
h7 pawn and prepares Qg3} (19. Bf3 $6 {Stohl} Nf5 20. Qd3 d6 $15) 19... Kh8 $2
{there is no time for profilaxis already; it was urgent to start counterplay
by 19...b5!} (19... Nxg4 $2 {Stohl} 20. Rxg4 $40) (19... Rd8 {Stohl} 20. Nd4 {
[%cal Rd4b5,Rb5d6] /\Nb5-d6}) 20. Bf3 (20. Nd4 $1 $36 {Stohl}) 20... Nf5 21.
Be4 b5 22. Bxf5 $1 exf5 {An interesting position, with 2N against 2B. Black's
Bishops are still not very active, but this may change, if he manages to open
the center. Salov hurries to exchange one of them.} (22... Rxf5 {would have
allowed an immediate assault:} 23. Nd4 Rh5 (23... Rf8 {Stohl} 24. Ng5 Bxg5 25.
Rxg5 $1 $40 {[%cal Gg1g7] <->g,/\} Rxf4 26. Rxg7 Kxg7 27. Qg3+ $18) 24. Ng5 $1)
23. Nd4 $2 {only momentarily White loosens control over 'd' file and this is
enough to lose initiative} (23. Ng5 $142 $40) 23... d6 $1 24. Qg3 (24. Nxb5 {
is no better in view of} Qb6 25. exd6 Bf6 26. d7 Bxd7 (26... Ba6 {Stohl} 27. c4
(27. a4 Qa5 $40) 27... Qc5 28. Kb1 Bxb5 29. cxb5 Rxb5 $36) 27. Qxd7 Qe3+ 28.
Kb1 Qxh3 $44) 24... g6 25. Ng5 Bxg5 (25... dxe5 $2 {Stohl} 26. Nde6 exf4 27.
Qh3 $18) 26. exd6 $1 (26. Qxg5 dxe5 27. fxe5 Rb6) 26... Qxd6 27. Qxg5 {The Nd4
is now a better piece, than Bc8, but Black still has counterchances.} b4 $1 (
27... Qd5 $2 28. Qe7 Rf7 29. Qe8+ Kg7 30. Nc6 $18) 28. Nf3 (28. c4 $142 $5 {
Stohl} Qc5 29. b3 $14) (28. Nxf5 {Stohl} Qc5 (28... Qc7 29. Nd6 bxc3 30. Qe5+
Kg8 (30... Qg7 31. bxc3 {/\} Rxf4 32. Nf7+ $1 $18) 31. bxc3 $16) 29. Nd4 (29.
Nd6 $2 Qe3+) 29... Qxg5 30. fxg5 bxc3 31. bxc3 Ba6 $44 {[%cal Rf8f2,Rf8c8] /
\Rf2,Rfc8}) 28... Qc5 $1 29. Ne5 {creating a simple but nasty threat: Ng6!} Rb6
$1 (29... bxc3 $2 {Stohl} 30. Nxg6+ hxg6 31. Qh6+ $18) 30. c4 b3 $1 {Black
combines attack and defence in an examplary fashion!} 31. axb3 (31. a3 $5 {
Stohl /\Qh6}) 31... Qe3+ 32. Rd2 (32. Kb1 $6 {Stohl} Qxb3 33. Rd2 Bb7 34. Qe7
Be4+ 35. Kc1 Kg8 $36) 32... Ra6 $1 33. Rg3 (33. Kc2 $6 {Stohl} Bb7 34. Rg3 Be4+
35. Nd3 Qd4 $44 {[%cal Rf8d8,Ra6d6] /\Rd6,Rd8}) 33... Qe1+ 34. Kc2 Bb7 $1 35.
Qe7 $1 Be4+ 36. Rgd3 (36. Kc3 $4 {Stohl} Qc1+ $19) 36... Kg8 $2 {only here
John slips: it was necessary to force draw by} (36... Bxd3+ 37. Rxd3 Qe2+ (
37... Kg8 {Stohl} 38. Rd7 Qe2+ 39. Kc3 Qe3+ $10) 38. Rd2 Qe4+ $10 {but it's
easy to understand him - White had only few seconds left at this moment}) 37.
Kc3 $2 {White doesn't take his chance:} (37. b4 $3 {creating some breathing
space for the king} Ra1 $1 $8 38. Qe6+ $1 (38. Kb3 $2 Bxd3 39. Rxd3 a5 $1 $132)
38... Kh8 (38... Kg7 39. Kb3 $1 Bxd3 40. Rxd3 a5 41. Rd7+ Kh6 42. Nf7+ Rxf7 43.
Qxe1 Rxe1 44. Rxf7 axb4 45. c5 $1 $18) 39. Qd6 $3 {a study-like manoeuvre!} Kg7
(39... Kg8 40. Nxg6 $1 hxg6 41. Qxg6+ Kh8 42. Qh6+ $1 Kg8 43. Kb3 Bxd3 44. Rxd3
$18 {and Black is helpless}) 40. Nd7 $1 {another difficult move} Rf7 41. Qd4+
Kh6 42. Kb3 Bxd3 43. Rxd3 Qf1 44. Qc3 $1 Qxf4 45. Rh3+ Kg5 46. Ne5 $1 $18)
37... Bxd3 38. Kxd3 {The strong N on e5 is sufficient compensation for the
exchange. Black must force a draw.} Rb6 39. Kc2 (39. b4 {Stohl} Qb1+ 40. Kc3
Qc1+ 41. Kd3 Qb1+ $10) 39... Qe4+ 40. Rd3 Qe2+ {now everything ends up
peacefully - both sides are forced to repeat the moves} 41. Rd2 Qe4+ 42. Rd3
Qe2+ {Extremely sharp and complicated game} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamburg-ch int"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1998.05.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Reddmann, Hauke"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Sander,R"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 h6 5. exf6 hxg5 6. fxg7 Bxg7 7. dxc5 Bxb2 8.
Nd2 Qc7 9. Rb1 Qxc5 10. Ngf3 Bc3 11. Rb5 Qc7 12. Rxg5 d5 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Qe2
Bxb5 15. Qxb5+ Nc6 16. h3 O-O-O 17. O-O Nd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Nb3 Bb6 20. c4
dxc4 21. Rg4 Kb8 22. Qxc4 Qxc4 23. Rxc4 Rh5 24. Kh2 Re5 25. Rc2 Re4 26. f4 a5
27. h4 Rd5 28. Kg3 Be3 29. Nc1 Bd2 30. Nb3 Rd3+ 31. Kg4 $2 (31. Rf3 Bxf4+ 32.
Kf2) 31... Bxf4 32. Nc5 (32. Rxf4 f5+ 33. Kg5 Rg3+ 34. Kf6 Rxf4 $19) 32... Rg3+
0-1

[Event "Salou-A"]
[Site "Salou"]
[Date "2000.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "Ivanov, Jordan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator "Schluricke,R"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2000.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. h4 d5 4. Nd2 Nxg5 5. hxg5 c5 6. dxc5 e5 7. e4 Bxc5 8.
Nb3 d4 9. Nxc5 Qa5+ 10. c3 Qxc5 11. cxd4 exd4 12. Rc1 Qb4+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14.
Kxd2 Nc6 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Nf3 O-O 17. Rh4 Rad8 18. Rch1 h6 19. gxh6 g6 20. Bc4
Be6 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Rg4 Ne7 23. Rc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Nxd4 Rd8 26. Ke3
Rd6 27. Nf3 Rb6 28. Rg5 $2 {Wahrscheinlich Zeitnot auf beiden Seiten.} (28. Rf4
Rxb2 29. Ng5 $18) 28... Rxb2 1-0

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 (3. Bh4 d5 {3. - g5} 4. f3 Nd6 5. Nc3 c5 6. dxc5
Nf5 7. Bf2 d4 8. e4 dxc3 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. O-O-O+ Kc7 11. exf5 cxb2+ 12. Kxb2
Bxf5 $14 {Danielian,O-Nadyrhanov,S, Voskresensk 1993.}) 3... c5 4. f3 (4. d5 d6
5. Nd2 Nf6 $5 6. e4 g6 7. Ngf3 Bg7 8. c3 O-O 9. Bd3 e6 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. O-O
Nc6 $10 {Musson,A-Petran,Pa, EU-cup, Balatonbery 1993.}) 4... Nf6 (4... Qa5+ 5.
c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 cxd4 7. Nb3 Qb6 8. cxd4 d5 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. e3 Bf5 11. Ne2 {
+/=/= Hodgson,JM-Wojtkiewicz,A, Rakvere 1993.}) 5. d5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. Bh6 {9. - e6 10.dxe6!?} Bxh6 10. Qxh6 e6 11. O-O-O exd5 12. exd5 Re8
13. Nge2 a6 {13. - Qe7} 14. Ng3 $1 b5 15. Nce4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 f5 (16... Ra7 17.
Qf4 $5 f5 18. Qxd6 {18.Nxd6? g5 - +} fxe4 19. Qxb8 $16) 17. Ng5 Qe7 $2 {
17. - Ra7} 18. Bxb5 $1 $18 Qe3+ {18. - axb5 19.Rhe1 + -} 19. Kb1 Re7 20. Be8 $1
Qe5 21. Rhe1 1-0

[Event "Bahrain"]
[Site "Bahrain"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Plaskett, H James"]
[Black "Smejkal, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BAH"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. h4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nd2 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 Bf5 8. Nf3
h6 9. Bf4 e6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Bd6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Rh3 Bd6 14. Rg3 $4 $19
{It` s sometimes very hot in Bahrain.} e5 $19 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17.
Qb5+ Qd7 18. Qxd7+ Kxd7 19. O-O-O Ke6 20. Rxg7 Ng6 $1 {Planning 21. - Kf6.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 9192"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 {Invites 3.Bxf6!? gxf6 4.d5.} (2... Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 $5
{4.d5} Qa5+ $5 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 d6 7. e4 g6 8. Nd2 Bg7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Ne2 Qd8 $5
{10. - 0-0? 11.Nc4} 11. O-O e6 $10 {Meduna,E-Stohl,I, Prague 1992 (CBM 27 game
958).}) 3. d5 Ne4 4. Bf4 Qb6 5. Nd2 {5.Qc1 e6 is unclear.} Qxb2 $5 (5... Nxd2
6. Qxd2 Qxb2 7. Rd1 d6 $13) 6. Nxe4 Qb4+ 7. Qd2 Qxe4 8. e3 (8. f3 Qd4 9. Qxd4
cxd4 10. Rd1 d6 $10) 8... e6 9. c4 e5 10. f3 Qf5 11. Bd3 $2 {11.Bg3 =} Qf6 12.
Bg3 e4 $19 13. Rb1 exd3 14. Qxd3 d6 15. Ne2 Nd7 16. Nc3 Be7 17. O-O Ne5 18. Qc2
O-O 19. f4 Qg6 (19... Nxc4 $6 20. Ne4 Qg6 21. Qxc4 Bf5 22. Rxb7 Bxe4 23. Rxe7
Bd3 $17) 20. e4 Nxc4 21. Qe2 b5 22. Nxb5 Nb6 23. f5 Qh6 24. Bf4 Qf6 25. Nc7 Rb8
26. g4 Qd4+ 27. Kh1 Bd7 28. g5 Na4 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. f6 Nc3 31. Qf3 Bf8 32.
fxg7 Bxg7 33. Bd2 Rf8 34. Bxc3 Qxc3 35. Qe2 Qa5 36. Ne6 0-1

[Event "Zagreb zt"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kovacevic, Vlatko"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 (3. Bh4 c5 4. f3 g5 5. fxe4 gxh4 6. e3 Bh6 7. Kf2
O-O 8. Qh5 Qb6 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bg7 11. e5 Nc6 12. Bd3 h6 13. Nbd2 Nxe5 (
13... Nxd4 $2 14. Nc4 Qc5 15. b4 Qd5 16. Ne3 $18) 14. Qxh4 Nxd3+ 15. cxd3 d5
16. Qxe7 Qxb2 17. Qc5 b6 18. Qxd5 Be6 19. Qe4 Bxa2 $15 {Danielian,O-Lputian,S,
Protvino zt 1993.}) 3... c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 (6. d5 e6 (6... Qb6 7.
b3 $1 e6 8. e4 exd5 9. exd5 Bd6 10. Bg5 $1 Be7 $14) 7. e4 exd5 8. exd5 d6 9.
Ne2 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Nb6 11. b4 $1 cxb4 12. c4 $1 $16 {Gulko,B-Browne,W,USA-ch 1992
}) 6... cxd4 7. Nb3 {7.cxd4? Nd5} Qb6 8. Qxd4 Nc6 {(Browne,W)} (8... Qxd4 9.
cxd4 d5 10. e3 e6 11. g4 {+/=/+/- Salov,V-Akopian,V,Wijk m (2) 1993}) 9. Qxb6
axb6 10. a3 $5 {New} (10. e4 d5 $10) 10... d5 11. Bc7 e5 $1 12. Bxb6 d4 $1 13.
cxd4 Be6 14. Nc5 Nd5 $1 $17 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bc5 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Rc1
Bd6 19. e4 dxe3 20. Bc4 Be5 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Rc2 {22.Ke2!?} Ke7 23. Ne2 Rhc8
24. Kd1 Rc6 25. f4 Bf6 26. Rxc6 bxc6 $19 27. Kc2 Kd6 28. Rd1 c5 29. Rd3 d4 0-1

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 (6. d5 $5 e6 (6...
Qb6 7. b3 e6 8. e4 exd5 9. exd5 Bd6 10. Bg5 $1 $14) 7. e4 exd5 8. exd5 d6 9.
Ne2 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Nb6 11. b4 $1 cxb4 12. c4 $1 $16 {Gulko,B-Browne,W, USA-ch
1992.}) 6... cxd4 7. Nb3 Qd8 $5 (7... Qb6 8. Qxd4 $5 Qxd4 {8. - Nc6 (Browne,W)}
9. cxd4 d5 10. e3 e6 11. g4 {+/=/= Salov,V-Akopian,V Wijk m(2) 1993}) 8. cxd4
g6 $5 9. e4 Bg7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Ne2 d6 12. O-O Nc6 13. Be3 $14 b6 $6 {x c6} 14.
Rc1 Bb7 15. Bb5 Rc8 16. d5 $1 Ne5 17. Ned4 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 Qb8 19. Rf2 $1 Rc8 20.
Rc2 Rxc2 21. Qxc2 Qc8 22. Nc6 Nxc6 23. dxc6 Ba8 24. c7 Bb7 25. a4 $1 Nd7 26.
Bxd7 Qxd7 27. a5 Bc8 28. axb6 axb6 29. Bxb6 Qa4 30. Be3 h5 31. h3 Kf8 32. Kh2
Be5+ 33. f4 Bf6 34. Qd3 Bxb2 35. Bd4 Bxd4 36. Nxd4 Qb4 37. e5 Qc5 38. Nb5 Bf5
39. exd6 Bxd3 40. d7 Bf5 41. d8=Q+ Kg7 42. Qd4+ Qxd4 43. Nxd4 Bc8 44. Nc6 Kf6
45. Na7 Bb7 46. c8=Q Bxc8 47. Nxc8 h4 48. Kg1 $18 Kf5 49. Nxe7+ Kxf4 50. Kf2 g5
51. Nd5+ Ke5 52. Ne3 Kf4 53. Nd5+ Ke5 54. Nc3 Kf4 55. Ne2+ Ke4 56. Ng1 Kf4 57.
Nf3 f6 58. Nd2 g4 59. Nc4 f5 60. Nd2 Ke5 61. Ke3 f4+ 62. Kf2 Kf5 63. Nc4 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.01.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 (2... g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 f5 5. Ne2 Bg7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2
d6 8. c4 c5 9. Nbc3 cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Qd2 $14 {Sokolov,I-Har Zvi,R, Wijk
op, CBM 34 game 943.} f4) (2... e6 3. e4 d6 $6 {3. - h6!} 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O
6. Qd2 Nc6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. O-O-O a6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Rhe1 $14 {Piket,J-Oll,L,
Wijk 1993, CBM game 906}) 3. Bf4 c5 (3... d5 4. Nd2 Bf5 5. e3 e6 {5. - Sxd2!? =
} 6. Bd3 $1 Bd6 {6. - Nxd2!?} 7. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Nc4 Bg4 10. c3 O-O
11. d5 $1 exd5 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. Qxd5 $16 {Lputian,S-Winants,L, Wijk op 1993,
CBM 34 game 886}) 4. f3 Qa5+ (4... Nf6 5. d5 Qb6 6. e4 Qxb2 7. Nd2 Qc3 8. Bd3
d6 9. Ne2 Qa5 10. O-O g6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Bxe5 Nbd7 13. Bc3 Qc7 14. Bb5 Bg7 15.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 $1 $14 {Goldin,A-Aseev,K, St. Petersburg 1993, CBM 34 game 643.}) 5.
c3 Nf6 6. d5 $1 (6. Nd2 cxd4 7. Nb3 Qb6 8. Qxd4 Qxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e3 e6 11.
g4 $1 {+/=/=, Salov,V-Akopian,V, Wijk m (2), CBM 34 game 758.}) 6... Qb6 $5 (
6... e6 7. e4 exd5 8. exd5 d6 9. Ne2 $5 {New} Nbd7 10. Nd2 Nb6 11. b4 cxb4 12.
c4 $16 {Gulko,B-Browne,W, USA-ch, 1992.}) 7. b3 $1 {Better than 7.Bc1?! which
Van der Wiel played against Kasparov some years ago.} e6 8. e4 $1 (8. dxe6 $6
Qxe6 9. c4 d5 $15 {Alexandrov,Akopian, Oakham 1992.}) 8... exd5 9. exd5 Bd6 10.
Nh3 (10. Bg5 $1 O-O {10. - Be7! =/+} 11. Bxf6 Re8+ 12. Be2 gxf6 13. Nd2 $1 (13.
Nh3 $6 c4 $1 $13) 13... Qc7 $6 {13. - Bf8! (Hall,J)} 14. Ne4 $16 {Hall,
J-Khenkin, La Coruna 1992}) 10... O-O (10... Bxf4 11. Nxf4 Qd6 $6 12. Qe2+ $1
Kd8 13. Qd2 $14) 11. Qd2 Re8+ 12. Be2 c4 $1 13. Bxd6 {13.b4 a5!} Qxd6 14. bxc4
b5 $1 15. cxb5 a6 $5 16. c4 axb5 17. cxb5 {17.Nc3!?} Qe5 18. Nc3 Nxd5 19. Qxd5
Qxc3+ 20. Kf2 Bb7 $1 $10 (20... Qe3+ 21. Kg3 $16) 21. Qc4 (21. Qxb7 $2 Qc5+ 22.
Kg3 Ra7 $19) 21... Qe3+ 22. Kg3 {22.Kf1?! Ra3} h5 23. Qf4 Qxf4+ 24. Nxf4 g5 25.
Nxh5 Rxe2 26. Rhc1 f5 (26... Re6 $2 27. Rc7 Rb6 28. a4 $16 {(Sokolov,I)}) 27.
Rc7 f4+ 28. Kh3 g4+ 29. Kh4 (29. fxg4 Bxg2+ 30. Kh4 f3 31. Kg3 f2 32. Kxg2 Re1
$19) (29. Kxg4 Rxg2+ 30. Kxf4 Ra4+ $17) 29... gxf3 $1 30. Rxb7 fxg2 31. Nxf4
Rf2 32. Nxg2 $1 {32.Kg3? Rf1 - +} (32. Nh3 $2 Rf1 $1 $19) 32... Rxg2 33. Rc1
Rxh2+ {34.Kg3 Rhxa2 35.Rc8+ =} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelsenkirchen"]
[Site "Gelsenkirchen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Blasek, Ralph"]
[Black "Pichler, Juergen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 {Less risky than 2. - e6 3.e4. If now (2. - Ne4) 3.Bh4
then 3. - g5 4.f3 gxh4 5.fxe4 c5 is OK for Black.} 3. Bf4 c5 {Solid (and
boring) is 3. - d5.} 4. f3 Nf6 5. d5 d6 6. e4 e5 $5 7. dxe6 Bxe6 8. Nc3 Nc6 9.
Nd5 {9.Bb5!} a6 10. Ne2 Bxd5 11. exd5 Ne7 12. c4 Ng6 13. Qd2 Be7 $10 14. Be3
O-O 15. Ng3 Re8 16. Be2 Qd7 17. a4 h5 18. Bd3 Ne5 19. O-O g6 20. Bg5 Nh7 21.
Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Rae1 Rae8 23. Ne4 $4 Nxd3 24. Rd1 {Or 24.Qxd3 f5 - +} Ne5 25. Qh6
Nxf3+ $5 26. gxf3 Rxe4 27. fxe4 Qg4+ 28. Kh1 Qxe4+ 29. Kg1 Qg4+ 30. Kh1 Re2 0-1

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pomes Marcet, Juan"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Nf6 5. dxc5 {5.d5 is more usual.} Nh5 6.
Be3 e6 7. Nc3 f5 8. Qd2 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. g4 fxg4 11. fxg4 Nf6 12. Bh3 b5
13. g5 b4 14. gxf6 bxc3 15. Qxc3 Bxf6 16. Bd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Nc6 18. Qc3 Qh4 19.
Kb1 Rb8 20. Bg2 Ne7 21. a3 Rf5 22. c6 dxc6 23. e4 Rf8 24. Qe5 Rb5 25. Qc3 Qf2
26. Rd2 Qe1+ 27. Ka2 Qh4 28. Nf3 Qf6 29. Qxf6 gxf6 30. c4 Rb8 31. Rd6 e5 32.
Rg1 Kf7 33. Bf1 Ng6 34. Be2 Be6 35. b3 Rbc8 36. Rgd1 Ke7 37. h4 Rfd8 $10 1-0

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 (3. Bh4 {3.h4?! - Adams,M-Lesiege,A, Oakham 1992,
CBM 30 game 574.} d5 (3... g5 {3. - c5 4.Nd2 Rausis,I-Piesina,G, Moscow 1992.
CBM 30 game 36.} 4. f3 gxh4 5. fxe4 c5 6. e3 Qb6 7. Nc3 e6 8. Nf3 Qxb2 9. Nb5
Qb4+ 10. Kf2 cxd4 $5 11. Qxd4 {11.Nc7+!?.} Qxd4 12. exd4 Na6 $10 {Aleksandrov,
A-Bologan,V, Oakham 1992. CBM 30 game 581.}) 4. Nd2 Bf5 5. f3 Nd6 6. c4 c6 7.
e3 $10 {Rausis,I-Naumkin,I, Moscow 1992, CBM 30 game 26.}) 3... c5 4. f3 Qa5+
$5 5. c3 (5. Nd2 Nxd2 6. Bxd2 Qb6 7. Bc3 d5 $10) 5... Nf6 6. d5 Qb6 7. b3 (7.
Qd2 Nxd5 8. Qxd5 Qxb2 9. Qb3 Qxa1 10. e4 $13) 7... e6 8. dxe6 Qxe6 9. c4 d5 $15
10. Nc3 d4 11. Nb5 Na6 12. e4 dxe3 13. Rc1 $2 {13.Qe2! =/+.} Nh5 $1 $17 14.
Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Bxd6 Bd7 16. g4 Bc6 $1 $19 17. Rc3 O-O-O 18. gxh5 Rxd6 19. Qe2
Qf6 20. Bh3+ Kb8 21. Rxe3 Rhd8 22. Qg2 Nb4 0-1

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pomes Marcet, Juan"]
[Black "Zagema, Wieb"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 g6 7. e4 d6 8. Na3
Bg7 9. Nc4 Qc7 10. a4 O-O 11. Qd2 $14 Bd7 12. Ne2 b5 13. axb5 Bxb5 14. Ng3 Nbd7
15. Nxd6 $1 $18 Bxf1 16. Ne8 Qb6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Nxf1 Ne5 19. Ne3 Qb5 20.
Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Qe2 Qb8 22. g3 f5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Nc4 {24.f4 + -} Bf6 25. f4
Qb7 26. Rd1 Rad8 27. O-O Kh8 28. Na5 Qb6 29. Nc6 Rd7 30. Rf2 Qb3 31. Qc2 Qa2
32. Qxf5 Rd6 33. Ne5 e6 34. Qh5 Kg7 35. dxe6 Qxe6 36. Rxd6 Qxd6 37. Ng4 Qe6 38.
Nxf6 Rxf6 39. Re2 Qd6 40. Qg5+ Kf7 41. Qh5+ Kg7 42. Re5 c4 43. Qe2 Qb6+ 44. Qf2
Qb7 45. Qc5 Qa6 46. Re7+ Rf7 47. Qe5+ Kg8 48. Re8+ Rf8 49. Qg5+ Kf7 50. Re7#
1-0

[Event "Pardubice"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1993.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 (4. d5 Qb6 5. Nd2 Nxd2 6. Bxd2 d6 {
6. - Qxb2} 7. Bc3 Nd7 8. e4 Nf6 9. Qe2 g6 10. O-O-O $14 {David,Al-Jansa,V,
Prague 1993}) 4... Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 (6. d5 $5 e6 (6... Qb6 7. b3 e6 8. e4
exd5 9. exd5 Bd6 10. Bg5 $14) 7. e4 exd5 8. exd5 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Nb6 11.
b4 $1 cxb4 12. c4 $1 $16 {Gulko,B-Browne,W, USA-ch 1992}) 6... cxd4 7. Nb3 Qb6
(7... Qd8 8. cxd4 g6 9. e4 Bg7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Ne2 $14 {Adams,M-Georgiev,Ki,
Las Palmas 1993}) 8. cxd4 (8. Qxd4 Qxd4 {8. - Nc6 (Browne,W)} 9. cxd4 d5 10. e3
e6 11. g4 {+/=/= Salov,V-Akopian,V, Wijk 1993}) 8... d5 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. e3 a5 $5
{10.- e6} 11. a4 e5 (11... e6 12. Bb5 Bb4+ 13. Kf2 $14) 12. dxe5 Nh5 13. Bb5
Nxf4 14. exf4 Bb4+ 15. Kf1 O-O 16. Ne2 Be6 17. Ned4 Rac8 $10 18. Ke2 Bd7 19.
Qd3 Nxd4+ 20. Nxd4 Bxb5 21. Nxb5 Qh6 22. Qf5 $6 {22.h3} Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qxh2 24.
Qg5 h6 25. Qg4 f5 $15 26. exf6 Rxf6 27. Rc7 Bf8 28. Nc3 Kh7 29. Rxb7 Rg6 30.
Qf5 Qxg2+ 31. Kd3 Bb4 32. Nxd5 Qxb2 33. Qe4 Qb3+ 34. Kd4 h5 35. Rb6 Qb2+ 36.
Kc4 Qc1+ 37. Kb3 Qd1+ 38. Kc4 Qf1+ 39. Kb3 Qd1+ 40. Kc4 Qc1+ 41. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.01.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 (6. d5 $1 Qb6 7. b3
e6 8. e4 exd5 9. exd5 {Sokolov,I-Smirin,I, Wijk op 1993 CBM game 946}) 6...
cxd4 7. Nb3 Qb6 8. Qxd4 {New} Qxd4 (8... Nc6 $5 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. e4 {10.Be3!?}
d5 $10 {(Browne,W)}) 9. cxd4 d5 10. e3 e6 11. g4 Nc6 {11. - Bb4!? followed by
12. - Ke7 +/=/=.} 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. a3 $1 Kd8 14. Rc1 Ne8 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Rxc5
Ke7 17. Ne2 $16 Nd6 18. Bd3 Rac8 19. b4 (19. e4 $2 dxe4 20. fxe4 Nxd4 $1 21.
Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Nxd4 e5 $1 {(Salov,V)}) 19... b6 20. Rc3 a5 21. b5 Na7 22. a4
Rxc3 23. Nxc3 Rc8 24. Kd2 Nc4+ 25. Kc2 f6 26. e4 dxe4 27. fxe4 Nd6 {27. - e5
28.Kb3} 28. Kb3 Nf7 29. e5 $1 $18 Rh8 30. Ne4 h5 31. g5 fxg5 32. Nxg5 Nh6 33.
Bc1 $1 Nc8 34. Rf1 h4 35. h3 Rg8 36. Bh7 Rh8 37. Bg6 Be8 38. Ba3+ Kd7 39. Be4
Ne7 40. Bxe7 Kxe7 41. Rc1 Bd7 42. Rc7 Kd8 43. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Alushta"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zlochevskij, Alexander"]
[Black "Timoshenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bh4 c5 4. f3 g5 5. fxe4 gxh4 6. e3 e6 $5 (6... Bh6 7.
Kf2 O-O 8. Qh5 Qb6 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bg7 11. e5 Nc6 12. Bd3 h6 13. Nbd2 Nxe5
$13 {Danielian,O-Lputian,S, Protvina zt 1993}) 7. Nd2 Bh6 8. Nc4 {8.Nf3} d5 9.
Qh5 $1 Qg5 10. Qxg5 Bxg5 11. Nf3 $1 Be7 12. exd5 exd5 13. Nce5 Rg8 14. Kf2 $14
c4 15. Nd2 (15. Be2 $2 f6 $15) 15... Nd7 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. Be2 $14 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "1991.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 {The most solid is 3.Bf4, as the sharp 3.Bh4 g5 4.f3 is
no longer considered dangerous for Black. And possible is also 3.Bh4 d5 - see
CBM 24, game 844.} 3. Bf4 d5 4. f3 Nf6 5. e4 e6 {Coward, take the pawn (5. -
dxe4! =+). Now we have a French in which White has made two not ideal moves 
(f3 and Bf4).} 6. e5 Nfd7 7. Be3 c5 8. c3 Nc6 $10 9. f4 a5 10. Nf3 Qb6 11. Na3
a4 12. Qd2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Ndb5 Bd7 15. Be2 Be7 16. O-O O-O 17. Rad1 Qa5
18. Qe1 Ne4 19. Bd3 f5 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Kh1 Rae8 22. Qf2 Ng4 23. Qg3 Nxe3 24.
Qxe3 g6 25. Nc2 Bf6 26. Nd6 Rb8 27. Be2 b5 28. Bg4 Nd8 29. Ne4 Be7 30. Nc5 Bxc5
31. Qxc5 Qb6 32. Qxb6 Rxb6 33. Nb4 Rd6 34. a3 Nb7 35. Kg1 Na5 36. Be2 h6 37.
Bd3 Kg7 38. Rde1 g5 39. fxg5 Rxf1+ 40. Kxf1 hxg5 41. Kf2 Kf6 42. Kg3 e5 43.
Rf1+ Kg7 44. Rd1 d4 45. cxd4 Rxd4 46. Nc2 Rd6 47. Ne3 Nb3 48. Bc2 Nd4 49. Be4
Rf6 50. Re1 Rf4 51. Nd5 Rg4+ 52. Kf2 Rh4 53. h3 Be6 54. Nc3 Rf4+ 55. Kg1 g4 56.
hxg4 Rxg4 57. Re3 Rg5 58. Kf2 Bc4 59. Rh3 Rg4 60. Rg3 Rxg3 61. Kxg3 Bf1 62. Kf2
Bc4 63. Ke3 Kf6 64. Bd3 Bxd3 65. Kxd3 Ke6 66. Ke4 Kd6 67. g4 Kc5 68. g5 Kc4 69.
g6 Ne6 70. Kxe5 Ng7 71. Kd6 Nf5+ 72. Ke6 Ng7+ 73. Kf7 Nf5 74. Kf6 Nd6 75. Ke6
Ne8 76. Kd7 Ng7 77. Kc6 Nf5 78. Kb6 b4 79. Nxa4 bxa3 80. bxa3 Kb3 81. Nc3 Kxa3
82. Kc5 Kb2 83. Nb5 Kc1 84. Nd4 Ng7 85. Kd5 Kd2 86. Ke5 Ke1 87. Nf5 Nh5 88. Ng3
{88. - Ng7 89.Kf6 Ne8 90.Ke7 + -} 1-0

[Event "Chalkidiki"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Stohl, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 (3. Bh4 c5 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 e6 6. dxe6 dxe6 7. Nf3
Nc6 $10 {Vyzmanavin,A-Neverov,V, Helsinki op 1992. CBM 32 game 624.}) 3... d5 {
The safest way.} (3... c5 $5 4. f3 $1 (4. d5 Qb6 5. Nd2 Qxb2 $1 6. Nxe4 Qb4+ 7.
Qd2 Qxe4 8. Nf3 d6 9. e3 Qb4 10. c3 Qa5 $17 {Adams,M-Gelfand,B, Tilburg 1992.
CBM 32 game 998.}) 4... Qa5+ (4... Nf6 5. d5 Qb6 6. Bc1 e6 $6 7. c4 d6 8. e4 g6
9. Ne2 Bg7 10. Nec3 $5 $14 {Levitina,I-Yrjola,J, Helsinki op 1992. CBM 32 game
361.}) 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 d6 7. e4 Nbd7 8. Nh3 g6 9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2
$14 {Gurevich,M-Niemela,A, Helsinki op 1992. CBM 32 game 241.}) 4. Nd2 (4. f3
Nf6 5. Nc3 c5 $10 6. e4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. e5 Nd7 11.
Nxd5 (11. O-O-O e6 12. Be3 $2 Qc7 $17 {Hoeksma,H-Beliavsky,A, Tilburg 1992.
CBM 32 game 664.}) 11... Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Qxd5 13. Bxg7 Bxg7 14. Qxg7 O-O-O $17)
4... Bf5 5. e3 e6 6. Bd3 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 {Not 7.Bxf5? Nc4.} Bxd3 8. Qxd3 c5 {
8. - Nd7 =} 9. dxc5 Qa5+ 10. c3 Qxc5 11. Nf3 Nc6 $6 {11. - Be7! =} 12. b4 $5
Qb6 13. a4 Be7 $6 {13. - a6!?} 14. a5 Qd8 15. a6 b6 16. O-O O-O 17. e4 $1 $14
Bf6 18. Rfd1 dxe4 19. Qxe4 Qc8 20. Rac1 Ne7 21. b5 Nd5 22. Bd2 Be7 23. Ne5 Bd6
24. c4 Nf6 25. Qe2 Bxe5 26. Qxe5 Rd8 27. g3 Nd7 $6 28. Qe2 Nc5 29. Bc3 Qc7 30.
Be5 Qe7 31. Rc2 Rxd1+ $6 {31. - f6} 32. Qxd1 f6 33. Bd6 $1 Qd7 34. Rd2 Ne4 35.
Rd4 Nxd6 36. Rxd6 Qc7 37. Qd4 $18 {37. - Rc8 38.Rd7 (38. - Qxc4 39.Rd8+ Kf7 40.
Qd7+) + -} 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Black "Baikov, Vladimir A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bh4 c5 4. f3 g5 5. fxe4 gxh4 6. e3 Bh6 7. Kf2 Nc6 (7...
Qb6) (7... cxd4) 8. Qh5 $1 $146 (8. Nf3 Qb6 $1 (8... cxd4 9. exd4 Qb6 10. Nc3
e6 11. Bb5 d6 12. Qd3 Bd7 13. a4 a6 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. a5 Qc7 $15 {Rausis,
I-Tzermiadianos,A/Athens/1993/0:1/36/}) 9. Nc3 $2 (9. Nbd2 Qxb2 10. Nc4 $44)
9... Bxe3+ $1 10. Kxe3 cxd4+ 11. Nxd4 e5 12. Nd5 Qxd4+ 13. Qxd4 exd4+ 14. Kf2
O-O $17 {Fries Nielsen,J-Sax,G/Aarhus/1993/0:1/26/}) 8... Qb6 $8 (8... Bg7 $2
9. Qxc5) 9. Qxc5 (9. Qxh6 $2 Qxb2 10. Nf3 Qxa1 11. Bc4 Qb2 $17) 9... Qxb2 (9...
Qxc5 $2 10. dxc5 Ne5 11. h3 $16) 10. Qc3 Qxc3 (10... Qb6 11. Nd2 $14) 11. Nxc3
d6 12. Nf3 h3 $8 13. gxh3 Bd7 (13... e5 $5 {/\ 0-0,f5/}) 14. Nd5 Rc8 $10 15.
Rb1 Na5 16. Bd3 Bxh3 17. Rb5 b6 18. Nxe7 $1 Kxe7 19. Rh5 Bxe3+ 20. Kxe3 Bg4 21.
Rg5 Nc4+ $1 22. Kf4 (22. Bxc4 $2 Bxf3 23. Kxf3 Rxc4 $17) 22... Bxf3 23. Kxf3
Nb2 (23... Na3 24. Rg2 $14) 24. Ke3 Rc3 25. Rf1 Nxd3 26. cxd3 Rc2 27. Rg7 Rf8
28. Rxh7 Rxa2 29. Rc1 Kd7 30. d5 (30. Rf1 Ke7 31. Rc1 Kd7) 30... Ra5 $1 (30...
b5 $2 31. Rc6 $1 b4 32. Rh6 b3 33. Rhxd6+ Ke7 34. e5 Rb8 (34... b2 35. Rc7+ Ke8
36. Rb7 $18) 35. Rc7+ Kf8 36. Rdd7 b2 37. Rxf7+ Kg8 38. Rg7+ Kh8 39. Rh7+ Kg8
40. Rcg7+ Kf8 41. e6 $18) 31. h4 (31. Rc6 Rc5) 31... Rc5 32. Rf1 Ke7 33. h5 b5
34. h6 Rc2 (34... b4 35. Rg7 b3 $2 36. h7 b2 37. Rgxf7+ Rxf7 38. h8=Q Rxf1 39.
Qxb2 $16) 35. Ra1 Rc7 36. Rg7 Rh8 37. h7 Kf6 38. Rag1 Rc2 (38... b4 39. Rg8
Rxh7 40. Rd8 Ke7 41. Rgg8 Rb7 42. Rge8+ Kf6 43. Rxd6+ Kg7 44. Rdd8 $1 $14) 39.
Kd4 b4 40. Rg8 Rxh7 41. Rd8 Ke7 42. Rgg8 b3 43. Rge8+ Kf6 44. Rxd6+ Kg7 45. Rb8
b2 46. Rc6 Rd2 47. d6 Rh1 48. Ke3 (48. d7 b1=Q 49. Rxb1 Rxb1 50. d8=Q Rxd3+ $1
51. Kxd3 Rd1+ $15) 48... Rdh2 49. d7 Rh3+ 50. Kd2 R3h2+ 51. Kc3 (51. Ke3 Rh3+
$10) 51... Rc1+ 52. Kd4 Rh8 $1 53. Rxh8 (53. Rcc8 Rcxc8 54. dxc8=Q Rxc8 55.
Rxb2 $10) 53... b1=Q 54. Rg8+ (54. d8=Q Qb2+ (54... Rxc6 $2 55. Qg8+ Kf6 56.
e5+ $18) 55. Kd5 (55. Ke3 $2 Re1+ 56. Kf4 Rf1+ $19) 55... Qb5+ 56. Kd4 Qb2+ $10
) 54... Kh7 55. Rxc1 Qb6+ 56. Ke5 $8 Qe6+ 57. Kf4 Qxd7 58. Rg5 (58. Rg2 Qh3 $1)
58... Qd6+ 59. Kg4 (59. Ke3 $2 Qh6 $1) 59... Qd7+ 60. Kf4 Qd6+ 61. Kg4 Qd7+ 62.
Kf4 Qd6+ 63. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lee Cup 4th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Wang, Yaoyao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Speelman,J"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 (5... Qb6 6. Bxe4 dxe4 7.
Nc3 {with a strong imitiative}) 6. Bxe4 $5 dxe4 7. d5 Nb4 (7... e5 8. Bg3 Ne7 (
8... Nb4 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Qxg4 Nxc2+ 11. Kd2 Nxa1 12. Nge2 Qb6 13. Kc1 $16) 9. c4
f6 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. f3 $5 exf3 12. Nxf3 {with the initiative}) 8. Nc3 e6 9. d6
$5 (9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. a3 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 $2 (11. Kxd1 O-O-O+ 12. Kc1 Nd5 13. Nxe4
Nxf4 14. exf4 {Black has a wonderful position.}) 11... Nxc2+ 12. Kd2 Bb3 13.
Kc1 Na1 14. Re1 Be6) 9... Nc6 (9... Qa5 $5) 10. Nxe4 (10. Nge2 $6 e5 11. Nb5
exf4 12. Nc7+ Kd7 13. Nxf4 Bxd6 14. Nxa8 Ke7) (10. b4 e5 11. Nb5 Be6 $1 (11...
exf4 $2 12. Nc7+ Kd7 13. Qg4+ Kxd6 14. Qxf4+ Ke7 15. Rd1) 12. Nc7+ Kd7 13. Nxa8
Qxa8 14. b5 exf4 15. bxc6+ Kxc6 $17) 10... f5 $6 (10... e5 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Qd5
Be6 $2 (12... f6 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Bxf6 Rd8 16. Nf3 $18) (12...
Qxb2 13. Rd1 $36) 13. Nxc5 $3 $18) 11. Bg5 $1 (11. Nc3 $2 e5 12. Qd5 Qxd6 $1)
11... Qb6 (11... Qa5+ 12. Nc3) (11... Qd7 12. Qh5+ (12. Nxc5 Qxd6 13. Nb3 Qxd1+
14. Rxd1 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 e5 17. f4 $1 $44) 12... Qf7 13. Qxf7+ Kxf7 14.
O-O-O b6 $1 (14... fxe4 15. d7 b6 (15... b5 $5 16. dxc8=Q Rxc8 17. Ne2 h6 18.
Bh4 g5 19. Bg3 b4 $5) 16. dxc8=Q Rxc8 17. Ne2 {xe4}) 15. d7 Bb7 (15... Ba6 16.
Nd6+ Bxd6 17. Rxd6 $16) 16. Ng3 Be7 (16... h6 17. d8=Q Nxd8 18. Bxd8 Bxg2 19.
Bc7) 17. Nf3 {threatening e4} Bxg5 18. Nxg5+ Ke7 19. f4 (19. e4 f4 20. Nh5 $1 (
20. Ne2 h6 21. Nf3 g5) 20... h6 21. Nxf4 hxg5 22. Ng6+ Kf7 23. Nxh8+ Rxh8)
19... Rad8 20. e4 h6 21. Nf3 fxe4 22. Nxe4) 12. Nf6+ $1 (12. d7+ $5 Bxd7 13.
Nd6+ Bxd6 14. Qxd6) 12... Kf7 13. Nxh7 Rxh7 (13... Qxb2 14. Nxf8 $16) (13...
Bxd6 14. Qxd6 Qxb2 (14... Qb4+ 15. Kf1) 15. Rd1 Rxh7 (15... Qc3+ 16. Kf1 Qc4+
17. Ne2 Rxh7 18. h4) 16. Nf3 Qc3+ 17. Kf1 Qxc2 18. h4 b6 19. Kg1 $16) 14. d7
Be7 $2 (14... Qxb2 15. Rb1 Qc3+ 16. Kf1 Qc4+ 17. Ne2 Qd5 18. Qxd5 exd5 19.
dxc8=Q Rxc8 20. Rxb7+ $16) (14... Qb4+ $1 15. c3 (15. Kf1 $5) 15... Qxb2 16.
Rb1 Qxc3+ 17. Kf1 Qc4+ 18. Ne2 Qd5 19. Qxd5 exd5 20. dxc8=Q Rxc8 21. Rxb7+ {
Even without the c2 pawn, this is quite good for White but of course Black can
fight}) 15. Nf3 $1 Qxb2 (15... Bxd7 16. Qxd7 Rd8 (16... Qxb2 17. O-O (17. Bxe7
$2 Qxa1+ 18. Ke2 Qxa2 $1 {to defend e6} (18... Qxh1 $2 19. Ng5+ Kg6 (19... Kg8
20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21. Nf7+ Kg8 22. Nh6+ Kh8 23. Qg8+ Rxg8 24. Nf7#) 20. Qxe6+ Kh5
21. Qf7+ Kh6 22. Qxf5 $18)) 17... Rd8 18. Qc7 Qb6 19. Qxb6 (19. Qg3 $5) 19...
axb6 20. Rab1 $16 {If} Nb4 21. c3 Nxa2 $2 22. Rxb6 g6) 17. Ne5+ $1 $18) 16. O-O
Qb6 $2 (16... Bxd7 17. Rb1 (17. Qxd7 Rd8 18. Qc7 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Rab1)
17... Qxb1 18. Qxb1 $16) 17. dxc8=Q $1 Rxc8 18. Rb1 Qa5 (18... Qc7 19. Bf4 Qa5
(19... e5 20. Qd5+ Kf6 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Rxb7 Qd6 23. Bxe5+ Qxe5 24. Qxe5+ Kxe5
25. Rxe7+ $18) 20. Rxb7) 19. Rxb7 Rc7 20. Qb1 $1 Bd6 $6 (20... Rh8 21. Bxe7
Rxe7 $1 22. Rxe7+ Nxe7 23. Qb2 (23. Ng5+ Kf6 24. Qb2+ Kxg5 25. Qxg7+ Ng6 26.
f4+ Kh5 27. g4+ fxg4 28. f5 exf5 29. Rxf5+ Kh4 30. Qf6+ Kh3 31. Qxh8+ Nxh8 32.
Rh5#) (23. Ne5+ Kf6 24. Qb2 Qc7 (24... Qb4 25. Qa1)) 23... Qa6 24. Qe5 Rh5 25.
Rd1 $18) 21. Rd1 Be5 (21... Nb4 22. Rxd6 (22. Bd8 $1 {Fritz}) 22... Rxb7 23.
Ne5+ Ke8 24. Rxe6+ Kf8 25. c3 $16) 22. Nxe5+ Nxe5 23. Bf4 1-0

[Event "Cappelle"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Black "Lane, Gary William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 cxd4 7. Nb3 Qb6 8.
Qxd4 (8. cxd4 d5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Ne2 e5 $5 11. Bxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qxe3 13. Qd4 (
13. exf6 Bb4+ 14. Nd2 Bc5 $10) 13... Qxd4 14. Nexd4 Bb4+ 15. Kf2 Nd7 16. Nb5
Kd8 17. Rc1 Nxe5 18. Nc7 Rb8 19. Nxd5 Bd6 20. Be2 Be6 21. Rhd1 Rc8 22. Nf4 Ke7
23. Nxe6 fxe6 $10 {Gallagher,J-Forster,R/Metz op/1994/}) 8... Qxd4 (8... Nc6 9.
Qxb6 axb6 10. Be3 $5 (10. Nd4 e5 11. Nxc6 exf4 12. Nd4 d5 $13) 10... d5 11.
Bxb6 e5 12. e4 $1 Be6 13. Bb5 Nd7 14. Bf2 d4 (14... dxe4 $142 15. Nd2 exf3 16.
Ngxf3 $14) 15. Nc1 dxc3 16. bxc3 Bc5 17. Nge2 Ke7 18. Nd3 Bxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Ra3
20. Rhd1 $14 {Tregubov,P-Nadyrhanov,A/Sochi/1994/}) (8... d5 $5 9. Qxb6 axb6
10. Bxb8 Rxb8 11. e3 Bd7 12. Bd3 e6 13. Ne2 Bd6 14. Ned4 Ke7 15. a3 Rbc8 16.
O-O Rhd8 17. Rae1 g6 18. e4 dxe4 19. fxe4 Ng4 20. h3 Ne5 21. Bb5 Bxb5 22. Nxb5
Bc5+ $15 {Rakic,T-Cabrilo,G/JUG-chT Cetinje/1993/}) 9. cxd4 $14 {()} d6 $146 (
9... d5 10. e3 e6 11. g4 $1 Nc6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. a3 Kd8 14. Rc1 Ne8 15. Nc5 Bxc5
16. Rxc5 Ke7 17. Ne2 Nd6 18. Bd3 Rac8 19. b4 b6 20. Rc3 a5 21. b5 Na7 22. a4
Rxc3 23. Nxc3 Rc8 24. Kd2 Nc4+ 25. Kc2 $14 {_|_^^(),Salov,V-Akopian,V/Wijk aan
Zee m/1993/}) 10. e4 Nc6 11. d5 Ne5 (11... Nb4 12. Kd2 {פb4}) 12. Bb5+ Kd8 (
12... Bd7 $142 13. Bxd7+ Nfxd7 $14) 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. Bxd7 Kxd7 15. Nh3 $5 (15.
Bc3 $14) 15... Nd3+ (15... g6 16. Ke2 Bg7 17. Bc3 $14) 16. Ke2 Nxb2 17. Rhc1 {
/\a4,פb2} Na4 (17... b5 18. Nd4 a6 19. Ng5 $36) 18. Rc4 $6 (18. Ng5 $36) 18...
b5 (18... Nb6 $142 19. Rc2 e6 $13) 19. Rc2 e6 20. Ng5 $1 $36 exd5 21. Rac1 (21.
Nxf7 Rg8 22. Rac1 Be7 $5 $13) 21... Nc5 (21... dxe4 22. Rc7+ Ke8 23. Nxf7 Rg8
24. Bb4 $40) 22. e5 $1 Ne8 $6 (22... Nxb3 $1 23. axb3 dxe5 24. Rc7+ (24. Nxf7
Rg8 25. Nxe5+ Ke6 26. Nc6 $44) 24... Ke8 25. Nxf7 (25. Rc8+ $5 Rxc8 26. Rxc8+
Kd7 27. Ra8 $14) 25... Rg8 26. Ng5 $44 (26. Nxe5 Bd6 27. Rc8+ Rxc8 28. Rxc8+
Ke7 29. Rxg8 Nxg8 30. Nc6+ Kd7 31. Nxa7 b4 $10)) 23. exd6 Nxb3 24. Rc7+ $1 (24.
axb3 Nxd6 25. Rc7+ Ke8 26. Kd3 $36) 24... Nxc7 25. Rxc7+ Ke8 $8 (25... Kxd6 $2
26. Bf4#) 26. d7+ Ke7 $8 (26... Kd8 27. Bf4 Nd4+ 28. Kd3 {/\Nf7,d8Q+-}) 27. Rc8
$6 (27. Nxf7 $1 Rd8 (27... Nd4+ 28. Kd3 Rd8 29. Nxd8 Kxd8 30. Bg5+ Be7 31. Rc8+
Kxd7 32. Rxh8 Bxg5 33. Kxd4 $18) 28. Nxd8 Kxd8 29. Bg5+ $1 Be7 30. Rc8+ Kxd7
31. Rxh8 Bxg5 32. axb3 $18) 27... Nd4+ (27... Kxd7 $142 28. Rxa8 Nxd2 29. Rxa7+
(29. Kxd2 $4 Bb4+) 29... Kc6 30. Nxf7 Rg8 31. Kxd2 Bb4+ 32. Kd3 $14) 28. Kd3
Kxd7 29. Rxa8 Nc6 30. Nxf7 $16 Rg8 31. Ng5 Ke7 (31... h6 32. Nh7 Ke7 33. Rc8
Ne5+ 34. Kd4 Nd7 35. Bb4+ $18) 32. Be3 $1 h6 (32... d4 33. Bxd4 Nxd4 34. Kxd4
g6 35. Rxa7+ $18) 33. Bc5+ Kd7 34. Nh7 $22 (34. Nh7 Bxc5 35. Rxg8 Bd4 36. Nf8+
Ke7 37. Ng6+ Kf7 38. Rc8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.05.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1996.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Topalov} Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4] A
sharp and unbalanced position. White has a lead in development and more space,
especially due to his proud pawn center. But Black's position is extremely
solid and his B-pair is a latent power.} d6 6. Qd2 g5 (6... g6 7. O-O-O Bg7 8.
f4 Qe7 (8... g5 9. g3 Nc6 10. e5 Qd8 11. d5 exd5 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Re1+ Kf8 14.
Qxd5 Qb4 15. Bc4 Be6 16. Rxe6 fxe6 17. Qxe6 Qe7 18. Qf5+ Qf6 19. Qc5+ Ne7 20.
Nge2 b6 21. Qa3 Rd8 22. Rf1 g4 23. f5 Qc6 24. Qb3 $44 {Fernandez,SL-Ramesh,R/
Ubeda op/1996/}) 9. Nf3 a6 10. e5 d5 11. h4 h5 12. Ng5 Nc6 13. Be2 Bd7 14. g4
hxg4 15. Bxg4 O-O-O 16. h5 gxh5 17. Bxh5 f6 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. Ne2 Rdf8 20. Kb1
Ne7 21. Bg4 Bh6 22. Qe3 Nf5 23. Qe5 Qxe5 24. dxe5 Ne3 $15 {Lukasiewicz,G-Guex,
P/Geneva op/1996/}) (6... a6 $5 7. O-O-O Nd7 8. f4 g6 9. Nf3 Qe7 10. e5 d5 11.
h4 h5 12. Ng5 Nb6 13. g4 hxg4 14. Qg2 Bd7 15. Qxg4 O-O-O 16. h5 f5 17. Qg3 gxh5
18. Be2 Be8 19. Rh4 Bh6 20. Rg1 c5 21. Bxh5 Bxg5 22. Qxg5 Qxg5 23. Rxg5 cxd4
$36 {[%csl Rh5] ץh5,Dunnington,A-Lerner,K/Cappelle la Grande op/1996/}) (6...
c6 7. O-O-O (7. f4 $142 $13) 7... e5 8. Nf3 Be7 9. Kb1 Nd7 10. Ne2 Nf8 11. Qa5
Ng6 12. Ng3 Bd8 13. Qc3 O-O 14. d5 cxd5 15. Rxd5 Bb6 16. Qe1 Bg4 17. Rd2 Nf4
18. Ng1 Rac8 19. f3 Be6 20. N1e2 Rc6 $15 {Summerscale,A-Knezevic,B/Cannes op/
1996/}) 7. O-O-O Bg7 8. g3 (8. e5 dxe5 9. dxe5 Qe7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Nf3 Bd7 12.
h4 gxf4 13. Qxf4 O-O-O 14. Ne4 Nb8 $1 15. Be2 Bc6 16. Nf6 Nd7 17. Nh5 Bxf3 18.
Bxf3 Bxe5 19. Qe4 c6 20. Rxd7 Bxb2+ 21. Kxb2 Rxd7 22. Qe3 Rhd8 23. a3 Rd4 24.
g3 Qc5 $17 {Adams,M-Karpov,A/Las Palmas/1994/}) 8... Nc6 9. Nb5 (9. Bb5 $5 Bd7
10. Nge2 a6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Qe3 (12. f4 O-O-O 13. Rhf1 Qg6 14. g4 Bxe4 15.
Ng3 d5 16. Ncxe4 dxe4 17. f5 exf5 18. Nxf5 Rhe8 19. Qg2 Bf8 20. Rfe1 Qe6 21.
Kb1 h5 22. h3 hxg4 23. hxg4 Qd5 24. Re3 Re6 25. Rde1 $44 {Hodgson,J-Gabriel,C/
Horgen-B/1995/}) 12... O-O-O 13. f4 Kb8 14. Rhf1 Qg6 15. Qd3 f5 16. exf5 Qxf5
17. Qc4 g4 18. d5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Qf7 20. Qb3 Rhe8 21. Nec3 $13 {Milov,
V-Chuchelov,V/Brussels op/1995/}) 9... Qd8 10. Ne2 (10. d5 $5 {is the crucial
try.} Ne7 (10... Ne5 $6 11. Qc3 $16) (10... exd5 $5 11. exd5 Ne7 12. Bg2 Nf5
13. Re1+ Kf8 14. Ne2 Qf6 15. c3 Bd7 16. Nbd4 Re8 17. Nxf5 Bxf5 18. Nd4 Bd7 19.
Re3 Rxe3 20. Qxe3 h5 21. Qf3 h4 22. Qxf6 Bxf6 23. Nc2 Be5 24. Kd2 f5 $36 {
[%csl Gd7,Ge5] _|_^^,Garcia,Rau-David,Al/Linares zt/1995/}) 11. f4 (11. Qa5 b6
12. Qa4 O-O $15 {[%cal Gh8a1] /^h8-a1,/\} 13. Qc4 a6 14. Nxc7 b5 $19) 11... a6
$13) (10. c3 $5 {Topalov} a6 11. Na3) 10... a6 11. Nbc3 b5 $5 {Black increases
the tension by diversions on both flanks (g5,b5). However, in the center his
position remains solid.} 12. Bg2 (12. d5 Ne5 {[%cal Re5c4] /\Nc4} 13. Nd4 g4 $5
$15) (12. f4 {Topalov} b4 13. Na4 Bd7) 12... Bb7 13. f4 {[%cal Rd4d5,Re4e5] /
\e5,d5} Ne7 $5 {This flexible retreat takes the sting out of White's threats.}
(13... Na5 {Topalov} 14. Rhg1 Nc4 15. Qd3) 14. h4 (14. fxg5 $6 hxg5 15. Qxg5 $4
Bh6) (14. Kb1 $142 $5 $13) (14. d5 Qd7 $1 $132 {[%cal Ye8c8,Yb5b4,Yd7b5] /
\0-0-0,b4,Qb5}) (14. Rhg1 $142) 14... g4 15. h5 $6 {This costs White too much
time and allows Black to build up an active position.} b4 16. Nb1 a5 17. Qe3
O-O $36 {Black's K is relatively safe behind his pawns on the K-side, White's
monarch on c1 can have more trouble from the advancing black pawns.} 18. Nd2 f5
$1 {/\ Ne7-f5} 19. Rhg1 fxe4 20. Bxe4 (20. Nxe4 Nf5 21. Qb3 (21. Qf2 Bxe4 $1
22. Bxe4 d5 $15) 21... Bd5 $17) 20... Nf5 21. Qb3 (21. Qd3 $2 Ba6 22. Nc4 d5
$19) (21. Qf2 $142 $5 Bxe4 (21... d5 $2 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. Nb3 $13) 22. Nxe4 Qe8
$5 $36 {[%cal Ye8b5,Re8h5,Ya5a4,Yb4b3] /\Qh5,Qb5,a4,b3->}) 21... d5 $1 22. Bxf5
exf5 {Now the central pawn structure is symmetrical, but due to the clumsy
positions of White's pieces the e-file will soon fall into Black's hands. Also
Black's B begin to play a major role on the open diagonals (a6-f1,a1-h8).} 23.
Rge1 Re8 $1 $17 {[%csl Gb7,Gg7,Rb3,Rd2,Re2][%cal Ge8e2] ^^,<->e,ףb3,Nd2,Ne2
White's Q and N are misplaced} 24. Nf1 (24. c4 $142 $5 Kh8 $17) 24... Ba6 (
24... Qf6 $142) 25. Ng1 Bc4 26. Qa4 Bxf1 (26... Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Bxd4 28. Nd2 Qf6
$1 29. Nxc4 dxc4 30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Qxe8+ Qf8 32. Qe6+ Qf7 $19) 27. Rxf1 Re6 $1
(27... Re3 28. Qc6 $132) 28. Qb3 (28. Rfe1 $1 {/\ 29.Re5!} Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Bxd4
30. Qc6 $1 $13) 28... c6 29. Rfe1 (29. Qd3 Qf6 30. Ne2 Rae8 31. Rf2 Re3 $19)
29... Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Bxd4 31. Ne2 Qe7 $1 $19 32. Kd1 Bf2 33. Rf1 Bc5 34. Qd3 Re8
35. Re1 (35. Nc1 $142) 35... Qe6 $22 (35... Qe4 $19) 36. c3 (36. Rf1 Qe3 $19)
36... bxc3 37. bxc3 d4 $1 38. cxd4 Bb4 39. d5 (39. Rf1 Qxa2 $40) 39... Qxd5 40.
Qxd5+ cxd5 {A strong B against passive N, extra pawn-the endgame is hopeless
for White.} 41. Rg1 Re3 42. Nc1 (42. Rg2 d4 $1 43. Nxd4 Rd3+ $19) 42... d4 43.
Nb3 a4 $1 (43... a4 44. Nc1 (44. Nxd4 Rd3+) 44... d3 {[%cal Rg8d5,Rd5f3,Rd3d2]
/\Kf7-e6-d5-e4-f3,d2-+}) 0-1

[Event "Belgrade"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Bg7 (4... Qb6 5. Qc1 f5 6. g3 Bg7 (6...
c4 $6 7. Bg2 Na6 8. c3 h5 9. Nf3 Nc7 10. Na3 Nxd5 11. Nxc4 Qc5 12. Nce5 Nf6 13.
O-O e6 14. c4 d6 15. Nd3 Qc7 16. Rd1 Bd7 17. Qc3 Rh6 18. Rac1 Ne4 19. Qc2 Rc8
20. Nd2 $16 {עe8/Lobron,E-Polgar,J/Groningen PCA/1993/}) (6... Bh6 7. e3 e5 8.
Nf3 e4 9. Nh4 Qf6 10. a4 d6 11. Na3 Ke7 12. c3 Bg5 13. Ng2 Nd7 14. Be2 Nb6 15.
Qd2 Nxa4 16. O-O Nb6 17. f3 Qg6 18. b4 cxb4 19. cxb4 Bd7 20. Bb5 $44 {Horvath,
Cs-Velickovic,Z/Velden/1993/}) (6... f4 7. c3 (7. gxf4 Qb4+ 8. c3 Qe4 $15) 7...
fxg3 8. hxg3 d6 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. Qc2 Nf6 11. Bg2 Qc7 12. c4 Bg7 13. Nh3 Bd7 14.
Rb1 Bh6 15. e3 e5 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bc6 19. Ng1 Bg7 20. Ne2
$14 {Ionescu,D-Vlad,D/ATI-Homorod-C/1993/}) 7. c3 d6 8. Bh3 e6 9. Nf3 Nd7 10.
Nbd2 Nf6 11. c4 Bd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qc2 Rae8 14. Rfe1 Qd8 15. Rad1 exd5 16. Nh4
d4 17. Nxf5 {Hodgson,J-Alterman,B/Pardubice/1993/} Bc6 $132) (4... f5 5. e3 Bg7
6. c3 d6 (6... O-O 7. Ne2 d6 8. Ng3 e6 9. Bc4 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. a4 b6 12. Nh5
Bb7 13. Nf4 Qe7 14. Qb3 Rae8 15. Na3 Be5 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Rfe1 Kh8 18. Nb5 d5
19. Bf1 a6 20. Nxc7 Bxc7 $15 {[+]^^/Bricard,E-Plachetka,J/Uzes op/1989/}) 7.
Nd2 Nd7 8. Ngf3 (8. Ne2 $142) 8... O-O 9. e4 Nf6 10. Bd3 fxe4 11. Bxe4 b5 12.
Qc2 Bb7 13. Ng5 h6 14. h4 Re8 15. Bf3 $5 $13 {Ornithopoulos,N-Mastrokoukos,G/
Athens op/1993/}) (4... d6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Ne2 h5 7. Nf4 Qb6 8. Qc1 Nd7 9. a4 h4
10. a5 Qc7 11. Nc3 Bh6 12. Ra4 a6 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Nxd3 c4 15. Nf4 Qc5 16. Qd1
Rg8 17. O-O Bxf4 18. exf4 f5 19. Qh5 b5 20. axb6 Nxb6 21. Ra3 Nxd5 22. Qxh4 $36
{עe8/Adams,M-Hon,A/London Lloyds/1992/}) 5. c3 d6 6. e3 (6. g3 Bf5 $6 7. e4
Bd7 8. Nh3 (8. Bh3 $5 $36) 8... Qb6 9. Qb3 f5 10. Nd2 fxe4 11. Nxe4 h5 12. Nf4
h4 13. Be2 Bf5 14. Nd2 Qxb3 15. axb3 Bh6 16. Nc4 Nd7 17. Ne3 Bh7 $36 {_|_^^/
Wade,R-Krogius,N/Wch sen/1992/}) 6... f5 7. Ne2 Nd7 (7... Na6 $5 8. Nf4 Nc7 {
/\e6<=>}) 8. Nf4 Nf6 9. Bc4 O-O 10. a4 (10. Nd2 Bd7 {/\b5}) 10... b6 11. Nd2 a6
12. Nf1 $1 {><f5,/\Ng3,Qc2} Bd7 13. Ng3 b5 14. Bb3 (14. Bd3 e6 15. Ngh5 $5 $13)
14... Qb6 15. a5 Qc7 16. Bc2 e6 17. Ngh5 Nxh5 18. Nxh5 (18. Qxh5 b4 $5 $132)
18... Rae8 19. g4 Kh8 $8 20. gxf5 exf5 21. Nxg7 $6 (21. Qf3 $142 $5 $36) 21...
Kxg7 22. Qf3 Kh8 $1 (22... Re5 $2 23. Rg1+ Kh8 24. Qg3 $18) (22... Qc8 23.
O-O-O $16) 23. Bxf5 Bxf5 24. Qxf5 f6 $132 {עe1} 25. Rg1 (25. O-O Re5 26. Qf3
Qf7 $1 (26... f5 27. Kh1 $14) 27. Rad1 Rg8+ 28. Kh1 Rgg5 29. e4 f5 $44) 25...
Re5 26. Qf3 f5 27. Rg5 b4 $1 28. c4 (28. cxb4 cxb4 $36 {><b2,a5,d5}) 28... Qe7
29. h4 Qf6 30. O-O-O (30. O-O-O Re4 31. Qe2 f4 $44) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ischia"]
[Site "Ischia"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Petursson Baburin Greenfeld} Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 (2... g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3
Bg7 5. h4 $5 b6 6. h5 Bb7 7. c4 d6 8. Nc3 Nd7 9. Nge2 f5 10. Qa4 O-O 11. hxg6
hxg6 12. Nf4 Nf6 13. c5 c6 14. cxd6 Qxd6 15. Qb3 Ng4 16. Be2 Rfe8 17. Rd1 Nxe3
18. fxe3 Rxe3 19. O-O Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Qxd4 21. Qc4 Qxc4 22. Bxc4 Kg7 23. Rd1 Rae8
$15 {Hodgson,J-Nilsson,N/Copenhagen PC/1996/}) 3. Bf4 d5 (3... c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5.
c3 Nf6 6. d5 (6. Nd2 cxd4 7. Nb3 Qf5 8. Bxb8 Rxb8 9. Qxd4 b6 10. e4 Qf4 11. Nh3
Qc7 12. e5 Ng8 13. O-O-O e6 14. f4 f5 15. Be2 Nh6 16. Nf2 Be7 17. Kb1 Bb7 18.
Qa4 Bc6 19. Bb5 Bxb5 20. Qxb5 Qb7 21. Rd2 a6 22. Qa4 Rc8 23. Rhd1 Rc7 24. g3 b5
25. Qd4 O-O $13 {Arduman,C-Hjartarson,J/Copenhagen PC/1996/}) 6... Qb6 7. Bc1
g6 (7... e6 8. c4 exd5 9. cxd5 c4 10. e3 Bc5 $5 $146 (10... Qa5+ 11. Nc3 b5 12.
Qd4 Bb4 13. Qe5+ Kf8 14. a3 Bb7 15. axb4 $1 Qxa1 16. Nge2 Qa6 17. Nd4 d6 18.
Qf4 Qb6 19. Nf5 a5 20. Nxg7 Kxg7 21. Qg5+ Kf8 22. Qxf6 Rg8 23. Qh6+ Rg7 24. e4
Kg8 25. Be3 $44 {Hodgson,JM-Stohl,I/Isle of Man op/1995/}) 11. Kf2 O-O 12. Bxc4
d6 13. Ne2 Nbd7 14. Nbc3 Ne5 15. Na4 Qb4 16. b3 Nxc4 17. bxc4 Qxc4 18. Nxc5
Qxc5 19. Nf4 Re8 20. Re1 g5 21. Nd3 Qb6 22. Qb3 Qxb3 23. axb3 Nxd5 24. Ra5 Be6
25. e4 Ne7 26. Rxg5+ Ng6 27. f4 f6 28. Rb5 Rac8 $132 {Hodgson,J-Wells,P/
Copenhagen PC/1996/}) 8. Nh3 d6 9. Nf2 Bg7 10. e4 e6 11. c4 O-O 12. Nc3 exd5
13. cxd5 Na6 14. Be2 Bd7 15. O-O Rac8 16. Bc4 Rfe8 17. a3 Nc7 18. a4 a6 19. Qd3
Na8 20. Bg5 Qc7 21. a5 Rb8 22. Rfe1 h6 23. Bd2 b5 24. axb6 Rxb6 25. b3 Qb8 26.
Na4 $14 {Hodgson,J-Ftacnik,L/Ischia/1996/}) 4. e3 (4. f3 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4
Bb4 7. Qd3 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. O-O-O Bxc3 10. Qxc3 d4 11. Qd2 e5 12. Bg5 h6 13.
Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Bb5 O-O 15. Ne2 Qe7 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. c3 Qxc5 18. Kb1 dxc3 19.
Qxc3 Qb5 20. Nc1 Be6 21. Rd6 Rfc8 22. Nd3 Rd8 23. Qxe5 Rxd6 24. Qxd6 Qa5 25.
Qa3 Qd2 26. Rc1 Qxg2 $132 {Tichy,V-Smejkal,J/Mar.Lazne CS-ch/1978/}) (4. Nd2 {
Greenfeld} c5 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. dxc5 Qa5+ 7. c3 Qxc5 8. Qd4 $2 (8. Qa4+ Qc6 9.
Qxc6+ Nxc6 10. f3 e5 11. Be3 Bf5 12. g4 Be6 13. Nh3 f6 14. Nf2 exf3 15. exf3
Ne7 $10 {Tunik,G-Avrukh,B/Beersheba/1996}) 8... Qxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. O-O-O e5
$1 11. dxe5 Be6 12. Kb1 e3 $1 13. Bxe3 Nb4 $17 {Mikhalevski,V-Tseitlin,MD/
Beersheba/1996}) 4... c5 (4... c6 5. Bd3 Qb6 6. Bxe4 Qxb2 7. Nd2 dxe4 8. Ne2
Nd7 9. O-O Nf6 10. c4 Qa3 11. Ng3 g6 12. Be5 Bg7 13. Ngxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxg7 Nxd2
15. Qxd2 Rg8 16. Be5 f6 17. Bg3 b6 18. e4 c5 19. d5 Rg7 20. e5 fxe5 21. Bxe5
Rf7 22. Rfe1 Bf5 23. Qg5 Qa4 24. Bd6 O-O-O 25. Bxe7 Re8 26. Qh4 Bd3 27. Rac1
Bxc4 28. d6 Bb5 $10 {1/2,Hodgson,J-Hjartarson,J/Copenhagen PC/1996/}) 5. Bd3 {
N/} (5. Nd2 {Greenfeld}) (5. f3 {Greenfeld}) 5... Nc6 $5 (5... e6 {Greenfeld})
(5... g6 {Greenfeld}) 6. Bxe4 $6 {White wants to take over the initiative
forcefully, but his attempt nearly backfires.} (6. c3 $10) 6... dxe4 7. d5 (7.
c3 Qb6 8. Qb3 Be6 $36) 7... Nb4 (7... e5 $2 {Greenfeld} 8. Bg3 Nb4 9. Nc3 {
/\ a3}) 8. Nc3 {[%cal Ra2a3,Rc3e4] /\a3,Ne4} e6 $8 (8... f5 9. a3 Na6 10. f3
$16 {[%csl Gd4,Gd5,Ge5] [+],@}) (8... Bf5 9. a3 Na6 10. Nge2 {[%csl Re4][%cal
Ye2g3] /\Ng3,><e4}) 9. d6 {׻} (9. dxe6 $6 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Bxe6 11. a3 O-O-O+
12. Kc1 Nd5 $36) (9. Nxe4 $2 Qxd5 $19) 9... Qa5 $1 10. Nge2 (10. a3 $6 Nd5)
10... Bd7 (10... Nd5 11. O-O Nxf4 12. Nxf4 $40) 11. O-O f5 12. a3 (12. Nc1 $6 {
Greenfeld} c4 $1 $13) 12... Nc6 13. b4 $1 {White has a lead in development and
active position, but his d6P is in serious danger and Black threatens to win
it in due course. Hodgson must use all his imagination to retain his
initiative. Baburin: White wants to open some files and create tension.} cxb4
$8 14. axb4 Qb6 (14... Qxb4 $6 15. Rb1 {[%cal Rb1b7] /\Rb7|^}) 15. b5 (15. Qd2
$1 {Greenfeld} Nd8 (15... Nxb4 16. Rfb1 a5 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Rxb4 $16) (15...
g6 16. b5 Nd8 17. Na4 $1 Qxb5 18. Rfb1 $18) 16. Na4 (16. Nd4 $5) 16... Bxa4 17.
Rxa4 $16) 15... Nd8 $1 (15... Na5 16. Ra4 $1 {[%cal Rd1a1] /\Qa1+-} Bxb5 17.
Nxb5 Qxb5 18. c4 $1 Nxc4 19. d7+ Kd8 20. Rxa7 $1 Rxa7 21. Bc7+ $18) 16. Nd4 (
16. Na4 $5 {Greenfeld} Qxb5 17. Nd4 Qa5 18. Nb3 $1 $44) 16... Nf7 (16... Bxd6
17. Na4 (17. Nxf5 $5 $16) (17. Bxd6 {Greenfeld} Qxd6 18. Nxf5 $1 Qxd1 19. Nxg7+
$18) 17... Qc7 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. Bxd6 $40 {[%csl Re8] עe8}) 17. Na4 (17. Nxf5
$2 Qc5) 17... Qd8 {[%cal Re6e5] /\e5} 18. Nxe6 $5 {A highly speculative
sacrifice, but practically the only way to keep the attack going. (and holding
Black's K somewahat longer in the middle.) White will have only 1 P for his
piece, but he must give his passed d-pawn an extra incentive, if he loses it
without compensation, the game is over.} (18. Nc5 e5 $1 19. Nde6 Bxe6 20. Nxe6
Qxd6 21. Qxd6 Bxd6 22. Nxg7+ Kf8 23. Ne6+ Ke7 $19 {costs White a piece for
nothing.}) 18... Bxe6 19. Nc5 Qc8 $2 {Now the Black K stays in the center.} (
19... Bxd6 20. Nxe6 Qf6 21. Bxd6 Qxe6 22. Ba3 $16) (19... Bc8 $142 $1 20. Ra4 (
20. Qd4 Bxd6 21. Rad1 Bxf4 $19) 20... Bxd6 (20... g5 21. Rd4 Bd7 $5 $17 (21...
gxf4 22. d7+ Bxd7 23. Rxd7 Qc8 24. Qh5 $18)) (20... b6 21. Qd5 $1 bxc5 22. Qxa8
$36) 21. Rd4 Bxc5 22. Rxd8+ Nxd8 23. Qd5 Be7 $17 {[%cal Yc8e6] /\Be6}) (19...
Bc4 $4 {Greenfeld} 20. d7+ Ke7 21. Qd4 $3 Bxf1 22. Bd6+ Nxd6 23. Qe5+ Kf7 24.
Qe6#) 20. Qd4 $1 $44 {Suddenly it's very difficult for Black to get his pieces
(especially the R) into the game, White's plan is simply to open up the center.
עe8,Ra8,Rh8,Bf8} Nd8 {Baburin: This retreat does not look right, I have a
feeling that Black could defend better and the position is far from being
clearly in White's favour.} (20... g5 21. Be5 Rg8 22. Rad1 $40 (22. b6 {
Petursson} a6 23. Rfd1 Bd7 24. Ra3 $44)) 21. f3 $1 (21. Rad1 Bd7 $13) 21...
exf3 22. e4 $40 b6 $6 (22... fxe4 23. Qe5 {[%cal Rd6d7] /\d7+-} (23. Rae1 {
Greenfeld} Kf7 24. Rxe4 $18) 23... Kf7 24. Nxe4 Kg8 25. Rxf3 $40) (22... fxg2 {
Petursson} 23. Rfe1 Kf7 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Qd5+ $40) 23. Na6 Qc4 {Petursson: It
is clear from Black's last two timid moves that Hodgson has managed to totally
confuse him.} (23... Kf7 24. exf5 $1 Bxf5 25. Qd5+ Kg6 (25... Be6 26. Qxf3 $40)
26. Nc7 $16) 24. Qxc4 Bxc4 25. Nc7+ Kd7 26. Nxa8 Bxf1 27. Rxa7+ Ke6 28. Nc7+
Kd7 29. exf5 $1 $18 (29. Kxf1 fxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Bxd6 31. Nd5+ Ke6 32. Bxd6 Kxd6
33. Nxb6 Kc5 $1 $16) 29... fxg2 30. Ne6+ Ke8 $8 (30... Kc8 31. d7#) 31. d7+ Kf7
(31... Ke7 32. Bg5+ Kd6 33. Nxd8 $18 {[%cal Rd8c6,Rd8e6,Rd8f7] /\Nc6,Ne6,Nf7})
32. Nxd8+ Kf6 {[%cal Rf8c5] /\Bc5-+} 33. Ne6 Be7 (33... Bb4 34. Be3 $18) 34.
Bg5+ (34. Bg5+ Kxf5 35. Bxe7 Kxe6 36. d8=Q Rxd8 37. Bxd8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 05th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1997.06.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1997.06.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. f3 (4. e3 Bf5 (4... g6 $5 5. Bd3 Nd6 6. h4
Bg7 7. h5 Nc6 8. Nc3 Nb4 9. Be5 $6 Nxd3+ 10. cxd3 f6 11. Bh2 c6 12. Nge2 Nf7
13. e4 dxe4 14. dxe4 e5 15. dxe5 Qxd1+ 16. Rxd1 fxe5 17. Nc1 Be6 18. Nd3 b6 19.
Bg3 O-O-O 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Rxh8 Rxh8 22. Kd2 Bf6 23. Kc2 Rh5 $15 {Summerscale,
A-Manor,I/Tel Aviv Czerniak/1997/}) 5. f3 Nf6 6. c4 $5 {probably promises more
chances to gain an opening advantage.}) 4... Nf6 5. e4 $6 {An enterprising
gambit, but Black quite convincingly shows it's drawbacks.} (5. c4 e6 6. Nc3
Nc6 $5 (6... dxc4 7. e4 Nc6 8. Be3 Na5 9. Bxc4 Nxc4 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. Qxc4 Nb6 {
1/2,Jankovec,I-Jerabek,P/MOR-chT/1997/}) 7. c5 Nh5 8. Qd2 Nxf4 9. Qxf4 Be7 (
9... e5 $1 $36) 10. h4 g5 $6 11. Qd2 gxh4 12. f4 b6 13. cxb6 axb6 14. Rc1 Ba6
15. Nf3 Na5 16. b3 c5 17. e3 c4 18. Qb2 cxb3 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. axb3 Nc6 21. Qe2
Nb4 22. Ne5 Ra5 23. Qh5 O-O 24. Ke2 Qe8 25. g4 $40 {Mouiwid-Najbar/
Frydek-Mistek opB/1997/}) (5. Nc3 c5 $1 {This active move is the best reaction.
} (5... e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 dxe4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Qd5 11. Bxf6
gxf6 12. Qd2 c5 13. Be2 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nc6 15. c3 Rg8 16. Kf2 e5 17. fxe4 Qxe4
18. Nf3 Qf5 19. Rhe1 $44 {Treppner,G-Kotter,R/2.BLW9697/1997/}) 6. e4 (6. e3 e6
7. g4 a6 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Nge2 b5 10. h4 b4 11. Nd1 a5 12. h5 h6 13. g5 hxg5 14.
Bxg5 Be7 15. h6 gxh6 16. Rxh6 Rxh6 17. Bxh6 Nh5 18. Nf2 Bh4 19. Nf4 Qf6 20.
Nxh5 Qxh6 21. Nf4 cxd4 22. exd4 Bg3 23. N4d3 Qxd2+ 24. Kxd2 Nxd4 $19 {Cooper,
L-Har Zvi,R/Hastings op9495/1995/}) 6... dxe4 $142 (6... cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8.
Bb5 Bd7 9. Qd2 (9. Bxc6 $6 Bxc6 10. e5 Nd7 11. O-O-O e6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. f4 Bc5
14. Qd2 d4 $1 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Bxg2 17. Nb5 Qc6 18. Nd6+ Kf8 19. f5 exf5
20. Nxf5 Be4 21. Qb4+ Nc5 22. Rd6 Qc7 23. Ng3 Bxh1 24. Nxh1 Rc8 25. Nf3 Qxd6 {
0-1,Hoeksema,H-Beliavsky,A/Tilburg1.02/1992/}) 9... dxe4 10. fxe4 e6 11. e5 Nh5
12. O-O-O Nxf4 13. Qxf4 Qc7 14. Nf3 Be7 15. Kb1 O-O 16. Qe4 a6 17. Bd3 g6 18.
h4 Nb4 19. h5 Bc6 20. Qe3 Nxd3 21. Rxd3 Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. hxg6 fxg6 24.
Ng5 $40 {Zimmermann,W-Kiss,P/Cannes open A/1990/}) 7. d5 exf3 8. Nxf3 g6 (8...
a6 9. Qe2 (9. a4 g6 10. Bc4 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qd2 Ne8 13. Rae1 Nd6 14. Ba2
Nd7 15. Bh6 b5 16. Ne4 Bb7 17. Nxd6 exd6 18. Re4 Re8 19. Rh4 Bh8 20. Ng5 Nf6
21. Rhf4 Bc8 22. c4 Bf5 23. h3 Ne4 24. Nxe4 Rxe4 25. g4 Bd4+ 26. Kg2 Qh4 27.
gxf5 Qxh6 28. fxg6 hxg6 29. R4f2 Qxd2 30. Rxd2 bxa4 31. Bb1 Re5 32. Bc2 Rae8
33. Bxa4 Re2+ 34. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 35. Kg3 Rxb2 36. Be8 Rb7 37. Rf3 Be5+ 38. Kg4 Kg7
39. Ra3 Rb4 40. Ra4 Rb3 41. Rxa6 Rg3+ 42. Kh4 Rg1 {0-1 Soffer,R-Tratar,M/Bled
op 1995}) 9... g6 10. O-O-O Bg7 11. d6 e6 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Ne5 Nbd7 14. Ng4 h5
15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qe3 b6 18. Be2 Bb7 19. Rhf1 Qe5 20. Qh6 b5 21.
Rfe1 Qg7 22. Qe3 Rfd8 23. g4 hxg4 24. Bxg4 Nf6 25. Bf3 Bxf3 26. Qxf3 b4 27. Ne4
Nxe4 28. Qxe4 a5 $15 {Osterwald,E-De Niet,G/Dieren op/1997/}) 9. Nb5 Na6 10.
Bc4 Bg7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. Bd2 Qb6 14. a4 Bd7 15. a5 Qd8 16. Rhe1
Nb4 17. Qxe7 Qxa5 18. Kb1 Qa4 19. Nfd4 Nbxd5 20. Bxd5 cxd4 21. Nc7 Nxd5 22.
Nxd5 Bf5 23. Rc1 Rac8 $19 {Hertneck,G-Gavrikov,V/BL/1993/}) 5... dxe4 6. Nc3
exf3 {Black bravely accepts the challenge.} (6... Nd5 $143 $6 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8.
Bxc7 Nc6 9. c3 Bf5 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. Bf4 e6 12. Rd1 Rd8 13. Be2 Be7 14. fxe4 Bxe4
15. Nf3 Bd5 16. Qc2 O-O 17. O-O Rc8 18. Qb1 Qd8 19. Bd3 f5 20. Ne5 Qa5 21. Nc4
Qd8 22. Ne3 g5 23. Bg3 Bf6 24. Rde1 Ne7 25. Kh1 b5 26. Nxd5 Qxd5 27. Be5 $36 {
Hauke,C-Appel,H/2.BLS9697/1997/}) ({A reasonable way to decline the gambit is} 
6... e3 $5 7. Qd3 e6 8. Qxe3 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Kb1 Nc6 11. g4 Nb4 12. Bg3 b6
13. a3 Nbd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Qe1 Bb7 16. Bd3 c5 17. c4 Nf6 18. dxc5 Qe8 19.
Bd6 bxc5 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Qh4 g6 22. Nh3 Rfd8 23. Ng5 Qf8 24. Be4 Bxe4+ 25.
Nxe4 Nxe4 26. fxe4 Rd4 27. Rxd4 cxd4 {1/2,Benjamin,J-Yermolinsky,A/USA-ch
Modesto/1995/}) 7. Nxf3 $32 {()} g6 $1 {An important moment, when Black has to
choose how to proceed. White's initiative due to his lead in development and
extra space can't be underestimated. Hellers's move is rarely played, but it
seems good.} (7... Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 c6 10. O-O-O e6 11. Bc4 Be7 12. Kb1
O-O 13. h4 Nd5 14. Ne4 b5 15. Bd3 Nd7 16. Ng5 N7f6 17. Be5 a5 18. Rdf1 a4 $2
19. Bxh7+ $1 Nxh7 20. Qh5 {1-0,Hansen,S-Olafsson,H/Reykjavik zt/1995/ is the
kind of catastrophe Black can easily suffer.}) ({More sensible is} 7... e6 8.
Bc4 c6 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. d5 Nbxd5 12. Bxd5 Nxd5 13. Rxd5 cxd5 14.
Nb5 f6 15. Nc7+ Kf7 16. Nxa8 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Rf1 Bd7 19. Ne5+ Ke7 20. Qg4
Rg8 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Qg3 Qd6 23. Nc7 Qxg3 24. hxg3 a6 25. Re1 Kd6 26. Rxe6+ (
26. Nxe6 $2 Re8 $17) 26... Kxc7 27. Re7+ $44 {1/2,Jansa,V-Sosonko,G/Amsterdam
IBM/1975/}) (7... Bf5 8. Bc4 e6 9. Qe2 Bb4 10. O-O (10. O-O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O
12. Ne5 Nd5 13. Bd2 Nd7 14. g4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bg6 16. h4 f6 17. h5 Bf7 18. exf6
Qxf6 19. g5 Qe7 20. Bxd5 Qa3+ 21. Kb1 exd5 22. g6 Bxg6 23. hxg6 Rf6 24. gxh7+
Kh8 25. Rh4 d4 26. Rxd4 Ra6 27. Be1 Rf8 28. R1d3 c5 29. Rd6 c4 {0-1,Kristensen,
B-Hernandez Basante,F/Ubeda op/1996/}) 10... O-O 11. Rad1 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nbd7
13. Bb3 Ne4 14. Qe1 Ndf6 15. Ne5 c5 16. g4 $1 Nxg4 17. Nxg4 Bxg4 18. Qxe4 Bxd1
19. Rxd1 b5 20. c4 $13 {Turian,J-Gostisa,L/Bled op/1994/}) 8. Bc4 Bg7 9. O-O $6
$146 {This is certainly inconsistent. White's chances are in sharp play,
therefore castling << is indicated.} (9. Qe2 $142 O-O (9... Bg4 $5 10. O-O-O
Nbd7) 10. O-O-O c6 $6 (10... Bg4 $142 $13 {/=/+}) 11. d5 $1 cxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5
13. Rxd5 Qb6 14. Rb5 Qc6 15. Ne5 Qe8 16. h4 Nc6 17. h5 g5 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19.
Rxg5 Qf6 20. Qe5 h6 21. Rg6 Qxg6 22. hxg6 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Be6 24. Rxh6 f6 25.
Bxe6+ Kg7 26. Bf4 $18 {Hodgson,J-Panchenko,A/Bern op/1994/}) 9... O-O 10. Qd2 (
10. Ne5 $142 $5 Nbd7 $15) 10... c5 11. d5 Nbd7 12. Rae1 (12. d6 $5 Nb6 (12...
e6 $5) 13. Bb5 (13. Bb3 c4 14. dxe7 Qxe7 15. Bd6 Qd8 16. Bxf8 Qxf8 17. Ba4 Ng4
$5 $36 {[%csl Ra4] ץa4}) 13... e6 $5 $15 (13... Ne8 14. dxe7 Qxe7 15. Rfe1 Be6
16. Ng5 $132)) (12. Ne5 Nb6 13. Bb3 Ne8 $17 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Ye8d6] /\Nd6,ץb3}
) 12... Nb6 $17 13. b3 Nxc4 (13... Bf5 $5 $17) 14. bxc4 Bf5 15. h3 (15. Qe2 Ne8
16. Be5 Bh6 $5 {[%cal Re8d6] /\Nd6-/+}) 15... Ne8 16. Bh6 Nd6 (16... Bxh6 $2
17. Qxh6 f6 (17... Bxc2 18. Ng5 Nf6 19. Rxf6 $18) 18. g4 Bxc2 19. Ng5 $1 $18)
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Ne2 (18. Qe3 Nxc4 (18... Rc8 $5 19. Qxe7 Qxe7 20. Rxe7 Rfe8
21. Rxe8 Rxe8 $17 {[%csl Ra2,Rc2,Rc4] _|_׫}) 19. Qxc5 Nd6 $17) 18... Qc7 (
18... Nxc4 $2 19. Qc3+ $18) 19. Ng3 Rae8 20. Qc3+ Kg8 21. Ne5 (21. Nxf5 Nxf5
22. Ne5 Nd4 $17 {[%cal Re7e6] /\e6}) 21... Bc8 $17 {Black has defended
carefully and managed to consolidate his position. Now he is ready to advance
his central pawns and chase away White's active pieces.} 22. Rf4 f6 23. Ng4 b5
$1 24. cxb5 Nxb5 25. Qd2 (25. Qe3 Nd4 26. Rc1 (26. Rf2 f5 27. Ne5 f4 $1 28.
Rxf4 Nxc2 29. d6 Rxf4 $19) 26... f5 27. Qe5 (27. Ne5 g5) 27... Qxe5 28. Nxe5 g5
$36) 25... f5 26. Ne5 (26. Nh6+ $143 Kg7 {[%csl Rh6] פh6}) 26... e6 27. Rff1 (
27. a4 $5 Nd6 (27... exd5 28. Qxd5+ Be6 29. Qc6 $132) (27... Nd4 28. c3 Nb3 29.
d6 $1 $44) 28. c4 Bb7 $17) 27... exd5 28. Qxd5+ Be6 29. Qd3 Nd4 ({Black plays
in a clear-cut style and doesn't get distracted by side issues as the Pa2.} 
29... Bxa2 $6 30. Nxg6 $1 hxg6 (30... Rxe1 31. Nxf8 Rxf1+ 32. Nxf1 $132 {
[%csl Rg8] עg8}) 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Qxb5 $15) 30. c3 Nc6 31. Nxc6 Qxc6 32. Re5
$6 (32. Rf2 Bd5 $17) 32... Bxa2 33. Rfe1 Bf7 $19 {[%csl Rg3] Black plays it
safe and eliminates any possible threats. The unhappy Ng3 is completely out of
play.} 34. Re7 a5 35. R1e5 a4 {[%csl Ga4] o^} (35... Rxe7 36. Rxe7 Re8 37. Ra7
Ra8 $19) 36. c4 Rxe7 37. Rxe7 Re8 38. Ra7 Ra8 39. Rd7 Qf6 (39... a3 40. Nxf5
gxf5 41. Qxf5 Bg6 $19) 40. Qf3 Re8 41. Ra7 (41. Qa3 Re1+ 42. Kh2 Qe5 $1 $19 {
/\Re3}) 41... Qd4+ 42. Kh2 Qxc4 43. Qc6 f4 44. Nh1 $8 Qd5 45. Qf6 (45. Qxa4 Re2
46. Ra8+ Kg7 47. Qa1+ Kh6 48. Qf1 f3 $19) 45... Re2 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 45th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2010.06.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2010.06.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 {Ivanchuk strives for complications from the very start,
preferring this ambitious sortie to more restrained continuations such as} (
2... d5) ({or} 2... e6) ({After} 2... c5 {Black must reckon with} 3. Bxf6 (3.
d5 Ne4 4. Bf4 Qb6 {transposes into 2...Ne4 lines.}) 3... gxf6 4. d5 $13) 3. Bf4
c5 {The most consistent follow-up.} ({Even the seemingly more sedate} 3... d5 {
already leads to a complex battle after} 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 $13 {, Ivanchuk has
had his own experience from the other side of the board:} Nc6 $6 (5... Nf6 $142
) 6. Bxe4 dxe4 7. d5 Nb4 8. Nc3 e6 9. d6 Nc6 10. Nge2 (10. Nxe4 $142 $1) 10...
f5 $2 (10... e5 11. Nb5 exf4 $13) 11. Nb5 Kf7 12. Nc7 Rb8 13. g4 $1 fxg4 14.
Ng3 Nb4 15. a3 Nd5 16. Nxe4 Nxf4 17. exf4 Kg8 18. Qxg4 h5 19. Qg3 b5 20. Rg1
Rh6 21. O-O-O Kh8 22. Nxc5 b4 23. axb4 Rxb4 24. d7 Rc4 25. N5xe6 {1-0,Ivanchuk,
V (2739)-Jobava,B (2637)/Havana/2005/ - see notes by Postny in CBM 107.}) 4. f3
{White usually prefers this move, but also the paradoxical} (4. d5 Qb6 5. Bc1
$5 {is interesting and deserves more attention:} e6 6. f3 Nf6 $5 (6... Qa5+ 7.
c3 Nf6 8. e4 d6 9. Bd2 $5 Qb6 10. c4 Qxb2 11. Nc3 Qb6 12. f4 $44 Nbd7 13. Nf3
e5 14. f5 g6 15. Bd3 Qd8 16. O-O gxf5 17. exf5 h6 18. Kh1 Be7 19. Qc1 b5 20.
Nxb5 e4 21. Bf4 Qb6 22. Rb1 exf3 23. Re1 fxg2+ 24. Kg1 Kd8 25. Rxe7 Kxe7 26.
Nxd6 Qa5 27. Qe3+ Kf8 28. Re1 $40 {Vyzmanavin,A (2470)-Ehlvest,J (2480)/URS-ch
Lvov/1984/}) 7. c4 exd5 8. cxd5 c4 $5 9. e3 Bc5 10. Kf2 O-O 11. Bxc4 Re8 12.
Qb3 Qd8 13. Ne2 d6 14. Nbc3 a6 15. a4 Nbd7 16. Ng3 Rb8 17. Bd2 (17. Re1 $5 $13)
17... b5 $5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Be2 b4 20. Na4 Bb7 21. Nxc5 Bxd5 22. Qc2 Nxc5 23.
Rhe1 Rc8 $15 {Georgiev,K (2626)-Grischuk,A (2705)/Mainz rpd/2004/}) 4... Qa5+
$5 (4... Nf6 $143 5. dxc5 {gives White chances to claim an advantage in a
Sicilian-like position:} b6 $5 (5... Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Qxc5 7. e4 d6 8. Qd2 g6 (8...
a6 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Kb1 b5 11. Nge2 Bb7 12. Nc1 g6 13. g4 Bg7 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15.
Qxh6 Ne5 16. Nb3 Qc7 17. Be2 b4 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qb6 {Bruzon Bautista,L 
(2677)-Kabanov,N (2506)/WCup Khanty Mansiysk/2005/} 20. Rhe1 $36) 9. O-O-O Bg7
10. Bh6 O-O 11. h4 Be6 12. h5 $1 Nxh5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. g4 Nf6 15. Qh6+ Kg8 16.
Nge2 Qf2 $2 (16... Nbd7 17. Kb1 $16 {/\g5,Nf4}) 17. e5 $1 $18 {Adams,M (2685)
-Leko,P (2630)/Cap d'Agde rpd/1996/} {/\} dxe5 18. Ne4) 6. e4 (6. cxb6 Qxb6 $44
) 6... bxc5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Bc4 d6 9. e5 $5 dxe5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. O-O-O+ Bd7 (
11... Kc7 $5 12. Bg3 $44) 12. Bb5 exf4 (12... Ke8 $142 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Bxe5
Nd7) 13. Bxc6 Rc8 14. Bxd7 Nxd7 15. Nh3 Ke8 16. Nxf4 g6 17. Kb1 Bg7 18. Ne4 Nb6
19. Rhe1 Kf8 20. Nxc5 Bxb2 21. Kxb2 Rxc5 22. Rd8+ $16 {Kasparov,G (2812)
-Reinderman,D (2542)/Wijk aan Zee/1999/}) 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 (6. d5 Qb6 7. Bc1 e6
{is similar to lines with 4.d5, only here} 8. e4 $5 {is more to the point:} (8.
c4 {transposes directly to 4.d5.}) 8... exd5 9. exd5 d6 10. c4 g6 11. Qe2+ $5
Kd8 12. Qc2 Bg7 (12... Bf5 $5) 13. Bd3 Na6 14. a3 Re8+ 15. Ne2 Ke7 16. Nbc3 Kf8
17. O-O Nb4 18. axb4 cxb4+ 19. Kh1 bxc3 20. Nxc3 Nd7 21. Bd2 Nc5 22. Nb5 Nxd3
23. Qxd3 $36 {Movsesian,S (2637)-Kotronias,V (2572)/Moscow Aeroflot/2007/})
6... cxd4 7. Nb3 (7. cxd4 Nd5 $36) ({Rather harmless is} 7. Nc4 Qd8 (7... Qd5
8. cxd4 $1 Nc6 9. e3 {ףd5}) 8. cxd4 b5 $5 9. Nd2 Nc6 10. e3 Nd5 11. Nh3 Nxf4
12. Nxf4 Rb8 13. Nd3 e6 14. Be2 Be7 15. O-O O-O 16. Rc1 Bb7 17. Nc5 Ba8 $11 {
Lindberg,B (2389)-Johansson,J (2441)/Stockholm/2007/}) 7... Qf5 $5 {Again
Ivanchuk chooses the most risky and complex alternative.} (7... Qb6 8. Qxd4 (8.
cxd4 Nc6 9. e4 e5 $1 10. dxe5 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 (11. Bd2 $142 Nxe5 12. Bxb4 Qxb4+
13. Qd2) 11... Nxe5 $1 12. Qd4 Ng6 13. Be3 d5 14. exd5 O-O 15. a3 (15. Kf2 $142
$1 $11) 15... Qxd4 16. Bxd4 Be7 17. Kf2 Nxd5 18. Ne2 Be6 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Bxc5
Rfc8 21. Rc1 Ne5 $36 {Hodgson,J (2550)-Gelfand,B (2665)/Groningen/1996/ - see
Gelfand's notes in CBM 57.}) 8... Nc6 (8... Qxd4 9. cxd4 $14 {()}) 9. Qxb6 axb6
10. Nd4 e5 11. Nxc6 exf4 (11... dxc6 12. Bxe5 b5 13. e4 Be6 14. Ne2 Nd7 15. Bg3
Rxa2 16. Rxa2 Bxa2 17. Nd4 Nc5 18. Kd2 Nb3+ 19. Kc2 Na1+ 20. Kd3 Nb3 21. Be2
$14 {Milov,V (2632)-Kotronias,V (2598)/FRA-chT/2004/}) 12. Nd4 d5 13. e3 $5 (
13. g3 Bd6 $13) 13... fxe3 14. Ke2 Bd6 (14... g6 15. Kxe3 Bh6+ 16. Kf2 O-O 17.
Bb5 Bd7 18. Nge2 Rfe8 19. Rhd1 Be3+ 20. Kf1 Re5 21. Bxd7 Nxd7 22. Nc2 Nf6 23.
Nxe3 Rxe3 24. Nf4 Re5 25. Rd4 Kf8 26. Nd3 Re6 27. Nb4 $16 {McShane,L (2629)
-Cvitan,O (2532)/Calvia olm/2004/ - see notes by Postny in CBM 104.}) 15. Kxe3
O-O 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18. Nge2 Ne5 19. b3 Nc6 20. a4 Rfe8+ 21. Kd3 Re5
22. Rae1 Rae8 $132 {Mingachev,M (2406)-Maletin,P(2538)/St Petersburg/2006/}) 8.
Bxb8 Rxb8 9. Qxd4 b6 10. e4 Qf4 (10... Qe6 {is hardly any better:} 11. O-O-O $1
(11. Nh3 Qc6 12. Nf4 e6 13. e5 Ng8 14. O-O-O Ne7 15. Nh5 Nf5 16. Qd2 Qc7 17.
Bd3 Qxe5 18. Rhe1 Qxh2 19. Nf4 Bd6 20. Nh3 Ne7 21. Bb5 a6 22. f4 Bxf4 23. Bxd7+
Bxd7 24. Nxf4 Bc6 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Rxe6 O-O 27. Rxe7 Rbe8 $15 {Kosic,D (2515)
-Ilincic,Z (2565)/Niksic /1997/}) 11... Bb7 12. Bc4 $36) 11. Nh3 (11. Ne2 $6
Qc7 12. e5 Ng8 13. c4 f6 14. f4 fxe5 15. fxe5 g6 $1 16. e6 Nf6 17. Nc3 dxe6 18.
Nb5 Qb7 19. Be2 Qxg2 20. Qe5 Qxh1+ 21. Kf2 Ne4+ 22. Ke3 Bh6+ 23. Kd3 Nf2+ 24.
Kc3 O-O $1 $19 {Tregubov,P (2545)-Varavin,V (2510)/RUS-ch Elista/1994/ - see
CBM 44.}) 11... Qc7 12. e5 Ng8 13. O-O-O e6 (13... g6 14. e6 Nf6 15. exf7+ Kxf7
16. Ng5+ $36) 14. f4 (14. Ng5 Ne7 15. Bb5 (15. f4 {-14.f4}) 15... Nc6 (15... a6
16. Qf4 Nf5 17. Bd3 f6 18. Nxh7 $1 Rxh7 19. Bxf5 $36 {/\} exf5 $2 20. Rhe1 $18)
16. Bxc6 dxc6 17. Ne4 c5 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Rb7 21. Nd2 Rd7
22. Ne4 Ke7 23. Rhd1 Rf8 24. Rxd7+ Bxd7 25. Nd6 f6 26. f4 fxe5 27. fxe5 Rf2 28.
Rd2 Rf1+ 29. Rd1 Rf2 30. Rd2 $11 {1/2,Nedimovic,L (2176)-Tratar,M (2452)/
Portoroz/2004/}) (14. Bd3 Ne7 15. f4 {-14.f4}) 14... Ne7 15. Ng5 (15. Kb1 Nf5 (
15... a6 16. Bd3 Nc6 17. Qe3 Be7 18. Qg3 O-O 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. Qxg5 f5 {
Martinez,J-Kovacevic,S (2420)/Aragon/1997/} 21. g4 $1 $40) (15... Bb7 16. Bb5
Rd8 17. Qf2 Nd5 18. Qg3 a6 19. Bd3 g6 20. Ng5 d6 21. Nd4 $36 {[%csl Re6] ><e6,
Raffaele,E-Bonoldi,F/corr/1999/}) 16. Qd2 Bb7 17. Bb5 Rd8 18. Rhe1 Be7 19. Nd4
Nxd4 20. cxd4 O-O 21. Qe2 d6 22. Rc1 Qb8 23. Ng1 dxe5 24. dxe5 Rd4 $15 {
Gansvind,V (2287)-Orlov,G (2522)/Vancouver/2004/}) ({Perhaps more promising is
the developing move} 15. Bd3 Bb7 (15... Nc6 16. Qf2 d6 17. exd6 Bxd6 18. g3 (
18. Nd4 $1 $32 {|^}) 18... O-O 19. Ng5 h6 20. Ne4 Be7 $132 {/=/+,Wirig,A (2409)
-Womacka,M (2519)/playchess.com/2005/}) 16. Qf2 Nd5 17. Ng5 Bc5 18. Qh4 $2 (18.
Nxc5 $14) 18... Be3+ 19. Kb1 Bxf4 20. Nxh7 Bxe5 {Lie,E (2421)-Vachier Lagrave,
M (2634)/EU-chT Heraklio/2007/} 21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22. Qxh8+ Ke7 $36) 15... Bb7 $5 {
Due to his lag in development Black must tread with great care.} (15... Nf5 16.
Qf2 (16. Qd2 Be7 (16... h6 17. Nf3 (17. Ne4 $142 Bb7 18. Bd3 $14) 17... Bb7 18.
Nfd4 (18. Bd3 $5) 18... Nxd4 19. Nxd4 a6 20. Rg1 Be7 21. g3 O-O 22. Bg2 Rfd8
23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Qg2 Qxg2 25. Rxg2 Rbc8 26. Rgd2 Kf8 27. Kc2 Ke8 28. Nf3 Rc6
$11 {Nguyen,N (2466)-Ilincic,Z (2520)/Budapest/2004/}) 17. Ne4 Bb7 18. Nd6+ (
18. Bd3 $142 $14) (18. Ng3 $5) 18... Bxd6 19. exd6 Qc6 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. Qxd4
O-O 22. Bd3 Qd5 $15 {Neuillet,A (2218)-Cramling,P (2493)/FRA-chT/2000/}) 16...
Bb7 (16... h6 17. Ne4 Bb7 18. Bd3 d5 19. Ng3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Bc5 21. Qe2 Rd8 22.
Qg4 g6 23. Bxg6 $1 $16 {Miles,A (2600)-Avrukh,B (2430)/Biel/1995/}) (16... Be7
17. Bd3 h6 $6 18. Nf3 h5 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Nfd4 g6 21. Nb5 $16 {Degraeve,J 
(2425)-Chuchelov,V (2530)/Le Touquet/1995/}) 17. Bd3 Be7 18. Rhf1 Bd5 $6 (18...
h6 19. g4 $5 $36) 19. Bxf5 Bxb3 20. axb3 exf5 21. Qd4 h6 22. Nf3 Rd8 23. Qd3 g6
24. Nd4 O-O 25. Rf3 Qb7 26. Nxf5 $1 $18 {Romero Sanchez,J (2385)-Simmelink,J 
(2408)/corr/2001/}) 16. Bd3 $146 {[%mdl 520] Short doesn't avoid complications
- this temporary sacrifice invites them.} (16. Bb5 Bd5 (16... Nd5 $5 17. f5 Be7
18. Ne4 a6 19. Bc4 f6 $1 $132) 17. Kb1 a6 18. Bd3 h6 19. Ne4 Nc6 20. Qf2 Na5
21. Nd4 b5 22. Qg3 $5 (22. Ka1 $14) 22... b4 23. Nd6+ Bxd6 24. exd6 (24. Qxg7
$2 Bf8 $1 25. Qxh8 bxc3 $40) 24... Qxd6 25. c4 Bxc4 (25... Bxg2 26. Qxg7 Bxh1
27. Qxh8+ Ke7 28. Qxh6 Qxd4 29. Qg5+ Ke8 30. Qg8+ Ke7 31. Qxb8 Nc6 32. Qg8 Bf3
33. Qg5+ Ke8 $11 34. Rd2 $2 Qe3 $19) 26. Qxg7 Bxd3+ 27. Rxd3 Rf8 28. Qxh6 $14 {
[%csl Re8] עe8,Efimov,I (2445)-Miezis,N (2524)/Castellaneta/1999/}) (16. Ne4
Nf5 17. Qd3 Be7 18. g4 Nh4 $13) (16. Qf2 h6 17. Bb5 Rd8 $5 18. Nf3 Nd5 $132)
16... Bxg2 17. Rhg1 {Straightforward and natural.} (17. Rhe1 Bd5 (17... g6 $5
18. Qf2 Bd5 19. Nd4 $44) 18. Kb1 $5 $44) 17... Bd5 18. Nxh7 Rxh7 $5 {Ivanchuk
increases the tension.} ({Black spurns the simple} 18... Nc6 19. Qe3 Nb4 20.
Kb1 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 b5 $5 22. Nxf8 Kxf8 $13 {<=>}) 19. Bxh7 g6 $44 {[%csl Rh7]
ץh7} 20. Kb1 ({Interesting is the attempt to free the B} 20. h4 Nf5 21. Qd3 $5
(21. Qf2 Bxb3 22. axb3 Bc5 23. Qh2 Bxg1 24. Qxg1 Qc5 (24... Nxh4 $2 25. Qg4 Nf5
26. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 27. Qxg6+ Kd8 28. Qg8+ Ke7 29. Qh7+ Ke8 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qf6+
Ke8 32. Rh1 $18) 25. h5 Qxg1 26. Rxg1 Kf8 $1 27. hxg6 Kg7 $17 {[%csl Rh7][%cal
Rf5e7] /\Ne7}) 21... Nxh4 22. Nd4 b5 $5 $13) 20... Nf5 21. Qd3 (21. Qd2 $5 Qc4
(21... b5 $5) 22. Rxg6 fxg6 23. Bxg6+ Ke7 24. Bxf5 Bh6 25. Bc2 Qxf4 $44 (25...
Bxf4 $2 26. Qe1 {[%cal Rd1d4,Re1h4] /\Rd4,Qh4})) 21... Qc4 $5 {Ivanchuk
realises that the Q-swap stabilizes the position and allows him to proceed
with the hunt against the Bh7.} 22. Qxc4 Bxc4 23. Nd4 Be7 $5 {Black prevents
the idea h4-h5.} (23... Ne3 24. Rd2 b5 25. a3 (25. b3 b4 $132) 25... Bh6 26.
Rf2 Nd5 27. Rg4 Kf8 28. Rf3 Kg7 29. b3 Kxh7 30. Rh4 Kg7 31. bxc4 bxc4+ $44 {
[%csl Rc3,Rf4] ק}) 24. Rxg6 $6 {White takes the opportunity to simplify the
position, but he probably underestimated Black's chances in the arising _|_.} (
24. Nxf5 exf5 {[%cal Yc4e6,Ye8g7] /\Be6, Kf8-g7} (24... gxf5 25. Rg8+ Bf8 26.
h4 $16) 25. Bxg6 (25. Rh1 Bh4 $1 {[%cal Ye8e7,Yb8h8] /\Ke7, Rh8}) 25... fxg6
26. Rxg6 $13) (24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Rxg6 Nxd4 26. Rxd4 Kf7 27. Rh6 Kg7 28. Rh3 Bb5
$11) 24... fxg6 25. Bxg6+ Kf8 26. Nxf5 exf5 27. Bxf5 Rd8 $1 (27... Be6 28. Bg6
$1 $14 {[%cal Rf4f5] /\f5}) 28. Rxd7 (28. b3 Bb5 $15) 28... Rxd7 29. Bxd7 Bc5 {
[%mdl 4096] All White's active pieces have disappeared and although he has 4 P
for the piece, they are scattered and vulnerable. All in all, only Black can
play for a win here without much risk.} 30. Kc2 (30. f5 Bd3+ 31. Kc1 Be3+ 32.
Kd1 Bf4 $17) 30... Be3 31. f5 Bf4 {Now White won't be able to force a timely
bishop swap.} (31... Ke7 32. Ba4 $5 (32. e6 Bf4 {-31...Bf4}) 32... Bf4 33. Bb3
$132 {should probably be enough for a draw.}) 32. e6 Ke7 33. h4 Be2 34. Bc6 Bg3
35. h5 (35. Kd2 $5 Bg4 36. Be4 Bxh4 37. Ke3 $15 {/\} Kf6 38. Kd4) 35... Bxh5
36. Kd3 Kd6 $6 (36... Kf6 $142 $1 37. Kc4 (37. Ke4 $2 Bg4 $19) 37... Be2+ 38.
Kd4 (38. Kd5 $4 Bf3+) 38... Bf2+ 39. Kd5 (39. Ke4 Bg4 40. Kf4 Bh3 41. Be4 Bh4
$19 {[%cal Rh4g5,Rh3f5] /\Bg5, Bf5}) 39... Bc5 40. Bd7 Bf3+ (40... Bd3 41. Kc6
Be4+ 42. Kb5 $132) 41. Kc4 Bb7 $5 42. b4 Be7 43. Kb5 Bd8 $1 $17 {/\a6} (43...
Kxf5 44. a4 {/\a5<=>})) 37. Bg2 $2 ({After} 37. Bb5 Bf3 (37... Bg4 38. Ke4) 38.
Ke3 Bb7 39. Be2 {White's K is ready to support the P via e4, or f4 and it's
difficult to see how Black can improve his position.}) (37. Ba4 $5) 37... Ke5
$1 38. Bh3 Bh4 $19 {Now the o^ are not only blockaded, but also under attack
and are bound to fall sooner or later.} 39. b4 ({White's K is going nowhere:} 
39. Kc4 Be2+ 40. Kb3 Bd3 $19) 39... Be7 40. a3 Bf3 41. Kc4 (41. Kc2 Be2 $19)
41... Be2+ 42. Kb3 Bd3 43. a4 (43. c4 Kd4 $19) 43... a5 $1 {The simplest way,
stopping all <=>.} (43... Bxf5 44. Bxf5 Kxf5 45. Kc4 Kxe6 46. Kb5 Bg5 $1 47. a5
(47. Ka6 Be3 48. b5 Bg5 $1 49. Kxa7 Bd8 $19) 47... bxa5 48. Kxa5 Be3 {is also
winning, according to TB:} 49. c4 Kd6 50. Ka6 Kc7 51. c5 Kb8 52. Ka5 Kb7 53.
Kb5 a6+ 54. Ka4 Bd2 55. Ka5 (55. b5 a5 56. Kb3 Bb4 57. Ka4 Ka7 $19) 55... Ka7
56. Ka4 Be1 57. Ka5 Bh4 58. Ka4 Bd8 59. b5 a5 60. Kb3 Bg5 $1 (60... Kb7 $2 61.
b6 $11) 61. Ka4 Bd2 $19 62. Kb3 Bb4 63. Kc4 Kb7 $19) (43... a5 $22 44. Bg4 Bf1
$5 {/\Kf4-+} (44... Bxf5 45. Bxf5 Kxf5 46. Kc4 Kxe6 47. Kb5 Bd8 48. Kc6 Ke5 49.
Kd7 Bh4 50. Kc6 (50. Kc7 b5 $1 51. axb5 a4 $19) 50... Be7 $1 51. Kxb6 Bxb4 52.
cxb4 axb4 53. a5 b3 54. a6 b2 55. a7 b1=Q+ 56. Kc7 Qh7+ 57. Kb8 Kd6 $19)) 0-1

[Event "Moscow B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nesterov, Yakov"]
[Black "Gagarin, Vasilij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ (4... Nf6 5. dxc5 $5 (5. d5 g6 6. e4
Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qd2 d6 9. Bh6 a6 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Nge2 b5 12. Nf4 Nbd7 13.
h4 h5 14. a4 b4 15. Nd1 Ne5 16. Ne3 a5 17. Nd3 Ned7 18. Nf2 Nb6 19. g4 e6 20.
g5 Ng8 21. f4 exd5 22. Nxd5 $13 {Kamsky,G-Polgar,J/Monaco Amber blind/1994/}
Bb7) 5... Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Qxc5 7. e4 d6 8. Qd2 a6 9. Nge2 Nbd7 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Nd5
$1 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nf6 13. O-O-O b5 14. h4 Bb7 15. Nf4 Rc8 16. Kb1 g6 17. g4 Nxd5
$2 (17... Bg7 18. c3 $16) 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Qxc2+ 20. Ka1 Bg7 21. Rb1 O-O
22. Bd3 Qa4 23. Qb3 Qa5 24. h5 $18 {Ionov,S-Umanskaya,I/St.Petersburg op/1994/}
) 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 cxd4 7. Nb3 Qb6 8. Qxd4 Nc6 $1 (8... Qxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e3
e6 11. g4 $1 Nc6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. a3 Kd8 14. Rc1 Ne8 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Rxc5 Ke7
17. Ne2 Nd6 18. Bd3 Rac8 19. b4 b6 20. Rc3 a5 21. b5 Na7 22. a4 Rxc3 23. Nxc3
Rc8 24. Kd2 $14 {(),^^,Salov,V-Akopian,V/Wijk aan Zee m/1993/}) 9. Qxb6 axb6
10. e4 $6 (10. Nd4 $5 Nd5 $2 (10... Nxd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. Bc7 $14) (10... Ra5
11. b4 Ra4 12. Nb5 $36) (10... e5 $5 11. Nxc6 exf4 12. Nd4 d5 13. Kf2 Bd6 14.
e3 fxe3+ 15. Kxe3 O-O {+/=/<=>}) 11. Nb5 $1 Ra4 12. Bd2 Na5 13. O-O-O $1 d6 14.
e4 Nf6 15. Kb1 Nc4 16. Bc1 Ne5 17. Be3 Ned7 18. Ne2 g6 19. Nc7+ Kd8 20. Nb5 Bg7
21. Nc1 Ne8 22. Nd3 e6 23. Nb4 Ke7 24. Be2 $16 {Rausis,I-Ivanov,VL/Riga/1993/})
(10. a3 d5 11. Nd4 e5 12. Nxc6 exf4 13. Nd4 Bd6 14. Kf2 O-O 15. e3 fxe3+ 16.
Kxe3 Nd7 $1 17. Bb5 Ne5 18. Kd2 Nc4+ 19. Kc1 g6 20. Nge2 h5 21. g3 Kg7 22. a4
Be5 23. Kc2 Nd6 24. Bd3 Bd7 25. b3 Rfe8 $132 {Georgadze,T-Dorfman,I/Tashkent
1L/1984/}) 10... d5 $1 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bd2 e5 $1 {[+]} 13. a3 {/\c4} Bf5 $146
{/\Bc2} (13... Be6 $5 14. c4 Nf6 15. Be3 Nd7 16. Rc1 Nc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Bxc5
bxc5 19. Ne2 Ke7 20. Nc3 Rhd8 21. Be2 Nd4 22. Nb5 Ra4 23. Nxd4 Rxd4 24. Rc3
Bxc4 $17 {Rausis,I-Muhutdinov,M/Moscow3/1992/}) 14. Rc1 (14. c4 Nc7 15. Be3 Bc2
$1 16. Nd2 (16. Bxb6 Bxb3 17. Bxc7 Bb4+ $1 18. Kf2 Bc5+ {/\Kd7-+}) 16... Bc5
$17) 14... Be7 15. Ne2 (15. c4 Nf6 16. Be3 Nd7 $36 {/\Nc5}) 15... O-O $15 16.
c4 Nf4 $5 (16... Nf6 17. Ng3 Be6 18. Bd3 $10) 17. Ng3 (17. Nxf4 exf4 18. Bxf4
Bf6 $32 $17 {׫}) 17... Nd3+ (17... Bg6 18. Be3 Na5 $5 19. Nxa5 (19. Nd2 Bc5
$36) 19... bxa5 $15) 18. Bxd3 Bxd3 19. Rc3 $1 Bg6 20. Be3 $132 Bd8 21. O-O f5
22. Bf2 (22. f4 Bc7 $36) 22... Bc7 23. Rd1 e4 {/\Be5} (23... Rfd8 24. Rcd3 Rxd3
25. Rxd3 Rd8 (25... f4 $6 26. Ne4) 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. Ne2 Bf7 28. Nd2 $132) 24.
fxe4 fxe4 25. Be3 $8 Rad8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Nd2 Be5 28. Rb3 Nd4 (28... Bd4 29.
Ndf1) 29. Rxb6 Nc2 30. Ndf1 $8 Rd1 31. Kf2 Nxe3 32. Nxe3 Bd4 33. Rb3 (33. Rxb7
$2 Rd2+ 34. Ne2 Bh5 35. g4 Bxg4 $19) 33... Rd2+ 34. Ke1 Rxb2 35. Rxb2 Bxb2 36.
a4 Kf7 (36... Be8 37. Nxe4 Bxa4 38. Ke2 $10) 37. Nd5 Be5 38. Kf2 Bd4+ 39. Ke2
h5 (39... Ke6 $15 {/\} 40. Nf4+ Ke5 41. Nxg6+ hxg6 {/\Bc5,Kd4}) 40. a5 h4 41.
Nf1 Bh5+ 42. Kd2 g5 43. Nfe3 h3 $6 (43... Ke6 $5 44. a6 bxa6 45. Nc7+ Ke5 46.
Nxa6 $132 {/\c5-c6}) 44. gxh3 Bf3 45. Ke1 Be5 46. Ng4 $1 $10 Bd6 (46... Bxg4
47. hxg4 Bxh2 48. Nc3 Bc7 49. Nxe4 Bxa5+ 50. Ke2 $14) 47. Kd2 Ke6 48. Kc3 Bc5
49. Nge3 Kd6 $6 (49... Ke5 $5 50. Ng4+ Kf5 51. Nge3+ Ke5 $10) 50. h4 $1 gxh4
51. Nf5+ Ke5 52. Nxh4 Be2 (52... Bh1 $5) 53. Ng2 $14 Bg1 (53... Bf3 $142 54.
Nge3 $14) 54. h4 Bd4+ 55. Kb4 Bf2 56. Ngf4 Bg4 57. h5 e3 58. h6 Bf5 59. Kb5 $16
Ke4 60. Ne2 Kd3 61. Ndf4+ Ke4 62. c5 (62. Kb6 Be1) 62... Be1 63. Kb6 Bg3 (63...
Bd2 64. c6 bxc6 65. a6 $18) 64. Nxg3+ Kxf4 65. c6 $1 bxc6 (65... Kxg3 66. cxb7
e2 67. b8=Q+ $18) 66. Ne2+ Kf3 67. Nc3 c5 (67... e2 68. Nxe2 Kxe2 69. a6 $18)
68. a6 1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 cxd4 7. Nb3 Qh5 $146
(7... Qb6 8. cxd4 (8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Be3 b5 11. Bd2 e5 12. a3 d6 13.
e4 Be6 14. Nc1 Bc4 15. Nge2 Na5 16. Ng3 Bxf1 17. Rxf1 Nc4 18. Nd3 d5 19. Ke2 h5
20. exd5 Nxd5 21. b3 Nxd2 22. Kxd2 f6 23. Ne4 Be7 $15 {[+],Alvarez,J-Garcia,O/
CUB-ch/1995/}) 8... e6 $5 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. e3 a5 $1 11. a4 Bb4 12. Bb5 Nd5 13.
Qe2 O-O 14. Nh3 d6 15. Ng5 e5 16. Bxb4 Ndxb4 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Rd1 h6 19. Ne4
Bf5 20. O-O Rad8 21. Bc4 Qc7 22. Rc1 Qe7 23. Nbc5 b6 $10 {Hodgson,J-Suetin,A/
Bern op/1995/}) (7... Qf5 $5 8. Bxb8 (8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qd2 e5 10. Be3 d5 11. g4
Qe6 12. g5 d4 $1 13. gxf6 dxe3 14. Qxe3 Qxf6 15. Bh3 Qh4+ 16. Qf2 Qh6 17. Bxc8
Rxc8 18. e3 Be7 $36 19. Ne2 $6 Bh4 20. Ng3 Bxg3 21. Qxg3 Qxe3+ 22. Kf1 Rd8 23.
Re1 Qh6 24. Kf2 O-O $19 {Zucchelli,M-Ragozin,E/Linares op/1995/}) 8... Rxb8 9.
Qxd4 b6 10. e4 Qf4 11. Ne2 Qc7 12. e5 Ng8 13. c4 f6 14. f4 fxe5 15. fxe5 g6 16.
e6 Nf6 17. Nc3 dxe6 18. Nb5 Qb7 19. Be2 Qxg2 20. Qe5 Qxh1+ 21. Kf2 Ne4+ $1 22.
Ke3 Bh6+ 23. Kd3 Nf2+ 24. Kc3 O-O $1 $19 {Tregubov,P-Varavin,V/RUS-ch Elista/
1994/}) 8. cxd4 {/\e4[+]} d5 9. g4 $1 {()>>} Qh4+ (9... Qg6 10. e3 {/\Bd3} Nfd7
11. Bd3 $14) 10. Bg3 Qh6 11. h4 Nfd7 $8 12. Rc1 Na6 (12... Nc6 $6 13. g5 Qg6
14. e3 {ףg6}) 13. Nh3 Qb6 14. e3 e6 15. a3 (15. Bd3 Nb4 $5 16. Bc7 Nxd3+ 17.
Qxd3 Qb4+ $13) 15... Be7 16. Bd3 Nf8 (16... O-O $6 17. Qc2 h6 (17... g6 18. h5
$40) 18. g5 $40) 17. Rc3 Bd7 18. Qc1 Bb5 19. Bb1 $1 (19. Rc8+ Rxc8 20. Qxc8+
Bd8 $13) 19... Nd7 20. Nf4 Bd6 21. Kf2 $36 {<->c,()} Ba4 22. Nd2 Nc7 23. Nh5
Bxg3+ 24. Nxg3 (24. Kxg3 Qd6+ 25. Kf2 Kd8 $1 26. Nxg7 (26. b3 Bc6 27. Nxg7 Nb5
$13) 26... Nb5 27. Rd3 Rc8 $44) 24... O-O-O (24... Nb5 $2 25. Rc8+ Ke7 26. Rxa8
Rxa8 27. b3 $18) (24... Bc6 $5 $14 {/\a5-a4}) 25. b3 Bc6 26. b4 Kb8 (26... Nb5
$5 27. Rc2 (27. a4 $2 Nxc3 28. Qxc3 a6 29. Bd3 Kb8 30. b5 axb5 31. axb5 Bxb5
32. Rb1 Qc6 $19) 27... Nd6 (27... Qa6 28. Ra2 {/\a4+-}) 28. Nb3 $14) 27. Nb3
Nb5 28. Rc2 Nd6 29. Nc5 Bb5 (29... Nc4 30. Ba2 $16) 30. a4 (30. Nh5 $5 $14)
30... Bc4 31. Qa3 Rhe8 32. Nh5 Nf6 (32... g6 33. Nf4 e5 $5 34. dxe5 Rxe5 35.
Qc3 $14) 33. Nf4 (33. Nxg7 Rg8 34. g5 (34. Nh5 Nxh5 35. gxh5 Nf5 $40) 34...
Rxg7 35. gxf6 Rg6 $15 {עf2}) 33... Nd7 34. Qc3 Qc7 35. Rcc1 g6 (35... h6 $5)
36. Nfd3 Ka8 (36... Bxd3 $4 37. Na6+ $18) 37. Ne5 Nxe5 38. dxe5 Nc8 39. Nb3 Nb6
40. a5 Nd7 (40... Na4 $2 41. Qa1 {פa4}) 41. f4 {/\g5,h5,Nd4} f6 $1 42. Nd2 $1
$8 (42. exf6 e5 $36) 42... fxe5 43. Nxc4 dxc4 44. Qxc4 Qb8 45. Qc7 exf4 46.
exf4 Nf6 47. Qxb8+ Kxb8 48. g5 (48. Kg3 Rd4 $13) 48... Nd5 49. Rc4 {_|_><g6,h7}
e5 $6 (49... Rc8 $1 50. Rxc8+ (50. Rd4 $6 Rf8 $15) (50. Rhc1 Nxf4 $15) 50...
Rxc8 51. h5 $1 Nxf4 52. hxg6 hxg6 53. Kf3 $44) 50. fxe5 Rxe5 51. Rh3 Rde8 52.
Rf3 a6 53. Bd3 $36 R8e7 54. Rf8+ Ka7 55. Rd4 {/\Bc4,Rdd8} b6 56. axb6+ Kxb6 57.
Bf1 {><a6} Rc7 58. Bg2 Rc2+ 59. Kg3 Ne7 (59... Ne3 60. Be4 Rc3 61. Kf4 $16) 60.
Be4 Re2 (60... Nf5+ $2 61. Rxf5 $1 $18) 61. Rf6+ Kc7 $8 62. Kf3 Rh2 63. Kf4 $1
Rb5 64. Kg3 Rb2 65. Rf7 Re5 $8 66. Rxh7 $18 Kc8 67. Rf7 Re2 68. Kf3 Re1 69. Rf6
a5 (69... Rf1+ 70. Kg2 Re1 71. Bf3 Nf5 72. Rc6+ $18) 70. Kf4 $1 Rb5 71. Re6 Nf5
$8 72. Rc6+ Kb8 (72... Kb7 73. Rxg6+ $18) 73. Rd8+ Kb7 74. Rc4+ (74. Rc5+ $2
Rxe4+ 75. Kxe4 Rxb4+ $16) 74... Rxe4+ 75. Rxe4 axb4 (75... Nxh4 76. Rh8 Nf5 (
76... Ng2+ 77. Kf3 Rxg5 78. Rh2 $18) 77. Rh7+ $18) 76. h5 b3 (76... gxh5 77.
Re5 $18) 77. hxg6 b2 78. Rd1 Kc6 (78... b1=Q 79. Rxb1 Rxb1 80. Kxf5) 79. Re5
b1=Q 80. Rxb1 Rxb1 81. Kxf5 Kd6 82. g7 Rb8 83. Re6+ Kd7 84. Rf6 (84. Re1 $18)
84... Ke7 85. Kg6 {/\Kh7} (85. Rf8 $18) 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Zhelnin, Vladimir V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ernst} Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 (2... Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. Nd2 Bf5 5. Nxe4 Bxe4 6. e3
e6 7. Ne2 Bd6 8. Ng3 Bxf4 9. exf4 Qd6 $1 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Be2 c5
13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. c3 Nc6 15. Qe3 Qxe3 16. fxe3 Rfd8 17. Kf2 Rd2 18. Rab1 Rad8
19. Rhd1 f5 20. Ke1 Rxd1+ {1/2:1/2,Sokolov,I-Illescas Cordoba,M/Madrid/1994/})
3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 f5 (5... Bh6 $5 6. e3 e6 7. c4 d6 8. Nc3 f5 9.
Bd3 Nd7 10. f4 Nf6 11. Nge2 e5 12. O-O e4 13. Bc2 Bg7 14. Ba4+ Kf8 15. a3 a6
16. Rb1 Qc7 17. Qd2 $13 {1/2:1/2,Nesterov,J-Alburt,L/New York op/1992/}) 6. c4
$6 (6. g3 h5 $5 (6... Bg7 {Ernst} 7. c3 d6 8. Bh3 e6 $10 {Hodgson.J-Fedorowicz,
J/Cannes-60-Team/1992/}) 7. h4 Bg7 8. c3 Bh6 9. e3 e5 10. Ne2 Qg6 11. Bg2 d6
12. a4 Nd7 13. Na3 Nf6 14. Nc4 Ke7 $132 {Gerber,R-Sher,M/Praha Mladi-A/1988/})
(6. e3 Bg7 7. c3 Qd6 (7... d6 {Ernst} 8. Nd2 Nd7 9. a4 Nf6 10. Bb5+ Kf8 $10 {
Werner,C-Priehoda,V/Dortmund op-A/1992/}) 8. Qd2 Na6 9. c4 Nc7 10. Nc3 Rg8 11.
Nge2 b5 $5 12. cxb5 a6 13. bxa6 Bxa6 14. Nf4 Bxf1 15. Rxf1 Rb8 16. Rd1 c4 17.
Ke2 Be5 18. g3 Qb4 19. Kf3 Rb6 (19... Qxb2 $2 20. Rb1 $1) 20. Rb1 Rd6 21. Rfd1
Bxf4 22. exf4 e6 23. b3 Ke7 24. bxc4 Qxc4 $132 {Sokolov,Al-Emelin,V/Ashkhabad/
1990/}) 6... Bh6 (6... Bg7 {Ernst} 7. Nc3 $14) 7. e3 (7. Qc3 O-O $36 {/\Bg7}) (
7. Qc2 Qb4+ 8. Nd2 (8. Kd1 e6 $36) 8... Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Qxc4 10. Rc1 Qxa2 11.
Rxc5 Na6 $15) 7... f4 $5 8. exf4 (8. Nc3 fxe3 9. fxe3 d6 $17 {><e3,^^}) (8. e4
Bg7 (8... f3 $6 9. Qc3 O-O 10. Nxf3 Bg7 11. e5) 9. Nc3 Bd4 10. Nge2 e5 $5 $13)
8... Bxf4 9. Qxf4 $6 (9. Qc2 Be5 $15) 9... Qxb2 10. Ne2 Qxa1 11. Nec3 d6 $5 (
11... Qb2 12. d6 $5 Nc6 13. Bd3 $32 $44) 12. Qd2 Rg8 $1 13. g3 a6 $1 $146 (
13... a5 14. Bd3 Bh3 15. f4 Ra6 16. Kf2 Rb6 17. Re1 Rb2 18. Bc2 Bf5 19. Na3
Rxc2 20. Nxc2 Qb2 21. Qe3 $1 e6 (21... Qxc2+ 22. Re2 $18) 22. Re2 Bg4 23. Rd2
Qc1 24. Kg2 Rg6 25. Rf2 $1 Qxe3 26. Nxe3 Kd7 27. h3 Bf5 28. g4 Rg7 29. Kh2 Bg6
30. f5 exf5 31. gxf5 Bh5 32. Ne4 $1 {1-0,Aleksandrov,A-Frolov,D/St.Petersburg
op/1994/}) 14. Qc2 (14. Bg2 b5 15. O-O b4 {/\Qd4-/+}) (14. Bd3 {Ernst} Nd7 15.
f4 Nf6 $2 (15... b5 $5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 Ba6 $17) 16. O-O $44) 14... Kf8
$1 {/\b5} 15. Qb3 (15. Bd3 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Nxa6 19. a3
Rb8 $17) 15... Nd7 16. Be2 b5 $1 17. cxb5 (17. O-O b4 $19) 17... axb5 18. Bxb5
Ne5 19. Be2 (19. O-O Nf3+ 20. Kg2 Nd4 $19) 19... c4 20. Qb6 (20. Bxc4 Nxc4 21.
Qxc4 Qb2 22. O-O Ba6 23. Qc6 Qb7 $17) 20... Bf5 21. O-O Rxa2 $1 22. Nxa2 Qxa2
23. Re1 (23. Nc3 $142 Qd2 24. Qb4 $17) 23... Qb3 $1 24. Qd8+ (24. Qxb3 cxb3 25.
Nd2 b2 $19) 24... Kg7 25. Qxe7 Bxb1 26. Bh5 Bg6 $19 27. Qxd6 (27. Rxe5 dxe5 (
27... Bxh5 $5 $19 {/\} 28. Rxh5 Qd1+) 28. Qxe5+ f6 (28... Kh6 29. Qf4+ $1) 29.
Qe7+ Kh6 $19) 27... Nd3 28. Bxg6 hxg6 29. Re7 Rf8 (29... Qb2 $2 30. Rxf7+ $1
Kxf7 31. Qd7+ $1 Kf6 32. Qd6+ Kf5 33. Qe6+ Kg5 34. Qe7+ $10 Qf6 $2 35. h4+ Kf5
36. g4+ $18) 30. Qc6 Qb2 0-1

[Event "VISA GP"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 cxd4 7. Nb3 Qb6 (
7... Qd8 $5 8. cxd4 d5 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. e3 e6 11. Bd3 (11. Bb5 $5 $14) 11... Bb4+
12. Kf2 O-O 13. Ne2 Re8 14. Bb5 Qb6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qc2 Ba6 17. Qxc6 Bc4 18.
Qa4 a5 19. Nc3 Nh5 20. Bg3 Nxg3 21. hxg3 e5 $1 $40 {Vegh,E-Acs,P/Budapest FS02
GM/1998/}) 8. Qxd4 Nc6 (8... Qxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e3 e6 11. g4 $14 {[%csl Gf3,
Gg4,Gh4] ()>>,Salov,V-Akopian,V/Wijk m (2)/1993/}) 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Nd4 $5 {
The most ambitious.} (10. a3 {Very similar to the game is} d5 (10... e5 $5 11.
Be3 d5 12. Bxb6 d4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. d5 (14. Nc5 $143 Nd5 $1 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16.
Bc5 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Rc1 Bd6 19. e4 dxe3 20. Bc4 Be5 21. Bxd5 exd5 22.
Rc2 Ke7 23. Ne2 Rhc8 24. Kd1 Rc6 25. f4 Bf6 26. Rxc6 bxc6 27. Kc2 Kd6 28. Rd1
c5 29. Rd3 d4 {0-1,Kovacevic,V-Smirin,I/Zagreb zt/1993/}) (14. dxe5 $2 Nd7 $19)
14... Nxd5 15. Bc5 Be7 16. Kf2 f5 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Nc5 f4 19. g3 Bf7 20. h4 b6
21. Nd3 Bg6 22. gxf4 Bxd3 23. exd3 Nxf4 $44 {Lesiege,A-Shaked,T/Mermaid Beach
Club/1997/}) 11. Nd4 (11. e3 e5 12. Bg3 Be6 13. Nc1 Bc5 14. Nd3 Bxe3 15. Nxe5
O-O 16. Ne2 Rfe8 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bf4 Bc5 19. Kd2 Bd7 20. Nd4 Nh5 21. Be3 Bd6
22. g3 Rad8 23. Nc2 c5 24. Bd3 f5 25. Bg5 Rc8 26. f4 h6 27. Bh4 g6 28. Be2 Kf7
29. Bxh5 gxh5 30. Ne3 Be6 $15 {[%csl Gc5,Gd5,Gd6,Ge6] [+],^^,Jepson,
C-Sandstrom,L/SVE-ch/1997/}) 11... e5 $5 12. Nxc6 exf4 13. Nd4 Bd6 14. Kf2 O-O
15. e3 fxe3+ 16. Kxe3 Nd7 17. Bb5 Ne5 18. Kd2 Nc4+ 19. Kc1 g6 20. Nge2 h5 21.
g3 Kg7 22. a4 Be5 23. Kc2 Nd6 24. Bd3 Bd7 25. b3 Rfe8 26. Kd2 Ra5 27. Rhd1 h4
28. Rh1 Rh8 $132 {Giorgadze,T-Dorfman,J/URS-ch sf/1984/}) (10. e4 d5 $10) (10.
Be3 b5 11. Nd4 b4 12. Nb5 Ra4 13. Nc7+ Kd8 14. Bb6 bxc3 15. Ne6+ {1/2,Milov,
V-Smirin,I/Struga zt/1995/}) 10... e5 $5 {The most active and principled
continuation. Black takes into account his horrible pawn structure, which he
tries to compensate by the active ^^ and piece play. Other moves are weaker.} (
10... Nd5 $2 11. Nb5 $1 Ra4 12. Bd2 Na5 13. O-O-O d6 14. e4 Nf6 15. Kb1 Nc4 16.
Bc1 Ne5 17. Be3 Ned7 18. Ne2 g6 19. Nc7+ Kd8 20. Nb5 Bg7 21. Nc1 Ne8 22. Nd3 e6
23. Nb4 Ke7 24. Be2 f5 25. exf5 gxf5 26. Rhe1 $16 {[%csl Rd6,Re6,Rf5] ה,
Rausis,I-Ivanov,V/Riga/1993/}) (10... Nxd4 11. cxd4 e6 12. e4 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14.
Bd2 Nb8 15. Bd3 Nc6 16. Ne2 Bd7 17. O-O Nb4 18. Bxb4 Bxb4 19. f4 f6 20. a3 Be7
21. Rac1 Kd8 22. Rc3 Rc8 23. Rb3 Kc7 24. Rf3 f5 25. h3 Ba4 26. Rc3+ Kb8 27. Rf1
$14 {[%csl Rb6,Ge5,Gf4] ()>>,><b6,Knaak,R-Volke,K/BL 9798/1998/}) 11. Nxc6 exf4
12. Nd4 g6 $146 (12... d5 13. g3 (13. Kf2 $142 $5 {[%cal Ye2e3] /\e3}) 13...
Bd6 14. Nb5 Bb8 15. gxf4 Bxf4 16. e3 Bb8 17. Ne2 g5 18. Bg2 O-O 19. a3 Re8 20.
Kf2 h5 21. Rad1 h4 22. h3 Bd7 23. Nbd4 Nh5 $36 24. Rhf1 $2 Bg3+ 25. Nxg3 hxg3+
{0-1,Profit,B-Littke,A/CAN-op/1994/}) (12... Nd5 13. g3 g5 14. e4 $5 Ne3 15.
Bb5 Bg7 16. Nge2 Kf8 17. Kd2 d5 18. gxf4 Ng2 19. fxg5 h6 20. g6 fxg6 21. exd5
Ke7 22. Rhg1 Bh3 23. Bd3 Rhd8 24. Bxg6 Rxd5 25. Be4 Rd7 26. f4 Bxd4 27. cxd4
Rg8 28. Rac1 Kf6 29. Rc3 $18 {Soffer,R-Mikhalevski,V/ISR-ch/1994/}) (12... Bc5
$5 13. g3 Nd5 14. gxf4 Ne3 15. Kd2 Nxf1+ 16. Rxf1 Rxa2 17. Kc2 d6 18. e4 Be6
19. Nge2 Ke7 20. Ra1 Rha8 21. Rxa2 Rxa2 22. Rd1 g6 23. h4 Ra8 24. h5 Bc4 25.
Nc1 $13 {1/2,Wells,P-Shaked,T/London GM/1997/}) 13. Nh3 $6 {[%csl Rh3] פh3
Misplaces the N, White will have to lose time to relocate it. White should
have tried to exchange the cramping Pf4 as soon, as possible.} (13. g3 $142 $5
Bd6 (13... Bc5 14. gxf4 Bxd4 15. cxd4 Nd5 16. Kd2 Nxf4 17. e3 Ne6 18. Rc1 $36)
14. Nb5 Bb8 15. gxf4 Bxf4 16. e3 Be5 17. Ne2 d5 $132) (13. Kf2 {[%cal Re2e3] /
\e3} Nd5 $15) 13... Bd6 14. Nb5 Be5 15. e3 fxe3 16. Ke2 O-O (16... d5 17. Ng1 (
17. Kxe3 Bxh3 18. gxh3 O-O-O $36) 17... O-O 18. Kxe3 Re8 19. Kd2 {-16...0-0})
17. Kxe3 Re8 18. Kd2 d5 19. Ng1 (19. Nf2 Bf4+ 20. Kd1 d4 $1 21. Nxd4 Nd5 $40)
19... Bd7 20. Bd3 d4 $5 (20... Ra5 $11) 21. Nxd4 Bf4+ 22. Kc2 Nd5 23. g3 (23.
Nge2 Ne3+ 24. Kb1 Nxg2 25. Nxf4 Nxf4 $17 {[%csl Rf3,Rh2] ׻}) 23... Ne3+ 24.
Kb1 $6 (24. Kd2 $142 $1 Nc4+ 25. Kc2 Ne3+ $11) (24. Kb3 $2 Ba4+ $19) 24... Nd1
$1 25. Nge2 $8 (25. gxf4 Nf2 $19) 25... Nf2 26. Rf1 Nxd3 27. Nxf4 Nxf4 28. gxf4
Ra5 {[%csl Rf3,Rf4,Rh2] ׻} 29. h4 $6 (29. b4 Rh5 30. Rf2 f5 $5 $44 {[%cal
Rh5h4] /\Rh4}) 29... Rh5 30. Rh1 Rxh4 $1 31. Rxh4 Re1+ 32. Kc2 (32. Kc2 Rxa1
33. a3 Kg7 $15 {[%csl Gd7,Gh7] =/+/-/+,o^h,Bd7 The ensuing endgame is already
in Black's favour, as he has an active B and a potentially dangerous passed
pawn.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jakarta"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Situru, Nathanael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1996.08.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 {Hodgson as the world's
leading expert on the Trompowsky doesn't develop his N to f3 prematurely,
keeping the options Qd2,f4 and Nge2 open.} ({Even less dangerous is} 5. g3 Nc6
6. c3 e5 7. d5 Bc5 8. Qf3 Ne7 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. b4 Bb6 11. Nd2 f5 12. Bc4 d6 13.
exf5 Bxf5 14. a4 a5 15. Ne2 Bh3 16. bxa5 Bxa5 17. Nb3 Bg2 18. Kd2 Bxh1 19. Rxh1
Bb6 20. f4 O-O $19 {Raptis,G-Arakhamia,K/Ano Liosia op/1997/}) ({He was
probably convinced by the following game:} 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Nc3 d6 8.
Bb5 Bd7 9. O-O a6 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 O-O-O 14.
Rad1 dxe5 15. Qxe5 Qxe5 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. Nxe5 Ke8 18. Re1 Be7 19. Nc4 Kd7 20.
Ne5+ Ke8 21. Nc4 Kd7 {1/2,Hodgson,Ju-Sokolov,I/Reykjavik tt/1990/}) 5... d6 (
5... b6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qd2 Bb7 8. f4 g6 9. O-O-O Bg7 10. Bd3 d6 11. Nf3 Bxf3 12.
gxf3 d5 13. Rhg1 h5 14. Kb1 Bh6 15. Ne2 Nd7 16. c4 dxc4 17. Be4 Rd8 18. Qc3 b5
19. Qa5 b4 20. d5 Qc5 21. Qa4 Ke7 22. dxe6 Nb6 23. Qxa7 Kxe6 24. Qb7 c3 $40 {
Sutherland,J-Green,P/NZL-ch Auckland/1997/}) 6. Qd2 g5 $5 {The main move,
favored also by Karpov. Black gains space on the >> and prepares to fianchetto
his strong B.} 7. O-O-O {Mostly White plays this, as the alternatives are not
too promising.} (7. Bb5+ Nd7 (7... c6 8. Ba4 Bg7 9. Nge2 O-O 10. O-O b5 11. Bb3
a5 12. a4 b4 13. Nd1 Ba6 14. c3 Nd7 15. Ne3 bxc3 16. bxc3 Rfb8 17. Ba2 Ra7 18.
Rab1 Rxb1 19. Rxb1 d5 20. e5 Qd8 21. c4 dxc4 22. Rd1 c5 $132 {Watson,
J-Yermolinsky,A/Las Vegas op/1994/}) 8. Nge2 a6 9. Bd3 c5 10. dxc5 dxc5 (10...
Nxc5 $5 $13) 11. O-O Ne5 12. f4 gxf4 13. Nxf4 Qd8 14. Nh5 Qd4+ 15. Kh1 c4 16.
Ne2 Qd6 17. Qf4 cxd3 18. cxd3 Be7 19. d4 Nc6 20. e5 Qb4 21. Qxf7+ $40 {~/=,
Kishnev,S-Chuchelov,V/BL2-W/1996/}) (7. g3 Bg7 8. Nb5 Qd8 9. c3 a6 10. Na3 b6
11. Bg2 Bb7 12. Nc2 Nd7 13. Ne3 Qe7 14. Ne2 O-O-O 15. O-O-O Kb8 16. Kb1 Nf6 $6
(16... c5 $142 $132) 17. Qc2 h5 18. e5 Nd5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. f4
gxf4 22. gxf4 dxe5 23. dxe5 Kb7 24. Nd4 Qd7 25. Rhe1 Bh6 26. f5 $16 {Adams,
M-Leko,P/EU-ch act Cap d`Agde/1996/}) (7. h4 Bg7 8. hxg5 hxg5 9. Rxh8+ Bxh8 10.
O-O-O a6 $5 (10... Bd7 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. d5 Nb4 13. Bc4 b5 14. e5 Qf4 15. Qxf4
gxf4 16. Nxb5 Bxb5 17. Bxb5+ Ke7 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. exd6+ cxd6 20. c3 Nxa2+ 21.
Kc2 Rc8 22. Ra1 Nb4+ 23. Kd2 Nd5 24. Rxa7+ $14 {Lputian,S-Tukmakov,V/Tilburg
blitz/1994/}) (10... Nc6 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Nge2 O-O-O 13. Qe3 Kb8 14. f3 Bg7 15.
g4 Rh8 16. Ng3 Qf4 17. Qxf4 gxf4 18. Bxc6 fxg3 19. Bxd7 Bh6+ 20. Kb1 Be3 21.
Ne2 g2 22. Ba4 (22. c3 $142 Rh1 23. Kc2 Rxd1 24. Kxd1 g1=Q+ 25. Nxg1 Bxg1 $11)
22... Bxd4 $1 23. c3 Be3 24. Kc2 {1/2,Shereshevski,M-Kolev,At/Elenite-B/1994/})
11. Nh3 Nc6 12. d5 g4 13. dxc6 gxh3 14. gxh3 bxc6 15. f4 Qe7 16. Bc4 Bb7 17.
Rg1 O-O-O 18. Qd3 Qf6 19. Rg4 a5 20. Ba6 Qd4 21. Bxb7+ Kxb7 22. Qxd4 Bxd4 23.
Ne2 Bf6 24. c3 Rh8 25. Ng1 Kc8 26. Kd2 Kd7 $15 {[%csl Gc6,Gc7,Gd6,Ge6,Gf7,Rh3]
_|_[+],><h3,Nataf,I-Chuchelov,V/Cappelle la Grande op/1995/}) 7... Qf4 $2 $146
{A novelty, but a horrible one. Black is probably scared to death by Hodgson's
tactical abilities, so he hastens to exchange the Queens. But this gives White
a comfortable endgame with a permanent advantage.} ({The logical continuation
is} 7... Bg7 8. g3 (8. e5 dxe5 9. dxe5 Qe7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Nf3 (11. g3 Bd7 12.
Nge2 O-O-O 13. Bg2 f5 14. Qe3 Qb4 15. Nd4 Na5 16. Nb3 Nxb3+ 17. cxb3 {1/2,
Mellado,J-Marin,M/Berga op/1995}) 11... Bd7 12. g3 O-O-O 13. Qe3 f6 14. exf6
Bxf6 15. Bb5 gxf4 16. gxf4 a6 17. Bc4 Rhf8 18. Kb1 {[#]} Qb4 19. Bxe6 Bxc3 20.
Bxd7+ Rxd7 21. Qxc3 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Qxf4 $17 {Steiner,G-Kupreichik,V/Velden op/
1996/}) (8. h4 Nc6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. hxg5 hxg5 11. Rxh8+ Bxh8 12. d5 Ne5 13. Bxd7+
Kxd7 14. Nf3 Nxf3 15. gxf3 Qxf3 16. Qxg5 Be5 17. dxe6+ fxe6 18. Qg6 Rf8 19.
Qh7+ Rf7 $17 {Asensio Soto,F-Jurkovic,A/Zaragoza-B op/1996/}) 8... Nc6 9. Bb5 (
9. Nb5 Qd8 10. Ne2 a6 11. Nbc3 b5 12. Bg2 Bb7 13. f4 Ne7 14. h4 g4 15. h5 b4
16. Nb1 a5 17. Qe3 O-O 18. Nd2 f5 19. Rhg1 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Nf5 21. Qb3 d5 22.
Bxf5 exf5 $36 {Adams,M-Topalov,V/Madrid/1996/}) 9... Bd7 10. Nge2 (10. e5 Qe7
11. f4 dxe5 12. dxe5 O-O-O 13. Qe3 a6 (13... f6 14. Nf3 gxf4 15. gxf4 Kb8 16.
Rhg1 a6 17. Ba4 fxe5 18. fxe5 Rhf8 19. Kb1 Rf7 20. a3 Qf8 21. Rg3 Qh8 $15 {
Cherniaev,A-Gorin/Arkhangelsk/RUS-ch sf/1996/}) 14. Ba4 Kb8 15. Nf3 f6 16. Rhe1
gxf4 17. gxf4 fxe5 18. fxe5 Rhf8 19. Rg1 Rf7 20. Bxc6 Bxc6 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22.
Nd4 Bd5 23. Rd1 Rd7 24. Qf4 c5 $11 {Bianco,V-Sedina,E/Torino op/1996/}) 10...
a6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Qe3 (12. f4 O-O-O 13. Rhf1 Qg6 14. g4 Bxe4 15. Ng3 d5 16.
Ncxe4 dxe4 17. f5 exf5 18. Nxf5 Rhe8 19. Qg2 Bf8 20. Rfe1 Qe6 21. Kb1 h5 22. h3
hxg4 23. hxg4 Qd5 24. Re3 $44 {Hodgson,J-Gabriel,C/Horgen-B/1995/}) 12... O-O-O
13. f4 Kb8 14. Rhf1 Qg6 15. Qd3 f5 16. exf5 Qxf5 17. Qc4 g4 18. d5 exd5 19.
Nxd5 Qf7 20. Qb3 Rhe8 21. Nec3 {Milov,V-Chuchelov,V/Brussels op/1995/} Bd7 $5
$132 {[%csl Gd7,Gg7][%cal Rd7e6] ^^,/\Be6}) 8. Qxf4 gxf4 9. g3 $1 $14 (9. Nge2
$143 h5 10. g3 (10. Nxf4 $4 Bh6 11. g3 e5 $19) 10... fxg3 11. hxg3 Be7 {
[%cal Yh5h4] and Black will be at least able to get rid of his weak h-pawn (h4)
}) 9... fxg3 10. hxg3 Bd7 11. Bh3 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4,Rf7,Rh6] White's advantage is
based on his superior pawn structure and central control. Black's ^^ is rather
restricted at the moment and can't be sufficient to balance the game.} Rg8 (
11... h5 12. Nf3 $1 {[%cal Yh3f1,Yf1e2,Yh1h2,Yd1h1] /\Bf1-e2,Rh2,Rdh1 The
h-pawn is less vulnerable on h6, protected by the B.}) 12. Nge2 b5 $6 {[%csl
Rb5] Weakens even the <<.} (12... Nc6 $142 13. d5 Nd8 $14) 13. Nf4 b4 14. Nce2
Rg5 15. d5 $1 e5 $8 (15... Ke7 16. dxe6 Bxe6 (16... fxe6 17. Nd4 e5 (17... Re5
$2 18. Ng6+ $18) 18. Nd5+ Kd8 19. Nf3 {[%cal Rd5b4] /\Nb4 simply loses a pawn.}
) 17. Nd4 $16 {->}) (15... Re5 16. Nd4 $36 (16. f3 $5 $16)) 16. Nd3 Bxh3 17.
Rxh3 $16 {After the B disappeared form the board the white squares sre very
weak and Black's B has no perspective. White's position is close to
strategically winning.} c5 (17... f5 $6 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 Rg8 20. e5 $40)
18. Ng1 (18. f4 $5 exf4 19. gxf4 Rg2 20. Ng3 $36 {was also possible, but
Hodgson doesn't want to allow any counterplay and plays it slow.}) 18... Nd7
19. Nf3 Rg4 20. Rh4 (20. Re1 $142 $5 Nf6 (20... f5 21. exf5 Nf6 (21... e4 $2
22. Nd2 Nf6 23. f3 $18) 22. Nh4 $16 {/\} Nxd5 23. Nxe5 $1 dxe5 24. Rxe5+ Ne7
25. f6 $18) 21. Nd2 $16) 20... Rg6 21. Rh3 Rg4 22. Nd2 Nb6 23. b3 a5 24. Nb2 a4
25. Kb1 axb3 (25... a3 26. f3 Rg6 27. Nbc4 $18 {[%cal Rc4e3,Re3f5] and the N
heads for f5}) 26. cxb3 f5 $5 27. f3 Rg5 28. Re1 $1 (28. Nbc4 Nxc4 29. Nxc4
fxe4 30. fxe4 Rg4 31. Re1 Ra7 $132) 28... fxe4 (28... Ra7 $5) 29. fxe4 Ra7 30.
Nf3 Rg4 31. Nh4 {Black has done as much as he could, even managing to play f5,
bt his position remains difficult.} Rf7 32. Nf5 Kd7 $6 {Probably the last
important moment. In a normal quiet course of events Black will eventually
lose, so he should try to counter the positional factors, speaking against him
by creating some imbalance or complications.} ({Threfore he should have risked
} 32... Nxd5 $5 33. Nxd6+ Bxd6 34. exd5 e4 $5 $16) 33. Rh5 $1 {Hodgson
immediately stops the ideas like Nd5 or even Re4.} Rf6 34. Kc2 Rfg6 (34... Nc8
35. Nd3 $5 (35. Nc4 Ne7 36. Nfxd6 $5 Rf2+ 37. Kb1 Rxg3 $132) 35... Ne7 36. Nf2
Rg8 37. g4 $16) 35. Kd3 R4g5 36. Rxg5 Rxg5 37. Rf1 Be7 38. Nc4 $1 {Exchanging
all the suprfluous pieces will show the miser of Be7 even more clearly.} Nxc4
39. Kxc4 Rg4 40. Kd3 Rg8 (40... Bg5 $143 $6 41. a3 bxa3 42. Ra1 $18) 41. Rf2 (
41. Kc2 $5 {preparing the opening of the second front was maybe even better,
but White shuffles around a bit, as he has nowhere to hurry.}) 41... Bg5 42.
Rc2 h5 $6 (42... Rg6 {probably wouldn't save the game but offered more
resistance.}) 43. Ke2 Bf6 44. Kf3 Rh8 45. Rh2 Kc7 46. Ke2 $1 $18 {With Black
helplessly pinned to the defence of ><d6 and h5 Hodgson opens the <<. The game
is decided.} Kd7 47. Kd3 Kc7 48. Kc2 Kd7 49. Kb2 Bd8 50. a3 bxa3+ (50... Ba5 $2
51. g4 $18) 51. Kxa3 Ba5 52. Kb2 Bd8 53. Rh1 $1 {Space advanatge among others
means White can more easily transfer his pieces from one flank to the other.}
Bf6 54. Kc3 $1 {White moves all his pieces to their best squares before he
infiltrates.} Bd8 55. Kc4 Bf6 56. Ra1 $1 {Now this penetration finishes Black
off.} Bd8 (56... Rc8 57. Ra6 $1 Be7 58. Ra7+) 57. Ra7+ Bc7 58. Ng7 $1 Kc8 59.
Ne6 Bb8 $8 (59... Bb6 $2 60. Ra8+) (59... Bd8 60. Ra8+ Kd7 61. Rxd8+ Rxd8 62.
Nxd8 Kxd8 63. Kb5 Kc7 64. Ka6 $18) 60. Rg7 h4 61. gxh4 Rxh4 62. Kb5 Rh8 (62...
Rxe4 63. Kc6 Z0 64. Rg8#) 63. Kc6 (63. Kc6 Re8 64. Ng5 Rd8 65. Nf7 {just
gathers up Black's pawns.}) 1-0

[Event "Donner Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.08.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1996.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Petursson Psakhis Ftacnik} Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3
Bb4 6. Qd2 d6 (6... c5 7. a3 Ba5 $5 (7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9. f4 $5 (9. Nf3 O-O
10. Be2 Nc6 11. O-O e5 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Qe3 b6 14. Bc4 Bg4 $132 {1/2/Hodgson,
Ju-De Firmian,N/Amsterdam Donner mem/1996/ Hodgson,Ju-De Firmian,N/Amsterdam/
1996/}) 9... O-O 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Bb5 Na5 12. Bd3 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Rae1 Rac8
15. e5 Qe7 16. f5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 cxd4 18. f6 Qc5 19. Qf4 dxc3+ 20. Rf2 $40 {
Hodgson,JM-Yudasin,L/New York PCA-op/1994/}) 8. b4 cxd4 9. Nb5 Bb6 10. Nd6+ Ke7
11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. b5 Bf4 14. Qd1 Ne5 15. Nxd4 Rd8 16. c3 d5 17. exd5
Rxd5 18. g3 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Rc5 20. Qd3 e5 21. Ne2 Bf5 22. Qf3 Rd8 23. gxf4 Rxc4
24. Qe3 Re4 25. Qc5+ Ke8 26. h3 exf4 27. Kf1 Re5 28. Qb4 Bd3 {0-1/Schneider,
S-Kogan,A/Copenhagen PC/1996/}) (6... e5 $5 7. dxe5 Qxe5 8. Nge2 d6 9. a3 Ba5
10. f4 Qf6 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. h3 Be6 13. Qd3 O-O 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Rfe8 16.
g3 Re7 17. Bg2 Rae8 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 b5 21. c3 Bb6 22. Rd3
g5 23. Rf1 Kg7 24. Rd5 gxf4 25. gxf4 a6 $10 {Moran,A-Berend,F/Erevan olm/1996/}
) 7. a3 (7. O-O-O Nd7 8. Kb1 O-O 9. f4 e5 10. Nge2 exd4 11. Qxd4 Qxd4 12. Nxd4
Bxc3 13. bxc3 a6 14. Bd3 Nc5 15. Kc1 Re8 16. Rde1 b5 17. Re3 Na4 18. Be2 c5 19.
Nb3 Bb7 20. Bf3 f5 $17 {Hennig,D-Bischoff,K/BL 9394/1994/ Hennig,D-Bischoff,K/
BL 9394/1994/0-1 (64)}) 7... Ba5 (7... Bxc3 8. Qxc3 (8. bxc3 {Ftacnik} e5 9.
Bb5+ c6 10. Bc4 O-O 11. Ne2 Re8 12. f3 Nd7 13. O-O Nf8 14. f4 exd4 15. e5 Qe7
16. cxd4 dxe5 17. fxe5 Be6 18. Bd3 c5 19. c3 Red8 20. Qe3 {1/2-1/2 Zlochevskij,
A-Iotti,P/Montecatini Terme op/1995/ (41)}) 8... O-O (8... Nc6 9. Nf3 O-O 10.
Bd3 Qe7 11. e5 f6 12. exd6 cxd6 13. O-O f5 14. Rae1 {Gelfand,B-Rozentalis,E(4)/
Tilburg/1992/1:0/68/} Qf6 15. b4 a6 16. a4 Rd8 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Ne7 19. Ra1
Nd5 20. Qb3 {Gelfand,B-Rozentalis,E (04)/Tilburg2.22 (30')/1992/1-0 (68)} Bd7
21. Rfe1 Kh8 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. c4 Nf4 24. c5 dxc5 25. Ne5 Be8 26. dxc5 $16 {
Gelfand,B-Rozentalis,E/Tilburg (30')/1992/}) 9. e5 Qe7 10. Nf3 b6 11. Be2 Bb7
12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Kb1 Nd7 14. h4 c5 15. exd6 Qxd6 16. dxc5 Qe7 17. c6 Bxc6 18.
Ba6 Bb7 19. Qd4 Bxa6 20. Qxd7 Qc5 21. Rd2 Rc7 22. Qd4 Bb7 23. Rh3 Qxd4 24. Rxd4
Rac8 25. Ne1 Kf8 26. Rhd3 Ke7 27. g3 g5 $15 {Fernandes,An-Spasov,V/Erevan olm/
1996/}) 8. f4 g5 $5 $146 {N/} (8... O-O 9. Nf3 c5 10. b4 cxd4 11. Nb5 Bb6 12.
Nxd6 Nc6 13. e5 Qe7 14. Bd3 Bd7 15. O-O {Hodgson,J-Enders,P/BL/1994/1:0/42/}
Rab8 16. Qe1 a6 17. Qe4 f5 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Nc4 Ba7 20. f5 b5 21. fxe6 f5 22.
Qd5 Qxe6 23. Qxe6+ Bxe6 24. Nce5 $14 {Hodgson,JM-Enders,P/BL 9495/1994/ 1-0
Hodgson,J-Enders,P/BL 9495/1995/ (42)}) 9. Nh3 (9. fxg5 hxg5 (9... Qxg5 $10 {
Psakhis}) 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Nge2 Bb6 $15 {[%csl Rd4,Re4] ה}) 9... gxf4 (9... g4
10. Nf2 h5 11. e5 $36 {[%cal Yf2e4] /\Nfe4}) 10. Nxf4 {Although opening the
position is advantageous to the side with 2 B, Black must be very careful due
to White's lead in development and tactical chances. Hodgson makes the most of
these further on.} c6 (10... Nc6 $5 11. Bb5 (11. O-O-O $6 Nxd4 $1 12. Nh5 (12.
b4 Bb6 13. Nfd5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Qg5 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Qxg5 hxg5 17. Rxd4 Rxa3 $17
) 12... Qg5 13. Qxg5 hxg5 14. Nf6+ Ke7 15. Nfd5+ exd5 16. Nxd5+ Kd8 17. Rxd4
Be6 $15) (11. b4 Bb6 $15) 11... Bd7 12. Nfe2 O-O-O $13) (10... c5 11. b4 $1
cxd4 (11... cxb4 12. Nb5 $14) 12. Nb5 $36) (10... e5 11. Nfd5 $40) 11. Bc4 (11.
Be2 $5 {[%cal Re2h5,Rh5f7,Rf1f7] Psakhis}) 11... d5 $1 (11... e5 12. O-O $5 (
12. dxe5 {Ftacnik} dxe5 13. Nd3 (13. O-O exf4 14. Rxf4 $13)) 12... exd4 (12...
exf4 13. Rxf4 $44) 13. Ncd5 $5 $36 (13. Ng6 $5 $13)) (11... Qg5 $5 $132) 12. e5
$5 (12. exd5 cxd5 13. Bb5+ Nc6 14. O-O $13) 12... Qg5 13. Be2 c5 14. b4 $5 $8 (
14. O-O-O cxd4 15. Qxd4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nc6 17. Bb5 Bd7 $17) 14... cxd4 (14...
cxb4 15. Nb5 Nc6 16. axb4 Bxb4 17. c3 $18) 15. Nb5 (15. bxa5 dxc3 16. Qxc3 Nc6
$17) 15... Bb6 16. Nd6+ Ke7 17. Nxf7 $5 {An enterprising sacrifice. Black's K
is weak, while his pieces are still undeveloped and he has to parry heavy
threats. Such a situation is always very difficult to handle in practice (e.g.
see also Hodgson-M.Tseitlin, Ischia 1996)} (17. Rf1 Rf8 $15 (17... Qxe5 $2 18.
Nxf7 $1 $18) (17... Qh4+ {Ftacnik} 18. g3 Qxh2 19. Nh5 f5 $1)) (17. O-O {
Petursson} d3+ 18. Kh1 dxe2 19. Qxe2 f5 20. c4 {This sacrificelooks less
promising}) 17... Kxf7 18. Bh5+ Kg8 $6 (18... Ke7 $2 19. Ng6+ $16 (19. Ng6+ {
Ftacnik} Kd7 20. Qxg5 hxg5 21. Nxh8 $18)) (18... Kg7 $142 $5 19. O-O Rf8 (19...
d3+ 20. Kh1 Bd4 21. Rae1 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 $1 Qxe5 23. Qxd3 Qg5 (23... Rd8 24. Qg6+
Kh8 25. Qxh6+ Kg8 26. Nxd5 $1 $18) (23... Qf5 24. Qg3+ $1 Qg5 25. Qc3+ {
-23...Qg5}) 24. Qc3+ Kh7 (24... e5 25. Qc7+ Nd7 26. Ne6+ Kh7 27. Rf7+ $18) 25.
Bg6+ Qxg6 26. Nxg6 $18) 20. Rf3 Rxf4 $5 (20... d3+ {Psakhis} 21. Kh1 Rxf4 22.
Rxf4 (22. Qxf4 Qxf4 23. Rxf4 dxc2 24. Rc1 Nc6 25. Rf7+ Kg8 26. Rxc2 Nxe5 27.
Re7 Bd7) (22. Rg3 Rf5 (22... Qxg3 23. hxg3 Rf5 24. g4) 23. Qxd3 Nc6 $17) 22...
Qxh5 23. Qxd3 Nd7 24. Qg3+ Kh7 25. Raf1 Nxe5 26. Rh4 $40) 21. Rg3 Qxg3 22. hxg3
Rf5 (22... Rf8 {Petursson} 23. Qd3 $44) 23. g4 $44) 19. O-O $32 Rh7 (19... Nc6
{Psakhis} 20. Rf3 d3+ 21. Kh1) 20. Rf3 {Via the 3-rd rank the R gets into the
attack, in the end it will decide the game.} Rg7 (20... Qd8 21. Raf1 {[%cal
Rf4g6] /\Ng6->} (21. Raf1 {Ftacnik} Rg7 22. Ng6 $18)) 21. Raf1 {All the White
pieces participate in the attack} Nd7 (21... Qxe5 22. Ng6 Qxh5 23. Rf8+ Kh7 24.
Rh8+ Kxg6 25. Qd3+ Qf5 (25... Kg5 26. Qg3+ Qg4 27. Qe5+ Kg6 (27... Qf5 {Ftacnik
} 28. Rxf5+ $18 (28. Rxf5+ {Psakhis} exf5 29. Qxg7+)) (27... Kh4 28. Rxh6+ $18)
28. Rf6#) 26. Rxf5 exf5 27. Rxc8 $16) (21... Nc6 {Psakhis} 22. Rg3 (22. Nxd5 $2
exd5 23. Rf8+ Kh7 24. Qd3+ Bf5 $1 $19) (22. Ng6 $5 d3+ 23. Kh1 Kh7 (23... Qxd2
$4 24. Rf8+ Kh7 25. Rh8#) 24. Qxd3 $16) 22... d3+ 23. Kh1 Qf5 24. Bg6 Qf8 (
24... Qxe5 25. Nh5) 25. Qxd3 Nxe5 {-Game}) 22. Rg3 d3+ (22... Qxe5 23. Rxg7+ $5
(23. Bf7+ Kxf7 24. Nd3+ Qf5 (24... Qf6 {Ftacnik} 25. Rxf6+ Nxf6 26. Ne5+ Kg8
27. Qxh6 Rxg3 28. hxg3 d3+ 29. Kf1 Ne8 30. cxd3 $40) 25. Rxf5+ exf5 26. Rf3 Nf6
$13) 23... Qxg7 24. Nxe6 $40) 23. Kh1 Qf5 (23... Qxe5 24. Rxg7+ (24. Bf7+ Kxf7
(24... Kh8 25. Nxe6 $1 $18) (24... Kh7 25. Rxg7+ Qxg7 26. Nxe6 Qg4 27. Qxd3+
Kh8 28. Rf4 $1 $18) 25. Nxd3+ (25. Nxe6+ Kxe6 26. Qxh6+ Nf6 27. Rxg7 dxc2)
25... Qf5 (25... Qf6 {Ftacnik} 26. Rxf6+ Nxf6 27. Ne5+ Kg8 28. Qf4 Bd8 29.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 30. Qg3+ Kf8 31. Qg6 $18) (25... Kg8 26. Nxe5 Rxg3 27. hxg3 Nxe5 28.
Qxh6 $18) 26. Rxf5+ exf5 $132) 24... Kxg7 (24... Qxg7 25. Nxe6 Qh7 26. cxd3 $40
(26. Qf4 {Psakhis} Kh8 (26... dxc2 27. Qf8+ $1) 27. Qh4 Qg8 (27... dxc2 28.
Rf8+ $1 Nxf8 29. Qf6+) 28. Bf7 Qh7 29. Qe7 $18)) 25. Re1 $40 (25. Qxd3 Nf8 (
25... Kg8 26. Nxe6 $1 Qxe6 27. Qg3+ Kh8 28. Bf7 $18) 26. Ng6 Qxh5 27. Nxf8 Qf5
28. Rxf5 exf5 29. Qxd5 Kxf8 $13)) 24. Bg6 Qf8 $6 (24... Qxe5 $142 25. Bf7+ {
-23...Qe5} (25. Bf7+ {Petursson} Kxf7 26. Nxd3+ Qf6 27. Rxf6+ Nxf6 28. Ne5+ Kg8
29. Qf4 Bd8 30. Rxg7+ Kxg7 31. Qg3+ Kf8 32. Qg6 Ke7 33. Qg7+ Kd6 34. Nf7+ $18))
25. Qxd3 Nxe5 (25... Qe7 {Psakhis} 26. Bh7+ Kh8 27. Ng6+ Rxg6 28. Qxg6 $18) (
25... Kh8 {Psakhis} 26. Nxe6 Qg8 27. Nxg7 Nxe5 (27... Qxg7 28. Bf7 Nxe5 29.
Rxg7 Nxd3 30. Rg8+ Kh7 31. cxd3) 28. Qd2 Qxg7 29. Bh5 Bg4 30. h3 Nc4 31. Qe1
Ne3 32. Rf7 $18) 26. Bh7+ $1 Kh8 (26... Kf7 27. Ng6+ $18) 27. Ng6+ Nxg6 (27...
Rxg6 28. Rxf8+ Kxh7 29. Qe2 (29. Qc3 $5 d4 30. Qe1 (30. Qe1 {Ftacnik} Bc7 31.
Rxg6 Kxg6 (31... Nxg6 32. Rf7+ Kg8 33. Rxc7 $18) 32. Qg3+ Kh5 33. Rg8 $18))
29... Rxg3 30. hxg3 Bc7 31. Qh5 $16) 28. Bxg6 $1 (28. Rxf8+ $2 Nxf8 29. Rxg7
Kxg7 $17) 28... Qg8 (28... Qe7 29. Qd2 Kg8 (29... Rh7 30. Bxh7 (30. Rf7 Rxf7
31. Qxh6+ Rh7 32. Bxh7 $18) 30... Kxh7 31. Qd3+) 30. Qxh6 Bd7 31. Bf7+ $18) 29.
Rf6 $18 Bd8 (29... Qd8 30. Qf3 Bd7 31. Be8 $1 Rxg3 (31... Qxe8 32. Rxh6+ Kg8
33. Rxg7+ Kxg7 34. Qf6+) 32. Rxh6+ Kg7 33. Qxg3+ Kf8 34. Qf4+ Kxe8 35. Rh8+ Ke7
36. Rh7+ Ke8 37. Qf7#) (29... Bc7 30. Qe3 $1 Bxg3 31. Qxh6+ Rh7 32. Bxh7 $18 (
32. Bxh7 Qg7 33. Rf8+ Qxf8 34. Qxf8+ Kxh7 35. hxg3 $18)) 30. Qe3 $1 Bxf6 (30...
Rh7 31. Bxh7 Bxf6 32. Bxg8 $18) 31. Qxh6+ Rh7 32. Bxh7 {[%csl Ra8,Rc8] The
concentration of White's remaining pieces is decisive, Ra8+Bc8 remain static.}
Bg7 $8 (32... Qxh7 33. Qf8+ $18 (33. Qxf6+ {Ftacnik})) (32... Qd8 33. Bg6+ Kg8
34. Qh7+ $18) (32... Qxg3 {Ftacnik} 33. Bg6+ Kg8 34. Qh7+ Kf8 35. Qf7#) 33. Qh5
$1 Qf8 (33... Qxh7 34. Qe8+ $18 (34. Qe8+ {Ftacnik} Qg8 35. Rh3+ Bh6 36. Rxh6+
Kg7 37. Rg6+ Kh7 38. Qxg8#)) 34. Bd3+ (34. Bd3+ Bh6 (34... Kg8 35. Qh7+ Kf7 36.
Rf3+ Ke7 37. Rxf8 Kxf8 38. h4 $18) 35. Rg6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Manresa"]
[Site "Manresa"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vehi Bach, Victor Manuel"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1995.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 (3... c5 $6 4. e5 h6 5. Bc1 Ng8 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3
Nge7 8. Bd3 d6 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Na3 cxd4 12. Nb5 Qb8 13. cxd4 (13.
Nfxd4 $14) 13... Nd5 14. Nc3 Nf6 15. a3 Be7 16. Re1 O-O 17. Bc2 Qd6 18. g3 Na5
19. Qd3 Rac8 $132 {Fiorito,F-Ricardi,P/ARG-ch/1995/}) 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 d6 (
5... Bb4 6. Qd2 $1 (6. Nf3 d6 7. Qd2 Nd7 8. a3 Ba5 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O c6 11. b4
Bc7 12. Ne2 e5 13. c4 Re8 14. d5 cxd5 15. cxd5 Nf8 16. Ng3 Ng6 17. Nh5 Qd8 18.
Be2 Bb6 19. Rac1 Rf8 20. Rc3 a5 21. h3 axb4 22. axb4 Bd7 $17 {[%csl Gb6,Gd7]
[%cal Ga7g1,Ga8a1] ^^,<->a,/^a7-g1,Bezold,M-Bischoff,K/Altensteig/1994/}) 6...
d6 (6... c5 7. a3 Bxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9. f4 {->>>,} O-O 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Bb5 Na5 12.
Bd3 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Rae1 Rac8 15. e5 Qe7 16. f5 $1 dxe5 17. Nxe5 cxd4 18. f6
Qc5 19. Qf4 dxc3+ 20. Rf2 g5 21. Qg4 Rfd8 22. Qh5 $18 {Hodgson,JM-Yudasin,L/
New York PCA-op/1994/}) 7. a3 Ba5 8. f4 O-O 9. Nf3 c5 10. b4 cxd4 11. Nb5 Bb6
12. Nxd6 Nc6 13. e5 Qe7 14. Bd3 Bd7 15. O-O Rab8 16. Qe1 a6 17. Qe4 f5 18. exf6
gxf6 19. Nc4 Ba7 20. f5 $1 $40 {Hodgson,JM-Enders,P/BL 9495/1994/}) (5... g6 6.
Qd2 Bg7 7. O-O-O O-O 8. f4 d6 9. Nf3 b6 10. h4 h5 11. e5 Qe7 12. Bd3 Bb7 13.
Ne4 Nd7 14. Nfg5 dxe5 15. fxe5 c5 16. c3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Rad8 18. Kb1 Nb8 19. Nd6
Rxd6 20. exd6 Qxd6 21. Be4 Bxe4+ 22. Nxe4 $14 {Gelfand,B-Rozentalis,E/Tilburg 
(15')/1992/}) (5... a6 6. Qd2 b5 7. e5 Qd8 8. f4 d5 9. Nf3 c5 10. g3 Nc6 11.
Bg2 Qb6 12. Ne2 b4 13. O-O a5 14. Kh1 a4 15. f5 exf5 16. Nh4 Be6 17. Nxf5 $36 {
Vehi Bach,V-Garcia Ilundain,D/Manresa/1995/}) 6. Qd2 c6 $1 (6... g5 7. O-O-O
Bg7 8. e5 dxe5 9. dxe5 Qe7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. h4 gxf4 13. Qxf4 O-O-O
14. Ne4 Nb8 $1 15. Be2 Bc6 16. Nf6 Nd7 17. Nh5 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Bxe5 19. Qe4 c6
20. Rxd7 Bxb2+ 21. Kxb2 Rxd7 22. Qe3 Rhd8 $17 {Adams,M-Karpov,A/Las Palmas/
1994/}) (6... g6 7. O-O-O Bg7 8. e5 $5 Qe7 9. f4 O-O 10. h4 Nc6 11. Ne4 b6 12.
Nf3 Bb7 13. Bd3 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nb4 15. h5 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 g5 18.
Nh2 c5 19. Ng4 Rad8 20. Rhf1 Rxd4 21. Rxd4 cxd4 22. Rf6 Qc5 23. Nxh6+ Bxh6 24.
Rxh6 f5 25. Rg6+ {1-0/Beshukov,S-Douven,R/Groningen op/1994/}) (6... a6 $5 7.
O-O-O g6 8. f4 Bg7 9. Nf3 Qe7 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. f5 O-O 12. g4 b5 13. h4 c5 14. g5
cxd4 15. Ne2 exf5 16. exf5 Bb7 17. f6 Nxf6 18. gxf6 Qxf6 19. Rdf1 Rae8 $1 20.
Nfxd4 Rxe2 $1 21. Bxe2 Qxd4 22. Qxd4 Bxd4 23. Bf3 Rb8 $17 {_|_,Pomes,J-Lalic,B/
Manresa/1995/}) 7. f4 (7. O-O-O Nd7 (7... e5 $142) 8. f4 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. g3
Be7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. f5 b5 13. g4 b4 14. Ne2 Rd8 15. Ng3 Nc5 16. Qe1 Rxd1+ 17.
Qxd1 Bb7 18. h4 Rd8 19. Qe1 Qd6 20. g5 Na4 21. Bc4 Nb6 22. Bb3 c5 23. f6 $1 $40
{+-, Gocheva,R-Lazic,M/Cetinje tt/1991/}) 7... e5 8. dxe5 $2 (8. Nge2 $142 Bg4
(8... Nd7 $5 9. O-O-O Be7 10. g3 $13) 9. O-O-O exd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Rxd4 Bxe2
12. Bxe2 Nd7 13. Rhd1 Nc5 $10) 8... dxe5 $15 {[%csl Gc8,Gf8,Re4] ^^,><e4
Opening the d-file doesn't help White, on the contrary, 8.dxe5? gives up the
center, activates the Bf8 and opens the position for Black's pair of Bishops.}
9. f5 (9. fxe5 Qxe5 10. Nf3 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bb4 $36) 9... Qd6 $1 $146 (9... g6 $5
10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Nge2 h5 12. O-O Bh6 13. Qe1 Qe7 14. Kh1 Nf6 15. Ng1 g5 16. Rb1
g4 17. b4 h4 18. Be2 Be3 19. Rb3 Bd7 20. Nb1 Bd4 21. Bd1 O-O-O 22. c3 Bb6 23.
Na3 Kb8 $15 {Minasian,A-Glek,I/Moscow Tal/1992/}) 10. Bd3 Be7 {[%cal Ye7d8,
Yd8b6] /\Bd8-b6, Black realizes this maneuver about 15 moves later.} 11. Nf3
Nd7 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. g4 (13. Ne2 Nc5 14. Ng3 h5 $5 $15) 13... Nc5 14. h4 b5 $1
{[%csl Rd3] Black of course does not exchange White's passive Bishop.} 15. Kb1
(15. g5 Ba6 {[%cal Ye8c8] /\0-0-0}) (15. Qe3 $142 $5 Bb7 16. Be2 $132 {/\g5})
15... Ba6 16. Ne2 O-O-O 17. Qe3 f6 $17 18. Nc1 (18. g5 hxg5 19. hxg5 Qb6 $1 $17
{_|_ After the practically forced Q-exchange Black would have a very good
endgame with his bishop pair.}) 18... Na4 19. Be2 c5 {()<<} 20. Rxd8+ (20. b3
Nb6 21. a4 c4 $1 $40) 20... Rxd8 21. b3 Nb6 22. c3 c4 23. b4 {[%csl Ra4,Rc3] ׫
} (23. Rd1 $142 $5 Bc5 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Qd2+ Qd6 $17) 23... Na4 24. Rd1 Bb7
25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Nd2 (26. Bd1 $2 Bxe4+ $1 $19) 26... Qd6 $5 (26... Qb6 27.
Qxb6 Bxb6 28. Kc2 Bf2 29. h5 $17) 27. Kc2 Bb6 28. Qf3 Bd4 $3 29. cxd4 $8 (29.
Nb1 Qc6 $1 30. cxd4 Qxe4+ 31. Qxe4 Bxe4+ 32. Kd2 (32. Nd3 exd4 $19) 32... Bxb1
33. dxe5 fxe5 $19) 29... Qxb4 {[%cal Rb4b2,Ra4c3,Re5d4] /\Qb2,Nc3,ed4} 30. Kd1
$8 (30. Nb1 exd4 $1 $19) (30. Ncb3 exd4 $1 31. Nxd4 Qb2+ $19) (30. dxe5 Qb2+
31. Kd1 Nc3+ 32. Ke1 Qxc1+ 33. Bd1 fxe5 34. g5 hxg5 35. hxg5 Nxd1 36. Qxd1 Qc3
$1 $19) 30... Qb2 31. Nb1 $8 Qxb1 $19 32. Qa3 Bxe4 $1 (32... c3 $6 33. Qf8+ Kc7
34. Qxg7+ Kb6 35. Qxf6+ Ka5 36. Qxh6 $132) 33. Qf8+ Kb7 34. Qxg7+ Ka6 35. Qxf6+
Ka5 {[%cal Rb1c2] /\Qc2} 36. Qxh6 $8 Nc3+ 37. Ke1 exd4 38. Qd2 (38. f6 Nxe2 39.
Kxe2 (39. f7 Nxc1 40. f8=Q Nd3+ 41. Kd2 Qc1+ 42. Ke2 Qe1#) 39... d3+ 40. Kf2
Qc2+ {[%cal Rd3d2] /\d2-+}) 38... Ka6 $138 39. Qh6+ Ka5 40. Qd2 Bd5 $22 41. h5
(41. Bd1 Qe4+ $19) 41... b4 42. h6 Nxe2 43. h7 (43. Kxe2 Qe4+ 44. Kd1 (44. Kf1
Qxg4 $1 $19) 44... d3 {/\} 45. h7 Qh1+ 46. Qe1 Bf3+ 47. Kd2 c3+ 48. Kxd3 Qxe1
49. h8=Q Qe4#) 43... c3 44. Qxe2 Qxc1+ 45. Kf2 c2 $1 (45... c2 46. h8=Q Qf4+
$19) 0-1

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 (2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. g3 c5 6. c3 d5 7. Bg2 Nc6
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. e4 Rd8 12. Qe2 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Qe7 14.
Rad1 Bd7 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Rd2 Be8 17. Rfd1 Rxd2 $10 {0,5/Timman,J-Karpov,An/
Dortmund/1994/}) 2... e6 3. e4 (3. e3 c5 4. Nd2 h6 5. Bh4 Be7 6. c3 d5 7. Ngf3
Qb6 8. Qb3 Nc6 9. Be2 Bd7 10. O-O Qxb3 11. axb3 g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. dxc5 Bxc5
14. b4 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Bb6 16. e4 g4 17. exd5 exd5 18. b5 gxf3 19. bxc6 fxe2 20.
cxd7+ Kxd7 $36 {Chepukaitis,G-Emelin,V/St.Petersburg op/1994/}) 3... h6 4. Bxf6
Qxf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Qd2 g5 $5 $146 (6... a6 7. O-O-O b5 8. e5 $1 Qd8 9. Bd3 b4
10. Ne4 Nc6 11. Nf3 d5 12. Ng3 g6 13. Ne2 h5 14. h4 Bh6 15. Ng5 a5 16. f3 Ba6
17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Kb1 Ra8 19. g4 hxg4 20. fxg4 Qe7 21. Nc1 Nb8 22. c4 $1 $36 {
Romero Holmes,A-Zlotnik,B/Ceuta/1993/}) 7. O-O-O (7. Nf3 $6 g4 $36) 7... Bg7 8.
e5 dxe5 (8... Qe7 $5 9. exd6 $5 (9. f4 gxf4 10. Nf3 $1 $13) 9... cxd6 10. h4 d5
$5 $13 {/\Nc6}) 9. dxe5 Qe7 (9... Qf4 10. Qxf4 gxf4 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. Bd3 Bc6
$132) 10. f4 Nc6 (10... gxf4 $5 11. Nf3 $1 (11. Qxf4 Qg5 $1 $15) 11... Nc6 12.
Qxf4 $13) 11. Nf3 (11. g3 $5 Bd7 12. Bg2 O-O-O $132) 11... Bd7 12. h4 (12. Ne4
O-O-O {/\Qb4<=>}) 12... gxf4 13. Qxf4 O-O-O 14. Ne4 Nb8 $1 (14... Nb4 $2 15.
Nd6+ $1 cxd6 16. Qxb4) (14... Kb8 $5 15. Nf6 Bc8 $13 {/\Ne5} (15... Nxe5 $2 16.
Nxe5 Bxf6 17. Nxd7+ Rxd7 18. Rxd7 Qxd7 19. Qxf6) 16. Nh5) 15. Be2 (15. Nd4 Bc6
16. Nf6 Bxf6 17. exf6 Qc5 $36) (15. Nf6 Bc6 16. Be2 {-15.Be2}) 15... Bc6 16.
Nf6 Nd7 $1 17. Nh5 (17. Nxd7 Rxd7 $15 {^^,><e5}) (17. Nd4 $2 Bxg2 18. Rhg1 (18.
Nxd7 Bxh1 $19) 18... Nxe5 $1 19. Nh5 Ng6 $19) 17... Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Bxe5 19. Qe4
c6 20. Rxd7 Bxb2+ $1 21. Kxb2 Rxd7 $36 22. Qe3 Rhd8 (22... Qb4+ 23. Qb3 $15)
23. a3 (23. Qxa7 Qb4+ 24. Kc1 Qc3 $1 $40) 23... Rd4 24. g3 Qc5 25. Re1 Rc4 (
25... Qb5+ 26. Qb3 Qa5 27. Qc3 $1 (27. Re3 R4d5 $1 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 $19) 27...
Qxc3+ 28. Kxc3 $15) 26. Qxc5 Rxc5 27. Re2 $8 Rd1 $1 28. Nf4 (28. Rxe6 Rd2 29.
Re8+ Kc7 30. Re7+ Kb6 $17) 28... Rb5+ 29. Ka2 Rbb1 30. Bh5 (30. Nd3 Ra1+ 31.
Kb3 Rdb1+ 32. Nb2 a5 33. a4 b5 $1 $36) 30... Ra1+ 31. Kb3 Rdb1+ 32. Kc4 Rxa3
33. Bxf7 Rxg3 34. Bxe6+ (34. Nxe6 Rg4+ 35. Kc3 Rxh4 36. Rd2 b5 $19) 34... Kc7
35. Nd3 a5 36. Rf2 Re3 37. Rf7+ Kb8 $1 $19 (37... Kb6 $6 38. Bc8 $132) 38. Re7
(38. Bf5 a4 39. Kd4 a3 $1) 38... Re4+ 39. Kc3 (39. Kc5 $2 Rb5+ 40. Kd6 Rd4+)
39... Rb5 $1 {/\a4-a3-a2} (39... a4 $6 40. Ba2 $17) 0-1

[Event "San Francisco Mechanics"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1998.07.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rey, Guillermo"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. d5 (4. f3 {The position after a possible 7.
c4!? can arise via transposition after 8 moves:} Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 Qb6 7.
Bc1 e6 8. c4 exd5 (8... Bd6 $5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. e4 Be5 11. Bd3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 d6
13. Ne2 Re8 14. Qc2 Nbd7 15. f4 exd5 16. exd5 Qa5 17. O-O a6 18. a4 Nb6 19. Ng3
Bd7 20. Bd2 Nxa4 21. Rfb1 b5 22. cxb5 c4 23. Bxh7+ Nxh7 24. Rxa4 Qb6+ 25. Kh1
axb5 26. Rxc4 Nf6 27. Rd4 Qc5 28. Qd3 Ng4 $132 {Knaak,R-Wells,P/BL9798/1998/})
9. cxd5 c4 10. e3 Bc5 11. Kf2 (11. Na3 $5 $14) 11... O-O 12. Bxc4 d6 (12... Re8
13. Qb3 Na6 14. Ne2 Qxb3 15. Bxb3 Nb4 16. Rd1 d6 17. a3 Na6 18. Nbc3 Bd7 19.
Ba4 Re5 20. Bxd7 Nxd7 21. b4 Bb6 22. Na4 Nc7 23. Nxb6 Nxb6 24. e4 Nc4 25. Bf4
Ree8 26. Rac1 b5 27. Bxd6 Nxd6 28. Rxc7 $18 {Davies,N-Rajlich,V/Toronto op/
1998/}) 13. Ne2 Nbd7 14. Nbc3 Ne5 15. Na4 Qb4 16. b3 Nxc4 17. bxc4 Qxc4 18.
Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Nf4 Re8 20. Re1 g5 21. Nd3 Qb6 22. Qb3 Qxb3 23. axb3 Nxd5 24. Ra5
Be6 25. e4 Ne7 26. Rxg5+ Ng6 27. f4 f6 28. Rb5 Rac8 $5 $132 {Hodgson,J-Wells,P/
Copenhagen PC/1996/}) 4... Qb6 5. Bc1 {Currently the main move, as} (5. Nd2
Qxb2 $1 6. Nxe4 Qb4+ 7. Qd2 Qxe4 {is promising for Black. e.g.} 8. e3 Qb4 9. c3
Qa5 10. Nf3 d6 11. Rb1 g6 12. Bb5+ Nd7 13. O-O Bg7 14. c4 Qxd2 15. Nxd2 Rb8 16.
Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 g5 18. Bg3 O-O 19. Bxd7 Bxd7 20. f4 b5 21. fxg5 hxg5 22. cxb5
Bxb5 23. Rf5 Bd3 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Rxg5 Rb2 $19 {Katsiris,I-Argyroudis,S/
GRE-chT Poros/1998/}) 5... e6 (5... g6 $143 6. f3 Nf6 (6... Nd6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8.
e3 c4 9. Nh3 Na6 10. Be2 Nc7 11. Nf2 Qa5 12. e4 Ncb5 13. O-O Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bxc3
15. Bf4 Bxa1 16. Qxa1 O-O 17. e5 Nf5 18. g4 Ng7 19. d6 Ne6 20. Bh6 b5 21. f4
Bb7 22. f5 $40 {Kinsman,A-Berthelot,Y/Cannes op/1998/}) 7. e4 (7. Nh3 $5 Bg7 8.
e4 O-O 9. Be2 d6 10. Nf2 e6 11. c4 Na6 12. O-O exd5 13. cxd5 Qd8 14. Nc3 Nc7
15. a4 a6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Be3 Rb8 18. a5 b6 19. axb6 Rxb6 20. Qd2 Kh7 21. e5 $36
{Rabinovich,A-Roeder,M/Budapest FS06 GM/1998/}) 7... d6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. a4 a6 10.
a5 Qa7 11. Bc4 Nbd7 12. Nge2 O-O 13. O-O Ne5 14. b3 Nxc4 15. bxc4 Nd7 16. Bb2
Ne5 17. Na4 Nxc4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qd3 b5 20. axb6 Nxb6 21. Qc3+ Kg8 22. Nxb6
Qxb6 23. Rfb1 Qc7 24. h4 Bd7 25. h5 Rfb8 26. Nf4 Qd8 27. e5 $44 {Adams,
M-Shirov,A/Wijk aan Zee 5'/1998/}) 6. f3 Nf6 7. e4 $6 {A rare and rather
uninspired alternative.} ({Recently the main move has been the sacrificial} 7.
c4 $5 exd5 (7... d6 8. Nc3 exd5 9. cxd5 g6 10. e4 Bg7 11. Nge2 O-O 12. Ng3 Nbd7
13. Be2 a6 14. O-O c4+ 15. Kh1 Qc7 16. Be3 h5 17. Kg1 b5 18. Rc1 Nc5 19. b4
cxb3 20. axb3 h4 21. Nh1 Qa5 22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. e5 Nh5 24. f4 Nxf4 25. Rxf4 Bxe5
26. Qd2 Bxf4 27. Qxf4 Bf5 28. Qxh4 Qb4 $44 {Neiman,E-Van Wely,L/FRA-chT
Montpellier/1998/}) ({Very dangerous is accepting the pawn} 7... Qb4+ 8. Bd2 $1
Qxc4 9. e4 Qd4 10. Nc3 exd5 11. Nge2 Qe5 12. Bf4 Qe6 13. exd5 Qb6 14. Ng3 d6
15. Bb5+ Bd7 16. Qe2+ Kd8 17. O-O-O a6 18. Bd3 Be7 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 Nbd7
21. Rd3 Re8 22. Re3 Qc7 23. Bg5 c4 24. Re1 $16 {Thinnsen,J-Nakamura,H/US Open
Kona/1998/}) 8. cxd5 c4 9. e3 Bc5 10. Kf2 O-O 11. Bxc4 d6 12. Ne2 Re8 13. Qb3
Nbd7 14. Rd1 Re5 15. Rd3 Qc7 16. Bd2 Nb6 17. Ba5 Bf5 18. Rd4 Rae8 19. Na3 Rxe3
20. Bxb6 Qxb6 21. Qxb6 Bxb6 22. Rad1 R3e5 23. Kf1 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 a6 25. f4 Re4
26. g3 Bh3+ 27. Kg1 {0-1,Calton,B-Rajlich,V/North Bay op/1998/}) 7... exd5 $5
$146 (7... d6 8. Ne2 exd5 9. exd5 Be7 10. Nec3 O-O 11. Nd2 Qd8 12. Nc4 Na6 13.
Be2 Rb8 14. a4 Nc7 15. O-O b6 16. f4 Re8 17. Bf3 Ba6 18. b3 Nd7 19. Qd3 Bf6 20.
Bd2 Bxc4 21. Qxc4 a6 22. Qd3 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rae1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 b4 26. Ne2
Nb5 $11 {Vyzhmanavin,A-Kochiev,A/Leningrad White Knights/1984/}) 8. exd5 (8. e5
$2 Qe6 $17) 8... Bd6 $5 (8... d6 $11) 9. Nc3 O-O ({Certainly more consistent
was} 9... Be5 $5 $132 {/\} 10. Qe2 $6 O-O 11. Qxe5 Re8 $17) 10. Bc4 a6 11. a4
Qc7 12. Nge2 Re8 $2 {A serious strategical mistake, which costs Black the game.
He should have tried to unravel his << and thus finish his @.} ({This was the
last chance to play} 12... Be5 $142 $5 13. Bg5 d6 14. O-O h6 15. Bh4 Re8 $132)
13. Bg5 Be5 (13... Bg3+ 14. Kf1 $1 $18 {is just a cheap trick.}) (13... Bxh2
14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qd3 $40) 14. Bxf6 $1 $18 {Decisive. Black now has only a
choice of two evils.} gxf6 (14... Bxf6 15. d6 {[%csl Ra8,Rc8] @,ץc8,Ra8} Qc6
16. O-O (16. Qd5 $5 $18) 16... Be5 17. Ne4 $18) 15. Kf2 $1 {׻ With a busted
K-side and still undeveloped Q-side Black has only slim chances to survive an
attack.} d6 $8 {More or less forced, but now White will exchange the important
Be5.} 16. f4 {[%csl Ge5]} Bxc3 17. Nxc3 Nd7 (17... Bf5 18. g4 Bd7 19. Qf3 $18)
18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. Qh4 {[%cal Rc4d3] /\Bd3+-} Rg8 (19... Qd8 20. Bd3 Nf8 21. Rhe1
$18 (21. Ne4 $5 $18)) 20. Rhe1 Qd8 $8 21. Ne4 Qf8 (21... f5 22. Ng5 Rg7 23.
Nxf7+ $18) 22. Ra3 $1 {Even stronger than} (22. Nxf6 Nxf6 23. Qxf6+ Qg7 24.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. Re7 $18 {_|_}) 22... Rg6 ({It's easy to find tactical solutions
in such positions, e.g. after} 22... f5 23. Rh3 Rg7 (23... Qg7 24. Nxd6 $1
Qxg2+ 25. Ke3 Rg7 26. Rg3 $1 Rxg3+ 27. hxg3 {[%cal Re1h1] /\Rh1+-}) 24. Nxd6
Qxd6 25. Re8+ Nf8 26. Rd8 $18) 23. Rh3 Qg7 24. Rg3 (24. Nxd6 $142 Rxg2+ 25. Kf3
Ne5+ (25... Nf8 26. Re7 $18) 26. fxe5 Bxh3 27. Qxh3 Rxc2 28. e6 $18) 24... b5 (
24... f5 25. Nxd6 Qd4+ 26. Kf1 $18) (24... Qf8 25. Rh3 $1 Qg7 26. Nxd6 $18) 25.
Nxd6 {Now Black's position falls apart.} bxc4 26. Re8+ Nf8 27. Nxc8 f5 (27...
Rxg3 28. hxg3 (28. Qxg3 Qxg3+ 29. hxg3 Kg7 30. Nd6 Rxe8 31. Nxe8+ Kg6 32. Nd6
$18 {_|_}) 28... f5 29. c3 $18) 28. Rxg6 fxg6 29. Qd8 Kg8 (29... Qd4+ 30. Ke2
$18) 30. c3 Qh6 31. Ke3 $22 {[%cal Rc8e7] /\Ne7} Qxh2 (31... Kf7 32. Nd6+) 32.
Rxf8+ Kg7 33. Rg8+ (33. Rg8+ Kh6 (33... Kf7 34. Nd6#) 34. Qg5#) 1-0

[Event "Nikolaev zt"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 f5 (5... Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3
f5 8. e3 Qf6 9. Nh3 e5 10. Be2 d6 11. f4 Qh4+ 12. Kd2 Nd7 13. Kc2 Qe7 14. Qe1
Nf6 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Qg3 b5 $5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Rhf1 f4 19. exf4 e4 $44 {
Jansa,V-David,P/Ekorex Cup/1995/}) 6. c4 Bg7 7. Nc3 d6 8. e3 Nd7 9. Qd2 $5 $146
(9. Be2 Nf6 10. Bd3 e6 11. Nge2 Bd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rb1 Rae8 14. a3 Ng4 15. Nf4
Qd8 16. h3 Ne5 17. Be2 Ng6 18. Nh5 {1/2:1/2,Adams,M-Alterman,B/Etoiles/1994/})
(9. Nge2 Nf6 10. Ng3 h5 11. Bd3 e6 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. Nge2 O-O-O 14. Rb1 Ng4 15.
b4 cxb4 16. a3 Rdg8 17. axb4 Be5 18. c5 dxc5 19. bxc5 Qxc5 20. Qb3 Kd8 $1 $17 {
Gurevich,M-Alterman,B/Haifa/1995/}) 9... Qb4 $5 (9... Nf6 10. Bd3 (10. Rd1 Ne4
$1 11. Nxe4 fxe4 $36) 10... e6 $13) 10. Rc1 (10. Bd3 $2 Nb6 11. Nd1 $8 Qxd2+
12. Kxd2 e6 $40) 10... Nb6 11. b3 a5 12. Bd3 a4 13. Nge2 $1 axb3 14. axb3 Ra3 (
14... Qxb3 $2 15. Rb1 Nxc4 16. Rxb3 Nxd2 17. Kxd2 $18) 15. Bc2 Bd7 {/\Nc4} (
15... Nxc4 $2 16. bxc4 Bxc3 17. Nxc3 Rxc3 18. Ba4+ $1 Qxa4 19. Qxc3 $16) 16.
Nb1 $1 Qxd2+ (16... Ra2 $5 17. Qxb4 cxb4 18. Nd4 e6 $13) 17. Kxd2 Ra8 18. Nbc3
e6 19. Nf4 $13 {ק} Ke7 (19... e5 $6 20. Nh5 Rg8 21. f4 $16) (19... Be5 $5) (
19... h5 $6 20. h4 {><h5}) 20. Ra1 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Ra8 22. Re1 $5 (22. Rxa8 Nxa8
{/\Nc7,b5|^^^}) 22... Ra3 {/\Nc4} 23. Kd3 (23. Nb1 Ra1 $15) 23... Be8 $6 (23...
Be5 $5 $10) 24. Nh5 Bh8 (24... Bxc3 25. Kxc3 exd5 26. cxd5 Nxd5+ 27. Kb2 {
/\Bf5+/=}) 25. e4 fxe4+ 26. Rxe4 Be5 (26... Nd7 $142 $5 {/\Ne5,f5-+} 27. f4 (
27. dxe6 fxe6 $15) 27... Nf6 28. Nxf6 Bxf6 29. g4 h6 30. dxe6 fxe6 31. Nd5+ Kf7
32. Nxf6 Kxf6 33. Re2 b5 34. h4 $13) 27. f4 $1 f5 28. Re1 Bxc3 $8 (28... Bxh5
29. fxe5 exd5 30. exd6+ $16) 29. Rxe6+ Kf8 30. Rxe8+ Kxe8 31. Kxc3 $44 Kf7 32.
Ng3 (32. Kb2 $5 Ra8 33. Bxf5 {/\Be6,g4|^}) 32... Ra1 33. Bxf5 $5 (33. Nxf5 Nc8
34. g3 (34. g4 $2 Rf1) 34... Rh1 $13) 33... Rg1 34. Ne4 Rxg2 $2 (34... Ke7 $142
$5 35. g3 h6 $14) 35. Nxd6+ Kf6 36. Bxh7 Rxh2 37. Bd3 (37. Bf5 $1 {פb6} Rh4 (
37... Na8 38. Be6 b6 39. Ne4+ Ke7 40. f5 {/\d6,Bd5+-}) 38. Be6 Rxf4 39. Nxb7 {
/\Nc5+-}) 37... Nd7 $1 38. Nxb7 Rf2 39. f5 Rf3 40. Kd2 $138 (40. Kd2 Ke5 41.
Nd8 $5 Kf6 42. Ne6 $14) 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 {The Trompovsky/Torre sortie is a regular in Andreikin's
repertoire and it has brought him quite a few important points:} (2. Nf3 e6 3.
Bg5 c5 (3... d5 4. Nbd2 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. c3 Qb6 8. Rb1 Be7 9. Bd3 Nh5
10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. O-O Nf6 12. Ne5 O-O 13. f4 Ne8 14. Qh5 f6 15. Ng6 Nxg6 16.
Bxg6 Bd7 17. g4 cxd4 18. exd4 Qd8 19. Nf3 Qc7 20. Nh4 Bb5 21. Rfe1 Bd7 22. f5
e5 23. dxe5 fxe5 24. g5 $40 {Andreikin,D (2716)-Karjakin,S (2772)/WCup Tromso
rpd/2013/ For more details see the notes by Andreikin in CBM 156.}) 4. e3 cxd4
5. exd4 Be7 6. Bd3 b6 7. Nbd2 Bb7 8. c3 d6 9. Nf1 $5 Nbd7 10. Ng3 Qc7 11. Qe2
h6 12. Bd2 O-O 13. O-O Rfe8 14. Rae1 Bf8 15. Qd1 e5 16. Nh4 exd4 17. cxd4 a6
18. Nhf5 Qc6 19. f3 d5 20. Bf4 b5 21. Qd2 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Rc1 Qb6 {
Andreikin,D (2710)-Tkachiev,V (2637)/EU-chT Warsaw/2013/} 24. Bc7 Qe6 25. Ba5
$1 $36 {[%cal Ya5b4] For more details see the notes by Andreikin in CBM 158.})
2... Ne4 (2... g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. c4 ({Subsequently Aronian went for this line
in the World blitz in Dubai, but his opponents preferred the less challenging} 
4. e3 d5 $11) 4... Bb4+ 5. Nd2 c5 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 cxd4 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Nxd4
Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5+ 11. b4 Qe5 12. O-O-O a5 13. b5 d6 14. Qxe5+ dxe5 15. g3 Be6
16. Bg2 Bxc4 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Bc6+ Kf8 19. a4 Bb3 20. Kb2 Bxa4 $2 (20... Bxd1
21. Rxd1 Ke7 22. Rd7+ $44 {is enough for a draw, but probably not more}) 21.
Rd5 Ke7 22. Ka3 Bc2 23. Rd7+ Kf8 {Andreikin,D (2709)-Aronian,L (2830)/
Khanty-Mansiysk Candidates/2014/} 24. Rc1 $1 $18 {For more details see the
notes by Andreikin in CBM 160.}) ({After} 2... e6 {Andreikin usually postpones
the development of the Ng1, which sometimes gives him the option to adopt a
Stonewall setup with White:} 3. e3 (3. Nd2 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e3 Be7 (5... d5 6.
c3 Bd6 7. Ngf3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. e4 cxd4 11. cxd4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Rb8
13. Bc6 Bb7 14. Rc1 b5 15. d5 $5 exd5 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nd4 Rfc8
19. Qf3 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Rd1 Bf8 22. Nf1 Qe8 23. Qg4+ Kh8 24. Ne3 $44 {
Andreikin,D (2688)-Kovchan,A (2565)/Moscow/2012/}) 6. c3 b6 7. Ngf3 Ba6 $6 (
7... O-O $142 8. Bd3 Ba6) (7... Bb7 $5) 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Ne4 cxd4
11. Nxf6+ $6 (11. exd4 $14) (11. cxd4 $5) 11... Qxf6 12. cxd4 Qe7 13. O-O O-O
14. Qa4 Nc7 15. Rac1 Nd5 16. Ne5 d6 17. Nd3 Rfc8 18. h3 Qb7 19. Qa3 Qd7 20. Qa6
f5 (20... Ne7 $1 $11 {[%cal Yc8c1,Ya8c8]}) 21. Rfe1 Kf7 22. Nf4 Nb4 23. Qe2
Nxa2 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. e4 $44 {|^, Andreikin,D (2716)-Svidler,P (2746)/WCup
Tromso rpd/2013/ For more details see the notes by Ramirez in CBM 156.}) 3...
d5 4. Nd2 Be7 5. c3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8. Qe2 Bb7 9. f4 $1 Ne4 10. Bxe7
Qxe7 11. Ngf3 Nd7 12. g4 c5 13. Rg1 cxd4 14. exd4 Nxd2 15. Kxd2 Nf6 16. g5 Ne4+
17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Ne5 hxg5 19. fxg5 g6 20. Raf1 $16 {Andreikin,D (2713)
-Moiseenko,A (2711)/Khanty-Mansiysk WCh blitz/2013/}) ({Another solid
continuation is} 2... d5 3. e3 (3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 c6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Bd6 7.
Nc3 O-O 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. a3 f5 10. O-O Qe7 11. Qc2 Nf6 12. Rae1 g6 13. g3 Bd7 14.
e4 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 Qf6 17. Re3 Rae8 18. Qc3 Rxe3 19. fxe3 Bh3 20.
Rf2 Qe7 21. Ne5 Be6 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. Nf3 Re8 $15 {Andreikin,D (2727)-Almasi,Z
(2689)/Havana/2013/}) 3... c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 e6 6. c4 (6. Nf3 Nd7 7. c4
dxc4 8. c6 Nb6 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 bxc6 11. Qc2 Bg7 12. Bd3 f5 13. e4 Qf6 14.
Rc1 O-O 15. O-O c5 16. Rfe1 Rd8 17. a4 c4 18. Bf1 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Qf5 (19... Qg6
20. a5 Nd5 21. Bxc4 Bb7 $44) 20. Nd4 $1 Bxd4 21. cxd4 Bb7 22. Nc5 Qxc2 23. Rxc2
Bc6 24. a5 Rxd4 25. axb6 axb6 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Bxc4 $11 {/+/=, Carlsen,M 
(2864)-Kramnik,V (2803)/Moscow/2013/ See the notes to this game in CBM 155 by
Sumets.}) 6... dxc4 7. Nd2 $5 c3 8. bxc3 Bxc5 (8... Nd7 $5 9. c6 bxc6 $13 {
[%cal Yf8g7,Yf6f5] can transpose to a similar position to that in
Carlsen-Kramnik.}) 9. Qg4 Nd7 10. Bb5 f5 11. Qg3 Qf6 12. Rb1 Ke7 (12... Kf8 $5
{/\} 13. Bxd7 Bxd7 14. Rxb7 Rd8 $44) 13. Ne2 Bd6 14. f4 Nc5 15. Nd4 a6 16. Be2
Bd7 17. Qf3 b5 18. O-O Rab8 19. e4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. Qxe4 Rhc8 22. Qd3 Rc7
23. Rbd1 Bc5 24. Kh1 $13 Rbc8 $2 25. f5 e5 26. Ne6 $1 Ra7 {Andreikin,D (2706)
-Goganov,A (2575)/RUS-ch Nizhny Novgorod/2013/} 27. Qg3 $40 {[%csl Re7][%cal
Yd1d5,Ye6g5,Yg5e4]}) 3. Bf4 d5 {Dominguez had a nightmare tournament in Baku,
so he quite understandably chooses the more restrained option.} ({The sharper
alternative is} 3... c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 Qb6 7. Bc1 (7. e4 $5 Qxb2 8.
Nd2 Qxc3 9. Bc7 d6 10. Rb1 Nfd7 11. Bb5 g6 12. Ne2 Qf6 $13 {is for the more
adventurous types.}) 7... e6 8. e4 (8. c4 {lost its appeal mainly due to} Qb4+
$5 9. Nc3 Qxc4 10. e4 Qb4 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Bc4 d6 13. Nge2 Be7 14. a4 e5 15. g4
h5 16. g5 Nh7 17. Rg1 Nd7 18. Be3 Qd8 19. Qd2 O-O 20. h4 g6 21. Nc1 f6 22. gxf6
Rxf6 23. Qg2 Ndf8 24. Nd3 Rf7 $15 {Agdestein,S (2590)-Bacrot,E (2613)/
Bundesliga/2001/ For more detail see the notes to this game in CBM 082 by
Tsesarsky.}) 8... exd5 9. exd5 {Although objectively this position is probably
OK for Black, in practice his results are rather dismal. Possibly now the best
is} Bd6 $5 (9... d6 10. c4 g6 11. Qe2+ Kd8 12. Qc2 Bg7 13. Bd3 Na6 14. a3 Re8+
15. Ne2 Ke7 16. O-O (16. Nbc3 Kf8 17. O-O Nb4 18. axb4 cxb4+ 19. Kh1 bxc3 20.
Nxc3 Nd7 21. Bd2 Nc5 22. Nb5 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 {[%csl Rd6] Movsesian,S (2637)
-Kotronias,V (2572)/Moscow/2007/} Bxb2 $5 24. Ra2 Bf5 25. Qb3 Bf6 $132) 16...
Kf8 17. Kh1 Qd8 18. Nbc3 Nc7 19. Ng3 Kg8 20. Bf4 b5 21. Rad1 bxc4 22. Bxc4 Rb8
23. b3 a6 24. a4 h6 25. Qc1 g5 26. Bd2 $14 {Girish,A (2342)-Akash,G (2213)/New
Delhi/2010/}) (9... Be7 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 (11. Bd3 Nh5 $5 12. Ne2 f5 13. f4 d6
14. O-O {1/2, Pisk,P (2408)-Oral,T (2528)/CZE-chT/2014/} Bf6 $132) 11... d6
$142 (11... Ne8 12. Bd3 Bh4+ 13. g3 Bf6 14. Nge2 d6 15. Qc2 Kh8 16. Bd2 Na6 17.
a3 Nac7 18. Kf2 Bd7 19. h4 {()} Bd4+ $2 20. Kg2 f5 21. Nxd4 cxd4 22. Ne2 Rc8
23. Qb1 Nf6 24. b4 Rce8 25. Re1 $16 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Yb1b2,Ya3a5] Andreikin,D 
(2705)-Greenfeld,A (2573)/EUCup Rogaska Slatina/2011/}) 12. Bd3 Na6 (12... Ne8
13. Nge2 Nd7 14. b3 Ne5 15. Bc2 Bh4+ 16. g3 Bf6 17. O-O Bh3 18. Rf2 Bd7 19. Bf4
g6 20. h4 Bg7 21. h5 f5 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Qd2 Qd8 24. Kg2 $14 {/<=>,Barsov,A 
(2517)-Grigore,G (2534)/Sitges/2007/}) 13. Nge2 Nd7 14. O-O Ne5 15. b3 Bd7 16.
Bc2 Rae8 17. a3 f5 18. Kh1 Bf6 19. Ng3 g6 20. Rb1 Bg7 21. h3 Qd8 22. Bd2 Nc7
23. a4 Qh4 24. Nge2 Nf7 $11 {Kruse,H (2466)-Goncharov,I (2412)/email/2003/})
10. Na3 O-O 11. Bd3 (11. Nc4 Re8+ 12. Kf2 Qc7 13. Nh3 h6 14. a4 b6 15. Bd3 Ba6
16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. c4 Qe5 18. Re1 Qxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Rxe1 20. Kxe1 Nxd5 21. Bd2 Ne7
22. a5 Nbc6 23. axb6 axb6 $15 {Predojevic,B (2641)-Dyachkov,S (2559)/Moscow/
2008/}) 11... Re8+ 12. Ne2 Bf8 13. Nc4 Qd8 14. Ne3 d6 15. O-O g6 16. a4 Bh6 17.
Nc4 Bxc1 18. Rxc1 b6 19. Ng3 Bb7 20. Ne4 {Ivanisevic,I (2595)-Kotronias,V 
(2612)/Kavala/2007/} Bxd5 21. Nexd6 Re6 $11) 4. e3 c5 (4... Bf5 5. g4 ({
A solid move is} 5. Nd2 {, or}) (5. Bd3) 5... e5 $5 6. Bxe5 Qh4 7. Qf3 Bxg4 8.
Qg2 Nd7 9. Bg3 Qe7 10. c3 c6 11. Nd2 Nxg3 12. Qxg3 Bf5 13. Bh3 Bxh3 14. Nxh3 g6
15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. Kb1 Nf6 17. Ng5 h6 18. Ngf3 Qe6 19. Qe5 Bd6 20. Qxe6+ fxe6
21. Rdg1 g5 22. Kc2 Rdf8 23. Kd1 Rf7 24. Ke2 Rhf8 25. Rg2 b6 $15 {Vachier
Lagrave,M (2766)-Harikrishna,P (2726)/Biel/2014/ The short opening skirmish
lead to a sedate endgame, in which Black is slightly better.}) 5. Bd3 Nf6 {
This retreat has currently become Black's most popular alternative.} (5... Nc6
{is downright dangerous due to the direct} 6. Bxe4 $5 dxe4 7. d5 e5 (7... Nb4
8. Nc3 e6 9. d6 Qa5 (9... g5 $2 10. Be5 f6 11. Qh5+ Kd7 12. Qf7+ Kc6 13. Bxf6
Nxc2+ 14. Kd2 Qxd6+ 15. Kxc2 Qd3+ 16. Kc1 Qf1+ 17. Nd1 Qc4+ 18. Bc3 $18 {
Nakamura,H (2775)-Polgar,J (2685)/Dubai blitz/2014/}) (9... Nc6 10. Nge2 $5 (
10. Nxe4 e5 11. Bg5 Qa5+ (11... Qd7 $5 12. Nxc5 Qxd6 $44) 12. c3 Be6 13. Nf3 f6
14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nxf6+ Kf7 16. Ne4 h6 17. Nh4 Bg7 18. Qh5+ Kf8 {Stohl,I (2543)
-Kreisl,R (2322)/Austria/2008/} 19. O-O $18 {[%cal Rf2f4]}) 10... f5 $2 (10...
e5 $5 11. Nb5 exf4 12. Nc7+ Kd7 13. Qd5 Bxd6 14. Nb5 Ke7 15. O-O-O Be6 16. Qh5
$36) 11. Nb5 Kf7 12. Nc7 Rb8 13. g4 fxg4 14. Ng3 Nb4 15. a3 Nd5 16. Nxe4 Nxf4
17. exf4 Kg8 18. Qxg4 h5 19. Qg3 b5 20. Rg1 Rh6 21. O-O-O $18 {Ivanchuk,V 
(2739)-Jobava,B (2637)/Havana/2005/ See the notes to this game by Postny in
CBM 107.}) 10. Nge2 Bd7 11. O-O f5 12. a3 Nc6 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 Qb6 {
Hodgson,J (2615)-Tseitlin,M (2545)/Ischia/1996/} 15. Qd2 $1 Nxb4 16. Rfb1 a5
17. Nxe4 $16) 8. Bg3 Ne7 9. Nc3 f6 10. Qh5+ (10. Qd2 Bf5 11. f3 Nc8 12. f4 exf4
13. Bxf4 Nd6 14. Nge2 Nc4 15. Qc1 Bd6 16. O-O Bg6 17. Ng3 Qe7 18. b3 Be5 19.
Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Ncxe4 Nb6 21. Nxc5 Nxd5 22. Nd3 Bxd3 23. cxd3 O-O {Nakamura,H 
(2786)-Polgar,J (2693)/London rpd/2013/} 24. Nf5 g6 25. e4 $14) 10... Ng6 11.
O-O-O Qa5 (11... Qd7 12. Nxe4 Qf5 13. Qxf5 Bxf5 14. Nd2 b5 15. e4 Bd7 16. c4
$14 {Laznicka,V (2678)-Huzman,A (2591)/EUCup Eilat/2012/}) 12. f4 (12. Kb1 $5
$36) 12... exf3 13. Nxf3 Qc7 14. Nb5 Qd7 15. Nh4 Qg4 16. Nc7+ Kf7 17. Qxg4 Bxg4
18. Nxa8 Bxd1 19. Rxd1 Nxh4 20. Bxh4 Bd6 21. e4 Rxa8 $11 {Berg,K (2418)-Navara,
D (2531)/Morso/2002/}) ({If Black doesn't want to retreat with his knight, he
does better to flick in} 5... cxd4 6. exd4 (6. Bxe4 dxe4 7. Qxd4 (7. exd4 Nc6
8. Ne2 {- 6.exd4} (8. d5 e5 9. Bg3 Qa5+ $5 10. Nc3 Ba3 11. Qc1 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3
Bxc1 13. Rxc1 Ne7 14. Bxe5 f6 $15)) 7... Qxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. c3 b6 (9... f5 $1
$13) 10. Nd2 Bb7 11. Ne2 O-O-O 12. Ng3 h6 13. h4 g6 14. Ndxe4 Bg7 15. O-O-O f5
16. Nd2 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Nf3 $14 {/<=>, Lputian,S (2598)
-Rytshagov,M (2529)/Istanbul olm/2000/}) 6... Nc6 (6... Qb6 $5 7. Bxe4 (7. Nc3
$142 $5 $13) 7... dxe4 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Nge2 (9. Qd2 Qxd4 10. Nb5 Qxd2+ 11. Bxd2
Rb8 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Ne2 Rc8 14. Be3 a6 15. Nbc3 f5 16. Nd5 e5 17. Rd2 Be6 18.
Rhd1 Kf7 19. Kb1 b5 20. g3 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Be7 22. Bb6 Ke6 $17 {Stefanova,A 
(2491)-Mamedyarov,S (2657)/Wijk aan Zee/2005/}) (9. d5 e5 $1 10. Be3 Qxb2 11.
Nge2 Nb4 12. O-O Qxc2 13. Nb5 Bg4 14. Qxc2 Nxc2 15. Nc7+ Kd7 16. Nxa8 Bxe2 $17
{Martin Rueda,D (2290)-Rojo Huerta,G (2356)/Madrid/2012/}) 9... Bg4 10. O-O Rd8
11. Qe1 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nxd4 13. Qxe4 Qc6 14. Qe5 f6 15. Qh5+ g6 16. Qh3 e5 17.
Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Nf5 19. Qh3 O-O 20. Rad1 Nd4 21. Qe3 {Schneider,I (2511)
-Arnaudov,G (2442)/Austria/2014/} Nxc2 $17) 7. Bxe4 (7. c3 Bf5 8. Qe2 e6 9. Nd2
Nd6 10. Ngf3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nf5 12. g4 Nfe7 13. h4 Ng6 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. h5 Nf4
16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. Rg1 h6 18. O-O-O Be7 19. Kb1 O-O-O 20. Qe3 Bd6 21. Nb3 {
Timman,J (2635)-Van Wely,L (2605)/Breda m/1998/} Qf6 $11 {/\} 22. Nc1 Bf4) 7...
dxe4 8. Ne2 e5 $5 9. dxe5 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 g5 11. Bxg5 (11. Be3 Nxe5 12. Nbc3 f5
13. Nb5 Kd7 14. Bxg5 Rg8 15. Bf4 Ng6 16. Bg3 f4 17. Nxf4 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 Kc6 19.
Nd4+ Kd5 20. Be3 Rxg2 21. Kd2 Bd6 22. Rag1 Bh3 $132 {Godart,F (2359)-Fier,A 
(2595)/Cappelle/2014/}) 11... Rg8 12. h4 h6 13. Bf6 Rxg2 14. Ke1 {Caruana,F 
(2791)-Michalik,P (2557)/Dubai blitz/2014/} Bc5 15. Nbc3 e3 $132) 6. Nc3 $5 {
A very unusual move, which leads the game into uncharted waters - apart from
Chigorin, in d4 openings players are mostly reluctant to develop their knights
in front of the c-pawn!} (6. c3 Nc6 7. Nd2 Bg4 8. Ngf3 e6 9. O-O (9. Qa4 Nd7
10. O-O Be7 11. Ne5 (11. h3 Bh5 12. Rae1 O-O 13. Qc2 f5 14. Bh2 c4 15. Be2 Bg6
16. Kh1 b5 17. Ng1 b4 18. Bf3 Rc8 19. Ne2 Qa5 20. Nf4 Bf7 21. g4 bxc3 22. bxc3
g5 23. Ne2 Bg6 $36 {Laznicka,V (2679)-Greenfeld,A (2538)/Beer Sheva rpd/2013/})
(11. Qc2 c4 12. Be2 Bf5 13. e4 Bg6 14. b3 b5 15. bxc4 bxc4 16. Qa4 Rc8 17. Ne5
Ndxe5 18. Bxe5 O-O 19. Bg3 f5 20. exf5 exf5 21. Bf4 Be8 22. Qc2 Bf6 23. Nf3 g5
$1 {(), Grachev,B (2675)-Givon,A (2449)/EUR-ch Jerewan/2014/}) 11... Ndxe5 12.
Bxe5 O-O 13. Bg3 Bh5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Qc2 Bg6 16. Nb3 Bb6 17. Rad1 Bxd3 18.
Qxd3 Qe7 19. e4 Rad8 (19... dxe4 20. Qxe4 Rad8 $11) 20. e5 f5 21. exf6 Qxf6 22.
Kh1 e5 23. f3 Kh8 24. Qb5 Qf7 $11 {Bartel,M (2641)-Radjabov,T (2724)/Dubai
blitz/2014/}) 9... Be7 (9... Bd6 10. Qb3 $5 Rb8 11. dxc5 $14) 10. Qb1 Bh5 (
10... Nh5 $5 11. Ne5 $13) 11. Ne5 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Nf3 Nh5 14. Be5 Bd6 15.
Bb5 O-O 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qc2 Be7 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. c4 Rc8 20. Rac1 Nf6 21.
Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qa4 Qb6 23. Rc2 Be7 24. Rfc1 c5 25. cxd5 exd5 26. e4 Rfd8 27.
exd5 Rxd5 {Wells,P (2515)-Sutovsky,E (2575)/Oxford/1998/} 28. Re2 $11 {For
more details see the notes to this game by Wells in CBM 069.}) (6. Nf3 Nc6 {
is likely to transpose into the previous line after} 7. O-O Bg4 8. c3 e6 9.
Nbd2) ({The most principled continuation is} 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bb5 $5 (7. Nf3 e6
8. O-O Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. a3 Be7 11. h3 b6 12. e4 Bb7 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Qe2
dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. c3 Qd5 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Be4 Qxe4 20. Qxe4
Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Rfd8 22. Re2 Be7 23. Kf1 g5 24. Be3 f5 25. Bd4 Kf7 26. Rae1 Rc6
$11 {Tu,H (2506)-Gupta,A (2570)/Subic Bay/2009/}) {Here Black must play very
accurately, probably the best is} 7... Bd7 $5 (7... e6 8. b4 (8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9.
b4 a5 10. c3 Ne4 (10... Ba6 $5 $44) 11. f3 Nxc3 $2 (11... Nf6 $132) 12. Nxc3
axb4 13. Na4 Ba6 14. Nb6 Ra7 15. Qd4 f6 16. Qxb4 e5 17. Bg3 Bb5 18. Kf2 Ra6 19.
Qc3 d4 20. exd4 exd4 21. Re1+ Kf7 22. Qb3+ Kg6 23. a4 $18 {McShane,L (2649)
-Sutovsky,E (2646)/Pamplona/2003/ See the notes to this game in CBM 099 by
Finkel.}) 8... a5 9. c3 Bd7 10. Qb3 {and it's not simple to get the pawn back,
or prove compensation:} axb4 (10... axb4 11. cxb4 d4 12. Nf3 Nd5 13. Bxc6 Bxc6
14. O-O $14) 11. cxb4 Ne4 12. Nc3 Qf6 13. Nge2 Nxf2 14. O-O Ng4 15. h3 Nge5 16.
Na4 Nc4 17. e4 Nd4 18. Bxd7+ Kxd7 19. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 20. Kh1 Qxe4 21. Rae1 Qg6 22.
Rc1 Ke8 23. Rxc4 dxc4 24. Qxc4 $40 {Winants,L (2501)-Carlsen,M (2385)/ECC
Rethymnon/2003/} {/\} Be7 25. c6 $18) 8. Nc3 (8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Nf3 (9. b4 a5 10.
c3 d4 $1) 9... Qa5+ 10. Nbd2 Qxc5 11. O-O e6 12. Ne5 Be7 13. a4 O-O 14. Nb3 Qb6
15. a5 Qa6 16. Bg5 Bb5 17. Re1 Qd6 18. Nd4 Ba6 19. Nd3 Rac8 20. h3 Ne4 21. Bf4
Qd8 22. f3 Nf6 23. Qd2 Re8 24. Bh2 Bf8 $15 {Duquesnoy,J (2242)-Sakaev,K (2649)/
Montpellier/2006/}) 8... e6 9. Nf3 (9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Qd4 (10. Nf3 Bxc5 11. O-O
O-O 12. Ne5 Qb6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Ne2 Rfe8 15. Be5 Ne4 16. Ng3 Nxg3 17. Bxg3 e5
18. c3 Rad8 19. Qb3 d4 $15 {Mensch,E (2330)-Pham,M (2424)/Belfort/2004/}) 10...
Qa5 $1 (10... a5 $6 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. Bd6 Qf6 13. Bxf8 (13. O-O-O Qxd4 14. exd4
Bxd6 15. cxd6 f6 16. Rhe1 Kf7 17. h4 Rhe8 18. Nd2 Nb6 19. Nb3 Nc4 $11 {
Skembris,S (2439)-Golod,V (2544)/Zuerich/2003/}) 13... Kxf8 14. O-O-O $14) 11.
b4 Qa3 {[%cal Ra7a5]} 12. Bd6 Bxd6 13. cxd6 a5 14. b5 Bd7 15. Qe5 (15. e4 Qb4
$1) 15... O-O $32 {[%cal Yf8c8,Yf6e8] |^}) 9... Bxc5 10. a3 Be7 (10... O-O $11)
11. h3 Rc8 12. Bd3 a6 13. O-O O-O 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 {
Miladinovic,I (2558)-Abramovic,B (2427)/Paracin/2013/} f5 17. Bd3 Bf6 $132)
6... a6 $146 {[%mdl 8] A novelty, Black prevents Nb5.} (6... e6 7. Nf3 (7. Nb5
$5 Na6 8. c3 $14) 7... c4 8. Be2 Bb4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Ne4 11. Qe1 Nc6 12.
Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 f6 14. f3 Nd6 15. Bf4 O-O 16. Qb1 a5 17. a4 Ra6 18. Qb2 Rc6
19. Rfe1 Re8 20. Bf1 e5 21. dxe5 fxe5 $15 {Sargissian,G (2515)-Najer,E (2599)/
Moscow/2002/}) (6... g6 7. Nb5 Na6 8. dxc5 Bg7 9. c3 O-O 10. b4 Nh5 11. Ne2 Bd7
12. a4 e5 13. Bg3 b6 14. cxb6 axb6 $44 15. O-O e4 16. Bb1 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Nxb4
$15 {Bosiocic,M (2542)-Sadilek,P (2277)/AUT-chT/2014/}) (6... Bg4 $5 7. f3 Bd7
8. Nb5 Bxb5 9. Bxb5+ Nbd7 $11) 7. h3 {Rather soft.} (7. dxc5 $5 {again
deserves attention:} Nc6 (7... e6 8. Na4 Nbd7 9. b4) 8. Na4 (8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Be2
(9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 e6 $11 (10... e5 11. Bg5 e4 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Bxe4 dxe4
14. Nxe4 $36)) 9... e6 10. Na4 Nd7 $11) 8... e5 9. Bg5 Bxc5 10. Nxc5 Qa5+ 11.
c3 Qxc5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Ne2 Be6 14. O-O O-O-O 15. b4 $14) 7... Nc6 8. Nf3 e6
9. O-O c4 $1 10. Be2 b5 {Black closes the centre, which enables him to catch
up with his development.} 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Bf3 Bb4 ({Simpler was} 12... Be7 $142
$11) 13. a4 Qb6 (13... Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bc6 15. e4 Bxc3 $5 (15... dxe4 16. Bxf6
gxf6 17. Nxe4 $36) 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. bxc3 O-O $11) 14. axb5 (14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15.
Be5 O-O $5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 $132) 14... axb5 15. Rxa8+ Bxa8 16. Bg5 $6 {Begins a
daring, but objectively unsound concept.} (16. Ne2 O-O 17. c3 Be7 $11) (16. Qe2
O-O 17. Ra1 Bb7 $11) 16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. Nxd5 $6 {[%mdl 512] Dubious,
but consistent.} ({White didn't play his 16th move in order to proceed with} 
18. Bf4 O-O $15 {[%csl Re5]}) 18... exd5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Nb8 $1 {
The best defence. Black prepares castling, retaining the extra knight and
planning to reactivate it via c6 or a6.} 21. e4 (21. Bd8 Qc6 22. Rd1 O-O $17)
21... Bc5 22. Kh1 O-O (22... h6 $5 23. Bh4 O-O $17 (23... Be7 $5 $17) (23... g5
24. Bg3 O-O $17)) 23. f4 Na6 {Even here Black has more than one way to retain
an advantage:} (23... Nc6 24. c3 (24. f5 Nb4 25. Qd2 Re8 (25... Qc6 26. f6 Qxe4
27. fxg7 Ra8 $17) 26. e6 fxe6 27. f6 Rf8 $17) 24... h6 25. Bh4 Ne7 $1 $17) 24.
c3 (24. f5 Nb4 {-23...Nc6}) 24... Nc7 (24... Re8 25. Rd1 (25. f5 h6 26. Bh4 Nc7
27. Qd7 Rxe5 28. Bg3 Re7 29. Qd8+ Ne8 $19) 25... Bf8 {[%cal Ya6c5,Yc5d3] /\}
26. f5 Nc5 27. Be3 Qc7 $19) 25. Qd7 Ne6 26. Bh4 Be3 (26... Rb8 27. f5 Nf8 28.
Qd1 (28. Qd5 Re8 $19) 28... h6 29. e6 fxe6 30. f6 g6 $17) 27. Be7 (27. f5 Ng5
$5 $19 {[%cal Rg5e4]} (27... Nc5 28. Qd5 Qa7 $5 $17 29. Kh2 h6 {/\} 30. e6 fxe6
31. fxe6 Rxf1 $1 32. e7+ Kh7 33. e8=Q Bg1+ 34. Kg3 (34. Kh1 Bf2+ 35. Kh2 Rh1+
$1 36. Kxh1 Qa1+) 34... Ne6 $1 $19)) 27... Nc5 $1 28. Qg4 (28. Qd5 Re8 29. f5 (
29. Bxc5 Bxc5 $19 (29... Qxc5 $19)) 29... Qb7 {and after the forced queen swap
Black should win.}) 28... Re8 29. Bf6 g6 30. f5 Qc6 {Until now Black has
defended well, this is the first step in the wrong direction.} (30... Qb7 $142
$1 31. e6 (31. Qg3 Bd2 $19 {[%cal Rc5e4]}) 31... Nxe4 32. Bh4 (32. exf7+ Qxf7
$19 {is the important difference between the queen moves}) 32... g5 $19 (32...
Qd5 $5)) 31. e6 $8 (31. Re1 Nxe4 $19 (31... Nd3 $19)) 31... Qxe4 (31... Nxe4
32. exf7+ Kxf7 33. fxg6+ hxg6 34. Bd4+ Nf2+ 35. Kg1 (35. Rxf2+ Bxf2 36. Qf4+
$15) 35... Kg8 36. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 37. Bxf2 $15 {/-/+ already poses Black technical
problems with his exposed king.}) 32. Qg3 $5 (32. exf7+ Kxf7 33. fxg6+ hxg6 34.
Bd4+ Kg8 35. Re1 Qxg4 36. hxg4 Nd3 37. Rxe3 Rxe3 38. Bxe3 Nxb2 $15 {/-/+ is a
one-sided endgame - Black practically has an extra pawn and only he can win.
Therefore Andreikin ups the stakes and proceeds with his risky attack.}) 32...
Qd3 $2 {Squanders the advantage.} (32... Nxe6 33. fxe6 Qxe6 $17) (32... fxe6 $5
33. fxg6 (33. Qc7 Qb7 34. Qe5 Ne4 35. fxg6 hxg6 36. Re1 Nf2+ 37. Kh2 Ba7 $19)
33... h6 $1 {[%cal Yc5d3,Ye8f8]} (33... hxg6 34. Qc7 Qb7 35. Qg3 Qf7 (35... Qe4
36. Qc7 $11) 36. Qxe3 Nd7 37. Qf3 $11) {and Black should gradually win:} 34.
Qc7 {fails to} Qxg6 $19) 33. exf7+ Kxf7 34. fxg6+ hxg6 (34... Qxg6 35. Bd4+ Kg8
$8 36. Qxg6+ hxg6 37. Re1 Nd3 38. Rxe3 Rxe3 39. Bxe3 Nxb2 $11) 35. Qf3 Qf5 (
35... Bc1 $5 36. Bd4+ (36. Qf2 Ne4 37. Qa7+ Ke6 38. Rxc1 Ng3+ $1 39. Kh2 Kxf6
$19) 36... Qxf3 37. Rxf3+ Ke6 38. Bxc5 Bxb2 $11 (38... Kd5 $5 39. Ba3 Re2 $44))
36. Bd4 $1 Ne4 (36... Bxd4 37. Qd5+ Kg7 38. Rxf5 Re1+ 39. Kh2 Bg1+ 40. Kg3 gxf5
41. Qxf5 $11 {and a draw is the most probable result - Black can hardly avoid
a perpetual with a fully exposed king.}) 37. g4 $1 {Regains the piece and
turns the tables, from now on White is the side playing for a win.} (37. Bxe3
$2 Ng3+ $17) 37... Qxf3+ $2 {Dominguez panics...} (37... Ng3+ 38. Kg2 Qxf3+ 39.
Rxf3+ Nf5 40. Bxe3 (40. gxf5 Bxd4 41. fxg6+ (41. cxd4 $2 Re2+ 42. Kg3 Rxb2 {
[%csl Gb5,Gc4]}) 41... Kxg6 42. cxd4 Re4 $11) 40... Rxe3 41. gxf5 Re2+ 42. Rf2
Re3 43. fxg6+ Kxg6 {should still be enough for a draw:} 44. Rd2 b4 45. cxb4 Rb3
46. Rc2 Rxb4 47. Kf3 Kf5 $44) 38. Rxf3+ Ke6 39. Rxe3 Kd5 40. Kg2 Ra8 ({A more
resilient try was} 40... g5 {, although White should probably win anyway after}
41. Rf3 Nd6 42. h4 $5 gxh4 43. Kh3 $16 {/+-}) 41. h4 b4 42. h5 gxh5 43. gxh5
Ra2 (43... Rg8+ 44. Kh2 Rg4 (44... Nf2 45. Rg3 $18) 45. h6 Ng5 46. Re7 $1 $18)
44. Kf3 $1 $18 Ng5+ 45. Kg3 (45. Kg4 Ne6 {is less convincing}) 45... Ne4+ (
45... Ne6 46. Rxe6 $1 Kxe6 47. h6 $18 {and Black loses, as he has no time to
take on b2.}) 46. Kf4 bxc3 47. Bxc3 $5 ({The text is even simpler than} 47.
bxc3 Rf2+ 48. Kg4 Rg2+ 49. Kh4 $18) 47... Nxc3 48. bxc3 Rh2 49. Kg4 {[%csl Gh5]
The passed pawn is unstoppable, as Black has no effective counterplay.} Kc5 (
49... Rg2+ 50. Rg3 Rh2 51. Rh3 Rg2+ 52. Kh4 $5 Ke6 53. h6 Kf7 ({A similar line
is} 53... Kf5 54. Rf3+ Kg6 55. Rg3+ Rxg3 56. Kxg3 Kxh6 57. Kf4 $18) 54. h7 Kg7
55. Rg3+ Rxg3 56. Kxg3 Kxh7 57. Kf4 $18) 50. Rh3 Rg2+ 51. Kh4 Kb5 52. h6 Rg8
53. h7 Rh8 54. Kg5 Ka4 55. Kg6 Kb3 56. Kg7 1-0

[Event "SVK-CRO"]
[Site "Piestany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tibensky, Robert"]
[Black "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 (2... Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. d5 Qb6 5. Bc1 (5. Nd2 Qxb2 6. Nxe4
Qb4+ 7. Qd2 Qxe4 8. e3 g5 (8... e6 9. Ne2 $5 exd5 10. Nc3 Qe6 11. Qxd5 Nc6 12.
Nb5 Qxd5 13. Nc7+ Kd8 14. Nxd5 d6 15. O-O-O Be6 16. Nc3 Rc8 17. Nb5 d5 18. Bc4
d4 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. exd4 cxd4 21. Rhe1 Bc5 22. Rxe6 $36 {Weindl,A-Forster,R/
Bern op/1996/}) 9. f3 Qf5 (9... Qg6 10. Be5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Qh6 12. Qc3 O-O 13. h4
f6 14. Bxb8 Rxb8 15. Qxc5 f5 16. Rb1 b6 17. Qc7 Rb7 18. Qg3 g4 19. Qf4 Qxf4 20.
exf4 Rc7 21. fxg4 fxg4 22. Ne2 d6 23. Kd2 Bb7 24. c4 Rc5 25. Rhc1 $13 {Weindl,
A-Manievich,V/Bern op/1996/}) 10. Bg3 Qf6 11. c3 Bg7 12. Rc1 d6 13. h4 h6 14.
Nh3 Bxh3 15. Rxh3 Nd7 16. Rh1 Rb8 17. a4 a6 18. c4 Nb6 19. Qc2 Qb2 20. Qxb2
Bxb2 21. Rb1 Nxa4 22. Kd2 Bf6 23. Kc2 Kd7 $19 {Weindl,A-Berthelot,Y/Cannes op/
1996/}) 5... d6 6. f3 Nf6 7. e4 g6 8. c4 Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Nge2 e6 11. Ng3
exd5 12. cxd5 Nbd7 13. Be2 h5 14. a4 a6 15. a5 Qc7 16. O-O Re8 17. Rf2 Rb8 18.
Nf1 Ne5 19. Ne3 $13 {Hodgson,Ju-Gallagher,Jo/Bern Rehhag cup (30')/1996/}) 3.
d5 Qb6 4. Nc3 h6 $5 (4... Qxb2 5. Bd2 Qb6 6. e4 e5 $1 (6... d6 7. f4 Bg4 (7...
e6 8. Rb1 Qd8 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Bc4 Nc6 12. Rxb7 Na5 13. Rxd7 Qxd7
14. Bb5 Nc6 15. e5 dxe5 16. Nf3 O-O-O 17. Qe2 Qc7 18. O-O Nd5 19. Rb1 Nb6 20.
Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Nxe5 Qc7 22. Nb5 Qb7 23. Ba5 $40 {Chepukaitis,G-Yemelin,V/St.
Petersburg op-Petrov/1996/}) 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Bxf3 11. gxf3 $1
Nxe5 12. Qe2 Nfd7 13. f4 Ng6 14. Rb1 Qf6 15. Rxb7 a6 16. h4 e6 17. dxe6 Qxe6
18. Qxe6+ fxe6 19. Bc4 Bd6 20. O-O O-O-O 21. Ra7 $16 {Chepukaitis,G-Bujakevich,
A/St.Petersburg op-Petrov/1996/}) 7. f4 d6 8. Rb1 Qd8 9. Nf3 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nh5
11. Bd2 g6 12. Bb5+ Nd7 13. e5 dxe5 14. Qe2 Bg7 15. g4 Nhf6 16. Qxe5+ Kf8 17.
Qd6+ Kg8 18. O-O a6 19. Be2 Nxg4 20. Bg5 Qe8 21. Rb3 h6 22. Bd2 Nge5 $17 {
Hermesmann,H-Andresen,S/BL 9394/1993/}) (4... d6 5. e4 Nbd7 6. Rb1 g6 7. Nf3
Bg7 8. Be2 h6 9. Bf4 $14 Nxe4 $2 10. Nxe4 Qb4+ 11. Nfd2 f5 12. c3 Qb6 13. Nc4
$18 {Brondum,E-Pilgaard,K/DEN-ch qual/1996/}) 5. Bc1 $146 (5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e4
a6 7. a4 d6 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. a5 g5 10. Be2 Bg7 11. O-O h5 12. Nd2 g4 13. Nc4 Qg6
14. Bd3 Ne5 15. Ra3 h4 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Rb3 Kd8 18. Kh1 c4 $1 19. Bxc4 g3 20.
Nxc8 h3 21. fxg3 hxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Nxc4 $19 {Henderson,J-Mackay,I/SCO-ch100/1993/}
) (5. Bd2 e5 6. Qc1 d6 7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. a4 Qd8 10. e4 b6 11. f4 exf4
12. gxf4 g5 13. e5 Nh5 14. e6 Ndf6 15. fxg5 hxg5 16. Nf3 fxe6 17. Nxg5 e5 18.
O-O Rg8 19. Kh1 a6 20. Ra3 Qc7 21. Qd1 Bd7 $13 {De Coverly,R-Kristensen,B/Isle
of Man op/1995/}) 5... d6 6. e4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O (8... Bg4 9. O-O (9.
Nd2 $5 $14) 9... Bxf3 10. Bxf3 O-O 11. a4 $14) 9. Nd2 $1 Qd8 10. a4 e5 $5 {
Black decides to transpose into a King's Indian type pawn-structure. However,
with the pawn on c2 White can use the c4-square for his N, which gives him
extra possibilities.} (10... e6 11. Nc4 exd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Bf4 Ne8 14. Qd2
$36) 11. Nc4 Ne8 12. O-O {Due to White's space advantage his attacking chances
against Black's K are more realistic.} Nd7 (12... f5 13. exf5 gxf5 (13... Bxf5
$6 14. Ne3 $16) 14. f4 e4 15. Be3 $36 {[%cal Yd1d2,Ya1b1,Yb2b4,Yg2g4] /\g4,Qd1,
Rab1,b4}) 13. f4 (13. g3 $142 $14 {()}) 13... exf4 14. Bxf4 Ne5 $1 (14... Qe7
15. Qd2 Kh7 16. Rf2 $14) 15. Qd2 (15. Nxe5 $6 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 (16. Bxh6 $2 Qh4
$19) 16... dxe5 {[%cal Re8d6] /\Nd6 would help Black-he acieves an ideal
blockade on the black squares, as the black-squared B are already exchanged.})
15... Kh7 (15... Nxc4 16. Bxc4 g5 $5 17. Bg3 f5 $132) 16. Kh1 (16. Nxe5 Bxe5 $5
(16... dxe5 17. Be3 b6 18. a5 $36) 17. Bxh6 Bxh2+ $1 18. Kxh2 Qh4+ 19. Kg1 Qxh6
20. Qxh6+ Kxh6 21. Bb5 Kg7 22. Bxe8 Rxe8 23. Rf4 Bd7 24. Raf1 f5 $5 $8 {<=>})
16... b6 17. Rf2 a6 18. Raf1 Qc7 $2 (18... Ng4 $6 19. Bxg4 Bxg4 20. e5 $16) (
18... Ra7 $142 $13 {The text move loses two whole tempi and enables White to
build up an attacking position.}) 19. Ne3 $1 Ra7 20. h3 Qd8 21. g4 {White has
to use his pawns, only with pieces he can't break Black's position.} Re7 (21...
Bf6 $2 {[%cal Rf6g5,Rg5h4] /\Bg5,Bh4} 22. Bxh6 $1 Kxh6 23. Rxf6 $1 $16 {/\}
Nxf6 24. Nf5+ $18) 22. h4 Nf6 (22... Nd7 $5 $14) 23. Rg1 Nfd7 $6 (23... Rh8
$142 {/\Kg8,Nfd7 With Black's strong hold on e5 it would still be very
difficult for White to break through. Now he has a nice tactical motive.}) 24.
g5 h5 25. Nf5 $1 {A typical sacrifice, breaking the protective pawn shield
around the black K. Black must accept, otherwise the d6P falls.} gxf5 $8 26.
exf5 Rh8 $2 (26... f6 $8 27. g6+ Kg8 28. Bxh5 {[%cal Rh5e2,Rh4h6] /\Be2,h5-h6}
Nc4 29. Qc1 Nde5 30. Bg3 $16) 27. f6 $40 Ree8 {Now White gets his piece back
and breaks through on the weak K-side.} (27... Nxf6 28. gxf6 Bxf6 29. Qd3+ $1
Ng6 30. Bxh5 $18) 28. fxg7 Kxg7 29. Rgf1 Ng4 (29... Re7 30. Ne4 Ng4 31. Nxd6 $1
Nxf2+ 32. Rxf2 $18 {[%cal Rd2c3,Rd6f5] /\Nf5,Qc3}) 30. Bxg4 hxg4 31. Bg3 $18
Re7 (31... Ne5 32. Bxe5+ dxe5 33. Rxf7+ Kg8 34. Qf2 Rh5 35. Ne4 Qxd5 36. Rf8+
$18) 32. Bxd6 Rxh4+ 33. Rh2 $1 Rxh2+ 34. Qxh2 Re3 35. Rxf7+ $1 (35. Rxf7+ Kxf7
36. Qh7+ Ke8 37. Qg6#) 1-0

[Event "Women-Veterans"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 (1... d6 2. g3 e5 (2... Nf6 3. Bg2 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6.
Nd2 c6 7. Ngf3 Nfd7 8. Ng5 Ke8 9. Nc4 Nb6 10. Na5 Na6 11. O-O f6 12. Ne4 Bb4
13. Bd2 Bxd2 14. Nxd2 Ke7 15. a3 Kd6 16. b4 Kc7 17. c4 Rd8 18. Ne4 $36 {
Bandza,A-Pribyl,M/Trnava op/1990/}) 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. c4 $6 {-A2} exd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6
6. Qd2 Be6 7. b3 d5 8. cxd5 Bb4 $1 9. Nc3 Nxd5 10. Bb2 Qf6 11. Bxd5 Bxd5 12.
Qe3+ Qe7 13. Qxe7+ Kxe7 14. f3 Be6 15. a3 Bxc3+ 16. Bxc3 f6 17. h4 Rhd8 18. h5
Nd4 $17 {Teske,H-Zagorskis,D/Berliner Sommer/1994/}) 2. g3 g6 (2... e5 $5 3. d5
(3. dxe5 $142 Ng4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bf4 Bc5 6. e3 Qe7 7. Nc3 Bb4 $132) 3... c6 4.
Nc3 Nxd5 5. Nxd5 cxd5 6. Qxd5 Nc6 7. Nf3 d6 8. c3 Be6 9. Qd1 Be7 10. Bg2 d5 11.
O-O O-O 12. Be3 h6 13. Ne1 d4 14. cxd4 exd4 15. Bd2 Bd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Nd3
Rad8 $15 {(),Li Manuel-Arencibia,W/CUB-ch Colon/1993/}) 3. Bg2 d6 (3... Bg7 4.
e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nbd7 7. O-O c6 8. a4 Qc7 9. h3 e5 10. Be3 Re8 11. f4
exd4 12. Bxd4 b6 13. g4 Ba6 14. Rf2 Rad8 15. g5 Nh5 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. Ng3 Bb7
18. h4 a6 19. Qd2 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Re1 Qb6 22. Nd1 d5 23. Ne3 dxe4 24. Ng4
e3 25. Rxe3 $36 {[%csl Rf6,Rh6] ><f6,h6,Hort,V-Polgar,J/Monaco Veterans-Women/
1994/ In this game Judit Polgar also carelessly weakens the black squares.}) 4.
Nc3 Na6 5. e4 c5 6. d5 (6. Nge2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bg7 8. O-O O-O $14 {-B7}) 6... Bg7
7. Bf4 (7. Nf3 O-O (7... Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nc7 10. a4 Nd7 11. O-O a6 12.
Be2 $14 {[%csl Gc1,Ge2,Yd4,Yd5,Ye4,Ye5] [+],^^}) 8. O-O e6 $5 $132) 7... O-O 8.
Nge2 Nc7 {[%cal Yb7b5] /\b5} 9. a4 b6 (9... a6 $6 10. a5 $14 {[%csl Rb6] ><b6})
10. Qd2 Re8 (10... Bb7 11. Bh6 $1 $14) 11. O-O Bb7 12. Bh6 Bh8 {[%cal Rf6g4] /
\Ng4} (12... e6 $6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. dxe6 Rxe6 15. Nf4 Re8 16. Rfe1 $16 {
[%csl Rd6,Rg7] עg7,Pd6}) 13. h3 Qd7 (13... a6 $142 $5 $132 {[%cal Yb6b5] /\b5}
) 14. Rad1 Rad8 {[%cal Re7e6] /\e6} 15. Bg5 a6 (15... e6 $2 16. Qf4 $36) 16. g4
$5 {White can't play passively, as Black has already prepared counterplay on
the Qside.} b5 17. Ng3 (17. axb5 $142 axb5 18. Ng3 $13) 17... Bg7 (17... b4 $1
18. Nce2 Qxa4 19. f4 c4 $15) 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bh6 b4 (19... Bh8 $1 $13) 20.
Nce2 (20. Bxg7 $5 Kxg7 (20... bxc3 $2 21. Qh6 cxb2 22. g5 $18 {[%csl Rf8,Rg7,
Rh8] ->׻}) 21. Nce2 $14 {[%cal Yf2f4,Yg4g5,Yh3h5] /\f4,g5,h4-h5|^}) 20... e6
$2 (20... Bh8 $132) 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. g5 Ng8 23. c4 bxc3 24. bxc3 exd5 25. exd5
Ba6 26. Rfe1 $1 $14 (26. c4 $6 Qa4 $1 (26... Bxc4 $4 27. Qc3+) 27. Qc3+ Kf8 28.
Rc1 Rb8 $36 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Rb8b4] /\Rb4,><c4}) 26... Bc4 27. Nf4 Re5 (27...
Rxe1+ $142 28. Rxe1 Re8 $14) 28. Rxe5 dxe5 29. Nd3 $1 Bxd5 $6 (29... Bxd3 $142
30. Qxd3 Qd6 31. c4 f5 $5 32. gxf6+ Nxf6 $16 {[%csl Gd5,Rc5,Re5] ><c5,e5,o^d5})
30. Nxe5 Qe8 31. f4 $18 {[%cal Gd2d8,Rc3c4] -><->d,/\c4+-} c4 $8 32. Nxc4 h5
33. Ne5 h4 34. Ne4 Qa4 35. Nf6 (35. c4 $5 Bxe4 36. Qxd8 Bxg2 37. Kxg2 $18)
35... Nxf6 36. gxf6+ Kh7 $8 (36... Kxf6 37. c4 Bxg2 38. Qxd8+ $18) 37. c4 Bf3
$1 $8 38. Qxd8 Qxd1+ 39. Qxd1 Bxd1 40. Nxf7 Bb3 (40... Ne8 41. Ng5+ {[%cal
Rf6f7] /\f7+-}) 41. Ne5 Ne6 42. Bd5 {[%csl Gf6] o^f6} (42. Bd5 Nxf4 43. f7 Kg7
44. Nd7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares zt"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Magem Badals, Jordi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Qd2 c6 (6... g6
7. f4 $5 Bg7 8. Nf3 a6 9. O-O-O Nd7 10. Bd3 g5 11. g3 b6 12. e5 Qe7 13. Rhe1 g4
14. Nh4 dxe5 15. Be4 Rb8 16. fxe5 Qg5 17. Re3 h5 18. Ng2 Bb7 19. Nf4 Bxe4 20.
Nxe4 Qe7 21. Rc3 $16 {Malmstig,E-Livner,A/Borlange SWE-chJ/1995/}) (6... g5 $5
7. h4 Bg7 8. hxg5 hxg5 9. Rxh8+ Bxh8 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. d5 Nb4 13.
Bc4 b5 14. e5 Qf4 15. Qxf4 gxf4 16. Nxb5 Bxb5 17. Bxb5+ Ke7 18. dxe6 fxe6 19.
exd6+ cxd6 20. c3 Nxa2+ 21. Kc2 Rc8 22. Ra1 Nb4+ 23. Kd2 $14 {Lputian,
S-Tukmakov,V/Tilburg 20'/1994/}) (6... Qd8 $6 7. O-O-O Be7 8. f4 Nd7 9. Nf3 O-O
10. Kb1 c5 11. d5 Nf6 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Rg1 Rb8 14. f5 Bd7 15. g4 Nh7 16. h4
Bxh4 17. Qxd6 Bf2 18. Rg2 Bd4 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Rxd4 Bc6 21. Qxd8 Rbxd8 22.
Rgd2 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 $16 {Kinsman,A-Pichler,J/2.BLW 9495/1994/}) (6... Nd7 7. f4
a6 8. Nf3 b5 9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Qd8 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Ne4 Be7 13. O-O-O c5 14.
dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Qe2 Qb6 17. Kb1 Rd8 18. Rhf1 O-O 19. Nd2 Be3 20.
Rde1 Bxd2 21. Qxd2 Rd4 22. Qe3 Qd8 23. Rf2 Bd5 24. b3 Bc4 $5 $132 {Mah,
K-Berescu,A/WchJM-U16 Guarapuava/1995/}) 7. f4 e5 (7... g5 $6 8. f5 $1 exf5 9.
O-O-O fxe4 10. Nxe4 Qg6 11. Bd3 f5 12. Re1 $1 $40 fxe4 13. Bxe4 Qf6 14. Bxc6+
Kd8 15. Qa5+ b6 16. Qc3 Nxc6 17. Qxc6 Bg7 18. Qxa8 Qxd4 19. c3 Qf4+ 20. Kb1
Qf5+ 21. Ka1 Qf2 22. Nf3 Qxg2 23. Qxa7 $18 {David,Al-Daly,C/Linares zt/1995/})
8. dxe5 dxe5 9. f5 Qd6 (9... g6 $5 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Nge2 h5 12. O-O Bh6 13. Qe1
Qe7 14. Kh1 Nf6 15. Ng1 g5 16. Rb1 g4 17. b4 h4 18. Be2 Be3 19. Rb3 Bd7 20. Nb1
Bd4 21. Bd1 O-O-O 22. c3 Bb6 23. Na3 Kb8 24. Nc4 Bc8 25. Nxb6 axb6 26. Qe3 $13
{Minasian,A-Glek,I/Moscow Tal/1992/}) 10. Bd3 Be7 11. Nf3 Nd7 (11... b5 $6 12.
a4 b4 13. Nd1 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Yd1e3] /\Ne3,><c4}) 12. a4 $1 $146 {[%cal Yd3c4,
Ga2g8] ()<<,/\Bc4/^a2-g8 The c4-square is extremely important for White's B,
otherwise he might land in a passive position with an inactive Bd3.} (12. O-O-O
Qc7 13. g4 Nc5 14. h4 b5 15. Kb1 Ba6 16. Ne2 O-O-O 17. Qe3 f6 18. Nc1 Na4 19.
Be2 c5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. b3 Nb6 22. c3 c4 23. b4 Na4 24. Rd1 Bb7 25. Rxd8+
Bxd8 26. Nd2 Qd6 27. Kc2 Bb6 $17 {Vehi Bach,VM-Epishin,V/Manresa/1995/}) 12...
a5 (12... Nc5 13. Bc4 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Bd6 (14... f6 15. Nh4 $36) 15. g4 $14) 13.
g4 Qc5 14. Qf2 $5 Qxf2+ (14... Qb4 $142 15. O-O-O Bc5 $132) 15. Kxf2 Bd6 16.
Bc4 $1 $14 Nf6 17. Rad1 {@()>>} Bc7 (17... Nxg4+ 18. Ke2 (18. Kg3 $2 Ne3 19.
Bxf7+ Ke7 20. Rd3 Nxc2 21. Rhd1 Nd4 $1 $17) 18... Bc5 (18... Bc7 19. Rhg1 $16)
19. Rd2 $1 $8 O-O (19... Be3 20. Rd3 Bc5 21. Rf1 {[%cal Rh2h3,Rf3e5] /\h3,Ne5|^
}) 20. h3 Nf6 21. Nxe5 Bb4 22. Kf3 $36 {[%csl Ge4,Ge5,Gf5,Rc8,Rf7] [+],ץc8,f7}
) 18. g5 $1 hxg5 19. Nxg5 Rf8 $8 20. Ne2 Bd7 $6 (20... Ke7 $142 21. Ng3 (21. h4
Nh5 $5 {[%cal Yg7g6,Yh5f4] /\g6,Nf4<=>}) 21... g6 22. h4 $5 $14) 21. h4 Ke7 22.
h5 $1 {[%csl Rg7] ><g7 After fixing the g7-pawn White gradually pushes Black
off the board. Black's position is extremely cramped and his Bishops,
especially Bd7, have only a limited defensive role.} Be8 (22... b5 $142 23. Bb3
(23. axb5 cxb5 24. Ba2 a4 $132) 23... Rab8 24. h6 $1 $36) 23. Rd3 (23. h6 $2
gxh6 24. Rxh6 Rg8 $17) 23... Rh8 24. Ng3 Rd8 25. Rb3 $16 Rb8 $6 (25... b6 26.
Ke2 $16) 26. Rd1 Rh6 (26... Nxh5 27. Bxf7 $1 Nxg3 28. Kxg3 Bxf7 29. Nxf7 Rh5
30. Rbd3 $18 {_|_}) 27. Kf3 Nh7 (27... Nxh5 28. Bxf7 Nxg3 29. Kxg3 Kf6 30. Kg4
$1 $40) 28. Kg4 Nxg5 29. Kxg5 f6+ 30. Kg4 {[%csl Rb7,Rg7] ><b7,g7} Bd7 31. Bf7
$1 (31. Rbd3 Be8 $5) 31... Rhh8 32. Rbd3 Rbd8 33. Be6 $1 {The nice pawn
sacrifice, which activates the Ng3.} Bxe6 $6 {After this White's advantage
will be decisive, Black should have avoided the exchange of B.} (33... Be8 $1
$16 {[]}) 34. fxe6 Rxd3 (34... Kxe6 35. Nf5 Rxd3 {-34...Rd3}) 35. Rxd3 {
Hecht: TS-TL: guter S vs. schlechten L, schwarze B-Schwächen ist Kompensation
für den weißen Minusbauern, unzureichende schwarze Verteidigung} Kxe6 36. Nf5
Rg8 (36... Rh7 37. Rb3 b6 38. Rc3 Kd7 39. Rd3+ Ke6 40. c4 $1 {(.) Black has
run out of moves.}) 37. Rb3 b6 38. Rc3 Kd7 (38... c5 $142 39. Kh4 Kf7 40. Rd3 (
40. Rg3 {Hecht} Bd8 41. Rd3 Ke8 $14) 40... Rd8 41. Rg3 Rg8 42. Rg6 {[%cal
Yh4g4,Yg4e2,Ye2b5,Yb5c6] /\Kg4-f3-e2-d3-c4-b5-c6-+}) 39. Kh4 $1 {[%cal Rc3g3] /
\Rg3+-} g6 $8 40. Rg3 g5+ 41. Kg4 {[%csl Gh5] o^h} Ke6 42. Rd3 {[%cal Rh5h7,
Rg4h5,Rh5g6] /\h6,Kh5,h7,Kg6+-} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Varavin, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Arkhipov} Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 (6. d5 e6
7. e4 $10) 6... cxd4 7. Nb3 (7. cxd4 $6 Nd5 $36) 7... Qf5 $1 (7... Qb6 8. Qxd4
Nc6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Be3 $5 $14) 8. Bxb8 $6 (8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qd2 d5 (9... e5 10.
Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. e4 $13) 10. Nd4 $10) 8... Rxb8 (8... dxc3 9. Bg3 cxb2
10. Rb1 $16) 9. Qxd4 (9. Nxd4 Qe5 10. Qd2 (10. e4 {Arkhipov} a6 (10... d5 11.
Bb5+) 11. Nh3 d5 $15) 10... d5 $15 {[+]}) 9... b6 (9... Ra8 10. e4 Qf4 11. Nh3
Qc7 12. e5 Ng8 13. O-O-O e6 14. f4 Ne7 15. Kb1 b6 16. Ng5 Bb7 17. Ne4 Nf5 18.
Qd3 Qc6 19. Nf2 Rd8 (19... h5 $5 $13) 20. g4 Bc5 21. Nd4 Bxd4 22. cxd4 Ne7 23.
Rg1 Nd5 24. Qd2 O-O 25. g5 d6 26. Bd3 $36 {Gerstner,W-Uhlmann,W/Baden Baden op/
1993/}) 10. e4 Qf4 $1 11. Ne2 (11. Nh3 Qc7 (11... Qh4+ $6 12. g3 Qh6 13. e5 $36
d6 $2 14. exf6 Bxh3 15. Bxh3 e5 16. Qa4+ b5 17. Qxa7 {1-0,Gonzalez de la Nava,
A-Cubas,J/ESP-ch/1993/}) 12. e5 Ng8 13. Bd3 g6 $1 14. e6 f6 15. exd7+ Bxd7 $15
{^^}) (11. Bc4 $5 {Arkhipov} e6 12. Ne2 Qg5 13. Qf2 {/\ h4,g4}) 11... Qc7 12.
e5 (12. O-O-O {Arkhipov} e6 13. g4 Be7 14. h4 O-O 15. h5 b5 16. Kb1 a5 $15)
12... Ng8 13. c4 (13. Nf4 f6 $1 14. exf6 Nxf6 $36) (13. O-O-O e6 (13... f6 $5
14. f4 fxe5 15. fxe5 g6 {/\Bg7,><e5} 16. e6 Nf6 17. exd7+ Bxd7 $15) 14. Ng3 f5
15. Bd3 Ne7 16. Rhe1 Nc6 17. Qf4 Be7 18. Nxf5 $1 exf5 19. Qxf5 g6 20. Qe4 b5
21. h4 O-O 22. Kb1 Kg7 23. h5 $40 {Gerstner,W-Palos,O/Baden Baden op/1988/})
13... f6 14. f4 fxe5 15. fxe5 g6 $1 {><e5} 16. e6 Nf6 17. Nc3 (17. exd7+ Bxd7
$32 {/\Bg7,0-0->} (17... Bxd7 {Arkhipov} 18. Nc3 Bh6 $1 19. Nd5 Qd6 $15)) 17...
dxe6 18. Nb5 Qb7 $17 19. Be2 (19. O-O-O Bh6+ 20. Kb1 O-O $17) (19. Rd1 $5 {
Arkhipov}) 19... Qxg2 20. Qe5 (20. Rf1 {/\Qe5} Qxh2 {/\} 21. Rxf6 exf6 22. Qxf6
Bb4+ 23. Kd1 Rf8 $19) (20. Rg1 Qxh2 21. Rd1 Bd7 $17) 20... Qxh1+ 21. Kf2 Ne4+
$1 (21... Qb7 $6 22. Bf3 Bg7 23. Ke2 (23. Bxb7 {Arkhipov} Ng4+ $17) 23... Nh5
24. Qe3 Qd7 25. Rd1 $36) 22. Ke3 Bh6+ 23. Kd3 Nf2+ 24. Kc3 (24. Kc2 $2 Qe4+)
24... O-O $1 $19 25. Qxb8 (25. Rxh1 Bg7 $19) 25... Qe4 26. Nxa7 (26. Re1 Nd3
$19) 26... Qxe2 27. Nxc8 Bd2+ $5 (27... Qd3+ 28. Kb4 Qd7 $19) 28. Nxd2 $8 Qd3+
29. Kb4 Qxd2+ 30. Ka4 (30. Kb3 Rf3+ 31. Ka4 Qa5#) 30... Qd7+ 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. g3 (4. c4 f5 5. g3 d5 $5 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. d5
Bg7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Qa4 c6 $1 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Rd2 Qc5 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Bxc6 Qxc6
14. Qxc6 bxc6 15. Nf3 Be6 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Bf6 18. Nd4 Bd5 19. Nc2 Rdb8
20. Ne3 Be6 21. Rc1 Bg5 22. f4 Be7 $36 {Podvrsnik,M-Beshukov,S/Ljubljana op/
1994/}) 4... d5 5. Bg2 c6 (5... Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nd2 c6 8. Ne2 Nd7 9. c4 dxc4
10. Nxc4 Nb6 11. Na5 Re8 12. O-O Bf8 13. a3 Bd6 14. b4 h5 15. e4 Kg7 16. Rc1 h4
$132 {Lobron,E-Xie Jun/Donner mem-A/1994/}) 6. e3 Bd6 7. Nd2 Nd7 (7... f5 $10)
8. Ne2 (8. c4 dxc4 9. Nxc4 Bb4+ $10) (8. e4 $5 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Bc7 10. Nf3 f5 {
/\Qe7=}) 8... h5 (8... f5 $5) 9. e4 (9. h4 f5 (9... Nb6 10. b3 Kf8 11. c4 Bc7
12. Nc3 Be6 13. c5 Nd7 14. b4 Kg7 15. Nb3 Re8 16. a4 Nf8 17. Qd2 Bg4 18. b5 Qd7
19. a5 a6 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Na4 Qf5 22. Nb6 Rab8 23. O-O Bf3 24. Bxf3 Qxf3 25.
Qd1 Rxe3 26. Qxf3 Rxf3 27. Nc1 $44 {><a6,c6/Adams,M-Xie Jun/Etoiles/1994/}) 10.
c4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Bc7 $10) 9... dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bc7 11. Qd2 Nb6 12. O-O-O (12. O-O
$6 h4 $36) 12... Kf8 $5 13. Kb1 Kg7 14. Nf4 a5 15. Rhe1 a4 $132 16. a3 (16. Nc5
$5 a3 17. b3 $13) 16... Nd5 17. Nd3 (17. Nxd5 Qxd5 (17... cxd5 $6 18. Nc3 Ba5
19. Re3 {><d5}) 18. f4 Be6 19. Nc3 Qa5 20. d5 Rhd8 $132) 17... Ba5 $5 18. c3 $8
b6 19. Nb4 (19. Nf4 $5 Ba6 (19... f5 20. Ng5 $1 $36) 20. Bf1 $10) 19... Bxb4
20. cxb4 (20. axb4 Ba6 21. Bf1 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 a3 $36) 20... Be6 21. Nc3 Qd7 (
21... h4 $5 $15 {><d4}) 22. h4 $1 Rhd8 23. Be4 Ra7 24. Qd3 b5 (24... Nxc3+ 25.
Qxc3 Rc7 26. Bc2 $10) 25. Bxd5 Bxd5 26. Nxd5 Qxd5 27. Re4 Rad7 28. Qe3 $10 Rd6
(28... Qb3 $6 29. Qxb3 axb3 30. Rd3 f5 31. Rf4 $14) 29. Rd3 Qf5 30. Kc2 Rd5 31.
Kc3 Qh3 32. Kc2 (32. Re7 Qf1 33. Qe1 $10) 32... Qd7 33. Kd2 (33. Re7 Qf5 34.
Kc3 $10) 33... Qd6 (33... f5 34. Re7 (34. Rf4 $6 Re8 $15) 34... Qd6 35. Kc3 $10
{/\Re5}) 34. Kc3 Rf5 35. Kc2 Qd5 36. f4 Qd6 37. Kc3 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bezold, Michael"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 (5. Qd2 $5 {/\f4,Nf3,Bd3()}) (
5. e5 Qd8 6. f4 d6 7. Nf3 dxe5 (7... Be7 $5) 8. Nxe5 Nd7 9. Nc3 Nxe5 10. fxe5
Bb4 11. Qg4 Qg5 12. Qxg5 hxg5 13. Kf2 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Bd7 15. Bd3 Bc6 16. Kg3 Ke7
17. Rhf1 Rh4 18. Rf2 Be4 19. Raf1 Rf8 20. h3 f5 21. exf6+ gxf6 $10 {Brandics,
J-Tornai,I/HUN-chT1 9394/1994/}) 5... Bb4 $5 6. Nf3 (6. Qd2 $142 $1 c5 (6... d6
7. a3 (7. f4 $5) 7... Bxc3 8. Qxc3 Nc6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. e5 f6 12.
exd6 cxd6 13. O-O f5 14. Rae1 Qf6 15. b4 a6 16. a4 Rd8 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Ne7
19. Ra1 Nd5 20. Qb3 Bd7 21. Rfe1 Kh8 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. c4 Nf4 24. c5 $36 {
Gelfand,B-Rozentalis,E/Tilburg (30')/1992/}) 7. a3 Bxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9. f4 O-O
10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Bb5 Na5 12. Bd3 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Rae1 Rac8 15. e5 Qe7 16. f5
$1 dxe5 17. Nxe5 cxd4 18. f6 $1 Qc5 19. Qf4 dxc3+ 20. Rf2 g5 21. Qg4 $40 {
Hodgson,J-Yudasin,L/New York PCA-op/1994/}) 6... d6 (6... Bxc3+ $5 7. bxc3 d6
8. Bd3 Nd7 $10 {/\e5}) 7. Qd2 Nd7 8. a3 Ba5 (8... Bxc3 9. Qxc3 c5 10. O-O-O $14
) 9. Bd3 (9. b4 $5 Bb6 10. Na4 O-O 11. c4 $13) 9... O-O 10. O-O c6 $1 {/\e5}
11. b4 Bc7 12. Ne2 e5 13. c4 $6 {ץd3,d4} (13. c3 Re8 14. Ng3 {/\Rfe1,Nf1-e3=})
13... Re8 14. d5 (14. dxe5 $142 dxe5 15. c5 Nf8 $15) 14... cxd5 15. cxd5 Nf8
16. Ng3 Ng6 17. Nh5 Qd8 {/\Bg4,Bb6->} 18. Be2 Bb6 19. Rac1 Rf8 $1 20. Rc3 a5 {
<->a} 21. h3 (21. b5 Bc5 $17) 21... axb4 22. axb4 Bd7 23. Nh2 Qg5 24. Qd1 (24.
Qxg5 hxg5 25. Bg4 Bb5 {/\Ra2-/+}) 24... Ra2 25. Ng4 (25. Rg3 Qd2 $19) 25...
Rfa8 (25... Qxh5 $2 26. Nf6+ $18) 26. h4 (26. Rg3 Qd2 $5 (26... Qh4 $17) 27.
Ngf6+ gxf6 28. Nxf6+ Kh8 29. Nxd7 Bd4 30. Qxd2 Rxd2 31. Bh5 Nf4 $40) 26... Qd2
$1 27. Qxd2 Rxd2 28. Bf3 Nxh4 29. Ngf6+ gxf6 30. Nxf6+ Kg7 31. Nxd7 Bd4 $19 32.
Rc7 (32. Rb3 Raa2 $19) 32... Nxf3+ 33. gxf3 Raa2 34. Kg2 Bxf2 35. Kh3 (35. Kh3
Be3 36. Rh1 (36. Rxb7 Rh2+ 37. Kg4 Rag2+ 38. Kf5 Rh5#) 36... Bf4 {/\h5,Rh2#})
0-1

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.15"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Popovic, Petar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Serbia & Montenegro"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. f3 Nf6 5. e4 $5 e6 (5... dxe4 6. Nc3 Bf5 $5
7. fxe4 Nxe4 8. Qf3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Qc8 10. Bc4 e6 11. Ne2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qg3
Nd7 14. Bxc7 Bxc2 15. Rac1 Bg6 16. Bb3 Bh4 17. Qxh4 Qxc7 18. Nf4 Rae8 19. Nxg6
fxg6 20. Rce1 Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Nf8 22. Re3 $44 {Bibby,S-Ryan,J/BCF-ch/1992/}) 6.
e5 Nfd7 7. Be3 c5 8. c3 (8. f4 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qb6 $132) 8... Nc6 9. f4 cxd4 (9...
Qb6 $5 10. Qd2 cxd4 11. cxd4 f6 (11... Bb4 $142 $5 12. Nc3 Qa5 {/\Nb6-c4<=>})
12. Nf3 Be7 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Be2 a6 15. O-O f5 16. Kh1 Qd8 17. Rg1 b5 18. g4 Nb6
19. b3 Qe8 20. Ne1 b4 21. Nd1 Ra7 22. Nd3 $36 {(),Turian,H-Beck,H/OST-BL 9293/
1993/}) 10. cxd4 Nb6 (10... Qa5+ 11. Kf2 Nb6 12. b3 Bd7 13. Nf3 Rc8 14. a3 Na8
15. Ra2 Ne7 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. Nc3 Nf5 18. b4 Qd8 19. g4 Nh4 20. Nxh4 Qxh4+ 21.
Kg2 Nb6 22. Be1 Qd8 23. Bd3 Nc4 24. Qf3 Be7 25. Rf1 $14 {Benjamin,
J-Malisauskas,V/Moscow olm/1994/}) 11. Nd2 a5 $5 12. a3 (12. Bd3 Nb4 13. Bb1
Nc4 $1 14. Nxc4 dxc4 $13) 12... a4 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Ne2 Na5 15. O-O g6 (15...
Nac4 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 (16... dxc4 17. Be4 Bc6 18. Bxc6+ bxc6 19. f5 $36) 17. Bxc4
dxc4 18. Nc3 Bc6 19. f5 $16) 16. g4 Bc6 (16... Nac4 $142 $5 17. Nxc4 Nxc4 $132)
17. Ng3 Nbc4 18. Nxc4 Nxc4 (18... dxc4 19. Be4 $16) 19. Qe2 {()} b5 20. f5 $36
Be7 21. Rf3 Bh4 22. fxe6 (22. Raf1 $142 $5) 22... fxe6 23. Bh6 Qb6 24. Qf2
O-O-O 25. Rf1 (25. Bg7 $5 Rhg8 26. Bf6 Bxg3 27. Rxg3 $16) 25... Rd7 (25... b4
$142 $5 $132) 26. Kg2 Rhd8 27. Kh3 Bxg3 28. Kxg3 b4 29. Bf8 $1 b3 (29... bxa3
30. bxa3 {-><->b}) 30. Bc5 Qa5 31. Bb4 Qb6 32. Rf6 $16 Bb5 33. Bc5 Qa6 {/\Na3!}
34. Rc1 Kb7 35. Bf1 $1 Rc8 (35... Re8 {/\Na5} 36. g5 $1 Na5 37. Bh3 $16) 36. g5
Rc6 37. Bh3 Na5 38. Rc3 Bd3 39. Rf7 Rcc7 $8 40. Rxd7 Rxd7 41. Bb4 (41. Qf8 $5 {
/\Bd6->} Rc7 42. Bd6 Rxc3 43. Qb8+ Kc6 44. Qc7+ Kb5 45. Qxc3 {/\Qc5#,Be6})
41... Bf5 $8 42. Bxa5 Qxa5 (42... Bxh3 43. Kxh3 Qxa5 44. Qf8 $18) 43. Rc5 Qd8
44. Qd2 $40 Rc7 45. Bxf5 gxf5 46. Qb4+ Kc8 47. h4 Qe8 (47... Rxc5 48. Qxc5+ Kb7
(48... Kd7 49. Qd6+) 49. Qb5+ Kc7 50. Qxa4 $18) 48. Qa5 $1 Rxc5 (48... Rc6 49.
Qxa4 $18) 49. Qa8+ $1 Kd7 50. Qxe8+ Kxe8 51. dxc5 {/\c6,h5,g6} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.12"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Serbia & Montenegro"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. h4 $6 c5 4. dxc5 (4. d5 g6 5. Qd3 Nxg5 6. Qc3 Rg8 7.
hxg5 Bg7 8. Qa3 Na6 9. Nd2 Nb4 10. O-O-O Nxd5 11. Qxc5 Nb6 12. Qa3 Rh8 13. e4
d6 14. f4 Qc7 15. Ngf3 Bd7 16. Kb1 Rc8 17. Bd3 Qc5 18. Qxc5 Rxc5 19. Rh4 h5 $1
20. Re1 Bg4 21. Rhh1 Kd8 $15 {_|_^^,Hodgson,J-Smirin,I/Munich/1993/}) 4... Na6
5. Qd4 (5. Nd2 Naxc5 6. Nxe4 Nxe4 7. Nf3 Qb6 8. Qd4 Qxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. g3 e5
11. Nb3 d5 12. Bg2 Nxg5 13. hxg5 Be6 14. f4 O-O-O 15. Kf2 Be7 16. Rad1 d4 17.
Bh3 Bxh3 18. Rxh3 f6 19. gxf6 Bxf6 20. Kf3 Rde8 21. fxe5 Bxe5 22. Rd2 Bf6 23.
Rh5 Re3+ $15 {Adams,M-Lesiege,A/Oakham/1992/}) 5... Qa5+ $146 (5... Naxc5 $5 6.
Nc3 (6. Bf4 d5 {/\Ne6,f6,e5[+]}) 6... Nxc3 7. Qxc5 Ne4 8. Qd5 Nxg5 9. hxg5 Qb6
10. O-O-O Qxf2 11. Nf3 Qe3+ 12. Kb1 e6 13. Qc4 d5 14. Qb5+ Bd7 15. Qxb7 Rc8 16.
Nd4 Bc5 17. Rh3 Qe5 18. Rc3 Ke7 19. e4 Rc7 $17 {Kosic,D-Kiselev,S/JUG-chT
Becici/1993/}) 6. c3 Nxg5 7. hxg5 (7. b4 Nxb4 $5 (7... Ne6 8. bxa5 Nxd4 9. cxd4
$13) 8. cxb4 Ne6 9. Qd2 Qd8 $15 {/\d6,b6}) 7... Qxc5 8. Nf3 Qxd4 9. Nxd4 (9.
cxd4 $5 Nb4 10. Kd2 $10) 9... g6 10. e4 Bg7 11. Nd2 Nc7 $15 {[+]^^_|_} 12. Bc4
(12. Bd3 $142 h6 $15 (12... d5 $6 13. Nb5 $1 $16)) (12. f4 e5 $36) 12... b5 $1
13. Bd3 (13. Nxb5 Nxb5 14. Bxb5 Rb8 $17) 13... b4 $36 14. Ke2 Rb8 15. Rac1 bxc3
16. bxc3 Rb2 (16... Bb7 $5 17. Rb1 O-O $15) 17. Rc2 Rb6 (17... Rxc2 18. Bxc2 d5
19. Ba4+ $132) 18. Nc4 Rb8 19. f4 O-O 20. g3 d5 21. Na5 (21. exd5 Nxd5 {/\Nc3})
21... dxe4 22. Bxe4 Rb6 23. Ndc6 (23. Nc4 $5 Ba6 24. Bd3 $15) 23... Re8 24. Kf3
$2 (24. Kf2 $142) 24... Nb5 25. Nc4 (25. c4 Nc3 $17) 25... Rb7 26. N6e5 Rc7 $1
27. Bc6 Rd8 28. Re1 (28. Bxb5 Bb7+ 29. Bc6 Rxc6 $1 $19) 28... Bf5 29. Rcc1 Nd6
30. Na5 $8 (30. Bd5 Nxc4 31. Bxf7+ Kf8 32. Bxc4 Bxe5 $19) 30... Bxe5 31. Rxe5 (
31. fxe5 Nc4 32. Nxc4 Rxc6 33. Ne3 Be6 $17 {ק}) 31... Rdc8 32. Ba4 (32. Rc5 $2
Be4+ $19) 32... Rxc3+ $19 33. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 34. Re3 Rc5 35. Re5 $8 (35. Nb3 Rc4 {
ץa4}) 35... Rc3+ 36. Re3 Be4+ 37. Kf2 Rc5 38. Nb3 $8 Rc4 (38... Rc2+ 39. Re2
Rc3 40. Re3 $8 Rc4) 39. Bd7 Kf8 {/\e6,Ke7} (39... e6 $5 $19) 40. Bh3 Bd5 41.
Ke1 Rc2 42. a3 (42. Re2 Rxe2+ 43. Kxe2 Ne4 {/\Nc3,Ng3}) 42... Ne4 43. Nd4 Rc1+
44. Ke2 (44. Ke2 Rg1 45. g4 $8 e5 $1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Donner Memorial-A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Xie, Jun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 $5 3. Bxf6 (3. c3 Bg7 4. Nd2 d6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. f4 e5 $1 7.
fxe5 dxe5 8. Bc4 Qe7 9. Ne2 h6 10. Bh4 Nb6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bb3 g5 13. Bf2 Bg4
14. Nf3 Ne4 15. Qe1 Rae8 16. Ng3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Kh8 19. e4 exd4
20. Bxd4 f5 21. Qe3 f4 $36 {Zurek,M-Smejkal,J/CZE-chT/1993/}) 3... exf6 4. g3 (
4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O (6... Nc6 $5 {/\Ne7,f5=}) 7. O-O c5 8. c3 Nc6 9.
Nbd2 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. Qf3 dxe4 15.
Bxe4 f5 16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. b3 Bxd4 18. Rac1 Qb6 19. Bd5 Rbc8 20. Bc4 Rcd8 $10 {
Leinard,B-Dias,P/EU-chJM U14 Szombathely/1993/}) (4. Nf3 f5 5. e3 Bg7 6. Be2
O-O 7. O-O d6 8. a4 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Na3 Re8 11. Re1 Qf6 12. Bb5 a6 13. Bf1 f4
$1 14. d5 Ne7 15. e4 Bg4 16. Nc4 Rad8 17. a5 g5 18. Be2 Ng6 $15 {Bukhman,
E-Rosenthal,D/Budapest Spring op/1990/}) (4. e3 f5 (4... Bg7 5. h4 b6 $5 6. h5
Bb7 7. Ne2 d6 8. c3 Nd7 9. Nd2 f5 10. Nf4 Qe7 11. Qb3 Nf6 12. Bc4 c6 13. h6 Bf8
14. d5 c5 15. Bb5+ Kd8 16. Bc6 Ng4 17. Nc4 Rb8 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. a4 a6 20. Kf1
Bxh6 21. Re1 Re8 22. Nd3 Bg5 23. Rxh7 Nf6 24. Rh3 Ne4 $15 {Piket,J-Polgar,J/
Roquebrune rapid/1992/}) 5. g3 (5. Bd3 d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bg7 8. Nc3 O-O 9.
Nf3 a6 10. O-O b5 11. Bd5 $1 c6 12. Bb3 Nd7 13. Rc1 c5 14. Bd5 Rb8 15. dxc5
Nxc5 16. Nd4 Rb6 17. Nc6 Qf6 18. b4 $14 {Gurevich,M-Rashkovsky,N/Sverdlovsk FL/
1984/}) (5. Ne2 Bg7 6. Nf4 d6 7. Nd2 Nd7 8. h4 Nf6 9. c3 c6 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. Qc2
Bd7 12. g3 d5 13. c4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 c5 15. O-O Rc8 16. a4 cxd4 17. exd4 O-O 18.
Qb3 Ne4 $36 {Alburt,L-Savon,V/USSR-ch/1974/}) 5... Bg7 6. Ne2 d6 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
c4 Nd7 (8... c5 $6 {><d5} 9. Nbc3 cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Qd2 Re8 12. O-O Bd7 13.
Rab1 Rc8 14. Rfd1 b6 15. b3 a6 16. c5 $1 dxc5 17. dxc5 Nb8 18. cxb6 Qxb6 19.
Nd5 Qa7 20. a4 $36 {Sokolov,I-Spasov,V/Elenite/1992/}) 9. Nbc3 Nf6 (9... Nb6
$142 10. b3 a5 $5 $13) 10. O-O h5 11. h4 Rb8 12. b4 Re8 13. b5 Bd7 14. a4 Ng4
15. Nf4 g5 16. hxg5 Qxg5 17. Qf3 Qh6 18. a5 a6 19. Rfb1 h4 20. Ncd5 Rbc8 21.
bxa6 bxa6 22. Rb7 $36 {Nesterov,Y-Adamski,J/Warszawa op/1993/}) (4. c4 Bg7 5.
Nc3 f5 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 Nd7 8. e3 O-O 9. Nge2 Nb6 10. b3 a5 $5 11. O-O c6 12.
Rb1 Re8 13. Qd3 Nd7 14. a3 Nf6 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Ne4 $5 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18.
Bxe4 d5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Bf3 Bf5 21. Qb3 Bxb1 22. Rxb1 Qf6 23. Bxd5 Ra7 $1 $10
{<=><->a,Hodgson,J-Martin,A/BCF-ch/1993/}) (4. h4 $5 f5 5. h5 Bg7 6. e3 d6 7.
Bc4 Nd7 8. Ne2 Nb6 9. Bb3 Bd7 10. Nbc3 Qe7 11. a4 a5 12. Nf4 c6 13. Qd2 Bf6 14.
O-O-O d5 15. g4 fxg4 16. e4 Bg5 17. exd5 Qf6 18. Ne4 Qxf4 19. Nxg5 Qxd2+ 20.
Kxd2 cxd5 21. Rde1+ Kf8 22. hxg6 fxg6 23. Rxh7 Rxh7 24. Nxh7+ Kf7 25. Re5 $2 (
25. Ng5+ Kf6 26. Nh7+ $10) 25... Re8 $1 $17 {Adams,M-Short,N/ENG-ch/1991/})
4... d5 $5 $146 (4... Bg7 5. Bg2 f5 6. c4 c6 (6... c5 $5 7. e3 Qb6 8. Ne2 Nc6
$132) 7. e3 d6 8. Nc3 Nd7 9. b4 O-O 10. Nge2 Nf6 11. O-O Qe7 12. b5 Ne4 13. Qd3
Re8 14. Rab1 Be6 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Nxe4 $5 fxe4 17. Bxe4 d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19.
Bg2 Bf5 20. Qd2 Bxb1 21. Rxb1 Rab8 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. Bxd5 $14 {Aleksandrov,
A-Janev,E/EUchJ Sas van Gent/1992/}) 5. Bg2 Bg7 (5... c6 $142 {/\Bd6} 6. e4
dxe4 7. Bxe4 f5 8. Bg2 Bg7 $132) 6. e3 O-O 7. Nd2 c6 8. Ne2 Nd7 9. c4 dxc4 10.
Nxc4 Nb6 (10... c5 $5 11. O-O (11. d5 b5 $36) 11... Rb8 $10) 11. Na5 $5 $14 Re8
12. O-O Bf8 13. a3 Bd6 14. b4 $14 {|^<<} h5 $1 15. e4 $6 (15. Nc3 $142 {
/\Ne4-c5,b5+/=}) 15... Kg7 16. Rc1 (16. h4 $142 $5 $13) 16... h4 $36 17. Rc3 (
17. Nb3 Rh8 18. Nc5 Qg8 {-><->h}) 17... Rb8 18. Qc2 Rh8 19. Rd1 (19. Re3 Qg8
20. e5 Be7 $36) 19... Qg8 20. Re3 hxg3 (20... Qh7 $5 $15) 21. fxg3 (21. hxg3
$142 $5 Qh7 22. Kf1 Bg4 $15) 21... Qh7 22. Kf2 $5 (22. h4 g5 $40) 22... Bg4 (
22... Qxh2 23. Rh1 Qxh1 24. Bxh1 Rxh1 25. Kg2 $14) 23. h3 Be6 24. Rf3 f5 25.
Qb2 $6 (25. e5 Be7 26. Nf4 Nd5 27. Nxe6+ fxe6 $15 {|^}) 25... fxe4 $1 26. d5+
Kf8 27. dxe6 $8 exf3 28. Rxd6 fxg2 29. Qf6 Nd5 $8 30. e7+ (30. Qe5 Qh5 $19)
30... Nxe7 31. Nf4 g5 $1 32. Ne6+ Kg8 33. Nd4 (33. Qxe7 Qf5+ 34. Kxg2 Qxh3+ 35.
Kf2 Qf5+ {/\fe6-+}) (33. Qxg5+ $142 Qg6 34. Qxg6+ (34. Qxe7 $2 g1=Q+ 35. Kxg1
Qxg3+ 36. Kf1 Qxh3+ $19) 34... Nxg6 35. Rd8+ Rxd8 36. Nxd8 Rxh3 37. Kxg2 Rh5
38. Naxb7 Ne5 $19) 33... Qe4 34. Qxg5+ Kf8 35. Nxb7 Rg8 $1 (35... Rxb7 $4 36.
Rd8#) 36. Qh6+ Ke8 $19 37. Nc5 g1=Q+ 38. Kxg1 Rxg3+ $2 $138 (38... Qe1+ $19)
39. Kf2 Qg2+ 40. Ke1 Qg1+ 41. Kd2 Qh2+ 42. Ne2 Rxh3 43. Qf4 (43. Qf6 Rf3 $1 44.
Qxf3 (44. Qd4 Rf2) 44... Qxd6+ $19) 43... Qxf4+ 44. Nxf4 Rh2+ (44... Rxa3 45.
Nd7 Rxb4 46. Nf6+ Kf8 47. N4h5 Nf5 $19) 45. Kc3 Rd8 46. Nb7 Rxd6 47. Nxd6+ Kf8
48. a4 $6 Rh4 (48... Rh4 49. Nd3 Nd5+ 50. Kb3 Rd4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Horgen SKA"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Schlosser, Philipp"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 f5 6. c4 $5 Bg7 (6... Bh6 7.
e3 (7. Qc3 Qb4 $13) 7... f4 $5 8. exf4 Bxf4 9. Qxf4 Qxb2 10. Ne2 Qxa1 11. Nec3
d6 $1 (11... Qb2 $2 12. d6 $1 Nc6 13. Bd3 exd6 14. O-O Ne5 15. Qf6 O-O 16. Nd5
Re8 17. Qg5+ Ng6 18. Nf6+ Kf8 19. Qh6+ Ke7 20. Nd5+ Kd8 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Nbc3
{1-0,Hodgson,J-Van der Wiel,J/Amsterdam op/1994/}) 12. Qd2 Rg8 13. g3 a6 $1 (
13... a5 $6 14. Bd3 Bh3 15. f4 Ra6 16. Kf2 Rb6 17. Re1 Rb2 18. Bc2 Bf5 19. Na3
Rxc2 20. Nxc2 Qb2 21. Qe3 $1 e6 22. Re2 Bg4 23. Rd2 Qc1 24. Kg2 $16 {עe8,Bg4,
Aleksandrov,A-Frolov,D/St.Petersburg op/1994/}) 14. Qc2 Kf8 15. Qb3 Nd7 16. Be2
b5 $1 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Bxb5 Ne5 19. Be2 c4 20. Qb6 Bf5 21. O-O Rxa2 $1 22.
Nxa2 Qxa2 23. Re1 Qb3 $19 {Aleksandrov,A-Zhelnin,V/St.Petersburg op/1994/}) 7.
Nc3 Qb4 8. e3 d6 9. f4 $1 {><f5} Nd7 10. Nf3 Nb6 11. Nd2 (11. a3 $5 Bxc3+ 12.
bxc3 Qa4 13. Nd2 $14) 11... Bd7 12. Bd3 Bxc3 $6 (12... Na4 13. Nxa4 Qxa4 14.
O-O e6 $13) 13. bxc3 Qa5 14. a4 $5 (14. Qc2 Ba4 $5 (14... e6 15. e4 $36) 15.
Qb2 (15. Nb3 Qa6 $13) 15... Bd7 $13) 14... Nxa4 $8 (14... O-O-O 15. Qc2 e6 16.
O-O Bxa4 17. Qb2 {ףa5,Ba4,/\Ra3,Rfa1,Bc2}) 15. Qc2 Qxc3 $5 (15... e6 $6 16.
Ra3 {פa4}) 16. Rxa4 Qxc2 17. Bxc2 Bxa4 18. Bxa4+ $14 Kd8 19. Kf2 e6 20. e4 a6
(20... exd5 $6 21. exd5 {/\Bc2><f5}) (20... fxe4 21. Nxe4 Ke7 22. Re1 $36) 21.
dxe6 $1 fxe6 22. exf5 exf5 23. Re1 b5 $5 (23... Rb8 24. Re6 b5 25. Bc2 $1 $16)
24. cxb5 axb5 25. Bxb5 Ra2 26. Re2 {/\Bc4-e6,Nf1-e3><f5} d5 (26... Rb2 27. Bd3
(27. Bc6 $5 $16) 27... Rf8 $16) 27. Bc6 $1 d4 $8 28. Bd5 Rc2 29. Bb3 Rc3 $6 (
29... Rb2 $142 {/\d3} 30. Bc4 $8 Re8 31. Bd3 $1 Rxe2+ 32. Kxe2 Ke7 33. Kd1 (33.
Bxf5 c4 $44) 33... Kf6 $14) 30. Be6 Re8 (30... Rf8 31. Re5 $1 (31. Nc4 $5 Re8
32. Nd6 d3 33. Nxe8 dxe2 34. Ng7 $1 $8 Rc2 35. Bd5 $1 c4 36. Nxf5 c3 37. Ne3
Rd2 38. Be4 $18) 31... Re3 32. Rd5+ {/\Bf5}) 31. Bxf5 Rxe2+ 32. Kxe2 $18 c4 33.
Kd1 $1 {/\Be6} (33. Kd1 Ke7 34. Bxh7 Kf7 35. Bb1 $1 {/\Ba2}) 1-0

[Event "Linares zt"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 (4. Nd2 Nxd2 5. Qxd2 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nf3
e6 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. O-O Be7 10. c4 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O $10 12. cxd5 $6 exd5 13. a3
a6 14. b4 Nb6 15. Nd2 Qd7 16. Rab1 Na4 17. Qc2 b5 18. Nf3 f6 19. Rfe1 Nb6 20.
Nd2 Nc4 $15 {Garcia Paolicchi,R-Marinelli,T/Linares zt/1995/}) (4. f3 Nf6 5.
Nc3 (5. e4 dxe4 6. Nc3 e3 $5 7. Qd3 e6 8. Qxe3 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Kb1 Nc6 11.
g4 Nb4 12. Bg3 b6 13. a3 Nbd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Qe1 Bb7 16. Bd3 c5 17. c4 Nf6
18. dxc5 Qe8 19. Bd6 bxc5 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Qh4 g6 22. Nh3 Rfd8 23. Ng5 Qf8 24.
Be4 Bxe4+ 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. fxe4 Rd4 27. Rxd4 cxd4 $132 {1/2/Benjamin,
J-Yermolinsky,A/USA-ch Modesto/1995/}) 5... Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. h4 h5 9.
g5 Nfd7 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 g6 12. e4 $1 c6 13. exd5 exd5 14. O-O-O Bb4 $2 (
14... Be7 $142) 15. Re1+ Kf8 16. a3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Na6 18. Rh2 Kg8 19. Rhe2 Nc7
20. Qd3 Kg7 21. Nh3 a5 22. Re7 a4 23. Bxc7 Qxc7 24. R1e6 Kg8 25. Rxf7 {1-0/
Gulko,B-Kudrin,S/USA-ch Modesto/1995/}) 4... Bf5 $5 (4... c6 5. Bd3 (5. Nd2
Nxd2 6. Qxd2 Bf5 7. Ne2 Nd7 8. f3 e6 9. g4 Bg6 10. Bg3 f6 11. h4 Nb6 12. Nf4
Bd6 13. O-O-O Bf7 14. Qh2 Qe7 15. Nd3 Bxg3 16. Qxg3 O-O-O 17. Bh3 Bg6 18. g5
Bxd3 19. Rxd3 f5 20. e4 g6 21. exf5 exf5 22. Re1 Qc7 $10 {Miladinovic,I-Leko,P/
Belgrade/1995/}) 5... Qb6 6. Qc1 Qa5+ 7. c3 Bf5 8. f3 Nd6 9. Bxf5 Nxf5 10. e4
Nh4 11. Bg3 Ng6 12. Ne2 e6 13. Nd2 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Qc2 Nd7 16. Rae1 Rac8
17. b4 Qd8 18. Qb3 b5 19. a4 a6 20. a5 $14 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4] [+](),Adams,M-Leko,
P/Groningen/1995/}) (4... e6 5. Bd3 b6 $5 6. Bxe4 $6 dxe4 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Qg4 O-O
9. Qg3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Nh3 Ba6 12. f3 exf3 13. gxf3 f6 14. Bh6 Rf7 15.
Rg1 Qe7 16. Nf4 Kh8 17. Qh4 gxh6 18. Qxh6 Rg8 19. Ng6+ Rxg6 20. Rxg6 Qa3 21.
Kd2 Ne5 {0-1/Hodgson,J-Yermolinsky,A/Hastings/1996/}) 5. f3 Nf6 6. g4 (6. Nc3
$142 $5 {A better and more flexible move, White waits with g4 till Black
advances his e-pawn. In the game Black manages to delay e6 to his advantage.}
e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. h4 $36 {-4.f3}) 6... Bg6 7. h4 h5 (7... h6 8. Bd3 (8. c4 $5 e6
9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Nh3 c6 11. Qb3 b6 12. O-O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nd5 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15.
e4 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 b5 17. Bb3 a5 18. h5 Bh7 19. g5 hxg5 20. d5 e5 21. dxc6 Qxc6
22. Nxg5 Qxc3+ 23. bxc3 Bg8 24. Bxf7+ $1 Bxf7 25. Rd8+ $16 {Efimov,I-Nordahl,H/
Gausdal Peer Gynt/1991/}) (8. Nc3 e6 9. Qd2 c5 10. Nb5 Na6 11. Nh3 Qb6 12. a4
c4 13. c3 Be7 14. Bg3 Bh7 15. Nf4 Nd7 16. g5 Bf5 17. Qg2 Qc6 18. Nh5 Kf8 19.
Bf4 hxg5 20. hxg5 Rg8 21. Qh2 Bg6 22. Ng3 Nb6 $36 {Degraeve,J-Lepelletier,B/
FRA-ch Toulouse/1995/}) 8... Bxd3 9. Qxd3 c6 10. Nc3 Na6 11. Nge2 e6 12. O-O-O
Qa5 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5 Rxh1 16. Rxh1 Ne8 17. Rh8 Qb4 18. a3 Qe7
19. e4 Nd6 20. g6 fxg6 21. exd5 exd5 22. Qxg6 Nf7 23. Rh5 Nc7 24. Bh2 $14 {
Adams,M-De la Villa Garcia,J/Leon/1995/}) 8. g5 Nfd7 9. Bd3 (9. Nc3 c6 10. Bd3
Bxd3 11. Qxd3 g6 $5 (11... e6 12. Bxb8 Qxb8 13. f4 Bb4 14. Nf3 Qd6 15. Ne5 Nxe5
16. fxe5 Qe7 17. O-O O-O-O 18. Rf4 Rdf8 19. Raf1 $16 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gf1f7]
<->f,><f7,Bondarenko-Poggemann/Moscow7 op/1991/}) 12. e4 e6 13. O-O-O Be7 14.
Re1 Na6 15. a3 Nb6 16. Be5 O-O 17. Bf6 Bxf6 18. gxf6 Qxf6 19. Nh3 c5 20. e5 Qf5
21. Qd2 Nc4 22. Qh6 cxd4 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Ng5 Rfe8 $19 {Hodgson,J-Nunn,J/BL
95/96/1995/}) 9... Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nc6 11. g6 $6 (11. c4 dxc4 12. Qxc4 e5 $1 $36)
(11. Nc3 Nb6 12. Nge2 g6 $13 {[%cal Yf8g7,Ye7e5] /\Bg7,e5}) 11... f6 12. Nc3 (
12. Qf5 e5 13. dxe5 Ndxe5 $15) 12... Nb6 13. Qf5 (13. Nb5 e5 14. dxe5 fxe5 15.
Bg5 Be7 $15 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5] [+]}) (13. O-O-O Qd7 14. Nge2 O-O-O $15 {[%cal
Re7e5] /\e5}) 13... Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. O-O-O e6 16. e4 $2 {Loses a pawn.} (
16. Nh3 Bb4 17. Ne2 (17. Nb5 e5 18. dxe5 fxe5 19. Bg5 a6 $17) 17... Ne7 18.
Rhg1 Nc4 $15 {[%csl Rg6] ><g6}) (16. Nge2 $142 $5) 16... Ne7 $17 17. Nge2 Nxg6
18. Rdg1 Nxf4 19. Nxf4 c6 20. Nce2 Rh7 21. Rg6 Ke7 $1 22. Nd3 Kf7 23. Nef4 (23.
Rhg1 $142 Nd7 $17 {[%csl Gg7][%cal Yf8e7,Ya8g8,Yd7f8] /\Be7,Rg8,Nf8,^^g}) 23...
dxe4 $1 24. fxe4 Rd8 $19 25. c3 c5 26. dxc5 (26. Nxc5 Bxc5 27. dxc5 Na4 {
[%cal Ra4c5,Re6e5] /\e5,Nc5-+}) 26... Na4 {[%cal Re6e5,Rd8d3] /\e5,Rd3} (26...
Rxd3 27. Nxd3 Kxg6 28. cxb6 axb6 $19) 27. Rhg1 (27. Rg3 Nxc5 28. Nxc5 Bxc5 $19
{_|_}) 27... e5 $1 (27... Nxc5 $2 28. Nxc5 Bxc5 29. Rxg7+ $1 Rxg7 30. Rxg7+
Kxg7 31. Nxe6+ Kg6 32. Nxd8 $13) (27... e5 28. Nd5 Nxc5 29. Nxc5 Bxc5 30. R1g2
Bf2 $1 {[%csl Rh4] ><h4 White will have to lose another pawn, or sacrifice the
exchange, both possibilities are equally hopeless.} 31. Rxf6+ gxf6 32. Rxf2 Rh6
{[%cal Yd8g8,Yg8g4] /\Rg8-g4}) 0-1

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.10.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1996.10.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 Bf5 (4... c6 5. Bd3 Qb6 6. Bxe4 Qxb2 7.
Nd2 dxe4 8. Ne2 Nd7 9. O-O (9. Nxe4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Qd3 Qb6 12. a4 O-O 13.
a5 Qd8 14. Qc3 a6 15. Rfd1 h6 16. Rab1 Nf6 17. Nxf6+ exf6 18. Qa3 Re8 19. c4
Bf8 20. c5 g5 21. Bg3 f5 22. Nc3 Qf6 23. Be5 $16 {Hodgson,J-Smejkal,J/BL 9596/
1996/}) 9... Nf6 10. c4 Qa3 11. Ng3 g6 12. Be5 Bg7 13. Ngxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxg7 Nxd2
15. Qxd2 Rg8 16. Be5 f6 17. Bg3 b6 18. e4 c5 19. d5 $36 {^-->[+],Hodgson,
J-Hjartarson,J/Copenhagen PC/1996/ With major pieces on the board
opposite-coloured B usually help the side with the initiative, in this case
it's undoubtedly White.}) 5. f3 (5. Bd3 e6 6. f3 Nf6 7. Bxf5 exf5 8. Qd3 Qd7 9.
Ne2 Nc6 10. Nbc3 O-O-O 11. O-O-O g6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Nf4 Nh5 14. Bxe7 Nxf4 15.
exf4 Qxe7 16. Rhe1 Qd6 17. g3 a6 18. Na4 Nb4 19. Qa3 b6 20. Nc3 Kb7 21. Re5 f6
22. Re3 Nc6 23. Qxd6 Rxd6 24. Nb1 Kc8 25. c3 Kd8 26. Rde1 Rd7 27. a4 Re7 28.
Rxe7 {1/2,Yegiazarian,A-Babula,V/Jerevan olm/1996/}) (5. c4 $5 e6 6. Qb3 Qc8 $2
7. cxd5 exd5 8. Qxd5 Bb4+ 9. Ke2 O-O 10. f3 Re8 11. fxe4 Bxe4 12. Qg5 h6 13.
Qg3 Nc6 14. Kf2 Bxb1 15. Rxb1 Qf5 16. Rd1 g5 17. Bd3 Qf6 18. Nf3 {1-0,Romero
Holmes,A-Perdomo,J/Gran Canaria op/1996/}) 5... Nf6 6. c4 $5 {A relatively
recent and less played move, which may in future replace the usual} (6. g4 Bg6
7. h4 h5 $5 (7... h6 8. Bd3 (8. Nc3 e6 9. Qd2 c5 10. Nb5 Na6 11. Nh3 Qb6 12. a4
c4 13. c3 Be7 14. Bg3 Bh7 15. Nf4 Nd7 16. g5 Bf5 17. Qg2 Qc6 18. Nh5 Kf8 19.
Bf4 hxg5 20. hxg5 Rg8 21. Qh2 Bg6 22. Ng3 Nb6 23. Bh3 Nxa4 24. Rxa4 Qxb5 $15 {
Degraeve,J-Lepelletier,B/FRA-ch Toulouse/1995/}) 8... Bxd3 9. Qxd3 c6 10. Nc3
Na6 11. Nge2 e6 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5 Rxh1 16. Rxh1
Ne8 17. Rh8 Qb4 18. a3 Qe7 19. e4 Nd6 20. g6 fxg6 21. exd5 exd5 22. Qxg6 Nf7
23. Rh5 Nc7 24. Bh2 Qf6 25. Qg4+ Qe6 26. Qg3 Qd6 27. Qg2 Qf6 28. Nf4 $36 {
Adams,M-De la Villa Garcia,J/Leon/1995/}) 8. g5 Nfd7 9. Nc3 (9. Bd3 Bxd3 10.
Qxd3 Nc6 11. g6 f6 12. Nc3 Nb6 13. Qf5 Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. O-O-O e6 16. e4
Ne7 17. Nge2 Nxg6 18. Rdg1 Nxf4 19. Nxf4 c6 20. Nce2 Rh7 21. Rg6 Ke7 22. Nd3
Kf7 23. Nef4 dxe4 24. fxe4 Rd8 25. c3 c5 26. dxc5 Na4 27. Rhg1 e5 {0-1,Miles,
A-Van Wely,L/Linares zt/1995/}) 9... c6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 g6 (11... e6 12.
Bxb8 Qxb8 13. f4 Bb4 14. Nf3 Qd6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Qe7 17. O-O O-O-O 18.
Rf4 Rdf8 19. Raf1 f6 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Rxf6 Rxf6 22. Rxf6 Rg8 23. Qf1 Bxc3 24.
bxc3 Qa3 25. Qd3 $16 {Bondarenko-Poggemann/Moscow7 op/1991/}) 12. e4 e6 13.
O-O-O Be7 14. Re1 Na6 15. a3 Nb6 16. Be5 O-O $13 17. Bf6 Bxf6 18. gxf6 Qxf6 19.
Nh3 c5 20. e5 Qf5 21. Qd2 Nc4 22. Qh6 cxd4 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Ng5 Rfe8 25. e6
fxe6 26. Rhg1 d3 $19 {Hodgson,J-Nunn,J/BL 9596/1995/}) 6... c5 $2 $146 (6... c6
7. Nc3 e6 8. Qb3 b6 9. g4 Bg6 10. h4 h6 11. Nh3 Bd6 12. O-O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nd5
14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. e4 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Nd7 (16... b5 17. Bb3 a5 18. h5 Bh7 19. g5
hxg5 20. d5 e5 21. dxc6 Qxc6 22. Nxg5 Qxc3+ 23. bxc3 Bg8 24. Bxf7+ Bxf7 25.
Rd8+ Kxd8 26. Nxf7+ Ke7 27. Nxh8 Nd7 28. Ng6+ $16 {Efimov,I-Nordahl,H/Gausdal
Peer Gynt/1991/}) 17. Bd3 Qc7 18. f4 O-O-O 19. f5 Bh7 20. e5 Kb8 21. Nf4 exf5
22. gxf5 c5 23. Rhg1 Rc8 $132 {Hodgson,J-Pribyl,M/BL 9596/1996/}) 7. cxd5 Nxd5
(7... cxd4 8. e4 $16) (7... Qxd5 8. e4 Nxe4 9. fxe4 Qxe4+ 10. Ne2 $18) (7...
Bxb1 8. Rxb1 Qxd5 (8... Nxd5 9. Bxb8 Qxb8 10. Bb5+ Kd8 11. dxc5 $18) 9. Bxb8
Rxb8 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. dxc5 $40 {[%cal Rb1d1,Rf1b5] /\Bb5,Rd1}) 8. Bxb8 $1 {
Black loses a piece for insufficient compensation.} Nxe3 (8... Rxb8 9. e4 Ne3
10. Qe2 (10. Qd3 Qxd4 $5 11. exf5 Qxb2 12. Qxe3 Qxa1 13. Bb5+ Kd8 14. Qd3+ Qd4
$14) 10... Qa5+ (10... Qxd4 11. exf5 b5 12. Nc3 $18) 11. Kf2 Nxf1 12. exf5 cxd4
13. Kxf1 Qxf5 14. Nd2 $16) 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qe2 Nxg2+ (11... Qxd4
12. Bg3 Rd8 13. Nc3 $18) (11... cxd4 12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Bd2 $18) 12. Qxg2 Rxb8 13.
dxc5 g6 (13... e6 14. Nc3 {[%cal Ya1d1,Yc3e4] /\Rd1,Ne4+-}) 14. Nc3 Bg7 15.
Nge2 Qc6 16. Qg5 $2 (16. Qf2 $142 Rc8 17. b4 b6 18. O-O bxc5 19. b5 $18) 16...
Qxf3 17. Rf1 Qh3 18. Rf2 O-O {Now Black has at least some hope. He has two
pawns for the piece and White's K is uncomfortable in the center. White's task
is not so easy anymore.} 19. Rd1 (19. O-O-O $2 Bh6 $19) (19. Qxe7 $2 Rbe8 20.
Qxb7 Bxc3+ 21. bxc3 Qxc3+ $19) (19. Qg3 Qh5 $132) 19... Qe6 20. Nd5 (20. Kf1 $5
$16) 20... Bxb2 21. Qxe7 (21. Nxe7+ Kh8 22. Nd5 Rbc8 $14) 21... Qxe7 22. Nxe7+
Kg7 23. c6 $6 {And this move finally spoils the game for White, as now Black
gets back his piece. The best way to keep the slender winning chances alive was
} (23. Nd5 $1 Rfc8 (23... Rbc8 24. Rb1 $14) 24. Ne3 (24. Nef4 Ba3) 24... Rxc5
25. Rd7 Bf6 26. Ng4 Rc6 27. Nd4 $36) (23. Nf4 Ba3 24. Nd3 Rfe8 25. Re2 Rbd8 $13
{[%csl Re7] ><e7}) 23... Rbe8 $1 (23... Ba3 $2 24. c7 $18) 24. Rd7 Ba3 25. Nxg6
(25. Nd5 bxc6 26. Ndc3 Re7 $10) (25. Nf5+ $142 $5 gxf5 26. cxb7 $14) 25... hxg6
26. cxb7 Rd8 27. Rxd8 $8 (27. Rc7 Bd6 28. Rc6 Rd7 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Rf8b8] /
\Rb8,><b7}) 27... Rxd8 28. Rf3 Bb4+ 29. Kf1 Rd1+ 30. Kg2 Bd6 31. Rb3 Bb8 $132
32. a4 Kf6 (32... Ra1 33. Nc3 (33. Rb4 a5) 33... Kf6 $10) 33. a5 Ra1 34. Rb5 (
34. Rc3 Ra2 $1 35. Kf3 Rxa5 36. Rc8 Bxh2 37. b8=Q (37. Ng3 $4 Ra3+ $19) 37...
Bxb8 38. Rxb8 $10) 34... Ke7 35. Rc5 Bd6 36. Rc6 (36. Rc8 Ra2 (36... Rb1 37. a6
Rb2 38. Kf3 Bxh2 39. Ra8 $18) 37. Kf3 Ra3+ $1 (37... Rxa5 38. b8=Q Bxb8 39.
Rxb8 $14) (37... Bxh2 38. Nf4 $5 (38. b8=Q Bxb8 39. Rxb8 Rxa5 $10) 38... Ra3+
39. Kg4 f5+ (39... Rg3+ 40. Kh4 Rb3 41. b8=Q Rxb8 42. Rxb8 Bxf4 43. Rb7+ Kd6
44. Rxa7 Kc6 45. Rxf7 g5+ 46. Kg4 Kb5 47. Ra7 $5 (47. Rf5+ Ka6 48. Kf3 Bc7 $10)
47... Bd2 48. a6 Bf4 49. Kf5 Kb6 50. Ra8 Kb5 $1 51. Ke6 Kb6 52. Kd7 Kb5 53. a7
Kb6 54. Kc8 Be3 $10) 40. Kg5 Rg3+ 41. Kh6 Rb3 42. Nxg6+ Kd7 $5 (42... Kf6 43.
Rf8+ Ke6 44. a6 Rb6 45. Kg7 $14) 43. a6 Rb6 44. Kg5 Rxa6 45. Nf4 Ra4 $1 $10)
38. Kf2 Bxh2 $10) 36... Rb1 (36... Rxa5 $6 37. Rxd6 Rb5 38. Ra6 Rxb7 39. Nd4
$14) 37. a6 Rb2 38. Kf3 Rb3+ 39. Kg2 Rb2 40. Kf3 Bxh2 (40... Rb3+ $10) 41. Nd4
Kd7 42. Rc8 {[%cal Rc8a8] /\Ra8+-} Rb6 $1 $10 43. Ra8 Rxa6 44. b8=Q Bxb8 45.
Rxb8 Ke7 46. Rb7+ Kf6 47. Rc7 (47. Nb5 $2 Rb6 {After an exchange of R White
would be lost.}) 47... Ra3+ 48. Kf4 g5+ (48... a5 49. Rc6+ Kg7 (49... Ke7 50.
Rc7+ $10) 50. Ra6 a4 51. Ra7 $10) 49. Ke4 Ra4 50. Rc6+ Kg7 51. Ke3 Ra5 52. Rc7
Kf6 53. Rc6+ Kg7 54. Rc7 a6 55. Ne6+ Kg6 56. Nxg5 $1 Rxg5 (56... Kxg5 57. Rxf7
$10) 57. Rc6+ Kf5 58. Rxa6 Kg4 59. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 (2... Ne4 3. Bf4 d6 (3... c5 4. f3 (4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 e6 6.
f3 Nf6 7. e4 exd5 8. e5 Nh5 9. Ne2 d6 10. Nbc3 Be6 11. g4 dxe5 12. Bxe5 Nc6 13.
f4 Nxe5 14. fxe5 d4 15. gxh5 dxc3 16. bxc3 Be7 17. Bg2 Bh4+ 18. Ng3 Bxg3+ 19.
hxg3 h6 20. O-O $13 {1/2,Hodgson,J-Lalic,B/St.Heliers op/1997/}) 4... Qa5+ 5.
c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 cxd4 7. Nb3 Qb6 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. a3 e5 11. Be3 d5 12.
Bxb6 d4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. d5 Nxd5 15. Bc5 Be7 16. Kf2 f5 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Nc5
f4 19. g3 Bf7 20. h4 b6 21. Nd3 Bg6 $44 {Lesiege,A-Shaked,T/Mermaid Beach Club/
1997/}) 4. Nd2 Nf6 $6 5. e4 g6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Bg3 Bg7 8. Ngf3 O-O 9. Bc4 Nb6 10.
Bb3 Nc6 11. O-O Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Na5 14. Qe1 Nxb3 15. axb3 Qd7 16. Qe4
d5 17. Qh4 h6 18. Rfe1 Qe6 19. Re3 a5 20. Rae1 a4 21. Bf4 $1 g5 22. Nxg5 hxg5
23. Bxg5 Nc8 24. Rg3 f5 25. Bh6 Rf7 26. Qg5 f4 27. Rg4 {1-0, Hodgson,J-Vescovi,
G/Mermaid Beach Club/1997/}) 3. d5 g6 $6 {Playing against Julian's favourite
Trompowsky people often try to suprise him by something unusual. The same we
see here, but it must have been a pleasant surprise, as White now gets an
advantageous version of a Pirc/Old Benoni position with attacking chances.
Black should go for the more active and topical lines with} (3... Ne4 {or}) (
3... Qb6 4. Nc3 Qxb2 5. Bd2 Qb6 6. e4 d6 7. f4 e5 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10.
Rb1 Qd8 11. Bg5 Bd6 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Nc4 Nb6 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. Qf3 Bd7 16. Bxf6
Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. Bb5 Rfd8 19. O-O Kg7 20. Rf3 Nc8 21. Bxd7 Rxd7 22. Ne2
Nd6 23. Ng3 Kh8 24. Rxf6 Rg8 25. Re1 Rg5 26. Nf1 b5 27. Nd2 Rg6 $11 {
Landenbergue,C-Xu Jun/Cannes opA/1997/}) (3... e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Nf3
O-O 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O Kh8 9. a4 Ng8 10. Be3 g6 11. Nd2 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. f4
Ngf6 14. Nc4 e4 15. Bc1 Rg8 16. b3 Ne8 17. Bb2 Bf6 18. Kh1 Qe7 19. Qd2 Bd4 20.
g3 Ndf6 21. Nd1 Bxb2 22. Ndxb2 Qg7 23. Ne3 Bd7 24. Nbc4 $14 {Miles,A-Matamoros
Franco,C/Ubeda op/1997/}) 4. Nc3 (4. Bxf6 $143 $6 exf6 5. Nc3 (5. e3 Bg7 6. c3
O-O 7. Ne2 b5 8. Nf4 b4 9. h4 f5 10. h5 d6 11. hxg6 hxg6 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Qc2
Qg5 14. g3 Nd7 15. Bb5 Rb8 16. Bxd7 Bxd7 17. Nd2 bxc3 18. bxc3 Bb5 19. Ne2 Qg4
20. f3 Qg5 21. Nf1 Rxe3 22. Nxe3 Qxe3 23. Kd1 Ba4 24. Qxa4 Rb2 {0-1,Grant,
A-Arkell,K/Hastings op9495/1994/}) 5... d6 6. e3 Bg7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. g3 Nd7 9.
Bg2 Ne5 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. b3 f5 13. Qd2 b5 14. Rad1 b4 15. Nb1 Bb5 16.
c4 Bd7 17. h3 Bc8 18. Qc2 a5 19. Nd2 a4 20. f4 Nd7 21. e4 Re8 22. Rfe1 axb3 23.
axb3 Nf6 $36 {Knapp,M-Mueller,M/Nuernberg Weilburg op/1996/}) 4... Bg7 5. e4 (
5. Nf3 $143 b5 $1 6. Qd2 b4 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Nd1 d6 9. e4 Bg4 10. Be2 Nd7 11.
O-O Bxf3 12. Bxf3 O-O 13. Be2 a5 14. a4 bxa3 15. Rxa3 Qb6 16. Rb3 Qc7 17. Bb5
Rab8 18. c4 Rb7 19. Ra3 Ra7 20. Rh3 Bg7 21. Nc3 Nb6 $11 {Lenhardt,M-Sorg,B/
OSEM-A WD Ulm/1995/}) 5... d6 (5... h6 $142 $5 {Black should prevent White to
achieve the attacking set-up he gets in the game.} 6. Bf4 (6. Bd2 d6 7. h3 O-O
8. Nf3 e6 9. Be2 exd5 10. exd5 Bf5 11. Qc1 g5 12. h4 g4 13. Nh2 h5 14. Bh6 Bg6
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nf1 Nbd7 17. Ng3 Re8 18. Qd2 a6 19. O-O-O b5 20. Bd3 Re5 21.
f4 gxf3 22. gxf3 b4 23. Nce2 Qa5 24. Kb1 c4 25. Bxg6 c3 $5 $13 {Lputian,
S-Alterman,B/Moscow olm/1994/}) 6... d6 7. h3 Qb6 8. Bb5+ Nfd7 (8... Bd7 $142
$5 9. a4 O-O $132) 9. Rb1 Qa5 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Nf3 a6 12. Be2 Nf6 13. O-O Qd8
14. a4 e6 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Be3 Nc6 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. Rfd1 Ne8 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20.
Qxd5 Nf6 21. Qxd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Nxe4 23. Rd7 Na5 24. Nd2 Nxd2 25. Bxd2 b6 26.
Kf1 Rad8 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Be3 Nc6 29. c3 $16 {[%csl Ge2,Ge3] _|_^^,Hodgson,
J-Cramling,P/Bern Rehhag cup/1996/}) (5... b5 $6 6. Bxf6 (6. e5 Ng4 7. d6 $36)
6... Bxf6 7. Bxb5 Qa5 8. Nge2 $16) 6. f4 $1 $146 {A very strong novelty, which
makes Black's idea very dubious. Now it's very difficult to get any
counterplay in the center by e6.} (6. Be2 $143 a6 7. a4 h6 8. Bd2 e6 9. Nf3
exd5 10. exd5 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 O-O 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Bf4 Nb6 15. Qd3 Qc7
16. g4 Rae8 17. Bg2 Nfd7 18. Bc1 Re7 19. f4 Rfe8 20. Bd2 c4 21. Qf3 Nc5 22. Kh1
Ne4 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 $17 {Bennett,T-Bouaziz,S/London Lloyds Bank op/1978/}) (6.
Qd2 Qa5 (6... O-O 7. Bh6 Bxh6 8. Qxh6 a6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Ng5 Re8 11. Be2 Nf8
12. h4 b5 13. h5 e5 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. O-O-O Qe7 17. f4 b4 18.
Nxe6 bxc3 19. Ng5 d5 20. e5 Qb7 21. bxc3 Rab8 22. exf6 Rxe2 23. f7+ {1-0, Emms,
J-Schmidt,S/Leningrad II/1990/}) 7. f3 a6 8. O-O-O Nbd7 9. Kb1 b5 10. Bh6 Bxh6
11. Qxh6 Ne5 12. Qe3 Bd7 13. f4 Neg4 14. Qf3 b4 15. Nce2 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf2 17.
Qf3 Nxd1 18. Nc1 Nc3+ 19. bxc3 bxc3 20. Nb3 Rb8 21. Bc4 Qb4 22. Bxa6 O-O 23.
Ne2 Qa3 24. Nxc3 Qxa6 $19 {Gerstner,W-Alterman,B/München op/1991/}) 6... O-O (
6... Ng4 7. Qd2 h6 8. Bh4 $16) (6... e6 $4 7. dxe6 Bxe6 8. e5 dxe5 9. Qxd8+
Kxd8 10. fxe5 $18) 7. Nf3 a6 (7... Qb6 $142 $5 8. Rb1 e6 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Bd3 {
[%cal Rf4f5] /\f5|^}) 8. a4 Nh5 9. f5 $1 (9. Qd2 f6 10. Bh4 Bh6 11. g3 Bg4 $132
) 9... Nd7 (9... gxf5 10. Nh4 Nf6 11. Nxf5 $16) 10. Be2 Rb8 11. O-O $16 {
White's attacking plan is very simple and typical for these positions-Qe1-h4,
Bh6,Ng5,Rf1-f3 etc. Black can do very little against this.} Nhf6 12. Qe1 Re8 {
White's last move fits in his plan and also stops b5 for the time being.} (
12... b5 $2 13. axb5 axb5 14. Bxb5) 13. Qh4 c4 {[%cal Rd8b6] /\Qb6} (13... e6
$2 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. fxe6 Nf8 (15... Rxe6 16. Bc4) 16. Nd5 $18) 14. Be3 $5 {
Hodgson slightly modifies his plan, but also} (14. Kh1 Qb6 15. Rab1 {[%cal
Rg5h6,Rf3g5] /\Bh6,Ng5 was very strong.}) 14... Qc7 (14... b5 $6 15. axb5 axb5
16. Nd4 {[%cal Rd4b5,Rd4c6] /\Nc6,Ndb5 loses a pawn.}) 15. Kh1 b6 (15... b5 16.
axb5 axb5 17. Ra7 $40) 16. g4 $1 $40 {The next 20 moves till the end of the
game White spends attacking, producing a model strategical and tactical
performance.} Nc5 (16... b5 17. g5 Nh5 18. Nd4 $40) 17. g5 Nfd7 18. Bd4 $1 Ne5
(18... Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Ne5 20. Qh6 $18 {[%cal Rf5f6,Rf1f4,Rf4h4] /\f6,Rf4-h4}) (
18... f6 19. Rg1 $40) 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Be3 b5 (20... f6 $142 $5 21. fxg6 hxg6
22. Bg4 $16) 21. axb5 axb5 22. Qf2 $1 $18 Nxe4 $8 (22... Nd7 23. fxg6 $18) 23.
Nxe4 gxf5 (23... Bxf5 24. Ng3 e6 25. Ra7 $18) 24. Bg4 $5 (24. Ng3 f4 25. Nh5
$18) 24... e6 $8 (24... f4 25. Bxc8 Rbxc8 26. Bc5 $18 {[%cal Ra1a7] /\Ra7}) 25.
Nf6+ Bxf6 26. gxf6 fxg4 27. Bh6 $1 (27. Qg3 Kh8 28. Bh6 Rg8 29. Bg7+ Rxg7 30.
fxg7+ Kg8 $44) 27... Bb7 (27... Kh8 28. Bg7+ Kg8 29. Qh4 exd5 30. Qg5 $18) 28.
Rad1 $1 {White doesn't allow the B to join the defence.} (28. Qg3 $2 Bxd5+ 29.
Kg1 Be4 30. Qxg4+ Bg6 $15) 28... Bxd5+ 29. Rxd5 $1 Qc6 (29... exd5 30. Qf5 Kh8
31. Qg5 Rg8 32. Bg7+ Rxg7 33. Qxg7#) 30. Rfd1 $1 (30. Qg3 $4 Qxd5+ 31. Kg1 Qe4
$19) 30... Kh8 (30... exd5 31. Qf5 $18) (30... Rbd8 31. Qg2 $18) 31. Bg7+ (31.
Qg2 $1 exd5 32. Bg7+ Kg8 33. Qxg4 Qe6 34. Qg5 $18) 31... Kg8 32. Qc5 Qb7 33.
Qg1 $1 exd5 (33... h5 34. Qe3 exd5 35. Qh6 d4+ 36. Kg1 $18) 34. Qxg4 d4+ 35.
Kg1 Qc8 36. Qg5 1-0

[Event "Haifa"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 f5 6. c4 Bg7 (6... Bh6 $5 7.
e3 f4 8. exf4 Bxf4 9. Qxf4 Qxb2 10. Ne2 Qxa1 11. Nec3 d6 12. Qd2 Rg8 13. g3 a6
{Alexandrov,A-Zhelnin,A/St.Peterburg/1994/} 14. Bd3 $5 $44) 7. Nc3 d6 $1 (7...
Qb4 8. e3 d6 9. f4 $5 Nd7 10. Nf3 Nb6 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. Bd3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qa5 14.
a4 $1 Nxa4 15. Qc2 Qxc3 16. Rxa4 Qxc2 17. Bxc2 Bxa4 18. Bxa4+ Kd8 19. Kf2 e6
20. e4 $1 $36 {Hodgson,JM-Schlosser,P/Horgen SKA/1994/}) 8. e3 Nd7 9. Nge2 $146
(9. Be2 Nf6 10. Bd3 e6 11. Nge2 Bd7 12. O-O O-O (12... O-O-O $5 $132) 13. Rb1
Rae8 14. a3 Ng4 15. Nf4 Qd8 16. h3 Ne5 17. Be2 Ng6 18. Nh5 $13 {1/2:1/2,Adams,
M-Alterman,B/Etoiles/1994/}) 9... Nf6 10. Ng3 $6 (10. Nf4 e5 $5 11. Nd3 Bd7 $13
) 10... h5 $1 11. Bd3 (11. h4 Ne4 $5 $15) 11... e6 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. Nge2 (13.
O-O h4 14. Nge2 Ng4 $15) 13... O-O-O 14. Rb1 Ng4 $36 {/\Ne5,Be5} 15. b4 (15. h3
Ne5 16. Nf4 Bh6 $15) 15... cxb4 16. a3 Rdg8 17. axb4 (17. Rxb4 Qc7 $15) 17...
Be5 18. c5 (18. h3 Nf6 $36 (18... Nxe3 $5 19. fxe3 Rxg2 $44)) 18... dxc5 19.
bxc5 Qxc5 20. Qb3 Kd8 $1 $17 {/\Ke7,עe1} 21. Bc4 Ke7 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Rd1 {
/\Rd7} Bd6 24. O-O (24. h3 Ne5 25. Bb5 Bc8 $5 $19) 24... Nxh2 25. Nd4 Rg6 $1 (
25... Nxf1 26. Kxf1 $132) 26. Bxe6 (26. Rfe1 Rhg8 $40) 26... Bxe6 27. Nxe6 (27.
Qxb7+ Kf8 28. Nxe6+ Rxe6 $19) 27... Rxe6 28. Nd5+ Kf7 29. Rc1 $5 (29. Rfe1 {
/\Nf4} Ng4 30. Qxb7+ Kg6 $17) 29... Qa5 30. Ra1 Qd8 31. Qxb7+ Kg6 32. Rxa7 $2 (
32. Rfd1 $8 Qc8 33. Qxa7 $17) 32... Nf3+ $1 (32... Nf3+ 33. gxf3 Qg5+ 34. Kh1
Qh4+ {/\Qh2#}) 0-1

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. c3 h6 (3... b6 4. e4 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e5 Qe7
7. Qf3 Nc6 8. Qg3 Bb7 9. Nd2 O-O-O 10. f4 g5 11. fxg5 Qxg5 12. Qf2 Be7 13. Nh3
Qg7 14. Be2 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Bf3 Rhf8 17. Qe2 h5 18. O-O-O h4 19. Kb1 Kb8
$17 {[%csl Gb7,Gd7,Ge6,Gf6] ^^[+],Qi,J-Karpov,A/Luzern tt WCh/1985/}) (3... Be7
4. Nd2 d5 5. Ngf3 (5. e3 Nbd7 6. f4 $5 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Ngf3 g6
10. Ne5 a6 11. Qf3 Bg7 12. h4 Qe7 13. h5 c5 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. Kb1 c4 16. Bc2
Kb8 17. e4 b5 18. exd5 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Bxd5 20. Be4 $16 {Bohm,H-Van Doorn,R/
NLD-chT9495/1995/}) 5... b6 6. e3 Bb7 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. a4
c5 11. a5 c4 12. Bc2 b5 13. a6 Bc6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17.
f4 f5 18. Nf3 Nc5 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. g4 $36 {Hort,V-Cramling,P/Biel/1984/}) 4. Bh4
(4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nd2 g6 6. e4 d6 7. Ngf3 Nd7 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. O-O Qe7 10. Nc4 e5
11. dxe5 dxe5 12. b4 O-O 13. Qc2 Rd8 14. a4 Nf8 15. a5 Bg4 16. Ne1 a6 17. Ne3
Be6 18. Nf3 Nh7 19. Rfd1 Ng5 20. Nxg5 Qxg5 21. c4 c6 22. c5 Rd4 23. Bc4 $10 {
1/2/Backwinkel,P-Goetz,R/BL 8889/1988/}) 4... b6 5. Nd2 Bb7 (5... Ba6 $5 6.
Ngf3 Be7 7. Qc2 d5 8. e4 Bxf1 9. Rxf1 Nbd7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Rfe1 b5 12. Kb1 $2
Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxh4 14. Nxh4 Qxh4 15. g3 Qh3 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. f3 Rfe8 $17 {
Gonzalez Mateos,R-Garcia Palermo,C/Oviedo 25'/1993/}) 6. Ngf3 (6. e3 d6 7. f3
Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Ne2 c5 10. e4 cxd4 11. cxd4 e5 12. Bg3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nh5 14.
Nf5 Nc6 15. Nc4 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Ne5 17. O-O Nxc4 18. Bxc4 d5 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20.
Bxd5 Rad8 21. Qd4 Qg5 22. Rad1 Qxg3 23. Qf2 Qc7 24. Rc1 $10 {1/2/Ivanchuk,
V-Adams,M/Belgrade/1995/}) 6... d6 $5 7. Bxf6 (7. e3 Nbd7 $10 {[%cal Ye6e5,
Yg7g5,Yf6h5] /\e5,g5,Nh5}) 7... Qxf6 8. e4 Nd7 9. a4 a6 $10 10. Bd3 g6 11. a5
$6 (11. Qe2 Bg7 12. O-O O-O $10) 11... b5 12. c4 bxc4 13. Nxc4 Qe7 (13... Bg7
$5 14. e5 Qe7 $15) 14. O-O Bg7 15. Rc1 O-O $15 {[%csl Gb7,Gg7] ^^ Opening the
position for Black's Bishop pair was not a good idea, with his compact pawn
structure Black is already slightly better.} 16. Re1 Rfb8 17. Qc2 (17. b4 $6 d5
18. exd5 Bxd5 $17) 17... Ra7 $1 18. Qa4 Ba8 {[%cal Gb8b2] <->b} 19. Qa3 Qd8 20.
Bc2 Bf8 21. Qe3 Rab7 (21... d5 $5 $36) 22. h4 Rb4 23. b3 Bg7 24. Qd2 R4b5 25.
Na3 R5b7 26. Qd3 Ra7 27. Qe3 d5 $1 $36 {After thorough preparation Black opens
the position for his B-pair and his advantage grows.} (27... c5 $6 28. dxc5
Nxc5 29. Nc4 $13) 28. exd5 (28. e5 c5 $1 {[%csl Ra5,Rd4,Re5] ><a5,[+]}) 28...
Bxd5 29. Nc4 Rb5 30. Be4 Nf6 (30... Bxc4 $2 31. bxc4 Rxa5 32. d5 $36) 31. Bxd5
Nxd5 32. Qe4 Qf6 (32... Rxb3 $5 33. Nce5 Qf6 $17) 33. Nce5 Qf5 (33... Rxb3 $5 {
-32...Rxb3}) 34. Nc6 Qxe4 35. Rxe4 Ra8 36. Nd2 Kf8 37. Rc5 Ke8 $1 $17 {[%cal
Rb5c5,Re8d7] /\Rc5,Kd7 Black's advantage has now a different form-better pawn
structure and more active K. White will be unable to protect all his
weaknesses in the long run.} 38. Rxb5 (38. Rc2 Kd7 {[%cal Rd5b4] /\Nb4}) 38...
axb5 {[%csl Ra5] ><a5} 39. Re1 Bf8 (39... Kd7 40. Rc1 Ra6 $4 41. Nb8+ $18) 40.
Ne4 f6 (40... Ra6 41. Rc1 f5 $17) 41. g4 Ra6 42. Rc1 f5 43. gxf5 gxf5 44. Nd2
Nb4 $1 45. Nxb4 (45. Ne5 Bd6 46. Ra1 $6 Nc2 $19) 45... Bxb4 {Hecht: TS-TL:
starker L, aktiver sK, weiße B-Schwächen, Technik} 46. Nf3 Bxa5 47. Ra1 Ra7 48.
h5 (48. Kf1 Bb6 $19) 48... Kd7 $1 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Yd7d5] /\Kd6-d5,><d4} 49.
Kh2 Kd6 50. Rg1 c6 51. Rg6 Rh7 52. Kg3 Kd5 53. Kf4 Bc7+ $1 (53... Bb6 $6 54. b4
$132) 54. Ke3 Bb6 55. Kd3 (55. b4 e5 $1 $19) 55... c5 56. dxc5 Bxc5 57. Ke2 $8
Ra7 $1 $19 {[%csl Gd5,Ge6,Gf5] [+] Black's powerfully centralized pieces and
passed pawns will decide, the h-pawn is simply too slow.} 58. Rxh6 Ra2+ 59. Kd1
(59. Kd3 e5 $1 {[%cal Re5e4,Rb5b4] /\e4,b4#}) 59... Rxf2 60. Nh4 Rh2 61. Nf3 (
61. Ng6 e5 $19) 61... Rh1+ 62. Ke2 e5 63. Rh8 e4 64. Rd8+ Ke6 65. Ng5+ Kf6 66.
Nh7+ Ke5 (66... Ke7 $6 67. Rd5 $132) 67. Re8+ Kf4 $40 68. Nf6 $8 Rh2+ 69. Kd1
Bd4 70. Nd5+ (70. Nd5+ Kf3 {[%cal Rh2h5,Re4e2] /\Rh5,e3-e2-+}) 0-1

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.30"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"]

1. d4 {Speelman} Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 (2... c5 3. d5 Ne4 4. Bf4 Qb6 5. Bc1 g6 6. f3
Nd6 $5 7. e4 Bg7 8. Nd2 O-O $13) 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 (4. d5 Qb6 5. Bc1 e6 6. f3 Nf6
7. c4 {-4.f3 Qa5+}) 4... Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 Qb6 7. Bc1 $5 {An unbelievable
line. White makes 3 moves out of 7 to return his B to it's initial square and
doesn't have a single developed piece. Despite this the position is unclear,
as the misplaced Qb6 will also cost Black time.} (7. b3 $143 e6 8. e4 exd5 9.
exd5 Bd6 10. Nh3 (10. Be3 O-O 11. Na3 Re8 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Kf2 Bf8 14. a4 d6 15.
Ne2 Nbd7 16. Ng3 b6 17. Bc1 g6 18. Be2 Bb7 19. Ne3 Bg7 20. Ra2 Rxe3 $1 21. Bxe3
Nxd5 $40 {Houska,M-Gullaksen,E/London IM/1997/}) 10... O-O 11. Qd2 Re8+ 12. Be2
c4 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. bxc4 b5 15. cxb5 a6 16. c4 axb5 17. cxb5 Qe5 18. Nc3 Nxd5
$40 {Sokolov,I-Smirin,I/Wijk op/1993/}) 7... e6 8. c4 Qb4+ $5 {Black accepts
the offered pawn sacrifice. This has been always considered quite risky, but
the game shows it's not so clear.} (8... exd5 $143 9. cxd5 c4 10. e3 $1 Qa5+ (
10... Bc5 11. Kf2 (11. Na3 $5 Bxa3 12. bxa3 Qc5 13. e4 O-O 14. Ne2 $36) 11...
O-O 12. Bxc4 d6 13. Ne2 Nbd7 14. Nbc3 Ne5 15. Na4 Qb4 16. b3 Nxc4 17. bxc4 Qxc4
18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Nf4 Re8 20. Re1 g5 21. Nd3 Qb6 22. Qb3 Qxb3 23. axb3 Nxd5 24.
Ra5 Be6 25. e4 Ne7 26. Rxg5+ $14 {Hodgson,J-Wells,P/Politiken Cup/1996/}) 11.
Nc3 b5 12. Qd4 Bb4 13. Qe5+ Kf8 14. a3 Bb7 $6 15. axb4 Qxa1 16. Nge2 Qa6 17.
Nd4 d6 18. Qf4 $1 Qb6 {Hodgson,J-Stohl,I/Port Erin op/1995/} 19. Ndxb5 Nxd5 20.
Qxd6+ Qxd6 21. Nxd6 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Bd5 23. e4 Be6 24. Bxc4 $16) (8... Qa5+ 9.
Bd2 Qc7 10. Nc3 Bd6 11. e4 a6 12. Bd3 exd5 13. exd5 O-O 14. Nge2 Re8 15. a4
Bxh2 16. Qc2 g6 17. O-O-O Bd6 18. g4 b5 19. g5 b4 20. gxf6 bxc3 21. Bxc3 Be5
22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Qd2 Bxc3 24. Rh8+ $1 {1-0,Orr,M-McShane,L/Kilkenny/1997/}) 9.
Nc3 (9. Bd2 {Speelman}) 9... Qxc4 10. e4 Qb4 (10... Qd4 11. Bd2 exd5 12. Nge2
$44 {[%csl Rd4] ףd4}) 11. Bd2 (11. a3 {Speelman} Qb6 (11... Qa5 $5) 12. Bc4) (
11. d6 {Speelman} Nc6 12. Bd2 c4 13. f4 e5 $1 (13... Bxd6 14. e5 Nxe5 15. fxe5
Bxe5 16. Nf3) 14. Nf3 Bxd6 15. b3) 11... Qb6 12. Bc4 exd5 (12... d6 13. Nge2 e5
14. a4 Be7 15. g4 h5 16. g5 Nh7 17. Rg1 Nf8 18. f4 exf4 19. Nxf4 Bg4 20. a5 Qc7
21. Qa4+ Bd7 22. Qc2 Na6 23. Nb5 Bxb5 24. Bxb5+ Kd8 25. Bc3 Rh7 26. Bxa6 bxa6
27. O-O-O $44 {[%csl Ra6,Rd6,Rd8,Rg7,Rh5] ->,ע,P,Hartoch,R-Timmerman,G/
Amsterdam/1982/}) 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 (14. exd5 {Speelman} Be7 15. Qe2 Qxb2
(15... Kd8 16. O-O-O Bf6 {also looked quite good for Black}) 16. Rc1 (16. d6 $2
Qxa1+ 17. Kf2 Qd4+ $19)) 14... Nc6 15. f4 (15. Bc3 $142 $5 Nb4 16. Bc4 d5 $5 (
16... d6 17. Qb3 $36) 17. exd5 Bf5 $13) (15. Ne2 {Speelman} c4 $5 {Kazhgaleyev}
) 15... Nb4 $1 16. Nf3 (16. Bc4 {Speelman} d5 17. exd5 Bf5 $13) 16... Nxd5 $6 (
16... Be7 $5 $15) 17. exd5 Be7 (17... Bd6 18. Qe2+ Kd8 19. O-O-O Re8 20. Ne5
$40) (17... d6 18. Qe2+ $44) (17... Qxb2 $2 18. Qe2+ Be7 $8 (18... Kd8 19. Ba5+
) 19. O-O $32 {[%csl Re7] ->עe8}) 18. Qe2 Qd6 {There is no other way to
finish development.} 19. O-O (19. Bc3 {Speelman} O-O 20. Rd1 Bf6 21. Be5) 19...
O-O (19... Qxd5 $6 20. Rfe1 Qe6 21. Qd3 Qg6 22. f5 $40) 20. Bc3 $44 Bf6 21. Be5
$5 (21. Bxf6 Qxf6 {[%cal Yd7d6,Yc8g4] /\d6,Bf5-/+}) 21... Qe7 ({Interesting
was also} 21... Bxe5 22. fxe5 $5 (22. Nxe5 Qxd5 $17) (22. Qxe5 Qxe5 23. fxe5 b6
$15) 22... Qxd5 (22... Qh6 {Speelman}) 23. Rad1 $44 {[%csl Rc8] @ץc8}) (21...
Qxd5 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Nh4 $36) 22. d6 {() Now White has space and attacking
chances for only one pawn.} Qe6 23. Qe4 (23. Rae1 {Speelman} b6 24. Qc2 Bxe5)
23... Bxe5 (23... Rb8 $5 $13 {/\b6,Bb7}) 24. fxe5 f5 $1 (24... f6 $2 25. Ng5 $1
fxg5 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Qxh7 $18) 25. Qe3 b6 26. Ng5 (26. b4 {Speelman}) 26...
Qg6 27. b4 $5 Ba6 (27... cxb4 28. Rac1 {[%cal Rc1c7] /\Rc7~/=}) 28. Rf2 f4 $5 (
28... cxb4 29. Nh3 $5 $13) 29. Rxf4 (29. Qb3+ $5 {Speelman intending} c4 (29...
Kh8 30. Nf3) 30. Qa4 Qxg5 31. Qxa6 Qxe5 (31... Rac8) 32. Qxc4+ Kh8 33. Rd1)
29... Rxf4 30. Qxf4 Rf8 31. Qd2 (31. Qe3 {Speelman} h6 32. Ne4 {Fritz} (32. Nf3
Bb7 33. Rf1 Bxf3 34. Rxf3 Qb1+ 35. Kf2 Qxa2+ 36. Kg3 $17) 32... Bb7 33. Re1 (
33. Ng3 cxb4 $17)) 31... h6 (31... Bd3 $5 $132) (31... cxb4 $142 32. Qd5+ (32.
e6 $2 Qf6 33. Re1 Qf1+ $1 34. Rxf1 Rxf1#) 32... Kh8 33. Nf3 Rc8 $15) 32. Qd5+
Kh8 33. Nf3 (33. e6 $5 {Speelman} Qf6 $5 (33... hxg5 34. e7 Re8) 34. Nf7+ Rxf7
35. exf7 Qxa1+ 36. Kf2 Qf1+ (36... Qf6+ 37. Qf3) 37. Kg3 Bb7 $1 (37... Kh7 $4
38. Qf3 Qe1+ 39. Kh3 Qe6+ 40. g4 $18) 38. Qxb7 (38. Qf3 Qe1+ 39. Qf2 (39. Kh3
Qe6+ 40. g4 Bxf3 41. f8=Q+ Kh7 42. Qxf3 Qxd6) 39... Qe5+ 40. Kh3 Qh5+ 41. Kg3
Qg5+ 42. Kh3 Bxg2+ $1) 38... Qxf7) 33... Be2 (33... cxb4 34. Rc1 $36) (33...
Bb5 $1 {Speelman} 34. e6 Bc6 (34... dxe6 35. Qb7) 35. e7 Rxf3 36. Qxc6 $1 dxc6
37. d7 Re3 38. d8=Q+ Kh7 {is v good for Black} 39. Rf1 (39. bxc5 Re2) 39... Re2
40. Rf2 Qb1+ 41. Rf1 Qe4 $19) 34. Nh4 Qg4 35. g3 c4 $6 (35... cxb4 36. Re1 Bc4
$15) (35... cxb4 {Speelman}) 36. Re1 Bd3 (36... Kh7 {Speelman}) 37. Ng2 Qg5 38.
Ne3 b5 $2 {Zeitnot A tactical mistake, which costs Black the game.} (38... Qh5
$5 $13 {/\} 39. Nxc4 $2 Qf5 $19) (38... Re8 39. Nxc4 Bxc4 40. Qxc4 Rxe5 41.
Rxe5 Qxe5 42. Qc8+ Kh7 $11) 39. Qxb5 Re8 40. Qxd7 Rxe5 (40... Qxe5 41. Nc2 $18)
41. Qxa7 $18 Qd8 (41... c3 42. d7 c2 43. Nxc2 $18) (41... Kh7 $1 {Speelman})
42. Qc7 $1 (42. Qd4 Re6 43. d7 Re7 $14) 42... Qf8 43. d7 (43. Qb6 Re6 $132)
43... Rxe3 44. Rc1 $1 (44. Rxe3 $4 Qf1#) 44... Re8 $8 (44... Qxb4 {Speelman}
45. d8=Q+ Kh7 46. Qf6 {Fritz} (46. Qa5 {JS and Kazh}) 46... Re1+ 47. Kg2 Qd2+
48. Kh3 Bf1+ 49. Qxf1) 45. dxe8=Q Qxe8 46. Qc5 (46. Qf4 Qa4 47. Qd2 Qa7+ 48.
Qf2 Qa3 $132) 46... Qa4 (46... c3 $1 {Speelman} 47. Qf2 (47. Qd4 Qe2 48. Qf2
Qb2 $1) (47. b5 c2 48. b6 Qe2 49. Qf2 Qd1+ 50. Qe1 Qf3) 47... c2 48. Rxc2 $5 (
48. a3) 48... Bxc2 49. Qxc2 Qe1+ 50. Kg2 Qxb4) 47. b5 Qxa2 (47... Qa5 {Speelman
} 48. a4) 48. b6 Qb2 (48... Be4 49. Qf2 Qb3 50. Re1 $18) (48... Qd2 {Speelman}
49. Qf8+ Kh7 50. Qf4 Qb2 51. Qe3) 49. Re1 (49. Qe3 $2 {Speelman} Be4 $1 50. Kf1
) 49... Kh7 50. g4 $1 {White wants to create more space for his K to evade
checks.} Bg6 (50... c3 51. Qd4 {[%cal Re1e7] /\Re7+-}) 51. h3 (51. h4 $6 {
Speelman} Qd2 (51... Qc3 52. Qe3) 52. Qe3 Qd7 {with counterplay though perhaps
then} 53. Qe6 {Fritz}) 51... Qb3 (51... c3 {Speelman} 52. Qd4 Bf7 53. Re7 Qb3 (
53... Qb1+ 54. Kf2 c2 55. Rxf7 c1=Q 56. Qxg7#) 54. Rxf7 $5 (54. Qe4+ Bg6 55.
Qe5 Bf7 56. Qf5+ Bg6 57. Qf6) 54... Qxf7 55. Qxc3 $18) 52. Re3 Qb1+ 53. Kf2 {
xpawn c4} (53. Kh2 {Speelman} Be4 {and if} 54. Rxe4 Qxe4 55. Qf5+ Qxf5 56. gxf5
c3) 53... Bd3 (53... Be4 {Speelman} 54. Rxe4 $1 Qxe4 55. Qf5+ Qxf5+ 56. gxf5 c3
57. Ke3) (53... Qh1 {Speelman} 54. Qxc4 Qh2+ 55. Ke1 Qg1+ 56. Kd2 Qf2+ 57. Qe2
Qf6 58. Re6 Qd4+ 59. Ke1 Qg1+ 60. Qf1 Qg3+ 61. Kd2 (61. Qf2 Qc3+ 62. Qd2 (62.
Kf1 Qc4+ 63. Re2 Bd3) 62... Qg3+) 61... Qb3 62. Rxg6 $1 $18) 54. Re7 Qh1 (54...
Qf1+ 55. Kg3 $18) 55. Qe5 $1 {Now Black has some checks, but White's K escapes
to the other end of the board and the game is over.} (55. Qd4 $2 Qh2+ 56. Ke1
Qh1+ 57. Kd2 Qg2+ $11 58. Kc3 $2 (58. Ke1 $11) 58... Qc2+ 59. Kb4 Qb3+ (59...
Qb2+ {Speelman} 60. Kc5 Qa3+ 61. Kc6 Qxe7) 60. Kc5 Qa3+ $19) 55... Qf1+ 56. Ke3
Qg1+ (56... Qe2+ 57. Kd4 Qf2+ 58. Kd5 $18) (56... Qxh3+ {Speelman} 57. Kd4
Qxg4+ 58. Kc3 Qg2 59. Rxg7+) 57. Kd2 Qf2+ 58. Kc3 Qc2+ 59. Kb4 Qb3+ 60. Kc5
Qa3+ 61. Kc6 (61. Kc6 Qa8+ (61... Qa4+ 62. Kc7) 62. b7 Qa6+ 63. Kc7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "231"]
[EventDate "1994.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. h4 d5 (3... c5 $142 $5) 4. Nd2 Bf5 5. e3 (5. Nxe4 Bxe4
6. f3 h6 7. Bf4 (7. fxe4 $6 hxg5 8. Qd3 e6 9. Qb5+ Nc6 10. Qxb7 Nb4 11. Qb5+
Qd7 12. Qb7 Qc8 13. Qb5+ Qd7 14. Qb7 Qc8 15. Qb5+ c6 16. Qa4 dxe4 17. c4 Qa6
18. Qxa6 Nxa6 19. h5 g4 $1 20. a3 g6 21. e3 Rxh5 22. Rxh5 gxh5 23. Ne2 Bh6 24.
Kf2 h4 $17 {Hodgson,J-Salov,V/Wijk op/1993/}) 7... Bh7 8. e3 e6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10.
Qxd3 c5 11. Ne2 Nc6 12. c3 cxd4 (12... Bd6 $10) 13. cxd4 Bd6 14. g4 Bxf4 15.
Nxf4 Qb6 16. Rh2 O-O-O 17. Rc1 Kb8 18. Rc5 g5 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Nh5 e5 21. Kd1
$13 {Christiansen,L-Beliavsky,A/Brussels SWIFT 25'/1992/}) 5... h6 6. Bf4 e6 7.
g4 (7. Nxe4 Bxe4 8. f3 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qd7 11. Ne2 Nc6 12. h5 O-O-O
13. c4 e5 $5 14. Bxe5 dxc4 15. Qxc4 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qd5 17. Qxd5 Rxd5 18. Nf4
Rxe5 19. Ke2 Bd6 20. Nd3 Re7 21. g4 $10 {1/2:1/2,Knezevic,B-Brenjo,S/JUG-chT/
1993/}) 7... Bh7 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. f3 Bh7 10. Bd3 {()>>} Bxd3 11. Qxd3 c5 $1 $132
12. Bxb8 $5 (12. dxc5 Nd7 $1 (12... Bxc5 $2 13. Bxb8 Rxb8 14. Qb5+ $18) 13. b4
a5 14. c3 axb4 15. cxb4 b6 $36) (12. c3 Nc6 $132) 12... Rxb8 13. f4 (13. dxc5
Qa5+ $10) 13... cxd4 14. exd4 Bd6 15. Ne2 (15. Qe3 $2 {/\Nf3-e5} Qc7) 15... h5
$5 16. O-O-O (16. g5 g6 $15) (16. f5 $13) 16... hxg4 17. f5 $8 (17. h5 $2 f5
$17) 17... Rxh4 (17... exf5 $5 18. Qxf5 Qd7 19. Qxd5 $13) 18. fxe6 Qg5+ (18...
fxe6 19. Qg6+ Kd7 20. Qxg7+ Kc6 21. Rxh4 Qxh4 22. c4 $44) 19. Kb1 fxe6 (19...
Rxh1 20. Qb5+ $1 Kf8 21. Rxh1 {/\Rh8+-}) 20. Rxh4 Qxh4 21. Qg6+ Kd7 22. Qxg7+
Kc6 23. c4 $1 g3 (23... dxc4 24. d5+ exd5 25. Nd4+ Kb6 26. Nf5 $40) 24. Nc3 (
24. cxd5+ $5 exd5 25. Rc1+ Kb6 26. Nc3 $40) 24... Rh8 {/\Qh7-/+} 25. Ka1 Qh7
26. Qf6 Qh6 27. Qf7 a6 (27... dxc4 $6 28. d5+ $40) 28. cxd5+ exd5 29. Qxd5+ Kc7
30. Ne4 Rd8 (30... Bf4 31. Nc5 $16) (30... g2 $2 31. Nxd6 Qxd6 32. Rc1+ Kd7 33.
Qxb7+ $18) 31. Qa5+ Kc8 32. Qc3+ Kb8 33. Nxg3 $14 Rc8 (33... Bxg3 34. Qxg3+ Qd6
$14) 34. Qe1 Bb4 35. Qh1 (35. Qxb4 $4 Rc1+) 35... Qe3 $6 36. Nf5 Qg5 37. Qe4
Rf8 38. Rf1 Ka8 39. a3 Bd6 40. Ka2 $16 {/\Nd6+-} Qg8+ 41. d5 Re8 42. Qc4 Bb8
43. Qb3 Qg2 44. Rd1 Qf2 45. Nd4 Re3 (45... Bd6 $142 $5) 46. Qb6 Re5 47. Qb3 Re3
48. Qc4 Qf4 49. Rf1 Qe4 50. Rd1 Qg4 51. Rd2 Re1 52. Qd3 Rh1 (52... Qd7 53. Nf5
$16) 53. Nb3 Bd6 54. Re2 Qg1 $6 55. Re6 Bb8 56. d6 Qd1 57. Qe4 Rh5 (57... Bxd6
58. Rxd6 Qxd6 59. Qxh1 $18) 58. d7 $2 (58. Re7 Rb5 (58... Rd5 59. Nc5 $1 Bxd6
60. Qb4 $1 b5 $8 61. Qa5 $18) (58... Qd5 59. d7 $1 {/\d8Q+-} Bc7 (59... Qxe4
60. Rxe4 Rd5 61. Rd4 $18) 60. Re8+ Ka7 61. Qe3+ b6 (61... Bb6 62. Qxb6+ Kxb6
63. d8=Q+ $18) 62. Re7 $18) 59. Nd4 Rb6 60. d7 Qd2 61. Nb3 Qd1 62. Na5 $1 Rb5 (
62... Bc7 63. d8=Q+ $1 Qxd8 64. Re8 $18) 63. a4 $1 (63. d8=Q Qxd8 64. Nxb7 Qd5+
$14) 63... Qd5+ (63... Rxa5 64. Qxb7+ $1 Kxb7 65. d8=Q+ $18) 64. Qxd5 Rxd5 65.
Nc4 (65. Nxb7 $2 Bc7 $1 66. d8=Q+ Bxd8 $10) 65... Bc7 66. a5 $1 $18) 58... Qxd7
59. Rxa6+ Ba7 $14 60. Qf3 Qf5 $1 61. Rf6 (61. Qg2 Qd5 $14) 61... Qxf3 62. Rxf3
Rd5 63. Kb1 Bb6 64. Kc2 Ka7 65. Nd2 Bc7 66. b4 Rg5 (66... b5 $5 $14) 67. Ne4
Rg4 (67... Rd5 $142) 68. Kd3 Rg1 69. Kc4 Rg4 70. Kd5 Rg7 71. Rf5 Rh7 72. Nc3
Rh8 73. Kc5 Kb8 74. a4 Bh2 75. Nd5 Rc8+ 76. Kb5 Re8 77. Nb6 Bc7 78. Nc4 {()}
Rh8 79. a5 Re8 80. Ka4 Rg8 81. b5 Bd8 (81... Rg4 $4 82. Rf8+ Ka7 83. b6+ $18)
82. b6 Rg4 83. Kb3 (83. Kb5 Rg5 84. Rxg5 Bxg5 $10) 83... Rg3+ 84. Kc2 Rg2+ 85.
Kd3 Rg3+ 86. Ne3 Rg8 (86... Rg5 $5 87. Rf8 Kc8 88. Nc4 Kd7 $14) 87. Rf7 Bh4 88.
Nc4 Rd8+ 89. Kc3 Rd5 90. Rf8+ Rd8 91. Rf5 Be7 92. Rf7 Bh4 93. Kb3 Rd3+ 94. Ka4
Rd4 95. Rf8+ Rd8 96. Rf5 Be7 97. Rf7 Bh4 98. Kb3 Rd3+ 99. Ka4 Rd4 100. Rf8+ Rd8
101. Rf5 Be7 102. Rh5 Rd1 103. Rh8+ Rd8 104. Rh7 Bf6 105. Rf7 Bg5 106. Kb4 $14
Bh4 107. Rf5 Be7+ 108. Kb5 Rd1 109. Ne5 Rd4 $1 (109... Rd5+ 110. Kc4 Rc5+ $6
111. Kd4 $16 {/\Nd7,Rf7}) 110. a6 $8 bxa6+ 111. Kxa6 Ra4+ 112. Kb5 Rb4+ 113.
Kc6 Bd8 114. Nd7+ Kc8 115. Ra5 Rc4+ $8 (115... Bxb6 $4 116. Ra8#) 116. Nc5 $138
(116. Nc5 Kb8 $8 117. Kb5 Rh4 $10) (116. Kd5 Kxd7 117. Kxc4 Bxb6 $10) 0-1

[Event "UKR-YUG"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kosic, Dragan"]
[Black "Timoshenko, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Timoshenko,G"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1994.11.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. h4 c5 4. dxc5 Nxg5 $5 (4... Na6) 5. hxg5 e6 6. Nf3 Bxc5
7. e3 Qb6 (7... d5 $6 8. Qd3 g6 $2 9. Qc3 $18) (7... Nc6 $5) 8. Nbd2 d5 (8...
Qxb2 $6 9. Rb1 Qc3 (9... Qxa2 10. Nc4 Qa6 11. g6 $16) 10. g6 $1 fxg6 11. Bd3
O-O 12. Ke2 $16) 9. Nb3 Bb4+ $2 (9... Be7 10. Qd2 (10. g6 fxg6 11. Bd3 O-O 12.
Ne5 Nc6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bxg6 Bg5 $8 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Bd3+ Bh6 $17) 10... Nc6
11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Qc3 f6 $13) 10. c3 Be7 11. g6 $1 (11. Qd4 Qxd4 12. exd4 (12.
cxd4 $5) 12... g6 {/\ Kf8-g7}) 11... fxg6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Ne5 Qd6 $6 (13... Nc6
14. Nxg6 (14. Bxg6 $6 hxg6 15. Nxg6 Rf6 16. Qh5 Rxg6 17. Qxg6 Ne5 $17) 14...
hxg6 15. Bxg6 Bg5 $8 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Bc2+ Kg8 18. Qd3 Rf5 19. f4 $16) 14. Nxg6
$1 hxg6 15. Bxg6 Qe5 (15... Rf5 16. Qg4 $18) 16. Qd3 $2 (16. Rh5 $1 Rf5 17.
Rxf5 $1 exf5 18. Qh5 Be6 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Qh8+ Bg8 21. Bh7 Qe6 22. Nd4 Qf7 23.
Bxg8 Qxg8 24. Ne6+ Kf7 25. Qxg8+ Kxg8 26. Nc7 $18) 16... Qg5 17. O-O-O Rf6 18.
Bh7+ Kf7 19. f4 Qg4 20. Nd4 Nc6 21. Nf3 Rh6 22. c4 (22. Rxh6 gxh6 23. Rh1 Kg7 (
23... h5 $5) 24. Ng5 Bxg5 25. Qg6+ Kf8 26. Rxh6 Ke7 $17 (26... Ne7)) 22... Rxh1
23. Rxh1 Bf6 $5 24. cxd5 $138 (24. Qe2 Ke7 $19) 24... Qxg2 25. dxe6+ (25. Ng5+
Kf8 $1 26. Be4 Qxb2+ 27. Kd1 exd5 $1 $19) 25... Kf8 $2 (25... Bxe6 26. Ng5+
Bxg5 27. Qg6+ Kf8 $19) 26. e7+ $2 (26. Rh2 $1 Qg3 $13 (26... Qxf3 $2 27. Be4
$18)) 26... Kxe7 $19 27. Qe4+ Be6 28. Rh2 Qf1+ 29. Kc2 Rc8 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik zt"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Black "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Young Danish IM Sune Berg Hansen was the sensation of the Nordic Zonal,
starti ng with two crushing victories over Icelandic GMs Hannes Stefansson and
Helgi Olafsson. He narrowly missed a third scalp over Margeir Petursson.} 1. d4
{Baburin} Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. f3 Nf6 5. e4 $5 {White decides to try
the wild Blackmar-Diemer gambit, since he has gotten the move Lf4 in for free.}
dxe4 6. Nc3 exf3 7. Nxf3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 (8... Bh5 $5) 9. Qxf3 c6 10. O-O-O e6
11. Bc4 Be7 12. Kb1 $1 {White waits before committing his other pieces.} O-O $6
{Baburin: White has employed a real gambit. In fact he has more than
sufficient compensation: great development and the open f-file. Having an open
file is particularly important in attacks on the King on opposite flanks.} (
12... Nbd7 {looks better, not committing his king.}) 13. h4 $1 Nd5 14. Ne4 b5
15. Bd3 Nd7 $6 (15... Nxf4 16. Qxf4 Nd7 {looks safer, removing one of white's
attackers.}) 16. Ng5 N7f6 17. Be5 {Baburin: Black's extra pawn is irrelevant,
maybe this is a pawn on a7? Would it help to defend the King?} a5 18. Rdf1 a4
$4 {[#] Allowing the following nice combination...} (18... h6 {was forced,
though black can never capture on g5 since opening the h-file would be fatal.})
19. Bxh7+ $1 Nxh7 (19... Kh8 {prolongs the agony.}) 20. Qh5 {It is mate after}
(20. Qh5 Ndf6 (20... Nxg5 21. hxg5 {Baburin: And White has got another open
file!} f5 22. g6) 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Rxf6 {or}) 1-0

[Event "NOR-ch"]
[Site "Norway"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Black "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 {The Trompovsky, Rune's latest darling, which he has used
with aggressive success, even beating Simen Agdestein.} Ne4 {I preferred the
solid} (2... d5 {against Joel Benjamin in the Moskva OL, but now had had time
to prepare something a bit sharper.}) 3. Bf4 c5 4. d5 Qb6 5. Nd2 Qxb2 {I
preferred this to} (5... Nxd2 6. Bxd2 Qxb2 7. e4 {when white gets an obvious
initiative, though both are playable.}) 6. Nxe4 Qb4+ 7. c3 $5 {An interesting
move which prevents black from using the d4 or a4 squares for his Q.} Qxe4 8.
e3 e6 9. dxe6 Qxe6 {A strong move, I believe. Recapturing with the fP exposes
the kingside, and with the dP, black would lose his grip on the center.} 10.
Nf3 Be7 11. Bd3 b6 $1 {The beginning of a good plan. Black leaves the dP on d7
where it keeps his position solid. The advance ...d7-d5 would allow white to
open the position with e4 or c4 later, which would be very dangerous since it
will be long before black catches up in development.} 12. Qc2 g6 13. h4 $1 {
Although white has no concrete compensation for his P, he has achieved a very
complicated position, and this gives black more problems to solve.} Bb7 14. h5
Rg8 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Rd1 $5 (16. O-O-O {was possible, but white's king
position would not necessarily be better on the queenside.}) 16... Nc6 17. Ng5
Bxg5 18. Bxg5 {Now white's compensation is becoming more obvious - the bishop
pair and the h-line - but black remains solid and has a secure grip on the
center, not to mention an extra pawn, to counterbalance this.} Ne5 (18... Qg4
19. Bf6 Qxg2 20. Rh4 {gives white a very dangerous attack. Black should avoid
adventures, and aim at consolidating his position.}) 19. Be4 d5 (19... Bc6 $5 {
was tempting, but as time grows shorter, one feels the need to get active.})
20. Bd3 (20. Bxd5 $5 {deserved serious attention, though to be honest, I
didn't notice it. Rune rejected it because of the variation} Bxd5 21. Qd2 f6 {
(The Bd5 cannot move due to mate on d8.)} (21... Rd8 $5 {(!!) is the move
which occurred to me when Rune mentioned the variation after the game. It is a
bizarre way of defusing the threat on d8. After} 22. Bxd8 $2 (22. e4 Rd7 $1 {
also appears to refute the sacrifice.}) 22... Bxg2 {appears to win,
threatening R, Q and K. Rune's intuition did not let him down.}) 22. Qxd5 Qxd5
23. Rxd5 Kf7 24. Bf4 Ke6 {when black's position is preferable. The N will be a
monster on c4, his K is more active and the h-line can be regained. But}) (20.
Qa4+ $2 Bc6 (20... Nd7 $1 {wins.}) 21. Qxc6+ $5 {did occur to me but}) 20...
Bc6 21. Be2 f6 22. Bf4 O-O-O 23. a4 {Both players were already running short
of time, so the rest of the game is a bit chaotic. The text is a logical way
to increase the confusion factor.} Rh8 24. Rg1 {Black now has something close
to complete control. Development is completed, the K relatively safe and the
h-line in hand. The only problem is making progress. Any violent action - for
example the natural continuation} Rh4 $5 (24... g5 $5 25. Bg3 f5 {preparing an
assault on the white king, raises the real possibility of the Bg3 becoming
devastatingly strong, since the Ne5 is less stable. I decided to take control
of the queenside and leave the center intact, though this also has drawbacks,
as seen later.}) 25. a5 b5 26. a6 g5 27. Bg3 Ra4 28. Rh1 Rxa6 29. Rh7 Ra4 (
29... Rd7 30. Rh8+ Kb7 31. f4 $1 {is unpleasant for black, f.eks.} gxf4 32.
exf4 Nc4 33. f5 {and disaster arrives on b8. That is why I decided to built a
haven on a6 for my K.}) 30. Bd3 $1 {Since black does not want both B entering
his position, he must agree to opposite colored B, guaranteeing white
attacking chances, especially since a real time-scramble was inevitable.} Nxd3+
31. Qxd3 Rd7 32. Rxd7 {Another unpleasant surprise. I had not taken exchanges
to be dangerous, but now it is easier for white to create threats around my
king.} Bxd7 $5 {Black offers the d-pawn to ensure king safety, and also plans
to transfer the Q to b6 later. Rune continues to find more frightening moves.}
33. Qh7 $5 Ra2 $1 {Good - this creates a path for the black K into white's
position if he needs to go for a long walk, and also creates a counterattack.}
34. Qh8+ Kb7 (34... Qe8 $5 {was suggested by Rune afterwards. the point is that
} 35. Qxf6 $2 {fails to} (35. Qh7 Qe4) (35. Qh6 $5 {the position remains messy,
f. eks.} Bg4 $2 36. Qxf6 $1 Bxd1 37. Qd6 {with enough attack to draw since} Kb7
{is met by} 38. Qxd5+) 35... Qh5 {but after}) 35. Qb8+ Ka6 36. Kf1 {If white's
K reaches g1 he can attack without distraction.} Qb6 37. Rxd5 $6 {With flags
hanging, Rune decides to cash in, but does not solve all of his problems. I
feared} (37. Qf8 {though the fearless} b4 $5 {may favor black. At this stage,
two hands were playing, and not so many brains.}) 37... Qxb8 38. Bxb8 Bc6 39.
Rxc5 Ra1+ 40. Ke2 Bxg2 41. Rf5 Bf1+ $1 {The sealed move, which Rune
underestimated. I thought at first black had a winning advantage, but analysis
convinced me that this was optimistic.} 42. Kd2 Kb7 43. Bd6 a5 44. Kc2 $1 (44.
Rxf6 Bc4 45. Kc2 a4 46. Kb2 Ra2+ 47. Kb1 a3 {and the aP will prove too
dangerous. This is the type of position that led me to be optimistic, but Rune
defends better.}) 44... Ra2+ $1 {The beginning of a crafty plan. The
straightforward} (44... Bc4 45. Kb2 $1 Ra2+ 46. Kb1 a4 {no longer works due
the pressure against b5. Here the simplest for white is} 47. Be7 {since} (47.
Rxb5+ Kc6 $1 48. Rc5+ Kxd6 49. Rxc4 Rxf2 50. Rxa4 f5 51. Kc1 Re2 $1 {should
win for black.})) 45. Kb1 Rd2 46. Rxf6 Bd3+ $1 {Giving white an unpleasant
choice. If white goes to the c-file the c3P falls, though this may be the best
chance. On the a-file, there are tactical problems on the last rank, and with .
..a3 becoming possible due to ...Ra2+.} 47. Ka1 g4 $1 {Creating the additional
worry of ...Be4-f3, attacking f2. White also has to worry about ..Rc2, aand
the advance of the aP.} 48. Be5 Bc4 49. Rf4 a4 50. Rxg4 a3 51. Rg1 Kb6 $1 {
A fine move that guarantees the decisive invasion. The reflex} (51... Rxf2 52.
Bd6 Kb6 53. Bb4 {keeps out the black K and may draw.}) 52. e4 {White jettisons
his P to bring the B back to defend. The race} (52. f4 Ka5 53. f5 Ka4 54. f6
Kb3 55. Rb1+ Rb2 56. f7 Bd3 $1 {ends in mate.} (56... Bxf7 57. c4)) 52... Ka5
53. Bf4 Rxf2 54. Bc1 Ka4 55. e5 Kb3 {Threatening ...Ra2+ and ...Bd3 matt.} 56.
Rd1 Be6 57. Bd2 Kc2 58. Be3 Re2 59. Rc1+ Kb3 60. Rb1+ Kxc3 {The double threat
to e3 and a2 wins.} 61. Rxb5 Rxe3 62. Rb1 Re2 $1 {There are certain technical
difficulties without white's eP due to stalemate possibilities, and I had no
desire to complicate my life. With the eP, white is quickly mated.} 63. Rg1 Rd2
$1 64. Re1 Bc4 65. e6 Kb3 {and white resigned in view of the familiar attack} (
65... Kb3 66. e7 (66. Rb1+ Rb2 67. e7 Kc2 {or ...Bd3}) 66... Bd3 67. Rb1+ Rb2)
0-1

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.08.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Thipsay, Praveen Mahadeo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2001.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 {White changes his B for N in order to create
doubled PP in the Black camp. This factor is not important, in general, Black
has good position. This opening variation's idea, therefore, is to avoid
well-known theoretical positions.} exf6 4. e3 f5 5. Ne2 ({Another variations
also aren't dangerous for Black:} 5. Nf3 {On e2 N placed more flexible.} d6 6.
g3 Nd7 7. c4 Bg7 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O $11 {1-0 Tseitlin,M-Schmidt,W/
Polanica Zdroj 1978/MCD (28)}) (5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 c6 7. Ne2 Nd7 8. Nd2 Nf6 9. c4
dxc4 10. O-O Be6 11. Qc2 Bd5 12. Nxc4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Bg7 14. Qb3 O-O $11 {
1/2-1/2 Koutsin,S-Babula,V/CZE-chT 1994/TD (26)}) (5. h4 d6 6. h5 Bg7 7. g3 Nd7
8. Ne2 Nf6 9. Nf4 Bd7 10. c3 Bc6 11. Rh2 $11 {0-1 Alburt,L-Ivanov,A/
Philadelphia 1993/EXT 99 (44)}) 5... d6 (5... Bg7 6. g3 (6. h4 h5 7. g3 O-O 8.
Bg2 d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. c4 Nf6 11. Nd2 c6 12. b4 $132 {1-0 Kosanovic,G-Bokan,D/
Ulcinj 1998/EXT 99 (40)}) 6... O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8. c4 (8. O-O Nd7 9. c4 Nf6 10.
Nbc3 c6 11. b4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Milanovic,D-Gligoric,S/Pozarevac 1995/CBM 49 ext 
(48)}) 8... c5 9. Nbc3 cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Qd2 Re8 ({Interesting is P
sacrifice:} 11... f4 $5 12. gxf4 Qh4 13. d5 Ne7 14. O-O Bh3 $1 (14... Nf5 $6
15. Ng3 Nh6 16. Nce4 $14 {1-0 Sokolov,I-Har Zvi,R/Wijk aan Zee 1993/CBM 34 (22)
}) 15. Bxh3 Qxh3 16. Qe3 Qd7 $44 {0-1 Ruzele,D-Ivanov,M/Regensburg 1997/EXT
2001 (45)}) 12. O-O Bd7 13. Rab1 Rc8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I-Spasov,V/Elenite
1992/CBM 32 (69)}) 6. g3 (6. Nf4 Nd7 7. c3 Nf6 8. Qb3 c6 9. Bd3 Bh6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Obsivac,J-Belov,I/Stare Mesto 1992/EXT 97 (32)}) (6. c4 Bg7 7. Nbc3 O-O
8. Nf4 Nd7 9. Be2 Nf6 10. Qc2 c6 11. O-O Re8 12. b4 $11 {0-1 Casagrande,
H-Staudner,O/Graz AUT 2001/The Week in Chess 337 (35)}) 6... Nd7 7. Bg2 Nf6 8.
O-O (8. c4 Bg7 9. Nbc3 O-O 10. O-O {This position is typical for this opening
variation. White tries to show activity on the queenside by PP promotion.
Black has various ways of counterplay, for example:} Re8 (10... Rb8 11. b4 Be6
12. Qd3 c5 13. Rab1 (13. bxc5 dxc5 $132) 13... b6 14. Nf4 Qe7 15. Ncd5 Nxd5 16.
Nxd5 Bxd5 {1/2-1/2 Danielian,O-Rashkovsky,N/Moscow 1995/CBM 50 ext (16)}) (
10... c6 11. b4 Rb8 12. a4 Qe7 $11 (12... a6 13. Qd3 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5
cxd5 16. Nf4 Be6 17. Qb3 $16 {[%csl Rd5] 1-0 Kasparov,G-Mutkin,H/London 1998/
EXT 2000 (23)})) 11. Qc2 (11. b4 Ne4 12. Qd3 Qe7 13. Rab1 Bd7 14. a4 c6 $11 {
1-0 Chepukaitis,G-Veliev,G/St Petersburg 2000/CBM 76 (73)}) 11... h5 12. b4 h4
13. Rfe1 hxg3 14. hxg3 Ng4 15. Nf4 c6 16. Qd3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gallagher,J-Jenni,F/
Biel 1997/CBM 60 (57)}) 8... Bh6 $6 {This move's idea is to capture whie N on
f4 - if it will appear there...- and to create in the white camp doubled PP
too.} ({Regular continuation is} 8... Bg7 $132) 9. c4 O-O 10. Nbc3 Rb8 11. b4
Be6 $5 (11... Re8 $144 $132) (11... c6 $144 12. d5 c5 $1 13. bxc5 dxc5 $132 {
With blockade on the dark squares.}) 12. Qd3 c6 (12... d5 $6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 $14)
13. d5 $5 cxd5 14. Bxd5 (14. cxd5 Bd7 $11) (14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16.
Qxd5 Re8 $132) 14... Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Qb6 (16... Re8) 17. Rab1 Rfc8
18. Qd3 Qc6 19. Rfc1 a6 20. b5 Qe4 ({Badly is} 20... axb5 $2 21. Rxb5 Ra8 22.
Rc2 Ra4 23. Nd4 Qe4 (23... Qc7 24. Qb3 Rxc4 25. Rxc4 Qxc4 26. Rxb7 Bg7 27. Qxc4
Rxc4 28. Rb8+ Bf8 29. Ra8 $16) 24. Qb3 Rca8 25. Rxb7 Ra3 26. Rb8+ Bf8 27. Rxa8
Rxa8 $16) 21. Qxe4 (21. Qxd6 Bxe3 22. Nc3 (22. fxe3 Qxe3+ 23. Kf1 Qf3+ 24. Ke1
Re8 {[%csl Re2]} 25. Rb2 $8 Qh1+ 26. Kf2 Qxh2+ 27. Kf1 Qh3+ (27... Rbd8 $44))
22... Qd4 23. Qxd4 Bxd4 24. Nd5 Kf8 $132) 21... fxe4 22. Nc3 $1 {[%csl Re4]} f5
(22... Rxc4 $2 23. bxa6 $16) 23. Nd5 {[%cal Gd5e7]} Kf7 24. Rb3 (24. Nb6 Rc7)
24... axb5 25. Rxb5 Ke6 (25... Rc5 $11) 26. a4 Bg5 27. Rb4 Bd8 28. h4 Ba5 29.
Rb5 b6 30. Nf4+ Kf6 31. h5 Rc6 32. Kg2 Rbc8 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gc8c4]} 33. Rd5 {
[%csl Rd6][%cal Gd5d6]} Bb4 (33... g5 34. Ne2 Ke7 (34... Rxc4 35. Rxd6+ Ke5 36.
Rcd1 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gd1d5]} R4c5 37. g4 fxg4 (37... f4 38. exf4+ gxf4 39. f3
e3 40. R1d4 Rf8 (40... R8c6 41. Rxc6 Rxc6 42. Rxf4 Bd2 43. Rf7 $18) 41. Nc1 $1
$18 {[%csl Re5]}) 38. Ng3 R8c7 39. R6d4 Rc4 40. Nxe4 Rxd4 41. Rxd4 h6 42. Kg3
$16) 35. Rxf5 h6 36. Rd5 Rxc4 37. Rxc4 Rxc4 38. Rd4 d5 39. Rxd5 Rxa4 40. Nd4
$14) 34. hxg6 hxg6 35. Rb5 Ba5 $8 (35... Bc5 $2 36. Nd5+ Ke6 37. Rh1 $18) 36.
Rd1 Rd8 ({Black equalizes easily after} 36... Kf7 37. Nd5 Ke6 (37... Rxc4 38.
Nxb6 Bxb6 39. Rxb6 R8c6 (39... Rxa4 $2 40. Rdxd6 $16) 40. a5 Ke6 41. Rdb1 Kd5
$11) 38. Nf4+ Kf7 $11) 37. Rd4 Kf7 38. g4 Bc3 39. Rd1 fxg4 ({Quite strong was} 
39... Be5 40. Nd5 Rxc4 41. Nxb6 Rc6 42. a5 Rb8 43. Rdb1 Rc2 44. Nd7 (44. a6 Ra2
45. Nd5 Rxb5 46. Rxb5 Rxa6 47. Rb7+ $44) 44... Rxb5 45. Rxb5 Ke6 (45... Bc3 46.
a6 Be1 47. Kf1 $18) 46. Nxe5 dxe5 47. a6 Ra2 48. Rb6+ Kf7 49. Kg3 fxg4 $44) 40.
Nd5 Ba5 $4 $18 {[%csl Re4,Rg4] Serious mistake! On a5 B allocated too far from
the center, so White will capture weaknesses g4 and e4.} ({Right was} 40... Be5
$1 41. Nxb6 Rh8 42. a5 Rh2+ 43. Kg1 g3 44. fxg3 Ra2 {[%csl Rg1,Rg3][%cal Ga2h2,
Ga2a5]} 45. Nd5 Rxc4 46. Rb7+ Kg8 (46... Ke6 47. g4 $18 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gb7e7]
}) 47. Ne7+ Kg7 48. Nf5+ Kf6 49. Nxd6 Bxd6 50. Rxd6+ Ke5 $44 {[%csl Ra5,Rg1]
[%cal Gc4c1,Ga2h2]}) 41. Rd4 Re8 42. Rb1 $22 ({Or} 42. Kg3 Rec8 43. Rxe4 Rxc4
44. Re7+ Kf8 45. Ra7 $18 {[%csl Gd5,Rf8,Rg4][%cal Ga7a4]}) 42... g5 (42... Rc5
43. Kg3 $18) (42... Re5 43. Kg3 $18) 43. Rh1 Kg6 44. Kg3 Rcc8 {Position of
Black is such passive, since he can only wait for ... slow death.} 45. Kxg4 Re5
46. Rh2 (46. Nxb6 $1 $18) 46... Rd8 (46... Rc6 47. Rh8 Be1 48. Rd8 Bxf2 49. Rd7
$22 $18) 47. Rd1 Rg8 48. Rdh1 (48. Nxb6 $1 $18) 48... Kf7 49. Rh7+ Rg7 50. Rh8
Re8 51. Rxe8 Kxe8 52. Kf5 (52. Nf6+ Ke7 53. Nxe4 $18) 52... Rf7+ 53. Ke6 (53.
Ke6 Kf8 54. Rh5 Rxf2 55. Rxg5 Rh2 (55... Rc2 56. Nf6 $18 {[%csl Rf8]}) 56. Kxd6
$18) 1-0

[Event "Vikings GM 2nd"]
[Site "York"]
[Date "2000.12.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 e6 7. e4 exd5 8. exd5
d6 9. Qd2 $5 $146 ({Here was played various continuations:} 9. Na3 Be7 10. g4 (
10. Nc4 Qd8 (10... Qc7 11. a4 O-O 12. Ne2 (12. g4 Re8 13. Kf2 $132 {0-1
Lindinger,M-Bekker Jensen,S/Hamburg GER 1999 (25)}) 12... Re8 13. Qd2 Nbd7 14.
Kf2 Nf8 $132 {0-1 Manievich,V-Cramling,P/Bern op (2) 1995 (43)}) 11. a4 O-O 12.
Ne2 Re8 13. Kf2 $132 {0-1 Bisguier,A-Ivanov,I/New York 1984 (29)}) 10... Nbd7
11. Nc4 Qc7 12. a4 O-O 13. Ne2 Re8 14. Kf2 {1/2-1/2 Benjamin,J-Ivanov,A/
Philadelphia USA 1999 (22)}) (9. Bd3 Nxd5 10. Ne2 Be7 11. Na3 Nc6 $15 {0-1
Martinez,J-Bonin,J/New York Summer Fut ,EXT 1991 (31)}) (9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Nd2
Nb6 11. b4 cxb4 12. c4 Be7 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. N2b3 Qa4 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. O-O O-O 17.
Rc1 $44 {1-0 Gulko,B-Browne,W/USA ch 1992 (60)}) ({another mainlines are:} 9.
Nd2) ({and} 9. Qe2+) 9... Be7 10. c4 $1 {This move White intended to do when
he played 9.Qd2.} Qxd2+ {White has space advantage, so Black hasn't reason to
avoid QQ exchange.} 11. Kxd2 $1 {Without QQ White doesn't need castle.} Nh5 12.
Be3 f5 {Black also wants to grasp space.} 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. f4 Ndf6
16. Nge2 g5 $6 $16 {[%csl Rf5]} ({Reliable was} 16... Ng4 17. Bg1 a6 (17... Bf6
) 18. h3 Ngf6 19. Be3 $14) 17. h3 $1 {[%cal Gf4g5] Refutation of the previous
Black move idea.White likes initiative!} ({Worth of attention was also to take
sacrificed P:} 17. fxg5 Ng4 {[%csl Re3,Rg5]} 18. h4 f4 (18... Nxe3 19. Kxe3 f4+
20. Kf3 $16) 19. Bg1 $8 Bf5 (19... Ne5 20. Bh2 $1 f3 21. Bxe5 (21. gxf3 Nxd3
22. Kxd3 Rxf3+ 23. Kd2 $16) 21... fxg2 22. Rhg1 dxe5 23. Rxg2 $16) 20. Bxf5
Rxf5 21. Rf1 Raf8 22. b3 a6 $14) 17... gxf4 18. Nxf4 {[%csl Rf5]} Bd7 19. Ne6
$1 {Of course, this move is not the only way of initiative development.} Bxe6
20. dxe6 Bd8 $2 {loses by force.} ({more stubborn was} 20... f4 21. Bf2 $16)
21. Bh6 $1 Re8 22. g4 $1 {Destroying Black position.} fxg4 23. hxg4 Ng7 24.
Bxg7 Kxg7 25. g5 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gd3h7]} Ng4 26. Rxh7+ Kg8 27. Rh5 $1 {
[%cal Ga1h1] The simpliest way to win.} Ne5 28. Rah1 Nxd3 29. Kxd3 Rxe6 30.
Rh8+ Kg7 31. R1h7+ Kg6 32. Rd7 {[%csl Rd8]} Re3+ 33. Kc2 $1 (33. Kxe3 $4 Bxg5+
$132 {[%cal Ga8h8]}) 1-0

[Event "Salou-A"]
[Site "Salou"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Black "Ivanov, Jordan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2000.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 cxd4 7. Nb3 Qb6 8.
Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Be3 ({Another mainline is} 10. Nd4 {for example, see
commented game 1-0 Hodgson,J-Sutovsky,E/York 1999/CBM 75 (50) [Alterman,B]})
10... b5 11. Bd2 ({Another possibility is} 11. Nd4 Nxd4 (11... b4 12. Nb5 {
-see comments to the game 1/2-1/2 Milov,V-Smirin,I/Struga zt 1995/Inf 64/
[Milov,] (16)}) 12. Bxd4 e6 (12... d6 13. e4 Bd7 14. Bxf6 (14. Bd3 e5 15. Bf2
Be7 16. Ne2 O-O 17. O-O d5 {0-1 Lukasiewicz,G-Giffard,N/Cannes 1997/EXP 57/ 
(54)}) (14. a3 Bc6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Ne2 Rg8 17. Nd4 Kd8 18. Kf2 Rg5 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Bree,T-Nyysti,S/Budapest HUN 2000/The Week in Chess 310 (66)}) 14...
gxf6 15. Ne2 e6 16. a3 d5 17. exd5 b4 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. cxb4 Bxb4+ $44 {
1/2-1/2 Miladinovic,I-Matamoros Franco,C/Dos Hermanas ESP 2000/The Week in
Chess 284/ (41)}) (12... b4 $6 13. cxb4 Nd5 14. b5 e5 15. Bxe5 Bb4+ 16. Kf2
Bc5+ 17. Kg3 f6 18. e4 h5 19. h4 $16 {1-0 Tkeshelashvili,S-Zozulia,A/Patras
GRE 1999/ (36)}) 13. e4 b4 14. Bc4 (14. Bb5 $132) 14... bxc3 15. Bxc3 Bc5 $132
{1-0 Roiz,M-Yeke,S/Tel Aviv ISR 1998/ (76)}) 11... e5 (11... b4 $2 12. cxb4 e5
(12... Nd5 $6 13. a3 f5 14. e3 $16 {1-0 Danielian,E-Ramon,V/Elista RUS 1998/ 
(35)}) 13. a3 d5 14. e3 $14) (11... e6 12. a3 d5 13. e3 Na7 {[%cal Gc8d7]} 14.
Nh3 $132 {0-1 Neuillet,A-Relange,E/1998-9 French Team Ch FRA 1999 (40)} (14.
Nd4 Bd7 $132 {Weakness b5 is well defended.})) 12. e4 {This novelty also
doesn't promise to White any advantage.} (12. a3 d6 13. e4 (13. e3 Be6 14. Nc1
Bc4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Danielian,E-Vasilevich,T/World Junior (Girls), Zagan POL
1997/ (21)}) 13... Be6 14. Nc1 Bc4 15. Nge2 Na5 (15... d5 $132 {0-1 Schirbel,
A-Seger,R/Gelsenkirchen GER 2000/The Week in Chess 318 (32)}) 16. Ng3 Bxf1 17.
Rxf1 Nc4 18. Nd3 d5 $132 {0-1 Alvarez,J-Garcia,O/Cuban National Champ 1995/ 
(52)}) 12... b4 {Black immediately get rid of weakness - doubled PP b.} (12...
d5 $2 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bxb5 $16) 13. Bb5 ({Or} 13. c4 b6 $1 14. Be3 Na5 15.
Nxa5 (15. Nd2 Bc5 $11) 15... bxa5 16. Rd1 Ba6 $132) 13... bxc3 ({Interesting is
} 13... d5 $5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. c4 Nc7 $11) 14. Bxc3 Bb4 ({Quite good also} 
14... Bd6 15. a3 Bc7 16. Rd1 d6 $11) 15. Ne2 Ke7 (15... O-O $11) 16. Rc1 Rxa2
$4 {Mistake based on wrong variation calculation.} ({After} 16... d5 $11 {
position is equal.}) 17. Bxc6 Bxc3+ 18. Nxc3 {[%cal Gc3a2] Black hasn't time
to take on c6} Rxb2 19. Bd5 Rxg2 (19... Nxd5 20. Nxd5+ {Black again can't to
take on b3!}) 20. Bc4 b5 $6 $18 (20... h5 $142 21. Nd2 d6 22. Bf1 (22. Nd5+
Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Bd7 24. Bxb7 Rb8 25. Rb1 h4 26. Bd5 Rxb1+ 27. Nxb1 Bb5 28. Nd2 g5
$14) 22... Rg6 23. Kf2 (23. h4 Be6 24. Bc4) 23... Be6 24. Bc4 Rc8 25. Bxe6 fxe6
26. Nb5 $16) 21. Bxb5 Bb7 22. Nc5 Ba8 (22... Rb8 23. Bf1 Rg6 (23... Rb2 24. Nd3
$18 {[%csl Rb2,Re5]}) 24. Rb1 Rc8 25. Rxb7 Rxc5 26. Kd2 Kd6 27. Bh3 $18) 23.
Bf1 Rb2 (23... Rg6 24. Nd3 d6 25. Ra1 $18) 24. Nd3 1-0

[Event "Mondariz zt 1.1"]
[Site "Mondariz"]
[Date "2000.09.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Comas Fabrego, Luis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2000.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d6 3. Bxf6 $5 {White changes his B for N ,but Black will play
with doubled PP f.} exf6 4. e3 g6 5. c4 f5 (5... Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bd3 (7. g3
Bd7 8. Bg2 Bc6 9. Nd5 Nd7 10. Ne2 Nb6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Nikolaidis,I-Saltaev,M/
Aegina 1994/TD (34)}) 7... f5 8. Nge2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Nf4 a6
12. Be2 Qa5 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Rfd1 Re8 $132 {1-0 Lputian,S-Ehlvest,J/Lvov 1984/
URS-ch (55)}) 6. g3 Nd7 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. Nge2 Nf6 ({I would prefer} 
9... c5 $132 {to stop virtual white PP promotion on the queenside.}) 10. O-O
$146 (10. b4 $5 c6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Rb1 Re8 13. Qd3 Rc8 14. b5 $14 {1/2-1/2
Kosic,D-Gligoric,S/Novi Sad 1995/CBM 49 (42)}) 10... h5 11. b4 h4 12. b5 Re8
13. Qd3 hxg3 14. hxg3 Rb8 15. Rab1 {-like in the Kosic-Gligoric.} Ng4 $6 {
Black plays without plan} (15... Qe7 $132 {[%cal Gf6e4]}) 16. Rb3 Bd7 17. Nd5
c6 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Rxb8 Qxb8 20. Rb1 Qc8 21. Ndc3 Qc7 22. Rb3 Rb8 {Position
is at least equal, but...} 23. Qb1 $1 Rxb3 24. axb3 $1 $14 a5 25. Qa2 Nf6 26.
Nf4 Bf8 27. Nd3 Be8 {Black had to play passive unpleasant position.} 28. Bf3
Be7 29. Kg2 Kf8 30. Kf1 {Interesting idea! White joins his K to the struggle!}
Qb8 31. Ke1 Qc7 32. Kd1 $1 Nd7 33. Kc2 Nb8 34. Qa1 Kg8 35. Qa4 Kf8 36. c5 $5 {
[%csl Rc6] Here Black could play} Na6 (36... dxc5 $144 37. Nxc5 Bxc5 38. dxc5
$14) ({I woul prefer} 36... d5 $5 $14 {and it is difficult for White to attack
c6 weakness.}) 37. Qc4 Qb7 38. Na4 dxc5 (38... Qb5 39. cxd6 Bxd6 40. Kb2 $14)
39. Naxc5 Nxc5 40. Nxc5 Qb5 41. Be2 Qxc4+ $2 {This move is mistake! Now a5
weakness will be taken by white K.} (41... Bd6 $142 42. Bd3 Ke7) 42. bxc4 $1 {
[%csl Ra5][%cal Gc2b3,Gb3a4]} Bxc5 ({or} 42... Bd8 43. Nb7 (43. Kb3 Bc7 44. Nb7
$16) 43... Bc7 44. Kb3 Bd7 45. Bf3 $16 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gc4c5,Gb3a4]}) 43. dxc5
Bd7 44. Kb3 Ke7 45. Ka4 Kd8 46. Kxa5 Kc7 {In this endgame White has advantage,
but how to transform it to the whole point?} 47. Kb4 Kd8 48. Kc3 Ke7 49. Bf3 f6
50. Bg2 Be8 ({Was keep good position now and on the next moves} 50... g5 $1 51.
Kd4 Be8 52. Bh3 (52. f4 gxf4 $1 (52... Bd7 53. fxg5 fxg5 54. Ke5 $18) (52... g4
53. e4 fxe4 54. f5 $1 $18) 53. gxf4 Bd7 54. Bh3 Be6 55. Kc3 Bd7 56. Kb4 Kd8 57.
Ka5 Kc7 $11) (52. e4 fxe4 53. Bxe4 Bd7 54. Ke3 Be8 55. f4 Ke6 56. Kd4 (56. fxg5
fxg5 57. Kd4 Kf6 58. Bf3 Bd7 $44) 56... gxf4 57. gxf4 Ke7 $44) 52... Bg6) 51.
Kd4 Bd7 (51... g5 $1) 52. Bf1 Be8 53. Bd3 Ke6 54. Be2 Ke7 55. Bf1 Bd7 56. Bh3
Be8 57. Kc3 Kd8 58. Bg2 Ke7 59. Bf1 Bd7 60. Bd3 Be8 61. Bc2 Ke6 62. f4 Ke7 (
62... g5 $1) 63. Kd4 Kf7 64. Bd1 Bd7 65. Bf3 Ke7 (65... Ke6 $1 66. e4 fxe4 67.
Bxe4 g5 $44) 66. e4 fxe4 67. Bxe4 Be8 ({Here too late to play} 67... g5 $2 68.
fxg5 fxg5 69. Ke5 $18) 68. g4 Ke6 69. g5 $1 {White creates one more weakness
in the camp of Black!} f5 70. Bf3 (70. Bd5+ $5) 70... Bd7 {[%mdl 4096]} 71.
Bd5+ $1 {This move don't lead to winning position, but Black had to solve a
lot of problems in this complicated endgame.} cxd5 $4 $18 (71... Ke7 $1 72. Ke5
cxd5 73. cxd5 Ba4 $3 (73... Bb5 $4 74. c6 Ba4 75. d6+ Kd8 (75... Kf7 76. Kd5
Ke8 77. Kc5 Kd8 78. Kb6 Bb3 79. c7+ Kc8 80. d7+ Kxd7 81. Kb7 $18) 76. c7+ Kd7
77. Kf6 Bb5 78. Kxg6 Ba6 79. Kxf5 Kxd6 80. g6 Kxc7 81. Ke6 Kd8 82. Kf7 $18 {
One tempo tragedy!}) 74. c6 Bb5 75. d6+ Kd8 (75... Kf7 76. Kd5 Ba4 77. Kc5 Ke6
78. d7 Ke7 79. Kb6 Bxc6 $5 80. Kxc6 Kd8 81. Kc5 $1 Kxd7 82. Kd5 $18) 76. c7+ (
76. Kd5 Kc8 77. Kc5 Bd3 $11) 76... Kd7 77. Kf6 Ba6 78. Kxg6 Kxd6 79. Kxf5 Kxc7
80. Kf6 Kd7 81. f5 Bd3 82. g6 Ke8 $11) 72. cxd5+ Ke7 73. c6 Bc8 74. Kc5 $4 $11
(74. Ke5 $1 {This strong move wins the game:} Ba6 75. d6+ Kf7 76. Kd5 $1 Ke8 $8
77. Ke6 Bc4+ 78. Kf6 Bb5 79. c7 (79. Kxg6 Bxc6 80. Kxf5 (80. Kf6 Bd7 81. g6 Kf8
82. g7+ Kg8 83. Ke7 Ba4 84. d7 Bxd7 85. Kxd7 Kxg7 86. Ke7 Kg8 $11) (80. Kh7 Kd7
81. g6 Kxd6 82. g7 Bd5 83. Kg6 $11) 80... Kd7 (80... Kf7 81. g6+ $18) 81. Ke5
Ba4 82. f5 Bc2 83. g6 Bb1 $11) 79... Kd7 (79... Bd7 80. Kxg6 Kf8 81. Kf6 $18)
80. Kxg6 Ba6 81. Kxf5 Kxd6 82. g6 Kxc7 83. Ke6 Kd8 84. Kf7 Bc4+ 85. Kf8 Kd7 86.
f5 $18) 74... Ke8 $3 {The only move! Now White can't win!} (74... Kd8 $4 75.
Kb6 $22 $18) 75. d6 ({Doesn't help also} 75. Kd6 Kd8 76. Ke5 (76. c7+ Ke8 77.
Ke5 Kd7 78. d6 Kc6 $1 $11) 76... Kc7 $1 77. Kf6 Kd6 78. Kxg6 Kxd5 79. Kf6 Kxc6
$11) 75... Be6 76. Kd4 (76. Kb6 Kd8 77. d7 Bxd7 (77... Bc4 $11) 78. cxd7 Kxd7
79. Kb7 Kd6 80. Kc8 Kd5 81. Kd7 Ke4 82. Ke6 Kxf4 83. Kf6 Ke4 84. Kxg6 f4 85.
Kh7 $11) 76... Kf7 77. Kc5 Ke8 78. Kd4 Kf7 79. d7 Ke7 80. Kc5 Kd8 81. Kd4 Ke7
82. Kc5 Kd8 83. Kd6 Bxd7 84. cxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon-B"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Black "Izeta Txabarri, Felix"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 (3... c5 $6 {Stohl/} 4. e5 h6 5. Bc1 Ng8 6. c3 Nc6
7. Nf3 Nge7 8. Bd3 d6 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Na3 cxd4 12. Nb5 Qb8 13.
cxd4 (13. Nfxd4 $14) 13... Nd5 14. Nc3 Nf6 15. a3 Be7 16. Re1 O-O 17. Bc2 Qd6
18. g3 Na5 19. Qd3 Rac8 $132 {Fiorito,F-Ricardi,P/ARG-ch/1995/}) 4. Bxf6 Qxf6
5. Nc3 d6 (5... Bb4 6. Qd2 c5 7. a3 Bxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9. f4 O-O 10. Nf3 Nc6 11.
Bb5 Na5 12. Bd3 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Rae1 Rac8 15. e5 Qe7 16. f5 dxe5 17. Nxe5
cxd4 18. f6 Qc5 19. Qf4 dxc3+ 20. Rf2 g5 21. Qg4 $40 {Hodgson,J-Yudasin,L/New
York PCA-op/1994/1:0/35/}) (5... g6 6. Qd2 Bg7 7. O-O-O O-O 8. f4 d6 9. Nf3 b6
10. h4 h5 11. e5 Qe7 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Ne4 Nd7 14. Nfg5 dxe5 15. fxe5 c5 16. c3
cxd4 17. cxd4 Rad8 18. Kb1 Nb8 19. Nd6 Rxd6 20. exd6 Qxd6 21. Be4 Bxe4+ 22.
Nxe4 $14 {Gelfand,B-Rozentalis,E/Tilburg/1992/1:0/58/}) 6. h4 (6. Qd2 g5 (6...
g6 {Stohl/} 7. f4 Bg7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. h4 h5 11. e5 Qe7 12. Ne4 a5
13. Bd3 Bh6 14. Nfg5 f6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. g3 Bd7 18. Rhe1 Kg7
19. Qc3 Rfc8 20. Ne4 Qe7 21. Kb1 Kh8 22. Ng5 Qf6 23. d5 $1 $36) 7. O-O-O (7. h4
{Stohl} Bg7 8. hxg5 hxg5 9. Rxh8+ Bxh8 10. O-O-O Nc6 (10... Bd7 11. Nf3 Nc6 12.
d5 Nb4 {/\Na2!/} 13. Bc4 b5 14. e5 Qf4 15. Qxf4 gxf4 16. Nxb5 Bxb5 17. Bxb5+
Ke7 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. exd6+ cxd6 20. c3 Nxa2+ 21. Kc2 Rc8 22. Ra1 Nb4+ 23. Kd2
$14 {Lputian,S-Tukmakov,V/Tilburg 20'/1994/}) 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Nge2 O-O-O 13.
Qe3 Kb8 14. f3 Bg7 15. g4 Rh8 16. Ng3 Qf4 17. Qxf4 gxf4 18. Bxc6 fxg3 19. Bxd7
Bh6+ 20. Kb1 Be3 21. Ne2 g2 22. Ba4 Bxd4 $1 23. c3 Be3 24. Kc2 $10 Rh1 $10)
7... Bg7 8. g3 (8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Bb5 Bd7 $13) (8. e5 dxe5 9. dxe5 Qe7 10. f4 Nc6 (
10... gxf4 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Qxf4 Bd7 13. Ne4 O-O-O 14. a3 Nb8 15. Bc4 Bc6 16.
Rde1 Nd7 17. Rhf1 Rhf8 18. Ned2 Nb6 19. Nd4 Bd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. c4 Rd7 22.
N4b3 f5 $5 $132) 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. h4 gxf4 13. Qxf4 O-O-O 14. Ne4 Nb8 $1 15. Be2
Bc6 16. Nf6 Nd7 17. Nh5 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Bxe5 19. Qe4 c6 20. Rxd7 Bxb2+ 21. Kxb2
Rxd7 $17 {Adams,M-Karpov,A/Las Palmas/1994/}) (8. Kb1 Nc6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. e5 $6
dxe5 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Qd6 13. Qc3 O-O 14. Ne2 Nd4 15. Qxc7 Qxc7 16. Nxc7
Rad8 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Bxd7 Rxd7 19. Nb5 a6 20. Nc3 Re7 21. Nd5 Re2 22. h4 Rc8
$36) 8... Nc6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Nge2) (6. Nf3 a6 (6... Bd7 7. Qd2 Nc6 8. O-O-O
O-O-O 9. Bb5 g5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Kb1 Bg7 12. e5 dxe5 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. d6 Bxb5 15.
dxe7 Rxd2 16. Rxd2 Nd7 17. Rhd1 b6 18. c4 Bc6 19. Nc3 a6 20. b4 Re8 21. b5 axb5
22. cxb5 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Rxe7 24. a4 f5 25. Na2 Bf8 {Hracek,Z-Dokhoian,Y/BL 9495/
1994/0,5/25/}) 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O Bd7 9. e5 dxe5 10. Ne4 Qf4 11. g3 Qg4 12. dxe5
Nb4 13. Kg2 Nxd3 14. cxd3 Bc6 15. Qe2 Bd5 16. Rac1 c6 17. Nc3 Bxf3+ 18. Qxf3
Qxf3+ 19. Kxf3 $10) 6... e5 7. d5 h5 (7... Nd7 $5) 8. Qe2 g6 9. O-O-O Bh6+ 10.
Kb1 a6 11. g3 b5 12. Bh3 Nd7 13. Rf1 (13. Qf3 $5) 13... b4 14. Nd1 a5 15. Qf3 (
15. Qb5 $6 O-O 16. f3 $15 (16. Bxd7 Ba6)) 15... Qxf3 16. Nxf3 Nc5 17. Bxc8 Rxc8
18. Re1 $8 O-O 19. Nh2 f5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. f3 (21. g4 $6 Rf4 22. gxh5 gxh5 23.
Nf1 Ne4 24. Re2 Rcf8 $15) 21... Rcf8 22. Re2 Kh7 23. Rhe1 R8f7 24. Rg1 R5f6 25.
Nf2 $140 Rxf3 $5 26. Nxf3 Rxf3 27. Nh3 $6 (27. Ne4 $5 Nxe4 28. Rxe4 Be3 29. Re1
Bd4 $44) 27... e4 28. Rf2 (28. Rge1 Rxg3 29. Nf2 e3 30. Nd1 Rh3 31. Nxe3 Rxh4
$44) 28... Be3 $1 29. Rfg2 (29. Ng5+ Bxg5 30. Rxf3 exf3 31. hxg5 Ne4 $17) (29.
Rff1 Bxg1 30. Ng5+ Kh6 31. Nxf3 exf3 32. Rxg1 Ne4) 29... Bxg1 30. Ng5+ Kg7 31.
Nxf3 exf3 32. Rxg1 Ne4 33. Kc1 f2 34. Rf1 Kf6 35. c4 Kf5 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT 0102 (4NCL)"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "2002.05.06"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2001.09.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slough"]
[BlackTeam "Beeson Gregory"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 {McShane} Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 (2... c5 3. d5 Ne4 4. Bf4 Qb6 5. Bc1 e6 6. f3
Nf6 7. c4 g6 {This position can be created through various move orders. See
comments to 4.f3 move and to 8...ed5. - see below.} 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. g4 $132 {
1-0 Van der Wiel,J-Ribli,Z/Novi Sad 1982/MCD (49)}) 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 (4. d5 Qb6
5. Bc1 e6 6. f3 Nf6 7. c4 g6 (7... exd5 8. cxd5 d6 9. Nc3 g6 10. e4 Bg7 11.
Bb5+ Nbd7 12. a4 O-O $132 {0-1 Groffen,H-Rogers,I/Holland 1996/EXT 2000 (28)})
(7... Qb4+ {This position also can be created through various move orders. See
comments to 8...ed5. below.} 8. Bd2 Qxc4 9. e4 Qd4 10. Nc3 exd5 11. Nge2 Qe5
12. Bf4 Qe6 13. exd5 Qb6 14. Ng3 d6 15. Bb5+ Bd7 16. Qe2+ Kd8 17. O-O-O $14 {
1-0 Thinnsen,J-Nakamura,H/Kona 1998/EXT 99 (35)}) (7... Be7 8. e4 d6 9. Nc3 O-O
10. Be2 exd5 11. cxd5 Ne8 12. f4 Bf6 13. Nf3 Bg4 14. Nd2 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Nd7 16.
O-O Bd4+ 17. Kh1 Nef6 18. g4 Rfe8 $17 {[%cal Ge8e2] ... 0-1 Stefanova,
A-Chabanon,J/Sitges 1999/EXT 2000 (28)}) 8. e4 (8. Nc3 d6 9. e4 Bg7 10. Qb3 Qd8
11. Qb5+ Nfd7 12. Bf4 a6 13. Qb3 Ne5 $132 {0-1 Vnuk,I-Zakharevich,I/Tula 1999/
EXT 2000 (34)}) 8... Bg7 9. Bd3 d6 10. Ne2 O-O 11. Nec3 exd5 12. cxd5 Nbd7 {
If we had compared this position with regular Indian variations positions,
we'll realize, that this position is in Black's favour!} 13. Na3 Ne5 14. Be2 a6
15. f4 Ned7 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. a4 Re8 18. Qc2 Rb8 19. a5 b5 20. axb6 Nxb6 21. Ne3
Qe7 22. Bf3 Nxe4 $17 {0-1 Krechetov,A-Mirumian,V/Moscow 1995/EXT 2000 (39)})
4... Qa5+ (4... Nf6 5. d5 Qb6 6. Bc1 e6 7. c4 Bd6 $1 {Can be recommended! This
move's idea is to develop the dark-squared B through d6-e5 before Black will
close the center by d7-d6. This position also can be a result of various move
orders.} (7... exd5 8. cxd5 d6 9. Nc3 g6 10. Bg5 (10. e4 {-normal continuation.
}) 10... Bg7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. e4 Re8 13. Nge2 Nbd7 14. Nc1 h6 15. Be3 Kh7 16.
Be2 a6 17. a4 Qc7 18. Nd3 Rb8 $132 {1-0 Landgren,P-Vovk,O/Espoo 2000/EXT 2001 
(33)}) 8. Nc3 O-O 9. e4 Re8 10. Kf2 Be5 11. g3 exd5 12. exd5 d6 13. Kg2 a6 14.
Bd3 Bxc3 {R.Knaak's idea - see below reference to the game 1/2-1/2 Knaak,
R-Wells,P/Germany 1998/GER-chT[Knaak,R] (44)} 15. bxc3 $15 {0-1 Schmidt,
B-Nenashev,A/Bad Wiessee 2000/EXT 2001 (31)}) 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 Qb6 7. Bc1 (7.
Qd2 $2 {McShane} Nxd5 $1 {is good for Black, while practice has shown that}) (
7. b3 {McShane: weakens the dark squares on the queenside.}) 7... e6 8. c4 exd5
(8... Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qc7 10. Nc3 Bd6 11. e4 a6 12. Bd3 exd5 13. exd5 O-O 14. Nge2
Re8 15. a4 Bxh2 16. Qc2 g6 17. O-O-O Bd6 18. g4 $40 {1-0 Orr,M-McShane,L/
Kilkenny 1997/CBM 61 ext (24)}) (8... g6 9. e4 d6 10. Nc3 e5 11. Rb1 Bg7 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Lindberg,B-Llobel Cortell,E/Oropesa del Mar 2000/EXT 2001 (37)}) (8...
Qb4+ $5 {Very interesting sharp continuation! White has to sacrifice P, but
his development allows him to organize a strong attack. White is obliged to be
ready for this venture! This position also can be a result of various move
orders.} 9. Nc3 (9. Bd2 Qxb2 (9... Qxc4 10. e4 Qd4 11. Nc3 exd5 12. Nge2 Qe5
13. Bf4 Qe6 14. exd5 Qb6 15. d6 $14 {1-0 Pixton,A-Yefimenko,Z/Oropesa del Mar
ESP 2001/The Week in Chess (22)}) 10. Nc3 Qb6 11. e4 e5 {[%cal Gd7d6]} 12. Rb1
Qd8 $15) 9... Qxc4 10. e4 Qb4 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Bc4 d6 13. Nge2 Be7 {-see
comments to the game 0-1 Agdestein,S-Bacrot,E/Germany 2001/CBM 82_01
[Kazhgaleyev,M] (52)} (13... e5 14. f4 Nbd7 15. O-O a6 16. Ng3 exf4 (16... Qd8
17. a4 g6 18. Ra3 Bh6 19. f5 Bxd2 20. Qxd2 $15 {0-1 Dunworth,C-Borriss,M/
Panormo GRE 2001/The Week in Chess 360 (38)}) 17. Bxf4 g6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Bg5
Bg7 20. d6 O-O 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. Rxf7 N5f6 (22... Qxb2 23. Qxd5 $18 {1-0 Wells,
P-Borriss,M/Fuerstenfeld AUT 2001/The Week in Chess 337 (30)}) (22... Kh8 23.
Qxd5 $18) 23. Rxf6+ Kh8 24. Rxf8+ Nxf8 25. Ne4 $44)) (8... Bd6 $1 {This
position can be a result of various move orders too.} 9. Nc3 (9. e4 Be5 $1 (
9... Qc7 10. Ne2 exd5 11. exd5 O-O 12. Nbc3 a6 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15.
Qd3 b5 16. O-O-O $14 {1-0 Kanep,M-Jobava,B/Oropesa del Mar 2000/EXT 2001 (32)})
) 9... O-O 10. e4 Be5 11. Bd3 Bxc3+ {-see comments to the game 1/2-1/2 Knaak,
R-Wells,P/Germany 1998/GER-chT[Knaak,R] (44)}) 9. cxd5 d6 ({Here} 9... Bd6 {
is also possible, like in position with PP c4 and e6.} 10. Nc3 Be5 11. e4 (11.
e3 O-O $132 {1/2-1/2 Rippis,T-Weeks,M/Sydney 1999/EXT 2001 (39)}) 11... O-O 12.
Nge2 d6 13. Na4 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gf3f4]} Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Qd8 15. Qc2 (15. f4 Bd4
16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Bd3 Re8 $17 {[%csl Rd5,Re4]}) 15... Re8 {[%csl Re4][%cal
Ge8e4]} 16. Nac3 Qe7 $132) 10. e4 {McShane: 'A Benoni structure has been
reached, where White's control of the centre compensates for his lack of
development.'} (10. Nc3 g6 11. Bg5 Bg7 12. Qd2 O-O 13. e4 Re8 14. h4 h5 15. Be2
a6 16. Nh3 Bxh3 17. Rxh3 Nbd7 18. Kf1 Qc7 $132 {0-1 Kanep,M-Volokitin,A/
Oropesa del Mar 2000/EXT 2001 (41)}) 10... g6 {This position belongs to the
Indian opening, with a small difference: The black Q is placed on b6 instead
of d8.} 11. Na3 $5 {[%cal Ga3c4,Gc4b6] White N will jump to c4 square with
tempo!  McShane: 'Not specifically to attack the queen, which is badly placed
on b6 anyway (Black often aims for play with b7-b5 in this structure), but the
knight will be strong on c4.'} (11. Nc3 {- normal Indian continuation. Qb6 is
not so important.}) 11... Nbd7 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. a4 Nb6 14. Na3 {White has space
advantage and should avoid piece exchanges.  McShane: 'Hasn't White wasted
enough time already? Perhaps, but it's not so clear cut, as White hopes that
Black will remain cramped with too many pieces on the board.'} Bd7 15. a5 Nc8
16. Nb5 Qb8 17. Bg5 Bg7 18. e5 $5 {White wasn't obliged to sacrifice P. '?!'
McShane.} ({It was possible to play normally:} 18. Bd3 h6 19. Be3 O-O 20. Qd2
a6 21. Nc3 Kh7 22. Nge2 Na7 $14 {[%cal Ga7b5]}) (18. Bd3 {McShane followed by
completing the kingside development looks wiser.}) 18... dxe5 19. d6 {[%cal
Gb5c7]} O-O $6 $14 ({Better seems} 19... Bxb5 $142 20. Bxb5+ Kf8 21. d7 (21.
Be3 Kg8 22. Bxc5 Bf8 23. d7 Nxd7 24. Be3 Nf6 25. Ne2 $15) 21... Ne7 (21... Nd6
22. a6 Qc7 23. axb7 Rb8 24. Qa4 Nxb5 25. Qxb5 Nxd7 26. Rxa7 $132) 22. Ne2 $44)
20. Nc7 {McShane: 'White has won an exchange, but at what cost? The d6 pawn
will drop off soon, so the material gain is insignificant, and meanwhile
White's centre has crumbled, and he lags even further in development.'} Ne8 21.
Nxa8 Nexd6 22. Ne2 $2 $15 ({Right was} 22. Qc1 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gc1c5]} Qxa8 (
22... c4 23. Bxc4 Nxc4 24. Qxc4 Qxa8 25. Ne2 $14) 23. Qxc5 $14) 22... Be6 $1 (
22... Qxa8 23. Be7 Nxe7 24. Qxd6 {[%csl Rc5,Rd7,Re7]} Qe8 25. Qxc5 Nc6 26. Nc3
Nd4 27. Rd1 Qd8 {[%cal Gd8h4]} 28. Qxa7 Qh4+ 29. g3 Qf6 30. Bg2 Nxf3+ 31. Bxf3
Qxf3 32. Rf1 Qc6 $13) 23. Nc3 Qxa8 24. Be3 $6 $17 {Bg5 was allocated well: d8
and e7 squares were controlled. Better was to wait for Bg5 repelling by h7-h6.}
(24. Nd5 $142 Qb8 25. Rc1 b6 $15) 24... c4 25. Bc5 (25. Ra4 Qb8 $17) 25... Qb8
26. Ne4 Nxe4 ({Or} 26... Rd8 $17) 27. fxe4 (27. Bxf8 {McShane} Bxf8 28. fxe4
Bb4+ 29. Kf2 Nd6 {and Black's minor pieces are extremely strong.}) 27... Re8
28. Qa4 {[%csl Rc4]} Rd8 29. Bxc4 Qc7 {'!' McShane.} 30. Bxe6 Qxc5 31. Bd5 $6
$19 {[%csl Re1]} ({Maybe more stubborn was} 31. Bxf7+ Kxf7 32. Qb3+ Ke7 $17)
31... Qe3+ 32. Kf1 (32. Kd1 {McShane} Ne7 {is no better.}) 32... Ne7 {White K
remains in the centre, Rh1 can't take active part in the game, so the position
of White is strategically lost.} (32... Rd6 $4 {McShane} 33. Qe8+ {wins for
White!}) 33. Qa3 (33. Rd1 {McShane} Nxd5 34. Rxd5 (34. exd5 {McShane} Rd6 $1 {
does work now} 35. g3 Qf3+ 36. Kg1 Rf6 37. Qc2 Bh6 {wins easily}) 34... Rc8 {
with an overwhelming attack for Black.}) 33... Nxd5 34. exd5 Qf4+ 35. Ke2 (35.
Qf3 Qc4+ 36. Qe2 Qxd5 $19 {[%csl Rf1,Rh1]}) 35... Qe4+ 36. Kf2 Rc8 (36... Rxd5
$19) 37. Qf3 (37. Rac1 {McShane} Rxc1 38. Rxc1 Qf4+ $18) 37... Qd4+ 38. Kg3 (
38. Ke1 Qxb2 39. Rd1 Rc1 40. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 41. Qd1 Qe3+ 42. Kf1 Bf8 (42... e4 43.
g3 $17) 43. g3 Qe4 44. Rg1 Bc5 45. d6 Qc4+ 46. Kg2 Qa2+ 47. Kh3 Bxg1 48. Qxg1
Qxa5 $19) 38... e4 39. Qe2 Rc2 $1 (39... Rc2 40. Qxc2 (40. Qe1 Qd3+ $19) 40...
Qe3+ $19 41. Kg4 h5+ 42. Kh4 Bf6#) 0-1

[Event "Herzliya"]
[Site "Herzliya"]
[Date "2000.09.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Marcelin, Cyril"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2000.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 e6 7. e4 exd5 8. exd5
d6 9. Nd2 (9. Qd2 Be7 10. c4 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 b5 12. Nc3 a6 13. Re1 $14 {1-0
Bennett,T-Webb,S/London 1978/MCD (42)}) (9. Qe2+ Be7 10. Bxd6 Nxd5 11. Qe4 (11.
Bxb8 Rxb8 12. Qe5 Qb6 {After} 13. Qxb8 $5 {the game is very comlicated:} (13.
Qxd5 Qxb2 $19 {0-1 Popov,V-Novik,M/St Petersburg 1992/CBM 28 ext (53)}) 13...
O-O 14. Qe5 (14. Nd2 Ne3 15. Qe5 Nc2+ (15... Re8 16. Ke2 $8 Qb5+ 17. c4 $1 $13)
16. Kd1 Bf6 17. Qe4 Nxa1 18. Qb1 Rd8 $17) 14... Re8 $44) 11... Nc6 12. Qxd5 Be6
13. Qxc5 Qxc5 14. Bxc5 Bxc5 15. Nd2 (15. Bb5 O-O-O $44 {0-1 Neihs,H-Cvitan,O/
Oberwart 1993/EXT 98 (25)}) 15... O-O-O 16. Ne4 Be3 $44 {0-1 Kogan,B-Wilder,M/
USA-ch 1986/CBM 03 (26)}) (9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Nb6 11. b4 cxb4 12. c4 Be7 13.
Nd4 Bd7 14. N2b3 Qa4 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. O-O O-O 17. Rc1 Nh5 18. Bd2 Bf6 19. g4
$132 {1-0 Gulko,B-Browne,W/USA-ch 1992/TD (60)}) (9. Na3 Be7 10. g4 Nbd7 11.
Nc4 Qc7 12. a4 O-O 13. Ne2 Re8 14. Kf2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Benjamin,J-Ivanov,A/
Philadelphia 1999/EXT 2000 (22)}) 9... Be7 10. a4 {Another continuations also
don't bring to White any advantage:} (10. Ne4 O-O 11. Ne2 Na6 12. N2g3 Rd8 13.
Qd2 b5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Garcia Conesa,G-Lobo/Catalunya 1996/EXT 99 (51)}) (10. Ne2
O-O 11. Ng3 b5 12. a4 Qc7 13. Nde4 Nxe4 14. fxe4 bxa4 15. Qxa4 $132 {0-1
Schneider,S-Mirumian,V/Zagan 1997/CBM 59 ext (44)}) 10... O-O 11. Nc4 Qd8 12.
Qd2 (12. Ne2 Re8 13. Kf2 Nh5 14. Be3 Bf8 15. g3 Nd7 16. Qd2 $11 {0-1 Bisguier,
A-Ivanov,I/New York 1984/MCD (29)}) 12... Na6 (12... Re8 13. Ne2 Na6 $132 14.
g4 $5 {-like in this game.}) 13. g4 Re8 14. Ne2 Nc7 {[%csl Rd5]} 15. Ne3 $8 {
[%csl Yd5]} b6 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gc8b7,Gc8a6]} 16. Kf2 (16. Bg3 a6 (16... Bb7
17. c4 $132) 17. Bg2 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Nxa8 20. O-O $132) 16... h5 17.
h3 Nh7 $6 $14 {[%cal Ge7h4] Not necessary P sacrifice!} ({Quite good was} 17...
h4 $132 {[%cal Gf6h7] with equal position}) 18. gxh5 $1 (18. Kg1 $6 Bg5 19. Re1
(19. gxh5 $2 Bxf4 20. Nxf4 Qg5+ 21. Ng4 Bxg4 22. hxg4 Nxd5 $1 23. Qxd5 Qxf4 $17
{[%csl Rg1][%cal Gh7g5,Ge8e1]}) 19... Qf6 20. Ng2 h4 $1 21. c4 a6 22. b3 b5 $15
{[%csl Rh1]}) 18... Bh4+ (18... Bg5 19. Ng2 $14) 19. Bg3 (19. Kg1 Bg5 $44)
19... Qg5 20. Bxh4 Qxh4+ 21. Ng3 Ng5 $2 $16 (21... Re5 $5 {[%csl Rd5]} 22. Ng2
$1 {Repelling Black Q.} (22. c4 $2 Ng5 23. Bg2 (23. Ng2 Nxh3+ $17) 23... Ba6
24. Rae1 f5 $1 $19) 22... Qf6 23. c4 Bd7 $14) 22. b3 $4 $17 ({Was keep
advantage} 22. Ng4 $1 $16 {[%cal Gd2f4] Threatening Qf4!}) 22... Qf4 $1 {
[%csl Rf3]} 23. Bg2 $8 Nxd5 $1 {Nc7 wanted to join to the struggle too much
time...} 24. Rae1 (24. Nc4 Qxd2+ 25. Nxd2 Nf4 $1 {[%csl Rh3]} (25... Nxc3 26.
f4 $16) 26. h4 Ngh3+ 27. Bxh3 Nxh3+ $17) 24... Nf6 (24... Bb7 $144 {[%csl Rf3]}
25. Qc1 (25. Qd3 Nf6 $1 {[%cal Gf6e4]} (25... Nxe3 $6 26. Rxe3 Rxe3 27. Qxe3
Qxe3+ 28. Kxe3 $15) 26. Ne2 Nfe4+ 27. Kf1 Ng3+ 28. Nxg3 Qxg3 $19 {[%csl Rf1,
Rf3]}) 25... Nf6 26. Nc4 Nfe4+ 27. Nxe4 Nxe4+ 28. Kg1 Qxc1 29. Rxc1 d5 $1 (
29... Ng3 $2 30. Nxd6 Re7 31. Nxb7 {[%cal Gf3f4]} Nxh1 32. Kxh1 Rxb7 33. f4
Rab8 34. Bxb7 Rxb7 $14) 30. Nxb6 axb6 31. fxe4 dxe4 $17) 25. Nef1 Nfe4+ $1 {
Black starts decisive Attack.} 26. Nxe4 Nxe4+ 27. Rxe4 Rxe4 28. Qd5 Bb7 ({Not} 
28... Qh4+ $2 29. Ng3 Re2+ 30. Kxe2 Qxg3 31. Qxa8 Qxg2+ 32. Kd3 Qxh1 33. Qxc8+
Kh7 34. Qf5+ Kg8 $11) 29. Qxb7 Rae8 30. Qa6 (30. Qd7 Re1 $1 $19 {[%cal Ge8e2,
Gf4e3]}) 30... Re1 $4 $15 ({Very strong was immediately} 30... Re2+ 31. Kg1 (
31. Qxe2 Qh4+ 32. Ng3 Rxe2+ $19) 31... Qc1 $1 {[%csl Rg1,Rh1][%cal Gc1e1,Ge1f2]
and White can't defend his K - Black has decisive attack:} 32. Qc4 (32. Qd3 Qe1
33. Rh2 Qf2+ 34. Kh1 Re1 $19 {[%cal Ge8e2]}) 32... Qe1 33. Qg4 $1 Qxc3 34. Ng3
{[%tqu "En","?","","","e2g2","",10]} Rxg2+ $1 35. Kxg2 Qd2+ 36. Kg1 Re1+ 37.
Nf1 Qe3+ 38. Kh2 Re2+ 39. Kg3 Qf2+ 40. Kf4 {[%tqu "En","?","","","e2e4","",10]}
Re4+ $3 41. Kf5 (41. Kxe4 Qd4+ 42. Kf5 Qe5#) 41... Re5+ 42. Kf4 f5 $19) 31. Qd3
$4 $19 (31. h4 $1 $15 {[%csl Gh4] and Black can't play Qh4+.}) 31... R8e2+ 32.
Kg1 (32. Qxe2 Qh4+ $19) 32... Rd2 (32... Qg5 33. Rh2 Qh4 $19) 33. Qc4 Qg3 34.
Rh2 Rf2 (34... Qf2+ 35. Kh1 Rdd1 $19) 35. Kh1 Rexf1+ 0-1

[Event "Salou-A"]
[Site "Salou"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hamdouchi, Hicham"]
[Black "Pogorelov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2000.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. dxc5 ({More popular} 4. d5) ({and} 4. c3
Qb6) 4... Na6 ({Another continuations are:} 4... e5 5. e3 Bxc5 6. Nd2 (6. c3 d5
7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Be2 Be6) 6... d5 7. Nb3 Nc6 8. Nxc5 Qa5+ 9. Qd2 Qxc5 10. O-O-O
Be6 11. Kb1 O-O-O $11 {0-1 Boisan-Stoltz,G/Varna 1962/MCD (54)}) (4... b6 5.
cxb6 Qxb6 6. Qc1) (4... Nc6 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. Nf3 Bh6 7. g3 Qb4 8. Rb1 Qxc5 9. Bg2
b6 10. O-O Bb7) (4... Qa5+) 5. Nd2 (5. c3 $6 Nxc5 6. Qc2 d6 7. Nf3 f5 8. e3 Bd7
9. Nbd2 e6 $15 {0-1 Dengler,P-Bohnsack,R/Bargteheide 1988/EXT 97 (32)}) (5. e4
Nxc5 6. Nc3 {We see sicilian PP structure!} h5 (6... Qa5 7. Qd4 Bg7 8. Bc4 Ne6
9. Qd3 f5 $132 {0-1 Lorenz,G-Heinemann,T/Germany 1997/GER-chT (40)}) (6... e6
7. g3 b6 8. Bg2 Bb7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Haubt,G-Schaller,S/Germany 1999/GER-chT2 (15)}
) 7. Nge2 d6 8. Nd4 a6 $132 {0-1 Schieder,A-Krebs,J/AUT-chT2S 9495 1995/EXT 98
(31)}) (5. Qd4 e6 6. Nc3 Bxc5 7. Qh4 f5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. e3 Ke7 $11 {0-1
Buchegger,K-Cvitan,O/Oberwart 1996/CBM 53 ext (30)}) (5. Nf3 Nxc5 6. c3 b6 7.
g3 Bb7 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. Nbd2 f5 $11 {1-0 Garcia Palermo,C-Poluljahov,A/Buenos
Aires 1998/CBM 67 ext (27)}) (5. c4 Nxc5 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Nd4 f5 9. e3
Bd7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Dishman,S-Mason,D/Birmingham ENG 2000 (24)}) 5... Nxc5 6. g3
f5 7. c3 Bg7 8. Qc2 ({Black has good position also after} 8. Ngf3 d6 (8... d5
$1 $132 {[%csl Rf5,Rf7] ()+^^}) 9. Qc2 Bd7 10. Nd4 e6 $132 (10... Bxd4 $6 11.
cxd4 Ne4 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Bg2 (13. Qxe4 Qa5+ $1 $19 {[%csl Re4,Rh1][%cal
Gd7c6]}) 13... Qa5+ 14. Qd2 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Bc6 16. Ke3 $14 {[%csl Re4] 1/2-1/2
Papadopoulou,T-Kouvatsou,M/Poros 1998/EXT 99 (27)})) 8... d5 $132 {We already
can see Black's achievements: Pair of BB and space advantage against doubled
PP f} 9. Ngf3 Bd7 10. Bg2 Rc8 11. O-O b5 12. a3 e6 13. Ne1 $5 (13. Nb3 Ne4 $15)
({Good also} 13. Rad1 O-O 14. Nd4 Ne4 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. f4 exf3 17. exf3 Qb6
18. Qf2 $132) 13... d4 14. cxd4 (14. c4 bxc4 15. Nxc4 Ba4 $15) 14... Bxd4 {
[%cal Gc8c2]} 15. Qb1 (15. Ra2 Bg7 $15 {[%cal Gc5e4]} (15... Qf6 16. Qb1 (16.
e3 Na4 $17) 16... Na4 17. Nd3 $132)) 15... O-O (15... Bg7 16. Ra2 $11) 16. Ra2
Qe7 (16... Bg7 17. b3 $132) 17. b3 Rc7 {[%cal Gf8c8]} ({Or} 17... Rfd8 18. Nef3
Bg7 19. Rc1 $11) 18. Nef3 Bg7 19. Rc2 {[%cal Gf1c1]} Rfc8 20. Rfc1 {Both sides
do not object to exchange 2 pairs of RR.} (20. b4 Na4 21. Rxc7 Rxc7 22. e4 Nc3
23. Qd3 $11) 20... Be8 (20... e5 21. b4 Ne6 $11) 21. h3 (21. e3 $132) 21... Nb7
22. Rxc7 Rxc7 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. g4 $5 {Position is equal, it is difficult to
say, who plays for winning.} Nd6 (24... fxg4 25. hxg4 Qe7 26. b4 $11) 25. Qd3
$2 {[%csl Ra3][%mdl 8192] Bad move} ({After} 25. e3 $11 {position is equal.})
25... Qc1+ {[%csl Ra3]} 26. Nf1 ({Or} 26. Kh2 Qxa3 $17) 26... Qxa3 27. Ng3 Qc1+
(27... fxg4 28. hxg4 Bc6 29. e3 Qc1+ 30. Kh2 Qc5 31. Nh5 Be4 $17) 28. Bf1 Qc5 (
{Or} 28... fxg4 29. hxg4 Qf4 $17) 29. gxf5 Nxf5 30. Nxf5 exf5 $2 $15 {[%csl
Rf5] The first unaccuracy.} ({Right was} 30... Qxf5 $1 31. Qd8 ({Or} 31. Qxf5
exf5 32. e3 a5 $17) 31... Qg6+ 32. Bg2 f5 33. Qb8 Qf7 34. Ne5 Bxe5 35. Qxe5 a5
36. Kf1 a4 $17) 31. Nh4 $2 $17 ({Why not} 31. e3 $1 {[%csl Rb5,Rf5]} Bc6 32.
Nh4 f4 (32... Be4 33. Qxb5 $11) 33. Nf5 Bf6 (33... fxe3 34. Qd8+ Bf8 35. Qg5+
Kh8 36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. Qg5+ $11) 34. exf4 a5 $15) 31... f4 32. Nf5 Qe5 $6 (32...
Bf8 $142 $17) 33. Bg2 $6 (33. Nxg7 $142 $1 Kxg7 34. b4 $1 {[%csl Gb4][%cal
Gb4a5]} f6 35. Bg2 Bh5 36. e3 fxe3 37. fxe3 Qg3 38. Qd7+ Kh6 39. Qd4 Kg6 40.
Qe4+ Kg5 41. Qd5+ Qe5 42. Qxe5+ fxe5 43. Bc6 Kh4 44. Kg2 Be2 45. Be4 h6 46. Bf5
Bc4 47. Kf3 Bd5+ $17 {in this endgame, of course, Black has advantage, but to
realize it not so easy, Black's plan is to take a walk with K to b6 and
promote a7-a5. White can use the time for counterplay on the kingside.} 48. Kf2
h5 49. Bd7 Be4 50. Be6 (50. Be8 Bf5 51. Bxb5 Kxh3 $17) 50... Kg5 51. Bd7 Bd3
52. Bc6 h4 53. Kf3 Bf1 54. Bd7 Bc4 $17) 33... a5 $1 34. Qd8 (34. Nxg7 Kxg7 $17
{and White can't play now b3-b4}) 34... Qxf5 $2 $44 {[%mdl 16384] How Black
dicided to play position with opponent colour BB ?} ({Right was} 34... Bf6 $1 {
[%cal Gf6d8]} 35. Qd3 ({or} 35. Nh6+ Kg7 36. Nf5+ Qxf5 37. Qxe8 Qb1+ 38. Bf1
Qxb3 $19) 35... a4 36. Nh6+ Kg7 37. Ng4 Qa1+ 38. Kh2 Be5 39. Bf3 h5 40. Nxe5
Qxe5 $17) 35. Qxe8+ Bf8 36. Bc6 Qxh3 (36... Qb1+ 37. Kg2 Qxb3 38. Qd7 Qb1 39.
Bxb5 $44) 37. Bd5 $1 {[%csl Rb5,Rf7]} (37. Bxb5 $2 Qxb3 $17) 37... Qg4+ 38. Kf1
Qh3+ 39. Kg1 Qg4+ 40. Kf1 Qf5 41. Qxb5 h5 42. Qd3 (42. Qxa5 h4 $11) 42... Qf6
43. Qh3 Qa1+ 44. Kg2 Qg7+ 45. Kf1 Qg4 46. Qxg4+ hxg4 47. f3 g3 48. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Redbus KO"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "2001.04.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.04.13"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 $132 {This too modest move
can't be recommended. White doesn't want to fight for opening advantage...} ({
Much more agressive is} 5. Nc3 {-mainline.}) 5... d5 {Black is not against
French PP structure.} ({Another quite reliable possibility is} 5... d6 $5 $132)
({Both partners already had played this variation about a month earlier:} 5...
Nc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. h4 d6 8. f4 dxe5 9. fxe5 Bd7 10. Nd2 O-O-O 11. Ngf3 f6 $132 {
1-0 Hodgson,J-Rowson,J/Birmingham ENG 2001/The Week in Chess 332 (51)}) 6. e5 (
6. Bd3 c5 7. e5 Qd8 8. Nf3 Qb6 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. O-O c4 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. Bc2 b5
$132 {1/2-1/2 Trommsdorf,F-Collas,D/Cannes 1995/EXT 98 (47)}) (6. Nd2 c5 7.
dxc5 (7. Ngf3 Nc6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Re8
$132 (12... d4 $6 13. Nbxd4 Rd8 14. Qb3 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. cxd4 Rxd4 17.
Rad1 Be6 18. Qxb7 Rad8 19. Rxd4 Rxd4 20. Qxa7 Rd2 21. Bb5 Rxb2 22. a4 $16 {
Pert,R-Buckley,S/England 1999/CBM 73 ext/1/2-1/2 (115)})) 7... Bxc5 8. Ngf3 O-O
9. exd5 exd5 $132 {1-0 Summerscale,A-Marusenko,P/Newport 2000/EXT 2001 (61)})
6... Qd8 7. Nf3 (7. b4 $6 a5 (7... b6 8. Nd2 $11 (8. b5 a6 $15)) 8. b5 a4 $5 9.
Bd3 c5 $132 {0-1 Kosten,A-Garcia Ilundain,D/Escaldes 1998/CBM 68/ (60)}) (7. a3
c5 8. b4 cxd4 9. cxd4 a5 10. b5 a4 11. Nc3 Qa5 12. Qd2 Be7 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. Nge2
Nb6 15. O-O Bd7 16. f4 g6 $132 {1-0 Kosten,A-Mory,E/Toulon 1999/CBM 73 ext (43)
}) (7. Nd2 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. Qe2 Qe7 $11 {
0-1 Ward,C-Marusenko,P/Port Erin 2000/CBM 78 ext (40)}) 7... c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 ({
It is possible also to sacrifice P, but not necessary.} 8... Nd7 9. b4 g6 (9...
Be7 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. Qe2 a5 12. O-O O-O 13. Nbd2 b6 14. cxb6 Nxb6 15. Rfc1 Bd7
16. c4 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Nxc4 18. Rxc4 Qb7 19. Be4 (19. Nd4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Rogers,
I-Epishin,V/Castrop Rauxel GER 2001/The Week in Chess 335 (46)}) 19... Qa6 20.
Bxa8 Bb5 21. Bb7 $1 Qxb7 22. Qe4 $18) 10. Nbd2 Bg7 11. Bb5 O-O 12. Bxd7 Bxd7
13. O-O Qc7 14. Re1 b6 15. Nb3 Ba4 16. Qd4 Rfc8 17. Rac1 Qb7 18. Nfd2 Rc7 19.
c4 Bxb3 20. Nxb3 bxc5 21. bxc5 Rd8 22. h3 (22. Qh4 g5 23. Qg3 Qa6 24. cxd5 Rxd5
25. Qc3 Qa4 $44) 22... Rcc8 23. Rc2 Qc7 24. f4 Bf8 25. Rec1 {1/2-1/2 Milov,
V-Epishin,V/Amsterdam 2000/CBM 77 ext (25)}) 9. Bd3 Qb6 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. O-O Bd7
12. b4 {Otherwise it is difficult to develop Nb1.} Be7 ({Interesting also} 
12... Bf8 {[%cal Gg7g5,Gf8g7] then g7-g5 and Bf8-g7}) 13. Nbd2 Rc8 {[%csl Rc3]
[%cal Gc8c3]} 14. a3 g5 $1 {Black decided to stay with K in the center.} 15.
Nb3 a5 16. Rac1 a4 17. Na1 $6 $15 {[%cal Ga1c2,Gc2d4] Here the N will be in
offsite during a long time...} (17. Nbd2 $142 g4 18. Ne1 Bg5 19. Rd1 Qc7 ({
Worth of attention Nc6 for 3P exchange:} 19... Bf4 20. g3 Bxe5 (20... Bg5 21.
Kh1 $14 (21. Qxg4 Nxe5 $17)) 21. b5 Bxc3 22. bxc6 bxc6 $13) 20. f4 gxf3 21.
Nexf3 Bf4 22. Rfe1 Rg8 23. c4 $132) 17... g4 18. Nd2 Bg5 19. Rc2 Rg8 20. Kh1 $2
$17 ({Necessary was} 20. b5 $1 {in order to prevent Pe5 Attack.} Na7 21. c4 Be7
$15) 20... Bf4 {[%csl Re5]} 21. g3 Bxd2 22. Rxd2 Rg5 {[%csl Re5]} 23. h4 $2 $19
{Now position of White became hopeless.} ({Right was} 23. Nc2 $1 Nxe5 24. h4
Rh5 25. Ne3 $17) 23... gxh3 24. Nc2 Rxe5 $2 {The weak Pe5 will not run away!} (
{Right was} 24... Na7 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gc8c3]} 25. Kh2 (25. f4 Rxg3 26. Qh2
Rxd3 $1 27. Rxd3 Bb5 $19) 25... Nb5 $19) 25. Qg4 Rg5 26. Qh4 $6 $19 (26. Qxh3
$142 Qc7 27. Qxh6 Qe5 28. Be2 Nd8 29. f4 Qxc3 30. fxg5 Qxd2 31. Qh8+ Ke7 32.
Qf6+ Kd6 33. Nd4 Rc1 $17) 26... Rg8 27. Re1 Qd8 28. Qxh3 Qf6 29. c4 Ne5 30. Ne3
d4 ({Why not} 30... Nxd3 31. Rxd3 Qxf2 32. Rf1 Qxg3 $19) 31. Nf5 Bc6+ 32. Be4
exf5 33. Bxc6+ Kf8 $2 $17 {Ununderstandable mistake!} ({Of course, Ne5 will be
eat by White, but how many PP over will have Black?} 33... Qxc6+ 34. Kg1 (34.
Qg2 Qxg2+ 35. Kxg2 f6 36. f4 Rxc4 37. fxe5 Rc3 38. exf6+ Kf7 $19) 34... Qe6 (
34... f6 35. f4 Qf3 36. Kh2 Qc3 37. Rdd1 Qb2+ 38. Kh1 Qxa3 {[%csl Rg3][%cal
Ga3g3]} 39. Qh5+ Ke7 40. fxe5 Qxg3 41. exf6+ Kxf6 42. Rg1 Qf4 $19) 35. Rde2 (
35. f4 Nf3+ $19) 35... f6 36. f4 Rxc4 37. fxe5 Rc3 {[%csl Rg3]} 38. Qh5+ Kd8
39. exf6 Rgxg3+ $19) 34. Bxb7 ({After} 34. Bxb7 Rxc4 {Black leaves with
advantage.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.03.11"]
[Round "11.7"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Luebeck"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 Qb6 7. Bc1 e6 8. c4
$2 $17 {Losing or sacrificing P - it is not important. In any case, White
hasn't compensation for P lack.} ({Better is all another continuations without
material loss:} 8. e4 $132) (8. dxe6 $132) 8... Qb4+ $1 {[%mdl 4] Kazhgaleyev,
M. This move idea is very simple: to grab the P without any fear of phantoms} (
{More popular is} 8... exd5 $2 9. cxd5 c4 10. e3 Bc5 11. Kf2 O-O {played in
number of games, for example: 1-0 Knaak,R-Meessen,R/Germany 2000/CBM 78 ext 
(32), 1/2-1/2 Hodgson,J-Wells,P/Copenhagen 1996/CBM 54 (39)}) ({"Normal"
continuations are also} 8... d6 $2 $132) (8... Bd6 $2 $132) 9. Nc3 Qxc4 10. e4
Qb4 11. Bd2 (11. d6 c4 12. e5 Nd5 13. Bd2 Qxb2 $17 {0-1 Senk,C-Kachiani
Gersinska,K/Willingen 1999/EXT 2001 (39)}) 11... Qb6 12. Bc4 d6 (12... exd5 13.
Nxd5 {-see very interesting comments tothe game where first time Black played
8...Qb4 1-0 Speelman,J-Kazhgaleyev,M/Luzern 1997/CBM 62 (61)[Stohl,I, Speelman,
J,Kazhgaleyev,M]}) (12... g6 13. dxe6 dxe6 14. e5 Nfd7 15. f4 Bg7 16. Nf3 O-O
$17 {0-1 Orr,M-Howell,D/Bunratty IRL 2001/The Week in Chess 329 (37)}) 13. Nge2
Be7 (13... e5 $17) (13... Qxb2 $4 14. Rb1 Qa3 15. Nb5 $18 {[%csl Ra3]}) 14. a4
e5 (14... Qxb2 $4 15. Rb1 $18 {[%csl Rb2]}) 15. g4 $5 {Desperate attempt to
justify P lack.} h5 $1 ({Not badly also} 15... O-O $17) 16. g5 Nh7 17. Rg1 Nd7
{[%cal Gd7f8,Gf8g6,Gh7f8]} 18. Be3 Qd8 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Gd8g5]} (18... Qxb2 $4
19. Rb1 $18) 19. Qd2 O-O 20. h4 (20. g6 fxg6 21. Rxg6 Rxf3 $19) 20... g6 {
preventing g5-g6 and preparing f7-f6 promotion..} 21. Nc1 f6 $1 22. gxf6 Rxf6
23. Qg2 (23. Nd3 Nhf8 {[%cal Gd7e5] preventing f3-f4} (23... Ndf8 24. f4 $1 $44
) 24. f4 $5 exf4 $1 (24... Rf7 $2 {[%cal Ge7h4]} 25. fxe5 Bxh4+ 26. Kd1 Nxe5
27. Nxe5 dxe5 28. d6 Be6 29. Bxe6 Nxe6 30. Rxg6+ Ng7 31. Qd5 $16) 25. Nxf4 Ne5
26. Be2 Kh7 $17) 23... Ndf8 24. Nd3 Rf7 25. O-O-O $6 $19 (25. f4 $142 Bxh4+ 26.
Kd2 exf4 27. Nxf4 Nf6 28. e5 Ng4 29. e6 $17) 25... Bxh4 (25... Bf6 $143 26. f4
exf4 27. Nxf4 Bg4 $17) 26. Nxe5 (26. f4 Bg4 27. Rdf1 exf4 28. Nxf4 Bf6 $19)
26... dxe5 27. d6 Bf6 $1 {[%csl Ge5]} ({Not} 27... b6 $2 28. Qh2 $1 {[%csl Re5,
Rh5][%cal Gh2h5]} Bg5 29. Bxf7+ Kxf7 30. Bxg5 Nxg5 31. Qxe5 Nxf3 32. Rgf1 Bg4
33. Rd3 Kg8 34. Rdxf3 Bxf3 35. Rxf3 $44) 28. Bxf7+ Kxf7 29. Bxc5 Be6 30. Kb1
Rc8 31. Bxa7 (31. Ba3 Bb3 $19) 31... Rc6 32. d7 Bxd7 {Position of White is
hopeless.} 33. f4 exf4 34. e5 Bf5+ (34... Bxe5 35. Qd5+ Re6 $19) 35. Ka1 Qa5
36. exf6 Qxa7 37. Qd5+ Be6 38. Qe4 Nxf6 (38... g5 $19) 39. Qxf4 Rc4 (39... Bb3
$19) 40. Qd6 Rxc3 41. bxc3 Qxa4+ 42. Kb2 Qb3+ (42... Qa2+ 43. Kc1 Bf5 $19) 43.
Kc1 Qxc3+ 44. Kb1 Qb3+ 45. Kc1 Qc4+ (45... Bf5 $19) 46. Kb2 Qa2+ 47. Kc1 Bf5
48. Qc7+ N8d7 49. Rge1 Qa1+ 50. Kd2 Qb2+ 51. Ke3 Ng4+ 52. Kf4 Qh2+ 0-1

[Event "Golombek Memorial"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "2000.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gormally, Daniel"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.09.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 Qb6 7. b3 e6 8. e4
exd5 9. exd5 Bd6 10. Bg5 (10. Nh3 O-O 11. Qd2 {see comments to the game  1/2-1/
2 Sokolov,I-Smirin,I/Wijk aan Zee 1993/CBM 34/[Schussler] (33)} (11. c4 $2 {
[%tqu "En","?","","","f6d5","",10,"f6h5","",0]} Nxd5 $3 (11... Nh5 12. Bxd6
Qxd6 13. Nc3 Qe5+ 14. Ne2 d6 15. g4 Nf6 16. Rc1 $11 {0-1 Medancic,R-Tukmakov,V/
Zadar 1997/EXT 99 (30)}) 12. cxd5 (12. Qxd5 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Qf6 $19) 12... Bxf4
13. Nxf4 Qf6 $17)) (10. Be3 O-O 11. Na3 Re8 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Kf2 Bf8 14. a4 d6
15. Ne2 Nbd7 $132 {0-1 Houska,M-Gullaksen,E/London 1997/EXT 99 (80)}) 10... Be7
(10... O-O 11. Bxf6 Re8+ 12. Be2 (12. Ne2 gxf6 13. Nd2 Bf8 14. Nc4 Qd8 15. a4
d6 16. Qd3 Bh6 17. Kf2 f5 18. f4 $14 {1-0 Rey,G-Russell,R/San Francisco 1999/
CBM 69 ext (48)}) 12... gxf6 13. Nd2 $1 Qc7 $6 14. Ne4 $16 {Hall,J-Khenkin, La
Coruna 1992}) 11. c4 (11. Bc4 O-O 12. Ne2 d6 13. O-O a6 14. a4 Qa5 15. Na3 Nbd7
$11 {0-1 Wojtaszek,R-Grabarska,B/Koszalin 1999/EXT 2000 (45)}) (11. d6 Qxd6 12.
Qxd6 Bxd6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bc4 Nc6 $44 (14... Be7 15. Na3 Nc6 $44 (15... d5 $2
16. Bxd5 Nc6 17. Ne2 Bd7 18. O-O-O $16 {1-0 Dishman,S-Mack,A/Birmingham ENG
2000/The Week in Chess 308 (44)}))) 11... d6 (11... O-O 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Nge2 (
13. Be2 d6 14. Qc2 Na6 15. a3 Qd8 16. Bd2 Nc7 17. Bd3 b5 18. Nge2 a6 19. O-O
Rb8 20. g4 $132 {0-1 Orr,M-Nunn,J/Bunratty 1998/CBM 62 ext (43)}) 13... d6 14.
Qd2 Nbd7 (14... Qd8 15. Be3 Bf8 16. Ng3 Na6 17. Be2 Nc7 18. O-O Rb8 $132 {
[%cal Gb7b5]} (18... b5 $2 19. cxb5 Bb7 (19... Bd7 20. Bc4 $16 {1-0 Orr,M-Ryan,
J/Drogheda 1999/EXT 2000 (33)}) 20. Bc4 Ncxd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23.
Qxd5 Rxe3 24. Ne4 $14)) 15. Be3 Ne5 16. Ng3 Bd7 17. Be2 h6 18. O-O Bf8 19. h3
Re7 20. Kh1 Rae8 21. Bg1 a6 22. f4 Ng6 23. Bd3 Qa5 24. a4 Rb8 25. Qc2 Ree8 26.
Nce4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Orr,M-Mannion,S/Grangemouth 1998/EXT 99 (52)}) 12. Nc3 O-O
13. Bd3 Qd8 14. Bd2 Nbd7 15. Nge2 Ne5 16. Bc2 Nh5 17. O-O f5 18. f4 Ng4 (18...
Ng6 19. a3 $14 (19. Nc1 Nf6 20. Re1 $14)) 19. h3 Nh6 20. Bd3 Bf6 21. Qc2 Kh8
22. g3 Bd7 23. Kh2 {White has space advantage, Black hasn't counterplay.} g5 $6
$16 {Wrong activity.} (23... g6 $142 24. Rae1 Re8 $14) 24. fxg5 Bxg5 25. Nf4 {
[%csl Yf4,Rf5] Black weakened f4 square and Pf5.} Nxf4 26. Bxf4 Bxf4 27. Rxf4 {
[%csl Rf5]} Qg5 28. Raf1 Rf7 ({better was} 28... Rfe8 {but after some
manoeuvres like} 29. Ne2 Re5 30. R4f3 Rae8 31. Nf4 a6 32. Ng2 b5 33. Nh4 Rg8
34. Qf2 b4 35. Rf4 {[%cal Gh4f3]} Qg7 36. Rg1 {[%csl Rf5]} Rge8 37. Rg2 $1 $16
{[%csl Rf5] White at last wins f5 weakness.}) 29. Ne2 Re8 30. R4f3 Rg7 (30...
Rfe7 31. Nf4 $16 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Gc2f2,Gf4g2,Gg2h4] Wtth plan of pressure on
the weakness f5}) 31. Qc1 $6 $14 {Wrong desicion! Without QQ Black feels much
better.} (31. Nf4 $16 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Gc2f2,Gf4g2,Gg2h4]}) 31... Qxc1 {
Black uses possibility to chang QQ.} (31... Nf7 $5 32. Qxg5 $140 Nxg5 33. R3f2
Rge7 34. Nf4 $14 {[%cal Gg5e4,Ge7e3]}) (31... Qg6 $5 32. Nf4 $16) 32. Nxc1 Rge7
33. R3f2 Kg7 34. Ne2 Nf7 35. Nf4 Ne5 $4 $18 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Possible to play} 
35... Re5 36. Ng2 Nh6 37. Nh4 Re1 38. Rxe1 Rxe1 39. Kg2 Re5 $14) 36. Bxf5 $1
Bxf5 37. Nh5+ Kh6 (37... Kg6 38. Rxf5 Nd7 39. g4 Re2+ 40. Kg3 $18 {[%cal Gg3h4,
Gh5f4,Gf4e6]}) 38. Rxf5 Ng6 39. Nf6 Re2+ 40. Kg1 (40. Kg1 R8e5 (40... R8e7 41.
Ng8+) (40... Rd8 41. Rh5+ Kg7 42. Rxh7+ Kf8 43. Ng4+ Ke8 44. Rff7 $18) 41. Ng4+
) 1-0

[Event "NOR-ch playoff"]
[Site "Asker"]
[Date "2000.07.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2000.07.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 (2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. d5 e6 8.
Ng3 exd5 9. cxd5 Nbd7 10. Be2 h5 11. Bg5 (11. O-O Nh7 12. Nh1 Ne5 13. Nf2 {
0-1 Kortschnoj,V-Brunner,L/SWZ-chT 1991/EXT 98 (42)}) 11... a6 12. a4 Qe8 13.
Qd2 Nh7 14. Bh6 h4 (14... Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Qe7 {1-0 Dragomarezkij,E-Umanskaya,I/
Moscow 1998/EXT 99 (27)}) (14... f5 {1-0 Ward,C-Buckley,S/Scarborough 1999/CBM
71 ext (34)}) 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nf1 {1-0 Renet,O-Sorin,A/Buenos Aires 1994/CBM
42 (42)}) 2... Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 Qb6 7. Bc1 d6 (7... g6
8. Nh3 d6 9. Nf2 Bg7 10. e4 e6 11. c4 O-O 12. Nc3 exd5 13. cxd5 Na6 14. Be2 Bd7
15. O-O Rac8 16. Bc4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Hodgson,J-Ftacnik,L/Ischia 1996/CBM 54 (41)})
8. e4 g6 9. c4 $5 ({In some games was played} 9. a4 Bg7 10. Na3 {[%cal Ga3c4]
the main idea of 9.a4- to reserve c4 square for white N.} O-O 11. Nc4 Qc7 (
11... Qd8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 Nbd7 14. Nh3 Nb6 15. Nf2 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Rb8 17. O-O
a6 18. a5 $14 {0-1 Arduman,C-Sharavdorj,D/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (85)}) 12. Bg5
(12. Ne2 Nbd7 13. Ng3 Nb6 14. Be3 h5 15. Be2 Ne8 16. O-O e6 17. Qd2 h4 18. Nh1
exd5 19. exd5 Bd7 $132 {1-0 Kinsman,A-Littlewood,J/GBR 1998/CBM 64 ext (40)})
12... h6 13. Be3 Ne8 14. Qd2 Kh7 15. h4 Nd7 16. Nh3 Ne5 17. f4 (17. Nxe5 dxe5
18. h5 g5 19. Nf2 $132) 17... Ng4 (17... Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Nf6 19. Nf2 $132) 18. h5
gxh5 19. Bd3 f5 $132 {1-0 Liang Chong-Ahmad,A/Vung Tau City 1999/CBM 72 ext 
(37)}) (9. Na3 Bg7 10. Bb5+ Nbd7 11. Nh3 a6 12. Be2 Qc7 13. O-O O-O 14. Nf2 Rb8
$132 {1/2-1/2 Dizdarevic,E-Beshukov,S/Buenos Aires 2000/CBM 73 ext/[ChessBase]
(79)}) 9... Bg7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nge2 e6 12. Ng3 exd5 13. cxd5 h5 14. Be2 Nbd7 {
This position - with black Q on d8 instead of b6 - was played in some games 
(key A65) - see comments to the 2 move.} 15. Qc2 ({Of course, Qb6 placed
better than on d8. Here is impossible} 15. Bg5 $2 {because of} Qxb2 $17) 15...
h4 $6 {Dubious plan.} (15... Re8 $142 16. O-O (16. Bf4 Ne5 17. O-O Bd7 18. Rfc1
$14) 16... c4+ 17. Rf2 (17. Kh1 $2 h4 $17) 17... Nh7 {[%cal Gg7d4]} 18. Na4 Qa6
19. Be3 b5 20. Nc3 Nb6 21. a3 (21. a4 $6 bxa4 (21... b4 22. Nd1 Bd7 23. a5 Bb5
24. Qd2 $14) 22. Nf1 Bd7 23. Nd2 Rac8 $15) 21... b4 22. Nd1 Bd7 (22... b3 23.
Qd2 $14) 23. Qd2 $14) 16. Nf1 h3 (16... Nh5 $6 17. f4 $1 Nhf6 18. Nd2 Re8 19.
Nc4 Qa6 20. O-O $16) 17. gxh3 Nh5 {It is not easy for Black to justify P lack.}
18. Ng3 Ndf6 19. h4 $5 Bh3 20. Nd1 (20. Bg5 $1 $16) 20... Rfe8 21. Nf2 Bd7 22.
O-O (22. Rg1 $1 {and now Nf6 can't move. In other side, continuation} Nxg3 23.
hxg3 $16 {repairing white PP structure}) 22... Rac8 23. a4 c4 24. Kg2 Nh7 25.
Ra3 $1 {[%cal Ga3g3] R will take part in Attack!} Qd8 {[%csl Rh4]} 26. Nxh5
gxh5 27. f4 {[%cal Ga3g3]} Qxh4 28. Bxc4 {Black has hopeless position.} ({Or} 
28. Rg3 Kh8 29. Bxc4 Nf6 30. b3 $16) 28... Kh8 29. Rg3 Qf6 30. Kh1 {[%cal
Gf1g1]} h4 31. Rg2 Qd4 ({After} 31... b5 32. axb5 Bxb5 33. b3 Bxc4 34. bxc4 {
White keep advantage:} Qc3 (34... Qd4 35. Rfg1 Rxc4 36. Qe2 Bf6 (36... Rxc1 37.
Rxc1 $18) 37. Bb2 Qxb2 38. Qxc4 $18) 35. Qxc3 Bxc3 36. Ba3 $16 {[%csl Rc4,Rd6]}
) 32. b3 Rg8 ({Interesting also} 32... f5 $5 33. Rd1 Qc3 34. Qxc3 Bxc3 35. Bd3
$16) 33. Rfg1 Bf6 34. Nd1 (34. Ng4 Bxg4 35. Rxg4 Rxg4 36. Rxg4 a6 37. a5 $16) (
{Not bad also} 34. Rxg8+ Rxg8 35. Rxg8+ Kxg8 36. Nd1 $16 {[%cal Gc1e3]}) 34...
Rxg2 35. Qxg2 Re8 $8 {[%cal Ge8e4]} 36. Nf2 {[%csl Ye4]} (36. Bb2 $2 Qxe4 $11)
36... h3 37. Qf3 Rg8 38. Rd1 (38. Rxg8+ Kxg8 39. Bf1 $18) 38... Qa1 39. f5 (39.
Bf1 $18 {[%csl Rh3]}) 39... Qa2 40. Bf4 Bxa4 {Black tries to comlicate great
advantage of White realization.} 41. Bxd6 b5 42. e5 (42. bxa4 bxc4 43. Nxh3 $18
) 42... bxc4 43. bxa4 Bh4 ({Another trying to complicate the game was} 43...
Rg2 $5 44. Nxh3 (44. exf6 Qxf2 (44... Rxf2 45. Qg4 Rg2 46. Bg3 $18) 45. Qxf2
Rxf2 46. Bc5 Rxf5 47. Bxa7 c3 48. Rc1 (48. a5 c2 49. Rc1 Rxd5 $11) 48... Rxd5
49. Rxc3 Rd1+ 50. Bg1 Nxf6 51. Rxh3+ Kg7 52. Ra3 $16) 44... Rxh2+ 45. Kg1 Ng5
46. Nxg5 Bxg5 47. Bc5 c3 48. e6 c2 49. Rf1 c1=Q 50. Rxc1 Bxc1 51. exf7 Bh6 {
[%tqu "En","?","","","d5d6","",10]} 52. d6 $3 Qxf7 (52... Rd2 53. Qa8+ $18) 53.
Kxh2 $18) 44. Nxh3 c3 45. e6 c2 46. Rc1 Bf6 (46... fxe6 47. fxe6 Qb2 48. Bf4
Be7 49. Nf2 $18) 47. exf7 Rd8 48. Qe4 Qb3 49. Nf4 Ng5 50. f8=Q+ ({Winning also
} 50. Qe8+ Kh7 51. f8=Q Qf3+ 52. Ng2 Rxe8 53. Qxe8 Qd1+ 54. Qe1 $18) 50... Rxf8
51. Ng6+ $4 $132 ({Simply and strong was} 51. Qxc2 Qxc2 52. Rxc2 $18) 51... Kg8
52. Qg2 (52. Qxc2 Qxd5+ 53. Qg2 Qxd6 54. Nxf8 Kxf8 $44) 52... Rd8 53. h4 (53.
Ne7+ $2 Kf7 $15 {[%csl Rd6,Re7]}) 53... Rxd6 54. hxg5 Rxd5 $4 $18 ({Very
strong was} 54... Bd8 $1 55. Rxc2 (55. f6 Rxd5 56. Rxc2 Qb1+ 57. Kh2 Rxg5 58.
Qxg5 Qxc2+ 59. Kg3 Qc3+ 60. Kg4 Bxf6 $11) 55... Rd7 $1 {[%cal Gd7h7]} 56. Rc8
$8 Rh7+ 57. Kg1 Qb1+ 58. Kf2 Qxf5+ 59. Qf3 Rh2+ 60. Ke3 Qxg5+ 61. Nf4 Ra2 $44)
55. Rxc2 $4 $132 ({Why not} 55. gxf6 $1 Rd1+ 56. Kh2 $18 {[%csl Rg8]}) 55...
Rd1+ $4 $18 {Mistakes comedy is continued.} ({Right was} 55... Bd8 $1 56. Rf2
Rd1+ 57. Kh2 Bc7+ 58. Nf4 Qf7 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Gf7h5,Gf7f5]} 59. Qa8+ Rd8 60.
Qe4 Qh5+ 61. Kg3 Qxg5+ 62. Kf3 {[%cal Gf2g2]} Qxf4+ 63. Qxf4 Bxf4 64. Kxf4 Rd4+
$11) 56. Kh2 Qb8+ 57. Kh3 Rd3+ 58. Kg4 Bxg5 (58... Bd8 59. Re2 $18) 59. Kh5 $1
{[%cal Gg2g8]} Kh7 60. Qxg5 Rh3+ 61. Nh4 Qe8+ 62. Qg6+ Qxg6+ 63. fxg6+ Kg7 64.
Rc7+ Kf6 65. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.12"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Philippines"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Qd2 Nd7 7. f4 (7. g3 e5
8. Bg2 exd4 9. Nd5 Qd8 10. Qxd4 c6 11. Ne3 Qb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lputian,S-Van der
Wiel,J/Wijk aan Zee 1999/CBM 69 (16)}) ({Sometimes White plays first} 7. O-O-O
a6 {and then} 8. f4 Qd8 9. e5 d5 10. Nf3 b5 11. f5 Nb6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Knezevic,
B-Foisor,O/Zaragoza 1996/EXT 97 (19)}) 7... g5 ({Another variations are:} 7...
a6 $5 {-can be recommended. Black solve all opening problems and avoid sharp
position after 7...g5.8.Nb5 - see next commentary} 8. Nf3 Qd8 (8... g6 9. e5
Qe7 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. O-O-O b5 12. g4 Bb7 13. Be4 d5 14. Bd3 c5 $132 {1-0 Donka,
P-Kustar,S/HUN 1995/EXT 99 (42)}) (8... b5 9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Qd8 11. Bd3 Bb7
12. Ne4 Be7 13. O-O-O c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Qe2 Qb6 $15 {1/2-1/2
Mah,K-Berescu,A/Guarapuava 1995/Juniors (32)}) (8... b6 9. Bd3 g5 10. fxg5 hxg5
11. e5 Qe7 12. Be4 Ra7 13. Qxg5 dxe5 14. Qd2 Bh6 15. Qf2 $132 {0-1 Seret,
J-Cerisier,P/Strasbourg 1992/EXT 97 (59)}) 9. O-O-O b5 10. e5 Bb7 11. d5 exd5
12. Nxd5 dxe5 13. Re1 Bc5 14. fxe5 Nb6 15. Nxb6 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Bxb6 17. Bd3
O-O-O $15 {1/2-1/2 Ehlvest,J-Franco Ocampo,Z/Dos Hermanas 1998/EXT 99 (17)}) (
7... c6 $6 {This move idea is to promote e6-e5} 8. e5 $1 {White do it first!} (
8. Nf3 e5 $1 (8... Qd8 $6 9. O-O-O a5 10. f5 Nf6 11. fxe6 Bxe6 12. d5 $14 {
1-0 Hodgson,J-Mariano,N/Las Vegas 1995/EXT 2000 (18)}) 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. f5 Bb4
11. O-O-O Qe7 12. Qe3 Nf6 $11 {0-1 Anguix Garrido,J-Villavicencio,A/Las Palmas
1993/EXT 97 (43)}) 8... dxe5 (8... Qe7 9. Ne4 dxe5 (9... d5 10. Nd6+ $14) 10.
dxe5 Qb4 11. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 12. c3 Be7 13. O-O-O $14 {1-0 Huber,P-Lehmann,S/
Schoeneck 1999/EXT 2000 (43)}) 9. dxe5 Qd8 10. Ne4 Qb6 11. O-O-O {1-0 Hodgson,
J-Kellenberger,S/Bern 1994/TD (33)}) (7... Qd8 $6 {Unnecessary retreat.} 8. Nf3
Be7 9. O-O-O $14 {0-1 Svenn,M-Sjoberg,M/Sweden 1998/EXT 2000 (27)}) 8. Nh3 ({
Another very interesting plan is connected with complexities and sharp
position:} 8. Nb5 Kd8 $1 (8... Qd8 $5 9. Qc3 c6 10. d5 Rg8 $1 (10... cxb5 $2
11. Qxh8 $16 {1-0 Hergott,D-Williams,P/North Bay 1996/EXT 98 (26)}) 11. dxc6
Nc5 12. e5 {1/2-1/2 Rogozenko,D-Itkis,B/Kishinev 1998/CBM 64 (12)} d5 13. c7
Qd7 14. fxg5 Rxg5 15. Nf3 Rg4 16. O-O-O Ne4 $44 {[%cal Ga7a6]}) 9. Nh3 gxf4 10.
Nxf4 c6 11. Na3 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Ne2 Kc7 $132 {1-0 Danielian,O-Losev,D/
Moscow 1995/CBM 50 ext (26)}) 8... gxf4 9. Nxf4 c6 {We already know this move
target - to play e6-e5} 10. Be2 e5 11. Nh5 Qg5 $6 $14 ({Much better was} 11...
Qg6 $5 $132 {for example:} 12. O-O Be7 13. Ng3 Bg5 14. Qd3 Bf4 15. Nh5 (15. Bh5
Qg5 16. Qf3 Bxg3 17. Bxf7+ Ke7 18. Qxg3 Qxg3 19. hxg3 exd4 $15) 15... Bg5 16.
Ng3 Bf4 $11) 12. Qxg5 hxg5 13. d5 $1 {[%csl Rf5,Rf6,Gh5][%cal Gf1f7] White has
certain advantage in view of eventual pressure on f-file and f5,f6 squares
weaknesses.} Ke7 14. O-O Nb6 15. a4 {White plays on whole board.} ({Good also} 
15. Ng3 $5 $14 {[%cal Gg3f5,Gf1f2,Ga1f1]}) 15... a5 (15... g4 16. Nf6 g3 17.
hxg3 Bh6 18. Rf3 $14) 16. Ra3 $6 (16. Ng3 $142 $14) (16. Rf2 $6 cxd5 17. exd5
f5 18. Ng3 f4 19. Nge4 Bh6 $132) ({Interesting also} 16. g4 $5 $14 {[%csl Gd5,
Ge4,Gg4] with white squares blockade on the kingside.}) 16... g4 $5 (16... cxd5
17. Rb3 d4 18. Rxb6 dxc3 19. bxc3 $14) 17. Nf6 Bh6 $5 $132 ({Why not} 17... g3
$1 18. hxg3 Bh6 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gh6e3]} 19. Rf3 Bg5 {[%csl Rf6]} 20. Rb3 Nxa4
$1 21. Nxa4 Bxf6 22. Nb6 Ra7 $132) 18. Nxg4 Bxg4 19. Bxg4 Nc4 20. Rb3 Ra7 ({
In case of} 20... Rab8 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. Bh5 $5 Rxb3 {White keep small
advantage:} 23. Rxf7+ (23. cxb3 Be3+ 24. Kh1 Nd2 $132) 23... Ke6 24. cxb3 Be3+
25. Kh1 Rxh5 26. Rf3 Nd2 27. Rxe3 Nf1 (27... Rxh2+ 28. Kxh2 Nf1+ 29. Kh3 Nxe3
30. g4 d5 31. Kh4 d4 32. Nb1 Nf1 33. b4 axb4 34. a5 $18) 28. Rh3 Rxh3 29. gxh3
Nd2 30. Kg2 $14) 21. Nd1 Nd2 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. Rb6 Nxf1 24. Kxf1 Rc7 25. Ra6
Bd2 $2 (25... Bc1 26. h3 Rb8 27. b3 Bd2 $44) 26. Ke2 Bb4 $6 $16 (26... Bc1 27.
h3 Rb8 28. b3 $14 {[%csl Ra5,Rc1]}) 27. h3 d5 (27... Rb8 28. c3 Bc5 29. Rxa5
Rb3 30. Kd3 $16) 28. c3 Bc5 29. Rxa5 Bb6 30. Ra6 Rb8 31. a5 Ba7 32. Kd3 Rd8 33.
b4 Rb8 {White has clear advantage in the endgame because there are no open
files for black rooks - this factor is added to the material advantage.} 34.
Nb2 Bg1 35. Na4 (35. Bf3 $6 d4 $1 {[%csl Rb4,Rc3]} 36. Nc4 f6 37. Na3 dxc3 38.
Kxc3 Rcb7 39. Nc2 c5 40. bxc5 Bxc5 41. Rc6 $14) 35... d4 $2 $18 {with idea to
destroy white PP chain. Both of sides didn't see this idea refutation.} (35...
Bf2 $142 $16) 36. Kc4 $4 $44 {Very bad move! Now White can't play c3-c4 in
case of Rb8 retreat.} ({Right was} 36. Rb6 $1 {and White wins:} Rxb6 (36... Ra8
37. c4 $18) 37. axb6 Rb7 38. Bc8 Rb8 39. b7 dxc3 40. Kxc3 $18 {[%csl Rb8]})
36... Rd8 (36... dxc3 37. Nxc3 Bf2 $44 {[%cal Gf2e1]}) 37. Bf3 (37. Nc5 dxc3
38. Kxc3 Bxc5 39. bxc5 Rd4 40. Bf3 Ra4 41. h4 Rb7 $44) 37... Bf2 (37... dxc3
$44) 38. Kb3 dxc3 39. Nxc3 Be1 40. Na2 (40. Be2 Rg8 $44 (40... Rb8 $44)) 40...
Rd3+ 41. Ka4 Bf2 (41... Rd4 42. Kb3 Kd7 43. Rb6 Ra7 44. Rb8 c5 $132) 42. Nc1
Rd2 43. Ne2 Rd8 44. Nc3 Be1 45. Na2 f6 {Sign of serious intendes of Black!} (
45... Rd4 $44) 46. Kb3 Kf7 {[%cal Gf7g6] Black tries to remove K to active
play in the kingside.} 47. Rb6 Kg6 48. Nc1 $4 $19 {Dropping equal play} ({
Right was} 48. Be2 $132) ({or} 48. Ka4 Rd2 (48... c5 49. a6 c4 (49... cxb4 50.
h4 Rd3 51. h5+ Kg5 52. Nxb4 Rd4 53. Kb3 Rc3+ 54. Kb2 Rc5 55. a7 Ra5 56. Nc6 Rd6
57. Rb8 Rxc6 58. a8=Q Rxa8 59. Rxa8 $16) 50. b5 c3 51. Rc6 Rxc6 52. bxc6 c2 53.
c7 $18) 49. Nc3 Rd3 50. Na2 Rd2 $132) 48... c5 $1 {[%csl Ra5,Rc1]} 49. bxc5 ({
Or} 49. Na2 c4+ (49... Rd3+ 50. Ka4 cxb4 51. Nxb4 Rd4 52. Kb3 Rc3+ 53. Kb2 Rc5
54. Nd5 Bxa5 55. Rxf6+ Kg7 56. Ra6 $44) 50. Ka4 (50. Kc2 Rd2+ 51. Kb1 c3 52.
Nc1 c2+ 53. Kb2 Rd1 $19 {[%cal Ge1d2]}) 50... c3 $19) 49... Rxc5 {[%csl Ra5,
Rc1]} 50. Kb2 Bxa5 51. Rb3 Rd2+ 52. Kb1 Bc3 ({Good also} 52... Rcc2 53. h4 Bc3
54. h5+ Kg5 55. Nd3 Bd4 {[%cal Gc2a2]} 56. Ra3 Rc7 57. Rb3 f5 $1 58. exf5 e4
59. Bxe4 Rd1+ 60. Ka2 Ra1#) 53. Ne2 Bd4 54. Nxd4 exd4 {[%csl Gd4] Advantage
transformation.} 55. h4 Rc3 ({Simplier is} 55... d3 56. h5+ Kg5 $19) 56. h5+
Kh6 57. Rb6 Kg5 58. Rb5+ Kf4 59. h6 Rc7 60. Rf5+ Ke3 61. e5 (61. Rxf6 Rb7+ 62.
Ka1 (62. Kc1 Rdb2 $19 {[%csl Rc1]}) 62... d3 63. e5 {[%cal Gf3b7]} Rb4 64. h7
Rh4 $19 {[%csl Ra1,Rh7][%cal Gh4h1]}) 61... d3 62. exf6 Rcc2 63. Re5+ Kd4 64.
Rd5+ Kc4 65. f7 Rb2+ 66. Ka1 Ra2+ 67. Kb1 Rdb2+ 68. Kc1 Rf2 $6 (68... Rb8 $19 {
[%csl Rc1][%cal Ga2c2]}) 69. Kb1 Rab2+ (69... Rfb2+ 70. Kc1 Rb8 $19) 70. Ka1
Rb8 $4 $44 {Black again gives to White good chance to survive...} (70... Ra2+
71. Kb1 Rfb2+ 72. Kc1 Rb8 $19) 71. Rd7 (71. Rf5 d2 72. f8=Q Rxf8 73. Rxf8 Rxf3
74. Rc8+ (74. Rxf3 d1=Q+ 75. Kb2 Qe2+ 76. Kc1 Qxg2 $19) 74... Kb5 75. Rd8 Rf1+
76. Kb2 d1=Q 77. Rxd1 Rxd1 $19) 71... Kc3 72. Rc7+ Kb3 73. Bd5+ $4 {The last
mistake.} ({Right was another check:} 73. Bd1+ $1 Kb4 $8 (73... Rc2 74. Rb7+
$18) 74. Bf3 d2 75. Rb7+ $1 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Gf8b4]} Kc3 (75... Rxb7 76. f8=Q+
$18 {check!}) 76. Rxb8 Rxf3 77. Rc8+ Kb3 (77... Kb4 $2 78. Rd8 $18) 78. Rb8+
Kc3 (78... Ka3 79. Ra8+) 79. Rc8+ $11) 73... Kb4 74. Rc1 d2 75. Rd1 Kc3 76. h7
{Dramatic final!} (76. h7 Rf6 77. Ba2 Kc2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nf6 ({Another mainline is} 5...
cxd4 6. Bxe4 dxe4 7. exd4 (7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 {-see detailed commented
game 1-0 Lputian,S-Rytshagov,M/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001[Tsesarsky,I] (55)}) 7...
Nc6 {-see commented game 1-0 Hodgson,J-Wells,P/Oxford 1998/CBM 69 [Wells,p](30)
}) (5... Qb6 {-see commented game 0-1 Laurie,D-Tsesarsky,I/Tel Aviv 1997/CBM
58 [Tsesarsky,I](71)}) 6. Nc3 {This move transforms the game into Veresov
opening with tempo over for White: Bc1-g5-f4 takes 2 tempi, in the other hand,
Ng8-f6-e4-f6 takes 3.However,Bf1-d3 is not so important here and Pc2 is
obscured, so Black has good counterplay.} (6. Nf3 Nc6 {-see commented game 0-1
Wells,P-Sutovsky,E/Oxford 1998/CBM 69 [Wells,P](39)}) (6. c3 Nc6 7. Nd2 (7. h3
Qb6 8. Qc1 g6 9. Nd2 Bg7 10. Ngf3 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. Be2 e5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Schmidt,B-Gustafsson,J/Germany 1999/EXT 2000 (19)}) 7... Qb6 (7... Bg4 8. Ngf3
e6 (8... a6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 e6 11. a3 Bd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Mensch,E-Petran,P/
Budapest HUN 2001/The Week in Chess 370 (13)}) 9. O-O (9. Qb3 Qc8 10. dxc5 Nd7
11. Bd6 Nxc5 12. Bxc5 Bxc5 $15 {0-1 Juric,G-Ljubicic,F/Pula 2000/EXT 2001 (41)}
) 9... Bd6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qa4 O-O $11 {0-1 Eliet,N-Degraeve,J/Gonfreville
1999/EXT 2000 (29)}) (7... e6 8. Bg3 Bd6 9. f4 Ne7 10. Qf3 Qb6 11. Rb1 Bd7 $132
{1-0 Stefanova,A-Marcet Bisbale,A/Sitges 1999/EXT 2000 (44)}) 8. Rb1 Bg4 9.
Ngf3 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Qa4 cxd4 12. exd4 Bh5 13. Ne5 Bg6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Nf3
Rc8 16. a3 O-O $11 {1/2-1/2 Popov,V-Tseitlin,M/Belgrade 1999/CBM 69 (49)}) 6...
e6 7. Nf3 ({Equal position also after} 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Nb5 Na6 9. Nf3 O-O 10.
O-O Bd7 $11) 7... c4 $5 {Interesting decision. Black prefers to close the
center.} ({Possible also} 7... Bd6 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Ne5 Bd7 $11) ({
or} 7... cxd4 8. exd4 Bd6 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Nb5 Be7 $11) 8. Be2 Bb4 $5 {[%csl Rc3]
[%cal Gb4c3] in order to demage white PP chain.} 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 {[%csl
Rc2,Rc3]} Ne4 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Ge4c3]} 11. Qe1 Nc6 $1 ({On} 11... Qa5 $6 {
[%csl Rc3][%cal Ga5c3,Ge4c3]} {goes} 12. Nd2 ({not} 12. Ng5 $2 Nxc3 13. Bh5 g6
14. Bf3 h6 15. Nh3 Nc6 $15 {[%cal Gc6a5,Gc3b5]}) 12... Nxd2 ({Badly is} 12...
Nxc3 $2 {in view of} 13. Bxc4 $1 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Qb4 15. Nd6+ Kd7 (15... Ke7 16.
Rb1 $1 $18) 16. Nxf7 $16 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Ge1b4]}) (12... Nf6 13. e4 $36) 13.
Qxd2 $14 {[%cal Gf2f3,Ge3e4]}) 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 f6 14. f3 $5 Nd6 ({or} 
14... Nxc3 15. Qxc3 fxe5 16. dxe5 O-O 17. e4 b5 $132) 15. Bf4 O-O 16. Qb1 {
[%cal Gb1b4]} ({Can be recommended} 16. e4 Nf7 $11 {[%cal Gc8d7]}) 16... a5 (
16... Re8 $132 {[%cal Ge6e5]}) 17. a4 Ra6 18. Qb2 $6 ({It was necessary to play
} 18. e4 $132 {before Black will play e6-e5.}) 18... Rc6 19. Rfe1 Re8 {[%cal
Ge6e5]} 20. Bf1 $2 $15 {White doesn't use the last possibility to play} (20.
Bxd6 Qxd6 21. e4 $5 $132) 20... e5 $1 21. dxe5 $2 $17 {Positional mistake.
Central Pd4 costs much more than Pf6...} ({Much better was} 21. Bg3 Nf5 22. Bf2
Rb6 23. Qa3 e4 $15) 21... fxe5 22. Bg3 Nf5 23. Bf2 e4 $5 (23... Rb6 $1 24. Qa3
e4 25. Rad1 Rd6 26. g4 {[%csl Rc4,Rd6][%cal Ga3d6,Gd1d6,Gf1c4]} Rg6 27. Bxc4
Be6 28. Qb3 (28. Bb5 Rf8 29. c4 Nh4 $19 {[%csl Rf3]}) 28... Nh4 29. Bxd5 Nxf3+
30. Kh1 Qc8 31. Bxe6+ Rgxe6 32. Rf1 Kh8 $17 {[%csl Gf3]}) 24. f4 b6 {[%csl Rf1,
Rf2] Black won strategic battle. White BB haven't space...} 25. Red1 Be6 26.
Be2 Bf7 {[%cal Gh7h5] Next manoeuvres are useless. The game is maintained
surround g2-g4 promotion!} (26... Qf6 27. g4 $1 $132) 27. Qc1 (27. g4 Nh4 $17)
27... Qf6 $2 $132 (27... h5 $1 $17) 28. Qd2 $2 $17 (28. g4 Qg6 29. Kh1 Nd6 30.
Bg3 $132) 28... Nd6 $2 $132 {Unnecessary yield.} (28... h5 $1 $17) 29. Rdb1 (
29. g4 $1) 29... Nb7 ({Now impossible} 29... h5 $2 {because of} 30. Bxh5 $1)
30. g4 $1 {In order to organize counterplay on the kingside and to get some
space for pair of BB. Only now White understood, what to do...} Nc5 31. Bg3 Rd8
32. f5 Be8 (32... Qe7 33. Qd4 $11) 33. Qd4 Qe7 34. Be5 Rh6 (34... Rd7 35. Rf1
Qh4 36. f6 Ne6 37. Qd2 g6 $132) 35. Bf4 g5 (35... Rc6 36. Be5 $11) 36. Bg3 Nxa4
37. h4 Rxh4 $2 $16 {Needless exchange sacrifice.} (37... gxh4 $142 38. Bf4 Rhd6
39. g5 b5 40. Bxd6 Qxd6 41. Rf1 Qg3+ 42. Kh1 Qh3+ 43. Kg1 $11) 38. Bxh4 gxh4
39. Kf2 {[%cal Ga1h1] Preparing RRa1,b1 introduction into king Attack.} h6 (
39... Rd6 {[%cal Ge7f6]} 40. g5 $1 (40. Rh1 Qf6 $44) 40... h6 41. Rg1 $16 {
-like in this game - see below.}) 40. g5 hxg5 41. Rg1 Kf8 $4 ({More stubborn
was} 41... Rd6 42. Rxg5+ $1 Qxg5 43. Rg1 Qxg1+ 44. Kxg1 Bf7 45. Qe5 (45. f6 $16
) 45... Rh6 46. Bg4 Nc5 47. Qe7 $16) 42. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "Cherniak Memorial"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "2000.04.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Black "Tsesarsky, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2000.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Qd2 g5 7. h4 $1 {
This move is not a novelty, but maybe best reaction on 6...g5.} Bg7 $6 (7... g4
$1 8. f4 (8. h5 a6 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. f4 gxf3 11. Nxf3 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5
Qe7 14. Ne4 O-O-O 15. Qf4 Bg7 16. Bc4 Kb8 $11 {Pomes Marcet,Juan-Garcia
Ilundain,David/ESP-chT Salamanca (5) ;EXT 99 1998/1/2-1/2 (42)}) 8... gxf3 9.
gxf3 h5 10. f4 Bh6 11. Nge2 Nc6 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. Qe3 e5 15. dxe5
(15. Nd5 exf4 16. Qf2 Qg7 (16... Qe6 17. Bg2 f5 18. Nexf4 Qf7 19. Rhf1 Rhg8 $11
) 17. Nexf4 Bg4 18. Be2 $14 {[%csl Rf7]}) 15... dxe5 16. Nd5 Qg7 17. Qc5 Bg4
$132 {1/2-1/2 Forchert,Niko-Brenke,Andreas/NRW-Liga I 9697 (3) ;EXT 98 1996 
(39)}) (7... gxh4 8. Nf3 $14 {[%csl Rh4]}) (7... Nc6 8. O-O-O (8. Nb5 Kd7 (8...
Kd8 9. hxg5 Qg6 (9... hxg5 10. e5 (10. Rxh8 Qxh8 11. Qxg5+ Be7 $132 {[%csl Rd4]
}) 10... Qg7 11. Rxh8 Qxh8 12. Qxg5+ Be7 13. Qf4 dxe5 (13... a6 14. exd6) 14.
Qxf7 exd4 15. O-O-O $14) 10. e5 a6 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Rc1 Bg7 13. a3 $16) 9. hxg5
hxg5 10. Rxh8 Qxh8 11. O-O-O $14) 8... g4 9. f4 gxf3 10. gxf3 Bg7 11. Nb5 Qe7 (
11... Kd8 12. f4 a6 13. e5 $16) 12. d5 a6 13. Nxc7+ Qxc7 14. dxc6 Qxc6 15. Qxd6
$14) 8. hxg5 (8. O-O-O $6 Nc6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. hxg5 Qxd4 11. Qxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd7+
Kxd7 13. gxh6 Rxh6 $15 {0-1 Molnar,Bela-Horvath,Jozsef/Paks GM Ungarn ;EXT 98
1996 (24)}) 8... hxg5 9. Rxh8+ Bxh8 10. O-O-O Nc6 (10... Bd7 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. d5
(12. Nb5 O-O-O 13. Qxg5 Qxg5+ 14. Nxg5 a6 15. Nxf7 axb5 16. Nxd8 Kxd8 17. d5
$16) 12... Nb4 13. Bc4 b5 (13... g4 14. Nd4 O-O-O 15. a3 exd5 16. exd5 Bg7 17.
Kb1 Bh6 18. Qe2 Re8 19. Qf1 c5 20. Nde2 Na6 21. Bxa6 bxa6 $132) 14. e5 Qf4 15.
Qxf4 gxf4 16. Nxb5 $16 {Lputian,Smbat G-Tukmakov,Vladimir B/Tilburg blitz
blitz (3) ;CBM 44 1994/0-1 (56)}) (10... a6 11. Nf3 (11. Nh3 Nc6 12. d5 g4 13.
dxc6 gxh3 14. gxh3 bxc6 15. f4 Qe7 16. Bc4 Bb7 17. Rg1 O-O-O $132 {Nataf,Igor
Alexandre-Chuchelov,Vladimir/Cappelle op Cappelle la Grande (1) ;EXT 97 1995/1/
2-1/2 (61)}) 11... g4 12. e5 Qg7 13. Ng5 dxe5 14. d5 $16) (10... Bg7 $5 11. Nh3
Bh6 12. e5 Qe7 13. Ne4 dxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. Nhxg5 (15. Bb5 c6 16. Nd6+ (16.
Be2) 16... Kf8 $132) 15... Nxe5 16. f4 Nc6 17. Qc3 Bxg5 18. fxg5 $18) 11. Nf3
$1 (11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Nge2 O-O-O 13. Qe3 Kb8 14. f3 Bg7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Shereshevski,Mikhail-Kolev,Atanas/Elenite-B (1) ;CBM 43 ext 1994 (24)}) 11...
Qf4 {I thought about 40 minutes, but had to agree with worse position.} ({
Alternative was} 11... g4 12. Nb5 Kd8 $1 (12... gxf3 13. Nxc7+ Ke7 14. Nxa8
Nxd4 15. c3 $18) (12... Qe7 13. Nh2 (13. Qh6 $2 Bf6 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nd2 (15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxc7+ Qxc7 17. Qxf6 gxf3 18. Bb5+ Nc6 19. Qh8+ $11) 15... exd4
16. Nxc7+ Qxc7 17. Qxf6 Qe7 18. Ne4 Qxf6 19. Nxf6+ Ke7 20. Nxg4 e5 $15) 13...
a6 14. Qh6 Bf6 15. Nxc7+ Qxc7 16. Qxf6 $18) 13. e5 $1 Qg7 14. Ng1 a6 15. Nc3 d5
(15... dxe5 16. dxe5+ Ke8 17. f4 gxf3 18. Nxf3 $16) (15... f5 16. f4 $1 $16 {
[%csl Rh8]}) 16. f4 gxf3 (16... Bd7 17. f5 f6 18. fxe6 Bxe6 19. Nge2 fxe5 20.
dxe5 Qxe5 21. Nf4 Bf7 22. Nfxd5 Bxd5 23. Bc4 $16) 17. Nxf3 Bd7 18. Bd3 Ke7 19.
Rh1 $16) 12. Qxf4 gxf4 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Ne2 $1 (14. Rh1 Ke7 $1 15. Ne2 Rg8 16.
c3 e5 17. d5 Nb8 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. Kc2 Nc5 20. Nd2 $14 {[%cal Gg2g3]}) 14... e5
(14... a6 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Bb5 18. Nxf4 $16) 15. Rh1 O-O-O (
15... Ke7 16. d5 (16. Nc3 Nb4 17. Bxd7 exd4 $1 $14) 16... Nb8 (16... Nb4 17.
Bxd7 Kxd7 18. a3 Na6 19. Rh7 $16) 17. Rxh8 Bxb5 18. Kd2 $16 {[%cal Gh8a8,Gg2g3]
}) 16. d5 Ne7 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7 18. Ng5 $2 {This native move is mistake!} (18. g3
$16 {[%cal Ge2g3,Gg3f5]}) 18... Bf6 19. Nxf7 Rg8 {[%csl Rf7,Rg2]} 20. Rh6 (20.
Rh2 Rg7 21. Nh6 Bg5 $1 $11) 20... Ng6 21. Rh7 Nf8 22. Rh2 Rg6 $2 $16 (22... Rg7
$1 {The same idea, only with Nf8 instead of e7} 23. Nh6 Bg5 24. f3 Bxh6 25.
Rxh6 Rxg2 26. Kd2 $11) 23. Ng1 Ke8 24. Nh6 Bg5 25. Nf5 f3+ 26. Kd1 fxg2 27.
Rxg2 Bf4 28. Ng7+ Kf7 $2 $18 (28... Ke7 29. Rxg6 Nxg6 $16) 29. Rxg6 Kxg6 (29...
Nxg6 30. Ne6 $18) 30. Ne8 Kf7 (30... Nd7 31. Nxc7 Nc5 32. f3 Na4 33. Ke2 Nxb2
34. Nh3 $18) 31. Nxc7 a6 32. Ne2 (32. Nf3 Ke7 33. Nh4 Kd8 (33... Kd7 34. Na8
$18) 34. Ne6+ Nxe6 35. dxe6 Ke7 36. Ng6+ $18) 32... Bg5 33. Ne6 (33. Ng3 Bd8
34. Na8 Ke7 35. Nf5+ Kd7 36. c4 $18) 33... Nxe6 34. dxe6+ Kxe6 35. Nc3 $18 {
[%csl Rd5] This endgame is winning for White.} Kd7 36. Ke2 Bd8 37. Nd5 Kc6 38.
Kd3 Bh4 39. f3 Bg5 40. Kc4 b5+ 41. Kb4 Bd8 42. a4 a5+ 43. Kb3 Kc5 44. axb5 Kxb5
45. Nc3+ Kc5 46. Ka4 Kc4 47. Nd5 Kc5 48. b3 Kc6 49. Ne3 Bc7 50. Nc4 d5 51.
exd5+ Kxd5 52. Nxa5 Ke6 53. Nc4 Bb8 54. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Zanic Memorial"]
[Site "Stara Pazova"]
[Date "2001.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosanovic, Goran A"]
[Black "Jeremic, Veljko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2001.03.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 f5 {this position
can be evaluated as equal. White has changed his B for black N and has created
doubled PP f, but Black hasn't weaknesses and all position opening would be in
Black's favour.} ({Another defence plan is connected} 6... d6 7. g3 {with} c5
8. Bg2 (8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Bg2 Nc6 11. Bxc6 $6 (11. Nge2 Ne5 12. b3
Nd3+ 13. Kf1 Rb8 $132) 11... bxc6 12. Rd1 Bg4 13. Rxd8+ Rxd8 14. h3 Bf5 15.
Nge2 $6 (15. b3 $132 {[%cal Gc3a4]}) 15... Bc2 $15 {0-1 Knezevic,B-Pavasovic,D/
Budapest 1994/EXT 97 (33)}) 8... Nc6 9. Nge2 cxd4 (9... f5 10. dxc5 dxc5 11.
Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Rd1 Be6 14. b3 g5 $132 {1-0 Danielian,
E-Cherednichenko,S/Warsaw POL 2001/The Week in Chess 338 (47)}) 10. exd4 Bg4
11. O-O Qb6 12. f3 Bd7 13. Qd2 a6 14. Nd5 Qa7 15. Rfd1 $14 {1/2-1/2
Yegiazarian,A-Mirumian,V/Yerevan 1994/EXT 97 (42)}) 7. g3 (7. h4 d6 8. g3 Nd7
9. Nge2 Nf6 10. Bg2 c6 11. O-O Re8 12. Qd3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Nielsen,P-Berndt,S/
Hamburg 1989/EXT 97 (27)}) (7. Bd3 b6 8. Qf3 Nc6 9. Nge2 Bb7 10. Qg3 Re8 11. h4
Nb4 12. Bb1 Be4 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Nc3 c5 $1 $15 (14... Nd3+ $2 15. Bxd3 exd3
16. O-O-O $14 {[%csl Rd3] 1-0 Klifoth,K-Bener,A/Lyngby 1989/EXT 97 (57)})) (7.
Nge2 d6 8. g3 Nd7 9. Bg2 Nf6 10. O-O c6 11. b4 Re8 12. b5 Bd7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Hain,G-Hupprich,T/Waldfischbach 1995/EXT 2001 (33)}) (7. Nf3 d6 8. Bd3 Nd7 9.
O-O Nf6 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. b4 b6 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. e4
$11 {1-0 Eriksson,J-Livner,A/Salongernas 1996/EXT 99 (37)}) 7... c5 $5 ({
Another continuations are more reliable:} 7... Re8 8. Nge2 Nc6 (8... d6 9. Bg2
c6 $11) 9. Bg2 a6 (9... d6 10. O-O Ne7 11. b4 g5 12. b5 Ng6 $132 {1-0 Romero
Holmes,A-Garcia del Blanco,I/Leon 1997/CBM 59 ext/ (45)}) 10. Rb1 d6 11. O-O
Bd7 12. b4 h5 13. h4 $132 {1-0 Nielsen,N-Ejsing,E/Aarhus 1984/MCD (51)}) (7...
d6 8. Bg2 Nd7 (8... c5 $6 9. Nge2 Nc6 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qxd8 Rxd8
13. Rd1 {[%csl Rc5,Rc8] we can compare this position with position from the
game Knezevic,B-Pavasovic noted above. Here Pf5 instead of Bf5 makes position
of Black bad.} Rxd1+ (13... Be6 14. b3 h6 15. O-O g5 16. Na4 Bf8 17. Nc1 $14 {
[%csl Rc5]}) 14. Kxd1 f4 15. gxf4 Bg4 16. Kc2 Rd8 17. Re1 $14 {1-0 Legky,
N-Gerber,R/Geneve 1994/TD (35)}) 9. Nge2 Nf6 10. h4 Re8 11. Qd3 h6 $132 {
0-1 Nakamura,H-Eljanov,P/Ubeda ESP 2001/The Week in Chess 325 (29)}) 8. Nge2 (
8. dxc5 Bxc3+ (8... Qa5 9. Nge2 Qxc5 10. Qd5 Na6 11. Bg2 $14) 9. bxc3 Na6 10.
Bg2 Nxc5 11. Ne2 d6 $11) 8... cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. Qd2 Re8 11. O-O-O (11. Bg2
$2 Nxd4 $17) 11... a6 12. Bg2 b5 13. c5 Rb8 ({White hasn't any advantage in
case of} 13... Bb7 14. Rhe1 Rc8 15. Kb1 b4 $1 (15... d6 $2 16. d5 Ne5 17. c6
$16) (15... Na5 $6 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 17. Nf4 Qa5 (17... d6 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Nfd5
{[%cal Gd1e1,Gd5e7]} Qf8 20. Re1 Re8 21. Rxe8 Qxe8 22. c6 Na5 23. c7 Nc6 24.
Nb6 $16) 18. Nfd5 b4 19. Ne2 b3 20. axb3 Qxd2 21. Rxd2 $16) 16. Nd5 d6 17. Nxb4
dxc5 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. d5 Ba4 20. Rc1 Rb8 21. Nc3 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Qa5 23. Re3
$132) 14. Rhe1 Bb7 {threatening Nxd4!} 15. Bh1 (15. Kb1 $2 Nxd4 16. Bxb7 Nxe2
17. Rxe2 Rxb7 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Nd5 Qe4+ $17) 15... Ba8 16. Kb1 Qa5 17. f4 b4
$1 {Black recieved strong counterplay and position of White became dangerous.}
(17... Ne7 $6 18. Bxa8 Rxa8 19. Nc1 $14) 18. Nd5 b3 $1 19. Qxa5 Nxa5 20. a3 (
20. axb3 $4 Nxb3 $19 {[%csl Rd4]}) 20... Re6 $5 ({Quite strong was} 20... Nc4
$1 21. Rc1 (21. Ndc3 Bxh1 22. Rxh1 Re3 23. Rhe1 (23. Nc1 Nxa3+ $19) 23... Rbe8
$17) 21... Bxd5 $1 (21... Ne3 22. Nc7 (22. Nxe3 Rxe3 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. Rcd1
Rae8 25. Rd2 Bf6 $3 $19 {[%cal Gf6d8,Gd8a5]}) 22... Bxh1 23. Rxh1 Re7 24. Nxa6
Rc8 25. Nb4 Ng4 26. Nc3 Bxd4 27. Nb5 $14) 22. Bxd5 Ne3 23. Bf3 (23. Bc4 Nxc4
24. Rxc4 Re4 25. Kc1 Rbe8 26. Kd2 h5 27. Rb4 h4 28. Rxb3 Bxd4 29. Rb7 Bf2 $19)
23... Nc2 24. Rf1 Bxd4 25. Nxd4 Nxd4 26. Rcd1 Nxf3 27. Rxf3 Re2 28. Rfd3 $44)
21. Ndc3 Bxh1 22. Rxh1 Rbe8 23. Nc1 Re3 (23... Kf8 24. Rd3 h6 $132) 24. Nd5
R3e4 25. Nc7 Rc8 26. Nxa6 Bxd4 27. Rd3 {[%csl Rb3]} Nc4 $1 {[%csl Rb2][%cal
Gd4b2,Gc4b2]} (27... Rc6 28. Rhd1 Bg7 29. Nb4 Rxc5 30. Nxb3 Nxb3 31. Rxb3 $16)
28. Nxb3 Bxb2 29. Rhd1 $2 $17 {Now Black's initiative brings something: White
put mistake in difficult defence.} ({Equality after} 29. Nd2 $1 Nxd2+ 30. Kxb2
$1 Nc4+ 31. Kc2 Re6 32. Nb4 Rxc5 33. Kb3 $44 {[%csl Rd7]}) 29... Re2 ({Or} 
29... Bxa3 30. Rxd7 Re2 $17) 30. Nd2 $5 Rxd2 $4 $16 {Badly! Great advantage is
took over to White...} ({Or} 30... Ne3 $2 31. Rxe3 Rxe3 32. Kxb2 Ra8 33. Nb4
Rexa3 34. Nc4 $16) ({Right was only} 30... Nxd2+ $1 31. Kxb2 (31. R1xd2 Rxd2
32. Rxd2 Bxa3 $17 {-like in the game.}) 31... Ne4+ 32. Kb3 Rc6 33. Nb4 Nxc5+
34. Kc3 Rc7 $17) 31. R1xd2 Nxd2+ 32. Rxd2 $4 $17 {Terrible mistake. White
loses by moment his serious advantage.} ({Right was to take another piece:} 32.
Kxb2 Ne4 33. Rxd7 $16) 32... Bxa3 33. Rxd7 Bxc5 34. Nxc5 Rxc5 35. Rd2 $6 (35.
Kb2 h6 36. h4 Kg7 37. Kb3 $17) 35... Kg7 36. Kb2 h6 37. Rc2 $2 {Loses by force}
({More stubborn was} 37. h4 Kf6 38. Rd6+ Ke7 39. Ra6 $1 $17 (39. Rd3 Rc6 40.
Kb3 Kf6 {Here possible to play} 41. Rc3 $1 Rd6 $1 {Black avoids RR exchange.} (
41... Rxc3+ 42. Kxc3 g5 43. hxg5+ hxg5 44. Kd4 gxf4 45. gxf4 Kg7 (45... Ke6 46.
Kc5 Kf6 47. Kd4 Kg6 48. Ke5 $11) 46. Ke3 Kg6 47. Kf3 Kh5 48. Kg3 $11) 42. Kc2
g5 {In this endgame Black has decisive advantage because of P over and too far
white K allocation.} 43. hxg5+ hxg5 44. Rc4 (44. Rd3 Rxd3 45. Kxd3 gxf4 46.
gxf4 Kg6 47. Ke3 Kh5 48. Kf3 Kh4 $19) 44... Kg6 45. fxg5 Kxg5 46. Rc7 Rf6 47.
Rc4 f4 48. gxf4+ Rxf4 49. Rc7 f5 50. Kd3 Re4 51. Rg7+ Kf4 52. Rg1 Re3+ 53. Kd4
(53. Kd2 Re5 54. Rf1+ Kg3 $19) 53... Rf3 $19)) 37... Rxc2+ 38. Kxc2 g5 39. fxg5
(39. Kd3 gxf4 40. gxf4 Kg6 41. Ke3 Kh5 42. Kf3 Kh4 $19) 39... hxg5 40. Kd3 g4
41. Ke2 Kf6 42. Kf2 Ke5 43. Kg2 Ke4 44. Kf2 f4 45. Kg2 f3+ 46. Kf2 f5 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.31"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Rytshagov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Estonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EST"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 cxd4 (5... Nf6 {see comments to
the game 0-1 Wells,P-Sutovskij,E/Oxford 1998/CBM 69_07 (39) [Wells,P]}) (5...
Nc6 {-see comments to the game 1/2-1/2 Liang Chong-Dizdar,G/Las Vegas 1999/CBM
72 (43) [Alterman,B]}) ({Can be recommended} 5... Qb6 $5 6. Bxe4 dxe4 7. Nc3
cxd4 (7... Qxb2 $5 8. Nge2 cxd4 (8... Bg4 9. Rb1 Qxc3+ 10. Nxc3 Bxd1 11. Kxd1
cxd4 12. exd4 Nc6 13. d5 O-O-O 14. Ke2 Nd4+ 15. Ke3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Tu Hoang
Thong-West,G/Elista RUS 1998/ (46)}) 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qxe4 f5 12.
Qd5 e6 13. Qd2 e5 14. Nb5 Qe7 15. Bg5 Qf7 $11 {1-0 Turzo,A-Hatanbaatar,B/FSGM
June, Budapest HUN 1998/ (60)}) 8. Qxd4 $1 (8. exd4 {-see comments to the game
0-1 Laurie,D-Tsesarsky,I/Tel Aviv 1997/CBM 58 (71) [Tsesarsky,I]}) 8... Qxd4 9.
exd4 f5 $1 (9... Bf5 10. Nge2 e6 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 O-O-O 14.
Nec3 Bc5 15. Be3 $14 {1-0 Tu Hoang Thai-Esplana,C/Elista RUS 1998/ (53)}) 10.
Nge2 e6 11. Nb5 Na6 $11 {[%cal Gc8d7]}) 6. Bxe4 (6. exd4 Nc6 {see comments to
the game 1-0 Timman,J-Van Wely,L/Breda 1998/CBM 65 (63) [Stohl,I]}) 6... dxe4
7. Qxd4 (7. exd4 Nc6 {-see comments to the game 1-0 Hodgson,J-Wells,P/Oxford
1998/CBM 69_07 (30) [Wells,P]} (7... Bf5 8. c3 Qb6 9. Nd2 (9. Qb3) 9... g5 (
9... Qxb2 $5 $44) 10. Be5 f6 11. Bxb8 Rxb8 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qc2 f5 $132 {
1-0 Roland,M-Coelho,L/Brasilia BRA 1999/ (50)})) 7... Qxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. c3
$132 {This endgame can be evaluated as equal. Weak e4 P is compensed by pair
of BB.} (9. Ne2 Bg4 10. Nbc3 e6 11. O-O-O Nb4 12. Rde1 Bf5 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. a3
Nc6 15. Rd1 O-O-O 16. Be3 f5 17. f3 exf3 18. gxf3 f4 19. Bxf4 Nxd4 $132 {
0-1 Romero Holmes,A-Visser,Y/Wijk aan Zee NED 2000/The Week in Chess 272/(54)})
9... b6 ({Quite sure is} 9... f5 $1 {[%csl Ge4]} 10. Na3 Be6 (10... e6 11. Nb5
$14) 11. Nb5 (11. Nh3 h6 12. Be5 Rg8 $1 (12... O-O-O 13. Nf4 Bf7 14. h4 Rg8 15.
h5 $14) 13. Nb5 O-O-O 14. Nf4 Bf7 15. h4 g5 $132) 11... O-O-O $11) 10. Nd2 Bb7
11. Ne2 {[%csl Re4][%cal Ge2g3]} O-O-O $2 $14 {[%csl Re4] Wrong idea based on
blunder.} ({Why not} 11... e6 12. Ng3 f5 $140 $132 {[%csl Ge4]}) 12. Ng3 h6 $5
{This is an answer for previous question! Black defends e4 P, but...} 13. h4 $1
{[%csl Re4] and now f7-f5 is impossible!} ({White can't play here} 13. Ngxe4 $2
{but White can delay this move...} g5 $1 14. Be3 f5 $1 $17 {[%csl Re4]}) 13...
g6 14. Ndxe4 Bg7 15. O-O-O {White won a P, but Black has certain compensation.}
f5 16. Nd2 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 $1 Bxe5 19. Nf3 Bf6 (19... Bf4+ 20. Kc2
Bxf3 21. gxf3 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Re8 23. h5 Bxg3 (23... gxh5 24. Rh1 Bxg3 25. fxg3
Re3 26. f4 Rxg3 27. Rxh5 Rf3 28. Rxf5 h5 29. Rxh5 Rxf4 30. Rh7 $14) 24. fxg3
gxh5 25. Rd5 Rg8 26. Rxf5 Rxg3 27. Rxh5 Rxf3 28. Rxh6 $14 {This position is,
of course theoretical draw, but White has some practical chances...}) 20. Rxd8+
Rxd8 21. Ne2 (21. h5 f4 22. Ne2 g5 23. Rd1 Re8 $44) 21... Re8 22. Kd2 Rd8+ 23.
Kc1 Re8 24. Ned4 f4 25. h5 Rg8 $1 (25... g5 $2 26. Nf5 Re2 27. Nd6+ Kc7 28.
Nxb7 Kxb7 29. Nh2 $1 $16 {[%cal Gh2g4]}) 26. Rh2 (26. hxg6 Rxg6 27. Rh2 Kd7 $14
) 26... g5 27. g4 $1 {Good decision.} (27. Nf5 $6 g4 $1 28. N3d4 (28. Nxh6 Rg7
(28... gxf3 29. Nxg8 fxg2 30. Rxg2 Bxg2 31. Nxf6 $18) 29. Nxg4 (29. Nd2 g3 30.
fxg3 fxg3 31. Rh1 Bxg2 32. Rg1 Bh3 $15) 29... Rxg4 30. h6 Bxf3 31. gxf3 Rh4 32.
Rxh4 Bxh4 33. h7 Bf6 34. Kc2 Kd7 35. Kd3 Ke6 36. Ke4 Kf7 37. Kxf4 Kg6 $11)
28... g3 29. fxg3 fxg3 30. Rh3 Bxg2 31. Rxg3 Rxg3 32. Nxg3 Kd7 $44 {You can
compare this position with position after 33 move: There is pair of PP less on
the board.}) 27... fxg3 28. fxg3 g4 29. Nh4 Bg5+ 30. Kd1 Re8 31. Nhf5 Kc7 (
31... Kd7 32. Re2 Rxe2 33. Kxe2 Bd5 {-like in this game.}) 32. Re2 Rxe2 33.
Kxe2 Bd5 34. Ne3 Bf7 35. Nxg4 Bxh5 36. Kf3 a6 (36... Kd6 37. a4 (37. Nb5+ Ke6 {
[%cal Ge6f5]} 38. Nd4+) 37... a6 38. b3 Kd5 39. Ne2 {[%cal Ge2f4]} Kd6 40. Nf4
Bf7 41. c4 b5 $1 $44) 37. Ne2 Kd6 38. Nf4 Bf7 39. b3 h5 40. Nf2 Ke5 41. N2d3+
Kf5 (41... Kd6 42. Ke4 Bf6 (42... b5 43. Ne5 Be8 44. Kf5 $16) 43. c4 $14) 42.
c4 Be8 43. Nb4 a5 44. Nbd5 Bc6 $2 $18 {[%csl Rh5] Blunder} ({After} 44... Bd8
45. a3 Bf7 $1 {Seems Black has sufficient compensation, for example:} (45... a4
46. b4 Ke5 47. Ke3 $14) 46. Ne3+ Ke5 47. a4 Kd4 48. Ned5 Bxd5+ 49. Nxd5 (49.
cxd5 $2 Kc3 50. Nxh5 Kxb3 51. d6 Kxa4 52. Nf4 Kb5 53. Ne6 Bf6 54. d7 a4 55. Kf4
(55. d8=Q Bxd8 56. Nxd8 a3 $19) 55... a3 56. Kf5 Be7 57. Kg6 Kc6 $19) 49... Kd3
50. Kf4 Kc2 51. b4 axb4 52. Nxb4+ Kb3 53. Nd5 Kxc4 54. Nxb6+ $11) 45. Nxh5 b5
46. Nhf4 a4 (46... bxc4 47. bxc4 Ke5 48. Ke3 a4 49. Nb4 $18) 47. cxb5 Bxb5 48.
Ne3+ Ke5 49. Nc4+ Kf6 50. Nd5+ Kg6 51. Ke4 axb3 52. axb3 Be8 53. Nf4+ Kh6 54.
Kd5 Bf7+ 55. Kc6 (55. Kc6 Kg7 56. Nd5 {[%cal Gb3b4] Black can try to change
pair of BB for pair of PP - then NN is useless,l- but it is possible to
implement only half of this plan...}) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.01"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Ilincic, Zlatko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

{[%mdl 32]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 {McShane: 'Hodgson's favourite Trompowsky is his
most feared weapon.'} Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 e6 7. e4 exd5 (
7... d6 8. dxe6 Bxe6 9. Na3 {-see detailed comments to the game 1/2-1/2
Cifuentes Parada,R-Strikovic,A/Iasi 2000/CBM 73 ext (36) [Atalik,S]} (9. Bxd6
Bxd6 10. Qxd6 Nc6 11. Nd2 (11. Na3 $14) 11... Rd8 12. Qf4 O-O 13. Ne2 $14 {
0-1 Krasnov,V-Vorobiov,E/St Petersburg 1998/EXT 99 (35)})) (7... b5 $6 8. a4 $1
bxa4 (8... b4 9. Bc4 Ba6 10. Qd3 Bxc4 11. Qxc4 Qa6 12. Qxa6 Nxa6 13. dxe6 dxe6
14. Nd2 Be7 15. Ne2 O-O 16. Nc4 Rfd8 17. Kf2 Nd7 18. a5 $14 {1-0 Haubt,
G-Roeberg,F/Germany 1995/GER (59)}) 9. Na3 $1 $14 (9. Rxa4 Qb6 10. Bc4 Nh5 11.
Bc1 Bd6 12. Ne2 O-O 13. O-O Nf6 $132 {0-1 Semenova,L-Melamed,T/Alushta 1999/
EXT 2000 (65)})) (7... Qb6 8. Na3 exd5 9. exd5 d6 10. Qe2+ Kd8 11. O-O-O $14 {
1-0 Djurhuus,R-Abedinov,A/Stockholm 1996/CBM 57 ext (26)}) 8. e5 {Rare move
'!?' McShane.} ({More popular is} 8. exd5 d6 {-mainline} (8... Qb6 $2 9. Na3
Nxd5 10. Qxd5 Qxb2 11. Rc1 Qxa3 12. Bc4 Be7 13. Qxf7+ Kd8 14. Qxg7 Re8 15. Ne2
$16 {1-0 Bouaziz,S-Berthelot,Y/Cannes 1998/CBM 63 ext (27)}) (8... b5 $2 9. Na3
c4 10. d6 Na6 11. Qd4 $18 {1-0 Dresen,U-Spiekermann,M/Germany 1993/TD (15)} (
11. Qe2+ Kd8 12. Qe5 $18 {[%csl Rb5,Rc4][%cal Ga3c4]})) 9. Na3 (9. Ne2 Nbd7 10.
Nd2 Nb6 11. b4 cxb4 12. c4 Be7 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. N2b3 $44 {1-0 Gulko,B-Browne,W/
USA-ch 1992/TD (60)}) 9... Be7 10. g4 Nbd7 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. a4 O-O $11 {1/2-1/2
Benjamin,J-Ivanov,A/Philadelphia 1999/EXT 2000 (22)}) (8. exd5 {is more common.
}) 8... Ng8 $6 $14 {After this move White get advantage} ({Much better is} 8...
Nh5 9. Bc1 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Gg2g4]} (9. Bg5 h6 10. Bc1 $132 (10. Bh4 $2 g5 11.
Bf2 Qc7 12. Qxd5 Nc6 $17 {0-1 De Coverly,R-Hennigan,M/Isle of Man 1993/EXT 98 
(48)})) 9... Qd8 {[%cal Gd8h4]} 10. Ne2 (10. g3 d6 11. f4 g6 12. Qxd5 Nc6 $15)
10... d6 11. Qxd5 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Ge5d6]} g6 12. Na3 Nc6 $11) (8... Nh5 {
also looks interesting.}) 9. Qxd5 {[%csl Rd7]} Ne7 10. Qe4 Ng6 (10... f5 $2 11.
exf6 d5 12. Qe5 gxf6 13. Qh5+ (13. Qxf6 Rg8 14. Nd2 $14) 13... Kd8 14. Na3 $14
{1-0 Sahovic,D-Olafsson,H/Reykjavik 1982/MCD (29)}) 11. Bg3 {White decided to
avoid B for N exchange} ({In the case of} 11. Na3 Nxf4 12. Qxf4 Be7 13. Nc4 {
[%csl Rd6] position of White looks strong, but Black can neutralize pressure:}
Qd8 14. Bd3 O-O 15. Qe4 g6 16. O-O-O Nc6 17. f4 b5 18. Nd6 (18. Nd2 Rb8 $132)
18... Bxd6 19. Bxb5 (19. exd6 b4 $132) 19... Rb8 20. Bxc6 Bxe5 21. fxe5 Qb6 22.
Rd2 dxc6 23. Nf3 $132) 11... Qb6 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gb6b2]} 12. b3 Qc6 {'?!'
McShane. McShane: 'When Black makes this much effort to exchange queens, only
to bring a knight into the centre, he should be searching for an alternative.'}
(12... Be7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. O-O-O $14 {[%csl Rd6,Rd7,Ge5] and Black has some
difficulties with Pd7.}) 13. Nd2 Qxe4+ 14. Nxe4 Nc6 {[%csl Re5]} 15. f4 {
McShane: 'White has a firm grip on the centre and much more space. Black
decides it is necessary to upset the balance slightly.'} h5 {'!?' McShane.} (
15... d5 $6 16. exd6 f5 17. Nxc5 Bxd6 18. Nd3 O-O 19. Be2 $14) 16. Nf3 $5 {
In spirit of Hodgson's agressive style.} ({Interesting and strong was} 16. h4
$1 {White keep strong center.} b6 (16... f5 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6 b6 19. O-O-O
Bb7 20. Re1+ (20. Nf3 O-O 21. Bc4+ Kh8 22. Rhe1 $14 {[%cal Gf3g5]}) 20... Kf7 (
20... Kf8 21. Bd3 $16 {[%csl Rf5]}) 21. Nf3 Kf6 22. Bd3 (22. Ne5 Ncxe5 23.
fxe5+ Ke6 24. Bc4+ Bd5 $15) 22... Rae8 23. Ng5 Nd8 24. Nh7+ $1 Kf7 25. Bc4+ Ne6
26. Ng5+ Kf6 27. Bxe6 dxe6 28. Re2 $16) 17. Bc4 Bb7 18. Bd5 Rb8 19. O-O-O $14)
(16. Ne2 $6 b6 17. O-O-O Bb7 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. exd6 h4 20. Bf2 Kf8 $132 {
[%cal Ga8e8] and Black solved development problems.}) (16. h4 {is simpler but
more compromising. Hodgson's daring fight for the initiative suits his style.})
16... h4 17. f5 $1 ({Interesting also} 17. Bf2 Nxf4 18. Bxh4 (18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19.
exd6 h3 20. gxh3 b6 (20... Nxh3 21. Bxc5 $14) 21. Rg1 $132) 18... b6 (18...
Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Rxh4 20. g3 Ng6 21. gxh4 Nxe5 22. O-O-O $16) 19. Bg3 $14) 17...
hxg3 18. fxg6 fxg6 $2 $16 ({Right was} 18... gxh2 19. gxf7+ (19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20.
gxf7+ Kxf7 21. exd6 b6 22. Bc4+ Kf6 $1 23. O-O-O Ne5 24. Nxh2 {[%cal Gh2g4]}
Bb7 25. Rdf1+ Kg6 $132) 19... Kxf7 20. Bc4+ Ke8 (20... Kg6 21. O-O-O $16 {
[%csl Rd7,Rg6][%cal Ge4g5,Gd1f1]}) 21. Nd6+ (21. O-O-O $14 {[%csl Rd7]}) 21...
Ke7 $1 $14 {We can compare this position with position after 20...Ke7 in this
game later.} ({Loses} 21... Bxd6 22. exd6 {[%csl Ra8,Rc8,Re8]} Na5 23. Bd5 $1 (
23. O-O-O $6 Nxc4 24. bxc4 b6 25. Rde1+ Kf8 $15) 23... Rh6 24. O-O-O Rxd6 (
24... Kf8 25. Rxh2 Rxh2 26. Nxh2 $18 {[%csl Ra8,Rc8,Rf8]}) 25. Bf7+ $18)) 19.
O-O-O {'!' McShane. McShane: 'It is important not to waste any time.'} ({
Good enough was also} 19. h4 Be7 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21. exd6 O-O 22. Bc4+ Kh7 23. h5
Kh6 24. hxg6+ Kxg6 25. Rh3 Rf4 26. Kd2 $16 {[%csl Ra8,Rc8,Rg6]}) 19... gxh2 20.
Nd6+ $1 Bxd6 $2 $18 {Now position of Black is strategical lost.} ({Of course,} 
20... Ke7 {looks ugly, but it was the only possibility of resistance.} 21. Bd3
$16 {[%csl Ra8,Rc8,Re7,Rf8]}) 21. exd6 {McShane: 'The pawn acts like a wedge
leaving the black king isolated. The h2 pawn falls soon enough and mate
threats start popping up.'} Nd8 {[%cal Gd8e6]} (21... Kd8 {[%csl Rd8]} 22. Re1
{[%cal Gf3g5]} b6 23. Rxh2 Rxh2 (23... Rf8 24. Rh7 $18) 24. Nxh2 Bb7 25. Bd3
Kc8 26. Nf3 $18 {[%csl Ra8,Rc8]}) 22. Bd3 b6 (22... Ne6 23. Bxg6+ Kf8 24. Rdf1
$18) 23. Bxg6+ Kf8 24. Nxh2 Kg8 (24... Rh6 25. Nf3 Rxg6 26. Rh8+ Kf7 27. Rxd8
Rxg2 28. Ne5+ Kf6 29. Nxd7+ Bxd7 30. Rxa8 Rxa2 31. Kb1 $18) 25. Ng4 Rxh1 26.
Rxh1 Nb7 (26... Bb7 27. Bh7+ Kf8 (27... Kh8 28. Ne5 {with a decisive mate
threat.}) 28. Rf1+ Nf7 (28... Ke8 29. Bg6+) 29. Ne5 Bd5 30. Bg6 {wins}) 27. Rd1
$1 {[%cal Gg4e5]} (27. Be4 Kf7 $8 28. Bd5+ Kg6 $8 29. Rh8 Kf5 30. Ne3+ Ke5 31.
Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Bxb7 Rb8 33. Nc4+ Ke6 34. Bf3 $16) 27... Nd8 {McShane: 'Black is
totally contorted and Hodgson must have enjoyed the final moves.'} 28. Ne5 Bb7
29. Rh1 Bxg2 30. Rh2 Bd5 31. Bh7+ Kf8 32. Rf2+ Nf7 33. Nxf7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.02"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Georgiev, Krum"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 {Wells} Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 {The main idea of this
variation is to create doubled PP f in the camp of Black by B for N exchange.
It is difficult to reach opening advantage in this variation, but where is it
easy?} Qb6 5. Qc1 f5 6. g3 (6. c3 Bg7 7. g3 {-mainline} d6 8. Bg2 Nd7 9. Nh3
Nf6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. O-O e6 12. Nf4 $132) 6... e6 {This move is already novelty.
Here played various moves:} (6... Bg7 7. c3 {-mainline} d6 8. Bg2 (8. Bh3 e6 9.
Nf3 Nd7 10. Nbd2 Nf6 11. c4 $132 {0-1 Hodgson,J-Alterman,B/Pardubice 1993/CBM
37 (60)}) 8... Nd7 9. Nh3 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Na3 (11. Nd2 e6 12. Nf4 $14 {
1-0 Adams,M-Lautier,J/Paris 1995/CBM 49 ext (38)}) 11... e6 12. Rd1 e5 13. Qc2
$14 {1/2-1/2 Dumitrescu,D-Rogozenko,D/Sovata 1997/EXT 2000 (33)}) (6... Bh6 7.
e3 Bg7 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Qd2 d6 10. Nge2 Nd7 11. Nf4 Nf6 12. Bb5+ Kf8 13. Bd3 $14 {
1-0 Vyzmanavin,A-Gorelov,S/Moscow 1981/MCL (27)}) (6... d6 7. Bg2 Nd7 8. Nh3 {
see comments to the game 0-1 Ashley,M-Gurevich,I/New York 1994/CBM 43 (59) 
[Ftacnik,L]}) (6... h5 7. h4 (7. Nf3 Bh6 8. e3 d6 9. Bh3 Nd7 10. Bxf5 Ne5 11.
Nxe5 Bxf5 12. Nc4 $14 {0-1 Gocheva,R-Tzoumbas,A/Ano Liosia 1997/EXT 98 (34)})
7... Bg7 8. c3 Bh6 9. e3 e5 10. Ne2 Qg6 11. Bg2 d6 12. a4 $132 {0-1 Gerber,
R-Sher,M/Prague 1988/EXT 97 (60)}) (6... e5 7. Bg2 h5 8. c3 d6 9. Nd2 Nd7 10.
Qc2 Bh6 11. O-O-O Nf6 12. Kb1 Bd7 13. Ngf3 O-O-O 14. Nc4 Qa6 15. Ncxe5 dxe5 16.
Nxe5 Ng4 17. Nxd7 Rxd7 18. e3 $15 {0-1 Brady,S-Hall,J/IRL 1992/EXT 2000 (42)})
(6... f4 $6 7. gxf4 $14 (7. c3 fxg3 8. hxg3 d6 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. Qc2 Nf6 11. Bg2
$14 {1-0 Ionescu,D-Vlad,D/Odorheiu Secuiesc 1993/TD (46)})) (6... c4 7. Bg2 Na6
8. c3 h5 9. Nf3 Nc7 10. Na3 Nxd5 11. Nxc4 Qc5 12. Nce5 $14 {1-0 Lobron,
E-Polgar,J/Groningen 1993/CBM 39 (46)}) (6... Na6 7. Bg2 Nc7 (7... f4 $6 8. Nd2
(8. gxf4 $14) 8... Bh6 9. c3 Nc7 10. Qc2 Qa6 11. Nh3 fxg3 12. hxg3 d6 13. Ng1
$14 {1-0 Rogers,I-Baklan,V/Germany 1999/GER-chT (46)}) 8. Nh3 Qh6 9. Nf4 e5 10.
dxe6 fxe6 $132 {1-0 Yegiazarian,A-Gaprindashvili,V/Ubeda 1999/CBM 68 ext (51)})
(6... Qh6 7. e3 Bg7 8. c3 O-O 9. Qc2 e6 10. Bg2 Na6 11. Na3 Nc7 12. d6 Ne8 13.
Nc4 Rb8 14. a4 $14 {0-1 Jaracz,P-Malakhatko,V/Swidnica 1999/EXT 2000 (23)}) 7.
c4 {This continuation is not standard in this type of position. More popular
is to play c2-c3 - to short a1-h8 diagonal for Bg7. White hasn't black-squares
B, so Logic says, use PP for black squares struggle.} ({For example} 7. Bg2 Bg7
8. c3 {This structure we already saw in previous games with c2-c3.}) 7... Bg7 {
[%cal Gg7b2]} 8. Nc3 Qb4 {[%csl Rc3,Rc4]} (8... d6 $5 {[%cal Gb8d7,Gd7f6]}) 9.
e3 d6 10. a3 Qa5 (10... Qb3 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. Nd2 Qb6 13. Qc2 Ne5 14. Rb1 $14)
11. Nge2 Nd7 12. Nf4 Nb6 ({It was possible to equalize by} 12... Bxc3+ 13. bxc3
Nf6 (13... e5 14. Nh5 (14. Ne2 Nb6 {and White had to retreat} 15. Ng1) 14...
Rg8 15. f4 Rg6 $132) 14. Qc2 e5 (14... Rg8 $5 $132) 15. Ne2 Bd7 $11) 13. Qd2
Bxc3 14. bxc3 {Wells: 'White's pawns are structurally defined 'weaker', here
they are formally backward too. However, a weakness only really matters if it
can be attacked! Black's doubled pawns are relatively stable, but there is a
fatal flaw. The square in front of the pawns, so famous in the case of
isolated pawns, also matters here, because the positional cost of the move ...
e5 is so high. The coming moves reveal too that the weakest pawn on the board
is probably...well .. the one on d6!'} Bd7 (14... Rg8) 15. Be2 (15. Nh5 O-O-O
$132) 15... O-O-O 16. O-O h5 (16... e5 17. Nh5 Qa4 {[%csl Rc4]} 18. Qa2 {
[%cal Ga2c4]} Rhg8 19. f4 $132) 17. dxe6 Bxe6 (17... fxe6 18. Qxd6 $16) 18. Nd5
h4 19. Rfb1 Nxd5 $2 ({Much better was to take with B and to retain Nb6 to
protect} 19... Bxd5 20. cxd5 hxg3 21. hxg3 Qa4 $132) 20. cxd5 Bd7 21. a4 Rh6 {
[%cal Gd8h8]} 22. Bb5 $1 {White forces BB exchange and weakens black K
position.} Qc7 (22... hxg3 23. fxg3 Qc7 (23... Rdh8 24. Bxd7+ Kxd7 25. Rxb7+
$16) 24. Rb2 Rdh8 25. Qd3 $16) 23. Rb2 {[%cal Ga1b1,Gb2h2]} Rdh8 24. Qd3 $1 {
[%cal Gb2h2]} Kb8 $6 $18 {K goes directly to the white attack zone.} ({
Necessary was} 24... Kd8 25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. Rab1 hxg3 27. fxg3 b6 (27... Qxa4
28. Rxb7 Rh5 29. Rxf7 $18) 28. a5 Ke7 (28... b5 29. Rxb5 Rxh2 30. Rb8+ Ke7 31.
R8b7 $18) 29. axb6 axb6 30. Rxb6 (30. Rf2 $16) 30... c4 31. Qxc4 Rxh2 32. Rb7
Rh1+ 33. Kf2 R8h2+ 34. Kf3 Rxb1 {and after} 35. Rxb1 $16 ({or} 35. Rxd7+ Kxd7
36. Qd3 $16 {Black has bad position.})) 25. Ba6 $1 Bc8 (25... b6 26. a5 hxg3
27. fxg3 $18) 26. Rab1 hxg3 27. fxg3 b6 28. a5 Bxa6 29. Qxa6 Qe7 30. Rxb6+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.04"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Philippines"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bh4 c5 4. f3 g5 5. fxe4 gxh4 6. Nc3 (6. e3 {-mainline})
6... cxd4 ({Possible to play also} 6... Bg7 7. e3 d6 8. Bb5+ (8. Bc4 O-O 9. Qh5
cxd4 10. exd4 Bxd4 11. Nf3 Bxc3+ (11... Bf6 $2 12. e5 $1 {[%csl Rg8,Rh7][%cal
Gc4d3]} dxe5 (12... Bxe5 13. Bd3 f5 14. Ng5 $18) 13. Bd3 $18 {1-0 Troebitz,
X-Tischer,X/cr DDR in FS (18)}) 12. bxc3 Nd7 $132) 8... Nc6 9. Qd3 Bd7 10. Nf3
h3 11. gxh3 a6 12. Rg1 Bh6 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. O-O-O $14 {1-0 Hiarcs 7.
32-Rebel_Tiger 12.0e/Cadaques ESP 2000/ (59)}) ({Or} 6... Bh6 7. Nf3 Rg8 8. e5
Qa5 $132 (8... Qb6 $6 9. Nd5 Qa5+ (9... Qxb2 $4 10. Rb1 $18 {[%csl Ra8][%cal
Gd5c7]} (10. c3 $4 Kd8 $17 {0-1 Bader-Klatt/cr DDR 1967/(20)})) 10. c3 $14)) 7.
Qxd4 Rg8 8. e5 Nc6 9. Qe4 {Ph4 is not so important} ({For example:} 9. Qxh4 h6
(9... Nxe5 10. Qxh7 Rg6 11. O-O-O d6 12. e3 Bd7 13. Nf3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Bellas,
A-Miralles,G/France tt 1993/ (24)}) 10. Nf3 Qa5 11. O-O-O (11. Qe4 Bg7 {
[%csl Re5]} 12. O-O-O e6 (12... Nxe5 $2 13. Rd5) 13. e3 Nxe5 14. Nb5 Nxf3 15.
Qxf3 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gb5d6]} Qxa2 16. Nd6+ (16. Nc7+ Ke7 17. Nxa8 Qxb2+ 18.
Kd2 Bc3+ 19. Kd3 b6 $13 {[%csl Rd3]}) 16... Kd8 17. c3 $132) 11... Nxe5 12. Rd5
Nxf3 $1 13. exf3 Qb6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Kneipp,G-Schoeneberg,G/cr WT/M/474 1989/ 
(20)}) 9... Qa5 10. Nf3 {Black solved opening problems. Here Black must decide:
to play d6!? with sharp position or} Qb4 $5 ({Badly is} 10... Bg7 $2 11. O-O-O
h6 (11... e6 12. Qxh7 Kf8 13. Qxh4 $16) 12. e3 a6 13. Bc4 e6 14. Qh7 Kf8 15.
Nxh4 Qxe5 (15... Nxe5 16. Rhf1 $16 {1-0 Dr,S-Heemsoth/cr 1958/ (27)}) 16. Ng6+
$1 fxg6 17. Rhf1+ Bf6 18. Rxf6+ Qxf6 19. Rf1 Qxf1+ 20. Bxf1 $16) ({Interesting
plan opens by} 10... d6 $5 11. O-O-O Be6 12. exd6 O-O-O $1 {Black's idea is to
open position for pair of BB.} 13. Qxh7 (13. a3 exd6 14. Qxh7 Rg4 15. h3 Rc4
16. Qd3 d5 17. Nb1 Bh6+ 18. e3 (18. Nbd2 d4 19. Kb1 Rc3 $1 $19) 18... d4 $17 {
0-1 Sinowatny-Norrelykke/cr 1992/ (21)}) 13... exd6 14. Qxh4 Rg4 15. Qe1 Bxa2
16. Nd5 Bh6+ 17. e3 Qc5 $17 {0-1 Kunc-Moisieev,O/cr 1970/Inf 09/ (25)}) 11.
Qxb4 Nxb4 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Nb5 (13. Nd5 Kd8 14. Kb1 Bg7 15. e6 (15. Nxh4 Bxe5
16. Nf3 Bh8 $15 {BB}) 15... fxe6 16. Nf4 Kc7 $15 {0-1 Wall,B-Moore,R/(05) 1992/
(38)}) 13... Kd8 (13... Rb8 $132) 14. Nbd4 Kc7 (14... Bg7 15. e6 Nxd4 16. Nxd4
d6 17. exf7 Rf8 18. e3 Rxf7 19. Bc4 $132) 15. e3 (15. Nf5 $6 {met by} Nxe5 $1
16. Nxe5 d6 $15 {[%csl Re5,Rf5]}) 15... Bg7 16. Nxc6 ({I would prefer} 16. Nf5
Bh8 ({Dubious is} 16... Bxe5 $6 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe7 $14) 17. h3 (17. g3 $5
hxg3 18. hxg3 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gh1h7]} e6 19. Nd6 Rxg3 20. Rxh7 Rxf3 21. Rxh8
Nxe5 22. Nb5+ Kb6 23. Nd6 Kc7 $11) 17... e6 18. Nd6 Bxe5 19. Nxf7 Bg3 20. N7g5
Bf2 21. Nxh7 Bxe3+ 22. Kb1 Rg6 {[%csl Rh7]} 23. Nf8 Rf6 24. Nh7 $11) 16... dxc6
17. Rd4 Bh6 ({Interesting is} 17... h3 18. g3 $5 (18. gxh3 Bh6 19. Kd2 Be6 $15
{[%csl Rd2,Rd4][%cal Gc6c5]}) 18... Bh6 (18... Be6 19. Rh4 h6 20. Bxh3 Bd5 21.
Rf1 b5 22. b3 $14) 19. Kd2 Bg4 20. Be2 Rad8 21. Rd3 Bf5 22. Rxd8 Rxd8+ 23. Bd3
c5 24. Ke2 $44) 18. Kd2 Rg4 (18... h3 $5 19. g3 {-see previous comments.}) 19.
Rxg4 ({Reliable also} 19. c3 Be6 20. Rxg4 Bxg4 21. Nxh4 Rd8+ 22. Bd3 Bg7 23. h3
Be6 24. b3 Bxe5 25. Nf3 $132) 19... Bxg4 20. h3 Be6 21. Bd3 Rg8 22. Rg1 ({
Dubious is} 22. Nxh4 $6 Rg3 23. Re1 Bg5 24. Nf3 Rxg2+ 25. Re2 Rg3 26. Nxg5 Rxg5
$17) 22... Rg3 23. Ke2 Bd5 (23... Bxa2 {leads to equal position - Black
sacrifices piece and recieves 3P:} 24. b3 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Gg1a1]} a5 {[%cal
Ga5a4]} 25. Ra1 a4 26. Rxa2 Rxg2+ 27. Kd1 axb3 28. Rb2 bxc2+ 29. Rxc2 Rg3 30.
Ke2 Rxh3 31. Rc4 b5 32. Rxh4 Rxh4 33. Nxh4 $11 {[%csl Rh7]}) 24. e4 ({Not} 24.
Nxh4 $2 Rxe3+ 25. Kf2 Rxe5 $17) 24... Be6 (24... Bxa2 {here also B sacrifice
is enough only for equality:} 25. b3 a5 26. Ra1 a4 27. Rxa2 axb3 28. Rb2 bxc2
29. Bxc2 Rxg2+ 30. Kf1 Rg3 $44) 25. Kf2 Bf4 26. Nxh4 Bxe5 27. Nf3 Bf4 28. Nd4
Rg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Cup final 6th"]
[Site "Nefteyugansk"]
[Date "2002.10.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kornev, Alexei"]
[Black "Prokopchuk, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2002.10.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Finkel,A} Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 (4. f3 {Finkel,A} Nf6 5. Nc3 e6
6. e4 Bb4 7. Qd3 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. O-O-O Bxc3 10. Qxc3 d4 11. Qd2 e5 12. Bg5 h6
13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Bb5 O-O 15. Ne2 Qe7 $132 {Tichy,V-Smejkal,J/Mar.Lazne CS-ch/
1978}) (4. Nd2 {Finkel,A} c5 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. dxc5 Qa5+ 7. c3 Qxc5 8. Qd4 $2 (8.
Qa4+ {Finkel,A} Qc6 9. Qxc6+ Nxc6 10. f3 e5 11. Be3 Bf5 12. g4 Be6 13. Nh3 f6
14. Nf2 exf3 15. exf3 Ne7 $10 {Tunik,G-Avrukh,B/Beersheba/1996}) 8... Qxd4 9.
cxd4 Nc6 10. O-O-O e5 $1 11. dxe5 Be6 12. Kb1 e3 $1 13. Bxe3 Nb4 $17 {
Mikhalevski,V-Tseitlin,MD/Beersheba/1996}) 4... c5 (4... c6 {Finkel,A} 5. Bd3
Qb6 6. Bxe4 Qxb2 7. Nd2 dxe4 8. Ne2 Nd7 9. O-O Nf6 10. c4 Qa3 11. Ng3 g6 12.
Be5 Bg7 13. Ngxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxg7 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 $14 {Hodgson,J-Hjartarson,J/
Copenhagen PC/1996}) 5. Bd3 Nc6 {Finkel,A: 'Extremly dangerous continuation
demanding from black accurate play to pass opening in peace!'} ({Quite
reliable is} 5... cxd4 $1 6. exd4 (6. Bxe4 {Finkel,A} dxe4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. exd4
Nc6 9. c3 (9. Ne2 {Finkel,A} Bg4 10. Nbc3 e6 11. O-O-O Nb4 12. Rde1 Bf5 13. Ng3
Bg6 14. a3 Nc6 15. Rd1 O-O-O 16. Be3 f5 17. f3 exf3 18. gxf3 f4 19. Bxf4 Nxd4
$132 {0-1 Romero Holmes,A-Visser,Y/Wijk aan Zee NED 2000/The Week in Chess 272/
(54)}) 9... b6 10. Nd2 Bb7 11. Ne2 $14 {[%csl Re4][%cal Ge2g3] Lputian,
S-Rytshagov,M/Istanbul 2000}) 6... Qb6 $1 {[%cal Gb6b2]} (6... Nc6 7. c3 Bf5 8.
Qe2 e6 9. Nd2 Nd6 $11 {-see commented game 1-0 Timman,J-Van Wely,L/Breda 1998/
CBM 65[Stohl,I] (63)}) (6... g6 7. Be5 f6 8. Bxb8 Rxb8 9. Ne2 Bh6 10. c4 O-O
11. O-O Be6 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. d5 Bf7 14. Nbc3 f5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Akopian,
V-Herrera,I/Linares ESP 2001/The Week in Chess 324 (44)}) 7. Bxe4 dxe4 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. d5 e5 $1 10. Be3 Qxb2 (10... Nd4 11. Nge2 Bg4 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Qxd4
Qxd4 14. Nxd4 $14 {1-0 Janssen,R-Visser,Y/Rotterdam 1999/CBM 73 ext (46)}) 11.
Nge2 Nb4 $15) (5... e6 6. Nd2 (6. Bxe4 dxe4 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Qxd4 9. exd4
Bb4 10. Nge2 f5 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Rhf1 O-O 13. f3 exf3 14. Rxf3 Bd7 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Berg,K-Prusikhin,M/Morso DEN 2002/The Week in Chess 380 (26)}) 6...
Nxd2 7. Qxd2 Nc6 8. c3 Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. f4 Bd7 11. Nf3 O-O-O 12. O-O f6
$132 {1/2-1/2 Fink,S-Karklins,A/Philadelphia 1999/CBM 73 ext (41)}) ({In my
opinion, even} 5... Nf6 {promises to Black convenient life:} 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O
Nc6 8. c3 Bd6 $11) (5... Qb6 {Finkel,A} 6. Bxe4 dxe4 7. Nc3 cxd4 (7... Qxb2 $5
{Finkel,A} 8. Nge2 cxd4 (8... Bg4 {Finkel,A} 9. Rb1 Qxc3+ 10. Nxc3 Bxd1 11.
Kxd1 cxd4 12. exd4 Nc6 13. d5 O-O-O 14. Ke2 Nd4+ 15. Ke3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Tu Hoang
Thong-West,G/Elista RUS 1998/ (46)}) 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qxe4 f5 12.
Qd5 e6 13. Qd2 e5 14. Nb5 Qe7 15. Bg5 Qf7 $11 {Turzo,A-Hatanbaatar,B/FSGM June,
Budapest HUN 1998}) 8. Qxd4 $1 Qxd4 9. exd4 f5 $1 (9... Bf5 {Finkel,A} 10. Nge2
e6 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 O-O-O 14. Nec3 Bc5 15. Be3 $14 {Tu Hoang
Thai-Esplana,C/Elista RUS 1998}) 10. Nge2 e6 11. Nb5 Na6 $11 {[%cal Gc8d7]}) 6.
Bxe4 $1 {White implements the main idea of this variation: creates weak Pe4.
Finkel,A: ' White wants to take over the initiative by starting an actions in
the center.'} ({On} 6. Ne2 {goes} Nf6 $1 7. c3 Bg4 {and Black has no problems
in the opening.} 8. Nd2 e6 9. O-O Bh5 10. Bg3 Bd6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Qb3 Bb6 13.
Nf4 Bg6 14. Rad1 O-O 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. c4 Na5 17. Qb4 Rc8 18. b3 Nc6 19. Qa4 d4
$11 (19... Qe7 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Nf3 Rcd8 $14 {1-0 Christiansen,
L-Iuldachev,S/Bled SLO 2002/The Week in Chess 418 (62)})) 6... dxe4 7. d5 Nb4 (
{After} 7... e5 8. Bg3 Ne7 (8... Nb4 {Finkel,A} 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Qxg4 Nxc2+ 11.
Kd2 Nxa1 12. Nge2 Qb6 13. Kc1 $16) 9. Nc3 (9. c4 {Finkel,A} f6 10. Nc3 Bf5 11.
f3 $5 exf3 12. Nxf3 {with the initiative}) 9... f6 {White has good chance to
get an advantage:} 10. Nxe4 (10. Qh5+ Ng6 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. f4 exf3 13. Nxf3
Qc7 14. Nb5 Qd7 15. Nh4 Qg4 (15... Qxb5 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Qxh8 Bg4 18. Rd2
O-O-O 19. Qh4 $16) 16. Nc7+ Kf7 17. Qxg4 Bxg4 18. Nxa8 Bxd1 19. Rxd1 Nxh4 20.
Bxh4 Bd6 21. e4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Berg,K-Navara,D/Morso DEN 2002/The Week in Chess
380 (28)}) 10... Nxd5 11. Bxe5 {-see commented game 1/2-1/2 Liang Chong-Dizdar,
G/Las Vegas 1999/CBM 72 [Alterman,B, Greenfeld,A] (43)}) 8. Nc3 {[%csl Re4]
[%cal Gc3e4]} Bf5 $6 $16 {Yields to White part of advantage.} (8... e6 $142 $1
9. d6 f5 10. Nh3 $14 {[%cal Ge1g1,Gf2f3,Gd1h5]} (10. f3 Nc6 11. fxe4 e5 $1 (
11... fxe4 $2 12. Qh5+ g6 13. Qxc5 $16 {1-0 Rey,G-Wong,R/San Francisco 2000/
EXT 2001 (23)}) 12. Bg3 (12. exf5 Bxf5 (12... exf4 13. Qh5+ g6 (13... Kd7 14.
Qf7+ $18) 14. fxg6 Bg7 15. gxh7+ Kf8 16. O-O-O $14) 13. e4 Be6 $132) 12... Qxd6
$11)) (8... g6 $2 9. a3 Na6 10. Nxe4 Bg7 11. Nc3 Qb6 12. Rb1 Bf5 13. e4 $16 {
1-0 Bunk,K-Visweswaran,K/Kiel GER 2001/The Week in Chess 355 (41)}) 9. a3 Na6
10. f3 $1 {Allows to Black to get rid of the weakness. But White gets space
and development advantage instead.} ({Anther continuation - in spirit of this
variation - was} 10. Nge2 $5 {[%csl Re4,Rf5][%cal Ge2g3] and White leaves with
advantage, for example:} Qd7 {'?!' Finkel,A.} (10... g6 11. Ng3 Bg7 12. O-O Nc7
13. Ngxe4 Bxe4 14. Bxc7 (14. Nxe4 Qxd5 $11) 14... Qxc7 15. Nxe4 Bxb2 16. Rb1
$16) (10... Qb6 11. Ng3 Qxb2 12. Ncxe4 Bxe4 13. Nxe4 f5 14. Nd2 O-O-O 15. c4 e6
16. Rb1 Qxa3 17. dxe6 Be7 18. Be5 $16) (10... Bg6 11. Ng3 f5 12. h4 $14) 11.
Ng3 Bg4 12. Qd2 h6 13. Ngxe4 $16 {1-0 Ubezio,M-Pace,P/Corsico 1999/EXT 2001 
(24)}) 10... exf3 {'?!' Finkel,A. Finkel,A: 'Passing the initiative into
white's hands. '} (10... Qb6 $5 {Finkel,A} 11. Rb1 (11. fxe4 {Finkel,A} Qxb2
12. Na4 Qb5 13. exf5 Qxa4 14. Nf3 Rd8 $132) 11... Qg6 12. g4 Bd7 13. Nxe4 Bxg4
$132) 11. Nxf3 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Ge3e4]} g6 ({White leaves with serious
advantage in case of} 11... Qb6 12. Rb1 e6 13. e4 Bg4 (13... Bg6 14. Ne5 $16)
14. O-O O-O-O 15. Qe1 f6 16. Nd2 e5 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Be3 $16) ({Or} 11... e6 12.
e4 Bg4 (12... Bg6 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Ne5 $16) 13. O-O (13. Qd3 $6 {[%cal Gd3b5]}
f6 14. Qb5+ Qd7 15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 16. Rd1 e5 17. Be3 Bd6 $11) 13... c4 {[%cal
Gf8c5,Ga6c5]} 14. Be3 Bd6 15. Qd4 {[%csl Rc4,Rg7]} O-O 16. Qxc4 $16) 12. e4 Bd7
(12... Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 $16) 13. Qd2 h6 $2 $18 {Serious, probably
decisive mistake.} ({Why not to try to complet kingside development?} 13... Bg7
14. Bh6 $16) 14. e5 $1 {Strong refutation of Black's passive play.} g5 (14...
Bg7 15. O-O {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gd2h6] Black can't play 0-0 because of Ph6 is
attacked.} Qb6 {More stubborn, Black will 0-0-0 with chances for resistance.} (
{Loses} 15... g5 16. e6 gxf4 17. Qxf4 (17. exd7+ Qxd7 18. Qxf4 Bxc3 19. bxc3
Rg8 (19... Qxd5 20. Rad1 $16 {[%csl Re8]}) 20. Rad1 (20. Ne5 Qxd5 21. Qa4+ Kd8
22. Nxf7+ Kc7 23. Qf4+ Kc8 24. Rf2 $16) 20... Qg4 21. Qd2 Rg7 22. Ne5 $16)
17... fxe6 18. Ne5 Bf6 19. Qg4 Qb6 (19... Qc8 20. Qg6+ Kd8 21. Rxf6 exf6 22. d6
$18) 20. Qg6+ Kd8 21. Nf7+ Kc7 22. Qg3+ e5 23. d6+ Kb8 24. Nxh8 $18) 16. Rab1
O-O-O $16) 15. e6 $1 {[%csl Re8]} gxf4 ({After} 15... fxe6 16. Qd3 $1 {[%csl
Re8][%cal Gd3g6] White wins by force.} Rg8 17. Qh7 Rg7 18. Qxh6 Qb6 (18... gxf4
19. Qh5+ Rf7 20. Ne5 $18) 19. Qh5+ Kd8 20. Be5 $18 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Ge5g7,
Ge5c3]}) 16. Qxf4 fxe6 (16... f6 17. Qf5 Qc7 18. Qg6+ Kd8 19. d6 $1 $18) 17.
Ne5 (17. Qe5 Qb6 18. Qxh8 exd5 19. O-O $18) 17... Qc7 {[%cal Ge8c8]} (17... Qb6
18. Qf7+ Kd8 19. O-O-O $18 {[%csl Rd8][%cal Gd1d8]}) 18. d6 $1 {Finkel,A:
'Very energetic play by white. Black has no time to breaze.'} exd6 (18... Qxd6
{Finkel,A} 19. Rd1 O-O-O 20. Rxd6 exd6 21. Nf7 $18) 19. Qf7+ Kd8 20. Qf6+ Kc8 (
20... Ke8 21. Qxh8 dxe5 22. O-O {[%csl Rf8]} Qd6 23. Ne4 $18) 21. Qxh8 Qd8 22.
Ng6 $1 {[%csl Rf8,Rh4][%cal Gg6h4] Preventing Qh4+} Kc7 23. O-O Be7 24. Qg7 Bg5
25. Rf7 Kc6 26. Rd1 Be3+ 27. Kh1 Bd4 28. Rxd4 cxd4 29. Qxd4 Qg5 30. h4 Qc1+ 31.
Kh2 Nc5 32. b4 {Instructive game!} 1-0

[Event "Skopje op 18th"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2002.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Black "Kolev, Atanas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2002.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 cxd4 7. Nb3 Qd8 8.
Bxb8 (8. cxd4 d5 (8... g6 9. e4 {-see commented game 1/2-1/2 De la Villa
Garcia,J-Polgar,J/Pamplona 2000/CBM 75[Alterman,B] (28)}) 9. e3 {-mainline.})
8... Rxb8 9. Qxd4 a6 10. e4 d6 $132 {Black equalized without any difficulties.
This sicilian PP structure without light-squares B in the white camp can't be
dangerous for Black.} 11. f4 (11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Qa7 Bd7 13. Bxa6 Qc8 14. Bf1 Ra8
15. Qb6 Rxa2 16. Na5 Qd8 17. Qxd8+ Kxd8 18. b4 Kc7 $15 {0-1 Elliott,
W-Dominguez,L/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (34)}) 11... g6 12. Nf3 (12. e5 dxe5 13.
Qxe5 Ra8 14. Nf3 Bg7 15. Rd1 Qb6 16. Qd4 Qxd4 17. Nbxd4 O-O $11 {1/2-1/2
Werner,C-Becker,M/Germany 1992/GER-chT2 (76)}) 12... Bg7 13. e5 Nd7 14. O-O-O (
14. Bc4 O-O 15. O-O b5 16. Bd5 Qc7 $15) 14... dxe5 15. fxe5 Qc7 $15 {[%csl Re5]
} 16. Bc4 e6 {[%csl Re5]} (16... b5 17. Bd5 e6 18. Be4 Nxe5 19. Bc6+ Kf8 20.
Qb4+ Kg8 $15) (16... Nxe5 $6 17. Rhe1 f6 18. Nxe5 fxe5 19. Qd5 e6 20. Qc5 Qxc5
21. Nxc5 Ke7 22. Bd3 $44) 17. Rhe1 b5 18. Bd3 O-O 19. Kb1 a5 20. Bc2 b4 21.
cxb4 Rxb4 22. Qd6 Qa7 23. Nfd4 Rb6 $2 $16 {Black drops his slight advantage
and gives it to White...} ({Much better is} 23... Nb8 24. Qc5 Qxc5 25. Nxc5 Rc4
26. Ncb3 a4 27. Nc1 Ba6 28. Nf3 Rfc8 29. Be4 R4c7 30. Nd3 Nd7 31. Nb4 Bc4 32.
Bd3 Nb6 $15) 24. Nc6 Rxc6 {Black had to sacrifice exchange for P.} ({Or} 24...
Qa6 25. Nbxa5 Kh8 26. Bd3 Qa8 27. Qc7 $16) 25. Qxc6 Nxe5 ({Or} 25... a4 26. Nd4
Nxe5 27. Qxa4 Qc7 28. Nb5 $16) 26. Qa4 $2 $44 ({Why not} 26. Qc5 Qb8 27. Qd6
Qxd6 28. Rxd6 Bb7 29. Be4 Nc4 30. Rd7 Bxe4+ 31. Rxe4 Rc8 32. a4 Nxb2 (32... h5
33. Ra7 $16) 33. Nxa5 $16) 26... Qb8 27. Rd2 $4 $19 {[%csl Ra4,Rd2] This
terrible mistake allows Black to catch Qa5 -and after Qxa5 to play Nc4 with
double threat to Qa5 and Rd2.} ({right was} 27. h4 Ba6 28. Qxa5 Bc4 $44) 27...
Ba6 $1 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Ge5c4,Ga6b5] Threatening to catch Qa4} 28. Rd4 (28.
Rdd1 Nc4 29. Qc6 Bb5 $19 {[%csl Rb2]}) (28. Rf2 Nc4 29. Qc6 Bb5 30. Qf3 a4 $19)
28... Bb5 29. Qa3 Nc4 30. Rxc4 (30. Qc5 Rc8 31. Red1 Bxd4 32. Qxd4 a4 33. Nc5
Qc7 $19) 30... Bxc4 31. Nxa5 Bd5 32. g3 Qb6 33. Nb3 Qf2 34. Qb4 Qxh2 35. g4 Rc8
36. Qd2 Qg3 (36... Qxd2 37. Nxd2 Bxa2+ $19) 37. Bd1 Bh6 38. Qb4 Qd3+ 39. Ka1
Bf8 40. Qf4 Ra8 41. Qe3 Qa6 42. a3 Bxa3 43. bxa3 Qxa3+ 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Van Wely,L"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I especially annotated this game for my friend Levon Aronian, accidentally 
(but not really) also the winner of this year's edition of Wijk aan Zee. Since
he had been looking forward so much to see this derby, I wanted to grant him a
peek into the kitchen of the mind of those great derby warriors :)} 1. d4 Nf6
2. Bg5 $5 {For Wijk aan Zee I had a special advisor who was advising me which
opening to play. Somehow it reminded me of back in the days when I was the
second of Kamsky in his 1996 match vs Karpov, when his dad told us which
opening Gata was going to play (and needless to say, this was the opening we
had to prepare, sometimes starting from scratch). Anyway I knew my advisor had
his reasons for his choice of opening and for once I decided not to be
stubborn and tried to be unpredictable. So the Trompovsky was one of his
suggestions. Unfortunately the surprise factor wasn't that big. Prior to the
European team championships, we had a training session with the national team
and in some blitz match with both Anish and his coach Vladimir Chuchelov, I
had used this weapon quite a few times already...} c5 (2... Ne4 3. Bh4 (3. Bf4
{This is a move I faced myself recently in the 3rd division of the Dutch
League against Johnny Fluit} c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 cxd4 7. Nb3 Qb6 (
7... Qf5 {is riskier but a dream compared to the boring position I got} 8. Bxb8
Rxb8 9. Qxd4 b6 10. e4 Qf4 11. Nh3 Qc7 12. e5) 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Nd4
e5 11. Nxc6 exf4 12. Nd4 d5 13. e3 fxe3 14. Ke2 {and that day Johnny was very
solid!}) 3... c5 (3... d5 4. f3 Nd6 5. Nc3 Nf5 6. Bf2 c5 7. dxc5 d4 8. e4 {
This is how normally my games with Vladimir were going. He still doesn't
realise that Black is worse here, so I will keep on repeating it :)}) 4. f3 g5
5. fxe4 gxh4 {Another try of Vladimir, in fact I believe this line to be good
for Black, I had myself some experience here as Black against Mamedyarov. But
of course, things are tricky, especially when you are not prepared for this
kind of coffee house position.}) (2... e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 {was how my
blitz games with Anish went.}) 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 f5 6. g3 ({
With hindsight I believe} 6. c4 {is better:} Bh6 $2 7. e3 f4 $2 8. exf4 Bxf4 9.
Qxf4 Qxb2 10. Ne2 Qxa1 11. Nec3 Qb2 12. d6 {and Black is in serious trouble
already} Qc2 (12... Rg8 13. Bd3 e6 14. Bxh7 Rg7 15. h4 Nc6 16. Qh6 Rxg2 17. Rf1
$18) 13. Qe3 Nc6 14. Bd3 Qb2 {Wells-Shirov 1-0}) 6... Bg7 7. c3 Qf6 8. e3 Na6 {
I am not sure the knight is so great on c7, I think I would have preferred to
put it on e5.} 9. Ne2 Nc7 ({For a while I was considering} 9... h5 10. h4 e5 {
of course it has its positional drawbacks, but at least it would have
prevented White from getting his ideal setup, like in the game}) ({Or
immediately} 9... b5 {and at least Black is also going to have some fun!}) 10.
Nf4 Bh6 11. c4 d6 12. Nc3 Bd7 13. Be2 a6 14. a4 b6 15. Nh5 Qg6 16. Bf3 Rb8 17.
Ne2 {I think by now Anish must have realised something had gone wrong.} Rf8 18.
Qd2 {Threatening eventually to open up the queenside with b4.} a5 {So this is
a sad neccessity.} 19. O-O Kd8 20. Rfe1 Ne8 21. Nef4 Qg8 22. e4 Qh8 23. Qe2 (
23. Qc2 Ng7) 23... Rb7 24. e5 {Maybe it was better to leave the queens on,
however the resulting structure looked too good to be true: Black simply can't
move.} Qxe5 25. Qxe5 dxe5 26. Rxe5 Nd6 {Anish didn't see any more winning
possibilities for himself here and offered a draw. But unfortunately for him I
didn't see any losing possibilities for myself, so I refused :)} 27. b3 Rg8 28.
Rae1 Bf8 29. R5e3 Rb8 30. h4 Kc7 31. Bd1 Re8 32. Bc2 Kd8 33. R3e2 Rg4 34. Kh2
Rg8 35. f3 Kc7 36. Nd3 Rg6 {Black is forced to put his rook on h6 now. If not
then with the knight on e5 at some point White will push g4.} 37. Ne5 Rh6 38.
Nxd7 Kxd7 39. g4 e6 {Black is somehow trying to keep his position together,
but it's clear he is on the verge of a positional collapse.} 40. Re5 $6 {
In time trouble it is not such a smart idea to put your rook on the h2-b8
diagonal while your opponent is holding the dark-squared bishop!} ({Apart from
that} 40. Nf4 $1 {would have been very good, but who would take such a
decision on move 40 with little time left? Shirov? Topalov? I decided (only
this time) not to be brave (but trying to be smart!)} fxg4 41. fxg4 Be7 (41...
Rxh4+ 42. Kg3 Rh6 (42... Be7 43. dxe6+ fxe6 44. Rxe6) 43. g5) 42. dxe6+ (42. h5
) 42... fxe6 43. Rxe6 Rxe6 44. Rxe6 Rf8 45. Kg3 Bxh4+ 46. Kxh4 Rxf4 47. Rh6 Rf2
48. Rxh7+ Ke6 49. Bg6 Kf6 (49... Rb2 50. Kg5 Rxb3 51. Bf5+) 50. g5+) 40... Be7
41. Kh3 Bd8 42. R1e2 {Playing a waiting game, pretending to be very subtle,
trying to make your opponent think that he is in zugzwang or something like
that and hoping he will panic and implode.} (42. Rd1 $5 Kc7 43. dxe6 Rhxe6 44.
Rxe6 Rxe6 45. Nf4 fxg4+ 46. Kxg4 Re8 47. Rd5 {looks unpleasant for Black.})
42... Rf8 $6 {But here Black misses his only chance to break free:} (42...
fxg4+ $5 43. fxg4 f5 44. dxe6+ (44. Kg2 Rg8 (44... fxg4 45. Ng7) (44... Bxh4
45. Ng7 Rg8 46. dxe6+ Ke7 47. Nxf5+ Nxf5 48. Bxf5) 45. dxe6+ Ke8 46. Kf3 fxg4+
47. Kg3 Nc8) 44... Rhxe6 45. Rxe6 Rxe6 46. Rxe6 Kxe6 47. g5 {and compared to
the game (although Black has to defend himself) this is already a much better
version} (47. Ng7+ Kf6 48. Nxf5 Nxf5 49. Bxf5 h6 {is just a draw})) 43. Bd3 (
43. Rd2) 43... fxg4+ $2 {Based on a miscalculation.} 44. fxg4 exd5 45. Rxd5 Kc7
(45... f5 {was Anish's intention but then he realised in time that} 46. Bxf5+
Rxf5 47. gxf5 Rxh5 48. Re6 Be7 {loses due to} 49. Rxe7+ ({or} 49. Rdxd6+ Bxd6
50. Kg4) 49... Kxe7 50. f6+) 46. Bf5 Rg8 47. Re3 Rf8 48. Ree5 Rg8 49. Bc2 Rf8
50. Bd1 {After some manoeuvring White is finally showing his cards: g5 is next.
Now Black is forced to act.} Re8 51. Rxe8 Nxe8 52. g5 Rd6 53. Rxd6 {A logical
decision although} (53. Bc2 {may have been better but it was very hard to
evaluate Black's counterplay after} Rxd5 54. cxd5 b5 55. axb5 Kb6 56. Bxh7 Kxb5
57. Kg4 c4 58. bxc4+ Kxc4 59. Nf4 a4) 53... Kxd6 54. Bc2 f6 55. g6 ({Of course,
my original intention had been} 55. Kg4 fxg5 56. hxg5 {but then I got very
worried about} Ke5 $1 (56... h6 $4 {loses on the spot} 57. Bg6 $1 (57. gxh6 $4
{draws on the spot} Nf6+ 58. Nxf6 Bxf6)) 57. Bxh7 Kd4 58. Bf5 Bxg5 $1 {the
right moment to sacrifice the bishop for the dangerous g-pawn} (58... Kc3 $2
59. Bd7 {and it would be too late for that}) 59. Kxg5 Kc3 60. Nf4 Kxb3 61. Nd5
Kxc4 62. Nxb6+ Kd4 {and with little time on the clock I wasn't able to judge
this position well, it might be a win but it's going to be very very hard to
get there.}) 55... hxg6 56. Bxg6 Nc7 57. Bf5 Ne6 58. Bxe6 (58. Kg4 Nd4 59. Nf4
Ke7 60. h5 Kf7 61. h6 Kg8) 58... Kxe6 59. Ng7+ ({After} 59. Nf4+ {Black would
become very active with} Ke5 60. Nd5 f5 61. h5 Bg5 62. Nxb6 Ke4 {and I don't
think White has any realistic winning chances here.}) 59... Ke5 60. Kg4 f5+ $1
61. Nxf5 Bxh4 $1 {Lucky Anish still has this trick!} 62. Nxh4 Kd4 63. Kf3 Kc3
64. Ke3 Kxb3 65. Kd3 Kxa4 66. Kc3 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Van Wely,L"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Due to some unforseen circumstances, Anish happens to have a few rating
points more than me now. Fortunately some things never change. Also in this
game Anish proves himself to be a nice guy, all I had to do was to finish him
off...} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 $1 {This must have come as a big shock to Anish, 2
years ago I used the Trompovsky against Anish as a surprise weapon, so he
definitely didn't expect me to try it again! In my preparation I had decided
to play some off-beat opening, so I was wondering which crap I was going sell
to Anish this time, finally decided to sell him the same crap again, and he
bought it, again, good boy! :)} e6 ({Last time he tried} 2... c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6
4. d5 {but in the end he didn't really enjoy the type of position he got.}) 3.
e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 {This looks like a modest move, but once I faced it
myself and understood things were not so simple at all. So I got curious how
Anish would handle this position. Spoiler alert: I didn't learn much...} d6 (
5... d5 {and}) (5... c5 {are serious, and possibbly better alternatives.
However I also played ...d6.}) 6. Bd3 e5 7. Ne2 Qd8 8. O-O Be7 9. f4 O-O 10.
Nd2 exd4 {So far so good, however here our paths are deviating, I choose to
play} (10... Nc6) 11. Nxd4 ({First I was inclined to play} 11. cxd4 {however
after} c5 12. d5 Bf6 {I wasn't so sure about this Benoni-hybrid, especially
the knight on e2 was worrying me.}) 11... Re8 $2 ({I was expecting} 11... Nc6
12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nf3 {with a solid but very pleasant advantage. However what
Anish does, he is simply asking for some serious spanking. I guess he has been
a bad boy...}) 12. Qh5 (12. Bc4 Nd7 13. Bxf7+ Kxf7 14. Qb3+ (14. Qh5+ Kg8 15.
Ne6 Nf6 $1) 14... Kg6 15. Ne6 Nc5 {somehow just doesn't work! Lucky Anish 
(part 36578833)}) 12... Nd7 13. Bc4 (13. e5 {was in hindsight maybe stronger,
but if you can attack f7 with tempo and force him to play ...Rf8, also looked
too good to be true} Nc5 14. Bc2 Bf8 15. Rae1 {and White can slowly build up
his attack on the black monarch.}) 13... Rf8 14. e5 Nb6 (14... Nc5) 15. Bb3 c5
16. exd6 (16. N4f3 {felt wrong because you prefer to go to f5, nevertheless
Black is still suffering, however the move I played also felt wrong, but at
least it was based on some calculations.}) 16... cxd4 $2 (16... Qxd6 $142 17.
N4f3 {and here White can still claim some plus} ({I had planned} 17. Ne4 {
but after} Qc7 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Rad8 $11 {its just equal}) 17... Qxf4 $2 {
runs into} 18. Ne5 $1) (16... Bxd6 17. Nb5 $1 $36) 17. dxe7 Qxe7 18. Rae1 Qd8
19. Ne4 dxc3 20. f5 $1 ({Of course I could just take back, and be better, but
am I not just killing that fish in the attack?} 20. bxc3) 20... Qd4+ 21. Kh1
cxb2 {Anish thought he was already taking over, I guess that was also the
reason why he didn't offer me a draw, what he normally does when he doesn't
see any more winning chances for himself :) After the game I told him he was
completley boned, the only question was how badly...} 22. f6 Be6 {Here I spent
most of my time, unfortunately I had 2 seemingly very good continuations.} 23.
fxg7 $2 (23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. f7+ Kh8 25. Ng5 {looked very good, till I saw} Qd5 {
and got shocked and went back to analyse fxg7} (25... Qd3 {doesn't work since}
26. Nxe6 {wins easily}) {however after I had cooled down after the game, I
came back to my senses and saw the winning} 26. h4 {immediately. It renews the
deadly threat of Qg6 and Black is helpless.}) 23... Qxg7 (23... Kxg7 $2 24. Rf6
$1) 24. Rf3 {The eternal question: which rook! To summarise it's plusses and
minusses: plus: I will defend the rook on e1 with tempo from g3; minus:
missing attacking forces.} (24. Re3 {plus: the rook is more active on f1 then
on e1; minus: rook can't be defended with tempo} Rfc8 $1 {again, which rook to
take? plus: freeing the f8-square; minus: not defending f7 anymore. In fact we
both thought it was losing because of not defending f7, but in that line Black
is winning in fact! In fact Black draws here because he is freeing the
f8-square} (24... Rac8 $2 25. Rg3 Rc1 (25... Qxg3 26. Qxh6 $1 Qe5 27. Nf6+ Qxf6
28. Qxf6 Rc1 29. Qg5+ Kh8 30. Rxc1 $18) 26. Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qe5+ f6 28. Qg3+ (
28. Qf4 {now black has} Nd5 29. Bxd5 Rxf1+ 30. Qxf1 Bxd5 31. Qb1 Rc8 32. Qxb2
Bxe4 $11) 28... Kh7 29. Qf4 Rxf1+ (29... Nd5 30. Bxd5 Rxf1+ 31. Qxf1 Bxd5 32.
Nc3 Rc8 33. Qf5+ {the difference}) 30. Qxf1 Rc8 31. Nc3 Bxb3 32. Qb1+ Kg7 33.
axb3 Rxc3 34. Qxb2 $16) 25. Rg3 Rc1 26. Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qe5+ Kg8 28. Nf6+ Kf8 {
and White has no more than a perpetual.}) 24... Rac8 ({Here we both thought
that} 24... Rfc8 {was losing because of} 25. Bxe6 $2 (25. Rg3 Qxg3 $1 (25...
Rc1 26. Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qe5+ Kh7 28. Nf6+ Kg6 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Qxe6 $18) 26.
hxg3 Rc1 27. Nf6+ Kg7 28. Qe5 b1=Q 29. Nh5+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qf6+ $11)
25... Rc1 26. Rxf7 {however we both missed} Kh8 $3 {which in fact turns the
tables!}) 25. Rg3 Qxg3 $6 {I had seen this motif in a different version, still
I got caught by surprise. However it's not the best move} (25... Rc1 $1 26.
Rxg7+ (26. Bd1 {I had seen that} Qxg3 {was neccesary} ({because} 26... b1=Q {
is losing because of} 27. Qxh6 $3)) 26... Kxg7 27. Qe5+ f6 28. Qg3+ Kh8 29. Nd2
{and here we both thought that White was very good, and that's very
understandable, however my computer revealed the naked truth to me!} (29. Bd1
b1=Q 30. Qg6) 29... Bxb3 30. axb3 (30. Nxb3 Rfc8 (30... b1=Q 31. Rxc1 $11) 31.
Qe3 Rxe1+ 32. Qxe1 Rc1 33. Nxc1 b1=Q 34. h4 $11)) 26. hxg3 Rc1 27. Bd1 $2 {
Setlling for a draw.} ({With more time on the clock I should have found that} 
27. Nf6+ $1 Kg7 28. Qe5 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Rc8 ({I don't think Black can create a
fortress here} 29... Kxf6 30. Qc3+ Ke7 (30... Kg6 31. Bc2+ {is quite annoying
as well}) 31. Qxb2) 30. Nh5+ Kg8 31. Kh2 Rc1 32. Qe5 Rh1+ 33. Kxh1 b1=Q+ 34.
Kh2 Qg6 35. Bxe6 fxe6 36. Qb8+ Kf7 37. Qxb7+ Ke8 38. Qb8+ Ke7 39. Qxa7+ Nd7 40.
Qa3+ {gives White very good winning chances due to his safe king and the
passed a-pawn without any risk. Pity...}) 27... b1=Q 28. Qxh6 Nd5 29. Qg5+ Kh8
30. Qh6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch49 Semifinal"]
[Site "Beltsy"]
[Date "1981.07.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ubilava, Elizbar"]
[Black "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Vasiukov,E"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1981.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. dxc5 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 Nc6 5. Be3 Qa5 6. Bd3 Bxc5 7. Bxc5 Qxc5 8.
Nf3 a6 9. O-O b5 10. Re1 d6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. a4 b4 14. Ned2 O-O 15.
Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 Bb7 17. a5 Qc7 18. Qe2 g6 19. Nc4 Nd7 20. Re3 Nc5 21. b3
Rad8 22. Rd1 Rd4 $2 23. Qe1 $1 Nxd3 24. Rexd3 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Qc5 26. h3 Qg5 27.
Ne3 Qxa5 28. Rd4 e5 29. Qxb4 Qc7 (29... Qxb4 30. Rxb4 {with bad endgame for
Black.}) 30. Rc4 Qd7 31. Qc3 Qe6 32. Rc7 Bd5 33. Qc5 Ba8 34. Re7 Qc8 35. Qxe5
h5 36. Qc7 Qxc7 37. Rxc7 Rb8 38. Kf1 Kg7 39. h4 Rb6 40. Ke2 Be4 41. Kd2 Rd6+
42. Kc3 Re6 43. Kd4 Bf5 44. Kc5 Be4 45. c4 Kf8 46. b4 Ke8 47. b5 axb5 48. cxb5
f5 49. g3 Kd8 50. Rg7 f4 51. gxf4 Rf6 52. f5 gxf5 53. f4 Bd3 54. Nd5 Re6 55. b6
Kc8 56. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 69th"]
[Site "Gladenbach"]
[Date "1997.11.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Miltner, Arndt"]
[Black "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Wahls,M"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1997.11.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 {Durch die Verdienste von Julian Hodgson und einger anderer
englischer Großmeister, erfreut sich die Trompovsky-Variante heutzutage großer
Popularität.} Ne4 $5 {In unserer modernen, hochtechnisierten Zeit beginnt der
eigentlich schachliche Wettstreit nicht mehr mit dem ersten Zug, sondern
bereits während der Vorbereitung. Aufgrund sinkender Preise für Datenbanken
und Notebooks ist heute fast jeder Turnierspieler in der Lage, sich mit Hilfe
von ChessBase ein umfassendes Bild von seinem künftigen Gegner zu machen.
Damit ist nicht nur die Sichtung dessen Eröffnungsrepertoires, sondern auch
das Aufspüren seiner Schwächen, Stärken und Neigungen gemeint. Ziel der
Vorbereitung muß es sein, dem Gegner den eigenen Willen aufzuzwingen. Die
angestrebte Variante sollte die eigenen Vorzüge beförden und die des Gegners
nach Möglichkeit nicht zur Geltung kommen lassen. Bei der Vorbereitung auf
diese Partie mußte ich feststellen, daß Miltner im Falle starker Gegnerschaft
mit Vorliebe remisträchtige Stellungen anzustreben pflegt. Um diese Absicht zu
durchkreuzen, nahm ich Abstand von meinem gewohnten 2..e6 und preparierte mit
2..Se4 einen Zug, der recht unbalancierte und interessante Stellungen zu
versprechen scheint.} 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 ({Nach} 4. d5 {verspricht} Qb6 {leichten
Ausgleich.}) 4... Qa5+ {Die Alternative} (4... Nf6 $6 {ist wegen} 5. dxc5 $1 {
in relative Ungnade gefallen.}) 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 (6. d5 e6 $11) 6... cxd4 7.
Nb3 (7. cxd4 $2 Nd5) 7... Qf5 $5 ({Die Hauptvariante} 7... Qb6 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9.
Qxb6 axb6 {gefiel mir gleich aus zweierlei Gründen nicht: Erstens ist die
Stellung hier ziemlich remislich und zweitens schätze ich sie, im Gegensatz
zur gängigen Theoriemeinung, als leicht besser für Weiß ein. Der Partiezug ist
ein wenig riskant, aber wohl ganz gut spielbar. Interessant ist die nun
folgende optische Stellungsveränderung. Binnen weniger Züge werden die
schwarzen Figuren völlig zurück gedrängt.}) 8. Bxb8 $1 Rxb8 9. Qxd4 $1 b6 10.
e4 Qf4 11. Nh3 $1 {Dieser Zug gefällt besser als die Altenativen 11.Ne2 und 11.
Bc4.} Qc7 12. e5 Ng8 13. Bd3 $2 {Kritisch ist} (13. O-O-O {, was in der
Stammpartie Salov-Nunn, Amsterdam 1995 gespielt wurde. Auf d3 steht der Läufer
wenig sinnvoll.}) 13... e6 $1 $15 {[#] Auf den ersten Blick ist dieses Urteil
schwer nachzuvollziehbar. Weiß deutlich besser zu stehen, da bereits fast all
seine Truppen entwickelt sind. Bei genauerem Hinsehen, jedoch erweißt sich
dieser oberflächliche Eindruck als trügerisch. Keine der weißen Figuren steht
wirklich aktiv. Der Bauer e5, der die schwarze Stellung einzuengen scheint,
wird sich bald als Verpflichtung herausstellen. Schwarz hingegen, besitz das
Läuferpaar und damit gleichzeitig die unumstrittene Herrschaft auf den dunklen
Feldern. Zusammen mit dem zentralen Bauernübergewicht im Zentrum begründet
dies einen klaren "Substanzvorteil". Nach Beendigung der Entwicklung und somit
erfolgter Stellungskonsolidierung fiele jener dann stark ins Gewicht. Um dies
zu verhindern, müßte Weiß nun versuchen seinen Zeitvorteil in Initiative
umzuwandeln. Aber wie gesagt, die weißen Figuren stehen zu schlecht, um die
feste schwarze Stellung ernsthaft bgefährden zu können.} (13... g6 14. e6 Nf6 (
14... f6 $2 15. Ng5 Bg7 16. Nxh7) 15. exf7+ Kxf7 16. Ng5+ (16. f4 Bb7 17. O-O
e6 18. Ng5+ Kg7 $15) 16... Kg7 17. Ne4 Bb7 (17... e5 18. Nxf6 $1) 18. Nxf6 exf6
19. O-O-O Bc5 20. Qa4 Bc6 21. Bb5 Be3+ 22. Kb1 Rhe8 $13) 14. O-O (14. Ng5 $5
Ne7 (14... f5 $2 15. Bb5 $1) (14... Bc5 $5 15. Qf4 f5 16. Bb5 Kf8 17. O-O-O (
17. Ne4 Ne7 $17) 17... Ne7) 15. Qf4 f5 16. Bb5 Nc6 $15) 14... f5 $1 {[#] Auch
diese gute Schablonezug erscheint auf den ersten Blick paradox. Anstatt sich
zu entwickeln macht Schwarz einen weiteren Bauernzug, der noch dazu
Schwächungen im eigenen Lager hervorzurufen scheint. Immerhin wäre der
Abtausch des weißen e-Bauern mit d7-d6 nun mit der Rückständigkeit des
verbleibenden schwarzen Zentralbauern verbunden. Doch dieser Aspekt ist
sekundär, denn wegen seiner schlechten Entwicklung denkt Schwarz einstweilen
gar nicht an eine Stellungsöffnung mit d7-d6. Vielmehr möchte er sich erst
einmal im Schutze seines gerade errichteten Bauernschildes zuende entwickeln.
Der Bauer f5 erfüllt in diesem Zusammenhang eine doppelte Funktion: Zum einen
nimmt er den weißen Springern das Feld e4 und damit den Einfluß auf den
neuralgischen Punkt d6. Zum anderen hält er die weißen Figuren (insbesondere
den Läufer) vom schwarzen Königsflügel fern.} 15. Kh1 $6 {Vermutlich wäre es
besser gewesen auf f6 zu schlagen, auch wenn Schwarz dann mit seinen Läufern
und den mobil gewordenen Zentrumsbauern über die zumindest leicht bessere
Chancen verfügt. In Betracht kam ferner 15.Rfe1, um mit 16.Qa4 und 17.Nd4
fortzusetzen.} Nh6 $1 {Der Springer strebt nach f7, von woaus er mit g5, e5
und d6 gleich drei immens wichtige Felder kontrolliert.} 16. Rfe1 Be7 17. Nd2
Nf7 18. a4 {Hierdurch erhält der weiße Springer einen Stütztpunkt auf c4.} O-O
19. b4 $2 {In dem Bestreben Bc5 zu verhindern, kompromittiert Weiß seine
Bauernstruktur nicht unerheblich. Besser gewesen wäre} (19. Nc4 Bb7 (19... g5
$5 {mit der Idee durch 20..Bc5 die Dame zu gewinnen. Sicherlich waren es
derartige Motive, die Weiß zu seinem 19.Zug veranlaßten.}) (19... Ba6 20. Nd6
$1) 20. Rad1 Rbc8 21. b3 g5 22. Qf2 Kh8 $36 {mit der Idee Tg8 und g4.}) 19...
d6 $1 {Nach abgeschlossener Entwicklung und in Verbindung mit dem letzten
weißen Zug macht diese Stellungsöffnung einen sehr guten Eindruck. Die
schwarze Überlegenheit auf den dunklen Feldern kommt nun wunderbar zur Geltung.
} 20. exd6 (20. Qc4 Qxc4 21. Nxc4 dxe5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Rxe5 Bf6 $19) 20...
Bxd6 {Schwarz verfügt nun über eine ausgezeichnete Zentrumskontrolle, was ihm
klaren Vorteil verspricht. Geschockt durch den vermutlich unerwarteten 19.
schwarzen Zug, verliert der Weiße nun gänzlich den Faden.} 21. Nc4 $2 (21. Qc4
Bxh2 22. f4 $1 Qxc4 23. Bxc4 Bg3 24. Re3 Bh4 25. Bxe6 Bxe6 26. Rxe6 Bf6 27. Rc1
Rfe8 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $17) (21. f4 e5 22. Qc4 $1 e4 $17) 21... Bxh2 $19 22. f4
Bg3 23. Re2 Bh4 24. Rc1 Bb7 25. Ne5 Bf6 26. Qe3 Bxe5 $5 27. fxe5 Nh6 28. Nf4
Ng4 29. Qg3 Rbe8 30. Bb1 Qf7 (30... Nxe5 $2 31. Nxe6 Rxe6 32. Ba2) 31. Ba2 g5
32. Nxe6 {Alles andere wäre natürlich vollkommen hoffnungslos.} Rxe6 33. Rd1
Kh8 34. Rd6 $2 {Dieser Überseher bereitet dem weißen Leiden ein jähes Ende.} (
34. Bxe6 Qxe6 35. Rd6 f4 36. Rxe6 (36. Qe1 Qe8) 36... fxg3 37. Kg1 Bd5 38. Rd6
Rf2 $19) (34. Kg1 Bc8 35. Red2 Qg6 36. Bxe6 Bxe6 37. Rd8 Rxd8 38. Rxd8+ Kg7 $19
{mit der Idee f4.}) 34... Qh5+ 0-1

[Event "Oxford GM-A"]
[Site "Oxford"]
[Date "1998.12.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1998.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 {When in England, do as the English do!} Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3
c5 5. Bd3 $1 {The new fashion, the poison of which was unfortunately rather
more in evidence in my later game as black against Julian than here! The idea
is simple. No longer does white exploit the position of black's knight on e4
by driving it back, but rather by simply exchanging it off, claiming that
black's e4 pawn will constitute a serious weakness.} Nf6 $5 {Perhaps too
unpretentious, it is a little hard to believe that black can simply cede a
tempo this lightly.} 6. Nf3 {There is nothing wrong with the text move.
White's bishop may be arguably a little misplaced on d3 since black is about
to pin the f3 knight, but on the other hand white has 'wasted' less time with
his Bg5-f4 than black with his Nf6-e4-f6. However, a couple of days later in
the other GM section, Aaron Summerscale showed a much more direct approach with
} (6. dxc5 $5 Qa5+ ({I had been much more concerned about} 6... Nc6 $5 7. Nf3 (
7. Bb5 $5 {This might be the key. White avoids the irritating pin on his f3
knight.} Qa5+ 8. Nc3 a6 (8... e6 9. a3 $1) 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qd4 Bf5 11. Nf3 $5
Bxc2 12. O-O {[%csl Rc6][%cal Yf3e5,Yb2b4] with a dark square bind.}) 7... Bg4
{which does indeed seem to be critical. All attempts to retain the pawn do
offer black definite compensation.} 8. Bb5 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 e6 10. Qd4 $1 (10. a3
Ne4 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. b4 Nxc3 13. Qd3 Qb5 14. Qxc3 Bxf3 $1 15. gxf3 a5 $44)
10... Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nd7 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. b4 Qa3 14. O-O Be7 $132 {[%cal Ye7f6,
Yf6c3]}) 7. Nc3 e6 8. a3 $1 {Preventing capture on c5 by the bishop, and
moreover preparing to target black's queen rather effectively.} Qxc5 9. Nb5 $1
Na6 10. b4 Qb6 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. Qe2 Be7 13. Be5 O-O 14. Bd4 Qc6 15. O-O {
[%csl Ra6,Ra7]} b6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nbd4 Qa4 18. Bxa6 b5 19. Bb7 Rab8 20. Bc6
$18 {1-0 Summerscale,A-Hermansson,E/It GMB, Oxford ENG 1998/[Wells] (29)}) 6...
Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. c3 e6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. Qb1 $5 {[%cal Yb1h7,Yf3e5] A better
square than c2. White may need that square for retreat in the event of a later
...c4, and in any case does not want to run into ...Rc8.} Bh5 11. Ne5 Bg6 12.
Nxg6 hxg6 13. Nf3 Nh5 14. Be5 Bd6 15. Bb5 (15. Bxg6 $2 {For some unknown
reason I wasted time on} Bxe5 16. dxe5 fxg6 17. Qxg6+ Kd7 18. g4 Qf8 $1 $17 19.
Kg2 $140 $2 Qxf3+) 15... O-O 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qc2 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Yc3c4] I
think white's chances of creating play on the c-file are no better after the
exchange of bishops. His next move surprised me since the bishop on e5 is by
no means bad.} Be7 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. c4 Rc8 20. Rac1 Nf6 21. Bxf6 $5 {
Somewhere around here I went the full distance from excessive pessimism to
equally exagerrated pessimism. I believed that this exchange would increase my
chances on the light squares and had assumed that the structure reached at
move 27 would strongly favour white. I still do not think this is a bad move
but the routine} (21. Qa4 {deserved consideration.}) 21... gxf6 22. Qa4 Qb6 23.
Rc2 Be7 24. Rfc1 c5 25. cxd5 exd5 26. e4 (26. Rd1 Rfd8 27. Rcd2 Qe6) 26... Rfd8
27. exd5 Rxd5 28. h4 $6 $138 {A typical time-trouble mistake. OK, creating
'luft' for the king is acceptable, but positionally highly desirable though it
would be to break up black's king-side by pushing the pawn to h5, with move
time this would be seen to be too easy to prevent. Having opened the e-file it
was imperative to be the first there} (28. Re2 $1) 28... Rcd8 29. Re2 Bf8 30.
Rce1 Kg7 31. b3 a5 32. Re8 $6 (32. Qg4 $5) 32... Qb4 $1 33. Qc6 (33. Qxb4 axb4
34. Kf1 $15) 33... Rxe8 34. Qxe8 c4 $1 35. Qa8 {A step in the falsely complex
direction. It is particularly difficult to adjust to a situation of lost
initiative, but what happens next is dreadful. Of course after eg.} (35. bxc4
Qxc4 36. Qe2 Qxe2 37. Rxe2 {white should not lose.}) 35... Rd3 36. Re4 {
This time the flag was really hanging! After} (36. Qe4 Rc3 37. bxc4 Rxc4 (37...
Qxc4 38. Qxc4 Rxc4 39. Re2 $15) 38. Qe2 Qa4 {black is clearly pressing, but
this desertion of the back rank is really suicide.}) 36... Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Qd6+
38. g3 c3 39. Rc4 Qd3 0-1

[Event "Oxford GM-A"]
[Site "Oxford"]
[Date "1998.12.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 {Of course it would seem} 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 (4... Bf5 {
has been popular, but white's plan of putting pressure on the centre with c4
in conjunction with a king-side expansion appears to lead to a significant
advantage in space eg.} 5. f3 Nf6 6. c4 $1 Bxb1 (6... e6 7. Nc3 c6 8. g4 Bg6 9.
h4 h6 10. Qb3 b6 11. Nh3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd5 13. O-O-O Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. e4
Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Nd7 17. h5 Bh7 18. Kb1 O-O-O 19. Ka1 $14 {[%csl Rh7] 1-0
Conquest,S-Xie Jun/Hastings 1997/CBM 57 (28)}) (6... c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bxb8 $1
Nxe3 (8... Rxb8 9. e4 Ne3 10. Qe2 Qa5+ 11. Kf2 Nxf1 12. exf5 $18 {[%csl Rf1]})
9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qe2 Nxg2+ 12. Qxg2 Rxb8 13. dxc5 g6 {1/2-1/2
Adams,M-Van Wely,L/Tilburg 1996/Inf 68 (59) and although white's position is a
bit of a mess, it is a piece, and black's compensation does not look enough.})
7. Rxb1 c6 8. Bd3 e6 9. Ne2 Bb4+ 10. Kf2 {[%csl Yf2] Again white expands on
both flanks, and the king stands quite comfortably in the centre.} Be7 11. g4
dxc4 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. e4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Emms,J/Hove 1997/EXT 99 (41)
With a pleasant space advantage.}) (4... c6 5. Bd3 Qb6 6. Bxe4 $1 {Again as in
the main game this idea to weaken e4. In this case black grabs b2 and
successfully extricates his queen, but white gains a lot of development and is
able to prevent all black's breaks.} Qxb2 7. Nd2 dxe4 8. Ne2 Nd7 9. Nxe4 g6 10.
O-O Bg7 11. Qd3 Qb6 12. a4 O-O 13. a5 Qd8 14. Qc3 {[%cal Ya5b6,Yd4e5,Ye4c5,
Yc3c5,Yf4e5] 1-0 Hodgson,J-Smejkal,J/BL9596 1996/GER-chT (34)}) 5. Bd3 $1 cxd4
{Black has tried several moves here, but the current assessment has to be that
none of them is entirely satisfactory, eg.} (5... Qb6 {looks very treachorous}
6. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 7. Nc3 Qxb2 8. Nge2 Bg4 9. Nxe4 Bxe2 10. Kxe2 cxd4 11. Qd3 $1
f5 12. Ng5 Nc6 13. Ne6 Rc8 14. Rhb1 Qc3 15. Qxc3 dxc3 16. Rxb7 {[%csl Rf8,Rh8]}
Kf7 17. Nd4 Kf6 18. Bc7 $1 Nxd4+ 19. exd4 a6 20. Ra7 e6 21. Rb1 Be7 22. Be5+ {
[%csl Re7][%cal Yb1b7] 1-0 Adams,M-Xie Jun/Premier, Hastings ENG 1997 (22)}) (
5... Nc6 6. Bxe4 dxe4 7. d5 (7. Ne2 $5 {[%csl Re4]}) 7... Nb4 8. Nc3 e6 9. d6
Qa5 10. Nge2 Bd7 11. O-O f5 12. a3 Nc6 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 Qb6 15. b5 Nd8 16.
Nd4 Nf7 17. Na4 Qd8 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. Nc5 Qc8 20. Qd4 Nd8 21. f3 exf3 22. e4 b6
23. Na6 Qc4 24. Qxc4 Bxc4 25. Nc7+ Kd7 26. Nxa8 Bxf1 27. Rxa7+ Ke6 28. Nc7+ Kd7
29. exf5 fxg2 30. Ne6+ Ke8 31. d7+ Kf7 32. Nxd8+ Kf6 33. Ne6 Be7 34. Bg5+ {
1-0 Hodgson,J-Tseitlin,M/Ischia 1996/CBM 54 (34)}) 6. Bxe4 dxe4 7. exd4 Nc6 ({
I did not fully trust} 7... g6 {despite its promising debut} 8. Nc3 (8. c3 $5 {
[%csl Re4]}) 8... Bg7 9. Nge2 (9. Nxe4 Qb6 $5 10. Nf3 Bg4 $132) 9... Bf5 10.
O-O Nc6 11. d5 Ne5 12. Ng3 Nc4 13. Nb5 (13. Qe2 $5 $14) 13... Nxb2 14. Nxf5
Nxd1 15. Nxg7+ Kd7 16. Rfxd1 Qa5 17. Rab1 Rac8 18. c4 Rhg8 19. Be5 Rxc4 20. d6
e6 21. Na3 Rb4 22. Rxb4 Qxb4 23. Rb1 Qxa3 24. Rxb7+ Kc6 25. Rc7+ Kd5 26. Bf6
Qxa2 27. h3 Kxd6 $19 {0-1 Hodgson,J-Leitao,R/Mermaid Beach 1998/CBM 62 ext (35)
}) 8. Ne2 Bg4 (8... e5 $6 {Occupied a quite unjustified amount of my time.} 9.
dxe5 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Bg4 11. Nbc3 O-O-O+ (11... Nd4 12. h3) 12. Kc1 $16) 9. Nbc3
e6 (9... Qa5 10. h3 Bh5 11. O-O O-O-O 12. d5 e6 13. dxc6 Rxd1 14. cxb7+ Kxb7
15. Rfxd1 Bb4 16. g4 Bg6 17. Rd7+ Ka8 18. Be3 Bc5 19. Nd4 $36 {1/2-1/2
Gallagher,J-Rytshagov,M/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (63)}) 10. h3 Bh5 {The
conjunction of black's next two moves looks strange, but there is logic to it
since if} (10... Bxe2 11. Qxe2 $1 Nxd4 12. Qxe4 {[%csl Ye4,Yf4][%cal Ya1d1]
would have left white very active. I needed e4 to be occupied so that white's
queen is driven to a less optmal post.}) 11. Nxe4 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nxd4 13. Qd3
Nc6 14. O-O-O Qxd3 15. Rxd3 Nb4 $1 {An important defensive manouvre. If black
can plant the knight on d5 and even support it would with ...b7-b5 then he
could look to a decent future. For the first time I believed in the viability
of my position.} 16. Rb3 Nd5 {[%csl Yd5]} 17. Bg3 b6 18. Rd1 Rc8 19. Kb1 Rc6 $4
{An extraordinary blunder which throws away the product of a hitherto rather
competent defence.} (19... Be7 20. Rd4 (20. Nd6+ $6 Bxd6 21. Bxd6 Rd8 {[%cal
Yd8d1,Yd5c3]}) 20... O-O (20... f5 $5) 21. c4 Nf6 22. Nd6 Rc5 $13) 20. Rd4 $1 {
[%csl Yd5][%cal Gc2c4]} Be7 (20... f5 21. c4 $1 fxe4 22. cxd5 exd5 23. Rxd5 $16
{[%csl Re4,Re8]}) 21. c4 Nf6 22. Nd6+ Bxd6 23. Bxd6 {[%csl Re8]} Nd7 24. Rg3 $1
{A good probe! Black has little option but, with a heavy heart, to further
weaken his dark squares. In fact it is more than this. Since it is hard to
avoid the move ...f6, it is black's entire 2nd rank which is subject to
imminent collapse.} g6 25. Rgd3 f6 26. Be7 $1 {A nice touch. In the event of} (
26. Bg3 Nc5 $1 27. Rd8+ Kf7 28. Rxh8 Nxd3 29. Rxh7+ Ke8 {when black can
struggle on a bit.}) 26... Ne5 27. Ra3 $3 (27. Bxf6 {This one I had missde!
Not only more elegant but even stronger than the prosaic} Nxd3 28. Rd8+ Kf7 29.
Bxh8 Nxf2) 27... Nxc4 28. Rxa7 e5 29. Rd8+ Kf7 30. Bb4+ $1 {[%csl Yd2,Rh8]} 1-0

[Event "Wotulo Memorial"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "2001.03.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Prayitno, Sugeng"]
[Black "Djuric, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2001.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 g6 4. f3 Nf6 5. e4 d6 6. Qd2 Nc6 7. Ne2 e5 8. Be3
d5 9. Nbc3 (9. dxe5 $5 Nxe5 10. Bd4 (10. Nec3 dxe4 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Bg5 Be7
$13) 10... Nc4 $5 (10... Bd6 11. exd5 (11. f4 $4 Nxe4 12. Qc1 Qh4+ $40) 11...
O-O (11... Nxd5 $2 12. f4 $16) 12. Nbc3 Re8 13. O-O-O Nc4 14. Qg5 $14) 11. Qc3
Bg7 12. exd5 Nb6 13. Qe3+ Kf8 14. Nbc3 Nfxd5 15. Bxg7+ Kxg7 16. Qd4+ Qf6 $11)
9... dxe4 10. O-O-O exf3 11. gxf3 {This is the position where I found the idea
that white should have sufficient scarcely credible. Again, I was probably
influenced in my thinking by the existence of a positional ugliness in
addition to the pawn minus. Critical of course is the refutation of 11...Bg7,
but the extent of black's difficulties in other lines too is an eye-opener.} a6
({If} 11... Bg7 12. dxe5 Qxd2+ 13. Rxd2 Nxe5 14. Nb5 O-O 15. Nxc7 Nc4 16. Nxa8
Nxe3 17. Nc7 {black might hope for some compensation, bu not sufficient.}) 12.
Bg2 Bg7 (12... exd4 13. Nxd4 Bg7 14. Nxc6 Qxd2+ 15. Rxd2 bxc6 16. Bc5 $5 {
[%cal Yf3f4] is also problematic for the defence.}) 13. Qe1 e4 (13... Qe7 14.
Bg5 $5 exd4 $140 15. Nd5) (13... exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4+ Be6 16. Ne4 $36)
14. fxe4 $14 {[%csl Yd4,Ye4]} O-O 15. h3 Nd7 16. e5 Nb6 17. Qg3 Ne7 18. Bg5 h6
19. Bf4 g5 20. Bd2 Nf5 21. Qd3 Nh4 22. Be4 f5 23. exf6 Qxf6 24. Ng3 Be6 25. Nh5
Qxd4 26. Qxd4 Bxd4 27. Bxg5 hxg5 28. Rxd4 Nf5 29. Rd2 Kf7 30. Rg1 Nd6 31. Rxg5
Rg8 32. Rf2+ Ke7 33. h4 Rxg5 34. hxg5 Rh8 35. Nf4 Nxe4 36. Ng6+ Kd7 37. Nxe4
Rh1+ 38. Kd2 Nc4+ 39. Kc3 Rh3+ 40. Kd4 Nxb2 41. Nc5+ Kd6 42. Rf6 1-0

[Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"]
[Site "Pulvermuehle"]
[Date "2000.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "Hamdouchi, Hicham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2000.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 {I like to throw this move in now and again for a break from
heavy theory and hopefully for an element of surprise. The latter motivation
was rather misplaced here. Hichem looked far from phased by this choice - "
The English are always playing this against me" he explained afterwards!} Ne4
3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 (4. d5 {Might be an attempt to avoid the line in the game and
reach the variation I was after if black replies simply} Qb6 5. Bc1 e6 (5... g6
$5 {is however, for example a notable alternative.} 6. f3 Nd6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Nc3
f5 $5 (8... O-O $132 {[%cal Gf7f5]}) 9. exf5 Nxf5 10. g4 $5 Nh6 11. d6 {
[%cal Yc3d5]} e6 12. Nb5 Na6 13. Be3 $13 {1/2-1/2 Hodgson,J-Nunn,J/Oxford 1998/
CBM 69 (13) An immense quantity of confusion and interest to pack into such a
'gamelet'.}) 6. f3 Nf6 7. c4) 4... Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 e6 $5 ({I don't think
that black has fully managed to solve his problems after} 6... Qb6 7. Bc1 $5 e6
8. c4 $14) 7. e4 d6 $6 (7... exd5 $1 {is better, and indeed looking at it in a
little more detail after the game, it begins to look like one of black's more
interesting choices against the Trompovsky. The key point is not to fear the
check on e2, eg.}) (7... exd5 8. exd5 d6 9. Na3 (9. Qe2+ $6 Be7 10. Bxd6 Nxd5
11. Qe5 (11. Bxb8 Rxb8 12. Qe5 Qb6 $1 13. Qxd5 Qxb2 14. Qe5 O-O 15. Qxe7 Bf5
16. Qg5 Bg6 17. Nd2 Qxa1+ 18. Kf2 Rfe8 $17 {[%csl Ra2,Rc3,Rf1,Rf2,Rg1,Rh1] 0-1
Popov,V-Novik,M/St.Petersburg 1992/CBM 28 ext (53)}) 11... Nc6 12. Qxd5 Be6 13.
Qxc5 Qxc5 14. Bxc5 Bxc5 {[%csl Re3] White pays a heavy price for the early f3
move in such cases.} 15. Bb5 O-O-O 16. Nd2 Be3 17. Nc4 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Rhe8 19.
Ne2 Rd2 20. b4 Ne5 21. Bb5 Re7 22. f4 Ng4 23. h3 Nf6 24. Rf1 a6 25. Rf3 Rb2 {
0-1 Neihs,H-Cvitan,O/Oberwart 1993/EXT 98 (25)}) (9. Ne2 $5 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Nb6
11. b4 $1 cxb4 (11... Qa3 $5 {Byrne/Mednis.}) 12. c4 Be7 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. N2b3
Qa4 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. O-O O-O 17. Rc1 Nh5 18. Bd2 Bf6 19. g4 Bxd4+ 20. Nxd4 Nf6
21. Qxa4 Nxa4 22. Bxb4 $16 {1-0 Gulko,B-Browne,W/USA-ch 1992/TD (60)}) 9... Be7
10. g4 Nbd7 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. a4 O-O 13. Ne2 Re8 14. Kf2 Nf8 15. Ng3 Ng6 16. Be3
Nd7 17. Be2 Bh4 18. Qd2 Nde5 19. Kg2 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Bd7 21. Rhe1 a6 22. Bf1 {
1/2-1/2 Benjamin,J-Ivanov,A/World Open, Philadelphia USA 1999 (22) A typical
unclear Trompovsky mess, which at the least offers scope for experimentation.})
8. dxe6 $1 Bxe6 9. Na3 $1 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Ya3b5,Ya3c4] Of course. Depending
upon black's reply, the knight has a pleasant choice of places to hop to.} Nc6
10. Nc4 Bxc4 11. Bxc4 $14 Be7 {Definitely practically best, even if can be
shown that white can capture on b7 without fear. If black takes a further time
out to deal with the problem of Qb3 then white has time to develop comfortably,
head for f5 with his knight and enjoys an extremely pleasant game.} 12. Qb3 $5
{Those who like to read history retrospectively and were impressed by the
attacking resources which black was able to produce in the game, tended to
question this, and claim a very big plus from the alternative Ne2. Two
considerations: 1) In spite of all the practical difficulties, and nervous
moments to come, the text might be just about 'winning' with best play. 2) The
alternative} (12. Ne2 $5 {[%csl Rg7,Rh6][%cal Ye2g3,Yg3f5,Gg7g6] indeed looks
tempting since if black has to avoid the knight's intended landing on f5 by
playing g6 then he does really have a lot of weaknesses to consider. However,
while I think white retains an edge, I am not convinced that} O-O 13. O-O Ne5
14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. Ng3 Qc7 $14 {is so tragic for black despite white's superior
bishop.}) 12... O-O 13. Qxb7 Rab8 {[%mdl 512] Although come the run-up to move
40 the game was to de-generate into a mad time scramble that was distinctly
mutual, here it was Hichem who was consuming vast amounts of time. Of course,
no one likes to give a piece lightly, but having seen even a part of black's
coming resources, I was surprised that he seriously considered} (13... Rfc8 14.
O-O-O Rab8 15. Qa6 Qc7 $16 {and believed that black has some play. I think
white is close to be simply a pawn up - I have big positional trumps too.}) 14.
Qxc6 Rxb2 15. Rc1 $8 (15. Ne2 $2 Rb6 16. Qc7 Rb1+ $17) 15... Rb6 16. Qc7 Bd8
17. Qc8 {This is about as far as I had calculated when entering this mass of
complications. I had a square for my queen, and places to run in the event of
17...Nxe4.} d5 $1 {There is no going back, and line-opening essential even at
extra material cost.} ({I had prepared} 17... Nxe4 18. Qf5 $1 {and was rightly
content with that.} (18. fxe4 $4 Bh4+)) 18. exd5 {In fact, I am rather lucky.
If the c-pawn would not be en prise I would be in some trouble here, and that
I had not foreseen.} (18. Bd3 {is quite dangerous for white after either} Qxa2
({or} 18... c4 19. Bc2 Nxe4 20. Qh3 Nf6) 19. Ne2 c4 20. Bc2 Rb2 $132) 18... Qa4
19. Qxc5 Re8+ {Again the best try. White's advantage is preserved only by a
nice trick in the event of the plausible} (19... Nd7 $2 20. Qd4 Bf6 21. Bb3 $1
$18) 20. Kf1 ({I didn't like} 20. Ne2 Rb2 (20... Nd7 21. Qd4 Bf6 22. Bb3 {
still seems to work.}) 21. Bg3 Bb6 22. Qc6 Qa3 {although it merited
consideration.}) 20... Nd7 21. Qd4 Rb2 22. Bb3 Qa3 23. Nh3 Bb6 24. Qb4 $6 ({
The strong feeling after was that here was my clearest missed chance, and that
returning the queen to the fray with} 24. Qd1 $1 {is simply strong. The
problem is that my most confident feeling in the whole defence came after this
mistake, while my enormously optimistic opponent seemed to be enjoying himself
through-out.}) 24... Qa6+ 25. c4 Nc5 {[%cal Gc5d3,Gc5b3]} 26. Re1 $2 $138 {
I do not remember at what stage time-trouble became a serious problem for me (
probably about my 7th birthday, if I were to take the broader view! ) but here
it was certainly a major issue. Hichem had still less time, but the attack
involves fewer decisions. In any case, I missed the obvious reply to this.} (
26. Rd1 $2 Nxb3 27. axb3 Qa2 $132) (26. Qc3 $5 Rbe2 (26... Ree2 27. Bc2) 27.
Bg3 Ba5 28. Qd4 Bb6 29. Qd1) 26... Qc8 $1 {Suddenly it is no longer clear
whether white can win.} 27. Bg3 $8 {Actually a good adjustment to an
unpleasant shock.} (27. Rd1 Ree2) (27. Rxe8+ Qxe8 {[%cal Re8e2]}) 27... Nd3 28.
Qc3 Nxe1 29. Qxb2 Nxf3 30. d6 $6 {A typical time-trouble reflex, played not
with the belief that the pawn will queen, but rather that it will be useful in
deflecting black's pieces.} (30. Nf4 Qg4 {[%cal Gg4f4]}) (30. gxf3 $1 Qxh3+ 31.
Qg2 Qf5 32. Bc2 Qf6 33. Bd1 Qf5 34. Be1 $1 {This move I think is quite hard to
find in time-trouble. Even in the post-mortem the positions were hard enough
to defend.} Qd3+ 35. Be2 Qa3 {Even now black will amass some pawns for his
trouble. White's problem is how to develop and make progress.}) 30... Qf5 $1 {
[%cal Yf3h2,Yf3d2]} 31. gxf3 $8 {Best, but now the draw is more or less forced.
} Qxf3+ 32. Nf2 Bxf2 33. Qxf2 Qxh1+ 34. Qg1 Qf3+ 35. Qf2 Qh1+ 36. Qg1 Qf3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.10.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Winants, Luc"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Winants,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgium"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{A l'annonce de notre duel contre l'équipe d'Azerbaïdjan, ancienne patrie de
Gary Kasparov, je m'attendais а rencontrer leur nouveau prodige, Teimour
Radjabov, dont les récents exploits n'ont pas manqué d'attirer l'attention de
la presse internationale. Leur capitaine en décida pourtant autrement et je
fus finalement opposé а Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, autre enfant terrible, qui
venait tout juste de remporter le championnat d'Europe des moins de 18 ans en
Espagne. Autant dire que son Elo de 2580 points ne pouvait me donner qu'une
très vague idée de sa force actuelle.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 {Il y a quelques temps,
j'avais émis l'opinion qu'il valait mieux éviter de confronter les analyses
des forêts ardennaises avec celles du club central de Moscou. Après Kasparov,
Radjabov, Mamedyarov et maintenant Gashimov (vice-champion d'Europe des moins
de 20 ans) je me permets aujourd'hui d'ajouter que Bakou fait également partie
des villes а contourner...} Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 Bf5 5. f3 {L'idée même du
début Trompovsky : les Blancs ont attiré le Cavalier adverse sur e4, pour
gagner ensuite du terrain au centre ou sur l'aile Roi.} Nf6 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 c6
8. Qb3 b6 9. g4 Bg6 10. h4 {J'avais déjà joué tout cela contre le Maître
International danois Michael Wiedenkeller, lors de la Coupe d'Europe des clubs
2000 en Bosnie. Les Blancs saisissent encore l'occasion de gagner de l'espace
et tentent de dissuader leur adversaire d'effectuer le petit roque.} h6 11.
O-O-O ({Au lieu de} 11. Nh3 {essayé dans la partie sus-mentionnée.}) 11... a5 {
Mamedyarov ne perd pas un instant et profite de la belle diagonale dont il
dispose (g6-b1) pour amorcer sa contre-attaque.} 12. cxd5 {Pour dégager les
lignes et tirer parti de l'avance en développement.} (12. Nh3 {se serait
révélé beaucoup trop nonchalant :} a4 $1 13. Nxa4 dxc4 14. Qxb6 (14. Bxc4 b5)
14... Rxa4 15. Qxd8+ Kxd8 16. Bxb8 c3 {et les Noirs prennent le dessus car si}
17. bxc3 {alors} Rxa2 {suivi d'un échec mortel sur a3.}) 12... a4 $6 {Il reste
imperturbable et poursuit sa progression. Cependant le sacrifice du pion ne me
paraît pas entièrement correct car les Noirs passent а l'offensive sans le
soutient de nombreuses pièces encore postées sur leur case initiale.} ({Sur} 
12... exd5 {j'avais l'intention de continuer par} 13. e4 (13. Bd3 {ne serait
pas mal non plus}) 13... dxe4 14. h5 Bh7 15. Bc4 {etc. avec de belles
possibilités.}) 13. Nxa4 Nxd5 14. Ne2 {Le Cavalier arrive а la rescousse.} (14.
Bxb8 Qxb8 15. e4 {se heurtait а} Qf4+ 16. Kb1 Bxe4+ $1) 14... Nb4 {Vers a2,
tout en menaçant Fc2 : les Blancs n'ont pas le choix.} 15. e4 {Voilà le Fg6
écarté du jeu.} Nxa2+ 16. Qxa2 b5 17. Nec3 bxa4 18. d5 $1 {La pointe des coups
précédents :Les Blancs frappent au centre, au moment où l'armée adverse, loin
d'être mobilisée, sommeille encore sur la huitième rangée.} a3 $1 {La
meilleure chance : Les Noirs menacent de gagner la Dame via axb2+ suivi de Fa3}
({Si} 18... exd5 19. Nxd5 $1 cxd5 (19... Bd6 20. Nc7+ Qxc7 21. Bxd6) 20. Bb5+
Nd7 21. Rxd5 Ra7 22. Rhd1 {Et les Blancs gagnent.}) 19. dxc6 $2 {J'ai d'abord
étudié cette position sans aucun état d'âme et envisagé bon nombre de
variantes. Je m'apprêtais donc а les calculer séparément, selon la bonne
vieille méthode décrite par les plus grands entraîneurs, quand me vint
subitement l'idée, que cette partie pouvait être gagnée par un sacrifice de
Tour complètement surnaturel. Dès ce moment, il n'était donc plus question de
réfléchir а autre chose et les sentiments l'ont emporté sur le bon sens.
Pourtant le soir même, quelque peu déçu du résultat, j'ai demandé l'avis des
logiciels... Pour découvrir а ma grande surprise que le fameux programme
"Fritz" optait exactement pour le même concept ! Finalement, j'ai profité de
mon jour de repos а la cinquième ronde pour chercher encore et au bout du
compte j'ai pu vérifier que le gain était bel et bien а ma portée :} (19. Nb5
$1 {conjuguant l'attaque vers c7 avec la défense de a3.} Na6 (19... axb2+ 20.
Qxb2 cxd5 21. Nc7+ Qxc7+ 22. Bxc7 Ba3 23. Bb5+ Ke7 24. exd5 {Et ce pion arrive
sur d6}) (19... cxb5 20. Bxb5+ Nd7 21. dxe6 axb2+ 22. Qxb2 Ba3 23. exd7+ Ke7
24. Qxa3+ Rxa3 25. Bd6+ Kf6 26. e5+ Ke6 27. Bc4+ Kxd7 28. Bxa3+ {gagne}) (19...
e5 20. dxc6 (20. Bxe5 cxb5) 20... Qb6 (20... Qc8 21. c7) 21. c7 Qc5+ (21... Nd7
22. Qd5) 22. Kb1 Nd7 23. Rc1 {Les Noirs sont perdus}) 20. dxe6 $1 (20. dxc6 Qb6
21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. Bxd6 Qe3+ 23. Rd2 Nc5) 20... Qf6 (20... Qb6 21. Nxa3) 21.
Nd6+ Bxd6 22. Bxd6 Nb4 ({si} 22... Qxf3 23. Rh3 Qxe4 24. exf7+ Bxf7 25. Qxa3 {
et puis Te3}) 23. Bxb4 axb2+ 24. Qxb2 Ra1+ 25. Kc2 Qxb2+ 26. Kxb2 Rxd1 27. h5
$1 Rxf1 (27... Bh7 28. exf7+ Kxf7 29. Bc4+) 28. Rxf1 Bh7 29. Ra1 {fini.}) 19...
Qf6 {[#]} ({Evidemment pas} 19... axb2+ $2 20. Kb1 Qxd1+ 21. Nxd1 Rxa2 22. c7
$1 {et fait Dame.}) 20. Rd8+ $3 {L'histoire des échecs ne manque pas
d'anecdotes quant aux réactions de certains spectateurs devant un coup
spectaculaire. Frank Marshall, pour son fameux 23... Dg3!! contre Levistsky а
Breslau en 1912, avait vu un riche patron recouvrir son échiquier de pièces
d'or. Quelques années plus tôt, Steinitz avait soulevé des tonnerres
d'applaudissements, et provoqué, bien malgré lui, le départ de son adversaire
von Bardeleben lors du tournoi de Hastings en 1895. Ici la réaction ne vint
malheureusement pas d'un spectateur, mais du second tableau de l'Azerbaïdjan,
Vugar Gashimov а ce point surpris, qu'il en fut frappé d'une crise d'épilepsie.
J'ai donc immédiatement arrêté les pendules afin de permettre а mon adversaire
de lui venir en secours et Geert Vanderstricht, loin de vouloir gagner par
défaut, proposa la nullité via l'arbitre Geurt Geyssen. Gashimov ne voulut
pourtant rien entendre et forcément très éprouvé, ce champion perdit quelques
heures plus tard une finale de Tours où il comptait un pion de plus...} Qxd8
21. c7 {Tout est là : le pion avance avec gain de temps et l'échec sur b5
menace.} axb2+ {La réplique adéquate :} ({si} 21... Qc8 22. cxb8=Q Rxb8 23.
Bxb8 Qxb8 24. Bb5+) (21... Qxc7 22. Bxc7 axb2+ 23. Kxb2 Rxa2+ 24. Nxa2 Nc6 25.
Bb5 Kd7 26. Be5 $18) 22. Kb1 (22. Qxb2 $2 Ba3 {ne convenait manifestement pas})
({et sur} 22. Kxb2 Rxa2+ 23. Kxa2 Qxc7 24. Bxc7 Bb4 {Les Noirs n'ont rien а
craindre.}) 22... Rxa2 23. Bb5+ Nd7 24. cxd8=R+ $1 {L'Echo du vingtième coup...
} Kxd8 25. Kxa2 f6 {C'est cette défense, qui permet au Fg6 de reculer sur e8,
qui m'avait complètement échappé.} (25... Nc5 {entraînait la défaite après} 26.
Na4 Kc8 (26... Be7 27. Rd1+ Kc8 28. Nxc5 Bxc5 29. Ba6#) 27. h5 Bh7 28. Kxb2 Kb7
29. Rc1 Nxa4+ 30. Bxa4 {etc.}) 26. Rd1 Be8 27. Na4 Ke7 $1 {Les Noirs
parviennent donc а se regrouper.} 28. Kxb2 Ne5 29. Bxe8 Kxe8 30. Bxe5 fxe5 31.
Rc1 Kf7 32. Rc7+ Be7 33. Nc5 {Pour assiéger le pion e5} Rb8+ 34. Kc2 Rb5 35.
Nd3 {Et nulle de commun accord.} ({Il aurait encore pu suivre :} 35. Nd3 Kf8
36. h5 Kf7 37. Kc3 Kf6 {et le dispositif des Noirs reste imprenable.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.25"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Winants, Luc"]
[Black "Wiedenkeller, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "Winants,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eupen Rochade"]
[BlackTeam "Bonnevoie Gambit"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LUX"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 Bf5 5. f3 ({Quelques mois auparavant,
lors du championnat intercercles des Pays-Bas, j'avais essayé contre Timman le
coup} 5. Bd3 {, mais sans réussir а conserver l'initiative. Le coup choisi est
plus énergique car il exploite la position des pièces mineures ennemies pour
gagner de l'espace а l'aile Roi}) 5... Nf6 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 e6 8. Qb3 {
Profitant de la sortie du Bc8 en f5.} b6 (8... Qc8 9. Rc1 Nbd7 10. g4 Bg6 11.
h4 h6 12. Nh3 {Hodgson-Sukharisingh, Bundesliga 1996}) (8... Qb6 9. c5 Qxb3 10.
axb3 {/\ b4-b5}) (8... Qd7 9. g4 Bg6 10. c5 (10. h4) 10... Be7 (10... Qc8) 11.
h4 h6 12. Nb5 cxb5 13. Bxb8 a6 14. Bg3 O-O 15. Nh3 Qc6 16. Nf4 Bh7 17. Bd3 Bxd3
18. Nxd3 {Miles-Kovacevic, Benasque 1997}) 9. g4 {L'idée même du cinquième
coup : L'infanterie lève le camp.} Bg6 10. h4 {[%csl Ge3,Gf3,Gg4,Gh4] Cette
phalange de pions suffit déjà pour dissuader les Noirs d'effectuer le petit
roque. Leur Roi se trouve donc retenu au centre.} h6 11. Nh3 {Vers f4.} Be7 ({
Au lieu de} 11... Bd6 12. O-O-O {Hodgson-Pribyl, Bundesliga 1996}) 12. O-O-O a5
{[%cal Ra5a4] Menaçant 13...a4, suivi en case de prise, par dxc4 et puis la
fourchette en b5.} 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bd3 {Pour échanger le puissant Fou
adverse.} ({Cependant le coup} 14. Nf2 $5 {était également а envisager.} {
Car après} b5 {il suivrait} 15. Bd3 {[%cal Yf2d3,Gd3e5,Gd3c5] et le Cavalier
parviendrait а contrôler de nombreux points importants.}) 14... Bxd3 15. Rxd3
Nbd7 {Les Noirs projettent d'installer ce Cavalier sur l'avant-poste c4, via ..
.b5, puis Nd7-b6-c4.} 16. Rdd1 {Pour rétablir la liaison entre les Tours,
avant le coup de bélier en g5.} Nh7 {Tombant de Charybde en Scylla : Les Noirs
évitent la percée sur g5, mais négligent les cases centrales.} ({Si toutefois,
} 16... b5 17. g5 hxg5 18. hxg5 Nh5 19. g6 $1 fxg6 20. Qc2 Nf8 21. Be5 {
Avec une forte attaque.}) 17. e4 $1 {Le chat est parti, les souris dansent !}
dxe4 ({Supposons} 17... Bxh4 {il suivrait} 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Bd6 {avec un
assaut décisif.} {Par exemple,} Ndf6 20. Qb5+ Qd7 21. Rde1+ $1 Bxe1 22. Rxe1+
Kd8 (22... Ne4 23. Qxd5) 23. Qxb6+ Kc8 24. Re7 $18) 18. Nxe4 {[%cal Re4d6] Ce
Cavalier envisage le bond vers d6.} Ndf6 (18... O-O 19. g5 $16) 19. g5 {
Les Noirs sont pris de vitesse.} Nd5 ({Ou} 19... hxg5 20. hxg5 Nd5 21. Be5 Nxg5
(21... Kf8 22. f4 a4 23. Qf3) 22. Nhxg5 Bxg5+ 23. Nxg5 Qxg5+ 24. f4 $18 {
Et gagne du matériel.}) 20. gxh6 gxh6 21. Bxh6 Bxh4 22. Nf4 {Un dernier
renfort ! Les Blancs menacent 23.Nxd5 cxd5 24.Qb5+ (ץh4)} a4 {Il n'y avait
plus de remède.} (22... Nhf6 23. Bg5 $18) (22... Nxf4 23. Bxf4 Be7 24. Be5 f6
25. Qe6 $1 fxe5 26. Nf6+ $1 {Le mat suit}) (22... Nf8 23. Nxd5 cxd5 (23... Rxh6
24. Rxh4 $1 Qxh4 (24... Rxh4 25. Nef6+) 25. Nc7+ {[%csl Ya8,Gc7,Ye8]}) 24. Qb5+
Nd7 (24... Qd7 25. Rxh4 $1 Qxb5 26. Nd6+ {[%csl Yb5,Gd6,Ye8]}) 25. Nd6+ Ke7 26.
Nf5+ {[%csl Ye7,Gf5,Yh4]}) 23. Qc4 Rc8 24. Nxd5 $1 cxd5 (24... Qxd5 25. Qa6 $18
{[%cal Ra6c8,Rh1h4]}) 25. Nd6+ Kd7 26. Qxc8+ Qxc8+ 27. Nxc8 Rxc8+ 28. Kb1 (28.
Kd2) 28... Bf6 29. Bg7 {Le reste est simple.} Rg8 30. Rxh7 (30. Bxf6 Nxf6 31.
Rh6 $18) 30... Rxg7 31. Rxg7 Bxg7 32. Kc2 Ke6 33. Kd3 Kf5 {Ce coup facilite la
tâche des Blancs.} ({Si toutefois} 33... Bf6 34. Rc1 Kd7 {Les Blancs pourront
toujours restituer la qualité pour amener une finale de pions gagnante :} 35.
Rg1 Be7 36. Rg8 b5 37. Ra8 Bd6 (37... f6 38. Ra7+ Kd6 39. Rb7) 38. Ra7+ Bc7 (
38... Ke6 39. Ra5) 39. Kc3 Kc6 40. Rxc7+ Kxc7 41. Kb4 Kb6 42. f4 f5 43. a3 $22
Kc6 (43... Ka6 44. Kc5) 44. Ka5 $18) 34. Rc1 Bf8 35. Rc8 Bb4 36. Rc6 Ba5 37.
Rd6 f6 38. Rxd5+ Kf4 39. Rb5 1-0

[Event "BEL-chT 9899"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1999.02.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Winants, Luc"]
[Black "Mohandesi, Shahin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[Annotator "Winants,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. d5 Qb6 5. Nd2 Nxd2 (5... Qxb2 $142) 6. Bxd2
e5 (6... Qxb2 7. e4 $44) 7. e4 Be7 (7... Qxb2 8. Nf3 d6 $2 9. Rb1 Qa3 (9...
Qxa2 10. Qc1 $18) 10. Rb3 Qxa2 11. Qc1 $18 {[%csl Ra2]}) 8. Nf3 d6 9. Bd3 Bg4
10. O-O Nd7 11. h3 Bh5 12. a4 Qc7 13. b3 $16 {[%csl Gb5,Gf5] () ><b5, f5} h6
14. g4 (14. c3 Bg5 15. Bxg5 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 hxg5 17. Qg4 $16) 14... Bg6 15. Be3 {
[%csl Yg6]} O-O-O 16. c3 {/\ 17. b4} h5 17. g5 h4 {/\ Bh5, f6} (17... f6 18.
Nh4) 18. Qc2 f6 19. Kh2 {[%cal Yf1g1] <-> g1-g8} Bh5 20. gxf6 Bxf3 (20... gxf6
21. Nxh4 Bg4 22. hxg4 (22. f3 $2 Bxh3 23. Kxh3 f5 24. Bf2 Rh6) 22... Rxh4+ 23.
Kg3 Rdh8 (23... f5 24. exf5 e4 25. Bxe4 Ne5 26. f3) 24. Kf3 $16) (20... Nxf6
21. Ng5 $16) (20... Bxf6 21. Be2) 21. fxe7 Rde8 22. Be2 Bxe2 23. Qxe2 Rxe7 24.
b4 Kb8 25. a5 Rf7 26. Rg1 $16 cxb4 (26... c4 27. b5 Qc8 28. Ra4 {[%csl Rc4]})
27. cxb4 Nf6 28. Rac1 Qd7 29. Rc4 Rff8 30. Rgc1 {[%cal Yb4b6,Gc4c7]} Rc8 31. b5
Rxc4 32. Qxc4 Rf8 33. Qc2 (33. f3 Nh5 34. Kg2 (34. b6 axb6) 34... Qf7 $132) (
33. Rc2 $22 Rf7 (33... Nh5 34. b6 a6 35. Qc7+ Qxc7 36. Rxc7 $18) 34. f3 Nh5 35.
Kg2 $18) (33. Bg5) 33... Rf7 34. f3 $2 (34. b6 a6 35. Bg5 Nh5 36. Bxh4 Nf4 37.
Qb3 {[%cal Yc1c7]}) (34. f3 {[#]}) 34... Nh5 $2 (34... Nxd5 $3 35. exd5 Rxf3 {
[%csl Re3,Rh3]} 36. Bxa7+ $8 Kxa7 (36... Ka8 $2 37. Qg2 Rg3 38. Qf1 $18) 37.
b6+ Ka6 $1 (37... Kb8 38. Qc7+ Qxc7 39. Rxc7 $14) 38. Qe2+ Qb5 39. Qxf3 Qb2+
40. Qg2 Qxc1 {[%csl Ya5,Yb6,Yd5] [#]} 41. Qf1+ $3 Qxf1 $11 {Pat !!}) 35. Kg2
Nf4+ 36. Bxf4 Rxf4 37. b6 Rf7 (37... a6 38. Qc7+ Qxc7 39. Rxc7 $18) (37... axb6
38. axb6 Rf7 39. Qa2 $18) (37... Rf7 {[#]}) 38. Qc8+ $1 (38. Qc8+ Qxc8 39.
Rxc8+ Kxc8 40. bxa7 $18) 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT2 GP Nord"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2002.11.16"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Winants, Luc"]
[Black "Verat, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Winants,L"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2002.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. d5 Qb6 5. Nd2 {Ce gambit ne vaut pas celui
du gambit du Capitaine Evans, si cher aux champions du 19e siècle. Cependant
la théorie ne s'y est jamais vraiment intéressée et les analyses présentées ne
paraissent guère convaincantes. Les Blancs y trouveront donc encore l'occasion
d'y mener de belles parties d'attaque et pour de nombreuses années а venir !}
Qxb2 6. Nxe4 Qb4+ 7. Qd2 Qxe4 8. e3 g5 {Cette réplique avait été présentée
comme une réfutation...} 9. f3 Qf5 ({Sur} 9... Qg6 {il suivrait} 10. Be5 {
puis Bd3 augmentant encore l'avance en développement.}) 10. Bg3 Qf6 11. c3 Bg7
12. Rc1 d6 13. f4 {Une nouveauté : Les Blancs dégagent de nouvelles lignes
pour assiéger la Dame et profiter des affaiblissements consentis а l'aile Roi 
(...g5).} Nd7 {Un choix manifestement discutable : la Tour et le Bc8 se
retrouvent pris dans de nouveaux embouteillages.} 14. Nf3 h6 15. Bd3 {Prépare
le roque et le siège le long de la colonne -f-.} e5 (15... gxf4 $2 {perdait
sur-champ après} 16. Bh4) 16. dxe6 Qxe6 17. O-O {Pour l'instant le pion g5
n'intéresse personne !} Bf6 {Il ne sait plus que faire, mais si} (17... g4 {
alors} 18. Nh4 {vers f5, g7 et d6.}) 18. Bb5 {Il devait déjà y avoir plusieurs
façons de procéder. Supposons :} (18. f5 $5 Qe7 ({ou} 18... Qd5 19. c4 Qc6 20.
Qc2 {puis Fe4-d5 ou Cd2-e4.}) 19. Bb5 Be5 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Rcd1 f6 (21... a6
22. Bxe5) 22. Qd5 a6 ({sur} 22... Rb8 23. Qe6 $1 {gagne.}) 23. Ba4 Ra7 24. Bxe5
$3 {et l'édifice doit succomber.}) 18... g4 19. f5 Qe4 20. Qxd6 Qe7 (20... Be7
21. Qe5 {ne valait guère mieux.}) 21. Nd2 a6 22. Bxd7+ Bxd7 23. Ne4 {La pointe
des coups précédents :les Noirs sont pris de vitesse.} Bg5 ({Si} 23... Qxe4 24.
Qxf6 Rg8 25. Rcd1 Bc6 26. Rf2 Qe7 27. Bh4 Qxf6 28. Bxf6 {puis Rfd2 décide.})
24. Qd3 Bc6 25. Nd6+ Kf8 26. Rce1 Bf6 {Perd sans résistance et pourtant sur} (
26... h5 27. f6 $1 ({surtout pas} 27. e4 h4 28. Bf2 b6 29. e5 g3 30. Be3 h3 {
etc.}) 27... Qe6 (27... Bxf6 28. Rxf6 Qxf6 29. Rf1) 28. Qf5 Bxe3+ 29. Rxe3
Qxe3+ 30. Bf2 {Les Blancs l'emportent également.}) 27. e4 Be5 28. Bxe5 Qxe5 29.
Nc4 Qe7 30. e5 {Le rouleau compresseur est en marche !} Bb5 31. e6 f6 (31...
Rd8 {se heurtait а} 32. f6 $1 Rxd3 33. fxe7+ Kxe7 34. Rxf7+ Kd8 35. Ne5 {etc.})
32. Rd1 Kg7 33. Qe4 {Avec un atout tel que e6, les Blancs pourraient même se
contenter d'échanger toutes les pièces et gagner la finale de pions. La cause
des Noirs paraît désespérée.} h5 34. Ne3 (34. Ne5 {était non seulement plus
joli, mais aussi plus rapide.}) 34... Rad8 35. c4 Bc6 36. Qf4 Rd4 {le suicide
du condamné.} ({Supposons encore} 36... Rxd1 37. Rxd1 Rd8 38. Nd5 Bxd5 39. Rxd5
b5 40. Qd2 Rxd5 41. Qxd5 b4 (41... bxc4 42. Qd7 Kf8 43. Qxe7+ Kxe7 44. Kf2) 42.
Qc6 a5 43. Kf2 {Et le Roi se dirige vers h4 ou d5.}) 37. Rxd4 cxd4 38. Qxd4 Rd8
39. Nd5 Bxd5 40. cxd5 Qd6 41. Re1 Re8 42. a4 g3 43. hxg3 Qxg3 44. Re3 Qd6 45.
Qh4 Qc5 46. Qg3+ Kh8 47. Qf4 Kh7 48. Kh2 {Menace Rh3.} Rg8 49. Rg3 Qxd5 50.
Qc7+ Kh8 51. Rxg8+ Kxg8 52. Qc8+ Kg7 53. Qd7+ {Les Noirs abandonnent.} 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2001.04.01"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Winants, Luc"]
[Black "Turner, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "Winants,L"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2001.02.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cappelle la Grande"]
[BlackTeam "Nancy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

{[%mdl 4096]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. d5 Qb6 5. Nd2 Nxd2 6. Bxd2 e5
7. e4 d6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. Bd3 Bg4 10. b3 Qd8 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Bg5 13. Bb5+ Kf8
14. Bc3 a6 15. Bf1 Nd7 16. g3 Bh6 17. a4 Ke7 18. h4 Re8 19. Bh3 Kf8 20. O-O a5
21. Qe2 Nf6 22. Rfb1 Re7 23. Be1 Qe8 24. Rd1 g6 25. Bc3 Nh5 26. Kg2 Kg8 27. Rh1
Rc7 28. Qd3 b6 29. Bg4 Nf6 30. Be2 c4 31. bxc4 Rac8 32. Qf3 Qd8 33. Rhe1 Kg7
34. Ra3 Nd7 35. Bd3 Rxc4 36. Bxc4 Rxc4 37. Qd3 Qc8 38. f4 f6 39. fxe5 dxe5 40.
Re2 Kf7 41. Bb2 Bf8 42. Rc3 Rxc3 43. Bxc3 Nc5 44. Qf3 Bd6 45. Rf2 Nxe4 46. Bxe5
Bxe5 47. Qxe4 Qc3 48. Qd3 Qb4 49. d6 Bxd6 50. Qb3+ Qxb3 51. cxb3 h5 52. Rc2 Bc5
53. Kf3 g5 54. hxg5 fxg5 55. Rd2 Be7 56. Rd7 Ke6 57. Rb7 Bd8 58. Ke4 h4 59.
gxh4 gxh4 60. Rh7 Kd6 61. Rh5 Be7 62. Kd4 Ke6 63. Ke4 Kd6 64. Kf5 $1 {Le plan
de gain consiste а éloigner le Be7 (Ke6-d7) de sa diagonale vers h4 : Pour
prendre le pion, tout en empêchant la contre-attaque des Noirs а l'aile Dame. 
(Kc5-b4)} (64. Rh6+ Kc5 65. Ke5 Kb4 66. Rxb6+ Kc3 {[%cal Re7b4,Rc3b3] /\ Bb4})
64... Kc6 (64... Bd8 65. Rh8 Be7 66. Rh6+ Kc5 67. Ke6 Bf8 (67... Bd8 68. Kd7
Bg5 69. Rh5 $18) 68. Rxh4 $18) (64... Kd5 65. Rh7 Kd6 66. Rh6+ Kc5 67. Ke6 $18)
65. Ke6 $2 {Joué trop rapidement.} ({Le coup juste était} 65. Rh6+ $1 Bd6 (
65... Kc7 66. Ke5 Bg5 67. Rh5 Bd8 68. Kd5 Kd7 69. Rh7+ Be7 70. Ke5 Kd8 71. Ke6
Bg5 72. Rh5 $18) 66. Ke4 $1 Kc5 67. Rxh4 $1 $18) 65... Bb4 66. Rxh4 b5 {
Cet échange fait toute la différence.} 67. Rh5 (67. axb5+ {Mériterait une
analyse séparée...}) 67... bxa4 68. bxa4 Bd2 $4 (68... Kc7 $8 $11 {Pour
remporter cette position les Blancs devraient réussir а  1) refouler le Roi
noir vers la colonne -g- (ex. Rf1 vs Kg5) 2) ramener leur propre Roi vers b5
ou b6  3) Prendre la Pa5 (Rf8-a8xa5). Or ce plan n'est malheureusement pas
réalisable. Un bon exemple de la défense а suivre (prise de l'opposition en
diagonale sur la colonne -f-) se trouve dans la partie Izeta-Ponomariov
disputée au championnat d'Europe de Batumi en 1999.}) 69. Rh2 $1 $18 Bb4 70.
Rc2+ Kb6 {Il faut conduire le Roi de e6 vers b5 de façon а créer un zuzwang.
Comment procéder ?} 71. Kd5 $6 {Ce coup ne gâche rien, mais il perd du temps.}
({Voici la méthode démontrée par Maizelis en 1963 :} 71. Kd7 $1 {[%cal Yc2c6,
Yc6h6,Yh6h5,Yh5b5] /\ Rc6-h6-h5-b5} Be1 72. Rc6+ Kb7 73. Rh6 $1 Bd2 74. Rh5 Be1
75. Rb5+ Ka6 76. Kc6 Bf2 77. Rb8 Ka7 (77... Ba7 78. Rc8 Bb6 79. Ra8+ Ba7 80.
Kd5 $3 Kb7 81. Re8 $1 Bb6 (81... Bf2 82. Re2 Bh4 (82... Bg1 83. Kc4 Kc6 84.
Re6+ Kb7 85. Kb5 $18) 83. Kc5 Bf6 84. Kb5 Bc3 85. Rc2 Be1 86. Rc4 Bb4 87. Rc1
$18 {voir la partie}) (81... Bb8 82. Kc5 Bf4 83. Kb5 Bd2 84. Rd8 Bb4 85. Rd7+
Kc8 86. Kc6 Kb8 87. Kb6 Kc8 88. Rd1 $18) 82. Kc4 Kc6 83. Re6+ Kb7 84. Kb5 Bd8
85. Rg6 Bc7 86. Rg7 $18) 78. Rc8 Be1 79. Kb5 Kb7 80. Rc4 Bb4 81. Rc1 $22 {
Voir la partie.}) 71... Kb7 (71... Ba3 $142 72. Ke6 $1 $18 {[%cal Ge6d7,Yc2c6,
Yc6h6,Yh6h5,Yh5b5] /\ Kd7, Rc6-h6-h5-b5}) 72. Rc6 Kb8 73. Kc4 Kb7 74. Kb5 Be1
75. Rc2 Bb4 76. Rc1 $22 {Premier zugzwang : Les Noirs doivent abandonner le
contrôle de b6.} Bd2 77. Rd1 Bb4 78. Rd7+ Kc8 79. Kc6 Kb8 80. Kb6 Kc8 81. Rd1
$22 {Deuxième Zugzwang : Le pion est perdu.} Be7 82. Kxa5 {Le gain n'est pas
encore simple :Il faut avant tout éviter d'avancer le pion trop rapidement.}
Bg5 83. Rb1 Be3 84. Rb5 $1 {[%cal Ya5b4,Yb4c4,Yc4d5,Yd5c6,Gb5b7,Ra4a8] Pour
ramener le Roi vers c6, tout en gardant le contrôle de la colonne -b- 
(Kb4-c4-d5-c6, Rb7, Pa4-a5-a6-a7-a8=Q). La même position serait donc nulle
avec le Roi sur a6 et le pion sur a5.} ({Et de même si} 84. Kb5 Kb7 85. a5 $4
Bf2 $11 {Les Blancs ne peuvent plus gagner.}) 84... Bd2+ 85. Kb6 Kb8 86. Re5 {
Evite le retour du Fou sur la diagonale g1-a7.} Kc8 87. Re8+ (87. a5 Bf4 88.
Re2 $18) 87... Kd7 88. Rg8 1-0

[Event "BEL-chT 0203"]
[Site "Belgium"]
[Date "2002.11.24"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Winants, Luc"]
[Black "Schebler, Gerhard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "Winants,L"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2002.10.06"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Liege"]
[BlackTeam "Eupen Rochade"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. d5 Qb6 5. Nd2 Qxb2 6. Nxe4 Qb4+ 7. Qd2 Qxe4
8. e3 Qb4 9. c3 Qa5 10. d6 {Il faut investir un second pion dans l'offensive,
autrement les Noirs avanceraient eux-mêmes leur pion sur d6 pour obtenir une
position sans faiblesse.} Nc6 11. Nf3 exd6 {Relevant le défi.} ({Encore une de
mes parties :} 11... g6 12. e4 Bg7 13. Rc1 Qa4 14. Bd3 e5 15. Bh6 Bf6 (15...
O-O 16. h4) 16. O-O b6 17. Ng5 Bd8 18. Nxf7 $3 Kxf7 19. f4 {avec attaque de
mat, Winants-Ribshtein, Anvers 1999.}) 12. Bc4 Be7 {Bien préparé, Schebler a
joué tout cela а la vitesse de l'éclair.} 13. h4 {Encore une nouvelle idée :
le Nf3 projette de bondir sur g5.} Ne5 $5 {les Noirs n'hésitent pas а rendre
un pion pour dégager leur jeu. Deux variantes instructives :} (13... O-O 14.
Ng5 b5 (14... h6 15. Qc2) 15. Bd5 Bb7 16. Qd3 g6 (16... Bxg5 17. hxg5 g6 18. e4
{puis Dh3.}) 17. Nxh7 $3 Kxh7 18. h5 Kg7 19. Bh6+ $3 Kxh6 20. hxg6+ {et
l'attaque perce.}) (13... h6 14. O-O O-O 15. e4 {(menace Bxh6)} Bf6 16. Rac1
Ne5 17. Bd5 Rb8 18. Bxh6 {et l'offensive fait le reste.}) 14. Bd5 {Pour
conserver le blocus.} Nxf3+ $2 {Une faute stratégique.} (14... Bf6 {valait
mieux.}) 15. gxf3 Bf6 16. Rc1 Be5 17. Rg1 {Les menaces surgissent au moment où
l'aile Dame des Noirs sommeille encore.} g6 ({Si} 17... Bxf4 18. exf4 O-O (
18... g6 19. f5) 19. f5 {(menace Dh6)} Re8+ 20. Kf1 Qb5+ (20... Kh8 21. Rxg7)
21. c4 Qb4 22. Rxg7+ Kxg7 23. Qg5+ Kf8 24. f6 {Le mat suit}) ({ou} 17... O-O
18. e4 Kh8 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Rxg7 $1 {Les Noirs sont perdus.}) 18. Bh6 $2 {
Il était inutile d'empêcher le petit roque, ceci d'autant plus que le Roi noir
était beaucoup mieux placé sur c7.} ({Bien sûr la possibilité de forcer la
nullité via} 18. Bxf7+ $5 Kxf7 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Qd5+ Kf6 21. Qd6+ Kf7 22. Qd5+
(22. h5 $2 Qb6) 22... Kf6 23. Qd6+ {-échec perpétuel- ne m'intéressait guère.})
({mais il fallait opter pour} 18. e4 $1 {Supposons alors} Qc7 ({sur} 18... Rb8
{alors enfin} 19. Bxf7+ $1) ({et si} 18... Kd8 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Qg5+ {gagne
une Tour...}) 19. Bg5 Rb8 20. f4 Bg7 21. f5 {(menace f6)} gxf5 $2 22. Qe2 f4
23. Qh5 Rf8 24. Bf6 $3 Bxf6 25. Rg8 $3 {et le mat reste imparable !}) 18... Qd8
$2 {Schebler ne trouve pas la meilleure réponse non plus.} ({Il fallait jouer} 
18... Rb8 {pour avancer vers b5 aussi rapidement que possible.}) 19. f4 Bf6 20.
f5 Qe7 21. Rg4 Rb8 $2 (21... gxf5 22. Rf4) (21... Be5 22. Bg5 Qf8 23. Qd3 {
valaient mieux, mais ne sauvaient probablement pas les Noirs.}) 22. Ke2 $2 {
Ratant une occasion en or :} (22. Re4 $1 Be5 23. Bxf7+ $3 ({je n'ai pas songé
un seul instant а céder cet atout ! Si} 23. Bg7 gxf5 24. Rxe5 dxe5 25. Bxh8 d6
{avec trois pions pour la pièce)}) 23... Kxf7 (23... Qxf7 24. Qxd6) 24. Qd5+
Ke8 25. Bg5 Qf8 26. fxg6 {(menace le mat via Rxe5 !)} hxg6 27. f4 $18 {et les
Blancs gagnent.}) 22... b5 23. Re4 Be5 24. Bg7 Bxg7 {Forcé, mais suffisant.} ({
Une erreur était encore} 24... gxf5 25. Rxe5 dxe5 26. Bxh8 d6 27. Rg1 {et les
Blancs arrivent les premiers.}) 25. Rxe7+ Kxe7 {Les Noirs ont obtenu une Tour,
un Fou et deux pions pour la Dame. Leur forteresse ne peut être vaincue.} 26.
Qd3 b4 27. Qe4+ Kd8 28. c4 a5 29. Qf4 Be5 30. Qg5+ Kc7 31. f4 Bb2 32. Rb1 Bc3
33. Bxf7 gxf5 34. Qxf5 a4 {Ce pion présente un nouvel avantage et le Bc3
apporte une nouvelle barricade sur les cases noires. La nullité devient
évidente.} 35. Qc2 a3 36. Qd3 Rb6 37. Bd5 Bb7 38. Bxb7 Kxb7 39. Rb3 Bb2 (39...
Kc7) 40. Kd1 {Vers b3.} Kc7 41. Qd5 Bc3 42. Kc2 Rbb8 43. Rb1 Rhe8 44. Rd1 Rb6 (
44... Re6) 45. Qf3 Rg8 {pour éviter toute infiltration de ce côté.} 46. h5 h6
47. Kb3 Rg7 $6 (47... Ra6 {était plus simple.}) 48. Qa8 Rc6 ({Non pas} 48...
Rg3 49. Qa7+ Rb7 50. Qa5+ Rb6 51. Rxd6 $1) 49. Rd5 {Prépare une nouvelle
attaque via Rf5-f8} Rf7 {Forcé.} 50. Qe8 Rf6 {De nouveau le seul coup.} 51. Qg8
({Si} 51. f5 {(pour continuer par e4 puis Td1-g1-g6) alors} Rb6 52. e4 Rb8 53.
Qe7 Rbf8 $1 54. Rxd6 Rxd6 55. Qxf8 Be5 {et l'affaire reste compliquée.}) 51...
Rb6 52. Qg3 Rf7 53. Rd1 Rb8 54. Qg6 Rf6 55. Qd3 Rg8 56. Qe2 Rf7 57. Qf3 Rf6 58.
Ka4 Rb8 59. Kb3 Rg8 60. Qf2 Rf7 {Et nulle de commun accord. Il n'y avait plus
rien а essayer.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Linkoping"]
[Date "2001.07.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Eriksson, Anders"]
[Black "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "Ziegler,A"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2001.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e3 {Anders för ut spelet på tämligen okänd terräng
tidigt. Ibland när man spelar så här vill man följa upp med f4. En slags
accelrerad "Stonewall" med mertempo.} h6 4. Bh4 d6 {Tom avskräcker vit från
att spela f4, eftersom svart då kan trycka in e5 vid läge.} 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. f3
c5 7. c3 Be7 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Nd2 cxd4 11. cxd4 {[#] Tom hittar en
forcerad sekvens vilken flyttar fram hans positioner något.} Nd5 12. Bf2 Nb4
13. Bb1 Ba6 14. Nb3 d5 {I den här strukturen är det viktigt att ta för sig på
damflygeln. Speciellt c-linjen är viktig. Vit måste snabbt få ett torn till c1
för att opponera svarts spel.} 15. Re1 $6 (15. a3 Nc6 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 {
Var ett sätt att hålla balansen.}) 15... Rc8 16. Bg3 Bh4 {Ett byte på
medellång sikt. Svarts tunga pjäser vill ha tillgång till c7-b8 när
positionerna flyttas fram. Att endast ha tillgång till c8 och c6 minskar
flexibiliteten.} 17. Qd2 Nc6 18. Bc2 Bc4 19. Nbc1 a5 {Svart börjar ta för sig.}
20. Nd3 Bxg3 21. hxg3 Qe7 {Här spelar Tom efter principen "Minimal optimering".
Man förbättrar sin ställning, lite, lite i taget.} 22. a3 Rc7 {Nu kan man se
effekterna av löparbytet.} 23. Nc3 Rfc8 {Svart initiativet. Vit kommer att
grillas nu.} 24. f4 Na7 {Draget är profylaktiskt. Visst kan Sb5 bli aktuellt,
men främst är draget till för att förhindra vit från att spela b3 eftersom
svart då slår på b3 och c3.} 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. dxe5 {Nu ändrar svart sin plan,
eftersom omständigheterna har ändrats.} b5 27. Rec1 a4 28. Bd1 Nc6 29. Ne2 Qc5
{Det är på damflygeln festen är.} 30. Nd4 Qb6 31. Rc3 Na5 32. Kh2 Nb7 33. Bf3
Nc5 {[#]Det är så här det ser ut när stormästarna kastar upp springarna i
luften. Jämför även med Evgenijs springarmanövrer.} 34. Rac1 b4 35. axb4 Qxb4
36. R1c2 Qb6 {Vits uppgift var inte speciellt inspirerande, och då är det lätt
hänt att det blir så här.} 37. Ra3 $6 Nb3 38. Nxb3 Bxb3 39. Rxc7 Qxc7 40. Bd1
Qc4 41. Bxb3 axb3 42. Qd1 Qc2 43. Qa1 {[#] Här syns principen om två svagheter
tydligt. Vit har en svag b-bonde och en svag kung. Vit kan inte gardera båda.}
Kh7 {Först ett litet profylaktiskt drag innan de tunga pjäserna invaderar.} 44.
Ra7 Qe2 45. Qa6 Qh5+ 46. Kg1 Rc1+ 47. Kf2 Rc2+ 48. Kg1 Rc1+ 49. Kf2 Qd1 50. g4
Rc2+ 51. Kg3 Qe1+ {Det här partiet illustrerar vikten av att inte ge en
stormästare en lite men klart bättre ställning. Man måste sätta hårt mot hårt
från början och aldrig vika.} 0-1

[Event "Schwarzach op-A"]
[Site "Schwarzach"]
[Date "1998.08.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Quinn, Mark"]
[Black "Zoler, Dan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Zoler,D"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1998.08.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nd2 Nxd2 6. Qxd2 Be7 (6... Bd6) 7.
Bd3 O-O 8. Nf3 c5 9. dxc5 $2 (9. c3 $14) 9... Nd7 10. c4 (10. b4 Bf6) 10...
Nxc5 11. cxd5 Qxd5 (11... Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 Qa5+ 13. Kf1 (13. Nd2 b6 14. e4 Ba6
$40)) 12. Be2 Qxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Rd8 14. Nc4 $6 (14. O-O-O Bd7 $15) 14... f6 15.
O-O e5 16. Bg3 Be6 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. b3 $2 (18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rc1 $142) 18...
Rxd1+ $1 19. Rxd1 Ne4 {[#]} 20. Kf1 $16 (20. Bf3 Nc3 21. Rd3 e4 22. Rxc3 exf3
23. Rd3 b5 24. Nd2 Bf5 25. Rd4 $8 Rc1+ 26. Nf1 Bc5 27. Rd8+ Kf7 $19) (20. Bd3
Nc3 21. Rd2 b5 22. Na5 Bb4 23. Nb7 Bd5 24. Bf5 Ne2+ $19) 20... Nc3 21. Rd2 b5
22. Nb2 (22. Na5 Bb4 23. Nb7 Nxe2 $19) 22... Ne4 23. Rd1 Rc2 (23... Rc2 24. Nd3
Rxa2 25. Rc1 Bxb3 $19) 0-1

