[Event "Stockholm Four Masters"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1919.12.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Annotator "Bogoljubow,E"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1919.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{TfS 1920,S.4} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 Bg4 {Dieses
Entwicklungssystem scheint mir recht gut für Schwarz zu sein.} 6. h3 Bxf3 7.
Qxf3 O-O 8. Be2 ({Nach} 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Be3 Nd7 {muß Weiß} 10. d5 {spielen} (10.
Ne2 $2 {ist schlecht wegen} Nb4 11. Bb1 (11. Rd1 $142) 11... c5 $1 12. O-O Nc6
13. Rd1 Qb6 $17)) 8... Nfd7 9. Qd3 Nc6 10. Be3 e5 {Damit hat Schwarz im
Zentrum das Gleichgewicht erlangt.} 11. d5 Nd4 $1 ({Nach} 11... Ne7 {kann Weiß
stark fortsetzen mit} 12. g4) 12. O-O f5 13. exf5 gxf5 ({Auch mit} 13... Nxe2+
{hätte Schwarz ein gutes Spiel erhalten.}) 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Nb5 Nc5 16. Qd2
Ne4 17. Qd1 c5 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Nxd4 Qb6 20. Ne6 Bxb2 21. Rb1 Rf6 $2 ({
Richtig war} 21... Rfe8 $1 {wonach Weiß nichts besseres hat als} 22. Qc2 Rxe6
23. Rxb2 Qc5 {mit guter Stellung für Schwarz.}) 22. c5 $3 {Ein außerordentlich
interessanter Zug, der das Spiel zum Vorteil von Weiß gestaltet.} Qb4 23. Nf4
$1 Nc3 (23... Nxc5 24. Nh5 $1 Re6 25. Qc2 Rb8 26. Bf3 d5 27. Qxf5 $16) 24. Qd2
Qxf4 25. Rxb2 $2 {In Zeitnot begeht man leicht ein scheres Übersehen.} ({Mit} 
25. Qxb2 {erlangt Weiß große Gewinnchancen} Nxe2+ (25... Qe5 26. Bc4+ d5 27.
Rbc1 dxc4 28. Rxc3 Rg6 $1 29. Qb4) 26. Qxe2 dxc5 $16 27. Rfe1) 25... Qxd2 26.
Rxd2 Ne4 27. Rb2 Nxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Man könnte nun vielleicht meinen, daß das
Endspiel ganz leicht für Schwarz gewonnen ist; aber so verhält es sich nicht!}
28. Rc1 Kf8 29. Rc4 Ke7 30. Rh4 h6 31. Rc4 Kd7 32. Bf3 $1 Re8 33. Kh2 Kc7 34.
Kg3 $1 a5 35. Kh4 {Rubinstein hat nun eine sehr günstige Aufstellung seiner
Figuren erreicht.} Ne4 $1 36. Rbc2 d5 37. Ra4 Ra8 38. g4 Kd6 $2 {Ein Fehler.
Das Feld d6 muß für den Springer reserviert bleiben.} ({Richtig war} 38... Kd7)
39. gxf5 $14 {Jetzt besitz Weiß etwas Vorteil.} Nc5 $2 ({Schwarz muß mit} 39...
Rxf5 $142 40. Bxe4 Rf4+ 41. Kg3 Rxe4 {auf Remis spielen.}) ({Man sollte
anmerken, daß auch} 39... Ke5 $2 {fehlerhaft ist.} {Es folgt} 40. Bg4 {und
Schwarz ist in Not.} {Auf} Rd6 {folgt} ({und auf} 40... Ra6 {kommt auch} 41. f3
) ({GJ: Zurecht merkt aber G.Nyholm an daß mit dem starken Zug} 40... h5 $1 {
Schwarz in Vorteil kommt.} 41. Bf3 (41. Bxh5 Rh8 $19) (41. Kxh5 Rh8#) 41... Nd6
$17) 41. f3 Nf6 42. f4#) 40. Rg4 $1 Nd7 (40... Rxf5 41. Rg6+ Ne6 (41... Ke5 42.
Bg4 $18) 42. Bg4 Re5 43. f4 Re4 44. f5 (44. Bxe6 Rxe6 45. Rxc6+ Kxc6 46. Rxe6+
Kc5 47. Rxh6 d4 $14) 44... h5 $1 $14 {GJ}) 41. Rg7 Raf8 42. Bg4 d4 43. f4 R8f7
$2 {Dieser und der nächste Zug geschehen in höchster Zeitnot und führen zum
Verlust der Partie.} ({Mit} 43... c5 $142 $1 {hätte Schwarz die Partie retten
können.z.B.} 44. Rg6 Kd5 45. Bf3+ Kd6 46. Bg4 $11 (46. Kh5 $2 {Nach} Kc7 47.
Bg4 Rxf5+ 48. Bxf5 Rxf5+ 49. Kg4 Rd5 {dürfte Schwarz gewinnen.})) 44. Rg6 Nf8
$2 45. Kh5 $18 c5 46. Kxh6 Nxg6 ({Schwarz sollte} 46... Kd5 {versuchen}) 47.
fxg6 Rc7 48. Kg5 Rf8 49. Be2 Re8 50. Bc4 Re3 51. h4 Rg3+ (51... Rc3 52. Rxc3
dxc3 53. Bd3 Rd7 54. Kf6 Kc7 55. g7 $18) 52. Kf6 Rg4 53. f5 Rxh4 54. g7 Rxg7
55. Kxg7 Ke5 56. Rf2 Rg4+ 57. Kf7 Ke4 58. Ke6 d3 59. f6 Rh4 60. f7 Rh6+ 61. Ke7
1-0

[Event "Amsterdam VAS Vierkamp"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1923.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Annotator "Euwe,M/Lasker,Em"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1923.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1) Euwe in Tijdschrift van den Nederlandse Schaakbond 1923. 2)Lasker in
De Telegraaf.} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 e5 7. d5 (7.
dxe5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe4) 7... a5 8. h3 Na6 9. Be3 h6 $6 {Will nach Qd1-d2 den
Zug Be3-h6 verhindern. Der weiße Läufer ist aber der bessere.} (9... Nc5) (
9... Nd7 {/\f7-f5}) (9... Nh5) 10. Qd2 Kh7 11. g4 Ng8 12. O-O-O $14 {Tarrasch
hat die Eröffnung gut gepielt-} b6 13. g5 $14 (13. Rdg1 Nc5 14. Bc2 Ba6 15.
Qe2 Ne7 16. h4 $14) 13... h5 14. Ne2 (14. Kb1 Nc5 15. Be2 Bd7 16. h4 $14) 14...
Nc5 15. Ng3 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 Ne7 17. Qe2 (17. Ne2 {Der Springer steht auf c3
besser. Das wohl geplante Springeropfer auf h5 (Ng3xh5) macht jetzt und auch
später wenig Sinn.}) 17... Qe8 18. Kb1 Ba6 19. Rc1 Qd7 (19... b5 20. c5 (20.
cxb5 Bxb5 21. Qc2 Rc8 $15) 20... b4 21. Qd2 Qb5 22. cxd6 cxd6 23. Rc7 Rfe8 24.
Rhc1 b3 25. a3 Bf8 $11) (19... c5 $15 {Lasker}) 20. Ne1 b5 21. c5 Rh8 {
Bereitet dxc5 vor.} (21... dxc5 22. Bxc5) 22. Nf3 (22. c6 $142) 22... dxc5 23.
Rxc5 (23. Bxc5 Nc8 {Jetzt nach 21..Rf8-h8 kann der Springer ziehen.} 24. Nf1
Nd6 $15) 23... c6 24. Rd1 cxd5 25. exd5 Rac8 (25... Nf5 26. Ne4 b4 27. Qd2 Nd6
$15) 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Bb6 $2 (27. Qd3 Bb7 28. Nxh5 e4 $19) (27. d6 $142) 27...
Nxd5 $19 28. Ne4 Qb7 29. Nd6 b4 30. Qd2 Nc3+ 31. bxc3 Qxf3 32. cxb4 Rc6 33.
Bxa5 Be2 34. b5 Rxd6 35. Kb2 0-1

[Event "New York International Masters-01"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1924.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Annotator "Alekhine,Alexander"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1924.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Alechin:New York 1924.} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6.
Bd3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nfd7 (8... Nc6) 9. Be3 c5 (9... Nc6) 10. d5 Ne5 (
10... Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qa5) (10... a6 11. a4 Qb6 12. Qe2 Ne5 13. Bc1 Nbd7 14. a5
Qb3 (14... Qb4 15. Ra4 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 Bxc3+) 15. Ra3 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 Qb4 17. Ra4
Bxc3+) 11. Qe2 Nxd3+ (11... f5 $5) (11... Qb6 12. Bc1 Nbd7 13. f4 Nxd3+ 14.
Qxd3 Qb4 $15) 12. Qxd3 Nd7 13. O-O Qa5 (13... a6) 14. Bd2 a6 15. Nd1 (15. f4)
15... Qc7 16. Bc3 Ne5 (16... b5) (16... Bxc3 17. Nxc3 Qa5 {Alekhine}) 17. Qe2
b5 18. cxb5 $6 (18. b3) (18. Ne3 b4 19. Bd2) 18... axb5 19. f4 (19. Qxb5 c4 20.
Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Ne3 c3 (21... Rfc8 22. Rac1 Ra5 23. Qb4 c3 24. bxc3 Rxa2 25. Qb5
Bxc3 26. Nd1 Ra3) 22. bxc3 Qxc3 23. Rac1 $14) 19... Nc4 (19... b4 $1) 20. Bxg7
Kxg7 21. Nc3 Qa5 22. a4 $6 (22. a3 Qa6 (22... b4 23. Qxc4) 23. e5) 22... Qb4
23. Nxb5 (23. axb5 Nxb2 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Rb1 Qd4+ 26. Qf2 Nc4 27. Qxd4+ cxd4
28. Rb4 dxc3 29. Rxc4 Rb8 30. Rxc3 $11) 23... Rxa4 24. Rxa4 Qxa4 25. Rc1 (25.
Nc3 Qb4 26. Rb1 Rb8 27. Qc2 Qb3 28. Qe2 Rb4 $17 (28... Nxb2 29. Nd1)) 25...
Qxb5 $17 26. Rxc4 Rb8 $17 27. Rc2 Qxe2 (27... Qa4 $1 $19 28. Kf2 Rb4) 28. Rxe2
Rb4 (28... Rb3 $1) 29. Kf2 Kf8 (29... f5 30. exf5 Rxf4+ 31. Kg3 Rxf5 32. Rxe7+
Kh6 33. b4 cxb4 34. Rb7 Rxd5 $17) 30. Kf3 Rd4 (30... Rb3+ 31. Kf2 Rd3 32. Re1
f5) 31. g4 Ke8 (31... f5 32. exf5 gxf5 33. gxf5 Rxd5 $17) 32. Re3 (32. g5)
32... Rb4 (32... f5) 33. Ra3 Rxb2 (33... f6) 34. Ra8+ Kd7 35. Ra7+ Kd8 36. e5
dxe5 (36... Rb3+ 37. Ke4 Rb4+ 38. Ke3 $11 g5 39. exd6 gxf4+ 40. Kf2 exd6 41.
Rxf7 Rd4 42. Rxh7 c4 43. g5 c3 $11 44. g6 Rd2+ 45. Kf3 Rd3+ 46. Ke2 (46. Kxf4
c2) 46... Rg3 47. Kd1 Rxg6 48. Rf7 $11) (36... Rb6 37. h4 h6 38. e6 $11) 37.
fxe5 c4 38. Ke3 c3 39. Ra8+ Kc7 40. Ra7+ Kd8 (40... Rb7 41. Ra3 c2 42. Rc3+ Kd7
43. Rxc2 Rb3+ 44. Kd4 Rxh3 45. Ra2 h5 46. gxh5 gxh5 47. Ra7+ $11) 41. Ra8+ $11
Kc7 42. Ra7+ Rb7 43. Ra3 c2 44. Rc3+ Kd7 45. Rxc2 Rb3+ 46. Kd4 Rxh3 47. Ra2 Rg3
48. Ra7+ Kd8 49. Ra8+ Kc7 50. Ra7+ Kd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-17 Final A"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1966.11.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "1966.11.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "German Dem Rep"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DDR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{Inf.2/634} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4
g5 8. Bg3 Nh5 9. Be2 e6 10. d5 f5 11. Nd4 Nxg3 12. hxg3 fxe4 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14.
dxe6 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Qf6 16. e7 $1 Re8 (16... Qxf2+ $2 17. Kd2 Re8 18. Rxh6 {
/\ 19.Qh1- Uhlmann}) 17. Rb1 (17. Qd5+ Kg7 18. Qxb7 Qxc3+ $17) 17... Na6 18.
Qd4 Kg7 $1 19. Rxb7 Rxe7 20. Qxf6+ Kxf6 21. Rxh6+ Kg7 22. Rh5 Kg6 23. g4 Nc5
24. Rb1 Rf8 $11 25. Kf1 Ref7 26. f3 exf3 27. gxf3 Rxf3+ $1 28. Bxf3 Rxf3+ 29.
Ke2 Rg3 (29... Rxc3 30. Rbh1) 30. Rh8 Rxg4 31. Rc8 Re4+ 32. Kd2 Re7 (32... Rxc4
33. Rb4 $1) 33. Re1 Rh7 34. Re2 Kf5 35. Rf8+ Kg4 36. Kc2 Nd7 37. Rf1 Rg7 $11
38. Re4+ Kh3 39. Re3+ Kg4 40. Re4+ Kh5 41. Rh1+ Kg6 42. Rhe1 Ne5 43. c5 $14 Kf5
44. cxd6 cxd6 45. Rd4 Rg6 46. Rf1+ Ke6 47. Rfd1 Kd7 48. Ra4 Nc6 49. Rg1 Ke6 50.
Ra6 Kd7 51. Kd3 d5 52. Ke3 Kd6 53. Ra4 Ke5 54. Kf3 Kf5 55. Kg3 a5 56. Rd1 Ke6
57. Ra3 Kd6 58. Rb3 Kc5 59. a4 Kc4 60. Rb5 Rd6 61. Rc1 Re6 62. Kg4 Re2 63. Rd1
Ra2 64. Rdxd5 Rxa4 65. Rdc5+ Kd3+ 66. Kxg5 Rc4 67. Rxc4 Kxc4 68. Rb6 Ne7 69.
Re6 Kxc3 70. Rxe7 a4 71. Ra7 Kb3 72. Kf4 a3 73. Ke3 a2 74. Kd2 Kb2 75. Rb7+ Ka1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Match/Nation DDR-BLR 21,0-19,0"]
[Site "Berlin East"]
[Date "1967.04.26"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Kapengut, Albert Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Annotator "Uhlmann,W"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1967.04.26"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "German Dem Rep"]
[BlackTeam "Belarus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DDR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

{SCHACH 6/1967 Seite 165 Bauernopfer öffnet Damenflügel} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3.
Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. h3 {Bereitet Le3 vor, ohne durch Sg4 gestört zu
werden. Diese Idee wird häufig von rumänischen Meistern angewandt.} e5 7. d5
Na6 8. Be3 Nh5 9. Nd2 {Um f7-f5 zu erschweren, was im Augenblick an e4xf5
scheitert, da der Sh5 ungedeckt ist.} Qe8 10. Nb3 f5 11. c5 $1 {Ein feines
positionelles Bauernopfer. Schwarz wird zu f4 provoziert, um den Bauern c5 zu
gewinnen. Ihm geht aber dafür das wichtige Springerfeld f4 verloren, und
gleichzeitig wird die Stellung geschlossen.} f4 12. Bd2 Nxc5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14.
Be2 $1 {Um nicht gelegentlich durch f4-f3 geärgert zu werden, wird zunächst
der Springer zurückgetrieben.} Nf6 15. b4 $1 {[#]Die Stellung erfordert
energischen Angriff am Damenflügel, da Schwarz mittels a6 und b6 alle
Einbruchsfelder abzudecken drohte.} Qe7 ({Auf} 15... cxb4 {hatte ich} 16. Nb5 {
geplant, und Schwarz steht den Drohungen Tc1 nebst Sxc7 bzw. Lxb4 oder auf De7
Db3 hilflos gegenüber.}) 16. bxc5 Qxc5 17. Rc1 Bd7 18. O-O Qd4 $2 {Ein
weiterer Tempoverlust, da die Dame später zurückgedrängt wird.} ({Schwarz
sollte} 18... Qd6 {spielen. Ich wollte den Druck auf dem Damenflügel mittels}
19. Qb3 {,Tc2 und Tfc1 verstärken.}) 19. Qc2 Ne8 20. Rfd1 Qc5 21. a4 Bf6 22.
Qb3 Qb6 23. Qc4 Bh4 ({Falls} 23... Nd6 {,so} 24. Qa2 {und die schwarze Dame
wäre in arge Bedrängnis gekommen.}) 24. Be1 Qf6 25. d6+ Be6 26. Nd5 Qf7 27.
dxc7 Rc8 28. Bg4 {Es gab bereits mehrere gute Fortsetzungen. Der Textzug
verhindert Lxd5 wegen 29. exd5 Txc7 30. Le6 und Weiß gewinnt die Qualität.}
Nxc7 29. Bxe6 Nxe6 {[#]} 30. Qxc8 $1 {Weiß bekommt zwei Türme für die Dame und
dringt entscheidend auf den schwarzen Feldern ein.} Rxc8 31. Rxc8+ Kg7 32. Bc3
Bf6 33. Nxf6 Kxf6 34. Rd5 Nd4 35. Bb4 $1 ({Wesentlich besser als} 35. Bxd4 {
Gegen Tf8 und Ld6 gibt es keine Verteidigung mehr.}) 35... Qg7 36. Bd6 Qh6 (
36... Nc6 {scheitert an} 37. Rxc6 {nebst Lxe5+. Es war höchste Zeit, die
Partie aufzugeben.}) 37. Bxe5+ Ke6 38. Bxd4 f3 39. Re8+ Kf7 40. Rde5 Qc1+ 41.
Kh2 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1982.05.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1982.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "Kasparov"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Na6 (7... Nh5
8. Nh2 $1 Qe8 9. Be2 Nf4 10. Bf3 f5 11. g3 (11. h4 $2 Na6 12. g3 Nc5 $3 13.
gxf4 exf4 14. e5 $1 {Kavalek-Quinteros/1973/}) 11... Nxh3 12. Bg2 fxe4 (12...
f4 13. Nf3 g5 14. Bxh3 Bxh3 15. Rxh3 g4 16. Rh1 gxf3 17. Qxf3 {
Vyzhmanavin-Chiburdanidse/Moskau/1981/1:0/65/}) 13. Be3 Bf5 14. Ng4 {+/=/+/-
Bagirov-Vukic/Banja-Luka/1976/1:0/52/}) 8. Be3 {/\ 8.... Nc5 9.Nd2} Nh5 $1 9.
Nh2 Qe8 10. Be2 Nf4 11. Bf3 f5 12. h4 (12. g3 Nxh3 13. Bg2 f4) 12... Qe7 13. g3
Nb4 (13... Nh3 14. Rf1 f4 15. Bc1) 14. Qb3 $2 (14. gxf4 fxe4 $1 (14... exf4 $2
15. Bxf4 fxe4 16. Bg5 $1) 15. fxe5 (15. Nxe4 exf4 16. Bd2 Nd3+ 17. Ke2 Nc5)
15... Nd3+ 16. Ke2 Rxf3 $1 17. Nxf3 Bg4 18. Nxe4 Nxe5 $19) (14. O-O $8 g5 $1
$15) 14... Nfd3+ 15. Ke2 f4 (15... a5) 16. Bd2 fxg3 $6 (16... Nxf2 $1 17. Kxf2
Nd3+ 18. Kg2 (18. Ke2 Nc5 19. Qc2 fxg3 20. Nf1 Qf6) 18... fxg3 19. Kxg3 Rf4 $1
20. Bxf4 (20. Ng4 h5 $1 21. Ne3 (21. Nf2 Rxf3+ $1 22. Kxf3 Qf6+ 23. Ke2 Nxf2)
21... Bf6 22. Ng2 Bxh4+ 23. Rxh4 Qg5+) 20... exf4+ 21. Kg2 Qxh4 22. Rhf1 Bh3+
23. Kh1 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Nf2+ 25. Rxf2 Qxf2 26. Qxb7 Rf8 27. Ne2 $1 g5 28. Qxc7 (
28. Qb3 Qh4 $1 {/\ g4}) 28... g4 $1 29. Bxg4 f3 30. Nxf3 (30. Bxf3 Be5 $1)
30... Qxe2 (30... Rxf3 $2 31. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 32. Kg1 Qxe2 33. Qc8+ $10) 31. Qxd6
Qf1+ 32. Ng1 Qxc4 {-/+/-+}) 17. fxg3 Rxf3 $1 18. Nxf3 Bg4 19. Raf1 Rf8 {
/\ 20.... Qf7,/\ 20.... Bf3 21.Rf3 Rf3 22.Kf3 Qf6 23.... Qf2 -+} 20. Nd1 $2 (
20. Be3 $1 Bh6 $1 $8 (20... Qf7 $2 21. a3 $1 Bxf3+ 22. Kd2 Qd7 23. Rhg1) (20...
Qd7 21. a3 Bxf3+ 22. Rxf3 Qg4 23. Rhf1 Rxf3 24. Rxf3 Ne1 25. Kxe1 Qxf3 26. Kd2
$1) 21. Bxh6 (21. a3 $2 Rxf3 22. Rxf3 Bxf3+ 23. Kxf3 Qf6+ 24. Ke2 (24. Kg2 Bxe3
25. Rf1 Ne1+ $1) 24... Bxe3 25. Rf1 Nc1+) 21... Rxf3 22. Rxf3 Bxf3+ 23. Kxf3
Qf6+ 24. Kg2 Qf2+ 25. Kh3 Qf3 26. Rh2 (26. Kh2 Qf2+) 26... g5 $1 27. Bxg5 Qf1+
28. Kg4 (28. Rg2 $2 Nf2+ 29. Kh2 Qh1#) 28... h5+ $1 29. Kxh5 Qf3+ 30. Kh6 (30.
g4 $4 Qf7+ 31. Kh6 Qh7#) 30... Qf8+ 31. Kh5 Qf3+ $10) 20... Qf7 $1 21. Be3
Bxf3+ 22. Kd2 Qd7 23. Rhg1 (23. a3 {>=} Bxh1 24. Rxh1 a5 25. axb4 Nxb4 $19 {
>< Kd2}) 23... Qh3 24. a3 Bxe4 $1 25. Rxf8+ Bxf8 26. axb4 Qh2+ 27. Kc3 Nc1 $1
0-1

[Event "Interzonal-14a"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Xu, Jun"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1987.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. h3 a6 8. a4 e6 9.
Bd3 exd5 10. exd5 Re8+ 11. Be3 Nh5 12. O-O Nd7 13. Qd2 (13. g4 Nhf6 {/\ h5})
13... Ne5 (13... f5 14. Bg5 Ndf6 15. Rae1 Rxe1 16. Rxe1 Bd7 {/\ Qf8, h6} 17.
Ne2 Qf8 18. Nf4 $14) 14. Nxe5 Rxe5 15. Rfe1 Qh4 $5 16. Bf1 $6 (16. Ne4 Bxh3 (
16... Rxe4 17. Bxe4 Qxe4 18. Bxc5 $16) 17. Bg5 (17. gxh3 Rxe4 $13) 17... Qg4 (
17... Rxg5 18. Qxg5 $16 (18. Nxg5 $16)) 18. f3 $14) (16. Bh6 $14 {Marin,M})
16... Bd7 $10 17. Bh6 Bxh6 (17... Rae8 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rxe5 Rxe5 20. Re1 $10)
18. Qxh6 Rae8 19. Rxe5 (19. Qd2 Qd4 $5 $15) 19... Rxe5 20. g3 Qe7 21. Qd2 $10
Ng7 (21... Nf6 22. Bg2 {/\ f4}) 22. g4 $8 (22. f4 Re3 23. g4 Rg3+ 24. Kh2 Qh4
25. Ne4 Rxg4 26. Nf6+ Qxf6 27. hxg4 Bxg4 $17) 22... g5 (22... h5 23. f4 Re3 24.
Kf2 Rxh3 25. Bxh3 Qh4+ 26. Kg1 $1 Qxh3 27. Qg2 Qxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Bxg4 29. Ne4 $16)
23. f4 gxf4 24. Qxf4 h5 25. Bg2 hxg4 26. hxg4 f5 27. gxf5 (27. Rf1 $5 fxg4 28.
Ne4 $44 Bf5 29. Ng3) 27... Rxf5 28. Qe4 (28. Qd2 Nh5) 28... Re5 29. Qf3 Re3 30.
Qf4 Nh5 31. Qh6 Re1+ (31... Qe5 32. Rf1) 32. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 33. Bf1 Qg3+ 34. Kh1
Qh4+ 35. Kg1 Qd4+ 36. Kg2 Qg4+ 37. Kh2 Qg3+ 38. Kh1 Bg4 39. Qg5+ $2 (39. Qg6+
Kf8 40. Bg2 (40. Qh6+ $2 Ke7 41. Qh7+ Kd8 $19) 40... Qxg2+ 41. Kxg2 Nf4+ 42.
Kg3 Nxg6 43. Kxg4 Ne5+ 44. Kf5 Nxc4 45. Ke6 $10) 39... Kf7 $19 40. Qd2 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 c5 (6... e5) 7. d5 e6
8. Bd3 exd5 9. exd5 Re8+ 10. Be3 Bf5 11. Bxf5 gxf5 12. O-O Ne4 13. Nxe4 fxe4
14. Nd2 Nd7 $5 (14... f5 15. f3 exf3 16. Rxf3 Rxe3 17. Rxe3 Bd4 18. Nf1 Qg5 (
18... f4 $2 19. Qg4+) 19. Qxd4 cxd4 20. Rg3 Qg6 21. Rd1 $16) (14... Qf6) 15.
Qg4 Nf6 16. Qh4 Nd7 17. Qg3 (17. Bg5 f6 18. Bh6 (18. Bf4 f5 19. Qxd8 Raxd8 20.
Bxd6 Bxb2 21. Rab1 Bc3 $17) 18... f5 19. Qg3 Qf6 20. Bxg7 Qxg7 21. Qxd6 Ne5 22.
Qxc5 Nd3 23. Qa3 (23. Qe3 $2 f4 24. Qe2 f3 25. Nxf3 Nf4 $19) (23. Qd6 Rad8 24.
Qg3 (24. Qh2 Qxb2 $17) 24... Qxg3 25. fxg3 e3 26. Nf3 Nxb2 $17) 23... Nf4 24.
g3 e3 25. Kh2 $8 e2 (25... Qh6 26. gxf4 Qxf4+ 27. Kg2 exd2 28. Qg3+ Qxg3+ 29.
Kxg3 Re2 30. Kf3 Rae8 31. Rfd1 Re1 32. d6 $18) (25... Ne2 26. Nf3 exf2 27. Nh4
$16) (25... exd2 26. gxf4 Qd4 27. Qc3 Qxc3 28. bxc3 Rac8 29. Kg2 Rxc4 30. Rfd1
$14) 26. Rfe1 (26. Rg1 Nxh3 27. Kxh3 Qh6+ 28. Kg2 Qxd2 $17) (26. gxf4 exf1=N+
27. Rxf1 Qd4 $17) 26... Nxh3 (26... Qd4 27. Qf3) 27. Kxh3 Qh6+ 28. Kg2 Qxd2 $44
) 17... Qf6 (17... Nf6 18. Bg5 {/\ Rae1+/-}) (17... f5 18. f3 $16 (18. Qxd6
Bxb2 19. Rab1 Be5 20. Qh6 b6 $13)) (17... Nf8 18. Bf4 $16) 18. Qg4 Ne5 $5 (
18... Qe7 19. Bg5 (19. Rae1 Nf6 20. Qf4 (20. Qh4 Nxd5 21. Qxe7 (21. Bg5 f6 22.
Nxe4 fxg5 23. Nxg5 Qxe1 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 26. Kh2 Re7 27. Qf5+ Nf6
$13) 21... Nxe7 22. Nxe4 Nf5 23. Bc1 Re6 $10) (20. Qf5 Qd7 21. Qxd7 (21. Qf4
Re7 22. f3 Rae8) 21... Nxd7 22. Bf4 f5 23. Bxd6 Bxb2 24. Rb1 Bc3 25. Rxb7 Nb6
26. Nb1 Bd4 $13 27. Na3 e3) 20... Qd7 21. f3 exf3 22. Qxf3 {/\ Bg5+/-}) 19...
Qe5 (19... Nf6 20. Qf4 {/\ Rae1+/-}) (19... f6 20. Bf4 $16) 20. Bf4 Qe7 21.
Rae1 $16) 19. Qxe4 Qg6 (19... Ng6 20. Qf3 (20. Qc2 Qxb2 21. Qxb2 Bxb2 22. Rab1
Bc3 23. Rxb7 Rxe3 24. fxe3 Bxd2 25. Rfxf7 Bxe3+ 26. Kh1 a5 27. Rg7+ Kf8 28.
Rxh7 Bd4 $40) 20... Qxb2 (20... Qxf3 21. Nxf3 Bxb2 22. Rab1 $18) (20... Qe7 21.
Rab1 $16) 21. Rab1 Qxa2 22. Rxb7 Re7 (22... Rf8 23. Ne4 Qxc4 24. Nxd6 Qa6 25.
Bxc5 Be5 26. Rd7 Bh2+ 27. Kxh2 Qxf1 28. Nxf7 $18) (22... Ne5 23. Qg3 {/\ Ne4+/-
}) 23. Rxe7 Nxe7 24. Rb1 $16 (24. Ne4 Qxc4 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26. Nxd6+ Kg8 27.
Nxc4 Nxd5 $13)) 20. Qxg6 hxg6 21. b3 Nd3 (21... a6 22. a4 Rab8 (22... b5 23.
axb5 axb5 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. cxb5 Rb8 26. Nc4) 23. a5 $16) 22. Rad1 (22. Rab1 $6
f5 23. Nf3 (23. g3 Be5 {/\ 24... Bg3, 24... f4}) 23... f4 24. Bd2 (24. Rfd1 Nb2
) 24... Re2 $13) 22... Nb4 (22... f5 23. Nf3 $16) 23. a4 Nc2 24. Bf4 Rad8 $2 (
24... Be5 {>=} 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Nf3 Re2 27. Rd2 Rxd2 28. Nxd2 Nd4 29. Ne4 Rd8
30. Rb1 a5 31. Nc3 Kg7 32. Nb5 Nxb5 33. axb5 b6) 25. Nf3 Re4 26. g3 (26. Bg3 $2
Bh6 $13) (26. Bc1 $2 Rde8 $13) 26... a6 27. Rd2 (27. Rc1 Re2 28. Kg2 {/\ Ng1}
Nd4 29. Nxd4 Bxd4 $13) (27. Kg2 {/\ Rc1} b5 28. Rc1 Na3 $13) 27... Nb4 (27...
Nd4 28. Nxd4 Bxd4 29. Kg2 {/\ Kf3, Re2+/-}) 28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Nxe1 Bc3 30. Re2
Bxe1 $6 (30... Kf8 31. Nf3 $16 {/\} Nd3 32. Bg5 f6 33. Bh6+ Kf7 34. Re3 $18)
31. Rxe1 Nd3 32. Re7 $6 (32. Bg5 Nxe1 33. Bxd8 Nf3+ (33... Kf8 34. Bf6 Nf3+ 35.
Kf1 Nd2+ 36. Ke2 Nxb3 37. Bc3 Nc1+ (37... b6 38. Kd1 {/\ Kc2+-}) 38. Kd2 Na2
39. Ba5 $18) 34. Kf1 (34. Kg2 Nd2 35. Be7 Nxb3 36. Bxd6 f5 $13) 34... Nd2+ 35.
Ke2 Nxb3 36. Bc7 f5 (36... b5 37. cxb5 axb5 38. a5 $18) 37. Bxd6 $18) 32...
Nxf4 (32... b5 33. Ra7 bxc4 34. bxc4 Nb2 (34... Rb8 35. Rxa6 Rb2 36. Be3 $18)
35. Rxa6 Nxc4 36. a5 {/\ Ra7+-}) 33. gxf4 b5 (33... Rb8 34. Rd7 b5 35. Rxd6
bxc4 36. bxc4 Rb4 37. Rxa6 Rxc4 38. d6 Rd4 39. a5 {/\ Rc6+-}) 34. Ra7 bxc4 35.
bxc4 Rb8 36. Rxa6 Rb4 37. a5 (37. Rxd6 $2 Rxa4 $10) 37... Rxc4 (37... Ra4 38.
Rxd6 Rxa5 39. Rc6 $18) 38. Rxd6 Kf8 (38... Rxf4 39. Rd8+ Kg7 40. d6 Kf6 (40...
c4 41. a6 c3 42. a7 c2 43. Rc8 Ra4 44. d7 $18) 41. a6 Ra4 42. Re8 $18) (38...
Ra4 39. a6 c4 40. Rc6 Kf8 (40... c3 41. d6 $18) 41. Kf1 Ke7 42. Ke2 Ra3 43. h4
{/\ f5+-}) 39. f5 gxf5 40. Rc6 Ke7 41. Kg2 Rb4 (41... Rc1 42. h4 $18) (41...
Ra4 42. Rxc5 Kd6 43. Rb5 {/\ Kg3, f3, h4+-}) (41... Kd7 42. Kg3 $18) 42. Rxc5
Kd6 43. Rc6+ (43. Rc8 Ra4 44. Ra8 Kxd5 45. a6 Kc6 (45... Ke5 46. a7 Kf6 47. h4
Ra3 48. h5 Kg7 49. h6+ Kh7 50. Kh2 $18 {(.)}) 46. Kg3 Kb6 47. f3 {/\ h4+-})
43... Kxd5 44. Rf6 Ke4 45. Rxf7 Rb8 (45... Ra4 46. Ra7 $18) 46. Re7+ Kf4 47. a6
1-0

[Event "St Stefan/Belgrade m"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nf3 (7. Nge2 e6
8. O-O exd5 9. cxd5) 7... Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nbd7 $6 (9... Nfd7 10. h4 $5)
(9... e6 $1 10. O-O (10. dxe6 fxe6 11. e5 $2 Nfd7 (11... dxe5 12. Qxb7 Qxd3 13.
Qxa8 e4 $13) 12. Qxb7 Nxe5 $132) 10... exd5 11. exd5 Nfd7 $1 12. Qd1 Na6 $10)
10. Qd1 $1 e6 11. O-O exd5 12. exd5 Ne8 (12... Re8 13. Bd2 a6 14. a4 Re7 15.
Qc2 {Anikaev-Balashov/URs-ch/1979/}) 13. Bd2 Ne5 $6 (13... Nc7 14. Bf4 Ne5) 14.
Be2 f5 15. f4 Nf7 16. g4 $1 Nh6 (16... Qh4 17. Kg2 Nf6 $2 18. Be1 $18) 17. Kg2
Nc7 18. g5 $1 Nf7 19. Rb1 Re8 20. Bd3 Rb8 21. h4 a6 22. Qc2 b5 23. b3 Rb7 (
23... Qd7 24. Ne2 Rb7 25. Ng3 Reb8 26. Nxf5 $5) 24. Rbe1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Qb8 26.
Bc1 Qd8 27. Ne2 bxc4 28. bxc4 Ne8 29. h5 (29. Ng3 Re7 $1 30. Rxe7 Qxe7 31. Nxf5
$6 gxf5 32. Bxf5 h6 $13) 29... Re7 30. h6 Bh8 (30... Bf8 31. Bb2 $18) 31. Bd2
Rb7 32. Rb1 $1 Qb8 33. Ng3 Rxb1 34. Qxb1 Qxb1 35. Bxb1 Bb2 36. Kf3 Kf8 37. Ke2
Nh8 (37... Ke7 38. Nxf5+ $1 gxf5 39. Bxf5 $18) 38. Kd1 Ke7 39. Kc2 Bd4 40. Kb3
Bf2 (40... Kd7 41. Bc3 $1 Bxc3 42. Kxc3 Ke7 43. Nxf5+ gxf5 44. Bxf5 $18) 41.
Nh1 Bh4 (41... Bd4 42. Bc3 Bxc3 43. Kxc3 Kf8 44. Ng3 Nf7 45. Kb3 $18) 42. Ka4
Nc7 43. Ka5 Kd7 44. Kb6 Kc8 45. Bc2 Nf7 46. Ba4 Kb8 (46... Nd8 47. Ka7 Nf7 48.
Bc6 Nd8 49. Ba8 Nxa8 50. Kxa8 Nb7 51. Ka7 $18) 47. Bd7 $1 Nd8 48. Bc3 $1 Na8+
49. Kxa6 Nc7+ 50. Kb6 Na8+ 51. Ka5 Kb7 52. Kb5 Nc7+ 53. Ka4 Na8 54. Kb3 Kc7 55.
Be8 Kc8 56. Bf6 Nc7 57. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 58. Bxd8 1-0

[Event "Ubeda"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1997.02.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Beliavsky,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Huzman} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Nf3 e5
8. d5 h6 9. Be3 Nc5 10. Nd2 a5 11. a3 $1 (11. g4 Bd7 12. f3 (12. Qc2 h5 (12...
c6 {Huzman} 13. Nb3 Nxb3 14. axb3 cxd5 15. cxd5 Nh7 16. Qd2 Qh4 $132 {Arbakov,
V-Golubev,M/Berliner Sommer 1993/0-1 (60)}) 13. f3 Nh7 $11 {Gheorghiu,F-Stein,
L/Hastings/1967/}) 12... h5 $13) (11. Be2 c6 (11... Bd7 {Huzman} 12. Qc2 Nh7
13. Nb3 Nxb3 14. axb3 f5 15. Bd3 Kh8 16. O-O-O f4 17. Bd2 Nf6 $14 {Barbero,
G-Jacimovic,D/Moscow olm ARG-FRM 1994/1/2-1/2 (61)}) (11... Nh7 12. h4 f5 13.
h5 Qf6 14. Qc2 Na6 15. f3 f4 16. Bf2 g5 17. O-O-O Qf7 18. Nf1 Nf6 19. g4 fxg3
20. Nxg3 Ng4 21. fxg4 Qxf2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Yermolinsky,A-Hellers,F/New York
Hudson 1993 (24)}) 12. a3 Ne8 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 Na6 16. Qa3
cxd5 17. cxd5 f5 $13 {Suba,M-Dolmatov,S/Sevilla/1993/}) 11... Ne8 12. b4 axb4 (
12... Na6 {Huzman} 13. Nb3 $16) 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 Na6 15. Qa3 f5 16. Nb3 {
The white continue the attack at the queen's side and neutralize counterplay
of the black at the king's side.The white king may move to the queen's side in
the case of danger.} Nb8 $2 (16... b6 17. c5 bxc5 18. bxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 dxc5
20. Bxc5 Nd6 21. Bd3 $14) (16... c6 $142 {Huzman} 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. b5 Nb8 19.
Be2 $16 (19. Qa7 $5)) 17. c5 Nd7 18. Na5 Ndf6 19. c6 $1 $16 bxc6 (19... b6 20.
Nb7 Qe7 21. Qa8 f4 22. Bd2 Bh8 23. Qxc8 Ng7 24. Nd8 Rxd8 25. Qb7 $16) 20. Nxc6
Qd7 21. Qa8 {/\ 22.Q:c8} Kh7 22. Bb5 $1 f4 (22... Nxe4 23. Nxe4 fxe4 24. Na7
$18) 23. Bd2 f3 24. g4 (24. g3) (24. gxf3 {Huzman} Nh5 25. Na7 Qf7 26. Qxc8
Qxf3 27. Rh2 $18) 24... Nxg4 25. Na7 $18 Qe7 26. hxg4 (26. Qxc8 {Huzman} Nxf2
27. Kxf2 Qh4+ 28. Kf1 Nf6 29. Qe6 Qg3 30. Rg1 Qh2 $132 {[%cal Gf3f2]}) 26...
Bxg4 27. Nc6 Qf7 28. Qd8 (28. Kd1 $18) 28... Bf6 29. Qb8 (29. Rxh6+ {Huzman}
Kg7 30. Qb8 $18) 29... h5 30. Qa7 Bg7 31. Kd1 $1 Nf6 32. Kc2 Nxe4 33. Nxe4 Bf5
(33... Qxd5 34. Nc3 Bf5+ 35. Kc1 Qb3 36. Qa4 $18) 34. Bd3 Qxd5 35. Ne7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch m5-8"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.06.05"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Nf3 h6 8. Be3
e5 9. d5 Nc5 10. Nd2 a5 11. a3 Qe8 {/\ a5-a4, /\ Nf6-h5, f7-f6} (11... Ne8 12.
b4 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 Na6 15. Qa3 f5 16. Nb3 $16 {Beliavsky-Khalifman
(Ubeda 1997)}) 12. b4 Na6 13. Nb3 $6 (13. Rb1 $142 axb4 14. axb4 Nd7 $13 (14...
Nh5 15. c5 f5 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Nc4 $14)) 13... axb4 14. axb4 Bd7 $1 15. b5 Nb4
16. Be2 Rxa1 17. Nxa1 Qa8 18. O-O Na2 (18... Qa3 19. Qd2 Ra8 20. Nc2 Nxc2 21.
Qxc2 b6 22. Qd2 Qa5 23. Rc1 Kh7 $13) 19. Na4 $1 Qa5 (19... Nxe4 20. Qb3 $18)
20. Qb3 Ra8 21. Bd1 c6 $4 (21... Qxa4 $2 22. Qxa4 Rxa4 23. Bxa4 Nc3 24. Bc2
Nfxe4 25. Nb3 $16 {/\ Rf1-a1-a7}) (21... Nc3 $1 22. Nxc3 Qxa1 $11) 22. Nb6 $1
Rb8 23. Nxd7 Nxd7 24. Bg4 Nc5 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. bxc6 Nb4 27. cxb7 Rxb7 28. Nc2
Bf8 $2 29. Na3 $18 Qb6 30. Nb5 Rb8 31. Ra1 Na6 32. Bd7 Nc7 33. Qf3 Rb7 34. Bc6
Nxb5 35. cxb5 Ra7 36. Rd1 Ra4 37. d6 Rd4 38. Rxd4 cxd4 39. Bd5 Qa7 40. b6 Qd7
41. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.11.08"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bochum"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. h3 {The general
strategical idea of this system is to restrict Black's active possibilities on
both sides.} e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 $1 {This is much stronger than an immediate 8.
Be3. White wants to provoke ...h7-h6 weakening the black kingside and
depriving the black bishop of the h6 square.} Na6 9. Nd2 c6 $146 10. Be2 h6 11.
Be3 Nd7 $5 {Black is starting an interesting plan: he strengthens his
queenside with the a5 pawn and a pair of knights and at the same time prepares
...f7-f5.} 12. g4 Ndc5 13. Nb3 (13. h4 f5 $1) 13... Bd7 (13... cxd5 14. cxd5
Qh4 {is premature in view of} 15. Nxa5 f5 16. Nc4 $1 $16) 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. h4
{[%cal Yh4h5] White's plan is h4-h5 forcing ...g6-g5 and then a queenside
attack (b2-b3,a2-a3,b3-b4 etc.). Therefore Black takes measures to defend his
queenside.} a4 $1 {[%cal Yd8a5]} 16. Qd2 {[%cal Re3h6]} cxd5 17. cxd5 Qa5 $2 {
[#] A tactical error. Black underestimates White's attacking possibilities
after the capture on h6.} (17... Kh7 18. h5 g5 $10) 18. Bxh6 $1 Bxh6 (18... a3
19. Bxg7 axb2 20. Rb1 Kxg7 21. Rxb2 Rfc8 22. h5 Na4 23. h6+ Kh8 24. Nxa4 Rc1+
25. Bd1 Bxg4 (25... Bxa4 26. Qxa5 Rxa5 27. Kd2) 26. O-O Qxd2 27. Rxd2 Rxd1 28.
Rfxd1 Bxd1 29. Nb6 Ra6 30. Nd7 $1 $16) 19. Qxh6 a3 20. b4 $1 Qxb4 21. Rc1 Rac8
$2 (21... Nxe4 $2 22. h5 g5 (22... Nxc3 23. hxg6 Nxe2+ 24. Kf1 Ng3+ 25. Kg2
Qe4+ 26. f3 Qe2+ 27. Kxg3 $18) 23. Bd3 f5 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Qg6+ Kh8 26. h6 Rg8
27. Qf6+ Kh7 28. Qe7+ Kh8 29. Qxd7 $18) (21... Na4 22. h5 g5 $8 23. Qxg5+ Kh7
24. Qd2 Rfc8 25. Rh3 Nxc3 26. Rhxc3 Rxc3 27. Rxc3 Qb1+ 28. Rc1 Qxe4 29. f3 $16
Qf4 $140 30. Qxf4 exf4 31. Rc7) (21... Rfc8 22. h5 Nd3+ 23. Bxd3 Rxc3 24. O-O
gxh5 (24... Rxd3 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. Qxg6+ Kf8 27. Rc7 $1 Rd8 28. Kg2 Rd2 29. Rh1
Rxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Qd2+ 31. Kg3 Qe3+ 32. Kh4 Qf2+ 33. Kh5 $1 Be8 34. Kh6 Bxg6 35.
Kxg6 $18) 25. Rb1 $1 Qa4 (25... Qd4 26. Qg5+ Kf8 27. Rxb7 $16) 26. Qd2 $1 Qd4 (
26... Rac8 27. Rxb7 hxg4 28. Qg5+ Kf8 29. Bb5 $1 Qxb5 30. Rxb5 Bxb5 31. Re1 $16
) 27. Qg5+ Kf8 28. Rxb7 $16 {[%csl Rf8]}) 22. h5 Nd3+ 23. Bxd3 Rxc3 24. O-O Be8
$8 {[%csl Rf8] As a consequence of the wrong rook move, the f8 rook is out of
play.} 25. Rfd1 $18 Qc5 26. Rxc3 $6 (26. Kg2 $18 {[%cal Yd1h1]}) 26... Qxc3 27.
Kg2 Qc7 {White had overlooked this defence; still his position is winning.} 28.
Rh1 f6 29. hxg6 Qg7 30. Qxg7+ Kxg7 31. Rh7+ Kxg6 32. Rxb7 $18 {_|_} Kg5 33. Rb8
Rg8 34. Kg3 Bf7 35. Rb7 Bg6 36. Ra7 Rb8 37. Rxa3 Rb2 38. f3 Rd2 39. Bf1 Rc2 (
39... Be8 $142) 40. Ra8 $1 {[%csl Rg6]} Rc3 41. Kf2 f5 (41... Kf4 42. Be2) 42.
gxf5 Bh5 43. Be2 Kf4 44. Rh8 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 14th final"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1999.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[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 "Gorzow Stilon Welkopolski"]
[BlackTeam "Petah-Tikva Elitzur"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. h3 Na6 7. Bg5 Qe8 8. g4 e5
(8... Kh8 9. Be2 e5 10. d5 Bd7 11. Nd2 Ng8 12. Rg1 Nc5 13. h4 f5 14. gxf5 gxf5
15. exf5 e4 16. Be3 Bxf5 17. Nb3 Nd3+ 18. Bxd3 exd3 19. Qf3 Bg6 20. Qg2 Bxc3+
21. bxc3 Qe5 22. Kd2 Nf6 23. f3 b5 24. h5 $1 {+/- 1-0 Krasenkow,M-Sutovskij,E/
Pamplona 1998/CBM 69_07 (30)}) 9. d5 Nd7 $6 (9... Nc5 10. Nd2 a5) 10. Rg1 Ndc5
11. a3 $1 Bd7 12. b4 Na4 13. Nb5 {+/-} Nb6 14. Qd3 Kh8 15. Be2 f6 (15... f5 16.
gxf5 gxf5 17. Nd2 Qf7 18. O-O-O {+/-}) 16. Bd2 f5 17. gxf5 gxf5 18. O-O-O Qe7 (
18... fxe4 19. Qxe4 Bf5 20. Qh4 Qd7 21. Rg3 $36 {>>}) 19. Ng5 fxe4 $2 (19... h6
$5 20. Ne6 (20. Nf3 c6 $5 21. Nc3 (21. dxc6 $140 fxe4 22. Qxe4 Bxc6) 21... fxe4
22. Qxe4 (22. Nxe4) 22... Bf5 23. Qh4 Qxh4 24. Nxh4 {+=}) 20... Bxe6 21. dxe6
Qxe6 22. Nc3 {~=}) 20. Nxe4 Bf5 21. Nbc3 {+/-} Qh4 22. Bg4 $1 Bg6 23. Be6 $5 (
23. Rg2 $5 {+/-}) 23... Rxf2 24. Rxg6 $1 (24. Rg4 $5 Qh5 (24... Qe7 25. Rxg6
Rxd2 26. Nxd2 hxg6 27. Qxg6 {+-}) 25. Qg3 $1 Rf4 $1 (25... Rxd2 26. Nxd2 e4 27.
Ncxe4 {+-}) 26. Bxf4 exf4 27. Qd3 (27. Rxf4 Qe5 $1 (27... Bh6 28. Nd2 Bxf4 29.
Qxf4 {+/-}) 28. Rdf1 (28. Rg4 Qxg3 29. Rxg3 Nxc4 {~=}) 28... Nxc4 {~=}) 27...
Qe5 {~=}) 24... Rxd2 25. Nxd2 hxg6 26. Qxg6 Bh6 $2 (26... Rf8 27. Rg1 Qh7 (
27... Bh6 28. Kb1 $1) (27... Qh6 $142 28. Kc2 {+/-}) 28. Qxh7+ Kxh7 29. Nce4 {
+/-}) 27. Rg1 $1 {+-} Nxc4 28. Kc2 $1 Nxa3+ 29. Kd1 Qf4 30. Nce4 $1 Nc4 31. Bg8
Ne3+ 32. Kc1 1-0

[Event "Katrineholm"]
[Site "Katrineholm"]
[Date "1999.05.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. Nd2 $5
$146 {Similar to Speelman-Ivanchuk game Linares,1991. White`s idea is to
prevent Nc5 and a7-a5 set-up} Bh6 9. Be2 (9. Qc2 Nb4 10. Qb3 a5) 9... Nc5 10.
Qc2 a5 11. h4 $1 a4 (11... Ng4 $5 {[%cal Yf7f5]} 12. h5 (12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. f3
Bd7 14. h5 Bg5 15. Nb3 $36 {>>}) 12... Qf6 13. Bf3 Qg7 $5 $132 {[%cal Yf7f5]})
12. h5 Bg7 13. Nf1 c6 14. Ng3 {[%cal Gg3f5]} cxd5 15. exd5 $5 (15. cxd5 Bd7 16.
Be3 Qa5 $132 {[%cal Yb7b5]}) 15... Ne8 16. hxg6 hxg6 {[%cal Yf7f5]} (16... fxg6
17. Be3 $16 {[%csl Ge4]}) 17. Nge4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 f5 19. Nc3 (19. Ng5 Nf6 20.
Ne6 Bxe6 21. dxe6 Qe7 $17) 19... Bd7 20. g4 {This position looks very unclear,
but Black fail to find correct path} e4 $6 (20... Nf6 $5 21. Bd2 {/\22.0-0-0} (
21. gxf5 Bxf5 22. Qd1 Ne4 $132) (21. Bg5 a3 22. b3 Qa5 $132) 21... Nxg4 22.
Bxg4 fxg4 23. Qxg6 Bf5 24. Qh5 Rc8 25. b3 e4 $132) 21. gxf5 Bxf5 (21... gxf5
22. Bh6 Bxh6 23. Rxh6 $36) 22. Be3 Qa5 {[%cal Ya4a3]} 23. a3 $1 $16 {Now
Black`s counterplay is over.And White start to use Black`s weaknesses,
combining it with threats to Black`s King} b5 $6 (23... Nf6 24. Qd2 {[%cal
Ge3h6]} Ng4 25. Bxg4 Bxg4 26. Bd4 $40) 24. cxb5 Rc8 (24... Nc7 25. Qd2 $16 {
[%cal Ge3d4,Ge3h6]}) 25. Rc1 Rf7 (25... Nc7 26. Qd2 Nxb5 27. Bxb5 Bxc3 28. Rxc3
Qxb5 29. Qd4 $40 {/+-}) 26. Bd1 $1 $18 {[%csl Ra4]} Nf6 (26... Rc4 27. Qd2 Rfc7
28. b6 Rc8 29. Ne2 Qxd2+ 30. Bxd2 $18) 27. Qxa4 Qd8 28. b6 Nd7 {[%cal Yd7b6,
Yd7e5,Ye5d3,Yd7c5]} 29. Qb4 Nc5 (29... Ne5 30. Be2 $18) 30. Be2 Rb7 31. Na4 $1
Nd3+ (31... Nxa4 32. Rxc8 Qxc8 33. Qxa4 Bxb2 34. Qc6 Qa8 35. Ba6 $1 Qxa6 36.
Qe8+ Kg7 37. Qh8+ Kf7 38. Rh7+ $18) 32. Bxd3 Rxc1+ 33. Bxc1 exd3 34. Be3 Qe7
35. Kd2 Qe5 36. Nc3 {[%cal Ga3a6]} g5 37. a4 Rb8 38. a5 Bc8 39. Rg1 $1 g4 40.
Qf4 $1 Ra8 (40... Qe7 41. Bd4 $18 {[%cal Gg1e1]}) 41. Qxe5 (41. Qxe5 Bxe5 42.
b4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Tel Aviv super 1st"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1999.05.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1999.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Smirin. Hansen,Cu} d6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5
Nbd7 7. Nf3 e5 8. d5 a5 9. Nd2 h6 {Hansen,Cu: 'Strategically this is a very
interesting moment in the game. There are a lot of questions which to my
knowledge is still unanswered - but then I am not a regular Kings Indian
Player. First of all the opinion about the move h7-h6 is divided. Kingsindian
players always dream about being able to play Bg7-h6 at some stage, which is
now unlikely to happen. And then there is the weakness of the square g6. This
might seem irrelevant but as black very much wants to play f7-f5 it actually
is of some importance.   If black wants to play h7-h6 there is the important
question of moveorder. It seems to me he should play all the usual moves first
- like 9. - Nc5 10.Be2 c6 and now white has to play 11.b3 if he wants to do
something on the Q-side(play b2-b4 eventually) as 11.a3 a4 is bad. If black
had played 9.. h6 10.Be3 Nc5 11.Be2 c6 white could play 12.a3 imidieately as
12..a4 13.Bxc5 dxc5 14.Nxa4 is a reasonably safe P to take. '} 10. Be3 Nh7 (
10... Nc5 {Hansen,Cu: and white has the important extra options of:} 11. a3 $5
(11. Be2 $5)) 11. g4 Nc5 12. Rg1 {Hansen,Cu: 'This move is often played, but I
am not sure whether it is such a good idea before black has played f7-f5.
There has been a few games with:'} (12. h4 f5 13. gxf5 gxf5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15.
Qh5 Qe8 16. Qxe8 Raxe8 17. Nb3 $14 {Grivas,E-Kummerow,H/Dortmund}) (12. Be2 {
Hansen,Cu: White could now consider to play h3-h4-h5 if black plays b7-b6 like
in the game since the R is still on h1.} f5 {and now white has two
possibilities} (12... c6 $6 {Black has no time to wait with f7-f5 like in the
game as:} 13. h4 f5 $2 14. h5 $16 {is strong}) 13. gxf5 (13. exf5 gxf5 14. Rg1
Kh8) 13... gxf5 14. Rg1 Kh8 15. Qc2 {in both cases white will try to control
e4, by playing e4xf5 at the right time. The weakness of the g6 square is of
some importance}) 12... Kh8 13. Qc2 (13. Qf3 f5 $6 14. gxf5 gxf5 15. O-O-O f4
16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Qh5 $16 {Shabalov,A-Stanec,N/Oberwart 1992}) 13... b6 $146 {
Hansen,Cu: 'An intesting concept. White cannot play the usual h3-h4 after 12.
Rg1 and so black has time to prepare the advance f7-f5. I think f7-f5 could
have prepared in a even more dynamic and better way by:' Smirin: 'strenthening
the queenside. In case of a capture of the knight, black will withdraw by the
b-pawn, certainly.'} (13... f5 14. gxf5 gxf5 15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. exf5 e4 $1 $44 {
Spacek,P-Karnik,P/Pardubice 1992} (16... Bxf5 {Smirin} 17. Bd3 $16)) (13... Bd7
$5 {[%cal Yc7c6,Ya5a4] Hansen,Cu: with the idea of playing a5-a4 and maybe
c7-c6 before f7-f5}) 14. O-O-O Bd7 15. Be2 Ng5 {'!?' Smirin. Smirin: 'this
move provokes h3-h4 what allows black to transfer the knight to-f4.'} 16. Rh1 (
16. h4 $2 {Hansen,Cu:} Nh3 17. Rh1 Nf4 $15) 16... f5 {Hansen,Cu: 'The only
logical move. White was ready for h3-h4-h5'} 17. exf5 (17. h4 {Smirin} Nh7 18.
h5 f4 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. hxg6 Ng5 21. Nf3 Bxg4 22. Nxg5 Qxg5 23. Bxg4 Qxg4 (
23... f3+ $2 24. Qd2 Qxg4 25. Rxh6+ $1) 24. Rdg1 $14) 17... gxf5 18. h4 {
Smirin: 'Finally white had removed this annoying knight from g5!'} Nh7 19. g5 {
[%mdl 52]} (19. Rhg1 $5 e4 $1 $132) 19... a4 {Hansen,Cu: 'I think white was
now worried about e5-e4 in connection with a4-a3 opening up the /^h8-a1'} 20.
a3 Qe7 {Hansen,Cu: 'Black has been able to achieve a dynamic P-structure in
the center. However his Q-side is somewhat stale after b7-b6 and that is why
he cannot rearly build up an initiative'} (20... e4 {Hansen,Cu} 21. f4) 21. f4
{'!' Smirin.} (21. gxh6 Bf6) 21... exf4 (21... e4 $2 {Smirin} 22. Nf1 $16 {
[%cal Gf1g3,Gg3h5]}) 22. Bxf4 Be5 {'!' Smirin. Smirin: 'Black doesn't care
about-h6,and it is correct.'} 23. Rdf1 $5 {[%mdl 512] Smirin: 'White
sacrifices pawn with this move,but misses a way to advantage.'} (23. Be3 $5 f4
24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. Bd3 $36 (25. Nf3 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Ge2d3] Smirin: Nh7 is in
troubles.})) 23... Bxf4 24. Rxf4 hxg5 (24... Qe3 {Smirin} 25. Rf3 Nb3+ 26. Kd1)
25. hxg5 Qxg5 {Hansen,Cu: 'Black realises that white would be able to play
Nd2-f3-d4 eventually and decides he might as well take a P instead of just
waiting for the enemy to improve his postion'} 26. Rfh4 $44 {[#] White's
compensation for the pawn is obvious - lasting pressure against black's
kingside greater space, and even a bit of latent initiative on the h-line. 
Smirin: 'White has got a strong pressure on h-file in compensation for
sacrificed pawn.'} Rf7 (26... Nb3+ $5 27. Kd1 $14 Rf7 28. Nxb3 axb3 29. Qxb3 (
29. Qd3 $5 $40)) 27. Kb1 Rg7 (27... Re8 28. Nf3 (28. Bh5 $140 {Smirin} Re1+ $1)
28... Qf6 (28... Qe3) 29. Rh6 Qd8 30. Nh4 $16) 28. Nf3 Qe3 29. Bd1 $1 (29. Nd4
{Hansen,Cu: In that case I think whites control over the squares f5,e6 and c6
would more than outweigh the P-deficit. However black can change one R with}
Rg1+) (29. Ka2 $1 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Yf3d4,Yd4f5,Yd4e6,Yd4c6] Hansen,Cu: with
the idea Nf3-d4}) 29... Re8 (29... Qd3 $4 {Smirin} 30. Qxd3 Nxd3 31. Ng5 $18 {
[%cal Gh4h7,Yh7d7]}) 30. Re1 $2 {[%mdl 64]} (30. Qh2 Ree7 $13) (30. Nb5 $1 {
[%cal Rb5c7,Gc7e6]} Bxb5 (30... Bc8 31. Re1) (30... Rc8 31. Nbd4 Rf8 32. Qh2
Rff7 33. Re1 Qd3+ 34. Bc2 Qxc4 35. Nxf5 $18) 31. Qxf5 Qd3+ 32. Qxd3 Nxd3 33.
cxb5 (33. Ng5 Ree7 34. Nxh7 Rxh7 35. cxb5 Nc5) 33... Nf2 34. Rf1 Nxd1 35. Rxd1
$16) 30... Qd3 31. Rxe8+ Bxe8 32. Qxd3 Nxd3 33. Nxa4 $11 (33. Bxa4 {Smirin}
Bxa4 34. Nxa4 Rg2 $15 {[%csl Ra4,Rb2]}) 33... Rg2 34. Bc2 Rg3 35. Bxd3 Rxf3 36.
Be2 Rg3 37. Nc3 {'=' Smirin.} Kg7 38. Kc2 Nf6 39. Kd2 Bg6 40. a4 Ne4+ (40...
Ne4+ {Smirin} 41. Nxe4 fxe4 42. Rf4 e3+ 43. Kd1 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 37th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "2000.08.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. Bg5 Qe8
9. g4 Nc5 10. Nd2 a5 11. Qf3 Nfd7 12. O-O-O (12. Rg1 c6 (12... f6 13. Be3 Rf7
14. h4 Qf8 15. Qg3 Bh6 16. g5 fxg5 17. hxg5 Bg7 18. Be2 Rf4 19. Rh1 Qf7 20.
O-O-O Nf8 21. Rh4 $16 {1-0 Bagirov,V-Podzielny,K/Oipen 1993/Inf 58/[Bagirov,V]
(40)}) (12... Kh8 13. O-O-O a4 14. Nb5 Na6 15. h4 h6 16. Be3 Qe7 17. g5 h5 18.
Nb1 f5 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. Qe2 Ndc5 $17 {1-0 Avrukh,B-Kempinski,R/Biel SUI 2000/
The Week in Chess 300 (42)}) 13. Be2 (13. h4 Nb8 14. h5 Nba6 15. Rc1 a4 16. h6
Bh8 17. Bf6 Nd7 18. Bxh8 Kxh8 19. Nxa4 Qd8 20. a3 Nf6 21. Be2 Ng8 22. Qe3 c5
23. Rh1 $16 {1-0 King,D-Brunner,L/Geneve 1990/CBM 21 (44)}) 13... Nb6 (13...
Rb8 14. Nf1 Nb6 15. Ne3 f6 16. Bh4 Nba4 17. Nxa4 Nxa4 18. Nf5 gxf5 19. gxf5 Kh8
20. O-O-O Qe7 21. Kb1 Bd7 22. Qe3 cxd5 23. cxd5 b5 24. Rg3 b4 25. Rdg1 Rg8 $17
{0-1 Andonov,B-Gross,D/Valjevo YUG 2000/The Week in Chess 294 (39)}) 14. h4 h6
15. Be3 Nba4 16. Nxa4 Nxa4 17. b3 Nc5 18. h5 g5 19. Kf1 Bd7 20. Kg2 cxd5 21.
cxd5 b5 22. Rac1 Qe7 23. Rc2 Rfc8 24. Rgc1 $14 {1-0 Brondum,E-Hejberg,C/
Copenhagen 1997/EXT 99 (53)}) (12. Nb5 Na6 13. Qc3 (13. O-O-O Ndc5 14. Rg1 c6
15. Nxd6 Qd7 16. Nxc8 Rfxc8 17. Kb1 Nb4 18. Rc1 cxd5 19. cxd5 h6 20. Be3 Qa4
21. a3 Nb3 $44 {1/2-1/2 Hoi,C-Sylvan,J/Tjalfe 1995/EXT 99 (61)}) 13... b6 14.
b3 f5 15. f3 Ndc5 16. a3 fxe4 17. fxe4 Rf4 $1 18. Qc2 Bd7 19. Nc3 c6 20. Rb1
cxd5 21. Nxd5 Ne6 $36 {1-0 Akesson,R-Dydyshko,V/Yerevan (ol) 1996/Inf 67/
[Dydyshko,V] (40)}) 12... c6 (12... f6 13. Be3 f5 14. gxf5 gxf5 15. exf5 Kh8
16. Nde4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Nf6 18. Nxf6 Rxf6 19. Bd3 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 Qf8 21. Rhg1
Rxf5 22. Qe4 Bh6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Granero Roca,A-Vassallo,M/Interclubs Aut.Sur
1994 (41)}) (12... Kh8 13. Qe3 f5 14. gxf5 gxf5 15. exf5 Nf6 16. f3 Bxf5 17.
Nde4 Bxe4 18. fxe4 Nh5 19. Kb1 Qf7 20. Be2 Nf4 21. Bg4 {1/2-1/2 Bukal,V-Biti,O/
Zagreb 1997/EXT 99 (21)}) (12... f5 13. gxf5 gxf5 14. exf5 Nf6 15. Bxf6 Rxf6
16. Nde4 Rxf5 17. Qg3 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Kh8 {1/2-1/2 Lukin,A-Novik,M/Moscow 1991/
URS-ch (18)}) 13. h4 h6 14. Be3 a4 15. h5 (15. Ndb1 $5 Qe7 16. h5 g5 17. Na3)
15... g5 16. Be2 (16. Ndb1 $142) 16... Qd8 17. Kb1 Qa5 $132 18. Rc1 Qb4 19. Kc2
a3 20. b3 Nf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (20... Re8 {/\21...Nf6}) 21. Bxg5 $1 hxg5 22. h6
Bh8 (22... Bxg4 23. Qe3 Bxe2 24. hxg7 Bd3+ 25. Kd1 Rfe8 26. Qxg5 Nh7 27. Qh6
$18) 23. h7+ $1 Kg7 (23... Nxh7 24. Qh3 $18) 24. Qh3 $18 Nxg4 25. Bxg4 Kf6 26.
Nf1 $1 (26. Bxc8 Raxc8 27. Qf5+ Ke7 28. Qxg5+ Bf6 $16) 26... Ke7 27. Ne3 f5 28.
Bxf5 Bxf5 29. Nxf5+ Rxf5 30. Qxf5 Rf8 31. Qxg5+ Kd7 32. f3 Na6 33. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2001.04.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2001.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Bg5 h6
9. Be3 Nc5 10. Nd2 a5 11. a3 Ne8 12. b4 axb4 (12... Na6 13. Nb3 $14 {1-0
Andonovski,L-Gamboa,N/Santa Clara 1998/EXT 99 (28)}) (12... Nd7 13. g4 f5 14.
gxf5 gxf5 15. exf5 Ndf6 16. Rg1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Breutigam,M-Polzin,R/Germany 1999/
EXT 2000 (42)}) 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 Nd7 $146 {Disadvantage of white's
position is not reliable K position. The last move's idea is to use Nd7 in
eventual activity on the kingside.} ({In another case -} 14... Na6 {[%csl Ra6]
-N is in offside.} 15. Qa3 f5 16. Nb3 Nf6 (16... b6 17. c5 bxc5 18. bxc5 Nxc5
19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Bxc5 Nd6 21. Bd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kuraszkiewicz,M-Schultz,A/
Germany 1999/GER-chT2 (53)}) (16... Nb8 $2 17. c5 $16 {-see commented game 1-0
Beliavsky,A-Khalifman,A/Ubeda 1997/CBM 58 [Beliavsky,A] (35)}) 17. c5 $5 ({
I would prefer more safety} 17. Bd3 $5 $14 {[%csl Ge4]}) 17... fxe4 18. Nd2 g5
19. c6 (19. Bc4 Nb8 $44) 19... bxc6 20. Bxa6 Bxa6 21. Qxa6 cxd5 22. Ba7 Kh8 23.
O-O {1/2-1/2 Agrest,E-Hall,J/Ronneby 1998/EXT 99 (41) - with very complicated
position where Black has sufficient counterplay.}) 15. c5 $5 ({Worth of
attention also} 15. g4 $1 {-the main idea of h2-h3 move!} f5 16. gxf5 gxf5 17.
exf5 $14 {[%cal Gf1d3,Gh1g1]}) 15... f5 {[%cal Gf5f4]} 16. Nc4 (16. c6 Ndf6 17.
cxb7 Bxb7 $132) (16. exf5 $6 gxf5 17. Nb3 (17. f3 Qh4+ $17 {[%csl Rb4]}) 17...
f4 18. Bd2 e4 $17) 16... f4 $5 (16... fxe4 $5 17. Qc1 {[%cal Gc1h6]} Kh7 (17...
Qh4 18. g3 Qe7 19. Nxe4 $14) 18. Nxe4 Nef6 19. Nc3 Qe7 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Be2
$14) 17. Bc1 dxc5 18. bxc5 Nxc5 19. Ba3 b6 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. Qa5 {[%csl Gc3,
Gc4,Rc5,Rc7,Rg7] Inspite of intersting Black ideas White still has a small
advantage. Black Bg7 is passive, PPc7 and c5 are weak.} (21. Be2 $6 Qg5 $1 22.
Bf3 Nd6 23. Nd2 $15) 21... f3 $5 {Weakening kingside, 0-0 will be very
dangerous for White.} 22. g3 Qe7 23. Bd3 h5 $1 {[%cal Gg7h6,Gh6c1,Gh5h4] In
order to improve Bg7 location through h6.} 24. h4 $5 {Helps to Black to open
position on the kingside. In other hand, after g6-g5 promotion Rh1 will attack
new weakness Ph5} ({Interesting was immediately to play} 24. Na4 $1 h4 25. gxh4
Qxh4 26. Nxc5 Qg5 {[%cal Gg5g2,Gg5c1]} (26... Kh7 27. Bc2 Nd6 28. Nd2 Rf7 29.
Bd1 Bg4 30. Qc3 Qh5 31. Nf1 $16) 27. Ne3 $1 $14) 24... Bh6 $1 {[%cal Gg6g5]}
25. Na4 Nd6 26. Nxc5 (26. Qc3 $6 Nf7 27. Qa5 $11) 26... g5 $6 (26... Rd8 $142
27. Na6 (27. O-O g5 $1 28. hxg5 Bxg5 {[%cal Gh5h4]} 29. Qc3 $132 (29. Ne6 $132)
) 27... Bxa6 28. Qxa6 Nxc4 29. Qxc4 (29. Qxg6+ Bg7 30. Bxc4 Qb4+ $19) 29... Kh7
30. O-O Ra8 31. Rb1 $14 {[%csl Rc7,Rf3]}) 27. Ne6 $4 $19 {Terrible move.
Position, of course, is too complicated to be calculated well. But 30-th Black
move Rf8-b8 after Bxe6 grandmaster like Krasenkow had to take into account...}
({Natural was} 27. hxg5 $1 Qxg5 28. Qc3 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gh1h5] and White
leaves with advantage:} Bg4 $5 (28... Bg7 29. Ne6 $1 Bxe6 30. dxe6 Nb5 31. Qd2
Qg6 (31... Qxd2+ 32. Kxd2 Re8 (32... Nd4 33. Rxh5 $18) 33. Nxe5 Bxe5 34. Bxb5
Re7 35. Ke3 $18) 32. Ne3 Nd4 33. Nf5 Re8 34. Qd1 $1 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Gf5d4]}
Qxe6 35. Nxd4 exd4 36. Qxf3 Ra8 37. Qxh5 $16) 29. Ne3 $1 {Obscuring important
diagonal c1-h6!} (29. Nxd6 $6 cxd6 30. Ne6 Bxe6 31. dxe6 Rb8 $132) (29. Na5 $6
Qc1+ $132) 29... Ra8 30. Rh4 {[%csl Rg4][%cal Ge3g4,Gc5e6]} Bc8 31. Ne6 Bxe6
32. dxe6 $16 {[%csl Rc7,Rh5][%cal Gc3c7,Ge3d5]}) 27... Bxe6 28. dxe6 Nxc4 ({
Badly is} 28... g4 $2 29. Nxe5 Qxe6 30. O-O Bg7 31. Nc6 $132) 29. Bxc4 gxh4 30.
Rxh4 Rb8 $1 {[%csl Re1] This simple and strong move was overlooked by Misha.
Now Ke1 is too weak and won't survive..} 31. Ba2 (31. Bd3 Qg5 (31... Rb2 32.
Qa4 Qc5 33. Qe8+ $11) 32. Qc3 (32. Kf1 Rb2 {[%csl Rf1,Rf2]} 33. Qe1 Qd2 34.
Qxd2 Rxd2 $19) 32... Rb3 $19) 31... Rb2 $1 32. Qa4 Re2+ 33. Kd1 (33. Kf1 Bd2
$19) 33... Rxf2 34. Rxh5 (34. Rh1 Rd2+ 35. Ke1 Kg7 $1 $19 {[%cal Ge7d6,Ge7c5]})
34... Rf1+ (34... Qd6+ 35. Bd5 Rf1+ 36. Kc2 Qc5+ $19) 35. Kc2 Qc5+ 36. Kb3 Qe3+
37. Kb4 Qd4+ 38. Kb3 Qd3+ 39. Kb4 Bd2+ 40. Kc5 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 Qe8 $5 {
Interesting reaction on the last move. Qd6 runs off the pin g5-d8, preparing
e7-e5, and after d4-d5 - f7-f5. Rf8 will be located excellent!} 7. Be2 (7. Nf3
$6 e5 8. dxe5 (8. d5 Nh5 9. Be2 (9. Be3 f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Nb5 Na6 $132) 9...
Nf4 10. Bxf4 exf4 11. Qd2 $132 {0-1 Kazhgaleyev,M-Barbero,G/Lisbon 2000/EXT
2001 (39)}) 8... dxe5 9. Be2 Na6 (9... c6 10. Qd6 Nbd7 11. O-O h6 12. Bh4 Kh7
13. Rad1 Rg8 14. Rd2 Nh5 15. Rfd1 Nf4 16. Qe7 (16. Bg3 Bf8 17. Qc7 $8 Ne6 {
[%csl Rc7][%cal Ge6c7]} 18. Qa5 $8 Bg7 $132) 16... g5 17. Qxe8 {1/2-1/2
Dydyshko,V-Shulman,Y/Ostrava 1998/EXT 99 (17)}) 10. O-O Nc5 11. Qc2 Ne6 12. Be3
Nh5 $132 {0-1 Cramling,P-Jonsson,H/SWE 1994/EXT 2000 (41)}) (7. Nge2 e5 8. d5
a5 (8... Na6 9. g4 Nc5 10. Ng3 a5 11. Be2 c6 12. h4 cxd5 13. cxd5 Bd7 14. Be3
Qb8 15. a4 $16 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Gb7b5]} (15. h5 b5 16. g5 Ne8 17. hxg6 fxg6 18.
Bg4 Qc8 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Rh4 $14 {0-1 Tupy,M-Maryasin,B/Olomouc CZE 2001/The
Week in Chess 354 (39)})) 9. g4 Na6 10. Ng3 Nd7 11. h4 Ndc5 12. Be2 Bd7 13. Qd2
Nb4 14. h5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Agrest,E-Gdanski,J/Stockholm 1998/EXT 99 (69)}) (7. g4
{This move is much better after e7-e5 and d4-d5 - with closed center!} c5 8. d5
(8. Nge2 $6 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 $132 {0-1 Lehner,O-Beliavsky,A/Moerbisch AUT 2001/
The Week in Chess 366 (24)}) 8... e6 $1 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf4 e5 12.
Qe3 b5 13. Nge2 Nb6 14. Ng3 b4 15. Nb1 Qa4 16. Qb3 Qxb3 17. axb3 $11 {1/2-1/2
Renet,O-Nataf,I/Clichy FRA 2001/The Week in Chess 348 (40)}) ({Worth of
attention} 7. Bd3 $5 e5 8. d5 a5 (8... Na6 9. g4 $1 {-see commented game 1/2-1/
2 Avrukh,B-Mohr,G/Pula 2000/CBM 77 [Hazai,L](51)} (9. Nge2 Nd7 10. a3 f5 11. b4
f4 12. f3 Bf6 $132 {[%csl Rg3] 1-0 Meissner,B-Lorenz,S/Mainz GER 2001/The Week
in Chess 331 (39)})) (8... Nh5 9. Nge2 f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. g4 h6 12. Be3 Nf4
13. Bxf5 Bxf5 14. gxf5 Rxf5 15. Qc2 $16 {-see commented game 1-0 Tyomkin,
D-Sasikiran,K/Biel 1999/EXT 2000[Tyomkin,D] (35)}) 9. g4 Na6 10. Nge2 Nd7 11.
Ng3 Ndc5 12. Be2 Kh8 (12... Bd7 13. Rg1 a4 14. Nf5 f6 (14... gxf5 15. gxf5 $18)
15. Nxg7 Kxg7 16. Be3 g5 17. h4 h6 18. f3 Qe7 19. Qd2 Rh8 20. Kf2 b6 21. Rg2
Rh7 22. Rh1 $16 {1-0 Lazarev,V-Goldenberg,D/Montreal 2000/CBM 79 no vc (57)})
13. h4 f6 14. Be3 $14 {0-1 Granero Roca,A-Damljanovic,B/Lorca ESP 2001/The
Week in Chess 349 (25)}) 7... Na6 $146 ({White had played here only} 7... e5 8.
d5 {and only here} Na6 (8... a5 9. g4 (9. Bf3 $6 {Strange idea.} Na6 10. Nge2
Kh8 11. g4 Ng8 12. Be3 f5 $132 {0-1 Chernin,A-Cebalo,M/Bled 1999/EXT 2000 (25)}
) (9. h4 $5 Na6 10. h5 Nc5 11. Bf3 c6 12. hxg6 fxg6 13. Nge2 cxd5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. Nxd5 Bd8 16. Nec3 Bd7 17. a4 Qf7 18. Ra3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kozul,Z-Stevic,H/
Solin-Split CRO 2001/The Week in Chess 371 (73)}) 9... Na6 10. Nf3 Nd7 (10...
Kh8 11. Nd2 Ng8 12. h4 f5 13. f3 f4 14. h5 Bf6 15. hxg6 Qxg6 16. Bxf6+ Nxf6 17.
Nb3 $14 {0-1 Lazarev,V-Cebalo,M/Estensi ITA 2001/The Week in Chess 344 (40)})
11. Nd2 Ndc5 12. Nf1 f5 13. gxf5 gxf5 14. Rg1 Kh8 15. Ng3 Qg6 16. h4 fxe4 17.
Bh5 Nd3+ 18. Kd2 Rxf2+ (18... Nxb2 19. Qe2 Rxf2 20. Qxf2 e3+ 21. Qxe3 Nxc4+ 22.
Kc1 Nxe3 23. Bxg6 $18 {1-0 Klimov,S-Sandstrom,L/Stockholm 1999/CBM 70 ext (30)}
) 19. Ke3 Nxb2 (19... Rf3+ 20. Bxf3 Nxb2 21. Bh5 Nxd1+ 22. Raxd1 $18 {[%csl
Rg6]}) 20. Qb1 Rf3+ 21. Ke2 (21. Bxf3 Nxc4+ 22. Kf2 exf3 $17) 21... Rxg3 22.
Bxg6 Rxg1 23. Qxg1 hxg6 24. Bc1 Nxc4 25. Qxg6 $18) 9. g4 $1 (9. Qd2 $5 Nh5 $1
10. Bxh5 gxh5 11. Nge2 (11. g4 f6 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Qg6 14. Qd2 hxg4 15.
hxg4 Bxg4 16. f3 Bd7 17. Nge2 Kh8 18. O-O-O Rg8 19. Rh6 Qg5 20. Rdh1 Rg7 21. f4
exf4 22. Nxf4 Nc5 23. Kc2 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Bf5 $17 {0-1 Flear,G-David,A/Clichy
1995/CBM 51 ext (52)}) 11... f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Nge4 b6 15. O-O
Nc5 16. f3 $14) 9... Nc5 (9... Bd7 10. Nf3 c6 11. Nd2 cxd5 12. cxd5 Nc5 13. Be3
$14 {1/2-1/2 Agrest,E-Arizmendi Martinez,J/Reykjavik 2000/CBM 75 ext (23)}) 10.
Qc2 c6 11. b4 Na6 12. a3 cxd5 13. cxd5 Bd7 14. Nf3 Rc8 15. Nd2 Nc7 $14 (15...
Nxd5 $2 16. exd5 e4 17. Nc4 b5 18. Nxd6 Qe5 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. Qd2 Rxc3 21. Bf4
Qe8 22. Ra2 $18 {1-0 Poluljahov,A-Zulfugaryi,M/Swidnica 1999/EXT 2000 (33)}))
8. Nf3 e5 9. d5 Nh5 10. g3 (10. Nd2 Nf4 11. O-O f5 $132) 10... f6 (10... f5 11.
exf5 gxf5 $132) 11. g4 $6 {Ftacnik: 'White makes a risky decision in a strong
conviction, that opening of the kingside is dangerous also for black.'} (11.
Be3 $142 $5 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. Nb5 h6 15. Nf3 b6 $14) 11... fxg5
12. gxh5 gxh5 (12... h6 13. Ng1 Rf4 14. Bg4 Nc5 $15) 13. Nxg5 Qe7 14. Rg1 (14.
Qd2 Rf4 15. Rg1 Kh8 $132 (15... h6 $2 16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. dxe6 Qxe6 18. Nd5 Rh4
19. Rg6 $1 Qf7 20. Qxh6 Kf8 $8 21. Qh7 {[%cal Gg6g5]} Nc5 $8 22. Ne3 $16 {
[%cal Ge3f5]})) 14... Qf6 (14... h6 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 Nc5 $132) 15. Rg2 Kh8
16. Bxh5 Bh6 17. h4 Nc5 (17... Qf4 18. Ne2 Qf6 19. Rc1 $16) 18. b4 $4 $19 {
Natural move, but decisive mistake! Shirov had calculated this continuation
precisely! '?!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'This double edged move will definitely
disturb the balance, more careful 18.Qd2 would keep the peaceful character of
the play. '} (18. Qd2 a5 19. O-O-O (19. Rg3 {Ftacnik} Bd7 20. Rf3 Qe7 $11)
19... Bd7 20. Kb1 $14) 18... Qf4 $1 ({Of course, not} 18... Na6 $4 $14) 19. Ne2
({Loses also} 19. Nf7+ Rxf7 20. Bxf7 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gg2g8] because of} Bh3 $1
21. Rg3 (21. Rg1 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 23. Qe2 Qd4 24. Rd1 Qc3+ $19) 21... Nxe4
22. Rf3 Qxh4 (22... Qd2+ 23. Qxd2 Bxd2+ 24. Ke2 Bxc3 25. Rg1 Bxb4 26. Rxh3 Rf8
27. Rf3 Nc3+ 28. Kf1 $16) 23. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 24. Qe2 Qh4 $1 {[%cal Gh3g4]} (24...
Qxe2+ 25. Kxe2 Bg4 {[%cal Ge5e4]} 26. Be6 Bxf3+ 27. Kxf3 Rf8+ $17) 25. Rg3 Bf4
26. Rg1 Bh2 27. Rh1 Bg2 28. Rf1 Rf8 29. Be6 Rf4 $19 {[%csl Rb4,Rc4,Re1,Rf1]
[%cal Gf4e4]}) 19... Qxh4 {[%csl Rg5,Rh5]} 20. Nf7+ (20. bxc5 Bxg5 {[%csl Rh5]}
21. Ng3 Qh3 {[%csl Rg2]} 22. Rg1 Qh2 {[%csl Rf2,Rg1]} 23. Rf1 Bh3 $19) 20...
Rxf7 21. Bxf7 Bh3 22. Rh2 (22. bxc5 Bxg2 23. Ng3 Bf4 $19 {[%csl Re4,Rf7,Rg3]
[%cal Ga8f8,Gf8f2]}) 22... Nxe4 {[%csl Re1][%cal Gh6d2]} 23. Qd3 (23. Qb3 Bd2+
24. Kd1 Bf4 25. Rxh3 Nxf2+ 26. Kc2 Nxh3 27. Rh1 Qf2 28. Qd3 Ng5 29. Bg6 {
[%csl Rh7]} e4 $1 30. Bxe4 Re8 31. Bf3 Re3 $19) 23... Bd2+ 24. Kd1 Bxb4 (24...
Nxf2+ $6 {Ftacnik} 25. Rxf2 Qxf2 26. Qxh3 $1 (26. Kxd2 {Ftacnik} Bg4 27. Be6
Bxe2 28. Qe3 Qxe3+ 29. Kxe3 $19 Bxc4) 26... Qe1+ 27. Kc2 Qxa1 28. Bg6 Qxa2+ 29.
Kd1 $15) 25. Rb1 $2 $19 {'?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'The last mistake in a very
sharp position, white was still able to question opponent's advantage with the
exact move 25.Kc2! '} ({Gyimesi doesn't want to play equal position after right
} 25. Kc2 $1 Nxf2 (25... Qf6 {Ftacnik} 26. Rxh3 Ng5 27. Rh5 e4 28. Qd4 Qxd4 29.
Nxd4 Nxf7 30. Ne6 $16) 26. Qf3 {[%csl Rf2]} Bc5 (26... Qxc4+ 27. Kb1 $8 {
[%cal Gf3f6]} Qh4 28. Qxf2 (28. Rxf2 Bg4 29. Qg3 Qxg3 30. Nxg3 Bc3 31. Rc2 Bxa1
32. Kxa1 Rc8 33. Be6 Bxe6 34. dxe6 c6 35. Nf5 Re8 36. Nxd6 Rxe6 37. Nxb7 $11)
28... Ba3 (28... Qxf2 {Ftacnik} 29. Rxf2 Rf8 $13) 29. Nc3 (29. Qxh4 $4 Bf5+)
29... Qb4+ 30. Kc2 Qb2+ 31. Kd3 e4+ 32. Nxe4 Qxa1 33. Rh1 $1 Qg7 34. Rxh3 Rf8
35. Rf3 Bc5 36. Nxc5 dxc5 37. Kc2 $14) 27. Be6 {[%csl Rh3]} Bg4 (27... Qxc4+
28. Nc3 Ng4 29. Bxg4 Qxg4 (29... Bxg4 30. Rxh7+ Kxh7 31. Qf7+ $18) 30. Qxh3 $18
) 28. Bxg4 Qxg4 29. Qf6+ Qg7 30. Rxf2 Bxf2 31. Qxf2 Rf8 $132) (25. Rxh3 $2 {
Ftacnik} Qxh3 26. Qxe4 (26. Qxh3 {Ftacnik} Nxf2+ 27. Kc2 Nxh3 $19) 26... Qf1+
27. Kc2 Qxa1 $19) 25... Bf5 26. Qf3 Qg5 {[%csl Rd2][%cal Gg5d2]} 27. Rb2 Nc3+
28. Ke1 (28. Nxc3 Bg4 $19) 28... Nxe2+ 29. Rxb4 Nd4 {[%csl Rb4,Re1,Rh2][%cal
Gg5c1,Gg5g1]} 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.09.30"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[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 "Tbilisi"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 Na6
9. Nd2 c6 10. g4 Bd7 11. Be2 (11. Qf3 Nc5 12. Nb3 Na6 (12... Nxb3 13. axb3 h6
14. Be3 Nh7 $132 {[%cal Gf7f5]}) 13. Bd3 Nb4 14. Rd1 a4 15. Nc1 h6 16. Bh4 a3
17. b3 cxd5 18. Nxd5 Nbxd5 19. cxd5 Qa5+ 20. Kf1 Nh7 21. Ne2 Ng5 22. Qe3 Bf6
23. f3 $13 {0-1 Hansen,C-Wahls,M/Hamburg 1991/CBM 24 (39)}) (11. a3 h6 12. Be3
h5 13. Be2 (13. g5 $142 Nh7 14. Rg1 f5 15. gxf6 Qxf6 16. Nb3 $1 $14 {[%csl Ga5]
}) 13... hxg4 14. hxg4 Nh7 $13 {[%csl Gf4,Gg5] 1-0 Almeida,O-Garcia Martinez,S/
Varadero 2000/CBM 76 ext (39)}) 11... Nc5 12. h4 $2 {A very risky decision,
that turns out to be a critical mistake.White starts his kingside attack,
completely understimating black's counterchances.} (12. Be3 $142) 12... Qb6 $1
{[%csl Gb2][%cal Gd7g4] Probably white missed this reply and suddenly he gets
into serious trouble.Right now black is treatening both : to take on g4 with
knight or bishop, while white cannot take there ,due to check on d3 , and
simply to take on b2.White has to give up something.} 13. Rh3 (13. Rb1 $2 Bxg4
$1 (13... Nxg4 $143 14. Bxg4 Nd3+ 15. Ke2 Nxf2 16. Bxd7 Nxd1 17. Rhxd1 $15) 14.
Bxg4 Nd3+ 15. Ke2 Nxg4 $19) 13... h5 $1 $17 {[%csl Gd7,Gh3] using an
unfortunate position of white's rook} (13... Qxb2 $2 14. Rb1 Qa3 15. Re3 $1 $16
{[%csl Ra3]}) 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Rb1 (15. Nb3 Kg7 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Qxd6 Nxb3
18. axb3 Bxg4 $1 $17) 15... Kg7 $1 {Now black has a clear target in white's
camp-h4-pawn.} 16. Rh2 (16. Nf1 Rh8 17. Ne3 hxg4 18. Bxg4 Rxh4 $17) 16... hxg4
17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. Qxg4 Rh8 {[%csl Gh4]} (18... Nd3+ $5 19. Ke2 Nf4+ 20. Kd1 Rh8
$17) 19. Kd1 {[%cal Gd1c2] White hurries to escape with his king to queenside,
but unfortunately for white his king will be vulnerable even there.} ({To
remain in the center is not much fun either} 19. Ke2 Rh5 {[%cal Ga8h8]} 20. Nf1
{[%cal Gf1e3]} (20. b3 Rah8 21. Nf3 (21. Rbh1 a4 $1) 21... Qb4 22. Rc1 a4 $17)
20... Qb4 $1 {[%csl Gc4]} 21. Ne3 Rah8 22. Nf5+ Rxf5 $1 23. exf5 e4 $17 {
[%csl Ge2] with decisive attack}) 19... Nd3 20. Kc2 (20. Qg3 Nf4) 20... Nb4+
21. Kc1 cxd5 $1 {Opening up the c-file is higly effective.} (21... Rh5 22. a3
Nd3+ 23. Kc2 Nf4 24. Rbh1 Rah8 $17) 22. exd5 (22. Nxd5 $142 Nxd5 $1 (22...
Nxa2+ 23. Kd1 $44 {[%csl Gd5]}) 23. exd5 Rac8 $1 {[%csl Gc1]} (23... Qd4 24.
Qxd4 exd4 25. Kc2 Rxh4 26. Rxh4 Bxh4 27. Ne4 Be7 28. Kd3 Rh8 29. b4) 24. Kc2
Qc5 $17 {[%cal Gc5d5,Gb7b5]}) 22... Qd4 $1 {A very concrete decision,swaping
the queens black gets a decisive advantage.} 23. Qxd4 (23. Nce4 Rac8 $1 24.
Nxf6 $140 Rxc4+ $3 25. Nxc4 Qd3 $19 {[%csl Gc1][%cal Gd3c2]}) 23... exd4 24.
Nce4 Be5 25. Rh3 Nxa2+ $19 26. Kc2 a4 (26... Nb4+ 27. Kb3 b5 28. cxb5 Nxd5 {
was not bad either}) 27. b4 $1 (27. Nf3 Nb4+ 28. Kd2 b5 $1) 27... d3+ $5 {
This pawn sacrifice requres a precise calculation.} (27... f5 $142 28. Ng5 Nc3
{[%cal Gb7b5] would led to a very easy win}) 28. Rxd3 (28. Kxd3 a3 29. Kc2 (29.
c5 Nxb4+ 30. Rxb4 a2 31. Nb3 Ra3 $1 32. Rh1 Rxh4 $1 $19) 29... b5 $1 30. Kb3
Nxb4 31. Kxb4 a2 $19) 28... a3 29. f4 (29. Rh3 b5 $1) 29... Nxb4+ $1 (29...
Bxf4 $2 30. Kb3 $1 {[%csl Ra2]} Nxb4 31. Kxb4 a2 32. Ra1 Be5 33. Nc3 $1 Rxh4
34. Nf3 $13) 30. Rxb4 a2 31. Nb3 $8 Bxf4 32. c5 (32. Rxb7 Rxh4 $19) (32. Na1
Be5 33. Rd1 Rxh4 34. Nd2 Rh3 35. Rb3 Ra3 36. Rxa3 Rxa3 37. Ndb3 g5 {should be
easily winnig for black,as g and f-pawns will decide the game.}) 32... dxc5 33.
Nexc5 Bd6 34. Rc3 (34. Rb5 Rxh4 $19 {[%cal Gh4c4]}) 34... b5 $1 (34... Ra5 $5 {
fritz}) 35. Na1 (35. Rxb5 Rxh4) 35... Be5 36. Nd3 Bxc3 37. Kxc3 g5 $1 38. Rg4 (
38. hxg5 Rh1 39. Kb2 Rb1+ {wins}) 38... Rxh4 {Black's rook enters the game
decisively.} 39. Rxg5+ Kf6 40. Rg1 (40. Rg3 Rh1) 40... Ra3+ 41. Nb3 Rh3 $1 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[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"]

{[%mdl 32]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 Na6 7. Nf3
e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. c5 {It seems that Radjabov liked what he had seen in the
Karpov,A-Istratescu,A, Bucharest 2005 game, which you can find below, and
decided to give it a test. The idea behind the move is pretty simple- White
takes some space on the queen side and prepares to meet Black's typical
manoeuvre c6 followed by Nc7-e6 with Bxa6.} (9. Qxd8 {was a more popular
approach, although it doesn't promise much. Here is a relatively recent game
in this line:} Rxd8 10. Nd2 c6 11. O-O-O Be6 (11... Bf8 $5) 12. c5 Bf8 13. Bxa6
bxa6 14. b3 (14. Bg5 $5) 14... Rdb8 (14... Nd7 $5) 15. Kb2 $14 {Martin Vazquez,
J-Garcia Luque,A/Seville ESP 2003.}) (9. a3 {preventing Nb4 is another line
which was tested a number of times.}) 9... Nb4 $146 {This Istratescu's novelty
doesn't look great. As the current game shows Milov prepared nothing special.}
({Earlier Black played} 9... Qe8 10. Bxa6 bxa6 11. O-O Rb8 12. Qc2 Nh5 13. Rad1
$14 {Crouch,C-Polgar,J/Hastings 1992.}) ({and} 9... Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Nb4 11. Bc4
$6 (11. Rd2 $5) 11... Nc2+ 12. Ke2 Nxe3 13. fxe3 $2 ({In case of} 13. Kxe3 $5 {
White would still maintain chances for obtaining advantage.}) 13... Nd7 {
Crouch,C-Tkachiev,V/London 1994. and White has to start thinking of equalizing.
}) 10. Qa4 {[%cal Ga1d1]} a5 11. Rd1 Qe7 {An attempt to improve over
Istratescu's play, which however doesn't work out.} ({In the afore-mentioned
game Black played} 11... Qe8 12. Bb5 c6 13. Be2 Nh5 14. a3 Na6 15. Qxa5 Nf4 16.
O-O Nxe2+ 17. Nxe2 f5 18. Rd6 f4 19. Bd2 g5 20. Rc1 g4 21. hxg4 Bxg4 22. Rc3 {
Karpov,A-Istratescu,A/Bucharest ROM 2005. and ended up a pawn down without
real compensation.}) 12. a3 Nc6 13. Be2 $1 {White completes development and
claims an upper hand. The arisen position reminds me of a better version of
the Orthodox variation with 7...Na6.} Bd7 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Gc6d4]} (13... Nd4
14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bxd4 Nxe4 $2 16. Bxg7 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 {This combination would
work for Black with the white light-squared bishop on any other square, but e2
as Nxc3 would be a discovered check.}) 14. Qc2 Rfd8 15. O-O $14 {White has
completed development and is slightly better thanks to space advantage on the
queenside and better pieces. In particular, the dark-squared bishop on g7,
which is restricted by the e5-pawn, is the main factor which allows me to
evaluate the position in White's favour.} Be6 16. Bb5 $1 {[%csl Re5][%cal
Gb5c6] Radjabov creates a threat of Bxc6 followed by Nxe5 and thus forces the
c6-knight to a more passive position on a7.} Na7 17. Ba4 $1 {Certainly White
keeps the bishop.} ({Now} 17. Nxe5 $6 {would be wrong in view of} Nxb5 18. Nxb5
Bxh3 $1) 17... Bc4 {At least the bishop gets a square on the a6-f1-diagonal,
but this activity will not last for long.} 18. Rfe1 c6 19. Bb3 $1 $16 {[%csl
Rg7] A correct positional decision. White exchanges the light-squared bishops
and leaves Black with a "bad" bishop on g7.} Be6 $2 {Black misses White's 22nd
move and loses a pawn.} ({Even after the best} 19... Bxb3 20. Qxb3 $16 {
[%csl Ra5,Rb6][%cal Gf3d2,Gd2c4] White has a clear positional advantage.}) 20.
Bxe6 $1 Qxe6 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Qa4 $18 {[%csl Ra5] Black loses the a5-pawn
and remains with a passive position. We can see that White has completely
outplayed his very experienced opponent.} Rd7 23. Qxa5 Nb5 {An attempt to
sharpen the position, which in fact only weakens it even more.} 24. Nxb5 cxb5 {
[%csl Re4]} 25. Bg5 {[%csl Rb5] Now also the b5-pawn is gone. The rest is a
matter of technique and Teimour leaves no chances for escape.} Nh5 ({or} 25...
h6 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. Qxb5 $18) 26. Qxb5 h6 27. Bd2 Nf4 28. Bxf4 exf4 29. e5 g5
30. b4 Bf8 31. Qe2 Qb3 32. Qe4 Re7 33. h4 g4 34. Nd2 Qxa3 35. Qxf4 Re6 36.
Qxg4+ Rg6 37. Qe4 Qc3 38. Nf3 b6 39. h5 Re6 40. Nd4 Re8 41. Re3 Qc1+ 42. Kh2
bxc5 43. Rg3+ Kh8 44. Qc6 $1 {A clear win of Radjabov, which confirms his high
class.} 1-0

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 2nd"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2009.09.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 Na6 7. Be3 {In my
opinion, this move is less accurate than} (7. Bg5) 7... e5 8. d5 c6 9. g4 Nc5
10. Nd2 a5 11. a3 Nfd7 (11... a4 {was possible right now as it was hardly
favourable for White to capture this pawn at the price of exchanging his
dark-squared bishop and weakening the dark squares in his camp (especially
after g2-g4):} 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. dxc6 $6 (13. Nxa4 $142 Qa5 14. Nc3 Bh6 $44)
13... bxc6 14. Nxa4 Bh6 15. Nc3 Rb8 16. Rb1 Qa5 17. Bd3 Rd8 18. Qc2 Be6 19. Nf3
Bf4 $17 {0-1 Muse,M (2474)-Levacic,P (2336)/Medulin 2002/CBM 090 ext (42)}) 12.
Rg1 {A surprising decision. White allows ...a5-a4.} ({In the event of} 12. b4
axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 Na6 15. Qa3 c5 16. bxc5 Naxc5 {breaking up Black's
queenside defence is not an easy task.}) 12... a4 {White's queenside is now
paralysed but he's got a plan: long castling followed by a kingside pawn
attack.} 13. Qc2 Nb6 14. O-O-O Bd7 15. Kb1 cxd5 $2 {What looks like a small
inaccuracy turns out to be a grave positional error.} (15... Rc8 $142) 16. cxd5
(16. exd5 f5 $132) 16... Rc8 17. Bb5 $1 {[%mdl 32] That's the point. White
trades bishops, weakening the light squares in Black's camp and his a4-pawn.}
Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Qd7 19. Nc3 Bf6 (19... Rc7 20. h4 Rfc8 21. h5 {, and Black can't
make further progress.}) 20. g5 Bd8 {This bishop is aiming for a5 but where
can the b6-knight be moved to?} 21. h4 Na8 (21... Nb3 22. Nxb3 axb3 23. Qxb3
Nc4 {(S.Zagrebelny)} 24. Nb5 Nxe3 25. fxe3 {hardly gives Black any real
compensation for the missing pawn.}) 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Qxa4 $16 {/+- White has
won a pawn and his pieces are also better positioned. The rest is a matter of
technique.} Qc8 24. Rc1 Nb6 25. Qd1 Qh3 26. Qf3 Qd7 (26... Qxh4 $4 27. Rg4 $18
{[%cal Rc1h1]}) (26... Qxf3 27. Nxf3 f5 {was relatively better.}) 27. Qd3 Kg7
28. Rc2 f6 {The last attempt to create counterplay.} 29. gxf6+ Rxf6 30. h5 $1 {
White has accurately calculated the consequences of this move.} Rxf2 31. hxg6
h6 (31... hxg6 32. Rxg6+ Kxg6 33. Qg3+ Bg5 34. Qxf2 $18) 32. Nd1 $1 {It is
essential for White to swap his passive c2 rook for Black's most active piece
- the Rf2.} (32. Nf3 $1 {was equally good, with the same idea.}) 32... Rxc2 (
32... Rf8 33. Ne3 $18) (32... Rf6 33. Rxc5 dxc5 34. Ne3 Rxg6 35. Nf5+ Kh7 36.
Rxg6 Kxg6 37. Nf3 $18 {->}) 33. Nxf2 $1 (33. Qxc2 $143 Rh2 34. Ne3 $140 Bg5)
33... Rc8 34. Ng4 Bg5 35. Nf3 Nc4 36. Nxg5 hxg5 37. Ne3 (37. Qh3 $1 {(pointed
out by many commentators) was winning on the spot:} Rh8 38. Qxh8+ Kxh8 39. Rh1+
$18) 37... Nxe3 38. Qxe3 Qa4 39. Qxg5 Qxe4+ 40. Ka1 Re8 (40... Rc7 41. Qd8 $18)
41. Rc1 $1 (41. Rc1 Qf4 42. Rc7+ Kg8 43. Qh5 $18) 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.24"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Nd2 (8.
Nh2 {is more appropriate to contain Black's counterplay - see opening survey
in CBM 133.}) 8... Qe8 9. g3 f5 10. Be2 Nf6 11. g4 $5 {An idea of GM Dmitry
Gurevich.} Na6 $1 (11... a5 12. exf5 $5 (12. Nf1 Na6 (12... f4 $5 $11) 13. exf5
gxf5 14. Ng3 {1-0 Agrest,E (2460)-Lejlic,S (2425)/Sollentuna 1995/EXT 1997 (45)
} Qg6 $13) (12. Rg1 Na6 $6 (12... fxg4 13. hxg4 Qf7 14. Rg2 Na6 $15) 13. gxf5
gxf5 14. Nf3 Kh8 15. Ng5 Nc5 16. Be3 Ncxe4 17. Ncxe4 fxe4 18. Qd2 c6 19. O-O-O
cxd5 20. cxd5 Bf5 21. Kb1 $13 {1-0 Gurevich,D (2545)-Shaked,T (2370)/
Philadelphia 1994/EXT 1997 (39)}) 12... gxf5 13. c5 $5 dxc5 14. g5 Nfd7 15. Nc4
$44) (11... fxg4 $5 12. hxg4 a5 $13 (12... Qf7 $143 13. Nf3 $1 Nxg4 14. Rxh7))
12. f3 (12. Nb3 {0-1 Zhurina,E (2220)-Krechetov,A (2325)/Moscow 1996/EXT 1999 
(37)} Nxe4 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Qc2 Rf4 $1 $36) 12... Qe7 13. Nf1 Nc5 (13... fxe4
$5 14. fxe4 Nd7 $36 {[%cal Yf8f4]}) 14. Qc2 Ne8 15. Be3 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17.
fxe4 (17. Qxe4 $142 Bh6 $5 $15) 17... Qh4+ 18. Kd2 Nf6 19. Rh2 Bh6 $1 $17 {
Black will now completely dominate on the f-file and dark squares.} 20. Bxh6
Qxh6+ 21. Kc3 Bd7 (21... a5 $17 {[%cal Yf6d7,Yd7c5]}) 22. Bd3 Qf4 23. Kb3 c6 $6
{Black starts playing on the queenside too early and allows White some
consolidation.} (23... h5 24. Rf2 Qh6 $17 {[%csl Rg4,Rh3]}) 24. Rf2 Qh6 (24...
Qg5 25. Qd2) 25. Rf3 Kg7 26. Qg2 Qg5 27. Qd2 $6 (27. Ne3 $142 {[%cal Ya1f1]} b5
$5 $36) 27... Qxd2 28. Nxd2 Rab8 29. a4 a5 30. Raf1 g5 31. R1f2 $5 {With a
hidden idea.} b6 $2 (31... h5 $1 $17) 32. Nf1 $1 {[%cal Rf1g3] Suddenly White
creates a strong threat.} b5 $4 {[%mdl 16384] Black pushes too hard. This move
leads to the exchange od light-squared bishops, and the light squares in
Black's camp become catastrophically weak. Besides, the white king finally
invades Black's queenside.} (32... c5 $4 33. Ng3) ({It was time to switch to
careful defense, which was not too difficult:} 32... h6 33. Ng3 Kg6 34. Nh5 Nh7
$11) 33. axb5 cxb5 34. cxb5 Bxb5 35. Bxb5 Rxb5+ 36. Ka3 Rbb8 $2 (36... Rb4 $142
37. Ng3 Rfb8 38. Rxf6 Rb3+ 39. Ka2 Rxg3 40. Rxd6 Rb4 $1 $16) 37. Ng3 Kg6 (37...
Nd7 38. Rxf8 Rxf8 39. Rxf8 Kxf8 40. Ka4 $18) 38. Nh5 (38. Nh5 Nd7 39. Rxf8 Rxf8
40. Rxf8 Nxf8 41. Ka4 $18) 1-0

[Event "WchT 7th"]
[Site "Bursa"]
[Date "2010.01.11"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2010.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Brazil"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. g3 a5 (
8... f5 9. exf5 gxf5 10. Ng5) 9. Bg2 {Most players choosing the line with 8.g3
have tried to perceive it as a barrier against the move of the knight to f4.
Vescovi goes all the way and pretends he played the line with Bg2 in mind all
along.} (9. Be2 Na6 10. Nd2 (10. Be3 Bd7 11. Nd2 Nf6 12. g4 c6 13. h4 Ne8 14.
h5 Bf6 15. Nf1 Bg5 16. Qd2 h6 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Bxg5 hxg5 19. f3 Qf6 20. O-O-O
$16 {1-0 Dao Thien Hai (2510)-Markos,J (2557)/Beijing 2008 (37)}) 10... Nf6 11.
a3 Nc5 12. b3 Bd7 13. Rb1 Bh6 14. Qc2 Bxd2+ 15. Bxd2 Nfxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17.
Bh6 Re8 18. h4 Nc5 19. Qc3 Qf6 20. Qe3 Bf5 $17 {1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A (2787)
-Jones,G (2548)/Dresden 2008 (24)}) (9. Nh2 Na6 10. Be2 Nf6 11. Ng4 Nc5 12.
Nxf6+ (12. Bg5 Bxg4 13. hxg4 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qd2 Qe7 16. O-O-O a4 17. Kb1
Ra6 18. Bd3 Rfa8 19. Bc2 Rb6 20. a3 Qg5 {1/2-1/2 Potapov,A (2475)-Shchekachev,
A (2560)/St Petersburg 1998}) 12... Qxf6 13. h4 Qe7 14. h5 gxh5 15. Be3 (15.
Rxh5 f5 16. Be3 f4 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Bg4 fxg3 19. fxg3 Qf6 20. Bf5 Bxf5 21.
exf5 e4 22. Qd2 e3 23. Qd3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Krylov,M (2459)-Fedorov,A (2584)/
Vladimir 2009 (33)}) 15... f5 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Bd3 Ra6 18. Rxh5 f4 19. g4 f3
20. Rf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 e4 22. Nxe4 h5 $17 {1/2-1/2 Lysyj,I (2620)-Gallagher,J 
(2480)/Budva 2009 (58)}) 9... Na6 10. O-O Nc5 11. Be3 Bd7 {The line in this
form is rather rare, one known predeccesor game went rather well for Black
despite the loss of a tempo.} (11... Qe7 12. Ne1 Bd7 13. b3 Qe8 14. Rc1 f5 15.
exf5 gxf5 16. Bf3 Nf6 17. Bg2 b6 18. Nd3 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Qh5 20. f4 e4 21. Qd1
$11 {0-1 Hevesi,Z (2163)-Kiss,J/Hungary 2002 (31)}) 12. Ne1 b6 13. Kh2 (13. Nd3
Qc8 (13... Nxd3 14. Qxd3 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Qd2 Nf6 17. g4 Bd7 18. f4 $16)
14. Kh2 Qa6 $11) 13... Qe8 14. Bf3 f5 15. exf5 (15. Bxc5 bxc5 16. Bxh5 gxh5 17.
Nd3 Qg6 18. Qe2 h4 19. Rg1 fxe4 20. Nxe4 Qf5 21. g4 Qg6 $13) 15... e4 $1 16.
Be2 {White is wisely exercising restrain as Black has no easy solution for the
recapturing of the f5-pawn.} (16. Bxh5 gxh5 17. Nc2 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rxf5 19. Nd4
Rf7 $11) 16... Bxf5 17. g4 Qe5+ 18. Kg1 (18. Kg2 $2 Nf4+ 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. gxf5
Be5 21. Rh1 Rxf5 $19) 18... Nf4 $6 {Objectively speaking this daring move of
the knight is probably not justified enough. The other approach of the cavalry
would at least have grabbed the rook along the way.} (18... Ng3 $5 19. gxf5
Nxf1 20. Bxf1 Qxf5 21. Qd2 $14) 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Ng2 (20. gxf5 $2 Be5 $19)
20... Qh6 21. gxf5 gxf5 (21... Be5 22. f4 (22. h4 gxf5 23. f4 Bf6 24. Nb5 Rf7
25. Nd4 $16) 22... exf3 23. Rxf3 Rxf5 24. Rxf5 gxf5 25. h4 $16) 22. f4 $2 {
Vescovi is fixing the pawn structure in the belief that his opponent will have
no efficient way to approach his king. Unfortunately his choice is false and
the immediate opposition of the queens was the key to the success.} (22. Qc1 $1
Qxh3 (22... f4 23. Bg4 Be5 24. f3 e3 25. Qc2 $16) 23. Qg5 h6 24. Qe3 Qxe3 25.
fxe3 $16) 22... Qxh3 23. Qd2 Kf7 24. Rfe1 $6 {In cosmic terms the rook retreat
might not be weaker than the obvious queen move 24.Qe3. Despite everything it
had to be played as it required very courageous and exact play from Radjabov.}
(24. Qe3 Bd4 $1 25. Qxd4 Rg8 26. Rf2 (26. Qf2 Rg6 27. Rfe1 Rag8 28. Bf1 Rh6 29.
Qe3 Qh2+ 30. Kf2 Nd3+ $19) 26... Rg3 $1 (26... e3 27. Bh5+ Qxh5 28. Qxe3 $16)
27. Re1 Rag8 28. Bf1 R8g6 29. Rd2 Nd3 $19) 24... Rg8 25. Bf1 Nd3 26. Nb5 (26.
Ne2 Bf6 27. a4 Bh4 28. Nd4 Nxe1 29. Qxe1 Bg3 $19) 26... Bh6 27. Re3 Nxf4 $1 {
[%mdl 128] The final phase of this game is a pure joy to watch as Black makes
use of some unconventional tactical ideas to obtain a speedy solution.} 28.
Rxh3 (28. Nd4 Qh5 29. Rae1 Rg6 $19) 28... Nxh3+ 29. Kh2 Bxd2 30. Kxh3 (30. Rd1
Ng5 31. Nd4 Nf3+ 32. Nxf3 exf3 $19) 30... Rg5 $1 {Doubling the rooks on the
g-file will considerably shorten White's pain.} 31. Rd1 Rag8 32. Rxd2 (32. Nd4
Be3 $19) 32... Rh5+ 33. Nh4 Rg4 34. Kh2 Rgxh4+ 35. Kg1 (35. Kg3 f4+ 36. Kf2 e3+
$19) 35... Rh1+ {The only problem left for Black would be the choice between
excellent solutions.} (35... Rh1+ 36. Kf2 e3+ (36... R5h2+ 37. Bg2 f4 $19) 37.
Kxe3 Rxf1 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Mamedov, Nidjat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[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. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 $5 (
8. Bg5 {La grande ligne}) 8... Na6 9. Be3 h5 $5 (9... Nd7 {Riazantsev,A (2617)
-Inarkiev,E (2675) RUS-ch Higher League 61st 2008 (10) 0-1}) 10. Be2 (10. g5
Nh7 11. Rg1 $13 {Comas Fabrego,L (2430)-Damljanovic,B (2585) Aviles op 1992 1/2
}) (10. Ng5 $5 {Une nouveauté trés intéressante pour économiser le coup Be2
car l'acceptation du sacrifice est trés risquée.} hxg4 (10... Nc5 11. Be2 h4
12. Qc2 Nfd7 13. O-O-O Bh6 14. Qd2 a4 $13) 11. hxg4 Nxg4 (11... Bxg4 12. Be2
Bxe2 (12... Qd7 13. Rh4) 13. Qxe2 Nc5 14. O-O-O a4 15. Bxc5 (15. f4 {[%cal
Ge2h2]}) 15... dxc5 16. Nb5 Nxd5 17. f4 $40 {[%cal Ge2h2]} (17. Nh7 Nf4)) 12.
Nh7 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Re8 14. Qf3 Nc5 15. O-O-O c6 16. Bh3 $1 Qe7 (16... Qb6) 17.
Bxc8 (17. Rdf1 Kxh7 (17... Bxh3 18. Rxh3 a4 19. Ng5 a3 20. b4 (20. b3 Nxb3+ $1
21. axb3 a2 22. Nxa2 Rxa2 23. Qxf7+ Qxf7 24. Rxf7)) 18. Bxc8+ Kg8 19. Bg4)
17... Raxc8 18. Kb1 a4 19. Rdf1 a3 20. b3 Nd7 21. Ng5 Nf6 (21... Qxg5 22. Qxf7#
)) 10... hxg4 11. Ng5 $5 gxh3 12. Nxh3 {Les Blancs ont réussi а ouvrir la
colonne "h" mais au risque d'être en retard de développement.} Nh7 $1 {[%cal
Gf7f5]} 13. Qd2 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. O-O-O Qd7 $1 $146 {[%csl Rh3]} ({RR} 15...
Nc5 16. Ng5 Nxg5 17. Bxg5 Qd7 18. Rh4 Kf7 19. Rg1 Rh8 20. Rhg4 a4 21. R4g3 Rh2
22. Be3 Rh4 23. Qd1 e4 24. a3 Nd3+ 25. Kb1 Be5 26. Ka2 Qe8 27. R3g2 Qh8 28. Qd2
Nf4 29. Bxf4 Bxf4 30. Qd1 {Perunovic,M (2459)-Strikovic,A (2573)/Valjevo 2011/
0-1 (40)}) 16. Rh2 Rf7 $6 {[%cal Gf7h7] Trop lent} (16... a4 $1 17. Rdh1 a3 $36
18. b3 Nb4 {[%csl Gb4]} 19. Ng5 Nxg5 20. Bxg5 e4 {[%csl Gg7][%cal Gg7c3,Gb4d3]}
21. Nd1 (21. Bh6 Bxc3) 21... Nd3+ 22. Bxd3 exd3 23. Bh6 $13 {[%cal Gd7g7,Gg7b2,
Gg7a1]}) 17. Rdh1 Nb4 (17... a4) 18. Ng5 Nxg5 19. Bxg5 e4 $1 {[%csl Gg7][%cal
Gg7c3,Gb4a2]} 20. Qf4 Rff8 21. Rh7 Kf7 $4 {Zeitnot?} (21... Nd3+ 22. Bxd3 exd3
23. Qh4) (21... Rae8) (21... a4) 22. a3 Ke8 23. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Milos,G"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 Na6
9. Be3 Bd7 {This is not the normal continuation and it appears that Black
loses a tempo, but there is an important point with this move. The most
playable moves are ...c6, Nc5, Nfd7 and also ...h5 is interesting.} ({After} 
9... Nc5 {The point of ...Bd7 appears in the following variation:} 10. Nd2 Kh8
11. Be2 Ng8 12. h4 f5 {this is similar to the game but White can play} 13. h5
$1 {and if} f4 {then} 14. hxg6 h6 15. Bxc5 {with advantage.}) 10. Nd2 Kh8 11.
Be2 Ng8 12. h4 f5 {This is a good plan and Black is ok here.} 13. gxf5 (13. f3
{is a different plan and also playable.}) (13. h5 $2 f4 14. hxg6 h6 {and Black
wins a piece (see comments to 9...Nc5)}) 13... gxf5 14. exf5 {White plays to
open the king and control the square e4.} Nc5 (14... Ne7 {is another playable
idea.}) 15. Nde4 {The control of e4 gives White a small advantage here.} (15.
Bxc5 dxc5 16. Nde4 {is possible but would weaken some dark squares and later
Black's bishop could be positioned on h6.}) 15... Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxf5 17. Ng3
Bh6 $1 {This exchange justifies the knight remaining on g8 and is
strategically correct.} 18. Qd2 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Bd7 20. O-O-O Nf6 21. Rdf1 Qe7 {
The position is about equal here.} 22. Bd3 b6 23. Bc2 Rf7 24. Nf5 {This is the
best plan for White.} ({After} 24. Bf5 Rg8 {Black is ok.}) 24... Bxf5 25. Rxf5
Raf8 26. Qg2 Ne8 27. Rh5 $1 e4 $6 {The pawn is weak on this square, but this
move is not a mistake but perhaps a try to play for a win that did not work.} (
27... Rf2 {was safer:} 28. Qg5 R8f7 $14) 28. Rg5 Rf2 29. Qg3 R2f3 30. Qg2 Qf6 {
I believe Moro was playing for a win, betting on his control of the f-file and
pretending to press against e3 with Ng7-Nf5. If Black repeats moves White
could accept the draw or try} (30... Rf2 31. Qg3 R2f3 32. Qe1 {with some
advantage.}) 31. Rg1 Ng7 $2 {The continuation of the plan but at the same time
the decisive mistake. The knight should go to f6 later.} ({After} 31... Rf1+
32. Rxf1 (32. Bd1 {is better and White retains a small advantage after} Rxg1
33. Qxg1 Qe7 34. Qg2 Nf6) 32... Qxf1+ 33. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 34. Kd2 Rf2+ 35. Kc3 Nf6 {
Black is ok.}) 32. Rg4 $1 {Now White wins the e-pawn, opens the way for his
bishop and the knight on g7 is misplaced.} Rf1+ 33. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 34. Qxf1 Rxf1+
35. Kd2 Rf2+ 36. Kc3 {Now the pawn is lost and the endgame is hopeless for
Black.} Nf5 37. Rxe4 Kg7 38. Rg4+ $1 {Excellent. The rook ending is the best
way for White to win.} Kh6 (38... Kf6 39. Bxf5 Rxf5 40. Rg8 {threatening Rc8}
Ke5 (40... Rh5 41. Rc8 Rxh4 42. Rxc7 h5 43. Rd7 Ke5 44. Re7+ Kf5 45. Re6 {
White wins}) 41. Rg7 {winning.}) 39. Bxf5 $1 Rxf5 40. Re4 Rf7 41. b4 (41. Kb3 {
is also good intending to go to c6.}) 41... a4 {After making this move Moro
resigned.} (41... axb4+ 42. Kxb4 Kh5 43. Kb5 {is winning for White.} Rg7 44.
Kc6 h6 (44... Rg4 45. Rxg4 Kxg4 46. Kxc7) 45. Re8 Kxh4 46. Rc8 h5 47. Rxc7
Rxc7+ 48. Kxc7 Kg3 49. Kxd6 h4 50. Kc7 h3 51. d6 h2 52. d7 h1=Q 53. d8=Q {
and White is winning.}) (41... a4 {The game could continue} 42. Kb2 Rf2+ (42...
b5 43. cxb5 Rf5 44. Re7 Rxd5 45. Rxc7 Rxb5 46. Ka3 {winning.}) 43. Ka3 Kg6 44.
Re7 {with an easy win for White}) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Higher League 65th"]
[Site "Tyumen"]
[Date "2012.06.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Andreikin,D"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2012.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 {At this moment, I had 2,5 out of 4. There was nowhere to
hide, and I decided to incite a complicated battle in a King's Indian. Usually,
I prefer the Nimzoindian.} 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 $5 {Quite a
popular move. White does not determine the position of his bishops, and gives
Black the right to choose his set-up. Experts on this variation include GM
Igor Lysyj and GM Alexander Riazantsev. I have also played a few games on the
white side, so the move was not a great surprise for me.} e5 {Black does not
need to hurry with this move. There are also other possibilities:} (6... c5 $5
7. d5 e6 8. Bd3 exd5 9. cxd5 {transposing to a Benoni.}) (6... Na6 $5 {and
depending on what White does, Black will advance the c- or e-pawns.}) 7. d5 {
A fighting move.} ({If White wants to obtain a quiet position, he can play} 7.
dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 Re8 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 c6 12. Bc4 cxd5 13.
Bxd5 Nd7 14. O-O Nb6 15. Bb3 Be6 $11) 7... Nh5 {A typical King's Indian move.
Black wants to exploit the fact that the white king is still in the centre.} 8.
g3 $6 {Played after long thought, of course this is not the most principled
move. Artom admitted after the game that he had not expected this opening and
could not remember the main variation here:} (8. Nh2 Qe8 9. Be2 Nf4 10. Bf3 f5
11. g3 Nxh3 12. Bg2 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Bf5 14. Ng4 h5 15. Nef6+ Bxf6 16. Nh6+ Kg7
17. Nxf5+ gxf5 18. Bxh3 Qg6 $132) 8... f5 9. exf5 gxf5 10. Bg2 Na6 $5 {Black
has easily managed to establish a pawn centre. The only weakness in his
position is the square e6, where the white knight might head, so he must play
accurately.} 11. O-O Nf6 {I don't think the knight does anything on h5 and,
moreover, it can come under attack from the white queen. If Black exchanges
all the knights in this position, then he solves all his opening problems, and
can even count on an advantage, on account of his strong pawn centre.} 12. Rb1
$6 {After this move, Black carries out his plan without hindrance. Black could
have hindered the knight transfer a6-c5-e4:} (12. Be3 $5 {and now Black can
advance the e-pawn, but at the same time, he gives White new squares for his
pieces:} e4 $5 13. Nd4 Nc5 14. Nce2 Nd3 15. Nf4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 $14) 12... Nc5
$11 13. b4 {White carries out his plan, but this pawn advance gives nothing.
The black knight has left the edge of the board and is ready to exchange.} Nce4
14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qc2 (15. Rb3 a5 16. Ra3 Bd7 17. bxa5 Nc5 $44) 15... f4 $1 $40
{An energetic, attacking move! At first, I considered a different possibility:}
(15... a5 $5 16. Nh4 $1 axb4 17. Nxf5 Bxf5 (17... Nc3 $6 18. Nxg7 Nxb1 19. Ne6
Bxe6 20. dxe6 Nc3 21. a3 $1 c5 22. axb4 cxb4 23. Bh6 Re8 24. Qf5 Qe7 25. Bd5
$40) 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 (18... Rxa2 $6 19. Qxa2 Bxe4 20. Rxb4 Qf6 21. Rb3 b5 22. Re3
Bf3 23. cxb5 Qf7 24. Rxf3 Qxf3 25. Be3 $16) 19. Qxe4 Rxa2 20. Rxb4 b6 $11 {
It seemed to me that the position is equal, but only White can play for a win.}
) 16. Re1 {Moving the other rook changes nothing:} (16. Rb3 Ng5 $40) 16... Ng5
$8 (16... Nxg3 $2 17. fxg3 Bf5 18. Qb3 Bxb1 19. Qxb1 fxg3 20. Ng5 $18) 17. Nxg5
Qxg5 18. Rb3 $1 {White includes his other rook, with the help of this "lift".
I think in this position, Black already has slight pressure, but with correct
play, White retains dynamic equality.} Bd7 $5 {A cunning move. I did not see
what the bishop did on f5, and decided foirst of all to bring my heavy pieces
into the game. In addition, this move wins a tempo by the threat of ...Ba4.} (
18... Bf5 19. Qe2 Rf6 20. gxf4 exf4 21. Qe7 $36) 19. Ra3 {A natural move. The
rook avoids the threat and ties the enemy rook to defence of the a7-pawn.} Rf6
{The beginning of the attack! At this moment, I decided that I was ready to
give up all the queenside pawns, in order to bring the pieces over to attack
the enemy king. If I had preferred a peaceful outcome to the game, then I
would have chosen the variation} (19... Qh5 20. Qe2 Qxe2 21. Rxe2 Rf7 $11) 20.
c5 $1 {Of course, White is not prepared just to stand there and wait to be
mated.} Raf8 $1 {With his last move, Black burnt his bridges, and now attack
is the only way.} 21. cxd6 $6 {After this move, White's threats weaken
noticeably. He could have tried to exploit the far-advanced c-pawn:} (21. c6 $5
bxc6 22. dxc6 Bf5 23. Qd1 a6 $1 24. Rxa6 Qg6 25. g4 f3 26. Qxf3 Be6 27. Qe4
Qxe4 28. Bxe4 d5 29. Bg2 Rxf2 30. Ra7 e4 $44) (21. Rxa7 $5 Qh5 22. Qd1 f3 23.
Kh2 $1 Bc8 24. Bf1 Bh6 $44) 21... cxd6 22. Qc7 $2 {The queen abandons the
defence of her king, and at the same time, does not really cause Black any
real problem. With correct defence, the game could still have ended in a
beautiful draw:} (22. Rxa7 $5 Qh5 23. Qd1 Qg6 24. Be4 fxg3 $1 25. Bxg6 gxf2+
26. Kh2 Rxg6 $3 27. Rf1 e4 $1 28. Qe2 Be5+ 29. Kh1 Bd4 $1 30. Be3 Bb5 $1 31.
Qxb5 Bxe3 32. Rxf2 $8 Rxf2 33. Rxb7 $8 Rf3 34. Qe8+ Rf8 35. Qb5 Rf3 $11) 22...
Bc8 {With this simple move, Black solves all his problems.} 23. Rxa7 $2 {
The losing move. White's heavy pieces abandon their king, and the punishment
is not long in coming. It may be that it was still not too late to return the
queen to the defence:} (23. Qc2 $5 Rh6 24. g4 Rg6 25. f3 $15) 23... Qh5 $1 {
Suddenly, White cannot withstand all the opponent's threats.} 24. g4 (24. h4
Qg4 $40 25. Qc3 (25. Ra3 f3 26. Bf1 Qxg3+ $3 $19) 25... Rg6 $17) 24... Qh4 (
24... Bxg4 $4 25. hxg4 Qxg4 26. f3 Qg3 27. Kf1 Rg6 28. Qc2 $16) 25. Ra8 $2 $138
(25. Re4 h5 26. f3 hxg4 27. hxg4 Bxg4 28. fxg4 f3 29. Rxb7 Rg6 $1 30. Rb8 fxg2
31. Rxf8+ Bxf8 32. Kxg2 Rg7 $3 33. Qc8 Rh7 34. Qe6+ Kh8 $19) (25. Ra3 f3 26.
Rxf3 Rxf3 27. Bxf3 Qf6 $1 28. Re3 e4 29. Bd2 exf3 30. Bc3 Qh6 31. Qxg7+ (31.
Bxg7 Qxh3 $19) 31... Qxg7 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 $17) 25... Bxg4 $1 $19 {Black wins
even more beautifully in the variation} (25... f3 $1 26. Bf1 Qg3+ $3 $19) 26.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 27. Qc3 {The queen runs back to defend, but it is already too late.}
(27. hxg4 f3 {An interesting picture: only two black pieces are participating
in the attack, but the white king cannot escape the mating net.} 28. Bxf3 Rxf3
29. Be3 Qxg4+ 30. Kf1 Rh3 $19) 27... Rg6 $1 28. Kf1 f3 $2 $138 {My move also
wins, but I could have ended the game more quickly and more attractively:} (
28... Bh5 $1 29. Qd3 (29. Re4 Rxg2 $19) 29... f3 30. Bxf3 Qxh3+ 31. Ke2 Rg3 $3
32. fxg3 Qg2+ 33. Kd1 Bxf3+ 34. Re2 Qf1+ 35. Kd2 Bh6+ $19) 29. hxg4 fxg2+ 30.
Kxg2 Qxg4+ 31. Kf1 h5 $1 {The white pieces are very badly placed, and the
black h-pawn easily decides the outcome of the game.} 32. Qd3 Qg2+ 33. Ke2 e4
$1 34. Qc2 h4 35. Kd1 (35. Be3 h3 36. Kd2 h2 37. Qd1 Qg1 $19) 35... h3 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2861"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[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. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 Nc6 $6 {Does Magnus
Carlsen laugh at his rivals? He can play anything at all and then outplay them!
} 7. d5 {The most logical reply. Otherwise Black has the idea ...e7-e5 d4-d5
Nc6-d4!:} (7. Be2 e5 8. d5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Qxd4 Re8 11. Qd3 Qe7 12. Bg5 h6
13. Bxf6 Bxf6 $132 {[%csl Re4]}) (7. Be3 e5 8. d5 Nd4 $1 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Bxd4
(10. Qxd4 Ng4 11. Qd2 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 f5 $1 $44) 10... Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qh4 12. g4
Re8 13. Bg2 Bf5 14. O-O Bxe4 15. Bxg7 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Kxg7 17. Qd4+ Qf6 18. Qxf6+
Kxf6 19. Rfe1 {1/2 (19) Lutz,C (2580)-Finkel,A (2465) Leeuwarden 1994}) (7. Bg5
h6 8. Be3 e5 9. d5 Nd4 $1 (9... Ne7 10. Qc1 Kh7 11. Bd3 $14 {1-0 (28) Chernin,
A (2600)-Uhlmann,W (2500) Austria 1993}) 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Qxd4 (11. Bxd4 Nxe4
$1 12. Nxe4 (12. Bxg7 Re8 $1) 12... Qh4 $1 13. g4 Re8 14. Bg2 Bf5 $1 $11) 11...
Ng4 12. Qd2 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 {Here Black's compensation for the pawn is less
impressive than in the 7.Be3 line as his position is weakened by ...h7-h6.
Still, after} f5 14. Bd3 Bd7 {he can't complain.}) 7... Nb4 (7... Nb8 8. Be2 c6
9. O-O a6 10. Bg5 b5 11. dxc6 b4 12. Bxf6 exf6 13. c7 Qxc7 14. Nd5 Qb7 15. Nd4
Nd7 16. Qd2 Re8 17. Rfe1 $16 {1-0 (42) Zubarev,A (2583)-Lagarde,M (2501)
Sautron FRA 2012}) 8. Be2 (8. Bg5 e6 9. a3 Na6 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Be2 Nc5 12.
Qc2 Qe8 13. Nd2 Bd7 14. O-O Bc6 15. Bd3 Nfd7 16. Rfe1 {1/2 (16) Bagirov,V 
(2500)-Zaitsev,I (2445) Podolsk 1992}) (8. a3 $5 {A logical idea: to push
Black's knight away to a6 before he has played ...a7-a5; besides, White's
bishop can now go to d3-c2, where it is placed better than on e2.} Na6 9. Bd3
Nc5 10. Bc2 e6 (10... a5 11. Be3) 11. O-O exd5 12. cxd5 Re8 13. Re1 a5 14. Bf4
a4 15. Rc1 $14 {1-0 (36) Berkovich,D (2445)-Zaitsev,I (2445) Podolsk 1992})
8... e6 9. Be3 (9. O-O Re8 10. Bg5 exd5 11. exd5 h6 12. Be3 Na6 13. Qd2 Kh7 14.
Rfe1 Nc5 15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Ne5 Re7 18. Re3 Ne8 19. Rae1 $14 {
1/2 (26) Iotov,V (2569)-Libiszewski,F (2478) Marrakesh 2010}) 9... Re8 10. Nd2
a5 11. O-O Bd7 12. Re1 b6 13. Rc1 Kh8 14. a3 Na6 15. Qc2 e5 16. Rb1 Ng8 {
Finally we have a normal King's Indian, and Black's position is quite decent
as he will now play ...f7-f5.} 17. b4 f5 18. Nb5 $5 (18. Nf3 $5 Nf6 $1 (18...
Bh6 19. Bxh6 Nxh6 20. Bd3 {[%cal Yc2e2,Yc4c5]}) 19. Bd3 f4 20. Bc1 Rg8 21. Qe2
{[%cal Rc4c5]} Bc8 $13) 18... Bh6 (18... f4 19. Bxb6 $1 cxb6 20. Nxd6 Rf8 21.
c5 $16 {[%csl Gc5,Gd5]}) 19. Bxh6 Nxh6 20. exf5 (20. Qc3 $5 f4 21. Nb3 {
[%cal Yc4c5]}) 20... gxf5 (20... Nxf5 $5 21. Ne4 axb4 22. axb4 Bxb5 23. cxb5
Nb8 24. Bg4 Nd7 $14 {/=}) 21. f4 $5 exf4 22. Qc3+ Kg8 23. Bh5 Nf7 24. Rxe8+
Qxe8 25. Qf6 Qf8 26. Bxf7+ Qxf7 27. Qg5+ Qg7 28. Qxf4 $14 {The position has
clarified. Black's kingside attack is now out of the question, and his
misplaced a6 knight guarantees White an edge.} axb4 29. axb4 Re8 30. Nd4 (30.
Rb3 {[%cal Rb3g3]} Qe5) 30... Qe5 31. Qg5+ Qg7 32. N2f3 $1 Qxg5 33. Nxg5 Kg7
34. Nge6+ Kf6 35. Rf1 Bxe6 36. Nxe6 {[%cal Rg2g4]} h5 $6 (36... Kg6 $1 $14) 37.
g4 (37. b5 $5 Nc5 38. Rxf5+ Kxf5 39. Ng7+ Kf4 40. Nxe8 Nd3 41. Nxc7 Ne5 {
Black recaptures one of the missing pawns but the other one remains - and good
winning chances for White.}) 37... hxg4 38. hxg4 Nxb4 39. Rxf5+ Kg6 40. Nf4+
Kg7 41. g5 {White still pushes on but the number of pawns is dramatically
decreasing.} c6 $1 42. Kf2 (42. Rf6 cxd5 43. cxd5 Nxd5 $1 44. Nxd5 Re5 45. Rxd6
Rxg5+ $11) 42... cxd5 43. cxd5 Re5 44. Ne6+ Kg6 45. Rf6+ Kh5 46. Kf3 Re3+ $1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.04.01"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 a6 7. Nf3 c5 8. dxc5
Qa5 9. Bd3 dxc5 10. O-O Nc6 {This line was examined in my opening survey in
CBM 132.} 11. Nd5 {Two recent examples featuring other options for White:} (11.
a3 $6 Nd7 12. Rc1 e6 13. Bh4 Qc7 14. Qd2 b6 15. Bb1 Bb7 16. Ne2 Nde5 17. Nxe5
Qxe5 18. Nc3 Nd4 $15 {1-0 (36) Conquest,S (2532)-Glek,I (2424) Otranto 2011}) (
11. Qe2 Nd7 (11... e6 $5) 12. Nd5 Re8 13. Bd2 Qd8 14. Bf4 Nde5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5
16. Rad1 e6 17. Nc3 Bd7 18. Bb1 Qe7 19. Bg3 Red8 $6 (19... b5 $1) 20. f4 Nc6
21. e5 Nd4 22. Qf2 $16 {[%cal Rg3h4] 1-0 (52) Kourousis,E (2324)-Saric,S (2462)
Kavala 2012}) 11... Be6 $146 {[%cal Yb7b5][%mdl 8] This is more active than
the previously played} (11... Qd8 12. Re1 h6 (12... Be6 13. Qb3 b5 14. Rad1 Rb8
15. Qa3 Nd7 16. Bf4 Ra8 17. e5 Kh8 18. Be4 $16 {1-0 (34) Kazhgaleyev,M (2606)
-Evdokimov,A (2500) Paris 2006 CBM 132 [Krasenkow]}) 13. Bf4 e6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6
15. Bd6 Qxb2 16. Rb1 Qxa2 {1-0 (37) Gheorghiu,F-Pavlov,M Bucharest 1965} 17.
Bxc5 $1 Re8 (17... Rd8 18. Re2 Qa5 19. Bb6) 18. e5 $36) 12. Qb3 {Hardly a
fortunate move since Black can play 12...b5 anyway.} (12. Re1 $5 Rfe8 $1 (12...
b5 13. Nxe7+ $1 Nxe7 14. e5) 13. Bd2 $5 Qd8 14. Bc3 $14) 12... b5 $1 {Logical.}
13. Rac1 ({The tactical justification of Black's last move:} 13. cxb5 axb5 14.
Bxf6 exf6 15. Bxb5 (15. Qxb5 Nb4 $1 16. Qxa5 Rxa5 17. Nxb4 cxb4 $44) 15... Rab8
16. a4 Na7 {, and Black should equalise.}) 13... bxc4 14. Bxc4 Nxe4 (14... Rab8
15. Qc2 $1 (15. Qd3 $143 Rxb2) 15... Bxd5 (15... Nxd5 16. exd5 Rxb2 17. Qe4)
16. exd5 Nd4 17. Qd3 $14) 15. Qb7 {White could have probably kept a tiny plus
due to his better pawn structure after simplifications starting with} (15.
Nxe7+ $5 {, e.g.} Nxe7 16. Bxe7 (16. Bxe6 Nxg5 17. Nxg5 c4 $1 18. Qe3 fxe6 19.
Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Qxe7 Rae8 21. Nf7+ Kg8 22. Qd7 Re2 $15) 16... Rfe8 (16... Rfb8
17. Qd3 Ra7 18. Bxe6 Rxe7 19. Bxf7+ Rxf7 20. Qxe4 Qxa2 21. Ra1 $1 Qb3 22. Rxa6
$14) 17. Bxe6 Rxe7 18. Bd5 Rae8 19. Rce1 $14) 15... Rac8 (15... Bxd5 16. Bxd5
Nxg5 17. Nxg5 Ne5 {was probably good enough for equality, too, e.g.} 18. Qxe7 (
18. f4 Qd2 $5) 18... Rac8 19. f4 $2 Rc7 20. Qd6 Rd7 {(Indicated by IM M.Notkin)
}) 16. Bxe7 $5 (16. Nxe7+ Nxe7 17. Qxe4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Nf5 $11) 16... Bxd5 $6 (
16... Rfe8 {was simpler, with a probable draw after} 17. Rfe1 $1 Bxd5 18. Bxd5
Nxe7 19. Rxe4 Nxd5 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Qxd5 {(M.Notkin)}) {After the text move
White obtains a 2R vs Q ending (+opposite-coloured bishops). It is potentially
dangerous for Black since White's pieces can launch a strong attack on Black's
king. Everything will depend on Black's ability to prevent White's activation.}
17. Bxf8 ({Black has no problems after} 17. Bxd5 Rc7 $1 18. Qxc6 Rxc6 19. Bxf8
Bxf8 20. Bxc6 Nf6) 17... Rb8 $1 18. Qxb8 (18. Qd7 $1 Rd8 19. Qxd5 Rxd5 20. Bxd5
Bxf8 21. Bxe4 Nd4 22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. a3 {apparently gives White more chances.})
18... Nxb8 19. Bxd5 Kxf8 20. Bxe4 Nd7 {Black wins one of White's queenside
pawns - an important factor!} 21. b3 Qxa2 22. Rcd1 Ne5 23. Rd8+ Ke7 24. Rb8
Nxf3+ 25. Bxf3 Bd4 26. g3 (26. Bd5 Bxf2+ $1 27. Rxf2 Qa1+ {regaining the d5
bishop with a check on the next move.}) (26. Rb7+ Ke6 27. Re1+ Kf6 28. Re2 {
is premature due to} Qa1+ 29. Kh2 Qf1 {(M.Notkin)}) 26... a5 $2 {A theoretical
mistake allowing White's rook to come out.} (26... Kf6 27. Bd5 $140 $6 Qe2 $1
28. Rb7 Qe5 $1 29. Rxf7+ Kg5) ({or} 26... Qd2 {(M.Notkin) was correct. Black
should not lose in that case.}) 27. Re1+ Kf6 28. Re2 Qb1+ 29. Kg2 a4 $2 {
A fatal idea. Black's a-pawn can now queen but his king comes under a mating
attack. Black would do better to defend passively, protecting his f7 pawn with
the queen:} (29... Qf5 {or so. White's advantage is probably insufficient for
a win after all.}) 30. Rb7 $1 a3 (30... Qd3 31. bxa4 {[%csl Ga4] was a lesser
evil but the a-pawn is likely to bring White a victory.}) 31. Bd5 a2 32. Rxf7+
Kg5 33. h4+ (33. Ree7 $1 {was even more accurate.}) 33... Kh6 34. Ree7 g5 $8
35. Be4 $1 (35. Be4 Qxe4+ 36. Rxe4 a1=Q 37. Re6+ Kh5 38. g4+ $3 Kxg4 (38...
Kxh4 39. Rh6+ Kxg4 40. f3#) 39. f3+ Kxh4 40. Rxh7#) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. h3 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. Bd3 exd5
9. exd5 Re8+ 10. Be3 Rxe3+ $6 {Certainly an entertaining move. While I was
watching the game it reminded me on an old game of Ulf Andersson in the Nimzo
Indian, if I am not mistaken where he saced the rook on e3. He was known at
that time for such ideas. In general my opinion is that White keeps some
pressure in this line even against the usual theoretical moves like 10...Bh6
or 10...Nbd7, but the position is far from simple in those cases.} ({For
instance:} 10... Nbd7 11. O-O Nh5 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. Be2 $1) ({Or:} 10... Bh6 11.
O-O Bxe3 12. fxe3 Qe7 13. e4 Nbd7 14. Qd2 {In both cases White has the easier
game.}) 11. fxe3 Qe7 12. O-O Nbd7 (12... Nfd7 13. Qe2 ({Even better was:} 13.
Qd2 $1 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Rf3 Nd7 16. Raf1 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Ne5 18. Rf6 Bf5 19.
R1xf5 gxf5 20. Rxf5 $16) 13... Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Rf3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nd7 17.
Raf1 Ne5 18. Rf6 Bf5 (18... Bd7 $5) 19. R6xf5 gxf5 20. Bxf5 Qg5 21. Rf4 $16 {
1/2-1/2 (60) Lputian,S (2616)-Petrosian,T (2606) Yerevan ARM 2008}) 13. Qd2 Ne5
$6 (13... Nh5 $5 14. g4 Ng3 15. Rf2 h5 16. Rg2 h4 {The engines gives here a
winning advantage to White, which might be the case in an ideal chess game,
but compared to the actual game to me this looks like a far better try.} 17.
Rf2 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Re1 Bd7 {to me this looks like the kind of chess
Moroz wanted in this game.}) 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Rf3 $1 {Black is simply too
slow in occuping the e5-square with a knight.} Bd7 (15... Nd7 16. Raf1 f5 17.
Bc2 Qe7 18. b3 Ne5 19. R3f2 Bh6 20. Ne2 Bd7 21. Nf4 $18 {I really don't see
how Black can hold the position in the long run.}) 16. Raf1 Rf8 (16... Be8 17.
Qf2 Nd7 18. Rxf7 Bxf7 19. Qxf7+ Kh8 20. Ne4 $1 $18) 17. Qf2 $18 {Simple chess.}
Qe7 18. Rxf6 Bxf6 19. Qxf6 Qxe3+ 20. Rf2 $1 Qxd3 21. Qxd6 Bf5 22. Qxc5 $18 b6
23. Qc7 Rc8 24. Qxa7 Qe3 (24... Qd4 25. g4 {wins for White.}) 25. d6 Qd4 26.
Nb5 Qxc4 27. Qxb6 Qc1+ 28. Kh2 Re8 29. Qc7 Qd1 30. Rxf5 gxf5 31. d7 Rf8 32.
Qg3+ Kh8 33. Qd6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.12"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. g3 (8.
Nh2 {is the main theoretical move examined in my survey in CBM 133.}) 8... a5 {
In my opinion, since White doesn't prevent ...f7-f5, Black should push it (at
once or after ...Qd8-e8):} (8... f5 {looks a bit premature:} 9. exf5 gxf5 10.
Ng5 $5 (10. Nh4 Nf4 $5 (10... Nf6 11. Qc2 Na6 $1 12. Be2 (12. Nxf5 Nb4 13. Qb3
(13. Qb1 Bxf5 14. Qxf5 e4) 13... Bxf5 14. Qxb4 Ne4 $44 15. Bg2 $6 Nxf2 $1 16.
Kxf2 Bxh3+ 17. Kg1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qf6 $17) 12... Nb4 13. Qb3 a5 14. a3 Na6 15.
Qc2 Nc5 16. Bg5 {1-0 (75) Panarin,M (2523)-Gabrielian,A (2545) Belorechensk
2012} Qe8 $13) 11. gxf4 Qxh4 12. Rg1 exf4 (12... Nd7 13. Nb5 exf4 14. Nxc7 Nc5
15. Rxg7+ Kxg7 16. Qd4+ Kg8 17. Kd1 Rb8 18. b4 Ne4 19. Bb2 Nf6 20. Nb5 $16 {
1-0 (27) Cheparinov,I (2690)-Vovk,Y (2591) Warsaw 2014}) 13. Qd4 Qe7+ 14. Be2
Kh8 15. Qxf4 Nd7 16. Qg3 Nc5 17. Bg5 Qf7 18. Be3 f4 $1 19. Bxf4 Bf5 $44 {
1/2 (44) Ushenina,A (2487)-Isgandarova,K (2190) Tromso NOR 2014}) (10. Bg2 Na6
$5 11. O-O Nf6 12. Be3 $5 (12. Rb1 $6 Nc5 13. b4 Nce4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qc2 f4
$1 $40 {0-1 (35) Timofeev,A (2641)-Andreikin,D (2700) Tyumen 2012 CBM 149 
[Andreikin,D]}) 12... e4 $5 13. Nd4 Nc5 14. Nce2 Nd3 15. Nf4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 $14)
10... Nf6 (10... Qe8 11. c5 $1 Nf6 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. Bc4 Kh8 {0-1 (27)
Raznikov,D (2488)-Rodshtein,M (2639) Acre 2013} 14. O-O Na6 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16.
dxe6 $14) 11. g4 $1 (11. Bg2 Na6 12. O-O h6 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6 Nc5 15. Qc2
e4 16. f3 Nh5 $13 {0-1 (42) Gloor,R (2335)-Van Kampen,R (2601) Zuerich 2013})
11... Qe7 (11... f4 12. Bd3 e4 13. Ngxe4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Qh4 15. Kd2 Nd7 16. Kc2
Ne5 {0-1 (31) Mirzoeva,E (2215)-Schmitz,T (2322) Oslo 2013} 17. f3 $14) 12. Qc2
e4 13. gxf5 Bxf5 14. Be3 Na6 15. O-O-O Kh8 16. Nb5 Nb4 17. Qb3 Nd3+ 18. Bxd3
exd3 19. Nd4 Ne4 20. Nxf5 Rxf5 21. Nxe4 Qxe4 22. Qxd3 $14 {1-0 (40) Zhigalko,S
(2658)-Kovalev,V (2453) Minsk 2012}) (8... Qe8 {is probably more accurate:} 9.
Be2 (9. Nh4 a5 {[%csl Rh4]}) (9. Bg2 a5 10. O-O Na6) 9... f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11.
Nh4 (11. Ng5 Nf6 12. g4 $6 {0-1 (35) Jakovenko,D (2736)-Ding,L (2680) St
Petersburg 2012} h6 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6 Qxe6) 11... Nf6 12. g4 (12. Qc2 Na6
13. a3 (13. Be3 f4 $1 14. gxf4 exf4 15. Bd4 {0-1 (47) Parligras,M (2614)
-Fressinet,L (2693) Plovdiv 2012 CBM 148 [Krasenkow,M]} f3 $1 16. Nxf3 Nb4 17.
Qb3 Nd3+ 18. Kd2 Nc5 $44) 13... c6 14. Bg5 Nc5 15. Be3 Nce4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17.
Qd2 cxd5 18. cxd5 Bd7 $13 (18... Qf7 $143 19. O-O-O Bd7 20. Kb1 Rfc8 21. g4 $14
{1/2 (42) Riazantsev,A (2660)-Krylov,M (2530) Dagomys 2010})) 12... f4 13. Qc2
(13. g5 Nfd7 14. Ne4 Na6 15. Bg4 Ndc5 16. f3 Qe7 17. Rg1 Kh8 18. Bxc8 Raxc8 19.
Rg4 c6 $132 {1-0 (27) Zubarev,A (2536)-Guilleux,F (2358) Malakoff 2010}) 13...
Na6 14. a3 e4 $1 15. Bxf4 Nxg4 16. hxg4 Rxf4 17. Ng2 Rxg4 18. Bxg4 Bxg4 19. Ne3
Bf3 $44 {0-1 (39) Alvarez Marquez,J (2410)-Gallegos,C (2392) Caracas 2014}) 9.
Be3 (9. Nh2 {transposes into the main 8.Nh2 line (8...a5 9.g3), which looks
quite appropriate here.}) 9... Na6 (9... f5 $5 {is still more appropriate:} 10.
exf5 gxf5 11. Ng5 (11. Nxe5 Nxg3 12. fxg3 Bxe5 13. Qf3 Qf6 14. Bf4 Na6 15. Kd2
Nc5 16. Bd3 Bd7 $132 {1-0 (29) Demuth,A (2417)-Geenen,M (2245) Lille 2012})
11... Nf6 12. Bg2 Qe7 13. g4 f4 14. Bd2 e4 15. Ngxe4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Nd7 17. O-O
Ne5 $44 {1-0 (36) Navara,D (2715)-Kovalev,A (2470) Pardubice 2013}) 10. Nd2 {
A logical consequence of 9.Be3 - and a clear benefit for White as d2 is
obviously a better square for his knight than h2. This position often arises
from a completely different line: 7...a5 8.Be3 (8.Bg5!) 8...Na6 9.Nd2 Nh5?! 10.
g3.} Bd7 (10... Bf6 11. Be2 Ng7 12. h4 Be7 13. h5 Bg5 14. Nf1 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 Qg5
16. Qd2 Nc5 17. O-O-O $36 {1/2 (39) Almada,E (2235)-Izquierdo,D (2200) Uruguay
1984}) (10... Qe8 11. Be2 Nf6 12. g4 Nd7 13. h4 $36) (10... Nc5 11. Be2 $5 (11.
Nb3 b6 12. Nxc5 bxc5 13. Bg2 Bd7 14. a4 Qc8 15. Nb5 Nf6 16. g4 Ne8 17. Rg1 f5
18. gxf5 gxf5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Qd2 Bg6 $13 {0-1 (79) Kallio,H (2522)-Guliev,L
(2390) Linares 2002}) 11... Nf6 12. g4) 11. Be2 Nf6 (11... f5 $6 12. exf5 gxf5
13. Bxh5 f4 14. Nde4 fxe3 15. fxe3 $16 {1-0 (45) Vojinovic,G (2460)-Pantelic,S
(2312) Paracin SRB 2014}) (11... Qc8 $6 12. Bxh5 gxh5 13. g4 f6 14. f3 Rf7 15.
Nf1 h4 16. Rh2 Rb8 17. a4 Nb4 18. b3 Qf8 19. Qd2 h5 20. Na2 $16 {1-0 (62) Ding,
L (2702)-Al Modiahki,M (2546) Incheon 2013}) 12. g4 {With Black's pawn on h7 
(not on h6) this attack is less strong. However, Black has practically lost
two tempi (...Nf6-h5-f6). Therefore he can hardly equalise.} Nc5 (12... c6 13.
h4 $1 (13. Nf1 $6 cxd5 14. cxd5 Nc5 15. Ng3 a4 16. Kf1 Qa5 17. Rb1 b5 18. a3 b4
19. axb4 Qxb4 $36 {0-1 (58) Nowak,I (2435)-Mortensen,E (2450) Pohja 1985})
13... Ne8 14. h5 Bf6 15. Nf1 Bg5 16. Qd2 h6 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Bxg5 hxg5 19. f3
Qf6 20. O-O-O c5 21. Ne3 Rf7 22. Rh3 Rh7 23. Rdh1 $16 {1-0 (37) Dao,T (2510)
-Markos,J (2557) Beijing 2008}) 13. Qc2 {[%mdl 32] White starts playing
inaccurately and gradually passes his initiative to the opponent. This
preparation of long castling is too slow for such a tense position.} ({Here,
too,} 13. h4 {was more logical}) 13... a4 14. a3 c6 15. g5 Ne8 16. O-O-O (16.
h4 $142 {although now Black has enough counterplay after} Qa5 17. h5 Nc7 18.
O-O-O cxd5 19. cxd5 b5 {etc.}) 16... cxd5 17. Nxd5 $6 {Hardly a good idea,
opening the way to d4 for Black's knights.} Nc7 $1 {[%cal Yc7e6]} 18. Nb6 Ra6
19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Bg4 $6 (20. Bxc5 $142 dxc5 21. Bg4 Ne6 22. h4 f5 (22... Qe7
23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Nb1) 23. gxf6 Rxf6 24. Nf3 $13) 20... Qc6 21. Kb1 Rb8 22. Be2
N7e6 23. h4 Nd4 24. Bxd4 exd4 $17 {[%csl Gc5,Gd4][%cal Gg7b2,Yb7b5]} 25. Bd3 b5
$6 {It was better for Black to slowly prepare his attack as White had no
counterplay:} (25... Ra5 $1 {[%cal Yb7b5,Yc5d3]} 26. Nf3 b5 $1 27. cxb5 Qb7 {
[%cal Rc5d3]} 28. Ne1 Nxd3 29. Nxd3 Rxb5 {with strong pressure as White's
blockade is not sound.}) 26. cxb5 Rxb5 27. Bxb5 Qxb5 28. Qc4 Qb8 29. e5 $2 {
This looks like a premature capitulation.} (29. Ka2 $1 d3 30. Rb1 $13 {Both
players probably overlooked} Rb6 $6 31. b4 $1 axb3+ 32. Nxb3 $132) 29... Rb6
30. b4 axb3 31. exd6 Qxd6 32. Rhe1 Rb8 {[%csl Rb1] White's king is helpless
here.} 33. f3 $6 Nd3 34. Qa4 (34. Qxd3 Qxa3) 34... Nxe1 35. Rxe1 d3 36. Re8+
Rxe8 37. Qxe8+ Bf8 38. Qa8 Qc7 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 30th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.17"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[BlackTeam "Padova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 Na6
9. Be3 {For this recently popular plan - see Postny - Kotronias in CBM 162.}
Nd7 (9... Nc5 {is another popular option.}) 10. a3 {Preventing 10...Ndc5,
after which 11.b4 will be possible.} Nac5 11. Rg1 {This move is the most
common but Black now blockades the queenside.} ({His idea is that after} 11. b4
axb4 12. axb4 Rxa1 13. Qxa1 Nb3 $1 14. Qd1 Nd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Bxd4 Ne5 {
he obtains excellent compensation for the missing pawn. An example from a
correspondence game:} 17. Bg2 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. f4 Ng6 20. O-O fxg4 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. hxg4 Qh4 23. Nb5 Bxg4 24. Qd4+ Kg8 25. Qf2 Qe7 26. Qg3 Be2 27. Re1
Rxf4 28. Nc3 Rg4 29. Qxg4 Bxg4 30. Rxe7 Nxe7 31. Nb5 Be2 32. Bf1 Bxf1 {1/2 (32)
Daanen,A (2165)-Larin,I (2233) Lechenicher SchachServer 2012}) (11. Nd2 {
can be met with} Bf6 $1 {0-1 (48) Riazantsev,A (2617)-Inarkiev,E (2675)
Novokuznetsk 2008} 12. b4 $140 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 Na6 15. Qa5 Bg5 $1 {
Here the weaknesses created in White's camp with g2-g4 become crucial.}) 11...
a4 (11... Kh8 12. Nd2 a4 13. g5 (13. Qc2 $5 {1-0 (44) Arnaudov,P (2476)
-Nenezic,M (2370) Plovdiv 2012}) 13... f5 14. h4 fxe4 $1 (14... f4 15. Bxc5
Nxc5 16. Qf3 (16. h5 $144 Rf7 17. Qf3 Kg8 18. O-O-O Bf8 19. Bh3 Be7 20. Rg2 Rg7
21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Rh1 $40 {1-0 (35) Arnaudov,P (2429)-Kazakos,E (2203) Kavala
2014}) 16... c6 17. O-O-O Qe8 18. Kb1 Rb8 19. Rh1 cxd5 20. cxd5 b5 21. Na2 Kg8
22. Nb4 $16 {1-0 (59) Riazantsev,A (2679)-Belyakov,B (2301) Olginka 2011}) 15.
h5 Rf4 $1 16. h6 Bf8 17. Qc2 (17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Ncxe4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Ne5 20. Qd4
Be7 21. O-O-O Bf5 $132 {E.Postny}) 17... Nb3 $1 18. Nxb3 axb3 19. Qd2 $1 Rh4
20. O-O-O Nb6 21. Be2 Bf5 22. Rg3 Be7 23. Rdg1 Nd7 $13 {1-0 (45) Postny,E 
(2651)-Kotronias,V (2552) Vrachati 2014 CBM 162 [Postny,E]}) 12. Nd2 c6 {
This natural move transposes to a position from Carlsen - Topalov (see CBM 133)
.} (12... h6 13. Qf3 Kh7 14. h4 Nf6 15. Qd1 h5 16. g5 Ng4 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Bd3
$16 {[%csl Rg4] 1-0 (49) Lysyj,I (2612)-Inarkiev,E (2664) Ulan Ude 2009}) (
12... Bf6 13. g5 Be7 14. h4 f6 15. gxf6 Bxf6 16. h5 g5 17. h6 Kh8 18. Qh5 Qe8
19. Qxe8 Rxe8 20. Nb5 Na6 21. Nf3 g4 22. Nh2 Bd8 23. Nxg4 Ndc5 24. f3 Rg8 25.
Bh3 $14 {1/2 (62) Potkin,V (2621)-Yuffa,D (2444) Vladivostok 2014}) (12... Nb6
13. Qc2 Bd7 14. O-O-O c6 15. Kb1 {also transposes to Carlsen - Topalov:} Qe7 (
15... cxd5 $2 16. cxd5 Rc8 17. Bb5 $1 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Qd7 19. Nc3 Bf6 20. g5 Bd8
21. h4 $16 {1-0 (41) Carlsen,M (2772)-Topalov,V (2813) Nanjing 2009 CBM 133 
[Krasenkow,M]}) (15... Rc8 $142) 16. Be2 Rfc8 17. h4 cxd5 18. exd5 e4 {1/2 (95)
Arnaudov,P (2476)-Spasov,V (2571) Panagyurishte 2012} 19. h5 $36) 13. Qf3 $146
{Hardly a good novelty.} ({To meet} 13. Qc2 {Hikaru Nakamura had probably
prepared} b6 {as well} (13... Nb6 14. O-O-O Bd7 {- see above}) (13... h6 14.
O-O-O Kh7 15. Kb1 Bf6 16. Nf3 Be7 17. h4 Qa5 18. Nd2 Nb6 19. f4 $1 $16 {
1-0 (31) Deepan Chakkravarthy,J (2470)-Tiwari,A (2324) Aurangabad 2011}) 14.
O-O-O (14. dxc6 Nb8 {[%cal Yb8c6,Yc6d4]}) 14... Ba6 {etc., which requires
further exploration.}) 13... b6 14. O-O-O (14. dxc6 Nb8) 14... Ba6 15. h4 cxd5
16. Nxd5 (16. cxd5 Bxf1 17. Nxf1 b5 $1 {with strong counterplay for Black} 18.
Nxb5 $140 Rb8 {[%cal Gb8b2]}) 16... Ne6 {Taking dark squares under control.} ({
However,} 16... h6 $1 {was more accurate.}) 17. Kb1 $6 (17. g5 $5 Nd4 18. Qh3 {
[%cal Yh4h5] is critical. After the text move Black closes the kingside.})
17... h6 $1 18. g5 ({The structure with} 18. h5 g5 {is pleasant for White when
his pawn is on d5, and therefore Black's knights have no way to the f4-square
- not the case here.}) 18... h5 19. Bh3 b5 $6 {It was quite possible for Black
to wait as White had no active plan. However, he prefers to play actively
himself.} 20. Rc1 bxc4 21. Nxc4 Bxc4 22. Rxc4 Nd4 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Bxd7 Qxd7
$16 {As a result, White has a very strong d5-knight; he should beware of ...
d4-d3 , of course, but generally his chances are clearly better.} 25. Qd3 (25.
Nf6+ $5 Bxf6 26. gxf6 {[%cal Rf3h5]}) 25... Rab8 26. Rb4 $1 Rbe8 (26... Rxb4
27. axb4 {[%cal Rb4b5]} Rb8 28. f4 $16 {[%cal Yf4f5]}) 27. Rxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]
An obvious exchange sacrifice.} Bxd4 28. Qxd4 {White can now regain the
material by means of Nd5-f6+ but it is not necessary.} Re6 29. f4 $1 Qb7 30.
Qxa4 $6 {Wrong! White trades his a3-pawn for Black's weak a4-pawn.} (30. f5 $1
Re5 31. Nf6+ Kh8 32. Qxd6 Qe7 33. Qd4 Rd8 34. Nd5 gxf5 (34... Qd6 $143 35. fxg6
fxg6 36. Rc1 {[%cal Rc1c6]}) 35. g6 $1 Kg7 (35... fxg6 $2 36. Nxe7 Rxd4 37.
Nxg6+) 36. gxf7+ Kxf7 37. Qd2 {[%cal Rd2h6] , and White's attack should be
decisive.}) 30... Ra8 31. Qd4 (31. Qb4 Qxb4 32. axb4 Rc8 {, and White can
hardly win.}) 31... Rxa3 32. f5 Re5 33. Nf6+ (33. Rc1 $142 $14) 33... Kg7 34.
Ne8+ Kg8 35. Nxd6 Qa7 36. Qxa7 Rxa7 {[%mdl 4096] This endgame is very unclear.}
37. Rc1 gxf5 38. exf5 Rd7 39. Rc6 (39. Rc8+ $142 Kh7 40. Rc6 {not allowing} Rd8
) 39... Rd8 40. Kc2 Rd5 41. Ne4 Rxf5 {Black's rooks have become very strong.}
42. Nf6+ Kf8 43. Nxh5 $2 (43. Rc4 {was a must, first protecting the h4-pawn
and then collecting Black's h5-pawn. In that case White should not lose.})
43... Rd4 44. Nf6 Rxh4 (44... Rf2+ $142 $1 45. Kc3 Rxh4 {freeing the f5-square
for the king. Still, the text move doesn't let the win slip.}) 45. Rc8+ Ke7 46.
Rc7+ Ke6 47. Rc6+ Ke5 48. Nd7+ Kd4 49. g6 Rh2+ 50. Kb1 (50. Kb3 fxg6 51. Rxg6
Rb5+ 52. Ka3 Rhxb2 53. Rg4+ {is a bit more stubborn but still lost for White,
e.g.} Kd5 54. Rg5+ Kd6 55. Nc5 (55. Rxb5 Rxb5 $19 {- White's knight will be
trapped}) 55... Kc6 56. Ne4 R5b3+ 57. Ka4 Rb7 58. Ka3 R2b3+ 59. Ka2 R3b4 $19)
50... fxg6 51. Rxg6 Rb5 {White's king will now be cut off on the 1st rank.} 52.
Rd6+ Ke3 53. Kc1 Rbxb2 54. Ne5 $2 {This loses instantly.} (54. Re6+ {is a must
but Black wins anyway:} Kf4 55. Rc6 (55. Rf6+ Ke4 $1 56. Re6+ Kd5) 55... Ke4
56. Nf6+ Kd4 57. Ng4 Rhe2 {etc.}) 54... Rhc2+ 55. Kd1 Ra2 $1 {[%cal Rc2g2]} 56.
Ng4+ Kf3 57. Ne5+ Ke4 0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2014.12.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Nh2 Qe8
9. Be2 Nf4 10. Bf3 f5 11. g3 Nxh3 12. Bg2 {This system was examined in my
article on the Bagirov system (see CBM 133).} fxe4 {And this continuation is
gradually becoming Black's main reply.} 13. Nxe4 $6 {In my opinion -
inaccurate.} ({To} 13. Be3 Na6 14. Nxe4 {Black has recently tried} Nf4 $5 15.
gxf4 (15. Bf3 $6 Bf5 16. Qd2 {is hardly good for White:} b6 {[%cal Ya6c5]} (
16... Nb4 $5 17. O-O {0-1 (26) Andreikin,D (2683)-Radjabov,T (2744) Moscow 2010
} a5 $13) (16... b5 $5 17. Rc1 g5 18. Rg1 Nh3 19. Rf1 Qg6 $36 {1/2 (60)
Macieja,B (2619)-Maze,S (2559) Aix-les-Bains 2011}) 17. O-O-O Qa4 18. b3 Qa3+
19. Qb2 Ne2+ 20. Bxe2 Qxb2+ 21. Kxb2 Bxe4 $17 {0-1 (43) Cramling,P (2525)
-Navara,D (2702) Caleta 2014}) 15... exf4 16. Bd4 f3 $1 17. Bxf3 Rxf3 18. Qxf3
Bf5 19. Ng4 Qxe4+ 20. Qxe4 Bxe4 21. Nh6+ Kf8 22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23. Rh4 Bf3 24. Kd2
Rf8 $44 {0-1 (40) Yilmaz,M (2521)-Zherebukh,Y (2594) Moscow 2012 . White
should look for an improvement in this line.}) 13... Bf5 14. Rf1 $6 {Quite a
passive move, after which Black is clearly better.} (14. Be3 $6 Nf4 $1 15. Bf3
Nd7 16. g4 $6 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Nf6 18. Bc2 Ng2+ 19. Ke2 Nxe3 20. fxe3 e4 $19 {
0-1 (27) Moynihan,K (2179)-Jones,G (2644) Kilkenny 2012}) (14. Ng4 h5 15. Nh6+
{may be relatively better but hardly promising:} (15. Nef6+ Bxf6 16. Nh6+ {
has been tried in a number of games but unsuccessfully:} Kg7 (16... Kh7 17.
Nxf5 Ng5 18. Nh4 (18. g4 $142 $13) 18... e4 19. Qc2 Na6 20. Bxg5 Bxg5 21. Bxe4
Nc5 22. Nxg6 Qxe4+ 23. Qxe4 Nxe4 24. Nxf8+ Rxf8 25. Rxh5+ Kg6 26. Rh2 Nd2 $17 {
0-1 (51) Belous,V (2522)-Petrosian,D (2476) Yerevan 2012}) 17. Nxf5+ gxf5 18.
Rxh3 (18. Bxh3 Qg6 19. Qc2 e4 20. Be3 Na6 21. Bf1 Nc5 22. O-O-O a5 $17 {
0-1 (66) Meskovs,N (2243)-Fernandez Romero,E (2453) Caleta 2011}) 18... Rh8 19.
Bf3 (19. Qc2 e4 20. Bd2 Nd7 21. O-O-O Nc5 22. Bc3 Qg6 $17 {0-1 (53) Piasetski,
L (2297)-Lorenzo de la Riva,L (2426) Barcelona ESP 2014}) (19. Qf3 Qg6 20. Qb3
b6 21. Be3 h4 22. Bf1 Na6 23. O-O-O Nc5 $17 {1/2 (46) Ederer,K (2166)-Daanen,A
(2092) Lechenicher SchachServer 2010}) 19... h4 (19... e4 20. Bxh5 Qe5 21. Rb1
Nd7 22. Bf4 Qd4 23. g4 Qxd1+ 24. Kxd1 Be5 $15 {1/2 (41) Meskovs,N (2347)
-Tilicheev,V (2416) Prague 2012}) 20. g4 e4 21. Be2 Nd7 22. gxf5 Nc5 23. Be3
Qe5 24. Rb1 {1-0 (37) Semcesen,D (2480)-Hillarp Persson,T (2547) Gothenburg
2011} Rag8 $17 25. b4 $140 Qxf5 {[%cal Yc5d3,Rf5h3]}) 15... Bxh6 16. Bxh6 Bxe4
17. f3 $8 Rf7 $5 (17... Bxf3 $143 18. Bxf3 e4 {0-1 (26) Reid,J (2151)-Carr,N 
(2290) Torquay 2013} 19. Bxh5 $1 Nf2 20. Qd4 $36) 18. Rxh3 Bf5 {, and White's
compensation for the pawn is in doubt.}) 14... h5 {Preventing g3-g4 or Nh2-g4.}
(14... Na6 {is also good:} 15. f3 (15. Qe2 $6 Qd7 16. Be3 (16. Bd2 Rab8 17.
O-O-O b5 $1 18. Nc3 Nc5 19. Be3 b4 20. Nb1 b3 $19 {->: 0-1 (33) Ivanov,J (2436)
-Kanmazalp,O (2404) Izmir 2011}) 16... Nf4 $1 17. gxf4 exf4 18. Bd2 f3 $1 19.
Bxf3 Rae8 20. O-O-O Qa4 21. Ng4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Qxa2 23. Rde1 Qxb2+ 24. Kd1 Nc5 {
0-1 (24) Stocek,J (2600)-Stellwagen,D (2627) Porto Carras 2011}) 15... h5 16.
Be3 b5 17. Qe2 Rb8 18. O-O-O Nb4 19. cxb5 Nxa2+ 20. Kb1 Nb4 21. Rh1 Qxb5 $19 {
0-1 (44) Riazantsev,A (2679)-Sjugirov,S (2643) Olginka 2011}) 15. Qe2 Na6 16.
f3 Nc5 $17 {White has no compensation for the pawn; moreover, Black is
attacking White's insecure king.} 17. Be3 (17. Nxc5 dxc5 {[%cal Ye8a4]}) 17...
Nxe4 $6 (17... Qa4 $1 {was strong here, too, e.g.} 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Bxh3 Bxh3
20. Rh1 Bf5 $17) 18. fxe4 Bd7 19. O-O-O Qe7 20. Qd2 Bf6 21. Nf3 {White has
consolidated his position, and Black's h3-knight is in trouble again. Still,
Black solves his problems keeping his material advantage.} g5 22. Bxh3 (22. Rh1
$142 g4 23. Ng1 Qh7 $1 24. Nxh3 gxh3 25. Bxh3 Bxh3 26. Rxh3 Qxe4 27. Rxh5 Qxc4+
28. Kb1 {, although White's compensation for the pawn is hardly sufficient.})
22... Bxh3 23. Rh1 Bg4 24. Rdf1 Qh7 25. Nxg5 (25. Qd3 Qg6) 25... Bxg5 26. Bxg5
Qxe4 {Opposite-coloured bishops are hardly a consolation for White.} 27. b3 Rf3
28. Bf6 Qg6 29. Bh4 Raf8 30. Rxf3 Rxf3 31. Kb2 b6 32. Re1 a5 33. Ka3 Rd3 34.
Qc1 Rf3 35. Rf1 e4 {[%csl Ge4]} 36. Re1 Bf5 37. Qb2 Qf7 38. Qd4 Bg6 39. Rxe4 $6
{Desperation. Waiting was more stubborn:} (39. Qd2) 39... Bxe4 40. Qxe4 Rf5 41.
Bd8 Re5 42. Qh4 Qf2 43. Bg5 Re2 44. Ka4 b5+ $1 45. Kxa5 Rxa2+ 46. Kb4 Qe1+ 47.
Kxb5 Qe8+ 48. Kb4 c5+ (48... c5+ 49. dxc6 Qe1+ 50. Kb5 Qa5#) 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Ding Liren"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O {Here comes the King's
Indian Defence, which I started to play with the black pieces since I was a
child. My opponent, Teimour Radjabov, is a prominent expert in this opening
and comes up with important ideas from time to time. I had studied his games
carefully to improve my understanding of the KID.} 6. h3 e5 7. d5 {I have had
this position with both sides and come to the conclusion that maybe the plan
of 7...Nh5 followed by ...f5 suited the spirit of the position most.} Nh5 {
Another popular move is 7...a5, with the idea of ...Na6-c5 or Nfd7-c5:} 8. g3
f5 {Many player prefers 8...Qe8, to control the e6-square first.} (8... Qe8 9.
Be2 f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Nh4 (11. Ng5 Nf6) 11... Nf6 {unclear.}) 9. exf5 gxf5
10. Ng5 Qe8 {An important move in my opinion, introduced by Maxim Rodshtein.}
11. Be2 (11. c5 Nf6) (11. g4 Nf4 {is the point behind 10...Qe8.}) 11... Nf6 12.
Be3 (12. g4 {is not as annoying as in the previous line.} h6 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14.
dxe6 Qxe6 15. gxf5 Qxf5 16. Rg1 Kh8 {prepares ...Nc6-d4, Black is out of
danger.  Now (in the game) he will play 13.Nf3 in the event of 12...h6; the
position looks a little bit quiet.}) 12... Na6 13. Qd2 Bd7 {An inaccuracy. I
was calculating the variation after 13...h6 or 13...Nc5, but I couldn't make
either of them work, so in the end I just played a useful waiting move.} ({
I should have played} 13... Nc5 14. b4 (14. O-O-O h6 15. Nf3 (15. Bxc5 hxg5 ({
Or} 15... dxc5 16. Nf3 e4 17. Nh4 Qf7) 16. Ba3 Qg6 17. Kb1 b6 {Black is fine.})
15... Nce4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Qc2 {Compared to the game, I can act on the
queenside immediately} c6 $1 {with an extremely complicated position, for
example} 18. dxc6 (18. g4 cxd5 19. Rxd5 Be6) 18... bxc6 19. g4 d5 20. gxf5 Bxf5
21. Nh4 Bh7 22. Rhg1 Ng5 23. Qd2 Ne4 {This might be a repetition.}) 14... Na4
15. Nb5 (15. Nxa4 Qxa4 16. O-O (16. b5 a6) 16... Qe8 $1) 15... Qe7 $1 {I had
missed this simple and strong move. Or should I say I don't want to leave my
knight on a4, but he can't find a safe place for his king either.}) (13... h6
$6 14. Nf3 Nc5 (14... Kh7 15. Nh4) 15. Bxh6 Nfe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Qc1 $1 {
White is a healthy pawn up.} ({Of course not} 17. Qe3 f4 18. Qxe4 Bf5)) 14.
O-O-O h6 ({I played 14...h6 first because I wanted to avoid the possibility
after} 14... Nc5 {of} 15. g4 h6 16. Ne6 $5) 15. Nf3 ({Now} 15. Ne6 {doesn't
work} Bxe6 16. dxe6 Qxe6 17. Bxh6 Ne4) 15... Nc5 16. Nh4 {Now he's threatening
17.g4.} ({Here I was afraid of the variation starting with} 16. g4 Nce4 17.
Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qc2 Nxf2 19. Bxf2 fxg4 20. hxg4 e4 21. g5 {and now} h5 $1 {
is the very important detail. It seems Black can hold his own.} (21... exf3 22.
Bd3) 22. Rde1 Bg4 (22... Qf7 {is also possible, but harder to find over the
board} 23. Qxe4 Rae8 24. Qd3 Qf4+ 25. Qd2 Bxb2+ $1 26. Kc2 Qxd2+ 27. Kxd2 Bg4
$11) 23. Bd4 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Rxf3 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Rxe4 Qf7 27. Qe2 (27. Rhe1
Rf1 28. Qc3+ Kg8) 27... Rf2 28. Qxh5 Qxh5 29. Rxh5 Raf8 {with approximately
equality.}) (16. Bxc5 dxc5 {didn't cross my mind.}) 16... Nce4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4
18. Qc2 Ng5 {The only move, but a prefectly acceptable one.} (18... Qd8 {
fails to} 19. Bd3) (18... Nc5 19. g4) 19. Bd3 {A very interesting idea. He
wanted to provoke ...e4 and fix my pawn structure.} (19. Kb1 {is a little bit
slow.} Ba4 $1 20. b3 Bd7 21. Bd3 Qf7 {Black can attack through the long
diagonal.}) 19... e4 (19... Qf7 {is stronger.} 20. f4 exf4 21. gxf4 Rae8 22.
Rde1 (22. fxg5 Rxe3 23. gxh6 Bxh6 24. Kb1 Qf6 25. Rhg1+ Bg7 $1) 22... Ne4 23.
Rhg1 Kh7 {with energetic play Black keeps the balance.}) 20. Be2 {Now I can
conclude that the position is slightly better for White.} Rc8 (20... Ba4 21. b3
Bd7 22. Ng2 a5 23. a4 $1) (20... a5 21. Ng2 a4 22. Nf4 (22. a3 b5 23. c5 b4)
22... a3 23. b3) (20... b5 21. c5) (20... Rb8 {is another way to support the ..
.c5 idea.} 21. Kb1 c5 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. Bd4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Rf6 25. Rhd1 $14) 21.
Kb1 c5 22. dxc6 Rxc6 {He has many choices here.} 23. Qd2 (23. Qb3 Kh7 24. Qxb7
Ne6) (23. c5 {deserves attention:} dxc5 24. Bb5 Rc7 (24... Ne6 $5) 25. Rxd7
Rxd7 26. Bxc5 Rff7 27. Bxa7 Qe5 28. Bxd7 Rxd7 29. Ng6 Qb5 {White is a pawn up,
but Black can get typical KID-like counterplay.}) (23. Bd4 Qf7 24. Bxg7 Qxg7)
23... Be6 (23... Qf7 $5) 24. Bxg5 (24. Bd4 {is a safer way to play} Qf7 (24...
Bxc4 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 (25... Bxe2 26. Bxh6) 26. Qd4+) 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 (25... Qxg7
26. Ng2 Bxc4 27. Bxc4+ Rxc4 28. Ne3 Rc6 29. Qd5+ Qf7 30. Nxf5 Qxd5 31. Rxd5)
26. Qd4+ Kh7 27. b3 {White has a solid advantage.} f4 28. Bg4 $1) 24... hxg5
25. Qxg5 {I thought I must have enough compensation for the pawn, but I can't
find the best move.} Ra6 (25... b5 $1 26. Bh5 (26. cxb5 Ra6 $3 27. a3 (27. bxa6
Qa4) 27... Rxa3 $1 28. bxa3 Ba2+ $1 29. Kc2 Qc8+ {I think I must win the best
game prize (if there is one) if I can get this position over the board.}) 26...
Qb8 $1 27. Ng6 (27. c5) 27... bxc4 28. Ne7+ Kh8 29. Rd2 Rb6 30. Ng6+ Kh7 (30...
Kg8) 31. Nxf8+ Kg8 32. Qxg7+ Kxg7 33. Nxe6+ Kh6 34. Rc1 Kxh5 35. Rxc4 {is
probably equal, but Black has the easier play.}) (25... Rb6 26. Rd2) (25...
Rxc4 {leads to a draw almost by force.} 26. Bxc4 Bxc4 27. Nxf5 Rxf5 28. Qxf5
Qa4 29. a3 Qb3 30. Qc8+ Kh7 31. Qf5+ Kg8) 26. Rd2 ({If} 26. b3 {then} b5 {
will be more powerful} 27. cxb5 $2 Bxb3) 26... b5 {A mistake. During the game
I was hesitating between 26...b5 and 26...Qa4.} (26... Qa4 27. b3 {Now Black
can choose between giving perpetual or playing on} (27. a3 {is bad in view of}
Qb3 28. Ng6 (28. Qe3 Rxa3) 28... Rf6 $1 {This's what I missed} 29. Ne7+ (29.
Nf4 Bf7 (29... Rxa3 30. Nh5)) 29... Kf8 (29... Kh8 $5) 30. Nd5 (30. Ng6+ Rxg6
31. Qxg6 Rxa3 32. Qxe6 Qa2+) 30... Bxd5 31. Rxd5 Rxa3 32. Rxf5 Rxf5 33. Qxf5+
Ke7 34. Qxe4+ Be5 35. Qh7+ Kd8 36. Qg8+ Kc7 37. Qf7+ Kb6 38. c5+ dxc5 39. Qxb3+
Rxb3 40. f4 Bd4 {Black has good winning chances.}) 27... Rb6 (27... Qa5 28. Rc1
) (27... Qxb3+ 28. axb3 Ra1+ 29. Kc2 Ra2+ $11) 28. Qe3 Qa5 29. Rc1) 27. Rc1 {
I had only considered this, but missed a strong continuation.} (27. g4 $1 $16
Qd8 (27... fxg4 28. hxg4 bxc4 29. Nf5 Bxf5 30. gxf5 Qa4 31. a3) (27... e3 28.
fxe3 (28. Qxe3 f4) 28... bxc4 29. Rg1 $1 (29. gxf5 Bxf5+) 29... c3 30. Nxf5
Bxa2+ 31. Kc1 cxd2+ 32. Kxd2 Qe5 33. Bxa6 Qxb2+ 34. Ke1) (27... Bxc4 28. Bxc4+
bxc4 29. Nxf5) 28. Qxd8 Rxd8 29. Nxf5 bxc4 30. Nxg7 Kxg7 31. Rc1 Rc8 32. Rc3 d5
33. f3 {Maybe the best I can get is such an endgame with a pawn down.}) 27...
Qf7 {I offered a draw here because I can't figure out what's going on and I
wanted to enjoy the rest day in a good mood.} 28. Ng6 (28. b3 {is very natural,
but can't yield White any advantage.} bxc4 29. Bxc4 Bxc4 30. Rxc4 Kh7 $1 31.
Ng2 d5 32. Rcd4 Bxd4 33. Rxd4 Rd6 34. h4 $5 {with a complex battle ahead.}) ({
Now} 28. g4 {is less effective} fxg4 29. hxg4 Qf6 $1 $11) ({This computer line
shows how difficult it is to handle the position:} 28. Qg6 Rc6 29. Rdc2 f4 30.
Qxe4 d5) 28... Bf6 {I wanted to drive his queen away from g5 and avoided the
possibility of ...Ne7.} 29. Qh6 {Surprisingly, this is the decisive mistake.
He should manage to exchange queens by means of 29.Qh5:} (29. Qh5 bxc4 (29...
Rb8 30. Nf4) 30. Nxf8 (30. Rxc4 $5) 30... Qxh5 31. Bxh5 Kxf8 {Although Black
has a strong pawn centre and can't be worse.}) (29. Ne7+ {is bad in view of}
Kh7) 29... Rb8 {Now all my pieces are well-placed.} 30. Nf4 Bxc4 31. Rxc4 (31.
Bxc4 {also loses:} bxc4 32. Nd5 Bxb2 33. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 34. Kxb2 Qxd5 35. Qg6+ Kf8
36. Qf6+ Ke8) 31... bxc4 32. Nd5 Bg7 {The only move, but good enough.} ({
Of course not} 32... Bxb2 33. Ne7+ Qxe7 34. Bxc4+) 33. Qg5 c3 {The only
winning move, but not very hard to find.} 34. Bc4 {The best practical choice.}
(34. Nxc3 Rc6 35. Nd5 Qxd5 $1 36. Qxg7+ Kxg7 37. Rxd5 Rbc8 {White is left with
no hope.}) 34... cxd2 ({I thought} 34... Kf8 {might be simpler but turned it
down because of} 35. Rc2 Rc6 36. Bb3 {I had missed a clever move 35...Ra5!})
35. Nf6+ Kf8 36. Nh7+ Ke8 37. Bxf7+ Kxf7 38. Qxf5+ Kg8 39. Kc2 {A blunder,
maybe he overlooked my 40th move.} (39. Qd5+ {is critical} Kxh7 (39... Kh8 40.
Kc2) 40. Qxe4+ {I calculated until here, thought that I definitely could hide
my king somewhere, but it's not an easy task.} Kh8 41. Qh4+ Kg8 42. Qc4+ Kf8
43. Qf4+ Ke7 44. Qe4+ Be5 45. Qh7+ Ke6 46. Qg6+ Bf6 {It's important to put the
bishop on f6.} 47. Qe4+ Kf7 48. Qh7+ Kf8 49. Qh6+ Kg8 $1 50. Qg6+ Bg7 51. Qe6+
Kh8 {and White has run out of checks} 52. Kc2 Rxa2 $19) 39... Rxb2+ 40. Kd1
Rb1+ {He couldn't avoid losing the queen so he resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 {The most
popular move. It slows White down on the queenside, usually he plays ...Na6
too. On the other hand the weakening of the b5-square can backfire sometimes.}
(7... Na6) ({and} 7... Nh5 {are the other main lines.}) 8. g4 {At first sight
this is a strange move, because White weakens his kingside. On the other hand
White avoids Black's typical plan with ...Nh5.} (8. Bg5) ({and} 8. Be3 {
are more common lines.}) 8... Na6 9. Be3 Nd7 {Black controls the c5-square,
moreover sometimes he can play ...f5 too.} 10. a3 c6 $5 $146 {A very ambitious
reaction by Grischuk. He sacrifices a pawn, because he would like to open the
position.} ({Recently Tomashevsky had a game with} 10... Nb6 11. Rg1 Bd7 12.
Nd2 a4 13. g5 f5 14. h4 {(Tomashevsky-Nakamura, Dubai rapid 2014)} Nxd5 $1 15.
exd5 f4 $132 {with a double-edged fight.}) (10... Nac5 11. Rg1 a4 12. Nd2 c6
13. Qf3 b6 14. O-O-O Ba6 15. h4 cxd5 16. Nxd5 {(Rodshtein-Nakamura, Bilbao
2014) and now} h6 $1 $13 {with a complicated middlegame.}) 11. Rg1 {This is a
typical move in these types of middlegame. White ignores the break in the
centre and focuses on making f5 undesirable.} ({In the event of the pawn being
captured with} 11. dxc6 Ndc5 $1 {This is the point! It seems to give Black
plenty of compensation.} 12. b4 (12. cxb7 Bxb7 {and Black has huge
compensation with his active pieces.}) 12... Ne6 13. cxb7 Bxb7 14. Nd5 Qe8 $44
{and here also Black has compensation for the pawn.}) 11... Rb8 {A deep move.
Black can't play ...b5 immediately, but later the R can be really useful from
b8.} 12. Nd2 Ndc5 13. Rb1 {White prepares for b4, he wants to chase away
Black's c5-knight.} Nd7 {Grischuk simply comes back with his N, so now White
can't play b4 easily.} 14. Qf3 ({The consistent} 14. b4 {could have been met by
} axb4 15. axb4 c5 $1 {This was the point of Black's 13th move. He frees the
c5-square for his knight.} 16. bxc5 (16. b5 Nb4 {and the N is very active on b4
}) 16... Ndxc5 {and Black looks nicely placed.}) 14... Ndc5 {Suddenly Black
goes back to c5 with his N, he isn't afraid of b4.} 15. Qd1 {Tomashevsky also
returns with his Q to the starting square.} ({If White picks up the gauntlet} 
15. b4 $5 axb4 16. axb4 Nd7 17. Be2 c5 18. bxc5 Naxc5 19. Kf1 {and the
computer considers the position as favourable for White, but in my view, in a
practical game it is completely double-edged.}) 15... Ra8 {Black doesn't
repeat moves with 15...Nd7.} 16. Rg3 (16. b4 Nd7 {is similar to the previous
comment.}) 16... Kh8 {Black avoids the X-ray on the g-file, and he is ready to
play ...f5.} 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Nd7 19. Ra1 $1 {A good move! White pins the
a6-knight.} Rb8 $6 {An inaccuracy, which allows the following tactical blow!} (
19... c5 {was more solid,} 20. b5 Nc7 21. Rxa8 Nxa8 {and however White has
some space advantage, Black is safe, he can try to hold himself.}) 20. Rxa6 $1
{A very powerful exchange sacrifice!} bxa6 ({If} 20... cxd5 $6 21. Rxd6 d4 22.
c5 $1 dxc3 23. Nb1 $18 {and White has a brilliant position.}) 21. dxc6 Nb6 22.
Qa1 ({The immediate} 22. b5 $1 {was a bit more natural, simply to secure c6 as
soon as possible.}) 22... Qc7 23. c5 $5 {White further complicates the
situation.} (23. b5 {was the alternative} axb5 24. cxb5 Ra8 25. Qc1 Be6 26. Be2
$14 {is also favourable for White.}) 23... dxc5 24. bxc5 Na8 25. Qa4 {White
has great chances ot keeping the bind with his cP. He plans to transfer his B
to d5 to secure his c6P.} Qa7 (25... Be6 {was more natural, but after} 26. Nd5
(26. Nc4 Rfd8 27. Nd6 Bf8 28. Bxa6 Bxd6 29. cxd6 Qxd6 30. Bb7 Nc7 $132 {
with some counterplay.}) 26... Qd8 27. Nb6 $36 {White's chances are also
better.}) 26. Nc4 (26. Nd5 $5 {was also strong} Nc7 (26... Be6 $2 {is losing,
as} 27. c7 $1 Nxc7 28. c6 $18) 27. Qa5 $1 {and for example} f5 28. gxf5 gxf5
29. Nxc7 f4 30. Bxf4 exf4 31. Rxg7 $1 Kxg7 32. Qc3+ Kg6 33. Qe5 $18 {with a
decisive attack.}) 26... Be6 27. Bd3 ({Probably} 27. Nb6 $1 {was the best
reaction} Nxb6 28. cxb6 Rxb6 29. Bc4 $1 Qc7 30. Bxb6 Qxb6 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. Nd1
$1 $16 {and White's K can still be subject to attack; objectively he should be
better.}) 27... Rfd8 28. Ke2 $2 {A mistaken reply!} (28. Nd6 $1 {was important
to close the d-file} Rb3 29. Qa5 Rdb8 30. Bc4 Bxc4 31. Nxc4 $16 {and White's
position is promising.}) 28... Nc7 $2 {The decisive mistake! Black returns the
loan.} (28... Rd4 $1 {was the strongest reply to give back the exchange,
because White can't protect his important c5-P.} 29. Bxd4 exd4 30. Nd5 Qxc5 $15
{and White's K has become uncomfortable.}) 29. Nb6 Bf6 30. Bc4 Bxc4+ 31. Qxc4
Ne6 32. Ncd5 $18 {Now White is protecting everything and his pieces are
strangling Black.} Bg7 33. Rf3 Re8 34. c7 Rb7 35. c8=Q Rxc8 36. Nxc8 Rb2+ 37.
Kf1 {What a great struggle! A great victory by Tomashevsky!} 1-0

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. g3 f5
9. exf5 gxf5 10. Nh4 {This rare continuation was prepared by GM Evgeny
Tomashevsky for this tournament. It's main idea is to provoke the advance of
one of Black's central pawns and then establish a blockade.} (10. Ng5 {is the
main line}) (10. Bg2 {- see Timofeev - Andreikin in CBM 149.}) 10... Nf6 (10...
Nf4 11. Bd2 $5 (11. gxf4 Qxh4 12. Rg1 Nd7 (12... exf4 13. Qd4 Qe7+ 14. Be2 Kh8
15. Qxf4 Nd7 $13 16. Qg3 $6 Nc5 17. Bg5 Qf7 18. Be3 f4 19. Bxf4 Bf5 $36 {
1/2 (44) Ushenina,A (2487)-Isgandarova,K (2190) Tromso 2014}) 13. Nb5 exf4 14.
Nxc7 Ne5 $1 (14... Nc5 15. Rxg7+ Kxg7 16. Qd4+ Kg8 17. Kd1 $16 {1-0 (27)
Cheparinov,I (2690)-Vovk,Y (2591) Warsaw 2014}) 15. Nxa8 Re8 16. Rxg7+ Kxg7 17.
Kd2 Qxf2+ 18. Kc3 Nf3 $44) 11... Qe7 12. Qc2 Na6 13. a3 Bd7 14. O-O-O Kh8 15.
Kb1 Rae8 16. Re1 Qf6 17. Rg1 Ng6 18. Nxg6+ Qxg6 19. f3 c6 20. g4 $14 {1-0 (30)
Tomashevsky,E (2716)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2705) Tbilisi GEO 2015}) (10... Qe8 {
has not been tested so far.}) 11. Bg5 {A usual manoeuvre in the Bagirov system
although not in this particular line. White restricts Black's play and wants
to provoke the weakening ...h7-h6. However, this move has a hidden drawback.} (
11. Qc2 Na6 (11... Ne8 12. f4 Qe7 13. Be2 Na6 14. O-O Nb4 15. Qd1 c5 16. a3 Na6
17. Kh2 Bd7 18. Be3 Kh8 19. Qd2 e4 20. Rg1 $14 {1/2 (40) Drenchev,P (2487)
-Cheparinov,I (2686) Kozloduy 2014}) (11... Qe8 12. Be2 Na6 13. Be3 Nb4 {
1-0 (45) Cramling,P (2507)-Kashlinskaya,A (2423) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014} 14. Qd2
$14) 12. Be2 (12. Nxf5 {1-0 (59) Babujian,L (2510)-Matta,V (2217) Hyderabad
2013} Nb4 $1 13. Qb1 (13. Qb3 Bxf5 14. Qxb4 Ne4 15. Be3 a5 16. Qb3 Nxc3 17.
Qxc3 Be4 18. Rg1 Bf3 $44) 13... Bxf5 14. Qxf5 e4 15. Kd1 Rf7 $44) 12... Nb4 13.
Qb3 a5 14. a3 Na6 15. Qc2 Nc5 16. Bg5 f4 $1 $13 (16... a4 17. Nxf5 Bxf5 18.
Qxf5 c6 19. Qc2 Nb3 20. Rd1 Nd4 21. Qd2 Qc8 22. Be3 $16 {1-0 (75) Panarin,M 
(2523)-Gabrielian,A (2545) Belorechensk 2012}) 17. gxf4 $140 h6) (11. Bd3 $5 {
A very logical move; Black can't protect the f5-pawn indirectly. In the
following games White was clearly on top:} e4 (11... Ne8 12. Qh5 Qf6 13. g4 e4
14. Bc2 Na6 15. Nxf5 Bxf5 16. gxf5 Qxf5 17. Qxf5 Bxc3+ 18. bxc3 Rxf5 {1/2 (31)
Harika,D (2528)-Bakalchuk,J (2317) Douglas 2014} 19. Bxe4 Re5 20. f3 Nf6 21.
Bf4 $16) 12. Be2 Nfd7 13. Ng2 Ne5 14. Nf4 Na6 15. Be3 Nc5 16. O-O Ng6 17. Qd2
Nxf4 18. gxf4 $5 a5 19. Kh2 Kh8 20. Rg1 Bf6 21. Rg3 Bd7 22. Rag1 Qe7 23. Nd1 $1
b6 24. Bd4 $16 {[%cal Rd1e3] 1-0 (35) Nisipeanu,L (2652)-Vedmediuc,S (2401)
Calimanesti-Caciulata ROU 2014}) 11... Na6 12. Bd3 h6 13. Be3 Nh7 {This is the
drawback of 11.Bg5. Black's knight retreats to protect the f5-pawn but now it
has got a better square than e8.} (13... f4 14. gxf4 exf4 15. Bd4 Nb4 16. Rg1
$1 $36 {Chesspro.ru}) 14. f4 $6 {A dubious continuation. The position of
White's king becomes vulnerable, and the e-file can be seized by Black.} (14.
Qh5 {was an attempt at improvement in a later game but Black's position proved
quite solid after} e4 15. Bc2 Nb4 16. O-O-O Nxc2 17. Kxc2 Bd7 18. Bd4 Qg5 19.
Qe2 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Qf6 21. Qe3 Ng5 22. Ne2 a5 23. Nf4 Kh7 24. Kb1 b6 25. Rc1
Rae8 26. Rd2 Rf7 27. Rdc2 Rfe7 {1/2 (31) Tomashevsky,E (2716)-Radjabov,T (2731)
Tbilisi GEO 2015}) 14... exf4 15. Bxf4 Ng5 16. Kf1 (16. Qd2 Nc5 17. O-O-O Nge4
$132) 16... Bd7 17. Kg2 Nc5 18. Qc2 {White gives up his bishop but takes the
e-file and the e4-square under control.} (18. Bc2 Nce4 $5) 18... Qf6 19. Rae1
Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Rae8 21. Qd2 (21. Rhf1 Ne4 22. Rf3 $5 a6 $5 $36 {[%cal Yb7b5]} (
22... Nxc3 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. bxc3 Re4 $13)) 21... a6 {[%mdl 32] Black prepares
the ...b7-b5 undermining move. It is clear that he has seized the initiative
so White tries to simplify the game.} 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Re1 Rxe1 (23... Ne4 {
is harmless due to} 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. Re2 b5 26. cxb5 Bxb5 27. Rf2) 24. Qxe1 b5
({Here} 24... Ne4 {was more appropriate although White should hold on after}
25. Nxe4 fxe4 26. b3) 25. Qe2 $1 bxc4 (25... Ne4 $5 26. cxb5 Nxc3 27. bxc3 axb5
28. Kh2 $1 Qxc3 $140 $4 29. Qe7) 26. Qxc4 Qe7 27. Qd3 Qf7 (27... Ne4 {was more
active here although White should hold on after} 28. Nf3) 28. Nf3 (28. Qxa6
Bxc3 29. Qa8+ Kh7 30. bxc3 {looks risky but Black's compensation is probably
only enough for a draw, e.g.} Qf6 (30... Qe7 31. Qh8+) 31. Bxg5 hxg5 32. Nf3 g4
33. hxg4 fxg4 34. Nd4 Qh6 35. Qd8 Qd2+ $11) 28... Nxf3 29. Qxf3 Bc8 30. Kf2 Bb7
31. Qd3 {White agrees to give up a pawn to obtain a drawish endgame with
opposite-coloured bishops. Black's other attempts to make progress also fail.}
h5 32. Be3 h4 (32... Bxc3 33. bxc3 Bxd5 34. Qxa6 Bxa2 35. Qc8+ Kh7 36. Qd8 $11
{[%cal Yd8g5]}) 33. Bd4 $6 (33. gxh4) 33... Bf8 $6 ({Both players overlooked a
tactical trick} 33... Bxd5 $1 34. Bxg7 Be4 $1 {but it was hardly enough to win
after} 35. Qd4 ({or perhaps even} 35. Qxa6 hxg3+ 36. Kxg3 Qxg7+ 37. Kf2) 35...
hxg3+ (35... Qxg7 36. Qxg7+ Kxg7 37. gxh4) 36. Kxg3 Qxg7+ 37. Qxg7+ Kxg7 38.
Kf4 {[%cal Yh3h4,Rc3e4] (E.Gleizerov)}) 34. Qf3 Be7 35. Ke2 Qg6 36. gxh4 Bxh4
37. a3 Kf7 38. Kd2 Ke8 39. Bf2 Bg5+ 40. Be3 Bf6 41. Kc1 Be5 42. Bf4 Bf6 43.
Qe3+ Kd8 44. Qg3 Qxg3 45. Bxg3 Bg5+ 46. Kc2 Ke7 (46... f4 47. Bf2 {[%cal Yc2d3]
}) 47. Kd3 Kf6 48. Bf2 Kg6 49. b4 Bc8 50. Ne2 f4 51. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. g3 {
A highly popular line for White which has recently been tested many times,
Tomashevsky surely believes in the white position.} f5 ({A very recent example
is} 8... a5 9. Nh2 Na6 10. Be2 Nf6 11. Ng4 Nd7 12. Nh6+ Kh8 13. h4 Ndc5 14. g4
f5 15. h5 fxe4 16. hxg6 Qf6 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. gxf5 Qxf5 19. Rxh7+ Kg8 20. Be3
Qxg6 21. Rh5 Rf5 22. Kd2 Rxh5 23. Bxh5 Qg2 24. Qg1 Qxg1 25. Rxg1 Kf8 26. Bg6
$11 {1/2-1/2 (50) Xiu Deshun (2543)-Kokarev,D (2645) Moscow 2015}) 9. exf5 gxf5
10. Nh4 Nf4 (10... Nf6 11. Bd3 (11. Bg5 Na6 12. Bd3 h6 13. Be3 Nh7 14. f4 exf4
15. Bxf4 Ng5 16. Kf1 Bd7 17. Kg2 Nc5 18. Qc2 Qf6 19. Rae1 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Rae8
$13 {1/2-1/2 (51) Tomashevsky,E (2716)-Giri,A (2797) Tbilisi 2015}) 11... e4
12. Be2 Nfd7 13. Ng2 Ne5 14. Nf4 Na6 15. Be3 Nc5 16. O-O Ng6 17. Qd2 Nxf4 18.
gxf4 a5 19. Kh2 Kh8 20. Rg1 Bf6 21. Rg3 Bd7 22. Rag1 Qe7 23. Nd1 $1 b6 24. Bd4
$1 $16 {1-0 (35) Nisipeanu,L (2652)-Vedmediuc,S (2401) Calimanesti-Caciulata
2014; Nice exemplary play by White.}) 11. Bd2 $5 {White doesn't rush with gxf4
he first prepares 0-0-0 and then the option of gxf4 is very real; actually the
idea is not new it was played before.} (11. gxf4 Qxh4 12. Rg1 Nd7 (12... exf4
13. Qd4 Qe7+ 14. Be2 Kh8 15. Qxf4 Nd7 16. Qg3 Nc5 17. Bg5 Qf7 18. Be3 f4 19.
Bxf4 Bf5 $44 {1/2-1/2 (44) Ushenina,A (2487)-Isgandarova,K (2190) Tromso 2014})
13. Nb5 exf4 14. Nxc7 Nc5 (14... Ne5 $1 15. Nxa8 Re8 16. Rxg7+ Kxg7 17. Kd2
Qxf2+ 18. Kc3 Re7 $44) 15. Rxg7+ Kxg7 16. Qd4+ Kg8 17. Kd1 Rb8 18. b4 Ne4 19.
Bb2 Nf6 20. Nb5 $36 {1-0 (27) Cheparinov,I (2690)-Vovk,Y (2591) Warsaw 2014})
11... Qe7 {Only now do we see a new idea.} (11... Na6 12. gxf4 Qxh4 13. fxe5
dxe5 14. Rg1 h6 15. Qf3 Bd7 16. O-O-O Nc5 17. Qe3 $18 {1-0 (21) Li,Y (1767)-Xu
Huahua (2125) Zhongshan 2013}) 12. Qc2 Na6 13. a3 Bd7 {We have reached a very
unclear position.} 14. O-O-O Kh8 (14... Nc5 15. Be3 $5 a5 (15... Ng6 16. Nxg6
hxg6 17. h4 f4 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Bd3 fxg3 20. fxg3 $16) 16. Kb1 a4 17. gxf4
Qxh4 18. Rg1 Kh8 19. Rxg7 Kxg7 20. fxe5 $44 {[%cal Ge5e6]}) 15. Kb1 Rae8 (15...
Nc5 16. Rg1 Ng6 17. Nxg6+ hxg6 18. b4 Na6 19. h4 e4 20. Rh1 Kg8 21. Be2 Qf6 22.
Ka2 $13) 16. Re1 Qf6 17. Rg1 Ng6 18. Nxg6+ Qxg6 19. f3 c6 {Too slow an idea in
my opinion; Black never got a chance to use the c-file.} (19... e4 $5 20. f4 $1
(20. fxe4 fxe4 21. Be3 Nc5 $13) 20... c5 $1 21. Nd1 Nc7 22. Bc3 Bd4 23. Qd2 Qf6
$13) 20. g4 cxd5 21. cxd5 Rc8 22. Bd3 Nc5 23. Bxf5 Bxf5 24. gxf5 Qxf5 25. Qxf5
Rxf5 26. Rg3 {Tomashevsky asesses the position correctly: so he simply enters
an endgame that gives him chances for an advantage.} Nb3 ({The alternative was
better:} 26... Rcf8 27. Reg1 Nb3 28. Be3 Rxf3 29. Rxg7 Rxe3 30. Rxb7 Nd2+ 31.
Ka2 Rxh3 32. Rg4 $36) 27. Be3 Nd4 28. Ne4 $16 Rd8 29. Reg1 Rf7 30. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Gormally,D"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[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 0:00:34]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} g6 {[%emt 0:
00:36]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 4. e4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} d6
{[%emt 0:00:34]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:52]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:37]} 6. h3 {[%emt 0:
00:35] This is what they are all playing now of course. One of the ideas is
that White can toy with playing g4, which can discourage Black's normal plan
in the King's Indian of playing ...f5. It's also a useful waiting move. White
waits to see how Black plays before committing himself.} e5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 7.
d5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} (7... a5 {is perhaps Black's most
popular choice.} 8. g4 Na6 9. Be3 Nd7 10. a3 c6 11. Rg1 Rb8 12. Nd2 Ndc5 13.
Rb1 Nd7 14. Qf3 Ndc5 15. Qd1 Ra8 16. Rg3 Kh8 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Nd7 19. Ra1 {
Tomashevsky,E (2716)-Grischuk,A (2810) Tbilisi 2015 and White went on to win.
So Grischuk decides to change tack.}) 8. g3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:
41] This is very rare. Wary perhaps of what "the professor" Tomashevsky has
cooked up his study, Grischuk decides to take the game down more unusual paths.
} ({The combative} 8... f5 {is a speciality of the Chinese player Ding Liren,
and he had a couple of good wins in Wijk aan Zee with it. Play get very sharp
very quickly:} 9. exf5 gxf5 10. Ng5 (10. Nh4 Nf4 11. Bd2 Qe7 12. Qc2 Na6 13. a3
Bd7 14. O-O-O {Tomashevsky,E (2716)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2705) Tbilisi 2015, was
another Toma game, where White also seemed to stand well, with chances on the
kingside and also went on to win}) 10... Qe8 11. c5 Nf6 12. Bb5 Qe7 13. g4 Na6
$1 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Nxc5 16. g5 $2 (16. gxf5 {is better, although the
position is still a complete mess after} c6 17. Bd3 d5 {where Black has
dangerous threats in the centre based on ...e4 and ...d4 at the right moment,
for example} 18. Rg1 Kh8 $1 (18... e4 $6 19. Bc2 Kh8 20. Be3 $16)) 16... Ne8
17. Nd5 Qxe6 {Aronian,L (2797)-Ding,L (2732) Wijk aan Zee 2015, when Black was
clearly better}) 9. Nh2 {[%emt 0:14:34] If you don't understand any of these
moves, don't worry I don't either! Actually White's last move was a
prophylatic measure directed against Black's plan of ...f5. Now if Black plays
...f5, White simply takes and Black cannot recapture with the pawn as the
knight on h5 will be hanging. The knight goes to h2 because on d2 it would be
clumsy, blocking the development of the bishop on c1, and on h4 it is
vulnerable to ideas like ...Nf4} Na6 {[%emt 0:02:21]} ({My computer remarkably
wants to play} 9... Qe8 {wasting an entire move, which gives you some idea of
what it thinks of ...Qe7.} 10. Be2 Nf6 11. Ng4 $14) 10. Be3 {[%emt 0:06:41]}
Nc5 {[%emt 0:06:04]} 11. h4 $1 {[%emt 0:13:41] White's plan is clear.
Eventually he'll play g4, and then g5 and h5 and force weaknesses on the
kingside.} a5 {[%emt 0:10:57]} (11... f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. g4 {is not possible
for Black of course.}) 12. Be2 {[%emt 0:11:59]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:04:17]} 13. Qc2 {
[%emt 0:00:36]} c6 {[%emt 0:07:49]} (13... h5 {slowing down White on the
kingside, could be considered.} 14. f3 $5 (14. Nf3 $2 Nfxe4 $1 (14... Ng4 15.
Bg5 f6 16. Bd2 f5 $1) 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Bf5 17. Bg5 f6 $15) 14... Nh7 15.
O-O-O f5 $1) 14. g4 {[%emt 0:04:43]} Na6 {[%emt 0:39:11]} 15. g5 {[%emt 0:06:
12]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:09:02]} 16. h5 {[%emt 0:09:07]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:04:08]} 17. Qd2
{[%emt 0:03:47]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 18. cxd5 {[%emt 0:02:05]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:
04:41]} 19. O-O-O {[%emt 0:12:49]} f5 {[%emt 0:04:21]} 20. Kb1 {[%emt 0:05:57]}
b5 {[%emt 0:13:50]} 21. hxg6 {[%emt 0:03:14]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 22. f3 {
[%emt 0:06:44]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 23. Rc1 {[%emt 0:04:47]} Nba6 {[%emt 0:01:
44]} 24. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:55]} b4 {[%emt 0:01:15]} ({White should never fear
the greedy} 24... f4 25. Bb6 Qxg5 $2 {as the loss of time associated with this
pawn, combined with the opening of the g-file can be disastrous for Black.} 26.
Rcg1 ({the simple} 26. Bxa5 {is also good}) 26... Qf6 27. Ng4 Bxg4 28. Rxg4 {
with heavy pressure.}) 25. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 26. Rc6 $1
{[%emt 0:03:53] Excellent. Tomashevsky plays this part of the game really well,
only later do his nerves fail him.  This impudent rook can hardly be captured,
but as long as it remains on this square it is a powerful presence deep within
the enemy forces.} Rfb8 {[%emt 0:02:23]} (26... Bxc6 27. dxc6 Nbc7 {and now
White should have several ways of developing a ferocious initiative;} 28. Bc4+
(28. exf5 gxf5 29. f4 {is also interesting, with the idea of Ng3 piling
pressure on the f5 weakling} ({or} 29. Qc2 {also taking advantage of the
weakened light squares in Black's position;} Qe6 30. Ng3 $5 f4 31. Bh7+ Kf7 32.
Bf5 Qd5 {although White should now avoid} 33. Rd1 $2 {due to the sharp reply}
b3 $1 34. axb3 Nb4)) 28... Ne6 29. Rd1 (29. exf5 Rxf5 30. Ng3 Rf7 31. Ng4 {
with a terrible threat of Qh2}) 29... Kh7 30. exf5 Rxf5 31. Ng3 {with a very
dangerous attack.}) 27. Rhc1 {[%emt 0:04:31]} f4 {[%emt 0:04:58]} 28. Bf2 {
[%emt 0:01:19]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:03:09]} 29. Ng4 $1 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Qxg5 {[%emt 0:
01:32]} 30. Rh1 {[%emt 0:02:15]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:50]} (30... Bxg4 31. Rg1 Qf6
32. Rxg4 {and Black's extra pawn is scant consolation for his miserable
position. Ideas of Nxf4 are firmly in the air.}) 31. Bxb5 {[%emt 0:04:31]} Rxb5
{[%emt 0:00:36]} 32. Nxf4 $1 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Bxg4 {[%emt 0:01:29]} (32... exf4
{fails to the straightforward} 33. Bd4 $1 Bg7 34. Bxg7 Qxg7 35. Nh6+ Kf8 36.
Qxf4+ Ke8 37. Rxd6 {with overwhelming threats. Qg5 is coming.}) 33. Nxg6 {
[%emt 0:00:58]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 34. Nxf8 {[%emt 0:01:58]} Rxf8 {[%emt 0:
00:48]} 35. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 36. Qg5+ {[%emt 0:00:34]
} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 37. Rxg4 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 38. Qg6+
{[%emt 0:01:01]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:32] Now with White on the verge of victory,
begins a comedy of errors.} 39. Qxf7+ $2 {[%emt 0:00:54]} (39. Qxd6 $1 {
and the computer gives forced mate. Presumably both flags were hanging at this
moment, which is the only explanation for White not executing this very
obvious move.} Rb8 40. Qxe5+ $18) 39... Rxf7 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 40. Be3 $4 {
[%emt 0:00:00] But this is really bad, putting the win in serious doubt.} (40.
Rg8+ $1 Kd7 (40... Ke7 41. Bh4+ Kd7 42. Rd8#) 41. Rxa6 {and Black will resign,
as taking the bishop on f2 allows mate.}) 40... Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rg8+ {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 42. Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:00] White is still
better here, as he is much more active and all of Black's queenside pawns are
vulnerable.  However from a psychological perspective it is very difficult to
calm down and recover from the blow of knowing you were only one or two moves
away from your opponent's handshake, and try to win the game again.  Perhaps
unsurprisingly the game peters out to a draw.} Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 43. Bxc5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} (43. Bg5 $1 Rf1+ 44. Kc2 Rf2+ 45. Kd1 Ne6 46. dxe6+ Kxc6 47. e7
Rxe7 48. Bxe7 Rxb2 49. Rxa5 b3 $1 50. a3 $1 Rf2 51. Kc1 {and White must be
winning.}) 43... dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 44. Rxc5 $2 {[%emt 0:01:08] The wrong
pawn to take.} (44. Rxa5 $1 Rf1+ 45. Kc2 b3+ 46. axb3 Rf2+ 47. Kc3 Rf3+ 48. Kc4
Rfxb3 49. Rh6 $1 Rxb2 50. Rh7+ Kd6 51. Rxb7 Rxb7 52. Ra6+ Kd7 53. Kxc5 {
and White is winning as the Black e-pawn will surely drop as well.}) 44... Rf1+
$1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 45. Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:22]} (45. Kc2 b3+ $1 46. axb3 Rf2+ {
creates irritating counterplay.}) 45... Rxc1+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 46. Kxc1 {
[%emt 0:00:31]} b3 $1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 47. a3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rc7+ {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 48. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Rc2+ {[%emt 0:07:30]} 49. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:35]}
Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 50. Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Rh2 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 51. Rb5 {
[%emt 0:02:27]} Rh3+ {[%emt 0:04:30]} 52. Kd2 {[%emt 0:05:06]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:01:
48]} 53. a4 {[%emt 0:05:34]} Rh2+ {[%emt 0:00:42]} 54. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:56]}
Rh3+ {[%emt 0:00:52]} 55. Kd2 {[%emt 0:01:21]} (55. Kb2 Re3 $1 56. Rb4 Kc5 $11)
55... Rh2+ {[%emt 0:00:41]} 56. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Rh3+ {[%emt 0:00:32]} 57.
Kc4 {[%emt 0:02:05]} Re3 $11 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 58. Rb6+ {[%emt 0:00:34]} Kc7 {
[%emt 0:04:45]} 59. Rxb3 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Rxe4+ {[%emt 0:00:31]} 60. Kc5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxa4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 61. d6+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 62. Rb7+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 63. Re7+ {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 64. d7 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 65. Kc6 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 66. Re8 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 67. d8=Q {[%emt 0:00:38]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 68. Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
e3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 69. Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} e2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 70. Re8 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 71. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 72. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e1=Q {[%emt 0:00:00]} 73. Rxe1 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Kxe1 74. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "2015.05.30"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.05.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bischwiller"]
[BlackTeam "Metz Fischer"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 {Solid win in the first round, though 23...Nb4-c6!? was far more
inspiring then the Averbakh-Spassky jewel (Tweeter)} g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4.
Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. h3 c6 7. Be3 Na6 8. Be2 e5 9. d5 Bd7 10. Nd2 Rc8 11. g4
$146 (11. O-O Ne8 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Bxa7 Bh6 14. c5 Bxh3 15. Nf3 Qd7 16. Bxa6
Ra8 17. gxh3 Qxh3 18. Re1 Qg4+ 19. Kf1 Rxa7 20. cxd6 Nxd6 21. Nxe5 Qh3+ 22. Ke2
Qe6 23. Qd4 Rxa6 24. Nd3 Bg7 25. e5 Re8 26. Kf1 Qh3+ 27. Kg1 Nf5 28. Qe4 Rd8
29. e6 Ra7 30. Nf4 Qg4+ 31. Ng2 Qxe4 32. Rxe4 Rd2 33. Rc1 Rxb2 34. Nf4 fxe6 35.
Nxe6 Bxc3 36. Rxc3 Raxa2 37. Rf4 Kf7 38. Rxc6 Rc2 39. Ng5+ Kg7 40. Re6 Ra1+ {
Lesiege,A (2490)-Rajlich,V (2340) North Bay 1996 1/2-1/2}) 11... cxd5 12. cxd5
Nc5 13. a3 a5 14. a4 Ne8 15. g5 f5 16. h4 Rf7 17. Nb3 Na6 18. Bb5 Nb4 19. f3
Bf8 20. Kd2 Ng7 21. Qg1 Nh5 22. Bb6 Qe8 23. Bxa5 Nc6 $5 {[%csl Gc6]} 24. dxc6
bxc6 25. Bc4 d5 26. exd5 cxd5 27. Bxd5 Be6 28. Bxe6 Qxe6 29. Qb6 Qc4 30. Qb5
Qf4+ 31. Kc2 Ng3 32. Rhd1 Qxf3 33. Qxe5 Ne4 34. Qe6 Qg2+ 35. Kb1 Rc6 36. Qe5
Rc4 37. Qd5 Rc8 38. Nxe4 fxe4 39. Ka2 Bg7 40. Rd2 Qf3 41. Re1 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Nf3 a6 7. Bd3 {Less common
but not less strong than} (7. Be3) ({or} 7. Bg5) {White's idea is to
over-protect his central e4-pawn as soon as possible.} 7... c6 (7... c5 8. d5
b5 {is a more appropriate reaction} ({rather than} 8... e6 {, to which White
can restrict Black's counterplay by means of} 9. a4) {e.g.} 9. cxb5 axb5 10.
Nxb5 Na6 $132 {in the spirit of the Benko Gambit.}) 8. O-O (8. a4 a5 $1 {
[%cal Ye7e5]}) 8... b5 9. Re1 (9. e5 $5 {is another principled move here. An
example:} dxe5 (9... Nfd7 10. exd6 exd6 11. Re1 $36) (9... Ne8 10. Bg5 $5) 10.
dxe5 Nfd7 11. e6 $1 Nc5 12. exf7+ Kxf7 13. Bc2 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Bf5 15. Bxf5 gxf5
16. Be3 Nbd7 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. Nxb5 cxb5 20. Bxc5 Bxb2 21. Rb1
$14 {1/2 (60) Hoffmann,M (2474)-Baklan,V (2627) Neustadt an der Weinstrasse
2009}) ({Practice has also seen:} 9. Qe2) (9. Bg5) (9. cxb5) (9. Bf4) (9. a3) (
9. d5) (9. b3) (9. Be3) 9... Nbd7 (9... bxc4 10. Bxc4 d5 11. Bb3 dxe4 (11... e6
12. Bg5 Qb6 13. Qd2 a5 14. e5 Nfd7 15. Rac1 Na6 16. Bh6 $16 {1-0 (23) Kizov,A 
(2418)-Hristodorescu,D (2229) Ischia 2012}) 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Rxe4 Nd7 14. Bg5
Nf6 15. Re1 h6 16. Bh4 e6 17. Qc2 Qb6 18. Rad1 Bd7 19. Ne5 $16 {1-0 (38)
Morozevich,A (2774)-Solak,D (2630) Neum 2008}) (9... Ne8 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 Nd7
12. Bf1 b4 13. Na4 Qc7 14. c5 dxc5 15. dxc5 Qa5 16. Qc2 e5 17. Nd2 Kh8 18. Red1
Qc7 19. Nc4 $16 {1-0 (45) San Segundo Carrillo,P (2375)-Taimanov,M (2495)
Palma de Mallorca 1989}) (9... Nfd7 10. Be3 (10. Bg5 $5) 10... Nb6 11. cxb5 (
11. c5 $5 dxc5 12. dxc5 N6d7 13. Qd2) 11... axb5 12. a3 N8d7 13. Qd2 Bb7 14.
Bh6 {1/2 (14) Golod,V (2577)-Gutman,L (2465) Bad Zwischenahn 2006}) 10. Bg5 (
10. e5 $5) 10... h6 {As often happens in positions after h2-h3 and Bc1-g5, it
is probably better for Black to refrain from this weakening move.} (10... e5 $5
11. d5 bxc4 12. Bxc4 c5 $14) 11. Be3 bxc4 (11... e5 {was better here, too.})
12. Bxc4 d5 13. Bd3 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nd5 15. Bd2 {Black can't push ...c6-c5, and
his weak c6-pawn guarantees White a lasting edge.} Qb6 16. b4 $5 (16. Qc1 $5)
16... Nxb4 (16... Bxd4 {is possible here although after} 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Bxh6
Rd8 19. Bc2 Qxb4 (19... Qxd1 20. Raxd1 Nxb4 21. Ng5 $1 Nxc2 $2 22. Rxe7 $18 {->
}) 20. Rb1 Qa5 21. Qd4 N7f6 22. Bb3 {White obtains excellent compensation for
the missing pawn. E.g.} Bf5 23. Nxf6+ Nxf6 24. Qh4 $1 Bxb1 25. Rxe7 Nh5 26.
Bxf7+ Kh8 27. Bb3 Qc3 28. g4 Re8 $8 29. Bg7+ Qxg7 30. Rxg7 Kxg7 31. gxh5 {
, and he keeps winning chances.}) {Instead, Black goes for a queen sacrifice
but doesn't obtain enough compensation due to his poor development.} 17. Rb1 a5
18. a3 Nxd3 {[%mdl 512]} 19. Rxb6 Nxb6 20. Re3 Nb2 21. Qc1 N2c4 22. Rc3 (22.
Re1 {was more appropriate} Nxd2 $140 23. Nexd2 {[%cal Re1e7,Rc1c6]}) 22... Nxd2
23. Qxd2 Rd8 24. Qe1 (24. Rxc6 Bb7 25. Rxb6 Bxe4 {is clearly good for Black.})
24... Nd5 25. Rxc6 Bb7 26. Rc5 Nf4 27. Rc7 Rab8 $6 (27... Bd5 $142 28. Rxe7 Ne6
{with good drawing chances.}) 28. Rxe7 Nd5 29. Rxb7 Rxb7 30. Qxa5 {White's
material advantage is now clearly convertible although his task is still
difficult.} Rbb8 31. Ne5 Ra8 32. Qc5 Rac8 33. Qa7 Rc1+ 34. Kh2 Nc7 $2 {[%mdl
8192] Probably overlooking White's reply.} (34... Rc7 35. Qa5 {[%cal Ya3a4]})
35. Nc5 {Black's resignation is a bit premature but even the best defence} (35.
Nc5 Bxe5+ 36. dxe5 Rd5 $1 (36... Nd5 37. e6 $1) 37. Ne4 Kg7 $1 (37... Rxe5 38.
Qb8+ {[%cal Yb8b2,Rb2e5,Rb2c1]}) {is rather hopeless for him after} 38. Qb8 Ne6
39. Nd6 $1) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.24"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Siberia"]
[BlackTeam "Padova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 {This
variation is very common nowadays.} 8. g3 f5 9. exf5 gxf5 10. Ng5 Nf6 11. g4
Qe8 (11... Qe7 {is also possible,} 12. gxf5 Bxf5 13. Be3 (13. Rg1 $5) 13... Na6
14. Rg1 (14. Qd2 $5) 14... Nb4 15. Rc1 e4 16. a3 Nd3+ 17. Bxd3 exd3 18. Ne6
Bxe6 19. dxe6 Qxe6 20. Qxd3 c6 21. Kd2 Nd7 22. f4 (22. Kc2 $6 Ne5 $132 {
Omar-Cheparinov, Tromso 2014, with a double-edged fight.})) 12. gxf5 (12. Bg2
e4 13. gxf5 Bxf5 14. Nb5 Na6 15. Nd4 Qg6 16. Nxf5 Qxf5 17. Ne6 $36 {
Chirila-Jones, Benasque 2012.}) 12... Bxf5 13. Be3 Na6 14. Rg1 Kh8 $146 {
The new move.} (14... Nb4 {was tried by Sutovsky,} 15. Rc1 Qg6 16. Nf3 Qh5 $4 {
Blunder!} 17. Rg5 Bc2 18. Rxc2 Nxc2+ 19. Qxc2 $18 {Khairullin-Sutovsky,
Aix-les-Bains 2011, and White was winning.}) 15. Bd3 (15. Qd2 {is the
beginning of an interesting variation,} Nb4 16. O-O-O Qa4 $1 {What a nice Q
move!} 17. b3 ({The Q is not takeable, because of} 17. Nxa4 $4 Nxa2# {mate!})
17... Qa3+ 18. Qb2 Qxb2+ 19. Kxb2 Nc2 $132) 15... e4 $1 {The correct reply! Of
course Black complicates the position, he doesn't want to exchange the
light-squared B.} 16. Be2 Nc5 17. Qd2 c6 ({If} 17... Nfd7 {to play for ...Ne5,}
18. Nb5 (18. O-O-O $5) 18... Rc8 19. Nd4 $14 {and White looks nicely placed.})
18. O-O-O cxd5 19. cxd5 Rc8 {The straightforward continuation.} (19... a6 $5 {
was the alternative} 20. Kb1 b5 21. b4 $1 Nd3 22. Bxd3 exd3 23. Bd4 $14 {
and White has a slight edge, but in a practical game this is not easy.}) 20.
Kb1 a6 21. h4 b5 22. Ne6 $1 {A good move. White temporarily sacrifices a P,
but he opens the position; his pieces are becoming very active.} Nxe6 23. dxe6
b4 24. e7 $1 {A very important intermediate move.} ({In the event of} 24. Nd5
Nxd5 25. Qxd5 Bxe6 {and} 26. Qxd6 $2 {does not work because of} Qa4 $19 {
and suddenly Black wins.}) 24... Qxe7 25. Na4 a5 $2 {A mistake, Black
immediately gives up his d6-P.} (25... d5 {was more accurate} 26. Nb6 Rc7 {
and White has obviously compensation for the P, but still this is a big fight.}
(26... Rcd8 27. Ka1 $44)) 26. Qxd6 Qxd6 27. Rxd6 Rfd8 ({In the event of} 27...
h6 28. Nb6 Rcd8 29. Rc6 $36 {and Black is under pressure.}) 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29.
Rg5 $1 Rd5 30. Nb6 Re5 ({Still} 30... h6 $142 {was tougher, but} 31. Nxd5 hxg5
32. Nxf6 Bxf6 33. hxg5 $16 {and White is a healthy P up.}) 31. Bd4 e3+ 32. Kc1
Re4 33. Bxf6 Bxf6 34. Rxf5 exf2 35. Bd3 Re1+ 36. Kc2 Bxh4 37. Nd5 Kg7 38. Rf4
Rh1 39. Ne3 Rh2 40. Nf1 $18 {White has neutralised the f-P, his position is
winning.} Rh3 41. Be4 Bf6 42. Rxf2 a4 43. Rf3 Rh4 44. Bd3 Rh5 45. b3 axb3+ 46.
axb3 Rc5+ 47. Bc4 h5 48. Ne3 h4 49. Nd5 Be5 50. Kd3 Bd6 51. Ke4 Ra5 52. Kf5 Ra1
53. Kg4 Rh1 54. Ne3 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Adhiban,B"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[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"]

{Wei Yi was having a really solid event and hence I was eager to beat him, but
judging by how the game went... I wasn't even close to achieving what I wanted
:).} 1. Nf3 {A pleasant surprise.} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e4 d6
6. h3 {During our prep for the game I had asked my friend Vishnu what to do
against 1.d4? He replied, "He doesn't play d4 against guys who play the KID" :)
.} Na6 7. Be3 c6 8. Rc1 Nc7 {Deviating from his game against Zhao.} 9. Be2 ({
I wonder why Wei Yi rejected} 9. Bd3 $5 {which was probably best.} b5 ({
The lesser evil is} 9... e5 10. d5 {But what is the knight doing on c7? :)})
10. cxb5 cxb5 (10... Nxb5 11. Na4 $16) 11. O-O b4 12. Ne2 Ba6 13. Ng3 {with a
clearly superior position.}) 9... b5 (9... e5 10. d5 $14) 10. e5 (10. cxb5 Nxb5
$1 {The point! Black should be able to equalise here since White has to waste
another tempo to defend the e4-pawn.} (10... cxb5 {is bad due to} 11. Bd3 Bb7
12. O-O b4 13. Ne2 Nxe4 14. Qc2 $18)) 10... dxe5 11. dxe5 {I was happy to see
this, as I wasn't sure how to react against Nxe5.} ({There was the stronger
and more principled} 11. Nxe5 bxc4 ({More passive but possibly more chances of
equalising were offered by} 11... Bb7 $5 12. O-O bxc4 13. Bxc4 Nfd5 14. Nxd5
Nxd5 15. Qb3 $1 Rb8 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Qa4 $14 {and the light-squared bishop
feels totally out of place.}) 12. Nxc6 $1 (12. Bxc4 Ncd5 13. O-O (13. Nxc6 Nxe3
14. fxe3 Qd6 15. Ne5 Nd7 $1 16. Nxd7 Qg3+ {is a nice line}) 13... Qd6 {looked
decent for Black.} (13... Nxe3 14. fxe3 $16)) 12... Qd6 13. Bf3 Bd7 14. Ne5
Ncd5 15. Nxc4 {and White has won the pawn under favourable circumstances.})
11... Nd7 12. cxb5 cxb5 13. O-O (13. Nxb5 Nxb5 14. Bxb5 Qa5+ $19) 13... Bb7 (
13... Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bf3 $1 {I missed this idea when I went for ...b5.}
) (13... b4 14. Nd5 $16) 14. Nxb5 Nd5 $5 {Too stubborn.} (14... Nxb5 15. Bxb5
Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 {and I would have probably made a less impressive draw but..
. 4hrs earlier and without suffering, but where is the fun in that :)?}) 15. e6
$1 {Although I saw this I decided to allow it. Bravery or stupidity?} fxe6 (
15... Nxe3 16. fxe3 Nb6 (16... fxe6 17. Nc7 $18) 17. exf7+ Rxf7 18. Nc7 Rc8 19.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 20. Ne6 Rd6 21. Nxg7 Kxg7 22. Rfd1 $16) 16. Qb3 $1 $16 {A strong
move after which I also have to worry about discovered attack's on the
b7-bishop.} (16. Ng5 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Qb6 $1 {and Black takes over the intiative.}
) 16... Ne5 $5 {Exchanging some pieces and reducing the pressure.} 17. Nxe5
Bxe5 18. Bg4 Kh8 $1 19. Bd4 Bf6 (19... Qb8 20. Bxe5+ Qxe5 21. Rce1 Qb8 (21...
Qg5 22. Nd4 $1 Nf4 23. Nxe6 Nxe6 24. Qxb7 {with a hopeless position for Black.}
) 22. Rxe6 $18) 20. Bxf6+ (20. Bxe6 $2 Nf4 $1 $15) (20. Rfd1 $16 {just keeping
the status quo was much better.}) 20... Rxf6 (20... exf6 21. Nc7) 21. Nc7 $1
Rb8 (21... Nxc7 22. Qxb7 Nd5 23. Rfe1 $16) 22. Nxe6 Qg8 $5 {What else?} (22...
Qd6 {was my original intention but unfortunately allows the stunning} 23. Qxb7
$1) 23. Nc5 ({During the game I was more concerned about} 23. Nc7 $1 {But
luckily I have} Nf4 $1 (23... Nxc7 24. Qxg8+ Kxg8 25. Rxc7 {looked uninspiring.
}) 24. Qxg8+ Kxg8 25. g3 h5 {with counterplay.}) 23... Ba6 24. Be6 $1 Rxb3 (
24... Rxe6 25. Qxd5 $16) 25. Bxg8 Kxg8 (25... Bxf1 26. Bxd5 (26. Nxb3 Bxg2 27.
Rc8 Nb6 {with equality.}) 26... Rxb2 27. Rxf1 Rb5 28. Rc1 Rf5 29. Ne6 $1 {
Again this nasty motif, winning.}) 26. Nxb3 (26. axb3 $5 {was stronger:} Bxf1
27. Kxf1 {Compared to the game the white knight will be more active here.})
26... Bxf1 27. Kxf1 Nb4 28. Rc7 (28. Rc8+ $1 Kf7 29. Nc1 {was a nice defence
and again I would face an uphill struggle to save this.}) 28... Nd3 (28... Ra6
{allows} 29. a3 Nd3 30. Nc5 {with a better endgame with good winning chances.})
29. Rd7 (29. Rc2 $1 {offered the best chances.} Nb4 30. Rc8+ {tr to 28.Rc8+.})
29... Nxb2 30. Rxa7 Nd3 31. f3 (31. Kg1 $5 Kf7 {Black has decent chances to
save this.}) 31... Re6 32. Kg1 Nf4 (32... Re1+ $1 33. Kh2 Re2 {was the natural
intention but I decided against it for some reason.} 34. Nd4 (34. Rd7 Nf4 35.
Rd2) 34... Rb2 {with sufficient play to hold the balance.}) 33. Rd7 Ne2+ (33...
Re2 34. Rd2 $16) 34. Kf2 (34. Kh2 Ra6 {going for the a2-pawn.}) 34... Nc3 35.
Rd2 Ra6 36. Nc1 Kf7 {Somehow I have managed to tie up White's forces a bit.} (
36... Ra3 {was my first intention.} 37. Rd3 $1) 37. Ke3 Ke6 (37... Ra4 $5 {
was stronger, not allowing the activation of the king.}) 38. Kd4 $1 Nb5+ $5 (
38... Nd5 {was the original plan but it started to feel uncomfortable after}
39. Nd3 $5 Ra4+ 40. Kc5 {White is very active in addition to the extra a-pawn.}
) 39. Kc5 Nd6 40. Nb3 {White is very active hence his chances look really good.
} Kd7 41. Kb4 Rb6+ 42. Kc3 Rc6+ 43. Kb2 ({Maybe a stronger move was} 43. Kd3 $5
{keeping the king active.}) 43... Kc7 44. Nd4 $1 {A nice trick which I
understimated.} Rb6+ (44... Nc4+ 45. Kc3 Nxd2+ 46. Nxc6 $18) 45. Kc3 e5 {
[%csl Yc3,Yd2] Using the king and rook placement to create the new threat of
e4.} 46. Ne6+ Kc6 47. Kd3 (47. Re2 Kd5 {and the king looks active on d5.})
47... Ra6 $1 {Activating the rook and preparing to annoy the king with a rook
check on a3.} 48. Rc2+ Kb6 49. Nd8 Kb5 $1 {Now the knight is little bit silly
on d8.} 50. Rb2+ Kc5 51. Ne6+ Kc6 52. Rc2+ Kb6 53. Kc3 $1 Ra3+ $6 {A loss of
concentration, I forgot about White's reply.} (53... e4 54. fxe4 Nxe4+ 55. Kb4
$16) 54. Kb4 {I had completely overlooked this move.} ({I was expecting} 54.
Kb2 Re3 {with good play.}) 54... Rd3 55. Nf8 (55. Nd8 Rd4+ 56. Kb3 Nf5 $1 {
A nice trick to prevent Rc6+.}) 55... Rd4+ 56. Kb3 Nf5 $1 57. Kc3 (57. Nxh7 Rh4
$1 {At first this slipped my mind.} (57... Rd7 {doesn't work due to} 58. Nf6
Rf7 59. Nd5+)) (57. Re2 Rd8 $1 {and Black survives.} 58. Ne6 Re8 59. g4 (59.
Rxe5 $6 Nd4+) 59... Rxe6 60. gxf5 gxf5 {with a draw.}) 57... Ne3 $1 58. Re2
Nd5+ 59. Kc2 {Here I had to make a difficult decision again.} Rc4+ 60. Kb3 Rc3+
$1 61. Kb2 Rc7 62. Rd2 (62. Ne6 Re7 63. Rxe5 Nf4 $1 64. Nc5 Rxe5 65. Nd7+ Kb5
66. Nxe5 Nxg2 {with a probable draw.}) 62... Rb7 $1 {I had to forsee this when
I played 59...Rc4+, because otherwise the whole line doesn't work! Now the
knight on f8 starts to feel bit ashamed about itself.} 63. Ne6 Kc6+ 64. Kc1 Ra7
$1 {Moving the rook out of the danger zone and keeping the pressure.} 65. Ng5
Nf6 $5 {Fighting for the e4-square.} (65... Kc5 66. Ne4+ Kc4 {looked funny but
probably also possible.} 67. Rc2+ Kd4 68. Nd6 Ke3 {and White doesn't have much
advantage left.}) 66. Re2 $6 (66. Kb2 $1 {would still keep good chances to win.
}) 66... Kd5 (66... h6 $1 {would have shortened the suffering.} 67. Ne4 (67.
Ne6 $6 Kd6 68. Nf8 Rg7 {and the knight will meet its master soon :).}) 67...
Nxe4 68. fxe4 Ra4 {with equality.}) 67. Kb2 Rb7+ 68. Kc2 ({A stronger try was} 
68. Kc3 Rc7+ 69. Kd3 Ra7 70. Rd2 $1 {Borrowing the same trick which I used :).}
h6 71. Ke3+ Kc6 72. Ne6 g5 {Black can fight on.}) 68... Ra7 69. Kb2 Rb7+ 70.
Ka1 Rb4 ({A better move was} 70... Kd4 $5 {The king occupies a commanding
position.}) 71. a3 (71. Ne4 Nxe4 72. Rxe4 Rxe4 73. fxe4+ Kxe4 74. a4 (74. Kb2
Kd3 75. Kc1 Ke2) 74... Kd3 {Suddenly I am playing for a win.}) (71. Rb2 $1 {
was a good attempt} Rd4 72. Kb1 e4 $1 73. fxe4+ Nxe4 74. Nxh7 Kc4 {Though
Black's active pieces should compensate for the pawn deficit.}) 71... Rd4 {
Not allowing Rd2+.} (71... Rb3 72. Rd2+ $1) 72. Kb2 Rd3 73. a4 h6 $5 {I
figured it was time to liquidate a bit, also because the a-pawn was starting
to make me uncomfortable.} 74. Nf7 e4 75. fxe4+ (75. a5 {was the last chance}
e3 76. a6 Nd7 77. a7 Nb6 78. Rc2 Rd4 79. Nd8 Ra4 80. Nc6 e2 $1 81. Ne7+ Kd4 82.
Rxe2 Rxa7 83. Nc6+ Kd3 84. Re6 Rb7 $1 {Yes this trick again!} 85. Ne5+ Kd2 {
and Black holds the balance thanks to his activity.}) 75... Nxe4 76. Nxh6 Rd4
$1 {Looked stronger than ...Nc5.} ({My main intention was} 76... Nc5 77. a5
Rb3+ 78. Kc2 Ra3 {is maybe also possible.}) 77. a5 Ra4 (77... Rb4+ $1 {was the
easier way out.} 78. Ka3 Rb5 {winning the pawn.}) 78. Ng8 Kd4 $1 79. Ne7 Kd3
80. Rc2 (80. Re1 Rxa5 81. Nxg6 Rb5+ 82. Kc1 Rc5+ 83. Kb2 Rb5+ $11) 80... Rxa5
81. Nxg6 Ra2+ $1 {I calculated that I can stop the pawns in time (also I
really didn't have any other option :))} 82. Kxa2 Kxc2 83. h4 Nf6 $1 {The
black king and the knight will easily mop up the pawns as the white king is
stranded on the other wing.} 84. Ne5 Kc3 (84... Kd2 85. g4 Ke3 86. g5 {I
thought I wasn't in time but after} Nh5 {Black holds.}) 85. Kb1 Kd4 86. Nf3+
Ke3 87. Kc2 Kf2 88. Kd3 Kxg2 89. Nd2 Kg3 90. Ne4+ Kxh4 {Finally managing to
save a completely lost position after a mammoth struggle! Thanks to this save,
I kept my plus score intact.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 4th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2017.04.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2838"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2017.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e4 O-O 6. h3 Na6 (6... e5 {is the
most popular main line.}) 7. Be3 c5 (7... e5 {is the other variation.}) 8. Be2
(8. d5 {is more common. However 8.Be2 must not be worse.}) 8... cxd4 9. Nxd4
Nc5 10. Qc2 b6 11. O-O (11. b4 $5 {is an interesting choice. White doesn't
want to allow ...Bb7 to attack the e4-pawn.} Ne6 12. Nb3 (12. Rd1 $5) ({
The careless} 12. O-O $6 {could have been met by} Ng4 $1 13. hxg4 ({or} 13.
Nxe6 Nxe3 $15) 13... Nxd4 $36 {and Black looks nicely placed.}) 12... a5 13.
bxa5 bxa5 14. a4 Nd7 15. Rd1 Ba6 16. O-O Rc8 17. Nd5 Nec5 $132 {Granda
Zuniga-Maze, Sitges 2015, and Black looks fine.}) 11... Bb7 12. Bf3 Rc8 13.
Rad1 {The natural developing move.} (13. b4 $5 {was a good alternative again,}
Na6 (13... Ncd7 $6 14. e5 $1) (13... Ne6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Qb3 {and White's
structure is better, his position looks more tempting.}) 14. Qb3 Qc7 {Now the
c4-pawn is indefensible, so White has to find tactical counterplay.} 15. Rac1
$1 Qxc4 ({If Black doesn't capture the pawn with} 15... Qb8 16. Nd5 $36 {
and White has gained some space, his position is powerful.}) 16. e5 Qxb3 17.
axb3 $1 Bxf3 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. gxf3 Nxb4 {and Black has three pawns for the
knight, but after} 20. Rfd1 $14 {White is slightly better.}) 13... Qc7 14. b3
Qb8 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. Bc1 a6 17. Qe2 e6 {Black has followed a natural plan and
he wants to play ...d5 at a good moment.} 18. Bb2 Rcd8 (18... d5 $5 {was an
interesting option to break in the centre,} 19. exd5 exd5 20. Qc2 dxc4 21. bxc4
$11 {with an equal position. Probably Carlsen wanted to keep the tension.}) 19.
Qc2 Qa8 20. Qe2 {White doesn't find any plans, he is trying to hold the
position.} h5 (20... d5 $5 {was possible again,} 21. exd5 exd5 22. Qf1 (22. Qc2
$2 {is bad now, as} Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 dxc4 $17 {and the d4-knight is hanging.})
22... dxc4 23. Qxc4 $11 {and they exchanged the central pawns.}) 21. Ba1 Ncd7 (
21... d5 {is similar to the analysis of the 18th and 20th moves.}) 22. g3 (22.
Nc2 {was more solid, however} Ne5 {and Black takes the f3-bishop.}) 22... d5 $1
{The typical break-through in the hedgehog structure.} 23. Bg2 {It is a
cool-blooded reply, now Black has a lot of tempting possibilities.} e5 ({
Probably} 23... dxe4 $5 {was the most precise,} 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Bxe4 26.
Qxe4 Qxe4 27. Rxe4 Ne5 28. Re3 Rd6 $15 {Black has a comfortable endgame.}) 24.
Nc2 dxe4 (24... d4 25. Nd5 {gives good counterplay for White.}) 25. Nxe4 Nxe4
26. Bxe4 Bxe4 27. Qxe4 Qxe4 28. Rxe4 Nc5 29. Ree1 Nd3 30. Re3 e4 31. Bxg7 Kxg7
32. Ne1 {White would like to exchange for a R endgame, which gives the best
chance of a draw.} ({In case of} 32. f3 Nc5 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34. b4 Ne6 35. fxe4
Ng5 36. h4 Rd2 $1 $15 {and White has to fight to equalise.}) 32... Nc5 $15 {
Black's position is more tempting, but with White's accurate play he will hold
the endgame.} 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34. b4 $1 {The best practical chance.} Nd3 35. Rxe4
Nxb4 36. a3 Nc6 37. Nc2 Rd1+ 38. Kg2 a5 39. Ne3 Ra1 40. Nd5 Rxa3 41. Nxb6 {
It is good to simplify the position for White, because he has more chance to
equalise.} Rc3 42. Re8 Rb3 43. c5 Rc3 44. Na4 Rc4 45. Rc8 $1 Ne5 46. Nb6 Rc2
47. Nd5 {White is active, so probably Black can't avoid the exchange of the a-
and c-pawns.} a4 48. Ne3 Rc3 49. Nd5 Rc1 50. Ra8 Rxc5 51. Ne3 {Black can't
protect the a4-pawn.} Nc4 52. Rxa4 Nxe3+ 53. fxe3 Rc2+ 54. Kf3 g5 55. Ra5 f6
56. e4 Rc3+ 57. Kf2 Rc2+ 58. Kf3 Rc3+ 59. Kf2 {Nice defending technique by
White!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 (6... e5 {is the
most common main line in King's Indian spirit.}) 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 b6 9. g3
Bb7 10. Bg2 Nbd7 11. O-O Nc5 (11... Rb8 12. Re1 a6 13. Rc1 e6 14. Qd2 Qe7 15.
b3 Nc5 16. Qc2 Rfc8 17. Qb1 h5 18. Rcd1 Qf8 $11 {Andreikin-Maze, Minsk 2017,
with a balanced position.}) 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. Rfd1 $146 {A novelty by Matlakov.}
(13. Rad1 {has been played before,} Qc7 14. Nd5 Qd7 15. Nc3 {Very unexpected
moves! The knight comes back from d5.} Rfe8 16. Rfe1 Qc7 17. Bg5 Qb8 18. Qd2
Qa8 19. Nd5 Ncd7 20. b3 a6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Nxf6+ Nxf6 23. Qf4 {1/2 Illescas
Cordoba-Romero Holmes, Leon 1989, and draw agreed.}) 13... Qd7 14. a4 a5 15.
Nd5 Qd8 $6 {Black ignores the d5-knight, but this is a slightly passive reply.}
(15... Nxd5 $1 {was correct,} 16. exd5 e5 $1 {An important breakthrough!} 17.
dxe6 fxe6 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 $13 {and Black looks OK.}) 16. Rd2 Ne8 ({Removing the
d5-knight with} 16... e6 $2 {does not work, because of} 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Nb5
$16 {and White wins a pawn.}) ({Probably} 16... Nfd7 {was more accurate to
protect the b6-P too,} 17. Nb5 Na6 18. Re1 $14 {and White is also comfortable.}
) 17. Nb5 e6 18. Ndc3 Qe7 19. Re1 {This is an unexpected move for me, because
I thought White wanted to attack the d6-pawn. Nevertheless the rook is useful
on e1 too.} ({I prefer} 19. Rad1 Bc6 20. f4 $16 {and White has gained some
space. He is better.}) 19... Rd8 20. f4 Nc7 21. Nxc7 Qxc7 {Black has exchanged
the passive e8-knight and simplified the position. However the next knight is
going to go to b5 and the d6-pawn is becoming weaker.} 22. Nb5 Qe7 23. b3 {
A typical useful move.} ({On the other hand} 23. Red1 $1 {was stronger, to
attack immediately on d6,} Bc6 24. b3 {and now} Rd7 {does not work, as} 25. e5
$1 Bxg2 26. exd6 $16 {and White wins a pawn.}) 23... Rd7 24. Bf2 Rfd8 25. h4 h5
26. Rdd1 e5 $6 {An inaccuracy, which involves weaknesses on the light squares.}
({Black should hold the position with} 26... Ba8) ({or} 26... Qe8 {and it is
difficult to find any weaknesses in Black's position.}) 27. f5 $1 {The correct
reply!} ({The tempting} 27. Bh3 $2 {could have been met by} exf4 $1 28. Bxd7
Rxd7 29. gxf4 Nxe4 $36 {and Black becomes very active.}) 27... gxf5 28. exf5
Bxg2 29. Kxg2 d5 $1 {An important breakthrough, otherwise Nc3-d5.} 30. cxd5
Rxd5 31. Nc3 (31. Rxd5 {was also fine,} Rxd5 32. Nc3 Rd8 33. Ne4 $14 {with a
comfortable position for White.}) 31... Rxd1 32. Rxd1 Rxd1 33. Qxd1 e4 {
Black has to create counterplay, otherwise White simply takes the h5-pawn.} 34.
Nd5 Qe5 35. f6 $1 {A very strong move by Matlakov!} Bf8 $2 {loses immediately.}
(35... Bxf6 {was still the best chance, but} 36. Bxc5 $1 (36. Qxh5 Qb2) 36...
bxc5 37. Qxh5 $1 Qb2+ 38. Kh3 $16 {and White is better.}) 36. Be3 $6 {This is
not a bad move, but misses the winning.} (36. Ne7+ $1 {was the strongest reply,
} Bxe7 37. Bd4 $1 {An important intermediate move!} Qe6 38. fxe7 Qxe7 39. Qxh5
$18 {and Black has no hope.}) 36... Nd3 37. Ne7+ Bxe7 38. fxe7 Qxe7 39. Qxh5
Ne1+ 40. Kf2 (40. Kh3 $1 $18 {was more accurate, but the text move is also
winning.}) 40... Nc2 $6 (40... Nd3+ 41. Kg2 {and after a repetition White can
continue with 40.Kh3!}) 41. Qg5+ $1 {White simplifies the position into a
winning endgame.} Qxg5 42. hxg5 $1 $18 Kh7 43. Bxb6 Kg6 44. Bxa5 Kxg5 45. Bd2+
Kf5 46. a5 Nd4 47. a6 Nb5 48. Bf4 Na7 49. Be3 Nb5 50. Bb6 1-0

