[Event "URS-ch01 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1920.10.21"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Rabinovich, Ilya Leontievich"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[Annotator "Alekhine,Alexander"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1920.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{DAMENBAUERNSPIEL} 1. d4 Nf6 {Alexei, le frère du futur Champion du Monde
participait également а ce tournoi mais dans une catégorie inférieure.} 2. Nf3
b6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 ({Für besser gilt das System Rubinsteins} 4. g3 {in
Verbindung mit Lg2.}) 4... Bb7 (4... Bb4 5. Qb3) 5. e3 {Dies gestattet dem
Schwarzen sich auf e4 festzusetzen und eine mindestens gleiche Partie zu
bekommen.} Bb4 6. Qc2 $146 (6. Qb3 {Bernstein,O-Nimzowitsch,A St Petersburg
preliminary 1914 (4) 1/2}) 6... Ne4 {[%cal Gf7f5]} (6... O-O) (6... c5) 7. Bd3
f5 {Auf diese Weise hat Schwarz eine für ihn günstige Variante der
holländischen Partie herbeigeführt.} 8. O-O ({Möglich war hier auch ein
anderer Entwicklungsplan:} 8. Bd2 Nxc3 9. Bxc3 O-O 10. O-O-O {wonach Schwarz
durch a5 in Verbindung mit Sa6 die Initiative ergreift (Sämisch-Aljechin,
Pistyan 1922).}) 8... Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2e4,Gf2f3] Die einzige
Möglichkeit, den e-Bauern vorzubringen. Continuant la lutte pour la case "e4"}
(10. Ne1 {L'alternative} d6 11. f3 Ng5 {[%cal Gf8f6,Gf6h6,Gd8h4]}) 10... Qh4 $1
{[%cal Gh4e4,Gf8f6,Gf6h6] Ein wichtiger Zug für die Entwicklung.} (10... Nxd2
$143 11. Bxd2 d6 12. f3 Qh4 13. Rae1 {[%csl Gd2,Gd3][%cal Ge3e4]}) 11. f3 ({
Falls nun} 11. g3 Ng5 $1 {[%csl Gb7,Rg1][%cal Gg5h3]} 12. e4 $2 fxe4 $1 {
und Schwarz gewinnt.}) ({oder} 11. f4 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Nc6 $11 {mit
ausgeglichenem Spiel.}) 11... Nxd2 (11... Ng5 $143 12. f4 $1 Qg4 13. d5 $16 {
[%csl Rb7,Rg5] und Weiß steht besser.}) 12. Bxd2 Nc6 $1 {[%csl Rc4][%cal
Gc6a5] plus solide que l'alternative d6,suivi de Nd7 car après d4d5, le Bb7
est enfermé et les cases e6 et f5 sont sous pression.} ({Weniger gut wäre} 
12... d6 $143 {[%csl Re6]} 13. Rae1 (13. d5 {[%csl Re6,Rf5]} Na6 {[%cal Ga6c5]}
)) 13. e4 $6 ({Nicht besser wäre} 13. Rab1 {[%cal Gc4c5] mit} d6) (13. Be1
$142 {Plus souple} Qh6 14. Bf2 $14 {[%cal Ga1e1]} Na5 15. Rae1 {mit Ausgleich.}
Ba6 {Beide Varianten sind kaum besser als der Textzug.} (15... Rae8 16. c5 (16.
e4))) 13... fxe4 14. Bxe4 {Weiß überschätzt seine Stellung.} ({Richtig war} 
14. fxe4 e5 15. d5 Ne7 16. c5 Ng6 17. cxb6 axb6 {mit beinahe gleichem Spiel.})
14... Na5 $1 {Sichert dem Schwarzen Dank dem weißen Doppelbauern ein kleines
Übergewicht ...} 15. Rae1 {Diese unüberlegte Zug führt zum Verlust eines
Bauern.} (15. Bd3 $142 {[%csl Rc4]} Ba6 16. Be1 {[%cal Gc2e2]} Qh6 17. Qe2 $11)
({... selbst wenn er} 15. Bxb7 Nxb7 16. Rfe1 {gewählt hätte.}) 15... Bxe4 16.
Rxe4 Qh5 17. Qa4 $2 (17. c5) ({c- denn Bauern zu verteidigen, ist nicht mehr
möglich, z.B.} 17. Re5 Rf5 18. Rxf5 Qxf5 19. Qxf5 exf5 {und Schwarz hat ein
leicht gewonnenes Endspiel.}) 17... Nxc4 $1 $17 {Schwarz hat das Übergewicht,
welches aber trotz der Mehrbauern nicht so leicht zu realisieren ist, da Weiß
beinahe keine schwachen Punkte hat.} 18. Re2 ({Es ist klar, dass nach} 18. Qxc4
d5 19. Qb5 a6 {usw. Schwarz gewonnen hätte}) 18... b5 19. Qb3 Qf5 (19... c6)
20. Rfe1 Rab8 (20... a6 $142 $1 {Semble plus précis et le plan suivi ensuite
par les noirs avec a5a4 est assez douteux} 21. a4 c6 {[%csl Gc4]}) 21. Bc1 a5
22. Re4 a4 23. Qd1 Rbe8 {Nachdem der Nachziehende die dominierende Stellung
seines Springers befestigt hat, verlegt er das Spiel ins Zentrum, wo er seine
einzige Gewinnchance erblickt.} 24. Qe2 c5 {Erweitert den Wirkungskreis des
weißen Läufers, um diesen späterhin zum Angriffsobjekt zu machen. Actif
mais la suite de la partie a montré que le P b5 pouvait devenir une faiblesse}
25. Be3 cxd4 26. Bxd4 e5 $1 {Der Anfang einer Reihe interessanter
Verwicklungen.} 27. f4 {Verhältnismäßig das Beste.} (27. Bxe5 {darf wegen}
d6 {nicht schlagen.}) ({Und die Variante} 27. Bc5 d5 28. Rxc4 bxc4 29. Bxf8
Qxf8 {usw. verläuft auch zu Gunsten von Schwarz.}) 27... d6 {Deckt den Bauern
e5 durch ...} ({Weiß rechnet mit} 27... d5 28. Rxe5 Nxe5 29. Bxe5 {usw. mit
einer vollauf zu verteidigen den Stellung.}) 28. h3 {Bedroht wiederum den
Bauern e5 den Schwarz durch das folgende Manöver verteidigt.} ({... die
Mattdrohung nach} 28. fxe5 dxe5 29. Bxe5 Nxe5 30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31. Qxe5 Qf2+ 32.
Kh1 Qf1+ 33. Rxf1 Rxf1#) 28... Re6 (28... d5 $1 {[%csl Re4]}) 29. fxe5 dxe5 30.
Bc5 {Dieser Zug scheint bedrohlich, da der schwarze Turm die f- Linie ...} ({
Aber nicht} 30. Bxe5 {da nach} Rfe8 31. Rf1 Qg6 32. Rxc4 Rxe5 {Schwarz gewinnt.
}) 30... Rf7 {Der Beginn einer Kombination, die einen entscheidenden Angriff
auf den König bezweckt.} ({... nicht verlassen kann. z.B.} 30... Rd8 31. Rf1
Qg6 32. Rg4 Qh6 33. Qf3 {und gewinnt.}) 31. Rb1 {[%csl Rb5] Gewinnt den Bauern
mit einer auf den ersten Blick guten Stellung zurück.  Le contre-jeu des
blancs arrive trop tard car les pièces blanches sont mal coordonnées pour
attaquer le P"b5"} h6 $1 {Pariert die Mattdrohung und lockt den Gegner noch
weiter auf dem Weg der Gefahren, wo er auch zu Grunde geht.} 32. Rxb5 Nd2 $1
33. Rxa4 {Weiß ist bereits ...} ({... schutzlos} 33. Rg4 Qc2 {[%cal Gf7f1]}
34. Kh1 {[%cal Gc5g1]} Ref6 {und gewinnt.}) (33. Re3 Rg6 34. Rb8+ Kh7 35. Rb2
Nf3+ 36. Kh1 Qxh3+ 37. gxh3 Rg1#) 33... Qc2 {Nach diesem Zug, der die
Bauernopfer-Kombinartion vollendet, gewinnt Schwarz, da die weißen Türme
sich zur Verteidigung des Königs nicht nähern können.} 34. Rb8+ Kh7 35. Kh1
Rf1+ 36. Bg1 Rxg1+ {Eine elegante Schlusskombination.} 37. Kxg1 Qc1+ 38. Kf2
Rf6+ 39. Ke3 (39. Kg3 Nf1+ {Jetzt setzt Schwarz Matt oder gewinnt die Dame.})
39... Nb1+ {WEIß GIBT AUF. deutscher Kommentar: A. Aljechin, "Meine besten
Partien 1908-1923", 1983, S. 119-122; MDB 15: 29091} 0-1

[Event "SRB Central-ch op-A 7th"]
[Site "Paracin"]
[Date "2014.07.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Obodchuk, Andrei"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2014.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 Bb7 (5... Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bd3
f5 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O {is not as efficient as it was used to be believed.}
10. Nd2 (10. c5 Rf6 (10... bxc5 11. Rb1 Qc8 12. Ba3 (12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 $44)
12... d6 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Bxc5 Bxf3 15. gxf3 dxc5 16. e4 $13) 11. Ne1 Rh6 12.
g3 $13) 10... Qh4 11. f3 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Nc6 13. Be1 Qg5 14. e4 fxe4 15. Bxe4 $40
) 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Re8 $5 {In mid 80's, Pera Popovic used to play this move
frequently.} 8. Bd2 d6 9. a3 (9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. e4 e5) 9... Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Nbd7
11. Bc2 $5 ({The most common is} 11. Nd2 c5 $5 (11... e5 12. d5)) 11... d5 $1
$146 {In the sprit of the flexible Nimzo Indian.} 12. cxd5 (12. Ne5 $142 Nxe5
13. dxe5 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 $11) 12... exd5 13. Ne5 $6 {I am strongly against
this move which gives better chances for Black due to better pawn structure.} (
13. Nd2 Ne4 14. Re1 Ndf6 15. f3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 c5 $13) 13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ne4
15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qg4 Re6 17. Rfd1 Qe7 $1 {I have correctly decided to
surrender the d-line and instead to concentrate my forces in the kingside.} (
17... Bd5 $6 18. f4) 18. Rd2 h6 19. Rad1 Bc6 20. h4 $6 {A typical structure
made the game abundant of mistakes.} (20. Bb4 $1 Qe8 (20... Qg5 21. Qxg5 hxg5
$11) 21. Qh4 Ba4 (21... g5 22. Qh5 a5 23. Bc3 f5 $13) 22. Rd8 Bxd1 23. Rxe8+
Raxe8 24. Qxe4 Rxe5 25. Qd4 Bh5 26. Bc3 c5 27. Qxe5 Rxe5 28. Bxe5 $11) 20... a5
$5 {At first hand I could not make use of White's wrong plan.} (20... Rg6 21.
Qf5 $5 (21. Qh3 Ba4 22. Rc1 Rd8 $17) (21. Qf4 Qe6 $17) 21... Qxh4 22. e6 Rxe6
23. Rd7 Re7 (23... Bxd7 $2 24. Rxd7 Rf8 25. Qxe6 fxe6 26. Rxg7+ $16) 24. Rd8+
Re8 25. Qe5 Qg4 26. Qxc7 $11) 21. Rd4 (21. g3 $1 Re8 22. h5 $11) 21... Rg6 22.
Qf4 $2 {He had to go in the rooks ending.} (22. Qf5 Qxh4 23. e6 Rxe6 24. Rd7
Bxd7 25. Rxd7 Rf6 26. Bxf6 Qxf6 27. Qxf6 gxf6 28. Rxc7 Rd8 29. Rc6 Rd1+ 30. Kh2
Rd2 31. Rxb6 Rxf2 32. Kg3 Re2 33. Rxf6 Rxe3+ 34. Kf4 Rb3 35. Rxh6 Rxb2 36. Ra6
$11) 22... Re8 23. h5 Rg5 24. Qh2 Qe6 $17 25. Qh4 Kh7 $5 (25... Qxe5 26. Qf4
Qe7 $19) 26. Rxe4 $4 {A real blunder. This world is so wrongly used by so many
people it is amazing. However now it is obvious that Andrei blundered the
x-ray attack on g2!} f5 {I even had a better move.} (26... Qf5 $142 27. f3 (27.
Rf4 Rd8) 27... Qxf3 $19) 27. Red4 Bxg2 (27... Rxg2+ 28. Kf1 Bf3 29. Qf4 Bc6 $19
) 28. Qxg5 $1 {The only chance.} (28. f4 Rg4 29. Qxg4 fxg4 30. Kxg2 c5 $19)
28... hxg5 29. Kxg2 f4 (29... Qc6+ 30. Rd5 Kh6 $19) 30. f3 Qxe5 $6 (30... fxe3
31. Re4 Kh6 $19) 31. Rd7 (31. Re4 Qb5) 31... Qxe3 $2 {My hesitante play in
time trouble almost cost me a half a point.} (31... Qb5 $8 32. Rxg7+ Kh6 $19)
32. Re1 $2 {He missed an unobvious way to draw the game after my bad play.} (
32. Rxg7+ Kh6 33. Rd5 $3 {is a bombshell!} (33. Rdd7 $2 Qe2+ (33... Kxh5 34.
Rh7+ Kg6 35. Rhg7+ Kf5 36. Rd5+ Ke6 37. Re5+ Qxe5 38. Bxe5 Kxe5 39. Rxc7 Rd8
$17) 34. Kg1 Qc2 $19) 33... Re7 (33... Qe2+ 34. Kg1 Qxf3 35. Rg6+ Kxh5 36.
Rdxg5+ Kh4 37. Rg2 $1 Kh5 $8 38. R2g5+ Kh4 39. Rg2 $11) 34. Rg6+ Kh7 35. Rd8
Qe2+ 36. Kg1 $11) {Difficult to choose in between} 32... Qxe1 ({and} 32... Qxc3
33. bxc3 Rxe1 34. Rxc7 Kh6 35. Rc6+ Kxh5 36. Rxb6 Re2+ 37. Kg1 (37. Kh3 Rf2 $19
) 37... Kh4 $19) 33. Bxe1 Rxe1 34. Rxc7 Re2+ $2 (34... Kh6 35. Rc6+ Kxh5 36.
Rxb6 Re2+ 37. Kf1 Rc2 $19 {and the king's infiltration Kh4-g3 should gain the
point easily.}) 35. Kh3 Rxb2 36. Rc6 $2 {Marking time unnecessarily.} (36. Kg4
Rg2+ 37. Kf5 g4 $1 38. fxg4 f3 39. Kg5 Rb2 40. Rf7 f2 41. h6 Rb5+ (41... Kg8
42. Kg6 gxh6 43. Rg7+ Kf8 44. Rf7+ Ke8 45. Rf5 Ra2 46. Kxh6 b5 47. g5 Rxa3 48.
Rxf2 $11) 42. Kh4 Kxh6 43. Rxf2 g5+ 44. Kg3 Rb3+ 45. Kg2 Kg6 46. Rd2 Kf6 $19 {
should also win.}) 36... b5 37. Rb6 a4 38. Kg4 Rg2+ 39. Kf5 g4 $1 $19 40. Kxf4
(40. fxg4 f3 {and the pawn becomes unstoppable.}) 40... gxf3 41. Kxf3 Rg5 42.
Kf4 Rxh5 43. Kg4 Rc5 44. Kh4 Kg8 $1 {Simplest.} 45. Rb7 (45. Rb7 Kf8 46. Kg4 g5
47. Kh5 Ke8 48. Kg4 Kd8 49. Kh5 Kc8 50. Rg7 Kb8 51. Kg4 Rc3 52. Rxg5 Rb3 53.
Kf4 Kb7 54. Ke4 Kb6 {wins easily.}) 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.09"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Muir, Andrew Joseph"]
[Black "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Scotland"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Na4
Qe7 9. a3 Ba5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Nxc5 Qxc5 12. b4 Qc7 13. Bb2 d6 14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. Nd4 f5 16. bxa5 Nd7 17. Qh5 Kh8 18. Nxf5 Ne5 19. Nxd6 Nxd3 20. Qh4 Rg8 21.
Qf6+ Rg7 22. Nxb7 Qxb7 23. f3 Rag8 24. Rab1 $2 ({This natural move allows
Black to conclude the game in style. More stubborn was} 24. Ra2) {[%tqu "En",
"White is very close to victory. How can he achieve it?","Your heavy artillery
on the g-file has incredible power - you just need to unleash it!","Try to
deflect the enemy queen pinning the g7-rook.","b7e7","This elegant queen
sacrifice is definitely the shortest way to victory.",5]} 24... Qe7 $1 {
[%csl Rg1,Rg2][%cal Gg8g1,Gd3f2] A very elegant and powerful move!} 25. Qc3 ({
The tactical justification of the queen sacrifice is iluustrated by the line:} 
25. Qxe7 Rxg2+ 26. Kh1 Rg1+ $1 27. Rxg1 Nf2#) ({An attempt to keep an eye on
the e3-pawn is refuted by} 25. Qd4 e5 $1 26. Qxd3 Rxg2+ 27. Kh1 Rxh2+ 28. Kxh2
Qh4#) 25... Qg5 $1 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gg7g2,Gg5e3]} (25... Qg5 {, and White
resigned in view of terrible material losses:} 26. g3 Qxe3+ 27. Kg2 Nf4+) 0-1

[Event "AUT-chT 0001"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "2000.10.22"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ganaus, Hannes"]
[Black "Atlas, Valeri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2000.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Melk-Wachau SK NOE"]
[BlackTeam "Hohenems SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Bd2
d6 9. a3 ({There are several alternatives to the text:} 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. a3 Bxc3
11. Bxc3 Ne4 (11... Rc8 12. Rac1 Re8 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Nd2 cxd4 15. exd4 Nf8 16.
Nf1 Ng6 17. Bd2 Qb8 18. b4 e5 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Be3 Re6 {0-1
Lyrberg,P-Ionov,S/Linares 1996/CBM 51 ext (29)}) 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Nd2 Bg6 14.
e4 cxd4 15. Bxd4 e5 16. Bc3 Nc5 17. Bb4 Ne6 18. g3 f5 19. f3 Nd4 20. Qd3 Re8
21. Rae1 fxe4 22. fxe4 d5 23. cxd5 Qxd5 24. Nf3 Qb5 {1/2-1/2 Ivegard,
B-Andersson,A/WT/M\508 1991 (35)}) (9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Rc8 12.
Nd2 h6 13. Rac1 d5 14. b3 dxc4 15. bxc4 Qc7 16. Rfd1 Rfe8 17. Nf1 cxd4 18. exd4
Qf4 19. Ng3 h5 20. h3 h4 21. Nf1 Ne4 {1/2-1/2 Najdorf,M-Bronstein,D/Zuerich
1953/Candidates (21)}) (9. Rb1 Nbd7 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. Qc2 Ndf6 13.
Be1 Qc7 14. Nd2 Qc6 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. f3 Nf6 17. Bh4 h6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qc3
Kg7 20. b4 Qc7 21. e4 Rh8 22. e5 cxd4 23. exf6+ Kxf6 24. Qxd4+ Ke7 25. Rfc1
Rag8 26. c5 Bxf3 {0-1 Garcia,R-Carrasco,J/España eq. 1992 (30)}) 9... Ba5 10.
Qe2 ({Another option is:} 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Qc2 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nc6 13. Rfd1 d5
14. Na4 Ne5 15. Be2 Rc8 16. cxd5 exd5 17. f4 Ng6 18. Rac1 Bxd2 19. Qxd2 Qe7 20.
b4 Ne4 21. Qxd5 Rfe8 22. Qf5 Qh4 23. Rf1 Nd2 24. Rfd1 Ne4 25. Rf1 Nd2 26. Rfd1
{1/2-1/2 Mochalov,E-Litvinov,V/Minsk 1987/EXT 99 (26)}) 10... Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4
({After} 11... Be4 12. Nd2 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 {White keeps an edge.}) 12. Bxe4 Bxe4
13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. Nd2 Bb7 ({If} 14... Bg6 {then} 15. e4 {, and White is clearly
better.}) 15. Qd3 Nd7 16. e4 Rad8 17. Nf1 Qh4 18. Re1 Nf6 19. d5 e5 $6 (19...
Nh5 {was to be preferred here. Now, if} 20. g3 {then} Qh3 {, with the idea 21..
.f5|^. After the text move White obtains a durable advatage.}) 20. Qg3 $1 Qxg3
21. hxg3 {[%cal Gb2b4]} (21. Nxg3 {also deserved attention here, but the pawn
capture is more consequent.}) 21... Ba6 22. Nd2 b5 {A risky but necessary pawn
thrust. White was threatening 23.b4 developing a very dangerous initiative on
the queenside.} 23. b4 ({A tempting continuation. Yet, prosaic} 23. cxb5 Bxb5
24. f3 {was, probably, a better option for White.}) 23... Nd7 ({The onky move.
After} 23... bxc4 24. bxc5) ({or} 23... cxb4 24. axb4 {White should easily win.
}) 24. cxb5 Bxb5 25. a4 $6 (25. Nb3 {, intending to play 26.bc5, followed by
the maneuver Na5-c6, was to be preferred. The temping text move yields Black
good counterchances.}) 25... Bd3 $1 ({Certainly, not} 25... Ba6 $2 26. b5 {
, followed by Nc4,with a critical position for Black.}) 26. Re3 $6 {Again not
the strongest continuation. White's rook move clearly indicates that he
underestimates Black's dangerous counterplay.} c4 27. g4 h5 $3 {[%csl Re4,Rg4]
[%cal Gh5g4,Gf7f5,Gf5e4] ><d5 This excellent pawn thrust justifies Black's
queenside operations. Black intends to attack the central pawn formation of
his opponent and needs to distract the g4-pawn to enable his f-pawn effective
advancement.} 28. gxh5 (28. g5 {is strongly met by} f5 {, with a dangerous
initiaitve.}) 28... f5 $1 {[%csl Rd5,Re4][%cal Gd7f6,Gf6d5,Gf6e4,Gf6h5,Gf6g4,
Gd3e4]} 29. f3 (29. exf5 Nf6 {is suicidal for White.}) 29... Nf6 {[%cal Gf6h5,
Gh5f4,Gf4e2,Gh5g3] Now it seems evident that Black developed very dangerous
initative due to excellent interaction of his minor pieces.} 30. b5 Nxh5 31.
Rc1 $6 ({Certainly, not} 31. Rae1 $2 f4 {Instead, 31. Bb4, with the idea 32.
Nb1-c3, deserved serious attention.}) 31... Nf4 {Threatening 32...Ne2+.} (31...
Ng3 {does not bring anything in view of} 32. Kf2) 32. Rce1 Rd7 $1 {A useful
move, improving rook interaction. Black intends to play 33...g5, with various
threats, such as 34...g4 or 34.. Rh7.} 33. Nf1 (33. a5 {falls short of} Rb8) (
33. Bb4 {deserved attention instead of the text move.}) 33... Nh5 {Resuming
the threat 34...f4.} 34. exf5 $2 {Breaking under pressure. After 34.Rc1 Black
has promising chances on the kingside, but the outcome is not yet clear.} Nf4 {
With the fall of the d5-pawn, nothing cat stop Black's central pawn armada.}
35. Rxd3 $6 cxd3 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1965.12.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1965.12.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Be4 (8... c5 9. Nd2 Nc6 10. Nb3 a5 11. a4 d6 12. f3 Rc8 13. Ba3 e5 14. d5
Ne7 $10 {Gelfand,B-Adams,M/Biel izt/1993/1/2-1/2/44/}) 9. Qc2 (9. Ng5 Bxd3 10.
Qxd3 h6 11. Nh3 d6 12. e4 Nbd7 {Milos,G-Andersson,U/Szirak izt/1987/} 13. f4 e5
14. Bd2 $14 {Milos/}) (9. Be2 $5 c5 10. Nd2 Bb7 11. f3 d5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rb1
$14 {Taimanov,M-Gulko,B/URS-ch/1974/}) (9. Bxe4 Nxe4 10. Qc2 f5 11. Ne5 Qc8 12.
f3 Nf6 13. Ba3 d6 14. Nd3 c5 $10 {Reshevsky,S-Alekhin,A/AVRO/1938/}) 9... Bxd3
(9... Bxf3 10. gxf3 e5 $13) 10. Qxd3 d6 11. e4 e5 (11... Nc6 $5 12. Bg5 h6 13.
Bh4 (13. Bd2 $5) 13... e5 14. d5 Nb8 15. Qe2 Nbd7 $10 {Minev,N-Hecht,HJ/Varna
ol/1962/}) 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Nh4 $1 h6 14. Bd2 Re8 15. Rae1 Nf8 16. Nf5 Ng6 17.
f4 $1 $16 exd4 (17... exf4 18. Bxf4 Nxf4 19. Rxf4 $16) 18. cxd4 c6 {P19...d5/}
19. d5 cxd5 20. cxd5 Ne7 21. Ng3 Rc8 22. Bc3 Ng6 23. Bd4 Kh7 24. Nf5 Rc7 (24...
Nd7 $2 25. Nxh6 $1 $18 (25. e5 $1 $18)) 25. Kh1 Rg8 26. Re3 Nh5 27. Ref3 Nf6
28. Rh3 b5 29. g4 $1 {P30.g5/} Nxg4 $8 30. Qg3 Qe8 $5 (30... Nf6 31. Qg5 {
P32. h6+-/}) 31. Nxd6 Qe7 32. e5 Nf6 33. f5 $1 $18 Nxd5 34. fxg6+ (34. e6 $1
Ngf4 35. Nxf7 $18 {Mednis/}) 34... fxg6 35. Nf7 {Pe6, g5/} Qxf7 36. Rxf7 Rxf7
37. e6 Rf1+ 38. Kg2 Rf5 39. Rh4 Re8 (39... Rg5 40. Rg4) 40. Qd6 Ref8 41. h3 Rc8
42. Re4 (42. Qd7 $142 Rc7 43. Re4 {P44. g7+-/Reshevsky/}) 42... Rc2+ 43. Kg3
Rd2 (43... Nc3 44. Re1 Rd5 45. Qd7 $1) 44. e7 Rg5+ 45. Rg4 Nxe7 $1 (45... Rxg4+
$2 46. hxg4 Nxe7 47. Qe5 $18) 46. Rxg5 hxg5 47. Qxe7 Rxd4 48. Qxa7 $18 Rf4 49.
Qe7 Rf5 50. Qe8 $1 Rc5 51. Kf3 Rc2 52. Qe6 Rc1 53. Qb3 Rc5 54. Ke4 Rf5 55. Kd4
Kh8 $8 (55... Kh6 56. Qg8 $18) (55... Rf4+ 56. Kc5 $18) 56. Kc3 $3 Kh7 (56...
Rf3+ 57. Kb4 Rxb3+ 58. axb3 $18) 57. Kb4 Re5 58. a3 {P a5, b5/} Kh6 59. Qg8 g4
60. h4 g5 61. h5 $1 1-0

[Event "Minsk International"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1982.05.22"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Inkiov, Ventzislav"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1982.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bd3 f5 8. O-O
Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Ne1 (10. Nd2 Qh4 11. f3 Ng5 $6 (11... Nxd2 $142 12. Bxd2
Nc6 13. Rae1 Na5 $10 {Aloni,A-Fisher,R/Netanya/1968/ Inf 7/528/}) 12. d5 $1 Nf7
13. f4 Na6 14. Ba3 $1 Rfe8 15. Rae1 c5 $1 $13 {Lautier,J-Anand,V/Madrid/1993/0:
1 (38) Inf 58/592/}) 10... c5 (10... Nc6 $5 11. f3 Ng5 12. Qe2 {Portisch,L-Van
der Wiel,J/Wijk aan Zee/1985/ Inf 39/699/} e5 13. f4 e4 14. Bc2 Nf7 $10) 11. f3
Ng5 (11... Nd6 12. Qe2 Nc6 13. Ba3 Qc7 14. Nc2 Na5 15. e4 Ba6 $10 {Zysk,
R-Razuvaev,Y/Athens/1986/ Inf 42/736/}) 12. d5 Qf6 (12... exd5 $6 13. cxd5 Bxd5
14. Bxf5 $16) 13. e4 (13. f4 $6 Ne4 $1) 13... f4 14. e5 $1 Qh6 (14... Qxe5 15.
h4 Nf7 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 $16) 15. Be4 d6 16. exd6 (16. Nd3 $5) 16... e5 17.
Nd3 Nxe4 (17... Qxd6 18. Nf2 $14) 18. fxe4 Qxd6 (18... Nd7) 19. Bxf4 $5 exf4
20. e5 Qh6 21. e6 $44 Na6 22. Rae1 Nc7 23. Qe2 (23. Qa4 $5 b5 24. Qa5 $44)
23... Rae8 (23... Bxd5 $6 24. cxd5 Nxd5 25. e7 Rfe8 26. Nxf4 $1 $16) 24. Qg4 (
24. Qe5 $2 Nxe6 25. dxe6 Qg6 26. Qe2 f3 27. Qd2 Rxe6 $17) 24... Bxd5 $6 (24...
Qg6 $142 25. Qxg6 hxg6 26. Nxf4 g5 27. Ng6 Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Nxd5 29. cxd5 Bxd5
$17) 25. e7 $1 Be6 $6 (25... Rf7 $142 26. cxd5 Qd6 $1 27. Nxf4 Rfxe7 28. Rxe7
Qxe7 $1 $13) 26. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 27. Qd1 Rd8 $6 (27... Bxc4 $142 28. Re4 Bd5 29.
Rexf4 Re8 $16) 28. Rxf4 Qg6 29. Qf3 $1 h6 30. Ne5 $18 Qc2 31. h4 Re8 32. Rf1
Kh7 33. Qc6 Rc8 34. Nd7 Qxc3 35. Qe4+ Kh8 36. Ne5 Qd4+ 37. Qxd4 cxd4 38. Rxd4
Kh7 39. h5 $1 b5 40. c5 Bxa2 41. c6 Be6 42. Ng6 a5 43. Rf8 Rxf8 44. Nxf8+ Kg8
45. Nxe6 Nxe6 46. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.11.17"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Bindrich, Falko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "Bindrich,F"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Remagen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 f5 $6 {Somehow I remembered some lines where Black castles longside and
so I decided to play f5. But objectively short castle is more precisely.} (8...
O-O $142) 9. Ba3 $5 {Interesting move but definitely not the best.} (9. Ne1
$142) 9... Qf6 (9... Nxc3 10. Qe1 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qg5+ 12. Kh1 Qh5 13. Rg1 (13.
Qxc3 Qxf3+ $11) 13... Qxf3+ 14. Rg2 Ne4 15. Be2 Qh3 $13 {I saw this variation
but in my preparation I found out that my opponents' fitness and concentration
has not been so good in the last tournaments and this is the reason why I
decided to avoid such lines.}) 10. Nd2 Nxd2 $146 (10... d6 11. Bxe4 fxe4 12. c5
dxc5 13. dxc5 Qxc3 14. Nb3 Nc6 15. Qg4 Qe5 16. Rfd1 Ne7 17. Rac1 Bd5 18. cxb6
axb6 19. Bb4 c5 20. Bc3 Qf5 21. Qg3 Rxa2 22. Ra1 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Rf8 24. Ra7 e5
25. Nd2 Rf6 26. Bxe5 Rg6 27. Qf4 Qxf4 28. Bxf4 b5 29. Ra5 c4 30. Be5 b4 31. Rb5
c3 32. Nf1 c2 33. Bb2 Rc6 34. Bc1 b3 35. Ng3 Ra6 {0-1 Lautier,J (2580)-Bricard,
E (2430)/France 1992/EXT 97}) 11. Qxd2 d6 12. f3 Nd7 13. e4 $14 fxe4 $5 (13...
f4 $5 14. Rab1 e5 15. Be2 c5 16. Rfd1 Rd8 17. Bb2 {While looking at this
position at the board I felt that only White has chances to improve his
position.} O-O 18. a4 Bc6 19. Ra1 a5 20. Qc2 {But it might be not more than a
draw}) (13... O-O 14. e5 $16) (13... O-O-O 14. exf5 exf5 15. Rfe1 $16) 14. fxe4
Qh4 15. e5 $5 {Graf wants to win "in style".} (15. g3 Qh5 16. Rab1 O-O-O $14) (
15. Rf4 Qh6 16. Raf1 e5 $14) (15. Qe1 Qxe1 16. Raxe1 e5 17. Bc1 Rf8 18. Rf5 g6
19. Rff1 O-O-O 20. Bh6 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 Re8 $11) 15... dxe5 16. d5 $5 (16. g3 Qg4
$1 17. Rae1 O-O-O $11) 16... exd5 17. cxd5 (17. Bf5 O-O-O 18. cxd5 $13) 17...
O-O-O (17... Bxd5 $6 {is a bit too dangerous} 18. Bf5 c6 19. c4 $1 Qxc4 20. Qg5
Nc5 21. Bb2 Ne6 22. Qh5+ Kd7 23. Qf7+ Kd6 24. Rad1 $18) 18. Rf7 $2 {This is a
bit too optimistic.} (18. Bf5 $5 {was the move I expected him to play} Kb8 19.
d6 c5 $13 {Unclear position, but I felt confidently because of the misplaced
bishop on a3.}) 18... e4 $1 {And black seizes the initiative, what was also
really important due to the fact that Graf was short of time.} 19. Rf4 Qh6 20.
Bxe4 Rhe8 {All black pieces are harmonating.} 21. Bf5 Kb8 22. c4 {This pawn
becomes a weakness} (22. d6 Nf6 (22... c5)) 22... Ne5 $15 23. Rd1 $6 $138 (23.
Rc1 Ba6 $15) 23... Ba6 {He cannot hold this pawn any longer.} (23... b5 $5 {
I really thought about this move but then I thought: why to give him chances
especially if he's in timetrouble.} 24. Qf2 (24. cxb5 Rxd5 $19) 24... Nxc4 $15)
(23... Nxc4 $142 $1 {is the brutal solution that I didn't calculate during the
game.} 24. Rxc4 Rxd5 25. Bd3 Qe3+ 26. Qxe3 Rxe3 27. Bb2 (27. Rc3 Ba6 $19) 27...
Rexd3 28. Rxd3 Rxd3 29. Bxg7 Rd2 30. Be5 Rxg2+ 31. Kf1 Ba6 32. Bxc7+ Kb7 33.
Kxg2 Bxc4 34. Be5 Bxa2 $19) 24. Qf2 (24. Rc1 Nxc4) (24. Bc1 Nxc4) 24... Nxc4
25. Bc1 g5 $5 {About here Graf had only some seconds on the clock.} (25... Qd6
$142 26. Bxh7 Rh8 27. Rh4 g6 $17) 26. Rfd4 (26. Rg4 $1 Qh5 27. Bxg5 Rd6 $13)
26... Qg7 27. Be6 Nd6 28. Qg3 Rf8 29. h3 h6 (29... Nf5 $5 30. Bxf5 Rxf5 31. Bb2
Qe7 32. d6 Rxd6 33. Rxd6 cxd6 34. Rxd6 Kb7 $17) 30. Bb2 Qg6 {Time and game over
} 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{The match with Moscow was the decisive one for the first place. That's why I
got from my team "Tomsk-400" a free day before the game with Potkin. I used it
partly for recovering from a difficult defence with Efimenko and partly for
coming up with an opening surprise for my opponent. The second task was
especially difficult, since Vladimir is a well-known theoretician himself.} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 b6 $1 {Surprise! I had
never played this move before so there was little chance that he checked this
line before the game.} 7. O-O {The main move. On the very top level last year
there was played the ambitious} (7. d5 exd5 (7... b5 {is less convincing} 8.
dxe6 fxe6 9. cxb5 d5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qc2 c4 12. Be2 Bb7 13. b3 cxb3 14. Qxb3
Bd6 $6 15. Ba3 $16 {Gustafsson J 2640 - Svetushkin D 2547 , 10.5.2010 40th
Bosna Open}) 8. cxd5 h6 9. e4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Re8 12. Nd2 f5 13.
O-O fxe4 14. c4 d6 15. Bb2 Qg5 16. f3 $1 {Aronian L 2782 - Kramnik V 2790 , 20.
3.2010 19th Amber Rapid}) 7... Bb7 8. Na4 {Avoiding the typical Nimzo
structures which are comfortable for Black thanks to the developed bishop on
b7 and control over the squares d5 and e4.} (8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Ne4 10. Nd2 f5
11. f3 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Nc6 13. Qc2 Qf6 14. Rf2 Rac8 15. dxc5 bxc5 $15 {Rusev K
2543 - Georgiev Vl 2586 , 12.7.2010 7th South Wales Int}) 8... cxd4 9. exd4 Re8
10. a3 Bf8 11. Re1 ({The other plan is connected with} 11. b4 d6 12. Bb2 Nbd7
13. Re1 g6 14. Nc3 Bg7 15. Bf1 a6 $13) 11... d6 12. Bf4 (12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Rc1
Rc8 14. Nc3 a6 15. b4 Rc7 16. Nd2 Qa8 17. f3 d5 18. c5 bxc5 19. dxc5 e5 {
Peralta - Fier, 22.6.2009 1st Mercosur Olimpiada, transposing into one of the
Zaitsev variations in the Ruy Lopez, where the black pawns can be very
dangerous.}) 12... Nbd7 13. Rc1 g6 {Until now we cannot blame either side for
doing anything wrong, but danger is already in the air and White has to be
careful.} 14. h3 $2 ({After the normal} 14. Nc3 {Black should be satisfied
with an equal game after} Rc8 15. b4 e5 16. dxe5 Nh5 17. Be3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Nxe5
19. Qe2 Qh4 20. g3 Qh3 21. Nd5 Ng4 22. f3 Nxe3 23. Nxe3 Bh6 24. Qf2 Nf6 $11)
14... e5 $3 {Out of the blue. Technically speaking White has more captures on
e5 but the black pieces are slighly better placed which sometimes makes the
decisive difference.} 15. dxe5 {The new European champion, after a long period
of thought, takes things under control and minimises the consequences of the
blunder.} dxe5 16. Nxe5 (16. Bg5 e4 $19) 16... Nh5 $1 {The key move of the
combination, now White has to be very lucky, not to lose immediately.} 17. Bf1
$1 (17. Nxd7 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Nxf4 19. Be4 Qxd7 $19) 17... Nxf4 (17... Bxg2 18.
Qxd7 Qxd7 19. Nxd7 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Bxf1 21. Nxf8 Nxf4 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. Kxf1 Rd8
$11) (17... Bg7 $5 18. Qxd7 Qxd7 19. Nxd7 Nxf4 20. g3 Bc6 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22.
gxf4 Bxa4 23. Ne5 $11) 18. Qxd7 Qxd7 19. Nxd7 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Bc6 $1 {An
important moment - i had to see this move before playing ...e5.} 21. Nxf8 Bxa4
{The knight on f8 can not escape. After the game some colleagues, who saw the
face of Potkin at this moment, told me that he looked shocked, which means he
had blundered again. I am not sure of that, especially as Vladimir continued
his excellent defence with some more only moves.} 22. g3 $1 Nh5 23. Nxh7 $1 (
23. b3 {doesn't help:} Bc6) 23... Kxh7 24. Re7 (24. Bg2 Re8 $19) 24... Be8 $6 {
For a long time after the game I was very proud of this move, considering it
the most difficult for me in the game. But when I started at home a deep
analysis of the game I found out that this move lets the biggest part of the
advantage slip away. Here already I spent quite a lot of time, which I could
afford. Considering briefly ...Kg7, I moved my calculations to ...Kg8.} (24...
Kg8 25. Bg2 Rc8 26. Bd5 Be8 27. Rxa7 Nf6 28. Ra8 Rxa8 29. Bxa8 Ba4 30. b4 {
at this moment I stopped evaluating the position with very good drawing
chances for White (which was later confirmed by the home analysis).} Kf8 31. f3
Ke7 32. Kf2 Bb3 33. c5 bxc5 34. bxc5 Nd7 35. c6 Nb6 36. Bb7 Kd6 (36... Nd5 37.
h4 Kd6 38. g4 Ne7 39. Ke3 f6 40. Kd2 Bf7 41. a4 Nxc6 42. Bxc6 Kxc6 43. Ke3 Kd6
44. Kd4 Be8 45. a5 Bb5 46. h5 gxh5 47. gxh5 Ke6 48. f4 {=}) 37. h4) (24... Kg7
$1 {My very first, and as usually happens, the right idea.} 25. Bg2 Rc8 $1 {
It's important to provoke the bishop to come to d5.} 26. Bd5 Be8 27. Rxa7 Nf6
28. Ra8 {Here I briefly considered only the exchange of the rooks with
eventual draw, instead} Rc7 $1 {would lead to a serious, not to say a decisive
advantage} 29. Rb8 (29. b3 Bd7 30. Bg2 Bf5 $17) 29... Nxd5 30. cxd5 Bd7 31.
Rxb6 Bxh3 32. a4 Rc5 33. b4 Rxd5 $17) 25. Bg2 Rd8 26. Bd5 $2 {Mutual courtesy.}
(26. b4 $1 {instead would put the match in danger since our fourth board was
already in a lost position:} a5 (26... Nf6 27. Rxa7 Rd1+ 28. Kh2 Rd2 29. Kg1
Kg7 30. Rb7 Rc2 31. Rxb6 Rxc4 32. b5 Bd7 33. g4 g5 34. Rb7 Be6 35. b6 Nd7 36.
Kh2 Rc2 37. Rc7 Rxf2 38. Kg1 Rb2 39. b7 $11) 27. c5 {!} axb4 28. cxb6 {!} b3
29. b7 Nf6 30. a4 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 b2 32. b8=Q b1=Q 33. Qxb1 Rxb1 34. g4 Kg7 35. g5
$11) 26... Kg7 27. Rxa7 Nf6 28. Ra8 Rd6 $1 {After this the fate of the game
was decided and the title became very close to us (finally we were only half a
board point short of becoming champions).} 29. Bf3 (29. b4 b5 30. f3 Nxd5 $19)
(29. g4 Bd7 30. Bg2 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 Rd2 32. g5 Nh7 33. Rb8 Rxf2 34. Rxb6 Nxg5 35.
Kg3 Rc2 $19) 29... Rd3 30. Kg2 Rxf3 {!} 31. Rxe8 Rb3 32. Re2 Nd7 $1 33. a4 Nc5
34. a5 bxa5 35. Re5 Nd3 36. Rxa5 Rxb2 37. Kf3 Nxf2 38. h4 f5 39. h5 Ng4 40. Kf4
Kh6 0-1

[Event "URS-chT Republics 09th final A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1963.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[Annotator "Botvinnik,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1963.08.13"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Leningrad"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Na4
Qe7 {I prepared Qe7 for my match with Petrossian (vol 3 1957-1970)} 9. a3 Ba5
10. b3 {Well done Mark!} (10. dxc5 $143 bxc5 11. Nxc5 Qxc5 12. b4 Bxf3 $1 13.
Qxf3 Qe5 14. bxa5 Qxa1 15. Qxa8 Qc3 16. Be2 Nc6 $36 {[%csl Ra8]}) 10... d5 11.
cxd5 exd5 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Rac1 Bc6 15. Nc3 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 a5 17.
Bb2 Rfc8 18. Ne5 Bb7 19. Rfd1 Ndf6 20. f3 Nd6 21. a4 Rc7 22. Rc2 Nfe8 23. Rdc1
f6 24. Ng4 c4 25. bxc4 dxc4 26. Be4 Nxe4 27. fxe4 Qxe4 28. Rxc4 Rxc4 29. Qxc4+
Bd5 30. Qe2 h5 31. Ne5 fxe5 32. dxe5 h4 33. h3 Qxa4 34. Bd4 Qd7 35. Qh5 b5 36.
Rf1 Nc7 37. Rf4 Bf7 38. Qf3 Bd5 39. Qh5 Qe8 40. Qxh4 Ne6 41. Rf5 Qg6 0-1

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dumitrache, Dragos Nicolae"]
[Black "Vajda, Albert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8. O-O
Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Ne1 c5 11. f3 Nd6 12. Ba3 Qc7 13. Rc1 Nc6 14. dxc5 bxc5
15. Bxc5 Ne5 16. Bb4 a5 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. f4 Ng4 19. Qe2 Qc5 20. Nc2 Rac8 21.
Nd4 Ba6 22. h3 Nf6 23. Nb3 Qc7 24. Nd2 Rb8 25. Rb1 Qc5 26. Kf2 Qa3 27. Rxb8
Rxb8 28. Rb1 Rxb1 29. Nxb1 Qd6 30. Qc2 Bb7 31. Nd2 h6 32. Nf3 g5 33. fxg5 hxg5
34. Qb1 g4 35. Ng1 gxh3 36. Qxb7 Ng4+ 37. Kf1 h2 38. g3 Qxg3 $4 (38... Qxd3+
39. Kg2 Qd2+ 40. Kh3 hxg1=N+ (40... hxg1=Q $18) 41. Kh4 Qh2+ 42. Kg5 Qh6#) 39.
Qc8+ Kh7 40. Qxd7+ Kh8 41. Qe8+ Kh7 42. Qf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1984.01.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ree, Hans"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1984.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. e3 Bb4 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 c5 (8... d6) 9. Nd2 $2 (9. Re1 $1) 9... Nc6 10. Nb3 d6 11. e4 a5 $1 (11...
cxd4 $6 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Bb1 Bxe4 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. Qe1 $16) 12. Be3 cxd4 13.
cxd4 Nb4 $15 14. d5 (14. f3 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 d5 $17) 14... exd5 15. exd5 b5 $1 16.
cxb5 Nfxd5 17. Bc1 (17. Bd4 Qg5 $17) (17. Re1 $5) 17... Qf6 18. Qd2 (18. Nd4 $2
Nc3 {/\ Qxd4 -+}) 18... Rfe8 (18... a4 19. Nd4) 19. Bc4 a4 $6 (19... Rac8 $5
20. Nxa5 $140 $2 (20. Bxd5 $15) 20... Rxc4) 20. Nd4 Re4 21. Rd1 $8 (21. Bb2 $2
a3 $19) 21... Rc8 (21... Rae8 $5) 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. f3 Ree8 24. Qg5 $1 $10 Qxg5
25. Bxg5 Nc3 26. Re1 $1 (26. Rd2 Re5 27. Bf4 Rd5 $17) 26... Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 h6
28. Bh4 Rc4 29. Nf5 Nxb5 30. Bg3 Rc2 31. Re8+ Kh7 32. Rb8 Bc6 33. Rc8 a3 34.
Nxd6 Nd4 35. Nxf7 Rxa2 (35... Ne2+ 36. Kf2) (35... Bd5 36. Rh8+ Kg6 37. Ne5+
Kf6 38. Rf8+ Ke7 39. Ng6+ $10) 36. Rh8+ Kg6 37. Ne5+ Kf6 38. Nxc6 Nxc6 39. Ra8
Ke6 40. Be1 Nd4 41. Bb4 Nb5 (41... Nc2 42. Bc3) 42. Ra6+ Kf7 43. Ra5 Ra1+ 44.
Kf2 a2 45. Bd2 Nd6 46. Bc3 Rc1 47. Ra7+ Ke6 48. Bxg7 Rc2+ 49. Ke3 Rxg2 50. Bf8
Nc4+ 51. Kd4 Nd2 52. Kc3 h5 53. Rxa2 Ne4+ 54. Kb3 Rxa2 55. Kxa2 Ng5 56. Kb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Seville op"]
[Site "Seville"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario"]
[Black "Franco Ocampos, Zenon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nge2 Bxg2 7. Rg1 Be4 (7...
Bf3 8. Qc2 Nh5 9. Bd2 Qh4 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. a3 Be7 12. Rdf1 $13) 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9.
Nxc3 Bxd3 (9... Bg6 10. e4 d5 (10... d6 11. Bg5 e5 12. f4 exf4 13. Nd5 c6 14.
Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Bxf4 $44 {Zsinka-Muse/Budapest/1986/}) 11. e5 Ne4 12. Bxe4 dxe4
13. Be3 $44) 10. Qxd3 O-O 11. e4 Ne8 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bh4 Nc6 14. f4 Ne7 15.
O-O-O (15. d5 $5) 15... Ng6 16. Bg3 f5 17. d5 Qc8 18. e5 Rf7 19. h4 Nf8 20. h5
exd5 21. cxd5 c6 22. Kb1 Nc7 23. Bh4 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. Rc1 Qe8 26. Bf6 Rc8
27. Rxc8 (27. Rcf1 $5) 27... Qxc8 28. Qxf5 Ne6 29. h6 g6 30. Rxg6+ hxg6 31.
Qxg6+ Kf8 32. h7 Rxh7 33. Qxh7 Qc4 34. Qe7+ Kg8 35. Qe8+ Nf8 36. Qh5 Qf1+ 37.
Ka2 Qc4+ 38. Kb1 Qf1+ 39. Ka2 Qc4+ 40. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Iskusnyh, Sergei"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O O-O 8. Na4
cxd4 (8... Qe7 9. a3 Ba5 10. Rb1 Ne4 11. b3 f5 12. Qe2 $14 {Petrosian,
T-Bronstein,D/Kislovodsk/1982/1|0/42/}) 9. exd4 (9. a3 Be7 10. exd4 d6 11. Re1
Nbd7 12. b4 a5 13. Bb2 axb4 14. axb4 Re8 15. Nc3 Rxa1 16. Bxa1 Bf8 17. Bb2 $14
{Gulko,B-Ionov,S/Volgodonsk/1983/0,5/22/}) 9... Be7 (9... Re8 $5 10. a3 (10. c5
$6 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nc6 12. Qd1 Nxd4 13. Bxh7+ Nxh7 14. Qxd4 bxc5 15. Nxc5 Qb6 16.
Be3 e5 17. Qc4 Rac8 18. Rac1 Nf6 19. Nd3 $1 $10 {Korchnoi,V-Ivanchuk,V/Monaco/
1993/0,5/55/}) 10... Bf8 11. Bg5 d6 12. Nc3 Be7 13. Re1 Nbd7 14. Qe2 h6 15. Bh4
Nh5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 $10 {Kharitonov,A-Chernin,A/Lvov/1984/0|1/42/}) 10. Re1 d5 $6
{/N/} (10... Re8 11. a3 d6 12. b4 Nbd7 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. Nc3 g6 15. Bf1 a6 16.
Nd2 Nh5 17. d5 e5 18. Nb3 $14 {Polugaevsky,L-Seirawan,Y/Toluca/1982/1|0/49/}) (
10... Na6 $5 11. a3 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nc3 Nac7 14. Ne4 Nf6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6
16. Bf4 Nd5 17. Be5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nf4 $10 {Iskusnyh,S-Budnikov,A/Vladivostok/
1995/0,5/35/}) 11. c5 bxc5 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. dxc5 Nbd7 14. b4 a5 15. Nd4 Qc7 (
15... Rc8 16. a3 $16) (15... e5 16. c6 exd4 17. cxb7 Rb8 18. Ba6 Qb6 19. b5 Ne4
20. Bf4 $16) (15... Qc8 16. Qc2 $16) 16. Bg5 $1 (16. Qc2 Rfc8) 16... e5 (16...
axb4 17. c6 Bxc6 18. Rc1 Nb8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qh5+ Kg7 22. Qg4+
Kh7 23. Re3 $18) 17. Nb5 Qb8 18. Nd6 (18. a3 axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Qxa1 d4
$132) 18... axb4 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 (19... gxf6 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Re3
$18) 20. Rxe5 Bc6 21. Rg5 g6 (21... Qd8 $5) 22. h4 (22. Qf3 Qd8 $13) 22... Qd8
23. Qe1 Ra3 24. Rd1 Rc3 (24... Rxa2 25. Qxb4 (25. Nf5 $5 Re8 (25... Ba4 $5) 26.
Qxb4 Ra4 27. Qb2 $36) 25... Ra4 26. Qe1 $6 (26. Qb2 $5 Rxh4 27. Nf5 Ra4 28. Re1
Re8 29. Rxe8+ Bxe8 30. Qe5 $146) 26... Rxh4 27. Nf5 Ne4 $1 $17) 25. a3 Rxa3 26.
Qxb4 Qa5 $6 (26... Ra4 $5 27. Qb2 $5 Rxh4 28. Nf5 Ra4 29. Re1 $146) 27. Qd4 Qc3
28. Qf4 Ra4 29. Qf3 $16 Nd7 $6 (29... Rxh4 30. Nf5 Ra4 31. Ne7+ $18) (29... Kh8
$5) 30. Bxg6 $1 Qxf3 31. Bxf7+ Kh8 32. gxf3 Nxc5 (32... Rxh4 33. Bxd5 Bxd5 34.
Rdxd5 $18) 33. Bxd5 Bxd5 34. Rdxd5 Ne6 35. Rg4 $18 Ra1+ 36. Kh2 Ra3 37. Re5 Ng7
(37... Rf6 38. Rxe6 Rxe6 39. Nf7#) 38. Re7 (38. Re7 Nh5 39. Nf7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Alekhine Memorial-01"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.10.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1956.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O (7. d5 $5) (
7. Bd2 $5 Bb7 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Ne4 10. Bxe4 Bxe4 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Qd6) 7...
Bb7 8. Na4 cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Bf4 (10. Re1 $5) 10... d6 (10... d5 11. c5 $14)
11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Nc3 (12. b4 $5 Nh5 13. Bd2) (12. h3 d5) 12... Re8 (12... d5 $5
) 13. h3 Nf8 (13... Rc8 $5) 14. d5 e5 (14... exd5 15. cxd5 a6 (15... Nxd5 16.
Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qxd5 $16) 16. Bc2 $14) 15. Bd2 N6d7 16. b4 Ng6 (
16... g6 17. g4 $1) 17. Rc1 Ndf8 (17... Nh4 $5) 18. Bc2 Bc8 19. Ne4 Nh4 (19...
f5 20. Ng3 e4 21. Nd4) 20. Nxh4 Bxh4 21. c5 $1 dxc5 22. bxc5 bxc5 (22... Qxd5
23. Nd6 {/\ Ne8, /\ Be4/}) 23. Nxc5 $16 Nd7 24. Ne4 (24. Ba4 Nxc5 25. Bxe8 Nd3
26. Bxf7+ Kxf7 27. Qf3+ Qf6 28. Qxd3 Bxf2+ 29. Kh1 Bxe1 30. Bxe1 $13) 24... Nf6
25. Be3 h6 $6 (25... Qxd5 $4 26. Nxf6+ $18) (25... Nxd5 26. Bc5 {/\ Nd6/}) (
25... Nxe4 $5 26. Bxe4 f5 27. Bc2 Be7) 26. Nc3 $1 Bg5 27. Nb5 Bxe3 (27... Nxd5
28. Bxg5 hxg5 29. Be4 Be6 30. Rc5) (27... a6 28. Nc7) 28. Rxe3 Rb8 (28... Qxd5
29. Nc7) (28... Nxd5 29. Rd3 Be6 30. Bb3) 29. Nxa7 Qxd5 30. Ba4 Qxd1+ 31. Rxd1
Rf8 32. Nxc8 Rfxc8 33. Rxe5 $18 Rc7 34. Bb5 g6 35. a4 Ra8 36. g3 Kg7 37. Kg2
Raa7 38. Rd6 Rc2 39. Rd4 Rac7 40. Re2 Rxe2 (40... R2c5 $5) 41. Bxe2 Ra7 42. Bb5
1-0

[Event "Moscow International-03"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1936.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1936.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 (4. Qc2 $142) 4... b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. f3 c5
7. Nge2 (7. a3 $6 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 {/\ Nc6-a5}) 7... Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 d5
10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 $10 (11. Qa4 $14 {/\ Bb5, Nd5}) 11... Qxd5 12. Bf4 Be7
$1 (12... O-O 13. Be4 Qd7 14. Qa4 Be7 15. Rac1 $36) 13. Rc1 Qd7 14. Be4 $6 (14.
Kh1 $1 O-O 15. d5 exd5 (15... Qxd5 16. Be4 $44) 16. Ng3 $14 (16. Nd4 Nxd4 $2
17. Rc7)) 14... Rc8 15. Qa4 f5 $1 16. Bd3 O-O (16... e5 $2 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 19. Bb5 $18) (16... a6 $2 17. Bxa6 Ra8 18. Bxb7 Rxa4 19. Bxc6 $18)
17. Bc4 (17. Rfd1 a6 $1 18. Bxa6 (18. Rd2 b5 19. Qd1 $15) 18... Ra8 19. Bxb7
Rxa4 20. Bxc6 Qa7 21. Bxa4 Qxa4 22. a3 $15) 17... Kh8 $1 18. Rfd1 Bf6 $6 (18...
a6 19. d5 exd5 20. Rxd5 Qe8 $10) 19. d5 exd5 20. Bxd5 Qe8 (20... Qe7 $2 21. Ng3
$16) 21. Nc3 Na5 22. Qxe8 (22. Bxb7 Qxa4 23. Nxa4 Nxb7 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rd7
Nd8 $1 26. Be3 (26. Rxa7 $2 b5 27. Nc3 Bd4+ $19) 26... Nc6 $10) 22... Rfxe8 23.
Bxb7 Nxb7 24. Rd7 (24. Rd5 $1) 24... Nc5 25. Rd5 (25. Rxa7 $4 Nd3 $19) 25...
Rcd8 26. Rcd1 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 g6 $10 {Ab hier waren beide Spielewr in Zeitnot.}
28. Kf2 Kg8 29. Be3 Ne6 30. g3 (30. Rd7 Re7 $1 $10 (30... f4 31. Bd2 Bd4+ (
31... Rd8 32. Rxd8+ Bxd8 $16) 32. Kf1 $16) 31. Nd5 $4 Bh4+ $19) 30... Rc8 (
30... Rd8 $10) 31. Rd6 $1 $14 Bxc3 32. bxc3 Nc5 33. Bd4 Rc7 34. Ke3 Kf7 35. Rd8
(35. Kf4 $1 Ne6+ {? Prins} (35... Ke7 36. Ke5 (36. Be5 Nd7 $10 (36... Ne6+ $4 {
= Prins} 37. Rxe6+ $145 $18)) 36... Nd3+ 37. Kd5 Rd7 $10 {Prins}) 36. Ke5 Nxd4
37. cxd4 $16) 35... Ne6 36. Ra8 (36. Rh8 $1 Nf8 37. Kf4 Rc4 (37... Ne6+ 38. Ke5
Nf8 39. Kd5 Re7 40. a4 $1 $16 (40. a4 $145 Re2 41. a5 bxa5 42. Bc5 Nd7 43.
Rxh7+ Ke8 44. Bd4 a4 45. Kd6 Nb6 46. Rh8+ Kf7 47. Rh7+ Ke8 $10)) 38. Kg5 Ra4 (
38... Rxd4 $2 39. cxd4 Kg7 40. Rxf8 Kxf8 41. Kf6 $18) 39. Kh6 (39. Be5 {
Prins /\ 40.Bd6} Rxa2 40. h4 (40. Bd6 $4 Ne6+ 41. Kh6 Rxh2#) 40... Rd2 41. Kh6
a5 42. Bg7 Rd8 43. Bxf8 Rxf8 44. Rxh7+ Kf6 45. g4 fxg4 46. fxg4 a4 47. c4 a3
$19) 39... Rxa2 40. h4 Rg2 {Capablanca} (40... f4 {Prins} 41. Bg7 (41. g4 Rh2
42. h5 gxh5 43. g5 h4 44. Bg7 Nd7 45. Rxh7) 41... Nd7 42. Rxh7 fxg3 43. Be5+
Ke6 44. Bxg3 Rg2 45. Bc7 a5 46. Rh8 Ne5 47. Ra8 $10) 41. Bg7 Ne6 42. Rxh7 $16)
36... Nxd4 37. Kxd4 Ke6 38. a4 Kd6 39. Re8 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamburger SK im HSV"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1985.11.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cordes, Hans Joerg"]
[Black "Schulte, Oliver"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1985.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Bb7 8.
Bd3 f5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 Qh4 11. f3 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Nc6 13. Rab1 Na5 14. c5 Bc6
15. c4 Nb7 16. e4 Qf6 17. Be3 Rae8 18. a4 d6 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Rfe1 f4 21. Bf2
e5 22. a5 exd4 23. axb6 axb6 24. Rxb6 Rc8 25. Qb2 Nc5 26. Bxd4 Qh4 27. Bf2 Qg5
28. Qd4 Nd7 {[#]} 29. Qxd6 $16 (29. Rxc6 $1 $18 Rxc6 30. e5 Nxe5 31. Qd5+ Kh8
32. Rxe5 Qxe5 33. Qxc6 $18) 29... Rf6 30. Qe7 (30. Rxc6 Rxd6 31. Rxc8+ Kf7 32.
Be2 $16) 30... Nxb6 31. Bxb6 Re8 32. Qc7 Rg6 33. Bf1 h5 34. Rd1 h4 35. Rd6 (35.
h3) 35... Rxd6 36. Qxd6 Bb7 (36... Qf6 37. Qxf6 gxf6 38. Bc7 Ra8 39. Bxf4 $14)
37. c5 $16 Kh7 38. Qd7 (38. c6 Bc8 39. c7 $18) 38... Re7 {[#]} 39. Bd8 $4 (39.
Qd6 $16) 39... Qxc5+ $19 0-1

[Event "Vidmar Memorial-05"]
[Site "Bled/ Portoroz"]
[Date "1979.06.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1979.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. O-O $1 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 O-O 9. Ne1 f5 (9... Qh4 10. f3 $16) 10. f3 Nf6 11. Nc2 c5 12. Bd2 Qe7 13.
Qe2 d6 14. e4 fxe4 15. fxe4 Nc6 (15... e5 16. Ne3 $1 {/\ Nf5}) 16. Bg5 cxd4 17.
cxd4 Rae8 18. Rae1 Qd8 19. Qd1 (19. e5 $6 dxe5 20. dxe5 (20. Bxh7+ $6 Kxh7 21.
Bxf6 Rxf6 $1 22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. Qh5+ Kg8 $13) 20... Nxe5 21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Qxe5
Ng4 $1) 19... e5 20. d5 Nb8 (20... Ne7) 21. Ne3 Bc8 22. Qa4 $1 Re7 23. Bxf6
Rxf6 24. Rxf6 gxf6 25. Be2 $1 Rg7 26. Qd1 Qc7 (26... f5 $5 27. exf5 Nd7 28. Bf3
$16) 27. Bg4 Bxg4 28. Nxg4 Qxc4 $6 (28... Nd7 29. Nh6+ Kh8 30. Nf5 $16) 29.
Nxf6+ Kh8 30. Qh5 Qc5+ 31. Kh1 Qc8 32. Ne8 $1 Qc3 (32... Rg6 33. Nxd6 $1 Qc3
34. Qxe5+ Qxe5 35. Nf7+ $16) 33. Rf1 Rg6 34. Qf5 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-03"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "1955.08.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1955.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Keres} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O O-O
8. Na4 cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 (9... d5 10. c5 bxc5 11. a3 c4 12. axb4 cxd3 13. Qxd3
Nbd7 14. Bf4 Nb6 15. Nc5 $16 {Alatortsev-Moiseyev, 1954}) 10. Bf4 (10. Re1)
10... Ne4 11. Nc3 d5 12. cxd5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qxd5 $2 (13... exd5 $142) 14. Re1
Nc6 (14... Qh5 15. Re5) 15. Rb1 Rfd8 (15... Qxa2 16. Re2 Qd5 17. c4 Qd7 18. d5
exd5 19. cxd5 Na5 $13) 16. Rb5 Qxa2 $1 (16... Qd7 17. Rh5 g6 18. Rh3 {/\ 19.Ng5
}) 17. Re2 Qa3 18. Qb1 Qxc3 19. Rb3 $22 (19. Bxh7+ Kf8 20. Re3 Nxd4 21. Rxc3
Ne2+ 22. Kh1 (22. Kf1 Nxc3 23. Qb2 Rac8 $17) 22... Nxc3 23. Qb3 (23. Qb2 $1 $16
) 23... Rd1+ 24. Ng1 Rad8 25. Bc2 Rxg1+ 26. Kxg1 Ne2+ 27. Kf1 Nxf4 $44) 19...
Qa5 20. Rb5 Qc3 21. Rb3 Qa5 22. Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Na4
cxd4 9. a3 Be7 10. exd4 d6 11. Re1 (11. b4 Nbd7 12. Bb2 a5 $10) 11... Nbd7 12.
Nc3 (12. b3 d5 13. Bb2 (13. Nc3 $142) 13... Rc8 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. Nc3 Qf4 16. Ne5
dxc4 17. bxc4 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Ng4 19. g3 Qf3 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Qxd5 22. Rad1
Qb3 23. Qe4 g6 24. Bc1 Nxe5 25. Qxe5 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Qxd3 $15 {Ehlvest,J-Aseev,K/
URS-ch51 Lvov 1984}) 12... d5 13. b3 $5 {N} (13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bd2 (14. Nxd5
Bxd5 15. Bf4 Nf6 $10) 14... Rc8 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Ba6 Ra8 17. Rc1 {1/2-1/2
Gulko,B-De Firmian,N/USA-ch 1988}) 13... Rc8 14. Bf4 $5 Nb8 (14... Nh5 15. Be3
Qc7 16. Nb5 Qb8 17. Ne5 Nhf6 18. Bf4 $16) (14... Ba6 $5 15. cxd5 (15. Qe2 Nh5
16. Bd2 (16. Be3 Qc7 17. Nd2 dxc4 18. bxc4 Nf4 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 $15) 16... dxc4
17. bxc4 Qc7 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 g6 20. Nb5 Qd7 $15) 15... Rxc3 16. Bxa6 Nxd5
$10) 15. Ne5 Nc6 16. Nb5 $1 a6 (16... dxc4 17. bxc4 a6 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Nc3 (
19. Na7 $2 Rc7 20. Bxc7 Qxc7 21. c5 bxc5 $19)) 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Nc3 {><a6} Rc8
19. Qd2 Re8 20. h3 h6 21. Be5 Bd6 (21... dxc4 22. bxc4 Nd7 23. Bf4 (23. Bg3 $2
Bf6 24. Qe3 Nc5 $17 (24... b5 $17)) 23... Bf6 24. Be3 e5 25. d5 e4 26. Bf1 b5
27. Bd4 bxc4 28. Rab1 Ba8 29. Rxe4 Rxe4 30. Nxe4 Bxd5 31. Bxf6 Nxf6 32. Nxf6+
gxf6 33. Qxh6 $14) 22. cxd5 Nxd5 (22... exd5 $5 23. Bf5 (23. b4 Bxe5 24. dxe5
d4 25. Na4 Nd7 26. Bf5 Bc6 27. Nb2 g6 $132) 23... Rc7 24. Bxd6 (24. Bxf6 Rxe1+
25. Rxe1 Qxf6 26. Re8+ Bf8 $10) 24... Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Qxd6 $10) 23. Nxd5 exd5
24. Qf4 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Rc3 26. Qd4 Qc7 {/\Qc5} 27. b4 $14 a5 28. Re3 Kf8 29. Kh2
Bc8 30. f4 g6 31. Bb5 (31. Qxd5 Bb7 32. Qa2 Rd8 33. Qe2 axb4 34. axb4 Rd4 $10)
31... Rxe3 32. Qxe3 Rd8 33. Rc1 d4 34. Qxd4 $2 (34. Rxc7 dxe3 35. bxa5 bxa5 36.
Kg3 Be6 37. Kf3 Rd2 $132) (34. Qd2 $1 Qa7 (34... Qe7 35. bxa5 bxa5 36. Qxa5 $16
) 35. Rc6 {/\Rd6} (35. Rc4 $2 d3 36. Rc3 Bf5) 35... Ba6 36. Bxa6 Qxa6 37. Rd6
Rxd6 38. exd6 $16) 34... Rxd4 35. Rxc7 Be6 36. bxa5 bxa5 37. Ra7 (37. Kg3 g5 (
37... Rd2 38. Ra7 Bd5 39. Bf1 $16) 38. fxg5 hxg5 39. Ra7 Rd5 40. Rxa5 Rxe5 $14)
37... Rxf4 38. Rxa5 Bd5 39. Be2 Rf2 40. Rxd5 Rxe2 41. a4 Ra2 42. a5 Ke7 43. Kg3
Ke6 44. Rc5 Kf5 45. Kf3 Ra3+ 46. Ke2 Ra2+ 47. Kd3 Rxg2 $10 48. Kc4 Ra2 49. Kb5
g5 50. a6 h5 51. e6+ Kxe6 52. Rxg5 f5 53. Rxh5 f4 54. Rh8 f3 55. Rf8 f2 56. h4
Kd5 57. Kb6 Rb2+ 58. Ka7 Ke4 59. h5 Ke3 60. h6 Rb1 61. h7 (61. h7 Rh1 62. Re8+
Kd2 63. Rf8 Ke2 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Kochyev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nge2 Bxg2 7. Rg1 Be4 (7...
Bf3 $5) 8. a3 Bxc3+ (8... Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bf8 10. e4 d6 11. Be3 c5 12. O-O-O Nc6
13. f4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 g6 16. Nb5 $36 {Purgin,N-Poluljahov,A/St.
Petersburg op 1993}) 9. Nxc3 Bg6 $6 (9... Bxd3 {>=} 10. Qxd3 Nh5 11. e4 Nc6 12.
Be3 d6 13. O-O-O Ne7 14. c5 g6 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Kb1 d5 17. f3 Qd7 18. Ne2 f5
19. e5 h6 20. h4 Kf7 21. Qd2 $44 {Dzindzichashvili,R-De Firmian,N/New York
CITS (10) ;CBM 52 1996}) 10. e4 d6 (10... d5 $2 11. Bg5 dxe4 12. Bxe4 c6 13.
Qf3 O-O 14. O-O-O Nbd7 15. Bxc6 Rc8 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. h4 h5 19.
Qxh5 Rxc4 20. Rd3 Rfc8 21. Qh6 Qd6 22. h5 $18 {Petrosian,K-Grathwohl,R/2.BL
9495}) 11. Bg5 e5 (11... Nbd7 12. f4 Bh5 13. Be2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 $36) 12. Bc2 {N}
(12. f4 $1 exf4 13. Nd5 c6 14. Nxf4 (14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Bxf4 $44 {Zsinka-Muse/
Budapest/1986}) 14... Nbd7 15. Qf3 Qc7 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17. h4 Rde8 18. Rde1 h6
19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nxg6 fxg6 21. Rxg6 c5 22. e5 $16 {Martynov-Bator/Slupsk 1989}
) 12... Nbd7 (12... O-O 13. Nd5 exd4 (13... Nbd7 14. Ba4 h6 15. Bh4 Bh5 16.
Bxd7 Bxd1 17. Bxf6 $18) (13... Nc6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. h4 $16) 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15.
h4 (15. Qxd4 Nd7 16. f4 Kh8 17. O-O-O $40) 15... c6 16. Nf4 $16) 13. Ba4 Rc8 {
/\c6} 14. Bc6 $1 h6 15. Bh4 Kf8 $1 (15... O-O $2 16. Nd5 $16) 16. Nd5 exd4 17.
Nxf6 (17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Nxf6 gxf6 19. Bxf6 Rg8 20. Qxd4 Qh3 21. O-O-O Re8 $132)
(17. Qxd4 $4 Ne5 $19) 17... Nxf6 18. Qxd4 Qe7 $1 (18... Kg8 19. f4 Kh7 20.
O-O-O $16 {->}) 19. O-O-O (19. f4 $2 Bxe4 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Bxe4 Re8 $17) (19.
f3 Bh5 (19... Qe5 20. Qxe5 dxe5 21. Bg3 $16) 20. f4 Qe6 $13) 19... Qe5 $8 20.
Qxe5 dxe5 21. f3 (21. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 22. Rd7 f5 (22... Kg7 23. Bb7 Rcd8 24. Rxc7
$16) 23. f3 $14 {/\Bb7}) 21... Bh5 22. Rd3 {/\Bg3} Ne8 23. Be1 Nd6 24. Bb4 a5
$1 (24... Rd8 25. c5 bxc5 26. Bxc5 a6 27. f4 $16) (24... g5 25. c5 bxc5 26.
Bxc5 a5 27. f4 $3 f6 (27... gxf4 $2 28. Rxd6 cxd6 29. Bxd6#) (27... exf4 28. e5
$16) 28. fxe5 fxe5 29. Rd5 $16) 25. Bc3 (25. Bxd6+ $2 cxd6 26. Rxd6 Ke7 (26...
Bxf3 27. Bd5 $44) 27. Rgd1 Rhd8 $15) 25... f6 26. c5 $1 bxc5 27. f4 $6 (27.
Bxa5 c4 (27... g5 28. Bd7 Rd8 $2 29. Rxd6 Ke7 30. Bg4 $18) (27... Be8 28. Bxe8
Nxe8 29. Rd7 $14) 28. Rc3 g5 29. Bd7 Rd8 30. Be6 Rh7 31. Bb4 $14) 27... Be8 (
27... exf4 $1 28. e5 Be2 29. Rh3 (29. Rd2 f3 $17) 29... Ne8 $17) 28. Bd5 exf4
29. e5 fxe5 30. Bxe5 Rh7 31. Bxf4 Bh5 $2 (31... g5 32. Be5 Re7 33. Rf1+ Nf7 $15
) 32. Rf1 $16 Ke7 $2 (32... Nf7 33. Be3 Re8 34. Bxc5+ Kg8 35. Bc4 $16) 33. Re3+
$18 Kd8 34. Bxd6 cxd6 35. Rf8+ Kc7 36. Re7+ 1-0

[Event "Sitges Sunway op 3rd"]
[Site "Sitges"]
[Date "2016.12.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lauber, Arnd"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2016.12.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Na4
d6 $5 {An interesting line, that GMs Yannick Gozzoli and Adrien Demuth
suggested me a couple of months before during the Baku Olympiad. Black keeps
the tension and get a perfect position besides a misplaced bishop on a5.
However, White cannot trap it and also has a useless knight on a4, that will
be exchanged whenever it goes back to c3.} 9. a3 Ba5 10. Rb1 Na6 11. b3 $5 {
Perhaps the best move.} (11. Ne1 {with the idea Nc2 looks logical, but Black
does not even need to give up the bishop pair, as Nc2 will be faced by ...Qd7.
Black's bishop still not in trouble.}) 11... Ne4 12. Bb2 $6 ({The critical
move is definitely} 12. d5 {after which the game is unclear and very
complicated, for example:} f5 13. b4 $1 (13. dxe6 Qe7 $132) 13... cxb4 14. axb4
Nxb4 15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Nd4 {and now the following sequence, given by the
engine, may just lead to equality:} exd5 17. Bd2 Nc6 18. Ne6 Qf6 19. Nxf8 Rxf8
20. cxd5 Ba6 $1 21. dxc6 Bxf1 22. Qb3+ Qf7 23. Qxf7+ Kxf7 24. Bxa5 Bd3 25. Rb2
bxa5 26. Rb7+ Ke6 27. Rxa7 Kd5 $11) 12... f5 13. d5 {Compared to 12.d5 Black
got an amazing improvement!} (13. Qe2 Qe8 $132) 13... Qe8 (13... exd5 $1 14.
cxd5 Qd7 $1 {was stronger:} 15. Ba1 (15. Qe2 Nc7 $17) 15... Rae8 $1 (15... b5
16. b4 $1 cxb4 17. Qe2 $1 {is tricky.}) 16. Qe2 Nc7 $17 {Black will eventually
play ...b5 in a much better version than the game.}) 14. Ba1 ({During the game
I was mostly calculating} 14. b4 {but it seems the complications are in
Black's favour:} cxb4 15. Nd4 (15. axb4 Bxb4 16. Nd4 exd5 17. cxd5 Nc7 18. Nc6
Bc5 $15) 15... bxa3 16. Bxa3 exd5 17. cxd5 Nac5 18. Nxc5 (18. Bb5 $6 Qg6 $17)
18... dxc5 19. Ne6 Bxd5 20. Nxf8 Nc3 21. Qc2 Nxb1 22. Rxb1 Qxf8 23. Bxf5 g6 $17
) 14... exd5 15. cxd5 (15. Qe2 $6 Nc7 $17) 15... b5 16. Qe2 Nc7 17. b4 bxa4 18.
bxa5 Bxd5 19. Bc4 {Black has an extra pawn, but White always has counterplay.
During the game I could not figure out a really good way to carry on, and I
still cannot find one now!} Qf7 (19... Bxc4 20. Qxc4+ d5 (20... Qf7 21. Qc2
Rab8 22. Qxa4 $132) 21. Qc2 c4 22. Rb7 $132) 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Qc2 Rae8 (21...
Rab8 22. Nd2 $132) 22. Nd2 Ndf6 {A sad move, but I could not find any better
one!} 23. a6 (23. Bxf6 {is just equal.}) 23... Qd5 24. Nc4 $5 {At this moment
I was no longer sure who was playing for a win, but probably both!} (24. Nxe4
Qxe4 25. Qd2 Qc6 26. Bxf6 (26. Rb7 Qxa6 27. Qd5+ $3 Kh8 28. Bxf6 {leads to the
game.}) 26... Rxf6 27. Rb7 Qxa6 28. Qd5+ Kh8 29. Rfb1 $44) 24... Qe6 25. f3 $5
Ng5 26. Rfd1 $6 {After this move Black gets the more pleasant position.} (26.
Rfe1 Nf7 27. Bxf6 Qxf6 28. Qd3 $44) 26... d5 27. Ne5 Rc8 (27... c4 28. Qxa4 (
28. Bd4 $6 Qxa6 29. Qxf5 Ne6 $15) 28... Nf7 29. Nxf7 Qxe3+ 30. Kh1 Rxf7 31. Bd4
$44) 28. Qxa4 (28. Rb7 Nf7 29. Nxf7 Rxf7 30. Bxf6 gxf6 (30... Qxe3+ 31. Qf2
Qxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Rxf6 33. Rxd5 Rxa6 34. Rxf5 $11) 31. Qd3 $11) 28... Nf7 29. Nxf7
Rxf7 $1 (29... Qxe3+ 30. Kh1 Rxf7 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Rxd5 $11) 30. Kh1 Nd7 $1
31. Rb7 Nb6 32. Qf4 Re8 33. Rb1 $2 (33. h3 $1 {was required, and after} Qxe3
34. Qd6 {I believe Black's position is too fragile to win.}) 33... Qxe3 34.
Qxe3 Rxe3 35. Rb8+ $2 (35. Kg1 Re8 $5 $17 (35... d4 {may not win:} 36. Rb8+ Rf8
37. Rb7 Rfe8 38. Rxa7 Re1+ 39. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 40. Kf2 Rxa1 41. Rb7 Na8 42. Rb8+ Kf7
43. Rxa8 Rxa3 44. a7 {followed by Rc8 was White should hold this endgame.}))
35... Rf8 36. Rb7 Rfe8 $1 37. Rxg7+ (37. Rg1 R8e7 $19) 37... Kf8 38. Rf1 $2 {
A blunder in time trouble.} (38. Rg1 R8e7 $1 $19 (38... Re1 $2 39. Rxa7 Rxg1+
40. Kxg1 Re1+ 41. Kf2 Rxa1 42. Rb7 $11)) 38... Re1 39. Kg1 Rxa1 40. Rxa7 Rxf1+
41. Kxf1 Re7 42. Rb7 Rxb7 43. axb7 Nd7 44. g4 fxg4 45. fxg4 Ke7 46. a4 Kd6 0-1

[Event "Leiden op-A 9th"]
[Site "Leiden"]
[Date "2015.07.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chatalbashev, Boris"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "Fischer,J"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2015.07.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bd3 f5 8. O-O
Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Nd2 Qh4 11. f3 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 d6 13. Rae1 Nd7 14. e4 f4 15.
Qa4 Qe7 16. g3 {A new attempt in a well-known variation that soon leads to a
curious and rarely seen pawn formation.} g5 17. h4 gxh4 18. gxf4 Kh8 19. Kf2 h3
20. Ke2 Rg8 21. Rh1 Rg3 22. Be3 Nf6 23. Bf2 $6 {This attempt to drive out the
black rook backfires.} ({Komodo recommends} 23. d5 {with an equal position.})
23... Nh5 $1 24. Bxg3 Nxg3+ 25. Ke3 Qh4 $1 {Black refrains from winning back
the exchange immediately and prefers to increase the pressure. The main threat
is ...Rf8.} 26. Qb5 {Hopes to transfer the queen to the kingside, but...} e5 $1
{Black prevents such ideas and now has a winning position.} 27. Qd7 ({After} 
27. dxe5 Rf8 {Black is winning, e.g.} 28. Be2 Qxf4+ 29. Kd3 Nxe2 30. Rxe2 Qxf3+
) 27... Qxf4+ 28. Kf2 Qd2+ $1 29. Be2 ({After} 29. Kxg3 Rg8+ {White has to
give his queen to avoid mate.}) 29... Nxe4+ 30. fxe4 Rf8+ 31. Kg3 Bc8 $1 0-1

[Event "Piatigorsky-Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Santa Monica"]
[Date "1966.08.15"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1966.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Na4
cxd4 9. exd4 (9. a3 Be7) 9... Be7 $8 (9... d5 10. c5 bxc5 11. a3 c4 12. axb4
cxd3 13. Nc5 $16 {Reshevsky}) (9... Ne4) 10. Re1 d6 11. b4 Nbd7 12. Bb2 Re8 13.
Nc3 g6 $10 14. d5 exd5 (14... e5 {Portisch-Spassky/Santa Monica/1966} 15. Nd2
Nh5 16. g3 {/\ Nb3, c5+/-}) 15. cxd5 {/\ Bb5, ><c6} a6 {/\ b5, Nb6=/+} 16. a4
Bf8 (16... Nxd5 $2 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxg6 Bxf3 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qxf3 $18 {
Najdorf}) 17. Rxe8 Qxe8 18. Qb3 Bg7 (18... Ne5 $142 19. Nxe5 dxe5 {Najdorf})
19. Re1 Qf8 20. Nd4 Re8 21. Rd1 $16 Bh8 22. Be2 Qh6 (22... Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd4
24. Bxd4 Bxd5 25. Qxd5 Rxe2 26. Be3 $1) 23. Bc1 Qh4 24. Nf3 (24. Nc6 $2 Nxd5
25. g3 Qh3 26. Bf1 Qe6 $17 {Reshevsky}) 24... Qh5 25. h3 {/\ Be3, Ng5} h6 (
25... Qf5 $2 26. Nd4 (26. g4 $2 Nxg4 27. hxg4 Qxg4+ 28. Kf1 Qh3+ $19 29. Ke1 (
29. Kg1 Bxc3 30. Qxc3 Rxe2 $19) 29... Qxf3) 26... Qe5 27. Nc6 Bxc6 28. dxc6 $18
{Reshevsky}) (25... Nxd5 $2 26. Ng5 Rxe2 27. g4 {Najdorf}) 26. Be3 {/\ 26.Ng5
Qh4 27.g3+-} Rxe3 27. fxe3 Ne5 28. Qc2 (28. Nxe5 Qxe5 29. Rd3 Qg3 $14) 28...
Nxf3+ 29. Bxf3 Qe5 30. Qd3 Nd7 31. Ne2 a5 {/\ Nc5} 32. Qe4 (32. bxa5 Nc5 33.
Qd2 bxa5 $14) 32... axb4 33. Rb1 (33. Qxe5 $143 Nxe5 34. Rb1 Nxf3+ 35. gxf3
Bxd5 36. Rxb4 (36. e4 Bc4) 36... Bxf3 37. Nd4 Bxd4 38. Rxd4 (38. exd4 Bc6 {
Reshevsky})) 33... Qxe4 34. Bxe4 Bc3 35. Nxc3 bxc3 36. Bc2 (36. Rc1 $143 Nc5)
36... Bxd5 37. Rd1 Bc6 (37... Nf6 38. Rd3 {Reshevsky}) 38. Rxd6 Ne5 39. Rd4 Kf8
{/\ f5} 40. e4 (40. Rb4 $2 Ke7 41. Rxb6 Kd6 {/\ Kc5<=>}) 40... Ke7 41. Kf2 Bd7
42. Rb4 Nc6 43. Rc4 (43. Rxb6 Nd4 44. Bd3 (44. Bd1 c2 45. Bxc2 Nxc2 46. a5 Nd4
47. a6 Nb5 48. Rb7 Ke6 49. a7 Nxa7 50. Rxa7 Bb5 $14) 44... Bxa4 {Reshevsky})
43... Kd6 44. Rxc3 g5 45. Rd3+ Ke7 (45... Kc7 46. Bb3 Ne5 (46... Na5 47. Bxf7
Bxa4 48. e5 $18) 47. Rd1 {/\ Ke3, Rf1+- Reshevsky}) 46. Bd1 Na5 47. Rd2 {
/\ 48.Rb2 Nc4 49.Rb4 Be6 50.Bb3+-} Nc4 48. Rd4 Ne5 49. Ke3 f6 50. Rb4 Kd8 51.
Be2 (51. Rxb6 $4 Nc4+) 51... Kc7 52. Bb5 Be6 53. Rd4 {/\ Rd1-f1} Bd7 54. Rd1 (
54. Rd1 Bxb5 55. axb5 Nc4+ (55... Nd7 56. Kd4 Kd6 57. Kc4+ Ke6 58. Rxd7 Kxd7
59. Kd5 $18) 56. Kd4 Nd6 57. Rb1 {/\ Kd5+- Reshevsky}) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-14b"]
[Site "Szirak"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O (6... Ne4 $5 7.
Qc2 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 f5 $13) 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 Be4 9. Ng5 $5 (9. Qc2) (9. c5 $5)
9... Bxd3 10. Qxd3 h6 11. Nh3 d6 {><c4} (11... d5 $2 12. f3 $16) 12. e4 Nbd7
13. f3 $2 (13. f4 e5 14. Bd2 $14) 13... Qc8 $1 {>< c4} 14. g4 $2 (14. f4) (14.
Nf2) 14... Qa6 $17 15. Bf4 (15. g5 hxg5 16. Nxg5 Nh7 $17) 15... d5 $1 16. Nf2
dxe4 17. fxe4 e5 $1 18. Bg3 (18. dxe5 Nc5 {/\ Nfd7-/+}) 18... Rfe8 19. Rfe1 Re6
20. Rab1 Rae8 (20... Rc6 21. c5) 21. Re2 Qb7 22. Rbe1 Rc6 23. c5 $6 (23. d5 Rd6
{/\ Nc5, Qa6-/+}) 23... bxc5 24. d5 Rb6 25. h4 $6 Qc8 $1 {>< g4} 26. Qf3 c4 $1
27. Kh1 Nc5 28. Rg1 Nh7 29. Qe3 Nd3 30. Nxd3 cxd3 31. Reg2 Rg6 32. Be1 Qa6 $1
$19 {/\ Rb8} 33. g5 $2 hxg5 34. hxg5 Rxg5 $1 35. Qh3 (35. Rxg5 Qh6+) 35... Qg6
36. Rg4 Rb8 37. Bd2 Rxg4 38. Rxg4 Qf6 39. Qxd3 Rb2 40. Rg2 Qh4+ 41. Kg1 Nf6 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 c5 9. Nd2 Nc6 10. Nb3 a5 $5 11. a4 (11. dxc5 a4 12. Nd4 bxc5 13. Nb5 Ne5
$10) 11... d6 12. f3 Rc8 13. Ba3 (13. e4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 {xc4}) 13... e5 14.
d5 Ne7 15. Nd2 Ne8 16. e4 Rb8 17. Qc2 Bc8 18. Rae1 Ng6 $2 (18... f5 19. exf5
Bxf5 20. Ne4 Qd7 (20... Nf6 21. Nxc5 $1) 21. f4 Ng6 (21... Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Nf6
$132) 22. fxe5 Nxe5 23. Nf6+ Nxf6 24. Bxf5 Qc7 $13) 19. g3 Bh3 20. Rf2 Qc8 21.
Bc1 Rb7 (21... f5 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Ne4 $16) 22. Kh1 Re7 23. Qb1 Qd8 (23... Rb7
24. f4 exf4 25. gxf4 Nf6 $14) 24. Nf1 Bd7 25. Bc2 (25. Rb2 Bxa4 26. Rxb6 $14)
25... Bc8 26. Bg5 (26. Ne3) 26... f6 27. Bd2 Ref7 28. Ne3 Ne7 29. f4 $2 f5 30.
fxe5 dxe5 31. exf5 Nd6 32. Ref1 (32. g4 g6 (32... Ba6 $13) 33. Ref1 gxf5 34.
gxf5 Kh8 $13) 32... Ba6 33. f6 (33. Bd3 Nxc4 $1) (33. Qb3 Nxc4 $1) 33... gxf6
34. Ng4 Nxc4 (34... Bxc4 35. Nh6+ Kg7 36. Nxf7 Rxf7 37. Re1 Bxd5+ 38. Kg1 $13)
35. Bc1 (35. Nh6+ Kg7 36. Bc1 (36. Nxf7 Qxd5+ 37. Be4 Nxd2 38. Bxd5 Nxb1 39.
Rxb1 Nxd5 $17) 36... Na3 $1 (36... Bb7 37. Be4 $14) 37. Bxa3 (37. Nxf7 Qxd5+
38. Be4 Nxb1 39. Bxd5 Nxd5 40. Bh6+ Kxf7 41. Rxb1 Rg8 $17) 37... Kxh6 38. Rd1
$13) 35... Kh8 36. Nh6 Rg7 37. Rxf6 Rxf6 38. Rxf6 Bb7 (38... Nxd5 39. Rf7 (39.
Rf3 Nxc3 40. Rxc3 (40. Qb3 Bb7 41. Qxc3 Qd4) 40... Bb7+ 41. Be4 Qd1+ 42. Kg2
Qe2+) (39. Nf7+ Rxf7 40. Rxf7 Nxc3 41. Rxh7+ Kg8 42. Qa1 (42. Bh6 Qd5+ 43. Kg1
Qd4+ 44. Kh1 Nxb1 45. Rg7+ Kf8 46. Rd7+ Ke8) 42... Qd5+ 43. Kg1 Qf3) 39... Nxc3
40. Bg5 $5 Qd5+ (40... Qa8+ 41. Kg1 Nxb1 (41... Ne3 42. Be4 Nxb1 (42... Nxe4
43. Qxe4 $1) 43. Bxa8 Rxf7 44. Nxf7+ Kg7 45. Nxe5 $13) 42. Bf6) 41. Be4 Qxf7 (
41... Rxf7 42. Bxd5 Nxb1 43. Nxf7+ Kg7) 42. Nxf7+ Rxf7 43. Qd3 Nxe4 $19) 39.
Be4 Nxd5 40. Rf3 (40. Nf7+ Rxf7 41. Rxf7 Nxc3 42. Rxh7+ Kg8 $19) 40... Nd6 (
40... Nxc3 41. Qd3 $1 (41. Rxc3 Qd1+ 42. Kg2 Qe2+) 41... Rd7 42. Nf7+) 41. Kg1
Nxe4 (41... Nxc3 42. Qxb6 Rxg3+ 43. Rxg3 Ne2+ 44. Kf2 Nxe4+ 45. Ke1 $18) 42.
Qxe4 Nf4 (42... Nf6 43. Rd3) (42... Nxc3 43. Qxe5 Qd1+ 44. Rf1 Ne2+ 45. Qxe2 $1
Qxe2 46. Rf8+) 43. Nf7+ $1 Rxf7 44. Qxe5+ Kg8 (44... Kg8 45. Rxf4 Qd1+ 46. Kf2
Qc2+ 47. Qe2 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. d4 b6 5. e3 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bd3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 f5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 Qh4 11. f3 Ng5 (11... Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Nc6 13. e4 (13.
g3 Qh3 14. e4 fxe4 15. Bxe4 Na5 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 17. Bf4 Nd6 18. Qa4 Rf7 19. Rae1
Qf5 20. Re3 Qg6 21. Bxd6 cxd6 22. Qa3 Qg5 23. f4 Qe7 24. h4 $14 {Petran-Toth/
Budapest/1968/1-0 (57)}) (13. Rab1 d5 (13... Ba6 14. Qa4 Bb7 15. Qc2 Rad8 16.
c5 d6 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Qb3 Rf6 19. e4 fxe4 20. fxe4 Rdf8 21. Rxf6 Rxf6 22. Rf1
Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Kf7 24. Kg1 $13 {Hoi-Olafsson,H/Randers zt/1982/0.5 (49)}) 14.
e4 fxe4 15. fxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Na5 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Rfe1 Rae8 19. Re4 Qd8 20.
Rbe1 Qd7 21. Rh4 g6 22. Rg4 Rf5 23. h4 Qf7 24. Rge4 $13 {Vladimirov,E-Kengis,E/
Pavlodar/1987/0.5 (43)}) 13... fxe4 14. fxe4 e5 15. c5 exd4 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17.
Qd5 dxc3 18. Bxc3 Qe7 19. cxb6 axb6 20. Rab1 d6 21. Rf5 Rab8 22. Rbf1 Rxf5 23.
exf5 $19 {McMahon,D-Emms,J/London LB (07)/1991/0-1 (23)}) 12. d5 (12. f4 Qg4
13. d5 Nf7 14. Ba3 d6 15. e4 exd5 16. cxd5 Nd7 17. c4 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Nf6 19. Bf5
Qh5 20. Bb2 Rae8 21. Be6 Bc8 22. Rae1 Bxe6 23. dxe6 Nh6 24. f5 $16 {Ivanov,
S-Frolov,A/Uzhgorod/1988/0.5 (61)}) 12... Nf7 13. f4 (13. Ba3 Re8 14. Rae1 Ne5)
13... Na6 14. Ba3 Rfe8 15. Rae1 c5 (15... Nc5 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17. Nb3 d6 18. dxe6
$16) 16. e4 (16. dxc6 Bxc6 $13) 16... Nc7 (16... fxe4 17. Bxe4 exd5 18. cxd5
Nc7 19. Nf3 Qh5 20. c4 $16) 17. Nf3 (17. dxe6 Nxe6 18. g3 Qh3 19. Re2 fxe4 20.
Bxe4 Nd6 $14) 17... Qh5 (17... Qxf4 18. dxe6 Nxe6 19. exf5 $14) 18. exf5 (18.
dxe6 Nxe6 19. g3 Nd6 $1) (18. e5 d6 (18... exd5 19. Bxf5 Rad8 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21.
Be4 $16) 19. dxe6 Nxe6 20. Bxf5 Nxf4 21. e6 Ne5 22. Nxe5 dxe5 $13) 18... exd5
19. Ne5 d6 $5 (19... dxc4 20. Be2 Qh6 21. Nxd7 Be4 22. Qd2 Nb5 23. Bc1 Nbd6 $14
) 20. Be2 Qh4 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Qd1 $1 Qf6 (22... Kg8 23. cxd5 $16) 23. Bh5+ g6
24. fxg6+ hxg6 25. Bg4 (25. f5 gxh5 26. Qxh5+ Kg8 $17) 25... Rxe1 26. Qxe1 dxc4
(26... Re8 27. Qg3 dxc4 28. f5 $16) 27. f5 g5 28. Bh5+ Kg7 29. Bc1 Rh8 30. Qe2
(30. Bxg5 Qxg5 31. f6+ Kh6 32. g4 Qe5 33. Qd2+ Kh7 $17) 30... Nd5 31. Qg4 Nxc3
32. Bxg5 (32. Bb2 $5 Qd4+ 33. Rf2 Kf8 34. Qxg5 Qxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Ne4+ 36. Kf1 Nxg5
37. Bxh8 $13) 32... Qd4+ 33. Qxd4+ (33. Kh1 Qxg4 34. f6+ Kf8 35. Bxg4 Ne4 $17)
33... cxd4 34. f6+ Kf8 35. Bg6 (35. g4 d3 36. Re1 Ne4 $17) 35... Be4 $1 36.
Bxe4 Nxe4 37. h4 Kf7 38. g4 c3 0-1

[Event "Bern zt"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rechlis, Gad"]
[Black "Brunner, Lucas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 f5 9. d5 $5 {N} (9. Ne1 O-O 10. f3) 9... Nc5 10. Ba3 Nba6 11. Re1 O-O 12.
e4 fxe4 13. Bxe4 Rf4 14. Bc2 Rxc4 15. Ne5 Rxc3 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qh5+ Kg8 18.
Bb2 Qf6 (18... Na4 19. Bxc3 Nxc3 20. Qf7+ Kh8 21. Re3 $18) (18... Rc2 19. Qf7+
Kh7 20. Re3 $18) 19. Bxc3 Bxd5 20. Ng6 Qxc3 21. Ne7+ Kf8 22. Nxd5 g6 (22...
exd5 23. Qh8+ Kf7 24. Qxa8 $18) 23. Qxg6 Qg7 (23... exd5 24. Qf5+ Kg8 25. Qxd5+
Kh8 26. Qxa8+ $18) 24. Nf4 Qxg6 25. Nxg6+ Kg7 26. Ne5 Nb4 27. Re2 d6 28. a3 $1
Nd5 29. Nc6 a6 30. Rf1 Rf8 31. g3 Nc3 32. Re3 Nd5 33. Re2 Nc3 34. Ree1 e5 35.
Kg2 Kf6 36. Re3 Nd5 37. Rf3+ Kg7 38. Rxf8 Kxf8 39. h4 a5 40. Kh3 Nc3 41. h5 Kg7
42. f4 e4 43. Nd4 Nd3 44. f5 Ne5 45. g4 e3 46. f6+ Kf8 47. g5 e2 48. Re1 c5 49.
Nxe2 Ne4 50. g6 Nxf6 51. Ng3 c4 52. Rf1 Kg7 53. Nf5+ Kg8 54. Kh4 c3 55. Nd4 Ne4
56. Ne6 Nd7 57. h6 c2 58. Rg1 Nef6 59. Rc1 Nc5 60. Rxc2 {Ftacnik,L} (60. Rxc2
Nxe6 61. Rc8+ Nf8 62. g7 N6h7 63. gxf8=Q+ Nxf8 64. h7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Dautov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O O-O
8. Bd2 (8. Na4 cxd4 9. exd4) 8... d5 9. cxd5 cxd4 10. exd4 Bxc3 $6 (10... Nxd5
11. Nxd5 (11. Rc1 {Dautov} Nc6 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Re4 Nce7 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Rh4
g6 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17. Ng5 Be7 18. Qg4 Ba6 19. Qh3 $40 {Yusupov-Ivanchuk/
Bruxelles m/8 /1991}) (11. Qe2) 11... Bxd2 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Qxd2 Bxf3 14. gxf3
Ra5 $44) 11. bxc3 Qxd5 12. Re1 (12. Qe2 $5) 12... Nbd7 (12... Ba6 $5) 13. Qe2 (
13. h3 $6 {Dautov} e5 $1 14. c4 Qd6 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxd3 17. exf6 Qg6
18. Qg4 Qxf6 $10 {Donner-Portish/Amsterdam/1967}) 13... Rfd8 (13... Qh5 {Dautov
} 14. a4 a6 15. Reb1 Rfd8 16. Be3 Be4 17. Bf4 Qf5 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Bd2 {
0,5/Reshevsky-Smyslov/SWZ ct/1953}) 14. a4 Bc6 (14... a6 $5 {Dautov}) 15. Qf1 (
15. a5 $6 {Dautov} b5) 15... Qd6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Ng4 $6 (17... h6 $1 18.
Qc1 (18. Qe2 {Dautov} Nd7 19. Re3 e5 20. Rg3 exd4 21. cxd4 Nf8 22. Qh5 Kh8 $14)
(18. f4 Ng4 19. Ree1 f5 20. Qe2 Re8 $132 {/\Nf6-e4}) 18... Ng4 19. Rh5 e5 20.
h3 e4 (20... exd4 $2 21. Bf4 Qd7 22. Bf5 $18) 21. hxg4 exd3 $10) 18. Rh5 Nf6 (
18... h6 19. Rh4 f5 20. f3 Nf6 21. Qe2 $14) 19. Rh4 e5 20. Be3 h6 (20... e4 {
Dautov} 21. Be2 Nd5 22. c4 Nxe3 23. fxe3 $14) (20... g6 {Dautov} 21. Qc1 Nd7
22. Bf1 $5 $14 {/\de5,Bd4,/^a1-h8}) 21. Qc1 $1 Kf8 (21... Nd5 22. Bxh6 $1 gxh6
23. Rxh6 Qe7 (23... f6 24. Rg6+ Kf7 25. Qh6 Ne7 26. Rg7+ Ke8 27. Bf5 $1 Nxf5
28. Qh8+ Qf8 29. Qh5+ $18) 24. Rh8+ Kxh8 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Bh7+ Kh8 27. Bg6+ Kg8
28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qh8#) (21... e4 22. Be2 $14 (22. Bxh6 exd3 23. Bxg7 Nh7 $1))
22. dxe5 $1 (22. Bxh6 gxh6 23. Qxh6+ Ke7 24. Re1 Nd7 $13) 22... Qxe5 (22...
Qxd3 23. exf6 $40) 23. Bd4 Qd5 (23... Qg5 24. Qxg5 hxg5 25. Rh8+ Ke7 26. Rxd8 (
26. Re1+ Kd6 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Re5 Re8 $1 $10) (26. Rh3 $5 $14 {/\a5}) 26...
Rxd8 27. a5 $16 (27. a5 {Dautov} Rd6 28. axb6 axb6 29. Rb1 Nd7 30. Bf5 g6 31.
Bxd7 Bxd7 32. Bxb6 $14)) 24. Bf1 Rd6 (24... Ne4 $4 {Dautov} 25. Bxg7+ $1 $18)
25. a5 (25. Rxh6 $2 gxh6 26. Qxh6+ Ke7 27. Re1+ Ne4) (25. c4 Qxd4 (25... Qe6
26. c5) (25... Qg5 26. Qxg5 hxg5 27. Rh8+ Ke7 (27... Ng8 $2 28. Bb2 $1 $16))
26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. a5 $16) 25... Ne4 $6 (25... b5 26. Qa3 (26. c4 bxc4 27. Qa3
Ke8 28. Qg3 $40) 26... Ke8 27. Re1+ $40) 26. Rg4 $2 (26. Qa3 $1 Nc5 (26... Nd2
27. Rd1 Nc4 28. Bxg7+ Kxg7 29. Rxd5 Nxa3 30. Rxd6 $18) (26... Ng5 27. c4 $1 Qe6
28. Re1 Qg6 29. Kh1 $16) (26... Rad8 27. axb6 axb6 (27... Nd2 28. Rg4 $16) 28.
Rxe4 Qxe4 29. Bxb6 $16 (29. Bxb6 {Dautov} Kg8 30. Bxd8 Rxd8 31. c4 $16)) 27.
Rd1 Kg8 28. Bxc5 Qxd1 29. Bxd6 Bb5 30. c4 $18) (26. axb6 $5 {Dautov} axb6 (
26... Ng5 27. c4 Nf3+ 28. Kh1 Qf5 29. Rf4 Qh5 30. gxf3 $18) 27. Rxa8+ (27. Bxb6
$2 Rxa1 28. Qxa1 Nd2 29. Rd4 $2 Nf3+ 30. gxf3 Qxf3 $19) 27... Bxa8 28. Qa3 Nc5
(28... Ng5 29. c4 $18) (28... Nd2 29. Rh5 $1 Qxh5 (29... Qc6 30. Be5 $18) 30.
Qxd6+ Kg8 31. Qb8+ Kh7 32. Qxa8 Nxf1 33. Qe4+ f5 34. Qe5 $18) 29. Bxg7+ $1 Kxg7
30. Rd4 Qc6 31. Rxd6 Qxd6 32. Qxa8 $16) 26... g5 $1 27. axb6 axb6 (27... f5 28.
Rxe4 fxe4 29. Rxa7 $16) 28. Rxa8+ Bxa8 29. Qa3 Qa5 $1 (29... f5 30. Rxe4 fxe4
31. Bc4 $1 Qxc4 (31... Qc6 32. Be5) 32. Qxd6+ Kf7 33. Qd7+ $18) (29... Nc5 30.
h4 $40) 30. Qxa5 bxa5 31. f3 f5 32. fxe4 Rxd4 (32... fxg4 33. Bc5 Ke7 34. e5
$18) 33. cxd4 fxg4 34. Bd3 $6 (34. d5 $1 Ke7 35. Bb5 (35. Kf2 {Dautov} Kd6 36.
Ke3 Kc5 $10) 35... Kd6 36. Kf2 Bb7 37. Ke3 Ke5 38. g3 h5 39. Be8 Bc8 40. Bxh5 (
40. Bg6 a4 41. Kd3 h4 42. Kc4 a3 43. Kb3 Bb7 44. Kxa3 Bxd5 45. exd5 Kxd5 46.
Bf5 Kd4 47. Bxg4 hxg3 48. hxg3 Ke3 49. Bd1 g4 50. Bxg4 Kf2 $10) 40... a4 41.
Kd3 a3 42. Kc3 Kxe4 43. d6 Ke5 $10) 34... a4 (34... Ke7 $2 {Dautov} 35. Kf2 a4
36. Ke3 $18) 35. d5 Ke7 36. Kf2 Kd6 37. Ke3 a3 38. Bb1 g3 $6 (38... Ke5 39. g3
h5 40. Kd3 h4 41. Kc4 a2 42. Bxa2 Kxe4 43. d6 Bc6 $10) (38... Kc5 {Dautov} 39.
Ba2 Bb7 40. g3 $1 $18 {/\Kd3-c3}) 39. hxg3 (39. h3 $5 {Dautov} Kc5 40. Ba2 (40.
Kf3 Kc4 41. Ba2+ Kd4 $1) 40... Bb7 $10) 39... Ke5 40. Kd3 Bb7 41. Kc4 Bc8 (
41... h5 $1 42. Kc5 (42. Kb3 Ba6 (42... h4 {Dautov} 43. gxh4 gxh4 44. Kxa3 Bxd5
(44... Ba6 $10) 45. exd5 h3 46. gxh3 Kxd5 47. h4 Ke6 $10) 43. Kxa3 Bf1 44. Kb4
Bxg2 45. Kc5 h4 46. d6 Bh3 47. gxh4 gxh4 48. Bd3 Be6 $10) 42... h4 43. d6 Bc8
44. Kc6 h3 45. gxh3 Bxh3 46. d7 Bxd7+ 47. Kxd7 g4 48. Ke7 a2 49. Bxa2 Kxe4 $10)
42. Kb4 Bg4 $2 (42... Kd6 $1 43. Kxa3 Ba6 44. Kb4 Bf1 45. Kc3 Ke5 46. Bd3 Bxg2
47. Kc4 h5 48. Kc5 h4 49. d6 Bh3 50. gxh4 gxh4 51. Bf1 Bd7 52. Bg2 h3 53. Bh1
Be8 54. Bf3 Kf4 $10) (42... h5 {Dautov} 43. Kxa3 Ba6 44. Kb4 Bf1 45. Kc5 Bxg2
46. d6 (46. g4 Bf3 $1) 46... Bh3 47. Kc6 (47. Bd3 Bd7 48. Be2 h4 49. gxh4 gxh4
50. Bf3 h3 $10) 47... h4 48. gxh4 gxh4 49. Bd3 Be6 50. Bc4 h3 (50... Bg4 $2 51.
Be2 $1 Be6 52. Bf3 $18) 51. Bxe6 h2 52. d7 h1=Q 53. d8=Q Qxe4+ $10) 43. Kxa3
Be2 44. Kb4 Bf1 (44... Kd6 45. Kc3 Ke5 46. Bd3 $18) 45. Kc5 Bxg2 46. Bd3 $1 (
46. d6 Bh3 $10) 46... Bf3 (46... h5 47. g4 (47. Be2 $1 Bxe4 48. d6 Ke6 (48...
Bf5 49. Bxh5 Bd7 50. g4 $1 Ba4 51. Bg6 Bd7 52. Bf5 Bxf5 53. gxf5 g4 54. d7 g3
55. d8=Q $18) 49. Bxh5 Bf5 50. Kc6 g4 51. Bg6 Bxg6 52. d7 $18) (47. d6 {Dautov}
Bh3 48. Kc6 h4 49. gxh4 gxh4 50. Bf1 Be6 51. Bg2 $18) 47... Bf3 48. gxh5 Bxh5
49. d6 Be8 $10) 47. d6 Bg4 48. Kc6 Bc8 49. Kc7 Be6 50. Bc4 Bg4 51. Be2 Be6 52.
Bf3 g4 53. Bg2 h5 54. d7 1-0

[Event "Gausdal Jubilee"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ogaard, Leif"]
[Black "Karlsson, Lars"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Gagarin,V"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1982.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Na4
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 (9... Re8 $5 10. a3 Bf8 $13) 10. Re1 d5 $2 (10... Qc7 11. Bg5
h6 12. Bh4 d6 13. Nc3 Re8 14. Rc1 Nbd7 15. d5 $14 {Panno,O-Sanguinetti,P/Mar
del Plata/1957/}) (10... Re8 11. Bg5 (11. a3 d6 12. b4 Nbd7 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. Nc3
g6 15. Bf1 $14 {Polugaevsky,L-Seirawan,Y/Toluca izt/1982/1:0/49/}) 11... d6 12.
Nc3 Nbd7 13. b4 g6 14. a3 Rc8 15. Rc1 $14 {Taimanov,M-Gheorghiu,F/Skopje ol/
1970/1:0/35/}) (10... d6 11. b4 (11. Bf4 $5 Nbd7 12. Rc1 (12. Nc3 $14) 12...
Rc8 13. Nc3 $14) 11... Nbd7 12. Bb2 Re8 (12... a5 13. b5 $14) 13. Nc3 Bf8 (
13... g6 14. d5 $1 exd5 15. cxd5 a6 16. a4 Bf8 17. Rxe8 Qxe8 18. Qb3 $16 {
Reshevsky,S-Najdorf,M/Santa Monica/1966/1:0/54/}) (13... Rc8 14. Nd2 Qc7 15. a4
e5 16. d5 a5 $14 {Taimanov,M-Lisitsyn,G/URS/1955/}) 14. d5 e5 (14... exd5 15.
Rxe8 Qxe8 16. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 17. cxd5 $14 {Taimanov}) 15. Nd2 g6 16. Nb3 Nh5 17.
g3 Ng7 18. c5 $1 $14 {Portisch,L-Spassky,B/Santa Monica/1966/1/2-1/2/32/}) 11.
c5 Ne4 (11... bxc5 12. Nxc5 Qb6 13. b4 $1 Nc6 14. a3 a5 15. Nxb7 Qxb7 16. b5
Nb8 17. a4 $16 {Adler,J-Zuber,M/Bern/1994/1:0/31/}) 12. b4 Nd7 13. Bf4 $1 $16 (
13. Bb2 a6 14. Qe2 Bf6 15. Rec1 Bc6 $14 {Panno,O-Mangini/Rio de Janeiro/1957/})
13... Rc8 (13... a6 $5 14. cxb6 Nxb6 (14... Bxb4 15. Bc7 Bxe1 (15... Qe7 16.
Re2 $16) 16. Bxd8 Bxf2+ 17. Kf1 Rfxd8 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Kxf2 exf3 20. gxf3 Bc6
21. Rb1 Rab8 $16) 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Nc4 17. Qe2 $16) 14. Rc1 f6 $2 (14...
a6 $1 15. cxb6 Nxb6 (15... Bxb4 16. Bc7 Qe7 (16... Bxe1 17. Bxd8 Bxf2+ 18. Kf1
Rfxd8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Kxf2 exf3 22. Nc5 $18) 17. Re2 $16) (
15... Rxc1 16. Qxc1 Bxb4 (16... Nxb6 $4 17. Bc7 $18) 17. Bc7 Qe7 18. Re2 $16)
16. Nc5 $16) 15. Bb5 $1 e5 (15... Bc6 16. Ba6 Bxa4 (16... Ra8 17. b5 $18) 17.
Qxa4 $18) (15... a6 16. Bxd7 $18) (15... Nb8 16. Bxb8 Rxb8 17. c6 $18) (15...
bxc5 16. dxc5 $1 (16. bxc5 Bc6 $1 $14) 16... e5 (16... Bc6 17. Ba6 $18) 17. c6
$18) 16. c6 $1 exf4 17. Qb3 $1 {<-> d5} Nb8 18. cxb7 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Qd6 20. Nc5
$3 bxc5 (20... Kh8 21. Na6 Nxa6 (21... Rd8 22. Rc8 $18) 22. Bxa6 $18 {P c8})
21. bxc5 Qe6 (21... Qd8 22. c6 $18) 22. c6 Bd6 23. c7 Bxc7 24. Rxc7 g5 $6 25.
h3 h5 26. Bd3 $1 $18 g4 (26... Kh8 27. Bxe4 Qxe4 28. Rc8 Kg8 29. Qb4 $18) 27.
hxg4 hxg4 28. Ne5 $1 Ng5 (28... fxe5 29. Bxe4 $18) (28... Nxf2 29. Bh7+ $18)
29. Ng6 g3 (29... Qe1+ 30. Bf1 $18) (29... Re8 30. Nxf4 $18) 30. Qxd5 $1 Qxd5
31. Ne7+ Kf7 32. Nxd5+ Ke6 33. Nxf4+ Kd6 34. Rc8 Rf7 35. Rxb8 Kc7 36. Rd8 gxf2+
37. Kxf2 Kxb7 38. Rd6 Kc7 39. Ra6 Kb7 40. Ra5 Rd7 1-0

[Event "BLR-ch 71st"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2005.03.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lutsko, Igor"]
[Black "Dydyshko, Viacheslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Gavrikov,V"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2005.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Na4
cxd4 9. exd4 Re8 $5 {Preparing Bf8.} 10. Bg5 ({Black similarly has a good game
after} 10. a3 Bf8 11. b4 d6 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Nc3 a6 15. Bf1 Qc7 16.
Nd2 Qb8 17. Rb1 Qa8 18. f3 Rc7 {1/2-1/2 Izoria,Z-Tiviakov,S/Bled 2002/EXT 2003
(28)}) 10... h6 {In such positions it is very often preferable to clarify the
position of the white bishop immediately.} 11. Bh4 Be7 ({This seems to be a
more logical reply than the continuation} 11... Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nc6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6
14. Qxf6 gxf6 15. d5 Ne5 16. Be2 Rac8 17. a3 Bf8 18. Rac1 Ng6 19. dxe6 dxe6 20.
Rfd1 Red8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Kf1 $14 {1-0 Georgiev,V-Mikhalchishin,A/Bled 2002/
EXT 2003 (61) when White´s pawns majority on the queenside gave him better
chances.}) 12. Nc3 d6 13. Re1 Nbd7 14. Rc1 (14. Qe2 Nh5 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 16. Qe3
Nhf6 17. b4 Re8 18. Rad1 a6 19. Nd2 d5 {1/2-1/2 Gligoric,S-Portisch,L/Niksic
1978/MCL (19) does not give White anything.}) 14... Rc8 15. h3 a6 ({Another
possible reaction was} 15... d5 $5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Bg3 N7f6) 16. Bg3 Bf8 17.
a3 Rc7 18. b4 Qa8 19. c5 $6 ({Now Black seizes the strategical initiative, the
correct line was} 19. Re3 Rcc8 {with equality.}) 19... Rcc8 20. cxd6 Qb8 21.
Qe2 b5 22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxd6 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. Bb1 {Relocating the bishop
to a2 from where he controls the c4-square.} Rc7 26. Ba2 Rec8 27. Qd2 Rc6 28.
Kf1 Qc7 29. Rxc6 Qxc6 30. Ne5 Qd6 (30... Qc2 31. Qxc2 Rxc2 32. Re2) 31. Nf3 Rc6
32. Rc1 Qc7 33. Rxc6 Qxc6 34. Bb3 Nb6 35. Ne5 Qe4 36. Bc2 Qd5 37. Qc3 Nc4 38.
a4 ({Worse is} 38. Nxc4 bxc4) 38... g6 39. axb5 axb5 40. f3 $2 ({It was
essential to cover the h1-square by} 40. Kg1 Nxe5 $140 41. dxe5 Nd7 42. f4 g5
43. g3) 40... Nxe5 41. dxe5 Nd7 42. f4 Nb6 ({Black could punish White for his
mistake by} 42... g5 $1 43. g3 gxf4 44. gxf4 Qh1+ 45. Ke2 Qh2+ 46. Kd1 Qxf4 47.
Qc8+ Nf8 48. Qc5 Qf3+ 49. Kd2 Qxh3 50. Qxb5 Qg2+ 51. Kc3 h5 $17) 43. Kf2 Qa2
44. Qb3 Qa1 45. Bxg6 $5 Qd4+ 46. Kf3 Nd5 $1 ({Not} 46... fxg6 $2 47. Qxe6+ Kf8
48. Qf6+ Ke8 49. Qxg6+ Kd7 50. Qh7+) 47. Be4 Nc3 48. Bc2 $2 {A fatal blunder.}
({After} 48. Bb1 $1 {White would be able to save himself:} Qd2 (48... Nd5 49.
g3 Nxb4 50. Be4) 49. Qc2 Qe1 50. Qh7+ Kf8 51. Qxh6+ Ke8 52. Qh8+ Kd7 53. Qf6
Ke8 54. Qh8+ Kd7 55. Qf6 {with repetition of moves.}) 48... Qd2 49. g4 Nd5 ({
An easier win is} 49... Qe2+ 50. Kg3 Qe3+ 51. Kg2 Nd5 $1 52. Bd1 Nxf4+ 53. Kf1
Nd3 54. Qc2 Nxb4 (54... Qxh3+ 55. Qg2 Qh4) 55. Qg2 Nd5 56. Qf3 Qxe5) 50. Qd3
Qxf4+ 51. Ke2 Qxe5+ 52. Kd1 Kf8 53. Qd2 Kg7 54. Qd3 Qf4 55. Qh7+ Kf8 56. Bd3
Ke7 0-1

[Event "American Continental 3rd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2005.08.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Monier, Raul"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Gavrikov,V"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2005.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Bxc3 ({
An interesting alternative to the usual moves} 7... c5) ({and} 7... d5) 8. bxc3
d6 {Depending on White´s reaction Black is planning Nbd7 and e6-e5 or Ne4
followed by f7-f5.} 9. Nd2 ({The other moves to prepare e3-e4 are:} 9. Qe2 {
allows Black to exchange the bishops by} Be4 ({worse is} 9... Ne4 10. Ne1 $1 {
/\ f3}) 10. Bxe4 Nxe4 11. Qd3 f5 12. Ne1 Nc6 13. f3 Nf6 14. Nc2 {1/2-1/2 Norri,
J-Carlsen,M/Helsinki 2002/CBM 089 ext (94)} Qe8 {with comfortable play}) ({
after} 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. e4 e5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 {Black neutralizes the pin by}
Re8 13. Rae1 Nf8 14. Bg3 Ng6 15. Nh4 Nh5 16. Nxg6 fxg6 {1/2-1/2 Mueske,
M-Ambroz,J/Bad Ragaz 1992/TD (44) and had no any problems in}) (9. Re1 Ne4 10.
Nd2 f5 11. f3 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Nd7 13. Qc2 Nf6 (13... Qh4 $5) 14. a4 c5 15. a5 g6
16. Reb1 e5 {with blockade 1/2-1/2 Gulko,B-Beliavsky,A/Leningrad 1974/URS-ch 
(56)}) 9... e5 10. e4 Nc6 {Black prepares the manoeuvre Ne7-g6 intending to
reduce White´s active possibilities on the kingside.} 11. Bb2 $6 ({The bishop
has nothing to do here,but even after the logical} 11. Nb3 Ne7 12. f3 (12. Bg5
Ng6 (12... Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. dxe5) 13. Qf3 Re8 14. Rae1 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6
16. Qxf6 gxf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Chiburdanidze,M-Jenni,F/Lippstadt 2003/CBM 097 (39)}
) 12... Ng6 13. g3 Re8 14. Be3 c6 $5 15. d5 (15. a4 d5 $132) 15... Rc8 16. Qd2
Qc7 17. Rfc1 Ne7 (17... Ba6 $5 18. a4 cxd5 19. cxd5 Bc4 $13) 18. a4 Nd7 19. a5
Rb8 (19... f5 $5) 20. Bf1 c5 21. axb6 axb6 22. Bh3 Bc8 23. Ra3 Nf8 24. Bg2 f5 {
Black has a solid position , 1/2-1/2 Shariyazdanov,A-Pavlovic,M/Oberwart 2003/
CBM 095 ext (57)}) 11... Re8 {[%cal Ge5d4,Gc3d4,Gc6b4]} 12. Re1 Ne7 13. f3 Ng6
14. g3 (14. Nf1 $142) 14... c6 $1 {[%cal Gd6d5]} 15. Nf1 Qc7 16. d5 $6 ({
In case of} 16. Ne3 {White has to reckon with} d5 {, but the text weakens the
c5-square.}) 16... Nd7 $1 17. Ne3 Nc5 18. Bf1 Ne7 19. Ba3 cxd5 20. cxd5 Bc8 {
Black´s idea is to realize f7-f5.} 21. Qd2 f5 22. exf5 Nxf5 23. Nxf5 Bxf5 24.
c4 Rf8 25. Re3 Rf7 26. Bg2 Raf8 27. Rf1 Nb7 ({More precise looks} 27... Bd7 {
preventing f3-f4.}) 28. Qb4 $6 ({Missing the chance to create counterplay by} 
28. f4 Na5 29. Rc3 {and in the event of} Nxc4 30. Rxc4 $1 Qxc4 31. Bxd6 Rd8 32.
fxe5 {Black has nothing better than} Rxd6 33. exd6 Qc5+ 34. Kh1 Qxd6 {with
equality.}) 28... Qc8 $1 {[%cal Gf5h3]} 29. Rc1 $6 (29. f4 $2 Bh3) (29. Qa4
$142 Nc5 30. Qc6 {/\ Bxc5}) 29... Bh3 {After the exchange of light-squared
bishops the c4-pawn becomes more vulnerable.} 30. Qd2 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Rc7 32.
Rec3 Qd7 33. Qe3 Qa4 34. h4 $6 {[%csl Rg3]} h6 ({If} 34... Rfc8 {,then} 35. Qd3
Qa5 $140 36. Qf5) 35. Qd3 Rf6 36. R1c2 Nc5 37. Qe2 Qd7 $1 {[%mdl 32] Black
queen switches to the kingside for harassing opponent´s king.} 38. Bc1 (38.
Bxc5 $143 Rxc5 39. Qe4 Rf8 {followed by Rfc8.}) 38... Qf7 39. Ra3 $2 {A waste
of time.} ({White should have tried} 39. f4 {.}) 39... Qg6 {[%cal Gg6g2,Gg6c2]}
40. Be3 Nd7 $1 {The knight is aiming for f6.} 41. Rc1 $6 {White continues
underestimate the danger.} (41. Qd3) 41... Rf8 42. Rac3 $2 {A blunder which
makes White´s defensive task very difficult.} ({Also here correct was} 42. Qd3)
42... Nf6 {[%cal Gf6h5]} 43. Kh2 (43. Qc2 {is well met by} e4 44. Bd4 ({or} 44.
f4 Nh5 45. Qf2 Qg4 46. Kh2 g5 47. Rg1 Rg7 48. Qe1 gxf4 49. gxf4 Qf5 $17) 44...
Nh5 45. fxe4 Rf4 $1) 43... Rfc8 {[%cal Rf6d5]} 44. Bd2 (44. Qd2 Qh5 45. Kg2 e4
46. Bd4 exf3+ 47. Rxf3 Nxd5 $17) 44... e4 45. f4 $2 ({Perhaps White could have
offered more resistance by} 45. Kg2 exf3+ (45... Re7 $5) 46. Qxf3 Ne4 47. h5
Nxd2 (47... Qh7 48. R3c2 Nxd2 49. Rxd2 Rxc4 50. Re1 Rc2 51. Rxc2 Qxc2+ 52. Re2
Qb1 53. Rf2 Rc1 54. Kh2 $17) 48. hxg6 Nxf3 49. Kxf3 Rf8+ 50. Ke2 Rf6 51. Re3
Rxg6 52. Rcc3 {.}) 45... e3 $1 46. Be1 (46. Bxe3 Ne4 $19) 46... Re8 47. Qf3
Rce7 48. a4 e2 49. f5 Qf7 50. Kg1 h5 51. a5 Ng4 52. axb6 axb6 53. Qf4 (53. Qf4
Re4 54. Qf3 (54. Qxd6 Qxf5) 54... R4e5 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Dizdar, Goran"]
[Black "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Gavrikov,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Bb4 {Now game transposes to the
Nimzo-Indian Defence.} 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O c5 ({A solid alternative is} 7... d5
8. cxd5 ({or} 8. a3 Bd6 9. b4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. Bb2 a5 12. b5 e5 13. Re1
e4 14. Nd2 Qe7 15. Be2 Rad8 16. f4 (16. f3 Rfe8 17. fxe4 Nxe4 18. Ndxe4 Bxe4
19. Nxe4 Qxe4 20. Bf3 Qh4 21. g3 Qg5 22. Qe2 f5 $132) 16... Nd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5
18. Nc4 f5 19. Ne5 Qe6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Portisch,L-Huebner,R/Abano Therme 1980/
Candidates (44)}) 8... exd5 9. Ne5 Nbd7 ({Black can also play} 9... Bd6 10. f4
c5 11. Qf3 Nc6 12. Qh3 g6 13. Kh1 a6 $1 14. Bd2 b5 15. Rad1 cxd4 16. Nxc6 Bxc6
17. exd4 b4 18. Ne2 Bb5 19. f5 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Ne4 21. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 Sadler,
M-Kortschnoj,V/Tilburg 1998/EXT 99 (21)}) 10. f4 c5 11. Bd2 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4
13. Bc4 Bxd2 14. Qxd2 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Bd5 16. Ba6 Qe7 17. dxc5 {and now} Rfd8 $1
({dubious is} 17... Qxe5 $6 18. Rfd1 Bc6 19. Rac1 $1 Rab8 20. Qd6 $14 {1/2-1/2
Sadler,M-Polugaevsky,L/Hastings 1992/CBM 033 (54)}) 18. Qc3 bxc5 {with an
equal position.}) 8. Na4 cxd4 ({This usual reply is probably no stronger than
the continuation} 8... Qe7 9. a3 Ba5 10. Rb1 (10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Nxc5 Qxc5 12.
b4 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qe5 14. bxa5 Qxa1 15. Qxa8 Qc3 16. Rd1 Nc6 17. Qb7 Qxa5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Muir,A-Lukacs,P/Budapest 1995/EXT 97 (22)}) (10. b3 d5 11. cxd5 exd5
12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Rac1 Bc6 15. Nc3 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 a5 17. Bb2 Rfc8 18.
Ne5 Bb7 19. Rfd1 (19. Nxd7 $5 Qxd7 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Qh5) 19... Ndf6 20. f3 Nd6
$132 {0-1 Taimanov,M-Botvinnik,M/Moscow 1963/EXT 99 (41)}) 10... Rc8 11. Qe2 (
11. b3 d5 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. cxd5 Bxd5 $13 {0-1 Chabot,
R-Kortschnoj,V/Montreal 2004/CBM 101 ext (27)}) (11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Nxc5 Qxc5
13. b4 Qc7 14. bxa5 d6 $44) 11... Bc6 12. Bc2 (12. e4 d5 $1 (12... Bxa4 $2 13.
e5) 13. e5 (13. Bg5 $2 {1-0 Georgiev,V-Hauchard,A/Chalkidiki 2002/CBM 092 (48)}
dxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe7 Nc6 $17) 13... dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nd5 15.
Bxd5 Bxd5 16. dxc5 bxc5 $132) 12... d5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Ne5 (14. dxc5 bxc5 15.
b4 $6 cxb4 16. Bd2 b3 $1 {0-1 Lautier,J-Gelfand,B/Bad Godesberg 1997/CBM 058/ 
(33)} 17. Bxb3 $140 Qxa3) 14... Be8 15. Qd1 {0-1 Ageichenko,G-Izoria,Z/Moscow
1998/EXT 2000 (47)} {and after} Nbd7 {Black has no any problems.}) 9. exd4 ({
Less precise is} 9. a3 Be7 10. exd4 {because of} Qc7 $1 11. b4 (11. Nc3 $143 d5
12. cxd5 Nxd5) 11... a5 $5 (11... Ng4 12. g3 f5 13. Nc3 a6 14. Re1 Nc6 15. Bf1
Nd8 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Bg2 Nf7 19. c5 Qc7 $13 {0-1 Botvinnik,
M-Bronstein,D/Moscow 1951/MainBase (39)}) 12. b5 d6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bb2 (14.
Bf4 Nbd7 15. Rc1 Qd8 16. Nd2 Rc8 17. Nb3 Bf8 18. h3 e5 19. Bg5 g6 20. Bf1 h6
21. Be3 exd4 22. Qxd4 {1-0 Ibragimov,I-Wells,P/Ubeda 1996/CBM 051 ext (51)} Ne4
$1 $132) 14... Nbd7 15. Rc1 Bf8 16. Nc3 g6 {1/2-1/2 Portisch,L-Smyslov,V/Mar
del Plata 1966/MCD (25) with comfortable position for Black.}) 9... Re8 ({
More popular is} 9... Be7 10. Re1 d6 11. b4 Nbd7 (11... a5 $5 12. b5 Nbd7 13.
Ba3 Rc8 14. Rc1 Re8 15. Nd2 e5 {1/2-1/2 Gheorghiu,F-Spassky,B/Palma de
Mallorca 1968/MCD (15)}) 12. Bb2 {when in my view Black must react with} a5 $5
(12... Re8 $143 13. Nc3 Bf8 14. d5 exd5 15. Rxe8 Qxe8 16. Nxd5 $5 (16. cxd5 a6
{1/2-1/2 Gheorghiu,F-Spassky,B/Moscow 1967/MCL (16)}) 16... Nxd5 17. cxd5 $14)
13. a3 axb4 14. axb4 b5 $5 (14... Re8 15. Nd2 e5 16. Nb3 exd4 17. Nxd4 Bf8 {
0-1 Lerner,K-Polugaevsky,L/Moscow 1983/URS-ch (59)} 18. Rxe8 Qxe8 19. Nb5 Qc8
$13) 15. cxb5 Nb6 16. Nd2 Nfd5 17. Qb3 Nxa4 18. Rxa4 Qb6 19. Rea1 Rxa4 20. Rxa4
Nf4 21. Bf1 Bf6 $44 {1/2-1/2 Lein,A-De Firmian,N/Estes Park 1986/CBM 003 (50)})
10. a3 (10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Be7 $1 12. Re1 d6 13. Nc3 Nbd7 14. Qe2 {allows
Black to exchange the dark-squared bishops-} Nh5 $1 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Gligoric,S-Portisch,L/Niksic 1978/MCL (19)}) 10... Bf8 11. Bg5 $5 ({This move
is better that the immediate} 11. b4 {which can be met by} a5 $5 12. b5 d6 13.
Re1 Nbd7 14. Bb2 Rc8 15. Rc1 Rc7 16. Bb1 Qa8 17. d5 e5 $5 (17... exd5 18. Bxf6
Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Nxf6 20. Nxb6 Qa7 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. cxd5 Bxd5 $13) 18. Bf5 Qd8 {
1-0 Azmaiparashvili,Z-Kengis,E/Jurmala 1983/MCL (42) and Black´s chances are
preferable.}) 11... h6 12. Bh4 d6 ({In my opinion was more logical to
neutralize the pin by} 12... Be7 $1 {reserving the possibilities a7-a5,d7-d5
and Nf6-h5,for example:} 13. b4 (13. Nc3 d5) (13. Re1 Nh5 14. Bxe7 Rxe7 15. Nc3
(15. d5 exd5 16. Rxe7 Qxe7 17. cxd5 Nf4 18. Bc4 Qe4 19. Rc1 Na6 $1 $132) 15...
Nf6 16. b4 a5 $11) 13... a5 14. c5 (14. b5 d6) 14... axb4 15. axb4 bxc5 16.
dxc5 d6 17. Bb5 Rf8 $1 (17... Nc6 $143 18. Rc1 dxc5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qb3 $5
$36) 18. Qe2 Nd5 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 {with equality.}) 13. Re1 Nbd7 14. Nc3 Rc8 $6 ({
Also here the correct plan is} 14... Be7 $1 15. b4 Nh5 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Nd2 (
17. Nb5 Ndf6) (17. d5 exd5 18. Rxe7 Qxe7 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Nf4 21. Bb5 Ne5
$132) 17... Nf4 18. Bf1 a5 $1 ({worse is} 18... Nf6 $6 19. Nb3 {/\ a4-a5}) 19.
Qg4 Ng6 20. Qg3 Nf6 21. Nb5 Rd7 22. Nb3 axb4 23. axb4 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Ne7 {
and Black´s position is perfectly playable.}) 15. b4 a6 16. Rc1 Rc7 $2 ({
Black missed his last chance to play} 16... Be7 $1 17. Nd2 e5 18. Nb3 a5 $5 {
and is soon in difficult situation without counterplay.}) 17. Nd2 Qa8 18. Bf1
g6 19. Nb3 {Planning a4-a5.} Bg7 ({After} 19... Rec8 20. Qd2 Bg7 21. f3 e5 {
1/2-1/2 Petersen,F-Portisch,L/Halle 1967/EXT 2000 (34)} {strong is} 22. Bxf6 $1
Bxf6 (22... Nxf6 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. Rxe5) 23. dxe5 Nxe5 (23... Bxe5 24. f4 $1 (
24. Qxh6 $6 b5) 24... Bxc3 $140 $2 25. Rxc3 d5 26. f5 $1 $40) 24. Qxd6 Rc6 25.
Qd1 $16 {followed by Nd5.}) 20. f3 (20. a4 $5) 20... Nh5 $6 (20... Qb8 $142 21.
a4 Ba8) 21. Qd2 Kh7 22. Bf2 f5 23. a4 $1 {[%cal Ga4a5][%mdl 4]} Nhf6 {It is
surprising that Black has no reasonable move.} ({If} 23... Qb8 24. a5 bxa5 25.
Nxa5 Ba8 {,then} 26. b5 axb5 27. Nxb5 Rcc8 28. c5 $1 dxc5 29. dxc5 {is
decisive.}) 24. a5 bxa5 25. Nxa5 Bc8 26. c5 dxc5 27. dxc5 $18 Nb8 28. Qa2 e5
29. Bc4 {Threatening Nd5.} Bb7 (29... Bd7 {would have held out longer, but the
result is not in doubt.}) 30. b5 $1 e4 31. c6 Bc8 32. b6 Rxc6 33. Nxc6 Nxc6 34.
Nd5 Ne5 35. Nc7 Qb8 36. Nxe8 Nxe8 37. Bxa6 Bd7 (37... Bxa6 38. Qxa6 Nd3 39. Qa7
) 38. Be2 exf3 39. Bxf3 Nd3 40. Qa7 Qd6 41. Rcd1 1-0

[Event "GER CupT 9697"]
[Site "Bad Godesberg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Na4
Qe7 9. a3 Ba5 10. Rb1 Rc8 $1 $146 (10... Ne4 11. b3 (11. Ne1 d5 12. f3 Nf6 13.
dxc5 Bxe1 14. Rxe1 bxc5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. b4 c4 17. Bc2 Nc6 18. Bb2 Rad8 19. b5
Nb8 20. Qd4 $16 {1-0 Kortschnoj,V-Antoshin,V/Sochi (15) ;MCD-r6 1966 (57)})
11... f5 12. Qe2 Bc6 13. Qc2 Na6 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. Be2 $1 {[/\ f3,Nd3 x c5]} Rac8
16. f3 Nf6 17. Nd3 Bc6 $2 {1-0 Petrosian-Bronstein/URS-Cup Kislovodsk 33/681
1982 (42)} (17... d5 $5 $13)) 11. Qe2 (11. Ne1 Bc6) (11. Nd2 Bc6) (11. b4 cxb4
12. axb4 (12. Bd2 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nc6) 12... Bxb4 13. c5 Ba5 (13... bxc5 14. Nxc5
Bxc5 (14... Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nc6 16. Ba6 $36) 15. Rxb7 $13) 14. cxb6 axb6 15. Nxb6
Bxb6 16. Rxb6 Be4 $11) 11... Bc6 (11... Be4 $5 12. Bxe4 Nxe4 13. Qd3 f5) (11...
d5 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. b3 Nbd7 15. e4 Bc6 16. Nb2 $14) 12. Bc2 (12.
b3 Bxa4 13. bxa4 cxd4 14. exd4 d5) 12... d5 (12... Be4 $5) 13. cxd5 (13. dxc5
bxc5 (13... dxc4 $5)) 13... exd5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. b4 (15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. b4 Bb5
17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Qc4 19. Qxc4 dxc4 20. bxa5 c3 $11) 15... cxb4 16. Bd2 (
16. Nd4 bxa3) 16... b3 (16... Ne4 17. axb4 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 $14) 17. Bf5 $6 (17.
Bxb3 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 Qxa3 19. Nc3 Nbd7 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Nf6
23. Qb7 Qc5 24. Rb5 Qc7 25. Qxc7 Rxc7 26. Ra5 $11) 17... Bd7 $1 (17... Bxd2 18.
Bxc8 Ba5 19. Nb2 $14) 18. Bxa5 (18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Bxa5 Qxa4) 18... Bxf5 19.
Rxb3 Qd7 (19... Qe8 20. Nc3 Nc6 21. Qa6) (19... Nc6 20. Bc3 Bg4 21. Qb2) 20.
Nc3 (20. Nb2 Nc6 21. Bc3 Ne4) 20... Bg4 (20... Nc6 21. Qa6 Rab8 22. Rxb8 Rxb8
23. Nd4) 21. Qb5 $1 Bxf3 $6 (21... Nc6 22. Nd4 Rab8 23. Qa6 Rxb3 (23... Nxd4
24. Rxb8 Rxb8 (24... Nf3+ 25. gxf3 Rxb8 26. fxg4 Qxg4+ 27. Kh1 $11) 25. exd4)
24. Nxb3 Ne4 $36 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Nc5 (26. h3 Nb8 $19 (26... Bxh3 27. gxh3 Ne5
28. Nd4 Qxh3 29. Qd6 Qg4+ 30. Kh2 Qh4+ 31. Kg2 Qg5+ 32. Kh1 Nf3)) 26... Qd5 27.
Bb4 Ne5 $15) 22. Qxd7 Nbxd7 23. gxf3 Ne5 24. Rd1 $1 Nc6 (24... Nxf3+ 25. Kg2
Nh4+ 26. Kh3) 25. Bb4 Rab8 26. Rdb1 d4 27. Na4 $1 (27. Ne2 d3 $1 28. Nf4 Nxb4
29. axb4 d2 $17) 27... dxe3 (27... d3 28. Bc3 Rxb3 29. Rxb3 Nd5 30. Kf1) 28.
fxe3 Ne5 29. f4 $1 Nc4 30. Bc5 Rxb3 (30... Ra8 31. Rb7 Ne4 32. Rxa7 $11 (32.
Bxa7 h6)) 31. Rxb3 a6 32. Nc3 $2 $138 (32. Nb6 Nxb6 33. Bxb6 $11) (32. Bd4 Ne4
33. Nb6 $11) 32... h5 33. Bd4 $2 (33. Be7 Nd2 34. Rb2 Rxc3 35. Rxd2 Ne4 $17) (
33. Na4 Ne4 $17) 33... Nd2 0-1

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 3rd"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2010.10.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 $5 {It seems that Gashimov is trying something
more solid then the Benoni in this tournament.} 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 {a surprise
for Gashimov.} (5. Bg5 {was played in Bacrot-Topalov today. It's also the move
Wang Yue usually plays here.}) 5... Ne4 $5 {An interesting move that leads to
a very unballanced game.} (5... Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O (6... Ne4 $5) 7. O-O {is main.})
6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bd3 f5 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Nd2 {The main move in this
position. White fights for the e4 square.} (10. Ne1 {with idea f3 is also
possible.}) (10. c5 $5 {was recently played in Georgiev,V-Eljanov. White won
that very sharp and complicated battle.}) 10... Qh4 11. f3 Ng5 $6 ({I can't
say I really love Black's position after} 11... Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Nc6 {So I think
the whole line is a little risky for Black. Nevertheless, this was the way to
play it.}) 12. f4 $1 Nf7 (12... Nh3+ $2 {obviously doesn't work} 13. gxh3 Qxh3
14. e4 Rf6 15. Nf3 Rg6+ 16. Ng5 {and there is no mate}) (12... Qg4 13. d5 Nf7 {
is also close to a disaster after e4 or Ba3 first.}) 13. e4 {It's clear that
Black has completely lost the opening battle. White has the whole centre, and
the black knight on f7 and queen on h4 aren't enjoying themselves.} Nh6 14. Nf3
Qh5 15. Ba3 Re8 16. Rae1 fxe4 17. Rxe4 $1 {Very strong move! Black can only
dream about exchanging light squared bishops.} Ng4 18. d5 $1 Na6 19. h3 Nf6 20.
Re5 Qh6 21. Ng5 exd5 22. cxd5 Nc5 23. Bxc5 bxc5 {So far Wang Yue played
exremely powerful chess, but here he makes a little slip.} 24. Qb3 $6 (24. Rfe1
$1 {would be just simply killing.}) 24... Rxe5 25. fxe5 Bxd5 26. Bc4 c6 27.
exf6 Qxg5 28. Bxd5+ cxd5 (28... Qxd5 29. f7+ Kf8 30. Qb1 $1 Qh5 31. Qd3 $1 {
is also not a piece of cake.}) 29. f7+ $6 {Wrong move order and the winning
advantage is lost...} (29. Qb7 $1 {first would be stronger:} Rf8 (29... Rd8 30.
Qc7 $1 {is the point! The rook on d8 is attacked.}) 30. f7+ Kh8 31. Qxd7 {
Now the best Black can get is the following queen endgame:} g6 32. Qd6 Kg7 33.
Qxc5 Rxf7 34. Rxf7+ Kxf7 35. Qxa7+ {and this queen ending is probably just won
for White.}) 29... Kf8 30. Qb7 Rd8 31. Qxa7 Qe7 $6 {I think it's hard to
critisize Gashimov, who managed to draw such a game, but this move is losing.
I am not sure if there is a save for Black, but he would have kept better
chances with move like d4!?} (31... Qe3+ $5) (31... d6 $5) (31... d4 32. cxd4
Qe3+) 32. a4 $2 {An obvious mistake. Now White has lost all the advantage he
had.} (32. Qb6 $1 {I was expecting this move during live transmission and was
very proud the computer confirmed my opinion. It prevents Qd6 and seems to be
just winning. It's hard to see what Black can do against a4-a5-a6-a7...}) 32...
Qd6 33. Kh1 (33. a5 $5 Qc6 34. Rb1 Kxf7 35. Rb8 {would be easier to make a
draw for White.}) 33... Qc6 $1 34. Rb1 Kxf7 35. Rb6 $6 (35. Rb7 $1 {is also an
easier defence.}) 35... Ra8 36. Rxc6 Rxa7 37. Rxc5 Ke6 $1 {Now White still has
to fight for a draw, but it seems that he is in time.} 38. a5 Kd6 39. Rb5 Kc6
40. Rb8 $1 {Active rook!} g6 {Gashimov is trying to win some tempi, but Wang
doesn't blink.} 41. Kg1 Rxa5 42. Rh8 Kb5 43. Rxh7 Kc4 44. Rxd7 Kxc3 45. h4 d4
46. Kf2 {White should have another counterplay with his own passed pawn.} Ra2+
47. Kf3 d3 48. g4 Rh2 49. Kf4 $1 Rxh4 50. Kg5 Rh3 51. Kxg6 d2 {#} 52. Rxd2 Kxd2
53. g5 {...and Black is unable to stop the pawn.} Ke3 54. Kf6 Rf3+ 55. Ke6 Kf4
56. g6 Kg5 57. g7 Rf6+ 58. Ke7 Rg6 59. Kf7 Rxg7+ 60. Kxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.04.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ushenina, Anna"]
[Black "Zhao, Xue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2014.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 {After this move White intends
to play Nf3 and 0-0.} (5. Nge2 {is another main line.White plans a3 and Ng3.})
5... Bb7 6. Nf3 c5 (6... Ne4 {is another line, Black's plan is f5 and the
knight is strong on e4.}) (6... O-O {is the main line.} 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5 exd5
{when Black has the typical pawn structure. Black's plan is a6,Nbd7,Bd6,c5 in
order to attack White's seemingly strong centre.}) 7. O-O cxd4 (7... O-O {
is more popular.}) 8. exd4 O-O 9. Na4 $5 (9. Bg5 {is more popular.Here is a
good example:} Be7 10. Re1 d5 (10... d6 $5 {and Black has a slightly worse,
but solid position.10...d5 tries to attack White's centre.}) 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12.
cxd5 exd5 {The bishop is slightly passive on b7, but taking with the bishop
wouldn't have been better, because White simply takes the bishop and the white
squares are terribly weak.} (12... Bxd5 $2 13. Nxd5 $16) 13. Ne5 $1 {Occupying
the most important square in the centre.} Nc6 14. Qa4 $1 {White employs the
simple plan. He first plays Re1 and occupies e5 with the knight.He puts some
pressure on the knight on c6 with Qa4. The pawn structure is weak,the squares
are weak and it isn't easy for Black to move.} Bxe5 15. dxe5 d4 16. Nb5 $1 Rb8
17. Nd6 $1 Ba8 18. f4 Qh4 19. Bb5 Nd8 20. g3 Qh5 21. Be2 Qh3 22. Bf1 Qh5 23.
Qd1 $16 {Ibragimov-Kalesis, Athens 1999}) 9... Be7 (9... Re8 $5 {is also good.
Here is a good example by the World Champion.} 10. a3 Bf8 11. b4 a5 12. b5 d6
13. Bb2 Nbd7 14. Re1 Rc8 15. Rc1 g6 16. h3 d5 17. Nd2 dxc4 18. Nxc4 Nd5 19. Be4
Rc7 20. Qd2 Qb8 21. Bd3 Rec8 22. Bf1 Ba8 $15 {Bruzon Batista-Carlsen, Mexico
City 2012}) 10. a3 (10. Re1 {is more popular.}) 10... Bxf3 $5 {Despite the
fact that Black gives up the bishop pair, she will be able to play Nc6 and d5
undermining the d4-pawn.} (10... d6 {is the most popular. Black's plan is Nbd7
and the middlegame is very fighting.}) 11. Qxf3 d5 $5 $146 (11... Nc6 {is the
usual move. for example:} 12. Be3 d5 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Qxd5 Nxd5 15. Rac1 Rac8
16. Ba6 $1 Rc7 17. Nc3 $5 (17. Rc4 {This move can't retain the advantage.} Bd6
$1 18. Rfc1 Nce7 $1 {Black has the d5-square and his position is at least
equal.} 19. Rxc7 Nxc7 20. Bd3 Ncd5 21. g3 h6 22. Bd2 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Nxc8 24. Nc3
Nxc3 25. Bxc3 Ne7 26. Kg2 Nd5 $132 {1/2 (31) Hracek,Z (2619)-Kvon,A (2492)
Istanbul TUR 2012})) 12. Nc3 $1 {This is the move allowed by 11...d5.} (12. Be3
Nc6 {-11...Nc6}) 12... Nc6 13. cxd5 $1 Nxd4 14. Qh3 exd5 15. Be3 {This is a
good move, but it allows Black to equalise with 16...d4!.} (15. Bg5 $5 {
is also good.} Qc8 (15... h6 16. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 17. Qg3+ Kh8 18. Qe3 $36) 16. Qh4
h6 17. Nxd5 $1 (17. Qxd4 hxg5 $11) 17... Nxd5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Qxd4 $14 {
White has a strong bishop,which isn't too much for her, but gives her a
pleasant advantage.}) (15. Rd1 $5 {This move could be an improvement for White.
} h5 $5 (15... g6 16. Bg5 Qd6 17. Qh4 (17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Rxd4 Qe5 19. Qe3 Bd6
20. Qxe5 Bxe5 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Rxd5 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Rac8 24. Rd3 Rfd8 $44 {
with some compensation, because Black is ready to penetrate on the 2nd rank
and she is going to attack the weak queenside pawns.}) 17... Nb3 18. Rab1 $14 {
and the knight is out of play.}) 16. Bg5 Ne6 $1 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxd5 $1 Bd4
$1 19. Qxh5 g6 $1 {This move is very cunning, because if} 20. Bxg6 $1 {Black
plays} Bxf2+ $1 21. Kh1 $1 fxg6 22. Qxg6+ (22. Qe5 $5 {is the other
possibility.} Qe8 23. Nf6+ Rxf6 24. Qxf6 Be3 25. Qf3 Bd4 26. Re1 $14) 22... Ng7
23. Rac1 Rf7 $1 24. Nc7 Rxc7 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Qg5 Bh4 $1 27. Qf4 Rxc1+ 28.
Qxc1 $14 {The material is about equal, but White has clearly the better
chances to get some advantage, because his queen is faster than Black's pieces.
The queenside pawns can hardly be stopped without pawns on the Kside.}) 15...
Ne6 $1 (15... Nc6 16. Rad1 d4 17. Ne4 $1 {White doesn't waste the time with
Bb1 and plays the active knight move.} (17. Bb1 Qc8 $1 $11) 17... Nd5 18. Bc1
$1 {This line will be very forced. After this move. White's pieces are on very
strong squares. Black can't hold.} f5 (18... g6 19. Bh6 Re8 20. Bb5 $1 $16) 19.
Rfe1 $1 Qd7 (19... fxe4 20. Qe6+ Kh8 21. Bxe4 Bh4 22. g3 Nde7 23. gxh4 $16) 20.
Nc3 $1 Kh8 (20... Nxc3 21. bxc3 Qd5 22. c4 Qc5 23. g4 $3 Ne5 24. Bxf5 $36) 21.
Nxd5 (21. Ne2 $5 Rae8 22. Nf4 Nxf4 23. Bxf4 $36) 21... Qxd5 22. Bf4 $36 {
The plan is Rc1. The nicest dynamic game I have ever seen! Objectively
speaking, White simply increased the pressure by moving her pieces to better
places. Black has a pawn advantage, but Black is paralysed by the Rs, the Q
and the B pair. For example} Rac8 23. Rc1 $1 {with the plan of playing Ba6.})
16. Rad1 $1 {The strong bishops,the queen and the rook keep Black's position
under pressure.} g6 $6 (16... d4 $1 {This move could have equalised.} 17. Ne4
$1 (17. Bf5 Qe8 18. Nd5 (18. Bxd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 g6 20. Re1 $1 (20. Bd7 Qb8 $1
21. Bc6 Qe5 $11) 20... Rd8 $11) 18... g6 19. Bxe6 dxe3 20. fxe3 Nxd5 21. Bxd5
Rd8 $11) 17... h5 $1 {This move seems to be a bit awful, but in the event of} (
17... g6 {White can play} 18. Bh6 Re8 19. f4 $1 $36) 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Be4 Rc8
20. Qxh5 g6 21. Qf3 Bg7 $13) 17. Bc4 (17. Bh6 $1 Re8 18. Bb5 $16) 17... Nc7 (
17... dxc4 $5 {Would have been the best counterchance.} 18. Rxd8 Rfxd8 19. Qf3
Rac8 $44 {And the position can hardly be evaluated.}) 18. Qf3 Qd6 19. Bf4 (19.
Rfe1 $1 $16 {is even better, Ba2 and Bg5 is the plan, Black can't withstand
the pressure.}) 19... Qc6 20. Ba2 $1 Rac8 21. Rfe1 $1 Rfe8 22. Bxc7 $6 {
White takes the knight and regains the pawn. Kasparov's principle was: the
material is much less important than the activity of the pieces. He sacrificed
a pawn and wasn't worried about the pawn disadvantage, simply increased the
pressure. Now she could have employed Kasparov's principle with} (22. Be5 $5 {
Re2 is the plan and exploiting the weakness of the long-diagonal or}) (22. g4
$5 {when g5 is deadly.The only move is} Bd8 23. Be3 Qe6 24. h3 $16 {Black is
paralysed.}) 22... Qxc7 23. Bxd5 (23. h4 h5 $1) (23. g4 $5 {This move seems to
be strange,but g5 is a dangerous threatening.} h6 $1 24. h4 Kg7 25. g5 hxg5 26.
hxg5 Nh7 27. Nxd5 Qb7 $1 28. Re5 Bd6 $13 (28... Nxg5 29. Qe3)) 23... Kg7 24.
Bb3 Bc5 $6 {This isn't the most exact.} (24... Bd6 $1 {is the best.} 25. g3
Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Be5 $11) 25. Rxe8 Nxe8 (25... Rxe8 $2 26. Qxf6+ $1 Kxf6 27. Nd5+
$16) 26. Ne4 Qe7 27. g3 (27. g4 $5 {White plans g5 which would be deadly for
Black.} Nf6 $1 28. Nxf6 Qxf6 29. Qxf6+ Kxf6 30. Rd7 Ke5 31. Bxf7 (31. Rxa7 f5)
31... Bd4 $44) (27. Qc3+ Nf6 28. Qxf6+ (28. Nxf6 $4 Bxf2+) (28. Nxc5 Rxc5 {
and the active rook compensates for the disadvantage of the knight.}) 28...
Qxf6 29. Nxf6 Kxf6 30. Rd7 a5 31. Rxf7+ Ke5 $44 {And the endgame is drawn.})
27... h6 $6 (27... f5 $1 28. Nxc5 Rxc5 $11 {The bishop isn't so strong. /\ Re5,
Nf6}) 28. Kg2 {This is a lazy move which can't retain any advantage.} (28. Qc3+
$1 Nf6 (28... Kh7 29. Re1 $36 {White has a strong bishop, a dangerous queen on
the long diagonal and a nice knight in the centre.}) 29. Qxf6+ Qxf6 30. Nxf6
Kxf6 31. Rd7 a5 32. Bxf7 $14 {Compared to 27.Qc3, Black has played h6 and
White g3. This is completely in White's favour.}) 28... Rc7 $1 $11 {Defending
the 7th rank.} 29. Rd2 Nf6 30. Nxf6 Qxf6 31. Qxf6+ Kxf6 32. Bd1 a5 33. a4 Bb4
34. Rc2 Rxc2 35. Bxc2 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Skara"]
[Date "2002.07.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ahlander, Bjorn"]
[Black "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2002.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Bd2
d6 9. Re1 e5 10. Bc2 Nbd7 11. h3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 13. Bb4 c5 14. Ba3 f5 15.
Nd2 Ndf6 16. f3 Ng3 17. dxe5 Rxe5 18. Nf1 Nxf1 19. Kxf1 Nh5 20. Qd2 Ng3+ 21.
Kg1 Re6 22. b3 Rg6 23. Qf2 Qh4 24. Rad1 Re8 25. b4 Bc6 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Bb2
Qe7 28. Bc3 h5 29. Bd3 h4 30. Rb1 Re6 31. Bd2 g5 32. Rb3 Rf8 33. Bc2 g4 34. Bc3
Qg5 35. hxg4 fxg4 36. f4 Qh5 37. Ba1 Qh6 38. Reb1 Ne4 39. Qe2 h3 40. Bxe4 Bxe4
41. f5 Bxf5 42. Rf1 hxg2 43. Qxg2 Be4 44. Rxf8+ Qxf8 45. Qf2 Rh6 46. Qxf8+ Kxf8
{[%cal Rh6h1,Rg4g3] [#] Optimales Zusammenspiel zwischen den schwarzen Figuren
und kranke weiße Bauern.} 47. Kf2 (47. Rb8+ Kf7 48. Rh8 Rxh8 49. Bxh8 Bd3 50.
Kf2 Bxc4 51. a3 d5 $19 {bei drei Vertikalen Abstand zwischen den Freibauern}) (
47. Bc3 Rh3 $19) 47... Rh3 48. Rb8+ Kf7 49. Rh8 Rf3+ 50. Ke2 g3 51. Rh4 Rf2+
52. Ke1 Rxa2 53. Rf4+ Kg6 54. Bc3 g2 55. Rg4+ Kf5 56. Rg8 a5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Black "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Na4
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Bf4 d6 11. a3 Nbd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. b4 b5 14. cxb5 Rxc1 15.
Bxc1 Qa8 16. Ne1 Rc8 17. f3 Nd5 18. Rf2 Bf6 19. Bb2 Rc7 20. Qb1 g6 21. Rc2 Rxc2
22. Qxc2 h5 23. Be4 Qd8 24. Qd3 Nf4 25. Qf1 Nd5 26. Nc2 Qc7 27. Na1 Ne7 28.
Bxb7 Qxb7 29. Qc4 Nb6 30. Nxb6 axb6 31. Nc2 Qa8 32. Qb3 Nf5 33. a4 d5 34. Bc3
Nd6 35. Na3 Nf5 36. Nc2 Nd6 37. Be1 Nc4 38. Bf2 Qb8 39. Qc3 Qa8 40. Qa1 h4 41.
Be1 Nd6 42. Kf1 Qb8 43. Qc3 Nf5 44. Kg1 e5 45. Qc6 Kg7 46. a5 exd4 47. Qxd5 Qc7
48. Qb3 Nd6 49. a6 Nxb5 50. Qd3 Na7 51. Bf2 Nc6 52. Qc4 Qf4 53. Ne1 Ne5 54. Qf1
Qd2 55. f4 Ng4 56. Nf3 Qxb4 57. Qa1 d3 58. Bd4 Bxd4+ 59. Nxd4 Qc5 {[#] Ideales
Zusammenspiel der schwarzen Figuren. Bestechendes Mattfinale. Motive:
Fesselung, Springer-/Bauerngabel, Freibauer.} 60. Kf1 (60. a7 d2 61. a8=Q Qc1+
$19) 60... Kh7 61. Qb2 (61. a7 d2 62. Ke2 Qc1 63. Qxc1 dxc1=Q 64. a8=Q Qe3+ $19
) 61... Ne3+ {[%mdl 6336]} 62. Ke1 (62. Kg1 Nd1 63. Qa1 Nc3 64. a7 Qxd4+ 65.
Kh1 d2 $19) 62... Qa5+ 63. Qd2 (63. Kf2 Nd1+ $19) 63... Nc2+ 64. Kd1 Qa1+ 65.
Qc1 Ne3+ 66. Kd2 Nf1+ 67. Qxf1 (67. Kd1 Qa4+ 68. Ke1 d2+ $19) 67... Qxf1 68. a7
Qxg2+ 69. Kxd3 Qd5 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 01st final play-off"]
[Site "Solingen"]
[Date "1976.05.10"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Hecht, Hans Joachim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1976.05.08"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Burevestnik"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen SG"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{Ein interessanter theoretischer Fall. In diesem noch nicht erklärten Abspiel
startet Taimanow einen Widerlegungsversuch mit 8. Se2, drohend c5 und a3. In
der vorliegenden Partie möchte Schwarz mit rascher Figurenentwicklung zu einem
Königsangriff gelangen und schiebt daher auch die Rochade auf.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4
e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. O-O f5 8. Ne2 ({Gligoric
versuchte in einer früheren Partie gegen Hecht} 8. d5 {was am besten mit} Bxc3
9. bxc3 Na6 {beantwortet wird.}) 8... Bd6 9. b3 Nc6 10. Bb2 Qf6 11. a3 {
[#]Ursache der späteren Schwierigkeiten ist die Preisgabe des Feldes e5 durch
den Springer mit} Nd8 $2 ({was viel besser durch} 11... Qh6 {zu ersetzen war.
Ein Beispiel:} 12. Ne5 $5 ({Wahrscheinlich spielt Weiß daher besser} 12. b4)
12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 Be7 14. Nf4 O-O 15. f3 Nc5 16. Bc2 d6 {und Schwarz steht
gut.}) 12. Ne5 Qh6 13. Ng3 Nf6 14. Qe2 O-O 15. f4 Nf7 16. b4 Rad8 {Die
Schlußstellung ist wegen des großen Raumvorteils viel besser für Weiß.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal 4th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2003.08.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2003.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Bd2
d6 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. e4 e5 11. d5 Nc5 12. Rfe1 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Nh5 14. a3 Bxc3 15.
Qxc3 Bc8 16. h3 Qf6 17. b4 h6 18. c5 g5 19. Nh2 Qg6 20. a4 Nf4 21. cxb6 cxb6
22. a5 Ba6 23. axb6 axb6 24. Qc6 Rac8 25. Qxb6 Bd3 26. Qe3 f5 27. exf5 Bxf5 28.
b5 Nxd5 29. Qb3 Be6 30. Ra6 Nb6 31. Qb1 Qxb1 32. Rxb1 Nc4 33. Bb4 Bf5 34. Rd1
Rb8 35. Bxd6 Red8 36. Rc6 Rbc8 37. Ra6 Bc2 38. Rd5 Be4 39. Rc5 Rxc5 40. Bxc5
Rd1+ 41. Nf1 Nd2 42. f3 Rxf1+ 43. Kh2 Bb7 44. Rg6+ Kh7 45. Rd6 Nxf3+ 46. gxf3
Bxf3 47. Kg3 h5 48. h4 g4 49. Re6 Ba8 50. Bf2 Rh1 51. Bc5 Rh3+ 52. Kf2 g3+ 53.
Ke2 Rh2+ 54. Kd3 e4+ 55. Ke3 Rxh4 56. Re8 g2 57. Kf2 e3+ 58. Bxe3 Rh1 59. Ke2
Bd5 60. Re5 Bc4+ 61. Kf3 g1=Q 62. Bxg1 Rxg1 63. Rxh5+ Kg6 64. Rc5 Be6 65. Kf4
Kf6 66. b6 Rb1 67. Rc6 Rb4+ 68. Ke3 Ke5 69. b7 Rxb7 {Beginning of the pure
rook vs. rook + bishop ending, that is without pawns on the side of the rook.
The ending is a theoretical draw - the 50 move rule can be invoked. Beginn des
Endspiels Turm vs Turm+Läufer in Reinkultur, also ohne Bauern auf der
Turmseite. Das Endspiel ist theoretisch remis - es gilt die 50-Züge-Regel.} 70.
Rc5+ Bd5 71. Rc8 Rb3+ 72. Kd2 Kd4 73. Rd8 Rb2+ 74. Kd1 Rh2 75. Rd7 Ke4 76. Rd8
Bc4 77. Re8+ Kd4 78. Ke1 Bd3 {[#] A dangerous setup for White. [#] Eine für
Weiß gefährliche Aufstellung.} 79. Re7 $2 {Already the decisive mistake.
Bereits der entscheidende Fehler.} (79. Rg8 $1 $11 {[%cal Gg8g3,Gg8b8]}) (79.
Kd1 Be4 80. Rg8 Ke3 81. Rg3+ $11) (79. Rd8+ Ke3 80. Re8+ Be4 $19 {FRITZ: #18}
81. Rf8 Rc2 82. Rd8 Bc6 $1 {[%csl Ge8]} 83. Rd6 (83. Kd1 Rc5 84. Ke1 Rh5 85.
Rf8 (85. Kd1 Be4 86. Kc1 Rb5 $19) 85... Bb5 {[%csl Ge8,Gf1]} 86. Kd1 Rc5 $19 {
[%cal Rb5e2]}) 83... Bf3 84. Re6+ Be4 85. Rd6 Re2+ 86. Kd1 Rg2 87. Kc1 Rc2+ 88.
Kd1 Rc5 {[%cal Re4f3]} 89. Re6 Rb5 $19 {[%csl Gc6]}) 79... Be4 $1 $19 80. Kd1 (
80. Re8 Ke3 81. Rf8 Rc2 82. Rd8 (82. Kd1 Rc6 83. Re8 Rg6 84. Kc1 Rb6 $19) 82...
Bc6 {[%csl Ge8]} 83. Kd1 (83. Rd6 Bf3 84. Re6+ Be4 85. Rd6 Re2+ 86. Kd1 Rh2 87.
Kc1 Rc2+ 88. Kd1 Rc5 89. Re6 (89. Ke1 Bd5 $1 {protected, thanks to Rc5!
gedeckt dank Tc5!}) 89... Rb5 $19) 83... Rc5 $19 {[%cal Rc6f3]}) 80... Ke3 81.
Kc1 Rc2+ 82. Kd1 Rc8 83. Re5 Rh8 84. Kc1 Rb8 0-1

[Event "Linares Anibal op 04th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stojanovic, Mihajlo"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1997.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Na4
cxd4 9. exd4 Qc7 10. Be3 Be7 11. h3 d6 12. Bf4 Nbd7 13. Re1 Rfe8 14. Rc1 Bf8
15. c5 bxc5 16. Nxc5 Bc6 17. Qc2 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rac8 19. Qa4 Nb6 20. Qa6 Nfd5
21. Ne4 Qb8 22. Bd2 e5 23. a4 exd4 24. Qb5 Re5 25. a5 Nf4 26. Qa6 Nxd3 27. Qxd3
Nd7 28. Qxd4 Nc5 29. b4 Nxe4 30. fxe4 Rce8 31. Bf4 Rb5 32. Rc4 Qb7 33. Qd2 Qd7
34. Kh2 d5 35. Rd4 Qe7 36. Rxd5 Rxd5 37. Qxd5 Qxb4 38. Re3 Bc5 39. Rb3 Qd4 40.
Be3 Bd6+ 41. Kg2 Qxe4+ 42. Qxe4 Rxe4 43. Bxa7 Kf8 44. Rb7 Ke8 45. Bb6 Ra4 46.
Kf3 g5 47. Ke3 h5 48. Ra7 g4 49. hxg4 h4 50. a6 h3 51. Ra8+ Kd7 52. a7 h2 53.
Rh8 Be5 54. Rh5 Kc6 55. Bc5 Kb7 56. Rh7 Ka8 57. f4 Rxf4 58. Rxh2 Rc4 59. Rh7
Rxc5 60. Rxf7 Bd6 61. Rg7 Bc7 62. g5 Kxa7 63. Kd4 Kb6 {[#] Muß sich Weiß auf
das Halten des g-Bauern oder gar auf das unangenehme Remisendspiel T vs. T+L
einstellen!? Weiß rechnet genau und durchschlägt den gordischen Knoten. Das
Endspiel Bauer gegen Turm ist gerade eben remis.} 64. Rxc7 $1 Rxc7 65. Ke5 Kc6
(65... Rc1 66. g6 Kc6 67. g7 Rg1 68. Kf6 Kd7 69. Kf7 Rf1+ 70. Kg6 $11) 66. g6
Kd7 67. g7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Noisiel op 4th Op A"]
[Site "Noisiel"]
[Date "2019.03.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Iniyan, Panneerseluam"]
[Black "Fedorchuk, Sergey A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Iniyan,P"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O O-O 8. Na4
cxd4 9. exd4 Re8 10. a3 Bf8 11. b4 (11. Bf4 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nc6 13. Be5 Rc8 14.
Rfd1 d6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. Bf1 f5 18. Rab1 Bg7 19. d5 Nd4 20. dxe6
fxe6 21. Nc3 Red8 22. g3 Kf7 23. Kg2 Rd7 24. b3 a6 25. Rd2 b5 26. Ne2 Nxe2 27.
Bxe2 bxc4 28. bxc4 Bc3 29. Rd3 Ba5 30. Rdb3 Bd8 {1/2-1/2 (30) Sadler,M (2685)
-Howell,D (2676) London 2017}) 11... a5 12. b5 d6 13. Nd2 $5 {Bringing the
Knight to b3 so that I could play c5 in reply to d5.} Nbd7 14. Nb3 Rc8 15. Be3
Be4 $146 (15... e5 16. d5 Nc5 17. Nbxc5 dxc5 18. Nc3 h6 19. Qd2 e4 20. Bc2 Bd6
21. Bf4 Rc7 22. Rae1 Rce7 23. h3 Bc8 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. Re3 Qf4 26. Rfe1 Bf5 27.
Ne2 Qd6 28. Ng3 Bg6 29. R1e2 Qf4 30. Qe1 Re5 31. d6 R5e6 32. Nxe4 Bxe4 33. Rxe4
Nxe4 34. d7 Rd8 35. Bxe4 Rxd7 36. Bd5 Rxe2 37. Qxe2 Kf8 38. g3 Qf6 39. Qg4 Rd8
40. h4 g6 41. Kg2 h5 42. Qe2 Re8 43. Qd2 Kg7 44. a4 Qd4 45. Qc2 {Michalik,P 
(2579)-Nisipeanu,L (2670) Pardubice 2013 0-1}) 16. Rc1 Qc7 17. Be2 {I thought
that it is better to keep the pieces on the board with space advantage.} Qb8
18. f3 {Making black to decide where to place the Bishop.} Bg6 19. Qd2 Red8 20.
Rfd1 h6 21. Qe1 Re8 22. Qf2 Rc7 23. g4 Rcc8 {He is waiting.} 24. h4 Be7 25. Qh2
$1 $36 {[%csl Rg6,Gh2][%cal Gc4c5,Gh2b8,Gg4g5,Gh4h5] Threatening c5 and
exhcanging the Queens and also g5 Nh7 h5.} (25. g5 Nh7 26. gxh6 Nhf6 {Seemed
to be a possibility when with the h5 square controlled black could be fine.})
25... Qa7 26. g5 hxg5 (26... Nh5 27. f4 {and the Knight is trapped. I will
play Bf3 and Qe2.}) 27. hxg5 Nh7 28. Qg3 Bd8 29. Kf2 {Opening the first rank
for the Rook and also protecting the e3 Bishop.} e5 $2 {Although it is hard to
play this position with black, this move gives white a huge advantage.} 30.
dxe5 dxe5 31. Qg4 Re6 32. c5 Nxc5 33. Nbxc5 bxc5 34. Bc4 {Black's Rook on c8
is unfortunately placed.} Nf8 35. Qh3 Be7 $6 36. Rh1 Bh7 37. g6 $1 {Precise.}
Qb8 38. Bxe6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1995.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 {Semkov,S} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. O-O
Bxc3 8. bxc3 f5 (8... Nxc3 9. Qc2 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Qg5+ 11. Kh1 Qh5 12. Rg1 $1
Qxf3+ 13. Rg2 f5 14. Ba3 (14. Qxc3 Qd1+ $10) (14. Bb2 Ne4 15. Rf1 Nc6 16. Be2
Qh3 17. d5 $1 $40 {Taimanov-Kluger/Budapest 1961}) 14... Ne4 15. Rf1 Rg8 16.
Be2 Qh3 17. f3 Nf6 18. d5 Kf7 19. e4 $40 {Keres,P-Spassky,B/Riga cq(8) 1965}) (
8... O-O 9. Ne1 (9. Nd2 f5 10. f3 Nxd2 11. Bxd2 Nc6 (11... d6 12. Qb3 $5 (12.
Qc2 Nd7 13. Rae1 Qe7 14. e4 fxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Rae8 $10 {Navarovszky,
L-Littke,A/Budapest FS9/IM 1993}) (12. e4 fxe4 13. fxe4 Rxf1+ 14. Qxf1 Nd7 15.
Qf3 Qe7 (15... Qh4 $5 16. g3 Qe7) 16. Qh3 e5 17. c5 $13 {Gausel-Lauvas/Gausdal
1990}) 12... c5 13. a4 a5 14. e4 fxe4 15. fxe4 Nd7 16. Rxf8+ Nxf8 17. Rb1 Nd7
18. Qd1 $14 Bc8 $6 19. Qh5 Nf6 20. Qh4 Ra7 21. e5 dxe5 22. Bxh7+ $16 {Yuferov,
S-Zsinka,L/Budapest Festival 1991}) 12. Qc2 (12. e4 fxe4 13. Bxe4 Na5 14. Bd3
Rc8 15. Qe1 c5 $132 {Khotilin-Obukhov,A/Briansk Russia tch 1995}) 12... Qh4 {
-E43/4} (12... Qe7 13. e4 fxe4 14. Bxe4 $14) (12... Na5 13. c5 bxc5 (13... d6
14. cxd6 Qxd6 15. c4 c5 16. d5 exd5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxa5 bxa5 19. Bxf5 g6 20.
Bd3 $16 {Navarovszky,L-Zak,U/Budapest FS9/IM 1993}) 14. Rab1 Bc6 15. c4 $44 Nb7
16. d5 exd5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxf5 h6 19. e4 Nd6 20. Bh3 $16 {Voiculescu,
P-Fahnenschmidt,G/Hamburg EUchT 1965})) 9... Qh4 (9... f5 {-8...f5}) 10. f3 Ng5
11. e4 f5 12. exf5 exf5 13. Nc2 f4 14. d5 Na6 15. Nd4 Nc5 16. Bc2 Ba6 17. Nf5
$16 {Gligoric,S-Rodriguez/La Habana 1969 -8/536}) 9. Ne1 (9. Nd2 Qg5 $5 (9...
Qh4 10. f3 Nxd2 11. Bxd2 O-O 12. Qe2 Nc6 13. e4 fxe4 14. fxe4 d6 15. g3 Qh3 16.
Bg5 $14 Rae8 17. Rab1 e5 18. d5 Na5 19. c5 $1 dxc5 20. Bb5 c6 21. Ba4 $16 {
Malaniuk,V-Hjartarson,J/Tilburg 10' (02) 1993}) 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Be2 O-O 12.
f3 exf3 13. Bxf3 Bxf3 (13... Nc6 14. e4 Qg6 15. Ba3 d6 16. e5 Na5 17. Bxb7 Nxb7
18. exd6 cxd6 19. Qe2 $14 {Zawadski-Levacic,D/FRA-chT 1989}) 14. Rxf3 Nc6 $10)
(9. d5 {-7...f5 8.d5 Bc3 9.bc}) (9. Ba3 $5 d6 10. d5 exd5 11. Nd4 dxc4 12. Bxc4
d5 13. Ne6 $1 Qd7 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Qxd5 16. Nxc7+ Kf7 17. Nxd5 Rc8 18.
Rfc1 Nd7 19. Ne7 $16 {Schon,W-Tsesarsky/Budapest op 1989}) 9... O-O (9... Nxc3
10. Qh5+ g6 11. Qh6 Ne4 (11... Qf6 12. f3 $14 {|^/Bronstein-Dely/Szombathely
1966/ECO}) 12. f3 Ng5 13. e4 Nf7 14. Qg7 Qe7 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Bxf5 $1 Nc6 (
16... exf5 17. Nd3) 17. Nc2 O-O-O 18. Ba3 Qg5 19. Qxg5 Nxg5 20. Bd3 $14 {
Semkov,S-Wilder,M/Saint John op-2 1988}) 10. f3 Nf6 (10... Nd6 11. Ba3 Rf6 (
11... c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Bxc5 Qc7 14. Ba3 Rc8 (14... Na6 15. Be2 Nc5 16. Qd4
Rfc8 17. Nd3 Nce4 $2 18. fxe4 Nxc4 19. exf5 $1 Nxa3 20. f6 $18 {Lukacs,
P-Lendwai,R/Kecskemet 1991}) 15. Rb1 Ba6 16. c5 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Rf2 $14 {
Bannik,A-Tarasov,V/SSSR ch 1961}) (11... Nc6 12. c5 bxc5 13. Bxc5 Ne7 14. Rb1
Bc6 15. c4 a5 16. Qc1 Nf7 17. e4 $16 {Semkov-Inkiov/Bulgaria 1989/-47/(687)})
12. Qe2 Nc6 13. Nc2 e5 14. e4 f4 15. c5 Nf7 $13 16. Bc4 Kh8 17. Rfd1 Qe8 18.
Nb4 Nxb4 19. cxb4 exd4 20. Rxd4 Ne5 21. Bd5 bxc5 22. bxc5 Ba6 23. Qd1 Rb8 {
1/2-1/2 Wilder,M-Hansen,C/Dortmund 1988}) (10... Ng5 11. Qe2 (11. Nc2 d6 12.
Re1 Nd7 13. e4 f4 14. h4 Nf7 15. Bxf4 Qxh4 16. Qd2 {1/2-1/2 Marin,M-Inkiov,V/
EU-chT Haifa (4) 1989}) (11. Rb1 d6 12. Rb2 Nd7 13. Rbf2 $14 e5 14. c5 dxc5 15.
h4 e4 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. Bb1 $13 c4 18. Qxc4 Nf7 19. Ba3 Nd6 20. Bxd6 $16 {
Portisch,L-Inkiov,V/Cannes op 1992}) (11. c5 Nc6 12. Qe2 Qf6 13. Ba3 Rfe8 14.
Nc2 e5 15. d5 Ne7 16. e4 d6 $132 {Muir,A-Hracek,Z/Debrecen EU tch 1992}) 11...
Qf6 12. Ba3 d6 13. Nc2 $14 {Antoshin-Cseshkovsky/USSR ch 1967}) 11. a4 (11. Nc2
c5 (11... Nc6 12. e4 (12. Qe2 Qe7 13. Ba3 $6 d6 14. Rab1 g6 $10 {Bukovak,R-De
Fotis,G/Philadelphia World op 1991}) 12... fxe4 13. fxe4 d6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4
Qe7 16. Ne3 g5 17. Bg3 $16 {Kharitonov-Sherbakov/USSR 1986}) (11... Qe8 12. Ba3
d6 13. c5 $14 {Gligoric-Lehmann/Madrid 1960}) (11... d6 $5 12. Qe2 $140 Nbd7
13. e4 fxe4 14. fxe4 e5 15. Bg5 Qe8 {ECO}) 12. Qe2 (12. Bd2 d6 {/\Nbd7=/ECO} (
12... Qe7 13. Qe2 d6 (13... Be4 $2 14. fxe4 fxe4 15. Rxf6 $1 $16) 14. e4 fxe4
15. fxe4 Nc6 16. Bg5 cxd4 17. cxd4 Rae8 18. Rae1 $16 {Gligoric-Kuzmin,G/
Bled-Portoroz 1979/-27/599})) 12... d6 (12... Be4 $2 {Semkov,S inf.47/687} 13.
fxe4 fxe4 14. Rxf6 $1 $18) (12... Ne4 {Semkov,S} 13. Qe1) (12... Nh5 $5 13. e4
f4 (13... fxe4 {Semkov,S} 14. fxe4 Rxf1+ 15. Qxf1 Qh4 16. g3 Nxg3 $2 17. Qf2
$18) 14. Ba3 $1 Na6 (14... Ng3 $2 {Semkov,S} 15. hxg3 fxg3 16. Rfd1 Qh4 17. Qe3
$18) (14... d6 {Semkov,S} 15. e5 Ng3 $2 16. hxg3 fxg3 17. exd6 $1 $8 {/\} Qh4
18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19. Qh3 $18) (14... Qh4 {Semkov,S} 15. Rfe1 Rf6 16. Qf2 $16) 15.
Qf2 $36 d6 16. e5 $1 dxe5 17. Rfe1 $44 {Semkov,S-Ionescu,Co/Albena 1989/47/687}
) 13. e4 fxe4 14. fxe4 Nbd7 15. Bg5 Qc7 16. Kh1 cxd4 17. cxd4 e5 18. d5 Rf7 19.
Ne3 Raf8 20. Nf5 Nc5 21. Rf3 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Bc8 23. Raf1 Bxf5 24. Rxf5 Nd7 $10 {
Gulko-Vyzmanavin/USSR 1984}) (11. Rb1 $5 d6 12. Rb2 Nc6 13. Rbf2 Nd7 14. Nc2
Na5 15. e4 f4 16. g3 $1 g5 17. Rg2 Kh8 18. h4 $1 $36 {Tarjan-Fries Nielsen,JO/
Luzern ol 1982}) (11. Qe2 d6 12. e4 fxe4 13. fxe4 e5 (13... c5 14. Nf3 Qe8 15.
Bf4 e5 $5 16. dxe5 Nh5 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bd2 dxe5 19. Nxe5 $5 Qxe5 20. Rxf8+ Kxf8
21. Rf1+ Nf6 22. Rf5 Qe7 23. e5 Nbd7 $13 {Semkov,S-De Eccher,S/Forli op 1988})
14. Nf3 Nc6 (14... Nbd7 15. Bg5 Qe8 16. Rae1 Qh5 17. Bc1 Rae8 18. Qc2 $13 {
Ojanen,K-Moeckel,E/Woerishofen chs 1992}) 15. c5 Na5 $1 $132 16. d5 dxc5 17. c4
Qe7 18. Bb2 Nd7 19. Bc3 Ba6 20. Bxa5 bxa5 $44 {Southam,T-Ivanov,IV/
Philadelphia World op 1992}) 11... c5 $146 (11... Nc6 12. Ra2 (12. e4 fxe4 13.
fxe4 e5 14. Bg5 $14 Qe7 15. Nc2 Qd6 16. Bh4 $5 Rae8 17. Bg3 Qe7 18. Ne3 d6 19.
Bh4 Nd8 20. Nd5 $36 {Bronstein,D-Golombek,H/Moscow1956}) 12... Na5 13. Raf2 Qe7
14. Qe2 d6 15. e4 $14 {Geller-Kramer/Helsenki ol 1952}) (11... d6 12. a5 (12.
Ra2 $5) 12... Nc6 13. a6 Bc8 14. c5 dxc5 15. Ba3 Na5 16. dxc5 Re8 17. Bb4 $14 {
Jelen,Iz-Roskar,R/Bled op 1993}) 12. a5 $5 bxa5 13. Rf2 (13. Ba3 Na6) 13... Nc6
14. Rfa2 Qc7 15. Be2 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Ye1d3] /\ Nd3} Ba6 $1 {[%csl Rc4][%cal
Ya6c4]} (15... d6 $6 16. Nd3 {/\Nf4, d4-d5}) 16. dxc5 {[%cal Ye1c2,Yc2d4] /
\Nc2-d4} Qe5 $1 $132 17. Nd3 Qc7 (17... Qxc3 $4 18. Bd2 Qxc4 19. Nf4 $16) 18.
Ra4 $5 {[%csl Rc4]} (18. Ne1 $10) 18... Rf7 19. Bd2 {[%cal Yd2e1,Ye1g3] /
\Be1-g3} g5 $5 20. Be1 Bb7 21. Nc1 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Yc1b3] /\Nb3} Qe5 {[%csl
Rc5,Re3]} 22. Nd3 Qc7 23. Rb1 $5 (23. Nc1 $10) 23... Re8 24. Nc1 e5 25. Nb3 (
25. Qd6 Qc8 26. Nb3 Re6 $13) 25... f4 $2 (25... Ba8 $13 26. Rba1) (25... e4 26.
Nd4) (25... Re6 $142 $132 26. Rba1 $140 a6 27. Nxa5 Nxa5 28. Rxa5 Rc6 (28... e4
)) 26. e4 {[%csl Ra5]} Kh8 27. Rba1 g4 28. Bh4 $16 gxf3 29. Bxf3 Rg8 30. Qd6
Qxd6 31. cxd6 Ng4 32. Nxa5 Ba8 $138 33. Nxc6 Bxc6 34. Rb4 (34. Rxa7 Ne3 $132)
34... Ne3 35. Kf2 Ng4+ (35... Nc2 $2 36. Rxa7 Nxb4 37. cxb4 $16) 36. Kg1 Ne3
37. Rxa7 $138 (37. Kh1 $5) 37... Nxg2 $1 38. Bxg2 Rg4 $3 (38... Bxe4 39. Rb2 f3
(39... Rfg7 $2 40. Bf6 $18) 40. Bg3 $1 $18) 39. Be1 $1 Bxe4 {[%csl Ga7,Gb4,Rg2]
[#] With only one minute left for the last move White had to decide, which
rook should defend a bishop. Does it make any difference?} (39... f3 $2 40. Bg3
$18) 40. Ra2 $2 (40. Rb2 $1 f3 (40... Rfg7 41. Raa2 f3 42. Bg3 Rxg3 43. hxg3
Rxg3 44. Ra5 fxg2 45. Rxe5 $18) 41. Bg3 fxg2 42. Bxe5+ Kg8 43. Rb8+ Rf8 44.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 {[%csl Ga2]} 45. Rxd7 {The point of 40.Rb2. In the game White had a
rook on a2 and should accept a draw.} Rg5 46. Re7 Bc6 47. Rc7 $18) 40... f3 41.
Bg3 fxg2 42. Bxe5+ Kg8 43. Rb8+ Rf8 44. Rxf8+ Kxf8 45. Rf2+ Kg8 46. Rf4 $10
1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.08.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1996.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Na4
cxd4 9. exd4 (9. a3) 9... Re8 (9... Be7 {Malaniuk,V} 10. Re1 d6 11. b4 Nbd7 12.
Bb2 Rc8 $6 13. Nc3 Re8 14. Bf1 {N} (14. Nd2 {Malaniuk,V}) 14... Qc7 15. h3 (15.
Nd2 $5 {Malaniuk,V}) 15... Qb8 16. Re3 {/\ Qb3, Rd1, d5} Bf8 17. d5 $1 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Malaniuk,V-Tiviakov,S/Porto San Giorgio 61/589 1994 (48)}) 10. a3 (10.
c5 bxc5 (10... Bxf3 $5 11. Qxf3 Nc6 12. Qd1 (12. Be3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qd1
Nfg4 15. Bd4 bxc5 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. a3 Ba5 18. Nxc5 Qh4 $10 {0-1
Ogaard-Adorjan /Gjovik 1983 (23)}) 12... Nxd4 13. Bxh7+ Nxh7 14. Qxd4 bxc5 15.
Nxc5 Qb6 16. Be3 e5 17. Qc4 Rac8 $13 {Korchnoi,V-Ivanchuk,V/Amber(rapid-9)
1993/1/2-1/2 (55)}) 11. a3 c4 12. Bxh7+ Nxh7 13. axb4 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nc6 15. d5
Nxb4 16. dxe6 dxe6 {1/2-1/2 Ree,H-Langeweg,K/Nederland (ch) 35/(653) 1983}) (
10. Bg5 h6 (10... Be7 11. Rc1 d6 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. Nc3 (13. a3 h6 14. Bh4 Nh5
$10 {1/2-1/2 Polugaevsky-Larsen/Las Palmas - 17/597 1974 (39)}) 13... g6 14.
Bf1 d5 15. Bh6 $14 {Gligoric-Parma, Vinkovci 1970}) 11. Bh4 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nc6
13. Bxf6 (13. Qe3 $5 $13 {Kotov}) 13... Qxf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6 15. d5 (15. Be4 f5
16. Bxc6 dxc6 17. Nc3 Rad8 $15 {Visier Segovia,F-Portisch,L/Las Palmas 13/617
1972/0-1 (53)}) 15... Ne5 16. Be2 Rac8 17. a3 Bf8 18. Rac1 $10 {Gligoric,
S-Kaplan,J/Lone Pine 27/600 1979/1-0 (62)}) (10. Bf4 Bf8 11. Rc1 d6 12. Re1
Nbd7 13. Nc3 a6 14. a3 h6 15. b4 a5 16. Bb1 axb4 17. axb4 e5 $132 {Gulko,
B-Matanovic,A/Biel izt (5) 1976/0-1 (46)}) 10... Bf8 (10... Be7 $6 11. b4 d6
12. Nc3 Nbd7 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. Re1 Bf8 15. Bf1 Qc7 16. Rc1 Qb8 17. d5 $14 {
1-0 Torre-Wirthensohn/Dubai ol 1986 (32)}) 11. b4 $5 $146 (11. Bg5 $5 d6 12.
Nc3 Be7 13. Re1 Nbd7 14. Qe2 h6 15. Bh4 Nh5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qe3 a6 18. b4
Rac8 19. Nd2 $14 {0-1 Kharitonov-Chernin/Lvov ch-SU -37/626 1984 (42)}) (11.
Re1 Bxf3 $1 {Azmaiparashvili} (11... d6 12. Nc3 Nbd7 13. d5 (13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4
Be7 15. Rc1 Nh5 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. d5 exd5 {1/2-1/2 Lukacs-Ribli /Hungary Ch
1977}) 13... e5 14. Bf1 g6 15. b4 Nh5 16. Qb3 Ng7 (16... h6 $142 {/\ f5}) 17.
Be3 Nf5 18. Bd2 Be7 19. Ne4 Nf6 20. a4 $36 {Azmaiparashvili-Lerner /Kujbyshev
1L 1986/1/2-1/2 (75)}) 12. Qxf3 Nc6 13. Be3 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Qd1 d5 $1 $10
16. c5 $2 d4 $1 17. Bxd4 $2 Nxd3 18. Rxe8 Nxe8 19. Qxd3 bxc5 $19) (11. Nc3 d5
$1 12. Bg5 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Be7 14. Rc1 Nc6 15. Re1 {1/2-1/2 Bischoff-Huss,
Beer-Sheva 1985}) 11... d6 (11... Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nc6 13. Bb2 e5 14. dxe5 $14)
12. Re1 (12. Bb2) 12... Nbd7 13. Bb2 (13. Nc3 e5 (13... a6 14. Nd2 $6 d5 15. c5
bxc5 16. dxc5 e5 $36 {0-1 Barbero,G-Csom,I/Luzern tt WCh (3) 1985 (31)}) 14. d5
b5 $132) 13... Rc8 (13... a5 14. Nc3 $5 $14 (14. b5 Rc8 15. Rc1 d5 (15... Rc7
16. Bb1 Qa8 17. d5 $1 e5 18. Bf5 $14 {1-0 Azmaiparashvili-Kengis /Jurmala-mm
1983 (42)}) 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. cxd5 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Bxd5 $10 {0-1
Perkins,A-Wells,P/Lloyds Bank 1992 (31)})) 14. Nc3 e5 (14... a6 $5 {/\Rc7,Qa8})
15. dxe5 $5 (15. d5 $5 g6 $14 (15... b5 16. Nxb5 $5 e4 17. Nxa7 $16)) 15...
dxe5 (15... Nxe5 16. Nd5 $1 $36 (16. Nxe5 dxe5 $13)) 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Qc7
(17... Rxc4 18. Bd3 Rc6 19. Bb5 $44 (19. Nxe5 Nxe5 (19... Rd6 20. Nxf7 Rxe1+
21. Qxe1 Kxf7 22. Bc4+) (19... Rce6 20. Bc4) 20. Bxe5 (20. Rxe5 Rd6) 20... Rce6
$15)) 18. Rc1 $2 (18. Bf5 $1 $16 g6 19. Bh3 Rcd8 20. Qc2 {^^}) 18... Nxe4 19.
Rxe4 Qc6 $132 20. Re3 (20. Re2 $5) 20... f6 21. Rd3 $2 (21. Qb3 $142) 21... Nb8
22. Rd5 Qe6 $15 23. h3 Nc6 24. Qa4 $6 a5 $1 25. Rb5 e4 $6 (25... Na7 $142 26.
Rd5 Rxc4 27. Rxc4 Qxd5 28. Qxe8 Qxc4 29. Qd7 Qf7 $17) 26. Nd4 Nxd4 27. Bxd4
Rxc4 28. Rxc4 Qxc4 29. Be3 Re6 30. Rxb6 Rxb6 31. Bxb6 axb4 32. axb4 h6 (32...
Qxb4 33. Qxb4 Bxb4 34. f3 $10) (32... Bxb4 33. Be3 $1) 33. Be3 Kh7 34. g4 Be7
35. Qa5 Bxb4 36. Qa4 $1 Qc3 37. Qb5 $1 Bf8 $10 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 29th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2013.10.23"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ugra"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nd2 e5 10. e4 {This line was examined in CBM 109, annotations to
Monier - Granda Zuniga by GM V.Gavrikov. It presents a typical conflict: Black
attempts to establish a blockade and exploit White's double pawns; White tries
to break through (e.g. by means of f2-f4), open up the position and gain space
for his bishop pair.} Re8 {Black is trying to force d4-d5 and obtain the
c5-square.} (10... c5 $6 11. d5 Nbd7 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Re1 Nf8 14. Nf1 Ng6 15. g3
Bc8 16. Ne3 Bd7 17. Bd2 Ba4 {1/2 (17) Liebert,H (2485)-Vogt,L (2440) Leipzig
1973 - a strange decision as White can do whatever he wants on the kingside
without any counterplay of the opponent!}) (10... Nc6 11. Nb3 (11. d5 $6 Ne7 {
[%csl Rc5]} 12. g3 Re8 13. Re1 Bc8 14. Nf1 Nd7 15. f4 exf4 16. gxf4 Ng6 17. Ng3
Nc5 $36 {0-1 (48) Wukits,R (2240)-Lehner,O (2400) Austria 1998}) (11. Bb2 $5)
11... Ne7 {[%cal Ye7g6]} (11... a5 12. Be3 exd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. f3 Nxd3 15.
Qxd3 Ba6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 d5 18. Bxf6 (18. Nd2 $142 $1 $14) 18... Qxf6 19.
exd5 Rfd8 20. Qc3 {1/2 (23) Polugaevsky,L (2630)-Kuzmin,G (2600) Leningrad 1974
} c6 $1 21. dxc6 Rac8 $15) 12. f3 (12. Bg5 Ng6 13. Qf3 Re8 14. Rae1 h6 15. Bxf6
Qxf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. g3 Re7 18. f4 {1/2 (39) Chiburdanidze,M (2497)-Jenni,F 
(2508) Lippstadt 2003} exf4 19. gxf4 f5 20. e5 Kh8 $13) (12. Qc2 Ng6 13. f4
exf4 14. Bxf4 Nxf4 15. Rxf4 Qe7 16. Re1 Nd7 17. Qf2 Rae8 $11 {1-0 (40)
Malaniuk,V (2523)-Klekowski,M (2338) Krakow POL 2012}) 12... Ng6 13. g3 Re8 14.
Be3 c6 {[%cal Yd6d5]} 15. d5 Rc8 (15... Ba6 $5) 16. Qd2 Qc7 17. Rfc1 Ne7 18. a4
Nd7 19. a5 Rb8 20. Bf1 $14 {1/2 (57) Shariyazdanov,A (2565)-Pavlovic,M (2569)
Oberwart 2003}) 11. Re1 (11. Qc2 Nh5 12. g3 Qf6 13. Nb3 Qg6 14. d5 Bc8 15. f3
Bh3 16. Rf2 Nf4 17. Bf1 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 c6 19. Kh1 Nh5 20. a4 cxd5 21. cxd5 Nd7
$132 {0-1 (58) Zilberman,N-Kostiuchenko,A Kiev 1964}) (11. f3 Nc6 (11... Nbd7
12. Rb1 Nf8 13. Bc2 Qe7 14. Re1 Ne6 15. Nf1 c5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Ne3 Red8 18.
Nd5 $14 {0-1 (58) Tarjan,J (2495)-Bachtiar,A (2335) Manila 1977}) 12. Nb3 a5 (
12... Ne7 13. a4 a5 14. c5 Ng6 15. cxb6 cxb6 16. d5 Re7 17. Be3 Nd7 18. Rb1 Qc8
19. Qd2 Ba6 20. Rb2 $14 {1-0 (53) Kalashian,D (2379)-Chernyshov,K (2543)
Moscow 2008}) 13. a4 h6 14. Be3 Ba6 15. Qd2 exd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. d5 Nxd3 18.
Qxd3 Nd7 19. Bd4 Rc8 20. Rfc1 Qg5 21. Qd2 Qg6 $11 {1/2 (78) Surjadnji,A (2431)
-Sarwat,W (2356) Cairo 2001}) 11... Nc6 {The knight gains a tempo attacking
the d4-pawn and then goes to e7-g6.} (11... Nbd7 {is generally too passive
before White has played d4-d5:} 12. a4 $142 (12. f3 Nh5 $1 (12... Nf8 13. Nf1
Ne6 14. Bc2 Nh5 (14... c5 15. d5 Nf8 16. Ba4 Re7 17. Ng3 Rc7 18. Be3 Bc8 19.
Qd2 Ne8 20. f4 $36 {1-0 (34) Malaniuk,V (2525)-Alikhanov,F (2342) Maikop 2004})
15. Ba4 Rf8 16. Ne3 Nhf4 {0-1 (38) Maksimovic,B (2388)-Markovic,M (2587)
Belgrade 1999} 17. g3 $14) 13. Nb3 Nf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. Qd2 Qh4 16. c5 $6 dxc5
17. dxc5 Ne5 $17 {1-0 (44) Gonzalez Garcia,J (2522)-Panelo Munoz,M (2413)
Barcelona 2011}) 12... Nf8 (12... a5 13. Rb1 Bc6 14. Bc2 Nf8 15. f3 Ng6 16. Nf1
Bd7 17. Ne3 h6 18. Kh1 Nh7 19. Qd2 Ng5 20. Qf2 Ne6 21. Rd1 $14 Nef4 $6 22. c5
bxc5 23. dxc5 dxc5 24. Ba3 $36 {1/2 (29) Petrosian,T-Boleslavsky,I Moscow 1950}
) 13. a5 Ng6 14. Bc2 $5 $36 {<<} (14. Nb3 $2 exd4 15. cxd4 Bxe4 16. Bg5 Bxd3
17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Qxd3 Qe4 $17 {1/2 (63) Ivanov,J (2431)-Suba,M (2540)
Navalmoral 2009})) 12. Bb2 (12. Nb3 {is another plan but the knight is a bit
passive here:} Ne7 (12... exd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. f3 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Nd7 16. Bb2
Qg5 17. d5 Nc5 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. Rf1 f6 20. f4 $14 {1-0 (39) Ipatov,A (2536)
-Shagbazyan,T (2303) Alushta 2011}) (12... a5 13. a4 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. f3
Nxd3 16. Qxd3 d5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Bb2 Nb4 19. Qc3 Qg5 20. d5 c5 21. Nd2 Ba6
22. f4 $14 {1-0 (28) Simagin,V-Rovner,D Vilnius 1949}) 13. Bg5 Ng6 14. f3 h6
15. Be3 Nd7 16. c5 dxc5 17. dxc5 Qf6 18. a4 Rad8 19. Qc2 Nf4 $11 {1/2 (43)
Sutkovic,D (2331)-Kurajica,B (2513) Sarajevo BIH 2013}) 12... Na5 {The c4-pawn
can be easily protected; however, Black's idea is to tie White's pieces to its
defence so that he couldn't activate them and especially get his b2-bishop out.
} (12... Ne7 $5 {is more traditional:} 13. f3 Ng6 14. g3 (14. Nf1 $142 {
V.Gavrikov}) 14... c6 $1 {[%cal Gd6d5]} 15. Nf1 Qc7 16. d5 $6 (16. Ne3 d5 $11)
16... Nd7 $1 17. Ne3 Nc5 18. Bf1 Ne7 19. Ba3 cxd5 20. cxd5 Bc8 21. Qd2 f5 $132
{0-1 (53) Monier,R (2412)-Granda Zuniga,J (2601) Buenos Aires 2005 CBM 109 
[Gavrikov]}) 13. Qe2 (13. Qc2 $143 Ba6 {, and Black carries out his plan:} 14.
Rad1 Qd7 15. Bf1 c5 16. g3 Re7 17. Bc1 h6 18. d5 Nh7 19. f3 Rb8 20. Re3 Qe8 21.
Rde1 Nf6 22. Qd1 Qd7 23. h3 Nh5 24. Kh2 Rf8 $15 {1/2 (96) Vitiugov,N (2719)
-Morozevich,A (2739) Tromso NOR 2013}) 13... Qd7 14. Nf1 $6 {[%mdl 512] Too
quick! This pawn sacrifice is dubious.} (14. f3 {is logical, and then
Nd2-f1-e3 (rather than Nd2-b3, to which Black's knight will retreat to c6).})
14... exd4 15. Qc2 Nc6 16. Ng3 dxc3 17. Bxc3 Qd8 $2 {Why going back?!} (17...
Ne5 $1 18. Bf1 (18. f3 Qc6 $5) 18... Qg4 19. f3 Qg6 {[%cal Yf6h5] , and White
has no compensation whatsoever.} 20. f4 $2 Ned7 {just loses the e4-pawn.}) 18.
f4 $44 {Now White has a mobile pawn centre and prospects of a strong attack.}
Nd7 (18... g6 {(preventing Ng3-f5 but weakening dark squares) could hardly
solve Black's problems.}) 19. Rad1 (19. Nf5 f6 20. Re3 $40 {[%cal Ye3g3] was
probably even stronger.}) 19... Ne7 $6 (19... Kh8 $142 20. Nf5 f6) ({or, after
all,} 19... g6) 20. Nh5 $1 g6 (20... f6 21. e5 $1 fxe5 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. fxe5
$18) 21. Nf6+ Nxf6 22. Bxf6 {Black has been forced to weaken dark squares in
the worst possible version, getting a "nail" on f6.} Qd7 23. f5 {[%mdl 128]
Starting a decisive assault.} (23. Ba1 Rf8 24. Qb2 f6 25. e5 $1 {was very
strong, too.}) 23... h6 24. Rf1 Qc6 25. Bd4 {This move is rather unnecessary
but it doesn't spoil anything.} g5 26. h4 $1 Kf8 (26... gxh4 27. Qd2 Kh7 28.
Rf4 $18) (26... g4 27. h5 {[%cal Yf1f4]}) 27. hxg5 hxg5 28. Qd2 f6 29. Bxf6
Qc5+ 30. Rf2 Kf7 31. Bxg5 Rg8 32. Be2 Nc6 33. Bh5+ Kf8 34. Bf6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Hossain, Enamul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2857"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "Bangladesh"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BAN"]

1. e3 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. d4 Bb4 {A very original move order
- and finally a normal position of the Nimzo-Indian Defense.} 6. Bd3 Ne4 7. O-O
Bxc3 8. bxc3 O-O 9. Ne1 {Typical: White ousts Black's knight from the centre
but it takes some time; besides, White's knight has no good prospects.} c5 $6 {
This is not active enough. White creates a strong and solid pawn centre.} (9...
f5 {is the main theoretical line seen in hundreds of games. Here is one of
them, played at the highest level:} 10. f3 Ng5 11. Qe2 Qf6 12. Nc2 d6 13. a4
Nc6 14. Ba3 Qg6 15. f4 Ne4 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. c5 Rfd8 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. d5 exd5
20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. cxd4 a5 $13 {1/2 (39) Gelfand,B (2741)-Vallejo Pons,F (2703)
Leon 2010}) (9... d5 {leads to the Botvinnik pawn structure, which is rather
favorable for White, e.g.} 10. cxd5 exd5 11. f3 Nf6 12. Rb1 Re8 13. Rb2 Qd7 14.
g4 g6 15. Ng2 c5 16. Nf4 Qd6 17. Qe1 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nc6 19. Qh4 Na5 20. Rg2 Rac8
21. Qh6 Qf8 22. Qxf8+ Rxf8 23. g5 $36 {1-0 (58) Gligoric,S (2565)-Sanz Alonso,
F (2330) Montilla 1978}) ({Other options:} 9... Qh4 10. f3 Ng5 11. e4 f5 12.
exf5 exf5 13. Nc2 f4 14. d5 Na6 15. Nd4 Nc5 16. Bc2 Ba6 17. Nf5 $16 {1-0 (48)
Gligoric,S-Rodriguez,J Havana 1969}) (9... d6 10. f3 Nf6 11. e4 Nbd7 12. Nc2 c5
13. Bg5 Re8 14. Ne3 Qc7 15. Re1 h6 16. Bh4 Nh5 17. Bf1 Nf8 18. Ng4 f5 19. exf5
exf5 20. Ne3 Qf7 21. Qc2 g6 22. Nd5 $36 {1-0 (41) Malaniuk,V (2513)-Saulin,D 
(2396) Tula 2004}) 10. f3 Nf6 (10... Nd6 $2 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13.
Qxd6 Na6 14. Rb1 Bc6 15. Nd3 Qa5 16. Ne5 $16 {1-0 (61) Lin,W-Huang,R China 1987
}) 11. e4 Ne8 {Just a loss of time.} ({It was not easy to create counterplay
but maybe something like this deserved attention:} 11... d6 12. d5 Re8 13. Nc2
Nbd7 14. Ne3 Ne5 15. Be2 Ng6 16. g3 h5 $5) 12. d5 $14 d6 13. Nc2 Nd7 14. Ne3
Nef6 (14... Ne5 15. Be2 {, and White will push f3-f4 sooner or later.}) 15. a4
a5 {Black doesn't want to allow a4-a5 but his b6-pawn may now become weak.} 16.
Ra2 Qc7 $6 {It was the last moment to bring the knight to g6 slowing down
White's attack:} (16... Ne5 17. Be2 Ng6) 17. f4 {[%mdl 128] Using his space
advantage, White starts a kingside attack.} exd5 18. exd5 Rfe8 19. g4 $1 Nf8
20. g5 N6d7 21. h4 Rad8 22. h5 Bc8 23. Ng4 Re7 24. Rg2 Kh8 25. Qf3 Rde8 26. Qg3
{[%cal Rf4f5]} Rd8 (26... g6 27. Qh4 {[%cal Yg2h2,Yf4f5]}) 27. Bd2 Rde8 28. f5
Ne5 29. Nxe5 Rxe5 30. Bf4 Nd7 31. f6 $1 {Of course, White ignores the e5-rook
so far.} g6 32. hxg6 fxg6 33. Bxg6 $1 {One of the typical Carlsen games, in
which is it difficult to find out where his opponent made a decisive mistake.
Was it really 9...c5 ??!} (33. Bxg6 hxg6 34. Qh4+ Kg8 35. Rh2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Candidates qf3"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Yusupov Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O
7. O-O c5 8. Bd2 (8. Na4 {Yusupov}) 8... cxd4 (8... d6 {Ftacnik}) 9. exd4 d5
10. cxd5 Nxd5 (10... Bxc3 {Ftacnik} 11. bxc3 Qxd5 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. Qe2 Qh5 14.
a4 a6 15. Reb1 Rfd8 $10 {Reshevsky,S-Smyslov,V/Zurich ct/1953/}) 11. Rc1 {
A new move, but not very impressive.} (11. Re1 $1 {is more precise, since
Black is not able to develop his knight on c6 so easily} Nd7 (11... Nc6 $6 12.
Nxd5 Bxd2 (12... Qxd5 $2 13. Be4 Qd6 14. Bxb4 Qxb4 15. Qc2 h6 16. Bxc6 Rac8 17.
Qa4 $18) 13. Qxd2 Qxd5 14. Be4 Qd7 15. Rad1 {and White stands better})) (11.
Qe2 {Ftacnik} Nd7 12. Rac1 N7f6 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. Ba6 Rfd8 16. h3
Bd6 $10 {King,D-Crawley,G/BCF-ch/1989/}) (11. Qe2 {Yusupov}) (11. Re1 {Yusupov}
) (11. Ne5 $5 {Yusupov}) 11... Nc6 (11... Nd7 {Ftacnik} 12. Re1 N7f6 $13) 12.
Re1 (12. Qe2 $5 {Yusupov}) 12... Rc8 (12... Nf6 {Ftacnik} 13. Bg5) 13. Re4 {
Rather dubious, but understable given the match situation: Yusupov has to win.
13.Bb1 should be preferred, though.} Nce7 (13... Be7 $6 {would stop 14.Rh4,
but not White's attack. For example:} 14. Nxd5 (14. Rg4 {Yusupov} Nf6 15. Rh4
$36) 14... Qxd5 15. Rg4 Nb4 $2 16. Be4 Qh5 17. Ne5 $16) (13... Nxc3 {Ftacnik}
14. bxc3 Be7 (14... Ba3 $6 {Yusupov} 15. Rb1 {/\Rb5->})) 14. Nxd5 {White
exchanges at the appropriate moment, preventing Black from locking the
kingside with 14...Ng6.} (14. Rh4 {Yusupov} Ng6 $22 15. Rh3 Ndf4 16. Bxf4 Nxf4
17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Rh4 Bxf3 $19) 14... Nxd5 (14... Bxd2 {Ftacnik} 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7
16. Qxd2 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 $16) (14... exd5 $2 {Ftacnik} 15. Rh4 $18) 15. Rh4 g6 (
15... h6 $6 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17. Ne5 $16) (15... Bxd2 $2 {Ftacnik} 16. Bxh7+ Kh8
17. Qxd2 $18) (15... f5 {Ftacnik} 16. Rh3 $14) (15... f5 $13 {Yusupov}) 16.
Rxc8 Qxc8 (16... Bxc8 $2 17. Bxb4 (17. Ng5 {Ftacnik} Bxd2 18. Qxd2 h5 19. Nf3
$14) 17... Nxb4 18. Qd2 $1 Nxd3 (18... Nd5 19. Qh6 Nf6 20. Ng5 $18) 19. Qh6 Re8
20. Qxh7+ (20. Ng5 {Yusupov} Qf6 21. Ne4 Qxd4 22. Qg5 Kg7 $10) 20... Kf8 21.
Qh6+ Ke7 22. Qg5+ Kd6 (22... Kd7 23. Qb5+) 23. Qb5 $1 g5 24. Nxg5 $18) 17. Ng5
(17. Bxb4 $2 {Ftacnik} Nxb4 18. Bb1 Bxf3 $17) (17. Ne5 {Yusupov} Qc7 {/\Rc8<=>}
) 17... Be7 $1 (17... h5 18. g4 (18. Rxh5 $2 Bxd2 (18... gxh5 $2 19. Qxh5 Nf6
20. Qh6 $18) 19. Qxd2 gxh5 20. Ne4 f6 21. Qh6 Qc7 $19) 18... Bxd2 19. Qxd2 Nb4
(19... Nf6 20. gxh5 Qc6 21. Ne4 $18) 20. Be4 (20. Qxb4 $2 Qc1+ 21. Bf1 Qxg5 $19
) (20. gxh5 $2 Nxd3 21. hxg6 fxg6 $19) 20... Bxe4 21. Nxe4 Qd8 (21... Qc2 22.
Nf6+ Kg7 23. Qg5 $18) 22. Rh3 hxg4 23. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Ng5 Qxg5
26. Qxg5 {with a favorable ending, though tough to win.}) (17... Bxd2 18. Qxd2
Nf6 $2 (18... h5 {Ftacnik} 19. Nf3 Kg7 20. Rxh5 $1) (18... Qc6 {Yusupov} 19.
Nxh7 Rc8 20. Bf1 $22 Qc1 21. Qe2 Nf4 22. Qe3 Bxg2 23. Nf6+ Kg7 (23... Kf8 24.
Rh8+ Kg7 (24... Ke7 25. Re8+ $18) 25. Ne8+ $18) 24. Ne8+ Kf8 25. Rh8+ Ke7 26.
Qa3+ Rc5 27. Qxa7+ $18) 19. Nxh7 $1 Nxh7 20. Qh6 $18 (20. Qh6 Rd8 21. Qxh7+ Kf8
22. Qh6+ $16)) (17... h5 $5 {Ftacnik}) 18. Qg4 Ba6 $6 (18... Nf6 $1 19. Qh3 h5
20. g4 $2 Qc6 21. f3 Qa4 $1 $19) (18... f5 {Yusupov} 19. Qe2 $13) 19. Qh3 (19.
Rxh7 {Yusupov} Bxg5 20. Qxg5 Kxh7 21. Bxg6+ fxg6 22. Qh6+ $10) 19... h5 (19...
Bxd3 $2 20. Rxh7 Qc2 (20... Bf6 21. Rg7+ $1 (21. Rh8+ $1 $18 {Yusupov}) 21...
Bxg7 22. Qh7#) (20... Bxg5 21. Bxg5 {with mate to follow}) 21. Rh8+ Kg7 22.
Rg8+ $1 (22. Qh7+ {Ftacnik} Kf6 23. Ne4+ Bxe4 24. Bg5+ Kxg5 25. Qh4+ Kf5 26.
g4+ Kf4 27. Qg3+ Kg5 28. h4+ Kf6 29. Qe5#) 22... Rxg8 23. Qh7+ Kf6 24. Qxf7#) (
19... Bxg5 {Ftacnik} 20. Bxg5 h5 21. Bb1 $40 (21. g4 $36 {Yusupov})) 20. Rxh5
$1 (20. Bxa6 $2 {Yusupov} Qxa6 {/\Qe2-/+}) 20... gxh5 21. Bh7+ Kg7 (21... Kh8
22. Qxh5 Nf6 23. Qh4 (23. Qh6 $2 Ng4 (23... Bc4 {Ftacnik} 24. Bb1+ Kg8 25. Nh7
Nd5 26. Nxf8 $18) (23... Ng4 {Yusupov} 24. Qh3 $40)) 23... Bb7 (23... Kg7 $140
24. Nxe6+ $1 $16) 24. Bb1+ Kg8 25. Nh7 $1 $18) 22. Qxh5 Nf6 $2 (22... Bb4 $6
23. Nxf7 Rxf7 24. Qh6+ (24. Bg5 $6 Qe8 (24... Kf8 25. Bg6 Rg7 26. Qh8+ Rg8 27.
Qh7 Rg7 28. Bh6 Qc1+ 29. Bxc1 Rxh7 30. Bxh7 $146) 25. Qh6+ Kh8 26. Bf5+ Kg8 27.
Bxe6 Bd3 $19) 24... Kh8 25. Bf5+ Kg8 26. Qg6+ (26. Bxe6 $2 Qc2 (26... Bxd2 $2
27. Qg6+ $18) 27. Qg5+ (27. Bxf7+ {Yusupov} Kxf7 28. Qh5+ $10) 27... Kh8 28.
Qe5+ Rg7 29. Qh5+ Qh7 30. Qe8+ Rg8 31. Bxg8 Qb1+ 32. Be1 (32. Qe1 Qxe1+ 33.
Bxe1 Kxg8 $19) 32... Nf6 $19) 26... Kh8 (26... Rg7 $2 27. Bxe6+ Kh8 28. Qh5+
Rh7 29. Qe5+ $18) (26... Kf8 $2 27. Bxe6 $16) 27. Bxe6 $1 (27. Qh6+ $10) 27...
Qg8 28. Qxf7 Qxf7 29. Bxf7 Bxd2 30. Bxd5 Bc1 31. b3 Bb2 $14) (22... Bxg5 $1 23.
Bxg5 (23. Qxg5+ {Ftacnik} Kxh7 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Qg5+ $10) 23... f6 24. Be4 (24.
Qg6+ Kh8 25. Bh6 (25. Qh6 Rf7) (25. Bg8 Qd7) 25... Qc7 $1 26. Bxf8 Qc1#) 24...
Rh8 (24... f5 25. Bh6+ Kf6 26. Qg5+ Kf7 27. Qg7+ $18) 25. Qg6+ Kf8 26. Bxd5
exd5 27. Qxf6+ Kg8 28. Qg6+ Kf8 29. Qf6+ $10 (29. h4 $6 Qd7 {followed by ...Qf7
}) (29. Bd2 {Yusupov} Qc4 30. h3 {Nunn;/\a3+-})) (22... f6 {Ftacnik} 23. Nxe6+
Qxe6 24. Qh6+ $18) (22... Be2 $5 {Ftacnik} 23. g4 $5 (23. f3 {Yusupov} Nf6 24.
Nxe6+ fxe6 25. Qh6+ Kh8 26. Bf5+ Kg8 27. Qg5+ Kh8 28. Qh4+ Kg7 29. Qg3+ Kh8 30.
Qh3+ Kg7 31. Bxe6 $18)) 23. Nxe6+ $1 fxe6 (23... Qxe6 24. Qh6+ Kh8 25. Bf5+ Kg8
26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Qg6+ Kh8 28. Bh6 Rg8 29. Qf7 Bd8 30. Bf4 $18) 24. Qh6+ Kh8
25. Bf5+ Kg8 26. Qg5+ Kh8 27. Qh4+ Kg8 28. Qg5+ Kh8 29. Qh4+ Kg8 30. Qg3+ Kh8
31. Qh3+ Kg7 32. Qg3+ Kh8 33. Qh3+ Kg7 34. Bxe6 Qxe6 (34... Rh8 {Ftacnik} 35.
Qg3+ Kf8 36. Bxc8 Bxc8 37. Qb8 $16) 35. Qxe6 Bd8 $6 (35... Re8 {was more
stubborn.} 36. Bg5 Bb5) 36. g4 Re8 37. Qf5 Bc4 38. g5 (38. g5 Ne4 (38... Nd5
39. Qd7+ Kf8 40. g6 $18) (38... Ng8 39. d5 $18) (38... Nh7 {Yusupov} 39. d5 $18
) 39. Bf4 $1 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Likavsky,T"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. e3 {The main line 4.g3 has been analysed too
much, so people are trying something new (or old-new).} Bb7 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3
O-O 7. O-O Bxc3 $6 {More frequent and better is 7...c5 (which still could
allow the capture on c3 sooner or later under better circumstances) or 7...d5.
The problem of the text move is that it gives up ^^ without an appropriate
recompense.} (7... c5 8. Na4 cxd4 9. exd4 Re8 10. a3 Bf8 11. Bf4 d6 12. Re1
Nbd7 13. Rc1 e5 14. dxe5 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Nc3 g6 18. Be4
Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Rc8 20. b4 Qd4 21. Qxd4 exd4 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Nd5 Re2 {1/2
Carlsen,M (2815)-Karjakin,S (2776)/Medias 2011/CBM 143 (30)}) (7... d5 8. a3 (
8. cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 Nbd7 11. Rb1 c6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14.
Bxe4 Nf6 15. Bc2 h6 16. Nh4 Qc7 17. g3 c5 18. bxc5 Qc6 19. f3 bxc5 20. Nf5 Rad8
21. Bxh6 {1-0 Wang Hao (2736)-Giri,A (2714)/Beijing 2011/CB00_2012 (38)}) 8...
Bd6 9. Qe2 c5 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ba6 Bxa6 13. Qxa6 c4 14. b3 Qc8
15. Qxc8 Rfxc8 16. Bd2 a6 17. a4 Bb4 18. Rdb1 cxb3 19. Rxb3 Rc4 {1/2 Topalov,V
(2775)-Giri,A (2690)/Monte Carlo 2011/CBM 142 (48)}) 8. bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 $1 $14 {
[%csl Yc1][%cal Ge3e4,Gf2f3,Yc1h6][%mdl 32] Very logical! Possessing the only
dark squared B on board White stands his pawns on white squares to open up
black diagonals, to restrict the Bb7 and Nf6 and to build up a strong centre.}
Nbd7 (9... c5 {looks more principled:} 10. e4 Nc6 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Yc6a5,Yb7a6,
Ya8c8,Yd8d7,Yd7a4] , although White has enough means to stop the press against
c4 or simply exploit the fact of the absence some black pieces from the
kingside (in the event of Na5, Ba6, Qa4).} 11. Bb2 $5 {[%cal Gf2f4,Gd4d5] just
a temporary place for the B} (11. d5 Ne5 (11... Na5 12. Nb3 $5) 12. Be2 {
[%cal Gf2f4]}) 11... Ba6 12. Qe2 {[%cal Gf2f4,Ge4e5]} e5 13. d5 Ne7 14. g3 {
[%cal Gg1h1,Gf2f4,Ga1e1,Gb2c1,Yd2f1,Yf1e3,Gf1g1]} (14. a4 {[%cal Ga4a5]})) 10.
e4 e5 {[%csl Rf5] Well, Black has stopped the e4-e5 possibility and he also in
fact has stopped an instant f2-f4 (due to the weakening of e4 after exf4), but
I don't see any active plan for him - just to sit and wait. Please, note the
free square on f5 for the white N too.} 11. f3 Re8 12. Rf2 $1 {[%cal Gd2f1,
Gf1e3,Gf1g3,Gg3f5,Ge3f5,Ge3d5,Yc1g5][%mdl 32]} c6 {Black confesses his wrong
strategy in this game. He plans to push d6-d5 (having no taste for just
sitting and waiting). This of course, will rid White of his doubled c-pawns
and he will be left with a nice position and ^^.} 13. Nf1 d5 14. Ng3 $1 $16 {
Another strategic blow. White is in no hurry to take cxd5 and to open the
c-file for his opponent.} Qc7 (14... dxe4 $6 15. fxe4 {[%cal Gf2f7]}) 15. Bg5
$5 {A little provocation.} h6 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Nf5 dxc4 $2 {An unlucky try to
slip out.} ({We can see the danger in a line like} 17... Bc8 18. Qc1 $1 dxe4
19. Bxh6 $1 exd3 20. Bxg7 Nh7 21. Qh6 Nc5 22. Bf6 $1 Ne6 23. Re1 $18) (17...
Re6 $5 {[%cal Ye6h6,Yf6e8] is may be more persistent - having some defending
ideas in a case of emergency, but Black would remain without a plan.}) 18. Bxc4
b5 19. Bb3 Nc5 (19... c5 20. Qc1 c4 (20... cxd4 21. Bxh6) 21. Bc2 $18) 20. Rd2
$1 $18 ({Black was dreaming about} 20. Bc2 $2 Bc8 $1) 20... Nxb3 (20... exd4
21. Bxd4 $18 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Gd4g7,Gd4a7]}) 21. axb3 {[%csl Ra7,Rb7,Rc5,Rd6,
Ye3,Yf5,Rg7,Rg8,Gh6][%cal Gd4e5,Ye3d4,Ga1a7]} a6 (21... Bc8 22. dxe5 (22. Nxg7
$5) 22... Bxf5 23. exf6 $18) 22. dxe5 Rxd2 23. Qxd2 Qxe5 (23... Rxe5 $142 {
, but even} 24. Bf4 $5 {is enough} Qb6+ 25. Qd4 Qxd4+ 26. cxd4 Re6 27. Nd6 Re7
28. Nxb7 Rxb7 29. Rxa6 $18) 24. Bd4 Qe6 (24... Rd8 25. Qf2 Qf4 26. g3 $18) 25.
Nxh6+ $1 Kh7 (25... gxh6 26. Qxh6 $18) 26. Nf5 {[%cal Gd2g5,Gf5g7] We have
seen some excellent strategic play by Laurent Fressinet all through this game.}
1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 ({The usual move order characteristic for
the classical system would be} 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3) 4... b6 5. e3 Bb7 6.
Bd3 c5 7. O-O O-O 8. Bd2 cxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Qe2 Be7 12. Rfe1 Nd7
13. Rad1 N7f6 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. Bb1 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qd5 17. f3 Rc7 18. Qf2 b5 19.
Qg3 Rfc8 20. Qh3 g6 21. Bg5 Nh5 22. Bd2 b4 23. c4 Qxd4+ 24. Kh1 Qh4 25. Qg4
Qxg4 26. fxg4 Ng7 27. Bf4 g5 28. Bg3 f6 29. Nf3 e5 30. Nxe5 fxe5 31. Bxe5 Rxc4
32. Bxg7 Rxg4 33. h3 Rxg2 34. Be4 Bxe4 35. Rxe4 Kxg7 36. Kxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 16th"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2015.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bukavshin, Ivan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2015.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 ({The line played in the game is a more
restrictive (for White) version of:} 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 Ne4 {when
White can ignore the threat on c3 with} 7. O-O {Accepting the pawn sacrirfice
is dangerous:} Nxc3 ({The forced line} 7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 Nxc3 9. Qc2 Bxf3 10.
gxf3 Qg5+ 11. Kh1 Qh5 12. Rg1 Qxf3+ 13. Rg2 f5 {fails to offer Black a draw by
perpetual. White can play on with two pawns down as in the following classical
game:} 14. Ba3 Ne4 15. Rf1 Rg8 16. Be2 Qh3 17. f3 Nf6 18. d5 $40 {[%csl Ga3,
Rb8,Ge2,Re8] 1-0 (25) Keres,P-Spassky,B Riga 1965}) 8. bxc3 Bxc3 9. Rb1 {
The latest game with this line went:} c5 10. Rb3 (10. dxc5 Na6 $11 {[%cal
Gc3f6,Ga6c5]}) 10... Ba5 11. e4 (11. dxc5 Na6) 11... d6 12. d5 e5 {Black has
consolidated but his bishop is out of play on a5. White needs to clear the
path for the f-pawn and the third rank for the rook. He would not be
interested in playing Nd2 or Ne1 allowing the exchange of the passive bishop.}
13. Ng5 $6 {But this is not the right way. The knight does nto stand well on
h3.} (13. Bc2 $5 Nd7 14. h3 Qe7 15. Nh2 $44 {[%cal Gh2g4,Gg4e3,Yb3g3,Ge3f5]})
13... h6 14. Nh3 Nd7 15. f4 Qe7 ({Only not} 15... exf4 $2 16. Nxf4 Ne5 17. Nh5
O-O 18. Bb1 $18 {[%cal Gb3g3]}) 16. f5 O-O-O 17. Bc2 Kb8 18. Rg3 Rdg8 19. Ba4
Nf6 20. Qe2 Bc8 21. Qf3 Ba6 22. Qd3 Bc8 23. Qf3 Ba6 24. Qd3 Bc8 25. Qf3 {
1/2-1/2 (25) Xiu,D (2571)-Zhao,J (2608) Xinghua 2014}) 4... b6 5. e3 Ne4 6. Qc2
{White needs to spend a tempo on this slightly committal move.} Bb7 7. Bd3
Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 f5 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 {A relatively rare continuation, which had
offered Bukavshin an advantage in a previous game. The critical continuations
are the knight retreats to d2 or e1, preparing to dislocate the enemy knight
with f2-f3 and occupy the centre with e3-e4.} (10. Ne1 c5 11. f3 Nd6 12. Ba3
Na6 {White is active and he has forced the knight on to an unfavourable square,
but his bishop does not stand well on a3 either. It may well turn into White's
worst piece, as so many times in the Nimzo-Indian.} 13. e4 (13. Qe2 Qe7 14. e4
fxe4 15. fxe4 Rxf1+ 16. Kxf1 e5 17. d5 Nc7 18. Nf3 (18. Kg1 {does not change
much essentially, but Black's plan was probably less accurate than in the main
line.} Rf8 19. Nf3 Nf7 20. Bc1 d6 21. Rb1 Bc8 22. Qc2 Bd7 23. Be3 Nh8 24. a4
Ng6 25. a5 bxa5 26. Rb7 Bg4 27. Nd2 Ra8 28. Qa4 {White has some initiative,
but the World Champion defends very originally.} Bc8 29. Rb1 Qd8 30. Qxa5 Ne6
$1 {Improving the placement of the passive knight.} 31. Qxd8+ Nxd8 32. Ra1 a5
33. g3 h6 34. Kf2 Nf8 35. Nb1 Nd7 36. Na3 Nf6 37. Ke1 Nf7 {0-1 (61) Graf,A 
(2580)-Kasparov,G (2785) Geneve 1996. Black has regrouped harmoniously and his
a-pawn is likely to cause problems after simplifying.}) 18... Ba6 19. Kg1 Rf8
20. Rf1 h6 {Black does not hurry to play ...d7-d6, since the knight helps him
to keep the pressure on c4.} 21. Bc1 Nce8 22. Be3 Nf6 23. Nd2 Qe8 24. a4 Nb7
25. Nb3 d6 26. Ra1 Na5 {Just in time to prevent a4-a5.} 27. Nd2 (27. Nxa5 bxa5
{is at least not worse for Black.}) 27... Bc8 28. Bc2 Bg4 29. Qe1 Qh5 $15 {
1/2-1/2 (55) Demuth,A (2475)-Amin,B (2635) Nice 2014}) 13... fxe4 ({The
hyper-modern} 13... Qe7 {eventually turned out well for Black in an older game
played at the Candidates.} 14. e5 Nf7 15. f4 g5 16. d5 $6 gxf4 17. Nf3 Nh8 18.
Rae1 Ng6 19. Bc1 Kh8 20. Qf2 Qg7 $132 {0-1 (40) Jussupow,A (2645)-Timman,J 
(2645) Tilburg 1986}) 14. fxe4 Rxf1+ 15. Kxf1 Qf8+ $5 (15... e5 {is also quite
OK.} 16. d5 Nc7 17. Nf3 Qe7 {0-1 (41) Hoffman,A (2452)-Franco Alonso,A (2487)
San Sebastian 2013}) 16. Nf3 (16. Kg1 Qf4) 16... cxd4 {Here we see why Black
did not play ...Qf8 instead of ...Qf6: e4-e5 does not fork his pieces.} 17. e5
(17. cxd4 $2 Nxc4 $3 $17 {[%cal Gc4e3,Gf8a3]}) 17... Nxc4 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19.
Bxf8 Ne3+ 20. Kf2 Nxc2 21. Bxc2 Rxf8 22. cxd4 Nb4 $11) (10. Nd2 Qh4 11. f3 (11.
f4 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Qg4 13. Rf2 Qg6 14. Raf1 d6 15. Re2 Be4 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. g4
Nc6 18. Rg2 Na5 19. f5 exf5 20. gxf5 Qf7 21. Qxe4 Nxc4 22. Qd3 d5 {1/2-1/2 (53)
Darga,K-Portisch,L Oberhausen 1961}) (11. g3 Ng5 $1 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gg5h3]}
12. d5 {0-1 (28) Malcanek,O-Teschner,R Reggio Emilia 1965} Nh3+ 13. Kg2 Qh5
$132) 11... Nxd2 12. Bxd2 d6 13. Be1 (13. e4 fxe4 14. fxe4 Nd7 {is quite OK
for Black.}) (13. Rae1 Nd7 14. e4 f4 {[%cal Ge6e5,Gf8f6,Gf6h6,Gg7g5]} 15. e5
dxe5 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Rae8 $13 {0-1 (77) Bartholomew,J (2440)-L'Ami,E 
(2611) Reykjavik 2012}) ({Black is well prepared for the thematic} 13. c5 dxc5
14. Qb3 Qe7 15. Rae1 Nc6 16. e4 f4 17. Bc1 Na5 18. Qa4 Bc6 19. Qa3 Qd7 $17 {
0-1 (65) Kazakov,M (2479)-Dann,M (2448) Lvov 2014}) 13... Qg5 14. Kh1 Nd7 15.
e4 fxe4 (15... Rae8 $2 16. exf5 exf5 17. Bd2 Qg6 18. Qa4 $16 {1-0 (27)
Vocaturo,D (2536)-Beltran Rueda,S (2420) Sitges 2013}) 16. Bxe4 (16. fxe4 Rxf1+
17. Bxf1 Qf4 18. Bd3 Bxe4) 16... Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Rfe8 $5 18. Qb7 Qd8 $11) 10...
Nc6 11. Ba3 Rf6 $1 {The most typical continuation for this variation. Black
goes straight for a mating attack..} (11... Re8 $6 12. Rfb1 Ng5 13. Nd2 Qf6 14.
f4 Nf7 15. e4 $36 {1/2-1/2 (24) Bukavshin,I (2553)-Alekseev,E (2707) St
Petersburg 2013}) (11... Ne7 $6 12. Ne1 d6 13. f3 Ng5 14. c5 $36 {1-0 (31)
Efimov,I (2450)-Ikonnikov,V (2540) Catania 1995}) 12. Rfb1 $146 {White's
concentration of pieces on the queenside is not too effective.} ({But action
in the centre is not too impressive either, which speaks against White?s whole
plan.} 12. d5 Na5 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Qxe4 c5 $44 {[%csl Ra3,Rc4]} 15. Rfd1 (15.
Qd3 Rxf3 16. gxf3 Qg5+ 17. Kh1 exd5 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. e4 Bc4 20. Qxd7 Rd8 21.
Qh3 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Qf6 $36) (15. dxc6 Bxc6 $19 {[%csl Rf3]} 16. Qg4 Bxf3 17.
gxf3 Rg6) 15... Qe8 16. Qd3 (16. Bb4 $5 cxb4 17. cxb4 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Bxd5 19.
Rxd5 exd5 20. Qxd5+ Kh8 21. h3 $44) 16... Qh5 17. Nd2 (17. e4 Raf8 {[%csl Gc4,
Gf2][%cal Gb7a6]}) 17... exd5 18. cxd5 Qxd5 $15 {[%csl Ra3,Ra4,Rc3] 1/2-1/2 
(58) Kogan,B-Gershman,S Kiev 1964}) (12. Bxe4 fxe4 13. Qxe4 Na5 {forces} 14. d5
{with a transposition above.} (14. Qd3 $2 Rxf3 15. gxf3 Qg5+ 16. Kh1 Bxf3#))
12... Rb8 $5 {Defending the bishop in order to neutralise the threat Bxe4 for
good.} 13. Bb4 {Still without a clear plan since a4-a5 is not really
threatening.} (13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Qxe4 Nb4 15. d5 exd5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Qc4
Rxf3 18. gxf3 Qf6 $44) 13... Rg6 14. Bf1 Rh6 {[%cal Gg7g4] After inducing
White to release the pressure on e4, Black switches to the most aggressive
plan.} 15. Rd1 g5 $1 $40 {Suddenly White is in big trouble.} 16. Nd2 g4 17. g3
{One brief look at the position is enough to understand that Black is close to
winning. But Vallejo completely loses the thread.} Nxb4 $2 {At this high point
in the game, this should be the last move to consider. Exchanging the bad
bishop is necessary only of if it wins at once.} ({Obviously, this was not
Paco's best day. Under normal circumstances, it would have been virtually
impossible to miss the simple winning attack starting with} 17... Nxf2 $1 18.
Kxf2 Rxh2+ 19. Kg1 {Black even has a big choice now:} (19. Ke1 Qg5 $19) {
When calculating the sacrifice, Black could use the safety network created by}
19... Rh1+ $1 {which incidentally is the strongest continuation.} (19... Qg5 $5
20. Kxh2 (20. Nf3 Rxc2 21. Nxg5 h6 22. Nxe6 dxe6 $17) 20... Qh6+ 21. Kg1 Qxe3+
22. Kh2 Nxb4 23. cxb4 Qf2+) (19... Qe8 $6 20. Kxh2 Qh5+ 21. Kg1 Nxb4 22. cxb4
Qh1+ 23. Kf2 Qh2+ 24. Ke1 Bf3 $1 {[%csl Re1][%cal Gh2g3]} 25. Nxf3 $8 Qxc2 26.
Nd2 {is slightly less convincing.}) 20. Kf2 {Once he reaches this position he
could calmly decide whether to give another check on h2 or play the winning}
Qf6 {[%cal Gh1h2,Gf6h6]}) ({If Black was tempted by the plan involving ...Qg5,
he should have played it at once?} 17... Qg5 18. Nxe4 ({The difference is that
} 18. d5 $2 {is impossible to} Ne5 $18) 18... Qh5 19. h4 gxh3 20. Qe2 (20. Kh2
Nxb4 21. cxb4 Bxe4 22. Bd3 Qf3 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Rg1 Rf8 $17) (20. Nd2 Nxb4 21.
cxb4 h2#) 20... h2+ 21. Kh1 fxe4 22. Qxh5 Rxh5 $15 {True, this is far from
what the position promised on move 17.}) 18. cxb4 Qg5 ({Once he had said "A",
he should have said "B", too, by clearing the bishop's diagonal completely?} 
18... Nxd2 19. Rxd2 Be4 $15) 19. d5 $1 {[%csl Rb7] Suddenly things are not
that clear anymore.} Nxd2 $6 {Since it does not help the bishop in any way,
this exchange is a concession.} (19... Qh5 20. h4 gxh3 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. dxe6 (
22. Qxe4 exd5 23. cxd5 Re8) 22... d6 23. a5 Qf3 24. Kh2 Bc8 $5 25. axb6 axb6
26. Rd4 (26. e7 Bg4 $19) (26. Ra7 Bxe6 27. Rxc7 Bg4 28. Re1 Qg2+ $3 29. Bxg2
hxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Bf3+ 31. Kg1 Rh1#) 26... Bxe6 27. Ra2 Bf5 28. c5 $132) 20. Rxd2
Qh5 21. h4 gxh3 22. Kh2 d6 23. a5 $14 {Black has no attack and is poorly
coordinated, while White?s positional attack on the queenside is quite
effective.} Qf3 (23... e5 24. axb6 axb6 25. c5 f4 26. exf4 exf4 27. cxd6 cxd6
28. Qc7 fxg3+ 29. fxg3 Qe8 30. Ra7 Qc8 31. Qxb6 $36 Bxd5 $2 32. Qd4 Bf7 33.
Rxf7 Kxf7 34. Rf2+ Kg8 35. Bc4+ $18) 24. axb6 axb6 25. Ra7 Rg6 26. Qd1 (26. Rd4
$14 Rg4 27. Bxh3 Rxd4 28. exd4 {[%csl Gf5]}) 26... Qg4 (26... Qxd1 27. Rxd1 $14
) 27. Rd4 $6 ({Missing} 27. Qa4 $1 $18 {[%cal Ga7b7]} Kg7 28. Qd7+) 27... Qg5
$2 (27... Qxd1 28. Rxd1 $14) 28. Rh4 $16 Qf6 29. Bxh3 Qb2 30. Kg1 Ra8 $2 {
A mistake in a desperate position.} 31. Rxa8+ ({Only not} 31. Rxb7 Ra1) 31...
Bxa8 32. Qa4 $18 Qc1+ {The bitter check of revenge.} (32... Bb7 33. Qe8+ Kg7
34. Qe7+ {[%csl Rg7]}) 33. Bf1 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2004.11.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Ne4 9. Ne1 f5 10. f3 Ng5 11. Qc2 d6 12. d5 Na6 13. h4 Nf7 14. dxe6 Nh6 15.
e4 Qxh4 16. exf5 Nc5 17. Bxh6 Qxh6 18. g4 g6 19. Rf2 Rae8 20. Rh2 Qe3+ 21. Qf2
Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2 h5 23. Rg2 Kh8 24. Bc2 hxg4 25. Rxg4 gxf5 26. Rh4+ Kg7 27. Ng2
Nxe6 28. Ne3 Rh8 29. Nxf5+ Kf6 30. Rah1 Rxh4 31. Rxh4 Ng5 32. Rh6+ Kf7 33. Nd4
Rg8 34. f4 Ne4+ 35. Bxe4 Bxe4 36. Ne6 Rg2+ 37. Ke3 Bg6 38. Nxc7 Rxa2 39. Nb5
Kg7 40. Rh1 Rg2 41. Rd1 Rg3+ 42. Kf2 Rh3 43. Rxd6 a6 44. Rd7+ Kf6 45. Rd6+ Kg7
46. Nd4 Rxc3 47. f5 Bf7 48. Rxb6 Rxc4 49. Ke3 a5 50. Nf3 Rc7 51. Ra6 a4 52. Ne5
Bb3 {This game is illustrative for the fighting spirit of this championship.
In spite of the reduced material left on board and of perfect material
equality, White played on for more than 25 moves, hoping to convert his
spatial advantage and the higher activity into something more concrete. Try to
imagine the Kramnik-Leko match producing something similar!} 53. Kf4 Rb7 54.
Kg5 Rc7 55. Ra8 Rb7 56. Ng6 Rf7 57. Ra6 Rc7 58. Ne5 Rb7 59. Ra5 Rc7 60. Ra8 Rb7
{Black's play is relatively simple. The only thing heshould avoid for the
moment is fearing ghosts. The a-pawn might look less dangerous than his white
colleague, but ithas 2 important functions: it offers the bishop perfect
stability and it restricts the actions of the white rook.} 61. Ng6 {For the
time being, Dreev refrains from advancing his f-pawn, in order to maintain the
widest choice of plans.} (61. f6+ {would have also ofered not much in case of
accurate defence:} Kh7 62. Ra6 {White is trying to set up a zugzwang position.}
(62. Re8 {/\Re7} a3 $1 $11) 62... Rb5 $5 ({One of the few mistakes possible
would be} 62... Bc2 $2 {when after} 63. Re6 {/\Re7} a3 {White would win the
pawn with} 64. Ra6) ({but} 62... Rc7 63. Ra5 Bc2 {would be entirely playable.})
63. Ra7+ Kg8 64. Re7 (64. Kf4 {would make no significant difference after} Rb4+
65. Kf5 Rb5 $1) 64... a3 65. Kh6 Rxe5 $1 66. Rxe5 a2 67. Ra5 {and this
position would be a theoretical draw even without the a2-pawn.}) 61... Rf7 62.
Nf4 Rb7 63. Nh5+ Kh7 64. Ra6 Kg8 65. Ra8+ Kh7 66. Nf6+ Kg7 67. Ne8+ Kh7 68. Ra6
{/\69.Rh6+ Kg8 70.Nf6+ צb7} Kg8 (68... Re7 $11) 69. Nd6 Rg7+ 70. Kf6 Kh7 71.
Ra8 Rd7 72. Ne8 $6 {Finally, it is dreev who gets confused and places
hispieces in a rather chaotic way, allowing to his younger opponent to
simplify to a drawn ending.} Bf7 $1 73. Nd6 Rxd6+ 74. Kxf7 Rd7+ 75. Ke6 Rb7 76.
Rxa4 {There are further examples with this ending in the section dedicated to
rook endings.} Rb6+ 77. Ke7 Rb7+ 78. Kf6 Rb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 1st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2000.07.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Milov,V"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2000.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. f3 c5 (5... O-O 6. e4 Ba6) 6. d5 Ba6
7. e4 O-O 8. Nh3 d6 9. Bd2 (9. Be2 Qe7 10. O-O $140 $2 Bxc3 11. bxc3 exd5 12.
cxd5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nxd5) (9. Bg5 Qe7) 9... exd5 (9... Qe7 10. a3 $14) 10. cxd5
Bxf1 11. Rxf1 Nbd7 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 b5 14. Kf2 a5 15. Kg1 b4 16. Bd2 Qb6
17. Nf2 Rfe8 $6 (17... Qb5 18. Re1 $5 {/\Qe2}) 18. Re1 Qb5 19. Bf4 $1 Ne5 20.
Bxe5 dxe5 $2 (20... Rxe5 21. axb4 Qxb4 (21... cxb4 22. Qd3 $16) 22. Re3 a4 (
22... Qxb2 23. Rb3 Qd4 24. Qxd4 cxd4 25. Rba3 $16) (22... c4 23. Rc3 $16) 23.
Rea3 $14) 21. Qe2 Qxe2 22. Rxe2 Nd7 23. Rc2 Rec8 24. Nd3 $16 f6 25. Rac1 $6 (
25. axb4 axb4 26. Rac1 b3 27. Rc3 Rcb8 {/\28.Nc5 Nc5 29.Rc5 Rb2} 28. Kf1 $16 {
/\Kf1-e1-d2}) 25... bxa3 26. bxa3 Rc7 27. Rb1 c4 28. Rb5 $1 {><Nd7} Ra6 29. Kf2
h5 30. Nb2 Rb6 (30... Nb6 $142 31. Ke3 {/\f4} g5 32. Nd1 (32. Kd2 Rc8 (32...
Kf8 33. Rb3 {/\Rbc3})) 32... Na4 (32... Nc8 33. Nc3 Nd6 34. Rb8+ Kf7 35. Rcb2)
33. Nc3 Nb6 34. Rcb2 (34. Nb1 Nc8 (34... Na4 35. Nd2 Nb6 (35... c3 36. Nb3 Nb2
37. Nc5) 36. Rb1 $18 {/\Rbc1}) 35. Nd2 Nd6) 34... Nc8 35. Rb7 (35. a4 $5) 35...
Rxb7 36. Rxb7 Nd6 37. Rd7 $16) 31. Rxa5 c3 32. Nd3 (32. Nd1 $142 Rb3 33. Ra6
Kf7 34. Rc6 $18) 32... Rb3 33. Nb4 (33. Ra6) 33... Nb6 (33... Nc5 34. d6 Rc8
35. Rxc5) 34. Nc6 $2 (34. Ra6 Rb7 $8 35. Nd3 Rc7 (35... Nc4 36. Rc6) 36. Ke2
$16) 34... Nc4 (34... Rb2 $1 35. Re2 (35. Rxb2 cxb2 36. Rb5 Na4 37. Ke1 f5 38.
Rb8+ Kh7 39. Kd2 fxe4 40. fxe4 Rf7 41. d6 Rd7 42. Nxe5 Rxd6+ 43. Kc2 Rf6 44.
Nd3 Rc6+ 45. Kd2 Rc3 46. Nxb2 Rxa3 $14) 35... Rb3 36. a4 Ra3 $14) 35. Rc5 Rb2 (
35... Nb2 36. Ke2 Na4 37. Rc4 Rxa3 38. Nxe5 Rxc4 39. Nxc4 $18) 36. Rxb2 cxb2
37. Rb5 Kh7 (37... f5 $5 38. Rb8+ Kh7 39. Ke2 fxe4 40. fxe4 Rf7 41. a4 (41. g3
g5 {/\g4,Rf3}) 41... Rf4 42. a5 Rxe4+ 43. Kd3 Re1 44. a6 b1=Q+ 45. Rxb1 Rxb1
46. Kxc4 $18 {Romanishin,Milov}) 38. Ke2 Nxa3 39. Rxb2 $18 Nc4 40. Rb8 Nd6 41.
Kd3 g5 42. Kc3 g4 43. Kb4 gxf3 (43... h4 44. h3) 44. gxf3 Rg7 45. Kc5 Nb7+ 46.
Kb6 Nd6 47. Rd8 Nc4+ 48. Kc5 Nd2 49. d6 Nxf3 50. d7 Ng5 51. Kd5 Kg6 52. h4 (52.
Ne7+) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.10.15"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eppingen"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 Ne4 7. O-O {White may
ignore the threat.} Bxc3 (7... Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bxc3 9. Rb1 {White has very good
compensation for the pawn. He is ahead in development, as well as in control
over the centre. For instance:} Ba5 10. Ba3 d6 11. c5 O-O 12. Qc2 h6 13. cxd6
cxd6 14. Bh7+ Kh8 15. Be4 Qd7 16. Ne5 dxe5 17. Bxf8 exd4 18. Rfd1 Nc6 19. Rbc1
Rxf8 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Qxc6 Bxc6 22. Rxc6 dxe3 23. fxe3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ipatov,A 
(2497)-Najer,E (2665)/Moscow 2010/CBM 134 Extra (164)}) 8. bxc3 Nxc3 $2 {
This is very risky, in fact just bad, even though it's the first choice of the
engines.} ({Black should choose between} 8... f5) ({or} 8... O-O) 9. Qc2 {
No, the knight is not trapped, the matter is way more complicated...} Bxf3 10.
gxf3 Qg5+ 11. Kh1 Qh5 {The point of Black's defence. If White captures the
knight, it will lead to a perpetual check.} 12. Rg1 Qxf3+ 13. Rg2 f5 {I am
familiar with this opening line. However, I hadn't prepared this before the
game. The last time I looked at this line was years ago.} 14. Bb2 {I failed to
recall even the classical game Keres-Spassky. The move in the text is a good
alternative, though.} (14. Qxc3 $2 Qd1+ 15. Rg1 Qf3+ $11 {is not exactly what
White is playing for.}) (14. Ba3 Ne4 15. Rf1 Rg8 (15... d6 16. Be2 Qh3 17. c5
$40) (15... c5 16. Be2 Qh3 17. f3 Nf6 18. dxc5 $16) (15... Nf6 16. Be2 Qe4 17.
Qb3 f4 18. Qd1 $1 fxe3 19. fxe3 Nc6 20. Bf3 Qh4 21. Rxg7 O-O-O 22. Bxc6 dxc6
23. Qf3 Rhg8 24. Rxg8 Nxg8 25. Qxc6 $16) 16. Be2 Qh3 17. f3 Nf6 18. d5 $1 Kf7
19. e4 c5 20. Bb2 f4 21. e5 Nh5 22. Kg1 g6 23. Rg4 Rd8 24. Bd3 Rg8 25. Rf2 $1 {
[%csl Rh3][%cal Gd3f1] 1-0 Keres,P-Spassky,B/Riga 1965/Candidates}) 14... Ne4
15. Rf1 {White is two pawns down, but all his forces are mobilised. Black is
lagging in development and the king can't find a safe shelter. White is going
to develop his attack by Bd3-e2 followed by f2-f3, e3-e4 and/or d4-d5
according to circumstances.} Nc6 {The most logical.} (15... Rg8 16. Be2 Qh3 17.
f3 Nf6 18. d5 Qh6 19. e4 f4 20. c5 c6 21. dxe6 dxe6 22. Rd1 b5 23. Rd6 Kf7 24.
Rxe6 Kxe6 25. Qb3+ $18 {1-0 Dizdar,G (2564)-Sandhu,M (2308)/Austria 2008/EXT
2009 (28)}) (15... Nf6 16. d5 Na6 17. Be2 Qe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe4 19. Bh5+ Ke7 20. f3
Nec5 21. Rxg7+ Kd6 22. Rd1 exd5 23. Rxd5+ Kc6 24. f4 $18 {[%cal Gh5f3] 1-0
Lesiege,A (2589)-Lawson,E (2335)/Shawinigan 2003/EXT 2006 (31)}) (15... O-O 16.
d5 Nf6 17. Be2 Qh3 (17... Qe4 18. Qd1 e5 19. Bd3 Qh4 20. Bxf5 $16) 18. c5 exd5
19. Rfg1 g6 20. Rxg6+ $1 hxg6 21. Rxg6+ Kh7 22. Rg3 $1 {[%csl Rf5,Rh3]} Qxg3
23. hxg3 $16) 16. Be2 Qh3 17. f3 Nf6 18. d5 {I also considered 18.e4, but the
move in the text is tempting and good.} Ne7 19. Rxg7 Qh6 (19... Nh5 {was an
option with an idea after} 20. Rg5 Rg8 {to exchange one pair of rooks. Still,
White keeps a strong initiative:} 21. Rxg8+ Nxg8 22. Rg1 Kf7 23. Qc3 ({Also
good is} 23. Qa4 Nhf6 24. dxe6+ dxe6 25. c5 $16) 23... Ngf6 24. dxe6+ dxe6 25.
Qe5 Rc8 26. c5 $36) 20. Rfg1 {White has got back one pawn and enjoys a strong
atack almost for free.} Rf8 21. dxe6 dxe6 (21... Qxe3 22. exd7+ Nxd7 23. Bc1
Qc5 (23... Qe6 24. c5 $1 O-O-O (24... Nxc5 25. Bg5 $18) 25. Bc4 Qe5 26. cxb6 $1
axb6 27. Qa4 Kb8 28. Rxe7 $1 Qxe7 29. Bd5 $18) 24. Qd3 $1 {[%cal Gc1a3]} Qd6
25. Qxd6 cxd6 26. c5 $1 {[%csl Rd7,Re7][%cal Ge2b5,Gg1e1] A remarkable line,
showing that even after the exchange of queens White's initiative can prove
decisive.}) 22. c5 $1 {Opening the position as much as possible. Now the
white-squared bishop becomes active as well.} Rf7 23. cxb6 $4 {Spoiling
everything. After playing non-stop for about three weeks I got tired and
couldn't calculate variations properly.  It was important to keep the rook
away from the exchange.} (23. Bb5+ Kf8 (23... c6 24. Bxc6+ $1 Nxc6 25. cxb6 Ne7
26. b7 Rb8 27. Qa4+ Kf8 28. Qxa7 Nd7 29. Qa3 Ke8 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 31. Rg7+ Qxg7
32. Bxg7 $18) 24. R7g2 $1 {White needs both rooks for the attack. Meanwhile,
Black's Rf7 is just a clumsy piece.} a6 (24... Qxe3 $2 25. Bc1 $18 {[%csl Rf8]
[%cal Gc1h6] I didn't see this.}) (24... c6 25. Bxc6 $1 Nxc6 26. cxb6 $18) 25.
cxb6 cxb6 26. Bc4 Qxe3 (26... Rc8 27. Qd3 Nfd5 28. Ba3 $18 {[%cal Gg2g8]}) 27.
Qd1 $1 Nfd5 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Bc1 Qc5 30. Bh6+ Ke8 31. Rg8+ Nxg8 32. Rxg8+ Kd7
33. Rxa8 $18) 23... Rxg7 24. Rxg7 axb6 $1 {Suddenly, Black's cornered rook is
playing along the a-line.} (24... Qxg7 $2 25. b7 Rb8 26. Qxc7 Rxb7 27. Qxb7 $16
) (24... cxb6 $2 25. Bb5+ Kf8 26. Rxe7 Kxe7 27. Qc7+ Kf8 28. Bc6 {[%csl Ra8]}
Qh3 29. Kg1 $18) 25. Bb5+ Kf8 26. Rxe7 {I saw that this leads only to a draw,
but couldn't find anything better.} (26. Rg2 Rxa2 27. Qxc7 Rxb2 28. Rxb2 Qxe3
29. Qd8+ Kf7 {Here White is the one that has to seek for equality.}) 26... Kxe7
27. Qxc7+ Kf8 28. Qd6+ (28. Qe5 $6 Kf7 ({Later on I noticed the alternative} 
28... Ne8 $1 {after which I decided that it would be wise to force a draw.})
29. Bc4 $6 (29. Qc7+ $11) 29... Re8 30. Qxf5 Qg6 31. e4 Qxf5 32. exf5 Nd5 $17)
28... Kf7 29. Qc7+ Kf8 30. Qd6+ Kf7 31. Qc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 9798"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Ward, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. O-O f5 8. d5 (
8. Ne2 $5) 8... Bxc3 9. bxc3 {[%csl Rc3,Rc4,Gc5][%cal Gb8a6,Ga6c5] Very risky
variation for Black, but in practice they getting good results, and after move
in the game and after 9.... Na6} Nc5 (9... Na6 10. Nd4 Nac5 (10... Nec5 11. Bc2
O-O 12. f3 Qf6 13. Bd2 g6 14. e4 e5 15. Ne2 f4 16. Rf2 g5 17. Kh1 Rf7 18. Qf1
d6 $17 {0-1 Martin,B-Ward,C/Oakham 1994 (40)}) 11. Bxe4 fxe4 12. Qh5+ g6 13.
Qe5 O-O 14. Ba3 exd5 15. cxd5 d6 $17 {0-1 Langeweg,K-Timman,J/Netherlands 1980
(16)}) 10. Ba3 (10. Nd4 O-O 11. Ba3 Nba6 12. Rb1 e5 13. Bc2 (13. Nxf5 $6 e4 14.
Bxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxf8 Qxf8 $15) 13... g6 14. f4 d6 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Nb3 Rb8 17.
Qe2 Qe7 $13 {1-0 Atalik,S-Wedberg,T/New York op 1997 (68)}) 10... Nba6 11. Re1
(11. Bc2 O-O 12. Nd4 Rf7 13. Nb3 Qe7 14. Re1 e5 15. f4 d6 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17.
Nxc5 dxc5 18. e4 fxe4 19. Rxe4 Rxf4 20. Qd3 Rxe4 21. Qxe4 g6 22. Re1 Rf8 23.
Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxe5 Ba6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Balashov,Y-Emms,J/BL 1995 (30)}) 11... Qf6
{New move, White got strong attack after} (11... O-O 12. e4 fxe4 13. Bxe4 Rf4
14. Bc2 Rxc4 15. Ne5 Rxc3 16. Bxh7+ $5 Kxh7 17. Qh5+ Kg8 18. Bb2 $40 {in the
game Rechlis,G-Brunner,L/Bern zt 1990 (59)}) 12. Qc2 (12. Nd4 e5 $1 13. Bc2 (
13. Nxf5 e4) 13... O-O 14. Nb3 (14. Nxf5 e4) 14... d6 $11) 12... g6 (12...
O-O-O $5) 13. e4 $1 {[%cal Re1e8]} fxe4 14. Bxe4 O-O-O $132 (14... O-O $5) 15.
Nd2 Rde8 16. Rad1 Qf7 (16... Rhf8 17. Bf3 (17. f3 d6) 17... d6 $5 (17... exd5
18. Rxe8+ (18. cxd5 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Bxd5 $17) 18... Rxe8 19. cxd5 $14)) 17. d6
$1 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Qf5 (18... c5 19. Bc1 {[%csl Ra6]}) 19. dxc7 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 (
20. Qxe4 Qxe4 21. Rxe4 $14 Kxc7 $140 $2 22. Red4 $16) 20... Nc5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5
22. Red4 Re7 $8 23. Qa4 Qxc7 24. c5 $1 bxc5 25. Rd6 Rf8 26. Qb5 Rf5 27. c4 (27.
Qa6+ $5 Kb8 (27... Kd8 28. Rxe6 $16) (27... Qb7 28. Qxb7+ Kxb7 29. Rxd7+ Rxd7
30. Rxd7+ Kb6 31. Rxh7 Rd5 32. h4 $16) 28. Rb1+ Ka8 29. Rdb6 $1 Rd5 $1 30. R6b5
(30. c4 Rd1+ 31. Rxd1 Qxb6 32. Qc8+ Qb8 33. Qxc5 Rf7 $14) 30... c4 31. R5b4 $40
) 27... h5 28. Rb1 (28. Qa6+ Qb7 (28... Kb8 $2 29. Rb1+ Ka8 30. Rdb6 $1 $18 Re5
31. Rb8+ Qxb8 32. Rxb8+ Kxb8 33. Qd6+ $18) 29. Qxb7+ Kxb7 30. Rxd7+ Rxd7 31.
Rxd7+ Kb6 32. Rd6+ Ka5 33. Rxe6 Rf4 34. Rxg6 Rxc4 $14) 28... Kd8 $1 29. Qa6
Ref7 30. Rb7 (30. f3 $5 Ke7 31. Rdd1 $5 $14) 30... Rxf2 $1 31. Rxd7+ Qxd7 32.
Rxd7+ Kxd7 33. Qxa7+ Kd6 34. Qb6+ (34. Qa6+ $6 Ke5 $15) 34... Kd7 $11 35. Qb7+
Kd6 36. Qb8+ Kd7 37. Qb5+ Kd6 38. Qb6+ Kd7 39. Qb7+ Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clarin GP final"]
[Site "Villa Gesell"]
[Date "1998.03.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Black "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.03.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. f3 {Rare, but poisoned move is a
part of opening repertoire so strong grandmasters like Miles and Milov.} O-O (
5... c5 6. d5 Ba6 (6... O-O 7. e4 d6 8. Nge2 b5 9. Ng3 exd5 10. cxd5 a6 11. Be2
Nbd7 12. O-O c4 13. Be3 $14 {1-0 Milov,V-De Firmian,N/Biel 1995 (39)}) 7. e4
exd5 8. cxd5 Nxe4 $5 9. fxe4 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qh4+ 11. g3 Qxe4+ 12. Kf2 Qxh1 13.
Bg2 Qxh2 14. Bg5 $6 (14. Nh3 $1) 14... O-O 15. Bh4 Re8 $132 {1-0 Milov,
V-Sutovsky,E/Israel 1997 (27)}) 6. Nge2 $6 {It is difficult to believe, but
whis move is new one ( but surely not the best one!) Just 6.e4 can give to
White chances for initiative.} (6. e4 Ba6 (6... d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9.
bxc3 Ba6 10. cxd5 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 exd5 12. Nh3 c5 13. Qb3 Nc6 14. Bg5 $14 {
1-0 Meulders,R-Douven,R/Hilversum-ch 1997 (48)}) (6... Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. Bd3
e5 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. O-O h6 11. Be3 Na5 12. Ng3 Be6 13. Qe2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Yakovich,
Y-Wiese,H/Rilton Cup 1996 (24)}) 7. Bd3 c5 8. d5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 d6 10. Nh3 Nbd7
11. Bf4 Ne5 12. Bxe5 dxe5 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. O-O Qc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Volzhin,
A-Timman,J/Koge op 1997 (34)}) 6... Ba6 $1 7. a3 Be7 8. Ng3 d5 {It is White
who must to think about equalization now ( and even this modest goal not easy
to get!) .} 9. cxd5 Bxf1 10. Rxf1 exd5 11. Kf2 (11. e4 $5 $13) 11... Re8 12.
Qd3 c5 $15 {[%csl Rc1,Rf2]} 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Rd1 (14. Nf5 Nc6) 14... d4 $5 15.
exd4 cxd4 16. Nce2 Nc6 17. Kf1 (17. Nf5 Bc5 18. b4 (18. Qc4 Qb6) 18... Bb6 {
[%cal Rc6e5]} 19. Nexd4 Re5 $1 {[%cal Gb6f2,Gd8d1]} 20. Be3 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 (21.
Bxd4 Rxf5) 21... Nd5 $40) 17... Qb6 18. Nf5 Rad8 19. Nxe7+ (19. Bf4 Nd5 {
[%csl Rb2,Re3]}) 19... Rxe7 $17 {[%csl Ra1,Gd4,Rf1][%cal Ge7e2]} 20. Ng3 (20.
Bg5 Ne5 (20... Qxb2 $2 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Rdb1 Re3 23. Qd1) 21. Qf5 (21. Qd2 d3
22. Nc3 Neg4 $1 {[%cal Rg4h2]} 23. fxg4 Nxg4 24. Qf4 (24. Bf4 Re2 $1 $19) 24...
Ne3+ 25. Qxe3 Rxe3 26. Bxd8 Qxd8 $19) 21... Nc4 $1 {[%csl Re3]} (21... d3 22.
Nc3) 22. Rac1 Re5 23. Qb1 Rxg5 24. Rxc4 Nd5 $1 $19) 20... Ne5 {Queen is always
bad blocker!} 21. Qf5 (21. Qd2 Nc4 (21... Qb5+ $5)) 21... Nd5 {[%cal Ge5c4]} (
21... Rd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5f5,Re5g4]}) (21... Nc4 22. Qd3) 22. Qg5 f6 23. Qh4 Qb3
$1 {Black dominates on the whole board and there victory now just question of
time.} 24. Bd2 Nc4 25. Kg1 (25. Nf5 Qd3+ $19) 25... Nxb2 26. Re1 (26. Rdb1 Ne3
27. Ne4 Nc2 $1 $19) 26... Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Nd3 28. Re4 (28. Rf1 Qa2 $5 (28... Qc2
29. Ne4 Ne3 30. Nxf6+ $1 gxf6 31. Qxf6 Rf8 32. Qg5+ Kh8 33. Bxe3 dxe3 34. Qxe3
Nf4 $17) 29. Ne4 Qxa3 $19) 28... Nc3 $19 29. Re7 (29. Rxd4 $2 Qd1+ 30. Nf1 Ne2+
) 29... Qd1+ 30. Be1 (30. Nf1 Ne2+ 31. Rxe2 Qxe2) 30... Ne2+ $1 (30... Rd7 $5
31. Re8+ Kf7 32. Qh5+ g6 33. Qxh7+ Kxe8 34. Qxg6+ Kd8 35. Qxf6+ Kc7 $19) (30...
Nxe1 $2 31. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 32. Nh5+ Kg8 (32... Kf7 33. Qxf6+ Ke8 34. Qe6+ Kf8
35. Qf6+ $11) (32... Kg6 $4 33. Qxf6+ Kxh5 34. g4#) 33. Qg3+ Kf7 34. Qc7+ $1
Ke8 35. Ng7+ Kf8 36. Ne6+ Ke8 $11) 31. Nxe2 (31. Rxe2 Nxe1 32. Qe4 Nxf3+ 33.
Kf2 Ne5 $19) 31... Nxe1 32. Kf2 Nd3+ 33. Kg3 Qe1+ 34. Kh3 (34. Kg4 Ne5+) 34...
Nf2+ 35. Kg3 Rd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5g5]} 36. f4 Ne4+ (36... Ne4+ 37. Kh3 Qxe2) 0-1

[Event "Krynica zt"]
[Site "Krynica"]
[Date "1998.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chatalbashev, Boris"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1998.09.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O O-O
8. Na4 {Principal move} (8. Bd2 d6 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Rc8 12.
Rac1 Re8 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Nd2 cxd4 15. exd4 Nf8 16. Nf1 Ng6 $11 {0-1 Lyrgerg,
P-Ionov,S/Linares op 1996 (29)}) 8... cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. a3 Bxf3 $5 (10... d6
$5 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. b4 Re8 13. Bb2 Bf8 14. Rc1 {1/2-1/2 Zilberman,Y-Razuvaev,Y/
EU-Cup Kazan 1997}) 11. Qxf3 Nc6 12. d5 $6 {N/ Novelty and not good one. Black
close to equalize game after} (12. Be3 d5 (12... e5 $5 13. d5 e4 14. Bxe4 Ne5
15. Qf4 Bd6 16. c5 Ng6 17. Qf3 Nh4 18. Qh3 Nxe4 19. cxd6 Ng6 20. Nc3 Nxd6 $13 {
1/2-1/2 Speelman,J-Ivanchuk,V/Monaco 1992 (74)}) 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Qxd5 Nxd5
15. Ba6 Rad8 16. Rac1 Nb8 17. Bc4 f5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hjartarson,J-Arnason,J/
Brighton 1982 (53) , but after move in the text White could just dream about
similiar results.}) 12... Ne5 13. Qe2 (13. Qg3 Bd6 (13... Nxd3 14. Qxd3 b5 $5
15. cxb5 Nxd5 $13)) 13... Qc7 (13... Nxd3 $5) 14. Bf4 Bd6 {[%csl Rc4,Gd6,Ge5]}
15. Nc3 Nf3+ $1 (15... Nxc4 $6 16. Nb5 Qb8 $8 (16... Qc5 17. b4 Qxb5 18. Bxc4
$18) 17. Nxd6 Nxd6 18. dxe6 dxe6 19. Be5 $5 Nd5 20. Qg4 $44) 16. Qxf3 Bxf4 $15
{[%csl Rd3,Gf4] ^- Black got not big , but stable advantage.} 17. Qh3 Rad8 18.
Rfe1 Be5 19. Ne4 {Maybe stronger is} (19. Nb5 $5 Qb8 20. Nxa7 Bxb2 21. Rab1 Bd4
22. Nb5 Bc5 $15) 19... h6 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 {[%csl Gf6]} 21. Re2 Qd6 22. Rae1 (22.
Rd1 $142 $5 Bd4 $140 23. Bh7+) 22... Bd4 23. Kh1 e5 $5 24. a4 $6 {[%csl Ra5,
Rb4,Rc5]} (24. b4 a5) 24... a5 25. b3 Qf6 26. Bc2 Qf4 27. Qf5 Qxf5 28. Bxf5 g6
29. Bc2 f5 $17 {[%csl Rc2]} 30. f3 $6 {Stubborn} (30. g3 $5 {was stronger.})
30... h5 $1 31. g3 h4 32. Kg2 Kg7 {[%cal Gf8h8,Gh8h5,Gd8h8]} 33. Rf1 Rh8 34.
Rd1 (34. g4 h3+ 35. Kh1 fxg4 36. fxg4 Rdf8) 34... d6 35. Ree1 Bc5 36. Bd3 Rh5
37. g4 $6 (37. Rh1 Rdh8 38. Bc2 Kf6 39. Rde1 Rg5 $17) 37... h3+ 38. Kh1 (38.
Kf1 $2 fxg4 39. fxg4 Rf8+ $19) 38... fxg4 39. fxg4 Rhh8 40. Rf1 Rdf8 {[%cal
Gf8f4]} 41. g5 Rxf1+ 42. Rxf1 {Hecht: '[#] Der eingeklemmte weiße König sowie
die bessere Bauernstruktur und die Schwäche des Bg5 sichern Schwarz den Gewinn.
Taktik.'} Rh4 $1 $19 {[%cal Re5e4,Rh4g4]} 43. Rf6 {Hecht: 'Wegen des
beweglichen b-Bauern kann Weiß nie auf Patt spielen. '} e4 44. Be2 (44. Bc2 Rg4
) 44... e3 45. Kg1 $6 (45. Bd3 Rg4 (45... Rd4 $2 46. Rxg6+ Kf7 47. Rf6+ $11) (
45... Re4 $2 46. Bxe4 e2 47. Rxg6+ Kf7 48. Rf6+ Kg7 $11) 46. Rxg6+ Kf7 47. Rf6+
Ke7 48. Re6+ Kd8 49. Bf5 (49. g6 e2 $19) 49... Rxg5 50. Bxh3 e2 51. Bg2 Re5 $19
) (45. Bf3 {Hecht} Rd4 46. Re6 (46. Kg1 Rd1+ 47. Bxd1 e2+ $19) 46... Rf4 47.
Rf6 Rxf3 48. Rxf3 e2 $19) (45. Bf1 {Hecht} Rg4 46. Bxh3 Rg1+ 47. Kxg1 e2+ $19)
45... Rg4+ $1 {Hecht: '[#] Weiß gibt bereits auf. Wir prüfen den Fall:'} (45...
Rg4+ {Hecht} 46. Kf1 Rg2 (46... Rxg5 47. Rf3 Rf5 48. Ke1 {[%csl Rh3]}) 47. Rf3
Rxh2 48. Ke1 Bd4 $1 49. Rf1 (49. Rg3 Rh1+ 50. Bf1 h2 51. Rh3 Be5 $19 {[%cal
Rh1g1]}) (49. Kd1 Rh1+ 50. Rf1 Rxf1+ 51. Bxf1 h2 52. Bg2 Be5 53. Ke2 Bf4 $19 {
[%csl Rb3,Rg5][%cal Yg7f6,Yf6e5,Ye5d4,Yd4c3]} 54. Kd3) 49... Rg2 50. Rh1 h2 51.
Kf1 Rf2+ 52. Ke1 Bc3+ 53. Kd1 Rg2 54. Bf3 Rd2+ 55. Kc1 Bb2+ 56. Kb1 Rf2 $19)
0-1

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Melilla"]
[Date "2011.11.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Rivas Pastor, Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2011.11.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sestao"]
[BlackTeam "Reverte Albox"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 b6 5. e3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Bd3 Qe7 8.
Nd2 Nc6 9. O-O e5 10. Ne4 Na5 11. f4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 c6 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Qc2 h6
15. a4 Qc7 16. c5 $6 (16. Ba3 Nxc4 17. Rxf7 $16) 16... Be6 $11 17. c4 Nxc4 18.
Bd3 b5 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Be4 Rd8 21. Qb1 O-O 22. Qxb5 exd4 23. exd4 Rxd4 24.
Bf4 Qd8 25. Rae1 Nd2 26. Bxd2 Rxd2 27. Kh1 Qd4 28. Rg1 Bd5 29. Bxd5 Qxd5 30.
Ra1 Rc8 31. Rxa7 Rxc5 32. Qe8+ Kh7 33. Qxf7 Rxg2 $1 (33... Qxf7 $2) 34. Qxd5
Rxg1+ 35. Kxg1 Rxd5 36. Kg2 Kg6 37. Ra3 Rg5+ 38. Kh3 Kh5 39. Rb3 Rg1 40. Rb5+
Rg5 41. Rb3 Re5 42. Rg3 g5 43. Ra3 Re4 44. Rb3 Rh4+ 45. Kg2 Rg4+ 46. Kh3 Rg1
47. Rb4 g4+ 48. Rxg4 Rxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 09th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2001.06.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Radjabov,T"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2001.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Be4 9. Be2 {This move is interesting because white wants to avoid an
exchange of bishops, to create center by Nd2-f3-e4.} d6 {Very old , and
well-known system, which have been played for about 50 years!} 10. Nd2 Bb7 11.
f3 $5 {Now somehow white wants to create a centre by moving e-pawn.} c5 12. e4
Nbd7 13. Bd3 {Now somewhere I want to play f4 and activate my bishop on d3.} e5
{Preventing f4, attacking the center and trying to activate pieces.} 14. Nb3
Re8 (14... cxd4 15. cxd4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Ne5 17. Be2 Rc8 18. Nb5 Nxc4 19. Bxc4
Rxc4 20. Nxd6 Rc7 21. Nxb7 $14 (21. Bf4 Rd7 22. Nxb7 Rxb7 23. Qa4 $5 $14)) 15.
d5 Nf8 {After closing the center Black is trying to transfer all their pieces
to the king-side, white will do the same} 16. Be3 Bc8 17. Nc1 $5 {[%csl Gc1,
Rf4][%cal Yc1e2,Re2f4] To take care of f4 square white transfers their Knight
to e2, from e2 knight has better prospects than from d2 because it is possible
to move knight to f5 via g3 somewhere and as well White is playing against
Ng6-Nh5-f4 idea.} Bd7 18. Ne2 Ng6 19. a4 $5 {[%csl Ra7,Rb5,Rb6,Rc5] First
White wants to close queen-side and close all black's prospects on the
queen-side.} Rb8 20. Qd2 Kh8 21. Kh1 a5 22. Bc2 Ng8 $5 {Interesting Idea,
black wants to play Rb7-Bc8 now to control f7 square and make f6 move
somewhere , then to move their knight to f8 or e7 from g6 and to play g5 by
this plan they will close king-side and they will hold the position.} 23. g4 {
White wants to activate knight by Ng3-f5 and if black takes with the bishop
they will take with g-pawn and attack at the king-side by using g-line.} Rb7
24. Ng3 Bc8 25. Nf5 {Maybe black can hold this position but with a big
problems.} N6e7 26. Rg1 f6 27. Raf1 g5 28. h4 Nxf5 29. exf5 h6 30. Kg2 {
Now Whites idea is to activate rooks at h-file and to attack by it black' king.
} Kg7 (30... Rh7 31. Rh1 Ree7 32. Rh3 Ba6 33. Qe2 (33. Rfh1 Bxc4 34. hxg5 hxg5
35. Bxg5 fxg5 36. Qxg5 {[%csl Gc2,Rd8,Re7,Gg5,Rg8,Gh1,Gh3,Rh7,Rh8][%cal Yf5f6]}
Qf8 37. Rxh7+ (37. f6 $1 Nxf6 38. Rh6 $3 Reg7 (38... Ref7 39. Bxh7 Nxh7 40. Qg6
(40. Qh5 $1 Qe7 41. g5 (41. Rxd6 $1 Qxd6 (41... e4 42. Re6 exf3+ 43. Kg3 Qf8
44. Qe5+ $18) (41... Be2 42. Re6 Bxf3+ 43. Kg3 $18) 42. Qxf7 Bd3 43. c4 $16)
41... Bxd5 42. g6 Bxf3+ 43. Qxf3 Qg5+ 44. Qg3 Qd2+ 45. Kg1 Qd1+ $11) 40... Qe7
41. Qxd6 Qxd6 42. Rxd6 Be2 $11) (38... e4 39. Rxf6 $18) (38... Rxh6 39. Rxh6+
Nh7 40. Qh4) 39. Rxf6 Rxg5 40. Rxf8+ Kg7 41. Rxh7+ Kxf8 42. Rd7 $16) 37... Rxh7
38. Rxh7+ Kxh7 39. f6+ Kh8 40. Qh5+ Qh6 41. f7 Qxh5 42. gxh5 Kg7 43. fxg8=Q+
Kxg8 $17) 33... Qd7 34. Rfh1 Ref7 $14) 31. Rh1 Kf8 32. hxg5 hxg5 (32... fxg5
33. Rxh6 Nxh6 34. Bxg5 $18) 33. Be4 Rg7 34. Rh8 Bd7 35. Qc2 Kf7 36. Rfh1 Ne7
37. R8h6 Nc8 38. Kg1 Reg8 39. Qh2 $6 {It is a kind of practical decision , it
is hard to defence this position because of the bad placed King on f7 and
knight on c8 and queen on d8. Maybe interesting was plan with
Qd1-Bc2-Kf2-Ke1-Kd2-Kc1-Kb2-Ka3.  But I was here in time-trouble , my opponent
had 4.32 seconds here and I had 5.40 about. I have played Qh2.} (39. Qd1 Qe8
40. Bc2) 39... Bxa4 40. Rg6 (40. Qh5+ Kf8 $15) 40... Qf8 $4 (40... Ne7 $1 41.
Rxf6+ (41. Rh6 $11) 41... Kxf6 42. Qh6+ Kf7 43. Qe6+ (43. f6 Nf5 44. Qh5+ Kxf6
45. Bxf5 Ke7 46. Qh6 Bd7 47. Bh7 Qf8 48. Bxg8 Qxg8 49. Rh5 Be8 50. Rxg5 Bg6 $15
) (43. Qh5+ Kf6 44. Bxg5+ Rxg5 45. Qh6+ Ng6 $19) 43... Kf8 44. f6 (44. Rh6 Rf7
$17) (44. Rh5 $3 {Brilliant chance to attack in this position, white attacks
g5 pawn and wants to play f6.} Rf7 (44... Nxf5 45. gxf5 Re7 (45... Qd7 46. Rh6
$1 {Now f6 is coming and then just Bf5 with the winning attack.} Rf7 47. f6 Bb3
48. Bf5 Qxe6 49. dxe6 Bxc4 50. exf7 Bxf7 51. Kf2 d5 52. Bh7 d4 53. Bxg8 dxe3+
54. Kxe3 Kxg8 55. Rh2 b5 56. Rg2 b4 57. Rxg5+ Kf8 58. Rxe5 b3 59. Rxc5 a4 60.
Rc8+ Be8 61. Kd2 Kf7 62. c4 $18) 46. Qh6+ Ke8 47. Bxg5 (47. Kf2 Bb3 (47... Kd7
48. Bxg5 Rxg5 49. Rxg5 Kc8 50. Rg6 Rd7 51. f6 $18) 48. Bxg5 Bxc4 49. f6 Rf7 50.
Bg6 Bxd5 51. Qg7 $18 Kd7 (51... Rgxg7 52. fxg7 Kd7 53. Bxf7 Bxf7 54. Bxd8 Kxd8
55. Rh8+ Kd7 56. g8=Q Bxg8 57. Rxg8 b5 58. Ra8 a4 59. Ra6 $18) 52. Bxf7 Rxg7
53. fxg7 $18) 47... Kd7 48. Kf1 Kc7 49. Bxe7 Qxe7 50. f6 Qf8 $14) (44... Be8
45. f6 Bxh5 46. fxg7+ Rxg7 47. gxh5 Ng8 48. h6 Nxh6 49. Qxh6 Kf7 50. Qh5+ (50.
Qe6+ $1 Kf8 51. Bf5 $3 $18 {Now the idea is to bring bishop to e6 by moves
Qh6-Be6 and it is important to play Bf5 first because after Qh6 immediately
black plays Kf7 and if Bf5 there probably just Qf6-Be6+ and Ke7 with an
unclear position.} (51. Qh6 Kf7) 51... Qe7 52. Qh6 Ke8 53. Be6 Kd8 (53... g4
54. Qh5+ $1 $18) (53... Qf8 54. Bxg5 Qf4 55. Qh5+ $18) 54. Qh8+ $18) (50. Bf5
$2 Qf6 $1) 50... Kf6 51. Kf2 Qg8 52. Qg4 Ke7 53. Ke2 Kd8 54. Kd2 Kc7 55. Kc2
Qf7 56. Kb3 Rg8 57. Qh3 Qe7 58. Bf5 Qf6 59. Qh7+ Qg7 60. Qh5 Kb8 61. Be6 Qg6
62. Qxg6 Rxg6 63. Kc2 Kc7 64. Kd3 a4 $11) (44... Qd7 45. f6 (45. Qh6 Ke8 46.
Bxg5 Rf7 47. f6 Bd1 (47... Nc8 48. Qg6 (48. Bf5 Qb7 49. Be6 Bc2 $1 {It is very
important to control g6 square , because when white will push g-pawn bishop
and rook on g8 will control g6 square very safely.}) (48. Bh4 Bd1 (48... Kd8
49. g5 Bb3 50. g6 Bxc4 51. Bg5 $16 {At this position white is winning.}) 49.
Qg6 Rgf8 50. Bf5 Qc7 51. Be6 Kd8 52. Bxf7 Qxf7 53. Qd3 $16) 48... Rxg6 49. Rh8+
Rf8 50. Bxg6+ Qf7 51. Bxf7+ Kxf7 52. Rh7+ Ke8 53. Bh4 Bd7 54. g5 Bf5 $17 55.
Rg7 a4 56. g6 Bxg6 57. Rxg6 Rh8 58. Be1 Kf7 $17) 48. Kf2 Nc8 49. Qg6 $5 Rxg6 (
49... Rgf8 50. Bf5 (50. Bh6 Qa4 51. Bxf8 Qxc4 52. Rh1 $3 $18) 50... Qa4 51. Be6
Qc2+ 52. Qxc2 Bxc2 53. Bxc8 a4 $15) 50. Rh8+ Rf8 51. Bxg6+ Qf7 52. Bxf7+ Kxf7
53. Rh7+ Kg8 54. Rg7+ Kh8 55. Rc7 Kg8 56. Bh4 $5 a4 57. g5 a3 $2 (57... Bc2 $1
58. g6 Bxg6 59. Rg7+ Kh8 60. Rxg6 $14) 58. g6 a2 59. Rg7+ Kh8 60. Rh7+ Kg8 61.
f7+ Rxf7 62. gxf7+ Kxh7 63. f8=Q a1=Q 64. Qf5+ Kg8 65. Qxc8+ $18) 45... Qxe6
46. dxe6 Be8 47. fxg7+ Kxg7 48. Rxg5+ Bg6 (48... Kf8 49. Rxg8+ Nxg8 50. Kf2 Nf6
51. Bd5 b5 52. Bg5 Nxd5 53. cxd5 b4 54. cxb4 cxb4 55. Bh6+ Ke7 $15 {Black has
draw at least and if they wish they can play Kf8-g8 with better position for
black.}) 49. Bxg6 Nxg6 50. Rf5 Re8 51. Rf7+ Kg8 52. Rb7 Rxe6 53. Kf2 Rf6 54.
Kg3 Nf4 55. g5 Rf8 56. Rxb6 Ne2+ 57. Kg4 Nxc3 58. Rxd6 $16) (44... Bd7 45. Qh6
(45. Qxd6 Kf7 46. Qxe5 Nxf5 47. Bxf5 (47. gxf5 Re8 48. Qd6 Bc8 49. Qxd8 Rxd8
50. Rh6 Re8 51. Kf2 g4 52. Bf4 (52. d6 Re5 53. f6 (53. d7 $1 Bxd7 54. Bd5+ Rxd5
55. cxd5 g3+ 56. Kg2 Bxf5 57. Rxb6 $16) 53... Rg8 54. Bf4 Rf5 55. Bxf5 Bxf5 56.
fxg4 Bxg4 $11) 52... gxf3 53. Bxf3 Bxf5 54. Rxb6 Kg8 55. Bd6 $13) 47... Bxf5
48. Qxf5+ Qf6 $11) 45... Kf7 46. Rxg5 Rxg5 47. Bxg5 Rxg5 48. Qxg5 Qh8 $19) 45.
Bxg5 Qc7 46. f6 Rxg5 47. Rxg5 Ng8 48. Bh7 $1 Nh6 49. Bg6 $3 Bd7 50. Bxf7 $1
Bxe6 51. dxe6 $1 $18) 44... Rf7 45. Rh5 (45. Rh7 Be8 $15) (45. Bh7 Rh8 46. Bxg5
Ng8 $19)) 41. Bxg5 Rxg6 $8 (41... fxg5 $4 42. Re6 $18) 42. fxg6+ Ke8 43. Bh6
Qe7 44. Qa2 $1 Bd7 45. Be3 f5 $2 (45... Kd8 46. Rh7 Qe8 47. Qb1 (47. Qh2 $1 $18
{Then just pushing g-pawn and it is finish!}) 47... Kc7 48. g5 f5 49. Bxf5 Ne7
50. Bxd7 Qxd7 51. Kf2 a4 $16) 46. gxf5 Qf6 47. Rh5 $1 Ne7 48. Bg5 Qf8 49. Qb1
$1 $18 {The best and the simplest way to win the game!} Bxf5 (49... Nxf5 50.
Qxb6 Ne7 51. Qxd6 $18) 50. Qb5+ Bd7 51. Qxb6 a4 {Very tricky move!  But no
more.  But in 2 seconds after making his move 51...a4 De Firmian resigned. 
The End is very simple White just takes all pawns d6-c5-e5-and a pawn if it
will be pushed to a3 or a2.} 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 {It's always pleasant to see a
Rubinstein Variation.} Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bd3 f5 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. c5
$5 (10. Nd2 {has been played hundreds of times, and is considered to be the
main line.}) 10... Rf6 {Black isn't kidding around; he weill try to checkmate
White with his rook and bishop and queen. His queenside development will be
stalled, but for now that is ok. White might develop them for him, if for
example he takes on b6.} 11. Ne1 $1 {using hte fact that the knight on e4
doesn't have many retreat options with the rook on f6.} bxc5 (11... Rh6 12. g3
$1 {keeps the queen away. White won in both Leko-Andreikin and Georgiev,
V-Eljanov.}) 12. Rb1 Qc8 13. f3 Ng5 14. Be2 cxd4 15. cxd4 {White's down a pawn,
but Black's develompent is awkward. His bishop on b7 is exposed, the g5 knight
will have to retreat, the f6 rook doesn't do much but be a potential target.
However White does still need to do something concrete.} Nc6 16. Nd3 Ba6 17.
Bb2 Ne7 18. d5 Rh6 19. dxe6 Nxe6 20. Nf4 Nxf4 21. exf4 Bxe2 22. Qxe2 {How the
game has changed. White has a powerful bishop and still has the better
coordination. Black has two passed pawns, but hey are not going to be a factor
yet.} Re6 23. Qd3 Ng6 (23... Rb8 {looked stronger. The knight will be useful
on e7.}) 24. g3 Rb8 25. Qxf5 Reb6 26. Bd4 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 28. Qxb1 {
With material equality in the endgame it is time to take stock once agian.
White is clearly better: his bishop dominates the open board and coordinates
much better than the queen and knight.} c5 29. Qb3+ c4 (29... Kh8 30. Qc3 $18)
30. Qb5 {With little effort White has already blockaded the pawns. Now they
are ripe for the taking.} Ne7 31. Qg5 $5 (31. Bc5 Nd5 32. Qxc4 Qc6 33. Qd4 $16)
31... Qf8 32. Bc5 Kf7 33. Qe5 Qe8 34. Kf2 {Black is paralyzed.} Nc6 {losing a
pawn, but what else to do?} 35. Qh5+ g6 36. Qxh7+ Ke6 37. Qg7 Qf7 38. Qxf7+
Kxf7 39. Ke3 {White has too many pawns on the kingside.} Ke6 40. g4 d6 41. Ba3
d5 42. Bb2 Nb4 43. a4 Nc2+ 44. Kd2 Nb4 45. h4 Nd3 46. Bd4 a6 (46... Nxf4 47.
Bxa7 {leaves Black with too many passed pawns to deal with.}) 47. h5 gxh5 48.
f5+ Kd6 49. gxh5 $18 Ne5 50. Ke3 Nf7 51. Bg7 1-0

[Event "Bazna Kings 5th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2011.06.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2011.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 {This transposes to the
classical Rubinstein Variation.} ({Somewhat more active, but also more risky is
} 5. Bg5) 5... Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Na4 {The knight goes on the rim in
order to underline the exposed position of the bishop on b4 and threaten a2-a3.
} cxd4 9. exd4 Re8 10. a3 Bf8 11. Bf4 d6 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. Rc1 e5 $1 {A strong
novelty, that helps Black to equalise.} ({After} 13... g6 {White is slightly
better by bringing back the knight} 14. Nc3) 14. dxe5 Bxf3 (14... dxe5 15. Nxe5
) 15. Qxf3 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 ({After} 16. Qh3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 d5 19.
Rd1 {Black exploits the unprotected position of the knight on a4 and frees
himself from the pin along the d-file with} Qe8 $1 {with complete equality.})
16... dxe5 17. Nc3 g6 ({After} 17... Qc7 {Carlsen intended to fight for the
d5-square by means of} 18. g4 $5) 18. Be4 {This brings White nowhere and soon
he will even have to play carefully to keep the balance.} (18. Rcd1 {was
better, although after} Qe7 {Black hardly has any problems.}) 18... Nxe4 19.
Qxe4 Rc8 $1 (19... Qc8 {allows White to keep some pressure after} 20. Nd5) ({
Black would like to play} 19... f5 {but then after} 20. Qd5+ Qxd5 21. Nxd5 {
he would suddenly have problems with defending against forks on c7 and f6
without giving up his e5-pawn.}) 20. b4 (20. Nd5 f5 $11) 20... Qd4 $1 {Now it
is White who must play accurately, since potentially his pawns are weaker and
in an endgame the bishop can be stronger than the knight.} 21. Qxd4 (21. Nd5
Qxe4 22. Rxe4 f5 23. Re2 Kf7 24. f3 Rc6 25. Kf2 Rec8 26. Rxe5 Rxc4 {is the
kind of position White would like to avoid.}) 21... exd4 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Nd5
Re2 24. Kf1 Ra2 25. Rd1 (25. c5 {leads to unpleasant defence after} bxc5 26.
bxc5 d3 27. c6 (27. Ne3 $2 Bxc5) 27... Rc2 28. Rd1 Rxc6 29. Rxd3 Rc1+ 30. Ke2
Rc2+) 25... Rxa3 26. Rxd4 Ra4 (26... Kg7 $5 {deserved attention, without
fearing} 27. g4 a5 28. bxa5 bxa5 29. g5 {due to} a4 30. Nf6 Ra1+ 31. Ke2 Rg1
32. Ne8+ Kh8 {and White is in trouble.}) 27. Nf6+ Kg7 28. Ne8+ Kg8 ({Black
could try to play for more with} 28... Kh8 {although after} 29. b5 ({but not} 
29. Rd7 Bxb4 {threatening Ra1-e1, ><e8}) 29... Bc5 30. Rd7 $1 Ra1+ 31. Ke2 Ra2+
32. Kd3 Rxf2 33. Rxa7 {White's counterplay should not be underestimated:} Kg8 (
33... Rxg2 34. Rxf7 Rxh2 35. Nf6 $1 {with a sort of domination}) 34. Ra6 h5 35.
Nc7 Rxg2 36. Nd5 Rxh2 37. Nxb6 h4 38. Nd7 {and Black is risking as much as
White.}) 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Ne8+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 4th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2016.04.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O c5 (7... d5
{is the other main move in this position transposing to the Petrosian
Variation.}) 8. Na4 {White threatens to disturb the bishop with a3.} cxd4 9. a3
Bd6 $5 {This has not been played by too many top players but you can be sure
that when someone plays the Candidates they always have a bagful of ideas with
themselves. The idea is to go Nc6 and prepare the move e5.} (9... Be7 {is the
more normal way to play.} 10. exd4 Nc6 11. b4) 10. exd4 Nc6 {After this move
the placement of the bishop on d6 doesn't look highly relevant.} (10... Bxf3
11. Qxf3 Nc6 {Looks like a plausible way to play as e5 is coming up.}) 11. Nc3
(11. b4 e5 $1 {This shows the main idea of the move Bd6.} 12. d5 e4 $1 $11)
11... Rc8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Be7 {You can say that White has in some ways won
the opening battle because he forced Black to go back to e7. But for a move or
two when Black was threatening e6-e5, White had to remain careful and that was
the main idea of Bd6.} 14. Re1 (14. Bc2 Nh5 $1 15. Qd3 f5 $11) 14... d5 (14...
Na5 {Putting extra pressure on c4 was also an interesting idea.}) 15. cxd5 Nxd5
16. Nxd5 Bxh4 (16... Qxd5 17. Be4 Qd7 18. d5 exd5 19. Qxd5 Qxd5 20. Bxd5 Bxh4
21. Nxh4 $11) 17. Ne3 Bf6 {Black has absolutely no problems out of the opening.
} 18. Be4 g6 19. Qa4 a6 20. Rad1 b5 21. Qb3 Qb6 22. Ng4 Bg7 23. Qe3 Kh7 24. h4
f5 $1 {Forcing the pace of play} 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 (25... fxg4 26. Bxb7 Qxb7 27.
Ne5 $11 {is also a playable position for both sides.}) 26. Nge5 Rd6 27. Qf4
Bxf3 28. Nxf3 Rfd8 29. Rc1 Bxd4 {Mass exchanges take place and the game is
drawn.} 30. Nxd4 Qxd4 31. Qxd4 Rxd4 32. Rxe6 Rd1+ 33. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 34. Kh2 Rd2
35. Rxa6 Rxb2 36. Ra7+ Kg8 37. f3 b4 38. axb4 Rxb4 39. Kg3 {In a must win game
Harikrishna wasn't able to pose any problems to Levon.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 23rd"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2015.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gevorgyan, David"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:01:05"]
[BlackClock "0:20:51"]

{The game between Gevorgyan and Kryvoruchko was a battle between the bishops
and knights. Look how Yuriy makes sure that the position is never opened up
for his opponent's bishops.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7
6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 d6 10. O-O Bxf3 $5 11. gxf3 {Diagram 
[#] The game becomes very interesting from the point of view of the imbalances
in the position. Black has the knights and wants to keep the position closed
while White has the bishops and wants to open diagonals for them at all costs.}
e5 12. d5 Re8 13. a4 a5 $1 {A strong positional move. Even though the b6 pawn
becomes a backward pawn on an open file it was more important not to let White
open lines.} 14. Kg2 $6 (14. Kh1 {followed by Rg1 looks more logical.}) 14...
Nbd7 15. Bd2 Nf8 16. Rh1 Nh5 (16... Ng6 $5 {was a nice idea. The important
point being} 17. h4 {is met by} e4 $1 18. fxe4 Nd7 $1 {With an attack on the
h4 pawn.} 19. f4 (19. h5 Nh4+ 20. Kf1 Qg5 $17) 19... Nxh4+ 20. Kf2 Ng6 21. Rag1
$13) 17. Rag1 Qf6 18. Bf5 g6 19. Bd3 Kh8 20. h4 Nd7 21. Be2 Qe7 22. Kf1 f5 23.
Ke1 Ndf6 24. Kd1 Qd7 25. Kc1 e4 26. f4 {Look at the d2-bishop. It has
absolutely no scope and no future!} Ng4 27. Be1 Nhf6 28. Kb2 Kg7 $1 {The king
is transferred to the queenside before opening the kingside.} 29. Ka3 Kf7 30.
Qb2 Ke7 31. Rg2 (31. Qxb6 Rab8 32. Qc6 Qa7 $19 {and Rec8 will trap the queen.})
31... Kd8 $1 {Setting a bait - Black is ready to give up the b-pawn with a
check!} 32. Qb5 (32. Qxb6+ Ke7 33. Qb5 Qa7 34. Qb2 Rab8 $17 {White pieces
stand quite horribly on the kingside.}) 32... Rg8 33. Bd2 Rb8 34. Rb1 Rg7 35.
Qxd7+ Kxd7 36. Rh1 h6 37. Kb3 Rbg8 38. Be1 g5 {The final breakthrough for the
rooks to enter the position.} 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. fxg5 $6 (40. Bd2 gxf4 41. exf4
$11 {And it is not very easy to breakthrough as White will play f3 on the next
move.}) 40... Rxg5 41. Rgg1 Ne5 42. Rxg5 Rxg5 43. Kc2 Rg2 44. Bf1 Rg7 45. Be2
Ke7 46. Kd2 Nh7 $1 {The knight is going to the f3 square.} 47. Rh5 Ng5 48. Kd1
Ngf3 49. Rh1 (49. Bxf3 Nxf3 50. Rxf5 Rg1 $19) 49... Rg4 50. Kc2 Rg2 51. Kd1 Nh2
{Blocking the h-file. White's rook has to remain passive now.} 52. Kd2 Kf6 53.
Kd1 Nef3 54. Bxf3 Nxf3 55. Ke2 Rg1 56. Rxg1 Nxg1+ {Diagram [#] The material is
even but look how the knight simply cleans up the white pawns.} 57. Kd1 Nf3 58.
Ke2 Ne5 {No way to defend the c4 pawn.} 59. f4 exf3+ {Number one.} 60. Kf1 Nxc4
{Number two.} 61. Bg3 Nxe3+ {Number three.} 62. Kf2 Nxd5 {Number four.} 63. c4
Nc3 64. Bxd6 Ne4+ {The only active move by the bishop resulted in its death!}
0-1

[Event "Match/Nation YUG-URS"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "1958.06.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1958.06.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 b6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bd2
cxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. cxd5 Bxc3 (10... Nxd5 11. Nxd5 (11. Re1) (11. Rc1) 11...
Bxd2 12. Nxb6 $2 axb6 13. Qxd2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Ra5 $1 $15) (10... exd5 11. Ne5
Nc6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Re1 $14) 11. bxc3 Qxd5 12. c4 Qd6 13. Bc3
Nbd7 14. Re1 Rac8 (14... Ng4 $6 15. h3 $1 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qh2+ 17. Kf1 $16) 15.
h3 Rfd8 16. Re3 Nh5 $2 (16... h6 17. Qb3 Bxf3 $1 18. Rxf3 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20.
Bxe5 Qxe5 $10 {Gligoric,S-Keres,P/Zagreb/1958/0,5/21/}) 17. d5 $1 $16 {-> >>/}
Nc5 (17... exd5 18. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 19. Ng5+ Kg8 (19... Kg6 20. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 21.
Qxh5+ Kg8 (21... Qg6 $2 22. Re7+) 22. Bxg7 $1 $40) 20. Qxh5 Qg6 21. Qxg6 fxg6
22. Re7 d4 23. Bxd4 Nf6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Rxb7 fxg5 26. Rxa7 $16) 18. Ng5 g6 (
18... Nxd3 $2 19. Qxh5) 19. Be2 Ng7 (19... Nf4 $2 20. Qd4 $18) (19... exd5 20.
Qd4 (20. Bxh5 $2 d4 $1) 20... f6 21. Bxh5 gxh5 22. Rg3 $40) 20. Qd4 Qf8 21. Qh4
h5 22. Bg4 $1 f5 (22... Nf5 23. Bxh5 $1 gxh5 24. Qxh5 Nh6 25. Rg3 $18) (22...
Re8 23. Rae1 $1) 23. Nxe6 Ngxe6 24. dxe6 Re8 (24... fxg4 25. e7 $18) 25. Bxh5
$1 $18 Qh6 (25... gxh5 26. Qg5+ Kh7 27. Qxh5+ Qh6 28. Qf7+ $18) (25... Rxe6 26.
Bxg6 Rxg6 27. Qh8+ Kf7 28. Qh7+ Rg7 29. Bxg7 Qxg7 30. Re7+ $18) 26. Qf6 f4 27.
Qf7# 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 06th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.11.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Shulman/Kapengut"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 14356]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Bxc3+ {Surprise. Leonid
refuses from his usual 4...c5 5.Nge2 cd 6.ed d5 7.c5 Ne4 in the favour rare 4..
.Bc3} 5. bxc3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. f3 d6 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. e4 Na5 (9... e5 10. O-O Qe7
11. f4 $1 O-O-O 12. d5 Na5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Bg5 Nxc4 15. Ng3 Qc5+ 16. Kh1 Rd7
17. Qe2 b5 18. a4 c6 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. axb5 Bxb5 22. Rfb1 a6 23.
Rxb5 axb5 24. Ra8+ {1-0 Ivkov,B-Lombard,A/EU-chT Bath 1973/EU-chT (24)}) 10.
Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 $6 {Black harry to define own pawn structure, whole game
this will be his headache.} (11... Qd7 12. Nc1 (12. O-O $6 Ba6 {[%csl Rc4]} 13.
f4 Bxc4 14. e5 Ng4) (12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Ng3 h5 14. f4 h4 15. Nh5 Ke7 {with
excellent game,L.Yudasin}) 12... c5 (12... Ba6 {[%csl Rc4]} 13. c5 $5 (13. Nb3
Nxc4 14. Qe2 Qa4) 13... Bxd3 14. Nxd3 dxc5 15. Ne5 Qe7 16. Qa4+ Kf8 17. O-O
$132) 13. Nb3 Qa4 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. Qd2 Rc8 16. Rd1 $13) 12. Bf2 Qd7 13. Nc1 {
[%cal Gc1b3,Gc4c5]} O-O-O ({Now} 13... Ba6 {less strong, because white can
include in play bishop on "f2":} 14. c5 $5 Bxd3 15. Nxd3 dxc5 16. Ne5 Qe7 17.
Qa4+ Kf8 18. dxc5 $16) 14. Nb3 Qa4 15. Nxa5 Qxa5 16. Qb3 (16. O-O $5 {was also
interesting, because black can't take poisoned pawn} Nh5 (16... Qxc3 17. a4 $40
{[%cal Ga4a5]}) 17. Re1 Nf4 18. Bf1 f5 19. Qb3 {with same idea and safe king.})
16... Nh5 17. Qb4 Nf4 18. Bf1 (18. Qxa5 Nxd3+ 19. Kd2 bxa5 20. Kxd3 Ba6 21. d5
exd5 22. exd5 {looks less dangerous for black:} Kb7 ({or even} 22... c6 {
[%cal Ga6d3]})) 18... Qxb4 ({Black can't avoid exchange of queens, for example:
} 18... Qa6 $6 19. a4 f5 20. g3 c5 (20... Nh5 $4 21. c5 {[%csl Ra6]}) 21. Qb5
Nh5 22. Bd3 $16) 19. cxb4 f5 20. exf5 ({It is impossible to play} 20. g3 $2 Nh5
21. Bd3 fxe4 22. fxe4 Nf6 $15 {[%csl Re4]}) 20... exf5 21. Be3 Rde8 (21... Rhe8
$5 22. Kf2 c5 23. bxc5 dxc5 (23... bxc5 24. d5 Ng6 25. h4 $5 {[%csl Rg5][%cal
Gh1h7] This attractive idea we found in "multiplayer" analyze immediately
after the game.} (25. Bd3 Ne5 (25... Rf8 26. h4 f4 27. Bxg6 $16) 26. Bxf5+ Kc7
27. Rhc1 Rf8 $44) 25... f4 26. Bd2 Nxh4 27. Bxf4 Nxf3 28. Kxf3 gxf4 (28... Rf8
29. g3 gxf4 30. gxf4 $16) 29. Rxh6 Re3+ 30. Kxf4 Ra3 31. g4 $16) 24. d5 b5 {
[%csl Rd5]} (24... Ng6 25. a4 $16) 25. Rc1 $1 (25. cxb5 Rxd5 26. Rc1 Kd7 $1 $13
) 25... bxc4 26. Rxc4 Rxd5 27. Rxc5+ Rxc5 28. Bxc5 Re5 29. Bf8 {with better
endgame for white ^^}) 22. Kf2 Ng6 23. Bd3 Rhf8 24. Rhe1 Kd8 25. Bd2 (25. a4 {
[%cal Ga4a5] also deserved attention, because it is profitable for white to
keep all rooks on the board.}) 25... Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Bc8 27. a4 Re8 28. Ra1 {
[%cal Ga4a5]} Nf4 29. Bf1 d5 $2 {Blunder.} ({After} 29... Bd7 30. a5 $16 {
White has huge, but still not decisive advantage.}) 30. g3 $18 Nh5 (30... Ne6
31. cxd5 Nxd4 32. Bc3 Nc2 33. Bf6+ $18 (33. Rc1)) 31. cxd5 a6 32. Bd3 Rf8 33.
Re1 Nf6 34. h4 Ne4+ 35. Bxe4 fxe4 36. Rxe4 Bf5 37. Re5 gxh4 ({After} 37... Bg4
38. hxg5 Rxf3+ 39. Kg2 Rd3 40. Bf4 hxg5 41. Rxg5 $18 {White also would win soon
}) 38. gxh4 Bg4 39. Kg3 Bxf3 40. Bxh6 Rf7 41. Bf4 Bd1 42. a5 bxa5 43. bxa5 Kd7
44. Re6 {[%csl Ra6]} Rf5 45. Rxa6 {[%csl Rd5]} Rxd5 46. Be5 c5 47. dxc5 $1 {
[%csl Rd1] Last trick.} Rxe5 48. Rd6+ Kc7 49. Rxd1 Rxc5 50. Ra1 Kb7 51. a6+ Ka7
52. Ra4 {"h"-pawn can't be stopped.} 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1997.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Soffer,R"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. f3 {A few years ago Milov was a
leading exponent of 4.f3 but since after 4...d5 Black's resources proved to be
adequate he has abandoned the variation. However, the delayed f3 makes sense
here because Black cannot play d7-d5. In my opinion it isn't worse than the
more recognized alternatives 5.Bd3 and 5.Nge2} c5 {Black has to do something
to prevent White from building a big centre.} (5... Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d5 7. cxd5
Nxd5 8. e4 Ne7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Ne2 Ba6 11. O-O Bxd3 12. Qxd3 c5 13. Rd1 cxd4 14.
cxd4 Nbc6 15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 Ne5 17. Qd4 {Yakovich,Y-Mac Gilchrist,S/
Berliner Sommer (01) ;EXP 54 1996/1-0 (56)}) (5... Ba6 6. e4 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6
8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Ne2 O-O 10. O-O Ne8 11. Ng3 g6 12. Bh6 Ng7 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. f4 f5
15. Rae1 $16 {Milov,V-Netolitzky,G/Schaan op (03) 1996/1-0 (42)}) (5... Nc6 6.
Bd3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Ba6 8. e4 Na5 9. Qe2 d6 10. f4 Qd7 11. Nf3 Qa4 12. Nd2 O-O-O
13. O-O h6 14. Rb1 Kb8 15. e5 Ne8 16. f5 $16 {1-0 Hoffman,A-Panno,O/Najdorf op
Buenos Aires ARG (7) 1996 (27)}) (5... Nh5 $5 6. Nh3 f5 7. e4 O-O 8. Bg5 Qe8 9.
exf5 h6 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nb5 exf5+ 12. Be2 Qd8 13. Bxb4 Nxb4 14. Qd2 a5 15. a3
Nc6 16. O-O-O a4 17. Kb1 $14 {Miles,A-Kuzmin,G/Riga izt (05) ;IZT 1979/0-1 (41)
}) 6. d5 Ba6 (6... Bxc3+ $5 7. bxc3 d6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Ng3 Ne5 11.
Be2 b5 $5 12. dxe6 bxc4 13. f4 Nd3+ 14. Bxd3 cxd3 15. exf7+ Rxf7 16. Qxd3 Qa5
$44 {Plaskett,J-Hergott,D/London Lloyds (09) ;TD 87\02 1987/1/2-1/2 (28)}) (
6... exd5 7. cxd5 O-O 8. Nh3 Re8 9. Be2 Bb7 10. e4 d6 11. O-O Qe7 12. Bd3 Nbd7
13. a3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ne5 15. c4 h6 16. Bb2 a6 17. a4 $14 {Alperovich,
A-Gershkowitz,D/Netanya Maccabiah open (4) 1993/0-1 (50)}) (6... O-O 7. Nh3 b5
8. dxe6 fxe6 9. cxb5 d5 10. Nf2 c4 11. Be2 a6 12. bxa6 Bxa6 13. a3 Be7 14. b3
cxb3 15. Qxb3 Nbd7 16. O-O Nc5 17. Qa2 $14 {Miles,A-De Firmian,N/Reykjavik op 
(05) ;EXT 86op 1986/1-0 (68)}) 7. e4 $1 {Direct and logical. However a
combination is now available for Black and only deep analysis confirms the
correctness of this move} (7. Bd3 $2 exd5 8. cxd5 Nxd5) (7. Nh3 {is safer but
less ambitious}) 7... exd5 8. cxd5 (8. exd5 {abandons White's main strategic
plan and gives Black a good position} Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Bd3 Nh5 11. g3 Re8+
12. Ne2 d6 13. O-O Nd7 14. f4 Nhf6 $15) 8... Nxe4 $2 {At his home preperation
Sutovskij assumed this was the refutation of 7.e4} 9. fxe4 (9. Bxa6 $2 Nxc3 $19
) 9... Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qh4+ 11. g3 $1 (11. Kd2 Qf4+ $19) 11... Qxe4+ 12. Kf2
Qxh1 (12... Bxf1 $2 13. Nf3 $18) 13. Bg2 (13. Qe1+ $2 Kd8 {/\Rd8}) (13. Bxa6 $2
Qxh2+) 13... Qxh2 14. Bg5 $4 {White has two ways to trap the Black queen, but
only one of them is correct. "??" is because this move probably turns a
winning position into a losing one.} (14. Nh3 $1 O-O 15. Bf4 {/\g4} Re8 (15...
g5 16. Qg4 $18) (15... f5 16. Qd2 $1 {/\Rh1} Re8 17. Re1 Nc6 (17... Re4 18.
Rxe4 fxe4 19. g4 $18) 18. dxc6 $1 (18. g4 Ne5 19. Rxe5 Rxe5 20. Bxh2 Re2+ 21.
Qxe2 Bxe2 22. Kxe2 fxg4 23. Nf4 $16) 18... Rxe1 (18... dxc6 19. g4 $18) 19.
Qxe1 Rf8 (19... g5 20. cxd7 gxf4 21. Qe8+ Kg7 22. Nxf4) 20. Qe7 dxc6 21. Bd6
$18) 16. g4 Re2+ 17. Qxe2 Qxg2+ 18. Kxg2 Bxe2 19. Re1 g5 (19... f5 20. Rxe2
fxg4 21. Re8+ (21. Nf2) 21... Kf7 22. Rxb8 gxh3+ 23. Kxh3 Rxb8 24. Bxb8 $18)
20. Rxe2 gxf4 21. Re8+ Kg7 22. Nxf4 f6 (22... d6 23. Nh5+ Kh6 24. Rg8 {/\Nf6,
g5#} f5 25. Kh3 fxg4+ 26. Kh4 $18) 23. d6 $18 {/\Nd5-c7}) 14... O-O 15. Bh4 {
/\Nf3. Surprisingly enough, Black has sufficient tactical resources to meet
this threat (which were overlooked by both grandmasters during the game)} Re8
16. Qd2 (16. Nf3 $2 Re2+ 17. Qxe2 Qxg2+ 18. Kxg2 Bxe2 19. Re1 Bxf3+ {This is
the big difference between 14.Nh3 and 14.Bg5. The capture of the N with check
saves Black} 20. Kxf3 Na6 $19) (16. c4 $5 Bxc4 17. Rc1 Ba6 18. Rc2 Re5 19. Nf3
Rf5 20. Qe1 g5 21. Qe8+ Kg7 22. Bxg5 Qh5 (22... Bf1 $2 23. Kxf1 Rxf3+ 24. Bxf3
Qxc2 25. Qe5+ Kg8 26. Bh6 $18) 23. Be7 h6 {and Black holds}) 16... Re5 $4 {
Black misses a very nice possibility.} (16... d6 $1 {It's hard to realize that
in such a sharp position one just has to make simple developing moves.} 17. Re1
{What else?} Rxe1 18. Qxe1 Nd7 19. Nf3 (19. Qe7 Ne5 {is hopeless}) 19... Ne5 $1
{the point} 20. Nxh2 (20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Qxe5 Bb5 22. Be7 Re8 $19 23. d6 $140 $2
Bc6) 20... Nd3+ 21. Kf1 Nxe1+ 22. Kxe1 Re8+ 23. Kd1 h6 $19 {/\g5 and on top of
his misfortunes White loses a piece:} 24. g4 Re2) 17. Re1 Rf5+ 18. Nf3 g5 $2 {
This weakening of the king position finally throws away the game. There were
still some practical chances.} (18... h6 $5 19. Ke3 {too greedy} (19. Rh1 Qxh1
20. Bxh1 Bb7 21. c4 g5 22. g4 Rf4 23. Bg3 {should win}) 19... Nc6 $1 (19...
Rxf3+ 20. Kxf3 $18) (19... Qxg2 20. Qxg2 Rxd5 21. Kf2 Nc6 $16) 20. Nxh2 (20.
dxc6 Re8+ 21. Kf2 Rxe1 22. Qxe1 dxc6 23. Qe8+ Kh7 24. Qe4 g6 25. Qxf5 Qxg2+ 26.
Kxg2 gxf5 27. Ne5 $14) 20... Na5 {with a crazy position that offers Black some
chances. I can give only some sample variations} 21. Qc1 Re8+ $1 (21... Nc4+
22. Ke2 Nb2+ 23. c4 Bxc4+ 24. Ke3 Re8+ 25. Kd2 Rf2+ 26. Kc3 $18) 22. Kd2 (22.
Be4 Nc4+ 23. Kd3 Nd6+ 24. Kc2 (24. c4 Rfe5) 24... Rf2+ 25. Kb1 Rxe4 {and Black
already has the advantage}) 22... Rf2+ 23. Kd1 Rxe1+ 24. Kxe1 Re2+ 25. Kd1 Rxg2
26. Qe3 Rxh2 27. Qe8+ Kh7 28. Qxf7 Nc4 29. Bf6 Nb2+ 30. Kc1 Nd3+ 31. Kb1 Rh1+
32. Kc2 Rh2+ $11) 19. Rh1 (19. Re8+ $5 {seems to win as well:} Kg7 20. Ke1 Nc6
(20... Qxg2 21. Qxg2 gxh4 22. gxh4+ Kf6 23. Nd2) 21. Rxa8 Re5+ 22. Kf2 Rf5 23.
Qxg5+ (23. Bxg5 Ne5) 23... Rxg5 24. Nxh2 Rf5+ 25. Kg1 $18) 19... Qxh1 20. Bxh1
gxh4 21. g4 $18 {Nominally Black still has a clear lead in material, but he is
far too underdeveloped. White's attack is irresistible.} Rf6 22. Qg5+ Rg6 23.
Qd8+ Kg7 24. Nxh4 Rxg4 25. Nf5+ Kg6 26. Ne7+ Kf6 27. d6 Nc6 28. Qxa8 1-0

[Event "Lloyds Bank op 16th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "El Assiouti, Sheriff"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Speelman,J"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1992.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Na4
cxd4 9. a3 Be7 10. exd4 d5 $6 11. c5 bxc5 12. Nxc5 $5 (12. dxc5) 12... Bxc5 13.
dxc5 Qc7 14. Bg5 (14. b4 e5 15. Bb5 a6 16. Ba4 Bc6 $1) 14... Ne4 (14... Qxc5
15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rc1 Qe7 17. Re1 $146 (17. Nd4 f5 $1)) 15. Rc1 Nc6 (15... a5
$5) 16. b4 (16. Bh4 a5 $1) 16... Nxg5 17. Nxg5 h6 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Bb1 g6 $2 (
19... Rfe8 $1 20. Nf3) 20. Nf3 (20. Bxg6 $5) 20... Ba6 21. Qd2 $1 Kh7 $8 (21...
Kg7 $2 22. b5 $1) (21... Bxf1 22. Qxh6+ Kg8 23. Ng5 $18) 22. Rfe1 $16 Rad8 23.
a4 (23. Qb2 Bb5 $1) 23... Bc4 24. Qb2 (24. Qc3 a6 25. Nd2 (25. h4 $1) 25... Rb8
26. Qf6 Qe7 27. Qxe7 Nxe7 28. Nxc4 dxc4 29. Rxc4 Nc6) 24... Rb8 (24... a6 25.
Nd2 Rb8 26. Nxc4 Rxb4 27. Qf6 dxc4 28. Bxg6+ $1 $18) 25. b5 a6 26. b6 (26. Qf6
$2 Qe7 $3) 26... Qe7 27. h4 $1 f5 (27... Qxc5 28. h5 Rxb6 29. Qf6 Qe7 (29...
Rxb1 30. Rxb1 $18) 30. hxg6+ Kg8 31. gxf7+ Qxf7 32. Qxe6 $18) 28. h5 gxh5 (
28... Qxc5 29. hxg6+ Kg8 30. Qd2 $1) (28... g5 29. Ne5 Qxc5 30. Nxc4 $6 (30.
Nd7 $1) 30... dxc4 31. Rxe6 Rxb6 $2 (31... Nd4 $1) 32. Bxf5+ $1 Rxf5 33. Rxh6+
$1 Kxh6 34. Qh8#) 29. Ne5 Qxc5 30. Nd7 (30. Nxc4 $2 dxc4 31. Rxe6 Nd4 $1) 30...
Qd4 (30... Qd6 31. Nxb8 Nxb8 32. Qe5 $1 $18) 31. Qa3 Rg8 32. Nxb8 (32. Rxe6 $2
Rxg2+ $1) 32... Qg4 33. Qg3 Qxg3 34. fxg3 Rxb8 35. Bd3 (35. Rxe6 Nd4 36. Rxc4
dxc4 (36... Nxe6 37. Bxf5+ Kg7 38. Rc7+ Kf6 39. Bxe6 Kxe6 40. a5) 37. Rd6)
35... Nd8 (35... Na5 36. Rxe6 Bxd3 37. Rc7+ Kg8 38. b7 Nxb7 39. Rg6+ Kf8 40.
Rxh6 Kg8 41. Rb6 a5 42. Kf2 $1 Be4 43. Rbxb7 Rxb7 44. Rxb7 Bc2 45. Rb5 Bxa4 46.
Rxd5 Bc2 47. Rxa5 Kf7 48. Ke3 $18) 36. Bxc4 dxc4 37. Red1 Nf7 38. a5 Ne5 39.
Rd6 Re8 40. Re1 1-0

[Event "Plzen m"]
[Site "Plzen"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Stocek, Jiri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Stocek,J"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Bd2
(8. Qc2 c5 $140 9. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bxe4 11. Qxe4 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qc2
{xBb4} c4 14. b3 cxb3 15. Qxb3 Bf8 16. Bd2 $14 {Lalic-Dizdarevic,Zenica1987})
8... d6 9. Qc2 (9. a3 {viz 4.partie zapasu}) 9... Nbd7 (9... Bxf3 $6 10. gxf3
$14) 10. e4 e5 11. d5 c6 (11... Nc5 $2 12. Bg5) 12. Rfe1 (12. a3 $142 Bxc3 13.
Bxc3 Rc8 $132) 12... Rc8 13. a3 Bxc3 (13... Bc5 14. b4 Bd4 15. h3 $13) 14. Bxc3
Nc5 15. Rac1 (15. Bf1 $2 b5 $1 {xd5,e4} 16. b3 $140 $2 bxc4 17. bxc4 cxd5 18.
cxd5 (18. exd5 $17) 18... Ncxe4) 15... Nxd3 16. Qxd3 {[#]} b5 $1 17. dxc6 (17.
b3 bxc4 18. bxc4 Ba6 19. dxc6 Rxc6 $15) 17... bxc4 18. Qxc4 Bxc6 19. Qd3 Qd7 {
xg4} (19... Qb6 $143 $6) (19... Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 d5 22. Qa4 $1 {
(xd4,xRe8,Xa7)} d4 23. Bd2 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 $13) 20. Nd2 {[#]} d5 $2 (20... Bb5
$142 $1 21. Qf3 (21. Qg3 $2 Nh5 22. Qf3 (22. Qg5 Nf4) 22... Nf4 23. Rcd1 Re6
$36) (21. Qb1 Nh5 $1 $40) 21... d5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Ne4 (23. Ba5 Bc6 $17 {xBa5
}) 23... Nxc3 24. Nxc3 Bc6 $15) 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Rcd1 Qa4 $11 {xRd1} (22...
Qg4 $2 23. Qg3 $16 {xe5}) 23. Qg3 Rc6 (23... h6 $2 24. Bxe5 Nh5 25. Qh3 {xRc8}
Nf4 $140 26. Qg4) 24. b3 (24. Bxe5 $6 Rce6 $44 (24... Nh5 $2 25. Qd3 $1 (25.
Qg5 Rg6 26. Qxh5 Rxg2+ 27. Kf1 Qa6+ 28. Re2 Rg6 $40) 25... Rxe5 26. Qxd5 $18)
25. f4 (25. Bxf6 Rxe1+ 26. Nf1 g6 27. Rxe1 Rxe1 28. Qb8+ Qe8) 25... Nh5 $5 (
25... h6 $44)) 24... Qxa3 25. Rxe5 Rxe5 26. Qxe5 h6 27. Ra1 Qc5 28. Nc4 (28.
Bd4 $2 Qb4 $36 29. Nf1 $140 Re6) 28... Bxc4 29. Qxc5 Rxc5 30. bxc4 Ne4 (30...
Rxc4 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. h3 Rc7 33. Ra6 Kg7 34. g4 $11) 31. Bd4 Rxc4 32. Bxa7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Plzen m"]
[Site "Plzen"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Stocek, Jiri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Stocek,J"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Bd2
(8. Re1 c5 $5 $146 (8... d5 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 $14) 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Be4
11. Bf1 Nc6 12. Nd2 Bg6 $13 {Babula-Stocek,1.rapid partie}) 8... d6 9. a3 Bxc3
10. Bxc3 Nbd7 11. Nd2 (11. b4 c5 $11 (11... e5 $11)) 11... e5 12. d5 (12. b4
exd4 13. exd4 b5 $1 14. Re1 bxc4 15. Nxc4 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 Nb6 17. Na5 Bd5 {
Caselas-Kurajica,La Coruna1993}) (12. Re1 d5 $5) 12... b5 13. e4 Nc5 14. Qe2
bxc4 (14... a6 $6 15. Bc2 c6 16. b4 Ncd7 (16... Na4 17. Bxa4 bxa4 $14) 17. Rac1
$14) 15. Nxc4 (15. Bxc4 $2 c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. f3 d5 $36) 15... Ba6 (15... c6
$2 16. Na5 cxd5 17. Nxb7 Nxb7 18. exd5 $16 Nxd5 $140 19. Qe4 {xh7,xNb7}) (15...
Nxd3 16. Qxd3 c6 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Qxd6 Bb5 19. Qb4 $16) 16. Bb4 (16. b4 $2
Nxd3 17. Qxd3 c6 18. dxc6 d5 19. exd5 Qxd5 $19) 16... Nxd3 {[#]} (16... Nfd7
17. Bc2 c6 $2 (17... Bb5 $5 $11 18. a4 $140 a5) 18. dxc6 Nb6 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20.
Bd3 Qd4 21. Rac1 Rad8 22. c7 Rd7 23. Rfd1 $18 {Gulko-Kuzmin,Bishkek1981}) (
16... Bxc4 $6 17. Bxc4 Ncxe4 18. Bb5 Re7 19. Bc6 Rb8 20. Rac1 $44) (16... Nxd3
17. Qxd3 c6 18. dxc6 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 d5 20. c7 Qxc7 21. Qxd5 Bxc4 22. Rac1 Bxd5
23. Rxc7 a5 24. Bc3 a4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg International Preliminary"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.04.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[Annotator "Tarrasch,S"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Tarrasch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 {Ganz wie in der Partie 18 Bernstein - Niemzowitsch.
Aljechin wählte diese Variante wohl nicht deshalb, weil er sie für gut hielt,
sondern nur, um den Gegner aus dem Konzept zu bringen.} 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 ({
Hier wäre} 4. Bg5 {nicht so gut wie in der zitierten Partie, denn es könnte}
c5 5. Z0 Qa5 6. Z0 {und} Ne4 {, wonach der Läufer auf dem Damenflügel
vermißt würde.}) 4... b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. f3 {Ein häßlicher Zug, der sich
später bitter rächt.} (6. Nf3 {war natürlich, gut und schön.}) 6... c5 7.
a3 {Ebenfalls nicht nach meinem Geschmack. Der Doppelbauer hat arge
Schattenseiten.} Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 d5 {Aber dieser Zug paßt nicht in die Stellung
hinein.} ({Mit} 8... Nc6 9. Z0 Na5 10. Z0 Ba6 11. Z0 {und} Rc8 {war der
Nachteil des Doppelbauern auszunützen und der Pc4 zu erobern - ein Strategem,
das mindestens so alt ist wie die Schachturniere überhaupt. Schon im ersten
Turnier zu London 1851 ist es von dem sehr starken englischen Meister Wyvill
in mehreren Partien angewendet worden, später besonders auch von Winawer.}) 9.
Ne2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ng3 Qc7 {Ein verschmitzter Zug, dessen Arglist von
Weiß nicht genügend gewürdigt wird.} 12. cxd5 exd5 {Und nun hätte
Rubinstein mit allen seinen von mir gerügten Zügen Recht behalten und ein
vortreffliches, ja das weit überlegene Spiel erlangt, ...} 13. e4 $2 ({
wenn er jetzt seinen Damenläufer auf den bescheidenen Posten} 13. Bd2 {
entwickelt hätte. Warum dieser Zug notwendig war, wird sich gleich zeigen. Er
wäre dann im Zentrum mit} Z0 14. e4 Z0 15. e5 {vorgegangen, denn selbst} Rfe8
{worauf} 16. Qe1 {, hätte es nicht verhindert. Er hätte den starken
Königsbauern gegen den berüchtigten b-Bauern gehabt, das Läuferpaar wäre
zur Geltung gekommen} Z0 17. Nf5 {hätte gedroht, Königsangriff wäre gefolgt
- er hätte die Partie sicher gewonnen! Aber alles nur, weil Aljechin mit
d7-d5 aus dem richtigen System herausgefallen war.}) 13... cxd4 14. cxd4 Qc3 $1
{Durchkreuzt alle Pläne des Weißen und führt zum Gewinn eines wichtigen
Bauern.} 15. Be3 {Und jetzt kommt der Nachteil des Zuges f2-f3 zur Geltung:
der Läufer ist nicht gedeckt.} dxe4 16. fxe4 {Dieses eben hervorgehobene
Moment ließ sich auf zweierlei Weise ausnützen: erstens durch Wegschlagen
des Pe4, zweitens durch Ba6. Was stärker ist, läßt sich in einem solchen
Falle, wo man so und so einen Bauern gewinnt, meist erst hinterdrein
feststellen. Wie Aljechin es spielte, erlangte der Gegner einen Angriff, der
den Bauernverlust einigermaßen aufwog.} Ba6 {Anscheinend noch zwingender.} ({
Hingegen nach} 16... Bxe4 $1 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 {hätte Weiß auch nicht den
geringsten Ersatz dafür, z. B.} 18. Rc1 ({oder} 18. Rf3 Ndf6) 18... Qxa3 19.
Ra1 Qe7) 17. Bxa6 Qxe3+ 18. Kh1 Nxe4 19. Nf5 $1 {Dies ist der Zug, der dem
Weißen unter Qualitätsopfer etwas Angriff verschafft.} Nf2+ {Es gibt nichts
besseres.} 20. Rxf2 Qxf2 21. Qg4 g6 22. Rf1 Qb2 23. Nh6+ $2 {Dies führt zu
gar nichts.} ({Der Angriff mußte mit} 23. Ne7+ Kh8 {nebst} 24. Qxd7 {
weitergeführt werden, dann hatte Weiß zwei Figuren für den Turm, und wenn
Schwarz dafür auch - nach} Rad8 {- Bauern erlangte, so war der Ausgang der
Partie doch noch zweifelhaft, während sie jetzt für Weiß glatt verloren ist.
}) 23... Kg7 {Schlägt Weiß den einen Springer, dann schlägt Schwarz
unbedenklich den anderen.} 24. Nxf7 {Verzweifelung! Oder war das eine schon
bei dem Springerschach geplante Kombination? Dann war sie fehlerhaft. ...} Qb3
(24... Qb3 {greift den Springer nochmals an, und zieht er fort} 25. Ne5 {
, dann folgt Turmtausch} Rxf1+ 26. Bxf1 {nebst} Nf6 {und Weiß kann aufgeben.})
({... Freilich würde} 24... Rxf7 25. Rxf7+ Kxf7 {nebst} 26. Qxd7+ {zu ewigem
Schach führen, ...}) ({... und der verführerische Zug} 24... Nf6 {gar mit}
25. Rxf6 Kxf6 26. Qg5+ Kg7 $2 27. Qe5+ Kxf7 28. Bc4# {zu einem sehr hübschen
Matt, aber ein einfacher Gegenzug zerstört diesen schönen Traum.}) 25. d5 (
25. d5 {um nach} Qxd5 {mit} 26. Bc4 {fortzufahren.}) 25... Nf6 {Jetzt kann
dieser Zug ohne Gefahr geschehen.} 26. Qd4 Rxf7 27. Bc4 Qa4 28. g4 Rc8 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde GP CCAS"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2013.10.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Valles, Manuel"]
[Black "Gordon, Stephen J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "Valles,M"]
[PlyCount "198"]
[EventDate "2013.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 (6. Nge2 $5) 6... O-O
7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 Be4 9. Be2 c5 10. Nd2 Bb7 (10... Bg6 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. f3 d5
13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. c4 Nc3 15. Qd2 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 cxd4 17. exd4 Nd7 18. Ba3 Rfe8
19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Rfe1 Qf4 21. Bb2 h6 22. Qe3 Qxe3+ 23. Rxe3 Red8 24. Kf2 Nb8
25. c5 Na6 26. cxb6 axb6 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Rc3 Rxc3 29. Bxc3 Nc7 30. Bb4 Nd5
31. a3 Bd3 32. Nd2 f5 33. f4 Be4 34. g3 Kf7 {1/2-1/2 (34) Ipatov,A (2577)-Yu,Y
(2635) Athens 2012}) 11. Qc2 $146 (11. f3 d5 12. Nb3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qc7 14. Qe2
Nbd7 15. Bb2 Rac8 16. Nd2 Ne8 17. Bd3 Nd6 18. c4 Rfe8 19. Rfe1 f5 20. Qf2 e5
21. d5 Re7 22. Qh4 Rce8 23. Bc2 Nf8 24. Rac1 Ng6 25. Qf2 a6 26. Bd1 Bc8 27. Be2
Bd7 28. Bf1 Bc8 29. Rc3 f4 30. Bd3 Bf5 31. Bxf5 Nxf5 32. exf4 exf4 33. Rxe7
Ngxe7 34. Ne4 Nc8 35. Rc1 Ncd6 36. Ng5 Re3 37. Ne6 Qe7 38. Ba1 h5 39. g3 Ra3
40. Re1 Nxc4 {Narciso Dublan,M (2546)-Nakamura,H (2648) Barcelona 2007 0-1 (71)
}) 11... Nc6 12. Nb3 d6 13. e4 e5 14. d5 Ne7 15. a4 Ne8 16. Bg4 Bc8 17. Bxc8
Rxc8 18. f3 Kh8 19. a5 Qd7 20. axb6 axb6 21. Ra6 Rb8 22. Be3 (22. f4) 22... Nc7
23. Ra7 Nc8 24. Ra2 Rb7 25. Nd2 Ne7 26. Rfa1 Rfb8 27. Ra7 Rxa7 28. Rxa7 Nc8 29.
Ra1 Kg8 30. Qa4 Qxa4 31. Rxa4 Kf8 32. Ra1 Ke7 33. Kf2 Kd7 34. Ke2 Ne7 35. g3
Ra8 36. Rxa8 Nxa8 37. Kd3 Nc7 38. Nb1 Ne8 39. Bg5 f6 40. Be3 h6 41. Nd2 f5 42.
g4 f4 43. Bf2 g5 44. h4 Ng6 45. h5 Ne7 46. Kc2 Ng8 47. Nf1 Ngf6 48. Nh2 Kc8 49.
Bg1 Kb7 50. Bf2 Ka6 51. Be1 Ka5 52. Bf2 Ka4 53. Be1 Nc7 54. Nf1 Ka3 55. Bf2 Ka2
56. Be1 Nd7 57. Nd2 Ka3 58. Bf2 Ne8 59. Nf1 Ka4 60. Be1 Ndf6 61. Nh2 Nc7 62.
Nf1 Nfe8 63. Nd2 Nf6 64. Nf1 Nce8 65. Nh2 Nd7 66. Nf1 Nef6 67. Nh2 b5 68. cxb5
Nb6 69. Nf1 Kxb5 70. Bf2 Nc4 71. Kb3 Nd7 72. Be1 Ndb6 73. Bf2 Na5+ 74. Kc2 Nbc4
75. Bh4 $1 {La ressource defensive.} Nb7 (75... gxh4 $1 76. g5 Ne3+ 77. Kd3 (
77. Nxe3 $2 fxe3 78. gxh6 e2 $1 79. Kd2 h3 80. h7 h2 81. h8=Q e1=Q+ 82. Kxe1
h1=Q+ $19) 77... Nxf1 78. g6 h3 79. g7 h2 80. g8=Q Ka4 $3 $19 (80... h1=Q 81.
Qe8+ {Ce que l'on a vue.}) 81. Qg2 c4+ 82. Ke2 h1=Q 83. Qxh1 Ng3+) 76. Be1 Nb6
77. Bf2 Ka4 78. Be1 Nc4 79. Bf2 Nba5 80. Be1 Na3+ 81. Kb2 N3c4+ 82. Kc2 Na3+
83. Kb2 N5c4+ 84. Ka2 Nb6 85. Kb2 Nac4+ 86. Kc2 Ka3 87. Bd2 Na5 88. Be1 Ka2 89.
Bd2 Nac4 90. Bc1 Nd7 91. Nh2 Ndb6 92. Nf1 Na5 93. Bd2 Nbc4 94. Be1 Na3+ 95. Kc1
N3c4 96. Kc2 Na3+ 97. Kc1 Kb3 98. Nd2+ Ka4 99. Nf1 N3c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.09"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 {Both Matthew Sadler and Joel Lautier are
noted for their conscientious and deep opening preparation. They also know
each others game particularly well, and are both specialists in the Nimzo with
4.e3. All of these facts render the opening phase of special interest here.}
O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Na4 {This is regarded as the most
critical line here. White places his knight off-side quite simply to prevent
its exchange, and thus induce one of two effects: i) Black to exchange on d4
in order to open up the natural path of retreat for the bishop on b4 which
will clarify the centre and leave white with a little more space.  Wells: This
is regarded as the most critical line here. White places his knight off-side
quite simply to prevent its exchange, and thus induce one of two effects: i)
Black exchanges on d4 in order to open up the natural path of retreat for the
bishop on b4 which will clarify the centre and leave white with a little more
space.  ii) The bishop on b4 will be forced to retreat to the unnatural square
a5, from where it will play a limited role in the struggle for the centre and
in some cases its very survival may be under threat.} Qe7 $5 {This ambitious
move was played quite often in the 1960s, but was virtually unknown in recent
practice until Boris Gelfand used it to beat Lautier(!) in Bad Godesburg 1997 
( see CBM 58 ).} (8... cxd4 {[%cal Yb4f8] is still the main line. It can be
seen as a 'healthy exchange of diagonals' where black secures his bishop's
retreat, and sets up something akin to a 'hedgehog', while white enjoys the
customary spatial pull. Of course in this case the return of the a4 knight is
only a matter of tempi.} 9. exd4 {[%cal Yc1g5]} (9. a3 $5 Be7 10. exd4 {
[%cal Yc1g5]}) 9... Re8 $5 10. Bg5 Bf8) ({The experimental} 8... Na6 $6 {
on the other hand is not to be recommended.} 9. a3 Ba5 10. b3 Qe7 11. Bb2 Rac8
12. d5 $1 {[%csl Ra5,Ra6][%cal Yb2f6,Yd3h7] A thematic central breakthrough
when black's minor pieces are seriously off-side.} exd5 13. cxd5 d6 (13... Nxd5
14. Bxa6 Bxa6 15. Qxd5 $18) 14. Nh4 Nxd5 15. Nf5 Qg5 16. h4 $1 $18 {Lesiege,
A-Sokolov,I/Elista (ol) 1998.}) 9. a3 Ba5 10. b3 $5 {With the quiet and
sensible move, white hopes to show that, of the two 'off-side pieces' it is
black's which will be more sorely missed. Moreover, practice suggests that
more direct tactical attempts to exploit the bishop's position on a5 meet with
quite robust defence.} (10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Nxc5 Qxc5 12. b4 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qe5
14. bxa5 $8 Qxa1 15. Qxa8 Qc3 16. Rd1 Nc6 17. Qb7 Qxa5 {Wells: White's
slightly weaker structure and the time he is forced to lose bringing his queen
back into play enables black to commence active operations straightaway, which
fully compensates for the bishop pair.} 18. Qb5 Qc7 19. Qb3 Ne5 20. Bb2 Rb8 21.
Qc2 Nxd3 22. Bxf6 gxf6 {1/2-1/2 Muir,A-Lukacs,P/Budapest First Sat 1995/EXT 97.
}) (10. Rb1 Rc8 $1 (10... Ne4 $6 11. Ne1 $1 {[%cal Yf2f3,Ye1c2,Yb2b4]} Bxe1 $5
(11... d5 12. f3 Nf6 13. dxc5 Bxe1 14. Rxe1 bxc5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. b4 $1 $16 {
Kortschnoj,V-Antoshin,V/Sochi 1966/MCD (16)}) 12. Rxe1 $14 (12. Qxe1 $5)) (
10... Rc8 $1 11. Qe2 (11. Ne1 Bc6 12. Bc2 Bxe1 13. Rxe1 cxd4 14. exd4 Bxa4 15.
Bxa4 Rxc4 16. d5 Qc5 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Be3 Qf5 19. Bb3 {gave reasonable
compensation in Knaak,R-Degraeve,J/Germany 1997/GER-chT.}) (11. Nd2 Bc6 $1) (
11. b4 cxb4 12. axb4 Bxb4 13. c5 bxc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Rxb7 $13 {( Gelfand )
again gives some compensation, but is not very convincing.}) (11. b3 Bc6 12.
Bb2 Bxa4 13. bxa4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc6 15. Nxc6 dxc6 $13 {Spraggett,K-Ivanov,I/
Quebec op 1980.}) 11... Bc6 (11... Be4 $5 12. Bxe4 Nxe4 13. Qd3 f5 {Gelfand.})
12. Bc2 (12. b3 Bxa4 13. bxa4 cxd4 14. exd4 d5 {see note to 10...Bc6 in the
game.}) 12... d5 13. cxd5 (13. dxc5 dxc4 $5) 13... exd5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. b4
cxb4 16. Bd2 b3 $13 {Lautier,J-Gelfand,B/Deutschland 1997/Inf 69/[Gelfand,B] 
(16)})) 10... d5 (10... Bc6 11. Bb2 Bxa4 12. bxa4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 (13. exd4 d5
14. Ne5 $13) 13... e5 (13... Nc6 $5 14. Nxc6 dxc6 15. Qf3 Rac8 16. Rad1 $14)
14. Nf5 Qe6 15. f4 $5 e4 $140 16. Nxg7 Kxg7 17. f5 $40) 11. Bb2 dxc4 12. Bxc4
$1 {[%csl Ra5]} (12. bxc4 Nbd7 {[%csl Ga5] is weaker. Black's problems stem
from the fact that ...cxd4 is generally ruled out since white can answer with
b3-b4.}) 12... Nbd7 13. Rc1 Rfd8 14. Qe2 a6 $1 15. Bd3 (15. dxc5 $2 b5) 15...
Bd5 $2 {This seems to be black's one and only chance to play} (15... cxd4 $1
16. exd4 (16. b4 $6 Bxf3 17. gxf3 b5 18. bxa5 bxa4 $15) 16... Nd5 $1 (16... b5
17. Nc5 $14) 17. b4 (17. Bb1 Nf4 18. Qe3 Nd5 19. Qd3 (19. Qe4 $5 f5 $5 (19...
N7f6 20. Qh4 $40)) 19... N7f6 20. b4 b5 21. Nc5 Bb6 {[%csl Yb7,Yd5] and black
has definite counterchances with a suddenly rather healthy minor piece
configuration.}) 17... Nf4 18. Qd2 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 b5 $132) 16. dxc5 $1 b5 (16...
bxc5 17. Bc4 $14 {[%csl Ra6,Rc5]}) 17. b4 bxa4 18. c6 $1 $16 Bb6 19. cxd7 a5
20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. e4 Ba8 22. Ne5 Nxd7 23. Nc4 $1 Ra7 24. Nxb6 Nxb6 25. Bb5 $16
{White has a tremendous advantage. The bishop pair of course, but more
particularly neither of black's minor pieces inspire confidence - the knight
has no stable squares, and the bishop can be easily 'blunted'.} Nd7 26. Rfd1
Nf8 27. f3 $1 {[%csl Ra8]} h6 28. Qc4 Rc7 29. Qxa4 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Qg5 31. Bf1
Rd2 32. Qb3 Ng6 {A brave attempt to generate some activity, but a few careful
defensive moves suffice.} 33. Rc8+ Kh7 34. Bc1 Nf4 35. g3 {White's bishop pair
again confirm Euwe's claim that the pieces stand well on their home squares.}
1-0

[Event "Julian Borowski 1st"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "1999.03.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1999.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. f3 $5 {Although I believe that 5 Ne2
is theoretically the most testing response to black's fianchetto, the text is
also highly critical and ambitious. If the bishop will be fianchettoed on b7
it will simply be smothered by white's big centre. In the game therefore,
black tries the more themetic development to a6 also known from some lines of
the Saemisch.} O-O {Black also has at his disposal more direct attempts to
cross white's plans:} (5... c5 {Comparable with the once-fashionable 4 f3 c5
lines, where white has e3, which is likely in many though not all cases to be
a loss of tempo, and black has ...b6 making good use of which will also
require some ingenuity.} 6. d5 O-O (6... Ba6 $6 7. e4 $1 exd5 8. cxd5 Bxf1 ({
White's play is logical and direct, but also requires a fairly complex
tactical justification of} 8... Nxe4 $6 9. fxe4 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qh4+ 11. g3
Qxe4+ 12. Kf2 Qxh1 13. Bg2 Qxh2 14. Bg5 {'??' - Soffer - and he's right. In my
game, I had calculated as far as here, and deeply mistrusted black's position
after 14 Qe1+. In fact though, although my intuition was good enough for the
assessment, it is probably only} (14. Nh3 $1 O-O 15. Bf4 Re8 16. g4 Re2+ 17.
Qxe2 Qxg2+ 18. Kxg2 Bxe2 19. Re1 g5 20. Rxe2 $1 gxf4 21. Re8+ Kg7 22. Nxf4 f6
23. d6 $18 {[%cal Yf4d5,Yd5c7] which is convincing, as given by Ram Soffer in
CBM 57..}) 14... O-O 15. Bh4 Re8 {1-0 Milov,V-Sutovskij,E/ISR-chT 1997/CBM 57 
(28) and now although white won after further mutual advantures, the
difference between this attempt to remove black's errant queen, and that given
in Soffer's note above is revealed in the variation} 16. Nf3 $2 Re2+ 17. Qxe2
Qxg2+ 18. Kxg2 Bxe2 19. Re1 Bxf3+ 20. Kxf3 Na6 {and black should win.}) 9. Kxf1
d6 10. Nge2 a6 $6 11. Ng3 O-O $2 (11... g6 $1 {Gustafsson} 12. a3 (12. Bh6 Nbd7
13. Qd2 Qe7 $13) 12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 b5 14. c4 Nbd7 15. Bb2 $14) 12. Bg5 h6 13.
Bf4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Gustafsson,J-Wells,P/Bad Woerishofen 1998/ (13)}) (6... Bxc3+
7. bxc3 e5 {looks unlikely to fully equalise. The move ...b6 adds nothing
positive here.} 8. e4 d6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Ne2 h5 11. O-O h4 12. Bg5 Rh5 13. Qc1
Qc7 14. Be3 Rh8 15. h3 Nh5 16. Bg5 $14 {1-0 Milov,V-Huss,A/SWZ 1997/EXT 99 (61)
}) (6... b5 $5 {is untested but looks plausible, since I doubt whether white
has better than} 7. e4 {which transposes to a line which was popular during
the early 90s fashion for 4 f3. In fact this line gives white an edge.}) 7. e4
$1 {Is the most natural.} (7. Nh3 $6 Re8 $5 (7... b5 8. dxe6 fxe6 9. cxb5 d5
10. Nf2 c4 11. Be2 a6 12. bxa6 Bxa6 {also gave black some compensation for the
pawn in 1-0 Miles,A-De Firmian,N/Reykjavik 1986/EXT 97 (68).}) 8. e4 Ba6 $5 9.
Nf4 exd5 10. cxd5 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 d6 12. Nce2 $6 b5 13. a4 Nbd7 $5 14. axb5 Qb6
15. Qa4 Ne5 $1 $17 16. h4 a6 $6 17. b3 $1 (17. bxa6 c4 $40) 17... Qxb5 18. Bb2
$15 Qxa4 19. Rxa4 Nfd7 20. Kf2 Reb8 21. Rd1 $1 a5 22. Ra2 Ra6 23. Bxe5 $1 Nxe5
24. Nd3 Nxd3+ 25. Rxd3 Rba8 26. Nc3 Bxc3 27. Rxc3 f6 28. Ke2 a4 29. bxa4 Rxa4
30. Rb2 {1/2-1/2 Soffer,R-Wells,P/Balatonbereny 1997/[Wells] (30)}) 7... d6 8.
Nge2 b5 9. Nf4 $5 e5 10. Nfe2 bxc4 11. Ng3 Ba6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 {[%cal Yg3f5,
Yd1d2,Yg2g4,Yh2h4] and white has good attacking chances for the pawn.}) (5...
Nh5 6. Nh3 f5 7. e4 O-O (7... fxe4 8. Bg5 Nf6 9. fxe4 h6 10. Bh4 $5 g5 11. e5
gxh4 12. Qf3 Nc6 13. exf6 $40 {Wells}) 8. Bg5 Qe8 9. exf5 exf5+ 10. Be2 Bxc3+
11. bxc3 d6 12. f4 Bb7 13. Kf2 $1 Nf6 14. Bxf6 Rxf6 15. Re1 {White has better
development in just about all examples of 5...Nh5.} Qd7 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3
Qc6 18. Re7 Rf7 19. Rxf7 Qxf3+ 20. Kxf3 Kxf7 21. Ng5+ Kg8 22. Re1 Nc6 23. d5
Na5 24. Re7 $16 {1-0 Kindermann,S-Iskov,G/Wijk aan Zee 1982/MCD (33)}) 6. e4
Ba6 7. Nh3 (7. Bd3 c5 8. d5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 d6 10. Nh3 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Ne5 12. Bxe5
dxe5 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. O-O Qc7 15. Qa4 Rad8 16. Rad1 Bb7 17. Be2 $11 {1/2-1/2
Volzhin,A-Timman,J/Open, Koge DEN 1997 (34)}) 7... Nc6 8. Bd3 e5 9. d5 Na5 {
There is a certain similarity between the choice of square here and in the
line 5 Ne2 Ba6 6 Ng3 0-0 7e4 Nc6 8 Bd3 e5 9 d5 discussed in Benitah - Cvek.
However, there is a big difference too - white's knight on h3 is not
threatening to come into f5. This makes me quite enthusiastic for black's
set-up and justifies this more ambitious placement of the knight.} 10. Qe2
Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 d6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Bc8 15. Nf2 Nh5 $15 16. c5 $5 {
I cannot exactly regard this pawn offer as 'promising' but it is typical of
Vadim Milov who has a very good feel for the dynamics of chess, and who
therefore recognises that without some break his position will prove lifeless.}
bxc5 17. Rb1 Kg7 18. O-O c6 19. dxc6 Be6 20. Rb2 Qc7 21. Ng4 $5 {[%mdl 2304]
Another interesting insight. It appears that in addition to white's pawn minus,
he will be saddled with a particularly hideous ste of pawns on the king-side.
In fact though, they muddle together a fair blockading role, and white is able
to prove that black is rather tied down to his own weaknesses too.} Rab8 22.
Rd2 $1 {Retention of a full set of rooks is fundamental to white's defensive
aspirations.} Qxc6 23. Rfd1 c4 {At first as I looked with some astonishment at
black's failure to make progress here, I thought this might be the culprit. In
fact, after} (23... Bxg4 24. fxg4 Nxg3 25. hxg3 Rb6 26. Qf3 {it also seems
difficult for black to make headway.}) 24. Bc2 Nxg3 25. hxg3 Bxg4 26. fxg4 Nb7
(26... Qc5+ 27. Kh2 Rb6 28. Qf3 $15) 27. Kh2 Rbe8 28. Rb1 $1 Re6 29. Rb4 a5 30.
Ba4 $1 (30. Rxc4 Nc5 {[%csl Rc4]}) 30... Qc8 31. Rb1 Nc5 32. Bb5 (32. Bb5 Qb7
33. Rd5 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ordzhonikidze zt 1.9"]
[Site "Ordzhonikidze"]
[Date "2000.06.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ovsejevitsch, Sergei"]
[Black "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2000.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. O-O f5 8. Ne5
$5 {[%cal Yd1h5,Yc3e4] The threat of Qh5+ prevents black from capturing twice
on c3, while white plans to capture on e4, and then either attack the e-pawn
or open the f-file, while leaving the bishop on b4 in search of a role and a
good square. The idea has never been a main line, but is increasingly
receiving recognition as one of white's best tries here.} ({The really
dramatic recent development here though, must be} 8. d5 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nc5 {
[%cal Gc1a3] and now the shocking move} 10. e4 $5 $146 {[%cal Yc1g5] which is
not easy to see when most of white's previous approaches were somewhat fixated
on 'challenging' the c5 knight by putting the bishop on a3. Once the idea has
been initially spotted, the idea of playing this piece to g5 instead with gain
of tempo is highly attractive, although the limited practice so far certainly
does not offer a definitive verdict:} fxe4 11. Bg5 Qc8 12. Bc2 O-O ({It is at
first sight rather remarkable that Pelletier's notes for Informator 77
completely passed over the question of black snatching this piece. However, it
does not take too long to see that black is curiously helpless - with one
proviso. White should keep the queen on f3 for a while in many lines. The
threat of Qh5+ is stronger than the execution, which may merely serve to give
black the resource of playing ...Qe8.} 12... exf3 13. Qxf3 d6 (13... Nba6 14.
Rae1 d6 15. Qh3 $5 (15. Qh5+ $6 Kf8 {[%cal Gc8e8]} 16. dxe6 Qe8 $13) 15... Kf8
16. Bxh7 $16 {[%cal Yh3f3]}) 14. Rae1 e5 15. Qh5+ Kf8 16. f4 e4 17. Bxe4 $16
Qe8 $140 $2 18. Qxe8+ Kxe8 19. Bg6+ $18) (12... h6 13. Bh4 O-O 14. Nd2 (14. Ne5
Qe8 $132) 14... Nba6 15. Be7 Re8 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxe4 $11 {Pelletier.}) 13.
Nd2 exd5 (13... Nba6 $5 14. Be7 Re8 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Nxe4 $11 {Pelletier.})
14. Be7 $6 (14. cxd5 Rf5 (14... Bxd5 15. Be7 Re8 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17. Nxe4 {
Pelletier- really seems to give white the sort of attacking chances he seeks.})
15. Qg4 Rxd5 16. Bh6 (16. Nxe4 $1 Nxe4 17. Bh6 {Wahls} Ng5 18. Bxg5 $40) 16...
Qf8 17. Nxe4 Nba6 18. Rae1 Nd3 19. Re3 Ne5 20. Qg3 Kh8 21. Bf4 d6 22. Ng5 h6
23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 dxe5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Pelletier,Y-Wahls,M/Germany 1999/EXT
2000 (28)}) 14... dxc4 $1 15. Bxc5 bxc5 16. Nxe4 d6 17. Ng5 $6 (17. Qh5 h6 18.
Qg6 {looks distinctly more dangerous. The destination of this flexible knight
on e4 should not be so quickly determined.}) 17... h6 18. Qh5 Rf6 19. Rae1 Nd7
20. Nh7 Rf4 21. Bf5 Qd8 22. Re3 Nf6 23. Qg6 Rxf5 24. Qxf5 Nxh7 $19 25. Rfe1 Qf8
26. Qe6+ Kh8 27. Qg6 Nf6 28. Re7 Be4 {0-1 Hernandez,R-Giorgadze,G/Mondariz
Balneario 1999/EXT 2000 (28)}) 8... O-O (8... Nf6 $5 {preventing white's
intended alteration of the central structure is well worth considering. It is
best answered by} 9. Ne2 $1 ({but not} 9. d5 $6 Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O $15 {[%csl
Re5][%cal Yf3d4] white misses this knight coming to d4.}) 9... Bd6 $5 (9... Be7
10. Nf4 O-O 11. Bc2 {[%cal Gd7d6,Ye5d3]} c5 12. b3 $14 Nc6 $140 $2 13. Nxc6
Bxc6 14. d5) 10. b3 (10. f3 $5 c5 11. b3 $13) 10... Bxe5 $1 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. f4
(12. Bb2 Nc6 $17 {[%csl Re5]}) 12... Na6 13. h3 Nh6 14. Nc3 Qh4 {1/2-1/2
Dumitrache,D-Marin,M/Iasi 1999/CBM 75 (14)} 15. e4 (15. Qe1) 15... Nc5 16. exf5
$140 Qg3) 9. Nxe4 (9. Ne2 Bd6 $5 {Wells}) 9... fxe4 10. Bc2 (10. Be2 $5 {
looks like a more natural preparation for f3/f4 on the one hand, but on the
other black no longer has to reckon with his e-pawn being vulnerable to direct
attack rather than exchange. Hence he has a freer hand on the move:} Bd6 $5 (
10... Be7 {may be too passive to equalise.} 11. f4 exf3 12. Bxf3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3
d5 {Weakening e5, and in some cases c6, but it is true that black experiences
some problems with developing if he does not make these concessions.} (13...
Nc6 {is met with} 14. d5 {It is interesting if white finds it easier to build
the initiative here with a knight than a light-squared bishop.}) 14. Qe2 dxc4
$5 15. e4 (15. Qxc4 Qd5 $5 16. Qxc7 (16. Qd3 c5) 16... Nc6 17. Qg3 Bf6 $44)
15... b5 16. a4 Nc6 (16... c6 $5 17. Be3 (17. b3 cxb3 18. axb5 Qb6 $15) 17...
Nd7 18. b3 cxb3 19. axb5 $44) 17. axb5 Nxd4 18. Qxc4 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 $14 {
1-0 Lugovoi,A-Akesson,R/4th Gudmundur Arason, Hafnarfjordur ISL 1998 (34).})
11. f4 exf3 12. Bxf3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Nc6 14. e4 e5 $5 (14... Bf4 15. d5 Ne7 16.
Bxf4 Rxf4 17. Ne5 {Creative, but} (17. dxe6 $5 dxe6 18. Ng5 Ng6 19. Qxd8+ Rxd8
20. Nxe6 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 Rd2 22. h4 $1 h5 23. Rf2 $14 {looks more promising.})
17... Rxe4 18. Nf7 Qe8 19. Qd3 Rg4 20. Qh3 Rg6 21. Rae1 Nf5 22. Ne5 (22. Rxf5
$6 exf5 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 {[%csl Rf7] is certainly not in white's favour.}) 22...
Rh6 23. Qf3 Rd8 24. g4 Nd6 25. Qg3 Rf6 26. Rxf6 gxf6 27. Nd3 Qf7 28. g5 fxg5
29. c5 bxc5 30. dxe6 dxe6 31. Qxg5+ Qg6 32. Qxg6+ hxg6 33. Nxc5 Kf7 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Chatalbashev,B-Cioara,A/Nova Gorica 2000/CBM 74 ext (42)}) 15. dxe5
Bc5+ 16. Kh1 Qe8 17. Qd5+ Kh8 18. Bg5 (18. Bd2 $5 $14 {[%cal Yd2c3]}) 18... Nb4
19. Qd2 Nc6 20. Bf4 Bb4 21. Qe3 Bc5 22. Qd2 Bb4 23. Qe3 Bc5 24. Qd2 {1/2-1/2
Chatalbashev,B-Relange,E/Cannes 1999/EXT 2000 (24)}) 10... Qg5 $5 (10... Bd6
11. Qg4 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Rf5 13. f4 Na6 14. Bd2 Qe7 15. Rad1 Nc5 16. b4 Nd3 17.
Qe2 d6 18. Bc3 dxe5 19. Bxd3 exd3 20. Rxd3 exf4 21. exf4 Raf8 22. Rg3 {[%csl
Gb7,Yc3,Rg7][%cal Yc3g7]} R8f7 23. Re3 Bc8 24. Qd2 h5 25. Be5 {[%csl Ye5]} Qd7
26. Rd3 Qc6 27. Rd8+ Rf8 28. Rf3 h4 29. Rh3 Bb7 30. Rxh4 Qxc4 31. Rxf8+ Rxf8
32. Rg4 Rf7 33. Qd8+ {1-0 Nenashev,A-Aleksic,N/Aegina 1994/TD (33)}) (10... d6
$5 {[%csl Rb4]}) 11. Qg4 $146 (11. f4 exf3 12. Nxf3 Bxf3 13. Rxf3 Rxf3 14. Qxf3
Nc6 {looks superficially better for white to me, but I cannot find anything
very convincing, and neither could Lukacs.} 15. Qh3 g6 16. Be4 Re8 17. a3 Bf8
18. b4 {1/2-1/2 Lukacs,P-Grosar,A/Budapest FS04 GM 1994/EXP 42 (18)}) 11...
Qxg4 12. Nxg4 Be7 13. h3 h5 14. Nh2 (14. Ne5 Rf6 {[%csl Re5]}) 14... c5 15. Bd2
Na6 $5 16. a3 Rac8 17. Bb3 {This move looks rather awkward, but may be all but
forced. The position is rich in bad pieces and suspect pawns, but the overall
balance is certainly not in white's favour.} Bf6 (17... d5 $6 18. cxd5 exd5 19.
f3 exf3 20. Nxf3 $13 {enables some freeing of white's forces.}) 18. Bc3 cxd4
19. exd4 Nc7 20. Rfe1 d5 21. a4 Ne8 $6 {Strange. The pawn structure with
doubled black e-pawns is likely to arise in any case, but} (21... dxc4 22. Bxc4
Nd5 23. Bb3 Kh8 $15 {/ -/+ looks like a much more active version for black.})
22. cxd5 Bxd5 23. Bd1 g6 24. Nf1 Nd6 25. Ne3 Nc4 26. Nxc4 Rxc4 27. Bb3 Rc7 28.
Bc2 Bxd4 29. Bxd4 Rxc2 30. Rec1 Rfc8 31. Rxc2 Rxc2 32. Ra3 Rd2 {Unless black
can effect some break with ...e3, his extra pawn seems to have no real meaning.
Indeed, if white's rook is allowed to enter black's position supported by the
bishop on e5, then it can even spell problems, as we shall see. Perhaps black
shoudl already have been giving priority to avoiding this eventuality.} 33. Be5
Kf7 34. h4 Ke8 35. Rg3 Kf7 36. Rc3 {[%csl Ra7,Gd2,Rg6][%cal Yc3c7,Ge4e3,Gd5g2,
Gd2g2,Yc3e3]} Rd1+ $6 37. Kh2 Rd3 $2 {[%csl Rd3] This looks very much like
serious 'zeitnot'. With the rook left on d2, the possibility of ...e3 at least
makes white think twice about committing his rook entirely to the attack.} 38.
Rc7+ Ke8 39. Rc8+ Kd7 40. Rc7+ Kd8 41. Rxa7 $14 e3 42. Bc7+ Kc8 43. fxe3 Rb3
44. e4 Bb7 45. Be5 Rb4 46. a5 Rxe4 (46... bxa5 $5 47. Rxa5 Rxe4 $11) 47. a6 Bd5
48. Bd6 Rxh4+ 49. Kg1 Rg4 50. g3 h4 51. Kh2 Rc4 (51... hxg3+ $5 52. Bxg3 Rc4)
52. gxh4 Rc2+ 53. Kg3 Rxb2 54. Kf4 Rf2+ 55. Kg5 Be4 56. Kh6 {[%csl Re4][%cal
Re4g6,Re4a8] The bishop on e4 is overworked, watching both the a-pawn and
defending g6. This is the key to white's success, although it looks as if
black missed a number of defensive chances.} b5 57. Kg7 Rd2 58. Be5 b4 59. Rc7+
Kd8 60. Rc4 Bd5 61. Rxb4 Ra2 62. Kxg6 $16 {[%csl Yh4]} Rxa6 63. h5 Rc6 64. h6
Rc4 65. h7 Rxb4 66. h8=Q+ Kd7 67. Qf8 Rg4+ 68. Kh5 Rc4 69. Qd6+ Kc8 70. Qb6 Kd7
71. Kg5 Rc1 72. Qa7+ 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Baburin} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O
Bxc3 {[%csl Ge4] Less popular than the more 'classical' 7...d5 and 7...c5, but
a very thematic 'Nimzo' move after which the battle for the e4 square becomes
even more central.} 8. bxc3 c5 $5 (8... Be4 {was the older main line, but both
Mickey Adams and Nigel Short have shown a preference for the complex text move.
}) 9. a4 $5 {First played nearly a decade ago this has since been rather
neglected in favour of} (9. Nd2 Nc6 10. Nb3 (10. e4 $5 {looks a bit too direct,
although black needs to defend quite precisely} cxd4 11. cxd4 Nxd4 12. e5 Ne8
13. Ba3 d6 14. Re1 f5 $1 {[%csl Ge4]} 15. Bf1 Qg5 (15... Rf7 $5 16. exd6 (16.
Nb3 dxe5 17. Rxe5 Rd7 18. Nxd4 Rxd4 19. Qe1 Nc7) 16... Nxd6 17. Nb3 (17. Bb2
Ne8 18. Nb3 Nxb3 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. axb3 Bc8 $1) 17... Nxb3 18. axb3 Rd7 {
also looks playable.}) 16. exd6 Rd8 17. Ne4 fxe4 18. Qxd4 Nf6 19. h3 Nd7 20.
Re3 e5 21. Qb2 Bc6 22. g3 Nc5 23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. Rd1 Qf6 25. Bg2 Rxd6 26. Rxd6
Qxd6 27. Qe2 Qd4 28. Bxe4 Bxe4 29. Rxe4 Rxf2 30. Qxf2 Qxe4 31. Qxc5 Qf5 {
1/2-1/2 Lesiege,A-Short,N/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (31)}) 10... a5 $1 11. a4 d6
12. f3 Rc8 13. Ba3 (13. e4 $6 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 $1 $132 {- see the comments on
Sadler's 10 Ba3.}) 13... e5 14. d5 Ne7 15. Nd2 Ne8 16. e4 Rb8 17. Qc2 Bc8 $11 {
Looks OK for black, so long as he follows up thematically with an early ...f5.
Gelfand,B - Adams,M/ Biel izt.1993. 1/2-1/2 (44).}) 9... d6 (9... Nc6 $6 10. e4
$1 (10. d5 $5 exd5 $140 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13. Qxd5 $14) 10... cxd4
11. cxd4 Nb4 12. e5 $36) 10. Ba3 $5 $146 {[%csl Yb4][%cal Ye3e4,Gc5d4,Gc3d4] A
very interesting idea! At first glance the bishop does not look to have a very
exciting career ahead from this square, but in fact as usual here, it is the
struggle for e4 which is the main point. White prepares to meet 10...Nc6 with
11 e4 when black misses his standard counter with ...cxd4 and ...Nb4.} (10. Nd2
Nc6 11. Nb3 a5 $5 {would transpose to Gelfand - Adams above.} (11... Rc8 {
Baburin} 12. a5 Qc7 13. f3 bxa5 14. e4 Ba8 15. Rf2 {as in the game
Gligoric-Romanishin, Yerevan 1989.})) 10... Ne4 {It seems that in the long run
there is no stopping white's e4 advance. Adams' method ensures that it will
occur in the context of an opening of the f-file.} (10... Nc6 11. e4 $1 $14) (
10... Nbd7 11. Nd2 $14) 11. Ne1 $1 {[%cal Yf2f3]} f5 (11... Nxc3 $4 12. Qc2 {
[%csl Rc3]}) 12. f3 Nf6 13. Nc2 Nc6 {Trying to further delay e4 would futile.}
(13... Nbd7 $2 {would be much weaker since in the coming blocked position the
knights would be treading on each others toes, covering the same squares.
Black needs to provide defence for the f5 square which will become a new focus
of the battle. Note that white's knight is also perfectly placed to contest
this key point.}) 14. e4 fxe4 15. fxe4 e5 16. d5 Ne7 17. Ne3 {[%csl Yf5][%cal
Ge7f5,Ye3f5]} Bc8 18. Bc1 {Job done!} Bd7 19. Bd2 $5 {The explanation of the
manouevre Bc1-d2-c1 here is not too obvious ( at least not to me! ) I suppose
that white waits to leave the a-file with his rook until black's queen is
committed to c7, since} (19. Ra2 Qe8 $5 {might be irritating, whereas...})
19... Qc7 (19... Qe8 {can in this case be met with} 20. Be1 Qg6 21. Bh4 Qh6
$140 22. Qe1) 20. Ra2 {Baburin: 'It's interesting to observe how from now on
GM Sadler commands his rooks.'} Rf7 21. Bc1 Raf8 22. Raf2 Qc8 23. Nf5 $1 Nxf5
24. exf5 {My first reaction to the later phase of this game was surprise that
in this still rather closed position white's bishop pair proves gradually to
be a potent force. A couple of general points are worth making: 1) The pawn at
f5 seems to considerably enhance white's basic spatial advantage. It can also
supported by g2-g4 with very little real cost in terms of weakening white's
king. Meanwhile it is difficult for black to undertake anything active. 2)
After the exchange on f5, white has 3 v 2 on the king-side, while black has a
passed e-pawn. The former as we shall see, has ( given careful handling )
potential mobility. The e-pawn too, but when advanced, as black shortly does,
it seriously weakens the d6 pawn, and enhances in general the power of white's
dark-squared bishop.} Qa6 (24... e4 25. Bc2 Qa6 26. Bb3) 25. Ra2 {'!' Baburin.}
e4 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Yc1f4,Yf4d6] As I mentioned above, black's lack of a plan,
and the temporary discoordination which this move achieves between white's
rooks makes this move quite understandable. However, the weakness of d6 does
look important later on, and is certainly enough to rule out any ( inherently
desirable ) manouevre of the knight to e5. I suspect that black is already in
some trouble.} 26. Be2 Qc8 27. g4 $1 h5 $6 {This also looks questionable. With
the simple h3 and Kg2, white looks more ready than black to exploit any
subsequent opening of the h-file.} 28. h3 Ne8 29. Qe1 Qd8 30. Bd1 $1 {[%csl
Ra4][%cal Ya2h2][%mdl 32] The medal is not just for this move, but for white's
patient and extremely 'functional' manouevering with the bishop pair which I
find highly instructive.} Nf6 31. Bg5 Qe8 32. Qe3 a6 $6 {[%csl Rb6] Forseeing
unpleasantness on the king-side, black gets impatient in his desire to create
something on the other wing. Still, objectively there seems little doubt that
the weakness of the b6 pawn hastens the end.} 33. Bf4 Qe7 34. Rg2 {'!' Baburin.
Baburin: 'White's rooks have more space for manoeuvring than their black
counterparts and this defines White advantage.'} Nh7 35. Bc2 {[%csl Re4]} Re8
36. Rb1 {'!' Baburin.} Qd8 37. Bd1 $1 {[%cal Yg2b2]} Kh8 38. Rgb2 $1 {'+-!'
Baburin.} Qh4 39. Rxb6 Ref8 (39... hxg4 40. hxg4 Nf6 41. Qg3 $18) 40. Rb8 Bxf5
41. Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosarev, Andrei M"]
[Black "Dragomarezkij, Evgeni"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 {It is interesting that the alternative
move order} (4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 (5. Bg5 $5) (5. Qb3 $5) 5... Ne4 $5 (5... Bb7 6.
Bd3 Ne4 7. O-O $5) 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bd3 {leads to the game position, but is
widely criticised for precisely that reason! In this sequence black's 5...Ne4
is definitely regarded as the most precise. OK, this could be simply because
it cuts down white's options by virtually forcing 6 Qc2, but the clear
implication is that given the choice white should prefer the sharper 7 0-0.})
4... b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. Qc2 {As discussed above, modern theory tends
to prefer the 'pseudo-sacrificial'} (7. O-O $5 Bxc3 (7... f5 8. Ne2 (8. d5) (8.
Ne5 $5 O-O (8... Nf6 $5) 9. Nxe4 fxe4 10. Be2 $5 Be7 (10... d6 {[%csl Rb4]} 11.
Ng4 c5 12. a3 Ba5 13. f4 $14) 11. f4 exf3 (11... d6 $5 12. Ng4 Nd7 13. Qc2 d5
14. b3) 12. Bxf3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 d5 14. Qe2 $14 {1-0 Lugovoi,A-Akesson,R/4th
Gudmundur Arason, Hafnarfjordur ISL 1998 (34)}) (8. Bxe4 fxe4 9. Nd2 Bxc3 10.
bxc3 (10. bxc3 O-O 11. Qg4 Rf5 12. d5 Rg5 13. Qf4 exd5 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. c4 Bc6
16. Nxe4 Rg6 17. Bb2 Na6 $11 {0-1 Gligoric,S-Larsen,B/Havana 1967/MCD (27)})) (
8. Qc2 Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O {leads to the game.}) (8. d5 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Rb7d5,
Gb8a6,Ga6c5,Yf3d4] The sharpest, most principled and also the riskiest move.
White massively ups the stakes, gaining c4 for his knight, blocking the b7
bishop, but also utterly ceding the important c5 square...} Bxc3 (8... Nxc3 9.
bxc3 Bxc3 10. Rb1 O-O 11. e4 Bf6 12. Re1 Na6 13. exf5 exd5 14. cxd5 Nc5 15. Bc2
Re8 16. Re3 Rxe3 17. Bxe3 Qe7 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Bb3 Kh8 $13 20. Qd3 Re8 21. g4
$1 b5 22. g5 Qc3 23. Qd1 Bd8 24. Rc1 Qb4 25. Qd4 Qd6 26. Rd1 {1-0 Atalik,
S-Grosar,A/Bled 1999 (36)}) 9. bxc3 {[%csl Rc4] ...and further weakening his
c-pawns.} Nc5 (9... Na6 $5) 10. Ba3 Nba6 11. Re1 Qf6 12. Qc2 g6 13. e4 fxe4 14.
Bxe4 O-O-O 15. Nd2 Rde8 16. Rad1 {1/2-1/2 Sadler,M-Ward,C/Hastings 1997/CBM 63
(39)} Rhf8 $5 17. Bf3 d6 $13) 8... Be7 $5 (8... Bd6 9. b3 Qf6 10. Bb2 Nc6 11.
Ng3 Bxg3 12. fxg3 Ne7 13. Qc2 Qh6 14. Rae1 O-O 15. Bc1 d6 16. Nd2 Qg6 17. Rf4
$1 {An instructive moment. White encourages black to play e6-e5 so that he
will have a target for his 'uncontested' bishop.} e5 18. Rff1 c5 19. dxe5 dxe5
20. Bb2 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Rad8 22. Qc3 Nc6 23. Be2 f4 $6 (23... Rd7 $5 $13) 24.
exf4 Nd4 25. Bd3 e4 26. Bb1 Rfe8 27. f5 $1 Qg5 28. Qe3 {[%csl Re4]} Qh5 29. f6
gxf6 30. Rxf6 Nf3+ 31. gxf3 exf3 32. Re6 Rf8 33. Bf6 Rd4 34. Re5 {1-0 Neverov,
V-Ward,C/Copenhagen op 1994/EXT 94op (34)}) 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Bf6 11. Nd2 Nd6
12. Qc2 c5 13. e4 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Nc6 17. Rad1 Qc7
18. Rd2 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Rf4 21. Qe3 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. Qxd4 Rf8
24. Rd1 Rf7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ibragimov,I-Hjartarson,J/Las Vegas 1997/CBM 58 ext 
(33)}) 8. bxc3 O-O (8... f5) 9. Ne1 f5 10. f3 Nf6 (10... Nd6 11. Ba3 $14) (
10... Ng5 11. Qe2 d6 12. e4 (12. Nc2 $5) 12... g6 13. Nc2 Nf7 14. exf5 exf5 {
Lukacs - Cao, Budapest 1997.}) 11. Nc2 $5 (11. Qe2 d6 $1 12. e4 fxe4 13. fxe4
e5 14. g4 Nc6 15. g5 Nd7 16. Nf3 Qe7 17. Bd2 Na5 18. Be1 g6 19. Bg3 c5 20. d5
Ba6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lugovoi,A-Horvath,A/Budapest 1997/CBM 62 ext (25)}) 11... c5 {
The advantage of putting the knight on c2 first is that the simple and
otherwise best plan of ...d6, ...Nd7 etc is hindered.} (11... d6 12. d5 $1 {
[%csl Ye6][%cal Yc2d4,Yd4e6]}) (11... c5 12. Qe2 d6 13. e4 fxe4 14. fxe4 Nbd7
15. Bg5 Qc7 16. Kh1 cxd4 17. cxd4 e5 18. d5 (18. dxe5 $5 dxe5 (18... Nxe5 19.
Bxf6 gxf6 20. Ne3 $14 {[%csl Yd5,Yf5]}) 19. Nb4 h6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Nd5 $14 {
Wells}) 18... Rf7 19. Ne3 Raf8 20. Nf5 Nc5 21. Rf3 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Bc8 23. Raf1
Bxf5 24. Rxf5 Nd7 25. Rxf7 Rxf7 26. Rxf7 Kxf7 27. Qf3+ Kg8 28. Qf5 Nc5 29. Be3
Qd7 30. Bxc5 Qxf5 31. exf5 bxc5 32. g4 Kf7 {1/2-1/2 Gulko,B-Vyzhmanavin,A/
Moscow 1984 (32)})) 7... Bxc3+ (7... f5 8. O-O Bxc3 {is the more common move
order, but comes to the same thing.}) 8. bxc3 f5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 (10. Ne1 {
is the alternative. In principle it seems desirable for white to keep more
pieces on the board - endgames clearly have their structural attractions for
black - but e1 is not the best square, particularly when the queen is blocking
c2.}) 10... Qh4 11. f3 Ng5 {[%cal Gf8f6,Gf6h6] An ambitious line, where black
frequently attacks very directly on the h-file. The problem is that the knight
is strangely placed, and since black's plan is so commital, there is no longer
any guarantee that some simplification ( for example an exchange of queens )
will be in his favour.} (11... Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Nc6 13. Rab1 (13. e4 fxe4 14. fxe4
e5 (14... e5 15. d5 Ne7 (15... Na5 16. c5 $1) 16. c5 Ng6 17. cxb6 axb6 18. c4
d6 19. a4 Qg4 20. a5 Nh4 21. Bc3 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 bxa5 23. Qf2 Ng6 24. Bxa5 Nf4
25. Kh1 h6 {0-1 Maurer,F-Donaldson,J/Liechtenstein 1994/EXT 97 (25)})) 13... d6
14. e4 fxe4 15. Bxe4 Na5 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 17. Rbe1 Rae8 18. Qa4 Na5 19. f4 Qh5 20.
Rf3 e5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I-Hansen,C/Novi Sad 1990/TD (41)}) 12. Nb3 (12. e4
$6 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Qxe4 16. fxe4 Nc6 {[%csl Rc4,Re4]
[%cal Yc6a5,Ya5c4]} 17. Rb1 e5 $1 18. Be3 Rfe8 $1 19. d5 {Obviously
undesirable, but white has no way to defend e4.} Na5 20. c5 Nc4 {[%csl Gc4]
This is Nimzovich's concept in almost its purest form.} 21. Kf2 bxc5 22. Ke2
Nd6 23. Kd3 c4+ 24. Kc2 Nxe4 $17 {0-1 Eckert,D-Miles,A/Las Vegas 1997/EXP 58 
(33)}) (12. d5 $5) (12. Qd1 $5 Rf6 13. Qe1 {Is very interesting. White has the
same defensive idea as in the game, but by keeping the knight on d2 he is in
addition ready to challenge black's king-side aspirations by striking in the
centre.} Qh5 14. e4 $1 Nc6 15. Nb3 (15. c5 $5) 15... fxe4 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17.
Bxe4 Re8 18. c5 Ba6 19. Rf2 Ne7 20. g3 Nd5 21. Kh1 $14 Rh6 {1-0 Inkiov,
V-Guedon,S/Open, Bourbon-Lancy FRA 1998 (38)}) 12... Rf6 13. Qf2 Qh5 $1 (13...
Qxf2+ $6 14. Rxf2 Rg6 15. Kh1 Nc6 (15... d6 16. d5 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Gb3d4]})
16. e4 {black's forces make a disorganised impression.}) 14. h4 Nf7 (14... Rh6
15. e4 fxe4 16. Bxg5 $14) 15. c5 d6 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. a4 {[%csl Rb6][%cal
Ya4a5]} g5 $1 {Black's treatment has transformed the nature of the play. His
chances are now primarily tactical whereas white, with definite play on the
queenside holds many positional trumps.} 18. a5 gxh4 19. axb6 h3 20. g3 Ng5 21.
Be2 axb6 22. Rxa8 Bxa8 23. Nd2 Nd7 24. Kh2 {[%cal Gf3f4]} (24. f4 $4 h2+ 25.
Qxh2 Nh3+ $19) 24... Qe8 25. Nc4 e5 26. Ba3 (26. e4 $5 Qg6 27. dxe5 dxe5 28.
Rd1 $132 {[%cal Gd1d8]}) 26... e4 $5 {[%mdl 512]} (26... Qg6 $13) 27. Nxd6 Rxd6
28. Bxd6 exf3 29. Bc4+ Kg7 30. Qa2 (30. Bb5 $5) 30... Kg6 {[%cal Gd7f6,Gf6g4]}
(30... Nf6 31. Be5) 31. Bb5 $1 Bb7 32. Bxd7 (32. Bf4 $5 h6 33. Qa4 (33. Bxg5
hxg5 34. Bxd7 {is the game.}) 33... Qe4 34. Bxd7 $2 (34. d5 $1 Nf6 35. Bxg5
hxg5 36. Qxe4 Nxe4 37. Rxf3 Bxd5 38. Bd7 $14) 34... f2 $19) 32... Qxd7 33. Qg8+
Kh5 34. Bf4 h6 35. Bxg5 (35. c4 $5 {[%cal Gc4d5,Gd4d5]} Qa4 36. Rf2) 35... hxg5
36. Qh8+ (36. Rb1 b5 37. Rxb5 f2 38. Qh8+ Kg6 39. Rb6+ Bc6 40. Qxh3 $6 g4 $132)
36... Kg6 37. Qg8+ Kh5 38. Qh8+ Kg6 39. Qg8+ Kh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.06"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Na4
cxd4 9. a3 {This zwischenzug has been at different times praised for forcing
black to commit his bishop before he can free the 'ideal' f8 square for it,
and criticised as a loss of tempo since the bishop will shortly be on its way
in any case. Could it be that in putting under the microscope such small
subtleties relating to the absolutely optimal way to play the 'hedgehog'
positions which have so often arisen here, the bigger picture has been lost?
Black's play here looks impressive enough that it may be this plan which
ultimately adjudicates against 9 a3.} (9. exd4 Re8 $5 {[%cal Yb4f8] may well
be confirmed as the 'main line'.} (9... Bxf3 $6 {is much weaker than in
Korchnoi/Nisipeanu's version.} 10. Qxf3 Nc6 11. Be3 d5 ({The problem being
simply that after} 11... e5 12. d5 $16 {...e4 has much less force} e4 13. Bxe4
Ne5 14. Qf5 $1 Nxc4 $6 15. Bg5 $16) (11... Re8 12. a3 Bf8 13. Nc3 $1 {[%csl
Ye4][%cal Ge6e5,Yd4d5]}) 12. Rfd1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Rc8 14. a3 Bd6 15. Nc3 $14 {
White will always find more than sufficient compensation for his isolated
d-pawn since black badly misses his light-squared bishop to defend his
queenside holes. In the game this problem plays a rather direct role.} Bb8 $6
16. Ba6 $16 Qd6 17. Bxc8 Qxh2+ 18. Kf1 Rxc8 19. Rac1 Qd6 20. d5 Ne5 21. Ne4 $1
Rxc1 22. Nxd6 Nxf3 23. Rxc1 Bxd6 24. Rc8+ Bf8 25. dxe6 $1 fxe6 26. gxf3 Nd5 27.
Ra8 {1-0 Kortschnoj,V-Ljubojevic,L/Amsterdam 1972/MCL (27)}) (9... Qc7 $5 10.
Bg5 $5 (10. a3 Be7 $14) 10... Ng4 11. d5 b5 12. h3 Ne5 (12... bxc4 $5 13. Be4
$5 (13. Qc2 Ne5 14. Bxh7+ Kh8 $132) 13... f6 (13... f5 14. d6 $16) (13... exd5
14. Bxd5 $16 {[%csl Rg4]}) 14. hxg4 fxg5 15. d6 $13) 13. cxb5 Bxd5 14. Rc1
Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Qa5 16. Qh5 f5 17. Nc3 Bb7 18. a3 Bd6 19. Rfd1 Be5 20. Re1 $14 {
[%csl Rb8] 1/2-1/2 Babula,V-Timman,J/Bundesliga 1998 (43)})) 9... Bd6 $5 {
[%mdl 4] This Korchnoi/Nisipeanu solution looks very appealing and it is hard
to understand why there are no more examples, when we can point to two similar,
and pretty clearly inferior versions of black's idea which have found
adherents.} (9... Be7 10. exd4 Bxf3 $5 (10... d6 {is the main line, setting up
the customary 'hedgehog' .}) (10... d5 $6 11. c5 bxc5 12. Nxc5 $14) (10... Qc7
{is an alternative way to avoid the 'pure' hedgehog set-up.} 11. b4 $5 (11. Nc3
d5 $5) 11... a5 (11... Ng4 12. g3 f5 13. Nc3 $14) 12. b5 d6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bf4
$5 {[%csl Yf4][%cal Ge6e5,Yd4e5,Yf4e5,Yf4d6]} Nbd7 15. Rc1 {[%cal Yc4c5,Ya4c5,
Yf4c7]} Qd8 16. Nd2 Rc8 17. Nb3 Bf8 18. h3 e5 19. Bg5 g6 20. Bf1 $14 {1-0
Ibragimov,I-Wells,P/Ubeda op 1996/EXP 51 (51)}) 11. Qxf3 Nc6 12. Be3 e5 13. d5
e4 14. Bxe4 Ne5 15. Qf4 (15. Qf5 Nxc4) 15... Bd6 {the proof - if any were
needed - that the bishop stands well on d6!} 16. c5 Ng6 17. Qf3 Nh4 18. Qh3
Nxe4 19. cxd6 Ng6 20. Nc3 Nxd6 21. Rae1 Re8 22. Bc1 Rc8 23. Qg3 Rxe1 24. Rxe1
Qf8 {and there is nothing much wrong with black's position since his knights
control a reasonable spread of squares. 1/2-1/2 Speelman,J-Ivanchuk,V/
Roquebrune 1992/CBM 28 (75)}) 10. exd4 Bxf3 $1 11. Qxf3 Nc6 {[%csl Ra4,Rd4]}
12. Rd1 (12. Be3 e5 $1 13. c5 $5 {Is virtually the only idea I can come up
with which might aspire to 'exploit' the position of black's bishop.} (13. d5
$6 e4 $1 {[%cal Yc6e5]} 14. Bxe4 Ne5 15. Qf4 {[%csl Rf4] leads to Speelman -
Ivanchuk, only with black to move! Unsurprisingly the awkward position of
white's queen becomes a serious embarrassment in this case, eg.} Qc7 $5 (15...
Rc8 $5) 16. b3 Neg4 17. Qf5 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Rae8 $17) 13... exd4 (13... bxc5 $6 {
is inconsistent.} 14. dxc5 Bc7 15. Nc3 $14) 14. cxd6 dxe3 (14... Ne5 $2 15. Qf5
Nxd3 16. Bxd4 $18) 15. Qxe3 Re8 16. Qg3 Ne5 17. Bf5) (12. Bg5 Nxd4 13. Qh3 h6
14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Qxh6 Re8 $17 {cannot be sound.}) 12... Nxd4 13. Bxh7+ Nxh7
14. Rxd4 Be5 15. Re4 Ng5 $5 {An interesting approach. Not only does Nisipeanu
eschew the move ...d6 here, he seems determined to avoid it in general terms.}
({However,} 15... d6 {The move played in the first outing for 9...Bd6 looks OK
too:} 16. Qh3 Ng5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Rd1 Rac8 19. Rh4 f5 20. g3 Qf6 21. Rh8+ Kf7
22. Qh5+ Ke7 23. Rxf8 Rxf8 24. Qf3 Rd8 $15 {[%csl Ye5][%cal Gd8d7]} 25. b4 f4 {
A bid for king-side play perhaps, but also solidifying the bishop's outpost on
e5.} 26. g4 Qg6 27. Rd3 Qe8 28. Nc3 Rc8 29. Ne4 Qc6 30. Nd2 Qxf3 31. Rxf3 a6
32. a4 b5 33. axb5 axb5 34. cxb5 Rb8 35. Rb3 Rxb5 36. Nc4 Bf6 $17 {[%csl Gd6,
Gf6][%cal Gd6d1] 0-1 Lukacs,P-Kortschnoj,V/AUT-chT9596 1996/CBM 52 ext (48)})
16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Rd1 Rad8 (17... d6 18. g3 $5 {[%cal Yf3d3,Yf2f4]}) 18. Nc3
Qf6 19. Qh5 Bxc3 20. Rh4 Qh6 $8 21. Qxh6 gxh6 22. bxc3 Kg7 23. Rhd4 Kf6 (23...
Kf6 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 Rc8 {[%csl Ra3,Rc3,Rc4][%cal Yc8c4,Yc8c5,Yc5a5,
Ya5a3,Ya3c3] is not better for white. All his queenside pawns are horrible,
and it is impossible, even were it desirable to passively defend them all. An
efficient display from the talented young Rumanian who really showed his class
in a great performance in Las Vegas.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sonsbeek SNS"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1999.05.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1999.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Na4
cxd4 9. exd4 (9. a3 $5 Be7 10. exd4) 9... Be7 (9... Re8 $5 {[%cal Gb4f8]}) 10.
Re1 Re8 11. a3 d6 12. b4 Nbd7 13. Bb2 Bf8 14. Bf1 ({White has also tried to
re-centralise his knight immediately with} 14. Nc3 {the most direct attempt to
'refute' which led to a lesson which has remained quite vivid for some years:}
a5 $6 (14... a6 $5 {is a more thematic 'hedgehog' move. Korchnoi has
previously tried}) 15. Rb1 axb4 16. axb4 e5 17. d5 b5 $5 18. Nd2 $1 {[%csl Ra5]
A rude awakening. Far from white's centre collapsing, his knight is able to
embark on an instructive manouevre.} (18. cxb5 Nb6 $132 {[%csl Rd5]}) (18. Nxb5
$6 e4 {the analysis often used to stop here in the 'pre-Fritz' era!} 19. Ng5 $1
exd3 20. Rxe8 Qxe8 (20... Nxe8 $2 21. Qh5 $40) 21. Bxf6 $1 (21. Nc7 Qc8 22.
Nxa8 Qxc4 $15) 21... gxf6 $1 (21... Nxf6 22. Nc7 Qe5 23. Nf3 $14 Qc3 $6 24.
Nxa8 Bxa8 25. Qb3 $16 {[%csl Ra8,Rf8] The rook and pawns will dominate black's
poor minor pieces in the ending.}) 22. Nxh7 Kxh7 23. Qxd3+ Kg8 24. Nc7 Qe7 25.
Nxa8 Bxa8 {with a very unusual material balance R+3 v.BBN, which should of
course normally favour the pieces. Here however, white has some 'muddying'
positional compensation too.}) 18... bxc4 19. Nxc4 Nb6 20. Na5 $5 ({The more
conservative} 20. Ne3 $5 $14 {merited consideration since black is lacking in
space. Although a5 is clearly the more desirable square positionally, the
tactics on which black is now able to embark should not have had such a
clearly negative outcome!}) 20... Bxd5 21. Bb5 Re6 22. Nxd5 Nfxd5 23. Bc6 Nf4
$2 (23... Nxb4 24. Bxa8 Qxa8 25. Bc3 {A.Martin} Rg6 $5 26. g3 N4d5 27. Bd2 $14)
24. g3 Rg6 25. Bc1 $1 (25. Bxa8 $6 Qxa8 26. f3 Nbd5 $132) 25... Rc8 26. Be4
Nh3+ (26... Rg5 27. h4 $18) 27. Kg2 {and white wins sufficient material to
decide. A.Martin - P.Wells, British (ch)}) 14... g6 $6 (14... Rc8 15. Nc3 Qc7
16. Nd2 Qb8 17. Qb3 $6 (17. Nb3 d5 18. c5 e5 $13) 17... d5 18. Rad1 Qf4 19. c5
e5 20. Ne2 Qh6 21. cxb6 axb6 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Nf3 Ree8 25. Ned4
Ne4 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Yc8c3,Ye4c3]} 26. Qb2 Qf6 27. Bb5 Red8 28. Re3 g5 $1 {
[%cal Gg7b2,Yg5g4]} 29. Rb3 Bg7 30. Rbd3 Rc7 31. a4 Rdc8 32. h3 h5 33. Ne1 g4
34. hxg4 hxg4 35. f3 Nc3 36. fxg4 Nxd1 37. Rxd1 Rc1 $1 {[%csl Rd4] 0-1
Wirthensohn,H-Spassky,B/Zuerich 1984/MCD (37)}) 15. Nc3 Bg7 16. Rb1 $1 a6 17.
Nd2 $1 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Yd2b3,Ya3a4,Ya4a5][%mdl 32]} d5 $6 {It would be only a
slight exagerration to say that the evaluation of this variation stands or
falls entirely around black's ability to play a successful ...d5 break. In the
Spassky game above, we saw just that. Here white's pieces are much better
placed to meet the challenge. The problem though is that white also has a plan,
and if black simply tries to slowly improve his pieces he risks getting
squashed eg} (17... Qc7) ({or perhaps better still the equally standard
'hedgehog manouevre'} 17... Rc8 {[%cal Yc8c7,Yd8a8] followed by ...Rc7 and ...
Qa8/b8.} 18. Nb3 $14 (18. a4 $5 d5 (18... Rc7 19. Nb3 Qa8 20. a5 $14) 19. c5 a5
(19... e5 $132)) 18... e5 19. d5 {[%csl Ra5,Rb7][%cal Gb6b5,Yb3a5]}) 18. c5
bxc5 (18... e5 {The alternative central break} 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Na4 Nfd7 21.
cxb6 Nxb6 22. Nc5 {[%csl Yc5] also leaves white with the better pieces.}) 19.
bxc5 Qc7 20. Na2 $1 {[%csl Yc5][%cal Ya2b4,Yc5c6]} Bc6 $6 {This also looks
wrong. OK the bishop on b7 is no great piece, but by securing its exchange on
b5 black creates a pawn weakness which is far easier to exploit.} (20... a5 $6
21. Nc3 {[%cal Gb5d6,Gc3b5]}) (20... Nh5 21. Nb4 a5 22. Nd3 Rab8 $14) 21. Nb4
Bb5 22. Bxb5 axb5 {[%csl Rb5] Black's pawn on b5 is desparately weak.
Meanwhile white's passed c-pawn has a bright future, and his bishop on b2,
while its role is passive, it is also vital, something which cannot be said of
its counterpart on g7.} 23. Qe2 Bh6 24. Rbd1 Reb8 25. Nb1 $1 {[%csl Rb5][%cal
Yb1c3]} Nh5 26. Nc3 Ra5 $6 (26... Nf4 27. Qf3 $16) 27. Ncxd5 $1 {The decisive
breakthrough in which all white's strong points - e-file, passed c-pawn,
opening of the long diagonal for his bishop and a superb knight on d5 are
emphasised. Black meanwhile succumbs to a rather embarrassing family fork.}
exd5 28. Nxd5 Qd8 (28... Qb7 $2 29. c6 $18) 29. Ne7+ Kf8 30. Nc6 Nf4 31. Qg4
Qc7 32. Nxa5 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 06th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.05.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Kostin, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1999.05.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belorechensk Khimik"]
[BlackTeam "Voronezh OShK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. c4 Bb7 5. Nc3 $5 {The main move here is 5 Bd3.
The text is an interesting route into the main line of the 4...b6 5 Bd3
Rubinstein which offers reasonable prospects of catching the right opponent
out of his theoretical territory.} Bb4 6. Bd3 Ne4 7. O-O f5 ({The other
principal choice is} 7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 O-O 9. Ne1 $1 f5 10. f3 Nf6 {when I
believe that} 11. Nc2 {is the most promising and offers white a slight edge.
Black's move order effectively deprives white of this Ne1 idea ( since 8 Ne1
could be effectively answered by 8...Nxc3! netting a pawn ) but offers white
alternatives based either on exploiting aspects inherent in the move ...f5 (
the diagonal h5-e8; the possibility of capturing on e4 ) or on simply
side-stepping the possibility of capture on c3 by moving the knight as in the
game.}) 8. Ne2 $5 (8. Ne1 Nxc3 $15) (8. Qc2 Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O {would be in my
view a success for black, who has forced white into a less critical line than
those involving Ne1 ( see Kosarev - Dragomarezkij, Geller Memorial Moscow 1999,
1/2-1/2 (34) CBM 70 (Wells).}) (8. Ne5 $5 O-O (8... Nf6 9. Ne2 (9. d5 $6 Bxc3
10. bxc3 O-O $15 {[%csl Re5][%cal Yf3d4] white misses this knight coming to d4.
})) 9. Nxe4 $1 fxe4 10. Be2 $5 (10. Bc2 Qg5 11. f4 exf3 12. Nxf3 Bxf3 13. Rxf3
Rxf3 14. Qxf3 Nc6 {looks superficially better for white to me, but I cannot
find anything very convincing, and neither could Lukacs.} 15. Qh3 g6 16. Be4
Re8 17. a3 Bf8 18. b4 {1/2-1/2 Lukacs,P-Grosar,A/Budapest FS04 GM 1994/EXP 42 
(18)}) 10... Be7 11. f4 exf3 12. Bxf3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 d5 {Weakening e5, and in
some cases c6, but it is difficult to see how else black can develop since} (
13... Nc6 {is met with} 14. d5 {It is interesting if white finds it easier to
build the initiative here with a knight than a light-squared bishop.}) 14. Qe2
dxc4 $5 15. e4 (15. Qxc4 Qd5 $5 16. Qxc7 (16. Qd3 c5) 16... Nc6 17. Qg3 Bf6 $44
) 15... b5 16. a4 Nc6 (16... c6 $5 17. Be3 (17. b3 cxb3 18. axb5 Qb6 $15) 17...
Nd7 18. b3 cxb3 19. axb5 $44) 17. axb5 Nxd4 18. Qxc4 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 $14 {
1-0 Lugovoi,A-Akesson,R/4th Gudmundur Arason, Hafnarfjordur ISL 1998 (34).}) (
8. Bxe4 $6 fxe4 9. Nd2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Qg4 (11. Ba3 $5 Rf5 12. f3 exf3
13. Nxf3 d6 14. Qe2 Bxf3 15. Rxf3 Rxf3 16. Qxf3 Nd7 17. Qe4 (17. Rf1 $5 Nf6 18.
Qc6 {Wells}) 17... Qe8 18. Qc6 Rc8 $11 19. c5 bxc5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Qxe8+ Rxe8
22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. Rb1 Rd8 24. Rb5 Rd1+ 25. Kf2 Rd2+ {1/2-1/2 Tullus,
K-Callaghan,R/corr NAICCC I 1971 (25)}) 11... Rf5 $1 12. d5 Rg5 13. Qf4 exd5
14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. c4 Bc6 16. Nxe4 Rg6 17. Bb2 Na6 {[%csl Yc6,Yg6][%cal Ga6b4,
Ga6c5]} 18. f3 Nb4 $132 19. Bc3 Nd3 20. Qf5 Qh4 21. Nf6+ gxf6 22. Qxd3 Rh6 23.
h3 Kf7 24. Rf2 Rg8 25. Kf1 Rxg2 26. Rxg2 Qxh3 27. e4 Rg6 {0-1 Gligoric,
S-Larsen,B/La Habana 1967/Inf 04/(27)}) (8. d5 $5 {The most critical move
which puts all the respective weaknesses into sharp focus} Bxc3 (8... Nxc3 9.
bxc3 Bxc3 10. Rb1 O-O 11. e4 Bf6 {looks risky, but} 12. Re1 Na6 13. exf5 exd5
14. cxd5 Nc5 15. Bc2 Re8 16. Re3 Rxe3 17. Bxe3 $14 Qe7 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Bb3
Kh8 20. Qd3 Re8 {this looks playable for black, but white soon gains
considerable space} 21. g4 $1 b5 22. g5 Qc3 $6 23. Qd1 Bd8 24. Rc1 Qb4 25. Qd4
Qd6 26. Rd1 a5 27. Bc2 Qa3 28. Ne5 Qe7 29. f4 d6 30. Nc6 Qe2 31. Qd3 Bxc6 32.
Qxe2 Rxe2 33. dxc6 Kg8 (33... Rxc2 34. Re1) 34. Rb1 Kf8 35. Rxb5 Ke8 36. f6
gxf6 {1-0 Atalik,S-Grosar,A/Bled 1999 (36)}) 9. bxc3 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gb8a6,
Ga6c5,Yf3d4,Yf2f3]} Nc5 10. Ba3 Nba6 11. Re1 Qf6 12. Qc2 g6 13. e4 fxe4 14.
Bxe4 O-O-O 15. Nd2 Rde8 16. Rad1 {1/2-1/2 Sadler,M-Ward,C/Hastings 1997/CBM 63/
[Wells] (39)} Rhf8 $5 17. Bf3 d6 $13) 8... O-O (8... Bd6 {I am not very
convinced by this move. I think the bishop belongs more often on f6.} 9. b3 Qe7
(9... Qf6 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. Ng3 Bxg3 12. fxg3 Ne7 13. Qc2 Qh6 14. Rae1 O-O 15.
Bc1 d6 16. Nd2 Qg6 17. Rf4 $1 {White encourages black to put a pawn on e5,
which will subsequently form a target for his black-squared bishop.} e5 18.
Rff1 c5 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Bb2 {[%csl Re5]} Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Rad8 22. Qc3 Nc6 23.
Be2 $1 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Ye2f3,Ge5e4,Yb2g7,Yf3d5]} f4 24. exf4 Nd4 25. Bd3 e4
26. Bb1 Rfe8 27. f5 Qg5 28. Qe3 Qh5 29. f6 $40 {1-0 Neverov,V-Ward,C/
Copenhagen op 1994/EXT 94op (34)}) 10. Qc2 Na6 11. a3 c5 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Ne5
Rad8 14. f3 Nf6 15. Ng3 Bc7 16. d5 g6 17. f4 Bxe5 18. fxe5 Ng4 19. Rfe1 Qg5 20.
h3 Nxe5 21. Nxf5 exf5 22. Bxe5 Rde8 23. Bb2 d6 24. Qc3 Re5 25. Rf1 Rfe8 26. e4
fxe4 27. Bxe4 Qe7 28. Qf3 {1-0 Tisdall,J-Keene,R/New York 1981/MCD (28)}) (8...
Be7 {seems the most solid move eg.} 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Bf6 11. Nd2 (11. Qc2 c5
12. Rad1 Qe7 13. Ng3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Nc6 15. Qe2 g6 16. Bb1 d6 17. e4 Rad8 18. d5
Nb8 19. exf5 exf5 20. Qxe7 Bxe7 21. Rfe1 Kf7 22. Re2 Rfe8 23. Rde1 Nd7 24. Bc1
Bf6 25. Bf4 Rxe2 26. Rxe2 Be7 $11 {(2.25/1.54). 0-1 Lautier,J-Adams,M/Wijk aan
Zee 1991/CBM 22 (41)}) 11... Nd6 12. Qc2 c5 13. e4 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4
Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Nc6 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Rd2 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Rf4 21. Qe3
Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. Qxd4 Rf8 24. Rd1 Rf7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ibragimov,
I-Hjartarson,J/Las Vegas 1997/EXP 58/[Wells] (24)}) 9. Ne1 {This is rather
commital here. There are two alternatives, the first of which looks the most
sober.} (9. b3 $5 Bd6 (9... Ng5 $2 10. Nxg5 Qxg5 11. e4 $16 Qh5 12. exf5 exf5
13. Bb2 Bd6 14. f4 Qg4 15. Ng3 $1 Bxf4 16. Bxf5 Qg5 17. Qd3 h5 $2 18. Bc1 {
1-0 Bisguier,A-Finegold,B/Chicago 1985 (18)}) (9... Be7 $1) 10. Bb2 Ng5 11. Nd2
Bb4 12. a3 Bxd2 13. Qxd2 Be4 14. Ng3 Nc6 15. f4 $1 {Black's knights are
relentlessly driven back.} Na5 16. Bc2 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Nf7 18. d5 Nd6 19. c5 Ne8
20. b4 Nb7 21. dxe6 dxe6 {[%cal Yb2g7]} 22. e4 $16 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gb2g7]}
bxc5 23. Qb3 fxe4 24. Qxe6+ Rf7 25. Nxe4 Qe7 26. Qc6 Ned6 27. Ng5 Qe3+ 28. Kh1
Rxf4 29. Rxf4 Qxf4 30. Qd5+ Kh8 31. Bxg7+ {1-0 Lengyel,L-Csom,I/Budapest 1965/
MCD/[Wells] (31)}) (9. Ng3 {This does not look best, since black's blockade on
e4 is put under no real pressure.} Bd6 10. Qc2 Bxg3 $1 11. hxg3 Qe8 12. Nd2 Qg6
13. b4 a5 14. b5 d6 15. c5 $5 dxc5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Ba3 Nbd7 18. Be2 Rfc8 19.
Nc4 Ne4 20. Rfd1 Bd5 {1/2-1/2 Yusupov,A-Kengis,E/Riga Tal 1995/CBM 47 (35)
White has some compensation, but it does not look enough.}) 9... Qh4 (9... Bd6
$5 {This idea is perhaps more justified now that white is commited to a plan
based on expansion with f3 and e4, rather than the quiet fianchetto which we
saw above.} 10. f3 Nf6 11. Nc3 c5 12. d5 Be5 $132 13. e4 $2 fxe4 14. fxe4 Bd4+
15. Kh1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nxe4 $17 {0-1 Semkov,S-Franco,Z/Berga op 1993/EXT 93op 
(58)}) 10. f3 Bxe1 $2 {[%mdl 16384] This would have to be regarded as rather
co-operative. After the exchanges on e1 white reaches a very pleasant
'queenless middlegame' where black has none of the normal compensation either
structural or in terms of activity for the bishop pair.} ({There is no
particular reason to reject} 10... Nf6 {either. In the only practical test,
white tried a forcing line which leads to a version of the endgame we reach in
our game here, except that white's commital} 11. c5 {obviously greatly eases
the task of creating counterchances.} Bxe1 12. Qxe1 Qxe1 13. Rxe1 Ba6 14. cxb6
axb6 15. Nf4 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Bd2 e5 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Ne2 Nc6 20. Ng3 g6
21. Rec1 d6 {0-1 Volke,K-Wahls,M/Biel 1993/TD (55) and despite white's passed
a-pawn, it is clearly an overwhelmingly different story.}) 11. Qxe1 Qxe1 12.
Rxe1 Nf6 13. b4 $1 {Clearly the right plan to gain space that will compliment
the bishop pair. White should stay solid in the centre. It is impossible to
cover e4 without weakening d4.} Nc6 14. a3 Rae8 15. Bb2 Ne7 16. Nc3 Ng6 {
Black's removal of his knight to the king-side does not really help, since it
leaves his queen-side pawns more vulnerable to attack. It is probably a
symptom of a desparation to make some play, but when the break ...e5 comes, it
also creates more weaknesses.} 17. a4 $1 {[%cal Ya4a5,Yc3b5]} (17. Nb5 a6 18.
Nxc7 $4 Rc8 $17 {[%csl Rc7]}) 17... a6 18. a5 {This guarantees the creation of
serious weaknesses on black's queenside. Indeed, if black permits the exchange
on b6, then this pawn would shortly fall.} bxa5 19. Rxa5 {[%csl Ra6,Rc5,Rc7]}
e5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Bf1 Nc6 22. Ra4 d6 23. Kf2 $16 Nd7 $6 {Again this is not
really the 'sit and wait' strategy which black has to try, depressing though
it is.} 24. Nd5 Nb6 25. Nxb6 cxb6 26. Rd1 {[%csl Rb6,Rd6]} Rd8 27. b5 Nb8 28.
Bd4 axb5 29. Ra7 $1 Rd7 30. cxb5 {[%csl Rb6,Rb8]} Rc8 31. Bxb6 Rc2+ 32. Kg3 g5
33. Ra2 $1 {Again white puts priority on snuffing out the slightest hint of
potential counterplay.} f4+ (33... Rxa2 34. Bc4+ $18) 34. exf4 gxf4+ 35. Kh4
Rc3 36. Ra4 d5 37. Rxf4 Rd6 38. Bd4 Rh6+ 39. Kg3 Rg6+ 40. Rg4 Rxg4+ 41. Kxg4
Rb3 42. Kf5 1-0

