[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Polgar, Sofia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1
h5 9. gxh5 Nxh5 10. Bg5 Qb6 $6 (10... Nf6 11. Qd2 Qb6) 11. Nb3 a6 12. Be2 Nf6
13. h5 Qc7 (13... Nd7 $14) 14. h6 $1 {White now rids himself of his only
liability} Nh7 $6 (14... Nd7 15. hxg7 Bxg7 $14) 15. hxg7 Bxg7 16. Be3 Bf6 {
The knight on h7 cuts a sorry figure} 17. Qd2 $16 Bd7 18. O-O-O Be7 19. Rh1 $1
O-O-O 20. Na4 Rdg8 21. Nb6+ Kb8 22. f4 (22. Nc4 $1 $16) 22... Be8 23. a3 Nf6
24. Bf3 Rxh1 25. Bxh1 $1 {The rook is better on the d-file} Na7 26. Na5 Nd7 27.
Qf2 Nc5 28. Nac4 Bc6 29. e5 $1 $18 Bxh1 30. Bxc5 d5 31. Bd6 Bxd6 32. exd6 Qd8
33. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 {Before this game, Levon and I were running neck and neck. I had
spent some time checking Topalov's game with Svidler and the Najdorf.} 2. Nf3
d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 {The only argument against this move
was that Topalov had played it with White against Mamedyarov the previous day,
but in the end, I decided to go with it.} e6 {Shakhriyar had played 6...g6,
but I assumed Veselin would go for this.} 7. g4 Nfd7 8. Bg2 Be7 9. Be3 Nc6 10.
h4 Nde5 11. g5 Bd7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. b3 {A bit weakening, but I wanted to stop
...Nc4.} f5 {I was happy to see this, since I felt this weakened the e6-pawn.}
14. f4 Ng4 15. Qe2 {Since the dark-squared bishop can't easily come to the
long diagonal, I was ready to give up the two bishops} (15. Bd2 O-O 16. Qe2 d5
17. exf5 exf5 18. O-O-O Kh8 {is messier.}) 15... Nxe3 16. Qxe3 fxe4 17. O-O-O
d5 18. Nxe4 Ba3+ (18... Qa5 {This is trickier than we both thought at the
board.} 19. Nc3 (19. Nd6+ Kf8 20. Qxe6 Qa3+ 21. Kb1 Qxd6 22. Qf5+ {and the
king stuck in the centre means that White has enough for the piece}) 19... O-O
20. Qxe6+ Kh8 {Here the comp points out that White has to be extremely precise:
} 21. Kb1 $1 (21. Qxe7 $2 Rfe8 $1 22. Qd6 Rad8) 21... Qxc3 (21... Rfe8 22. Qh3
$1 $18) 22. Qxe7 Rfe8 23. Rh3 $1 {only this move gives White an edge.}) 19. Kb1
Qe7 20. Nf2 $1 {Rerouting to e5.} Bc5 21. Qg3 Bxf2 22. Qxf2 O-O 23. Qd4 $1 {
I was happy here, since I saw the upcoming bishop ending was pleasant for
White.} Rf5 24. Rde1 $1 (24. Bh3 e5) (24. Rhf1 Raf8 25. Bh3 e5 26. fxe5 Rxe5
27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Rf1+ Kg8 {and it's not clear how the presence of rooks
helps White.}) 24... Raf8 25. Rhf1 Qd6 {Black can't wait due to the threat of
Bh3.} 26. Re5 Rxe5 (26... Be8 27. Rxf5 Rxf5 28. Bh3 e5 29. Qe3 $1 $18) 27. fxe5
Rxf1+ 28. Bxf1 Qe7 29. a4 {Also a good move, but...} (29. Bh3 $1 {was my first
intention and it's simpler since it stops Black rerouting his bishop to g6.
However, I saw that Qa7 was very strong and decided to go for that.}) 29... Be8
30. Kb2 $2 (30. Qa7 $1 {I wanted to play this, but suddenly began to doubt the
pawn races at the board. As the comp shows, my doubts were mistaken, White
wins easily:} Qb4 31. Qb8 Kf8 32. Ka2 Qxh4 (32... Qb6 33. h5 Ke7 34. Bd3 g6 {
the comp defends like this, but this must be nice for White}) 33. Qxb7 Qxg5 34.
Bxa6 Qxe5 (34... h5 35. Qb8 h4 36. Bb5 Qe7 37. a5 h3 38. a6 h2 39. a7 h1=Q 40.
a8=Q $18) 35. Bd3 h5 36. a5 h4 (36... Qd6 {taking the queen back} 37. a6 Bc6
38. Qc8+ Kf7 39. a7 Qe7 40. Qb8 $1 {followed by Bb5}) 37. a6 {but even this
wins, albeit with another intermezzo} (37. Qb4+ $18 {the easiest, simply
collecting the pawn}) 37... h3 38. a7 h2 39. Qb8 $1 {This is important} (39.
a8=Q h1=Q {this is indeed drawn}) 39... Qxb8 (39... Qh5 40. a8=Q h1=Q 41. Qd6+
$18) 40. axb8=Q h1=Q 41. Bg6 $18 {Now White wins the bishop.}) 30... Bg6 31.
Bh3 h6 $2 {It only took me a few seconds to see the zugzwang and now I was
quite excited.} (31... Be4 {Black is still worse, but it's hard to see how
White breaks through.}) 32. gxh6 gxh6 33. Qg4 Kf7 34. h5 {And that's it.} Be4 {
Here I saw the next zugzwang coming!} (34... Bf5 {what I suspect he had
overlooked initially is that ...Qg5 loses} 35. Qf4 Qg5 36. Qxg5 hxg5 37. Bxf5
exf5 38. h6 {and the Black king can't stop both pawns.}) 35. a5 {This move is
vital, it fixes Black's queenside and makes the bishop the only piece which
can move; the black queen is needed to protect both the e6-pawn and the
f6-square.} Bh7 36. c3 $3 {A very nice move to be able to make.} Be4 37. c4 {
And now that Black can't recapture.} Bf5 {There is nothing else.} 38. Qf4 dxc4
39. Bxf5 exf5 40. Qxf5+ Ke8 41. Qc8+ Kf7 42. Qxc4+ Kg7 43. Qd5 $1 {Black's
king is still trapped on the last 2 ranks.} Kf8 44. Kc3 Ke8 45. b4 Qc7+ 46. Kd4
Qe7 47. Qg8+ (47. Qd6 Qh4+ 48. Kc5 {was much simpler.}) 47... Kd7 48. Kd5 Kc7 {
Now White has to be precise.} 49. Qg6 $1 Qh4 (49... Qxb4 50. Qd6+ Qxd6+ 51.
exd6+ {wins easily.}) 50. Qd6+ Kc8 51. Kc5 $1 {The White king now breaks
through via b6.} Qf2+ (51... Qxh5 52. Kb6 Qf7 53. e6 Qf2+ 54. Qc5+ Qxc5+ 55.
bxc5 h5 56. e7 Kd7 57. Kxb7 {and White is faster.}) 52. Qd4 Qf7 53. Qc4 $1 {
Now White's king can move with check.} (53. Kb6 $4 Qc7+ 54. Ka7 b5+) 53... Qg7
54. Kb6+ Kb8 55. Qc5 Qf7 56. Qd6+ Kc8 57. e6 {Topalov resigned, leaving me in
clear first place one point ahead of Aronian.} 1-0

[Event "Burgas Black Sea"]
[Site "Burgas"]
[Date "2012.09.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2012.09.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 {I really do not know why
on that particular day I chose the Scheveningen.} 6. g4 e5 $5 {A very strange
line championed by Romanians.} 7. Bb5+ (7. Nf5 h5 8. g5 (8. f3 hxg4 9. fxg4 g6
10. Ne3 Bh6 $40) (8. Bg5 hxg4 9. Nd5 Bxf5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. exf5 Bh6 12. c3 Bg5
$132) 8... Nxe4 9. Nxg7+ Bxg7 10. Nxe4 d5 11. Ng3 Bg4 12. Be2 Nc6 13. Nxh5 Bxh5
14. Bxh5 e4 $44) 7... Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Nf5 h5 10. gxh5 (10. f3 hxg4 11.
fxg4 Rh3 12. Qe2 Rxc3 13. bxc3 Qc6 14. O-O Qxe4 15. Qxe4 Nxe4 $44) (10. Bg5 Nh7
11. Bh4 {is highly enterprising but possibly not so correct.} (11. Bd2 hxg4 12.
Qxg4 g6 13. Ne3 Qxg4 14. Nxg4 Nc6 15. O-O-O f5 16. Ne3 f4 17. Ned5 Kf7 $11))
10... Nxh5 11. Qf3 (11. Bh6 g6 12. Bxf8 gxf5 13. Bxd6 Nc6 14. Bc5 Qxd1+ 15.
Rxd1 b6 16. Bd6 (16. Ba3 Nd4 17. Kd2 Nf4 18. Kc1 Rc8 19. Kb1 f6 20. exf5 Rc6
21. Ne4 Nxf5 $44) 16... O-O-O 17. exf5 Nf4 18. Ne4 Rh4 $44) 11... g6 12. Ng3
Nc6 13. Be3 f5 $2 $146 {A very bad move which is the result of a lack of chess
understanding.} (13... O-O-O 14. O-O-O Kb8 15. Kb1 Qe6 $14 {was played by the
late Panchenko.}) 14. Nd5 $1 Ne7 15. Nxe7 $1 (15. Qxh5 gxh5 16. Nf6+ Kd8 17.
Nxd7 Kxd7 18. Nxf5 Nxf5 19. exf5 Be7 $11) (15. Nxh5 $2 Nxd5) 15... Bxe7 16.
exf5 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Rxh1+ 18. Qxh1 gxf5 19. O-O-O $16 {This is an awful
position for Black who has his king in the centre.} Bf8 $8 20. Rd3 Rc8 $5 {
I decided to sac a pawn,} ({but maybe} 20... e4 $142 21. Rd5 (21. Rc3 Qf7 22.
Qh8 Kd7) 21... Qf7 22. Qd1 a6 $16 {was a better choice.}) 21. Qh5+ Qf7 22.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 23. Bxa7 Ke6 24. Rb3 Rc7 (24... Bh6+ 25. Kd1 Rc7 26. Bb8 Rd7 27. Ke2
$16) 25. Be3 d5 26. Rb6+ Kf7 27. Bg5 Bg7 28. Kd2 e4 $5 $138 {An interesting
choice.} (28... d4 29. a4 (29. c3 $6 dxc3+ 30. bxc3 e4 31. Rb3 Ke6 $132) 29...
e4 30. Bf4 Rd7 31. Rb5 Kg6 32. Ke2 $16) 29. c3 d4 30. cxd4 Bxd4 31. Rb5 Rd7 32.
Ke2 Kg6 33. Bf4 $18 Kf6 34. a4 Ke6 $2 $138 {A bad mistake in time trouble. My
king should always stay in the kingside.} (34... Kg6 35. Be3 Bxe3 36. Kxe3 Kg5
$132) 35. Be3 $1 {Seizing the moment.} (35. b4 Kf6 36. a5 Kg6 $1 37. Be3 Bxe3
38. Kxe3 Kg5 39. Rb6 Kg4 40. Rg6+ Kh5 41. Re6 Kg4 42. b5 Rd3+ 43. Ke2 Ra3 44.
Rg6+ Kh5 45. Rb6 Rxa5 46. Rxb7 Ra2+ 47. Ke3 Ra3+ 48. Kd4 Kg4 $132 49. Rf7 $140
Rb3 50. Kc5 Rb2 51. b6 Rxf2 52. b7 Rb2 53. Rg7+ Kf3 54. Kc6 e3) 35... Bxe3 $2 (
35... Be5 36. Rb6+ Kd5 37. b4 Rf7 38. a5 Bc3 39. Bc5 Rh7 {and Black is still
alive and kicking.}) 36. Kxe3 Rd3+ 37. Ke2 Rd7 38. a5 Kf6 39. g4 $1 fxg4 40.
Ke3 Re7 (40... Rd3+ 41. Kxe4 Rf3 42. Rxb7 Rxf2 43. a6 Rf1 44. a7 Ra1 45. Kf4 (
45. b4 Ra3) 45... Ke6 46. b4 Ra4 47. Kg3 Kd6 48. b5 $18) (40... Rf7 41. Kxe4 (
41. Kf4 $2 Ke6+) 41... Kg6 42. Ke3 Rf3+ 43. Ke2 Rf7 44. b4 Rd7 45. Kf1 $1 $18 {
with an easy win.}) 41. Kf4 g3 42. Rf5+ $4 $138 (42. Kxg3 e3 43. fxe3 Rxe3+ 44.
Kf4 Re7 45. Rf5+ Kg6 (45... Ke6 $2 46. Re5+ Kd6 47. Rxe7 Kxe7 48. Ke5 Kd7 49.
Kd5 Kc7 50. Kc5 Kc8 51. Kb6 Kb8 52. b4 Ka8 53. b5 Kb8 54. a6 bxa6 55. Kxa6 Ka8
56. b6 $18) 46. b4 Kg7 {Black is too passive.} 47. Rd5 Kf7 48. Kf5 Rc7 49. Rc5
Rd7 50. b5 Ke7 51. Ke5 $18) 42... Ke6 43. fxg3 Kd6 $1 44. Rh5 (44. Ke3 Rg7)
44... e3 45. Rh1 Kd5 46. Kf3 Kc4 47. Ke2 Kb3 $1 48. Rd1 (48. g4 Rg7 49. Rg1 Rg5
50. Kxe3 Kxb2 51. Kf4 Rxa5 52. g5 b5 53. g6 b4 54. g7 Ra8 55. g8=Q Rxg8 56.
Rxg8 b3 57. Ke3 Kc2 58. Rg2+ Kc3 $1 $11) 48... Kxb2 49. Rd3 Re5 {The simplest.}
(49... Rg7 50. Rxe3 Rg5 51. Re7 Rxg3 52. Rxb7+ Kc3 53. a6 Rg6 54. a7 Re6+ 55.
Kf3 Ra6 56. Ke4 Kc4 $11) 50. Rd7 Rg5 51. Rxb7+ Kc3 52. Kf3 (52. Re7 Kd4) (52.
a6 Rxg3 53. a7 Rg2+ 54. Kxe3 Ra2 55. Rc7+ Kb4 56. Kd4 Kb5 57. Kd5 Kb6 $11)
52... Re5 53. Rc7+ Kd2 $1 (53... Kb4 $4 54. Rc2 Kxa5 55. Re2 $18) 54. Rd7+ Ke1
55. a6 e2 56. Kg2 Rf5 57. a7 Rf2+ 58. Kh3 Rf8 59. Rf7 Rh8+ 60. Kg2 Kd2 61. Rd7+
{and it is a draw by perpetual.} (61. Rd7+ Ke3 62. Re7+ Kd2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1996.10.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. f4 b5
$5 $146 ({An original idea , yielding Black good counterchances. The
alternatives are} 8... Qa5 {, which was played in the game Kolev,A-Suba,M/
Collado Villalba op 1995, and 8...Nc6, which is the most popular move.}) ({
The latter move was tested in several games, among them in two games played by
Topalov as White.Topalov's game against Kasparov continued} 8... Nc6 9. Be2 $6
({An improvement over this move was demonstrated in Topalov's game against
Kolev:} 9. Qf3 $5 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 e5 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Bxe5 Nxg4 13. Bg3 Bb4 14.
a3 Bxc3+ 15. Qxc3 O-O 16. Bd3 Qg5 17. Qd2 Ne5 18. Qxg5 Nxd3+ 19. cxd3 hxg5 20.
Kd2 $16 {Topalov Veselin-Kolev Atanas/It cat.15 1995/1-0 (54)}) 9... e5 10. Nf5
g6 11. Ng3 exf4 12. Bxf4 Be6 13. Rf1 Rc8 14. h3 Qb6 {, with a good counterplay,
(Topalov,V-Kasparov,G/Moscow olm BUL-RUS 1994)}) 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. a3 Nbd7 11. g5
(11. O-O Nc5 $13) 11... hxg5 12. fxg5 Nh5 13. g6 (13. O-O g6) 13... Ne5 14.
gxf7+ Kxf7 15. O-O+ Nf6 16. Nf3 ({There were some noteworthy alternatives:} 16.
h3 $5 {/\Nce2-f4, ><e6}) (16. Qe1 $5 {/\Qg3}) (16. Nce2 Neg4 $1 $132) 16...
Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 {/\e5->} Qc7 18. e5 $2 ({This tempting pawn sacirfice
unexpectedly leads White to a practically hopeless ending. Better was} 18. Qe2
Kg8 19. Bd4 Re8 $13 (19... Nd7 $143 $2 20. Bh5 Ne5 21. Bxe5 Qc5+ 22. Rf2 Qxe5
23. Bf7+ Kh7 24. Qg4 $18)) 18... dxe5 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Qg4 {/\Ne4} Rc8 $1 {
An subtle solution to Black's defensive problems. Now the threat is 20...Rc4.}
21. Ne4 Rc4 $1 {An excellent move, guaranteeing Black a clear advantage.} 22.
Ng5+ Kg6 23. Qg3 (23. Qxe6 Rg4+ 24. Kf2 Qg2+ 25. Ke1 Rxg5 26. Bxg5 Qxg5 $19)
23... Nh5 $1 ({The final subtlety. After} 23... Rg4 $2 24. Rxf6+ Kh5 25. Rf3
Rxg3+ 26. Rxg3 $44 {White would have excellent counterchances due to a bad
position of the black king.}) 24. Qf3 (24. Qxe5 Rg4+ 25. Kf2 Qg2+ 26. Ke1 Rxg5
27. Bxg5 Qxg5 28. Qe4+ (28. Qxe6+ Nf6) 28... Kh6 29. Qxe6+ g6 $17 {/-+, /
\Rh7-e7, /\ Bg7, עe1}) 24... Qxf3 25. Nxf3 Bd6 {The endgame is lost for White.
} 26. Rad1 Bb8 27. Rd2 Rg4+ 28. Rg2 (28. Kf2 e4 $19) 28... Rxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Nf4+
30. Kh1 Ne2 31. Bf2 e4 32. Nh4+ Kg5 33. Re1 Nf4 34. Rxe4 Rxh4 35. Bxh4+ Kxh4
36. a4 e5 37. axb5 axb5 38. c4 Kg4 39. cxb5 Kf3 40. Rc4 e4 41. Rc8 Bd6 0-1

[Event "Ostrava m"]
[Site "Ostrava"]
[Date "1998.11.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1998.11.14"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h4
Be7 8. Rg1 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Be3 Nc6 ({Another popular line is
} 11... a6 12. Bg2 Qa5+ 13. c3 Bxh4 14. Rh1 Be7 15. Rh5 Qc7 16. g5 Bd7 17. Qe2
Nc6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Bxc6+ Qxc6 20. O-O-O Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. gxh6 gxh6 23.
Rxh6 Rxh6 24. Bxh6 Ke8 {0-1 Martinovic,S-Jansa,V/Vrnjacka Banja 1983/MCD (40)})
12. Nxc6 ({The alternatives are:} 12. g5 hxg5 13. hxg5 Bd7 14. c3 (14. Bg2 Qa5+
15. c3 O-O-O 16. Qb3 Qa6 17. Bf1 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Qa5 19. Bg2 Qa6 20. Bf1 Qa5 {
1-0 Horvath,J-Jasnikowski,Z/Haifa 1989/EU-chT (45)}) 14... Rh1 15. Rxh1 Qxh1
16. Qf3 Qxf3 17. Nxf3 e5 18. Bd3 O-O-O 19. Be4 f6 20. gxf6 gxf6 21. Nh4 Be6 22.
Ke2 Bf8 23. b3 a6 {1/2-1/2 Ljubojevic,L-Timman,J/Hilversum 1987/CBM 05 (29)}) (
12. Bg2 Qa5+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Ne5 15. Bf1 Bxh4 16. Rd1 a6 17. f4 Ng6 {
1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,A-Timman,J/Montpellier 1985/Candidates (32)}) 12... Qxc6 13.
Qd4 $6 ({A dubious move, yielding Black good chances. The standard continuation
} 13. Qd2 e5 14. O-O-O Be6 {1/2-1/2 Luther,T-Rasik,V/Ostrava 1992/CBM 33 (14)
leads to the complex and sharp play.}) 13... Bf6 14. Qb4 a5 (14... Be7 15. Qb3
{threatening 15.Bb5} O-O 16. g5 {yields White good attacking chances.} (16. Bg2
$5)) 15. Qb3 (15. Qb5 {is strongly met by} Bd7 $15) 15... a4 16. Qb4 Be7 17.
Qd2 {'N?!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Hracek was not aware of the game with repetition
of moves, but his sincere attempt to fight on is connected with a great risk.
His king can find a retreat on the queenside, where a4 pawn already waits to
start an attack.'} e5 18. O-O-O Be6 {The position from the Luther-Rasik arose,
but now the blck a-pawn is placed on a4 instead of a7, which is in Black's
favor.} 19. Bg2 (19. g5 {Ftacnik} Bxa2 $17) 19... Qc7 20. Kb1 ({If} 20. g5 {
then} hxg5 {followed by 21... Bg5, and White has no compensation for the pawn.}
) (20. a3 {Ftacnik} Bxg4) 20... Bxg4 21. Bxb7 Rd8 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik:
'Simple and afficient, tactics works against white. Covering all exposed spots
on a2,g4,b7 and d1 was a near impossible task. '} (21... Qxb7 {Ftacnik} 22.
Rxg4 Rb8 23. Qc3 a3 24. b3 Qf3 25. Rgg1 Bf6 $13) 22. Bd5 Bxd1 23. Qxd1 Qd6 (
23... Bf6 {also deserved attention.}) 24. c4 O-O (24... Kf8 {Ftacnik} 25. Qxa4
Bxh4 $17) 25. Qxa4 e4 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gd8b8,Gb8b2,Gd6e5,Ge7f6,Gf6b2] Ftacnik:
'The result of a tactical conflict is clear, white can hope for some
compensation with his active bishops and open g file. Black for his part has
spare material and all the right to create an attack on the white king. '} ({
Opening the main diagonal for the queen and bishop. After} 25... Bxh4 $6 {both}
26. Qc2 {(threatening 27.Rg6) and 26.Qd1 with the threats 27.Qh5 and 27.Qg4
yields White dangerous attack.} (26. Qd1 {Ftacnik} Be7 27. Qh5 Kh8 28. a3 (28.
Bxf7 $2 Qd3+ 29. Ka1 Rxf7 $1 30. Qxf7 Qd1+ 31. Bc1 Qxg1 $19) 28... f5 $17)) 26.
Bd4 $2 {A weak move, which is based on the tactical ovrersight.} (26. Bxe4 {
was a right choice, yielding White certain compensation for the exchange.}) (
26. Qc2 {Ftacnik} Bf6 27. Bxh6 (27. Qxe4 Rfe8 28. Qf5 Rb8 $17) 27... Bxb2 28.
Qxb2 Qxh6 29. Bxe4 Rb8 $19) 26... Bf6 27. c5 $4 {[%mdl 8192] A blunder losing
on the spot. Ftacnik: 'Nervous move in a position with chances slipping away
from white. Unfortunatelly after black's response all white pieces are hanging
in the air.'} ({After} 27. Bxf6 Qxf6 {White has no compensation.}) (27. Be3 {
fails to} Rb8 28. Bc1 Qh2 $19) ({The most stubborn was} 27. Rg6 Kh8 28. Rxf6 ({
after} 28. Bxf6 fxg6 29. Bxd8 Qxd8 {'-/+' Ftacnik. Black has all the chances
to easily convert his advantage} (29... Qxd8 $17 {Ftacnik} 30. Bxe4 $140 Rxf2 (
30... Qxh4 31. f3 Qe1+ 32. Kc2 Rd8 33. Bd5 $17) 31. Bd5 Rf1+ $17) (29... Rxd8
$143 $15)) 28... gxf6 29. Qb3) 27... Qh2 $1 {[%csl Rd4,Rd5,Rg1][%cal Gd8d4,
Gf6d4,Gh2g1] White resigned in view of further material losses.} (27... Qh2 28.
Rg3 (28. Bxf6 Qxg1+ $19) (28. Rc1 {Ftacnik} Rxd5 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Qxe4 Rfd8
$19) 28... Rxd5 29. Bxf6 Qh1+ 30. Kc2 Qd1+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Bonn GSK"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Black "Zagorskis, Darius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 d5 8. Bg2 $5
{This rare move is less popular than 8.ed5, but it worked out well in some
recent games.} Nxe4 (8... e5 {seems to be not the best choice:} 9. Nb3 d4 10.
Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 O-O 14. O-O f5 15. gxf5 Bxf5 16.
f4 {+/- Bologan,V-Marinelli,T/Caorle 1990}) 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Bxe4 $5 ({This
natural move is a novelty. The game Popescu,D-Badea,B/Herculane 1993 went} 10.
c3 e5 11. Nc2 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 Nd7 13. Ne3 Nc5 14. Nd5 Rb8 $13) 10... Nd7 $6 ({
The principal continuation here was} 10... e5 {, landing after i} 11. Nf5 Qxd1+
12. Kxd1 Nc6 {n an interesting endgame, where the chances are about equal.})
11. Bg2 Qc7 12. Be3 Ne5 {A tempting manoeuvre, which, however, yields White
the possibility to win some important tempi by attacking the black knight. 12..
.Bd6, as well as 12... Be7 or 12...Bc5 deserved attention.} 13. O-O Bd6 14. f4
Nc4 15. Bc1 Bd7 16. b3 Na5 17. c4 {Control over the big diagonal and the
manifold possibilities for the active play determine better chances for White.}
O-O 18. Be3 Nc6 19. Ne2 $1 {Exchange of the knights would be favourable for
Black. Now White is planning to set his knight at e4.} Rfd8 20. Nc3 Ne7 $2 ({
Black underestimates the danger of a vulnerable position of the Bd6.} 20... Bf8
{yielded Black good defensive chances.}) 21. Ne4 {Now the threat is 19.c5} Bc6
22. Qc2 Bxe4 {Exchange of the bishop for the knight does not relieve the
situation: now White gains a typical advantage due to the domination of his
bishop over the black knight. However, after 22...b6 23.Rad1 White's pressure
at the queenside is very unpleasant.} 23. Bxe4 Bc5 $6 {An unexpected sortie by
Black. 23...Ng6, allowing to avoid losing a pawn, was to be preferred.} 24.
Bxc5 Qxc5+ 25. Kh1 Rd4 26. Bxb7 Rad8 27. Rad1 Ng6 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29. Be4 f5 $2 (
{Trying to clear the way to the white king, Black underestimate the attacking
possibilities White gets after diminishing Black's kingside.} 29... Qc7 {
would be much more stubborn.}) 30. gxf5 exf5 31. b4 $1 {This excellent blow,
which allows white queen toapproach the rival king was, probably, overlooked
by Black. Now the tandem Q+B is incredibly efficient.} Qc7 (31... Qxb4 32. Bd5+
Kh8 33. Qxf5 $40) 32. Bg2 Nxf4 33. Qxf5 h6 34. Be4 $1 g5 35. c5 {The game is
finished, the rest needs no comment.} Rxb4 36. Rd1 Rb7 37. c6 Rb5 38. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Cacak"]
[Site "Cacak"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1996.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5
g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. gxf6 d4 12. Bc4 Qc7 ({An important alternative
to the most testing move} 12... Qxf6 13. Nd5 (13. Ne4 Qxf5 14. Bd3 Qe6 15. Bg5
Nd7 16. Qh5 b6 17. f4 Bb7 18. f5 Qd5 $17 {Kotronias,V-Thorhallsson,T/Gausdal
Int (06)/1994/ (32)}) 13... Qc6 14. Bxd4 Bb4+ (14... Qxc4 $2 15. Nf6+ Ke7 16.
Bxe5) (14... exd4 $2 15. Qxd4) 15. c3 Qxc4 16. Be3 Be7 (16... Ba5 17. Nf6+ $10
{Shirov,A-Gelfand,B/Wijk (09) ;CBM 51 1996 (42)}) 17. Nb6 Qc6 18. Rg1 Nd7 19.
Nxa8 b5 20. Qd5 Qb7 21. O-O-O Bd8 22. f6 Qxd5 23. Rxd5 Bb7 24. Rd6 Bxa8 25.
Rgd1 Bf3 26. Rxd7 Bxd1 27. Rxd1 $18 {Thorhallsson,T-Arnason,J Reykjavik 1992})
13. Qd3 Bb4 ({several games have followed} 13... dxc3 14. O-O-O Nc6 15. Rhe1
cxb2+ 16. Kb1 Bb4 17. Rg1 (17. c3 Ba3 18. Bf4 Qd7 $1 19. Bd5 Qxd5 $1 20. Qxd5
Bxf5+ 21. Rd3 O-O 22. Bh6 Rfd8 23. Rg1+ Kh8 24. Bg7+ Kg8 25. Bh6+ Kh8 26. Bg7+
Kg8 27. Bh6+ {1/2-1/2 Sigurjonsson,G-Olafsson,H/Neskaupsstadur/1984/}) 17...
Rf8 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Rge1+ Bxe1 21. Rxe1+ $44 {Kotronias,
V-Arnason,J/Reykjavik 1992}) (13... dxe3 {also deserves attention:} 14. O-O-O
exf2 (14... Nc6 15. Nd5 Qa5 16. f4 Bh6 17. Kb1 b5 18. fxe5 e2 19. Qxe2 Bb7 20.
Bb3 $18 {1-0 Gallagher,J-Shneider,A/Bern op (09) ;EXP 46 1995 (26)}) 15. Bxf7+
$5 Kxf7 16. Qd5+ $44 {Shirov,A-Polgar,J/Dortmund 1996}) 14. O-O-O Bxc3 15. Bh6
Bb4 16. f4 (16. Rhg1) 16... Nc6 17. fxe5 (17. Bg7 Rf8 18. a3 Bd6 19. Rhe1 $44)
17... Qxe5 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Qb3+ Be6 20. fxe6+ Qxe6 21. Qg3 $146 ({A new
idea. Theory up to now has continued} 21. Qf3 $5 Rhg8 22. a3 Rg6 23. Qh5 Ba5
24. Kb1 Rd8 25. Bd2 Bxd2 26. Qxh7+ Kxf6 27. Rxd2 Qf5 28. Qxb7 Rd6 29. Qxa6 $36
{1-0 Tseitlin,M-Bosboom,M/Groningen op 1995 (45)}) 21... Rhg8 22. Qc7+ Kg6 23.
Bf4 {/\Rg1+- The best move. Other continuations are entirely harmless for
Black:} (23. Rdg1+ Kxh6 24. Qf4+ Kh5 25. Qf3+ (25. h4 $4 Qe3+ $19) (25. Rg3 Bd6
26. Qf3+ Kh4 $19) 25... Rg4 26. h3 Qe3+ 27. Qxe3 dxe3 28. hxg4+ Kg6 $17) (23.
f7 Kxh6 24. Qf4+ Rg5 (24... Kg7 25. fxg8=Q+ Rxg8 26. Rxd4) 25. h4 Qe3+ $17) (
23. Bg7 $2 Qxa2 $19) 23... Qxa2 {The best defence. Black is threatening Qa1
mate, hence White must force a draw by perpetual.} 24. Rhg1+ Kf5 25. Qd7+ (25.
Qxh7+ Kxf4 26. Rdf1+ Ke5 27. Qc7+ (27. Re1+ Kd6 $19) 27... Ke6 28. Re1+ Bxe1
29. Rxe1+ Kf5 (29... Kxf6 $4 30. Qf4+ Kg6 31. Rg1+ Kh5 32. Qf5+ Kh6 33. Qh3#)
30. Rf1+ Kg6 31. Rg1+ Kf5 $11) 25... Kxf4 26. Rdf1+ Ke5 27. Re1+ Bxe1 28. Rxe1+
Kf4 29. Rf1+ Ke5 30. Re1+ Kf4 31. Rf1+ Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[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 "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

{[%mdl 4]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 $5 {
This rare move increasingly gains popularity in the modern practice.} Nc6 (6...
b5 7. g4 e6 8. g5 Nfd7 9. Rg3 Bb7 10. a3 Be7 11. Bg2 Nc6 12. f4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4
O-O 14. Qf2 Rc8 15. Be3 Rxc3 16. bxc3 Qc7 17. Kf1 Qc4+ 18. Kg1 Bxe4 {1/2-1/2
Zvjaginsev,V-Ivanchuk,V/Elista 1998/CBM 65_03 (46)}) 7. g4 e6 (7... Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 e5 9. Qd1 Be6 10. g5 Nd7 11. Qf3 Rc8 12. Bh3 Be7 13. Be3 Rxc3 14. bxc3 Qc7
15. Bxe6 Qxc3+ 16. Kf1 fxe6 17. Kg2 Qc4 {1-0 Zvjaginsev,V-Ivanchuk,V/Elista
1998/CBM 65_03 (37)}) 8. g5 Nd7 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 (10. h4 b5 11. h5 Nc5 12. a3
Ne5 13. f4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15. Qe2 Rb8 16. Rb1 Nd7 17. g6 hxg6 {1-0
Bardacheva,A-Pahor,A/Tallinn 1997/EXT 98 (17)}) 10... b5 (10... Na5 11. Qe2 b5
12. O-O-O b4 13. Nd5 exd5 14. exd5 Nc5 15. Bd2+ Be7 16. Bxb4 O-O 17. Kb1 Bd7
18. f5 Rab8 19. a3 Rfe8 20. Qf3 Bf8 {0-1 Sulskis,S-Thallinger,H/Aschach op
1993/EXT 97 (42)}) 11. Nxc6 $1 ({An important alternative to the standard
continuations:} 11. a3 Rb8 12. Qd2 Nc5 13. b4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Nd7 15. Rd1 Bb7 16.
Bh3 Rc8 17. Rd3 Qb8 18. Qa7 $2 Nc5 $1 $17 19. Qxb8 Nxd3+ 20. cxd3 Rxb8 21. f5
Bc8 22. Bd4 Bd7 23. Ne2 Rc8 24. Kd2 Rg8 25. Bc3 g6 26. fxe6 fxe6 27. Nf4 Rxc3
28. Kxc3 Bg7+ 29. Kd2 Ke7 30. Ne2 Rf8 31. d4 Rf2 {0-1 Sax,G-Tringov,G/Osijek
1978/EXT 99 (31)}) (11. Qd2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bb7 13. Bd3 Nc5 14. Qe2 b4 15. Nb1
Nxd3+ 16. cxd3 Qc1+ 17. Qd1 Qxd1+ 18. Kxd1 Rc8 19. Nd2 h6 20. g6 fxg6 21. Rxg6
Kf7 22. Rg3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kanbegawa,M-Victor,G/Dubai 1986/TD (59)}) 11... Qxc6
12. Qd4 Bb7 $2 (12... Rb8 $5 {/\b4 was to be preferred. The text move allows
White to develop a dangerous initiative on the queenside.}) 13. a4 $1 {[%csl
Rb5,Rc6][%cal Ga1a4,Ga4c4,Gc4c6,Ga4b5]} bxa4 ({After} 13... b4 14. Qxb4 d5 15.
exd5 Bxb4 16. dxc6 Bxc6 {Black does not have a sufficient compensation for the
sacrificed pawn}) (13... e5 $2 {is bad in view of} 14. axb5 $1 axb5 15. Rxa8+
Bxa8 16. Qa7 b4 17. Nd5 {, threatening 18.Qa8+ and 18.Bb5.}) 14. Rxa4 {
Threatening 15.Rc4.} e5 $2 ({After this move Black has probably no real
chances to save the game. Essential was} 14... Nb8 {, intending to remove
White's queen from the center after 15... Qd7 followed by 16...Nc6.}) 15. Qd1 {
[%csl Rc6,Rd5][%cal Ga4c4,Gc4c6,Gc3d5]} exf4 (15... Nb6 $2 {fails to} 16. Rb4)
16. Rc4 Nc5 ({The queen sacrifice} 16... fxe3 17. Rxc6 Bxc6 {is insufficient.
After} 18. Nd5 {Black has very little chance to save the game.}) 17. Bxf4 {
Threatening 18.b4.} Qb6 18. Be3 $1 {[%csl Rb6,Rc5][%cal Ge3b6,Gb2b4] Resuming
the threat and offering the precisely calculated pawn sacrifice.} ({After the
premature} 18. b4 $2 Ne6 $1 (18... Nd3+ $2 {loses after} 19. cxd3 $1 Qxg1 20.
Qa4+ Kd8 21. Qa5+ $18) 19. Rg4 Nxf4 20. Rxf4 Qe3+ 21. Ne2 Be7 22. h4 h6 {
Black obtains excellent counterplay.}) 18... Qxb2 19. Nd5 Bxd5 (19... Rc8 {
falls short after} 20. Bh3 Rc6 21. Rxc5 $1 (21. Bxc5 Qb5) 21... Rxc5 (21...
dxc5 22. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 23. Qd7#) 22. Bxc5 Bxd5 23. Bd4 Qa3 24. Rg3 $18) 20. Qxd5
Rd8 (20... Qb7 $4 {losees on the spot after} 21. Rxc5) 21. Rxc5 $1 (21. Bxc5 $5
dxc5 22. Qc6+ {also yielded White a large advantage, but the text move is the
most direct way to convert White's advantage.}) 21... dxc5 22. Qc6+ Rd7 23.
Bxa6 (23. Bh3 {falls short after} Qb7) 23... c4 24. Ke2 Bb4 (24... Qxc2+ 25.
Kf3) 25. Bb5 Qxc2+ 26. Kf3 Qd3 27. Ba4 $1 {The decisive move. Now Black is
defenseless against the threat 28.Rd1.} f5 28. Rd1 ({Black resigned as after} 
28. Rd1 Qxe4+ 29. Qxe4+ fxe4+ 30. Kxe4 {his position is entirely lost.}) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.10"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Spasov, Vasil"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[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 "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. h3 b5
9. Bg2 Bb7 10. a3 Nbd7 11. Nde2 g5 $5 ({An important alternative to the
standard lines} 11... Rc8 12. f4 Nb6 13. Qd3 Nc4 14. Bc1 d5 15. e5 Nd7 16. b3
Ncb6 17. O-O Qc7 18. Bb2 h5 19. g5 g6 20. Nd4 b4 {1/2-1/2 Hossain,
E-Lhagvasuren,C/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (45)}) ({and} 11... Be7 12. O-O (12. f4
Qc7 13. O-O Nb6 14. b3 O-O-O 15. Qe1 d5 16. e5 Nfd7 17. a4 b4 18. a5 Bc5 19.
Nd1 Na8 20. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 21. Qf2 Kb8 22. Qxc5 Nxc5 {1-0 Stefansson,H-Gurevich,V/
Cappelle 1993/TD (49)}) 12... Rc8 13. Ng3 Ne5 14. Bd4 Nc6 15. Be3 Ne5 16. Nce2
Qc7 17. f4 Nc4 18. Bc1 Qb6+ 19. Kh2 Ne3 20. Bxe3 Qxe3 21. Qd3 Qxd3 22. cxd3 Nd7
{1/2-1/2 Simacek,P-Helbich,J/Olomouc 1998/EXT 99 (37)}) 12. f4 ({If} 12. Ng3 {
then} Ne5) 12... gxf4 13. Nxf4 Ne5 14. Nd3 Nfd7 15. O-O Be7 (15... Bg7 {
also deserved serious attention.}) 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 Bg5 18. Bf2 Bh4 {
Insisting on the bishop exchange, which allows Black to develop a dangerous
attack on the king side while keeping his king in the center.} 19. Bxh4 (19.
Bd4 {an intersting alternative.}) 19... Qxh4 20. Nf4 h5 $1 {This pawn
sacrifice aims at opening the h-file.} (20... Ke7 {is met by} 21. Nh5) 21. Nxh5
Ke7 22. Rd4 (22. Qe1 {was an option here.}) 22... Rag8 23. Rxd6 (23. Qe1 {
is elegantly refuted by} Rxh5 $1 24. gxh5 Nf3+ $19) (23. Ne2 {(/\Nef4) yields
Black a strong attack after} Rxg4 24. hxg4 Nxg4) 23... Rxh5 {[%mdl 640] Signal
to the attack!} 24. gxh5 Qxh3 25. Rd2 $2 ({Correct was} 25. Rxd7+ $1 Nxd7 26.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 27. Qxd7+ Kf6 (27... Kf8 $4 28. Qd8+ Kf7 29. Qxg8+ $18) 28. e5+ Kxe5
29. Qc7+ Kf6 30. Qxb7 Qe3+ 31. Kf1 (31. Kh1 Qe1+ $11) 31... Qc1+ 32. Kf2 Qxc2+
33. Ne2 Qc5+ 34. Kf1 Qxh5 35. Nc3 {As a result of the tactical operations,
White retains a strong initiative and has clearly better chances. After the
text move Black develops a dangerous attack.}) 25... Nf6 26. Rxf6 ({White
prefers to return an exchange.} 26. Rdf2 {fails to} Rg3 {/\Neg4-+}) 26... Kxf6
27. Rf2+ Ke7 28. Kf1 Qg3 29. Rd2 $2 ({After} 29. Ne2 {Black has a choice
between} Qh4 {/\Ng4} ({and} 29... Qe3 30. Qd4 Ng4 $1 31. Qb4+ Ke8 32. Qa4+ {
, with draw by perpetual.})) ({If} 29. Qd4 {then} Ng4 {, with attack.}) {
After the text move Black has a way to involve his bishop into attack.} 29...
a5 $1 {[%csl Rf1][%cal Gb7a6,Ga6f1,Gg8g2,Ge5f3]} 30. Nb5 (30. Qe2 {falls short
after} Rg4 {/\Rf4 followed by ...Nf3+.}) 30... Ba6 31. c4 Rg4 (31... Nxc4 32.
Rd7+ Kf6 {was also sufficient for win.}) 32. Rf2 Nxc4 33. Rxf7+ Kxf7 34. Qd7+
Kf8 35. Qd8+ Kf7 36. Qd7+ Kf8 37. Qd8+ Kg7 38. h6+ (38. Qe7+ Kh8 39. Qf8+ Kh7 {
winning}) 38... Kh7 $1 ({The winning move. Wrong was} 38... Kxh6 $2 39. Qh8+
Kg6 (39... Kg5 40. Qg7+ Kf4 41. Qf6+ Ke3 42. Qd4+ Kf4 43. Qf6+ $11) 40. Qg8+
Kf6 41. Qf8+ Ke5 42. Qb8+ {, with draw by perpetual.}) 39. Qe7+ Kh8 40. Qf6+
Kh7 41. Qf7+ Rg7 $1 {The final subtlety.} 42. hxg7 (42. Qxg7+ Qxg7 43. hxg7
Nxb2 {or 43...Bb5 is hopeless for White.}) 42... Ne3+ 43. Ke2 Bxb5+ 44. Kd2
Nc4+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup3"]
[Site "Omsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Purtov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1996.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 b5 8. g5
Nfd7 9. a3 Nb6 ({The main alternatives are:} 9... Qc7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Qxc6
12. Qd4 e5 13. Qd2 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ne5 15. O-O-O Be6 16. Nd5 Rc8 17. Kb1 Be7 18.
h4 Nf3 19. Qf2 Ne5 20. Bh3 Qc5 21. Be3 Qc6 22. h5 $40 {Nevednicii,V-Suba,M/
mvc-igm 1996}) (9... Bb7 10. h4 Nb6 11. h5 N8d7 12. g6 hxg6 13. hxg6 Rxh1 14.
gxf7+ Kxf7 15. Qf3+ Nf6 16. Qxh1 Qc7 17. Nf3 Kg8 18. Ng5 Re8 19. O-O-O d5 20.
Qh3 Bc8 21. Bxb5 {1-0 Svidler,P-Nepomnishay,M/St.Petersburg-ch 1996}) 10. h4
N8d7 11. f4 $5 ({This move was recommended, but never tested in tournament
practice. The conventional continuation is} 11. h5 Ne5 12. Rh3 (12. f4 Nec4 13.
Bc1 e5 14. Nc6 Qc7 15. Nb4 exf4 16. Nbd5 Qb7 17. Nxb6 Nxb6 18. Bxf4 Be6 19. Qd4
Rg8 20. O-O-O O-O-O 21. a4 Nc4 22. axb5 axb5 23. Nd5 Qa6 24. b3 {~~ Maksimenko,
A-Tringov,G/Pozarevac 1994}) 12... Qc7 13. g6 hxg6 14. hxg6 Nxg6 15. Rxh8 Nxh8
16. Qh5 Ng6 17. Bh3 e5 18. Nf5 Ne7 19. Qh8 Nxf5 20. exf5 Bb7 21. O-O-O Nc4 22.
f6 gxf6 23. Qxf6 Nxa3 24. Rg1 Bc8 25. Rg8 Bxh3 26. Rxf8+ {1-0 Savereide,
D-Markovic,G/Malta ol 1980. The idea of the text move is to prevent 11... Ne5,
intending on accomplishing the development and resuming attack on the kingside.
}) 11... Qc7 12. Qd2 Nc5 ({Here} 12... Bb7 {/\0-0-0 leads to the interesting
complications:} 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Ndxb5 $5 axb5 15. Nxb5 Qb8 16. Bg2 $40 (16.
Qc3+ Nc5 $140 17. Nxd6+ $2 (17. b4 Nba4) 17... Bxd6 18. Bxc5 Na4 $19)) 13.
O-O-O Bb7 14. Bd3 Rc8 $6 ({A risky continuation.} 14... O-O-O {represents a
more solid method of defence.}) 15. Kb1 Nba4 16. Nde2 $1 {Neutralizing Black's
activity.} Be7 17. Rhf1 {Threatening f5.} Nxd3 ({Black could have tried} 17...
O-O {, but after} 18. f5 Rfe8 19. f6 {White's attack is very dangerous.}) 18.
cxd3 Nc5 $2 ({Unnecessary loss of tempo.} 18... O-O {was to be preferred,
though after this move White has excellent attacking perspectives.}) 19. f5 Qd7
20. Bd4 $1 Nb3 $6 (20... e5 {was better in this position.}) 21. Qc2 Nxd4 22.
Nxd4 Bd8 $2 (22... e5 {could complicate White's task.}) 23. fxe6 $1 {Depriving
Black of the last hope.} fxe6 24. Qb3 e5 25. Nf5 Ba5 26. Nd5 {Threatening 27.
Nde7 Rc5 28.Ng7+ Ke7 29.Rf7+-} Rc5 27. d4 Bxd5 (27... exd4 28. Rxd4 {/\29.Nd6
Qd6 30.Nf6+-}) 28. exd5 Rc4 29. Qg3 $1 {The final subtlety.} g6 (29... O-O 30.
Nh6+ gxh6 31. gxh6+ $18) 30. Nh6 b4 31. dxe5 bxa3 32. exd6 axb2 33. Qe5+ Kd8
1-0

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. f4 b5
9. Bg2 Bb7 10. a3 ({An immediate} 10. g5 {yields Black good counterchances:}
hxg5 11. fxg5 b4 12. Na4 Nh5 13. O-O Nd7 14. g6 Nhf6 15. c3 Ne5 16. gxf7+ Kxf7
17. cxb4 Rh4 18. Qb3 Qe8 19. Rac1 Bxe4 20. Rc7+ Kg8 21. Nxe6 Rg4 22. Rxf6 Rxg2+
23. Kf1 Qb5+ {0-1 Ivanchuk,V-Topalov,V/Las Palmas 1996}) 10... Nbd7 11. O-O ({
Shirov's attempt} 11. g5 {played into Black's hands in his recent encounter
with van Wely:} hxg5 12. fxg5 Nh5 13. g6 Ne5 14. gxf7+ Kxf7 15. O-O+ Nf6 16.
Nf3 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Qc7 18. e5 dxe5 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Qg4 Rc8 21. Ne4 Rc4 $17 {
Shirov,A-Van Wely,L/Tilburg Fontys 1996. The text is more prudent and creates
complicated defensive problems for Black.}) 11... g6 12. Qe2 e5 (12... Bg7 $2
13. e5 Bxg2 (13... dxe5 14. Bxb7 exd4 15. Bxd4 Rb8 16. Bxa6 $18) 14. exf6 Bxf1
15. fxg7 Bxe2 16. gxh8=Q+ $18) (12... Qc7 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 $40) 13. Nb3
exf4 14. Bxf4 Ne5 15. Rad1 (15. g5 $6 {is met by} Nh5) 15... Nfxg4 16. Nd5 (16.
h3 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Nf6) 16... Bxd5 17. exd5 g5 (17... Bg7 $2 {is bad in view of}
18. h3 Qb6+ 19. Nd4 Nf6 20. Bxe5 $18) 18. Bg3 h5 19. Nd4 (19. h3 {is met by} h4
) 19... Bg7 20. h3 (20. Nc6 $6 Qb6+) 20... h4 21. Be1 Nh6 22. Qh5 $2 ({
Unfortunate sacrifice. After} 22. Nc6 Qc7 (22... Qb6+ 23. Bf2 Qc7 24. Qh5) 23.
Ba5 $5 {White has a good play, e.g.:} (23. Qh5 $2 Nhg4 24. Qxg5 Bh6 25. Qf5 Ne3
26. Qf6 Rg8) 23... Qd7 24. Bc3 O-O 25. Bxe5 Rae8 26. Qh5) 22... Nhg4 $1 23.
hxg4 (23. Ne6 $2 Qb6+ (23... Rxh5 24. Nxd8 Ne3 $19) 24. Bf2 Nxf2 25. Nxg7+ Kd7
$19) 23... Rxh5 24. gxh5 Ng4 {White does not have a sufficient compensation
for the queen. besides the text move, Black could try} (24... Qc7 $5 25. Nf5
Bh8 $17 {/\0-0-0}) 25. Nc6 Qb6+ 26. Kh1 Kf8 27. Rd3 Re8 28. Rdf3 Kg8 {The
outcome of the queen sacrifice is self-evident: White did not get a sufficient
compensation for the queen and has very little chance to save the game.} 29.
Ba5 (29. Rxf7 $4 Rxe1 $19) 29... Qc5 30. Rxf7 Ne3 31. h6 Bxh6 32. Re7 Rf8 {
The simplest. Now White is deprived of the last hope.} 33. Rxf8+ Bxf8 34. Bb4
Qb6 35. Re6 Nxg2 36. Kxg2 Kh7 37. Re4 Qb7 38. Rg4 Qf7 39. Nd4 Qxd5+ 40. Nf3 Be7
0-1

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 29th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1999.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h3 a6 8. Bg2 g5
9. Be3 (9. h4 Rg8 10. hxg5 hxg5 11. Be3 Nbd7 12. f3 Ne5 13. Bf1 Be7 14. Qd2
Nfd7 15. O-O-O Nf8 16. Rh5 Bd7 17. Qf2 Bc6 18. Be2 Rc8 19. Kb1 Qc7 20. Rdh1 b5
21. Rh8 Rxh8 22. Rxh8 {1-0 Pyhala,A-Hakulinen,E/FIN 1991/EXT 97 (54)}) 9...
Nbd7 10. Qe2 Ne5 (10... Qc7 11. O-O-O Rb8 12. h4 Rg8 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. f4 gxf4
15. Bxf4 Rxg4 16. Ndb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Qa5 18. Nxd6+ Bxd6 19. Bxd6 {1-0
Mikhaletz,L-Vegh,E/Budapest 1998/CBM 63 ext (30)}) 11. O-O-O Bd7 (11... Qc7 12.
f4 gxf4 13. Bxf4 b5 14. Qf2 Nfd7 15. Kb1 Bb7 16. Rhe1 Be7 17. Nce2 O-O-O 18.
Bc1 Nc5 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Sax,G/BL9293 1993/GER-chT (62)}) 12. Nf3 $1 Qa5 13.
Kb1 Be7 14. Nxe5 dxe5 (14... Qxe5 $2 {is bad in view of} 15. Bd4 Qa5 16. e5)
15. h4 Rg8 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Rh6 Bc6 18. Qf3 Nd7 19. Rh7 (19. Nd5 {is met} exd5
20. exd5 Bb5 21. d6 Bc6) 19... Nf6 (19... Rf8 {deserved serious attention here.
}) 20. Rh6 Nd7 21. Bf1 Rd8 (21... b5 {is strongly met} 22. Nd5 exd5 23. Rxc6 (
23. exd5 Bb7) 23... d4 24. Bd2 Bb4 25. c3 dxc3 26. Bxc3 $40) 22. Bc4 Nf8 $2 ({
After this mistake White develops an irresistible attack. Both} 22... b5 23.
Bb3 Nc5 (23... b4 $2 24. Nd5 $1 exd5 25. Rxc6 $18)) ({and} 22... Nc5 23. Rxd8+
(23. Nd5 $143 $2 Nxe4 24. Bb6 Nd2+ $19 (24... Qxb6 25. Nxb6 Nc3+ $19 {!}))
23... Qxd8 {yielded Black some counterchances.}) 23. Nd5 $3 {[%cal Ge3b6,Gd5b6,
Gd5c7][%mdl 640] Threatening 24.Bb6 followed by 25.Nc7#.} exd5 24. exd5 Qb4 (
24... Bb5 {was more stubborn, although after} 25. Bb6 {Black's position is
very difficult.}) 25. dxc6 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Qxc4 27. b3 Qb4 28. a3 $1 (28. c7 {
fails to} Qc3) 28... Qa5 (28... Qb5 {is strongly met by} 29. c4) 29. cxb7 Nd7 (
29... Qc7 {is refuted by} 30. Qd5 Nd7 (30... Ne6 31. Ba7 Nf4 32. b8=Q+ Qxb8 33.
Qc6+ $18) 31. Rxa6 {followed by 32.Ra8 and 33.Ba7, with the decisive threats.})
30. Rc6 Bd8 31. Rc8 Ke7 ({If} 31... Rg6 {then} 32. b4 Qxa3 33. Rxd8+ Kxd8 34.
b8=Q+) 32. Bc5+ (32. Bc5+ Ke8 33. Qd6 {/\Qe7#}) 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 19th"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "1999.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Manik, Mikulas"]
[Black "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1999.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Be7 8. Rg1
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Be3 Nc6 (11... a6 12. Bg2 (12. g5 hxg5 13.
hxg5 e5 14. Nb3 Qxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Bf5 16. Bg2 Nc6 17. c3 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19.
Bd5 Bg6 20. Nd2 Bd6 21. Rg4 Kc7 22. Nc4 b5 23. Nxd6 {1/2-1/2 Ljubojevic,L-Sax,
G/Luzern 1989/CBM 16 (23)}) 12... Qa5+ 13. c3 Bxh4 14. Rh1 Be7 15. Rh5 Qc7 16.
g5 Bd7 17. Qe2 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Bxc6+ Qxc6 20. O-O-O Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8
22. gxh6 gxh6 23. Rxh6 Rxh6 24. Bxh6 Ke8 {0-1 Martinovic,S-Jansa,V/Vrnjacka
Banja 1983/MCD (40)}) 12. Bg2 (12. g5 hxg5 13. hxg5 Bd7 14. c3 (14. Bg2 Qa5+
15. c3 O-O-O 16. Qb3 Qa6 17. Bf1 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Qa5 19. Bg2 Qa6 20. Bf1 Qa5 21.
Bg2 Qa6 22. a4 Bc6 23. Bxc6 Qxc6 24. O-O-O Bc5 {1-0 Horvath,J-Jasnikowski,Z/
Haifa 1989/EU-chT (45)}) 14... Rh1 15. Rxh1 Qxh1 16. Qf3 Qxf3 17. Nxf3 e5 18.
Bd3 O-O-O 19. Be4 f6 {1/2-1/2 Ljubojevic,L-Timman,J/Hilversum 1987/CBM 05 (29)}
) (12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Qd2 e5 14. O-O-O Be6 {1/2-1/2 Luther,T-Rasik,V/Ostrava
1992/CBM 33 (14)}) 12... Qa5+ 13. c3 $5 (13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Ne5 15. Bf1
Bxh4 16. Rd1 a6 17. f4 Ng6 18. Kc1 e5 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Nf5 Bg5 21. Nxg7+ Kf8
22. Bxg5 hxg5 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. gxf5 g4 {1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,A-Timman,J/
Montpellier 1985/Candidates (32)}) 13... Bd7 (13... Nxd4 {deserved serious
attention here:} 14. Qxd4 (14. Bxd4 $6 e5 15. Be3 (15. b4 $2 Bxb4 $17 (15...
Qc7 $17)) 15... Bxh4 $13) 14... e5 15. Qd2 Bxh4 16. O-O-O $13) 14. Qb3 Nxd4 $6
({Better was} 14... O-O-O 15. O-O-O $14) ({or} 14... Qc7 15. O-O-O $14) 15.
Bxd4 O-O 16. Qxb7 $1 Rfd8 17. a4 Bxh4 18. Qb4 $1 Qxb4 $6 ({The arising ending
is difficult for Black.} 18... Qc7 {was more stubborn, although after} 19. Bxa8
Rxa8 20. O-O-O (20. Qc5 Qf4 $5 (20... Qb7 21. O-O-O) 21. Qe5 $140 $2 Bxf2+ $1)
20... Rb8 21. Qc5 Qb7 22. Rd2 {Black has no sufficient compensation for the
exchange.}) 19. cxb4 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Gg2a8,Gd4a7,Gb4b5,Ga4a5,Gb2b3][%mdl 4096]
} Rac8 (19... Rab8 20. b5 (20. Bxa7 $2 Rxb4 $36) 20... Bxb5 21. Bxa7) 20. Bxa7
Bf6 $6 (20... Rc2 $5 {deserved serious attention here.}) 21. b5 Bxb2 $2 ({
Again,} 21... Rc2 {was to be preferred.}) 22. Rd1 e5 23. Bb7 $1 {This
continuation yields White decisive advantage.} Rc2 (23... Rc7 $2 24. Bb6) 24.
Rg3 $1 {[%csl Rd7,Rd8][%cal Gd1d8,Gg3d3] Threatening 25.Rgd3 and 25.Bb6.} (24.
Bb6 $2 Bc3+ 25. Kf1 Bxb5+) 24... Bd4 ({If} 24... Bc3+ {then} 25. Rxc3 Rxc3 26.
Bb6 {winning.}) 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Rxd4 Re8+ 27. Re3 Be6 28. a5 {Now the march
of the advanced queenside pawns desides the game.} Rb8 29. a6 Ra2 30. b6 g6 31.
Ree4 Ra1+ 32. Ke2 Bb3 33. Rd7 Ra2+ 34. Ke3 1-0

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dworakowska, Joanna"]
[Black "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 (5... e6 6. Be3 a6 7. g4 h6
8. f4 Qb6 9. a3 Bd7 10. Bg1 Qc7 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. h3 Be7 14. Kb1
Nxd4 15. Bxd4 e5 16. Be3 exf4 17. Bxf4 Rhe8 18. Bg2 Be6 19. Rd4 Nd7 20. Rhd1
Ne5 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Bf6 23. Bf1 Re6 24. Qd2 Kd7 25. h4 {1-0 Hracek,
Z-Stocek,J/CZE-chT 9596 1996/EXT 98 (69)}) 6. Be3 Ng4 (6... e6 7. g4 h6 8. f4
Qb6 9. a3 Nc6 (9... Bd7 10. Bg1 Qc7 11. h3 Nc6 12. Qd2 Be7 13. O-O-O g5 14.
fxg5 hxg5 15. Be2 Rg8 16. Be3 b5 17. Rhf1 b4 18. axb4 Nxb4 19. Kb1 Rb8 20. Bxg5
Nfd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Rxg5 23. Qf4 Rg7 24. Qh6 Bf8 25. dxe6 Bxe6 26. Bxa6
Qc3 27. Bb5+ Rxb5 28. Nxb5 {1-0 Svidler,P-Hracek,Z/Bad Homburg 1997/CBM 60 (46)
}) 10. Be2 Qc7 11. Nb3 b5 12. Bf3 Bb7 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14. O-O-O Be7 15. h4 Nd7
16. g5 g6 17. Kb1 h5 18. Qf2 Kb8 19. Rhe1 Rhe8 20. a4 bxa4 21. Nxa4 Bf8 22. Nb6
Nc5 23. Nxc5 dxc5 24. Nc4 Na5 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Polgar,J/Leon 1996/CBM 54 (36)})
7. Bc1 Nf6 8. Be3 e6 9. g4 h6 10. f4 Qb6 11. a3 Bd7 12. h3 $6 {Svidler opted
in this position for Bg1 and managed to develop dangerous initiative in his
game against Hracek, Bad Homburg 1999 (see my annotations to this game in CBM
60. The text move allows Black to grab the b2-pawn.} e5 $1 ({The strongest
objection to White's setup. Premature} 12... Qxb2 {is refuted by} 13. Nde2 $1 {
(threatening 14.Ra2 winning the queen)} Bb5 14. Bd4 $1 {, and Black loses his
queen.}) 13. Nf5 Qxb2 {[%cal Gd7a4,Gb2c3,Gb2a1][%mdl 1024] Courageous and
probably right decision. The black queen will be exposed to manifold threats
within several moves, but Black has enough resources to justify his courageous
undertaking.} 14. Kd2 $6 ({Consequent, but, probably, not the strongest move.} 
14. Bd2 $5 Qb6 15. Bg2 {was an interesting alternative here.} (15. g5 $2 {
fails to} hxg5 16. fxg5 Nxe4 $17)) 14... exf4 15. Bf2 Nc6 16. Bd3 ({Certainly,
not} 16. Ra2 $4 Nxe4+ {winning}) (16. Bg2 {falls short after} Na5 {, and if}
17. Ra2 {then} Nc4+ 18. Kd3 Qxa2 $1 19. Nxa2 Nb2+) 16... Na5 {[%csl Rd2][%cal
Ga5b3,Gb2d2] Threatening 17...Nb3+.} 17. Ra2 Nb3+ 18. Ke2 Qxc3 19. cxb3 Bxf5
20. exf5 Be7 21. Bd4 (21. Rc2 Qe5+ (21... Qxb3 $4 22. Rc8+ $18) 22. Kf1 O-O (
22... Nd5 $5) 23. Re2 Qd5 {should be sufficient for win.}) 21... Qc6 (21...
Qxd4 $4 {loses on the spot in view of} 22. Bb5+) 22. Kf2 O-O $17 {/-+} 23. Qf3
d5 24. Qxf4 Bc5 $1 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gc5f2] Bishop exchange deprives White of
the last chance.} 25. Rc2 Bxd4+ 26. Qxd4 Qd6 {[%cal Gd6a3]} 27. a4 Rfe8 {
[%csl Re4][%cal Ge8e1,Gf6e4] Gaining control over the open e-file and
prepariing the knight's thrust in center,} 28. Rd2 Rad8 29. h4 $2 {Simplfying
Black's task.} (29. Kg2 {was to be preferred, altough after} Ne4 {Black should
easily win.}) 29... h5 $1 $19 {This pawn advancement ruinates White's pawn
fomation on the kingside and catalizes Blacks attack.} 30. gxh5 Nxh5 31. Rg1
Qh6 32. Bf1 Re4 $1 {The decisive rook thrust.} 33. Qxe4 Qxd2+ 34. Qe2 Qd4+ (
34... Qd4+ 35. Qe3 Qxh4+) 0-1

[Event "Presov"]
[Site "Presov"]
[Date "1999.08.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Votava, Jan"]
[Black "Stohl, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1999.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h3 Nc6 8. Bg2
a6 9. Be3 Ne5 10. f4 ({An interesiting attempt to seize initiative. The most
common continuation here is:} 10. Qe2 g5 11. O-O-O (11. f4 gxf4 12. Bxf4 Bd7
13. Nf3 Qc7 14. O-O-O Be7 15. Qf2 O-O-O 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Be3 Be8 18. Bb6 {
1-0 Movsesian,S-Mirumian,V/Zagan 1997/CBM 59 ext (18)}) 11... Bd7 (11... Qc7
12. f4 gxf4 13. Bxf4 Bd7 14. Rhf1 {1/2-1/2 Nikolenko,O-Dydyshko,V/Berlin 1995/
CBM 47 ext (14)}) 12. f4 gxf4 13. Bxf4 Rc8 (13... Qc7 14. Nf3 O-O-O 15. Qf2 Be7
16. Qa7 Nxf3 17. Bxf3 Bc6 18. Rd3 Nd7 19. Rhd1 Ne5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Nd5 exd5
22. exd5 e4 23. dxc6 Rxd3 24. cxb7+ Kd7 25. Rxd3+ exd3 26. Qd4+ Bd6 {0-1
Velimirovic,D-Ilincic,Z/Novi Sad 1995/CBM 49 (45)}) 14. Rhf1 Be7 15. Qf2 Rxc3
16. bxc3 Qa5 17. Kb1 Nc4 18. Bc1 Bb5 19. Nb3 Qxc3 20. Qd4 Qb4 21. Rxf6 {
1-0 Wallace,J-Allen,A/Melbourne 1993/EXT 97 (21)}) 10... Nc4 11. Qe2 Nxb2 ({
After} 11... Nxe3 $6 12. Qxe3 $40 {/\e5, /\0-0-0, White obtains dangerous
initiative.}) 12. O-O (12. Rb1 {falls short after} Qc7 (12... Na4 $5 13. Nxa4
Qa5+) 13. Bd2 Nc4) 12... Qc7 13. Ncb5 Qa5 (13... axb5 $5 {was worth
considering:} 14. Qxb5+ (14. Nxb5 $2 Qc4 15. Qxc4 Nxc4 16. Nc7+ Kd8 17. Nxa8
Nxe3 $19) 14... Bd7 15. Qxb2 Be7 16. e5 $13) 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Rab1
(16. Nd6+ {deserved attention here:} Bxd6 17. exd6 O-O 18. Rab1 Qc3 $13) 16...
axb5 ({After} 16... Na4 $6 17. Bd2 $36 {White's has dangerous initiative.}) 17.
Rxb2 b4 18. Nb5 Be7 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. exd6 Qe5 {[%csl Rb2,Rd6][%cal Ge5b2,
Ge5d6]} (20... O-O $6 {is strongly met by} 21. Qd2) 21. Rxb4 Qxd6 22. c3 O-O
23. h4 $1 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gg4g5] Beginning the pawn advancement on the
kingside, aimed at opening the h-file and weakening Black's pawn strucrture.} (
23. Bxb7 $2 {is refuted by} Bxb7 24. Rxb7 Qg3+ {, and Black wins.}) 23... Ne5 (
23... Qa6 $5 {deserved here serious attention:} 24. Qxa6 (24. Qf2 {is strongly
met by} Ne5) 24... Rxa6 25. Bxb7 (25. a4 Ne5) 25... Rxa2 26. Bxc8 Rxc8 27. Rb7
Rxc3 28. Rxd7 (28. Bd4 Rcc2 $19 29. Rxd7 $140 Rg2+ 30. Kh1 Rh2+ 31. Kg1 Rag2#)
28... Rxe3 29. Rfxf7 Re1+ 30. Rf1 Re4 {winning}) 24. g5 hxg5 25. hxg5 {[%csl
Rg8][%cal Gb4h4,Ge2h5,Gh4h8]} Qd3 {Trying to decrease White's attacking
chances by trading queens. Yet, also without queens White has great attacking
potential.} 26. Qxd3 Nxd3 27. Rh4 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gg2e4,Ge4d3,Ge4h7,Gh7g8,
Gh4h7] Threatening 28.Be4.} Ne5 28. Be4 f5 {[%mdl 64] And the draw was agreed.}
(28... g6 $2 {loses to} 29. Bd4) ({After} 28... f5 29. gxf6 (29. Bd4 $2 Ng6 $19
) 29... Rxf6 (29... Rxa2 $4 30. Bh7+ Kf7 31. fxg7+ $18) (29... gxf6 30. Bd4 $1
$40 (30. Kf2 f5 31. Rg1+ Ng4+) 30... Bd7 (30... Rxa2 $2 31. Bxe5 fxe5 32. Rh8+
Kxh8 33. Rxf8+ Kg7 34. Rxc8 $18) 31. Rf2 {/\32.Be5, followed by 33.Rg4+ and 34.
Rh2#.}) 30. Bd4 {White has full compensation for the sacrificed pawn.}) (28...
Ng6 $2 29. Bxg6 fxg6 30. Rh8+ Kxh8 31. Rxf8+ Kh7 32. Bd4 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "VISA Nordic GP Final"]
[Site "Gentofte"]
[Date "1999.08.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Borge, Nikolaj"]
[Black "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. f4 e5
9. Nf5 h5 $1 {This move became very popular after Kasparov played it in his
game against Shirov in Linares, 1998 (see my annotations in CBM 64). Before
this game, the most popular continuation in this position was 9...Nc6 (also
Kasparov's choice) 10.Qf3 (10.Be2 g6 11.Ng3 exf4 12.Bxf4 Ne5 13.Qd4 Be6 14.
0-0-0 Qa5 15.Kb1 Be7 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.exd5 Nfd7 18.Ne4+/- Shirov A.-Kamsky G./
Monte Carlo (Monaco) 1996.) 10...g6 11.0-0-0 gxf5 12.exf5 e4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.
Qxe4+ Qe7 15.Qd3 Bg7 16.Bd2 0-0 17.g5 hxg5 18.fxg5 Qe5 19.f6 Bf5 20.Qg3 Rfc8
21.Bc3 Nb4 22.Bxe5 Rxc2+ 23.Kb1 Re2+ 24.Ka1 Nc2+ 25.Kb1 Na3+ 1/2-1/2 Anand,
V-Kasparov,G/Dos Hermanas 1996. Other moves played by Black in this position
are: 9...ef4 and 9...g6 - see Hansen's detailed survey in CBM 54.]} 10. h3 ({
White tried several other continuations in this position:} 10. g5 Nxe4 (10...
Ng4 11. Bg1 Bxf5 12. exf5 exf4 13. Nd5 Nd7 14. Qd2 Be7 15. h4 O-O 16. O-O-O f3
17. Nf4 Nde5 18. Nxh5 f6 19. Nf4 Qd7 20. Ne6 Rfc8 {1-0 Rau,J-Hoffmann,H/Wuert
1997/EXT 99 (30)}) 11. Nxe4 Bxf5 12. Bg2 Nc6 13. O-O Qd7 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. Bf4
Be7 16. Nxd6+ Bxd6 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Qxd7+ Kxd7 19. Rxf5 f6 20. Bxb7 Ra7 21.
Bd5 Bxb2 22. Rd1 Be5 23. gxf6 gxf6 24. Rxh5 Rxh5 25. Bf7+ Kc6 26. Bxh5 {
1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Shirov,A/Polanica Zdroj 1998/CBM 67 noVC (26)}) (10. Nd5 Nxd5
11. Qxd5 Nc6 (11... g6 12. O-O-O gxf5 13. exf5 Nc6 14. Bc4 Qf6 15. fxe5 Nxe5
16. g5 Qxf5 17. Bb3 Qf3 18. Qd2 Qc6 19. Rhf1 Be6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Rf6 O-O-O
22. Rxe6 Bg7 {0-1 Svidler,P-Topalov,V/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (22)}) 12. O-O-O
Be6 13. Nxd6+ Bxd6 14. Qxd6 Bxg4 15. Qxd8+ Nxd8 16. Rd6 exf4 17. Bxf4 Ne6 18.
Be5 Bf3 19. Rg1 Bxe4 20. Bh3 Rd8 21. Rb6 Bc6 22. Rb3 Rg8 23. Re3 g6 24. Bf6 Rd6
25. c4 {1-0 Shirov,A-Topalov,V/Monte Carlo 1998/CBM 63 ext (71)}) (10. gxh5
exf4 11. Bxf4 Nxh5 12. Nxd6+ Bxd6 13. Bxd6 Qh4+ 14. Kd2 Qg5+ 15. Ke1 Qh4+ 16.
Kd2 Qg5+ 17. Ke1 Qh4+ {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Kasparov,G/Linares 1998/CBM 64 (17)})
10... hxg4 11. Qd3 g6 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Bg5 Nbd7 15. Rd1 ({If} 
15. O-O-O {then} Kc7 16. Ne3 Bh6 $17) 15... Kc7 16. Ne3 Rh5 $1 (16... Bh6 $2 {
loses after} 17. hxg4 Bxg5 $140 18. Ned5+ $18) 17. Ned5+ Nxd5 18. Nxd5+ Kb8 19.
Bd8 b5 20. Bc7+ Kb7 21. Be2 Rxh3 22. O-O g3 23. b4 (23. Rxf7 $2 {loses to} Bc5+
24. Kg2 Rh2+ 25. Kxg3 Rxe2 $19) 23... Rh2 $1 24. Bg4 Rf2 25. Ba5 ({After} 25.
Rxf2 gxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Nf6 $17 {Black has a large advantage.}) 25... Nb6 26. Bxc8+
$2 ({After this mistake White is lost.} 26. Nxb6 $142 Bxg4 27. Nxa8 Bxd1 28.
Rxd1 Bh6 29. Nc7 Be3 30. Rd3 (30. Nd5 Ba7 $1 {, and White is defenseless.})
30... Re2+ (30... Bd4 31. Rxg3 Rxc2+ 32. Kh1 Rxc7 33. Bxc7 Kxc7 34. Rf3) 31.
Kf1 g2+ 32. Kxe2 g1=Q 33. Rxe3 $13) 26... Nxc8 27. Nc7 Bxb4 $1 28. Bxb4 ({Or} 
28. Nxa8 Bxa5 $19) 28... Kxc7 29. Ba5+ Kc6 30. Rd8 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 f5 $1 {
Logical and strong continuation. Black starts advancing his pawn armada on the
king side.} 32. Kg2 f4 33. a3 g5 34. Re8 g4 35. Rxe5 Nd6 36. Re6 Kd7 37. Rg6
Nc4 38. Rg7+ Ke6 39. Bc7 Ra7 $1 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Ga7g7] Preparing the decicive
exchange sacrifice, enabling further advancement of the black pawns.} 40. Rg6+
Kf7 41. Rc6 Rxc7 $1 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gc4e3,Gf4f3,Gg3g2][%mdl 512] This
exchange sacrifice decides the game on the spot. White cannot prevent further
advancement of the kingside black pawns.} 42. Rxc7+ Ke6 {Threatening 43...Ne3,
followed by 44...e3.} 43. Kg1 f3 {White is defenseless against the threat 44...
f2+ followed by 45...Ne3.} 0-1

[Event "Ptuj zt"]
[Site "Ptuj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Atlas, Valeri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Be7 8. g5
hxg5 9. Bxg5 Nc6 10. Qd2 d5 $1 $146 (10... Qb6 11. Nb3 $14 {/\0-0-0}) 11. O-O-O
(11. exd5 Nxd5 (11... exd5 12. O-O-O Bg4 13. Re1 $14) 12. Nxc6 (12. Bxe7 Ndxe7
13. O-O-O Qxd4 14. Qxd4 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 Bd7 $15) 12... bxc6 13. Bxe7 (13. Ne4 f5
(13... f6 14. Be3 g5 15. O-O-O) (13... Bxg5 14. Nxg5 Qf6 15. c4 (15. O-O-O Rb8
16. c4 Nb4 17. Qd8+ Qxd8 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Nxf7+ Ke7 20. Nxh8 Nxa2+ 21. Kb1
Nc3+ 22. Kc2 Ne4) 15... Qe5+ 16. Be2 Nf4) 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Ng3 (15. Ng5 Qb4
16. c3 Qf4 17. Qxf4 Nxf4 18. Nf3 Ng6 19. O-O-O e5 20. Nxe5) 15... Rxh4 16. c4
Rxh1 17. Nxh1 Nb6 18. O-O-O $15) 13... Qxe7 $10) (11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O-O Rb8
$132) 11... dxe4 (11... Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 (12... f6) 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 (13... Qxd4
14. Qg5 $1 $16) 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qc3 O-O 16. Bg2 $14) 12. Bb5 (12. Nxc6 Qxd2+
13. Rxd2 bxc6 14. Bg2 (14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxe4 Be5 $1 $15) 14... Nd5 (14... Bb4
15. Bxe4) 15. Nxe4 $13 f6 16. Be3 f5 (16... Nxe3 17. fxe3) 17. Ng5) 12... Bd7 (
12... Qb6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nxe4 Bxd4 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. Nd6+ Kf8 17. Qxd4 Qxd4
18. Rxd4 $10) 13. Qe2 (13. Qe3 Qb6 (13... Nd5 14. Qxe4 Bxg5+ (14... Nxc3 15.
bxc3 Bxg5+ 16. hxg5 Rxh1 17. Rxh1 Qxg5+ 18. f4) 15. hxg5 Qxg5+ 16. f4) 14. Nxe4
{to analyze}) 13... Qb6 14. Bxc6 (14. Be3 Qc7 $15) 14... bxc6 (14... Bxc6 $5
15. Nxc6 (15. Be3 Bc5) 15... Qxc6 16. Rhe1 $6 (16. Bxf6 gxf6 (16... Bxf6 17.
Nxe4 Be7 18. h5 Rd8 19. Qg4) 17. Nxe4 f5 (17... Rd8 18. h5 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 f5
20. Nc3) 18. Ng3) 16... Bb4 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qxe4 Bxc3 $15) 15. Nxe4 c5 (15...
Rb8 16. Nb3 c5) 16. Nf3 Rb8 (16... Nxe4 $1 17. Qxe4 (17. Bxe7 Rb8 $1 $17 (17...
Kxe7 18. Qxe4 Bc6)) 17... Rb8 18. b3 Bc6 19. Qe2 (19. Qe3 Qb7 $17) (19. Qf4 Qb7
20. Ne5 Bxg5 21. Qxg5 Bxh1 22. Qxg7 Rf8 23. Nc4 Qf3 24. Qe5) 19... Qb7 20. Rh3
$15) 17. b3 Bb5 (17... Nxe4 $1 18. Qxe4 Bc6 19. Qe2 Qb7 20. Rh3 f6 21. Bd2 e5
$13) 18. c4 Bc6 19. Nd6+ $6 (19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Bf4 Qb7 (20... e5 21. Nxe5 $1
$14) (20... a5 $1 $15 {/\a4}) 21. Rh3 $10) 19... Bxd6 $17 20. Rxd6 Ne4 $1 21.
Rhd1 Nxd6 22. Rxd6 Qc7 (22... O-O 23. Ne5 Rbc8 24. Nd7 Bxd7 (24... Qc7 $2 25.
Nf6+ $18) 25. Rxb6 axb6 $10) 23. Qe5 {/\Re6} O-O (23... Rc8 $2 24. Rd8+ $1 Qxd8
25. Bxd8 Rxd8 26. Qxg7 Rf8 27. Ne5 $18) 24. Nh2 (24. Qxc5 Rfc8 25. Ne5 Be8 26.
Qd4 Rb6 $17) 24... Bd7 (24... Be4 25. Bf6 (25. Ng4 f6 (25... Rb6 26. Nf6+ gxf6
27. Bxf6 Rxd6 28. Qg5+ Bg6 29. Qh6 Rd1+ 30. Kxd1) (25... Bf5 26. Nf6+ (26. Bf6
Qa5 27. Nh6+ gxh6 28. Qg3+ Bg6 (28... Bg6) 29. h5) 26... gxf6 27. Qxf6 Qxd6 28.
Bh6 Qd4) 26. Qxe6+ (26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27. Qxe4 fxg5) (26. Bxf6 Rxf6 (26... Bf5)
27. Nxf6+ gxf6 28. Qxe6+) 26... Qf7 27. Qxe4 fxg5 28. Nh6+ gxh6 29. Rg6+) 25...
gxf6 26. Qxf6 Qxd6 $19) 25. Bf6 gxf6 26. Qxf6 Qd8 (26... Rfd8 27. Ng4 Qxd6 28.
Qh6 Qd4 29. Nf6+ Qxf6 30. Qxf6 $10) (26... Rfc8 $5 27. Ng4 Qxd6 28. Nh6+ Kh7
29. Nxf7 Qf8) 27. Qh6 (27. Ng4 Qxf6 28. Nxf6+ Kg7 29. Nxd7 Rfd8 30. Rd3 Rbc8
31. Nxc5 $15) 27... Rb6 28. Rxb6 axb6 29. Ng4 f6 30. Qg6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nepomnishay, Mikhail I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 b5 8. g5
Nfd7 9. a3 Bb7 (9... Nb6 10. Qg4 $1 N8d7 11. Rd1 Ne5 12. Qg3 Qc7 13. f4 Nec4
14. Bc1 Bb7 15. Bg2 $16 {Aseev,K-Sakaev,K/URS-ch/ 1991}) 10. h4 Nb6 (10... Nc6
11. h5 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Ne5 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. Qd2 Rc8 15. Rh3 $16 {Renet,O -
Summermatter,D/ SWZ-chI (08)/ 1992/ 1-0/ 25}) 11. h5 N8d7 12. g6 $1 {The
strongest continuation. This excellent move was introduced into tournament
practice by Michael Adams.Preparement of the pawn breakthrough by 12. Rh3 or
12. Rg1 does not promise to White any advantage: 12. Rh3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14.
Nxd5 Bxd5 <=> Mainka,R- Espig,L Dortmund B 1990, or} (12. Rg1 g6 13. Rh1 Bg7 (
13... Rg8 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Rh7 Bg7 16. Qf3 Nf8 17. Rxg7 Rxg7 18. O-O-O Rh7 19.
Ndxb5 axb5 20. Bxb5+ Nbd7 21. Rxd6 Rc8 {-/+ Vuruna,M-Cvetkovic,S/Beograd (C.
Zvezda) 1977}) 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Rxh8+ Bxh8 16. Qg4 Qe7 17. O-O-O Rc8 18. f4
Rxc3 19. bxc3 Bxe4 20. Qh3 Bg7 21. Kd2 d5 $17 {Torre,E-Espig,L/Polanica Zdroj
1977}) 12... hxg6 13. hxg6 {[%csl Re6,Rf7]} Rxh1 14. gxf7+ Kxf7 ({The only
move. After} 14... Ke7 15. Qg4 Qc8 16. Qxe6+ Kd8 17. Qe8+ Kc7 18. Ne6+ {
Black's position is simply unbearable:} Kb8 (18... Kc6 19. Nd5 Rxf1+ 20. Kxf1
Nxd5 21. exd5+ Kxd5 22. Nxf8 Kc6 (22... Ne5 23. Rd1+ Ke4 24. Rd4+ Kf5 25. Rf4+
{1-0 Kotronias,V-Georgiev,K/Karditsa 1994}) 23. Qe4+ Kc7 24. Ne6+ Kb8 25. Qf4
Qc4+ 26. Qxc4 bxc4 27. f8=Q+ Nxf8 28. Nxf8 Be4 29. Ne6 Bb7 30. Nd4 {1-0
Forster-Weigler/SMM/5, SW 1993}) 19. Nxf8 Nxf8 20. Bxb6 Bc6 21. Qe7 Nd7 22.
Qxd6+ Kb7 23. Bd4 {+/-/+-Zontakh,A-Sakaev,K/St-Peterburg 1994}) 15. Qf3+ Nf6 ({
A new move, although one known might have been a better idea.} 15... Qf6 16.
Qxh1 Ne5 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Bxb6 $16 {Adams,M-Hansen,C/Wijk aan Zee 1991}) 16.
Qxh1 Qc7 17. Nf3 $1 ({White keeps a clear advantage after} 17. Bh3 Re8 18. Nf3
Bc8 19. Ng5+ {, but the move chosen by Svidler is undoubtedly the strongest.})
17... Kg8 18. Ng5 Re8 19. O-O-O $1 {Preparing the decisive mobilization at
h-file.} d5 $2 (19... g6 $142 $16 {/+-}) 20. Qh3 $1 Bc8 (20... Bxa3 $2 21. Bxb6
$18) 21. Bxb5 $1 {[%cal Gd1h1,Gh1h8] The final blow. Now after 21...ab5 (21...
e5 22.Qh4) 22.Rh1 mate is inevitable.} 1-0

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "1999.01.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Rytshagov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1999.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2048]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7.
h4 Be7 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. g5 hxg5 10. hxg5 Rxh1+ 11. Bxh1 Nh7 12. f4 Nxd4 (12... Nf8
13. Nf3 Qb6 14. Qd3 Bd7 15. a3 Rc8 16. b3 Ng6 17. Bd2 a6 18. Ne2 Qc7 19. Bg2 d5
20. exd5 exd5 21. Qxd5 Bg4 22. Qe4 {1-0 Tal,M-Jansa,V/Tallinn 1983/MCD (32)}) (
12... g6 13. Qd2 (13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qxd8+ Kxd8 16. Bxc6 Rb8 17. Be3
Kc7 18. Ba4 Rb4 19. fxe5 Nxg5 20. O-O-O a6 21. Be8 Nf3 22. Bxf7 Nxe5 23. Be8 g5
24. a3 Rxb2 {1/2-1/2 Kruppa,Y-Epishin,V/Minsk 1990/CBM 17 (41)}) 13... e5 14.
Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qh2 Nf8 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Qxe5 Qb6 18. Qg3 Ba6 19. Bd2 O-O-O 20.
O-O-O Ne6 21. Bg2 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Bxg5 23. Bh3 Bxd2+ 24. Kxd2 Qd4+ {1/2-1/2
Kruppa,Y-Razuvaev,Y/Irkutsk 1986/TD (28)}) 13. Qxd4 e5 14. fxe5 Nxg5 (14...
Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. exd6 Qh4+ 17. Kd2 Qf4+ 18. Kd3 Qg3+ 19. Kc4 Be6+ 20. Kb4
Rc8 21. Rg1 Rc4+ 22. Kb5 Qh2 23. d7+ Kd8 24. Qxa7 {1-0 Lobron,E-Spraggett,K/
Dortmund 1984/MCL/[ChessBase] (58)}) 15. exd6 ({This continuation does not
promise White an advantageous play.} 15. Be3 Ne6 16. Qd5 Bg5 $1 17. Bf2 {
sharp complications led to equality:} dxe5 18. Qxe5 Qd2+ 19. Kf1 Qxc2 20. Nd5
Bd7 21. Kg1 Bc1 22. Bf3 Bxb2 23. Qd6 Bf6 24. Kg2 Qc6 25. Qa3 Qa4 26. Qd6 Qc6
27. Qa3 Nf4+ 28. Kh1 Ne6 29. Kg2 {1/2-1/2 Van den Doel,E-Rytshagov,M/Amsterdam
1995/EXT 97/(29)}) 15... Ne6 16. Qd3 Bxd6 {[%csl Re1,Rh1][%cal Gd8h4,Gh4e1,
Gh4h1] Threatening ...Qh4+.} (16... Qxd6 $5 $11 {also deserved seruous
attention here.}) 17. Be3 {The only move, allowing to keep balance.} Qh4+ 18.
Kd2 Qh2+ 19. Qe2 (19. Ne2 {allows a very unpleasant knight thrust} Nf4 $40 {
In the occuring ending both sides has equal chances.}) 19... Qxe2+ 20. Nxe2 (
20. Kxe2 {is strongly met by} Be5 ({Certainly, not} 20... b6 $4 {/\Ba6+} 21. e5
$18)) 20... Be5 21. c3 b6 22. Bd4 f6 23. Bf3 Ba6 24. Bg4 Ke7 ({After the text
move the draw is inevitable. An interesting attempt to complicate the game
consistent in} 24... Nf4 $5 25. Bxe5 (25. Rh1 Kf7) (25. Rf1 Rd8 $36 (25... Nd3
$5)) 25... fxe5 26. Nxf4 exf4) 25. Bxe5 fxe5 26. Bxe6 Kxe6 27. Rg1 Rh8 (27...
Rd8+ {is met by} 28. Ke1 (28. Ke3 $2 Rd3+ 29. Kf2 Rd2 $19) 28... Rd3 29. Nc1 $5
(29. Rg3) (29. b3 $5 Re3 30. c4) 29... Re3+ $140 30. Kd2 Rxe4 31. Rxg7) 28. b3
$1 ({Certainly not} 28. Rxg7 $4 Rh2 {winning. The text move creates the threat
d3-c4, hence Black should exchange his active bishop for the knight forcing a
draw.}) 28... Bxe2 (28... Rh2 29. c4) 29. Kxe2 Rh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cutro 05th"]
[Site "Cutro"]
[Date "1999.04.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zontakh, Andrey"]
[Black "Georgiev, Krum"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1999.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 b5 8. g5
Nfd7 9. h4 Bb7 10. a3 Be7 (10... Nc6 11. h5 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Ne5 13. Be2 Nc6 14.
Qd2 Be7 15. Rg1 Qa5 16. f4 b4 17. Nd1 d5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Bd3 O-O-O 20. Kf1 {
1-0 Chandler,M-Yasseen,A/Luzern 1982/EXT 97-B (44)}) 11. Rg1 (11. Qg4 Nc6 (
11... Ne5 12. Qg3 Qc7 13. O-O-O Nbd7 14. Kb1 Nb6 15. f4 Nec4 16. Bc1 Rc8 17.
Rh3 d5 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. h5 O-O {0-1 Dobrowolski,
P-Pieniazek,A/Krynica 1997/CBM 61 ext (42)}) 12. O-O-O (12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. O-O-O
Rb8 14. Qg3 Qc7 15. h5 a5 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Rc8 18. Bd3 Ne5 19. Kd2 O-O 20.
Bd4 Bxg5+ 21. f4 Bh6 22. Ke2 Nxd3 23. cxd3 f6 {0-1 Kotronias,V-Georgiev,K/Ano
Liosia 1997/EXT 98 (32)}) 12... Nce5 13. Qg2 Rc8 14. f4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16.
f5 Nc5 17. g6 hxg6 18. fxg6 Rxc3 19. gxf7+ Kxf7 20. bxc3 Qa5 21. h5 Rxh5 22.
Rxh5 Qxa3+ 23. Kb1 Na4 24. Rf1+ Bf6 25. Rxf6+ Kg8 26. Rh8+ {1-0 Popovic,
P-Georgiev,K/Thessaloniki 1988/TD (26)}) 11... Nc6 12. Nxc6 $6 {White's plan
based on setting his queen in the center, yields Black a good counterplay.}
Bxc6 13. Qd4 O-O 14. O-O-O Qc7 15. h5 Nc5 16. f3 (16. h6 e5 17. Qd2 Nxe4 $17)
16... Rfd8 17. Kb1 Rab8 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Ga6a5,Gb5b4] Preparing advnacement of
the a- and b-pawns yielding Black dangerous initiative on the queenside.} 18.
h6 (18. g6 {is strongly met by} Bf6) 18... Bf8 19. b4 $6 (19. Rd2 $4 {loses
immediately in view of} e5 20. Qb4 a5) (19. Qd2 {was to be preferred, although
after} a5 {Black has excellent attacking prospects.}) 19... a5 $1 20. g6 {
This desperate attempt to breakthrough on the kingside is convincingly refuted
by Black.} ({Certainly, not} 20. bxc5 $2 dxc5 $19) 20... hxg6 21. Bg5 {
Threatening 22.Bd8 Rd8 23.bc5+-.} Rd7 (21... f6 $2 {yields White strong attack
after} 22. Bxf6 (22. hxg7 $5 $40) 22... gxf6 23. Qxf6 $40) 22. hxg7 (22. bxc5 {
fails to} dxc5 23. Qe3 b4 $1 24. Rxd7 bxc3+) 22... Bxg7 23. e5 axb4 (23... Bxe5
{was another option:} 24. Bf6 Bxf3 $1 (24... Bxd4 $2 25. Rxd4 Qd8 (25... Bxf3
$2 26. Rh4 Bh5 27. Rxh5 {, with inevitable mate on h8.}) 26. Bxd8 Rbxd8 27.
bxc5 dxc5 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Bxb5) 25. Qh4 Bxf6 26. Qxf6 Bxd1 27. Nxd1 (27. Rh1
Bh5) 27... Qd8 $19) 24. exd6 (24. axb4 Bxe5 (24... Na4 $40) 25. Bf6 Bxf3) 24...
Qa7 25. Bf6 Na4 $1 {[%csl Rc3,Rd4][%cal Ga7d4,Ga4c3,Gg7c3,Gb4c3] This knight
thrust deprives White of last chances.} 26. Qxa7 Rxa7 (26... Nxc3+ 27. Bxc3
Rxa7 28. Bxb4) 27. Bxg7 Nxc3+ 28. Bxc3 bxc3 {[%csl Ra3,Rb1][%cal Gb8a8,Ga8a1]}
29. d7 (29. Ka2 b4 (29... Bd5+ $19)) 29... Bxd7 30. Rg4 Rxa3 $1 {[%mdl 4]} (
30... Rxa3 $1 31. Rxd7 Rba8 {, and White is defenseless against the threat ...
Ra1#.}) 0-1

[Event "Radulescu Memorial"]
[Site "Calimanesti"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Solak, Dragan"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1999.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h5 8. g5
Ng4 9. Bc1 Qb6 10. h3 Ne5 11. Nb3 (11. Be2 g6 12. f4 Nec6 13. Nb3 Nd7 (13...
Qc7 14. Be3 Bg7 15. Qd2 O-O 16. O-O-O Rd8 17. Na4 b5 18. Nb6 Bb7 19. Nxa8 Bxa8
20. Kb1 Ne7 21. Bf3 {1-0 Yudasin,L-Van Wely,L/Pula 1997/CBM 57 ext (46)}) 14.
Bf3 Qc7 15. Nd4 Bg7 16. Be3 O-O 17. O-O Nb6 18. Be2 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 e5 20. Be3 {
1/2-1/2 Kalod,R-Fedorchuk,S/Pardubice 1997/CBM 59 ext (53)}) 11... Nbd7 $5 (
11... Qc7 12. f4 Ned7 13. Be3 b5 14. Bd3 g6 15. Bd4 Rg8 16. Qf3 Bb7 17. Rf1 Nc6
18. Be3 Bg7 19. O-O-O Bxc3 20. bxc3 Nb6 21. Qf2 Na4 22. Bd2 Ne7 23. Qd4 Rc8 {
0-1 Anka,E-Sax,G/Gyula 1997/CBM 58 ext (33)}) 12. f4 Nc6 13. Qf3 g6 14. Be3 Qc7
15. f5 (15. Bd3 {deserved serious attention.}) (15. Rh2 $5 {/\Rd2, /\0-0-0 was
another interesting option.}) 15... b5 16. a3 Bb7 $6 17. f6 $2 {A dubious move.
} (17. Bg2 b4 18. axb4 Nxb4 19. Qe2 {was to be preferred.}) 17... b4 {After
this move Black seizes initiative.} 18. axb4 Nxb4 19. O-O-O d5 $1 20. Qf2 (20.
exd5 $6 {falls short after} Bxd5 21. Rxd5 exd5) 20... dxe4 21. Bg2 Rc8 22. Rd2
Nd5 $1 23. Rhd1 Bb4 24. Bxe4 Bxc3 25. bxc3 O-O 26. Bd4 a5 27. c4 Nb4 (27...
Qxc4 28. Nxa5 Qb4 29. Nxb7 {is not very convincing. The text move alows Black
to retain a strong attack on the queenside.}) 28. Bxb7 Qxb7 29. Bb2 ({Eleagant
mate occurs after} 29. Nxa5 Na2#) 29... Nb6 30. Nxa5 Qa6 31. c5 (31. Nb3 {
is bad in view of} Nxc4 {followed by 32...Qa2.}) 31... Na4 $1 32. Nb3 Na2+ 33.
Kb1 N2c3+ 34. Bxc3 Nxc3+ 35. Kb2 ({Certainly, not} 35. Kc1 Qa3#) 35... Nxd1+
36. Rxd1 Ra8 {Despite some exchanges, Black's attack remians dangerous.} 37.
Rd7 Rfb8 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Ga8a1,Gb8b2] Threatening 38....Qa1#.} 38. Kc3 Qc6 39.
Qd4 (39. Rd6 Qe4 40. Qd4 Qf3+ 41. Qd3 Qf4) 39... Qf3+ 40. Qd3 Qf4 41. c6 (41.
Rxf7 {is refuted by} Qe5+ (41... Kxf7 $4 42. Qd7+ Kf8 43. Qe7+ Kg8 44. Qg7#)
42. Kd2 Qxg5+ 43. Ke2 Kxf7) (41. Qd2 Qe5+ 42. Qd4 Qxg5) 41... Qb4+ 42. Kb2 Qa3+
43. Kc3 Qb4+ 44. Kb2 Qa4 (44... Qa4 {(resuming the mate threat 45...Qa1)} 45.
Rb7 Qxc6 $19) 0-1

[Event "Clarin GP final"]
[Site "Villa Gesell"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rosito, Jorge"]
[Black "Valerga, Diego"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1997.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1
h5 9. gxh5 Nxh5 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. Qd2 a6 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Be2 Qb6 14. f4 $2 ({
A serious positional mistake. This continuation allows Black to transform a
game into a better ending. After} 14. Be3 Qc7 {Black wins a tempo, due to
unprotected position of the Ph4.}) ({Standard response} 14. Nb3 {seems to be
the best alternative, though it can lead to very complicated play after} Qxf2
15. h5 $5 {/\h6, with s compensation for the pawn.} (15. Be3 {seems to be
insufficient:} Qxh4 16. Bf3 Ne5 17. Rh1 Nxf3 18. Rxh4 Nxd2 19. Rxh8 Ndxe4 $19))
14... Qxd4 $1 15. Qxd4 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 d5 $1 {An important tactical argument,
capitalizing on White's positional error. Now in view of the threat Bc5, White
has to aggravate his position by exchanging his bishop -the most desirable
scenario for Black in Keres attack!} 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rh1 Bc5 (18... Bh6 {
also deserved a serious attention, e.g.,} 19. exd5 e5 20. Rdd1 Bxf4+ {, with a
large advantage for Black.}) 19. Rd3 d4 20. Nd1 Bd6 21. Rf3 Ke7 {[%cal Ga8g8,
Gg8g2,Rh8h4,Rd7c6,Rc6e4,Gd6f4] Bishop pair, good pawn structure, and high
activity of all pieces vs. fully discoordinated set-up of white pieces and
chronically weak pawns on the kingside - this bilanz promises Black excellent
perspectives for the rest of the game.} 22. Nf2 Rag8 {Setting the control over
the only open line.} 23. Kd1 Bc6 24. h5 f5 25. Bd3 Rh6 26. Rh4 Kf8 $1 {Opening
the square e7 for the bishop.} 27. Ke2 ({Now} 27. Rfh3 {is impossible because
of} Be7 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Ge7h4]}) 27... Rgh8 {Winning the pawn h5. Again, 28.
Rfh3 loses after 28...Be7.} 28. Rg3 Rxh5 $19 29. Rxh5 Rxh5 30. e5 Be7 31. Nh3
Bd5 32. b3 Bh4 33. Rg1 Bd8 34. Rg3 Rh4 {The position is easily won for Black.
He chooses the most obvious winning plan: to exchange the central pawn e5,
after which White is helpless because of the weakness of the pawn f4.} 35. Kf1
f6 36. exf6 Kf7 37. Be2 Kxf6 38. Bf3 Be4 39. Bxe4 fxe4 40. Ke2 Kf5 41. Nf2 Rh2
42. Kf1 Rxf2+ $1 ({The final blow. Now after} 42... Rxf2+ 43. Kxf2 Bh4 {
the pawn endgame is hopeless for White.}) 0-1

[Event "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Site "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Votava, Jan"]
[Black "Tibensky, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1997.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. f4 d5
$6 9. e5 Nfd7 10. Qe2 $146 {A new move, although one known might have been a
better idea.} (10. Qd2 Nc6 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Bd3 g5 13. Nf3 gxf4 14. Bxf4 Ndxe5
15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Bxe5 Bd6 18. Bxh8 Bf4 19. Rhe1+ Be6 20. Re3 d4
21. Bxd4 O-O-O 22. Bf5 Bxf5 23. gxf5 {1-0 Palac,M-Soln,P/Bled op 1996}) 10...
Nc6 11. O-O-O Bc5 $6 ({This conitnuation yields White a durable advantage.
Better was} 11... Bb4 {, with counterchances.}) 12. Nb3 $1 {The best reaction.
After the exchange of the darksquared bishops Black gets a very passive
position.} Bxe3+ (12... Be7 {was a better choice.}) 13. Qxe3 Qb6 14. Qd2 {
White had no reasons to trade the queens, since his attacking chances would be
significantly reduced after 14.Qb6} Nc5 (14... a5) 15. Bg2 Bd7 $4 ({The
decisive mistake.} 15... O-O {was essential, though the position of the black
king is vulnerable and White has ecellent chances for the successful attack.})
16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Ne4 $1 {[%cal Gd2d7,Re4d6] The decisive blow.} Qb6 18. Nd6+
Ke7 19. c4 $1 dxc4 20. Nxf7 1-0

[Event "Bar"]
[Site "Bar"]
[Date "1997.11.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanovic, Bozidar"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1997.11.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Be7 7. g4 h6 8. Qe2
a6 (8... Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Rg1 Nxd4 (10... g5 11. Ndb5 Qb8 12. Qd2 Ne5 13.
Be2 Bxb5 14. Bxb5+ Kf8 15. Be2 Ng6 16. h4 Nxh4 17. f4 Ne8 18. f5 Qc8 19. Bd4
Rh7 20. Rg3 a6 21. Na4 Bd8 22. Rc3 Ba5 23. Nb6 Bxc3 24. Bxc3 Qd8 25. Nxa8 Qxa8
26. Bb4 exf5 27. e5 Qd8 28. exd6 Qd7 29. gxf5 Nxf5 30. Bg4 Neg7 31. Rf1 Kg8 32.
Bxf5 Nxf5 33. Rxf5 Qxf5 {1-0 Ochoa de Echaguen,F-Veingold,A/Zaragoza op 1993})
11. Bxd4 e5 12. Be3 Bc6 13. f3 Qa5 14. Kb1 Rd8 15. Qe1 Rc8 16. Bc4 a6 17. Bb3
b5 18. h4 b4 19. Ne2 Ba4 20. g5 Bxb3 21. axb3 hxg5 22. hxg5 Nd7 23. g6 Nf8 24.
gxf7+ Kxf7 25. f4 Qc7 26. Rd2 Bf6 27. Ng3 g6 28. Qd1 a5 29. f5 d5 30. Rxd5 Rh2
31. fxg6+ Kg8 32. Rc5 Qb7 33. Nh5 Bg7 34. Nxg7 Kxg7 35. Qd6 {1-0 Sion Castro,
M-Gamundi,A/La Coruna op 1993}) 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. f4 (10. Bg2 Nc6 11. h3 Bd7 12.
f4 Rc8 13. Qf2 b5 14. Nb3 O-O 15. e5 dxe5 16. g5 hxg5 17. fxg5 Nh5 18. Bb6 Qb7
19. Na5 Bxg5+ 20. Kb1 Qb8 21. Rxd7 Nxa5 22. Bxa5 Rc4 23. Ne4 Bd8 24. Bxd8 {
1-0 Sax,G-Jansa,V/Smederevska Palanka 1982}) 10... Nc6 11. Rg1 Bd7 $5 ({
This continuation, leading to a very sharp play, seems to be an improvement
over} 11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Be3 exf4 14. Bxf4 Be6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5
Rc8 17. h4 $40 Qc5 18. Be3 Qa5 19. Kb1 Nxd5 20. Bd4 Kf8 (20... O-O {fails} 21.
c4) 21. a3 Bxh4 22. Qf3 Qa4 $2 {(loses immediately)} 23. Qxd5 Qxc2+ 24. Ka2 Qc6
25. Bg2 f6 26. Qe6 Qc7 27. Rc1 {1-0 Stefansson,H-Rossiter,P/Lloyds Bank op 1987
}) 12. g5 ({The principal continuation, although} 12. h4 $5 {was am important
alterntive.}) 12... hxg5 13. fxg5 Nxd4 14. Rxd4 ({After} 14. Bxd4 Nh5 {the
black knight has an access to f4, so that an immediate} 15. g6 {fails to} fxg6
16. Rxg6 $2 Nf4 17. Qg4 e5 $19 {The text move allows White to realize the
positional threat g5-g6 without delay.}) 14... Nh5 15. g6 fxg6 16. Rxg6 Qa5 (
16... O-O-O $2 {would be a terrible mistake in view of} 17. Rc4 Bc6 18. Rxe6
$18 {The black queen aims at the centralized position, which is, however,
vulnerable to the attack of White's dark-squared bishop.}) 17. Rg1 Qe5 $5 ({
An enterprising continuaion.} 17... O-O-O $132 {was an interesting option.})
18. Rd2 {Now the threat is 19.Bd4.} Bf6 19. Kb1 Rc8 {Threatening by 20...Rc3.}
20. Bd4 Qxd4 $5 {This enterprising sacrifice yields Black a good compensation.
His dark-squared bishop occupies the e5-square after the queen and effectively
conducts the actions of the black pieces, whereas his king seems to be safely
positioned in the center.} (20... Qf4 {deserved a serious attention, though
the tex tmove defnitely better corresponds to Sokolov's style.}) 21. Rxd4 Bxd4
{[%cal Gd4e5,Gh5f4,Ge5f4,Gh8h2,Gc8c3]} 22. Rg5 Nf4 23. Qd2 Be5 24. a3 Ke7 {
By this move Black establishes interaction between his rooks and intends the
transfer of his c8 rook to the open f-file.} 25. Rg4 Rcf8 26. h4 Nh5 ({Another
intersting option was to double the rooks along the f-file:} 26... Rf7 {/\Rf8.}
) 27. Bd3 Rf4 ({Black forces the rook exchange, since the retreat of the white
rook leads to loss of the h4-pawn. In my opinion,} 27... Rf3 $5 {/\Nf4 yielded
Black more chances to win the game.}) 28. Be2 Rxg4 29. Bxg4 Nf4 30. Qf2 Bc6 31.
Ka2 {All black pieces are actively placed, but White has sufficient
counterchances.} Rf8 32. Qb6 Kd7 33. h5 Rc8 34. Qe3 Rh8 35. Qb6 $1 Bxc3 ({
A pawn capture} 35... Nxh5 $2 {would be a terrible mistake in view of} 36. Nd5
$1 {, and Black is entirely lost.}) 36. bxc3 Nxh5 37. e5 $1 {This effective
sacrifice equalizes the game.} (37. Qe3 Nf6 38. Qg5 {was also an interesting
option.}) 37... dxe5 38. Qe3 {Threatening by 39.Qe5 and 39.Qg5.} Nf6 39. Qxe5
Bd5+ 40. Kb2 Rh4 ({Certainly, not} 40... Nxg4 41. Qxg7+) 41. Be2 Re4 42. Qh2
Ng4 43. Qh7 Rxe2 ({A draw was agreed, since after} 43... Rxe2 44. Qxg7+ Kd6 45.
Qxg4 Re4 {the game is entirely equal.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bar"]
[Site "Bar"]
[Date "1997.11.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.11.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Be7 7. g4 h5 8. gxh5
Rxh5 $5 {An enterprising continuation. More common is} (8... Nxh5 9. Be2 g6 10.
Qd2 a6 11. O-O-O b5 12. f4 Bb7 13. Bf3 Nd7 14. Qg2 b4 $6 (14... Nf8 $5) 15.
Nxe6 $1 fxe6 16. Qxg6+ Kf8 17. Bxh5 Qe8 18. Qxe8+ Rxe8 19. Bxe8 Kxe8 20. Ne2
Bxe4 21. Rhg1 Rxh2 22. Rd2 Rh3 23. Ng3 Bb7 24. Re2 Kf7 25. Bd4 $16 {1-0 Magem
Badals,J-Veingold,A/San Sebastian op 1993 (48)}) 9. Be2 (9. Bg2 {led to a
sharp play after} Bd7 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. O-O-O a6 12. f4 Qc7 13. Bf3 Rh7 14. Nb3
Kf8 15. h4 Be8 16. h5 b5 17. a3 Rb8 18. f5 b4 19. axb4 Nxb4 20. h6 g6 21. fxg6
fxg6 22. Nd4 Bf7 23. Bg4 Qb7 {1/2-1/2 Magem Badals,J-Epishin,V/Dos Hermanas
1993 (35)}) 9... Rh7 10. Qd2 a6 11. f4 Nc6 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Nf3 Qa5 14. Bd3 $6
(14. Ng5 $5 {deserved serious attention here.}) (14. Kb1 {followed by 14.Bd3
was another good choice.}) 14... Nb4 15. a3 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 (16. cxd3 {was an
interesting option.}) 16... Bb5 17. Qd4 (17. Nxb5 axb5 {, intending 17...b4,
would yield Black good counterchances. Now White threatens 18.e5.}) 17... Bc6 {
Preventing 18.e5 and preparing a d-pawn advance.} 18. Rhg1 Rc8 19. Kb1 d5 $1
20. Ng5 (20. e5 {is strongly met by} Ne4 $1 {, with a superior position for
Black.}) 20... Rh5 ({A prudent decision.} 20... Rxh2 21. Rh1 Rxh1 22. Rxh1 {
<->h seems risky for Black.}) 21. e5 Nh7 ({If} 21... Nd7 {/\Bc5, then} 22. f5
$1 {, with a dangerous initiative.}) 22. Nxh7 Rxh7 23. Qd3 $6 (23. f5 {does
not yield anything in view of} exf5 $15) (23. Rg2 {was to be preferred,
althoguh after} g6 {Black has better chances.}) 23... Rxh2 24. f5 $2 ({This
untimely pawn advance is effectively refuted by Black. Essential was} 24. Rxg7
{. Now Black can continue} Ba4 {<->c, ><c2, ><c3, with good attacking
perspectives.}) 24... Bb5 $1 25. Qd4 (25. Nxb5 Qxb5 {><c2 does not solve
White's problems either.}) 25... Rc4 26. Qa7 Rxc3 $1 {This appealing exchange
sacrifice yields Black a winning position.} 27. bxc3 Qxc3 {[%csl Rb1,Rb2,Rc2]
[%cal Ge7a3,Ga3b2,Gc3b2,Gc3c2,Gh2c2]} 28. Rd2 (28. Qb8+ Bd8 29. Rc1 {loses
after} Bd3) 28... Rxd2 29. Bxd2 Qxd2 30. Rh1 Bc6 31. Qb8+ Kd7 32. Rh8 {Allows
a nice final combination. Yet, White position was in any case lost.} Qd1+ 33.
Kb2 Bxa3+ $1 {This is the point! Now mate is inevitable.} 34. Kxa3 Qa1+ 35. Kb3
({Or} 35. Kb4 a5+ 36. Kc5 Qg1#) 35... Ba4+ 36. Kb4 a5+ 37. Kxa5 Bxc2+ 38. Kb4
Qb2+ 39. Kc5 Qc3+ 40. Kb6 Qc6+ 41. Ka5 Qc5# 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h5 {
This sharp conitnuation is regarded by theory as rather dangerous for Black.}
8. g5 ({A principal continuation. An alternative} 8. gxh5 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10.
Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Rg1 e5 12. Bg2 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qb6 14. Nb3 Nc6 {leads to the
unclear play, Sax,G-Barlov,D/Smederevska Palanka 1982.}) 8... Ng4 9. Bc1 Qb6
10. h3 ({An important alternative is} 10. Be2 {Now after} Nc6 11. Bxg4 Nxd4 12.
Be3 hxg4 13. Bxd4 Qa5 14. g6 fxg6 15. Qxg4 Qh5 16. Qxh5 Rxh5 17. O-O-O b5 18.
Rdg1 Kf7 19. Rg2 Bb7 20. f3 Be7 21. Rhg1 g5 {Black retains the counterchances
in the complicated ending, Santos,C-Galego,L/Lisbon Masters 1996}) 10... Ne5
11. Be2 g6 ({A pawn sacrifice} 11... Nbc6 {deserved here a serious attention:}
12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bxh5 (13. f4 Ng6 14. Bxh5 Nh4 $132) 13... g6 14. Be2 c5 {
, with compensation for a sacrificed pawn.}) 12. f4 Nec6 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Be3
Bg7 ({Another plan, connected with the rapid development of the queenside,
could be initiated by} 14... b5 {Now after} 15. Qd2 Bb7 ({the dark-squared
bishop should not leave the diagonal f8-a3, as after} 15... Bg7 {White plays}
16. Bxb5 $1 axb5 (16... Bxc3 $2 17. Qxc3 $18 {[%cal Rc3h8]}) 17. Nxb5 {[%csl
Rd6] , and after winning Pd6, gets excellent winning chances}) 16. O-O-O Nd7 {
intending 17...0-0-0, Black gets good counterchances. The main drawback of the
textmove is weakening Pd6, which amplifies the danger of the threat Na4.}) 15.
Qd2 O-O 16. O-O-O Rd8 17. Na4 $1 {Now Nd7 ledas to a loss of Pd6. Black opts
for an exchange sacrifice, counting on his counterchances on the queenside.} b5
18. Nb6 Bb7 19. Nxa8 Bxa8 20. Kb1 Ne7 {The most natural way of the further
development. Black retains certain counterchances, although he does not seem
to get a full complensation for the exchange.} 21. Bf3 Nbc6 22. Qf2 {
Threatening Bb6} Rb8 23. Qd2 Rd8 (23... Nc8 {was also possible, although then
24.nd4 yields White a comfortable play.}) 24. Rhf1 a5 25. Nd4 d5 (25... Na7 {
was bad in view of} 26. f5 $1 {, with the devastating attack.}) 26. Nxc6 Nxc6
27. Qf2 $1 ({An important intermediate move. After} 27. exd5 {Black can play}
Nb4 {, with the idea} 28. d6 Rxd6 29. Qxd6 $4 Qxc2+ 30. Ka1 Qxb2#) 27... Nb4 $2
({A dubious decision. Instead, Black could opt for} 27... d4 28. Bc1 e5 {
, retaining promising counterchances.}) 28. Bb6 Qc4 29. b3 ({Certainly, not} 
29. Bxd8 $4 Qxa2+ 30. Kc1 Qxb2+ 31. Kd2 Qxc2+ 32. Ke3 d4+ {, and Black wins.})
29... Qc3 30. e5 a4 (30... Rc8 31. Bxa5 {is also unsatisfactory.}) 31. Qd2 ({
A grave mistake would be} 31. Bxd8 $4 a3 {/\Qb2} 32. Qd4 Qxc2+ 33. Ka1 Qxa2#)
31... Qxd2 32. Rxd2 Rc8 33. c3 $1 {This move yields White a large advantage in
the endgame.} Rxc3 34. Ba5 Bf8 35. Rd4 Rxf3 {The best response, which, however,
does not yield Black the chance to escape.} 36. Rxf3 Nc6 37. Bb6 $1 {After
this move Black is helpless.} Nxd4 38. Bxd4 {Threatening Rc3.} Bb4 39. a3 Be1
40. b4 {The simplest.} Kg7 41. Kc2 h4 42. Rf1 Bg3 43. Kd3 Bc6 44. Rc1 Bd7 45.
Rc7 Be8 46. Ke3 1-0

[Event "AUT-chT 9798"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "1997.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Black "Atlas, Valeri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1997.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Graz Merkur"]
[BlackTeam "Hohenems"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Be7 8. Rg1
Nh7 $5 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Gd8h4] This move I tested for the first time against
Belloti and won a nice game:} 9. Nf3 $5 (9. g5 hxg5 10. hxg5 Nxg5 11. Ndb5 f6
12. Bxg5 fxg5 13. Qd4 O-O 14. O-O-O Nc6 15. Qc4 a6 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 Bf6
18. Rd3 Be5 19. Rh3 b5 20. Qe2 Qf6 21. Nd1 Bb7 22. Kb1 Rac8 23. Bg2 Rc4 24.
Rgh1 Rfc8 25. Rh8+ Kf7 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Rh3 Ke7 28. a4 bxa4 29. Ra3 Rc6 30.
Rxa4 Rb6 31. Qc4 Kd8 32. Rb4 Rxb4 33. Qxb4 Kc7 34. Bf1 Qf3 35. Qc4+ Kb8 36. Ne3
Qxf2 37. Ng4 Qe1+ 38. Ka2 Qa5+ 39. Kb1 Qe1+ 40. Ka2 Qxe4 41. Qxe4 Bxe4 42. Nxe5
dxe5 {0-1 Belotti,B - Atlas,V (2450) SWZ-chI op (8), 1992}) 9... Nc6 (9... Bxh4
$2 {is bad in view of} 10. Nxh4 Qxh4 11. Qxd6 {/\Nb5}) 10. Be3 a6 (10... g5 $6
{is met by} 11. Qd2) 11. g5 ({If} 11. Qd2 {then} Ne5 $5 $132) 11... hxg5 12.
hxg5 Nf8 (12... Ne5 $5 {deserved here serious attention.} 13. Nd4 (13. Nxe5
dxe5 14. Qxd8+ Bxd8 15. g6 fxg6 16. Rxg6 Kf7 $132) 13... Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Nxg5 15.
f4 Nh3 16. Bxh3 Qh4+ $13) 13. Qd2 b5 (13... Ne5 $5 14. Nd4 Qc7 {/\Nc4 was
worth considering.}) 14. O-O-O Qa5 $6 (14... Bb7 15. Nd4 Qd7 {was to be
preferred.}) 15. Kb1 Bb7 16. Bd3 (16. Nd4 $5 $14) 16... O-O-O {[#]} ({If} 16...
Ng6 {then} 17. Nd4) 17. a3 (17. Nd4 $2 {yields Black a strong attack after}
Nxd4 18. Bxd4 b4 19. Ne2 e5 20. Be3 d5 $17 {->}) 17... Ng6 18. Nd4 Nge5 19. f4
$6 ({Not the best continuation. Instead of the text move, White could gain
advantage by playing} 19. Nxc6 Nxc6 20. f4 {/\Qf2, /\g6} Nb8 $5 (20... d5 $6
21. exd5 exd5 22. Bf5+ Kb8 23. Nxd5 b4 24. Be4 $16) (20... Rd7 21. Qf2 Bd8 $5)
21. Qf2 Nd7 $14) 19... Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Nf3 21. Qe3 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gd4b6,Gb6a5,
Gb6d8]} Nxd4 ({Certainly, not} 21... Nxg1 $2 22. Bb6 $18) 22. Qxd4 g6 $6 ({
Imprecise responce. After} 22... Rhg8 $1 23. f5 (23. g6 $140 $2 Bf6) 23... Qc7
$11 {the game is equal.}) 23. f5 d5 $1 {The best continuation, yielding Black
a sufficient counterplay.} 24. Qg7 {[#]} dxe4 (24... exf5 {fails to} 25. exf5)
25. Bxe4 Bxe4 26. Nxe4 exf5 27. Qxf7 fxe4 (27... Qc7 $5 {was a good
alternative, yielding Black good counterchances:} 28. Nf6 (28. Nc3 Bc5 29. Qe6+
Kb7) 28... Bc5 $132 (28... Bxf6 $143 29. Qe6+)) 28. Qxe7 Rhe8 29. Qf6 (29.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 $11) 29... Kb7 $1 (29... e3 $2 {is bad in view of} 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 (
30... Qxd8 31. Qxa6+) 31. Qe6+) 30. Qxg6 Qb6 $6 {A time-trouble move. Much
simpler was} (30... e3 $1 31. Rd7+ Rxd7 32. Qxe8 Qd2 $11) 31. Qxb6+ Kxb6 32.
Kc1 e3 {[%cal Gd8d1,Ge3e2]} 33. Rd3 Rc8 34. Kd1 (34. c3 Rc5 $11) 34... Re6 (
34... Rc5 $11) 35. c3 Rg8 36. Rd5 e2+ $2 ({After this unfortunate check the
game is lost. Instead, the natural} 36... Kc6 37. Rf5 Rd8+ {was sufficient for
draw.}) 37. Ke1 Kc6 38. Rf5 Kd7 39. Rg2 Kd6 40. Rff2 Reg6 41. Rxe2 Rf8 42. Ref2
Re8+ 43. Kd2 Re5 44. Rf6+ Rxf6 45. gxf6 Ke6 46. Re2 Kxf6 47. Rxe5 Kxe5 48. Kd3
Kd5 49. b3 Kc6 50. Kd4 a5 51. a4 bxa4 52. bxa4 Kd6 53. c4 Kc6 54. c5 Kc7 55.
Kd5 Kd7 56. c6+ Kc8 57. Kc5 Kc7 58. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Breda m"]
[Site "Breda"]
[Date "1998.05.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {King VanWely Hansen,Cu} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6.
Be3 Nc6 7. h3 e6 8. g4 Be7 (8... d5 9. g5 Nd7 10. exd5 exd5 11. Qe2 Be7 12.
O-O-O O-O 13. Nf5 d4 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Bxd4 {1-0 Stocek,J-Ksieski,Z/BL2-S
1996/BL2 (50)}) (8... Nxd4 9. Qxd4 h6 10. O-O-O e5 11. Qd2 b5 12. Bg2 Be6 13.
Kb1 Be7 14. f4 Qc7 15. g5 hxg5 16. fxg5 Nd7 17. h4 Nb6 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Bh3 g6
20. Nd5 {1-0 Stranz,R-Gattermayer,R/AUT-ch sf 1990/EXT 90ch (42)}) 9. Bg2 h6 (
9... O-O 10. f4 Nd7 11. O-O Rb8 12. Nce2 Re8 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. c4
c5 16. Rad1 Rb4 17. b3 Nb8 18. Nc3 Nc6 19. Qf2 Bb7 20. e5 Nd4 21. exd6 Bxd6 22.
Bxb7 Rxb7 23. Ne4 Rd8 24. Bxd4 {1-0 Horvath,C-Arsovic,Z/Paks GM 1996/EXT 97 
(41)}) 10. f4 Qc7 11. O-O {King: It has always struck me that White's system
here is rather dangerous - for Black. I'm surprised it isn't employed more
frequently. He is ready for a kingside attack as his development is so good,
and the bishop on g2 does an excellent job of protecting the king and
supporting the centre while the pawns trundle up the board. In the
Scheveningen it very often takes three moves to get there, and here it's done
in one!} Nxd4 $6 {A dubious defence concept. Much more prudent was 11...Nd7 or
11...Na5/\Nc4.} ({King: As this doesn't turn out too well, it's worth looking
at some alternatives.} 11... Na5 {looks normalish, but I think White can
plunge in straightaway with} 12. g5 $1 hxg5 13. fxg5 Nh5 14. Qf3 Bf8 15. Ndb5
$5 $40) (11... Bd7 {King: is more solid. I have found three games which have
arrived at this position (albeit via different move-orders). Nevertheless, the
results have not been encouraging for Black:} 12. Qd2 (12. a4 Rc8 (12... O-O
13. g5 $5 hxg5 14. fxg5) 13. Nb3 Na5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. Qd2 Rc4 16. Rad1 Bc6 17.
Qd3 Rb4 18. b3 O-O 19. g5 hxg5 20. fxg5 Nd7 21. Na2 Rb6 22. h4 Rc8 23. Bd4 e5
24. Qf3 Rf8 25. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 26. Kh1 Nc5 27. Nc3 Ne6 28. Ne2 g6 29. Qf2 Qc7 30.
Rd3 Kg7 31. Rf3 Bd8 32. Qe3 Be8 33. c4 Rh8 34. Rh3 a5 35. Rh2 Qc6 36. Nc3 Bb6
37. Qf3 Bd8 38. Nd5 Qc5 39. Qg3 Qd4 40. Qf3 Qc5 41. Bh3 Nd4 42. Qg3 Qa3 43. Qf2
Rf8 44. Nf6 Bc6 45. h5 Qxb3 46. hxg6 Qxc4 47. Qh4 {1-0, Short-Sokolov,
Rotterdam World Cup, 1989.}) 12... Rc8 ({King: Black does not find security on
the queenside:} 12... O-O-O $2 13. Qf2 $1 $16 {Cladouras-Kiefer, German
Bundesliga 1986.}) 13. Nb3 Na5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. a3 Bc6 16. Qf2 Qc7 17. Bb6 Qb8
18. Rad1 O-O 19. Qg3 Nd7 20. Bd4 b5 21. h4 a5 22. g5 hxg5 23. hxg5 b4 24. Nd5
exd5 25. exd5 Bb5 26. Rf2 Rc4 27. Be4 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Qa7 29. Qh3 f5 30. g6 Nf6
31. Bxf5 Be8 32. Be6+ Bf7 33. gxf7+ Rxf7 34. Rc4 {1-0, Castaneda-Acosta,
Bogota, 1991, Deadly finishing.}) 12. Qxd4 {[%cal Ge4e5,Gg2a8]} e5 $6 (12...
Bd7 {is bad in view of} 13. e5 dxe5 {King} 14. fxe5 Nh7 15. Ne4 $14) ({However,
} 12... Nd7 {was a good alternative:} 13. Rad1 (13. Qxg7 $4 Bf6) 13... O-O (
13... b5 $5)) 13. Qd2 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gg4g5,Gg5f6,Gc3d5]} exf4 {King: This
brings all White's pieces into the attack while Black is still on the starting
blocks.} (13... Be6 {King: was obligatory:} 14. Nd5 (14. g5 exf4 $132) 14...
Bxd5 15. exd5 Nd7 {is rather frightening for Black, but he is still on the
board.}) 14. Rxf4 Be6 15. Raf1 O-O {/\ Nf6-d7-e5 Black could not wait with
castling, because of the threat 16.Bd4 followed by 17.Nd5.} (15... Nd7 $145 $5
16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Ne5 {Looks not too bad}) 16. Rxf6 $1 {Launching the
series of impressive sacrifices, culminating in the irresistible final attack.}
Bxf6 17. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 18. Qf2 {[%csl Rf6,Rh6][%cal Gf2f6,Ge3h6,Gf2h4,Gh4f6,
Gh4h6,Ge3d4,Gd4f6] Hansen,Cu: How can this double exchange sacrifice be
explained? After all whites Bg2 is not a very good attacking piece - and white
more or less only attacks with Qf2 and Be3. The important aspect however is,
that black defends his K with even fever pieces. The rooks need to get to e6/
g6 to be able to defend Pf6/Ph6. The fact that white is attacking black
squares (f6/h6) also means that Be6 is not a very good defender.} (18. Bd4 {
Van Wely} Kh7 $1 19. Bxf6 Rg8 {/\ Rg8-g6}) 18... Kg7 $2 ({A grave mistake,
after which Black's position is unbearble. Essential was} 18... Qe7 19. Qh4 $1
{(19.Bd4?! Kg7), threatening 19.Qh6 and 19.Bd4 /\19...Kg7 20.g5!, with
excellent attacking perspectives for White and a rich compensation for the
sacrificed material} (19. Bd4 $6 Kg7) 19... Rfc8 {Hansen,Cu:} (19... Rfe8 {
Hansen,Cu: Stops e4-e5 because the black queen is protected and fxe5 is
possible} 20. Bd4 Kh7 (20... Kg7 21. g5 hxg5 22. Qxg5+ Kh7 23. Bxf6 Qf8 24. e5
$18) 21. Bxf6 Qf8 22. e5 d5 23. Bf1 $1 Rac8 24. Bd3+ Kg8 25. g5 $18) 20. e5 $1
{[%cal Yc3e4]} d5 (20... dxe5 {King} 21. Ne4 Rxc2 22. Nxf6+ $18) 21. exf6 $18)
(18... Qa5 $8 {Van Wely} 19. Bxh6 Qc5 (19... Rfc8 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Qxf6 $18)
20. Be3 Qa5 $16) 19. e5 $1 {[%csl Rf6,Rh6][%cal Gg2e4,Ge4h7,Gf2f6,Ge5f6]
Beautiful pawn advance, winning the game! Threatening 20.Qf6, White with tempo
vacates the e4-square for his light-squared bishop, which is absolutely
crucial for the success of his brilliant attack!} (19. Qh4 {Van Wely} Rh8 20.
Bd4 Qd8 21. g5 hxg5 22. Qxg5+ Kf8 23. Bxf6 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 Rh7) 19... fxe5 (19...
Qe7 {is impossible due to} 20. exf6+ Qxf6 21. Bd4) (19... dxe5 {is also
refuted by} 20. Bxh6+ $1) 20. Bxh6+ $1 {Final impressive sacrifice, signifying
the culmination of White's attack.} Kg6 ({The bishop capture leads to mate in
six:} 20... Kxh6 21. Qf6+ Kh7 22. Be4+ Bf5 23. Bxf5+ Kg8 24. Qg5+ Kh8 25. Qh6+
Kg8 26. Qh7#) 21. Qh4 $1 {[%csl Rg5,Rg7,Rh5][%cal Gh4h5,Gh4g5,Gg2e4,Ge4g6,
Gh6g5,Gh6g7]} ({And the final subtlety. After the queen thrust, White creates
manifold mate threats (22.Qh5+ Kf6 23. Qg5#; 22.Qg5+ Kh7 23.Qg7#, etc.)  Black
can avoid mate only at expense of huge material losses, e.g.:} 21. Qh4 Rg8 22.
Be4+ f5 23. Bxf5+ Kf7 (23... Bxf5 24. Qh5+ Kf6 25. Nd5+) 24. Qh5+ Ke7 25. Bg5+
Kf8 (25... Kd7 26. Qf7+ Kc6 27. Be4+ Kb6 28. Be3+) 26. Bxe6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1997.08.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. f4
Qb6 9. a3 Bd7 $146 (9... Qxb2 $2 10. Na4 Qxa1 11. Qxa1 $18) (9... Nc6 10. Be2
Qc7 11. Nb3 b5 12. Bf3 Bb7 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14. O-O-O Be7 15. h4 Nd7 16. g5 g6 17.
Kb1 h5 18. Qf2 Kb8 19. Rhe1 Rhe8 20. a4 bxa4 21. Nxa4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Leko,
P-Polgar,J/Leon 1996 (35)}) 10. Bg1 Qc7 11. h3 (11. Qe2 Nc6 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13.
h3 Be7 14. Kb1 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 e5 16. Be3 exf4 17. Bxf4 Rhe8 18. Bg2 Be6 19. Rd4
Nd7 20. Rhd1 Ne5 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Bf6 23. Bf1 Re6 24. Qd2 Kd7 25. h4 $16 {
1-0 Hracek,Z-Stocek,J/Cesko 1996}) 11... Nc6 12. Qd2 Be7 13. O-O-O g5 $5 ({
Tempting, although a rather rash advance. More prudent was} 13... O-O-O {
White cannot immediately use the weakness of the b6-square, since e4-pawn is
attacked.} 14. g5 hxg5 15. fxg5 {both} Nh7 {and Nh5 yield Black good
counterplay.}) 14. fxg5 hxg5 15. Be2 (15. Be3 Nxg4) (15. Qxg5 $2 {fails to}
Nxe4 16. Qg7 Bf6) 15... Rg8 $6 (15... Ne5 {was a good alternative here. Black
has good counterchances after} 16. Be3 Nh7) 16. Be3 b5 (16... O-O-O 17. Nf3 {
, with the idea Na4, using the weakness of b6-square.} (17. Bxg5 $4 Nxd4 $19)
17... d5 (17... Ne5 18. Nxg5 Bc6 {deserves attention.}) 18. exd5 (18. Nxg5 {
fails to} d4) 18... Nxd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Nxg5 $16) (16... Rc8 $5 {was the
best continuation here.}) 17. Rhf1 b4 (17... O-O-O {is effectively met now by}
18. Bxb5 axb5 19. Ndxb5 {, winning d6-pawn.}) 18. axb4 Nxb4 19. Kb1 Rb8 (19...
Qa5 $2 {/\Ne4 is bad in view of} 20. Nb3) ({After} 19... Nh7 {White has the
interesting resource} 20. Nd5 $5 {, with attack.}) 20. Bxg5 Nfd5 (20... Rxg5 {
is insufficient:} 21. Qxg5 Nxc2 22. Kxc2 Ba4+ 23. Kc1 Nxe4 24. Qg8+ Bf8 25.
Nxe6 $18) 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 (22. Bxe7 $2 {allows Black to force a draw by
perpetual:} Nc3+ 23. Kc1 Na2+ 24. Kb1 Nc3+) 22... Rxg5 ({Allows decisive
activation of White's pieces, but after} 22... Bxg5 23. Qd3 {/\Qh7 Black's
position is unbearable.}) 23. Qf4 $1 Rg7 24. Qh6 $1 Bf8 (24... Rg6 {loses after
} 25. Qh8+ Bf8 26. dxe6) 25. dxe6 Bxe6 26. Bxa6 (26. Nxe6 {was also winning:}
Qc3 27. Nxg7+ Bxg7 28. Bb5+ Rxb5 29. Rfe1+ Be5 30. Rxe5+ Qxe5 (30... dxe5 31.
Qh8+ Ke7 32. Qd8+ Ke6 33. Qd6#) 31. Qc1 $18) 26... Qc3 27. Bb5+ Rxb5 28. Nxb5
Qc4 29. Nc3 Rxg4 30. Qe3 Rh4 31. Rf3 Rh5 32. Rd4 {Black is lost. He has no
compensation for the exchange and the pawn, and White easily realizes his
advantage.} Qc6 33. Re4 d5 34. Rg4 Bc5 35. Rg8+ Kd7 36. Qe2 d4 37. Ne4 Be7 38.
Rd3 Qd5 39. Nc3 Re5 40. Qd1 dxc3 41. b3 Bf6 42. Rxd5+ Rxd5 43. Qf3 Ke7 44. Ra8
Bd4 45. Qf4 f5 46. Qh6 1-0

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.03.09"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2825"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. f4 e5
9. Nf5 h5 $1 $146 {[%csl Rg4][%cal Gg4g5,Gf6g4,Gh5g4] An important novelty,
yielding Black excellent counterplay.} ({The most popular continuation in this
position was} 9... Nc6 {(Kasparov's choice)} 10. Qf3 (10. Be2 g6 11. Ng3 exf4
12. Bxf4 Ne5 13. Qd4 Be6 14. O-O-O Qa5 15. Kb1 Be7 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nfd7
18. Ne4 $16 {Shirov A.-Kamsky G./ Monte Carlo (Monaco) 1996.}) 10... g6 11.
O-O-O gxf5 12. exf5 e4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4+ Qe7 15. Qd3 Bg7 16. Bd2 O-O 17.
g5 hxg5 18. fxg5 Qe5 19. f6 Bf5 20. Qg3 Rfc8 21. Bc3 Nb4 22. Bxe5 Rxc2+ 23. Kb1
Re2+ 24. Ka1 Nc2+ 25. Kb1 Na3+ {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Kasparov,G/Dos Hermanas 1996.
Still, post-mortem analysis showed that 16.Bb6 instead of the dubious 16.Bd2,
could yield White a durable advantage. Other moves played by Black in this
position are: 9...ef4 and 9...g6 - see Hansen's detailed survey in CBM 54.})
10. gxh5 ({Shirov chooses most prudent continuation leading to a quick draw.} 
10. fxe5 $6 Nxg4 {is in Black's favor.}) ({Most principal was} 10. g5 $5 Ng4
11. Bc1 g6 12. h3 gxf5 13. hxg4 fxg4 14. Nd5 Bg7 15. f5) 10... exf4 (10... Nxh5
11. fxe5 {seems dangerous for Black.}) 11. Bxf4 Nxh5 12. Nxd6+ (12. Bxd6 $4 {
loses in view of} Bxf5 13. Bxf8 Qh4+ 14. Kd2 Bg4 $19) 12... Bxd6 13. Bxd6 ({
White has no choice.} 13. Qxd6 $2 {loses after} Qh4+ 14. Bg3 Nxg3) 13... Qh4+ {
[%csl Rd2,Re1][%cal Gh4e1,Gg5d2,Gg5h4,Gh4g5]} 14. Kd2 Qg5+ (14... Bg4 $2 {
would be a wrong choice:} 15. Qe1 Qg5+ 16. Qe3 $16) 15. Ke1 ({Accepting a draw
by perpetual. After} 15. Kd3 $2 Rh6 {Black has a dangerous attack.}) 15... Qh4+
16. Kd2 Qg5+ 17. Ke1 Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olomouc AZ Sanace Cup"]
[Site "Olomouc"]
[Date "1998.08.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Betko, Lubomir"]
[Black "Mokry, Karel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1998.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2560]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7.
h3 Nc6 8. Bg2 a6 9. Be3 Be7 (9... Nxd4 10. Qxd4 e5 11. Qd2 Be6 12. f4 Be7 13.
f5 Bd7 14. O-O-O Bc6 {1/2-1/2 Hoeksema,H-Stohl,I/Groningen 1989/EXT 97 (14)}) (
9... Bd7 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. f4 Qc7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. O-O-O b5 14. a3 Be7 15. h4 h5
16. gxh5 Nxh5 17. Rh3 Nf6 18. f5 e5 19. h5 Qb7 20. Bg5 Nh7 21. Bxe7 Kxe7 {
1/2-1/2 Rogers,I-Brenninkmeijer,J/Groningen 1989/CBM 16 (41)}) 10. Qe2 Nxd4 11.
Bxd4 e5 12. Be3 Be6 13. Nd5 ({A rare move. The alternatives are:} 13. O-O-O Qa5
(13... Rc8 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nd7 16. Kb1 g6 17. f4 Kf8 18. h4 Bxh4 19. g5
Bg3 {0-1 Madl,I-Schlosser,P/Budapest 1989/TD 89\06 (28)}) 14. Kb1 Rc8 15. Nd5
Bxd5 16. exd5 Nd7 17. h4 Nc5 18. Bxc5 Rxc5 19. Be4 Kd8 20. Rh3 {1-0 Horvath,
T-Lazarev,V/AUT-chT2S 1993/EXT 97 (48)}) (13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Nd7 15. O-O-O
Bg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 17. Kb1 Rc8 18. e5 O-O 19. Rxd6 Nxe5 20. Bd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 {
1/2-1/2 Tolnai,T-Akesson,R/Berlin 1988/TD 88\08 (87)}) (13. O-O Rc8 14. Qd2 O-O
15. Rfd1 Ne8 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Bg5 18. Qxb7 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Rxc2 {1/2-1/2
Murrey,J-Kuthan,A/Oberwart 1996/EXP 53 (38)}) 13... Bxd5 14. exd5 Nd7 15. O-O
O-O 16. Be4 Bg5 17. c4 a5 18. Bf5 Bxe3 19. fxe3 (19. Bxd7 $2 {is bad in view of
} Bxf2+) ({After} 19. Qxe3 Nc5 {Black has a good play. The text move opens the
f-file for white rooks, allowing White to exert pressure on Black's kingside.})
19... Nc5 20. Bc2 Qh4 21. Kg2 g6 22. Rf2 Kg7 23. Raf1 f6 24. Kh2 ({An
immediate bishop sacrifice} 24. Bxg6 $6 {would be an untimely action here:}
Kxg6 25. Qc2+ (25. Rf5 {is refuted by} Ne4 26. R1f3 (26. Rh5 Qg3+) 26... Ng5
$19) 25... f5 $1 ({White's idea would be justified after} 25... e4 26. Rf5 Nd3
27. Qe2 {, winning the black queen.} (27. Rh5 $2 Ne1+ $19)) 26. Rxf5 Kg7) 24...
Rf7 25. Rg2 {Now White threatens 26.Bg6, as after 26...Kg6 27.Rf5 Black cannot
save his queen.} Rh8 $4 {[%csl Rg6,Rh4][%cal Gc2g6,Gf1f5,Gf5h5,Gh5h4][%mdl
8192]} ({A blunder, yielding White a large advantage. Correct was} 25... e4 $1
{, with excellent play for Black, e.g.:} 26. Rf4 Qg5 {, and now} 27. Bxe4 $2 {
is bad in view of} Qe5 {threatening g6-g5}) 26. Bxg6 $1 {An impressive strike,
winning the black queen.} Kxg6 27. Rf5 {Threatening 28.Rh5.} Kg7 ({There was
no possibility to save the queen:} 27... h5 {is refuted by} 28. gxh5+ Kxf5 (
28... Kh7 29. Rg4 $18) 29. Qf3+ $18) 28. Rh5 Qg5 29. Rxg5+ fxg5 30. Qe1 (30.
Rf2 {was more consistent. After rook exchange, White had a straightforward way
to convert his advantage.}) 30... a4 {Again, 31. Rf2 was to be preferred. The
text move allows Black to consolidate his forces.} 31. h4 $6 Rhf8 32. b4 $6 {
A dubious enterprise.} (32. Qb1 Rf1 33. Qc2 {followed by 34.b4, was to be
preferred.}) 32... axb3 33. axb3 Nxb3 34. Qb4 Nc5 35. Qb6 Rf6 36. h5 R8f7 37.
Ra2 Nd3 38. Qb1 e4 39. Rg2 Kh7 40. Qa1 Ne5 41. Qb1 Nd3 42. Qb6 Kg7 $6 (42...
Ne5 {was more natural, as} 43. c5 {is met by} Nd7) 43. Qd4 $1 {An enterprising
sacrifice, which is, however, insufficient for win.} Ne1 44. Qxe4 Nxg2 45. Kxg2
Rc7 46. Qd4 Kf7 47. Kg3 Rc8 48. Qd3 Rf8 49. Qb3 Kg8 (49... Ke8 {wsa an option
here:} 50. e4 (50. Qxb7 Rf3+ {forces draw by perpetual}) 50... R8f7 51. c5 dxc5
52. e5 Rf3+ 53. Qxf3 Rxf3+ 54. Kxf3 Ke7 {equalizes.}) 50. e4 (50. Qxb7 $4 {
loses on the spot after} Rf2 $1 {/\R8f3#.}) 50... Re8 (50... R8f7 {suffices to
draw as well.}) 51. c5 {[%csl Rd6,Rg8][%cal Gc5d6,Gc5c6,Gd5d6,Ge4e5,Gb3g8] An
impressive brekthrough, which puts Black under pressure.} Rxe4 {A correct
reaction.} ({Bad was} 51... dxc5 52. d6+ Kf8 53. Qd5 {followed by e4-e5,
easily winning.}) 52. cxd6 Rff4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} ({A terrible mistake. After
obvious} 52... Rxd6 53. Qxb7 Re8 {, followed by Red8, Black keeps a draw.}) 53.
d7 Rxg4+ 54. Kh3 Rh4+ 55. Kg2 Rhg4+ 56. Qg3 (56. Qg3 {A refutation. After}
Rxg3+ (56... Re2+ 57. Kf3) 57. Kxg3 {Black cannot prevent White's pawn
promotion.}) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht Shirov} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7.
h3 a6 8. Bg2 g5 9. b3 {Bologan} (9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Nb3 Ne5 11. f4 gxf4 12. Bxf4
Nfd7 13. O-O-O b5 14. Qf2 Bb7 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Ne2 h5 17. gxh5 Rxh5 18. h4 Be7
19. Ng3 Rxh4 20. Nh5 Rxh1 21. Bxh1 Ng6 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Ivanchuk,V/Wijk 1996 
(29)}) (9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Ne5 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. f4 gxf4 13. Bxf4 b5 14. Qf2
Nfd7 15. Kb1 Bb7 16. Rhe1 Be7 17. Nce2 O-O-O {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Sax,G/BL9293
1993 (61)}) 9... Nbd7 10. Bb2 Ne5 11. Qd2 Bd7 (11... Ng6 {Shirov} 12. O-O-O Nf4
13. Bf3 $1 $14) 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. f4 (13. Nce2 $1 $14 {Shirov}) 13... gxf4 14.
Nce2 (14. Qxf4 {Shirov} Be7 $13 15. Nf3 $140 O-O-O 16. Ne2 Ng6) 14... Be7 (
14... f3 $6 {Shirov} 15. Nxf3 Nxe4 $2 16. Qe3 Rc8 17. c4 Nxc4 $8 18. bxc4 Qxc4+
19. Kb1 Rg8 20. Ne5 $1 $16) 15. Nxf4 O-O-O 16. Kb1 Kb8 17. Rhf1 Bc8 {[%cal
Gf6d7,Gd7c5,Gd7e5] A natural move, vacating the d7 square for the f6 knight.} (
17... Rc8 {was worth considering.}) (17... Rdg8 {Shirov} 18. Nd3 $1) (17... Ne8
{Shirov} 18. Nf3 $1) 18. Nde2 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Ge2g3,Gg3h5,Gf4h5] Planning to
transfer this knight to h5 via g3.} Rh7 (18... b5 $6 {is met by} 19. Bc3 {
/\Ba5.}) 19. Ng3 b6 20. Ngh5 Nfd7 (20... Nxh5 {Shirov} 21. Nxh5 a5 $5 $14) 21.
Nd3 Bb7 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 $6 (22... dxe5 $142 {was to be preferred. The text move
allows White to seize the f6-square.} 23. Qc3 $5 $14) 23. Nf6 (23. Qf2 $142 $1
$14 {Shirov}) 23... Rg7 $2 ({This pawn sacrifice proves insufficient. Better
was} 23... Rhh8 24. Qf2 $1 (24. Bxe5 $2 dxe5 25. Nd7+ Kc8 $17) 24... Ka7 25.
Rd2 $14) 24. Qxh6 (24. Qf2 $5 {Shirov}) 24... Rg6 25. Qh4 Rc8 26. Rd2 Ka7 27.
g5 Qc5 28. Qf4 (28. Bd4 $6 {Shirov} Qb5) 28... a5 29. Rfd1 (29. a4 $5 {Shirov})
29... a4 $1 {Resourceful defence in a difficult position. A-pawn march yields
Black certain hope to create some threats on the queenside.} 30. Bf1 {A useful
profilactic move. Setting control over the important f1-a6 diagonal, White
significantly reduces Black's attacking chances.} a3 31. Ba1 (31. Bd4 {Shirov}
Qa5 $1) 31... Nc6 ({Certainly, not} 31... b5 $4 {/\Nc4} 32. Bd4 $18) 32. h4
Bxf6 33. gxf6 (33. Bxf6 $6 e5 34. Qg3 Nd4 {yields Black counterplay.}) 33...
Ne5 (33... e5 $5 {Shirov} 34. Qf3 Nd4 35. Bxd4 exd4 $14) 34. Be2 Rg2 35. h5 Qc6
$2 (35... Rf2 $1 {Shirov} 36. Qh4 Rg2 $1 (36... Nc4 $2 37. bxc4 Qb4+ 38. Kc1
Rxe2 39. Rxe2 Qxc4 40. Qe1 Bxe4 41. Rd4 Qxa2 42. Bc3 $18) 37. Bd4 $5 (37. Qf4
$1 Rf2 $11) (37. h6 Qe3) 37... Qc6 38. Qf4 (38. Kc1 $5) 38... Qxe4 39. Bxe5
Qxe5 (39... dxe5 40. Qxe4 Bxe4 41. Bd3 $14) 40. Qxe5 dxe5 $13) 36. Bxe5 {
The simplest way to convert the advantage. Arising endgame is lost for Black.}
dxe5 37. Qxe5 Rg5 (37... Qxe4 {Shirov} 38. Qxe4 Bxe4 39. Bd3 $18) 38. Qd4 ({
An elegant, but insufficient tactical resource.} 38. Qxg5 $4 {loses after} Qc3
{Still, after his queen retreat White retain excellent winning chances.}) 38...
Qxe4 39. Qxe4 Bxe4 40. Kc1 Rf5 (40... Rd5 41. h6) 41. Rf1 Rd5 (41... Rxf1+ {
Shirov} 42. Bxf1 Rh8 43. Rd7+ Kb8 44. Be2 $18) 42. Bd1 (42. c4 {Shirov} b5 43.
Rf4 bxc4 $1 44. bxc4 Re5 $16) 42... b5 43. Rf4 Rxd2 (43... Bh7 {Shirov} 44.
Rxd5 exd5 45. Rg4 $18) 44. Kxd2 {[#] Hecht: Weißer Mehrbauer und schwarze
Bauernschwächen. Freibauern.} Rd8+ 45. Kc1 Bf5 46. Rb4 Kb6 47. Be2 (47. c4 $5 {
Shirov} Kc5 48. Rxb5+ Kd4 49. Ra5 $18) 47... Kc5 (47... Rd5 {does not help
because of} 48. c4) 48. Rxb5+ Kd4 49. Ra5 {Now Black could resign with a clear
conscience.} Ke3 50. Bd1 Kf4 (50... Kf2 {Shirov} 51. b4 $1 $18) 51. Ra7 (51.
Rxa3 {Shirov} e5 52. Ra7 Be6 $1) 51... Rf8 52. Rxa3 e5 53. b4 e4 54. b5 e3 55.
b6 Be4 56. Ra4 Ke5 57. Ra7 Kf4 (57... Kxf6 {Shirov} 58. Ra3 Ke5 59. Rxe3 f5 60.
Rb3 f4 61. h6 $1 $18) 58. a4 Rg8 59. Rxf7 Rg1 60. Rg7 Rf1 61. f7 Ke5 62. Kb2 $1
{Hecht: Der König hilft sich selbst.} 1-0

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 1st"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 a6 8. Bg2
Nfd7 9. g5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Qb6 11. Nb3 Nc5 12. Qe2 Nxb3 13. cxb3 $1 {[#]This is
an exceptional case, when it's better to recapture away from the centre. The
main idea is that the white King will be safe behind the pawn mass a2, b2 & b3
- e. g. after a6-a5-a4, bxa4 as the a-file still won't be open.} Nc6 14. O-O-O
Bd7 15. Kb1 Be7 16. Be3 Qa5 17. h5 b5 18. f4 b4 19. Na4 Rb8 20. e5 d5 21. Rc1
Qb5 22. Qd2 d4 23. Bf2 O-O 24. Rhg1 Rfc8 25. Be4 Bf8 26. Bh4 Ne7 27. Rce1 Nf5
28. Bf6 Kh7 29. Qg2 Bc6 30. Bxf5+ exf5 31. Qg5 Be4+ 32. Ka1 Qe8 33. Bxg7 Rc6
34. Rxe4 fxe4 35. Bf6 Rc1+ 36. Rxc1 Qd7 37. Nc5 Rc8 38. Rg1 Bh6 39. Nxd7 Bxg5
40. fxg5 d3 41. g6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Zagorskis, Darius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "Bartel,M"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {The Najdorf wasn't the
option which I expected, so after some minutes of thinking I decided to avoid
the main lines (which, to be honest, I do quite often).} 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Be7 8.
Bg2 Nfd7 {This is a very logical, prophylactic move, what explains why this is
the main move here. Black puts the knight on a very normal square and at the
same time all options of an immediate g4-g5 are stopped.} ({It is also
possible to begin with} 8... Nc6 {and only after} 9. Be3 {put the knight on d7
-} Nd7 {which gives us the same position which arose in the game.}) 9. Be3 Nc6
10. Qe2 {The bishop from f1 is already developed on g2, that's why White
players prefer to develop their queen on e2, as the weakness of the c4-square
may cause immediate problems.} ({However, once Dominguez tried} 10. Qd2 {
in a game versus Topalov and after} Nde5 {he was forced to play} 11. b3 {
. This game is annonated in MegaDatabase by GM Ftacnik.}) 10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4
O-O 12. O-O-O Rb8 $5 {This smart move was played by Morozevich and Wojtaszek.
The rook is leaving the h1-a8 diagonal in order for Black to play ...b7-b5
under more appropriate circumstances.} ({In fact there is also nothing wrong
with} 12... b5 {, as played by Ponomariov, but you must be far more careful,
because after} 13. e5 d5 {White may sacrifice} 14. Nxd5 $5 {and the position
is very unclear} exd5 15. Bxd5 Rb8 16. Ba7 (16. e6 $5 fxe6 17. Bxe6+ Kh8 18.
Rhe1 $44) 16... Rb7 17. Bxb7 Bxb7 18. Rhe1 Qc7 19. Kb1 $44 {0-1 Movsesian,S 
(2716)-Ponomariov,R (2727)/San Sebastian 2009/CBM 132 (51)}) 13. e5 $6 {
During the game I was very happy with this move, as I was sure that
transpositions to French-like structures could be in my favour. Unfortunately,
it seems that objectively this time this structure is much more pleasant for
Black, as White's bishop on g2 is misplaced and also the knight on c3 has
serious difficulties in reaching better squares.} d5 14. f4 b5 15. f5 {Another
step in a very risky direction.} ({Of course, White would be happy to put the
knight on e2. So, the first idea is to play} 15. Qe3 {, but it's met by Black
with} Nb6 {. I thought that this was looking very suspicious, but engines are
quite happy with the awkward} 16. b3 {. Still, in that position I'd prefer
Black.}) 15... Bb7 $1 {Another prophylactic move.} (15... b4 $5 {was more
risky, because White can seriously think about} 16. Nxd5 $1 {and the position
becomes very unclear} exd5 17. Bxd5 Qa5 {probably best} (17... Bb7 18. Bxb7
Rxb7 19. e6 fxe6 20. fxe6 Bg5+ 21. Kb1 Qe7 22. Qg2 Nb6 23. Rhf1 $44 {looks
promising for White as the black pieces aren't coordinated.}) 18. e6 Qxd5 19.
exd7 Bg5+ 20. Kb1 Bxd7 21. h4 $5 (21. Bxg7 Qb5 22. Qxb5 Bxb5 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 $15)
21... Bb5 (21... Bf4 22. Qf2) 22. Qh2 Be7 23. Bxg7 {with a sharp position.})
16. Qf2 $2 {A very weak move. I wanted to prepare both Ne2 and f6, but I
underestimated Black's response.} ({It was neccesary to play} 16. a3 {, but
this is not a move you like to play in a Sicilian when you have already
castled long...}) 16... Bh4 $1 {Simple and strong. The bishop on h4 feels
quite comfortable, but we can't say the same about the white queen which is
dramatically seeking for a good place.} 17. Qf3 Rc8 (17... b4 {was probably
better, but it would lead to the same position which appeared in the game, as
I wasn't thinking about a2-a3.}) 18. Kb1 {It was the last chance to play a2-a3,
but I decided that it's better to sacrifice the pawn on c2. I think, from a
practical point of view, my decision was correct.} Qc7 19. Qe3 {You can lose
many pawns, but surely the e5-pawn is not among them...!} b4 20. Ne2 Qxc2+ 21.
Ka1 {Here we are! Black is a pawn up, but it's not all that simple. Both
bishops and the knight on d7 aren't very strong and White is somehow
coordinated and willing to press in the centre, for example on the e6-square.
So, Black must be very precise.} h6 $6 {A natural decision, as Black wants to
bring the bishop into the game from g5 and also wants to stop g4-g5.} ({
However, it seems that much stronger was} 21... Qa4 $1 22. b3 Qb5 {and we can
see that ...h7-h6 wasn't obligatory.}) 22. Rc1 Qa4 23. b3 Qa5 24. Nf4 Bg5 {
This move leads to an unclear position, but probably there is nothing better.}
({In the event of} 24... Rfe8 {White would have a good initiative after} 25.
Rxc8 Bxc8 ({if} 25... Rxc8 26. fxe6 fxe6 27. Nxe6 Rc2 {White can play} 28. a4
$1 $13) 26. fxe6 fxe6 27. Ng6 $44) 25. h4 $1 {This move is the strongest in
that position, but it's very funny that I made it for the completely wrong
reason - I wanted to sacrifice my queen...} Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1 Bxh4 27. fxe6 fxe6
28. Nxe6 Rf2 {The official scoresheets shows that my opponent played 28...Bf2
here, but this is not correct.} 29. Qxf2 $2 {This move I played instantly. Ok,
it seems that there is nothing else here, but...} (29. a4 $3 {this move can be
easily missed. The point is that after} Rxg2 $4 {White plays the "silent"} ({
The correct move is} 29... bxa3 {and after} 30. Rc7 Qb5 31. Nf4 Rxg2 32. Nxg2
Bd8 33. Rc2 {we have a complicated position in which I would prefer White.})
30. Rf1 $3 {and Black is completely hopeless, mainly because of the trapped
queen on a5.} (30. Qf3 $2 Rg3 $1)) 29... Bxf2 30. Bxf2 Kf7 31. Nd4 {When I
played 25.h4 I thought that in this position I have good practical chances as
the black pieces aren't coordinated. The game shows that I wasn't wrong, but
objectively, Black is much better, if not winning.} Nxe5 $2 {It's not a very
good idea to open the position when White has two strong bishops. Especially
the black squares should be covered!} (31... Nc5 $1 {was much better, and after
} 32. e6+ Nxe6 33. Nxe6 Kxe6 34. Bd4 Qd8 {White should be hopeless.}) 32. Bg3
Nd3 $2 {And this is the losing move.} ({It was necessary to play} 32... Nc4 $1
33. bxc4 dxc4 {and now White must play} 34. Bf1 $1 (34. Bxb7 $4 b3 $19) {
what after} 34... c3 35. Bc4+ Kg6 36. Bd3+ Kg5 {leads to a crazy,
computer-like position.} 37. Bc7 Qd5 38. Bd8+ Kxg4 39. Rg1+ Kh3 $17) 33. Bc7
Qa3 34. Rc2 {Now the queen on a3 is... trapped! Sooner or later White plays
Kb1, Bf1 (to remove the knight from d3) and finally he moves the rook to put
the bishop on c7. However, I thought that things are very simple and the
position is absolutely trickless...} Ke8 35. Kb1 Kd7 {and here the simple Bb6
with next Bf1-Rc7-Nc2 is winning, but for some reason I decided that move
order is not important and I played...} 36. Bf1 $4 {...after which my opponent
instantly... resigned! He must have been very disappointed when he switched on
his engine - after 36...Nf2! (even 36...Nb2 is interesting) with the idea ...
Ne4 it is White who must look for a draw. This is possible when White plays 37.
g5!, but that would be another story.} (36. Bf1 $4 Nf2 37. g5) (36. Bb6 $18)
1-0

[Event "SLO-ch"]
[Site "Grize"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Soln, Primoz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Beliavsky,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 a6 7. g5 Nfd7 8. h4 (
8. f4 h6 $5 $13) (8. Be3) 8... b5 9. Be3 (9. Bg2 Bb7 10. f4) 9... b4 10. Nce2
Bb7 11. Bg2 Nc5 12. Ng3 Nbd7 (12... d5 13. e5 Nbd7 14. f4 $16) 13. O-O g6 $2 (
13... d5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Re1 $16) (13... h6 $1 $13) 14. a3 $1
bxa3 (14... a5 15. axb4 axb4 16. Qd2 $16) 15. Rxa3 Nb6 16. Nb3 $1 Nc4 (16...
Nxb3 $2 17. Rxb3 $18) 17. Qd4 $1 Nxe3 (17... Nxa3 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Qxh8 Nxc2
20. Bxc5 $18) 18. Nxc5 dxc5 (18... Nxf1 19. Qa4+ $18) 19. Qxe3 e5 (19... Qd4
20. Qb3 Qb4 21. Qa2 $16) (19... Qd4 20. Qb3 Qb4 21. e5 $16) 20. Rd3 Qc7 21.
Rfd1 Bc6 22. Bh3 $1 Be7 23. Bd7+ Bxd7 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Rxd7 Kxd7 26. Qb3 Rab8
(26... Rhf8 27. Qb7+ Kd6 28. Nf1 $18) 27. Qd5+ Bd6 28. Qxf7+ Kc6 29. b3 Rb7 30.
Qd5+ Kc7 31. Nf1 $1 $18 Rb4 32. Ne3 Rd4 33. Qf7+ Kc6 34. c3 Rd2 35. Nc4 Rf8 36.
Qa7 Rd1+ 37. Kg2 Rf4 38. Qxa6+ Kd7 39. Nb6+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.04.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1981.04.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1
h5 (8... d5 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Be3 Qxh4 (12... Be7 13.
Qf3 Qa5+ 14. c3 O-O-O 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nb3 Qa6 $10 {Kindermann,S-Vogt,L/
Baden-Baden/1993/1:0 (28) Inf 58/259/}) 13. Qf3 a6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. O-O-O Bd6
16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. gxf5 Be5 $1 $10 {Anand,V-Salov,V/Moscow/1992/0,5 (36) Inf 56/
242/}) 9. g5 (9. gxh5 Nxh5 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. Rg3 a6 12. Qd2 (12. Nxc6 bxc6 13.
Qf3 Be7 14. O-O-O d5 15. Bc4 Bb7 16. Bb3 $14 {Pavlovic,M-Razuvaev,Y/YUG/1991/1:
0 (34) Inf 52/222/}) 12... Qb6 13. Nb3 Bd7 14. O-O-O Rc8 $5 15. Kb1 Ne5 16. Qe1
Nh5 17. Rh3 Qc7 $10 {Byrne,R/Suba,M/London/1991/1:0 (54) Inf 52/223/}) 9... Ng4
10. Be2 Qb6 (10... d5 11. Bxg4 $1 hxg4 12. g6 f6 13. exd5 exd5 14. Be3 Bb4 15.
Qe2 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Qe7 $14 {Bangiev,A-Kopelevic/corr/1988/1:0 (47) Inf 45/269/}
) (10... g6 $5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. b3 Bg7 13. Bb2 d5 14. Qd2 Qa5 15. exd5 exd5
$10 {Matulovic,M-Jansa,V/Nis/1983/0,5 (24) Inf 36/285/}) 11. Bxg4 Qxd4 (11...
Nxd4 12. Be2 $1 Nxe2 13. Qxe2 Bd7 14. Rg3 (14. b3 $1) 14... Rc8 15. Rd3 $14 {
Mikhalchishin,A-Sokolov,A/URS(ch)/1984/0:1 (40) Inf 38/300/}) (11... hxg4 12.
Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qxg4 g6 14. Qg3 $5 Bg7 15. Qxd6 Bb7 16. Bd2 $1 Rxh4 17. O-O-O $1
$16 {Sznapik,A-Cocozza,M/Thessaloniki(ol)/1984/1:0 (27) Inf 38/301/}) 12. Be3
$1 Qb4 $6 (12... Qxd1+ $142 13. Bxd1 $14) 13. Be2 g6 $6 (13... Qxb2) 14. a3 $1
Qxb2 15. Nb5 Qe5 16. Rb1 $5 (16. Nc7+ Ke7 17. Nxa8 Bg7 18. Rb1 Bd7 $44) 16...
Kd7 17. Qd3 a6 18. f4 Qg7 $8 19. Nxd6 $1 Bxd6 20. Rd1 Rd8 (20... Qf8 21. e5 $18
) 21. Bb6 $18 Qf8 22. e5 Ke8 23. Bxd8 Nxd8 24. Qxd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Bd7 26. Rg3
$1 Rc8 27. Kd2 Nc6 28. Rgd3 Rc7 29. Bf3 Ke7 30. Rc3 Rc8 31. Be4 Rc7 32. Rc5 Rc8
33. Kc3 $1 Be8 34. Bxc6 Bxc6 35. Kb4 Rb8 36. Rc4 (36. Ka5 $2 b6+) 36... a5+ 37.
Kxa5 Ra8+ 38. Kb4 Ra6 39. Rcd4 Rb6+ 40. Kc3 Rb1 41. Rd1 Rb5 42. R6d4 Bd5 43.
Rb4 Ra5 (43... Ra5 44. a4) 1-0

[Event "Halle DSV International-07"]
[Site "Halle/Saale"]
[Date "1984.06.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Stempin, Pawel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Boensch,E"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1984.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH 8/1984} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7.
h4 Nc6 8. Rg1 d5 $6 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Bg2 $1 Qe5+ (11... Qxd4 $4
12. Bxc6+) 12. Be3 Nb4 13. Qe2 Nd5 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15. O-O-O Bd7 16. Kb1 Rc8 $6
17. Nb3 Qc4 18. Qd2 Qa4 19. Bd4 $1 b6 20. f4 Qb5 21. Rge1 Rg8 $6 22. f5 Bb4 23.
c3 Be7 24. Bf2 $1 Rd8 25. Nd4 Qc4 26. Qc2 $1 g6 $6 27. b3 Qc8 28. fxe6 fxe6 29.
h5 Kf7 30. Bg3 Rdf8 31. Nf3 Bf6 32. Ne5+ Bxe5 {Nun können die schwarzen Felder
des Nachziehenden nicht mehr ausreichend verteidigt werden, so dass es
schließlich zu einem erbaulichen Finale mit Matt kommt.} 33. Bxe5 Bb5 34. hxg6+
Rxg6 35. c4 Be8 36. Rf1+ Kg8 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Rf1+ Ke7 39. Qf2 Qc6 40. Qh4+
$1 Kd7 41. Rd1+ Kc8 42. Rd8+ Kb7 43. Qe7+ Ka6 44. Qa3+ Kb7 45. Rb8# 1-0

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Meister, Jakob"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 e5 7. Nf5 $6
(7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Nf5 $16) 7... h5 8. g5 Nxe4 9. Nxg7+ Bxg7 10.
Nxe4 d5 11. Ng3 (11. Nc3 $2 Be6 12. Bg2 e4 13. O-O h4 14. Re1 h3 15. Bf1 Nc6
16. f3 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 O-O-O $19 {Rocha,W-Nisipeanu,D WchJ Mamaja 1991}) 11... Nc6
12. Nxh5 Rxh5 13. Qxh5 Nd4 14. Bd3 (14. Qh7 Kf8 15. Bd2 Nf3+ 16. Kd1 Nxd2 17.
Kxd2 Qxg5+ 18. Ke1 Bf5 19. Rg1 Qxg1 20. Qxf5 e4 $17 {Santacruz,C-Salazar,H
Asuncion 1988}) (14. g6 Qf6 15. Be3 fxg6 16. Qh7 Nxc2+ 17. Kd2 Nxe3 18. fxe3 e4
19. Rb1 Kf7 20. Rc1 Qxb2+ 21. Rc2 Qb4+ 22. Kd1 Qb1+ 23. Kd2 $10 {Frolov,
A-Lazarev,V Debrecen 1990}) 14... e4 15. c3 Nf3+ 16. Kf1 Bf5 17. Be2 Qd7 18.
Bxf3 exf3 19. Qxf3 Be4 20. Qe3 Kf8 21. f3 (21. Rg1 $2 Qb5+ 22. Ke1 Re8 $19)
21... Qh3+ 22. Kf2 Qh4+ 23. Kg2 (23. Ke2 Re8 $40) 23... Qg4+ {Boensch} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 a6
8. Rg1 Qa5 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. g5 hxg5 11. hxg5 Nfd7 12. Be3 {N} (12. g6 Ne5 13.
gxf7+ Qxf7 14. Be2 Nbc6 15. Be3 Rh3 16. Qd2 Nf3+ 17. Bxf3 Qxf3 18. Nd4 Ne5 $10
{Timman-Boensch Novi Sad (ol) 1990}) 12... g6 13. f4 Nc6 $6 (13... b5 14. Qd2 (
14. a4 $5 b4 15. Qd4 Rh2 16. Qxb4 Rxc2 $13) 14... Nc5 15. O-O-O (15. Bxb5+ axb5
16. Nxb5 Qb6 $13) (15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. e5 Bb7 $13) 15... Nbd7 16. Bxb5 $2 axb5
17. Nxb5 (17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Nxb5 Qb6 19. Nxd6+ Bxd6 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Nxe4
$19) 17... Nxb3+ 18. axb3 Ra1#) 14. Qd2 b5 15. O-O-O Bb7 16. Kb1 b4 $2 (16...
O-O-O 17. Bxb5 $6 (17. Bg2 $13) 17... axb5 18. Nxb5 Qb8 19. Rg3 (19. Qc3 Rh3)
19... Nc5 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Rd3 Be7 22. Rd7 Nd4 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. N3xd4 cxd4
25. Qa5 Bxe4 $19) 17. Na4 O-O-O 18. Bd3 (18. Qf2 Kb8 19. Nb6 Nc5) 18... Bg7 $2
(18... Be7) 19. Qe2 a5 20. Qf2 (20. Ba6 $16) 20... Kb8 21. Nb6 $2 (21. Bb5 Nc5
22. Naxc5 dxc5 23. Nxc5 $18) 21... Nc5 22. Nxc5 dxc5 23. Bxc5 Bd4 24. Bxd4 Nxd4
25. Nc4 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Qxc4 27. Rd2 Rd6 28. Rgd1 Rhd8 29. Bh1 Kc7 30. Qg2 Nc6 (
30... Qc6 $10) 31. Rd3 Qxf4 $2 (31... Qc5 $10) 32. Rf1 Qe5 33. Rxf7+ Kb8 (33...
Kc8 $16) 34. Qg1 $18 Nd4 35. c3 bxc3 36. Rb7+ Kc8 37. Rxc3+ Nc6 38. Rxc6+ Rxc6
39. Bxc6 Qf5+ 40. Ka1 Qc2 (40... Qf2 41. Qc1 Qc5 42. Bd7+ $1 $18) (40... Qc5
41. Bd7+ $1 $18) 41. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "London WFW"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Davies, Nigel Rodney"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 Be7 7. g5 Nfd7 8. Qh5
g6 9. Qg4 Nc6 10. Be3 Nb6 {N} (10... h5 11. Qg2 Nde5 12. f4 Ng4 13. Bg1 Nxd4
14. h3 (14. Bxd4 e5 $15) 14... e5 15. hxg4 Bxg4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Nd5 $14 {
Korsunski-Golod, URS 1990 -INF.50/255}) (10... Nde5 11. Qg2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxg5
13. Bb5+ Kf8 14. O-O $44 {Nekrasov -Inf.50/255}) 11. Qg3 Na5 12. b3 e5 13. Bb5+
Kf8 14. Nde2 Be6 15. Rd1 (15. O-O-O $5) 15... h6 $6 (15... Nc6 $13) 16. gxh6 a6
17. Bd3 Nd7 18. h4 Nc6 19. f4 $16 exf4 (19... Rxh6 20. f5 Rxh4 21. Kd2 $18) 20.
Nxf4 Nce5 21. Nxe6+ fxe6 22. O-O+ Kg8 $6 23. Bc4 $1 $18 Kh7 24. Bxe6 Bxh4 25.
Qh3 Rc8 26. Rxd6 $1 Rxc3 27. Rxd7+ $1 Qxd7 (27... Nxd7 28. Rf7+ Kg8 29. Rxd7+
$18) 28. Bxd7 Bg5 29. Bxg5 1-0

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Vogt, Lothar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. Rg1 a6 8. h4 d5
9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Be3 (11. Bg2 Qc4 12. c3 (12. Bf1 Qc7 13. Be3 Bd7
14. Qd2 Nc6 15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Qxd8+ Qxd8 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 $10 {
Kaminski,U-Fahnenschmidt,G BL 9293 1992 1/2 21}) 12... Be7 13. g5 (13. Be3 Nd7
14. Qd2 Bxh4 15. g5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 hxg5 17. Qxg5 g6 18. O-O-O Rh5 19. Qg3 Qxa2
20. Bf3 $44 {Teran,I-Veingold,A Sevilla op (09) 1994 1-0 40}) 13... e5 (13...
Nd7 14. Qe2 Qxe2+ 15. Kxe2 Nb6 16. Bf3 hxg5 17. hxg5 Rh4 18. Rh1 Rxh1 19. Bxh1
e5 20. Nc2 Bg4+ 21. Bf3 Bxf3+ 22. Kxf3 O-O-O $10 {Karpov,A-Kindermann,S Wien
op 1986 1-0 41}) 14. Qb3 Qxb3 15. Nxb3 hxg5 16. hxg5 Nc6 17. Be3 Be6 18. O-O-O
Rd8 19. Rde1 Bd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Rh1 Rg8 22. a3 {1/2 Anka,E-Wallace,J
Budapest FS FebGM (05) 1995 - CBM 46}) 11... Be7 12. Qd2 $1 $146 {Ein starkes
P-Opfer, Weiß bekommt riesigen Entwicklungsvorsprung.} (12. Qd3 Bxh4 13. O-O-O
Qxa2 14. Nb3 Bf6 15. Bd4 Bg5+ 16. f4 Bxf4+ 17. Be3 Bxe3+ 18. Qxe3 Qa4 19. g5
Nd7 20. gxh6 gxh6 21. Bh3 Qc6 22. Nd4 Qc5 23. Bxe6 Ne5 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Qf4+
{1-0 Kaminski,U-Schuh,H BL 9495 Dresden-Zaeringen [6] 1995}) (12. g5 hxg5 13.
hxg5 Bd7 14. Bg2 Qc4 15. Qe2 Qxe2+ 16. Kxe2 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Bxc6+ bxc6
19. Rh1 O-O-O 20. f4 g6 21. c4 Bd6 {1/2 Borriss,M-Sax,G BL 9394
Stadthagen-Dresden [3] 1994}) 12... Bxh4 13. Bg2 Qd6 (13... Qc4 14. O-O-O Qxa2
15. Nb3 Bf6 16. Bd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 O-O 18. g5 $40) 14. O-O-O Nd7 15. Rh1 Be7 16.
g5 Nb6 (16... h5 17. Qe2 g6 18. Nc6 Qc7 19. Nxe7 Kxe7 20. f4 $16) 17. gxh6 gxh6
18. Rxh6 Rxh6 19. Bxh6 {Weiß hat seinen zurück und der schwarze K steht nach
wie vor in der Mitte.} Nc4 $2 {Beschleunigt den Untergang, aber auch nach} (
19... e5 20. Nc6 $1 Qxd2+ 21. Rxd2 Nc4 22. Rd3 f6 23. Rg3 {hat es Schwarz
schwer.}) 20. Qc3 e5 (20... Qh2 $2 21. Nf5 $1 e5 (21... exf5 22. Qh8+ Bf8 23.
Qxf8#) 22. Qxc4 Qxg2 (22... Bxf5 23. Qa4+ b5 24. Bc6+ $18) 23. Nxe7 Kxe7 24.
Qc7+ Kf6 25. f4 $18) (20... Qb4 21. Qxb4 Bxb4 22. Nc6 $1 Be7 23. Nxe7 Kxe7 24.
b3 $16) 21. Nf5 Qb6 (21... Qg6 22. Nxe7 Qxh6+ 23. Kb1 Kxe7 24. Qxc4 Qb6 25.
Qh4+ Qf6 26. Qb4+ Ke8 27. Bxb7 $18) (21... Bxf5 22. Rxd6 Nxd6 23. Bxb7 Nxb7 24.
Qc6+ Bd7 25. Qxb7 $18) 22. Qxc4 Bxf5 23. Qa4+ (23. Qa4+ Qb5 24. Qxb5+ axb5 25.
Bxb7 Rd8 26. Bc6+ Bd7 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Bxb5 $18) 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lukin, Andrei M"]
[Black "Kharitonov, Andrei Y"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 a6 7. Bg2 Be7 (7...
h6 {-6...h6}) (7... Nc6 8. h3 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Qxd4 e5 12. Qd2
Be6 13. a4 Rc8 14. a5 Rc4 $10 {Savon,V-Volke,K Podolsk 1991 0-1 35}) (7... Nfd7
8. O-O Nc6 9. Kh1 Be7 10. f4 O-O 11. g5 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 b5 13. Be3 Bb7 14. a4 Bc6
$10 {Byrne,R-Spassky,B San Juan (m/5) 1974 1/4 35 -Inf.17/475}) 8. Be3 O-O 9.
Qe2 (9. g5 Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. h4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 b5 13. h5 b4 14. Qxb4 Rb8 15.
Qd4 e5 16. Qd2 exf4 17. Bxf4 Rxb2 18. Nd5 Ne5 19. h6 $16 {Savon,V-Espig,L
Suhumi 1972 1-0 31 -Inf.14/453}) 9... Nc6 10. g5 Nd7 11. h4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5
13. O-O-O (13. a3 Rb8 14. O-O-O b4 $132) 13... Bb7 (13... b4 14. Na4 Qa5 15. b3
Bb7 $13) 14. f4 b4 15. Na4 Qa5 16. b3 e5 (16... Bc6 $5) 17. Be3 exf4 18. Bxf4
Bc6 19. e5 (19. Bxd6 Bxd6 20. Rxd6 Bxa4 21. bxa4 Qxa4 $17) 19... Bxg2 20. Qxg2
Nxe5 $15 21. h5 Rac8 22. Rd5 Qc7 23. Rhd1 Qc6 24. R1d2 Rfe8 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26.
Rxe5 Qxg2 27. Rxg2 f6 $1 $17 28. gxf6 Bxf6 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Nc5 Re5 31. Nd7
$2 (31. Nxa6 Rxh5 32. Kd2 $17 (32. Nxb4 $2 Bc3 $19) (32. Rg4 $2 Bc3 33. Kd1 Re5
$19)) 31... Re1+ 32. Kd2 Bc3+ (32... Bc3+ 33. Kd3 Rd1+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Karditsa"]
[Site "Karditsa"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Georgiev, Krum"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1994.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g4 a6 7. g5 Nfd7
8. Be3 b5 9. a3 Bb7 (9... Nb6 10. Qg4 $1 N8d7 11. Rd1 Ne5 12. Qg3 Qc7 13. f4
Nec4 14. Bc1 Bb7 15. Bg2 $16 {Aseev,K-Sakaev,K/URS-ch/ 1991}) 10. h4 Nb6 $2 (
10... Nc6 11. h5 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Ne5 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. Qd2 Rc8 15. Rh3 $16 {
Renet,O - Summermatter,D/ SWZ-chI (08)/ 1992/ 1-0/ 25}) (10... Nc5 $5) 11. h5
N8d7 12. g6 $1 $16 hxg6 13. hxg6 Rxh1 14. gxf7+ Ke7 $2 (14... Kxf7 15. Qf3+ Qf6
16. Qxh1 $16 Ne5 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Bxb6 d5 19. Bd4 Nc6 20. Bh3 Qe8 21. O-O-O
Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Qe5 23. Rd3 d4 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Bd6 {Adams,M-Hansen,Cu/Wijk/
1991} 26. Be6+ Ke7 27. Qh4+ Qf6 28. Qxf6+ Kxf6 29. Rxd4 $18) 15. Qg4 Qc8 $8 16.
Qxe6+ Kd8 17. Qe8+ Kc7 18. Ne6+ Kc6 $2 (18... Kb8 19. Nxf8 Nxf8 20. Bxb6 $16)
19. Nd5 $1 $18 Rxf1+ (19... Qxe8 $4 20. Nb4#) 20. Kxf1 Nxd5 21. exd5+ Kxd5 22.
Nxf8 $1 (22. Nc7+ {Ernst} Kc6 23. Nxa8 Qxa8 $16 {Adams}) 22... Ne5 (22... Nxf8
23. Rd1+ Kc4 24. Rd4+ Kc5 25. Rd3+ (25. b4+ {Ernst} Kb6 26. Rxd6+ Kc7 27. Qe5
Qh3+ 28. Ke1 Qh1+ 29. Kd2 Rd8 30. Bb6+ $18) 25... Kc4 26. b3#) (22... Qxe8 23.
fxe8=Q Rxe8 24. Nxd7 Kc6 25. Nb6 Rxe3 26. fxe3 Kxb6 27. Rd1 Kc5 28. Rd4 $18) (
22... Kc6 23. Qe4+ Kc7 (23... d5 24. Qe6+ Kc7 25. Bf4+ $18) 24. Ne6+ Kb8 25.
Qf4 $18) (22... Qc4+ 23. Ke1 Ne5 24. Rd1+ Ke4 25. Rd4+ $18) 23. Rd1+ Ke4 24.
Rd4+ Kf5 25. Rf4+ (25. Rf4+ Kg5 26. Qe7+ Kh5 27. Rh4#) 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Horvath,T} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h4
(7. Bg2 {Horvath,T} Nc6 8. h3 Bd7 9. f4 $1 (9. Be3 Ne5 10. Qe2 g5 $1 $13) (9.
Ndb5 $2 Qb8 10. Bf4 Ne5) 9... Nxd4 $1 (9... a6 10. Be3 Qb6 $2 11. Qd2 Qxb2 12.
Rb1 Qa3 13. Rb3 Qa5 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bb6 $18) 10. Qxd4 Bc6 11. Be3 Be7 12.
O-O-O O-O {Horvath,T-Golod/Berlin/1994} 13. Bf3 $1 {/\h4;g5}) 7... Nc6 8. Rg1
Nd7 9. g5 hxg5 10. hxg5 (10. Bxg5 Qb6 11. Nb3 a6 12. Qd2 (12. h5 $1 Qc7 13. Qe2
$1 b5 14. O-O-O b4 15. Na4 $1 (15. Nd5 $6 exd5 16. exd5+ Ne7 17. Nd4 $13) 15...
a5 16. f4 $16 {Cseshkovsky}) 12... Qc7 13. O-O-O b5 14. Kb1 Nce5 15. Rg3 b4 16.
Ne2 f6 17. Be3 Rxh4 $44 {Anand,V-Polgar,J/Monaco Amber blind (01)/1994/1-0 (37)
}) 10... g6 (10... Nde5 11. Be3 Bd7 12. Be2 $14 (12. Be2 {Horvath,T} a6 13. f4
Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Nc6 15. Qd2 $14 {Matulovic-Simic/Smederevo/1981})) 11. Be3 a6 12.
Qe2 Na5 $5 (12... Qc7) 13. O-O-O b5 14. f4 Qc7 (14... Nc4 {Horvath,T} 15. f5
Nde5 16. fxe6 fxe6 $13) 15. Kb1 Nb6 (15... Nc4 $2 16. Ndxb5 $1 axb5 17. Nxb5
$18) 16. Nb3 Nac4 (16... Nxb3 17. axb3 $16 {/\ Qf2}) 17. Bd4 Rg8 (17... e5 18.
fxe5 dxe5 19. Nd5 (19. Bxb6 Qxb6 (19... Nxb6 20. Qf3 $16) 20. Rg3 $16) 19...
Nxd5 20. exd5 Bf5 21. Bg2 O-O-O $13) 18. Qh2 Be7 19. Qh7 Rf8 20. f5 (20. Bg7 b4
21. Ne2 Na4 $132) 20... b4 21. fxg6 fxg6 (21... bxc3 22. g7 cxb2 23. gxf8=Q+
Bxf8 24. Bxc4 Nxc4 25. Bxb2 $18 {/\ g6}) 22. Qxg6+ Kd8 23. Ne2 e5 24. Bxb6 Qxb6
25. Qh5 $18 {o^-g} a5 26. g6 Be6 27. g7 Re8 28. Bh3 Bg8 29. Qf5 Qc6 30. Rd3 (
30. Ned4 $1 {Horvath,T} exd4 31. Nxd4 Qc8 32. Ne6+ Bxe6 (32... Kd7 33. Qb5+ Qc6
34. Nd4+) 33. Qxe6 $18 {Morovic}) 30... Kc7 31. Nd2 a4 32. Nc1 a3 33. b3 Nxd2+
(33... Nb6 34. Ne2 $18 {/\ c3}) 34. Rxd2 Qc3 35. Qd7+ Kb6 36. Rxd6+ Bxd6 (36...
Ka5 37. Qa4#) 37. Qxd6+ Ka5 (37... Kb7 38. Nd3 Rad8 39. Nc5+ $18) 38. Nd3 Ra7 (
38... Rad8 {Horvath,T} 39. Bd7 Be6 (39... Re6 40. Qd5+ Kb6 41. Bxe6 $1 Rxd5 42.
Bxd5 $18 Qd4 43. Rg6+) 40. Qc5+ $1 Qxc5 41. Nxc5 Bxd7 42. Nb7+) 39. Rg6 Qd4 40.
Qc6 $1 {/\ Qa4} Bxb3 41. axb3 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1989.11.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bönsch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6
(7... Be7 8. Rg1 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Be3 a6 12. g5 hxg5 13. hxg5
e5 $10 {Ljubojevic-Sax Luzern 1989}) 8. Rg1 h5 9. gxh5 Nxh5 10. Be3 $5 Nf6 (
10... a6 11. Be2 Nf6 12. h5 Bd7 13. Qd2 b5 14. a3 Rc8 15. f4 Qc7 16. Nxc6 Bxc6
17. Bf3 Bb7 18. Qd4 d5 $1 {Kosten-Adorjan Esbjerg 1988 - Inf.46/293}) 11. Nf3
a6 (11... d5 $5 12. exd5 exd5 $13) 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. O-O-O b5 (13... Bd7 14. Na4
Nb4 $13) 14. Ng5 Qa5 (14... Rxh4 15. f4 Bb7 16. Qf2 Ng4 17. Qxh4 Nxe3 $13) 15.
f4 b4 16. Nb1 Qxa2 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Nd5 19. Bg2 Be7 20. Nxf7 $1 $40 Kxf7
21. Be4 (21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Qg2 $13) 21... Ke8 22. Rxg7 Bd7 23. Qg4 Kd8 (23...
Nxe3 24. Rg8+ Rxg8 (24... Bf8 25. Qg7 Rxg8 26. Qxd7#) 25. Qxg8+ Bf8 26. Bg6+
Kd8 27. Qxf8+ Kc7 28. Rxd7+ $1 Kxd7 29. Qd6+ $3 Kc8 30. Qxc6+ Kb8 31. Qb6+ Kc8
32. Qxe3 $18) 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. e6 Be8 26. Bb6+ Kc8 27. Qf4 $18 Ra7 28. Bxa7
Rxh4 29. Qg3 Qc4 30. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Helsinki op"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Brodsky, Michail"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. h3 e6 (6... g6 $5 {
-B 72}) 7. g4 a6 (7... h6 8. Bg2 Bd7 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bc6 11. Be3 Qa5 12.
O-O-O Nd7 13. Kb1 Nb6 14. b4 $1 $16 {Short,N-Sax,G Debrecen 1992}) 8. Bg2 Qc7
9. a4 $146 Be7 10. Nde2 Rb8 11. g5 Nd7 12. h4 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. b3 $6 (14.
Ng3 b4 15. Nce2 $10) 14... b4 15. Na4 O-O 16. O-O e5 $1 17. f4 Ba6 18. Be3 (18.
f5 $2 Nd4 $17) 18... exf4 19. Rxf4 Nde5 20. Bf2 Bc8 $1 $15 {xg4} 21. Rc1 Ng4
22. Qd2 Nxf2 23. Rxf2 Ne5 24. Nf4 Qa7 25. Kh1 Re8 26. Nd5 Be6 27. Rcf1 Bd8 28.
Nb2 Bb6 29. Re2 Bd4 30. Nd3 Bxd5 31. exd5 Bc3 32. Qf4 Nxd3 $17 33. Rxe8+ Rxe8
34. cxd3 Qd7 (34... Qe7 $6 35. Be4 g6 36. Kg2 $15) 35. Qf2 Re7 36. Qf3 g6 37.
Qf4 Re2 38. Qc4 Qe7 39. Qg4 Re1 $1 $19 40. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 41. Kh2 Be5+ 42. Kh3 Qg1
43. Qe2 (43. Qf3 Qh2+ 44. Kg4 h5+ 45. gxh6 f5+ 46. Kg5 Kf7 $19) 0-1

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h3 Nc6 8. Bg2
Bd7 9. O-O (9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bc6 11. Be3 Qa5 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Kb1 Nb6 14.
b4 $1 $16 {Short,N-Sax,G Debrecen 1992}) 9... Be7 10. f4 Nxd4 (10... Qb6 $2 11.
Be3 Qxb2 12. Ndb5 $18) 11. Qxd4 Bc6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Qd2 g5 $1 {x e5} 14. Bd4 (
14. fxg5 hxg5 15. Qf2 Rh7 $13 (15... Ne5 $2 16. Bxa7 $16)) 14... Rh7 15. e5 $6
(15. f5 Ne5 $13) 15... dxe5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Ne4 O-O-O $1 19. Qc3
Ng6 20. Bxa7 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Nf4 22. Bf3 $8 Nxh3+ (22... f5 $5) 23. Kf1 h5 24.
Bc5 Bxe4 $1 (24... hxg4 $2 25. Nd6+ $2 (25. Bxe7 $1 Qxe7 26. Nd6+ Kb8 27. Bxc6
$16) 25... Bxd6 26. Bxd6 Bb5+ $19) 25. Bxe4 Bxc5 26. Bxh7 Qf4+ $19 27. Ke2 $2 (
27. Kg2 Qxg4+ (27... Qf2+ 28. Kxh3 f5 29. Qh8+ Kc7 30. Qd8+ Kc6 31. Qe8+ $18)
28. Kh2 Qe2+ 29. Kxh3 Qg4+ 30. Kh2 Qe2+ $10) 27... Qxg4+ 28. Ke1 Qh4+ 29. Ke2
Nf4+ 30. Kd2 Qf2+ 31. Kc1 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "SUI-ch int"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Renet, Olivier"]
[Black "Summermatter, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 a6 7. g5 Nfd7 8. Be3
b5 9. a3 Bb7 (9... Nb6 10. Qg4 $3 $146 {Aseev,K} N8d7 11. Rd1 Ne5 12. Qg3 Qc7
13. f4 Nec4 14. Bc1 Bb7 15. Bg2 $16 {Aseev,K-SakaevK URS-ch 1991 -Inf.53/214})
10. h4 Nc6 (10... Nc5 11. f3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. h5 Qb7 15. Bh3
b4 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. g6 hxg6 18. hxg6 Be7 19. gxf7+ Kxf7 $13 {Markovic,
M-Cetkovic,M Jug-ch (09) 1991 1-0 82}) 11. h5 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Ne5 13. O-O-O Nc6
14. Qd2 Rc8 15. Rh3 b4 16. axb4 Nxb4 17. Kb1 Qa5 18. f3 Be7 19. g6 O-O 20. Rg3
Bf6 (20... f5 $5) 21. Bd4 e5 (21... Bxd4 $2 22. Qxd4 e5 23. Qxd6 Rxc3 (23...
Rfd8 24. gxf7+ Kxf7 (24... Kh8 25. h6 $1 $18) 25. Bc4+ $1 $18) 24. gxf7+ Rxf7
25. Qd8+ $18) (21... fxg6 22. hxg6 h6 23. Bh3 $16) 22. Be3 d5 $2 (22... hxg6
23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Bh3 $16) 23. gxh7+ Kxh7 (23... Kh8 24. Bg5 $18) 24. Bg5 $1
$18 d4 (24... Rxc3 25. Qxc3 Rc8 26. Qb3 Bxg5 27. Rxg5 $18) (24... Qb6 25. exd5
$18) (24... Bxg5 25. Qxg5 Rg8 26. Qxe5 $18) (24... Rcd8 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Bh3
Bc8 27. Rdg1 Rg8 28. Qg2 $18) 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Bh3 $1 {Boensch} 1-0

[Event "Taastrup"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Vogt, Lothar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bönsch} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Nc6 7. g5
Nd7 8. Be3 Be7 9. h4 O-O 10. Qh5 (10. Qd2) (10. Qe2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 a6 12. O-O-O
b5 13. a3 Rb8 14. f4 Re8 15. Qh2 Qa5 16. g6 fxg6 17. h5 Bf8 18. hxg6 h6 19. f5
b4 20. Qh5 Qd8 21. fxe6 Nf6 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Nd5 $16 {Bellin - Stohl,
Oberwart 1989}) 10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 a6 12. O-O-O b5 13. Bd3 (13. Bh3 Re8 14. f4
Bf8 15. f5 b4 16. Nd5 g6 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Qg4 Ne5 19. Nf6+ Qxf6 20. gxf6 Nxg4
21. Bxg4 e5 22. Rdf1 Kf7 $17 {Horvath,T - Kohleyer, Frankfurt 1990}) 13... Ne5
14. f4 (14. Kb1 b4 15. Na4 Rb8 16. b3 Qc7 17. f4 Nxd3 18. cxd3 e5 19. Rc1 $13 {
Perenyi - Hellers, Budapest 1988 - Inf.46/299}) 14... Nxd3+ 15. Rxd3 (15. cxd3
$5) 15... Bb7 16. Re1 b4 17. Nd1 Re8 18. Nf2 Qa5 19. Ng4 (19. Kb1 $2 b3 $19)
19... b3 20. Nh6+ (20. Rg1 bxa2 21. Nh6+ Kh8 $10) 20... gxh6 (20... Kh8 $2 21.
Qxf7 $18 Rg8 (21... Qxe1+ 22. Rd1 $18) 22. Qxg8+ $1 Rxg8 23. Nf7#) 21. Rg1 hxg5
22. Qh6 e5 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Rxg5+ Bxg5 25. Qxg5+ Kh8 (25... Kf8 26. Qh6+ Kg8
$10 (26... Ke7 $4 27. Qd6#)) 26. Qf6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund op-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 a6 8. Bg2 g6
9. g5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Be7 11. Qd2 (11. Qe2 {N} e5 12. Nb3 Be6 13. O-O-O Nbd7 14.
Bh3 Qc7 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Nh5 17. Bxe6 fxe6 $10 {Hort,V-Boensch,U Bad
Neuenahr (ch) 1991}) 11... e5 12. Nb3 {N} (12. Nde2) 12... Be6 13. O-O-O Nbd7
14. Kb1 Rc8 15. f4 exf4 16. Nd5 Bxd5 $2 (16... Nxd5 17. exd5 Bg4 (17... Bf5 $2
18. Nd4 $16) 18. Rde1 Ne5 19. Qxf4 Rc4 $13) 17. exd5 f3 18. Bxf3 Ne5 19. Qe3 $1
$16 Nh5 20. Be2 Qc7 21. c4 f6 22. Bf4 Qd7 23. Bxe5 fxe5 24. Rdg1 $18 Nf4 25.
Bg4 Qc7 26. Bxc8 Qxc8 27. c5 Qf5+ 28. Kc1 dxc5 29. Rd1 b6 30. d6 Bf6 31. Nd2
Rxh4 32. Rxh4 Bxh4 33. Nc4 e4 34. Qb3 Qe6 35. d7+ Kd8 36. Rd6 {Boensch} 1-0

[Event "Blackpool zt"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Suba, Mihai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1990.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bönsch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g4 h6 7. Rg1 a6
8. h4 Qa5 $5 {N} (8... d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Be3 Be7 12. g5 e5 13.
Bg2 Qc4 14. Nb3 Be6 $1 15. c3 Nc6 $10 {Ghinda - Bönsch Budapest 1986}) 9. Nb3
Qc7 10. g5 hxg5 11. hxg5 Nfd7 12. g6 Ne5 13. gxf7+ Qxf7 14. Be2 (14. f4 $2 Be7
$1 15. fxe5 Rh2 16. Be2 $8 Bh4+ 17. Kd2 Qf4+ 18. Kd3 Rh3+ 19. Kc4 d5+ $19)
14... Nbc6 15. Be3 Be7 16. Qd2 Nf3+ 17. Bxf3 Qxf3 18. Nd4 Ne5 (18... Nxd4 19.
Qxd4 $13 (19. Bxd4 Rh1) 19... Bf6 20. Qxd6) 19. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 20. Ke2 Nxd2 21.
Kxd2 Kf7 {= / =/+} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Arnason, Jon Loftur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5
8. Nf5 g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 (10. gxf6 f4 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qh5+
Kd7 14. Qf7+ Kc6 15. Bd2 Qd7 16. Qh5 b5 17. a4 b4 18. Ne2 a5 $15 {Ljubojevic,
L-Polugaevsky,L Roquebrune 1992}) 10... d5 11. gxf6 (11. Qf3 d4 12. O-O-O Nbd7
13. Bd2 (13. gxf6 {Ernst} dxc3 14. Bc4 Qxf6 15. Rhg1 $1 $44 {Badzarani -
Rybincev, URS 1989}) 13... Qc7 {N} 14. Bd3 Nc5 15. Bc4 $13 {Wedberg,T-Novikov,
I Kopenhagen 1991}) 11... d4 12. Bc4 Qc7 (12... Qxf6 13. Nd5 Qc6 14. Bxd4 Bb4+
15. c3 Qxc4 16. Be3 (16. Bxe5 $2 Qe4+ $19) 16... Be7 17. Nb6 Qc6 18. Rg1 Nd7
19. Nxa8 b5 20. Qd5 Qb7 21. O-O-O Bd8 22. f6 Qxd5 23. Rxd5 Bb7 24. Rd6 Bxa8 25.
Rgd1 Bf3 26. Rxd7 Bxd1 27. Rxd1 $18 {Thorhallsson,T-Arnason,J Reykjavik 1992})
13. Qd3 dxc3 14. O-O-O Nc6 15. Rhe1 cxb2+ 16. Kb1 Bb4 17. Rg1 (17. c3 {Ernst}
Ba3 18. Bf4 Qd7 $1 19. Bd5 Qxd5 $1 20. Qxd5 Bxf5+ 21. Rd3 O-O $1 $10 {
Sigurjonsson - Olafsson,H, Island 1984.}) 17... Rf8 (17... Bd7 $2 18. Bxf7+
Kxf7 19. Rg7+ $18) 18. f4 exf4 (18... Bd7 19. Bb6 $18) 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Rge1+
Bxe1 21. Rxe1+ Be6 (21... Ne5 $2 {Ernst} 22. Qd6 $1 Qc1+ 23. Rxc1 bxc1=Q+ 24.
Kxc1 Nc6 25. Bd5 $1 $18) 22. fxe6 Qd4 (22... Rd8 23. exf7#) (22... Ne5 23. Qd6
(23. Rxe5 $4 Qc1#) 23... Qxf6 24. Rxe5 $18) 23. exf7+ Kd8 24. Qxd4+ Nxd4 25.
Rd1 Kc7 26. Rxd4 Rad8 27. Rg4 (27. Rh4 {Ernst} Rd6 $1 $14) 27... Kd6 28. Rg5 (
28. Rg7 Ke5) 28... Rc8 29. Bb3 Rc5 30. Rg8 Rcc8 31. Rg7 h6 32. Kxb2 Ke5 33. Rg6
Kf5 34. Rxh6 Rh8 35. Rxh8 Rxh8 36. Kc3 Kxf6 37. Kb4 b6 38. Bc4 {Boensch} (38.
Bc4 Ke7 39. Bxa6 Kxf7 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial-17"]
[Site "Cienfuegos"]
[Date "1981.05.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1981.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH 8/1981 Seite 356 und Inf 32/300} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 Nc6 7. g5 Nd7 8. Be3 Nde5 $6 {Ein selten gespielter Zug.} (
{Normalerweise geschieht} 8... a6 {Danach könnte sich das Spiel wie folgt
entwickeln:} 9. h4 Be7 10. Rg1 Na5 $5 {Neuerung von Petrosian,T.}) 9. h4 $1 (9.
f4 $2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Nc6 11. Be3 Be7 {/\ h6}) 9... a6 10. Qe2 Na5 11. b3 $1 Qc7
$6 (11... Nac6 {nebst Da5 war genauer.}) 12. Nd1 d5 $2 ({Besser war} 12... Nac6
13. c3 Be7) 13. exd5 Bb4+ 14. Bd2 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 exd5 16. Bg2 O-O 17. Ne3 {
Jetzt stehen die weißen Leichtfiguren ideal.} Nec6 $1 18. O-O-O Be6 19. h5 Nxd4
({Mit} 19... Qe5 {konnte sich Schwarz wesentlich hartnäckiger verteidigen.})
20. Qxd4 Nc6 21. Qb2 $1 {Jetzt bekommt Schwarz die Diagonalea1-h8 nicht mehr
unter Kontrolle.[#]} d4 22. Bxc6 dxe3 23. h6 f6 24. hxg7 Rfd8 $2 ({Richtig war
} 24... Rf7 $1 25. g6 $2 ({Oder} 25. Be4 f5 26. g6 Rxg7 27. Rxh7 exf2 $1) 25...
hxg6 $1 26. Rh8+ Kxg7 27. Rxa8 e2 $1 28. Re1 Qxc6 {und unklarem Spiel.}) 25.
Rxd8+ $1 Qxd8 (25... Rxd8 26. Qxf6) 26. Be4 h5 27. fxe3 {Am einfachsten. Mit
zwei Bauern weniger und schlechter Stellung ist jeder Widerstand sinnlos
geworden.} 1-0

[Event "Hilversum KRO m"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Be7 8. Rg1
d5 9. Bf4 (9. Bb5+) 9... Bb4 {N} (9... Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nb5 Qxd1+ 12.
Rxd1 Na6 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. Bxd6 Bd7 15. Rg3 Rc8 16. Rb3 Bc6 17. Ra3 f5 18. gxf5
exf5 19. Ra5 $16 {Ljubojevic,Lj-Sax,Gy Niksic 1983}) 10. Ndb5 Nc6 (10... Nxe4
11. Qd4 Bxc3+ 12. Nxc3 O-O $13) 11. Nc7+ Kf8 12. Nxa8 Nxe4 13. a3 (13. Qd3 $2
e5 14. Bd2 Nxd2 $17) (13. Bd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Bd7 $44) 13... Qxh4 14. Bg3 (14.
Rg2 $5 Nxc3 (14... Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Qf6 $13) 15. Qd3 $16) 14... Bxc3+ (14... Nxg3
15. axb4 $18) 15. bxc3 Qf6 16. Qd3 Nxc3 (16... Ne5 17. Bxe5 $8 Qxf2+ 18. Kd1
Qxg1 19. Kc1 f6 $13) 17. Bg2 Bd7 18. Nc7 Ke7 19. Kd2 d4 (19... Na5 20. Qxc3
Nc4+ 21. Kd3 Nb2+ 22. Kd2 Nc4+ $10) 20. f4 Rc8 21. Nb5 Na5 22. Nxd4 Rc4 23. Bf2
Qxf4+ 24. Be3 Qh2 25. Rae1 Nd5 26. Kc1 Rc3 27. Qd2 Nc4 28. Bxd5 Nxd2 29. Bxd2
Qc7 $1 (29... Rc8 30. Bxb7 $16) 30. Bxc3 $2 (30. Bb3 $14) 30... Qxc3 31. Nb3
Ba4 32. Re4 (32. Kb1 Kf8 $19) 32... Bxb3 33. Bxb3 Qa1+ {Boensch} 0-1

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Brenninkmeijer, Joris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hansen,Cu} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 Nc6 7. g5
Nd7 8. Rg1 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qh5 Re8 (10... g6 {Hansen,Cu} 11. Qh6 Nde5 12.
O-O-O f6 $13 13. gxf6 Bxf6 14. Nxc6 (14. Be2 $2 Bg7 15. Qh3 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Nf3
17. Bxf3 e5 $17 {Kengis-Cvitan Biel 1990}) 14... bxc6 15. Be2 Nf7 $2 16. Rxg6+
Kh8 17. Qh5 $18 {Kengis-Murugan Gausdal 1991}) 11. O-O-O a6 12. f4 (12. Rg3
Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b5 14. Kb1 e5 15. Be3 g6 16. Qh6 Bf8 17. Qh4 Bb7 18. Rh3 h5 19.
Be2 $40 {Santo Roman,M-Bischoff,K Uzes FRA-FRG (03) 1990}) 12... Bf8 (12... g6
{Hansen,Cu} 13. Qh4 (13. Qh6 Bf8 14. Qh4 Bg7 15. Rg3 Nf8 $14 {
Ivanovic-Mascarinas izt 1990}) 13... Bf8 14. Qf2 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 b5 16. f5 $13 {
Espig-Adamski 1970}) 13. Rg3 g6 14. Qh4 h5 (14... Bg7 {Hansen,Cu}) 15. Be2 Bg7
16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Rxd6 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qa5 19. Kd2 (19. Bxh5 $2 Qa3+ 20. Kd2
Qxd6+ $19) 19... Nc5 20. Bxc5 $8 Qxc5 21. e5 Kg7 22. Re3 (22. Bxh5 Rh8) 22...
Qa5 (22... Bb7 $5 {/\Rd8}) 23. Bc4 c5 24. Qg3 Ra7 25. Qf3 Bb7 26. Qf1 Raa8 27.
f5 $1 gxf5 (27... exf5 28. Bxf7 (28. Rd7 $18 {Hansen,Cu}) 28... Kxf7 (28...
Red8 29. Bxg6 Rxd6+ 30. exd6 Kxg6 (30... Rd8 31. Re7+ Kg8 (31... Kxg6 32. Re6+
Kg7 33. Qxf5 $18) 32. Bh7+ Kh8 33. Qf4 $18) 31. Re6+ Kg7 (31... Kxg5 32. Qg1+
Kf4 33. Qg3#) 32. Qxf5 $18) 29. Qc4+ Kg7 30. Rd7+ Kh8 31. Qf7 $18) 28. g6 Qc7 (
28... Kxg6 29. Rg3+ Kh7 30. Qe2 (30. Rd7 $18 {Hansen,Cu}) 30... Kh6 31. Qe3+
Kh7 32. Qg5 $18) (28... fxg6 29. Bxe6 (29. Rd7+ $18 {Hansen,Cu}) 29... Rad8 30.
Bd7 $1 Re7 31. Rxg6+ $3 Kxg6 32. Rg3+ Kh6 33. Qf4+ Kh7 34. Qxf5+ Kh8 35. Qf6+
$18) 29. gxf7 Qxf7 30. Rg3+ Kh7 31. Rg5 Rad8 32. Be2 Rxd6+ 33. exd6 Rg8 34.
Rxh5+ Kg7 35. Qg1+ {Boensch} (35. Qg1+ Kf8 (35... Kf6 36. Rh6+ Rg6 (36... Ke5
37. Qxc5+ $18) 37. Rxg6+ Qxg6 38. Qxg6+ Kxg6 39. d7 $18) 36. Qxc5 Qd7 37. Qe5
$18) 1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 a6 8. Bg2
Nc6 9. g5 hxg5 10. hxg5 Rxh1+ 11. Bxh1 Nd7 12. f4 Qb6 13. Nde2 g6 14. b3 Qc5 (
14... Rb8 15. Bb2 Qc7 16. Qd2 b5 17. O-O-O Nb6 18. a3 Bd7 19. Bg2 b4 20. axb4
Nxb4 21. Rh1 a5 22. Rh8 Qc5 23. Qd4 Qxd4 24. Nxd4 $16 {Georgiev,Ki-Suba,M
Budapest zt-A 1993 1-0 37}) (14... Qc7 15. Bb2 b5 16. Qd2 Rb8 (16... Bb7 17.
Nd1 O-O-O 18. Ne3 Be7 19. O-O-O Nb6 20. Kb1 Kb8 21. Nc1 d5 $13 {Gruenfeld,
Y-Bischoff,K Muenchen zt 1987 1-0 36}) 17. Bg2 a5 18. Nd1 a4 19. Ne3 b4 20.
O-O-O $16 {Watson,W-Suba,M Kuala Lumpur op (06) 1992 0-1 56}) 15. Qd2 b5 16.
Bb2 Bb7 17. O-O-O O-O-O 18. Kb1 Qf2 19. a4 $5 (19. Re1 Be7 20. Nd1 Qc5 21. Ne3
$14 {Short,N-Kindermann,S Dortmund 1986 1-0 41}) 19... Qb6 (19... b4 20. Na2 e5
$13) 20. axb5 axb5 21. Nc1 Nc5 22. Qh2 b4 23. N3a2 Kb8 24. Qh7 Qc7 25. f5 Rc8
26. Rd2 (26. fxg6 $6 fxg6 27. Qxg6 $2 Ne5 28. Qh5 (28. Bxe5 Nxb3 29. Nxb4 (29.
cxb3 Qc2+ 30. Ka1 Qxd1 $19) 29... dxe5 $17) 28... Nxe4 $17) 26... Ne5 (26...
gxf5 $2 27. exf5 d5 28. g6 fxg6 29. fxg6 $18) 27. Nxb4 Qb6 28. Rd4 (28. Nca2 $2
Nxe4 $17) 28... Be7 $1 29. f6 Bd8 $44 30. Nba2 Qa6 31. Bg2 Bc7 32. Qh1 Nc6 33.
Rc4 Qb6 34. Rc3 Nd7 35. Rh3 Qc5 36. Nd3 Qxg5 37. Rh7 Nd8 (37... Nxf6 38. Rxf7
Ng4 $13 (38... e5 $2 39. Bc1 $18)) 38. Nab4 Ba5 (38... Nxf6 $2 39. Bxf6 Qxf6
40. e5 dxe5 (40... Bxg2 41. Qxg2 dxe5 42. Nc5 $18) 41. Bxb7 Nxb7 42. Nc6+ Ka8
43. Rh4 $18) 39. Rh2 Ne5 (39... Nxf6 $2 40. e5 Bxg2 (40... Nd5 41. Nxd5 exd5
42. exd6 $16) 41. Rxg2 $18) 40. Nxe5 dxe5 41. Nd3 Rxc2 (41... Bc7 42. Nc5 $16)
42. Bxe5+ Ka8 43. Kxc2 Qd2+ 44. Kb1 Qxd3+ 45. Ka2 Qc2+ $2 (45... Nc6 $1 $13)
46. Bb2 Nc6 47. e5 $1 $18 Qc5 48. Rh8+ Ka7 49. Bxc6 Bxc6 50. Qc1 Qb6 51. Qc4 (
51. Qc4 Bd5 52. Bd4 (52. Qa4 $18) 52... Bxc4 53. Bxb6+ Kxb6 54. bxc4 Bc3 55.
Rf8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 33rd"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1996.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Petursson} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4
e5 (7... h6 8. f4 Nc6 9. Be2 e5 10. Nf5 g6 11. Ng3 exf4 12. Bxf4 Be6 13. Rf1
Rc8 14. h3 Qb6 $132 {1-0 Topalov,V-Kasparov,G/Moscow olm (BUL-RUS1) ;CBM 45
1994 (29)}) 8. Nf5 g6 9. g5 (9. Bg2 $5 gxf5 (9... d5 $5 10. Bg5 gxf5 11. Nxd5
Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. exf5 h5 14. h3 Bd7 15. Qe2 hxg4 16. hxg4 Rxh1+ 17. Bxh1
Bc6 $13 {Tolnai,T-Gavrikov,V Berlin 1989 1/2 19}) 10. exf5 h6 11. Qe2 Nc6 12.
O-O-O Rg8 13. h3 Qa5 14. f4 Bd7 15. a3 O-O-O 16. Qf2 $1 $36 {Nikolenko,
O-Vorobiov,E Moscow-ch op(07) 1995 1-0 28}) 9... gxf5 10. exf5 (10. gxf6 $6 f4
11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qh5+ Kd7 14. Qf7+ Kc6 15. Bd2 Qd7 16. Qh5 b5 17.
a4 b4 18. Ne2 a5 $15 {Ljubojevic,L-Polugaevsky,L Roquebrune 30 ' (20) 1992 1/2
54}) 10... d5 11. gxf6 (11. Qf3 d4 (11... Bb4 12. gxf6 d4 13. O-O-O Qa5 14.
Bxd4 Nc6 15. Qe3 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Bxf5 18. Bc4 Be6 19. Rd5 (19. Re4
$16) 19... Qa3+ 20. Kb1 Bxd5 21. Qxe5+ Be6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Rg1 $4 (23. Qxe6+
Kf8 24. Rg1 Re8 25. Qd7 $18) 23... O-O-O {0-1 Anka,E-Vrenegoor,T Harkany op 
(03) 1994 - EXP 45}) (11... Bd7 12. O-O-O Bc6 13. Qe2 Bb4 14. Bd4 Ne4 15. Bxe5
Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Qxg5+ 17. Kb1 Rg8 $2 (17... O-O $3 $19) 18. f3 Nd7 19. fxe4 dxe4
20. h4 $14 {Timman,J-Portisch,L Reykjavik 1987 1-0 39}) 12. O-O-O Nbd7 13. Bd2
(13. gxf6 dxc3 14. Bc4 Qxf6 $17) 13... Qc7 14. Bd3 Nc5 15. Bc4 dxc3 16. Bxc3
Nfe4 17. Rhe1 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Bg7 19. f6 O-O 20. Rxe5 Be6 $17 {WEdberg,T-Novikov,
I Copenhagen op (07) 1991 0-1 34}) 11... d4 12. Bc4 Qxf6 (12... Qc7 13. Qe2 (
13. Qd3 dxc3 (13... Bb4 14. O-O-O Bxc3 $5 $13 (14... Bxc3 15. Bh6 Bb4 16. f4
Nc6 17. fxe5 Qxe5 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Qb3+ $13 {1-0 Tseitlin,MD-Bosboom,M/
Groningen op ;EXP 50 1995 (46)})) (13... dxe3 14. O-O-O Nc6 (14... exf2 $146
15. Bxf7+ $5 Kxf7 16. Qd5+ $13 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Polgar,J/Dortmund (03) ;CBM
54 1996 (56)}) 15. Nd5 Qa5 16. f4 Bh6 17. Kb1 b5 18. fxe5 e2 19. Qxe2 Bb7 20.
Bb3 O-O-O 21. e6 Rhe8 22. Qh5 Nb4 23. Ne7+ Kb8 24. Qxh6 Bxh1 25. Rxh1 fxe6 26.
a3 {1-0 Gallagher,J-Shneider,A/Bern op (09)/1995/}) 14. O-O-O Nc6 15. Rhe1
cxb2+ $2 (15... Bb4 $13) 16. Kb1 Bb4 17. Rg1 $1 (17. c3 Ba3 18. Bf4 Qd7 19. Bd5
Qxd5 20. Qxd5 Bxf5+ 21. Rd3 O-O 22. Bh6 Rfd8 23. Rg1+ Kh8 24. Bg7+ Kg8 25. Bh6+
Kh8 26. Bg7+ Kg8 27. Bh6+ {1/2-1/2 Sigurjonsson,G-Olafsson,H/Neskaupsstadur/
1984/}) 17... Rf8 18. f4 $1 exf4 $8 (18... Bd7 19. Bb6 $18) 19. Bxf4 $2 (19.
Bb6 $1 Qxb6 20. Qe4+ Ne7 21. fxe7 Bxe7 22. Rge1 Qf6 23. Rd5 $1 {/\ Re5+-})
19... Qxf4 20. Rge1+ Bxe1 21. Rxe1+ Be6 $1 (21... Ne5 $2 22. Qd6 Qc1+ 23. Rxc1
bxc1=Q+ 24. Kxc1 Nc6 25. Bd5 $18) 22. fxe6 Qd4 $1 $10 {1/2-1/2 Kotronias,
V-Arnason,J/Reykjavik/1992/ (38)}) 13... dxe3 14. O-O-O Bxf5 15. Nd5 Qc6 16.
Qh5 e2 17. Qxf5 exd1=Q+ 18. Rxd1 Bd6 19. f4 Nd7 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. Re1 Qd7 22.
Rxe5+ Kd8 23. Nb6 Qxf5 24. Rxf5 $44 {1-0 Joecks,C-Belaska,P/Prague Viktoria 
(07)/1991/ (44)}) 13. Nd5 (13. Ne4 Qxf5 14. Bd3 Qe6 15. Bg5 Nd7 16. Qh5 b6 17.
f4 Bb7 18. f5 Qd5 19. Kf2 Rc8 20. Rhg1 h6 21. Rae1 Rg8 22. Bh4 Rxg1 23. Kxg1
Rc6 {1-0 Kotronias,V-Thorhallsson,T/Gausdal Int (06)/1994/ (32)}) 13... Qc6 14.
Bxd4 Bb4+ 15. c3 Qxc4 16. Be3 (16. Nb6 Qxd4 17. Qxd4 exd4 18. cxb4 Bxf5 $1 19.
Nxa8 Nd7 $16) 16... Bxf5 $146 (16... Be7 17. Nb6 Qc6 18. Rg1 Nd7 $2 (18... Bd8
$13) 19. Nxa8 b5 20. Qd5 $1 $16 {Thorhallsson,T-Arnason,J/Reykjavik (03) 1992/
1/2-1/2 (64)}) (16... Ba5 $1 17. Nf6+ Ke7 18. Nd5+ Ke8 19. Nf6+ Ke7 $10 {
1-0 Shirov,A-Gelfand,B/Wijk (09) ;CBM 51 1996 (42)}) 17. cxb4 Be4 (17... Nd7
18. Rc1 Qh4 (18... Qe4 19. f3 Qh4+ 20. Bf2 $16) 19. Nc7+ Ke7 20. Nxa8 Qxb4+ 21.
Qd2 $16) 18. Nf6+ Ke7 19. Qg4 $1 Kxf6 $4 (19... Qxb4+ $2 20. Bd2 Qxb2 21. Rd1
$1 (21. Nxe4 $1 {Petursson} Qxa1+ 22. Ke2 Qxh1 23. Bg5+ {Mate in six!}) 21...
Bxh1 (21... h5 22. Qh4 Kf8 23. Bh6+ Rxh6 24. Rd8+ Ke7 25. Nd5+ Ke6 26. Qe7+ Kf5
27. Ne3+ Kf4 (27... Kg6 28. Rg8+ Kh7 29. Qxf7#) 28. Qh4+ Kf3 29. Qg3#) 22. Bb4+
Qxb4+ (22... Kxf6 23. Rd6+ Ke7 24. Qg5+ f6 25. Qxf6+ Ke8 26. Rd8#) 23. Qxb4+
Kxf6 24. Rd6+ Kf5 25. Qh4 $18) (19... Bd3 $1 {Nur so kann die schwarze
Stellung noch verteidigt werden.}) (19... Bd3 $1 $8 {Petursson} 20. Qg5 Ke6 $1
{is the most stubborn defence.}) 20. Bg5+ Kg7 21. Be7+ (21. Be7+ Bg6 (21... Kh6
22. Qg5#) 22. Qxc4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 24th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.07.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1996.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5
8. Nf5 g6 9. g5 (9. Bg2 $5 gxf5 (9... d5 $5 10. Bg5 gxf5 11. Nxd5 Be7 12. Bxf6
Bxf6 13. exf5 h5 14. h3 Bd7 15. Qe2 hxg4 16. hxg4 Rxh1+ 17. Bxh1 Bc6 $13 {
Tolnai,T-Gavrikov,V Berlin 1989 1/2 19}) 10. exf5 h6 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. O-O-O Rg8
13. h3 Qa5 14. f4 Bd7 15. a3 O-O-O 16. Qf2 $1 $36 {Nikolenko,O-Vorobiov,E
Moscow-ch op(07) 1995 1-0 28}) 9... gxf5 10. exf5 (10. gxf6 $6 f4 11. Bc4 Be6
12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qh5+ Kd7 14. Qf7+ Kc6 15. Bd2 Qd7 16. Qh5 b5 17. a4 b4 18.
Ne2 a5 $15 {Ljubojevic,L-Polugaevsky,L Roquebrune 1992}) 10... d5 11. gxf6 (11.
Qf3 d4 (11... Bb4 $2 12. gxf6 d4 13. O-O-O Qa5 14. Bxd4 Nc6 15. Qe3 Nxd4 16.
Rxd4 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Bxf5 18. Bc4 $16) (11... Bd7 12. O-O-O Bc6 13. Qe2 Bb4 14.
Bd4 Ne4 15. Bxe5 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Qxg5+ 17. Kb1 Rg8 $2 (17... O-O $3 $19) 18. f3
Nd7 19. fxe4 dxe4 20. h4 $14 {Timman,J-Portisch,L Reykjavik 1987 1-0 39}) 12.
O-O-O Nbd7 13. gxf6 (13. Bd2 Qc7 14. Bd3 Nc5 15. Bc4 dxc3 16. Bxc3 Nfe4 17.
Rhe1 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Bg7 19. f6 O-O 20. Rxe5 Be6 $17 {WEdberg,T-Novikov,I
Copenhagen op (07) 1991 0-1 34}) 13... dxc3 14. Bc4 Qxf6 15. Rhg1 $1 $44 {
Badzarani - Rybincev, URS 1989}) 11... d4 12. Bc4 Qc7 (12... Qxf6 13. Nd5 (13.
Ne4 Qxf5 14. Bd3 Qe6 15. Bg5 Nd7 16. Qh5 b6 17. f4 Bb7 18. f5 Qd5 $17 {1-0
Kotronias,V-Thorhallsson,T/Gausdal Int (06)/1994/ (32)}) 13... Qc6 14. Bxd4
Bb4+ (14... Qxc4 $2 15. Nf6+ Ke7 16. Bxe5) (14... exd4 $2 15. Qxd4) 15. c3 Qxc4
16. Be3 Be7 (16... Ba5 17. Nf6+ $10 {1-0 Shirov,A-Gelfand,B/Wijk (09) ;CBM 51
1996 (42)}) 17. Nb6 Qc6 18. Rg1 Nd7 19. Nxa8 b5 20. Qd5 Qb7 21. O-O-O Bd8 22.
f6 Qxd5 23. Rxd5 Bb7 24. Rd6 Bxa8 25. Rgd1 Bf3 26. Rxd7 Bxd1 27. Rxd1 $18 {
Thorhallsson,T-Arnason,J Reykjavik 1992}) 13. Qd3 dxe3 (13... Bb4 14. O-O-O
Bxc3 15. Bh6 Bb4 16. f4 Nc6 17. fxe5 Qxe5 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Qb3+ $13 {1-0
Tseitlin,MD-Bosboom,M/Groningen op ;EXP 50 1995 (46)}) (13... dxc3 14. O-O-O
Nc6 15. Rhe1 cxb2+ (15... Bb4 $13) 16. Kb1 Bb4 17. c3 Ba3 18. Bf4 Qd7 $1 19.
Bd5 Qxd5 $1 20. Qxd5 Bxf5+ 21. Rd3 O-O $1 $10 {Sigurjonsson - Olafsson,H,
Island 1984.} (21... O-O 22. Bh6 Rfd8 23. Rg1+ Kh8 24. Bg7+ Kg8 25. Bh6+ Kh8
26. Bg7+ Kg8 27. Bh6+ {1/2-1/2 Sigurjonsson,G-Olafsson,H/Neskaupsstadur/1984/})
) 14. O-O-O exf2 $146 (14... Nc6 15. Nd5 Qa5 16. f4 Bh6 17. Kb1 b5 18. fxe5 e2
19. Qxe2 Bb7 20. Bb3 $18 {1-0 Gallagher,J-Shneider,A/Bern op (09) ;EXP 46 1995
(26)}) 15. Bxf7+ $5 Kxf7 16. Qd5+ {Die folgenden Verwicklungen sind kaum
auszurechnen. Wer viel Zeit und Lust hat kann nach} Ke8 {auch} (16... Kxf6 {
kommt in Betracht} 17. Ne4+ {oder} (17. Qf3) 17... Kxf5 {mit der Analysearbeit
beginnen.} (17... Kg7 $4 18. Rhg1+ fxg1=Q 19. Rxg1+ Kh6 20. Qd2+ Kh5 21. Qg5#))
17. f7+ Ke7 18. Qf3 Bh6+ 19. Kb1 Kf8 20. Qxf2 Nd7 21. Ne4 Bg7 22. Rhg1 Nf6 23.
Qg3 Qxf7 (23... Nh5 24. Qa3+ Kxf7 (24... Qe7 $4 25. Rd8+ Kxf7 26. Qb3+ $18) 25.
Nd6+ Kf6 (25... Kg8 26. Ne8 Qxc2+ 27. Kxc2 Bxf5+ $13) 26. Qh3 $18) 24. Qa3+ Qe7
(24... Kg8 25. Rd8+ Ne8 26. Nd6 $18) 25. Qxe7+ Kxe7 26. Rxg7+ Kf8 27. Rc7 Ne8
28. Rd8 Rg8 29. Ng3 Rg4 30. Rxh7 Rd4 31. Rh8+ Kf7 32. Rhxe8 Bd7 33. Kc1 Bxe8
34. Rxa8 $14 Rh4 35. Rd8 Rxh2 36. Rd5 (36. Rd2 Rxd2 37. Kxd2 Bc6 38. Ke3 Kf6
39. c4 Kg5 40. b4 b6 $10) 36... Kf6 37. Rd6+ Kg5 38. Re6 Rh8 39. f6 Bc6 40.
Rxe5+ Kxf6 41. Re3 Re8 42. Kd2 Rxe3 43. Kxe3 Ke5 44. Ne2 Kd5 45. Nd4 Be8 46.
Kd3 Bg6+ 47. Kc3 Kc5 48. Ne6+ Kd6 49. Nf4 Bf5 50. Nd3 Kd5 51. Kb4 $2 Bxd3 $1
$10 52. cxd3 {Hecht: 2-2 B am D-Flügel, einfache Tempofrage, Zugzwangmotive in
der Variante} Kd4 53. Ka5 Kxd3 54. Kb6 Kc2 55. a4 (55. Kxb7 a5 (55... Kxb2 $4
56. a4 Kb3 57. a5 $18) 56. Kb6 a4 $10) 55... Kb3 56. a5 Ka4 (56... Kb4 $4 57.
b3 Kxb3 58. Kxb7 $18) (56... Ka4 57. b3+ Kb4 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. Be3 Nc6 8. f3
a6 9. Bc4 $146 (9. Qd2 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Bg2 Nxd4 13. Qxd4
Qxd4 14. Bxd4 Bd7 15. f4 Rc8 $10 {Frolov,A-Poluljahov,A Kobanya op (10) 1992 1/
2 54 -Inf.55/239}) (9. Qe2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 e5 11. Bf2 Be6 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Qd2
Be7 14. h4 Qc7 $10 {Nunn,J-Jansa,V BL 1991 -Inf.51/216}) 9... Na5 (9... d5 $5
10. exd5 exd5 $13) 10. Bd3 b5 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. O-O-O Rb8 (12... Nc4 $5 13. Bxc4
Qxc4 $13) 13. Kb1 g6 14. h4 Nd7 15. f4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. g5 (17. f5 b4 18.
Na4 e5 $15) 17... hxg5 18. hxg5 Rxh1 19. Rxh1 Bb7 20. b3 Qc7 21. Rh8 e5 (21...
b4 22. Ndb5 $1 axb5 23. Nxb5 Qc6 24. Nxd6+ Ke7 25. e5 $16) 22. Ndxb5 $1 axb5
23. Nxb5 Qc6 24. Nxd6+ Ke7 25. fxe5 Ke6 (25... Nxe5 26. Qb4 Ke6 (26... Qxd6 27.
Bc5 Ke6 28. Rxf8 $18) 27. Rxf8 Rxf8 28. Nxb7 $18) 26. Nb5 $1 Qxb5 27. Rxf8 Qc6
(27... Rxf8 $4 28. Qd6#) 28. Rxb8 Nxb8 29. Qd8 Na6 (29... Nd7 $4 30. Qe8#) (
29... Qxe4 30. Qf6+ (30. Qxb8 Qxe3 31. Qxb7 Qe1+ 32. Kb2 Qxe5+ 33. c3 Qxg5 $14)
30... Kd7 (30... Kd5 $4 31. Qd6#) 31. Qxf7+ Kc8 32. Qe8+ Kc7 33. Bc5 $16) 30.
Qf6+ Kd7 31. Qxf7+ Kc8 32. Qf8+ Kc7 33. Qf7+ Kb8 34. e6 $18 Qxe4 35. e7 Bc6 (
35... Nc7 36. Bf4 $18) 36. e8=Q+ $1 (36. e8=Q+ Bxe8 37. Qa7+ Kc8 38. Qxa6+ $18)
1-0

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.01.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Nc6 7. g5 Nd7 8. Be3
Be7 9. Rg1 (9. h4 O-O 10. Qd2 Nde5 (10... a6 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Qxd4 b5 13. Kb1
Bb7 (13... Rb8 14. f4 b4 15. Ne2 Qa5 16. Ng3 Nc5 17. Nh5 e5 18. fxe5 Be6 19. b3
d5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. e6 Bf6 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Qxd5 Rbd8 24. e7 {1-0 Wahls,
M-Paschall,W/New York op (01) 1994}) 14. h5 Bxg5 15. Rg1 Bf6 16. Qxd6 Ne5 17.
f4 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 $16 {Feher,G-Zetocha,C Harkany op (05) 1994 1-0 57 -CBM 46})
11. Be2 Na5 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. f4 (13. Nb3 Nac4 14. Bxc4 Nxc4 15. Qd4 b5 16. Nd2
Nxe3 17. fxe3 Qc7 18. Nf3 Rfc8 19. h5 Be8 20. h6 Bf8 $17 {Akopian,V-Shabalov,A
Vilnius 1988 0-1 40}) 13... Nac4 14. Bxc4 Nxc4 15. Qe2 Rc8 16. Kb1 Qb6 17. b3
Qa5 18. Rd3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Rc5 $15 {Nikolenko,O-Markowski,T POL-chT Lubniewice 
(10) 1994 0-1 35 - CBM 46}) 9... a6 (9... Nb6 $5 {- ECO B81/22}) 10. Rg3 {
Erst Rg3 und dann Bg2, g5 bleibt gedeckt und der R kann auf der dritten Reihe
schwenken.} Qc7 11. Qe2 Nc5 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 (12... bxc6 {<=> b <->}) 13. Bg2 b5
14. O-O-O (14. e5 d5 $15) 14... Rb8 $2 (14... b4 $4 15. e5 d5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17.
Bxd5 $18) (14... Bb7 15. e5 (15. f4 b4 16. e5 d5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Rxd5 $13)
15... d5 $10) 15. Bd4 $1 $16 Kf8 {Originell gespielt, der Rh8 verteidigt h7,
aber er fehlt für den Rest der Partie.} (15... O-O 16. Bf6 Bd8 17. e5 d5 18.
Qh5 $18) 16. Qh5 Kg8 (16... b4 17. e5 d5 18. Ne2 $16) 17. Bf6 Bf8 18. e5 d5 19.
Ne2 b4 20. Nd4 Qc7 21. f4 Ne4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Qe2 Bc5 $2 (23... Bb7 24. f5
Bd5 25. Kb1 $16) 24. Nc6 $1 Qxc6 25. Rd8+ Bf8 26. Be7 h6 27. Rxf8+ Kh7 28. Rxf7
(28. Rxf7 Kg6 (28... Kg8 29. Rf8+ Kh7 30. g6#) (28... Rg8 29. Qh5 Kh8 30. Qxh6+
gxh6 31. Bf6+ Rg7 32. Rf8+ Kh7 33. g6+ Rxg6 34. Rh8#) 29. Rf6+ gxf6 (29... Kh7
30. g6+ Kg8 31. Rf8#) 30. gxf6+ Kf7 31. Qh5#) 1-0

[Event "Haifa"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gruenfeld, Yehuda"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. g5
hxg5 9. Bxg5 Qb6 {Erst wird der Zentral-Nd4 aus seiner starken Stellung
vertrieben, dann geht die Q nach c7.} 10. Nb3 a6 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. O-O-O Qc7 13.
Be2 b5 (13... Be7 14. h5 O-O-O 15. Qf4 e5 16. Qf3 Bg4 17. Qxf6 $1 gxf6 18.
Bxg4+ Kb8 19. Nd5 fxg5 20. Nxc7 Kxc7 $16 {Tisdall,J-Jansa,V Oslo 1988 1-0 41})
14. Rhe1 Be7 15. Kb1 $2 {Opfert eine Figur, doch auch nach 15.f4, wie in
Gipslis-Shipov, schlägt der Angriff nicht durch.} (15. f4 $2 b4 16. Nd5 exd5
17. exd5 Na5 18. Nd4 Kf8 19. Bf3 Ng8 20. h5 Bf6 $17 {Gipslis,A-Shipov,S Minsk
1993 0-1 40}) (15. a3 $5) 15... b4 16. Nd5 {Weiß spielte auf dieses
Figurenopfer, denn jetzt hat er keine Wahl mehr.} (16. Na4 Nxe4 $19) 16... exd5
17. exd5 Na5 $1 {Droht den Nb3 abzutauschen, Rückzüge behindern Schwarz nur
und nach Ne5 ist f4 unangenehm.} 18. Nd4 Kd8 (18... Kf8 $5) 19. Qf4 Kc8 (19...
Nxd5 $4 20. Qxf7 $18) 20. Bf3 (20. Bxa6+ $2 Rxa6 21. Rxe7 Nxd5 $19) 20... Bd8
21. b3 Ra7 (21... Nb7 22. Nc6 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Bxc6 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Qxf7 Qc7 $19
) 22. Re3 Qc5 23. c4 Rc7 $6 (23... bxc3 24. Rc1 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. Rexc3+
Rc7 27. Bxd8 Rxc3 28. Rxc3+ Kxd8 $19) 24. Rd2 Nb7 25. Nc6 Rxc6 (25... Bxc6 26.
dxc6 Na5 $2 27. Bxf6 Bxf6 28. Rd5 $13) 26. dxc6 Bxc6 27. Bxc6 Qxc6 28. Rd1 a5
29. f3 Re8 30. Red3 (30. Rxe8 Qxe8 31. Qf5+ Qe6 32. Qb5 $19 {Gegen den besten
Freund des K, den Nb7 ist kein Dauerschach zu erreichen.}) 30... Re6 31. Qd2
Be7 32. Qg2 g6 33. Qf2 Nc5 {Alle vorher schlecht postierten Figuren haben
jetzt Idealstellung erreicht, deshalb "technisches KO" nach dem nächsten Zug.}
34. Rd4 a4 0-1

[Event "Odorheiu Secuiesc zt"]
[Site "Odorheiu Secuiesc"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Baburin Horvath,T Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6
6. Be3 (6. g4 a6 7. g5 Nfd7 8. Be3 b5 9. a3 Nb6 10. Qg4 N8d7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12.
Qg3 Bb7 13. Bg2 Rc8 14. O-O Nc4 15. Bc1 Nxa3 16. Bh3 $44 {Aseev,K-Lukin,A St.
Petersburg-ch (03) 1995 1-0 34 - CBM 47}) 6... Be7 (6... a6 {Horvath,T} 7. g4
e5 {->CBM 38/223}) 7. g4 Nc6 8. g5 Nd7 9. h4 O-O 10. Qe2 (10. Qd2 $5 {Horvath,T
} a6 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Qxd4 b5 13. Kb1 Re8 14. Rg1 Bf8 15. h5 $40 {
Wells-Mainka/Bad Wörishofen/1995}) (10. Qh5 $1 {Horvath,T ->CBM 38/223}) 10...
a6 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Bh3 (13. f4 b4 14. Na4 (14. Nb1 {Ftacnik} e5
15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Bf2 Qc7 17. Nd2 Nc5 18. Bh3 a5 19. Bxc8 Rfxc8 20. Bxc5 Qxc5
21. Nb3 Qc7 22. Kb1 a4 23. Nc1 a3 24. b3 {Benjamin,Joe-Rohde,M/USA-ch/1988/1-0
(51)}) 14... Qa5 (14... Bb7 15. b3 Qc7 16. g6 e5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Bb2 Bc6 19.
gxf7+ Kh8 20. Qc4 $16 {Borriss,M-Buckley,G Oakham (1) 1992 1-0 30}) 15. b3 Bb7
16. g6 fxg6 17. Bh3 e5 18. h5 g5 19. h6 gxh6 20. Bxd7 exd4 $132 {Malinin,
Y-Obukhov,A URS-sf Voronez 1991 0-1 33}) (13. a3 Rb8 14. g6 (14. f4 b4 (14...
Re8 {Ftacnik} 15. Qh5 $6 Bf8 16. Bd3 e5 $1 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. Nd5
Be6 20. Rhf1 Qd7 21. Rf4 Bxd5 22. exd5 g6 23. Qf3 Rbe8 24. Rf1 {Rodriguez,
Am-Ye Jiangchuan/Thessaloniki ol/1988/0-1 (31)}) 15. axb4 Rxb4 16. Kb1 Qc7 17.
Rh3 Nc5 18. f5 Qb7 19. Na2 {Horvath,Cs-Nguyen/Budapest/1994} Rxd4 20. Rxd4 exf5
21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Bg2 $16 {Horvath,C-Nguyen Anh Dung Budapest FS OctGM (02)
1994 1-0 41 - EXP 43}) 14... b4 15. gxh7+ Kh8 16. Bxg7+ Kxg7 17. Rg1+ Kh8 18.
Qh5 Bf6 19. Bd3 Ne5 20. f4 bxc3 $19 {Pachmann,A-Orsag,Mil Prague Bohemians (11)
1994 0-1 37}) (13. Bg2 Bb7 14. Qg4 Rc8 15. g6 e5 16. gxf7+ Rxf7 17. Be3 Nf6 18.
Qe6 Rc4 19. Bf1 Rxc3 $1 20. bxc3 Nxe4 21. Rg1 Qa5 $17 {Ansell,S-Howell,J
London Loyds (02) 1991 1/2 49}) (13. g6 {Ftacnik} fxg6 14. h5 b4 15. Nb1 Qa5
16. hxg6 h6 17. Rh5 Bg5+ 18. Be3 Bxe3+ 19. fxe3 Qc7 20. Nd2 Ne5 21. Nb3 {
Van der Wiel-Vanheste/NLD-ch Hilversum/1988/0.5 (21)}) (13. Kb1 {Ftacnik} b4
14. Na4 Bb7 15. Bg2 Bc6 16. b3 Bxa4 17. bxa4 Nb6 18. g6 Nxa4 19. gxf7+ Rxf7 20.
Qc4 Bf6 21. Qxe6 Qe8 22. Qxe8+ Rxe8 23. e5 dxe5 24. Bc6 {Georgiev,Ki-Hansen,C/
Wijk/1988/0.5 (43)}) 13... Qa5 (13... b4 {Ftacnik} 14. Nb1 Qa5 15. Nd2 (15. f4
{Horvath,T} Qxa2 16. g6 hxg6 17. h5 $40) 15... e5 16. Be3 Qxa2 17. Qc4 Qa1+ 18.
Nb1 Rb8 19. g6 hxg6 20. Rdg1 b3 21. cxb3 Nf6 22. Kc2 d5 23. Qc7 Rb7 24. Qxe5 {
Kremer,M-Kohlweyer,B/Leeuwarden op (08)/1993/0-1 (29)}) 14. g6 {Baburin: In
situations like this it's very important to begin the attack quicker than your
opponent. Often material is not as important as time and King's safety. This
makes such games very entertaining.} (14. a3 {Horvath,T} b4 15. axb4 Qxb4 16.
f4 Rb8 17. Na2 Qa5 18. Kb1 Nc5 $13) 14... hxg6 (14... Ne5 {Ftacnik} 15. gxh7+
Kh8 16. f4 Nc6 17. Bxg7+ Kxg7 18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. Rhg1 $18) 15. h5 {White opens
files on the King side by force.} b4 $146 (15... Ne5 16. f4 Nc6 17. Be3 g5 18.
h6 g6 19. h7+ Kh8 20. Nd5 exd5 21. exd5 Bf6 22. fxg5 Bg7 23. dxc6 Qxa2 $17 {
Shtirenkov,V-Cvitan,O Katowice op (08) 1992 1/2 48} (23... Qxa2 {Ftacnik} 24.
c3 {Shtirenkov,V-Cvitan,O/Katowice op (08)/1992/0.5 (48)})) (15... Nf6 $5 {
Horvath,T} 16. hxg6 b4 (16... fxg6 17. e5 dxe5 18. Qxe5 $16) 17. Nd5 (17. Bf5
fxg6 $1 18. Bxg6 Qg5+ $19) 17... exd5 18. Be6 (18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Be6 (19. Qh5
fxg6 20. Qh7+ Kf7 $19) 19... Bg5+ $1 20. Kb1 Bxe6 $19) 18... Bxe6 19. Bxf6 fxg6
$1 20. Bxe7 Qxa2 $17) 16. hxg6 {Alles nur Bluff, oder eine weitsichtige
Kombination? Nach der besten Verteidigung 17...Bg5! konnte ich keine
erfolgversprechende Fortführung des Angriffs finden.} bxc3 17. Bf5 fxg6 $2 (
17... exf5 $2 18. Rh8+ Kxh8 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Qh7#) (17... cxb2+ $2 18. Kb1 fxg6
(18... Nf6 19. Bxf6 fxg6 (19... exf5 20. Rh8+ Kxh8 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Qh7#) 20.
Bxe7 $18) 19. Bxe6+ Rf7 20. Qc4 Ne5 21. Bxf7+ Nxf7 22. Rh8+ Kxh8 23. Qxf7 $18)
(17... Bg5+ $142 $1 18. Kb1 (18. f4 Bxf4+ 19. Kb1 Ne5 $1 (19... exf5 $2 20.
Rh8+ Kxh8 21. Qh5+ Bh6 22. Qxh6+ Kg8 23. Qh7#) 20. Bxc3 Qb5 21. gxf7+ Rxf7 22.
Qh5 Bh6 $19) 18... Ne5 $1 19. gxf7+ (19. Bxe5 Qxe5 $19) (19. Bxc3 Qb5 (19...
Qc7 {Ftacnik} 20. gxf7+ Rxf7 21. Bh7+ Kf8 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Bg6 Bh6 $140 24.
Bxf7 Kxf7 25. Rxh6 gxh6 26. Qh5+ Ke7 27. Qxh6 $40) 20. Qh5 Bh6 $17) 19... Rxf7
20. Bxc3 Qb5 21. Bh7+ Kf8 $19) 18. Bxe6+ Rf7 19. Qc4 Ne5 (19... cxb2+ 20. Kb1
Ne5 $18 {- Partiefortsetzung /game.}) 20. Bxf7+ (20. Bxe5 $2 {Ftacnik} Bxe6 $19
) 20... Nxf7 21. Rh8+ Kxh8 22. Qxf7 {Beide Mattdrohungen (Qg7;Rh1) sind nicht
zu parieren.} (22. Qxf7 {Ftacnik} Bg5+ 23. Kb1 Bh6 24. Rh1 Qh5 25. Rxh5 gxh5
26. Bxg7+ Bxg7 27. Qxh5+ Kg8 28. Qd5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Lukin, Andrei M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Shipov} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 b5
8. g5 Nfd7 (8... b4 9. gxf6 bxc3 10. fxg7 Bxg7 11. b4 $1 (11. b3 {Shipov} Nd7 (
11... Bb7 $5) 12. Rg1 Bf6 13. Qh5 Nc5 14. Bg2 Bb7 15. e5 $1 Bxg2 16. exf6 Bd5
17. Rd1 Qxf6 18. Nf5 $36 {Tseshkovsky,V-Dvoirys,S/Sochi/1981/}) (11. bxc3 Qc7
$132)) 9. a3 Nb6 10. f4 (10. h4 {Shipov} N8d7 11. h5 Bb7 12. g6 $1 {Adams/}
hxg6 13. hxg6 Rxh1 14. gxf7+ Ke7 $6 (14... Kxf7 $32 15. Qf3+ $16) 15. Qg4 Qc8
16. Qxe6+ Kd8 17. Qe8+ Kc7 18. Ne6+ Kb8 19. Nxf8 Nxf8 20. Bxb6 $16 {Zontakh,
A-Sakaev,K/St-Peterburg op/1994/}) 10... N8d7 (10... h6 $1) 11. Bg2 {N/} (11.
f5 Ne5 12. Bh3 (12. fxe6 {Shipov} fxe6 13. Bh3 Nbc4 14. Qe2 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Be7
16. Bxe6 Bxg5 17. Qh3 Bh4+ 18. Ke2 Qg5 $1 19. Bxc8 Qh5+ 20. Nf3 Qxf3+ 21. Qxf3
Nxf3 22. Bb7 Nd4+ 23. Kd3 Rb8 $10 {Rutman,A-Lukin,A/St-Peterburg/1992/})) (11.
Bd3 $5 {Shipov /\0-0,f5/}) 11... Nc4 12. Bc1 Qc7 (12... Bb7 $5 {Shipov /\13.b3
Qa5 14.Nde2 b4! /}) 13. O-O (13. b3 {Shipov} Ne3 (13... Nxa3 $5 14. Nce2 e5 $1
$132) 14. Bxe3 Qxc3+ 15. Kf2 Bb7 $10) 13... Bb7 14. f5 e5 (14... exf5 {Shipov}
15. exf5 $16) 15. Ne6 $3 (15. Nde2 $6 Ncb6 $1 16. Kh1 O-O-O (16... Be7 $5) 17.
a4 b4 18. a5 bxc3 19. axb6 cxb2 20. bxc7 bxa1=Q 21. cxd8=Q+ Kxd8 22. Qd3 $1 $16
) 15... fxe6 16. Qh5+ (16. fxe6 Nc5 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 O-O-O $13) 16... Kd8
(16... g6 17. fxg6 O-O-O 18. gxh7 (18. gxh7 {Shipov} d5 $1 $13)) 17. fxe6 Nc5 (
17... Ndb6 $5 {Shipov}) 18. Nd5 (18. b3 $32 {Shipov} Nb6 (18... Nxe6 $5 19.
bxc4 Qxc4 20. Nd5 $1 $44) 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 $44) 18... Bxd5 19. exd5 g6 20.
Qe2 (20. Qh4 $5) 20... Be7 $2 (20... e4 $1 21. a4 $1 (21. b3 Bg7 (21... Bg7)) (
21. Rf7 Qb6 22. Kh1 Ne5 $1 $19) (21. Bxe4 {Shipov} Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Bg7 $17) 21...
Nxa4 22. b3 Bg7 23. Rxa4 bxa4 24. bxc4 Rf8 25. Ba3 $1) 21. b3 $16 Nb6 22. Be3
Kc8 23. Rf7 Kb7 24. Qf2 Ka7 (24... Rhf8 $6 {Shipov} 25. Bxc5 $18) 25. a4 $18 (
25. Bxc5 $2 {Shipov} dxc5 26. d6 Qxd6 27. Bxa8 Rxa8 $17) 25... b4 (25... bxa4
$2 {Shipov} 26. b4 $18) 26. c3 a5 (26... bxc3 {Shipov} 27. b4 $18) 27. cxb4
axb4 28. Rc1 Kb8 (28... Rac8 {Shipov} 29. a5 Na8 30. Bxc5+ dxc5 31. Rxc5 $6
Qxc5 (31... Bxc5 32. Qxc5+ $18) 32. Rxe7+ Kb8 $1 33. d6 Qc1+ $13) 29. Qe1 Ra7
30. Qxb4 Rb7 31. Qa3 Qd8 32. a5 Bxg5 33. Bxg5 Qxg5 34. axb6 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1996.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Kasparov Petursson} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3
e6 7. g4 h6 8. f4 e5 9. Nf5 Nc6 10. Qf3 {Novelty. Of course this move has
sense only if White is going to sacrify the knight on 'f5'.} (10. Be2 g6 11.
Ng3 exf4 12. Bxf4 Ne5 13. Qd4 Be6 14. O-O-O Qa5 15. Kb1 Be7 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17.
exd5 Nfd7 18. Ne4 $16 {Shirov A.-Kamsky G./ Monte Carlo (Monaco) 1996.}) 10...
g6 11. O-O-O gxf5 12. exf5 e4 $6 {The Whites threat 'g4-g5' it is not so
dangerous because of intermediar 'ef4'. That's why I would recomend for Black
to play 12...Qc7.} (12... Qc7 $5 13. Bg2 $5 $44 (13. g5 $6 exf4 14. gxf6 (14.
Bxf4 hxg5 15. Bxg5 Ne5 16. Qf2 Bh6 $19) 14... fxe3 15. Nd5 Qa5 16. Qxe3+ Kd8
17. Bh3 Rb8 $17)) 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4+ Qe7 15. Qd3 Bg7 16. Bd2 $6 {I might
be wrong but I think after the game Anand sugested 16.Bb6 as the best move and
his evaluation of the position was quite optimistic for White.} (16. Bb6 O-O
17. Bg2 Qf6 18. c3 $16) 16... O-O 17. g5 (17. Bg2 $5) 17... hxg5 18. fxg5 Qe5 (
18... Ne5 19. Qe4 d5 20. Qf4 $44) 19. f6 Bf5 20. Qg3 Rfc8 21. Bc3 {[#]} Nb4 $1
{Just brilliantly from the estetic point of vew. But still there was an simple
equalizing move 21...Qg3. Kasparov: I played this move, because I wanted to
make the public happy.} (21... Qxg3 22. hxg3 Nb4 23. Rd4 Nxa2+ 24. Kd2 Nxc3 25.
bxc3 Rc5 (25... Rc7 $15 {Petursson}) 26. fxg7 Kxg7 27. Bg2 Ra7 28. Rxd6 Be6 29.
g6 Kxg6 30. Rb6 $10) 22. Bxe5 Rxc2+ 23. Kb1 Re2+ 24. Ka1 Nc2+ 25. Kb1 Na3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Berlin Neukoelln"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rigo, Janos"]
[Black "Pedzich, Dominik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Borik,O"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH Magazin 64 23/1990 Seiten 632-633} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 e5 7. Nf5 ({Die Theorieempfehlung lautet} 7. Bb5+ {
um erst einmal die weißfeldrigen Läufer abzutauschen, bevor Sf5 geschieht.})
7... h5 8. g5 Nxe4 9. Nxg7+ (9. Nxe4 Bxf5) ({und} 9. Bb5+ Nc6 {sind jeweils
für Schwarz günstige Abspiele.}) 9... Bxg7 10. Nxe4 d5 11. Ng3 {[#]Auf den
ersten Blick wirkt die weiße Stellung besser: Was soll man gegen Sxh5 tun?} Nc6
$1 {Gar nichts! Schwarz setzt voll auf seine Entwicklung und zählt seine
materiellen Verluste nicht mehr.} 12. Nxh5 $6 (12. c3 {was ... Sd4 verhindert,
kam in Betracht.}) 12... Rxh5 $1 13. Qxh5 Nd4 {Welchen Rat soll man dem
Anziehenden geben?} 14. g6 ({Auf} 14. Bd3 {folgt} e4 15. c3 Qa5 16. Kf1 (16. b4
Qc7 17. Bd2 Nf3+ 18. Ke2 Nxd2 19. Kxd2 Qxc3+) 16... Nb3 {und Schwarz gewinnt
das geopferte Material mit Vorteil zurück.}) 14... Qf6 15. gxf7+ Qxf7 16. Qxf7+
Kxf7 17. Kd2 {Was sonst?} (17. Bd3 e4 18. c3 Nf3+ 19. Ke2 Bg4 {ist für Weiß
katastrophal.}) 17... Bg4 {[#]Schwarz schwebt 18... Lh6+ 19. Kc3 Tc8+ oder 19.
Kd3 Lf5+ vor, jeweils mit Erstürmung des Punktes c2.} 18. c4 ({Die Hauptpointe
ist jedoch die Verhinderung des von Weiß ersehnten Zuges} 18. c3 {Darauf folgt
nämlich} Bh6+ {und nun} 19. Ke1 (19. Kd3 Bf5#) (19. f4 $8 Bxf4+ 20. Ke1 Nc2+
21. Kf2 Nxa1 {mit Figurengewinn.}) 19... Nc2#) 18... Rc8 $1 19. a4 $4 ({Auf} 
19. Rb1 {beginnt die Jagd auf den weißen König:} Bh6+ 20. Kc3 Nb5+ 21. Kb4 Bf8+
$1 22. Kxb5 Bd7+ 23. Ka5 Rc5+ 24. Kb4 Rxc4+) ({Noch am besten war} 19. b3 {
wonach Schwarz eine reiche Auswahl hat; interessant ist} b5 $5 {Weiß kann
nicht auf d5/b5 zugreifen wegen matt, und nach dem folgenden ...bxc4 und ...
dxc4 wird der weiße König nicht schadlos überleben.}) 19... Nb3+ 0-1

[Event "Alekhine Memorial-02"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1971.12.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Bronznik,V"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1971.11.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 Nc6 7. g5 Nd7 8. Be3
a6 9. f4 Be7 10. Rg1 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 e5 12. Qd2 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne5 14. Be2 Be6 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Ng6 17. Be3 h6 18. gxh6 Bh4+ 19. Kd1 gxh6 20. Bxh6 Bf6 21. c3
Be5 {Schwarz hat einen Bauern geopfert, und es sieht so aus, daß er gute
Kompensation dafür hat: der weiße König kann nicht mehr rochieren, es droht
der unangenehme Ausfall der Dame nach h4 und der h-Bauer ist schwach.} 22. Rg4
{[%cal Gg4a4,Gg4h4] Eine geniale Lösung! Hier kontrolliert der Turm die
wichtigste zentrale Horizontale, begrenzt dadurch die gegnerischen Figuren und
wird selbst sehr aktiv.} ({Nach} 22. Rg2 Qh4 $1 {hätte Schwarz starke
Initiative bekommen, z. B.} 23. Bg5 Qe4 {[%csl Rg2,Rh2]} 24. Bf1 Nh4 (24... Rh3
$5 $44) (24... Rc8 $5 $44) 25. Bxh4 Qa4+ 26. b3 Qxh4 27. Kc2 Rc8 28. Re1 Kf8
29. c4 b5 $44) (22. Bg5 Qb6 23. Be3 Qa5 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Ye8c8,Ya8d8]
verspricht auch nicht viel.} (23... Qc7 $5 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Ye8c8,Ya8d8] Karpov
})) 22... Qf6 {[%csl Rh2]} ({Auf} 22... Bxh2 {folgt} 23. Bxa6 $1 ({nicht
schlecht auch} 23. Kc2 Be5 (23... Ne5 $2 24. Rg2 $1 {[%csl Rh2]} Qh4 25. Rxh2
$1 Qxh2 26. Bb5+ $18) 24. Rag1 Qa5 25. Kb1 O-O-O 26. Rf1 {[%csl Ge2,Rf7,Gh6]
mit Vorteil}) 23... Rxa6 ({oder} 23... bxa6 24. Qxh2 Ne5 25. Rh4 $16) 24. Qxh2
Ne5 25. Rh4 $16) 23. h4 $1 {[%cal Gg4h4,Rh4h5]} Qf5 (23... Nxh4 $2 24. Bg5 $18)
24. Rb4 $1 Bf6 (24... O-O-O $2 25. Bg4 $18 {[%cal Gb4g4]}) 25. h5 Ne7 (25...
Ne5 $2 26. Rf4 $18) 26. Rf4 $1 ({Nach} 26. Rxb7 Rxh6 $5 (26... Nxd5 $5 27. c4
Rg8 {[%cal Rg8g1]}) 27. Rxe7+ (27. Qxh6 Qxd5+ 28. Kc2 Qe4+ 29. Bd3 Qg2+ 30. Kb1
Qh1+ 31. Kc2 Qg2+ $11) 27... Bxe7 28. Qxh6 Qxd5+ 29. Kc2 Bg5 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31.
Qd4 $8 Qxd4 32. cxd4 a5 {wäre es für Weiß nicht leicht diese Stellung zu
gewinnen.}) 26... Qe5 27. Rf3 {Der erste (und der einzige) zweifelhafte Moment
im Spiel des Weißen. Der Turm hat auf der vierten Reihe gut gearbeitet und
darf sie jetzt verlassen, aber wahrscheinlich gab es ein besseres Feld.} ({Nach
} 27. Rf1 $5 Nxd5 28. Re1 (28. Bf3 $5) 28... Ne7 $8 {wäre materielles
Gleichgewicht entstanden, aber Weiß hätte dank Läuferpaars und h-Freibauern
einen spührbaren Vorteil und die Möglichkeiten (z. B. 29.Bf4, 29.Bf3, 29.Bg4),
seine Initiative zu ehtfalten.}) 27... Nxd5 {( Schwarz hat trotzdem einen
Bauern zurückgewonnen)} 28. Rd3 Rxh6 29. Rxd5 ({Nach} 29. Qxh6 $6 Bg5 30. Qh7
Ne3+ 31. Rxe3 Qxe3 32. Qh8+ Kd7 33. Qd4 Qxd4+ 34. cxd4 Bf6 $11 {wäre das Spiel
ganz ausgeglichen.}) 29... Qe4 30. Rd3 {Genau diese Stellung hatte Karpov
beabsichtigt, als er mit dem Turm nach f3 zog.} {30...} Qh1+ $2 ({
Gleichbedeutend wäre} 30... Be5 $2 31. Qxh6 Qh1+ 32. Kc2 Qxa1) ({Aber nach} 
30... Qh7 $1 {(diesen Zug analysiert Karpov in seinen Anmerkungen überhaupt
nicht) hätte Schwarz gute Chancen gehabt, die Stellung zu halten.} {Es liegt
daran, daß} 31. Rxd6 $2 {an} (31. Rg3 Be5 32. Rg1 O-O-O $13) {31...} 31... Bg5
$3 {(wahrscheinlich haben beide Gegner diesen glänzenden Zug übersehen)} 32.
Rxh6 Qxh6 33. Qe1 O-O-O+ $19 {scheitert}) {Jetzt ist der Kampf sofort zu Ende.}
31. Kc2 Qxa1 32. Qxh6 Be5 33. Qg5 {Schwarz gab auf. Quelle: i12/459} 1-0

[Event "DDR-ch 38th"]
[Site "Zittau"]
[Date "1989.02.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kaminski, Uwe"]
[Black "Vogt, Lothar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1989.02.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1
d5 $5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Bg2 Qe5+ 12. Be3 Bd7 (12... Nb4 {!?
Kasparov; ECO (2.Aufl.) 81/8,34} 13. c4 (13. Qd2 $1 $14 {Hübner} Nd5 14. O-O-O
{/\ Rge1} Nxe3 $2 15. Nc6 $1 $18) 13... Bc5 $13 {Kasparov}) 13. Nxc6 $1 Bxc6
14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Qd4 Qa5+ 16. c3 Rd8 {N; vorgeschlagen von Minic und Sindic
im Inf.30/439} (16... c5 17. Qe4 Rc8 18. O-O-O $1 $16 {Beliavsky,A-Ghinda,M/
Bukarest/1980/1-0/29/ -> Inf.30/349}) 17. Qc4 $1 $14 Qc7 18. Ke2 $1 Be7 19. g5
hxg5 20. hxg5 Qb7 21. b3 Rd5 22. Qe4 g6 23. c4 Ra5 $2 {>= 23...Rf5!} 24. Rh1 $1
Rg8 (24... Rxh1 25. Qxh1 Bxg5 $2 26. Bxg5 Rxg5 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Qh4 f6 29. Qh7+
$18) 25. Rh7 Rf8 (25... Bxg5 $2 26. Qxe6+ $1) 26. f4 Ra6 $6 27. Kf3 Qc8 $2 28.
c5 $1 Ra5 29. a4 Bxc5 30. b4 Bxe3 31. bxa5 Bd2 32. Rh2 $1 Bxa5 33. Rc1 c5 34.
Rhc2 Bb6 35. a5 Bxa5 36. Rxc5 Qa6 37. Rxa5 Qxa5 38. Qa8+ 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Byrne, Robert Eugene"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 Be7 7. g5 Nfd7 8. Rg1
Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Rg3 (10. Qh5 $1 Re8 11. O-O-O a6 12. f4 g6 13. Qh4 Bf8 14.
Qf2 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 b5 16. f5 $16) 10... a6 11. Qh5 Re8 12. O-O-O g6 13. Qh4 Bf8
14. f4 h6 15. f5 (15. Nxe6 $5 Rxe6 (15... fxe6 16. f5 $13) 16. f5 $13) 15...
Nde5 16. f6 Bd7 17. gxh6 Kh7 18. Nce2 (18. Qg5 {/\h4 /-/+}) (18. Be2 {/\Rdg1})
(18. Be2 Qa5 19. Rg5 {/\Qf2, h4-h5}) 18... Qc7 19. Nf4 Rec8 $1 $15 20. c3 b5
21. Nh3 b4 22. Ng5+ Kh8 23. Bf4 (23. Nxf7+ $1 Nxf7 24. Rxg6 {/\h7, Rg8#} Nce5
25. Rg2 bxc3 26. h7 cxb2+ 27. Kb1 Bh6 28. Bxh6 Nxh6 29. Qxh6 Qc1+ (29... Ba4
30. Rg8+ Rxg8 31. hxg8=Q+ $10 Kxg8 32. Bc4 $1 $18) 30. Rxc1 $16) 23... Be8 24.
Nxc6 (24. Ngxe6 fxe6 25. Nxe6 Qf7 26. Nxf8 Qxf8 (26... Qxa2 $13) 27. h7 {
/\Bh6 +-}) (24. h7 {/\Nh3,Bh6,Bg7+} Qb6) 24... Bxc6 25. Kb1 a5 26. c4 Be8 27.
Rc1 a4 28. Be2 b3 29. a3 Qd8 30. Nf3 Nxf3 31. Rxf3 Kh7 32. Bg5 (32. Bd2) 32...
Qa5 33. Rg3 d5 $1 $19 34. exd5 exd5 35. Qf4 Bd7 36. Rgc3 Bf5+ 37. Bd3 Rxc4 38.
Qd2 Rxc3 39. bxc3 Bxa3 40. Rf1 Bxd3+ 41. Qxd3 Bd6 0-1

[Event "DDR-ch 38th"]
[Site "Zittau"]
[Date "1989.02.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1989.02.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1
h5 9. gxh5 Nxh5 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. Qd2 a6 12. Be2 $5 Qb6 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. h5 $5 b5
(14... Nxh5 $5 15. Rh1 g6 $13 16. Bf6 $2 Bh6 $1) 15. a3 Bb7 16. O-O-O (16. h6
$1 O-O-O (16... Rc8 17. Bxb5 axb5 18. hxg7 Bxg7 19. Nxb5 $18 {/\ 20.Nxd6+}) 17.
O-O-O $16) 16... b4 $2 {16...Be7} 17. axb4 Nxb4 18. Qd4 $1 d5 19. h6 $1 Rxh6 $5
(19... e5 20. hxg7 exd4 21. gxh8=Q dxc3 22. Qxf6 cxb2+ 23. Qxb2 $18) 20. Bxh6
e5 21. Bf4 $1 (21. Qd2 d4 $1) 21... exf4 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Rd2 Be6 24. Rg5 Rc8
25. Qe5 Qb7 26. Qa5 f3 $6 27. Bd1 g6 28. Nc5 Bxc5 29. Rxc5 Rb8 30. b3 Nd7 31.
Rc7 Qb6 32. Qxb6 Rxb6 33. Bxf3 $18 Ne5 34. Bg2 Kf8 35. Na4 Rb8 36. Rb7 Rxb7 37.
Bxb7 a5 38. Nc5 Bf5 39. Be4 Bg4 40. Nb7 f5 41. Bd5 f4 42. Nxa5 Bf5 43. Nc4
Ned3+ 44. cxd3 Nxd5 45. Nd6 Be6 46. Rb2 g5 47. b4 g4 48. Ne4 Ke7 49. Kd2 Kd8
50. b5 Nb6 51. Rb1 Bd5 52. Kc3 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1992.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Nc6 7. g5 Nd7 8. Be3
Be7 9. h4 (9. Qh5) 9... O-O 10. Qd2 Nde5 11. Be2 (11. O-O-O Ng4 $13 (11... Nxd4
)) 11... Na5 (11... a6) 12. b3 (12. O-O-O Nac4 13. Bxc4 Nxc4 14. Qe2 Nxe3 15.
Qxe3 $13) 12... Nac6 13. O-O-O Nxd4 (13... Qa5 14. Kb2 {/\ Ncb5}) 14. Bxd4 Nc6
15. Be3 Qa5 (15... a6 $5) 16. Kb2 (16. Kb1 Nb4) 16... a6 17. Na4 Qe5+ (17...
Qxd2 18. Rxd2 b5 19. Nb6 Rb8 $16) 18. c3 Qxe4 (18... b5 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. f4 $18)
19. Nb6 Rb8 20. f4 Nd8 (20... Qg6 $2 21. h5) (20... e5 21. Bd3 Qf3 22. f5) 21.
Bd3 Qc6 22. Qc2 f5 23. gxf6 Bxf6 24. Be4 Qc7 (24... d5 25. Nxd5 $1) 25. Bxh7+
Kh8 26. Bg6 Nf7 27. Rc1 (27. f5 Ne5) 27... d5 28. Qd1 Nh6 29. Kb1 (29. f5 d4
30. Bxd4 Bxd4 (30... Rd8 31. Nxc8 e5 32. Bb6) 31. Qxd4 e5 32. Qe3 Bxf5) 29...
d4 (29... Rd8 {>=} 30. f5 $5 d4 31. cxd4 Qxb6 32. Qh5 Kg8) 30. Bxd4 Bxd4 31.
Qxd4 Rxf4 32. Qe3 Ng4 33. Qg3 e5 34. Nxc8 (34. Nd5 Qd6 35. Nxf4 exf4 36. Qd3
Qxd3+ 37. Bxd3 Nf2 $10) 34... Rxc8 35. h5 Nh6 36. Rhe1 Rcf8 37. Re2 a5 38. Qg5
Ng4 39. Bc2 Qc6 40. Qg6 Qxg6 41. Bxg6 Rd8 42. Rce1 Kg8 43. Re4 b6 44. a4 Rxe4 (
44... Rdf8 45. Kc2 Rd8 $16) 45. Rxe4 Rd1+ 46. Kc2 Rg1 47. Bf5 Rg2+ 48. Kb1 Nh6
49. Rxe5 (49. Be6+ Kf8 50. Rxe5) 49... Nxf5 50. Rxf5 g6 (50... Kh7 51. Rb5) 51.
hxg6 Rxg6 52. Kc2 Rd6 (52... Kg7 53. Kd3) 53. b4 axb4 54. cxb4 Kg7 55. Kb3 Kg6
56. Rf3 Rd7 57. Rc3 Rd6 58. Kc4 Rc6+ 59. Kd4 Rd6+ 60. Ke5 Rf6 61. Kd5 Kf7 62.
Rc6 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 52nd"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Schmidt, Wlodzimierz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1995.02.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Be7 8. Be3
Nc6 9. Rg1 h5 10. gxh5 Nxh5 11. Qd2 a6 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Be2 g6 14. f4 Nf6 (
14... Bxh4 15. Nxc6 Bxc6) 15. Bd3 Qc7 (15... b5 $1) 16. Nf3 b5 17. f5 gxf5 $2 (
17... b4 $1) 18. exf5 exf5 19. Bg5 Be6 20. Bxf5 $1 Bxf5 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Nd5
Qd8 23. Qf4 Bxb2+ 24. Kxb2 Be6 25. Nf6+ Ke7 26. Ng5 Ne5 27. Nfe4 Nc4+ 28. Ka1
Rg8 29. Rgf1 Qf8 30. Rxd6 $1 Qg7+ 31. c3 Ra7 32. Rc6 Rd8 33. Rxe6+ $1 Kf8 (
33... fxe6 34. Qf7+ Qxf7 35. Rxf7+ Ke8 36. Nf6#) 34. Rf6 Rad7 35. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1989.03.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1989.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 Nc6 7. g5 Nd7 8. Rg1
Be7 {'?!' Bulletin. Bulletin: '>= 8...Nb6'} 9. Rg3 O-O {'?!' Bulletin.} 10. Be3
a6 11. Qe2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Re8 13. Qh5 Nf8 14. O-O-O b5 15. Rdd3 {'!' Bulletin.}
b4 16. Rdf3 e5 (16... g6 $2 17. Qh6 e5 18. Nd5 exd4 19. Nf6+ Kh8 20. Bh3 $1 $18
) 17. Qxf7+ Kh8 18. Bb6 {'!' Bulletin.} Bxg5+ 19. Kb1 Qe7 20. Nd5 Qxf7 21. Rxf7
Ne6 22. Bc4 h6 23. Rd3 Rb8 24. Ba7 Rb7 25. Rxb7 Bxb7 26. Nxb4 Bf4 27. Rxd6 Ng5
28. Bxa6 Nxe4 29. Rd7 Bxa6 30. Nxa6 Bxh2 31. Nc7 Rg8 32. a4 Bg1 33. a5 h5 34.
a6 h4 35. Re7 h3 36. Rxe5 g5 37. Bd4 Nd2+ (37... Bxf2 38. Rxe4+ (38. Bxf2 $2 h2
$1 $19) 38... Bxd4 39. Rxd4 h2 40. Rd1 g4 41. Rh1 $1 g3 42. Ne6 $1 $18) 38. Kc1
Nf3 39. Rxg5+ Nxd4 40. Rxg8+ Kxg8 41. a7 h2 42. a8=Q+ Kf7 43. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Sonnevanck 1st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1987.10.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Riemersma, Liafbern"]
[Black "Grooten, Herman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1987.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1
h5 9. gxh5 Nxh5 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. Be2 Nf6 13. h5 Nh7 $6 14. Be3 a6
15. Qd2 b5 16. a3 $6 Bb7 17. O-O-O Rc8 18. f4 b4 19. axb4 Nxb4 20. Kb1 $6 Nf6
21. Bf3 d5 $1 22. e5 Ne4 $4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Bb6 Qe7 25. Bc5 Qc7 26. Bb6 Qe7
27. Nc5 Nd5 28. N3xe4 $6 Nxb6 $5 29. Nd6+ Qxd6 30. exd6 Rxc5 31. d7+ Kd8 32.
Qd4 $2 (32. f5 $1) 32... Rhxh5 33. Rxg7 Bxg7 34. Qxg7 Rhd5 35. Qf8+ Kxd7 36.
Qxf7+ Kd6 $1 37. Qf8+ Kc7 38. Qf7+ Nd7 39. Rg1 Rd6 $1 40. Rg8 Be4 0-1

[Event "Mitropa Cup 14th"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Velicka, Petr"]
[Black "Djuric, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1991.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 a6 8. Rg1 h5
{Je-li zahrano a6, je lepe 9.g5 s dalsim 9...Jg4 10.f3! a cerny nema Db6} 9.
gxh5 Nxh5 10. Bg5 Qb6 $6 {10...Jf6 je lepsi} 11. Nb3 Nc6 12. Be2 Nf6 13. h5 $1
Qd8 $6 {13...Dc7 se hralo v partii Fedorowicz - Zs. Polgar, Wijk aan Zee, je
to lepsi} (13... Be7 14. Be3 {a Vxg7}) 14. Qd2 b5 15. O-O-O b4 16. Nd5 $5 Nxe4
$6 (16... exd5 17. exd5 Ne7 (17... Ne5 18. f4 Ne4 19. Qe3 Nxg5 20. fxe5 Be7 21.
exd6 Qxd6 22. Rxg5) 18. Rde1 {s kompenzaci, plan Sf3, Jd4}) 17. Bxd8 Nxd2 18.
Nc7+ Kxd8 19. Nxa8 Nxb3+ 20. axb3 $16 Bb7 21. Nb6 d5 22. Nc4 (22. Na4 $2 Kc7
$13) 22... Ke8 (22... Bc5 23. Rxg7 Nd4 24. Rxd4 Bxd4 25. Rxf7 dxc4 26. Rxb7 c3
27. Rxb4 cxb2+ 28. Kb1 {s vyhodou bileho}) 23. Ne3 Ne5 {chce hrat g6} 24. c4 {
24.f4? Sc5} dxc4 25. Nxc4 Nxc4 26. bxc4 Rh6 (26... Bc5 27. Rxg7 Bxf2 $16) 27.
Rd3 Bc6 28. Kd2 e5 29. Ra1 e4 30. Rg3 Bc5 (30... Bb7 31. Ra5 $16) 31. Rxg7 Bxf2
32. Rg8+ Ke7 33. Rxa6 e3+ 34. Kc1 Rd6 35. Ra7+ Bd7 (35... Kf6 36. h6 Be4 37.
Rf8 Rd2 38. Raxf7+ Kg6 (38... Kg5 39. h7 Rc2+ 40. Kb1 Rxe2+ 41. Ka2 Bxh7 42.
Rxh7 Rd2 43. Rg7+ Kh6 44. Rg2 Kh7 45. Rf3 Rd6 46. Rgxf2 exf2 47. Rxf2 $18) 39.
h7 Rxe2 40. Rg7+ $18) 36. c5 Rc6 (36... Rd2 37. c6) 37. h6 Rxh6 38. Bb5 Rc6 39.
Bxc6 e2 40. Rxd7+ Kf6 41. Re8 1-0

[Event "DDR-ch 38th"]
[Site "Zittau"]
[Date "1989.02.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kaminski, Uwe"]
[Black "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1989.02.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Nc6 7. g5 Nd7 8. Be3
Be7 9. h4 O-O 10. Qd2 a6 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Rb8 14. f4 e5 15.
Be3 exf4 16. Bxf4 b4 17. axb4 Rxb4 18. Nd5 Ra4 19. Kb1 Bb7 $2 {Knaak: 19...Ne5
(!)} (19... Nc5 $2 20. b3 Rxe4 21. Bg2 $18) 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Bxd6 Qe6 22. b3
Bxe4 23. Rh3 $1 $18 Rd8 24. bxa4 Nb6 25. Re3 Nxa4 26. Bg2 Rb8+ 27. Bb4 f5 28.
Bxe4 fxe4 29. Rb3 $4 a5 30. Bc3 Rxb3+ 31. cxb3 Qxb3+ 32. Bb2 Nc3+ $1 33. Qxc3
Qxd1+ 34. Ka2 Qa4+ 35. Ba3 Kf7 36. h5 Qd1 $4 {36...Ke6 =} 37. Qc4+ Ke8 38.
Qxe4+ Kd7 39. Bb2 Qxh5 40. Qd5+ Kc7 41. Qxa5+ Kc6 42. Qc3+ Kb5 43. Qxg7 Qh1 44.
Qe5+ Kb6 45. Bc3 Qg2+ 46. Kb3 Qh3 47. Kc4 Qf1+ 48. Kd4 Qg1+ 49. Ke4 Qg4+ 50.
Ke3 Qh3+ 51. Kf4 Qh5 52. Qe6+ Kc5 53. Be1 Qh2+ 54. Bg3 Qh5 55. Qg4 Qh1 56. Qf3
Qh3 57. Qe3+ Kd6 58. Qe5+ Kd7 59. Qf5+ Qxf5+ 60. Kxf5 Ke7 61. Kg4 Kf7 62. Kh5
1-0

[Event "Plzen KB op-A U18"]
[Site "Plzen"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bratanov, Zsivko"]
[Black "Stocek, Jiri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. Be3 a6 8. h3
Nbd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. g5 hxg5 12. fxg5 b4 13. Nd5 exd5 14. gxf6 Nxf6
15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Qf3 Qe7 17. O-O-O Qxe3+ 18. Qxe3+ Nxe3 19. Bxb7 Ra7 20. Bc6+
Kd8 21. Rde1 g6 22. Bf3 Kc8 23. Nc6 Rc7 24. Rxe3 $2 (24. Nxb4 $142) 24... Bh6
25. Rhe1 Re8 26. Kd2 d5 $1 27. Bxd5 Rd7 28. Nxb4 a5 29. c4 axb4 30. Kd3 Rxe3+
31. Rxe3 Bxe3 32. Kxe3 Kc7 33. Kd4 f5 34. Ke5 (34. a3 $142 $17) 34... Rh7 35.
Bg2 Re7+ 36. Kf6 Re2 37. Bd5 Rxb2 38. Kxg6 f4 39. Kg5 Rxa2 40. Kxf4 b3 41. c5
Ra4+ 0-1

[Event "Nanjing FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2009.09.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fierro Baquero, Martha Lorena"]
[Black "Sebag, Marie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2009.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 d5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Nde2 Qa5 {this line was played some years back by Marie} (9... Bb4) 10.
Bd2 (10. Bg2 Nxc3 11. Nxc3 Bd7 (11... Be7 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. Qf3 Qe5+ 14. Qe2
Qxe2+ 15. Nxe2 Nc6 16. O-O-O Bd7 17. Bc3 Rg8 18. Ng3 O-O-O 19. Nh5 e5 20. Rhe1
Bg5+ 21. Bd2 Bxd2+ 22. Rxd2 Rde8 23. Be4 h6 24. Red1 Nb8 25. Bh7 Rh8 26. Nxg7
Rd8 27. Bf5 {1-0 Tsereteli,T (2316)-Sebag,M (2362)/Heraklio 2002 (58)}) 12.
Bxb7 Ra7 13. Bg2 Bc6 14. O-O h5 15. Bf4 Rb7 16. Ne4 hxg4 17. hxg4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4
Rxb2 19. Qd4 Rb4 20. Qc3 Qc5 21. Qxc5 Bxc5 22. Rab1 Ke7 23. Rxb4 Bxb4 24. Rb1
Bd6 25. Rb7+ Nd7 26. Bg5+ f6 {1/2-1/2 Hartmann,G (2275)-Zuse,K (2295)/GER 1989
(44)}) 10... Nc6 11. Bg2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Bb4 13. Qd2 O-O {now mass slaughter of
pieces follows !} (13... Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 15. Nxc3) 14. Bxc6 Bxc3 15. Qxc3
Qxc3+ 16. Nxc3 bxc6 {just one e xchange short from the Munguntuul-Kovanova
game, also in the same round} 17. O-O-O $14 {the position favours white due to
the better pawn structure ofcourse} c5 18. Na4 Bb7 19. Rhe1 Rac8 20. Re3 $1 {
white's rooks are more active and black's next is pretty much forced} c4 21.
Rc3 {maybe better was} (21. Rd4 $5 {as c3 square was better reserved for white
king} Rc6 22. Kd2 Rb8 23. Kc3 f6 24. f4 Kf8 25. a3 $16) 21... Rc6 $1 22. Rd7
Ba8 23. Ra7 (23. f4 $5) 23... e5 24. b3 Rf6 25. Rxc4 Rxf2 26. Re7 $1 (26. Rxa6
Bg2 $14) 26... Bd5 27. Rc3 $16 e4 28. Nc5 (28. Re5 $1 Ba8 29. Nb6 $16) 28...
Rd8 29. Nxe4 Rf1+ 30. Kb2 Kf8 31. Ng3 Kxe7 32. Nxf1 g6 33. Ne3 Be6 34. Ng2 {
so white has come out a pawn up with a technically won position but of course
still much work to do} Rd4 35. Re3 (35. Rc7+ Kf6 36. Rc6 a5 37. Kc3 Re4 38. Kd3
Re5 39. Nf4 $16) 35... Kf6 36. Kc3 Rd6 37. Nf4 Kg5 38. Nxe6+ fxe6 39. Rd3 Rc6+
40. Kd2 e5 {Marie plays actively to create some counter chances. Otherwise the
two extra pawns on the queen side will win very easily} 41. Rf3 $6 (41. Rc3 $1
Rf6 42. Ke3 Rf1 43. Ke4 Re1+ 44. Re3 Rc1 45. c4 $18) 41... e4 42. Rf7 e3+ $1 {
Black correctly calculates that the resulting endgame is equal} 43. Kd3 e2 44.
Re7 Kh4 $1 45. Rxh7+ Kg3 46. Kxe2 $6 {the only chance to try and win was} (46.
Re7 Kxh3 47. g5 Kg4 48. c4 Kxg5 49. Rxe2 {and white should win this I believe}
Kf4 50. Rf2+ {Diagram #} Ke5 $5 (50... Kg3 51. Rf8 g5 52. b4 g4 53. a4 Kh2 54.
Rh8+ Kg2 55. b5 axb5 56. cxb5 Rd6+ 57. Kc4 g3 58. a5 Rd2 59. a6 Ra2 60. Kc5)
51. Rg2 $16 (51. b4 Rd6+ (51... g5 52. c5 g4 53. a4 g3 54. Rg2 Kf4 55. Kd4 Kf3
56. Rg1 Kf2 57. Rc1 g2 58. Rc2+ Kg3 59. Rxg2+ Kxg2 60. b5 axb5 61. axb5 Rc7 62.
c6 Kf3) 52. Kc3 g5 53. Re2+ (53. c5 Rg6 54. a4 g4 $11) 53... Kf4 54. c5 Rg6 55.
a4 $18)) 46... Rxc2+ {after this black is drawing easily} 47. Kd3 Rxa2 48. Rg7
(48. Rh6 g5 49. b4 Rb2 50. Kc4 Rb1 51. Rg6 Kh4 $11) 48... Kxh3 49. Rxg6 Kg3 50.
Ke4 Ra3 $1 $11 51. g5 Rxb3 52. Rxa6 Kg4 53. g6 Kg5 54. g7 Rb8 55. Ra1 Re8+ 56.
Kd5 Kf6 57. Rg1 Rg8 58. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters op 86th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2010.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2010.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 {This move, which
was the legendary Bobby Fischer's idea against the Najdorf, has recently
experienced something of a revival in popularity.} e6 7. g4 b5 8. Bg2 Bb7 9.
O-O Be7 $4 {A dreadful blunder, which effectively ends the game at once.
Neverov evidently forgot "Nunn's Law", which states that "Loose piece drop
off". Observe, please, the loose prelate on b7...} 10. e5 $1 Bxg2 (10... dxe5
11. Bxb7 Ra7 12. Bc6+ Kf8 13. Ndxb5 axb5 14. Qxd8+ Bxd8 15. Bxb5 {is equally
hopeless.}) 11. exf6 Bxf1 12. fxe7 Qxe7 13. Qxf1 {White has two minor pieces
for a rook and pawn. On the face of it, this may sound like little or no
material advantage at all, but in fact, in such a middlegame, the advantage is
almost decisive at GM level. The problem for Black is that two pieces are
better than one - White can attack a weakness twice, whilst Black can only
defend it once.} O-O 14. b3 Rc8 15. Bb2 Nc6 16. Qd3 Ne5 17. Qe3 Ng6 18. Rd1 Qa7
19. Rd2 Rc7 20. Qg3 b4 21. Nd1 Qc5 22. Nf3 Rac8 23. Ne3 Rd7 24. h4 {having
manoeuvered his pieces into position, Howell starts a decisive attack on the
enemy king.} Ne7 25. h5 Qa5 26. h6 f6 27. Rxd6 Qc7 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. hxg7 e5
30. g5 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Sestao"]
[Date "2010.08.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Fluvia Poyatos, Joan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2010.08.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 a6 8. Bg2
Nd7 9. O-O Be7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. Qxb6 Nxb6 13. a4 Nd7 14. a5 b6 15.
axb6 Rb8 16. Rd1 Rxb6 17. b3 Rc6 18. Bd2 h6 19. Ra2 g5 20. Ne2 gxf4 21. Nxf4
Ne5 22. Kf2 Bh4+ 23. Ke2 Bg5 24. c4 Ke7 25. Ra3 Bd7 26. Nd3 Nxd3 27. Kxd3 Bxd2
28. Rxd2 Rb6 29. Kc3 Rhb8 30. Rb2 Rc8 31. Ra5 e5 32. Rba2 Rcb8 33. R2a3 Bc8 34.
Bf3 Rc6 35. Be2 Rcb6 36. Bd3 Kf6 37. h4 {#} Bxg4 $2 {The moment Short had been
hoping for. Black missteps, either for undue fear of c5, or misevaluating how
much faster the White pawns go forward.} (37... Bb7 38. Ra1 (38. c5 dxc5 39.
Rxc5 Rg8) 38... Ke7 39. Rb1 Bc6 40. c5 (40. b4 Bd7 41. g5 (41. b5 axb5 42. cxb5
Bxg4 43. Ra7+ R8b7 44. Rba1 Bd7 $11) 41... hxg5 42. hxg5 Rh8 43. Rg1) 40...
dxc5 41. Rxc5 f6 42. g5 hxg5 43. hxg5 Kd6 {And Black is fine.}) 38. Rxa6 Kg6
39. Rxb6 Rxb6 40. b4 Kh5 41. b5 {#} Kxh4 $2 {Though this loses faster, there
was little hope in the alternative.} (41... Rb8 42. Ra6 Rd8 43. Ra2 $1 {
The idea is to bring the rook to d2 to pressure d6 (tying Black's rook to its
defense) and cover h2, forcing Black's king to support the h-pawn advance.}
Kxh4 44. Rd2 Rg8 (44... h5 45. Bf1 Rd7 46. b6 $1) 45. Bc2 Rg6 46. Bd1 h5) 42.
Ra6 Rxa6 43. bxa6 Bc8 44. a7 Bb7 45. Kd2 Kg5 46. Ke3 h5 47. c5 h4 48. Ba6 h3
49. Bxb7 h2 50. a8=Q h1=Q 51. Qd8+ Kg6 52. Qxd6+ f6 53. Kd2 Qb1 54. Qb6 Qa2+
55. Kd3 Qa3+ 56. Kc4 Qa4+ 57. Qb4 Qc2+ 58. Kb5 Qd3+ 59. Qc4 1-0

[Event "Vienna op"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Black "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Nc6 7. g5 Nd7 8. Be3
Be7 9. h4 O-O 10. Qd2 (10. Qh5 $5 a6 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Bd3 b4 $6 (
13... Ne5 $5 $132) 14. Bxg7 $1 Nc5 15. Qh6 Re8 16. Ne2 e5 17. Ng3 $18 {
Movsesian,S-Babula,V/CZE/1996/1|0/20/}) (10. Rg1 Nde5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. f4 Nd7
13. Qf3 d5 14. exd5 exd5 15. O-O-O Qa5 16. Bd3 Bc5 $132 {Fernandez Garcia,
J-Cvitan,O/Linares/1996/0|1/36/}) (10. Qe2 $5) 10... Nde5 11. Be2 (11. O-O-O
Ng4 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bf4 Rb8 $132 {Rowson,J-Cvitan,O/Cappelle La Grande/1996/
0,5/14/}) 11... a6 12. f4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Nc6 14. Qd2 b5 15. O-O-O Qa5 16. f5 $5
(16. a3 b4 17. Nb1 Rb8 18. b3 bxa3 19. Qxa5 Nxa5 20. Nc3 (20. Nxa3 d5 $17)
20... Bb7 $36 {Summalvuo,T-Tratar,M/ARG/1993/0,5/66/}) 16... b4 17. Nb1 exf5
18. g6 (18. Bd3 Ne5 $17) 18... Qxa2 (18... fxg6 19. Bc4+ Kh8 20. h5 $36) (18...
hxg6 19. h5 $132) 19. Bg5 (19. gxh7+ Kh8 20. h5 Bf6 $19) 19... fxe4 20. gxh7+
Kh8 21. Bxe7 Nxe7 22. Qxb4 Nd5 (22... Bf5 $5 23. Qxd6 (23. Rxd6 Rab8 24. Qa3
Qxa3 25. Nxa3 Bxh7 26. Rxa6 f5 27. Nc4 f4 $17) 23... Rab8 24. Qa3 (24. Qxe7
Qxb2+ 25. Kd2 e3+ 26. Ke1 Bxc2 $19) 24... Qxa3 25. Nxa3 a5 $6 (25... Rb6 $5 26.
Nc4 Rh6 $17) 26. Nc4 a4 27. Nd6 Bxh7 28. Bc4 $44) 23. Qxe4 Bb7 24. Qd4 Rac8 25.
Bd3 Qa5 26. Rhg1 f6 27. Rde1 (27. h5 Nb4 28. Nc3 (28. Bg6 $4 Na2#) 28... Nxd3+
29. Qxd3 Qxh5 30. Qxd6 Rf7 $15) 27... Rc7 (27... Nb4 28. Bg6 Rc5 29. Nc3 (29.
Qxd6 $4 Na2+ 30. Kd1 Rd5+ $19) 29... Nd5 $36) 28. h5 Qb4 29. Qxb4 Nxb4 30. Bg6
Nc6 (30... f5 31. Nc3 d5 32. Rd1 $13) 31. Rd1 Rd8 32. Rg4 (32. Nc3 Ne5 $17)
32... d5 33. Nc3 d4 34. Ne2 d3 $1 35. Nc3 (35. Rxd3 Rxd3 36. Bxd3 Ne5 37. Rg3
Nxd3+ 38. Rxd3 Be4 39. Rd8+ Kxh7 40. c3 Rc5 41. Ng3 Bf3 $17) (35. Bxd3 Ne5 36.
Rg3 Nxd3+ 37. Rgxd3 Rxd3 38. Rxd3 Be4 39. Rd8+ Kxh7 40. Nc3 Bf3 $17) 35... Ne5
36. Rg3 Bf3 37. Rd2 Bg4 38. cxd3 f5 39. d4 Nxg6 40. hxg6 Rc6 $17 41. Re3 (41.
d5 Rxg6 42. Rd4 Kxh7 43. Kd2 Kg8 44. Ke3 $17) 41... Rxg6 42. Rh2 Rh6 43. Rxh6
gxh6 44. Re6 (44. Re7 Rxd4 $19) 44... Kxh7 45. d5 h5 46. Rxa6 h4 47. Kd2 Rb8
48. Ke3 h3 49. Kf4 Rb4+ (49... h2 50. Ra1 Rxb2 51. Rh1 Rf2+ 52. Ke3 Rf3+ 53.
Kd2 Rh3 54. d6 $1) 50. Kg5 (50. Kg3 Rxb2 51. d6 (51. Ra2 Rxa2 $6 (51... h2 $1
52. Ra1 Rb3 $19) 52. Nxa2 f4+ 53. Kh2 f3 54. Kg3 $10) 51... h2 52. Ra1 Rb3 $19)
50... Rxb2 (50... h2 $4 51. Rh6+ Kg7 52. Rxh2 $16) 51. Ra7+ Kg8 52. Ra1 (52. d6
h2 53. d7 Rb8 54. Ra1 Bf3 $19) 52... h2 53. Ne4 Bf3 (53... fxe4 54. Kxg4 Rg2+
55. Kh3 Rg1 56. Ra8+ $1 $10) 54. Nf6+ Kf8 55. Kxf5 h1=Q 56. Rxh1 Bxh1 57. d6
Kf7 0-1

[Event "Parnu-A"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "1996.02.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. f4
Nc6 9. h3 Qc7 (9... d5 $5 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qe2 (11. Qd2 $5) 11... Qh4+ $1 12. Kd2
(12. Bf2 Nxd4 13. Bxh4 Nxe2 14. Bxe2 g5 $1 $36) 12... Bc5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14.
Bxc5 Nxc5 15. Qe3 Qe7 16. Rd1 Rb8 17. Kc1 a5 $15 {Shirov,A-Salov,V/Moscow/1992/
0|1/44/}) (9... Bd7 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Bg2 Qc7 12. O-O Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Be3
exf4 15. Rxf4 Be6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 O-O $10 {Balashov,Y-Psakhis,L/
Sverdlovsk/1987/0,5/31/}) 10. Qe2 Bd7 $5 (10... e5 $5 11. Nb3 exf4 12. Bxf4 Be6
13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5+ Ne5 15. O-O-O Nfd7 16. Kb1 g6 17. Qd2 Bg7 18. Bd3 h5
$132 {Bologan,V-Novikov,I/Nikolaev/1995/0,5/42/}) 11. O-O-O (11. Bg2 $22 b5 12.
e5 $1) 11... b5 $5 12. Bg2 b4 13. Nd5 (13. Nb1 $6 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15. Be3 Bb5
16. Qd2 Rc8 $36) 13... exd5 14. exd5 Nxd4 15. Bxd4+ Be7 16. g5 (16. Rhe1 O-O
17. g5 (17. Qxe7 Rfe8 $19) 17... Rfe8 18. gxf6 Bxf6 19. Qf2 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Bf5
21. Be4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Rxe4 23. Qxe4 Rc8 24. Rd2 Qc4 $1 $36) 16... Bb5 17. Qe3
Rc8 18. Rd2 hxg5 19. fxg5 Nd7 (19... Nh5 20. Re1 Kf8 21. h4 Re8 22. Qf3 $146)
20. Bxg7 Rg8 21. Re1 Ne5 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. h4 Bd6 24. Be4 a5 (24... Qc5 25. Qf3
Rc7 26. Qf6 Re7 27. h5 $36) (24... Qe7 $5) 25. h5 a4 26. g6 (26. Kb1 $5) (26.
h6 $5) 26... fxg6 27. Bxg6+ Kd8 28. Bf5 Ra8 (28... Bd7 29. Be4 b3 30. a3 $146)
29. h6 b3 30. a3 $1 Qc5 31. h7 Rh8 32. Qh6 $16 Kc7 33. Kb1 Kb7 34. Rc1 {T/} (
34. Rc1 Qb6 (34... Raf8 $5 35. cxb3 Qb6 36. bxa4 Bxa4 37. Rc6 $6 (37. Bc2 Bb5
38. Be4 $16) 37... Qg1+ $6 (37... Bxc6 38. dxc6+ Ka8 39. Rxd6 Rxf5 40. c7 Qxc7
41. Ra6+ Kb7 $19) 38. Ka2 Bxc6 39. dxc6+ Ka8 40. Rxd6 Rxf5 41. c7 $18) 35. c4
Ba6 36. c5 Bxc5 37. Qg7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1980.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Be7 8. Qf3 (
8. Be3 Nc6 9. Rg1 h5 10. gxh5 Nxh5 11. Be2 g6 12. Qd2 a6 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. f4
$36 {Sznapik,A-Schmidt,W/POL/1991/1:0 (31) Inf 52/222/}) (8. Rg1 d5 9. Bf4 Bb4
10. Ndb5 Nc6 11. Nc7+ Kf8 12. Nxa8 Nxe4 13. a3 Qxh4 14. Bg3 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Qf6
16. Qd3 Nxc3 $1 17. Bg2 Bd7 18. Nc7 Ke7 19. Kd2 {Ivanchuk,V-Timman,J/Hilversum
(m/6)/1991/0:1 (33) Inf 53/212/} Na5 20. Qxc3 Nc4+ 21. Kd3 Nb2+ $10) 8... h5 9.
gxh5 Nxh5 10. Bg5 $5 Nc6 11. O-O-O Bxg5+ 12. hxg5 Qxg5+ 13. Kb1 Nxd4 14. Rxd4
Bd7 15. Rxd6 Bc6 16. Be2 (16. Rxc6 $6 bxc6 17. e5 Rd8 $1 $15 {Ljbojevic,
L-Timman,J/Montreal/1979/}) 16... g6 17. Qd3 Qe5 $1 18. Bxh5 (18. Qd4 Qxd4 19.
Rxd4 Ke7 20. Bxh5 Rxh5) 18... Rxh5 (18... Rxh5 19. Rxh5 Qxh5 20. Qd4 $2 (20. a4
Qe5 $1 $15) 20... Qh1+ 21. Qd1 Bxe4 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1
d5 9. Bb5 (9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Bg2 Qe5+ 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6
14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. Bxd4 $14 {Macieja,B-Mirumian,V/Szeged/1994/0,5/
34/}) 9... Bd7 10. exd5 Nxd5 (10... Nxd4 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Qxd4 Nxd5 13. Nxd5
Qxd5 (13... exd5 $6 14. Be3 b6 15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. Kb1 $16 {Lanka,Z-Lutskan,A/
LAT/1993/1|0/46/}) 14. Qxd5 exd5 15. Be3 Be7 16. h5 Kd7 $14 {Nikolenko,
O-Zakharov,A/Smolensk/1991/0,5/43/}) 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Be3 (12. Qe2+ Be7 13.
Nf5 Bxf5 14. gxf5 Kf8 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Bd2 Bxh4 17. O-O-O Bf6 $13 {Anka,
E-Sergienko,S/Harkany/1993/0,5/26/}) 12... Be7 (12... Qxh4 $5 13. Qf3 a6 14.
Bxc6 bxc6 15. O-O-O Bd6 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. gxf5 Be5 18. Kb1 Rb8 19. b3 Qb4 20.
Rd3 $146 {Anand,V-Salov,V/Moscow/1992/0/5/36/}) 13. g5 $5 {/N/} (13. Qd2 Bxh4 (
13... Nxd4 $5 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 15. Bxd4 Qe6+ 16. Kf1 O-O $13 {Makarichev/}) 14.
O-O-O Bf6 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. gxf5 a6 17. Bxc6+ bxc6 18. Bc5 Rb8 19. b4 Rb5 20.
Rge1+ Kd7 21. c4 $16 {Karpov,A-Spassky,B/Tilburg/1980/1|0/35/}) 13... hxg5 14.
hxg5 Rh4 15. Bxc6 (15. Qd2 $6 Nxd4 16. Bxd7+ Qxd7 17. Bxd4 Re4+ 18. Kd1 g6 19.
c3 O-O-O) 15... bxc6 16. Nb3 a5 17. Qd3 a4 18. Nd2 (18. Nc5 $2 Qa5+ 19. Qc3
Qxc3+ 20. bxc3 Bf5 $17) (18. Nd4 Qb6 $1 $36) 18... a3 19. b3 d4 $1 20. Nf3 (20.
Bxd4 Bf5 21. Qxf5 Qxd4 22. Rd1 Bb4 $17) 20... dxe3 21. Nxh4 Qa5+ 22. c3 exf2+
23. Kxf2 O-O-O $6 (23... Bc5+ $5 24. Kf3 Bxg1 25. Rxg1 O-O-O) 24. b4 $1 Qb6+
25. Qe3 Qxe3+ 26. Kxe3 c5 27. Nf3 Be6 (27... cxb4 28. cxb4 Bxb4 $4 29. Rgc1+
Kb7 30. Rab1 $18) 28. bxc5 Bxc5+ 29. Nd4 Bc4 $44 30. Rg2 Rh8 31. Kd2 Rh3 32.
Kc2 (32. Nb3 $5) 32... g6 33. Nb3 Bd3+ 34. Kd2 Bd6 35. Rf2 (35. Re1 $5 Bf4+ 36.
Kd1 Bf5 $44) 35... Bc4 36. Re1 $4 (36. Kc2 $5) 36... Bg3 37. Re3 Bxb3 38. axb3
a2 39. Rxf7 Bf4 (39... Bf4 40. Rxf4 Rh2+ 41. Kd3 a1=Q 42. Rf8+ Kd7 43. Rf7+ Kd6
44. Rf6+ Kd7 (44... Kd5 $4 45. c4+ Kc5 46. Re5+ Kb4 47. Rb6+ Ka3 48. Ra5+ $18)
45. Rf7+ Kd6 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.04.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Be7 8. Qf3 (
8. Rg1 d5 9. Bb5+ Kf8 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Bd2 {main line}) 8... h5 (8... Nc6 9.
Bb5 Bd7 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. g5 Nd7 12. gxh6 {Ljubojevic,L-Timman,J/Tiburg/1985/
1-0/34/}) (8... Nfd7 9. Qg3 Nc6 10. Be3 a6 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Kb1 b5 13. Bg2 Bb7
14. g5 {Ljubojevic,L-Timman,J/Brussels/1986/1-0/41/}) 9. gxh5 (9. g5 $6 Ng4 10.
Bh3 Qb6 11. Nb3 Nc6 $132) 9... Nxh5 (9... Nc6 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. e5
{Ljubojevic,L-Timman,J/Bugojno/1986/1-0/}) 10. Bg5 Nc6 (10... Bxg5 11. hxg5
Qxg5 $2 12. Ndb5 $18) 11. O-O-O (11. Nxc6 $5 bxc6 12. O-O-O Bxg5+ 13. hxg5
Qxg5+ 14. Kb1 Ke7 15. Be2 g6 16. Rxd6 Kxd6 17. Qxf7 $18 a5 18. Rd1+ Ke5 (18...
Kc5 19. Na4+ Kb4 20. Rd4#) 19. Bxh5 $1 Rxh5 20. f4+ Qxf4 21. Qg7+ Qf6 22. Qc7#
{Sobura-Pieniazek/POL/1988/}) 11... Bxg5+ $5 12. hxg5 Qxg5+ 13. Kb1 Nxd4 14.
Rxd4 Bd7 15. Rxd6 Bc6 16. Rxc6 $6 (16. Be2 $14 {Ljubojevic,L-Najdorf,M/Buenos
Aires/1980/} g6 $6 (16... a6 $5)) 16... bxc6 17. e5 Rd8 $1 $15 (17... Rc8 $6
18. Ba6 Rc7 19. Nb5 $40 cxb5 20. Bxb5+ Ke7 (20... Kf8 21. Qa8+ $18) 21. Qa3+
Kd8 22. Rd1+ Kc8 23. Ba6+ Kb8 24. Qb4+ Ka8 25. Qe4+ {Draw or more?}) (17...
Qxe5 18. Qxc6+ Ke7 19. Qb7+ Kf6 20. Ne4+ $40) 18. Qxc6+ Kf8 19. Qc5+ $1 Kg8 20.
Bc4 Nf4 21. Re1 (21. Rxh8+ $5 Kxh8 22. a4 Ng6 23. Qxa7 Nxe5 24. Be2) 21... Ng2
$1 22. Rf1 (22. Rg1 $2 Ne3 $1 $19) 22... Rh5 23. Qc7 Rf8 24. Qxa7 Qxe5 25. a4
Nf4 26. Rd1 Rc8 27. Rd4 $1 (27. Bb3 $2 Rxc3 $1 28. bxc3 Ne2 $17) 27... Rh1+ 28.
Ka2 Re1 29. Qd7 Rb8 30. Qd6 Nd5 31. Qxe5 (31. Nxd5 $2 Rxb2+ $1 $19 (31... Qxd6
$2 32. Nf6+ gxf6 33. Rxd6 $13)) 31... Nxc3+ 32. bxc3 Rxe5 33. Bb5 $1 Rf5 34.
Rd2 Rc5 $6 (34... Rg5) (34... Kf8) (34... Rfxb5) 35. Kb3 Rc7 36. Kb4 Kf8 37. a5
(37. c4 $5 Ke7 38. a5 Rd8 39. Rxd8 Kxd8 40. a6) 37... Rxc3 $6 (37... Ke7 $5)
38. Kxc3 Rxb5 39. Rd8+ Ke7 40. Ra8 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 {'Fischer scored 3:0
with this move (Bolbochan, Najdorf, Reshevsky, all in 1962).' Fischer hat
damit ein 3:0 geholt (Bolbochan, Najdorf, Reshevsky, alles 1962).} e6 {'The
most important alternatives are:' Die wichtigsten Alternativen sind:} (6... e5
7. Nde2 b5 8. g4 Bb7 9. Bg2 {'and according to Kuzmin White plays as in the 6.
g3 system but is a tempo ahead (g2-g4 instead of g2-g3-g4).' und laut Kuzmin
spielt Weiß wie im 6.g3-System hat aber ein Tempo mehr (g2-g4 statt g2-g3-g4).}
) ({After Auf} 6... g6 {'Kuzmin recommends a setup with' empfiehlt Kuzmin
einen Aufbau mit} 7. Be3 {'followed by Qd2 and 0-0-0.' gefolgt von Qd2 und
0-0-0.}) 7. g4 d5 (7... b5 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O $1 {'Karjakin's idea!' Karjakins
Idee!} b4 10. Nd5 $1 exd5 11. exd5 Be7 12. Nc6 Qc7 13. Nxe7 Kxe7 14. g5 Nfd7
15. Re1+ Kd8 {'White has sufficient compensation, but for keeping equality
only ... (Kuzmin)' "Weiß hat ausreichende Kompensation, aber nicht mehr ..." 
(Kuzmin)}) 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nde2 ({Kuzmin recommends Kuzmin empfiehlt} 9. Bd2 {
'"In my opinion the most unpleasant continuation for Black" (Kuzmin)' "Meines
Erachtens die für Schwarz unangenehmste Fortsetzung" (Kuzmin).} Nc6 10. Nxc6
bxc6 11. Bg2 Be7 12. Na4 $14) 9... Bb4 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Nxc3 Nc6 $6
{'Karjakin must know this variation, but with this move he immediately gets
into a difficult endgame.' Karjakin muss ja die Variante kennen, aber hiermit
gerät er sofort in ein schwieriges Endspiel.} (12... Qc7 {'should be the
critical line; there is as yet no practical experience with it at the top
level.' dürfte die kritische Variante sein, praktische Erfahrungen auf
Topebene gibt es noch nicht.}) 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Na4 e5 15. c3 Be7 16. Nb6 Rb8
17. Nxc8 Rbxc8 18. Be3 Kf8 19. Rfd1 Rd6 20. Kf1 Na5 21. Rxd6 Bxd6 22. Rd1 Ke7
23. b3 Nc6 24. Be4 b5 25. b4 Nd8 26. Rc1 Ne6 27. Ke2 Rb8 28. Ra1 Nf4+ 29. Kd2
Nxh3 30. Rh1 Nf4 31. Rxh7 Kf6 32. Kc2 Bc7 33. Ba7 Rd8 34. Rh1 a5 35. Rb1 axb4
36. Rxb4 Kg5 37. f3 g6 38. Rxb5 f5 39. gxf5 gxf5 40. Bb7 Ng2 41. Bf2 Bd6 42. a4
Kf4 43. a5 e4 44. fxe4 fxe4 45. Bb6 Rg8 46. a6 e3 47. Kd3 {Shipov: A highly
important victory for the Russian grandmaster, who showed great technique and
enviable accuracy. Alekseev employed Fischer's idea 6.h3 against the Najdorf
Sicilian, and after Black made a dubious novelty 12...Nc6?!, White proceeded
to a better endgame. The rest was a textbook example of using the bishop pair.
Evgeny skillfully restricted the opponent (23.b3!) and consistently developed
the queenside attack (28.Ra1!, 35.Rb1!). Sergey didn't have a single chance!}
1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1989.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. g5 hxg5 8. Bxg5
Nc6 9. Qd2 Qb6 10. Nb3 a6 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. h4 Rc8 $5 13. Rh3 Qc7 14. f4 b5 15.
Bg2 b4 16. Ne2 e5 17. Re3 $6 {>= 17.f5!} Be6 $6 (17... Ng4 $5 {/\ 18...f6}) 18.
Kb1 a5 19. Nbc1 a4 20. b3 Nh7 21. f5 Bd7 22. Rg3 Nf6 23. Nd3 Rb8 24. Bf3 Qb7
25. h5 Na7 26. h6 Rxh6 27. Bxh6 gxh6 28. Nf2 Nb5 29. Ng4 Nxg4 30. Rxg4 axb3 31.
cxb3 Bxf5 32. exf5 Qxf3 33. Rg3 Qxf5+ 34. Ka1 e4 35. Qxb4 Qe5+ 36. Kb1 f5 37.
a4 d5 38. Rg8 Kf7 39. Rxf8+ Rxf8 40. Qxb5 Rb8 41. Qd7+ Kf6 42. Nd4 e3 43. Rg1
Qe4+ 44. Ka2 Ke5 45. Qg7+ Kd6 46. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1987.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5
g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. Qf3 Bd7 $6 12. O-O-O Bc6 13. Qe2 $8 Bb4 (13... d4
$6 14. Bxd4 $1 $18) (13... Nfd7 14. Nxd5 $16) 14. Bd4 $1 (14. gxf6 $6 Bxc3 15.
bxc3 Nd7 $17) 14... Ne4 15. Bxe5 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Qxg5+ 17. Kb1 Rg8 (17... O-O $2
18. Bd4 Re8 19. h4 $1 {/\} Nd2+ 20. Qxd2 Qxd2 21. Rg1+ Kf8 22. Bc5+ $18) 18. f3
Nd7 19. fxe4 dxe4 20. h4 Qf4 21. Bd2 Qe5 $2 (21... Qf3 $1 $8 22. Qxf3 $1 exf3
23. Bc4 $1 $16) 22. Bg5 $1 $18 f6 23. Qh5+ Kd8 24. Bc4 Rg7 25. Be3 Kc7 26. Qh6
$1 Rg4 (26... Qe7 27. Bf4+) 27. Be2 Qxf5 28. Rhf1 Qe6 29. Bxg4 Qxg4 30. Bf4+
Kb6 31. Be3+ Kc7 32. Qxh7 Rf8 33. h5 Qe6 34. Qf5 $1 Qxf5 35. Rxf5 Kd8 36. Rg1
Ke7 37. h6 Rf7 38. Rh5 Rh7 39. Rh3 $1 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 8889 31st"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Be7 7. g5 Nfd7 8. h4
Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qh5 d5 $6 (10... a6 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 $13) 11.
O-O-O dxe4 12. Nxe4 Qa5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bd4 $1 e5 15. Bc3 Qxa2 16. Rxd7 $1
Bxd7 17. Nf6+ $1 Bxf6 (17... gxf6 18. gxf6 Bxf6 19. Rg1+ Bg7 (19... Kh8 20. Bd3
$18) 20. Qh6 $18) 18. gxf6 Qa1+ (18... gxf6 $2 19. Rg1+ Kh8 20. Qh6 $18) (18...
Rfd8 $5 19. Bd3 $1 $40 (19. Qg5 $2 Qa1+ 20. Kd2 Qd1+ $1 21. Ke3 (21. Kxd1 Bg4+
22. Ke1 Rd1#) 21... Qg4 $17)) (18... Qe6 $1 $14 19. Bh3 Qxf6 20. Bxd7 $14) 19.
Kd2 Qa4 20. b4 $1 Rfd8 21. Bd3 gxf6 22. Ra1 Qb5 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. Qh6+ $1 Ke7
25. Bxb5 cxb5 26. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1989.09.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1989.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1
h5 9. gxh5 Nxh5 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. h5 a6 13. Qd2 b5 14. a3 $5 {
14.Nc6 Bc6 15.a3!?, 14.0-0-0} Be7 {14... Qb6!?} 15. Be3 $5 (15. O-O-O b4 $1 (
15... Nxh5 $2 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Bxh5 Rxh5 18. Nf5 $1 exf5 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Rxg7
Kf8 21. Rdg1 Rh8 22. Qh6 $1 $18) 16. axb4 Nxb4 $13) 15... Nxh5 16. O-O-O Nf6 $2
{16... g6} 17. Rxg7 Qb8 18. Nxc6 $1 Bxc6 19. Qd4 $16 e5 20. Qd3 Kf8 $6 (20...
Bf8 21. Rg3 Qb7 22. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 23. exd5 Bh6 24. Qf5 $16) 21. Rdg1 Qc8 (21...
Qb7 22. Bg5 $1) 22. f4 $1 (22. Bg4 $6 Nxg4 23. R7xg4 Qe6 $16) 22... Qh3 23.
R7g3 Qh2 $6 (23... Qh7 24. Bf3 Rd8 25. f5 $1 $18) 24. Bf3 Rg8 25. Rxg8+ Nxg8
26. Ne2 $18 Qh3 27. Ng3 exf4 28. Bxf4 Qh4 29. Qe3 Rc8 30. Nh5 Qh3 31. Bh6+ 1-0

[Event "Preston"]
[Site "Preston"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Black "Suba, Mihai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g4 e5 $5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Nf5 h5 10. f3 hxg4 11. fxg4 Rh3 $5 {Murey,Y} 12. Qe2 (12. Ne3 Qc6
13. Ned5 Nbd7 14. Qe2 Rc8 $2 {Howell-Suba/London/1988/} (14... Nxd5 15. Nxd5
Nb6 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. O-O $13 {Suba})) 12... Qc6 $1 (12... Rxc3 13. bxc3 Qc6
14. O-O Qxe4 15. Qxe4 Nxe4 16. Re1 Nc5 17. Ba3 Nba6 18. Rad1 Rd8 19. h4 g6 20.
Ne3 $16 {Wahls,M-Mainka,R/LUX op/1989/1-0/}) 13. O-O Nbd7 14. g5 $6 {14.Rf3!?}
Rxc3 15. gxf6 (15. Nxg7+ $5 Bxg7 16. gxf6 Rxc2 (16... Nxf6 17. bxc3 Qxe4 18.
Qd3 d5 19. Qg3 $16) 17. fxg7 Ke7 18. Qh5 (18. Rxf7+ Kxf7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Qh8+
Kf7 21. Qh5+ $10 Kxg7 $2 22. Bh6+ Kh7 23. Rf1 Rg8+ 24. Bg7+ Kxg7 25. Rf7#)
18... Qc5+ (18... f6 $2 19. Qh7 Rg8 20. Qxg8 Qxe4 21. Qe6+ $1 Kxe6 22. g8=Q+
Ke7 23. Qg3 $18) 19. Kh1 Qc4 20. Bg5+ f6 21. Qh4 Qf7 22. Bh6 $13) 15... Rxc2
16. fxg7 Rxe2 17. g8=Q Qc5+ $1 (17... O-O-O 18. Bg5 Re8 19. Ne7+ $1) 18. Kh1
Qc2 19. Ng7+ (19. Nxd6+ Ke7 20. Nf5+ Kd8 21. Bg5+ Kc7 22. Rfc1 Rxh2+ 23. Kg1
Bc5+ $19) (19. Bh6 Qxe4+ 20. Kg1 O-O-O 21. Bxf8 Nxf8 22. Nxd6+ Rxd6 23. Qxf8+
Rd8 24. Rac1+ Rc2 25. Rxc2+ Qxc2 26. Qxf7 Qxb2 $17) 19... Kd8 20. Bg5+ (20.
Bg5+ Kc7 21. Rfc1 Rxh2+ $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. f4
Qb6 9. a3 Nc6 10. Be2 Qc7 11. Nb3 b5 12. Bf3 Bb7 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14. O-O-O Be7
15. h4 Nd7 16. g5 g6 17. Kb1 h5 18. Qf2 Kb8 19. Rhe1 Rhe8 20. a4 bxa4 21. Nxa4
Bf8 22. Nb6 $2 (22. Rd2 $142 $16) 22... Nc5 23. Nxc5 dxc5 24. Nc4 Na5 25. Ne5
Kc8 26. Bd2 Nc6 27. Bc3 Nxe5 28. Bxe5 Bd6 29. Bxd6 Rxd6 30. Rxd6 Qxd6 31. e5
Qd4 32. Qxd4 cxd4 33. Be2 Kc7 34. b3 Rd8 35. Kb2 Kb6 36. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch51 Final"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1984.04.21"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1984.04.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1
h5 9. g5 Ng4 10. Be2 Qb6 11. Bxg4 Nxd4 12. Be2 Nxe2 13. Qxe2 Bd7 14. Rg3 Rc8
15. Rd3 Bb5 16. Nxb5 Qxb5 17. c3 Be7 18. Bf4 O-O 19. O-O-O Rc6 20. Kb1 Rfc8 21.
Qd2 Ra6 22. f3 Rcc6 23. b3 Rc8 24. Rc1 Rac6 25. Kb2 Bf8 26. a4 Qb6 27. c4 g6
28. Ka2 a6 29. Rd1 {[#]} d5 30. Be3 (30. exd5 exd5 31. Rxd5 Rxc4 32. bxc4 Rxc4
33. Rd4 Qc5 34. Kb1 (34. Rxc4 Qxc4+ 35. Kb2 Bg7+ 36. Kb1 Qb3+ 37. Kc1 Qc4+ $11)
34... Qf5+ 35. Re4 Rxe4 36. fxe4 Qxe4+ 37. Kb2 $14 Qxa4 38. Bd6 Bg7+ 39. Kc1)
30... Qc7 31. exd5 exd5 32. Rxd5 b5 33. Rd7 Qe5 34. Bd4 Qe6 35. Bb2 bxc4 36.
Qd4 c3 37. Bc1 Qe2+ 38. Ka1 Bg7 39. Rd8+ Kh7 40. Rxc8 Rxc8 0-1

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 32nd"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Nc6 $6 (6... h6) 7.
g5 Nd7 8. Be3 Be7 9. h4 O-O 10. f4 d5 (10... a6 11. Qd2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3
Bb7 14. O-O-O e5 15. Be3 exf4 16. Bxf4 $14) 11. exd5 (11. e5 a6 12. Qd2 Nxd4
13. Bxd4 b5 14. h5 $40) 11... exd5 12. Qd2 (12. Nxd5 $6 Qa5+ 13. Nc3 Re8 $44) (
12. Qf3 $5 Nb6 13. O-O-O $40) 12... Nb6 13. O-O-O $6 (13. Rg1 $5 Re8 14. O-O-O
Na5 15. b3 Bb4 16. Bf2 $14) 13... Bg4 14. Re1 Qd7 15. f5 (15. h5 Rad8 16. h6 g6
(16... Nc4 $2 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. hxg7 Kxg7 19. Qh2) 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Qd4 f6)
15... Rfe8 $1 (15... Bxf5 $2 16. Nxf5 Qxf5 17. Bh3 Qg6 18. h5 $16) (15... Nxd4
16. Bxd4 Bxf5 17. Bb5 $44 (17. Bxb6 $2 axb6 18. Nxd5 Rxa2 $1 $17)) 16. Rg1 Bh5
(16... Bxf5 $2 17. Nxf5 Qxf5 18. Bd3 Qd7 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Nxd5 Rxa2 21. Kb1
$40) 17. Bb5 Bf8 18. f6 $6 (18. Nce2 $5 Nc4 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Nf4 $40) 18...
Nc4 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. fxg7 Bxg7 21. Ndb5 Qxd2+ 22. Bxd2 Bg6 23. Nd5 (23. Nd6
Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Nd4 25. Nd5 Bxc2 26. h5 $132) 23... Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Rd8 25. Nf6+
Bxf6 26. gxf6 h5 $15 27. Na3 $2 (27. Bf4 $6 Nb4 $15) 27... Rd4 28. Bh6 $2 (28.
Bg5 $15) 28... Rxh4 29. Bg7 Kh7 30. Re8 Bf5 31. Nb5 $17 Rh2 32. Nd6 Nd4 33.
Rh8+ Kg6 34. Rh6+ Kg5 35. Nxf7+ Kf4 36. Ne5 Rxc2+ 37. Kd1 Ke3 $1 38. f7 (38.
Nxc4+ Rxc4 39. f7 Bg4+ $19) 38... Rd2+ 39. Ke1 (39. Kc1 Ne2#) 39... Re2+ 40.
Kf1 (40. Kd1 Bc2+ 41. Kc1 Re1#) 40... Rf2+ (40... Rf2+ 41. Ke1 (41. Kg1 Ne2+
42. Kh1 Be4+ $19) 41... Nc2+ 42. Kd1 Rf1# $19) 0-1

[Event "Prague Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2020.02.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Duda,Jan Krzysztof"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.02.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Before the game I wasn't happy with how the pairings went. I had chosen the
worst possible number, and was forced to play two first rounds with Black.
Seeing, however, how this game went, I'm not so sure if my fortune was that
bad :) But ok, let's get back to the game. I think I know David quite well. We
are playing the same Wasko Katowice team in the Polish extraleague, besides we
have played some games against each other. He is a highly civil and
well-mannered person, but not in his chess games! In chess he is known for his
calculating skills, massive memory, deep opening preparation and enormous
creativity. However, in the last period of time it seems as if creativity is
playing tricks on him sometimes. David is an universal player, mainly choosing
between 1.e4 and 1.d4. Obviously I was prepared for both, but spent 10% of my
time on 1.e4 and 90% on 1.d4. Guess which move was played?} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6
3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 {Of course I checked at least 5
different options on move 6, but this one was quite probable. My games from
the Black side weren't very convincing, besides I got a difficult position in
one of our friendly blitz games at the closing ceremony of the Polish
extraleague. I wasn't naive enough to think he would forget about this game :)}
e6 7. g4 h6 {A novel set up for me, but I was going to play it on many
occasions.} 8. Bg2 Nc6 ({They usually start with} 8... Be7 {I wonder if this
makes any difference.}) 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 Nd7 11. Nf3 $5 (11. O-O O-O 12. Nf3
$5 {is the most challenging continuation, and even though Black is okay with
accurate play, White has an attack in most of the cases, and it's very simple
to play for him. That's why I was going to take 11...Nxd4! However, David is
cutting this option once and for all.}) 11... g5 $5 {I had this move in my
notes, but I spent 20 minutes on it as I couldn't remember whether it was a
good or bad continuation for Black.} (11... b5 {is the main move, and was even
played by my opponent:} 12. Ne2 Bb7 13. Ng3 Rc8 14. O-O O-O 15. Qd2 Qc7 $13 {
with typical play for this variation 1/2 (37) Kulaots,K (2542)-Navara,D (2717)
Batumi 2019.}) 12. Ne2 {Initially computers are very optimistic about White's
chances, but I think they overestimate the typical positions after g5 in
general. For humans such positions are very unclear, with many alternatives on
basically every turn, and that's why we all love the Sicilian :)} (12. Qe2 {
is similar to 12.Qd2}) (12. Qd2 gxf4 13. Bxf4 Nce5 14. O-O-O b5 $13) (12. f5
Nce5 13. Qe2 b5 $13) 12... gxf4 13. Bxf4 $6 {This looks a bit illogical with
the combination of the previous move} (13. Nxf4 Qa5+ (13... Nc5 14. O-O $1 {
is the strong idea, not fearing to give away the e4-pawn.} Nxe4 15. Nd4 Nf6 16.
Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qf3 $16) 14. c3 Nde5 15. O-O Nc4 16. Bc1 Qc5+ (16... Qb6+ 17. Nd4
$5 {is the extra alternative.}) (16... Bd7 $5 $13) 17. Rf2 Ne3 18. Qe2 Nxg2 19.
Kxg2 Bd7 20. Be3 Qa5 21. a4 {Engines give a very huge edge for White here,
which is kind of surprising cause his position looks very shaky without his
light-squared bishop. I guess White is very fast on the queenside to make up
for it.}) 13... Nde5 $15 {the position is very bad for White in a practical
sense. He has to choose between many 'ugly' positions, and it's not so easy
for him to castle in a comfortable way. And every endgame is just better for
Black.} 14. Nxe5 (14. O-O h5 $1 {is huge for Black.}) (14. Qd2 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3
Bh4+ {Black has many good options here.} (15... Ne5 16. Bg2 Bh4+ 17. Bg3 Bg5 {
is also good for Black.}) 16. Bg3 e5 (16... Qf6 17. O-O Bxg3 18. Nxg3 Qxb2 19.
e5 $13) 17. Rd1 h5 $132) 14... Nxe5 15. Ng3 $2 {This move surpised me. I
expected him to try to castle queenside. Obviously it can't be done easily,
without any consequences.} (15. Qd4 Qa5+ $5 (15... Ng6) 16. b4 (16. c3 Bd7) (
16. Bd2 Bh4+ 17. Kd1 Qc7 $36) 16... Qc7 17. O-O Bd7) (15. Qd2 Bh4+ 16. Bg3 Bg5
(16... Qg5 $5 17. Qxd6 h5 18. Qd2 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Bxg3 20. Nxg3 hxg4 21. hxg4
Rg8 {with a comfortable endgame is also an option.}) 17. Bf4 {The most human.}
(17. Qd4 h5) (17. Nf4 Qb6) (17. Qb4 a5 18. Qd4 Ra6 {This is obviously a highly
computerish line, but the idea is to meet} 19. O-O {with} Qb6 $1 {and Black is
much better.}) 17... Bxf4 18. Nxf4 Qh4+ 19. Qf2 Qxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Ke7 $15 {
with a dream endgame.}) (15. O-O {is still no good because of} h5 $1) 15... Qb6
$1 16. Bxe5 {Perhaps it was better to try something else, but either way Black
is clearly superior.} (16. Qe2 Bg5 $1 {is almost a killer according to the
engine.} (16... Qxb2 17. O-O Bd7 {is also much better for Black.}) 17. Bxg5
Qxb2 18. O-O hxg5 19. Qe3 Qb5 $19 {and there is no way Black can't finish his
development.}) (16. Qd2 Nc4 17. Qd3 Qa5+ 18. Ke2 Nxb2 $17) 16... dxe5 $17 {
Now Black is just winning positionally, and White still can't castle.} 17. Qf3
Bg5 (17... Qa5+ 18. c3 Bd7 19. O-O Rf8 $17 {is much stronger according to the
engine, but the move played in the game is also not easy to cope with, and I'm
still not allowing him to castle. Besides going for the endgame can't be a bad
idea, can it?}) 18. h4 Qe3+ 19. Qxe3 Bxe3 20. Ke2 $6 {Paradoxically this is
the losing mistake. The centre looks as stable as never, but White's king is
soon going to become a target! The last chance was} (20. Rh3 Ke7 (20... Bb6 $1
{is far simpler, aiming to play Bd8 and keep White's rook tied to the h4-pawn.
But I'm not sure I would have noticed it.} 21. Nh5 Bd8 22. O-O-O Rg8 23. Bf3
Bd7 $17 {and White is agonizing.}) 21. Nh5 Ba7 22. Rf3 Rg8 23. Bh3 Rg6 24.
O-O-O {It's still bad for White, but at least now he has a clear target on f7,
he can also try to establish his knight on f6.} Bd7 25. Rxd7+ (25. Rdf1 Be8)
25... Kxd7 26. Rxf7+ Ke8 $1 {Very unnatural yet very strong.} (26... Kc6 27.
Nf6 Be3+ 28. Kd1 Rd8+ 29. Ke2 Bc1 30. g5 {is suddenly quite complicated:} hxg5
31. h5 Rh6 32. Bxe6 $132) 27. Rxb7 Be3+ 28. Kd1 Ra7 $17) 20... Ba7 21. Rad1 Bd7
22. Kf3 Ke7 $19 {Black is soon going to make threats on both sides, and White
will get overextended} 23. Rh2 Rhg8 24. Bh3 Ba4 {Creating some targets on the
queenside.} 25. Rhd2 (25. b3 Bc6 {and the new wave will come!}) 25... Rac8 26.
Bf1 Rg6 $1 {Planning either ...Rf6+ or ...Rcg8 with a potential ...f5.} 27. Nh5
Bd4 28. Bd3 Rcg8 29. Rg2 f5 $1 $19 {The killer.} 30. exf5 Bc6+ 31. Ke2 exf5 32.
Ng3 Bxg2 33. Nxf5+ Kf6 34. Nxd4 Rxg4 35. Nf5 e4 36. Nxh6 Bf3+ {A suprisingly
easy-looking win, and one more example of the saying that it never rains but
it pours!} 0-1

[Event "BL2-West 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.11.22"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Dueball, Juergen"]
[Black "Schulz, Klaus Juergen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Dueball,J"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT2"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen II"]
[BlackTeam "Andernach"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Be7 8. Qf3
$5 {Ljubojevic, Dueball} Nc6 (8... Nfd7 {siehe Dueball-Blaskowski, Bundesliga2
West 1988.} 9. Qg3) (8... h5 {siehe Dueball-Morawietz, Bundesliga 1989.}) 9.
Bb5 Bd7 10. Bxc6 bxc6 (10... Bxc6 $6 11. g5 Nd7 12. gxh6 Ne5 13. Qg3 gxh6 14.
Bf4 Nc4 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. b3 Ne5 17. O-O-O Bf6 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. f4 Bxc3 20.
Qxc3 Ke7 21. e5 $1 $18 {Ljubojevic-Timman,Tilburg 1985 (1:0 34).}) 11. g5 hxg5
12. Bxg5 $2 $146 ({Richtig ist} 12. hxg5 {siehe Dueball-Dambacher, KNSB2 1996.}
) 12... c5 13. Nde2 Bc6 14. O-O-O Rb8 15. Ng3 Qb6 16. b3 Qa5 17. Rhe1 c4 18.
Re3 $2 (18. Kb1 $142) 18... Nd7 $1 19. Bxe7 Ne5 $1 $19 20. Qe2 Kxe7 21. Kb1 (
21. f4 Nd3+ $1) 21... Rxh4 22. f4 $6 Rxf4 23. Nd5+ Bxd5 24. exd5 cxb3 (24... c3
$1 $19) 25. cxb3 Qb5 26. Rxe5 $5 dxe5 27. Qxe5 Rf3 28. Ka1 Rf2 29. Qe3 Qb6 30.
Qc3 Kf8 31. dxe6 fxe6 32. Ne4 Rf4 33. Nc5 Kg8 34. Nd7 Qb4 35. Qe5 Rb5 $2 {
Zeitnot} (35... Re8 $8 $19) 36. Qxe6+ Kh7 $2 (36... Rf7 $8 37. Qe8+ Rf8 38.
Nxf8 Qc3+ 39. Kb1 Rxb3+ $1 $11) 37. Nf8+ $3 $18 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 10th Group4"]
[Site "Balatonbereny"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Cramling, Dan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Ernst"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Maribor Piramida"]
[BlackTeam "Huddinge Passanten"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Nc6 7. h3 Be7 (7...
d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Bg2 Bb4 10. O-O O-O 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. c3 Bc5 13. Be3 Bb6 {=}
) 8. Bg2 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Be3 a6 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. f4 b5 13. e5 d5 14. f5
b4 15. Nxd5 $5 exd5 16. Bxd5 Rb8 17. Qa7 Qa5 18. e6 fxe6 19. fxe6 (19. Bxe6+
Kh8 20. Bxd7 Rb7 {-+}) 19... Nf6 20. Qxb8 Nxd5 21. Qe5 Bb7 22. Rhf1 Rc8 (22...
Bf6 23. e7 Bxe7 24. Qe6+ Kh8 25. Rxf8+ Bxf8 26. Qe8 {+-}) 23. Bd4 Bf6 24. Qf5
Qxa2 (24... Qc7 25. Bxf6 Nxf6 26. Rd7 Nxd7 27. exd7 Rd8 28. Qf7+ Kh8 29. Qf8+ {
+-}) 25. Bxf6 Nxf6 $2 (25... Ne3 26. e7 Nxf5 27. Rd8+ {+-}) (25... gxf6 $1 26.
e7 Nxe7 27. Qd7 (27. Qxf6 Be4 {-+}) 27... Qa1+ 28. Kd2 Qxb2 29. Qe6+ (29. Qxe7
Rxc2+ 30. Ke1 Qc3+ {-+}) 29... Kh8 30. Qxf6+ Qxf6 31. Rxf6 {-/+}) 26. e7 {
White was here is serious time-pressure.} Qa1+ $2 27. Kd2 Qa2 (27... Qxb2 28.
Qe6+ Kh8 29. Qxc8+ Bxc8 30. e8=Q+ Ng8 31. Qxc8 {+-} Qd4+ 32. Ke2 Qe4+ 33. Kf2
Qf4+ 34. Kg2 Qe4+ 35. Kg3 Qe3+ 36. Rf3 Qe5+ 37. Kf2 Qh2+ 38. Ke3 {+-}) 28.
Qxc8+ $3 Bxc8 29. Rxf6 {+-} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 12th final"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.11.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Ernst"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1996.11.21"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Berlin SV Empor"]
[BlackTeam "Osijek Forina-Mursa"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Nc6 7. g5 Nd7 8. Be3
Be7 9. h4 O-O 10. Qe2 Nxd4 (10... a6 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Rxd4 b5 13. f4 Bb7 (
13... Qa5 14. Kb1 Bb7 15. Bg2 b4 16. Nd1 e5 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Bd2 Nc6 19. Rd5
Qc7 20. Ne3 a5 21. Nf5 {1-0 Short,N-Arnason,J/Reykjavik 1987 (45)}) 14. Rg1 Rc8
15. f5 Rxc3 16. bxc3 d5 17. g6 exf5 18. gxh7+ Kh8 19. exf5 Ne5 20. Bh6 gxh6 21.
Qxe5+ Bf6 22. Qg3 Kxh7 23. Bd3 Qb8 24. Qg2 Qe5 25. Kd1 Ba8 26. Qd2 Re8 27. Rdg4
Qe3 28. Rg7+ Bxg7 29. f6+ Kg8 30. Rxg7+ Kf8 31. Rg8+ {1-0 Luther,T-Stanke,J/
Cuxhaven op 1993}) (10... d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. O-O-O Nde5 13. Bg2 {1-0 Horvath,
C-Cvetkovic,S/Eger op Agria 1986 (30)}) 11. Bxd4 Ne5 $2 (11... a6 12. f4 (12.
Bg2 b5 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxe5 Ra7 15. O-O-O Qa5 16. Bd4 b4 17. Nd5 Bc5 18. Nf6+
Nxf6 19. gxf6 b3 20. cxb3 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Qxa2 22. fxg7 {1-0 Tompa,
J-Schlemmermeyer,W/Hamburg HSK/990 (35)}) 12... b5 13. a3 Rb8 14. h5 e5 15. Be3
exf4 16. Bxf4 Bxg5 17. Bxd6 Bh4+ 18. Rxh4 Qxh4+ 19. Qf2 Qxh5 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21.
Rd1 Qg5 22. Rd5 Qh6 23. Qg3 Rb7 24. Bh3 Qc6 25. Qh4 Qb6 26. Qxh7 {1-0 Rigo,
J-Mainka,R/Dortmund-C 1991 (37)}) 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Be3 Rb8 14. f4 b5 $6 (14...
Qa5 $8 15. h5 $40 (15. Qb5 $5)) 15. e5 d5 16. Ne4 $1 dxe4 (16... Bd7 17. Nf6+
gxf6 18. gxf6 Bxf6 19. Rg1+ Kh8 20. Qh5 Bg7 (20... Nb4 21. exf6 $18) 21. Bd3 h6
22. Rxg7 Kxg7 23. Rg1+ $18) (16... Qa5 17. Nf6+ Kh8 18. Qh5 h6 19. Rg1 Qxa2 20.
g6 $1 $18 {21.Qxh6+ gxh6 22.g7#}) 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Bg2 Nb4 19. Bxe4 Bb7 20.
Bxb7 Rxb7 21. Bd2 Nd5 22. h5 Bc5 23. g6 Ne7 24. gxf7+ Kxf7 25. Qe4 Rbd7 26. Ba5
Rh8 27. Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Kxd1 g6 29. Qb7 gxh5 30. f5 $1 exf5 31. Qxb5 Rc8 32. Qb3+
Ke8 33. e6 Bb6 34. Qb5+ 1-0

[Event "Prague"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Black "Orsag, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1993.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Nc6 7. g5 Nd7 8. h4
Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qh5 $5 (10. Qd2 $14) 10... a6 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13.
f4 $1 (13. a3 Rb8 $1 14. f4 b4 15. axb4 Rxb4 16. f5 g6 17. Qe2 Qa5 $15 {
Wedberg,T-Cvitan,O/Manila ol/1992/}) (13. Bd3 Ne5 $1 14. f4 Nxd3+ 15. cxd3 $1 (
15. Rxd3 Bb7 16. Re1 b4 17. Nd1 Qa5 $17 {Degerman,L-Cvitan,O/Vienna op/1991/})
15... b4 16. Ne2 e5 17. Be3 b3 18. a3 d5 $15 {Gdanski,J-Mainka,R/Polanica
Zdroj/1992/}) 13... b4 (13... Re8 14. f5 Bf8 15. Bh3 b4 16. fxe6 fxe6 {
Sax-Polugajevskij/Haninge/1989/} 17. Nd5 $1 g6 18. Qf3 exd5 19. e5 Nc5 $3 $10 {
Polugajevskij}) 14. Bxg7 $1 {Important novelty/} (14. Ne2 e5 15. fxe5 dxe5 16.
Be3 Qa5 $10 {Fogarasi,T-Bischoff,K/Mitropa-Cup/1991/}) 14... Kxg7 (14... bxc3
15. Bxc3 $16) 15. e5 Rg8 (15... bxc3 $2 16. Qh6+ Kh8 17. Bd3 f5 18. g6 Rf7 19.
gxf7 Qf8 (19... Bf8 20. Qxe6 Nc5 21. Rhg1 Bg7 22. Qe8+ $18) 20. Qxf8+ Bxf8 21.
Rhg1 Bg7 22. Bxf5 $1 exf5 23. e6 cxb2+ 24. Kb1 Ne5 25. e7 Bd7 26. f8=Q+ Bxf8
27. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 28. fxe5 $18) (15... Nc5 16. Na4 $3 Nxa4 (16... Ne4 17. Bd3
Bb7 18. Rhe1 Qa5 19. Qh6+ $1 (19. b3 d5 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Rd7 Bc6 22. Rxe7 Bxa4
23. Qh6+ Kg8 (23... Kh8 24. g6 $18) 24. g6 hxg6 25. Rg1 $18) 19... Kh8 20. Rxe4
$1 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 f5 22. exf6 Rf7 23. fxe7 Qxa4 24. Qxe6 $18) 17. Qh6+ Kh8 18.
Bd3 f5 19. exf6 Rf7 20. g6 Qf8 $1 (20... Bf8 $2 21. g7+ $18) (20... Bxf6 $2 21.
gxf7 $18) 21. fxe7 $1 (21. Qxf8+ Bxf8 22. gxf7 Bb7 $1 23. Rhg1 Bh6 $13) 21...
Qxh6 22. e8=Q+ Rf8 23. Qxa4 $40 {Black has a weak kings position/}) (15... dxe5
$2 16. Qh6+ Kh8 17. Bd3 f5 18. g6 Rf7 19. gxf7 bxc3 20. Rhg1 Bf6 21. Bc4 cxb2+
22. Kb1 $18) (15... Rh8 16. Ne4 h6 (16... dxe5 17. Qh6+ Kg8 18. Rxd7 $1 Bxd7 (
18... Qf8 19. Rxe7 $18) 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. gxf6 $18) 17. exd6 Bf8 $2 (17... hxg5
18. dxe7 Qxe7 $16) 18. Rg1 $1 hxg5 19. Rxg5+ $18) 16. Bd3 Nf8 17. Ne4 Kh8 (
17... dxe5 18. fxe5 Qd4 19. Nf6 Qxe5 $2 (19... Bxf6 $1 20. exf6+ Kh8 21. Qxf7
Ra7 22. Qh5 $16) 20. Bxh7 Bxf6 21. Qh6+ Kh8 22. Bg6+ $18) 18. exd6 Bxd6 19.
Rhf1 $44 {Weakness f6/} Be7 20. Qxf7 Bd7 21. Qh5 Be8 22. Qe2 Qa5 $1 (22... Bg6
$1 23. h5 Bf5 $1 (23... Bxe4 $2 24. Bxe4 $18) 24. Nf6 (24. Ng3 Bxd3 25. Qe5+
Bf6 26. gxf6 Nd7 27. Qxe6 Bxf1 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. Qxd7 Rxg3 $13) 24... Bxf6 25.
Bxf5 Qa5 26. Be4 Qxa2 27. gxf6 Qa1+ 28. Kd2 Qxb2 29. Bxa8 Qc3+ 30. Kc1 Qa1+ $10
) 23. Ng3 (23. Kb1 $1 $44) 23... Qc7 $2 (23... Qxa2 $1 24. f5 (24. Qe5+ Rg7 25.
h5 Nd7 $17) 24... Qa1+ 25. Kd2 Qxb2 $17) 24. Kb1 a5 25. Bc4 Rc8 26. b3 a4 27.
Rd3 axb3 28. cxb3 Bg6 29. f5 Bxf5 30. Qb2+ Rg7 31. Rxf5 exf5 32. Nxf5 Bc5 33.
h5 $18 Re8 34. h6 Re1+ 35. Kc2 Re2+ 36. Rd2 Rxd2+ 37. Kxd2 Qh2+ 38. Be2 Qf4+
39. Kd1 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.01"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h3 a6 8. Bg2
Nc6 (8... g5 9. b3 $1 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Ne5 11. Qd2 $14 {Shirov-Akopian/Groningen/
1997/}) 9. Be3 Ne5 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. f4 Nc4 12. Bc1 Bd7 13. b3 Nb6 14. Qd3 Rc8
15. Bb2 e5 16. Nde2 $14 Be7 17. O-O-O Bc6 18. Kb1 Nbd7 19. Rhf1 Nc5 20. Qe3 O-O
21. fxe5 dxe5 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Ncd7 24. Qd2 Ne8 25. Ng3 Bg5 26. Qe2 Nd6
27. Ne4 Rfe8 28. c4 b6 29. Rde1 Bh4 30. Rc1 a5 31. Qf3 Nf6 32. Nxf6+ Bxf6 33.
Qf2 Qd8 34. a4 Bg5 35. Rc2 Bh4 36. Qe3 Bg5 37. Qc3 Bf6 38. Qe1 Bh4 39. Qd1 e4
$5 {An interesting winning attempt.} 40. Re2 (40. Qd4 Bf6 (40... f6 41. Re2)
41. Rxf6 gxf6 $13) 40... Bg3 41. Qc2 Qe7 42. Re3 Bh4 43. Ba3 Rc5 $1 44. Bb2 (
44. Bxc5 bxc5 45. Qc3 Bg5 46. Re2 e3 $44) 44... Rcc8 45. Bd4 h5 46. Qc3 (46.
Bxb6 $13) 46... Bg5 47. Re2 Bh6 48. Rfe1 b5 49. c5 Qg5 50. Be3 Qxd5 51. Rd2
Rxc5 52. Rxd5 Rxc3 53. g5 Rxb3+ 54. Ka2 Rd3 55. Rxd3 exd3 56. gxh6 Nc4 57. Bf2
Rxe1 58. Bxe1 bxa4 $6 (58... d2 $1 59. Bxd2 Nxd2 60. axb5 Nc4 61. Kb3 Nb6 62.
hxg7 Kxg7 $11) 59. Bc3 g6 60. Kb1 d2 61. Bf3 Kh7 62. Kc2 Kxh6 63. Kd3 Nd6 64.
Bxd2+ Kg7 65. Bxa5 f6 66. Bb4 Nf7 67. Bd1 h4 68. Be2 g5 69. Ke3 Ne5 70. Bb5 g4
71. hxg4 h3 72. Kf2 Nxg4+ 73. Kg3 h2 74. Kg2 f5 75. Bxa4 Kf6 76. Bc6 Ke5 77.
Kg3 Kd4 78. Bd6 Ke3 79. Bf3 Kd3 $11 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Thorhallsson, Throstur"]
[Black "Arnason, Jon Loftur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5
g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. gxf6 d4 12. Bc4 Qxf6 {Bezüglich 12.-Dc7, siehe
Kotronias - Arnason.} 13. Nd5 Qc6 14. Bxd4 Bb4+ 15. c3 Qxc4 16. Be3 Be7 17. Nb6
Qc6 18. Rg1 Nd7 19. Nxa8 b5 20. Qd5 $1 Qb7 21. O-O-O Bd8 22. f6 Qxd5 23. Rxd5
Bb7 24. Rd6 Bxa8 25. Rgd1 Bf3 26. Rxd7 Bxd1 27. Rxd1 Rg8 $1 (27... Bxf6 $6 28.
Rd6 $1 $16) 28. Rd6 Rg2 29. h3 Rh2 30. Kd2 Rxh3 31. Bb6 Bxb6 32. Rxb6 e4 33.
Rxa6 e3+ 34. fxe3 Rh2+ 35. Kc1 Kd7 $16 36. a4 bxa4 37. Rxa4 h5 38. Re4 h4 39.
Re7+ (39. Kb1 $1 h3 40. Rh4 Ke6 41. Ka2 Kxf6 42. Ka3 Kg5 43. Rh8 Kg4 44. c4 Rc2
45. b3 h2 46. Kb4 Kg3 47. Kc5 Kg2 48. b4 h1=Q 49. Rxh1 Kxh1 50. b5 Kg2 51. b6
Kf3 52. Kd4 $1 $16) 39... Kd6 40. Rxf7 Ke6 41. Rh7 Kxf6 42. Kb1 Kg6 43. Rh8 Kg7
44. Rh5 Kg6 45. Rh8 Kg7 $1 46. Rd8 h3 47. Rd1 Re2 48. c4 h2 49. Rh1 Kf6 50. Ka2
Ke5 51. Ka3 Rxe3+ 52. Ka4 Rh3 53. Kb5 Kd6 $10 54. b4 Kc7 55. c5 Rh4 56. Ka4 Kc6
57. Kb3 Kb5 58. Kc2 Rh3 59. Kd2 Ra3 60. Ke2 Ra4 61. Kf2 Rxb4 62. Rxh2 Rb2+ 63.
Kg3 Rxh2 64. Kxh2 Kxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Site "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1996.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. g4 Nc6 7. g5 Nd7 8. Be3
Be7 9. h4 O-O 10. Qh5 a6 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 {This sharp line hides
many dangers for black and he has to play extremely accurately in the defence.}
13. Bd3 (13. e5 dxe5 $5 (13... d5 $6 14. Bd3 g6 15. Qg4 Bc5 (15... Nc5 16. Bxc5
Bxc5 17. h5 Bxf2 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Rxh7 $1 Be3+ 20. Kb1 Qxg5 21. Qh3 $18) 16.
h5 $1 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxg5+ 18. f4 Qe7 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. f5 $3 gxf5 21. Nxd5 $1 {
1-0 Gallagher,J-Vehi Bach,V/Biel op (07)/1995/ (26)}) (13... g6 14. Qe2 d5 15.
Qe3 Bb7 16. Bd3 b4 17. Ne2 a5 18. h5 Kg7 19. f4 Kh8 20. Ng3 a4 21. hxg6 fxg6
22. Kb1 {1-0 Ciemniak,R-Allen,A/WchJM Buenos Aires/1993/ (33)}) 14. Bxe5 Qe8 (
14... g6 15. Qe2 Bb7 16. Rh3 Qc8 17. Bd6 Bxd6 18. Rxd6 Qc7 19. Rd4 Rfd8 20.
Rhd3 Nc5 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Qe5 Qc8 24. a3 Qc6 25. Qb8+ {
1/2-1/2 Howell,J-Kohlweyer,B/Liechtenstein op (07)/1994/}) (14... Qa5 $2 15.
Rxd7 $3 Bxd7 16. Bd3 g6 17. Qh6 f6 18. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 19. Qxg6+ Kh8 20. gxf6 $18)
15. Bg2 $1 (15. Bxg7 $2 Kxg7 16. Qh6+ Kh8 $1 17. Rxd7 Bxd7 18. Bd3 f5 19. gxf6
Rf7 20. fxe7 Qxe7 21. Ne4 Bc6 $17) 15... Nxe5 16. Bxa8 b4 17. Nb1 Qb5 18. Rhe1
Ng6 19. Nd2 e5 20. Be4 Be6 21. Kb1 a5 22. Bxg6 $2 (22. Qf3 Nxh4 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7
24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. Qxh4 $18) 22... hxg6 23. Qe2 Qxe2 24. Rxe2 f6 {1/2-1/2 Tolnai,
T-Cvitan,O/EUCup Gr5 Balatonbereny/1993/ (42)}) (13. f4 b4 (13... Re8 14. f5
Bf8 15. Bh3 b4 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Nd5 $1 (17. g6 h6 $1 18. Nd5 Rb8 $1 $13 {
Sax-Polugaewski/Haninge/1989}) 17... g6 18. Qf3 (18. Qg4 Ne5 19. Nf6+ Qxf6 20.
gxf6 Nxg4 21. Bxg4 e5 $1 $15 {Horvath,T-Kohlweyer/Frankfurt/1990}) 18... exd5
19. e5 Nc5 $3 $10 {Polugajevskij}) (13... Qa5 14. Rg1 $1 b4 15. Nd5 $1 exd5 16.
Qh6 $1 Ne5 $8 17. fxe5 gxh6 18. gxh6+ Kh8 19. exd6+ f6 20. dxe7 Be6 21. exf8=Q+
Rxf8 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Bd3 Qxa2 24. Rg7 Bg8 25. b3 a5 26. Rdg1 a4 27. Rxg8+ $18
) 14. Bxg7 $1 (14. Ne2 e5 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Be3 Qa5 17. Kb1 Nc5 18. Qf3 Be6 19.
Nc1 Rad8 20. Be2 {1/2-1/2 Fogarasi,T-Bischoff,K/Mitropa Cup (02)/1991/}) (14.
Nb1 Qa5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. f5 exf5 17. exf5 Kh8 18. Bg2 Rb8 19. Rhe1 Ne5 20. f6
Bxf6 21. Be4 Ng6 22. Rd5 Qd8 23. gxf6 Qxf6 24. Qg5 Qxg5+ 25. Rxg5 {1/2-1/2
Terzic,M-Djuric,P/JUG-chT/1993/ (42)}) 14... Kxg7 (14... bxc3 15. Bxc3 $16) 15.
e5 Rg8 (15... bxc3 $2 16. Qh6+ Kh8 17. Bd3 f5 18. g6 Rf7 19. gxf7 Qf8 20. Qxf8+
Bxf8 21. Rhg1 Bg7 22. Bxf5 $1 exf5 23. e6) (15... Nc5 16. Na4 $3 Nxa4 17. Qh6+
Kh8 18. Bd3 f5 19. exf6 Rf7 20. g6 Qf8 $1 21. fxe7 $1 (21. Qxf8+ Bxf8 22. gxf7
Bb7 $1 23. Rhg1 Bh6 $13) 21... Qxh6 22. e8=Q+ Rf8 23. Qxa4 $40) (15... Rh8 16.
Ne4 h6 17. exd6 Bf8 $2 (17... hxg5 18. dxe7 Qxe7 $16) 18. Rg1 $1 hxg5 19. Rxg5+
$18) 16. Bd3 Nf8 17. Ne4 Kh8 (17... dxe5 18. fxe5 Qd4 19. Nf6 Bxf6 $1 20. exf6+
Kh8 21. Qxf7 Ra7 22. Qh5 $16) 18. exd6 Bxd6 19. Rhf1 $44 {1-0 Kengis,E-Orsag,M/
Prague (04)/1993 (39)}) (13. a3 Rb8 $1 (13... Qa5 14. f4 b4 15. axb4 Qxb4 16.
f5 Rb8 17. b3 Ne5 18. f6 Bd8 19. Kb1 a5 20. fxg7 Re8 21. Na2 Qb7 22. Qe2 Bd7
23. Rh3 Bc6 24. Bg2 a4 {0-1 Ernst,T-Cvitan,O/Oberwart op/1991/ (52)}) 14. f4 b4
15. axb4 Rxb4 16. f5 g6 17. Qe2 Qa5 $15 {Wedberg,T-Cvitan,O/Manila ol/1992/})
13... b4 $2 {This mistake spells the disaster, even though white has to show
some phantasy.} (13... Ne5 14. f4 (14. Kb1 $6 b4 (14... Qa5 15. f4 b4 16. Nd5
$1 $16 {Tolnai,T-Paschall,W/New Yorkop/1993/}) 15. Na4 $8 (15. Ne2 g6 $1 16.
Qh6 Re8 $17 {/\ Bf8}) 15... Rb8 16. b3 Qc7 (16... Bd7 $2 17. Nc5 $1) 17. f4
Nxd3 18. cxd3 e5 $5 19. Rc1 Qd8 {0-1 Perenyi,B-Hellers,F/Budapest/1988/ (39)})
14... Nxd3+ 15. Rxd3 (15. cxd3 $1 b4 16. Ne2 e5 17. Be3 b3 18. a3 d5 $15 {
Gdanski,J-Mainka,R/Polanica Zdroj/1992/}) 15... Bb7 16. Re1 b4 17. Nd1 Re8 {
Degerman,L-Cvitan,O/Vienna op/1991/} (17... Qa5 18. b3 Qxa2 19. f5 Rfc8 20. Bb2
e5 21. g6 $44) (17... e5 $5 18. Bf2 exf4 19. Qg4 $13) 18. Nf2 Qa5 19. Ng4 b3
20. Nh6+ gxh6 $8 (20... Kh8 $4 21. Qxf7 Qxe1+ 22. Rd1 $18 {/\ Qg8, Nf7}) 21.
Rg1 hxg5 22. Qh6 e5 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Rxg5+ Bxg5 25. Qxg5+ Kh8 26. Qf6+ Kg8 {
1/2-1/2 Hector,J-Vogt,L/Taastrup/1990/}) (13... g6 14. Qg4 (14. Qe2 b4 15. Nb1
Bb7 16. f4 e5 17. h5 exd4 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Bc4+ d5 20. exd5 Bxg5 21. Qe6+ Kg7
22. fxg5 Qxg5+ 23. Nd2 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 Talla,V-Lipka,J/CSR-chJ Pardubice/1991/ 
(28)}) 14... b4 15. Ne2 e5 16. Be3 Nc5 17. Qg2 Nxd3+ 18. Rxd3 Be6 19. h5 Kg7
20. f4 Qa5 21. f5 gxf5 22. g6 fxg6 23. hxg6 h5 24. Rxh5 Rh8 25. Rh7+ {1-0
Almasi,Z-Canfell,G/Kobanya op (04)/1991/ (32)}) (13... e5 14. Be3 Bb7 15. f4
exf4 16. Bxf4 Qc7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 g6 19. Qg4 Nc5 20. h5 Rfc8 21. Rh2 Qd7
22. Qxd7 Nxd7 23. Rdh1 Nf8 24. hxg6 fxg6 {1/2-1/2 Ruxton,K-Murugan,K/BCF-ch/
1989/ (49)}) (13... Re8 $6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qh6+ Kh8 16. e5 Nf8 17. Ne4 Ng6
18. Nf6 Bxf6 19. gxf6 Rg8 20. h5 Qf8 21. Qxh7+ {1-0 Madl,I-Summermatter,D/
Geneve-B/1988/}) 14. Bxg7 $1 (14. Nd5 $1 exd5 15. Bxg7 $1 Qe8 16. Bf6 {1-0
Szalanczy,E-Gavrikov,V/Debrecen/1988/}) 14... Nc5 (14... Ne5 15. Bf6 $2 (15.
Bxe5 dxe5 16. Ne2 $16) 15... bxc3 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. f4 Qb7 18. bxc3 Nxd3+ 19.
Rxd3 Qxe4 20. Rf1 Rb8 {1-0 Zakharov,V-Semeniuk,A/URS-sf Voronez/1991/ (36)}) (
14... Kxg7 15. Qh6+ Kg8 16. e5 f5 17. gxf6 Rf7 18. Rhg1+ Kh8 19. Rg7 $18) (
14... bxc3 15. e5 cxb2+ 16. Kb1 f5 17. gxf6 $18) 15. Qh6 Re8 (15... Nxd3+ 16.
Rxd3 bxc3 17. Bf6 $18) 16. Ne2 {The N heads towards h5 square with simple win.}
(16. Bf6 Bf8) 16... e5 17. Ng3 Bg4 (17... Nxd3+ 18. Rxd3 Qa5 19. Nh5 $18) 18.
Bc4 Ne6 (18... Bxd1 19. g6 $1 $18) 19. Bxe6 fxe6 (19... Bxe6 20. Nh5 Bg4 21.
Nf6+ Bxf6 22. Bxf6 $18) 20. g6 (20. g6 hxg6 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Rxd8 Raxd8 23.
Qxg6+ Kh8 24. Qxg4) 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1994.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Horvath,T} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 (6...
Ng4 {Horvath,T} 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 (10. Bc1 $5 e5 (10...
Nf6 11. Bc4 $1) 11. Nf5 Nf6 12. Bc4 b5 $6 (12... Bxf5 13. exf5 Qc8 $13) 13. Bb3
b4 14. Nd5 Nxe4 15. Ba4+ Bd7 16. Bxd7+ Nxd7 17. Qf3 $16 {Horvath,T-Beck/
Austria/1995}) 10... g5 11. Bg3 Bg7 12. h3 (12. Qd2 Nc6 13. Nb3 Be6 14. f3 Nge5
15. Bf2 Na5 16. Nd4 $13 {Stefansson-Ftacnik/Moscau/1994}) 12... Ne5 13. Be2
Nbc6 14. Nb3 Ng6 15. Qd2 $13 {Tolnai-Pigusov/Lyon/1994}) 7. g4 h6 (7... e5 {
Tolnai,T-Cvitan,O [Horvath,T] ;CBM 38/223}) 8. h3 (8. f4 {Horvath,T} Nc6 9. Be2
e5 {Topalov-Kasparov/Moscau/1994}) 8... Nc6 9. Qe2 (9. f4 Qc7 (9... Bd7 10. Qe2
Be7 11. Bg2 Qc7 12. O-O Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Be3 exf4 15. Rxf4 Be6 16. Nd5 Bxd5
17. exd5 O-O 18. g5 hxg5 19. Rc4 Qd7 20. Bxg5 Rae8 21. Rh4 Qf5 22. Qd2 Ne4 23.
Rxe4 Bxg5 24. Qd3 $10 {Balashov,Y-Psakhis,L/URS-FL Sverdlovsk/1987/}) (9... Qb6
$2 {Horvath,T} 10. Qd2 $16) 10. Bg2 Nd7 11. Qd2 Nb6 12. b3 Bd7 13. O-O Nxd4 14.
Qxd4 e5 15. Qd2 Rc8 16. Nd1 exf4 17. Bd4 Be6 18. c4 Nd7 19. Qxf4 Ne5 20. Ne3 g6
21. Qf6 Rh7 22. Rad1 Be7 23. Qf2 h5 24. gxh5 $15 {Horvath,T-Grooten,H/SWZ-chI
op (9)/1992/0-1 (35)}) 9... Nxd4 (9... Bd7 10. O-O-O $36) 10. Bxd4 e5 11. Be3
Be6 12. Bg2 Rc8 13. Nd5 (13. O-O-O Rxc3 14. bxc3 Qa5 $132) 13... Nxd5 (13...
Bxd5 14. exd5 Qa5+ (14... Be7 {Horvath,T} 15. O-O-O Nd7 16. f4 $14) 15. c3 Nxd5
16. Bd2 $14) 14. exd5 Bd7 15. O-O-O Be7 (15... g6 16. f4 $40) 16. Be4 $1 O-O (
16... Bg5 $5 {Horvath,T}) 17. Rdg1 Qa5 (17... Bg5 {Horvath,T} 18. h4 $1 Bxh4
19. g5 $18) 18. Kb1 Qa4 19. f3 Bh4 (19... Rc7 20. Qd2 {/\ Bh6}) 20. Qd2 g5 $5 (
20... Rfe8 21. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 22. Qxh6 Bd8 23. Bh7+ Kh8 24. Bg6+ Kg8 25. Qh7+)
21. b3 Qa3 22. Rg2 f5 $2 (22... b5 23. Bf5 $16) (22... Rc7 {Horvath,T} 23. Bf2
Bxf2 24. Rxf2 f5 25. gxf5 Bxf5 26. h4 $16) 23. gxf5 Rxf5 (23... Bxf5 24. Bxg5
$1 hxg5 25. Rxg5+ Bxg5 26. Qxg5+ $18) 24. Rg4 (24. Bxf5 Bxf5 25. Bxg5 Bxc2+ 26.
Qxc2 Rxc2 27. Bc1+ Rxg2 28. Bxa3 Be7 $15) 24... Rf4 25. Rxh4 $1 (25. Bxf4 $5
Bxg4 26. hxg4 exf4 27. Bf5 Rc7 28. Qe2 $40) 25... Rxh4 (25... gxh4 26. Rg1+ Kf8
27. Bxf4 exf4 28. Qxf4+ $18) 26. Bxg5 $1 Rh5 (26... Rxh3 27. Rxh3 Bxh3 28. Bxh6
Kf7 29. Bg6+ Ke7 (29... Kxg6 30. Qg5+ Kf7 31. Qg7+ Ke8 32. Qf8+ Kd7 33. Qf7+
Kd8 34. Bg5#) 30. Qg5+ Kd7 31. Bf5+ Kc7 (31... Bxf5 32. Qg7+ Ke8 33. Qf8+ Kd7
34. Qf7+ Kd8 35. Bg5#) 32. Bxh3 $18) (26... Rxe4 27. fxe4 $18) 27. Bxh6 Kh8 28.
Rg1 Qc5 (28... Rg8 29. Rxg8+ Kxg8 30. Qg2+ $18) 29. Bg7+ Kg8 30. Qg2 Bxh3 31.
Qg6 Bf5 (31... Qxg1+ 32. Qxg1 $18) 32. Bxf5 Rxf5 33. Bf6+ (33. Bf6+ Kf8 34.
Qg8#) 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpB"]
[Site "Port Barcares"]
[Date "2005.05.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Black "Collas, Didier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2005.05.04"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5
g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. gxf6 d4 12. Bc4 Qc7 13. Qd3 dxc3 14. O-O-O cxb2+
15. Kb1 Nc6 {I am becoming stronly suspicious about the whole line. Black is
walking the tightrope for just one piece and his results in 14...cxb2+ line
are worse than miserable.} (15... Bd7 16. Rhg1 Qc6 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Qb3+ {
1-0 Smirnov,P-Asatov,V/Novosibirsk 1999/ (18)}) 16. f4 $1 (16. Rhg1 b5 17. Bb3
Nb4 (17... Bb7 18. Bb6 Nb4 19. Qe2 {1-0 Shalimov,V-Karanda,K/Kharkov 2000/ (19)
}) 18. Qe2 Bxf5 19. Rg5 Be6 20. Bf4 Nxc2 21. Bxe6 Na3+ 22. Kxb2 fxe6 23. Bxe5
Nc4+ 24. Kb1 Qf7 25. Rdg1 {1-0 Sumets,A-Khazankin,M/Odessa 1999/ (35)}) 16...
b5 (16... Bd7 17. Bb6 Qd6 18. Qb3 (18. Qxd6 Bxd6 19. Rxd6 $18) 18... Qxf6 19.
fxe5 Nxe5 20. Bc7 Nxc4 21. Rhe1+ Be7 22. Qxc4 Rc8 23. Qf4 Bxf5 24. Qd2 {
1/2-1/2 Rubino,W-Appendino,J/St Chely d'Aubrac 2001/ (24)}) 17. Bd5 (17. Bb3
Nb4 18. Bb6 Nxd3 19. Bxc7 Ra7 20. Bb8 Rb7 21. Rxd3 e4 (21... Rxb8 22. Re1 Bd7
23. Rxe5+ Kd8 24. Be6 fxe6 25. fxe6 Rb7 26. Red5 $16) 22. Re1 Bxf5 23. Bd5 Rb6
24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25. Rxe4+ Re6 26. Bc7 {Kozakov,M-Ganin,M/UKR ol Alushta/1999/
1-0 (26)}) 17... Bb7 (17... Nb4 18. Qe4 Rb8 19. Rhe1 Bd7 (19... Bb7 20. Bxb7
Rxb7 21. Bb6 Rxb6 22. Qxe5+ Qxe5 23. Rxe5+ Re6 24. fxe6 Nc6 25. e7 Bxe7 26. Re2
$18) 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. fxe5 $16) (17... Bd7 18. Bb6 Qxb6 (18... Qb7 19. fxe5
$16) 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Qxd7+ Ne7 (20... Be7 21. Qe6+ Kf8 22. fxe7+) 21. Rd6
$18) 18. Bb6 $1 {[%mdl 128] The punishment is very brutal, black king is
nearly mated burried on e8.} Qc8 (18... Qxb6 19. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 20. Qd5+ Kxf6
21. Qe6+ Kg7 22. Rhg1+ Qxg1 23. Rxg1#) 19. Bxc6+ Bxc6 (19... Qxc6 20. Qd8+ $18)
20. Rhe1 Bb4 (20... Bd7 21. Rxe5+ Be6 22. Qf3 $18) 21. Rxe5+ Kf8 22. Qd4 (22.
Qd4 a5 23. Bc5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch sf 58th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2005.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vorobiov, Evgeny E"]
[Black "Bragin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 Nc6 8. g5
Nd7 9. h4 Be7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Qxd4 b5 13. Kb1 Bb7 14. h5 Nc5 (
14... Bxg5 15. Rg1 (15. Qxd6 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Nf6 17. Qf4 Qb8 18. Qh4 h6 19. a3
Qe5 {1/2-1/2 Madani,K-Khakpoor,A (2200)/Iran 1996/ (37)}) 15... Bf6 16. Qxd6
Ne5 17. f4 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Nf3 19. Rg3 b4 20. Ne2 Nh4 21. Bd4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 {
1-0 Feher,G (2410)-Zetocha,C (2320)/Harkany 1994/ (57)}) 15. f4 {Vorobiov
plays a logical move for the kingside attack. White has actually saved the
tempo usually needed for the preparatory f2-f3 in the English attack.} (15. a4
Bxg5 16. Rg1 e5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Qxd6 Qxg1 19. Qxc5 Qg5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rd7
Bc8 22. Rd3 Be6 {0-1 Rajlich,V (2297)-Antal,G (2308)/Budapest 1999/ (45)})
15... e5 16. fxe5 Ne6 17. Qd2 (17. Qb6 Qxb6 18. Bxb6 Bd8 19. Bxd8 Raxd8 20.
exd6 Nxg5 $14) 17... dxe5 18. Qh2 Qc7 19. g6 $1 Bg5 (19... Bc5 20. Bxc5 (20. h6
Bxe3 21. hxg7 $13) 20... Nxc5 21. gxh7+ Kh8 22. Nd5 Rad8 23. Bh3 $16) 20. h6 $2
{[%mdl 64] White is getting too excited about his progress on the kingside,
sacrifice of the bishop e3 was anything but necessary. The tactics doesn't
work for him as Bragin can coordinate his defensive forces.} (20. gxh7+ $1 Kxh7
21. Bxg5 Nxg5 22. Bh3 $16) 20... gxh6 $2 (20... Bxe3 $1 21. hxg7 Kxg7 22. Nd5 (
22. Qxh7+ Kf6 23. Qh3 Bf4 24. Qf5+ Ke7 25. Rh7 Ng5 $17) 22... Bxd5 23. exd5
hxg6 24. dxe6 Rh8 25. Bh3 Bf4 $13) 21. Bxg5 Nxg5 22. Qxh6 {Due to panic
reaction black is completely lost as he can not prevent devastating opening of
the kingside.} f6 (22... fxg6 23. Qxg5 $18) 23. Bh3 Bc6 (23... hxg6 24. Rd7 $18
) (23... Nxh3 24. Qxh3 Bc8 25. Qh4 Be6 26. g7 Qxg7 27. Rdg1 $18) (23... Bc8 24.
Nd5 Qg7 25. Nxf6+ Rxf6 (25... Qxf6) 26. Rd8+ Rf8 27. gxh7+ Nxh7 28. Be6+ Bxe6
29. Qxe6+ Kh8 30. Rd7 $18) 24. Rdg1 Qg7 25. Be6+ $1 Kh8 (25... Nxe6 26. gxh7+
Kh8 27. Rxg7 Nxg7 28. Rg1 $18) 26. Rxg5 1-0

[Event "Skopje op 18th"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2002.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Damaso, Rui"]
[Black "Erdogdu, Mert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5
g6 9. Bg2 gxf5 10. exf5 h5 11. h3 hxg4 12. hxg4 Rxh1+ 13. Bxh1 Nc6 {White can
claim some compensation for the sacrificed piece, black's defense is not a
grateful task.} (13... d5 $1 14. Qe2 (14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Nd7 16. g5 Qc7 $13
) 14... d4 15. O-O-O Qe7 16. g5 dxc3 17. gxf6 Qb4 18. bxc3 Qb5 19. Qe1 Ba3+ 20.
Kd2 Bxf5 21. Bd4 Nd7 22. Rb1 Qa4 23. Rb3 Be6 24. Bxe5 Nxe5 25. Qxe5 O-O-O+ 26.
Ke2 Bxb3 {0-1 Berczes,D-Blasko,I/Budapest 2001/ (26)}) 14. Qe2 Qa5 (14... d5
15. O-O-O d4 16. Bxd4 Qe7 17. Be3 Nd4 18. Qe1 $13) 15. O-O-O Bd7 (15... Nh7 $5
16. Qc4 Rb8 17. Ne4 $36) 16. g5 O-O-O $2 {[%mdl 1024] There was no need to
sacrifice the piece, for the difficult position black needed some compensation
in material advantage.} (16... Ng8 $1 17. Be4 Rc8 18. Qh5 Nd8 19. Nd5 Bc6 20.
Kb1 $13) 17. gxf6 Bxf5 18. Qc4 (18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Qc4 Bd7 20. Nd5 $16) 18...
Be6 19. Bd5 $1 Kd7 (19... Re8 20. Bxe6+ Rxe6 21. Nd5 e4 22. Kb1 Qd8 23. Rh1 $18
) 20. Rh1 Re8 21. a3 (21. Bxe6+ Rxe6 22. Qg4 Nd8 (22... Qd8 23. Rh8 $18) 23.
Rh8 $18) 21... Nd8 22. Kb1 Qc7 (22... b5 23. Qe4 Qc7 24. Rh8 $16) 23. Qe4 Kc8
24. Rh7 {The pressure is very unpleasant, black's pieces are all very passive.}
Kb8 (24... Bxd5 25. Nxd5 Qc6 26. Bb6 Ne6 27. Rxf7 $18) 25. Bxe6 Nxe6 (25...
Rxe6 26. Nd5 Qd7 27. Bb6 Nc6 28. Bc7+ Ka7 29. Qg4 Nd4 30. Rh8 $18) 26. Nd5 Qd7
27. Qg4 Qc6 (27... Qb5 28. c4 Qd7 29. Qh5 $18) 28. Nb4 Qd7 29. Qh5 Nd8 30. Bb6
$1 {With the fall of f7 pawn the defender's position will fly apart.} d5 31.
Bxd8 Bxb4 (31... Rxd8 32. Qxe5+ $18) (31... Qxd8 32. Qxf7 Qc8 33. Nxa6+ $18)
32. axb4 Rxd8 (32... Qxd8 33. Qxf7 Qc8 34. Qxd5 $18) 33. Qxe5+ Ka7 34. Qe7 Qf5
(34... Qxe7 35. fxe7 Re8 36. Rxf7 $18) 35. Rxf7 Rb8 36. Qc5+ Ka8 37. Rf8 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 1st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.11.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 d5 {
The activity on the kingside is met by black in accordance with the strategic
textbook with the counterblow in the center. Unfortunatelly due to the
d7-d6-d5 Morozevich has in higher sense lost one tempo.} 8. g5 Nxe4 9. Nxe4
dxe4 10. Qg4 (10. Bg2 Nd7 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Qd2 Nb6 13. Qd4 Qxd4 14. Bxd4 Nc4 15.
Bxg7 Rg8 16. Bc3 Nd6 17. h4 Bd7 18. O-O-O Bc6 19. Be5 Bd5 20. Kb1 Nc4 {1/2
Kobalia,M (2505)-Dvoirys,S (2585)/St Petersburg 1998/ (38)}) 10... Nd7 (10...
Qa5+ 11. c3 Be7 (11... Bd7 12. Qxe4 Nc6 13. Nb3 Qe5 14. Bg2 Qxe4 15. Bxe4 Be7
16. Nc5 O-O-O 17. Nxd7 Rxd7 18. Ke2 Ne5 19. Rad1 $14 {1-0 Shirov,A (2700)
-Georgiev,K (2670)/Belgrade 1997/ (46)}) 12. h4 Bd7 13. Qxe4 Nc6 14. Nb3 Qe5
15. Bg2 O-O-O 16. O-O-O Qxe4 17. Bxe4 Be8 18. Rde1 Kc7 $11 {0-1 Filipenko,A 
(2415)-Akhmadeev,V (2395)/Kstovo 1994/ (41)}) 11. O-O-O Qa5 (11... Nc5 $2 12.
Nc6 $18) 12. Nb3 Qf5 (12... Qxa2 13. Qxe4 Be7 14. h4 $40) 13. Qg3 {Ponomariov
is obviously ahead in the development race, the next task will be to win the
black e4 pawn.} Be7 14. h4 Qf3 (14... O-O 15. Bg2 Qe5 (15... a5 16. Nd2 a4 17.
Bxe4 $14) 16. Qxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe4 Ng4 18. Bb6 $14) 15. Qh2 Qf5 (15... O-O 16.
Nd4 Qh5 17. Be2 Qg6 18. h5 $18) 16. Bg2 O-O 17. Qc7 (17. Rd4 Qe5 18. Bf4 Qb5
19. Bxe4 Nc5 20. Bf3 $14) 17... Bd8 18. Qc4 Bb6 (18... Ne5 19. Qxe4 Qxe4 20.
Bxe4 f5 21. gxf6 Bxf6 22. Na5 $14) 19. Bxe4 {The Ukrainian exchampion of the
world is trying to solve the problem of the best continuation. Tempting was
also the exchange of the bishops on the square b6.} (19. Bxb6 Nxb6 20. Qd4 Qb5
21. Qxe4 $14) 19... Bxe3+ (19... Qb5 20. Qc3 $14) 20. fxe3 Qe5 21. Qd4 Rb8 (
21... f5 22. gxf6 Qxd4 23. f7+ Rxf7 24. Rxd4 $14) (21... Qxd4 22. exd4 a5 23.
a4 $14) 22. h5 b6 (22... Qxg5 23. h6 e5 24. Qa7 g6 25. Bd5 $14) 23. h6 $1 {
Thanks to the centralized queen on the square e5 Morozevich will not succumb
to the mating attack, but he still has continue fighting for equality.} g6 24.
Nd2 (24. Bc6 Qxd4 25. Nxd4 Ne5 26. Rh4 f5 27. gxf6 Rxf6 28. Rf4 Kf7 29. Re4 $14
) 24... b5 25. Nf3 Qxd4 26. exd4 Rb6 (26... f5 27. Bc6 (27. gxf6 Nxf6 28. Bc6
Ng4 29. Rdg1 Rb6 $11) 27... Bb7 28. d5 Nc5 29. Bxb7 Rxb7 30. dxe6 $14) 27. Rhf1
b4 (27... Bb7 28. Bxb7 Rxb7 29. a3 $14) 28. Rde1 (28. Nd2 Bb7 29. Rfe1 Ba8 30.
Bxa8 Rxa8 31. Ne4 Rb5 32. Re3 $14) 28... a5 29. Ne5 {Ponomariov had no easy
task in improving his position, since the opponent was careful at defending
his weak spots.} (29. Bd3 Rd6 30. c4 bxc3 31. bxc3 Bb7 $11) (29. Nd2 Rd6 30.
Rf4 f6 31. Bf3 fxg5 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Ne4 Rxd4 34. Nxg5 $14) 29... Nxe5 30.
dxe5 Rb5 31. Bd3 Rc5 32. Rf4 Bb7 33. Rc4 Rfc8 {[%mdl 4096] The endgames are
naturally better for White due to the pawn majority on the queenside. The
structure on the kingside flank is firmly fixed.} (33... Rd5 $5 34. Rc7 Ba8 35.
b3 Rd4 36. Ra7 Rg4 37. Rxa5 Rb8 $11) 34. Rxc5 Rxc5 35. Kd2 Rd5 36. Re4 (36. c4
Rd4 37. Rg1 Rf4 38. Ke3 Rf3+ 39. Kd4 Rf2 $13) 36... Kf8 37. c4 Rc5 $6 {It
seems, that White would have tougher task in achieving progress after the swap
on the c3 square.} (37... bxc3+ $1 38. bxc3 Ke7 $11) 38. Re3 Ke7 39. b3 Kd8 40.
Be4 Bc8 (40... Bxe4 41. Rxe4 Ke7 42. Kd3 Rc7 43. Rd4 Rc6 (43... Rc5 44. Ke4 Rc6
$14) (43... Rd7 44. Ke4 Kd8 45. Rd6 $16) 44. Ke4 a4 45. Rd2 a3 46. Kd4 $16) 41.
Bf3 Kc7 42. Kd3 Kb6 43. Ke4 Rc7 (43... Bb7+ 44. Kf4 $16) 44. Rd3 Rd7 45. Rd6+
$1 (45. Rxd7 $6 Bxd7 46. Kd4 Bc8 47. c5+ Kb5 48. c6 Kb6 49. c7 Kxc7 50. Kc5 Bd7
51. Be2 $16) 45... Kc5 46. Kf4 $22 {Ponomariov is using his chances to the
hilt, black is facing the great crises.} Rxd6 (46... Rc7 47. Rd8 Bb7 48. Bxb7
Rxb7 49. Rh8 $18) 47. exd6 Kxd6 48. c5+ $1 Kxc5 $2 {The white combination was
making rounds in the world chess press, but hardly anybody took time to
investigate the consequences of the correct defence 48...Ke7! The task of the
defender would have remained very serious, but the burden of the prove would
remain on White.} (48... Ke7 $1 49. Ke5 Ba6 50. c6 Bd3 51. c7 Ba6 52. Be2 Bc8
53. Bb5 Bb7 54. Kd4 Kd6 55. Be8 e5+ (55... Ke7 56. Bc6 Bc8 57. Kc5 $18) 56. Kd3
Ke6 57. Bb5 Bc8 58. Bc4+ Kf5 59. Bxf7 Kxg5 60. Ke4 Kf6 (60... Kxh6 61. Kxe5)
61. Bd5 (61. Bg8 Bb7+) 61... Bf5+ 62. Ke3 Bc8 63. Bc4 $14) 49. Ke5 Ba6 50. Kf6
Kd6 51. Be4 $1 Be2 52. Kxf7 Bg4 53. Bxg6 {There is no way to stop the h pawn,
Morozevich admitted his defeat.} (53. Bxg6 hxg6 54. h7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Montreal 6th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2005.08.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Black "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2005.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1
h5 9. gxh5 Nxh5 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. Nb3 a6 12. Qe2 {The queen in this line of
Keres attack usually goes to d2, but from e2 it can monitor h5 and c4 squares
and even toy with an idea of timely Nd5 jump.} Bd7 (12... Qc7 13. O-O-O Bd7 (
13... b5 14. Bg2 b4 15. Na4 e5 16. Bf3 Nf6 (16... g6 17. Kb1 Be7 18. Bxe7 Kxe7
19. Qe3 {1-0 Ljubojevic,L (2605)-Kotronias,V (2415)/Dubai 1986/ (35)}) 17. h5
Nd8 18. h6 Ne6 19. hxg7 Bxg7 20. Be3 Rb8 21. Nd2 Bd7 22. Nb6 Rxb6 23. Bxb6 Qxb6
24. Nc4 Qc7 25. Nxd6+ Kf8 26. Nf5 {1/2-1/2 Vogt,L (2465)-Enders,P (2330)/
Dresden 1985/ (51)}) 14. Bg2 b5 15. a3 Rc8 16. f4 b4 17. axb4 Nxb4 18. Bf3 Bb5
19. Nxb5 Qxc2+ 20. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 21. Kb1 axb5 22. Nd4 Rc5 23. Be2 {1-0
Pokojowczyk,J (2370)-Balicki,C (2230)/Poznan 1984/ (32)}) 13. O-O-O Nf6 (13...
Rc8 14. Bg2 Ne5 15. f4 $14) 14. Bg2 Qc7 15. Rge1 O-O-O 16. f4 Be7 (16... Ne7
17. e5 d5 18. Kb1 Nh5 19. Bf3 $16) 17. e5 Ne8 {Shipov should have taken
advantage of the fact, that the bishop on g5 is not a flexible piece with the
tough move 17...d5!} (17... d5 $1 18. f5 (18. Bf3 Ng8 19. Bxe7 (19. Bxd5 exd5
20. Nxd5 Qb8 21. Nb6+ Kc7 22. Nxd7 Rxd7 23. Rxd7+ Kxd7 24. Qg4+ Kc7 25. Bxe7
Ngxe7 26. Qxg7 Qf8 $15) 19... Ngxe7 20. h5 f6 $11) 18... Nh5 19. Qe3 Kb8 $14)
18. Bxe7 (18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. Nd4 Bxg5 20. hxg5 g6 21. Kb1 $16) 18... Nxe7 19.
Ne4 dxe5 (19... Nd5 20. Qf2 Bc6 (20... dxe5 21. Ng5 $16) 21. Nd4 $1 $16) 20.
fxe5 Bc6 (20... Qxe5 21. Nd6+ Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Nxd6 23. Na5 $14) 21. Rxd8+ {
Charbonneau is becoming focused on the idea of jumping with the knight to d6.
The analyses after the game has proven, that very unpleasant problems would
await black after the best move 21.Ng5!?} (21. Ng5 $5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rxh4 (
22... Nf5) (22... Bxg2 23. Nxf7 Rxh4 24. Nd6+ $18) 23. Nxf7 $16) 21... Qxd8 (
21... Kxd8 22. Rd1+ Kc8 23. Nd6+ Kb8 24. Nxf7 Rxh4 25. Bxc6 Nxc6 26. Nd6 $16)
22. Rd1 (22. Ng5 Rxh4 23. Nxf7 Qc7 24. Rd1 $16) 22... Qb6 23. Nd6+ (23. Ng5
Rxh4 24. Nxf7 $14) 23... Nxd6 24. exd6 Nf5 (24... Nd5 25. Bxd5 Bxd5 26. c4 Bc6
27. Qe5 $14) 25. Bxc6 Qxc6 $2 {Shipov reacts with a schematic move.
Uncomparably better was to take back with a pawn and put up real resistance to
the advance of the d6 pawn.} (25... bxc6 $1 26. d7+ Kd8 27. Qg2 f6 (27... Rxh4
28. Na5 Qxa5 29. Qxc6 $18) 28. c3 $14) 26. Na5 Qb6 (26... Qd7 27. Nc4 $16) 27.
d7+ Kd8 28. Qc4 $6 (28. Qg2 $1 Qxa5 29. Qxb7 Rf8 30. Qc8+ Ke7 31. Qxf8+ Kxf8
32. d8=Q+ Qxd8 33. Rxd8+ Ke7 34. Ra8 $18) 28... Ne7 29. Qf4 $6 {White is not
using his best chances to get the maximum benefit from the magnificient
advance of the d pawn.} (29. Qc3 $1 Qc7 (29... f6 30. Nc4 Qc7 31. Nd6 Qxc3 32.
Nf7+ Kc7 33. bxc3 Rd8 34. Nxd8 Kxd8 35. h5 $18) 30. Qxg7 Rg8 31. Qc3 Nd5 32.
Qxc7+ Kxc7 33. Nxb7 Kxb7 34. c4 Kc7 35. cxd5 Kxd7 36. dxe6+ Kxe6 37. Rh1 $16)
29... Qc7 30. Qxc7+ Kxc7 31. Nxb7 Nc6 $1 32. Nd6 Ne5 33. Rd4 (33. Ne8+ Kd8 34.
Nxg7 Rxh4 35. Ne8 Rf4 36. Nd6 Nxd7 $11) 33... g6 (33... Rd8 34. Ne8+ Kb8 35.
Nxg7 $18) (33... Rg8 34. c4 f5 35. Ne8+ Kd8 36. c5 Nxd7 37. c6 Kxe8 38. Rxd7
Rh8 39. Rxg7 Kd8 $11) 34. Ne8+ Kd8 35. Nd6 Kc7 36. Ne8+ Kd8 37. c4 Nf3 $2 {
[%mdl 4096] Both players are struggling to understand the intricacies of the
unusual position, much better was keep the knight close to the advanced pawn
37...Nc6!} (37... Nc6 $1) 38. Rf4 (38. Nd6 $1 $16) 38... Ne5 (38... Nxh4 39.
Rxf7 Nf5 40. c5 $16) 39. Rd4 Nf3 $2 (39... Nc6 $1 40. Nd6 Ke7 41. Rd1 Rxh4 42.
b4 Rd4 43. Rxd4 Nxd4 44. Nxf7 Kxd7 45. Ne5+ Kd6 46. Nxg6 $14) 40. Nd6 $1 {
This surprizing shot missed by both players on the move 38. is now deciding
the game.} Nxd4 (40... Rh7 41. Nb7+ $18) 41. Nxf7+ Kxd7 42. Nxh8 Ne2+ (42...
Nf3 43. Nxg6 $18) 43. Kd2 Nf4 44. b4 Ke7 (44... Kc6 45. Kc3 e5 46. Nf7 e4 47.
Kd4 e3 48. Kxe3 Ng2+ 49. Ke4 Nxh4 50. Ne5+ Kb7 51. a4 $18) 45. a4 e5 {White
knight is trapped on h8, but the marching pawns on the queenside are more
important for the outcome of the struggle.} (45... Kf6 46. b5 axb5 47. cxb5 Ke7
48. b6 Kd7 49. a5 Kc8 50. Nf7 $18) 46. a5 Kf6 47. b5 Ne6 (47... Kg7 48. b6 $18)
48. bxa6 Kg7 49. a7 Nc7 50. Ke3 Kxh8 51. Ke4 Kg7 52. Kxe5 Kf7 (52... Kh6 53.
Kd6 Na8 54. Kc6 Kh5 55. Kb7 Kxh4 56. Kxa8 $18) 53. Kd6 Na8 54. Kd7 (54. Kd7 Kf6
55. c5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.01"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5
g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. Qf3 d4 12. O-O-O Nbd7 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. gxf6 dxc3
15. Bxc3 Qc6 16. Qg3 Qxh1 17. Bg2 Bh6+ 18. Bd2 Bxd2+ (18... Qxd1+ $5 19. Kxd1
Bxd2 20. Kxd2 Rf8 21. Bd5 $13) 19. Kxd2 Qxg2 $2 {It is a bit mysterious why
black decided not to take second rook for his qeen. The punishment will be
rather severe.} (19... Qxd1+ 20. Kxd1 Rf8 $13) 20. Qxg2 a5 21. f4 $1 exf4 (
21... Ra6 22. fxe5 $18) 22. Qg7 Rf8 23. Re1+ Kd8 24. Re7 Kc7 $2 (24... Re8 25.
Qxf7 Nxf6 26. Rxe8+ Nxe8 27. f6 $18) (24... Ra6 25. Rxd7+ Kxd7 26. Qxf8 Rxf6
27. Qc5 $18) 25. Qxf8 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Popovic, Petar"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1
h5 9. gxh5 Nxh5 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. Qd2 Qb6 12. Nb3 a6 13. Be2 Qc7 14. h5 Nxh5 15.
Rh1 g6 16. Bxh5 gxh5 $1 17. Qe2 (17. f4 $5 b5 18. O-O-O Bb7 19. e5 $1 d5 20.
Bf6 Rh6 21. Rh3 $1 $44) 17... b5 18. Rxh5 Rxh5 (18... Rg8 $5) 19. Qxh5 b4 $1
20. Ne2 a5 $1 21. Qh8 $6 (21. O-O-O $2 a4 $36) (21. Bh6 Be7 (21... a4 22. Bxf8
axb3 23. Qh8 $1) 22. Bg5 $10) (21. Rd1 $5) 21... Ne5 22. Nbd4 Bb7 $2 (22... Ba6
$1 23. Ng3 Qc5 $17) 23. O-O-O $2 (23. Ng3 Qc5 $1) (23. Rd1 $1 $16 Qc5 24. f4
Nc4 25. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 26. Nd4 Qc7 27. Qxf8+ $1) 23... Bxe4 $6 (23... Rc8 $1 $17
24. Rd2 $8 (24. Ng3 Nf3 25. Bh6 Kd7 $3) 24... Nc4 (24... Bxe4 25. Ng3 $13) 25.
Bh6) 24. Ng3 Bg6 25. f4 (25. Nh5 $5 Bxh5 (25... Ng4 26. Rg1 $1 $36) 26. Nb5 Qb8
$8 27. Nxd6+ Kd7 28. Nxf7+ Bxd1 29. Nxe5+ Kd6 30. Bf4 $13) 25... Nf3 26. f5
Nxd4 27. Rxd4 exf5 28. Rd2 $2 $138 (28. Bh6 $1 Ke7 $8 29. Bf4 Ke6 $1 $15) 28...
Kd7 $1 29. Qh3 Re8 $1 $17 30. Nxf5 Re1+ 31. Rd1 Rxd1+ 32. Kxd1 Qc4 $3 33. Nxd6+
$4 0-1

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 a6 7. g5 Nfd7 8. Be3
b5 9. a3 Nb6 10. Qg4 $1 N8d7 (10... Bb7 $2 11. O-O-O $16) (10... e5 $6 11. Nf5
g6 $2 12. Bxb6 gxf5 $8 (12... Qxb6 13. Nxd6+ Bxd6 14. Qxc8+ $18) 13. Bxd8 fxg4
14. Bf6 Rg8 15. Nd5 $16) (10... Nc4 11. Bxc4 bxc4 12. O-O-O $5 $16 {} e5 13.
Nf5 g6 14. Nd5 gxf5 15. exf5 $18) 11. Rd1 Ne5 (11... Bb7 $2 12. g6 $1 hxg6 13.
Nxe6 fxe6 14. Qxg6+ Ke7 15. Bg5+ Nf6 16. e5 $16) 12. Qg3 Qc7 13. f4 Nec4 14.
Bc1 Bb7 (14... e5 $16) 15. Bg2 (15. b3 $5 e5 (15... Na5 $16) 16. Nf5 g6 $132 {
+/=}) 15... Rc8 (15... O-O-O $16) 16. Nde2 Qc5 17. b4 (17. Rd3 $5) (17. h4 $5)
17... Qc7 18. O-O Be7 19. f5 (19. Rd3 $16) 19... exf5 20. exf5 O-O 21. f6 (21.
Rd4 $5) 21... Bd8 22. fxg7 Re8 23. Rd4 Bxg2 24. Qxg2 Ne3 (24... Qc6 $5) 25.
Bxe3 Rxe3 26. Rdf4 Re5 (26... Re7 $16) 27. h4 Nc4 28. Nd5 Rxd5 29. Qxd5 (29.
Rxf7 Qxf7 $8 (29... Qc6 $4 30. Rf8+ Kxg7 31. R1f7+ Kg6 32. Nf4#) 30. Rxf7 Rd1+
$8 31. Rf1 Ne3 32. Rxd1 $16) 29... Ne3 30. Qxf7+ (30. Qe4 Nxf1 31. Kxf1 $5 $16
(31. Rxf1 Qc6 $8)) 30... Qxf7 31. Rxf7 Nxf1 32. Rxf1 Bb6+ 33. Kh1 Rxc2 34. Ng3
Bd4 (34... Kxg7 35. Rf6 $18) 35. Nf5 Be5 36. Kg1 Bh2+ 37. Kh1 Be5 38. Rf3 Bxg7
39. Ne7+ Kh8 40. Rf7 Be5 41. Nf5 Rc8 42. Kg2 d5 43. Kf3 Bb2 44. h5 (44. Ne7 Rd8
(44... Rc3+ 45. Ke2 $18) 45. h5 Re8 (45... Bxa3 46. g6 hxg6 47. hxg6) 46. Nxd5
$18) 44... Rg8 45. Ne7 Rxg5 46. h6 Rg8 47. Nxg8 Kxg8 48. Rf4 Bxa3 49. Kg4 Bc1
50. Rf6 Bd2 51. Rxa6 Bxb4 52. Ra8+ Bf8 53. Rd8 Kf7 54. Kh5 b4 55. Rxd5 Ke6 56.
Rd8 Bd6 57. Rh8 b3 58. Rxh7 Kd5 59. Rb7 Kc4 60. h7 Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1993.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. h3
O-O 9. Qe2 a6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Bg2 Re8 12. f4 Rb8 13. g5 Nd7 14. h4 Nxd4 15.
Bxd4 b5 16. g6 $1 fxg6 (16... hxg6 17. h5 g5 18. h6 $16) 17. h5 Bf8 18. hxg6 h6
19. e5 Bb7 (19... d5 20. f5 $1 $16 (20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Bxd5+ Kh8 22. e6 Nf6 23.
Rxh6+ gxh6 24. Bxf6+ Bg7 25. Qh2 Bxe6 26. Qxh6+ Kg8 $17)) 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Ne4
dxe5 22. fxe5 Qc7 23. Qf2 Re7 (23... Nxe5 $2 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Qf7+ Kh8 26.
Rxh6+ gxh6 27. Qh7#) 24. Nf6+ $1 Kh8 (24... gxf6 25. exf6 Nxf6 26. Bxf6 Rd7 27.
Rxd7 Qxd7 28. g7 Bxg7 (28... Be7 29. Rxh6 $18) 29. Rg1 Rf8 30. Qd4 $1 Qxd4 31.
Rxg7+ Kh8 32. Bxd4 $18) 25. Rdf1 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 Qxe5 27. Nd7 $1 Qg5+ (27... Rxd7
28. Qxf8+) 28. Kb1 Qxg6 29. Nxb8 1-0

[Event "Smartchess.com 2nd"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2001.10.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2001.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5
g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. Qf3 d4 12. O-O-O Nbd7 13. Bd2 dxc3 14. Bxc3 Ng8
$5 {[%mdl 4] Novikov comes up with new opening plan, black believes that two
extra knights leave him enormous room in the defense.} (14... Bg7 15. Rg1 O-O
16. gxf6 Qxf6 17. Qe3 Kh8 18. f4 Qb6 19. Qg3 Qh6 20. Rd6 f6 21. Bd2 e4 22. Bc4
{1-0 Polgar,J-Anand,V/Dos Hermanas/1999/ (34)}) (14... Qc7 15. Bd3 Bd6 (15...
Qb6 16. Rhe1 Bb4 17. Bxb4 Qxb4 18. gxf6 Qh4 19. Be4 Qh6+ 20. Kb1 Qxf6 21. Bxb7
Bxb7 22. Qxb7 Rd8 23. f4 {1/2-1/2 Palac,M-Pinter,J/Pula 2000/ (53)}) 16. Rhe1
Rg8 17. gxf6 Nxf6 18. Bc4 Nd7 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Qh5+ Kg7 21. Rg1+ Kh8 22.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 23. Qe8+ Nf8 24. Rg1+ Kh8 25. Bxe5+ {1-0 Solovjov,S-Biriukov,O/St
Petersburg/1999/ (25)}) (14... Qb6 15. gxf6 Bb4 16. Bc4 Bxc3 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18.
Qh5+ Kxf6 19. Qh6+ Kxf5 20. Qh3+ Kg6 21. Rhg1+ Kf7 22. Rxd7+ Ke8 23. Qxc3 Kxd7
24. Qxe5 Qe6 25. Rd1+ Kc6 26. Qxh8 b6 27. Qxh7 Bd7 {1/2-1/2 Nijboer,F-Van Wely,
L/Rotterdam/1999/ (34)}) 15. Rg1 (15. Bxe5 $2 Qxg5+ 16. Bf4 Qxf5 $19) 15... Ne7
16. Bxe5 Nxe5 (16... Rg8 $5 17. f6 Qa5 18. fxe7 Bxe7 $19) 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 18.
Qe4 (18. Qc3 N7c6 19. f4 Bb4 20. Qb3 Bc5 $17) (18. Qf4 N7c6 19. Bg2 Bd7 $17)
18... N5c6 19. Bh3 (19. f6 Nf5 20. Bd3 Be6 $19) 19... h6 {Black is
underdeveloped, but for the queen stores rook and three light pieces.} 20. Rd1+
(20. g6 fxg6 21. Qd3+ Ke8 22. f6 Ne5 (22... Bxh3 23. fxe7 Bxe7 24. Qxh3 g5 $17)
23. Qe4 Bxh3 24. Qxe5 Kf7 25. Qe3 (25. fxe7 Bxe7 26. Re1 Rhe8 27. Qd5+ Kf8 $17)
25... Bf5 26. Qb3+ Kxf6 27. Qc3+ Kf7 28. Qxh8 Rc8 29. Qd4 Rxc2+ 30. Kd1 Bg7 $19
) 20... Ke8 21. Bg4 (21. gxh6 Bxh6+ 22. Kb1 Bg7 $19) 21... hxg5 22. f6 Bxg4 23.
Qxg4 (23. fxe7 Bxd1 24. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 25. Kxd1 Rd8+ 26. Kc1 Rxh2 $19) 23... Rd8
(23... Ne5 24. Qe4 N7c6 25. Rd5 Rd8 26. Rxe5+ Nxe5 27. Qxe5+ Kd7 28. Qd5+ Kc8
29. Qxf7 Rxh2 $19) 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. fxe7+ Bxe7 26. Qf5 {White queen will be
completelu helpless against coordinated action of black pieces.} (26. h3 Rh4
$19) 26... f6 27. h3 Rh4 28. c3 Rf4 29. Qd3+ Kc7 30. Qe3 Ne5 31. Kc2 Rf3 32.
Qd4 Rxh3 33. b4 Rh4 34. Qe3 Rf4 35. a4 Bd6 36. a5 Nc4 $1 37. Qe2 Be5 38. Kb3
Nd6 (38... Nd6 39. Qc2 Rc4 $19) 0-1

[Event "YUG-ch 56th"]
[Site "Herceg Novi"]
[Date "2001.03.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pikula, Dejan"]
[Black "Ilincic, Zlatko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2
e5 9. Nf5 Be6 10. h3 (10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. f4 g6 13. Ng3 Bxg4 14. Bf3
Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Be7 16. Kb1 b5 17. Rhf1 Rc8 {0-1 Todorovic,G-Ilincic,Z/Subotica/
2000/ (51)}) 10... g6 11. Ng3 (11. Nxh6 $5 Bxh6 12. g5 Bf8 13. gxf6 Nd7 14. Nd5
$14) 11... Nbd7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 (12... Rc8 13. Qd2 Bxd5 14. exd5 Qc7 15. c3 Nb6
16. b3 $14) 13. exd5 Rc8 14. Qd2 h5 (14... Qc7 $5) 15. g5 h4 (15... Nh7 16.
O-O-O $16) 16. gxf6 hxg3 17. fxg3 Nxf6 18. O-O-O Be7 {Ilincic consequently
defends this unusual line, but white' chances should be prefered. Two bishops,
open f file and unstable location of black's king all promise Pikula solid
advantage.} (18... Nh5 19. g4 Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Qd4 Rh7 22. Qa4+ Qd7 23.
Rhe1+ Kd8 24. Qxf4 {1-0 Todorovic,G-Ilincic,Z/Herceg Novi/2001/ (33)}) (18...
Ng8 $5 19. g4 f5 20. Rde1 Bh6 21. g5 Bg7 $13) 19. Kb1 Qc7 (19... Nh5 20. g4 Nf4
21. Bxf4 exf4 22. Qxf4 $16) 20. Rhf1 Qc4 21. Qf2 Rh7 22. b3 Qc7 (22... Qc3 23.
Rd3 Qc7 24. c4 $16) 23. c4 Nd7 24. h4 f5 (24... Kd8 25. h5 $1 gxh5 26. Be4 Rg7
27. Bh6 Rg4 28. Qxf7 $16) 25. h5 $1 {[%mdl 128] Original and very efficient
way to open up black's kingside, the monarch on e8 is doomed.} Rxh5 26. g4 Rh2
(26... fxg4 27. Qf7+ Kd8 28. Qg8+ Nf8 29. Rxf8+ Bxf8 30. Qxf8+ Kd7 31. Qf7+ Kd8
32. Qg8+ Kd7 33. Qe6+ Kd8 34. Rf1 $18) 27. gxf5 gxf5 28. Qxf5 $1 Qa5 (28...
Rxg2 29. Qf3 Rg7 (29... Rh2 30. Qf7+ Kd8 31. Qg8+ Nf8 32. Rxf8+ Bxf8 33. Qxf8+
Kd7 34. Qf7+ Kd8 35. Bg5+ $18) 30. Qh5+ Kd8 31. Qh8+ $18) 29. Bg5 $1 {This
small combination crowns white achievement, black will get no time for his
counterplay.} Bxg5 (29... Rxg2 30. Qg6+ Kd8 31. Bxe7+ Kxe7 32. Rf7+ Kd8 33.
Qxg2 $18) 30. Qxg5 Rxg2 (30... Nc5 31. Qg8+ Kd7 32. Rf7#) 31. Qxg2 Kd8 32. Rf7
Kc7 33. Rxd7+ Kxd7 34. Qg7+ (34. Qg7+ Kd8 35. Rh1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Solak, Dragan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5
h5 9. g5 Nxe4 10. Nxg7+ Bxg7 11. Nxe4 d5 12. Ng3 d4 13. Bd2 Qd5 14. Rg1 Bg4 15.
Be2 Nd7 16. Bxg4 hxg4 17. Qxg4 Rxh2 18. Qe4 {[%mdl 4] The result of the
opening is positive for Black, apart from strong control of the center his
pieces are well developed.} (18. Bb4 $6 Rc8 (18... Qb5 $1 19. a3 Bf8 $17) 19.
Nf5 Rxc2 20. Nxg7+ Kd8 21. g6 Rhxf2 22. gxf7 Kc7 23. Ne6+ Kb6 24. f8=Q Nxf8 25.
Nxf8 Qb5 {0-1 Koch,J-Andruet,G/Marseille 1989/ (34)}) 18... Qxe4+ 19. Nxe4 Ke7
20. O-O-O Rc8 (20... Rah8 21. c3 Ke6 22. cxd4 exd4 23. Rge1 Kd5 $15) 21. Rge1
Ke6 22. Bb4 Bf8 (22... Rc6 23. Rh1 Rxh1 24. Rxh1 Bf8 25. Bxf8 Nxf8 $15) 23.
Bxf8 Nxf8 24. c3 dxc3 (24... Ng6 25. Kb1 dxc3 26. Rd6+ Ke7 27. bxc3 $11) 25.
bxc3 (25. Rd6+ $6 Ke7 26. bxc3 Rxc3+ $15) 25... Rc6 26. Rd8 {Hracek has
managed to equalise the chances.} Ng6 (26... Nd7 27. Re8+ Kf5 28. Re7 Nc5 29.
Rxf7+ Kg6 30. Rf3 Rg2 $11) 27. Kc2 Rh4 (27... b5 28. Kb3 Kf5 29. Rd7 Rh7 $11)
28. a4 Kf5 29. f3 Rh2+ 30. Kb3 (30. Rd2 Rxd2+ 31. Kxd2 Kf4 $15) 30... Rb6+ 31.
Ka3 $6 (31. Kc4 $5 Ra2 32. Kc5 Rab2 33. Rc8 $11) 31... Rhb2 32. a5 R6b3+ 33.
Ka4 b5+ 34. axb6 Rxb6 35. Ka3 {[%mdl 4096] White is once again fighting in a
slightly worse position.} (35. Ra1 Nh4 $15) 35... R6b3+ 36. Ka4 Rb6 37. Ka3 Kf4
38. Rd7 Rb7 (38... Kxf3 39. Rxf7+ Nf4 40. Nc5 R2b5 41. Rxe5 Ra5+ 42. Na4 Rxe5
43. Nxb6 Rxg5 $11) 39. Rxb7 (39. Rxf7+ $1 Rxf7 40. Kxb2 Re7 41. Ra1 Kxf3 $11)
39... Rxb7 40. c4 Kxf3 41. Nd6 Rc7 42. Rf1+ $6 (42. Kb4 Kg4 43. Rg1+ Kh5 44.
Ne8 $11) 42... Kg4 43. Nxf7 (43. Rxf7 $2 Rxf7 44. Nxf7 e4 $19) 43... e4 (43...
Rxc4 44. Rf6 Rf4 45. Nxe5+ Nxe5 46. Rxa6 $11) 44. Nd6 e3 45. Re1 Re7 $2 ({
Solak is missing the chance to make his opponent suffer in the inferior
endgame position after} 45... Kf4 $1 46. Kb3 Ne5 $17) 46. c5 e2 (46... Nf4 47.
c6 e2 48. g6 $11) 47. c6 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.11.26"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Brueggemann, Joachim"]
[Black "Fish, Gennadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Erfurt"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 e5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Nf5 h5 10. g5 Nxe4 11. Nxg7+ Bxg7 12. Nxe4 d5 13. Nc3 e4 14. Nxd5
Nc6 15. Be3 {White faces an uneasy task of coping with speedily developing
black pieces.} (15. Nf6+ Bxf6 16. Qxd7+ Kxd7 17. gxf6 Nd4 18. Kd1 Ke6 19. Be3
Nf3 20. Ke2 Kxf6 21. Rad1 Ke6 22. Bf4 Rhd8 23. Ke3 f5 {Formanek,E-Suba,M/
Hastings 1990/ 0-1 (46)}) 15... O-O-O (15... Rd8 $5 16. Nf6+ (16. c4 Ne5 17.
Bxa7 (17. Qe2 Nd3+ 18. Kf1 Qh3+ 19. Kg1 Ne5 $19) 17... Nxc4 $17) 16... Bxf6 17.
Qxd7+ Kxd7 18. O-O-O+ Ke6 19. gxf6 Kxf6 $15) 16. c4 Bxb2 (16... Ne5 17. Bxa7 $1
Qh3 (17... Nxc4 18. Nb6+ Nxb6 19. Rc1+ $18) 18. Qb3 $14) 17. Rb1 Ne5 18. Qc2 {
The position is extremely sharp, each move can be crucial.} (18. Bxa7 Bc3+ $1
19. Nxc3 Nd3+ 20. Ke2 (20. Kf1 Qh3+ 21. Kg1 Nf4 $19) 20... Qg4+ $19) 18... Nf3+
(18... Nd3+ 19. Kd2 Ba3 20. Qb3 $14) 19. Kd1 (19. Kf1 $2 Qh3+ 20. Ke2 Nd4+ 21.
Bxd4 Qf3+ 22. Kd2 Bxd4 $17) 19... Bd4 20. Qxe4 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 (21. Qxf3 Bxg5 22.
Kc2 $11) 21... Qa4+ 22. Rb3 (22. Qb3 $2 Rxd5+ $1 23. cxd5 Qd4+ 24. Ke2 Re8+ $19
) 22... Nd4 $1 {[%mdl 64] Very original combination, that is leading to a
balanced position with rooks against queen.} (22... Qxc4 $2 23. Rc3 Rxd5+ 24.
Kc1 Rc5 25. Qxc5+ Qxc5 26. Rxc5+ $18) 23. Qxd4 (23. Qe5 Rxd5 $1 24. cxd5 Rd8
$11) 23... Rxd5 24. Qxd5 Rd8 25. Qxd8+ Kxd8 26. Re1 Qxc4 (26... Qxa2 $5 27.
Rd3+ Kc7 28. Re7+ Kc6 29. Rxf7 Qb1+ 30. Ke2 Qc2+ 31. Ke3 Qc1+ $11) 27. Re2 (27.
Re2 Qf4 28. Rd2+ Ke8 29. h3 b6 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Copenhagen Open-04 (Politiken Cup-03)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1982.06.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hazai, Laszlo"]
[Black "Fedder, Steen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1982.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. Qf3
Nc6 9. Rg1 Bd7 10. O-O-O Be7 $2 (10... b5 11. a3 Rc8) 11. h4 g6 (11... h5) 12.
g5 hxg5 13. hxg5 Nh5 14. Qe2 e5 15. Nf3 Rc8 16. Nd5 Be6 17. Nb6 $2 Rc7 18. a3
O-O 19. Rh1 Nd4 $1 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Rxd4 $2 (21. Bxd4) 21... Bxg5 22. e5 $2
Rxc2+ $1 23. Qxc2 Qxb6 24. Kb1 (24. Rxd6 Bxe3+ 25. fxe3 Qxe3+ 26. Kb1 Qxe5)
24... Bxe3 25. fxe3 Rc8 26. Bc4 $2 (26. Rxd6 $1 Qxe3 27. Qd1) 26... Bf5 (26...
Bf5 27. Qxf5 gxf5 28. Rxh5 dxe5 29. Rdh4 Qf6) 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 e5 {The
openings are handled very differently these days. Black is trying to lure the
opponent into the enticing check on b5 with the hope f speeding up the
development of his pieces and possibly weakening the light squares. It is
remarkable, that 8.Bb5+ might not be the best move.} 8. Nf5 (8. Bb5+ Bd7 (8...
Nbd7 9. Nf5 a6 10. Bxd7+ (10. Be2 Nc5 11. Bf3 g6 12. Ng3 Be6 13. Be3 Rc8 14. a4
Be7 15. h5 gxh5 16. Nxh5 Rg8 17. Bxh6 Nxh5 18. gxh5 {1-0 (72) Kostenko,P (2482)
-Dzhumabayev,R (2287) Astana 2012} Qb6 19. Qc1 $14) 10... Qxd7 {Practice is
proving, that White can not get very far without the light squared bishop.} 11.
f3 (11. Qf3 h5 12. gxh5 Nxh5 13. Nd5 Qc6 14. Be3 Be6 15. O-O-O Rc8 16. c3 Bxd5
17. Rxd5 Nf6 18. Rxd6 Bxd6 19. Nxg7+ Ke7 20. Bg5 Bc7 $17 {0-1 (56) Gallagher,J
(2499)-Le Quang,L (2705) Caleta 2013}) 11... b5 12. a3 (12. Ne3 Be7 13. Qd3 Qd8
14. a3 Nd7 15. h5 Nc5 16. Qe2 Bh4+ 17. Kf1 Bg5 18. Nf5 {1-0 (37) Dvoirys,S 
(2485)-Meister,J (2200) Barnaul 1984} O-O 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Rd1 Na4 21. Nxa4
Bxf5 22. gxf5 bxa4 $11) 12... Bb7 13. g5 hxg5 14. Bxg5 Nh5 15. Nd5 f6 16. Nb6
Qd8 17. Be3 g6 18. Nxa8 Bxa8 19. Nd4 exd4 20. Qxd4 Be7 $11 {0-1 (48) Antal,G 
(2545)-Doros,R (2278) Aix-les-Bains 2011}) 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 {Exchanging the
bishops is more risky for the Black player, even though he might be able to
hold equality due to the ideas of timely d6-d5 counterblow.} 10. Nf5 Nc6 11.
Rg1 (11. f3 O-O-O 12. Ne3 d5 (12... Ne7 13. Rh2 d5 14. Ncxd5 Nexd5 15. Nxd5
Nxd5 16. exd5 Bc5 17. c4 e4 18. Kd2 Qd6 $15 {0-1 (39) Canda,D (2340)-Armas,J 
(2385) Sagua la Grande 1989}) 13. Ncxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Nb4 15. c4 Bc5 16. Qe2 g6
17. a3 Nc6 18. Be3 $14 {1-0 (51) Biolek,R (2415)-Cernin,R Prerov 1995}) 11...
O-O-O 12. Ne3 d5 13. exd5 Nb4 {1/2 (13) Hjartarson,J (2505)-Adorjan,A (2535)
Esbjerg 1985}) 8... Nc6 9. Bg2 g6 10. Ne3 Be6 {Hou is very well informed about
the intricacies of the system, so she avoids the confrontation after the more
passive 10...Be7.} (10... Be7 11. Ncd5 (11. g5 hxg5 12. hxg5 Rxh1+ 13. Bxh1 Nh7
14. Nc4 Be6 15. Nd5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Nc7+ Kf8 18. Nxe6+ (18. Nxa8 Bxc4
19. b3 Ba6 20. Nc7 Nd4 21. Nxa6 bxa6 22. Rb1 Qg1+ 23. Kd2 Qxf2+ 24. Kc1 Nf6 $11
) 18... fxe6 $11 {1-0 (37) Koller,J (2245)-Zude,E (2395) Germany 2009} 19.
Qxd6+ Kg7 20. Rd1 (20. Qd7+ Kh8 21. Qxb7 Rf8 $17) 20... Rf8 21. Qd7+ Rf7 22.
Qd3 Nb4 $17) 11... Be6 12. c3 Qd7 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Nd5 Bg7 15. g5 hxg5 (15...
h5 16. Be3 O-O 17. Qd3 $14) 16. Bxg5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Ne7 18. Qd2 Qc6 19. O-O-O
$14 {1-0 (44) Santos Latasa,J (2309)-Doros,R (2338) Albena 2011}) 11. Ncd5 $1 {
Both players are rising to the challenge of demonstrating possibly the most
precise way of handling the position. The defender can handle the g-pawn
advance 11.g5 with well known counterplay against the g5-pawn.} (11. g5 hxg5
12. hxg5 Rxh1+ 13. Bxh1 Nd7 14. Ned5 Be7 15. Be3 (15. Nxe7 Kxe7 16. Be3 Qh8 17.
Bg2 Nd4 $11) 15... Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Nc7+ Ke7 18. Nxa8 Qg1+ 19. Kd2 (19.
Ke2 Bc4+ 20. Kd2 Qg5+ 21. Ke1 Qg1+ $11) 19... Qg5+ 20. Ke1 $11) 11... Bxd5 {
It is very difficult to fully evaluate this decision. White enjoys some
advantage when Black continues normal development. Black transfroms the pawn
structure, but it comes at the cost of the light squared bishop.} (11... Bg7
12. h5 O-O 13. c3 $14) 12. exd5 (12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 (13. Qxd5 $2 Nd4 $15)
13... Ne7 14. h5 $14) 12... Ne7 13. Qe2 (13. h5 gxh5 14. gxh5 Rg8 $11) 13...
Bg7 14. Qb5+ {White is eager to exchange queens in the hope that he will
benefit from his advantage of having the bishop pair without his opponent
having any counterplay. The modest 14.Bd2 was also quite challengeing for
Black.} (14. Bd2 Rc8 15. h5 O-O 16. O-O-O $14) 14... Qd7 15. Qxd7+ (15. a4 O-O
16. Bd2 Qc7 17. h5 $14) 15... Nxd7 16. Bd2 {Harikrishna began sleeping on his
laurels and in two moves will lose all his advantage.} (16. Nc4 $1 Nc8 17. a4
h5 18. g5 Ndb6 19. Na3 Ne7 20. a5 Nbxd5 21. a6 bxa6 22. c4 Nc7 23. Bxa8 Nxa8
24. Nc2 $14) 16... Rc8 17. Bb4 $6 (17. h5 O-O 18. b3 $14) 17... Nc5 18. O-O-O (
18. h5 Bf6 $11) (18. Nc4 Kd7 19. Ne3 e4 20. Rb1 Bd4 $11) 18... O-O 19. h5 Bf6
$1 {Probably this move came as a slight shock for White. Hou will improve the
bishop to the active square g5 and get enough counterplay in all lines.} 20.
Kb1 (20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Rxh6 $2 Bg5 $17) 20... Kg7 (20... Bg5 21. Nc4 Rfd8 22.
hxg6 fxg6 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. d6 Na6 25. Ba5 b6 26. dxe7 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 bxa5 28.
Bb7 Re8 29. Bxa6 Rxe7 $11) 21. Nf1 {The relocation of the knight to g3 lends a
very academic feeling to the whole manoeuvre. White has run out of ideas how
to improve his position that used to be so promising.} (21. Nc4 Rfd8 22. Na5
Rd7 $11) 21... Bg5 22. Ng3 (22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Ng3 f5 24. hxg6 fxg4 25. Ne4 Rxd5
26. Rxd5 Nxd5 27. Nxg5 Nf4 28. Nh7 Rb8 29. Be4 d5 30. Bf5 Nxg6 $11) 22... b6 {
Black is playing very carefully as if not to provoke the dangerous tiger. More
enterprising solutions were at hand, but the chosen strategy is sound enough.}
(22... f5 23. Bf3 (23. hxg6 fxg4 24. Rdf1 Kxg6 $11) 23... Rc7 24. hxg6 fxg4 25.
Bxg4 Rxf2 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27. Ne4 Rcxc2 28. Nxf2 Rxf2 $11) 23. Bxc5 bxc5 (23...
Rxc5 24. Ne4 Rxd5 25. Nxg5 (25. Nxd6 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 f5 27. gxf5 Nxf5 $11) (25.
Rxd5 Nxd5 26. Nxg5 Nf4 27. Ne4 Nxg2 28. Nxd6 Nf4 $11) 25... Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 hxg5
27. Rxd6 gxh5 28. gxh5 g4 $11) 24. Ne4 Rcd8 25. hxg6 {Harikrishna was geting
tired of watching for the possibility of f7-f5 at any given moment. The
downside of the exchange is the activation of the rook on f8.} (25. Rd3 f5 26.
Nxg5 hxg5 27. Ra3 Ra8 28. Ra6 fxg4 29. Rxd6 Rxf2 30. Re6 (30. Rd7 Kf6 $15)
30... Kf7 31. Be4 gxh5 32. Rxe5 Rh8 $11) 25... fxg6 26. Rh3 (26. Rd3 Ng8 27.
Ra3 Rd7 28. Ra6 (28. Nxg5 hxg5 29. Rah3 Nf6 30. Be4 Rb7 31. f3 $11) 28... Rf4
29. Nxd6 Rxf2 30. Be4 Nf6 $11) 26... Rf4 27. Ra3 {White is hoping to get at
least an even position with an attack against the a7-pawn, since the passive
strategy might have already been painful for him.} (27. f3 Ng8 28. Bf1 Nf6 29.
Bd3 a5 $15) 27... Rxg4 28. Bf3 Rf4 29. Rxa7 {White is gradually sliding
towards an endgame which is very risky for him.} (29. Rg1 Bf6 30. c4 h5 $15)
29... Rxf3 30. Nxg5 hxg5 31. Rxe7+ Kf6 32. Re6+ {[%mdl 4096] White feels
obliged to defend the f2-pawn, otherwise the black passed pawn on the g-file
would be very dangerous for him.} (32. Rb7 Rxf2 33. a4 g4 34. Rg1 Kg5 35. a5
Ra8 36. Rb6 Rxa5 37. Rxd6 c4 $17) 32... Kf5 33. Rd2 g4 34. c3 $2 {The position
was already difficult for White and there was no way he could afford a second
rate solution. The modest move of the c-pawn should have lost by force.} (34.
a4 $1 c4 35. Re2 (35. a5 c3 36. bxc3 Rxc3 $15) 35... Rh3 36. Kc1 c3 37. bxc3
Rxc3 $15) 34... Kg5 {The lady world champion has missed the best move in 34...
Rh8!, but she deserves credit for finding an alternative solution in
exploiting the f-file.} (34... Rh8 $1 35. Rxd6 (35. Re7 Kg5 36. Rd1 Rxf2 37.
Rg1 Rhf8 $19) 35... Rh2 36. Kc2 (36. a4 Rfxf2 37. Rxf2+ Rxf2 38. Rd8 g3 39. Ka2
Kg5 $19) 36... Rfxf2 37. Rxf2+ Rxf2+ 38. Kd1 g3 39. Ke1 Rf4 $19) 35. Re2 (35.
a4 Rdf8 36. Rxd6 Rxf2 37. Rd3 (37. Rxf2 Rxf2 38. Re6 g3 39. Rxe5+ Kf4 40. Re6
g5 41. Ka2 g2 $19) 37... Rb8 $19) 35... Rdf8 (35... c4 36. Kc1 Rd3 37. Kc2 Rxd5
$17) 36. Rxd6 Rxf2 $2 {The approach of the cursed 40th move has influenced too
many games in the history of chess. Black could have forced the way to victory
by defending the e5-pawn first.} (36... R8f5 $1 37. Ra6 (37. Rd8 Rxf2 38. Rxf2
Rxf2 39. d6 g3 $19) (37. a4 Rxf2 38. Re3 Kf4 39. Re1 g5 $19) (37. Re6 Rxf2 38.
Rxf2 Rxf2 39. Rxe5+ Kf4 40. Re6 g3 41. Rxg6 g2 $19) 37... Rxf2 38. Re3 R2f3 39.
Re2 g3 40. a4 Rf2 $19) 37. Rxe5+ R8f5 (37... Kf4 38. Ree6 g3 39. Rxg6 g2 40. a4
Rf1+ 41. Ka2 g1=Q 42. Rxg1 Rxg1 $17) 38. Re3 (38. Ree6 Rf6 39. Re5+ R2f5 $17)
38... R5f3 39. Re5+ Rf5 40. Re3 R2f3 {It would be too much to expect the less
standard continuation 40...Rf1+ on the last move before the control. Black
will get her position with excellent chances.} (40... Rf1+ 41. Kc2 c4 $5 42.
Rde6 Rxd5 43. b4 Rf2+ 44. Re2 g3 45. R6e3 Kg4 46. a4 g2 47. Rxf2 g1=Q $19) 41.
Ree6 Rf6 42. Re5+ R3f5 43. Rxf6 (43. Rxf5+ Kxf5 44. Rd7 g3 $19) 43... Rxe5 (
43... Kxf6 44. Re1 Rxd5 45. Kc2 c4 46. b4 $11) 44. Rf1 Rxd5 {The result of the
previous phase of the game could have satisfied Hariskrishna, if his position
did not remain so very precarious.} 45. Kc2 (45. b4 cxb4 46. cxb4 Rd4 $1 47. a3
(47. b5 Rb4+ 48. Kc2 Rxb5 49. a4 Rc5+ 50. Kd2 g3 $19) 47... g3 48. Kc2 Kg4 49.
b5 g2 50. Rg1 Kf3 51. Kc3 Rf4 52. b6 Rf6 $19) 45... Rf5 {Home analysis proves
that Black could have won with the immediate advance of the g-pawn. The line
is long and it would require very good play from the stronger side.} (45... g3
46. b4 cxb4 47. cxb4 Kg4 48. Rg1 Kh3 49. a4 Rd4 50. Kc3 Rf4 51. a5 (51. b5 Rxa4
52. Rh1+ Kg4 53. Rg1 Ra3+ 54. Kc4 Ra2 55. b6 Rb2 56. Kc5 g2 $19) 51... g2 52.
a6 Rf3+ 53. Kc4 (53. Kb2 Rf6 54. b5 Rb6 $19) 53... Rf1 54. Rxg2 Kxg2 55. b5 Ra1
56. Kc5 g5 57. Kb6 g4 58. Ka7 g3 59. b6 Kf1 60. b7 g2 61. b8=Q g1=Q+ 62. Qb6
Qg5 $19) 46. Rg1 c4 47. Kd2 {White's position is beyond hope, but it was more
sensible to try for counterplay with the pawn advance 47.b4.} (47. b4 cxb3+ 48.
axb3 (48. Kxb3 Kf4 49. c4 g3 50. a4 Kf3 51. c5 Kf2 52. Rd1 g2 $19) 48... Kh4
49. c4 g3 50. Kd3 (50. b4 Kh3 51. Rh1+ Kg2 52. Rh6 Rf6 53. c5 Kf3 54. Rh1 g2
55. Re1 Kg3 56. Re5 Rf4 $19) 50... Kh3 51. Rh1+ Kg2 52. Rh6 Rf6 53. Ke4 Kf2 54.
Ke5 Rc6 55. Kd5 g2 56. Kxc6 g1=Q $19) 47... Rf2+ $1 (47... Kf4 48. b4 cxb3 49.
axb3 Kf3 50. c4 g3 51. Rf1+ Kg2 52. Rxf5 gxf5 53. c5 f4 54. c6 f3 55. c7 f2 56.
c8=Q f1=Q $17) 48. Ke3 Rxb2 {The fight is over and White's attempt at
resisting will prove to be futile.} 49. Ra1 (49. a3 Rh2 50. a4 (50. Rb1 g3 51.
a4 Kg4 52. Rb4 g2 53. Kf2 Kh3 $19) 50... Ra2 51. Rb1 Rxa4 52. Rb5+ Kh4 $19)
49... g3 50. Kf3 g2 51. Kg3 (51. Rg1 Rxa2 52. Kg3 Kf5 53. Kf3 g5 54. Kg3 Ke4
55. Rd1 g4 56. Kxg4 Rd2 57. Re1+ Kd3 $19) (51. a4 Kh4 52. a5 Ra2 53. Rxa2 g1=Q
$19) 51... Rxa2 52. Rb1 Kf5 {It is enough for the black king to get closer to
the c3-pawn. The rest of the game is a painful finish for White.} 53. Kh2 (53.
Kf3 Rc2 54. Rb5+ Kf6 55. Rb1 g5 $19) 53... Ke4 54. Rd1 Kf3 55. Rd6 Ra5 $1 {
The rook endgame has proven to be very dangerous for White.} (55... Ra5 $1 56.
Rf6+ Rf5 $19) 0-1

[Event "HUN-ch 54th"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2004.08.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Acs, Peter"]
[Black "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2004.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5
g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. gxf6 d4 12. Bc4 Qc7 13. Qd3 dxc3 14. O-O-O Nc6
15. Qe4 $146 {[%mdl 8] Acs is uncorking a novelty in one of the most
irrational modern opening lines. Given enough time white would open up the e
file with horrible consequences.} (15. Rhe1 cxb2+ (15... Qd7 16. Bd5 Bb4 17.
bxc3 Ba3+ 18. Kb1 Na5 19. c4 Bb4 20. Bd2 Nc6 21. Bxb4 Nxb4 22. Rxe5+ Kd8 23.
Qe2 Kc7 24. Re7 {1-0 Hansen,L-Csonkics,T/Budapest 1994/ (32)}) (15... h5 16.
Bg5 Bb4 17. bxc3 Ba3+ 18. Kb1 b5 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Qd5+ Kf8 21. Rg1 Qf7 22.
Qxc6 Bb7 23. Qb6 {1-0 Hansen,L-Niklasch,O/Tastrup 1997/ (32)}) (15... b5 16.
Bd5 Bb7 17. Bxc6+ Bxc6 18. Bf4 cxb2+ 19. Kb1 Bd6 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 O-O 22.
Bh6 {1-0 Stopa,J-Warszawski,B/Polanczyk 2000/ (27)}) 16. Kb1 Bb4 17. c3 (17.
Rg1 Rf8 (17... b5 18. Bd5 Bb7 19. Bb6 Qd7 20. Qe4 Bc3 21. Be6 {1-0 Korneev,
O-Ballesteros,S/Barcelona 1996/ (21)}) 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Rge1+ Bxe1
21. Rxe1+ Be6 22. fxe6 Qd4 23. exf7+ Kd8 24. Qxd4+ Nxd4 25. Rd1 {1/2-1/2
Kotronias,V-Arnason,J/Reykjavik 1992/ (38)}) 17... Ba3 (17... Ba5 18. Bf4 Qd7
19. Qg3 Qxf5+ 20. Kxb2 Qg6 21. Qe3 Bc7 22. Rg1 Qxf6 23. Bh6 Na5 24. Bd5 Qb6+
25. Qxb6 Bxb6 26. Rg7 Be6 {0-1 Zontakh,A-Ilincic,Z/Bela Crkva 1996/ (37)}) 18.
Bf4 Qd7 19. Bd5 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 Bxf5+ 21. Rd3 O-O 22. Bh6 Rfd8 23. Rg1+ Kh8 24.
Bg7+ Kg8 25. Bh6+ Kh8 26. Bg7+ Kg8 27. Bh6+ {1/2-1/2 Sigurjonsson,G-Olafsson,H/
Neskaupstad 1984/ (27)}) (15. f4 b5 16. Bb3 cxb2+ 17. Kb1 Nb4 18. Bb6 Nxd3 19.
Bxc7 Ra7 20. Bb8 Rb7 21. Rxd3 e4 22. Re1 Bxf5 23. Bd5 Rb6 24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25.
Rxe4+ Re6 26. Bc7 {1-0 Kozakov,M-Ganin,M/Alushta 1999/ (26)}) 15... Rg8 $6 {
The whole defensive idea of activating rook from h8 seems to be time consuming.
Black king remains in the center where white pieces are concentrated.} (15...
cxb2+ 16. Kb1 Bd7 17. f4 O-O-O $17) 16. Kb1 (16. f4 Rg4 17. Kb1 Bd7 18. Rhg1
Rxg1 19. Rxg1 O-O-O $17) 16... h5 17. f4 Rg4 18. h3 Rg3 (18... Rh4 19. Rde1 $1
Bh6 (19... Bd7 20. Bf2 $16) 20. Qg2 Bxf5 21. Qg8+ Bf8 22. Qg5 Rxh3 23. Qxf5 $14
) 19. Bf2 Bxf5 (19... Rg8 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. Bb6 Qxb6 22. Qxe5+ Be6 23. Bb3 $18)
20. Qxf5 Rf3 (20... Rg6 21. Bb6 Qc8 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. Rd7+ Qxd7 (23... Be7 24.
fxe7+ Rf6 25. Qxh5+ $18) 24. Qxd7+ Kg8 25. Qxb7 $18) 21. Bb6 $1 {Simple shot,
that is underlining the cage like nature of the black's king confinement.} Rxf4
(21... Qc8 22. Qxh5 $18) 22. Qh7 (22. Qh7 Rc8 23. Bxc7 Rxc7 24. Bd5 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.13"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Borriss, Martin"]
[Black "Steingrimsson, Hedinn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Berlin SF"]
[BlackTeam "Reykjavik CC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5
g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. Qf3 d4 12. O-O-O Nbd7 13. Bd2 dxc3 14. Bxc3 Qc7 {
Seemingly very irrational and athe same time extremely dangrous line for black.
White happily sacrifices material in order to get maximum activity for his
remaining pieces. Black has massive problems to sensibly develop his pieces.} (
14... Bg7 15. Rg1 O-O 16. gxf6 Qxf6 17. Qe3 Kh8 18. f4 Qb6 19. Qg3 Qh6 20. Rd6
f6 21. Bd2 e4 22. Bc4 b5 23. Be6 {1-0 Polgar,J (2677)-Anand,V (2781)/Dos
Hermanas 1999/ (34)}) 15. Bg2 (15. Bd3 Bd6 (15... Qb6 16. Rhe1 Bb4 17. Bxb4
Qxb4 18. gxf6 Qh4 19. Be4 Qh6+ 20. Kb1 Qxf6 21. Bxb7 Bxb7 22. Qxb7 Rd8 23. f4
Qxf5 24. fxe5 {1/2 Palac,M (2573)-Pinter,J (2556)/Pula 2000/ (53)}) 16. Rhe1
Rg8 17. gxf6 Nxf6 18. Bc4 Nd7 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Qh5+ Kg7 21. Rg1+ Kh8 22.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 23. Qe8+ Nf8 24. Rg1+ Kh8 25. Bxe5+ {1-0 Solovjov,S (2447)-Biriukov,
O (2407)/St Petersburg 1999/}) 15... Bg7 {Steingrimsson dreams about bringing
his king to relative safety. Completely against the grain of the position was
the move 15...Ng8!? with two extra pieces and even less development.} (15...
Ng8 $5 16. Rhe1 (16. f6 h6 17. Qh5 Bd6 18. Bd5 Nf8 $13) 16... Ne7 17. Rxd7 Qxd7
18. Rxe5 Rg8 19. f6 Qg4 $13) 16. gxf6 Bxf6 (16... Nxf6 17. Bxe5 $1 Qxe5 18.
Rhe1 $18) 17. Qg3 Qc4 (17... Rb8 18. Rhe1 Kf8 19. f4 Rg8 (19... exf4 20. Bb4+
Nc5 21. Bxc5+ Qxc5 22. Qxf4 $18) 20. Qh3 $14) 18. Rhe1 Qh4 $1 {Black at least
manages to exchange the queens taking the most dangerous attacker off the
board.} 19. f4 (19. Bxe5 $2 Nxe5 20. Rxe5+ Kf8 $19) 19... Qxg3 20. hxg3 O-O (
20... Rg8 21. fxe5 Bg5+ 22. Kb1 Nc5 23. e6 fxe6 24. Bf3 $14) 21. fxe5 Bg5+ 22.
Kb1 Re8 (22... Nc5 $6 23. Bb4 (23. g4 Re8 24. Bd4 Be7 $13) 23... Bxf5 24. Bxc5
Rac8 25. Bxf8 Bxc2+ 26. Ka1 Bxd1 27. Rxd1 Kxf8 28. Bxb7 Rd8 29. Rf1 $16) 23. b3
{For the sacrificed piece Borriss can claim two pawns and excellent control of
the center.} Ra7 (23... Nb8 $5 24. e6 fxe6 25. fxe6 Nc6 26. Rd6 $13) 24. Bd5 b6
$2 (24... Nc5 25. b4 $1 (25. g4 b5 $15) 25... Na4 26. Bd4 Rd8 27. Bxa7 Nc3+ 28.
Kb2 Nxd5 29. e6 $18) (24... Nb6 $1 25. Be4 Nd7 $1 26. Bd5 (26. e6 fxe6 27. Bd5
Nc5 28. Bd4 b6 29. b4 Rd8 $17) 26... Nb6 $11) 25. e6 $1 {Black had no right to
underestimate this crucial blow, white is simply winning.} fxe6 26. Rxe6 Kf8 (
26... Rxe6 27. fxe6 $18) 27. Bg7+ $1 Kxg7 (27... Kf7 28. Rg6+ Ke7 29. Re1+ Kd8
30. Rxe8+ Kxe8 31. Rxg5 $18) 28. Rxe8 Bb7 (28... Rc7 29. Be6 Kf6 30. Rd6 Ke5
31. Rc6 $1 Rxc6 32. Bxd7+ Kd6 33. Bxc6 $18) 29. Rg8+ {Very spirited and not
that difficult was the witty move 29.f6+! since the defender would find it
impossible to cope without heavy losses.} (29. f6+ $1 Kg6 (29... Bxf6 30. Rg8+
Kh6 31. Rh1+ $18) (29... Nxf6 30. Re7+ $18) (29... Kxf6 30. Rf1+ Kg6 31. Rg8+
Kh5 32. Bf7+ Kg4 33. Be6+ Kh5 34. Rf2 $18) 30. Rg8+ Kxf6 31. Rf1+ Ke7 32. Rxg5
$18) 29... Kf6 30. Bxb7 Rxb7 31. Rd6+ Ke5 (31... Kxf5 32. Rg7 $18) 32. Rxd7
Rxd7 33. Rxg5 Rd1+ (33... Kf6 34. Rh5 Rg7 35. Rh6+ Kxf5 36. Rxb6 Rxg3 37. Rh6
Rg7 38. Kc1 $18) 34. Kb2 Rg1 (34... Rh1 35. g4 Kf6 36. Rg8 $18) 35. Rh5 Rxg3
36. Rxh7 Kxf5 (36... Rg8 37. Ra7 a5 38. Rb7 $18) 37. Rh6 Rg6 $8 {Very painful
move for black since the pawn endgame is surely lost, but losing another pawn
was out of question.} 38. Rxg6 Kxg6 39. Kc3 Kf5 40. Kd4 Ke6 41. c4 Kd6 (41...
a5 42. c5 $18) 42. b4 Kc6 (42... Ke6 43. c5 Kd7 44. Kd5 bxc5 45. bxc5 Kc7 46.
c6 $18) 43. Ke5 a5 44. bxa5 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Terrible blunder throws away the
win, any other sensible move wins without effort.} (44. b5+ Kc5 45. a4 Kxc4 (
45... Kb4 46. Kd5 Kxa4 47. c5 Kxb5 48. c6 Ka6 49. Kd6 $18) 46. Kd6 Kb4 47. Kc6
Kxa4 48. Kxb6 Kb4 49. Kc6 a4 50. b6 $18) (44. a3 axb4 45. axb4 Kd7 46. Kd5 Kc7
47. Ke6 Kc6 48. b5+ $18) 44... b5 $1 45. a4 bxc4 (45... bxa4 $2 46. Kd4 a3 47.
Kc3 $18) 46. a6 Kb6 47. a7 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Valerga, Diego"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. g5 hxg5 8. Bxg5
Nc6 9. Qd2 a6 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. h4 Be7 12. Be2 Nxd4 {In Keres attack white
often lives with the isolated h pawn, but his opening activity is quite
substantial.} 13. Qxd4 Qa5 14. Rhg1 (14. f4 e5 15. Qd2 Be6 $13) 14... Bc6 15.
h5 Qe5 (15... Nxh5 $2 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Qxd6+ Ke8 18. f4 $16) 16. Qd2 Nxe4 (
16... Bxe4 17. Bf4 Qf5 18. Rxg7 $14) 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 (17... Qxe4 $2 18. Bxe7 Kxe7
19. Qxd6+ Ke8 (19... Kf6 20. Rd4 $18) 20. Rxg7 Qxe2 21. Rdg1 $18) 18. Bxe7 Kxe7
19. Rg5 Bf5 (19... Qf6 20. Qxd6+ Ke8 21. Ra5 Qe7 22. Qe5 f5 23. Rc5 $16) 20.
Bg4 g6 $2 {[%mdl 256] Valerga had not guessed, that his exposed king will
cause him definite problems. It was much better to sacrifice the queen with
fair chances for the equality.} (20... Bxg4 $5 21. Rxe5 Bxd1 22. Rg5 Bxh5 23.
Rxg7 Rac8 $11) 21. hxg6 fxg6 (21... f6 $2 22. Re1 $1 fxg5 23. Rxe5 dxe5 24.
Qxg5+ $18) 22. Bxf5 gxf5 23. f4 Qc5 (23... Qf6 24. Qxd6+ Kf7 25. Rdg1 $18) 24.
Rg7+ Kf8 (24... Kd8 25. Qxd6+ Qxd6 26. Rxd6+ Kc8 27. Rxe6 $18) 25. Qg2 Rc8 (
25... Qe3+ 26. Kb1 Qxf4 27. Qg6 $18) 26. Rg1 {Black is obviously helpless
against the three heavy pieces along the open g file.} d5 (26... Qc6 27. Rg8+
Rxg8 28. Qxg8+ Ke7 29. Rg7+ Kf6 30. Rf7#) 27. Rxb7 Qd4 28. Qg6 Rxc2+ 29. Kb1
Rxb2+ 30. Rxb2 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h3 a6 8. f4 Nc6
9. Be3 Bd7 10. Qd2 b5 11. Bd3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. O-O-O $5 {This move is
quite daring, but all that white is risking is equality.} (13. a3 Be7 14. O-O-O
Qb8 15. g5 hxg5 16. fxg5 Nd7 17. g6 {1/2-1/2 Rytshagov,M-Sokolov,A/Bled 2002/ 
(17)}) 13... b4 14. Ne2 Qa5 (14... Nxe4 15. Qxb4 (15. Qe3 Nf6 16. Rhe1 Nd5 17.
Qf2 Qa5 $15) 15... Nc5 16. Rhe1 Nxd3+ 17. Rxd3 Rc8 $11) 15. Bxf6 gxf6 (15...
Qxa2 $4 16. Qxb4 gxf6 17. Nc3 Qa1+ 18. Kd2 $18) 16. Nd4 Bd7 (16... Qxa2 17.
Qxb4 d5 18. Qb6 Bd7 19. Qb7 Rd8 20. exd5 Bd6 21. Rhf1 $16) 17. Bc4 h5 18. Rhf1
hxg4 19. hxg4 Qc5 (19... Rc8 20. Qe2 Rc7 21. Kb1 $14) 20. Qe2 a5 21. Kb1 Rc8 (
21... a4 22. f5 Qe5 23. Bb5 b3 $14) 22. b3 (22. Ba6 Rb8 23. f5 Qe5 $11) (22.
Bb5 Bxb5 23. Nxb5 a4 24. c3 bxc3 25. Nxc3 a3 $11) 22... Ke7 $2 {Black king
must have felt safe under the protective shield of many pawns. One step
towards the enemy and the hell is breaking loose...} (22... a4 23. f5 Qe5 (
23... axb3 24. cxb3 Qe5 25. Nf3 Qg3 $11) 24. bxa4 Rh2 25. Qd3 $14) 23. e5 $1 {
[%mdl 128]} fxe5 (23... dxe5 24. fxe5 Qxe5 (24... fxe5 25. Qf3 f5 26. gxf5 exf5
27. Nxf5+ $16) 25. Qf3 Bg7 26. Rfe1 Qc7 27. Nf5+ Kf8 28. Nxg7 Kxg7 29. Rf1 Rh6
30. g5 Rg6 31. gxf6+ $18) 24. fxe5 Qxe5 25. Qf3 Rh7 (25... Qg7 26. Qb7 Kd8 27.
Bb5 Rc7 28. Qa8+ Rc8 29. Qxa5+ Ke8 30. Qa4 $18) 26. Qb7 Ke8 (26... d5 27. Rfe1
(27. Bd3 $6 Rg7 28. Qxc8 Bxc8 29. Nc6+ Kd6 30. Nxe5 Kxe5 $15) 27... Qxe1 (27...
Qc7 28. Qxd5 $18) 28. Rxe1 dxc4 29. bxc4 $18 Rxc4 $140 30. Rd1) 27. Bb5 Rd8 28.
Nc6 {Now black must have learned to regret his 22nd move.} Qc5 (28... Qe4 29.
Rfe1 Qg2 30. Re2 Qf3 31. Qc7 Be7 32. Nxd8 Bxb5 33. Nxe6 fxe6 34. Qb8+ Kf7 35.
Qxb5 $16) 29. Nxd8 Qxb5 (29... Bxb5 30. Nxe6 fxe6 31. Qb8+ Kd7 32. Rxf8 $18)
30. Qa8 Ke7 31. Nb7 Qb6 32. Nxd6 (32. Rxd6 Qc7 33. Rfd1 Bb5 34. Nxa5 $18) 32...
Qc6 33. Qxa5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2840"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. h3 {
The position on the board is well known in the version when Black' has already
played ...a6. Naturally other moves are possible in this move order and the
best score has been when the knight has been exchanged: 8...Nxd4.} g5 (8...
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 e5 (9... Bd7 10. f4 Bc6 11. Be3 b5 (11... Qa5 12. O-O-O Nd7 13.
Kb1 Nb6 14. b4 e5 15. bxa5 exd4 16. Rxd4 Nd7 17. Nd5 O-O-O 18. Rhd1 Nc5 19. Nb4
$18 {1-0 (37) Short,N (2685)-Sax,G (2600) Debrecen 1992}) 12. O-O Nd7 13. a4
bxa4 14. Nxa4 Be7 15. Nc3 a5 16. Qc4 Qc8 17. Ra2 O-O 18. Rfa1 Bd8 19. Rd1 {
1/2-1/2 (19) Ivanov,A (2537)-Ulybin,M (2586) Moscow 2004}) 10. Qd3 (10. Qa4+
Bd7 11. Qb3 b5 12. O-O Be7 13. f4 O-O 14. g5 hxg5 15. fxg5 Nh5 16. h4 Qb6+ 17.
Kh2 Be6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 (24) Sax,G (2570)-Votava,J (2515)
Germany 1997}) 10... Be6 11. f4 (11. Be3 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. f4 Qa5 14. g5
hxg5 15. fxg5 Nh7 16. h4 Bxa2 17. Qb5 Qxb5 18. Nxb5 Rfc8 19. Nxa7 Rc7 20. Nb5
Rc6 21. Kd2 $16 {1/2-1/2 (64) Zhang,Z (2596)-Movsesian,S (2629) Mallorca 2004})
11... Rc8 12. Be3 (12. f5 Bc4 13. Qe3 b5 14. b3 b4 15. Nd1 Bb5 16. c4 bxc3 17.
Nxc3 Bc6 18. Qxa7 d5 19. exd5 Bb4 20. Bd2 Bd7 21. Qe3 O-O 22. Rc1 e4 $17 {
0-1 (34) Wahls,M (2609)-Boensch,U (2533) Germany 1999}) 12... Qa5 13. f5 Bc4
14. Qd2 Be7 15. a3 Qc7 16. Kf2 b6 17. Rac1 Ba6 18. Rhd1 Qb8 19. Kg1 Bb7 20. Nd5
Bxd5 21. exd5 $11 {1-0 (76) Bacrot,E (2719)-Kempinski,R (2620) Germany 2015}) (
8... Be7 9. Be3 O-O (9... Ne5 10. f4 Nc4 11. Bf2 Bd7 12. b3 Qa5 13. Qd3 Na3 14.
O-O Rc8 15. Nce2 O-O 16. c3 Rfd8 17. Rac1 Nb5 18. a4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 a6 20. Rfe1
$11 {1/2-1/2 (32) Hort,V (2595)-Andersson,U (2585) Valetta 1980}) (9... Nxd4
10. Qxd4 Bd7 11. f4 Bc6 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. Kb1 Nd7 14. Qd2 Nb6 15. Qe2 Rc8 16.
Bd4 O-O 17. h4 e5 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Rc5 21. f5 b5 $11 {
0-1 (39) Palac,M (2605)-Sokolov,A (2568) Metz 2001}) 10. Qe2 (10. O-O Nxd4 11.
Qxd4 e5 12. Qd3 Be6 13. Rfd1 a6 14. Ne2 Qc7 15. Ng3 Rfd8 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. g5 Nh5
18. h4 hxg5 19. hxg5 g6 $11 {0-1 (36) Ismagambetov,A (2508)-Yu,Y (2675) Tabriz
2014}) 10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. Be3 Be6 13. O-O-O Rc8 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5
Bd7 16. Be4 Bg5 17. Kb1 a6 18. Rdg1 Qe7 19. h4 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 f5 $11 {1-0 (67)
Grischuk,A (2606)-Ehlvest,J (2627) New Delhi/Teheran 2000}) (8... a6 {The
transposition to the known line with ...a6 is certainly playable, but it makes
more sense for Black to try using the tempo for a more useful activity.} 9. Be3
(9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e5 Nd5 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Ne4 Be5 13. O-O Qc7 14. c4 Nf4 15.
Bxf4 Bxf4 16. Qf3 O-O 17. Rad1 Rb8 18. b3 $11 {0-1 (58) Ganguly,S (2668)
-Vachier Lagrave,M (2804) Doha 2016}) 9... Be7 (9... Ne5 10. f4 (10. Qe2 g5 (
10... Qc7 11. f4 Nc4 12. Bc1 Bd7 13. b3 Nb6 14. Qd3 Rc8 15. Bb2 e5 16. Nde2 Be7
17. O-O-O Bc6 18. Kb1 Nbd7 19. Rhf1 Nc5 20. Qe3 $16 {1-0 (79) Leko,P (2743)
-Sasikiran,K (2573) Istanbul 2000}) 11. f4 gxf4 12. Bxf4 Nfd7 (12... Bd7 13.
O-O-O Rc8 14. Kb1 Be7 15. Rhf1 Rxc3 16. bxc3 Qc7 17. Qe1 Nc4 18. Bc1 Ne5 19.
Ka1 Ba4 20. g5 hxg5 21. Bxg5 $14 {1/2-1/2 (27) Timofeev,A (2677)-Movsesian,S 
(2747) Dagomys 2009}) 13. O-O-O b5 14. Qf2 Bb7 15. Kb1 Qb6 16. Rhf1 Be7 17. Be3
Qc7 18. Nf3 Rh7 19. Bd4 $11 {1-0 (36) Nakamura,H (2710)-Ponomariov,R (2727)
San Sebastian 2009}) 10... Nc4 11. Qe2 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 Qb6 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5
Nd7 15. O-O-O Be7 16. h4 Qc7 17. Rde1 Nb6 18. b3 Bd7 19. Qg3 Rc8 20. Ne4 Nd5
21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. exd6 Qc5 23. Bxd5 Qxd4 24. Bxb7 Qa1+ $11 {1/2-1/2 (27)
Svidler,P (2726)-Movsesian,S (2747) Odessa 2009}) 10. f4 Nd7 (10... Qc7 11. Qd2
Na5 12. b3 Nc6 13. O-O-O Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15. Be3 exf4 16. Bxf4 Be6 17. Rhe1
O-O 18. Ne2 Ne8 19. Nd4 Bf6 20. g5 hxg5 21. Bxg5 $11 {1/2-1/2 (39) Svidler,P 
(2735)-Sokolov,A (2591) Germany 2005}) 11. O-O Nxd4 12. Qxd4 O-O 13. Qd2 Rb8
14. Ne2 b5 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. f5 Nf6 17. Ng3 Bb7 18. Kh1 Rbd8 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20.
Qxh6 d5 21. g5 Qxg3 22. Rd3 $16 {1-0 (29) Anand,V (2804)-Vachier Lagrave,M 
(2723) Stavanger 2015}) (8... Bd7 9. Be3 (9. f4 a6 10. Be3 Be7 11. Qe2 Qc7 12.
O-O-O (12. Nb3 b5 13. a3 Rc8 14. O-O Nh7 15. Rad1 O-O 16. Qf2 b4 17. Na4 bxa3
18. bxa3 Nb8 19. Nb6 Rce8 20. c4 $16 {1-0 (37) Short,N (2660)-Sokolov,A (2596)
Bazna 2008}) 12... Rc8 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bd4 b5 15. e5 dxe5 16. Bxe5 Qb7 17.
Rhg1 b4 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Qc7 21. Qf3 g6 22. Kb1 O-O $11 {
0-1 (54) Adams,M (2719)-Van Wely,L (2655) Dortmund 2005}) (9. O-O Be7 10. Be3
a6 11. f4 Qc7 12. a4 Rc8 13. Nb3 Na5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. Qd2 Rc4 16. Rad1 Bc6 17.
Qd3 Rb4 18. b3 O-O 19. g5 hxg5 20. fxg5 Nd7 21. Na2 $16 {1-0 (47) Short,N 
(2650)-Sokolov,A (2605) Rotterdam 1989}) 9... Ne5 (9... a6 10. Qe2 Nxd4 11.
Bxd4 e5 12. Be3 Rc8 13. O-O Be7 14. f4 exf4 15. Rxf4 Be6 16. Rd1 {1/2-1/2 (16)
Bruzon Batista,L (2648)-Ehlvest,J (2597) Merida 2006}) 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. f4 (11.
O-O-O Rxc3 12. bxc3 Qa5 13. f4 Qxc3 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Rd3 Qa1+ 16. Kd2 Bb4+ 17.
c3 Qb2+ 18. Nc2 Ba5 19. Qd1 Bc6 20. Qb1 Qxb1 21. Rxb1 $16 {1-0 (29) Naiditsch,
A (2697)-Ponomariov,R (2727) Villarrobledo 2009}) 11... Nc4 12. O-O-O Qb6 13.
b3 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 e5 15. Nd5 Qc5 16. c4 exd4 17. Rxd4 Nxd5 18. exd5+ Kd8 19. Qc3
Be7 20. b4 Qb6 $19 {0-1 (25) Naiditsch,A (2689)-Ponomariov,R (2739) Moscow 2009
}) 9. Nxc6 {Carlsen has never been known as a great expert in theory and he
decides to try a sound positional approach by activating the bishop on g2.} (9.
Be3 Ne5 10. Qe2 Bd7 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. Ndb5 Rc6 13. f4 gxf4 14. Bxf4 Qb8 15.
Rhf1 Be7 16. g5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Ng8 18. h4 a6 19. Nd4 Rxc3 20. bxc3 Qc7 21. Qe1
$14 {1-0 (44) Forster,R (2463)-Atlas,V (2475) Switzerland 2002}) 9... bxc6 10.
e5 Nd5 (10... dxe5 11. Bxc6+ Bd7 12. Bxa8 Qxa8 13. Rg1 Bc6 14. Qe2 $16) 11.
exd6 Qxd6 $6 {If Van Wely would like to play the line again he should look
into the much more natural recapture with the bishop. The queen comes to the
fore way too soon and will become vulnerable on d6.} (11... Bxd6 $5 12. Ne4 Be5
13. c4 Nf4 $11) 12. O-O Ba6 13. Re1 Be7 14. Ne4 Qc7 15. c4 Nb4 (15... Bxc4 $2
16. Qd4 $18) (15... Nf4 16. Bxf4 gxf4 17. Qa4 $16) 16. b3 {In order not to
criticise the choice of the much better player I will just note, that
developing the bishop to e3 would have been unpleasant for Black.} (16. Be3 $5
Rd8 17. Qb3 Rd3 18. Nc3 $16) 16... Rd8 17. Qf3 Nd3 18. Rd1 Nxc1 19. Raxc1 Qf4 {
The opening has not helped Black to full equality as White has the better
pieces and pawn structure.} (19... O-O 20. Nf6+ Kg7 21. Nh5+ Kg8 22. Qc3 f6 23.
Rxd8 Bxd8 24. Rd1 $16) 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 (20... Kxd8 $2 21. Rd1+ Ke8 22. Qc3 $18)
21. Qxf4 gxf4 22. Nc5 Bc8 23. Bxc6+ {Losing a pawn in a simple position is
dangerous, especially against a player with very good endgame technique.} Ke7
24. Bf3 (24. Rd1 h5 25. g5 $16) 24... Bb6 25. Nd3 Rd8 26. Nb4 Bd7 (26... Rd2
27. c5 $16) 27. c5 {The concept of restricting the opponent's pieces
represents a powerful strategic measure. Rather than advancing towards the
promotion square the pawn is helping to limit the dark-squared bishop.} Ba5 28.
Rc4 Rc8 (28... Bc7 29. Na6 Be5 30. a4 $16) 29. c6 Bxb4 {Van Wely had no better
choice than transposition to the rook endgame a pawn down.} (29... Be8 30. Rxf4
$16) 30. Rxb4 Bxc6 31. Bxc6 Rxc6 32. Rxf4 {[%mdl 4096] A rather instructive
moment and typical for Carlsen. Instead of givig Black the chance for real
counterplay in the line 32.Rb7 the world champion prefers rather to work
longer in an endgame with an extra pawn.} (32. Rb7+ Kf6 33. Rxa7 Rc2 34. a4 e5
$16) 32... a5 (32... Ra6 33. a4 Rb6 34. b4 $16) 33. Kg2 (33. Rc4 Rd6 (33...
Rxc4 34. bxc4 Kd6 35. f4 Kc5 36. h4) 34. Rc5 a4 35. bxa4 Rd3 36. Kg2 Ra3 37.
Ra5 Rxa2 38. Kg3 $16) 33... Rc5 34. h4 Rd5 35. Kf3 f6 {Once the pawn is
missing all the choices in the endgame become difficult. Black can wait and
slowly die or fight back and hope for a small miracle.} (35... Rd3+ 36. Ke2 Rh3
37. h5 f5 38. Ra4 fxg4 39. Rxa5 $16) 36. Ke3 h5 (36... Rb5 37. f3 Rd5 38. Rc4
$16) 37. f3 hxg4 (37... Rb5 38. Rc4 Kf7 39. Rc6 Rd5 40. a4 $16) 38. fxg4 Rd1
39. Ra4 Re1+ (39... Rh1 40. h5 f5 41. Rxa5 Kf6 42. gxf5 Rxh5 43. Kf4 $16) 40.
Kf3 Re5 41. Rc4 Rd5 42. h5 {The passed pawn on h5 will play an important role
as Black will have to watch out for its sudden rush forward.} Rd2 43. Ra4 Rd5
44. Ke3 Rg5 45. Rc4 Kd6 (45... f5 46. h6 Kf6 47. gxf5 Rh5 48. fxe6 Rxh6 49. Re4
Ke7 50. Kd4 $18) 46. Kf4 Rd5 $6 (46... e5+ 47. Kg3 Rg8 48. Kf3 $18) 47. Rc8 $1
Rd4+ 48. Kg3 {White is not active effectively on both flanks and the defence
becomes overwhelmed.} Kd7 (48... Rd3+ 49. Kh4 Kd7 50. Ra8 Rd1 51. Kg3 $18) 49.
Ra8 Rd3+ 50. Kg2 (50. Kf4 Rh3 51. Rxa5 $18) 50... Rd2+ 51. Kf3 Rd3+ (51... Rxa2
$2 52. h6 $18) 52. Ke4 Rh3 53. Rxa5 e5 54. Kf5 Rf3+ 55. Kg6 e4 56. h6 e3 57. h7
Rh3 (57... e2 58. h8=Q e1=Q 59. Rd5+ Kc6 60. Qa8+ $18) 58. Ra7+ Kd6 59. Ra8 {
Defending a worse endgame against Carlsen is well known to be a task which is
not for the faint-hearted....} (59. Ra8 e2 60. Re8 Rh4 61. Rxe2 Rxg4+ 62. Kh5
Rg5+ 63. Kh4 Rg1 64. Rh2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 0001 43th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2001.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Efimov, Igor"]
[Black "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g4 Nc6 7. g5 Nd7 8. Rg1
Be7 9. Rg3 O-O 10. Be3 a6 11. Qe2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Re8 13. Qh5 b5 14. O-O-O Nf8
15. Rdd3 b4 16. Bxg7 $3 {[%mdl 8] Some games are simply tragedies of a single
move. The timely sacrifice of the bishop destroys black's defense, the
variation is unplayble for black.} (16. Rdf3 e5 (16... g6 $2 17. Qh6 e5 18. Nd5
exd4 19. Nf6+ Kh8 20. Bh3 $1 $18) 17. Qxf7+ Kh8 18. Bb6 $1 Bxg5+ 19. Kb1 Qe7
20. Nd5 Qxf7 21. Rxf7 Ne6 22. Bc4 h6 23. Rd3 {1-0 Ljubojevic,L-Hjartarson,J/
Barcelona/1989/ (43)}) 16... bxc3 (16... Kxg7 17. Rdf3 bxc3 (17... Kh8 18. Rxf7
bxc3 19. Qh6 $18) 18. Rxf7+ Kg8 19. g6 cxb2+ 20. Kb1 hxg6 21. Rxg6+ Kxf7 22.
Rg5+ Kf6 23. Qh6+ Kf7 24. Qg7#) 17. Rdf3 Ng6 (17... Kxg7 18. Rxf7+ $18) 18.
Bxc3 Rf8 (18... Bb7 19. Rxf7 $1 $18) 19. Bf6 (19. Kb1 $5 e5 (19... Bb7 20. Rh3
Nh4 21. Qxh7+ Kxh7 22. Rxh4+ Kg6 23. Rh6+ Kxg5 24. Bd2+ Kg4 25. Rg3#) 20. Rh3
Bxh3 21. Rxh3 Re8 22. Qxh7+ Kf8 23. Bc4 $18) 19... Qa5 20. b4 {White has to
avoid mate on e1, but if he succeeds the fate of the game is sealed.} (20. Qh6
$4 Qe1#) (20. Kd1 Bxf6 21. Rh3 Rd8 22. Qxh7+ Kf8 23. gxf6 Ke8 24. Qg8+ Kd7 25.
Qxf7+ Kc6 26. Rc3+ $18) 20... Qxb4 (20... Qxa2 21. Qh6 $18) 21. Rh3 Qe1+ 22.
Kb2 Qb4+ (22... Rb8+ 23. Rb3 Bxf6+ 24. gxf6 $18) 23. Kc1 Qe1+ 24. Kb2 Qb4+ 25.
Rb3 Bxf6+ 26. gxf6 Qd4+ 27. Rbc3 (27. Kc1 Qa1+ 28. Rb1 $18) 27... Rb8+ 28. Kc1
1-0

[Event "Budapest zt-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Suba, Mihai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 a6 8. Bg2
Nc6 9. g5 hxg5 10. hxg5 Rxh1+ 11. Bxh1 Nd7 12. f4 (12. Bg2 g6 13. f4 Qb6 14.
Nde2 Qc5 15. Qd3 b5 16. b3 Bb7 17. Bb2 Rc8 18. O-O-O Nb4 19. Qd2 Nxc2 20. Kxc2
b4 21. Kb1 Qf2 22. Bh1 bxc3 23. Bxc3 Qa7 24. Bb2 Qa8 25. Qe3 Nc5 26. Nc3 $16 {
Nunn,J-Bischoff,K/Lugano/1986/}) 12... Qb6 13. Nde2 g6 14. b3 Rb8 (14... Qc7
15. Bb2 b5 16. Qd2 Bb7 17. Nd1 O-O-O 18. Ne3 Be7 19. O-O-O Nb6 20. Kb1 Kb8 21.
Nc1 d5 22. exd5 exd5 23. Ng4 d4 24. Bxc6 Bxc6 25. Ne5 Be4 26. Qe2 $16 {
Gruenfeld,Y-Bischoff,K/Muenchen zt/1987/}) (14... Qc5 15. Qd2 b5 16. Bb2 Bb7
17. O-O-O O-O-O 18. Kb1 Qf2 19. Re1 Be7 20. Nd1 Qc5 21. Ne3 e5 22. Nd5 Qf2 23.
Qd1 exf4 24. Rf1 Qh2 25. Nxe7+ Nxe7 26. Nxf4 $16 {Short,N-Kindermann,S/
Dortmund (6)/1986/}) 15. Bb2 Qc7 16. Qd2 b5 17. O-O-O (17. Bg2 a5 $6 (17... Qa5
) 18. Nd1 $1 $16 a4 19. Ne3 b4 20. O-O-O Ba6 21. Kb1 axb3 22. axb3 Bb5 23. Rh1
Ra8 24. Rh7 Qa7 25. Nc1 Be7 $2 (25... Qc5 $16) 26. Nd5 $1 $18 {Watson,W-Suba,M/
Kuala Lumpur/1992/}) 17... Nb6 18. a3 (18. Bg2 b4 19. Nb1 a5 $132) 18... Bd7 (
18... e5 19. fxe5 Nxe5 (19... dxe5 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 $18) 20. Nf4 Bb7 21.
Bg2 $16) 19. Bg2 b4 20. axb4 Nxb4 21. Rh1 a5 (21... Bg7 22. Rh7 Na2+ (22... Kf8
23. Rxg7 $1 Kxg7 24. Nd5+ $18) 23. Kb1 (23. Nxa2 Bxb2+ 24. Kxb2 $2 Nc4+ $19)
23... Nxc3+ 24. Nxc3 Bf8 25. Rh8 $16) 22. Rh8 Qc5 (22... a4 $2 23. Qd4 $1 (23.
Ba3 Nc8 24. Nxa4 Bxa4 25. Bxb4 Bxb3 $13) 23... axb3 (23... Qc5 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8
25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Nd5+ $1 N6xd5 27. Bf6+ Nxf6 28. gxf6#) 24. Rxf8+ $1 Kxf8 25.
Qh8+ Ke7 26. Nd5+ N6xd5 (26... exd5 27. Bf6+ Ke6 28. Bh3#) 27. Bf6+ Nxf6 28.
gxf6#) 23. Qd4 Qxd4 (23... Rc8 $2 24. Rxf8+ $1) 24. Nxd4 Rc8 25. e5 dxe5 (25...
d5 26. Ba3 $1 Bc6 (26... Ke7 27. Na2 Bg7 28. Nxb4 Bxh8 29. Nxd5+ Ke8 30. Nxb6
$18) 27. Bf1 (27. Nxc6 Rxc6 28. Kd2 Nd7 29. Bxb4 axb4 30. Nb5 Ke7 31. Nd6 $16)
27... Kd7 28. Kd2 Be7 29. Rh7 Rf8 30. Ncb5 $16) 26. fxe5 Ke7 (26... a4 $2 27.
Ba3 Rxc3 28. Bxb4 $18) 27. Rh7 (27. Ne4 Bg7 28. Rxc8 Nxc8 29. Nf6 $16) 27...
Rc5 (27... Nc6 $2 28. Bxc6 Bxc6 29. Ba3+ Ke8 30. Bxf8 Bb7 31. Rh8 $18) (27...
Be8 28. Nxe6 $1 (28. Be4 Nd7 29. Nf3 Kd8 30. Na4) 28... Kxe6 (28... Rxc3 29.
Bxc3 Kxe6 30. Bh3+ Kd5 31. Rh8 Na2+ 32. Kd2 Nxc3 33. Rxf8 Ne4+ 34. Ke3 Bc6 35.
Bg2 Kxe5 36. Bxe4 Bxe4 37. Re8+ Kf5 38. Rxe4 $18) 29. Bh3+ Ke7 30. Bxc8 Nxc8
31. Ba3 $16) 28. Ne4 Rc7 (28... Nd3+ 29. Kb1 $18) 29. Ba3 Be8 (29... Ke8 30.
Rh8 (30. Nd6+ Kd8 31. Nxf7+ Kc8 32. Nd6+ $18) 30... N6d5 31. Kd2 $18) 30. c3
Kd8 (30... N6d5 31. Kd2 $18) 31. Kd2 a4 (31... Rd7 32. Nf6 $18) 32. Bxb4 Bxb4
33. cxb4 axb3 (33... a3 34. Nc5 a2 35. Nc2 $18) 34. Nc5 (34. Nxb3 Nc4+ 35. Ke2
Nxe5 $16) 34... Nc4+ 35. Kc3 Nxe5 (35... b2 36. Ndxe6+ Kc8 37. Be4 $18) 36.
Kxb3 Bd7 37. Nf3 1-0

[Event "Europe-Tartarstan m"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2001.08.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2001.08.15"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 e5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Nf5 h5 10. gxh5 Nxe4 11. Nxg7+ Bxg7 12. Nxe4 d5 13. h6 dxe4 14.
Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. hxg7 Rg8 16. Rg1 Nc6 17. Be3 Ne7 18. O-O-O+ Ke6 19. Bc5 (19. Rg4
f5 20. Rg5 f4 21. Bc5 Nf5 22. Rdg1 b6 23. Bf8 e3 24. fxe3 Nxe3 25. Rg6+ Kf7 26.
Rc6 f3 {1/2-1/2 Timoshenko,G-Fercec,N/Pula/1994/ (70)}) 19... Nf5 20. Bf8 Nd4
21. Kb1 $1 {[%mdl 8] The key move of the game, Bologan comes up with a fine
novelty in a long forced opening variation.} (21. Rg4 Kf5 22. Rh4 Rgxf8 23.
gxf8=Q Rxf8 24. Rh5+ Kf4 25. c3 Nf3 26. h4 f5 {0-1 Galstian,B-Timofeev,A/Artek/
2000/ (43)}) 21... Kf5 (21... Raxf8 22. gxf8=Q Rxf8 23. Rg3 Rh8 24. h3 $16) 22.
c3 Nf3 23. Rh1 $1 Rgxf8 (23... Nh4 24. Rd7 $18) 24. gxf8=Q Rxf8 25. h4 (25. Rd7
Kf4 26. Rxb7 e3 27. fxe3+ Kxe3 $132) 25... Rh8 (25... Kf4 26. h5 e3 27. fxe3+
Kxe3 28. Rd7 f5 29. Rxb7 $18) 26. Rd7 Rh7 (26... Ke6 27. Rxb7 Rxh4 28. Rxh4
Nxh4 29. Rxa7 $18) 27. Rxb7 e3 {It was next to impossible to prevent black's
counterplay of this type, but white is well prepared to cope with central
marching pawns.} (27... a6 28. Ra7 e3 29. fxe3 Ke4 30. h5 Kxe3 31. h6 e4 32.
Rxa6 Kf2 33. Rf6 $18) (27... Nxh4 28. Rxa7 Kf4 29. a4 Kf3 30. Rh2 $18) 28. fxe3
Ke4 29. Rxa7 Kxe3 30. Re7 e4 31. h5 (31. a4 Kf2 32. a5 e3 33. a6 $18) 31... Kf2
32. a4 (32. Rxe4 $2 Nd2+ 33. Kc2 Nxe4 34. a4 Ng3 35. Ra1 Rxh5 $13) 32... e3 33.
a5 e2 34. a6 e1=Q+ (34... Rh8 35. a7 (35. Rxf7 Rxh5 36. Rc1 Ra5 37. a7 Ke3 38.
b4 $18) 35... f5 36. b4 $18) 35. Rhxe1 Nxe1 36. a7 Rh8 37. Rxf7+ Ke2 38. Rb7
Ra8 39. h6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A1"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.02.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Shomoev, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2008.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2
Nc6 9. h3 Ne5 10. Qe2 g5 11. O-O-O Qc7 {Shomoev is testing one of the most
provocative, but also promising concepts in the Sicilian opening. Black is
controling the f4-square so due to the g2-g4 advance White can not assault his
position with pawns.} (11... b5 12. Nc6 $1 Nxc6 (12... Qc7 13. Nxe5 dxe5 $16 {
12...b5}) 13. e5 Nd5 (13... d5 14. exf6 $16) (13... Bb7 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Ne4
Qe5 16. Rhf1 $1 d5 17. f4 $44) 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Bxd5 Bb7 16. exd6 Kd7 17. Be4
$1 $16) 12. Nf3 Nc4 {Black is opening a new chapter in the development of
White's unpleasant strategy with 12.Nf3.} (12... Ng6 13. h4 $1 Nxg4 14. hxg5
Bd7 (14... Nxe3 15. Qxe3 hxg5 (15... Qc5 16. Qd2 hxg5 (16... Bd7 17. gxh6 O-O-O
18. Kb1 Be7 19. Rdg1 Bf6 20. Bf1 Bc6 21. Bd3 Rdg8 22. Nd1 b5 23. Ne3 Ne5 24.
Rxg8+ Rxg8 25. Nxe5 Qxe5 26. Nd1 {1-0 Malysheva,P (2364)-Ilincic,Z (2520)/
Budapest 2004 (40)}) 17. Rxh8 Nxh8 18. e5 d5 19. Ne4 $1 $16) 16. Rxh8 Nxh8 17.
Qxg5 $16) 15. Bd2 $1 (15. gxh6 Bxh6 16. Bxh6 Rxh6 17. Rxh6 Nxh6 18. Qd2 Ng4 $13
) 15... O-O-O (15... hxg5 16. Rxh8 Nxh8 17. Nxg5 $16) (15... Rc8 16. Nd4 Qc4
17. Qxg4 Qxd4 18. Be3 Qb4 19. f4 Bg7 20. a3 Qa5 21. e5 Rxc3 22. Bd2 h5 23. Rxh5
Rxh5 24. Qxh5 Nxf4 25. Bxf4 Rc4 $11 {0-1 Kosintseva,T (2474)-Vachier Lagrave,M
(2573)/Wijk aan Zee 2007 (42)}) 16. Nd4 Bg7 $5 (16... N4e5 17. gxh6 $16) (16...
h5 17. f3 N4e5 18. Kb1 Nc4 19. Bc1 $16) 17. Qxg4 Bxd4 18. gxh6 Ne5 19. Qe2 Nc4
20. Rh3 $1 Nxd2 (20... Qc5 21. Bf1 $1 (21. Kb1 Bb5 $1 $44 (21... Qb4 22. Bc1))
21... Bb5 22. Qh5 $1 Nxd2 (22... Qb4 23. Bxc4 Bxc4 24. b3 $16) 23. Nxb5 axb5 (
23... Bxb2+ 24. Kxb2 Qb4+ 25. Kc1 Nxf1 26. Rb3 $18) 24. Rxd2 $16) 21. Qxd2 Be5
22. f4 Bf6 (22... Bxc3 23. Rxc3 Bc6 24. f5 $16) 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 {
1/2 Svidler,P (2660)-Leko,P (2635)/Tilburg 1997/ (39)}) (12... b5 13. Nxe5 dxe5
14. h4 Rg8 15. hxg5 (15. Qf3 Nh7 $16) 15... hxg5 16. Qf3 $16) (12... Bd7 13.
Nxe5 dxe5 14. h4 Rg8 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Qf3 $16 Rg6 17. Bf1 Rc8 18. Rh8 b5 19.
Bd3 b4 20. Ne2 Ng8 21. Ng3 Bb5 {1/2 Spasov,V (2543)-Kanep,M (2452)/Plovdiv
2003 (28)}) (12... Nxf3 13. Bxf3 Nd7 14. h4 Rg8 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Qd2 $1 Ne5
17. Be2 f6 18. f4 gxf4 19. Bxf4 $16) 13. Bd4 e5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bg7 {
The pawn on e5 needs protection, otherwise the whole position may fall apart.}
(15... f5 $2 16. b3 Kf7 (16... Nb6 17. Nxe5 $18) 17. bxc4 exd4 18. Nxd4 $16)
16. Nd2 Nxd2 (16... Nb6 17. h4 h5 18. gxh5 g4 19. f4 $14) 17. Rxd2 Bd7 (17...
f5 18. gxf5 Bxf5 19. Be4 Qf7 20. Bb6 O-O $13) 18. Be3 f5 {In order to avoid
suffering due to the vulnerability on the light squares.} (18... O-O-O 19. Be4
Kb8 20. Qf3 $14) 19. gxf5 Bxf5 20. h4 g4 (20... gxh4 21. Rxh4 Qe7 22. Rh5 $14)
21. f3 h5 (21... gxf3 22. Bxf3 O-O-O 23. Bg4 Rhf8 24. Rg1 $14) 22. fxg4 Bxg4 (
22... hxg4 $2 23. h5 Bh6 24. Rf1 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Rxh5 26. Rdf2 Qh7 27. Be4 Bxe4
28. Qxe4 Rd8 29. Qa4+ b5 30. Qxg4 $18) 23. Bf3 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 O-O-O 25. Qf5+ Qd7
$6 {Black is not fully aware of the perils in his position, the endgame could
become very dangerous.} (25... Kb8 26. Qg6 $14) 26. Qxd7+ Kxd7 27. Rg1 Bf6 28.
Rf2 Rdf8 (28... Bxh4 29. Rf7+ Ke8 30. Rxb7 Rd7 31. Rb6 $14) 29. Rgf1 Be7 $2 {
A very instructive moment, as Black seems to believe that he has enough
counterplay due to the weakness of the h4-pawn.} (29... Ke7 30. Rxf6 Rxf6 31.
Bg5 Rhh6 32. Rf5 Kf7 33. Bxf6 Rxf6 34. Rxh5 Rf1+ 35. Kd2 Kg7 $14) 30. Rxf8 Rxf8
(30... Bxf8 31. Rf7+ $16) 31. Rxf8 Bxf8 32. Kd2 {[%mdl 16] Vachier Lagrave is
maturing into a very good grandmaster. His plan in this game reveals a deep
understanding of pawn structures.} Be7 33. Bf2 b5 (33... Ke8 34. Kd3 Kf7 35. c4
Bd8 36. b4 b6 37. Ke4 Kg6 38. a3 a5 39. Be3 Kf7 40. Kf5 axb4 41. axb4 Bxh4 42.
Bxb6 Bg3 43. Kg5 h4 44. Kg4 $18) 34. Kd3 Bd8 35. Ke4 Ke8 36. Kf5 Kf7 37. b3 Bf6
38. Be1 Be7 39. c4 bxc4 {Shomoev is unable to defend both of his weaknesses -
d6 and h5 pawns.} (39... Bd8 40. Bb4 bxc4 41. bxc4 Be7 42. a4 e4 (42... Bf8 43.
Kg5 e4 44. Kxh5 $18) 43. Kxe4 Kf6 44. Bd2 $18) 40. bxc4 a5 {This is the only
way to avoid losing one of the key pawns, but White will now be playing with
dangerous passed a-pawn.} (40... Bf6 41. a3 Be7 (41... Ke7 42. Kg6) 42. Bb4 $16
) 41. Bxa5 Bxh4 42. Bb4 Be7 43. a4 Ke8 (43... h4 44. Kg4 Ke8 45. Be1 Bd8 46.
Bxh4 $18) 44. a5 Kd7 45. a6 Kc8 (45... Kc7 46. Ke6 Bf8 47. a7 Kb7 48. Bxd6 Bxd6
(48... e4 49. Bxf8 e3 50. Bb4 h4 51. d6 $18) 49. Kxd6 e4 50. a8=Q+ Kxa8 51. Kc7
$18) 46. Ke6 $1 {The final combination is charming as White will promote his
queen second.} h4 (46... Bf8 47. Bxd6 Bxd6 48. Kxd6 e4 49. Kc6 e3 50. a7 $18)
47. Kxe7 h3 48. c5 (48. c5 h2 49. cxd6 h1=Q 50. d7+ Kc7 51. d8=Q#) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.03"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1
h5 9. gxh5 Nxh5 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. Be2 a6 12. Qd2 Qb6 13. Nb3 Bd7 14. O-O-O Qxf2
15. h5 Nxh5 (15... Qb6 16. h6 Qc7 17. Rdf1 Ng8 18. hxg7 Bxg7 19. Bd8 Nxd8 20.
Rxg7 Ne7 21. Qg5 Rf8 22. Bh5 Qc4 23. Qf6 e5 24. Nd2 Qe6 25. Qh4 Qh3 26. Qg5 Be6
27. Rh7 {1/2-1/2 Wahls,M-Kindermann,S/Altensteig/1987/ (27)}) (15... Be7 16.
Rdf1 Qb6 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Rxg7 O-O-O 19. h6 Rdf8 20. Bg5 Qd8 21. Qf4 Ne8 22.
Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Kb1 Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Pamungkas,J-Foo Hsiang Ming/Jakarta/1997/ (57)})
16. Rh1 (16. Be3 Qh2 (16... Qf6 $5 17. Bg5 Qf2 (17... Qg6 18. Be7 Nxe7 19. Rxg6
Nxg6 $13)) 17. Rh1 Qe5 18. Rxh5 Rxh5 19. Bf4 {1-0 Skripchenko,A-Schiffer,K/
Groningen/1998/ (19)}) 16... g6 17. e5 {Lautier certainly need a strong
measures to justify the sacrifice of two pawns.} (17. Be3 Qxe3 (17... Qf6 18.
Bg5 Qg7 $17) 18. Qxe3 Bh6 19. Qxh6 Rxh6 20. Rxd6 Ne5 $17) 17... Qf5 (17... Nxe5
$5 18. Ne4 Qf5 19. Qe3 (19. Rxh5 gxh5 20. Nf6+ Kd8 21. Nd5+ Kc8 22. Nb6+ Kb8
$17) (19. Bxh5 Qxe4 $17) 19... Bc6 $17) 18. Bxh5 $6 (18. exd6 $5 Rc8 (18... Bg7
19. Rhf1 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qe5 $15) (18... Ne5 19. Nd4 Qxg5 20. Qxg5 Bh6 21. Qxh6
Rxh6 22. Ne4 $13) 19. Rhf1 Qxg5 20. Qxg5 Bh6 21. Qxh6 Rxh6 22. Nc5 Nd8 23. Nxd7
Kxd7 24. Na4 Rc6 25. Bf3 Rxd6 26. Nb6+ Kc7 27. Na8+ $11) 18... Rxh5 19. Rxh5
gxh5 20. exd6 Ne5 $1 {Despite near material balance black is better with safe
king and prospects of promising endgames.} 21. Nd4 (21. Be7 Bxe7 22. dxe7 Kxe7
$17) 21... Qg4 22. Bf4 (22. Re1 Nc4 23. Nd5 Bg7 $1 (23... Bxd6 24. Nf6+ Kf8 25.
Bh6+ Ke7 26. Nxg4 Nxd2 27. Nf5+ Kd8 28. Nxd6 Nf3 $17) 24. Nc7+ Kf8 25. Qf4
Qxf4+ 26. Bxf4 Rc8 27. b3 Bxd4 28. bxc4 Bc6 $17) 22... Bxd6 23. Nde2 (23. Ne4
Nd3+ 24. Qxd3 Bxf4+ 25. Kb1 O-O-O 26. Nc6 Qxd1+ $1 27. Qxd1 Bxc6 28. Qxh5 Bxe4
$19) 23... Nc4 $1 24. Qd4 Bxf4+ 25. Nxf4 e5 $1 {A nice tactical defense, black
has achieved a dream by forcing excellent endgame.} (25... Bc6 26. Qxc4 e5 27.
Re1 O-O-O 28. Nfd5 Qxc4 29. Nb6+ Kc7 30. Nxc4 $14) 26. Qxc4 (26. Re1 Be6 27.
Rxe5 Nxe5 28. Qxe5 Qg1+ 29. Nd1 O-O-O $19) 26... Qxf4+ 27. Qxf4 exf4 28. Nd5 (
28. Rg1 Kf8 $19) 28... O-O-O 29. Nb6+ (29. Nxf4 h4 $19) 29... Kc7 30. Nd5+ Kc8
31. Nb6+ Kc7 32. Nd5+ Kc6 33. Nb4+ (33. Ne7+ Kc5 34. Rd5+ Kb6 35. Rxh5 Be6 $19)
33... Kb5 34. Rd4 h4 35. Nd3 (35. Rxf4 h3 36. Nd3 Rh8 $19) 35... h3 36. Rd5+
Kb6 37. Rh5 f3 38. Kd2 Re8 39. Rh6+ (39. Ne5 f2 40. Rh6+ Re6 41. Nxd7+ Ka7 42.
Rxe6 fxe6 43. Ke2 h2 $19) 39... Kc7 40. Rh7 Re2+ (40... Re2+ 41. Kd1 h2 $19)
0-1

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. g4 Nc6 7. g5 Nd7 8. Be3
Be7 9. h4 O-O 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 a6 12. O-O-O b5 13. Kb1 Bb7 14. a3 $146 {
Dolmatov feels, that since he managed to advance his kingside pawns without
the help of the move f3, he can afford to slow black's activity even with a3.}
(14. f3 Qc7 (14... b4 15. Ne2 a5 16. Nc1 Ne5 17. Qg2 Qc7 18. f4 Nc4 19. Bxc4
Qxc4 20. Rhe1 Rfe8 21. h5 Bf8 22. b3 Qc7 23. h6 {1-0 Antoniewski,
R-Schaffarczyk,A/Werther 2002/ (35)}) 15. h5 b4 16. Ne2 d5 17. g6 e5 18. h6
fxg6 19. hxg7 Rf7 20. Bh3 Qd6 21. Bf2 Nf6 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Qe3 Qc6 24. Qxe5
Bd6 25. Qd4 Re8 26. Rhe1 Be5 27. Qc5 Qxc5 28. Bxc5 Bxf3 $17 {1-0 Gomez,
J-Grachev,B/Oropesa del Mar 2001/ (42)}) 14... Ne5 15. Qe3 Qc7 (15... Nc4 16.
Bxc4 bxc4 17. f4 Qc7 18. h5 $14) 16. f4 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Rhg1 (18. h5 Rac8
(18... Rfe8 19. g6 $16) 19. Rhg1 b4 20. axb4 Qxb4 21. g6 $14) 18... Rfe8 19. f5
exf5 $2 {[%mdl 256] Korobov is hoping to benefit from the rook on e8, but now
he will not stand a chance of keeping the kingside at least halfway closed.} (
19... Bf8 20. f6 e5 21. fxg7 Bxg7 22. Bb6 $14) 20. exf5 Bf8 (20... Bf6 21. gxf6
(21. Qf2 Be5 $13) 21... Rxe3 22. Rxg7+ Kh8 (22... Kf8 23. Bxe3 Bf3 24. Rxd6
Qf1+ 25. Ka2 Qc4+ 26. Ka1 Re8 27. Bh6 $18) 23. Bxe3 Rd8 24. Rd4 $16) 21. Qf2
Rac8 (21... b4 22. axb4 Qxb4 23. g6 hxg6 24. fxg6 f6 25. Qf5 $18) 22. h5 a5 (
22... b4 23. axb4 Qxb4 24. g6 fxg6 25. hxg6 h6 26. f6 $18) 23. g6 {White is
clearly ahead of his opponent at least for two tempies.} b4 (23... hxg6 24.
hxg6 fxg6 25. fxg6 $18) 24. gxh7+ Kxh7 (24... Kh8 25. f6 g5 26. hxg6 fxg6 27.
f7+ $18) 25. h6 g6 (25... bxc3 26. hxg7 Kg8 27. Qh4 $18) 26. fxg6+ (26. fxg6+
fxg6 27. Qf6 Qg8 28. Rxg6 Re6 29. Qxe6 Qxe6 30. Rxe6 bxc3 31. Rf1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"]
[Site "Pulvermuehle"]
[Date "2000.01.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2000.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 Nc6 7. g5 Nd7 8. Be3
Be7 9. h4 O-O 10. Qh5 a6 11. Bd3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Ne5 13. O-O-O b5 14. f4 Nxd3+
15. Rxd3 Re8 {The new plan from Bishoff is rather passive, black need's quick
counteraction in order not to be squeezed on the kingside.} (15... Bb7 16. Re1
(16. Rg1 b4 17. Bxg7 (17. Nd5 exd5 18. Rdg3 Qc7 19. Qh6 Qxc2+ 20. Kxc2 Rfc8+
21. Kd2 gxh6 22. gxh6+ Bg5 23. Rxg5+ Kf8 24. exd5 Ke7 25. Rf5 Rc4 26. Kd3 Rac8
27. Rg7 {1-0 Movsesian,S-Cvitan,O/Germany/1997/ (27)}) 17... Kxg7 18. f5 Rg8
19. g6 fxg6 20. Rdg3 Kh8 21. fxg6 Rg7 22. gxh7 Rxh7 23. Qg6 bxc3 24. Qxe6 cxb2+
25. Kb1 Qf8 {0-1 Agopov,M-Kokkila,T/Finland/1998/ (37)}) 16... b4 17. Nd1 (17.
Na4 Bc6 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. f5 e5 20. Bxe5 Qxb6 21. Bxg7 Qf2 22. Re2 Qf4+ 23. Rdd2
Kxg7 24. f6+ Bxf6 25. gxf6+ Qxf6 {0-1 Zoldan,M-Guido,F/Bratto/1997/ (25)})
17... Re8 (17... Qa5 18. b3 Qxa2 19. f5 Rac8 20. Bb2 Rc5 21. Re2 a5 22. Rg3 a4
23. bxa4 Qxa4 {0-1 Degerman,L-Cvitan,O/Vienna/1991/ (33)}) 18. Nf2 Qa5 19. Ng4
(19. Kb1 $2 b3 $19) 19... b3 20. Nh6+ gxh6 21. Rg1 hxg5 22. Qh6 e5 23. Bxe5
dxe5 24. Rxg5+ Bxg5 25. Qxg5+ {1/2-1/2 Hector,J-Vogt,L/Tastrup/1990/ (26)}) (
15... b4 16. Ne2 (16. f5 bxc3 17. Bxg7 exf5 18. Bxc3 Re8 19. Rg1 Qc7 20. g6
Bg5+ 21. Rxg5 fxg6 22. Rxg6+ hxg6 23. Qh8+ {1-0 Manik,M-Kraai,J/Pardubice/1997/
(23)}) (16. Nd1 Qa5 17. Ne3 Bb7 18. Qf3 Rfc8 19. Ng4 Qxa2 20. Rg1 Rc4 21. Kd2
Rac8 22. Ne3 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Qxb2 {0-1 Sedina,E-Aldrovandi,C/Torino/1998/ (35)})
16... Qa5 (16... Bb7 17. Ng3 Rc8 18. Rf1 Qc7 19. Rd2 Qa5 20. Rg2 Qxa2 21. Rf3
Rc4 {0-1 Grafl,F-Schaffarczyk,A/Senden/1998/ (33)}) 17. Kb1 e5 18. Be3 Be6 19.
b3 d5 20. Qf3 f5 (20... Rac8 21. f5 Qc7 22. Rc1 dxe4 23. Qxe4 Bd7 24. f6 gxf6
25. gxf6 Bxf6 26. Ng3 Kh8 27. Nh5 Be7 28. Bb6 {1-0 Movsesian,S-Orsag,M/CZE/
1996/ (28)}) 21. gxf6 Bxf6 22. f5 dxe4 23. Qxe4 Bf7 24. Bg5 Rad8 25. Rg1 Bxg5
26. hxg5 Rxd3 27. Qxd3 {1/2-1/2 Almasi,Z-Cvitan,O/Budapest/1991/ (46)}) 16. f5
Bf8 $6 (16... exf5 $5 17. Rf1 b4 (17... g6 18. Qf3 Bb7 19. Qf4 $16) 18. Nd5 Qa5
19. Bxg7 Qxa2 20. Kd2 $40) 17. f6 g6 (17... Qc7 18. fxg7 Bxg7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20.
Qh6+ Kg8 21. h5 $16) 18. Qf3 e5 (18... b4 19. h5 $1 e5 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Qg3
$18) 19. h5 $1 {The h file motives are so dangerous for black, that he has to
make great concessions in order simply to continue the game.} Be6 (19... exd4
20. hxg6 hxg6 (20... fxg6 21. f7+ Kh8 22. fxe8=Q Qxe8 23. Nd5 $18) 21. Qg3 dxc3
22. Qh4 $18) 20. Bxe5 $1 (20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Bxe5 $18) 20... Qc7 (20... Bc4 21.
hxg6 fxg6 22. Bd4 $18) (20... b4 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. Rxh7 $1 Kxh7 (22... dxe5 23.
Qh1 $18) 23. Qh1+ Kg8 (23... Bh3 24. Rxh3+ Kg8 25. Rh7 $18) 24. f7+ $18) 21.
Bd4 Rac8 22. Rd2 (22. hxg6 fxg6 (22... b4 23. gxh7+ Kh8 24. g6 $18) 23. f7+
Qxf7 24. Qxf7+ Bxf7 (24... Kxf7 25. Rxh7+ Kg8 26. Rh8+ Kf7 27. Rf3+ $18) 25.
Rxh7 Bc4 26. Rdh3 b4 27. Rd7 $18) 22... b4 23. Nd5 Qa5 (23... Bxd5 24. exd5 b3
25. Qxb3) 24. hxg6 (24. hxg6 fxg6 (24... hxg6 25. Rdh2 $18) (24... Qxa2 25.
Ne7+ $1 Rxe7 26. gxh7+ Kh8 27. fxe7+ $18) 25. f7+ Bxf7 26. Nf6+ Kg7 27. Rxh7#)
1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5
g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. Qf3 d4 12. O-O-O Nbd7 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. gxf6 dxc3
15. Bxc3 Qc6 16. Qg3 Bh6+ 17. Kb1 Bf4 18. Qd3 Rg8 19. Bh3 {Shirov is obviously
enjoying this unclear position with the piece sacrifice. He keeps repeating
this variation with enviable courage.} Kd8 $2 (19... Qxf6 20. Bb4 Qb6 21. Qc4
$13) 20. Bb4 Qxf6 (20... Kc7 21. Bd6+ Kd8 (21... Kb6 22. Qb3+ Ka7 23. Qxf7) 22.
Rhg1 Rg5 (22... Re8 23. Qa3 $2) 23. Rxg5 Bxg5 24. Qg3 h6 25. Bxe5 Ke8 26. Bd6
$18) 21. Qc4 Rg5 $2 (21... b5 22. Ba5+ (22. Qe4 Ra7) 22... Ke8 23. Qc7 Rg5 24.
Rd6 e4 25. Qxd7+ Bxd7 26. Rxf6 Rh5 (26... Be5 27. Rh6 Bxf5 28. Bd2 $16) 27. Bg2
Rxf5 (27... Ke7 28. Bxe4 Kxf6 29. Bc3+ $14) 28. Rb6 Bc7 29. Bxe4 Bxb6 30. Bxb6
Rc8 $14) (21... Qc6 $2 22. Qxf7 $18) (21... a5 22. Rd6 Qg5 23. f6 axb4 24. Rhd1
Qg1 25. Qd5 Qxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Kc7 27. Rxd7+ Bxd7 28. Qxd7+ Kb6 29. c3 $14) 22. Rd6
$1 {[%mdl 128] One mistake was sufficient for the abrupt end of the game.
Black king is feeling himself very insecurely on the square d8.} Qg7 (22... Qe7
23. f6 $18) 23. f6 Rg1+ (23... Qg6 24. Rhd1 $1 (24. Ba5+ b6 25. Bxb6+ Ke8 26.
Qc7 $18) 24... Rg1 25. Rxd7+ Bxd7 26. Be7+ Ke8 27. Bxd7#) 24. Bf1 $1 (24. Bf1
$1 Qg2 (24... Qg4 25. Ba5+ Ke8 26. Qc7) 25. Rxg1 Qxg1 26. Ba5+ b6 (26... Ke8
27. Re6+ $1 fxe6 (27... Kf8 28. Bb4+ Kg8 29. Re8+ $18) 28. Qxe6+ Kf8 29. Bb4+
Nc5 30. Bxc5#) 27. Bxb6+ Ke8 28. Re6+ fxe6 29. Qxe6+ Kf8 30. Bc5+ Nxc5 31. Qe7+
Kg8 32. Qe8#) 1-0

[Event "Kiev Spring"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2000.03.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Black "Vorobiov, Evgeny E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2000.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 d5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Rg1 Qa5+ 11. c3 Bd7 12. Bg2 Qc7 (12... Nc6 13. Qb3 (13.
Qd2 Rd8 $5) 13... Qc7 14. h3 $11) 13. Qd2 Nc6 14. Bf4 e5 (14... Bd6 $2 15. Nxe6
$1 $16) 15. Nxc6 exf4 $2 {[%mdl 16384] Black is clearly understimating the
danger in the position with opposite coloured bishops. His choice his wrong,
since 15...Bxc6 looks quite equalizing.} (15... Bxc6 16. Bxc6+ bxc6 17. Bg3 Bd6
$11) 16. Qe2+ Be6 17. Nd4 O-O-O (17... Qb6 18. Bd5 O-O-O 19. Bxe6+ fxe6 20.
O-O-O Bc5 21. Qc4 $14) 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bf3 (19. Qxe6+ $6 Kb8 20. Rd1 Ba3 $1
21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 $15) 19... Bc5 20. Kf1 e5 (20... Rd6 21. Kg2 Rhd8 22. Rad1 $14)
21. Kg2 e4 $6 {Black did not like the prospect of the sufering along a8-h1
diagonal with his king on c8.} (21... Rhe8 22. Rad1 $14) 22. Qxe4 (22. Bxe4 $5
$16) 22... Rd2 23. Rgf1 Qb6 (23... Rxb2 24. Rab1 $16) 24. b4 Bxf2 (24... Rxf2+
25. Rxf2 Bxf2 26. Qxf4 $18) (24... Be3 25. Rad1 $18) 25. Qf5+ $1 (25. Qf5+ $1
Kd8 (25... Kb8 26. Qxf4+ $18) 26. Rad1 $18) 1-0

[Event "London Classic 2nd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2010.12.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2010.12.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Be7 8. Bg2
Nfd7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 {The move of the white queen makes a very sound
impression, even though earlier the alternative 10.Qe2 was all the rage. White
has enough control on the light squares, so control of the black ones must
become a priority.} (10. Qe2 Nxd4 (10... O-O 11. O-O-O (11. O-O Qc7 12. Rfd1
Nce5 13. Bc1 Re8 14. a4 Bf8 15. Qd2 b6 16. b3 Bb7 17. Bb2 Rad8 18. Qf4 Ng6 19.
Qg3 Be7 $11 {0-1 Lopez Martinez,J (2505)-Grigoriants,S (2539)/Stepanakert 2005
(49)}) 11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 (12... Rb8 13. e5 (13. Ba7 Ra8 14. Be3 Rb8 15. f4
b5 16. g5 b4 17. Na4 Qa5 18. b3 Nc5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. e5 Qb5 21. Qe3 c4 22. Kb1
Bb7 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. h4 {1/2-1/2 Movsesian,S (2718)-Wojtaszek,R (2637)/Warsaw
2009 (40)}) 13... d5 {0-1 Dominguez Perez,L (2719)-Morozevich,A (2750)/Moscow
2009}) (12... Qc7 13. f4 Rb8 14. Ba7 Ra8 15. Bd4 Re8 16. g5 b5 17. a3 Rb8 18.
h4 b4 19. axb4 Rxb4 20. h5 Qa5 21. Nb1 e5 22. Bc3 Nc5 23. g6 Be6 24. Qd2 Rc8
25. f5 $2 {0-1 Sandipan,C (2585)-Morozevich,A (2751)/Zuerich 2009 (76)} Qa2 $19
) 13. e5 d5 14. f4 (14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Bxd5 Rb8 16. Ba7 Rb7 17. Bxb7 Bxb7 18.
Rhe1 Qc7 19. Kb1 Nc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. f4 Bd5 22. Qe3 Qc6 $15 {0-1 Movsesian,S
(2716)-Ponomariov,R (2727)/San Sebastian 2009 (51)}) 14... Bb7 15. Qe3 b4 16.
Ne2 a5 17. Kb1 a4 18. f5 b3 19. cxb3 axb3 {1/2-1/2 Vuckovic,B (2572)-Zivkovic,
V (2413)/Banja Vrucica 2009 (52)}) (10... Qc7 11. O-O-O Rb8 12. f4 O-O 13. g5
Nxd4 14. Rxd4 b5 15. Kb1 Nb6 16. Rf1 e5 17. Rd3 Be6 18. f5 Bc4 19. f6 Bd8 20.
Qh5 {1-0 Pirttimaki,T (2244)-Mavritchev,J/Helsinki 2002 (27)}) 11. Bxd4 O-O 12.
O-O b5 13. e5 d5 14. a3 Qc7 15. f4 Bc5 16. Qe3 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Bb7 18. Rae1 Rac8
19. Rf2 Qb6 20. Qxb6 Nxb6 $11 {0-1 Hou,Y (2590)-Wang Hao (2696)/Xinghua
Jiangsu 2009 (59)}) (10. Nce2 h5 11. gxh5 Qa5+ 12. c3 Qxh5 13. Qd2 Nde5 14. b3
Nxd4 15. Nxd4 g5 16. Rg1 Bd7 17. f3 b5 18. O-O-O Rc8 19. Kb2 $11 {1-0
Ljubojevic,L (2615)-Ivanovic,B (2440)/Zagreb 1977 (43)}) 10... O-O {The
downside of the 10.Qd2 move is the vulnerability of the c4-square. Fortunately
Black can even wait before he starts thinking about exploiting it.} (10... Nde5
11. b3 (11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. b3 Ng6 $13) 11... Nxd4 (11... Bd7 12. f4 Bh4+ 13. Bf2
Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bxf2+ 15. Qxf2 Qa5 16. Qd2 Ng6 17. O-O-O O-O 18. Na4 Qxd2+ 19.
Rxd2 Bxa4 20. bxa4 Nxf4 21. Rg1 Rac8 {0-1 Di Natale,R-Salgado,C/Villa
Ballester 2003 (50)}) 12. Bxd4 (12. Qxd4 Nc6 13. Qd2 b5 $13) 12... O-O 13.
O-O-O (13. f4 Bh4+ $11) 13... b5 (13... Nc6 14. Be3 b5 15. f4 Bd7 $13) 14. Ne2
Bb7 15. f4 Ng6 (15... Nc6 16. Bb2 (16. Be3 a5 $132) 16... a5 17. h4 a4 18. h5
Qa5 $11) 16. Rhf1 (16. f5 $2 Nh4 $1 $17) 16... e5 17. Be3 (17. fxe5 dxe5 18.
Be3 Qxd2+ 19. Rxd2 Rad8 $11) 17... exf4 (17... a5 $5 18. f5 Nh4 19. Bh1 a4 $13)
18. Nxf4 Ne5 (18... Rc8 19. Kb1 Nxf4 20. Bxf4 Qc7 21. Rf2 $14) 19. Kb1 Rc8 20.
Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Dominguez Perez,L (2717)-Topalov,V (2812)/Sofia 2009/[Ftacnik] 
(43)}) 11. O-O Nde5 12. b3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Ng6 {Carlsen was clearly the
favourite in this game and his knight retreat reveals his honest ambitions.
From g6 the knight eyes the weak spots f4 and h4.} (13... b5 14. a4 bxa4 15.
Nxa4 Bb7 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Bxe5 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P (2731)-Ivanisevic,I (2613)/
Khanty Mansiysk 2010}) 14. Be3 (14. f4 $6 Nxf4 15. Rxf4 e5 $15) (14. Na4 Bg5
15. Qb4 a5 16. Qb5 Bd7 $11) 14... Qc7 15. Ne2 (15. Na4 b5 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Nxc8
Rfxc8 18. Rac1 b4 $15) 15... b5 16. c4 $1 {Howell is a up and coming player
from England with an active approach to the game. He may not get very far on
the kingside, but is smart enough to play also on the opposite flank.} bxc4 (
16... Bb7 17. Rac1 Qd7 18. Nf4 Rac8 $11) 17. Rac1 Bb7 18. Rxc4 Qd7 19. Rfc1
Rac8 20. Bb6 {Quite naturally the position is about equal and White is working
on forcing the exchanges of majory pieces along the c-file.} (20. Nd4 h6 21.
Qa5 Rxc4 22. Rxc4 Rc8 $11) 20... Rxc4 21. Rxc4 Rc8 22. Qc2 Rxc4 23. Qxc4 (23.
bxc4 $2 Qc6 $15) 23... Qe8 $5 {Black knows very well that he can not exchange
queens and hope for the advantage.} 24. a4 (24. Qc7 Qa8 25. Ng3 h6 26. Bd4 Bc6
$11) 24... Qa8 25. f4 $6 {White is less experienced than his opponent who is
sitting on the top of world rating list. Exposing the structure and his own
king on the kingside brings no benefit and is dangerous.} (25. Ba5 Bc6 26. Qd3
h6 27. Bd2 $11) 25... h6 26. Bf2 Bh4 27. Be3 (27. Bxh4 Nxh4 28. Bh1 Qd8 29. b4
Ng6 $15) 27... Bf6 28. Qd3 (28. Ng3 Nh4 29. Bh1 d5 30. Qd3 (30. exd5 Bxd5 31.
Bxd5 exd5 32. Qe2 d4 $17) 30... dxe4 31. Bxe4 Bxe4 32. Nxe4 Be7 33. Bf2 Qb7 $15
) 28... Bc6 29. Ng3 (29. g5 hxg5 30. fxg5 Be5 $15) 29... Be7 {The positions
has become more pleasant for Black, but making progress is another story.} 30.
Nh5 Bf8 31. Bf2 Qb7 32. Qc4 (32. Kh2 e5 (32... Ne7 33. Bd4 d5 34. Qc3 f6 35. g5
$13) 33. f5 Nf4 34. Nxf4 exf4 35. Be1 Be7 36. Bd2 Bg5 37. Qf3 Qb6 38. Bxf4
Bxf4+ 39. Qxf4 Qxb3 40. Qxd6 Qxa4 41. f6 $11) 32... Ne7 33. Qd3 d5 $5 {Both
players have understood, that the position will have to be opened at some
stage.} 34. e5 (34. exd5 Bxd5 35. Bxd5 Nxd5 $15) 34... d4 (34... Bd7 35. Bf1
Nc6 36. Be2 $11) 35. Bf1 (35. Bxc6 Nxc6 36. Ng3 a5 37. Ne4 Qd7 $15) 35... Bd5
36. Qxa6 $6 {Howell must have been excited by the prospect of eliminating all
the queenside pawns. His choice of move keepis the flame of battle burning.} (
36. Bxd4 $1 Bxb3 37. Qxa6 Qb4 38. Bf2 Bxa4 39. Qc4 $11) 36... Qxb3 37. Qd3 (37.
Bxd4 Nc6 38. Bb6 Be7 $17) 37... Qxa4 38. Qxd4 Qa8 39. Qa7 Qc8 40. Qc5 (40. Qa3
Ng6 41. Qb2 Be7 42. Bg2 $15) 40... Nc6 41. Qc3 Qa8 42. g5 $2 {[%mdl 256] White
had to think hard about the best way of defending his exposed pawn structure.
He decides to lash out into counterplay, but does it at the wrong moment.} (42.
Bc4 Nb4 43. Bxd5 Qxd5 44. Kh2 Nd3 $15) (42. Bd3 Bb4 43. Qb2 Be7 $15) 42... Qa4
$1 (42... hxg5 43. fxg5 Qa2 44. Nf4 Bb4 45. Qg3 Nxe5 $17) 43. Qg3 (43. gxh6 Qe4
44. Ng3 Qxf4 45. hxg7 Bxg7 $17) 43... Qd1 {Two precise moves have managed to
prove that White has lost the battle. The hanging knight on h5 can not be
sensibly defended.} 44. Nf6+ (44. Qh4 Bc4 45. Ng3 Nd4 46. Qg4 Nf3+ 47. Kg2 Bd5
$19) 44... gxf6 45. gxf6+ Kh8 46. Qd3 {After the act of desperation, reality
refuses to run away. Due to the pin along the first rank White has to swap the
queens.} Qxd3 47. Bxd3 Nb4 48. Bb1 (48. Bf1 Kh7 49. Be3 Kg6 $19) 48... Ba2 49.
Be4 Nd5 50. f5 {The game is clearly over. White can not even dream about
holding the game with only a pawn for the piece.} (50. Bg3 Bc5+ 51. Kg2 Bc4 52.
Kf3 Nc3 53. Bc2 h5 $19) 50... Nf4 51. Kh2 exf5 52. Bxf5 Be6 53. Bg4 (53. Bb1
Nxh3 $19) 53... Bxg4 54. hxg4 Ne6 55. Kg3 Bc5 0-1

[Event "Lausanne YM 7th"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "2006.09.16"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kosintseva, Tatiana"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2006.09.13"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5
h5 9. g5 Nxe4 10. Nxg7+ Bxg7 11. Nxe4 d5 12. Ng3 d4 13. Bd2 Qd5 14. Rg1 Bg4 15.
Be2 Nd7 16. f3 {Kosintseva has opted for the line, in which black is unable to
claim the best pawn structure, but his pieces are getting lots of play.} (16.
Bxg4 hxg4 17. Qxg4 Rxh2 18. Bb4 (18. Qe4 Qxe4+ 19. Nxe4 Ke7 20. O-O-O Rc8 $15 {
1/2 Hracek,Z (2595)-Solak,D (2563)/Mallorca 2004/ (47)}) 18... Rc8 19. Nf5 Rxc2
(19... Bf8 $1 $17) 20. Nxg7+ Kd8 21. g6 Rhxf2 22. gxf7 Kc7 23. Ne6+ $14 {
0-1 Koch,J (2390)-Andruet,G (2420)/Marseille 1989/ (34)}) 16... Be6 17. Ne4 Nc5
18. Nxc5 (18. Bc4 Qc6 19. Bxe6 Nxe4 (19... Nxe6 20. g6 $11) 20. Bf5 (20. Bxf7+
Kxf7 21. g6+ Ke6 22. fxe4 Qxe4+ 23. Qe2 Qxe2+ 24. Kxe2 e4 $15) 20... Nd6 21.
Bd3 Nc4 22. Bc1 $11) 18... Qxc5 19. Bd3 f5 (19... O-O-O 20. Qe2 Kb8 21. a3 $11)
20. gxf6 $2 {The opening of the g file was tempting, but Wojtaszek gets better
pieces and chances to attack f3 weakness.} (20. Qe2 O-O-O 21. O-O-O Rd6 22. a3
$11) 20... Bxf6 21. Qe2 (21. Rg6 Bh4+ 22. Kf1 Bh3+ 23. Kg1 O-O-O 24. Qe2 Rhg8
$15) 21... Bh4+ 22. Kd1 (22. Kf1 Bh3+ $19) 22... O-O-O 23. Qe4 Be7 (23... Bf6
24. Rg6 Rhf8 25. a3 Qc7 $15) 24. Rg6 Bd5 25. Qf5+ Rd7 {Black does not want to
sacrifice e5 pawn even though white king on d1 makes any activity very
appealing.} (25... Kb8 26. Qxe5+ Bd6 27. Qe2 Rhg8 $17) 26. Qh3 (26. f4 exf4 27.
Bxf4 Rf8 28. Qe5 Bf3+ 29. Kc1 Qxe5 30. Bxe5 Rd5 31. Bg7 Re8 $17) 26... Rf8 27.
Bf5 (27. Be4 Bxe4 28. fxe4 Qb5 29. Rg1 Qxb2 $19) (27. b4 Qc7 28. Bf5 Kb8 29.
Rc1 (29. Bxd7 Bxf3+ 30. Ke1 (30. Kc1 Be4 $19) 30... Qxc2 31. Rg3 Qe4+ 32. Kf2
Bg4+ $19)) 27... Kb8 28. Bxd7 $2 {Kosintseva makes it too easy for Black. On
closer inspection she decided to give up the fight after opponent's obvious
answer.} (28. Bh6 Rxf5 29. Qxf5 Rc7 30. Ke1 Qc4 31. Rc1 Bh4+ 32. Rg3 (32. Kd2
Qb4+ $19) 32... Ka7 $17) 28... Bxf3+ (28... Bxf3+ 29. Ke1 (29. Kc1 Be4 $19)
29... Qc4 30. Qf1 Qxc2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.11.13"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Tegernsee"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. Be3 a6 8. Bg2
Nc6 9. h3 Ne5 10. Qe2 g5 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. f4 gxf4 13. Bxf4 Rc8 14. Rhf1 Be7 {
Sokolov plays a promissing libe with very compact center. The main
disadvantage of the line lays in the fact, that black will probably have to
live without castling the king.} (14... b5 15. Nf3 Nc4 16. e5 Qa5 17. exf6 Qb4
18. Rd3 Qxb2+ 19. Kd1 Qa1+ 20. Bc1 Nb2+ 21. Kd2 Nc4+ 22. Kd1 d5 {0-1
Haznedaroglu,K-Navara,D/Warsaw 2005/ (33)}) 15. Nb3 (15. Qf2 Rxc3 16. bxc3 Qa5
17. Kb1 Nc4 18. Bc1 Bb5 19. Nb3 Qxc3 20. Qd4 Qb4 21. Rxf6 {1-0 Wallace,J-Allen,
A /Melbourne/1993/}) 15... b5 16. a3 Qc7 17. Kb1 (17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. h4 Rg8 19.
Bh3 a5 $13) 17... Nc4 18. Rd3 a5 19. g5 {Shirov is obliged to start his own
attack, since black is already generating promissing counterplay on the
queenside.} (19. e5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Rdf3 b4 22. axb4 axb4 23. Nd1 Ba4
$11) 19... hxg5 20. Bxg5 Ng8 (20... b4 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Rxf6 bxc3 (22... Qd8
23. Nd5 $1 exd5 24. exd5+ Qe7 25. Rf2 $16) 23. Rxc3 Nxa3+ 24. Kc1 Nc4 25. Nd2
Qd8 26. Nxc4 Rxc4 27. Rcf3 $16) 21. Qf2 Ne5 (21... f6 22. Bc1 b4 23. axb4 axb4
24. Na2 Ba4 25. Nd4 (25. Nxb4 Qb7) 25... Ne5 26. Rg3 $13) (21... Bxg5 $2 22.
Qxf7+ Kd8 23. Qg7 $18) 22. Rg3 (22. Bxe7 Nxe7 23. Nd4 Qc4 $13) 22... b4 23.
axb4 axb4 24. Na2 Bb5 {The second player can claim full success in advancing
his own case, bu the position remains very complex and dangerous.} (24... Bxg5
25. Rxg5 Bb5 26. Rg1 Ne7 $15) 25. Rd1 Bc4 (25... Bxg5 26. Rxg5 Bc4 $17) 26.
Bxe7 Nxe7 27. Nxb4 Rb8 28. Qd2 Rb6 (28... N7g6 29. Nc1 Rb6 $15) (28... Qb6 29.
Na2 Rd8 30. Bf1 $13) 29. Bf1 $1 {Shirov deserves praise for realizing, that he
has to get rid of the dangerous black bishop on the c4 square.} Bxf1 30. Rxf1
Qc4 (30... N7g6 31. Nd3 $14) 31. Nd3 Qxe4 $2 (31... Nd7 32. Rg7 f6 33. Rf4 Rxh3
34. e5 Rxd3 35. Rxc4 Rxd2 36. Nxd2 fxe5 37. Rc7 $16) 32. Nxe5 Qxe5 (32... dxe5
33. Qf2 Qf4 34. Rf3 Qb4 35. Rxf7 Nf5 36. Ra7 $18) 33. Qf2 $1 {[%mdl 128]
Finally white has managed to come up with a great move hitting two extremely
important targets- f7 pawn and the rook on b6.} Rh7 (33... Rb7 34. Qxf7+ Kd7
35. Rc3 Qh5 36. Qf2 $16) (33... Nf5 34. Qxb6 Nxg3 35. Qb8+ Ke7 36. Qc7+ Ke8 37.
Rxf7 $18) 34. Qxb6 Qxg3 35. Qb8+ Kd7 36. Nc5+ $1 {Simple pin of the d6 pawn
enables white knight to decide the game by instant repositioning from b3 to f6
square!} Kc6 (36... dxc5 37. Qxg3 $18) 37. Ne4 Qe5 38. Qe8+ Kb6 (38... Kc7 39.
Qxe7+ $18) 39. Nf6 Qe2 40. Rc1 (40. Rc1 Rxh3 41. Qxe7 $18) 1-0

[Event "SCG-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Pancevo"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Pikula, Dejan"]
[Black "Krivokapic, Marko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2006.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be3 a6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5
g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. Qf3 Bb4 $6 {Black choses a bit circumspect way
of tehsting the mysterious line with sacrifices of white pieces for the rush
development.} (11... d4 $1) 12. gxf6 Nc6 (12... d4 13. O-O-O Qa5 14. Bxd4 Nc6
15. Qe3 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Bxf5 18. Bc4 $16 Be6 19. Rd5 Qa3+ 20. Kb1
Bxd5 21. Qxe5+ Be6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Rg1 O-O-O {0-1 Anka,E (2380)-Vrenegoor,T/
Harkany 1994/}) 13. O-O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3 (14. Rxd5 Bxb2+ 15. Kxb2 Qxf6 16. Qg3
Bxf5 17. Bg2 Bg6 18. Bc5 Qf5 19. Re1 f6 20. Be4 Qg5 21. Qh3 {1-0 Lehiste,M 
(2247)-Jogi,J/Estonia 2000/ (34)}) 14... Qxf6 15. Rxd5 Qxf5 (15... Be6 $5 16.
Rd6 Qxf5 17. Qg3 $36) 16. Qg3 Be6 17. Qg7 $1 {[%mdl 128] Pikula must have been
overjoyed, for the two bishops and attacking position he did not have to
sacrifice even a pawn.} Rf8 (17... Bxd5 18. Qxh8+ Kd7 19. Qxa8 Bxh1 20. Qxb7+
Ke8 21. Bxa6 $18) 18. Bh6 (18. Bc5 Qf4+ (18... Ne7 19. Rxe5) 19. Rd2 Ne7 20.
Rg1 Rc8 21. Bd6 $16) 18... Ke7 19. Bg5+ Ke8 20. Rd6 {The critical mass of
white forces is probably beyond black´s defesive capabilities.} Qf3 (20... e4
21. Bh3 $3 Qxh3 22. Rxc6 bxc6 23. Qf6 Kd7 24. Qe7+ Kc8 25. Bf4 Ra7 26. Qxf8+
Kd7 27. Rg1 $18) 21. Bg2 $1 Qxc3 (21... Qxg2 22. Rhd1 Bd7 (22... Ne7 23. Qf6
$18) (22... Rc8 23. Rxe6+ fxe6 24. Qd7#) 23. Rxd7 $18) 22. Bxc6+ (22. Bxc6+
bxc6 23. Rxe6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS04 GM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2002.04.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rajlich, Vasik G"]
[Black "Antal, Gergely"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2002.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1
d5 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Be3 Be7 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Bxc6 bxc6
15. O-O-O Rb8 16. b3 $6 {Black is seeking counterplay along the b file, but
white was obliged to advance his own attack on the kingside. The loss of a
tempo favors black's chances.} (16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. gxf5 Bf6 18. Bd4 Kh7 19. Qc3
Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Qf6 21. Qxf6 gxf6 22. Rg4 Rbe8 23. Ra4 Re5 24. Rxa7 Rxf5 25. Rc7
{1-0 Nunn,J-Anderson,J/Kilkenny 1997/ (49)}) 16... Bxh4 17. Nf5 (17. g5 hxg5
18. Bxg5 Bxg5 19. Rxg5 g6 (19... f6 20. Rh5 $11) 20. Rdg1 Qf6 $15) 17... Bg5
18. Bxg5 (18. f4 Bf6 19. g5 hxg5 20. fxg5 Be5 21. Bd4 $15) 18... hxg5 (18...
Qxg5 $4 19. Qxg5 hxg5 20. Ne7+ Kh7 21. Rh1#) 19. Rg3 (19. f4 Qf6 20. Kb1 gxf4
$17) 19... Re8 20. Rh1 Qf6 21. Kb1 g6 22. Nh6+ (22. Rh6 Bxf5 (22... Re4 23.
Rgh3 Rbe8 24. Rh8+ Qxh8 25. Rxh8+ Kxh8 26. Nd6 Re1+ 27. Kb2 R8e7 $17) 23. gxf5
Qxf5 24. Rxg5 Re1+ 25. Qxe1 Qxg5 $17) 22... Kg7 23. Nxf7 $6 {[%mdl 1024] White
understands, that his chances are not great and with brave sacrifice tries to
stirr up trouble. Fortunately for black his king can slip away to the other
side of the board.} (23. Rgh3 d4 $17) 23... Kxf7 (23... Qxf7 $2 24. Qd4+ Kf8
25. Rh8+ Ke7 26. Qe5+ Be6 (26... Qe6 27. Rh7+ Kd8 28. Qxb8+ $18) 27. Qc7+ Bd7
28. Re3+ Kf6 29. Rf3+ Bf5 30. Qxc6+ Kg7 31. Rxf5 Qxf5 32. gxf5 $18) 24. Rh7+
Ke6 25. c4 Kd6 26. c5+ (26. cxd5 cxd5 27. Rd3 Re5 28. Qa5 Qf4 $19) 26... Kc7 (
26... Kxc5 $2 27. Rxd7 $14) 27. Qa5+ Kc8 28. Rxd7 {Desperation, but white is
slowed down by the exposed nature of his own king.} (28. Qxa7 Re1+ 29. Kc2
Qxf2+ $19) (28. Qa6+ Rb7 29. Rxd7 Re1+ 30. Kc2 Qxf2+ $19) 28... Kxd7 29. Qxa7+
Kc8 30. Qa6+ Kd8 31. Qa5+ Ke7 32. Rh3 (32. Re3+ Kf8 $19) 32... Kf8 33. Rh7 Kg8
(33... Re2 $19) 34. Qc7 (34. Rh1 Re2 $19) 34... Re1+ 35. Kc2 Qxf2+ 36. Kc3 Qe3+
(36... Re3+ 37. Kd4 Qd2# (37... Rb4#)) 37. Kc2 (37. Kb2 Qc1#) 37... Re2+ 0-1

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent Crown 10th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2006.10.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.10.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2
g5 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. h3 Nfd7 {Topalov is avoiding natural moves
like 11...Qc7 or Bd7, since he might have been worried about White's idea
connected with Nf3 without f2-f4. The defensive setup is very firm, but not
without weak spots.} (11... Qc7 12. Nf3 $5 (12. f4 gxf4 13. Bxf4 Be7 (13... b5
14. Qf2 Nfd7 15. Kb1 Bb7 16. Rhe1 Be7 17. Nce2 O-O-O 18. Bc1 Nc5 19. Nf4 Ng6
20. Nxg6 fxg6 21. Qf7 $11 {1/2 Shirov,A (2710)-Sax,G (2565)/Germany 1992/ (62)}
) 14. Kb1 Bd7 15. Rhf1 O-O-O 16. Rf2 Kb8 17. Qf1 Be8 18. Nce2 Nfd7 {0-1
Bologan,V (2651)-Timofeev,A (2320)/Moscow 2002/ (49)}) 12... Bd7 (12... Ng6 13.
h4 $1 Nxg4 14. hxg5 Bd7 15. Bd2 O-O-O 16. Nd4 Bg7 17. Qxg4 Bxd4 18. gxh6 Ne5
19. Qe2 Nc4 20. Rh3 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 $16 {1/2 Svidler,P (2660)-Leko,P (2635)/
Tilburg 1997/ (39)}) 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. h4 Rg8 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Qf3 Rg6 $14 {
1/2 Spasov,V (2543)-Kanep,M (2452)/Plovdiv 2003/ (28)}) (11... Bd7 12. f4 (12.
Nf3 Qa5 13. Kb1 Be7 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. h4 Rg8 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Rh6 Bc6 18. Qf3
Nd7 19. Rh7 Nf6 20. Rh6 Nd7 $11 {1-0 Adams,M (2716)-Sokolov,I (2624)/Sarajevo
1999/ (32)}) 12... gxf4 13. Bxf4 Rc8 14. Rhf1 b5 (14... Be7 15. Nb3 b5 16. a3
Qc7 17. Kb1 Nc4 18. Rd3 a5 19. g5 hxg5 20. Bxg5 Ng8 $13 {1-0 Shirov,A (2710)
-Sokolov,A (2623)/Germany 2005/ (40)}) 15. Nf3 Nc4 16. e5 Qa5 $1 17. exf6 $2 (
17. Nd4 $8 $13) 17... Qb4 18. Rd3 Qxb2+ 19. Kd1 Qa1+ 20. Bc1 Nb2+ 21. Kd2 Nc4+
22. Kd1 d5 {0-1 Haznedaroglu,K (2440)-Navara,D (2647)/Warsaw 2005/ (33)}) 12.
f4 gxf4 13. Bxf4 b5 (13... Ng6 14. Bg3 h5 15. gxh5 Qg5+ 16. Kb1 Qxg3 $2 (16...
Qxh5) (16... Nge5 $5) 17. hxg6 Qxg6 18. Nf5 $1 $16 {1-0 Joachim,S (2443)
-Boensch,U (2542)/Germany 2002/ (92)}) 14. Rhf1 (14. Nf3 Qc7 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16.
Rd4 Bb7 17. Rhd1 Be7 18. Kb1 Rc8 19. Qf2 Qc5 20. Bf1 Rh7 21. Be3 Qc6 {1/2
Labunskiy,D (2340)-Anikaev,Y (2445)/Vladivostok 1990/ (56)}) (14. Qf2 Bb7 15.
Nce2 Qa5 16. Kb1 O-O-O 17. Nb3 Qc7 18. Bd2 Nb6 19. Ba5 Nec4 20. Rhf1 Rd7 21.
Nf4 $11 {1-0 Dlugosz,J (2177)-Jablonski,W (2042)/Wisla 2000/ (42)}) 14... Bb7 (
14... b4 $5 {The first independ move by the fresh exchampion might be
criticized. Polgar would face bigger questions after the immediate 14...b4!?
since the knight is lacking the square for the natural reatreat.} 15. Nb1 (15.
Nd5 $5 exd5 16. exd5 Qc7 $13) 15... Qa5 16. Qf2 Rh7 (16... Qxa2 $2 17. Bxe5
Nxe5 18. Nc6 $16) 17. a3 bxa3 18. Nxa3 Rb8 19. Bd2 Qa4 20. Bc3 Be7 21. Nb3 Qc6
22. Qd4 $11 {1-0 Charochkina,D (2183)-Voicu,C (2310)/Chisinau 2005/ (41)}) 15.
Qf2 Rc8 16. Nce2 Bg7 (16... h5 $5 17. gxh5 (17. g5 Be7 18. g6 Nxg6 19. Bxd6 O-O
$14) 17... Qc7 (17... Rxh5 $2 18. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 19. Bxe5 Qg5+ 20. Bf4 $16) 18.
Ng3 $14) 17. Ng3 Rh7 18. Nh5 Bh8 19. Kb1 Nc5 $6 (19... Qb6 $5 20. Bg3 Nc4 21.
Bh4 b4 $13) 20. Bg3 $2 {Weak moment for both excellent player as they were
ignoring a great tactical shot for the attacking side.} (20. Nf5 $1 exf5 (20...
Rc6 21. Nfg7+ $1 Bxg7 22. Nxg7+ Rxg7 23. Bxe5 Rh7 24. Qg3 $18) (20... Nc4 21.
Bxd6 exf5 22. Bxc5 Qc7 23. Bd4 $18) 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Qxf5 Qg5 23. Qxh7 Qg6 24.
Qxg6 fxg6 25. Nf4 $16) 20... Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Bh4 Qc7 (22... Qa5 $5 23.
Bf6 Bg6 24. Bxh8 Rxh8 25. Nf6+ Kd8 26. Nf5 $14) 23. Bf6 $1 {[%mdl 128] Judit
is trying to win both battles. A strategical one for the f6 square and
consequently a tactical one hunting down the black king.} Bg6 (23... Bb7 24.
Bxh8 Rxh8 25. Ng7+ Kd7 (25... Kd8 26. Ndxe6+ $18) 26. Qxf7+ $1 Nxf7 27. Rxf7+
Kd8 28. Ndxe6#) 24. Bxh8 Rxh8 (24... Bxh5 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. Nxe6 Qc6 (26... Qc4
27. Nd4 Bg6 28. Rfe1 Qc7 29. Rd2 $16) 27. Nd4 exd4 28. gxh5 Rg7 29. Rxd4 $18)
25. Nf6+ Kd8 26. h4 Qc5 {It seems that Veselin was not able to stop White's
advance, enemy's pieces would manage to get into his position anyway.} (26...
h5 27. Qd2 $5 (27. gxh5 Bxh5 28. Nxh5 Rxh5 29. Rg1 Rh7 (29... Qe7 30. Nf3 $1 d5
$13) 30. Rg5 Ke7 $14) 27... hxg4 28. Qg5 Bxc2+ 29. Ka1 Nf3 30. Nxf3 Qe7 31. Ne5
Bxd1 32. Nxf7+ Qxf7 33. Nd5+ Ke8 34. Rxf7 $18) 27. h5 Bh7 28. Qh4 $1 Bxc2+ (
28... Kc7 29. Nxh7 Rxh7 30. Rxf7+ $1 Rxf7 31. Nxe6+ $18) 29. Nxc2 $6 {Polgar
must have been very happy about the position, she somewhat loses her
concentration. Much easier was the simple king retreat and Black would have
been doomed.} (29. Ka1 $1 Kc7 (29... Bxd1 30. Nd5+ $18) (29... Qa7 30. Ne4+ Qe7
31. Nxe6+ fxe6 32. Rxd6+ Ke8 (32... Nd7 33. Rf7 Qxh4 34. Rdxd7+ Ke8 35. Nd6#)
33. Nf6+ Kf8 34. Nd5+ $18) 30. Nxc2 Qxc2 31. Rc1 $18) 29... Qxc2+ 30. Ka1 Rc4 (
30... Ke7 31. Nd5+ Kf8 32. Qf6 Rh7 33. Qe7+ Kg7 (33... Kg8 34. Nf6+ Kh8 35.
Nxh7 Kxh7 36. Qxd6 Nc4 37. Qd4 $16) 34. g5 $1 exd5 35. g6 $16) (30... Rc6 31.
Nd5+ Kd7 32. Qe7+ Kc8 33. Nb4 Rc7 34. Qxd6 $16) 31. Ne4+ Kc7 (31... Ke8 32.
Nxd6+ Kf8 33. Nxc4 $18) 32. Nxd6 Rf4 (32... Rc5 33. Qe7+ Kb6 34. Qb7+ Ka5 35.
Qa7 $1 $18) 33. Qe7+ Kb6 34. Qb7+ Ka5 (34... Kc5 35. Qc7+ Nc6 36. Nb7+ $18) 35.
Qa7 $1 {A fine move that aquares the black king on the annatural spot a5.} b4 (
35... Rxf1 36. Nb7+ Kb4 (36... Ka4 37. Qxa6+ Kb4 38. Qa3+ Kc4 39. Nd6#) 37.
Qd4+ Nc4 (37... Qc4 38. Qd6+ $18) 38. Qc5+ Ka4 39. b3+ $18) 36. Rfe1 Nf3 37.
Rc1 (37. Nb7+ Kb5 38. Rd6 $18) 37... Nxe1 38. Rxc2 Nxc2+ 39. Kb1 {A truly
imaginative attack by Judit!} (39. Kb1 Nd4 40. Nb7+ Kb5 41. Qc5+ Ka4 42. Qa5#)
1-0

[Event "Julian Borowski-B 4th"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2002.05.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h3 Nc6 8. Be3
a6 9. Bg2 Ne5 10. Qe2 g5 11. f4 gxf4 12. Bxf4 Qc7 (12... Bd7 13. O-O-O (13. Nf3
Qc7 14. O-O Be7 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Be3 h5 17. g5 Nh7 18. Rxf7 Bxg5 19. Rg7 Bxe3+
20. Qxe3 O-O-O 21. Rf1 {1-0 Madl,I-Kerek,K/Budapest 1997/ (67)}) 13... Rc8 14.
Rhf1 (14. Nf3 Rxc3 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Bxe5 Rc5 17. Rxd7 Qxd7 18. Bxf6 Rg8 19.
Rd1 Qc7 20. Rd8+ Qxd8 21. Bxd8 Kxd8 22. Qd3+ Kc8 23. e5 {1-0 Fontaine,R-Quinn,
M/York 2000/ (59)}) 14... Be7 15. Qf2 Rxc3 16. bxc3 Qa5 17. Kb1 Nc4 18. Bc1 Bb5
19. Nb3 Qxc3 20. Qd4 Qb4 21. Rxf6 {Wallace,JP-Allen,A/AUS-ch op Melbourne/1993/
1-0}) 13. O-O-O (13. Qf2 Nfd7 14. O-O b5 15. a4 b4 16. Nce2 h5 17. g5 Nc5 18.
Bd2 Rb8 19. b3 Bg7 20. Qe3 Qb6 21. Rad1 Ng6 22. Be1 Nd7 23. Bf2 Qc7 24. Rd2
Nde5 25. Rc1 Qe7 26. c3 {1-0 Zulfugaryi,M-Maherramzade,J/Baku 1998/ (40)})
13... b5 (13... Be7 14. Kb1 Bd7 15. Rhf1 O-O-O 16. Rf2 Kb8 17. Qf1 Be8 18. Nce2
Nfd7 19. b3 Bh4 20. Ng3 Ng6 21. Nf3 Be7 22. Be3 Nc5 23. Ng1 Bh4 {0-1 Bologan,
V-Timofeev,A/Moscow 2002/ (49)}) (13... Bd7 14. Rhf1 (14. Nf3 O-O-O (14... Be7
15. Qf2 Bc6 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Be3 Nd7 18. h4 Bb4 19. Rd3 Bb5 20. Nxb5 axb5 21.
a3 Bc5 22. Rhd1 Bxe3+ 23. Qxe3 Nb6 24. Qf2 b4 25. Qf6 bxa3 26. bxa3 Rg8 {
1/2-1/2 Movsesian,S-Stocek,J/CZE 1997/ (65)}) (14... Rc8 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Be3
Ba3 17. Rd3 Be7 18. Rf1 b5 19. Qf2 Rh7 20. g5 hxg5 21. Bxg5 Nh5 22. Bxe7 Kxe7
23. Qh4+ f6 24. Bf3 {1-0 Varitski,I-Truskavetsky,A/Sevastopol 2000/ (54)}) 15.
Qf2 Be7 16. Qa7 (16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Be3 Be8 18. Bb6 {1-0 Movsesian,S-Mirumian,V/
Zagan 1997/ (18)}) 16... Nxf3 17. Bxf3 Bc6 18. Rd3 Nd7 19. Rhd1 Ne5 20. Bxe5
dxe5 21. Nd5 exd5 22. exd5 e4 23. dxc6 Rxd3 24. cxb7+ Kd7 25. Rxd3+ exd3 26.
Qd4+ Bd6 27. Qxd3 Qa5 {0-1 Velimirovic,D-Ilincic,Z/Novi Sad 1995/ (45)}) 14...
Be7 15. Nf3 Bc6 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Be3 Nd7 18. Qf2 f6 19. Rd3 Qa5 20. a3 Bc5 21.
Kb1 Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Qc5 23. Qd2 Qe7 24. Qe3 Qc5 25. Qd2 {1/2-1/2 Prasad,
D-Sundararajan,K/Raipur/2002/ (25)}) 14. a3 (14. g5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 Nh5 16. Qf2
Be7 17. h4 Bb7 18. Kb1 Nf6 19. Bxf6 Ng4 20. Qe2 Nxf6 21. e5 dxe5 22. Bxb7 Qxb7
23. Qxe5 O-O-O {1/2-1/2 Lutz,C-Stohl,I/Germany 2002/ (23)}) (14. Qf2 Nfd7 15.
Kb1 Bb7 16. Rhe1 Be7 17. Nce2 O-O-O 18. Bc1 Nc5 19. Nf4 Ng6 20. Nxg6 fxg6 21.
Qf7 e5 22. Ne6 Nxe6 23. Qxe6+ Kb8 24. Qxg6 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Sax,G/Germany
1993/ (62)}) (14. Nb1 Bb7 15. Nd2 Rc8 16. Bg3 Be7 17. Kb1 Nfd7 18. Rhf1 h5 19.
gxh5 Nf6 20. N2f3 Nc4 21. Ng5 Nxb2 22. Kxb2 Qc3+ 23. Kb1 Qxg3 {0-1 Gdanski,
J-Adorjan,A/Debrecen/1992/ (31)}) (14. Rhf1 Be7 15. Qf2 Bb7 16. Kb1 O-O-O {
1/2-1/2 Fercec,N-Stohl,I/Pula 2000/ (16)}) 14... Be7 15. Rhf1 Bb7 16. Kb1 O-O-O
17. Nf3 Nfd7 (17... Nc4 18. Rd3 Kb8 19. Rfd1 $14) (17... Nxf3 18. Qxf3 Ne8 19.
Rd3 $16) 18. Nxe5 dxe5 (18... Nxe5 $2 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Rxf7 $18) 19. Be3 f6 (
19... Rh7 20. Qf2 $14) 20. a4 $1 {[%mdl 32] White admitts, that he can make no
progress on the kingside, so he switches attantion to the opposite flank.} b4 (
20... bxa4 $2 21. Nxa4 Qc6 22. b3 $16) 21. Na2 Kb8 (21... Qc6 22. a5 (22. b3 a5
23. Nc1 Nc5 $11) 22... Kb8 23. Bd2 Qa4 24. Nxb4 Bxb4 25. Qc4 Rc8 26. Qxb4 Qxc2+
27. Ka2 Rc4 28. Rc1 Rxb4 29. Rxc2 Ra4+ 30. Kb3 Bxe4 $15) (21... a5 22. c3 $16)
22. c3 $1 bxc3 (22... Qa5 23. Qc4 (23. Qc2 Bc6 24. b3 bxc3 25. Qxc3 Qxc3 26.
Nxc3 h5 $11) 23... Qxa4 24. Qxe6 (24. Nxb4 Nc5 $11) 24... b3 25. Nc1 Bc5 26.
Rfe1 Bxe4+ 27. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 28. Rd3 Bxe3 29. Rexe3 Qa4 30. Rd6 $16) 23. Nxc3 Rc8
(23... Bc5 24. Bxc5 Qxc5 25. Rd2 $14) 24. Bf2 h5 $6 {Tischbierek is looking
for some counterplay, but opening up of the position only simplifies the task
for white pieces.} (24... Nc5 $5) 25. gxh5 f5 26. Rc1 (26. Rg1 Rh7 27. exf5
exf5 28. Nd5 $16) 26... Bg5 27. Rc2 (27. Be3 Bxe3 28. Qxe3 Rxh5 $11) 27... Qc4
28. Qd1 (28. Qxc4 Rxc4 29. Rd1 Nf6 $14) 28... Rc7 29. Rg1 Bf6 30. exf5 Bxg2 31.
Rxg2 (31. fxe6 $2 Bxh3 32. exd7 Bf5 33. Qf3 $11) 31... exf5 32. Bg1 (32. Be3
Qe6 33. Nd5 $16) 32... Rhc8 (32... Qe6 33. Rgd2 Be7 34. Nd5 Rb7 35. Nxe7 Qxe7
36. Rd6 $18) 33. Nb5 $1 {Clever way of punishing black for all his positional
sins, white pieces are gaining access to the black's king.} (33. Nd5 Qxc2+ 34.
Qxc2 Rxc2 35. Rxc2 Bg5 36. h4 $16) 33... axb5 (33... Qe6 34. Nxc7 Rxc7 35. Rxc7
Kxc7 36. Rc2+ Kd8 37. h6 $18) (33... Qxc2+ 34. Rxc2 axb5 (34... Rxc2 35. Qd6+
$18) 35. Qd6 Be7 36. Ba7+ Kb7 37. Rxc7+ Rxc7 38. Qxe7 $18) 34. Rxc4 bxc4 35.
Rd2 Nc5 (35... c3 36. bxc3 Rb7+ 37. Ka2 Rcc7 38. h6 $18) 36. Rd6 (36. Bxc5 Rxc5
37. Rd7 R5c6 38. Rf7 $18) 36... Ne4 $6 (36... Be7 37. Bxc5 Rxc5 38. Rd7 $18)
37. Rb6+ Rb7 (37... Ka8 38. Qd5+ Ka7 39. Qa5#) 38. Rxb7+ Kxb7 39. Qd7+ Rc7 40.
Qxf5 Nd2+ 41. Kc2 1-0

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 5th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2009.05.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Be7 8. Bg2
Nfd7 {The smart retreat of the knight from the f6-square steals the momentum
from White's kingside set up. Black controls the d8-h4 diagonal, prepares Nc6
and gradual counterplay.} 9. Be3 (9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. f4 (11. a4 Nde5
12. Qe2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Nc6 14. Be3 Bd7 15. f4 Rc8 16. Kh1 Qc7 17. g5 Rfe8 18.
Qf2 f6 19. h4 Rf8 $11 {1-0 Hou,Y (2549)-Ding Yixin (2292)/Beijing 2008 (37)})
11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. e5 d5 14. Qd2 b4 15. Ne2 Qc7 16. Rae1 Bb7 17. Ng3
Rac8 18. Rf2 Bh4 19. Kh2 a5 20. g5 Nc5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Miranda Mesa,E (2321)
-Quesada Perez,Y (2402)/Havana 2009 (39)}) 9... Nc6 (9... Ne5 10. b3 Bd7 11.
Qd2 Qa5 12. O-O O-O 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Rad1 Rd8 16. f4 Nec6 17. Ne2
Be8 18. Bb6 Rd7 19. Ng3 $16 {1-0 Walek,M (2315)-Fiala,J (2255)/Prerov 1995 (39)
}) 10. Qd2 {Dominguez feels, that his queen will be more useful controlling
dark squares despite the coming Nde5. Too many of the white pawns and pieces
are already firing away at light squares!} (10. Qe2 Nxd4 (10... O-O 11. O-O-O (
11. O-O Qc7 12. Rfd1 Nce5 13. Bc1 Re8 14. a4 Bf8 15. Qd2 b6 16. b3 Bb7 17. Bb2
Rad8 18. Qf4 Ng6 19. Qg3 Be7 $11 {0-1 Lopez Martinez,J (2505)-Grigoriants,S 
(2539)/Stepanakert 2005 (49)}) 11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. e5 d5 14. f4 Bb7 15.
Qe3 b4 16. Ne2 a5 17. Kb1 a4 18. f5 b3 19. cxb3 axb3 {1/2-1/2 Vuckovic,B (2572)
-Zivkovic,V (2413)/Banja Vrucica 2009 (52)}) (10... Qc7 11. O-O-O Rb8 12. f4
O-O 13. g5 Nxd4 14. Rxd4 b5 15. Kb1 Nb6 16. Rf1 e5 17. Rd3 Be6 18. f5 Bc4 19.
f6 Bd8 20. Qh5 {1-0 Pirttimaki,T (2244)-Mavritchev,J/Helsinki 2002 (27)}) 11.
Bxd4 O-O 12. O-O b5 13. e5 d5 14. a3 Qc7 15. f4 Bc5 16. Qe3 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Bb7
18. Rae1 Rac8 19. Rf2 Qb6 20. Qxb6 Nxb6 $11 {0-1 Hou,Y (2590)-Wang Hao (2696)/
Xinghua Jiangsu 2009 (59)}) (10. Nce2 h5 11. gxh5 Qa5+ 12. c3 Qxh5 13. Qd2 Nde5
14. b3 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 g5 16. Rg1 Bd7 17. f3 b5 18. O-O-O Rc8 19. Kb2 $11 {
1-0 Ljubojevic,L (2615)-Ivanovic,B (2440)/Zagreb 1977 (43)}) 10... Nde5 11. b3
(11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. b3 Ng6 $13) 11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 (12. Qxd4 Nc6 13. Qd2 b5 $13
) 12... O-O 13. O-O-O {White players have lost the feeling of trepidation when
castling long. Despite the somewhat exposed structure with the b2-b3 move, it
fits in perfectly with the main strategy.} (13. f4 Bh4+ $11) 13... b5 (13...
Nc6 14. Be3 b5 15. f4 Bd7 $13) 14. Ne2 Bb7 15. f4 Ng6 {The hard working
Topalov is looking for new ways not only in his home laboratory, but also at
the chessboard. Much more natural would seem to be the retreat 15...Nc6 with a
tempo, but the knight on g6 has a clear mission.} (15... Nc6 16. Bb2 (16. Be3
a5 $132) 16... a5 17. h4 a4 18. h5 Qa5 $11) 16. Rhf1 (16. f5 $2 Nh4 $1 $17)
16... e5 17. Be3 (17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Be3 Qxd2+ 19. Rxd2 Rad8 $11) 17... exf4 {
Veselin is a very active, tactical player, but the risk connected with the
wildly original location of the knight on h4 was too high for his positional
taste.} (17... a5 $5 18. f5 Nh4 19. Bh1 a4 $13) 18. Nxf4 Ne5 (18... Rc8 19. Kb1
Nxf4 20. Bxf4 Qc7 21. Rf2 $14) 19. Kb1 Rc8 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 $6 {Leinier
recaptures with the pawn; in my opinion it can not be praised as a smart
solution. Black would have to work harder to equalise after 21.Qxd5!} (21. Qxd5
$1 Qa5 22. Qd2 (22. Rf2 Bh4 23. Re2 Nc4 24. bxc4 Qb4+ $11) 22... Qc7 23. g5 $14
) 21... Bh4 22. g5 Re8 23. Bf3 (23. Qc1 Ng6 24. Rd4 Re5 25. Re4 Qe7 $15) 23...
g6 (23... Qe7 24. Bf4 Nxf3 25. Rxf3 Qe2 $11) 24. Bg4 $6 (24. Be2 Qe7 25. Bf4
Rc5 $11) 24... Rc7 $2 {The last two moves represent a true mystery in this
game. Both very strong players must have been deluded into judging the last
two moves in a far from objective light. Topalov had to take the brave bishop
on g4 and attack the g5-pawn, rather than sacrifice the exchange for some
nebulous positional compensation.} (24... Nxg4 $1 25. hxg4 Re5 26. Qd4 (26. Bd4
Bxg5 (26... Rxd5 27. Qh2 Bxg5 28. Qg2 $14) 27. Qh2 Re7 (27... Re8 $2 28. Rxf7
$1 $18) 28. Bf6 Bxf6 29. Rxf6 Re5 30. Rdf1 Rc7 $17) 26... Bxg5 27. Bxg5 Qxg5
28. Qa7 Rf8 29. Qxa6 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Qxd5 31. a4 bxa4 32. Qxa4 $15) 25. Bb6 $1
Qb8 26. Bxc7 Qxc7 27. Be2 Qd8 28. Rg1 Qb6 {Black has a perfect, unassailable
knight on e5 and good control of the dark squares. Unfortunately, in return
for the exchange he can not claim even the compensation of a single pawn.} 29.
Qf4 (29. Rg2 Bf2 30. h4 Be3 (30... Bxh4 31. Qf4 $18) 31. Qb4 $16) 29... Bf2 30.
Rg2 Be3 31. Qe4 Re7 (31... Kf8 32. Qb4 Bc5 33. Qe1 Be3 34. h4 $16) 32. Qb4 (32.
h4 Qc5 33. c3 Qxc3 34. Bxb5 axb5 35. Rc2 Nc4 36. Qxc4 Qxc4 37. bxc4 $16) 32...
Rc7 33. h4 $1 {Dominguez needs to open up the file to gain access to the black
king.} Bc5 34. Qe4 (34. Qf4 Be3 (34... Qa5 35. Qf6 Rd7 36. h5 $18) 35. Qe4 (35.
Qf6 Qc5 36. Bd3 Bd4 $14) 35... Qc5 36. a3 $16) 34... Qa5 35. Rg3 $1 (35. Qf4
Bb4 $1 $132) 35... Bf2 36. Rh3 h5 $1 37. gxh6 $2 {White was tempted by the
fact, that in few moves the access to the black king will become open. He
clearly won the important battle, but lost the chance to score the point.} (37.
Rf1 Qd2 38. a3 $1 Bb6 (38... Bc5 39. b4 Bf2 40. Rd1 $18) 39. Rd1 Qa5 40. b4 Qa4
41. Rb3 a5 42. Qf4 $16) 37... f5 38. Qf4 Rxc2 $1 {This standard combination
shows some unusual flair in a very original perpetual check in one of the
lines.} 39. Kxc2 (39. a4 Rxe2 40. h5 Re1 $17) 39... Qxa2+ 40. Kc1 {White has
seen the danger of fooling around with the king and thus robbed the gallery of
the charming finish.} (40. Kc3 a5 $1 (40... Qxe2 $2 41. Qd2 $18) 41. Qxf2 b4+
42. Kd4 Qc2 43. Ke3 Qc5+ 44. Rd4 Qc1+ 45. Rd2 Qc5+ $11) 40... Qa1+ 41. Kc2 Qa2+
42. Kc1 Qa1+ 43. Kc2 Qa2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "CUB-ch"]
[Site "Holguin"]
[Date "2002.04.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "De la Paz Perdomo, Frank"]
[Black "Borges Matos, Juan R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2002.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. f3 e6 8. g4
h6 9. Qd2 d5 10. O-O-O dxe4 11. Qf2 Qc7 (11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 (12. Rxd4 Bd7 13.
Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Rxe4 Rc8 $15) 12... Bd7 (12... exf3 13. Bb6 Qe7 14. Rd8+ Qxd8 15.
Bxd8 Kxd8 16. Qxf3 $14) 13. Bb6 Qb8 $11) 12. Ndb5 $5 {Very radical attempt to
prove, that black is too far behind in the development.} (12. Nxe4 Nd5 13. Nxc6
bxc6 14. Bc5 $11) 12... axb5 13. Nxb5 Qb8 (13... Qe5 14. f4 Qb8 15. Bb6 Nxg4
16. Qg3 Rxa2 17. Nc7+ Qxc7 18. Bxc7 Ra1+ 19. Kd2 e3+ 20. Kc3 Rxd1 21. Qxg4 e2
$1 22. Qxe2 Bb4+ 23. Kc4 b5+ 24. Kxb5 Nd4+ $19) 14. Bb6 Bb4 15. Kb1 (15. Nc7+
Kf8 16. Nxa8 Qxa8 $17) (15. Bc7 $2 Rxa2 16. c3 Qa8 $19) 15... Ba5 (15... Nd5
16. Rxd5 $1 exd5 17. Bc7 O-O 18. Bxb8 Rxb8 19. fxe4 $16) 16. Nc7+ Qxc7 (16...
Kf8 17. Bc5+ Kg8 18. Nxa8 Qxa8 19. h3 exf3 20. Qxf3 Bc7 $17) 17. Bxc7 Bxc7 18.
h4 Bd7 (18... exf3 19. Rg1 e5 20. g5 hxg5 21. hxg5 Nh5 22. Qxf3 Be6 $15) 19.
Bb5 O-O-O $2 (19... exf3 20. Qxf3 Ra5 $15) 20. g5 Ne8 (20... e3 21. Qxe3 Nd5
22. Qa3 $16) 21. fxe4 Nd6 22. Bd3 (22. gxh6 Nxb5 (22... gxh6 23. Bd3 $16) (
22... Rxh6 23. Bxc6 Bxc6 24. Rhg1 $14) 23. hxg7 Rhg8 24. Qxf7 $14) 22... Ne5
23. Qc5 Nxd3 24. cxd3 Bc6 25. Rc1 $2 {[%mdl 1024] Tactical oversight, that
will change the value of the position to black's favour.} (25. Rhf1 hxg5 26.
hxg5 Rh5 $14) 25... hxg5 26. Qxg5 (26. hxg5 Rxh1 27. Rxh1 Nxe4 $1 $19) 26... f5
27. Qxg7 (27. e5 Ne8 28. Rhe1 Rxd3 $11) 27... fxe4 28. dxe4 Rhg8 29. Qe5 (29.
Qe7 Rde8 30. Qf6 Bxe4+ $17) 29... Bxe4+ 30. Ka1 Bxh1 31. Qxe6+ Kb8 32. Rxh1
Rde8 33. Qd5 Nc8 34. h5 Ne7 35. Qb5 Nc6 $1 36. a3 (36. h6 Rg2 37. h7 Be5 $17)
36... Rg2 37. Rc1 Be5 $1 {Borges has cleverly regrouped his pieces against b2
pawn and white is lost.} 38. Rxc6 (38. Rb1 Rh8 39. Qc5 Rh2 $19) 38... Bxb2+ 39.
Ka2 Bxa3+ $1 40. Kxa3 Re3+ 41. Ka4 Ra2+ 0-1

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 d5 8. g5
Nxe4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Qg4 Qa5+ 11. c3 Bd7 (11... Be7 12. h4 Bd7 13. Qxe4 Nc6
14. Nb3 Qe5 15. Bg2 O-O-O 16. O-O-O Qxe4 17. Bxe4 Be8 18. Rde1 Kc7 19. Nc5 Na5
20. Bd4 Bc6 21. Bxg7 Bxc5 22. Bxh8 Rxh8 23. b4 Bxf2 24. Re2 Nc4 25. Bxc6 Be3+
26. Kc2 (26. Rxe3 $5 Nxe3 27. Be4 $14) 26... Kxc6 {0-1 Filipenko,A-Akhmadeev,V/
Kstovo op 1994/ (41)}) 12. Qxe4 Nc6 13. Nb3 Qe5 14. Bg2 Qxe4 15. Bxe4 Be7 (
15... O-O-O 16. Nc5 $14) 16. Nc5 O-O-O 17. Nxd7 {Very important moment, with
an advantage of bishop pair white has a solid plus due to open position and
assymetry of the pawns. Ein sehr wichtiger Augenblick. Dank des Läuferpaars
besitzt Weiß in dieser offenen Stellung mit asymmetrischer Bauernverteilung
einen soliden Vorteil.} Rxd7 18. Ke2 Ne5 19. Rad1 Rc7 (19... Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8
$2 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Bxh7 $16) 20. b3 $5 f5 (20... Rxc3 $2 21. Bd4 Rc5 22.
Bxc5 Bxc5 23. Rc1 Nd7 24. b4 $18) 21. gxf6 gxf6 22. f4 Nd7 (22... Ng6 23. f5
$14) 23. f5 $1 e5 (23... Rxc3 24. Bxb7+ (24. fxe6 Ne5 25. Rc1 $18) 24... Kc7
25. fxe6 Nc5 26. Bxc5 Bxc5 27. Rd7+ $18) (23... exf5 24. Bxf5 Re8 25. Kf3 $16)
24. Bd5 Kb8 (24... Rxc3 $2 25. Be6 Rd8 26. Bb6 $18) 25. c4 Bc5 26. Rhg1 b5 27.
Rg4 Bxe3 (27... Nb6 28. Be6 b4 29. Bxc5 Rxc5 30. Rg7 $16) 28. Kxe3 Nb6 29. Be6
bxc4 (29... Kb7 $5 30. Rd6 h5 31. Rh4 Rc6 $14) 30. bxc4 {Shirov clearly
controls many files and squares. Shirov kontrolliert ganz offensichtlich viele
Linien und Punkte.} h5 31. Rh4 (31. Rg6 $5 Nxc4+ 32. Bxc4 Rxc4 33. Rxf6 Ra4 34.
Rd2 $16) 31... Na4 (31... Kb7 32. Rg1 Rc5 33. Rg6 Rf8 34. Kd3 Ra5 35. Rxh5 Rxa2
36. Rh7+ Kc6 37. Rgg7 $40) 32. Rd6 Nc5 33. Bd5 Rh6 34. Rh3 $1 h4 35. Rf3 Rd7 (
35... Ka7 36. Rf2 $40) 36. Rb6+ Ka7 37. Rc6 Na4 38. Ke2 Rb7 (38... Nb6 39. Ra3
$1 Nxd5 40. Rcxa6+ (40. Raxa6+ Kb7 41. cxd5 Rxd5 42. Rab6+ Ka7 43. Rxf6 Rxf6
44. Rxf6 Ra5 $14) 40... Kb7 41. Ra7+ Kc8 42. cxd5 Rxd5 43. Rg7 $16) 39. Rb3
Rxb3 (39... Rhh7 40. Rxf6 Rxb3 41. axb3 Nc3+ 42. Kd3 Nxd5 43. cxd5 $18) 40.
axb3 Nc3+ 41. Kd3 Na2 (41... Nxd5 42. cxd5 Kb7 43. h3 $18) 42. Rc8 h3 (42...
Nb4+ 43. Kc3 Nxd5+ 44. cxd5 Rh5 45. d6 Rh7 46. Kc4 $18) 43. Be4 (43. c5 $4 Nb4+
44. Kc4 Rh4+) 43... Kb6 (43... Nc1+ 44. Kc2 Rh4 45. Bh1 Na2 46. c5 e4 47. Re8
$18) 44. c5+ Ka5 (44... Kb5 45. c6 Nb4+ 46. Kc3 Kc5 47. Rb8 Nxc6 48. Rc8 $18)
45. Rb8 Rh7 46. c6 (46. c6 Rc7 47. Kc4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2000.07.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5
g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. gxf6 d4 12. Bc4 Qc7 13. Qd3 dxe3 14. O-O-O exf2
15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Qd5+ Kxf6 17. Ne4+ Ke7 (17... Kg7 $4 18. Rhg1+ fxg1=Q 19.
Rxg1+ Kh6 20. Qd2+ Kh5 21. Qg5#) (17... Kxf5 $2 18. Rhf1 Bh6+ 19. Kb1 Bf4 20.
Rxf2 Qe7 21. Rxf4+ $1 Kxf4 22. Rf1+ Kg4 23. Nf6+ $18) 18. f6+ (18. Nd6 Bh6+ 19.
Kb1 Kf6 20. Ne4+ (20. Rhf1 Rf8 (20... Nc6 $5 21. Ne4+ Kg7 22. f6+ Kf8 23. Qc5+
Kf7) (20... Bxf5 21. Rxf2 Bf4 22. Nxf5 Nc6 23. Nd6 $13) 21. Rxf2 Nc6 22. Qc4
Bf4 $4 (22... Kg7 $1 23. Rg1+ Kh8 24. Rfg2 Bg7 $1) 23. Rxf4 $1 exf4 24. Qc3+
Kg5 25. Rg1+ Kh4 26. Qf3 {1-0 Shirov,A-Van Wely,L/Monaco/2000/ (26)}) 20... Ke7
(20... Kg7 $5 21. f6+ Kf8 22. Qd8+ Qxd8 23. Rxd8+ Kf7 24. Rxh8 Bf5 25. Nd6+
Kxf6 26. Rf1 Bf4 27. Rxf2 b5 28. Nxf5 Kxf5 29. Rg2 $16) 21. Nd6 Kf6 22. Ne4+
Ke7 23. Nd6 {1/2-1/2 Gormally,D-Kaufman,L/Hampstead/1998/ (23)}) 18... Ke8 19.
f7+ Ke7 20. Qd2 Qc6 $2 {Black can be severely punished for even small mistakes
in this complicated position.} (20... Qb6 $1 21. Qg5+ Kxf7 22. Rhf1 Bh6 (22...
Rg8 $5 23. Rxf2+ Qxf2 24. Qh5+ Rg6 25. Qxh7+ Bg7 26. Nxf2 $13) 23. Rxf2+ Ke8 (
23... Qxf2 24. Nd6+ Ke6 25. Qxh6+ Qf6 26. Qh3+ Ke7 27. Nxc8+ Ke8 28. Nb6 $1 $40
) 24. Rd8+ Qxd8 25. Qxh6 Qe7 26. Nf6+ Kd8 27. Nd5 Qe6 28. Qg5+ Kd7 29. Qg7+ Kc6
30. Rf6 Kxd5 31. Rxe6 Kxe6 32. Qxh8 Nd7 $6 (32... Nc6 $1 33. h4 Rb8 34. h5 Bd7
35. Qxh7 $13) 33. Qxh7 $6 (33. Qg8+ Kd6 34. Qxh7 $13) 33... Nf6 $17 {0-1
Almasi,Z-Svidler,P/Polanica Zdroj/2000/ (54)}) 21. Qg5+ Kxf7 22. Rhf1 Bc5 (
22... Nd7 23. Rxf2+ Ke8 24. Nf6+ Nxf6 25. Rxf6 Qd7 $1 26. Rxd7 Bxd7 (26... Kxd7
27. Rf7+ Ke8 28. Rf1 Be7 29. Qh5+ Kd7 30. Qf7 $18) 27. Qxe5+ Be7 (27... Kd8 28.
Rf4 Rg8 29. Qa5+ Ke8 (29... Kc8 30. Rxf8+ Rxf8 31. Qc5+ $18) 30. Re4+ Be7 31.
Qe5 $18) 28. Rf1 Rg8 29. Re1 $18) 23. Nxf2 Nd7 (23... Bxf2 $2 24. Rxf2+ Ke8 25.
Rd8#) 24. Ng4+ Ke8 25. Nxe5 Qe6 (25... Be3+ 26. Qxe3 Qe6 27. Qd4 Rf8 28. Rfe1
$18) 26. Rfe1 Nf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Under the strain of a defensive task Gelfand
makes a calculation blunder.} (26... Rg8 27. Qh5+ Rg6 28. Nxg6 Be3+ 29. Kb1
hxg6 30. Qf3 $16) 27. Nd3 (27. Nd7 $5 Bxd7 28. Rxe6+ Bxe6 29. Qxf6 $18) 27...
Be7 (27... Ne4 28. Qh5+ Qg6 (28... Kf8 29. Nxc5 $18) 29. Rxe4+ Be7 30. Qe5 $18)
28. Rxe6 Bxe6 29. Re1 Nd7 (29... Ne4 30. Qe5 $18) (29... Nd7 30. Rxe6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas 10th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1999.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5
g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. Qf3 d4 12. O-O-O Nbd7 {In this quite irrational
position black is seriously underdeveloped, but he is on the verge of winning
the second spare piece.} (12... Nc6 13. Bg2 $44 (13. gxf6 $2 Qxf6 14. Nd5 Qxf5
15. Qg3 Ra7 $1 16. Bg5 Bg7 $15)) 13. Bd2 (13. gxf6 $5 dxc3 14. Bc4 $1 Qxf6 15.
Rhg1 $1 $44 (15. Qh5 $6 Rg8 $17) (15. Rhe1 Be7 16. Qh5 Nf8 17. Bd3 Qh4 18. Qe2
Qb4 19. bxc3 Qxc3 20. Kb1 Qb4+ 21. Kc1 Bd7 22. Bd2 Qd4 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxe5 {
1/2-1/2 Gochev,M-Espig,L/Eger/1987/ (24)}) 15... h6 (15... Bh6 16. Bxf7+ $1
Qxf7 (16... Kxf7 $2 17. Qh5+ $16) 17. Bxh6 Qxa2 18. bxc3 $44 {->}) (15... h5
16. Qd5 Bh6 17. Bxh6 Qxh6+ 18. Kb1 Qf6 19. Rde1 Kd8 20. Re3 Ra7 21. Rd1 b5 22.
Rxe5 Rc7 {0-1 Simacek,P-Kalod,R/Svetla/1994/ (68)}) 16. Qh5 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Nxc5
18. Bxf7+ $8 Ke7 $1 (18... Qxf7 $2 19. Rd8+ $18) 19. Bg6 $8 {><f5} cxb2+ $6 20.
Kb1 Bd7 (20... b6 21. f4 e4 22. Rd5 $44 {->}) 21. Qf3 $1 Bc6 $2 (21... Rac8 22.
Rge1 $44) 22. Qc3 b6 23. Rge1 $16 {1-0/Badzharani,I-Rybincev/USSR/1989/ (30)})
(13. Rxd4 $6 exd4 14. Bxd4 Bc5 (14... Bg7 15. Bd3 $3 (15. Rg1 $2 Nh5 16. f6
Ndxf6 17. Be3 Ng4 $19) (15. Bc4 $2 O-O $1 16. Rg1 Kh8 $17 17. h4 b5 18. h5 h6
19. Bb3 b4 20. Qxa8 bxc3 $19) 15... Qe7 (15... O-O 16. Rg1 Re8 17. Nd5 $1 Nxd5
18. f6 $18 {/^b1-h7}) 16. Rg1 Nh5 (16... Qd6 $5 17. Qe3+ $16 {->}) 17. Bxg7 (
17. f6 $5) 17... Nxg7 18. f6 Qe5 19. fxg7 Qxg7 20. Re1+ $44) 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16.
Bc4 (16. b4 Nfe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4+ Qe7 19. Qd4 O-O 20. f6 Qe1+ 21. Kb2 a5
22. Bc4 Qxb4+ 23. Ka1 Be6 {0-1 Denk,J-Badea,B/Schwaebisch Gmund/1996/ (23)})
16... Nfe4 $1 (16... Qd4 17. Re1+ Kf8 18. gxf6 Qxf6 (18... Qxc4 $4 19. Qg3 $18)
19. Qe3 Bxf5 $8 20. Qxc5+ Kg7 21. Nd5 Rac8 (21... Qh6+ 22. f4 $18) (21... Rhc8
22. Qe3 Qd6 23. Nb6 $16) 22. Qe3 Rxc4 (22... Qh6 23. f4 (23. Rg1+ $2 Bg6 24. f4
Rxc4 25. Qe5+ Kg8 $13) 23... Rhe8 24. Qd4+ f6 25. Re7+ $1 Kf8 $8 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8
27. Nxf6 $40 Qxh2 $2 28. Qd6+ Re7 29. Qd8+ $18) 23. Rg1+ $18 {1-0 Enders,
P-Orgovan,S/Gyongyos/1988/ (30)}) (16... Bd7 17. Re1+ Kf8 18. Qe3 $16) (16...
O-O 17. Rd1 $1 (17. gxf6 $2 Qxf6 18. Rg1+ Kh8 19. Nd5 Qh6+ $17) 17... Bd7 18.
Qe3 Rc8 (18... Nh5 19. g6 $40) 19. gxf6 $40) (16... Qe7 $1 17. gxf6 $44 Qe5 $1
18. Rd1 Bxf5 $8 (18... Qxf6 19. Qe3+ Ne6 20. Nd5 $1 $16) 19. Rd5 (19. Bxf7+
Kxf7 20. Qh5+ Kxf6 $19) 19... Qe1+ 20. Rd1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gipslis,A-Rastenis,G/
LIT jub100 corr8893/ 1988/ (20)}) 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4+ Qe7 $17) (13. Bxd4
exd4 14. Bc4 (14. Rxd4 Bc5 15. Rd2 (15. Rd1 Qc7 16. gxf6 Nxf6 17. Bc4 Bd7 18.
Rhe1+ Kf8 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Rg8 21. Qh5 Ba4 22. Qh6+ Rg7 23. Be4 Kg8 {
0-1 Maeer,K-Tredinnick,A/ENG-ch sf01 corr 1986/ (27)}) 15... Qc7 (15... O-O 16.
gxf6 Qxf6 17. Rg1+ Kh8 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. f6 Nxf6 20. Nxc5 Bg4 21. Qe3 {1-0 Firt,
S-Sobek,J/CZE-chT2/1996/ (54)}) 16. gxf6 Nxf6 17. Bc4 Be7 18. Bb3 O-O 19. Re1
Kh8 20. Qe3 Bd8 21. Qd4 Bxf5 {0-1 Pulkkinen,K-Oll,L/Helsinki/1990/ (28)}) 14...
Qc7 15. Rhe1+ Kd8 16. Rxd4 Bc5 17. Rd3 Re8 18. Red1 Nh5 19. Bxf7 Qf4+ 20. Kb1
Qxf3 21. Rxf3 Ng7 22. f6 Ne6 23. Rf5 {1-0 Farago,S-Habibi,A/Budapest/1994/ (58)
}) (13. Bc4 Qc7 14. Bb3 dxc3 15. gxf6 (15. g6 fxg6 16. fxg6 hxg6 17. Qg2 Qc6
18. Qxg6+ Kd8 19. Rhe1 Kc7 20. Qf7 cxb2+ 21. Kb1 Bb4 22. Bd2 Bxd2 23. Rxd2 Kb8
{0-1 Sokolov,A-Svidler,P/St. Petersburg/1998/ (23)}) 15... Nxf6 16. Bg5 Be7 17.
Ba4+ b5 18. Qxa8 bxa4 19. Rhe1 h6 20. Bh4 O-O 21. Qg2+ Kh7 22. Qh3 Rg8 {
0-1 Farago,S-Stocek,J/Budapest/1994/ (40)}) 13... dxc3 (13... Qc7 14. Bd3 Nc5 (
14... dxc3 $5 15. Bxc3) 15. Bc4 dxc3 16. Bxc3 Nfe4 17. Rhe1 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Bg7
19. f6 O-O 20. Rxe5 Be6 21. Bxe6 Nxe6 22. Qxc7 Nxc7 23. Rd7 (23. Re7 Ne6 24.
fxg7 Kxg7 25. Rxb7 Nxg5 $19) 23... Rfe8 $1 24. Ree7 Rxe7 25. fxe7 Ne6 {0-1
Wedberg,T-Novikov,I/Kobenhavn/1991/ (34)}) 14. Bxc3 Bg7 {[%mdl 1024] It is not
possible to give the value to individual moves, black has to survive the storm
with some extra material left.} (14... Qc7 15. Bd3 Bd6 16. Rhe1 Nc5 (16... Rg8
17. gxf6 Nxf6 18. Bc4 Nd7 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Qh5+ Kg7 21. Rg1+ Kh8 22. Rxg8+
Kxg8 23. Qe8+ Nf8 24. Rg1+ Kh8 25. Bxe5+ {1-0 Solovjov,S-Biriukov,O/St
Petersburg/1999/ (25)}) 17. Bc4 Nfe4 18. Rxe4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Bd7 20. Qd5 O-O-O
21. Qxd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Bxf5 23. Rf6 {1/2-1/2 Chiburdanidze,M-Cserna,L/Pristina/
1983/ (41)}) (14... Ng8 15. Qh5 $36) (14... Rg8 15. gxf6 Qxf6 $13) 15. Rg1 (15.
gxf6 Qxf6) 15... O-O (15... Ng8 16. Bc4 $40) 16. gxf6 (16. Bb4 e4 (16... Re8
17. Bc4 e4 18. Bxf7+ $14) (16... Ne8 17. f6 Nexf6 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 (18... Qxf8 19.
gxf6 Nxf6 20. Qxf6 $18) 19. gxf6 Qxf6 $17) 17. Qe3 Re8 18. Bc4 $40) 16... Qxf6
17. Qe3 Kh8 (17... Qxf5 $2 18. Bh3 Qh5 19. Bxd7 $16) 18. f4 Qb6 $6 {This
strange manouvre is the reason for black's problems. White queen is beiing
send to the more active square and the position suddenly opens new attacking
possibilities.} (18... Re8 19. Rxg7 $1 Qxg7 20. fxe5 Nxe5 (20... Nf8 21. Bd3
$16) 21. f6 Qxf6 22. Re1 $40) (18... Qh6 $5) (18... Qe7 $2 19. Rxg7 Kxg7 20.
fxe5 $40) 19. Qg3 (19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. f6 Bh6 (20... Bxf6 $2 21. Rd6 Be7 22. Rxb6
$18) 21. Bxe5 Bf5 $17) 19... Qh6 (19... Rg8 20. Bc4 $1 (20. Kb1 Nf6 21. Bxe5
Bxf5 22. Rd6 Qc5) 20... Qf6 21. fxe5 Bh6+ 22. Kb1 Rxg3 23. exf6 Rxg1 24. Rxg1
$16) 20. Rd6 $1 f6 $8 (20... Nf6 21. Bxe5 Bxf5 22. Qxg7+ Qxg7 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24.
Rxf6 $16) 21. Bd2 e4 (21... Nc5 22. fxe5 Ne4 23. exf6 $3 Nxg3 (23... Rxf6 24.
Rd8+ Rf8 25. Rxf8+ Bxf8 26. Qg8#) 24. fxg7+ Qxg7 25. Rxg3 $16) 22. Bc4 {
Black is still piece up, but his forces are not cooperating.} b5 $2 (22... Nb8
$5 23. Be6 Nc6 24. Qg2 (24. Re1 Ne7 $1) 24... Bxe6 25. fxe6 f5 26. Qxg7+ (26.
e7 Rf6 27. Bc3 Rg6 $17) 26... Qxg7 27. Rxg7 Kxg7 28. Bc3+ Kg8 29. Rd7 Rfd8 30.
Rg7+ Kf8 31. Rxh7 Nd4 32. Bxd4 (32. e7+ $2 Kg8 33. exd8=Q+ Rxd8 34. Bxd4 (34.
Rh5 $2 Ne2+ 35. Kb1 Rd1#) 34... Kxh7 $19) 32... Rxd4 33. Rh8+ Ke7 34. Rxa8 e3
35. Rg8 Rxf4 36. Kd1 Rf2 $17) 23. Be6 Ra7 (23... Nc5 24. Bd5 Ra7 25. Rc6) (
23... Nb8 24. Be3 a5 25. Rgd1 $40) 24. Rc6 a5 $6 (24... Rb7 25. Be3 Rd8 26. Rd1
$16) 25. Be3 Rb7 (25... Ra8 26. Rd1 $16) (25... Ra6 26. Rc7 Rd8 27. Rd1 $16)
26. Bd5 Rb8 (26... b4 $2 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Bxb7 $18) 27. Rc7 b4 (27... Rd8 28.
Ba7 $18) 28. b3 (28. Bc6 Rd8 29. Ba7 b3 30. a3 $18) 28... Rb5 (28... Rd8 29.
Bc6 a4 30. Ba7 $18) 29. Bc6 Rxf5 30. Rxc8 $1 {Anand will now lose the last
part of compensation for his positional missery, equal material will spell his
end.} (30. Bxd7 Bxd7 31. Rxd7 Rg8 32. Qg2 $18) 30... Rxc8 31. Bxd7 Rcc5 (31...
Rfc5 32. Bxc8 Rxc8 33. f5 $1 Rg8 34. Bxh6 Bxh6+ 35. Kd1 Rxg3 36. Rxg3 $18) 32.
Bxf5 Rxf5 33. Rd1 Kg8 (33... Bf8 34. Rd8 $18) 34. Qg2 (34. Qg2 Qg6 35. Qxe4 $18
) 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 37th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "2000.08.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5
g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. Qf3 d4 12. O-O-O Nbd7 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. gxf6 (14.
Bd3 Nc5 15. Bc4 (15. gxf6 dxc3 16. Bxc3 Qc6 17. Qe3 e4 18. Bc4 Bxf5 19. Rd4 Ne6
20. Bd5 Qb6 21. Rc4 Bc5 22. Qg3 Bxf2 23. Qe5 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Svidler,P/
Polanica Zdroj/2000/ (54)}) 15... dxc3 16. Bxc3 Nfe4 17. Rhe1 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Bg7
19. f6 O-O 20. Rxe5 Be6 21. Bxe6 Nxe6 22. Qxc7 Nxc7 {0-1 Wedberg,T-Novikov,I/
Copenhagen/1991/ (34)}) 14... dxc3 15. Bxc3 Qc6 16. Qg3 Bh6+ (16... Qxh1 17.
Bg2 Bh6+ 18. Bd2 Bxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Qxg2 20. Qxg2 a5 21. f4 exf4 22. Qg7 Rf8 23.
Re1+ Kd8 24. Re7 Kc7 25. Qxf8 {1-0 Shirov,A-Van Wely,L/Istanbul ol (Men)/2000/
(25)}) 17. Kb1 Bf4 (17... Qxh1 18. Bxe5 $44) 18. Qd3 O-O 19. Rg1+ Kh8 20. Bb4
Rg8 $2 {Shirov keeps playing this irrational line with a huge material
investment for a great initiative. Black has to play exact moves, what often
proves difficult under the over the board conditions.} (20... Nc5 $1 21. Qh3 $1
(21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Qh3 Qc6 $1 $19) (21. Qc4 Bxf5 22. Bxc5 Rfc8 23. Bd3 (23. Bg2
Qxc5 24. Rd8+ Rxd8 25. Qxc5 Rac8 26. Qb4 Rg8 $19) 23... Bxd3 24. Rxd3 b6 25.
Bf8 Qxf6 26. Qxc8 Rxc8 27. Rd6 Qxd6 28. Bxd6 Bxh2 $17) 21... Qxf6 22. Bxc5 Bxf5
23. Qa3 $13) 21. Rxg8+ Kxg8 22. Be7 h6 23. Be2 $1 (23. Qb3 Qh1 $13) 23... Nxf6
24. Qd8+ $2 {[%mdl 64] Unfortunatelly also white has to keep producing strong
moves and this inacuraccy enables fascinating defense.} (24. Bf3 e4 25. Qd8+
Qe8 26. Bxf6 (26. Qxe8+ Nxe8 27. Bxe4 f6 $13) 26... Bxf5 27. Rg1+ Bg6 28. Qd5
$16) (24. Rg1+ Kh7 25. Bf3 e4 26. Qb3 Qd5 27. Bxf6 Qxb3 28. Rg7+ Kh8 29. axb3
exf3 30. Rg4+ Kh7 31. Rxf4 $16) 24... Kh7 $1 (24... Ne8 25. Bf3 Qb5 26. Bd5
Bxh2 27. b3 $18) 25. Qf8 $1 Be6 $2 (25... Qe8 $1 26. Qxe8 Nxe8 27. Rd8 b5 $3 (
27... Ng7 28. f6 $16) (27... Nc7 28. Bd3 Bxf5 29. Bxf5+ Kg7 30. Rd7 $16) 28.
Rxe8 Bb7 29. Rxa8 Bxa8 30. h4 $14) 26. Qxa8 Bxf5 27. Ka1 $1 (27. Rg1 $6 Qxc2+
28. Ka1 Bc1 $1 29. Qh8+ $1 Kxh8 30. Bxf6+ Kh7 31. Rg7+ Kh8 $11) (27. Qf8 $6
Bxc2+ 28. Ka1 Bg6 $14) 27... Nd5 (27... Qxc2 28. Bxf6 Qxe2 29. Rg1 $18) (27...
Bxc2 28. Rg1 $1 Bg6 29. Bxf6 Qxf6 30. Bd3 $1 $16) 28. Qf8 Qe6 29. Bc5 Bxc2 30.
Rg1 $2 {White throws away a portion of his substantial advantage, the endgame
after 30.Bg4 was a safer bet.} (30. Bg4 $1 Qxg4 31. Qxf7+ Qg7 32. Qxg7+ Kxg7
33. Rxd5 Bxh2 34. Rd7+ Kg6 35. Rxb7 $16) 30... Bg6 31. h4 Bh2 (31... h5 $2 32.
Bxh5 $1 $18) 32. Rd1 Nf4 $2 (32... b6 33. h5 $5) 33. Rd8 1-0

[Event "CUB-ch"]
[Site "Holguin"]
[Date "2002.04.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Perez Garcia, Rodney Oscar"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2002.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5
g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. gxf6 d4 12. Bc4 Qc7 13. Qd3 dxe3 14. O-O-O exf2
15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Qd5+ Kxf6 17. Ne4+ Ke7 18. f6+ Ke8 19. f7+ Ke7 20. Qd2 Qb6
21. Qg5+ Kxf7 22. Rhf1 Bh6 23. Rxf2+ Ke8 24. Rd8+ Qxd8 25. Qxh6 Qe7 26. Nf6+
Kd8 27. Nd5 Qe6 28. Qg5+ Kd7 29. Qg7+ Kc6 30. Rf6 Kxd5 31. Rxe6 Kxe6 32. Qxh8
Nd7 33. Qg8+ {The chess theory has many faces these days, white queen tries to
fight against three black's pieces.} (33. Qxh7 Nf6 34. Qc7 Kf5 35. h4 Be6 36.
Qxb7 Bd5 37. Qb6 Ng4 38. c4 Be4 39. h5 Rh8 40. Qg6+ Kf4 41. Qf7+ Bf5 42. b4 e4
43. b5 axb5 44. cxb5 e3 {0-1 Almasi,Z-Svidler,P/Polanica Zdroj 2000/ (54)})
33... Kd6 (33... Kf5 34. Qxh7+ Kf4 35. Qh4+ Ke3 36. Qg5+ Ke4 37. h4 $13) 34.
Qxh7 b6 (34... Nf6 35. Qf7 Ng4 36. c4 Bd7 37. h3 $14) 35. h4 Bb7 36. h5 Bd5 (
36... Rf8 37. h6 Bd5 38. Qd3 Nc5 39. Qg6+ Ne6 40. h7 $16) 37. Qg6+ Be6 (37...
Kc7 38. h6 Rg8 39. Qd3 Rg1+ 40. Kd2 Rg2+ 41. Ke1 Bxa2 42. h7 Rh2 43. Qg6 $14)
38. h6 Rg8 39. Qd3+ Ke7 40. h7 Rh8 (40... Rg1+ 41. Kd2 Rh1 42. Qg6 Rh2+ 43. Ke3
$16) 41. Qg6 Kf8 $1 {Anything else looses so black is taking his chance to
prolong resistance.} (41... Kd6 42. Qg7 $18) 42. Qxe6 (42. b3 $5 Bg4 (42... Bf7
43. Qh6+ Ke7 44. Qg7 $18) 43. c4 Be6 44. Kd2 $16) 42... Rxh7 43. b4 Re7 44. Qc4
a5 (44... b5 45. Qc8+ Kg7 46. Qxa6 $18) 45. bxa5 bxa5 46. Qb5 e4 47. Kd1 Ke8
48. Qh5+ Kd8 49. Qxa5+ Kc8 50. Qa6+ Kc7 51. Qc4+ Kd8 52. a4 Re5 $1 53. Qb4 Rd5+
54. Ke2 Rc5 55. c3 $2 {It is hard to believe, but this modest move probably
throws away the winning chances.} (55. a5 $5 Rxc2+ (55... Kc7 56. a6 Rxc2+ 57.
Ke3 Nb6 58. Qe7+ Kc6 59. Qxe4+ Nd5+ 60. Kd3 Ra2 61. Qc4+ Kd6 62. Qxa2 Nb4+ 63.
Kc4 Nxa2 64. a7 $18) 56. Ke3 Ra2 57. Qb5 $18) 55... Kc7 56. Ke3 (56. a5 Rc6 57.
Ke3 Nc5 58. Qd4 Kb7 59. Qd5 Na6 $11) 56... Re5 57. a5 Re6 58. Qb5 Nb8 59. Qc5+
Rc6 60. Qe5+ Kb7 61. Kxe4 Na6 $1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] With this manouver Dominguez
has found an unbreakable set up of his pieces, the position is drawn!} 62. Qb5+
Kc7 63. Qe5+ (63. Kd5 Rd6+ 64. Ke5 Rc6 $14) 63... Kb7 64. Kd4 Nc7 65. c4 (65.
Qe4 Nb5+ 66. Kd3 Nc7 (66... Nxc3 $2 67. Qe7+ Ka6 68. Qd7 $18)) 65... Ne6+ 66.
Kc3 Nc7 67. Qe7 Kb8 68. Kb4 Kb7 69. Qd7 Ra6 $1 70. Qf7 Rc6 71. Qf3 Na6+ 72. Ka4
Nc7 73. Qh1 Na6 74. Qg2 Nc7 75. Qe4 Na6 76. Qf3 Nc7 77. Qg2 Na6 78. Qb2+ Kc8
79. c5 (79. Kb5 Kb7 80. Qg7+ Nc7+ 81. Kb4 Kc8 $11) 79... Nc7 $1 (79... Rxc5 $2
80. Qb6 $18) 80. Qh8+ Kb7 81. Qb2+ Ka7 82. Qg7 Kb7 83. Qg2 Na6 84. Kb5 Nc7+ 85.
Kb4 Na6+ 86. Kc4 Nc7 (86... Nxc5 $4 87. Kb5 $18) 87. Qb2+ Ka7 88. Qg7 (88. Qb6+
Rxb6 89. cxb6+ Kb7 90. bxc7 Kxc7 $11) 88... Kb7 89. Qd7 Ra6 90. Kd4 Rxa5 (90...
Rc6 $11) 91. c6+ Kb6 92. Kc4 Rc5+ 93. Kb4 (93. Kb4 Rxc6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan zt 1.5"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2000.06.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Gurcan, Selim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2000.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h3 Nc6 8. Be3
Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Qf3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. O-O-O Qa5 (12... g5 $2 13. Bb5 $16)
13. Kb1 Rc8 (13... e5 14. Be3 exf4 (14... Nxe4 15. Nxe4 d5 16. Nf2 d4 17. Bd2
Qxa2+ 18. Kxa2 Bxf3 19. fxe5 $16) 15. Bxf4 O-O 16. h4 $1 $40) 14. Rg1 b5 (14...
e5 $5 15. Be3 exf4 16. Bxf4 Qb4 17. Bd3 Nd7 $13) 15. g5 hxg5 16. Rxg5 e5 $6 {
Black's plan is too ambitious, white has control of the 5th row and better
coordination of the pieces.} (16... Nxe4 $6 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 (17... Bxg5 18. Nxd6+
Ke7 19. Qe3 Rcd8 20. Bc5 $18) 18. Qxe4 Bxg5 19. fxg5 $18) (16... Rb8 $5 17. Bd3
g6 18. Qe3 a6 $13) 17. fxe5 b4 (17... Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 (18... Bxg5 19. Nxd6+
Kd8 20. Qf5 $18) 19. Qxe4 Bxg5 20. Qf5 $18) 18. Qf5 (18. exf6 $5 Qxg5 19. fxg7
Rg8 20. Bc4 Rxg7 (20... bxc3 21. Qxf7+ Kd7 22. Be6+ Kc7 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 24. Rg1
Qh4 25. Bxc3 $18) 21. Bxg7 Qxg7 22. Nd5 $16) (18. Rxg7 dxe5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20.
exd5 exd4 $15) 18... Bd7 (18... Rb8 19. exf6 Qxf5 20. fxg7 Rg8 21. Rxf5 bxc3
22. Bxc3 $18) 19. Bb5 $1 {[%mdl 128] Excellent shot, that throw the spanner in
the black's works. All white pieces are participating in the attack while
black king still sits on e8.} bxc3 (19... g6 20. Bxd7+ (20. Qf2 bxc3 21. exf6
Bxb5 22. fxe7 Qb4 23. Bxc3 $1 Rxc3 24. Qxa7 Rc8 (24... Rxc2 25. Qb8+ Kxe7 26.
Qxh8 $18) 25. Qb7 $18) 20... Nxd7 21. Qxd7+ Kxd7 22. e6+ Kxe6 23. Rxa5 bxc3 24.
Bxh8 Rxh8 25. Rd3 $16) (19... Qxb5 20. Nxb5 Bxf5 21. exf6 (21. Rxf5 Nxe4 22.
exd6 Nxd6 23. Nxd6+ Bxd6 24. Rf3 $16 (24. Bxg7 Rxh3 25. Re1+ Kd8 26. Rxf7 $14))
21... Bxe4 22. Re1 gxf6 23. Rxe4 fxg5 24. Bxh8 Kd7 25. Bg7 Rg8 26. Bd4 $18) 20.
exf6 Qxb5 $8 21. Qxb5 Bxb5 22. fxg7 (22. fxe7 Bc6 23. Bxg7 Rxh3 24. Bf6 $18)
22... Rg8 23. Rxb5 cxb2 24. Rb7 f6 25. Rg1 a5 (25... Kf7 26. Rxa7 Rce8 27. a4
Rxg7 28. Rxg7+ Kxg7 29. Kxb2 $18) 26. Rg6 (26. Rg6 a4 (26... Kf7 27. Rxf6+) 27.
Kxb2 Rc4 28. c3 $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "San Luis"]
[Date "2005.09.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5
g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. Qf3 d4 12. O-O-O Nbd7 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Rxd4 (14.
Bc4 Qc7 15. Rhe1+ Kd8 16. Rxd4 Bc5 17. Rd3 Re8 18. Red1 Nh5 19. Bxf7 Qf4+ 20.
Kb1 Qxf3 21. Rxf3 {1-0 Farago,S-Habibi,A/Budapest 1994/ (58)}) 14... Bg7 $146 {
[%mdl 1024] Modern chess has many different faces. This irrational position
features attampt to compensate the absence of two light pieces with activity
and three pawns.} (14... Bc5 15. Rd2 Qc7 (15... O-O 16. gxf6 Qxf6 17. Rg1+ Kh8
18. Ne4 Qe7 19. f6 Nxf6 20. Nxc5 Bg4 21. Qe3 Rae8 22. Qxe7 Rxe7 23. Bg2 {
1-0 Firt,S-Sobek,J/Czechia 1996/ (54)}) 16. gxf6 Nxf6 17. Bc4 Be7 18. Bb3 O-O
19. Re1 Kh8 20. Qe3 Bd8 21. Qd4 Bxf5 {0-1 Pulkkinen,K-Oll,L/Helsinki 1990/ (28)
}) 15. Rg1 Kf8 (15... O-O 16. gxf6 Qxf6 17. Rdg4 $18) 16. Qe3 Qe7 (16... b6 17.
Bg2 Rb8 18. Re1 $36) 17. Qd2 (17. Qxe7+ Kxe7 18. gxf6+ Bxf6 19. Nd5+ Ke8 20.
Re4+ Kd8 21. Bh3 $13) 17... h6 {Kasimdzhanov forces a crises with his pawn
move, Polgar is forced to finally consumate one piece.} (17... Rg8 $5 18. Bg2
Qd8 $13) 18. gxf6 Nxf6 (18... Bxf6 19. Nd5 Qe5 20. Nxf6 Qxf6 21. Rg3 $18) (
18... Qxf6 19. Rd6 (19. Rxd7 $6 Bxd7 20. Qxd7 Qd4 21. Qxd4 Bxd4 22. Ne4 Re8 23.
Bd3 Rg8 $15) 19... Qe7 (19... Qxf5 $2 20. Rd3 $1 Qe6 21. Bh3 f5 22. Rf3 $18)
20. Rg3 $40) 19. Rd8+ Ne8 20. Bb5 (20. Bh3 Bf6 21. Rd3 Qb4 $13) 20... axb5 21.
Re1 b4 (21... Bf6 22. Rxe7 Bxe7 23. Qd4 f6 24. Nxb5 Bxd8 25. Qxd8 Kf7 $16) (
21... Be5 22. f4 f6 (22... Bxf4 23. Rxe8+ $18) 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Qd5 $18) (
21... Bf6 22. Rxe7 Bxe7 23. Qd4 Bxd8 24. Qxh8+ Ke7 25. Qxh6 $18) 22. Nb5 $2 (
22. Rxe8+ $1 Kxe8 (22... Qxe8 23. Qd6+ $18) 23. Rxe7+ Kxe7 24. Nd5+ $18) 22...
Bxb2+ $2 {In sharp positions it is very typical that both players will ignore
some more or less hidden tactical possibilty. The exworld champion could have
played much better with 22...Be5! winning time for inclusion of his rook via
a2.} (22... Be5 $1 23. f4 $140 Rxa2 24. Kb1 Rxb2+ 25. Kc1 Bxf5 26. Rxe5 Rxc2+
27. Qxc2 Bxc2 28. Rxe8+ Qxe8 29. Rxe8+ Kxe8 30. Kxc2 Kd7 $19) 23. Kxb2 Qf6+ 24.
Qd4 Kg7 (24... Qxd4+ 25. Nxd4 Kg7 26. Rexe8 $18) 25. Rexe8 Rxe8 26. Rxe8 Qxd4+
27. Nxd4 {The otcoume of the risky undertaking is very encouraging for white.
Polgar enjoyes an extra pawn and terrible pin along the 8th rank.} Kf6 (27...
b6 28. Kb3 Ra3+ 29. Kxb4 Ra4+ 30. Kxa4 Bd7+ 31. Kb4 Bxe8 32. c4 Kf6 33. f4 Bd7
34. a4 $18) 28. f4 b6 29. Rd8 Bb7 30. Rxa8 (30. Rd6+ Kg7 31. Rxb6 Bd5 32. Rb5
Bxa2 33. Rxb4 $18) 30... Bxa8 31. Kb3 Bd5+ 32. Kxb4 Bxa2 33. Kb5 Bb1 34. c3 $1
{Excellent and very logical move, lady is saving the c pawn for later advance
towards the promotion square.} (34. Kxb6 $2 Bxc2 35. Nxc2 Kxf5 $132) 34... Ke7
(34... Bxf5 35. Nxf5 Kxf5 36. Kxb6 Kxf4 37. c4 f5 38. c5 $18) 35. Kxb6 Kd6 36.
c4 Bd3 37. c5+ Kd5 38. Nc6 $1 Ke4 (38... Bxf5 39. Ne7+ $18) 39. Ne7 Bc2 (39...
Kxf4 40. c6 $18) 40. c6 Ba4 41. c7 Bd7 42. Kc5 (42. Kc5 Kxf4 43. Kd6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2013.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2013.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 d5 {The old
strategic maxim indicates that it is often very sensible to meet a flank
attack by the opponent with a counterblow in the centre. The drawback of this
continuation lies in the fact that Black is slightly behind in development. On
the other hand White's pawn structure on the kingside is exposed, so
counterplay will nearly always be possible.} 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nde2 h5 $5 {
The pawn advance to h5 is becoming a problem for White in lines where he wants
to achieve the g2-g4 thrust. It does not have to be only preemptive like in 6.
h3 e5 7.Nde2 h5!?, here it serves a bit different purpose.  Of all the other
moves tested in our position 9...Nxc3 is faring the worst while 9...Qa5 feels
like a bit of a concession. Black players have invested a lot of energy into
the idea 9...Bb4 with fairly decent results. Gelfand has prepared excellently
for the World Championship match against Anand and his solution with 9...h5!?
might very well be the fruit of his serious work.} (9... Bb4 10. Bg2 O-O (10...
Nc6 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Nxc3 Qc7 13. Qf3 O-O (13... Bd6 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Bf4 e5 16.
Be3 O-O 17. Qg3 Nb4 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Qxc2 20. Rac1 Qd3 21. a3 Qxg3 22. Bxg3
Nc6 23. Bd6 $11 {1/2 (33) Vachier Lagrave,M (2705)-Le Quang,L (2703) Saint
Louis 2012}) 14. Bf4 e5 15. Nd5 Qa5 16. Be3 Bc5 17. c3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Be6 19. b4
Qd8 20. Rad1 $16 {1-0 (72) Van Kampen,R (2570)-Donchenko,A (2401) Groningen
2012}) 11. O-O {This line was considered to be critical for the outcome of the
opening fight. Black can choose between two forms of exchanging the knight c3
with both moves able to claim some merit.} Nxc3 (11... Bxc3 12. Nxc3 Nxc3 13.
bxc3 Qc7 (13... Qa5 14. Qd6 Nc6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Ba3 Re8 17. Bb4 Qa4 18. Rad1
c5 19. Bxc5 Bb7 $15 {1/2 (46) Vachier Lagrave,M (2699)-Gordon,S (2535) England
2012}) 14. Qd4 e5 15. Qe3 Be6 16. Rb1 Nc6 17. Qb6 Qxb6 18. Rxb6 Na5 19. Ba3
Rfd8 20. Bb4 Nc6 21. Rxb7 Nxb4 22. cxb4 Rac8 $11 {1/2 (50) Vachier Lagrave,M 
(2711)-Negi,P (2638) Leon 2012}) 12. Nxc3 Qc7 (12... Nc6 $6 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14.
Na4 e5 15. c3 Be7 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Nxc8 Rbxc8 18. Be3 Kf8 19. Rfd1 $14 {1-0 (47)
Alekseev,E (2716)-Karjakin,S (2721) Nalchik 2009}) 13. Qd4 (13. Ne4 Nc6 14. c3
Be7 15. f4 f5 16. gxf5 Rxf5 17. Be3 Bd7 18. Qd3 Rd8 19. b4 Be8 20. Qc4 Bf7 $11
{1/2 (24) Shirov,A (2714)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2722) Biel 2011}) 13... Nc6 (13...
Bd6 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Be3 Bd7 16. Qb6 Qxb6 17. Bxb6 Bc6 18. c4 Nd7 19. Bd4 $11 {
0-1 (63) Pikula,D (2547)-Georgiev,K (2675) Cetinje 2010}) 14. Qc4 Rd8 15. Be3
Bd7 16. Qb3 Ba5 17. Na4 Rab8 18. Nc5 Be8 19. Rfd1 h6 20. c3 Qc8 21. Ne4 $14 {
0-1 (41) Howell,D (2634)-Kraemer,M (2520) Germany 2013}) (9... Qa5 10. Bg2 (10.
Bd2 Nc6 11. Bg2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Bb4 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Bxc6 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 16.
Nxc3 bxc6 17. O-O-O c5 18. Na4 Bb7 19. Rhe1 Rac8 20. Re3 $14 {1/2 (57) Fierro
Baquero,M (2386)-Sebag,M (2519) Nanjing 2009}) 10... Nxc3 11. Nxc3 Be7 12. O-O
O-O 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. Qf3 f5 15. Rad1 fxg4 16. Qxg4 Nc6 17. Be3 Bd7 18. Qg3 Qxg3
19. fxg3 Rxf1+ 20. Kxf1 Be8 $11 {1/2 (42) Kokarev,D (2616)-Fedoseev,V (2506)
Samara 2012}) (9... Nxc3 {Black will have to hope, that he can hold a slightly
worse endgame type position. Understandably the line is not very appealing for
really strong players.} 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Nxc3 Bd7 12. Be3 (12. Bg2 Bc6 13.
O-O Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nd7 15. Ne4 Rc8 16. Rd1 Ke8 17. Be3 Be7 18. c3 $14 {1/2 (60)
Sokolov,A (2575)-Weber,U (2420) Bad Wiessee 2012}) 12... Bc6 13. O-O-O+ Nd7 14.
Rg1 Kc7 15. Bf4+ Kb6 16. Bg2 Be7 17. Ne4 Rad8 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Nf6 20.
Rxd8 Rxd8 21. g5 Nh5 22. Be3+ Kc7 23. Bxc6 Kxc6 $11 {1/2 (51) Amonatov,F (2643)
-Vorobiov,E (2606) Ulan Ude 2009}) 10. g5 {The g-pawn advance may seem to be
quite timid, but White is not able to get an advantage with an immediate
action in the centre.} (10. Nxd5 exd5 11. g5 (11. Nf4 hxg4 12. Qxd5 Bd7 (12...
Nc6 13. Qxd8+ (13. Bc4 Qe7+ 14. Be3 Nb4 15. Qd2 Bf5 $15) 13... Nxd8 14. Nd5 Bd6
15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Nxc8 Rxc8 17. c3 Ke7 $11) 13. Bc4 Qe7+ 14. Be3 Bc6 15. Qf5 Qb4+
16. c3 Qxc4 17. Qc8+ Ke7 18. O-O-O $18 Nd7 19. Rxd7+ Kf6 20. Bd4+ Kg5 21. Rd5+
{1-0 (21) Sutovsky,E (2675)-Najer,E (2663) Netanya 2009}) 11... Be7 12. Nf4
Bxg5 13. Qxd5 Nc6 14. c3 Qe7+ 15. Be2 Bxf4 16. Bxf4 Be6 17. Qd3 g5 18. Bd6 Qf6
19. O-O-O (19. Bc7 Rc8 20. Bb6 Ne5 $11) 19... O-O-O 20. Qe3 Rd7 $2 (20... Bxa2
$1 21. Bh2 Qf5 $11) 21. Bh2 $16 {1-0 (32) Nepomniachtchi,I (2729)-Popov,V 
(2565) Aix-les-Bains 2011}) 10... Bd6 $1 {[%mdl 4] It has to be stressed, that
development of the bishop to b8-h2 diagonal is the main conceptual idea of the
9...h5 advance.} (10... Qa5 11. Bg2 Nxc3 12. Nxc3 Nc6 13. O-O Be7 14. Ne4 Qc7
15. Be3 $14) 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O {White is living with a
seriously exposed pawn structure on the kingside. That simple fact greatly
complicates any ideas of his early action in the centre.} (13. Qxd5 Nc6 14. Be3
Be6 $11) 13... Nc6 (13... Be6 14. Nf4 Nc6 15. Qxh5 $14) 14. Qxd5 $6 {Anand had
only a slight chance of deciphering the problems of this unknown position. The
most natural solution might not be the best and both knight moves to f4 or c3
should have been preferred.} (14. Nf4 Qxg5 15. Qxd5 (15. Nxd5 $2 Qg6 $17) 15...
Qxd5 16. Nxd5 Nd4 $11) (14. Nc3 d4 15. Nd5 Bf5 16. c3 Re8 17. cxd4 Be4 $11)
14... Be6 $6 {Taking the h3-pawn would have promised Black somewhat better
chances!} (14... Bxh3 $1 15. Bf4 (15. Bxh3 $2 Bh2+ 16. Kxh2 Qxd5 $19) (15. Rd1
Qc8 16. Be3 Be5 $15) 15... Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Bxf4 17. Nxf4 Qb6 18. Nxh5 (18. Rh1
Rfd8 19. Qb3 Qxb3) 18... Rad8 19. Qb3 Qc5 $15) 15. Qf3 (15. Qe4 Re8 16. Qh4 Qa5
17. Qxh5 Bc4 18. Be3 g6 19. Qg4 Ne5 20. Qd4 Rad8 $11) 15... Re8 16. Be3 {
Anand Understands very well, that he should finish his development first,
otherwise counterplay from centralised black pieces could become dangerous.} (
16. Qxh5 Bc4 17. Re1 Nb4 18. b3 Nxc2 19. bxc4 g6 20. Qh4 Nxe1 21. Bb2 Be5 22.
Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Rxe1 Qd2 24. Kf1 Rae8 25. Bf3 Rxg5 26. Bxb7 Rxe2 27. Rxe2 Qd1+
28. Re1 Qd3+ $11) 16... Bc4 17. Rfe1 (17. Rfd1 $2 Ne5 $19) 17... Nb4 18. Rac1 (
18. Nd4 $5 g6 19. Qxb7 Rb8 20. Nc6 Rxb7 21. Nxd8 Rd7 22. Nb7 Nxc2 23. Rec1 Nxe3
24. fxe3 Be6 25. Bc6 Rxb7 26. Bxb7 Rb8 27. Bxa6 Rxb2 28. Bc4 $14) 18... Be5 (
18... Qa5 19. Red1 (19. Bd2 Qe5 $1 (19... Qxa2 20. Qxh5 Qxb2 21. g6 fxg6 22.
Qg4 $1 $16) 20. Bf4 Bxe2 21. Bxe5 Bxf3 22. Bxd6 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Bxg2 24. Kxg2
Nxc2 25. Re7 Rd8 $11) 19... Rad8 20. Nf4 $14) 19. Nc3 {The early middlegame
seems to become quite dangerous for Gelfand. White could have opted for the
promising and logical centralisation of the rook 19.Red1!} (19. Red1 $1 Qe7 20.
a3 Nc6 21. b3 Bxe2 22. Qxe2 g6 23. Qc4 $14) 19... Bxc3 20. bxc3 Bd5 21. Qxh5
Bxg2 22. Kxg2 $2 {Any exception from the rules is not trivial even for the
best players in the world. Objectively speaking White should have preferred
taking the knight on b4 and leaving his king somewhat exposed. Unfortunatelly
for Black all the lines are indicating serious problems for him.} (22. cxb4 $1
Be4 (22... Qd5 23. c4 Qc6 24. b5 axb5 25. cxb5 Qf3 26. Qxf3 Bxf3 27. Kh2 (27.
Ra1 Ra5 28. a4 Re4) 27... Rxa2 28. Kg3 Be4 29. Rc7 $16) (22... Bc6 23. Rcd1 Qc8
24. Rd4 $16) 23. Qg4 Qd6 24. c3 $16) 22... Qd5+ 23. Kg1 (23. Qf3 Qxf3+ 24. Kxf3
Nxa2 25. Rb1 Nxc3 26. Rxb7 Rac8 $14) 23... Nc6 $1 {The knight retreats to the
centre with the idea of ...Ne5 instead of the possible, but definitely more
dangerous capture on a2.} (23... Nxa2 24. Rcd1 Qf5 25. Bd4 b5 26. Re3 $14) 24.
Red1 (24. Bf4 g6 25. Qg4 Qc4 26. Qf3 Qxa2 $11) 24... Qxa2 25. g6 fxg6 26. Qxg6
Qf7 $6 {Safety first especially against the tactically very gifted world
champion! Unfortunately we have to note that queen retreat was not the best
solution. The move 26...Ne5! would toy with similar ideas under better
circumstances for Black.} (26... Ne5 $1 27. Qg2 (27. Qg3 Qf7 28. f4 Nc6 $11)
27... Qf7 28. Qd5 Rac8 29. Qxf7+ Kxf7 30. Bd4 Re6 $11) 27. Qxf7+ Kxf7 28. Rb1
b5 (28... Re7 29. Bc5 Rc7 30. Bb6 Re7 31. Kg2 $14) 29. c4 $1 b4 {Gelfand is
logically taming the beast of the enemy's initiative. He is sitting without a
pawn and his knight is a weaker piece than the white bishop. Fortunately for
him all the white pawns are isolated, which will prove to be an important
factor in Black's defence.} (29... bxc4 30. Rb7+ Re7 31. Rb6 Ne5 32. Rd5 a5 33.
Rbb5 Nc6 34. Rdc5 $14) 30. c3 bxc3 (30... a5 31. cxb4 axb4 32. Bc5 Rad8 33.
Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Rb3 Rd1+ 35. Kg2 Rc1 36. Bxb4 Rxc4 $14) 31. Rbc1 Red8 32. Rxd8
Rxd8 (32... Nxd8 33. Rxc3 a5 34. Bc1 a4 35. Kf1 Ne6 36. Ke2 $14) 33. Rxc3 a5
34. Kf1 {The verdict in the position should acknowledge White's edge, but also
note excellent drawing chances for Black.} (34. Ra3 Rb8 35. Bd2 Ne5 36. Bxa5
Nxc4 37. Rf3+ Ke6 38. Bc3 $14) 34... Ke6 35. Ke2 Rh8 (35... Nd4+ 36. Kf1 Nc6
$14) 36. Bb6 Rh4 37. Re3+ (37. c5 Kd5 38. Rg3 a4 $11) 37... Kf5 38. Ra3 Rxc4
39. Bxa5 Nxa5 40. Rxa5+ Kf6 41. Ra6+ Kf5 42. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.11.06"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2
e5 9. Nf5 g6 10. h3 $5 {[%mdl 4] Cheparinov is willingly playing this line,
where Black gets the material, but his position is extremely compromised and
very risky.} (10. Qe2 gxf5 11. exf5 Bd7 (11... Rg8 12. h3 (12. Bf3 Nc6 13.
O-O-O Be7 14. h4 Nd4 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Rxd4 Kf8 17. Qe3 Rh8 18. g5 hxg5 19.
hxg5 Rxh1+ 20. Bxh1 Bxf5 21. gxf6 Bxf6 22. Rb4 Bg7 23. Rxb7 Qh4 24. Bd5 {
1-0 Wedberg,T (2473)-Tella,J (2428)/Stockholm 2000 (29)}) 12... Qc7 (12... Bd7
13. Bxb7 $1 (13. O-O-O Bc6 14. f4 Nbd7 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. g5 hxg5 17. fxg5 Nd5
18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. h4 {Tolnai,T-Rychagov,M/Katerini/1992/0.5/29/}) 13... Bc6 14.
Bxa8 Bxa8 15. Rg1 Qa5 16. O-O-O Nbd7 17. f4 {/\ g5/} Nd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. a3
Bc6 20. Qc4 $1 Qb5 21. Qc3 $1 {1-0 Bologan,V (2600)-Novgorodskij,V (2365)/St
Petersburg 1996/ (36)}) (12... Nbd7 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. f4 Kd8 15. Rhe1 exf4 16.
Bxf4 Qc5 17. Rd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Ne5 19. Be3 Qb5 20. Bb6+ Kd7 21. Nf6+ Ke7 22.
Nxg8+ Kd7 23. Nf6+ Ke7 24. Nd5+ Kd7 25. Qe4 Be7 26. Bd4 {1-0 Vachier Lagrave,M
(2493)-Arun Prasad,S (2367)/Heraklio 2004}) 13. f4 Bd7 14. O-O-O Bc6 15. fxe5
dxe5 16. Bb6 Qxb6 17. Qxe5+ Be7 18. Rhe1 Qb4 $1 (18... Kf8 19. Qxe7+ Kg7 20.
Re6 Nbd7 21. Rxd7 Nxd7 22. Rg6+ Kh8 23. Rxh6+ {1-0 Cheparinov,I (2640)-Rivera,
H (2206)/Morelia 2007}) 19. Bxc6+ Nxc6 20. Qxf6 Qf4+ 21. Kb1 Kf8 22. Rxe7 Nxe7
23. Qxe7+ Kxe7 24. Nd5+ Kd6 25. Nxf4+ Kc6 26. Rd3 {1/2 Deepan Chakkravarthy,J 
(2479)-Palac,M (2570)/Biel 2007}) (11... Nc6 12. O-O-O Bd7 (12... Rg8 13. h3
Qc7 14. f4 Ne7 15. Rhe1 Bd7 16. Qf2 Rc8 17. Bb6 Qb8 18. Rxd6 $1 $40 {Szalanczy,
E-Schlosser,P/Balatonbereny/1989/1:0/26/}) 13. f4 Qa5 14. g5 hxg5 15. fxg5 Rc8
16. gxf6 Nb4 17. a3 Rxc3 18. bxc3 Na2+ 19. Kb2 Nxc3 20. Qc4 Nxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Qb5+
22. Qxb5 axb5 $11 {1-0 Jenni,F (2518)-Naumann,A (2543)/Szeged 2007 (74)}) 12.
Bxb7 Bc6 13. Bxa8 Bxa8 14. Rg1 Nbd7 15. O-O-O Be7 16. h4 $16 {Anand,V-Vallejo
Pons,F/Monte Carlo 2005} Qa5 17. Bd2 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Qxa6 $16 {1-0 Anand,
V (2786)-Vallejo Pons,F (2686)/Monte Carlo 2005 (32)}) (10. Nxh6 $5 Bxh6 11.
Bxh6 Nxg4 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. Nd5 Be6 14. h3 Qh4 15. Rf1 Nf6 16. Nc7+ Kd7 17. Nxa8
Rxa8 18. Be3 Nxe4 19. Qd3 f5 20. O-O-O $14 {Nurkiewicz,M-Barskij,V/Warzsawa/
1993/1-0 (29)}) 10... gxf5 11. exf5 Nc6 {The defender is playing with fire.
Each move is worth its weight in gold and only the best defence can limit the
danger lurking in this sharp position.} (11... d5 $5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Nc6
14. Qf3 Bd7 15. O-O-O $13) 12. Qe2 Qa5 (12... d5 $6 13. O-O-O Bd6 (13... d4 $2
14. Bxd4 $1 $18) 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 $16) 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. f4 Rc8 $2 {
The whole experiment might have turned out favourably for Black, but he had to
find the courage to test the limits of queenside castling.} (14... O-O-O $5 15.
Qc4 Be8 (15... exf4 16. Bd2 (16. Bxf4 $6 Qb4 $17) 16... Ne8 $1 17. Qxf7 Ne5 $17
) 16. Rhe1 exf4 17. Qxf4 Ne5 $17) 15. Kb1 $1 Nb4 (15... Be7 16. Qf2 Nd4 17.
Bxd4 exd4 18. Qxd4 Qc5 $13) 16. a3 Rxc3 (16... Nc6 17. Qf2 Qc7 18. g5 hxg5 19.
fxg5 Nh5 20. Nd5 $14) 17. axb4 $1 {Svidler is ready for the obvious
counterplay. In the situation, where Black is losing the initiative Svidler's
attacking setup will become powerful.} (17. bxc3 Nbd5 18. Bd2 Nxc3+ 19. Bxc3
Qxc3 $17) 17... Qxb4 18. fxe5 Ba4 (18... dxe5 19. Bd2 (19. Bd4 Rxc2 20. Kxc2
Ba4+ 21. Kb1 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 $18) 19... Rxc2 20. Qxe5+ Qe7 21. Rhe1 Qxe5 22.
Rxe5+ Kd8 23. Kxc2 $18) 19. exf6 $1 {The most charming move of the whole game.
White is ready to part with material, but insists on keeping the huge
positional advantage.} (19. Rc1 $6 Nd7 20. exd6 Kd8 21. Bd2 Qc4 22. Qxc4 Rxc4
23. b3 Bc6 24. bxc4 Bxg2 $13) 19... Bxc2+ 20. Qxc2 Rxc2 21. Kxc2 d5 $5 {
Cheparinov badly needs to bring his pieces out of the cage, otherwise Svidler
would pile up on the c-file with the devastating effect.} (21... h5 22. g5 Qb5
23. Bd5 Qd7 24. Rhe1 $16) 22. Rxd5 Qa4+ 23. Kb1 Bb4 24. Bc5 $1 {The final
subtlety, the black king is locked in the centre and will die a hero's death.}
Qb3 (24... Bxc5 25. Re1+ Kf8 26. Rd8+ $18) 25. Re5+ Kd8 (25... Kd7 26. Re3 Qc4
27. Re7+ Kc8 28. Rc1 Qxc1+ 29. Kxc1 Bxc5 30. Bxb7+ Kb8 31. Rxf7 $18) 26. Bxb4
Qxb4 27. Rc1 (27. Rc1 Qd6 28. Rd5 $18) 1-0

[Event "ESP-chB"]
[Site "Lorca"]
[Date "2005.11.12"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Fernandez Romero, Ernesto"]
[Black "Oms Pallisse, Josep"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2005.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1
d5 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Be3 Be7 13. g5 hxg5 14. hxg5 Rh4
$1 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. g6 {The line doesn't seem to promiss anything for white,
since black has two bishops and very compact position.} (16. Nb3 a5 17. Qd3 a4
18. Nd2 a3 19. b3 d4 20. Nf3 dxe3 21. Nxh4 Qa5+ 22. c3 exf2+ 23. Kxf2 O-O-O 24.
b4 Qb6+ 25. Qe3 Qxe3+ 26. Kxe3 c5 {1/2-1/2 Akopian,V (2625)-Anastasian,A (2520)
/Yerevan 1995/ (39)}) (16. Qd2 Rb8 17. Nb3 a5 18. c3 a4 19. Nd4 Qa5 20. O-O-O
c5 21. Ne2 Qb5 22. Kb1 Bg4 23. Rde1 Kf8 {1/2-1/2 Votava,J (2540)-Babula,V 
(2540)/Lazne Bohdanec 1996/ (30)}) 16... Bf6 17. gxf7+ Kxf7 18. Qf3 $6 {
The first independent move is surely wrong. The queen will not do much harm on
the kingside, but will be sorely missed on the the other flank.} (18. Qd3 Qa5+
19. c3 Rb8 20. b4 $2 (20. Qd2 Rbh8 $15) 20... Qa3 21. Kd2 Bxd4 22. Bxd4 Qb2+
23. Qc2 Rxd4+ 24. cxd4 Qxd4+ 25. Qd3 Qb2+ 26. Qc2 Qxb4+ 27. Qc3 Qf4+ 28. Ke1
Re8+ 29. Kf1 Qc4+ 30. Qxc4 Bh3+ 31. Rg2 dxc4 {0-1 Macieja,B (2653)-Movsesian,S
(2639)/Bermuda 2004/ (59)}) 18... Qa5+ 19. c3 (19. Kf1 Rah8 $17) 19... Rb8 20.
O-O-O (20. b4 Rxb4 $1 21. cxb4 Qxb4+ 22. Kd1 Rxd4+ 23. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 24. Ke2 (24.
Kc2 Bf5+ 25. Qxf5 Qc3+ 26. Kd1 Qxa1+ $19) 24... Qb2+ 25. Ke3 g6 $19) 20... Qxa2
{Oms Pallice has got a winning attack without any need for special effort.} 21.
Rxg7+ (21. b3 a5 22. Qg3 Qa1+ 23. Kc2 Bf5+ 24. Kd2 Qb2+ $19) 21... Kxg7 22.
Qg3+ Bg4 23. Nf5+ (23. Qc7+ Kg6 $19) 23... Kg6 24. Nxh4+ Kh5 $1 (24... Kh7 25.
Qc7+ Bg7 $19) (24... Kh5 $1 25. Rd2 Qa1+ 26. Kc2 Qxb2+ 27. Kd3 Qxc3#) 0-1

[Event "Biel MTO op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Black "Vehi Bach, Victor Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Gallagher,J"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Nc6 7. g5 Nd7 8. h4
Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qh5 a6 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 {[#]} 13. e5 $1 $146 (13.
f4) 13... d5 $6 (13... dxe5 $5 14. Bxe5 Qe8) 14. Bd3 g6 15. Qg4 Bc5 {[#]} (
15... Nc5 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. h5 Bxf2 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Rxh7 $1 Be3+ 20. Kb1 Qxg5
21. Qh3 $18) 16. h5 $1 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxg5+ 18. f4 Qe7 19. hxg6 fxg6 {[#]} 20.
f5 $3 (20. Nxd5 $6 Qf7) 20... gxf5 21. Nxd5 $1 exd5 (21... Qf7 22. Nf4 (22.
Bxf5 $1)) 22. Rdg1+ $1 Kh8 23. e6+ Nf6 (23... Rf6 24. Bxf5 Nf8 25. Rh6) (23...
Qf6 24. Bxf5 $3) 24. Bxf5 {[#]} Ra7 (24... Bxe6 25. Bxh7 Qxh7 26. Rxh7+ Kxh7
27. Qh4+) (24... Rg8 25. Qxf6+ $1) 25. Bxh7 $1 Qxh7 26. Qxa7 $1 1-0

[Event "Bangkok op 16th"]
[Site "Bangkok"]
[Date "2016.04.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "Ganguly,S"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2016.04.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "THA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:05:07"]
[BlackClock "0:01:06"]

{With 5 players on 6.5/8 the championship was wide open. I had White against
van Wely on top board.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {
Undoubtedly one of the most expected lines from Loek who is well known for his
fighting style.} 6. h3 {Although Loek has played a huge number of games in the
Najdorf from the black side, he has rarely faced 6.h3.} e6 {After a modest
think of 8 min.} 7. g4 Be7 8. g5 Nfd7 9. h4 {I had this position twice in 2015
so it can't be a surprise but nevertheless Loek thought for another 10min to
choose his direction which made me believe that he simply hadn't had time to
prepare specifically against this system which is mostly because the last
round started at 9 am.} Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. a3 $5 {I understand this looks
weird but it has a subtle point. White waits for Black to take on d4 when he
can directly take with his queen saving a tempo. 11.a3 is a useful move which
White has to play sooner or later. Black has to come up with some sort of
useful move without making any concession (...Nxd4 allowing Qxd4 in one tempo)
which is not so easy. For instance, the natural ...Qc7 allows h5 while an
immediate ...Ne5 allows f4.} Rb8 {While Loek was thinking I was also
considering this waiting move and couldn't remember what my preparation was
after ...Rb8.} (11... Qc7 $6 12. h5 Nce5 13. f4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15. Qd2 b5
16. O-O-O $16) 12. Be2 {I decided to wait further.} (12. f4 {is probably
slightly better than what I played and gives White a decent edge.}) 12... Nxd4
13. Qxd4 {So White did manage to save the tempo after all.} b5 14. O-O-O Qa5
15. Bd2 $1 {This forces the queen exchange. I didn't see any other decent way
to fight for an advantage.} (15. Qd2 $6 Nc5 $1 {and Black gets the initiative.}
) (15. Kb1 b4 {also looked scary for White.}) 15... Qb6 (15... b4 {runs into}
16. Na2 $16) 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 (16... Rxb6 {This was also equally playable or
perhaps better than the move played in the game but nevertheless I felt White
would keep some minute pressure here too.} 17. Kb1 (17. Na2 Bb7) (17. f4 Nc5
18. Rhe1 Bb7 19. Bf1 {is another way for White to fight for the initiative.})
17... Bb7 18. Rh3 {If anyone is better it's White. He has more space and
various plans at his disposal.}) 17. Bf4 $1 Rd8 18. Rd2 {Now Black had to
choose between a few depressing positions and all of them without much counter
play.} e5 (18... Nc4 {was the other option} 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Rhd1 Rb6 21. Be5
$14 {White will press for long time here while Black has to sit tight and wait.
}) (18... Bb7 19. Rhd1 Nc8 20. b3 {is also very passive for Black.}) 19. Be3
Be6 20. f4 $1 {To create more pressure and gain more space.} exf4 21. Bxf4 Bc4
(21... Rb7 22. Rhd1 Rbd7 23. Be3 {and White has a dream position.}) 22. Be3 (
22. Bxc4 Nxc4 23. Nd5 Bf8 24. Re2 $16 {is stronger than what I played
according to computers but I wanted to exchange all Black's active pieces and
leave him with the bad bishop against my good knight.}) 22... Bxe2 23. Bxb6
Rxb6 24. Nd5 ({Nothing wrong with the natural} 24. Rxe2 {but I simply didn't
want to allow d5 although this must be awful for Black but I just didn't want
to calculate any lines in this direction.}) 24... Rb7 (24... Bf3 25. Rf1 Bxe4
26. Nxb6 d5 27. Rfd1 $18) 25. Rxe2 {For obvious reasons I was quite happy with
my position. It was ideal to get a position like this in the last round where
I can press for a win without any risk.} Re8 (25... f6 {was another way to
create counterplay but probably Loek didn't like the following} 26. gxf6 Bxf6
27. Nxf6+ (27. h5 $5) 27... gxf6 28. Rf1 Rf7 29. Ref2 Kg7 30. Kd2 {White still
keeps some edge though but I doubt if this will be enough to win the game.})
26. Kd2 $6 {There no need to allow any form of counterplay and this move does
exactly that. White's king is nicely placed on d3 for sure but firstly White
had to stop Black from playing ...f6.} (26. Rg1 $1 {and then White could bring
his king to d3. How big is the advantage? That is a different question
altogether but definitely White will be playing for a win here while Black has
to defend for a long time.}) 26... f6 $1 {I completely overlooked this
counterplay and was under the impression that his next move would be ...Bd8.
Once Loek played ...f6 I was regretting my decision of bringing up the king
first. After a long think of about 15 min I realised that all my advantage is
gone but instead of liquidating immediately I decided to let him activate his
bishop and keep practical chances.} 27. gxf6 Bxf6 28. c3 (28. Nxf6+ gxf6 29.
Rf1 Kf7 30. Ref2 Re6 31. Kd3 Rbe7 {Black will have no difficulties to hold
this as compared to 25...f6 here his rook ideally placed on e6 instead of f7.})
28... Rf7 29. Ke3 {With the idea to stop ...Be5.} (29. h5 {this was probably
objectively better than what I chose in the game.}) 29... Bd8 $1 {Gaining
control over the f-file.} (29... Be5 30. Rf2) 30. Rg2 Ref8 (30... Rf5 {I was
also concerend about this move} 31. Kd4 (31. Kd3 Rf3+ (31... Rh5 32. Rg4) 32.
Ke2 Rf5 $11) 31... Rfe5 (31... Rh5 32. Rg4 $13) 32. Rg4 Rf8 {and Black creates
counterplay.}) 31. h5 Rf3+ 32. Ke2 h6 $1 {Black has created enough counterplay
and has no problems whatsoever.} 33. Rhh2 (33. b4 {I tried to make this work
but it was getting too complicated} Bg5 {and both sides will have to make
almost forced moves from here on} 34. a4 bxa4 35. Ra1 Rh3 $1 36. Rxa4 Re8 $1
37. Rg4 Ra8 38. b5 Rh2+ 39. Ke1 Rh1+ 40. Ke2 Rh2+ $11 {There were probably
other resources but I was happy with the move which I played in the game.
Although to be honest I was confident about my move because I had actually
missed his defensive resource :)}) 33... Rf1 (33... Bg5 $1 {and here my
intension was to exchange the rooks and I felt I would keep some chances in
the knight vs bishop endgame but in reality it is dead drawn.} 34. Rf2 (34. Kd1
$5 $11) 34... Rxf2+ 35. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Bc1 37. b4 Bxa3 38. Ke2 {I had the
hallucination that I was threatening to trap his bishop thus forcing him to
move it and then I can go Nc7. But of course I can never trap this bishop as
after Kb3 he always has ...Bc1.} Kf7 39. Nc7 Bb2 40. Nxa6 g5 (40... Bxc3 41.
Kd3 Be1 42. Ke2 $11) 41. hxg6+ Kxg6 42. Nc7 Bxc3 43. Nxb5 Bxb4 44. Nxd6 $11)
34. Rg6 Rb1 $2 {This gives back White the initiative he had few moves back.} (
34... Rc1 $1 {a very difficult move to spot under time pressure. The point is
it stops Kd3 and at the same time threatens ...Rc2.} 35. Ne3 (35. Kd3 Rf3+ {
and compared to the ...Rb1 line White doesn't have Kc2 anymore.}) 35... Bg5 (
35... a5 $5 $132) 36. Rf2 Rxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Rb1 38. Rxd6 Rxb2+ 39. Kf3 Rb3 40. Nd5
Rxa3 41. Kg4 {it will fizzle out and the game will end in a draw soon.}) 35.
Kd3 $1 $16 Bf6 (35... Rf3+ 36. Kc2 $18) (35... Bg5 36. Rxd6 $18) 36. Rf2 $1 {
Stopping ...Be5.} Bg5 (36... Be5 37. Ne7+ $18) 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Rxd6 Rd1+ (
38... Rxb2 39. e5 Rd2+ 40. Ke4 $18) 39. Ke2 Rh1 40. Kf3 Rxh5 {40 moves were
over and I had ample time to make sure I didn't spoil the advantage.} 41. Rxa6
Rh1 (41... Bc1 42. b4 {followed by a4 and basically the game is over.}) 42. e5
(42. Rb6 {I could probably take the pawn but optically 42.e5 felt most direct
giving Black less time to push the pawns on the kingside.}) 42... Re1 (42...
Rf1+ 43. Kg4) 43. e6 g6 44. b3 {Now that all Black's pieces are fixed White
creates another passed pawn.} h5 45. a4 bxa4 46. bxa4 Kg7 (46... h4 47. a5 Rg1
(47... h3 48. Kg3 $18) 48. Ra8+ Kg7 49. e7 Bxe7 50. Ra7 h3 51. Rxe7+ Kh6 52.
Re2 $18 {is what I was expecting to happen during the game.}) 47. a5 h4 48. Rb6
Rf1+ (48... Bd8 {I thought he might play this, setting a little trap} {However
I was intending to play} 49. e7 $1 ({After the natural} 49. Rb8 h3 50. Kg3 Bxa5
51. e7 $2 (51. Ra8 $18 {the computer says this also wins}) 51... Rxe7 $11)
49... Bxb6 50. axb6 {and Black can't stop White from queening.} h3 51. Kg3 Rg1+
52. Kh2 $18 Rb1 53. Nb4 $18) 49. Kg2 Rd1 50. e7 Re1 51. Rb8 Bxe7 52. Rb7 Ra1
53. Nxe7 Kf6 54. Nc6 g5 55. Rb4 Kg6 56. Rb5 Ra2+ 57. Kh3 Rc2 58. Rc5 Rf2 59. a6
Rf3+ 60. Kg2 Rf8 61. a7 g4 62. Ne5+ {With this win I scored 7.5/9. Vallejo
meanwhile defeated Nigel as Black and had a fantastic tournament. Unlike last
year, when I had to be content with 2nd place after beating Wang Hao in the
last round because of bad Buchholz, this time my Buchholz turned out to be
better and I won the championship.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup-D"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5
g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. Qf3 d4 12. O-O-O Nbd7 13. gxf6 dxc3 14. Bc4 Qxf6
15. Rhg1 h6 16. Kb1 $2 {N} (16. Qh5 {Badzharani,I} Bc5 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Bxf7+
$8 Ke7 $1 (18... Qxf7 $2 {Badzharani,I} 19. Rd8+ $18) 19. Bg6 $8 {><f5} cxb2+
$6 20. Kb1 Bd7 (20... b6 {Badzharani,I} 21. f4 e4 22. Rd5 $44 {->}) 21. Qf3 $1
Bc6 $2 (21... Rac8 {Badzharani,I} 22. Rge1 $44) 22. Qc3 b6 (22... Nd7 {
Badzharani,I} 23. Qb4+ {/\ Rd6->}) 23. Rge1 $16 {1-0 Badzharani,I-Rybincev/
USSR 1989/Inf 47/[Badzharani,I] (30)}) 16... Nc5 $3 (16... Be7 17. Bd5 $13) 17.
Qe2 (17. Qd5 Bd7 $1 18. Bxc5 (18. f4 Qxf5) 18... Bc6 $19) (17. Rge1 Bxf5 18.
Bxc5 Bxc5 19. Qxc3 (19. Qd5 Be7 20. Rxe5 Be6 21. Qxb7 O-O $19) 19... Bd6 20. f4
O-O-O $3 $19 {Halifman,A}) 17... Bxf5 18. f4 Be6 19. fxe5 Qxe5 $5 (19... Bxc4
20. Qxc4 Qc6 $5 (20... Qe6 21. Qxc3 Rc8 22. Bd4 $44) 21. Qxc3 Ne6 $17) 20. Bxe6
$6 (20. Rge1 $5 Rg8 $1 (20... Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Qd1+ $44) (20... Be7 21.
Qf1) 21. b4 (21. Qf3 Qe4) (21. Qf1 Ne4 22. Bf4 (22. Bd4 Bxc4) 22... Qf5 23. Qd3
Nd2+) 21... Ne4 22. Bd4 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Nd2+ 24. Ka1 Nxc4 25. Bxe5 f6 $18) 20...
Nxe6 21. Qf3 Qb5 $19 22. b3 Qc6 23. Qf6 Rh7 24. Rgf1 (24. Rg8 Rg7 25. Rf1 Qd7 (
25... Ng5 26. Qxg7)) (24. Rdf1 $5) 24... Rd8 25. Rde1 Rd5 $1 26. Bc1 Be7 27.
Qf3 Bg5 28. Qg3 Kd7 29. h4 Bxc1 30. Qg8 Bd2 31. Rxf7+ Rxf7 32. Qxf7+ Kd8 33.
Rxe6 Rd6 (33... Rf5 $4 34. Qe7+) 34. Qg8+ Kc7 35. Qg7+ Kb8 0-1

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2000.07.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5
g6 9. Bg2 d5 10. Bg5 gxf5 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nxd5 Qd6 (12... Qd8 13. exf5 $16 {
-77/222}) 13. exf5 Nc6 $1 {N} (13... Rg8 14. Qf3 h5 15. h3 Bh6 16. Rd1 Nc6 17.
c3 Rb8 18. Qe4 Kf8 19. Bf3 Ne7 20. Ne3 Qf6 21. Nc4 Nc6 22. Ke2 Bf4 23. Rd6 Qe7
24. Rhd1 Qc7 25. b3 Kg7 26. R1d5 f6 27. Ne3 Rd8 28. Rxd8 Nxd8 29. Rd3 Nf7 30.
Nd5 Qc5 31. Nxf4 exf4 32. Qxf4 Qe5+ 33. Qe3 b6 34. Bd5 hxg4 35. hxg4 Qxe3+ 36.
Rxe3 Bb7 37. Bxb7 Rxb7 38. Re6 Nd8 39. Rd6 Nf7 40. Re6 Ng5 41. Re3 Rc7 {
1/2-1/2 Szalanczi,E-Kocsis,L/HUN t-ch 1998 (41)}) 14. Qe2 h5 $1 (14... Bh6 15.
Rd1 O-O 16. h4 Nd4 17. Qe4 $40) 15. O-O-O (15. h3 hxg4 16. hxg4 Rxh1+ 17. Bxh1
Nb4 18. O-O-O Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bh6+ 20. Kb1 Qf6 $17 {Svidler,P}) 15... hxg4 16.
Nb6 (16. Qxg4 $5) (16. Be4 Bh6+ $140 17. Kb1 Nd4 18. Qc4 Kf8 19. c3 Bxf5 20.
Bxf5 Nxf5 21. Nc7 Qg6 $17) 16... Nd4 $1 17. Rxd4 Qxd4 18. Nxa8 (18. Rd1 Qf4+
19. Kb1 Bc5 20. Nxa8 Bxf5 $17) 18... Bc5 $1 (18... Qf4+ 19. Kb1 Bc5 (19... Rxh2
20. Qd1 $11) 20. Nc7+ Kf8 21. Nd5 Qxf5 22. f3 $132) (18... Bd6 19. Be4 $16) 19.
Nc7+ $6 (19. f6 Qf4+ 20. Kb1 Qxf6 21. Nc7+ Kf8 22. Nd5 Qd6 $15) (19. Be4 Bxf5 (
19... Qxf2 $5 {Ponomariov,R} 20. Qxg4 Kf8 {/\Rg8}) 20. Bxf5 Qf4+ 21. Qd2 Qxf5
22. Qd5 O-O $15 (22... Qg5+ $5)) 19... Kf8 20. Nd5 (20. f6 Qf4+ 21. Kb1 Qxf6 {
-19.f6} (21... Rxh2 $6 22. Qd1 $1 Rxh1 23. Qxh1 Qxf6 24. Nd5 Qg7 25. Qh4))
20... Bxf5 21. Ne3 (21. Rd1 Qa4 $1 $19) 21... Qf4 22. Bxb7 Rh3 (22... Be6 $1
23. Qd2 Kg7 24. Nd1 a5 $1 $17) 23. Qd2 (23. Bxa6 g3 $19) 23... Rxe3 $6 (23...
Bxe3 24. fxe3 Rxe3 25. Bxa6 $13 {Svidler}) (23... Be6 $142 24. Nd1 a5 25. Bg2
Rh8 {-22...Be6}) 24. Qd8+ Kg7 25. fxe3 Bxe3+ 26. Kb1 Qc4 (26... Qb4 27. Qd5)
27. Qd1 Bd4 28. Qc1 f6 (28... Be6 29. Qg5+ Kf8 30. Qd8+ Kg7 31. Qa5 $13 (31.
Qg5+ $11)) 29. Rd1 $2 (29. Ka1 $1 Bxc2 (29... Be6 30. Qb1 {/\ 31.c3} Bf5 31.
Qc1 $11) 30. Bxa6 Qa4 (30... Qc5 31. Re1 $13) 31. Bb5 Qa8 32. Bc4 $13) 29... a5
(29... Be3 $1 30. b3 (30. Bxa6 Qf4) (30. Rd7+ Kg6 $19) 30... Qc7 $1 31. Qxe3
Qxc2+ 32. Ka1 Qxd1+ 33. Kb2 Qc2+ 34. Ka3 Qxh2 $19) 30. b3 (30. Ka1 Qxc2 $17)
30... Qc3 31. Rxd4 Qxd4 32. Qf1 Bg6 33. Qc4 Qg1+ 34. Kb2 Qxh2 35. Qxg4 Qxc2+
36. Ka3 Qc5+ (36... Qc3 37. Qc4 $5) (36... Qd2 37. Qc4 f5 38. Bd5 e4 39. Qc5
Kh6 $17) 37. Kb2 (37. b4 Qb5 38. Bc8 f5 39. Qh4 Qd3+) 37... f5 (37... e4 $5 38.
Qd7+ (38. Qf4 Qd4+) 38... Kh6 39. Qh3+ Qh5 40. Qe3+ Kg7) 38. Qc4 Qxc4 (38...
Qd6 39. Qc3 $17) (38... Qe7 $142) 39. bxc4 Kf6 40. Kc3 f4 $2 (40... Ke6 41. c5
Kd7 42. Kc4 (42. a3 Kc7 43. Bd5 Be8 $19 44. Kd3 Bc6 45. Be6 f4) 42... Bf7+ 43.
Kb5 Kc7 44. Bg2 e4 (44... Bxa2 45. Kxa5 e4 46. Kb4) 45. Kxa5 (45. a4 e3 46. Bf3
f4) 45... e3 46. Bf3 Bd5 47. Bh5 (47. Bd1 f4 48. Kb4 f3) 47... f4 48. Kb4 f3
49. Kc3 f2 50. Be2 Bf3 $19) 41. c5 Ke7 42. a3 Kd7 43. Kc4 Bc2 (43... Kc7 44.
Bg2 Be8 45. Kd5 Bc6+ 46. Kxe5 Bxg2 47. Kxf4 Kc6 48. Ke3 Kb5 49. Kd2 Ka4 50. Kc2
Kxa3 51. Kb1 $11) 44. Kd5 e4 45. Kd4 f3 (45... e3 46. Bf3 Ke6 47. c6 Kd6 48. c7
Bf5 49. Be2 a4 50. Bf3 Kxc7 51. Ke5 Bd3 52. Kxf4 e2 53. Bxe2 Bxe2 54. Ke3 $11 {
Ponomariov,R}) 46. Ke3 Ke6 47. Bc6 Ke5 48. Bb7 Bd3 49. Ba8 Kf5 50. Bb7 Ke6 51.
Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 24th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.07.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "1996.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Cifuentes Dolmatov} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3
e6 7. g4 h6 8. f4 (8. Qf3 {Dolmatov} Nbd7 9. Rg1 g5 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Qe2 Bd7 {
Kotronias,V-van Wely,L/Wijk aan Zee/1992/}) 8... Nc6 9. h3 (9. Be2 {Dolmatov}
e5 10. Nf5 g6 11. Ng3 exf4 12. Bxf4 Be6 13. Rf1 Rc8 14. h3 $15 {Topalov,
V-Kasparov,G/Moscow/1994/}) 9... Qc7 (9... d5 {Dolmatov} 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qd2 g5
12. O-O-O gxf4 13. Bxf4 Ndxe5 14. Nxc6 Nxc6 15. Bg2 $44) 10. Qe2 (10. Bg2 $5 {
Dolmatov}) 10... b5 $5 {New idea in a fashionable line} 11. Nxc6 (11. Bg2 {
Dolmatov} Bb7) 11... Qxc6 12. Bg2 Bb7 13. Bd4 Be7 (13... b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15.
exd5 Qb5 16. Qxb5+ axb5 17. O-O $16) 14. a3 Rc8 15. O-O-O (15. O-O O-O $13 16.
e5 $6 Qxg2+ 17. Qxg2 Bxg2 18. exf6 Bxf6) 15... Qc4 16. Qd2 {With the next
moves White's strategy is not in the spirit of the Sicilian defence. They have
to play for an attack if they want to achieve something} (16. Rd3 $142 $5) (16.
Qe3 {Dolmatov} b4 $5 (16... e5 17. fxe5 Nxg4 (17... Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bg5 19. Bxb7)
18. hxg4 Bg5 19. Qxg5 hxg5 20. Rxh8+ $18) 17. b3 Qc7 18. axb4 e5) 16... b4 (
16... O-O 17. Kb1 $13) 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. Kb1 a5 (18... O-O $2 {Dolmatov} 19.
Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 $14) 19. Rhe1 $6 (19. h4 Nxg4 20. Bxg7 Rg8 21. Bd4 $13) 19...
O-O 20. Na2 $6 Qxd2 21. Rxd2 Nd7 22. Nc3 (22. b3 {Dolmatov} Rb8 23. Bb2 Bc6)
22... Bc6 23. Bf1 (23. e5 Bxg2 24. Rxg2 dxe5 25. fxe5 $15) (23. Nd5 exd5 24.
exd5 Bh4 25. dxc6 Bxe1 26. Re2 Nb8 $17) 23... Rb8 24. Bc4 (24. Nd5 exd5 (24...
Bh4 25. Bf2 Bxf2 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. Rxf2 Ba8 28. f5) 25. exd5 Bh4 26. dxc6 Bxe1)
24... Rb4 25. b3 (25. Ba2 Rfb8) (25. Nd5 Bh4 (25... exd5 26. exd5) 26. Bf2 Bxf2
27. Ne7+ Kh8) 25... Rfb8 26. Ka2 Rxc4 $5 $17 {This exchange sac leaves White
without counterplay} (26... a4 $5 {Dolmatov}) 27. bxc4 Rb4 28. e5 (28. Nd5 Ra4+
29. Kb2 Bh4) (28. c5 dxc5 29. Bg1 g5 $17) 28... dxe5 29. fxe5 Rxc4 30. Nd1 $1
Bd5 31. Kb1 Rb4+ 32. Nb2 Nc5 (32... a4 $5) (32... a4 {Dolmatov} 33. Ka1 a3 34.
Nd1 Nb6 35. Ne3) 33. Ka1 Ne4 $138 (33... a4 $5) 34. Rd3 Ng5 35. Bc3 Rb8 36.
Ree3 a4 37. Bd4 a3 38. Na4 Ne4 39. Nb6 Bc6 40. Ka2 Bg5 41. Rxa3 (41. Re1 Be7
$15) (41. Re2 {Dolmatov} Bc1) (41. Re1 {Dolmatov}) 41... Bxe3 42. Rxe3 Rd8 (
42... f5 $5 43. exf6 gxf6 44. Nd7 Ra8+ 45. Kb2 e5 46. Rxe4 Bxe4 47. Nxf6+ Kf7
48. Bxe5 $15) 43. c3 Kh7 (43... f5 $5 {Was much better} 44. exf6 gxf6 45. Bxf6
Rb8 (45... Nxf6 46. Rxe6 $10) 46. Nd7 Ra8+ 47. Kb2 (47. Kb3 Nd2+ 48. Kc2 Ra2+)
47... Nf2 $1 $17 48. Re2 Nd3+ 49. Kc2 Nf4) (43... Ng5 44. Bc5 Rd2+ 45. Ka3 Rh2
46. Be7 Nxh3) 44. Kb3 f5 $5 (44... Kg6 {Dolmatov}) 45. exf6 (45. gxf5 exf5 $17)
45... gxf6 46. Nc4 $1 {Since now White makes a couple of very strong defencive
moves} Bd5 47. Kb4 (47. Kc2 e5 $5 (47... Bxc4 48. Rxe4 e5 49. Bb6 Bd3+ 50. Kb2)
) 47... e5 48. Ba7 $1 (48. Bc5 Rc8 49. Nb6 Rb8 50. c4 Bc6 $17) 48... Rd7 (48...
Ra8 $2 {Dolmatov} 49. Nb6 Rxa7 50. Nxd5 $10) 49. Bb6 (49. Nb6 {Dolmatov} Rb7
50. Kb5 $17) 49... Rb7 50. Ka5 Rb8 (50... Bxc4 51. Rxe4 Bd5 52. Rb4 Kg6 $10)
51. Nb2 Ra8+ 52. Kb4 Ra2 53. Re2 (53. Nd3 Ra1 54. Re1 $10) 53... Ra6 54. Be3
Ra8 55. c4 Bc6 (55... Rb8+ 56. Ka3 Bc6 57. Rc2 Kg6) 56. Bb6 Ra1 57. Be3 Kg6 (
57... h5 $5) 58. Nd3 h5 (58... Rh1 59. Ka5 $1 $132 (59. Ka5 {Dolmatov} Rxh3 60.
Kb6 $132)) 59. Re1 $1 Rxe1 60. Nxe1 hxg4 61. hxg4 Bd7 62. Nd3 $2 (62. c5 $1
Bxg4 63. c6 $10) 62... Bxg4 63. c5 (63. Nf2 Bf3 $19 (63... Nxf2 64. Bxf2 f5 65.
Kc3 f4 66. Kd3 Kf5)) 63... Bd7 64. Kc4 Be6+ 65. Kb5 Nc3+ 66. Kc6 Nd5 (66... Kf5
67. Bd2 $1) 67. Kd6 Kf5 (67... Nxe3 $2 {Dolmatov} 68. Kxe6 Nc4 69. Kd5 $10) 68.
Bd2 e4 69. Nb4 $2 (69. Nf4 Nxf4 70. Bxf4 Kxf4 71. Kxe6 e3 $19) (69. Ne1 e3 70.
Bc1 $138 {=}) 69... e3 $1 70. Be1 (70. Nxd5 exd2 71. Nc3 Bc4 (71... Bc8 {
Dolmatov} 72. c6 Kf4 73. Ke7 Ke5 $19) 72. c6 Kf4 73. Kc5 Ba6 74. Kd4 Kf3 (74...
f5 75. c7 Kf3 76. c8=Q Bxc8 77. Kd3 $10) 75. c7 Kf2 76. Ke4 Bc8 77. Kd3 Ke1 $19
) 70... Nxb4 71. Bxb4 {Cifuentes: The theory of unequal bishop endings is
mainly limited to positions with 2 pawns against 0. If the weaker side has
still one pawn left, the situation can become extremely complicated and
interesting. Examples are the position Kf5, Bb4, Pd5/e4 vs. Kd7, Bf3, Pe2,
analysed at length by Zvyagintsev and Dvoretsky in the Encyclopaedia of Chess
Endings, and the following position: Kf3, Ba3, Pe7 vs. Kd2, Bb5, Pd4/e3 (De
Zeeuw and Cifuentes, 1996): 1 Bb4+! (1 Ke4? d3 2 Bc1+ Kxc1 3 e8Q e2!! 4 Qxb5
e1Q+ and the Q-QP-ending is winning) 1...Kd3 2 Bc5! Bc6+ 3 Kf4! e2 4 Bb4 Kc2 5
Ba5 Kd1 6 e8Q Bxe8 7 Ke4 =.} Bc4 (71... Bc8 $5) 72. Bc3 {Necessary in order to
prevent 72...Ke4 followed by the advance of the f-pawn.} (72. c6 Ke4 $19 (72...
Ke4 {Cifuentes} 73. c7 Ba6 $19)) (72. Ke7 Kg5) 72... Kg5 (72... e2 {Cifuentes 
(Threatens 73...Ke4 after all)} 73. Ke7 Kg6 74. c6 (74. Kd6 $5 f5 75. Ke5 Kg5
76. Kd4 $10) 74... f5 75. c7 Ba6 76. Ke6 Kg5 77. Ke5 $10) 73. c6 {Nothing
better to do, White's king is temporarily cut off.} f5 74. Ke5 (74. Kc5 Be2 $1
75. Kd4 Kf4 (75... f4 76. Ke4 Kg4 77. Bd4 $10) 76. c7 Ba6 77. Bb4 e2 78. Be1
Kf3 79. Ke5 Bc8 80. Kd4 Kg2 $19) 74... Ba6 75. Bd4 (75. Kd4 {Cifuentes} Kf4 76.
Bb4 Kf3 77. c7 e2 (77... f4 78. Ke5 $10) (77... Ke2 78. Ke5 Bc8 79. Kf4 $10)
78. Be1 Kg2 79. Ke3 Kf1 80. Kd2 f4 81. Bh4 $22 $10 {This is a mutual Zugzwang
position which will continuously turn up at the end of most of our lines. Here
White got the last word.}) 75... e2 76. Bc3 Kg4 77. Be1 (77. c7 $2 {Cifuentes
Pushing the pawn too early. White should first retreat his king in order to
make Black lose a crucial tempo.} Bc8 $1 (77... f4 $2 78. Ke4 $10) 78. Kd4 Kf3
79. Be1 {transposes to the game.}) 77... Bc8 78. Kd4 Kf3 79. c7 (79. Kd3 $1 {
Cifuentes (attacking Pe2, thereby preventing the immediate ...Kg2 and forcing .
..Ba6+, which costs Black a crucial tempo which he now cannot spend on getting
in ...Pf4 in time)} Ba6+ (79... f4 80. c7 Ba6+ 81. Kd2 {and 81...Kg2 is
impossible}) 80. Kd2 $1 (80. Kd4 $2 Kg2 81. Ke3 Kf1 82. Kd2 f4 83. Bh4 Bb5 84.
c7 Ba6 $22 {mutual Zugzwang}) 80... Kg2 81. c7 Kf1 {(Still too early.)} 82. Bg3
$1 f4 83. Bh4 $1 {with the mutual Zugzwang again.}) 79... Kg2 80. Ke3 Kf1 81.
Bh4 {After 81 Kd2 it is Black who takes advantage of the mutual Zugzwang:} (81.
Kd2 f4 (81... Ba6 $2 {Cifuentes (Still too early.)} 82. Bh4 $2 f4 $22) 82. Bh4
Ba6 $22 $19 (82... Bd7 83. Kd3 $10)) 81... e1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "Czerniak Memorial 15th"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1999.03.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gershon, Alik"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1999.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 (7... e5
$5 {Recently a popular variation being actively used by Anand.} 8. Nf5 g6 9. g5
gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. Qf3 (11. gxf6 $6 d4 12. Bc4 Qc7 13. Qd3 dxe3 14. fxe3 b5
15. Bb3 Bb7 16. Nd5 Qa5+ 17. c3 Nd7 18. O-O-O Nc5 19. Qc2 O-O-O 20. Rhg1 Bh6
21. Rg7 Nxb3+ 22. Qxb3 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Qb6 24. Rxe5 Qd6 {0-1 Shirov,A-Anand,V/
8th Amber Rapidplay, Monte Carlo MNC 1999 (24)}) 11... d4 12. O-O-O Nbd7 13.
Bd2 $1 (13. Bc4 Qc7 14. Bb3 dxc3 15. g6 fxg6 16. fxg6 hxg6 17. Qg2 Qc6 18.
Qxg6+ Kd8 19. Rhe1 Kc7 20. Qf7 cxb2+ 21. Kb1 Bb4 22. Bd2 Bxd2 23. Rxd2 Kb8 {
0-1 Sokolov,A-Svidler,P/St. Petersburg 1998/CBM 67 noVC (23)}) 13... dxc3 14.
Bxc3 Bg7 (14... Qc7 15. Bd3 Bd6 16. Rhe1 Rg8 17. gxf6 Nxf6 18. Bc4 Nd7 19.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Qh5+ Kg7 21. Rg1+ Kh8 22. Rxg8+ Kxg8 23. Qe8+ Nf8 24. Rg1+ Kh8
25. Bxe5+ {1-0 Solovjov,S-Biriukov,O/City Championships, St Petersburg RUS
1999 (25)}) 15. Rg1 O-O 16. gxf6 Qxf6 17. Qe3 Kh8 18. f4 Qb6 19. Qg3 Qh6 20.
Rd6 f6 21. Bd2 e4 22. Bc4 b5 23. Be6 Ra7 24. Rc6 a5 25. Be3 Rb7 26. Bd5 Rb8 27.
Rc7 b4 28. b3 Rb5 29. Bc6 Rxf5 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Bxd7 Rcc5 32. Bxf5 Rxf5 33.
Rd1 Kg8 34. Qg2 {1-0 Polgar,J-Anand,V/It, Dos Hermanas ESP 1999 (34)}) 8. h4
Nc6 (8... Be7 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. g5 hxg5 11. hxg5 Rxh1+ 12. Bxh1 Nd7 13. Qh5 $36) (
8... e5 9. Nf5 g6 10. Nxh6 Bxh6 11. g5 $5 (11. Bxh6 Bxg4 12. Qd2 Nbd7 13. Bg5
Qb6 14. Rg1 Rc8 15. Rg3 Qxb2 16. Rb1 Qa3 17. Bxf6 Rxc3 18. Rxc3 {1-0 Topalov,
V-Van Wely,L/8th Amber Rapidplay, Monte Carlo MNC 1999 (18)}) 11... Ng4 12.
gxh6 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Rxh6 14. Qf3 Rxh4 15. Bc4 $13 {[%csl Gd5,Gf7]}) 9. Rg1 $6 (
9. Be2 $13) 9... h5 10. gxh5 Nxh5 11. Be2 Nf6 12. Bg5 {After this move we get
a theoretical position only.... with one tempi less for white, which is much
in general and especially when talking about sicilian positions} (12. h5 $5)
12... Qb6 13. Nb3 Bd7 (13... Qc7 $142 14. Qd2 b5 {I think that is the best way
for black to take advantage of his extra tempi, launching an attack on the Q
side.}) 14. Qd2 {Usually in this position it's white's turn to play and after
14.h5 he is better. However with his rook on c8 black has his reasons to count
on a nice counterplay.} (14. h5 Qc7 15. h6 Ng8 16. hxg7 Bxg7 17. Qd2 $14 {
I wasn't sure about this positon but it seems that white is better.}) 14... Rc8
15. O-O-O Qxf2 {During the game I had a very hard time believing that this
pawn grabbing could be correct, unfortunately I didn't manage to prove it over
the board.} (15... Nb4 16. e5 Rxc3 17. bxc3 Ne4 18. Qd4 Qxd4 19. cxd4 $14) 16.
Be3 $2 (16. h5 $1 Nxh5 17. Be3 Qf6 18. Nc5 $1 Rc7 19. e5 Nxe5 (19... Qxe5 20.
Rg5 Qxg5 21. Bxg5 dxc5 22. Bxh5 Rxh5 23. Bf4 $16) 20. Bg5 Rxc5 $1 (20... Nf3
21. Qe3 Nxg5 22. Nd5 {Kantsler} Rxc5 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Rh1 Re5 25. Qa7 $1 $18)
21. Bxf6 Nxf6 $13) 16... Qxh4 17. Bf3 Ne5 18. Rh1 Nxf3 19. Rxh4 Nxd2 20. Rxh8
Ndxe4 21. Nd2 $1 {Probably the toughest move I had to make throughout the
whole tournament. This anti-chess move is white's last hope, since if he
allows black knight stay on e4 his pain won't last long, and on the other hand
if he captures on e4 the only question that is going to be asked in this game
is; which black pawn will queen first.} (21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Nd2 Nxd2 23. Bxd2 f5
$19) 21... Nxc3 22. bxc3 Nd5 $2 {After this white even if black plays
correctly white has good drawing chances, while black has to be concerned
about many tactical shots on white's part, given that both players had little
time left on the clock it's not an easy task.} (22... Rxc3 23. Bd4 Rc6 24. Ne4
(24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Ne4 Ke7 26. Rf1 (26. Nxd6 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Kxd6 28. Rxf8 Ke7
$19) 26... f5 27. Ng5 Bg7 $18) 24... e5 25. Nxd6+ Rxd6 26. Rxf8+ (26. Bc5 Rxd1+
27. Kxd1 Nh7 (27... Bg4+ 28. Kc1 Nd7)) 26... Kxf8 27. Bc5 Ne4 28. Bxd6+ Nxd6
29. Rxd6 Ke7 $19) 23. Ne4 Ke7 (23... Nxe3 24. Nxd6+ Ke7 25. Nxc8+ Bxc8 26. Rxf8
Kxf8 27. Rd8+ Ke7 28. Rxc8 f5 $17) 24. Bf2 Nxc3 25. Nxd6 Rc6 (25... Nxd1 26.
Nxc8+ Bxc8 27. Bc5+ Kd7 28. Rxf8 $14) 26. Bh4+ f6 27. Bxf6+ $1 gxf6 28. Rh7+
Kd8 29. Nxb7+ Kc7 (29... Kc8 30. Rdxd7 $18) 30. Rdxd7+ Kb6 31. Nd8 Ba3+ 32. Kd2
Nb1+ 33. Kd1 Nc3+ 34. Ke1 Rc4 35. Rb7+ Ka5 36. Rb3 Bb4 37. a3 Bc5 38. Nb7+ $138
(38. Rh4 $142 Re4+ 39. Rxe4 Nxe4 40. Nxe6 $18) 38... Ka4 39. Rh4 Re4+ (39...
Rxh4 40. Nxc5+ Ka5 41. Rxc3 $18) 40. Rxe4+ (40. Kf1 Bxa3) 40... Nxe4 41. Nxc5+
Nxc5 {[%tqu "En","Find the best way to continue.","","","b3b4","It is very
important to dreak this black pair of pawns",15,"b3b6","",0,"b3f3","",0]} 42.
Rb4+ $1 {It is very important to break this black pair of pawns} (42. Rb6 Kxa3
43. Kd2 f5 {and white has problems penetrating.}) (42. Rf3 f5 $132) 42... Kxa3
43. Rc4 Nd7 44. Rc6 a5 45. Rxe6 a4 46. Kd2 Ka2 47. Rd6 Nc5 (47... Ne5 $5 48.
Rxf6 $6 (48. Kc3 {[%cal Gd6b6,Gc3d4,Yc2c4]}) 48... Nc4+ 49. Kc1 a3 50. Rf2 Nb2
51. Rh2 Nc4 {I didn't exactly feel like checking whether this position is
winning or not during the game.}) 48. Rb6 a3 49. c4 f5 50. Rb5 Ne6 51. Kc3 f4
52. Re5 Nc7 53. Re4 (53. Re2+ Kb1 54. Kb3 Kc1 55. Re4 f3 56. Re3 (56. Rf4 Ne6)
56... f2 57. Rf3 a2 58. Kxa2 Kd2 59. Rxf2+ Kc3 60. Rf4 Kb4) (53. Re7 f3 54. Rf7
(54. Rxc7 $2 f2 55. Rf7 f1=Q 56. Rxf1 $11)) 53... Na6 54. Rxf4 Nc5 55. Rf2+ Kb1
56. Re2 {[%cal Gc3b4]} 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2001.01.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ramesh, Ramachandran B"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2001.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{It was would be desirable to note that it is my first game with the chess
player from India.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4
h6 7. Bg2 $5 (7. h4 $5 {It's main line.}) 7... Nc6 {[%csl Rg4]} 8. h3 {[%csl
Yh3][%cal Yh3g4]} ({Pretty dubious:} 8. Nxc6 bxc6 $140 9. e5 {in view of:} Nd5
10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Ne4 Ba6 12. b3 (12. Bf1 Bxf1 13. Kxf1 Be7 14. c4 Nf6 15. Qf3
O-O 16. Kg2 Qd4 $15 {Sulskis,S-Atalik,S/Groningen,1997(0-1)(54)}) 12... Be5 13.
Bd2 Bxa1 14. Qxa1 O-O 15. c4 f5 $6 (15... Ne7 $5) 16. Nc5 Nf4 17. Rg1 $13 {
Donchev,D-Ermenkov,E/BUL,1988(1-0)(28)}) 8... Bd7 9. Be3 $6 ({Senselessly:} 9.
Ndb5 {because of:} Qb8 {[%cal Ga7a6]} 10. Bf4 Ne5 {[%cal Ga7a6]}) (9. f4 $142
Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bc6 11. Be3 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O (12... Nd7 $143 13. Kb1 Qc7 14. h4
b6 15. g5 $16 {Madl,I-Vasilevich,T/Batumi,2000(1/2-1/2)(60)}) 13. Qd2 Qc7 14.
Qe2 Rac8 15. h4 h5 $1 16. gxh5 b5 $132 {Horvath,T-Golod,V/Berlin,1994(0-1)(24)}
) 9... Ne5 $1 $146 {[%cal Ge5c4][%mdl 8] After approximately 15 minute
meditations I have understood that only so it is possible to use the previous
discrepancy white.Repeatedly was checked in the previous games:9...Be7 or 9...
a6.} 10. Qe2 $6 ({Can be recommended:} 10. O-O $5 Nc4 $140 11. Bc1 $11 {
[%cal Gb2b3]}) 10... Rc8 $15 {[%cal Ge5c4]} 11. O-O-O $6 (11. O-O $142 Nc4 12.
Bc1 Qb6 $15) ({Weakly:} 11. Ndb5 {because of:} Qa5 $15 (11... a6 $2 12. Na7 Ra8
(12... Rc7 $2 13. Bb6 Nc4 14. Nc6 $3 $16 {[%csl Rc4,Yc6,Rc7]}) 13. f4 Ng6 14.
Qf2 $14)) 11... Nc4 12. Kb1 $2 {At my contender obviously have handed over
nerves. He is mistaken on each move.} (12. Nb3 $142 $15) 12... Qb6 $1 13. Ndb5
$2 {Decisive mistake.It was necessary:} (13. Nb3 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Qxe3 15. fxe3 {
=/+/-/+}) 13... Qa5 $1 $19 {[%csl Rb2,Rb5][%cal Ga5b4]} ({Much worse is:} 13...
Nxe3 $2 14. Qxe3 Qxe3 (14... Rc5 15. Nd4 $15) 15. fxe3 Rc5 16. Nxd6+ (16. Nxa7
$2 Ra5 {[%csl Ra7]} 17. Nab5 Rxb5 (17... Bxb5 $2 18. b4 Ra4 $15) 18. Nxb5 Bxb5
$17) 16... Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Ke7 18. Rhd1 b6 (18... h5 $143 19. e5 Rxe5 20. Bxb7
hxg4 21. hxg4 $13) 19. Bf3 $15) 14. Nd4 ({Also loses:} 14. Nxa7 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 (
15. Nxc8 Nxd1 16. Rxd1 Bxc8 $19) 15... Ra8 $19 {[%csl Ra7]}) ({and} 14. a4 a6
15. Na7 Qb4 16. Bc1 Na3+ 17. Ka2 Rxc3 18. Bd2 (18. bxc3 $4 Qb1+ 19. Kxa3 d5#)
18... Qc4+ 19. Qxc4 Rxc4 20. Kxa3 Nxe4 $19 {[%csl Ra7]}) 14... Nxb2 15. Kxb2
Qxc3+ 16. Kb1 Qb4+ $1 {It is much exacter,than:} (16... d5 17. Rd3 $1 $17) 17.
Ka1 (17. Nb3 Nxe4 $19) (17. Kc1 d5 18. exd5 Qc3 19. Rd3 (19. Kb1 Ba3 {see the
game.}) 19... Qa1+ 20. Kd2 Bb4+ $19) 17... d5 18. exd5 $2 {Again mistake the
truth already in a hopeless position.} (18. Rd3 $142 Nxe4 $19) 18... Qc3+ 19.
Kb1 Ba3 (19... Ba3 20. Bc1 $8 Bxc1 21. Kxc1 (21. Rxc1 Qxd4 22. dxe6 Bxe6 $19)
21... Qa1+ {[%csl Rd4]} 22. Kd2 Qxd4+) 0-1

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "Santa Monica"]
[Date "2004.05.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kraai, Jesse"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2004.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {It was a big surprise for me. I was preparing for 1.Nf3 and 1.d4} c5 2.
Nf3 d6 {I decided to slightly surprise my opponent and purposely refused to
play my main weapon, "Qb6".} 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 {After
suffering a defeat in the first round from my friend Victor Mikhalevski, my
opponent was very determined to win this game.} h6 7. h3 a6 8. Bg2 Bd7 ({
Previously I played in this position:} 8... Qc7) 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11.
O-O-O {White is putting his king away from the battle field and are beginning
the pawn storm.} (11. f4 $5) 11... Ne5 $5 12. Kb1 (12. f4 $5 Nc4 13. Kb1 Rc8
14. Rd3 b5 $13 {Kalod,R-Arlandi,E/Charleville,2000(1-0)(24)}) 12... g5 $5 {
[%csl Ge5,Yg5][%cal Yg5f4]} 13. f4 {White doesn't have another alternatives.}
gxf4 14. Bxf4 Be7 15. Nf3 b5 $2 $146 (15... O-O-O $6 16. Rhf1 Be8 17. Nxe5 dxe5
18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. Be3 $14 {Nyysti,S-Belotti,B/Bled,2002(1/2-1/2)(44)}) (15...
Rc8 $5) {[%tqu "En","The previous move of Black was a blunder. How can White
exploit it?","","","h1e1","",10,"c3d5","Kraai,J (He told me that about this
unused ability, several days after this game).",10]} 16. Rhe1 $6 (16. Nd5 $1
$16 {Kraai,J (He told me that about this unused ability, several days after
this game).} exd5 $140 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. exd5 Bd6 (18... O-O 19. Bxe5 Qc8 20.
d6 Bd8 21. Qf3 {[%csl Ra8,Rf6]}) 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. d6 Qc5 21. Rd5 $3 $18 {
[%csl Re5,Re8,Rh8][%cal Ge2e5]}) 16... Rb8 {[%csl Ra8,Yb8,Gg2][%cal Ya8b8] I
decided that my rook will be more valuable to me on this square.} (16... b4 $4
17. Nxe5 $1 dxe5 $140 18. Nd5 $1 exd5 19. exd5 O-O (19... Bd6 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21.
d6 Qc5 22. Qxe5+ Qxe5 23. Rxe5+) 20. Bxe5 Qa5 21. d6 $18 {[%csl Ra8,Ge5,Re7,
Rf6,Yg2]}) 17. Rc1 b4 18. Nd1 ({Right here this opportunity will not work:} 18.
Nd5 $2 exd5 19. exd5 (19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. exd5 Bd6 $17) 19... Ng6 20. Nh4 {
Kraai,J} Bxg4 $5 21. Qf2 Bc8 22. Nxg6 fxg6 23. Qg3 Rb6 $17) 18... Bc6 $5 {
[%csl Ye5,Yf6][%cal Yf6d7,Yd7e5] I am remobilizing my pieces to the best
squares possible.} (18... a5 $5) (18... Bb5 $5) 19. Nf2 (19. Qxa6 $4 Bb5 {
[%csl Ra6]}) 19... Nfd7 20. Nd3 a5 21. c4 $2 {Looks logical, but in reality it
is a huge mistake.} (21. Nfxe5 $5 dxe5 22. Be3 $11) 21... Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Nc5 $1
23. Qd1 $6 (23. Qd4 $4 e5 24. Nxe5 Bf6 $1 {[%csl Rd4,Re5] Kraai,J} (24... Ne6
$2 25. Nxc6 Nxd4 26. Nxd4 $44) 25. Nxc6 Bxd4 26. Nxd4 Nd3 27. Nb5 Qc6 {-/+/-+})
(23. Qd2 $142 Bxe4+ 24. Ka1) 23... e5 $1 {This is an important intermediate
move.} 24. Bh2 (24. Be3 $142) 24... Bxe4+ 25. Rxe4 $2 {White has begun
"floating down the drain".} (25. Ka1 h5 $5 (25... Bg5 $6 26. Nxg5 Bxg2 27. Nf3
$44)) 25... Nxe4 26. Nxe5 Nc3+ $1 {I was counting on this move when I played
23...e5.} 27. Rxc3 (27. bxc3 bxc3+ 28. Ka1 dxe5 $19) 27... bxc3 $19 28. Bc6+ (
28. Qa4+ Kf8 29. Nd7+ Qxd7 $1 30. Qxd7 Rxb2+ 31. Ka1 $8 (31. Kc1 Bg5+ 32. Kd1
c2+ 33. Ke2 c1=Q+ {[%csl Re2][%cal Gc1e3]}) 31... Rxg2 $19 {[%csl Ra1,Yh2]
[%cal Gg2g1,Gg2h2]}) 28... Kf8 29. Nd7+ {[%tqu "En","Find the killer move!","",
"","c7d7","This tactical blow has ended this game.",0,"f8g8","",0,"c7d7","",0]}
Qxd7 $1 {This tactical blow has ended this game.} (29... Kg8 $2 30. Nxb8 Qxb8
31. b3 {=/+/-/+}) (29... Qxd7 $1 30. Bxd7 (30. Qd4 {I did not see this
resource coming.} Rxb2+ 31. Ka1 Bf6 $1 32. Qxf6 Qxc6 33. Qxh8+ Ke7 $19) 30...
Rxb2+ 31. Ka1 (31. Kc1 Bg5+ {[%csl Rc1]}) 31... c2 {[%csl Ra1][%cal Gb2b1,
Ge7f6]} 32. Qf1 Rb1+ 33. Qxb1 Bf6+ 34. Qb2 c1=Q#) 0-1

[Event "Commonwealth-ch"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2015.06.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grover, Sahaj"]
[Black "Nitin, Senthilvel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[Annotator "Grover,S"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2015.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 {I was surprised by his
opening choice, normally he doesn't go for Sicilian structures.} 6. g4 $5 h6 7.
h3 {I was hoping to transpose into some kind of h3-Najdorf.} Nc6 8. Be3 a6 {
Voilà!, although the knight on c6 is misplaced.} 9. Bg2 Ne5 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. f4
Nc4 12. O-O-O {I wasn't worried about the dark-squared bishop as I was far
ahead in development, ready to break via e5 or the slow Bf3-h4-g5, whereas
Black is in serious trouble with his undeveloped king.} Nxe3 $2 {I don't like
this move, as it eases White's play, I would have probably kept the knight for
some time to keep the tension.} (12... Bd7 $5 {is what I was calculating
before he took the bishop} 13. Kb1 ({I was mildly considering playing} 13. Bf2
Rc8 14. Rd3 $5 {I had missed the blow -} e5 $1 15. Nf5 exf4 16. Rhd1 Ne5 {
and Black can hope to equalise soon, however White still has annoying moves
such as} 17. Kb1 $5) 13... Rc8 14. Bc1 $1 $14 {is just better for White.}) 13.
Qxe3 Be7 (13... g5 $5 {I considered this move for a long time, after thinking
for almost 20 minutes I concluded white was better after} 14. fxg5 hxg5 15. e5
dxe5 16. Nf3 $14) 14. Rhe1 {I didn't think a human would castle as it looks
highly dangerous, White can continue slowly via - Bf3-h4-g4, and Black is a
long way from starting an attack on the queenside, if ever.} Bd7 ({Again he
could have continued via this, but same story as before, but now} 14... g5 15.
e5 $1 (15. fxg5 $2 {doesn't work because of} Nxg4 $1) 15... gxf4 16. exd6 Bxd6
17. Qf2 $14) 15. Qf2 {Prophylaxis against g5, and threatening e5.} Rc8 16. Kb1
{I was just waiting for Black to castle or start an attack via b5, as I could
play Nd5 since I would have the c6-outpost then.} Qb6 $5 17. Qg3 Rc4 $2 {
This was quite unexpected, maybe now was the time he could play} (17... O-O {
since now White is a long way from h4-g5} 18. e5 $5 (18. h4 $2 Nxg4 $1 19. Qxg4
Rxc3) 18... dxe5 19. fxe5 Nh7 20. Ne4 {Black's position is way easier to play
now, with good chances to equalise.}) 18. Qd3 $1 Rc7 (18... Qc7 $2 19. e5 dxe5
20. fxe5 Nh7 21. Nf5 $1 $18) 19. e5 {Couldn't wait any longer, and this was
probably the best time to break the centre.} dxe5 20. fxe5 Bb4 (20... Nh7 {
doesn't help as} 21. Nf5 $18) 21. Nxe6 $1 {A nice little blow, probably missed
by my opponent, the position is almost lost by now.} Rxc3 ({I was surprised as
he didn't test} 21... fxe6 22. Qg6+ Kd8 23. Na4 $1 Qf2 24. Rf1 Qxg2 25. exf6
$18) 22. Qd4 $5 (22. Nxg7+ {was apparently a better move order as now Black
cannot go on d8} Kd8 23. Qf1 $1 {Something I missed during the game.}) 22...
Qxd4 23. Nxg7+ Kf8 (23... Kd8 {was mandatory} 24. Rxd4 Rxc2 25. Rxb4 Rxg2 26.
exf6 {Still it's more or less fatal.}) 24. Rxd4 Rg3 (24... Rc7 25. Rxb4 Kxg7
26. exf6+ Kxf6 27. Rf4+ Kg7 28. Re7 $18) 25. exf6 $1 Bxe1 26. Rxd7 Ba5 27. Re7
1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.01.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 a6 7. g5 Nfd7 8. Be3
b5 9. a3 Nb6 10. h4 Bb7 11. h5 N8d7 12. g6 $1 {TN. Earlier it was thought that
this breakthrough should be prepared by 12. Rh3 or 12. Rg1. 12. Rh3, d5 13.
exd5, Nxd5 14. Nxd5, Bxd5 Mainka,R- Espig,L Dortmund B 1990} hxg6 13. hxg6 Rxh1
14. gxf7+ Kxf7 (14... Ke7 15. Qg4 Qc8 16. Qxe6+ Kd8 17. Qe8+ Kc7 18. Ne6+ Kb8 (
18... Kc6 19. Nd5 $1 {/\Nb4#} Rxf1+ 20. Kxf1 Nxd5 21. exd5+ Kxd5 22. Nc7+ Kc6 (
22... Qxc7 23. Rd1+ Kc4 (23... Kc6 24. Qe4+ d5 25. Qxd5#) 24. Qe6+ d5 25. Rd4+
Kc5 26. b4#) 23. Nxa8 $16) 19. Nxf8 Nxf8 20. Bxb6 Bc6 21. Qe7 $16) 15. Qf3+ Qf6
16. Qxh1 $16 Ne5 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Bxb6 d5 19. Bd4 Nc6 20. Bh3 Qe8 21. O-O-O
Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Qe5 23. Rd3 d4 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Bd6 26. Rf3+ $6 (26. Be6+
Ke7 27. Qh4+ Qf6 28. Qxf6+ Kxf6 29. Rxd4 g5 30. a4 $16) 26... Ke7 27. Rf5 Qe2
$13 28. Qg1 Be5 29. f4 Bf6 30. Rxf6 gxf6 31. Qg7+ Ke8 32. Qg8+ Ke7 33. Qh7+ Ke8
$6 (33... Kf8 $1 34. Kb1 d3 35. cxd3 b4 $10) 34. Kb1 Rd8 $4 $138 (34... d3 35.
cxd3 b4 36. Bd7+ Kd8 37. axb4 Ra7 $10) 35. Be6 {Hansen,C} 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Apiko-Yakimanka"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. f4
Nc6 9. h3 Qc7 10. Bg2 Be7 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. Qf2 O-O {[%csl Rg8,Rh6] A brave
decision. White has build up a strong P-formation on the K-side and still
black decides to place his K on g8. With his h-P on h7 that would maybe not be
so unusual but with the P on h6 white will be able to open lines quickly and
easily by g4-g5.} 13. O-O-O b5 {[%cal Yb5b4] >< Nc3} 14. g5 hxg5 15. fxg5 Nh7 {
[%csl Rh7]} 16. Nxc6 (16. h4 Ne5 $13 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Ya8c8,Yc8c1]}) 16... Bxc6
17. h4 Qb7 $1 $132 {[%cal Yb7h1,Yb5b4] White seems to have done everything
right in the opening. Even so black has a somewhat irritating counterplay
against e4.} 18. Kb1 (18. Bd4 $5 b4 19. Nd5 exd5 20. exd5 Bd7 {seems to me to
be a tempo better that the game. I don't think Kb1 is rearly necessary. But
even in that case it is not clear how white should build up a dangerous attack.
}) 18... b4 19. Nd5 $5 {The logical way to keep the initiative} exd5 20. exd5
Bd7 {[%csl Rg2] So what ? White has sacrificed a piece - probably more or less
based on a general feeling - but there does not seem to be a clear way to
continue the attack. White would like to play g5-g6, or build up a strong
battery with Q and B in the /^ a1-h8 to attack g7. However that is not so easy
to achieve. After the game it seems that whites major problem is the not
active enough placed B on g2. If it had been placed on d3 blacks defence would
have been much more difficult.} 21. Rdg1 (21. Bd4 {[%cal Yb2b3,Yd4b2,Yf2d4] /
\b2-b3, Bd4-b2, Qf2-d4} Rae8 22. b3 Bd8 23. Bb2 Bb6 {White has not achieved
anything more than in the game}) 21... Rae8 22. Bd4 {[%cal Yb2b3,Yd4b2,Yf2d4]}
Bd8 23. b3 a5 {[%cal Ya5a4,Ya4b3] Now black has consolidated his position and
starts to think about counterplay based on opening the a-<->.} 24. Rh2 a4 25.
h5 $5 {White until now had some positional compensation based on the misplaced
Nh7. However in the long run he would have no hopes if he did not get his
attack going. With the textmove he gives up another P to open <->s.} axb3 26.
axb3 Bxg5 27. Bf1 {[%cal Yf1d3,Yd3h7,Yd4g7,Yg1g7]} Qxd5 28. Bc4 Qf5 29. Qg3 Re4
30. Bd3 Rxd4 31. Bxf5 Bxf5 {[%cal Yg5h6,Yf5e6,Yh7f6] Black his ready to
consolidate his material advantage by placing his minor pieces on active and
safe squares with Bh6, Be6 and Nf6.} 32. Rf2 $2 {A blunder in a depressing
position} Rg4 33. Qh2 Rxg1+ 34. Qxg1 Be3 $19 35. h6 Bg6 36. hxg7 Rd8 37. Qg3
Bxf2 38. Qxf2 Rc8 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Rc8c2,Rg6c2]} 39. Qd4 Rxc2 40. Ka1 Rc1+ 41.
Ka2 Rc2+ 42. Ka1 Re2 43. Qxb4 d5 44. Qd6 Kxg7 45. Qxd5 Re4 46. Qc5 Nf8 47. b4
Ne6 48. Qc3+ Rd4 49. b5 Be4 50. Ka2 f5 51. Qc8 Kf7 52. Ka3 Rd8 53. Qc4 Rd3+ 54.
Kb2 Rd4 55. Qc8 f4 0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2014.11.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "299"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Be7 8. Bg2
Nfd7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. h4 (10. Qe2 {is the most common move} O-O 11. O-O-O Nxd4
12. Bxd4 b5 13. e5 d5 14. f4 b4 15. Na4 Bb7 $15 {0-1 (26) Caruana,F (2774)
-Karjakin,S (2782) Moscow 2013}) 10... O-O {This move is a novelty, but we
will transpose to usual lines.} (10... Nde5 11. g5 Bd7 {see Anand-Topalov} (
11... Nc4 12. Bc1 O-O 13. b3 Qa5 14. Nde2 N4e5 15. f4 Ng4 16. Bf3 h5 $13 {
0-1 (42) Stevic,H (2619)-Tadic,B (2505) Neum 2014})) 11. g5 Nde5 12. Qe2 Nxd4 (
12... b5 {has also been played:} 13. f4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Nc6 15. Be3 Qa5 (15...
Bb7 16. O-O-O Rc8 17. Qf2 $14 {1-0 (43) Yunusov,I-Sakr,N (2148) Turin 2006})
16. Qf2 Rb8 17. O-O b4 $13 {0-1 (44) Vehi Bach,V (2403)-Zoler,D (2527) Arinsal
2011}) 13. Bxd4 Nc6 $146 (13... b5 14. f4 {transposes to 12...b5.}) 14. O-O-O (
{If White retreats the B, the game will be unclear:} 14. Be3 Bd7 15. O-O-O Rc8
16. Kb1 Ne5 $13) 14... Nxd4 {Getting the bishop pair is very logical.} (14...
b5 {also comes into consideration} 15. Qe3 (15. Be3 Qa5 $1 16. e5 d5 17. g6
hxg6 18. h5 g5 19. h6 g6 $17) 15... Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Bb7 $132) 15. Rxd4 b5 16. f4
{White has some space advantage as a compensation for losing the bishop pair.}
Qb6 (16... Rb8 17. f5 $13) 17. Qd2 Rb8 {Black prepares for ...b4, as 17...b4
didn't work because of 18.Na4.} ({Black doesn't need to waste time on} 17...
Bd7 18. f5 $36) 18. f5 {White plays aggressively.} ({If White plays more
quietly} 18. Kb1 a5 (18... Qc5 19. Nd1 $1 f6 20. Rf1 $14) 19. Nd1 f6 $13) 18...
b4 (18... Qc5 {going to e5 with the queen is very logical} 19. Kb1 Qe5 $13) 19.
Nd1 Qa5 $6 {This move is inaccurate.} (19... f6 20. g6 hxg6 21. h5 $40) (19...
Qc5 20. Ne3 a5 21. f6 $40) 20. Kb1 Qc5 $6 21. Bh3 $1 {White plays
energetically, he already has a serious initiative.} Bd8 22. Rf1 $6 {This move
is a bit inaccurate.} (22. fxe6 {was even better to win the Ps} fxe6 23. Rxd6
Bc7 24. Bxe6+ Bxe6 25. Rxe6 $14) 22... Bb6 $1 23. Rxd6 Bc7 $1 24. Rd3 a5 $1 {
White has won the pawn, but Black has obvious compensation.} 25. g6 (25. fxe6
Bxe6 26. Bxe6 fxe6 $44) 25... fxg6 26. fxg6 Rxf1 27. Bxf1 Ba6 (27... hxg6 {
was also good} 28. Qg2 Kh7) 28. Rf3 Bxf1 (28... Rd8 {is a bit more accurate}
29. gxh7+ Kxh7 30. Bd3 Qh5 $132) 29. gxh7+ Kh8 30. Rxf1 Rd8 31. Qe2 a4 $2 (
31... Bg3 $1 $44 {is better to prevent Nf2.}) 32. Nf2 $1 {White places the
knight on d3, where it will defend the b2-pawn well.} a3 33. Nh3 $6 {This move
isn't accurate, the knight won't arrive on g5 in time.} (33. Nd3 $1 Qc4 34. e5
$16) 33... Qd4 $1 34. c3 bxc3 35. Ng5 c2+ $1 36. Qxc2 Rb8 37. b3 Be5 38. Nf7+
Kxh7 39. Nxe5 Qxe5 $44 {After some forced moves, we have got a very
interesting position. White has a b3 P advantage, but Black has nothing to
worry about because of his potentially strong a3-pawn, which is very
unpleasant for White. Objectively the one who is trying to win is Black.} 40.
Rf2 Rb7 41. Rg2 Rc7 {Black has placed his R on c7, while White has
over-protected his 2nd rank.} 42. Qd1 $2 (42. Qd3 $1 {was better} Rc3 43. Rg5
$1 {could be the move overlooked by White} Qc7 44. Qd1 (44. Qd2 Rh3 $17) 44...
Kg8 45. Rh5 $11) 42... Qxe4+ $19 {Black will get better move by move.} 43. Rc2
Rc5 $1 44. Kc1 Rd5 45. Rd2 Qe3 $1 46. b4 Rf5 (46... Rd8 $1 $19 {was the strong
finishing move, Black will go forward with his king and win the h4-pawn.}) 47.
Kc2 $1 Qe4+ 48. Kc3 {Now White is back in the game, there is no pin anymore.}
Qxh4 $2 (48... e5 $1 {was better to prevent Rd4.}) 49. Kb3 $1 Qe4 50. Qc2 $1
Qa8 {Now the game is objectively equal.} 51. Qc4 Rf3+ 52. Rd3 g5 53. b5 Qb7 (
53... g4 $1 {was the exact move} 54. b6 Qb7 55. Qc7+ Rf7 $11) 54. Rxf3 Qxf3+
55. Ka4 g4 56. b6 g3 57. Qc7+ Kg6 (57... Kh6 {is also good} 58. b7 Qe4+ $11)
58. b7 Qe4+ 59. Kxa3 Qe3+ 60. Kb4 g2 $4 (60... Qd4+ $1 61. Kb3 Qd3+ 62. Kb2
Qd4+ 63. Ka3 (63. Qc3 Qb6+ $11) 63... Qe3+ $11) 61. b8=Q (61. Qc2+ $1 {was
winning} Kh6 62. b8=Q Qd4+ 63. Kb3 g1=Q 64. Qf8+ Qgg7 65. Qh2+ Kg6 66. Qg3+ Kh6
67. Qfxg7+ Qxg7 68. Qxg7+ Kxg7 69. a4 $18) 61... Qd4+ (61... Qe4+ $1 62. Kb3
Qb1+ 63. Ka3 Qd3+ $11) 62. Kb3 (62. Qc4 $1 $18) 62... Qd3+ 63. Kb2 Qd4+ 64. Ka3
Qe3+ 65. Kb4 Qd4+ 66. Qc4 {Finding the right move.} g1=Q 67. Qg8+ Kh5 68. Qxg1
Qxg1 69. Qxe6 $4 {This endgame is drawn, Black's king has to stay far from the
pawn to avoid counterchecks.} (69. Qc5+ $1 {this queen exchange would have won
the game.}) 69... Qd4+ 70. Kb5 Qb2+ 71. Qb3 Qe5+ 72. Ka6 Kh4 (72... Qe4 {
is also good.}) 73. Qc4+ Kh3 74. a4 Qd6+ 75. Kb7 Qd7+ 76. Kb8 Qd6+ 77. Kb7 Qd7+
78. Kb6 Qd8+ 79. Kc5 Qe7+ 80. Kd4 Qd8+ 81. Kc3 Qf6+ 82. Kb3 Qb6+ 83. Ka3 Qa7
84. Qc3+ Kh2 85. Qe5+ Kg2 86. a5 Kh1 87. Qd5+ Kh2 88. Qd6+ Kh1 89. Ka4 Qa8 90.
a6 Qe4+ 91. Ka5 Qe1+ 92. Kb6 Qb1+ 93. Kc7 Qh7+ 94. Qd7 Qh2+ 95. Kc8 Qh8+ 96.
Kb7 Qb2+ 97. Ka8 Qh8+ 98. Ka7 Kg1 99. Qc7 Kf1 100. Qc4+ Kg1 101. Qc5+ Kf1 102.
Qc1+ Kf2 103. Kb7 Qh7+ 104. Kb6 Qg6+ 105. Kb5 Qd3+ 106. Qc4 Qb1+ 107. Ka4 Qd1+
108. Kb4 Qe1+ 109. Kb3 Qe3+ 110. Kc2 Qa7 111. Qf4+ Kg1 112. Qg3+ Kh1 113. Qf3+
Kg1 114. Qd1+ Kg2 115. Qd6 Kg1 116. Kd3 Qh7+ 117. Kd2 Kg2 118. Qd5+ Kh2 119.
Qe5+ Kh1 120. Qe1+ Kh2 121. Qe3 Qd7+ 122. Ke1 Qa4 123. a7 Qa1+ 124. Ke2 Qa6+
125. Kf3 Qc6+ 126. Kg4 Qd7+ 127. Kf4 Qf7+ 128. Ke4 Qb7+ 129. Kd3 Qa6+ 130. Kd2
Qa2+ 131. Kd1 Qa1+ 132. Ke2 Qa6+ 133. Kf3 Qc6+ 134. Qe4 Qc3+ 135. Kf4 Qf6+ 136.
Ke3 Qc3+ 137. Qd3 Qe5+ 138. Kf2 Qf6+ 139. Ke2 Qe5+ 140. Kf3 Qf6+ 141. Ke3 Qe7+
142. Kf3 Qf6+ 143. Ke2 Qe5+ 144. Qe3 Qb5+ 145. Kf2 Qf5+ 146. Qf3 Qc5+ 147. Kf1
Qg1+ 148. Ke2 Qxa7 149. Qf2+ Qxf2+ 150. Kxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 {Black gives White a chance to transpose to the Sicilian.} 2. e4 {
White takes this chance.} d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 {This line
is very popular nowadays.} e6 {Black chooses the Scheveningen setup.} 7. g4
Nfd7 {Black immediately prepares for g5. 7...d5 is more popular, which leads
to positional play.} 8. g5 (8. Bg2 {is more popular. Here is an example:} Be7
9. Be3 Nc6 10. h4 Nde5 11. g5 Bd7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. b3 $13 {Anand-Topalov,
Khanty-Mansiysk 2014}) 8... b5 {Black wants to develop the queenside first.} (
8... Be7 {is also possible.}) 9. a3 {White decides to prevent ...b4.} (9. Bg2
Bb7 $13) 9... Bb7 10. h4 Be7 11. Be3 O-O 12. f4 $146 {This is the novelty.} (
12. Qd2 {was played before:} Nc6 13. O-O-O Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Rc8 15. Rg1 Ne5 16.
Qe3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. f4 $36 {White had a nice position in Vallejo
Pons-Topalov, Leon 2012}) 12... Nc6 13. Rh3 {White goes off the diagonal of
the B and defends the f3-square after an eventual Nce5.} ({In the event of the
more natural} 13. Qd2 {Black can play} Nc5 (13... Rc8) 14. Bg2 Nxd4 (14... Na5
15. b3) 15. Bxd4 Rc8 {and Black wants to follow up with ...a5.} (15... a5 16.
Bxc5 $1 dxc5 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. Nxb5 $14) {White can't play} 16. O-O-O {
because of} a5 $1 $40) 13... Rc8 (13... Nc5 {was also possible with the plan of
} 14. Qe2 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 e5 $13) 14. f5 ({In the event of} 14. Qd2 {Black has
nice counterplay after} Nc5 (14... Nxd4 $5 15. Bxd4 e5) 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Bg2
a5 $1 $132) (14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Qd2 Nc5 {transposes to 11.Qd2.}) 14... Nxd4 (
14... Nce5 {was a very active move} 15. Qd2 (15. fxe6 {is met by} Rxc3 $1 16.
bxc3 Nc5 $36) 15... Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 $13) 15. Qxd4 Nc5 {Black places the N on
c5, as it's attacking the centre and defending e6.} (15... Ne5 {would be worse}
16. O-O-O $14) 16. Bd2 (16. Rg3 Re8 $13) 16... Re8 {Black chooses a solid
preparatory move, but there were more aggressive possibilities.} (16... e5 17.
Qe3 $14) (16... exf5 {was a very interesting try to open the position, but
after} 17. exf5 f6 18. b4 $1 {White seems to be fine in this extremely
complicated position} Nd7 19. g6 $13) (16... f6 {also seems promising; White
has to play} 17. b4 $1 {otherwise the position falls apart} fxg5 (17... e5 18.
Qe3 Nd7 ({After the P sacrifice} 18... d5 {White plays} 19. exd5 Nd7 20. O-O-O
Nb6 21. Qf2 $1 $14 {with the plan of} Nxd5 22. Be1) 19. O-O-O (19. g6 hxg6 20.
Rg3 Nb6 $1 {with a very difficult position}) 19... Nb6 $13) 18. hxg5 $1 (18.
bxc5 $2 g4 $17) (18. Bxg5 Nd7 $132) 18... Nd7 19. fxe6 Ne5 $13) (16... d5 {
was also very good} 17. exd5 exd5 18. O-O-O Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 $11) 17. O-O-O ({
The P sacrifice with} 17. f6 {also came into consideration} gxf6 18. O-O-O $44)
17... Qc7 (17... d5 {was also good with the plan of} 18. exd5 exf5 $1 (18...
exd5 19. Bf4 $1 $40) 19. Re3 Qc7 (19... Bd6 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Bf4 Qe7 22. Kb1
Re8 23. a4 $1 $36) 20. Qe5 (20. Bd3 g6 $13) 20... Ne4 21. Qxc7 Rxc7 22. Nxe4
fxe4 23. Bg2 Bxd5 24. Ba5 Rd7 25. Bxe4 Be6 $11) 18. f6 (18. Bd3 {was also
possible; a possible line is} exf5 19. exf5 d5 20. Kb1 $13) 18... Bf8 {This
move is the simplest and the strongest.} (18... e5 {was also interesting} 19.
Qe3 Nxe4 $1 20. Bd3 $3 (20. fxe7 d5 $1 $36) 20... Nxc3 (20... Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Bf8
(21... Qd7 22. Rg3 Bd8 23. Be2 $36) 22. fxg7 Bxg7 23. Bf5 e4 $1 24. Bxc8 Qxc8
25. Re3 Qc5 26. Kb1 $14 {and the position is very unclear, but White has the
better chances}) 21. Bxc3 d5 (21... Bf8 22. h5 $40) 22. Bxe5 (22. fxe7 {
leads to a forced draw after some only moves} d4 23. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 24. Rxd4 $1
exd4 25. Qxd4 f6 26. gxf6 Qc4 $1 27. Qf2 Qf7 $1 28. Rg3 Rxc3 $1 (28... Rg8 {
loses to} 29. Qf5+ g6 30. Qg5 Be4 31. Qf4 $18 {and Black destroys because of
the passed Ps}) 29. Rxg7+ Qxg7 30. fxg7 Rf3 31. Qg1 Bc6 32. h5 Rf6 33. Qg5 Rh6
34. Qf5+ Kxg7 35. Qg5+ $11) 22... Bd6 23. Bxd6 Rxe3 24. Bxc7 Rxh3 25. Bf5 Rxa3
(25... Rxc7 26. Re1 Rh1 27. Rxh1 gxf6 28. gxf6 Rc6 29. Rg1+ Kf8 30. Bxh7 $14)
26. bxa3 Rxc7 27. Re1 Bc6 28. Kb2 $14) 19. Bd3 (19. Bg2 {was also possible,
the bishop may be more harmonious on g2, but Black has the strong} a5 $1 (19...
d5 20. exd5 exd5 21. Bf4 $36) 20. Kb1 e5 $1 21. Qe3 Ne6 $1 {with a good play})
19... Qb6 {Black wants to play Nb3...} (19... d5 $1 {was the most principled
and the best move} 20. exd5 exd5 (20... Nxd3+ 21. Rxd3) 21. Bf5 $1 Ne6 (21...
Ne4 $5 22. Bxc8 Bc5 {is also good}) 22. Qg1 Qe5 (22... d4 $5) 23. Bxe6 Rxe6
$132) (19... Red8 {was also good to prepare ...d5.}) {, but White has} 20. Kb1
$1 {...which parries this threat.} Na4 $1 {Black decides to exchange the Qs to
relieve the pressure.} 21. Qxb6 Nxb6 22. Ne2 ({The suggestion of the computer
can hardly promise anything after} 22. Be2 d5 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25.
fxg7 Bxg7 $11) 22... Nd7 (22... Nc4 {was also possible.}) 23. Rf1 Ne5 $6 {
Black's N isn't doing much on e5.} (23... Nc5 $1 {was very strong to attack
White's e4-pawn} 24. fxg7 (24. Ng3 d5 25. exd5 Bxd5) 24... Bxg7 $132) 24. Nf4
Nd7 (24... Red8 25. Bc3 $14) 25. Nh5 $1 {White is provoking Black to weaken
his kingside, to be able to attack it with h5.} (25. fxg7 {also came into
consideration if White doesn't want to allow ...g6} Bxg7 26. Nh5 $14) 25... g6
26. Nf4 ({The computer gives} 26. Ng3 {as the best move, when the only
possibility is} h5 $1 27. gxh6 Kh7 28. Bg5 Nc5 29. h5 $14 {and White's
position is promising}) 26... Nc5 (26... h5 $2 {loses to} 27. Nxg6 $1 $18) 27.
h5 $1 (27. Re1 {was also possible, but Black can play} h5 {or} (27... Nxd3 28.
cxd3 {followed by} h5) (27... d5 {is bad because of} 28. h5 $1 $36)) 27... gxh5
$2 {After this move White is winning.} (27... Nxe4 {was much better} 28. hxg6
hxg6 29. Rh2 $1 Nxd2+ 30. Rxd2 e5 $1 ({If Black doesn't want to allow White to
play Nxg6, he can try} 30... Rc7 {, but White has} 31. Rh2 $1 {when he makes
use of the h-file}) 31. Nxg6 e4 32. Nxf8 Rxf8 33. Be2 $14) 28. Re1 $1 e5 29.
Nxh5 d5 30. Ng3 $1 {White's position is already winning.} Rcd8 $2 {This move
allows White an immediate win.} (30... Nxd3 {was better, but} 31. cxd3 dxe4 32.
g6 $1 fxg6 33. f7+ Kxf7 34. Rxh7+ Bg7 35. Bh6 $18 {also loses.}) 31. Reh1 h6
32. Nf5 dxe4 33. Nxh6+ Kh7 34. Nxf7+ {White has many ways to win in this
position, but there was a mate in 4.} (34. Nf5+ $1 Kg6 35. Ng3 $1 exd3 36. Rh6+
Bxh6 37. Rxh6#) 34... Kg6 35. Nxd8 Rxd8 36. Ba5 Rxd3 (36... exd3 37. Bxd8 Bxh1
38. Rxh1 $18) 37. cxd3 exd3 38. Rh6+ (38. Rg1 $18) 38... Kxg5 39. Bd2+ Kf5 40.
Rf1+ 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 7th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 {This line is very
popular nowadays.} e6 (6... e5 {and}) (6... g6 {are other setups.}) 7. g4 Be7
8. Bg2 Nfd7 {This move wants to prepare for g5. Many top players have played
this line against 6.h3 recently.} 9. Nce2 $146 {This is Ponomariov's novelty.
At the first sight it's hard to evaluate this move. After this move, White
will be able to play c4 at some point. However the main idea of this move is
to place the N on g3 and attack on the K-side, when the N may be useful there.}
(9. Be3 {is the most popular move, the plan is Qe2 and 0-0-0, with an unclear
fight.} Nc6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. e5 d5 14. f4 Bb7 15. Qe3
b4 16. Ne2 a5 17. f5 Rc8 18. Nf4 Qc7 $13 {Shirov-Karavade, Caleta 2013}) (9.
O-O O-O {leads to a complicated Scheveningen fight.}) 9... Nc6 (9... h5 {
was also interesting}) (9... O-O {is also possible.}) 10. c3 (10. O-O {is also
possible} O-O {would be a normal setup, White can play both} 11. Ng3 {followed
by c3 and f4 and} (11. c4)) 10... h5 $6 {This move is a mistake. If White
takes on h5, the R won't be able to recapture.} (10... O-O {would be a natural
move} 11. O-O {with an unclear position. This position needs serious practical
testing to tell anything about it.}) 11. gxh5 Rxh5 $2 {This move is losing.
Maybe Black overlooked 14.b4.} (11... Qc7 12. Ng3 {and I prefer White, however
the position isn't so easy after a move like} b6) 12. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 13. Nd4 Rc5
14. b4 $1 {This is the point.} Rxc3 (14... Rc4 15. Bf1 $1 $16) 15. Bb2 Rc4 16.
Nxe6 $1 {This is the point, otherwise White is worse.} Qb6 (16... fxe6 {
would lead to a forced mate} 17. Qh5+ Kf8 18. Qh8+ Kf7 19. Qxg7+ Ke8 20. Qg6+
Kf8 21. Bg7+ Kg8 22. Bh6+ Kh8 23. Qg7#) 17. Nxg7+ Kf8 18. O-O (18. a3 {is also
good according to the computer.}) 18... Ne5 (18... Bf6 19. Nf5 $1 Bxb2 20.
Qxd6+ Kg8 21. Qg3+ Kf8 22. Rad1 $40) 19. Nh5 (19. Nf5 {is also good} Bxf5 20.
exf5 $36) 19... Qxb4 20. Rb1 Qc5 (20... Qa5 21. Qb3 $1 {followed by Qg3.}) 21.
Kh1 $1 {White finds the strongest move. The point of this move is that Bg5
won't work, because there is no check on f3 after taking the B compared to 21.
Qd2 line.} (21. Qb3 {also came into consideration, but now the R is defended,
so it isn't winning like in the 20...Qa5 line.}) (21. Qd2 Bg5 $1 {isn't so
clear.}) 21... Ng6 22. Nf6 Rb8 (22... Ne5 23. Nh7+ Ke8 24. f4 $40 {White has a
winning attack.}) 23. Qd2 $18 (23. Bc1 $1 $18 {was even better.}) 23... Bxf6
24. Bxf6 Rb5 25. Rbd1 d5 26. Qh6+ Ke8 27. exd5 cxd5 28. Rfe1+ Kd7 29. Qg7 Qf8
30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. Rxd5+ Kc7 32. Be5+ Kc6 33. Qxf8 1-0

[Event "Lasker Memorial op"]
[Site "Barlinek"]
[Date "2001.07.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mikhaletz, Lubomir"]
[Black "Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2001.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 d5 8. Bg2
Bb4 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nde2 Nc6 11. Bd2 Nxc3 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Bxc3 Qb6 14. Qd2
c5 15. O-O-O O-O 16. a3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Bb7 18. Rhe1 Rad8 19. f4 f6 20. Qe3 Qc6
21. Nc3 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Re8 23. g5 fxg5 24. fxg5 e5 25. h4 e4 26. Rd5 Qc7 27.
Rxc5 Qh2 28. b3 Qxh4 29. Rc7 Ba8 30. Kb2 Qg4 31. a4 Qe6 32. Qd4 Qg6 33. Qd7 e3
34. Rc8 Kf8 35. Rxe8+ Qxe8 36. Qxe8+ Kxe8 37. Ne2 {[#] Ungleiche
Bauernverteilung mit Freibauern. Starker Läufer infolge schlechten weißen
Spiels - ungenutzte weiße Chancen infolge schlechten schwarzen Spiels!} Ke7 38.
Kc3 Ke6 39. g6 (39. Kd4 Kf5 40. b4 Kxg5 41. b5 axb5 42. axb5 h5 43. Kxe3 h4 44.
Ng1 Kg4 45. c4 h3 46. Nxh3 Kxh3 47. Kf4 Kh4 48. c5 g5+ 49. Ke5 g4 50. c6 g3 51.
Kd6 g2 52. b6 g1=Q 53. b7 Bxb7 $19) 39... Be4 40. gxh7 Bxh7 41. b4 (41. Kd4 $5
Bxc2 42. Kxe3 {mit der Remischance, den Springer gegen den g-Bauern zu opfern,
denn der Läufer hat nicht die Farbe des Eckfeldes a1, oder den Damenflügel
aufzulösen. Z.B.} Bd1 (42... Kd5 43. b4 Bxa4 (43... Kc4 44. b5 $11) 44. Nc3+
Kc4 45. Nxa4 Kxb4 46. Nb6 $11) 43. Nc1 g5 44. Kd2 $15) 41... Kd5 42. b5 a5 $6 (
42... axb5 43. axb5 Kc5 44. b6 $11) 43. Kb3 $2 (43. Nf4+ $1 Kc5 44. Ng2 e2 45.
Ne1 $14 {[%csl Re2][%cal Rc3d2]}) 43... g5 44. c4+ Kc5 45. Kc3 Bg8 46. Nc1 $2 (
46. Ng3 $1 Bxc4 47. Ne4+ Kd5 48. Nxg5 $11) 46... Bxc4 47. b6 Ba6 48. b7 Bxb7
49. Nb3+ Kb6 50. Kd3 Bc6 51. Kxe3 Bxa4 52. Nd4 Bd7 $2 {Hier steht der Läufer
ungedeckt alsbald im Springerbereich.} (52... Bc6 $19) 53. Kd3 $2 (53. Nf3 $1
a4 (53... g4 54. Ne5 Bc8 55. Nxg4 Bxg4 56. Kd3 Kb5 57. Kc3 Ka4 58. Kb2 $11) 54.
Kd2 g4 55. Ne5 a3 56. Kc3 (56. Nxd7+ Kc7 57. Nc5 a2 58. Nb3 g3 59. Ke2 Kb6 60.
Kf3 Kb5 61. Kxg3 Kb4 62. Na1 Kc3 $19) 56... g3 57. Nxd7+ $11 {[%csl Gg1][%cal
Gd7e5,Ge5f3]}) 53... g4 54. Kc3 g3 55. Nf3 g2 {Nach Lg4 wird der Springer auf
g1 patt gesetzt und vom König abgeholt.} 0-1

[Event "Czerniak Memorial 13th"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gershon, Alik"]
[Black "Rotstein, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1997.04.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 a6 7. g5 Nfd7 8. h4
b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. Be3 Nc6 11. h5 Rc8 12. Bh3 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Ne5 14. O-O-O Nc6 15.
Qd2 b4 16. axb4 Nxb4 17. Kb1 Qa5 18. Qd4 e5 19. Qb6 Qxb6 20. Bxb6 Rc4 21. Bf1
Rc8 22. Bh3 Rc4 23. Rhe1 Be7 24. Bf1 Rc8 25. Bh3 Rc4 26. f4 exf4 27. Nd5 Nxd5
28. exd5 f3 29. b3 Rc8 30. Bxc8 Bxc8 31. Rd3 Kd7 32. Rxf3 f6 33. Rfe3 Bd8 34.
Bxd8 Kxd8 35. h6 gxh6 36. gxf6 Rf8 37. Rf1 h5 38. Re7 Rxf6 39. Rxf6 Kxe7 {
[#] a) Gegenspiel der L-Partei mit h-Freibauer führt zu T-Gewinn b) hilfloser
L gegen weißen b-Freibauer c) finales Bauernendspiel. Gewinn durch Zugzwang
Ich habe für dieses Endspiel eine Medaille für kreative Endspielführung
vergeben. Insbesondere ist die weiße Königsführung im Teil b) höchst
eindrucksvoll.} 40. Rh6 Bf5 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Rf5g6]} 41. Rxh5 {Die Drohung Lg6
muß Weiß nicht undedingt bedienen, wenn er mit dem b-Freibauern schnell genug
ist. Die nun folgenden Vorschläge und Analysen sind unbedingt zu überprüfen!
Nun werden Sie bei Durchsicht der Varianten einwenden, daß angsichts von
Abspiel b) doch nur die Partiefolge erreicht wird. Warum also das Risiko der
Turmeinsperrung eingehen? In der Partie ist die Entscheidung zu Txh5 sicher
richtig und praktisch, wir aber wollen bei der Analyse möglichst nichts
auslassen!} (41. Kb2 Bg6 (41... a5 $5 42. Rxh5 Kf6 43. Rh4 Kg5 44. Ra4 h5 45.
Rxa5 h4 46. Ra1 Be4 $1 47. c4 h3 48. b4 Kf6 49. b5 Ke7 50. b6 Kd7 51. b7 (51.
Ra8 h2 52. b7 h1=Q 53. b8=Q Qb1+ $11) 51... Kc7 52. Ra8 Kxb7 53. Rh8 Bg2 54.
Kc3 Kb6 55. Kd4 Kc7 56. c5 dxc5+ 57. Kxc5 Kd7 58. Rh7+ Ke8 59. Kd6 Kf8 60. Ke6
$18) (41... h4 42. Rxh4 Kf6 43. b4 Kg5 44. Rh2 {führt zur Partie}) 42. b4 $1 (
42. c4 $2 a5 $1) 42... Kf6 43. c4 Kg5 (43... Ke5 $5 44. Kc3 Ke4 {[#]} 45. b5
axb5 46. cxb5 Kxd5 47. Kb4 Ke6 48. Ka5 Kd7 49. Kb6 $18) 44. b5 axb5 45. cxb5
Bd3 46. b6 Ba6 47. Rxh7 $18) 41... Kf6 42. Kb2 Kg6 43. Rh2 Kg5 (43... a5 $5)
44. b4 h5 45. c4 h4 46. b5 axb5 47. cxb5 Bc8 (47... Be4 48. Rd2 h3 49. b6 h2
50. Rxh2 Bxd5 51. Rd2 $18) 48. Kc3 h3 49. Kb4 Kg4 50. Ka5 Kg3 51. Rd2 h2 (51...
Bb7 52. Kb6 Ba8 53. Ka7 $18) 52. Rxh2 Kxh2 {[%cal Ya5b6,Yb6a6,Ya6a7,Ya7b8,
Yb8c7,Yc7b7] [#] Der anschließende höchst eindrucksvolle Marsch des weißen
Königs ist hier mit gelben Pfeilen vorgezeichnet Es zeigt sich, daß der Widder
(nach Kmoch) d5/d6 zum Gewinn sowieso gebraucht wird, zudem wirkt er als
Barriere gegen den Angriff des Läufers von der langen Diagonalen aus.} 53. Kb6
Bd7 54. Ka6 Bc8+ 55. Ka7 Kg3 56. Kb8 $3 Bg4 57. Kc7 $1 (57. b6 Bf3 $11) 57...
Be2 58. b6 Ba6 59. b7 Bxb7 60. Kxb7 Kf4 61. Kc7 $1 {Der bekannte Trick, den
Schwarz, wäre er am Zuge gewesen, mit Ke4 ebenfalls hätte anwenden können.} 1-0

[Event "CUB-ch"]
[Site "Las Tunas"]
[Date "2001.04.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De la Paz Perdomo, Frank"]
[Black "Leyva Proenza, Ricardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2001.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h5 8. g5
Ng4 9. Bc1 Qb6 10. h3 Ne5 11. Nb3 Nbc6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. f4 Nd7 14. Qd2 b5 15.
O-O-O g6 16. Nd5 Qb7 17. Bg2 exd5 18. exd5 Ne7 19. Bd4 Rg8 20. Rhe1 a5 21. Bf6
Kd8 22. Nxa5 Rxa5 23. Qxa5+ Qb6 24. Qa8 Qa6 25. Qxa6 Bxa6 26. Bc3 Nc5 27. Bf1
Nf5 28. Bf6+ Be7 29. Bxe7+ Nxe7 30. Re3 b4 31. Bxa6 Nxa6 32. a3 Kd7 33. Rb3 Rb8
34. axb4 Nxb4 35. Rd4 Na6 36. Rxb8 Nxb8 37. c4 {[#] Totale Überlegenheit von
Turm und zwei Extrabauern gegen passive schwarze Figuren.} Kc7 38. Kc2 Nf5 39.
Re4 Kd8 40. b4 Nd7 41. Kb3 Nb6 42. Re1 h4 43. Kc3 Na4+ 44. Kb3 Nb6 45. Kc3 Na4+
46. Kb3 Nb6 47. Rd1 Ne3 48. Rd4 Nf5 49. Rd3 Ne7 50. c5 Nd7 (50... dxc5 51. bxc5
Nbxd5 52. Kc4 $18 {Fesselung}) (50... Nbxd5 51. cxd6 Nxf4 52. dxe7+ Kxe7 53.
Rc3 $18 {vertikale Sperre} (53. Re3+ Kd6 54. Kc4 Ne6 55. Rxe6+ $18 {entfernter
Freibauer})) 51. Kc4 f6 52. c6 fxg5 (52... Nb6+ 53. Kb5 Nbxd5 54. gxf6 Nc7+ 55.
Ka4 Ned5 56. b5 Nb6+ 57. Ka5 Nc4+ 58. Kb4 Nb6 59. Rxd6+ $18) 53. cxd7 gxf4 54.
Kd4 Kxd7 55. Ke4 g5 56. Rc3 Nc8 57. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 37th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "2000.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2000.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5
g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. Qf3 d4 12. O-O-O Nbd7 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. Bd3 Nc5 15.
gxf6 dxc3 16. Bxc3 Qc6 17. Qe3 e4 18. Bc4 Bxf5 19. Rd4 Ne6 20. Bd5 Qb6 21. Rc4
Bc5 22. Qg3 Bxf2 23. Qe5 Qe3+ 24. Kb1 Qf4 25. Qxf4 Nxf4 26. Bxb7 O-O 27. Rf1
Rad8 28. b3 Be3 29. Ba5 Bh3 30. Bxd8 Bxf1 31. Rxe4 Rxd8 32. Rxe3 h5 33. Kb2 Rd6
34. Rf3 Rxf6 35. Rxf1 Nd3+ 36. Kc3 Rxf1 37. Kxd3 a5 38. a4 Rf4 39. c4 Kf8 40.
b4 axb4 41. a5 b3 (41... Rh4 $5 42. a6 Rh3+ 43. Kd4 Ra3 44. c5 Ke7 45. Kc4 b3
46. Kc3 Kd8 47. Kb2 Ra5 48. Kxb3 Kc7 49. Kb4 $15 {gefolgt von h4, Kb5 sowie
Ld5 oder Lf3.}) 42. a6 b2 43. Kc2 Rxc4+ 44. Kxb2 Ra4 45. Kb3 Ra1 46. Kc4 Ke7
47. Kd5 Kd7 48. Ke5 Kc7 49. Kf6 Rf1+ (49... h4 50. Kxf7 h3 (50... Ra2 51. h3
Ra3 52. Kf6 Rxh3 53. Kg5 Kb6 54. Kg4 Rh2 55. Bd5 Kxa6 56. Bc4+ Kb6 57. Bf1 $11
{[%csl Rh4][%cal Gf1h3]}) 51. Kf6 Ra2 52. Kg5 Rxh2 53. Kg4 $11) (49... Ra4) 50.
Kg5 Rg1+ 51. Kxh5 f5 52. h4 f4 53. Kh6 Rb1 (53... Kb6 54. h5 Rg3 55. Kh7 $11)
54. Be4 Rb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 09th Group5"]
[Site "Balatonbereny"]
[Date "1993.09.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tolnai, Tibor"]
[Black "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1993.09.07"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Budapest Honved"]
[BlackTeam "Zagreb Mladost-Novogradnja"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 {Ernst} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6 7. g4 Be7
(7... e5 8. Nf5 g6 9. Bg2 $5 (9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 (10. gxf6 f4 11. Bc4 Be6 (
11... fxe3 12. Bxf7+ Kxf7 13. Qh5+ Ke6 14. Qf5+ $10) 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qh5+ Kd7
$44 {Ljubojevic-Polugaevsky/Roguebrune/1992}) 10... d5 11. gxf6 (11. Qf3 d4 12.
O-O-O Nbd7 13. Rxd4 $5 exd4 14. Bxd4 Bc5 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Bc4 Qe7 (16... Qd4
17. Re1+ Kf8 18. gxf6 $44 {Enders-Orgovan/Gyöngyös/1988}) 17. gxf6 Qe5 18. Rd1
Bxf5 19. Rd5 Qe1+ 20. Rd1 {Gipslis-Rostia1/4:1/4 /UdSSR/1989}) 11... d4 12. Bc4
Qc7 (12... Qxf6 13. Nd5 Qc6 14. Bxd4 Bb4+ 15. c3 Qxc4 16. Be3 Be7 17. Nb6 Qc6
18. Rg1 Nd7 19. Nxa8 b5 20. Qd5 $1 Qb7 $1 $14 {Thhorhallsson-Arnason/Reykjavik/
1992}) 13. Qd3 dxc3 14. O-O-O Nc6 15. Rhe1 $44 {Kotronias-Arnason/Reykjavik/
1992}) 9... gxf5 (9... h5 10. h3 hxg4 11. hxg4 Rxh1+ 12. Bxh1 gxf5 13. exf5 d5
14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 $44 {Szalanczy-Orsó/Budapest/1989}) (9... d5 $5 10. Bg5
gxf5 11. Nxd5 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. exf5 h5 14. h3 Bd7 15. Qe2 $44 {
Tolnai-Gawrikow/Berlin/1989}) 10. exf5 h6 11. Qe2 Rg8 12. h3 Qc7 13. O-O-O (13.
f4 $5 Nc6 14. O-O-O Ne7 $6 15. Rd2 Bd7 16. Rhd1 d5 17. Bxd5 O-O-O 18. Bxf7 Rg7
19. Be6 $16 {Anka-Nowikow/Budapest/1989}) 13... Bd7 14. f4 Bc6 15. fxe5 dxe5
16. Bb6 $1 Qxb6 17. Qxe5+ Be7 18. Rhe1 Be4 19. Nxe4 Kf8 20. Nd6 Qc7 21. Nxf7 $1
$16 {Tolnai-Gawrikow/Budapest/1989}) (7... h5 $1 8. gxh5 $6 (8. g5 Ng4 9. Bc1
$13) 8... b5 $1 (8... Qa5 9. Bg2 Qxh5 10. Bf3 Qh3 11. Qe2 e5 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13.
exf5 Nc6 14. O-O-O Qxf5 15. Nd5 $44 {Malaniuk-Gofstein/Kiev/1989}) 9. Bg2 Bb7
10. a3 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Bd2 Ne5 13. O-O-O Qb6 14. f4 Nc4 $15 {
Istvíndi-Adorjan/Hungary/1991}) (7... e5 $1 $13 {Ernst Wedberg-Novikov/
Copenhagenop/1991/}) 8. g5 Nfd7 9. h4 (9. f4 b5 10. f5 $5 (10. a3 $5) 10... b4
11. fxe6 bxc3 12. exf7+ Kxf7 13. Bc4+ Ke8 14. O-O Ne5 $13 {Beljawski-Tal/UdSSR/
1972}) 9... Nc6 10. Qh5 (10. Qd2 $14 {Ernst}) 10... O-O 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4
b5 13. e5 $1 (13. f4 Re8 (13... Qa5 14. Rg1 $1 b4 15. Nd5 $1 exd5 16. Qh6 $1
Ne5 $8 17. fxe5 gxh6 18. gxh6+ Kh8 19. exd6+ f6 20. dxe7 Be6 21. exf8=Q+ Rxf8
22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Bd3 Qxa2 24. Rg7 Bg8 25. b3 a5 26. Rdg1 a4 27. Rxg8+ $18) 14.
Bh3 Bf8 15. f5 b4 16. fxe6 (16. Nd5 $2 g6 $1 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Qg4 Ne5 19. Nf6+
Qxf6 20. gxf6 Nxg4 21. Bxg4 e5 $1 $15 {Horvath,T-Kohlweyer/Frankfurt/1990})
16... fxe6 17. Nd5 $1 (17. g6 h6 $1 18. Nd5 Rb8 $1 $13 {Sax-Polugaewski/
Haninge/1989}) 17... g6 (17... exd5 $2 18. g6 $1 $18) 18. Qf3 exd5 19. e5 $1
dxe5 20. Qxd5+ Kh8 21. Be3 $1 $16) (13. Bd3 {Ernst} Ne5 14. Kb1 Qa5 15. f4 b4
16. Nd5 $1 $16 {Tolnai,T-Paschall,W/New Yorkop/1993/}) 13... dxe5 14. Bxe5 Qe8
(14... Qa5 $2 {Ernst} 15. Rxd7 $3 Bxd7 16. Bd3 g6 17. Qh6 f6 18. Bxg6 $1 hxg6
19. Qxg6+ Kh8 20. gxf6 $18) 15. Bg2 $1 (15. Bxg7 $2 Kxg7 16. Qh6+ Kh8 $1 (16...
Kg8 $2 17. Bd3 f5 18. gxf6 Nxf6 19. Rhg1+ $18) 17. Rxd7 Bxd7 18. Bd3 f5 19.
gxf6 Rf7 20. fxe7 Qxe7 21. Ne4 Bc6 $17) (15. Rxd7 $2 {Ernst} Bxd7 16. Bd3 f5
$19) 15... Nxe5 (15... Ra7 {Ernst} 16. Bd4 Rc7 17. Be4 f5 18. Qxe8 Rxe8 19. Bg2
$10) 16. Bxa8 b4 17. Nb1 Qb5 18. Rhe1 (18. Be4 Ng6 19. Qg4 {/\Rhf1;f4;h5+-})
18... Ng6 19. Nd2 e5 20. Be4 Be6 21. Kb1 a5 22. Bxg6 $2 (22. Qf3 Nxh4 23. Bxh7+
Kxh7 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. Qxh4 $18) 22... hxg6 23. Qe2 Qxe2 24. Rxe2 f6 25. f3 Kf7
26. Rh1 (26. Ne4 {Ernst} Rh8 $44) 26... Rh8 27. f4 Bg4 28. Rg2 Bc8 29. gxf6 Bb7
30. fxe7 Bxg2 31. Re1 Rxh4 32. e8=Q+ Kxe8 33. Rxe5+ Kf7 34. b3 Rh5 35. Re2 Bd5
36. Ne4 Bxe4 37. Rxe4 Rh4 38. Rc4 Rh5 39. a3 Rb5 40. axb4 axb4 41. Kb2 Kf6 42.
c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ostrava m"]
[Site "Ostrava"]
[Date "1998.11.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Hracek,Z"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1998.11.14"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h4
Be7 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Rg1 h5 10. gxh5 Nxh5 11. Bg5 $5 $146 (11. Be2) 11... Nf6 (
11... a6 {Ftacnik} 12. Qd2 Bd7 13. O-O-O Nf6 14. f3 Qc7 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Bh3
Rd8 17. Qe3 b5 18. Kb1 Bb7 19. Ne2 g6 20. Rd3 {1/2-1/2 Hort,V-Andersson,U/
Bugojno 1980/ (72)}) 12. Qd2 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 $6 {Ftacnik: 'Black has got a
bit tired of eternal dance on a tip of the knife and choses a bit more
pieceful waters. Unfortunatelly he had to accept a bit compromited pawn
structure. '} (13... e5 $1 $13 14. Qd2 Be6 $13) 14. Bb5+ $1 Kf8 (14... Bd7 15.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Qd2 (16. Qxb6 axb6 $11 (16... axb6 {Ftacnik} 17. O-O-O $14))
16... Rac8 17. O-O-O Ne8 18. e5 $14) 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. O-O-O Nd7 {'?!' Ftacnik.
} (16... d5 $5 17. f3 $5 $14 (17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Bxe7+ (19. a4 f6
20. Be3 Be6) 19... Kxe7 $14) (17. e5 Nd7 18. Bxd7 Bxd7 19. Bxe7+ Kxe7 20. Rxg7
Rxh4 $13)) (16... e5 $5 {Ftacnik}) 17. Na4 $1 f6 (17... Ra5 {Ftacnik} 18. c4 $1
(18. Bxd7 $6 Bxd7 19. Nxb6 Bc6 20. Bxe7+ Kxe7 $13) 18... Bxg5+ 19. hxg5 $16) (
17... Bxg5+ {Ftacnik} 18. hxg5 Ke7 19. Rh1 $16) 18. Bf4 e5 $6 {Ftacnik: 'A
brave choice of a crises solution, Shirov is ready to sacrifice material in
order to get rid of dangerous pressure.'} (18... Ra5 $5 19. c4 e5 20. Bd2 Ra7
21. Be3 $14 {'+/-' Ftacnik.}) 19. Bxd7 Bxd7 (19... exf4 {Ftacnik} 20. Nxb6 Bxd7
21. Nxa8 $16 (21. Nxa8 {Ftacnik} Bc6 22. f3 $18)) 20. Nxb6 Kf7 $5 (20... Rd8
21. Nxd7+ Rxd7 22. Bg3 $16) 21. Nxa8 (21. Nxd7 {Ftacnik} exf4 $11) 21... Rxa8
22. Be3 Rxa2 {Ftacnik: 'Black doesn't even have a pawn for his lacking
exchange, but very compact pawn structure and solid bishops pair make white
task of converting advantage quite difficult.'} 23. Kb1 Be6 (23... Ra8 {Ftacnik
} 24. f3 $16) 24. b3 Ra8 25. f3 Rh8 26. Bf2 (26. Rh1 $142 $18) 26... f5 27. Kb2
fxe4 28. fxe4 Bd7 $1 (28... Bxh4 $6 {Ftacnik} 29. Rh1 g5 30. Rxd6 $18) 29. Rh1
(29. Be3 $5 Rxh4 30. Bg5 Bxg5 31. Rxg5 $16) 29... Bc6 30. Rde1 Ke6 {Ftacnik:
'The position remains very solid, breaking the defense requires lot of
phantasy.'} (30... b5 $5 {Ftacnik} 31. Kc3 Ke6 32. Kd3 Rf8 33. Bg3 b4 $16) 31.
Bg3 Rh6 (31... Rf8 32. h5 Rh8 (32... Bg5 33. Bh4 Bh6 34. Rhg1 $16) 33. Bh4 Rxh5
34. Bxe7 Rxh1 35. Rxh1 Kxe7 36. Re1 g5 37. Kc3 Ke6 38. Kd3 d5 39. Rg1 dxe4+ 40.
Ke3 Kf5 41. c4 g4 42. b4 $16) 32. Rhg1 $2 Bf6 (32... Bxh4 $1 33. Bxh4 Rxh4 34.
Rg6+ (34. Rxg7 {Ftacnik} Bxe4 $14) 34... Ke7 $1 (34... Kf7 35. Rxd6 Bxe4 36. c4
$16) 35. Rxg7+ Kf6 36. Reg1 Bxe4 $14 (36... Bxe4 {Ftacnik} 37. c4 $16)) 33. Bf2
Kf7 (33... Bxh4 $1) 34. Rd1 Ke6 (34... Bxe4 35. Rxd6 Bxh4 36. Rd7+ (36. Rxh6 {
Ftacnik} Bxf2 37. Rg4 gxh6 38. Rxe4 $16) 36... Ke6 (36... Ke8 37. Rc7 Bxf2 38.
Rgxg7 Kd8 (38... Bd4+ 39. c3) 39. Rcf7 Bd4+ 40. c3 $18) 37. Be3 Kxd7 38. Rxg7+
$18) 35. Rg4 Be8 (35... d5 {Ftacnik} 36. exd5+ Bxd5 37. Rd2 $18) 36. Rd3 Bh5
37. Rg1 Bg6 $2 {'?!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'A serious mistake allowing
simplification, white is immediatelly making instant progress.'} (37... Be2 $16
) (37... Be8 $5 $16 {Ftacnik}) 38. Be3 $18 {'!' Ftacnik.} Bxe4 39. Bxh6 gxh6 (
39... Bxd3 {Ftacnik} 40. Bxg7 Be4 41. Bxf6 Kxf6 42. h5 $18) 40. Rh3 (40. Re3 {
Ftacnik} d5 41. h5 Bg5 42. Reg3 $18) 40... Bf5 {Ftacnik: 'The power of bishops
pair is legendary, but two rooks are simply too strong an enemy.'} 41. Rh2 e4+
42. c3 b5 43. b4 (43. Rf1 $2 {Ftacnik} b4 $1) 43... h5 44. Rg8 Bg4 (44... Ke5 {
Ftacnik} 45. Re8+ Be6 46. Kc2 $18) 45. Kc2 Be5 46. Rg2 Bf6 (46... Bf3 {Ftacnik}
47. R2g5 Kd5 48. Rb8 Kc4 49. Rxe5 dxe5 50. Rc8+ Kd5 51. Rc5+ Kd6 52. Rxb5 $18)
47. R2xg4 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'The advantage of two spare exchanges lies in
the possibility to give one of them back in a proper moment. The weakness of
b5 pawn will decide the game.'} hxg4 48. Rxg4 (48. h5 $1 $18) 48... Kf5 49. Rg8
Bxh4 50. Rb8 d5 51. Rxb5 Ke6 52. Rb6+ Kd7 53. Rg6 Kc7 54. Kd2 Bf2 55. Ke2 Bb6
56. Re6 Bg1 57. c4 dxc4 58. Rxe4 Kb6 59. Rxc4 Kb5 60. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.04.27"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "Joachim, Sven"]
[Black "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Joachim,S"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Koenig Plauen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. Be3 a6 8. Bg2
Nc6 9. h3 Ne5 10. Qe2 g5 11. f4 gxf4 12. Bxf4 Nfd7 $146 (12... Qc7 {; 12...Bd7}
) 13. O-O-O Ng6 14. Bg3 (14. Be3 Nde5 $13) 14... h5 $6 (14... Nde5 15. h4 $1) (
14... Be7 $142) 15. gxh5 $1 Qg5+ 16. Kb1 Qxg3 $2 (16... Qxh5 $14) 17. hxg6 Qxg6
18. Nf5 Ne5 (18... d5 19. Ne3 $16) 19. Nxd6+ Bxd6 20. Rxd6 $16 Rg8 21. Bf1 $2 (
21. Bf3) 21... Qg3 22. Rd1 $6 Bd7 23. Qh2 $2 {Der Damentausch kommt Schwarz
zugute.} {23...} Qxh2 24. Rxh2 Ke7 $15 25. Bd3 Rh8 $1 {Danach sah ich alle
Felle wegschwimmen, aber ganz so schlimm ist es wohl noch nicht.} 26. Rf1 (26.
h4 $2 Ng4) 26... Rh4 27. Ne2 $1 Rg8 28. Kc1 Bc6 29. Nf4 Rg3 (29... Ng6 $5 30.
Nxg6+ (30. Ng2 $142) 30... Rxg6 $15) 30. Rhf2 $1 {Jetzt kommt Schwarz nicht so
einfach weiter.} {30...} Be8 31. Kd2 Ng6 $6 {Zu spät, da jetzt der weiße König
den Bauern e4 verteidigen kann.} 32. Nxg6+ Rxg6 33. Rf3 Rg2+ 34. Ke3 Rh2 35. e5
$1 $138 {Endlich erwacht mein Läufer zum Leben.} {35...} R2xh3 36. Rxh3 Rxh3+
37. Kd4 Rh4+ $6 $138 (37... Bc6 $11) 38. Ke3 $6 (38. Kc5) 38... Bc6 39. Rf4 Rh1
$6 {Offenbar wollte Bönsch immer noch gewinnen.} (39... Rxf4 40. Kxf4 f6 $11)
40. Kd4 Re1 41. Rf1 $6 (41. Rg4 {/\Rg5,Kc5} a5 42. Rg5 b6 $11 {; 41.Rf2!?})
41... Rxf1 42. Bxf1 a5 $1 $11 {Am einfachsten.} 43. Kc5 f6 44. exf6+ Kxf6 45.
a3 e5 46. b4 axb4 47. axb4 Kg5 48. c4 {[#]} {48...} Bf3 (48... Kf4 49. Kb6 (49.
b5 Bf3) 49... Ke3 50. c5 Kd4 51. b5 Bf3 52. Bh3 $5 Bd5 (52... e4 53. c6 bxc6
54. bxc6 e3 55. c7 e2 56. c8=Q e1=Q 57. Qc5+ Kd3 58. Bf1+ Be2) 53. Bc8 e4 54.
Bxb7 Bxb7 55. Kxb7 Kxc5 56. b6 e3 $11) 49. Kb6 Kf4 50. c5 {[#]} (50. b5 Ke3 51.
c5 (51. Bh3 Kd4) 51... Kd4 $11 {siehe 48...Kf4}) 50... Ke3 $4 {Kurz vor dem
Ziel strauchelt Bönsch, da er die Stellung für "beliebig" remis hielt und sehr
schnell zog.} (50... Bd5 51. b5 (51. Kc7 Ke3 (51... e4 $2 52. Kd6 Bf7 53. b5
Be8 54. Kc7) 52. Kd6 Kd4 {/\e4 = (CDM)}) 51... e4 $11) 51. Bh3 $1 $16 {Jetzt
entsteht forciert das am Brett fast nicht zu verteidigende Endspiel Dame und
Springerbauer gegen Dame. Sechs Wochen zuvor hätte ich auf der schwächeren
Seite gegen Polzin in dieses Endspiel einlenken können - nachdem ich das
vermieden hatte, konnte ich damals nur mit Hilfe Caissas remis halten. Nach
der Partie gegen Polzin befasste ich mich etwas genauer mit diesem Endspiel,
was mir nunmehr natürlich sehr zustatten kam. Allerdings hinderte mein neu
erworbenes Wissen mich nicht daran, Fehler zu begehen.} (51. b5 $2 Kd4 $11 {
siehe 48...Kf4}) 51... Kf2 52. Bc8 e4 53. Bxb7 e3 54. Ba6 Be2 (54... e2 $2 55.
Bxe2 Kxe2 56. c6 Kd3 57. Kc5 $18) (54... Bg2 55. c6 Bf1 56. c7 (56. Bxf1 Kxf1 {
siehe 54...Be2}) 56... Bxa6 57. Kxa6 e2 58. c8=Q e1=Q $16) 55. Bxe2 Kxe2 56. c6
{Die Zeichensetzung für den Rest der Partie folgt der "Nunn-Konvention". [#]} {
56...} Kd1 $2 $18 {Ich war sehr angetan von diesem Fehlzug, der zeigt, dass
mein Gegner mit diesem Endspiel nicht genügend vertraut war. Der König muss
zur Ecke h1 streben, wonach die Stellung theoretisch remis ist (am Brett ist
das allerdings sehr schwer zu beweisen!). Was ich allerdings nicht gedacht
hätte, ist, dass Kd1 außer Ke1?? der einzige (!!) Verlustzug ist!} (56... Kf1
57. c7 e2 58. c8=Q e1=Q $16) (56... Kd3 $6 57. c7 e2 58. c8=Q e1=Q 59. b5 Qf2+
60. Kb7 Qf7+ $1 61. Qc7 {Wer findet die beiden folgenden einzigen schwarzen
Züge?} {61...} Qf8 $3 62. b6 Ke2 $1 $16) 57. c7 e2 58. c8=Q e1=Q {[#] Beide
Spieler hatten noch etwa 45 Minuten für den Rest der Partie, und fehlerfreies
Spiel ist damit wohl kaum möglich.} 59. b5 $1 ({(Einziger Zug lt. Nalimov
Tablebases/CDM) Ich verwarf} 59. Qd7+ $2 {, weil ich befürchtete, dass der
König nach} Kc2 {hinter meinen Bauern gelangt, was manchmal remis ist, z.B.}
60. b5 Kb3 61. Kb7 Kc4 62. b6 Qa1 $1 {(einziger Zug =, NT/CDM)}) 59... Qf2+ $6
{Weiß drohte nichts, daher hätte Schwarz die Dame zentralisieren sollen,
wonach Weiß den Bauern bei bestem Spiel erst in 70 (!) Zügen umwandeln könnte
und fast an der 50-Züge-Regel scheitern würde. Die folgende Datenbankzugfolge
ist für mich kaum nachzuvollziehen.} (59... Qe4 60. Qc6 $1 Qe5 61. Qc5 Qb8+ 62.
Ka6 Qa8+ 63. Qa7 Qc8+ 64. Qb7 $1 Qe6+ 65. Qc6 $1 Qe2 66. Qd5+ Ke1 67. Ka5 Kf2
$5 68. b6 $1 Qe1+ 69. Kb5 Qe8+ 70. Kc5 Qe7+ 71. Qd6 Qg5+ 72. Kc6 Qg2+ 73. Qd5
Qg6+ 74. Kc5 Qc2+ 75. Kd6 Qg6+ 76. Qe6 Qg3+ 77. Kc5 Qg5+ 78. Kc4 Qc1+ 79. Kd5
Qb2 80. Qg6 Qb5+ 81. Kd4 Qb4+ 82. Ke5 Qc5+ 83. Kf4 {Der weiße König muss sich
am Königsflügel vor den Schachs verbergen. Eine ähnliche, aber sehr viel
einfachere Situation entsteht nachher in der Partie.} Qd4+ 84. Kf5 Qc5+ 85. Kg4
Qd4+ 86. Kh5 Qd5+ 87. Kh6 Ke1 88. Qg3+ Ke2 89. Qg4+ Kf1 90. Qg5 Qh1+ 91. Kg6
Qb7 92. Qc1+ Kf2 93. Qc5+ Ke1 94. Kf5 Qf7+ 95. Ke5 Qh5+ 96. Kd6 Qg6+ 97. Kd7
Qg4+ 98. Kc7 Qg7+ 99. Kc6 Qg6+ 100. Qd6 Qe8+ 101. Qd7 Qg6+ 102. Kc7 Qg3+ 103.
Qd6 Qg7+ 104. Kc8 Qh8+ 105. Kd7 Qb2 106. Qg6 Qb5+ 107. Kd8 Qb4 108. Qf6 Qa5
109. Ke8 Qb5+ 110. Kf8 Kd2 111. Qf4+ Kc3 112. Qf3+ Kb2 113. b7 {und Weiß
wandelt nach weiteren 16 Zügen um}) (59... Qe5 60. Qc5 {siehe 59...Qe4}) 60.
Qc5 Qf6+ {[#]} 61. Kb7 $2 {Eine perfekte Revanche für den 56. schwarzen Zug!
Außer noch 61.Qd6+?? hätten alle anderen Züge gewonnen (am besten 61.Kc7, NT/
CDM). Auf b7 blockiert der weiße König den Bauern, was seinem Kollegen die
Chance gibt, in die Remisecke zu flüchten...} Qf7+ $2 {...aber er nutzt sie
nicht!} (61... Ke2 $11 {/Ke1=}) 62. Qc7 $6 (62. Kb8 $142 {/Kc8/Kc6}) 62... Qd5+
63. Qc6 $1 Qf7+ 64. Kc8 Ke1 $5 {Jetzt läuft er doch in die richtige Ecke, und
Weiß muss sehr genau spielen.} 65. Qe4+ $2 {Das ist das ideale Feld für die
Dame - aber nur mit einem bereits nach b7 vorgerückten Bauern. Auf b6 ist der
Bauer nicht durch die Dame gedeckt, und Weiß kann dem Dauerschach nicht
entrinnen ohne dass die Dame das Feld e4 wieder verläßt. Allein richtig war
daher} (65. b6 $1 {, z.B.} Qf8+ 66. Kd7 Qf7+ 67. Kd8 Kf2 $5 (67... Kf1 68. b7)
68. Qe4 $1 (68. b7 $2 Qf8+ $1 {Es ist merkwürdig, dass diese Stellung mit dem
König auf f1 für Weiß gewonnen ist, mit dem König auf f2 hingegen remis. Wer
versteht das?} 69. Kc7 Qe7+ $1 70. Qd7 Qc5+ $1 71. Kd8 Qf8+ $1 72. Qe8 Qd6+ 73.
Kc8 Qc5+ $1) 68... Qf8+ 69. Kd7 $1 Qg7+ 70. Kc6 Qc3+ 71. Kd6 Qg3+ 72. Qe5 Qb3
73. Kc6 Qa4+ 74. Qb5 Qe4+ 75. Qd5 $1 Qe8+ 76. Kc5 {und weiter wie nach 70.Kc5
in der Anmerkung zu 59...Qe4 -- oops, diesmal dauert es anscheinend leider
mehr als 50 Züge, bis der Bauer vorgehen kann...}) 65... Kf1 $1 66. b6 Qf8+ 67.
Kd7 Qg7+ 68. Kc6 {Der weiße König würde gern zum Königsflügel laufen, auf eine
Linie, die zu der des schwarzen Königs benachbart ist. Das scheitert aber
daran, dass der Bauer nicht gedeckt ist.} (68. Ke8 Qg8+ $1 69. Ke7 Qg7+ $1 {
und es geht nicht weiter}) (68. Ke6 $6 Qh6+ {hätte mich den Bauern und uns den
Mannschaftskampf gekostet.}) 68... Qc3+ 69. Kb5 Qb2+ 70. Kc5 Qa3+ 71. Qb4 {
Sieht es schließlich ein.} Qe3+ $1 72. Qd4 Qe7+ 73. Kb5 Qe8+ $1 74. Ka5 Qe1+
75. Ka6 Qe2+ 76. Ka7 Qa2+ 77. Kb8 Qh2+ $6 {Jetzt gehen die Schachs zu Ende.} (
77... Qg8+ $142 $5 {und es ist nicht klar, wohin der weiße König laufen soll -
zum Königsflügel oder auf die unteren Reihen am Damenflügel?} 78. Kc7 Qf7+ 79.
Kd6 Qg6+ 80. Ke7 (80. Kc5 Qf5+ $1 81. Kb4 (81. Qd5 Qf2+ $1 82. Kb5 Qb2+ $1 83.
Kc6 Qc3+) 81... Qb1+ 82. Ka3 Qc1+) 80... Qh7+ $1 81. Kf8 (81. Kf6 $4 Qh8+) (81.
Ke6 Qg8+ 82. Kf5 Qh7+ $1 83. Kg4 Qg6+ 84. Kh3 Qe6+) 81... Qh6+ 82. Kg8 Qg6+)
78. Kc8 Qh3+ 79. Kd8 {Hier war ich mir ziemlich sicher, dass ich gewinnen
würde, obwohl die Stellung immer noch remis ist.} {79...} Qb3 ({Auch} 79... Qf3
{hält remis.}) 80. Qf4+ Kg1 $1 ({Ich hatte auf} 80... Kg2 $2 81. Qe4+ $1 Kg1
82. b7 $1 {gehofft, wonach Weiß die Idealstellung erreicht hätte.}) 81. Qg5+ {
[#]} Kf1 $2 {Auf der f-Linie steht der König schlecht, was später noch
deutlich werden wird.} (81... Kh2 $11 {/Kh1=}) 82. Qf6+ $2 {Läßt den König
wieder in die Ecke.} (82. Qg6 $1 {Wer versteht die nachfolgenden Züge? (+-,
einziger Zug lt. Nalimov Tablebases, CDM)} Qe3 83. b7 Qd4+ 84. Kc7 Qc5+ 85. Qc6
Qe7+ 86. Kb6 Qe3+ 87. Qc5 Qe6+ 88. Kb5 Qb3+ 89. Kc6 Qe6+ 90. Qd6 Qc4+ 91. Kd7
Qb5+ 92. Kc7 Qc4+ 93. Kd8 Qg8+ 94. Kd7 Qg4+ 95. Ke8 Qh5+ 96. Kd8 Qg5+ 97. Qe7 {
und weiter wie nach 86.Qe7! in der Anmerkung zum 84.Zug von Schwarz}) 82... Kg1
83. Qg7+ {[#]} {83...} Kf1 $2 ({Verpaßt damit die letzte Remisrettung. Korrekt
war} 83... Kh1 $11 {(oder auch Kh2=),z.B. (MT/CDM)} 84. b7 Qd5+ 85. Ke8 Qe4+
86. Kf8 Qf5+ $1 87. Kg8 (87. Qf7 Qc5+ $1 88. Kg8 (88. Qe7 Qf5+ $1 89. Kg7 Qg4+
$1) 88... Qg5+ $1 89. Kh7 Qh4+ $1) 87... Qe6+ (87... Qd5+) 88. Qf7 Qg4+ $1 89.
Kh8 (89. Qg7 Qe6+ $1) 89... Qd4+ $1 90. Qg7 Qd8+ $1 91. Kh7 Qd3+ $1 {, und
Weiß kann jeweils nicht gewinnen.}) 84. b7 $5 {[#] Das ist einfacher als der
andere Gewinnzug 84.Qg6 - siehe 82.Qg6!} {84...} Qd5+ $6 (84... Qb5 $5 {
hätte die Sache noch ziemlich schwer gemacht, da der weiße König dann nicht so
einfach nach g8 laufen kann.} 85. Qc7 Qg5+ 86. Qe7 $1 Qb5 87. Kc7 Qc4+ 88. Kd7
Qb5+ 89. Ke6 Qb3+ 90. Kf6 Qf3+ 91. Kg7 Qg3+ 92. Kf7 Qb3+ 93. Kf8 $18) 85. Ke8
$5 {Findet den richtigen Plan, der mit dem schwarzen König auf der h-Linie
allerdings keinen Sinn gemacht hätte.} {85...} Qc6+ 86. Kf8 Qd6+ 87. Kg8 {
Jetzt sieht man, weshalb der schwarze König auf der f-Linie schlecht steht -
Schwarz kann weder auf der achten Reihe noch auf der Diagonalen a2-g8 Schach
bieten. Stünde der König auf h1, würden Schachs auf d8, d5 oder e6 remis
halten.} {87...} Ke1 88. Qa1+ Ke2 89. Qb2+ Ke1 90. b8=Q Qd5+ 91. Kf8 Qc5+ 92.
Ke8 {Dreimal habe ich in dem Damenendspiel den Gewinn ausgelassen. Verglichen
mit anderen Beispielen aus der Turnierpraxis ist das relativ schlecht, aber da
sich der schwarze König immer nahe der Remiszone aufhielt, war die Stellung an
der Grenze zwischen Gewinn und Remis, sodass ich insgesamt vielleicht doch
nicht so übel gespielt habe.} 1-0

[Event "San Martin"]
[Site "San Martin"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ginzburg, Maximiliano"]
[Black "Ricardi, Pablo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1
d5 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Be3 a6 13. Ba4 Bd6 14. Qd2 O-O
15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. O-O-O Rb8 $1 (16... Qxh4 $6 17. g5 {...hands the initiative
to White.}) 17. g5 h5 $1 {Keeping the Kside closed.} 18. Nb3 Bf5 19. Qc3 Rb4
20. Nd4 Rc4 21. Qxc4 dxc4 22. Nxf5 Qa5 23. Nxd6 Qxa2 24. g6 c3 25. bxc3 Qa3+
26. Kd2 Qxd6+ 27. Ke2 Qe6 28. gxf7+ Rxf7 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. Rd4 c5 31. Ra4 Qf5
32. Rf4 Qxc2+ 33. Kf3 Rxf4+ 34. Kxf4 Qa4+ 35. Kf3 Qxh4 36. Bxc5 Qf6+ 37. Ke4
Qxc3 38. Be3 Qc6+ 39. Kf4 Qf6+ 40. Ke4 Qe6+ 41. Kf4 a5 42. Rg5 Qf7+ 43. Kg3 a4
44. Bd4 a3 0-1

[Event "Cappelle op 13th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Blehm, Pawel"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1997.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 $5 e5 8.
Nf5 g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 $1 d5 (10... Ng8 11. Nd5 $1 Bxf5 (11... Nd7 12. Qf3
$36) 12. Bb6 Qc8 13. Nc7+ Ke7 14. Nxa8 Nd7 15. Bc7 Qxa8 16. Bxd6+ (16. Qxd6+ $2
Ke8 17. Qd5 Ne7 18. Qf3 Qc8 $19) 16... Ke8 17. Bxf8 Nxf8 (17... Kxf8 18. Qd6+
Kg7 19. O-O-O $36) 18. Qe2 $13) 11. gxf6 d4 12. Bc4 Qxf6 (12... Qc7 13. Qd3
dxe3 14. O-O-O exf2 15. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 16. Qd5+ Ke8 (16... Kxf6 17. Ne4+ Kxf5
18. Rhf1 Bh6+ 19. Kb1 Bf4 20. Rxf2 Qe7 21. Rdf1 Kg6 22. Nd6 Qe6 23. Qe4+ Kh6
24. Rxf4 exf4 25. Qxf4+ Kh5 (25... Kg7 26. Qg5+ Qg6 27. Rf7+ Kg8 28. Qd8#) 26.
Ne4 $40) 17. f7+ Ke7 18. Qf3 Bh6+ 19. Kb1 Kf8 20. Qxf2 Nd7 21. Ne4 Bg7 22. Rhg1
Nf6 23. Qg3 Qxf7 24. Qa3+ Qe7 25. Qxe7+ Kxe7 26. Rxg7+ Kf8 27. Rc7 Ne8 28. Rd8
Rg8 29. Ng3 $44 {Shirov,A-Polgar,J/Dortmund/1996/}) 13. Nd5 Qc6 14. Bxd4 Bb4+ (
14... Qxc4 15. Nf6+ Ke7 16. Bxe5 Qc6 17. Nd5+ Ke8 18. Nc7+ Ke7 19. f6+ $18) 15.
c3 Qxc4 16. Be3 Be7 17. Nb6 Qc6 18. Rg1 Bd8 19. Nxa8 b5 20. Qe2 $5 $146 (20.
Qh5 Qxa8 21. O-O-O $13 {Arnason,J}) 20... Nd7 21. Bd4 Bf6 (21... f6 22. f4 Qxa8
23. fxe5 $18) 22. Nb6 Nxb6 23. Bxe5 Kf8 24. O-O-O Nc4 25. Rd8+ $1 Ke7 (25...
Bxd8 26. Bg7+ Kg8 27. Qe8+ $1 Qxe8 28. Bh6+ $18) 26. Bxf6+ Kxf6 27. Rxh8 Bxf5
28. Qe8 Bd7 29. Qd8+ Ke6 30. Rxh7 1-0

[Event "Rostock-A 15th"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kovalev, Andrei"]
[Black "Pieniazek, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "Kovalev,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1989.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. Rg1 (7. h4)
7... Be7 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Qf3 (9. f3) 9... Nxd4 $5 $146 (9... Ne5 10. Qh3 $1) (
9... a6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. h4 Nd7 12. g5 $36 {Spraggett,K-Sokolov,A/Saint John 
(m/7) 1988 -45/270}) 10. Bxd4 e5 11. Be3 Be6 12. h4 g6 $6 (12... Nh7 $1 13.
Bb5+ (13. O-O-O Bxh4 14. Nb5 Be7 15. Bc5 O-O 16. Nxd6 Qc7 $1) (13. g5 hxg5 14.
hxg5 Nxg5 15. Qg3 Rh5 16. Be2 Rh3 17. Qg2 Rxe3 $1) 13... Kf8 14. h5 $13) 13. g5
hxg5 14. hxg5 Nd7 (14... Nh7 $6 15. Qg3) 15. O-O-O Qa5 (15... Rc8 $142 16. Nd5
Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Nb6 18. Rh1 Rxh1 19. Qxh1 a6 $1 (19... Nxd5 $2 20. Bb5+) 20. Rd2
Nc4) 16. Kb1 Nb6 17. Rh1 Rxh1 (17... O-O-O 18. Rxh8 Rxh8 19. a3 {und Nb5!}) 18.
Bb5+ $1 Nd7 19. Bxd7+ (19. Rxh1 Bxa2+ $1) 19... Kxd7 20. Qxh1 $1 Rc8 21. Nd5
Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Qc7 23. Qd1 Ke8 24. b3 a6 25. c4 Qc6 $2 (25... Qd7 $142) 26. f4
$1 exf4 (26... b5 $1 27. cxb5 (27. fxe5 bxc4 $1 28. exd6 Bxd6 $1) 27... axb5
28. fxe5 dxe5 29. Rxe5 Kf8 30. Rd5 $16) 27. Bxf4 Rd8 (27... b5 28. c5 $1 dxc5
29. Qh1 Bf8 30. Qh8 $1) 28. Qd4 {/\ c5} Bf8 $2 $138 (28... Rd7 29. a4 $1 Bf8
30. a5 Be7 31. Qh8+ Bf8 32. Be3 Qc7 33. Bd4 Qd8 34. Bf6 $1) 29. c5 Qb5 30. cxd6
Qf1+ 31. Bc1 Kd7 32. Rc5 Rc8 33. Rxc8 Kxc8 34. Qc3+ Kd7 35. Qc7+ Ke6 36. Qc8+ {
1:02-2:01} (36. Qc8+ Ke5 37. Qxf8 Qd3+ 38. Ka1) 1-0

[Event "Biel GM 45th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2012.07.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. h3 {Ein seltener Gast
in heutiger Praxis, der allerdings zuletzt öfters gespielt wird.} e6 {Das
sieht am logischsten aus, aber Schwarz hat auch Alternativen.} (6... g6 7. g4
Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Nde2 Nd7 11. a4 Rb8 12. Qd2 Nde5 13. b3 $132 {
mit interessantem Spiel in Fedorchuk - Volokitin (Kiev, 2012)}) (6... e5 {
Dieser Zug ist immer eine der Hauptantworten, was immer Weiß im 6. Zug spielt.}
7. Nde2 h5 8. g3 Be6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. f4 b5 11. b3 Nb6 12. Bb2 Qc7 $132 {
Shirov - Vachier Lagrave (Melilla, 2011)}) 7. g4 Be7 8. g5 Nfd7 9. h4 {Die
Idee der Variante ist klar - Weiß will so schnell wie möglich an den schwarzen
König rankommen. Das ist jedoch gar nicht so leicht.} b5 (9... Nc6 10. Be3 O-O
$6 {Das sieht sehr gefährlich aus.} 11. Be2 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 b5 13. O-O-O $40 {
Topalov - Gelfand (Astana, 2012)}) 10. Bg2 {Eine gute Alternative ist 10.a3:} (
10. a3 Bb7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. O-O-O Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Rc8 15. Rg1 Ne5 16.
Qe3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. f4 Re8 19. f5 $40 {Vallejo Pons - Topalov (Leon,
2012)}) 10... Bb7 11. O-O {Diese ganze Idee mit Bg2 und 0-0 ist fraglich. Was
Weiß eigentlich erreicht hat, ist die Schwächung seines eigenen Königs, ohne
wesentlichen Kompensation dafür.} Nc6 12. Nxc6 {Der logische Zug Be3 hat den
Nachteil, dass Schwarz ...Ne5 spielen kann.} (12. Be3 Nce5 13. f4 Nc4 14. Bc1
b4 15. Na4 Nc5 16. b3 Nxa4 17. bxc4 Qc7 $15) 12... Bxc6 13. Be3 h6 $1 {
Einfache und richtige Entscheidung - Schwarz fängt sein Spiel gegen den weißen
König an.} 14. f4 (14. gxh6 gxh6 15. h5 Rg8 $36) (14. g6 O-O $1 15. gxf7+ Rxf7
16. Ne2 Ne5 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Bh3 Bf8 19. Nxe6 $2 Qxh4 $19) 14... hxg5 15. hxg5
b4 $1 {Schwarz muss schnell spielen. Seine Stellung ist gut, doch wenn er Weiß
erlaubt, seine Figuren zu entwickeln, dann kann er in Nachteil kommen.} (15...
Qc7 16. a3 $14) (15... e5 16. g6 $1 fxg6 17. Qg4 $14) 16. Ne2 e5 $1 {Jetzt
kann die Dame nicht nach g4 gehen, auch der Springer ist weit weg vom Feld d5,
daher ist die Öffnung der Stellung gut für Schwarz.} 17. a3 $1 {Weiß spielt
ebenfalls richtig.} (17. f5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Qxd6 Bxe4 $19) (17. g6 fxg6
$15) (17. fxe5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Qxd6 Bxe4 20. Rf2 Nxe5 $19) 17... a5 18.
Qd2 (18. axb4 axb4 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Ng3 g6 21. f5 $132) 18... Nc5 $6 {Ein
Fehlgriff. Nun kann Weiß die bessere Stellung bekommen.} (18... Qb8 19. axb4
axb4 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Ng3 (21. Qxb4 d5 $15) 21... exf4 22. Bxf4 Qa7+ 23. Qe3
Qxe3+ 24. Bxe3 g6 $11) 19. fxe5 bxa3 (19... dxe5 20. Qxd8+ Rxd8 21. axb4 axb4
22. Ra5 $14) 20. Rxa3 Nxe4 (20... dxe5 21. Qxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rxa5 $16) 21. Nd4 $4
{Das ist offensichtlich ein Einsteller.} (21. Qd3 $1 {und Weiß würde sich
Vorteil sichern.} dxe5 (21... d5 22. Nd4 Qc7 (22... Qd7 23. Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 24.
e6+ $18) 23. Nxc6 Qxc6 24. c4 Bxa3 25. cxd5 $18) 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 (22... Qxd3 23.
Bxc6+ $18) 23. Qxe4 Bxa3 24. Qc6+ Kf8 25. g6 f6 26. bxa3 $18) 21... dxe5 $1 {
Nun läuft die Variante forciert bis zum verlorenem Endspiel.} 22. Nxc6 Nxd2 23.
Nxd8 Nxf1 (23... Rxd8 {führt auch zum Vorteil, aber die Partiefortsetzung ist
stärker.} 24. Bc6+ Kf8 25. Rd1 Nc4 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. Bc5+ Be7 28. Bxe7+ Kxe7
29. Ra4 Nxb2 30. Rxa5 $17) 24. Kxf1 (24. Bxa8 Nxe3 25. Nc6 (25. Rxe3 Bc5 $19)
25... Bxa3 $19) 24... Rxd8 25. Rxa5 $17 {Weiß hat kaum Chancen, die Stellung
zu halten.} f6 26. gxf6 $6 {Mehr Chancen hätte Weiß doch nach 26.g6!?} (26. g6
Rh4 27. Bc6+ Kf8 28. c3 Rh3 29. Bf2 Rhd3 $17) 26... gxf6 27. c4 Rh2 {Es droht
Rd1.} 28. Kg1 (28. c5 Rd1+ 29. Kf2 f5 $19) 28... Rh4 29. Bd5 Rb8 {Die weiße
Stellung fällt auseinander.} 30. c5 Rh3 31. Bf2 Rd3 32. c6 Bd8 33. Rc5 Rxb2 34.
Be4 Rd1+ 35. Kg2 Rdd2 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 10th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hunt, Adam"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 Nc6 7. g5 Nd7 8. Be3
Be7 9. h4 a6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Bh3 Nc5 12. O-O-O Nxd4 13. Bxd4 O-O 14. Rdg1 b5
15. Bf5 (15. a3 Rb8 16. h5 $11) 15... exf5 16. Nd5 Qb7 17. Qh5 $2 (17. Nf6+
Bxf6 18. gxf6 $14) 17... Ne6 $19 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. gxf6 g6 $2 (19... Qxe4 20.
Be3 f4 $19) 20. f3 $11 Kh8 $2 (20... fxe4 21. Qh6 Qd5 $11) 21. Qh6 $18 Rg8 22.
h5 $4 (22. Rg5 Bd7 23. h5 $18) 22... g5 $19 23. Be3 f4 24. Bxf4 Nxf4 25. Rxg5
Rxg5 26. Qxg5 Ne6 27. Qg2 Bd7 28. Rg1 Qb6 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 $5 {Une ligne
secondaire souvent utilisée par FISCHER dans les années 60 et qui a été
relancée récemment depuis que CARLSEN a commencé а l'utiliser en 2008.} e6 (
6... e5 7. Nde2 b5 8. g4 Bb7 9. Bg2) (6... g6 7. Be3) 7. g4 $1 d5 {Réaction
classique au centre} (7... b5 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Nd5 exd5 11. exd5 Be7
12. Nc6 Qc7 13. Nxe7 Kxe7 14. g5 Nfd7 15. Re1+ Kd8) (7... Be7 8. Bg2 Nfd7 {
Fedorchuk,S (2662)-Swiercz,D (2557) EU-ch 12th Aix-les-Bains 2011 (11) 1-0}) (
7... h6 8. Bg2 Nc6) 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nde2 (9. Bd2 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bg2 Be7
12. Na4) (9. Bg2 $143 Bb4 (9... Nxc3 $132)) 9... h5 $5 {Reprenant une idée de
Najer mais la ligne principale Bb4 semble plus solide} (9... Bb4 $142 10. Bg2
O-O 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Nxc3 Nc6 (12... Qc7 13. Ne4 (13. Qf3)) 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14.
Na4 e5 15. c3 Be7 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Nxc8 Rbxc8 18. Be3 Kf8 19. Rfd1 Rd6 20. Kf1
Na5 21. Rxd6 Bxd6 22. Rd1 Ke7 23. b3 Nc6 24. Be4 {Alekseev,E (2716) -Karjakin,
S (2721)/Nalchik 2009/CBM 130/[CB]/1-0 (47)}) 10. Nxd5 $1 exd5 11. g5 $146 (11.
Nf4 {[%csl Rh5]} hxg4 12. Qxd5 Bd7 13. Bc4 Qe7+ 14. Be3 Bc6 15. Qf5 Qb4+ 16. c3
Qxc4 17. Qc8+ Ke7 18. O-O-O Nd7 19. Rxd7+ Kf6 20. Bd4+ Kg5 21. Rd5+ {1-0
Sutovsky,E (2675)-Najer,E (2663)/Netanya 2009/CBM 131 Extra}) 11... Be7 (11...
Nc6 {[%cal Gd5d4]}) 12. Nf4 (12. h4 Bg4) 12... Bxg5 13. Qxd5 Nc6 {[%cal Gc6d4,
Gd4c2]} (13... Qxd5 $6 14. Nxd5 Bd8 15. Be3 $32) 14. c3 {[%csl Gd4]} (14. Be3 {
[%cal Ge1c1]}) (14. Qxd8+ Bxd8 15. Be3 Bg5 16. O-O-O) 14... Qe7+ 15. Be2 Bxf4
16. Bxf4 Be6 17. Qd3 g5 (17... Rd8 $132 18. Qg3 f6 $13 {[%csl Re1,Re8][%cal
Ge7g7]}) 18. Bd6 Qf6 19. O-O-O (19. Bc7 $5 {Eviter le ooo des Noirs méritait
également l'attention}) 19... O-O-O $132 20. Qe3 Rd7 $6 (20... Bxa2 {[%cal
Ga2b3,Gh8e8]}) 21. Bh2 $1 {[%csl Rc8,Gh2][%cal Gh2b8]} Rhd8 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23.
Rg1 g4 24. hxg4 Bxa2 25. Bd1 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Gb2b3]} Re7 26. Qf4 Qxf4+ 27.
Bxf4 hxg4 $6 $138 (27... Re4 {[%cal Ge4g4]} 28. Be3 hxg4 29. b3 Na5 30. Kb2
Bxb3 31. Bxb3 Nxb3 32. Kxb3 Kd7) 28. b3 Na5 (28... Ne5 29. Bxe5 Rxe5 30. Bxg4+
f5) 29. Bxg4+ Kd8 30. b4 Nc6 31. Bg5 Ne5 32. Bf5 1-0

[Event "World Women-ch k.o."]
[Site "Antakya"]
[Date "2010.12.23"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Ruan, Lufei"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2010.12.04"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 ({Lately,
the more positional} 7. h3 {has gained some popularity.}) 7... Nc6 ({From the
perspective of the next comment,} 7... a6 {seems to make some sense, but this
delays setting up the pressure against the d4-knight, allowing} 8. Bg2 (8. Rg1
$6 {would justify Black's play after} h5 9. gxh5 Nxh5 10. Bg5 Qb6) 8... Nc6 9.
g5 {etc.}) 8. Rg1 d5 $5 ({The typical answer is} 8... h5 9. gxh5 Nxh5 10. Bg5 {
With the b5-square undefended, queen moves would be effectively answered with
Ndb5, which more or less forces Black to retreat with his knight:} Nf6 {
, allowing a later Rg3, with an active position for White.}) 9. exd5 Nxd5 10.
Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Bg2 Qe5+ 12. Be3 Qh2 $5 {A relatively unexplored move.} 13. f4 $5
$146 {An interesting move, cutting the retreat of the queen to c7.} (13. Kf1 {
is a serious concession.} Bd7 $13 {Aseev,K (2556)-Morawietz,D (2374)/Cappelle
la Grande 2003/CBM 092 ext (1-0, 41)}) (13. Nf3 Qc7 14. c3 e5 15. Nd2 Be6 16.
Qa4 Be7 17. O-O-O O-O 18. Kb1 (18. g5 Nd4 $5 {[%cal Gb7b5]} 19. Bxd4 exd4 20.
Qxd4 Rfd8 $44) 18... Bxh4 $13 {Pugh,J (2570)-Nickel,A (2602)/corr 2007 (1/2,
32)}) 13... Bd7 $6 (13... Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxh4+ 15. Bf2 Qd8 16. Qxd8+ Kxd8 17.
O-O-O+ Kc7 18. Rd4 $44) 14. Qd2 Nxd4 $6 (14... Qxh4+ 15. Bf2 Qd8 16. O-O-O $36)
15. O-O-O $1 Bc5 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 $18 O-O-O 18. Qc4+ Kb8 19. Qe4 Bc8 20.
h5 Ka8 21. a4 Rd5 22. Rdf1 Qh4 23. Qc4 Rd7 24. a5 Qd8 25. a6 Qa5 26. Kb1 Kb8
27. axb7 Bxb7 28. Bxb7 Rxb7 29. Qd4 Ka8 30. Rf3 Rhb8 31. b3 f6 32. Rd1 Qb4 33.
Qe3 Rb6 34. Rd4 Qe7 35. Qd3 R6b7 36. Re3 Re8 37. Rd6 e5 38. fxe5 fxe5 39. Re4
Qc7 40. Rd5 Qb8 41. Rc4 Rf8 42. Kb2 Qe8 43. Rdc5 Qe6 44. Qe4 Kb8 45. Rxe5 Qf6
46. Rc6 Qf7 47. Rf5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.04.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Azarov, Sergei Nikolaevich"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 e5 $5 {Practice has
shown that White's attack is promising if allowed to develop without any
obstacles. The text move is the most radical way of preventing such a course
of events, at the price of weakening the d5-square. Throughout the years, this
has been a favourite line of Mihai Suba, another Romanian chess star of the
first magnitude. Although the styles of these two players have little in
common, maybe there are some hidden connections between the different
generations of players of the same country.} 7. Nf5 ({The critical
continuation is considered to be} 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Nf5 h5 10. gxh5
Nxh5 11. Bh6 {Nisipeanu seems to have a preference for} g6 ({Suba usually
played} 11... Nc6 {, which, in fact, I find more logical, since it develops a
piece.}) 12. Bxf8 gxf5 13. Bxd6 Nc6 14. Bc5 Qxd1+ 15. Rxd1 b6 16. Bd6 $5 {
Possibly a prepared improvement over an older game of Nisipeanu.} (16. Be3 f4
17. Bc1 Nd4 $132 {Holzke,F (2485)-Nisipeanu,L (2668)/Germany 2008/CBM 123 (1/2,
32)}) 16... O-O-O {Giving up a pawn for the sake of a tempo.} (16... fxe4 17.
Nxe4 O-O-O {may be better. White's pressure may be volatile, while the
material would be equal.}) 17. exf5 Nf4 18. Ne4 Rh4 19. f3 Nd4 {Black has
activated his position radically, but White has a simplifying operation,
ensuring him a clear advantage.} 20. Rxd4 exd4 21. Be7 $16 {without adequate
compensation for the missing pawns in Kurnosov,I (2602)-Nisipeanu,L (2675)/
Budva (playoff) 2009/CBM 130 (1/2, 50)}) 7... Nc6 $5 {The new trend.} ({
I remember that about a quarter of a century ago, Suba showed to me some ideas
that had been revealed to him by Yakov Murey in the following line:} 7... h5 8.
g5 Nxe4 9. Nxg7+ Bxg7 10. Nxe4 d5 11. Ng3 Nc6 (11... h4 12. Nh5 Kf8 {may be
safer, but not very inspiring.} 13. Nxg7 {Maybe he should not have hurried
with this exchange.} Kxg7 14. Bg2 Be6 15. c4 h3 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Na6 {
White's weaknesses on the light squares prevented him from taking advantage of
his extra pawn in Rodchenkov,S (2306)-Geller,J (2525)/Kazan 2009/CBM 130 Extra
(1/2, 41)}) 12. Nxh5 Rxh5 13. Qxh5 Nd4 14. Bd3 e4 15. c3 {, but computers are
not really enthusiastic about Black's chances. The last annotated game I found
with this line is Meister,Y (2430)-Sherbakov,R (2525)/Moscow 1991/URS-ch/
[Postny] (1/2, 23)}) 8. Bg5 {This move has its merits and drawbacks. It
contributes to the fight for the d5-square, but on the other hand it gives up
the control over the already weakened dark squares.} h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5
$146 {The sequence introduce by this novelty aims to increase White's control
on the light squares.} ({Previously, Nisipeanu had faced the more cautious} 10.
Qd2 {, but had little trouble getting active counterplay:} g6 11. Ne3 h5 $1 {
Taking advantage of White's lack of territorial ambitions.} 12. gxh5 Rxh5 13.
Nb5 Qd8 14. O-O-O Rh4 {Gharamian,T (2555)-Nisipeanu,L (2684)/Germany 2008/CBM
126 Extra (1/2, 25). Black's more compact structure compensates for his delay
in development.}) 10... Qd8 11. h4 g6 12. Nfe3 Be6 13. c3 {Restricting the
activity of the black knight. Had the g-pawn been one or two steps behind,
White would have had a perfect version of the Sveshnikov. The way it is, Black
has more space of his supposedly "bad" bishop, while the white bishop may well
become "bad" instead, in case of simplifications.} Be7 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. h5 {
The concluding move of the initial plan. Both sides have to decide now what to
do with the king.} Kf8 $1 {Nisipeanu correctly assumes that there will be no
dangers on the kingside, as long as he has excellent control over the dark
squares. Later, he will slightly neglect this latter aspect.} 16. Rd1 ({
The position with castling on opposite sides would present dangers for White
only:} 16. O-O-O Kg7 17. Be2 Bg5 18. Kb1 b5 {Black has a natural attack, while
White does not have a constructive plan.}) 16... Bg5 17. Qa3 Kg7 18. Be2 Qd7 (
18... b5 {would be premature because of} 19. Qa6 {In order to unblock the
queenside Black has to trade queens with} Qc8 {Given the lack of safety of the
white king, Black should keep queens on board.}) 19. Qa4 Rhc8 20. Kf1 {
Imitating the journey of the black king.} Qd8 $1 {(?) While watching the game
online, I assumed that Black had played his last move with the idea of
defending the b6-square and preparing a slow queenside expansion with ...a6, ..
.Ra8 (or ...Rc6) and ...b5. I believe that in this case, Black's position
would have remained preferrable, with practical no chances of activity for
White. As we will see, Nisipeanu had in mind the other diagonal for the queen,
which eventually led him to disaster. The evaluation between parantheses
refers not to the move, but to the idea it was played with.} 21. Kg2 b5 $2 ({
After} 21... a6 {play could have continued:} 22. Rh3 Ne7 23. Nxe7 Qxe7 24. Nd5
Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Rc6 26. Qd1 b5 {when I prefer Black, although the position may
be simply equal.}) 22. Bxb5 $1 {Without fearing any ghosts.} Bxe3 {This is the
only way of justifying the pawn sacrifice. Once some of White's pieces has
been made busy on the queenside, the black queen needs the g5-square for
creating kingside threats. However, after the giving up of the bishop Black's
king will not be as safe as earlier.} 23. Nxe3 Qg5 24. Rh3 $1 {The key
defensive/counterattacking move. Black's only real threat was capturing of the
g4-pawn, which is much less appealing now.} Bxg4 {Opening the g-file does not
look as a good idea, but what else to do? Black cannot unblock the b-file, his
c6-knight is hanging and White only needs a couple of tempi to consolidate
with Rg3 and Rd2.} 25. Nxg4 Rxb5 $5 {An elegant, but ineffective, tactical
motiv.} 26. Rg3 $1 (26. Qxb5 $2 Qxg4+ {[%csl Gd1]}) 26... Rxb2 27. Rxd6 {
White's queenside structure has lost its previous flexibility, but the most
important pawn (c3) has remained on board, preventing active knight moves.} Ne7
28. hxg6 fxg6 29. Qxa7 {An elegant move, defending f2 and pinning the knight.}
({Computers prefer} 29. Nf6 Qh4 (29... Qf4 {allows the double attack} 30. Nh5+)
30. Qd7 {, with decisive attack.}) 29... Rxc3 {It may seem that Black has
achieved a high degree of activity for his pieces, but there is an exception:
his e7-knight. If one piece stands badly...} 30. Rxg6+ $1 Kxg6 (30... Qxg6 31.
Qxe7+ Kh8 32. Qxe5+ Qg7 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. Rxc3) 31. Nxe5+ {At this level, the
rest of the moves can only be explained by inertia.} Kf6 32. Rxg5 hxg5 33. Qd4
Rbc2 34. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "Metz op 30th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2012.04.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Bujisho, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2012.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 (6... e5) 7. g4 {
Ressemble а une attaque Keres} Be7 (7... h6 $142) (7... b5 $142) (7... Nc6) 8.
g5 Nfd7 9. h4 Nc6 10. Rg1 (10. Qd2) 10... Qc7 11. h5 g6 12. Qd2 $146 (12. Rg3
b5 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Qd4 Rg8 15. O-O-O Bb7 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Rh3 Qc5 18. Qd2
Qc7 19. a3 Ne5 20. Bd4 Rd8 21. f4 Nd7 22. Qh2 Nc5 23. Bg2 e5 24. Be3 Ne6 25. f5
Nxg5 26. Rg3 gxf5 27. exf5 Kd7 28. Bxb7 Qxb7 29. Nd5 Rh8 30. Qg2 Nh7 31. f6 {
1-0 (31) Hort,V (2545)-Muse,M (2435) Germany 1986}) 12... b5 13. O-O-O (13.
Nxc6 Qxc6 14. O-O-O) 13... Bb7 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. a3 (15. f4 b4 16. Nd5 $5 (16.
Qd4 e5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Rc8 20. Rd2) 16... exd5 17. exd5 Ba4
18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Bd4 Rh7 (19... Bxc2 20. Qxc2 Qxc2+ 21. Kxc2 Rh4) 20. b3)
15... Rb8 $132 16. Bf4 Ne5 17. Rg3 a5 {[%cal Gb5b4]} 18. Nd5 $1 exd5 19. exd5
Bd7 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. d6 Qxd6 22. Qxd6 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 gxh5 {Curieusement ce P
passé va donner un contre-jeu inespéré pour les Noirs.} 24. Rd5 (24. Re3 Ke7
25. Rh6 $36) 24... Be6 25. Rxe5 O-O 26. f4 Rfe8 (26... Rfd8 {Plus naturel car
Rfe8 perd un tempo}) 27. Bxb5 h4 28. Rge3 Red8 29. Bd3 Bg4 30. Rxa5 (30. b3)
30... h3 $1 $132 {[%csl Gh3]} 31. Ra6 h5 32. gxh6 h2 33. h7+ $13 Kg7 34. Re1
Bf3 35. Ra5 Rd5 36. Rxd5 Bxd5 37. a4 h1=Q 38. Rxh1 Bxh1 $13 {Une finale
complexe difficile а évaluer. Tant que la majorité blanche de l'aile-dame
n'est pas trop avancée, la R Noire donne un trés léger avantage Noir mais les
Blancs ont des meilleures perspectives а long terme.} 39. a5 {Suite illisible
et nulle au 55ème coup} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0708"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2008.04.19"]
[Round "14.6"]
[White "Souleidis, Georgios"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2007.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katernberg"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1
d5 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Be3 Be7 13. Qf3 {Die gängigen
Fortsetzungen bei dieser Version des Keres-Angriffs sind 13.Qd2 (!, J. Nunn;
13...Nxd4 14.Bxd7+ Qxd7 15.Qxd4/Bxd4) und 13.g5 (hxg5 14.hxg5 Rh4!, L. Ftacnik)
. Der Textzug ist lt. meiner Datenbanken offenbar ein seltener Gast.} O-O (
13... Qa5+ 14. c3 (14. Kd1 $143 O-O 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nf5 Bc5 17. g5 Bxf5 18.
Qxf5 Bxe3 19. fxe3 h5 20. g6 Qb4 21. Qxh5 fxg6 22. Qxg6 Qxb2) 14... O-O-O (
14... O-O 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nf5 (16. g5 $143 h5 $5 {, siehe Anmerkung zum 16.
Partiezug von Schwarz}) 16... Bxf5 17. gxf5 f6 $5 18. Bxh6 Rf7 19. Bf4 Re8 $13)
15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nb3 Qa6 17. O-O-O h5 $2 (17... Rhf8 18. Kb1 f5 19. g5 f4 $13)
18. Qxf7 Qxa2 $2 19. Qxe7 Qxb3 20. Rd4 a5 (20... Qa2 21. Rb4 $1 $18) 21. Qc5
$18 hxg4 22. Bf4 g5 23. hxg5 Rh7 24. Rb4 axb4 25. Qb6 Be8 26. Qb8+ Kd7 27. Qc7+
Ke6 28. Re1+ {1-0 Kindermann,S (2520) - Vogt,L (2495), Baden-Baden 1993}) 14.
Bxc6 bxc6 15. g5 ({Weiß mag mit} 15. Nf5 $5 {besser beraten sein, z.B.} Bxh4 (
15... Qa5+ 16. c3 Bxf5 17. gxf5 f6 $5 {siehe vorherige Anmerkung}) 16. Nxh4
Qxh4 17. O-O-O Rab8 18. c3 $44) 15... h5 $1 {Zwecks Vermeidung von
Linienöffnungen am Königsflügel und wertvollem Zeitgewinn ein sinnvolles
Bauernopfer, das Weiß nicht gut ablehnen kann.} 16. Qxh5 g6 $2 ({Wegen der
folgenden Antwort eine fatale Schwächung, während} 16... Qa5+ $5 {nach} 17. c3
({oder} 17. Kd1 Rab8 18. g6 fxg6 19. Qxg6 Bf6 $15 20. h5 Qb4) 17... Rab8 18. g6
fxg6 19. Qxg6 Bf6 $15 {zweifellos Schwarz begünstigt (} 20. Qc2 Qa6 $5 {
/Rfe8!?)}) 17. Qh6 $1 ({Daß die Dame sich nach h6 vorwagen darf, hatte Hracek
völlig unterschätzt.} 17. Qe2 $2 c5 $13) 17... Qa5+ $2 ({Zwar droht die
eingesperrte Dame nach} 17... Re8 {gefangen zu werden (18...Bf8), aber} 18. Ne6
$1 {dreht den Spieß um:} Qa5+ $8 {! Von 5 Kandidatenzügen der einzig rettende!}
(18... Bf8 $2 19. Nxf8 Rxe3+ (19... Rxf8 $2 20. Bd4 Qe7+ 21. Kd1 f6 22. gxf6
$18) (19... d4 $2 20. Nh7 $18 (20. O-O-O $18)) 20. Kd1 (20. fxe3 $6 Qa5+ 21.
Kd1 Rxf8 22. h5 Bf5 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Qh2 Be4 25. Qd2 $1 $16) 20... Re6 21.
Nxe6 (21. Nh7 $2 Qb6) 21... Bxe6 22. h5 $18) (18... Bb4+ $2 19. Kd1 Bf8 (19...
Bxe6 20. Bd4 {siehe 18...Bxe6}) (19... fxe6 20. Qxg6+ Kh8 (20... Kf8 21. Qh7 $1
{/\g6+- nebst Matt}) 21. Qh6+ Kg8 22. g6 Qe7 23. Bd4 e5 24. Bxe5 $18 {nebst
Matt})) (18... Bxe6 $2 19. Bd4 Bb4+ 20. Kd1 Bg4+ 21. Kc1 f6 22. Qxg6+ Kf8 23.
gxf6 $18) (18... fxe6 $2 19. Qxg6+ Kf8 (19... Kh8 20. Bd4+ e5 21. Bxe5+ Bf6 22.
Qh5+ Kg8 23. gxf6+ Kf8 24. Rg8+ Kxg8 25. Qg6+ {und 26.Qg7#}) 20. Qh6+ Kg8 21.
g6 Bb4+ 22. Kf1 Qe7 23. Bd4 $18 {nebst Mattsetzung}) 19. c3 (19. Kd1 $4 {
scheitert hier an} Bxe6 20. Bd4 Bf6 $1 $19 21. Bxf6 Bg4+ 22. Kc1 Re1+ 23. Rxe1
Qxe1#) 19... Bf8 20. Nxf8 Rxe3+ $8 {! Diese Wendung, die Weiß den Giftzahn
zieht, bildet die eigentliche Pointe.} 21. fxe3 Rxf8 22. h5 Qb6 $1 23. O-O-O
Rb8 $132 24. b3 (24. Rd2 Qxe3 25. hxg6 Qxg1+ 26. Rd1 Qe3+ 27. Rd2 fxg6 28.
Qxg6+ Kh8 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. Qg6+ Kh8 31. Qf6+ $11 {Dauerschach von Weiß}) 24...
Qxe3+ 25. Kb2 d4 $1 26. cxd4 (26. Rxd4 Qe2+ 27. Ka1 (27. Ka3 Qe7+ 28. Kb2 Qe2+
$11) 27... Qe3 28. Rxd7 Qxg1+ 29. Kb2 Qf2+ 30. Kc1 Qf4+ $11) 26... Be6 27. hxg6
Rxb3+ 28. axb3 Qxb3+ $11 {Dauerschach von Schwarz}) 18. Kd1 $1 ({Eine
ausgesprochene Feinheit, und nicht} 18. c3 $2 Rfe8 19. Ne6 Bf8 20. Nxf8 Rxe3+
$1 {mit Zugumstellung zur vorherigen Remisvariante}) 18... c5 ({Nichts geht
mehr. Oder: I} 18... Rfe8 19. Nxc6 $1 Qa4 20. Bd4 Qxd4+ 21. Nxd4 Bf8 22. Qxf8+
Kxf8 23. f3 $18) ({II} 18... Qc7 19. Nf3 $1 ({oder auch} 19. Ne6 $1 Qe5 20. Bd4
Qxd4+ 21. Nxd4 Rfd8 22. h5 Bf8 23. hxg6 Bxh6 24. gxh6 $18) 19... c5 (19... Rfe8
20. Bd4 $18) (19... Bf5 20. h5 Be4 (20... c5 21. Rh1 $18 {- 19...c5}) 21. Bd4
f6 22. Nh4 $18 Qh2 (22... c5 23. hxg6) (22... Bd6 23. gxf6 Bf4 24. Rxg6+ Kf7
25. Qg7+ Ke8 26. h6 (26. f3)) 23. hxg6 Qxg1+ 24. Ke2 Qg4+ 25. f3) 20. h5 Bf5
21. Rh1 $1 $18 {nebst durchschlagendem Angriff über die h-Linie}) 19. h5 $1 $18
Qb6 20. c3 $4 {Mit dem Sieg in greifbarer Nähe läßt sich der Anziehende
impulsiv zu einem "Nullzug" hinreißen. Dabei hätte er seinen schwungvollen
Angriff wie folgt krönen können:} ({I} 20. Rh1 $1 Bg4+ (20... Qxb2 21. hxg6
Qxa1+ 22. Kd2 Qxh1 23. Qxh1 fxg6 24. Qxd5+) 21. Kc1 gxh5 (21... Bxh5 22. Nf5
gxf5 23. Qxh5) 22. Nc6 $1 Qc7 {/Rfe8} 23. g6 fxg6 24. Qxg6+ Kh8 25. Qxg4) ({II
} 20. Bf4 $1 {wäre gar noch strenger gewesen:} Bf6 (20... gxh5 21. g6) 21. gxf6
Qxf6 22. Nc6 (22. hxg6 Qxd4+ 23. Kc1 Qg7 24. gxf7+) 22... Bxc6 (22... Rae8 23.
hxg6) 23. hxg6) 20... Rfb8 $11 ({Überaus glücklich ist der Großmeister "dem
Totengräber von der Schippe gesprungen". Übrigens,} 20... Rfc8 $15 {wäre noch
eine Spur genauer gewesen.}) 21. hxg6 (21. Nb3 $142) 21... Qxg6 22. Qxg6+ $2 ({
Frustriert beginnt Weiß, völlig die Contenance zu verlieren. Mit} 22. Nb3 $1 {
konnte er zumindest den halben Punkt problemlos sicherstellen:} c4 23. Bd4 Qh7
24. Qxh7+ Kxh7 25. g6+ fxg6 26. Rh1+ (26. Be5 Rf8 (26... cxb3 $4 27. Rh1+ {
h8+-xb8}) 27. Rh1+ Kg8 28. Nd4 Rxf2 29. Rh8+ Kf7 30. Rxa8 Rf1+ 31. Ke2 Rxa1 32.
Rxa7 $11) 26... Kg8 27. Rh8+ Kf7 28. Rh7+ Ke8 (28... Ke6 29. Nc5+ Bxc5 30. Bxc5
$11) 29. Nc5 Rxb2 30. Rh8+ Bf8 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Nxd7+ Ke7 33. Ne5 $11) 22...
fxg6 23. Nb3 c4 24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. Bxc5 Rxb2 26. Kc1 Rab8 (26... Re2) 27. Bxa7 $4
({Ein "Blackout", immer noch hätte} 27. Rd1 $1 {gereicht:} Ba4 28. Rd2 R2b5 29.
Bd4 (29. Be3 R8b7 30. Re2 Rh7 31. Re1 $11) 29... Kf7 30. Re2 $11) 27... R8b7
28. Bd4 Ba4 $1 $19 ({I Die tödliche Batterie nach} 28... Ba4 $1 29. f3 Rc2+ 30.
Kd1 Rxa2+ {wurde schlicht übersehen}) ({II jedoch bloß nicht} 28... Bf5 $4 {
wegen} 29. Kd1 $11) 0-1

[Event "Geneve FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "2013.05.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2013.05.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:02:59"]
[BlackClock "0:13:13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. Rg1 e5 $5 {
A completely personal way of the World Champion, which is a rare example.
Women generally follow men's opening theory, but the Chinese GM is one of the
brightest young stars.} ({A very risky way here is} 7... g5 8. h4 gxh4 9. g5
hxg5 10. Bxg5 Be7 11. Qe2 a6 12. O-O-O Nbd7 13. f4 Nh5 14. Qf3 Ng3 15. Bxe7
Qxe7 16. Bh3 Nb6 17. Nde2 Nxe2+ 18. Nxe2 Qc7 19. Rg7 {Hausner,I (2407)-Ftacnik,
L (2570)/Slovakia SVK 2011; with next f4-f5, starting an unpleasant attack.})
8. Bb5+ ({The next test has to be} 8. Nf5 Nc6 9. h4) 8... Bd7 $1 ({A few
months ago in her first game with this line the World Champion chose another
move:} 8... Nbd7 9. Nf5 a6 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. g5 Nxe4 12. Nxg7+ Bxg7 13. Nxe4
Qc6 14. Qd3 Ke7 15. gxh6 Bxh6 16. Bxh6 Rxh6 17. Qe3 Rh5 18. Rd1 Bf5 19. Ng3 {
Nakamura,H (2775)-Hou,Y (2623)/Hoogeveen 2012; and she got into trouble.}) 9.
Bxd7+ ({White can come into trouble the after the active} 9. Nf5 Bxb5 10. Nxb5
Qa5+ 11. Nc3 Nxe4) 9... Nbxd7 10. Nf5 Nc5 ({A very risky way was} 10... Qb6 11.
a4 Qb4 12. Qd3 g6 13. Ne3 Rc8 14. f3 Qd4) 11. Qf3 ({Activity did not work:} 11.
Be3 Nfxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qd5 Nf6 14. Qxb7 Rb8 15. Qxa7 g6) 11... Ne6 ({
White would get better chances after} 11... g6 12. Nxh6 Bxh6 13. Bxh6 Rxh6 14.
g5 Rxh2 15. gxf6 Qd7 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17. Rh1) 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nc5 14. g5
$2 {After such a pseudo-active move White got in trouble. The correct way was
to complete development, avoiding weaknesses.} (14. Bd2 g6 15. Ng3 Bg7 16.
O-O-O O-O 17. Be3 $1) 14... hxg5 15. Bxg5 Qd7 ({Not bad was} 15... Qb6) 16.
O-O-O Qa4 ({Black had to try exchanging the queens, then all the white
weaknesses would be exposed:} 16... g6 17. Ne3 Qh3) 17. Be3 $1 Rc8 18. Kb1 ({
White had to try an endgame in a good version:} 18. Nxg7+ Bxg7 19. Qf5 Qd7 20.
Qxd7+ Nxd7 21. Rxg7 Rxh2 22. Rg8+ Nf8 23. Rdg1 {with slightly better chances.})
18... g6 19. Ng3 Rh4 $6 ({The simple} 19... Rxh2 {was very good}) 20. Rge1 Rb4
$2 {Trying to attack at any price, but the positional solution was much more
logical} (20... Bh6) 21. c3 Rb6 22. Qe2 Ra6 23. a3 Qb3 24. Qg4 ({It was better
to eliminate the dangerous knight:} 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Ne4 Rc7 26. Nd2) 24...
Nd7 25. Qb4 {White's idea is to exchange queens and to leave the rook on a6
out of the game.} Qc4 26. Ne4 ({A very logical idea was to get rid of a weak
pawn:} 26. h4 f5 27. h5) 26... Be7 27. f3 ({Logical was} 27. f4) 27... f5 28.
Qxc4 Rxc4 29. Nd2 Rh4 {Now another rook has come to the same square!} 30. Re2
Nb6 31. Bxb6 axb6 $1 {Lagno claimed after the game, that she had overlooked
this move, allowing the black rook to return to the game.} 32. Kc2 Kf7 33. Nf1
Rh3 34. Rd3 Ra4 $1 {Finally the rook returns to the hunting fields!} 35. Rg2
Rf4 36. Nd2 Rfh4 37. Nf1 Bf8 38. Rg3 Bh6 39. Rxh3 Rxh3 40. c4 {This is a try
to activate her own rook.} Ke7 {The simplest way is to defend the weaknesses
with the king.} 41. Rb3 Kd7 42. c5 $5 ({White try to muddy the waters as} 42.
Rxb6 {was simply losing:} Rxf3 43. Rxb7+ Kc8 44. Rh7 Bf4 45. Ng3 Rf2+ 46. Kb1
e4) 42... dxc5 43. Rxb6 Rxf3 44. Rxg6 Rf2+ 45. Kc3 Bc1 $1 46. Ng3 b5 47. Rg7+
Kd6 48. Rf7 Bxb2+ 49. Kb3 Kxd5 50. Rxf5 Rxh2 51. Nf1 Re2 52. a4 c4+ 53. Kb4 c3
54. Rf8 c2 55. Rd8+ Ke6 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-23"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1978.11.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ermenkov, Evgenij"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Minic/Sindik"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1978.10.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

{Inf.27/423} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7.
g4 h6 8. Qf3 Nbd7 9. Qh3 {[/\ g5]} e5 $1 10. Nf5 $2 (10. Nb3 b5 (10... Nb6 $5)
11. f3 Bb7 $15) 10... g6 11. Ng3 (11. Nxh6 Bxh6 12. Bxh6 Nc5 $1 13. Qh4 Bxg4
$19) 11... Nb6 $1 12. Be2 h5 $17 13. Qh4 Be7 14. g5 Nh7 15. O-O-O Nxg5 16. Bxb6
Qxb6 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Nf1 Nh3 $19 19. Qg3 Bh4 20. Qc3 O-O 21. Nfe3 Nxf2 22. Nc4
Be6 23. Ncb6 Qg5+ 24. Kb1 Nxh1 25. Rxh1 (25. Nxa8 Nf2 $19) 25... Rab8 26. Qf3
Qg4 27. Qd3 Qh3 28. Qd1 Bd8 29. Nc4 Bxd5 30. Qxd5 Qg2 31. Re1 b5 32. Nxd6 Qf2
33. Qd1 Qd4 34. Rg1 Qxd1+ 35. Bxd1 Bb6 36. Rf1 Rbd8 0-1

[Event "La Roda op 37th"]
[Site "La Roda"]
[Date "2010.04.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Suba, Mihai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "Minzer,C"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2010.03.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 {Este es el orden que aplica sistemáticamente el
Gran Maestro rumano.} 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g4 {Bruzon elige el agresivo
Sistema Keres para contrarrestar la Variante Scheveningen} h6 7. h3 {Diagrama
# La preferencia hoy en día es mantener el juego renunciando a líneas
agresivas con avances directos de h2-h4 o Tg1.7.h3 asegura el espacio ganado
para más tarde avanzar con f2-f4 etc.} Nc6 8. Be3 a6 9. Bg2 Nd7 $146 {Diagrama
# Novedad de las negras. Una jugada de profilaxis típica de los sistemas
erizos. Las negras suelen jugar 9...Ce5 (Xc4) y luego ...g5 asumiendo los
riesgos pero asegurándose el punto e5 (luego se traspondrá a esta idea). Por
parte de las blancas el plan "standard" es jugar De2, 0-0-0 y f2-f4.} 10. Qe2
g5 11. O-O-O Nce5 {De esta forma se retoma a la idea 9...Ce5.} 12. f4 {Las
blancas enfocan su juego por la columna f, más precisamente sobre el punto f7.}
gxf4 13. Bxf4 {Diagrama #} Qa5 $6 $146 {Nueva jugada y esta vez no habrá
trasposiciones.} ({Se había jugado} 13... b5 14. Qf2 {dejando libre la casilla
e2 para el caballo mientras se empieza a presionar sobre la semiabierta
columna f.} Bb7 15. Rhf1 Rc8 (15... Rh7 16. Kb1 Be7 17. Nce2 Qc7 18. Nc1 O-O-O
19. Nd3 Nc4 20. Bc1 Bf6 21. b3 Nce5 22. Bb2 Kb8 23. Nf4 Rc8 24. Nh5 Be7 25. Qe2
{1/2-1/2 Zhigalko,S-Sasikiran,K/Khanty Mansiysk 2007}) 16. Nce2 Bg7 17. Ng3 Rh7
18. Nh5 Bh8 19. Kb1 Nc5 $2 {partida Polgar,J-Topalov,V/Hoogeveen 2006. Como
comenta Ftacnik las blancas debieron jugar} (19... Qb6 $142) 20. Nf5 $1 {
veamos como continúan sus análisis:} exf5 (20... Rc6 21. Nfg7+ $1 Bxg7 22.
Nxg7+ Rxg7 23. Bxe5 Rh7 24. Qg3 $18) (20... Nc4 21. Bxd6 exf5 22. Bxc5 Qc7 23.
Bd4 $18) 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Qxf5 Qg5 23. Qxh7 Qg6 24. Qxg6 fxg6 25. Nf4 $16) ({
También} 13... Ng6 14. Bg3 h5 15. gxh5 Qg5+ 16. Kb1 Qxg3 $2 (16... Qxh5) 17.
hxg6 Qxg6 18. Nf5 $1 $16 {Joachim,S-Boensch,U/Germany 2002}) 14. Nf5 $1 {
Valiente sacrificio aprovechando la situación del rey negro en el centro del
tablero.} exf5 {Suba acepta la pieza fiel a su estilo optimista.} 15. exf5 {
Diagrama # Se abre la columna e, la gran diagonal blanca y se gana el dominio
de la casilla d5, las blancas tienen gran compensación por la pieza mientras
que el negro deberá tomar importantes decisiones en las próximas jugadas.} Rb8
16. Kb1 b5 $2 {Diagrama # El contrajuego llega tarde.} 17. Bc6 $18 {Se amenaza
la captura sobre e5.} ({También ganaba} 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 (17... dxe5 18. Rxd7 $1
Kxd7 19. Rd1+) 18. Bc6+ Ke7 (18... Kd8 19. Qxe5) (18... Bd7 19. Bxd7+) {
y ahora la fortísima jugada} 19. Qe1 $3 {se amenaza Cc3-d5+ ganando la dama
pero tambien la entrada por el flanco rey con Dh4+, las negras no tienen
defensa satisfactoria, por ejemplo:} b4 20. Nd5+ Kd8 21. Qh4+ {ganando.}) 17...
Qc7 18. Bxd7+ Bxd7 19. Nd5 Qc4 {Buscando el cambio de damas las negras ganan
un tiempo pero no alcanzarán a organizar la defensa de su posición.} 20. Qe3
Bg7 21. Bxe5 {Diagrama # Lo más directo, las blancas recuperan la pieza.} Bxe5
(21... dxe5 22. f6 Bf8 23. Qxe5+ $18) 22. Nf6+ Kd8 23. Nxd7 Bf4 (23... Kxd7 24.
Qxe5) 24. Qa7 $1 Rc8 25. Nb6 {La captura en c2 no es peligrosa.} Qxc2+ 26. Ka1
{Suba abandona al no poder parar las amenazas.} (26. Ka1 {por ejemplo} Qc7 (
26... Rc7 27. Qa8+) 27. Nxc8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Rzeszow 16th"]
[Site "Rzeszow"]
[Date "1984.10.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hawelko, Marek"]
[Black "Moehring, Guenther"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Moehring,G"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1984.10.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 d5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Qe2+ Qe7 12. Be3 (12. Bxd7+ Kxd7 (12... Nxd7
13. Be3 $16) 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Qb5 Qb4+ 15. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 16. c3 Bc5 17. O-O-O $16)
12... Nc6 13. O-O-O g6 14. Rhe1 (14. Rde1 Bg7 15. Qd2 O-O 16. Bxh6 Bxh6 17.
Qxh6 Qf6 $13) 14... Bg7 15. Qd2 O-O 16. Bxh6 Qxh4 (16... Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Qf6 18.
h5 $1 $16) 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Rh1 Qxg4 20. Rdg1 (20. Qh6+ Kf6 21.
Rhg1 $1 Rh8 22. Qe3 $16) 20... Rh8 $1 21. f3 Rxh1 22. Rxh1 Rh8 23. Re1 Qh4 24.
Qc3 Qf4+ 25. Kb1 Qf6 26. a4 Rh4 27. Rd1 Kh7 28. Qc5 a5 29. c3 Rh2 30. Re1 Kg7
31. Re7 Bf5+ 32. Ka2 Qg5 33. Nb3 (33. Re8 $13) 33... Qg2 34. Qa3 Qc2 35. Nxa5
c5 (35... Qb1+ 36. Kb3 c5 $1 $19) 36. Qb3 Qb1+ 37. Ka3 Be6 38. c4 dxc4 39. Qc3+
Kf8 40. Nxc4 Kxe7 {time  2:29-2:30} 1-0

[Event "October Revolution 60years"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1977.07.11"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Vogt, Lothar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Moiseev,V"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1977.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 a6 7. g5 Nfd7 8. Be3
(8. Bg2) 8... b5 9. a4 $6 (9. a3 $1 Nb6 (9... Bb7 10. Qd2 Nc5 11. f3 Be7 12.
O-O-O Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. h4 Qb8 15. Bd4 $36 {Marjanovic,S-Cetkovic,M/JUG/
1983/1:0 (54) Inf 35/304/}) 10. Rg1 (10. h4 Bb7 11. h5 N8d7 12. g6 $1 $40 {
Adams,M-Hansen,Cu/Wijk aan Zee/1991/1:0/ (35) Inf 51/224/}) 10... N8d7 11. h4
Bb7 12. h5 g6 13. Rh1 Rg8 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Rh7 $14 {Hulak,K-Cvetkovic,Sr/JUG/
1976/1:0 (30) Inf 22/497/}) 9... b4 (9... bxa4 $5) 10. Na2 Bb7 11. Bg2 Nc5 12.
Nxb4 Nxe4 $2 (12... Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Qg4 d5 $10) 13. Qg4 d5 14. Nd3 $14
Be7 15. h4 Nd7 16. O-O O-O 17. Rfd1 Rc8 18. c3 (18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20.
Bxe4 dxe4 21. Ne5 Nxe5 $1 22. Rxd8 Nf3+ 23. Kh1 Bxd8 $17 {Smyslov,V}) 18... Re8
19. a5 Nd6 $6 (19... Bf8 $5) 20. f4 Nc4 21. Bf2 Nxa5 22. h5 (22. Nxe6 fxe6 23.
Rxa5 Bd6 $1 $13 (23... Qxa5 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Qxd7 $44)) 22... Nc6 23. g6 $16
Bf6 $6 (23... f5 24. gxh7+ Kh8 25. Qg6 Nxd4 (25... Nf8 26. Qf7 $18) 26. Bxd4
Bf6 27. Ne5 Nxe5 28. fxe5 Bg5 29. Bf1 $16) 24. gxf7+ Kxf7 25. Nxe6 $1 Rxe6 26.
Bxd5 Qe7 27. f5 $18 Nde5 28. Qe4 $1 Kg8 29. Nc5 (29. Bxe6+ Kh8 30. Bxc8 Bxc8
31. Nxe5 Nxe5 32. Qa8 $18) 29... Kh8 30. Bxe6 Rb8 31. Nxb7 Qxb7 32. b4 h6 33.
Kg2 Re8 34. Bg3 Nf7 35. Bf4 Nfd8 36. Rd6 $1 (36. Rac1 $6 Nxe6 37. fxe6 Rxe6 $16
) 36... Bxc3 37. Rc1 Bxb4 38. Rdxc6 Nxc6 39. Qxc6 Qe7 40. Qd7 Qf8 1-0

[Event "USA-ch U16"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.07.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shen, Arthur"]
[Black "Li, Ruifeng"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[Annotator "Molner,M"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2015.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:48:10"]
[BlackClock "0:55:20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 {An aggressive
variation that is gaining in popularity. White is preparing a quick kingside
advance} e6 (6... e5 7. Nb3 h5 {This is also a very popular way for Black to
meet White's 6th move}) 7. g4 Nfd7 8. g5 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. Be3 Be7 11. h4 Nc6
12. Qd2 Nde5 {This knight maneuver is very common in the Najdorf. Often times
when the knight arrives on this square, it is with devastating effect. The
downside of this maneuver is that it is quite time consuming.} 13. Be2 O-O 14.
f4 {Li faces a critical decision about how to relocate his most powerful piece.
Li chose 14. Nc4 which proved not to make the most of all the moves already
invested with that knight.} Nc4 {'?'} (14... Nxd4 $1 15. Bxd4 Nc6 16. Be3 {
Both sides have chances in this sharp position}) 15. Bxc4 {'!' Due to all of
the time lost with the knight before the exchange, and Black's lack of
flexibility to pawn storm, White had an ideal attacking situation. 14. Nxd4
was needed in order to maintain Black's fair share of counter-chances.} bxc4
16. O-O-O Rb8 17. h5 Qa5 18. Rdg1 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 e5 20. Ba7 Ra8 21. Be3 d5 {
As a Najdorf player myself, I can commiserate with the intimidating pawn storm
that Li was facing in this position. In these situations, Black needs to be
very precise, while White usually has a series of automatic moves, just
pushing pawns until Black's king is completely exposed. There is a natural
tendency for Black to lash out, hoping for counterplay before getting
checkmated. This is precisely what happened with Black's current move..
Unfortunately, Black's lashing out only worsens Li's position. Black needed to
play 21... exf4 in order to contain White's pawn storm, although Li would
still be in a difficult position.} (21... exf4 $1) 22. exd5 (22. g6 $1 {
White has a nearly unstoppable attack}) 22... Rad8 23. fxe5 Bxd5 24. Nxd5 Qxd5
25. Qc3 Qe4 26. h6 {'!'} Rd5 27. e6 {'!' A strong move clearing the path to g7.
All defenses are ready to be broken down. Black's only chance to defend is to
sacrifice material in order to shed White's attack.} Qe5 28. hxg7 Rfd8 (28...
Qxg7 29. exf7+ Kxf7 30. Qxc4 $18) (28... Kxg7 29. Qxe5+ Rxe5 30. Bd4 $18) 29.
exf7+ Kxf7 30. Qxe5 Rxe5 31. Bd2 Red5 32. Rxh7 Rxd2 33. g8=Q+ Kxg8 34. Rxe7 {
From here on out, Shen displays excellent technique.} Rh2 35. Rc7 {'!'
Combining attack and defense. Black's only counterplay is based on an attack
on the second rank. With 35. Rc7 Black is forced to make one of the rooks a
passive defender. The remainder of the game is a good illustration of how to
build up advantages while preventing counterplay.} Rh4 36. Kb1 Rd6 37. g6 Rd8
38. g7 a5 39. Ka2 a4 40. Rg5 Rb8 41. Rgc5 Rd8 42. Rxc4 Rb8 {'!?' A nice
practical move from Li.} 43. Rc8+ (43. Rxh4 $4 {The only way that White could
go wrong} Rxb2+ $3 44. Ka1 (44. Kxb2 {Stalemate}) 44... Rb1+ 45. Ka2 Rb2+ {
With a surprising perpetual check}) 43... Rxc8 44. Rxh4 Kxg7 45. Rxa4 Rxc2 46.
Rf4 {Here Black resigned because White's pawns are unstoppable. A strong and
very convincing performance from Arthur Shen!} 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 15th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2016.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 {Fashionable. I
remember when I was in my early 20s, 6.Be3 was the predominent continuation.
What has remained the same since then is the fact that regardless of what is
the most fashionable continuation, Gelfand is still one of the leaders in
Najdorf theory!} e6 {This time, Gelfand adapts a "Scheveningen" type position.}
(6... e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. g3 {is considered the main line. In fact, Gelfand
himself drew two games against Bukavshin and Swiercz.} b5 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Nec3
Bb7 11. Bg5 Rc8 12. Bg2 Be7 13. Nxe7 Qxe7 14. a3 (14. h4 b4 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16.
exd5 e4 {1/2-1/2 (40) Swiercz,D (2620)-Gelfand,B (2741) Skopje 2015}) 14... Qe6
15. Qe2 d5 {1/2-1/2 (53) Bukavshin,I (2657)-Gelfand,B (2731) Moscow 2015}) 7.
g4 Be7 8. g5 Nfd7 9. h4 b5 {The most principled and popular. Black is planning
to push white's knight back with b4. In the mean time he will have his bishop
on b7 which will exert pressure on white's central pawn on e4.} (9... Nc6 10.
Be3 Rb8 11. Rg1 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Ne5 13. O-O-O O-O {Is another double-edged
possibility. ½-½ (41) Anand,V (2803)-Salem,A (2624) Berlin 2015}) 10. a3 Bb7
11. Be3 Nc6 12. Qd2 {Both parties are developing their pieces in the most
accurate way. There have been many games in this position!} Rc8 {The most
principled. Gelfand is a classical player with a great sense for Sicillian.
Here his rook on c8 will have an eye on thematic exchange sacrifice on c3.} 13.
Rh3 {[#] Flamboyant. Nxc6 is the move which has been played more than a dozen
of times.White tries to get his rook out of a8-h1 diagonal's X-ray and covers
f3 square to avoid tactical blows if black knight lands on e5. Nevertheless,
the rest of the game shows that this was merely a home preparation by
Demchenko. He must have relied on the beautiful victory of Areshchenko in this
line.} b4 $146 {Another alternative could be the knight's move with the idea
of occupying the c4 square.} (13... O-O 14. O-O-O Re8 15. Kb1 Bf8 16. h5 Nde5
17. h6 g6 18. f4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Rd3 Qb8 22. b3 Rcc8 23.
Bg7 Be7 24. f5 gxf5 25. exf5 exf5 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Rc5 28. Bb2 Rxd5 29.
Qxd5 Bf8 30. g6 {1-0 (30) Areshchenko,A (2682)-Hamitevici,V (2430) Reykjavik
2015}) (13... Nce5 {[%cal Gd7b6]}) ({Or} 13... Na5) 14. axb4 Nxb4 15. Nce2 a5 (
15... d5 {is a machine-type continuation, after which, things remain unclear.}
16. c3 Nc5 17. cxb4 Nxe4 18. Qd1 Bxb4+ 19. Nc3 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Bxc3+ 21. Bd2 Bxa1
22. Qxa1 O-O 23. Rb3 Qc7 24. f4 (24. Qb2 Rb8 {is in black's favor.}) 24... Rb8
25. Bd3 Rfc8 26. Kf2 {And despite black's extra material, the position is much
easier for white.}) 16. c3 Nc6 (16... Na6 {was indeed an alternative.}) 17. Nb5
Nc5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Rd3 Qb6 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21. Rxd6 O-O {The dust has settled.
Black is far ahead in development and he has a target: the b2 pawn!} 22. f4
Rcd8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Qc2 c4 $1 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Gb6g1] Opening up the a7-g1
diagonal, fixing b2 pawn and taking away c4 square from White. Moves like this
are like mate in one for Gelfand!} 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Qxb2 27. Qd7 Kf8 $1 {
Only a player with vast amount of experience , like Gelfand, can keep his
nerve and enter this line.} 28. Qc7 a4 {passed pawns should be pushed!} 29. f5
$2 {Desparate. Kd1 and Nc1 would have held for some times.} (29. Kd1 a3 30. Nc1
a2 31. Nxa2 {is too hasty for black.}) 29... exf5 30. exf5 a3 31. Qd6+ Ke8 32.
Bg2 Qb1+ 33. Kf2 Qxf5+ 34. Ke1 Qb1+ 35. Kf2 Qb6+ 36. Nd4 a2 37. Bxc6+ Bxc6 38.
Qa3 Qc7 $1 {[%cal Gc7h2]} 39. Nxc6 Qf4+ 40. Ke2 Qe4+ 41. Kf2 Qxh4+ 42. Kf3 Qh1+
43. Kf4 Qxc6 44. Qxa2 h6 45. gxh6 Qxh6+ 46. Ke4 Qe6+ 47. Kd4 g5 {A classical
display by Gelfand!} 0-1

[Event "Bermuda"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2004.01.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Movsesian,S"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2004.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h4
Nc6 8. Rg1 d5 9. exd5 (9. Bb5) 9... Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Be3 Be7 12. g5 hxg5
13. hxg5 Rh4 {'!?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Unpleasant idea for white as Macieja has
to take care not to expose his pieces even more.'} 14. Bb5 {After this move
the game transposes to the line with 9.Bb5.} ({Macieja was probably not
satisfied with} 14. Qd2 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Kf8 $5 16. O-O-O Bg4 17. Bxg7+ Kxg7 18.
Qd4+ Kf8 19. Rxg4 Bxg5+ 20. Kb1 Bf6 $11 {Short-Movsesian, Budapest 2003}) 14...
Bd7 15. Bxc6 ({I played this position also with white pieces} 15. Nb3 $5 Qc7
16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qe2 c5 $6 18. g6 $1 Qe5 19. O-O-O Bf6 20. c3 Rc8 21. Rge1 $16
{Movsesian-Maksimenko, Kallithea (EuCup)2002}) 15... bxc6 16. g6 $6 {A new
move in this position, but not a very good one, I think. Black gets a nice
square on f6 for the bishop and the white king suddenly finds himself in
trouble...} (16. Qd2 {is more safe}) 16... Bf6 17. gxf7+ Kxf7 18. Qd3 Qa5+ 19.
c3 (19. Ke2 {Ftacnik} Qb4 $15) 19... Rb8 $1 {White has no time to create any
serious threats, his pawns are too vulnerable} 20. b4 {'?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik:
'It was difficult to guess, that this aggressive move is so bad. Suddenly
white king is more naked than his black counterpart and black pieces much
better coordinated.'} (20. Qd2 {Ftacnik} Rbh8 21. a3 $11) 20... Qa3 21. Kd2
Bxd4 $1 {After this white is losing almost by force} (21... Qb2+ $6 {would
give white a chance to survive after} 22. Qc2) 22. Bxd4 Qb2+ 23. Qc2 Rxd4+ 24.
cxd4 Qxd4+ 25. Qd3 Qb2+ 26. Qc2 (26. Ke3 Rxb4 {losses immediately}) 26... Qxb4+
27. Qc3 Qf4+ 28. Ke1 (28. Qe3 Rb2+ 29. Ke1 Qf6 {is also hopeless for white})
28... Re8+ 29. Kf1 Qc4+ $1 {Leading to a won ending} 30. Qxc4 Bh3+ 31. Rg2 dxc4
32. Kg1 Bxg2 33. Kxg2 Re5 34. Rc1 Rc5 35. Kf3 Ke6 36. Ke4 Kd6 37. Kd4 c3 38.
Rc2 g5 39. f3 a5 40. a4 Rf5 41. Rxc3 Rf4+ 42. Ke3 Rxa4 43. Rc1 Rb4 44. Rg1 Rb5
45. Rg4 Rf5 46. Ra4 Kc7 47. Ra1 Kb6 48. Rb1+ Rb5 49. Ra1 Rb3+ 50. Ke2 Rb4 51.
Rg1 Rb5 52. Ra1 Rd5 53. Ke3 c5 54. Rb1+ Kc6 55. Rc1 a4 56. Ra1 Kb5 57. Ke4 Rd4+
58. Ke3 Rb4 59. Kd2 Rb2+ 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Black "Suba, Mihai"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Nevednichy,V"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 b5 8. g5
Nfd7 9. a3 Qc7 10. f4 $146 (10. h4) 10... Nc6 $1 (10... Bb7) 11. Nxc6 $5 Qxc6
12. Qd4 e5 $2 (12... h6 $1 $13) 13. Qd2 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ne5 15. O-O-O Be6 16. Nd5
Rc8 17. Kb1 Be7 18. h4 $16 *

[Event "RUS-Cup10"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "1997.07.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Chigvintsev, Andrei"]
[Black "Averchenko, Sergej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[Annotator "Nor,I"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Gershon} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 $5 e6 (6...
b5 $6 7. Nd5 Bb7 8. Nxf6+ gxf6 9. c4 bxc4 10. Bxc4 Bxe4 11. O-O d5 12. Re1 e5
13. Qa4+ Nd7 14. Rxe4 $1 dxe4 15. Nf5 $16 {Fischer-Najdorf, Varna(ol) 1962}) 7.
g4 d5 $5 (7... b5 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. a3 Be7 10. O-O Qc7 11. f4 Nc6 12. Be3 $14 {
Kurajica-Baljon, Wijk aan Zee 1974}) (7... Nc6 8. Bg2 Qc7 9. O-O Be7 10. Nce2
O-O 11. g5 Nd7 12. f4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Re8 14. a4 Bf8 15. h4 $13 {
Kupreichik-Neverovsky, Podolsk 1990}) 8. exd5 (8. Bg2 $5 Bb4 (8... e5 $6 9. Nb3
d4 10. Nd5 Nxd5 $6 (10... Be6 11. Bg5 Bxd5 12. exd5 $14) 11. exd5 Bb4+ 12. Bd2
Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 O-O 14. O-O (14. O-O-O Qd6 15. f4 f6 16. Rhf1 Nd7 17. g5 exf4
18. Qxf4 Qxf4+ 19. Rxf4 fxg5 20. Rxf8+ Kxf8 21. d6 Nf6 22. Rxd4 $16 {1-0
Popescu,D-Musat,A/CREM R.I 1992}) 14... f5 15. gxf5 Bxf5 16. f4 $1 $16 {
Bologan,V-Marinelli,T/Caorle 1990}) (8... dxe4 9. O-O Be7 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11.
Bxe4 O-O 12. Qd3 h6 13. Be3 $14) (8... Nxe4 $6 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. c3 $5 (10. Bxe4
e5 11. Nf5 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 Nd7 13. c3 Nc5 14. Bg2 Be6 15. Be3 O-O-O+ 16. Kc2 g6
17. Ng3 f5 $15 {Lutikov-Zaichik, Tbilisi 1979}) 10... e5 11. Nc2 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1
Nd7 13. Ne3 Nc5 14. Nd5 Rb8 15. b4 $1 Na4 16. Kc2 f5 17. gxf5 Bxf5 18. Kb3 b5
19. Be3 Rc8 20. Rac1 Be6 21. Rhd1 Kf7 22. c4 $16 {Popescu,D-Badea,B/Herculane
1993}) 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O a5 12. g5 Nd7 13. f4 Ba6 14. Rf3 d4 15.
Ne2 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 e5 18. Qf2 O-O 19. h4 f6 20. Rf1 exf4 21. Rxf4
fxg5 22. Rxf8+ Nxf8 23. Qf7+ Kh8 24. h5 Nd7 25. h6 gxh6 26. Qe6 Qe8 27. Qxc6
Rc8 28. Qd6 Rxc2 29. Qxd4+ Kg8 30. e5 {1-0 Popescu,D-Kocsis,L/Tusnad,CREM,II.4
1993}) 8... Nxd5 9. Bd2 $5 (9. Nde2 Bb4 10. Bg2 (10. Bd2 Nc6 (10... Nb6 11. Nf4
O-O 12. Bd3 N8d7 13. Ne4 Bxd2+ 14. Qxd2 Ne5 15. O-O-O Bd7 16. Nh5 f6 17. g5
Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 fxg5 19. Qd4 Rf7 20. Rhg1 h6 21. h4 e5 22. Qd6 Nc4 23. Qg6 Kf8
24. hxg5 Bf5 {1/2-1/2 Kupreichik,V-Badea,B/Schwäbisch-Gmünd sp 1996}) 11. a3
Be7 12. Nf4 Nxf4 13. Bxf4 Qb6 14. b4 (14. Bg2 $5 Qxb2 15. Na4 Qf6 16. Bc7 O-O
17. O-O $44) 14... Nxb4 $1 15. axb4 Qc6 16. Qd4 $13 {1-0 Kupreichik,
V-Gallagher,J/Lenk 1991}) 10... O-O 11. Bd2 Nxc3 (11... Nb6 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Ba5
Nc6 14. Qxd8 Bxd8 15. Bc3 $14 {Lepeshkin}) (11... Nc6 $1 $10) 12. Nxc3 Qc7 13.
Ne4 Rd8 14. c3 Be7 15. Qe2 Bd7 16. c4 Nc6 17. Bc3 Ne5 18. Ng3 Nxc4 19. Nh5 Rac8
20. Bxg7 Bb5 21. O-O Nd2 22. Qe3 Nxf1 23. Bxf1 Qc5 24. Qg3 Bc6 25. Bg2 Bxg2 26.
Kxg2 Rd2 27. Bf6 Qd5+ 28. Kg1 Bc5 29. Rf1 Bxf2+ 30. Rxf2 Rc1+ {0-1 Tarasov,
I-Gorelov,S/RUS-Cup2 1996/EXP 56}) (9. Bg2 $6 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 $15) 9... b5 (
9... Nc6 $5 10. Nxc6 (10. Nde2 e5 11. Bg2 Be6 12. Ne4 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. c4
Nf6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. b3 h5 17. Ng3 hxg4 18. hxg4 Bg5 19. Bc3 Qxd1 20. Raxd1
Bxg4 21. Rde1 Rad8 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Rxe5 f5 24. Re6 {Polgar,S-Browne,W/San
Francisco 1995/CBM 46/0-1 (47)}) 10... bxc6 11. Bg2 Be7 12. Ne4 Qc7 $1 13. c4
Nf4 14. Bxf4 Qxf4 15. Qd2 $1 Qxd2+ 16. Nxd2 Bb7 17. O-O-O O-O-O 18. Nb3 c5 19.
Bxb7+ Kxb7 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rd1 Kc6 22. Rxd8 Bxd8 23. Nd2 $1 Bg5 24. Kc2 f5
$10 {1/2-1/2 Donchev,D-Georgiev,K/Bulgaria (ch) 1989}) (9... Nb6 $6 10. Nb3 Qc7
11. Qe2 Bd7 12. O-O-O Bc6 13. Rg1 N8d7 14. Nd4 Be7 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. g5 O-O 17.
h4 $36 {Spiriev-Dzevlan, Budapest 1991}) (9... Be7 $6 10. Bg2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 $14
) (9... h5 $5 10. Qf3 Nf6 11. Nb3 hxg4 12. hxg4 Rxh1 13. Qxh1 Nxg4 14. Bg2 Qc7
15. Qh4 Ne5 16. Qg3 f6 17. O-O-O Nbc6 18. Be4 Ne7 19. Bf4 Bd7 20. Bxe5 fxe5 21.
Bg6+ Kd8 22. Bf7 Kc8 23. Qh3 Qc4 24. Rxd7 Qf4+ 25. Kb1 Kxd7 26. Qd3+ Nd5 27.
Bxe6+ Kxe6 28. Nxd5 Qf7 29. Qc4 Rd8 30. Ne3+ Ke7 31. Qc7+ Ke8 32. Qxe5+ Be7 33.
Nc5 Qxf2 34. a3 {Kupreichik,V-Kotsur,P/Kurgan 1995/0-1 (61)}) 10. Bg2 (10. Qe2
$5) 10... Bb7 11. Ne4 $146 (11. O-O Be7 (11... Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 b4
14. Be1 {/\ c3+/=}) (11... b4 $5 12. Ne4 $13) 12. Qe1 Qd7 13. Rd1 Nxc3 14. Bxc3
Bxg2 15. Nf5 Bd5 16. Nxg7+ Kd8 17. b3 Nc6 18. Nh5 Kc7 19. Bxh8 Rxh8 20. c4 Rg8
21. cxd5 exd5 22. Qd2 d4 23. Rc1 Kb7 24. f3 f5 25. Qg2 d3 26. Rfd1 Ba3 27. Rb1
Qd4+ 28. Kh1 f4 29. Qd2 Re8 30. Qxf4 Qf2 31. Qg3 Qc2 32. Nf6 Re2 33. Ne4 Nd4
34. b4 d2 35. Qd6 Rxe4 36. Qd5+ Kb6 37. Qxe4 Qc3 38. Kg2 Bc1 39. Qd5 Qe3 40.
Qe4 Qc3 41. Kf2 Qc4 42. Qe3 {1-0 Kupreichik,V-Maksimenko,A/Norresundby op 1993/
EXT 93op}) 11... Be7 12. O-O {In that kind of positions it is very hard to
play.Players play one against the other much more,than chess.} Qc7 13. Nb3 $5 (
13. a4 Nc6 $5 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. axb5 axb5 (15... Bxb5 $6 16. Re1 $14 {[%cal
Gb2b3,Gc2c4]}) 16. Rxa8+ Bxa8 $132) 13... Nd7 14. Na5 Bc8 15. c4 $5 (15. Nc3
$143 N7b6 (15... Qxa5 $2 16. Nxd5 $18) 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 $6 {[%csl Rg1]} (
17. c4 $5) 17... exd5 18. Bc3 Be6 (18... O-O $6 19. Qxd5 Be6 20. Qb7) 19. Nb3
h5 $1 $36) 15... bxc4 16. Rc1 N7b6 17. b3 (17. Nxc4 $2 Nxc4 18. b3 (18. Qa4+ $2
Bd7 19. Qxc4 Qxc4 20. Rxc4 Bb5) 18... Nb2 $1 19. Rxc7 Nxd1 20. Rc2 Nxf2 21.
Rxf2 Bb7 $17) 17... O-O 18. Nxc4 Qb8 $5 19. Qf3 Bd7 (19... f5 $6 20. Ng3 fxg4 (
20... Nxc4 $2 21. bxc4 $1 {[%cal Rg2a8]} fxg4 22. Qe2 gxh3 23. Bxd5 exd5 24.
Qxe7 $16) (20... f4 $2 21. Ne4 $16) 21. Qxg4 $14) 20. a4 Ra7 (20... f5 $6 21.
Ng3 fxg4 22. Qxg4 Nf6 23. Qe2 Nbd5 24. Ne5 $14) 21. a5 (21. Nxb6 Qxb6 22. a5
Qb5 $13) 21... Nc8 (21... Nxc4 $2 22. bxc4 Nb4 (22... Nf6 $6 23. Be3 Rc7 24.
Bf4) 23. Rb1 $16) 22. Be3 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Bb5 $6 (23... Rc7 $142 $5 24. Nb6 Bc6
25. Rxc6 $140 Rxc6 26. Nf6+ (26. Nd7 Qc7 27. Nxf8 Bxf8 $15) 26... Bxf6 27. Bxc6
Qd6 28. Be4 Rd8 $15) 24. Rfd1 Bb4 (24... Rd7 $5 25. Rxd7 Bxd7 26. Nb6 Bb5 27.
Nc3 (27. Nxc8 $6 Rxc8 28. Rxc8+ Qxc8 $17) 27... Nxb6 28. axb6 Bd6 29. Nxb5 axb5
$13) 25. Nb6 Ne7 26. Nc5 Ba3 27. Rc2 Rd8 $5 (27... Bxc5 $6 28. Qxc5 Ng6 29. Qd6
$1 $14) 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Rd2 Qe8 30. Rd1 Ng6 $2 {Black,finally,loses in this
nervous war!} (30... Rc7 $6 31. b4 $5 Bxb4 (31... Bb2 $2 32. Qd2 $1) 32. Nxe6
fxe6 (32... Rc3 $6 33. Nxg7 $1 Qf8 34. Qd4 $16) 33. Qf4 Rc2 34. Qxb4 Qf7 35.
Rd8+ Be8 36. Qe1 $16) (30... Bc6 $142 $1) 31. Nb7 $1 {Of course!} Be7 32. Nc8
$6 (32. Rc1 $1) 32... Qxc8 33. Qxa7 h6 $6 (33... Be2 $142 $1) 34. Be4 $18 {
Now white shows an exellent technique.} Ne5 35. Qe3 Nc6 36. Qb6 $1 Ne5 37. Nd6
Bxd6 38. Qxd6 Nd7 39. Bd3 $1 Bxd3 40. Qxd3 Ne5 41. Qd8+ Qxd8 42. Rxd8+ Kh7 43.
Rd6 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Int 19th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1980.03.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Ghinda, Mihail Viorel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1980.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1
d5 9. exd5 (9. Bb5) 9... Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Bg2 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qe5+ 13. Be3
Bd7 (13... Nb4 $5 14. Qe2 (14. c4 Bc5 $13) 14... Nd5 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Qb5+ Bd7
$10 {Pavlov,M-Ghinda,M/Timishoara/1985/0:1/34/}) 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bxc6+ bxc6
16. Qd4 Qa5+ $2 (16... Qxd4 17. Bxd4 f6 18. h5 c5 19. Be3 O-O-O 20. Ke2 Be7 $10
{Vasiukov,E-Balashov,Y/Moscow/1982/0,5/41/}) 17. c3 c5 (17... Rd8 18. Qc4 Qc7
19. Ke2 Be7 20. g5 hxg5 21. hxg5 Qb7 22. b3 $16 {Kaminski,V-Vogt,L/DDR/1989/1:
0/38/}) 18. Qe4 Rc8 19. O-O-O Be7 (19... Qxa2 20. Qb7 Qa1+ 21. Kd2 $1 $18) 20.
g5 hxg5 21. Bxg5 $1 Bxg5+ 22. Rxg5 Qxa2 (22... g6 23. Rxg6 $18) 23. Rxg7 {
/\24.Qb7 Qa1 25.Kd2 Rd8 26.Ke3+-/} Rf8 (23... Kf8 24. Rg4 {/\Qe5/}) 24. h5 c4
25. Rd6 $1 Qa1+ 26. Kc2 Qa4+ 27. Kb1 Rc7 28. Rxe6+ $1 fxe6 $2 (28... Kd8 29.
Rd6+ Rd7 30. Qd5 $18) (28... Kd7 29. Qg4 $18) 29. Qa8+ 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen AS04 80ars Jubilee"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1984.01.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Black "Jansa, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1983.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. h3
Be7 9. Be3 a6 (9... Bd7 10. Qe2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. Be3 Qa5 13. f4 exf4 14.
Bxf4 Rc8 $10 {Nunn,J-Sokolov,A/Reykjavik/1988/0,5/21/}) 10. f4 Qc7 11. Nxc6 (
11. Qd2 Na5 12. b3 Bd7 13. O-O Nc6 14. Nde2 b5 $13 {Ivanov,A-Gavrikov,V/Biel/
1990/0:1/66/}) 11... bxc6 12. O-O Rb8 $6 (12... Bb7 {/\c5,Bc6/}) 13. b3 c5 14.
Qd2 Bb7 15. Rae1 O-O $2 (15... Bc6 16. Qf2 Nd7 $14) 16. g5 hxg5 17. fxg5 Nd7
18. h4 Ne5 19. h5 Rfe8 20. Qf2 Bf8 21. Bf4 c4 $2 (21... Ba8 22. Qg3 c4 23. Re3
$16) 22. b4 $1 Bc6 23. a3 a5 24. Rb1 axb4 25. axb4 Ba8 26. Qg3 (26. b5 $18)
26... g6 27. h6 Rxb4 $2 28. Rxb4 Qc5+ 29. Kh1 Qxb4 30. Bxe5 dxe5 31. Qxe5 Qe7 (
31... Re7 32. Rb1 {/\Rb8+-/}) 32. Rf3 Kh7 33. Qf4 $2 Kg8 $2 (33... e5 $16) 34.
Qe5 Kh7 35. Nd1 $1 Rd8 36. Ne3 {/\Ng4-f6+-/} 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 {Until recently this
old idea used by Bobby Fischer was completely forgotten for a long time; it
has now resurfaced with a big impact. It has become one of the main ideas for
White!} e6 {This is one of a few possible lines like 6...g6 or 6...e5.} 7. g4
h6 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 Nd7 11. O-O Nxd4 {Black could have refrained
from taking early on d4 by playing...} (11... O-O {and now one possible
example might be...} 12. Nce2 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. a4 Bd7 15. a5 b5 16. axb6
Qxb6 17. b3 Rab8 18. Qd2 {1/2-1/2 (43) Gonzaga Grego,L-Carroll,P corr. 2014;
with an interesting game ahead of us.}) 12. Qxd4 O-O 13. Qd2 {This is one of
those games where you can't really tell at which moment Black went wrong. Can
we completely rule out the possibility that the whole plan for Black is just
too slow?} Rb8 {I have no doubts that Vachier has analysed consequences of the
direct 13...b5, let us see a recent example:} (13... b5 14. e5 d5 15. Ne2 Bb7
16. Nd4 Qc7 17. Rae1 Rfe8 18. f5 Nxe5 (18... Bc5 $5 19. b4 Bb6 20. f6 Nxe5 21.
Bf4 gxf6 22. c3 {with an attack}) 19. fxe6 Bh4 20. exf7+ Nxf7 21. Re2 Nd6 22.
Bf4 Qb6 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Nf5 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 Bg5 26. Qe1 $14 {1-0 (31) Gharamian,
T (2657)-Burg,T (2518) Munich 2015}) 14. Ne2 b5 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. f5 Nf6 17. Ng3
{Due to Bxh6 ideas the black position looks a bit compomised. So far nothing
new in our game, but what it seems is that Anand has discovered that Bxh6
actually will lead to a dangerous attack.} Bb7 (17... Re8 18. Bd4 {is logical,
but Anand probably realised the full potential of this position and I think he
had something else in his mind...} (18. Kh1 $1 Bf8 19. g5 hxg5 20. Bxg5 Nh7 21.
f6 {with dangerous attack}) 18... e5 19. Be3 Bb7 20. Bxh6 gxh6 21. Qxh6 Nh7 (
21... d5 22. exd5 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Bf8 24. Qh4 Red8 $13) 22. f6 Bf8 23. Qh5 Qc5+
24. Kh2 Qe3 25. h4 Qh6 26. Qxh6 Bxh6 27. g5 Bf8 28. g6 $1 $16 {1-0 (40) Navara,
D (2716)-Grischuk,A (2795) Tromso 2014}) 18. Kh1 {Preparatory move.} ({In the
event of the direct attempt} 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Qxh6 d5 20. g5 Qxg3 21. Rd3 Bc5+
22. Kh1 Be3 $1 {looks like a key defensive idea for Black.}) 18... Rbd8 $2 (
18... exf5 19. Rxf5 $14) (18... d5 19. Bf4 $5 (19. e5 Qxe5 20. Bf4 Qxb2 21.
Bxb8 Rxb8 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Qe3 Bc8 24. Nf5 exf5 25. Qxe7 Bd7 {White is an
exchange up, but Black has already too few pawns and the position is in
equilibrium.}) 19... e5 20. Bxh6 gxh6 21. Qxh6 Rfd8 22. g5 Bf8 23. Qh4 Nxe4 24.
Nh5 Rd6 25. b3 {Despite the fact that the computer gives few defensive ideas
for Black, it is far from easy to find them in a tournament game.}) 19. Bxh6 $1
gxh6 20. Qxh6 d5 21. g5 $1 {No more defence for Black! Anand obviosly worked
out the line nicely.} Qxg3 22. Rd3 $1 Nh5 (22... Nxe4 23. f6 Bxf6 24. Bxe4 dxe4
25. Rxg3 e3+ 26. Kg1 Bg7 (26... Bd4 27. Re1 e2+ 28. Kh2 Bg7 29. Qh5 $18) 27.
Qh5 Be4 28. c3 Rd2 29. Qh4 Bg6 30. Rxe3 $18) (22... Qe5 23. gxf6 Bxf6 24. Rf4
$1 $18) 23. g6 $1 fxg6 24. fxg6 Rxf1+ 25. Bxf1 Nf6 26. Rxg3 dxe4 27. Be2 e3+
28. Kg1 Bc5 29. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Bad Woerishofen op 16th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "2000.03.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Senff, Martin"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h5 {
Die Richtigkeit dieses Planes könnte von einer Bundesliga-Partie zwischen
Timman und Nisipeanu hängen.} 8. g5 ({Besser als} 8. gxh5 {, da Schwarz nun
mit seinem Nf6 viele Tempis verlieren muss.}) 8... Ng4 9. Bc1 Qb6 10. Qd2 {
Während der Partie war ich von diesem für mich neuen Zug ziemlich beindruckt.
Weiss plant die Fianchetto-Entwicklung seines Bc1, was angesichts der
Kontrolle der langen Diagonale wichtig ist.} ({Trotzdem scheint} 10. h3 {
, wie in der vorgennanten Partie am besten zu sein. Nach} Ne5 11. Nb3 g6 12.
Be3 Qc7 13. f4 Ned7 14. Qd2 Nc6 15. O-O-O b5 16. Nd5 $1 {[%cal Gd2c3,Gc3h8,
Gc3c7] fand Liviu Nisipeanu nicht die beste Verteidigung:} exd5 17. Qc3 d4 18.
Nxd4 Bb7 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 $2 (19... Rg8 {ergibt ein für Schwarz unangenehmes
Endspiel nach} 20. Nb4 Qxc3 21. bxc3 Bxe4 22. Rh2) 20. Qxh8 Bxe4 21. Rh2 O-O-O
22. Bd3 Nc5 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. Bxe4 {und Weiss gewann.}) 10... Ne5 {Es drohte
11.f4 mit Einsperrung des Ng4.} 11. Be2 Nbc6 {Nach langem Nachdenken fand ich
die Idee, einer schwarzfeldrigen Strategie zu folgen.} (11... g6 12. f4 Nec6
13. Nf3 Nd7 14. b3 {[%csl Rd6,Rf8][%cal Gc1b2,Gb2h8] gefiel mir nicht, da mein
Bf8 gleichzeitig auf g7 (für die lange Diagonale) und auf e7 (Deckung von d6)
stehen sollte.}) 12. Nxc6 ({Im Fall von} 12. Nb3 g6 13. f4 Nd7 {[%csl Rd2]
hätte der Zug 10.Qd2 wenig Sinn gehabt.}) 12... bxc6 {[%csl Gd5]} (12... Qxc6
13. f4 Nc4 14. Qd4 b5 15. b3 Nb6 16. Be3 $14 {und der schwarze Springer ist
noch nicht am Ende seiner Reise.}) ({Und nach} 12... Nxc6 {soll man ständig mit
} 13. g6 $5 {[%csl Re6,Re8,Rf7] rechnen.}) 13. f4 Ng6 {Schwarz plant einen Tag
e5 zu spielen, um auf den schwarzen Feldern zu herrschen. Das wird von der
Tatsache ermöglicht, dass ein Bauer auf c6 zurückgeschlagen hat, und somit das
Feld d5 unter Kontrolle ist. Trotzdem ist die schwarze Lage nicht so leicht,
wie ich während des Spiels zunächst vermutete.} 14. Qe3 (14. Na4 Qa7) 14...
Qxe3 $6 ({Ich wollte zuerst den logischen} 14... Rb8 {spielen, aber ich
erschrak dann vor der folgenden Idee:} 15. Qxb6 Rxb6 16. Be3 Rxb2 17. Kd2 {
gefolgt von einer schnellen Beherrschung der b-Linie. Aber nach} d5 18. Rab1
Rxb1 19. Rxb1 Bd6 {hat Schwarz keinen Grund zu klagen, z.B:} 20. e5 Bc7 {
[%csl Gb6,Gb7,Gb8]} 21. Na4 d4 $5 22. Bxd4 Nxf4 {und Weiss hat keinen
Eintrittspunkt.}) 15. Bxe3 h4 {[%csl Rg5]} (15... e5 16. f5 Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4
18. Rf1 Be7 19. h4) 16. h3 ({Mein Gegner befürchtete zurecht} 16. Rf1 h3 $5 17.
O-O-O Rh4 $5 {[%csl Rf4,Rg5][%cal Ge6e5] /\e5-Nf4}) 16... e5 $2 {Viel zu früh!
Ich übersah dabei ein kleines Detail.} ({Es musste} 16... Be7 17. O-O-O Rb8 18.
a3 {mit leichtem weissem Vorteil geschehen.}) 17. f5 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19.
O-O-O Rb8 ({Meine Absicht war} 19... Be7 {zu spielen, aber leider geht einfach}
20. Rhg1 g6 21. f6 Bd8 22. Rxd6 {(ouch!)} Bb6 (22... Bxh3 23. Rxc6 $16) 23. Nd5
$5 (23. Rh1 $16) 23... cxd5 24. Rxb6 dxe4 25. Bg4 $1 Bf5 26. Bxf5 gxf5 27. g6
fxg6 28. Rxg6 $16) 20. Rhg1 $6 ({Besser waren die Alternativen} 20. a3 $5 $16 {
xb4}) ({und} 20. Bf3 g6 (20... Be7 21. Rhg1) 21. f6 Be6 22. Ne2 $16 {[%csl Rf4]
}) 20... g6 21. Rdf1 $2 {[%cal Gd1d8]} (21. Bg4 Kd8 $16) 21... d5 $6 {Der
weisse Turm musste die d-Linie nicht verlassen, was ich sofort zu bestrafen
versuchte.} ({Präziser war aber} 21... gxf5 22. Rxf4 d5 23. exd5 Bc5 24. Rgf1
Be3+ 25. Kb1 Bxf4 26. Rxf4 $13) (21... Rb4 $2 22. Bd3 Be7 23. a3 {war hingegen
nicht zu empfehlen.}) 22. exd5 Bc5 (22... Bxf5 23. dxc6) 23. dxc6 $2 {Zu
optimistisch.} ({Nach} 23. Rh1 Be3+ (23... cxd5 24. fxg6 fxg6 25. Nxd5 Bb7 26.
Rd1 $16) (23... Bxf5 24. dxc6 Rb6 25. Bf3 $16) 24. Kb1 Bd4 25. Nd1 cxd5 26.
fxg6 fxg6 27. Rxf4 Be5 28. Rf3 $16 {ist der weisse Vorteil unumstritten.})
23... Be3+ 24. Kb1 Bxg1 25. Rxg1 Rb6 $5 (25... Bxf5 {war vermutlich auch
möglich, aber ich wollte den Eindringling auf c6 vernichten. Die Variante} 26.
Bxa6 Bxh3 27. c7 Ra8 28. Bb7 Ra7 29. c8=Q+ Bxc8 30. Bxc8 h3 31. Bg4 h2 32. Rh1
{sieht ganz unklar aus.}) 26. fxg6 (26. Bf3 $2 Bxf5 27. Nd5 Rxc6 28. Nf6+ Rxf6
29. gxf6 Bxh3 $19) ({Nach} 26. Re1 Kf8 27. f6 Rxc6 28. Rd1 Re6 {sollte Schwarz
ebenfalls besser stehen.} (28... Kg8 $2 29. Nd5)) 26... Rxc6 27. gxf7+ $2 ({
Eine tapfere Verteidigung hätte} 27. g7 $5 {geboten. Doch nach} Rg8 28. Re1 Be6
29. Bf3 Rc8 30. Nd5 (30. Ne4 Ke7) (30. Bb7 Rd8) 30... Rxg7 31. Nxf4 Kd7 $1 (
31... Rxg5 32. Nxe6 fxe6 33. Rxe6+ Kf7 34. Re1 $11) 32. Nxe6 fxe6 33. Bg4 Rg6 {
behält Schwarz immer noch die besseren Karten.}) 27... Kxf7 28. Bf3 Rc5 29. Ne4
(29. Nd5 Bxh3 (29... Kg7 $5) 30. Nxf4 Bf5 31. Nd3 Bxd3 32. cxd3 h3 $19) 29...
Re5 30. Nd6+ Kg6 31. Nxc8 Rxc8 32. a4 a5 (32... Rce8 33. Rg4) ({Auf} 32... Re3
33. Bb7 Rce8 34. Bxa6 Re1+ 35. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 36. Ka2 f3 37. Bd3+ Kxg5 38. a5 {
wollte ich mich nicht einlassen.}) 33. Rg4 Rf8 34. Rxh4 Re3 35. Bb7 (35. Rh6+
Kxg5 36. Rh5+ Kg6 37. Bg4 Rg3 $5 38. Re5 Rxg4 39. hxg4 f3 40. Re1 f2 41. Rf1
Kg5 42. c3 Kxg4 43. Kc2 Kf3 44. b4 Ke2 $19) 35... f3 36. Rh6+ Kxg5 37. Ra6 $6
f2 38. Rxa5+ (38. Bg2 Rg3) 38... Kf6 39. Ba6 Ra8 $1 40. b4 Rxa6 0-1

[Event "Zug Young Masters"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2001.10.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2001.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5
g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. Qf3 d4 12. O-O-O Nbd7 13. Bd2 Qa5 {Dieser Zug
wurde erstmals an der spanischen Manschaftsmeisterschaft in der Begegnung
Shirov-Illescas erprobt. Dort erging es dem Nachziehenden schlecht und Shirov
konnte einen weiteren Sieg in dieser scharfen Variante erzielen. Doch ich
hatte eine Verbesserung vorbereitet.} 14. Bc4 $1 ({Laurent weicht selber von
der Spielweise Shirovs ab, auch wenn diese Neuerung nur zum Remis reicht.} 14.
gxf6 dxc3 15. Bxc3 Qxa2 16. Qe3 Nb6 $4 17. Qxe5+ Be6 18. fxe6 $18 {geschah in
der erwähnten Partie, aber anstatt 16...Nb6?? ist 16...Qa1+ 17.Kb1 Qa4 für
Schwarz vorteilhaft.}) 14... dxc3 15. Bxc3 Bb4 (15... Qc5 16. Bb3 $44 (16. Qe2
$2 b5)) 16. gxf6 Bxc3 ({Gut sieht} 16... Nxf6 {aus, aber Weiss findet mittels}
17. Rd6 $1 {genügend Gegenspiel.} (17. Bxb4 Qxb4 18. Qg3 Qe7 19. Rhe1 e4 20. f3
Bxf5 21. fxe4 Be6 $19) {z.B:} 17... Bxc3 (17... Ke7 18. Rxf6 $1 Kxf6 19. Qh5
Bxc3 20. Qxf7+ Kg5 21. Qg7+ Kf4 22. Qg3+ Kxf5 23. Qf3+ Kg6 24. Rg1+) 18. Rxf6
Bd2+ 19. Kb1 Rf8 20. Rg1 (20. Rd1 Ke7 $1) 20... Ke7 21. Qh5 Kxf6 22. Qh4+ Kxf5
23. Qg4+ Kf6 24. Qh4+ {mit Dauerschach}) 17. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 ({Schwarz muss
nicht ins Remis einwilligen sondern kann mittels} 17... Kd8 {weiterspielen.
Die Stellung erschien mir aber nach} 18. bxc3 {, gefolgt von Be6 und evt.
Turmverdoppelung auf der d-Linie, sehr gefährlich.}) 18. Qh5+ Kxf6 (18... Kf8
19. Qh6+ Ke8 20. f7+ {ändert nichts.}) 19. Qh6+ Kf7 (19... Kxf5 {zog ich wegen}
20. Rd6 {kaum in Betracht, doch Schwarz rettet sich dank} Bd2+ 21. Rxd2 Qxa2
22. Rd6 Qa1+ (22... Qg8 23. f4 $18) 23. Kd2 Qxh1 24. Qh3+ {und wieder
Dauerschach.}) 20. Qe6+ Kf8 21. Qd6+ Ke8 22. Qe6+ Kf8 ({Mehrere Züge zuvor
hatte ich die weisse Opferstrategie als Bluff bezeichnet, denn ich hatte das
Schach auf d6 nach} 22... Kd8 23. Qf6+ Kc7 24. Qd6+ {übersehen!}) 23. Qd6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Narbonne"]
[Date "1997.08.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Santo Roman, Marc"]
[Black "Lepelletier, Benoit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Petursson,M"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1997.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Nc6 7. g5 Nd7 8. Be3
Be7 9. Rg1 a6 10. Qh5 O-O 11. O-O-O g6 (11... Re8 12. Rg3 (12. Bc4 g6 13. Qe2
Nxd4 14. Rxd4 b5 15. Bb3 Nc5 16. h4 Bd7 17. h5 Rb8 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. e5 dxe5
20. Rh4 Nxb3+ 21. axb3 Bc6 22. Qg4 Bf8 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Qd5 25. Rd1 Qxe4
26. Rxe4 Rbd8 {1/2-1/2 Morris,W-Sigurjonsson,G/Lone Pine op 1979/MCL 03}) 12...
g6 (12... Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b5 14. Kb1 e5 15. Be3 g6 16. Qh6 Bf8 17. Qh4 Bb7 18.
Rh3 h5 19. Be2 Bg7 20. Rxd6 Qc7 21. Rd2 Rac8 22. Bd1 Rcd8 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5
Nb6 25. Rd3 Na4 26. Bc1 Nc5 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Be2 Ne6 29. Rd3 Nd4 30. Bd1 b4
31. f3 Bf8 32. Qe1 Rc8 33. Qf2 Ne6 34. Qd2 Bc5 35. Rd7 Qb6 36. Qd5 Qb5 37. Rb7
Qf1 38. Qd7 Rf8 39. c3 bxc3 40. Bb3 Be3 41. Qd1 Qxd1 42. Bxd1 Bxc1 43. Kxc1
cxb2+ 44. Kxb2 h4 45. Rb6 Nxg5 46. Rxa6 Rd8 47. Kc1 Kg7 48. Rc6 Ne6 49. Rc3 Nd4
50. a4 f5 51. exf5 gxf5 {1/2-1/2 Santo Roman,M-Bischoff,K/FRA-FRG Uzes 1990/
EXP 21}) (12... Nf8 13. f4 Bd7 14. f5 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 exf5 16. Nd5 Ng6 17. Bc4
Be6 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. gxf6 Qd7 21. Rf1 Rac8 22. Bb3 Be6 23. fxg7
Bxb3 24. axb3 Qb5 25. Qf3 Rc7 26. Rfg1 Qe2 27. Qf5 Re4 28. Rc3 Rxd4 29. Rxc7
Qe3+ 30. Kb1 Qxg1+ 31. Ka2 Rf4 32. Qc8+ Kxg7 33. Qxb7 Qd4 34. Qxa6 Rf2 35. Qb7
Qf6 36. b4 Rxh2 37. b5 Rh4 38. Qa6 Rb4 {0-1 Begnis,N-Matthaei,A/BL2-W 1996/BL2}
) 13. Qe2 Bf8 14. Kb1 Qc7 15. h4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 b5 17. h5 b4 18. Na4 Bb7 19.
hxg6 fxg6 20. b3 d5 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Bh3 Nc5 23. Nxc5 Bxc5 24. c4 Bxd4 25.
Rxd4 Qg7 26. Rd1 Bc6 27. Rd6 Bd7 28. Rgd3 Ra7 29. Qe3 Bc8 30. c5 Rae7 31. c6
Qf8 32. f3 e5 33. Rf6 Qg7 34. Bxc8 Rxc8 35. Qe4 Kh8 36. Rdd6 Rce8 37. Kb2 a5
38. Kb1 a4 39. bxa4 Ra7 40. Qd5 e4 41. fxe4 Qc7 42. Qd4 {1-0 Van Riemsdijk,
D-Najdorf,M/Sao Paulo 1978/MCL 07}) 12. Qh4 Qc7 13. f4 Re8 14. Rg3 Bf8 15. Rh3
h5 16. Be2 Nb6 {[%tqu "En","Can you find a winning move for White?","Sacrifice
to clear the way to his king!","Get rid of his h pawn!","e2h5","",15]} 17. Bxh5
$1 gxh5 {[%tqu "En","Can you follow up with an extremely strong move?","The
right move is much stronger then the simple Qh4xh5.  Sacrifice again to get
the d5 square for a knight!","Force him to play e6xf5","d4f5","",10,"h4h5","",
0]} 18. Nf5 $1 (18. Qxh5 Bg7 19. Nf5 exf5 20. Bxb6 Qxb6 21. Nd5 $4 Qxb2+) 18...
exf5 19. Bxb6 Qd7 20. Nd5 Re6 21. Nf6+ Rxf6 22. gxf6 Bh6 23. Qxh5 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch 58 Championnat"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1983.08.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Seret, Jean Luc"]
[Black "Giffard, Nicolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1983.08.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 $1 {La redoutable
attaque KERES trés а la mode au début des années 80 et ensuite les GMI ont
choisi de différer la poussée d6.} a6 (6... h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1 h5 9. gxh5 (9.
g5 Ng4 10. Nb3 Qb6 11. Rg2 Bd7 {Matulovic,M (2530)-Sax,G (2510) Rovinj/Zagreb
1975 (5) 1/2} (11... g6 $5 12. Bf4 Nge5 13. Qe2 a6 14. O-O-O Qc7 15. Kb1 b5
$132 {D'Costa: The sicilian Sheveningen})) 9... Nxh5 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. Qd2 Qb6 {
[%cal Gb6d4]} 12. Nb3 a6 (12... Bd7 $5 13. O-O-O a6) 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Rh1 $1
Qc7 15. Bg2 Be7 16. f4 O-O-O {Une des rares lignes ou les noirs peuvent jouer
un ooo sans trop de risque} 17. Bf3 Kb8 18. h5 {[%csl Rg7]} Bc8 19. Kb1 Ng8 $1
$13 {[%cal Ge7g5]}) (6... Nc6 7. g5 Nd7 8. Be3 (8. h4) (8. Ndb5)) 7. g5 Nfd7 8.
Bg2 (8. Be3 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. h4 Be7 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. h5 $36) 8...
Nc6 9. Nde2 $6 {[%cal Ge2g3] Les Blancs veulent recycler le N à l'aile-roi
mais ce plan est trop lent et le Nd4 est une pièce importante dans une
sicilienne ouverte.} (9. O-O Be7 10. Kh1 O-O 11. f4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 e5 13. Qf2 b5
14. Qg3 exf4 15. Bxf4 Bb7 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. Bxd6 Bxd6 18. Qxd6 Nb6 19. Qf4 Qc7
20. Qh4 Qe7 21. Rf6 b4 22. Rd3 Rfd8 23. Rxb6 bxc3 {Beliavsky,A (2620)-Fedder,S
(2400)/ Luzern 1982/EXT 97-B/1/2-1/2 (44)}) 9... Be7 $146 (9... b5 10. Ng3 {
Il est interessant de noter que NIKITINE avait choisi cette suite pour les
blancs car c'était l'auteur d'une monographie au début des années 80 sur la
Scheveningen} Bb7 11. f4 b4 12. Na4 Be7 13. Be3 O-O 14. O-O g6 15. Qg4 Qc7 16.
Rf2 Nd8 17. Rd1 Bc6 18. b3 f5 19. exf5 exf5 20. Qe2 Bxg2 21. Rxg2 Rf7 22. Qd3
Qc6 23. c3 bxc3 24. Nxc3 {Nikitin,A-Simagin,V/Moscow 1964/EXT 2003/1-0 (46)})
10. h4 O-O 11. Ng3 Qb6 12. O-O Re8 13. Rb1 {[%cal Gc1e3]} (13. a3 $5 {[%cal
Gc1e3] Un coup plus économique que Rb1 qui place la R sur une case peu active}
Bf8 14. Be3 Qxb2 15. Qd2 {[%cal Gf1b1]} (15. Na4)) 13... Bf8 14. Kh1 Qc7 15. h5
(15. f4 d5) 15... g6 (15... b5 16. g6 $1 b4 17. Nce2) 16. hxg6 fxg6 (16... hxg6
{[%cal Gf8g7] Plus naturel et il n'est pas facile pour les Blancs de profiter
de l'ouverture de la colonne "h"}) 17. b3 (17. f4) 17... Bg7 18. Bb2 Nb6 $6 {
[%csl Rb6,Rc8] Les Noirs veulent surcontrôler la case "d5" avant de pousser
e5 mais ce plan est trés lent et la poussée b5 semblait davantage dans
l'esprit d'une scilienne ouverte} (18... b5 19. Qd2 Bb7 $132) 19. Qd2 e5 $6 {
[%cal Gd6d5]} (19... Nd4 20. Rbd1) 20. Rbd1 Nd4 $6 (20... Be6) (20... Bg4) 21.
Nce2 $1 Nxe2 (21... Ne6 22. Qxd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Nd7) 22. Nxe2 Bg4 (22... d5 $5 {
Le pion semble perdu, autant le donner et éviter les échanges de pièces qui
favorisent les blancs.} 23. exd5 Bg4 24. c4 Rad8 {[%cal Gb6c8,Gc8d6]} (24...
Nc8 $2 {[%cal Gc8d6]} 25. d6 $1) (24... Bxe2 25. d6 $1 (25. Qxe2 Nc8 (25... Qd6
) 26. f4 $1 {[%cal Ge2e8]})) 25. f3 Bf5 26. Ng3) (22... Rd8 23. c4 {[%csl Rd5,
Rd6]}) 23. f3 Be6 24. Qxd6 Qxc2 25. Rd2 Qc6 26. Rc1 (26. Bxe5) 26... Qxd6 27.
Rxd6 $1 Nc8 28. Rd2 Ne7 {[%cal Ge7c6] Les pièces noires ont des difficultés
pour se coordonner} 29. Rc7 $1 $36 Rab8 30. f4 Nc6 31. fxe5 (31. f5 $1 gxf5 32.
exf5 Bxf5 33. Ng3 $44 {[%csl Gc7,Rg7][%cal Gg3h5]}) 31... Bxe5 32. Rxc6 $1 Bxb2
33. Rxe6 Rxe6 34. Rxb2 $13 {Les Blancs ont des bonnes chances dans cette
finale mais la poisition ouverte doit donner du contre-jeu aux R Noires} Rd8
35. Nc3 Rd4 36. Nd5 Re5 37. Rc2 Rxg5 38. Rc7 Rh5+ 39. Kg1 Rd1+ 40. Kf2 Rd2+ 41.
Kf3 {Ajournement} Rh2 42. Ne3 $1 b5 {Il est trés rare de voir une poussée
aussi tardive dans une scilienne ouverte mais ce coup arrive au mauvais moment.
} (42... g5 43. Rxb7 Rd3 {[%cal Gd3e3,Gh2g2]}) 43. Kg3 Rh5 44. Bf3 Re5 45. Nd5
Re6 46. e5 {[%cal Gd5f6] Avec des menaces de réseau de mat} (46. Bg4 Rxe4 (
46... Re5 47. Kf4) 47. Nf6+) 46... h5 47. Ra7 Rd4 (47... Rxe5 $2 48. Nf6+ Kf8
49. Nd7+ {[%cal Gd7e5,Gd7f8]}) 48. Nf6+ Kf8 49. Bd5 Rd3+ 50. Kh4 Rxf6 51. Ra8+
$1 Kg7 52. exf6+ Kxf6 53. Rxa6+ Kg7 54. Rxg6+ $1 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 12th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2012.11.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pancevski, Filip"]
[Black "Oleksienko, Mikhailo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:
00:51]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 6. h3 {
[%emt 0:00:14] Avec un point de retard sur son adversaire qui menait le
tournoi, les Blancs optent pour une variante aigüe pour jouer pour le gain.} e6
{[%emt 0:02:00]} (6... e5) (6... g6) (6... b5) 7. g4 {[%emt 0:00:10] L'idée de
la variante h3} h6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} (7... d5 8. exd5 Nxd5) (7... b5 8. Bg2 Bb7
9. O-O $32 b4 $6 10. Nd5 {[%csl Re8];Karjakin,S (2732)-Van Wely,L (2681)
Amber-rapid 17th 2008 (5) 1-0}) 8. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 9.
Be3 {[%emt 0:04:34]} (9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 (10. Nde2) 10... Be7 11. f4 Bd7 {
[%cal Gc6d4,Gd7c6]} 12. Nb3 {[%csl Rd7]} b5 13. a3 {Nguyen Anh Dung (2487)
-Arlandi,E (2437) Budapest WFG GM 2000 (3) 1/2} (13. e5 $5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nh7
15. Nc5 $36)) (9. f4 b5 10. O-O Bb7 11. g5 (11. Qe2 b4 12. Nd5 exd5 13. exd5+
Be7 14. Re1 $44) (11. Re1 Be7 {Nakamura,H (2729)-Movsesian,S (2723) Banska
Stiavnica m blitz 2010 (1) 1-0})) 9... b5 {[%emt 0:01:48]} (9... Nc6 {Un ordre
de coups plus courant et moins risqué} 10. f4 (10. Qe2) 10... Bd7 11. Qe2 Be7
12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Rhe1 b5 $132 {Tolnai,T (2490)-Poluljahov,A (2425) Budapest
Spring op 08th 1992 1/2}) 10. a3 {[%emt 0:15:31] La ligne principale mais
c'est lent et il y a un petit affaiblissement de l'aile-dame} (10. f4 b4) (10.
e5 Bb7 11. Bxb7 Qxb7 12. Qf3 Qxf3 13. Nxf3 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Nbd7 $11 {Timoshenko,
G (2572)-Nisipeanu,L (2638) ROM-chT Brasov 2011 (5.2) 0-1}) 10... Bb7 {[%emt 0:
02:17]} 11. f4 {[%emt 0:01:02]} (11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. f4 Nc5 (12... Nb6) 13. Bf2
Be7 14. Bg3 Nfd7 15. h4 g6 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17. Kb1 Kb8 18. Rhf1 Rc8 19. Nb3
Rhg8 20. Nxc5 Nxc5 21. g5 hxg5 22. fxg5 Rg7 23. e5 d5 24. Rd4 Ka8 25. a4 b4 {
Ravot,S (2278)-Ardelean,G (2510)/Condom 2012/CBM 149 Extra/0-1 (45)}) 11... Nc6
{[%emt 0:11:23]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:10:34]} Nxd4 $146 {[%emt 0:09:51]} (12... Be7
13. g5 hxg5 14. fxg5 Nd7 15. g6 Nxd4 16. gxf7+ Kf8 17. Bxd4 Bf6 {1/2-1/2
Naiditsch,A (2612)-Movsesian,S (2645)/Merida 2005/EXT 2006}) (12... Na5 $1 {
[%csl Rb2,Rc4] Profitant de l'affaiblissement provoqué par la poussée "a3"} 13.
Qe2 Nc4 {[%csl Rc3,Gc4][%cal Gc4e3,Gc4b2]} 14. Bc1 Be7) 13. Qxd4 (13. Bxd4 $1 {
Plus souple} Be7 14. Qf3 {[%cal Gg4g5,Gf3f7,Ge4e5]} O-O (14... Rc8 15. g5 {
[%cal Gf3f7]} Ng8 (15... Nh7) (15... Nd7 16. Bxg7) 16. Bxg7 Rh7 17. Bd4 hxg5
18. Qg3 $36 {[%cal Gg3g8]}) (14... Nd7 $5 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Bxh6 Rg6 17. g5
O-O-O $13 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gh3h4,Gh4h5]}) 15. g5 hxg5 16. fxg5 Nd7 17. Qh5 Ne5
18. Rf4 {[%cal Gf4h4]} Ng6 19. Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 20. Rf1+ Kg8 21. Qxg6 e5 22. Be3
Rxf1+ 23. Bxf1 Rf8 24. Bd3 $1 {[%cal Gc3d5,Gd3h7,Ge4d5,Gd5c7]} Bd8 {[%cal
Gc7f7]} (24... Rf3 {[%cal Gf3e3]} 25. Nd5 Qd7 (25... Bxd5 26. exd5) 26. Qh5 {
[%cal Gg5g6,Gh5f3]} Rxh3 27. Nxe7+ Kf8 28. Ng6+) 25. Qh5 {[%cal Gg5g6,Gc3d5]} (
25. Nd5 Qf7) 25... g6 (25... Qf7 $4 26. g6) 26. Qxg6+ Qg7 27. Qe6+ Kh8 28. h4 {
[%csl Gh4]} Bc7 (28... Be7 {[%cal Gb7c8]} 29. Nd5 $40) 29. Nd5 {[%cal Gd5f6]})
13... Qc4 $1 {[%emt 0:02:28]} (13... Rc8 {[%cal Gc7c4] Plus solide} 14. Rad1
Be7) (13... Be7 14. Rad1 Rc8 (14... O-O 15. g5 hxg5 16. fxg5 Nh7 (16... Nd7)
17. g6)) 14. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:20:14]} (14. e5 $5 Qxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 dxe5
17. fxe5 Rd8 18. Rad1 $32 {[%csl Re8][%cal Gc3e4,Ge4d6]}) 14... bxc4 {[%emt 0:
00:31]} 15. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} e5 {[%emt 0:11:18]} (15... Rb8 $5 {[%cal
Gb8b2]}) 16. b4 $1 {[%emt 0:08:24]} cxb3 {[%emt 0:04:30]} 17. cxb3 {[%emt 0:00:
01]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 18. Rac1 {[%emt 0:01:50]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:46]} 19. b4
{[%emt 0:10:59]} (19. Nd5 $5 {[%cal Gc1c7]} Nxd5 20. exd5 exf4 (20... Rac8 21.
fxe5) 21. Bxf4 Rac8 22. Kf2 f5 {[%cal Gf8f2]}) 19... exf4 {[%emt 0:17:21]} 20.
Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:00:49]} (20... Rac8 {[%cal Gf8d8] Plus
naturel} 21. Kf2 (21. Bxd6 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Nxe4 $1 {[%csl Rc1]}) 21... Rc4 $132 {
[%csl Rc1,Rc3][%cal Gf8c8]}) 21. e5 {[%emt 0:09:55]} (21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 {
[%csl Gc6]} Kf8 23. Rc6 $5 {[%cal Gc6d6] Il est risqué d'acepter la qualité
car la majorité soutenue par la paire de B va trés vite.} (23. Kf2) 23... g5 (
23... Bxc6 24. dxc6 {[%csl Gg2][%cal Ga3a4,Gb4b5,Gf4d6]} Ra7 25. a4 Bg5 26. Bg3
(26. Bxd6+ Be7 27. Bxe7+ Kxe7 28. b5 $40 {[%csl Gb5]})) 24. Bg3 (24. Bxd6 Bxc6
25. dxc6 Bxd6 26. Rxd6 Rd8 27. Rxh6 $13) 24... Bxc6 (24... Ra7 {[%csl Ra7]}) (
24... Ke8 25. Rb6 $40 {[%csl Gb6,Rb7] L'idée sous-jacente au sacrifice Rc6})
25. dxc6 Rab8 $1 {[%cal Gb8b4,Ga6a5]} (25... Ra7 26. a4 {[%cal Gb4b5]}) 26.
Bxd6 Bxd6 27. Rxd6 Kg7 (27... Ke7) 28. Be4 $36 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Gg1f2,Ge4d3,
Gd3a6,Gf2e3,Ge3d4,Gd4c5,Gd4c4,Ga3a4,Gb4b5]}) 21... Bxg2 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 22.
exf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 23. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxc3 {
[%emt 0:08:43]} 24. Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 25. Rxd6 {
[%emt 0:00:12]} Bb2 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 26. Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} f5 $1 {[%emt 0:
10:16]} 27. Rb3 {[%emt 0:06:12]} (27. gxf5 Rf8 {[%csl Rf4]}) 27... Ba1 {
[%emt 0:00:15]} 28. Rb1 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 29. Rb3 {[%emt 0:
00:01]} Ba1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 30. gxf5 {[%emt 0:02:16]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 31.
Kf3 {[%emt 0:07:18]} Rxf5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 32. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rh5 {
[%emt 0:07:25]} 33. Bg3 {[%emt 0:02:26]} (33. a4 {[%cal Gb4b5]} Rh4 {[%cal
Gg7g5]} 34. b5 (34. Kf5) 34... g5 35. Rf3 gxf4 36. b6 Rh5 37. b7 Re5+ 38. Kxf4
Re8 39. Rb3 Be5+ 40. Kf5 Kf7 41. Rb6 $44 {[%csl Ga4][%cal Ga4a8,Gb6a6,Gb6h6]})
33... Rxh3 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 34. a4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 35. b5
{[%emt 0:00:50]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 36. axb5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Bh4 {[%emt 0:
01:33]} 37. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:33] La suite tactique qui va suivre est digne
d'une étude et elle a été jouée en zeitnot.} Bxg3+ {[%emt 0:02:58]} 38. Kg4 $1
{[%emt 0:00:07]} Rh4+ $1 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 39. Kxg3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rd4 {
[%emt 0:00:12]} 40. b6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Kf4 {[%emt 0:
02:41]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:56] Cette nulle permet а l'ukrainien de remporter le
tournoi} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Val Thorens op 09th"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1984.07.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Seret, Jean Luc"]
[Black "Suba, Mihai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1984.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g4 h6 7. g5 (7. h4 {
La grande ligne de l'attaque Keres} Nc6 8. Rg1) 7... hxg5 8. Bxg5 Nc6 9. Qd2 (
9. h4) 9... Qb6 $1 {Cette idée donne des bons résultats pour les Noirs} 10.
Nb3 a6 (10... Ne5 {[%cal Ge5f3]} 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. O-O-O (12. f4 Ng6 13. f5 Ne5
14. O-O-O a6 15. h4 O-O-O $13 {Steflitsch,E (2388)-Atlas,V (2471) AUT-chT 0304
2003 (7) 0-1})) 11. O-O-O Qc7 (11... Bd7) 12. f4 b5 (12... Bd7 13. Be2 O-O-O
14. h4 Be7 15. h5 Kb8 16. Kb1 Bc8 17. Bf3 Ng8 18. Rdg1 Rh7 19. Qf2 Bxg5 20.
Rxg5 Nge7 21. Rd1 g6 22. hxg6 Nxg6 23. Rh5 Rg7 24. Rg1 Rgg8 25. Rhg5 Nge7 26.
Bh5 Rxg5 27. Rxg5 f5 28. exf5 Nxf5 29. Bg4 Nce7 30. a3 Rf8 31. Be2 Nc6 32. Bd3
Nfe7 33. Qe3 Qd8 34. Nd2 Qc7 35. Rh5 Qd8 36. Ne2 Nd5 37. Qg3 Qa5 38. f5 e5 39.
Nc4 Qc7 40. Rh6 Nf6 41. Nc3 Qe7 42. Ne3 {Karpov,A (2725)-Andersson,U (2590)
Skara 1980 1/2-1/2}) 13. Bg2 Bb7 14. Qe2 $6 $146 {Dans une sicilienne ouverte,
le moindre tempo a beaucoup d'importance et les Blancs vont laissé le GMI
combler son retard de développement.} (14. Kb1 Be7 {1/2-1/2 (14) Gipslis,A 
(2535)-Sax,G (2565) Budapest 1977}) 14... b4 $1 $132 15. Na4 {Non seulement le
coup Qe2 a perdu un tempo, mais elle occupe la case de repli pour le N et le
Na4 va occuper une position instable} Nd7 16. f5 Nde5 (16... Nce5 17. fxe6 fxe6
18. h4 Rb8 19. Bh3 $1 {Et les Noirs n'ont pas la défense Bc8 comme dans la
partie}) 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. h4 Rb8 $1 (18... Rc8 $6 19. Bh3 $1 {[%csl Re6]}) 19.
Bh3 $1 Bc8 20. Kb1 Bd7 $1 {[%cal Gd7a4]} 21. Rhf1 $13 {La position est trés
compliquée avec des chances réciproques même si les Blancs ont toujours le
problème du Na4} Nf7 22. Rxf7 $5 {Un sacrifice de qualité positionnel et
probablement la meilleure chance pratique pour les Blancs} (22. Be3 Rxh4) 22...
Kxf7 23. Rf1+ Kg8 {Le Kg8 est en relative sécurité mais la Rh8 a des
problèmes de développement. Les Blancs ont des compensations raisonnables.}
24. Qxa6 (24. Qf3 $6 {[%cal Gf3f7]} Ne5 $1 $17) 24... Rh7 25. e5 $1 Nxe5 $1 (
25... dxe5 $6 26. Nac5 $44 {[%cal Gc5e6] Et les Blancs ont résolu le
problème du Na4}) 26. Nd4 $1 Re8 $1 $17 {[%csl Re6] Un bon regroupement en
défense pour à la fois surprotéger le P"e6" mais aussi ramener une pièce
en défense} 27. Nb6 Nf7 $1 28. Rxf7 $2 (28. Nb5 $1 {Force l'échange du
défenseur du P"e6"} Bxb5 29. Qxb5 $40 {[%csl Re6,Re8][%cal Gb5e8] Avec des
pièces Blanches trés actives alors que les pièces du GMI sont
désorganisées} Nxg5 30. Qxe8) 28... Kxf7 29. Nxd7 Qxd7 30. Qd3 g6 31. Qf3+
Kg8 $19 {Et l'attaque Blanche a fait long-feu} 32. Qe2 Qa7 33. Bxe6+ Kh8 34.
Bf6+ Bg7 35. Bxg7+ Qxg7 36. Qg4 Rf8 {[%cal Gf8f1]} 37. Bc4 Qf6 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 Gp Haute"]
[Site "Guingamp"]
[Date "2010.06.03"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Riff, Jean Noel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2010.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Marseille Echecs"]
[BlackTeam "Mulhouse Philidor"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 {la variante Scheveningen
était trés populaire dans les années 70 et au début des années 80 mais elle se
joue beaucoup moins aujourd'hui notamment а cause de la virulence de l'attaque
Keres} (5... a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 $1 {L'attaque Perenyi a beaucoup de thèmes
communs}) 6. g4 $1 {Comme l'alsacien joue son répertoire habituel, le top GMI
devait s'être préparé а jouer cette attaque Keres. Si la paternité de la
variante revient а l'estonien, le 01er joueur l'ayant utilisé est en fait,
Panov en 1939 mais la partie n'est pas dans les bases.} (6. g3 $5) 6... h6 {
Un carrefour important pour cette variante Keres car les noirs ont plusieurs
alternatives de même valeur.} (6... Nc6) (6... a6) 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1 {[%cal
Gg4g5]} h5 {Andersson} (8... d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Be3 Bd7 $132 {
Smeets,J (2657)-Anand,V (2790) Corus Wijk aan Zee 2010 (11) 1/2}) (8... Nd7) 9.
gxh5 (9. g5 Ng4 10. Be2 Qb6 {[%cal Gb6d4,Gc6d4]} 11. Bxg4 hxg4 12. Nxc6 bxc6
13. Qxg4 d5 $11 {Nunn,J (2565)-Andersson,U (2610) Tilburg 1982 1/2}) 9... Nxh5
(9... Rxh5 10. Bg5 $36 {[%cal Gg5f6,Gd1h5];Nunn,J (2590)-Adorjan,A (2535)
Gjovik 1983 1-0}) 10. Bg5 Nf6 (10... Qb6 11. Nb3 a6 12. Be2 g6 13. Qd2 $16 {
[%cal Ge1c1]}) 11. Qd2 {[%cal Ge1c1]} (11. Rg3) (11. Be2) (11. h5) 11... a6 (
11... Qb6 $142 12. Nb3 Bd7 13. O-O-O a6 {Karpov,A (2705)-Kasparov,G (2715)
World Championship 31th-KK1 1984 (1) 1/2}) 12. O-O-O $16 Bd7 (12... Qb6 13. Nb3
Bd7) 13. Kb1 {Un coup prophylactique souvent utile} (13. f4 Qb6 {Atakisi,U 
(2419)-Van Wely,L (2655) Turin ol (Men) 37th 2006 (3) 0-1}) 13... Qb6 {Un
thème classique dans la sicilienne ouverte pour forcer le Nd4 а occuper une
case moins active mais l'inconvénient est le fait que la Qb6 devra а son tour
perdre un tempo pour permettre la poussée b7b5} 14. Nb3 Qc7 {[%cal Gb7b5]} (
14... O-O-O 15. Be3 $16 Qc7 {Cardoso,R (2385)-Andersson,U (2580) Manila 1974 
(12) 0-1}) (14... Rc8) 15. Qe3 $5 $146 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Gf2f4,Ge4e5,Gc3d5,
Ge3e8] La préparation du GMI qui permet de contrôler la case "b6" et le
vis-à-vis avec le K"e8" bloqué au centre permet des thèmes tactiques comme Nd5}
(15. Be2 {Pikula,D (2537)-Sibarevic,M (2342) BIH-chT Teslic 2006 (1.2) 1/2})
15... Rc8 {[%cal Gc7c2]} (15... Be7) 16. f4 Nh7 $6 {[%cal Gf7f6]} (16... b5
$142 $1 {[%cal Gb5b4,Gc7c2,Gc7a7]} 17. Bd3 (17. a3 {Douteux car donne de la
prise а la poussée b4 mais la meilleur option pour les noirs semble encore
être Qa7 au lieu de b4} b4 (17... Na5 18. Nxa5 Qxa5 19. f5) (17... Qa7)) 17...
b4 (17... Qa7 $5 {Comme souvent dans les siciliennes ouvertes, l'échange des Q
avantage les noirs}) 18. Ne2 a5 $1 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Ga5a4]} 19. f5 e5 $132 {
[%csl Gd4][%cal Ga5a4]} (19... a4 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Nbd4 $14)) 17. Bd3 $1 {
[%cal Gd3g6,Gd3c2] Les noirs n'ont pas le temps de jouer f7f6 pour prendre le
Bg5} Nxg5 (17... f6 18. e5 $1 fxg5 19. Nd5 $3 {Illustrant l'intérêt d'avoir
joué Qe3} Qb8 (19... exd5 20. exd6+) 20. hxg5 exd5 21. exd6+ Kd8 22. Qb6+) (
17... b5 18. a3 (18. f5) 18... f6 19. e5 $1 Qa7 $5 {Comme souvent dans la
sicilienne, l'échange des Q est dans l'intérêt des noirs} (19... fxg5 20. hxg5
dxe5 21. Bg6+ $40) 20. Qe2 $36 {[%cal Gd3g6,Ge2h5]} Nxg5 (20... fxg5 21. Qh5+)
21. exf6 $3 gxf6 22. hxg5 {[%csl Re8][%cal Gd3g6]}) 18. hxg5 $16 g6 {Espérant
surcontroler la case "f5"...} 19. f5 $1 {[%csl Re8][%cal Gf5g6,Ge4e5,Gd3g6]}
Ne5 20. Rh1 $1 {Gagnant le contrôle de la colonne "h" avec la menace de jouer
Rh8 et de clouer le Bf8} Rxh1 21. Rxh1 Bc6 22. Rh8 $1 $36 {[%csl Rf8]} Nxd3 {
Echangeant la meilleure pièce noire mais malgré la structure le Bd3 était fort}
(22... Kd7 23. Rh7 {[%csl Rf7]} Re8 {[%cal Gd7c8]} 24. fxg6 Nxg6 25. Rxf7+ Be7
26. Nd4) (22... b5 23. Nd4 b4 24. Nce2 Ba4 25. fxe6 $40) 23. Qxd3 exf5 (23...
b5 24. Nd4 $40 {[%csl Re6]}) 24. exf5 {[%csl Re8]} gxf5 25. Nd4 Be4 26. Nxe4
$18 fxe4 27. Qh3 $1 (27. Qxe4+ $2 Qe7 {[%csl Rb1,Re1] Forçant l'échange des Q
et le gain des blancs sera nettement plus compliqué}) 27... Qc4 {[%cal Gc4f1,
Gc4d4]} (27... d5 28. g6) 28. g6 $1 Ke7 (28... fxg6 29. b3 Qc7 30. Qe6+) 29.
Rh7 {[%mdl 8]} 1-0

[Event "WchT U26 04th"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1983.08.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gobet, Fernand"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1983.08.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. g5 hxg5 8. Bxg5
Nc6 9. Qd2 Qb6 10. Nb3 a6 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. f4 b5 13. Bg2 Bb7 14. h4 O-O-O 15.
a3 Kb8 16. Bf3 Be7 17. h5 b4 (17... Ne8 $142 {inf 36}) 18. axb4 Nxb4 19. Qd4 a5
20. Rh2 e5 21. Qg1 Bc6 22. Kb1 a4 23. Nd2 Bd7 24. Nf1 Qb7 25. Ne3 a3 26. b3 Rc8
27. Bxf6 Bxf6 28. Ned5 Be6 29. Nxb4 Qxb4 30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. Rxd5 exf4 32. Qf1 Rc5
33. Rxc5 dxc5 34. e5 Bxe5 35. Ka2 Ka7 36. Qd3 Qd4 37. Qxd4 Bxd4 38. Kxa3 g5 39.
b4 f5 40. bxc5 g4 41. Bd5 Bxc5+ 42. Kb3 f3 43. Rh1 f2 44. Kc4 Rxh5 45. Ra1+ Kb6
46. Rb1+ Kc7 47. Kxc5 f4 48. c4 g3 49. Ra1 f3 50. Ra7+ Kd8 51. Ra8+ Ke7 52.
Ra7+ Kf6 53. Rf7+ Kg6 54. Rxf3 g2 55. Rg3+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Geneva FIDE GP"]
[Site "Geneva"]
[Date "2017.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "Quintiliano,R"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 {Maybe this move
was already a surprise for Harikrishna, as in this position Nepo always played
the other black main option,} ({which is} 6... e5 7. Nde2 h5) 7. g4 Be7 {
Once I played this position and after the game I realised that maybe 7...Nfd7
saves an important tempo for Black:} (7... Nfd7 8. g5 (8. Bg2 {transposes to
other lines}) 8... b5 $1 {the point is that Black can postpone ...Be7 in order
to accelerate the counterplay on the queenside} 9. a3 Bb7 10. h4 (10. Be3 Nb6
$1 {with the bishop on e3, ideas like ...Nc4 can be annoying, and also Black
has another subtle threat} 11. f4 N8d7 12. f5 $2 e5 13. Nb3 Na4 $1 {[%csl Yc3,
Re4]} 14. Nxa4 Bxe4 $17 {Muzychuk,M (2491)-Ivanchuk,V (2733) Cap d'Agde Karpov
qual 2nd rapid 2013 (10) 0-1}) 10... Nc6 11. Be3 (11. Nxc6 $6 {this only helps
Black, as now the bishop is improved on c6 and it becomes obvious that the
right square tor the rook is b8} Bxc6 12. Be3 Be7 13. Qd4 O-O 14. O-O-O Rb8 $1
15. h5 Nc5 16. h6 e5 $1 17. Qd2 g6 {Barbosa,E (2438)-Mareco,S (2581) American
Continental 11th 2015 (6) 0-1 and Black is ok -}) 11... Rc8 $5 {still avoiding
...Be7, and looking for typical ideas in the c-file} 12. f4 (12. Nxc6 Rxc6 $1 {
[%csl Gc3] I had analysed this position around 2015, when the move 11...Rc8
had not yet been played, but now there's a practical example:} 13. Qd4 Ne5 14.
O-O-O Nc4 15. Rh3 Qc7 16. Bd2 Nxd2 17. Rxd2 Qb6 18. Qd3 g6 $2 (18... Be7 $142)
19. e5 $1 {[%cal Yd2d8,Yc3e4] now White's pressure along the d-file is very
strong} Rc7 (19... Be7 20. Ne4 d5 21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22. gxf6 $16) 20. exd6 Rd7 21.
Nxb5 $5 axb5 22. Qxb5 Qxb5 23. Bxb5 Kd8 24. Bxd7 Kxd7 25. Rb3 $16 {Blomqvist,E
(2567)-Nasuta,G (2448) London Classic op 8th 2016 (4) 1-0 despite the bishop
pair, Black has lost many pawns and his position is very difficult to play -})
(12. Qd2 {seems fail to put any problem for Black, for example} Nce5 {[%csl
Gc4][%cal Yd7b6]} 13. f4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. O-O-O Qc7 {[%csl Ye4][%cal
Gc4c3]} 16. Nde2 (16. f5 Rxc3 $1 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Qxc3 Qxc3 19. bxc3 Nc5 $44)
16... Nc5 $1 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Qd3 Be7 {[%cal Yb5b4] and Black probably
already has the easier game, with the initiative coming soon on the queenside})
12... Na5 $1 $36 {[%cal Yb7h1,Yc8c1];Stocko,J (2326)-Kozul,Z (2619) Split op
6th 2016 (4) 0-1}) 8. g5 Nfd7 9. h4 (9. Be3 {is another move order, as} Bxg5 $2
{is bad in view of} 10. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Qxg5 $16) 9... b5 10. a3
Bb7 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Qd2 O-O ({Three days later, the same position was reached
between Harikrishna and another strong Russian GM:} 12... Rc8 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 (
13... Rxc6 $5) 14. h5 ({my game went} 14. O-O-O Nc5 15. f3 O-O 16. Kb1 Rb8 {
Mekhitarian,K (2556)-Quintiliano Pinto,R (2403) Latin Cup-A 6th 2015 (7) 1/2
now putting the rook on the right square, but compared with the lines shown in
the notes to Black's 7th move, I had wasted a tempo} 17. h5 a5 18. Na2 $1 $16 {
[%cal Yg5g6,Yh5h6] and Black's counterplay is easily stopped, while White will
be playing h6 or g6 in the other side}) 14... O-O 15. O-O-O Nc5 16. f3 a5 17.
Bxc5 $6 (17. h6 $5) 17... dxc5 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Bxb5 Bxg5+ {Harikrishna,P 
(2737)-Grischuk,A (2761) Geneva FIDE GP 2017 (7) 1/2 and Black has no problems
anymore -}) 13. O-O-O Nc5 14. f3 ({Recently, White played} 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. f3
{and now} Qb8 $1 {[%csl Ga8][%cal Ya6a5,Yb5b4] seems a very good idea, as the
queen supports Black's pawn advance and the rook stays in the a-file, where it
can be very useful} ({definitely an improvement over} 15... Rb8 {Oparin,G 
(2604)-Gelfand,B (2724) Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 6th 2017 (5) 0-1}) 16. h5
a5 17. Nb1 $2 {Hansen,M (2452)-Sethuraman,S (2647) Hastings Masters op 92nd
2016 (6) 0-1} Rc8 $1 18. g6 $2 Bxe4 $1 {[%cal Yc5b3]} 19. Bxc5 Rxc5 20. fxe4
Bg5 $19) 14... Rb8 $1 {In some positions the rook is better placed on c8, from
where the threat of ...Rxc3 is very strong, but in this position it belongs on
b8, as for Black it is essential to support the pawns on the queenside in
order to generate counterplay.} 15. Kb1 (15. Nxc6 {seems interesting, as after}
Bxc6 {White can continue with} 16. h5 a5 17. h6 (17. b4 $5) (17. Na2 {this
position shows how each tempo is very important in this position, as compared
with my game against Mekhitarian, White's king is not on b1 yet, so Black can
play} b4 $1 {and the position becomes sharp} 18. axb4 axb4 19. Nxb4 $4 Qa5 $19
{with the king on b1, this idea would not be possible}) 17... g6 18. Na2 Qc7 (
18... b4 $2 19. axb4 axb4 20. Nxb4 Qa5 21. Qc3 $1 $18 {[%csl Gd2,Rg7][%cal
Yb4c6]}) 19. Kb1 Rfd8 20. Be2 $13 {Oparin,G (2604)-Gelfand,B (2724) Zuerich
Chess Challenge Blitz 6th 2017 (5) 0-1}) 15... Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc6 17. Bh3 $5 {
There is an interesting idea behind this move, but it looks like Black has
enough counterplay to be ok.} (17. Qh2 $1 {[%cal Yd4c5] was an unnexpected way
to put Black under pressure} Nd7 (17... Qa5 18. Na2 $1 {[%cal Yb2b4,Gd4c3]})
18. g6 $1 {and the attack is coming fast, for example} e5 (18... fxg6 19. h5 g5
20. h6 g6 21. Bg7 Rxf3 22. Bh3 Nf8 23. Rhf1 Rxf1 24. Rxf1 Bd7 25. Qf2 Qe8 26.
Qd4 $18) 19. gxh7+ Kxh7 (19... Kh8 20. Be3 a5 21. Nd5 b4 22. a4 $1 $16 Bxa4 23.
b3 Bc6 24. Nxe7 Qxe7 25. Qd2 {[%csl Rd6]}) 20. Be3 b4 21. axb4 Rxb4 22. Na2 Rb8
23. Rg1 a5 24. Qg2 Rg8 25. Bc4 $16) 17... a5 18. b4 $2 {This move is in
accordance with the previous move for White, but both players missed a strong
idea for Black.} (18. Na2 $142 {stopping ...b4.}) 18... axb4 19. axb4 Nd7 $2 ({
Blacks fails to explore the tactical ideas in this position,} 19... Ra8 $3 {
was very good, and now White has no choice but to launch an attack on the
other side, creating some wild complications, very difficult to calculate and
evaluate over the board:} 20. g6 $1 (20. bxc5 $2 dxc5 21. Be3 Qa5 $19) (20. Kb2
Nd7 21. Ra1 (21. g6 Ne5 $1 {[%csl Gc4]} 22. gxf7+ Kxf7 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Qxd8
Rfxd8 25. Kb3 Rd4 $17) 21... Nb6 22. Bxb6 Qxb6 $17) 20... hxg6 21. h5 $1 Bg5 (
21... e5 {is even better for White} 22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. hxg6) (21... Qc7 {
loses in a beautiful way} 22. hxg6 Qa7 23. Na4 $3 Qxa4 24. Bxe6 $1 {[%csl Ga2]
[%cal Yh1h8] with an unstoppable mate}) 22. Qh2 {in this very critical
position, Black should play} (22. f4 Qc7 $1 23. fxg5 Qa7 24. Nxb5 (24. Ne2 Qa2+
25. Kc1 Nxe4 $44 {seems dangerous for White}) 24... Qa2+ 25. Kc1 e5 $1 26. bxc5
exd4 27. Qxd4 Bxb5 $13) 22... gxh5 $1 (22... Qe7 $6 {only the computer can
save this} 23. hxg6 Bh6 (23... Qa7 24. Na4 $1 {[%cal Yh1h8,Gh3e6]} Bh6 25.
gxf7+ Rxf7 26. Bxe6 Qxa4 27. bxc5 $18) 24. bxc5 Qa7 25. Na4 $1 Qxa4 $2 (25...
e5 $3 {is the inhuman solution}) 26. gxf7+ Kxf7 27. Bxe6+ Kxe6 28. Qxd6+ Kf7
29. Rxh6 Qa2+ 30. Kc1 gxh6 31. Qf6+ Ke8 32. Qxc6+ Ke7 33. Qd6+ Ke8 34. Bg7 $18)
23. Bxc5 (23. Rhg1 Bf6 24. e5 $1 dxe5 25. Bxc5 Qc7 {is also complicated, for
example} 26. Bxf8 $2 {White is a R and N up, but now follows an impressive and
forced attack} Qa7 27. Kc1 Qa1+ 28. Kd2 Rd8+ 29. Ke2 Bxf3+ $3 30. Kxf3 Qxc3+
31. Ke4 (31. Rd3 e4+ $1) 31... Rxd1 32. Rxd1 Qc6+ 33. Ke3 Bg5+ 34. Ke2 Qxc2+
$19) 23... Qc8 $1 {[%cal Yc8a6]} 24. Bb6 {[%cal Yb6a5]} Bf6 25. Rd3 Bxe4 $1 26.
fxe4 Bxc3 27. Ba5 Qc4 $13) 20. g6 $1 $40 {Now White gets in first.} e5 (20...
hxg6 21. h5 $1 {this thematic idea, known from Mikhail Tal's great attacking
games, is the point: White sacrifices the pawns to open the path towards
Black's king} gxh5 22. Bxg7 $1 $18 {with a mating attack.}) 21. gxf7+ {
Understandable, White wants the e6-square for his bishop, from where it can
help both attack and defence.} (21. gxh7+ $5 {has an interesting tactical
point, but with correct play should be a draw} Kh8 22. Be3 Nb6 23. Bh6 $1 Bf6
$1 (23... gxh6 24. Qxh6 $18 {[%cal Yd1g1]}) (23... Nc4 24. Bxg7+ $1 Kxg7 25.
Rdg1+ $18) 24. Qxd6 Qe7 $1 25. Bxg7+ $1 Kxg7 26. Rhg1+ (26. Rdg1+ $5) 26...
Kxh7 27. Qxc6 Qxb4+ 28. Kc1 Qa3+ 29. Kb1 Qb4+ $11) 21... Rxf7 22. Be3 $13 {
This position is difficult for both players, as both sides has their
weaknesses to take care of.} Kh8 (22... Rxf3 23. Be6+ Kh8 24. Rhg1 {[%cal
Yd2g2] seems a little dangerous for Black.}) 23. Rhg1 Nb6 24. Be6 (24. Bxb6 {
seems safer, eliminating the dangerous knight:} Rxb6 25. Be6 Rf4 (25... Rxf3
26. Rxg7 $1 Kxg7 27. Rg1+ Kh8 28. Qg2 $18 {[%csl Gg7,Gg8]}) 26. h5 {and this
position seems even, as it's probably very difficult to make progress with
either side.}) 24... Nc4 25. Qe2 Rf6 ({The engine indicates the unexpected} 
25... Qf8 $1 {as the best option, which would be very annoying for White} 26.
Bxf7 (26. Bxc4 bxc4 27. Qxc4 d5 $1 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Yb8b4]} 28. Qxc6 d4 $1 $19)
(26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. Bxd5 Nxe3 28. Qxe3 Rxf3 $15) 26... Qxf7 $17 {[%csl Rb1]
there are many options for White here, but it's clear that Black has a good
compensation, because now his kingside is well defended and the attacking
options on the queenside remain attractive.}) 26. Bxc4 bxc4 27. Qxc4 Qa5 $6 (
27... Rxf3 28. Qxc6 Rxe3 29. Qc4 $1 Rc8 30. Qf7 Bf6 31. Nd5 Rxe4 32. h5 $1 {
[%cal Gh5h6]} Rh4 $1 (32... h6 33. Rg6) 33. Rh1 Rxh1 34. Rxh1 h6 35. Rf1 Bg5
$13) 28. Kc1 {In general, such positions are very difficult to calculate, so
White makes the practical decision to refuse Black's piece sacrifice.} ({
However,} 28. Qxc6 $1 {could have been played} Qxb4+ (28... d5 29. Qe8+ $1 {
maybe this was the resource missed by both players} Rf8 30. Qxe7 Rxb4+ 31. Kc1
Qa3+ 32. Kd2 Rd4+ 33. Bxd4 Qxe7 34. Nxd5 $18 {with too many pieces for the
queen}) 29. Kc1 d5 30. Qc7 d4 31. Nd5 Qb2+ 32. Kd2 dxe3+ 33. Ke2 Qb5+ 34. Rd3 {
and White is just clearly better, for example} Rb7 $8 35. Qxe5 Bd6 36. Qd4 $16)
28... Qa3+ 29. Kd2 d5 $1 {Black's position becomes very active, but
Harikrishna is able to keep things under control.} 30. exd5 $1 (30. Nxd5 Bxd5
31. exd5 Rxf3 32. Bc5 Bxc5 33. Qxc5 Rf4 $36 {[%csl Rd2] this position can be
dangerous to play with White, because his king is more exposed.}) 30... Bxb4 (
30... Rxb4 31. Qa2 $1 {is a nice resource} Qxa2 32. Nxa2 Ra4 33. Nc3 $18 {
[%csl Ra4,Rc6]}) 31. dxc6 Bxc3+ 32. Ke2 (32. Qxc3 $4 Rd6+ $19) 32... Bd4 $1 33.
Rd3 Qa8 34. Rxd4 $1 {Again the best idea.} ({instead,} 34. Bxd4 exd4 35. c7
Re8+ 36. Kf2 Rc6 {is dangerous for White, as now he is the side with a more
exposed king to queen+rook attacks.}) 34... exd4 35. Bxd4 Re8+ 36. Kf2 Qxc6 {
The best practical decision, liquidating this very interesting battle into a
rook endgame with a pawn down, but a drawish one.} (36... Rg6 $2 {is easy to
see that keeping the material is a bad deal for Black} 37. Rxg6 hxg6 38. Qf7
Rg8 39. Qxg6 $18) 37. Qxc6 Rxc6 38. Rxg7 Rxc2+ 39. Kg3 Rc4 40. Rg4+ Rxd4 41.
Rxd4 {I'm not totally sure about this endgame, but if without the h-pawn for
Black it's a draw, so this one should be also.} Kg7 42. Kg4 Re1 43. Rd7+ Kh6
44. Rd6+ Kg7 45. f4 Rg1+ 46. Kf5 h5 $11 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Yg1g4]} 47. Rd7+ Kg8
48. Ke6 Rg6+ 49. Ke5 Rg4 50. f5 Rxh4 51. Rd8+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Drancy"]
[Date "2016.06.02"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Vuilleumier, Alexandre"]
[Black "Brunner, Nicolas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2016.05.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bois Colombes"]
[BlackTeam "Vandoeuvre"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:30][%mdl 512]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:30] Prix de beauté de la
ronde 6} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nc3 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. h3 {[%emt 0:00:30] La variante Fischer
est revenu à la mode depuis quelques années} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. g4 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (7... d5 {La grande ligne}) 8. Be3 {
[%emt 0:01:00]} (8. Bg2 Nfd7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Qc7
13. f4 b5 14. g5 b4 15. Na4 e5 16. Be3 exf4 17. Bxf4 Ne5 18. Qf2 Rb8 19. h4 Bg4
20. Rd2 Rfc8 21. b3 Qa5 22. Bh3 Be6 23. h5 Nc4 24. Re2 Bxg5 25. bxc4 Bxc4 26.
Bxg5 Qxg5+ 27. Re3 Bd3 28. Qg3 Rxc2+ 29. Kd1 Qxh5+ 30. Qg4 Qe5 31. Rxd3 Rxa2
32. Rd2 Qa1+ 33. Ke2 Rxd2+ 34. Kxd2 Qxh1 35. Nb2 Qh2+ 36. Bg2 h5 37. Qg5 Qe5 {
Caruana,F (2795)-Kasparov,G (2812) Saint Louis 2016 0-1}) 8... b5 {[%emt 0:07:
30]} (8... Nfd7) 9. g5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 10. Qd2 {[%emt 0:
00:30]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 11. a3 {[%emt 0:04:30] Les Blancs peuvent
difficilement se passer de coup de protection mais c'est un sérieux
affaiblissement de l'aile-dame} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} (11... Nb6 {[%cal Gb6c4]}
12. O-O-O N8d7 13. h4 Rc8 $132 {Hracek,Z (2631)-Zhigalko,A (2572) EU-ch 16th
Jerusalem 2015 (6) 0-1}) 12. O-O-O {[%emt 0:04:30]} Rc8 $146 {[%emt 0:02:30]
Le K Noir est moins exposé au centre qu'à l'ail-roi} (12... Nxd4 13. Qxd4 O-O
14. h4 Rc8 15. Kb1 Ne5 16. f4 Nc4 17. Rh3 Qc7 18. Bc1 Rfd8 19. h5 d5 20. h6 e5
21. Qf2 d4 22. Bxc4 Qxc4 23. b3 Qc5 24. Rhd3 exf4 25. Bxf4 g6 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27.
Rxd4 Rd7 28. exd5 Rxd5 29. Be3 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 Qc6 31. Qd2 a5 32. Rd5 Bxa3 33.
Rd8+ Rxd8 34. Qxd8+ Bf8 35. Qxa5 {1/2-1/2 (35) Cuccumini,V (2157)-Petrigin,M 
(2109) ICCF email 2013}) 13. Nxc6 $6 {[%emt 0:06:30]} (13. h4 O-O 14. h5 (14.
f4 Qc7 15. h5 Nb6 16. g6 $36) 14... Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxg5 16. f4 Bh6 17. Rg1 $44)
13... Rxc6 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 14. f4 {[%emt 0:04:30]} O-O {[%emt 0:08:30]} 15.
Rg1 $6 {[%emt 0:03:30] Semble trop lent} (15. h4 Nb6 16. h5 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4
18. g6 $13) 15... Qa5 {[%emt 0:04:30]} 16. Kb1 {[%emt 0:10:30]} (16. Bd4) 16...
Rxc3 $1 {[%emt 0:05:30] Classique mais très efficace} 17. Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:30]
} Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 18. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxe4 $44 {[%emt 0:00:00]
[%csl Ge4,Ge7]} 19. Bd3 {[%emt 0:11:00]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:08:30]} 20. f5 {[%emt 0:
14:30]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:04:30]} 21. fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:01:30]}
22. g6 {[%emt 0:13:30]} h6 {[%emt 0:07:30]} 23. Bf5 {[%emt 0:11:41]} Bc4 $17 {
[%emt 0:05:30]} 24. Bg4 {[%emt 0:03:46]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:03:30][%csl Ge5] Les
pièces Noires sont placées sur des cases optimales} 25. Bf4 {[%emt 0:01:10]}
Nxg4 {[%emt 0:03:30]} 26. hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} e5 $36 {[%emt 0:00:30][%csl
Ge5]} 27. Bc1 {[%emt 0:02:22]} d5 {[%emt 0:07:30][%csl Gd5,Ge5][%cal Ge7f6]}
28. g5 {[%emt 0:04:11]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:03:30]} 29. Bxg5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Bxa3 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 30. Rde1 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:04:00]} (30... e4) 31.
Bh4 {[%emt 0:01:16]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 32. Rg5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} e4 {[%emt 0:
03:35]} 33. Bg3 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Bxg3 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 34. Rxg3 {[%emt 0:00:03]
} Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 35. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Re6 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 36. Ra1 {
[%emt 0:01:24]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 37. Re1 $2 $138 {[%emt 0:00:06]} (37. Rh1
$1 {Empêche indirectement Kf8} Kf8 38. Rh8+ Ke7 39. Rg8 Kf6 40. Rf8+) 37...
Kf8 $19 {[%emt 0:01:06] Après la centralisation du K Noir, le gain technique
n'est pas trop difficile.} 38. Ree3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 39.
Rg2 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:04:46]} 40. Ka3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Kf5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Reg3 {[%emt 0:05:50]} e3 {[%emt 0:22:26]} 42. Rf3+ {
[%emt 0:00:30]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 43. Rgg3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} d4 {[%emt 0:01:
00]} 44. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kxd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 45. Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:30]}
e2 {[%emt 0:02:20]} 46. c3+ {[%emt 0:03:30]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 05th round of 16"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "1986.01.05"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Renet, Olivier"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1986.01.04"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[BlackTeam "Trud"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Nc6 7. g5 Nd7 8. Be3
Nb6 (8... Be7 $142) 9. h4 d5 {[%cal Gf8b4]} 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. exd5 exd5 12. Qe2
Be7 13. O-O-O $16 O-O 14. Nb3 $5 (14. f4 $6) 14... Be6 15. Nc5 (15. f4 Re8 16.
h5 $36 Bb4 17. Qd3 Nc4 18. Bc5 Bxc5 19. Nxc5 Qd6 20. Qxc4 {1-0 Glek,I (2530)
-Dydyshko,V (2500)/Azov 1991/CBM 025}) 15... Bxc5 16. Bxc5 Re8 17. Qf3 $1 Nd7
$146 ({RR} 17... a6 18. Bf1 Rc8 19. Qg3 Nd7 20. Be3 Qa5 21. Bd4 Nxd4 22. Rxd4
Nb8 23. h5 Qc5 24. Rd2 Nc6 25. Bg2 Rcd8 26. h6 g6 27. Rhd1 Qc4 28. Bxd5 Bxd5
29. Rxd5 Rc8 30. a3 Na7 31. Qf3 Qc6 32. Qd3 {Guseinov,A (2200)-Klovsky,R (2200)
/Moscow 1979/MCD/1-0 (33)}) 18. Bd4 $5 (18. Nxd5 Nxc5 19. Nf6+ gxf6 20. Rxd8
Raxd8 21. gxf6 $40 {Tal}) 18... a6 19. Ba4 Qa5 20. h5 (20. Rhe1 $5) 20... Rac8
21. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 22. g6 f6 $2 (22... c5) 23. gxh7+ Kh8 24. h6 g6 25. Bxf6+ Kxh7
26. Bg7 Bf5 27. Rh4 Ne5 28. Qf4 $6 $138 (28. Qg3) (28. Bxe5) 28... Qc7 $138 (
28... Nc4 $142 $13) 29. b3 Qe7 30. Qb4 Qg5+ 31. Qf4 Qe7 32. Qb4 Qg5+ 33. Qf4
Qe7 34. Qb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.12.10"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Bromberger, Stefan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tegernsee"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Nxc6
bxc6 9. Qf3 d5 10. g5 Nd7 11. exd5 cxd5 12. Bf4 Bb7 13. O-O-O Qb6 14. g6 f5 15.
Qe2 Be7 16. Rh3 (16. Nb5 $5 {was very tempting here, for example war hier sehr
verlockend, zum Beispiel} Rc8 17. Nd4 Nc5 18. Qb5+ Qxb5 19. Bxb5+ Kf8 20. Rde1
{and e6 falls. und e6 fällt.}) 16... O-O {Now Black is okay. Nun ist die
schwarze Stellung in Ordnung.} 17. Re3 Nc5 18. Nb5 Bf6 19. Bc7 Qc6 20. Bd6 f4
$5 21. Rxe6 $5 {Both sides act according to the principle: never surrender the
initiative to the opponent! Beide Seiten agieren nach dem Motto: Dem Gegner
nur nicht die Initiative überlassen!} f3 22. Qe1 Nxe6 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Nc7
Rfe8 ({Better was Besser war} 24... Rac8 $1 {e.g. , zum Beispiel} 25. Bb5 (25.
Bxf8 Qxc7 {with a mate threat on c2. mit Mattdrohung auf c2.}) (25. Qxd5 Qxc7
$1 26. Bxc7 Bxd5) 25... Qb6 {and Black maintains his material plus. und
Schwarz behauptet sein materielles Plus.}) 25. Nxe8 Rxe8 26. Qf7 Rc8 27. Bd3
Qxd6 28. Qxb7 Qf4+ ({Stronger was the immediate Das sofortige} 28... Rb8 {
war stärker.}) 29. Kb1 Rb8 {This is what Black had in mind, and indeed it
looks as if White can prevent a catastrophe in the b-file. But... Das hatte
Schwarz vorgeschwebt, und wirklich sieht es so aus, als könne Weiß eine
Katastrophe in der b-Linie nicht verhindern. Jedoch...} {[%tqu "En","How can
White avoid a catastrophe on b2?","Black's back rank is weak.","","d1e1","Yes,
the only move!  Now 30...Rxb7 fails to 31.Re8++!",10,"De","Wie kann Weiß eine
Katastrophe auf b2 vermeiden?","Die schwarze Grundreihe ist schwach.","",
"d1e1","Ja, der einzige Zug!   Nun scheitert 30...Txb7 an 31.Te8++!",10]} 30.
Re1 $1 Bxb2 $5 {Opening the b-file. Again it seems that White is lost...
Öffnet die b-Linie. Erneut scheint es, als ob Weiß verloren ist...} ({
Interesting was the intermediate move Interessant war der Zwischenzug} 30...
Bc3 $5 {in order to chase away the white rook from the back rank. um den
weißen Turm von der Grundreihe zu vertreiben.} 31. Re7 {and only now und jetzt
erst} Bxb2 32. Kxb2 ({since now the game move denn nun scheitert der Partiezug
} 32. Bb5 {fails to an} {[%tqu "En","Again you have 10 seconds to find what?",
"","","f4c1","Of course! Mate in one!",10,"De","Wieder haben Sie 10 Sekunden,
um was zu finden?","","","f4c1","Natürlich! Matt in einem Zug!",10]} Qc1#)
32... Rxb7+ 33. Rxb7 {Surprisingly enough, despite his material advantage
Black can't win here because his king is hopelessly boxed in.
Überraschenderweise kann Schwarz danach trotz seines Materialvorteils nicht
gewinnen, da sein König hoffnungslos eingeklemmt ist.}) {[%tqu "En","","","",
"d3b5","",10]} 31. Bb5 $1 {Blocking the d-file and enabling White to liquidate
on e8, leading to a drawish endgame. Blockiert die b-Linie und sichert die
rettende Vereinfachung auf e8.} (31. Qxb2 Rxb2+ 32. Kxb2 Qb4+ 33. Kc1 Qxe1+)
31... Bd4 32. Qxb8+ $1 Qxb8 33. Re8+ Qxe8 34. Bxe8 Bxf2 35. h5 {The endgame is
a clear draw. Das Endspiel ist klar remis.} Be3 36. c3 f2 37. Bb5 Kg8 38. Kc2
Kf8 39. Kd1 Ke7 40. Ke2 Bc5 41. Bc6 Kd6 42. Bb7 Ke5 43. Bc6 a5 44. a4 Be3 45.
Bb7 d4 46. cxd4+ Bxd4 47. Kf1 {A fascinating struggle! Ein faszinierender
Kampf!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CUB-ch"]
[Site "Matanzas"]
[Date "1997.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Becerra Rivero, Julio"]
[Black "Vera Gonzalez Quevedo, Reynaldo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Rodriguez,Am"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1997.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. f4 b5
9. a3 $146 (9. Bg2 Bb7 10. g5 (10. a3 Nbd7 11. O-O (11. g5 hxg5 12. fxg5 Nh5
13. g6 Ne5 14. gxf7+ Kxf7 15. O-O+ Nf6 {Shirov-Van Wely, Tilburg 1996}) 11...
g6 12. Qe2 e5 13. Nb3 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ne5 {Shirov-Van Wely, Groningen 1996})
10... hxg5 11. fxg5 Nh5 $5 (11... b4 $6 12. Na4 Nh5 13. O-O Nd7 14. g6 Nhf6 15.
c3 $1 $40 {Ivanchuk-Topalov, Las Palmas 1996}) 12. O-O Nd7 13. g6 Nhf6 14.
gxf7+ Kxf7 15. e5 $6 Bxg2 16. exf6 Bxf1 17. Nxe6 Qxf6 $1 18. Ng5+ Kg6 19. Qd5 {
Kulaots-Gavrikov, Hallsberg 1996} Rh4 $1 {Gavrikov} 20. Nce4 Rg4+ 21. Ng3 Rxg5
$1 22. Bxg5 Qxg5 23. Qxa8 Bh3 $17) 9... Bb7 10. Bg2 Nbd7 11. g5 hxg5 12. fxg5
Nh5 13. g6 Qh4+ $146 (13... Ne5 {would transpose to the above mentioned game
Shirov-Van Wely, Tilburg 1996}) 14. Bf2 Qg5 15. gxf7+ Kxf7 16. Rg1 Nf4 17. Bf1
Qf6 {Black seems to be fine but White starts slowly consolidating and
improving his position.} 18. Bg3 e5 (18... g5 $5) 19. Nb3 Rc8 20. Qd2 Be7 21.
O-O-O Kg8 22. Kb1 Qf7 23. Qe3 Nc5 24. Nxc5 Rxc5 25. Ne2 $5 Qc4 26. Nd4 $1 Qa4
27. Bxf4 exd4 28. Qxd4 Qxd4 (28... Qxc2+ 29. Ka2 $1 (29. Ka1 Bf6 30. Qxf6 Qxd1+
31. Ka2 Bd5+ 32. exd5 Qxd5+ 33. Kb1 Qd1+ $11) 29... Rh7 30. Bd3 Qa4 31. Qxa4
bxa4 32. e5 $16) 29. Rxd4 Rh4 30. Bxd6 Bxd6 31. Rxd6 Bxe4 32. Rd2 Rd5 $6 33.
Rxd5 Bxd5 34. h3 Be4 $2 (34... Be6 $142 $14) 35. Rg4 Rxg4 36. hxg4 $16 Kf7 37.
Be2 Kf6 38. Kc1 Kg5 39. Kd2 Kf4 40. b3 Bf3 41. Bd3 $4 (41. Bxf3 $1 Kxf3 42. c4
$1 bxc4 (42... Kxg4 43. cxb5 axb5 44. a4 $18) 43. b4 $3 $18) 41... Bxg4 42. c4
bxc4 43. Bxc4 Bc8 $11 44. b4 g5 45. Ke2 Ke4 46. Kf2 Kd4 47. Be2 Kc3 48. Kg3 Kb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 16th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2012.10.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Safarli,E"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2012.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. Rg1 (7. h4 Nc6
8. Rg1 h5 9. gxh5 Nxh5 10. Bg5 Nf6 {is the main line. Hundreds of games have
been played here and most are extremely important.}) 7... e5 $6 {This move
weakens Black's position and probably she does not have sufficient counterplay.
} (7... Nc6 {is I think the best for Black.} 8. Be3 {Probably this was
Hikaru's plan during his preparation.} (8. h4 h5 {transposes to the main lines}
)) 8. Bb5+ Nbd7 (8... Bd7 $6 {is dubious because after} 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 (9...
Nbxd7 10. Nf5 Nc5 11. Qf3 {and I don't like Black's position here.}) 10. Nf5 g6
(10... h5 $2 {now it doesn't work because after} 11. Bg5 {White is almost
winning.}) 11. Ne3 $14 {White is just much better.}) 9. Nf5 a6 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7
11. g5 (11. Qf3 $5 {was also possible.}) 11... Nxe4 12. Nxg7+ $1 Bxg7 13. Nxe4
Qc6 14. Qd3 $1 {I liked this quiet move. First I was looking at 14.Nxd6+, but
it seems that Black is okay there, compared to the game.} (14. Nxd6+ Ke7 15.
Nxc8+ Raxc8 16. c3 Rcd8 17. Qg4 hxg5 18. Bxg5+ Bf6 19. h4 Bxg5 20. Qxg5+ Qf6 {
with a good chances to save the game.}) 14... Ke7 15. gxh6 Bxh6 16. Bxh6 Rxh6
17. Qe3 $1 Rh5 $8 18. Rd1 $1 ({A little lapse in caution after} 18. O-O-O Bf5
19. Nc3 Rah8 20. Rd2 Kf8 {could take Black to an okay position.}) 18... Bf5 19.
Ng3 Bxc2 $2 (19... Rah8 $1 {was the last chance for Hou Yifan} 20. h3 $1 {
This seems very strong and it's the first line of my engine. I doubt that
White wanted to play it.} (20. Nxh5 $6 Rxh5 $132 {Here Black has enough
compensation.}) 20... Bxh3 21. Nxh5 Rxh5 22. Kd2 $1 Bf5 23. Qc3 Qb6 24. Kc1 Rh2
25. Rgf1 {White is better here, but anyway it's not so easy.}) 20. Nxh5 Bxd1
21. Kxd1 Qd5+ 22. Ke2 Qxa2 23. Qg5+ Kd7 24. Qf5+ ({White could have won the
game by force after} 24. Rc1 $1 Qxb2+ 25. Kf1 $18) 24... Ke7 25. Qc2 Qa5 26.
Ng3 Qb5+ 27. Kf3 Qc6+ 28. Qe4 Rh8 29. Nf5+ Kd7 30. h4 {White has an
overwhelming advantage. In a few moves Black is obliged to confess to being
defeated.} Qb5 31. Rd1 Qxb2 32. Nxd6 Kc7 33. Nc4 Qb5 34. Nxe5 f6 35. Rc1+ Kb8
36. Rb1 f5 37. Qxf5 Qd5+ 38. Qe4 Rf8+ 39. Ke3 Qc5+ 40. Qd4 Qxd4+ 41. Kxd4 Rf4+
42. Ke3 Rxh4 43. f4 Kc7 44. f5 Kd6 45. Ng6 Rh7 46. Rd1+ Kc7 47. Kf4 b5 48. f6
Rf7 49. Ke5 1-0

[Event "WchT 11th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/Amruta Mokal"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. Nf3 {Ding Liren wants to begin with a positional game, perhaps?!} c5 2. e4
$5 {Change of plan! The Caro-Kann is avoided and Ding Liren switches to 1.e4!}
d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {Vidit works as a second of Anish Giri.
Hence, it doesn't come as a surprise that he goes for the Najdorf.} 6. h3 e6 7.
g4 Be7 8. g5 Nfd7 9. Be3 b5 (9... Bxg5 $2 10. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 11. Qh5+ $16 {
and White is clearly better.}) 10. a3 Bb7 11. h4 Nc6 12. Rg1 {White's idea is
to support the g5-pawn and prepare h5 and g6. Also he gets the rook off the
long diagonal of the b7-bishop.} (12. Nxc6 {is a possibility} Bxc6 13. Qd4 O-O
14. O-O-O Rb8 15. h5 Nc5 16. h6 e5 17. Qd2 g6 18. f3 a5 19. Rg1 Qc7 20. Bxc5
dxc5 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Bd6 23. Rg4 Rfe8 24. Re4 $13 {with a complicated
opposite coloured bishop position.}) (12. Qd2 {is the main move}) 12... Nc5 13.
f3 O-O {Vidit is brave and doesn't fear the pawn storm against his king.} (
13... Ne5 {is possible to delay 0-0 a bit longer} 14. Qd2 Nc4 {is not as
strong because the b7-bishop is already blocking the b-file so it will be a
slow process to increase pressure on b2.} 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. O-O-O $14) 14. Qd2
{The first new move of the game.} (14. h5 Na4 15. Nxa4 bxa4 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17.
Qd2 Qc7 18. O-O-O d5 19. h6 dxe4 20. Qc3 e5 21. Bc4 g6 22. Rd7 Bxd7 23. Bxf7+
Rxf7 24. Qxc7 exf3 25. Qxd7 Bxg5 26. Qd3 Bxe3+ 27. Qxe3 Rf5 28. Qe4 Raf8 29.
Qc4+ Kh8 30. Rd1 Rh5 31. Qc5 Rg8 32. Qe7 {1-0 (32) Quesada Perez,Y (2624)-Li,R
(2571) Philadelphia 2017}) 14... Rb8 (14... d5 $5 {It is said that in the
Sicilian if Black is able to execute the move d5, he should be doing fine.} 15.
Nxc6 Bxc6 16. exd5 (16. O-O-O dxe4 17. Qf2 Nd7 {double defence} 18. Nxe4 Bxe4
19. fxe4 $14 {White can claim a small edge thanks to his bishop pair.}) 16...
exd5 17. O-O-O {if White tries to win the pawn, then} d4 $1 {is the saving
grace!} 18. Bxd4 (18. Qxd4 Bxf3 19. Be2 Qxd4 20. Bxd4 Bxe2 21. Nxe2 $11) 18...
Ne6 $1 (18... Bxf3 19. Be2 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 $16 {There are too many scattered
weaknesses which cannot be taken care of by Black}) 19. Bf2 (19. f4 $4 {
Trying to save the pawn would land up in disaster on the dark squares.} Qxd4
20. Qxd4 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 Bc5 $19) 19... Bxf3 $11) (14... f5 15. O-O-O $1 $14) 15.
h5 (15. O-O-O {this natural move doesn't seem to be the best here because of}
b4 16. axb4 Nxb4 {with immediate counter-attack by Black.}) 15... Qc7 16. Qh2
$6 (16. O-O-O b4 17. axb4 Nxb4 18. g6 {Here White is pretty quick.} Bf6 19.
gxh7+ Kxh7 (19... Kh8 20. Kb1 {It is not so easy to see how Black will
continue his attack on the queenside.} Ba8 21. Bg5 $1 $16 {Eliminating the key
defender of Black's kingside.}) 20. Kb1 $14 {Though still complicated, White
has more attacking prospects than his opponent.}) 16... Nxd4 17. Bxd4 e5 $6 {
A common logical move to limit the activity of White's bishop. It also
releases the pressure on the d6 weakness, and one must not forget the knight
maneouvre via e6. But because White has delayed 0-0-0, Black could have taken
advantage of this fact that at the moment there is no pressure on d6 by
playing...f5!} (17... f5 $1 {A move which follows the simple principle - when
an opponent is underdeveloped, open the centre.} 18. gxf6 (18. O-O-O fxe4 19.
fxe4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 {White loses a pawn for no substantial compensation.})
18... Bxf6 {With White's 0-0-0 this would not be possible as Black would lose
his d6-pawn! But here it's completely fine.} 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. h6 g6 21. O-O-O
e5 $11 {Just like the game, but a better version, as Black has been able to
get rid of his passive dark-squared bishop.}) 18. Be3 f5 {This time the move
is not as well timed as the previous move, but still needed as it gives Black
counterplay down the f-file.} 19. gxf6 Bxf6 20. O-O-O {It's a complicated
position. How do we assess ?t. Let's try to make a simple comparison of the
pieces. White's knight is excellently placed on c3 looking at the d5-square.
White's bishops are also quite active. The f1-bishop can go to h3 and look at
an important diagonal. On the other hand I am not so sure about Black's
bishops. The f6-bishop is passive, and the b7 one is limited by the f3-e4
pawns. Black has a weakness on d6, but it is compensated for by White's
weakness on f3. Overall, the position is complex, but there is no doubt that
Ding Liren is better.} Ne6 21. Kb1 Nf4 (21... Nd4 $142 22. Bxd4 (22. Qg2 $1 $14
) 22... exd4 23. Ne2 (23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Be5 $11) 23... Be5 24. Qg2 d5 $132
{and the position opens up for Black's bishop pair.}) 22. Bh3 Bc6 (22... Nxh3
23. Qxh3 $16) 23. Bxf4 $5 {This exchange is quite counter-intuitive as it
opens up the bishop on f6 and places it on a powerful diagonal. However,
concretely White is also able to get his light-squared bishop activated. Ding
Liren assessed that as an improvement over the current position. But I am not
so sure about that. Somehow Black's play becomes easier from this point
onwards.} (23. Bf5 {with the idea of h6. White has some real pressure on the
position.}) 23... exf4 24. Be6+ Kh8 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Bxd5 {Which bishop is
better? The bishop on d5 looks great, but so does the bishop on f6. As of now,
somehow the white king looks much safer, but things can turn 180 degrees
pretty soon in such sharp positions.} b4 27. a4 Qe7 $1 {Good play by Vidit.
His queen will come to e5 and target the weakest point in White's camp.} 28.
Qd2 Qe5 29. Qc1 h6 $1 {This weakens the light squares, but White is not able
to make use of it because of the pressure on the b2 point.} (29... Qxh5 {
Although this might be objectively fine, this is not a pawn that you want to
be taking. Especially when the g8-square is covered by the bishop on d5.} 30.
Rh1 Qe5 (30... Qxf3 {is not at all possible because of} 31. e5 $16) 31. Bb3 h6
32. Rd5 $16) 30. Bb3 {Planning to play Rd5.} Qxh5 {Now the f3-pawn is hanging
so there is no time for Rh1.} 31. Rg4 (31. Rxd6 Qxf3 {and White will be in
trouble}) (31. Rh1 Qxf3 $17) 31... Qe5 32. Rd5 Qe7 33. Ra5 (33. Rxf4 Be5 $13)
33... Qa7 34. Rxf4 Be5 35. Rh4 (35. Rf5 {was a possiblity} Rxf5 36. exf5 Qf2
37. Rxa6 Qxf3 38. a5 Qxf5 $6 (38... Kh7 $1 $11) 39. Qh1 $3 {An important idea
for the rest of the game} Qf4 40. Ra8 Rxa8 41. Qxa8+ Kh7 42. Qe8 $1 $18) 35...
Rxf3 36. Rxa6 $1 Qe7 (36... Qxa6 37. Rxh6+ gxh6 38. Qxh6#) 37. Rh1 Rc8 38. Qd2
Qf6 39. Ka2 Rb8 (39... Bxb2 40. Rxd6 $18) 40. Qd5 Kh7 41. Ra8 Qd8 42. Ra7 (42.
Rxb8 $1 {Exchanging this rook would have helped White because it gets rid of
an important defender and the a-pawn can start thinking of moving towards
becoming a queen.} Qxb8 43. a5 $16 {A very unpleasant position to defend for
Black.}) 42... Qb6 43. Rd7 Qe3 44. a5 Qe2 45. Qe6 Qe3 46. a6 $2 {The pawn is
moving too fast, without any backup from its pieces.} Ra8 $1 47. Kb1 Rff8 (
47... Rxa6 $4 48. Qg8+ Kg6 49. Qe8+ Kg5 50. Qh5+ Kf4 51. Qh4#) (47... Rg3 $3
$17 {Going for the same principle which White had on move 42: eliminating the
back rank defender! Quite a difficult move to find.}) 48. Qc4 Rfc8 (48... Qb6
$1 {would have given Vidit a chance to continue playing for a win.} 49. Qe6 Rf6
50. Qc4 (50. Qg4 Rg6 $19) 50... d5 $1 {A strong move opening up the rook on f6
to look at the a6-pawn.} (50... Qxa6 51. Qxa6 Rxa6 $17 {is also a pleasant
endgame.}) 51. Qxd5 (51. exd5 Qxa6 $1 52. Qxa6 Rfxa6 {is just winning.}) 51...
Qxa6 52. Rxg7+ Kxg7 53. Rg1+ Rg6 54. Qxe5+ Kh7 55. Qe7+ Kh8 56. Qe5+ Qf6 57.
Qxf6+ Rxf6 $17 {and Black has chances to win this.}) 49. Qf1 Rf8 50. Qc4 Rfc8
51. Qf1 Rf8 {Vidit doesn't risk it and the game ends in a draw. A typical
Najdorf game - complex and full of interesting moments.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.10.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1994.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 {very
agressive; in 1992 (Moscow-rapid) Alexey tried a more restrained approach -7.
h3 against me} Be7 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Bb5 {nowadays quite a fashionable idea in the
Sicilian} Bd7 10. Qe2 h5 11. gxh5 (11. g5 Ng4 $132) 11... Nxh5 12. O-O-O Qc7 (
12... a6 $2 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. e5 $1 d5 15. Nb3 $16) 13. Bg5 {this move is
excellent from the positional point of view; however it has a tac tical
refutation} Nxd4 $1 14. Rxd4 Ng3 $1 15. fxg3 Bxg5+ 16. Kb1 Bf6 17. Rc4 Bxb5 18.
Rxc7 (18. Nxb5 Qb6 $1 19. Rf1 Bxb2 (19... Be5 $5) 20. Nc7+ Ke7 21. Nxa8 Rxa8
22. c3 Bxc3+ 23. Kc2 Qb2+ 24. Kd3 Qxe2+ 25. Kxe2 Ba5 26. Rb1 Rb8 $15) 18...
Bxe2 19. Nxe2 Rb8 20. c3 Bd8 $1 (20... Be5 21. Rf1 $132) 21. Rc4 Bb6 $1 {
the endgame is very unpleasant for white - his rook c4 is cut from the main fo
rces and his pawn structure is far from being ideal} 22. Kc2 Ke7 23. g4 Rh7 $6
{rather abstract move; instead 23...Rh6 or 23...e5 deserved serious attention}
24. Nd4 $1 {I must admit that I completely overlooked this obvious reply; it
has become ev ident for me that at this stage of the tournament maintaining
concentration co st me a considerable effort} Rh6 $1 {forcing white to weaken
his pawn chain} 25. g5 $8 (25. Nf3 Rf6 $1 $19) 25... Rh5 26. Nf3 f6 27. a4 $1
e5 $1 28. Rh3 $2 {now it is white's turn to go astray,- the text move will
cost him two tempi} (28. b4 $1 $8) 28... Ke6 29. b4 a5 $1 30. bxa5 Bxa5 31. Rh1
Rhh8 $1 32. Kd3 Bb6 $2 {the natural 32...Rhc8 would have sufficed to win the
game} (32... Rhc8 $1 33. Nd2 (33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34. c4 f5 $1 $19) (33. gxf6 Rxc4
34. Kxc4 Rc8+ 35. Kb5 Rc5#) 33... d5 $1 34. exd5+ Kxd5 $19 {and white has no
defence against the advance of the black pawns in the centre}) 33. Rb4 $1 {
at last white is able to free his rook} Bc5 34. Rb5 b6 35. a5 $1 (35. gxf6 gxf6
36. Nd4+ exd4 37. cxd4 Ba3 38. Rb3 Rhg8 $1) 35... bxa5 36. Rxa5 Ra8 $2 (36...
Rb2 $1 37. gxf6 gxf6 38. h5 $1 Rg2 $1 $17 {might still cause serious problems
for white}) 37. Rb5 Rhb8 38. Rhb1 Rxb5 39. Rxb5 f5 40. exf5+ Kxf5 41. Nd4+ $1 {
this tactical resource saves the game} exd4 (41... Kg6 42. Ne6 Bf2 43. Rd5 Bg3
44. Ke4 $10) (41... Kg4 42. Ne6 Kf3 43. Nxc5 dxc5 44. Rxc5 e4+ 45. Kc2 e3 46.
Rf5+ Ke2 47. Rf7 $132) 42. cxd4 Ra3+ 43. Ke2 $10 Rc3 44. dxc5 Rxc5 45. Rb7 g6
46. Rf7+ Kg4 47. Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.10.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1994.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. g5 hxg5 8. Bxg5
Nc6 9. Bg2 Bd7 10. Nb3 $5 {white is planning to develop her queen on e2 where
it will support the 'h'pawn in the future; however now black is not forced to
waste time on the maneuvre Qd8-b6 - the knight d4 had to leave the centre
voluntarily} a6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. h4 Kb8 14. h5 Be7 15. f4 Ng8 $1
{this method of neutralizing white's activity on the kingside was introduced
by Ulf Andersson - one of the greatest masters of the positional play} (15...
Nh7 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. e5 $14) 16. Nd4 Bf6 $5 {and this seems to be something
new; normally the maneuvre Nf6-g8 is connected with the idea Bg5 and f6} (16...
Nxd4 $5 17. Rxd4 Bxg5 18. fxg5 Ne7 19. h6 gxh6 20. gxh6 Nc6 21. Rd3 Ne5 22. Rg3
$36) 17. Nf3 Nge7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qd2 Rh6 $3 {the most difficult move of the
game; now after 20.Nd4 Nd4 21.Qd4 the pawn f6 is protected and black is able
to activate his bishop by 21...Bc6, obtaining excellent counterplay} (19... Bc8
$2 20. Nd4 $16) 20. Qxd6 {white is more or less forced to accept the pawn
sacrifice} Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Kc7 22. e5 Rdh8 (22... Rg8 $1 $15) 23. Rhd1 Bc8 24.
Ne4 $1 {Judith is trying her best to maintain the initiative; white's extra
pawn is of no importance, after black's inaccuracy on the 22nd move the
chances are about equal} fxe5 25. Nxe5 Nxe5 26. fxe5 Nc6 27. Bf3 $2 {leads to
grave problems for white; curiously Judith didn't even consider the best
defence 27.Rc6!} (27. Rxc6+ $1 $8 bxc6 28. Bf3 Rxh5 29. Bxh5 Rxh5 30. Rf1 Rf5
31. Rxf5 exf5 $10) 27... Nxe5 28. Be2 Rg8 $17 29. b4 Bd7 30. Nc3 Rg2 31. R6d4
f5 32. Kb2 Rh7 33. Kb3 Rg3 34. Kb2 Rg2 35. Kb3 Rh2 36. a4 Rg7 $1 {now the
second black rook enters the game and the pressure becomes unbearable- white
is forced to give up some material} 37. b5 axb5 38. Nxb5+ (38. axb5 Rg3 39. b6+
Kxb6 40. Rxd7 Nxd7 41. Rxd7 Rxe2 $19) 38... Bxb5 39. Bxb5 Rxh5 40. Rd6 (40. Re1
Nf3 41. Rc4+ Kd6 42. Rd1+ Ke5 $19) 40... Rh1 41. R1d2 Rh2 42. R2d4 Rh4 43. Rd2
{allows an elegant combination} (43. Rd1 $142) 43... Re4 $1 $19 44. c4 (44.
Rxe6 Nf3 $1 45. Rxe4 Nxd2+ $19 {exterminating all the white rooks}) (44. a5
Rg3+ (44... Rg2 45. Rxg2 Kxd6 46. Rg7 Nc6 $19) 45. c3 Ree3 46. Rxe6 Rxc3+ 47.
Ka2 Ra3+ 48. Kb1 Rgb3+ 49. Rb2 Rxb2+ 50. Kxb2 Rxa5 51. Rxe5 Kb6 $19) 44... Rg2
45. Rxg2 (45. Rd1 b6 $19) 45... Kxd6 46. Rg7 b6 (46... Re3+ 47. Kb4 b6 $19) 47.
Kb4 Nd3+ 48. Kc3 Nc5 (48... Nc5 49. Kb4 Re3) 0-1

[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.26"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "Sasikiran,K"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2
Nc6 9. f3 $5 {A relatively unknown move. h3 is the usual line leaving the
h1-a8 diagonal open.} d5 $6 {[%mdl 8] The idea is to develop the f8-bishop to
a more active square than e7. However, after exchanges in the centre Black
falls behind in development.} (9... Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qd2 Nh7 $6 (11... Nd7
$5) 12. O-O-O {1-0 BikJump 2.01 (2185)-Ifrit j2.9 (2199)/CCRL 2010 (35)}) (9...
Qb6 10. Qd2 Qxb2 11. Rb1 Qa3 {appears critical to me. But during the game it
appeared very risky.}) 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 (11... exd5 12. Qe2 Be7 13.
O-O-O O-O 14. f4 Re8 15. h3 Na5 (15... Bc5 16. Qf2 Qd6 (16... Rxe3 17. Qxe3 $16
{Black will lose the d5-pawn.}) 17. Kb1 Bd7 18. c3 $14) 16. Nb3 $1 $14) 12.
Nxc6 bxc6 $5 {Appeared forced at the board.} ({After} 12... Qxc6 13. Qd2 $1 {
simple and strong. White intends 0-0-0 followed by f4.} (13. Qd4 Qxc2 14. O-O {
looked very dangerous for Black.} Qg6 15. Rad1 Be7 16. Qa4+ {Black can
probably survive with} Kf8 $1 (16... b5 $2 17. Qa5 Bb7 (17... O-O 18. Qc7 $18)
(17... Bd7 18. Qc7 Rd8 19. Bb6 e5 20. Qa7 Qc6 21. f4 e4 22. Bxe4 Qxe4 23. Bxd8
O-O 24. Rde1 Qg6 25. Qxd7 Bxd8 26. Re8 Bb6+ 27. Kg2 Qc2+ 28. Kf3 $18) 18. Qc7
Bd5 19. Bc5 Bxc5+ 20. Qxc5 Kd7 21. Rxd5+ exd5 22. Rd1 Qc6 23. Rxd5+ Kc7 24.
Qe7+ Kb8 25. Qe5+ Qc7 26. Rd6 Ra7 27. f4 f6 28. Qd4 Qe7 29. Qb6+ Rb7 30. Bxb7
Qxb7 31. Qe3 $16) 17. Qa5 (17. h3 b5 18. Qa5 Bb7 19. Rd7 Bd5 20. Rc1 Bf6 21.
Ra7 Kg8 22. Rxa8+ Bxa8 23. Qxa6 Kh7 24. Qxb5 Bd5 25. a4 Be5 $1 26. f4 Rb8 27.
f5 Qf6 $132) (17. f4 Qxg4 18. Rf3 Qf5 19. Qc4 g6 20. Rg3 $13) 17... Kg8 18. Qc7
Bh4 19. Bf2 Bxf2+ 20. Rxf2 Kh7 21. Rfd2 e5 22. Qxe5 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Be6 24. Rd6
Qb4 25. a3 Qb3 {and Black is out of trouble.}) (13. Qe2 Bd7 14. f4 (14. O-O-O
$5 Bc5 15. Kb1 Qb6 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. f4 O-O-O 18. Rd3 Bb5 19. Qf3 Bc6 20. Rc3
Bxf3 21. Rxc5+ Bc6 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Rxc6+ Kb7 24. Rc4 h5 25. g5 Rd2 $132)
14... Qa4 15. Kf2 Rc8 16. b3 Qb4 17. c4 Bc5 18. Rhd1 Bc6 19. Bxc6+ Rxc6 20.
Bxc5 Qxc5+ 21. Qe3 Qe7 22. Rd2 O-O 23. Rad1 b5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Kg3 Qa3 26.
Rd8 Rc8 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Qe2 Rc8 29. Rd3 Qa7 30. Qf2 Qc7 31. h4 Qc1 32. Qe3
Qa1 33. Rd2 b4 34. Kh2 Qf6 35. g5 Qf5 36. Rg2 Rc3 37. Qd2 Rh3+ 38. Kg1 Qb1+ 39.
Kf2 Rc3 40. Qd8+ Kh7 41. gxh6 Qc2+ {0-1 Cornette,M (2568)-Lagarde,M (2433)/
Caen FRA 2011/The Week in Chess 876}) 13... Be7 (13... Bd7 14. f4 Qb5 15. O-O-O
Bc6 16. Bxc6+ Qxc6 17. Qd4 Rc8 18. Kb1 $1 Qxc2+ 19. Ka1 $36) 14. O-O-O O-O 15.
f4 Qa4 16. Kb1 e5 17. b3 Qa3 18. f5 $14) 13. Qe2 Qa5+ 14. c3 Be7 15. O-O O-O
16. f4 Bd7 $6 {A wrong concept. This bishop will be very passive here.} (16...
Qc7 $142 $1 17. g5 (17. Qc4 Bb7 {followed by c5}) 17... hxg5 18. fxg5 Qe5 (
18... Rb8 19. Rad1 g6 20. h4 $14) (18... g6 19. h4 e5 20. h5 Bf5 21. h6 Rad8
22. Rad1 $14) 19. Qd2 (19. g6 fxg6 20. Rxf8+ Bxf8 21. Qf2 Rb8 22. Rd1 Rb7 23.
Bxc6 Rf7 24. Qg3 Qf5 25. h3 Qc2 $132) 19... Bc5 (19... Rd8 $2 20. Qf2 Rf8 21.
Rae1 $16) 20. Bxc5 (20. Bf2 Bb7 21. Rae1 Qf5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 23. Qe3 Qxe3+ 24.
Rxe3 Rad8 25. g6 Rd2 26. b4 fxg6 27. Rxe6 Rxa2 28. Re7 Bc8 29. Bxc6 Rxf1+ 30.
Kxf1 Kh7 $14) 20... Qxc5+ 21. Rf2 Ra7 22. b4 Qb6 23. Re1 a5 24. Qe3 $14) (16...
Bb7 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Qc4 Qc7 19. Qb3 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 e5 21. Qb6 Qc8 22. f5 Rd8
23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Qa7 $14) 17. Rad1 (17. a4 Qc7 18. a5 Rab8 19. Bb6 Rxb6 20.
axb6 Qxb6+ 21. Kh1 Bc8 22. Be4 $14) 17... Rfd8 18. b4 $1 (18. Rxd7 Rxd7 19.
Bxc6 Rad8 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. a3 Bc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 23. Kg2 Qc7 {and the exposed
king position offers sufficient compensation for the missing pawn.}) 18... Qc7
19. Qf2 $6 {A step in the wrong direction which loses a huge part of the
advantage. It was necessary to keep Black's counterplay controlled with a4.} (
19. a4 Be8 (19... a5 20. b5 Rab8 21. c4 $16 {with a powerful bind on the
queenside.}) 20. a5 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rb8 22. Qxa6 c5 23. Qc4 Bb5 24. Qe4 Be2 25.
Rc1 $5 cxb4 26. cxb4 Qd8 27. Qc2 Bd3 28. Qc7 Bxb4 29. Qxd8+ Rxd8 30. Bb6 Rb8
31. Kf2 $14) 19... Rab8 20. Bd4 (20. g5 c5 21. gxh6 (21. bxc5 h5 $5 22. h4 Bb5
23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rb1 Rc8 25. c4 Bxc4 26. Bb7 (26. Rb7 $2 Qxc5 $1 $15) 26...
Rb8 27. c6 Bd5 28. Bb6 Rxb7 29. cxb7 Qxb7 $44) 21... Bb5 22. Rxd8+ (22. f5 Bxf1
23. Rxf1 cxb4 24. fxe6 f6 25. hxg7 Qe5 26. Kh1 Qh5 27. Bf4 Rb5 $1 (27... bxc3
28. Bxb8 Rxb8 29. Qf4 Rd8 30. Bf3 Qg5 31. Qc4 Qb5 32. Qxb5 axb5 33. Rg1 Bc5 34.
e7 Bxe7 35. Bd1 Rxd1 36. Rxd1 Kxg7 37. Rd7 Kf8 38. Rc7 b4 39. Kg2 $16) 28. Bf3
(28. Qa7 Qc5 $11) 28... Qh3 29. cxb4 Rxb4 30. Bg2 Qh5 $11) 22... Qxd8 23. Rc1 (
23. Qg3 g6 24. Rc1 Rc8 $132) 23... cxb4 24. c4 Bh4 25. Qe2 Ba4 26. Ba7 Rc8 27.
Bb7 Rc7 28. Bb6 Bf6 $5 (28... Rxc4 $5 29. Bxd8 Rxc1+ 30. Kg2 Bxd8 31. Be4 gxh6
32. Qxa6 Bc2 33. Qc4 Bxe4+ 34. Qxe4 Kg7 35. f5 exf5 36. Qxf5 Rc6 37. Qe4 Ra6
38. Qc4 Rg6+ 39. Kf3 Be7 $11) 29. Bxc7 Qxc7 30. Qe4 Qc5+ 31. Kg2 g6 $44) 20...
Be8 21. a3 $6 (21. Be5 {looks more natural} Bd6 22. Rxd6 Rxd6 23. Qc5 Rbd8 24.
a4 Qe7 25. Bxd6 Rxd6 26. a5 Qd8 $14 {Although White has a structural advantage
(pawns fixed on light squares when both sides havie light-coloured bishops),
Black will have some counterplay based on the open d-file and this position is
certainly better than the one from the opening (around move 17 or so).}) 21...
Bd6 22. Qe3 (22. Ba7 Rb7 23. Be3 Rbb8 24. Be4 c5 25. bxc5 Bf8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27.
g5 Bb5 28. Re1 hxg5 29. fxg5 Qe5 30. Bb7 Qxc3 $132) (22. c4 a5 23. c5 Bxf4 24.
Qxf4 Qxf4 25. Rxf4 e5 26. Re4 f6 27. bxa5 Ra8 28. Rd2 Rxd4 29. Rdxd4 exd4 30.
a6 Bg6 31. Rxd4 Rxa6 32. Rd8+ Kf7 33. Rc8 Rxa3 34. Rc7+ Kf8 35. Bxc6 h5 $11)
22... a5 $1 {I was approaching time trouble already and decided to eliminate
one of my weaknesses even at the cost of creating a passed pawn for my
opponent.} 23. Rde1 (23. Be4 axb4 24. axb4 Rb5 $5 25. Bd3 c5 $1 $132) 23...
axb4 24. cxb4 Rb5 $1 {Activating the rook along the fourth rank. Due to the
threat of ...e5 or ...c5 the position is now equal.} 25. Rc1 h5 $6 {This is
based on a miscalculation, but during the game neither of the players noticed
the difference.} (25... e5 $1 26. Bc5 Bxc5 27. Rxc5 exf4 28. Rxf4 Rxc5 29. bxc5
Qa5 $132) 26. gxh5 e5 27. fxe5 $6 {returning the favour.} (27. Bc5 Bxc5 28.
Rxc5 exf4 29. Rxf4 Rxc5 30. bxc5 Rd1+ 31. Bf1 Qd8 32. h4 $14 {and White keeps
the extra pawn.}) 27... Bxe5 28. Bxe5 Rxe5 29. Qg3 (29. Qf4 Qa7+ 30. Kh1 Rxh5
31. Bxc6 Rd4 32. Qf2 Bxc6+ 33. Rxc6 Rg5 34. Rc8+ Kh7 35. Qf3 f6 36. Rc2 Qd7
$132 {and the open position of the white king provides enough compensation for
the pawn.}) 29... Qa7+ 30. Kh1 Rxh5 31. Rc4 c5 32. Rg4 (32. Bf3 Qa6 33. Rg1 g6
34. Rf4 Rh7 35. bxc5 Rd2 36. h4 Bc6 $44) 32... g6 33. Rg5 Rxg5 34. Qxg5 Rd3 $2
{Blundering the exchange in time trouble, but White fails to spot the chance.}
(34... Rd4 35. bxc5 (35. Qxc5 Qxc5 36. bxc5 Rc4 37. c6 Bxc6 38. Bxc6 Rxc6 39.
a4 Rc5 40. Ra1 Ra5 41. Kg2 Kf8 42. Kf3 Ke7 43. Ke4 Kd6 $11) 35... Bb5 36. Rg1
Qc7 {with ...Bc6 to follow. In my opinion only Black has a few chances if he
has any at all to play for a win.}) 35. bxc5 $6 (35. Bd5 $1 Kh7 36. Qh4+ Kg8
37. Qe4 Rxd5 38. Qxd5 Qxa3 39. Qxc5 Qa8+ 40. Kg1 Qe4 $14 41. h3 Bc6 42. Kf2
Qg2+ 43. Ke1 Qxh3 44. Rf2 $14 {and White has excellent practical chances to
win.}) 35... Rxa3 $6 {Mistakes never come alone.} (35... Qc7 $1 {threatening ..
.Bc6. Black should aim to exchange the bishops as soon as possible to create
play against the white king.}) 36. Qe5 (36. Qd8 Qd7 $1 37. Qxd7 Bxd7 38. c6 Be6
39. Rc1 Kf8 40. c7 Bc8 $11) (36. c6 $5 {would have presented Black with
difficult problems to solve in time trouble.} Qc7 37. Bd5 Kh7 38. Qh4+ Kg7 39.
Qf6+ Kh7 40. Re1 (40. Rf4 Rh3 41. Kg1 Qa7+ 42. Rf2 Qc5 43. Bxf7 Bxf7 44. Qxf7+
Kh6 45. Qf8+ Qxf8 46. Rxf8 Rc3 47. Rc8 Kg7 48. c7 g5 $11) 40... Rh3 41. Re5 Qc8
42. Be4 (42. Bg2 Rd3 43. Re1 Rd2 44. Qc3 Rd6 45. c7 Bd7 46. h3 Bf5 47. Re7 Rd7
48. Rxd7 Qxd7 49. Bf1 Qd5+ 50. Kg1 Bc8 $11) 42... Qg4 43. Qf1 Qg3 44. Qe2 Qxe5
45. Bxg6+ Kxg6 46. Qxe5 Bxc6+ 47. Kg1 Bd7 {followed by ...Be6. This position
appears like a fortress to me.}) 36... Bb5 (36... Qa4 $1 37. Bd5 Rd3 38. c6
Bxc6 39. Qb8+ Kg7 40. Rxf7+ Kh6 41. Qf8+ (41. Qh8+ Kg5 42. Qe5+ Kh6 43. Qg7+
Kh5 44. Qh7+ Kg5 45. h4+ Qxh4+ 46. Qxh4+ Kxh4 47. Bxc6 $11) 41... Kh5 42. Rh7+
Kg4 43. Qc8+ (43. Rh4+ Kxh4 44. Qh6+ Kg4 45. Qxg6+ Kf4 46. Qxd3 Bxd5+ 47. Qxd5
Qe4+ 48. Qxe4+ Kxe4 $11) 43... Kg5 44. h4+ (44. Qxc6 Qd1+ 45. Kg2 Rd2+ $19)
44... Qxh4+ 45. Rxh4 Bxd5+ 46. Kg1 Kxh4 $11) 37. Rg1 (37. Rb1 $5 Qa4 38. c6 Rd3
39. h3 Rd1+ 40. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 41. Kh2 Qe2 42. Qxe2 Bxe2 43. c7 Ba6 44. h4 Kf8 $11)
37... Qd7 $1 38. Rb1 (38. Bd5 Kh7 39. Be4 Ra6 $5 (39... Bc6 40. Qh5+ Kg8 41.
Rxg6+ fxg6 42. Qxg6+ Qg7 43. Qxg7+ Kxg7 44. Bxc6 $11) 40. Qh5+ Kg7 41. Qe5+ Kg8
42. Rb1 Re6 43. Qb8+ Kg7 44. Qxb5 Qxb5 45. Rxb5 Rxe4 $11) 38... Rd3 (38... Rb3
$5 39. Re1 Bc6 40. Bxc6 Qxc6+ 41. Kg1 Kh7 (41... Rb5 42. Qe8+ Qxe8 43. Rxe8+
Kg7 44. Re5 (44. Rc8 Rb2 $11) 44... Kf6 45. Rd5 Ke6 46. Rd6+ Ke7 47. Rc6 Rb2
48. Ra6 Rc2 49. c6 Ke6 50. h4 Rc4 51. Kf2 Rxh4 52. c7+ Kd7 53. Ra8 Kxc7 54.
Ra7+ Kd6 55. Rxf7 $11) 42. Rf1 $11) 39. h3 Kh7 40. Rb4 f6 $1 {The last move of
the time control and I was relieved to calculate that the position was
dynamically balanced.} (40... Rxh3+ 41. Bxh3 Qd1+ 42. Kh2 Qd2+ 43. Bg2 Qxb4 44.
c6 $11) 41. Rh4+ (41. Qxf6 Rxh3+ 42. Kg1 Qd1+ 43. Bf1 Qxf1+ (43... Bxf1 44.
Rb7+ Kh6 45. Qf4+ g5 46. Qf8+ (46. Qf6+ Kh5 47. Rh7+ Kg4 48. Qe6+ Kg3 49. Qe3+
Kg4 $11) 46... Kh5 47. Qh8+ Kg4 48. Qc8+ Kg3 49. Qb8+ $11) 44. Qxf1 Bxf1 45.
Kxf1 Rc3 $11) 41... Kg7 42. Qb8 Qe8 $1 {The last accurate move securing full
equality.} {Here circumstances played a cruel trick on my opponent. The point
was the team scores were tied one and half each at this moment and Russia
needed a win on our board to have any chance of a medal. Exchanging queens
would be tantamount to a draw. But anything else is suicide especially due to
the exposed position of White's king.} 43. Qc7+ $4 (43. Qxe8 Bxe8 44. Rc4 Bf7
45. Rc2 Bd5 46. Bxd5 Rxd5 47. c6 Rd8 $11) 43... Rd7 44. Qg3 (44. Qf4 g5 45. Rg4
Qe1+ 46. Kh2 Rd1 47. Bf3 Rd2+ 48. Bg2 Qe2 49. Qc7+ Kg6 50. Rg3 Bc4 51. h4 Rd4
$19) 44... Bc6 $3 {I guess my opponent missed this move. The bishops come off
the board and the white king cannot survive the onslaught of queen and rook.}
45. Rg4 (45. Bxc6 Rd1+ 46. Kh2 (46. Kg2 Qxc6+ 47. Kf2 Qxc5+ 48. Qe3 Rf1+ 49.
Kxf1 Qxe3 $19) 46... Qxc6 47. Qe3 Qh1+ 48. Kg3 Rg1+ $19) 45... Bxg2+ 46. Qxg2
Rd1+ 47. Kh2 Qe5+ 48. Rg3 Rd3 49. h4 Re3 50. Qh3 Kh6 $4 {A shocking move which
could have cost the win. After calculating 50...f5 for some time and not
finding a concrete win, I decided on a safe move completely overlooking 51.Qg4.
} (50... f5 51. Kg2 Re2+ 52. Kh1 Qe4+ 53. Rg2 Re3 $19 {traps the queen which
is what I overlooked.} (53... Rxg2 54. Qxg2 Qxh4+ 55. Kg1 Qd4+ {also wins as
White cannot exchange queens.})) 51. Qg4 Rxg3 52. Qxg3 Qxc5 53. Qf4+ Kg7 54.
Qf3 Qe5+ 55. Kh3 Kh6 56. Qa8 $2 {Depressed by the turn of events, Ian fails to
put up the best defence.} (56. Qd1 $1 {stopping ...Kh5} Qe3+ 57. Kg2 f5 58. Kh2
Qe5+ 59. Kh3 Qe4 60. Kg3 f4+ 61. Kh2 Qe6 (61... Kg7 62. Qg4 Kf6 63. Qg5+ Ke6
64. Qg4+ Qf5 65. Qe2+ Qe5 66. Qc4+ Kf5 67. Qf7+ Qf6 68. Qd7+ Qe6 69. Qb5+ Qe5
70. Qd7+ $11) 62. Kg2 {I am not sure whether this position is winning for
Black.}) 56... Qc3+ 57. Kg2 Kh5 {Now the king comes in front of the h-pawn and
the win is simple.} 58. Qe4 Qe5 59. Qc4 f5 60. Qf7 Qe4+ 61. Kg1 Qe1+ 62. Kg2
Qe4+ 63. Kg1 f4 64. Qh7+ Kg4 65. h5 Qe3+ 66. Kh1 Qe1+ 67. Kh2 Qf2+ (67... Qe2+
68. Kh1 Kh3 69. Qd7+ (69. hxg6+ Kg3 $19) 69... Kg3 $19) 68. Kh1 Qf1+ 69. Kh2
Qh3+ 70. Kg1 Qxh5 71. Qd7+ Kh4 72. Qc7 Qd1+ 73. Kh2 Qd2+ 74. Kg1 Kg3 {...and I
believe for the first time in a Team Championship history, India has managed
to beat Russia!} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch U16 25th"]
[Site "Porec"]
[Date "2015.09.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kollars, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Tomczak, Mikolaj"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2015.09.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Be3 Be7 {[#]} 12. h5 $6 ({Bekannt und
üblich ist} 12. g5 hxg5 13. hxg5 Ne5 14. Qd2 Bg4 15. g6 Bf6 16. Qb4 fxg6 17.
Rxg4 Nxg4 18. Ne6 Nxe3 19. Qa4+ Qd7 20. Bb5 Nxc2+ 21. Qxc2 Qxb5 22. Nc7+ Kf7
23. Nxb5 Rh1+ 24. Kd2 Rxa1 25. Qc7+ Kg8 26. Qxb7 Rd8 27. Qxa7 Rb1 28. b3 d4 29.
Qa6 Rb2+ 30. Kd3 Kh7 31. Qe6 Rxf2 32. Qh3+ Kg8 33. Qe6+ Kh7 34. Qh3+ Kg8 35.
Qe6+ Kh7 36. Qh3+ Kg8 37. Qe6+ {1/2-1/2 (37) Gashimov,V (2758)-Ponomariov,R 
(2739) Moscow 2009}) 12... Bf6 13. Qd2 Bxd4 14. Bxd4 Qe7+ 15. Be2 O-O {[#]} 16.
Rg3 $2 {Danach läuft die Partie aus dem Ruder.} ({Nötig war} 16. Qe3 Re8 17.
Qxe7 Rxe7 18. Bc5 {und Weiß hat mit dem Läuferpaar einen leichten Vorteil.})
16... Qe4 17. c3 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qh1+ 19. Bf1 Re8+ {[#]} 20. Kd2 $2 (20. Re3
Rxe3+ 21. fxe3 Qh4+ 22. Kd2 Qxg4 (22... Bxg4 $5) 23. Be2 $17 {ist unerfreulich,
aber noch besser als der Partieverlauf.}) 20... Re4 21. Qd3 Bxg4 22. Re1 Rxe1
23. Kxe1 Re8+ 24. Kd2 Re4 25. Re3 Rxe3 26. Kxe3 Qf3+ 27. Kd4 Qxf2+ 28. Kxd5
Qxb2 29. Ke5 Qh2+ 0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 16th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2015.10.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2015.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2
Be7 9. f4 Nc6 10. Be3 Nd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nce2 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 e5 14. Nf5 exf4
15. Bxf4 Ne5 16. Qd5 Bxf5 17. exf5 b5 {[#] Weiß tauscht jetzt seine Dame
gegen die zwei schwarzen Türme, was angesichts der etwas luftigen weißen
Königsstellung vielleicht nicht die beste Entscheidung war.} 18. Qxa8 (18.
Rad1 $14) 18... Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Rxa8 20. Bxa8 Bg5 21. Bxg5 hxg5 22. b3 Qc5 23.
Rad1 (23. Rac1 d5 24. Rfd1 $2 Qe3 $19) 23... Qxc2 24. Rxd6 Qxa2 25. Bg2 Qxb3
26. Rxa6 Nd3 {[#] Angesichts des drohenden Vormarsches des b-Bauern sucht
Weiß nun Gegenspiel am Königsflügel.} 27. h4 gxh4 28. g5 {Die Idee ist
g5-g6 und Matt auf der Grundreihe.} Kh7 29. Ra7 Ne5 30. g6+ {[#]} Kh6 $6 ({
Möglich war} 30... fxg6 31. f6 h3 {mit der möglichen Folge} 32. Rxg7+ Kh6 33.
Bb7 Ng4 34. f7 (34. Rg1 Qe6 $19) 34... Qg3 35. f8=Q Qh2#) 31. gxf7 Nxf7 32. Re1
Ng5 33. Ra8 ({Besser war} 33. Ra6+ Kh7 (33... Kh5 34. f6 gxf6 35. Rxf6 {
mit Gegenspiel.}) 34. f6 gxf6 $2 (34... Qb4 {hält den Vorteil fest.}) 35. Rxf6
h3 36. Bc6 {und Weiß hat selber starke Drohungen gegen den schwarzen König.})
33... Nf3 (33... Nh3 $5 {und nun scheitert} 34. Bxh3 {an} Qxh3+ 35. Kg1 Qg3+ {
mit Turmverlust.}) 34. Rf1 Ne5 35. f6 gxf6 36. Rxf6+ Kg5 {[#]} 37. Rf1 (37.
Raf8 Ng4 38. Rf5+ Kh6 39. Rh8+ Kg6 40. Rf4 Qd1+ 41. Bf1 Kg5 42. Rff8 Nf6 $19 {
und die Dame setzt sich durch.}) 37... h3 $2 (37... Ng4 $19) 38. Be4 Qc4 39.
Rg1+ Kf4 40. Re1 $2 ({Verpasst} 40. Bb7 $1 {und plötzlich ist die
Angelegenheit wieder ziemlich unklar. Auch der schwarze König steht unter
Beschuss und der Springer e5 ist wackelig postiert.} Qc7 (40... Ng4 41. Rf8+)
41. Rf8+ Ke3 42. Rg3+ Ke2 43. Ba8 $13) 40... Ng4 41. Rf8+ Kg5 42. Bf3 Qa2 43.
Be2 b4 44. Rd8 Qe6 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Sethuraman, SP."]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Sethuraman,SP"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{After the second crazy game where I had a thousand ways to win and I didn't,
it was really painful not to have finished the match and having to enter the
tiebreaks. Even more was losing the first game in the tiebreaks from a decent
position with the black pieces. So I was all charged up for the second one!} 1.
e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {The Najdorf was a surprise
to me from Anish since I thought he would shift gear and play 1...e5 as he
required only a draw to win the match. Nevertheless it is quite understandable
that Anish wants to stick to his plans and his preparation.} 6. h3 (6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd3 {happened in the second classical game.}) 6... e6
7. g4 Nfd7 8. Bg2 Be7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. h4 $5 {A forgotten line. Anand played
this interesting idea way back in 2014! So I thought it's time to employ it
again and revive it.} Nde5 11. g5 Bd7 12. Nxc6 $1 (12. f4 Nc4 13. Nxc6 bxc6 $1)
12... Bxc6 (12... bxc6 13. Qe2 $1) 13. Qd4 $1 {An improvement over the game of
Anand-Topalov just restricting the knight on e5 and preparing to castle long.}
(13. b3 f5 14. f4 Ng4 15. Qe2 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 fxe4 17. O-O-O d5 18. Nxe4 Ba3+ 19.
Kb1 Qe7 20. Nf2 Bc5 21. Qg3 Bxf2 22. Qxf2 O-O 23. Qd4 Rf5 24. Rde1 Raf8 25.
Rhf1 $14 {1-0 (57) Anand,V (2770)-Topalov,V (2785) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014}) 13...
O-O 14. O-O-O {I was very happy with the outcome of the opening. White is
clearly better here with a very strong attack coming!} b5 15. f4 Nc4 16. Kb1 e5
(16... Rc8 17. Bc1 $16) (16... Nxe3 17. Qxe3 b4 18. Ne2 a5 19. h5 $16) 17. Qd3
exf4 (17... Nxe3 18. Qxe3 exf4 19. Qxf4 {and Black is just doomed to passivity.
}) 18. Bxf4 Re8 19. Qg3 Qa5 20. Bc1 b4 21. Ne2 (21. Nd5 $142 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Qc7
23. h5 $16) 21... Rab8 (21... Qe5 $142 22. Qd3 $1 (22. Nf4 Rab8 $1 {[%cal
Gc4a3]} 23. Ka1 a5) 22... Bb5 23. Qf3 $16 {[%csl Rb5]}) 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. h5 Qe5
24. Bf4 Qc5 25. Rhf1 (25. Bh3 $142 $1) 25... Rec8 26. Rf2 $1 {Safety first!
Now White's attack is just unstoppable.} (26. g6 fxg6 27. hxg6 Bf6) 26... a5
27. Bc1 (27. Nf5 $5 {I didn't consider this move during the game but let me
just give some amazing inhuman lines to bear witness to the beauty of chess!}
Bxf5 28. exf5 Na3+ 29. bxa3 bxa3+ 30. Ka1 Rb2 31. Bd5 Rxc2 (31... Rcb8 32. Rff1
$1 Qb4 33. Bb3 a4 34. f6 axb3 35. axb3 Bf8 (35... Qc5 36. Rd2 $1) 36. g6 $18)
32. Rff1 (32. Rxc2 Qxc2 33. Qb3 Qxf5) 32... h6 $3 {An amazing resource from
the computer!} 33. f6 hxg5 34. fxe7 gxf4 35. Qb3 (35. Qd3 Rc3 36. Qe4 Re3 37.
e8=Q+ Rxe8 38. Qc4 Qxc4 39. Bxc4 R8e4 $13) 35... Re8 $3 36. Bxf7+ Kh8 37. Bd5
a4 38. Qd3 Rxe7 $132) (27. Bf1 $1 {trying to exchange the active knight on c4
which is creating counterplay for Black is the simplest way to increase the
advantage:} Na3+ (27... a4 28. Bxc4 Qxc4 29. g6 $16) 28. Ka1 $18) 27... a4 28.
g6 fxg6 29. hxg6 h5 $4 (29... Qh5 $1 {I completely missed this strong resource
and my opponent as well - it could have made things difficult} 30. gxh7+ Kh8
31. Bf3 Qe5 $14 {/+/-}) 30. Bh3 $1 Bxh3 31. Qxh3 Qe5 32. Rf5 Qxe4 33. Rxh5 Na3+
34. Ka1 {It was nice to finally win a game and level the score in this
mini-match but Anish proved far superior in the 10 min tiebreaks and snatched
the victory away from me.} 1-0

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2009.07.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Quan, Zhe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[Annotator "Shabalov,A"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2009.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 {Is gradually
becoming a very popular anti-Najdorf weapon.} e6 7. g4 b5 $5 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O
h6 $6 (9... b4 10. Nce2 Bxe4 {looks like the only playable continuation for
Black in this line.}) 10. Re1 Nbd7 $2 {Black ignores White's intentions
completely.} (10... Qc7 11. a4 b4 12. Na2 e5 13. Nf5 Nc6 14. Bd2 g6 15. Ne3 a5
16. c3 {is already extremely unpleasant for Black.}) 11. e5 Bxg2 $6 (11... dxe5
12. Bxb7 exd4 13. Bxa8 dxc3 14. Bc6 Bc5 15. Qf3 $16 {does not look great
either,but it would stop this game from making it into future miniatures
collections}) 12. exf6 Bb7 13. fxg7 Bxg7 {#} 14. Nf5 $1 {White could have
easily gone wrong with} (14. Nxe6 $2 fxe6 15. Rxe6+ Kf7 16. Rxd6 Ne5 17. Rxd8
Raxd8 18. Qe2 Nf3+ 19. Kf1 Nh2+ 20. Kg1 Nf3+ {and Black survives}) 14... Be5
15. Nxd6+ Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Qh4 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Rc8 19. Bf4 $1 {Great
solution. White is immediately winning.} Qf6 20. Bg3 Rxc2 21. Rad1 Qd8 22.
Rxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Shamkovich,L"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 {
Alternate lines are 6... e5 and 6... Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5. Black is ready to
play the regular Scheveningen after 6. Be2} 7. g4 $5 {Ivanchuk demonstrates
his fighting spirit} h6 8. f4 b5 $5 (8... e5 9. Nf5 g6 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. g5 $1
{is in White's favor}) (8... Qc7 {Ftacnik} 9. g5 hxg5 10. fxg5 Nfd7 11. g6 Ne5
12. gxf7+ Nxf7 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. O-O-O Bd7 15. Qc4 Nfd8 16. h4 Rc8 17. Qe2 Be7
18. Qg2 Bf6 19. h5 Ne5 20. h6 gxh6 21. Rxh6 Rxh6 22. Qg8+ Ke7 23. Nf5+ exf5 24.
Nd5# {1-0 Mironov,S-Popov,A/Bankia op (08) 1990}) (8... Nc6 {Ftacnik} 9. Qf3 (
9. h3 Qc7 (9... d5 $5 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qe2 Qh4+ $1 12. Kd2 Bc5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14.
Bxc5 Nxc5 15. Qe3 Qe7 16. Rd1 Rb8 17. Kc1 a5 $15 {Shirov,A-Salov,V/Moscow/1992/
0|1/44/}) (9... Bd7 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Bg2 Qc7 12. O-O Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Be3
exf4 15. Rxf4 Be6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 O-O $10 {Balashov,Y-Psakhis,L/
Sverdlovsk/1987/0,5/31/}) 10. Qe2 Bd7 $5 (10... e5 $5 11. Nb3 exf4 12. Bxf4 Be6
13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5+ Ne5 15. O-O-O Nfd7 16. Kb1 g6 17. Qd2 Bg7 18. Bd3 h5
$132 {Bologan,V-Novikov,I/Nikolaev/1995/0,5/42/}) 11. O-O-O (11. Bg2 b5 12. e5
$1) 11... b5 $5 12. Bg2 b4 13. Nd5 exd5 14. exd5 Nxd4 15. Bxd4+ Be7 16. g5 Bb5
17. Qe3 Rc8 18. Rd2 hxg5 19. fxg5 Nd7 20. Bxg7 Rg8 21. Re1 Ne5 22. Bxe5 dxe5
23. h4 Bd6 24. Be4 a5 25. h5 a4 26. g6 {1-0 Hracek,Z-Oll,L/Parnu-A (06)/1996/ 
(34)}) 9... Nxd4 10. Bxd4 e5 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Bxe5 Nxg4 13. Bg3 Bb4 14. a3
Bxc3+ 15. Qxc3 O-O 16. Bd3 Qg5 17. Qd2 Ne5 18. Qxg5 Nxd3+ 19. cxd3 hxg5 20. Kd2
{Topalov,V-Kolev,At/Elenite (03)/1995/1-0 (54)}) (8... d5 {Ftacnik} 9. e5 Nfd7
10. Qd2 Nc6 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Bd3 g5 13. Nf3 gxf4 14. Bxf4 Ndxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5
16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Bxe5 Bd6 18. Bxh8 Bf4 19. Rhe1+ Be6 20. Re3 d4 21. Bxd4 O-O-O
22. Bf5 Bxf5 23. gxf5 {1-0 Palac,M-Soln,P/Bled op (02)/1996/}) 9. Bg2 Bb7 10.
g5 $6 {This line is double-edged, but after defeat in the previous round,
Ivanchuk tries to create complications at any cost. It is nteresting to
mention that at the same time this variation was tested in the first round of
Groningen International.} (10. a3 Nbd7 11. O-O (11. g5 {Ftacnik} hxg5 12. fxg5
Nh5 13. g6 Ne5 14. gxf7+ Kxf7 15. O-O+ Nf6 16. Nf3 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Qc7 18. e5
dxe5 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Qg4 Rc8 21. Ne4 Rc4 22. Ng5+ Kg6 23. Qg3 Nh5 {0-1
Shirov,A-Van Wely,L/Tilburg (07)/1996 (41)}) 11... g6 12. Qe2 e5 13. Nb3 exf4
14. Bxf4 Ne5 15. Rad1 Nfxg4 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 g5 18. Bg3 h5 19. Nd4 Bg7 20.
h3 h4 21. Be1 Nh6 22. Qh5 Nhg4 23. hxg4 Rxh5 24. gxh5 Ng4 25. Nc6 Qb6+ 26. Kh1
Kf8 27. Rd3 Re8 28. Rdf3 Kg8 29. Ba5 Qc5 30. Rxf7 Ne3 31. h6 Bxh6 32. Re7 Rf8
33. Rxf8+ Bxf8 34. Bb4 Qb6 35. Re6 Nxg2 36. Kxg2 Kh7 37. Re4 Qb7 38. Rg4 Qf7
39. Nd4 Qxd5+ 40. Nf3 Be7 {0-1 Shirov,A-Van Wely,L/Koop Tjuchem, Groningen NED
1996}) 10... hxg5 11. fxg5 b4 {The necessary counterblow; now White Knight is
distracted from center. After 11... Nh5 White is better.} 12. Na4 (12. gxf6 {
Ftacnik} bxc3 13. fxg7 Bxg7 14. bxc3 Bxe4 $1 $17) (12. Nd5 {Ftacnik} exd5 13.
gxf6 Qxf6 (13... dxe4 14. fxg7 Bxg7 15. Nf5 Be5 16. Bd4 $10) 14. exd5 Qe5 15.
Qe2 Be7 $15) 12... Nh5 (12... Nxe4 $6 13. Qg4 d5 14. O-O-O {with dangerous
attack} (14. Bxe4 {Ftacnik} dxe4 15. O-O-O $40 Nd7 (15... Qa5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17.
Qxe6+ Be7 18. Qg6+ Kf8 19. Rhf1+ $18) 16. Nxe6 $16)) 13. O-O (13. Bf3 {Ftacnik}
g6 14. e5 d5 $15) (13. g6 $5 {Ftacnik} Nd7 (13... Qh4+ 14. Bf2 Qe7 15. gxf7+
Qxf7 16. Nb6 Nf4 17. Bf3 $14) 14. gxf7+ Kxf7 15. Qg4 Qe7 16. Rf1+ Nhf6 17. Qg3
$14) 13... Nd7 14. g6 ({Maybe} 14. c3 bxc3 (14... Ne5 15. cxb4 Nc4 16. Qe2 Nxe3
17. Qxe3 {with the threat 18.g6}) 15. g6 $1 {is more accurate}) 14... Nhf6 15.
c3 (15. gxf7+ {Ftacnik} Kxf7 16. Qg4 Qe7 17. Rad1 (17. e5 $6 Nxe5 18. Qxe6+
Qxe6 19. Nxe6 Bxg2 20. Ng5+ Kg6 21. Kxg2 Nd5 $17) 17... Ne5 $13) 15... Ne5 (
15... bxc3 $2 {Ftacnik} 16. gxf7+ Kxf7 17. Qb3 cxb2 18. Rab1 Rb8 19. Nxe6 Qc8
20. Ng5+ Kg6 21. Qf7+ Kh6 22. Rf3 $18) (15... Qe7 {Ftacnik} 16. Qb3 d5 17. exd5
Bxd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Rae1 $18) 16. gxf7+ Kxf7 17. cxb4 (17. Qb3 $5 {Ftacnik}
Qe7 18. Qxb4 Neg4 (18... Rh4 19. Nxe6 $1 Kxe6 20. Qb3+ d5 21. Bg5 $18) 19. Bf4
$16) 17... Rh4 $1 {Suddenly, Black Rook becomes very active. White must
consider both 18... Bxe4 and 18... Rg4} 18. Qb3 (18. Bf4 {Ftacnik} Rb8 19. b5
$16) 18... Qe8 {The critical position of the game} 19. Rac1 (19. Nc3 Rxh2 (
19... Rg4 20. h3 Rg3 21. Nf5 Rg6 22. Rad1 {with very complex play}) 20. Kxh2
Neg4+ 21. Kg1 Nxe3 22. Rf2 Nxg2 23. Kxg2 g5 {leads to complications with
unclear outcome}) (19. Bf4 Rc8 20. Bg3 Rh5 21. Nb6 Rc7) (19. Nc3 $16 {Ftacnik})
19... Bxe4 20. Rc7+ {Not a precise moves' order. Better was} (20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21.
Rc7+ (21. Nb6 Rb8 22. Nc4 Nxc4 23. Rxc4 Kg8 $10) (21. Bf2 Rg4+ 22. Kh1 Rf4 23.
Rc7+ Nfd7 24. Nc3 $10) 21... Kg8 (21... Ned7 22. Nb6 {and White is on top}) {
and if} 22. Nxe6 Rxe3 23. Qxe3 Qxe6 {the position is difficult to estimate})
20... Kg8 (20... Ned7 $2 {Ftacnik} 21. Bxe4 $1 (21. Nxe6 $6 Qxe6 22. Rxd7+ Be7
23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. Qxe6+ Kxe6 25. Ra7 Rxa7 26. Bxa7 Rxb4 $10) 21... Rxe4 22. Nb6
Rd8 23. Nc6 Kg8 24. Nxd8 Qxd8 25. Rc8 $18) 21. Nxe6 (21. Qxe6+ $2 {Ftacnik}
Qxe6 22. Nxe6 Rg4 23. Rf2 Nd5 $19) 21... Rg4 $1 {The coldblooded reply!
Discovered checks are not dangerous for Black, for instance.} {Ivanchuk's hope
was the next move...} 22. Rxf6 $2 {Here 22... gxf6 fails to 23.Ng5+} (22. Nxg7+
Kh8 23. Nxe8 Rxg2+ {mating}) (22. Ng5+ Bd5 $1 $19) (22. Nxf8+ {Ftacnik} Bd5 $19
) (22. Rf2 $2 {Ftacnik} Bd5 $1 23. Qxd5 Nxd5 24. Rxf8+ Qxf8 25. Nxf8 Nxe3 $19)
(22. Nf4+ $142 {Ftacnik} d5 23. Nc3 (23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. bxc5 Nd3 25. h3 Rg5 $17)
23... Bxg2 24. Nxg2 Rxb4 $15) 22... Rxg2+ (22... gxf6 $4 23. Ng5+ $16) 23. Kf1
(23. Kh1 {Ftacnik} Rg3+ 24. Rf3 Bxf3#) 23... Qb5+ {Ivanchuk obviously
overlooked it.} (23... Qb5+ {Ftacnik} 24. Rc4 gxf6 $19 (24... Qxc4+ 25. Qxc4
Nxc4 $19)) 0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nikolenko, Oleg"]
[Black "Vorobiov, Evgeny E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5
g6 9. Bg2 (9. g5) 9... gxf5 (9... d5 $5 10. Bg5 gxf5 11. Nxd5 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6
13. exf5 h5 14. h3 Bd7 15. Qe2 (15. Nxf6+ $5 Qxf6 16. Bxb7) 15... hxg4 16. hxg4
Rxh1+ 17. Bxh1 Bc6 $13 {Tolnai,T-Gavrikov,V/West Berlin/1989/0,5/19/}) 10. exf5
h6 11. Qe2 Nc6 (11... Rg8 12. h3 Qc7 (12... Bd7 $5 13. Bxb7 Bc6 14. Bxa8 Bxa8
15. Rg1 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. c4 $6 (17. O-O-O $13) 17... Bb7 18. O-O-O Nc6 $15
{Tayeb,S-Badea,B/Novi Sad/1990/0:1/33/}) 13. O-O-O (13. f4 Nc6 14. O-O-O Ne7
15. Rd2 Bd7 16. Rhd1 d5 17. Bxd5 $1 O-O-O 18. Bxf7 Rg7 19. Be6 $16 {Anka,
E-Novikov,I/Budapest/1989/1:0/43/}) 13... Bd7 14. f4 Bc6 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Bb6
$1 Qxb6 17. Qxe5+ Be7 18. Rhe1 Be4 19. Nxe4 Kf8 20. Nd6 Qc7 21. Nxf7 $1 $16 {
Tolnai,T-Gavrikov,V/Budapest/1989/0,5/48/}) 12. O-O-O Rg8 13. h3 Qa5 (13...
Bxf5 $6 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. gxf5 Qa5 16. f4 $36) 14. f4 Bd7 15. a3 O-O-O 16. Qf2
$1 Kc7 $2 (16... exf4 17. Bb6 Qe5 18. Rhe1 Re8 19. Rxe5 dxe5 $16) (16... Rxg4
$5 17. hxg4 Nxg4 18. Qe2 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 exf4 20. Qxf4 Qxf5 $14) 17. Bd2 $2 (17.
Rd5 $142 $1) 17... Qc5 $2 (17... exf4 $1 18. Bxf4 (18. Nd5+ $6 Qxd5 19. Bxd5
Nxd5 $17) 18... Ne5 $15) 18. Be3 Qa5 19. Rd5 $1 Nxd5 20. Nxd5+ Kc8 21. Bb6 Qb5
(21... Qa4 22. Bxd8 Kxd8 23. Qb6+ $18) 22. Rd1 $1 Nd4 (22... exf4 23. Bf1 Qa4
24. Bxd8 Kxd8 25. Qb6+ $18) (22... Ne7 23. Bxd8 Kxd8 24. Nf6 Rg7 25. fxe5 $18)
23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Rxd4 $1 exd4 (24... Bc6 25. a4 exd4 (25... Qxd5 26. Bxd5 Rxd5
27. Rxd5 Bxd5 28. Qd2 $18) 26. axb5 Bxd5 27. Qxd4 $18) 25. Qg3 Qc4 $8 26. Bc7
$18 Bc5 27. Bb8 Bd6 28. Bxd6 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Novgorodskij, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 (7... b5
) (7... e5) (7... h5 $5) 8. Bg2 (8. f4) 8... e5 $5 (8... Nc6 9. h3 (9. Nxc6 $5
bxc6 10. e5 Nd5 (10... dxe5 $5 11. Bxc6+ Bd7 12. Bxa8 Qxa8 $13) 11. Nxd5 cxd5
12. c4 dxe5 13. cxd5 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 O-O 15. a3 Bd6 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Bxa8 Qxa8
18. Rg1 Rd8 $146 {Stefansson,H-Olafsson,H/Reykjavik/1992/1:0/48/}) 9... Ne5 10.
Qe2 (10. f4 Nc4 11. Bc1 e5 $1 $132) 10... g5 $1 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. f4 gxf4 13.
Bxf4 Qc7 (13... Rc8 14. Rhe1 Rxc3 $5 15. bxc3 Qa5 16. Kb2 b5 17. Nb3 Qc7 18.
Bxe5 dxe5 19. Rd3 Bc6 20. Qf2 Nd7 $146 {Tolnai,T-Van Wely,L/AUS/1992/1:0/35/})
14. Nf3 O-O-O $132 {Velimirovic,D-Ilincic,Z/Novi Sad/1995/0:1/45/}) 9. Nf5 g6
10. Qe2 (10. Nxh6 $5 Bxh6 11. Bxh6 Nxg4 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. Nd5 Be6 14. h3 Qh4 15.
Rf1 Nf6 16. Nc7+ Kd7 17. Nxa8 Rxa8 18. Be3 Nxe4 19. Qd3 f5 20. O-O-O $14 {
Nurkiewicz,M-Barskij,V/Warzsawa/1993/1:0/29/}) 10... gxf5 11. exf5 Rg8 (11...
Nc6 12. O-O-O Rg8 13. h3 Qc7 14. f4 Ne7 15. Rhe1 Bd7 16. Qf2 Rc8 17. Bb6 Qb8
18. Rxd6 $1 $40 {Szalanczy,E-Schlosser,P/Balatonbereny/1989/1:0/26/}) 12. h3
Bd7 $1 (12... Qc7 13. O-O-O Bd7 $2 14. f4 Bc6 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Bb6 $1 Qxb6 17.
Qxe5+ Be7 18. Rhe1 $18) 13. Bxb7 $1 (13. O-O-O Bc6 14. f4 Nbd7 15. Bxc6 bxc6
16. g5 hxg5 17. fxg5 Nd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. h4 $146 {Tolnai,T-Rychagov,M/
Katerini/1992/0.5/29/}) 13... Bc6 14. Bxa8 Bxa8 15. Rg1 Qa5 16. O-O-O Nbd7 17.
f4 {/\ g5/} Nd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. a3 Bc6 20. Qc4 $1 Qb5 21. Qc3 $1 e4 $2 (21...
Nf6 $1 22. fxe5 (22. g5 $5) 22... Nd5 $1 (22... dxe5 $2 23. a4 $1) (22... Ne4
$2 23. Qd3 Qxe5 (23... Qxd3 24. cxd3 $1) 24. Qxa6 $40) 23. Qd4 Nxe3 24. Qxe3
dxe5 $13) (21... Bg7 22. Rxd6 exf4 23. Bd4) 22. g5 d5 23. gxh6 $1 $16 Rxg1 24.
Rxg1 Bxh6 25. b3 $1 Bf8 26. a4 Qb7 27. h4 Qc7 28. h5 Qd6 29. Rg8 Ke7 30. Kb1
Bh6 $2 (30... Qf6 31. Bc5+ $1 $18) (30... Bb7 $5) (30... f6 $5) 31. Qa5 $1 $18
Kf6 (31... Bf8 32. h6 $1 Qxh6 33. Bc5+ Nxc5 34. Qxc5+ Ke8 35. Rxf8+ Qxf8 36.
Qxc6+ Kd8 37. Qxd5+ Kc7 38. Qxe4 $18) 32. Qd8+ Kxf5 33. Rg5+ $1 Ke6 (33... Bxg5
34. Qxg5+ Ke6 35. f5+ Ke5 36. Bf4+ $18) 34. Qe8+ Qe7 35. f5+ $1 Kd6 36. Bf4+ (
36. Bf4+ Ne5 37. Bxe5+ Qxe5 38. Qb8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Cappelle op 10th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rasik, Vitezslav"]
[Black "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Be7 8. Be3
Nc6 9. Rg1 h5 $5 (9... d5) 10. gxh5 Nxh5 11. Be2 g6 12. Qd2 a6 13. O-O-O Bd7
14. f4 Nf6 $1 $146 (14... Bxh4 $2 15. f5 $1 $40) 15. Nf3 (15. f5 $2 gxf5 16.
exf5 e5 $1) 15... Qa5 (15... Qc7 $5 16. e5 $140 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nd5 $1 18. Nxd5
exd5 19. Qxd5 Nb4 $132) 16. e5 $1 (16. Ng5 b5 $5 {/\ b4}) 16... dxe5 17. fxe5
Nd5 (17... Nxe5 $2 18. Nxe5 (18. Rg5 Nxf3 19. Bxf3 Qc7 20. Bf4 Qb6 $1 21. Be3 (
21. Be5 $2 Rxh4 $1 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Qxd7+ Kf8 $36) 21... Qc7 $10) 18... Qxe5
19. Bd4 Qc7 20. Qe3 $3 (20. Rgf1 e5 $1) (20. Qg5 Ng8 $1) 20... Rxh4 21. Be5 $16
) 18. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 19. Bxd2 $2 (19. Rxd2 exd5 20. Rxd5 Nb4 21. Rd2 Nxa2+ 22. Kb1
Nb4 23. Bc4 $36) 19... exd5 20. Bg5 Bxg5+ (20... Be6 $5) 21. Rxg5 Ne7 $10
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. g4 e5 (7... h6 8. f4 Nc6 9. Be2 e5 10. Nf5 g6 11. Ng3 exf4 12. Bxf4 Be6 13.
Rf1 Rc8 14. h3 Qb6 15. Qd2 Bg7 16. Bxd6 Nxg4 17. Bxg4 Qxb2 18. e5 Nxe5 19. Rb1
Qxc3 20. Qxc3 Rxc3 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Rxb7 Nc4 23. Bb4 Re3+ 24. Ne2 Be5 25. Rff7
Rxh3 26. Nd4 Re3+ 27. Kf1 Re4 28. Rfe7+ Kd8 29. Nc6+ {1-0 Topalov,V-Kasparov,G/
Moscow olm (BUL-RUS1) ;CBM 45 1994}) 8. Nf5 g6 9. g5 (9. Bg2 $5 {Boensch} gxf5
(9... d5 $5 10. Bg5 gxf5 11. Nxd5 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. exf5 h5 14. h3 Bd7 15.
Qe2 hxg4 16. hxg4 Rxh1+ 17. Bxh1 Bc6 $13 {Tolnai,T-Gavrikov,V Berlin 1989 1/2
19}) 10. exf5 h6 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. O-O-O Rg8 13. h3 Qa5 14. f4 Bd7 15. a3 O-O-O
16. Qf2 $1 $36 {Nikolenko,O-Vorobiov,E Moscow-ch op(07) 1995 1-0 28}) 9... gxf5
10. exf5 (10. gxf6 f4 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qh5+ Kd7 14. Qf7+ Kc6 15.
Bd2 Qd7 16. Qh5 b5 17. a4 b4 18. Ne2 a5 $15 {Ljubojevic,L-Polugaevsky,L
Roquebrune 30 ' (20) 1992 1/2 54}) 10... d5 11. gxf6 (11. Qf3 d4 (11... Bb4 12.
gxf6 d4 13. O-O-O Qa5 14. Bxd4 Nc6 15. Qe3 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Bxf5 18.
Bc4 Be6 19. Rd5 (19. Re4 $16 {Boensch}) 19... Qa3+ 20. Kb1 Bxd5 21. Qxe5+ Be6
22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Rg1 $4 (23. Qxe6+ {Boensch} Kf8 24. Rg1 Re8 25. Qd7 $19)
23... O-O-O {0-1 Anka,E-Vrenegoor,T Harkany op (03) 1994 - EXP 45}) (11... Bd7
{Boensch} 12. O-O-O Bc6 13. Qe2 Bb4 14. Bd4 Ne4 15. Bxe5 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Qxg5+
17. Kb1 Rg8 $2 (17... O-O $3 $19) 18. f3 Nd7 19. fxe4 dxe4 20. h4 $14 {Timman,
J-Portisch,L Reykjavik 1987 1-0 39}) 12. O-O-O Nbd7 13. Bd2 (13. gxf6 {Boensch}
dxc3 14. Bc4 Qxf6 $17) 13... Qc7 14. Bd3 Nc5 15. Bc4 dxc3 16. Bxc3 Nfe4 17.
Rhe1 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Bg7 19. f6 O-O 20. Rxe5 Be6 $17 {WEdberg,T-Novikov,I
Copenhagen op (07) 1991 0-1 34}) 11... d4 12. Bc4 $1 Qxf6 (12... Qc7 13. Qd3 (
13. Qd3 {Ftacnik} dxc3 (13... Bb4 14. O-O-O Bxc3 $5 $13) (13... dxe3 14. O-O-O
Nc6 15. Nd5 Qa5 16. f4 Bh6 17. Kb1 b5 18. fxe5 e2 19. Qxe2 Bb7 20. Bb3 O-O-O
21. e6 Rhe8 22. Qh5 Nb4 23. Ne7+ Kb8 24. Qxh6 Bxh1 25. Rxh1 fxe6 26. a3 {
1-0 Gallagher,J-Shneider,A/Bern op (09)/1995/}) 14. O-O-O Nc6 15. Rhe1 cxb2+ $2
(15... Bb4 $13) 16. Kb1 Bb4 17. Rg1 $1 (17. c3 Ba3 18. Bf4 Qd7 19. Bd5 Qxd5 20.
Qxd5 Bxf5+ 21. Rd3 O-O 22. Bh6 Rfd8 23. Rg1+ Kh8 24. Bg7+ Kg8 25. Bh6+ Kh8 26.
Bg7+ Kg8 27. Bh6+ {1/2-1/2 Sigurjonsson,G-Olafsson,H/Neskaupsstadur/1984/})
17... Rf8 18. f4 $1 exf4 $8 19. Bxf4 $2 (19. Bb6 $1 Qxb6 20. Qe4+ Ne7 21. fxe7
Bxe7 22. Rge1 Qf6 23. Rd5 $1 {/\ Re5+-}) 19... Qxf4 20. Rge1+ Bxe1 21. Rxe1+
Be6 $1 (21... Ne5 $2 22. Qd6 Qc1+ 23. Rxc1 bxc1=Q+ 24. Kxc1 Nc6 25. Bd5 $18)
22. fxe6 Qd4 $1 $8 23. exf7+ Kd8 24. Qxd4+ Nxd4 25. Rd1 Kc7 26. Rxd4 Rad8 $10 {
1/2-1/2 Kotronias,V-Arnason,J/Reykjavik/1992/ (38)}) (13. Qe2 dxe3 14. O-O-O
Bxf5 15. Nd5 Qc6 16. Qh5 e2 17. Qxf5 exd1=Q+ 18. Rxd1 Bd6 19. f4 Nd7 20. fxe5
Nxe5 21. Re1 Qd7 22. Rxe5+ Kd8 23. Nb6 Qxf5 24. Rxf5 {1-0 Joecks,C-Belaska,P/
Prague Viktoria (07)/1991/ (44)})) 13. Nd5 (13. Ne4 Qxf5 14. Bd3 Qe6 15. Bg5
Nd7 16. Qh5 b6 17. f4 Bb7 18. f5 Qd5 19. Kf2 Rc8 20. Rhg1 h6 21. Rae1 Rg8 22.
Bh4 Rxg1 23. Kxg1 Rc6 {1-0 Kotronias,V-Thorhallsson,T/Gausdal Int (06)/1994/ 
(32)}) 13... Qc6 14. Bxd4 Bb4+ (14... Qxc4 $2 15. Nf6+ Ke7 16. Bxe5) (14...
exd4 $2 15. Qxd4) 15. c3 Qxc4 16. Be3 {Ftacnik: Chess theory has many faces
and this line belong to the wildest in the current praxis.} (16. Bxe5 $2 Qe4+
$19) (16. Nb6 {Ftacnik} Qxd4 17. Qxd4 exd4 18. cxb4 Bxf5 $1 19. Nxa8 Nd7 $44)
16... Ba5 $146 (16... Be7 17. Nb6 Qc6 18. Rg1 Nd7 (18... Bd8 $8 {Ftacnik} 19.
Nxa8 b5 20. Qh5 Qxa8 21. O-O-O $44) 19. Nxa8 b5 20. Qd5 $1 {
Thorhalsson-Arnason (Reykjavik 1992)} (20. Qd5 $1 Qb7 21. O-O-O Bd8 22. f6 Qxd5
23. Rxd5 Bb7 24. Rd6 Bxa8 25. Rgd1 Bf3 26. Rxd7 Bxd1 27. Rxd1 {1/2-1/2
Thorhallsson,T-Arnason,J/Reykjavik (03)/1992/ (64)})) (16... Bxf5 $5 {Ftacnik}
17. cxb4 Be4 $13) 17. Nf6+ Ke7 (17... Kf8 $2 {Ftacnik} 18. Qd6+ Kg7 19. Rg1+ (
19. Rg1+ {Boensch} Qg4 20. Rxg4#)) 18. Nd5+ Ke8 (18... Kd6 $2 {Ftacnik} 19.
Nb6+ $18) (18... Kf8 $2 {Ftacnik} 19. Nb6 $1 Bxb6 20. Qd6+ Ke8 21. Qxe5+ Be6
22. Qxh8+ $18) 19. Nf6+ Ke7 20. Bg5 $1 {Boensch: Mit Remis gibt sich der
Kämpfer Shirov nicht zufrieden.} (20. Nd5+ $10) 20... Bc7 $2 {Ftacnik: Even
the best players have problems to grasp the essence of this irrational
position.} (20... Rd8 21. Nxh7+ Ke8 (21... f6 $1 22. Bxf6+ Ke8 23. Qh5+ Qf7 24.
Qxf7+ (24. Qh6 $1 {Ftacnik} Rd6 (24... Bxf5 25. Ng5 Qg8 26. Bxd8 Bxd8 27. Nf3
$40) 25. Rg1 Nd7 26. Rg6 $40) 24... Kxf7 25. Bxd8 Bxd8 (25... Bxd8 {Boensch}
26. h4 $10)) 22. Nf6+ Ke7 (22... Kf8 23. Qh5 Bxc3+ 24. bxc3 Qxc3+ 25. Kf1 Qxa1+
26. Kg2 Qd4 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Ne4+ Kd7 29. Qxd8+ Kc6 30. Qxc8+ $18) 23. Ne4+ Kf8
(23... Ke8 $2 24. Qxd8+ (24. Qg4 $16) 24... Bxd8 25. Nd6+ $18) 24. Qg4 Rd4 25.
f3 $1 $36 (25. f3 Nd7 26. Qh4 f6 27. Bxf6 Nxf6 28. Qxf6+ $16)) (20... Qc6 $5 {
Ftacnik} 21. Nd7+ (21. Nd5+ Ke8 (21... Kf8 22. Qb3 $5 Nd7 23. Qa3+ Nc5 24. Be7+
Ke8 25. Qxc5 Qxc5 26. Bxc5 Bxf5 27. Nf6+ Kd8 28. Rd1+ $16) 22. Nf6+ $10) (21.
Qb3 $3 {Boensch} Qxh1+ 22. Ke2 Qxa1 23. Qa3+ Kd8 24. Ne8+ f6 25. Bxf6+ Kd7 26.
Qd6+ Kxe8 27. Qe7#) 21... Ke8 22. Nf6+ Kf8 23. Bh6+ Ke7 24. Nd5+ Kd8 25. Bg5+
Ke8 26. Nf6+ $10) 21. Ne4+ $2 (21. Qd5 $1 Qxd5 (21... Qc6 22. O-O-O Bxf5 23.
Nxh7+ f6 24. Bxf6+ (24. Nxf6 Kf8 25. Bh6+ Ke7 26. Bg7 Rd8 27. Ng8+ Ke8 28. Nf6+
$10) 24... Ke8 25. Bxh8 Bxh7 26. Rhg1 $18) 22. Nxd5+ Kd6 (22... Kd7 23. O-O-O
f6 24. Be3 $1 $18) 23. O-O-O Kc6 (23... Bxf5 24. Nb6+ Kc6 25. Nxa8 Bd6 26. Nb6
Be6 27. c4) 24. Ne7+ Kb6 (24... Kb5 25. Rd5+ Ka4 26. b3+ Ka3 27. Kb1 Bxf5+ 28.
Ka1 Nc6 29. Bc1#) 25. Be3+ Ka5 26. Rd5+ b5 27. a4 $3 Nc6 (27... Bb7 28. b4+
Kxa4 29. Kb2 (29. Kb2 {Ftacnik} Bxd5 30. Ra1+) (29. Kc2 {Boensch} Bxd5 30. Ra1+
Ba2 31. Rxa2#)) (27... Kxa4 28. Kc2) 28. b4+ Nxb4 29. cxb4+ Kxb4 30. Kb2 Bb7 (
30... Kxa4 31. Ra1+ Kb4 32. Bc5+ Kc4 33. Rc1#) 31. Bd2+ Kxa4 32. Ra1#) 21...
Ke8 $2 (21... Kf8 $1 22. Bh6+ Ke7 (22... Ke8 $1 23. Qg4 $5 (23. Nf6+ Ke7 24.
Nd5+ Ke8 $10 (24... Ke8 25. Nf6+ $10)) (23. Qf3) 23... Qc6 24. Bg7 Rg8 25.
O-O-O (25. Nf6+ Qxf6 $1) 25... Nd7 26. f3 $5) 23. Qg4 (23. f6+ $2 Ke8 24. Nd6+
Bxd6 25. Qxd6 Qe4+ $17) 23... Nd7 24. O-O-O $1 $16 (24. Rd1 {Ftacnik} Qc6 $15)
(24. O-O-O {Boensch} Qxa2 25. Qg5+ Ke8 26. Qg7 $1 Qa1+ 27. Kd2 (27. Kc2 Qa4+
$13) 27... Qxb2+ 28. Ke1 Rf8 29. Nf6+ Ke7 30. Bg5 $1 Qxc3+ 31. Kf1 Qh3+ 32. Kg1
$18)) (21... f6 {Ftacnik} 22. Bxf6+ Kf8 23. Nd6 Qc6 24. Rg1 $16) 22. Qg4 {
Ftacnik: Finally white have found a way to continue with his development.} b5 (
22... Qc6 23. Nf6+ Kf8 24. O-O-O (24. Bh6+ {Ftacnik} Ke7 25. O-O-O $1 $40)
24... h5 (24... Nd7 25. Bh6+ Ke7 26. Nd5+ Ke8 27. Qg7 $18) 25. Bh6+ Ke7 (25...
Rxh6 {Boensch} 26. Qg8+ Ke7 27. Nd5+ Qxd5 28. Rxd5 $16) 26. Qg7 Qxf6 (26... Rd8
27. Ng8+ Rxg8 28. Bg5+ $18) (26... Rxh6 {Boensch} 27. Ng8+ Ke8 28. Nxh6 $18)
27. Bg5 Qxg5+ 28. Qxg5+ Ke8 29. f4 $1 $18) (22... Nd7 $2 {Ftacnik} 23. Nf6+
Nxf6 24. Qxc4 $18) 23. Nf6+ $2 (23. O-O-O $1 Nd7 24. Bh6 $1 (24. Rxd7 {Boensch}
Kxd7 25. Rd1+ Kc6 26. b3 Bxf5 $8 (26... h5 $2 27. Qf3 $18) 27. Qxf5 Qe6 28. Qf3
f5 $17) 24... Qxa2 25. Qg7 Qa1+ 26. Kd2 Qxb2+ 27. Ke1 Rf8 28. Nf6+ Ke7 29. Bg5
Qxc3+ 30. Kf1 Qh3+ 31. Kg1 $18) 23... Ke7 (23... Kf8 24. Bh6+ Ke7 25. Qg5 $1
Nd7 (25... Bb7 26. Rd1 $1 $18) (25... Kd6 {Boensch} 26. O-O-O+ Kc6 27. Qg2+ e4
28. Rd4 Qxa2 29. Qxe4+ Kb6 30. Be3 $18) 26. Nxd7+ Kxd7 27. O-O-O+ Kc6 (27...
Bd6 28. Qf6 $18) 28. Qg2+ e4 (28... Kb6 29. Qxa8 Qxa2 30. Be3+ Ka5 31. Qe4 $18)
29. Rd4 Qxa2 30. Qxe4+ Kb6 31. Be3 Ka5 (31... Ka7 32. Rd8+ $18) 32. Ra4+ $3
Qxa4 (32... bxa4 33. Qb4#) 33. b4+ Qxb4 34. Qxb4#) 24. O-O-O $1 (24. Qxc4 $6
bxc4 25. O-O-O Bb7 $13) 24... Qxg4 $8 (24... Qxa2 $2 {Ftacnik} 25. Qb4+) (24...
h6 {Ftacnik} 25. Nd5+ Kd7 26. Ne3+ $18) 25. Nxg4+ Kf8 (25... Ke8 $2 26. Nf6+
Kf8 27. Bh6+ Ke7 28. Nd5+ $18 (28. Nd5+ {Ftacnik} Kd6 29. Nb6+ Kc6 30. Nxa8 Bd6
31. Bg7 $18 (31. Rd2 {Boensch} Bb7 32. Rhd1 Bc5 33. b4 Be7 34. f6 $18))) 26.
Bh6+ Ke7 27. Bg5+ Kf8 28. Bd8 $1 {Ftacnik: Very inventive idea, Shirov has
based his chess provess also on his remarkable creativity.} (28. Bh6+ $10 {
Boensch}) 28... Bxf5 (28... Bxd8 $2 {Ftacnik} 29. Rxd8+ Kg7 30. f6+ Kg6 31.
Nxe5+ Kxf6 32. Rxh8 $16) (28... h5 {Ftacnik} 29. Bxc7 hxg4 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31.
Bxe5+ f6 32. Bxf6+ Kxf6 33. Rxh8 Bb7 34. Rg1 Bf3 35. Kd2 $16) (28... Ra7 {
Ftacnik} 29. Bxc7 Rxc7 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. f6+ Kg6 32. Rxh8 Bxg4 33. Rg1 $18) 29.
Bxc7 Nc6 $6 (29... Bxg4 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. Bxe5+ f6 32. Bxf6+ Kxf6 33. Rxh8 $18
Bf3 $140 34. Rf8+) (29... Nd7 $1 30. Nxe5 (30. Bd6+ Kg7 31. Bxe5+ Nxe5 32. Nxe5
Rhe8 $14) (30. Bxe5 Nxe5 31. Nxe5 Rg8 $14) 30... Nxe5 31. Bxe5 (31. Bd6+ Kg7
32. Bxe5+ f6 $14) 31... Rg8 $14) 30. Nh6 $1 {Boensch: Mutig gespielt, was ist
schon ein P gegen Angriff?} (30. Nxe5 $14) (30. Bxe5 $14) (30. Nxe5 {Ftacnik}
Nxe5 31. Bd6+ (31. Bxe5 $16 {Boensch}) (31. Bxe5 $16 {Boensch}) 31... Kg7 32.
Bxe5+ f6 33. Rhg1+ Kf7 34. Bd4 $16) 30... Bg6 (30... Be6 31. Rhg1 $1 {/\32.Rd6}
(31. Rd6 {Ftacnik} Ne7 32. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 33. Bxe5) (31. Rhg1 {Boensch} Rc8 32.
Bd6+ Ke8 33. Ng4 Bxg4 34. Rxg4 $16)) (30... Be4 {Ftacnik} 31. Rhe1 Bf3 32. Rd7
$18) 31. Rd6 Nb4 $3 (31... Ne7 32. Rd7 (32. Rd7 {Boensch} Nc6 33. Rg1 $1 Ke8 (
33... Kg7 34. Nxf7 $18) 34. Rgd1 $16)) (31... Be4 {Ftacnik} 32. Re1 Rc8 33. Rd7
Bg6 (33... f5 34. Rf7+ Ke8 35. f3 Bd5 36. Bxe5 Bxf7 37. Bxh8+ $18) 34. Bxe5
Nxe5 35. Rxe5 $16) 32. cxb4 Kg7 33. h4 $1 (33. Nxf7 Kxf7 34. Rhd1 Rhc8 35. Rd7+
Ke8 $10) (33. Ng4 Rhc8 34. Rc6 (34. Rd7 Bf5 $15 (34... Bf5 35. Re7 Bxg4 36. Rg1
Kf6 $19)) (34. Nxe5 {Boensch}) 34... Be4 35. Bxe5+ Kf8 (35... f6 $5) (35... f6
$1 36. Bxf6+ Kg6) (35... f6 $15) 36. Bd6+ Kg7 37. Be5+ Kf8 $10) 33... Rhc8 34.
h5 $1 (34. Rc6 f6 $1 $10 (34... f6 $1 {Ftacnik} 35. Kd2 (35. Ng4 {Boensch} Be4
$19) 35... Kxh6 36. Rhc1 $14) (34... Be4 $2 35. Rg1+ Kf8 36. Bd6+ Ke8 37. Rg8+
$18)) 34... Rxc7+ 35. Kd2 Be4 (35... Kxh6 36. hxg6+ Kg7 37. Rxh7+ Kg8 38. a3
$16) 36. Rg1+ Kh8 (36... Kf8 37. Rg8+ (37. Ke3 {Ftacnik} Ke7 38. Rb6 $16) 37...
Ke7 38. Rxa8 Kxd6 (38... Bxa8 $6 39. Nf5+) 39. Rxa6+ $16) 37. Ke3 Bb7 (37... f5
{Ftacnik} 38. Rf6 Rg7 39. Rc1 $16) 38. Rgd1 $1 (38. Rf6 Rf8 (38... Bd5 39. Rxa6
$16) 39. Rg5 Re7 $14) 38... Re8 $6 {Ftacnik: Gelfand have managed nearly
impossible task of defending against manifold threats. Despite heroic
resistance his position remains critical.} (38... Rf8 39. Nf5 $16 Rc4 $140 40.
f3 Rf4 $2 41. Rd8 Rxf3+ 42. Ke2 Rxf5 43. h6 $3) 39. Nf5 $2 (39. Rd7 Rxd7 (39...
Rec8 40. Rxc7 Rxc7 41. Rg1 $18) 40. Rxd7 $18 (40. Rxd7 {Ftacnik} Bc6 (40... Bg2
41. Nxf7+ Kg8 42. Nh6+ Kh8 43. f3 $18) 41. Nxf7+ Kg8 42. Ra7 $18)) (39. Ng4 {
Ftacnik} f5 40. Nf6 Rf8 41. h6 $16) 39... Bc8 $4 {Ftacnik: Both plays have
chosen second rate moves in time trouble, but Black's mistake was more serious.
Now the fight is over.} (39... Rc4 $1 40. f3 (40. Rd7 {Ftacnik} Bc6 41. Rxf7
Re4+ 42. Kd3 Rxb4 $13) 40... Rf4 (40... f6 41. Rxf6 (41. Rd8 Rc8 42. R8d7 $16)
41... Rf4 $132) 41. Rd8 Rxf3+ 42. Ke2 Rxf5 43. Rxe8+ (43. h6 Bc6 $1 44. Rxe8+
Bxe8 45. Rd8 Rg5 46. Rxe8+ Rg8 47. Rxe5 Rg6 48. Re8+ Rg8 $10) 43... Kg7 44.
Rg1+ Kh6 45. Rf1 $1) 40. Rd8 Bxf5 (40... Bd7 {Ftacnik} 41. R1xd7 $18) 41. Rxe8+
Kg7 42. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "2000.03.24"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Murey, Jacob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "Smirin,I"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.01.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Petah Tikva Elitzur"]
[BlackTeam "Maccabi Afek"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 {Tyomkin,D} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4
b5 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. a3 h6 {This variation looks too risky for white- in all games
black has got great positions. But Ilia Smirin had prepared an improvement for
white in this line.} (9... Qc7 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. a4 bxa4 (12... b4
13. Nd5 $1) 13. Rxa4 Rc8 14. O-O Be7 15. Rb4 Nd7 16. Rd1 O-O 17. Nd5 Bd8 18.
Ne3 Be7 19. Nd5 $11 {1-0 Mikhaletz,L-Timoshenko,G/Ordzhonikidze UKR 2000/The
Week in Chess 295 (52)}) 10. f4 $5 $146 {This is a new idea in this line.
White prevents typical g7-g5 of black.} (10. O-O g5 11. Nde2 (11. Re1 Nbd7 12.
Qe2 Ne5 13. b4 $6 Rc8 14. Nd1 Be7 15. c3 h5 $15 {0-1 Caruso,A-Hillarp Persson,
T/Korinthos 1998/EXT 99 (28)}) 11... Nbd7 12. f4 Qb6+ 13. Qd4 Qxd4+ 14. Nxd4
gxf4 15. Nb3 Rc8 $15 {1-0 Kveinys,A-Georgiev,K/Regensburg 1996/CBM 50 ext (37)}
) (10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Nde2 Ne5 12. O-O g5 $5 13. Qd4 Be7 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. b3 Qc7
16. f4 gxf4 17. Bxf4 Qc5 $15 {0-1 Walek,M-Sax,G/Pardubice 1996/CBM 55 ext (46)}
) 10... Nbd7 11. O-O Rc8 {Black had to prevent whites threat, which is g4-g5
and g5-g6.} (11... g6 $142 12. Be3 (12. Qe2 e5 13. Nb3 Rc8) 12... Nc5 (12... e5
13. Nb3 $14) 13. e5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 $14) 12. g5 Rxc3 (12... hxg5 13. fxg5 Nh5 14.
g6 {[%csl Re6]}) 13. bxc3 (13. gxf6 $2 Rg3 $17 {[%cal Rb7e4]} 14. Kh2 Rxg2+ $1)
13... Nxe4 14. g6 Ndf6 15. a4 $1 $16 {White has to open position as fast as it
possible to use his development advantage.} bxa4 (15... Nxc3 16. Qe1 Nce4 17.
axb5 $16) 16. Rb1 Qc8 17. Ba3 Be7 (17... d5 $6 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Rb6 $1 {
[%cal Gd1b1]} Qc7 $140 20. Qb1 Qxc3 21. Rxb7 Qxd4+ 22. Kh2 fxg6 23. c3 $1 Qc5 (
23... Qxc3 24. Qb6 $18) 24. Rxg7 Qb5 25. c4 $1 Qb3 26. cxd5 exd5 27. Qc1 Qg3+
28. Kh1 Qc3 29. Bxe4 Nxe4 30. Qxc3 $1 Nxc3 31. Re1+ Kd8 (31... Ne4 32. Rb1) 32.
Re6 $18) 18. Qd3 $2 {This natural move actually misses an advantage.} (18. Re1
$142 Bd5 19. c4 $1 Nc3 (19... Qxc4 20. Rb8+ Bd8 21. Bxe4 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 $1 Bxe4
23. Nf5 $1 Qd5 $8 24. Nxd6+ Kd7 25. Qxd5 Bxd5 26. gxf7 $16) 20. gxf7+ Kxf7 21.
cxd5 $1 Nxd1 22. dxe6+ Kg6 (22... Kf8 23. Nc6 $1 Ne8 24. Rb8 Qc7 25. Rxd1 $18)
(22... Kg8 23. Nc6 Qc7 24. Rbxd1 Kh7 25. c4 $1 $16) 23. Nc6 Re8 24. Rbxd1 Kh7
25. c4 $16 {Despite of less material, white has a pressure all over the board
and the strong passed pawn "e".}) 18... Bd5 $1 19. Rfe1 Bc4 $2 {Black has
missed his chance in defense with the last move.} (19... Nxc3 20. gxf7+ Kxf7
21. Bxd5 Nfxd5 22. Rxe6 (22. Nxe6 Bf6 $15) 22... Nxb1 (22... Bf6 23. Nf5 $1 {[]
}) 23. Qg6+ Kg8 24. Nf5 Qf8 25. Bxd6 Qf7 (25... Bxd6 26. Re8) 26. Nxe7+ Nxe7
27. Qxf7+ Kxf7 28. Rxe7+ $11) 20. Qe3 d5 $2 (20... Bd5 $142 21. c4 $1 $16) 21.
Bxe7 Kxe7 {Now white has a way to decide the game on tactics.} {[%tqu "En","",
"","","b1b8","",10]} 22. Rb8 $1 $18 {[%mdl 64]} Qxb8 23. Nc6+ Kd6 24. Nxb8 Rxb8
25. Bxe4 Nxe4 26. Qa7 Rc8 27. Qb6+ Kd7 28. Qb7+ (28. Qb7+ Rc7 29. Qxc7+ $1 Kxc7
30. gxf7 {[%cal Rf7f8]}) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.06"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Speelman,J"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 {Boensch Ftacnik Dolmatov} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6
6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 (7... e5 {Dolmatov} 8. Nf5 g6 $13 (8... g6 9. g5 gxf5 10.
exf5 $13)) 8. f4 (8. f3 {Dolmatov} b5 9. Qd2 Bb7 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. a3 Rc8 $13)
(8. Qf3 {Boensch} Nbd7 9. Qh3 (9. Rg1 g5 $5 {x e5,f4} 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Qe2 Bd7
12. f4 gxf4 13. Bxf4 Rc8 14. h3 Rxc3 15. bxc3 Qa5 16. Kb1 Qxc3 17. Rg3 Qc7 $44
{Kotronias,V-Van Wely,L Wijk Sonnevanck (03) 1992 1-0 41}) 9... Ne5 10. f3 Ng6
11. O-O-O b5 12. Qg2 b4 13. Nc6 Qc7 14. Nxb4 d5 15. Nd3 dxe4 16. fxe4 Bb7 17.
Be2 Rc8 $44 {Thorhallsson,T-Belotti,B Forli op (09) 1992 1/2 64}) (8. h4 {
Boensch} e5 9. Nf5 g6 10. Nxh6 Bxh6 11. Bxh6 Bxg4 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Nd4 14.
Bg2 Bf3 $15 {Richagov,M-Stohl,I Gausdal Arnold Cup (2) 1991 0-1 49}) (8. Bg2 {
Boensch} Nc6 9. Nxc6 (9. h3 Ne5 10. Qe2 g5 11. O-O Be7 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. f4 gxf4
14. Bxf4 b5 15. a3 Bb7 16. Nf3 Nfd7 17. Nxe5 {1/2-1/2 Stefansson,H-Akopian,V/
New York op (04) 1994}) 9... bxc6 10. e5 Nd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. c4 dxe5 13. cxd5
Bb4+ 14. Kf1 O-O 15. a3 Bd6 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Bxa8 Qxa8 $44 {Stefansson,
H-Olafsson,H Reykjavik (09) 1992 1-0 48}) 8... Nc6 9. Be2 e5 10. Nf5 (10. Nxc6
{Dolmatov} bxc6 11. fxe5 dxe5 (11... Nxg4 $5 {Boensch} 12. Bxg4 Qh4+ 13. Bf2
Qxg4 14. exd6 Qg2 15. Rg1 Qxh2 $13) 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. O-O-O+ Kc7 14. h3 Bb4) (
10. Nb3 $2 {Dolmatov} Nxg4 11. Bxg4 Qh4+ 12. Bf2 Qxg4 13. Nd5 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1
Rb8 $17) 10... g6 11. Ng3 exf4 12. Bxf4 Be6 13. Rf1 (13. h3 {Dolmatov} Qb6 14.
Qd2) 13... Rc8 (13... Qb6 $5) (13... Qb6 $5 {Ftacnik}) 14. h3 Qb6 {Black seems
to obtain a comfortable position after the opening. White's g3 knight is quite
passive; his king is not safe enough both in the centre and on the Q-side.
However, Black's king is in danger too.} (14... d5 {Boensch} 15. e5 (15. exd5
Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 $10) 15... Nh7 $1 $15) 15. Qd2 (15. Qc1 Nd4 16. Bd3 (16. Be3
$2 {Ftacnik} Nxc2+ 17. Qxc2 Qxe3 $17)) 15... Bg7 (15... Qxb2 16. Rb1 Qa3 17.
Rf3 $13 (17. Rxb7 $6 {Ftacnik} Na5 18. Nb5 axb5 19. Bxb5+ Nc6 $17) (17. Rf3 {
Boensch} Qa5 18. Rxb7 $13)) (15... Nd7 16. O-O-O Nde5 17. a3 (17. Be3 $10 {
Boensch}) 17... Na5 $40) 16. Bxd6 Nxg4 {The complication started with this
move prove rather favourable for White. Therefore 16...Nd4 17.Ba3 Rd8 deserved
serious attention.} (16... Nd4 {Dolmatov} 17. e5 $5 (17. Ba3 Rd8 18. Bd3 $14)
17... Qxb2 18. exf6 (18. Qxd4 {Ftacnik} Qxa1+ 19. Kd2 Qxc3+ 20. Qxc3 Rxc3 21.
Kxc3 (21. exf6 Bf8 22. Kxc3 Bxd6 $17) 21... Nd7 $17) 18... Qxa1+ 19. Kf2 Qxc3
20. Qxc3 Rxc3 21. fxg7 Rg8 22. Ne4 $18) (16... Nd7 17. O-O-O $13 (17. e5 {
Boensch} Ncxe5 18. O-O-O $13) (17. O-O-O Nb4 18. Bxb4 Qxb4 19. a3 Qb6 $36)) 17.
Bxg4 (17. Na4 {did not work in view of} Qd4 18. Bxg4 (18. Qxd4 {Dolmatov} Nxd4
19. Bxg4 Nxc2+ 20. Kf2 $132) 18... Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Bxg4 20. hxg4 Rd8) 17... Qxb2
(17... Bxg4 {Dolmatov} 18. Na4 (18. hxg4 $2 Qxb2 19. e5 (19. Rb1 Qxc3 (19...
Bxc3 $2 20. Rxb2 Bxd2+ 21. Kxd2 Rd8 22. Rf6 Ne5 23. Kc1 Nxg4 24. Rf4 Rxd6 25.
Rxg4 $16) 20. Rxb7 $13) 19... Nxe5) 18... Qb5 19. hxg4 Qxa4 20. Qd5 Qa5+ (20...
Nd8 $2 21. Rxf7 $18) 21. c3 Qxd5 22. exd5 Rd8 (22... Ne5 23. O-O-O $14 (23.
Bxe5 {Boensch} Bxe5 $10)) (22... Be5 $2 23. Ne4 $16) 23. Ne4 $14 (23. dxc6 $6
Rxd6 24. cxb7 Ke7)) 18. e5 $5 {This temporary rook sacritice allows White to
maintain the initiative.} (18. Nge2 $1 Qxa1+ 19. Kf2 Qb2 20. Rb1 $18) 18...
Nxe5 {This natural move is probably wrong. However, 18...Bxe5 19.Nge4! also
yielded White a strong attack. 18...Qxa1+? was poor in view of 19.Kf2 Qb2 20.
Rb1} (18... Bxg4 {Dolmatov} 19. Rb1 $18) (18... Bxe5 {Dolmatov} 19. Nge4 Qxa1+
20. Kf2 Qb2 (20... Bd4+ {Ftacnik} 21. Kg2 Qb2 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Rb1 $18) 21.
Rb1 $18 (21. Rb1 Bd4+ (21... Qxb1 $6 {Ftacnik} 22. Nxb1 Rd8 (22... f5 23. Bxe5
Nxe5 24. Nd6+ $18) 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. c4 Bxd6 25. Nxd6+ Ke7 26. c5 $16) 22. Kg2
Qxb1 23. Nxb1 f5 24. Bf3 fxe4 25. Bxe4 Bf6 26. Bxg6+ Bf7 27. Qd5 $1 (27. Qe3+ {
Ftacnik} Ne7 28. Bxf7+ Kxf7 29. Qb3+ $14) 27... Bxg6 28. Qe6+ Kd8 29. Qxf6+ Kd7
30. Bg3 $40) (21. Bxe6 {Ftacnik} Bxc3 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. Kg2+ Kg7 24. Nxc3 Rhd8
$17)) (18... Qxa1+ 19. Kf2 Qb2 20. Rb1 Qxb1 21. Nxb1 $16 (21. Nxb1 {Boensch}
Bxg4 22. hxg4 $16)) 19. Rb1 Qxc3 (19... Nc4 $1 {Boensch} 20. Rxb2 (20. Bxe6 $2
Bxc3 21. Bxf7+ Kd7 $19) 20... Nxd2 21. Bxe6 fxe6 (21... Bxc3 $2 22. Bxc8 Nxf1+
23. Kxf1 Bxb2 $16) 22. Rxb7 (22. Kxd2 Bxc3+ 23. Kc1 Bxb2+ 24. Kxb2 $13) 22...
Bxc3 23. Rff7 Ne4+ 24. Kd1 Nxd6 25. Rbe7+ Kd8 26. Rd7+ Ke8 $10) 20. Qxc3 Rxc3
21. Bxe6 fxe6 (21... Rxg3 22. Rxb7 (22. Bxf7+ {Ftacnik} Kd7 $1 (22... Nxf7 23.
Bxg3 $16) 23. Bxe5 Re3+ 24. Kd2 Rxe5 25. Bxg6 $14) 22... fxe6 23. Rxg7 (23.
Re7+ $1 Kd8 24. Rxg7 Rxh3 25. Ra7 Re3+ 26. Kd1 Re8 27. Bc5 Re4 28. Rf2 $16)
23... Rxh3 (23... Re3+ {Boensch} 24. Kd1 Nc4 25. Ra7 Nxd6 26. Ra8+ Kd7 27. Rxh8
Rxh3 $16) 24. Kf2 $1 $18) 22. Rxb7 Nc4 (22... Nd7 23. Ra7 Rc8 24. Ne4 Bd4 25.
Rxa6 $14) 23. Bb4 (23. Bc5 $5) 23... Re3+ (23... Rxg3 24. Rxg7 $16 (24. Rxg7 {
Boensch} Ne3 25. Rff7 Nxc2+ 26. Kf2 Rxh3 27. Ra7 $18)) 24. Ne2 Be5 25. Rff7
Rxh3 $2 {A decisive mistake. Black should have played} (25... Bd6 {, e.g.} 26.
Bxd6 (26. Rg7 $5 $16 {Dolmatov}) 26... Nxd6 27. Rfe7+ (27. Rbe7+ Kd8 28. Rd7+
Ke8 29. Rfe7+ Kf8 30. Kf2 (30. c4 $16 {Ftacnik})) 27... Kf8 {, and despite
White's clear advantage (practically an extra rook) Black still maintains some
chances. Now he loses at once.}) (25... a5 26. Bc5 Re4 27. Rfe7+ Kd8 28. Ra7
Kc8 29. Ra8+ Bb8 30. Ba7 $18) 26. Nd4 $1 Re3+ (26... Bxd4 27. Rfe7+ Kd8 28.
Rb8#) (26... Rh1+ {Boensch} 27. Ke2 Rh2+ 28. Kd3 $18) 27. Kf1 Re4 28. Rfe7+ Kd8
(28... Kf8 29. Nxe6+ Kg8 30. Re8#) 29. Nc6+ (29. Nc6+ Kc8 30. Na7+ Kd8 31.
Rbd7#) 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 {The Sicilian occurred in the Candidates only twice! Apart from this
game Caruana used it in the last round in a must win situation. Karjakin
scored two crucial points against the Sicilian, indicating why the elite
considers 1...e5 safer in such a significant event.} 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 {Karjakin lost the lead in the previous round, now he
wants to get back to the top and goes for a popular and complex system.} e6 {
No wonder Topalov goes for the Scheveningen setup.} ({Last December in London
he lost 2 games after} 6... e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Bg5 (8. g3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 b5 10. Nd5
Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Rb8 12. Be3 Be7 13. Qd2 Nf6 14. O-O O-O 15. Kh2 Bb7 16. Nc3 Rc8
17. a4 b4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 a5 20. Qe2 Bg5 21. Bxg5 Qxg5 22. h4 (22. Qb5
Ba8 23. Qxa5 h4 $1 $44) 22... Qf6 (22... Qe7 23. Qxh5 f5 $44 (23... Rc5 $132))
23. Qb5 Qe7 24. Qxa5 Rxc2 25. Rac1 Rxb2 26. Rb1 Ra2 27. Qxb4 Ba6 28. Qb3 Bxf1
29. Qxa2 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 $14 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2765)-Topalov,V (2803) London
2015}) 8... Be6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Qd3 g6 ({Earlier Black preferred} 
11... Nc6 12. O-O-O g6 {with mixed success.}) 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Kb1 {only
appeared later} Nc5 $142 $5 (13... Rc8 14. Nec3 Rc5 15. Be2 b5 16. a3 Nb6 17.
g4 hxg4 18. Nxb6 Qxb6 19. hxg4 Rxh1 20. Rxh1 Bg7 21. Qe3 Qb7 22. Rd1 Qc7 23. g5
Qc6 24. Rg1 (24. Qg3 $1 {/\} a5 25. Bg4 b4 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Qh3 $1 $36) 24...
Qd7 (24... a5 $1 $132) 25. Qg3 $36 {[%cal Ye2g4] Anand,V (2803)-Topalov,V 
(2803) London 2015}) 14. Qf3 Bg7 15. Nec3 b5 16. Be2 Rb8 17. a3 Bd7 $5 18. Qe3
a5 19. b4 (19. Na2 $5 {is maybe safer, but can hardly give White an advantage
after} Bh6 20. Qf3 Kf8 $13) 19... Ne6 20. g3 Nd4 21. Bd3 Be6 22. f4 axb4 23.
axb4 Ra8 $132 24. f5 gxf5 25. exf5 Nxf5 26. Bxf5 Bxf5 27. g4 $6 (27. Nxb5 O-O
28. g4 $13) 27... hxg4 28. hxg4 Rxh1 29. Rxh1 Be6 $15 {Ganguly,S (2648)-Giri,A
(2784) Doha 2015}) 7. g4 Nfd7 {We'll check the more popular reactions:} (7...
b5 8. Bg2 ({Karjakin would maybe continue as in the game} 8. g5 $5 Nfd7 9. a3
$13) 8... Bb7 9. O-O Nfd7 ({Black avoids the tactics} 9... b4 10. Nd5 $1 $44 {
, or}) (9... Nc6 10. e5 $36) 10. a4 $5 (10. Re1 Nc6 11. e5 d5 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13.
Ne2 Bb7 14. Nd4 Bc5 15. Be3 O-O 16. f4 Qc7 17. c3 Rae8 18. g5 Bb6 19. Kh1 Nc5
20. Rg1 Rc8 21. Rc1 Rfd8 22. h4 Ne4 23. Bf3 Qe7 24. Rg2 b4 $132 {Bruzon
Batista,L (2669)-Bu,X (2695) Danzhou 2015}) 10... b4 11. Na2 a5 12. c3 bxc3 13.
Nxc3 Nc5 14. Ndb5 Be7 15. Be3 Nba6 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Rad1 Qb8 18. f4 Bc6 19. b3
Nb4 20. f5 Re8 21. f6 $1 Bxf6 22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. Nxd6 Nd7 24. Nxe8 Qxe8 25. Qf2
Qf8 26. Rd2 Rc8 27. Ne2 Na6 28. Ng3 $36 {Schnabel,M (2439)-Horvat,M (2456)
email 2013}) (7... h6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. f4 Nc6 10. Be3 Nd7 11. O-O {To avoid these
problems, Black should prefer the safer} O-O (11... Nxd4 12. Qxd4 O-O 13. Qd2
Rb8 14. Ne2 b5 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. f5 Nf6 17. Ng3 Bb7 (17... Re8 18. Bd4 (18. Kh1
$5 {could have been Anand's intention in 2015, according to M.Pavlovic.}) 18...
e5 19. Be3 Bb7 20. Bxh6 gxh6 21. Qxh6 Nh7 22. f6 Bf8 23. Qh5 Qc5+ 24. Kh2 Qe3
25. h4 Qh6 26. Qxh6 Bxh6 27. g5 $16 {Navara,D (2716)-Grischuk,A (2795) Tromso
olm 2014/ For details see the notes to this game in CBM 162.}) 18. Kh1 $5 Rbd8
$2 (18... d5 19. Bf4 (19. e5 Qxe5 20. Bf4 Qxb2 $132) 19... e5 20. Bxh6 gxh6 21.
Qxh6 Rfd8 22. g5 Bf8 23. Qh4 Nxe4 24. Nh5 Rd6 25. Bf3 $1 $44 {[%cal Yf1g1,
Yh5f6]}) 19. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 20. Qxh6 d5 21. g5 Qxg3 22. Rd3 $1 Nh5 23. g6 $18 {
Anand,V (2804)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2723) Stavanger 2015 For more details see
the notes to this game in CBM 167 by M.Pavlovic.}) 12. Nce2 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 (13.
Nxd4 e5 14. Nf5 exf4 15. Bxf4 Ne5 16. Qd2 (16. Qd5 Bxf5 17. exf5 b5 18. Qxa8 $2
(18. Rad1 $11) 18... Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Rxa8 20. Bxa8 Bg5 21. Bxg5 hxg5 22. b3 Qc5
$36 {[%csl Ra8,Ge5,Rh1] Shirov,A (2712)-Korobov,A (2700) Poikovsky 2015}) 16...
Bxf5 17. exf5 Rc8 18. b3 b5 19. Rfe1 Bf6 20. Rad1 Re8 21. Kh1 Rc7 22. c3 Rce7
$132 {Kruse,H (2374)-Riccio,E (2477) email 2010}) 13... b5 14. Ng3 e5 $5 15.
Qd2 exf4 16. Bxf4 Ne5 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Rc8 19. Rad1 Nc4 20. Qc1 Bf6 21. b3
Ne5 22. Qd2 Qb6+ 23. Be3 Qc7 24. Qxd6 Qxc2 25. Qd2 Qc7 26. Qd6 Qa5 27. Qd2 Qc7
$11 {½, Shirov,A (2684)-Anand,V (2784) Zuerich blitz 2016}) ({Black should
gradually equalise after} 7... d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nde2 Bb4 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O
Nxc3 12. Nxc3 Qc7 13. Qd4 Bd6 14. Be3 Bd7 15. Rad1 Bh2+ 16. Kh1 Be5 17. Qb6
Qxb6 18. Bxb6 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Bc6 20. Rd4 Bxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Nc6 22. Rd7 Rab8 23. Rb1
Ne5 24. Rdd1 Rbc8 25. Bd4 Nc6 26. Rxb7 Nxd4 27. Rxd4 Rxc3 $11 {Evtushenko,S 
(2522)-Teichmann,C (2394) email 2013 However, I have a feeling Topalov
probably wanted to win at least one game in Moscow! Instead of gradual
equality, Black goes for a full-blooded fight.}) 8. Be3 {Karjakin develops his
queenside first, intending to hide his king there.} ({Two years ago we examined
} 8. Bg2 Be7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. h4 $5 (10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O-O Nde5 12. Qe2 (12. b3
$5) 12... Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Nc6 14. Be3 b5 15. f4 Bb7 16. Kb1 Rc8 17. g5 Na5 $1 18.
Qe1 Qc7 19. Rc1 Nc4 20. Nd1 d5 21. exd5 Rfd8 $36 {Radjabov,T (2738)-Duda,J 
(2658) Berlin rpd 2015}) 10... Nde5 11. g5 Nc4 $5 ({More concrete and better
than} 11... Bd7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. b3 f5 14. f4 Ng4 15. Qe2 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 fxe4
17. O-O-O d5 18. Nxe4 Ba3+ 19. Kb1 Qe7 20. Nf2 Bc5 21. Qg3 Bxf2 22. Qxf2 O-O
23. Qd4 Rf5 24. Rde1 $14 {Anand,V (2770)-Topalov,V (2785)/Candidates
Khanty-Mansiysk/2014/ See the notes to this game by Anand in CBM 160.}) 12. Bc1
O-O 13. b3 (13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. b3 Nb6 15. Bb2 a5 16. Ne2 Ba6 17. Ng3 d5 18. Qd4
Bb4+ 19. Kd1 {Stevic,H (2613)-Yilmaz,M (2564)/Sarajevo/2014/} f6 $5 $13 {/=/+})
13... Qa5 14. Nde2 N4e5 $5 (14... Na3 15. O-O b5 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. Qc1 b4 18. Na4
{Nestorovic,N (2461)-Hajbok,R (2367)/Kazan/2013/} Nb5 $11) 15. f4 (15. h5 $5)
15... Ng4 $1 16. Bf3 h5 17. Bxg4 hxg4 18. Qd2 d5 19. exd5 Rd8 20. a3 exd5 21.
Na4 Qc7 22. h5 b5 23. h6 gxh6 24. Bb2 d4 $17 {Stevic,H (2619)-Tadic,B (2505)/
Neum/2014/}) (8. g5 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. h4 ({We will consider} 10. Be3 $5 {
in the following note.}) 10... Nb6 11. h5 N8d7 {leads to a line from the Keres
Attack, but with a tempo up for White. As he has played h2-h4, his bishop is
already on e3 and this enables the powerful temporary rook sacrifice 12.g6!
hxg6 13.hxg6. Here he needs the preparatory} 12. Rh3 Nc5 (12... d5 $142 $5 13.
g6 e5 $13) 13. g6 (13. Qg4 e5 14. Nf5 g6 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Be3 Rc8 17. O-O-O
Qd7 18. Nh6 Bxh6 19. Qxd7+ Nbxd7 20. Rxh6 Nxe4 21. Bg2 Nxc3 22. Bxb7 Nxd1 23.
Bxc8 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Nc5 25. b4 O-O 26. bxc5 Rxc8 27. cxd6 Rd8 $15 {Gopal,G 
(2580)-Areshchenko,A (2666) Al Ain 2014}) 13... hxg6 14. hxg6 Rxh3 15. gxf7+
Kxf7 16. Bxh3 e5 17. Qh5+ g6 18. Qh7+ Bg7 19. Ne6 Qh8 20. Ng5+ Kf6 21. b3 Qxh7
22. Nxh7+ Kf7 23. Be3 Rh8 24. Ng5+ Ke7 25. O-O-O $14 {Volokitin,A (2628)
-Kuzubov,Y (2640) Lvov 2015}) 8... Be7 ({Black usually plays the immediate} 
8... b5 {and now:} 9. a3 (9. a4 $6 b4 10. Na2 Bb7 11. Bg2 {allows} Nc5 $1 {
Contrary to the note to move 7 here White hasn't castled yet and has no
comfortable way to protect the Pe4, Black had an edge after} 12. Nxb4 Nxe4 13.
O-O d5 14. c3 Be7 15. f3 Nd6 16. f4 Nc4 17. Bf2 a5 18. Nd3 Nd7 19. Qe2 O-O 20.
f5 e5 21. Nb5 e4 22. Nf4 Bg5 23. Bd4 Qb8 $36 {Potkin,V (2585)-Artemiev,V (2674)
Moscow 2016}) (9. Bg2 Bb7 10. Qd2 Nb6 11. b3 N8d7 12. O-O Rc8 (12... Be7 13. f4
O-O 14. f5 $1 b4 15. Nce2 e5 16. f6 Bxf6 17. Nf5 $36 a5 18. Neg3 g6 19. Nh6+ $5
Kg7 20. g5 Be7 21. Ngf5+ $1 gxf5 22. exf5 Bxg2 23. Qxg2 Rc8 24. f6+ Kh8 {
Horvath,A (2536)-Kuzubov,Y (2667) Abu Dhabi 2014} 25. fxe7 Qxe7 26. Bxb6 Nxb6
27. Rf6 $40) 13. f4 Qc7 14. Nce2 e5 15. Nf5 g6 16. Nfg3 Qxc2 17. Qa5 exf4 $6 (
17... Qc7 $142 $1 $13 {is unclear.}) 18. Nxf4 Bg7 19. Rac1 Qb2 20. Nd3 $6 (20.
Nfe2 $1 {[%cal Re3b6] practically forces Black to play} Rc5 $16) 20... Bc3 $1
21. Nxb2 Bxa5 22. Nd3 Bc3 23. Ne2 Bg7 24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 25. Rc1 Kd8 26. Nd4 Bxd4
27. Bxd4 Re8 $15 {Andriasian,Z (2612)-Raznikov,D (2494) Jerusalem 2015}) 9...
Bb7 10. g5 {once again resembles the Keres without h6:} Nb6 11. Qg4 (11. h4
N8d7 12. Bg2 Rc8 13. Nde2 Be7 14. b3 h6 15. Qd2 Qc7 16. Bd4 e5 17. Be3 hxg5 18.
hxg5 Rxh1+ 19. Bxh1 f5 20. gxf6 Nxf6 21. Bg2 Nbd7 22. O-O-O Nc5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5
24. Kb2 a5 $132 {Adams,M (2742)-Ragger,M (2695) Germany 2016}) 11... N8d7 12.
O-O-O Ne5 (12... g6 13. h4 Rc8 14. h5 Ne5 15. Qh3 Rxc3 16. bxc3 Bxe4 17. hxg6
Bxg6 18. f4 Nd5 19. Nxe6 $1 $16 Qa5 20. Rxd5 Qxc3 {Shirov,A (2708)-Al Sayed,M 
(2507) Caleta 2013} 21. Nd4 $18) 13. Qg3 Nec4 14. f4 Rc8 15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Rd3
(16. f5 $5) 16... g6 17. Rhd1 Bg7 18. e5 d5 19. Kb1 Qc7 20. Bc1 Bf8 $132 {
Milde,L (2061)-Huerga,A (2174) LSS email 2013}) 9. g5 b5 (9... Bxg5 $2 {
fails to} 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. Qh5+ $16) (9... Nc6 10. h4 {is again a Keres
Attack with an extra tempo. While the position is probably unclear, in
practice it's easier to handle with White.}) 10. a3 Bb7 11. h4 O-O {
Provocative.} ({Black usually postpones castling with} 11... Nc6 12. Qd2 (12.
Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qd4 O-O 14. O-O-O Rb8 $132 {[%cal Ya6a5,Yb5b4]}) 12... Rc8 13.
Nxc6 (13. O-O-O b4 $1 14. axb4 Nxb4 15. Nb3 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 Rxc2+ 17. Qxc2 Nxc2
18. Kxc2 O-O 19. Nc3 Qa8 20. Be2 Qb7 21. Na5 Qc7 22. Ra1 d5 23. Nb3 e5 $15 {
Hovhannisyan,R (2623)-Zhigalko,S (2664) Martuni 2013}) (13. Rh3 b4 14. axb4
Nxb4 15. Nce2 a5 16. c3 Nc6 17. Nb5 Nc5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Rd3 Qb6 20. Nd6+ Bxd6
21. Rxd6 O-O 22. f4 Rcd8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Qc2 c4 $36 {[%csl Re1] Demchenko,A 
(2583)-Gelfand,B (2735) Moscow 2016}) 13... Rxc6 14. O-O-O O-O 15. h5 Qa5 ({
Not even} 15... Ne5 16. h6 g6 17. Qd4 f6 18. f4 Nc4 19. f5 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Rc5
21. fxg6 hxg6 $13 {Pichot,A (2517)-Cheparinov,I (2682) Antofagasta 2016}) 16.
Kb1 Rxc3 $5 17. Qxc3 Qxc3 18. bxc3 Bxe4 19. Rh4 Bf3 20. Re1 Ne5 $44 {
Bromberger,S (2532)-Cheparinov,I (2684) Reykjavik 2016 Isn't Cheparinov
Topalov's second anymore?}) 12. Qd2 {Development first.} (12. f4 Nc6 13. Rh3
Rc8 14. f5 Nxd4 (14... Nce5 $5 {/\} 15. fxe6 Rxc3 $1 16. bxc3 Nc5 $36 {[%csl
Re1]}) 15. Qxd4 Nc5 16. Bd2 Re8 17. O-O-O Qc7 18. f6 Bf8 19. Bd3 Qb6 20. Kb1
Na4 21. Qxb6 Nxb6 22. Ne2 Nd7 23. Rf1 Ne5 24. Nf4 Nd7 25. Nh5 $36 {Grischuk,A 
(2797)-Dominguez Perez,L (2751) Baku 2014 Although White won, the notes by
Havasi in CBM 163 show Black missed several improvements on the way.}) 12...
Nb6 $146 {[%mdl 8]} ({Veselin had bad memories of} 12... Nc6 13. O-O-O Nxd4 14.
Bxd4 Rc8 (14... Bc6 15. f4 Rb8 16. f5 exf5 17. Bg2 f4 18. Nd5 a5 19. Qxf4 Bxd5
20. exd5 b4 21. a4 Qc7 22. b3 Rbc8 23. Rd2 Ne5 24. Kb1 f6 25. Qf5 Qd7 26. Qxd7
Nxd7 27. Bh3 $16 {Demchenko,A (2589)-Gabrielian,A (2576) Iasi 2015}) 15. Rg1
Ne5 16. Qe3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. f4 Re8 19. f5 Bf8 20. f6 e5 21. Bb6 $40 {
Vallejo Pons,F (2697)-Topalov,V (2752) Leon rpd 2012 White has a lead in his
attack and went on to win.}) ({Postal games saw Black successfully adopting
the central counter} 12... d5 $5 13. exd5 (13. h5 dxe4 14. g6 Ne5 15. O-O-O
Nbc6 16. h6 fxg6 17. hxg7 Rf7 18. Bh3 Nc4 19. Nxc6 Qxd2+ 20. Bxd2 Bxc6 21. Bxe6
e3 22. fxe3 Bxh1 23. Rxh1 Bf6 24. Rf1 Kxg7 25. Bxf7 Nxd2 26. Kxd2 Bxc3+ 27.
bxc3 Rf8 28. c4 Rxf7 29. Rxf7+ Kxf7 {½, Lovakovic,F (2272)-Ilyin,P (2255)
email 2012}) 13... Nb6 14. Rg1 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. h5 (16. O-O-O Nc6 17.
Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Bg2 Bxg2 19. Rxg2 Qxd2+ 20. Rxd2 Rad8 $11 {½, Korzh,L (2089)
-Lubas,J (2061) email 2014}) 16... Qc7 17. Nf5 Nc6 18. Bf4 Qb7 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7
20. O-O-O b4 21. Qe3 bxa3 22. bxa3 Rac8 $132 {Zolochevsky,V (2349)-Baldin,V 
(2332) email 2012}) 13. h5 {Natural enough, but the more energetic} (13. g6 $5
{also deserved attention:} {/\} hxg6 14. h5 $36) 13... N8d7 14. g6 Ne5 {
The knight aims for c4, while e6 is indirectly protected due to the fork on f3.
} ({However, the typical} 14... Bf6 $132 {was also interesting.}) ({, or the
more concrete} 14... Nc5 $5 15. Rg1 (15. O-O-O Nxe4 $1 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. gxf7+
Rxf7 18. Nxe6 Qc8 $17) 15... Bf6 $13) 15. O-O-O {Karjakin finishes his
development, contrary to Caruana-Nakamura, Moscow 2016 White's major pieces
will be able to support his bayonet attack.} ({The direct} 15. h6 fxg6 16. Bh3
(16. hxg7 Re8 $5) 16... Rf6 17. O-O-O (17. Bxe6+ Rxe6 18. Nxe6 Nf3+ 19. Kd1 Qc8
$36) 17... Nbc4 18. Qe1 Qa5 $13 {leads to immense complications, which are
almost impossible to evaluate correctly over the board. One plausible
follow-up is} {/\} 19. Bxe6+ (19. Bg5 $5) 19... Rxe6 20. Nxe6 Nxb2 21. Kxb2
Nc4+ 22. Kb1 Nxa3+ $1 (22... Qxa3 23. Bc1 Qb4+ $11) 23. Kc1 Rc8 24. Rd3 b4 $40)
15... Nbc4 16. Bxc4 ({Swaps a potential attacking unit, but after} 16. Qe2 Bf6
17. Bh3 Bc8 {Black's knights are alive and dangerous, e.g.} 18. gxf7+ Rxf7 19.
Bxe6 $6 Bxe6 20. Nxe6 Qa5 $44 {[%cal Rc4b2] /\Nb2}) 16... Nxc4 17. Qe2 Rc8 $2 {
The Sicilian is often about one mistake, which can often be irredeemable.} (
17... Nxe3 $6 18. fxe3 $1 (18. Qxe3 Bg5 19. f4 Bh6 20. Kb1 Qe7 $132) {opens
the <->f and also isn't ideal:} 18... Bf6 19. h6 hxg6 20. Qh2 {-> /\} Re8 21.
hxg7 Bxg7 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Rhg1 {[%cal Rg1g6]} Bxd4 24. exd4 Qf6 25. Rdf1 Qg7
26. Qxg6 Qxg6 27. Rxg6 $16) (17... Bf6 $142 $1 {Adams,M (2741)-Kasparov,G 
(2804) Linares 22nd 2005 (12) 0-1 retains the tension and is a typical move in
similar situations - see} 18. Qg4 (18. h6 {gives Black a choice between} fxg6
$5 (18... hxg6 19. hxg7 Bxg7 $13) 19. Nxe6 Qe7 20. Nxf8 Bxc3 $132) 18... Qe7 $5
$13 {/\} ({The Pe6 still requires protection:} 18... Rc8 $2 19. h6 hxg6 20.
Nxe6 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Qd7 22. hxg7 Bxg7 23. Qh3 fxe6 24. Qh7+ Kf7 25. Rdg1 Ke8 26.
Qxg6+ Rf7 27. Rh7 Kf8 28. Qh5 $1 {[%cal Rh7g7]} Rf6 (28... Bxc3 29. Qh6+ Ke7
30. Rxf7+ Kxf7 31. Rf1+ Kg8 32. bxc3 $18) 29. Qh4 $1 Rc7 30. Rhxg7 Qxg7 31.
Rxg7 Kxg7 32. Qg3+ $18) 19. Rdg1 h6) 18. h6 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] This break
comes at the exactly right moment. White's Q and rooks are ready to pounce on
the hapless enemy king; the attack is simply too powerful.} fxg6 {loses
material without compensation.} ({However,} 18... hxg6 {is hopeless:} 19. hxg7
Re8 (19... Kxg7 20. Bh6+ Kg8 21. Rdg1 {[%cal Re2h5,Rd4e6]}) 20. Qf3 $40 (20.
Nxe6 $5 fxe6 21. Rdg1 $18 {[%csl Rg8]})) 19. Nxe6 Qd7 (19... Qa5 20. hxg7 Rfe8
21. Rxh7 $1 $18 {and taking the R leads to a quick mate after} Kxh7 22. Rh1+
Kg8 23. Qg4 Kf7 (23... Ne5 24. Qf4) 24. Rh7 Rg8 25. Nf4 $18) 20. Nxf8 (20. hxg7
Rf7 21. Nc5 $16 {is good for White, but the text move is far simpler. Topalov
allegedly overlooked it, a definite sign he was totally out of form in Moscow.}
) 20... Bxf8 21. hxg7 Bxg7 22. Bd4 a5 ({After} 22... Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Nxa3 {
the computer solution is} 24. bxa3 $5 Rxc3 25. Rhd1 $18 {White's win is a
matter of technique.}) 23. Bxg7 Qxg7 24. Qg4 Re8 25. Qg5 Bc6 26. Qh6 Qh8 (26...
Bxe4 27. Qxg7+ Kxg7 28. Rhe1 Bc6 29. Rxe8 Bxe8 30. Rd4 $18 {[%cal Ra3a4]}) 27.
b3 $5 ({With an extra exchange White sees no need for} 27. Rh4 b4 28. Rd4 $1
$18 {and first of all strives to stop any meaningful counterplay.}) 27... Nxa3
{Endgames are hopeless:} (27... Qxc3 28. Qxh7+ Kf8 29. Qh8+ {as well as} Qxh8
30. Rxh8+ Ke7 31. Rxe8+ Bxe8 32. bxc4 $18) (27... Bxe4 28. bxc4 (28. Rh3 $5)
28... Bxh1 29. Rxh1 {/\} Qxc3 30. Qxh7+ Kf8 31. Qh8+ Qxh8 32. Rxh8+ Ke7 33.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 34. cxb5 $18) 28. Rh3 (28. Qh3 $5 $18) 28... Bd7 29. Rg3 Qf6 30. Rh1
(30. Rdg1 $142 $1 Re6 31. f4 $18 {[%cal Rf4f5]}) 30... Re7 31. Qh4 Qg7 {
This loses by force.} ({A more resilient try was} 31... Qxh4 32. Rxh4 Bc6 {
, but in the endgame White should gradually convert his extra exchange in the
long run.}) 32. Nd5 Rf7 (32... Qa1+ 33. Kd2 Qd4+ 34. Rd3 $18) 33. Qd8+ Qf8 (
33... Rf8 34. Ne7+ $18 {so Black can't avoid the queen swap anyway. But now
White already has a better choice...}) 34. Qxa5 Nxc2 35. Qc3 (35. Qc3 Rxf2 36.
Rxg6+ hxg6 37. Rh8+ Kf7 38. Rh7+ $5 (38. Rxf8+ Kxf8 39. Qh8+ Kf7 40. Qh7+)
38... Ke8 39. Qc7 Rf1+ 40. Kb2 {and White mates after the checks run out.}) 1-0

[Event "Ostrava m"]
[Site "Ostrava"]
[Date "1998.11.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.11.14"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 384] A really fabulous and exciting game, in which finally active
defence triumphs over a desperate, but dangerous attack.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3.
d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 {Shirov added the Scheveningen to his Sicilian
repertoire only lately, earlier he trusted predominantly the Rauzer. But
perhaps the several losses to J.Polgar have discouraged him.} 6. g4 h6 7. Be3
a6 {This position usually arises after a Najdorf move order 5...a6 6.Be3 e6 7.
g4 h6.} ({A viable alternative is} 7... Nc6) (7... e5 $143 $6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Nf5 g6 11. Nxh6 Bxh6 12. Bxh6 Nxg4 13. Bg5 $32 {/\} f6 14. f3 $1
$14 {/+/-}) 8. Bg2 {It's interesting to follow the history of this now very
popular line. In the early eighties this position arose seldom and White
usually played 8.Rg1 in the spirit of the Keres attack, or the more
extravagant 8.Qf3!? Later the "English attack" with 8.f3 became heavily
discussed. But a real impulse for the development of this variation came only
after Topalov's sensational first win against Kasparov in 1994, after that
everybody started playing} (8. f4 {The boom lasted till 1998, when the
champion came up with} e5 (8... Nc6 9. Be2 e5 10. Nf5 g6 11. Ng3 exf4 12. Bxf4
Be6 13. Rf1 Rc8 14. h3 Qb6 15. Qd2 Bg7 16. Bxd6 Nxg4 17. Bxg4 Qxb2 18. e5 Nxe5
19. Rb1 Qxc3 20. Qxc3 Rxc3 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Rxb7 Nc4 23. Bb4 Re3+ 24. Ne2 Be5
25. Rff7 Rxh3 26. Nd4 Re3+ 27. Kf1 Re4 28. Rfe7+ Kd8 29. Nc6+ {1-0,Topalov,
V-Kasparov,G/Moscow olm/1994/}) 9. Nf5 h5 $1 10. Nd5 $5 {This is the latest
wrinkle} (10. gxh5 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nxh5 12. Nxd6+ Bxd6 13. Bxd6 Qh4+ 14. Kd2 Qg5+
15. Ke1 Qh4+ 16. Kd2 Qg5+ 17. Ke1 Qh4+ {1/2,Shirov,A-Kasparov,G/Linares/1998/})
(10. g5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bxf5 12. Bg2 Nc6 13. O-O Qd7 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. Bf4 Be7
16. Nxd6+ Bxd6 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Qxd7+ Kxd7 19. Rxf5 f6 20. Bxb7 Ra7 21. Bd5
Bxb2 22. Rd1 Be5 23. gxf6 gxf6 24. Rxh5 Rxh5 25. Bf7+ Kc6 26. Bxh5 {1/2,Leko,
P-Shirov,A/Polanica Zdroj/1998/}) 10... Nxd5 11. Qxd5 g6 12. Bc4 (12. O-O-O $2
gxf5 13. exf5 Nc6 14. Bc4 Qf6 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. g5 Qxf5 17. Bb3 Qf3 18. Qd2 Qc6
19. Rhf1 Be6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Rf6 O-O-O 22. Rxe6 Bg7 {0-1,Svidler,P-Topalov,V/
Elista olm/1998/}) 12... Rh7 ({Perhaps playable is even} 12... Qc7 $5 13. Bb6
Qxb6 14. Qxf7+ Kd8 15. Qf6+ Kc7 16. O-O-O $1 (16. Qxh8 $143 Qb4+ $36) 16...
gxf5 17. Qxh8 Nd7 $13) 13. Ng3 hxg4 14. f5 gxf5 15. exf5 Nd7 16. O-O-O Nf6 17.
Qg2 Bd7 18. Qxb7 Qc8 19. Qxc8+ Rxc8 20. Bxa6 Ra8 21. Bb7 Rxa2 22. Kb1 Ra5 23.
Bg5 Ra7 $132 {1/2,Nijboer,F-Dorfman,J/Escaldes zt/1998/ Although these
complications are far from clear, White started looking for alternatives.}) ({
Somewhat passive is} 8. h3 b5 $1 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. a3 Nbd7 11. Nde2 g5 12. f4 gxf4
13. Nxf4 Ne5 14. Nd3 Nfd7 15. O-O Be7 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 Bg5 18. Bf2 Bh4 19.
Bxh4 Qxh4 20. Nf4 h5 $5 21. Nxh5 Ke7 22. Rd4 Rag8 $44 {Spasov,V-Lutz,C/Elista
olm/1998/ So White came to the older move in the text, enriched by a few new
ideas.}) 8... Nc6 ({Extremely risky is accepting the N-sacrifice with} 8... e5
9. Nf5 g6 10. Qe2 $1 gxf5 11. exf5 $44 Rg8 12. h3 Bd7 13. Bxb7 Bc6 14. Bxa8
Bxa8 15. Rg1 Qa5 16. O-O-O Nbd7 17. f4 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. a3 Bc6 20. Qc4 Qb5
21. Qc3 e4 (21... Nf6 22. fxe5 Nd5 23. Rxd5 $1 Qxd5 24. Rd1 $16 {->}) 22. g5
$16 {Bologan,V-Novgorodskij,V/St.Petersburg/1996/}) 9. h3 Ne5 {Ambitious.} ({
Dubious seems} 9... Qa5 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 e5 12. Qd2 Be6 13. f5 Bd7 14.
O-O-O Rc8 15. Rhe1 (15. Kb1 $5 $14) 15... Be7 16. Kb1 Rc4 17. Qf2 Rxc3 18. bxc3
$13 {1/2,Hracek,Z-Novikov,I/Koszalin/1998/}) (9... g5 $143 10. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 11.
e5 Nd5 12. Bd4 dxe5 13. Bxe5 f6 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Bc3 Qe7+ 16. Kf1 Bg7 17. Qd2
Be6 18. Re1 Qd7 19. f4 O-O 20. f5 Bf7 {Almasi,Z-Shirov,A/Senec ECC/1998/} 21.
Bd4 $36 {[%csl Rf7,Rg7] ץf7,g7 Black's B make a pathetic impression.} (21. b4
$5)) ({Interesting is the more solid} 9... Bd7 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. f4 Qc7 12. Nxc6
(12. O-O Be7 13. Rad1 O-O 14. Bf3 b5 15. a3 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 e5 17. Be3 exf4 18.
Bxf4 Be6 19. Qh2 b4 20. axb4 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Qxb4 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. c3 Qb6 24. exd5
Nd7 25. Be4 Rb8 26. b4 a5 $11 {Peelen,P-Brenninkmeijer,J/Wijk aan Zee/1990/})
12... Bxc6 13. O-O-O b5 14. a3 Be7 15. h4 h5 16. gxh5 Nxh5 17. Rh3 Nf6 18. f5
e5 19. h5 Qb7 20. Bg5 Nh7 21. Bxe7 Kxe7 22. h6 gxh6 23. Qd2 Qc7 24. Qxh6 Nf6
25. Qxh8 Rxh8 26. Rxh8 Qb7 $132 {Rogers,I-Brenninkmeijer,J/Groningen/1989/})
10. Qe2 Qc7 (10... g5 $5 {This is now more justified than a move earlier,
although still quite unclear.} 11. f4 (11. O-O-O $5) 11... gxf4 12. Bxf4 Qc7 $5
(12... Bd7 13. Nf3 Qc7 14. O-O-O Be7 15. Qf2 Bc6 (15... O-O-O 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17.
Be3 Rdf8 (17... Be8 $2 18. Bb6 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Qc6 20. Bd8 $1 $18) 18. Bb6 Qc6
19. Rd3 Kb8 20. b3 $5 {/\Na4|^,עb8}) 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Be3 Nd7 18. h4 Bb4 19.
Rd3 Bb5 20. Nxb5 axb5 21. a3 Bc5 22. Rhd1 Bxe3+ 23. Qxe3 Nb6 24. Qf2 b4 25. Qf6
$40 {Movsesian,S-Stocek,J/CZE-chT/1997/}) 13. O-O-O b5 14. Nb1 $6 Bb7 15. Nd2
Rc8 16. Bg3 Be7 17. Kb1 Nfd7 18. Rhf1 h5 19. gxh5 Nf6 20. N2f3 Nc4 21. Ng5 Nxb2
$1 $17 {Gdanski,J-Adorjan,A/Debrecen EU-chT/1992/}) 11. f4 Nc4 12. O-O-O (12.
Bc1 e5 13. Nf5 exf4 (13... g6 14. Ne3 $14) 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5+ Kd8 $5 $13 (
15... Ne5 16. Bxf4 Bxf5 17. gxf5 Be7 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. O-O-O $14 {^-|^})) 12...
Bd7 (12... Nxe3 $143 13. Qxe3 $32 {/\e5-> Black can't afford this exchange
which furthers White's development.}) 13. Kb1 {White creates room for his B.} (
{Too passive is} 13. Bf2 $6 e5 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Nf5 Nxb2 $1 16. Nxg7+ (16.
Kxb2 Ba3+ $1 17. Kb3 Qa5 $17) 16... Bxg7 17. Kxb2 Rc8 18. Rd3 Be6 19. Qd2 Qc4
20. Rd1 O-O 21. Rb1 b5 $40 {Miron,T-Dumitrescu,D/ROM-chT/1994/}) 13... Rc8 {
[%cal Rc4b2]} (13... Nxe3 $6 14. Qxe3 O-O-O 15. e5 Ne8 16. Rhf1 $32 {|^,/\} Be7
$6 17. Nf5 $1) 14. Bc1 b5 ({Black must be careful about his K on e8:} 14... e5
$6 15. Nf5 exf4 16. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 17. exd5+ Ne5 18. Bxf4 Bxf5 19. gxf5 Be7 20.
Bxe5 dxe5 21. f6 $5 gxf6 (21... Bxf6 22. d6 Qd7 23. Bxb7 $1 $16) 22. Be4 $44 {
^-->,/\Bf5,Rhg1,עe8}) 15. Rhe1 Be7 (15... b4 $2 16. Nd5 exd5 17. exd5+ Kd8 18.
Nc6+ Bxc6 19. dxc6 {/\Qc4,g5+-}) 16. g5 $6 {Being 2 points down in a 6-game
match White decides to throw strategy to the winds and go for it. An
understandable, but objectively bad decision.} ({Nearly the same goes for} 16.
e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nh7 {><e5 If White doesn't do something quick, he has
problems defending Pe5, but the violent tries seem to fail:} 18. Nd5 (18. b3 $6
Bb4 19. Rd3 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Na3+ 21. Bxa3 Qxc3 $17 {/\b4}) (18. Nf5 exf5 19. Nd5
Qc5 $1 {[]} (19... Qd8 $143 20. gxf5 {->,/\f6,e6} Bxf5 21. Nf6+ gxf6 22. exf6
Be6 (22... Qc7 $2 23. Bc6+ $1 Kf8 24. Bxh6+ Kg8 25. Qg2+ Bg6 26. Qxg6+ $1 fxg6
27. Bd5#) 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Qh5 $40) 20. b4 $8 {A serious weakening, but
otherwise White can't continue his attack.} Qa7 21. Nf6+ gxf6 22. exf6 Be6 (
22... O-O $5 23. fxe7 Rfe8 24. Qd3 Bc6 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 26. Qd8 Nf6 27. g5 hxg5
28. Bxg5 Na3+ 29. Kb2 Rxc2+ 30. Kxa3 Qf2 $1 $40) 23. gxf5 (23. fxe7 $143 fxg4
$1 24. Bc6+ Rxc6 25. Rd8+ Kxe7 26. Rxh8 Nf6 $19) 23... Bxf6 {White's attack
seems desparate, but Black must be careful nevertheless.} (23... Bxb4 $2 24.
fxe6 Nxf6 25. exf7+ Kxf7 26. Bd5+ $1 $40) 24. fxe6 O-O $1 (24... Ng5 $6 25.
exf7+ Kxf7 26. h4 $1 $40) 25. Rd7 Rc7 26. exf7+ (26. Bxh6 Rxd7 $5 27. exd7 Qxd7
$17) 26... Kh8 {/\} 27. Rxc7 Qxc7 28. Bxh6 Na3+ 29. Kc1 Qc3 $1 30. Bxf8 Bg5+
31. Kd1 Qa1#) 18... exd5 19. e6 fxe6 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Qxe6 Nf6 $5 (21... Kf8
22. Bxd5 Na3+ 23. bxa3 Qxc2+ 24. Ka1 Bf6+ 25. Re5 Bxe5+ 26. Qxe5 Qxd1 (26...
Qc3+ 27. Qxc3 Rxc3 28. Bd2 Rxh3 29. Re1 $1 $40) 27. Qd6+ Ke8 28. Qe6+ $1 (28.
Bc6+ Rxc6 29. Qxd1 Nf6 $15) 28... Kd8 29. Qd6+ $11) 22. Bxd5 (22. Rxd5 $5)
22... Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Rf8 $1 24. Qxa6 (24. Qg6+ Rf7 25. Rf5 Nd6 $19) 24... Rf6
25. Qxb5+ Kf8 $40 {/\Rb8,Na3! and although White already has enough for the
piece, Black's counterattack is too strong.}) ({Therefore it's necessary to
agree with the winner that} 16. b3 $142 $1 Nb6 17. Rd3 (17. Bb2 $6 b4 18. Nd5
exd5 19. Nf5 (19. exd5 O-O 20. Qxe7 Rfe8 $19) 19... Bxf5 20. exf5 Kf8 $17)
17... b4 18. Nd1 {Now it's Black who must look for a plan, his Ke8 has no
suitable hideout.} e5 (18... O-O 19. g5 $40 {is very risky to say the least.})
19. Nf5 ({Also possible is} 19. fxe5 $5 dxe5 20. Nf5 Bf8 (20... Bxf5 21. exf5
e4 (21... O-O 22. Nf2 $16 {/\h4,g5->>>}) 22. Bxe4 $1 Nxe4 23. Re3 $16) 21. c4
$5 $36) 19... Bxf5 20. exf5 (20. fxe5 $2 Bxg4 $1 $17) (20. gxf5 $143 $6 Nfd7
$13 {ץg2}) 20... e4 21. Rd2 d5 22. Qxa6 (22. Ne3 $5) 22... O-O $14) (16. Rd3
$5 {is similar.}) 16... hxg5 17. fxg5 Nh5 18. g6 $2 {Burns the bridges in the
spirit of 16.g5?!} (18. Nf5 exf5 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. exf5 Ne5 $19 {leads nowhere.})
(18. Qf2 $142 b4 19. Nce2 Ne5 $15 {[%csl Ge5] Although Black has a nice
position with the powerful Ne5, the game is far from decided yet.}) 18... fxg6
19. Bf3 $5 {White sacrifices a piece, as passive defence} (19. Qd3 Ne5 20. Qe3
g5 $5 $17 {couldn't save the game in the long run.}) (19. Qg4 Ne5 20. Nxe6 Qc4
$19 {just loses material for nothing.} (20... Qxc3 $19)) 19... b4 ({Shirov is
ambitious and doesn't content himself with} 19... Ne5 $17) 20. Bxh5 (20. Qg2 {
is not a transposition due to} bxc3 21. Bxh5 (21. Qxg6+ Kd8 22. Bxh5 cxb2 23.
Bxb2 (23. Bg5 Na3+ 24. Kxb2 Qc3+ 25. Kc1 Qxc2+ $1 26. Nxc2 Rxc2#) 23... Rb8 24.
Nb3 Nxb2 25. Kxb2 Be8 $19) 21... cxb2 $1 (21... gxh5 {-20.Bh5}) 22. Bxg6+ Kd8
23. Bxb2 Nxb2 24. Kxb2 Bf6 $40) 20... gxh5 (20... Rxh5 $6 21. Qg2 {/\Nce2
saves the N.}) 21. Qg2 $1 {[]} (21. b3 bxc3 22. bxc4 Qxc4 23. Qg2 O-O $19)
21... bxc3 $5 {Ambitious, optimistic and very risky, although possibly the
best.} ({Probably 9 players out of 10 would have chosen the more practical and
safer} 21... O-O $17) (21... Bf6 $5 22. Qg6+ Kd8 $17) 22. Qxg7 Rf8 23. Bg5 $1 (
23. Rf1 $143 Qb6 24. b3 Nd2+ $1 25. Bxd2 cxd2 $19 {and Black's K should be
able to escape via d8.}) 23... Rf7 $6 {Already the first step in the wrong
direction. Black should have tried to avoid perpetual by} (23... Bxg5 $5 24.
Qg6+ (24. Qxg5 $143 Qb6 $19) 24... Ke7 $1 (24... Rf7 25. Rf1 Ne5 26. Qg8+ Ke7
27. Qxg5+ Kf8 28. Qxh5 $11 {guarantees White at least a draw.}) 25. Qxg5+ Rf6
26. e5 $5 (26. Rf1 Rcf8 27. Rxf6 Rxf6 28. Rf1 $2 Nd2+ $19) (26. Qg7+ Rf7 27.
Qg5+ Kf8 28. Qh6+ Ke8 29. Rg1 (29. Nxe6 Na3+ $1 $19 {leads to mate.}) 29... Qc5
$3 {[]} (29... Nd2+ 30. Rxd2 cxd2 31. Rg8+ Ke7 32. Qg5+ Rf6 33. Rg7+ Ke8 34.
Qxh5+ Kd8 35. Nxe6+ $3 Bxe6 (35... Rxe6 36. Qh4+) 36. Qh8+ $18) 30. e5 (30.
Rg8+ Ke7 31. Nf5+ Rxf5 32. Rxc8 Na3+ $1 33. Kc1 cxb2+ 34. Kxb2 Nc4+ 35. Kc3
Rf3+ $19) 30... Qxe5 31. Rg8+ Ke7 32. Rxc8 Nd2+ $1 $19) 26... dxe5 (26... Nxe5
$2 27. Rf1 Rcf8 28. Rxf6 Rxf6 29. Rf1 $18) 27. Rf1 Rcf8 28. Rxf6 Rxf6 29. Qg7+
Rf7 30. Qg5+ Kf8 $1 (30... Ke8 31. Qg8+ Rf8 32. Qg6+ {/\} Kd8 $4 33. Nxe6+ $18)
31. Nxe6+ Bxe6 32. Rd8+ Qxd8 33. Qxd8+ Kg7 34. Qg5+ Kh7 $1 35. Qxh5+ Kg8 $1 36.
Qg6+ (36. Qg5+ Rg7 37. Qd8+ Kf7 $19) 36... Kf8 $19 {and suddenly it's White,
who can't avoid mate. On the correctness of these lines depends the evaluation
of 21...bxc3!?}) 24. Qg8+ Bf8 $2 {Consistent, but now it's already Black, who
has to be careful.} (24... Rf8 $142 $5 25. Qg6+ Kd8 {gives Black reasonable
chances to reach the lines above, e.g.} 26. Rf1 Rxf1 27. Qg8+ Be8 28. Rxf1 Qb6
29. Bxe7+ Kc7 $1 $19 (29... Kxe7 $4 30. Qg7+ $18)) 25. Rf1 (25. b3 $2 Rg7 $19)
25... Bc6 (25... Ne5 $2 26. Rxf7 Nxf7 27. Rf1 $18) 26. Nxc6 $2 {Now the
counterattack will triumph.} ({Somewhat better, but also insufficient was} 26.
Qg6 $5 Qd7 27. Rf6 (27. Nxe6 $2 Ne5 $19) (27. b3 Ne5) 27... Bg7 $1 (27... Nd2+
$143 28. Rxd2 cxd2 29. Rxe6+ Be7 30. Bxd2 $44 {|^,/\Bh6!}) 28. Rxe6+ Kf8 29.
Re7 $5 (29. Nf5 Na3+ $19) (29. Bf6 Nd2+ 30. Kc1 Nxe4 $5 $19) 29... Nd2+ $1 {
The N must go out of harm's way.} (29... Rxe7 30. Bxe7+ Kxe7 (30... Qxe7 31.
Qf5+ $16 {loses a R and a B or N.}) (30... Kg8 31. Nf5 Na3+ 32. Kc1 cxb2+ 33.
Kd2 $18) 31. Qxg7+ Kd8 32. Qg8+ {[%csl Rc4] /\Qc4+/-}) 30. Kc1 Rxe7 31. Bxe7+
Kxe7 32. Qxg7+ Kd8 $19 {and with an extra piece Black should be able to
consolidate.}) (26. Nxe6 $2 Na3+ $1 27. Kc1 cxb2+ 28. Kxb2 Rb8+ 29. Kc1 Rb1+
30. Kd2 Qa5+ $19 {and Black comes first.}) ({But correct was the prophylactic} 
26. b3 $142 $1 {when already Black must walk the tight-rope not to lose
immediately:} Nd2+ $1 (26... Na3+ $2 27. Kc1 Qd7 28. Qg6 $1 {פa3} (28. Bh6 Qe7
29. Nxe6 (29. Bg5 $142 $1 Qd7 30. Qg6) (29. Nxc6 Rxc6 30. Rxf7 Qxf7 31. Qxf7+
Kxf7 32. Rf1+ Kg6 33. Bxf8 Nb5 $132) 29... Qxe6 30. Bxf8 Re7 31. Qxe6 Rxe6 32.
Bxd6 Rxd6 (32... Nb5 33. Rf8+ Kd7 34. Bg3+ Nd6 35. Bxd6 $18 {_|_^-}) 33. Rxd6
$16 {/\} Bxe4 $2 34. Re6+ $18) 28... e5 (28... Bb5 29. Rf6 Bg7 30. Rxe6+ Kf8
31. Nf5) 29. Nxc6 (29. Ne6 $2 Bxe4 $1 $19) 29... Rxc6 30. Rf5 {/\Rdf1,Re5!+-})
(26... Bxe4 27. Nxe6 Nd2+ 28. Kc1 $3 (28. Bxd2 Qe7 {-26...Nd2}) 28... Nxf1 (
28... Qd7 $2 29. Qxf8+ Rxf8 30. Rxf8#) (28... Qb7 29. Ng7+ $1 $18) (28... Rxf1
29. Nxc7+ Rxc7 30. Rxf1 Nxf1 31. Qe6+ $18) 29. Nxc7+ Rcxc7 30. Rxd6 $18 {->})
27. Bxd2 Bxe4 $1 (27... cxd2 28. Nxe6 $1 (28. Nxc6 $143 $6 Rxf1 $1 29. Rxf1
d1=Q+ $8 30. Rxd1 Qxc6 31. Qxe6+ Be7 $17 {Black should be able to consolidate
and gradually realize his material advantage, but he has to be patient,
careful and show good technique.}) 28... Qe7 $8 29. Qg6 $1 $40 {/\Ng5 and
suddenly it's not so easy to find a defence for Black.}) 28. Nxe6 (28. Bxc3 Bh7
$15 {_|_^^}) (28. Bh6 Qe7 29. Rxf7 Qxf7 30. Qxf8+ (30. Qxf7+ Kxf7 31. Rf1+ Kg8
32. Bxf8 Rxf8 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Nxe6+ Ke7 35. Nf4 h4 $17 {[%csl Ge4,Rf4] _|_,
><c2,h3}) 30... Qxf8 31. Bxf8 Kxf8 32. Nxe6+ Ke7 33. Re1 Kxe6 (33... d5 34. Ng5
$14) (33... Rg8 34. a3 Kxe6 35. Rxe4+ Kd5 36. Re3 $1 $14 {_|_,קc3}) 34. Rxe4+
Kd5 (34... Kf5 $5 $11) 35. Re3 (35. Rh4 Rg8 36. Rxh5+ Kd4 $44) 35... Kd4 36.
Rg3 (36. Rd3+ Ke5 {/\d5-d4}) 36... h4 $5 37. Rd3+ (37. Rg4+ Ke3 38. Rxh4 Rf8
$36) 37... Ke5 $11) 28... Qe7 29. Nxf8 (29. Bh6 Qxe6 30. Bxf8 Bxc2+ 31. Ka1 $8
(31. Kxc2 $2 Qe2+ $19) 31... Re7 $1 (31... Bxd1 32. Bh6+ $1 Ke7 33. Bg5+ Kd7
34. Rxf7+ Kc6 35. Rc7+ $18) 32. Qxe6 $8 Rxe6 33. Rxd6 $11) 29... Qxf8 $8 (29...
Bxc2+ $2 30. Kxc2 cxd2+ 31. Kxd2 Rxf8 32. Qg6+ $16) (29... Rxf8 $2 30. Rxf8+
Qxf8 31. Qe6+ $18) 30. Qxf8+ Kxf8 31. Bh6+ Kg8 32. Rxf7 Kxf7 33. Rxd6 Rg8 $44 {
[%csl Ge4,Rh6] <=>><c2^-}) 26... cxb2 $1 $19 27. Qg6 (27. Be7 Nd2+ $1 $19) (27.
Bd8 Rxf1 28. Rxf1 Nd2+ 29. Kxb2 Qg7+ $19) (27. Rxf7 Qxf7 28. Qxf7+ Kxf7 $19 {
_|_o^b2}) (27. Nd4 Na3+ 28. Kxb2 Qc3+ 29. Kc1 Qxc2+ 30. Nxc2 Rxc2#) 27... Na3+
28. Kxb2 Qb7+ $1 {[] The last subtlety, Black must keep an eye on f7.} (28...
Qb6+ $2 29. Kc1 Qb1+ 30. Kd2 Qxc2+ 31. Ke1 Qc3+ 32. Ke2 Qc4+ 33. Rd3 e5 34.
Nxe5 $1 dxe5 35. Rxf7 Qxf7 36. Qc6+ $3 Rxc6 37. Rd8#) 29. Kc1 $8 (29. Kxa3 d5+
30. Be7 Bxe7+ 31. Nxe7 Rc3+ 32. Ka4 Qb5#) 29... Rxc6 30. Qxe6+ Qe7 $1 {[],/
\Rc2# Shirov must have seen this way back, as} (30... Re7 $2 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32.
Bxe7+ Qxe7 33. Rf1+ Ke8 34. Qg8+ Kd7 35. Rf7 $18 {turns the tables.}) 31. Rxd6
$138 (31. Qxe7+ Bxe7 32. Kb2 Nc4+ $19) 31... Rxc2+ 32. Kd1 Rxf1# 0-1

[Event "NED-ch54"]
[Site "Rotterdam "]
[Date "1999.06.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1999.05.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 {Nijboer after
experimenting with 6.a4 or 6.f4 has lately concentrated on the sharpest and
most topical move.} e6 7. g4 ({Kasparov in Linares has probably discouraged
people to play} 7. f3) 7... e5 (7... h6 {also has a good reputation, although
Black must cope with White's newest try} 8. f4 e5 9. Nf5 h5 10. Qd2 $5 Nxg4 11.
O-O-O g6 12. Nd5 Nxe3 13. Nfxe3 Bh6 14. Kb1 Nc6 15. Qc3 O-O 16. f5 Kh7 17. Nc4
Rb8 18. Ndb6 Nd4 19. Bh3 g5 20. Qd3 g4 21. Bg2 Bd7 22. c3 Nb5 23. h3 $40 {
Timman,J-Topalov,V/Dortmund/1999/}) 8. Nf5 g6 9. g5 ({A less played, but also
interesting alternative, originating from Hungarian chess circles, is} 9. Bg2
$5 d5 $5 10. Bg5 gxf5 11. Bxf6 (11. Nxd5 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qd8 13. Bg5 $11) 11...
Qxf6 12. Nxd5 Qd6 13. exf5 Rg8 14. Qf3 h5 15. h3 Bh6 16. Rd1 Nc6 17. c3 Rb8 18.
Qe4 Kf8 19. Bf3 Ne7 20. Ne3 Qf6 21. Nc4 Nc6 22. Ke2 Bf4 23. Rd6 Qe7 24. Rhd1
Qc7 25. b3 $44 {Szalanczi,E-Kocsis,L/HUN-chT/1998/}) 9... gxf5 10. exf5 $8 (10.
gxf6 $143 $2 f4 11. Bd2 (11. Bc4 Qc7 $1 12. Qe2 fxe3 13. fxe3 Be6 14. Bb3 Nc6
15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. Qh5 Qd7 17. Nd5 Kb8 18. Nb6 Qc7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Nb4
21. Bb3 Rd7 22. a3 Nc6 23. Rd3 Rg8 24. Rc3 Rg6 25. Qxh7 Qd8 $19 {Sampaolesi,
N-Quinteros,M/Buenos Aires/1975/}) 11... Be6 $5 $17 {White is only a pawn down,
but has no compensation whatsoever.}) 10... d5 $8 {Also forced, otherwise
White's compensation is overwhelming.} (10... Nfd7 11. Bc4 $40) (10... Bxf5 11.
gxf6 $16) 11. Qf3 $5 ({An important critical position. White's move is now
becoming popular again, but the first continuation played was} 11. gxf6 d4 12.
Bc4 Qc7 $142 $1 (12... Qxf6 13. Nd5 Qc6 14. Bxd4 Bb4+ 15. c3 Qxc4 16. Be3 Ba5
17. Nf6+ Ke7 18. Bg5 Rd8 $8 (18... Qc6 $2 19. Qb3 $3 {[%cal Rb3a3] /\Qa3} Rd8 (
19... Qxh1+ 20. Ke2 Qxa1 21. Qa3+ Kd8 22. Ne8+ $1 $18) 20. Nd5+ Ke8 21. O-O-O
Rd6 22. Qa3 Bd8 23. Bxd8 Kxd8 24. Nb6 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1+ Ke8 {1-0, Rytshagov,
M-Shishkov,A/Tallinn/1998/}) 19. Nxh7+ f6 20. Bxf6+ Ke8 21. Qh5+ Qf7 22. Qh6 $5
$40 {gives White an attack without large material investment.}) 13. Qd3 {
Finally, people realized the Be3 is a dangerous attacking piece, while the N
by jumping to d5 would only close an important attacking file, so} dxe3 $142 $1
({Firstly the Nc3 seemed the more dangerous one:} 13... dxc3 14. O-O-O Nc6 15.
Rhe1 cxb2+ 16. Kb1 Bb4 17. Rg1 $1 Rf8 18. f4 exf4 19. Bd2 $5 {A primitive, but
very dangerous try.} ({Arnason recommends} 19. Bb6 Qxb6 20. Qe4+ Ne7 21. fxe7
Bxe7 22. Rge1 Qf6 23. Rd5 {but matters are not so clear:} b5 $1 24. Qd3 Qb6 25.
f6 Be6 $1 26. fxe7 Rg8 27. Qxh7 Rg1 $132 {White has a perpetual at most.}) (19.
Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Rge1+ Bxe1 21. Rxe1+ Be6 22. fxe6 Qd4 23. exf7+ Kd8 24. Qxd4+
Nxd4 25. Rd1 Kc7 26. Rxd4 Rad8 27. Rg4 Kd6 28. Rg5 Rc8 29. Bb3 Rc5 30. Rg8 Rcc8
31. Rg7 h6 32. Kxb2 Ke5 $11 {Kotronias,V-Arnason,J/Reykjavik/1992/}) 19... Bxd2
20. Rxd2 $40 {/\} Ne5 21. Re1 Be6 22. Rxe5 $1 Qxe5 23. fxe6 $18) ({In the very
first game Black played} 13... Nd7 $6 14. Nd5 Qc6 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Qxd4 $5 $36
{[%csl Re8] While material is approximately equal, Black's K is in grave
danger. The conclusion was clear-Black must take one of the offered pieces.} (
16. O-O-O b5 17. Bb3 Bc5 18. Rhe1+ Kd8 19. Qe2 a5 20. Nf4 Qd6 21. Qf3 Bb7 22.
Qg3 Rf8 23. Bxf7 Rxf7 24. Ne6+ Kc8 25. Qg8+ Rf8 26. Nxf8 Nxf8 27. Qf7 Nd7 28.
Re7 Qf4+ 29. Kb1 Qxf5 {0-1,Hazai,L-Dvoirys,S/Sochi/1982/})) 14. O-O-O ({
Too slow is} 14. fxe3 b5 15. Bd5 Nc6 16. O-O-O Bb7 17. Be6 Nb4 18. Qd7+ Qxd7
19. Bxd7+ Kd8 20. Bc6+ Kc7 21. Bxb7 Kxb7 22. a3 Nc6 23. Rd7+ Kc8 24. Rxf7 Nd8
25. Rg7 Bxg7 26. fxg7 Rg8 27. f6 Kd7 28. Nd5 Nf7 29. Nb6+ Ke6 30. Nxa8 Rxa8 31.
Rf1 Nh6 32. e4 Kf7 33. h3 Ng8 $19 {Hracek,Z-Kavalek,L/Ceska Trebova act/1998/})
(14. f4 $5 Bb4 15. O-O-O Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nc6 17. Rhg1 {Van den Doel,E-Van Wely,L/
Dieren op/1999/} exf4 $1 $13) 14... exf2 15. Bxf7+ $5 Kxf7 16. Qd5+ {Now best
is the courageous} Kxf6 $1 (16... Ke8 17. f7+ Ke7 18. Qf3 Bh6+ 19. Kb1 Kf8 20.
Qxf2 {Shirov,A-Polgar,J/Dortmund/1996/} Nc6 $1 21. Qh4 Bf4 22. Qf6 Qxf7 23.
Qxh8+ Qg8 24. Qf6+ Qf7 $11) 17. Ne4+ (17. Qf3 $5) 17... Ke7 18. Nd6 Bh6+ 19.
Kb1 Kf6 20. Ne4+ Kg7 $142 $1 (20... Ke7 21. f6+ (21. Nd6 $11) 21... Kf8 22.
Qd8+ Qxd8 23. Rxd8+ Kf7 24. Rxh8 Bf5 25. Nd6+ Kxf6 26. Rf1 Be3 27. Rf8+ Ke7 28.
Nxf5+ Kxf8 29. Nxe3 Nc6 $11) 21. f6+ Kg6 22. Rhg1+ (22. Nxf2 Bf5 $5 $17) 22...
fxg1=Q 23. Rxg1+ Kf5 $17 {Anand himself lately proclaimed the line with 7.g4
to be dead. Although White can possibly hope to find some obscure perpetual,
it seems at least as far as 11.gxf6 is concerned, he could be right.}) 11... d4
{A very logical move, the alternatives are not surprisingly weaker:} (11... Bd7
12. O-O-O Bc6 13. Qe2 Bb4 14. Bd4 $1 Ne4 15. Bxe5 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Qxg5+ 17. Kb1
Rg8 18. f3 Nd7 19. fxe4 dxe4 20. h4 $16 {Timman,J-Portisch,L/Reykjavik/1987/})
(11... Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Nc6 14. Bc4 Qd7 15. g6 $1 $40) 12. O-O-O Nbd7
{Also best.} (12... Nc6 $143 13. gxf6 Qxf6 14. Nd5 Qxf5 15. Qg3 $1 dxe3 (15...
Ra7 16. Bd3 Qh3 17. Qg5 $1 $40 {/\} dxe3 $2 18. Bf5 $1 $18) 16. Nc7+ Ke7 17.
fxe3 $1 Bh6 18. Nxa8 Nd4 19. Bd3 Qg5 20. Rde1 Bg4 21. h4 Qh5 22. Nb6 Rd8 23.
Nc4 e4 24. Nd2 Nf3 25. Nxe4 Nxe1 26. Qxe1 $16 {Chiburdanidze,M-Chandler,M/
Dortmund/1983/}) 13. Bd2 {It's hard to believe this seemingly passive retreat
could pose a serious threat for Black, but other, more violent continuations
heve been tried to no avail:} (13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Rxd4 (14. Bc4 Qb6 $5 $17)
14... Bc5 15. Rd2 Qc7 $5 16. gxf6 Nxf6 17. Bc4 Be7 18. Bb3 O-O 19. Re1 Kh8 20.
Qe3 Bd8 21. Qd4 Bxf5 22. Re5 Bg6 23. Nd5 Qd6 24. f4 Rc8 25. f5 Bh5 26. Rg2 Bf3
27. Rg3 Bxd5 28. Bxd5 Bb6 {0-1,Pulkkinen,K-Oll,L/Helsinki/1990/}) ({It's
difficult to believe in the sacrificial} 13. Rxd4 $6 exd4 14. Bxd4 Bc5 15. Bxc5
Nxc5 16. Bc4 Nfe4 $1 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4+ Qe7 $17 {Black still retains an
extra R and is ready to castle.}) ({Black gains an important defesive tempo
after} 13. Bc4 $143 $6 Qc7 14. Bb3 dxc3 15. gxf6 Nxf6 16. Bg5 Be7 17. Ba4+ b5
18. Qxa8 bxa4 19. Rhe1 h6 20. Bh4 O-O 21. Qg2+ Kh7 22. Qh3 Rg8 $19 {Farago,
S-Stocek,J/FSGM Budapest/1994/}) ({Thus the only other move worth considering
is} 13. gxf6 $5 dxc3 ({Possibly playable is even} 13... dxe3 $5 14. Ne4 Qb6)
14. Bc4 Qxf6 {Also possible is} 15. Qh5 (15. Rhg1 h5 $5 (15... h6 16. Qh5 Bc5
17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Bxf7+ Ke7 19. Bg6 cxb2+ 20. Kb1 Bd7 21. Qf3 Bc6 $2 22. Qc3 b6
23. Rge1 $40 {Badzharani,I-Rybincev/USSR/1989/}) 16. Bg5 $1 (16. Qd5 $143 Bh6
17. Bxh6 Qxh6+ 18. Kb1 Qf6 19. Rde1 Kd8 20. Re3 Ra7 21. Rd1 b5 22. Rxe5 Rc7 23.
Bb3 Bb7 24. Qd4 Kc8 $19 {Simacek,P-Kalod,R/Svetla CZE-chU16/1994/}) 16... Bh6
17. h4 $44) 15... Rg8 16. Rhe1 $44 {with a very irrational position. Black is
a piece up, but he has serious problems with his K, development and piece
coordination.} (16. f4 $5 $13)) 13... dxc3 (13... Qc7 $5 14. Bd3 (14. gxf6 $142
dxc3 15. Bxc3 Qc6 $5 {-13...dc3}) 14... Nc5 15. gxf6 $5 (15. Bc4 $6 dxc3 16.
Bxc3 Nfe4 17. Rhe1 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Bg7 19. f6 O-O 20. Rxe5 Be6 21. Bxe6 Nxe6 22.
Qxc7 Nxc7 23. Rd7 Rfe8 $19 {Wedberg,T-Novikov,I/Copenhagen/1991/}) 15... dxc3
$5 (15... Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 dxc3 17. Bxc3 Bh6+ 18. Kb1 Bf4 19. Rhe1 Bd7 20. Bxe5
Bxe5 21. f4 O-O-O 22. fxe5 $14 {[%csl Ge5,Gf5,Gf6] [+]}) 16. Bxc3 Bh6+ 17. Kb1
Qc6 $5 (17... Bf4 $143 $6 18. Rhe1 Kf8 19. Bb4 a5 20. Ba3 $16 {[%cal Rf3d5,
Yd3e4,Yf3d3] /\Qd5,Be4,Qd3}) 18. Qh5 (18. Qe2 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 (19. cxd3 Bxf5 $17)
19... Bd7 $15 {[%cal Re8c8] /\0-0-0}) 18... Bf4 (18... Nxd3 $2 19. Qxh6 Nxf2
20. Qg7 Rf8 21. Qxf8+ $1 Kxf8 22. Rd8+ Qe8 23. Bb4+ Kg8 24. Rxe8#) 19. Bc4 $5 (
19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Rhe1 Qxf6 21. f4 Nxd3 22. Rxd3 Bxf5 23. Rxe5+ Be6 $17 {
nestaci.}) 19... Qxf6 20. Bxf7+ Ke7 21. Bb4 b6 $15 {Black's pieces are
gradually getting active and there is no mate in sight.}) 14. Bxc3 Qb6 $5 $146
{[%mdl 8]} ({A more topical try is} 14... Bg7 $5 15. Rg1 O-O (15... Ng8 16. Bc4
Qc7 17. Bd5 $5 Nb6 18. Bb3 $44) (15... Qc7 $142 $5 {J.Polgar}) 16. gxf6 Qxf6
17. Qe3 Kh8 18. f4 $44 Qb6 $6 19. Qg3 Qh6 20. Rd6 f6 21. Bd2 e4 22. Bc4 b5 23.
Be6 Ra7 24. Rc6 a5 25. Be3 Rb7 26. Bd5 Rb8 27. Rc7 $16 {Polgar,J-Anand,V/Dos
Hermanas/1999/}) ({Black's oldest attempt was} 14... Qc7 15. Bd3 Bd6 $6 ({
The transposition attempt} 15... Nc5 $6 {fails to} 16. Bxe5 $1 Qxe5 17. Rhe1
$40) 16. Rhe1 Nc5 ({Here already} 16... Ng8 17. Qh5 Kf8 $5 $13 {desrves more
attention, although it really requires nerves of steel.}) (16... Rg8 17. gxf6
Nxf6 18. Bc4 Nd7 $2 19. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 20. Qh5+ Kg7 21. Rg1+ Kh8 22. Rxg8+ Kxg8
23. Qe8+ Nf8 24. Rg1+ Kh8 25. Bxe5+ $1 {1-0,Solovjov,S-Birjukov,O/St.
Petersburg/1999/}) 17. Bc4 Nfe4 18. Rxe4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Bd7 {Ciburdanidze,
M-Cserna,L/Pristina/1983/} 20. Rxd6 $5 (20. Qd5 Bxf5 $5 21. Qxd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6
O-O $14) 20... Qxd6 21. Bxe5 Qe7 22. f6 Bc6 23. Qe3 Qd7 24. Bd6+ Kd8 25. Be7+
Kc8 26. Bxf7 Bd5 27. Qc5+ Bc6 28. Qe5 $1 Qc7 29. Be6+ Bd7 30. Bd6 $18 {[%csl
Gf6] o^f6}) ({Nobody has yet shown the courage to try the computer-recommended
} 14... Ng8 $6 15. Qh5 $40 {[%cal Rf1c4,Rg5g6,Rc3e5] /\g6,Bc4,Be5}) 15. gxf6 {
White has to take some material back.} (15. Bc4 Qc6 16. Qe2 Qe4 $17) (15. Bd3
Bb4 $17) 15... Bb4 {The main idea of 14...Qb6!?} ({But we have already earlier
mentioned} 15... Qc6 {But possibly White has an even better move} 16. Rd5 $5 (
16. Qe2 $2 Bh6+ $17) (16. Qe3 $5 Qxh1 ({Now risky is the ambitious} 16... Bc5
17. Qg3 Qxh1 (17... Qxf6 18. f4 Qxf5 19. Bh3 Qg6 20. Qe1 $40) 18. Bg2 Bxf2 19.
Qxf2 Qxh2 20. Bxe5 $1 Nxe5 (20... Qh6+ 21. Bf4) 21. Bc6+ Nxc6 22. Qxh2 Bxf5 23.
Qf4 $36 {->}) 17. Bxe5 Kd8 18. Qb6+ $11 (18. Bb5 $143 $6 Qxd1+ 19. Kxd1 axb5
$17)) (16. Bg2 $2 Qxf3 17. Bxf3 Bh6+ 18. Kb1 Bf4 19. Rhe1 h5 $5 $19 {has
already been published in an old Informant in 1983. Of course, White has
several moves, which are more to the point:} (19... Nxf6 $2 20. Rxe5+ $1 Bxe5
21. Bxe5 Ke7 22. Bd6+ $11)) 16... Qxf6 (16... Bh6+ $5 17. Kb1 Bf4 {-15...Bh6})
17. Bg2 $44) (15... Bh6+ $5 16. Kb1 Qc6 17. Rd5 $8 Qxf6 $142 (17... Bf4 18. Bg2
{/\} Nxf6 (18... Qxf6 19. Rxd7 Bxd7 20. Qxf4 $16) (18... Rg8 19. Re1 Rxg2 20.
Qxg2 Nxf6 21. Bxe5 Nxd5 22. Qg8+ Kd7 23. Qxf7+ Kd8 24. Bf6+ $1 $18) (18... Nb6
19. Qxf4 $1 exf4 20. Re5+ Kd8 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Ba5 Rb8 23. Rd1+ Bd7 24. Re7
$18) 19. Qxf4 $3 {J.Cimra} exf4 20. Re5+ Kd7 (20... Kf8 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Ra5
$16) 21. Bxc6+ Kxc6 22. Ree1 Bxf5 23. Bxf6 $14 {[%csl Rf5,Gf6] _|_^-}) 18. Bg2
$5 $13 (18. Qe4 Bf4 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. f4 Qe7 21. fxe5 Nf6 $1 22. Qa4+ Bd7 $19))
16. Bc4 (16. Bxb4 $2 Qxb4 $17 {[%cal Rb4f4,Rd7f6] /\Nf6,Qf4}) 16... Bxc3 17.
Bxf7+ $8 {The only way for White to continue the attack.} (17. Qxc3 Qxf6 $17)
17... Kxf7 $5 {[%mdl 64] Black goes for the complications} (17... Kf8 18. bxc3
Nxf6 (18... Qxf6 $5 19. Bc4 Ke7 {could possibly be better.}) 19. Bb3 $44 {
[%cal Gb3g8,Gd1d8,Gg1g8] probably seemed too risky to Van Wely-his K is under
strong pressure, which complicates his development.} Bd7 20. Qh3 $5 (20. Rxd7
Nxd7 21. Qd5 Qh6+ $1 22. Kb2 Qg7 23. Rg1 Nf6 $1 $19) (20. Rhg1 Re8 21. Qg3 Re7
{[%cal Yf8c8] /\Ke8-d8-c8-+}) 20... h5 (20... Re8 21. Qh6+ Ke7 22. Qg7+ Kd8 23.
Be6 $18) 21. Rhg1 {[%csl Rg6] ->,><g6}) 18. Qh5+ $8 (18. Rxd7+ $2 Kxf6 $19)
18... Kxf6 $8 (18... Kf8 $143 19. Qh6+ Ke8 20. f7+ $1 Kxf7 21. Rxd7+ Bxd7 22.
Qxb6 Bd4 (22... Bc6 $2 23. Rg1 Bd4 24. Qc7+ $18) 23. Qxb7 $16 {|^ and White
recovers material and continues his attack.}) 19. Qh6+ Kxf5 (19... Kf7 $2 20.
Rxd7+ {-18...Kf8}) 20. Qh3+ Kg6 {A fighting alternative.} (20... Kf6 21. Qh6+ (
21. bxc3 $2 Nf8 $19) 21... Kf5 $11 (21... Kf7 22. Rxd7+ Bxd7 23. Qxb6 Bd4 24.
Qxb7 Ke7 25. c3 $44 {-> is sufficiently unpleasant even without the Pf5.})) 21.
Rhg1+ (21. bxc3 $2 Nf6 22. Rhg1+ Kf7 23. Qh6 Bf5 $1 $19) 21... Kf7 22. Rxd7+
Ke8 $1 {[]} (22... Bxd7 $2 23. Qxd7+ Kf6 (23... Kf8 24. Qg7+ Ke8 25. Qxh8+ {
[%cal Rh8h7,Rb2c3] /\Qh7,bc3+/-}) 24. Qg7+ Kf5 25. Qg4+ $1 Kf6 26. Qg5+ Kf7 27.
Qg7+ $16) 23. Qxc3 $1 {White still finds enough fuel in his attack to secure a
draw.} (23. Qh5+ $2 Kxd7 24. Rg7+ Kd6 25. Qh6+ Be6 $19) (23. Rgg7 $2 Qxb2+ 24.
Kd1 Qb1+ 25. Ke2 Qe1+ $19) 23... Kxd7 (23... Bxd7 $2 24. Qxe5+ Kd8 25. Qxh8+
Be8 26. Rd1+ Kc7 27. Qe5+) 24. Qxe5 {An unbelievable position. Black is a R
and B up, yet his winning chances are minimal and if he overdoes it, he might
even end up losing. The cause is clear-his extra pieces are on their initial
posts.} Qe6 {Black can't save his R without great risk:} (24... Rf8 $2 25. Rd1+
Kc6 26. Rd6+ Kc7 27. Rd5+ $18) (24... Qh6+ $1 25. Kb1 Kc6 (25... Rd8 26. Rd1+
$36) (25... Qf8 26. Rd1+ (26. Rg7+ $5 Kc6 27. Qc7+ Kd5 28. Re7 Qf6 29. f4 {
can also hardly lose.}) 26... Kc6 27. Qe4+ Kb6 28. Qe3+ Kc7 29. Qe5+ $11 {
gives White a draw.}) (25... Qd6 $142 $5 26. Qxh8 Kc7 $15 {was Black's best
chance.}) 26. Rg3 $5 Kb6 (26... a5 27. Qxh8 $14) 27. Qd4+ $1 Kc7 28. Qe5+ $11 (
28. Qxh8 $6 Kb8 $15) 28... Qd6 $6 29. Rc3+ Kd7 30. Qg7+ Ke6 31. Re3+ Kf5 32.
Rf3+ Ke4 33. Rd3 $1 $40 {[%csl Re4] ע[+]}) ({Somewhat more complicated is} 
24... Rd8 $6 25. Rg7+ $142 (25. Rd1+ Kc6 26. Qc3+ (26. Qf6+ Be6 $1 27. Qxe6+
Kc7) 26... Qc5 (26... Kb5 $2 27. a4+ Kxa4 28. b3+ Kb5 29. Qc4+ $18) 27. Qxc5+
Kxc5 28. Rxd8 b5 29. Rh8 Bb7 30. Rxh7 Bd5 $15 {/-/+}) 25... Kc6 26. Rxh7 $1 Qd4
27. Qc7+ Kb5 28. a4+ Kxa4 29. b3+ Kb4 30. Rh4 $1 Kb5 $8 (30... Qxh4 31. Qb6+
Kc3 32. Qc5+ $18) 31. Rxd4 Rxd4 32. Qe5+ $18) 25. Rd1+ (25. Qxh8 $143 $6 Kc7
26. Rd1 (26. Rg7+ $2 Bd7 {/\Qe1#}) 26... Kb8 {and Black hides his K easier,
than in the game.}) (25. Rg7+ $2 Ke8 $19) 25... Kc6 (25... Ke7 $143 26. Qxh8
$36) 26. Qxh8 b6 (26... Qh6+ 27. Kb1 Qxh2 28. Qf6+ (28. Qc3+ Kb6 29. Qd4+ Kc7
30. f4 {leads to the same result.}) 28... Kc7 29. f4 $1 Kb8 30. Qd6+ Ka7 31.
Qc5+ b6 32. Rd7+ $1 Bb7 33. Rxb7+ Kxb7 34. Qe7+ Kc6 35. Qe6+ $11) 27. Qxh7 Bd7
{Now White practically forces a draw. But even the more ambitious} (27... Rb8
$5 28. Rd3 (28. Rd8 $2 Bd7 $1 $19) (28. Rg1 Rb7 29. Qd3 Rd7 $36 {and Black
activates his R without losing the Pa6.}) 28... Qe1+ 29. Rd1 Qe5 30. Qd3 (30.
Rd3 $2 Qg5+) 30... Kb7 31. Qg3 $5 $11 {<=> and although the fight continues,
Black can hardly have realistic chances to win.}) 28. Qd3 Rf8 (28... Kc7 29.
Qg3+ Kc8 (29... Kb7 30. Qg7 Rd8 31. h4 $36 {can be dangerous only for Black.})
30. Rd6 Qe1+ 31. Rd1 Qe6 {also leads only to repetition, if White doesn't want
to try} 32. h4 $5 $13) 29. Qxa6 Rxf2 30. Qa4+ Kc7 31. Qa7+ Kc8 (31... Kd8 $4
32. Rxd7+ $1 Qxd7 (32... Ke8 33. Rd1) 33. Qxb6+ $18 {loses a piece.}) (31...
Kc6 32. Qa4+ $11) 32. Qa8+ Kc7 33. Qa7+ Kc8 34. Qa8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.09"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 {Preparation for high-level games is often about twists and nuances.
Navara doesn't mind a Queen's Gambit, or English Opening...} c5 ({Throughout
his career Grischuk has also played} 1... Nf6 {, as well as}) (1... d5 {
However, the text move has lately become his main choice.}) 2. e4 {However,
given a chance, White goes for the Open Sicilian. His move-order served mainly
the purpose of avoiding 1.e4 e5, or the Grünfeld.} d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.
Nc3 a6 6. h3 {A plausible way to avoid heavy and forcing theoretical lines,
this inconspicuous move has lately become increasingly popular. Navara has
used it already in the past and decided to brush it up this year for the Czech
championship in April, but got a chance to use it only about a month later in
the French league.} ({Topalov was successful in Norway with} 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3
Be6 8. f3 h5 (8... Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Bd3
Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Be7 15. h4 O-O 16. a3 $5 (16. O-O-O {is more common}) 16... bxa3
(16... a5 17. axb4 axb4 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Ke2 f5 (19... Re8 20. Ra1 Qc8 21. Qe4
Bd8 22. Nd2 Bb6 23. Qc4 Bxe3 24. Kxe3 Nc5 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. Qxc8 Rxc8 27. fxe4
h6 28. Kd3 $36 {[%csl Rb4,Rd6] Leupold,V (2332)-Hauenstein,H (2438)/email/2009/
}) 20. Qb5 Qe8 21. Rg1 f4 22. Bf2 e4 23. fxe4 Qh5+ 24. Kd2 Qf3 25. Qe2 Ne5 26.
Nd4 Qh3 $14 {/~~, Bonehill,A (2360)-Borisovs,L (2249)/email/2009/}) 17. Rxa3 a5
18. Qb5 Qc7 (18... Rb8 19. Qxa5 Qe8 20. Qa4 f5 21. Kd1 Qh5 22. Rh3 Rbd8 23. Na5
e4 24. Nc6 Rde8 25. Qa7 exf3 26. Bf2 Qg4 27. Rh1 f4 28. Rg1 Qh3 29. Kc1 Bd8 30.
Kb1 Bb6 31. Bxb6 Nxb6 32. Qxb6 Re3 $1 $11 {Hauenstein,H (2438)-Hlinka,V (2405)/
email/2009/}) 19. Nxa5 Rfb8 (19... Qxc2 $5 20. O-O Bd8 21. Nc4 Rb8 $132) 20.
Qc6 Qxc6 $2 (20... Bd8 $1 $14) 21. dxc6 d5 22. Ra2 Bd8 23. cxd7 Rxa5 24. Rxa5
Bxa5+ 25. Ke2 {Topalov,V (2772)-Wojtaszek,R (2735)/Tromso olm/2014/}) 9. Qd2
Nbd7 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 g6 12. Be2 Qc7 13. Rc1 Ng8 (13... Bg7 14. O-O O-O
15. c4 b6 16. Na1 Kh7 17. h3 Ng8 18. g4 Qd8 19. gxh5 Qh4 20. hxg6+ fxg6 21. Bd3
Bh6 22. Rf2 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Ne7 $44 {So,W (2731)-Dominguez Perez,L (2768)/Havana/
2014/ See the notes to this game in CBM 161 - as Dominguez lost, he seeks
improvements earlier on.}) 14. O-O Ne7 (14... Bh6 $142) 15. Bg5 f6 16. Be3
O-O-O (16... Nf5 17. Bd3 $5 Nxe3 18. Bxg6+ Kd8 19. Qxe3 Bh6 20. f4 Bxf4 21.
Rxf4 exf4 22. Qxf4 $44 {[%cal Yb3d4,Yd4e6]}) 17. c4 Nf5 18. Bf2 $1 Kb8 $6 (
18... Bh6 19. Qb4 Bxc1 20. Rxc1 Kb8 $13) 19. Qc3 Bh6 20. Rcd1 Nc5 21. Nd2 Nd4
22. Rfe1 a5 23. Bf1 f5 24. Nb3 Ndxb3 25. axb3 e4 26. b4 axb4 27. Qxb4 Rhe8 28.
fxe4 fxe4 29. Bd4 e3 30. Qa3 Re4 31. b4 $40 {Topalov,V (2772)-Dominguez Perez,
L (2760)/Tromso olm/2014/}) 6... e6 {Statistically speaking the Scheveningen
text move is Black's main response. It was also the topic of Kuzmin's opening
survey in CBM 126, but in 6 years the line has developed further.} ({The other
principal alternative is the Najdorf reaction} 6... e5 {, which was analysed
by Ftacnik in his article in CBM 153:} 7. Nde2 ({The retreat} 7. Nb3 {is less
usual here. The main reason is White strives for positions from the 6.g3 e5
line, where he will be able to spare a tempo by playing g2-g4 in one move.
Nevertheless, after} Be7 (7... Be6 8. f4 $5 b5 9. f5 Bc8 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Qf3
Nbd7 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 h5 17. g3 h4
18. g4 Nh7 19. Nd2 Ng5 20. Qg2 Qb6 21. Bd3 Bf6 22. Rhe1 Ke7 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24.
Rxe4 Bg5 $11 {Grischuk,A (2785)-Wojtaszek,R (2701)/Riga rpd/2013/}) {there is
still the option to transpose into a modern branch of the English Attack (6.
Be3) with} 8. Be3 ({Black got good counterplay after the straightforward} 8. g4
Be6 9. g5 Nfd7 10. h4 O-O 11. Bh3 Nb6 12. g6 Bxh3 13. gxh7+ Kh8 14. Rxh3 N8d7
15. Qe2 Rc8 16. Be3 Nc4 17. O-O-O b5 18. Nd5 Nf6 19. Nxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd2 Qd7 21.
Rh2 Qe6 22. Nxc4 Rxc4 23. Qd3 Qg4 $11 {Navara,D (2708)-Swiercz,D (2608)/
FRA-chT Saint Quentin/2014/}) {White can in some cases even forego the overly
aggressive g4 advance, e.g.} 8... Nbd7 9. a4 $5 Nf8 10. Bc4 Be6 11. Qd3 Rc8 12.
Nd2 Qc7 13. Bb3 Ng6 14. a5 O-O 15. O-O Nh5 16. Rfd1 Nhf4 17. Qf1 Bg5 18. Ra4
Qe7 19. Nc4 Rcd8 20. Bb6 Rd7 21. Ne3 $36 {[%csl Rd5]} Bh6 $2 22. Nf5 $18 {
Anand,V (2785)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2730)/Dubai rpd/2014/}) 7... h5 (7... Be7 8.
g4 Be6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ng3 b5 12. Be3 Nb6 13. b3 Rc8 14. Qd2 Qc7
15. Nd5 Nbxd5 16. exd5 Bd7 17. Rfc1 Qc3 18. Qxc3 Rxc3 19. Bd2 Rc7 20. Ba5 Rcc8
21. c4 bxc4 22. bxc4 Rb8 23. Rab1 Rfc8 24. Rb3 Rb5 25. Bd2 Rbc5 26. Rb7 R8c7
27. Rb4 a5 28. Rb8+ Rc8 29. Rb7 R8c7 30. Rxc7 Rxc7 31. Bf1 $14 {Mamedov,R 
(2659)-Nigalidze,G (2542)/Tromso olm/2014/}) (7... Be6 8. g4 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5
10. Bg2 Bb4 11. O-O Bxc3 12. Nxc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nc6 14. Ba3 Qxd1 ({Ftacnik} 
14... Qc7 $5 $13) 15. Rfxd1 Rd8 16. Bd6 f6 17. Rab1 Bc8 18. Rd3 Kf7 19. Bc7
Rxd3 20. cxd3 $36 {[%csl Gc7,Gg2][%cal Gb1b7] Kamsky,G (2733)-Shankland,S 
(2512)/USA-ch Saint Louis/2011/}) 8. g3 (8. Bg5 Be6 (8... Be7 9. Ng3 g6 10. Bc4
Nbd7 11. Nf1 b5 12. Bd5 Rb8 13. Bc6 O-O 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Ne3 Bb7 16. Bxb7 Rxb7
17. O-O $6 (17. Qf3 $13) 17... b4 18. Ncd5 Nxe4 19. Qf3 Ndc5 20. Nc4 f5 21. Be3
Bg5 22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. Rfd1 {Predke,A (2513)-Khismatullin,D (2680)/Samara/2014/}
Rd7 $17) 9. g3 Nbd7 10. a4 Be7 11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O b5 $5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8
Qxa8 15. Nxb5 Qb8 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Qd3 Qc8 {[%csl Rc4,Rh3]} 18. Nxd6 (18. b3
Bxh3 19. c4 h4 20. Ra1 {Naiditsch,A (2685)-Urkedal,F (2438)/Stockholm/2011/} d5
$5 21. cxd5 Bc5 $44) 18... Bxd6 19. Qxd6 Qxc2 20. Nc3 Qxb2 21. Nd1 (21. Qxe5 $2
Rc8) 21... Qb8 22. Qxb8 Rxb8 23. Ne3 $11 {Svidler,P (2769)-Anand,V (2783)/
Stavanger/2013/}) 8... Be6 ({It is only after} 8... b5 {that White plays the
active sortie} 9. Bg5 {Contrary to the aforementioned lines with the bishop
sortie one move earlier, here he still has the option of castling queenside:}
Nbd7 10. Nd5 Bb7 11. Nec3 Rc8 12. Bg2 Be7 13. Nxe7 Qxe7 14. h4 Nb6 15. Qd3 Qc7
16. Bh3 (16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. O-O $36 {[%csl Rd6,Rf6,Rf7]}) 16... Rb8 (16... Nfd7
$142 $1) 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. O-O-O b4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 $6 (19... Bxd5 $142) 20. exd5
Bc8 21. f4 Bxh3 22. Rxh3 $36 {[%csl Re8] Karjakin,S (2759)-Gelfand,B (2777)/
Wijk aan Zee/2014/ For more details see the notes to this game by Karjakin in
CBM 159.}) 9. Bg2 {Here Ftacnik mentions the more restrained} Nbd7 (9... b5 10.
O-O Nbd7 11. Be3 Nb6 12. b3 Be7 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. a4 bxa4 $6 (14... b4 15. a5
Nbd7 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bf5 $14 {/<=>}) 15. Nxa4 Nxa4 16. Rxa4 O-O 17. Rfa1
Rfc8 18. c4 Rcb8 19. R4a3 Nd7 20. Nc3 Qc8 21. Qd1 Nf6 22. Kh2 $14 {/+/-,Giri,A
(2750)-Wojtaszek,R (2733)/Biel/2014/ White's better pawn structure gives him a
long-term pull.}) 10. a4 Be7 11. O-O Qc7 12. Be3 Rc8 13. a5 O-O 14. b3 Rfe8 15.
Ra2 Nc5 (15... Bf8 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 e4 18. c4 g6 19. Nc3 Bg7 20. Qb1 Nc5
21. Bd4 Qd8 22. Re2 h4 23. g4 Nh7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. b4 $16 {Vachier Lagrave,M 
(2722)-Makarov,M (2518)/RUS-chT Loo/2013/}) 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bf5 18. c4 h4
19. Ra3 Bg6 20. Kh2 Ne4 $13 {Postnikov,D (2178)-Smirnov,A (2405)/Izhevsk/2013/}
) ({Lesser lines are more risky:} 6... g6 7. g4 Bg7 8. Bg2 (8. g5 Nh5 9. Be2 e5
10. Nb3 Nf4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Nc6 13. Bg4 Bxg4 14. hxg4 Qc8 15. Qd1 d5 $1 (
15... Nd4 $6 16. c3 Nxb3 17. axb3 Qe6 18. Ra5 f6 19. Qd5 Qxd5 20. Rxd5 Kd7 21.
gxf6 Bxf6 22. g5 Be7 23. Ke2 $16 {[%csl Gc1,Rd6,Re7,Rh7] Fischer,R-Reshevsky,S/
New York/1962/}) 16. exd5 Nb4 17. c3 Qc4 $1 $36) 8... O-O (8... h5 $6 9. g5
Nfd7 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Qd2 O-O 12. O-O-O Nde5 13. b3 Qa5 14. f4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Nc6
16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Kb2 Be6 18. Rhf1 Rac8 19. Qe3 Nb4 20. Rf2 Qc5 21. Qxc5 Rxc5
22. Na4 Rc7 23. f5 $16 {Navara,D (2719)-Van Wely,L (2683)/Wijk aan Zee/2007/})
9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 (10. O-O Bd7 11. Nde2 {also gives White chances to fight
for an advantage:} b5 12. f4 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Na5 15. b3 $5 Bxa1 16.
Qxa1 Rc8 17. Nd4 Nb7 18. f5 f6 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Qe1 a5 21. Qh4 Rf7 22. Qh6 Rg7
23. g5 Nc5 24. Nc6 $44 Bxc6 $2 (24... Qf8 $142) 25. dxc6 f5 26. Bd4 Qf8 27. Re1
e6 28. Rxe6 Nxe6 29. Bd5 Re8 30. c7 $18 {Carlsen,M (2775)-Ponomariov,R (2718)/
Moscow blitz/2008/}) 10... Bd7 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. f4 (12. Nde2 Ne5 13. b3 Qa5
14. Kb1 Nc4 $5 15. bxc4 Rxc4 16. e5 Rfc8 17. exf6 Rb4+ 18. Ka1 Bxf6 19. Bd4
Rxd4 20. Nxd4 Rxc3 21. Bd5 Bb5 22. g5 Bg7 23. Kb2 Qa3+ 24. Kb1 Bd3 25. cxd3
Bxd4 26. Bxf7+ Kg7 27. Qb2 Qxb2+ 28. Kxb2 {1/2, Shpakovsky,A (2506)-Gerasimov,
V (2479)/email/2012/} Kxf7 $11) (12. Kb1 b5 13. g5 b4 14. Nce2 Nh5 15. Bf3 Ne5
16. Bxh5 Nc4 17. Qd3 gxh5 18. Bc1 Bb5 19. Nxb5 axb5 20. Qb3 Ra8 21. Qxb4 Ra4
22. Qb3 Qb6 $132 {Vetter,G (2408)-Gerasimov,V (2287)/email/2009/}) 12... Na5
13. b3 Qc7 14. Nde2 b5 15. Nd5 (15. Kb1 $5 Be6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nb7 18.
Bd4 Nc5 19. Ng3 $14 {Admiraal,M (2221)-Bosboom,M (2455)/Haarlem/2010/}) 15...
Nxd5 16. exd5 Rfe8 17. Rhf1 e6 18. Rf2 Nc4 $5 19. bxc4 bxc4 20. Bd4 c3 21. Qxc3
Qxc3 22. Nxc3 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxc3 24. dxe6 Rxe6 25. Rfd2 Rg3 $132 {Topalov,V 
(2785)-Mamedyarov,S (2757)/Khanty-Mansiysk/2014/}) (6... b5 7. Nd5 $5 {
Fischer's original idea is possibly the best choice.} (7. g4 Bb7 8. Bg2 e6 9.
O-O b4 (9... Nc6 $5 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxc6 Qc7 $13) 10. Nd5 $5 exd5 11. exd5 Be7
12. g5 Nfd7 13. Nc6 Qc7 14. Nxe7 Kxe7 15. Re1+ {is rather unclear after} Kd8 $1
(15... Kf8 $2 16. Qe2 Qd8 17. Bf4 Ne5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Qxe5 h6 20. Qf4 a5 21.
g6 f6 22. Re6 Bc8 23. Re3 Qb6 24. Rae1 Bd7 25. d6 Ra7 26. Qc4 {1-0, Karjakin,S
(2732)-Van Wely,L (2681)/Nice rpd/2008/}) 16. Qd4 f6 17. Qxb4 Ne5 18. f4 Nc4
19. b3 Qb6+ 20. Qxb6+ Nxb6 21. Re6 Kc7 22. c4 N8d7 $13 {Parligras,M (2588)
-Kurnosov,I (2617)/Bucharest/2008/}) 7... Bb7 (7... Nxe4 8. Qf3 Nc5 9. b4 e6
10. bxc5 exd5 11. c6 Be7 12. Qxd5 O-O 13. Bd3 Bf6 14. O-O Qc7 15. Bb2 {
Schneider,D (2405)-Nakamura,H (2452)/Tulsa/2001/} Nxc6 16. Qe4 g6 17. Nxb5 axb5
18. Bxf6 $16) (7... e6 $5 8. Nxf6+ Qxf6 {is perhaps the safest alternative,
but Black's queenside feels vulnerable.}) 8. Nxf6+ gxf6 9. c4 (9. Bd3 $14) 9...
bxc4 (9... Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. Nb3 $5 Bxe4 12. Be3 $36) 10. Bxc4 Bxe4 11. O-O
d5 12. Re1 (12. Bb3 $142 $36) 12... e5 $2 (12... Bxg2 $1 $13) 13. Qa4+ Nd7 14.
Rxe4 dxe4 15. Nf5 Bc5 16. Ng7+ Ke7 17. Nf5+ Ke8 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Qb6 20.
Rd1 Ra7 21. Rd6 Qd8 22. Qb3 Qc7 23. Bxf7+ Kd8 24. Be6 {1-0, Fischer,R-Najdorf,
M/Varna olm/1962/}) ({However, one line deserving closer attention is} 6... Nc6
7. g4 Qb6 $5 (7... Nxd4 8. Qxd4 e5 9. Qd3 Be6 (9... Be7 $143 10. g5 Nd7 11. Be3
Nc5 (11... Bxg5 12. Bxg5 Qxg5 13. Qxd6 $14) 12. Qd2 Be6 13. O-O-O O-O 14. f3
Rc8 15. Kb1 Nd7 16. h4 b5 17. Bh3 Bxh3 18. Rxh3 Nb6 19. Bxb6 Qxb6 20. Nd5 Qd8
21. f4 $16 {[%csl Gd5,Re7] Fischer,R-Bolbochan,J/Stockholm/1962/}) 10. g5 Nd7
11. f4 Rc8 (11... exf4 12. Bxf4 Be7 13. O-O-O Bxg5 14. Qxd6 Bxf4+ 15. Qxf4 O-O
16. Rg1 Rc8 17. Nd5 Kh8 18. Be2 f6 19. Qg3 $14 {Kuzubov,Y (2615)-Korobov,A 
(2679)/EU-ch Plovdiv/2012/}) 12. f5 Bc4 13. Qf3 (13. Qg3 b5 14. Bg2 b4 15. Nd1
d5 $5 16. exd5 Bc5 17. Be3 Bd4 18. h4 Qa5 19. f6 gxf6 20. gxf6 Bxd5 $15 {
Movsesian,S (2705)-Fedorchuk,S (2646)/CRO-chT Sibenik/2012/}) 13... Nb6 14.
Bxc4 Nxc4 15. b3 (15. f6 $1 gxf6 16. Rf1 $36) 15... Nb6 16. Bd2 d5 17. exd5 Bb4
18. Rd1 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Qxg5 20. Bxe5 Rxc2 21. Bd4 Nd7 22. Rg1 Ne5 23. Qg3 {
Korobov,A (2702)-Negi,P (2641)/New Delhi/2012/} Qh4 $1 24. Qxh4 Nf3+ $11) 8.
Nb3 (8. Nde2 e6 9. Bg2 Be7 10. O-O (10. b3 h6 11. Qd2 g5 12. Ba3 Ne5 13. O-O-O
Qxf2 14. Bxd6 Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Nfd7 16. Nd4 Qf6 17. Qa3 Qe7 18. Qb2 O-O $13 19.
Nf5 $6 exf5 20. Nd5 Qc5 21. exf5 a5 $1 22. h4 gxh4 23. Rxh4 Ra6 $15 {Topalov,V
(2805)-Grischuk,A (2736)/Linares/2010/ See the notes to this game by Ftacnik
in CBM 135.}) 10... O-O 11. a3 Re8 12. Kh1 Qc7 13. f4 b5 14. f5 Nd7 15. Nf4 Bf8
16. Nh5 Nce5 17. Bg5 Bb7 18. Qc1 Kh8 19. Rf2 Rac8 20. Bh4 Qc5 21. Re2 a5 22. a4
b4 23. Nb5 Ba6 24. fxe6 fxe6 {Vallejo Pons,F (2700)-Dominguez Perez,L (2768)/
Havana/2014/}) 8... e6 9. g5 (9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 b5 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. O-O Be7 13.
a4 b4 14. Ne2 Na5 15. Nxa5 Qxa5 16. Ng3 O-O 17. g5 Nd7 18. f5 Rfe8 19. Kh1 Bf8
20. Bf4 Ne5 21. f6 g6 22. b3 Rac8 23. Qd2 Qc5 $132 {Safarli,E (2649)-Grischuk,
A (2792)/Dubai blitz/2014/}) 9... Nd7 10. h4 Qc7 11. h5 (11. f4 b5 12. Bg2 Bb7
13. a3 g6 14. f5 Nde5 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Bh3 Qe7 17. O-O Bg7 18. Ne2 Nf7 19. Nf4
Bc8 20. c3 O-O 21. Be3 Nfe5 22. Nd2 Bd7 23. Qe2 Rf7 24. Rf2 Raf8 $11 {/=/+,
Nepomniachtchi,I (2730)-Grischuk,A (2792)/Dubai rpd/2014/}) 11... b5 12. Rh3 (
12. a3 Bb7 13. Rh3 Nce5 14. g6 hxg6 15. f4 Nc4 16. hxg6 Rxh3 17. gxf7+ Kxf7 18.
Bxh3 Nf6 19. Nd4 Re8 20. Qd3 e5 21. Nf3 Kg8 22. Ng5 exf4 23. Be6+ Rxe6 24. Nxe6
Qe7 25. Nxf8 Nxe4 (25... Qxf8 $1 $15) 26. Ng6 Qe8 $2 (26... Qg5 27. Nxe4 Qg1+
28. Ke2 Qxg6 $44) 27. Nd5 $1 $18 {Giri,A (2752)-Grischuk,A (2792)/Norway blitz/
2014/}) 12... Bb7 13. g6 Nf6 14. Be3 hxg6 15. hxg6 Rxh3 16. Bxh3 Ne5 17. gxf7+
Qxf7 18. Nd4 Nxe4 19. Bxe6 Qg6 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Qe2 Qg1+ 22. Qf1 Qg6 $132 {
Sutovsky,E (2660)-Artemiev,V (2560)/Baku/2013/}) 7. g4 h6 {This prophylactic
move is played very often, but a dozen moves later on White will pounce on the
very weakening it causes. Our game again opens the question - is it necessary?}
(7... Nfd7 8. Bg2 Be7 9. Be3 (9. b3 {was too tame:} Nc6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Nce2
Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qa5+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Ne5 15. Rae1 Bg5+ 16. Kd1 Ng6 17. Bc1
Bxc1 18. Kxc1 Nf4 19. Bf3 Rd8 20. Ne2 Ng6 $11 {Jurcik,M (2469)-Ftacnik,L (2566)
/SVK-ch Prievidza/2014/}) 9... Nc6 10. h4 (10. O-O O-O 11. a4 Nde5 12. Nce2 Bd7
13. b3 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc6 15. c4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 e5 17. Bc3 Qb6 18. Kh1 Bg5 19.
Bb2 Be6 20. Ba3 Rfd8 $11 {Areshchenko,A (2701)-Cheparinov,I (2690)/Warsaw/2014/
}) (10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. e5 d5 14. f4 b4 $5 $146 (14...
Bb7 15. Qe3 Rc8 16. Kb1 Qc7 17. Rc1 Bc5 18. Ne2 a5 19. c3 Ba6 20. Rc2 Qb6 21.
Rhc1 b4 22. cxb4 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 axb4 25. f5 Rc8 $11 {Vachier
Lagrave,M (2715)-Anand,V (2810)/Wijk aan Zee/2011/}) 15. Na4 Bb7 16. b3 Bc6 17.
Nb2 a5 18. f5 a4 19. Nd3 axb3 20. cxb3 Bb5 21. Kb1 Qa5 22. Rhf1 Nc5 23. Bxc5
Bxc5 $17 {Caruana,F (2774)-Karjakin,S (2782)/Moscow blitz/2013/}) 10... Nde5
11. g5 Bd7 ({Probably braver and better is} 11... Nc4 $5 12. Bc1 O-O {, played
somewhat later:} 13. b3 (13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. b3 Nb6 15. Bb2 a5 16. Ne2 Ba6 17.
Ng3 d5 18. Qd4 Bb4+ 19. Kd1 {Stevic,H (2613)-Yilmaz,M (2564)/Sarajevo/2014/} f6
$5 $13 {/=/+}) 13... Qa5 14. Nde2 N4e5 $5 (14... Na3 15. O-O b5 16. Bd2 Qc7 17.
Qc1 b4 18. Na4 {Nestorovic,N (2461)-Hajbok,R (2367)/Kazan/2013/} Nb5 $11) 15.
f4 (15. h5 $5) 15... Ng4 $1 16. Bf3 h5 17. Bxg4 hxg4 18. Qd2 d5 19. exd5 Rd8
20. a3 exd5 21. Na4 Qc7 22. h5 b5 23. h6 gxh6 24. Bb2 d4 $17 {Stevic,H (2619)
-Tadic,B (2505)/Neum/2014/}) 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. b3 f5 14. f4 Ng4 15. Qe2 Nxe3
16. Qxe3 fxe4 17. O-O-O d5 18. Nxe4 Ba3+ 19. Kb1 Qe7 20. Nf2 Bc5 21. Qg3 Bxf2
22. Qxf2 O-O 23. Qd4 Rf5 24. Rde1 $14 {Anand,V (2770)-Topalov,V (2785)/
Candidates Khanty-Mansiysk/2014/ See the notes to this game by Anand in CBM
160.}) (7... Nc6 8. Bg2 Nd7 {may transpose into the above lines.} (8... Be7 {or
}) (8... Qc7 {can be slightly different, but similar in character.})) ({
The main alternative is} 7... d5 {, Black counters kingside expansion with a
central break. He should achieve equality with some care:} 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nde2
Bb4 (9... h5 $5 10. g5 (10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Nf4 hxg4 12. Qxd5 {Sutovsky,E (2675)
-Najer,E (2663)/Netanya rpd/2009/} Nc6 $132 {Ftacnik}) 10... Bd6 11. Nxd5 exd5
12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O Nc6 14. Qxd5 $6 (14. Be3 $13) 14... Be6 (14... Bxh3 $1 $15)
15. Qf3 Re8 16. Be3 Bc4 17. Rfe1 Nb4 18. Rac1 Be5 19. Nc3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Bd5 21.
Qxh5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qd5+ 23. Kg1 Nc6 $44 {Anand,V (2780)-Gelfand,B (2740)/
Zuerich/2013/ See the notes to this game by Ftacnik in CBM 153.}) (9... Nxc3
10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Nxc3 Bd7 12. Bg2 (12. Be3 Bc6 13. O-O-O+ Nd7 14. Rg1 {
gives White perhaps more chances for a slight pull.}) 12... Bc6 13. Bxc6 Nxc6
14. Bf4 Be7 15. O-O-O+ Ke8 16. Rhe1 Rd8 17. Ne4 h5 18. g5 e5 19. Be3 f5 20.
gxf6 gxf6 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. f4 h4 23. fxe5 fxe5 $11 {Rodshtein,M (2671)-Bu
Xiangzhi (2693)/Helsingor/2014/}) 10. Bg2 O-O (10... Nc6 $5) 11. O-O Nxc3 ({
Swapping the dark-squared bishop is strategically risky:} 11... Bxc3 12. Nxc3
Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qc7 14. Rb1 (14. Qf3 Nc6 15. Rd1 Bd7 16. Ba3 Rfd8 17. Bd6 Qc8 18.
Qf4 Na7 19. Bc7 Rf8 20. c4 Bc6 21. Bf1 b5 22. c5 Bd5 23. Bd6 Re8 24. a4 $36 {
Svidler,P (2753)-Volokitin,A (2638)/Dubai rpd/2014/}) 14... Nc6 15. Be3 b5 16.
c4 Rd8 17. Qe2 b4 18. c3 a5 19. a3 Bb7 20. Bc5 Rd7 21. cxb4 $16 {Adams,M (2727)
-Vachier Lagrave,M (2722)/Paris/St Petersburg/2013/}) 12. Nxc3 (12. bxc3 Bd6 (
12... Bc5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Rb1 Nc6 15. Ng3 f6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Be3 f5 {Jurcik,
M (2469)-Nayhebaver,M (2309)/Mitropa Cup/2014/} 18. Nc5 f4 19. Nxb7 Bxb7 20.
Bxf4 $1 $16) 13. Qd3 Qe7 (13... Qc7 14. Rd1 Be7 $13) 14. Rd1 Ba3 $6 (14... Bc7
$142) 15. Bxa3 Qxa3 16. Rab1 Nd7 17. c4 Qc5 18. Nc3 Ra7 19. Na4 Qc7 {Bartel,M 
(2618)-Oral,T (2546)/CZE-chT/2009/} 20. Qd4 b5 21. cxb5 axb5 22. Nc3 {/\} Ba6
23. Rxb5 $16) 12... Qc7 13. Qd4 (13. Qf3 Bd6 (13... Nc6 14. Bf4 $14) 14. Be3
Bh2+ 15. Kh1 Be5 16. Rfd1 Nd7 17. Qe2 Rb8 18. Ba7 Ra8 19. Bd4 Rb8 20. Ne4 b5
21. c3 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Bb7 23. Rad1 Bd5 $11 {Sutton,A (2223)-Pattrick,G (2157)/
email/2011/}) 13... Bd6 (13... Nc6 14. Bxc6 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 bxc6 16. Be3 e5 17.
Rae1 f6 18. f4 $36 {[%csl Rc8,Ge3] Kryvoruchko,Y (2659)-Korobov,A (2715)/
UKR-ch Kiev/2013/}) 14. Ne4 (14. Be3 Bd7 15. Rad1 Bh2+ 16. Kh1 Be5 17. Qb6 Qxb6
18. Bxb6 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Bc6 20. Rd6 Bxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Nc6 22. Rd7 Rab8 23. Rb1 Ne5
24. Rdd1 Rbc8 25. Bd4 Nc6 26. Rxb7 Nxd4 27. Rxd4 Rxc3 28. a4 {1/2, Ilyasov,A 
(2291)-Lil',P/email/2012/}) 14... Be7 15. Be3 Bd7 16. Qb6 Qxb6 17. Bxb6 Bc6 18.
c4 Nd7 19. Bd4 a5 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. b3 f6 $11 {Pikula,D (2547)-Georgiev,K 
(2675)/Cetinje/2010/}) (7... b5 $5 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O {transposes into 6...b5 7.
Bg2, avoiding the knight sortie to d5.}) 8. Bg2 Be7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. f4 (10. Qe2
Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. Be3 b5 13. O-O-O b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 O-O (15... a5
16. Be4 Bd7 17. Kb1 a4 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 O-O 20. Qd2 Re8 21. Bd3 b3 22. cxb3
axb3 23. a3 Bf6 $132 {Safarli,E (2620)-Sasikiran,K (2707)/Istanbul olm/2012/})
16. Be4 Bg5 17. Rdg1 Bxe3+ 18. fxe3 Qh4 19. Bd3 a5 20. e4 Ra7 21. Kb1 Rc7 22.
Qe3 Rc5 23. g5 {Shirov,A (2702)-Khismatullin,D (2681)/RUS-chT Loo/2014/} Kh7 $5
$11) 10... Nd7 {[%cal Re7h4] This forces White to disclose his castling
intentions.} ({After the more played, but less concrete} 10... Qc7 11. Qe2 $5 (
11. Qd2 Nxd4 (11... Bd7 12. O-O-O Na5 13. b3 Rc8 14. Nce2 g6 15. Ng3 e5 $6 16.
Nde2 Bc6 17. Kb1 Nd7 18. Rhf1 exf4 19. Nxf4 Ne5 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 $16 {
[%csl Ra5,Re8,Rh6] Van Kampen,R (2581)-Timman,J (2566)/Wijk aan Zee/2013/}) 12.
Bxd4 e5 13. Be3 exf4 14. Bxf4 Be6 15. O-O-O Rd8 16. Nd5 (16. Kb1 Qa5 17. Rhe1
Rd7 18. Bf3 Nh7 19. Qh2 O-O 20. h4 Bf6 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 {Ehlvest,J (2660)
-Rytshagov,M (2495)/Tallinn/1996/} Bxb2 $1 $11) 16... Nxd5 17. exd5 Bc8 18.
Rde1 (18. Kb1 $142 $5) 18... O-O 19. Be4 Bh4 20. Re2 {Leon Hoyos,M (2542)
-Cebalo,M (2500)/Nova Gorica/2010/} Rfe8 $132 {/\} 21. Bxh6 gxh6 22. Qxh6 f5
23. gxf5 Qh7 $11) 11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Be3 exf4 14. Bxf4 {White has a
high success rate:} Be6 15. O-O-O O-O 16. e5 dxe5 17. Qxe5 (17. Bxe5 Qb6 18.
Bd4 Qc7 19. Qf2 Rac8 20. Bb6 Qb8 21. Rhe1 Rc4 22. Bf1 Rc6 23. Bd4 Qc8 24. Bd3
Bc5 $132 {Robson,R (2491)-Urkedal,F (2333)/Tromsoe/2009/}) 17... Qc8 18. g5
hxg5 19. Bxg5 Nd7 20. Qg3 Bxg5+ 21. Qxg5 $36 {Movsesian,S (2580)-Akopian,V 
(2620)/Yerevan/1996/}) 11. O-O {Navara doesn't speculate anymore and resolves
the placement of his king.} (11. Qd2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. fxe5 (13. Bf2 {
has been played in email games:} exf4 14. Nd5 O-O 15. O-O-O Ne5 16. Bb6 Qe8 17.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qxf4 Be6 19. Kb1 Rfc8 20. Bf1 Rc6 21. Bd4 Rac8 22. Rh2 f6 $11 {
Kryuchkov,V-Emelyanov,M (2472)/email/2012/}) 13... Bh4+ 14. Bf2 Nxe5 15. O-O-O
Bxf2 16. Qxf2 Be6 17. Qd4 Qg5+ (17... h5 $5) 18. Kb1 O-O-O 19. Bf1 Nc6 20. Qf2
Qc5 21. Qg3 Qe5 22. Qf2 Qc5 $11 {Anand,V (2770)-Mamedyarov,S (2757)/Candidates
Khanty-Mansiysk/2014/ See the notes to this game by Kr.Szabo in CBM 160.}) ({
An interesting idea is the less tested} 11. Nf3 $5 b5 12. a4 b4 13. Ne2 Bb7 14.
Ng3 g6 15. O-O h5 16. g5 h4 17. Nh1 Na5 18. Nf2 Nc4 19. Bc1 e5 20. b3 Na5 21.
Bb2 Rh5 22. Qd2 $36 {Movsesian,S (2721)-Sandipan,C (2641)/Moscow/2011/}) 11...
Nxd4 (11... O-O 12. Qd2 ({Navara's intention was} 12. Nce2 {[%cal Yc2c4] , but
this is also nothing new:} Nxd4 13. Nxd4 e5 14. Nf5 exf4 15. Bxf4 (15. Nxe7+
Qxe7 16. Bxf4 Ne5 17. Qd4 Be6 18. b3 Rad8 19. c4 f6 20. Rad1 Rd7 $11 {Maze,S 
(2553)-Sokolov,A (2561)/Pau/2008/}) 15... Ne5 16. Qd2 Bxf5 17. exf5 Rc8 18. b3
b5 19. Rfe1 Bf6 20. Rad1 Re8 21. Kh1 Rc7 22. c3 Rce7 $132 {Kruse,H (2374)
-Riccio,E (2477)/email/2010/}) 12... Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Qc7 14. a4 b6 15. Rad1 Bb7
16. Qf2 Bc6 17. h4 b5 18. g5 b4 19. Na2 e5 20. Be3 exf4 21. Bxf4 hxg5 22. hxg5
Rab8 23. Qh4 Ne5 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Rf3 Bd7 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27. Rh3 f5 28. exf5
Qd1+ 29. Kh2 e4 $1 30. Qh7+ Kf7 31. Qg6+ {1/2, Kangur,A (2539)-Boger,R (2659)/
email/2006/ Here White didn't fully profit from h6 and his attack was
sufficient only for a perpetual.}) (11... Qc7 12. Nce2 O-O 13. Qd2 Nxd4 14.
Nxd4 Rb8 15. c4 b6 16. Rad1 Bb7 17. b3 Rbc8 18. Bf3 Nc5 19. Qg2 b5 20. h4 e5
21. Nf5 Ne6 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. g5 bxc4 24. Kh2 Nf4 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. gxh6 g6
$132 {Evtushenko,S (2460)-Yurov,A (2368)/email/2011/}) 12. Qxd4 O-O 13. Qd2
$146 {[%mdl 8] A slight improvement. Navara moves his queen from its central
post, freeing d4 for his minor pieces. He starts eyeing h6, Shirov's knight
transfer to g3 also finds a place in his attacking plans.} (13. Ne2 b5 14. Ng3
Bb7 15. Nh5 e5 16. Qd2 Nf6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. g5 hxg5 19. fxg5 Be7 20. a4 Qd7
21. axb5 axb5 22. Qd3 Bc6 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Qb3 Qe6 25. Qxe6 fxe6 26. h4 d5 $11
{Shirov,A (2703)-Sutovsky,E (2642)/Poikovsky/2014/}) (13. a4 b6 $13 {[%cal
Yc8b7]}) 13... Rb8 {Black would like to fianchetto his Bc8 after all.} ({
Both players considered the transition into French structures} 13... b5 14. e5
d5 15. Bd4 {[%cal Yf4f5] advantageous for White.}) 14. Rad1 (14. Ba7 Ra8 15.
Be3 $11 {is a way to chicken out.}) ({David didn't like the insertion of} 14.
a4 b6 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Yd7c5] , as his a-pawn can possibly become a target
after a subsequent Nc5.} 15. Rad1 Qc7 (15... Bb7 16. h4 $1 $14 {Gleizerov}) 16.
f5 Bb7 17. Ne2 Nc5 $5 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. f6 Bxf6 20. Rxf6 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Bxe4
$132) 14... b5 15. Ne2 (15. e5 $6 dxe5 16. Ba7 b4 $1 $15 {/\} 17. Bxb8 $2 Qb6+
$19) (15. h4 b4 16. Ne2 Nf6 $5 17. g5 hxg5 18. hxg5 Ng4 $132 {/=/+}) 15... Qc7
({Navara gave the line} 15... Bb7 $5 16. e5 (16. f5 e5 $5 $132 (16... Ne5 17.
b3 {[%csl Re6][%cal Ye2f4]})) 16... Bxg2 17. Kxg2 d5 18. Bd4 Qc7 $13) 16. f5 $5
{[%csl Rh6] White feels Black's last move (the queen moves further from the
kingside) justified this double-edged thrust.} Nf6 (16... Ne5 17. b3 (17. Bxh6
$6 Bf6 (17... Nc4 18. Qc1 Bf6 19. b3 Nb2 $15) 18. fxe6 fxe6 $15 (18... Bxe6 $2
19. Rxf6 $16)) {/\} 17... Rd8 18. f6 Bxf6 19. Rxf6 gxf6 20. Nf4 $40 {[%csl Rf6,
Rh6][%cal Rf4h5]}) (16... e5 17. Ng3 Nf6 18. Bxh6 $5 (18. Bf3 Bb7 19. h4 d5 20.
exd5 Rbd8 21. Qg2 e4 22. Nxe4 Nxd5 $44) 18... gxh6 19. Qxh6 $36 {is a good
version of the motif we will see in the game.}) (16... exf5 17. exf5 Bb7 (17...
Ne5 18. Qc3 $1 $14) 18. Qc3 $5 {Gleizerov} Nc5 19. Nf4 $14 {[%cal Yf4d5,Yf4h5]}
) 17. Ng3 (17. fxe6 Bxe6 (17... fxe6 18. Nf4 {[%cal Rf4g6]} Ne8 19. Nh5 $36)
18. Nd4 Nd7 $5 19. Nf5 Ne5 $132) 17... Re8 (17... d5 $2 18. e5 $1 $40) ({
Once the knight can't go to f4 aymore,} 17... Bb7 $5 {deserves serious
attention:} 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Qxh6 d5 $1 (19... Qxc2 20. g5 Qc5+ 21. Kh2 Qe3
22. fxe6 $18 {[%cal Rg3f5]}) 20. Kh2 {guarantees White a draw, but seemingly
nothing more after} Bd6 21. Qg5+ (21. Rd3 Be5 22. g5 Ne8 $5 {can be even risky
for White after} 23. fxe6 (23. f6 dxe4 24. g6 fxg6 25. Qxg6+ Ng7 26. Re3 Qf7
27. Qxg7+ Qxg7 28. fxg7 Rxf1 29. Bxf1 Rc8 $17) 23... Ng7 $15) 21... Kh7 22.
Qh4+ $11 {Grischuk was as usual running short of time, but perhaps he still
harbored higher ambitions?}) 18. Bd4 $5 {A very provocative continuation -
White loses a tempo to enhance the strength of his main attacking idea.} (18.
fxe6 Bxe6 (18... fxe6 $2 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Qxh6 Bd8 (20... Rf8 21. g5 Nh7 22.
g6 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Nf6 24. e5 dxe5 25. Ne4 $18) 21. e5 $1 $40 {/\} dxe5 22. Nh5
Nxh5 23. Qg6+ Ng7 24. Be4 $18) 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Rxf5 (20. exf5 d5 $1 $36 {
[%cal Ye7c5]}) 20... Rbc8 (20... Nd7 21. e5 $5 Nxe5 22. Bd5 Rf8 23. Bxh6 Rbc8
$1 (23... gxh6 $2 24. Qxh6 Qxc2 25. Rd2 Qc1+ 26. Kg2 $18 {[%cal Rf5h5]}) 24. c3
b4 $13) 21. Bxh6 Bf8 $1 $132 (21... gxh6 22. Qxh6 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Rc5 24. g5 Rxf5
25. exf5 Qe3 26. Qh4 $1 Ne4 $5 27. Qxe4 Bxg5 $14)) (18. Bxh6 $6 gxh6 19. Qxh6
Nh7 20. f6 Bf8 (20... Qc5+ $2 21. Kh1 Bf8 22. Qg6+ $1 Kh8 23. Qxf7 $18) (20...
Bxf6 $2 21. Rxf6 Nxf6 22. Qxf6 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 Qe5 24. Nh5 $16) 21. Qh5 Bb7 $5 $15
{is advantageous for Black - with the pawn on e6 his defence is much more
resilient, than later in the game.} (21... Qc5+ 22. Qxc5 dxc5 $15)) 18... e5 (
18... exf5 19. g5 $1 hxg5 (19... Nxe4 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. gxh6 Bf8 22. Qg5 f5 23.
Qg6 Re7 24. Rd3 $3 $40 {Navara} exd3 25. Bd5+ Kh8 26. hxg7+ Rxg7 27. Kh1 $18 {
[%cal Rg6h6]}) 20. Qxg5 $40) (18... Bb7 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. g5 (20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21.
Rxf6 (21. Qxd6 $2 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Bxb2 $17 {[%csl Gb2,Gb7][%cal Yb2e5]}) 21...
gxf6 22. Qxh6 (22. Nh5 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 Rf8 {[%cal Yc5g5]}) 22... Qc5+ 23. Kh2 Qg5
$11) 20... hxg5 21. Qxg5 Rf8 22. Rf2 $14 {[%cal Yd1f1,Yh3h4,Yg2h3]}) 19. Be3
Bb7 $6 {[%cal Yb8d8,Yd6d5] Black finally plays this natural move, but right at
this moment he had plausible and probably better alternatives:} (19... Rd8 $5
20. Bxh6 (20. g5 hxg5 21. Bxg5 Bb7 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Nh5 Qe7 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25.
c3 Rbc8 $11 {/=/+}) 20... gxh6 21. Qxh6 Nh7 22. f6 Bf8 {and the line similar
to the game doesn't give White anything:} 23. Qh5 Qc5+ 24. Kh2 Qe3 25. h4 Qh6
26. Qxh6 Bxh6 27. g5 Nxg5 28. hxg5 Bxg5 $11) (19... Kh7 $5 20. Bf3 ({Navara
points out the safer and roughly equal} 20. g5 $5 hxg5 21. Bxg5 $11) 20... Bb7
21. h4 d5 22. g5 (22. exd5 e4 23. d6 (23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Bc5 $1 25. d6 Qb6
$19) 23... Bxd6 24. Qxd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 exf3 26. Rxf6 gxf6 27. Kf2 Rbc8 $15)
22... dxe4 23. gxf6 exf3 24. fxe7 Qxe7 $44 {and already Black has excellent
compensation and attacking chances.}) 20. Bxh6 $1 {[%mdl 640] Facing quickly
unfolding central counterplay, White can't hesitate - the piece sacrifice is
the only consistent continuation of his attacking plans.} gxh6 {This was
dubbed an impractical solution in the impending time-trouble. However,
objectively speaking Black's defensive task was very difficult anyway and
maybe he already has no road to a fully satisfactory position:} (20... d5 {
was suggested afterwards as stronger, but the problems persist after} 21. Bxg7
$5 (21. Bg5 dxe4 22. Bxf6 Qb6+ 23. Kh2 e3 24. Qe2 Bxf6 25. Bxb7 Qxb7 $1 (25...
Rxb7 26. Ne4 $36) 26. Qxe3 e4 $132) (21. exd5 gxh6 22. Qxh6 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Bf8
24. Qg5+ Bg7 $15) 21... Kxg7 22. g5 (22. Qg5+ $6 Kh8 (22... Kf8 $5) 23. exd5 e4
$5 (23... Qxc2 24. Nh5 $1 (24. Qh6+ Nh7 25. Qh5 $5 (25. Be4 Qc5+ 26. Kg2 Bg5
27. Qh5 f6 $15) (25. Ne4 Rg8 26. f6 Rg6 27. Qh5 Bf8 $13) 25... Bg5 $13) 24...
Qc5+ (24... Rg8 25. Qh4 Qc5+ {-24...Qc5+} (25... Nxh5 $2 26. Qxh5+ Kg7 27. f6+
Bxf6 28. g5 $18)) 25. Kh1 Rg8 26. Qh4 Nh7 27. f6 Bd8 28. Ng3 Rg6 29. Ne4 $44 {
/+/=}) 24. Nh5 Rg8 25. Qh4 Nh7 26. f6 Bd6 27. Bxe4 Rg6 $13) 22... Bc5+ 23. Kh2
Nxe4 24. f6+ Kh7 (24... Kg6 25. Qd3 $1 (25. Bxe4+ dxe4 26. Qe2 Rh8 27. Qg4 Qc8
28. Rd7 Qxd7 29. Qxd7 Bc8 $132) {/\} 25... Kh7 26. Bxe4+ dxe4 27. Qe2 {-24...
Kh7}) (24... Kg8 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. g6 e3 27. Qe2 {[%cal Re2h5]} fxg6 28. f7+
Qxf7 29. Rxf7 Kxf7 30. b4 $16) 25. Bxe4+ dxe4 26. Qe2 Rh8 27. Qg4 {[%cal Rd1d7]
} Bc6 (27... Rbd8 28. g6+ fxg6 29. Qh4+ Kg8 30. f7+ Kg7 31. Qf6+ Kh7 32. Nf5 $1
gxf5 33. Rxf5 $18) (27... Bd4 28. c3 $16) 28. g6+ fxg6 29. Qh4+ Kg8 30. f7+
Qxf7 31. Qxh8+ Kxh8 32. Rxf7 $14) 21. Qxh6 Nh7 (21... d5 22. g5 Bf8 $5 (22...
Bc5+ 23. Kh2 Bf8 24. Qh4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Nh5 Bd6 27. Nf6+ Kf8 28. g6 $18
{/\} Qxc2+ 29. Rf2 Qxd1 30. Nd7+) 23. Qh4 $1 Nh7 (23... Nxe4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25.
Nh5 Bc5+ 26. Kh2 $40 {[%cal Rh5f6,Rg5g6]}) 24. f6 {[%cal Rg5g6,Yg2f5,Yf5h6]}
Kh8 25. exd5 $16) (21... Qxc2 22. Qg5+ $1 (22. g5 Qc5+ (22... Nxe4 23. g6 Ng5 (
23... Nf6 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Nh5 $18) 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Nh5 Nxh3+ 26. Kh1 Nf2+
27. Rxf2 Qxd1+ 28. Kh2 $18) 23. Rf2 Qe3 $1 24. Nf1 Ng4 25. Nxe3 Nxh6 26. gxh6
Kh7 $14 {/<=>}) 22... Kh8 (22... Kf8 23. Nh5 $1 Nxh5 24. Qxh5 {[%cal Rh5h8]}
Bf6 25. g5 $18) 23. Nh5 Rg8 (23... Nxh5 24. Qxh5+ Kg8 25. g5 {[%cal Rf5f6,
Rg5g6]} Bxe4 26. Rf2 $1 $18 (26. Bxe4 $2 Qxe4 27. g6 fxg6 28. fxg6 Qh4)) 24.
Qh4 Nxg4 25. Nf6+ Kg7 26. Qg5+ Kh8 27. Qh5+ Kg7 28. Nxg4 Kf8 29. f6 $16) 22. f6
Bf8 (22... Bxf6 $2 23. Rxf6 {/\} Nxf6 24. Nf5 $18) (22... Nxf6 $2 23. Rf5 $18 (
23. Nf5 Bf8 24. Qg5+ Kh7 25. Rxd6 $18)) 23. Qh5 (23. Qh4 $5 {[%cal Yf1f5,Yf5h5]
} Qc5+ $6 24. Kh2 Qe3 25. Rf5 Qh6 26. Rh5 Qg6 27. Rf1 Bc8 28. Rff5 $3 Bxf5 29.
exf5 Qxf6 30. g5 $18 {is a pretty line given by the winner. However, Navara
himself admits it's not forced, Black can probably defend better with a more
timely Bc8.}) 23... Qc5+ (23... d5 $5 24. g5 Kh8 25. exd5 e4 26. Nxe4 Rbd8 27.
g6 $5 fxg6 28. Qxg6 $40) ({After} 23... Kh8 24. g5 $40 {[%cal Yg3f5,Yg2f3,
Yf3g4,Yg4f5] White has a powerful position with numerous attacking ideas.
Kavalek gives the pretty line} Bc8 25. Rf2 Rb7 26. Rdf1 Be6 27. Kh2 Qc4 28. Rf4
$1 exf4 29. Rxf4 $18 {[%cal Rf4h4]}) 24. Kh2 Qe3 $138 {Natural in time-trouble
- the queen wants to help out its king. The problem is that even in the
endgame the attack persists.} 25. h4 Qh6 $1 {[]} 26. Qxh6 Bxh6 27. g5 Bf8 (
27... Nxg5 28. Nf5 $1 Kh7 (28... Nf3+ 29. Bxf3 Bf4+ 30. Kh3 Bc8 31. Bg4 $18)
29. Nxh6 Kxh6 30. hxg5+ Kxg5 31. Rxd6 $16) (27... Rec8 $5 28. gxh6 (28. Rf2 $5
Bf8 29. Nf5 $44) 28... Rxc2 29. Rxd6 Rxb2 30. Rfd1 Rf8 31. a3 $36 {Navara}) (
27... Rbc8 28. c3 $16) (27... Bxg5 28. hxg5 Nxg5 29. Nf5 $18 {/\} Re6 30. Ng7)
28. g6 $1 Bh6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This fails tactically.} (28... fxg6 29. f7+ $18)
(28... Nxf6 29. Rxf6 fxg6 30. Rxg6+ Kh7 31. h5 $16) ({Now already} 28... Rec8
$142 $1 {was necessary and certainly more resilient. After} 29. gxh7+ Kxh7 30.
Rf2 $14 {/+/- White is on top, but the game is far from over.}) 29. Nf5 Bf4+ (
29... Bf8 30. g7 Bxg7 31. fxg7 $18) 30. Rxf4 $1 $18 Nxf6 (30... exf4 31. Nh6+
Kh8 32. g7#) (30... fxg6 31. Rg4 $18) 31. gxf7+ Kxf7 32. Nxd6+ Ke7 (32... Kg6
33. h5+ Nxh5 34. Rg4+ $18) 33. Nxe8 {White has already more than one way to
convert his material advantage.} (33. Rf5 $18 {/\} Ng4+ 34. Kg3 Ne3 35. Rf7+)
33... exf4 34. Nxf6 Kxf6 35. Rd6+ Ke5 36. Rb6 $1 {Seals Black's fate - this
pin will cost him another pawn.} f3 (36... Kd4 {[%cal Yd4c5]} 37. e5 $18) 37.
Bxf3 Rf8 38. Kg3 Bxe4 39. Bxe4 Kxe4 40. Re6+ (40. Re6+ Kf5 41. Rxa6 $18 {
With the time-control over it makes no sense to continue.}) 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 15th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2014.05.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[Annotator "Sutovsky,E"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2014.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{It was the third game with Alexei in Poikovsky. Each of the two previous
encounters (in 2008 and 2009) ended in a draw, after a very sharp fight, and
there was every reason to believe that the present game would be special as
well. Actually we haven't met over the board for several years, but we did
work together at the ACP Cup, which took place in Riga in 2013. Alexei was the
co-organizer of the event, and we even commented on the final match together.
Now it was time to show that we still are active players. Well, judging from
my performance in this tournament I can't say that I was successful proving
that point, but there were a number of thrilling games played, which proves
that there was a method in the madness that I displayed in Poikovsky :)} 1. e4
c5 {Ocassionally I play 1...e5 and 1...e6 , but the Sicilian always remains my
main weapon.} 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {Good old Najdorf. I
remember working on it in 1993-1994, when I had just started to play this
system (prior to it, I was playing the Sveshnikov almost exclusively). My
trainer back then, Lev Psakhis, was not amused about my decision to pick up
the Najdorf - "you don't even imagine, how much theory you'll have to
remember". Well, now it sounds like a good joke. Oh, rather like a bad one. As
now, the Najdorf got so HUGE...} 6. Be3 {Shirov's pet move. He was among those
who made 6.Be3 so popular in the 90s, but even one of the godfathers of this
line can't catch up with all the recent developments, and so after the
principled} Ng4 {Alexei thought for a while, and played...} 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. h3 {
A rather fresh line. Fresh...Nowadays any fresh line is analyzed so
extensively that it loses the touch of freshness after a year or two in the
best case scenario. I have played the h3-system myself - actually it has
started back in 2008, when Gata Kamsky asked me to prepare some poisonous
sideline against the Najdorf, which I duly did. Soon the ideas in this system
were exhausted, but for the 2011 candidates matches we had prepared a new
setup, which revived the h3-system and has made it popular ever since.} e6 {
Of course another option is 8...e5, which is actually a bit more popular.} 9.
g4 h6 10. Bg2 Be7 11. Be3 Nc6 {The latest trend. I had analysed this position
back in 2011 and considered it rather comfortable for Black, but strangely
enough, it remained sort of a sideline until recently.} 12. f4 ({Another
option is} 12. Qe2 {, which was tried recently by Shirov against Khismatullin.
Black has easily solved all the opening problems after} Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14.
Be3 Be6) 12... Nd7 {That's the point of Black's setup. Now White has to castle
short or allow exchanges. Alexei opts for the most principled approach.} 13.
O-O (13. Qd2 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15. fxe5 Bh4+ 16. Bf2 Nxe5 17. O-O-O Bxf2 18.
Qxf2 Be6 {allowed Black to equalise comfortably in Anand-Mamedyarov 
(candidates' tournament 2014).}) 13... Nxd4 14. Qxd4 O-O {Now things slow down
a bit. Black is happy with his Scheveningen setup, because White's pawn on g4
is out of sync with short castling and positional play. In order to justify
his strategy, Shirov comes up with an interesting idea.} 15. Ne2 $5 b5 (15...
e5 {was another option that I seriously considered.} 16. Qd2 exf4 17. Nxf4 Ne5
18. b3 Be6 {looks fine for Black as} 19. c4 {is timely met by} b5 {Finally, I
opted for the game continuation, because it seemed more ambitious to me than
simplifying matters in the centre. I just did not believe that Nc3-e2-g3-h5
can be too dangerous. Well, in the aftermath, both 15...e5 and 15...b5 are
enough for equality, but not more than that.}) 16. Ng3 Bb7 17. Nh5 e5 18. Qd2 {
This position I had reached in my calculations, prior to deciding on my 15th
move. I saw that Black has several sensible options here, but when the
position arose on the board, it turned out that matters are not that simple.}
Nf6 (18... Nc5 {suggests itself, but after} 19. f5 {I'd have to stop the white
attack with the ugly-looking} f6 {Now, the funny thing is that I knew that
computers like Black in such structures. I have parried immediate threats and
White's h4-g5 plan is not easy to be implemented. Still, I was reluctant to
seal my bishop in on e7 and I finally opted for the more classical approach in
the game.}) 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. g5 {White has to go forward - otherwise he will
just be slightly worse.} hxg5 (20... exf4 21. gxf6 fxe3 22. Qxe3 Re8 {was my
initial idea, when after 23.fxg7 Qg5 Black has a comfortable ending. However,
I spotted} 23. Rf5 {and didn't quite like it. Black might still be OK, but I
decided not to check it as I had another decent option.}) 21. fxg5 Be7 {
Once again, it is time to slow down. White has nice pressure on the f-file,
but that's about all he has achieved. On the other hand, Black intends to
attack White's weak pawns and also to press on the c-file.} 22. a4 $1 {A
clever one. Alexei realises that he needs to play on the queenside - not
because he is better there, but to prevent me from becoming too strong on that
wing. Let's call it prophylaxis.} Qd7 23. axb5 axb5 24. Qd3 Bc6 {Eyeing the
b5-pawn and enabling ...Qd7-b7 in some lines. Not a bad decision, but} (24...
Ra4 $1 {was a bit stronger. Now, taking on a4 is bad on general grounds as
after 25.Rxa4 bxa4 Black would increase the pressure on the queenside. So
White has to play} 25. b3 {, but this takes away the important b3-square from
the queen. Now Black can take on a1 or retreat with the rook, preserving a
slight edge. Well, I hear you saying: it is not a huge improvement compared to
the move played in the game! You are correct: in this particular game the
difference is not that significant, but the commentary is about general ideas
that can be useful under slightly different circumstances, isn't it?}) 25. Rxa8
Rxa8 26. Qb3 $1 Qe6 27. Qxe6 fxe6 28. h4 {Now White is ready for the expansion
on the kingside, so I have to strike back!} d5 29. h5 {That came as a surprise.
} ({I had considered} 29. exd5 {to be the main move. And the engines agree
with me, promising White a slight edge. Ok, now it's my turn to agree with the
home beast, although the position after} Bxd5 30. Rd1 e4 {doesn't seem to be
dangerous for Black.}) 29... d4 {An important decision. I had to decide on the
pawn formation, and it took me around 20 minutes to come up with the move in
the text, which might indeed be the best option.} 30. Bd2 g6 $1 {That's the
point. Although it allows the seemingly dangerous 31.h6, it does prevent 31.
g6!, which in fact was a real threat!} 31. h6 b4 $1 {Just in time. Now White's
pawns are fixed and he has to protect them. In fact, if Black was doing OK on
the queenside, I could have clIMWS more than equality. But you can't have it
all, can you?} 32. Kh2 Bb5 33. Rb1 (33. Rc1 Ra2 {is dangerous for White.})
33... Rc8 34. Rc1 Kh7 $6 (34... b3 $1 {was stronger but being short of time I
didn't notice that after} 35. cxb3 Rxc1 36. Bxc1 Bb4 37. Bh3 {I can simply play
} Bd3 $1 38. Bxe6+ Kh7 {and White is helpless against Bd3-c2, followed by the
pawn march. So, he has to play 37.Kg3 with a drawish line, similar to the one
that occured in the game.}) 35. Kg3 $6 (35. b3 $1 {stops b4-b3 forever and
leaves White with the slightly better position. Well, Black would have no
reason to panic as after} Ra8 (35... d3 $2 36. Bf1) 36. Kg3 Bc6 {White can't
break through. Still, Black would need to handle it with certain care.}) 35...
b3 {Now it is White who has to find only moves in order to hold the game. It
is not too difficult though, and Alexei manages it in spite being short of
time.} 36. cxb3 Rxc1 37. Bxc1 Bb4 38. Kf3 Bd3 39. Bh3 Bc2 40. Bxe6 d3 41. Ke3
Bc5+ 42. Kd2 Bb4+ 43. Ke3 Be7 44. Kf2 Bb4 {Quite a remarkable game, in my
opinion. No fireworks, but a topical theoretical discussion followed by subtle
manoeuvring, attacks and counterattacks on the kingside, on the queenside and
in the centre... That's the sort of draw you enjoy!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1997.09.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. Bg2 a6 8. h3 g5
9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Ne5 11. O-O-O Qc7 (11... b5 12. Nc6 $1 Nxc6 (12... Qc7 13.
Nxe5 dxe5 $16 {12...b5}) 13. e5 Nd5 (13... d5 14. exf6 $16) (13... Bb7 14. exf6
Qxf6 15. Ne4 Qe5 16. Rhf1 $1 d5 17. f4 $44) 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Bxd5 Bb7 16. exd6
Kd7 17. Be4 $1 $16) 12. Nf3 $1 $146 Ng6 (12... b5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. h4 Rg8 15.
hxg5 (15. Qf3 Nh7 $16) 15... hxg5 16. Qf3 $16) (12... Bd7 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. h4
Rg8 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Qf3 $16) (12... Nxf3 13. Bxf3 Nd7 14. h4 Rg8 15. hxg5
hxg5 16. Qd2 $1 Ne5 17. Be2 f6 18. f4 gxf4 19. Bxf4 $16) 13. h4 $1 Nxg4 14.
hxg5 Bd7 (14... Nxe3 15. Qxe3 hxg5 (15... Qc5 16. Qd2 hxg5 17. Rxh8 Nxh8 18. e5
d5 19. Ne4 $1 $16) 16. Rxh8 Nxh8 17. Qxg5 $16) 15. Bd2 $1 (15. gxh6 Bxh6 16.
Bxh6 Rxh6 17. Rxh6 Nxh6 18. Qd2 Ng4 $13) 15... O-O-O (15... hxg5 16. Rxh8 Nxh8
17. Nxg5 $16) 16. Nd4 Bg7 $5 (16... N4e5 17. gxh6 $16) (16... h5 17. f3 N4e5
18. Kb1 Nc4 19. Bc1 $16) 17. Qxg4 Bxd4 18. gxh6 Ne5 19. Qe2 Nc4 20. Rh3 $1 Nxd2
(20... Qc5 21. Bf1 $1 (21. Kb1 Bb5 $1 $44 (21... Qb4 22. Bc1)) 21... Bb5 22.
Qh5 $1 Nxd2 (22... Qb4 23. Bxc4 Bxc4 24. b3 $16) 23. Nxb5 axb5 (23... Bxb2+ 24.
Kxb2 Qb4+ 25. Kc1 Nxf1 26. Rb3 $18) 24. Rxd2 $16) 21. Qxd2 Be5 22. f4 Bf6 (
22... Bxc3 23. Rxc3 Bc6 24. f5 $16) 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Rdg8 25. Bf3 $6 (25.
e5 Rxg2 26. exf6 Rh7 (26... Rg6 27. h7 Rxf6 28. Rhd3 $1 Be8 $8 29. Rd8+ Kc7 30.
Ra8 $18) 27. Ne4 Rg6 28. Rhd3 (28. Ng5 Rhxh6 29. Rxh6 Rxh6 30. Nxf7 Rxf6 31.
Ne5 $16) 28... Bc6 29. Ng5 Rhxh6 30. Nxe6 $1 Kb8 $8 31. Nd4 Rxf6 32. Nxc6+ bxc6
33. Rxf6 Rxf6 34. Rd4 $18) 25... e5 26. f5 (26. Rh1 Be7 27. Rdd1 exf4 28. Nd5
Bd8 29. e5 Rg3 $14) 26... Rg1+ 27. Rd1 (27. Kd2 Be7 28. Rd3 Bg5+ 29. Ke2 Rc1
$13) 27... Bg5+ 28. Kb1 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 Rxh6 30. Rxh6 Bxh6 $14 31. Bh5 f6 32.
Bf7 Kd8 $1 33. Bd5 Kc7 34. Ne2 b6 35. c3 $6 $138 (35. c4 $14) 35... Kd6 36. Kc2
$4 $138 (36. Bb7 Bb5) (36. Bc4 Bc6 37. Bd3 b5 $14) 36... Bxf5 $11 37. Bb7 Bg6
38. Ng3 Bf4 39. Nf5+ Bxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "DDR-ch 39th"]
[Site "Bad Blankenburg"]
[Date "1990.02.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Schoeneberg, Manfred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Syre,C"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1990.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1
h5 9. gxh5 Nxh5 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. h5 a6 13. Qd2 b5 14. a3 Be7 15. Be3
Nxh5 16. O-O-O g6 17. f4 Nf6 18. Rh1 Rg8 19. Bf3 Rc8 20. Kb1 Qc7 21. Qh2 $1 {
Nach Thomas Luther ist die Stellung nach 20 Zügen bereits theoretisch bekannt.
Sein 21. Zug ist eine Neuschöpfung in Hausanalyse. [#]} e5 22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23.
fxe5 dxe5 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. exd5 Bd7 26. Be4 $1 Bf5 $2 {Übersieht die Antwort
und stellt praktisch einen Bauern ein.} 27. Qh7 $1 Rf8 (27... Bxe4 28. Qxg8+
Kd7 29. Qxf7 Bxh1 30. Qe6+ Kd8 31. Rxh1 {mit Mattdrohung}) 28. Bxf5 gxf5 29.
Qxf5 Bd6 30. Rdg1 $6 ({Hier konnte Weiss mit} 30. Rh6 $1 {entscheidend auf der
6. Reihe eindringen, z.B.} Qd7 31. Qf6 Rd8 32. Bb6) 30... Qd7 31. Qh7 Bc5 32.
Bh6 $1 Bxg1 33. Bxf8 Bd4 (33... Kxf8 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Qxe5+ Kd8 36. Rh8+ {
nebst #}) 34. c3 f6 $2 {Dieser Zeitnotfehler verliert sofort. Aufgrund der
offenen Königsstellung hat Schwarz jedoch kaum Chancen, seine Position
erfolgreich zu verteidigen,} ({z.B.} 34... Kxf8 35. cxd4 Qxd5 36. Re1 Qg2 37.
Qh8+ Qg8 38. Qxe5) 35. cxd4 Qxh7+ 36. Rxh7 Rd8 37. d6 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2014.11.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Perunovic, Milos"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:30"]
[BlackClock "1:30:30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 d5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Nde2 Bb4 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Nxc3 Qc7 13. Qd4 Nc6 (13... Bd6 {
is another main line.}) 14. Qc4 ({In case of} 14. Bxc6 $5 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 bxc6
16. Be3 e5 17. Rae1 f6 18. f4 Be6 19. Bc5 Rf7 20. fxe5 fxe5 21. Rxf7 Bxf7 22.
Rxe5 Rd8 $44 {White has a P up, but his K is weak, so Black has enough
compensation, Kryvoruchko-Korobov, Kiev 2013.}) 14... Bd6 15. Be3 Bd7 16. Rad1
Rfd8 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Bc5 $146 {Novelty by Perunovic.} (18. Qb3 b5 19. Bc5 Be8
20. Qe3 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. c3 $14 {and White had a slightly
better endgame, Satici-Spasov, ICCF 2009.}) 18... Ne5 19. Qc3 Bxc5 20. Qxc5 Bc6
21. Nd6 Rd7 $5 {An interesting move, Black sacrifices his N, but he will gain
back on the d-file.} ({The natural} 21... f6 {was also possible with a
balanced middlegame.}) 22. Qxe5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rad8 24. Rd3 Rxd6 25. Rfd1 Qc6+
26. Kg1 Rxd3 27. Rxd3 $11 {The position simplifies very quickly and the
endgame is completely drawish.} Rf8 {An ambitious move. Black doesn't want to
exchange the Rs and he hopes, he can play for ...f5. On the other hand this is
risky too, because he gives the d-file for White.} (27... Qb6 28. Qe3 Qa5 $11)
28. Rc3 Qa4 (28... Qb6 $5 {was the alternative move.}) 29. a3 h6 30. Qd6 (30.
Rc7 $142 {was more accurate, but} b5 31. Kg2 Rd8 $11 {is also a drawish
endgame.}) 30... Qe4 $1 {Black immediately activates his Q from the centre.}
31. Rc7 f5 32. Qd7 Qe5 ({Black could already give perpetual checks with} 32...
Qe1+ 33. Kg2 Qe4+ $11 {, but still he tries to play more.}) 33. Rc8 Qe1+ 34.
Kg2 Qe4+ 35. f3 Qe2+ 36. Kg1 Rxc8 37. Qxc8+ Kh7 38. gxf5 Qe3+ 39. Kg2 Qg5+ 40.
Kf2 exf5 41. Qxb7 Qd2+ 42. Kg3 Qg5+ 43. Kf2 Qd2+ 44. Kg3 Qg5+ {and finally
Black gives the perpetual checks.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 {Anand likes this
line; he has already won some nice games with White against Topalov, Vachier
Lagrave.} e6 ({4 rounds before Vachier Lagrave played} 6... e5 {against Anand,}
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4 Nbd7 9. g4 Rc8 10. f5 Bxb3 11. axb3 Rxc3 $5 {was an
interesting sacrifice,} (11... d5 $6 12. exd5 Bb4 13. Bg2 Qb6 14. Bd2 e4 15.
Qe2 $16 {Anand-Vachier Lagrave, London 2016, and White looks nicely placed.})
12. bxc3 Nxe4 13. h4 $1 Be7 14. g5 Qb6 15. Qf3 d5 $132 {with a complicated
middlegame.}) 7. g4 Be7 8. g5 Nfd7 9. h4 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Qd2 O-O
13. O-O-O Nc5 $146 {A novelty by Giri. In this type of middlegame, the knight
is very rarely on c5. Probably Giri wanted to exert pressure on e4.} (13...
Nxd4 {is the most popular move,} 14. Bxd4 Rc8 15. Rg1 Ne5 16. Qe3 Nc4 17. Bxc4
Rxc4 18. f4 Re8 19. f5 Bf8 20. f6 $40 {Vallejo Pons-Topalov, Leon rapid 2012,
and White has a strong attack.}) (13... Rc8 {is the another option,} 14. Nxc6
Rxc6 15. Kb1 Ne5 16. Rh3 Nc4 17. Qe1 Qa5 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Bb6 Qd7
21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Re3 $14 {Nepomniachtchi-Lu Shanglei, Moscow 2016, and White
is more comfortable.}) 14. f3 Rb8 15. Rg1 Qc7 16. b4 $6 {A smart and ambitious
move, but this is an inaccuracy. This move incurs the weakness of White's
queenside.} ({The natural} 16. Kb1) ({or} 16. h5 {was better to continue the
attack on the kingside.}) 16... Nd7 ({The engine suggests the brilliant seeming
} 16... Ne5 $5 17. f4 (17. bxc5 $6 dxc5 $36) 17... Rbd8 $132 {with a
double-edged fight.}) 17. Ndxb5 $6 {The point of White's previous move. This
is a typical knight sacrifice for three pawns, but now the white king is
becoming weak.} axb5 18. Nxb5 Qc8 19. Nxd6 Bxd6 20. Qxd6 Rd8 {Black protects
his pieces and now he has a lot of threats.} 21. b5 Nde5 $1 {A nice
intermediate move!} 22. Qc5 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 Nxf3 $1 {Black has to give back the
piece, but he can continue his attack.} 24. bxc6 Bxc6 25. Rg3 Rb1+ $2 {A
tempting move, but after this White can escape.} (25... Qd8+ $1 {or 25...Qd7
was correct,} 26. Ke2 (26. Bd3 Bxe4 27. Ke2 Bxd3+ 28. cxd3 Nxh4 $17) 26... Bxe4
27. Rxf3 Rb1 $1 $19 {This is the point! Probably Giri didn't see this move.
White is without hope.}) 26. Ke2 Qa6+ ({Still} 26... Nxh4 $5 {meant keeping
the tension.}) 27. Kxf3 Qxf1+ 28. Bf2 Qh1+ 29. Ke3 Qc1+ 30. Kf3 (30. Ke2 $11 {
was also enough to hold.}) 30... Qd1+ 31. Ke3 Qc1+ 32. Kf3 Qh1+ 33. Ke3 Qxe4+
34. Kd2 Qf4+ ({In the event of} 34... Rb8 35. Rd3 {and the white king is safe.}
) 35. Kc3 $1 Rb8 36. Rd3 $1 {Very precise play by Anand.} (36. Qxc6 $2 {
was bad, because of} Qxf2 $17 {and suddenly the white king is very weak again.}
) 36... Rc8 37. Kb2 $1 h5 {...and a draw, because the white king is safe.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. Qf3 (
8. Bg2 {is more popular.}) 8... Nbd7 9. Qg2 (9. Qh3) ({and} 9. Rg1 {are more
common continuations.}) 9... g5 $146 {The first novelty, but later it will be
a transposition.} (9... Ne5 {was played in two games,} 10. Be2 g5 11. h4 Rg8
12. hxg5 hxg5 13. O-O-O b5 {and the position is transposing to the text move.})
10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Be2 b5 12. h4 Rg8 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Nf3 $146 {The real new
move in the game.} (14. f4 $6 {was too risky,} Nfxg4 $1 (14... gxf4 $6 15. Bxf4
Qc7 {(B.Savchenko-Cheparinov, Internet 2005)} 16. g5 $1 b4 17. Nb1 Bb7 18. Nd2
Rc8 19. Kb1 $36 {with a nice initiative for White.}) 15. Bxg4 gxf4 16. Bxf4
Rxg4 $132 {with a very complicated middlegame.}) (14. a3 Bb7 15. f3 Rc8 16. Qg3
{(Novikov-Oleksienko, Rodatychi 2006)} (16. Bd2 $5) 16... Rxc3 $1 {A typical
exchange sacrifice in the Sicilian!} 17. bxc3 Qc7 18. Kb2 d5 $1 $36 {with a
great inititive for Black.}) 14... Nexg4 15. Bd4 Bb7 16. Ne1 $6 {Too passive.}
(16. a3 $5) 16... b4 17. Bxg4 bxc3 18. Bxc3 Rc8 {The human reaction.} ({
The greedy engine suggests} 18... Bxe4 19. Bf3 d5 {and probably Black is also
fine.}) 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Nd3 Qd4 (20... Bg7 $5 {was also good to create the Q
and B battery and White's K has become uncomfortable.}) 21. f3 Bg7 22. Kb1 Ke7
{Black connects his Rs and his K is safe on e7.} 23. Qd2 Bf6 24. Rh6 ({In the
event of} 24. c3 Qb6 25. Ka1 a5 $132 {and Black's position is more tempting.})
24... Qb6 25. a3 a5 (25... Bc3 $5 26. Qh2 $13) 26. Qh2 $2 {A mistake. White
misses her only counter-chance!} ({White should have played} 26. e5 $1 dxe5 27.
Nc5 $1 {This is the point!} Qxc5 28. Qd7+ Kf8 29. Rxf6 Qe7 30. Qxe6 Qxe6 31.
Bxe6 Rc7 $11 {with a drawish endgame.}) 26... Bg7 $2 {Error in reply!} (26...
Rh8 $1 {was the correct reply,} 27. Rxh8 Rxh8 28. Qd2 Ba6 $17 {and Black has a
huge initiative.}) 27. Rh5 $2 {Another mistake!} ({The brilliant} 27. Bxe6 $3 {
was the best chance,} fxe6 28. Rg6 $1 $132 {with strong pressure on the
kingside for the piece.}) 27... Ba6 $1 28. Qd2 Bc3 29. Qc1 Bd4 $19 {Black has
a decisive attack, which White can't defend against. Black K is safe on e7 and
his pieces are very powerful.} 30. Qd2 Bxd3 31. cxd3 Rc3 32. Rh2 Rxa3 33. Qc1
Rb8 34. Rc2 Rb3 (34... Qb3 $1 $19 {was stronger, but the text move is also
good.}) 35. Rdd2 Be3 36. Qd1 Bxd2 37. Qxd2 Qg1+ 38. Qc1 Qxc1+ 39. Kxc1 R8b7 40.
d4 a4 41. Bh5 R3b4 42. d5 exd5 43. exd5 Rd4 {What a great struggle!} 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 {Both players had a
game with this variation in this Candidates tournament.} e6 ({Two rounds
previously Mamedyarov played} 6... g6 7. g4 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2
Bd7 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. f4 Na5 13. b3 Qc7 14. Nde2 b5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Rfe8
17. Rhf1 e6 $13 {with a sharp position, Topalov-Mamedyarov, Khanty-Mansiysk (8)
2014.}) 7. g4 h6 {This move is transposing to the Keres Attack.} ({In the
previous round Topalov played} 7... Nfd7 {against Vishy,} 8. Bg2 Be7 9. Be3 Nc6
10. h4 $5 {A rare, but an ambitious move.} (10. Qe2 {is more popular.}) 10...
Nde5 11. g5 Bd7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. b3 f5 14. f4 Ng4 15. Qe2 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 fxe4
17. O-O-O d5 18. Nxe4 Ba3+ 19. Kb1 Qe7 20. Nf2 Bc5 21. Qg3 Bxf2 22. Qxf2 $14 {
and White has a hopeful position, later he managed to win, Anand-Topalov,
Khanty-Mansiysk (9) 2014.}) 8. Bg2 Be7 (8... Qc7) (8... g5) ({or} 8... Nc6 {
are also very common lines.}) 9. Be3 Nc6 10. f4 (10. Qe2 {is also typical in
this type of lines,} Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. Be3 b5 13. O-O-O b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15.
exd5 O-O 16. Be4 Bg5 17. Rdg1 Bxe3+ 18. fxe3 Qh4 $13 {with an unclear position,
Shirov-Khismatullin, Loo 2014.}) 10... Nd7 (10... Qc7 {has also been tried} 11.
Qd2 Bd7 12. O-O-O Na5 13. b3 Rc8 14. Nce2 g6 15. Ng3 e5 $6 (15... Nc6 16. Kb1
$14) 16. Nde2 Bc6 17. Kb1 Nd7 18. Rhf1 $16 {Van Kampen-Timman, Wijk aan Zee
2013 and Black was in big trouble.}) 11. Qd2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. fxe5 (13. Bf2
{was more popular, but the text move is also an interesting alternative.})
13... Bh4+ 14. Bf2 Nxe5 15. O-O-O Bxf2 16. Qxf2 Be6 17. Qd4 Qg5+ (17... h5 {
was also played in a correspondence game,} 18. Kb1 Rc8 (18... Qe7 $5) 19. gxh5
Rc6 20. Nd5 Rxh5 $13 {with an unclear position. Black's e5 N is very strong,
Potrata-Emelyanov, ICCF 2012.}) 18. Kb1 O-O-O {They have finished their
development, Black has a really strong e5 N, on the other hand the d6 pawn is
a little bit weak, so the position is balanced.} 19. Bf1 {A logical decision.
The B wasn't already useful on g2, so White would like to activate it from f1.}
Nc6 20. Qf2 Qc5 {The black Q was a little bit out of play on the kingside, so
Mamedyarov brings it to the other side.} 21. Qg3 Qe5 22. Qf2 Qc5 23. Qg3 Kb8 {
Black didn't repeat, however White's chances are not worse.} 24. Be2 Ne5 25.
Nd5 Rc8 26. c3 f6 27. Rd4 Rhe8 28. Rhd1 Rcd8 29. Bd3 Nc6 30. Rc4 Qa7 {and draw.
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Masters m 49th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2016.07.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[Annotator "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.07.25"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2
Be7 9. h4 {An interesting attempt to immediately get things sharp on the
kingside. Of course, the downside is that White loses a few tempi in the
process and Black's king reaches safety in the meantime.} ({Peter went for the
main line} 9. Be3 Nc6 10. f4 Nd7 11. O-O {in the rapid section of the match,
and after} O-O 12. Nce2 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 e5 14. Nf5 exf4 15. Bxf4 Ne5 16. Qd2 Bxf5
17. exf5 Rc8 18. b3 b5 {an interesting battle ensued.}) 9... Nc6 (9... Nfd7 10.
g5 hxg5 11. hxg5 Rxh1+ 12. Bxh1 Bxg5 $2 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Qh5+ {wouldn't have
worked out, so 9...Nc6 leaves Black with more options.}) 10. g5 hxg5 11. hxg5
Rxh1+ 12. Bxh1 Nh7 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. g6 fxg6 15. Qd3 {This was Peter's idea to
force ...e5 as White playing e5 is now a dangerous threat.} e5 16. Qc4 Bd7 ({
I briefly considered} 16... Nf6 17. Qxc6+ Bd7 18. Qc4 Qb6 19. Qb3 {, but I
didn't feel like giving the pawn back so early without any certainty that my
position is sound in the long term, as if White's light-squared bishop comes
back in the game my position would immediately collapse.}) 17. Bd2 $1 (17. Be3
Bg5 18. O-O-O Bxe3+ 19. fxe3 Ke7 $15 {would be completely fine for Black.}) (
17. Qg8+ $6 Nf8 18. Qxg7 Bg5 $15) 17... Bg5 $6 {Not the right decision as my
pawn on d6 will be weak for a while, but I was scared of going} (17... Nf6 18.
O-O-O Qb6 19. f4 {as I missed I could now go} Rb8 20. b3 Qd4 $1 {with an edge.}
) 18. O-O-O Qf6 (18... Bxd2+ 19. Rxd2 Qg5 20. Qb4 $14) 19. Na4 (19. Bxg5 Nxg5
20. Qg8+ Qf8 21. Qxf8+ Kxf8 22. Rxd6 Be8 23. Na4 Ke7 24. Rd3 Bf7 25. Nc5 Rh8
26. Bg2 Ne6 {would be fine for Black.}) 19... Rb8 (19... Qxf2 $3 20. Qg8+ (20.
Bxg5 Nxg5 21. Qg8+ Qf8 22. Qxf8+ Kxf8 23. Rxd6 Be8 $11) 20... Nf8 21. Bxg5 Bg4
{would actually have worked as after} 22. Qc4 Bxd1 23. Qxc6+ Kf7 24. Qd5+ Ne6
$1 25. Qb7+ Kg8 26. Qxa8+ Kh7 27. Kxd1 Nxg5 {the bishop would be lost, and
with that I would actually have the upper hand.}) 20. Bxg5 Qxg5+ (20... Nxg5
21. Qg8+ Qf8 22. Qxf8+ Kxf8 23. Rxd6 Ke7 (23... Be8 24. Nc5 Ke7 25. Rd3 {
and White won a crucial tempo.}) 24. Rxg6 Ne6 25. Bg2 Rf8 26. Bh3 $16) 21. Kb1
Nf6 22. a3 $5 {A very annoying reply which I missed as my rook is not going
tojoin the play via b4 now.} (22. Qxa6 Rb4 23. Nb6 Rd4 24. Rc1 {would also be
better for White but at the same time would give me more counterplay.}) 22...
Qh4 23. Qd3 d5 {I finally manage to get rid of my weakness on d6, but in the
process White gets a crucial square for his knight.} 24. Nc5 (24. exd5 $2 Qxa4
25. dxc6 Bf5 26. c7 Rc8 $19 {would be premature.}) 24... d4 25. Qxa6 Qxf2 26.
Rf1 $1 Qg3 (26... Qe3 27. Qa7 Rd8 28. Qc7 {would win a tempo by attacking the
e5-pawn.}) (26... Qd2 27. Qa7 Rb5 28. Rxf6 $18) 27. Bf3 {A very sensible move
to restrict my queen, but direct action was possible:} (27. Qa7 $1 Rd8 28. Nb7
Bh3 29. Rc1 $1 Rd7 30. Qb8+ Ke7 (30... Kf7 31. Nd8+ Kg8 32. Nxc6+ Kh7 33. Qxe5)
31. Na5 $1 {and White is going to get his pawn back with interest.}) 27... Qh3
$1 {After a long think I realised that not only could I allow Rh1, but also
that it was the only decent option at my disposal.} 28. Rh1 $6 (28. Qd3 Ke7 {
would still have been better for White, but it's not easy to refrain from a
direct attack.}) 28... Qxf3 29. Rh8+ Ke7 30. Rxb8 Nxe4 $1 (30... Qd1+ 31. Ka2
Qxc2 32. Qa7 Kd6 {would have been ok for Black as well, but the text move
works just as well.}) 31. Nxd7 $4 {Falling for my trap. The main problem for
White is that his knight is hindering his other pieces so that he doesn't have
a check; meanwhile his king is defenceless against the Q and N combo.} (31.
Nxe4 Qh1+ 32. Ka2 Qxe4 {would have been completely fine for Black, for
instance after} 33. Qd3 $2 (33. Kb1 Qh1+ $11) 33... Qxd3 34. cxd3 g5 {and
Black could actually win as the g-pawn runs fast.} 35. Kb1 g4 36. Rh8 Kf6 37.
Kc2 g3 38. Rh1 Kg5 {being already completely won.}) (31. Qa5 Qd1+ 32. Ka2 Qxc2
33. Qd8+ Kd6 34. Qxd7+ Kxc5 35. Qa7+ Kc4 36. Qf7+ Kd3 37. Qf3+ $11) 31... Nd2+
$1 (31... Qd1+ 32. Ka2 Nd2 33. a4 $1 {was Peter's idea as his king gets out.
Now I can't play} Qb1+ 34. Ka3 Qa1+ 35. Kb4 Qxb2+ 36. Kc5 Qc3+ 37. Kb6 {
as White would just be getting out of checks and easily win against Black's
lone king.}) 32. Ka2 (32. Kc1 Qe3 33. Kd1 (33. c3 d3 34. b4 Qe1+ 35. Kb2 Qb1#)
33... Nf3 34. Qa5 Qg1+ 35. Ke2 Qg2+ 36. Kd3 Qf1+ 37. Ke4 Qe2#) 32... Qd5+ $1
33. b3 (33. c4 dxc3+ 34. b3 Qe4 $19) (33. Rb3 Kxd7 34. Qa7+ Ke6 35. Qxg7 Kf5 {
was Peter's last chance, but Black is very likely to win this.}) 33... Qh1 34.
a4 Qb1+ 35. Ka3 Qa1+ 36. Kb4 Qc3+ {The point of my intermediate check on move
32.} 37. Ka3 Nb1+ {A fairly lucky win after having been under pressure for
most of this game, but anyway a very intense fight right from the start with a
lot of intricacies. This game also granted me victory in the overall match.} (
37... Nb1+ 38. Ka2 Qxc2+ 39. Ka1 Nc3 {and mate is unavoidable.}) 0-1

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2000.08.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Van Wely/Cifuentes"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 (7... h5
) (7... h6) 8. Nf5 g6 9. Bg2 $5 (9. g5) 9... d5 (9... gxf5) (9... h5 10. h3
hxg4 11. hxg4 Rxh1+ 12. Bxh1 gxf5 13. exf5) 10. Bg5 gxf5 11. Nxd5 (11. Bxf6
$143 Qxf6 12. Nxd5 Qd6 13. exf5 Nc6 $1 (13... Bh6 14. h4 Bf4 15. Qe2 O-O 16.
Rd1 Nc6 17. c3 Qc5 18. Be4 Qb5 19. Qf3 Rd8 20. g5 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 Qxb2 22. O-O
Bxf5 23. Bxf5 Ne7 24. Be4 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Qb6 26. Bxb7 Rf8 27. Rd1 h6 28. Be4
hxg5 29. Qh5 Rd8 30. Bd5 Rd7 31. hxg5 Kg7 32. c4 Qg6 33. Qxg6+ fxg6 34. Rb1
Bxg5 35. Rb6 a5 36. Be4 Rd4 37. Rxg6+ Kf7 38. Bf5 Bf6 39. Rg4 Rxg4+ 40. Bxg4
Be7 41. Kf1 Bc5 42. Ke2 Ke7 43. f3 Kd6 {1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Gelfand,B/Eupen BEL 1999
(43)}) 14. Qe2 h5 15. O-O-O hxg4 $1 16. Nb6 Nd4 17. Rxd4 Qxd4 18. Nxa8 Bc5 19.
Nc7+ Kf8 20. Nd5 Bxf5 $15 21. Ne3 Qf4 22. Bxb7 Rh3 23. Qd2 Rxe3 24. Qd8+ Kg7
25. fxe3 Bxe3+ 26. Kb1 Qc4 27. Qd1 Bd4 28. Qc1 f6 29. Rd1 a5 30. b3 Qc3 31.
Rxd4 Qxd4 32. Qf1 Bg6 33. Qc4 Qg1+ 34. Kb2 Qxh2 35. Qxg4 Qxc2+ 36. Ka3 Qc5+ 37.
Kb2 f5 38. Qc4 Qxc4 39. bxc4 Kf6 40. Kc3 f4 41. c5 Ke7 42. a3 Kd7 43. Kc4 Bc2
44. Kd5 e4 45. Kd4 f3 46. Ke3 Ke6 47. Bc6 Ke5 48. Bb7 Bd3 49. Ba8 Kf5 50. Bb7
Ke6 51. Bc6 {1/2-1/2 Ponomariov,R-Gelfand,B/Biel SUI 2000}) 11... Be7 $1 (11...
Qa5+ $5 12. Bd2 Qd8 13. Bg5 Qa5+) 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. exf5 h5 14. h3 Bd7 (14...
hxg4 $5 15. hxg4 Rxh1+ 16. Bxh1 Bd7 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Bxb7 Ra7 19. Qd5 Bc6 (
19... Nc6 $2 20. g5 $1 Qxg5 21. Bxc6 Qg1+ 22. Ke2 (22. Kd2 $2 Qxf2+) 22... Qxa1
23. Qxe5+ Kf8 (23... Kd8 24. Qb8+) 24. f6 $3 Bxc6 25. Qb8+ Be8 26. Qd6+ $1 $18)
20. Bxc6+ Qxc6 $13) 15. Qd3 $6 $146 (15. Qe2 $142 hxg4 16. hxg4 Rxh1+ 17. Bxh1
Bc6 18. O-O-O Bxd5 (18... Nd7 19. f4 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Qe7 21. Bxb7) 19. Bxd5 Bg5+
$13 {1/2-1/2 Tolnai-Gavrikov, Berlin 1989}) (15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Bxb7 Ra7 17.
Qd5 Qe7 (17... O-O $5 18. Rg1 h4) 18. O-O-O Bxf5 19. Rhe1 Rxb7 20. gxf5 f6 21.
f4 Rd7 22. Qb3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Nd7 24. Qb7 $13) 15... hxg4 16. O-O-O gxh3 17.
Rxh3 Rxh3 18. Qxh3 Bc6 19. Qh7 Kf8 $2 (19... Nd7 $142 20. f4 Rc8 $1 (20... Nf8
$2 21. Qh6) 21. Kb1 (21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Qg8+ Nf8 23. Re1 Rc7 (23... Bxg2 24.
Rxe5+ Kd8 25. Qxf8+ Kd7) 24. Rxe5+ Re7) (21. Re1 Nf8 22. Qh1 Bg7 23. fxe5 Bxd5
(23... Qg5+ 24. Kb1 Qxf5 25. Bh3 Bxd5 26. Bxf5 Bxh1 27. Bxc8 Bd5) 24. Bxd5 Qg5+
25. Kb1 Qxf5 26. Qg2 Rc5) (21. fxe5 Bxe5 22. f6 Qa5 $1) (21. Qg8+ Nf8 22. Nxf6+
Qxf6 23. Re1 Bxg2 24. Rxe5+ Kd8 $19) 21... Nf8 22. Qh6 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Qc7 24. c3
Qe7 25. Re1 Rc7 26. fxe5 Bxe5 27. f6 Qd6 28. Qh5 Ng6 29. Be4 Nf4 30. Qh8+ Qf8
31. Qh7 Ne6 32. Bxb7 Rxb7 33. Rxe5 Rb5 $17) 20. Be4 (20. Rd3 Bxd5 (20... e4 21.
Bxe4 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Bg7 23. Bxf7 (23. Bxb7 Qg5+ 24. Kd1 Ra7 25. f6 Bxf6 (25...
Qxf6 26. Qh3 Qe6 27. Qh4 Bf6 28. Qb4+) (25... Qg4+ 26. Ke1 Qe6+ 27. Kf1 Qxf6
28. Qh3 Qe6 29. Qh4) 26. Rg3 Qf4 27. Qg8+ Ke7 28. Re3+ Qxe3 (28... Be5 29. Rd3
Bc7 (29... Bd6) (29... Rxb7 30. Qd8+ Ke6 31. Qd5+) 30. Re3+ $11) 29. fxe3 Rxb7
$11) (23. Qh5 Qf6 24. Rb3 Qh6+ (24... Ra7) (24... Qe7 25. Re3 Qd7)) 23... Qg5+
24. Rd2 (24. f4 Qxf4+ 25. Rd2 Kxf7 26. Qg6+ Kf8) 24... Bh6) 21. Bxd5 Bg7 22.
Bxf7 $1 (22. Bxb7 Qg5+ 23. f4 Qxf4+) 22... Qg5+ 23. f4 $1 Qxf4+ 24. Rd2 $1 Kxf7
(24... Bh6 25. Qg8+ Ke7 26. Qe8+ Kf6 27. Qe6+ Kg7 (27... Kg5 28. Qg6+ Kh4 29.
Qh5+ Kg3 30. Qh2+ Kg4 31. Qh5+ $11) 28. Qg6+ $11) 25. Qg6+ Kg8 26. Qe6+ $11) (
20. Ne3 Nd7 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Ng4 Bg5+ $1 23. f4 (23. Kb1 Nf6 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8
25. Qh1 Nxg4) 23... Nf6 $1 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Qh1 Bxf4+ 26. Kb1 Nxg4 $19) (20.
Nf4 Qxd1+ 21. Kxd1 exf4 22. Bxc6 Nxc6 23. Qh6+ Ke7 24. Qxf4 Rd8+) 20... Bxd5 $8
21. Bxd5 Qd7 $1 (21... Bg7 22. Bxf7 $1 Qg5+ 23. f4 Qxf4+ 24. Kb1 Qf3 25. Rg1
$18) (21... Bg5+ $2 22. Kb1 Qf6 23. Rg1 Ke7 24. Qg8 $18) 22. Bf3 (22. c4 Nc6
23. Be6 (23. Rg1 Nd8 24. Rg8+ Ke7 25. Qh6 (25. Bxf7 Nxf7 26. Rxa8 Bg5+) 25...
Ne6 (25... Qxf5) 26. fxe6 Rxg8 27. exd7 Bg5+ 28. Qxg5+ Rxg5 29. Bxb7 a5) 23...
Qe8 $1 (23... Bg5+ 24. Kc2 Nb4+ 25. Kc3 Nxa2+ 26. Kc2 Nb4+ 27. Kc3 $11) 24. Rd7
Ne7) (22. c3 Nc6 23. Be6 Bg5+ 24. Kc2 Nb4+ $1 25. cxb4 Rc8+ $19) 22... Qc7 (
22... Qe7 23. Rg1 Ke8 24. Rg8+ Kd7 25. Bxb7 Ra7 26. Qh1 e4 (26... Qd6) 27. Bxe4
$36) (22... Qa4 $5 23. Bd5 (23. Kb1 Qh4 24. Bh5 (24. Qxh4 Bxh4 25. Rh1 Bf6 26.
Bxb7 Ra7 27. Bd5) 24... Bg7 25. Rd6 (25. a3 Qf6 (25... Nc6 26. Rd7 Ne7 (26...
Nd8))) 25... Ke7 26. Rd1 Nd7) 23... Qd7 24. Bf3) 23. Rg1 Qc4 $2 (23... Ke7 $1
24. Bd5 (24. Bh5 Kd6 25. Bxf7 Qe7 26. Qg8 Kc7 27. Be6 Kb6) 24... Kd6 25. Rd1
Nc6 $1 26. Bxf7+ (26. b4 Nd4) 26... Kc5 27. Qg6 Qe7 $15) (23... e4 $2 24. Bh5
$1 Bxb2+ 25. Kxb2 Qb6+ 26. Kc1 Qf6 27. Rg8+ Ke7 28. Bxf7 $1) 24. Bxb7 $16 e4 $6
(24... Qxa2 25. Qg8+ Ke7 26. Bxa8 (26. c3 Nc6 27. Bxa8 Na5 28. Rd1 Nb3+ 29. Kc2
Na1+ 30. Rxa1 Qxa1 31. Bc6) 26... Qa1+ 27. Kd2 Qxb2 28. Qc8 $18) (24... Nc6
$142 25. Bxa8 Nd4 (25... Nb4 26. Qh6+ Ke7 27. Qd2) 26. Qg8+ Ke7 27. c3 Ne2+ 28.
Kb1 Qd3+ 29. Ka1 Nxg1 30. Qxg1 Qxf5 31. f3 $16) 25. Qg8+ Ke7 26. Bxa8 Qxa2 (
26... Qb4 27. c3 Bxc3 28. Qg5+ Bf6 29. Qd2 $18) 27. Qxb8 (27. c3) 27... Qa1+
28. Kd2 Qxg1 29. Qb4+ Kd7 30. Qb7+ Kd8 31. Qb6+ Ke7 (31... Ke8 $142 32. Bxe4 (
32. Qxf6 $2 Qxf2+ 33. Kc3 Qc5+ $11)) 32. Qc5+ Kd8 33. Qd6+ Kc8 34. Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "Dieren op"]
[Site "Dieren"]
[Date "1999.07.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Van den Doel,E"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5
g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. gxf6 d4 12. Bc4 Qc7 13. Qd3 dxe3 14. f4 $146 (14.
O-O-O exf2 {is nothing for White. So I reasoned: I will just play f4 first so
he can't take on f2, and then I will castle long after that! I had seen he
could play ...Bb4 and eliminate my dangerous knight on c3, but I decided just
to give it a go. It's great to be young and reckless!}) 14... Bb4 15. O-O-O
Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nc6 17. Rhg1 e2 $4 ({The cool} 17... exf4 {gives Black a big
advantage. Easy to see with a computer running but in a practical game a quote
from Tal comes to mind: "You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest
where 2+2=5 and the path leading out is only big enough for one."} 18. Rg7 (18.
Qd5 Ne5 19. Qe4 (19. Qg2 {threatening Qg8!} Rf8 20. Qe4 Bd7 {and Black is
winning}) 19... Bd7 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Rxd7+ Qxd7 22. Rg7+ Kxf6 23. Rxd7 Nxd7
24. Qe6+ Kg5 25. Qxd7 Rae8 {and even though White has won back a lot of
material, he is losing due to the strong black passed pawns.}) 18... Rf8 19.
Be6 Ne5 20. Qd4 e2 21. Re1 f3 {again the pawns have become a force. Black is
winning.}) (17... Rf8 18. Qxe3 Bxf5 19. Qc5 Rd8 20. Bd5 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 Be6 22.
Rd6 exf4 23. Rg7 Bd7 24. Rd1 Be6 25. Re1 Qc8 26. Qd6 Qd7 27. Qxf4 Qd8 28. Reg1
Qb8 29. Qh6 Qd6 30. R1g2 Qa3+ 31. Kd1 Qxc3 32. R7g3 Qa1+ 33. Kd2 Qd4+ 34. Kc1
Qa1+ 35. Kd2 Qd4+ 36. Kc1 Qc5 37. Rd2 Qe5 38. c3 Qc5 39. Qf4 Qe5 40. Qf2 Qa5
41. Qf4 Qe5 {1/2-1/2 (41) Naiditsch,A (2663)-Belov,V (2600) Moscow 2007}) 18.
Qxe2 Bxf5 19. Qh5 Be4 (19... Bg6 $2 20. Rxg6 fxg6 21. f7+ Kf8 22. Qh6+ Ke7 23.
Qg5+ Kf8 24. Qf6 {wins.}) (19... Bxc2 20. Kxc2 Nd4+ 21. Kb1 Qxc4 22. Qxe5+ Ne6
23. f5 Qf4 24. Rd5 Qxe5 25. Rxe5 {and White is clearly better.}) 20. fxe5 Na5 {
He misses White's next move.} (20... Nd8 21. e6 Qxc4 22. Rd7 $1 {threatening
Re7+.} Qxe6 23. Re7+ Qxe7 24. fxe7 Nc6 (24... Ne6 25. Qe5 {wins for White}) 25.
Qh6 Nxe7 (25... Kxe7 26. Qh4+) 26. Qf6 O-O-O (26... Rf8 27. Re1 {wins}) 27.
Qxe7 Bg6 28. h4 h5 29. Re1 Kb8 30. c4 {and White is winning.}) 21. Be6 {
Now it is all over.} Rf8 (21... Rd8 22. Bxf7+ Qxf7 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Qxf7 {
wins.}) 22. Bd7+ Qxd7 23. Rxd7 Kxd7 24. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1986.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Black "Danailov, Silvio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Vasiukov,E"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1986.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1
h5 9. gxh5 Nxh5 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. Rg3 $5 a6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qf3 e5 $2 (13...
Be7 $13) 14. Bc4 $1 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. O-O-O Rb8 17. h5 $1 Rb7 (17... Qb6
18. b3 Nxh5 19. Rh1 $1 g6 20. Be3 Bh6 21. Rxg6 $18) 18. h6 Rf7 19. hxg7 Bxg7
20. Qd3 d5 21. Qxa6 Qc7 22. Nb5 $1 cxb5 (22... Qd7 23. Qa8+ Ke7 (23... Qd8 24.
Nd6+ $18) 24. Qa3+ Kd8 25. Nd6 Re7 26. Rb3 $18) 23. Rc3 (23. Rc3 Qxc3 24. bxc3
O-O 25. Qxe6 Nxe4 26. Rg1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Match/Nation POL-DDR"]
[Site "Slupsk"]
[Date "1982.09.28"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Pokojowczyk, Jerzy"]
[Black "Vogt, Lothar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Vogt,L"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1982.09.25"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH 12/1982} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6
7. h4 Be7 8. Bg2 g6 9. g5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 a6 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. f4 Nh5
$5 (13... Qc7) 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nde2 O-O-O 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 e5 $1 {
Nun entsteht ein Endspiel, in dem Schwarz volle Kompensation für den
geopferten Bauern hat.} 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Bh3 Bxh3 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Rxh3 Nf6
$1 {/\g5!} 22. Nf4 Nfg4 23. Nd1 Kd7 24. h5 gxh5 25. Rxh5 Rxh5 26. Nxh5 Nf3 27.
c4 Kd6 28. Kc2 Ke5 29. Kd3 Ng5 30. Ng3 Kf4 31. Ne2+ Ke5 32. Nec3 (32. Ng3 Kf4
$11) 32... Ne6 33. b4 Nf4+ 34. Kc2 Kd4 35. Kb3 Nf6 36. b5 {In Zeitnot spielt
sich die weisse Position unangenehm.} Nd3 37. bxa6 bxa6 38. Nd5 Nxe4 39. N1e3
Nec5+ 40. Kc2 Ne5 41. Nf5+ Kxc4 42. Nc7 a5 43. Nd6+ Kd4 44. Nf5+ Ke4 45. Nd6+
Kf3 46. Nd5 Ne4 47. Nb7 a4 48. Nb6 $2 (48. Nd8 f5 49. Ne6 {sollte noch zum
Remis reichen}) 48... f5 $1 49. Nxa4 f4 50. Nac5 Nxc5 51. Nxc5 Ke3 52. Nb3 f3
53. Nd2 f2 54. Kd1 Kd3 55. Nf1 Ng4 56. Kc1 Ke2 57. Ng3+ Kf3 58. Nf1 Ne3 (58...
Ne3 59. Nd2+ Ke2 60. a4 Nc4 $1) 0-1

[Event "Berliner Sommer 07th"]
[Site "Berlin West"]
[Date "1989.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vogt, Lothar"]
[Black "Schulz, Klaus Juergen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Vogt,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1989.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Nc6 7. g5 Nd7 8. Be3
Be7 9. h4 a6 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Ne5 14. Be2 Qc7 $2 (
14... Rb8) 15. h5 Rb8 16. Rdg1 Re8 17. g6 Bf8 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19. h6 g6 20. f4
Nc4 21. Qd3 d5 22. exd5 Nxb2 23. Kxb2 b4 24. Ne4 bxa3+ 25. Ka1 1-0

[Event "Berliner Sommer 07th"]
[Site "Berlin West"]
[Date "1989.08.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Black "Vogt, Lothar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Vogt,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1989.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Nc6 7. g5 Nd7 8. Be3
Be7 9. h4 a6 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Qxd4 b5 13. Kb1 Rb8 14. h5 b4 (
14... Bxg5 15. Bxg5 (15. h6 Bf6) 15... Qxg5 16. h6 e5 17. Qxd6 g6 18. Nd5 $16)
15. Ne2 (15. Na4 e5 16. Qd2 Bb7 {/\ Bc6} 17. f3 Bc6 18. b3 Bxa4 19. bxa4 Nb6
20. Bxb6 Rxb6 21. g6 Qc7 $13) 15... Nc5 (15... Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. h6 e5 18.
Qxd6 g6 $13) 16. f3 e5 17. Qd2 Be6 18. Nc1 a5 19. g6 Qc7 20. Bh3 Bxh3 (20... a4
21. h6 fxg6 22. Bxe6+ (22. Bxc5 Bxh3) 22... Nxe6 23. Qd5 Qd7 24. hxg7 Rf7 $13)
21. Rxh3 Ne6 22. Qd5 (22. h6 fxg6 (22... hxg6 23. hxg7 Kxg7 24. Bh6+ Kg8) 23.
hxg7 Rf7) (22. Rdh1 fxg6 23. hxg6 hxg6) 22... Rfc8 23. Rh2 a4 24. gxf7+ Kxf7
25. f4 exf4 26. Bxf4 Qc5 (26... Qc4 $2 27. Qf5+ $18) 27. Bxd6 Bxd6 28. Qxd6
Qxd6 29. Rxd6 Rd8 30. Ra6 Ra8 31. Rxa8 Rxa8 32. Nd3 Rd8 33. Rf2+ Ke7 34. Rf5 b3
35. axb3 axb3 36. Re5 Rd4 $11 37. Kc1 Kd6 38. Ra5 (38. Rb5 bxc2 39. e5+ Kc6)
38... Rxe4 39. cxb3 g5 (39... g5 40. Ra6+ Kd5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match/Nation DDR-BUL"]
[Site "Zinnowitz"]
[Date "1985.09.28"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ermenkov, Evgenij"]
[Black "Vogt, Lothar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Vogt,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1985.09.24"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1
h5 9. gxh5 Nxh5 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. Qd2 Qb6 12. Nb3 a6 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Qe2 Qc7 (
14... O-O-O $2 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Na4 $16) 15. Rg3 O-O-O 16. Rgd3 (16. Nd5 exd5
17. exd5 Re8) 16... Be7 17. f3 Kb8 18. Qf2 Bc8 19. Kb1 (19. Be3 Nd7) 19... Ne8
20. Be3 (20. Na4 Bxg5 21. hxg5 d5 (21... f6 $6 22. Rc3 d5 23. Nd4 Rd6 24. gxf6
gxf6 25. exd5 exd5 26. a3 $16 {Sax,G-Cebalo,M/Zagreb 1985 -39/284}) 22. exd5
exd5 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Rh2 $44) 20... Bxh4 21. Qg1 Qe7 22. Na4 b5 23. Nb6
Bb7 24. Bf4 Qf6 25. Qe3 (25. Bxd6+ Nxd6 26. Rxd6 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Qxf3) 25... Bf2
(25... Ne5 26. Nc5) 26. Bxd6+ Nxd6 27. Qxf2 Nc4 (27... Nxe4 28. Qe3 $18) 28.
Rxd8+ (28. Qg3+ Ka7 29. Nxc4 bxc4 30. Qg1+ Ka8 31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8
33. Bxc4 Ne5 34. Be2 g5 $14) 28... Rxd8 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. Nxc4 bxc4 31. Bxc4
Qd1+ 32. Nc1 Nd4 33. b3 (33. Bd3) 33... Nxf3 34. Qg3+ Ka8 35. Be2 Nd2+ 36. Kb2
Nxe4 37. Qxg7 Qd6 38. Bf3 (38. Qxf7 Qd4+ 39. Ka3 Nc3 $19) 38... f6 39. Nd3 e5
40. Qg8+ Ka7 41. Bxe4 (41. Bxe4 Bxe4 42. Qg7+ Kb6 43. Qg1+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Higher League 64th"]
[Site "Taganrog"]
[Date "2011.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sek, Konstantin"]
[Black "Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Zakhartsov,Vi"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2011.06.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 b5 8. Bg2
Bb7 9. O-O Nfd7 10. Re1 g5 $2 {A bad novelty.} ({Much better is the natural} 
10... Be7) 11. a4 $1 {Now Black's position becomes exposed on both flanks.}
bxa4 (11... b4 12. Nd5 $5 (12. Na2 a5 13. c3 bxc3 14. Nxc3 {is also possible})
12... exd5 13. exd5+ Ne5 14. Nc6 Qf6 15. Qd4 Nbd7 16. Qxb4 {with a strong
initiative.}) 12. Rxa4 Be7 $2 (12... Ne5 {was necessary:} 13. Rb4 Bc6 {
although White has an obvious advantage.}) 13. Rb4 Qc7 $2 {A decisive mistake
in a difficult position. I completely overlooked the subsequent sacrifice.} ({
On} 13... Nc5 {the computer indicates the following line:} 14. Rxb7 $1 Nxb7 15.
e5 d5 (15... dxe5 16. Nc6 $1 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 {and Black loses his b7-knight}) 16.
Nxd5 $1 exd5 17. Nf5 Nc6 18. Bxd5 Rc8 (18... Nba5 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. exd6+ Kf8
21. Qf3) 19. Qf3 {and White should win. However, it is not so easy to find
this over the board.}) 14. Nf5 $1 exf5 (14... Nc6 {doesn't help either:} 15.
Bxg5 $1 (15. Rxb7 Qxb7 16. Nxd6+ Bxd6 17. Qxd6 Rc8 18. Bxg5) 15... exf5 (15...
Bxg5 16. Rxb7) (15... Bf8 16. Rxb7 Qxb7 17. e5 d5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Qxd5 {
with a winning attack}) 16. exf5 Nxb4 17. Rxe7+ Kd8 (17... Kf8 18. Bxb7 Qxb7
19. Qxd6 {winning}) 18. Qe2 f6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Rxc7 Kxc7 21. Qe7+ Nd7 22.
Bxb7 Rae8 23. Qf7 Rhf8 24. Qc4+ {winning.}) 15. Rxb7 Qxb7 16. exf5 (16. e5 {
is also strong:} Nc6 17. exd6 O-O (17... O-O-O 18. dxe7 Rde8 19. Qd5) 18. dxe7
Rfe8 19. gxf5) 16... Nc6 17. Qxd6 O-O-O {Otherwise Black can resign.} 18. Rxe7
Nde5 (18... Ndb8 19. Rxb7 Rxd6 20. Rxf7 {is also hopeless.}) 19. Rxb7 Rxd6 20.
Rb6 f6 21. Rxa6 {White is completely winning.} Rhd8 22. Be3 Ne7 23. Ra7 N5c6
24. Ra4 h5 25. b4 hxg4 26. hxg4 Ne5 27. Bc5 Nxg4 28. Ra8+ 1-0

