[Event "Olympiad-17 Final A"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1966.11.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A79"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1966.11.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Argentina"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{Inf.2/106} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2
e6 8. O-O exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Nd2 Na6 11. f3 Nc7 12. a4 b6 13. Kh1 $1 (13. Nc4
Ba6 $14) 13... Nd7 (13... Ba6 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. Nc4 $16) 14. Nc4 Ne5 15. Ne3 f5
16. f4 Nf7 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Bd3 Qf6 $14 19. Ne2 Nh6 20. Ng3 Qg6 21. Qc2 Rf8
22. Bd2 Bd7 23. Rae1 (23. Rf3 $1 $16) 23... Rae8 24. Be2 Re7 25. Bd3 Bd4 $17
26. b4 Bxe3 27. Bxe3 Rfe8 28. bxc5 bxc5 29. Bd2 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 31. Bxe1
Nxd5 32. Bc4 Qe6 33. Bc3 Bc6 34. Qb3 Kf7 35. Qb8 Ng8 36. h3 Nge7 37. Qh8 Qh6
38. Ne2 Bxa4 39. Qa8 Bc6 40. Qxa7 Qe6 $19 41. Qa2 Qe4 42. Bd2 Ke8 43. Ng3 Qd4
44. Kh2 Ne3 45. Bxe3 Qxe3 46. Bg8 Qxf4 47. Qf7+ Kd7 48. Bxh7 Be4 49. Bg6 Qe5
50. Bh5 Bd5 51. Qe8+ Kc7 52. Kg1 Qg7 53. Bd1 Bc6 0-1

[Event "Match/Nation URS-YUG  31-9"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1977.11.12"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Rogulj, Branko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A79"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Djuric,S"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1977.11.12"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "URSS"]
[BlackTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. c4 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 Na6 11. f3 Nc7 12. a4 b6 13. Nc4 Ba6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4
Bxc4 16. Bxc4 g5 $6 {[%csl Rf5]} (16... Qd7 {Novotelnov,N-Blechzin,I
Leningrad-ch 34th 1961 0-1}) 17. Bf2 a6 18. Re1 $146 (18. Qd2 Rb8 19. Nd1 Nd7
20. Ne3 Qf6 21. Nf5 Bf8 22. Be2 Ne5 23. h4 Qg6 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Be3 f6 26. Kf2
Nf7 27. Rh1 Nh6 28. Ng3 Re7 29. Rh5 Bg7 30. Bd3 Re5 31. Rah1 Kf7 32. Nf5 Rxf5
33. exf5 Qh7 34. Bxg5 {1-0 (34) Stewart,K-Lennox,C Dundee 1976}) 18... Nd7 19.
Bf1 Ne5 20. Ne2 $1 $16 {(inf 24/162)} Nc4 21. Ng3 Nxb2 22. Qc2 b5 23. axb5 axb5
24. Rxa8 Qxa8 25. Nf5 Qa4 26. Qd2 Nc4 27. Bxc4 bxc4 28. Nxd6 Rb8 29. e5 Qb3 30.
Qa5 Nxd5 31. Qa7 Rf8 32. Qxc5 Nf4 33. Qxc4 Qxc4 34. Nxc4 Rc8 35. Re4 Ra8 36. g3
Nd3 37. Bd4 Ra2 38. Nd6 Rc2 39. Nf5 Bf8 40. h4 Rc1+ 41. Kg2 Re1 42. Rxe1 Nxe1+
43. Kf2 Nc2 44. h5 Kh7 45. Ke2 Nb4 46. Ke3 Nd5+ 47. Ke4 Nc7 48. Bb6 Ne6 49. Kd5
Bb4 50. Be3 Ng7 51. Nxg7 Kxg7 52. f4 Be1 53. e6 fxe6+ 54. Kxe6 gxf4 55. gxf4
Bb4 56. f5 Bf8 57. Bb6 Bb4 58. f6+ Kg8 59. Bd8 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-14b"]
[Site "Szirak"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A79"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Nd2 Re8 11. f3 Nc7 12. a4 b6 13. Nc4 Ba6 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. Rb1
Bxc4 16. Bxc4 a6 17. b4 b5 18. Bd3 c4 $5 (18... h6) 19. Bc2 (19. Be2 $5) 19...
bxa4 $1 20. Bxa4 (20. Nxa4 $5 Rab8 (20... Nb5 21. Nb6 Qa7 22. Be3 Nc3 23. Qe1
Nxb1 24. Nxa8 Qxa8 25. Bxb1 Nxd5 26. exd5 Bd4 27. Bxd4 $18) 21. Nc3 Nb5 22.
Nxb5 axb5 23. Be3 Ra8 24. Bd4) 20... Nb5 21. Kh1 $2 (21. Qd2 $1 Qb7 (21... Qa7+
22. Be3 Bh6 23. Bxa7 Bxd2 24. Bxb5 axb5 25. Nxb5 {/\ Bd4}) 22. Bxb5 axb5 23.
Ra1 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 (24. Be3 Bh6 25. Kf2 $5) 24... Nd7 $13) (21. Be3 $2 Nxc3 22.
Bxd7 Nxd1 23. Bxe8 Nxe3 $19) 21... Qb7 22. Bxb5 (22. Nxb5 axb5 23. Bc2 Ra2 $36)
22... axb5 23. Be3 (23. Qd2 Ra3 24. Be3 Rxc3 $1 25. Qxc3 Nxe4 26. Qa3 $8 Nc3
27. Rbe1 Nxd5 28. Bd2 Ra8 29. Qc1 Qc6 {/\ c3 -/+}) (23. Qc1 Nd7 {/\ Ne5-d3})
23... Ng4 $1 24. Bd4 (24. fxg4 Bxc3 25. Bd4 Bxd4 26. Qxd4 Re5 {/\ Qe7-/+ >< e4}
) 24... Ne3 (24... Ne5 25. f4 Nd3 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qd2 {/\ f5-f6->}) 25. Bxe3
Bxc3 26. Bd4 Bxd4 27. Qxd4 Qa7 $1 28. Qc3 (28. Qxa7 Rxa7 {/\ f5 -/+ _|_}) (28.
Qf6 Qe7 29. Qc3 Qe5 $1 30. Qxe5 Rxe5 31. Ra1 Rxa1 32. Rxa1 f5 $1 $17) 28... Qe7
29. Ra1 (29. Rbe1 Qe5 30. Qxe5 Rxe5 31. f4 Re7 32. e5 Rae8 33. Re2 dxe5 34. d6
Re6 $17) (29. Rfe1 Ra2 30. f4 Qa7 {/\ Qf2}) 29... Rxa1 30. Qxa1 (30. Rxa1 f5 $1
31. Re1 Qe5 $17) 30... Rc8 (30... f5 31. Qa6 fxe4 32. fxe4 Qxe4 33. Qxd6 $132)
31. Rc1 Qc7 32. Qc3 (32. Rc3 Qb6 {/\ Qd4}) 32... Ra8 33. f4 (33. Ra1 Rxa1+ 34.
Qxa1 c3 $19) 33... Qa7 $1 (33... Ra2 34. Qf6 Qa7 35. e5 $132) 34. Qd2 (34. e5 {
>=} Qf2 35. exd6 (35. Qf3 Qb2 {/\ c3 -+}) 35... Qxf4 36. d7 Qf5 $17) 34... Qa2
35. Qe1 Qb2 36. Rb1 c3 $1 37. h3 Ra2 38. Qf1 c2 $1 39. Rc1 Qxb4 40. e5 Rb2 41.
Qf2 Qe4 42. Kh2 (42. exd6 Rb1 43. Qf1 Rxc1 44. Qxc1 Qd3 45. d7 Qd1+ 46. Kh2
Qxc1 47. d8=Q+ Kg7 48. Qc7 Qb2 $19) 42... Qxd5 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.30"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A79"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Be2 Na6 10. O-O Re8 11. f3 Nc7 12. a4 Nd7 13. Kh1 b6 14. Ra3 $5 {
The Benoni opening was for a time being plagued by the reputation of becoming
barely playable. Thanks to the efforts of Topalov and some other top players
it has come back to the world chess scene. Ivanchuk is a very universal player
and he seems to be testing his dangerous opponent with the choice of a sharp
position. Mamedyarov, on his part, is well informed - the rook on the 3rd rank
is cleverly prepared for various types of activity.} (14. Nc4 Ne5 15. Ne3 f5 (
15... Rb8 16. Qc2 $14) 16. f4 Nf7 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Bd3 Nh6 {This interesting
position became topical in the theoretical discussion. Black is ready to live
with the vulnerable f5 pawn as long as he gets vibrant play for his pieces.}
19. Ne2 $5 (19. Qc2 Qf6 $5 (19... Rf8 20. Bd2 a6 21. Rf3 Rb8 22. Rg3 Qh4 23.
Rg5 Ng4 24. Nxg4 fxg4 25. Ne4 Ne8 26. g3 Qh6 27. f5 Bb7 28. Rf1 $40 {Dydyshko,
V-Lukov,V/Polanica Zdroj/1983/}) 20. Bd2 Bd7 21. Rf3 Kh8 (21... Re7 22. Rg3
Rae8 23. Nb5 Nxb5 24. axb5 Ng4 25. Nxg4 fxg4 26. Bxh7+ Kh8 27. Bg6 $14 {
1-0 Koneru,H (2572)-Siebrecht,S (2431)/Differdange 2007 (34)}) 22. Raf1 Re7 23.
Rh3 Qf7 24. Nc4 Qg6 (24... Nxd5 $5 25. Nxd6 Qe6 $13) 25. Rg3 Ng4 26. h3 h5 $1
27. Ne3 Nxe3 28. Rxg6 Nxc2 29. Bxc2 Ne8 30. Rg5 Nf6 31. Bxf5 Bxf5 32. Rxf5 Rae8
$44 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V (2772)-Topalov,V (2718)/Monte Carlo 2001 (60)}) (19. Qh5
Rf8 (19... Qf6 20. Nb5 Re7 $13) 20. Bd2 Qf6 21. Rf3 Qg6 22. Qh4 Qf6 23. Qh3 Ba6
24. Bc2 Kh8 25. Rg3 Rae8 26. Rg1 Bc8 27. Ncd1 Qf7 28. Rg5 $1 $40 {Rytov,
B-Beliavsky,A/Vitebsk/1970/}) 19... Qh4 (19... Ba6 20. Ng3 Rxe3 21. Bxe3 Nxd5
22. Bxa6 Nxe3 23. Qb3+ {1-0 Markus,R (2584)-Moranda,W (2452)/Warsaw 2005}) 20.
Ng3 Rf8 {Black will fall back only due to the meek play in this phase of the
game.} (20... Ng4 $142 $5 21. Nxg4 Qxg4 $132) 21. Qc2 Ng4 22. Nxg4 Qxg4 23. Ra3
Kh8 $6 (23... Qg6) 24. Be2 Qh4 25. Nh5 Bd4 26. Be3 Nxd5 27. Bxd4+ cxd4 28. Qd2
Bb7 29. Bf3 {1-0,Taimanov,M-Ree,H/Wijk aan Zee/1970/}) (14. Nb5 Nxb5 15. Bxb5
Rf8 16. Qe1 (16. Nc4 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Qe2 Bd7 19. f4 Bg7 20. f5 Bxb5 (
20... gxf5 21. exf5 Bxb5 22. axb5 Qh4 23. Bf4 Rfe8 24. Qd2 Be5 $132) 21. axb5
Re8 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Bf4 Qe7 24. Rae1 Rf8 $11) 16... a6 (16... Ne5 $5 {
The centralisation of the knight seems to have been a very satisfacory
solution.} 17. f4 a6 18. Be2 Ng4 $13) 17. Bc6 Rb8 18. Nc4 b5 $5 (18... Ne5 $6
19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bh6 Bxb2 (20... Bg7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. f4 f6 $14) 21. Bxf8
Bxa1 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Qxa1 Bb7 24. e5 $1 $16) (18... Qe7 19. Bxd7 Bxd7 20. Bf4
Be5 21. Bg3 f6 22. f4 Bd4 23. f5 $5 $14) 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nxd6 Ne5 21. Nxc8
Qxc8 22. Bf4 Nxc6 23. dxc6 Rb6 {1-0 Tregubov,P (2629)-Efimenko,Z (2601)/Moscow
2005 (37)}) (14. Qc2 {White does not have a clear cut way to any advantage,
even though the position remains very playable for both sides.} f5 15. Nc4 Ne5
16. Bf4 fxe4 17. fxe4 Qe7 18. Qd2 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Be5 20. Nb5 Bxf4 21. Rxf4 Nxb5
22. axb5 Bd7 23. Qc3 Qg7 $11 {1-0 Eljanov,P (2540)-Efimenko,Z (2546)/Moscow
2002}) 14... Qe7 (14... Ne5 15. f4 Nd7 16. Nc4 {/\} Nf6 17. e5 $1 dxe5 18. d6
$36) 15. a5 $146 {White refrains from the obvious knight moves to b5 or c4 in
order to create the tension on the queenside. His activity should also deflect
enemy forces from seeking counterplay in the centre.} (15. Nb5 Nxb5 16. Bxb5 (
16. axb5 f5 $13) 16... Rd8 (16... a6 17. Bc6 Rb8 18. Rb3 $1 Rf8 19. Nc4 Ne5 20.
Nxb6 Qc7 21. a5 Nxc6 22. dxc6 Qxc6 23. Nd5 $16) 17. a5 (17. Nc4 Ne5 18. Nxe5
Bxe5 $132) 17... a6 $5 18. Bc6 (18. Bxd7 Bxd7 19. axb6 (19. Nc4 b5 20. Nb6 Ra7
$11 {/=/+}) 19... Bb5 20. Re1 Rab8 $132) (18. axb6 Nxb6 19. Bc6 Bb7 20. Bxb7
Qxb7 21. Qc2 (21. f4 f5 $13) 21... Rf8 $5 $132) 18... Rb8 19. axb6 Nxb6 20. b3
$1 {The future world champions were battling it out already back in the year
2001.} (20. f4 Nd7 (20... Bb7 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. f5 $36) 21. Qc2 Rb4 $132) 20...
Be5 $5 (20... f5 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Re1 $14) (20... Bb7 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Nc4
$14) (20... Nd7 21. Nc4 Ne5 22. Bf4 $14) 21. f4 (21. Nc4 Nxc4 22. bxc4 Rb1 $11)
21... Bg7 (21... Bd4 $142 $5 22. f5 Nd7) 22. f5 Nd7 23. Bxd7 $1 (23. Nc4 Ne5
24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Qf3 Qh4 $5 (25... Qf6 26. fxg6 $14) 26. g3 Qf6 $132) 23...
Bxd7 24. Qf3 Bd4 25. f6 Qf8 26. Nc4 (26. g4 $6 Qh6 27. Nc4 Qh4 {׻}) 26... Bb5
27. Be3 Bxe3 28. Qxe3 h5 $1 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V (2802)-Topalov,V (2711)/
Dortmund 2001 (42)}) (15. Nc4 Ne5 (15... Ba6 16. Bf4 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 a6 18. Qd2
Ne5 19. Be2 Qd7 20. Rfa1 Rab8 21. Bh6 Bh8 22. Nd1 f5 23. Nf2 Nf7 24. Bf4 Bd4 {
1/2-1/2 Eljanov,P (2613)-Oleksienko,M (2424)/Kharkov 2004 (38)}) 16. Ne3 f5 (
16... a6 $5) 17. f4 Nf7 18. exf5 $14) 15... Bb7 16. Nb5 Nf6 $6 {It is far from
easy to pinpoint the concrete mistake, that has led Black under the wheels of
a dangerous attack. The move of the knight to the f6-square looks like a good
candidate for a serious innacuracy.} (16... Nxb5 $5 17. Bxb5 Red8 18. Re1 $13)
17. Nxc7 Qxc7 18. Bb5 Reb8 (18... Nd7 19. Nc4 Re7 20. Bg5 f6 21. Bf4 $16) 19.
Nc4 bxa5 20. Bf4 Bf8 (20... Rd8 21. Qd3 $16) 21. e5 $1 {[%mdl 128] The Azeri
grandmaster is in his element. He would surely accept active piece play and
positions full of tactics in any of his games.} Nxd5 (21... a6 22. exd6 Qc8 23.
d7 Nxd7 24. Bxd7 Qxd7 25. Nb6 $16) 22. exd6 Qd8 23. Bg3 (23. Be5 $1 Nb4 24.
Nxa5 Bd5 25. Bc4 Bxd6 26. Bxd5 Bxe5 27. Bxa8 Rxa8 28. Qxd8+ Rxd8 29. Nc4 $16)
23... Nb4 24. d7 {The temperament of the Caucasus is mirrored also in the
choice of moves. White is consciously avoiding more peaceful, but safer
solutions.} (24. Ba4 $5 Bd5 25. b3 Bg7 26. Re1 Be6 27. Qd2 $16) 24... Bd5 25.
Bxb8 Rxb8 26. Ne3 Be6 {The pawn on the d7-square can not be tolerated for any
longer period of time.} (26... Rxb5 27. Nxd5 Rb7 28. Nxb4 axb4 29. Rd3 c4 30.
Rd5 $16) 27. Ba4 (27. Bc4 Bxc4 28. Nxc4 Rb7 29. Ne5 $14) 27... Bg7 28. f4 $5 {
The brave heart of the attacking player is leading White into striving for the
direct kingside onslaught.} Bxb2 29. f5 Bxd7 (29... gxf5 $2 30. Nxf5 Nd5 31.
Rg3+ $18) 30. fxg6 hxg6 (30... Bxa3 31. gxf7+ Kf8 32. Qd6+ $18) 31. Qb3 Bxa3 $2
{The leader of the Ukrainian team is feeling that his position is seriously
endangered. As he could not find a satisfactory solution Ivanchuk closes his
eyes and at least takes material. More problems with realisation of the
advantage were waiting for White after the move 31...Nd5!?} (31... Nd5 $5 32.
Qxd5 Be6 33. Qxd8+ Rxd8 34. Rb3 Bxb3 35. Bxb3 Rd7 36. Nc4 Bc3 37. Rf3 Re7 38.
Kg1 Bb4 39. Nd6 $16) 32. Qxf7+ Kh8 33. Bxd7 (33. Qxg6 Qh4 (33... Bxa4 34. Rf7
$18) 34. Bxd7 $18) 33... Qg8 34. Qf6+ {The excitement and proximity of the
triumph have prevented Mamedyarov from finding the peaceful 34.Qe7! with a
speedy decision.} (34. Qe7 $1 Qg7 35. Rf7 $18) 34... Qg7 35. Qh4+ Qh7 36. Qf4
Ra8 (36... Rg8 37. Be6 Re8 38. Rf3 $18) 37. Qf3 Rb8 38. Qf4 Ra8 39. Be6 $1 {
The key move in the attack is also limiting the chances of Black's knight for
the retreat and help in the defence.} Bb2 (39... Re8 40. Rf3 $18) 40. Nc4 (40.
Rf3 Nd3 41. Qd6 Qh4 42. Qxd3 Qe1+ 43. Rf1 $18) 40... Bd4 41. Nd6 a4 (41... Qh5
42. Rf3 Nd5 43. Qe4 Rb8 44. Rh3 Nc3 45. Qxg6 Rb1+ 46. Qxb1 Nxb1 47. Rxh5+ $18)
42. Nf7+ Kg7 43. Ng5 Qh5 44. g4 Qh4 45. Qc7+ Kh8 (45... Kh6 46. Qh7+ Kxg5 47.
Qe7+ $18) 46. Nf7+ Kh7 47. Ne5+ Kh6 48. g5+ $1 {The charming geometrical motif
at the end. The haunted black king stood no chance of surviving the
concentrated attack.} (48. g5+ Kxg5 (48... Qxg5 49. Nf7+ $18) 49. Qe7+ Kh5 50.
Qh7+ Kg5 51. Qxg6#) 1-0

[Event "ESP-chA"]
[Site "Ayamonte"]
[Date "2002.10.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Estremera Panos, Sergio"]
[Black "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A79"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Kapengut"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2002.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Nd2 {The Classical line is not played too often nowadays.}
Na6 11. f3 Nc7 12. a4 Nd7 13. Nc4 (13. Kh1 {is the accurate move order,
because Black has nothing best than} b6 {It allows to avoid the line 16...Ng6.}
) 13... Ne5 14. Ne3 f5 15. exf5 {More precisely, than} (15. f4 $6 Nf7 16. exf5
Nh6 $3 {The fantastic idea of sacrificing 3P!} 17. fxg6 $2 (17. Kh1 Nxf5 18.
Nxf5 Bxf5 19. Bf3 $11) 17... Bd4 $1 18. gxh7+ Kh8 19. Rf3 Ng4 20. Qd3 Qh4 $1
21. h3 Nxe3 22. Rxe3 (22. Bxe3 Rxe3 $1 23. Rxe3 Qxf4 24. Nd1 Nxd5 $19) 22...
Qxf4 23. Nd1 Nxd5 $19 {Toth,B-Matulovic,M/Magyarorszag 1972}) 15... gxf5 16. f4
{This type of pawn structure occurs frequently in the 12...Nd7 line. Black's
f-pawn is weak and his king is rather exposed while in return White's d-P is a
little shaky. White's plan of campaign is simple: pile up pressure against f5
and exploit the semi-open g-file.} Nf7 (16... Ng6 $5 {Black's N is much more
effectively posted on g6 than on f7.}) 17. Kh1 $5 {This prophylactic idea is
worthy of consideration comparing with other lines. White avoids the threat
Bd4.} (17. Nc4 $6 b6 18. Be3 Bb7 19. Qd2 Bxc3 $1 {[%csl Rd5]} 20. bxc3 Nxd5 $1
21. Bf3 Nxe3 22. Nxe3 {Donner,J-Ree,H/Amsterdam IBM 1969} Be4 $17) (17. Rf3 Bd7
(17... Qf6 18. Bd2 Nh8 $6 19. Qc2 Bd7 20. Bd3 Ng6 21. Kh1 (21. Raf1 $1 {
[%csl Rf5][%cal Gf3h3,Gh3h5] /\Rh3-h5}) 21... Rf8 22. Ne2 Qf7 23. Nc4 Ne8 24.
Rh3 Kh8 $132 {Enklaar,B-Minic,D/Amsterdam IBM-B 1971}) 18. Qc2 (18. Bd2 a6 19.
Rb1 $5 {[%cal Gb2b4] /\b4} (19. Qc2 {see below Durao,J-Pritchett,C/Siegen olm
1970})) 18... Qf6 19. Bd2 a6 20. Ncd1 Nh6 21. Bc3 Qh4 $5 22. Bxg7 (22. Rg3 $5)
22... Ng4 $5 23. Nxg4 (23. h3 Nxe3 (23... Qe1+ $6 24. Bf1 Nxe3 25. Nxe3 Qxa1
26. Nxf5 $18) 24. Nxe3 Kxg7 25. Qc3+ Kf7 26. Qa5 Rac8 27. Qb6 Qf6 $14 {[%csl
Rb7,Rd6]}) 23... fxg4 24. Rb3 Kxg7 25. Rxb7 Rac8 26. Bxa6 Re7 27. g3 Qf6 28.
Bc4 Nxd5 29. Qd2 Bc6 $5 (29... Nb4 $6 {Witkowski,S-Filipowicz,A/Warszawa 1968}
30. Ne3 $1 $18) 30. Rxe7+ Nxe7 31. a5 d5 $14) (17. Bd3 Bd4 $5 (17... Qf6 18.
Rf3 Bd7 (18... Nh8 19. Qc2 Rf8 $13) 19. Qc2 (19. Bd2 $6 {[%csl Rb2]} Nh6 20.
Rh3 Qd4 $5 21. Qc2 Ng4 22. Ne2 Nxe3 23. Bxe3 Qxb2 24. Qxb2 Bxb2 25. Rb1 Bf6 26.
Rxb7 Nxd5 27. Rxd7 Nxe3 28. Rhxh7 c4 $17 {James,D-Shepstone,A/Islington op 1972
}) 19... Nh6 20. Bd2 Re7 21. Ncd1 (21. Rb1 Na6 22. Bxa6 $1 bxa6 23. h3 Rae8 24.
Ne2 Qh4 25. Rg3 Re4 26. b3 Kh8 27. Rf3 $16 {Podgaets,M-Bjerre/Dresden 1969})
21... Ne8 (21... Rae8 22. Bc3 Qh4 23. Rg3 Qxf4 24. Nf2 Kh8 25. Nh3 Qh4 26. Bxf5
$6 Nxd5 $1 $13 {Hamann,S-Kraidman,Y/Nathanya 1968}) 22. Rg3 $6 (22. Bc3 $142
$16) 22... Qd4 23. Nf2 Kh8 24. Bc3 Qxf4 25. Nh3 Qh4 26. Rf1 Bd4 (26... Bxc3 27.
Qxc3+ Qf6 $14) 27. Rf4 $1 Qf6 28. Bxd4 cxd4 29. Nxf5 Nxf5 30. Bxf5 $16 {
When Pf5 disappeared Black's position crumbled.} Rc8 $2 31. Qxc8 $3 $18 {
Bukic,E-Tal,M/Budva 1967}) 18. Rf3 Qf6 19. Kh1 Bd7 20. Bd2 Nh6 (20... a6 21.
Rg3+ Kf8 22. Qf3 b5 23. Rf1 c4 24. Bb1 Rxe3 $5 $44 {[%csl Rd5] Chendstock-Wade,
R/Ybbs 1968}) 21. Qc2 Re7 (21... a6 22. Rg3+ (22. Ne2 $6 {[%csl Rd5]} Bxe3 23.
Rxe3 Rxe3 24. Bxe3 Nxd5 25. Bc4 Be6 $17) 22... Kh8 23. Ne2 (23. Rb1 $5) 23...
Rxe3 $5 24. Bxe3 $1 (24. Nxd4 Rxg3 25. hxg3 cxd4 26. Qxc7 Ng4 27. Qxd7 Qh6+ 28.
Kg1 Qh2+ 29. Kf1 Qxg3 $19 {Durao,J-Pritchett,C/Siegen olm 1970}) 24... Bxe3 25.
Rxe3 Nxd5 26. Rf3 Bc6 $5 $44 (26... Ng4 $5)) 22. Rg3+ Kf8 23. Rf1 (23. Ne2 $6 {
[%csl Rd5]} Bxe3 24. Bxe3 Nxd5 25. Bd2 Rae8 26. Qb3 Bc6 $17 {Kolarov,
A-Ermenkov,E/ Sofia 1968}) 23... Rae8 24. Ncd1 a6 $132) 17... Qf6 (17... Bd4
$140 $6 18. Nc2 $16) (17... Bd7 18. Qc2 Qf6 19. Bd2 Re7 20. Ncd1 (20. Rf3 Rae8
21. Raf1 a6 22. Ncd1 Nh6 23. Nc3 {Krjukov-Koblenc,A/corr 1960} Ng4 $1 $17)
20... Nh6 21. Bc3 Qf8 22. Rf3 Ng4 23. Bd3 (23. Rg3 $140 Rae8 24. Qd2 Kh8 25.
Kg1 Nxd5 $1) 23... Rae8 24. Qd2 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Kh8 26. h3 Nh6 27. Bc2 Qg7 $132 {
Szukszta,J-Gasiorowski,R/Lublin 1969}) (17... b6 18. Bd3 Nh6 19. Qh5 $1 (19.
Ne2 $1 Qh4 $6 (19... Qf6 $5 20. Ng3 {see below Najdorf,M-Fischer,R/La Habana 
(ol) 1966}) 20. Ng3 Rf8 (20... Ng4 $142 $5 21. Nxg4 Qxg4 $132) 21. Qc2 Ng4 22.
Nxg4 Qxg4 23. Ra3 $1 Kh8 24. Be2 Qh4 25. Nh5 Bd4 26. Be3 $1 $16 Nxd5 $6 27.
Bxd4+ cxd4 28. Qd2 Bb7 29. Bf3 {1-0 Taimanov,M-Ree,H/Wijk aan Zee 1970}) (19.
Qc2 Rf8 $6 (19... Qf6 $142) 20. Bd2 a6 21. Rf3 Rb8 22. Rg3 Qh4 $6 23. Rg5 Ng4
24. Nxg4 fxg4 25. Ne4 Ne8 26. g3 Qh6 27. f5 Bb7 28. Rf1 $16 {Dydyshko,V-Lukov,
V/Polanica Zdroj 1983}) 19... Rf8 (19... Qf6 20. Nb5 Re7 $13 {Kramnik}) 20. Bd2
Qf6 21. Rf3 Qg6 22. Qh4 Qf6 23. Qh3 Ba6 24. Bc2 Kh8 25. Rg3 Rae8 26. Rg1 Bc8 (
26... Qd4 $2 27. Ne4 $1) (26... Re7 27. Ncd1 Qd4 28. Qh4 $16 {[%cal Gg3g5] /
\Rg5, g4}) 27. Ncd1 Qf7 28. Rg5 $16 {Rytov,B-Beliavsky,A/Vitebsk 1970}) 18. Rf3
(18. Bd3 b6 (18... Bd7 19. Qc2 Nh6 20. Bd2 (20. Rb1 Re7 21. Bd2 Rae8 22. Rf3
Na6 $1 23. Na2 Kh8 24. Bc3 Qf8 25. Nc4 Bxc3 26. Qxc3+ Rg7 27. b3 Nc7 $17 28.
Ne3 $4 Rxe3 $1 {0-1 Van den Berg,J-Ree,H/1968}) 20... Re7 (20... Rf8 21. Rf3 b6
(21... Rae8 22. Rg3 Kh8 23. Nb5 $1) 22. Rb1 a6 23. b4 $1 Rab8 24. Rg3 Kh8 25.
Ne2 Qf7 26. Rg5 Nxd5 27. Nxd5 Qxd5 28. Bc3 Bf6 (28... Rg8 $2 {Hesselbarth,
K-Mueller,P/DDR-ch11 sf01 corr 1981} 29. Qb2 Qf7 30. Bc4 $18) 29. Bxf6+ Rxf6
30. Qb2 Rbf8 31. Bxa6 Ng4 $13) 21. Rf3 Rae8 22. Raf1 (22. Ncd1 Kh8 23. Bc3 Qh4
24. Bxg7+ Kxg7 25. Qc3+ Kf7 26. Bc4 Ng4 27. h3 Re4 28. Nc2 Nf6 $132 {
Santoro-Palmiotto/corr 1977}) 22... a6 23. Ncd1 b5 24. Rg3 c4 $6 (24... b4 25.
Bxb4 $140 $6 cxb4 26. Qxc7 Bxa4 $13) 25. Be2 Kh8 26. b3 $1 Qd4 27. bxc4 bxa4
28. Bc3 Qc5 29. Rxg7 $1 $16 {Durao,J-Schumacher,H/Praia da Rocha 1969}) 19. Rf3
(19. Ne2 Nh6 (19... Rxe3 $5 20. Bxe3 Nxd5 21. Bd2 Qxb2 22. Rb1 Qf6 23. Ng3 Be6
24. Qf3 Nc7 (24... Rc8 $2 25. Nxf5 $1 $14 {Tatai-Primavera,R/ Italy 1971}) 25.
Nh5 Qg6 26. Nxg7 Qxg7 27. Rfe1 Bd5 $44) 20. Qc2 (20. Ng3 Qg6 21. Qc2 Rf8 22.
Bd2 Bd7 23. Rf3 $5 (23. Rae1 $143 Rae8 24. Be2 Re7 25. Bd3 Bd4 $15 {Najdorf,
M-Fischer,R/La Habana (ol) 1966}) 23... Rae8 24. Ne2 Kh8 25. Rg3 (25. Nc4 $2
Nxd5 26. Rg3 Qf6 27. Nc3 Nb4 $19 {Romito,D-Guerrini,S/ITA-chT1 corr 1984/})
25... Qf7 26. Bc3 Rg8 27. Rh3 Bxc3 28. Nxc3 Ng4 $132) 20... Kh8 (20... Qf7 21.
Ng3 Rf8 22. Nc4 Qg6 23. Ne3 Bd7 24. Bd2 Rae8 25. Be2 {[%csl Re8][%cal Ge2h5]}
Re7 26. Bh5 Qf6 27. Rab1 Qd4 28. Nc4 b5 29. Nxd6 Qxd5 $132 {Cherek,G-Reschke,H/
DDR corr 1988}) 21. Ng3 Rxe3 $6 22. Bxe3 Nxd5 23. Rae1 Nb4 24. Qd1 Qf7 25. Be2
d5 $14 {Hamann-Kristiansen/ Danmark 1970}) 19... Bd7 20. Bd2 Nh6 21. Qc2 Re7
22. Raf1 (22. Rb1 Rae8 23. Rg3 {/\Ncd1,b4}) 22... Kh8 (22... Rae8 23. Ncd1 (23.
Rh3 $6 a6 24. Ne2 Ng4 $1 25. Nxg4 fxg4 26. Bc3 (26. Bxh7+ $2 Kf8 27. Bc3 Rxe2
$1) 26... gxh3 $1 $13 {Chakir-Francen/ corr 1976}) (23. Rg3 $5) 23... Kh8 24.
Bc3 Qf8 25. Rg3 Bf6 26. b3 Rg7 27. Qb2 Bxc3 28. Qxc3 Kg8 29. Rg5 Ree7 30. Rf3
Ref7 31. Rfg3 Rxg5 32. Rxg5+ Rg7 {1/2-1/2 Ogaard,L-Bouaziz,S/Nice 1974}) (22...
Rf8 23. Ncd1 Qf7 24. Rg3 Ne8 25. Nf2 Kh8 26. Nh3 Nf6 27. Ng5 $16 {Hesse,
P-Espig,T/DDR 1973}) 23. Rh3 (23. Rg3 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Gg3g5]} Qf7 24. Rh3 Rf8
25. Be2 $1 Ne8 26. Bh5 Qg8 (26... Qf6 27. Ncd1 $16) 27. Nc4 Nf6 28. Nxd6 $16 {
Toth,B-Valenti,G/Lucca ITA-ch 1977}) (23. Ncd1 Qf7 $1 {Kramnik}) 23... Qf7 (
23... Rae8 24. Ncd1 $1 {Kramnik}) 24. Nc4 $5 Qg6 (24... Qf6 25. Be1 $1) (24...
Nxd5 $5 25. Nxd6 (25. Nxd5 Qxd5 26. Bc3 Ng4) 25... Qe6 $13 {Kramnik}) 25. Rg3
Ng4 $1 26. h3 h5 $1 27. Ne3 (27. hxg4 $140 $6 hxg4 28. Re1 Qh6+ 29. Kg1 Bd4+
30. Be3 Qxf4 31. Qf2 Qxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Rxe3 $1 33. Rh1+ Kg8 34. Rxe3 f4 35. Rh7
fxe3+ 36. Ke2 Rd8 $17 {[%csl Rd5,Ge3]}) 27... Nxe3 $8 28. Rxg6 Nxc2 29. Bxc2
Ne8 (29... b5 $6 30. Re1 $16) 30. Rg5 (30. Re1 $5 Rxe1+ 31. Bxe1 Nf6 32. Bh4
Rf8 {Kramnik}) 30... Nf6 31. Bxf5 Bxf5 32. Rxf5 Rae8 $44 {Kramnik,V-Topalov,V/
Monaco MNC 2001}) 18... Bd7 19. Bd2 Kh8 (19... a6 20. Nc4 Re7 21. Nb6 Rae8 22.
Bd3 $14) 20. Qc2 Nh6 21. Rg3 (21. Ncd1 $142 $5) 21... Re7 22. Ncd1 $6 $146 {
White is in a hurry and forgets about the threat to his Pf4.} (22. Rf1 Rae8 $6
(22... a6 23. Ncd1 $5 b5 24. Bc3 Qf8 25. b4 $5 $36) 23. Bh5 Rb8 24. Ncd1 b5 25.
Bc3 Qf8 26. b3 bxa4 27. bxa4 Bxc3 28. Qxc3+ Rg7 29. Nb2 Rb4 30. Nbc4 $16 {
Kolarov,A-Holm,S/EU-chT Kapfenberg 1970}) 22... Qd4 {[%csl Rd5]} 23. Rxg7 $6 {
White exaggerates the force of his attacking potential.} Rxg7 24. Bc3 Qxf4 25.
b4 (25. a5 $6 Ng4 $1 26. Nxg4 fxg4 27. Qb3 Re8 $17) (25. g3 Qe4+ 26. Qxe4 fxe4
27. Kg2 Re8 28. g4 Ree7 $17) 25... Qg5 26. Bf3 Na6 $1 $17 {Black intercepts
the initiative.} 27. bxc5 Nxc5 {[%csl Ra4]} 28. Nc4 Nf7 29. Nf2 Rc8 30. Nh3 Qh6
31. Re1 $2 (31. a5 $142 Na4 $140 32. Bxg7+ Qxg7 33. Rxa4 Bxa4 34. Qxa4 Qd4 35.
Be2 $132) 31... Nxa4 $1 $19 32. Ba1 Nb6 33. Re7 Rxc4 34. Qxf5 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "Olomouc Skanska Cup"]
[Site "Olomouc"]
[Date "2004.08.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Simacek, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A79"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "Kapengut"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2004.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Be2 Re8 10. O-O Na6 11. f3 Nc7 12. a4 b6 {An older line of the Modern
Benoni, which was popular some 20-25 years ago. Black's idea is to exchange
White's N for his Bc8, after it comes to c4, and prepare the b5 thrust. (a6,
Rb8) He will also try to engage White with diversions on the other flank like
Nh5,f5 or h6,g5!? White's chances as usually in the Benoni lie in the center
and preparation of a K-side attack. Often he tries to stabilize or blockade
the << with b4,a5 before this.} 13. Nc4 {A more refined alternative and a nice
and clear-cut strategic motive and following plan were realized in the game} (
13. Kh1) (13. Rb1 $6 Nh5 $5 14. Nc4 f5 15. f4 Bd4+ 16. Kh1 {Taimanov,
M-Langeweg,K/Wijk 1970} Ba6 $5 17. e5 (17. exf5 $2 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Qh4 $19) 17...
dxe5 18. d6 Qh4 $17) 13... Ba6 14. Rb1 $5 {A less used move.} ({The main move
is considered to be} 14. Bg5) 14... Qd7 (14... Nh5 15. g4 $1 Bd4+ (15... Nf6
16. Bf4 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 a6 18. Qd2 h5 19. h3 Qd7 20. Qd3 Rab8 21. b4 b5 22. axb5
axb5 23. Nxb5 Nxb5 24. bxc5 Na7 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Bxd6 $16 {[%csl Gc5,Gd5]
Chetverik,M-Sergienko,S/Matra op 1993}) 16. Kh1 Ng7 17. Bf4 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 a6
19. Qd3 Qf6 $132) (14... Qe7 15. Bg5 (15. b3 Nh5 $5 $132) (15. Kh1 Nd7 16. Bf4
Bxc4 17. Bxc4 a6 18. Qd2 Rab8 19. b4 g5 (19... cxb4 20. Rxb4 Nc5 21. Rc1 Qd7 (
21... f5 22. exf5 gxf5 23. Rbb1 Qd7 24. Bf1 $14) 22. Be3) 20. Bg3 Ne5 21. Be2
Ng6 22. Nd1 Bd4 23. Bf2 Qe5 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Nf2 h5 26. Bd3 (26. Rb2 Nf4 $140
$6 27. Nd3 Nxd3 28. Bxd3 Re7 29. Rc1 $16) 26... Nf4 27. Rfc1 Re7 28. Bf1 b5 29.
a5 Ne8 30. Rc6 $16 {Mann,G-Horvath,T/HUN tt DUTЙP-Csuti 1997}) 15... h6 16. Be3
(16. Bh4 $5 g5 $140 $6 17. Bf2 Nh5 18. Ne3 $16) 16... Nd7 {/\f5} (16... Nxe4 $5
17. Nxe4 (17. fxe4 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Qxe4 $15) 17... Bxc4 18. Bxc4 f5
19. Bd3 Kh7 20. Re1 fxe4 21. Bxe4 Qf7 22. Qd2 Re7 $14) 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. Rfe1 $1
Qf8 19. Kh1 {/\b4} (19. b3 $16) 19... Rac8 $5 20. Bf1 (20. b4 $2 Bxc4 21. Bxc4
cxb4 22. Rxb4 Na6 $19) 20... Ne5 21. Nxe5 $6 (21. b3 $16) 21... Bxe5 (21...
Bxf1 $2 22. Nc6 $16) 22. Bxa6 (22. Nb5 Nxb5 23. axb5 Bb7 {/\f5<=>}) 22... Nxa6
23. Nb5 Nb4 $1 24. Nxa7 Ra8 25. Nc6 Nxc6 (25... Rxa4 26. Nxe5 dxe5 $13) 26.
dxc6 Rxa4 27. b4 $1 $13 Rc8 $1 28. bxc5 (28. b5 $6 f5 $15) 28... bxc5 29. Qd5 {
Gavrikov,V-Kapengut,A/Reggio Emilia 1991} Qe8 $5 $13) (14... Rb8 15. Bg5 (15.
Qc2 Qd7 16. b4 cxb4 17. Rxb4 Qe7 (17... Rbc8 18. Qd2 $140 Nfxd5 $5 19. Nxd5
Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Rc5 21. Qd1 Qc7 22. Qxd6 Qxd6 23. Nxd6 Bxe2 24. Nxe8 Bxf1 25. Be3
Rc4 $132) 18. Bf4 Nfxd5 $5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bd4+ $1 (20... Qxe2 $6 21.
Qxe2 Rxe2 22. Nxd6 Be5 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. Ne4 f5 26. Nc3 Re3 27. Nb5
Bxb5 28. Rxb5 $11 {Bousios,H-Alexopoulos,G/Thessaloniki Tch-GRE 1979}) 21. Kh1
Qxe2 22. Qxe2 Rxe2 23. Nxd6 Bc5 24. Nb5 Rd8 $17) 15... Qd7 16. Qd2 (16. b4 Bxc4
17. Bxc4 a6 18. b5 $5 h6 19. Bd2 $14 (19. Bh4 $6 axb5 20. Nxb5 Nxe4 $1 21. fxe4
Rxe4 22. Bg3 Rxc4 23. Bxd6 Nxb5 24. Bxb8 Nc3 25. Qd3 Nxb1 $19 {Gligoric,
S-Szabo,L/Beograd 1962})) (16. Rc1 $6 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 a6 18. Be3 b5 19. axb5 axb5
20. Bb3 c4 21. Bc2 Qe7 22. Qd2 Nd7 23. Bg5 Bf6 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. b4 Ra8 $132)
16... Bxc4 17. Bxc4 a6 18. b4 b5 19. Bd3 $5 (19. axb5 $6 axb5 20. Bd3 (20. Be2
c4 21. Ra1 {1/2-1/2 Pieniazek,A-Stein,B/Copenhagen op 1988}) 20... c4 21. Bc2
Ra8 22. Be3 Ra3 23. Bd4 Nh5 $13 {Sonntag,H-Stein,B/BL 1989}) 19... Nh5 $5 (
19... c4 $6 20. Bc2 bxa4 21. Bxa4 Nb5 22. Bxb5 axb5 23. Be3 Ra8 24. Ra1 Qb7 25.
Bd4 Nd7 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qd4+ Kg8 28. f4 $16 {Garcia Trobat,F-Gil Reguera,J/
Benidorm op 1989}) (19... cxb4 20. Rxb4 bxa4 (20... a5 $140 $2 21. Rxb5 $1 Nxb5
22. Bxb5 $18) 21. Rxa4 Rb3 (21... h6) 22. Rc4 Nb5 23. Rc1 Qa7+ 24. Kf1 (24. Be3
$140 $2 Bh6 $1) 24... Nxc3 25. R4xc3 Rxc3 26. Rxc3 Nd7 27. Rc6 $16) 20. a5 cxb4
21. Rxb4 f5 $5 22. exf5 (22. Rc1 Rbc8 $14) 22... gxf5 (22... Bxc3 $140 $2 23.
Qxc3 Nxd5 24. Qb3 $18) 23. g4 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 Qg7 25. Qxg7+ Nxg7 $14) (14... Bxc4
$5 {Black shold get in this exchange before White manages to play b3, which
would practically stop his counterplay.} 15. Bxc4 a6 (15... Nh5 16. g4 $36) (
15... Nd7 {Now White effectively uses the idea to stop Black's << ambitions.}
16. Nb5 $1 (16. Bd2 Be5 (16... Rc8 17. Nb5 Nxb5 18. Bxb5 Re7 19. Kh1 Qf8 20.
Bg5 f6 21. Bh4 Rf7 22. Qc2 c4 23. f4 f5 24. Ba6 Re8 25. exf5 Rxf5 26. Bb5 Rf7
27. Qxc4 $16 {Gyimesi,Z-Nokes,R/Calvia ESP 2004}) 17. g3 a6 18. Kg2 Qe7 19. Re1
Bg7 20. Qc2 Rab8 21. b4 b5 22. Bf1 cxb4 23. Na2 (23. Rxb4 a5 24. Rbb1 b4 25.
Nb5 Nxb5 26. Bxb5 Rec8 $132) 23... b3 $1 24. Qxb3 Nc5 25. Qa3 bxa4 26. Nb4 Nb5
27. Bxb5 Rxb5 28. Nc6 Qb7 29. Bb4 $132 {Jorgensen Michael-Emms John M/It
Esbjerg (Denmark) 1996}) 16... Ne5 (16... Nxb5 17. axb5 $6 (17. Bxb5 Rf8 18. b4
f5 $132) 17... Ne5 (17... f5 $5 18. exf5 Qh4 $13 {'|^'}) 18. Be2 $16 {and
after suitable preparation White will advance with his central and >> pawns.
Black has practically no counterplay.}) 17. Nxc7 Qxc7 18. Bb5 Re7 (18... Rf8
$142 $5 19. f4 Nd7 20. Qd3 $36) (18... Nd7 $14 19. Bd2 (19. b4 $1 c4 20. Bb2 c3
21. Rc1 $14) 19... a6 20. Bc6 Rab8 21. Bc3 Re7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. b4 Ne5 24. b5
a5 25. Qd2 $132 f6 26. Rbe1 Rf8 (26... g5 $1) 27. f4 Nf7 28. Qc3 Qc8 29. Re3
Qg4 30. Qe1 g5 31. Rg3 Qh4 32. Qe2 $1 h5 33. Qd3 g4 $16 {Gligoric,S-Lobigas,J/
Manila 1968} (33... Rg8)) 19. Bg5 $1 {Forces an ugly concession, burying the
active Bg7.} f6 20. Bh4 g5 (20... a6 21. Be2 Qb8 22. b4 $36) 21. Bg3 a6 22. Be2
{[%csl Rf5,Rh5][%cal Rf3f4]} Ng6 {Otherwise White could turn his attention to
the weakened >> with f4!} 23. Qd2 $6 {A rather lax move. There was no reason
to fear Nf4.} (23. Re1 $142 Nf4 24. Bf1 $16) ({Interesting is even} 23. Qc2 $5
Nf4 (23... h5 24. f4 $1 h4 25. e5 $1 $40) 24. Bxf4 gxf4 25. Bd3 $36 {[%csl Gd3,
Rg7] ^-}) 23... h5 24. Rfe1 h4 25. Bf2 Qd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7a4,Yb6b5] /\b5,Qa4
Black gets at least some conterplay.} 26. b4 (26. Qc2 $142 $5 b5 27. axb5 axb5
28. Ra1 $36) 26... Qxa4 27. bxc5 bxc5 28. Rb6 Qd7 29. Reb1 Kh7 30. Bxa6 {
The pawn was not so important.} (30. Be3 $142 $5 $14 {/\} g4 31. fxg4 Rxe4 32.
Bd3 Rxg4 33. Rb7 $40) 30... g4 $5 $132 {Gyimesi,Z-Palkovi,J/Budapest 1996}) 16.
Qd3 (16. b4 Nd7 (16... Ng4 17. bxc5 Ne5 18. Be2 bxc5 19. Qc2 Qe7 20. Bd2 Reb8
21. Rxb8+ Rxb8 22. Rb1 Qe8 23. Kf1 Nd7 24. Nd1 Rxb1 25. Qxb1 Qb8 26. Qxb8+ Nxb8
27. Ba5 $14 {Sanguineti,Ra-Letelier,R/Buenos Aires CA 1975}) 17. Bd2 Qf6 (17...
cxb4 $5 18. Rxb4 Qe7 19. Kh1 Rec8 20. Qe2 b5 $1 21. axb5 Bxc3 $1 22. Bxc3 axb5
23. Ba2 Na6 24. Rb3 Nac5 25. Rxb5 Nxe4 $1 26. fxe4 Rxc3 $17 {Adamski,
J-Matulovic,M/Lugano olm 1968}) 18. Ne2 b5 19. Bd3 cxb4 20. Bxb4 bxa4 21. Qxa4
Ne5 22. Bc3 Qe7 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Qc6 Nb5 25. Bxb5 axb5 26. Qxb5 Bh6 27. Kh1
Ra2 28. Nc1 Bxc1 29. Rfxc1 $16 {Gyimesi,Z-Bar,R/Tel Aviv 2001}) 16... Nd7 $5 (
16... Qd7 17. b4 Nh5 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Bd2 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 f5 21. exf5 gxf5 22. f4
Reb8 23. Rbe1 Rb2 24. Nd1 Rb7 25. Bc3 Bxc3 26. Nxc3 Rb2 27. Qh3 Nf6 28. Bd3 Ng4
29. Qh4 $16 {Bandza,A-Jocys,D/Birstonas LIT 2002}) 17. f4 Qb8 18. e5 $6 dxe5
19. f5 e4 $1 20. Qg3 b5 21. d6 bxc4 22. dxc7 Qb7 23. Bg5 Rac8 24. Rbd1 Bd4+ 25.
Kh1 Qxc7 $17 {Th.Arnason,A-Bjarnason Saevar/Reykjavik 1979}) 15. b4 (15. Qd2
Nh5 16. g4 Bd4+ 17. Kh1 Ng7 18. Ne3 {1/2-1/2 Karolyi,T-Meissner,B/Eppingen 1998
}) (15. b3 $6 b5 16. axb5 Bxb5 $132) (15. Bg5 h6 (15... b5 16. axb5 Nxb5 17.
Nxb5 Bxb5 18. Qd2 Rab8 19. b4 cxb4 20. Rxb4 a6 21. Rfb1 Qc7 22. Be3 Nd7 23. Rc1
Rec8 24. Bf1 Ne5 25. Na3 Qxc1 26. Qxc1 Rxc1 27. Bxc1 Rc8 28. Nxb5 axb5 29. Bb2
$16 {Rolle,H-Werk,W/DDR 1982}) (15... Nh5 16. Qc2 f6 17. Bd2 f5 18. Rfe1 fxe4
19. fxe4 Bd4+ 20. Ne3 Nf6 21. Bf3 Re7 22. Ncd1 Rae8 $15 {Vaassen,J-Poel,E/
NLD-ch M corr 1987}) (15... Bxc4 16. Bxc4 a6 17. b4 b5 (17... Ng4 $6 18. Qd2
$14) 18. Bd3 (18. axb5 axb5 19. Bd3 c4 (19... Nh5 20. Qd2 Ra3 21. Ne2 c4 22.
Bc2 h6 23. Bh4 g5 24. Bf2 Be5 25. Nd4 Nf4 26. Nf5 Kh7 27. Bd4 Bxd4+ 28. Nxd4
Rea8 29. Nf5 Ra2 $132) 20. Bc2 Ra3 21. Ne2 Rea8 (21... Ra2 22. Kh1 Na8 23. Bc1
$1 Nb6 24. Nc3 Ra6 25. Bb2 Qb7 26. f4 Nbd7 27. Qf3 $16 {Evans,L-Kane,G/USA (ch)
1974/[Sokolov,V]}) 22. Bc1 (22. Qd2 Nce8 23. Rbc1 Qa7+ 24. Kh1 Nd7 25. Rfd1 Bb2
26. Rb1 Ba1 $132) 22... Ra1 23. Bb2 Rxb1 24. Bxb1 Nh5 25. Bxg7 Nxg7 26. Nd4 {
1/2-1/2 Ljubicic,L-Pucelj,J/corr SLO-CRO 1997}) (18. Be2 $6 Ng4 $132) 18... c4
(18... h6 19. Bd2 Rab8 20. a5 Qe7 21. f4 $8 cxb4 $1 22. Rxb4 Nd7 23. Qf3 Rbc8
24. Nd1 $5 $16 Red8 $1 25. Rb1 Ne8 $132 {Popov,L-Hort,V/Wijk 1975}) 19. Bc2 (
19. Be2 $5) 19... bxa4 $1 20. Bxa4 (20. Nxa4 $5 Rab8 (20... Nb5 21. Nb6 Qa7 22.
Be3 Nc3 23. Qe1 Nxb1 24. Nxa8 Qxa8 25. Bxb1 Nxd5 26. exd5 Bd4 27. Bxd4 $18) 21.
Nc3 Nb5 22. Nxb5 axb5 23. Be3 Ra8 24. Bd4 $11) 20... Nb5 21. Qd2 $1 (21. Be3 $2
Nxc3 22. Bxd7 Nxd1 23. Bxe8 Nxe3 $19) (21. Kh1 $6 Qb7 22. Bxb5 (22. Nxb5 axb5
23. Bc2 Ra2 $36) 22... axb5 23. Be3 (23. Qd2 Ra3 24. Be3 Rxc3 $1 25. Qxc3 Nxe4
26. Qa3 $8 Nc3 27. Rbe1 Nxd5 28. Bd2 Ra8 29. Qc1 Qc6 {/\ c3 -/+}) (23. Qc1 Nd7
$17 {/\ Ne5-d3}) 23... Ng4 $1 24. Bd4 (24. fxg4 Bxc3 25. Bd4 Bxd4 26. Qxd4 Re5
{/\ Qe7-/+ >< e4}) 24... Ne3 (24... Ne5 25. f4 Nd3 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qd2 {
/\ f5-f6->}) 25. Bxe3 Bxc3 $15 {Beliavsky,A-Portisch,L/Szirak izt 1987}) (21.
Bd2 Qb7 22. Qc1 Nd7 23. Kh1 Ne5 24. Nd1 Rac8 25. Bc3 Re7 26. Bxb5 axb5 27. Qd2
Ra8 28. Ne3 Ra3 $132 {Farid,O-Northover,P/corr 1995}) 21... Qb7 (21... Qa7+ 22.
Be3 Bh6 23. Bxa7 Bxd2 24. Bxb5 axb5 25. Nxb5 {/\ Bd4 +/-}) 22. Bxb5 axb5 23.
Ra1 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 (24. Be3 Bh6 25. Kf2 $5) 24... Nd7 $13) 16. Be3 (16. Bh4 $6
Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Rab8 (17... a6 $5 18. Qd3 Nh5 $132) 18. b4 Ng4 $5 19. Qb3 Bd4+ (
19... Ne3 20. Rfc1 Nxc4 21. Qxc4 b5 22. axb5 Nxb5 23. Nxb5 Qxb5 24. Qxb5 Rxb5
25. bxc5 Rxc5 $14) 20. Kh1 Ne3 21. Rfc1 f5 22. bxc5 Bxc5 23. Bd3 g5 24. Bf2 f4
25. Nb5 a5 26. Bxe3 fxe3 27. Qc3 $16 {Kanko,I-Shaw,T/Skopje 1972}) (16. Bd2 b5
$5 17. axb5 Nxb5 18. Ra1 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Bb5 $14) 16... Bxc4 (16... Rab8 $6 17.
Qd2 Kh7 18. b4 Qe7 (18... Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Qe7 20. Nb5 Nxb5 21. Bxb5 Nd7 22. bxc5
dxc5 23. Bf4 Rbc8 24. Rfe1 c4 25. d6 $36 {Bae,T-Fercec,N/Bled SLO 2002}) 19. b5
Bb7 20. Bf4 Rbd8 21. Rfe1 Nh5 22. Be3 Qf6 23. Rb3 g5 24. Bd3 $16 {Den Boer,
B-Valenti,G/Forli 1989}) 17. Bxc4 a6 18. Qd3 Reb8 (18... Nh7 $6 19. b4 Rab8 20.
bxc5 bxc5 21. a5 f5 22. Rb6 Ng5 23. Rfb1 $16 {Matlak,M-Krzywicki,D/Katowice op
1992}) 19. Ra1 (19. b4 b5 20. Ba2 c4 21. Qd2 bxa4 22. Bxc4 Nb5 23. Na2 Na3 24.
Rbc1 Nxc4 25. Rxc4 Rc8 26. Rfc1 Rxc4 27. Rxc4 Rc8 28. Qc2 Rxc4 29. Qxc4 Qb5 $11
{Schwanek,C-Bronstein,L/Buenos Aires 1988}) (19. Qd2 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Be2
b4 22. Nd1 Kh7 23. Nf2 Qe7 24. Bc4 Nd7 25. f4 Nb5 26. Rbe1 Nd4 27. Kh1 Nb6 28.
Qd3 Nxc4 29. Qxc4 b3 $15 {Van Gisbergen,S-Hendriks,W/NLD-ch sf Enschede 1993})
19... Qe8 $6 20. Bf4 Qe7 21. Qd2 Kh7 22. Rfc1 Nd7 23. Be3 Rf8 24. Rab1 f5 $132
{Furman,S-Wurschner,M/IECG Email 2000}) 15... Ng4 $6 (15... cxb4 $5 16. Rxb4
Qe7 17. Bf4 Rad8 18. Rb3 Nh5 19. Be3 f5 $132) 16. b5 $1 Bxc3 17. fxg4 Bd4+ 18.
Kh1 Bb7 19. Bd3 $16 Rf8 20. Bh6 Bg7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. g5 Ne8 23. Qd2 Rd8 24.
Rf3 Qe7 25. Rbf1 Rd7 26. Rf6 $1 $16 Qd8 27. R1f3 Rh8 28. Qf4 $5 (28. R6f4 $16)
28... Nxf6 29. gxf6+ Kg8 30. Rg3 Qf8 $6 (30... h5 $5 31. h4 Kf8 32. Qg5 Ke8 (
32... Qc7 $140 $2 33. e5 $1 Bxd5 34. exd6 $16) (32... Qa8 33. Re3 Qd8 34. e5
Bxd5 35. Nxd6 Rc7 36. Bf5 c4 37. Rc3 Rc5 $14) 33. Re3 (33. e5 $140 $6 Bxd5 34.
Nxd6+ Rxd6 35. exd6 Qxd6 $13) 33... Kf8 (33... Qc7 $140 $2 34. e5 $1 $18) 34.
Kg1 $16) 31. h4 h5 32. Rg5 $6 (32. e5 $1 Bxd5 33. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 34. Rxg6+ Kf7
35. Rg7+ Ke6 (35... Qxg7 36. fxg7+ Kxg7 37. Qf6+ Kg8 38. e6 $18) 36. Nxd6 Rxd6
37. Re7+ $18) 32... Rh7 33. Be2 Rd8 34. Kg1 Bc8 35. Bf3 Kh8 36. e5 $1 $18 dxe5
37. Rxe5 Re8 38. Rxe8 Qxe8 39. Be4 Kg8 40. Nd6 Qd8 41. Nxc8 Qxc8 42. Qe5 Rh8
43. d6 c4 44. Qe7 (44. Qe7 Qe6 45. Bxg6 $1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A79"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Kapengut"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Be2 Re8 10. O-O Na6 11. Kh1 Nc7 12. a4 b6 13. f3 {An older line of the
Modern Benoni, which was popular 20-25 years ago. Black's idea is to exchange
White's N for his Bc8, after it comes to c4, and prepare the b5 thrust (a6,
Rb8). He will also try to engage White with diversions on the other flank like
Nh5,f5 or h6,g5. White's chances as usually in the Benoni lie in the center
and preparation of a K-side attack. Often he tries to stabilize or blockade
the << with b4,a5 before this.} Nd7 14. Nb5 $6 $146 (14. Nc4) (14. Ra3) (14. f4
) 14... Nxb5 15. Bxb5 (15. axb5 $143 $6 f5 16. Ra4 Nf6 17. Bd3 fxe4 18. fxe4
Bd7 19. b4 c4 $5 $132) 15... Rf8 16. Qe1 (16. Nc4 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Qe2 Bd7
19. f4 Bg7 20. f5 Bxb5 (20... gxf5 21. exf5 Bxb5 22. axb5 Qh4 23. Bf4 Rfe8 24.
Qd2 Be5 $132) 21. axb5 Re8 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Bf4 Qe7 24. Rae1 Rf8 $11) 16... a6
17. Bc6 Rb8 18. Nc4 b5 $5 (18... Ne5 $6 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bh6 Bxb2 21. Bxf8
Bxa1 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Qxa1 Bb7 24. e5 $1 $16) (18... Qe7 19. Bxd7 Bxd7 20. Bf4
Be5 21. Bg3 f6 22. f4 Bd4 23. f5 $5 $14) 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nxd6 Ne5 21. Nxc8
Qxc8 22. Bf4 Nxc6 23. dxc6 Rb6 24. c7 (24. Bd6 Re8 25. Bxc5 Rxc6 26. Ba3 f5 $5
(26... Rc2 27. Qb4 (27. Rf2 f5 28. Rxc2 Qxc2 29. Rc1 Qd3 $11) 27... Qc6 28.
Rad1 Ra8 29. Rd5 Bf8 30. Qxb5 (30. Qe1 Bxa3 31. bxa3 Qc4 $11) 30... Qxb5 31.
Rxb5 Bxa3 32. bxa3 Rxa3 $14) 27. Qd2 (27. Qb4 fxe4 28. fxe4 (28. Qxb5 $6 e3 $1
$132) 28... Qb7 29. Qb3+ Rc4 30. Rae1 Kh8 31. Bb4 Qc6 32. Bd2 Rexe4 33. Rxe4
Rxe4 34. Qf3 Qc4 $11) 27... fxe4 28. fxe4 Rc2 29. Qd5+ Kh8 30. Rae1 (30. Be7 $5
Qc4 $1 31. Qg5 Qxe4 32. Bf6 Bxf6 33. Qxf6+ Kg8 $11) 30... Qg4 31. Rg1 Re2 32.
Qxb5 Qxe4 $14) 24... Bxb2 25. Ra5 (25. Ra7 $5 Ra6 26. Rxa6 Qxa6 27. Qe2 Bd4 28.
Rb1 Ra8 29. g3 $16) 25... Bd4 (25... Qb7 $5 26. Qh4 Bf6 27. Qg4 (27. Qh3 Bc3
28. Ra7 Qc8 29. Qxc8 Rxc8 30. Rd1 Bd4 $132) 27... Bc3 28. Ra3 (28. Ra2 b4 29.
Qg5 Bd4 30. Qd8 Bf6 $11) (28. Ra7 $6 Qxa7 29. c8=Q f5 $1 30. Qxf8+ Kxf8 31.
exf5 Qd7 32. Bh6+ Kg8 33. Qe4 Ra6 $17) 28... b4 29. Ra5 Rc6 (29... Bd4 $6 30.
Qd7 Qc8 31. Qd5 $14) 30. Qd7 Qb6 31. Rd1 Bd4 32. Ra4 b3 33. Qd5 b2 34. Rb1 Rc8
$132) 26. Qg3 (26. Qe2 b4 27. Qc4 b3 28. Rb1 Qe6 29. Qd5 Kg7 30. Qd8 Qc8 $11) (
26. Qc1 $5 Rb7 27. h3 Re8 28. Rd1 h6 $5 (28... b4 $140 $6 29. Rxc5 $1 Bxc5 30.
Qxc5 b3 31. Qc3 $16) (28... Qe6 29. Rxd4 (29. Qa3 Be5 30. Bxe5 Qxe5 31. Rd5
Qxc7 32. Rxc5 Qe7 33. Qb4 f5 $14) 29... cxd4 30. Qa1 Rc8 31. Qxd4 Qb6 32. Qd2
h6 33. Ra1 Kh7 34. Rb1 Rcxc7 $11) 29. Bd6 (29. Rxd4 cxd4 30. Qc6 d3 31. Ra3 d2
32. Rd3 Rxc7 33. Bxc7 Re7 34. Qxb5 Qxc7 35. Qd5 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Ra7 37. Qd8+ Kh7
38. Rxd2 $14) 29... Kh7 30. Qc2 (30. Qa3 b4 31. Qa4 b3 32. Bxc5 b2 33. Rb1 Bg7
34. Bd6 Rxc7 35. Bxc7 Qxc7 36. Rd5 Re5 $44) 30... Qe6 (30... Re6 $6 31. Bf4 Be5
32. Bxe5 Rxe5 33. Rd8 Qxc7 34. Raa8 $18) 31. Rxd4 $5 cxd4 32. Qc6 d3 33. Qxb7
d2 34. Ra1 Qxd6 35. Rd1 Qg3 36. Qxb5 Rc8 37. Qd7 Rxc7 38. Qxd2 $14) 26... Re8
27. Qg5 $5 (27. Rd1 $6 b4 (27... h6) 28. Bd6 Rb7 29. Qf4 (29. h4 b3 30. h5 b2
31. Rb1 Qd7 $132) 29... b3 30. Rb1 b2 $15) (27. Rc1 b4 28. Qg5 b3 29. Qd5 b2
30. Rb1 Ra6 31. Rxa6 Qxa6 32. Qd8 Qe6 $11) 27... b4 (27... f5 $5 28. Rd1 (28.
exf5 $6 Bf6 29. Qg4 Qxf5 30. Qxf5 gxf5 $13) (28. Rc1 $6 b4 29. Be3 b3 30. Bxd4
cxd4 31. Rac5 b2 32. Rb1 Rb7 33. Qd2 Rxc7 34. Rxc7 Qxc7 35. Qxb2 $11) (28. Bg3
b4 29. exf5 h6 30. Qxh6 Qxf5 31. Qh4 Qd5 32. Qg4 Qf5 33. Re1 Rbe6 $13) 28...
Bf6 29. Qg3 Bc3 30. Ra7 Bd4 31. Bd6 b4 32. Ra5 Rb7 (32... Rc6 33. Rb5 Qd7 34.
Bxc5 Rxc7 35. Bxd4 Qxd4 36. Qe1 Qc3 37. Rxb4 fxe4 38. fxe4 Rd7 39. Rdb1 Qc2 $14
) 33. Bxc5 Be5 34. f4 Bc3 35. Bd6 fxe4 (35... Rxe4 $2 36. Rc5 Re8 37. Qf3 Rb6
38. Qd5+ Kg7 39. Rxc3 $18) 36. Qe3 Rxc7 37. Bxc7 Qxc7 $14) 28. Rxc5 $5 (28. Qd5
Rb7 29. Qc6 Kg7 30. Rxc5 Bxc5 31. Qxc5 b3 32. Qd4+ Kg8 33. Rc1 Qe6 $132) 28...
Bxc5 (28... h6 $5 29. Qd5 Bxc5 30. Qxc5 Rb7 31. h3 b3 32. Rb1 Kh7 33. Qd5 (33.
Kh2 Qe6 34. Qd5 Rb6 35. Be5 Rc8 $132) 33... Re7 34. Rxb3 Rbxc7 35. Bxc7 Qxc7
$14) 29. Qxc5 Rb7 30. h3 b3 31. Qc3 (31. Rb1 $5 b2 32. Be5 Rxe5 33. Qxe5 Qxc7
34. Qxc7 Rxc7 35. Rxb2 h5 $14) 31... Re7 $2 (31... Qd7 $5 32. Bh6 f6 33. Qc4+
Kh8 34. Bf4 Rc8 35. Qa6 Rbxc7 36. Bxc7 Qxc7 37. Qxf6+ Qg7 $11) 32. Rd1 $18 b2
33. Bh6 f6 34. Qc4+ Re6 35. Rd8+ Kf7 36. Rxc8 b1=Q+ 37. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Match/Nation URS-YUG  31-9"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1977.11.15"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Rogulj, Branko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A79"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "1977.11.12"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "URSS"]
[BlackTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2e4,Gd2c4]} Na6 (10... Nbd7 {La grande ligne})
11. f3 Nc7 12. a4 b6 13. Kh1 (13. Nc4 Ba6 14. Bg5 $14) 13... Nd7 (13... Rb8 14.
Nc4 Ba6 15. Bg5) 14. f4 $5 $146 {Avec l'avantage d'espace, la perte d'un tempo
n'est pas trop grave} (14. Nc4 Ne5 15. Ne3 f5 16. f4 Nf7 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Bd3
Qf6 19. Ne2 Nh6 20. Ng3 Qg6 21. Qc2 Rf8 22. Bd2 Bd7 23. Rae1 Rae8 24. Be2 Re7
25. Bd3 Bd4 26. b4 Bxe3 27. Bxe3 Rfe8 28. bxc5 bxc5 29. Bd2 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Rxe1+
31. Bxe1 Nxd5 32. Bc4 Qe6 33. Bc3 Bc6 34. Qb3 Kf7 35. Qb8 Ng8 36. h3 Nge7 37.
Qh8 Qh6 38. Ne2 Bxa4 39. Qa8 Bc6 40. Qxa7 Qe6 41. Qa2 Qe4 42. Bd2 Ke8 43. Ng3
Qd4 {Najdorf,M-Fischer,R Havana 1966 0-1}) (14. Ra3) 14... Nf6 (14... Ba6 15.
Bxa6 Nxa6 16. Qe2 Nb4 17. e5 $5 dxe5 18. f5 $44 {[%cal Gd2e4]}) 15. Bf3 Ba6 $1
{Les pièces Noires commencent à s'activer} 16. Re1 Qe7 $32 17. Nb3 c4 $6 {
Un coup affaiblissant malgré l'avance de développement des Noirs} 18. Nd4 {
[%csl Gd4]} Nfxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Nc6 $1 Qe6 21. e5 $1 {[%cal Gf3d5]} Nc7 22.
Nd4 $1 Qc8 23. Bxa8 dxe5 $1 (23... Qxa8 $6 24. exd6 {[%csl Gd6]}) 24. Nb5 Bxb5
25. axb5 {[%csl Ra7]} Qxa8 26. Qd7 $1 $16 {[%cal Gd7b5,Gd7c7] Un fort coup
multifonction qui termine le développement et les compensations Noires pour
la qualité semblent insuffisantes} Qd8 27. Qc6 Re6 28. Qxc4 exf4 29. Bxf4
Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Ne6 31. b3 (31. h3 {[%csl Gh1]}) 31... h5 32. Bg3 Bd4 33. Qd3
Qd5 $2 34. Re5 $1 Qxe5 35. Bxe5 Bxe5 36. g3 Kg7 37. Kg2 Bd4 38. Qe4 Bf6 39. Qb7
Bd4 {[%cal Gd4b6]} 40. Qxa7 Kf6 {Ajournement mais il va être difficile pour
les Noirs de bâtir une forteresse} 41. Qd7 Be5 42. Qb7 $1 {[%csl Rb6]
Forçant le B à occuper une position passive} Bc7 43. b4 $1 {[%csl Gc5]} Ke7
44. Kf3 Ke8 45. Ke4 $40 {[%cal Ge4c6]} Ke7 46. Kd5 Kd7 47. Qc6+ Ke7 48. Qc3 h4
49. Kc6 $18 hxg3 50. hxg3 g5 51. Qd3 $1 {[%cal Gd3d7] Les Noirs sont quasiment
en zugzwang.} Bd8 (51... g4 $2 52. Qd7+ Kf8 53. Qxc7 Nxc7 54. Kxc7 Ke7 55. Kxb6
Kd7 56. Ka7) 52. Qd7+ Kf8 53. Qb7 Ke8 54. Kd5 Bc7 55. Ke4 Kf8 56. Kf5 Kg7 57.
Kg4 Kg6 58. Qe4+ Kg7 59. Qc2 Be5 60. Qd3 Bd4 61. Kf5 Bf6 62. Qe3 Bd4 63. Qf3
Bf6 64. Qb7 Bd8 65. Kg4 Kg6 66. Qe4+ Kg7 67. Kh5 Bc7 68. Qe3 Bd8 69. Qf2 Bc7
70. Qb2+ Kg8 71. Qc3 Kh7 72. Qf6 Kg8 73. Kh6 Bd6 74. Qf2 Bc7 75. Qf3 Bd8 76.
Qa8 Kh8 77. Qc6 Be7 78. Qxb6 Bxb4 79. Qb8+ Bf8+ 80. Kh5 Kg7 81. b6 1-0

[Event "Barcelona"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bass, Leonid"]
[Black "Franco Ocampos, Zenon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A79"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Be2 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. a4 b6 12. Nc4 (12. Re1 Kh8 $5 {N} 13. Rb1 Nfe8
14. Nc4 f5 15. Bf3 Ba6 16. Qb3 Rb8 17. exf5 Rxf5 18. Be4 Rf8 19. Be3 Nf6 20.
Bf3 Qd7 $10 {Timoschenko-Suba,London LB 1990}) 12... Ba6 13. Bg5 (13. f3 Qd7 (
13... Re8 {A79}) 14. Bd2 {/\b3} Bxc4 15. Bxc4 a6 16. Qe2 Rfb8 17. Rfb1 Qe7 18.
b4 Nh5 19. g3 f5 20. bxc5 Bd4+ 21. Kg2 bxc5 22. exf5 Qg7 $6 23. Qd3 gxf5 24.
Rxb8+ Rxb8 25. Rb1 Rxb1 26. Qxb1 $1 $16 {Akhmilovskaja-Suba,New York op
1989-CBM 12}) (13. Bd2 Bxc4 14. Bxc4 a6 15. Qe2 Re8 16. f3 Nh5 $5 17. g4 Bd4+
18. Kh1 Nf6 19. Qd3 Nd7 20. f4 Nf6 $132 {Novikov-Fedorov,Kusadasi op 1990})
13... Qd7 14. f3 Rab8 15. Re1 Rfe8 {-A79} (15... Bxc4 16. Bxc4 a6 17. Bf1 $14)
16. Kh1 (16. Qd2 Bxc4 (16... Nh5 17. b3 $14) 17. Bxc4 a6 18. Bf1 b5 $6 19. axb5
axb5 20. Ra7 c4 21. e5 $1 Nh5 22. g4 b4 23. Ne4 $18 {Vera-Verduga,Bayamo 1989})
16... h6 17. Bh4 Nh5 18. Qd2 g5 19. Bf2 Nf4 20. Bf1 Bxc4 21. Bxc4 a6 (21... f5
22. exf5 Qxf5 23. Nb5 $16) 22. Bf1 Ng6 (22... b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra7 c4 25.
Bd4 $16) (22... f5 $5 23. exf5 (23. g3 Ng6 24. Bh3 g4 25. exf5 gxh3 26. fxg6
Qf5 $36) 23... Qxf5 24. Ne4 Be5 $13) 23. Ne2 b5 24. a5 (24. axb5 Rxb5 $132) (
24. Ng3 $5 bxa4 25. Ra2 Ne7 26. Nh5 $40) 24... Ne5 (24... f5 25. Ng3 fxe4 26.
fxe4 $14) 25. Ng3 Nc4 $1 26. Qc2 (26. Bxc4 bxc4 27. Rab1 Rxb2 28. Rxb2 c3 $15)
26... Bxb2 (26... Nxb2 $2 27. Nf5 $16) 27. Rab1 Bg7 28. Bxc4 bxc4 29. Nf5 (29.
Qxc4 $5 $14 {/\Nf5}) 29... Rxb1 $1 30. Rxb1 Nb5 31. Nxg7 (31. Qxc4 $2 Na3)
31... Kxg7 32. Qxc4 Qd8 $1 $132 33. Be1 Qf6 34. h3 Qe5 35. Qd3 (35. Bd2 f5 $15)
35... c4 36. Qe3 {/\Rb5} (36. Qd1 c3 $15) 36... Qxd5 37. Qb6 Qa8 38. Rc1 Qc8 (
38... d5 39. exd5 Qxd5 40. Qxa6 $10) 39. Bc3+ Kh7 $6 (39... Nxc3 40. Rxc3 Qc5
41. Qxa6 d5 42. Qb6 $10) 40. Bb4 Re6 41. Qf2 $1 Re5 (41... Re7 42. Qc2 $1 $14)
42. Qa2 d5 43. exd5 Rxd5 44. Rxc4 Rd1+ (44... Qd7 $142 45. Kh2 $14) 45. Kh2
Qb8+ 46. f4 {/\Qc2} Kg8 47. Qf2 $16 {׻} Qd8 (47... Rd8 $142 $5) 48. Qb6 Rd4
49. Bc3 $3 $18 Qxb6 (49... Rd6 50. Qb7 Rd7 51. Qxa6 $18) 50. axb6 Rd7 (50...
Rxc4 51. b7 $18) 51. Be5 (51. Be5 gxf4 52. Bc7 {/\b7 [Stohl]}) 1-0

[Event "Kemerovo1"]
[Site "Kemerovo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ruban, Vadim"]
[Black "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A79"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Belov} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 e6 8.
O-O exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Nd2 Na6 11. f3 Nc7 12. a4 b6 13. Nc4 (13. Re1 Nh5 14.
g3 Bd4+ 15. Kg2 Qd7 16. g4 Nf4+ 17. Kh1 Nh3 18. Qc2 Qd8 19. Nc4 Nf2+ 20. Kg2
Qh4 $36 {Lieb,H-Schacht,H/Berlin-ch/1987/}) (13. Kh1 $5 Rb8 14. Nc4 Ba6 15. Bg5
h6 16. Be3 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 a6 18. Qd3 Qc8 19. Bf4 Bf8 (19... Rd8 20. Rab1 Bf8 21.
b4 Nd7 22. Qd2 Kh7 23. Be2 Ne8 24. b5 a5 25. Bg3 Bg7 26. f4 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4,Gf4]
[+],->>>,Polugaevsky,L-Bouaziz,S/Riga izt/1979/}) 20. Rab1 Nd7 21. b4 g5 22.
Bg3 Ne5 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Rxb8 Qxb8 26. Rb1 Qa7 27. a5 $36 {
Van der Sterren,P-Kunze,M/Bern op/1993/}) (13. Qc2 Rb8 14. Nc4 Ba6 15. Bg5 h6
16. Bh4 Qd7 $2 (16... Bxc4 $142 17. Bxc4 a6 18. Qd3 $14) 17. Nxd6 $1 Qxd6 18.
Bg3 Qd7 19. d6 Ne6 20. Bxa6 Nd4 21. Qd3 Nh5 22. f4 Qxd6 23. e5 Qc6 24. Bb5 Nxb5
25. axb5 Qe6 26. Rfd1 Nxg3 27. hxg3 $16 {[%csl Ge5,Gf4,Ra7] ><a7,[+],Yailjan,
M-Peshina,G/Belgorod GMA-qual/1989/}) 13... Ba6 14. Bg5 (14. Bd2 $5 {[%cal
Rb2b3] /\b3} Bxc4 15. Bxc4 a6 16. Rb1 Rb8 17. b4 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bd3 Nd7
20. Kh1 c4 21. Bc2 Ra8 22. Qc1 Qb8 23. f4 Qb6 24. Rf3 Ra6 25. Be3 Bd4 26. Qd2
Bxe3 27. Rxe3 $14 {Dautov,R-Jagodzinska,J/Kusadasi op/1990/}) 14... Qd7 (14...
h6 15. Be3 Bxc4 (15... Rb8 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. b3 Qe7 18. Bf4 Rbd8 19. g4 Nfxd5 20.
exd5 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Nxd5 22. Qd2 Nxf4 23. Qxf4 d5 24. Rae1 Qf8 25. Ne5 Bxe2 26.
Rxe2 f6 27. Nc6 Rxe2 28. Qc7+ Qg7 29. Qxd8 $18 {Dlugy-Wahls/London/1987/}) (
15... Qd7 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. Kh1 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 a6 19. Qe2 Ng8 20. g4 Bd4 21. Bxd4
cxd4 22. Nd1 b5 23. Bb3 Qe7 24. Nf2 Nf6 25. Qd2 Nd7 26. Qxd4 $16 {Zlotnik,
B-Izeta,F/Ceuta/1992/}) (15... Qe7 16. Qd2 g5 $6 17. h4 $1 gxh4 18. Bxh6 Nh5
19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Ne3 Bc8 21. Bd3 Ng3 22. Rf2 Bd7 23. Re1 Rh8 24. f4 Rag8 25.
Nf1 Kf8 26. Qe3 f5 27. e5 $16 {Chekhov,V-Psakhis,L/URS-ch51 Lvov/1984/}) 16.
Bxc4 a6 17. Kh1 (17. Qd2 Kh7 18. Rab1 Qd7 19. b4 b5 20. Be2 c4 21. a5 Ng8 22.
Bd1 f5 23. Bc2 fxe4 24. fxe4 Be5 25. Rf3 Qg7 26. Ne2 Nf6 27. Rbf1 Rf8 $132 {
Ogaard,L-Nunn,J/Gjovik/1983/}) 17... Qd7 18. Qd3 Kh7 19. Rab1 (19. Rfb1 $5 $14)
19... Reb8 20. b4 b5 21. Ba2 cxb4 22. Rxb4 a5 23. Rxb5 Nxb5 24. Nxb5 Ne8 25. f4
Nc7 26. Bc4 Na6 $13 {Ermenkov,E-Gheorghiu,F/Lone Pine/1980/}) 15. Qd2 (15. Rb1
{Belov} h6 (15... Bxc4 16. Bxc4 a6 17. b4 b5 18. Bd3 c4 19. Bc2 (19. Be2 $5 {
Ftacnik/}) 19... bxa4 $1 20. Bxa4 Nb5 $132 {Beliavsky,A-Portisch,L/Szirak(izt)/
1987/0:1/42/}) 16. Be3 $1 (16. Bh4 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Rab8 18. b4 Ng4 $1 $13) (16.
Bd2 b5 $5) 16... Bxc4 17. Bxc4 a6 18. Qd3 Nh7 19. b4 $16 {Matlak,M-Krzywicki,D/
Katowice/1992/1:0/32/}) (15. Re1 $5 {Belov} Rab8 16. Qd2 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 a6 18.
Bf1 h5 (18... b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra7 $36) 19. Kh1 Rb7 20. e5 $1 $36 {Vilela,
J-Ionescu,Co/Albena/1989/1:0/47/}) (15. Kh1 {Belov}) 15... Bxc4 (15... Rab8 {
Belov} 16. b3 $1 Nh5 17. g4 $1 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Ng7 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 f5 21.
Qg5 $16 {Gligoric,S-Planinc,A/Ljubljana/1969/1:0/52/}) 16. Bxc4 $14 {This line
is pleasant for White, he has the ^^ and a solid center, while Black's
counterplay on the Queen-side is not so easy to realize.} a6 17. Qd3 Qc8 $146 {
[%cal Yc8b7,Ya8b8,Yb6b5] /\Qb7,Rab8,b5} (17... h6 18. Bd2 Kh7 19. Kh1 Qe7 20.
Rae1 Nd7 21. f4 b5 22. axb5 Nb6 23. bxa6 Nxc4 24. Qxc4 Reb8 25. e5 Rb4 26. exd6
$1 $16 {Niklasson,C-Wahlbom,M/SVE-ch/1976/}) (17... Nh5 18. g4 Bd4+ $6 19. Kh1
Ng7 20. Rab1 h5 21. Ne2 b5 {Dlugy,M-De Firmian,N/USA-ch/1988/1:0/46/} 22. Ba2
Be5 23. f4 c4 24. Qg3 hxg4 25. Qg2 Nh5 26. fxe5 Rxe5 27. Bf6 Nxf6 28. Rxf6 Rae8
29. Ng3 $18 {Dlugy,M-De Firmian,N/USA-ch/1988/}) (17... Reb8 {Belov} 18. f4 Ng4
19. e5 dxe5 20. f5 $36) 18. Bf4 $1 Bf8 19. Rab1 Nd7 (19... Rb8 20. b4 $16) 20.
b4 $6 (20. Qd2 $5 Rb8 21. b4 b5 22. axb5 $5 (22. Be2 cxb4 (22... c4 23. a5 $16)
23. Rxb4 a5 24. Rxb5 Nxb5 25. Nxb5 $44) 22... axb5 23. Be2 c4 24. Be3 $36 {
[%csl Gd5,Ge4] [+],|^>>}) 20... cxb4 (20... Ne5 21. Bxe5 dxe5 (21... Rxe5 {
Belov} 22. bxc5 bxc5 23. f4 Re8 24. e5 $16) 22. bxc5 Bxc5+ 23. Kh1 Rd8 24. Qe2
Ne8 $14) 21. Rxb4 Ne5 $1 22. Bxe5 $5 $8 (22. Qe2 b5 $5 (22... Nb5 23. Bxb5 (23.
Nxb5 Qc5+ $19) (23. Na2 Nc3 $1 $19) 23... Qxc3 (23... axb5 24. Nxb5 Qc5+ 25.
Rd4 Rxa4 26. Be3 $14) 24. Bxe8 Qxb4 25. Bxe5 (25. Bc6 Nxc6 26. dxc6 Qxa4 $17)
25... dxe5 (25... Rxe8 26. Ba1 $13) 26. Bc6 Ra7 $10) 23. axb5 axb5 $1 (23...
Nxb5 24. Bxb5 Qxc3 (24... axb5 25. Rb3) 25. Bxe8 Qxb4 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. Bc6
Qb6+ 28. Kh1 Rb8 $10) 24. Ba2 (24. Nxb5 Nxb5 25. Bxe5 Qc5+ $19) (24. Bxb5 Nxb5
25. Nxb5 Qc5+ 26. Rd4 Reb8 $19) 24... Na6 25. Rb3 b4 $36) (22. Qd2 $2 a5 $19) (
22. Qe2 $5 {Belov}) 22... dxe5 23. Rb2 (23. Rxb6 $4 Bc5+) (23. d6 Ne6 $1 $10 {
[%cal Rc8c5,Re6f4] /\Qc5,Nf4}) 23... Rd8 (23... Bc5+ 24. Kh1 Qd7 $5 $10 {
[%cal Yd7d6,Ye8f8,Yf7f5] /\Qd6,Rf8,f5...}) 24. Kh1 (24. Qe2 {Belov} Bc5+ 25.
Kh1 Ne8 $14) 24... Ne6 25. g3 (25. Rxb6 $4 {Belov} Nf4 $19) 25... Qc7 26. Rfb1
Rac8 27. Ba2 $1 (27. Bxa6 $2 Nc5 28. Nb5 (28. Qe2 Nxa6 $19 (28... Nxa6 29. Qxa6
Qxc3 $19)) 28... Nxd3 29. Nxc7 Nxb2 30. Bxc8 Rxc8 31. Rxb2 Rxc7 $19) 27... Nd4
28. Ne2 Bc5 29. Bc4 a5 30. Ba6 $14 Ra8 31. Nxd4 Bxd4 (31... exd4 $6 32. f4 {
[%csl Gd5,Ge4,Gf4][%cal Ra6c4,Re4e5,Rd5d6] [+],/\Bc4e5,d6}) 32. Rc2 {[%csl Ga4,
Gd5,Ra5,Rb6] White's better pawn structure (he has a o^d5, while Black's
Queen-side pawns are blockaded) give him an small ,but permanent advantage. He
will advance his King-side pawns in order to weaken Black's K.} Qa7 (32... Bc5
{Belov} 33. Rf1 Qe7 34. f4 f6 $14) 33. Bb5 Qe7 34. f4 Rac8 (34... Rf8 $5 $14 {
[%cal Rf7f5] /\f5<=>}) 35. Bc6 Bc5 36. Qf3 Rf8 (36... f6 {Belov} 37. h4 Rf8 38.
f5 $16) 37. Rf1 Kg7 (37... f5 38. Re2 $1 $36) (37... f6 38. h4 $14 {[%cal
Yf4f5] /\f5}) 38. f5 f6 39. h4 Kh8 $6 (39... Rf7 $14) (39... g5 {Belov} 40.
hxg5 fxg5 41. Qh5 Qf6 42. Rh2 h6 43. Kg2 Rh8 44. Rfh1 $16) 40. fxg6 hxg6 41. h5
Rcd8 (41... gxh5 {Belov} 42. Rh2 Rf7 43. Rxh5+ Rh7 44. Qxf6+ Qxf6 45. Rxh7+
Kxh7 46. Rxf6 $16) 42. Rh2 $36 Kg7 $8 (42... g5 43. h6 $16) 43. Qg4 $5 (43.
hxg6 Rh8 44. Qf5 $16) 43... Qf7 (43... g5 {Belov}) 44. Kg2 Rh8 45. Rfh1 Rh6 46.
Rh4 Be3 (46... Rdh8 47. hxg6 (47. Kf3 f5 $132) 47... Rxh4 (47... Rxg6 48. Bd7
$1 $18) 48. Rxh4 Rxh4 49. gxh4 Qxg6 50. Kf3 $18 {[%csl Gd5,Gh4] ^- With 2
distant passed pawns White can win even with opposite-colored B after the
exchange of Queens.}) (46... g5 $142 $16) 47. hxg6 Qxg6 48. Qxg6+ Kxg6 49. Kf3
Rxh4 (49... Bg5 50. Rxh6+ Bxh6 51. Rb1 Rb8 52. d6 $18 (52. d6 {Belov} Bf8 53.
d7 $16)) 50. gxh4 Bc5 51. Kg4 $18 {[%csl Gd5,Gh4][%cal Rh4h5,Rg4f5] /\h5,Kf5
Here the situation is similar to the note to Black's 46-th move. The pair of
Rooks on the board doesn't change much and rather favors White.} f5+ (51... Rh8
{Belov} 52. h5+ Kg7 53. Kf5 Kf7 54. Bd7 Bd4 55. Be6+ Ke7 56. h6 $18) 52. exf5+
Kf6 53. h5 e4 (53... Rg8+ 54. Kf3 Kxf5 55. Bd7+ Kf6 56. h6 $18) 54. h6 e3 55.
h7 Rh8 (55... e2 {Belov} 56. Bb5 Rh8 57. Bxe2 Kg7 58. Bd3 $18) 56. Bb5 Kg7 57.
Bd3 $1 b5 (57... Rxh7 $2 58. f6+ (58. f6+ {Belov} Kxf6 59. Rxh7 $18)) (57... e2
58. Bxe2 Rxh7 59. f6+ Kg8 60. Rxh7 Kxh7 61. Kf5 $18 (61. Kf5 {Belov} Kg8 62.
Ke6 Kf8 63. d6 $18)) 58. Rc1 (58. Bxb5 {Belov} Rxh7 59. f6+ Kg8 60. Rxh7 Kxh7
61. Kf5 Kg8 62. Ke6 Kf8 63. d6 Bb6 $10) (58. axb5 {Belov} a4 $132) 58... Be7
59. Rc7 Kf6 60. Rc6+ Ke5 (60... Kf7 61. d6 $18) (60... Kg7 {Belov} 61. Rg6+
Kxh7 (61... Kf7 62. d6 Bf6 63. Bxb5 Rxh7 64. Bc4+ Ke8 65. Rxf6 $18) 62. f6 Bc5
63. f7 e2 (63... Rf8 64. Rc6+) 64. Rg8+ $18) 61. Re6+ Kd4 62. Rxe7 Kxd3 63. d6
e2 64. d7 (64. d7 bxa4 (64... Kd2 {Belov} 65. Re8 $18) 65. Re8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2001.07.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A79"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. e4 {
The Classical line is not played too often nowadays, with aggressive lines
like f4 and Bb5+ or h3 and Bd3 being more popular.} O-O 9. Be2 Re8 10. O-O Na6
11. f3 Nc7 12. a4 Nd7 13. Kh1 b6 {Topalov has this year in a rapid game
against Kramnik revived this line, in which the relevant games were played
about 20 years ago.} 14. Ra3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] This otherwise typical
manoeuvre for the Classical line is here a novelty. Later on however the R
will find no scope on the 3-rd rank.} (14. Nc4 Ne5 15. Ne3 f5 (15... Rb8 16.
Qc2 $14) 16. f4 Nf7 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Bd3 Nh6 19. Ne2 $5 (19. Qc2 Qf6 $5 (19...
Rf8 20. Bd2 a6 21. Rf3 Rb8 22. Rg3 Qh4 23. Rg5 Ng4 24. Nxg4 fxg4 25. Ne4 Ne8
26. g3 Qh6 27. f5 Bb7 28. Rf1 $40 {Dydyshko,V-Lukov,V/Polanica Zdroj/1983/})
20. Bd2 Bd7 21. Rf3 Kh8 22. Raf1 Re7 23. Rh3 Qf7 24. Nc4 Qg6 (24... Nxd5 $5 25.
Nxd6 Qe6 $13 {Kramnik}) 25. Rg3 Ng4 26. h3 h5 $1 27. Ne3 Nxe3 28. Rxg6 Nxc2 29.
Bxc2 Ne8 30. Rg5 Nf6 31. Bxf5 Bxf5 32. Rxf5 Rae8 $44 {Kramnik,V-Topalov,V/
Monaco act/2001/}) (19. Qh5 Rf8 (19... Qf6 20. Nb5 Re7 $13 {Kramnik}) 20. Bd2
Qf6 21. Rf3 Qg6 22. Qh4 Qf6 23. Qh3 Ba6 24. Bc2 Kh8 25. Rg3 Rae8 26. Rg1 Bc8
27. Ncd1 Qf7 28. Rg5 $1 $40 {Rytov,B-Beliavsky,A/Vitebsk/1970/}) 19... Qh4 20.
Ng3 Rf8 (20... Ng4 $142 $5 21. Nxg4 Qxg4 $132) 21. Qc2 Ng4 22. Nxg4 Qxg4 23.
Ra3 Kh8 24. Be2 Qh4 25. Nh5 Bd4 26. Be3 Nxd5 27. Bxd4+ cxd4 28. Qd2 Bb7 29. Bf3
{1-0,Taimanov,M-Ree,H/Wijk aan Zee/1970/}) 14... Qe7 (14... Ne5 15. f4 Nd7 16.
Nc4 {/\} Nf6 17. e5 $1 dxe5 18. d6 $36) 15. Nb5 (15. Nc4 Ne5 (15... Ba6 16. Bf4
Bxc4 17. Bxc4 $14) 16. Ne3 {also was interesting, as here after} f5 (16... a6
$5) 17. f4 Nf7 18. exf5 $14 {the R can be useful on a3.}) 15... Nxb5 16. Bxb5 (
16. axb5 f5 $13 {and the weakness on a7 is rather abstract, while Black has
concrete [+]<=>.}) 16... Rd8 (16... a6 17. Bc6 Rb8 18. Rb3 $1 Rf8 19. Nc4 Ne5
20. Nxb6 Qc7 21. a5 Nxc6 22. dxc6 Qxc6 23. Nd5 $16) 17. a5 (17. Nc4 Ne5 18.
Nxe5 Bxe5 $132) 17... a6 $5 18. Bc6 (18. Bxd7 Bxd7 19. axb6 (19. Nc4 b5 20. Nb6
Ra7 $11 {/=/+}) 19... Bb5 20. Re1 Rab8 $132) (18. axb6 Nxb6 19. Bc6 Bb7 (19...
Rb8 $143 {-18.Bc6}) 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Qc2 (21. f4 f5 $13) 21... Rf8 $5 $132)
18... Rb8 19. axb6 Nxb6 20. b3 $1 ({Aggressive, but double-edged was} 20. f4
Nd7 (20... Bb7 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. f5 $36) 21. Qc2 Rb4 $132) 20... Be5 $5 {
[%cal Re7h4] /\Qh4 A provocative move, Black lures White's f-pawn forward.} (
20... f5 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Re1 $14 {[%cal Ge1e8] <->e}) (20... Bb7 21. Bxb7
Qxb7 22. Nc4 $14) (20... Nd7 21. Nc4 Ne5 22. Bf4 $14) 21. f4 (21. Nc4 Nxc4 22.
bxc4 Rb1 $11) 21... Bg7 (21... Bd4 $142 $5 22. f5 Nd7) 22. f5 Nd7 23. Bxd7 $1 (
23. Nc4 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Qf3 Qh4 $5 (25... Qf6 26. fxg6 $14) 26. g3 Qf6
$132) 23... Bxd7 24. Qf3 Bd4 25. f6 Qf8 26. Nc4 (26. g4 $6 Qh6 27. Nc4 Qh4 {
[%csl Rh1] ׻}) 26... Bb5 27. Be3 Bxe3 28. Qxe3 h5 $1 {Black must first free
his K from back-rank mates, then he can open the position.} 29. h4 (29. h3 $5
$14 {was possibly stronger, as later on in some lines the pawn will be en
prise on h4.}) 29... Kh7 30. Rfa1 (30. e5 dxe5 31. Qxe5 Re8 32. Qf4 Re2 33. Rd1
Rbe8 $13) 30... Bxc4 (30... Re8 31. Rxa6 $1 Bxa6 32. Rxa6 Rbd8 33. Qf4 $16) 31.
bxc4 Rb4 32. Rc3 (32. Qe2 Qh6 {[%cal Rh6f4] /\Qf4} 33. g3 Rdb8 $132 {and White
must beware of surprises on the 2-nd rank.}) (32. Ra4 $5 Rdb8 33. Rxb4 cxb4 $1
(33... Rxb4 34. Rxa6 Rxc4 35. Ra7 $36) 34. Rxa6 b3 35. Rb6 b2 (35... Qd8 36.
Rxb3 Rxb3 37. Qxb3 Qxf6 38. Qg3 Qf1+ $11) 36. Qb3 Rxb6 37. Qxb6 Qc8 38. Qxb2
Qxc4 $11) (32. Rxa6 Rxc4 $132) 32... Re8 $1 33. Rxa6 Rb1+ 34. Kh2 Rf1 $11 35.
Rca3 {White already had no suitable way to protect his Pf6, so Kramnik decides
to force a draw.} (35. Qg3 $2 Rxe4 $36) 35... Rxf6 36. e5 Rf5 $1 {The most
accurate.} (36... Rxe5 $143 37. Qxe5 dxe5 38. Rxf6 e4 39. g3 Qe7 40. Rf2) 37.
e6 $8 (37. Rxd6 $2 Rexe5 38. Qxc5 $8 Qe7 39. Rh3 Re1 $19 {->}) 37... fxe6 38.
Ra7+ Kg8 39. Qg3 Qf6 (39... g5 40. dxe6 Rxe6 41. hxg5 $14) 40. Ra8 Rxa8 41.
Rxa8+ Kg7 (41... Kf7 42. Ra7+ Ke8 43. Qb3 Qxh4+ 44. Kg1 Qe1+ 45. Kh2 $11) 42.
Ra7+ Kg8 (42... Kh6 43. Qe3+ g5 44. dxe6 Qe5+ $11) (42... Kg8 43. Ra8+) 1/2-1/2

[Event "HUN-ch"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Palkovi, Jozsef"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A79"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1996.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Be2 Na6 10. O-O Re8 11. f3 Nc7 12. a4 b6 {An older line of the Modern
Benoni, which was popular some 10-15 years ago. Black's idea is to exchange
White's N for his Bc8, after it comes to c4, and prepare the b5 thrust. (a6,
Rb8) He will also try to engage White with diversions on the other flank like
Nh5,f5 or h6,g5!? White's chances as usually in the Benoni lie in the center
and preparation of a K-side attack. Often he tries to stabilize or blockade
the << with b4,a5 before this.} ({An altogether different picture is offered
by the alternative} 12... Nd7 13. Kh1 $5 b6 14. Nc4 Ne5 15. Ne3 f5 16. f4 Nf7
17. exf5 gxf5 18. Bd3 Nh6 19. Qc2 $14 {[%csl Rf5,Rf6,Rg5,Rg6,Rh5,Rh6] ><f5,>>})
13. Nc4 {Pinter,J (2580)-Badii,M (2240) FRA-chT 1993 1-0 A more refined
alternative and a nice and clear-cut strategic motive and following plan were
realized in the game} Ba6 14. Rb1 $5 {A less used move.} ({The main move is
considered to be} 14. Bg5 {Ogaard,L (2485)-Nunn,J (2590) Gjovik 1983 1/2 the
following game well illustrates the possibilities of both sides in this line.})
(14. Bd2 $5 {[%cal Rb2b3] /\b3}) 14... Bxc4 $146 {Black shold get in this
exchange before White manages to play b3, which would practically stop his
counterplay.} (14... Qe7 15. Bg5 (15. b3 Nh5 $5 $132) 15... h6 16. Be3 Nd7 17.
Qd2 Kh7 18. Rfe1 Qf8 19. Kh1 (19. b3 $16) 19... Rac8 20. Bf1 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5
22. Bxa6 Nxa6 23. Nb5 Nb4 24. Nxa7 Ra8 25. Nc6 Nxc6 26. dxc6 Rxa4 27. b4 Rc8
28. bxc5 bxc5 29. Qd5 $36 {Gavrikov,V-Kapengut,A/Reggio Emilia II/1992/}) (
14... Nh5 15. g4 $1 Nf6 16. Bf4 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 a6 18. Qd2 h5 19. h3 Qd7 20. Qd3
Rab8 21. b4 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Nxb5 Nxb5 24. bxc5 Na7 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Bxd6
$16 {[%csl Gc5,Gd5] o^c,d,Chetverik,M-Sergienko,S/Matra op/1993/}) 15. Bxc4 Nd7
$6 {Now White effectively uses the idea from the aforementioned Pinter game to
stop Black's << ambitions.} (15... a6 $142 16. b4 $14) (15... Nh5 16. g4 $36)
16. Nb5 $1 Ne5 (16... Nxb5 17. axb5 Ne5 18. Be2 $16 {and after suitable
preparation White will advance with his central and >> pawns. Black has
practically no counterplay.}) 17. Nxc7 Qxc7 18. Bb5 Re7 (18... Rf8 $142 $5 19.
f4 Nd7 20. Qd3 $36) 19. Bg5 $1 {Forces an ugly concession, burying the active
Bg7.} f6 20. Bh4 g5 (20... a6 21. Be2 Qb8 22. b4 $36) 21. Bg3 a6 22. Be2 {
[%csl Rf5,Rh5][%cal Rf3f4]} Ng6 {Otherwise White could turn his attention to
the weakened >> with f4!} 23. Qd2 $6 {A rather lax move. There was no reason
to fear Nf4.} (23. Re1 $142 Nf4 24. Bf1 $16) ({Interesting is even} 23. Qc2 $5
Nf4 (23... h5 24. f4 $1 h4 25. e5 $1 $40) 24. Bxf4 gxf4 25. Bd3 $36 {[%csl Gd3,
Rg7] ^-}) 23... h5 24. Rfe1 h4 25. Bf2 Qd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7a4,Yb6b5] /\b5,Qa4
Black gets at least some conterplay.} 26. b4 (26. Qc2 $142 $5 b5 27. axb5 axb5
28. Ra1 $36) 26... Qxa4 27. bxc5 bxc5 28. Rb6 Qd7 29. Reb1 Kh7 30. Bxa6 {
The pawn was not so important.} (30. Be3 $142 $5 $14 {/\} g4 31. fxg4 Rxe4 32.
Bd3 Rxg4 33. Rb7 $40) 30... g4 $5 $132 31. Bb5 $2 (31. fxg4 $142 Qxg4 32. Rxd6
h3 $5 33. Bxc5 Nh4 $44) 31... Qd8 32. Bc6 Ra1 $1 33. Rxa1 Qxb6 34. Qa5 $6 {
White still doesn't adapt to the changed situation.} (34. fxg4 $5 f5 (34...
Rxe4 35. Bd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7f5] /\Bf5}) (34... Ne5 35. Bxh4 Nxc6 36. dxc6 Qxc6
$11) 35. Re1 $13) 34... Qb2 35. Qa3 Qe5 $1 $36 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Rf6f5,Rg4g3]
White left the g4P alive too long and now he is in serious trouble. Threats
like f5 or g3 are in the air, the Bc6 is misplaced. At the last moment White
finds a brilliant counterchance.} 36. Rd1 (36. fxg4 f5 37. Re1 fxg4 $17) (36.
Re1 g3 37. Be3 gxh2+ 38. Kh1 Qg3 $19) 36... g3 37. Bxc5 $5 {[]} (37. Be3 f5 $1
$40) 37... gxh2+ 38. Kh1 dxc5 39. d6 Qg3 $5 {Black must ruthlessly continue
his attack, other moves are weaker.} 40. dxe7 h3 41. Qa2 (41. gxh3 Nf4 {
-see game.}) 41... Nf4 (41... Nh4 42. gxh3 Qxf3+ 43. Kxh2 Qf4+ $11) 42. gxh3 $6
{Extremely risky. Is White playing for a win?} ({The safer} 42. Rd2 hxg2+ 43.
Rxg2 Qe1+ 44. Kxh2 Qh4+ $11 {leads to perpetual check.}) 42... Qxf3+ (42...
Nxh3 43. Qg2 (43. e8=Q $4 Qg1+ $19) 43... Nf2+ 44. Qxf2 Qxf2 45. e8=Q Qxf3+ 46.
Kxh2 Qxd1 47. Bd7 $11) 43. Kxh2 Qxh3+ 44. Kg1 Qg4+ 45. Kh2 Qh5+ $1 {Now Black
has a strong attack again and already wants more than a draw, which he can
have anytime.} (45... Qh3+ $11) 46. Kg3 $8 (46. Kg1 Qxd1+ 47. Kf2 f5 $1 48.
e8=Q Bd4+ 49. Kg3 Qg4+ 50. Kh2 Qh3#) 46... Qh3+ 47. Kf2 (47. Kxf4 $2 Bh6#)
47... Qg2+ 48. Ke3 Qg3+ $1 49. Kd2 Qf2+ 50. Kc3 (50. Kc1 $143 $6 Qxa2 51. Rh1+
(51. e8=Q Ne2#) 51... Bh6 52. Rxh6+ Kxh6 53. e8=Q Qc4+ $17 (53... Kg5 $5 $17))
50... f5+ $6 {After being dead for 30 moves the B comes to life.} ({But it
seems it was already time to force the draw by} 50... Qxa2 51. e8=Q $1 (51.
Rh1+ $2 Bh6 52. Rxh6+ $8 (52. e8=Q Ne2+ 53. Kd3 c4#) 52... Kxh6 53. e8=Q Qa3+
54. Kc2 Qd3+ $17) 51... f5+ 52. e5 Ne2+ 53. Kd3 c4+ 54. Ke3 Bh6+ 55. Kf3) 51.
e5 $4 {The loser.} ({After} 51. Kb3 c4+ 52. Kb4 $1 {[]} (52. Ka3 Qc5+ 53. Ka4
Qxc6+ $19) 52... Qxa2 53. Rh1+ Bh6 (53... Kg8 $143 54. e8=Q+ Bf8+ 55. Kb5) 54.
e8=Q Nd3+ 55. Kb5 (55. Kc3 Qb3+ 56. Kd4 Qb6+ 57. Kxc4 Qxc6+ $11) 55... Qb3+ 56.
Ka5 $14 {there seems to be no perpetual check:} Qb4+ 57. Ka6 Nc5+ 58. Ka7 Qa5+
59. Kb8 Qb6+ 60. Kc8) 51... Bxe5+ 52. Kb3 c4+ 53. Kb4 Qxa2 54. Rh1+ (54. e8=Q
Qb3+ 55. Kc5 Qxd1 56. Qxe5 Nd3+ $19) 54... Kg7 55. e8=Q Nd3+ $4 (55... Qb3+ 56.
Kc5 (56. Ka5 Bc7+ 57. Ka6 Qb6#) 56... Nd3+ 57. Kd5 c3#) 56. Kb5 Qb3+ 57. Ka6
Nb4+ 58. Ka7 Bd4+ (58... Qa2+ 59. Kb6 Qa6+ 60. Kc5 Qxc6+ 61. Qxc6 Nxc6 62. Kxc6
c3 63. Kd5 Bf4 64. Ke6 Kg6 65. Rg1+ Bg5 66. Rg2 $11) 59. Ka8 $8 Qa3+ 60. Kb8 (
60. Ba4 $2 Qf3+ $19) (60. Kb7 $2 Qa6+ 61. Kc7 Qb6+ 62. Kd6 Bc5+ $19) 60...
Nxc6+ 61. Qxc6 Qf8+ 62. Kb7 Qe7+ 63. Kc8 Qf8+ 64. Kb7 Qe7+ 65. Kc8 Qf8+ {
A real nerve-racker!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneva FIDE GP"]
[Site "Geneva"]
[Date "2017.07.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A79"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "Yuffa,D"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[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"]

{A game with either of these players never becomes boring. A very popular line
of Modern Benoni was the battlefield in this one.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5
$5 {You do not see this brave move on the highest level very often. GM Salem
is the kind of player who never avoids a fight.} 4. d5 d6 ({A possible order
of moves which has been the most preferred option of Vugar Gashimov.} 4... exd5
5. cxd5 d6 {gives White an opportunity to start with} 6. e4 $5 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8.
h3 O-O {but it seems to be a transposition after} 9. Nc3 (9. O-O b5 10. Bxb5
Nxe4 11. Re1 Qb6 $11) 9... b5 {etc.}) 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Nd2 ({There
are plenty of variations for White, for example} 7. e4 Bg7 8. Bg5 (8. h3 O-O 9.
Bd3 b5 $44) 8... a6 9. a4 h6 $13) (7. Bf4 Bg7 8. Qa4+ (8. e3 O-O 9. h3 $13)
8... Bd7 9. Qb3 Qc7 $13 {and many others, but it's better to focus on the
continuation that has been chosen by Eljanov.}) 7... Bg7 8. e4 O-O 9. Be2 Re8
10. O-O Na6 ({The most popular, but I'd prefer} 10... Nbd7 {and there is a big
choice for White:} 11. a4 (11. f4 c4 12. Kh1 (12. Bxc4 $6 Nc5 13. Qc2 Bd7 14.
a4 Rc8 15. Bd3 Ng4 16. Nf3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Nf2+ {Bernasek - Stocek,
0-1, 2004, winning an exchange and the game.}) 12... b5 $1 {a brilliant move
that has occurred just twice out of more than a hundred games} ({usually Black
has chosen} 12... Nc5 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Rxe5 15. Nxc4 Re8 16. Bg5 h6 17.
Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nb5 Bg7 19. Ncd6 Rf8 20. Rc1 a6 21. Rxc5 axb5 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23.
Rxc8 Qxc8 $11 {Tregubov - Gashimov, 2010, ended in a draw.}) 13. Nxb5 (13. e5
dxe5 14. Nxb5 exf4 15. Nxc4 (15. Nd6 Re5 $36) 15... Nb6 $1 16. Bxf4 Ba6 17.
Nxb6 Qxb6 18. a4 Ne4 $44 {with huge compensation for the pawn}) 13... Nxe4 14.
Nxe4 Rxe4 15. Nxd6 Rd4 16. Qc2 Nb6 17. Nxc8 Rxc8 18. Be3 Rxd5 19. Bg4 Rc7 $11)
(11. Qc2 {was played in the immortal Spassky - Fischer, 0-1, 1972} Nh5 12. Bxh5
gxh5 13. Nc4 Ne5 14. Ne3 Qh4 $13 {and Robert James was stronger in
complications, but I'd prefer 14...Ng4}) (11. h3 {leads to complications,
which, in my opinion, are more profitable for Black:} a6 12. a4 Rb8 13. a5 h6
$5 14. f4 b5 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Bf3 c4 {Gordiesky -Yuffa, 0-1, 2016, and White
couldn't withstand the stress. Only} 17. Ra5 $5 {leads to an equal position if
we trust the engine evaluation, but, personally, I'd still pick Black there}) (
11. Re1 Ne5 12. h3 g5 13. Nf1 h6 {winning some space on the kingside and
making the knight on e5 inviolable for a while}) (11. Kh1 Ne5 12. f3 g5 {
Peter Heine Nielsen} 13. a4 a6 (13... h6 $5 {is also a possibility}) 14. a5 Rb8
{has been met in a couple of games. Black has a typical Modern Benoni position,
which is absolutely playable.}) 11... Ne5 12. Qc2 (12. Re1 Nfg4 13. Nf1 f5 14.
h3 Nh6 $13) 12... Bg4 ({or following Fischer's idea} 12... Nh5) 13. f3 Bd7 $11)
11. Kh1 Nc7 12. f3 (12. a4 Qe7 13. f3 {Polugaevsky - Ljuboevic, 1/2, 1976, and
here Black didn't play the nice sacrifice:} Nfxd5 14. exd5 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qxe2
16. Ne4 Rxe4 17. fxe4 Qxe4 18. Bf4 Qc4 19. Bxd6 Nxd5 {equalising immediately})
12... Nd7 13. a4 b6 14. Nc4 Ne5 15. Bf4 $5 $146 ({A novelty. It is slightly
strange that this logical move haven't been played before and that White has
always chosen} 15. Ne3 {when the computer's suggestion is} Nd7 $5 $146 16. Bd2
Rb8 17. Nb5 Nxb5 18. axb5 Rb7 19. Ra2 Qe7 {To be honest it looks like White
has a slight edge but it's difficult to convert it into something real.}) 15...
Nxc4 16. Bxc4 a6 ({Maybe,} 16... Qe7 $5 {is more flexible and Black doesn't
show his hand.}) 17. Qe1 h5 $6 {Now Black is in real danger.} (17... g5 18. Bd2
f5 19. Bd3 Rf8 $1 (19... f4 $6 20. g3 Be5 21. gxf4 gxf4 22. Ne2 Qf6 23. Bc3 $40
) (19... Qf6 20. Qc1 $1 f4 21. Rg1 $1 {with the idea of g3, exploding the
defences of Black's king}) 20. Rb1 f4 21. Ne2 Be5 22. Bc3 a5 $13 {and things
are still not clear.}) 18. h4 $1 {I'm pretty sure that this move was found
during preparation.} Rb8 19. Qg3 Bf8 20. Rfe1 b5 ({If} 20... Be7 {then} 21. Qh2
$1 b5 22. e5 $1 {killing.}) 21. e5 {Starting from this move the process of
conversion of the advantage into a point occured without even a single
inaccuracy.} dxe5 22. Rxe5 Rb6 23. Rg5 bxc4 24. Bxc7 Qf6 25. Ne4 Rxe4 26. fxe4
Rb3 27. Be5 Rxg3 28. Bxf6 Re3 29. Re5 Bd7 30. d6 Rd3 31. Rd5 Rxd5 32. exd5 Bxd6
33. a5 Kf8 34. Rc1 Bb5 35. Re1 Ba4 36. Kg1 Bd7 (36... Bb5 37. Kf2 Ba4 {the
only move, otherwise Black gives up some squares} 38. g3 Bb5 39. Bg5 Kg7 40.
Re4 Kf8 (40... Kg8 41. Be7 Bc7 42. Bxc5 $18) 41. Bf4 $18) 37. Kf2 Bc8 38. Be5
Ke7 39. Bxd6+ Kxd6 40. Re8 Bb7 41. Ke3 Kd7 42. Rf8 Bxd5 43. g3 c3 44. bxc3 Bc4
45. Rb8 Kd6 46. Ke4 {A brilliant game by Eljanov. Only one inaccuracy by the
opponent (17...h5?!) proved enough for White to win the game.} 1-0

