[Event "FRA-ch Prelim Gr-B"]
[Site "Besancon"]
[Date "1999.08.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Boudre, Jean Pierre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1999.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Re8 11. a3 Bd7 (11... g6 12. Bh6 (12. Bc4 Nxc3 13.
bxc3 Bf6 14. Bh6 Bd7 15. Qd2 Ne7 16. Ne5 Nf5 17. Bf4 Rc8 18. Ba2 {1-0 Jakobsen,
O-Nielsen,J/Odense 1980/MCD (30)}) 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf6 14. Be4 Bd7 15. Qd2
Rc8 16. Rad1 Bg7 17. h4 Qa5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qb2 Qc7 20. c4 Kg8 21. h5 Na5 22.
c5 Qf4 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Ne5 Bc6 25. Nxc6 bxc6 26. Qc3 Qc7 27. Re3 Rb8 28. Bc2
Nb7 29. Rh3 e5 30. Qe3 Kg7 31. Qh6+ Kf6 32. Rf3+ Ke7 33. Rxf7+ Kxf7 34. Qh7+ {
1-0 Kuporosov,V-Svitek,J/Ceske Budejovice 1994/EXT 97 (34)}) (11... a6 12. Bc2
Nf6 (12... b6 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qc2+ Kg8 16. Qxc6 Be6 17. Bf4
Rc8 18. Qa4 a5 19. Ne5 Bg5 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. Nf3 Qf4 22. Re3 Qd6 23. Rae1 Re7
24. Qb3 Rec7 25. Qd3 Qf4 26. R3e2 Rc1 27. Qe3 {1-0 Waldmann,H-Lueders,G/OLNO
1992/EXT 97-B (60)}) 13. Qd3 g6 14. Bh6 b5 15. b4 Bb7 16. Bb3 Qd6 17. Rad1 Rad8
18. Qd2 Na7 19. Ne5 Bd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bf4 Qb6 22. Ng4 Nc6 23. Bg5 Bxg5 24.
Qxg5 Nce7 25. Re5 Rf8 26. Nf6+ {1-0 Fossan,P-Hole,O/NOR-ch 1993/TD (50)}) (
11... Bf6 12. Be4 (12. Bc2 g6 13. Bh6 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bd7 15. Qd2 Na5 16. Qf4 Nc4
17. h4 Bc6 18. Ng5 Rc8 19. h5 Rc7 20. Qg4 e5 21. d5 Bd7 22. Qg3 Bxg5 23. Bxg5 {
1-0 Ostermeyer,P-Hoenig,A/Duesseldorf 1995/EXT 97 (37)}) 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3
Bd7 14. Bf4 Rc8 15. Qb1 g6 16. Qxb7 Na5 17. Qb2 Bc6 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. Ne5 Bxe5
20. dxe5 Qc7 21. Bg5 Rxc3 22. Bf6 Nb3 23. Rad1 Qc4 24. Qe2 Qxe2 25. Rxe2 Nc5
26. Re3 {1-0 Paunovic,D-Ibarretxe,L/San Sebastian 1991/TD (39)}) 12. Bd2 (12.
Bc2 Rc8 13. Ne4 h6 14. Ng3 Bf8 15. Qd3 g6 16. Bd2 Nce7 17. Ne5 Bb5 18. Qb3 Ba6
19. Be4 Bg7 20. Rad1 Nc6 21. Nxc6 Rxc6 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Qxd5 {
1/2-1/2 Hebert,J-Bolduc,S/Quebec 1986/EXT 97 (96)}) 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf6 14.
Qb1 g6 15. Bf4 $5 {I have no idea why Bauer didn't accept the pawn sacrifice,
because after} (15. Qxb7 {[%mdl 64]} Rb8 16. Qa6 Rb6 17. Qc4 Na5 18. Qa2 $16 {
I didn't find any compensation for a pawn.}) 15... b6 16. Qb2 Na5 (16... Rc8 $2
17. Ba6 $18) (16... Bg7 17. Rad1 $16) 17. Ne5 Bxe5 $5 (17... Bc6 18. Nxc6 (18.
Rad1) 18... Nxc6 $14) 18. Bxe5 Bc6 19. c4 f6 20. Bg3 {[%cal Gd4d5,Rb2h8]} Rc8
21. Bf1 $2 {[%mdl 16384] White need to develop his initiative,by opening
position for his bishops and rooks.After} (21. d5 $1 exd5 22. Rxe8+ Bxe8 23.
cxd5 Qxd5 24. Qxf6 Bc6 25. Bf1 $16 {White has clear advantage thanks to strong
bishops.}) 21... Bb7 $6 {[%mdl 16384]} (21... Ba4 $5 22. c5 (22. d5 Nxc4 23.
Bxc4 Rxc4 24. dxe6 Qd4) 22... Nb3 23. Bb5 Bxb5 24. Qxb3 Qd7 25. cxb6 axb6 26.
Rab1 Bc4 27. Qxb6 Bd5 $44) 22. Rac1 Ba6 23. c5 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Qd5 $2 {[%mdl
8192] Black sacriface the pawn ,but weak position of black King doesn't
promise full compensation} (24... Nc6 25. Bd6 Ne7 $14) 25. cxb6 axb6 26. Qxb6
Nc4 27. Qb4 Rc6 (27... Qxd4 28. Rfd1 Qe4 29. a4 $16) 28. Rfd1 Rec8 29. Rb1 Qd7
30. h3 Nb6 31. Kh2 h5 32. Qb5 g5 33. h4 $18 {[%csl Gf6,Rg5,Rg8,Gh5]} Nd5 34.
hxg5 fxg5 35. Qb7 Qxb7 36. Rxb7 Rc2 37. Re1 h4 (37... Nf6 38. Rxe6) (37... Re8
38. Re5 $18) 38. Be5 Rxf2 39. Rg7+ Kf8 40. Rxg5 Rcc2 41. Re4 Rf5 42. Rg6 h3 43.
Kxh3 Rc3+ 44. g3 Ke7 45. Rh4 Rf7 46. Rhh6 Rc6 47. Rh8 Rc1 48. Rb8 Rh7+ 49. Kg4
1-0

[Event "ARG-ch Najdorf Memorial"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1999.11.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Black "Panno, Oscar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1999.11.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Nf6 11. Re1 b6 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Bb1 ({Main line is} 
13. Bc2 Rc8 14. Qd3 g6) 13... Re8 (13... Rc8 14. Qd3 g6 15. Ba2 Ng4 (15... Re8
16. Rad1 (16. h4 Na5 17. Ne5 Nd5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21.
h5 {1/2-1/2 Guido,F-Gheorghiu,F/Ticino ,EXT 1991 (21)}) 16... Nd5 17. h4 (17.
Bxd5 exd5 (17... Bxg5 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. d5 $5 exd5 20. Rxe8+ Bxe8 21. Nxg5 Qxg5
22. Qxd5 $11) 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Rxe7 Nxe7 20. Re1 Nf5 $11) 17... Nxc3 18. bxc3
Na5 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. d5 Qxa3 21. dxe6 Qxa2 22. Ng5 Re7 (22... f6 $4 23. Qd7
$18 {1-0 Deze,A-Adamski,J/Zalaegerszeg 1977/Inf 24 (25)}) 23. exf7+ Rxf7 24.
Nxf7 Qxf7 $19) 16. Bf4 e5 $5 17. Bg3 (17. Nxe5 Ngxe5 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Bf6
20. Ree1 Bxd4 21. Rad1 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Qg5 $15 {0-1 Neamtu,S-Kortchnoi,V/
Bucuresti 1966/Inf 01 (31)}) 17... exd4 18. Nd5 Bd6 19. b4 $5 $132 (19. Nxd4
Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Bxg3 21. fxg3 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 (22. Qxd5 Qxd5 23. Bxd5 Rc2 24. Re7
$132) 22... Nf6 23. Rad1 $11)) (13... g6 14. Ba2 (14. Bc2 $5) 14... Nd5 15.
Nxd5 (15. Bh6 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Re8 17. d5 exd5 18. Bxd5 {[%cal Gd5f7]} Na5 $8 19.
Qd4 $1 {[%csl Rg7]} Bf8 $8 20. Bxf8 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Qxf8 22. Ne5 Bxd5 23. Nd7 $1
(23. Qxd5 Re8 $11) 23... Qg7 24. Qxd5 Rc8 25. Re3 h5 26. h3 $14) 15... Bxg5 16.
Nc3 (16. Nc7 $2 Qxc7 17. Nxg5 Qf4 18. Ne4 Rad8 $17 {0-1 Boschetti,C-Gheorghiu,
F/Ticino ,EXT 1991 (30)}) 16... Bf6 17. d5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qf6 $11)
14. Qd3 g6 15. Ba2 Nd5 16. Bh6 (16. Bxe7 Ncxe7 $11) 16... Nxc3 17. bxc3 Rc8 (
17... Bf8 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Rad1 Qf6 20. c4 Rfd8 21. d5 exd5 22. cxd5 Ne7 23.
d6 (23. Qe4 Nf5 24. Nd4 Nxd4 25. Qxd4 Qxd4 26. Rxd4 Kf8 $11) 23... Bxf3 24.
Qxf3 Qxf3 25. gxf3 Nf5 26. d7 Kf8 27. Bd5 Rab8 28. Bc6 (28. Be4 Ne7 29. f4 b5
$11) 28... Ne7 29. Bb5 Rb7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Batakov,O-Kastarnov,S/cr URS-ch16 ,CCS
1984/[RR] (36)}) 18. Rad1 Bf6 (18... Bf8 $5 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. c4 Ne7 (20... Qf6
$2 21. d5 exd5 22. cxd5 Ne7 (22... Na5 23. Ne5 Rcd8 24. Ng4 (24. d6 $16) 24...
Qg7 25. d6 $16 {1-0 Suba,M-Velikov,P/Luzern (ol) 1982/Inf 35 (31)}) 23. d6 Nf5
24. d7 Rcd8 25. Ne5 $16) 21. d5 exd5 22. cxd5 Rc5 23. Qd2 (23. d6 Nd5 $1 $15)
23... Nf5 24. h3 Nd6 $11) 19. h4 $2 $17 {Too riskyly} (19. c4 Ne7 20. Ne5 Nf5
21. Bf4 $132) 19... Ne7 $1 (19... Bxh4 20. d5 $1 $16) 20. g4 (20. Bg5 Bxg5 21.
Nxg5 (21. hxg5 Nf5 $17 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Gb7f3]}) 21... Nf5 22. g3 {[%cal Gb7h1]
} Qc7 23. c4 Ba6 24. d5 exd5 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Qxd5 Bb7 $17 {[%csl Ra2,Rc4]
[%cal Gb7h1]}) 20... Bd5 $6 {It was not necessary to instigate promoting c3-c4}
(20... Bxf3 $1 21. Qxf3 Bxh4 22. Kg2 ({Not dangerously for black was} 22. Rxe6
fxe6 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. Qf7 (24. Bf4 Nc6 25. Bxc8 Qxc8 $19) 24... Rg8 25. Bf4
Nc6 $19) 22... Nd5 23. c4 Nc7 24. d5 exd5 25. Rxe8+ Nxe8 26. cxd5 Rc2 27. Rd2
Rxd2 28. Bxd2 $17) 21. c4 (21. Bxd5 exd5 (21... Nxd5 22. c4 Ne7 23. Bf4 $132)
22. Bg5 $15 {[%csl Rc3,Rg1]}) 21... Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Nc6 {[%csl Rd4]} (22... Bxd4
23. c5 $1 {[%cal Ga2f7]} (23. Bg5 Qd6 24. Bf6 Nc6 $15) 23... Nc6 $1 (23... bxc5
$2 24. Qxf7+ $3 Kxf7 (24... Kh8 25. Bg5 {[%cal Gd1d4]} Rf8 26. Qxe6 $18) 25.
Bxe6+ Kf6 26. g5#) 24. cxb6 axb6 (24... Qxh4 25. b7 Rb8 26. Bf4 Bxf2+ 27. Qxf2
Qxg4+ 28. Qg3 Qxg3+ 29. Bxg3 Rxb7 30. Bd5 $16) 25. Bg5 $44) 23. Qe4 $2 (23. d5
$1 Nd4 24. Qh3 (24. Qf4 e5 25. Qe4 Bxh4 $15) 24... exd5 25. g5 (25. Rxe8+ Qxe8
26. g5 (26. cxd5 Qe2 $19) 26... Bh8 27. cxd5 Rc3 $1 $19) 25... Bh8 26. cxd5
Rxe1+ (26... Ne2+ 27. Kf1 Rc3 28. Qg4 Rc2 29. Bc4 $18 {[%csl Re2]}) 27. Rxe1
Nf5 $15) 23... Bxd4 24. Bg5 Qd6 $17 25. Qf3 (25. Rd3 e5 $17) 25... Qc5 $1 {
[%csl Ra2,Rf2]} 26. Rxd4 $2 $19 (26. Re2 e5 $17) 26... Qxd4 (26... Nxd4 27. Qf6
Nc6 28. Re4 Qf8 $19) 27. Bf6 e5 28. Re4 Qa1+ 29. Kg2 Qxa2 30. h5 Qd2 31. g5 Qd7
0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 07th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.11.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1999.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 O-O 10. Be3 $6 {After this move white can not struggle for
openning advantage.} (10. a3 $5 {-Theoretcal main line.}) 10... Nxe3 (10... b6
11. Qe2 (11. a3 Bb7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qe2 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Bf6 15. Rd1 Ne7 16. Bc4
Nd5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Raki Jyrki-Birjukov Sergei/Karhula 1994 (63)}) 11... Ncb4 12.
Bc4 Bb7 13. a3 (13. Nd1 Rc8 14. b3 Bf6 15. a3 Nc6 16. b4 Nde7 $17 (16... a5 17.
b5 Nce7 $15 {0-1 Patt Rubinstein-Luckis/Buenos Aires ch-ARG 1947 (63)})) 13...
Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nd5 15. Bd2 $132 {[%cal Gc4d3]}) (10... Ncb4 11. Be4 (11. Bb1 b6
12. a3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nd5 (13... Nc6 14. Be4 Bb7 15. c4 Rc8 16. Qc2 g6 17. Rfd1
f5 18. Bd3 Bf6 $132 {1-0 Iliushkin,E-Pavlov,A/Novgorod RUS 1999 (46)}) 14. Qd3
Nf6 15. Bg5 g6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Ne5 Bb7 $132 {1/2-1/2 De Winter,I-Lim Kok Ann/
Lugano olm 1968 (20)}) (11. Bc4 b6 12. Qe2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nd5 14. Rac1 Bb7 15.
Rfd1 Rc8 16. Bd2 Ba3 17. Rc2 Bd6 18. Bd3 Nf4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bromberger,S-Bayer,C/
Regensburg op 1996/EXT 96op2 (27)}) 11... Nf6 12. Bb1 b6 13. a3 Nbd5 14. Qd3
Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bb7 16. Ng5 g6 17. Bd2 $11 {0-1 Chukaev,E-Koblents,A/Tbilisi
1956 (54)}) (10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Rac1 Bf6 15.
Nd2 Ne7 16. Qg4 (16. Ne4 Nd5 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Bd2 Nf4 $11) 16... Nd5 $11 {
0-1 Lewandowska,K-Klusek,D/POL teams Bydgoszcz ,EXT 1990 (32)}) 11. fxe3 b6 $11
(11... g6 12. Qe2 Bf6 13. a3 Bg7 14. Rad1 Bd7 15. Kh1 Rc8 16. Bb1 Qa5 17. Qf2
Ne7 18. e4 $11 {0-1 House Glenn-Adams,M/London Lloyds 1988 (37)}) 12. Be4 (12.
Rc1 Bb7 13. Qc2 g6 14. Qf2 Rc8 $11) 12... Bb7 13. Ne5 Qe8 (13... Nxe5 14. Bxb7
Rb8 15. Be4 Nd7 $11) 14. Qh5 $5 (14. Qf3 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 (16. Nxe4
Qb5 17. Nf6+ Kh8 $17) 16... Rc8 $15) (14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Qf3 $11)
14... g6 15. Qf3 $6 $15 (15. Qh6 $1 {[%cal Gf1f3,Gf3h3] Only this move
justified all previous strategy of white.} f5 (15... Nxe5 16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. dxe5
Rxb7 18. Ne4 Kh8 19. Rf3 $18 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Ge4f6,Gf3h3]}) 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17.
Nxc6 (17. Rac1 Bb7 $132) 17... Qxc6 18. Rac1 $11) 15... Rc8 $6 $132 (15... Nxe5
$1 16. dxe5 {[%csl Re5]} Bxe4 17. Qxe4 (17. Nxe4 Qb5 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. exf6
Qxb2 20. Qf4 (20. Rab1 Qxa2 21. Rb4 Qa5 22. Qh3 h5 $17) 20... Kh8 21. Qh6 (21.
Rad1 g5 22. Qg3 Qxa2 23. Rd7 Qc2 24. h4 a5 25. hxg5 a4 $17) 21... Rg8 22. Rad1
Qxa2 23. Rd4 g5 24. Rd7 Rg6 25. Qh3 Rf8 $17) 17... Rc8 18. Rad1 Rc5 {[%csl Re5]
[%cal Ge8b8]} 19. Qf4 (19. Rf3 Qb8 20. Rd7 Rxe5 $17) 19... Qc6 $1 (19... f6 20.
exf6 Bxf6 21. Ne4 Rf5 22. Nxf6+ R8xf6 23. Qd6 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 $11
) (19... Qb8 20. Rd7 Rc7 21. Rfd1 Rxd7 22. Rxd7 Bd8 23. Ne4 Qc8 24. Rxf7 $5 (
24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. exf6 Qc1+ (25... Qxd7 26. Qh6 Qd1+ 27. Kf2 Qd2+ 28. Kg3 Qe1+
29. Kh3 $18) 26. Kf2 Qxb2+ 27. Kg3 h6 (27... a6 $2 28. Rd4 $1 Kh8 (28... Qb5
29. Qh6 Qe5+ 30. Rf4 Qxe3+ 31. Kh4 $18) 29. Qh6 Rg8 30. Qxh7+ Kxh7 31. Rh4#)
28. Rxa7 g5 29. Qd4 Qxd4 30. exd4 Kh7 31. Rb7 Kg6 32. Rxb6 Ra8 33. Rb2 Ra3+ 34.
Kf2 Kxf6 $17) (24. Rxa7 $1 Qc1+ 25. Kf2 Qxb2+ 26. Kg3 f6 27. exf6 Bxf6 28.
Nxf6+ Rxf6 29. Ra8+ Kg7 30. Ra7+ Kg8 31. Ra8+ $11) 24... Qc1+ (24... Rxf7 25.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 26. Nd6+ Ke7 27. Nxc8+ Kd7 28. Nxa7 $16) 25. Qf1 Qxe3+ 26. Qf2 Qc1+
27. Qf1 Qxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Bc7 30. Ng5 Bxe5 $17 {[%csl Rb2,Rh2]})
20. Ne4 Rc2 $15 {[%csl Re5,Rg2]}) 16. Nxc6 (16. Qg3 Bd6 (16... Nxe5 $2 17. Bxb7
Rb8 18. Ba6 Nd7 19. Nb5 Nf6 20. Rac1 {[%cal Gb5a7]} Nd5 $5 (20... Ne4 $6 21.
Qe5 $16) 21. a3 $1 (21. Nxa7 $6 Ra8 22. Bb5 Qb8 23. Qxb8 Rfxb8 24. Nc6 (24. e4
Rxa7 25. exd5 exd5 26. a4 $11) 24... Bg5 (24... Re8 25. Nxe7+ Rxe7 26. e4 Nc7
27. Bc4 $16) 25. e4 Be3+ 26. Kh1 Bxc1 27. Rxc1 (27. exd5 Bxb2 28. dxe6 (28.
Nxb8 Rxb8 29. dxe6 fxe6 30. Bc4 Bxd4 31. Bxe6+ $11) 28... Rb7 29. exf7+ Kf8 30.
Ne5 Rxa2 31. Nd7+ Rxd7 32. Bxd7 Bxd4 $11) 27... Nc7 28. Ne7+ (28. Nxb8 Nxb5 29.
Rc8+ Kg7 30. a3 Nxd4 31. Kg1 $132) 28... Kf8 29. Rxc7 Rxa2 30. h3 Rxb2 31. Nc6
Ra8 32. Bd3 Ra1+ 33. Kh2 Rc1 34. d5 Rd2 35. dxe6 fxe6 36. Bb5 Rc5 $11) 21...
Qd8 (21... f5 22. Nxa7 $16) 22. e4 Nf6 23. e5 Ne8 (23... Nd5 24. Nxa7 $18) 24.
Rc3 Qd7 25. Rfc1 Rd8 26. a4 Bb4 27. Rc4 $16) (16... f5 $1 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18.
Rac1 Bb7 $132) 17. Rf6 {[%cal Ga1f1,Ge4g6]} Be7 18. Rf4 $14) 16... Bxc6 17.
Bxc6 Qxc6 18. e4 {White have not advantage and it was necessary to begin to
play on an equation.} (18. Rac1 $11) (18. Qxc6 Rxc6 $11) 18... b5 $1 19. d5 $2
$17 {Imaginary activity} (19. Rad1 b4 20. Ne2 f5 $11 (20... Qc2 $4 21. Rc1 Qxb2
22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Qxf7+ $18)) (19. a3 $5 $11) 19... Qb6+ 20. Kh1 b4 21. Nd1 {
[%csl Rd1]} (21. Na4 Qb5 22. Qb3 Qc4 (22... exd5 23. Nc3 Qc4 24. Nxd5 Bg5 25.
Qxb4 Qxb4 26. Nxb4 $44) 23. Qxc4 Rxc4 24. Rad1 (24. Rae1 exd5 (24... Rd8 $17)
25. exd5 Bd6 26. Rf6 Rd8 $17) 24... Rxe4 25. d6 Bg5 26. d7 Rc4 $17) 21... Qd4
22. Qe2 (22. Ne3 Bg5 $17 (22... Qxb2 $17)) 22... exd5 23. exd5 Bd6 (23... Bc5
$17) 24. Qf3 (24. Nf2 Qxd5 25. Ng4 Qg5 26. Rae1 Kg7 $17) 24... f5 (24... Qe5
25. g3 f5 $17) 25. Rb1 $6 (25. Ne3 Qxb2 $19) (25. Nf2 Rfe8 $17) 25... Rfe8 $19
{[%csl Rd1]} 26. g3 Rc2 27. Nf2 Re3 28. Qd1 Rd2 29. Qa4 Rxf2 30. Rxf2 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Winants, Luc"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[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 {ChessBase} c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7.
d4 Nc6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nxc3 $6 {This gives White an extra tempo
over the lines where white has to withdraw  his bishop from c4 to d3} (10...
Bf6) (10... b6 $2 {ChessBase} 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Be4 $16) 11. bxc3 b6 12. Qc2 (
12. h4 $5 {Obviously White is a whole tempo up so this should be good} Bxh4 13.
d5 $5 Na5 (13... exd5 14. Qa4) (13... Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 Qxd5 15. c4 $16) 14. Nxh4
Qxh4 15. Re3 $40) 12... g6 (12... h6 {ChessBase} 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. Qe4) 13. Bh6 (
13. h4 $1 {ChessBase} Bb7 (13... Bxh4 14. Bb5 Bb7 15. Qe4 $18) (13... Bf6 14.
h5 Bb7 (14... Bg7 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Ng5 $40) 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17.
Qxg6+ Bg7 18. Ng5 Rf6 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Ba3+ Ne7 21. Nxe6+ $18) 14. h5) 13...
Re8 14. h4 Bf8 (14... Bxh4 15. d5 $1 Na5 16. Bb5 $18) 15. Bg5 Be7 (15... Qd7 {
ChessBase} 16. Nd2) 16. Bf4 (16. Qd2 $5 Bxg5 $140 17. hxg5 $16 {/\Nh2-g4})
16... Bb7 (16... Bxh4 {ChessBase} 17. d5 $1) 17. h5 Kg7 18. Qd2 Qd5 (18... Rc8
{ChessBase} 19. Bh6+ Kg8 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Rxe6 Bf6 (22... Bf8
23. Rxg6+ Kh7 24. Bxf8 Kxg6 25. Qh6+ Kf7 26. Qg7+ Ke6 27. Re1+ Kd5 28. Qf7+ Re6
29. Qxe6#) 23. Qd3 Rxe6 24. Qxg6+ Kh8 25. Ng5 Re7 26. Qxf6+ Kg8 27. Qg6+ Kh8
28. Ne6 Qd7 29. Re1 Rg8 30. Qf6+ Kh7 31. Qf5+ Kh8 32. d5 $1 $18) (18... Bf8 {
ChessBase} 19. Bg5 Qd7 20. Bh6+ Kg8 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Qh6 $40) 19. Be4 $16 Qxh5
(19... Qa5 {ChessBase} 20. Ne5 Rac8 21. Bh6+ Kg8 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Bxg6 fxg6
24. Qd3 $18) 20. Ne5 Rac8 (20... Na5 {ChessBase} 21. g4 Qh4 22. Bxb7 Nxb7 23.
Kg2 $18) 21. Re3 f6 22. Rh3 Qxh3 23. gxh3 fxe5 24. dxe5 (24. Bxc6 Bxc6 25.
Bxe5+ Bf6) 24... Rc7 25. Kh1 $1 Na5 26. Bxb7 Nxb7 27. Bh6+ Kg8 28. Rd1 Rec8 (
28... Nc5 29. Qf4 $16 {/\Qg4,h4-h5}) (28... Rd8 {ChessBase} 29. Qc2 Rxd1+ 30.
Qxd1 Nc5 31. Qg4 $40) 29. Qe2 Rxc3 30. Qg4 Kf7 (30... Nc5 {ChessBase} 31. Rd7
Bf8 32. Rxa7 $1 Bxh6 33. Qh4 Bg7 (33... Ne4 34. Qxe4 $1 (34. Qxh6 $2 Rxh3+ 35.
Qxh3 Nxf2+ $19)) 34. Qe7 $18) 31. Rd4 R3c6 32. Bg5 $18 Bxg5 33. Qxg5 Nc5 34. h4
(34. Qf6+ {ChessBase} Kg8 35. Rd8+ Rxd8 36. Qxd8+ Kf7 (36... Kg7 37. Qe7+ Kh6
38. Qf8+ Kg5 39. h4+ $18) 37. Qh8) 34... Re8 35. h5 Rc7 36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. Rd8 $1
Rc8 (37... Rce7 {ChessBase} 38. Qxe7) 38. h6 {Time} 1-0

[Event "ISL-ISR"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Nc6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 cxd4 7. exd4 Ne4 8. Bd3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 b6 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. h4 $1 {
This is a typical plan for positions with the c3-d4 pawn pair - White prepares
a king side attack.} Bxh4 $6 {It is known that acceptance of such pawn
sacrifice is very dangerous for Black; in this game Yudasin failed to alter
this assessment.} (14... Rc8 $5) 15. Nxh4 Qxh4 16. Re3 g6 17. Rg3 Qe7 18. Bh6
Rfe8 19. Qh5 Qc7 20. Qh4 f5 21. Re1 Na5 22. Rge3 Qd8 23. Qg3 Qf6 24. Bb5 Bd5
25. Bxe8 Rxe8 26. Qd6 Qd8 27. Qf4 Nc4 28. Rg3 Qd6 29. Qh4 Qe7 30. Bg5 Qxa3 31.
Rh3 h5 32. Qg3 Kf7 33. Qc7+ Kg8 34. Rg3 Qf8 35. Qxa7 Ra8 36. Qc7 Qf7 37. Qf4
Kh7 38. Rd3 Ra3 39. Qg3 Qa7 40. Rdd1 b5 41. Bf4 Qe7 42. Bg5 Qb7 43. Rb1 Ra5 44.
Bc1 Qe7 45. Qf4 Qg7 46. Qg5 Qf8 47. Bf4 Nd6 48. f3 Nf7 49. Qf6 Qg7 50. Rxe6
Bxe6 51. Qxe6 Ra3 52. Rxb5 Rxc3 53. Rd5 g5 54. Rd7 Kg8 55. Be5 1-0

[Event "BL2-Nord 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.11.07"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Joachim, Sven"]
[Black "Polak, Tomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1999.10.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Isernhagen"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. a3 Nxc3 (11... Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Bxh7+
Kxh7 14. Qxd4 Nxc3 (14... Qf6 15. Re5 $16) 15. Qxc3 b6 16. Bf4 Bb7 17. Rad1 $16
) (11... g6) 12. bxc3 b6 13. Qc2 g6 (13... h6) 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Qd2 Qc7 (15...
Bb7 16. Qf4) 16. Ng5 Bb7 17. Ne4 Bg7 18. Bg5 (18. Bf4 e5 $15) 18... Ne7 19. Bf4
Qc6 20. Bf1 Rad8 21. Qb2 $1 {[%mdl 32]} Qd5 (21... a6 22. Be5 (22. Rab1 Nd5)
22... Nf5 23. Rab1 b5 24. a4 $16) 22. Bc7 $1 Rd7 23. Be5 $1 {[%mdl 64]} Qa5 (
23... Bxe5 24. dxe5 Qxe5 25. Qb5 Qxb5 26. Nf6+ Kf8 27. Bxb5 $18) 24. Bb5 Bc6
25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. c4 $1 $18 Bxb5 27. d5+ e5 28. Qxe5+ Kf8 29. Nf6 Rdd8 30.
Nxh7+ Kg8 31. Nf6+ Kf8 32. Nxe8 (32. cxb5 Nc6 $5 33. Nd7+ Kg8 34. Qxe8+ Rxe8
35. Rxe8+ Kg7 36. dxc6 $18) 32... Rxe8 33. cxb5 Qxb5 34. Rac1 {time} 1-0

[Event "Moscow2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Baburin} c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5
Nxd5 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Nxc3 {Baburin: Black decides to play
against the pawn pair c3-d4 rather than against the isolated pawn. White will
try to attack on the K-side, while Black will try to put pressure on the
c3-pawn and control the c4-square.} 11. bxc3 b6 12. Qc2 (12. h4 Bb7 (12... Bxh4
$5 13. Nxh4 Qxh4 14. Re3 f5 $13) 13. Ng5 Bxg5 (13... g6 14. Nxh7 Kxh7 15. Qh5+
Kg8 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Qxg6+ Kh8 18. Re4 $40) 14. Bxg5 Qd5 15. Qg4 f5 16. Qg3
Na5 {Baburin-Fokin, Gorky, 1989.} 17. Re5 $16 {Baburin,A-Fokin,S/RUS-ch/1989/1:
0/36/}) (12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Qe4 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Qg4 Bf6 $14 (15... Rc8 $2 16.
Rxe6 $1 {Moiseev,O-Lipnitsky,I/URS-ch20/1952/1:0/30/})) 12... g6 13. Qd2 (13.
Be4 Bb7 14. Qd2 Bf6 15. Qh6 Bg7 16. Qh3 $14 {Marjanovic,S-Ciric,D/Vrnjacka
Banja/1976/}) (13. Bh6 $5 {Baburin} Re8 14. h4) 13... Re8 $1 14. h4 (14. Qh6
Bf8) (14. Be4 Bb7 15. Qh6 Bf8 16. Qh3 $14) 14... Bb7 15. h5 Qd5 16. hxg6 hxg6
17. Be4 (17. Qh6 Bf8 18. Qh4 Bg7 19. Be4 Qh5 (19... Qa5 20. Bd2 $140 Rac8 21.
Ng5) 20. Qxh5 gxh5 21. Bf4 Na5 22. Bxb7 Nxb7 23. c4 $14) 17... Qh5 18. Ne5 {
Baburin:White wins an exchange, but Black obtains some compensation due to the
unsafe position of the white King.} (18. Qf4 $5) 18... Nxe5 $6 (18... Na5 19.
Qf4 Rf8 20. Nd7 Rfd8 21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22. Qxf6 $14) 19. Bxb7 Ng4 (19... Rab8 20.
Rxe5 $18) 20. Bxa8 $6 (20. Qf4 $5 Bh4 (20... Rab8 21. Bf3 f5 22. Bxg4 fxg4 23.
Rxe6 $18) 21. Re2 (21. g3 Bg5 22. Qf3 Rab8 23. Ba6 $14) 21... Bg5 22. Qg3 $16)
20... Qh2+ 21. Kf1 Rxa8 22. Qf4 Qh1+ 23. Ke2 Qh5 (23... Qxg2 24. Qf3 (24. Bd2
Nf6 25. Rg1 Qc6 $17) 24... Qxf3+ 25. Kxf3 Nf6 $44) 24. Qe4 (24. f3 Qb5+ 25. Kd2
Nf6 $44) (24. Qf3 $5) 24... Rc8 (24... Nf6+ 25. Qf3 Qb5+ 26. Qd3 $16) 25. f3
Nf6 26. Qe5 (26. Qd3 Qh2 $132 27. Kf2 Qh4+ 28. Kf1 Qh1+ 29. Kf2 Qh4+ 30. Ke2
Qh2 $10) 26... Rxc3 27. Bd2 Ra3 $44 28. Rec1 $6 (28. Qb8+ Kg7 29. Rh1 Qb5+ 30.
Kf2 Qe8 31. Qe5 $14) 28... Qxe5+ 29. dxe5 Nd5 $15 30. Rc8+ Kg7 31. Re8 Bc5 32.
Rh1 $5 f6 (32... Rxa2 33. Reh8 (33. Rhh8 f6 34. Rhg8+ Kf7) 33... g5 34. g4 Be3
35. R1h7+ Kg6 36. Rh6+ $10) 33. Reh8 fxe5 (33... g5 34. exf6+ Kxf6 35. R8h6+
Ke5 36. R1h5 $132) 34. Bg5 Nf4+ (34... Rxa2+ $5 35. Kd3 $8 (35. Bd2 Nf4+ 36.
Kd1 Ra1+ 37. Bc1 Be3 38. R1h7+ Kf6 39. Rf8+ Kg5 $19) 35... Nf4+ 36. Kc4 Nh5 37.
Ra8 Rxg2 (37... a5 38. g4) 38. Rxa7+ Kg8 (38... Kf8 39. Rd1) 39. Ra8+ Kg7 40.
Ra7+ $10) 35. Kd1 Nh5 36. Rc8 Rxa2 37. Rc7+ Kg8 38. Rc8+ Kf7 39. Rc7+ Kg8 40.
Rc8+ Kf7 41. Rc7+ Kg8 (41... Ke8 42. g4 Ra1+ 43. Bc1 $16) 42. Rc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Black "Matulovic, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Baburin} c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5
Nxd5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. Ne5 (12. Bc2 $5 Nxc3
13. bxc3 Ng6 14. Rb1 b6 15. Rb5 Bb7 16. Ng5 Qc7 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Rh5 $13 {
Garcia,G-Shabalov,A/Reykjavik op/1994/1:0/40/}) 12... Bd7 (12... Nc6 $5 13. Qd3
(13. Nf3 Nce7 {Ivanchuk,V-Karpov,A/URS-ch55 Moscow/1988/0,5/}) 13... h6 14.
Bxd5 exd5 (14... Nb4 15. Qg3 Bh4 16. Qf3 exd5 17. Re2 Be6 18. a3 Nc6 19. Nxc6
bxc6 20. Na4 $14 {Smyslov,V-Ivanchuk,V/URS-ch55 Moscow/1988/1:0/52/}) 15. Bf4
Nb4 16. Qd2 Bf5 17. Rac1 Re8 $10 {Zaichik,G-Khenkin,I/Leningrad/1989/0:1/42/})
(12... g6 13. Bh6 Bg7 14. Qd2 Nf6 15. Rad1 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 $1 Nd5 17. Ng4 $1 Qe7
18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. Nc3 $1 Nxc3 21. bxc3 f6 22. Qf4 $16 {Winsnes,
R-Astrom,G,/Sverige/1994/}) 13. Qh5 (13. Qd3 g6 (13... h6 14. Qg3 $14) 14. Bh6
Bg7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Qb3 $14) 13... g6 14. Qh3 Bc6
(14... Bg7 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxe5 17. Rxe5 exd5 18. Qh6 $14) 15. Bh6 Bg7 (
15... Re8 16. Ng4) 16. Rad1 Rc8 (16... Nxc3 17. Nxc6 (17. bxc3 {Baburin} Bxe4
18. Rxe4 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Nf5) 17... Nxc6 18. bxc3 Na5 $10) 17. Bb1 Nxc3 18. bxc3
Bd5 19. Rc1 b5 $10 {Baburin: In this position the c3-d4 pair is not a weakness,
as White has already developed an attack on the K-side and there are many
pieces on the board.} 20. Ng4 Nf5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24.
Ne5 (24. Ne3 Qd7 $10 (24... Bxa2 25. d5 Rc5 26. Red1 Qd7 27. Rd4 f6 $13)) 24...
Rc7 25. Re3 f6 (25... Bxa2 $5 26. Rh3 f6 27. Nxg6 hxg6 28. Qh8+ Kf7 29. Qh7+
Ke6 30. Re3+ Kd6 31. Qxg6 Re7 $13) 26. Nd3 Bxa2 27. Nf4 g5 (27... Bd5 28. Rg3
Rg7 29. Nh5 Rd7 30. Nf4 Rg7 $5 31. Nh5 $10) 28. Rg3 Rg7 $6 (28... Bd5 29. h4 g4
30. f3 Rg7 $13) 29. d5 $1 Bxd5 $6 (29... Qe7 30. Ne6 Bxd5 31. Nxg7 Qxg7 32.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 33. Rd3 Bc4 34. Rd7+ Rf7 35. Rxf7+ Kxf7 36. Ra1 $16) 30. Rd1 Rd7 31.
h4 $1 $18 (31. Rgd3 gxf4) 31... g4 (31... Bc6 32. Rxd7 Qxd7 33. hxg5 fxg5 34.
Rxg5+ Kf7 35. Rg7+ $18) 32. Rgd3 Bc6 33. Ne6 Qe7 (33... Qe7 34. Rxd7 Bxd7 35.
Qxf8+ Qxf8 36. Nxf8 $18) 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Poluljahov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Karasev, Vladimir I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[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. Nf3 {Ftacnik} c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 cxd4 (6... a6
$5) (6... Ne4 7. Bd3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 (8... Qa5 $6 9. Bd2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bd6 $6
11. e4 O-O 12. O-O cxd4 13. cxd4 Qh5 14. e5 Be7 15. Qe2 $14 {Portish,
L-Hjartarson,J/Linares/1989/1:0 (41) Inf 47/511/}) 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 g6 11.
cxd5 exd5 12. dxc5 Na5 13. Bb2 Nc4 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. Nd4 Bxc5 16. Qe2 $14 {
Vaisser,A-Andrianov,N/Budapest/1989/1:0 (63) Inf 47/512/}) 7. exd4 Ne4 (7...
Be7 8. c5 Ne4 9. Bb5 $1 Nxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. O-O f6
14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Bf4 $1 e5 16. Bg3 e4 17. Rb1 $16 {Alburt,L-Dlugy,M/
Philadelphia/1982/ Inf 34/496/}) 8. Bd3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Be7 11. O-O
O-O 12. Re1 (12. Qd3 b6 13. h4 $1 Bb7 (13... Bxh4 $2 14. Qe4 $18) 14. h5 Rc8
15. Ba2 Bf6 16. Re1 Re8 17. Bf4 Na5 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 $1 Bd5 20. Rg5 f6 21.
Rg4 $14 {Popov,L-Foisor,O/Berlin/1987/1:0 (37) Inf 44/503/}) 12... b6 13. Bd3
Bb7 14. h4 $5 Bxh4 (14... Bf6 $5 15. Ng5 g6 (15... h6 16. Nh7 Re8 17. Qh5 $40)
16. Qg4 h5 17. Qg3 Ne7 $13) 15. Nxh4 Qxh4 16. Re3 f5 $5 (16... g6 17. Rg3 Qe7
18. Bh6 Rfd8 19. Qg4 $40) (16... Qe7 {Ftacnik} 17. Qh5 (17. Bxh7+ $6 Kxh7 18.
Qh5+ Kg8 19. Rh3 f5 20. Bg5 Qd7 $17) 17... g6 18. Qh6 Rfe8 19. d5 Nd8 20. Rh3
f5 21. Bb5 Rf8 22. Bg5 $40) (16... h6 {Ftacnik} 17. Rh3 Qf6 18. Qg4 Kh8 $140
19. Bg5 $18) 17. Rxe6 Ne7 (17... Na5 $5 18. Qe2 Rac8 19. Bd2 Bd5 20. Re7 Nc4
$13) (17... Rae8 {Ftacnik} 18. Rxe8 Rxe8 19. Bxf5 $16) 18. Re5 $1 (18. Qe2 {
Ftacnik} Nd5 19. Bd2 $16) 18... Rac8 (18... Nd5 $2 {Ftacnik} 19. Bc4 Rad8 20.
Qb3 $18) 19. Bd2 Be4 $6 (19... Rc7 $5) (19... Kh8 $16 {Ftacnik}) 20. Bxe4 fxe4
21. Qe2 Ng6 22. Rxe4 $16 Qf6 (22... Rxf2 $2 {Ftacnik} 23. Qe1 $1 $18) 23. a4
Qc6 24. f3 Rf5 $6 25. c4 $1 Qxc4 (25... Qd7 26. d5 Rf7 27. Bb4 $18) (25... Rff8
{Ftacnik} 26. d5 $16) 26. Rc1 Qxc1+ $8 (26... Qxe2 $2 {Ftacnik} 27. Rxc8+ $18)
27. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 28. Kf2 Rc6 (28... Rc8 {Ftacnik} 29. Re8+ Rxe8 30. Qxe8+ Rf8 31.
Qd7 Rf7 32. Qd5 $16) 29. Re8+ Kf7 (29... Rf8 {Ftacnik} 30. Qa2+ Kh8 31. Qf7 Rf6
32. Rxf8+ Nxf8 33. Qxa7 $18) 30. Ra8 Re6 (30... Rc7 {Ftacnik} 31. Qe8+ Kf6 32.
Qd8+ Re7 33. Rxa7 $18) 31. Rxa7+ Ne7 32. Qd3 Kf6 (32... g6 $2 {Ftacnik} 33. d5
Rd6 34. Qe4 $18) 33. Rd7 Rd5 34. Rxd5 Nxd5 35. Qxh7 Rc6 36. Qh4+ Ke6 (36... Kf7
{Ftacnik} 37. Qh5+ Ke6 38. Qe5+ $18) 37. Qe4+ Kd6 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.04.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[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. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a3 cxd4 (9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 b6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Rad1 Bf6 14.
e4 g6 15. h4 $14 {Psakhis,L-Sveshnikov,E/Sochi/1985/1:0 (46) Inf 40/520/}) 10.
exd4 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 (11... Qd6 $5 12. Qd3 h6 13. Rd1 Bd7 14. Qe2 Rac8 $10 {
Alburt,L-Sax,G/Hastings/1983/1:0 (57) Inf 37/475/}) 12. Qd3 (12. Ne5 Nc6 $5)
12... h6 $6 (12... g6 $142 13. Bh6 Bg7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Rfe1 b6 16. Bxd5 Nxd5
17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Re5 Qd6 $10 {Miles,A-Portisch,L/Bugojno/1978/}) 13. Ne5 $14
Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Nf5 (14... Qd6 $5 15. b4 Nd5 16. Qg3 $14) 15. Be3 Nd6 (15... Nxe3
16. fxe3 Bxe5 17. dxe5 $16 {>< Bc8/}) 16. Bf3 $1 {>< b7/} Bd7 17. Qb4 Bb5 (
17... Be7 18. Qb3 {/\ d5/}) (17... Qe7 18. Bf4 a5 19. Qb3 $16) 18. Rfe1 a5 19.
Qb3 Ba6 20. Rad1 Nf5 21. Be4 {/\ Bf5/} Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Qd6 23. Bc2 Rfd8 $2 (23...
Qd5 $142 24. Bb3 Qd6 25. f4 {/\ d5/}) 24. Qe4 Rac8 25. Qh7+ (25. h3 Kf8 26. Re3
Ke7 27. Bb3 Bxe5 28. dxe5 Qc6 29. Qh4+ Ke8 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. Rc3 $14) 25...
Kf8 26. h3 $6 (26. Bb3 $1 Ke7 (26... Qb6 27. Ng6+ fxg6 28. Bxe6 Rc6 29. Qg8+
Ke7 30. Qf7+ Kd6 31. d5 Rc7 32. Bd7 $1 $18) 27. Ng4 Rh8 28. Qf5 $16 {Karpov/})
26... b6 $6 (26... Bb5 $6 27. Bb3 $1) (26... b5 27. Bb3 a4 28. Ng6+ $1 $18) (
26... Ke7 $142 27. Ng4 Rh8 $1 28. Qf5 Bxd4 $13) 27. Bb3 Bb7 28. d5 (28. Ng6+
fxg6 29. Rxe6 $18) 28... Qc7 29. dxe6 Rxd1 30. Ng6+ $1 (30. Ng6+ $1 fxg6 31.
e7+ Qxe7 32. Qg8#) 1-0

[Event "Biel-16 GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1983.07.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1983.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. Ne5 (12. Qb3 b6 13. Bxd5 Nxd5
14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Qxd5 exd5 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 f6 18. Nf3 $14 {Sveshnikov,
E-Epishin,V/Biel izt/1993/1/2-1/2/52/}) (12. h4 Bd7 13. Qd3 h6 14. Ng5 g6 15.
Nf3 Bg7 16. h5 g5 17. Nxg5 $1 hxg5 18. Bxg5 $40 {Dzandzava,L-Kalegin,E/Batumi/
1991/1:0/31/}) (12. Qd3 g6 13. Bh6 Bg7 14. Qd2 Qd6 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7
17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Re5 Qd6 19. Rae1 $14 {Gipslis,A-Borer,R/Berlin/1991/1:0/(36/}
) 12... g6 (12... Nc6 $5 13. Qd3 h6 14. Bxd5 Nb4 15. Qg3 Bh4 16. Qf3 {Smyslov,
V-Ivanchuk,V/URS-ch/1988/1:0/52/} Nxd5 $14) 13. Bh6 Bg7 14. Bxg7 (14. Qd2 Nf6
15. Rad1 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 b6 17. Rh4 Nf5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rh3 Bb7 $10 {Liberzon,
V-Podgaets,M/URS-ch/1968/}) 14... Kxg7 15. Qf3 (15. Qb3 Nf6 16. Rad1 $14 {
Gheorghiu,F-Arnason,J/USA/1978/}) 15... Nf6 (15... Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qc7 17. Rab1
Rb8 18. Qg3 f6 19. Nc6 $14) (15... Qb6 16. Rad1 (16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 exd5
18. Qxd5 Be6 19. Qc5 $14 {Ribli,Z-Deze,V/JUG/1982/}) 16... Qxb2 17. Bxd5 Nxd5
18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Qxd5 Be6 20. Qf3 $14) 16. Bxb7 (16. Rad1 Ned5 $14) 16... Bxb7
17. Qxb7 a5 (17... Rb8 18. Qxa7 Rxb2 19. Qa3 $16) 18. Qf3 Qxd4 19. Rad1 Qb4 20.
Nd7 Nxd7 21. Rxd7 Nd5 $6 (21... Nf5 $142 22. Rb7 Qc4 $10) 22. Rxe6 $1 Nxc3 (
22... Qxb2 23. Nd1 $1) 23. Ree7 $1 Kg8 24. Rxf7 Ne2+ $8 25. Kf1 Qxb2 $6 (25...
Ng3+ $142 26. hxg3 Qc4+ 27. Kg1 Qc1+ 28. Kh2 Qh6+ 29. Kg1 Qc1+ 30. Rd1) 26. Qd5
$1 Ng3+ (26... Qa1+ 27. Kxe2 Rae8+ 28. Kf3 Kh8 29. Kg4 Rxf7 30. Qxf7 Re4+ 31.
Kh3 $18) 27. hxg3 Qa1+ 28. Ke2 Rae8+ 29. Kf3 Kh8 30. Kg4 $1 h5+ 31. Kh4 Qh1+
32. Kg5 Qc1+ 33. f4 Rxf7 34. Rxf7 Qe3 35. Kh6 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. Qb3 $5 (12. h4 $5) (12. Qd3)
12... b6 (12... Qb6 $5) 13. Bxd5 (13. Bg5 Bxg5 14. Nxg5 h6 15. Nf3 Bb7 $15) (
13. Bf4 $5 {/\} Bb7 14. Bg3 {Epishin,V}) 13... Nxd5 (13... exd5 14. Bf4 Bg4 15.
Ne5 Be6 16. Rac1 $14 {Epishin,V}) 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Qxd5 exd5 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17.
Nxg5 f6 $1 18. Nf3 $14 {_|_} Bd7 (18... Bg4 19. Nd2 {/\ Nf1-e3}) 19. Nd2 $1
Rac8 20. Nf1 Rc4 21. Rad1 Rc2 22. Rb1 Rfc8 23. Ne3 Rd2 24. Red1 (24. Nxd5 Rc4
$1 $15 {Epishin,V}) 24... Rxd1+ (24... Re2 $6 25. g4 $1 {/\ Kg2-f3+/-}) 25.
Rxd1 {R 9/i} Kf7 26. f3 Ke6 27. Kf2 Kd6 28. h4 (28. g4 {RR} Rh8 $1 29. Rg1 g5
30. h4 h5 $10 {Epishin,V}) 28... Be6 (28... h5 $142 $14) 29. g4 Bd7 30. Kg3 Be6
31. Re1 Bd7 (31... Rf8 $142 {/\ f5 Epishin,V}) 32. g5 Rf8 33. Rh1 Re8 (33...
Rf7 $142 $1 {Epishin,V}) 34. Kf2 Rf8 35. Rg1 Be6 36. gxf6 $6 (36. Kg3 $142 {
/\ f4, Kf3, h5+/=}) 36... g6 $1 37. h5 Rxf6 38. hxg6 hxg6 39. Rg5 a5 40. Kg3
Kc6 41. a4 (41. Ng4 Bxg4 42. Kxg4 Re6 $10) (41. Re5 Kd6 42. Ng4 Bxg4 43. Kxg4
Kc6 44. f4 $14 Rd6 45. Re3 Kb5 46. Rc3 Rf6 $1) 41... b5 $1 42. axb5+ Kxb5 43.
Nxd5 Bxd5 44. Rxd5+ Kb4 45. Rd8 a4 46. d5 Kc5 $1 47. Ra8 Rb6 $1 48. Rxa4 Rxb2
$10 49. Ra5+ (49. Rg4 Kxd5 50. Rxg6 Ke5 $1 $10) 49... Kd6 50. Kf4 Rg2 $8 51.
Ke3 Rg1 52. Ke4 Re1+ 53. Kf4 Rg1 54. Rb5 Rg2 55. Ke3 Rg1 56. f4 g5 57. fxg5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona 9192 2nd"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "De la Villa Garcia, Jesus Maria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 {
IP --> Motiv Pd4:Pe6} Bb4 8. Qb3 Nc6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 {><b4,/
^b1-h7} Bf6 (11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 e5 13. d5 Na5 (13... Bg4 14. dxc6 Bxf3 15.
cxb7 Rb8 16. Qc2 $18) 14. Qc2 Qxd5 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 $132 Qc5) 12. Rd1 Re8
(12... Qb6 13. Qc2 g6 14. Be4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bd7 16. Bf4 {Beljavski-Andersson,
Moscow izt 1982} Rac8 $13) 13. Be4 Nce7 14. Ne5 g6 15. Bh6 Bh8 $6 (15... b6 16.
Ng4 Bg7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Ne5 f6 20. Nd3 Be6 21. Nf4 Bf7 $14) 16.
Nxd5 exd5 (16... Nxd5 17. Qg3 {->>>}) 17. Bf3 Be6 (17... f6 18. Nd3 b6 (18...
Be6 {קb7}) 19. Nf4 Bb7 $14) 18. Qxb7 Nf5 {/\Nd4,Be5} 19. Bf4 Rb8 20. Qxa7 Rxb2
21. Nc6 Qa8 (21... Qh4 22. g3 Qh3 23. Bg2) 22. Qxa8 Rxa8 23. Be5 $16 (23. g4 $6
Nh4 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Ne7+ Kf8 26. Nxd5 Rd8 $44) 23... Rc8 24. Nb4 Rc4 25. Bxd5
Bxd5 26. Nxd5 Bxe5 (26... Nxd4 $4 27. Ne7+ Kf8 28. Bxh8 $18) 27. dxe5 Rcc2 28.
Rf1 Kg7 29. Rad1 Re2 30. Nf4 Rec2 (30... Rxe5 31. Nd3 $18) 31. Rd7 g5 32. Nh5+
Kf8 33. Nf6 Ne3 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. Rg8+ Kh6 36. h4 {/\hg#} gxh4 37. fxe3 h3 38.
Ng4+ Kh5 39. Rf5+ (39. Rf5+ Kh4 40. g3+ Kxg3 41. Nh2+ Kh4 42. Nf3#) 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. Qd3 g6 13. Bh6 Bg7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. Rfe1 (15. Ne5 b6 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 $10 {Portisch-Awerbach, Budapest 1970})
15... b6 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Re5 Qd6 19. Rae1 Bb7 20. Ng5 Rad8 21.
d5 Bxd5 (21... exd5 22. Re7 Bc8 23. Qd4+ $16) 22. Qd4 Ba8 (22... f6 23. Rxe6
Bxe6 24. Qxd6 $10) 23. Rd5+ e5 24. Qxe5+ (24. Rexe5 Qf6 (24... Bxd5 25. Re6+ f6
26. Rxd6 Rxd6 $15) 25. Ne4 Rxd5 $10) 24... Qxe5 25. Rdxe5 Rd2 26. R5e2 Rfd8 27.
Re7 Bd5 28. b4 a6 (28... h6 $5 29. Ne4 Bxe4 30. R7xe4 R8d3) 29. h3 h6 30. Ne6+
Bxe6 31. R1xe6 Ra2 32. Rxb6 Rd1+ 33. Kh2 Rdd2 34. Re3 Rxf2 35. Rg3 Rf6 36. Rxf6
Kxf6 37. Re3 g5 38. Kg3 h5 39. Rc3 Kg7 40. Kf3 h4 41. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1959.05.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1959.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O (8... cxd4 $142) 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 (9... exd5 $2 10. dxc5) 10. e4 Qh5 11. dxc5
$1 Bxc5 12. Bf4 b6 13. a3 Rd8 (13... a5 14. e5 $142 (14. Nd2 $16) 14... Rd8 15.
Ng5 $16) 14. b4 Be7 (14... Ba6 15. Bxa6 $1) 15. Rc1 Bb7 (15... Ba6 16. Bxa6 (
16. Nd4)) 16. Qe2 h6 $16 (16... Rac8 17. Ba6 $16) (16... g5 17. Nxg5 Qxe2 18.
Bxe2 Nd4 19. Bh5 f6 20. Rc7 $18) 17. Ba6 Bxa6 18. Qxa6 Nd4 19. Nxd4 Rxd4 20.
Qb7 Re8 21. Bg3 $2 (21. Qxa7 Rxe4 22. Qd7 $16) (21. Be3 Rd3 22. Qxa7 Bd6 23. g3
$16) 21... Qb5 $1 22. h3 (22. Qxa7 Rxe4 23. Rc7 Rd8 24. f3 Qxf1+ $10) 22... Rd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch46 First League"]
[Site "Ashkhabad"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kakageldyev, Amanmurad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1978.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 3. e4 d5 4. exd5 cxd5 5. d4 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 (10... b6) (10... Nf6) 11. Be4 Nce7 12. Qd3 (12.
Qc2 g6 13. Bh6 Bg7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Ne5 b6 16. h4 $5 Nf5 $13 {Velimirovic,
M-Hort,V/Niksic/1978/}) (12. Ne5 Bd7 13. Qd3 g6 14. Bh6 Bg7 15. Qh3 Bc6 16. Bg5
Qa5 $14 {Uhlmann,W-Bednarski,J/Decin/1977/}) (12. a3 Bd7 13. Qd3 g6 14. Bh6 Bg7
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 $16 {Honfi,K-Dorfmann,J/Pecs/1976/}) 12...
g6 13. Bh6 Re8 $5 (13... Bg7) 14. Qb5 $5 $14 (14. Ne5) 14... Qd7 15. Qb3 Rd8
16. Rac1 b6 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Bb7 19. Rcd1 Qc7 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Qb4 a5 22.
Qf4 Bb7 23. Qf6 Nf5 24. Nb5 Qe7 25. Bg5 $1 $16 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Qxf6 27. Bxf6 Bc6
28. a4 Kf8 29. Rd8+ Rxd8 30. Bxd8 Bxb5 31. axb5 Nd4 32. Bxb6 Nxb5 33. Bxa5 $18
Ke7 34. f4 Kd7 35. Kf2 Kc6 36. Kf3 Kd5 37. Kg4 h6 38. Bb4 Nd4 39. Bf8 Nf5 40.
g3 Kc4 41. b4 Ne3+ 42. Kh4 Nf1 43. Bxh6 Nxh2 44. Kg5 Kxb4 45. Kf6 Ng4+ 46. Kxf7
$1 Nxh6+ 47. Kxg6 Ng4 48. Kf7 Kc4 49. Kxe6 Kd4 50. Kf7 Kd5 51. e6 Nh6+ 52. Kg6
Ng8 53. Kf7 Nh6+ 54. Kg6 Ng8 55. f5 Ke5 56. g4 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Panno, Oscar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[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 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. d4 Nc6 8.
Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nf6 (10... Ncb4 11. Bb1 b6 12. a3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nd5
14. Qd3 Nf6 15. Bg5 g6 16. Ne5 Bb7 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Qh3 $36 {Adams,M-Seirawan,J/
Wijk aan Zee/1991/0,5 (55)/Inf 51/420/}) (10... Bf6 $5 11. Be4 Nce7 12. Qb3 $5
b6 13. Bxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Qxd5 exd5 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 f6 18. Nf3
$14 {Sveshnikov,E-Epishin,V/Biel/1993/0,5 (57)/Inf 58/455/}) 11. a3 a6 (11...
b6 $5 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. Qd3 Re8 14. Bg5 g6 15. Rad1) 12. Bg5 (12. Bc2 Qc7 $6 (
12... b5 $5) 13. Qd3 Rd8 14. Bg5 g6 15. Rad1 $16 {Fuchs,B-Hartmann,G/DDR/1964/}
) 12... g6 (12... b5 $5 13. Bc2 Bb7 14. Qd3 g6) 13. Be4 $6 (13. Bc2 $5) 13...
Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxg5 15. Nexg5 b6 $10 16. Qd2 Ne7 (16... Bb7 17. Ne4 Ne7 18. Nf6+
(18. Qh6 Nf5) 18... Kg7) 17. h4 Bb7 18. Rad1 Rc8 (18... Nf5 19. h5) (18... Nd5
$5 {P f6/}) 19. h5 Bxf3 (19... gxh5 $5 20. Ne4 Ng6 21. Qh6 {P f5-g5/}) 20. Nxf3
Nd5 21. Ne5 (21. Qh6 Qf6 {P c2/}) 21... Rc7 (21... Qh4 $5 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Qd3
a5 24. Nxg6 fxg6 25. Qxg6+ Kh8) 22. Rc1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qh4 $1 24. hxg6 hxg6 25.
Nf3 (25. Nf3 Qf4 $5 26. Qxf4 (26. Qc2 Kg7 {P h8, h6-/+/}) 26... Nxf4 27. Rc7
Nd5 28. Ra7 $1 (28. Rb7 f6 $1 {P c8/}) 28... Rc8 $1 (28... a5 29. Ne5) 29. Ne5
Rc1+ 30. Kh2 Rc2 31. Kg3 (31. Rxf7 Rxb2 $13) 31... Rxb2 32. Nxf7 Rb3+) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.08.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 (7. Bc4 {
Botvinnik,M-Alekhine,A/AVRO/1938/1-0/ Botvinnik,M-Szabo,L/Groningen (01)/1-0/})
7... cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Ncb4 (10... b6 $2 11. Nxd5 $1 Qxd5 (
11... exd5 12. Bxh7+ $1 (12. Bb5 $14 {Botvinnik,M-Alekhine,A/AVRO/1938/1-0/
after 7.Bc4}) 12... Kxh7 13. Qc2+ Kg8 14. Qxc6 $16) 12. Be4 Qd6 13. Qc2 $1) 11.
Be4 (11. Bb1 $1 b6 (11... Nf6 $1 12. a3 (12. Ne5 $5) 12... Nbd5 13. Ne5 Bd7 14.
Qd3 Bc6 15. Qh3 g6 $2 (15... Re8 $142) 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Qxe6#) 12.
a3 $1 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nd5 14. Qd3 g6 15. Ne5 Bg5 {Kotov,A-Steiner,H/Groningen 
(13)/1946/0-1/72/}) 11... Nf6 12. Bb1 b6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Re3 Nbd5 (14... Nc6
15. Rh3 {/\16.Bxh7+ Nh7 17.Qh5 +-}) 15. Rh3 g6 $13 (15... h6 $2 16. Bxh6 gxh6
17. Qd2 $18) 16. Bh6 (16. Qd2 $5 {/\Qh6} Re8 17. Qh6 (17. Ne4 $5 {/\Ng5}) 17...
Bf8) 16... Re8 17. Qd2 Rc8 18. Bd3 a6 19. Re1 b5 20. Rg3 {/\ Nxg6, Bxg6 , Rxg6}
Nh5 (20... Qd6 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Rxg6+ fxg6 23. Qg5 $18) 21. Rh3 (21. Bxg6 hxg6
22. Rxg6+ fxg6 23. Qc2 Nhf4) 21... Nhf6 22. Bb1 Rc7 23. Rg3 Nh5 24. Rh3 Nhf6
25. Qe2 {/\ 26.Nxf7 Kxf7? 27.Qxe6#} Nxc3 26. bxc3 b4 $1 27. Rg3 (27. Nxf7 $2
Qd5 $1 {/\ 28...Kxf7 -+}) 27... Rxc3 28. Nxf7 $1 Qd5 $1 29. Ne5 $2 (29. Rg5 $1
$10 Qc4 30. Bxg6 $3 hxg6 (30... Qxe2 31. Bh5#) 31. Rxg6+ Kxf7 $1 32. Rg7+ Kf8
33. Rg6+ $10) 29... Rxg3 30. fxg3 Qxd4+ 31. Kh1 Bd6 32. Bf4 Nh5 $2 (32... Nd5
$1 $19) 33. Rd1 Nxf4 34. gxf4 Qxf4 (34... Qc5 $2 {or 34...Qb6?} 35. Nd7 $18)
35. Rxd6 Bd5 {/\ 36...Qc1+, 36...Rc8} 36. Bc2 Rf8 (36... Rc8 $6 37. Bd1) 37. h3
Qf1+ (37... Bxa2 $5) 38. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 39. Kh2 Rf2 40. Rxd5 $1 $8 exd5 41. Bb3 Kg7
(41... Kg7 42. Nd3 Rd2 43. Nxb4 a5 44. Nxd5 a4 45. Bc4 Rd4 46. Nb6 Kf6 $10)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.08.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Steiner, Herman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D42"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Ncb4 11. Bb1 (11. Be4 $6 {- Botvinnik-Flohr (12)})
11... b6 12. a3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nd5 14. Qd3 g6 {[ /+/=->]} 15. Ne5 $6 (15. Bc2 $1
Bd7 (15... Bb7 $2 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Ba4 $18) 16. c4 {/\ 17.Bb2, 18.Rad1+/-})
15... Bg5 $1 (15... Bb7 $2 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Qf3 $36) 16. Ba2 Bxc1 17. Raxc1 Bb7
18. Qg3 Nf6 19. Re3 Kg7 20. f4 $2 (20. f3 {/\ Rd3, c4, Qd2}) 20... Rc8 21. Qe1
Qd6 22. a4 Qa3 23. Bc4 {[/\ 23...Qxa4 24.Ra1, 25.Rxa7]} Rc7 24. a5 (24. Ra1
$142 $5) 24... Rfc8 25. Ra1 Qd6 26. Bb3 (26. axb6 Rxc4 27. Nxc4 Rxc4 28. bxa7
$17 {->}) 26... b5 $17 {קc3} 27. Rd1 Nd5 28. Bxd5 Qxd5 29. Nf3 a6 30. Qd2 Qb3
31. Rc1 Bxf3 $5 (31... Qa4 $1 {/\ 32...Qxa5}) 32. Rxf3 b4 $1 33. f5 (33. c4
Rxc4 $1 {e.g.} 34. Rxb3 Rxc1+ 35. Kf2 R8c2 {-/+/-+}) 33... exf5 34. Rh3 Kg8 35.
Qh6 f6 36. c4 Qb2 37. Qe3 (37. Re1 $142) 37... Kg7 $2 $138 (37... Re7 $1 $19 {
e.g.} 38. Qxe7 Qxc1+ 39. Kf2 Qc2+ $1 40. Kf1 Qe4 41. Qxe4 fxe4 42. c5 Rd8 $1)
38. c5 Re8 39. Qh6+ Kg8 40. Rd1 Rce7 (40... Re2 41. Rg3 Rce7 42. h4 $13) 41.
Qd2 (41. Qc1 Qxc1 42. Rxc1 Re1+ 43. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 44. Kf2 Rd1 $19 {(45.Ke3? b3!)})
41... Re1+ 42. Rxe1 Qxd2 43. Rxe8+ Kf7 44. Rhe3 Qxd4 {[/\ 45...f4]} 45. R8e7+
Kf8 46. Re8+ Kg7 47. Kh1 f4 48. R3e7+ Kh6 49. c6 Qc5 $1 50. h4 Qxc6 51. Rh8 Kh5
52. Rhxh7+ Kg4 53. Rc7 Qe4 54. Rhe7 Qb1+ 55. Kh2 Qd3 56. Rb7 b3 57. Rb4 Qg3+
58. Kg1 Kf5 59. Re2 Qc3 60. Rb6 Kg4 61. Kh2 Qg3+ 62. Kh1 Qc3 63. Kh2 Kxh4 64.
Rf2 g5 65. Rf3 Qe5 $1 66. Rb4 (66. Rbxb3 g4 $1 67. Rxf4 Kg5 $3 (67... Qxf4+ $2
68. g3+ $1) 68. g3 Qe2+ 69. Kg1 Qd1+ $19) 66... g4 67. Rfxf4 Kg5 68. g3 Qe2+
69. Kg1 b2 70. Rf1 Qe3+ 71. Kh1 Qc1 72. Kh2 {[/\ 72...Qxf1? 73.Rxg4+ Kxg4?
stalemate]} Qd2+ 0-1

[Event "New York/Los Angeles m"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1961.07.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D42"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1961.07.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 (4... exd5) 5. Nf3 (5. e4 Nxc3 6.
bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ $10) 5... c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 (7. Bc4 {
Botvinnik,M; Byrne,R} cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 a6 $10 (10... b6 11.
Nxd5 exd5 12. Bb5 $16 {Botvinnik,M-Alekhine,A Amsterdam AVRO 1938})) 7... Be7 (
7... cxd4 8. exd4 g6 9. h4 $5 (9. O-O Bg7 10. Be4) 9... Bg7 (9... h6 {>=}) 10.
h5 Ndb4 11. Bg5 Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 Qa5 13. Kf1 h6 $2 14. hxg6 hxg5 15. Rxh8+ Bxh8
16. gxf7+ Kxf7 17. Qh7+ Bg7 18. d5 $18 {Balcerkovsky,n-Dunkelblum,n Varna ol
1962}) 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 cxd4 10. exd4 $10 Nf6 (10... Bd7 11. Qc2 g6 12. Bh6 Re8
13. Ne4 Rc8 14. Qe2 f5 15. Nc3 Bf6 {Byrne,R-Bisguier,A ch-USA 1963}) (10... b6
$5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Qc2 Bb7 $1 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Be4 Nxd4 15. Bxd5 Nxc2 16.
Bxb7 Nxa1 17. Bxa8 Rxa8 18. Bg5 f6 $10) 11. Bc2 (11. Be3 {/\ Qe2, Rad1}) 11...
b6 12. Qd3 Bb7 13. Bg5 g6 14. Rfe1 Re8 15. h4 Rc8 16. Rac1 Nd5 17. Ne4 f5 $5
18. Nc3 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 (19. hxg5 Nxc3 20. bxc3 (20. Qxc3 $2 Ne5) 20... Na5 $1
$17 {/\ Bxf3, Qxg5}) 19... Nf4 20. Qe3 (20. Qg3 $2 Nh5 21. Qe3 Nxd4) 20... Qxd4
21. Nb5 $1 Qxe3 (21... Qd5 22. Qxf4 Qxb5 (22... Nd4 $2 23. Be4 $1 Rxc1 24. Qxc1
$1 fxe4 25. Qc7) 23. Nxe6 Qxb2 (23... Qd5 24. Nc7 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Qf7 26. Ne6
$16) 24. Qh6 $1 $18 {->; Reshevsky,S} Na5 (24... Rxe6 25. Rxe6 Nd4 26. Re7 $18)
25. Bxf5 $1 gxf5 (25... Qf6 26. Ng5 $1) (25... Rxc1 26. Rxc1 gxf5 27. Rc7 $18)
26. Rb1 Qh8 (26... Qc3 27. Re3) 27. Qg5+ Kf7 28. Qxf5+ Kg8 (28... Qf6 29. Qxh7+
) 29. Re3 Rc3 30. Ng5 $1 Rf8 31. Re8 $1 $18) 22. fxe3 Nxg2 $1 23. Kxg2 Nd4+ 24.
Be4 $1 Bxe4+ 25. Nxe4 Nxb5 26. Nf6+ Kf7 27. Nxe8 Rxe8 28. a4 $1 (28. Red1 Re7
$1 {/\ Nb5-c7-d5}) 28... Nd6 29. Rc7+ Kf6 $1 (29... Re7 30. Rec1 $18) 30. Rec1
$1 (30. Rxh7 Rc8) (30. Rxa7 Rc8) 30... h6 31. Rxa7 Ne4 32. Ra6 Rd8 $1 (32...
Rb8 33. Rc6 $18) 33. Rc2 (33. Rxb6 Rd2+ 34. Kg1 g5 35. hxg5+ (35. Rcc6 gxh4 36.
Rxe6+ Kg5 37. Rg6+ Kh5 38. Rxh6+ Kg4 $132) (35. a5 $2 gxh4 36. a6 h3 37. a7 h2+
38. Kh1 Ng3#) 35... hxg5 36. Rcc6 (36. a5 $2 g4 37. a6 Ng5 38. a7 Nf3+ 39. Kf1
g3 40. a8=Q g2#) 36... g4 37. Rxe6+ Kg5 38. Rh6 f4 $10) 33... Rd3 34. Rxb6 (34.
Kf3 Rb3 $14) 34... Rxe3 35. a5 f4 36. Rf2 $2 (36. a6 {>=} f3+ 37. Kf1 (37. Kh2
$2 Re2+) 37... Rd3 38. Ke1 Re3+ 39. Kf1 Rd3 $10 40. Kg1 Rd1+ 41. Kh2 f2 42.
Rxf2+ Nxf2 43. Rb3 (43. a7 Ra1 $19) 43... Rd7 44. Rf3+ Kg7 45. Rxf2 Ra7 $10)
36... Nxf2 37. Kxf2 Re5 $1 38. b4 Re3 $1 39. a6 Ra3 40. Rc6 $19 (40. b5 {
>=; /\ Rb8, b5-b6-b7}) 40... g5 41. hxg5+ hxg5 42. b5 g4 43. Rc8 (43. Rc1 {
/\ Rb1} g3+ 44. Kg1 (44. Kg2 Ra2+ 45. Kf3 Kf5 $19) 44... Ra2 $1 45. Rb1 f3 46.
b6 Rg2+ 47. Kf1 Rh2 $1 48. Ke1 Rh1+ 49. Kd2 Rxb1 50. a7 f2 51. a8=Q f1=Q $19)
43... Kf5 44. b6 g3+ 45. Ke1 (45. Kg2 Ra2+ 46. Kg1 f3 $19) 45... Ra1+ 46. Ke2
g2 47. Rf8+ (47. Rg8 Rxa6 48. b7 (48. Rxg2 Rxb6 $19) 48... Rb6 $19) 47... Ke4
48. Rxf4+ Kxf4 49. b7 g1=Q (49... Ke4 $1 {Kashdan,I} 50. b8=Q Ra2+ 51. Ke1
g1=Q#) 50. b8=Q+ Kf5 51. Qf8+ Ke4 52. Qa8+ (52. Qf3+ Ke5 53. Qc3+ (53. Qh5+ Kd6
) 53... Qd4 54. Qg3+ Kd5 55. Qf3+ Qe4+ $19) 52... Kd4 53. Qd8+ (53. Qh8+ Kc4
54. Qc8+ Qc5 55. Qxe6+ Kb4 56. Qe4+ Qc4+ $19) 53... Kc4 54. Qd3+ Kc5 55. Qc3+
Kd6 56. Qd2+ Ke5 57. Qb2+ Kf5 (57... Kf5 58. Qb5+ Kf6 59. Qb2+ e5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.08.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd3 (7. Bc4)
7... Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Bd2 Rad8 (12... Nxc3
$5 {/\ 13...cxd4}) 13. Rac1 Qb8 (13... cxd4 14. Nxd5 Rxd5 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16.
Rxc7 $1 (16. exd4 Qb8 $10) 16... Nxe2+ 17. Bxe2 {e.g.} Rfd8 (17... Bc5 18. b4
$1) 18. Rxe7) 14. dxc5 $1 bxc5 (14... Bxc5 15. Nxd5 Rxd5 (15... exd5 16. Bxh7+
$5) 16. b4 Be7 17. Be4) 15. Ne4 (15. Na4 $142 $1) 15... Ba8 $40 {xPb2} 16. Be1
Qb6 17. Qc2 Rb8 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Qxc5 Qxb2 20. Rb1 Qf6 21. Rxb8 Rxb8 22. e4
Nf4 23. Bf1 h6 24. Kh1 e5 25. Qe3 Ne6 26. Bc4 Ned4 27. Bd5 (27. Bc3 $14) 27...
Nxf3 28. Qxf3 Qxf3 29. gxf3 Nd4 30. Bxa8 Rxa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch11 Semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1938.06.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Romanovsky, Peter Arsenievich"]
[Black "Ilyin Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1938.05.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {BCM 1938, p.476} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6
7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 f5 10. Qe2 Kh8 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. b4
Be7 14. Bb2 Bf6 15. Rfd1 Qb3 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Bc4 Qa4 18. Bb5 Qb3 19. Rd3 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Solak, Dragan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[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. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. d4 e6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Nf3 Bb4 9. Bd2 O-O 10. O-O Nf6 {Eine seltene Fortsetzung, viel häufiger sieht
man hier 10...Be7.} (10... Be7) 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 {Interessant ist auch 12.
Be3 mit der Absicht Qd2 und Bxh6.} (12. Be3 Bd6 13. Rc1 (13. Qd2 $5) 13... e5
$5 14. h3 (14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. h3 Be6 $11) 14... Be6 15. Qd2 $5 Qa5
16. Bxh6 exd4 $1 17. Nb5 Qxd2 18. Bxd2 Bb8 19. Nbxd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxa2 $11 {
Polgar,J-Karpov,A/Dos Hermanas 1999}) 12... Be7 {Ponomariov verfolgt einen
bekannten Plan, die schwarzfeldrigen Läufer sollen nach Nh5 abgetauscht werden.
} 13. a3 {In Frage kommt 13.Re1, wonach der weiße Turm schnell auf die 3.
Reihe überführt werden kann.} (13. Re1 Nh5 (13... b6 $5) 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Ne5
Nf6 16. Re3 Bd7 17. Rg3 Kh8 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 $36 {Iuldachev,S-Prakash,G/
Kelamabakkam 2000}) 13... Nh5 (13... b6 14. Re1 Nd5 15. Bg3 Bb7 16. Bc2 Qd7 17.
Qd3 g6 18. Bb3 $14 {Grund,H-Riedel,H/Schwaebisch Gmuend 1997}) 14. Bxe7 Nxe7
15. Ne5 Nf6 {Schwarz hat sein Ziel erreicht, die schwarzfeldrigen Läufer
verschwanden vom Brett. Als Nächstes ist Bd7-c6 geplant.} 16. Ne4 (16. Re1 Bd7
17. Qd2 (17. Re3 $5 Bc6 18. Rg3) 17... Bc6 18. Rad1 Ned5 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Na4
Qb8 21. g3 Rd8 $11 {Esserman,M-Enhbat,T/Seattle 2003}) 16... Nfd5 (16... Ned5
17. Qf3 Qb6 $11 (17... b6 $2 18. Nc6 Qd7 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Ne7+ $16)) 17. Bc2
Nf5 (17... b6 $5 18. Qd3 g6 $11) 18. Ng3 Nh4 $2 {Dies wirkt etwas gekünstelt.
Vorzuziehen war der Abtausch auf g3 nebst Bd7.} (18... Nxg3 19. hxg3 (19. fxg3
$2 Ne3 $17) 19... Bd7 20. Be4 Bc6 $11) 19. Qd3 g6 20. Qd2 Kg7 (20... Qg5 $2 21.
f4 Qe7 22. f5 $40) 21. Ng4 {Diese Aktion ist für Schwarz ungefährlich. Mit 21.
Be4! konnte Weiß die Schattenseiten des Springer auf h4 zum Vorschein bringen.}
(21. Rac1 b6 22. Be4 Bb7 $11) (21. Be4 $1 Nf6 22. Rfe1 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Nf5 24.
Rg4 $14 (24. Nxf5+ exf5 25. Re3 Be6 $14)) 21... Rh8 22. Ne3 Nf4 23. Nef5+ gxf5
24. Qxf4 Ng6 {Hier fand der Springer einen guten und sicheren Platz.} 25. Qd2 (
25. Nh5+ Kh7 26. Qe3 Qg5 $11) 25... h5 26. Ne2 (26. Bd1 h4 27. Nh5+ Kg8 28. d5
f4 $1 $13) 26... Qd6 27. Rad1 Bd7 $11 28. d5 e5 29. f4 e4 30. Qc3+ Qf6 31.
Qxf6+ Kxf6 {Das entstandene Endspiel ist ausgeglichen, aber Ponomariov gelingt
es, seinen Gegner nach und nach zu überspielen.} 32. Nc3 Rac8 33. Bb3 Rc5 $1
34. Kf2 (34. d6 Be6 $15) 34... Rhc8 {Nun muß Weiß dauernd mit dem
Qualitätsopfer auf c3 rechnen.} 35. g3 b5 36. Rc1 (36. d6 Rxc3 37. bxc3 Rxc3
38. Rb1 a5 $15) 36... Ke7 37. Ke3 $2 {Notwendig war 37.d6+! Diese taktische
Chance ausgelassen, gerät Weiß in Schwierigkeiten.} (37. d6+ $1 Ke8 38. Rfd1 a5
39. Ke3 $11) 37... Kd6 $15 38. Kd4 a5 39. Ne2 $2 a4 40. Rxc5 Rxc5 41. Bd1 Rxd5+
42. Kc3 Rd3+ 43. Kc2 h4 44. Nc1 Rd5 45. Bh5 hxg3 46. hxg3 Be6 47. Rd1 Rxd1 48.
Bxd1 Ne7 49. Kc3 Nd5+ $2 {Ein untypischer Fehler für Ponomariov, der für seine
hervorragende Endspieltechnik bekannt ist. Schwarz erlaubt die Zentralisierung
des gegnerischen Königs.} (49... Kc5 50. b4+ axb3 51. Nxb3+ Bxb3 52. Bxb3 Nd5+
$19) 50. Kd4 Nb6 $2 {Es war noch nicht zu spät für 50...Ne7!} (50... Ne7 $1 51.
Kc3 Kc5 $19) 51. Ne2 Na8 $2 (51... Nc4 52. Nc3 Kc6 53. Be2 $17) 52. Nc3 Nc7 53.
g4 $1 {Weiß rettet sich.} fxg4 54. Nxe4+ Ke7 55. Ng3 Bd7 (55... Kf6 $5 56. Bc2
Bb3 $15) 56. f5 Kf6 57. Bxg4 Kg5 58. Bh5 $1 Kh4 59. Bxf7 Kxg3 60. Ke5 Ne8 61.
f6 Kf2 62. Bg6 Nxf6 63. Kxf6 Ke3 64. Ke5 Kd2 65. Kd4 Kc1 66. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "October Revolution 50years"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1967.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1967.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 O-O 10. Re1 Nf6 11. Bg5 b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rad1 Nb4 14. Bb1 Rc8
15. Ne5 Nfd5 (15... Nbd5 16. Qd3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qd5 18. Qh3 $14) 16. Bd2 Nf6 (
16... Nxc3 17. bxc3 Nd5 18. c4 $14) 17. Qe3 Nfd5 (17... Nbd5 18. Qh3 g6 19. Bh6
Re8 $14) 18. Qh3 f5 19. a3 Na6 20. Ba2 $16 Nac7 21. Ne2 Bg5 22. Qd3 Bxd2 (22...
Ba6 23. Qg3 Bxd2 24. Rxd2 Qd6 $14) 23. Qxd2 Ne8 $2 (23... Qd6 $5) 24. Nd3 $1 g5
$6 (24... Nec7 25. Nef4 Qd6 26. Re5 $14) 25. Nc3 $16 Ng7 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. Bxd5
exd5 (27... Qxd5 28. Qxg5 Qxd4 29. Ne5 Qxb2 30. Rd7 Qxe5 31. Rxe5 $18) 28. Re5
a5 29. Rde1 $16 f4 (29... Rc4 $5 30. Re7 f4 31. Qe2 Qd6 32. Qg4 Qf6) 30. h4 h6
31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Qe2 $1 $18 f3 33. Qe3 fxg2 34. Rxg5 Re8 35. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Niksic International"]
[Site "Niksic"]
[Date "1978.06.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1978.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bf6 11. Re1 g6 (11... Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7
14. Qxd4 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 $14) 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 (13... exd5 14. Rxe8+
Qxe8 15. Qd2 Bg4 (15... Nxd4 $2 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Re1 Be6 18. Bb5 Bxf2+ 19.
Qxf2 Qxb5 20. Qf6 $18) 16. Re1 Qd7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bg7 $14) 14. Be4 Qd6
15. Be3 Rd8 16. Rc1 Bd7 (16... Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Qxd4 Rxd4
20. Rc7 $44) 17. Qd2 Rac8 18. b4 $14 b6 (18... Be8 19. h4 $14 (19. b5 $6 Ne7
20. Rxc8 Nxc8 $10)) 19. Bf4 Qf8 20. d5 exd5 21. Bxd5 Ne7 $6 (21... Be6 $5 22.
Rxe6 fxe6 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. Qe3 (24. Qa2 $2 Nxb4 25. axb4 Rxc1+ $19) (24. Qc2
Nd4 25. Qxc8 Ne2+ 26. Kf1 Nxf4 27. Qc4 Qd6 $44) 24... Re8) 22. Bh6 $1 Bg7 23.
Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Bb3 $16 f6 25. Rxc8 Bxc8 26. Qc3 Ng8 27. h3 Qd6 28. Ng5 Qd2 (
28... Qd3 29. Qc7+ Rd7 (29... Qd7 30. Ne6+ $18) (29... Kh6 30. Qxd8 $18) 30.
Qxc8 $18) 29. Qxd2 Rxd2 30. Re8 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 07th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2000.04.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Belozerov, Andrei"]
[Black "Perun, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.04.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk Politekhnik-Yantar"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow M. Saulin PRSFI"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 {In this position were played
handreds of games and any remark about the plans of the sides seems to be just
not in the place.} 12. Qd3 h6 13. Ne5 Bd7 $6 (13... Nc6 14. Bxd5 exd5 (14...
Nb4 15. Qg3 Bh4 16. Qf3 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Be3 Be6 19. Nd3 {1/2-1/2 Varga,
Z-Acs,P/Budapest FS02 GM 1996}) 15. Bf4 Ne7 16. Qb5 b6 17. Rad1 Be6 18. h3 Qc8
19. Rc1 Qb7 {1/2-1/2 Lengyel,L-Acs,P/Budapest FS11 GM 1995}) (13... Nxc3 14.
Qxc3 (14. bxc3 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qxd3 16. Bxd3 Bd7 $15) 14... Nf5 15. Be3 Nxe3 (
15... a5 $5 16. Rac1 (16. Rad1 Nxe3 17. fxe3 a4 18. Nc4 Rb8 19. Na5 Qb6 20. Rc1
Bd8 21. Nc4 $14 {Vokarev,S-Fradkin,B/RUS-chJ sf 1996}) 16... a4 17. Red1 Nxe3
18. Qxe3 $14 {Topalov,V-Karpov,A/Linares 1995}) 16. fxe3 (16. Qxe3 Qb6) 16...
Rb8 17. Rad1 Bd7 18. Bb1 Be8 19. Ng4 Bg5 20. e4 $14 {Chiburdanidze,M-Ioseliani,
N/WchW 1988}) 14. Qg3 Kh8 $2 {As it happens sometimes when you are not very
familiar with variation-the first ''own'' move is decisive mistake!The
conclusion is very simple:be careful when you play new variations,don't trust
the recomendations-check them out!} (14... Bc6 15. Ng4 h5 $6 16. Qh3 $5 g6 17.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Bg5 $16 {Illescas Cordoba,M-Bass,L/Leon 1990}) 15.
Qh3 $1 $18 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gh3d7]} Bxe5 $8 16. Bxh6 $1 f5 (16... Kg8 17. dxe5
$5 (17. Bd2 Bxh2+ 18. Qxh2 Nf6 $14) (17. Bxg7 $1 Bxh2+ 18. Qxh2 Kxg7 19. Qh7+
Kf6 20. Bxd5 exd5 (20... Nxd5 21. Qh6+ Ke7 22. Nxd5+ $18) (20... Rh8 21. Ne4#)
21. Qh6+ Ng6 22. Nxd5+ Kf5 23. Qh5+ Qg5 24. g4#) 17... gxh6 18. Qxh6 f5 19.
Bxd5 exd5 20. e6 (20. Qg5+ Kf7 $13) 20... Be8 21. Qg5+ $40) 17. Bg5+ Kg8 18.
Nxd5 $1 Bd6 (18... exd5 19. Bxd5+ Nxd5 20. Bxd8 $18) 19. Nxe7+ Bxe7 20. Bxe7
Qxe7 21. Bxf5 {[%cal Ge1e7] At this stage black could just resign,but for some
reason he keeps on playing.} Rxf5 22. Qxf5 Rf8 23. Qe5 Qf7 24. f3 Re8 25. Re4
Bc6 26. Rf4 Qg6 27. Rg4 Qf7 28. Re1 Bd5 29. Qg3 Bxa2 30. Re5 Bb1 31. Reg5 g6
32. Rxg6+ Bxg6 33. Rxg6+ Kh7 34. Rg5 1-0

[Event "Chalapathi GM"]
[Site "Guntur"]
[Date "2000.04.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Yurtaev, Leonid"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.04.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. d4 Be7 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nf6 11. a3 Qd6 {The text looks like a novelty, but
the idea of putting pressure on the d4-pawn by ...Qd6 and ...Rd8 is quite
common in this particular pawn formation. Here the drawback of this plan is
the delay in the development of the queenside.} ({A common move here is} 11...
b6 {which was tried before. After 11...b6 White has a choice:} 12. Bg5 (12. Bc2
Ba6 (12... Bb7 $6 13. Qd3 Re8 14. d5 $1 exd5 15. Bg5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qxe4
g6 18. Qh4 $16 {Dizdar,G-Dizdarevic,E/Sarajevo 1988}) 13. b4 (13. Bg5 Rc8 14.
Qd2 Bc4 15. Rad1 Nd5 16. Ne4 Bxg5 $6 17. Nexg5 Nf6 18. Nxh7 $1 Nxh7 19. Bxh7+
Kxh7 20. Qc2+ $18 {Gobet,F-Campora,D/Bern/1988/ -> CBM 08}) 13... Bc4 (13...
Rc8 14. Bb2 Nd5 $2 15. b5 $1 Nxc3 16. Qd3 $1 g6 17. Bxc3 Qc7 18. bxa6 Na5 19.
Bxa5 {Anand,V-Adams,M/London/1987/}) 14. b5 Na5 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Re3 $36 {
Dizdar,G-Laketic,G/JUG-ch 1990} (16. Bg5 g6 17. Qf3 Bd5 $13 {Franco,Z-Short,N/
Arnhem-Amsterdam/1983/})) 12... Bb7 13. Bc2 Nd5 14. Qd3 g6 15. h4 Bxg5 16. Nxg5
Nce7 17. Qf3 Nxc3 18. Qxb7 Ncd5 $13) 12. Nb5 (12. Bc2 Rd8 13. Be3 b6 (13... a6
14. Qe2 Bd7 15. Rad1 Be8 16. Bb1 Qc7 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. d5 $5 $36 {Van de
Plassche,B-Gelpke,P/NLD-chT9495}) 14. Qd3 g6 15. Rad1 Bb7 16. Bg5 Qc7 17. Bb3
Nxd4 $5 18. Nxd4 Ng4 $1 $36 {Kurajica,B-Kutirov,R/Strumica 1995}) (12. Bg5 Rd8
13. Qc2 h6 ({After} 13... Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 {White would keep the initiative
by} 15. Rad1) 14. Be3 Ng4 $6 15. Rad1 Nxe3 16. Rxe3 $5 $36 {Gadjilu,R-Kutirov,
R/EU-chTM 1997}) 12... Qd8 13. Bc2 b6 14. Nc3 Bb7 15. Qd3 g6 (15... Qd6 $5 16.
Bg5 g6 17. Bb3 Rfd8 18. Rad1 Rac8 19. h4 $36) 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Rad1 Nd5 18. Nxd5
$5 ({Usually white tries to keep the knights} 18. Ne4 $5) 18... Qxd5 (18...
exd5 19. Ne5 (19. h4 $5) 19... Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qd7 21. Be3 Rac8 22. Bd4 $14) 19.
Bb3 Qh5 (19... Qd6 $6 20. d5 exd5 21. Bxd5 {[%csl Rd6,Rf7]} Rad8 22. Bxf7+ $1
Kxf7 23. Qb3+ $18) (19... Qf5 20. Qxf5 gxf5 21. d5 Na5 22. Ba4 (22. Ba2 $5)
22... Bxd5 23. Bxe8 Rxe8 24. Nd4 $16) 20. Bf4 Rad8 21. h3 Bd6 $2 {This move is
serious mistake and with accurate and energetic play white reveals it very
quickly.} (21... Bf6 $1) (21... Na5 $2 22. Re5 $18 {[%csl Rh5]}) 22. Bxd6 Rxd6
23. d5 $1 $36 Rf8 (23... Red8 24. dxc6 $3 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Rxd3 26. cxb7 {[%cal
Gb7b8]} Rd8 27. Rc1 $1 Qb5 28. Rc8 Qd7 29. b8=Q Rxc8 30. Qe5 $16) 24. Qe3 $1
exd5 25. Qf4 Rdd8 (25... Rfd8 26. Ng5 f5 27. Re6 R6d7 28. Rde1 $40 {[%csl Rg8]}
) 26. Kh2 {[%csl Rh5]} Kg7 (26... d4 27. Ng5 $1 {[%csl Rf7]} Kg7 (27... Rd7 $2
28. Ne4 $18 {[%cal Ge4f6]}) 28. Bxf7 Bc8 29. Rc1 $1 Rd5 $1 30. Qc7 $1 (30. Rxc6
Qxg5 31. Qxg5 Rxg5 $11) 30... Rxg5 31. Bxg6+ $1 $18 {[%csl Rg7]}) 27. g4 Qh6
28. g5 Qh5 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Bxd5 $18 {[%csl Rb7,Rf8,Rh5][%cal Gd5b7]} Nd8 31.
Bxb7 Nxb7 32. Re7 Nd8 33. Ne5 Qe2 34. Qf6+ Kg8 35. Ng4 {[%cal Gg4h6]} 1-0

[Event "New York WFW"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Ncb4 $6 {N} 10. Bb1 Nf6 (10... cxd4 11. exd4 b6 12. a3 Nxc3 13. bxc3
Nd5 14. Qd3 $14) 11. a3 Nc6 (11... Nbd5 12. e4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 $16) 12. Ne4 (12.
dxc5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bxc5 14. b4 Be7 15. Bb2 $14) 12... cxd4 13. exd4 Bd7 14. Qd3
g6 (14... Nxe4 15. Qxe4 g6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. h4 $40) 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Ba2 Qb6 17.
Qd2 (17. b4 Rad8) 17... Qa5 (17... Rad8 $5 $14) 18. Nc3 (18. b4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4
Qf5) 18... Rad8 19. d5 $1 exd5 (19... Nxd5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. b4 Qc7 22. Nxd5
Qc8 23. Qb2 $18) 20. b4 Qc7 21. b5 Nb8 (21... d4 $2 22. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 23. Qa2+
$18) 22. Rxe7 $1 Rxe7 23. Qd4 Qb6 (23... Qd6 24. Nxd5 Re6 25. Bf4 $18) 24. Nxd5
Qxd4 25. Nxe7+ Kh8 26. Nxd4 Bg4 27. Be3 Rd7 28. Bf4 $1 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.13"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Janjgava, Lasha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[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 "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. Qd3 g6 13. Ne5 Bd7 14. Bh6 Bg7
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Bxd5 $5 exd5 (16... Nxd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. h3 $14) 17. h3 f6
18. Nf3 Rf7 19. Re2 Rc8 20. Rae1 Bc6 21. Nh4 Qc7 22. Qf3 Rd8 23. g3 Rd6 24. g4
(24. b4 $5) 24... Rd7 25. Ng2 g5 26. Nd1 $6 (26. h4 h6 $14) 26... Bb5 $1 27.
Re6 Rd6 28. Qa3 Rxe6 29. Rxe6 f5 30. Nc3 Bc6 31. Re5 Qd7 32. Ne3 f4 (32... fxg4
33. Rxg5+ Kh8 34. Nxg4 $16) 33. Nf1 (33. Rxg5+ Kf6) 33... h6 34. Nh2 $5 (34.
Qxa7 Ng6 35. Re1 Re7 $132) 34... Ng6 35. Nf3 $5 (35. Re1 Re7 36. Rxe7+ Qxe7 37.
Qxe7+ Nxe7 $10) 35... Nxe5 36. Nxe5 Qe7 37. Qxa7 $1 (37. Nxf7 Qxa3 38. bxa3
Kxf7 $10) 37... Qb4 $6 (37... Rf6 38. a3 $5 $44 (38. Nxc6 Rxc6 39. Nxd5 $2 Qe1+
40. Kg2 Qe4+)) 38. Qb8 (38. Nxf7 Kxf7 39. Qc5 Qxb2 40. Nxd5 $2 Qb1+ 41. Kh2 Qe4
$19) 38... Rf6 39. Nxc6 Rxc6 40. Qe5+ Kh7 41. Qf5+ Kg7 (41... Rg6 42. Qf7+ Rg7
43. Qxd5 $36) 42. Qd7+ Kf8 43. Qd8+ Kg7 44. Qd7+ Kf8 45. Qxd5 Qxb2 46. Ne4 Qe2
(46... Qb6 47. Nc5 $40) 47. Qd8+ Kg7 48. Qe7+ Kg6 49. Qe8+ Kg7 50. Qe5+ Kg6 51.
Kh2 $1 Rc1 52. Qe6+ Kg7 53. h4 $1 gxh4 (53... Qf1 54. Qe7+ Kh8 55. Qf8+ Kh7 56.
Nf6+ Kg6 57. h5#) 54. Qe7+ Kg6 55. Qe6+ Kg7 56. g5 $1 hxg5 (56... Qe1 57. Qf6+
$1 Kg8 (57... Kh7 58. g6+ Kg8 59. Qf7+ Kh8 60. Qf8#) 58. Qd8+ Kf7 (58... Kg7
59. gxh6+ Kf7 60. Qd7+ Kg6 61. Qe6+) 59. g6+ $1 Ke6 (59... Kxg6 60. Qg8+ Kf5
61. Nd6+ Kf6 62. Qf7+ Kg5 63. Qf5#) 60. Qd6+ Kf5 61. Qd5+ Kxg6 62. Qg8+ Kf5 63.
Nd6+ Kf6 64. Qf7+ Kg5 65. Qf5#) 57. Qe7+ Kh8 58. Qe5+ (58. Qe5+ Kh7 59. Nxg5+
Kg6 60. Qxe2) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.01.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[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 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Ncb4 11. Bb1 b6 12. a3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nd5 14. Qd3 Nf6
15. Bg5 g6 16. Ne5 Bb7 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Qh3 Qc8 19. Ba2 Bf8 20. Re3 Bg7 21. Rae1
$40 Qc7 22. Qh4 (22. Nxf7 Qxf7 (22... Kxf7 23. Rxe6 Bd5 (23... Nd5 24. Qf3+ $18
) 24. Rxf6+ Kxf6 25. Qh4+ $18) 23. Bxe6 (23. Rxe6 Bd5 $1) 23... Rxe6 24. Rxe6
Bc8) 22... Bxh6 23. Qxh6 Qe7 24. Nxg6 $1 hxg6 25. Rh3 Nh5 26. Rxh5 $2 (26. Re5
$1 Qf6 27. Rexh5 Qg7 $16) 26... gxh5 27. Re5 f6 28. Re3 h4 $1 29. Qxh4 Kf7 30.
Qh5+ Kf8 31. Qh8+ Kf7 32. Bxe6+ Qxe6 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Rxe6 Rxe6 35. h4 Be4 36.
Qh6+ Kf7 37. f3 Bb1 38. Qh5+ Bg6 39. Qd5 Rg8 40. g3 Rge8 41. h5 Bd3 42. g4 Kg7
43. Kf2 Re3 44. g5 (44. c4 Be2 $132) 44... Re2+ 45. Kg3 fxg5 46. Qxg5+ Kh7 47.
Qf6 R2e7 48. d5 Rg7+ 49. Kf4 Ree7 50. Qd4 Rgf7+ 51. Kg3 Be2 52. d6 Rxf3+ 53.
Kh4 Ref7 $1 (53... Re8 54. d7 Rd8 55. Qe4+) 54. Qe4+ R7f5 55. Qxe2 {Ftacnik,L}
1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-sf Russia-ch"]
[Site "Gorky"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "Fokin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Re1 b6 12. h4 $1 Bb7 13. Ng5 Bxg5 14. Bxg5
Qd5 15. Qg4 f5 16. Qg3 Na5 $6 (16... Kh8 $22 17. h5 h6 $14) 17. Re5 Qd7 18.
Rae1 Bd5 19. h5 $1 Nc4 20. R5e2 Nd6 21. h6 Rf7 22. Bf4 Ne4 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24.
Be5 g6 25. c4 Bxc4 (25... Bb7 $16) 26. Rxe4 Bxa2 27. Rg4 Bd5 28. Rc1 Bc6 (28...
Rc8 29. Rxg6+ hxg6 30. Qxg6+ Kf8 31. Bd6+ $1 Qxd6 32. Rxc8+ Ke7 33. h7 $18) 29.
d5 $1 Qxd5 (29... Bxd5 30. Rc7 Qe8 31. Rxg6+ $18) (29... exd5 30. Rxg6+ hxg6
31. Qxg6+ Kf8 32. Bd6+ $18) 30. Bb2 Rc8 31. Rxg6+ hxg6 32. Qxg6+ Kf8 33. Ba3+
Ke8 34. Qg8+ Kd7 35. Qxf7+ Kd8 36. Qe7# {Ftacnik} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Key West"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1994.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 (3... cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+) 4. d4 cxd5 5. Nc3
e6 6. Nf3 Be7 (6... Bb4) 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. a3
Bd7 (11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13. h4 Bb7 (13... Bxh4 14. Nxh4 Qxh4 15. Re3 f5 16.
Qe2 $44 {Vaiser-Meduna,E/Sochi/1983/}) 14. Ng5 g6 15. Qg4 h5 16. Qg3 Ne7 17.
Bf4 $14 {Ribli,Z-Gheorghiu,F/Warsaw zt/1979/}) 12. Bc2 Rc8 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Qd3
g6 15. Bd2 (15. Bh6 Re8 16. Rad1 Bf8 $13) 15... Qb6 16. b4 $1 Rfd8 (16... a5
17. Nc5 $1) 17. Bb3 Be8 18. Rac1 a6 $2 (18... a5 19. b5 Na7 20. a4 Rxc1 21.
Rxc1 Nc8 $14) 19. h4 Na7 $2 (19... a5) 20. Nc5 Nc6 21. h5 Qa7 $2 (21... Kg7 $1
$16) 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 24. Rxe6 Bf7 (24... Kg7 25. Bxd5 $1 Rxd5
26. Qe4 Rd7 (26... Rcd8 27. Rcxc6 $1 $18) 27. d5 $18) 25. Rxg6+ Kf8 (25... Bxg6
26. Qxg6+ Kh8 27. Qh5+ $18) 26. Rh6 Ke8 27. Re1 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup 18th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Black "Jelling, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Baburin} c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5
Nxd5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Qd6 11. a3 Rd8 12. Ne4 (12. Qc2 h6 13. Nxd5
(13. Bh7+ Kh8 14. Be4 Nf6 15. Nb5 Qb8 16. g3 Bd6 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Bf4 Qe7 19.
Bxc6 bxc6 20. Ne5 Bb7 21. Qc5 Qe8 22. Nc4 Rd5 23. Nd6 Qd7 24. Qb4 Ba6 25. Be5 {
Delchev,A-Kallai,G/Budapest FS08 GM (03)/1995/1/2-1/2 (65)}) (13. Be3 Nxe3 $5 (
13... Bd7 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Ne5 $1 {/\ f4} Rac8 $2 16. Bh7+ Kf8 17. Nxd7+ Qxd7
18. Bf5 Nxd4 19. Qxc8 $18)) 13... Qxd5 (13... exd5 $5 {/\ Be6}) 14. Be3 (14.
Be4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Qxd4 16. Be3 Qf6 17. Rad1 Bd6 18. Bc5 e5 19. Bxd6 Rxd6 20.
Qc7 Rd4 21. Rxd4 exd4 22. Bd3 Bf5 23. Qxb7 Rd8 24. Qf3 Bxd3 {1/2-1/2 Sorensen,
J-Jelling,E/Copenhagen Sommerskak (06)/1993}) 14... Bd7 (14... Qd6 15. Rad1 Bf6
16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 Ne7 18. Ne5 Kg8 19. Bf4 Qa6 20. Bd3 b5 21. Qe2 Bb7 22.
Bxb5 Qd6 23. Qh5 {Berg,K-Oei,H/Groningen op (01)/1994/1-0 (55)}) 15. Bh7+ Kh8
16. Be4 Qh5 17. Ne5 (17. Rad1 Rac8 18. Qe2 Be8 19. b4 a6 20. h3 Kg8 21. Bb1 Bf8
22. Be4 b5 23. Qf1 f5 (23... f6 $5) 24. Bb1 Bd6 25. Ba2 Bf7 26. Bc1 Qg6 {
Mortensen,E-Larsen,B (04)/Aaland m/1989/1-0 (53)}) 17... Nxe5 18. dxe5 Rac8 19.
Qe2 Qxe2 20. Rxe2 Bc6 21. Bxa7 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Rd2 23. b4 Ra8 24. Be3 Rxa3 25.
Rc1 {Spassky,B-Kortschnoj,V (09)/Kiev cf/1968/1/2-1/2 (53)}) (12. Ne5 Nxe5 13.
dxe5 Qd7 (13... Qb6 14. Nxd5 Rxd5 15. Qe2 Bd7 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18.
Rad1 Bc6 19. b4 Rd5 20. Be4 Rxd1 {1/2-1/2 Hendriks,W-Oei,H/NLD-sf (06)/1994/})
14. Qc2 Nxc3 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. bxc3 g6 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Qxg6 Qd3 19. Qh5+ Qh7
20. Bh6 Bd7 21. Re3 Bf8 22. Rh3 Bxh6 23. Qxh6 Qxh6 24. Rxh6+ Kg7 25. Rf6 Rac8 {
0-1 Huenerkopf,H-Ostenstad,B/Gausdal Int/1988/ (34)}) (12. Bc2 Nf6 13. Be3 e5
14. Nb5 Qd7 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxa7 $2 (16. Qxd7 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Bxd7 18. Nxa7 $6
Nd5 19. Bd4 Bf6 20. Rad1 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Nf6 $19) 16... Qc7 17. Qe2 Nxf3+ 18.
gxf3 Bd7 19. Rac1 Qa5 20. Bd3 Qh5 21. Rc4 Bd6 22. h4 Re8 23. Qd2 Bb8 $19 {
0-1 Brunner,L-Bouaziz,S/WchT Luzern/1989/ (25)}) (12. Bb1 Nf6 13. Be3 b6 14.
Qc2 Bb7 15. h3 Rac8 16. Ba2 Nd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Qd2 Re8 19. Bf4 Qd8 20. Re3
Na5 21. Rae1 f6 22. Qe2 Kf7 23. Nh4 g6 24. Qg4 Nc4 25. Qe6+ Kg7 26. Nf5+ gxf5
27. Rg3+ {1-0 Hector,J-Jelling,E/Copenhagen op (04)/1995/}) 12... Qc7 13. g3 (
13. Bb1 Nf4 14. h4 h6 15. Ng3 Bf6 16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. Nh5 Qd6 18. Qd3 Nxd4 19.
Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Qh7+ Kf8 21. Qxh6+ Ke7 22. Be4 Nxf3+ 23. Bxf3 Bd7 24. Rad1 Qb6
25. b4 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 Ghinda,M-Taylor,G/Novi Sad olm (13)/1990/ (43)}) (13. Bg5
Bxg5 14. Nexg5 h6 15. Ne4 Nf4 16. g3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 e5 18. d5 f5 19. Nc3 e4 20.
Qc4 Qf7 21. Qc5 Qe7 22. Qxe7 Nxe7 23. Rad1 Ng6 24. Nd4 {Grabics,M-Nemeth,M/
HUN-chW (02)/1992/1-0 (50)}) 13... Bd7 (13... b6 14. Bb1 Ba6 $5) 14. Bb1 Be8
15. Qd3 g6 (15... Rac8 16. Nc3 g6 17. Ba2) 16. Ba2 Qb6 (16... Rac8 17. Bg5 $1
$14) 17. b4 {Not so much an attack itself, white hopes to control the c5
square.} a5 18. b5 Na7 19. a4 Nb4 (19... Rac8 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Nc3 Rxc3 22.
Qxc3 Bb4 23. Qe3 Bxe1 24. Qxe1 $14) 20. Qd2 Nxa2 21. Rxa2 Rd5 $2 {White have
just lost an important attacking piece, but black is too lenient on him. The
attacker can be quite unpleasant, if he manages to generate attack from the h6
square.} (21... Bb4 $2 22. Nf6+ Kg7 (22... Kf8 23. Qh6+ Ke7 24. Bg5 $18) 23.
Qh6+ Kxf6 24. Bg5+ Kf5 25. Qh3#) (21... f5 $5 22. Nc3 Rac8) 22. Ba3 $1 {
Baburin: By exchanging the dark squared bishops White weakens the complex of
the dark squares around the Black's monarch and starts a dangerous attack on
the right flank. In the meantime the black pieces such as the knight on a7 &
the bishop on e8 are very passive and do not help in defence.} Qd8 (22... Bxa3
23. Nf6+ Kg7 24. Nxd5 Qd6 25. Re3 $18) 23. Qh6 $1 Bxa3 (23... Bd7 24. Bxe7 Qxe7
25. Nfg5 f5 (25... f6 26. Nxh7) 26. Nxh7 $1 fxe4 27. Qxg6+ Qg7 28. Nf6+ Kf8 29.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. Nxd5 exd5 31. Rc2 $16) (23... f6 $2 24. Nxf6+ $1 Bxf6 25. Qf8#)
(23... Rh5 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. Qf8#) 24. Neg5 $1 Bb4 $6 (24... Qd6 25. Qxh7+ $1 {
Baburin} (25. Rae2 $1 Rc8 (25... Rf5 26. Qxh7+ Kf8 27. Rxe6 fxe6 28. Rxe6 $18)
(25... Rxg5 26. Nxg5 Rc8 (26... Qxd4 27. Qxh7+ Kf8 28. Rxe6 Qg7 (28... Rd8 29.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Qxf7#) 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Rxe8+ Kxe8 31. Qxg7 $18) 27. Rxe6 fxe6
28. Qxh7+ Kf8 29. Nxe6+ Qxe6 30. Rxe6 $18) 26. Rxe6 fxe6 27. Qxh7+ Kf8 28. Rxe6
Rxg5 29. Qh8+ Kf7 30. Nxg5#) 25... Kf8 26. Rxa3 Rxg5 27. Nxg5 Qxa3 28. Rxe6 $18
) 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 (26... Rxg5 27. Qh8#) 27. Nxe6# 1-0

[Event "WchT 2nd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Brunner, Lucas"]
[Black "Bouaziz, Slim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1989.10.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Africa"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Qd6 11. a3 Rd8 12. Bc2 (12. Qc2 h6 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14.
Be3) 12... Nf6 13. Be3 e5 14. Nb5 (14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Qf3 $10)
14... Qd7 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxa7 $2 (16. Qxd7 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Bxd7 18. Nxa7 $6 (
18. Nc3 $10) 18... Nd5 19. Bd4 Bf6 20. Rad1 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Nf6 $19) 16... Qc7
17. Qe2 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Bd7 19. Rac1 (19. Bd3 Nd5 $40) 19... Qa5 20. Bd3 Qh5 21.
Rc4 (21. Nb5 Bxb5 22. Bxb5 Bd6 $40) 21... Bd6 22. h4 Re8 23. Qd2 Bb8 $19 24.
Rc5 Qxf3 25. Be2 Qh3 {Ftacnik} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Nf6 11. a3 b6 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Bc2 {White was
especially careful not to retreat with the bishop before Black had already
played Bb7. Otherwise he might come up with the Ba6 idea.} Re8 14. Qd3 g6 15.
Rad1 Nd5 16. Bh6 Rc8 {This whole line is reaching the status of some sort of
opening ritual; it has been tested many times. Despite that, new players are
trying to discover the truth about the position in fresh games.} (16... Nxc3
17. bxc3 (17. Qxc3 Bf6 18. Be4 Rc8 19. Qe3 Na5 20. Ne5 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Nc4 {
1/2 (21) Polgar,J (2656)-Galkin,A (2587) Hoogeveen 2000}) 17... Qd5 (17... Bxa3
18. Ng5 Be7 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. Rxe6 Bf6 21. Rxe8 Kxe8 22. Qc4 Qd6 23. Ba4 Kd8
$11 {1/2 (37) Potkin,V (2540)-Galkin,A (2602) Sochi 2004}) 18. c4 Qh5 19. Bf4 (
19. Bc1 Bf6 20. Qe3 Kg7 21. Be4 Rab8 22. Bb2 Na5 $11 {1/2 (29) Yemelin,V (2516)
-Galkin,A (2600) Tomsk 2006}) 19... Na5 20. Re5 Qg4 21. Bg3 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Qh3 {
1/2 (22) Potkin,V (2593)-Galkin,A (2590) Sochi 2007}) 17. Ba4 a6 (17... Nxc3
18. bxc3 Bxa3 19. Ng5 (19. c4 Bf8 $13 20. Qe3 Qe7 21. d5 exd5 22. cxd5 Qxe3 23.
Bxe3 Ne5 24. Bxe8 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Rxe8 26. d6 $16 {1-0 (65) Maiwald,J (2490)
-Zhuravliov,V (2455) Germany 1994}) 19... Be7 20. Qg3 Qd5 21. Rb1 Qa5 22. Bb3
Nd8 $11 {1-0 (55) Kornev,A (2567)-Virovlansky,S (2445) Voronezh 2007}) (17...
Bf8) 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 $6 {For better or worse I am entitled to have my own
opinion about the problems Black will be facing. In my understanding Black has
to accept a safe equality after the "symmetrical" recapture 18...exd5!?} (18...
exd5 $5 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Qd2 Bc8 21. Qf4 Rf6 22. Qe5 Be6 23. Qe2 Bg4 24. Rd3
$11 {1/2 (24) Kovacevic,A (2559)-Golubovic,B (2424) Neum 2004}) 19. Qe3 Bf6 (
19... Rcd8 20. Bb3 Qh5 21. d5 exd5 22. Qxb6 Qxh6 23. Qxb7 Na5 24. Qb6 Nxb3 25.
Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Qxd8+ Qf8 27. Qxd5 $16 {0-1 (43) Utemov,V (2400)-Lastin,A (2495)
Moscow 1996}) 20. Bb3 Qd8 (20... Qd7 21. d5 $1 exd5 22. Qxb6 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1
Bxb2 24. Bxd5 Bg7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 {1/2 (42) Beliavsky,A (2585)-Karpov,A (2705)
Moscow 1986} 26. Qb2+ $14) (20... Qh5 $2 21. d5 Nd8 22. d6 Rc5 23. d7 Re7 24.
Qf4 $16 {1-0 (29) Smyslov,V (2620)-Karpov,A (2540) Leningrad 1971}) 21. Ne5 (
21. Qf4 Na5 22. d5 e5 23. Qe3 Nxb3 24. Qxb3 e4 25. d6 Re6 26. d7 Rc5 $11 {
1-0 (48) Malinin,Y (2324)-Eliseev,A (2361) St Petersburg 1999}) 21... Qe7 $2 {
The defender is still paying for his illogical queen recapture on the 18th
move.} (21... Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qc7 23. Rc1 Qb8 (23... Ba8 24. Qf4 Qe7 25. Rcd1 $16
) 24. Qxb6 $16 {1-0 (28) Adams,M (2742)-Doettling,F (2540) France 2002}) (21...
Na5 22. Nxf7 Qe7 23. Ne5 Nxb3 24. Qxb3 Bg5 25. Bxg5 Qxg5 26. f3 Bd5 27. Qd3 $16
) 22. Ng4 $1 Na5 (22... Nd8 23. d5 Bh8 24. Bg5 Qc5 25. Qf4 $18) (22... Bg7 23.
Bxg7 Kxg7 24. d5 Na5 25. Qh6+ Kh8 26. d6 Qd8 27. d7 $18) 23. Ba2 $6 {The
situation was ripe for the decision, but White needed to play with a lot of
flair. The attack with the help of a sacrifice on e6 is very instructive for
similar positions.} (23. Qf4 $1 Bh8 (23... Bg7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26.
Qe5+ $18) 24. Bxe6 $3 fxe6 25. Bg5 Rf8 26. Nh6+ Kg7 27. Qe5+ Rf6 28. Ng4 Kf7
29. d5 $1 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 Nc6 31. Qd6 $18) 23... Nc4 24. Qf4 Bg7 (24... Bh8 25.
Bxc4 Rxc4 26. Bg5 Qd7 27. Bf6 $18) 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. d5 g5 {Given the chance
the very strong player Jobava will not go down without kicking and screaming
loudly. The advance of the kingside pawns is not strictly desirable, but it
certainly challenges his opponent.} (26... h5 27. dxe6 hxg4 28. Bxc4 $16) 27.
Qg3 h5 28. Bxc4 {Once we know about the obvious improvement 28.Qc3+! the blow
on the dark squares seems like the most natural solution.} (28. Qc3+ $1 e5 29.
Bxc4 hxg4 30. d6 Qd7 31. Rxe5 $18) 28... Rxc4 (28... hxg4 29. d6 Qd7 30. Qxg4
$18) 29. Ne5 $6 {Kobalia is getting confused, as usually the advanced post for
the active piece should be more desirable. Unfortunately for him the modest
retreat 29.Ne3! proves to have been the right solution.} (29. d6 Rxg4 30. Qxg4
hxg4 31. dxe7 Bd5 $14) (29. Ne3 $1 Re4 30. f3 h4 31. Qf2 Re5 32. d6 $16) 29...
exd5 30. Nf3 Rd4 (30... Re4 31. Rxe4 Qxe4 32. Qxg5+ Qg6 33. Qd2 $14) 31. Rc1 (
31. Ra1 Re4 32. Rxe4 dxe4 33. Nxg5 h4 34. Qxh4 Kg6 35. f4 exf3 36. Nxf3 Qxh4
37. Nxh4+ Kg5 38. g3 Re2 $11) 31... Rc4 (31... Re4 32. Rxe4 Qxe4 (32... dxe4
33. Nxg5 h4 34. Qxh4 Kg6 35. Rc3 $14) 33. Qxg5+ Qg6 34. Qd2 $14) 32. h4 Rxc1 $6
{[%mdl 256] Difficult defence has worn down many good players. Jobava is
performing a strange dance with the exchange of the active rook.} (32... Qf6
33. Nxg5 (33. hxg5 Qxb2 $11) 33... Bc6 34. Red1 $14) 33. Rxc1 Rc8 $2 (33... Qf6
34. Rc7 Re7 35. Nxg5 Rxc7 36. Qxc7 $16) 34. Re1 Qf6 35. hxg5 Qf5 (35... Qxb2
36. g6 $18) 36. Re7 {White could have only have dreamed about finding such a
mighty spot for any of his rooks just a few moves ago.} (36. Nh4 Qd7 37. Qe5+
Kh7 38. Qf6 Rc6 39. g6+ Kg8 40. gxf7+ Qxf7 41. Qg5+ Kf8 42. Qd8+ Kg7 43. Re7
$18) 36... Rc1+ 37. Kh2 Bc8 38. g6 Qg4 (38... Qxg6 39. Rxf7+ Kxf7 40. Ne5+ $18)
39. Rxf7+ Kh6 40. Qe5 {The final picture is more painful than a Greek tragedy
as the active black pieces are actually helpless.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. f"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "1998.01.06"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1998.01.02"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. h4 Nf5 (12... Bd7 13. Qd3 h6 (
13... g6 14. Bh6 Re8 (14... Bg7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18.
Re5 Bg4 19. g3 f6 20. Ree1 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Qd7 {1/2-1/2 Obodchuk,A-Acs,P/
Budapest FS11 IM-B 1994 (43)}) 15. h5 Bc6 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Rad1 Rc8 18. Ne5
Nxc3 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. bxc3 Qa5 21. Bd2 c5 22. c4 Qxa2 23. d5 exd5 24. cxd5 c4
25. Qf3 {1-0 Kosic,D-Cela,A/Balkaniad 1989 (33)}) 14. Ng5 $5 (14. a3 Bc6 15.
Ne2 Nb6 16. Ng3 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Qd5 18. Qg4 Kh7 19. Ne4 Nd7 20. Bg5 Nf5 21. Bxf6
Nxf6 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Rac1 Rg8 24. Qe4 Qxe4 25. Rxe4 Rac8 {1/2-1/2
Chiburdanidze,M-Ioseliani,N/WchW 1988 (39)}) 14... g6 (14... Ng6 $2 15. Nxf7 $1
) (14... Bc6 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Bg8 g6 17. Nxf7+) (14... hxg5 15. hxg5 Bc6 16.
Bh7+ Kh8 17. Qh3 $18) 15. Nf3 Bg7 16. h5 $5 g5 (16... gxh5 17. Ne5 $16 {
/\ 18.Qg3, 18.Qh3}) 17. Nxg5 $3 hxg5 18. Bxg5 $40 f6 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. h6 fxg5
$2 {(+)} (20... Nxc3 21. Bd2 Ncd5 22. hxg7+ Kxg7 $13 {/\} 23. Qh3 Rh8 24. Qh6+
Kf7 25. Qh5+ $11) 21. hxg7+ Kxg7 22. Nxd5 exd5 (22... Nxd5 23. Qg6+ Kh8 24. Qh6
$18) 23. Re5 $1 $18 {1-0 Dzhandzhava,L-Kalegin,E/Batumi 1991 (30)}) (12... b6
13. Bg5 Bxg5 14. hxg5 Bb7 15. Qd3 Nb4 16. Qb1 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Rc8 18. a3 Nbd5 19.
Ne2 a5 20. g3 Nf5 21. Kg2 Qc7 22. Rac1 Qb7 23. Nc3 Rfd8 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxc8+
Qxc8 {1-0 Trofimova,O-Kononenko,T/EU-chJW U20 1995 (36)}) 13. Qd3 (13. Bxf5
exf5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 h6 17. Nf3 $11) 13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 h6
(14... Nxh4 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Nxh4 Bxh4 17. Be4 $14) 15. h5 (15. g3 Nd6 16. Ba3
Nxe4 17. Qxe4 (17. Bxf8 Nxf2 18. Kxf2 Qxf8 $13) 17... Re8 18. c4 Qc7 $11) (15.
Bxf5 exf5 16. Ba3 Re8 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Re1 Qd8 19. c4 $11) 15... Nd6 16. Ne5
(16. Ba3 $5) 16... Nxe4 (16... Bxe5 $5 17. Bh7+ $1 Kh8 18. dxe5 Nf5 19. Bxf5
exf5 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Be3 $15) 17. Qxe4 Bxe5 18. dxe5 (18. Qxe5 Qd5 (18... b6
$11) 19. Qxd5 exd5 20. Ba3 Rd8 $11) 18... f5 $1 19. Qe2 $6 {After this move
only black can hope to create some problems.} (19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Be3 Rf5 21.
Rad1 $13) (19. Qf3 $5) 19... Bd7 20. Rd1 Bb5 $1 21. Qf3 (21. Rxd8 Bxe2 22. Rd7
Rf7 23. Rd6 Bxh5 24. Rxe6 Rc7 $15) 21... Qe8 22. Bf4 (22. Qxb7 Bc6 23. Qa6 (23.
Qc7 Rc8 24. Qd6 Rf7 $1 (24... Bd5 25. Rxd5 $5 exd5 26. Qxd5+ Kh8 27. Ba3 Rg8
28. Bb4 Qxh5 29. Re1 $15) 25. Qb4 Rfc7 26. Qh4 Bb5 $17) 23... Bb5 (23... Qxh5
24. Bxh6 $1) 24. Qb7 (24. Qa5 Qxh5 25. Ba3 Bc6 26. Bxf8 Qg5 27. g3 Qh5 28. Kf1
Bf3 29. Ke1 Bxd1 30. Rxd1 Rxf8 $15) 24... Bc6 $11) 22... Rc8 23. Rd4 Rc4 24.
Rad1 (24. Qxb7 $5 Rxc3 25. Rb1 a6 26. a4 Bc6 27. Qb2 $11) 24... Qf7 25. Rxc4 (
25. Rd8 Be8 $1 26. R1d4 Rxd4 27. cxd4 Qxh5 28. Qxb7 Qd1+ 29. Kh2 Qg4 $17) 25...
Bxc4 26. a3 {The middlegame is not encouraging, pawns a3, c3, e5 and h5 are
potentially very weak.} Rc8 27. Rd4 Kh7 (27... Bd5 28. Qh3 Qc7 29. Rd3 $15) 28.
Bd2 Bd5 29. Qh3 b5 30. a4 (30. Qh4 Rc5 31. a4 (31. f3 a5 $17) 31... Be4 32.
axb5 Rxb5 $17) 30... bxa4 31. Rxa4 Rc4 32. Rxc4 (32. Rb4 a5 33. Rxc4 Bxc4 34.
Qh4 Bb3 $17) (32. Ra3 Qb7 $1 33. Qd3 Rh4 $17) 32... Bxc4 33. Qh4 Bb5 34. c4 (
34. Qb4 Qxh5 35. Qxb5 Qd1+ 36. Kh2 Qxd2 $17) 34... Be8 35. c5 $2 {Anand plays
this endgame without his usual esprit, the situation was not so critical yet.}
(35. Qd8 $1 Qxh5 36. Be3 Qg6 (36... Qf7 37. Qa8 $11) (36... Bc6 37. Qd6 $11)
37. Qa8 a5 38. c5 a4 39. c6 f4 40. c7 Qb1+ 41. Kh2 Bd7 42. Bc5 (42. Bxf4 Qf5
43. Bg3 Qh5+ 44. Kg1 Qd1+ $11) 42... Qg6 43. Kg1 Qb1+ 44. Kh2 $11) 35... Qd7
36. Bc3 Qd3 37. Qd4 (37. Bd4 a5 $17) (37. Bb4 Qd5 $17) 37... Qxd4 38. Bxd4 a5
39. c6 $2 (39. f3 $5 Bxh5 40. c6 Be8 41. c7 Bd7 42. Kf2 a4 43. Bc5 f4 $17) (39.
f4 a4 40. Bb2 Bxh5 41. c6 Be8 42. c7 Bd7 43. Kf2 Kg6 44. Ba3 Bc8 45. Ke3 Kf7
46. Kd4 $15) 39... Bxc6 40. f3 f4 $1 (40... Be8 41. g4 $15) 41. Bb2 (41. Bc3 $2
a4 42. Bd2 a3 $19) 41... Be8 42. Bc1 a4 43. Bxf4 a3 44. Be3 Bxh5 {White must
have misjudged the consequences of this endgame. The assymetry of the pawns
plays in the hands of the side with a spare pawn.} 45. Kf2 (45. g4 a2 46. Bd4
Be8 47. f4 g6 48. Kf2 h5 49. Kg3 Ba4 50. Kh4 Kh6 51. Bc3 Bd1 52. gxh5 gxh5 $19)
45... Be8 46. Bd4 Bc6 47. Bc3 a2 48. g3 h5 49. g4 (49. Kg2 g5 50. Kf2 Kg6 51.
Ke3 h4 52. Kf2 h3 $19) (49. f4 Kg6 50. Ke3 Kf5 51. Bb2 Kg4 52. Kf2 h4 53. gxh4
Kxf4 $19) 49... h4 (49... h4 50. f4 g5 $1 51. f5 (51. fxg5 Kg6 52. Ba1 Kxg5 $19
) 51... exf5 52. gxf5 g4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Interpolis-01"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1977.09.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1977.09.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d4 e6 (
7... Bg4 8. Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 (9... Nb6 10. d5 (10. Be3 e6 11. Rg1 (11. O-O-O
Be7 12. Rg1 O-O 13. Kb1 Bf6 14. Ne4 Kh8 $13 15. Nxf6 Qxf6 16. Bg5 Qf5+ 17. Bd3
Qxf3 18. Rg3 Qd5 19. Qa3 f5 20. Bc2 {Losev,D-Maliutin,E/Moscow-C/1989/0-1 (28)}
) 11... Bb4 12. O-O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 g6 14. d5 Nxd5 15. c4 Rc8 16. Qb2 O-O 17.
Bh6 Qf6 18. cxd5 Nb4+ 19. Kb1 Qxb2+ 20. Kxb2 $18 {Jansa,V-Kraut,R/BRD/1988/1-0
(32)}) 10... Nd4 11. Qd1 e5 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Be3 Bc5 14. b4 Qf6 15. bxc5 Nxf3+
16. Ke2 O-O 17. cxb6 Rad8 18. Qc1 Qf5 $40 {Hermlin,A-Pishkin/corr/1976/0-1 (28)
}) 10. Qxb7 Nxd4 11. Bb5+ Nxb5 12. Qc6+ Ke7 13. Qxb5 Nxc3 (13... Qd7 14. Nxd5+
Qxd5 15. Qxd5 exd5 16. O-O Ke6 17. Re1+ Kf5 18. Rd1 Rd8 19. Be3 Rd7 20. Rac1
$14 {Howell,J-Schlosser,M/Groningen EU-ChJ (6)/1986/0.5 (82)}) 14. bxc3 f6 15.
Ba3+ Kf7 16. Rd1 Qc8 17. Rd7+ Kg8 18. Bxf8 Qxc3+ 19. Ke2 Rxf8 20. Rhd1 $44 {
Christiansen,L-Shamkovich,L/USA-ch (02)/1981/0.5 (41)}) (7... g6 8. Qb3 e6 9.
Bg5 Qa5 10. Bc4 Nxc3 11. Bd2 Qb4 12. bxc3 Qxb3 13. axb3 Bd7 14. O-O Bg7 15. d5
exd5 16. Rfe1+ Be6 17. Bxd5 Nd8 18. Ng5 O-O 19. Nxe6 Nxe6 20. Ra2 {
Gerhold-Ploner,F/OST-BL 89/90/1990/0.5 (21)}) (7... Bf5 8. Bb5 e6 9. Ne5 Rc8
10. Qh5 Qf6 11. Bg5 Bg6 12. Qh4 Qf5 13. Bd3 {Kuzmin,A-Lazic,Ma/Budapest
Spring-op/1989/1-0 (13)}) (7... a6 8. Bc4 Be6 9. Bb3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxb3 11.
axb3 e6 12. O-O Be7 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Rd1 Bf6 15. Be3 Ne7 16. c4 Nf5 17. Rd3 Qb6
$10 {Winants,L-Speelman,J/Antwerpen (08)/1993/0.5 (38)}) 8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O
10. Re1 Nf6 11. a3 b6 12. Bc2 (12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Bc2 $5) 12... Ba6 $1 {xd3} 13.
Bg5 Rc8 14. Rc1 Nd5 15. Ne4 (15. Nxd5 $2 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 $17) 15... Bxg5 16.
Nfxg5 (16. Nexg5 h6 17. Ne4) 16... h6 17. Nf3 (17. Qh5 $2 Nxd4) 17... Qe7 18.
Nc3 (18. Ba4 Bb7 19. b4 Rfd8 {xd4}) 18... Nxc3 (18... Rfd8 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 20.
Be4 Rd6 21. Qa4 Bb7 22. d5 $1) 19. bxc3 Rfd8 20. a4 Bc4 21. Re3 Bd5 22. Qd3 g6
23. Rce1 Qf6 24. Qd2 $13 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Kladovo"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dizdar, Goran"]
[Black "Laketic, Gojko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 cxd4 5. exd4 d5 6. Nc3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Nf6 11. a3 b6 12. Bc2 Ba6 13. b4 (13. Bg5 Rc8 14.
Qd2 Bc4 15. Rad1 Nd5 16. Ne4 Bxg5 $6 17. Nexg5 Nf6 18. Nxh7 $1 Nxh7 19. Bxh7+
Kxh7 20. Qc2+ $18 {Gobet,F-Campora,D/Bern/1988/ -> CBM 08}) 13... Bc4 (13...
Rc8 14. Bb2 Nd5 $2 15. b5 $1 Nxc3 16. Qd3 $1 g6 17. Bxc3 Qc7 18. bxa6 Na5 19.
Bxa5 {Anand,V-Adams,M/London/1987/}) 14. b5 Na5 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Re3 (16. Bg5 g6
17. Qf3 Bd5 $13 {Franco,Z-Short,N/Arnhem-Amsterdam/1983/}) 16... Bd6 {N} (16...
g6 17. Rh3 Bd5 {Buturin-Savon/Lvov/1981/} 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Qd2 {/\ Qf4+/- Savon}
) 17. Rh3 Bxe5 $2 18. dxe5 Qxd1+ 19. Nxd1 Bxb5 (19... Nd5 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 $16)
20. Nc3 Rxc3 $8 21. Rxc3 Nd5 22. Rh3 h6 23. Bd2 Nc4 24. Bd3 a6 25. a4 Nxd2 26.
axb5 axb5 27. Bxb5 Ne4 28. Rha3 Nec3 29. Bc6 b5 30. Ra8 b4 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32.
Ra8+ {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.10.03"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Ostenstad, Berge"]
[Black "Scekic, Milos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Asker"]
[BlackTeam "Glasinac"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 {Another 2 moves that were
met in this position and deserve attention are: 5.Bb5 and 5.Qa4} (5. Bb5+) (5.
Qa4+) 5... Nxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. d4 Be7 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nf6 11. a3 {
White restricts black's knightand prepare Bc2 and Qd3 - a common plan in this
type of positions. That's how white forces weakening of the black king} b6 12.
Bg5 Bb7 13. Bc2 Nd5 {13...Rc8 deserves attention. As the practice shows black
has a fine counterplay in this case} (13... Rc8 14. Qd3 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Rad1
Qc7 $5 (16... Nd5 17. h4 $5 (17. Ne4 $2 Ncb4 $1 $17) 17... Nxc3 18. bxc3 Na5 (
18... Bxa3 $2 19. h5 Ne7 20. Ng5 Nf5 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Qh3 Be7 23. Nxe6 fxe6
24. Qg4 $1 Kh7 25. Rxe6 $18) (18... Bxh4 $2 19. d5 $1 Na5 20. Ba4 $16) 19. Ba4
Bc6 20. Bxc6 Nxc6 (20... Rxc6 $6 21. Ne5 Rc8 22. h5 Bf8 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Qh3
$40 Nc4 $140 $2 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. Nxc4 Rxc4 27. Rxe6 $1 $16) 21. c4 $36 {
1-0 Magomedov,M-Yegiazarian,A/Erevan olm 1996 (59) xf6/ (24)}) (16... Bf8 17.
Bg5 Be7 18. Ba4 (18. Bh6 Bf8 $10) 18... a6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. d5 $36 {1-0
Tarjan,J-Browne,W/USA-ch 1977 (49)}) 17. Nb5 Qd8 18. Qe2 Bf8 19. Bg5 Be7 20.
Bb3 Nd5 21. Bc1 a6 22. Bxd5 exd5 (22... axb5 23. Be4 $14) 23. Nc3 Na5 (23...
Qd7 $11) 24. Ne5 f6 25. Ng4 Qd6 26. Qf3 $14 {1-0 Martin Gonzalez,A-Busom Isach,
C/Terrassa op 1994 (29)}) 14. Qd3 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Ba4 $5 {[%cal Ra4e8]
Typical move. The bishop is transfered to a4-e8 diagonal, making an unpleasent
rentgen for black} Nxc3 $5 {Black simplifies the position, giving up the
tension in the centre. Black's main task now is to cope with the advance of
the white pawns in the centre.} (16... Rc8 17. Rad1 a6 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Qe3
Bf6 20. Bb3 Qd8 21. Ne5 $36 {1-0 Adams,M-Doettling,F/France 2002/CBM 88 ext 
(28)}) (16... a6 $5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Qe3 Bf6 19. Rad1 Re7 20. Bb3 Qb5 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Kobalija,M-Galkin,A/Kolontaevo 1997/EXT 99 (48)}) 17. bxc3 Qd6 $5 $146
{[%mdl 8] A good novelty. Black makes difficult for white to advance c3-c4.} (
17... Bf6 18. Rad1 Qd5 19. c4 Qh5 20. Qe3 $36 {0-1 Dolmatov,S-Burmakin,V/
Novgorod 1999/CBM 69 ext (49)}) (17... Rc8 18. c4 Bf6 19. Rad1 Qd6 20. Ne5 (20.
Qe3 $5) 20... Nxe5 21. dxe5 Qxd3 22. Rxd3 Red8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Rd1 $36 {
1/2-1/2 Ibragimov,I-Anastasian,A/Podolsk 1990/TD (41)}) 18. h4 {White tries to
weaken black's king.} (18. Qe3 Red8) (18. c4 Red8) 18... Rec8 {Freeing the
knight} 19. h5 Bf6 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Ng5 {[%cal Re1e6,Yg5e4,Yg5e6] An attempt
to solve the game in his favour with the aid of tactics. 22.Re6 is threatened.}
Ne7 $5 {[%cal Re7g6,Re7f5] The knight is transfered to the defence of the
kingside.} 22. Bb3 (22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Qd5) 22... Nf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] A big
mistake. Black probably missed white's next tactical blow. After the normal 22.
..Bd5 white only has a minimal advantage.} (22... Bd5 $5 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4
$14) 23. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 24. Bxe6+ Qxe6 (24... Kh8 25. Nf7+ $18) 25. Nxe6 $18 Rc6
26. g4 $1 {White acts very energatically} Rxe6 27. gxf5 Be4 28. Qc4 Bxf5 29.
Re1 Rae8 30. Bf4 Kh7 31. Be5 $5 {White wishes to exchange his bishop and his
rook, in order to realize his material advantage in the endgame.} (31. Rxe6
Rxe6 32. Be5) 31... g5 32. Re3 Bd8 (32... Kg6 33. Bxf6 (33. Qd5) 33... Rxe3 34.
fxe3 Kxf6 35. Kf2 $18) 33. Qd5 {Threatening 34.Qd7} Kg6 34. Rf3 g4 35. Rxf5
Kxf5 36. Bc7+ 1-0

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2004.01.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Hultin, Johan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.01.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4]} 1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 {
Black's other option in this position is 6...Bb4} 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3 O-O 9.
O-O Nc6 10. Re1 {A typical position with an isolated pawn came up. Usually
white tries to develop pressure on the kingside, black is hoping for the
endgame, where the weakness of the d4 pawn would be important} Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7
12. Qd3 g6 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Rad1 {In this position other moves were played as
well, for example:} (14. h4 $5 Qd6 15. Ne5 Bxh4 16. g3 Bf6 17. Qf3 $44 {
1-0 Sorensen,J-Smagin,S/Copenhagen 1993/EXT 97 (27)}) (14. Ne5 Nxc3 15. bxc3
Nf5 16. Bf4 $16 {1-0 Mellado Trivino,J-Rocabert Andreu,G/St Cugat 1997/EXT
2001 (38)}) 14... Bd7 (14... b6 15. Ne5 Bb7 (15... Bg7 16. Qf3 Rf8 17. Bxg7
Kxg7 18. h4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Bukal,V-Woller,R/St Ingbert 1995/EXT 97 (34)}) 16. Ng4
Bg7 17. Qd2 Rf8 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. Rd3 $40 {1-0 Mochalov,
E-Andersson,F/Gothenburg 2001/EXT 2002 (34)}) 15. Bxd5 $5 {White prefers to
get a symetrical position (d4 against d5) with a slightly better chances
because he captures the e5 square. 15.Ne5 was also possible trying to put more
pressure} (15. Ne5 $5 Bc6 (15... Bg7 $6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qf3 f6 18. Nd3 Bc6
19. Nc5 $36 {1/2-1/2 Kroencke,M-Grahl,A/Germany 1992/EXT 97-B (41)}) 16. Qf3
Nf5 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Qxd5 Rd8 $132
{1/2-1/2 Mellado Trivino,J-Izeta Txabarri,F/Las Palmas 1996/EXT 99 (29)}) 15...
Nxd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Ne5 $14 Be6 18. h3 Rc8 19. Rd2 $5 {[%cal Rd2e2,Re2e8]
Trying to put pressure over the e-file} Re7 20. Qg3 Rec7 21. Rde2 Bh4 $6 {
It was essential to exchange the rooks by 21...Rc2} (21... Rc2 $5 22. Qb3 Rxe2
23. Rxe2 Qe7 $11) 22. Qf4 Rc2 $2 {Black misses white's beautiful combination.
It was still not too late to go back with the bishop 22...Be7} (22... Be7 $5)
23. Nxf7 $3 {[%mdl 576]} Bxf7 (23... Rxe2 24. Nxd8 Rxe1+ 25. Kh2 Be7 (25...
Rxd8 26. Qxh4 $18) 26. Qd2 Re4 27. Nxe6 Rxe6 28. Qa5 $18 {[%csl Ya5][%cal
Ra5a7,Ya5d5]}) 24. Re8+ $1 Qxe8 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Qxh4 $36 Rc6 {[%csl Rf6]
[%cal Yh4f6,Yf6g7]} 27. Bf4 $1 Rce6 28. Be5 {[%cal Yh4h6]} Rxe5 29. dxe5 Rxe5
30. Qd8+ Kg7 31. Qa5 $18 1-0

[Event "Nuremberg LGA Cup 5th"]
[Site "Nuremberg"]
[Date "2008.09.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pribyl, Josef"]
[Black "Braun, Arik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2008.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd2 Nc6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Be7 11. Re1 Bf6 12. Be3 ({Relativ selten. Meistens
wird} 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Ne5) ({oder nachhaltiger} 12. Ne4 {gespielt.}) 12...
Nxe3 13. fxe3 g6 14. a3 b6 15. Qe2 a6 $6 ({Etwas genauer erscheint} 15... Bb7
16. Rac1 ({oder} 16. Rad1 Bg7 {remis Khukhashvili-Javakhishvili, Georgien 2005}
) 16... Rc8 $11) 16. Rac1 Bb7 17. Be4 Rc8 18. Red1 Bg7 19. h4 $5 ({Um remis zu
ezwingen wäre} 19. Bd3 $11 {einfacher gewesen.}) 19... Qe7 20. h5 ({In Betacht
kommt} 20. Na4 {, um} Qd6 {mit} 21. h5 $11 {zu beantworten.}) 20... g5 $6 ({
Richtig war} 20... f5 21. Bb1 g5 {, was nach} 22. Ba2 g4 23. Ne1 Nd8 24. Qf2
Nf7 25. Nd3 Rfd8 26. Nf4 Rd6 {gleiche Chancen ergibt.}) 21. Na4 $2 ({Verpasst
die Möglichkeit durch} 21. d5 exd5 22. Bf5 Rb8 23. Nxd5 Qd8 24. Bb1 $16 {
Vorteil zu erreichen.}) 21... g4 22. Nxb6 $2 ({Zu wählen war zwischen} 22. Ne5
Nxe5 23. Bxb7 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Qxb7 25. dxe5 Qb8 $15) ({und} 22. Nh2 {, von Braun
angegeben,} f5 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 24. Rxc6 Bxc6 25. Nxb6 Rb8 26. Nc4 Qg5 27. Ne5 Bb5
28. Qe1 Qxh5 29. b3 Qg5 $15 {, jeweils mit besseren Aussichten für Schwarz.})
22... gxf3 23. Qxf3 $2 (23. Qf2 {war angebracht, wenn auch nach} Rc7 24. Qg3
Kh8 25. Bxf3 Bh6 $17 {weiß kaum Kompenstion für die Figur hat.}) 23... Nxd4 24.
exd4 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Bxd4+ 26. Kf1 Bxe4 27. Qg4+ Kh8 28. Qxe4 Qf6+ 29. Ke2 Bxb6
0-1

[Event "Enghien les Bains 3rd"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "1999.03.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "205"]
[EventDate "1999.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 (11... Qd6) 12. Qd3 {Black has two
alternatives here, 12.-, g6 or 12.-, h6, both of which I believe are better
than the text.} Ng6 $5 (12... g6) (12... h6 13. Ne5 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Nf5 15. Be3 {
has been played in several games.}) 13. Qb5 $5 $146 {An interesting idea.
White ties up the Black queenside and prevents the development of Bc8.} (13.
Bd2 b6 14. h4 Bb7 15. h5 Ngf4 16. Qb1 Qc7 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 Nxh5 19. Bxd5
exd5 20. Ne5 g6 $14 {Kamsky,G-Epishin,V/Las Palmas/1994/}) 13... Nge7 (13... a6
14. Qb3) 14. Ne5 Qd6 15. Bd2 {White quietly develops, which is difficult for
Black.} g6 16. Bh6 Bg7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rac1 Rd8 19. Qb3 Qb6 20. Qa3 Qb4 21.
Qxb4 Nxb4 22. a3 Nbc6 (22... Nbd5 23. Bxd5 $1 exd5 (23... Nxd5 $2 24. Nxd5 Rxd5
25. Rc7 $18) 24. Nb5 $16) 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Red1 Bd7 25. Na4 Be8 26. Nc5 $16 a5
27. f4 Rab8 28. Rd2 Nd5 29. g3 h6 30. h4 Rb6 31. Kf2 Kf6 32. Bf3 h5 {This
ending is very unpleasant for Black. The Be8 is bad and the pawns on a5 and c6
are much weaker than White's on b2 and d4.} 33. Be2 Rbb8 34. Ne4+ Ke7 35. Rc4
Ra8 36. Rc5 Rdb8 37. Rc1 Rb6 38. Nc5 Rab8 39. Na4 R6b7 40. Rcc2 Ra7 41. Nc5 Rd8
42. Bf3 Nc7 43. Ke3 Nb5 44. Rd3 Nd6 45. Be4 Rb8 46. Rdc3 Nb5 47. Rb3 $1 Raa8
48. a4 $1 Nd6 49. Rcc3 Kd8 50. Bd3 Bd7 51. Kd2 Rxb3 52. Rxb3 Bc8 53. Kc3 Kc7
54. Ra3 Rb8 55. Ra1 Rb4 56. Re1 Rb8 57. Re5 Rb4 58. b3 $16 {>< a5, c6, Bc8} Rb8
59. Ne4 Nxe4+ 60. Bxe4 Ra8 61. Rc5 Bd7 62. Bd3 Kd6 63. Bc4 Kc7 64. Re5 Kd6 65.
Bd3 Kc7 66. Rc5 Kd6 67. b4 $1 axb4+ 68. Kxb4 Rb8+ 69. Kc3 Ra8 70. a5 Kc7 71.
Be2 Rb8 72. Rc4 Rb1 73. Ra4 Rg1 (73... Kb8 74. Rb4+ Rxb4 75. Kxb4 $18) 74. a6
Bc8 75. a7 Bb7 76. a8=Q Bxa8 77. Rxa8 $16 Rxg3+ 78. Kc4 Kd7 79. Kc5 Rh3 80.
Ra7+ Ke8 81. f5 $1 Rxh4 (81... gxf5 82. Bxh5 $18) (81... exf5 82. Kxc6 Rxh4 83.
d5 $18) 82. fxg6 fxg6 83. Bf3 Kf8 84. Bxc6 Rf4 85. Ra1 Kf7 86. Re1 Rf5+ (86...
h4 87. Bd7 Rf6 88. Kd6 $18) 87. Kd6 Rf4 88. Be4 Kf6 (88... h4 89. Ke5 $18) 89.
Kc5 h4 90. Bc6 h3 (90... Rf5+ 91. Kd6 $18) 91. Bd7 $18 h2 92. Rxe6+ Kg5 93. Re1
Rf2 94. Bc6 Kf4 95. d5 Rc2+ 96. Kb6 Rd2 97. Kc7 g5 98. d6 g4 99. d7 Kg3 100.
d8=Q Rxd8 101. Kxd8 Kf2 102. Rh1 g3 103. Ke7 {A good positional game by
Bologan.} 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen BSF"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Hoi, Carsten"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 $5 5. Nf3 c5 6. e3 (6. e4) 6... Nc6
7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 {A very solid line.
} 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. Qd3 g6 (13... Ng6 $5 14. Bd2 Bc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Na4 Nb6
17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. Be3 Rad8 19. Red1 Qxb2 20. Rdb1 Rxd4 $1 21. Bxd4 Qxd4 22. Qc2
Qc3 $10 {Ivanchuk,V-Karpov,A/Roquebrune rapid/1992/}) (13... h6 $6 14. Qg3 Bc6
15. Ng4 h5 16. Qh3 g6 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Bg5 Nh7 20. Bh6 Re8 21.
Rxe6 $1 Qc8 22. Re3 Qxh3 23. Rxh3 Nf5 24. Bd2 Nxd4 25. Rd1 $16 {Illescas
Cordoba,M-Bass,L/Leon/1990/}) 14. Bh6 Bg7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Bxd5 (16. Nxd5 exd5
17. Bf3 Be6 18. Qb5 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Bd1 Nc6 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. a3 c5 23.
Bf3 Ra4 24. Rad1 Rd8 25. Re3 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 cxd4 27. Rd3 Rc8 28. Rxd4 Rc1+ 29.
Rd1 {1/2-1/2;Hansen,C-Illescas Cordoba,M/Groningen PCA/1993/}) 16... exd5 17.
Re2 Be6 $146 (17... f6 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Rae1 Nc6 20. g3 Rf7 21. Na4 b6 22. Nc3
Rd8 23. Kg2 Qf5 24. Rd2 Qd7 25. h3 Re7 26. Rxe7+ Nxe7 {1/2-1/2;Topalov,
V-Vyzmanavin,A/Groningen PCA/1993/}) 18. Rae1 Nf5 19. Nf3 Rc8 20. Qd2 h6 21. h3
Rc4 $5 22. b3 Rc8 23. Na4 b6 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1 Qf6 26. Qd2 Rc8 $10 27. Nc3
Nd6 28. Re5 Rd8 $1 29. Qd3 Bf5 30. Qe3 Be4 31. Nxd5 Bxd5 32. Rxd5 Nf5 33. Qe4
Qc6 $1 34. Re5 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Qb2 36. Qe2 (36. Rxf5 $5) 36... Qxe2 (36... Qxe2
37. Rxe2 Nxd4 38. Nxd4 Rxd4 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Malmo"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Qd6 $5 {A solid alternative to the more
common 11..Nce7.} 12. Ng5 $5 $146 (12. Nb5 Qb8 13. g3 Bd7 $1 14. Nc3 Nce7 15.
Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Qd8 19. Nf3 Qb6 20. Qd2 Rfe8 21.
Ne5 Bh3 22. Re3 f6 23. Rb3 Qa6 24. Nd3 g5 $1 25. f3 Re7 26. Nf2 $6 Re2 27. Qb4
Rc8 $3 {0-1;Beliavsky,A-Portisch,L/Reggio/1986/}) (12. Bc2 Nxc3 (12... Nce7 13.
Qd3 Ng6 14. Ne4 Qb6 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Bg5 Nd5 17. Bb3 Bd7 18. Ne5 Bb5 19. Qg3
Qxd4 $6 20. Rad1 Qb4 $2 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Be7 $16 {Cabrilo,
G-Savon,V/Belgrade GMA-op/1988/}) 13. bxc3 g6 14. Bh6 Bg7 15. Qd2 Rd8 16. Rad1
Bd7 17. Re4 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Qf8 19. Qg5 Rac8 $13 {Polgar,Zso/Benko,P/Aruba(8)/
1992/}) (12. h4 Bd7 13. Bg5 Bxg5 14. hxg5 $1 Nf4 15. g3 Ng6 16. Kg2 $1 Nce7 17.
Rh1 Bc6 18. Qg1 $1 $16 {Schulz,K-Meduna,E/Porz/1988/}) (12. a3 a6 13. Bc2 Nxc3
14. bxc3 g6 15. a4 Rd8 16. Ng5 Bg7 17. Ne4 Qc7 18. Bg5 $16 {Polgar,J-Benko,P/
Aruba(4)/1992/}) 12... Bxg5 $6 (12... h6 $5 13. Nh7 Rd8 $13) (12... g6 $1 13.
Nxh7 Kxh7 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Qxg6+ $10) 13. Bxg5 Bd7
14. Qd2 (14. Qf3 $5 Nce7 (14... Nxd4 $6 15. Qh3 $1 f5 $2 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Be7
$16) 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Bxb7 Rab8 $44) (14. Qd3 $1 f5 (14... h6 $5) 15. Bxd5
exd5 16. Nb5 $1 Qg6 (16... Qb8 $6 17. Be7 $1 $16) 17. Bf4 $14) 14... Nce7 $1 $8
15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Bxb7 Rab8 17. Be4 Rfd8 18. Rad1 Bc6 $44 {X b2;d4} 19. Qc2 h6
20. h3 (20. Re3 $5 Rb4 $44) 20... Qb4 $1 $10 21. Bxc6 Nxc6 22. d5 $1 exd5 23.
Nxd5 Rxd5 $1 (23... Qxb2 $4 24. Ne7+ $1 $18) 24. Qxc6 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Qxb2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares-03"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1981.01.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "1981.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Nc6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 (6. a3 Ne4 7. Qc2 Nxc3
8. bxc3 Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Bd3 h6 11. O-O Na5 $1 12. Nd2 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Nxc4 14.
Bxc4 b6 $10 {Petrosian,T-Fisher,R/Buenos Aires(m/8)/1971/0:1 (40)/}) 6... Nxd5
(6... exd5 $5 7. Be2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd6 9. O-O O-O $13) 7. Bd3 (7. Bc4 cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 a6 11. Bb3 $5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 b5 13. Qd3 Ra7 14. Bc2
g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Qe3 Rd7 17. h4 $40 {Sokolov,A-Karpov,A/Linares(m/1)/1987/0.
5 (35)/}) 7... Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 (9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. e4 Qd8 $6 (10... Qh5
$142 11. dxc5 Rd8 $13) 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. e5 Be7 13. Qe2 Nb4 14. Bb1 Bd7 15. a3
Nd5 16. Qe4 $40 {Kasparov,G-Begun,S/Minsk/1978/1:0 (24)/}) 9... b6 (9... cxd4
10. exd4 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. Ne5 $13) 10. a3 (10. Nxd5 Qxd5 (10... exd5 11. b3
$14) 11. e4 Qh5 12. d5 Ne5 13. Be2 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Qe5 $13) 10... Bb7 (10...
cxd4 11. exd4 Nf6 (11... Bb7 12. Nxd5 $5 Qxd5 13. Be4 Qh5 14. Bf4 $14)) 11.
Nxd5 Qxd5 (11... exd5 $5 $10) (11... Qxd5 12. e4 Qh5 13. d5 Ne5 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1996.11.28"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Ncb4 $6 11. Bb1 Nf6 12. a3 (12. Bg5 $5 b6 13. Ne5
Bb7 14. Re3 $1 g6 15. Rg3 Rc8 $2 (15... Nc6 16. Bh6 Qxd4 $1 17. Qxd4 Nxd4 18.
Bxf8 Kxf8 $14 {Keene,R/}) 16. Bh6 Re8 17. a3 Nc6 18. Nxg6 $1 hxg6 19. Bxg6 fxg6
20. Qb1 $18 {Keene,R-Miles,A/Hastings/1975/1|0/26/}) 12... Nbd5 13. Ne5 (13.
Qd3 $5 b6 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Bg5 g6 16. Ba2 Qd6 17. d5 $1 $16 {Yagupov,I-Bombin,
J/Ubeda/1996/1|0/30/}) 13... Bd7 14. Qd3 Bc6 15. Bg5 $5 {N/} (15. Qh3 $5 Re8 (
15... Qd6 16. Bg5 g6 17. Ba2 Rfd8 18. Rad1 Be8 19. Rd3 $16 {Kavalek,
L-Pritchett,C/Haifa/1976/1|0/29/}) 16. Bg5 g6 17. Ba2 Nh5 18. Bh6 $14 {
Polugaevsky,L-Sahovic,D/Belgrade/1969/0,5/42/}) 15... g6 16. Ba2 Qd6 17. Nxc6
$6 (17. Qh3 $5) 17... bxc6 18. Qf3 Nxc3 $2 (18... Rab8 $5 19. Na4 (19. Bxd5 $5
Nxd5 20. Ne4 Qd8 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. b4 $14) 19... Rfc8 20. Bh4 Nh5 $1 21. Bxe7
Nxe7 $13) 19. bxc3 Nd5 20. Bh6 Rfd8 21. c4 Nf6 22. Be3 $16 Rac8 23. Bb3 Ne8 $2
(23... Qd7 24. Red1 $22 a5 25. Bf4 $16) 24. d5 $1 cxd5 25. Bf4 Qc5 26. cxd5
exd5 27. Rac1 $18 Qxa3 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 (28... Rxc8 29. Qxd5 Nd6 30. Rxe7 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fedorov, Vladislav"]
[Black "Izmukhambetov, Salauat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1996.11.28"]
[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 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. Qb3 (12. Qd3 h6 13. Ne5 (13.
Bd2 Bd7 14. Bxd5 $1 exd5 15. Bf4 Be6 16. Be5 Nf5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Rac1 $14 {
Yagupov,I-Legky,N/Javoronki/1995/0.5/47/}) 13... Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Nf5 15. Be3 a5
16. Rac1 a4 17. Red1 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 $14 {Topalov,V-Karpov,E/Linares/1995/0:1/54/
}) (12. Ne5 Bd7 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qh3 Bc6 15. Bh6 Bg7 16. Bg5 (16. Rad1 Rc8 17.
Bb1 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bd5 19. Rc1 b5 20. Ng4 Nf5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 $10 {Velimirovic,
D-Matulovic,M/JUG(ch)/1995/}) 16... Qa5 17. Qh4 Nf5 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. Nc4 $14 {
Uhlmann,W-Bednarski,J/Decin/1977/1:0/42/}) 12... b6 (12... Qb6 $5 13. Bxd5 Nxd5
14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Qxb6 (15. Qxd5 Bg4) 15... axb6 16. Bd2 Bg4 {Himmel,H-Podgaec,
M/Dortmund op/1993/0.5/}) 13. Bxd5 (13. Bf4 $5) 13... Nxd5 (13... exd5 14. Bf4
(14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 Bg4 {/\h6/}) 14... Bg4 15. Ne5 Be6 16. Rac1 $14) 14.
Nxd5 exd5 {N/} (14... Qxd5 15. Qxd5 exd5 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 f6 18. Nf3 $14 {
Sveshnikov,E-Epishin,V/Biel/1993/0.5/57/}) 15. Bf4 $14 Be6 $6 (15... Bg4 $5 16.
Ne5 Be6 17. Rac1 Bxe5 $5 18. Bxe5 Rc8 $14) 16. Rac1 Rc8 17. h3 $6 (17. Rxc8 $5
Qxc8 (17... Bxc8 18. Rc1 Bg4 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 $16) 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Nxg5
$16) 17... Qe7 18. Qb5 Qb7 19. Bg5 $1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Bxg5 21. Nxg5 Rc8 22. Re1 (
22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Nf3 f6 $132) 22... Qc7 23. g3 (23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Rxe6 Qc1+
25. Qf1 (25. Kh2 $2 Qf4+ $19) 25... Qxb2 26. Qe2 $10) (23. Qd3 Qc2 24. Qe3 Qxb2
$1 25. Nxe6 Re8 $1) (23. Nf3 $5 Qc4 24. Qxc4 Rxc4 25. Re2 Rc1+ 26. Kh2 Rd1 27.
Rd2 $14) 23... Qc4 24. Qxc4 Rxc4 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Rxe6 Rxd4 (26... Rc2 27. Re7
a5 $10) 27. Re2 Kf7 $10 28. Kg2 Kf6 29. h4 b5 $6 (29... Rc4 $10) 30. Kf3 Rd3+
$6 31. Kf4 h6 $6 (31... Rd4+ 32. Ke3 Rc4 $10) 32. Rc2 Rd4+ $2 (32... g5+ 33.
hxg5+ hxg5+ 34. Kg4 Rd4+ 35. f4 gxf4 36. gxf4 Rc4 37. Rh2 $14) 33. Ke3 $16 Rc4
$2 (33... Re4+ 34. Kd3) 34. Rxc4 $18 dxc4 (34... bxc4 35. Kd4 Ke6 36. h5 a5 37.
a4 Kd6 38. g4 Ke6 39. f4 Kd6 40. f5 Kc6 41. g5 hxg5 42. f6 gxf6 43. h6 $18) 35.
Kd4 (35. Kd4 Ke6 (35... Kf5 36. f3 $18) 36. Kc5 a6 37. a3 (37. Kb6 $2 b4 $19)
37... Ke5 38. Kb6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Kerteminde"]
[Site "Kerteminde"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 Nc6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Be7 11. a3 Bf6 12. Rd1 h6 13. Bb1 (13. Be4 $1 $14)
13... Nce7 14. Qc2 $5 Ng6 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 b6 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Be3 Re8
19. f4 Bg4 20. Rd4 Rc8 21. Qd2 Ne7 22. h3 Be6 23. g4 Nc6 24. f5 Nxe5 25. Qg2
Bd7 26. g5 hxg5 27. Ba2 Bxf5 28. Bxd5 Rc2 29. Qg3 Qc7 30. Rf1 Be6 31. Be4 Nd7
32. Rd6 Re2 33. Rfd1 Bb3 34. R1d4 Nf6 35. Qf3 Nxe4 36. Rd7 Qh2+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. Qd3 g6 14. Bh6 Bg7
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Bxd5 exd5 {[%mdl 16] A well-known theoretical position and
typical middlegame setup! See e.g. Hracek - Janjgava in CBM 44 and PH. Nielsen
- Hoi in CBM 46.} 17. Qd2 {Freeing the d3-square for the knight. Other options
seen in practice:} (17. Qf3 Bf5 (17... Be6 $143 18. Nd3 Nc6 19. Nc5 Qf6 20.
Qxf6+ Kxf6 21. Rad1 b6 22. Nd3 Rfd8 23. Ne5 Rac8 24. Nxc6 Rxc6 25. Rd2 a6 26.
f3 Rc4 27. Kf2 $14 {1-0 Lein,A (2485)-Burger,K (2420)/Beersheba 1982/MCD (41)})
18. Rad1 f6 19. Nd3 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 (20. Qxd3 Qd7 21. h3 Rad8 $11 {1/2 Bojkovic,
N (2424)-Kononenko,T (2388)/Antalya 2002/CBM 090 ext (29)}) 20... Qd7 {1/2
Sturua,Z (2594)-Burmakin,V (2538)/Biel 2000/CBM 077 ext}) (17. h3 f6 18. Nf3
Rf7 (18... Bc6 19. Re2 Qd7 20. b4 b6 21. b5 Bb7 22. a4 g5 23. Rae1 Ng6 24. Re3
Rae8 25. Nh2 Rxe3 26. Qxe3 Rf7 27. Qd2 Re7 28. Rxe7+ Qxe7 29. Nf1 Qd6 30. Qe3
Kf7 $11 {1/2 Kosten,A (2540)-Kuczynski,R (2480)/Saint Affrique 1995/EXT 1999 
(40)}) 19. Re2 Rc8 20. Rae1 Bc6 21. Nh4 Qc7 22. Qf3 Rd8 23. g3 Rd6 24. g4 Rd7
25. Ng2 g5 26. Nd1 $6 (26. h4 h6 $14) 26... Bb5 $1 27. Re6 Rd6 $11 {1-0 Hracek,
Z (2530)-Janjgava,L (2500)/Moscow 1994/CBM 044 ext/[Ftacnik] (58)}) (17. h4 Be6
$6 (17... f6 $1 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 $11) 18. h5 Nf5 19. g4 Nh6 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Nxg6
$14 {1/2 Jovanic,O (2464)-Hagarova,Z (2364)/Pardubice 2006/CBM 113 ext (41)}) (
17. Re2 Be6 (17... f6 $142 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 {- game}) 18. Rae1 Nf5 19. Nf3 Rc8 20.
Qd2 h6 21. h3 Rc4 $5 22. b3 Rc8 23. Na4 b6 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1 Qf6 26. Qd2
Rc8 $10 {1/2 Nielsen,P (2500)-Hoi,C (2415)/Copenhagen 1995/CBM 046/[Hansen,LB]
(36)}) 17... Bf5 $1 {[%mdl 288] Black's bishop is really "bad" (the d5-pawn
restricts it, and it has no other useful diagonals to operate on) so he is
ready to exchange it for White's knight on d3.} 18. Re2 (18. g4 $5 {looks
attractive, in order to push the bishop back, but Black meets it with} f6 $1
19. gxf5 fxe5 {solving all problems.}) 18... f6 19. Nd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Qd7 {
Now White has only a small initiative remaining, due to his more active pieces.
It can be neutralised by accurate defence.} 21. Rae1 Nc6 22. g3 (22. h3 Rae8
23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Rxe8 Qxe8 25. Nxd5 Qe1+ 26. Qf1 Qxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Nxd4 {1/2
Efimenko,Z (2572)-Lahno,K (2472)/Montreal 2004/CBM 103}) 22... Rf7 23. Re3 (23.
Na4 b6 24. Nc3 Rd8 25. Kg2 Qf5 26. Rd2 Qd7 27. h3 Re7 28. Rxe7+ Nxe7 {1/2
Topalov,V (2650)-Vyzmanavin,A (2605)/Groningen 1993/CBM 039}) 23... Rd8 24. Kg2
Re7 25. h4 Rxe3 26. Qxe3 Qg4 27. f3 Qd7 28. Na4 b6 29. Nc3 h5 30. Nb5 a6 31.
Nc3 b5 32. Qf4 Qd6 33. Qxd6 Rxd6 34. Ne2 Re6 35. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 46th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2011.05.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2011.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 e6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a3 b6 10. Qc2 Nxc3 (10... g6 {gives White a strong possibility} 11. dxc5
$1 (11. e4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Nb5 {1-0 Utemov,V (2430)-Lugovoi,A (2315)/
Smolensk 1992/EXT 1997 (43)} Nf6 $13) (11. b4 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Bd7 13. dxc5 Bf6
14. Nd4 bxc5 15. bxc5 Nxd4 16. exd4 Bc6 17. Bb2 Rb8 18. Rae1 Qc7 19. Ba1 Rfd8
20. Qc4 Bb5 21. Qb3 Bc6 {1/2 Portisch,L-Tal,M/Palma de Mallorca 1966/EXT 1998})
11... bxc5 12. Rd1 Nxc3 (12... Qc7 13. Bd2 (13. b3 $14) 13... Bb7 14. Ne4 Nb8
15. Rac1 Nd7 16. b4 Rfc8 17. Bb5 Bc6 18. Ba6 Bb7 {1/2 Gheorghiu,F (2545)-Tal,M
(2620)/Leningrad 1977/MCL}) 13. Qxc3 Rb8 (13... Ba6 $6 {1-0 Najdorf,M-Salomon,
J/Montevideo 1954/MCL (40)} 14. e4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc1h6]}) 14. Bc2 Qb6 15. Rb1 (
15. b3 f5 16. Rb1 Bf6 17. Qe1 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bb2 Bxb2 20. Rxb2 Ba6 21.
Rbb1 Rfd8 {1/2 Minev,N-Dely,P/Sinaia 1964/EXT 2003}) 15... Ba6 16. b3 f5 17.
Bb2 Bf6 18. Qe1 Bxb2 19. Rxb2 Qa5 20. Qxa5 Nxa5 21. Rbb1 Rfd8 22. Ne5 Rxd1+ 23.
Bxd1 Rd8 (23... Rb7 $5 {[%cal Ya5c4]}) 24. b4 cxb4 25. axb4 Nc4 26. Nc6 Rd7 27.
Ra1 Bb7 28. Nxa7 Rd2 29. Bb3 Bd5 30. Bxc4 Bxc4 31. Nc6 Rb2 32. h4 Bb5 33. Nd4
Rxb4 34. Nxe6 Rxh4 $14 {1-0 Kortschnoj,V-Tal,M/Kiev 1964/URS-ch (93)}) 11. bxc3
g6 {[%cal Ye7f6,Yf6g7]} (11... h6 $143 12. Bb2 (12. Rd1 Qc7 13. e4 $6 Na5 14.
Ne5 (14. Qb2 $142 Bb7 $132) 14... cxd4 15. cxd4 Qxc2 16. Bxc2 Bb7 $15 {0-1
Rogers,I (2400)-Garcia,G (2330)/La Valetta 1980/EXT 2000 (33)}) 12... Bf6 13.
Rad1 Qe7 14. e4 g5 $6 15. e5 Bg7 16. Qe2 Bb7 {1-0 Iljin,A (2513)-Astashin,A 
(2210)/Saratov 2006/EXT 2008 (37)} 17. Qe4 Rfd8 18. h4 $16) 12. Rd1 cxd4 (12...
Qc7 {is probably simpler:} 13. e4 Rd8 (13... Na5 {is possible here, too,
although White can now reply} 14. Bh6 Rd8 15. Qb2 Bb7 16. Rac1) 14. h4 $6 (14.
Qe2 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Rxd4 17. Bb2 $44) 14... Na5 15. Qb1 Bd7 16. Be3
Ba4 17. Re1 Rac8 $36 {0-1 Shishmarev,V-Lugovoi,A (2315)/St Petersburg 1992/EXT
1997 (47)}) 13. cxd4 (13. exd4 Bb7 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Qd2 Bf8 16. Bxf8 Rxf8 17.
Qf4 Ne7 18. Ne5 Nd5 19. Qd2 Rc8 20. c4 Ne7 21. Qf4 Nf5 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. d5 Qd6
$13 {1-0 Toran Albero,R-Donner,J/Palma de Mallorca 1967/EXT 1998 (28)}) 13...
Bb7 (13... Bd7 14. Bb2 Na5 {1/2 Rajkovic,D-Simic,R (2485)/Medulin 1983/EXT 2009
}) 14. Bb2 Rc8 15. Qe2 Na5 (15... Bf6 16. h4 Qd6 17. h5 Rfd8 18. Be4 Qe7 19. h6
$6 Bg5 $2 (19... Qf8 $13) 20. Nxg5 Qxg5 21. Rac1 Qe7 22. d5 $36 {1-0 Bischoff,
K (2505)-Costa,J (2360)/Berlin West 1989/EXT 2008 (28)}) 16. e4 Bf6 {The
position has assumed a character of the Petrosian system in the Queen's Indian
but the version is clearly inferior for White (his "wrong" rook is on d1, and
Black has an extra tempo).} 17. Rac1 Qe7 18. h4 {[%mdl 512]} Bxh4 {Black
boldly accepts this pawn sacrifice not fearing anything.} (18... Bg7 19. h5
Rfd8 $11 {was quite solid.}) 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. d5 (20. Nxh4 $1 Qxh4 21. d5 $44
{[%csl Rg8][%cal Gb2h8] was more to the point.}) 20... Bf6 21. d6 Qd8 22. d7
Rc5 {White's d7-pawn gives him some compensation for the missing pawn but it
can only be enough for equality.} 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Ba6 Qd8 25. Bxb7 Nxb7 26.
Qd2 Rc7 27. Ne5 f6 28. Ng4 h5 29. Qh6 hxg4 30. Qxg6+ Kf8 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Qg6+
Kf8 33. Qh7 Rc5 34. Qh8+ Kf7 35. Qh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Danzhou 7th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2016.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. Qd3 g6 13. Bh6 Bg7 14. Bg5 {
A rare move in this well-known position. White usually agrees to the exchange
of the dark-squared bishops playing} (14. Bxg7) ({or} 14. Qd2) 14... f6 {
That is exactly the weakening White wanted to provoke.} (14... Qd6 $5 {may be
more accurate although there has been only one game at the GM level:} 15. Ne5
f6 {(in a better version; Black now easily completes his development and
equalizes)} 16. Nc4 Qd7 17. Bd2 b6 18. Rad1 Bb7 {1/2 (18) Ribli,Z (2595)-Jansa,
V (2450) Moscow 1977}) 15. Bd2 {It is hard to say which retreat of the bishop
is better.} (15. Bh4 Nxc3 (15... Bd7 $5 {is probably more solid}) 16. bxc3 f5
$5 17. Bxe7 (17. Bd5 $5 Qxd5 18. Bxe7 Re8 19. c4) 17... fxe4 18. Bxd8 exd3 19.
Bg5 Bd7 20. Rad1 Bb5 21. Rxe6 Rfe8 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $14 {1-0 (40) Zude,A (2385)
-Meduna,E (2495) Germany 1991}) 15... Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Nd5 17. Qb3 b6 18. Bb4 $5
Rf7 19. Nd2 Bb7 20. Ba3 Qd7 21. Nc4 Bf8 22. Bxf8 Rfxf8 {Black has no problems;
moreover, White's isolated pawn may cause him trouble since the position is
quite simplified.} 23. g3 Rac8 24. Bg2 Kg7 25. a4 Rfd8 (25... Rc7 26. a5 Rfc8 {
was more accurate, parrying White's queenside activity.}) 26. a5 b5 $6 {
This weakening move was unnecessary.} (26... Bc6 $5 {[%cal Yd7b7,Yc6b5]} 27.
axb6 axb6 28. Nxb6 Qb7 $1 29. Bxd5 Bxd5 30. Qa3 $1 Rc6 (30... Qxb6 $2 31. Qe7+
Kg8 32. Ra7) 31. Nxd5 Rxd5 {with a probable draw.}) 27. Nd2 Qc6 28. a6 $1 {
[%mdl 64]} Ba8 (28... Bxa6 29. Ne4 $1 Rc7 30. Nc5 Bc8 31. Ra6 $3 Bxa6 32. Bxd5
exd5 (32... Rxd5 33. Nxe6+) (32... Qxd5 33. Nxe6+ Kg8 34. Qxd5 Rxd5 35. Nxc7
Rd6 36. Ra1 Bc8 37. Rxa7 Rxd4 38. Ne8 $16) 33. Ne6+ Kh8 34. Nxd8 Qd7 35. Ne6
$36) 29. Qa3 b4 30. Qa5 (30. Qa2 $142 $1 $14 {[%cal Yd2b3,Yb3c5] restricting
Black's counterplay.}) 30... Qc2 $1 31. Ne4 Qxb2 32. Nc5 Rd6 33. Nb7 Rd7 {
An obvious move but Black misses a good chance:} (33... Rc2 $1 34. Rf1 (34.
Nxd6 {loses to} Rxf2 35. Be4 (35. Bf1 Nf4 $1) 35... Nf4 $3 36. Qc7+ Kh6 37.
Nf7+ Kh5 38. Qxf4 $8 Rxf4 39. Bxa8 Qxd4+ 40. Kh1 Rf2 $19 {[%csl Gb4,Rf7,Rh1]})
34... Rd7 {is a much better version for Black than the immediate rook retreat}
({but} 34... Rb6 $1 35. Bxd5 exd5 36. Qxd5 Rxf2 {is even simpler as White must
now give a prepetual by} 37. Qd7+ Kh6 38. Qh3+)) 34. Nc5 Rd6 35. Nb7 Rd7 36.
Qb5 $1 Nb6 37. Nc5 Bxg2 38. Kxg2 Rd6 39. Rab1 Qa2 (39... Qc3 $142 $1 40. Nxe6+
Kf7 41. Nf4 Qc4 $1 ({but not} 41... Qxd4 42. Qe2 $1) 42. Qxb4 Qxd4 {, and
Black holds on.}) 40. Rb3 $1 {[%csl Ra2]} Qc2 41. Qxb4 Kf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] A
tactical blunder.} (41... Re8 $1 42. Re4 Re7 $14 {is unpleasant for Black but
that was the best defence.}) 42. Rb2 $1 Qf5 (42... Qc4 43. Qxc4 Nxc4 44. Rb7+
$18) (42... Rxd4 43. Qxd4 Qxc5 44. Qxc5 Rxc5 45. Rbb1 $1 $18 {[%cal Yb1c1]})
43. Ne4 $18 {Black loses material due to the knight fork.} Rdc6 44. Nd6+ Rxd6
45. Qxd6 Re8 46. d5 $5 Nxd5 (46... Qxd5+ 47. Qxd5 Nxd5 48. Rb7+ Re7 49. Reb1
$18) 47. Rb7+ Re7 48. Qb8 1-0

[Event "Harkany Tenkes Cup"]
[Site "Harkany"]
[Date "1989.11.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nikolaev, Sergej"]
[Black "Deev, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Kruszynski,W"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1989.11.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH Magazin64 1/1990 Seite 11} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3
Nc6 6. a3 cxd4 7. exd4 Ne4 8. Bd3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Be7 11. O-O O-O
12. Bd3 b6 13. Qc2 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. h4 $1 {[#]Ein typisches Opfer, nach
dessen Annahme Weiß in der Regel einen Angriff auf der h-Linie organisiert (g3,
Kg2, Th1). In dieser speziellen Stellung gibt es jedoch noch eine zweite
Möglichkeit.} Bxh4 $2 16. Bb5 $3 Bb7 17. Qe4 {Mit Doppelangriff auf c6 und h4.
Die schwarze Stellung ist verloren,} (17. Qe4 {z.B.} Nxd4 ({oder} 17... Qd5 18.
Qxh4 Qxb5 $2 19. Qf6 $1) 18. Qxd4 {(mit einer Mattdrohung auf g7)} Qxd4 19.
cxd4 $1 {(der Lh4 hängt)} Bxf3 20. Bxe8 {und Weiß gewinnt.}) 1-0

[Event "Villa Martelli"]
[Site "Villa Martelli"]
[Date "1997.06.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Slipak, Sergio"]
[Black "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Liss,E"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1997.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 d5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Ncb4 11. Bb1 Nf6 12. a3 Nbd5 13. Qd3 (13. Ne5 {
preventing b6} Bd7 14. Qd3 Bc6 15. Bg5 g6 16. Ba2 Qd6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Qf3
Nxc3 19. bxc3 $14 {Malaniuk-Shipov, Russia cup 1996}) 13... b6 14. Bg5 g6 15.
Ne5 Bb7 16. Ba2 Rc8 17. Qh3 $6 {getting into a forced long line which black
had calculated better} (17. Bh6 Re8 18. Rac1 $132) 17... Nxc3 18. bxc3 Nd5 19.
Bh6 (19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Bxd5 (20. c4 Nf4 $17) 20... Bxd5 $15) (19. Bd2 Bg5 $36)
19... Rxc3 20. f3 Bh4 $1 (20... Re8 21. Nxf7) 21. Re4 (21. Bxf8 Bxe1 22. Bh6 (
22. Bb4 $2 Nxb4 23. axb4 Qxd4+ $19) 22... Nf4 $3 23. Bxf4 Qxd4+ 24. Kh1 (24.
Kf1 Qf2#) 24... Qxf4 25. Rxe1 Qxe5 $19) (21. Re2 Nf4 22. Bxf4 Qxd4+ 23. Kh1 (
23. Kf1 Qxf4 24. g3 Rxf3+ $1 25. Nxf3 Qxf3+ 26. Rf2 (26. Ke1 Qc3+ $19) 26...
Qh1+ 27. Ke2 Qxa1 $19) 23... Qxf4 24. g3 Rxf3 25. Nxf3 Qxf3+ 26. Rg2 (26. Qg2
Qxe2 27. Qxb7 Bf6 $19) 26... Bf6 $19) (21. g3 {weakening white's king} Bf6 22.
Bxf8 Nf4 $3 23. gxf4 (23. Qg4 Qxd4+ 24. Kh1 Bxe5 25. Rad1 Rxf3 $1 $19) 23...
Qxd4+ 24. Kh1 Bxe5 25. Rf1 (25. Rad1 Rxf3 26. Qg2 Qxf4 $1 27. Kg1 (27. Rxe5
Rf1+ 28. Rxf1 Qxf1#) (27. Bh6 Qxh2+ $1 28. Qxh2 Rf1#) (27. Rg1 Rf2 28. Qxb7
Qxh2#) 27... Bd4+ 28. Rxd4 (28. Kh1 Rf2 29. Qxb7 Rxh2#) 28... Qxd4+ 29. Kh1 Qd2
$1 30. Rg1 (30. Qxd2 Rf1#) 30... Rf2 $19) (25. fxe5 Bxf3+ 26. Qxf3 Rxf3 27.
Rad1 (27. Bh6 Qh4 28. Be3 Qe4 $19) 27... Qh4 28. Bb4 Rf2 $19) 25... Rxf3 $1 26.
Rxf3 Qxa1+ 27. Kg2 Qxa2+ $19) 21... Bg5 $1 22. Bxf8 (22. Bxg5 Qxg5 $19) 22...
Nf4 23. Rxf4 Bxf4 24. Rd1 (24. Bh6 Qxd4+ 25. Kh1 Rxf3 (25... Qxe5 $19) (25...
Rd3 $1 26. Re1 (26. Rf1 Rd1 27. Bc4 (27. g3 Bxh6 $19) 27... Rxf1+ 28. Bxf1 Qf2
29. g3 Bxe5 $19) 26... Qxe5 $19) 26. Nxf3 (26. gxf3 Qxa1+ 27. Kg2 Qxa2+ $19)
26... Qxa1+ 27. Ng1 Bxh6 28. Bxe6 $19 {black's winning but there are more
decisive lines}) 24... Be3+ 25. Kh1 Qxd4 $1 (25... Qxf8 26. Nxf7 {would have
been a bit dangerous for blak}) 26. Re1 Qd2 27. Rf1 Rc1 28. g3 Kxf8 29. Bc4 Bd4
30. Nd7+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Lugovoi,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. Ne5 Nf5 $6 (12... Nc6 $5 13.
Qd3 h6 14. Bxd5 Nb4 15. Qg3 $16 {Smyslov,V-Ivanchuk,V/URS-ch/1988/}) 13. Ng4 $1
Nb6 $8 (13... Nxd4 $2 14. Bxd5 exd5 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Nxd5 Qh4 17. Bf4 $1 $16)
14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Qg4 $1 Nc4 $1 $8 (15... Rd8 $2 16. Bg5 Qg6 17. Bxf5 exf5 18.
Bxd8 $18) (15... h6 16. Bf4) 16. Bf4 $6 (16. d5 $1 Ncd6 $8 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18.
Nd5 Qd8 19. Bg5 $14) 16... Ncd6 17. Be5 Qg6 18. Qxg6 $6 (18. Qf3 $5 Nxe4 19.
Qxe4 $14) 18... hxg6 19. Bf3 f6 20. Bxd6 Nxd6 21. Rac1 Rd8 22. Ne2 Bd7 23. Nf4
(23. Rc7 Rac8 24. Rec1 Rxc7 25. Rxc7 Bc8 $10) 23... Nf5 24. Nxe6 (24. Bxb7 Rab8
25. Rc7 Nxd4 26. Rd1 e5 27. Nxg6 Be6 $1 $10) 24... Bxe6 25. Rxe6 Rd7 $8 (25...
Nxd4 $2 26. Re7 Rac8 27. Bd5+ Kh7 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. g3 $18) 26. d5 (26. d5 Nd4
27. Re4 Nxf3+ 28. gxf3 Rad8 29. Rb4 b6 30. Ra4 a5 31. Rc6 Rxd5 32. Rxb6 Rc5 33.
Rb7 Rd1+ 34. Kg2 Rd2 35. Re4 Rcc2 36. Ree7 Rxf2+ 37. Kg3 Rg2+ 38. Kf4 Rxb2 $14)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.02.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bc4 (7.
Bb5 $5 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. Re1 {is the main line here, in several
cases White takes on c6 and tries to blockade the >< c6 on c5.}) 7... Nb6 (7...
e6 8. O-O Be7 9. d4 O-O {leads to the Tarrasch D41}) (7... Nxc3 8. bxc3 (8. Qb3
Nd5 9. Bxd5 e6 10. Be4 Be7 11. O-O O-O)) 8. Bb5 (8. Bb3 Bf5 $1 {/\ e6, Be7,
0-0 is the safest continuation for Black.} (8... g6 9. d4 Bg7 10. d5 {This
strong d P secures White some space advantage in the [+] .} (10. Be3 O-O 11. d5
{The insertion of Be3 0-0 can only be useful for Black.} Na5 12. Bd4 Nxb3 13.
axb3 e5 14. Bc5 Re8 15. O-O e4 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 $15 {Busch-Khenkin, Baden-Baden
1990}) 10... Na5 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 (13... Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5
15. Be3) 14. Qxf3 Re8 15. Rd1 Qd7 $5 (15... Rc8 16. d6 Nxb3 17. axb3 exd6 18.
Rxa7 $16 {Timman-Khenkin, Tilburg 1994}) (15... Nxb3 16. axb3 Qd7 17. Be3 $14)
16. Be3 $140 Nac4 $13) (8... Nd4 9. Nxd4 (9. O-O Nxb3 10. Qxb3 Be6 (10... e6
11. d4 Be7 12. Re1 O-O) 11. Qb5+ Qd7) 9... Qxd4 10. O-O (10. d3 Bg4 11. Be3)
10... Bg4 11. Qc2 Bd7 12. d3 Bc6 13. Be3 Qd7 14. f4 $5 g6 15. Rad1 Bg7 16. Bxb6
axb6 17. d4 $36 {Makarichev-Dely, Amsterdam 1974}) (8... Qd3 {By this way
Black cannot fight against d4.} 9. Bc2 Qa6 10. d4 Bg4 (10... Nb4 11. Be4 Be6
12. a3 N4d5 13. Ng5 Nxc3 14. Nxe6 Qc4 15. bxc3 Qxe6 16. Qe2 $16 {
Relange-Rausis, Hastings 1997}) 11. Bd3 Qa5 12. h3 $14) 9. d4 e6 10. O-O Be7
11. d5 $1 {is probably the best, but after the mass exchanges in the [+] the
draw is hard to avoid.} (11. a4 {Black's position is rock-solid, this push is
not dangerous for him.} Na5 (11... O-O 12. a5 Nd5 13. a6 bxa6 14. Nxd5 exd5 15.
Bd2 Bg4 16. Bc3 Rb8 17. Bc2 Nb4 18. Bxb4 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Rxb4 $11 {
Berend-Speelman, Gothenburg 2005}) 12. Ba2 (12. Bc2 Bxc2 13. Qxc2 O-O $11)
12... O-O 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Rd1 Nd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bd2 Nc4 $13 {Aronian-Reuss,
Deizisau 2003}) (11. h3 O-O 12. a3 Bf6 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Qe2 Rc7 15. Rfd1 Rd7 $11
{Topalov-Marovic, Gran Canaria 1993}) 11... exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 (13.
Qxd5 Qxd5 14. Bxd5 O-O 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 h6 17. Nf3 Rfd8 $11 {
Atutubo-Adorjan, Manila 1992}) 13... O-O 14. Bf4 (14. Be3 Bf6 $11 {
Spassky-Portisch, Mexico m/7 1980 29/(176)}) 14... Qb6 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Nd4
Qe4 17. Nxf5 Qxf5 18. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Makarichev-Adorjan, Sarajevo 1982}) 8... e6
(8... Bd7 9. d4 e6 (9... a6 10. Bd3 (10. Be2 {The B is passive here, it
belongs to d3.} e6 11. O-O Be7 12. Re1 O-O 13. a3 Nd5 14. Bd3 Rc8 15. Ne4 h6
16. Bc2 $13 {Brodsky-Pavlenko, Bydgoszcz 1999}) 10... Bg4 11. Be4 $14) 10. O-O
Be7 11. a3 (11. Re1 O-O {- 8...e6}) 11... O-O 12. Re1 $142 {- 8...e6} (12. Be3
{The B is usually passive on e3.} Nd5 (12... Bf6) 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Qb1 Bf6 15.
Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Bf4 Re8 17. Qd3 Qb6 18. Qd2 Bd7 {1/2-1/2 Damaso-A.Fernandes,
Portugal 1992})) 9. d4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 (11. Bxc6 {looks premature.}
bxc6 12. Ne5 (12. Re1 c5) 12... Bb7 13. Be3 f6 (13... Nd5)) 11... Bd7 12. a3 {
/\ Bd3, Bc2, Qd3 securing the b4 square.} (12. d5 {leads only to unnecessary
exchanges.} Nxd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Qxd5 Be6 $11) 12... Rc8 13. Bd3 Nd5 14. Nxd5
(14. Bc2 $142 $5 {is more in spirit of the isolated P structure.} Qb6 (14...
Re8 15. Qd3 $14) 15. Qd3 (15. Be4 Nf6) 15... g6 16. Bh6 Rfe8 17. Qd2 Bf6 (17...
Qxb2 $4 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Reb1) 18. Be4 (18. Ba4 $36) 18... Nce7 19. Rac1 Bc6
$14) 14... exd5 $11 {Now the passive d7 B becomes active again.} 15. h3 {
against Bg4} Bf6 16. b4 Re8 (16... Qb6 17. Be3 Ne7 18. Ne5 Bb5 19. Bc2 $14 {
avoiding the exchange of his vital light-squared B.}) 17. Rxe8+ (17. Be3 a6 $11
) 17... Qxe8 18. Bg5 {White exchanges his bad B, but there is no real hope for
an advantage.} (18. Be3 Ne7 {/\ Bf5 in order to get rid of the "bad" B.} 19.
Ne5 Bf5 20. Ng4 Bxg4 (20... Bxd3 21. Nxf6+) 21. hxg4 h6 22. Qf3 Qd8 23. Re1 Qb6
$11) 18... Bxg5 19. Nxg5 h6 (19... f6 $6 20. Nf3 Qh5 21. Rc1 $14) 20. Nf3 Qd8
21. Rc1 Ne7 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Qe1 Be6 24. b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.18"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Sturua, Zurab"]
[Black "Kutirov, Rolando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Makarichev,S"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Macedonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nf6 11. a3 b6 12. Bc2 Ba6 $5 (12... Bb7 13. Qd3 $40
g6 $8 (13... Rc8 $4 14. d5 $18)) 13. Bg5 $5 Rc8 14. Qd2 Bc4 (14... Nd5 $5 15.
Nxd5 $1 (15. Ne4 Bxg5 16. Nfxg5 g6 $132) 15... Qxd5 (15... exd5 $14) 16. Be4
Qd8 17. Qf4 $1 Bxg5 (17... h6 18. Bxh6 $1) (17... Nxd4 $4 18. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 19.
Qh4+ $18) 18. Nxg5 (18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Nxg5+ Kg8 20. Qh4 Bd3 $1 21. Re3 Qxd4
$10) 18... h6 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Nxf7+ Rxf7 21. Qxf7 Kxh7 22. Rxe6 $40 Nxd4 (
22... Qxd4 $2 23. Qg6+ Kh8 24. Rxc6 $18) 23. Re7 $16) 15. Qf4 Bd5 16. Qh4 g6 $8
(16... h6 $2 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qxh6 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nxd4 20. Kh1 $1 $18) 17. Nxd5
Nxd5 (17... exd5 $4 18. Rxe7) 18. Rad1 Qd6 (18... Nxd4 $2 19. Rxd4 Rxc2 20.
Rxd5 $16) 19. Bb3 $1 $40 f6 $2 (19... Rfe8 $5 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. Ng5 h5 $13) 20.
Qg4 $1 (20. Bh6 Rfe8 $13) 20... Kf7 $8 (20... fxg5 $2 21. Rxe6 Qd8 (21... Qd7
$2 22. Rxg6+) 22. Qe4 Rf5 23. Ne5 $18) 21. Bh6 Rfe8 22. Rxe6 $1 Qxe6 23. Re1 $3
$18 Qd6 (23... Qxg4 24. Bxd5+ Qe6 25. Bxe6#) 24. Bf4 Qd8 25. Qe6+ Kg7 26. Bxd5
{xc6} g5 (26... Bf8 27. Qg8#) (26... Na5 27. Qf7+ Kh8 28. Ng5 $1 fxg5 29. Be5+)
27. Qf7+ (27. Qf7+ Kh8 28. Be4 $1) 1-0

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Predeal"]
[Date "2007.10.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Sergeev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2007.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400"]
[WhiteClock "0:00:06"]
[BlackClock "0:00:16"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 {In my opinion, a risky setup.} ({More common (and solid)
are} 9... b6) ({and} 9... Nbd7) 10. Bg5 Be7 11. a3 b6 12. Qd3 Bb7 13. Rad1 Rc8
14. Rfe1 {White has completed his development and his position looks very
threatening.} Re8 {An useful half-waiting move.} ({The standard simplifying
move} 14... Nd5 {is not sufficient for equality.} 15. Bxd5 $1 (15. Bxe7 {
would allow Black consolidate with} Ncxe7 $1) 15... Bxg5 (15... exd5 {is
somewhat safer, but leaves Black in a passive position after, say,} 16. Qf5 $14
{Pinter,J (2540)-Olafsson,H (2515)/Copenhagen 1985/MCD (1/2-1/2, 34)}) 16. Be4
{The white bishop has been activated in a radical way, keeping two important
diagonals under observation and winning an important tempo for the development
of the initiative. At the same time, the g5-bishop is somewhat hanging. Now,
there are three different ways to defend against the threat Bxh7+.} f5 {
This is the only move that avoids a loss of time, but the weakness of the e6-
and e5-squares is a high price to pay.} (16... h6 {weakens the light squares
and fails to restrict the enemy bishop.} 17. d5 exd5 18. Bxd5 (18. Nxd5 {
[%csl Rc8][%cal Ge4f5] looks strong, too.}) 18... Bf4 19. Qf5 Qf6 {A radical
way to reduce White's pressure, which will leave the kingside chronically weak,
however.} 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. g3 Bb8 22. Nh4 Be5 23. Nf5 $16 {Lerner,K (2523)
-Kaplan,S (2346)/Givataim 2005/CBM 105 ext (1/2-1/2, 56)}) (16... g6 {With the
bishop misplaced on g5, the weaknesses created by this move are not easy to
defend.} 17. d5 $1 (17. Qb5 Bh6 18. d5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Bg7 $13 {Sprenger,J (2426)
-Shishkin,V (2396)/Barlinek 2002/CBM 089 ext (1/2-1/2, 46)}) 17... exd5 18.
Nxd5 Bf6 (18... Re8 19. Nxg5 Qxg5 20. f4 $36) 19. Bf5 $1 $16 {[%csl Gc8]} gxf5
$140 $2 20. Qxf5 Kg7 21. Nf4 {[%cal Gf4h5]} Nd4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Qxd4 24.
Qg4+ Kh8 25. Ng6+ $1 $18) 17. Nxg5 Qxg5 18. Bf3 Rfd8 19. d5 exd5 20. Bxd5+ Kh8
21. Qf3 $14 {Conquest,S (2530)-Kononenko,T (2375)/Granada ESP 2006/TWIC 632 
(1-0, 45). White is more active and Black's kingside is weak.}) 15. Bb3 $5 $146
{The theoretical reason for preferring this move to 15.Ba2 is that the bishop
has more squares available, although on a2 it looks less vulnerable. Sometimes,
the intermediate Ba4 would change quite a lot in the dynamic balance of the
position.} (15. h4 $5 {Ribli,Z (2570)-Wells,P (2530)/Szeged 1997/CBM 062/
[Hansen,LB] (1-0, 24)}) (15. Ba2 {1/2-1/2 Stefanelli,L-San Marco,B/Cappelle op
1991/EXT 97 (25). This game is mentioned in the comments to Ribli-Wells, too.})
15... g6 $5 {Another prophylactic move.} ({The concrete idea behind my last
move is revealed after} 15... Na5 16. Ba4 $1 Bc6 17. Bc2 g6 18. Ne5 $14 {
[%csl Rc6]}) (15... Nd5 {is insufficient here, too, although Black has
practically an extra tempo (...Re8).} 16. Bxd5 Bxg5 17. Be4 g6 18. d5 $14) (
15... h6 {is not to be recommended, because it weakens the kingside.} 16. Bh4
$5 $14 ({The standard answer is} 16. Bf4 $14 {[%csl Rh6] ><h6}) {White's
superior development makes the generally desirable} 16... Nh5 $6 {impossible
because of} 17. d5 $1 $16 Bxh4 (17... exd5 18. Bxd5 Bxh4 19. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 20.
Qc4+ $16) 18. dxe6 $1 fxe6 19. Qf5 $1 $16) 16. h4 $6 {Too slow.} ({I could not
find anything after} 16. Ba4 a6) ({White could have maintained his advantage
by means of a short queen's move} 16. Qe3 $1 $14 {, switching to kingside
pressure. Black is not well enough coordinated to find an entirely adequate
defence.} Na5 ({Maybe} 16... Nd5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Qf4 $14 {is safer, but not
really appealing for Black.}) 17. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 (17... Bd6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19.
Bxc8 Rxe3 20. Rxe3 Bxc8 21. Re8+ Kg7 22. Rxc8 $16) (17... Bf8 18. Qf4 $18) 18.
Qxe6+ Kg7 19. Ne5 $40 Rf8 20. Nd7 $1) 16... Na5 17. Ba4 Bc6 18. Bxc6 (18. Bc2
$6 Nc4 $1 $15) 18... Nxc6 19. d5 {After this move, the position will simplify
quickly and White's advantage will be more of symbolic nature.} ({I spent a
long time investigating the consequences of} 19. Ne5 Nd5 (19... Nxe5 20. dxe5
$14 {[%csl Rf6]}) 20. Qf3 {My conclusion that White has absolutely nothing
seems to be correct.} f6 $5 (20... Nxe5 21. dxe5 Bxg5 22. Nxd5 exd5 (22... Bxh4
23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. Rxd8 Bxd8 $14) 23. Rxd5 Qe7 24. hxg5 Qxg5 25. e6 Qe7 26.
Qxf7+ Qxf7 27. exf7+ Kxf7 28. Rd7+ Kg8 29. Red1 $5 $14 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ya7h7,
Yh7a7] עg8} (29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Rxa7 Re1+ 31. Kh2 Re2 $11)) 21. Nxg6 $5 (21.
Nxd5 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 exd5 23. Nxc6 Rxc6 {><f6}) 21... hxg6 22. Rxe6 Nxc3 23. bxc3
Qd7 24. Qd3 Qxe6 $11 (24... Kg7 25. Rde1 $44)) 19... Nxd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 (20...
Qxd5 21. Qa6 Qf5 22. Qb7 $44 {Sergeev}) 21. Qxd5 Qxd5 (21... Bxg5 22. Rxe8+
Qxe8 23. Qxg5 $14) 22. Rxd5 Bxg5 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. hxg5 Kg7 (24... Kf8 $5) 25.
Kf1 Re7 26. b4 {פc6} Rc7 27. Rd6 h6 $1 $11 (27... Ne7 28. Ne5 Nf5 29. Rc6 Re7
30. Ng4 (30. f4 Ng3+ 31. Kf2 Ne4+ 32. Ke3 Nxg5) 30... Nd4 31. Rc8 Ne6 32. f4
Rc7 $1 $11 (32... Nxf4 $4 33. Nf6 $18) (32... Rd7 33. Nf6 Rd8 34. Rxd8 Nxd8 35.
Ke2 $14) 33. Rxc7 Nxc7 34. Ke2 $2 Nb5 $1) 28. gxh6+ Kxh6 29. g4 Kg7 30. Ke2 Kf8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 13th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.03.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1995.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5
Nxd5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. Qd3 h6 13. Ne5 Nxc3 14.
Qxc3 (14. bxc3 {Ftacnik} Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qxd3 16. Bxd3 Bd7 $15) 14... Nf5 15. Be3
a5 $5 (15... Nxe3 16. Qxe3 (16. fxe3 {Ftacnik} Rb8 17. Rad1 Bd7 18. Bb1 Be8 19.
Ng4 Bg5 20. e4 h5 21. Nf2 Rc8 22. Qh3 g6 23. d5 e5 24. Qb3 {Chiburdanidze,
M-Ioseliani,N (5)/Telavi-WchW/1988/0.5 (60)}) 16... Qb6 (16... Qb6 17. Rad1 Rd8
18. b3 (18. Rd2 Bd7 {Hoi,C-Hansen,LB/Vejstrup/1989/0.5 (18)}) 18... Bd7 19. Qf3
Bb5 {Sher,M-Hansen,LB/Vejle/1994/0.5 (20)})) 16. Rac1 a4 17. Red1 Nxe3 18. Qxe3
(18. fxe3 {Ftacnik} Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qg5 $132) 18... Qb6 19. Ng4 Bg5 20. f4 Be7
21. Bb1 Bd7 (21... Qxb2 $6 22. Qg3 (22. d5 Qa3 23. Rc3 Qd6 24. Qg3 exd5) 22...
f5 (22... Kh8 23. Qh3 Kg8 24. Nxh6+ gxh6 25. Qxh6 f5 26. Qg6+ Kh8 27. Rc7 Qb4 (
27... Qa3 28. Rd3 $18) 28. a3 $1 Qxa3 (28... Qd6 29. Rd3 $18) 29. Rd3 $18) 23.
Nxh6+ Kh7 (23... Kh8 24. Qh3 $18 {/\Nxf5}) 24. Ng4 Bd6 (24... Bd7 25. Rc7 {
/\Ne5}) (24... Rd8 25. Ne5 $40) 25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. dxe5 $16 {<->c,d, ץc8}) 22.
Qg3 f5 $8 (22... Kh8 $2 23. Qh3 (23. Qd3 {Ftacnik} f5 24. Ne5 Be8 $13) 23... f5
24. Nxh6 gxh6 25. Qxh6+ Kg8 26. Qg6+ Kh8 27. Rc3 $18) 23. Nxh6+ Kh7 $8 (23...
Kh8 24. Qh3 $18) 24. Ng4 Rfd8 25. Ne5 Be8 $132 {(><b2,d4)} 26. Qe3 $6 (26. Qf2
$5 {(><b2)} g6 $1 (26... Bf6 27. d5 Qxf2+ 28. Kxf2 exd5 29. Bxf5+ $16) (26...
Rd5 27. a3 $1 (27. Nc4 Qa7 28. Rd2 Rad8 (28... Rxd4 $2 29. Rxd4 Bc5 30. Rcd1
Rd8 31. Qh4+ $18) 29. Rcd1 Bf6 (29... Rxd4 30. Rxd4 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 Bc5 32. Qh4+
Kg8 (32... Kg6 33. Ne5#) 33. Qd8 Bxd4+ 34. Kh1 Kf8 35. Nd6 $18) 30. Ne5 Bh5)
27... Rad8 28. Ba2 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Qxd4 30. Qxd4 Rxd4 31. g3 (31. Bxe6 Rxf4 32.
g3 Rd4 33. Bxf5+ Kh6 $14 {^^, ><b2}) 31... Bd8 (31... Rd6 32. Rc7) 32. Bxe6 Bb6
33. Kg2 Rd2+ 34. Kh3 Rxb2 35. Bxf5+ g6 36. Be6 $16 {/\Nc4, /\Rc7->}) 27. a3
Rac8 28. Rxc8 (28. Ba2 $2 Rxd4 $1) 28... Rxc8 29. Ba2 $14) 26... Bf6 (26...
Qxb2 27. Nc4 Qb5 28. Qxe6) 27. g4 $6 {(עg1)} (27. Rd2 $14 {Ftacnik}) 27... g6
28. gxf5 (28. g5 {Ftacnik} Bxe5 29. Qxe5 Rac8 (29... Bc6 $2 30. Rc3 $18) 30.
Rc3 Rxc3 31. bxc3 Rc8 32. Qe3 $14) 28... exf5 29. Qc3 $6 (29. Qf2) 29... Rac8
30. Qh3+ (30. Qxc8 {Ftacnik} Rxc8 31. Rxc8 Bc6 $132) 30... Kg7 31. Rxc8 Rxc8
32. Qg2 Rd8 33. Qf2 Be7 34. h4 $2 (34. a3 $5 {(/\Ba2)} Qb3 35. Rd3 Qd5 $44 36.
Qg2 Qxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Bc6+ 38. Nxc6 bxc6 {/\Bf6, ><d4, b2}) (34. Nc4 {Ftacnik} Qc7
$13) 34... Qf6 $17 (34... Rxd4 35. Rxd4 Bc5 36. Nf3 Bc6 37. Kf1 Kh6) 35. Rc1 (
35. Nf3 Bc6 36. Ng5 $6 Bc5 $1 37. Rd2 Rxd4 38. Rxd4 Kh6 $1 (38... Bxd4 39. Ne6+
Qxe6 40. Qxd4+ Kh7 $15) 39. Nf3 (39. Ne6 Qxe6) 39... Bxf3 40. Qxf3 Qxd4+ 41.
Kg2 Qxb2+ $19) (35. Qg2 {Ftacnik} Bc5 36. Qf2 (36. Qxb7+ Kh8 37. Nf3 Bc6 38.
Qa6 Rxd4 $1 39. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 40. Kf1 Bg2+ $19)) 35... Qxh4 36. Rc7 Kf8 37. Qe3 $6
Bd6 38. Rxb7 Bxe5 39. Qxe5 (39. fxe5 Rxd4 $19) 39... Qg3+ 40. Kf1 Qf3+ 41. Ke1
Qxb7 42. Qf6+ Bf7 43. Qxd8+ Kg7 $19 {(/\Qh1xb1)} 44. d5 $6 (44. Kd2 Qxb2+ 45.
Bc2 Qxa2 46. Qe7 a3 47. Qe5+ Kh7) (44. Bc2 {Ftacnik} Qxb2 $17) 44... Qb4+ 45.
Kd1 Qd4+ 46. Kc2 Qe4+ 47. Kc3 {?!?} (47. Kc1 Qxf4+ 48. Kd1 Qd4+ 49. Kc1 Bxd5
$19) 47... Qxb1 48. d6 Qe1+ 49. Kd4 Qb4+ 50. Ke3 (50. Ke5 $2 {Ftacnik} Qxb2#)
50... Qe4+ 51. Kd2 Qxf4+ 52. Kc2 Qe4+ 53. Kd2 Qd4+ 54. Kc1 f4 (54... f4 55. d7
f3 56. Qe7 f2 57. d8=Q f1=Q+ 58. Kc2 Qfd3+ 59. Kc1 Qd1#) 0-1

[Event "Minneapolis HB Global op"]
[Site "Minneapolis"]
[Date "2005.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adianto, Utut"]
[Black "Quan, Zhe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 d5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 {White has been prepared to lift off the queen to
the kingside via e4.} ({The alternative} 10. Re1 {was covered earlier. See for
example Solak,D-Kacheishvili,G, Calvia ol 2004/CBM 104[Mikhalevski,V].}) 10...
Bf6 {A very rare continuation, though the idea is typical for these positions.
Black creates pressure on the d4-pawn and also prepares retreat of the bishop
to g7 after preliminary g6.} ({In most of the games Black proceeded with} 10...
Ndb4 $5 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gc6d4,Gb4d3] attacking both the light-squared bishop
and the d4-pawn.} 11. Be4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Rd1 Qf6 14. Be3 e5 (14... Nc6
$5) 15. Rac1 Be6 (15... Qa6 16. Qxa6 Nxa6 17. Nb5 $44) (15... Nc6 16. Nd5 $16)
16. Bxb7 Rab8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 (18... Rfd8 19. Rc6 $1) 19. Rxd5 $14 {
Szabo,L-Portish,L/EXT2000[Szabo,L]}) 11. Qe4 g6 12. Bh6 Bg7 {This move is
already new. Black doesn't want to move the rook from f8, moreover he's ready
to trade the dark-squared bishops. I would say that this is not a very
fortunate idea since the bishop was covering weak dark squares in the Black's
camp.} ({In a few earlier games Black continued} 12... Re8 {One of the games
continued like this:} 13. Rad1 Bd7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bc6 $1 16. Ne2 Bg5 $6
(16... Ne7 $1 $11) 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. h4 Qh6 19. Qg4 Red8 {1-0 Adianto,
U-Villamayor,B/Doha 2003/CBM 094/[Tsesarsky] (35). (34)} 20. Bc4 $14 {
Tsesarsky.}) 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Rad1 ({The Straightforward} 14. Bc4 {with the
idea to unblock the d-pawn deserved attention.}) 14... Qd6 15. Rfe1 {White
centralizes his pieces.} Bd7 16. Qh4 {[%cal Gf3g5,Gg5e4,Ge4c5] White has been
preparing a manoeuvre of the f3-knight via g5 and e4 to c5.} Nxc3 $2 {This
exchange is wrong. There was no need to strengthen White's centre.} ({Black
could try to create counterplay on the queenside by means of} 16... Ncb4 $5 17.
Be4 Rac8 18. a3 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Nd5 {[%csl Rc3]}) 17. bxc3 $16 {[%csl Rf6,Rh6]
Now White shouldn't worry about the d4-pawn anymore and may concentrate on
attack.} Rad8 $6 {Black ignores White's idea and allows to transfer the knight
to e4.} (17... Qe7 $5 {disturbing on the kingside and at the same time trying
to cover the dark squares there.}) 18. Ng5 h6 19. Ne4 Qe7 20. Qg3 $1 {
Certainly White keeps the queens.} Be8 21. Bc2 b6 22. h4 {White starts an
offensive.} f5 {Black doesn't stay the pressure. The move in the game weakens
the e5-square dramatically and if Black doesn't prove something at once he
will have a chronic weakness there.} ({There was a chance to counterattack in
the centre with} 22... e5 $5 {though White is still better after} 23. Nd2 f5
24. dxe5 f4 25. Qg4 Nxe5 $140 $2 (25... Rd5 $5 $16) 26. Qe2 $1 Rd5 27. Nc4 $1 {
[%csl Re5]} Rxd1 28. Bxd1 $18) 23. Nd2 Qf6 (23... e5 24. dxe5 {transposes to
22...e5.}) 24. Nf3 {[%csl Re5]} Rf7 {Black allows to block the position and
thus to underline all Black's weaknesses.} 25. Qf4 $1 Rfd7 26. Re3 {[%csl Re6]
[%cal Gd1e1] Now White is concentrating on the weak e6-pawn and the e5-square.}
Rd6 ({I think Black had to trade something to reduce the pressure. So although
after} 26... Ne7 {[%cal Ge7d5]} 27. Bb3 Nd5 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Rde1 R5d6 {
White has a clear edge. I believe Black had to try this idea.}) 27. Rde1 {
White starts a decisive stage of attack on e6 and g6.} Bf7 28. Ne5 $1 Bg8 (
28... Ne7 {[%cal Ge7d5]} 29. Bb3 $16) 29. Rg3 Ne7 30. Bb3 {White is extremely
active, whilst all black pieces are on defensive.} Kh7 31. Ree3 {Black is
almost in zugzwang.} b5 32. a3 $6 {Provoking the black rook to attack the
a-pawn, which will weaken the e6-square.} (32. Re2 $5 a5 33. a3) 32... Ra6 33.
Nf3 Bf7 $1 ({Immediate} 33... Rxa3 {loses on the spot.} 34. Ng5+ $1 hxg5 35.
hxg5 Qf7 (35... Qf8 36. Qe5 $1 {[%cal Gg3h3]}) 36. Qh4+ Kg7 37. Qh6#) 34. Re5
Rxa3 $2 {Black returns a favour.} (34... Nd5 $1 {was a much tougher defense.
In this case it wouldn't be easy for White to prove his superiority}) 35. Rxb5
Be8 36. Rb7 Bc6 37. Ng5+ $1 $18 {A rather simple, but a nice tactical blow,
which ends the game.} Kg8 (37... hxg5 {loses even faster.} 38. hxg5 Qf7 (38...
Qg7 39. Bxe6 $1 $18 {[%cal Gg3h3]}) 39. Rh3+ Kg8 40. Qe5 $1 $18 {[%csl Rf7,Rg8]
[%cal Gh3h8,Gb3e6]}) 38. Bxe6+ Kg7 39. Rxe7+ (39. Nf7 $1 {This is even more
precise than the game.} Qxe6 (39... Rh8 40. Rxe7 $1 Qxe7 41. Rxg6+ $1 Kxg6 42.
Nxh8+ Kh7 43. Qxf5+ Kxh8 44. Qe5+ Qg7 (44... Kh7 45. Bf5+ Kg8 46. Qxe7 $18) 45.
Qb8+ Kh7 46. Bf5+ Qg6 47. Qc7+ $18) 40. Rxe7 $1 Qxe7 41. Qxh6+ Kxf7 42. Qxg6+
Kf8 43. Qg8#) 39... Qxe7 40. Nf7 $1 Qxe6 41. Nxd8 Qd5 42. Qc7+ Bd7 43. Re3 $1
$18 {[%csl Rd7,Rg7][%cal Ge3e7,Ge3e5] Black is hopeless.} Ra1+ 44. Kh2 Kf6 45.
Re5 {[%csl Rd7]} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Solak, Dragan"]
[Black "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[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 "Yugoslavia"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 {The Panov attack of
Caro-Cann is a very popular setup, which arises after different move orders.}
Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3 {The arising position is also similar to the Queen's
Gambit Accepted.} O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. Qc2 g6 {[%cal
Gf6g7,Gb7b6,Gc8b7] Black prepares a retreat of the dark-squared bishop to g7.}
13. Bh6 $1 Re8 {A very uncommon move. Playing 13...Re8 Black has to be agreed
to play a position with a pawn down, which is partly compensated by a pair of
bishops.} (13... Bg7 {is the main line.} 14. Bxg7 (14. Qd2 $5) (14. Bg5 {
doesn't promise opening advantage yet since Spassky-Petrosian.} f6 $1 15. Bd2
Bd7 16. Qb3 (16. h4 Bc6 17. h5 Nf5 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. g4 Nfe7 $10) 16... Bc6 $10
17. Bxd5 (17. Re2 Qd7 $10) 17... exd5 18. Ne4 Rf7 19. Nc5 Nf5 20. h3 Bf8 21.
Ne6 Qd7 22. Nxf8 Rfxf8 23. Bb4 Rfe8 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Bxe1 {
1/2-1/2 Spassky,B-Petrosian,T/Moscow 1966/MainBase/[Bulletin] (26)}) 14... Kxg7
15. Rac1 ({An interesting idea was demonstrated by Tal:} 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5
Qxd5 17. Re5 Qd6 18. Rd1 f6 19. Rc5 Bd7 20. Nd2 Bc6 21. Nc4 Qf4 22. Ne3 {
White wants to exploit an exposed position of the black king.} Rad8 23. Rc4 Qd6
24. h4 Rf7 25. h5 Bd5 26. Rc5 Qf4 27. Nxd5 exd5 28. Rc8 Rxc8 29. Qxc8 Re7 30.
h6+ $1 Qxh6 31. Qd8 Rf7 32. Qxd5 $16 {Although I believe Black's play can be
improved. 1-0 Tal,M-Bagirov,V/Soviet Union 1967/MCD (57)}) 15... b6 16. Nxd5 $1
{N} exd5 17. Bd3 Nf5 18. Qc7 $14 {1-0 Kempinski,R-Cyborowski,L/Warsaw POL 2004/
CBM101[Mikhalevski,V] (28)}) 14. Qb3 $1 {This is the problem when you play Re8.
Now after exchanges on d5 the rook will be hanging.} b6 $5 {Black sacrifices
the d5-pawn in hope to compensate a pawn by the strong light-squared bishop.} (
14... Nxc3 {with the idea} 15. bxc3 Nf5 $5 {is interesting. Although the
position looks dangerous for Black White still has to prove his superiority.} (
15... Qc7 $6 16. Rad1 (16. Ne5 $5) 16... Rd8 17. g3 a5 $6 18. Bf4 $16 {1-0
Kurass,I-Chistiakov,A/Kiev 1998/EXT 2000 (40). (39)}) 16. Bxf5 ({In case of} 
16. Bf4 {Black completes development by means of} Nd6 $1 17. Bd3 b6 18. Ne5 Bb7
) 16... exf5 (16... gxf5 {exposes the king.}) 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Re1 Qd8 19.
Ne5 Be6 $132 {[%csl Ra2]}) 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Rxe8+ $1 (17. Qxd5
Be6 {is worse for White.}) 17... Qxe8 18. Qxd5 Be6 {I believe this is the
position Kacheishvili was striving for playing 13...Re8.} 19. Qe4 Rc8 $1 {
Black takes control over the open c-file.} 20. Qf4 Bh8 21. h4 (21. b3 $5 {
Prophylaxis on the queenside was useful.}) 21... Qb5 ({or} 21... Bd5 22. Ne5 $1
) 22. Rc1 $1 {A clever way to protect the b2-pawn.} Rxc1+ {After exchange of
the rooks Black experiences problems with the last rank.} (22... Re8 $5) 23.
Qxc1 Bg7 {This move leads to a favourable for White exchange of bishops. The
arising position is very interesting. Will the light-squared bishop compensate
an isoliani on d4?} 24. b3 (24. a3 $2 {returns a pawn.} Bxh6 25. Qxh6 Qxb2 {
and Black is at least not worse.}) 24... a5 25. Qf4 $5 {[%cal Gf4b8]} ({
The staightforward} 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qg5 {deserved a serious attention.} Qxg5
27. hxg5 f6 ({or} 27... a4 28. Nd2 $5 $16 {[%cal Gf2f3,Gg1e3] and White
retains an extra pawn and brings his king to the centre.}) 28. Kf1 Bd5 29.
gxf6+ Kxf6 {and White still has to solve serious technical problems.}) 25...
Bxh6 26. Qxh6 {[%cal Gf3g5]} f6 {Preventing Ng5.} 27. Qf4 Kg7 28. g4 $1 {
The Q+N compbination is very strong in attack and so Solak intends to open the
position of the black king.} h6 $6 {A very dangerous move.} ({I think Black
had to look for escape at thye endgame after} 28... Qc6 $5 29. g5 Bd5) 29. g5
$1 hxg5 30. hxg5 fxg5 31. Nxg5 $16 {I believe White's advantage should be
enough for a win.} Bg8 (31... Bf5 $2 {is bad in view of} 32. Qc7+ Kh6 33. Nf7+)
({After} 31... Qd5 32. Nxe6+ Qxe6 {which seems to be the best practical
chances White would still have to demonstrate a good technique.}) 32. Ne4 $2 {
It turns out that after this inaccurate move Black is able to keep a draw at
the endgame.} (32. Qc7+ $1 Kh6 33. f4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gc7e5,Gc7e7,
Gc7d8] looks strong and both the king on h6 and the bishop on g8 are in danger.
}) 32... Qf5 $1 {The best practical chance. The queens has to be traded to
prevent attack on the black king.} 33. Qxf5 (33. Qe5+ $2 {leads to a draw in
view of the vulnerability of the White's queenside.} Qxe5 34. dxe5 a4 $1 35.
bxa4 Bxa2 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Ga2b3]} 36. Nd6 ({or} 36. f4 Bb3 37. Nc3 Kf7 38. Kf2
Ke6 $11 {[%cal Gg6g5] with the idea of g5 and White can't win.}) 36... Bb3 37.
Nc8 Bxa4 38. Nxb6 Bc6 {[%cal Gg7f7,Gf7e6,Gg6g5]}) 33... gxf5 34. Nc3 {This way
White prevents a4.} f4 $1 {Otherwise White plays f4 and fixes the f-pawn on f5.
} 35. Kf1 {[%cal Gf1d3] The king goes to d3.} (35. Ne2 a4 $1 36. bxa4 Bxa2 37.
Nxf4 Bb3 {and the b-pawn offers counter chances.}) (35. Kg2 {is senseless in
view of} Kf6 36. Kf3 Kf5) 35... Kf6 36. Ke2 Kf5 37. Kd3 Bf7 38. Ne4 ({It's
also not easy to break Black's defense after} 38. d5 Ke5 39. Kc4 Be8) 38... Bg6
$1 {[%cal Gf5g4,Gg4f3,Gf5e6,Ge6d5]} 39. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2c4]} b5 $1 40. Kc3 Ke6 $1
{[%cal Ge6d5] Planning Kd5 and b4+.} 41. a4 {This leads to exchange of the
queenside pawns and in the arising position White doesn't have enough
resources to win. However it's not easy to offer anything better.} bxa4 42.
bxa4 Be8 43. Nc4 ({Doesn't help} 43. Ne4 Bg6 $1 44. Nc5+ Kd5 {[%cal Gg6e8]} 45.
f3 Bh5 $1 46. Nd3 Bxf3 47. Nxf4+ Kd6 48. Nd3 Bc6 49. Nc5 Kd5 {with a draw.})
43... Bxa4 44. Nxa5 Kd5 {[%cal Gd5e4,Ge4f3]} 45. Nb7 {[%cal Gb7c5]} Bb5 ({
Of course not} 45... Ke4 $4 46. Nc5+ {[%csl Ra4,Re4]}) 46. Nc5 Be2 47. Kd2 Bc4
(47... Kxd4 $4 {loses to} 48. Kxe2 Kxc5 49. Kf3 $18) 48. Kc3 Be2 49. Nd7 Ke4
50. Ne5 Kd5 51. Ng6 Ke4 52. Ne5 Kd5 53. Nd7 Ke4 54. Nf6+ Kf5 55. Kd2 Bf1 56.
Nd7 Ke4 57. Kc3 Be2 {White can't make progress and so a draw was agreed.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-ch"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2004.04.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Black "Cyborowski, Lukasz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2004.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 {Black's trying to play Tarrash, but
eventually the game transposes into the Panov attack of Caro-Cann.} 5. cxd5
Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4 {Here we go. The Panov attack is on the
board.} Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. Qc2 g6 13. Bh6 Bg7 14. Bxg7
{Exchange of the dark-squared bishops should be in White's favour as Black
remains with the "bad" light-squared bishop and also the dark-squares are weak.
} ({White also tested} 14. Bg5) 14... Kxg7 15. Rac1 {The most logical. White
prepares an exchange of the knights in order to penetrate with the pieces to
the 7th rank. Strangely enough this idea has been tried only once.} ({White
got nothing after} 15. Ne5 b6 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Bf3 Be6 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Qa4 a5
20. h3 Qd6 21. a3 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Qe8 Be6 25. Bg4 {
although a few precise moves were needed:} h5 26. Bxe6 Qxe6 27. Nd7 Nf5 28.
Qf8+ Kh7 29. Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Kavalek-Hort, Nice ol 1974.}) 15... b6 16. Nxd5 $1 {
Certainly this is better than 16. Bxd5.} ({In the only preceding game White
played} 16. Bxd5 {, but after} Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Re5 Qd6 19. Qe4 Bd7 20.
Qe3 Rac8 {Black solved opening problems which can't be said about White:). The
d4-pawn is weak and he managed to escape for a draw only by counterattack on
the kingside which in fact worked only because of an inaccurate play of Black.}
21. Re1 Bc6 (21... h6 $5) 22. Rh5 $1 Bxf3 (22... gxh5 23. Qg5+ Kh8 24. Qf6+ Kg8
$11) 23. Qh6+ Kf6 24. gxf3 (24. Qg5+ Kg7 $11) 24... Ke7 25. Qg5+ Kd7 26. Rxh7
Qxd4 27. Qb5+ Ke7 $15 {1/2-1/2 Kristensen,B-Jelling,E/Denmark 1988/EXT 97 (35).
(34)}) 16... exd5 ({Probably in case of} 16... Nxd5 {White planned} 17. Qc6 Ba6
(17... Rb8 18. Bxd5 Bb7 $140 $2 19. Qxb7 $1 Rxb7 20. Bxb7) 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19.
Qxd5 exd5 20. Rc7 $14 {and White is slightly better as his knight is superior
over the black bishop.}) 17. Bd3 Nf5 ({Also after} 17... Bf5 {White would play}
18. Qc7 $1 {leaving black with a "bad" bishop.} Bxd3 19. Rxe7 $16 {with the
idea Ne5.} Rc8 $140 20. Rxf7+ $1 Rxf7 21. Qxc8) 18. Qc7 $14 {The point of the
15.Rac1. White manged to penetrate to the 7th rank and is now better.} Nd6 19.
Re7 Bg4 $6 {This move allows to bring the knight to e5 with a tempo.} ({Or} 
19... Bf5 20. Bxf5 Nxf5 21. Rd7 Qxc7 22. Rcxc7) ({Perhaps} 19... Be6 {was a
tougher defense taking in consideration that} 20. Rxe6 $2 {is strongly met by}
Rc8 $1) 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21. Ne5 Be6 (21... Rdc8 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 {left more
chances for a successful defense.}) 22. Rcc7 {White creates a threat of Rxe6
and Rxa7 and thus wins a pawn.} Rac8 {The only chance is to look for
counterplay.} 23. Rxa7 $6 {White underestimates Black's counterplay.} (23. Kf1
$1 {was better.}) 23... Rc1+ 24. Bf1 Nb5 $4 {This blunder ends the game.} ({
It was necessary to play} 24... Kf6 $1 {with the idea Nb5.} 25. Rec7 Rb1 {
and the threats of Rxb2 and Nb5 allow black to equalize.}) {It turns out that
Black missed a simple} 25. Nxf7 $1 {Now Black's just two pawns down.} Re8 {
After this Black loses a piece, but his position was already lost anyway.} ({
Not much better} 25... Bxf7 26. Rxf7+ Kg8 27. Rg7+ {and White wins easily.})
26. Nd8+ $1 Rxe7 27. Rxe7+ Kf8 28. Rxe6 Nxd4 29. Re3 ({Of course not} 29. Rxb6
$4 Ne2+) 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 ({The main line is} 
6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O {White has a
space advantage, but Black's position is out of weaknesses and his majority on
the queenside might tell in a certain endgame.}) 6... Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. a3 O-O
9. Qc2 {Levon is trying to gain something by a slightly tricky order of moves.
Objectively, the main move 9.0-0 is more promising.} ({The position after} 9.
O-O cxd4 10. exd4 {may arise also from the Panov Attack in the Caro-Kann.})
9... cxd4 10. exd4 f5 $1 $146 {The idea itself is not new, but in this
particular position it hasn't appeared beforehand. Black is going to put the
bishop on f6, pressing the Pd4. In a later interview Kramnik said that he
figured out this plan over the board. Well done! The previously played 10...h6
is also perfectly playable.} (10... h6 11. O-O Bf6 12. Rd1 (12. Be3 Nce7 13.
Ne4 b6 14. Rad1 Bb7 $11) 12... Qb6 13. Bc4 Rd8 14. Ne2 Bd7 15. Qe4 Nce7 16. Bd3
Ba4 (16... Ng6 $142) 17. Qh7+ Kf8 18. Re1 Bb5 19. Bxb5 Qxb5 20. Ng3 Ng6 21. Ne5
Nde7 22. Bxh6 $1 $40 {1-0 (41) Smyslov,V (2600)-Ribli,Z (2615) London 1983})
11. O-O Bf6 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Be3 b5 $1 {Developing the queenside and, at the
same time, covering the c4-square.} (13... Nxd4 $2 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Bc4 Qc5
16. Rad1 {The black bishop has nowhere to go as it is tied to protecting the
queen.} b5 $8 17. Rxd4 bxc4 18. Rxc4 {and White is clearly better as the
knight is going to occupy the commanding e5-outpost.}) 14. Qe2 (14. Qc5 Qxc5
15. dxc5 a6 16. a4 b4 $11) 14... Bb7 15. Rac1 $6 {Levon definitely saw the
possibility to force a draw after 15.Bxb5, but decided to play for a win.
Objectively speaking his position is not better, but in the current tournament
situation only a win could keep him in the race for the first place.} (15. Bxb5
{could force a draw by repetition:} f4 16. Bc4 Qe4 17. Bd3 Qd5 $11) 15... a6
16. Rfd1 f4 $5 {Kramnik decided to force matters.} (16... Rac8 17. Rc5 Qd6 {
was very good for Black as well. The idea f5-f4 is a potential threat.} (17...
Nxd4 $6 18. Bxd4 Rxc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21. b4 Qc3 22. Qxf5 g6 $11))
17. Rc5 (17. Bxf4 $2 Nxd4 $19) (17. Rxc6 $2 Qxc6 18. Bxf4 Bxd4 $19) 17... Qd6
18. Qc2 $2 {Both players had to calculate a lot.} (18. Bxf4 $1 Qxf4 19. Qxe6+
Kh8 (19... Rf7 $2 20. Bxh7+ Kf8 21. Bg6 Nd8 22. Qh3 $16) 20. Rh5 (20. Rxc6 $2
Bxc6 21. Qxc6 Bxd4 22. Qe4 Qxe4 23. Bxe4 Rad8 $1 24. Nxd4 (24. Rxd4 $2 Rxd4 25.
Nxd4 Rd8 $19) 24... Rf7 {[%cal Gf7d7] Black gains the piece back and remains
with an extra exchange in the endgame.}) 20... h6 21. Nh4 $1 {This idea is
very difficult to spot in advance.} Ne7 (21... Bxh4 $4 22. Qg6 {is the point.})
(21... Ne5 22. Rxe5 Bxh4 23. Qg6 Qxf2+ 24. Kh1 Bxg2+ 25. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 26. Kxg2 {
and it should be a draw thanks to the opposite coloured bishops.}) 22. g3 Qxd4
23. Qxe7 $1 Qxf2+ $1 (23... Bxe7 $2 24. Ng6+ Kg8 25. Nxe7+ Kf7 26. Bg6+ Kxe7
27. Rxd4 $14) 24. Kxf2 Bxe7+ 25. Kg1 Bf6 $1 26. Ng6+ Kg8 27. Nxf8 Bf3 28. Rd2
Bxh5 29. Nd7 {and White survives somehow.}) (18. Bd2 $2 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Qxc5 20.
Qxe6+ Rf7 21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Qxf7 Qxd4 23. Qxb7 Rd8 {and the pin along the
d-file will cost White material.}) 18... fxe3 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. fxe3 Ne7 $2 {
Another human move and another mistake.} (20... Rac8 $1 {preparing the
counterstrike ...Nxd4!} 21. Rh5 Nxd4 22. Qd3 (22. Bg8+ $2 Kxg8 23. Qh7+ Kf7 $19
) 22... Bxf3 23. gxf3 Nxf3+ 24. Kg2 Qxd3 25. Bxd3+ Kg8 26. Kxf3 Bxb2+ 27. Ke2
Bxa3 {and Black should win.}) 21. e4 $2 (21. Rh5 {This move is so tempting, I
don't know how Levon managed to resist playing it. This position is already in
White's favour!} Rac8 (21... Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rac8 23. Qg2 $40) 22. Qe2 $1 (22.
Ne5 $6 Bxe5 (22... Rxc2 $6 {falls into the classical tactics, like from the
old books:} 23. Bxc2+ Kg8 24. Bh7+ Kh8 25. Bg6+ Kg8 26. Bf7+ $1 Rxf7 27. Rh8+
$1 Kxh8 28. Nxf7+ Kg8 29. Nxd6 {This position is still difficult to estimate.
White's rook + two pawns should be superior to Black's pair of bishops.}) 23.
dxe5 Qb6 24. Qd3 Rcd8 25. Qxd8 Qxe3+ (25... Rxd8 $4 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Bf5+ Kg8
28. Bxe6+ Kf8 29. Rh8+ Ng8 30. Rxg8+ Ke7 31. Rxd8 $18) 26. Kh1 Bxg2+ $1 27.
Kxg2 Qf3+ 28. Kg1 Qf2+ $11) 22... g6 (22... Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Bg5 24. Bb1+ Bh6 25.
Qe4 Nf5 26. g4 Rce8 27. Kh1 $1 $16) 23. Bxg6+ Kg7 24. Bb1 Kf7 25. Ne5+ Ke8 26.
Rh7 $40) 21... Rac8 $2 (21... Qf4 {was far more convincing} 22. Rh5 g6 $1 {
is the most precise way to defuse White's attack} (22... Ng8 {[%cal Gg8h6] is
a good defensive move.}) 23. Bxg6+ Kg7 $19) 22. e5 {The next five-six moves
are pretty forced.} Bxe5 23. Nxe5 (23. Rxc8 $2 Rxc8 24. dxe5 Qb6+ 25. Qf2 Qxf2+
26. Kxf2 Kxh7 $19) 23... Rxc5 24. Ng6+ $1 (24. Qxc5 Qxc5 25. dxc5 Kxh7 26. Rd7
Nc6 {and Black keeps the extra piece.}) 24... Nxg6 25. dxc5 {[%tqu "En","A lot
of pieces are hanging. What should be done?","","","b7e4","",5]} Be4 $1 26.
Rxd6 Bxc2 27. Bxg6 Bxg6 28. Rxe6 (28. Rxa6 Bd3 29. h4 e5 $19) 28... Bd3 29. h4
a5 30. c6 Rf1+ $2 {This is according to the rule to put the rook behind the
pawn, but here this was the case for an exception!} (30... Rc8 $1 31. Kf2 Bc4
32. Rd6 Bf7 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gf7e8] Black wins the annoying pawn and rest is a
matter of technique.}) 31. Kh2 Rc1 32. Re3 $1 Bb1 33. Rc3 {The point. White
saves the important c-pawn.} Rxc3 34. bxc3 {Black's extra piece is not enough
for a win. White has a strong passed pawn and another potential passer on the
kingside.} Kg8 35. c7 Bf5 36. Kg3 Kf7 37. Kf4 Bc8 38. Kg5 Bd7 {Black has to
wait with the bishop until White runs out of useful moves.} 39. h5 Be6 40. g3
a4 (40... Ke7 41. Kg6 Kf8 42. Kg5 $11) 41. g4 Kf8 42. Kf4 Ke7 {Now the king
can go to pick up the pawn, but it's not enough for a win.} 43. g5 Kd7 44. Ke5
Bg8 45. c8=Q+ {Not a mistake, but requires precise calculation.} (45. Kd4 {
was the easiest way:} Kxc7 46. Kc5 Bc4 47. h6 gxh6 48. gxh6 Bd3 49. Kd4 Bh7 50.
c4 {exchanging the b-pawn and then White's king reaches the safe a1 corner.
Just a draw.}) 45... Kxc8 46. Kd6 Kd8 47. Kc6 Ke7 48. Kxb5 Ke6 49. Kxa4 Kf5 50.
g6 $4 {Choosing between 50.g6 and 50.h6 Levon didn't manage to calculate well.}
(50. h6 g6 51. Kb5 Kxg5 52. a4 Kxh6 53. a5 g5 54. a6 g4 (54... Bd5 55. c4 Be4
56. c5 g4 57. c6 g3 58. a7 g2 59. a8=Q g1=Q $11) 55. c4 g3 56. a7 g2 57. a8=Q
g1=Q $11) 50... Kg5 51. Kb5 Kxh5 52. a4 Kxg6 53. a5 Kf6 54. a6 (54. c4 Ke5 55.
c5 g5 56. a6 Bd5 57. Kb6 g4 58. a7 Ba8 $1 59. c6 Kd6 60. c7 Kd7 $19) 54... Bd5
55. c4 Ba8 56. Kb6 Ke5 {Black's pieces are just in time to stop the white
pawns.} 57. Kc7 g5 58. Kb8 Be4 59. Kc7 g4 60. a7 g3 61. c5 Ba8 62. Kb8 Bc6 {
An epic fight. There were many mistakes which are not typical for these two
great players. However, let's not forget that this was already round twelve of
the very tense tournament with a lot at stake. At the press conference after
the battle both grandmasters looked completely exhausted.} 0-1

[Event "Rohde op 09th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2009.10.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Pruess, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2009.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 d5 6. Nc3 Be7 7. cxd5 {Une
position "Tabya" а laquelle on peut arriver а partir de plusieurs ouvertures
différentes} Nxd5 8. Bd3 (8. Bc4 {l'alternative}) 8... Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 {
[%cal Ge1e3,Ge3g3]} (10. a3) (10. Qe2) 10... Nf6 (10... Bf6 {L'alternative}) (
10... Ncb4 11. Bb1 $16) 11. a3 (11. Bg5) 11... b6 12. Bg5 (12. Bc2 {[%cal
Gd1d3,Gc1g5,Gd3h7]} Ba6 13. Bg5 Rc8 14. Rc1 Nd5) 12... Bb7 13. Bc2 (13. Bb1)
13... Rc8 14. Qd3 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gg5f6]} g6 15. Rad1 $1 {[%cal Gd4d5]} (15.
Rac1 $6 {avec un P isolé, la R est mieux placée en d1 pour soutenir la poussée
d4d5 tout en évitant les échanges de R sur la colonne "c"}) (15. Bh6) (15. h4)
15... Re8 (15... Nd5 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Ba4 $16 (17. h4 $5 {Ribli,Z (2595)
-Gheorghiu,F (2540) Warsaw zt final 1979 (4) 1/2})) 16. h4 $36 Na5 (16... a6 {
Kavalek,L-Larsen,B Solingen m 1970 (6) 1-0}) (16... Nd5) 17. Ne5 Nd5 18. Ba4 $1
f6 (18... Nxc3 $142 19. bxc3 Qd5 {[%csl Rg2]}) 19. Nxg6 $1 (19. Qh3 $5 {
[%csl Re6][%cal Gh3e6,Gh4h5]} Nc7 (19... fxe5 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21. Qxe5+ Kg8 22.
Bxe8) (19... fxg5 20. Qxe6+ Kg7 21. Bxe8 Qxe8 22. Nxd5 $18) 20. Bxe8 Qxe8 21.
b4 fxg5 22. bxa5) 19... fxg5 20. Bxe8 Qxe8 21. Rxe6 hxg6 22. Rxg6+ Kf8 23. Rh6
(23. Nxd5) 23... Nf6 24. hxg5 Ng8 25. Rh8 Nc4 {la dernière faute} 26. Re1 Nxb2
27. Qh7 Qf7 28. Rxg8+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 05th final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1986.12.11"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1986.12.10"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Trud"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow CSKA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d4 e6 8.
Bd3 (8. Bc4 $5) 8... Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nf6 11. a3 (11. Bg5) 11... b6 12.
Bg5 Bb7 13. Bc2 {[%cal Gd1d3,Gd3h7,Gg5f6]} Rc8 (13... Nd5 14. Qd3 (14. h4)) 14.
Qd3 g6 15. Rad1 Nd5 16. Bh6 $36 Re8 17. Ba4 a6 $6 (17... Nxc3 $142 18. bxc3
Bxa3 19. c4 Bf8 $13) (17... Bf8) 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 (18... exd5 $5) 19. Qe3 Bf6 20.
Bb3 Qd7 $5 {Tentative d'amélioration du Champion du Monde sur une de ses
vieilles parties} (20... Qh5 $143 $2 21. d5 $40 {Smyslov,V (2620)-Karpov,A 
(2540) URS-ch39 Leningrad 1971 (9) 1-0}) 21. d5 $1 exd5 22. Qxb6 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1
Bxb2 24. Bxd5 Bg7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. h4 $5 {[%cal Gh4h5]} Qxd5 $1 27. Qxb7 Rb8
28. Qxa6 Rb3 29. Qa4 Rc3 30. Re3 Rc4 31. Qb3 Nd4 $1 32. Qb2 (32. Nxd4 Rc1+ 33.
Kh2 Qxd4 34. g3 Qd1 35. Qxd1 Rxd1 {Beliavsky,A}) 32... Kh6 33. Ne5 Rc2 34. Qb8
Kg7 35. h5 Nf5 36. Re1 gxh5 37. Nf3 Qc5 38. Qe5+ Qxe5 39. Rxe5 Rc1+ 40. Kh2 Kf6
41. Rb5 Ra1 42. Rb6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Black "Kuczynski, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katowice Szopienice"]
[BlackTeam "Wroclaw AZS WSB"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 (6... Bb4 {
Tomczak,J (2533)-Hera,I (2586) POL-chT Katowice 2010 (5) 1-0}) 7. cxd5 (7. Bd3)
7... Nxd5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 (11. a3 $5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 b6
13. h4 Bxh4 {Trop risqué} 14. Nxh4 Qxh4 15. Re3 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Ge3h3]})
11... Nce7 12. Qc2 {[%csl Rh7]} (12. Qd3 g6 13. Bh6 Bg7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Rac1
$32) (12. Ne5) 12... h6 {Une position critique car il est difficile de choisir
avec l'alternative g6 qui affaiblit les cases Noires} (12... g6 13. Bh6 Re8 14.
Qb3 b6 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Qxd5 Be6 19. Qe4 Rc8 20.
Qf4 Bh8 21. h4 Qb5 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 Bg7 24. b3 a5 25. Qf4 Bxh6 26. Qxh6
f6 27. Qf4 Kg7 28. g4 h6 29. g5 hxg5 30. hxg5 fxg5 31. Nxg5 Bg8 32. Ne4 Qf5 33.
Qxf5 gxf5 34. Nc3 f4 35. Kf1 Kf6 36. Ke2 Kf5 37. Kd3 Bf7 38. Ne4 Bg6 39. Nd2 b5
40. Kc3 Ke6 41. a4 bxa4 42. bxa4 {Solak,D (2563)-Kacheishvili,G (2599)
Mallorca 2004 1/2-1/2}) 13. Qe2 (13. Ne5) 13... Nf5 (13... Bd7 14. Bb1 Bc6 15.
Qd3 $36 {[%csl Rh6,Rh7];Starostits,I (2482)-Fluvia Poyatos,J (2449) Balaguer
op 14th 2009 (10) 1/2}) 14. Nxd5 $146 (14. Qd3 Nb4 15. Qc4 a5 {Gdanski,J (2540)
-Polak,T (2525) Ostrava Cup 1998 (10) 1-0}) 14... exd5 15. Bc2 Nd6 16. Bf4 $32
Re8 17. Ne5 Bf5 18. Bb3 Be6 19. Qh5 $16 Bg5 20. Bg3 Rc8 21. f4 $1 {[%csl Ge5]
[%cal Gf4f5]} Bf6 22. Re2 Rc7 23. Rf1 $36 {[%cal Gf4f5]} g6 24. Qf3 (24. Qxh6
Nf5) 24... Ne4 25. Be1 Qc8 26. h3 h5 27. f5 $1 $40 {[%csl Rd5,Rh5]} gxf5 28.
Qxh5 Kg7 29. Bh4 Bxh4 {[%csl Re6] Après cet échange, les Noirs vont souffrir
sur cases Noires} (29... Rh8 30. Bxf6+ Kxf6 31. Qf3) 30. Qxh4 Rh8 31. Qf4 Qd8
32. Nd3 Rc8 33. Nc5 Qf6 $6 34. Nxe4 Qxd4+ $2 35. Qf2 1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Baburin} c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5
Nxd5 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Nf6 11. a3 b6 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Bc2 Nd5 $5 {N}
14. Qd3 (14. h4 $5) 14... g6 15. h4 $6 (15. Bh6 $142) 15... Bxg5 $1 16. Nxg5 (
16. hxg5 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Na5 $1 {קg5}) 16... Nce7 $1 {Black threatens to play
Nd5-f4.} 17. Qf3 (17. Qd2 {Baburin}) 17... Nxc3 (17... Nf5 $2 18. Bxf5 exf5 19.
Re5 Nxc3 20. Qxb7 Qxd4 21. Nf3 $18) 18. Qxb7 Ncd5 19. Qa6 {Baburin:Otherwise
the Queen could be in trouble after a7-a5.} Rc8 20. Be4 Rc7 21. Rad1 Nf6 22.
Bb1 Qd5 23. Nf3 Qc4 24. Qxc4 Rxc4 25. Ne5 Rcc8 26. g4 {Baburin: An endgame
with the isolated pawn is in Black's favour, so White has to play actively.}
Rfd8 27. Kg2 Nc6 $1 28. g5 Nh5 $1 29. Nxc6 $8 (29. Kf3 $2 Rxd4 30. Nxc6 Rf4+
$19) 29... Rxc6 30. Rd2 Rcd6 31. Red1 Nf4+ 32. Kf3 Nd5 33. Rc1 Ne7 34. Rc7 Nc6
35. d5 $1 $10 exd5 36. Ba2 Kg7 37. Kg3 a6 38. Rxd5 Rxd5 39. Bxd5 Rxd5 40. Rxc6
Rd3+ 41. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade op FIDE"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1984.10.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Seret, Jean Luc"]
[Black "Andrijevic, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Seret,JL"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1984.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "50/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 {Ouverture : Gambit Dame,
variante semi-Tarrasch} 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 a6
11. Re1 Bf6 (11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 b5 13. Qc2 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. h4 Ra7 16. h5
Bf8 17. Qd2 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Qf6 19. a4 bxa4 20. Rxa4 Ne7 21. Ng5 Qg7 22. Qxg7+
Kxg7 23. h6+ Kg8 24. Ne4 Rd8 25. Nf6+ Kh8 26. Ng4 {1/2-1/2 (26) Rubinetti,J 
(2445)-Paglilla,C (2300) Quilmes 1980}) 12. Be4 {Le Fou cède la case d3 а la
Dame et se prépare éventuellement а s'échanger contre le Cd5} Qd6 $146 (12...
Ra7 13. Qd3 h6 14. Bd2 b5 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nde7 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Be3 Nd4
19. Rad1 Rad7 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21. f4 g5 22. fxg5 hxg5 23. Kf2 Kg7 {1/2-1/2 (23)
Metz,W-Westphal,R Germany 1975}) 13. Qd3 g6 14. Bxd5 {Les N ont établi un
barrage sur les cases blanches, donc le Fou blanc de ces cases s'échange
contre un Cavalier pour tenter une invasion des cases noires.} exd5 15. Bh6 Rd8
16. Qe3 Be6 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Kg7 19. Re2 h6 20. Qh4 Ne7 21. Rae1 $36 {
[%csl Ge1,Ge2] Les Tours blanches sont clairement plus actives que les noires
et les Blancs sont dirigés vers l'aile Roi.} Nf5 22. Qg4 b5 ({Préférable eut
été} 22... Ne3 $142 23. Qg3 Qxg3 24. hxg3 Nc4 25. Na4 b6 {avec seulement un
petit avantage blanc}) 23. Rxe6 $1 {[%csl Rg6] Sacrifice de qualité pour
affaiblir le Pion g6 et déclencher l'attaque} fxe6 24. Ne5 Ne7 ({Choix
difficile. Plus résistant eut été} 24... g5 25. Qh5 Ra7 26. Qg6+ Kf8 27. Qf6+
Kg8 28. Nc6 (28. Ng6 Ng7 29. Rxe6 Qxe6 30. Qxd8+ Ne8 31. Ne5 {avec une
relative égalité} Rc7 $13) 28... Qxc6 29. Qxd8+ $16) 25. Ne2 Rg8 {Les N se
décident а défendre g6 mais après la chute du Pion e6, leur partie va
s'écrouler tactiquement} (25... Rf8 $14) 26. Nf4 Kh7 27. Nf7 $1 {un gain de
temps important qui vise h6 avec le Cavalier et e6 avec la Tour} Qd7 28. Nxe6 {
Menace le gain de Dame par Ce6g5+} Nf5 {Les Noirs ont poussé un Ouf de
soulagement mais c'est le moment où la position explose} 29. Nxh6 $1 Rge8 (
29... Nxh6 30. Ng5+ {gagne la Dame}) (29... Kxh6 30. Qh3+ {fait mat}) 30. Nxf5
({Les Noirs abandonnent car} 30. Nxf5 Rxe6 31. Rxe6 Qxe6 32. Qh3+ Kg8 33. Nh6+
{perd la Dame}) 1-0

[Event "HUN-ch15 playoff"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1960.02.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[Annotator "Szabo,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1960.02.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. exd4 Ndb4 11. Be4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Rd1 Qf6 14. Be3 e5
$2 (14... Nc6 $5) 15. Rac1 Be6 (15... Qa6 16. Qxa6 Nxa6 17. Nb5 $44) (15... Nc6
16. Nd5 $16) 16. Bxb7 Rab8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 (18... Rfd8 19. Rc6 $1)
19. Rxd5 Rfc8 20. Rcd1 $1 Rc7 21. b3 Bb4 $2 (21... Bf8 $5) 22. Rb5 $1 Rxb5 (
22... Rcb7 23. Rxb7 Rxb7 24. Qc4 $16) 23. Qxb5 Bf8 24. Qb8 Qc6 25. h3 $1 Rc8
26. Qxe5 a6 27. Qd5 Qg6 28. Qd7 $1 Rc2 29. Qe8 f5 30. Qb8 Kf7 31. Rd7+ Be7 32.
Qb7 Qf6 33. g3 $1 (33. b4 $2 Qa1+ 34. Kh2 Qe5+ $11) 33... h6 (33... Ke8 $5) 34.
b4 $1 Rxa2 35. Bd4 $1 Qg5 $2 (35... Qe6 36. Bc5 Qe1+ 37. Kg2 Re2 38. Qxa6 $18)
1-0

[Event "URS-chT Cup 03rd sf"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1961.10.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[Annotator "Tal,M/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1961.10.08"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[BlackTeam "Daugava"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 (6... cxd4 7.
exd4 Be7 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nf6 11. a3 b6 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. Qd3 Rc8
14. Bg5 g6 15. Rad1 Nd5 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Ba4 (17. h4) 17... a6 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19.
Qe3 Bf6 (19... Qh5 20. d5 exd5 21. Qxb6 $40) 20. Bb3 Qh5 21. d5 $40) 7. Bd3 Be7
8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 (9. a3 $142 cxd4 10. exd4 Nf6 11. Re1 $1) 9... b6 10. Nxd5
exd5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. e4 Be6 13. Bf4 $146 (13. exd5 {Geller,E-Krogius,N
URS-ch26 Tbilisi 1959 (1) 1/2}) 13... dxe4 14. Bxe4 Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Rac8 16. b3
h6 17. Bd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Rfd8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {This was a quick draw with my
flight- companion Keres (the life and Games of M Tal)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.10.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[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 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. Ne5 Ng6 (12... Nc6 13. Nf3 Nce7
{1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Karpov,An/URS-ch55 Moscow ;URS-ch 1988}) (12... Nf5 13. a3
Nde7 14. Be3 Bd7 (14... Nxe3 15. Rxe3 Nf5 16. Bxf5 exf5 $13) 15. Ng4 Bh4 16.
Qc2 (16. d5 $6 Nxe3 17. Nxe3 f5 18. Bf3 Qb6 19. g3 f4 20. gxh4 fxe3 21. Rxe3
Nf5 22. Re4 Qxb2 $17) 16... Bc6 17. g3 h5 $1 18. Ne5 $8 Bf6 (18... Bxe4 19.
Qxe4 Bf6 $10) 19. Rad1 Rc8 20. Qe2 g6 (20... h4 $5) 21. Qf3 Bxe4 22. Nxe4 Bg7
$15 23. h3 Rc2 24. Bg5 f6 $17 25. Qb3 $8 Qc8 (25... Nxd4 $2 26. Rxd4 Qxd4 27.
Bxf6 $3 Bxf6 28. Nxf6+ Rxf6 29. Qxc2 $16) 26. Nc5 (26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. Nc3 Rxf2
$1 $19) 26... Nxd4 $19 27. Rxd4 Rxc5 28. Nd7 fxg5 29. Rd3 Rc1 30. Qxe6+ Rf7 31.
Rxc1 Qxc1+ 32. Kh2 Qc6 {0-1 Hulak,K-Torre,E/Toluca izt (08) ;IZT 1982 (38)})
13. Qf3 Nxc3 (13... Nde7 14. Be3 Bxe5 15. dxe5 $14) 14. bxc3 (14. Qxc3 Qd6 15.
Nxg6 hxg6 16. Be3 Rd8 17. Rad1 $14 {[%cal Ye4b7]}) 14... Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qa5 (
15... Qc7 16. Ba3 Rd8 17. Bd6 $14) 16. Rb1 (16. Bb2 $5 Rd8 (16... Nxe5 17.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Rxe5 Qb6 20. Ba3 Rd8 21. Qh4 $14) (16... Bd7 $5 17.
c4 (17. Bxb7 Rab8 $10 {[%csl Rb2,Re5]}) (17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qxb7 Rab8 19. Qxd7
Rxb2 20. Qc6 Rxa2 21. Rxa2 Qxa2 $10) 17... Rab8 18. Qa3 Qxa3 19. Bxa3 Rfd8 20.
Bd6 Rbc8 21. c5 Bc6 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Rab1 b6 24. cxb6 axb6 25. Rec1 Rdc8 26.
Rxc6 Rxc6 27. g3 $10) 17. c4 Rb8 18. Rad1 Bd7 19. Qc3 Qxc3 20. Bxc3 Bc6 21.
Bxc6 bxc6 22. Rd6 $14) 16... Nxe5 17. Qe2 (17. Qg3 Ng6 18. a3 Qe5 (18... Rd8
19. Bxb7 (19. Bg5 Rd7 $6 (19... Re8 20. c4 (20. Bxb7 $6 Bxb7 21. Rxb7 Rac8 $15)
20... e5 21. h4 $44) 20. h4 $1 $32 {[%csl Rc8]} Qxa3 21. h5 Nf8 22. Bf6 g6 23.
Qg5 e5 24. Qh6 Ne6 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. Bxg6 hxg6 27. Qxg6+ Ng7 28. Rxe5 Qf8 29.
Rbe1 Rf7 30. Be7 Rxe7 (30... Bf5 31. Rxf5 $18) 31. Rxe7 Bf5 32. Rxg7+ Qxg7 33.
Qxf5 $18) 19... Bxb7 20. Rxb7 Rac8 $15) 19. Qxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Rxe5
$11) 17... a6 18. Rb3 (18. Bxb7 Bxb7 19. Rxb7 (19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. Rxe5 Bd5 $15)
19... Rad8 $11) 18... Nc6 19. Bb2 e5 20. c4 $44 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch 74th"]
[Site "Saarbruecken"]
[Date "2002.11.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Slobodjan, Roman"]
[Black "Seger, Ruediger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2002.11.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 (4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5
Nxd5 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. Bd3 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Re1 b6 13. a3 Bb7 14.
Bc2 Rc8 15. Qd3 g6 16. Rad1 Nd5 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Ba4 Nxc3 $1 (18... a6 $6 19.
Nxd5 $5 $14 {-see commentaries to the 6-th move.} (19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Nxc3
21. bxc3 b5 22. Bb3 Bxa3 $17 {1/2-1/2 Prates,F-Loureiro,L/BRA 1995/EXT 97 (31)}
) (19. Ne4 b5 20. Bb3 Na5 21. Ba2 Nc4 22. Qe2 $132 {1/2-1/2 Banas,J-Haba,P/AUT
1995/EXT 99 (29)})) 19. bxc3 Bxa3 20. c4 $44 {1/2-1/2 Moskalenko,V-Hatanbaatar,
B/Moscow 1996/EXT 2000 (39)}) 4... Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 (6... e6 7. d4
Bb4 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Nf6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Re1 b6 13. a3 Bb7 14. Bc2
Rc8 15. Qd3 g6 16. Rad1 Nd5 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Ba4 Nxc3 $1 $132 (18... a6 19. Nxd5
$5 Qxd5 20. Qe3 Rcd8 (20... Red8 21. Bb3 Qh5 22. d5 exd5 23. Qxb6 Ba8 24. Bf4
$14) 21. Bb3 Qh5 22. d5 exd5 23. Qxb6 Ba8 $14 (23... Qxh6 24. Qxb7 $16 {
0-1 Utemov,V-Lastin,A/Moscow 1996/CBM 55 ext (43)}))) 7. d4 e6 8. Bd3 Be7 9.
O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nf6 11. a3 b6 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Bc2 Rc8 14. Qd3 g6 15. Rad1 Nd5
16. Bh6 Re8 17. Bb3 ({Most popular is} 17. Ba4 $5 {[%cal Ga4e8]} a6 $5 {
The best.} ({Other continuations are worse:} 17... Bf8 18. Bg5 Be7 19. h4 a6
20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. h5 $14 {[%csl Rb7,Gf3] 1-0
Mortensen,E-Ostenstad,B/Espoo 1989/CBM 14 (35)}) (17... Bf6 18. Ne4 Bg7 19. Bg5
f6 20. Bh4 a6 21. Bg3 Bf8 22. b4 {1-0 Sax,G-Haag,E/Budapest 1976/MCL (47)}) 18.
Nxd5 (18. Ne4 b5 19. Bb3 Na5 20. Ba2 Nc4 21. Qe2 Nf6 $15) 18... Qxd5 19. Qe3
Bf6 (19... Red8 20. Bb3 Qf5 21. d5 exd5 22. Qxb6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Smirnov,
I-Shkuran,D/Dnepropetrovsk 2002/EXT 2003 (46)}) 20. Bb3 Qd8 21. Qf4 Na5 22. Ba2
$1 (22. d5 $6 e5 (22... Nxb3 23. dxe6 Rxe6 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. h3
$18) 23. Qe3 Nxb3 24. Qxb3 e4 25. d6 Re6 $15 {1-0 Malinin,Y-Eliseev,A/St
Petersburg 1999/EXT 2000 (48)}) 22... Nc4 23. Bg5 Bxg5 24. Nxg5 Rf8 25. Bxc4 (
25. Qh4 h5 26. Re2 Qf6 $15) 25... Rxc4 26. Qh4 h5 27. Re3 Rc2 $132) (17. h4
Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qd5 (18... Na5 19. Ba4 Bc6 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. Ne5 Rc7 22. h5 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Roiz,M-Doettling,F/Tel Aviv 2001/CBM 81 ext (29)}) 19. Qd2 Qa5 20. Ng5
Nd8 $15 {1/2-1/2 Banas,J-Meduna,E/Marianske Lazne 1978/MCD (26)}) (17. Bd2 $4
Ndb4 18. axb4 Nxb4 19. Qe2 Nxc2 $19 {1/2-1/2 Fedorov,V-Schorr,L/Concord 1995/
EXT 97 (23)}) (17. Bb1 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Na5 19. Ne5 Bd5 20. Qg3 Bf8 21. Bxf8 Rxf8
22. h4 $132 {0-1 Waldmann,H-Tepojan,L/Germany 1996/EXT 99 (90)}) (17. Nxd5 Qxd5
(17... exd5 18. h4 Bf6 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Re1 Qd7 21. Qe3 Bg7 22. Ba4 $14 {
1-0 Veresagin,J-Petchenkin,A/Krasnodar 1998/EXT 2000 (51)}) 18. Qd2 $132) 17...
Na5 (17... Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bf6 19. Ba2 Na5 20. Ne5 Qc7 21. Rc1 Qd6 22. Ng4 Bh8
23. Bg5 Nc6 24. Qf3 $36 {1/2-1/2 Hochgraefe,M-Upleger,M/Germany 1991/EXT 97-B 
(40)}) 18. Ba4 (18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Ba4 Bc4 20. Qe3 b5 21. Bc2 Bd5 22. Bd3 Nc4
$15 {1/2-1/2 Hernandez,A-Vethencourt,M/Merida 1997/EXT 2001 (35)}) 18... Bc6
19. Bxc6 Nxc6 20. Ne4 Bf8 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Nfg5 $132 {Black was lucky to
exchange both pairs of BB and received good counterplay against White isolated
central Pd4. However, White has strong pieces play in the kingside.} h6 (22...
Kg7 23. Qg3 $14 {[%cal Gh2h4]}) 23. Nf3 Nf6 24. Nc3 Kg7 (24... Re7 {[%cal
Ge7c7]} 25. b4 Rec7 $132) 25. Ne5 Nd5 (25... Rf8 $5) 26. Ne4 f5 $6 $14 {
[%csl Rg7] Unnecessary kingside weakening.} ({Better was} 26... Nce7 27. Rc1
Rxc1 28. Rxc1 f6 $132) 27. Qg3 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gg3g6,Ge5g6]} Nce7 (27... g5
28. Nc3 Nf4 29. Qe3 $16 {[%csl Rg7]}) 28. Nd2 (28. Nc3 $14) 28... Nf6 29. Nd3
$6 $132 ({Why not} 29. Nec4 {[%cal Gc4d6]} Nh5 30. Qe5+ $14) ({Or} 29. Ndc4 $1
$14 {-see below.}) 29... Ned5 $6 $14 ({Interesting was to acept the P
sacrifice:} 29... Qxd4 30. Nf4 (30. Nf3 Qg4 31. Qd6 Rcd8 32. Qxe6 Ned5 33. Qc6
Rc8 34. Qb5 Rxe1+ $11) (30. Rxe6 Qg4 $11 {[%cal Gg4d1,Gg4g3]}) 30... Qxb2 31.
Nxe6+ (31. Rxe6 Rc1 $15) 31... Kf7 32. Qd6 $132 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Ge6c7]}) 30.
Ne5 Ne7 31. Ndc4 $5 (31. Nec4 $14) 31... Nh5 {Black doesn't know what to do...}
({Worth of attention} 31... b5 $5 32. Ne3 Qd6 $14) (31... Ne4 32. Qd3 (32. Qb3
Qd5 33. Qd3 Nc6 34. Nxc6 Qxc6 35. Ne5 Qc2 36. Qf3 Red8 37. h4 $14) 32... Nd5
33. f3 Nef6 34. a4 $14) 32. Qf3 Nf6 33. h3 b5 (33... Rf8 $2 34. Ne3 Nfd5 35.
Rc1 $16) 34. Ne3 Nfd5 $6 $16 (34... Qd6 $14) 35. Nd3 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gd3c5,
Gd3f4]} Nxe3 36. Rxe3 Nd5 (36... Nc6 37. Nf4 Nxd4 38. Qb7+ (38. Rxd4 $2 Qxd4
39. Nxe6+ Rxe6 40. Rxe6 Rc1+ 41. Kh2 Kf7 42. Ra6 Qe5+ 43. g3 Rc7 44. h4 h5 $14
{[%csl Rf7]}) 38... Kf6 39. Kh1 Rc7 40. Nd5+ $1 $18) (36... Qxd4 37. Nf4 Qxb2
38. Rxe6 Rc1 39. Nxg6 $16 {[%csl Rg7]}) 37. Re5 Qd6 38. Rde1 Re7 $2 $18 ({
More stubborn was} 38... Nc7 39. Qe3 Red8 40. Nf4 Qxd4 41. Qg3 g5 42. Nxe6+
Nxe6 43. Rxe6 $16 {[%csl Rg7]}) 39. Qg3 (39. Nc5 $18) 39... Rd8 (39... Rc4 40.
Rxd5 Qxd5 41. Nf4 Qxd4 42. Qxg6+ $18) 40. Nc5 {[%csl Re6]} Nc7 41. Nb7 Qxd4 42.
Nxd8 Qxd8 43. Rc5 1-0

[Event "Escaldes zt"]
[Site "Escaldes"]
[Date "1998.11.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 28704]} 1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7.
cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. Ne5 Nc6 (12... Bd7
13. Ng4 $5 (13. Qd3 g6 14. Bh6 Bg7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nxd5 (16. Bxd5 $5) 16...
exd5 17. Bf3 Be6 18. Qb3 Qb6 (18... Qd6 19. Rac1 b6 20. Be2 Rac8 $11 (20... a5
21. a3 f6 $11 (21... Rfc8 22. h3 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 $11 {1-0 Smejkal,J-Kupka,S/
Luhacovice 1969/ (51)}))) 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. a3 (20. Bd1 Nc6 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22.
a3 c5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hansen,C-Illescas Cordoba,M/Groningen PCA 1993 (29)}) 20...
Rfc8 21. Re2 Nf5 22. Rd2 Ra4 23. Rad1 b5 (23... f6 24. Ng4 h5 25. Ne3 $11) 24.
g4 Nd6 $11 {1-0 Kharlov,A-Janjgava,L/Kremlin Cup qual 1995 (49)}) 13... Bc6 14.
Qd3 Ng6 15. Be3 (15. Qd1 Rc8 (15... Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Be7 $132) 16.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Bb1 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bd5 19. Bd2 b5 20. a4 b4 21. cxb4 Qxd4 22. Ra3
$132 {1-0 Wahls,M-Martinovsky,E/Hamburg Wichern G/30 1993 (22)}) 15... Nxe3 (
15... Nb4 $6 16. Qd2 Be7 $132 (16... Bxe4 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Nxe4 Qe7 19. d5
Nxd5 20. Bc5 $16 {1-0 Brunner,L-Gerber,R/Zug 1987/EXT 87 (43)})) 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6
17. fxe3 Rac8 $132) 13. Qd3 (13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qd3 g6 15. Bh6 Bg7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7
17. Na4 Rb8 18. b3 $14 {0-1 Bogic,S-Keca,D/Novi Sad ,EXT 1989 (22)}) (13. Nf3
Nce7 14. Ne5 Nc6 15. Qd3 h6 16. Bxd5 (16. a3 Nde7 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Rd1 Nd5 $11
{1/2-1/2 Minasian Ara-Asrian Karen/Ch Armenia, Yerevan (Armenia) 1996 (53)})
16... exd5 17. Bf4 Nb4 18. Qd2 Bf5 19. Rac1 Re8 20. Nb5 Bxe5 (20... Nxa2) 21.
Rxe5 Rxe5 22. dxe5 Nd3 23. Rc3 g5 24. Bg3 (24. Be3 Nxe5 25. h4 Nc4 $17 {
0-1 Zaitshik,G-Khenkin,I/Leningrad 1989 (42)}) 24... Rc8 25. Nd6 Rxc3 26. Qxc3
Qd7 27. h3 $14) (13. Bxd5 $1 $14 exd5 14. Nxc6 $5 (14. Bf4 Bf5 (14... Bxe5 15.
Bxe5 Be6 16. Qd2 Qd7 17. Bf4 $14 (17. Bxg7 $5 $11 Kxg7 18. Qg5+ Kh8 19. Qf6+
Kg8 20. Qg5+ {1/2-1/2 M.Bryson,D-V.Sadovoy,Y/WCCC 1993/Inf 03 (20)})) (14...
Be6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Na4 Bf5 17. Qd2 a5 18. Be5 Bg5 19. Qc3 Rc8 20. Nc5 $14 {
1-0 Lipka,J-Izmukhambetov,S/Cappelle ,EXT 1995 (41)}) 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Na4 Re8
17. Qd2 Re4 18. Be3 Be7 19. f3 Re6 20. Bf4 $14 {1-0 Polgar,Z-Horvath,C/
Budapest Kasparov 1991 (56)}) (14. Na4 $6 Bxe5 15. dxe5 d4 16. Bf4 Be6 $11 {
1-0 Waldmann,H-Jacobs,J/OLNO 1992 (37)}) 14... bxc6 15. Na4 Bf5 16. Be3 (16.
Bf4 $14) 16... Be7 17. Rc1 Qd6 18. Qd2 Qg6 19. Bf4 $14 {1-0 Korneev,O-Jaster,R/
OLNN 1992 (54)}) 13... h6 (13... Nxc3 $4 14. bxc3 (14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. bxc3 $18 {
[%csl Rc6,Rh7]}) 14... Nxe5 15. Bxh7+ $18) (13... g6 14. Bh6 Bg7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7
16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Na4 $14 {0-1 Sher,M-Asrian,K/Erevan op 1996/
EXP 52 (65)}) 14. Bxd5 (14. a3 Nde7 (14... Bxe5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 (15... Nxc3 16.
Qxc3 $14) 16. Qg3 (16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Rxe5 Nxc3 18. bxc3 f5 19. Bxf5 (19. Qxd8
Rxd8 20. Bxh6 Kxh7 $11 (20... gxh6 21. Bg6 Kg7 22. Bh5 $11)) 19... exf5 20.
Qxd8 (20. Qe2 Qf6 21. Bb2 Bd7 22. c4 Qg6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Polgar,S-Thorsteins,K/
Budapest tt 1989 (33)}) 20... Rxd8 21. Be3 Kg8 22. Bd4 $14 {1-0 Willke,
H-Doderer,H/cr QTV-24 Hannover-Durlach [1] 1991 (45)}) 16... Ng6 (16... Nxc3
17. bxc3 (17. Bxh6 Ng6 18. Bxg6 (18. bxc3 gxh6 19. Bxg6 Qg5 (19... fxg6 20.
Qxg6+ Kh8 21. Qxh6+ Kg8 22. Qg6+ Kh8 23. Re5 Rf5 24. Re3 $18) 20. Be4 Qxg3 21.
hxg3 Rb8 22. Rad1 b5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Nijboer,F-van der Sterren,P/Nederland (ch)
1989/Inf 48/ (42)}) 18... Qf6 19. bxc3 Qxg6 20. Qxg6 fxg6 21. Bg5 $14) 17...
Ng6 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Bxh6 Qe8 20. Bg5 $16) 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Nxd5 exd5 19.
Bxg6 Qg5 20. Qxg5 hxg5 21. Bd3 Be6 22. Re5 g4 23. Rg5+ Kh8 $11) (14... Nxc3 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16. bxc3 $16 (16. Bxc6 $2 Bxd4 (16... Rb8 17. bxc3 Qa5 18. Bd2 (18.
Bxh6 $5 Rb6 (18... gxh6 19. Qg3+ $18) 19. Qf3 gxh6 (19... Rxc6 20. Bxg7 Bxg7
21. Qxc6 Ba6 22. Re3 $18) 20. Qxf6 Rxc6 21. Qxh6 f6 22. d5 $1 (22. Qg6+ Kh8 23.
Re4 (23. Re3 Rxc3 $11) 23... Qg5 $15) 22... Rc7 (22... Qxd5 23. Qg6+ Kh8 24.
Re3 e5 25. Qh5+ Kg7 26. Rg3+ $18) 23. dxe6 (23. Re3 Rg7 24. dxe6 Qf5 25. Rae1
Re8 26. h3 Bxe6 27. g4 Rg6 28. Qh4 Qd5 29. f4 Re7 $132) 23... Rh7 24. Qf4 Qc7
$132) 18... Ba6 19. Qe3 Rfc8 20. Be4 $14) 17. Qc2 Rb8 18. bxc3 Qa5 $15)) 15.
Nxc6 Nxc6 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Be6 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Be3 a6 (19... Rad8 20.
Qb5 Rd7 $11) (19... Qxb2 20. Rab1 Qf6 21. Rxb7 $16) 20. Rac1 Rfd8 21. Qc3 Qxc3
22. Rxc3 Bd5 $11 {1-0 Ljubojevic,L-Khalifman,A/Groningen PCA ,CBM 1993 (61)}) (
14. Qg3 Bh4 15. Qd3 Bf6 $11) (14. Nf3 Nce7 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5
Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Bc6 19. Bb4 Qxd3 20. Bxd3 Rfd8 21. Bf1 Nd5 $11 (21... Kf8 22. g3
Ke8 23. f4 Nd5 $11 (23... h5 24. Kf2 $11 {1-0 Nijboer,F-Douven Rudy C/
Amsterdam NED 1989 (71)}))) (14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Bf3 Qb6 (15... Be6 16. Bd2 Qb6
17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Bc3 Rac8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Weber,K-Plauth Herr,S/cr DFM 1990 (22)}
) 16. Bxd5 Qa5 $1 (16... Nb4 $2 17. Qb3 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Be6 19. Qe4 Rfd8 $44 {
0-1 Nissen,J-Khenkin,I/Baden-Baden ,GER 1990 (38)}) 17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. Bd2 Nxe5
$1 19. dxe5 Qd8 $17 {This move was missed by both of players...}) 14... Nb4 (
14... exd5 15. Bf4 Nb4 16. Qb1 Be6 17. a3 Nc6 18. Qd3 Rc8 19. Rad1 Re8 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Polgar,J-Horvath,J/Hungary ch 1991 (39)}) 15. Qg3 Bh4 (15... Nc2 $2 16.
Be4 Nxe1 (16... Bh4 17. Qd3 Nxe1 18. Qe3 Nxg2 19. Bxg2 $16) 17. Bxh6 (17. Be3
Bh4 18. Qh3 f5 19. Rxe1 fxe4 20. Ng6 Bf6 (20... Bxf2+ $5 21. Bxf2 Rxf2 22. Kxf2
Qf6+ 23. Kg1 Qxg6 24. Nxe4 $16) 21. Nxf8 Kxf8 22. Nxe4 Bxd4 23. Rd1 e5 24. Qf3+
Kg8 25. Nc3 Be6 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. Qe4 Qf6 28. Qxd4 $16) 17... Qxd4 18. Ng4 $18)
(15... exd5 16. Re2 Bh4 17. Qf3 Be6 18. a3 Nc6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Bf4 Qf6 21.
Qe3 $14) 16. Qf3 Nxd5 (16... exd5 17. Re2 Be6 18. a3 Nc6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Na4
Qc8 21. h3 Be7 22. Bf4 $14 {1-0 Smyslov,V-Ivanchuk,V/USSR (ch) 1988/Inf 46/
[Smyslov,V; Andrianov,N] (52)}) (16... Nc2 17. Qe4 (17. Be4 Nxe1 18. Qe3 Nxg2
19. Bxg2 $14) 17... Nxa1 (17... Nxe1 18. Bb3 $16) 18. Bc4 f5 19. Qd3 a6 20. Ng6
b5 21. Bxe6+ Bxe6 22. Rxe6 Rf7 23. Nxh4 Qxh4 24. Qb1 Qxd4 25. Re1 Rd7 26. Qxa1
$16) 17. Nxd5 (17. Re4 f5 (17... Bg5 18. Rg4 (18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20.
Re2 Be6 21. Qb3 b6 22. Rae1 $14) 18... f5 $1 (18... Nxc3 $2 19. Bxg5 hxg5 20.
bxc3 f6 21. Ng6 Re8 22. Rg3 (22. h4 e5 $15) 22... Qc7 (22... Qd5 23. Qh5 b6 24.
Rf3 $1 $18 {[%cal Gh5h8,Gg6e5]}) 23. Qh5 Bd7 24. Rf3 $18 (24. h4 $16 {1-0
Schroeder,C-Plauth Herr,S/cr DFM 1990 (29)})) 19. Rg3 (19. Rxg5 hxg5 $17) 19...
f4 20. Rh3 b6 21. Ne4 Bb7 22. Qg4 Rf5 23. Rh5 Nf6 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. h4 g6 26.
Nxg6 Qxg6 27. hxg5 hxg5 $132) 18. Rxh4 (18. Re2 $14) 18... Qxh4 19. Ng6 (19.
Nxd5 exd5 20. Qxd5+ Kh7 21. Be3 Qe4 22. Qxe4 fxe4 23. d5 Rd8 24. Rd1 Be6 $17)
19... Qxd4 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Nxf8 Kxf8 22. Be3 Qe4 23. Qg3 Be6 24. Qd6+ Kg8 $15
{1/2-1/2 Mortensen,E-Jelling,E/DEN 1989 (40)}) 17... exd5 $11 18. Qb3 (18. Bf4)
18... Bf6 19. Bf4 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 a5 $2 $16 (20... Re8 21. Qg3 f6 22. Bc7 Qd7 23.
Bf4 Kh7 24. h3 (24. Rxe8 Qxe8 25. h3 $11) 24... b6 25. Rac1 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Ba6
27. Bb8 Qb7 (27... Qf7 28. b3 Qg8 29. Bd6 Re8 $11) 28. Bd6 Qf7 29. Re7 Qg6 $14)
21. Rac1 a4 (21... f6 22. Bc7 Qd7 23. Rc5 Re8 24. Qxd5+ Kh7 25. Rxe8 Qxe8 26.
Rc1 Qe6 $16) 22. Qg3 Qg5 (22... f6 23. Rc7 Bd7 24. Bf4 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26.
h3 g5 27. Rxb7 Bc8 28. Rc7 Qe1+ 29. Kh2 Bf5 30. Be3 $16) 23. Qxg5 hxg5 24. Bd6
Rd8 25. Be7 Re8 26. Bxg5 Rxe1+ (26... Bd7 27. f3 $16) 27. Rxe1 Be6 (27... Bd7
28. f3 $16) 28. a3 (28. f3 $16) 28... Rc8 29. Bd2 Rc2 30. Bc3 g6 $2 $18 {
[%csl Rf6,Rg7]} (30... Bd7 31. f3 f6 32. Re7 Bc6 33. h4 $16) 31. h3 Kg7 32. g4
Kf6 (32... g5 33. Kg2 b5 34. Kg3 b4 35. Bxb4 Rxb2 36. f3 Rb3 37. Be7 Rd3 38.
Re5 Rxd4 39. Rxg5+ Kh6 40. h4 $18) 33. Kg2 Bd7 34. Kg3 Bb5 35. Re5 Bc4 36. g5+
Kg7 37. Re7 b5 38. Rb7 (38. f3 Re2 39. Rb7 Bd3 40. Bb4 $5 Rxb2 41. Rb8 (41. Be7
Re2 42. Bf6+ Kf8 43. Be5 (43. Rb8+ Re8 $14) 43... Bc4 44. h4 $14) 41... f5 42.
Rb7+ Kg8 43. h4 Rb3 44. Kf4 Be2 45. Ke5 Bxf3 46. Kf6 Bh5 47. Bd6 $1 $18 {
[%csl Rg8]}) 38... Re2 39. Bb4 $4 $14 (39. f3 $1 Bd3 (39... Rc2 40. Bb4 Rxb2
41. Rb8 $1 (41. Bd6 $2 Rb3 42. Be5+ Kf8 43. Bf6 Re3 44. Kf4 Re6 $14) 41... f5 (
41... Re2 42. Bf8+ Kh7 43. Bd6 Re6 44. Be5 Rxe5 45. dxe5 $18) 42. Rb7+ Kg8 43.
h4 (43. Kf4 Re2 (43... Rh2 44. Ke5 Rxh3 45. Kf6 $18) 44. h4 Bd3 45. Bd6 $18)
43... Ra2 44. h5 gxh5 45. Kf4 Bd3 46. Ke5 Rc2 47. Bc5 Rg2 48. Kf6 f4 49. Rg7+
Kh8 50. Kf7 Bf5 51. Bd6 Be6+ 52. Kf8 Rc2 53. Rg6 Rc8+ 54. Ke7 $18)) 39... Rxb2
40. Be7 (40. Rb8 Rb3+ 41. Kg2 f5 42. Rb7+ Kg8 43. h4 (43. Bd6 Bd3 44. Be5 Rxa3
45. Rg7+ Kf8 46. Rxg6 Be4+ 47. Kf1 Rxh3 $19) 43... Rd3 44. Bc5 $14) 40... Re2
41. h4 (41. f3 Re6 42. Kf4 $14) 41... Re6 42. f3 Bd3 43. Kf4 Bc4 44. Bf6+ Kf8
45. Be5 Ke8 46. Ke3 (46. Bf6 Re2 $14) 46... Re7 47. Rb6 Re6 48. Rb8+ Kd7 49.
Kd2 Rc6 50. Rb7+ Kc8 $4 $18 (50... Ke8 $14) 51. Rxf7 b4 (51... Bb3 52. h5 gxh5
53. f4 Bc2 54. f5 $18) 52. axb4 a3 53. Ra7 Ba6 (53... Ra6 54. Rxa6 Bxa6 55. Kc2
Bc4 56. f4 Kd7 57. f5 Bd3+ 58. Kb3 Bxf5 59. Kxa3 Kc6 60. Ka4 Kb6 61. Kb3 (61.
b5 Bd7 $11) 61... Kb5 62. Bd6 Bg4 63. Kc3 Bf5 64. Kd2 Kc4 65. Bc5 Bg4 66. Ke3
Bh5 67. Kf4 Bd1 68. Ke5 Bf3 69. Kd6 Kb5 70. h5 Bxh5 71. Kxd5 Bf3+ 72. Ke6 Kc4
73. Kf7 Be4 74. Kf6 Bd3 75. Ke5 Be2 76. d5 $18) (53... a2 54. b5 $3 (54. h5 $4
Ra6 $19) (54. Kc3 $2 Ba6+ 55. Kb2 Rc2+ 56. Ka1 Bc4 $44) 54... Rb6 55. h5 gxh5
56. f4 Rb7 57. Ra8+ Kd7 58. g6 Rxb5 59. g7 Rb2+ 60. Ke3 Rg2 61. f5 $18) 54. b5
$1 Rb6 55. Rc7+ Kd8 56. Rc3 (56. bxa6 a2 57. Rc1 Rb1 58. a7 a1=Q 59. Rxb1 Qxa7
$16) 56... a2 57. Ra3 Bxb5 58. Rxa2 Bd7 59. Ke3 Ke7 60. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Metalska Trgovina CC 90"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "2002.01.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2002.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nf6 11. a3 b6 (11... Qd6 {-see commented game 1-0
Yurtaev,L-Ibragimov,I/Guntur, AP 2000/CBM 77 [Finkel,A](35)}) 12. Bc2 (12. Bg5
Bb7 13. Bc2 Rc8 14. Qd3 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Bb3 Na5 18. Ba2 Ng4 $1
$17 {-see detailed commented game 0-1 Genba,V-Galkin,A/Perm 1997/CBM 58 
[Tsesarsky,I](52)}) 12... Bb7 13. Qd3 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Rad1 Qc7 {This move's
idea is to prepare square d8 for one of black RR and Nf6-g4 jump with threat
to h2} (15... Rc8 {-mainline.}) 16. Bb3 ({Worth of attention also} 16. Nb5 Qd7
17. Ba4 a6 18. Nc3 b5 19. Bb3 Qc7 (19... Ng4 $132) 20. d5 exd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5
22. Qxd5 Bf8 23. Qxf7+ $1 (23. Bxf8 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Rxf8 25. Qc5 $14 {1/2-1/2
Borik,O-Seeger,W/Stuttgart 1979/EXT 99 (41)}) 23... Qxf7 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25.
Rd7+ Re7 (25... Kg8 26. Bxf8 Rxe1+ 27. Nxe1 Rxf8 28. Rxb7 Re8 29. Kf1 Na5 30.
Ra7 Nc4 31. Nf3 Nxb2 32. Rxa6 $16) 26. Rexe7+ Nxe7 27. Ne5+ Ke6 28. Bxf8 Rxf8
29. Rxb7 Rc8 30. Nd3 Rc2 31. h4 $16) 16... Rad8 ({Interesting is} 16... Ng4 $5
{and White had to find fantastic} 17. Rxe6 $3 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Ge6g6,Gd3g6]} ({
Badly is} 17. Bg5 $4 {0-1 Zitek,A-Cupal,M/Svetla nad Sazavou 1998/EXT 99 (21)})
(17. Nb5 Qb8 18. Bd2 a6 19. h3 (19. Nc3 Nxd4 $1 {[%csl Rf3,Rh2][%cal Gb7f3,
Gb8h2]} (19... Na5 20. Ne4) 20. Qxd4 Bxf3 21. Bf4 e5 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. Qc4+
Kf8 24. gxf3 Qc8 $132)) 17... Kh8 $8 (17... Nxh6 $2 18. Rxg6+ $3 $18) (17...
fxe6 18. Bxe6+ Kh8 19. Bxg4 $16 {[%csl Rh8]}) 18. Nb5 (18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Nxe7 (
19. Rxc6 Bxc6 20. Nxe7 Qxe7 21. d5 Nxh6 22. Qc3+ Kg8 23. dxc6 Rad8 $15) 19...
Nxe7 (19... fxe6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Bg5 $18) 20. Rxe7 Qxe7 21. Bd2 Be4 $44)
18... Qb8 19. d5 $1 (19. Re4 Nxh6 20. d5 Na5 21. Ba2 Bf6 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Nc7
$132) 19... fxe6 ({Or} 19... Nce5 20. Rxe5 Nxe5 21. Qc3 Bf6 22. Nc7 Nd7 23. Nd4
Rc8 24. Bf4 $16) 20. dxc6 Bxc6 21. Qc3+ Bf6 22. Qxc6 Nxh6 23. Nc7 Rc8 (23...
Bxb2 24. Bxe6 Rxe6 25. Nxe6 Qe8 26. Qb7 $18) 24. Rd7 $16) 17. h3 {Avoiding
Nf6-g4 jump. Now Black has very difficult choice. It is not easy to star any
plan manoeuvres. In other hand, White threats to break by d4-d5 promotion. Bb3
placed on the important diagonal a2-g8, so White's Attack could be very
dangerous.} Rd7 $2 $16 {Badly! Here Rd7 will be vulnerable.} (17... a6 $142 18.
d5 Na5 19. Ba2 exd5 $44) 18. d5 Rc8 ({In case of} 18... Qd8 19. dxe6 $1 {
Black defence is destroying immediately:} Rxd3 20. exf7+ Kh8 21. fxe8=Q+ Nxe8
22. Ng5 $1 Bxg5 23. Rxd3 $18) ({It was necessary to play} 18... Na5 19. Nb5 (
19. Ne5 Nxb3 20. Nb5 Qd8 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Qxb3 Bxd5 23. Qd3 $16) 19... Qc5 (
19... Qd8 20. Ne5 $16 {-see above.}) 20. Ne5 $16 {and White keeps serious
advantage in all variations.}) 19. Qe3 exd5 (19... Bc5 20. Qg5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5
exd5 (21... Be7 22. Qc1 exd5 23. Nxd5 Qd8 24. Qc3 f6 25. Qb3 Kh8 26. Nxe7 $18)
22. Nxd5 $18) 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Bc5 (21... Bf8 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Qh6 $18 {
[%cal Gf3g5]}) 22. Qe8+ Bf8 23. Bxf8 Rxe8 24. Rxe8 Qb8 25. Rxb8 Nxb8 26. Bd6
1-0

[Event "HUN-ch"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Seres, Lajos"]
[Black "Acs, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[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. c4 c6 (1... Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O
cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. a3 Be7 13. Bc2 (13.
Bg5 Rc8 14. Bc2 Re8 15. Qd3 g6) (13. Bb1 $6 Rc8 14. Qd3 Re8 15. d5 $2 exd5 16.
Bg5 g6 17. Rxe7 Qxe7 18. Nxd5 Qe1+) 13... Re8 (13... Ba6 $5) (13... Rc8 14. Qd3
g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Rad1 $14) 14. Qd3 {Makarichev-Velikov-see later d4-d5!
White's move!} g6 (14... Rc8 $4 15. d5 exd5 (15... Nxd5 16. Qxh7+ Kf8 17. Qh8#)
16. Bg5 $1 Ne4 $8 (16... g6 17. Rxe7 $1 Qxe7 18. Nxd5 $18) 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18.
Qxe4 g6 19. Qh4 h5 20. Rad1 $2 {1/2-1/2 Portisch,L-Karpov,A/Milano 1pl 1975 
(40)} (20. Bb3 $1 Qc7 21. Qe4 {/\Qxg6+} Kg7 22. Bxf7 $1 Kxf7 23. Bh6 {/\Qc4#,
Qe6#.} (23. Bh6 $1 Qd6 24. Qc4+ Kf6 25. Rad1 Nd4 26. Qxd4+ Qxd4 27. Rxd4 Rc5
28. h4 {1-0, Petrosian,T-Balashov (SU 1974)}))) 15. Bf4 (15. h4 $5 {T.Georgadze
} Qd6 $146 (15... Rc8 16. Bg5 Nd5 17. Rad1 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Nxc3 19. bxc3 {
Georgadze,T-Makarichev (Vilnius 1980)} Ne7 $1 20. c4 Nf5 21. g3 $13 {T.
Georgadze}) (15... Qc7 $5) 16. Bg5 Rad8 17. Rad1 Qb8 (17... Qc7 $142 18. Bb3
Nd5 $14) 18. Bb3 a6 $2 (18... Qa8 $6 19. Ba2 Na5 20. Ne5 Bxg2 $140 21. Nxf7 $1
Kxf7 22. Rxe6 Bd5 23. Rxf6+ Bxf6 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Qf3 $18) (18... Nd5 $142 {
+/=/+/-}) 19. d5 $1 (19. Ba2 $2 Nd5 $1 $14) 19... Na5 (19... exd5 20. Rxe7 $1
$18) (19... Nxd5 20. Bxd5 $5 Bxg5 21. Nxg5 exd5 22. Nxd5 $40) 20. dxe6 $3 $16 {
1-0 Yusupov,A-Lobron,E/Nußloch sp 1996 (27)} (20. Ba2 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22.
Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Qxa6 $14)) (15. Bh6 Rc8 16. Rad1 Bf8 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Ba4 $14 {
Tarjan-Browne (USA 1977)}) 15... Rc8 16. Rad1 Na5 17. Ne5 Nd5 18. Bd2 Nxc3 19.
Bxc3 Bd5 20. Ba4 Rf8 21. Nd7 Re8 22. Ne5 Rf8 23. Nd7 Re8 24. Ne5 {1/2-1/2
Mecking,H-Polugaevsky,L/Lucerne cm qf 1977}) 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5.
Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. a3 Nf6 11. Bc2 b6 12.
Qd3 Bb7 13. Re1 Qd6 $4 $146 (13... Re8 $2 14. d5 $1 exd5 15. Bg5 Ne4 16. Nxe4
dxe4 17. Qxe4 g6 18. Qh4 Qc7 19. Bb3 h5 20. Rac1 Bf8 21. Bf6 Bg7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7
23. Ng5 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Qd7 25. Bxf7 Nd4 26. h3 Nf5 27. Qf4 Qc6 28. f3 Qc5+ 29.
Kh2 Qf2 30. Re6 Nh4 31. Rxg6+ Nxg6 32. Ne6+ {1-0 Makarichev,S-Velikov,P/Frunze
1985}) (13... g6 $1 {-Theory}) 14. d5 $1 $18 {Standard!} Nd8 (14... exd5 15.
Bg5 g6 (15... Ne4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 (16... Nxe7 17. Nxe4 $18) 17. Nxd5 $18) 16.
Rxe7 $1 Nxe7 (16... Qxe7 17. Nxd5 $18) 17. Nb5 {[%csl Rf6]} Qe6 18. Nfd4 Qe5
19. f4 Qb8 20. Bxf6 $18) 15. Bg5 g6 $8 16. Qd4 $1 Ne8 (16... Nh5 $142 17. Ne4
Qc7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. d6 Qd7 (19... Qe8 20. g4 (20. d7 Qe7 21. Rad1 $16) 20...
f5 21. gxh5 (21. gxf5 gxf5 22. Ned2 $16) 21... fxe4 22. Ne5 gxh5 23. Bxe4 Bxe4
24. Rxe4 Rf5 25. Kh1 Rg5 26. d7 (26. Rc1 Qb5 27. d7 $18 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Ge4e1,
Ge1g1]}) 26... Qe7 27. Rc1 Rg7 28. h4 $18) 20. Ne5 (20. g4 f5 21. gxh5 fxe4 22.
Ne5 Qg7 23. Bxe4 gxh5+ 24. Kh1 Rf4 25. f3 $16 {[%csl Yd6][%cal Ge1g1]}) 20...
Qb5 21. Nc3 (21. Ng4 Ng7 $8 22. Nef6+ Kh8 23. Qe5 $16) 21... Qc5 22. Qxc5 bxc5
23. Nd7 Re8 24. Nxc5 $18) 17. Ne4 Qc7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. d6 Qd7 20. Ne5 Qb5 21.
d7 (21. d7 {(} Nc7 (21... Ng7 22. Nf6+ Kh8 23. Qh4 h5 24. Qg5 $18) 22. Nf6+ Kg7
23. Ba4 Qc5 24. Ne8+ Rxe8 25. Qxc5 bxc5 26. dxe8=Q Nxe8 27. Bxe8 $18 {)}) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2002.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 ({Dreev avoids from} 
6. e4 {-the mainline.}) 6... Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bf6
11. Re1 Bd7 ({Here can be recommended} 11... Nxd4 $1 $132 {-see detailed
commented game 1/2-1/2 Comp Fritz 6-Golod,V/Ramat Aviv 2000/CBM 77[Golod,V] 
(71)}) (11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13. h4 $1 Bb7 (13... Bxh4 $6 14. Nxh4 Qxh4 15.
Re3 $40 {1-0 Vaisser,A-Meduna,E/Sochi 1983/MCL (26)}) (13... Re8 14. Qc2 h6 15.
Qe2 Qd5 16. Be4 Qd7 17. Bc2 Bb7 18. Qd3 Ne7 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Re3 Bxf3 21. Rxf3
Ng8 22. a4 $18 {[%cal Gc1a3] 1-0 Milos,G-Asfora,M/Brasilia 1985/EXT 2000 (58)})
14. Ng5 $1 (14. Qc2 $6 h6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Jensen,V-Rosenlund,T/Copenhagen 1981/
EXT 2000 (36)}) 14... g6 15. Qg4 h5 (15... e5 16. h5 $16 {[%csl Rh7][%cal
Gg5h7,Gh5g6]}) 16. Qg3 Ne7 17. Bf4 Rc8 18. Rac1 Qd7 (18... Nf5 19. Nxe6 $1 $16
Bxh4 (19... fxe6 20. Qxg6+ $18 {1-0 Shabtai,R-Kataev,S/Tel Aviv 1995/EXT 97 
(24)}) 20. Nxd8 Bxg3 21. Bxg3 Rfxd8 22. Bxf5 gxf5 23. Re7 Be4 24. Bf4 (24. f3
$16) 24... a6 25. f3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Makarichev,S-Meduna,E/Sochi 1983/MCL (35)})
19. Nf3 (19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 $14) 19... Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Nd5 21. Ba6 (21. Bh6
Bg7 22. Bd2 b5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Hansen,C-Ribli,Z/Plovdiv 1983/EU-chT (42)}) 21...
Rcd8 22. Bh6 Bg7 23. Bg5 $14) 12. Ne4 $5 {[%cal Ge4f6] In this type os
position - with isolated P - White must avoid pieces exchange.} ({Interesting
was also} 12. Ne5 $5 Be8 $140 13. Qg4 $14) ({After} 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Qb3 {
[%csl Rb7,Rd4,Rd5] position is equal:} Bg4 (13... Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. Bxh7+
Kxh7 16. Qd3+ Bf5 17. Qxd4 Re8 $11) 14. Ne5 Nxd4 15. Qxb7 Be6 $11) 12... Bxd4 (
12... h6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Ne5 $14) 13. Neg5 (13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Nc5 Bc6 15.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qxd4 $11) 13... h6 14. Nxd4 ({Worth of attention also} 14. Bh7+
Kh8 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 hxg5 17. Bb1 Qf6 (17... f5 18. Re5 {[%csl Rd5,Rf5]
[%cal Gb1f5]} Qb6 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. Bxg5 Nc4 21. Re2 $16) 18. Qg4 Kg8 19. Be4
Bc6 20. Bxg5 Qxb2 21. Rab1 $40 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gg4h4]}) 14... hxg5 (14... Nxd4
15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Qxd4 {-see previous variation.}) 15. Nf3 $6 $132 (15. Nb3 $142
$5 $14 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Gb3c5,Gd1h5]}) 15... f6 16. h4 $6 $15 (16. Be4 $142
Nce7 17. Qb3 Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 $15) (16. Bc2 Qe8 17. Bb3 {[%csl Rd5][%cal
Gb3d5]} (17. Qd3 Qh5 18. Bb3 $44) 17... Nce7 18. Nd4 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gd4e6,
Ge1e6]} e5 19. Bd2 $13) 16... g4 17. Nh2 g3 $5 ({Right wa also} 17... f5 {
[%csl Re5,Rf4,Rg5] but Black doesn't want to weaken black squares in his camp.}
18. Bc4 Qxh4 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Qxd5+ Rf7 21. Bf4 Rd8 $15) 18. fxg3 Ne5 19. Rxe5
$2 $19 {This exchange sacrifice gives to Black decisive advantage, but White
wants to complicate position.} (19. Be4 $142 Bc6 $15) 19... fxe5 20. Nf3 Bb5 $1
{[%csl Rd3][%cal Gb5d3] unexpected strong impact. Black wants to exchang very
strong and dangerous piece- Bd3.} 21. Bg5 (21. Bxb5 $144 Qb6+ 22. Kh2 Qxb5 23.
Nxe5 Rf5 $19) 21... Qb6+ 22. Kh2 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Qxb2 24. Re1 Qc3 (24... Rac8 $19
) 25. Qxc3 Nxc3 26. Rxe5 Rae8 {White's position is lost. It is possible resign
here. However, Dreev doesn't think so!} 27. g4 Rf7 28. Be3 Nd5 29. Bd4 (29.
Bxa7 b6 $19) (29. Ng5 Nxe3 30. Rxe3 Rf6 $19) 29... b6 30. Rg5 Nf6 (30... Rc8
$19) 31. Rg6 Rd8 32. h5 Rd5 33. Kh3 Nd7 34. h6 (34. Rxe6 Rxf3+ 35. gxf3 Rxd4
$19) 34... e5 35. Bb2 Nf8 36. Rc6 gxh6 37. Nxe5 Re7 38. Nf3 Re6 39. Rc8 Kf7 40.
Nh4 Rd3+ 41. g3 Rd2 42. Bc3 Rd3 43. Nf5 Rd1 ({Wins} 43... Rg6 44. Rc7+ Rd7 $19)
44. Kg2 a5 $2 $17 {Gives to White serious chances for resistance.} ({Strong
and simple is} 44... Rg6 45. Rc7+ Rd7 $19) 45. Bd4 {Threatening Rc8-c7+} Ng6 (
45... b5 $2 46. Rc7+ Kg8 (46... Ke8 47. Rc8+ Kf7 48. Rc7+ $11) 47. Rg7+ $11)
46. Nxh6+ Ke7 47. Nf5+ Kd7 48. Rb8 Kc7 49. Rg8 Rd3 50. Rg7+ Kb8 51. g5 Rxa3 52.
Bf6 {Position became sharp and complicated. It is not easy to stop pass Pg5.}
Re2+ 53. Kh3 Nf4+ 54. Kg4 Nd5 55. Nd6 $5 ({Maybe more stubborn is} 55. Rf7 Re4+
$1 (55... a4 $2 56. g6 Re8 57. g7 $18 {and White wins}) (55... Re6 $2 $44 56.
Ne7 Nxe7 57. Bxe7 Rae3 58. Bf6 a4 (58... b5 $2 59. g6 Re8 60. g7 Rg8 61. Be7
$18 {Here White wins too!}) 59. g6 Re8 60. g7 Rg8 61. Be7 Rxe7 62. Rxe7 a3 63.
Rf7 Rxg7+ 64. Rxg7 a2 65. Rg8+ Kb7 66. Rg7+ Kb8 67. Rg8+ $11) 56. Kh5 Rf3 57.
g4 Rh3+ 58. Kg6 Nf4+ 59. Kg7 Ne6+ 60. Kg6 Rxg4 61. Ne7 Rc4 $17) 55... Rd3 56.
Nf7 ({Or} 56. Rb7+ Ka8 57. Rf7 Ree3 $1 ({Not} 57... Nxf6+ $2 58. Rxf6 Ree3 59.
Nf5 Re4+ (59... Re8 60. Rxb6 Ka7 61. Rb1 a4 62. g6 a3 63. g7 Rg8 64. Kg5 $44)
60. Kh5 Re5 61. g6 Rxg3 62. Kh6 Rg2 63. g7 a4 64. Rg6 Rxg6+ 65. Kxg6 Re8 66.
Nd4 Kb7 67. Kh7 a3 68. g8=Q Rxg8 69. Kxg8 b5 70. Kf7 Kb6 71. Nb3 b4 72. Ke6 Kb5
73. Kd5 a2 74. Kd4 Ka4 75. Kc4 Ka3 76. Nd4 Kb2 77. Nb3 Ka3 78. Nd4 $11) 58. Rd7
Rxg3+ 59. Kf5 Rgf3+ 60. Ke6 Nf4+ 61. Kf7 a4 62. Rd8+ Ka7 63. Nb5+ Kb7 64. Rxd3
Rxd3 65. g6 Rd7+ 66. Ke8 Kc6 67. g7 Nh5 68. Nd4+ Rxd4 69. Bxd4 Nxg7+ 70. Bxg7
b5 $19) 56... Re4+ 57. Kf5 Re8 58. Be5+ Ka8 59. g6 ({Or} 59. Nd6 Rf3+ 60. Ke4 (
60. Bf4 Rf8+ 61. Ke6 (61. Ke5 Nxf4 62. gxf4 R3xf4 63. Nc8 $1 Rb4 64. Ne7 Re8
65. Kf5 {Threatening Nc6} Rc4 66. Nd5 Rc5 67. Rd7 Rg8 68. g6 a4 $19) 61...
Nxf4+ 62. gxf4 R3xf4 63. Nb5 Rf1 64. g6 a4 $19) 60... Re3+ 61. Kxd5 R3xe5+ 62.
Kd4 R8e6 63. Nc4 Re1 64. g6 Rd1+ 65. Kc3 Rc6 66. Rg8+ Kb7 67. g7 Rg6 $19) 59...
a4 $4 $44 ({Right was only} 59... Re3 $1 60. Bf4 R3e7 61. Rh7 b5 62. Nd6 Rf8+
63. Kg5 b4 64. Rxe7 Nxe7 65. g7 Rd8 66. Nc4 b3 $1 (66... a4 $2 67. Bd6 Rxd6 (
67... Ng8 68. Bxb4 Rd4 69. Nb6+ Kb7 70. Bc3 Rd3 71. Nxa4 $11) 68. Nxd6 a3 69.
Nf5 Ng8 70. Nd4 Kb7 71. Kg6 a2 72. Nb3 Kc6 73. Kf7 Nh6+ 74. Kf8 Kd5 75. g4 Kc4
76. g5 Ng8 77. Kxg8 Kxb3 78. Kh7 a1=Q 79. g8=Q+ $11)) 60. Rh7 $4 $19 {Terrible
mistake that makes White's defence hopeless.} ({Draw by force is after} 60. Nd6
$1 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Gg6g8]} Ne3+ (60... Rf8+ 61. Rf7 Rg8 62. g7 $18) 61. Kf4
Nd5+ 62. Kf5 Ne3+ $11) 60... a3 61. g7 ({Too late is} 61. Nd6 Ne7+ 62. Ke4 Rxd6
$1 63. Bxd6 Nxg6+ 64. Kf5 a2 65. Rh1 Ne7+ 66. Bxe7 Rxe7 67. Ra1 Re2 68. g4 b5
69. g5 b4 70. g6 b3 $19) 61... Rf3+ 62. Ke4 Rxf7 63. g8=Q (63. Kxd5 Rf5 $19)
63... Nf6+ 64. Kf4 Nd5+ 65. Ke4 Nf6+ 66. Kf4 Nxg8+ ({Or} 66... Nh5+ 67. Ke4
Rxg8 68. Rxf7 Nxg3+ $19) 67. Rxf7 Ne7 68. Bg7 (68. Bd4 Nd5+ 69. Kf3 a2 $19)
68... Nd5+ 69. Kg5 b5 70. Rd7 Rg8 71. Kh6 Rxg7 72. Rd8+ Kb7 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav"]
[Black "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8724]} 1. e4 (1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3
d5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. a3 Be7 13.
Bc2 (13. Bg5 Rc8 14. Bc2 Re8 15. Qd3 g6) (13. Bb1 $6 Rc8 14. Qd3 Re8 15. d5 $2
exd5 16. Bg5 g6 17. Rxe7 Qxe7 18. Nxd5 Qe1+) 13... Re8 (13... Ba6 $5) (13...
Rc8 14. Qd3 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Rad1 $14) 14. Qd3 {Makarichev-Velikov-see later
d4-d5! White's move!} g6 (14... Rc8 $4 15. d5 $18 {1/2-1/2 Portisch,L-Karpov,A/
Milano 1pl 1975 (40)}) 15. Bf4 (15. h4 $5 Qd6 (15... Rc8 16. Bg5 Nd5 17. Rad1
Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Nxc3 19. bxc3 {Georgadze,T-Makarichev (Vilnius 1980)} Ne7 $1 $132
) (15... Qc7 $5) 16. Bg5 Rad8 17. Rad1 $132 {1-0 Yusupov,A-Lobron,E/Nußloch sp
1996 (27)}) (15. Bh6 Rc8 16. Rad1 Bf8 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Ba4 $14 {Tarjan-Browne 
(USA 1977)}) 15... Rc8 16. Rad1 Na5 17. Ne5 Nd5 18. Bd2 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Bd5 20.
Ba4 Rf8 21. Nd7 Re8 22. Ne5 Rf8 23. Nd7 Re8 24. Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Mecking,
H-Polugaevsky,L/Lucerne cm qf 1977}) 1... c6 2. d4 (2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4.
exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d4 a6 $5 (7... g6 8. Qb3 e6 9. Bg5 Qa5 10.
Bc4 Nxc3 11. Bd2 Qb4 12. bxc3 Qxb3 13. axb3 $11 {Gerhold-Ploner,F/OST-BL 89/90/
1990/0.5 (21)}) (7... Bf5 8. Bb5 e6 9. Ne5 Rc8 10. Qh5 Qf6 $4 (10... g6 11. Qd1
Ndb4 12. Ba4 Bg7 13. O-O O-O 14. Nxc6 bxc6 (14... Nxc6 15. g4 $16) 15. a3 Nd5
16. Nxd5 (16. g4 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Be4 18. Re1 Bd5 19. Bf4 c5 $15) 16... Qxd5 17.
Be3 $11) 11. Bg5 $18 {Kuzmin,A-Lazic,Ma/Budapest Spring-op/1989/1-0 (13)}) (
7... Bg4 8. Qb3 Bxf3 (8... Nxc3 9. Bc4 e6 10. bxc3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qd7 $11) 9.
gxf3 e6 (9... Nb6 10. d5 (10. Be3 e6 $132 {Jansa,V-Kraut,R/BRD/1988/1-0 (32)})
10... Nd4 11. Qd1 e5 12. dxe6 Qf6 $1 $44 (12... fxe6 13. Be3 $14 {Hermlin,
A-Pishkin/corr/1976/0-1 (28)})) 10. Qxb7 Nxd4 11. Bb5+ Nxb5 12. Qc6+ Ke7 13.
Qxb5 Qd7 $11) 8. Bc4 Be6 9. Bb3 (9. Be2 g6 10. Ng5 Bf5 (10... Bg7 11. Nxe6 fxe6
12. O-O (12. Be3 Qb6 13. O-O Nxd4 14. Bg4 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Nf5 16. Qa4+ Kf7 17.
Qb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 Bf6 $17) 12... Nxd4 13. Bg4 $44) 11. O-O Bg7 $11) 9... Nxc3
10. bxc3 Bxb3 11. axb3 e6 12. O-O Be7 13. Qe2 O-O $11 {Winants,L-Speelman,J/
Antwerpen (08)/1993/0.5 (38)}) 2... d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3
Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nf6 11. a3 b6 12. Bc2 (12. Bg5
Bb7 13. Bc2 $5) 12... Ba6 (12... Bb7 13. Qd3 g6 $132 {See previous comment (to
the first move)} (13... Rc8 $4 $18 14. d5 exd5 15. Bg5 Ne4 (15... g6 16. Rxe7
Qxe7 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxe7 Ncxe7 19. Bb3 $18 {1/2-1/2 Ladner,K-Bojkovic,N/
WchJW Adelaide 1988/EXT 88ch (41)}) 16. Nxe4 dxe4 (16... f5 $5 17. Bxe7 fxe4
18. Rxe4 Nxe7 19. Rxe7 $1 $18) 17. Qxe4 g6 18. Bh6 (18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Qxe7 Bxf3
20. Bb3 Bd5 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. Qxa7 $16) 18... Re8 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Bb3 $18 {
1-0 Schmidt,W-Imanaliev,T/Moscow olm POL-KGZ 1994/EXP 44 (21)}) (13... Qd6 $4
$146 14. d5 $1 $18 {1-0 Seres,L-Acs,P/Budapest 1996/CBM 57/[Tsesarsky] (21)}))
13. Bg5 (13. Qd2 $1 Qd6 $1 14. Rd1 (14. b4 Bb7 15. Qd3 Rad8 $132) 14... Rfd8
$132 {1/2-1/2 Ivanov,V-Vasiliev,V/USSR 1991/Inf 52/[Ivanov,V.L] (40)}) (13. Bf4
Rc8 14. Rc1 Bc4 15. Bg3 g6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Karpov,A/Hoogovens, Wijk aan
Zee NED 1998 (27)}) (13. Be3 Rc8 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. h3 g6 $132 {0-1 Arizmendi
Martinez,J-Anand,V/Rapidplay, Villarrobledo ESP 1998 (40)}) 13... Rc8 14. Qd2 (
14. Rc1 $1 Nd5 15. Ne4 Bxg5 (15... h6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Bb3 Rfd8 $132 {0-1
Berg,K-Adianto,U/Gausdal Arnold Cup 1992/TD 92\08 (36)}) 16. Nfxg5 (16. Nexg5
h6 17. Ne4 $132) 16... h6 17. Nf3 Qe7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Balashov,Y-Huebner,R/
Tilburg 1977/MCL 04/[Ftacnik] (23)}) 14... Nd5 (14... Na5 15. Rad1 $1 (15. Ne5
Nd7 $10) (15. Qf4 g6 16. Qh4 (16. Bh6 Nh5 17. Qg4 Ng7 18. Rac1 Bb7 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Rechmann,P-Gueroff,E/BL2-W 1989/BL2 (23)}) 16... Bb7 17. Be4 h5 18.
Bxb7 Nxb7 19. d5 Nxd5 20. Rad1 Bxg5 21. Nxg5 Nd6 22. Nxd5 Nf5 23. Qf4 exd5 $44
{1/2-1/2 Yurtaev,L-Galkin,A/Tomsk 1997/CBM 61 (31)}) (15. b3 h6 16. Bh4 Qc7 $15
) 15... Nc4 16. Qc1 Qc7 (16... Nxa3 $2 17. bxa3 Rxc3 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Bxh7+
$18) (16... Bb7 17. Ne5 (17. d5 $2 exd5 $1 (17... Bxd5 $2 18. Nxd5 (18. Qf4
Nxb2 19. Qh4 h6 $19) 18... exd5 19. Nd4 Re8 20. Nf5 Rc7 21. Rxe7 Rcxe7 22. Bxf6
$1 (22. Nxg7 Re1+ $8 (22... Kxg7 23. Bxf6+ Kxf6 24. Qh6+ Ke5 25. f4#) 23. Rxe1
Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Kxg7 25. Qc3 Qe7 26. h3 $16) 22... gxf6 23. g3 $1 $18) 18. Qf4
Nxb2 $19) 17... h6 18. Bf4 $132) 17. d5 $1 (17. Bd3 Bb7 18. Nb5 Qd7 19. Bxc4
Bxf3 20. gxf3 a6 21. d5 exd5 22. Bxf6 (22. Qe3 Rfe8 23. Qxb6 Rxc4 24. Qxa6 Rg4+
25. fxg4 Qxg4+ 26. Kf1 Qh3+ 27. Kg1 (27. Ke2 Bb4+ 28. Be3 Rxe3+ 29. fxe3 Qg2+
30. Kd3 Qe4+ 31. Ke2 Qg2+ $11) 27... Qg4+ $11) 22... Bxf6 23. Rxd5 Qxd5 24.
Bxd5 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 axb5 26. Rc2 $11) 17... Nxb2 $1 (17... Nxa3 $2 18. Bf4 $1
Qb7 (18... Qc5 19. d6 Bd8 20. d7 $18) 19. bxa3 Rxc3 20. Bxh7+ $18) 18. d6 $5
Qxc3 (18... Bxd6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qh6 f5 21. Ng5 $18 Bxh2+ 22. Kh1 f6 23. Nxe6
Nxd1 $3 24. Nxd1 (24. Nxc7 Nxf2+ 25. Kxh2 Ng4+ $19) 24... Bf4 25. Qxf8+ Rxf8
26. Nxc7 Bxc7 27. Re7 Bd6 28. Rd7 Bc5 $17) 19. dxe7 Nxd1 $17 {1/2-1/2 Novik,
M-Vasiukov,E/Leningrad 1991/Inf 52/[Novik,M] (34)}) (14... Bc4 $5 15. Qf4 Bd5
16. Qh4 g6 $8 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 (17... exd5 $4 18. Rxe7) 18. Rad1 $132 {1-0 Sturua,
Z-Kutirov,R/Erevan olm 1996/EXT 96ch2/[Makarichev] (27)}) 15. Rad1 $2 $15 (15.
Nxd5 $1 exd5 $14 (15... Qxd5 16. Be4 (16. h4 Bxg5 17. hxg5 Ne7 18. Be4 Qd6 $132
{1-0 Novikov,I-Podgaets,M/MK Cafe Cup, Koszalin POL 1998 (24)}) (16. Bxe7 Nxe7
$132 {1/2-1/2 Valkesalmi,K-Ostenstad,B/Torshavn Nordic-ch 1987/EXT 87ch (19)})
16... Qd8 17. d5 (17. Qf4 $5 f6 $1 (17... h6 18. Bxh6 $1 $16) (17... Nxd4 $4
18. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 19. Qh4+ $18) (17... Bxg5 18. Nxg5 (18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Nxg5+
Kg8 20. Qh4 Bd3 $1 21. Re3 Qxd4 $10) 18... h6 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Nxf7+ Rxf7 21.
Qxf7 Kxh7 22. Rxe6 Nxd4 23. Re7 $16) 18. Qh4 g6 19. Qh3 Bc4 20. Be3 Qd7 $11)
17... exd5 18. Bxd5 Bxg5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ochsner,T-Danielsen,H/Denmark 1998 (22)})
) (15. Ne4 $2 Bxg5 16. Nfxg5 Nxd4 $17) 15... Bxg5 16. Nxg5 h6 (16... g6 17.
Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Be4 Qd6 19. d5 Rfd8 20. Qe3 Ne5 21. Qh3 h5 22. Qg3 $16) 17. Nf3
Nxc3 18. bxc3 (18. Qxc3 Ne7 19. Qd2 Bb7 20. Ne5 Qd6 21. Qd3 Nf5 22. g4 Qd5 23.
f3 Qxd4+ 24. Qxd4 Nxd4 25. Rxd4 Rxc2 26. Rd7 Bd5 $17) 18... Qd6 19. Qe3 $2 $17
(19. Ra1 $5 Ne7 20. Bb3 $15) 19... Ne7 20. Qe4 (20. Be4 Nd5 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 $17)
20... g6 21. Qh4 Kg7 22. d5 $5 (22. Nd2 Nd5 (22... Qxa3 23. Ne4 Nd5 24. Ra1 Qb2
25. Rxa6 Qxc2 26. Rxa7 Nxc3 $17) 23. Ne4 Qf4 24. Qxf4 Nxf4 25. Re3 Nd5 26. Rg3
f5 $19) 22... Nxd5 (22... Rc4 23. dxe6 Qxd1 24. Rxd1 Rxh4 25. Nxh4 Rc8 26. Rd7
Rxc3 27. Rxe7 Rxc2 28. Rxf7+ Kg8 29. f4 $18) 23. Qd4+ Kh7 24. Ne5 Qc7 25. Qg4
Nf6 $4 $18 (25... Rg8 $1 26. Qf3 (26. Nxf7 Qxf7 27. Rxe6 Nf6 $19) (26. h4 Qxc3
27. Bb1 f5 28. Qa4 Bb7 29. Qxa7 Rg7 $19) 26... Kg7 27. Bb3 Bb7 (27... Nf6 28.
Nxf7 $132) 28. c4 Nf6 29. Qc3 Rgd8 $17) 26. Bxg6+ fxg6 (26... Kg7 27. Qg3 Kh8 (
27... fxg6 28. Qxg6+ Kh8 29. Rd7 $18) 28. Bb1 Bb5 29. Qh4 Kg7 30. Re3 $18) (
26... Kh8 27. Qf4 Kg7 28. Qg3 $1 $18 (28. Bb1 Rfd8 29. Qg3+ (29. Rc1 Nd5 30.
Qg4+ Kf8 $132) 29... Kf8)) 27. Qxg6+ Kh8 28. Rd7 Nxd7 29. Qxh6+ Kg8 30. Qxe6+
Kh8 (30... Kg7 31. Qg4+ Kh8 (31... Kh7 32. Re3 Qxc3 33. Qxd7+ Kh8 34. Qh3+ Kg8
35. Rxc3 $18) 32. Ng6+ Kh7 33. Re7+ $18) 31. Qh3+ Kg8 32. Qg4+ Kh8 33. Ng6+ Kh7
34. Re7+ Kh6 35. Nxf8 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup4"]
[Site "Perm"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Brodsky, Michail"]
[Black "Kobelev, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1997.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 b6 $4 (10... Nf6) 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 (11... exd5 12.
Bxh7+ $1 $18 Kxh7 13. Qc2+ g6 (13... Kg8 14. Qxc6 Bf5 (14... Be6 15. Bf4 Qc8 (
15... Rc8 16. Qa4 $18 {1-0 Wiegner,D-Colosimo,V/Berliner Sommer 1994 (47)}) 16.
Qa4 Qb7 17. Ne5 Rfe8 18. Rac1 $18 {Krutti,V-Collas,D/Budapest FS09 IM-A 1993/1/
2-1/2 (59)}) 15. Bf4 Be4 16. Rac1 $6 {1-0 Biebinger,G-Junge,R/BL 1989 (35)} (
16. Nd2 $18)) 14. Qxc6 Bf5 15. Bd2 Rc8 16. Qb5 {1-0 Howell,J-Wians,C/Oakham
1988 (43)} (16. Qa4 $18)) 12. Be4 Qd6 13. Ne5 $1 (13. Qc2 $6 Bb7 14. Bxh7+ Kh8
15. Be4 Bf6 (15... Rac8 16. Qe2 f5 $2 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Qxe6 Bxf3 19. Qxe7 Qxe7
20. Rxe7 $18 {1-0 Passerotti,P-Coppini,G/Reggio Emilia 1981 (25)}) 16. Qe2 $4 (
16. Qd1 Rad8 17. Bg5 $18) 16... Nxd4 $1 17. Nxd4 Bxe4 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Qxe4
Qxe4 20. Rxe4 Rfd8 $44 {1-0 Hebden,M-Einarsson,A/London Lloyds 1987 (52)})
13... Bb7 (13... Nxe5 14. Bxa8 $18 {1-0 Gaponenko,I-Tsiganova,M/Kishinev ztW
1995 (22)}) 14. Bf4 $1 Bf6 (14... Rfe8 15. Bxh7+ (15. Qg4 f5 16. Qh5 g6 17.
Nxg6 Qxd4 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Bxb7 Qxb2 21. Bxa8 $18) 15... Kxh7 16.
Qh5+ Kg8 17. Qxf7+ Kh7 18. Qh5+ {1-0 Osieka,U-Stenzel,T/RLPF-ch Heimbach\W
1987 (23)} (18. Bh6 $18) (18. Re3 $18)) 15. Ng6 $1 (15. Qh5 h6 (15... g6 16.
Qh6 (16. Nxg6 fxg6 17. Bxd6 gxh5 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Rxe6 $13)
16... Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qb4 18. Bg5 Rfc8 19. Rad1 Rc7 20. Bf6 Qf8 21. Qf4 $16) 16.
Bxh6 Bxe5 17. Bxg7 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 f5 19. Qh8+ Kf7 20. Qh7 $18) 15... Qxd4 16.
Nxf8 Kxf8 17. Qxd4 Bxd4 18. Rad1 Rd8 19. Bxc6 1-0

[Event "Elgoibar 12th"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "2002.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Baron Rodriguez, Jesus"]
[Black "Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.12.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nf6 11. a3 b6 12. Bc2 Ba6 13. Bg5 Rc8 14. Qd2 Qc7 (
14... Qd6 15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. Bb1 Qb8 17. Qc2 g6 18. Ba2 h6 19. Bxe6 $1 {see
commentariesto the game  1-0 Tal,M-Chikovani,I/Gori 1968/MCL [Belov,I](23)}) (
14... Bc4 15. Qf4 Bd5 16. Qh4 g6 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Rad1 Qd6 19. Bb3 {-see
coomented game 1-0 Sturua,Z-Kutirov,R/Yerevan 1996/EXT 97[ (27)}) 15. Rad1 Rfd8
16. h3 (16. Qe3 Bc4 (16... g6 17. h3 Bc4 18. Ba4 Nh5 19. Bxc6 Bxg5 20. Qxg5
Qxc6 21. Ne5 Qe8 22. Ne4 $14 {1-0 Cvitan,O-Zhukova,N/St Vincent 2002/CBM 86
ext (37)}) 17. Ne5 (17. Bf4 Bd6 $132) (17. h3 $5 $132) 17... Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd5
19. Nxd5 (19. Qh3 $2 Bxg5 20. Qxh7+ Kf8 21. Qh8+ Ke7 22. Qxg7 Rg8 $19) 19...
Bxd5 20. Bd3 Bxg5 21. Qxg5 h6 $11 {1/2-1/2 March Morla,X-Cisneros Alomar,J/
Palma de Mallorca 2002/EXT 2003 (23)}) 16... Na5 $2 {[%csl Ge5] This move
looks like serious mistake, Black yields central square e5.} ({Why not} 16...
Bc4 $1 $132 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gc4d5]}) 17. Ne5 Nc4 18. Qf4 {[%csl Rb2,Rg8]
White sacrifices Pb2 and his queenside becomes ruin. White receives strong
Attack instead.} (18. Nxc4 $2 Bxc4 $15) 18... Nxb2 ({Possibly was position
simplifying by} 18... Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 Bxg5 22. Qxg5
exd5 23. Bf5 $16) 19. Rc1 $1 h6 $2 $18 {Loses by force!} ({In case of} 19...
Qxc3 20. Bxh7+ {White wins:} Kxh7 21. Rxc3 Rxc3 22. Nxf7 Nd3 23. Qh4+ Kg8 24.
Nh6+ (24. Nxd8 Nxe1 25. Nxe6 Rxa3 $17) 24... Kf8 (24... gxh6 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26.
Qxf6 Nxe1 27. Qxd8+ $16 {[%csl Rg8]}) 25. Rxe6 $18 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Gh6f5]}) ({
The only opportunity for resistance was} 19... Nc4 $1 20. Ne4 Nxe5 21. Nxf6+
gxf6 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Rxc7 Ng6 24. Rxe7 Nxf4 25. Bxf4 Kg6 26. Rxa7 $16) 20.
Bxh6 $1 {Obvious and strong.} Qxc3 (20... gxh6 21. Ne4 $18 {[%csl Rf6,Rf7]})
21. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 (21... Rxd4 22. Qh6 $18) (21... Qxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Kxg7 23. Qg5+
Kf8 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Re3 $18) 22. Qg5+ Kf8 23. Qh6+ Kg8 (23... Ke8 24. Qh8+ $18
) 24. Bg6 Rf8 (24... Qxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rf8 26. Re4 $1 $18) 25. Rxc3 Rxc3 26. Re4
Bd3 27. Rh4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2002.09.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Alavkin, Arseny Nailievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2002.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. d4 Be7 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nf6 11. Bg5 Nd5 {It is vary strange, but this move
is novelty. Perhaps nobody want to go back to d5, because White is not obliged
to play Bg5-c1.} ({Mainlines are:} 11... b6) (11... Nb4) 12. h4 {Much more
agressive, but not better than} (12. Bxe7 Ncxe7 13. Qc2 (13. Ne5 Nf6 14. Rc1
Bd7 $132) 13... Nf6 14. Rad1 Bd7 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nh7 Nxh7 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Be4
Bc6 19. Bxc6 Nxc6 20. d5 exd5 21. Nxd5 Qg5 $11) 12... h6 13. Bxe7 Ncxe7 14. Rc1
b6 15. Ne5 Bb7 16. Qf3 {Position is equal} Rc8 $2 $16 ({Was at least 2 ways to
equalize:} 16... Nxc3 17. Qxb7 Nxa2 (17... Ncd5 $11) 18. Rc7 Rb8 19. Qxa7 Ra8
20. Qb7 Rb8 $11) (16... f6 17. Ng6 Nxg6 18. Bxg6 Rc8 19. Be4 (19. Rxe6 Nxc3 $19
) 19... f5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 exd5 $11) 17. Qe4 Nf5 (17... g6
18. h5 $16) 18. g4 Nxc3 ({Badly is} 18... Rb8 $2 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gb7e4] with
idea to protect Bb7.} 19. gxf5 Nxc3 20. Qg4 Nxa2 (20... Qd5 21. Kh2 exf5 22.
Bxf5 Nxa2 23. Rg1 $18 {[%csl Ge5,Gf5,Gg1,Gg4,Rg8][%cal Gg1g8]}) (20... h5 21.
Qxh5 Qd5 22. f3 Qxd4+ 23. Kh1 $18) 21. fxe6 f5 (21... Nxc1 22. exf7+ Rxf7 23.
Nxf7 Qf6 (23... Kxf7 24. Qe6+ Kf8 25. Bc4 $18) 24. Bc4 $18) 22. e7 $3 {
Destroying communication between Qd8 and Bb7.} fxg4 (22... Qxe7 23. Bc4+ $18)
23. exd8=Q Rbxd8 24. Rc7 (24. Bc4+ Bd5) 24... Bd5 25. Ng6 Nb4 26. Ree7 Rf7 27.
Rcd7 $1 Rb8 (27... Rc8 28. Rxf7 Bxf7 29. Ne7+ Kf8 30. Nxc8 Nxd3 31. Rxa7 $18)
28. Be4 Bb3 29. Rxa7 Rxe7 30. Nxe7+ Kf8 31. d5 Rd8 32. Nc6 Re8 33. Bg6 Re1+ 34.
Kh2 Rh1+ 35. Kxh1 Bxd5+ 36. Kh2 Nxc6 37. Rb7 $18 {[%csl Rb6]}) 19. Qxb7 Nd6 20.
Qxa7 Ra8 ({Or} 20... Rc7 21. Qa3 (21. Qxb6 Ne2+ $3 $19) 21... Nd5 22. Rxc7 Qxc7
23. Bb1 f6 24. Ng6 Re8 25. Qg3 $16) 21. Qd7 Nd5 ({In case of} 21... Nxa2 22.
Rc6 Nc8 23. d5 $1 {White keeps his advantage.} Qxd7 (23... exd5 24. Qf5 $18)
24. Nxd7 Nb4 25. Nxf8 (25. Bh7+ Kxh7 26. Nxf8+ Kg8 27. Nd7 Nxc6 28. dxc6 Ne7
$132) 25... Nxd3 26. Re3 Nb4 27. Rc4 Nxd5 28. Ra3 Rxa3 29. bxa3 Nd6 30. Rc6
Kxf8 31. Rxd6 $16) 22. Qxd8 $6 $14 ({Stronger was} 22. Rc6 $1 Nc8 23. Qxd8 Rxd8
24. a3 $16 {Compare this position with position from the game: Nf4 is much
more active than on b8.}) 22... Rfxd8 23. a3 Nf4 24. Bf1 Ra4 ({Worth of
attention} 24... g5 $5 $14) 25. Nc6 Rd7 26. Rc3 (26. g5 $5 $14) 26... Nd5 $6 (
26... Kf8 $142 27. Rf3 g5 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Re5 f6 (29... Rc7 30. Rxg5 Rxc6 31.
Rxf4 Rc2 32. Re5 {[%csl Re6]} Ke7 33. Re2 Rxe2 (33... Rcc4 34. Rd2 $16) 34.
Bxe2 e5 35. b3 Rxd4 36. Rxd4 exd4 37. Bd3 $16) 30. Rxe6 $5 (30. Rxf4 gxf4 31.
Rxe6 Kf7 32. Re1 f3 33. Bd3 $14) 30... Nxe6 31. Rxf6+ Nf7 32. Rxe6 Nd8 33. Rf6+
Kg7 34. Ne5 Kxf6 35. Nxd7+ Ke7 36. Nxb6 Rxd4 37. f3 $14) (26... g5 $5 $14) 27.
Rcc1 b5 $6 $16 {[%csl Rc5]} (27... Nf4 $5) 28. Bg2 (28. Rc5 $16) 28... Nf4 29.
Rcd1 {[%cal Gd4d5]} Rc7 (29... g5 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Nb4 (31. d5 Nxg2 32. Kxg2
Rxg4+ $132) 31... f6 32. d5 e5 33. Be4 Kf7 34. f3 Rc7 35. Kf2 Ra8 36. Rh1 $16)
30. Nb4 Kh7 ({Or} 30... Nc4 31. Rc1 Rxb4 (31... Raa7 32. Rc2 Nd6 33. Rc5 $16)
32. axb4 Nd3 33. d5 Nxe1 34. Rxe1 exd5 35. Re8+ Kh7 36. Bxd5 Nd6 (36... Nxb2
37. Rb8 Na4 38. Be4+ g6 39. Rxb5 Nc3 40. Rb7 $16) 37. Rd8 $16) 31. d5 {Whites
gets rid of isolated central P and leaves with advantage of whole P over.} exd5
32. Bxd5 Raa7 (32... Ra5 33. h5 $16) 33. Rd4 g5 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Nd3 Ra4 (
35... Nxd3 36. Rxd3 Rc2 37. Re5 $16) 36. b4 Nxd3 37. Rxd3 Nc4 38. Rc1 Rca7 (
38... Kg7 39. Rdc3 $16) 39. Be4+ Kg7 40. Rd5 {[%csl Rb5,Rg5]} Nxa3 $2 $18 {
Badly! Black K became vulnerable and White has enough forces to arrange
decisive Attack.} ({Much better was} 40... f6 41. Kg2 (41. Bc2 $2 Rxa3 42. Rxb5
Rc3 43. Rc5 $1 Rb7 (43... Ra2 44. Rc7+ Kf8 45. Rd1 $18) 44. b5 Kf8 $44) 41...
Rxa3 42. Rh1 $16 {[%csl Rg7]}) 41. Rxg5+ {[%csl Rg7]} Kf6 42. f4 $1 Rxb4 43.
Rc6+ Ke7 44. Re5+ Kf8 45. f5 Rc4 (45... Nc4 46. f6 Ra8 47. Rh5 Kg8 48. Rcc5 {
[%cal Gc5g5]} Ra1+ 49. Kh2 Rb2+ 50. Bg2 $18 {[%csl Rg8]}) 46. Rh6 Rc1+ 47. Kh2
Nc4 48. f6 $1 Ra2+ 49. Bg2 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.12"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[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 "Yugoslavia"]
[BlackTeam "Philippines"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

{[%mdl 25280]} 1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7.
cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. Qd3 g6 (12... h6
13. Qe2 (13. h4 $6 Bd7 14. a3 Bc6 15. Bd2 Rc8 16. Rad1 a6 17. g3 Qd6 18. Ne5 (
18. Nh2 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Nd5 $17) 18... Nxc3 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. bxc3
Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qxa3 $17) (13. Ne5 $5 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Nf5 15. Be3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 (
16. Qxe3 Qb6 17. Rad1 Rd8 18. b3 Bd7 19. Ng4 Bg5 20. Qf3 Be8 21. Ne5 Rxd4 22.
Nc4 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Qc7 24. Bxb7 Rd8 $15) 16... Rb8 17. Rad1 Bd7 18. Bb1 $14)
13... Bd7 14. Bb1 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bc6 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. Qxe5 Qd5 18. Qg3 Qh5 19.
Bc2 Nf5 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. c4 Rfe8 22. Be3 Qg4 23. d5 $14) (12... Ng6 13. Bd2 b6
14. h4 Bb7 15. h5 Ngf4 16. Qb1 Qc7 (16... Nxc3 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. bxc3 Bxf3 19.
Bxf4 (19. gxf3 Nxh5 20. Be4 Rc8 $132) 19... Bxh5 20. Be4 Rc8 21. Re3 $14) 17.
Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 Nxh5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Ne5 g6 (20... Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Nf6 22.
Qf5 Rae8 23. Rae1 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Qc4 25. Bg5 Nh7 26. Be7 Rc8 27. Qxf7 Qxd4 28.
Bd6 $18) 21. Nb5 Qd8 22. Bb4 $18) 13. Bh6 (13. h4 Bd7 14. Ne5 Bc6 15. Bh6 Re8
16. h5 Nf5 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. Bf4 Re4
22. Be5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qa5 $15) 13... Bg7 (13... Re8 14. h4 Qd6 15. Ne5 Bxh4 16.
g3 Bf6 17. Qf3) 14. Bxg7 (14. Qd2 Nf6 (14... Bd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Bxd5 exd5 (
16... Nxd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Re5 Bc6 19. Rae1 Re8 20. Rxe8 Bxe8 21. Ne5 $14)
17. Qf4 f6 18. Re2 Bc6 19. Rae1 Rf7 20. Re6 Ng8 21. h4 Rc8 22. g4 Qc7 23. Qxc7
Rcxc7 24. Nh2 (24. R6e3 Nh6 25. Nh2 $132 {1-0 Gipslis,A-Mikenas,V/cr
Lithuania-100 ,CCS 1988/[Gipslis] (56)}) 24... Nh6 25. f3 Ng8 $132 (25... Kf8
26. Kf2 Ng8 $1 $11 (26... Rce7 $2 $16 27. b4 a6 (27... Ng8 28. b5 Bd7 29. Rd6
Rxe1 30. Kxe1 $16) 28. a4 Rxe6 29. Rxe6 Re7 30. Rxf6+ $16 {1-0 Pushkov,
N-Shabanov,Y/Orel ,EXT 1992 (38)}))) (14... b6 15. h4 Bb7 16. h5 Nf5 17. Bxf5 (
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Re5 Qd8 21. d5 exd5 22. Rxd5 Qf6
23. Rd1 Rae8 $11) 17... exf5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rad1 $14) (14... Qd6 15. Bxd5 (
15. Ne5 Nf5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rad1 Nf6 18. Bxf5 (18. g4 Ne7 19. Re3 Ned5 20.
Rh3 Ng8 21. Bg2 (21. Nc4 Qd8 22. Re1 $14) 21... f6 22. Nc4 $14 {1-0 Beim,V-Acs,
P/Budapest FS08 GM ,EXT 1995 (41)}) 18... exf5 19. d5 $16) (15. h4 Rd8 16. Bxg7
Kxg7 17. Rad1 Bd7 $11) 15... Nxd5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nxd5 (17. Ne5 Rd8 $11)
17... Qxd5 18. Re5 Qd6 19. Rae1 Rd8 20. h4 Bd7 $132 (20... h5 21. Qc3 Kg8 22.
d5 Bd7 (22... f6 23. Rxh5 $5 (23. Rxe6 Bxe6 24. Rxe6 Qxd5 25. Qxf6 Qf5 26.
Qxg6+ Qxg6 27. Rxg6+ Kh7 28. Rg5 (28. Re6 Rd7 29. Ne5 Rc7 $132) 28... Kh6 $132)
23... gxh5 24. Qxf6 Rd7 (24... exd5 25. Re8+ $18) (24... Qf8 25. Qg5+ Kh7 26.
dxe6 $18) (24... e5 25. Qg5+ Kf8 26. Rxe5 $18) 25. Rxe6 Qf8 26. Qe5 Rxd5 27.
Qxd5 Bxe6 28. Qxe6+ Qf7 29. Qe3 Qf6 30. Ne5 Rc8 31. f4 $14) 23. Rxh5 gxh5 24.
Qf6 Qxd5 (24... Be8 25. Re5 Rac8 (25... exd5 26. Rxe8+ $18) 26. g3 $16 (26.
Rxh5 Rc1+)) 25. Re5 $18 (25. Ne5 $2 Be8 26. Re3 Qd1+ 27. Kh2 Rd4 28. f4 $16 (
28. Rg3+ $2 Rg4 29. Nxg4 hxg4 30. h5 Qd8 31. Rxg4+ Kf8 32. Qg7+ Ke7 33. Rf4 Qd6
(33... Qd5 $2 34. Qf6+ Kf8 35. h6 Rd8 36. h7 {1-0 Gipslis,A-Borer/Berlin 1991/
Inf 52/[Gipslis,A] (36)}) 34. g3 Qc5 $17)))) 15. Rad1 (15. Bc2 b6 16. Rad1 Bb7
17. Ne5 Nc6 18. Bg5 Ne7 (18... Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Nd5 (20... Ng4 21.
f4 h6 22. Be7 Rfe8 23. Ba3 h5 24. h3 Nh6 25. Red1 Nf5 26. Ba4 Reb8 27. Rd3 h4
$14) 21. Be4 $14) 19. Re3 h6 (19... Nfd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Rh3 f6 22. Bh6 fxe5
(22... Bxg2 $6 23. Kxg2 fxe5 24. Bxg7 Qd5+ 25. Kg1 Kxg7 26. Qh6+ $18) 23. Bxg7
Kxg7 24. Qh6+ Kf6 25. Qh4+ Kg7 26. Qxh7+ Kf6 27. Qh4+ Kf7 28. dxe5 $18) 20. Bh4
(20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Rh3 Bg7 22. Ng4 (22. Rxh6 Bxh6 23. Qxh6 Rc8 24. Nxg6 (24.
Rd3 Nf5 $17) 24... fxg6 25. Bxg6 Rf6 26. Qh7+ (26. Bh7+ Kf7 27. Qh5+ Ng6 28.
Rd3 Qd6 29. Rg3 Be4 $19) 26... Kf8 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Qh7+ $11) 22... h5 23. Nh6+
Kh8 (23... Kh7 24. Rxh5 $18) 24. g4 Nd5 25. gxh5 (25. Nxf7+ Rxf7 26. Bxg6 Rf4
27. Rxh5+ Kg8 28. Qe2 Qc8 29. h3 Nf6 $15) 25... g5 26. Ng4 Nf4 27. Rg3 Rc8 28.
h6 Bf6 29. Be4 Rxc3 30. Bxb7 Rc4 31. d5 exd5 32. Re1 Rd4 33. Qc2 Rc4 $132)
20... Ned5 $132) 15... Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qf4 Nd5 $11 (18...
Bc6 19. Qe5+ f6 20. Qxe6 $16 (20. Qd6 b6 {0-1 Krays,A-Kataev,S/Tel-Aviv Cup
rapid 1996 (20)}))) 14... Kxg7 15. Qd2 (15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 (16... Qxd5
17. Rac1 (17. Re5 Qd6 18. Rae1 Bd7 19. Ng5 Bc6 20. d5 Bxd5 (20... exd5 21. Qd4
$16 {1-0 Darga,K-O'Kelly,A/Madrid(1) 1957 (25)}) 21. Qd4 Kg8 22. Ne4 (22. Qh4
h5 23. Nh7 (23. g4 f6 24. gxh5 fxe5 25. hxg6 Qe7 $19) 23... Kxh7 24. Rxh5+ gxh5
25. Qxh5+ Kg7 26. Qg5+ Kh7 27. Qh5+ $11 (27. Re3 Bf3 $19)) 22... Qd8 23. Rxd5
exd5 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Nd7+ (25. Re7 Rc8 26. g3 (26. h3 Rc1+ 27. Kh2 Qd6+ 28. f4
Rc4 $19) (26. g4) 26... Rc1+ (26... Qb6 27. Qe5 Rc1+ 28. Kg2 Qa6 29. Ne8+ f6
30. Rxh7+ Kxh7 31. Qe7+ Kh6 32. Qxf8+ Kg5 33. h4+ Kf5 34. g4+ Ke6 (34... Kxg4
35. Nxf6+ Kf5 36. Ng8+ Ke4 37. Qf3+ Ke5 38. Qe3+ $18) 35. Qxf6+ Kd7 36. Qf7+
Kc8 37. Nf6 Qf1+ 38. Kf3 Qd1+ 39. Kf4 Qd2+ 40. Kf3 Qd1+ 41. Kf4 $11) 27. Kg2
Rc4 28. Qe5 Rc6 29. Nxd5+ f6 30. Qe4 Qd6 $17) (25. g4 Qb6 26. Qe5 Qe6 $19)
25... f6 26. Nxf8 Qxf8 27. Qxd5 $11) 17... Bd7 18. Rc5 Qd6 19. Qe3 f6 20. Nd2
Bc6 21. Nc4 Qd7 22. Rc1 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 Rantanen,Y-Sigurjonsson,G/Randers zt-B
1982 (22)}) 17. Rac1 Be6 18. Qd2 Rc8 19. h4 $14 {1-0 Sanchez Almeyra,
J-Aparicio Navarro,P/Zaragoza 1992 (47)}) (15. Rac1 b6 (15... Qd6 16. Bxd5 Nxd5
17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Qc4 (18. b3 $5 $14) 18... Qxc4 19. Rxc4 Bd7 20. Rc7 Rfd8 21.
Rxb7 Bc6 22. Rc7 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Kf6 24. Re4 $16) (15... Nf6 16. Ne5 Nxe4 17.
Qxe4 Nd5 18. Ng4 Bd7 19. Qe5+ f6 20. Qg3 Nxc3 21. bxc3 Rc8 22. c4 Qa5 23. Qb3
b6 24. h3 $14 (24. h4 $2 e5 25. Ne3 exd4 26. Nd5 Rfe8 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Qf3 Bf5
29. Qf4 Qc5 $19 {1/2-1/2 Tseitlin Mark D-Zhuravliov,V/ch URS select Rostov on
Don RUS 1976 (45)})) 16. a3 Bb7 17. Rc2 {1/2-1/2 Dely,P-Lengyel,L/HUN tt 1992 
(17)} (17. h4 $6 Rc8 $11) 17... Rc8 $132) (15. Ne5 a6 (15... Nf6 16. Bf3 Bd7
17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Ne4 (18. Bf3 Rxb2 19. Rab1 Rxb1 20. Rxb1 $14) 18... Rxb7 19.
Nxf6 Bc8 (19... Kxf6 20. Qf3+ $18) 20. Ne4 Rxb2 21. d5 f6 (21... exd5 22. Qc3
Rb6 (22... f6 23. Qxb2 dxe4 24. Nc4 $18) 23. Nc6+ d4 24. Nxd4 Kg8 25. Qc5 (25.
Rad1 Nd5 26. Qa5 $16) 25... Nf5 (25... f5 26. Ng5 Rb7 27. Rad1 $18) 26. Nc6 Qc7
27. Rac1 Kg7 28. g4 Nh4 29. Qc3+ f6 30. Nxf6 Rxf6 31. Re7+ Qxe7 32. Nxe7 Bxg4
33. Nd5 $18) 22. Nc4 Rb8 (22... Rb5 23. d6 $14) 23. d6 Nd5 (23... Nf5 24. Nc5
Bd7 25. Rxe6 $16) 24. Rad1 Bd7 25. Qa3 $16 {1-0 Martin,A-Barbeau,S/Benidorm
1984 (36)}) (15... Bd7 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Qf3 Be6 $14 {1-0 Lein,A-Burger,K/Beer
Sheva 1982 (41)}) (15... b6 16. Nxd5 (16. h4 Bb7 17. h5 Nf5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19.
Bxf5 exf5 20. Qd2 (20. Qg3 $132) 20... Qh4 21. Qb4 Rad8 (21... Qxh5 22. Qd6 $44
) (21... Qg5 22. f3 Rfc8 (22... Qxh5 23. Qd6 Rfd8 24. Nd7 Be6 25. Qe5+ $16) 23.
Re2 Qxh5 24. Qd6 Be6 25. Nc6 f4 26. Re5 Qh4 27. d5 $44) 22. hxg6 (22. Rac1 Qxh5
(22... Qg5 23. f3 $15) 23. Qd2 Qh6 24. f4 Qh4 $17 {0-1 Zaitsev,A-Unzicker,W/
Moscow 1961 (76)}) 22... hxg6 23. Re3 Rh8 24. Rh3 Qe4 25. Rg3 Rc8 26. Re1 Qh4
27. Rh3 Qf6 $17) 16... Nxd5 17. Qg3 Bb7 18. Nc4 Qb8 19. Qe5+ Nf6 {1/2-1/2
Reshevsky,S-Unzicker,W/Maribor 1967 (19)}) 16. Qf3 Ra7 17. Rad1 f6 18. Nc4 b5
19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Ne3 Be6 $14 {0-1 Zhukova,N-Tunik,G/St.Petersburg op2 1994 
(61)}) 15... Qd6 (15... b6 16. Rac1 Bb7 17. Ne5 $14) 16. Ne5 Bd7 17. h4 (17.
Nc4 Qc7 $1 (17... Qb4 $2 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. a3 Qb3 20. Nxd5 $18 Nxd5 (20... exd5
21. Rc3 Qa4 22. Bc2 Qc6 23. Na5 Qf6 24. Nxb7 $18) 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Rc3 Qa4 23.
Nd6 Rxc3 24. Qxc3 b6 25. Qe3 Kg8 26. h4 h5 (26... Be6 27. h5 Qd7 28. Qe5 $18)
27. f4 Qc6 28. Qe5 f6 29. Qe7 Bg4 30. Kh2 a6 31. Ne8 Rf7 32. Qd8 Rf8 33. Re7
$18) 18. Nxd5 (18. Rac1 Bc6 19. Ne5 Rad8 20. Ng4 (20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Bd3 (21.
Ng4 f5 22. Qh6+ Kh8 $19) 21... f6 22. Ng4 Ng8 23. b4 Qd6 24. b5 Bd7 25. Ne3 $14
) 20... Qf4 $11) 18... Nxd5 (18... exd5 19. Bf3 dxc4 (19... Rfe8 20. Ne5 $14)
20. Rxe7 Rfe8 21. Rae1 Rxe7 22. Rxe7 Re8 23. Rxe8 Bxe8 24. d5 Qd6 25. Qc3+ Qf6
$11) 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Ne5 f6 21. Rac1 Qd6 22. Nd3 $14) 17... Bc6 18. Rad1 Rad8
19. Bxd5 (19. Nc4 Qc7 $132) 19... Bxd5 20. Ng4 Nf5 21. h5 f6 22. h6+ (22. Ne3
Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Rfe8 $11) 22... Kf7 23. Ne3 Bc6 (23... Nxe3 24. fxe3 f5 25. e4 (
25. Rc1 Bc6 26. Qf2 Kg8 27. Red1 $11) 25... fxe4 26. Nxe4 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Kg8 28.
Rde1 Rf6 29. Qg5 Rdf8 $11) 24. Nxf5 (24. d5 exd5 25. Nexd5 (25. Nxf5 gxf5 26.
Ne2 Rfe8 27. Nd4 Bd7 $17) 25... Rfe8 $11) 24... gxf5 25. Qe2 (25. Qc2 $6 Qf4
26. Qe2 Rfe8 27. Qh5+ Kf8 $132) 25... Rg8 26. Qh5+ Kf8 (26... Rg6 27. d5 $1
exd5 28. Rd4 Kg8 29. b4 b6 30. Red1 $2 (30. Qxf5 Rxh6 31. g3 Qd7 32. Re6 Kg7
33. Ne2 (33. b5 $1 Re8 34. Rg4+ Kf7 35. Rxf6+ Rxf6 36. Qxh7+ Ke6 37. Rg7 Qd6
38. Qh3+ Ke5 39. bxc6 (39. Qg4 Qc5 $19) 39... Qxc6 40. Rd7 Qxc3 41. Qh5+ Rf5
42. Qxe8+ Kd4 43. Rxa7 $16) 33... Re8 34. Nf4 a6 35. a3 Rxe6 36. Qxe6 (36.
Nxe6+ Kf7 37. Ng5+ Ke7 $17) 36... Qxe6 37. Nxe6+ Kg8 38. Nc7 Kf7 39. Nxa6 Ke6
40. b5 Bb7 41. Nb4 Ke5 42. Nc2 $14) 30... Qe5 31. b5 Be8 32. Qh3 Bf7 $15) 27.
d5 Rg5 $1 (27... exd5 $2 28. Qxf5 Rg5 (28... d4 29. Re6 Rxg2+ 30. Kf1 Rxf2+ 31.
Kxf2 Qh2+ 32. Ke1 Qh4+ 33. Qf2 Qh1+ 34. Kd2 dxc3+ 35. Kxc3 Qh3+ 36. Re3 Qxe3+
37. Qxe3 Rxd1 38. Qc5+ Kg8 39. Qe7 $18) 29. Qxh7 Qd7 30. Qxd7 (30. Qd3 Rh5 31.
Ne4 Qc7 (31... Rxh6 32. Nc5 Qd6 33. Ne6+ $18) 32. Ng3 (32. Qa3+ Kf7 33. Ng3
Rxh6 34. Qxa7 Rdh8 35. Qc5 b6 (35... Rh1+ 36. Nxh1 Qh2+ 37. Kf1 Qxh1+ 38. Ke2
Qxg2 39. Kd2 $18) 36. Qb4 (36. Re7+ Qxe7 37. Qxc6 Qe6 $17) 36... Rh4 37. Rd4
Rh2 38. Re3 Bb7 39. Qc3 $16) 32... Rxh6 33. Qe3 (33. Qa3+ Kf7 34. Qxa7 $16)
33... Rh8 34. Qxa7 Qh7 35. Qc5+ Kg8 36. Rd4 $16) 30... Rxd7 31. Rd4 $16) 28.
Qe2 (28. Qxg5 fxg5 29. dxe6 Qe7 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 31. e7+ Qxe7 32. Rxe7 Kxe7 $17)
(28. dxc6 Rxh5 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. cxb7 Rb6 31. Rxe6 Rxb2 32. Rxf6+ Ke8 33. g3
Rxb7 34. Nd5 $15) (28. Qh4 exd5 29. Rd4 Kg8 30. b4 (30. Nd1 Be8 31. Ne3 Rh5 32.
Rxd5 Qxd5 (32... Rxh4 33. Rxd6 Rxd6 34. Nxf5 Rd2 35. Nxh4 Kf8 36. Rb1 Bc6 37.
a3 a5 38. b3 Ra2 39. a4 Bd5 $44) 33. Qg3+ Rg5 34. Qxg5+ fxg5 35. Nxd5 Rxd5 36.
Rxe8+ Kf7 37. Rb8 Rd7 $17 {[%csl Rh6]}) 30... a6 31. a4 b6 32. b5 axb5 33. axb5
Bb7 34. Re3 Ra8 35. g3 Rg6 $132) 28... exd5 (28... Bxd5 29. Nxd5 exd5 30. Rd4
$44) 29. Nb5 Qb4 $2 $16 (29... Bxb5 30. Qxb5 Rh5 31. g3 f4 32. Qxb7 Rxh6 33.
Rd3 Qd7 (33... a6 34. gxf4 Rd7 35. Qc8+ Rd8 36. Qb7 $11) 34. Qb4+ Qd6 35. Qb7
$11) 30. Nc7 Rd6 $2 $18 (30... Kf7 31. Ne6 Rdg8 32. Nxg5+ Rxg5 33. f3 (33. Rd3
Qe4 34. Rg3 Rxg3 35. fxg3 Qxe2 36. Rxe2 $16) 33... Kg6 34. Qf2 Kxh6 35. Rd4 $16
) 31. Qe7+ Kg8 32. g3 $1 Qf4 33. Rd3 $1 Bd7 34. Qd8+ Kf7 35. Re7+ Kg6 36. Qg8+
Kh5 37. Qf7+ (37. Qf7+ Rg6 38. Qxg6+ Kxg6 39. gxf4 $18) 1-0

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2000.09.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Minasian, Ara"]
[Black "Danielian, Elina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2000.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 (11. Bc4 Nce7 12. Ne5 Nc6 13. Nf3 Nce7
14. Ne5 Nc6 15. Qd3 h6 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Bf4 $11 {0-1 Zaichik,G-Khenkin,I/
Leningrad 1989/ (42)}) 11... Nce7 12. Ne5 Nc6 13. Qd3 (13. Nf3 Nce7 14. Ne5 Nc6
15. Qd3 h6 16. a3 Nde7 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Rd1 Nd5 19. Qc4 Bb7 20. Bc2 {[%cal
Gc4d3]} Bg5 21. Qd3 g6 22. Ne4 Bxc1 23. Raxc1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Minasian Ara-Asrian
Karen/Ch Armenia, Yerevan (Armenia) 1996/ (53)}) 13... g6 $6 $14 ({Much better
is} 13... h6 {[%csl Rc1] -mainline} 14. a3 Nde7 (14... Bxe5 {see comments to
the game  1/2-1/2 Nijboer,F-van der Sterren,P/Nederland (ch) 1989/Inf 48/
[Nijboer,F] (42)}) 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Be6 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19.
Be3 $14 {1-0 Ljubojevic,L-Khalifman,A/Groningen PCA ,CBM 1993/ (61)}) 14. Bh6 {
Convenient place for White B!} Re8 $2 $16 (14... Bg7 $142 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16.
Bxd5 exd5 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Na4 $14 {0-1 Sher,M-Asrian,K/Erevan op 1996/EXP 52/
(65)}) 15. Rad1 {This position is already difficult for Black.} Bh8 (15... Nxe5
$2 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 (17... Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Qh4+ 19. Kg1 Nf6 (19...
Qxh6 20. Nxd5 $18) 20. Bxh7+ $1 $18) 18. Rxe5 $16 {[%csl Rd5,Rg8]}) (15... Qd6
16. Ng4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Ge1e8]}) 16. Qf3 {[%csl Rf7]} Nxe5 $6 (16... f6
$142 17. Nc4 {[%csl Rd5]} (17. Nxd5 fxe5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 $1 $14 {[%cal Ge5f7]})
17... Nce7 18. Ne3 Nxe3 19. Bxe3 {[%csl Rb7]} f5 20. Bxb7 Bxb7 21. Qxb7 $16)
17. dxe5 Qh4 (17... Bxe5 18. Bxg6 $18) 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Bxd5 Be6 $2 $18 ({
After} 19... Bf5 20. Qf4 Qxf4 21. Bxf4 $16 {For P lack Black hasn't any
compensation.}) 20. Bxe6 Rxe6 21. Rd7 {[%csl Rf7]} Bf6 22. Bf4 $1 g5 (22...
Rae8 23. Re4 $18) 23. g3 (23. Bg3 Qb4 24. Red1 $18) 23... Qh3 (23... Qh6 24.
Bd2 Rd8 25. Qxb7 $18) 24. Bxg5 Ree8 25. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Auxerre"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Black "Anic, Darko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Vaisser,A"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Nxc3 (10... Bf6) (10... Nf6) 11. bxc3 b6 12. Re1 (12.
Qc2 $5 g6 13. h4 Bxh4 $2 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Bb5 Bb7 16. Qe4 $16) 12... Bb7 13. h4
$5 g6 (13... Bxh4 14. Nxh4 Qxh4 15. Re3 $1 g6 (15... h6 $6 16. Rh3 Qf6 17. Qg4
$16) 16. Rg3 Qe7 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bh6 Rf7 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Rxg6+ Kh8 21. Qh5 Rh7
22. Re1 e5 23. d5 Na5 24. d6 Qf7 25. Rxe5 $1 $40) 14. Ng5 (14. Bh6 Re8 15. Ng5)
14... Bf6 15. Qg4 h5 16. Qg3 Ne7 17. Bf4 Nf5 $2 {[#]} (17... Rc8 $142 18. Rac1
Qd7 $13 {Hansen,C-Ribli,Z/Plovdiv 1983}) 18. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 $2 (18... Nxg3 $6 19.
Nxd8 Raxd8 20. Bxg3 $16) (18... Bxh4 $142 19. Nxd8 Bxg3 20. Bxg3 Rfxd8 21. Bxf5
gxf5 22. Re5 $1 Rd5 23. Re7 Ba6 $16) 19. Qxg6+ Bg7 (19... Ng7 20. Rxe6 Qd5 21.
Qh7+ Kf7 22. Rxf6+ $1 $18) 20. Rxe6 $1 $18 (20. Qxe6+ $2 Kh8 21. Bxf5 Bc8 $1
22. Qg6 Bxf5 23. Qxh5+ $16) 20... Qxh4 21. Bxf5 Qxf4 (21... Rxf5 22. Qxf5 Rf8
23. Bg3 $1 $18) 22. Qh7+ Kf7 23. Rae1 1-0

[Event "Bonn GSK"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Black "Gawehns, Klaus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "Von Gleich,A"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. Qd3 g6 13. h4 (13. Ne5 Nc6 (
13... Bd7 14. Qf3 Bc6 15. Bh6)) 13... Bd7 14. Ne5 Bc6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. h5 Nf5
17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. Bf4 Re4 22. Be5
Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qa5 24. Red1 Rxe5 25. Qd4 Rae8 (25... Re4 26. Qd2) 26. b4 Qa4 27.
a3 a6 28. Rd3 Qc2 29. Rh3 Qe4 30. Rd1 f4 31. Rhd3 Rg5 32. f3 Qxd4+ 33. Rxd4 Re2
34. g4 fxg3 35. Rxd5 Rxd5 36. Rxd5 Re3 37. Ra5 $4 (37. Kg2 Rxa3 38. Kxg3) 37...
Rxf3 38. Rxa6 Rb3 39. Kg2 Kg7 40. Ra4 f5 41. b5 Rxb5 42. Kxg3 Kf6 43. Kh4 g5+
44. Kh5 g4 45. Ra8 Rb1 46. Rf8+ Ke5 47. Kg5 g3 48. Re8+ Kd4 49. Re2 Rf1 50. Rg2
f4 51. Kg4 Rf2 52. Rg1 Ke3 0-1

[Event "Bucharest Kings 7th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2013.10.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Wang,Hao"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2013.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the last round of the 7th edition of the Kings
tournament. With White against Ponomariov, I was just trying to make an
interesting game. Anyway, the game was totally peaceful up to a certain point..
.} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 {Recently I had already
faced this position against a few good players.} 6. cxd5 ({Previously I only
played} 6. dxc5 {with Gelfand and Radjabov.}) 6... Nxd5 {Now the position has
transposed to the Semi-Tarrasch Variation.} (6... exd5 {is another main line,
which was played by Matlakov with me in the European Club Cup, which has just
finished recently. That game ended in a draw.}) 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 b6
{This idea was played by Ivanchuk 2 years ago; I analysed it and thought the
position should be equal with good play.} (9... cxd4 10. exd4 {the position
transposes to the Caro-Kann.}) 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 g6 12. Rd1 Qc7 (12... cxd4
{was played in the game Le Quang Liem - Ivanchuk. After} 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. Bb2
Rc8 15. Qe2 Na5 16. e4 Bf6 17. Rac1 Qe7 {,the position was pretty decent. The
text move was also good.}) 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. dxc5 {I decided to open the
diagonal for my dark-squared bishop.} (14. Qe2 Rfd8 15. e4 Na5 {offers a
promising position for Black since b2 is not a ideal square for my
dark-squared bishop.}) 14... bxc5 {Logical.} (14... Bxc5 15. c4 Rad8 16. h4 {
looks good for White, but Black also has enough resources to defend with} f6 $1
{.}) 15. c4 f5 16. Rab1 Rad8 17. Be2 Rxd1+ 18. Bxd1 Ba8 19. Qd2 ({Maybe} 19. h3
{was a better move, but after} e5 {, Black is totally fine.}) 19... Rd8 20. Qc3
e5 $1 21. Ne1 Qa5 $1 {I overlooked this move. Now it's clear that the position
is just nothing special for White. Anyway, I decided to adopt a risky plan.}
22. f3 {Followed by Bc2 and Nd3, my idea is to try to regroup my pieces,
against the c5- and e5-pawns.} Kf7 {Very logical, time to bring the king to
the battlefield.} (22... Qxc3 23. Bxc3 f4 {is very close to a draw.} (23... e4
{is also totally fine for Black, as I thought during the game.})) 23. Bc2 $2 {
I was over-optimistic about my position. Here was a very critical moment.} (23.
Be2 {was a safer choice.}) 23... Bf6 $2 {Looks logical, but soft indeed.} (
23... Bg5 $1 {was an very strong move for Black, with some attacking ideas. It
was my good fortune that my opponent missed this move during the game. White
must be very careful, for example:} 24. Kf2 (24. e4 Kf6 {with a slightly
better position for Black only.}) 24... Rd2+ 25. Kf1 Bh4 $1 26. g3 Bf6 27. h4
Qd8 $1 {with the initiative. If} (27... Rh2 28. Qd3 Ne7 29. Kg1 Qd2 30. Qxd2
Rxd2 31. Bc1 $11) 28. Nd3 {,} (28. Kg1 e4 29. Qxf6+ Qxf6 30. Bxf6 exf3 $1)
28... Rh2 29. Bd1 (29. Nf2 $2 Nd4 $1 30. exd4 exd4 31. Qd3 Qd6 $1 {Black is
winning.}) 29... f4 $1 30. exf4 Nd4 31. Nxe5+ Bxe5 32. fxe5 Qc8 $1 33. g4 Rh1+
34. Kf2 Qd8 {, Black has a strong attack.}) 24. e4 $1 {Finally I started to
play for the initiative. Frankly speaking, the position is still roughly equal,
but since only White has some play here, Black must be careful.} Qxc3 25. Bxc3
Nd4 $6 (25... Ke6 $1 {was what I mainly considered during the game. After} 26.
Nd3 Kd6 $1 27. exf5 (27. f4 fxe4 28. fxe5+ Nxe5 29. Nxe5 Ke6 $1 30. Bxe4 Bxe5
31. Bxa8 Bxc3 $11) 27... gxf5 28. f4 $1 Nd4 $1 (28... Rg8 29. g3 Nd4 30. Bxd4
exd4 31. Nf2) 29. fxe5+ Bxe5 30. Nxe5 Kxe5 (30... Rg8) 31. Rb5 Ke6 32. Bxd4
Rxd4 33. Rxc5 Rd2 34. Bxf5+ Kd6 35. Ra5 Rxg2+ 36. Kf1 Rxh2 {, the position is
very close to a draw.}) (25... fxe4 26. Bxe4 Nd4 27. Kf2 Bxe4 28. fxe4 Rd7 {
would offer a minimal edge for White although Black should hold without
problems.}) 26. Bxd4 Rxd4 27. exf5 {Now with a pawn up, I have got some slight
chances to play for a win.} gxf5 (27... e4 {would also offer Black excellent
drawing chances:} 28. fxg6+ hxg6 29. Kf2 Ke6) 28. Rb8 (28. Bxf5 Rxc4 29. Rb8
Bd5) 28... Bc6 ({During time pressure, my opponent failed to find a brilliant
idea to simplify the position:} 28... e4 $1 29. Rxa8 Rd2 30. Rxa7+ Kf8 31. h3 (
31. fxe4 Bd4+ 32. Kh1 Re2) 31... Bd4+ 32. Kh2 Be5+ $11) 29. Bxf5 Rxc4 $6 (29...
Ke7 $1 {was better. After} 30. Bd3 (30. Rc8 {is not good as Black has} Kd6)
30... e4 31. fxe4 Bxe4 32. Bxe4 Rxe4 {, Black will hold the position without
many problems, thanks to his active pieces.}) 30. Rc8 Bb5 $2 {A decisive
mistake.} (30... Bd5 {was necessary, to keep the bishops and counterplay. And
I believe that Black has enough resources to save the game, for example:} 31.
Rc7+ (31. Nd3 e4 32. fxe4 Bxe4) 31... Kf8 32. Kf2 (32. Bxh7 Rc3 33. Kf2 Bc4 $1
34. Be4 Bg5) 32... h5 33. Nd3 Rc3 34. Nxc5 Bh4+ 35. Ke2 Rxa3) 31. Rc7+ Be7 32.
Bd3 $1 Rc1 33. Bxb5 Rxe1+ 34. Kf2 Rh1 35. Kg3 a5 36. Ra7 Rc1 37. Rxa5 {It
seems that the opposite-coloured bishops would offer some drawing chances for
Black, but he is short of counterplay, and his pawns are quite weak. The
position is not hopeless for Black yet, but indeed difficult.} c4 38. Bc6 c3
39. Be4 h5 40. a4 Ra1 41. Ra6 Bd8 42. Bc2 Bg5 43. Rc6 Ra3 $2 (43... Bd2 {
was necessary, although it offers the h4-square for White's king.}) 44. Rb6 $1
{Trying to exchange rooks. If the rooks are swapped from the board, White
would win the game without needing precise technique.} Be7 ({If} 44... Ke7 45.
Rb3 Rxb3 46. Bxb3 Kd6 47. h4 Be3 48. Kh3 {would be a very easy win for White
since he is going to create passed pawns on the kingside very soon; it's too
difficult for Black to defend the a- and h-pawns at the same time.}) 45. Rb7
Ra1 46. Rb1 Ra3 47. Kh3 h4 48. g3 hxg3 49. hxg3 Kg7 50. Rb7 Kf7 51. Rb5 {
Now black is totally lost.} e4 52. fxe4 Ra1 53. Rb1 Ra3 54. Kg4 Kg7 55. Rb3
Rxa4 56. Rb7 Ra2 57. Bb3 Rb2 58. Rxe7+ Kf6 59. Re6+ Kf7 60. Bd5 {Black
resigned.} 1-0

