[Event "Kavala op 14th"]
[Site "Kavala"]
[Date "2005.08.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2005.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. a3 $5 {This interesting
move does not allow the Cambridge Springs Defence.} Be7 7. Nf3 (7. Qc2 e5 $1 8.
dxe5 Nxe5 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. Rd1 O-O 13. Nge2 Be6 $1
14. O-O $14) 7... O-O 8. Rc1 (8. Qc2 {is another line.}) 8... h6 9. Bh4 Ne4 10.
Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qc2 (11. Nxe4 $6 dxe4 12. Nd2 f5 13. c5 e5 14. Nc4 exd4 15. exd4
Nf6 $17) 11... Ng5 $6 {Black breaks the rules.} (11... Nxc3 12. Qxc3 dxc4 13.
Bxc4 b6 14. O-O Bb7 15. Rfd1 (15. e4 $2 c5 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Nf6 18. Rfe1
Qd6 $17) 15... c5 16. d5 exd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Nf6 $11) 12. Nd2 (12. Nh4
$142 $1 {may have prevented black from playing f5.} Ne4 $140 13. Nxe4 Qxh4 14.
Nd6 $14) 12... f5 (12... e5 13. dxe5) 13. Be2 f4 $5 {Very brave!} 14. O-O fxe3
15. fxe3 Rxf1+ 16. Rxf1 Nf6 17. e4 (17. h4 Nf7 18. Qg6 e5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Bd3
Be6 $13) 17... e5 $8 {After this it is obvious that white has to play very
accurate to keep his advantage.} 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. exd5 (20. Nf3
Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 d4 22. Nd5 Nxd5 (22... Be6 $2 23. Qc7 $1 $18) 23. Qc4 $14) 20...
Bg4 $1 $44 21. Nf3 Qe3+ 22. Kh1 Re8 23. d6 $1 Nxf3 24. Bxf3 (24. gxf3 Be6 $44)
24... Bxf3 25. gxf3 Rd8 26. Qb3+ Kh7 27. Qxb7 Rxd6 $11 {Black has equalized by
very interesting play since the extra pawn makes no difference.} 28. Qb5 (28.
Ne4 Qd3 $11) (28. Rg1 Rd7 29. Qc6 Rd2 30. Qb7 Nh5 31. b4 $11) 28... Rd2 29.
Qf5+ {After this the game peters out to be a draw.} (29. Qf5+ Kh8 30. Ne4 $1 (
30. Qc8+ Ng8) 30... Nxe4 (30... Qd3 $2 31. Qc8+) 31. Qxe4 (31. fxe4 $11) 31...
Qxe4 32. fxe4 Rxb2 33. Rf7 Re2 34. Rxa7 Rxe4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "SLO-chT 10th"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2000.10.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Farago, Ivan"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ljubljana LSK"]
[BlackTeam "Ptuj"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
Re8 9. a3 $5 a6 (9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 a6 11. O-O c5 $13) 10. c5 c6 11. b4 (11.
Be2 e5 12. O-O Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nxe4 (14. b4 a5 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 exd4
17. exd4 axb4 18. axb4 b5 $1 $11) 14... dxe4 15. Nd2 exd4 16. exd4 Nf6 17. Nc4
Rd8 18. Re1 Be6 19. Nd6 b5 $11) (11. Bg3 Nh5 (11... b6 $6 12. cxb6 Nxb6 13. Ne5
Bb7 14. Na2 $14)) 11... a5 $8 (11... e5 $2 12. dxe5 Nh7 13. Bg3 $16) 12. Be2
axb4 13. axb4 b6 14. O-O (14. b5 Bb7 $11) 14... bxc5 15. bxc5 Ba6 (15... e5 $6
16. dxe5 Nh7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe5 20. Nd6) 16. h3 $1 Qa5 (
16... Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Ne4 (17... e5 18. Qc2 $14 (18. dxe5 $6 Ne4 19. e6 Nxc3 20.
Rxc3 fxe6 21. Bxe7 Qxe7)) 18. Bxe7 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Qxe7 $11) (16... e5 $6 17.
Bxa6 Rxa6 18. dxe5 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. e6 fxe6 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Nd4 $14) (
16... Qc8 $1 17. Ra1 Bd8 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Qd3 Ba5 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Ne5 Re7
$36) 17. Bg3 Rec8 (17... Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Ra7 19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Qa6 $11) 18.
Ra1 Bxe2 19. Nxe2 Qd8 (19... Qb4 $5 20. Qb1 Qxb1 21. Rfxb1 Bd8 $132) 20. Nc3
Rxa1 21. Qxa1 Ne4 $2 (21... Ra8 22. Qb2 Qc8 23. Rb1 Bd8 $1 $11) 22. Nxe4 dxe4
23. Nd2 $4 {Mutual blunders kept the game equal.} (23. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 (23... Bf6
24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. Bd6) 24. Bxe5 f6 (24... Ra8 25. Qb1 Qd5 26. Qb7 Re8 27. Ra1
$18) 25. Bg3 Ra8 26. Qb1 Qd5 27. Qb7 Re8 28. Ra1 e5 29. Ra6 (29. dxe5 $6 fxe5
30. Ra6 Bxc5 31. Qxc6 Qxc6 32. Rxc6 Bf8 $16) 29... exd4 30. exd4 Qxd4 31. Qxc6
Kf8 32. Ra8 Rxa8 33. Qxa8+ Kf7 34. c6 Bd6 (34... Qd5 35. Qa4 Qe6 36. c7 e3 37.
fxe3 Bc5 38. Kh2 $18) 35. Qb7+ Kg6 36. Qd7 e3 37. Qxd6 $18) 23... Nxc5 24. Qa2
(24. Qd1 Nd7 (24... Qd5 $4 25. dxc5 Rd8 26. Bc7 Rd7 27. Ba5 $18) 25. Nxe4 c5
$11) 24... Ra8 25. Qb1 $1 (25. Qc4 Qa5 (25... Ra4 26. Qc3 (26. Qc2 Qd5)) 26.
Qe2 Nd7 27. Nxe4 c5 $11) 25... Na4 $5 (25... Qd5 26. dxc5 Qxd2 27. Qb7 Qd8 28.
Bd6 $1 Bxd6 29. cxd6 (29. Rd1 $4 Rb8 30. Qa7 Qc7 $17) 29... Rb8 30. Qxc6 (30.
Qe7 $2 Qxe7 31. dxe7 Re8) 30... Rb6 31. Qxe4 Rxd6 $11) 26. Qxe4 (26. Nxe4 c5
27. dxc5 (27. Rd1 c4) 27... Nxc5 28. Rd1 Qa5 $11) 26... c5 27. dxc5 (27. Bc7
Qe8) 27... Nxc5 28. Qc2 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paracin Summer op-A 10th"]
[Site "Paracin"]
[Date "2017.07.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dimic, Pavle"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 $5 {
My preference of the day rather than the Tartakower.} 8. Rc1 (8. Qc2 c5 9. cxd5
Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 $5) 8... c5 9. cxd5 ({White could force an isolani with} 9.
dxc5 $1 Nxc5 10. cxd5 g5 11. Bg3 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 exd5 14. Be2 (14.
Be5 Bf5 15. Be2 Rac8 16. O-O Bd3 $132) 14... Bd7 15. O-O Rac8 16. Be5 (16. Rfd1
Ne4) {after which my choice is} 16... Ne4 $146 (16... f6 17. Bd4 Kf7 18. Rfd1
b6) (16... g4 17. Nd4 f6 18. Bg3 h5) 17. Bd4 a6 $14) 9... Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7
11. Be2 (11. Bb5 cxd4 12. Qxd4 a6 13. Be2 Nc6 $11) 11... b6 12. O-O Bb7 13.
dxc5 ({Years ago in a similar position Serper played} 13. Qa4 $5 Nd5 $5 14.
Rfd1 Qe7 $11) 13... Nxc5 14. Qc2 (14. Nd4 Nf5 $5 15. Nxf5 exf5 $11 {has been
played by the new practicioner of this tabya Volodya Kramnik.}) 14... Nd5 15.
Rfd1 Qe7 $146 (15... Qf6 {was by Tartakower against a Turk!}) 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17.
Nd2 Qb7 (17... a5 $5 18. Nc4 Qc7) 18. Bf3 Bxf3 (18... Rfd8 19. e4 Bc6 20. b4
Ba4) 19. Nxf3 Rac8 20. h3 Ne4 (20... a5 $5) 21. Qd3 {The game should peter out
to a draw. My opponent, the current Serbian junior champion, even offered to
share the point but...} Nf6 $5 (21... Nc5 $11) (21... Rc5 22. Rxc5 Nxc5 23. Qd4
Rc8 $11) 22. Ne5 Rc7 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. Nd7 $6 ({I had calculated the sharp} 24.
Qd6 Rc8 25. Qxc7 Rxc7 26. Rd8+ Kh7 27. Rf8 Rc1+ $5 ({if Black wants} 27... Nd7
28. Nxd7 Rxd7 $11 {he may settle for the absolute equality in this line.}) 28.
Kh2 Rc2 29. Rxf7 Rxb2 30. Rxa7 Rxf2 31. Ng4 $1 Nxg4+ 32. hxg4 $11 {or White
forces it!}) 24... Nxd7 25. Qxd7 Qc2 26. Qd2 Rc8 $36 {Black has at least
something to play for.} 27. Qxc2 $6 {To bring an imbalance into the pawn
structure in a rook Ending is something I find dangerous. I would have kept
both major pieces on the board to feel safe.} (27. b4 $1 $11) 27... Rxc2 28.
Rd8+ Kh7 29. Rd7 a5 30. Rxf7 Rxb2 31. a4 Kg6 32. Rb7 h5 33. g3 (33. g4 $5 h4 (
33... hxg4 34. hxg4 Rb4 35. Kf1 $11) 34. Kg2 Kf6 35. Kf3 g5 36. Rb8 Rb4 37. Rb7
e5 38. e4 b5 $1 39. axb5 a4 40. b6 Ke6 41. Ra7 Kd6 $11 {with some chances.})
33... e5 {Black has to push all the pawns up before breaking into the other
flank with his king.} (33... Kf6 $6 34. h4 Rb4 35. Kg2 Ke5 36. Rxg7 Rxa4 37.
Rg5+ $18) 34. Kg2 e4 35. g4 (35. h4 $5) 35... hxg4 (35... h4 $5) 36. hxg4 Kf6
37. Kg3 Rb4 38. Kf4 ({Exchanging as many pawns as possible is usually a good
strategy for the defending side.} 38. f3 exf3 39. Kxf3 g6 40. Rd7 Ke5 (40...
Kg5 41. Rd4) 41. Rg7 Rxa4 42. Rxg6 Rb4 43. Rg8 a4 44. Re8+ Kf6 45. Rf8+ Kg7 46.
Ra8 b5 47. e4 Rb3+ 48. Kf4 a3 49. Ra7+ $11) 38... g5+ 39. Kg3 Ke6 40. Rg7 Kd6
41. Rg6+ (41. Rxg5 Rxa4 42. Rg8 (42. Rb5 $2 Rb4) 42... b5 43. g5 Ra1 44. Kg2 $1
b4 45. Rb8 $11 {as Graf pointed out to me years ago, it is always difficult to
escort connected passers in a rook ending!}) 41... Kc7 42. Rxg5 Rxa4 43. Re5
Kd6 44. Re8 Ra1 45. Rxe4 $2 (45. g5 Rg1+ 46. Kf4 a4 47. Ra8 b5 48. Kxe4 Rxg5
49. f4 $11) 45... b5 $19 {However now with White's rook awkwardly placed, my 2
passers roll faster than White's ones which are not only further back but also
at least one of them could be tackled by Black's ideally placed rook.} 46. g5 (
46. Re8 Kc7 $5) 46... Rg1+ $1 {Keeping the most advanced pawn under control.}
47. Kf4 b4 48. Kf5 (48. Re5 $2 Rg4+) 48... b3 {Now the pawns are too fast to
catch.} 49. Rd4+ Kc5 50. Rd2 a4 51. g6 a3 0-1

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2008.06.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Citak, Selim"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2008.06.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 {It is not every day that I go for the Classical
Karlsbad with Black.} 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 $5 Nbd7 (7... dxc4
8. Bxc4 c5 9. dxc5 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Bxc5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Ke2 Bd7 13. Rhd1 Rfd8
$14 {does not look very attractive.}) 8. Nf3 Re8 $5 {An old and forgotten line
from Odessa players.} 9. Bd3 (9. Qc2 a6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 c6 12. Bg3 $1 {
gives White some edge.} Nb6 13. O-O Be6 $14) 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 a6 11. a4 {
This is believed to be compulsory.} c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. exd4 $5 {The most
principled continuation.} Nb6 14. Bb3 Bd7 15. Ne5 (15. a5 Nbd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5
17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Qd2 b6 $5 $11) 15... Bc6 {One of the stem
positions for this opening. Rc1 does not help White much.} 16. Bc2 $146 {
Obviously he tries to give me a checkmate using the Turton theme.} (16. Nxc6
bxc6 17. a5 $140 $6 Nbd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 $17) 16... Nbd5 17. Nxd5 (17. Bxf6 Nxf6)
17... Qxd5 $6 {I was not happy about my choice.} (17... Bxd5 18. Re1 Nd7 19.
Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Qd3 g6 21. Bb3 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Red8 $15) 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Re1 (19.
Qd3 Red8 20. Rfd1 Rab8 21. b3 a5 22. Bg3 Bd6 $11) (19. Bg3 Red8 20. Be5 a5 $11)
19... Red8 20. Bxf6 $6 ({I was anticipating} 20. Be4 {more.} Nxe4 21. Bxe7 Rd7
$11) 20... Bxf6 21. Be4 Qxd4 22. Qxd4 Bxd4 $6 (22... Rxd4 $142 23. Rxc6 Rad8
24. Bc2 a5 $15) 23. b4 Rab8 24. Rc4 Ba7 25. Bxc6 $2 {The game sails along with
some small mistakes.} (25. Kf1 Rd4 26. Rxc6 Rdxb4 27. Rxa6 Bd4 $11) 25... Rd2
26. Rf1 a5 27. b5 $2 {He had to go for liquidation.} (27. Bb5 axb4 28. Rxb4
Rbd8 29. a5 Ra2 30. a6 Rdd2 31. Bc4 $1 $132) 27... Rbd8 28. Bf3 $5 {The best
chance to swindle.} (28. g3 $2 R8d4 $17) 28... g5 $2 ({I relied on him and
played my move without appropriate calculation.} 28... Rxf2 $1 29. Rxf2 Rd2 30.
Rc8+ Kh7 31. Rc7 Bxf2+ (31... Bd4 32. Rxf7 Rxf2 33. Be4+ Rf5+ 34. Kh1 Kg8 $11)
32. Kf1 Kg6 33. Rc2 Rxc2 34. Be4+ Kf6 35. Bxc2 Bb6 $19) 29. Rc7 Bb6 30. Rc6 (
30. Rb7 {is more tactical and achieves a draw on the spot.} R8d6 31. Bh5 f5 32.
Rc1 Bxf2+ 33. Kf1 Bb6 34. Rc6 Bd8 35. h3 $11) 30... Rb8 31. g3 Kg7 32. Rc4 $2 {
A very unnecessary move.} (32. Kg2 Kf6 33. h3 Ke7 34. g4 Ra2 35. Bd1 $11) 32...
f5 $1 {Now at least the centre moves forward.} 33. Rc6 g4 34. Bd1 e5 {No rook
ending yet!} (34... Bxf2+ $2 35. Rxf2 Rxd1+ 36. Kg2 $11) 35. Bc2 $2 {Another
bad one losing a tempo for no reason at all.} (35. Bb3 e4 36. Be6 Kf6 37. Bb3+
Kg7 38. Be6 $11) 35... e4 36. Bb3 Bd4 37. Rc7+ Kf6 38. Rc6+ Kg5 39. Bf7 Rb6 40.
Rc8 h5 41. Rg8+ Kh6 42. Ra8 Rf6 43. Bd5 $2 $138 {A seemingly tricky move in
time trouble.} (43. Ra6 $1 Kg5 44. Be8 h4 $17) 43... e3 44. Rh8+ Kg7 (44... Kg5
45. Rg8+ Rg6 46. Rxg6+ Kxg6 $19) 45. Rg8+ Kh7 46. Re8 Rxf2 $2 $138 {A bad
exchange allowing White to consolidate again.} (46... e2 47. Re1 Bc3 $1 48. Bb3
Rb2 49. R1xe2 Rxb3 50. R2e7+ Kh6 51. Rh8+ Kg5 52. Reh7 Kg6 $1 $19 {was simple
and effective.}) 47. Rxf2 exf2+ 48. Kg2 Rd6 49. Bc4 Kg7 50. Re6 $5 {This is a
decision I personally can never come up with. It is almost impossible to
foresee that it is a draw. And although actually it is, still it is difficult
to keep it up.} (50. Rg8+ Kh6) (50. Bf1 Bb6 51. Rb8 $17 {and it is not that
easy to make progress.}) 50... Rxe6 51. Bxe6 Kf6 52. Bc4 Kg5 (52... Bb6 53. h3
gxh3+ 54. Kxh3 Kg5 55. Be2 f4 56. Kg2 fxg3 57. Kxg3 Kf5 58. Kg2 $1 {with the
pawn on h4 the ending is a draw.} (58. Kf3 $2 Ke5 59. Bf1 Kd5 60. Be2 h4 61.
Bf1 h3 62. Bxh3 (62. Kg3 h2 63. Kxh2 Kc5 $19) 62... Kc4 63. Ke2 Kb4 64. Kd3
Kxa4 $19) 58... h4 59. Kf3 Ke6 60. Bf1 Kd5 61. Be2 $11 {Black can not progress
since landing on b4 is impossible keeping all the pawns on the board.}) 53. h3
(53. b6 $2 Bxb6 54. h3 gxh3+ 55. Kxh3 f4 56. gxf4+ Kxf4 57. Kg2 Ke3 58. Bb5 h4
59. Bc4 Kd2 60. Kf1 (60. Bb5 Ke1 $19) 60... h3 61. Bd5 h2 62. Bc6 Kc3 63. Ke2
Kb4 $19) 53... gxh3+ 54. Kxh3 f4 55. gxf4+ $2 {He falters!} (55. Be2 Bb6 56.
Kg2 fxg3 57. Kxg3 Kf5 58. Kg2 h4 59. Kf3 $1 $11 {as has been analysed above.})
55... Kxf4 56. Kg2 Bb6 $19 57. Bf7 h4 58. Bc4 Ke3 59. Kh3 Kd2 60. Kxh4 Kc3 ({
Even} 60... Ke1 {wins!} 61. Kg4 f1=Q 62. Bxf1 Kxf1 63. Kf5 Ke2 64. Ke4 Kd2 65.
Kd5 Kc3 66. Kc6 Bd8 67. b6 Bxb6 68. Kxb6 Kb4 $19) 0-1

[Event "USA-ch fin"]
[Site "Salt Lake City"]
[Date "1999.09.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1999.09.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Rc1 (
8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Rc1 Qd6 12. Qc2 c5 13. e4 {
Vaganian,R-Farago,I/Graz 1973/Inf 15 1-0 (43)}) 8... dxc4 (8... O-O {Csiszar,
C-Tolnai,T/Zalakaros op 1995 0-1 (35)}) 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 c5 12.
dxc5 Nxc5 13. Qe2 a6 14. Rfd1 Qe8 {White's pieces are placed better, and this
factor determines his slight advantage. However, Black's setup is flexible
enough, so that his counterplay may become quite dangerous.} (14... Qc7 15. b4
Ncd7 (15... Bxf3 16. gxf3 $5 Ncd7 17. Bxa6 Qa7 18. Bb5) 16. Bg3 Bxf3 (16... Qc6
17. Bb3 Rfc8 18. Nd5 Qxc1 19. Nxe7+ Kf8 20. Bd6 Qxa3 (20... Ke8 21. Nxc8 Qxc8
22. Ne5 $5) 21. Nxc8+ Ke8 22. Nxb6 Nxb6) 17. Bxc7 Bxe2 18. Bxe2 a5 19. Bf3 Rac8
20. Na2 (20. Nb5 axb4 21. Bc6 Nb8 22. Bb7 bxa3 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 $44) 20... axb4
21. Nxb4 Bc5 22. Bg3 e5 23. Bc6 $14) 15. Ne5 $14 Ncd7 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Bg3 Nc5
18. Qg4 $5 {White tries to create weaknesses in Black's camp before Black
completes development.} f5 {[%csl Re6]} (18... Rc8 19. Be5) 19. Qe2 Qc6 20. f3
Rfc8 21. b4 (21. Be5 Nd7) 21... Ne4 {The only move.} (21... Nd7 $2 22. Na2 $1
Nf8 23. b5 $16) 22. Nxe4 (22. Nd5 $2 exd5 23. Bxd5+ Qxd5 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25.
Rxd5 Nc3) 22... fxe4 23. fxe4 Kh8 $1 (23... Qxe4 $2 24. Rd4 (24. Bd3 Qd5 25.
Bc7 $5) 24... Qg6 25. Rcd1 $16) 24. Bd5 $6 {The significant simplifications of
the position, ensuing from the text, turn out to be unfavourable for White.} (
24. Qg4 $5 Bg5 (24... b5 $6 25. Bxe6 (25. Qxe6 $2 Bg5 $1 (25... bxc4 26. Qxe7
Re8 27. Qf7 Qxe4 28. Qf2) 26. Qxc6 Rxc6 $19) 25... Qxc1 26. Rxc1 (26. Bxc8 Qxc8
) 26... Rxc1+ 27. Kf2 $16) 25. Bf4 Bxf4 26. Qxf4 Qxe4 (26... b5 27. Bb3 Qxc1
28. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 29. Kf2 Rc3 30. Bxe6 Rxa3 31. Bd5 $16) 27. Qxe4 Bxe4 28. Bxe6
$14 {^-}) 24... Qxc1 (24... Qd7 $2 25. Bc6 $18) 25. Bxb7 Qxa3 26. Bxa8 Rxa8 27.
Qc4 Bxb4 (27... Rf8 $5 28. Qxe6 Qxe3+ 29. Kh1 Bxb4 30. Be5 Qd2 (30... Be1 $2
31. Bxg7+ $16) (30... Qg5 31. Qxb6 Qxe5 32. Qxb4) 31. Qg4 (31. Bxg7+ $2 Kxg7
32. Qe5+ Kg6 33. Qg3+ Qg5 $19) 31... Qg5 32. Qxg5 hxg5 33. g4 Rf7 $17) 28. Qxe6
Qxe3+ 29. Bf2 Qe2 30. Qd5 $2 {The decisive mistake.} ({After} 30. Rf1 Bc5 (
30... Rf8 31. Qxb6) 31. Bxc5 bxc5 32. h3 $15 {White retain chances to rescue
the game.}) 30... Rf8 $19 31. Bxb6 (31. Rf1 Be1) 31... Be1 32. h3 Rf1+ 33. Kh2
Qxd1 (33... Qxd1 34. Qxd1 Bg3+ 35. Kxg3 Rxd1 36. Kf4 Kg8) 0-1

[Event "Buenos Aires Najdorf"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Spangenberg, Hugo"]
[Black "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 a6 9. a4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. Ne5 Bc6 14. Qd3 Nfd5
15. Nxc6 {This might not be the best idea - often in such positions the
c6-pawn is not a weakness, but a strength, as it can be protected more easily
than the d4-pawn, which becomes completely fixed.} (15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. a5 Nb4
17. Qd2) (15. Bd2 $5) 15... bxc6 16. Bc2 g6 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. a5 Nb4 19. Qe2
Nd7 20. Qc4 Rfb8 21. Be4 Ra7 22. Rfe1 Qd8 23. Ra1 Nf6 24. Red1 Nbd5 25. Qe2 Rb3
26. Na4 Rb5 27. Bxd5 cxd5 28. Nb6 Rc7 29. Rd3 Ne4 30. f3 Nd6 31. Rc3 Rxc3 32.
bxc3 Nb7 33. Qxb5 axb5 34. a6 Qxb6 35. a7 b4 36. a8=Q+ Kg7 37. Rb1 b3 38. Qa3
Na5 39. Qb4 Qa6 40. Re1 h5 41. h4 Kh7 42. Kh2 Qa7 43. Kh3 Qc7 44. Ra1 Qf4 $1
45. Rxa5 g5 $17 46. g3 g4+ 47. fxg4 hxg4+ 48. Kh2 Qf2+ 49. Kh1 Qf1+ 50. Kh2
Qh3+ 51. Kg1 Qxg3+ 52. Kf1 Qf3+ 53. Ke1 g3 0-1

[Event "Karlsbad-04 International Masters"]
[Site "Karlovy Vary"]
[Date "1929.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[Annotator "Becker,Albert"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1929.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 Re8 8. a3
a6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qb3 c6 11. Bd3 Nf8 12. O-O Nh5 13. Bxe7 Rxe7 14. Na4 Nf6
15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Ne5 N6d7 17. Nxc8 Rxc8 18. Bf5 Rb8 19. Bxd7 Nxd7 20. Nxd7 Qxd7
{[%mdl 4096]} 21. Rc5 Re6 22. Rfc1 Rbe8 23. Qd3 Rg6 $1 24. R5c2 (24. f3 Qe7 $1
(24... Qh3 $4 25. Qxg6 $18)) 24... Qg4 25. Qf1 h5 $1 26. Re1 h4 27. f3 Qf5 28.
e4 dxe4 29. fxe4 Qxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Rg4 31. Rce2 Rf4+ 32. Kg1 f5 33. exf5 Rxe2 34.
Rxe2 Rxd4 $17 35. g3 $1 (35. Rf2 $2 Rd1+ 36. Rf1 Rxf1+ 37. Kxf1 Kf7 38. g4 hxg3
39. hxg3 Kf6 $19) (35. Re7 $2 Rd1+ 36. Kf2 Rd2+ 37. Re2 Rd5 {[%csl Rf5]}) (35.
Kf2 Rf4+) 35... hxg3 36. hxg3 Kf7 37. Kg2 Rd5 $1 (37... Kf6 38. Kh3 $1 (38. Rf2
Rd5 39. g4 Kg5 $19) 38... Kxf5 39. Re7 $11 b5 40. Rxg7 Rd2 41. Ra7 Rxb2 42.
Rxa6) 38. g4 (38. Rf2 $2 Kf6 39. g4 Kg5 $19) 38... Rd3 39. Kf2 Rb3 40. Rd2 a5
41. Ke1 a4 42. Kd1 Kf6 43. Rd6+ Ke7 44. Re6+ Kf7 45. Kc2 (45. Re2 $2 Rd3+ 46.
Kc2 Rd4 47. Rg2 Kf6 48. Kc3 Rf4 49. Rd2 Rxg4 50. Rd7 b5 $19) 45... Rg3 46. Rg6
Rf3 47. Rd6 Rf4 48. Rd7+ Kf6 49. g5+ $11 Kxf5 50. Rxg7 Rc4+ 51. Kd3 b5 52. Rg8
Kg4 53. Rg7 Kf5 54. Rg8 Kg4 55. Rg7 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 a6 8. cxd5
(8. c5 c6 9. Bd3 b6 10. cxb6 c5 11. O-O c4 12. Bc2 Nxb6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. f4 $14
{Portisch-Petrosjan, Palma de Mallorca cm 1974}) 8... exd5 9. Bd3 c6 10. O-O
Re8 11. Bb1 (11. Qc2 Nf8 12. Rb1 g6 13. b4 Ne6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. a4 $14) 11...
Nf8 12. Ne5 N6d7 13. Bf4 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. a3 Re7 17. Na4 Be6
18. Nc5 a5 19. Rc3 Rc7 (19... b6 $14) 20. Qb3 Bc8 21. Rd1 Qe7 22. e4 $1 dxe4
23. Bxe4 Ne6 $2 (23... g6) (23... h6) 24. Nxe6 Bxe6 25. Qc2 {/\d5/Bxh7+} Qh4
26. d5 Bg4 27. Re1 Rd8 28. Rce3 {/\Bxh7+!} g6 29. Qc3 Rcc8 30. dxc6 bxc6 31.
Qxa5 $18 Be6 32. Qc3 Rd6 33. g3 Qd8 34. b4 (34. h4) 34... Qb6 35. Rd3 (35. Rc1)
35... Rxd3 36. Qxd3 c5 $1 37. bxc5 Qxc5 38. h4 Qa5 39. Rd1 Rc3 40. Qd8+ Qxd8
41. Rxd8+ Kg7 42. Rd3 Rc4 43. Bf3 h6 $14 44. Kg2 g5 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. Bd1 Bf5
47. Re3 Be4+ 48. Kf1 f5 49. Ke1 Rc1 (49... f4) 50. Kd2 Ra1 51. Rc3 Kf6 (51...
f4) 52. f3 Bd5 53. f4 Be4 54. Be2 gxf4 (54... g4) 55. gxf4 Ke7 56. Bb5 Kd6 57.
a4 Kd5 58. Ke3 Re1+ 59. Be2 Ra1 60. Bc4+ $1 Kd6 61. Bb5 Kd5 (61... Rh1 62. a5
Rh3+ 63. Kd4 Rh4 $13) 62. Bc6+ Kd6 63. Bxe4 Re1+ (63... fxe4 64. Rc4 Re1+ 65.
Kf2 $1 $18) 64. Kd3 Rxe4 (64... fxe4+ 65. Kd4 e3 66. Rxe3 Ra1 67. Ke4 Ke6 68.
Kf3+ Kf6 69. Re4 $18) 65. Rc4 Re1 66. Rb4 Kc6 67. a5 Kc5 (67... Ra1 68. Rb6+
Kc5 69. Re6 Ra3+ 70. Ke2 $18) 68. Rb8 Re4 69. a6 Ra4 70. Rf8 Ra3+ 71. Ke2 Rxa6
72. Rxf5+ Kd4 73. Kf3 Ra8 74. Rb5 Kc4 75. Rg5 Kd4 76. Kg4 Rf8 77. Rg6 Ke4 78.
Re6+ Kd5 79. f5 1-0

[Event "Candidates qf Petrosian-Portisch +3-2=8"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1974.01.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1974.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 a6 8. c5 (
8. a3 c6 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Ba2 $14 {Polugaevsky,
L-Portisch,L/ Portoroz cm1973/}) (8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 c6 10. Qc2 Re8 11. O-O
$14 {Polugaevsky,L-Portisch,L/ Portoroz cm/1973/}) 8... c6 9. Bd3 b6 10. cxb6 (
10. b4) 10... c5 (10... Qxb6 11. O-O $1 Qxb2 12. Na4 Qb7 {Hort,V-Portisch,L/
Madrid/1973} 13. Qc2 $5 Ba3 14. Rb1 Qc7 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Nb6 $14) 11. O-O c4 (
11... cxd4 $5 12. exd4 $14) 12. Bc2 Nxb6 (12... Rb8 $5) 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. f4 Rb8
$2 (14... Nfd7 $1 15. Qh5 f5 $14) (14... Nfd7 $1 15. Qh5 g6 $5 16. Nxg6 $6 hxg6
17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Qxg6+ Kh8 19. Rf3 Bxg5 20. Rh3+ Bh4) 15. f5 $16 Nbd7 16. Bf4
Rc8 $6 17. Qf3 exf5 18. Bxf5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 (20. Bxc8 $18) 20...
dxe4 21. Qh3 $18 g6 22. Rcd1 Qb6 23. Rd7 Rce8 24. e6 $1 gxf5 (24... f6 25. Bxg6
hxg6 26. Qh6 $18) 25. Rxe7 (25. Qg3+ $1 Kh8 26. Bh6 Rg8 27. exf7 Qxh6 28. Rxe7
$18) 25... Rxe7 26. Qg3+ Kh8 27. Bh6 fxe6 (27... Rg8 28. Qe5+ f6 29. Qxf6+ Reg7
30. Rd1 $18) 28. Bxf8 Rd7 29. Bh6 Qa5 (29... Qc5 $5 30. Bf4 Rd5 (30... h6 31.
Qg6 Qd5 32. Be5+ $18) 31. Bg5 Qf8 32. Qc7 $18) 30. Qb8+ Qd8 31. Qe5+ Kg8 32.
Qxe6+ Rf7 33. Rxf5 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1984.01.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1984.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. a3 (
8. c5 $6 e5 $15) (8. cxd5 Nxd5 $10) 8... Ne4 9. Bf4 $5 (9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Bd3
Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Rxc4 e5 13. Qc2 $14) 9... Bd6 10. Bg3 (10. Bxd6 {/\ c5!?
}) 10... Qe7 11. Bd3 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 h6 13. Bh4 (13. O-O $6 Bxg3 14. hxg3 dxc4
15. Rxc4 e5 $10) 13... Qe8 14. Bb1 (14. O-O $5) 14... Be7 15. Qc2 $14 g6 16.
Bg3 Nf6 17. Bf4 Kh7 18. Qd1 b6 19. h4 Ne4 20. Rc1 Kg7 21. Ne5 Bb7 22. cxd5 exd5
(22... cxd5 $2 23. Rc7 {/\ f3 +-}) 23. f3 (23. Qc2 $5) (23. Qd3 $5) 23... Nf6
24. Qc2 (24. Qd3) 24... Nh5 $1 (24... Rc8 $2 25. h5 g5 26. Ng4 gxf4 27. Nxf6
$18) 25. g4 Nxf4 26. exf4 Bd6 27. Kf2 c5 28. Rce1 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Qc6 30. h5 Rae8
31. hxg6 fxg6 (31... Rxe5 $2 32. gxf7 $18) 32. g5 Rxe5 (32... h5 $2 33. Rxh5) (
32... hxg5 33. Rxg5 Rf6 34. Rhg1 $16) 33. gxh6+ Kh7 34. fxe5 Bc8 $44 35. Kg3
Bf5 36. Qd2 Bxb1 37. Rxb1 Qe6 38. f4 Rf5 39. Rh1 cxd4 40. Qc2 (40. Qxd4 $2 g5
$17) 40... Kh8 (40... g5 $2 41. Kg4 $18) 41. Rc1 Rf8 42. Qc7 Rg8 (42... Rf7 $2
43. Qd8+ Kh7 44. Rc8 $18) 43. Qc6 Qf5 44. Qf6+ $10 Qxf6 45. exf6 Rf8 46. Rc6
Kh7 47. Rd6 Kxh6 48. Kf3 Rf7 49. b4 Rf8 50. a4 Rf7 51. b5 d3 52. Ke3 g5 53.
fxg5+ Kxg5 54. Kxd3 Rxf6 55. Rxd5+ Kg6 56. Ke4 Re6+ 57. Kd4 Re1 58. Rd6+ Kf5
59. Kc4 Re4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kent County CA-22 Team ENG-Foreigners"]
[Site "Ramsgate"]
[Date "1929.04.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1929.03.30"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 Re8 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O a6 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. a4 Bd7 14. b3 Kf8
15. Rfd1 Be8 16. Kf1 (16. Rxd8 Rxd8 17. Nd4) 16... Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rc8 $17 18.
Rc1 b5 19. axb5 axb5 (19... Nxb3 20. Bxb3 Bxb5+ 21. Kg1 Ba3 22. Ra1 Bb2 $17)
20. Nxb5 Nxb3 21. Rb1 Rxc4 22. Rxb3 Rc1+ (22... Bb4 $17) 23. Ke2 Rc2+ $15 24.
Ke1 Ne4 25. Bxe7+ Kxe7 26. Nfd4 Ra2 27. Nc3 Nxc3 28. Rxc3 $11 e5 29. Nf5+ Kf6
30. Nd6 Bd7 31. Rc1 Ke7 32. Ne4 f5 33. Nc3 Rb2 34. Rb1 Rc2 35. Nd5+ Ke6 36. Nb4
Rc5 37. Nd3 Ra5 38. Kd2 Bb5 39. Rb2 Kd6 40. Nc1 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch12 Alekhine-Capablanca +6-3=25"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1927.10.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 a6 8. a3
h6 9. Bh4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Be2 b6 (12... b5 $1) 13. O-O Bb7
14. Nd4 Nd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. b4 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qd7
20. Nc6 Rac8 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Rc6 Qb7 23. Rfc1 Rfd8 24. h3 (24. Rxc8 Rxc8 $1)
24... Rxc6 25. Qxc6 Qxc6 26. Rxc6 Rd1+ 27. Kh2 Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch12 Alekhine-Capablanca +6-3=25"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1927.10.26"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D63"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 a6 8. a3 (
8. c5 c6 9. b4 a5 10. a3 axb4 11. axb4 b6 12. Bf4 bxc5 13. bxc5 Ra3 $1 {
Alekhine-Henneberger/1925}) 8... h6 $1 9. Bh4 dxc4 $1 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Be2 (11.
Ba2) 11... Bb7 (11... c5) 12. O-O (12. b4 a5 13. Qb3 (13. Nxb5 c6 {/\ab}) (13.
Rb1 axb4 14. axb4 Nd5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxb5 Rfb8 18. Bxd7 Qxd7
$10 {Becker}) 13... axb4 (13... c6 14. O-O $10 {Bogoljubow}) 14. axb4 g5 15.
Bg3 Nd5 $17 {Alekhine}) 12... c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nd4 (14. Qxd8 $142 Rfxd8 15.
Rfd1) (14. Bxf6 $2 Bxf6 15. Nxb5 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Nb3 17. Rc7 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 axb5
19. Bxa8 Rxa8 $17 {Alekhine}) 14... Rc8 15. b4 {[%csl Rc4] ><c4} (15. Bf3 $142
Qb6 16. Qe2) 15... Ncd7 16. Bg3 $2 (16. Bf3 $1 Qb6 (16... Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Ne5 18.
Qb7 $16) 17. Ne4 $10 {Bogoljubow} Rxc1 18. Qxc1 Rc8 19. Qd1 (19. Qb1 $2 Nxe4 $1
$19) (19. Qd2 $2 Nxe4 $1 $19) (19. Qb2 g5 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 $17) (19. Qe1 g5 $17)
19... g5 $17 {Alekhine}) 16... Nb6 17. Qb3 (17. Nb3 $142) 17... Nfd5 {/\18...
Nc3 19.Rc3 Bd5 20.Qb2 Rc3 21.Qc3 Qa8 /\22... Rc8} (17... Nc4 18. Rfd1 Qb6 19.
a4) 18. Bf3 Rc4 $1 19. Ne4 (19. Be2 Rxc3 20. Rxc3 Nxc3 21. Qxc3 Qd7 {/\Rc8|^})
19... Qc8 20. Rxc4 $2 (20. Qb1 $1 {[%cal Ye4d6,Yg3d6] /\21.Nd6, 21.Bd6} Rd8 21.
Nd2 $1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qa8 23. Bc7) 20... Nxc4 21. Rc1 Qa8 $1 {/\22.... Nc3, 22..
. Nb4} 22. Nc3 (22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. bxc5 Rc8 24. Be2 $1 $10 {Lasker} (24. a4 Na5
$17) (24. Rxc4 $17 {Bogoljubow}) 24... Rxc5 25. Bxc4 Qc8 $17 {Alekhine}) 22...
Rc8 {[%cal Yc4d2] /\Nd2} 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 $17 {Bogoljubow} 25. a4
$19 {Alekhine} (25. f3 {Lasker} Bf6 26. Bf2 Rd8 27. a4 (27. e4 Qg5 28. Rd1 Nd2
$19) 27... Nxe3 $1 $17 {Bogoljubow}) (25. h3 $142) 25... Bf6 $1 (25... e5 26.
Nf5 Bf8 27. f3) 26. Nf3 (26. Rd1 $2 bxa4 (26... Nxe3 27. fxe3 (27. Qxe3 Bxd4 {
Bogoljubow}) 27... Bxd4 28. Qxd5 Bxe3+ 29. Kf1 exd5 30. axb5 axb5 31. Rxd5 {
[%cal Yd5b5] /\Rb5= Alekhine}) (26... Rd8 {[%cal Ye6e5] /\27... e5 Alekhine})
27. Qxa4 $2 Nb2 28. Qxa6 Ra8 $19 {Alekhine}) 26... Bb2 $1 {[%cal Ye6e5] /\e5}
27. Re1 (27. Rd1 bxa4 $1 (27... Nxe3 $1 28. Rxd5 Rc1+ 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1
Nxd1 $19 {Bogojubow} 31. axb5 axb5 32. Bd6 $17 {/-+ Alekhine}) 28. Qxa4 Nb6 29.
Rxd5 Nxa4 30. Rd1 Nc3 31. Re1 Rc4 32. Bd6 Ne4 33. Be7 f6 34. Rb1 Kf7 35. Kf1
Bc3 $19 {Alekhine}) (27. Rb1 Na3 $3 28. Qxb2 Nxb1 29. Qxb1 Qb3 30. Qf1 (30. Qe1
Qa3 $1) 30... bxa4 31. h3 a3 $19 {Alekhine} 32. Be5 a2 (32... f6 $145 33. Bd4
e5 34. Bc5 (34. Ba1 Rd8 $19) 34... a2) 33. Qxa6 Rc1+ 34. Kh2 Qb1 $19 {Bogojubow
}) (27. Rxc4 $2 Rxc4 28. Qxb2 Qd1+ 29. Ne1 Qxe1#) 27... Rd8 28. axb5 axb5 29.
h3 e5 $1 30. Rb1 (30. e4 Qd3 {[%csl Rb4,Re4] ><e4,><b4}) 30... e4 $1 31. Nd4 $6
(31. Ne1 $142 Qd2 32. Qc2 (32. Kf1 Ra8 33. Rd1 Ra3 $19) 32... Qxc2 33. Nxc2 Rd2
34. Ne1 Na3 $19 {Alekhine}) (31. Nh2 $142 Qd3 $1 32. Rxb2 (32. Qa2 Qc2) 32...
Qxb3 33. Rxb3 Rd1+ 34. Nf1 Nd2 35. Ra3 Nxf1 $1 $19 {_|_ Lasker/Alekhine}) 31...
Bxd4 32. Rd1 $2 $19 (32. exd4 Qxd4 (32... Nd2 33. Qxd5 Rxd5 $17) 33. Bf4 $17)
32... Nxe3 $1 (32... Nxe3 $1 33. Qxd5 Rxd5 34. fxe3 Bxe3+) 0-1

[Event "World-ch12 Alekhine-Capablanca +6-3=25"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1927.11.01"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 a6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 c6 10. O-O (10. Qc2 $1) 10... Ne8 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. e4 $2 dxe4 13.
Nxe4 Ndf6 14. Qc2 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Nf6 16. Bf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Rad8 18. Rfe1 Qb4 19.
Qc2 Rfe8 20. a3 Qd6 21. Qb3 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Qd7 23. h3 {White offered a draw} h6
24. Re3 Nd5 25. Ne5 Qc7 26. Re1 Qb6 27. Qxb6 Nxb6 28. Nf3 Kf8 29. Re3 Nc4 30.
Rc3 Nd6 31. Kf1 f6 32. Ke2 Nb5 33. Rc4 Ke7 34. Kd3 Ke6 35. Rc1 Rd5 36. a4 Nc7
37. Nd2 Ke7 38. Nb3 Ne6 39. Ke3 Kd6 40. Rc2 h5 41. h4 g6 (41... g5 $142 $17)
42. f3 b6 43. g4 a5 44. Rg2 g5 45. Rh2 $1 $8 hxg4 46. fxg4 gxh4 47. Rxh4 Rg5
48. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Trencianske Teplice"]
[Site "Trencianske Teplice"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Black "Lechtynsky, Jiri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1985.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[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. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c6 7. Rc1 O-O 8. Bd3
a6 9. c5 Re8 10. Bf4 $1 Nh5 (10... b6 11. cxb6 Qxb6 12. O-O c5 13. Na4 $16) 11.
O-O (11. Ne5 $6 Nxf4 12. exf4 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Bg5 $1 $10) 11... g6 (11... f6 12.
Qc2 Nf8 13. h3 $16) 12. h3 Nxf4 13. exf4 Bf8 14. Qc2 (14. Ne5 Bh6 $1 15. Nxd7
Bxd7 $13) 14... Bg7 (14... Bh6 15. g3 f6 16. Rce1 e5 17. fxe5 fxe5 18. dxe5
Nxc5 19. Bxg6 $1 (19. Nxd5 $2 cxd5 20. Qxc5 Bxh3 $1) 19... hxg6 20. Qxg6+ Bg7
21. Ng5 Qe7 22. Re3 $18) 15. Rfe1 Nf8 (15... f6 16. Na4 e5 17. dxe5 fxe5 18.
fxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 (19... Bxe5 20. Nb6 Rb8 21. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 22. Qxg6+ Kh8
23. Qh5+ $18) 20. Nb6 Rb8 21. Rxe5 Bxe5 22. Re1 Qf6 23. Qe2 $16) 16. Na4 Bd7
17. Nb6 Rb8 18. b4 $1 Qc7 (18... Re7 19. a4 Be8 20. b5 axb5 21. axb5 cxb5 22.
Qe2 Nd7 $2 23. Nxd5 $1 $18) 19. g3 f6 20. Kh2 Rbd8 (20... e5 21. dxe5 fxe5 22.
fxe5 Bxe5 23. Nxd7 Nxd7 24. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 25. Qxg6+ Kf8 26. Ng5 Nf6 27. Rxe5 $1
$18) 21. Qb2 Bc8 22. Re2 Nd7 23. Nxc8 $1 Rxc8 (23... Qxc8 24. Rce1 Nf8 25. a4 {
b5}) 24. Rce1 e5 $2 (24... Nf8 25. f5 $1 $16) (24... Kf7 25. a4 $16) 25. fxe5
fxe5 26. Nxe5 $1 (26. dxe5 Re7 27. Qd4 Rce8 $10) 26... Nxe5 27. dxe5 Re7 28. f4
Rf8 29. Qd4 Kh8 30. h4 $1 Qd7 31. Kg2 Qe6 32. Rf2 (32. h5 gxh5 33. f5 $18)
32... h5 33. Qb2 Ref7 34. Qc2 Kh7 35. Ref1 Kh6 36. f5 $1 (36. Qd2 Kh7 37. Qe2
Kh6 38. Qe3 Kh7 39. Qf3 Kh6 40. f5 $18) 36... gxf5 37. Bxf5 Rxf5 (37... Qxe5 $2
38. Qd2+) 38. Rxf5 Rxf5 39. Qxf5 Qxe5 40. Qxe5 Bxe5 41. Rf7 Kg6 42. Rxb7 Kf5
43. Kf3 d4 44. Rh7 Kg6 45. Ra7 1-0

[Event "URS-ch52 Final + Zonal"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1985.02.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1985.01.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 a6 8. c5
c6 9. Bd3 b6 10. cxb6 c5 11. O-O Bb7 12. Bb1 cxd4 13. exd4 Nxb6 14. Ne5 Nfd7
15. Bxe7 Qxe7 {[#]} 16. Na4 Rab8 (16... Nxa4 17. Rc7 Nab6 18. Rxb7 $14) (16...
Rac8 17. Rxc8 Bxc8 (17... Rxc8 18. Qd3 f5 19. Qb3 $16) 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. a3 $14
) 17. Rc7 (17. Nxb6 Nxb6 18. Nd3 (18. Rc3 g6 19. Bd3 $14) 18... a5 19. Nc5 $14)
17... Qd6 $11 18. Nxb6 Nxe5 19. Qc2 g6 20. Qc5 Nc4 21. Nd7 {[#]} Rfc8 $2 (21...
Rbc8 22. Qxd6 Nxd6 $11) 22. Nf6+ $18 (22. Rxb7 Rxc5 23. dxc5 $18 Rxb7 24. Nf6+
Kf8 25. cxd6) 22... Kf8 23. Rxb7 Rxc5 24. dxc5 Qf4 25. Nd7+ Kg7 26. Nxb8 Nd2
27. Rd1 Qc4 28. c6 d4 29. c7 Nxb1 30. Nxa6 d3 31. Rb8 Qc2 32. Rf1 d2 33. Rd8
1-0

[Event "World-ch12 Alekhine-Capablanca +6-3=25"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1927.10.22"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 a6 8. a3 (
8. c5 c6 9. b4 b6 10. Bd3 a5 11. a3 axb4 12. axb4 bxc5 13. bxc5 e5 $1 (13...
Ba6 $143 {Janowski-Berger/Barmen/1905}) 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 {
Gibaud-Cheron/1926}) (8. cxd5 $1 exd5 (8... Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Bxg5 10. Nxc7 $16) 9.
Bd3 c6 (9... c5 10. Ne5) 10. Qc2 $1 $14 {Grünfeld}) 8... h6 9. Bh4 dxc4 10.
Bxc4 c5 $6 11. Be2 $1 cxd4 (11... b5) (11... b6) 12. Nxd4 Nb6 13. Bg3 Nbd5 14.
Nxd5 Nxd5 15. O-O (15. e4 Qa5+ (15... Nf6 16. Bc7 Qe8 17. f3 $16 {()}) 16. Kf1
(16. b4 Nxb4 $1 17. axb4 Qxb4+ 18. Qd2 (18. Kf1 Rd8 19. Rc4 Qb2 20. Be5 Bf6 $1)
18... Rd8) 16... Nf6 17. Bc7 Qg5 {Alekhine}) 15... Bf6 {[%cal Ye6e5] /\16...
e5<=>} 16. Qb3 Bxd4 17. exd4 b6 18. Bf3 Bb7 19. Bc7 Qd7 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Qxd5
Bxd5 (21... Bxd5 22. Bxb6 Rfb8) 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch12 Alekhine-Capablanca +6-3=25"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1927.10.15"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 a6 8. a3
h6 9. Bh4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Be2 b6 13. Qxd8 (13. O-O) 13...
Bxd8 $6 (13... Rxd8 14. b4 Ncd7 $1 15. Ne4 Bb7 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Rc7 Rac8 $1)
14. O-O Nb3 15. Rcd1 Bb7 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Rxd2 Ne4 $1 18. Nxe4 Bxh4 19. Nd6 Bd5
20. e4 Rfd8 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. exd5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. Rd1 Bf6 25. Bf3 Rc8
26. Bxd5+ Ke7 27. b3 Bb2 28. a4 Rc1 29. Rxc1 Bxc1 30. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "October Revolution 50years"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1967.06.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 a6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 c6 10. O-O Re8 11. Qb3 (11. Bb1 Nf8 12. Ne5 N6d7 13. Bf4 Nxe5 14.
Bxe5 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. a3 $14 {Gligoric,S-Ivkov,B/Bugojno/1979/ Inf 25/600/
}) 11... Nf8 12. Na4 Nh5 (12... Ne4 $5 13. Bxe7 (13. Bf4 Ng6 $10) 13... Qxe7
14. Nb6 (14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Ne5 Be6) 14... Rb8 15. Nxc8 Rbxc8 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17.
Nd2 $14) 13. Bxe7 Rxe7 14. Nb6 Rb8 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. Qc2 $14 a5 17. a3 Nf6 18.
b4 axb4 19. axb4 g6 20. b5 (20. Ne5 N6d7 21. f4 f6 $10) 20... Rec7 21. Qb2 (21.
bxc6 bxc6 (21... Rxc6 22. Qb2 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Ne6 25. Ne5 $14) 22.
Ne5 c5 23. dxc5 Rxc5 $10) 21... Ne6 22. Ra1 (22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Rc2 c5 24. dxc5
Nxc5 $10) 22... c5 23. dxc5 Rxc5 $10 24. Rfd1 Qe7 25. h3 Ne4 26. Ra7 Rc3 (26...
Nc3 27. Rda1 (27. Rc1 $2 Ne2+)) 27. b6 Qf6 (27... N6c5 28. Bxe4 Nxe4 29. Rxd5 (
29. Nd4 $5) 29... Rc1+ 30. Kh2 R1c2 31. Qe5 $16) 28. Bf1 N6c5 29. Rxd5 Rb3 30.
Qxf6 Nxf6 31. Rd1 Rxb6 32. Ne5 Nce4 33. f3 Nc3 34. Re1 Re6 35. Nd3 Re7 36. e4
Kf8 37. Rea1 Rec7 38. Nb4 Ne8 39. Kh2 Nd6 40. h4 h5 41. Bd3 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olomouc AZ Sanace Cup"]
[Site "Olomouc"]
[Date "1998.08.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kalod, Radek"]
[Black "Stohl, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1998.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rc1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 a6 (11... c5 $5 {Aljechin Empfehlung.}
12. Qe2 a6 13. a4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 $11) 12. a3 $6 $146 {Weiss bereitet b2-b4
vor.} (12. a4 $142 c5 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. exd4 {Um die Kontrolle des zentralen
Feldes e5 zu haben, ist Weiss mitdem Isolani auf d4 einverstanden. Eine solche
Idee wäre noch besser, mit einem Turm auf d1 statt auf c1.} Nh5 {[%cal Yh5f4,
Ye7h4] Ein typisches Manöver für viele Varianten des Damengambits. Der
Nachziehende will günstig die schwarzfarbigen Läufer tauschen.} 15. Bxe7 Qxe7
16. d5 Nf4 17. Qe3 Qf6 18. Ne4 Qf5 19. Ng3 Qf6 20. Ne4 Qf5 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,
G-Karpov,A/Moscow 1984 (20)} (20... Qf5 21. Ng3 Qf6 22. Ne4 {1/2-1/2 Kavalek,
L-Andersson,U/Reggio Emilia 1985 (22)})) 12... b5 13. Ba2 c5 {Nach diesem
natürlichen Zug ist Schwarz von seinem rückständigen c-Bauer befreit und die
Stellung voll ausgeglichen.} 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nd4 Qb6 (15... Nfe4 16. Bxe7
Qxe7 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qg4 Rfd8 $11 (18... Rac8 19. Nxe6 $1 $16)) 16. f3 Ncd7 (
16... Rfd8 $5 17. Qe2 (17. b4 Ncd7 $11 (17... e5 $2 18. bxc5 Bxc5 19. Bxf6 gxf6
20. Qc2 exd4 21. Qg6+ Kh8 22. Qxh6+ Kg8 23. Ne4 $18)) 17... Rac8 $11) 17. Qe2
Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled International"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1931.09.24"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1931.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rc1
c6 9. Bd3 a6 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 $6 {Eine etwas riskante Fortsetzung.
Jetzt verhindert der Anziehende die Entwicklung des schwarzen Damenflügels,
die leichter} ({mittels} 11... b5 $142 {durchgeführt werden konnte.}) 12. a4
Qa5 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. exd4 (14. Nxd4 Ne5 $11) 14... Nb6 15. Bd3 $1 {Der
Anziehende verbindet alle seine Hoffnungen mit einem Angriff am Königsflügel.
Er opfert den Bauern a4 und bald auch d4, um Initiative zu bekommen. Für den
Nachziehenden ist es momentan noch nicht günstig den Bauern a4 zu schlagen (15.
..Nxa4 16.Ne4).} Bd7 16. Ne5 Rfd8 17. f4 {Weiß setzt seine Angriffsambitionen
fort. Solider wäre:} (17. Qf3 $5) 17... Be8 18. Ng4 Rxd4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20.
Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Ne4 {Die Position des schwarzen Königs ist nun geschwächt und
darum beginnt der Anziehende sofort die verwundbaren Punkte anzugreifen.} Rad8
$2 {Der Nachziehende hofft mit der Rückgabe eines Bauern Gegenspiel zu
bekommen. Aber wie Aljechin beweist, hat dieses Gegenspiel keinen Erfolg.
Richtig war 21...f5, um den wichtigen Bauern zu behalten, der auf diese Weise
wichtige Felder kontrolliert und den starken weissen Angriffsläufer d3
aussperrt.} (21... f5 $142 22. Nf6+ Kf8 23. b3 {Der schwache schwarze
Königsflügel gibt dem Anziehenden natürlich Chancen auf Angriff, aber trotzdem
ist der Ausgang noch unklar. Jetzt ist der weiße Sturm nicht aufzuhalten.}) 22.
Nxf6+ {[%mdl 128]} Kf8 23. Nh7+ $1 {Möglicherweise hat Maroczy dieses Schach
unterschätzt.} Ke7 ({Jetzt kann er nicht} 23... Kg8 {spielen wegen:} 24. Qg4+
Kh8 25. Qh4 Rxd3 (25... h5 26. Qf6+ Kg8 27. b4 $3 Qxb4 28. Qg5+ Kh8 29. Qh6 $18
) 26. Qxh6 $18) 24. f5 $1 {Aljechin gibt dem schwarzen König keine Minute
Ruhepause. Weil Maroczy auf d3 nicht schlagen darf wegen 25.f6+, versucht er
seinen Monarchen auf d8 unterzubringen, aber leider findet der König auch dort
keinen ruhigen Hafen.} R8d6 25. b4 $3 {Unerwartete Entscheidung. Die Idee ist
folgende: falls 25...Rxb4 spielt Weiß 26.Qh5! ohne die starke Antwort 26...Qd2
zuzulassen, oder der Anziehende bekommt - wie in der Partie - die Möglichkeit
über e5 in das schwarze Lager einzudringen.} Qxb4 (25... Rxb4 26. Qh5 e5 27.
f6+ Kd8 28. Qxh6 Rxd3 29. Qf8 Rd7 (29... Nc8 30. Ng5 Kd7 31. Nxf7 Rf4 32. Qg7
Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1 $18) 30. Rc5 Qxa4 31. Rxe5 $18) 26. Qe5 $1 {Mit der Drohung 27.
Qf6+ Kd7 28.Nf8#} Nd7 27. Qh8 $1 Rxd3 $2 (27... Qb6 $2 28. a5 Qxa5 29. Rc8 $18)
({Am zähesten ist} 27... Rc6 $5 28. Rxc6 bxc6 29. fxe6 fxe6 30. Nf6 Bf7 (30...
Nxf6 31. Qxf6+ Kd7 {Weiß hat hohe praktische Gewinnchancen wegen der besseren
Königsstellung.}) 31. Nxd7 Rxd7 32. Bg6 (32. Qf6+ Kd6) 32... Qc5+ 33. Kh1 Qf2
34. Qa1 Qxf1+ 35. Qxf1 Bxg6 {und mit dem Gewinn eines der Randbauern wird Weiß
gute Gewinnchancen erhalten.}) 28. f6+ (28. f6+ Nxf6 (28... Kd8 29. Qxe8+ $1
Kxe8 30. Rc8#) 29. Qxf6+ Kd7 30. Nf8#) 1-0

[Event "RSFSR-ch05"]
[Site "Gorky "]
[Date "1935.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander V"]
[Black "Rauzer, Vsevolod"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[Annotator "Euwe,M/Tsesarsky"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1935.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1) Euwe in Schach-Echo 1936,S.80} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5.
e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 a6 (7... c6) 8. c5 (8. cxd5) 8... c6 9. b4 (9. Bd3 e5
) 9... b6 {Tsesarsky: Wrong plan - to play in the side where Opponent is
stronger...} 10. a3 a5 {Tsesarsky:Not best reaction.} 11. Ra1 $5 (11. Bd3)
11... Ba6 $2 {Euwe} (11... bxc5 12. bxc5 Ne4 {Euwe: Mit befriedigendem
Gegnspiel} (12... e5 $145 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. Bf4 Nxc5 $1 15. Nd4 (15. h3 Nh6 $11)
15... Qe8 16. h3 Nh6 17. Be2 (17. g4 f6 $17) 17... Nf5 $11)) 12. Bxa6 Rxa6 13.
O-O b5 14. Qb1 $1 Nh5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. a4 $1 axb4 17. Qxb4 Rfa8 18. Ra2 e5 19.
axb5 Rxa2 20. Nxa2 Rxa2 21. bxc6 Nf8 22. Qb8 Ra7 23. Nxe5 $16 Qc7 24. Qxc7 Rxc7
25. Rb1 {[%cal Gb1b7]} g6 26. g4 Nf6 27. g5 Ne4 28. Rb7 Ne6 29. f3 N4xg5 30. h4
f6 31. hxg5 fxe5 32. e4 Rc8 33. exd5 Nxd4 34. c7 Kf7 35. d6 Ke6 36. Rb8 Kd7 37.
Kf2 Nc6 38. Rxc8 Kxc8 39. Ke3 Kd7 40. Ke4 Nb4 41. Kxe5 1-0

[Event "Sochi-A"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1989.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 a6 8. c5
c6 9. Bd3 e5 10. dxe5 Ne8 11. Bxe7 {N} (11. Bf4) (11. h4 $5) 11... Qxe7 12. Qc2
h6 13. e4 Nxe5 (13... Nxc5 14. exd5 $16) 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. O-O Nf6 (15... dxe4
16. Nxe4 $14) 16. exd5 Ng4 (16... Nxd5 17. Rfe1 Qh5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Bc4 $16)
17. g3 Qh5 18. h4 cxd5 (18... g5 $5 19. Ne4 f5 $13) 19. Qe2 Be6 (19... g5 20.
Nxd5 gxh4 21. Qxg4+ Bxg4 22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Nxh5+ Bxh5 24. gxh4 $16) 20. Qf3 Rad8
21. Ne2 Qe5 $6 (21... g5 $5) 22. b4 Qb2 23. Qf4 Ne5 24. Rc2 Nxd3 25. Rxb2 Nxf4
26. Nxf4 Bf5 27. Rd2 d4 28. Re1 $16 d3 29. Re5 Bh7 30. f3 Rfe8 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8
32. Kf2 Rd8 33. Ke3 Re8+ 34. Kd4 g5 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Nxd3 g4 37. fxg4 Re4+ 38.
Kd5 Rxg4 39. Ne5 Rxb4 40. Rf2 Rb2 $138 {Ftacnik} 1-0

[Event "HUN-ch"]
[Site "Hungary"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Farago, Ivan"]
[Black "Csom, Istvan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 a6 8. c5
$5 c6 9. Be2 $5 (9. Bd3 e5 $5 10. dxe5 Ne8 11. Bf4 (11. h4 $5) 11... Nxc5 12.
Bb1 Bg4) 9... b6 $6 (9... e5 10. dxe5 Ne8 11. Bf4 $1 (11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qd4 Nc7
$132) 11... Nxc5 12. h3 $1) (9... Ne4 $1 10. Bxe7 (10. Bf4 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 b6 $1
12. b4 a5 13. a3 axb4 14. axb4 bxc5 15. bxc5 Qa5 16. Qd2 Ba6 $1) 10... Qxe7 11.
Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 f5 {/\ e5}) 10. b4 a5 11. b5 (11. a3 axb4 12. axb4 bxc5 13.
bxc5 Ba6 $10) 11... bxc5 $5 (11... Bb7 12. cxb6 (12. Ne5 $5) 12... Qxb6 13.
bxc6 Bxc6 14. Ne5 Ba3 15. Rb1 $14) 12. bxc6 Nb8 13. dxc5 Nxc6 14. O-O h6 15.
Bh4 Bd7 (15... Ba6) 16. Nd4 $5 a4 $6 (16... Bxc5 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Nb1 $1) (
16... e5 17. Ndb5 (17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Bb5 Qd7 19. a4 Rfd8 $132) 17... Be6 18.
Na4 $14) 17. Bb5 Nxd4 18. exd4 Ne4 $6 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. c6 $1 Nxc3 21. Rxc3
Rfc8 22. a3 Rc7 23. Qd3 Be8 24. h3 f6 25. Rb1 Qd6 26. Rc5 Bf7 $2 27. Bxa4 $1 e5
(27... Rxa4 28. Rb8+ Be8 29. Qg6 $18) 28. Ra5 $6 (28. Rb4 $1) 28... Re8 $2 (
28... Rxa5 29. Rb8+ Be8 30. Qg6 Re7 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. Qxe8+ Kh7 (32... Qf8 33.
c7 Ra8 34. Qxf8+ Kxf8 35. Bd7 $18) 33. Qd7 Qxa3 $1 (33... Qxd7 $2 34. cxd7 Ra8
35. Bc6 Rb8 36. a4 $1 exd4 37. Kf1 d3 38. Ke1 Kg8 39. a5 Kf8 40. a6 Ke7 41. a7
$18) 34. Qf5+ g6 $1 35. Qd7+ Kg8 36. Qd8+ Kf7 37. Qxa5 Qc1+ 38. Bd1 (38. Kh2
Qf4+) 38... Qxd1+ 39. Kh2 Qxd4 40. Qc7+ Kf8 41. Qd8+ Kf7 $13) 29. Rb7 exd4 30.
Qg3 $1 Rxc6 31. Qxd6 Rxd6 32. Bxe8 Bxe8 33. Ra8 Kf8 34. Rbb8 Re6 35. Kf1 Kf7
36. Rxe8 $1 Rxe8 $138 1-0

[Event "Candidates qf1"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hansen,Cu} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7.
Rc1 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qa4 c5 10. Ba6 (10. Bb5 Bb7 11. O-O h6 12. Bxd7 Nxd7 13.
Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qa3 Rfe8 15. Rfd1 Nf6 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Na4 $14 {Hertneck,
H-Chiburdanidze,M/Bad Worishofen op/1986/}) (10. Qc6 {Hansen,Cu} Rb8 11. Nxd5
Nxd5 (11... Bb7 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Qa4 $14 {Capablanca,J-Lasker,E 1921}) 12.
Qxd5 Bb7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qg5 Qxg5 15. Nxg5 cxd4 16. exd4 Rfe8+ 17. Kd1 Red8
$17 {Levitina,E-Chiburdanidze,M 1984}) 10... h6 (10... cxd4 {Hansen,Cu} 11.
exd4 Bxa6 12. Qxa6 Qc8 13. Qa4 $14 {Makarichev,S-Sturua,Z 1985}) 11. Bh4 cxd4
12. exd4 Nh5 (12... Ne4 13. Bxe7 Nxc3 14. Bxd8 Nxa4 15. Bxc8 Rxd8 16. Bxd7 Rxd7
17. b3 Nb2 18. Kd2 $18) 13. Bg3 Bxa6 14. Qxa6 Bg5 15. Rd1 $6 (15. Rc2 Re8+ 16.
Re2 $14) (15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. O-O Nxg3 17. hxg3 Nf6 $10) 15... Re8+ 16. Kf1 Ndf6
17. Nxg5 hxg5 18. f3 b5 $1 19. Qxb5 (19. Kf2 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Re6 21. Qxb5 Rb8 22.
Qd3 Rxb2+ 23. Rd2 $2 Ng4+ 24. fxg4 Qf6+ $19) (19. Nxb5 Nxg3+ 20. hxg3 Rb8 21.
b3 Rb6 22. Qa5 Qe7 23. Nc3 Qe3 {/\ Ng4}) 19... Nxg3+ 20. hxg3 Rb8 21. Qd3 Rxb2
22. Rd2 Qb6 (22... Qe7 23. Re2 (23. Kf2 Ng4+ 24. fxg4 Qf6+ $19)) 23. g4 Qb8 $6
(23... Nxg4 $1 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Qh8+ (25. Rxb2 Qxb2 26. fxg4 Qc1+ 27. Kf2 Qf4+
28. Kg1 Re1#) 25... Ke7 26. Nxd5+ Kd6 27. Qxe8 (27. Nxb6 Rb1+) (27. Rxb2 Qa6+)
27... Qa6+ 28. Ke1 Rb1+ 29. Rd1 Qa5+ 30. Ke2 Qxa2+ 31. Rd2 Qa6+ 32. Rd3 Rb2+
33. Ke1 Qxd3 34. Qd8+ Ke6 35. Nc7+ Kf5 36. fxg4+ Kxg4 37. Qd7+ f5 $19) 24. Nd1
(24. Ne2 Rxd2 25. Qxd2 Qb1+ 26. Qc1 Qxa2 $19) (24. Kf2 {Hansen,Cu} Nxg4+) 24...
Qg3 25. Nf2 Rb6 26. Rh3 Rbe6 27. Rd1 Qc7 28. Qd2 Re3 29. Rc1 Qf4 30. Rd1 g6 31.
Kg1 Kg7 (31... Nd7) 32. Qc1 Re2 33. Qxf4 gxf4 34. Nd3 (34. g5 Nh5 $19) 34... g5
35. a4 Ra2 36. g3 (36. Nc5 Ree2 37. Rh2 Ne8 38. Rb1 Nd6 $19) 36... fxg3 37. Nc5
g2 38. Rg3 Ree2 39. Nb3 Reb2 40. Nc1 Rxa4 41. Nd3 (41. Rxg2 {Hansen,Cu} Rb1 {
/\Raa1}) 41... Rba2 42. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 43. Kxg2 Rxd4 44. Kf2 Nd7 45. Ke3 Ra4 46.
Rc1 Nb6 47. Rc7 Nc4+ 48. Ke2 Ra2+ 49. Ke1 Ra3 50. Ke2 Ra2+ 51. Ke1 a5 52. f4
gxf4 53. Nxf4 Ne3 54. Ra7 a4 55. g5 a3 56. g6 Ng2+ 57. Nxg2 Rxg2 58. Rxa3 (58.
gxf7 a2 $19) 58... fxg6 59. Ra6 Kh6 60. Rd6 Rg5 61. Kf2 Kh5 {Sealed move} 62.
Kf3 Kh4 63. Ra6 Kh3 64. Kf2 Rg4 65. Ra3+ Kh2 66. Ra6 Rf4+ 0-1

[Event "Chalkidiki"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 (1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Rc1 Nbd7 7. e3 b6
8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qa4 c5 10. Ba6 (10. Qc6 Rb8 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Bb7 13. Bxe7
Qxe7 14. Qg5 Qxg5 15. Nxg5 cxd4 16. exd4 Rfe8+ 17. Kd1 Red8 $17 {Levitina,
I-Chiburdanidze,M/Volgograd (m/13)/1984/}) (10. Bb5 Bb7 11. O-O a6 (11... h6
12. Bxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qa3 Rfc8 15. Rfd1 Nf6 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Na4 Nd7
18. Nd4 $16 {Hertneck,G-Chiburdanidze,M/Bad Woerishofen/1986/}) 12. Bxd7 Nxd7
13. dxc5 Bxg5 14. c6 Nc5 15. Qg4 Bf6 16. cxb7 Rb8 17. Rfd1 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Rxb7
19. Qg5 Qe8 20. Rc2 Rd7 21. Qe5 Qa8 22. b4 Ne6 23. h3 a5 24. b5 Nc5 25. Nd4 Re8
26. Qf5 $16 {Podgaets,M-Chiburdanidze,M/USSR/1985/}) 10... cxd4 11. exd4 Bxa6
12. Qxa6 Qc8 13. Qa4 Qb7 14. O-O Rac8 15. Ne5 Rfd8 16. Rfe1 h6 17. Bh4 Nf8 18.
Ng4 N8h7 19. Ne3 Bf8 20. Qb3 Ra8 21. Rc2 Rd7 22. Bg3 Ne4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Rec1
Ng5 25. Rc7 Rxc7 26. Rxc7 $16 {Makarichev,S-Sturua,Z/Frunze/1985/}) 1... e6 2.
c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 b6 9. cxd5
exd5 10. Qa4 c5 11. Ba6 (11. Bb5 $5) 11... cxd4 12. exd4 Bxa6 13. Qxa6 Nh5 14.
Bg3 Bg5 15. Rc2 $5 $146 (15. Rd1 $2 Re8+ 16. Kf1 Ndf6 17. Nxg5 hxg5 18. f3 b5
$1 19. Qxb5 Nxg3+ 20. hxg3 Rb8 21. Qd3 Rxb2 $17 {Gelfand,B-Short,N/Bruxelles 
(m/2)/1991/}) 15... Re8+ 16. Re2 Qc8 (16... Ndf6 17. Nxg5 hxg5 18. O-O Nxg3 19.
hxg3 Rxe2 20. Qxe2 Qd7 $10) 17. Qxc8 Raxc8 18. Rxe8+ (18. Nxg5 hxg5 19. Rxe8+
Rxe8+ 20. Kd2 $10) 18... Rxe8+ 19. Kd1 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Nf6 21. Re1 (21. Ne5 Ne4
$1 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. f4 exf3 24. gxf3 Rd8 $17) 21... Ne4 22. Nxe4 (22. Nxd5
Nxf2+ 23. Kc2 Rxe1 24. Nxe1 Ne4 $17) 22... dxe4 23. Nxg5 hxg5 24. g4 g6 25. Kd2
f5 26. gxf5 gxf5 27. f3 Rd8 (27... Kf7 28. fxe4 fxe4 29. Ke3 $14) 28. fxe4
Rxd4+ 29. Kc3 Ra4 30. exf5 Kf7 31. Re6 (31. a3 Rf4 32. Re5 Rg4 $10) 31... Rg4 (
31... Rxa2 32. Rg6 $14) 32. Rd6 Ke7 33. Re6+ Kf7 34. Rd6 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 03rd"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Kharitonov, Andrei Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azov Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow CSKA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 a6 9. Bd3 c5 10. Ne5 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Yf2f4] N /\f2-f4 ><e5} (10. O-O cxd4
11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Be4 Rb8 14. Qc2 g6 $10 {1/2-1/2 Fokin,
S-Kharitonov,A/Kursk ,EXT 87 1987 (24)}) 10... cxd4 (10... Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd5
12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Ne4 $16 {[%csl Gd6] ><d6}) 11. exd4 Nd5 {A well-known
manouvre in the Queens-gambit. Black tries to equalise by exchanging as many
minor-pieces as possible. In the very long term this could give black a good
ending. Whites d-pawn is isolated and this is only compensated for by whites
active pieceplay.} 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O (13. Nxd5 exd5 {This exchange is
normally favourable for white as his bishop is better that blacks. Also whites
d-pawn can no longer get under attack in the d-line. However in this situation
white is behind in development, and black would have strong counterplay in the
e-line.}) 13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 Rd8 {A critical point in the game. Black has to
solve some serious  problems. He cannot easily develop Bc8, without giving
white a large positional advantage (14. - Bd7 15.Nxd5 exd5 +/-).  Another
problem is whites possibility to use square d6 as a strongpoint for his N.} (
14... Bd7 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. f4 $16) 15. Qf3 (15. Ne4 $6 Nf4 16. Nd6 Qg5) 15...
Rb8 (15... Nxc3 $6 16. Rxc3 Rb8 {/\Bd7-c6} 17. Bxh7+ (17. Rfc1 Bd7 18. Rc7 Qg5
$132) 17... Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Rh3 f6 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Qh7+ Kf7 22. Rf3 $18
) 16. Ne4 $16 {[%csl Gd6] ><d6 Black has keept a sound pawnstrukture but
whites much better placed pieces makes the evaluation of the position easy.}
Bd7 17. Qg3 Bc6 18. Rfd1 h6 {[%cal Yd5b4,Yc6e4] /\Nb4,Bxe4} (18... Nb4 $5 {
Trying to exchange som more minor-pieces} 19. Nf6+ $16 {This looks crushing
but what happens after:} Kh8 20. Bxh7 gxf6 {Does white have a winning
contination here? Black wants to defend with f6-f5 in many lines so:} 21. Qh4
Kg7 22. Bb1 Rxd1+ (22... Rh8 $2 23. exf6+ Qxf6 24. Qxb4 (24. Qg3+ $1 Kh6 (24...
Kf8 25. Qxb8+) 25. Rc4 $18) 24... Bxg2 $1 $17) 23. Rxd1 Rh8 24. exf6+ Qxf6 25.
Qxb4 Rh4 $44 {Black is very active and seems to have pretty good compensation.
I don t see a win for after 18..Sb4 19.Sf6+}) 19. a3 {[%csl Rb4] ><b4. Taking
square b4 away from blacks pieces and thereby making it difficult for black to
continue to simplify the position.} Nc7 {[%cal Yc6e4] /\Bxe4} 20. Nd6 {[%cal
Yf2f4,Yf4f5] /\f2-f4-f5 /\f} Qg5 21. Be4 Qxg3 22. hxg3 Nd5 23. Bxd5 $1 {
A very clean win to make use of whites positional advantage. Black can either
accept a very bad bishop and a weak d-pawn after exd5 or allow whites rook in
on c7.} exd5 (23... Bxd5 24. Rc7 $16) 24. Nf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e7] The best square
for a knight is in front of the isolated pawn.  Especially if the N cannot be
exchanged} Kf8 25. g4 Rbc8 26. f3 {(...)} (26. f3 {RR: The following moves,
given in the bulletin are incorrect.} Rc7 27. Kf2 Re8 28. Rd4 g6 29. Nd6 {
Most unfortunately the notation of the last part of this game is messed up.
Probably beginning with move 26. Whites 28th move is clearly not the games
move as black could play Rxe5} Bb5 30. Rxc7 Rxe5 31. Rxb7 Re8) 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen CU 75th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2002.02.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hoi, Carsten"]
[Black "Jakobsen, Ole"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2002.02.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 a6 9. a4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. Ne5 Bc6 14. Qd3 Nfd5
15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bc2 g6 17. Bh6 Bg5 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Bxf8 Bxc1 20. Rxc1 Qxf8
21. Bb3 Nb4 22. Qe3 a5 23. g3 Qd6 24. Rc5 Rd8 25. Rxa5 Qxd4 26. Ra8 Qd7 27.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 {[#] Guter Läufer mit Randfreibauer} 28. Qc5 Qd2 29. Qc3 Qd6 30. a5
c5 31. Bc4 Qd8 32. Qa3 Nc6 33. a6 Qb6 34. h4 Kf8 35. Bf1 Ke7 36. Qe3 Nb4 37.
Qa3 Nc6 38. Qa4 h5 39. b3 Na7 40. Qc4 Qb4 41. Qc2 Kd6 42. Qd1+ Kc7 $2 {Läßt
den Königsflügel im Stich, was zu unerwünschten Schwächungen führt.} (42... Ke7
$142) 43. Qf3 $1 f5 44. Qe3 {[%csl Re6,Rg6]} Kd6 45. Bc4 e5 46. Qd3+ Kc7 47.
Qd5 Nc6 48. Qf7+ Kb8 49. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 13th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2003.08.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Black "Kayumov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2003.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 a6 9. a4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. Re1 Bc6 14. Ne5 Nbd5
15. Qd3 Nb4 16. Qh3 Bd5 17. Nxd5 Nfxd5 18. Bd2 Qd6 19. Nc4 Qd8 20. Ne5 Qd6 21.
Nxf7 Rxf7 22. Rxe6 Nf4 23. Bxf4 Qxf4 24. Qe3 Qxe3 25. Rxe3 Kf8 26. Rc7 Re8 27.
Bxf7 Kxf7 28. Rxb7 Nd5 29. Re5 Rd8 30. b4 Kf8 31. Re6 Bxb4 32. Rxa6 Bc3 33.
Rba7 Bxd4 34. Ra8 Rxa8 35. Rxa8+ Ke7 {[#] Material for study II the same
distribution of pawns and exactly the same material as in Lugovoi-Vera 1-0 
(#27). Here White lets his a-pawn get taken - the result is a colourless draw.
[#] Studienmaterial II Gleiche Bauernverteilung und exakt gleiches Material
wie bei Lugovoi-Vera 1-0 (#27). Hier läßt sich Weiß den a-Bauern abknöpfen -
Resultat: ein fades Remis.} 36. g3 Kd7 37. Kg2 Nc7 38. Rb8 Na6 39. Rb5 $6 (39.
Rb1 $142) 39... Kc6 40. f4 $2 (40. Rb1 $1 Nc5 41. a5 Bc3 42. a6 $3 $18) 40...
Nc5 {[%csl Ra4,Rb5]} 41. Rb4 Kd5 42. a5 Bc3 43. Rb5 Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.19"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Izeta Txabarri, Felix"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[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 "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3
a6 9. c5 e5 10. dxe5 (10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. dxe5 Be7 12. Qc2 h6 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Qc3
(14. e6 $5 fxe6 15. O-O $22 e5 16. e4 $16) 14... Re8 15. Bb1 Bd8 $1 16. Qc2 g6
17. h4 $6 (17. Nb6 $5 $17) 17... h5 18. Nd4 Qxe5 19. Rd1 Qf6 $17 {Wiedenkeller,
M-Thorsteinsson,Th/Saltsjobaden/1988/0|1/35/}) 10... Ne8 11. h4 (11. Bf4 Nxc5
12. Bb1 f5 (12... Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Bf5 Nc7 16. h4 h5 17. Nd4 N7e6
18. Kf1 Nxd4 19. exd4 Ne6 20. Be3 c5 $13 {Vaganian,R-Speelman,J/London/1984/0,
5/59/}) 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Nd4 Ne6 15. Bg3 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Be6 17. O-O Bd6 18. Ne2
Bxg3 19. Nxg3 a5 $14 {Goldin,A-Ostenstad,B/Trnava/1989/}) 11... Nxc5 12. Bb1
Ne6 (12... f5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Rxc5 $18) 13. Qc2 $5 {N/} (13. Nd4 g6 14. Bh6
N8g7 15. h5 Bg5 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Nf3 $13 {Kortchnoi,V-Agdestein,
S/Tilburg/1989/0,5/18/}) 13... g6 14. Bh6 N6g7 $6 (14... N8g7 $5 15. h5 Qa5 $22
16. Qd2 Rd8 $132) 15. h5 Bf5 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Qa5+ 18. Bd2 Qd5 19. hxg6
Bxg6 (19... hxg6 20. Bc3 $22 Rd8 21. Qe2 $16) (19... fxg6 20. Bc3 $16) 20. Bc3
Nc7 21. Rd1 Qe6 22. Nd4 $1 Qc4 (22... Qxe5 23. Nxc6 $16) (22... Qg4 23. f3 Qf4
24. Ne2 $16) 23. b3 Qd5 (23... Bxe4 24. bxc4 Bxc2 25. Bxc2 $16) 24. Qe2 Rad8
25. Bc2 Nce6 26. Nf5 (26. Nxe6 Qxe6 27. O-O $14) 26... Qxd1+ $5 (26... Nxf5 $5
27. Rxd5 cxd5 28. Nf6+ Bxf6 29. Bxf5 (29. exf6 Nfd4 $1) 29... Bxf5 30. exf6
Rfe8 31. O-O d4 32. Bd2 $14) 27. Bxd1 Nxf5 28. O-O Rd5 29. Nf6+ Bxf6 30. exf6
Rfd8 31. b4 Rd3 32. Qc2 h5 33. Qc1 Kh7 34. Bb3 Ned4 35. Bxd4 Nxd4 36. Qc5 $14
Rd6 (36... Nxb3 37. axb3 Rxb3 38. Qe7 Rb8 39. Rd1 $14) 37. Qe5 Nxb3 38. axb3
Re6 (38... Rd8 39. Re1 $14) 39. Qc7 b5 40. Ra1 Rxf6 41. f3 Rxb3 42. Qd8 Kg7 43.
Rxa6 Rd3 (43... Rxb4 $2 44. Ra8 $18) 44. Qb8 Re6 45. Ra8 $16 Kf6 46. Kh2 Rd5
47. Qh8+ Kg5 48. Qc3 Rd3 49. Qc1+ Kf6 50. Rc8 Rdd6 51. Kg3 Kg7 52. Qc3+ Rf6 53.
Qe5 Bf5 (53... Rde6 54. Qb8) 54. Re8 Rd5 (54... Rde6 55. Rxe6 fxe6 (55... Bxe6
56. Qxh5 $16) 56. Qc7+ Kg6 57. Qxc6 $16) 55. Qc3 $2 (55. Qe7 $1 Rg6+ 56. Kf4
Rxg2 57. Qf8+ Kf6 58. Qh8+ Rg7 59. Rg8 $18) 55... Bd7 56. Rd8 Be6 57. Ra8 Rg5+
$6 (57... Bd7 $5) 58. Kh2 Bd5 59. Rd8 Rgf5 60. Qc5 Rg6 61. Qf8+ Kf6 62. Qh8+
Kg5 63. Qd4 $1 Rgf6 64. Rg8+ Rg6 $2 (64... Kh6 65. Qe3+ Kh7 66. Qe8 Rg6 67.
Rh8+ Kg7 68. Qf8+ Kf6 $16) 65. Rh8 $18 Rf4 66. Qe3 Re6 (66... h4 67. Rxh4 Kxh4
68. Qxf4+ Kh5 69. g4+ Kh4 70. g5+ $18) 67. Qd2 (67. Qd2 h4 68. g3 hxg3+ 69.
Kxg3 Ref6 70. Rh4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Korotylev, Alexey"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. O-O a6 10. a4 cxd4 11. exd4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. a5 Nc8
15. d5 e5 16. Ne4 Bf5 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Nd2 Bd3 19. Re1 Nd6 20. Bc2 Bxc2 {
If Black could maintain the knight on d6 then he might have some chance of an
advantage. But, after recapturing on c2, White will play his knight to e4,
exchanging off the blockader, and equalising the position.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Credis"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gerber, Richard"]
[Black "Casagrande, Harald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 h6 8. Bh4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. O-O b5 11. Bd3 c5 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. dxc5 Rxc5
15. Bb1 Qc7 16. Bg3 Qc6 17. a3 Rc8 18. e4 Nf8 19. Bf4 Qe8 20. Ne5 Rd8 21. Rxd8
Qxd8 22. Rd1 Qa8 {At the moment White has the pawn on e4 securely protected,
but the I think the queen still stands well on a8. Eventually, White could be
forced into playing f3, and then the queen will switch diagonals and attempt
to enter on the Black squares.} 23. h3 Rc8 24. Ng4 Nxg4 25. Qxg4 Ng6 26. Bxh6 {
White commits suicide before Black can test his strategy.} gxh6 27. e5 Rc4 28.
Rd4 Rxd4 29. Qxd4 Qf8 30. Qb6 Qc8 31. Qe3 Bg5 32. Qg3 Qc4 33. Bxg6 fxg6 34. h4
Qxh4 35. Qd3 Qg4 36. f3 Qf5 37. Qd6 Qf7 38. a4 bxa4 39. Nxa4 Be3+ 40. Kf1 Kg7
0-1

[Event "ARG-ch"]
[Site "Argentina"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tempone, Marcelo"]
[Black "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 a6 9. a4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Qxd4 Qa5 12. e4 Bc5 13. Qd2 Bb4 14. Qe2 Ng4
15. Bf4 Nge5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Rfd1 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Bxc3 19. bxc3 e5 20. Rd5 b5
21. Rxe5 (21. Rxe5 Be6 22. Qd4 Rfd8 23. Qe3 Qxa4 24. h3 Rd1+ 25. Kh2 Rxc1 26.
Qxc1 Qc4 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Najdorf"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 Nbd7 7. Nf3 Re8 $5 8.
Be2 {8. a3 !?} dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. a3 b5 11. Ba2 Bb7 12. O-O c5 13. Qe2 Qb6 14.
Rfd1 Rad8 15. dxc5 Nxc5 $10 16. Rxd8 Bxd8 17. Nd4 h6 18. Bh4 Nfe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4
20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21. h3 Nd3 22. Rc3 Ne5 23. f3 Bd5 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. b3 Rc5 26.
Qc2 Rxc3 27. Qxc3 Qd6 28. f4 Ng6 29. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
c5 {A rare system, dubious from the classical point of view. Black opens up
the game without sufficient development. However, no refutation has been
demonstrated so far.} 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Bd3 {The other ways to
develop this bishop:} (11. Bb5 {hardly makes sense:} cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nf6 13. O-O
a6 (13... Bd7 $143 14. Qb3 Bxb5 15. Qxb5 Qb6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. a3 Rfd8 18. Rfd1
Kf8 19. Kf1 Nc6 20. Ndb5 $14 {1-0 Vachier Lagrave,M (2682)-Radulski,J (2552)/
Plovdiv BUL 2012/The Week in Chess 907 (50)}) 14. Be2 Bd7 15. Bf3 Rb8 16. Nb3 {
1/2 Zakhartsov,V (2529)-Radulski,J (2580)/Cappelle la Grande 2009/CBM 129 Extra
}) (11. Be2 {is probably the most appropriate. This bishop can later go to f3
as in the following game:} cxd4 (11... b6 $5 12. O-O Bb7 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. b4
$5 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Qa4) 12. Nxd4 Nf6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Qb3 Qa5 15. Rfd1
Rab8 16. Bf3 Rfd8 17. a3 a6 18. Qa2 Qg5 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Qe5 21. Qb1 Bc6
22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Qc2 Rb8 25. Rb1 $14 {1/2 Gajewski,G (2568)
-Radulski,J (2577)/Cappelle la Grande 2010/CBM 134 Extra (41)}) 11... Nc6 (
11... cxd4 $5 12. exd4 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Qe2 Nd5 15. Bb1 N7f6 16. Rfd1 Re8 17.
Qd2 Rc8 $11 {1-0 Barcenilla,R (2355)-Al Harazi,K/Asia 1989/EXT 2004 (51)}) 12.
Bb1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Nf6 {White's queen doesn't come to the b1-h7
diagonal, and his manoeuvre Bf1-d3-b1 proves useless.} 15. Qb4 a5 16. Qb3 Bd7
17. O-O Bc6 $11 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. h3 Rfd8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Rd1 Qc7 22. Qc4 Rd8
23. Rd4 Rd7 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Qd3 Kf8 26. Qxd7 Bxd7 {The only thing left for
both players is reaching move 40.} 27. Ne4 Nxe4 28. Bxe4 b6 29. Kf1 Ke7 30. Ke2
Kd6 31. h4 e5 32. Kd3 Be6 33. a3 f6 34. g3 g5 35. Kc3 gxh4 36. gxh4 Kc5 37. b4+
axb4+ 38. axb4+ Kd6 39. f4 Bf7 40. Bc2 Be6 41. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2868"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 a6 8. Qc2
{This move is hardly dangerous for Black, as well as} (8. cxd5) (8. c5 {
is crucial.}) 8... dxc4 {I don't like this move allowing White's bishop to
come to c4 at once. Other popular options:} (8... h6) (8... c6) (8... Re8) 9.
Bxc4 c5 {The most accurate move order.} (9... b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 (10... c5 11. Bxf6
Nxf6 12. Ne4 $1 Qa5+ 13. Ke2 Bb7 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 {1/2 (24) Lisanti,A (2330)
-Zude,A (2465) Bruchkoebel 1993} 15. dxc5 $14) 11. Bxf6 $5 Nxf6 12. Ne4 Nxe4
13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 c5 15. dxc5 Qa5+ 16. b4 Qxa2 17. O-O a5 {0-1 (25)
Boudiba,M (2373)-Triger,F (2196) Noisy le Grand 2003} 18. Ra1 $1 Qc4 19. Qxc4
bxc4 20. Rxa5 Rxa5 21. bxa5 Bxc5 22. Ra1 c3 23. Kf1 $14 {_|_}) 10. Be2 (10. a4
cxd4 11. exd4 h6 12. Bd2 Nb6 13. Ba2 Bd7 14. O-O Rc8 $36 {0-1 (44) Tartakower,
S-Kmoch,H Vienna 1928}) (10. O-O b5 11. Bd3 (11. Be2 cxd4 $1 12. Nxd4 Bb7 $11)
11... cxd4 (11... c4 $5 12. Be2 Bb7 13. a3 h6 14. Bh4 Rc8 15. e4 Nh5 16. Bxe7
Qxe7 17. Qd2 Rfd8 18. Qe3 Nhf6 $11 {1/2 (57) Schmidt,W (2505)-Ardiansyah,H 
(2330) Dubai 1986}) 12. Nxd4 Bb7 13. Rfd1 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Be4 Bxe4 16.
Nxe4 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Rc8 18. Qxc8 {1/2 (18) Parmentier,X (2348)-Roos,J (2307)
Germany 2003}) (10. dxc5 {is the most principled continuation:} Nxc5 11. O-O b5
12. Rfd1 (12. Be2 Bb7 (12... b4 13. Na4 Nxa4 14. Qxa4 Bd7 15. Qc2 h6 16. Bh4
Rc8 17. Qd2 a5 18. Qd4 Nd5 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Ne5 $14 {1-0 (43) Piket,J (2540)
-Hjartarson,J (2555) Tilburg 1989}) 13. Rfd1 Qa5 $1 (13... Qb6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. b4 $16 {1-0 (23) Piket,J (2500)-Ioseliani,N (2480) Spijkenisse 1989}) 14.
a3 Rac8 $1 15. Nd2 (15. b4 Qxa3 16. bxc5 Rxc5 {[%cal Rb7f3,Rb5b4]}) 15... Na4
$15 {1/2 (30) Yanvarjov,I (2425)-Ubilava,E (2525) Villalba 1995}) 12... Qe8 $1
(12... Qb6 13. Be2 Bb7 $140 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. b4) 13. Be2 Bb7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
Nxb5 axb5 16. Qxc5 Rxa2 17. Bxb5 Qa8 18. Bc6 Bxc6 19. Qxc6 {1/2 (19) Panelo
Munoz,M (2418)-Gonzalez Garcia,J (2503) Barcelona 2006}) 10... b5 11. a4 b4 12.
Ne4 cxd4 $1 $146 {A minor improvement on the previous game. Pay attention to
the fact that in this structure it is generally better for Black to trade the
central pawns himself (...c5xd4) than to wait for White's d4xc5. Of course,
Black should make sure that the invasion of White's knight (Nd4-c6) will not
be dangerous:} (12... Bb7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. dxc5 Rc8 16. Qb3 Rxc5
17. O-O Qb6 18. Rc4 Rxc4 19. Qxc4 Rd8 20. Qg4+ Kh8 21. Qh5 Kg8 {1/2 (24)
Tallaksen,G (2402)-Kveinys,A (2540) Oslo 2006 , and now, had White wished, he
could have continued fighting for an edge by means of} 22. Rc1) 13. Nxf6+ (13.
Nxd4 $144 Bb7) 13... Nxf6 14. Nxd4 Bb7 15. Nc6 {White decided to simplify the
game.} (15. Bf3 $6 Rc8 16. Qb1 Rxc1+ 17. Qxc1 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Qd3 {K.Landa}) (15.
O-O Rc8 16. Qb3 Qa5 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Rfd1 (20. Nd2
Qd5 21. Nc4 Bc3 $1 {K.Landa}) 20... Rc5 $36) 15... Bxc6 16. Qxc6 Rc8 (16... Qa5
17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. b3 Bc3+ 19. Kf1 $11 {[%cal Yg2g3,Yf1g2]}) 17. Qxc8 Qxc8 18.
Rxc8 Rxc8 19. O-O a5 (19... Rc2 20. Bxa6 Rxb2 21. Bc4 Rc2 22. Bb3 $11 {K.Landa}
) 20. b3 Kf8 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Rd1 Rc3 23. Bc4 h5 24. Kf1 Ke7 25. Ke2 Be5 26.
h3 h4 27. Rd3 Rc2+ 28. Rd2 Rc3 29. Rd3 Rc2+ 30. Rd2 Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.05.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2012.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
a6 9. c5 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. Nc4 Bd7 14. Ne5 Bb5
15. Qc2 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 Qd8 17. h4 h5 18. Qe2 g6 19. g4 hxg4 20. h5 g5 $6 (20...
gxh5 21. c6 b6 $17) 21. h6 $14 Kh7 22. b3 Qe7 23. c6 b6 24. Nd7 Rg8 25. Nxf6+
Qxf6 26. Qxg4 Qf3 27. Qxf3 exf3 28. Ke1 Rad8 29. Kd2 Rd6 30. Kd3 f5 31. Rh5 e5
32. Rg1 e4+ 33. Kc4 Rxc6+ $2 (33... f4 34. exf4 g4 $19) 34. Kd5 $11 Rc2 35.
Rhxg5 Rxg5 36. Rxg5 Rxa2 37. Rxf5 Rxf2 38. Kxe4 Kxh6 39. Rf6+ Kg5 40. Rc6 Rb2
41. Kxf3 Rxb3 42. Ke4 a5 43. Rxc7 Kf6 44. Kf4 Ke6 45. e4 Kd6 46. Rh7 a4 47. e5+
Kd5 48. Rd7+ Kc6 49. Ra7 b5 50. Ke4 Kb6 51. Ra8 Kb7 52. Ra5 Kb6 53. Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch47 Final"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1979.12.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Anikaev, Yuri N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Moiseev,V"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1979.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 Nbd7 7. Nf3 a6 8. c5 (
8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3) 8... c6 9. Bd3 b6 (9... e5 $5) 10. b4 (10. cxb6 c5 11. O-O
Bb7 12. Bb1 cxd4 13. exd4 Nxb6 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. Re1 Nbd7 16. Qb3 Ba8 17. Qa4 Rb8
18. Re2 Rb6 $14 {Gavrikov,V-Balashov,Y/URS(ch)/1985/}) 10... a5 11. b5 {
'+/=!?' Moiseev.} (11. a3 axb4 12. axb4 bxc5 13. bxc5 e5 $5 14. Bxf6 $2 (14.
dxe5 Ne8 $13) 14... Bxf6 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qh5+
Kg8 19. Qxe5 Ba6 $17) 11... Bb7 (11... cxb5 12. c6) 12. bxc6 Bxc6 13. cxb6 Qxb6
14. Ne5 Ba3 (14... Rfc8 $5) 15. Rb1 Qc7 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. O-O Ne8 {'?' Moiseev.
} (17... Qxc3 $6 18. Rb3) (17... Be7 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. Rxb5 $14) 18. Na4 Bd6 (
18... Nd6 $4 19. Qb3 $18) 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Rxb8 Bxb8 22. Qb1 (22.
Bxh7+ $5 Kxh7 23. Qb1+ Kg8 24. Qxb8 Nd6 25. Qb3 $16) 22... Nf6 23. Bxf6 gxf6
24. Bxh7+ Kg7 25. Bd3 Rc8 26. g3 Bd6 27. Rc1 Rxc1+ 28. Qxc1 Qc7 29. Qd1 (29.
Qxc7 $5 Bxc7 30. Bb5 $16) 29... f5 30. Kg2 Qe7 31. h3 Qd8 32. Qf3 a4 {'?!'
Moiseev.} (32... Qf6 $5) 33. Qh5 Qf6 34. f4 Qh6 {'?' Moiseev.} (34... Be7 $5)
35. Qxh6+ Kxh6 36. Bb5 a3 37. Bd7 Kg7 38. h4 Bf8 39. Kf3 Kf6 40. h5 Ke7 41. Ba4
Kf6 42. Ke2 Kg7 43. Be8 Kf6 44. Kd3 Ke7 45. Ba4 Kf6 46. Kc3 Kg7 47. Be8 Kf6 48.
Kb3 Ke7 49. Bb5 Kf6 50. Be8 Ke7 51. Bc6 Kf6 (51... Kd8 52. Bb5 Kc7 53. Be8 f6
54. Bf7 Kd7 55. Bg8 $1 $18 {Vaganian}) 52. h6 Bxh6 53. Kxa3 Bf8+ 54. Kb3 Bd6
55. a4 Bc7 56. Kb4 Bd6+ 57. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.03.08"]
[Round "12.5"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Berndt, Stephan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "203"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Neukoelln"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 a6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 c6 10. O-O Re8 11. Qb3 {Mit diesem Zug möchte ich aus der leichten
Schwächung des Feldes b6 Profit schlagen.} Nf8 12. Na4 {[%csl Rb6]} Ne6 13.
Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nb6 Rb8 15. Bf5 g6 16. Bh3 Bg7 17. Nxc8 Qxc8 {[%cal Gf7f5]} 18.
Bxe6 ({Sonst geschieht f7-f5, und falls} 18. e4 dxe4 19. Ng5 f5 20. Rfe1 h6 {
hat Weiss nichts.}) 18... Qxe6 19. Qc3 {[%cal Gb2b4,Gb4b5,Ga2a4] Mit dem
üblichen Plan in diesen Stellungen (Minoritätsangriff) soll Weiss die
Initiative übernehmen.} h6 20. b4 g5 {Logischerweise konntert Schwarz am
Königsflügel, aber es bleibt auf dem Brett zu wenig Figuren, damit der weisse
König in Gefahr gerät.} 21. a4 Rbc8 22. Ne1 f5 23. Nd3 Qf7 24. Rfe1 f4 25. exf4
gxf4 26. Rxe8+ (26. Ne5 Qf5 27. Nf3 Re4) 26... Rxe8 27. Ne1 $1 {[%csl Yd4,Rf4]
[%cal Ge1f3,Gf3d4] Diese Umgruppierung ist nötig, um d4 zu decken, und sich
vor dem Vorstoss f3 zu schützen. Schwarz besitzt zwar die e-Linie, aber mit
einem einzigen Turm auf dem Brett, ist dieser Faktor nicht sehr wichtig. Zumal
Weiss dank dem Vorstoss b5 auch eine offene Linie für seinen Turm erhalten
soll.} Re6 28. Nf3 b5 {(=)} 29. axb5 axb5 30. Qa3 {[%cal Ga1a8]} Qe7 31. h3 Bf8
32. Qa8 Qxb4 33. Rxc6 {[%csl Rb5,Rd5,Rf4] Weiss hat sein strategisches Ziel
erreicht: die schwarzen Bauern sind schwach, und auch ist es um den König sehr
luftig.} Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Qf5 35. Rc5 $2 ({Anstatt dieses materialistischen Zuges
war} 35. Rc8 $18 {[%csl Rg8] viel kräftiger.}) 35... b4 36. Rxd5 Qe4 {Nun kann
Weiss den Damentausch kaum vermeiden, was dem schwarzen König die Rettung
verspricht.} 37. Nd2 Re8 38. Nxe4 (38. Qa2 Qe6) 38... Rxa8 39. Rb5 Rd8 40. d5
Kf7 41. f3 $6 ({Man musste energischer mit} 41. h4 b3 (41... f3 $6 42. g4 Re8
43. Rb7+ $18) 42. Kh3 $16 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Gh3g4] vorgehen.}) 41... b3 42. Rb7+
Kg6 43. d6 ({Nu jetzt wurde mir klar, dass Weiss nach} 43. Rb6+ Kf5 44. d6 Ke5
$1 {nicht gewinnt, z.B:} 45. Rxb3 (45. Rb5+ Kd4 46. Rxb3 Bxd6 47. Rb2 Be7 48.
Rd2+ Ke5 49. Rxd8 Bxd8) 45... Bxd6 46. Rb5+ Kd4 47. Rf5 Ke3) 43... Bxd6 44. Rb6
b2 45. Nxd6 b1=Q 46. Rxb1 Rxd6 47. Rb5 {Dieses Turmendspiel kann Weiss nicht
ohne gegnerischen Fehler gewinnen.} Rc6 48. h4 h5 $1 49. Rg5+ Kh6 50. Rf5 Rc4
51. Kh3 Rb4 52. Re5 Rb1 53. Re6+ $6 ({Zeitverlust. Der richtige} 53. Kh2 {
geschieht in 10 Zügen...}) 53... Kg7 54. Kh2 Rb4 55. Re5 Kg6 56. Re1 Ra4 57.
Kh3 Kf6 58. Rb1 Kg6 59. Rb6+ Kg7 60. Rb5 Kg6 61. Rg5+ Kh6 62. Re5 Ra1 63. Kh2
Ra6 64. Re4 Rf6 65. Kg1 {Da der schwarze Turm an die Vertiedigung von f4
passiv gebunden ist, kann Weiss versuchen, seinen König aus dem Käfig zu
bringen.} Kg6 66. Kf2 Kh6 67. Rc4 Kg7 68. Rd4 Kh6 69. Ke1 Rg6 {[%csl Rg2] Aber
gegen diesen Gegenangriff ist nur wenig zu machen.} 70. Rd2 Ra6 71. Ke2 Kg6 72.
Rd4 (72. Rc2) 72... Kf5 73. Rd5+ Kg6 74. Rd2 Kf5 75. Rc2 Re6+ 76. Kd2 Rd6+ 77.
Kc1 Re6 78. Rc5+ Kg6 ({Das Bauernendspiel nach} 78... Re5 $2 79. Rxe5+ Kxe5 80.
Kd2 Kd4 {ist verloren:} 81. Ke2 Kc3 82. Kf2 Kd3 83. g3 fxg3+ 84. Kxg3 Ke3 85.
Kg2 Kd4 86. Kh3 Kd3 87. Kh2 Kd4 88. Kg2 $18 {und Schwarz muss den gegnerischen
König durchlassen.}) 79. Kd2 Rd6+ 80. Kc3 Rd1 ({Einfacher war} 80... Ra6 81.
Kd3 (81. Kd4 Ra2 82. Rg5+ Kh6 83. Ke5 Ra4 84. Kf5 Rb4 85. Rg6+ Kh7 86. Rf6 Rb2
$11) 81... Ra4 82. Rc4 Ra2 83. Rc2 Ra4 84. Rc6+ Kg7 85. Rc4 Ra2 86. Rc2 Ra4 $11
{usw.}) 81. Rg5+ Kh6 82. Rb5 Rh1 ({Nach} 82... Rd6 $11 {wäre noch nichts
passiert.}) 83. Rb6+ Kg7 84. Kd4 Rxh4 85. Ke5 Rh2 86. Rb2 Kg6 $1 87. Kxf4 Rh4+
88. Kg3 Ra4 89. Rb5 Rc4 90. Kh3 Ra4 $2 ({Mit dem schwarzen Bauern auf h5 ist
der Rettungsweg nicht offensichtlich. Stephan verfügte nur über wenige Minuten
auf der Uhr, und fand die richtige Verteidigungsidee nicht. Er hätte das
folgende Mannöver kennen müssen:} 90... Rc3 91. Rb1 Kh6 92. Rf1 {(sonst kommen
die weissen Bauern nicht weiter)} Ra3 93. g3 Rb3 94. f4 Rb8 $1 95. Re1 Rg8 $1 {
[%csl Rg3]} 96. Re6+ Kh7 97. Kh4 Rg4+ {mit Remis.}) 91. g3 Rc4 ({Jetzt kommt} 
91... Kh6 {zu spät:} 92. f4 Ra8 93. Kh4 $18) 92. f4 Rc1 93. Rb6+ Kg7 94. Kh4
Rh1+ 95. Kg5 h4 96. Rb7+ Kf8 97. gxh4 ({Einfacher war} 97. Rh7 h3 98. Kg4 h2
99. Kf3 $18 {Aber wenn der König auf der 8.Reihe abgeschnitten ist, gewinnen
in der Regel die Bauern f und h.}) 97... Ra1 98. f5 Kg8 99. Rd7 Ra2 100. Kg6
Rg2+ 101. Kf6 Ra2 102. h5 $138 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 28th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1998.06.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Piket,L"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1998.05.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 O-O
8. Rc1 c6 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 (10... b6) 11. O-O a6 12. a4 b6 $5 (12...
cxd4 13. exd4 Nb6 14. Bb3 Bd7 15. Ne5 Bc6) 13. Bg3 Bb7 14. d5 exd5 15. Nxd5 (
15. Bxd5 $5 Qc8 (15... Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Ra7 18. Rfd1) 16. e4) 15...
Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Qc8 $6 (16... Ra7 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Qd5 Qa8 19. Rfd1 b5 $13 (
19... Nf6)) 17. Nd4 $1 $14 Nf6 (17... Bxd5 18. Nf5) (17... g6 18. Qf3 (18. Ne6
$2 Bxd5 19. Nxf8 Nf6 20. Be5 Qc6) 18... Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Nf6 20. Qf3 $14) 18. Bxb7
Qxb7 19. Nf5 Rfd8 (19... Rfe8 20. Bh4 $5 (20. Be5 $5) 20... Qc6 21. Qf3 Qxf3
22. gxf3 Bd8 (22... Nd5 23. Bxe7 Nxe7 24. Nd6 Red8 25. Rfd1) 23. Rfd1) (19...
Ra7 $2 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Bd6) 20. Qf3 $1 Ra7 $8 (20... Qxf3 21. Nxe7+ Kf8 22.
gxf3 Kxe7 23. Bc7) 21. Rfd1 (21. Bh4 Qxf3 (21... Nd5 22. Rfd1 $1 Bxh4 23. Nxh4)
22. gxf3 Nd5 23. Nxe7+ Nxe7 24. Rfd1 Rad7 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Bxe7 Rxe7 27. a5
$11) 21... Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 (22. Qxd1 Qe4) 22... Qxf3 23. gxf3 Nh5 (23... Kf8 24.
Bd6 $1 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 Nd7 26. Rc6 f6 27. f4 $16) (23... Ne8 $5 24. Nxe7+ Rxe7
25. Rd8 $14) 24. Be5 $5 (24. Nxe7+ Rxe7 25. Rd8+ Kh7 26. Bd6 Re6 (26... Rb7 27.
Kf1 $5 Nf6) 27. a5 bxa5 28. Bxc5) (24. Bb8 $5 Rb7 25. Nxe7+ Rxe7 26. Rd6 Rb7 (
26... Re6 27. Rxe6 fxe6 28. Ba7) 27. Rd8+ Kh7 28. Be5 $5) 24... Kh7 25. f4 Bf6
26. Rd5 $6 (26. Kf1 $1 g6 27. Nd6 Bxe5 28. fxe5 Ng7 29. Ne4 Ne6 30. f4 b5 31.
a5 c4 32. Rd6 Kg7 33. h4 $16) 26... g6 27. Ng3 (27. Nd6 Rd7 $1 28. a5 (28. Rd2
{/\29. Nc4}) 28... bxa5 29. Rxc5 Be7 30. Rc6 f6 $19) 27... Bxe5 28. fxe5 Nxg3 (
28... Ng7 29. f4 $1 {/\30. Ne4}) 29. hxg3 c4 30. Kf1 Rc7 31. Rd6 b5 $1 (31...
Rb7 32. Ke2 b5 33. a5 b4 34. Rb6) 32. Rxa6 bxa4 33. Rxa4 h5 $1 (33... c3 34.
bxc3 Rxc3 35. g4 (35. Ra7 Kg8 36. g4 Rc5 37. f4 g5 38. Ke2)) 34. Ke2 (34. f4 $6
c3 35. bxc3 Rxc3 36. Kf2 Rc2+ 37. Kf3 Rc1 $1 {/\Rg1Xg3} 38. Ra7 Kg8) 34... c3 (
34... Rb7 35. Ra2 $5 (35. Rxc4 Rxb2+ 36. Ke1) 35... Rb3 (35... Rb5 $5 36. Kd2 (
36. f4 Rb3 37. Kf3 Kg7 38. Ke4 (38. Ra4) 38... c3 39. bxc3 Rxc3 40. Ra7 Rc6 (
40... Kf8)) 36... Rxe5 37. Kc3 Rc5 38. Ra4 g5) 36. Kd2) 35. bxc3 Rxc3 36. e6 $5
(36. Ra7 Kg8 37. f4 Rc1 $1 38. Kf3 Rg1) 36... fxe6 37. Ra6 Rc2+ 38. Ke1 (38.
Kf3 e5 39. Ra5 (39. Re6 Rc5) 39... e4+) 38... e5 39. Ra5 e4 40. Ra4 g5 41. Rxe4
{[#] Hecht: 3-2 Bauern am Königsflügel bei einem weißen Freibauern. Da Schwarz
die Position aber blockieren kann und der weiße König unsgünstig steht, ist
ein Gewinn nur schwer möglich.} g4 42. Re6 Kg7 43. Rd6 Ra2 44. Rd2 Ra5 (44...
Ra4 $5 45. Ke2 Kg6 46. f4 gxf3+ (46... Ra1 47. e4) 47. Kxf3 Ra1 (47... Kf5 48.
Rd5+ Kg6 49. e4 Ra1)) 45. Ke2 Ra3 46. e4 (46. f4 gxf3+ 47. Kxf3 Ra8 {Hecht:Der
schwarze Turm steht für Schachs auf der 8.Reihe und der a-Linie bereit. Der
schwarze König geht zunächst nach g6 und wenn möglich nach g5. Bezogen auf den
e-Bauern steht der schwarze König (nach dem Verschwinden der Bauern g/h)
günstig auf der kurzen Seite. Ein weiteres Remisindiz.} 48. Rd5 $14 Kg6) 46...
Kg6 (46... Rf3 47. Rd3 Rf7 48. f4 gxf3+ 49. Rxf3 Ra7 50. Ke3) 47. Rd3 Ra8 48.
Ke3 (48. f4 gxf3+ 49. Kxf3 (49. Rxf3 Kg5) 49... Rf8+ 50. Ke3 Kg5 (50... Rf1 $5)
51. Rd7 Rg8 52. Rf7 $1 Kg4 53. Kf2 (53. Rf5 Rh8) 53... Re8 (53... Ra8 54. Rg7+
Kh3 55. Kf3) (53... h4 54. Rf4+) 54. Rf4+ Kg5 55. Kf3 Ra8 56. Rf5+ Kg6 57. Kf4)
48... Rf8 49. Rd2 Kg5 50. Rb2 (50. Ke2 Re8 51. Rd5+ Kg6 52. Rd4 Rf8 53. Rd3 Re8
54. Re3 Kg5 $1 (54... Kf6 55. f4 gxf3+ 56. Kxf3 Ke5 57. Rd3 Rf8+ 58. Ke3 Rg8
59. Rd5+ Ke6 60. Kf4)) 50... Rf3+ 51. Kd4 Kf6 $1 $11 52. e5+ Ke7 53. Ra2 Ke6
54. Ke4 Ke7 55. Kd5 Rd3+ $8 56. Ke4 Rf3 57. Re2 Rf8 (57... Ke6 58. Rd2 Ke7 $2 (
58... Rf8) 59. Kd5 $1) 58. Rd2 Ke6 59. Rd6+ Ke7 60. Rh6 Rxf2 61. Rxh5 Rf3 62.
Rh7+ Ke6 63. Rh6+ Ke7 64. Rg6 Rxg3 65. Kf4 Rf3+ 66. Kxg4 Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "George Marx Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Paks"]
[Date "2005.06.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 a6 8. c5 {
Gaining space on the queenside.} b6 {A very rare move, but already played by
Ferenc Berkes before.} ({The main line is} 8... c6 {where black is trying to
carry out the e6-e5 advance in the near future.}) 9. cxb6 $6 $146 {This is
rather unusual, and looks to me like a concession. It is more logical to try
to keep the space advantage.} (9. b4 a5 10. a3 (10. c6 axb4 11. cxd7 Bxd7 12.
Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nb1 Rxa2 14. Bd3 Ba4 15. Bc2 Rxc2 16. Rxc2 c5 17. Qc1 Bxc2 18.
Qxc2 c4 19. Nbd2 b5 $17 {0-1 Sebenik,M-Berkes,F/Balatonlelle 2001 (52)}) 10...
axb4 11. axb4 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bb5 bxc5 14. bxc5 Ra5 15. Bxd7 Bxd7 16. O-O
Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Bb5 18. Re1 Rfa8 19. h3 c6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sulava,N-Berkes,F/Pula
2001 (33)}) (9. c6 Nb8 10. Qa4 Ne8 11. h4 Nd6 12. Nb5 axb5 13. Qxa8 Na6 14. a4
Ne4 15. axb5 Nb4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qa3 $18 {1-0 Popov,E-Chubakov,A/Tomsk 2003 
(20)}) 9... c5 $1 10. Be2 Qxb6 11. O-O $6 {Sasikiran does not to make a
passive move like 11.b3, but objectively speaking, white has not enough ground
for a sacrifice.} (11. b3 $11) 11... Qxb2 12. Na4 Qa3 (12... Qxa2 $4 13. Ra1
$18 {[%csl Ra2]}) 13. Rc3 Qb4 14. Qc2 c4 15. Rb1 Qa5 16. Ne5 Bd6 ({The
follwoing variation is quite risky, but seems to work fine for black:} 16...
Nxe5 $1 17. dxe5 Bd7 $1 18. exf6 (18. Nb6 Ne4 19. Rxc4 (19. Bxe7 Qxc3 $19)
19... Nxg5 20. Rc7 Rab8 21. Rxd7 Ba3 $19 {[%csl Rb6]}) 18... Bxa4 (18... Bxf6
$2 19. Bxf6 Bxa4 20. Qd2 gxf6 21. e4 $44 {[%csl Rg8]}) 19. fxe7 Bxc2 20.
exf8=Q+ Rxf8 21. Rxc2 d4 $17 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Gd4d3]}) 17. Nc6 {Going for all
or nothing.} Qc7 18. Bxc4 $1 Ne4 (18... dxc4 $2 19. Rxc4 Kh8 20. e4 Bxh2+ 21.
Kh1 Bf4 22. Ne5 Qxc4 23. Qxc4 Bxg5 24. Qc6 Ra7 25. Nxf7+ Rxf7 26. Qxc8+ Rf8 27.
Qc6 {and white's queen is stronger than black's discoordinated pieces.}) 19.
Bxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512] White's sacrifices are as forced as imaginative.} Nxc3 20.
Nxc3 exd5 21. Nxd5 Bxh2+ 22. Kh1 Qd6 23. e4 {Calmly developing the initiative
with a full rook down... White's great activity gives him a certain
compensation, but objectively should not be sufficient.} Kh8 $1 24. Rb3 (24. g3
Bxg3 25. fxg3 Qxg3 $17) 24... Nf6 $2 {This natural move spoiles black's
advantage.} (24... Qg6 $1 25. f4 f6 26. Nce7 Qf7 27. Kxh2 fxg5 28. fxg5 g6 {
and black's extra rook should tell.}) 25. Nxf6 gxf6 26. e5 Bxe5 $1 (26... fxe5
27. Qc5 $1 (27. Be7 $2 Qh6 28. Bxf8 Qh5) 27... Qxc5 28. Bf6+ Kg8 29. Kxh2 $1
Re8 (29... h5 30. dxc5 $36) 30. Rg3+ Kf8 31. Bg7+ Kg8 32. Bxe5+ Kf8 33. dxc5
$14) 27. dxe5 fxe5 {[%tqu "En","Please enter a move for White.","","","c2c5",
"A nice tactical touch which forces black to give a perpetual check.",10]} 28.
Qc5 $1 {[%mdl 2112] A nice tactical touch which forces black to give a
perpetual check.} Qd1+ (28... Qxc5 $4 29. Bf6+ Kg8 30. Rg3+ Bg4 31. Rxg4#) 29.
Kh2 Qh5+ 30. Kg1 ({The only way to avoid a perpetual check was} 30. Rh3 $5 {
, but after} Qxg5 31. Qxf8+ Qg8 32. Qxg8+ Kxg8 33. Rg3+ Kf8 34. Nxe5 Be6 {
the endgame is equal.}) 30... Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Qh5+ 32. Kg1 {One can rarely see
such an exciting game in the classic Queens gambit.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match Janowski-Marshall +5-2=2"]
[Site "Suresnes"]
[Date "1908.01.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Black "Janowski, Dawid Markelowicz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1908.01.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nf3 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 (7. Qc2 {
[%cal Ga1d1]}) 7... Re8 $6 {Une ligne secondaire assez passive} (7... c6 $142
8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 $11 {Steinitz,W-Lasker,E World Championship 05th 1894 
(18) 1/2}) (7... a6) 8. Bd3 (8. Qc2) 8... dxc4 (8... c6 {Janowski,D-Von
Gottschall,H Barmen IT Masters-A 1905 (6) 0-1}) 9. Bxc4 a6 (9... c5 10. O-O a6)
10. O-O $6 (10. a4 $142 c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. exd4 $16 {retombe sur des
positions de gambit-dame accepté ou le Nd7 serait mieux placé en c6"}) 10... b5
(10... c5) 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Qe2 c5 $132 13. dxc5 Nxc5 (13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 (14.
Qxf3 Ne5) 14... Nxc5 $11) 14. Bc2 Nd5 $146 ({RR} 14... Qb6 15. b4 Ncd7 16. a3
Rac8 17. Bb1 h6 18. Bf4 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Rfd1 Nf6 21. Ne5 Red8 22. e4 Bb7
23. Be3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qc7 25. Bd4 Rd8 26. Ng4 Qc4 27. Nxf6+ Bxf6 28. Bxf6 Qxe2
29. Rxd8+ {Labatt,L-Maroczy,G/New Orleans 1906/EXT 2003/0-1}) (14... b4) 15.
Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. b3 (17. Rfd1 Rac8 (17... Bxa2 18. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 19.
Qc2+ {[%cal Gc2c5,Gc2h7]})) 17... Rac8 18. e4 $14 Bb7 19. b4 (19. e5 {semblait
plus solide pour gagner de l'espace car après b2b4, le P sera assez faible})
19... Nd7 (19... Na4) 20. Rfd1 Nf8 {[%cal Ge7b4]} (20... Nf6 {[%cal Ge7b4]})
21. a3 Rc3 22. Bd3 $1 (22. Ne5 Rec8) 22... Rec8 (22... Rxa3 $2 23. Qb2) 23.
Rxc3 Rxc3 24. Qb2 Rc8 (24... Qc7 $11) 25. Rc1 Rd8 26. Bb1 Nd7 27. Qd4 Nf6 28.
Qe5 Ng4 29. Qf4 Nf6 30. h3 Ne8 31. Ne5 Nd6 32. Ng4 Nc4 33. e5 Kh8 34. Nf6 $1 {
[%csl Rh7][%cal Gb1h7]} gxf6 $4 (34... Nxe5 $1 35. Nxh7 f6 36. Ng5 Kg8 37. Ba2
Nc4 $132) (34... h6) 35. Qh4 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 09th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2009.10.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wirig, Anthony"]
[Black "Meijers, Viesturs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[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 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Rc1 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Qa4 (9. Bb5) (9. Bd3) 9... c5 10. Bb5 Bb7 11. O-O a6 12. Bxd7 Nxd7 13.
Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qa3 (14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Rfd1 d4 16. exd4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qg5+) 14...
Rfe8 $146 ({RR} 14... Rfc8 15. Na4 Rc7 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rc2 h6 18. Rfc1 Rac8
19. h3 Qf8 20. Nd4 g6 21. Ne2 c4 22. Qxf8+ Kxf8 23. Rd2 Bc6 24. Nac3 Nf6 25.
Nf4 Rb7 26. Rcc2 Rd8 27. Rd4 g5 28. Nfe2 Rdb8 29. Rdd2 {Collas,D (2422)
-Meijers,V (2477)/St Chely d'Aubrac 2004/CBM 101 ext/1/2-1/2 (62)}) 15. b3 Rac8
16. Rfd1 Qe6 17. Ne2 c4 $1 18. Qb4 b5 19. a4 Qb6 20. Nc3 bxa4 21. Qxb6 Nxb6 22.
bxa4 Bc6 23. Ra1 f6 24. Rdb1 Rb8 25. Nd2 a5 26. Ra2 Rb7 27. Kf1 Reb8 28. Rab2 {
[%csl Rb7,Rb8]} Kf8 (28... Nc8 29. Rxb7 Rxb7 30. Rxb7 Bxb7 31. e4 {[%cal Gd2c4]
}) 29. f3 f5 30. Kf2 Ke7 31. g4 fxg4 32. fxg4 Nd7 33. Rxb7 Rxb7 34. Rxb7 Bxb7
35. e4 {[%cal Gd2c4]} Ke6 (35... Nb6 {[%cal Gb6c4,Gb6a4]}) 36. Ke3 Nb6 37.
exd5+ Bxd5 (37... Nxd5+ 38. Nxd5 Kxd5 $15) 38. h4 h6 39. Nde4 Bc6 40. Nc5+ Kf6
41. N5e4+ Ke7 42. Nd2 Bd7 43. d5 Bxg4 44. Kd4 Bd7 45. Kc5 Nxa4+ 46. Nxa4 Bxa4
47. Nxc4 g5 48. hxg5 hxg5 49. Nxa5 g4 50. Kd4 g3 51. Ke3 Kd6 52. Kf3 Kxd5 53.
Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match Janowski-Marshall +5-2=2"]
[Site "Suresnes"]
[Date "1908.02.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Black "Janowski, Dawid Markelowicz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D63"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1908.01.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 Re8 {
[%cal Gd7f8] Une ligne secondaire} (7... c6) (7... a6) 8. a3 $5 $146 {Un coup
d'attente utile pour éviter de perdre un tempo sur dc4 en jouant trop tôt le B}
(8. Bd3 {Znosko Borovsky,E-Bernstein,O Ostend-B 1907 (18) 0-1}) 8... a6 {
[%cal Gd5c4,Gb7b5]} (8... c6 {Devenu ensuite plus courant}) 9. cxd5 (9. Bd3
$143 dxc4 $1 10. Bxc4 b5 $132) 9... exd5 10. Bd3 Nf8 (10... c6 $142 11. Qc2 Nf8
12. O-O Ng6) 11. Qb3 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gb3f7,Gf3e5]} c6 12. O-O (12. Ne5 Ne6 (
12... Ng6 $143 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. O-O $14) 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qc2 {[%csl Rh7]} h6
15. Bh7+ Kf8 16. f4 {[%csl Ge5]} Bxe5 17. fxe5 Qh4+ 18. g3 Qg5 19. Qf2) 12...
Ng6 13. Rfe1 (13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Na4 {[%cal Ga4c5]}) 13... Ne4 $1 14. Bxe4 Bxg5
15. Bxg6 (15. Bb1 $142 {[%cal Gb3c2]} Nh4 16. Nxh4 Bxh4 17. Qc2 g6 18. Qb3 (18.
e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Bf5 $132)) 15... hxg6 $11 16. Na4 {[%csl Rb6,Rc5]} b5 $2 {
[%csl Rc5,Rc6] L'affaiblissement des cases noires sera vite exploité par les
blancs} (16... Bf6 $142 17. Nc5 $11) 17. Nc5 $16 Bh6 $6 (17... Bf5 $142) 18.
Nd3 $1 {[%csl Rc6]} Bb7 19. Nfe5 $36 {[%csl Rc6,Ge5,Rf7][%cal Gb3f7,Ge3e4] Les
N dominent la paire de B} Rc8 (19... Qb6) 20. Nc5 $40 {[%csl Rb7]} Qb6 21. Qd1
Rc7 22. Nxb7 $6 {Pourquoi échanger un fort N contre un mauvais B car même si
le P "c6" risque de tomber la réalisation technique demande du travail alors
que les blancs avaient un bon jeu en gardant les pièces. Au surplus, le N du N
qui va suivre va donner assez de compensations aux noirs. La décision de
Marshall peut s'expliquer par le gain du P mais aussi par la virtuosité
réputée de Janowsky dans le maniement de la paire de B; Alekhine avait
d'ailleurs déclaré qu'il n'y avait pas de joueur aussi fort dans
l'exploitation de la paire de B.} (22. h4 $5 Bc8 23. h5 gxh5 24. Qxh5 {[%csl
Rf7]} Ree7 (24... Rce7 25. Ncd3) 25. g4 {[%cal Gg4g5]} f6 26. Ng6 Re8 {[%cal
Gh5e8]} 27. f4 $36 {[%csl Rh6]}) 22... Qxb7 23. Rc5 Bg5 24. Qc2 (24. f4 Be7)
24... Rec8 25. Rc1 Be7 26. Rxc6 Rxc6 27. Nxc6 Kh7 $1 $44 {[%csl Rc6][%cal
Gc8c2] retour de baton avec le clouage pénible du N!} 28. e4 $4 (28. Qc3 Qd7 (
28... b4) 29. g3 g5 {[%cal Gg5g4]} 30. Kg2 g6 31. Rc2 g4 {[%csl Rf3][%cal
Gd7f5,Gf5f3]} 32. Qd3) (28. g3 $16 {[%cal Gg1g2,Gf2f4]}) 28... Bg5 $1 $132 29.
exd5 Bxc1 30. Qxc1 Qd7 {[%csl Rd5]} 31. Qg5 Re8 $40 32. h3 f6 $17 33. Qh4+ Kg8
34. Nb4 a5 35. Nc6 Qxd5 36. Nxa5 g5 37. Qg4 Re4 38. Qc8+ Kh7 39. Qc5 $2 Re1+
40. Kh2 Qe4 $19 {[%cal Ge4f4]} 41. Qd6 Re2 42. Qg3 Qxd4 43. f3 Rxb2 44. Nc6 Qf4
45. Qxf4 gxf4 46. h4 Kh6 47. Nd4 Kh5 48. Kh3 Rb1 49. g4+ fxg3 50. Kxg3 Kg6 51.
Kg4 b4 52. h5+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Eforie Nord"]
[Date "2000.12.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Black "Ciolac, Gheorghe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2000.12.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bucharest RAT"]
[BlackTeam "Bucharest Electrica"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. d4 {Tsesarsky} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7.
Rc1 a6 {Quite an interesting line, where Black has very good chances to
equalize.} 8. c5 c6 9. Bd3 e5 10. dxe5 Ne8 11. Bxe7 {A quiet move which leads
to a slight edge. In my opinion with an accurate play Black is able to
equalize.} (11. h4 {is more aggressive, but I am not sure that it is the
strongest if Black defends correctly.}) ({another mainlines are:} 11. h4) (11.
Bf4 Nxc5 12. Bb1) 11... Qxe7 12. Qc2 {Tsesarsky:} ({Other variations allow
Black to equalize:} 12. Bb1 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. O-O Nf6 15. Qd4 Qg5 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Lukacs,P-Zoltek,T/Lodz(3) 1979 (48)}) (12. Na4 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14.
Nb6 Rb8 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. Qb3 Rc7 $11 {1-0 Michalski,O-Maciejewski,M/Polanica
Zdroj 1994 (33)}) (12. b4 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. O-O Nc7 $11) 12... g6 {
Tsesarsky:} ({Not bad another continuation:} 12... h6 {Here worth of attention
active promotion} 13. e4 $5 (13. O-O Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Qa4 Nf6 16. Qd4 $11
{0-1 Estremera Panos,S-Spassky,B/Oviedo rapid 1991 (39)}) (13. Ne2 Nxe5 14.
Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Qc3 Qc7 16. O-O Nf6 17. Qd4 Bg4 $132 {1-0 Lerner Konstantin
Z-Ziatdinov,R/Tashkent Uzbekistan 1986 (61)}) 13... Nxe5 $1 (13... Nxc5 14.
exd5 $16) 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. O-O Nf6 (15... dxe4 16. Nxe4 $14) 16. exd5 {
-like in the game noted above: 1-0 Kotronias,V-Goldin,A/Sochi-A 1989 (40)} (16.
exd5 Ng4 (16... Nxd5 17. Rfe1 Qh5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Bc4 $14) 17. g3 Qh5 18. h4
cxd5 $132 {1-0 Kotronias,V-Goldin,A/Sochi-A 1989 (40)}) (16. h3 dxe4 17. Nxe4
Nd5 18. Qd2 Nf4 (18... Bf5 $6 19. Rfe1 Bg6 20. Bb1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Schmidt,
W-Gdanski,J/MK Cafe, Koszalin POL 1997 (59)}) 19. Bb1 Be6 20. Rfe1 Bd5 $11 {
0-1 Ageichenko Genadi A-Arbakov,V/Moscow ch RUS 1988 (60)})) 13. e4 $146 {
'!?' Tsesarsky. Tsesarsky: 'White tries to play actively.'} (13. Na4 $5 Nxe5
14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Qc3 $11 {/+/=.}) (13. Ne2 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 {
Tsesarsky: 'and White leaves with a small advantage after'} 15. Qc3 (15. O-O
Ng7 16. Nd4 f5 17. Nf3 Qe7 18. Rfe1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Mikenas-Garcia Vera,R/Rosario
1939 (37)}) 15... Qe7 (15... Qxc3+ 16. Rxc3 {/\Rd2, b4, a4+/=.}) 16. O-O Bg4
17. Nd4 Nc7 18. a4 $14 {1-0 Tabatadze,T-Begovac,F/Novi Sad 1988/ (40)}) (13. b4
Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. O-O Ng7 16. e4 $11 {/+/=. 1/2-1/2 Bock,J-Thielen,D/Goch
1996/ (40)}) 13... Nxe5 (13... Nxc5 $2 14. exd5 Bg4 15. Be2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Qxe5+
17. Ne2 $18) 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. O-O dxe4 (15... Nf6 $6 16. exd5 Ng4 17. g3 Qh5
18. h4 $16) 16. Nxe4 f5 $2 {This only weakens Black's position and it is a
clear mistake.} (16... Bf5 17. Rfe1 Rd8 $1 {Of course Black must have played
this. The position is rather equal.} 18. Qb3 $5 (18. b3 Qd4 19. Rcd1 Rd5 20.
Qb1 Qb4 $13) 18... Be6 19. Qa3 $14 {/=.}) 17. Ng5 $16 Qf6 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. f4 (
19. Rfe1 $5 $16 Qxg5 $140 $2 (19... Nc7 $16) 20. Rxe8 $1 $18 Rxe8 21. Qc3+)
19... h6 20. Nf3 Be6 21. Bxe6 {The natural move. However, it turns out to be
an innacuracy and gives the opponent chances to escape.} (21. Qb3 Bxc4 22. Rxc4
$16) 21... Qxe6 22. Qc3+ Nf6 23. Rfe1 Qf7 $1 {I overlooked this move. Thought
that the Knight comes on e5 attacking the Queen, but Black holds somehow.} (
23... Qxa2 $2 24. b3 $18) 24. Rcd1 (24. Ne5 Qg7) 24... Kh7 (24... Qg7 25. Ne5
Kh7 {- 24. ... Kh7}) 25. Ne5 (25. Rd6 Rad8 $1 {And although White still has
the initiative, there is nothing concrete.} (25... Ne4 {My opponent intended
this, but it loses by force:} 26. Rxe4 fxe4 27. Ne5 Qxf4 28. Rd7+ Kg8 29. Qb3+
$18)) 25... Qg7 26. Nd7 Nxd7 $4 (26... Rf7 27. Nxf6+ Rxf6 $14 {White's
advantage is not enough for a win.}) 27. Qxg7+ Kxg7 28. Rxd7+ Rf7 29. Ree7 {
Now it's all over.} Rxe7 (29... Raf8 30. Rxb7 $18) 30. Rxe7+ Kf6 31. Rxb7 $18
Ke6 (31... Rd8 32. Rb6 $18) 32. Rg7 g5 33. fxg5 hxg5 34. Rxg5 Rb8 35. Rg6+ (35.
b3 Rb5 36. Rg6+ Kd7) 35... Kd5 (35... Kd7 36. Rd6+ Kc7 37. Rd2 Rb5 38. Rc2 $18)
36. b3 Rf8 (36... Kxc5 37. Rg5 Kd4 38. Rxf5 $18) 37. Kf2 Kxc5 38. Kf3 a5 39. h4
a4 40. bxa4 Ra8 41. Rf6 Rxa4 42. Rxf5+ Kd6 43. h5 Ke6 (43... Rxa2 $142 {
a tougher defence, but White is winning anyway.}) 44. g4 Rxa2 45. Kf4 Rc2 46.
h6 Rh2 47. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2014.12.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 {This is a small tweak in the opening.
Main moves are of course Be7 which leads to the QGD and Bb4 which leads to the
Ragozin. With this move Nbd7, Black keeps the game in QGD territory but gets
some additional options.} 5. Bg5 (5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Nh5 {Though only tried in
blitz by Carlsen and Kramnik, it could be possible that Kramnik was intending
to play this today and that is the reason why he chose 4...Nbd7 move order.})
5... h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 (9... exd5 10. Bd3 $14 {
is a definite edge for White from the opening.}) 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 {White should
be slightly better here. Black has played the opening quite unambitiously. But
White's advantage is not very threatening as Kramnik proves over the next few
moves.} 11. Be2 {The bishop looks much better placed on e2 than on d3.} (11.
Bd3 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qe2 (13. e4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Ng6 $15) 13... Bxf3 $1 14.
Qxf3 cxd4 15. exd4 Nf6 $11 {In this IQP position where two pairs of minor
pieces have been exchanged and also the d5-square is under the control of the
knights, Black shouldn't be worse.}) 11... b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nd4
(14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. Rfd1 Nd5 (15... Rac8 16. Nb5 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Bd5 $11) 16.
Nxd5 Bxd5 17. b3 $11 {and in this symmetrical position I wonder how Kramnik
would have won. But I am nowhere near Kramnik's technique so it's better that
I do not get into it! The position however looks completely drawish.}) 14...
Nf5 $5 15. Nxf5 exf5 {Why would Kramnik voluntarily double his pawns? Maybe he
just wanted to unbalance the position in some way or the other, no matter how
little.} 16. Bf3 $6 {I dislike this move. It might be objectively fine but if
White wanted to play safely then why not just exchange the queens and play
Rfd1?} (16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Rfd1 $11 {[%cal Gf2f3,Gg1f2]}) 16... Qxd1 17. Rfxd1
Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rfd8 19. Kf1 {Bringing the king into the centre is natural.} (19.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Nxd1 {This position might not hold any advantage
for Black but it is a very timid decision of trying to exchange both the rooks
and bringing your knight to an unfavourable square. Something that Salem Saleh
being an aggressive player would dislike. Also White has no reasons to resort
to such exchanging operations.}) 19... g6 20. Ke2 Kg7 21. Nb5 Kf6 22. Rxd8 Rxd8
23. b4 (23. Nxa7 {I like this variation because it is quite unusual.} Ra8 24.
Nc8 $5 {This is the surprising move.} Rxa2 (24... Rxc8 25. b4 Ra8 (25... Ke5
26. bxc5 bxc5 27. a4 Kd5 28. Kd3 Ra8 29. Ra1 Ra5 30. Kc3 h5 31. h4 $11) 26.
bxc5 Rxa2+ 27. Kf1 bxc5 28. Rxc5 $11 {and even the best technique in the world
cannot win this.}) 25. Rc2 Ra6 (25... Na4 26. Kd2 Ra1 27. b3 Nc5 28. b4 Nd7 29.
f4 Rh1 30. Rc7 $14) 26. Nxb6 Rxb6 27. Rxc5 $11) 23... Ne6 24. Rc6 (24. Nc7 Rd7
(24... Rc8 25. Nd5+ $18) 25. Nxe6 fxe6 $11) 24... Ke7 25. a3 Rd7 26. Rc8 a6 27.
Nc3 b5 28. Ra8 Rd6 29. Rh8 (29. Nb1 {with the idea of placing the knight on b3
via d2 is a good idea. It would tie up the knight on e6.} Kf6 30. Nd2 Kg5 31.
f4+ Kh4 32. Nf3+ Kh3 33. Ne5 {And it is White who is creating some dangerous
play.}) 29... g5 $1 (29... h5 {was also possible but the move g5 has a very
deep idea behind it. Kramnik wants to keep the h5-square free for his king
which would embark on a journey to attack the h2-pawn.}) (29... Rc6 $5 30. Kd3
Ng5 31. f4 Nh3 32. f3 Nf2+ 33. Kd2 Rd6+ 34. Ke2 Nd3 $36 {Black has an edge.})
30. Ra8 (30. Rxh6 $2 Nf4+ $19) 30... Kf6 $1 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Gf6g6,Gg6h5,Gh5h4,
Gh4h3] Kramnik now starts a king march towards the weakest point in White's
camp. Any guesses? Of course the h2-pawn!} 31. Ra7 Kg6 32. Na2 Nd8 33. Ke1 $2 {
Why waste time? It would have been better to execute the manoeuvre of putting
the N on c5 via Nc1-b3-c5.} Kh5 {As Lasker said, "It is better to follow out a
plan consistently even if it isn't the best one than to play without a plan at
all". Here Black has a clear-cut plan of attacking the h2-pawn while White is
doing nothing much. That is the main reason why his position slowly goes
downhill.} 34. Nc1 Kh4 35. Nb3 Kh3 {Doesn't this king route remind you of the
game Cohn-Rubinstein that was played in St.Petersburg in 1909 where the God of
endgame play marched his king to the h3-square in a pure pawn endgame to
attack the weak pawn on h2. It could be possible that Kramnik was motivated to
find this idea from that game of Rubinstein.} 36. Nd4 (36. Nc5 Kxh2 37. Rxa6
Rxa6 38. Nxa6 Kg2 $19 {The h-pawn queens easily.}) 36... f4 37. Ra8 (37. Nf5 {
also doesn't really help.} Rf6 38. e4 (38. Nd4 Kxh2 {is also possible.}) 38...
Kg2 39. Ra8 Nc6 40. Rxa6 Re6 41. a4 (41. Ke2 Nd4+ $19) 41... bxa4 42. Rxa4 (42.
b5 Ne5 43. Rxe6 fxe6 44. Nd4 a3 45. Ke2 a2 46. Nc2 (46. Nb3 Nxf3 47. b6 Nd4+
$19) 46... Nxf3 $19) 42... Ne5 43. Ke2 Nxf3 $19) 37... Kxh2 38. Nf5 Rf6 39. e4
(39. Nxh6 Rxh6 40. Rxd8 Kg2 {is a scary position, particularly because Ke2
doesn't work here.} 41. Ke2 $2 (41. Rg8 $1 {would lead most probably to a draw.
} Kxf3 42. Rxg5 fxe3 43. Rf5+ Ke4 44. Rxf7 exf2+ 45. Kxf2 Rh3 46. Ke2 Rxa3 47.
Kd2 $11) 41... g4 $1 42. fxg4 f3+ $19) 39... Nc6 40. Rxa6 Rg6 {You can bank on
the fact that in this technical phase of the game, Kramnik will be the most
accurate.} 41. Kf1 {Trying to lock the king in on h2.} Ne5 42. Ra5 (42. Rxg6
fxg6 43. Nd4 h5 44. Nxb5 g4 45. fxg4 hxg4 $19 {[%cal Gg4g3,Gg3g2]}) 42... Nxf3
43. Rxb5 {It is a race between the pawns now but Black's pawns supported by
the king are way faster than the white pawns. Also there will be mating nets
being formed around the white king.} g4 (43... h5 {was the more accurate way
to start.} 44. a4 h4 45. a5 h3 46. Rb6 Nd2+ 47. Ke2 Kg2 $19) (43... Nd2+ 44.
Ke2 Nxe4 45. Re5 {gives White unnecessary counterplay.}) 44. Rd5 (44. a4 Rc6 $1
(44... g3 45. Nxg3 $1 Nd2+ 46. Ke2 fxg3 47. fxg3 Nxe4 48. Kf3 Nxg3 49. Rc5 $17
{White has some drawing chances because the black forces are not co-ordinated.}
) 45. Rc5 Rxc5 46. bxc5 g3 47. fxg3 fxg3 48. Nxg3 Kxg3 49. c6 Nd2+ 50. Ke2 Nxe4
51. c7 Nd6 52. a5 h5 53. a6 Nc8 $19) 44... h5 45. Ng3 h4 (45... fxg3 46. Rxh5+
Nh4 47. Rxh4# {would be horrible!}) 46. Ne2 g3 47. fxg3 (47. Nxf4 g2+ 48. Nxg2
Rxg2 $19) 47... fxg3 {Now it is just winning for Black.} 48. b5 Rf6 49. Rf5
Rxf5 50. exf5 g2+ 51. Kf2 Nd4 52. Ng1 Nxb5 53. a4 Nc3 54. Nf3+ (54. a5 Ne4+ $19
) 54... Kh1 55. a5 h3 (55... h3 56. a6 h2 $19 {A nice technical achievement by
Kramnik. The thing that was impressive about this game was that even though
Vladimir was in a must win situation and he was facing an opponent who was
rated 200 points below him, he wasn't afraid to go into equal positions. He
found those little imbalances like the h2-pawn weakness which would help him
to put pressure on the opponent. Using all his technical superiority he ground
out a win!}) 0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Rc1
c5 9. dxc5 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nxc5 11. O-O a6 12. Nd4 Nfe4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qc2
Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Na4 16. Qc2 Bd7 17. b3 Nb6 18. Be2 Rac8 19. Qe4 Nd5 20. Bd3 f5
21. Qe5 Nc3 22. Nc6 Rxc6 23. Rxc3 Rxc3 24. Qxc3 Rc8 25. Qd2 Rd8 26. Qe2 Bc6 27.
a4 Qg5 28. f3 Rd6 29. Rd1 Kf7 30. Bc2 Rxd1+ 31. Bxd1 {First of all if you want
to learn how to create something from nothing, to squeeze water from a stone,
you must study this game carefully from this point onwards. The position is
very drawish and it is not clear why any side should be better but Kramnik
makes use of his trumps excellently.} f4 $5 {A very counter-intuitive move.
This spoils the structure and isolates the e6 pawn. But there are some upsides
to it too. It White replies e4, all his pawns are fixed on light squares and
if he takes on f4 as in the game then the d5 square is a fixed outpost for the
light squared bishop. Of course it is not much but there is some progress!} 32.
exf4 Qxf4 33. Qd3 Qe5 34. h3 (34. Kf2 Qxh2 $17) (34. g3 {It might be
positionally desirable, to place your pawns on the opposite colour from your
bishop but after} Qb2 {there will always be some problems with the f3 or the
b3 pawns although} 35. Bc2 {might hold out here.}) 34... Ke7 {A micro edge
that Black has in this position is that his king is much more active than
White's king. It is a joy to see how Kramnik makes use of that imbalance. And
also the a4- and b3-pawns are currently on light squares, and so are f3-g2-h3.
Vladimir fixes them so that they will remain targets for his bishop.} 35. Bc2
Qc5+ 36. Kh1 a5 {The b3-pawn is fixed forever. Something to nibble at!} 37. Qd2
(37. Qg6 Qc3 $15) 37... Qe5 38. Bd3 Qa1+ 39. Kh2 Qd4 {Not allowing Bc4 at
least for the time being.} 40. Qc2 Kd6 41. Bc4 {White has been able to
activate his bishop and it stands wonderfully on c4. The position should be
equal now.} Be8 42. Kh1 h5 $1 {The h-pawn threatens to go to h4 to fix more
pawns.} 43. Qc1 Bd7 44. Qa3+ Kc7 45. Qc1 Kd6 46. Qa3+ Kc7 47. Qc1 Kb6 $1 {
No draw!} 48. Qc2 h4 49. Bd3 Bc6 50. Be4 Bd5 $1 {A curious situation: if the
bishop is taken it gives Black a passed pawn and if it is not then there is
constant pressure on the b3 pawn. It's quite a confusing situation for
Matlakov. Besides that his king is caged in on h1.} 51. Kh2 (51. Qc8 $5 Bxe4
52. fxe4 Qxe4 53. Qd8+ {leads to a draw by perpetual.} Kc5 54. Qxa5+ Kd4 {
This is similar to the game, but the pawn is on e6 and not on d5 and this
increases the drawing chances for White.}) 51... Qe3 52. Bxd5 Qe5+ 53. Kh1 exd5
54. Qc8 Qe1+ 55. Kh2 Qe5+ 56. Kh1 Qd6 57. Qe8 Kc5 $1 {A bold decision, playing
for a win. You can see how this position is a picture of complete victory for
Black's play, how he made use of all the imbalances to his favour while White
did not. The king is active on c5 and the white pawns have been fixed by a5
and h4. The margin of error is very small here. Only one move gives equality
and Matlakov wasn't able to find it.} (57... d4 58. Qb5+ Ka7 59. Qxa5+ Kb8 60.
Qd2 $11) 58. Qb5+ $6 (58. Qe1 $1 {Stopping the march of the black king was the
only way to draw.}) 58... Kd4 59. Qxa5 Kd3 $17 {The d-pawn shepherded by the
king and the queen will spell White's doom.} 60. Qb5+ Kc3 61. Qa5+ Kc2 62. Qe1
d4 (62... Qf4 {might have been more accurate as after} 63. Qf2+ Qd2 64. Qc5+
Kb2 $19 {There are no more checks and the d-pawn starts running down.}) 63.
Qe2+ Kxb3 64. Qd1+ Kb4 65. Qb1+ Kxa4 66. Qxb7 d3 67. Qb2 d2 68. Qa2+ Kb5 69.
Qb2+ Qb4 70. Qc2 (70. Qe5+ Kc4 71. Qe4+ Kc3 72. Qe3+ Kc2 $19) 70... Qd4 71.
Qb3+ Kc5 72. Qc2+ Kb4 73. Qd1 Qb2 {A beautiful technical grind by the ex-World
Champion.} 0-1

[Event "British CF-72 Championship"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1985.08.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Levitt, Jonathan"]
[Black "Hartston, William R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Schiller,E"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1985.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 $5 7. Bh4 O-O 8.
Rc1 a6 9. cxd5 exd5 (9... Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 (10... Qxe7 11. e4 Nf4 12. Qd2 Ng6
13. Bd3 $14) 11. e4 $14) 10. Bd3 c6 11. O-O Re8 12. Bg3 Nf8 $5 $146 (12... Bf8
13. Bb1 $1 $16 {Gligoric-Hort, Palma izt 1970}) 13. Ne5 N6d7 14. e4 (14. Nxc6
$5 bxc6 15. Nxd5) (14. f4) 14... Nxe5 15. Bxe5 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Nd7 17. Bg3 Nf6
18. Bb1 Be6 19. Qd3 g6 20. Qd2 Nd5 21. Be5 (21. Qxh6 $4 Bg5) 21... Kh7 22. Rcd1
Qd7 23. h3 Rad8 24. Be4 Bf5 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. Rc1 Rc8 27. Rfe1 $6 b5 28. Ne2 f6
29. Bf4 g5 30. Be3 Rc4 $1 $17 31. Rxc4 dxc4 32. Rd1 Bd6 33. h4 Bd3 34. hxg5
hxg5 35. Nc1 Be4 36. Qe2 Kg6 37. d5 Qh7 $1 38. Qg4 Qh2+ 39. Kf1 Qh1+ 40. Ke2
Qxg2 41. Qxg2 Bxg2 42. b3 g4 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2015.05.05"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2015.05.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belorechensk Univ"]
[BlackTeam "Novosibirsk Sibir"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
c5 (8... c6 {führt zum alten Orthodoxen Damengambit.}) 9. dxc5 (9. cxd5 Nxd5
10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Be2 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nd4 Nf5 15. Nxf5 exf5
16. Bf3 Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rfd8 19. Kf1 g6 20. Ke2 Kg7 21. Nb5 Kf6
22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. b4 Ne6 24. Rc6 Ke7 25. a3 Rd7 26. Rc8 a6 27. Nc3 b5 28. Ra8
Rd6 29. Rh8 g5 30. Ra8 Kf6 31. Ra7 Kg6 32. Na2 Nd8 33. Ke1 Kh5 34. Nc1 Kh4 35.
Nb3 Kh3 36. Nd4 f4 37. Ra8 Kxh2 38. Nf5 Rf6 39. e4 Nc6 40. Rxa6 Rg6 41. Kf1 Ne5
42. Ra5 Nxf3 43. Rxb5 g4 44. Rd5 h5 45. Ng3 h4 46. Ne2 g3 47. fxg3 fxg3 48. b5
Rf6 49. Rf5 Rxf5 50. exf5 g2+ 51. Kf2 Nd4 52. Ng1 Nxb5 53. a4 Nc3 54. Nf3+ Kh1
55. a5 h3 {0-1 (55) Salem,A (2586)-Kramnik,V (2760) Doha 2014}) 9... Nxc5 (9...
dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nxc5 11. O-O a6 12. Nd4 Nfe4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qd3
Nf6 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. Nf3 Ba4 18. Bb3 {1/2-1/2 (18) Sargissian,G (2668)
-Sethuraman,S (2623) Tsaghkadzor 2015}) 10. cxd5 g5 11. Bg3 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5
13. Qxd5 exd5 14. Be5 (14. Be2 Ne4 15. Nd4 Bb4+ 16. Kd1 Re8 17. Nb5 Rd8 18. f3
Nxg3 19. hxg3 Kg7 20. a3 Ba5 21. Nd4 Bd7 22. g4 Bb6 23. Bd3 Re8 24. Kd2 Re7 25.
Rce1 Rae8 26. b3 a5 27. b4 axb4 28. axb4 Bxd4 29. exd4 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Rxe1 31.
Kxe1 b6 {1/2-1/2 (31) Metelmann,K (2294)-Ginzborsky,L (2275) ICCF email 2008})
14... Bf5 15. Be2 Rac8 {Schwarz hat bequemen Ausgleich erlangt.} 16. O-O Bd3
17. Rce1 (17. Rfe1 Bxe2 18. Rxe2 Nd3) 17... Be4 18. Rd1 a6 19. Bd4 Ne6 20. Bc3
b5 (20... Nc5 $5 {mit der Idee} 21. Z0 Na4) 21. Rc1 b4 22. Be5 f6 23. Bg3 (23.
Nd4 $5 Nxd4 24. Bxd4 a5 25. f3 Bf5 26. Bb5 $14) 23... a5 24. Bb5 Kf7 25. Nd4
Nc5 $2 (25... Nxd4 26. exd4 h5 27. f3 Bf5 $11) 26. f3 Bg6 {Der Läufer steht
hier für den Kampf am Damenflügel etwas abseits.} 27. Rfd1 (27. Nc6 $2 Bd3
$11) 27... h5 28. Nc6 h4 29. Bf2 Ne6 30. Rxd5 Rc7 31. e4 $18 {Diagramm [#]
Weiß hat einen Bauern gewonnen bei anhaltender Initiative. Die schwarzen
Damenflügelbauern stehen nun unter Beschuss.} Ra8 (31... Rb8 32. Be3 $18) 32.
Rc4 (32. Rcd1 $5) 32... Kg8 (32... Nf4 $5 {war vielleicht zäher:} 33. Ne5+
fxe5 34. Rxc7 Nxd5 35. exd5 Kf8 36. Bc6 Rb8 37. Ba7 Rd8 38. Kf2 $18) 33. Bb6
Rb7 34. Bxa5 (34. Nxe7+ $5 Rxe7 35. Bc6 Ra6 36. Bxa5 Bf7 37. Bxb4 Rea7 38. Rd6
Rxa2 (38... Nf4 39. Rc2 Bxa2 40. Bc3 $18) 39. Rc2 $18) 34... Bf8 35. Nd8 $2 {
Diese Abwicklung bringt Weiß wenig ein.} (35. Ba4 $18) 35... Rxb5 ({Am
einfachsten war} 35... Nxd8 36. Bxd8 Rxb5 37. Rxb5 Rxd8 $11) 36. Rxb5 Nxd8 37.
Bxb4 Bf7 38. Rc1 Ne6 (38... Rxa2 39. Rc8 Ra1+ 40. Kf2 Rd1 $16) 39. Rd1 (39. Ra5
Rd8 $16) 39... Bxb4 40. Rxb4 Rxa2 41. Rd7 (41. Rb7 Nc5 42. Rb5 Ne6 43. Kf2 $16)
41... Nc5 42. Rd6 Kg7 43. Rb5 $14 Ne6 (43... Ra1+ 44. Kf2 Rc1 $15) 44. Rb7 Kg6
45. g3 Ra1+ 46. Kg2 Rc1 47. Rd2 (47. Rbb6 Rc2+ 48. Kh3 Rf2 49. Rxe6 Bxe6+ 50.
Rxe6 Kf7 51. Rc6 Rxf3 $14) 47... Nc5 48. Re7 hxg3 49. hxg3 Rc4 50. e5 g4 51.
exf6 gxf3+ 52. Kxf3 Kxf6 53. Re3 Bh5+ 54. Kg2 Ne4 55. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 22nd"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2014.05.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smith, Axel"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2014.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rc1 Re8 (11... c5 12. Qa4 a6 13. dxc5 bxc5
14. Rfd1 Qb6 15. Qb3 Qa7 16. Bg3 Rad8 17. Rd2 Rfe8 18. Qd1 Bf8 19. Bh4 Qa8 20.
Ne1 Be7 21. Bg3 Nf8 22. Nf3 Ne6 23. Bh4 d4 24. exd4 cxd4 25. Na4 Nf4 26. Nc5
Bxc5 27. Bxf6 d3 28. Bxd3 Bxf3 29. gxf3 Rd5 30. Bh4 Bb4 31. Rc3 Bxc3 32. bxc3
Red8 {0-1 (32) Topalov,V (2740)-Kasparov,G (2825) Sofia 1998}) 12. Qa4 a6 13.
Rfd1 (13. b4 c6 14. Bd3 a5 15. bxa5 Rxa5 16. Qb3 Ra3 17. Qd1 b5 18. Bb1 Qa8 19.
Ne2 b4 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Nd7 22. Bg3 Ba6 23. Re1 Nf8 24. Nd4 c5 25. Nf5 Ne6
26. Qg4 Kf8 27. f4 Bd3 28. Bxd3 Rxd3 29. Nxe7 Rxe7 30. Qf5 c4 31. Qh7 Ke8 32.
f5 Nf8 33. Qxg7 Rd2 34. Bf4 Rxa2 35. Bxh6 Kd7 36. Qxf8 Qxf8 37. Bxf8 b3 38.
Bxe7 Kxe7 39. Ra1 Rxa1 40. Rxa1 b2 {0-1 (40) Blum,G (2270)-Blatny,P (2480) Neu
Isenburg 1992}) 13... Bd6 14. Ne1 Qb8 {Schwarz schielt nach h2.} 15. Bg3 Bxg3
16. hxg3 {In den nächsten Zügen verbessert Schwarz systematisch seine
Figurenstellung, während es dem weißen Spiel an Ideen mangelt.} Nf8 17. Nd3
Ne6 18. b4 Qd8 19. Qb3 Qd6 20. a4 Rad8 21. Qb2 {Ein etwas mysteriöser Zug.}
Ng5 22. Nf4 Re7 23. Nb1 {Auch dieses Springermanöver bedarf einer Erklärung.}
Nge4 24. Nd2 Bc8 25. Nxe4 {Den Se4 hätte man auch von c3 aus tauschen können.
} dxe4 {Das Wiedernehmen mit dem Bauern ist etwas überraschend, denn e4 war
ein schönes Feld für den Springer. Allerdings hat Schwarz nun über die
Drehscheibe d5 evtl. einen schönen Weg für seine Figuren zum weißen
Königsflügel.} 26. b5 axb5 27. axb5 Bb7 28. Bc4 Kf8 {Vorbereitung für den
kommenden Angriff.} 29. Ra1 g5 30. Ne2 h5 31. Ra7 Bd5 32. Rc1 Rdd7 33. Bxd5
Qxd5 34. Rc6 Kg7 35. Nc3 Qf5 36. Qe2 h4 {Houdini findet die Position völlig
ausgeglichen, aber aus menshclicher Sicht ist sie ein Spiel auf ein Tor.} 37.
gxh4 gxh4 38. Kf1 Qg5 39. Qc4 {Nun ist Weiß mit seinem Angriff auf c7 zum
ersten Mal im gegenerischen Strafraum...} Ng4 40. Ke2 $2 ({Für} 40. Raxc7 {
war keine Zeit:} Nh2+ 41. Ke1 (41. Kg1 h3 42. g3 Ng4 43. Rxd7 h2+ 44. Kg2 h1=Q+
45. Kxh1 Qh5+ 46. Kg2 Qh2+ 47. Kf1 Qxf2#) 41... Qxg2 42. Rxd7 Rxd7 43. Rxb6 h3
$19) ({Aber} 40. Ke1 {scheint vielleicht noch OK zu sein:} h3 (40... Qf5 41.
Qf1 $11) 41. gxh3 Nh2 42. Kd2 Qg1 43. Kc2 Qxf2+ 44. Qe2 Qxe2+ 45. Nxe2 Nf1 46.
Rc3 $11) 40... Qf5 {Mit dem König auf e2 geht Df1 nicht...} 41. Nd1 (41. Kd2
Ne5 $19) 41... Ne5 $3 42. dxe5 h3 {Die Pointe. Feld f3 wird für die Dame frei
geräumt.} 43. e6 (43. gxh3 Qf3+ 44. Ke1 Rxd1#) 43... hxg2 (43... Qg4+ {
war auch gut.}) 44. exd7 Rxd7 45. Qc3+ f6 46. Rxf6 Qxb5+ ({Nicht etwa} 46...
Qxf6 $4 47. Rxc7 $11) (46... Qxb5+ 47. Ke1 g1=Q#) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.10.30"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Simutowe, Amon"]
[Black "Dervishi, Erald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Simutowe,A"]
[PlyCount "204"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zambia"]
[BlackTeam "Albania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ZAM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ALB"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 a6 8. c5
c6 (8... Ne4 {is another variation} 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nd2 Nf6 12.
c6 bxc6 13. Rxc6 {1-0 after 56 moves Vaganian-Csom Hastings 1974}) 9. Bd3 Re8 (
9... e5 10. dxe5 Ne8 {leads to another variation}) (9... b6 10. cxb6 Qxb6 11.
O-O Qxb2 12. Na4 Qb7 13. Ne5 c5 14. Nxd7 Bxd7 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17.
Qg4+ Kh8 18. Qh4 f5 19. Qf6+ Kg8 20. Qg5+ Kh8 21. Qf6+ Kg8 22. dxc5 Bc6 23.
Qg5+ Kh8 24. Qf6+ Kg8 25. Rb1 Qc7 26. Rb4 Ra7 $2 27. Qg5+ Kh8 28. Qf6+ Kg8 29.
Rfb1 $2 (29. Rg4+ $1 fxg4 30. Qg5+ Kh8 31. Qh6 {wins}) 29... Bb5 30. Rg4+ fxg4
31. Qg5+ Kh8 32. Qh6 {1-0 Hort-Portisch Madrid 1973}) 10. h3 g6 11. Bf4 Nh5 12.
Bh2 {The White Dark squared Bishop has command of the h2-b8 diagonal} Bf6 13.
Be2 Ng7 14. e4 {avoiding the potential ..e5} b6 (14... dxe4 15. Nxe4 Qa5+ 16.
Qd2 Qxa2 $2 {is bad due to} 17. Nd6 Rf8 18. Bc4 Qa4 19. O-O {followed by Ra1
which wins material for White}) 15. cxb6 Qxb6 16. Qd2 Bb7 17. O-O c5 18. Na4
Qb4 19. Qxb4 cxb4 20. Rc7 Bc8 21. e5 $14 Bd8 22. Rc2 Nf5 23. Rfc1 Bb7 24. b3
Ba5 25. Bf4 Rec8 26. Bd2 Ne7 27. Bg5 Rxc2 28. Rxc2 Nc6 29. Kf1 Rc8 30. Bd3 Kg7
31. h4 h6 32. Be3 {with the idea of g4-g5} Bd8 33. g4 f6 34. exf6+ Bxf6 35. g5
hxg5 36. hxg5 Bd8 {White is still in control of the position} 37. Nc5 Nxc5 38.
Rxc5 Bb6 39. Rc1 Rf8 40. Kg2 e5 41. Bxa6 $1 Ba8 42. Rd1 Rf7 43. Bb5 e4 44. Nh2
Nd8 45. Ng4 Ne6 46. Ne5 Rc7 47. Bd7 Nf8 48. Bg4 Rc2 49. Ra1 $8 Bb7 50. a3 Rc3
51. axb4 Rxb3 52. Ra4 Rb1 53. Bh3 Rd1 54. Bg4 Rb1 55. Nd7 Nxd7 (55... Bc8 56.
Nxb6 Bxg4 57. Ra7+ Kg8 58. Kg3 Be6 59. Ra4 Bd7 60. Nxd7 Nxd7 61. Ra5 Rxb4 62.
Rxd5 Rb7 63. Kf4 {is better for white}) 56. Bxd7 Kf7 57. b5 Ke7 58. Bc6 Bxc6
59. bxc6 Bc7 60. Ra7 Kd8 61. Ra8+ Rb8 62. Ra6 Rb6 63. Ra5 Rxc6 64. Rxd5+ Ke7
65. Rb5 Kd7 66. Rd5+ Ke7 67. Kf1 Rb6 68. Rc5 Kd7 69. d5 Rb1+ 70. Kg2 Rd1 71.
Rb5 Rd3 72. Kf1 Ra3 73. Rb7 Kc8 74. Rb4 Ra5 75. Rxe4 Rxd5 76. Re8+ Rd8 77. Re7
Rd7 78. Re4 Kd8 79. Bd4 Kc8 80. Re8+ $2 {better is} (80. Bf6 Bb6 (80... Rd2 81.
Ke1 (81. Re8+ Kd7 82. Rg8 Bb6 83. Rxg6 Bxf2) 81... Ba5) 81. Re8+ Kb7 82. Ke2
Rc7 83. f4 Rc8 84. Rxc8 Kxc8 85. f5 gxf5 86. g6 {wins for white.}) 80... Rd8
81. Re4 Kd7 82. Bf6 Re8 83. Rc4 Bd6 84. Kg2 Ke6 85. Kf3 Rb8 86. Re4+ Kf5 87.
Rd4 Rb3+ 88. Kg2 Ke6 89. Ra4 Ra3 90. Re4+ Kf5 91. Rd4 Ke6 92. Bg7 Ra2 93. Kf3
Bc5 94. Re4+ Kd5 95. Re5+ Kd6 96. Re8 (96. Re2 Rxe2 97. Kxe2 Ke6 {is still
equal}) 96... Rxf2+ 97. Kg3 Kd7 98. Rg8 Ke6 99. Bf6 Kf5 100. Rc8 Rc2 101. Kf3
Rf2+ 102. Kg3 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg International Preliminary"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[Annotator "Tarrasch,S"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Tarrasch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 {Das Damengambit war für die Turnierspieler viele
Jahrzehnte lang die milchende Kuh, die sie mit Butter versorgte, so lange
nämlich, als diese von mir scherzhaft "orthodoxe" genannte Verteidigung
ausschließlich gespielt wurde. Die moderne Verteidigung (3....c7-c5) führt
bequem zum Ausgleich, ergibt aber leicht ein ziemlich uninteressantes
Remisspiel. Deshalb wohl hat man in diesem Turniermehrfach auf die alte
Verteidigung zurückgegriffen, das Resultat war jedoch meist wenig befriedigend,
so auch in der vorliegenden Partie.} 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1
Re8 {Dies ist keine gehörige Ausnutzung des Tempos.} ({Da ist die in diesem
Turnier mehrfach gespielte Fortsetzung} 7... c6 8. Z0 {nebst} dxc4 9. Z0 b5 10.
Z0 a6 11. Z0 {und endlich} c5 {bei weitem vorzuziehen.}) 8. a3 {Ebenfalls
nicht am Platze.} ({Der natürliche Zug ist} 8. Bd3 {.}) ({Noch besser scheint
} 8. Qc2 {zu sein, wie Rubinstein in der dritten Runde gegen Capablanca
spielte.}) 8... dxc4 {Tadelnswert, da es ohne Not das Zentrum aufgibt und den
Gegner entwickelt.} 9. Bxc4 c5 10. dxc5 {Weiß revanchiert sich mit genau
demselben Fehler: er entwickelt den Gegner und gibt das Zentrum auf. Kein
Wunder, daß danach der Vorteil des weißen Spiels sich allmählich so
ziemlich verflüchtigt. Es scheint, als ob Marshall von vornherein die Partie
auf Remis anlegt und in diesem Bestreben alle Verwicklungen zu vermeiden sucht.
} ({Die richtige Spielweise war ruhige Weiterentwicklung mit} 10. O-O Z0 11.
Qe2 Z0 12. Rfd1 {. Auf} cxd4 {konnte hier sehr gut der Springer wiederschlagen:
} 13. Nxd4) 10... Nxc5 11. O-O a6 (11... a6 {Nun droht Schwarz sich mit} 12. Z0
b5 13. Z0 Bb7 14. Z0 {und} Qb6 {vortrefflich zu entwickeln.}) 12. b4 {An
dieser Stelle die beste Fortsetzung., mit der Weiß immer noch einen kleinen
Vorteil rettet.} Nce4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe7 ({Die Spielweise} 14. Qxd8 Bxd8
15. Bxd8 Rxd8 16. Rfd1 {war für Weiß nicht vorteilhaft, denn Schwarz
entwickelt sich dann mit} Bd7 {und beantwortet} 17. Ne5 {mit} Ba4 {.}) 14...
Qxe7 15. Qd4 Nd6 16. Rfd1 {Weiß hat einen nicht unerheblichen Vorsprung in
der Entwicklung. Die "orthodoxe" Verteidigung taugt selbst bei ziemlich
indifferentem Gegenspiel nicht viel.} Nxc4 17. Rxc4 ({Schlägt die Dame} 17.
Qxc4 {, so darf Schwarz zwar nicht} b5 {spielen, wegen der Antwort} 18. Qc7 {,}
) ({..., aber} 17. Qxc4 {mit} Bd7 {kommt er zur Entwicklung.}) 17... b5 18. Qc5
({Zieht der Turm} 18. Rc3 {so entwickelt sich Schwarz mit} Bb7 19. Z0 {und}
Rad8) 18... Bb7 19. Qxe7 Rxe7 20. Rcd4 {Erst dies scheint mir der Zug zu sein,
der dem Schwarzen völligen Ausgleich ermöglicht.} ({Er konnte doch die
beiden offenen Linien behaupten, z. B.} 20. Rc5 {(oder Rc3, ja Rc1)} f6 21. Rd6
Z0 {nebst} 22. Nd4 Z0 {und} 23. f3 Z0 {; sodann konnte er suchen, den Springer
nach a5 oder c5 zu bringen.} 24. Nb3) 20... f6 21. Rd8+ Rxd8 22. Rxd8+ Kf7 23.
Nd4 Rc7 {Nun hat auch Schwarz eine offene Linie für seinen Turm erlangt und
damit gleicht sich das Spiel aus.} 24. f3 Ke7 25. Rg8 Kd6 {Mit Kf7 darf
Schwarz nicht decken wegen Rg7+ nebt Ne6+.} ({Mit} 25... Kf7 {darf Schwarz
nicht decken wegen} 26. Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. Nxe6+) 26. Kf2 Bc8 {Um e6-e5 (und dann
Be6) zu spielen, ohne dem Springerschach auf f5 ausgesetzt zu sein. Außerdem
droht der König jetzt, nach Deckung des Pe6, einfach auf den ungeschützten
weißen Damenflügel loszugehen. Deshalb darf Weiß auch nicht Nb3 spielen.} (
26... Bc8 27. Z0 {Um} e5 28. Z0 {und dann} Be6 {zu spielen, ohne Nf5+
ausgesetzt zu sein.}) ({Außerdem droht nach} 26... Bc8 {der König jetzt,
nach Deckung des Pe6, einfach auf den ungeschützten weißen Damenflügel
loszugehen. Deshalb darf Weiß auch nicht} 27. Nb3 {spielen.}) 27. Rd8+ {
Weiß hat die Absicht des Gegners erkannt und durchkreuzt sie auf einfachste
Weise. "Hiergeblieben!" ruft er dem König zu.} Ke7 28. Rh8 Rc3 {Auf h7-h6
kann Weiß mit Ke2-d2 dem Turm den Zutritt verwehren.} ({Auf} 28... h6 {kann
Weiß mit} 29. Ke2 Z0 30. Kd2 {dem Rc7 den Zutritt verwehren.}) 29. Rxh7 Kf7 (
29... Kf7 30. Z0 {droht den Rh7 mit} Kg8 {zu deplazieren.}) 30. Rh8 Bd7 {
Nun wäre der Angriff auf den weißen Damenflügel siegverheißend, wenn der
weiße Turm die schwarzen Figuren nicht beständig beschäftigen würde.} 31.
Rd8 Ke7 32. Rg8 Kf7 33. Rd8 Ke7 34. Rg8 Kf7 {Remis durch Wiederholung der
Züge.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Selfoss Milk Masters 1st"]
[Site "Selfoss"]
[Date "2002.10.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2002.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 a6 9. a4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. Re1 (13. a5 Nbd5 (
13... Nc8 14. Ra1 Bc6 15. Ne5 Nd5 16. Bd2 Nc7 17. Qg4 Nd6 18. Na4 Bxa4 19. Rxa4
Rc8 20. Bc2 Nd5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Sharavdorj,D-Hoffman,A/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 
(71)}) 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Rc5 {-see commented game 0-1
Spangenberg,H-Hoffman,A/Buenos Aires 1998/CBM 65 [Tsesarsky,I] (42)}) (13. Bxf6
Bxf6 14. a5 Nc8 15. d5 e5 16. Ne4 Bf5 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Nd2 Bd3 19. Re1 Nd6
20. Bc2 Bxc2 {1/2-1/2 Korotylev,A-Lugovoi,A/St Petersburg 2000/CBM 76/[King] 
(20)}) ({The mainline is} 13. Ne5) 13... Bc6 14. Ne5 Nbd5 15. Qd3 (15. Qe2 Qd6
16. Red1 Nb4 17. Bf4 Qd8 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Be5 Ra7 20. Ne4 $14 {1/2-1/2
Spraggett,K-Ubilava,E/Roses 1992/TD (31)}) 15... Nb4 (15... g6 16. Qh3 Qd6 17.
Qh4 Qd8 18. a5 (18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxc6 Bxg5 (19... bxc6 20. Ne4 $14) 20. Nxd8
Bxh4 21. Nxb7 Rab8 22. Nc5 Rxb2 23. N3e4 Rb4 24. Red1 $11) (18. Qh3 Qd6 19. Qh4
Qd8 20. Qh3 Qd6 {1/2-1/2 Kantsler,B-Goldin,A/Uzhgorod 1987/EXT 97 (20)}) 18...
Rc8 19. h3 $14) 16. Qh3 Nfd5 ({Avoiding a trap:} 16... Qxd4 $2 17. Bxe6 $1 Bc5
(17... fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19. Rcd1 Qa7 20. Nf7+ (20. Qxe7 $2 Nfd5 {[%csl Re7,
Rf2][%cal Gf8f2,Ga7f2,Gd5e7]} 21. Nf7+ (21. Nxd5 Qxf2+ 22. Kh1 Nxd5 $19) 21...
Kg8 22. Nxd5 Rxf7 23. Qxb4 Qxf2+ 24. Kh1 Bxd5 25. Qg4 Raf8 26. Rg1 Bb3 $17 {
[%csl Ra4,Rb2]}) 20... Rxf7 21. Qxf7 $18 {[%csl Re7,Rf6]}) 18. Re2 $16) 17. Bd2
$1 {White has space advantage and isolated central Pd4, so the more pieces
will be retained, the better will be chances for White to maintain an Attack.}
(17. Bxe7 $143 Qxe7 $132) 17... Bg5 {Black wants to exchange BB by hook or by
crook....} 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Ne4 {At least White wins tempo...} Qe7 20. Qg3
Rfd8 (20... Rac8 $5) 21. h4 Be8 ({Badly was attempt to exchange pair of NN:} 
21... Nf6 $2 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gb3f7]} 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Nxf7 $1 $16) 22. h5 h6
23. f4 Nf6 (23... Rac8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. a5 (25. f5 exf5 26. Qh3 {[%csl Rf5]
[%cal Gh3c8]} Bd7 (26... Rc2 27. Qxf5 $16) 27. Bxd5 Nxd5 28. Nxd7 Qxd7 29. Nc5
Qc7 30. Qxf5 Rd8 31. Re5 Nf6 $15 {[%csl Rd4]}) 25... Qd8 26. Nc5 Bc6 27. Ng4 {
[%csl Rh6][%cal Gg4h6]} Kh8 28. Ne5 Kg8 29. Ng4 $11) 24. f5 Nbd5 ({Dubious is} 
24... Nxe4 $6 25. Rxe4 exf5 (25... Nd5 26. fxe6 fxe6 27. Qg4 $16) 26. Nxf7 fxe4
(26... Qxe4 27. Nd6+ $18 {[%csl Re4]}) 27. Nxd8+ Kh8 28. Ne6 (28. Rc7 Qf6 29.
Ne6 $16) 28... Bc6 29. Rf1 $16) 25. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $2 $16 {This move probably is
serious mistake.} ({After} 25... Nxf6 $1 {[%csl Rh5] Black equalizes in the
endgame:} 26. fxe6 fxe6 {[%csl Rh5]} 27. Nc6 $5 (27. Ng6 Qb4 28. Bxe6+ Kh7 29.
Rc4 Qxb2 30. Nf4 Qd2 $132 {[%csl Re1,Rh5]} (30... Rxd4 $2 31. Rc7 $18 {[%csl
Rg7]})) 27... Qd6 (27... Bxc6 28. Rxe6 $18) 28. Qxd6 Rxd6 29. Rxe6 Rxe6 30.
Bxe6+ Kf8 (30... Kh7 $143 31. Ne7 Nxh5 32. Rc7 Bxa4 33. Bf5+ Kh8 34. Rxb7 Rd8
35. d5 Nf6 36. b3 Be8 37. Be6 $14 {[%csl Gd5,Rh8]}) 31. Ne5 Rd8 32. Rc8 Ke7 33.
Rxd8 Kxd8 34. a5 Bxh5 $132) 26. fxe6 fxe6 27. Qg4 {[%cal Ge1f1]} Rd6 28. Bxd5
$1 {This strong move clarifies PP structure and dominating Ne5 is much more
powerful than Be8.} ({Good is} 28. Rf1 {too} Qe7 29. Bxd5 Rxd5 30. Rc3 $16 {
[%csl Ge5,Re8][%cal Gc3g3]}) 28... exd5 $2 $18 ({Better was} 28... Rxd5 29. Re4
$16 {[%cal Gc1f1]}) 29. Rc7 Qg5 ({Or} 29... Rb8 30. Rf1 Qg5 31. Qxg5 hxg5 32.
Rf5 $18) 30. Qxg5 hxg5 31. Nd3 {[%cal Ge1e7]} ({Wins also} 31. Rxb7 Bxa4 32.
Rc1 $18 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gc1c7]}) 31... Rf6 (31... Bxh5 32. Ree7 Kf8 33. Rxb7
$18) 32. Ree7 Rf7 {Black had to exchange the only active piece and remains
with very passive Ra8 and Be8.} 33. Rxf7 Bxf7 {[%csl Ra8,Gc7,Gd3,Rf7]} 34. Rxb7
Bxh5 35. b4 {[%cal Gb4b5]} Be2 36. Nc5 Rf8 37. b5 axb5 38. axb5 Rf1+ 39. Kh2
Rb1 40. b6 Rb2 {Black tries to arrange any counterplay, but too late.} 41. Rb8+
Kf7 42. b7 Bf3 43. Kg3 Be4 44. Rc8 (44. Rc8 Rxg2+ 45. Kh3 g4+ 46. Kh4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.12"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Gunawan, Ruben"]
[Black "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Indonesia"]
[BlackTeam "Argentina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "INA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARG"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 a6 9. e4 (9. Bd3 c5 {-see comments to the game 1-0 Vajda,L-Van den Doel,E/
Altenkirchen 1999/CBM 73 ext (60) [Tsesarsky,I]}) 9... b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 (10... h6
11. Bh4 $5 (11. e5 hxg5 12. Nxg5 Bb7 13. O-O Ng4 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Qxg4 Nxe5
16. Qxe6+ Nf7 $17 {0-1 Bogoljubow,E-Naegeli,O/Bern 1932/HCL (42)}) 11... c5 12.
e5 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 $14) 11. e5 (11. Qe2 c5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Bxe7 (13. Qe4 g6
14. Qh4 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Bxf6 N7xf6 $15 {0-1 Campos,J-Hoffman,A/Alcobendas
1993/EXT 98 (32)}) 13... Qxe7 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. dxc5 $11) 11... Nd5 12. Ne4 (
12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Rxc7 Bxf3 (14... Rfc8 15. Rxc8+ Rxc8 16. O-O
Qb4 17. Qd2 Qxd2 18. Nxd2 Bxa2 19. Ra1 Bd5 20. f3 Nb8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Lerner,
K-Ubilava,E/Kujbyshev 1986/MCL (54)}) 15. gxf3 Rad8 16. O-O Qg5+ 17. Kh1 Qh4
$44 {1/2-1/2 Illescas Cordoba,M-Garcia,G/Las Palmas 1989/EXT 97 (19)}) 12...
Bxg5 13. Nexg5 h6 14. Ne4 {Black can't play c7-c5 now, but he has another
counterplay - sufficient for equality.} Nf4 $1 {[%csl Rd3,Rg2][%cal Gb7g2]} 15.
O-O f5 $1 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Nc5 Bd5 (17... Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxd4 19. Rfd1 Qe5 (
19... Nxd3 {[%csl Rb2]} 20. Qxd3 Qxd3 21. Rxd3 Rfe8 22. f3 $44) 20. Bf1 Qg5 21.
g3 Nd7 $1 22. Qe3 (22. Nxd7 $2 Nh3+ 23. Bxh3 Rxf3 24. Bxe6+ Kh8 25. Bd5 Rd3 26.
Bxa8 Rxd7 $17) 22... Nxc5 23. Rxc5 Qg6 $44) 18. Re1 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Nh5 20. Ne4
Nf4 21. Qe3 Qe8 $2 $16 ({Quite strong was} 21... Bxa2 $1 22. b3 a5 23. Nc5 (23.
Ra1 Nd5 $15 {[%cal Gd5b4]}) 23... a4 24. Nxe6 Nxe6 25. Qxe6+ Kh7 (25... Kh8 26.
Ne5 Bxb3 27. Ng6+ Kh7 28. Nxf8+ Qxf8 29. Qe4+ Kh8 30. Rxc7 $16) 26. Qe4+ Kg8
27. bxa4 bxa4 $132) 22. Ne5 $1 {White has clear and strong plan: to occupy e5
and c5 squares by NN and to attack Black weaknesses a6,c7,e6.} (22. Rxc7 $2
Bxa2 {[%cal Gf4d5]} 23. Qa3 (23. Ra1 Nd5 $17) 23... Bd5 $132) 22... Qh5 (22...
Bxa2 $6 23. b3 {[%csl Ra2]} Nd5 24. Qh3 a5 (24... Nf4 25. Qc3 $16) 25. Rc2 Bxb3
(25... Nb4 26. Rxc7 $18) 26. Qxb3 a4 27. Qg3 $16 {[%cal Gc2c6]}) 23. a3 Rac8
24. f3 Qe8 ({White keep an advantage also after} 24... Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Qg5 26. g3
Nd5 27. Rc6 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Re6]}) 25. Nc5 {[%csl Ra6,Re6] Domination} Ng6 (
25... a5 26. Ncd7 Rf5 27. g4 $18) 26. Ned3 {[%csl Ra6,Re6]} (26. Nxa6 $18)
26... Nh4 27. Nf4 {[%csl Re6] Pe6 weakness fail.} a5 28. Ncxe6 $18 {Black
position is hopeless} Bxe6 29. Qxe6+ Qf7 (29... Qxe6 30. Nxe6 $18) 30. Re4 Nf5
31. Rc5 (31. Ng6 $18) 31... Nd6 32. Re2 a4 33. Ng6 Rfe8 34. Ne7+ Kf8 35. Qxf7+
Nxf7 36. Rxc7 $1 Rcd8 (36... Rxc7 37. Ng6+ Kg8 38. Rxe8+ Kh7 39. Nf8+ Kg8 40.
Ne6+ $18) 37. h4 Nd6 38. Re5 Nf7 39. Ng6+ Kg8 40. Rxb5 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 71st"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "1999.11.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Paulsen, Dirk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 a6 9. a4 c6 $6 {[%cal Gb7b5] This move is not in spirit of this variation.
} (9... c5 10. O-O cxd4 {- main line}) {More cautiously} 10. O-O ({than} 10. e4
$5 b5 11. Bd3 bxa4 12. Qxa4 (12. e5 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nxd5 (14. Qxa4 Nf4
15. Be4 Nxg2+ 16. Kf1 Nf4 17. Qc2 Ng6 18. h4 Rd8 19. h5 Ngf8 20. Bxc6 Rb8 21.
Ne4 Qb4 22. h6 Qxb2 23. hxg7 Kxg7 24. Qd1 a5 25. Kg2 (25. Nd6 Ba6+ 26. Kg2 Be2
27. Qg1 Bxf3+ 28. Kxf3+ Ng6 29. Qg5 Kg8 30. Nxf7 Rf8 (30... Qxd4 31. Rxh7 Qd3+
(31... Kxh7 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. Qxg6+ Kf8 34. Qxe6 (34. Qh6+ $11) 34... Rb2 35.
Rf1 Rb4 (35... Rc8 36. Nd6 Nxe5+ 37. Kg2 Rcb8 38. Qf6+ Kg8 39. Be4 $18) 36.
Qh6+ Kxf7 37. Qh7+ Ke6 38. Qg6+ Ke7 39. Qg7+ $11) 32. Kg2 Kxh7 33. Nxd8 Ndxe5
34. Nxe6 Nxc6 35. Rh1+ Kg8 36. Nc5 Qc2 37. Qd5+ Kg7 38. Qxc6 Nf4+ 39. Kf3 (39.
Kg3 Ne2+ 40. Kg2 Nf4+ $11) 39... Qe2+ 40. Kg3 Nh5+ 41. Rxh5 Qxh5 42. Qc7+ Kg6
43. Qxb8 Qxc5 $11))) 14... cxd5 15. Qxa4 Rb8 16. Rc2 Nb6 17. Qa5 (17. Qa3 Qxa3
18. bxa3 Nc4 19. Ke2 Nxa3 20. Ra2 Nc4 21. Rc1 Rb4 22. Ne1 Bb7 23. Nc2 Rb6 24.
Ne3 Nxe3 25. Kxe3 $44) 17... Nc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. O-O Bb7 20. Nd2 Qg5 21. g3
Bd5 22. Nxc4 Rfc8 (22... Bxc4 23. Rxc4 Rxb2 24. Qxa6 $14) 23. Ne3 Rxc2 24. Nxc2
Rxb2 25. Ne3 (25. Nb4 Rxf2 $1 26. Kxf2 (26. Rxf2 Qc1+ 27. Rf1 Qe3+ $11) (26.
Nxd5 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Qc1+ 28. Kf2 Qc2+ 29. Ke3 Qc1+ $11) 26... Qd2+ 27. Kg1 Qg2#
) 25... Bf3 (25... Bb7 26. Nc4 Rb5 27. Qc7 h5 28. Nd6 $18) 26. Qxa6 h5 27. Qc8+
Kh7 28. Rc1 Re2 29. Qc3 $14) 12... c5 13. e5 Nd5 (13... cxd4 14. exf6 gxf6 15.
Bh6 Nc5 16. Qc4 Re8 17. Ne4 $18) 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. O-O $14) 10...
b5 11. Bd3 (11. Bb3 $5 Bb7 12. Qe2 b4 13. Nb1 c5 14. Rfd1 cxd4 (14... Qa5 15.
Ne5 Rfe8 (15... cxd4 16. Nxd7 Qxg5 17. f4 $18) 16. Nd2 cxd4 17. Ndc4 Qd5 18. f4
Nc5 19. Ba2 b3 20. Bb1 Nxa4 21. Rxd4 Qb5 22. Bd3 Rec8 {[%cal Gb5e8]} 23. Rd1
Qe8 24. Bxf6 gxf6 (24... Bxf6 25. Nd6 $18) 25. Qg4+ Kh8 26. Qh5 f5 (26... Qg8
27. Nxf7+ Kg7 28. Rd7 $18) 27. Nxf7+ Kg8 28. Nh6+ Kf8 29. Qh3 Nc5 (29... Bf6
30. Nd6 Qd7 31. Nhxf5 Bxd4 (31... exf5 32. Bxf5 $18) 32. Nxd4 Nxb2 (32... Qxd6
33. Nxe6+ Ke7 34. Qxh7+ Kxe6 (34... Kf6 35. g4 $18) 35. Bf5+ Kf6 36. Rxd6#) 33.
Nxe6+ Kg8 (33... Ke7 34. Qxh7+ $18) 34. Qg4+ Kh8 35. Qf5 $18) 30. Nxf5 exf5 31.
Bxf5 $16) 15. Rxd4 (15. Nxd4 Qb6 16. Nd2 Rac8 17. Nc4 (17. Bf4 Rxc1 18. Rxc1
Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8 20. h3 $11) 17... Qc5 18. Bf4 Nh5 19. Bd6 Bxd6 20. Nxd6 Qxd6
21. Qxh5 Nf6 $11) 15... Rc8 16. Rcd1 Qe8 17. Nbd2 $14) 11... Bb7 (11... bxa4
12. Nxa4 (12. Qxa4 c5 13. Ne4 (13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. Bxf6 Bxf3 15. gxf3 (15. Bxe7
Bxd1 16. Bxd8 Bxa4 17. Be7 Rfe8 18. Bd6 Bc6 19. dxc5 a5 $15) 15... Bxf6 (15...
gxf6 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Be4 Ra7 18. Bc6 $18) 16. dxc5 Bxc3 17. Rxc3 Qg5+ 18. Qg4
$16) 13... Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Rb8 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. dxc5 f5 (16... Nxc5 17. Qa3 $18)
17. Bc6 Rxb2 18. Rfd1 $16)) 12. Bxf6 $5 (12. Qc2 $14) 12... Bxf6 (12... Nxf6
13. Ne4 (13. Ne5 Bd6 14. Qc2 h6 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. f4 bxa4 17. Nxa4 Nd5 18. Qf2
f6 19. Ng6 Rfd8 20. Nc5 $14) 13... Nd7 $5 14. Qb3 Nb6 $1 {[%csl Ra4]} 15. axb5
cxb5 16. Ne5 Rc8 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 Qg5 19. c6 Qxe5 20. cxb7 Rb8 21. Qc2
Rxb7 (21... h6 22. Qc6 $14) 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Be4 $14) 13. Qc2 g6 (13... h6 14.
Ne4 $14) 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Rfd1 {[%csl Rb7]} bxa4 (15... f5 16. Ned2 Bd6 17. Qb3
Qe7 18. Re1 Nf6 19. e4 fxe4 20. Nxe4 Bf4 21. Ra1 $14) (15... Rb8 16. Ra1 f5 17.
Ned2 Bd6 18. e4 $14) 16. Qxa4 Qb6 17. Qc2 {[%csl Rc5]} a5 (17... Rfd8 18. h4
$14) 18. h4 Rfc8 19. h5 $6 $132 (19. Nc5 $1 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Qc7 (20... Qb4 21. h5
$1 (21. Be4 Bxc5 22. Rd7 Bf8 23. Ng5 Be7) 21... Rd8 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Bxg6 $16)
21. h5 Bf6 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Nd2 (23. Bxg6 fxg6 24. Qxg6+ Qg7 $17) 23... Rd8
24. Ne4 Be7 25. Bc4 Qe5 26. f4 Qg7 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Ra1 Ra8 29. Nd6 Bc8 30.
Ra3 $14) 19... c5 $1 $11 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Bd5 (21... c4 22. Bxc4 Bxe4 23.
Qxe4 Qxb2 24. hxg6 (24. Rb1 Qc3 25. Rdc1 Qd2) 24... hxg6 25. Rb1 (25. Bxe6 Rxc1
26. Qxg6+ (26. Qxa8+ Kg7 27. Bg4 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 Qxe5 $11) 26... Kh8 27. Qh6+
Kg8 $11) (25. Rc2 Qb4 26. Rd4 (26. Rdc1 Kg7 27. Qf3 Rh8 28. g3 a4 $15) 26...
Qe1+ 27. Kh2 Kg7 28. Kg3 $11) 25... Qc3 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Qxg6+ Kf8 28. Qh6+
Kf7 (28... Ke8 29. Qg6+ Kf8 30. Rd4 Rc4 31. Qh6+ Ke8 32. Qh8+ Kf7 (32... Bf8
33. Qh5+ Ke7 34. Qh4+ $18) 33. Qxa8 $18) 29. Rd4 Qc2 30. Rf4+ Ke8 31. Rb7 $18)
22. Nd6 $2 $17 {Trying to deceive the partner and this attempt unexpectedly is
possible!} (22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Rd2 (23. Nd6 Bxd6 24. exd6 (24. Bxg6 Bxe5 $19)
24... Bb3 $19) 23... Rd8 24. Nf6+ (24. Nd6 Bxd6 25. exd6 Rxd6 26. Qxc5 Qxc5 27.
Rxc5 Bb7 $17 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Gd6d2]}) 24... Kg7 25. Bc4 (25. e4 Bb7 26. Rcd1
Rd4 $17) 25... Bxc4 26. Rxd8 Qxd8 27. Qxc4 Bxf6 28. exf6+ Qxf6 29. b3 Rc8 30.
Qb5 $44) 22... Bxd6 $1 (22... Bb3 $6 23. Nxc8 (23. Qc3 Bxd1 24. Nxc8 Rxc8 25.
Rxd1 Rb8 26. Rd2 Qb4 $11) (23. Qb1 Bxd1 24. Bxg6 Bxd6 25. Bxf7+ Kg7 26. exd6
Bb3 $19) 23... Rxc8 24. Qb1 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 (25. hxg6 Bh5 26. gxh7+ Kh8 27. Rc4
Qb3 $17) 25... Rd8 26. Rc1 (26. Qc2 Kg7 $11) 26... Kg7 $11 (26... Rd5 27. hxg6
hxg6 28. Bxg6 Kg7 (28... Rxe5 29. Bxf7+ $18) 29. Be4 Rxe5 30. Bf3 $14)) 23.
exd6 Qxd6 (23... Bb3 $2 24. Qc3 $1 Bxd1 (24... Rd8 25. h6 f6 26. Qxf6 Ra7 27.
Bc2 $18) 25. h6 f6 26. Qxf6 $18) 24. Bxg6 $5 (24. e4 Bb7 $17) 24... hxg6 $2 $11
(24... fxg6 $1 25. e4 (25. hxg6 Qe7 26. e4 Bb7 27. gxh7+ Qxh7 $17) 25... Ra7
26. exd5 exd5 27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Rd3 {In the game later Black will receive the
same position without 2 tempi...} Re8 (28... Rh7 $17) 29. Qd2 (29. Rg3 Re4 $17)
29... Rh7 $17) 25. e4 Kh7 (25... gxh5 26. Qd2 f6 27. exd5 Rd8 28. Qh6 exd5 29.
Qg6+ (29. Rc3 h4 30. Qxh4 Ra7 31. Rg3+ Rg7 32. Rdd3 (32. Rxg7+ Kxg7 33. Rd3 d4
34. Qg4+ Kf8 35. Rh3 Rd7 $44) 32... Rdd7 $44) 29... Kf8 30. Qh6+ $11) (25...
Rab8) 26. hxg6+ fxg6 27. Rd3 Qe5 $2 $16 {long-awaited mistake...} (27... Bxe4
28. Rxd6 Bxc2 29. Rxc2 $11) 28. exd5 exd5 29. Re3 Qf6 30. Rce1 {[%csl Rh7]
Compare this position with position after 28 moves in the commen to 24 Black
move.} Rc7 (30... Ra7 31. Re6 $44) 31. Rh3+ Kg8 32. Ree3 Rf8 (32... Rb8 33.
Reg3 $16) 33. Reg3 Kg7 34. Rf3 Qd6 35. Qd2 (35. Rxf8 Qxf8 (35... Kxf8 36. Qc3
d4 37. Qxa5 $14) 36. Qd2 $11 {[%csl Ra5,Rd5,Rh6]}) 35... Rh8 (35... Rxf3 36.
Qh6+ Kf7 37. Rxf3+ Kg8 38. Rg3 Rg7 (38... Qe5 39. Rxg6+ Rg7 40. Re6 Qf5 41. g3
$16 (41. Re8+ Kf7 42. Rb8 Qb1+ 43. Kh2 Rh7 44. Rb7+ Kg8 $11)) 39. Rh3 Kf7 40.
Qh8 Qd7 41. Rf3+ Ke6 42. Qh4 $18) 36. Rxh8 Kxh8 37. Qh6+ Kg8 38. Rg3 Rg7 (38...
Rc6 39. Rh3 Qe5 40. Qh7+ Kf8 41. Re3 $18) 39. Rh3 Re7 (39... Kf7 40. Qh8 $18)
40. Qh8+ Kf7 41. Rf3+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nf3 (5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 a6
8. a3 h6 9. Bh4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 (10... c5 11. Be2 (11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Be2 b6
13. Qxd8 (13. O-O Bb7 14. Nd4 Nd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. b4 Ne4 $11 {1/2-1/2
Capablanca,J-Alekhine,A/Wch13-Buenos Aires 1927 (27)}) 13... Bxd8 14. O-O Nb3
15. Rcd1 Bb7 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Rxd2 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bxh4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Capablanca,
J-Alekhine,A/Wch13-Buenos Aires 1927 (29)}) 11... cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nb6 13. Bg3
Nbd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. O-O Bf6 16. Qb3 Bxd4 17. exd4 b6 18. Bf3 Bb7 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Capablanca,J-Alekhine,A/Wch13-Buenos Aires 1927 (21)}) 11. Be2 Bb7 12.
O-O c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nd4 Rc8 $11 {0-1 Capablanca,J-Alekhine,A/Wch13-Buenos
Aires 1927 (32)}) 5... h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 a6 (8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6
10. a3 c5 11. O-O b5 12. Ba2 Bb7 13. Qe2 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 cxd4 15. exd4 Nb6 16.
Rfd1 Ra7 $11 {1-0 Sae Heg,B-Campos,E/Moscow olm THA-ANG 1994 (28)}) 9. b3 (9.
c5 c6 10. Bd3 Re8 (10... b6 11. cxb6 Qxb6 12. O-O Qxb2 13. Na4 Qb7 14. Qc2 c5
15. dxc5 Qa7 16. Nd4 (16. c6 $16) 16... Re8 17. Nc6 Qc7 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. c6
$16 {1-0 Calderin,R-Otero,E/CUB-ch 1988 (39)}) 11. b4 (11. O-O e5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5
13. dxe5 Ng4 14. Bg3 Bxc5 $17 {0-1 Timman,J-Larsen,B/Niksic 1983 (42)}) 11...
a5 12. a3 axb4 13. axb4 b6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Gavrikov,V-Hort,V/Amsterdam OHRA-B
1987 (24)}) (9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. a3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8
14. Ke2 Bd7 15. Rhd1 {1/2-1/2 Nogueiras,J-Garcia Gonzales,G/CUB-ch 1989}) (9.
a3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Ba2 Bb7 12. Bb1 Rc8 13. O-O c5 14. Ne5 cxd4 15. exd4
Re8 16. Re1 Rc7 $6 (16... Nxe5 $1 17. dxe5 Qxd1 18. Rexd1 Nd5 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 (
19... Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Rxc3 21. bxc3 $18) 20. Rd7 Bc6 21. Ra7 Ra8 $11) 17. Qe2 Qa8
18. f3 Qc8 $2 (18... Nxe5 19. dxe5 Ng4 20. Bg3 Bc5+ (20... Ne3 21. Nxb5 Rxc1
22. Rxc1 axb5 23. Qxe3 $16) 21. Kh1 Ne3 22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Nd5 24. Red1 $14)
19. Nxf7 $1 $16 {1-0 Viner,P-Heyne,M/WchS Wildbad 1993 (22)}) (9. cxd5 exd5 10.
Bd3 c6 (10... Re8 11. O-O c6 12. Bg3 Bf8 (12... Nf8 $132) 13. Bb1 g6 14. h3 Bg7
15. a3 a5 16. Na4 $14 {1-0 Gligoric,S-Hort,V/Palma de Mallorca izt 1970 (37)})
11. Bg3 (11. O-O Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. a3 f5 14. b4 b5 15. Ne2 Bb7 16. Nf4 Kh7
17. h4 Rg8 $4 18. h5 $4 (18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Ng5+ $18) 18... Rac8 19. Ng6 $16 {
1-0 Sander,D-Schwark,M/Leipzig VfB op 1996 (43)}) 11... Nh5 (11... Re8 12. O-O
Nf8 13. Ne5 Ne6 14. Bb1 (14. a3 $14) 14... Ng5 15. Qb3 $6 Nh5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Tal,
M-Hennings,A/Sochi 1973 (41)}) 12. Be5 (12. Bb1 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Re8 14. Qc2 Nf8
15. O-O Bd6 16. a3 g6 17. Qb3 Rb8 $15 {1/2-1/2 Novikov,I-Schmittdiel,E/
Budapest BORSODTAVHO 1991 (25)}) 12... Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Nf6 14. Bc2 Ne8 15. Qd3 f5
16. O-O Bd6 17. f3 Be6 $132 {1-0 Gurevich,M-Shvidler,E/Tel Aviv-A 1989 (40)})
9... b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Bf5 g6 13. Bh3 (13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. Bg3 Rc8
(14... c5 $5) 15. O-O Nf6 16. Qe2 Nh5 17. Be5 f6 18. Bg3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Kg7 20.
Qd3 Qe8 21. Nh4 f5 22. Ne2 Bd6 23. Nf4 g5 24. Nxf5+ {1/2-1/2 Zvjaginsev,
V-Seirawan,Y/FIDE WCh KO 1997} Rxf5 25. Qxf5 gxf4 26. gxf4 Qe7 $15) 13... Re8
14. O-O Nf8 15. Ne5 N6h7 (15... c5 16. Qf3 g5 17. Bg3 Bd6 18. Nd7 N8xd7 19.
Bxd6 cxd4 20. exd4 Rc8 21. Bf5 $14) 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. g3 (17. Na4 Ng5 18. Bg4
Qd6 $11) 17... Qd6 18. Bg2 $14 Rd8 (18... Nf6 19. Nc4 Qe6 20. Ne2 Ne4 21. Nf4
Qf6 22. Ne5 $14) 19. Qc2 (19. Ng4 h5 20. Ne5 c5 $132) 19... Ne6 20. Rfd1 (20.
b4 $2 Qxb4 21. Nxg6 fxg6 22. Qxg6+ Ng7 23. Qxh6 Qd6 $17) 20... Kg7 21. Qb2 (21.
Nc4 Qd7 22. a3 f6 23. Nd2 $14) 21... f6 22. Nd3 (22. Nc4 Qd7 23. a3 Rb8 24. Nd2
$14) 22... Nhf8 (22... Nhg5 23. b4 (23. Qc2 $14) 23... c6 24. a4 $14) 23. b4 g5
$2 (23... c6 24. a4 $14) 24. Nc5 $3 (24. a4 $14) (24. b5 a5 25. Rd2 Ng6 26.
Rdc2 f5 $14) 24... bxc5 $8 25. bxc5 Qc6 26. e4 $1 Red7 (26... Ba8 27. exd5 Qb7
28. Qa3 Qa7 29. c6 $1 (29. dxe6 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Nxe6 31. c6 $16) 29... Ree8 30.
dxe6 Nxe6 31. d5 $18) 27. exd5 Rxd5 $8 28. Nxd5 Rxd5 29. Rb1 (29. Re1 $2 Ba8
30. Rcd1 $14) 29... Nd8 (29... Ba8 30. Qb8 (30. Qe2 Qd7 31. Qxa6 Nxd4 32. Rxd4
Rxd4 33. Qxa8 $14) 30... Ng6 31. Qa7 Ne7 32. Re1 Nc8 33. Qb8 (33. Rxe6 Nxa7 34.
Rxc6 Bxc6 $17) 33... Ne7 34. Kf1 $22 (34. Rxe6 Qxe6 35. Qxa8 Rxd4 $15) 34...
Nf5 35. Qc8 (35. Bxd5 Qxd5 36. Rxe6 Qh1+ 37. Ke2 Qf3+ 38. Ke1 Qc3+ 39. Kf1 Qc4+
40. Kg1 Qxe6 (40... Qd5 41. Qxc7+ Kg6 42. Rxf6+ Kxf6 43. Rb6+ $18) 41. Qxa8 $18
) 35... Nfxd4 36. Rb8 Rd8 37. Bxc6 Rxc8 38. Rxa8 Rxa8 39. Bxa8 $18) 30. Qe2 Qd7
$2 (30... Nfe6 31. h3 $1 (31. Rxb7 $2 {Seirawan} Qxb7 32. Qc4 c6 33. Bxd5 cxd5
34. Qc2 $17) (31. Qc4 $2 Ba8 32. Rb8 Rxd4 $1 $19) 31... f5 (31... Qd7 32. Qc4
Rxd4 33. Rxd4 Nxd4 34. Bxb7 Nxb7 35. c6 $1 (35. Rxb7 $2 Nf3+ 36. Kg2 Nh4+ (
36... Ne1+ 37. Kf1 Nf3 38. Ke2 $16) 37. gxh4 Qc6+ $11) 35... Nxc6 36. Rxb7 $16)
32. a4 a5 33. Rb5 (33. Qe1 Qd7 34. Bxd5 (34. Qxa5 Bc6 $15) 34... Qxd5 35. Qe5+
Kg6 36. Qxd5 Bxd5 37. Rb5 Nc6 $15) 33... Kh7 34. Qc2 Rxc5 $5 35. Bxc6 Rxc2 36.
Bxb7 $16) 31. Rxb7 $1 $18 Nxb7 32. c6 $1 Qxc6 33. Qe7+ Kg8 34. Qe4 1-0

[Event "USA-ch Gr-A"]
[Site "Denver"]
[Date "1998.11.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8272]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 (2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. Bg5
dxc4 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bxc4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 a6 11. Qe2 b5 12. Ba2 c5 13.
dxc5 Nxc5 14. Rfd1 Qb6 15. Nd4 (15. b4 Nce4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Ne5 Rfc8 $11)
15... h6 16. Bh4 Nce4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Zilberman,Y-Psakhis,L/Ramat
Aviv ISR 1998 (60)}) 2... e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 (4... b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3
Be7 7. Rc1 a6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 c5 11. a3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Ba2
cxd4 (13... c4 $6 14. Bb1 Rc8 15. e4 $14 {1-0 Lasker,E-Voigt,H/12.27 off USA
Philadelphia PA Franklin 1892 (46)}) 14. Nxd4 Qb6 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 $132) 5. Bg5
Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 a6 (7... c6 8. Bd3 a6 9. a3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Ba2 c5
12. O-O Bb7 13. Qe2 Rc8 (13... cxd4 14. Nxd4 (14. exd4 Nb6 15. Ne5 Nfd5 16.
Bxe7 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Qxe7 18. Bb1 g6 $132 (18... Rac8 $4 19. Bxh7+ {1-0 Frias
Apablaza,V-Frey,K/Havana B(3) 1983 (19)})) 14... Qb6 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. e4 Ne5
17. Nf3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bogoljubov,E-Gilg,C/Bad
Elster 1938 (30)}) 14. Rfd1 cxd4 15. exd4 Nb6 16. Ne5 Nbd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18.
Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21. h3 Rd8 22. Qh5 Ng6 23. Nxg6 hxg6 $15
{1/2-1/2 Kirilov,V-Sorokin,N/Moscow URS ch 1931 (39)}) 8. a3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5
10. Ba2 Bb7 11. O-O c5 12. Qe2 cxd4 (12... b4 13. Nb1 (13. axb4 cxb4 14. Nb1
Qa5 15. Bxf6 (15. Bb3 Bxf3 $19) 15... Nxf6 16. Bc4 Rfc8 17. Nbd2 $11) 13... Rb8
14. Bc4 bxa3 15. Nxa3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 cxd4 17. exd4 Qa5 $17 {0-1 Pasero,
P-Puiggros,G/ARG-ch t Mayor Buenos Aires 1938 (43)}) (12... Ne4 13. Bxe7 (13.
Bf4 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Rc8 15. Rfc1 c4 16. Bb1 Nb6 17. e4 Bd6 (17... Na4 18. Re3 c3
19. bxc3 (19. b3 Bxa3 20. Rc2 Nb6 21. Rexc3 Rxc3 22. Rxc3 Bd6 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24.
e5 Qb4 25. Qd3 g6 $17) (19. b4 Bf6 20. Qd3 g6 21. Ba2 (21. Bc2 Nb2 $17) 21...
Nb2 (21... Qb6) 22. Qc2 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Qxd4 24. Rxc3 Rxc3 25. Qxc3 Qxe4 $19)
19... Bxa3 20. Rc2 Bxe4 $1 21. Rxe4 (21. c4 Bxf3 (21... Bxc2 22. Qxc2 g6 23.
Rxa3 Rxc4 $132) 22. Qxf3 Bd6 23. cxb5 Bxf4 24. Qxf4 axb5 $15) 21... Nxc3 22.
Qe1 Nxe4 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Qxe4 g6 25. Qe3 $15) 18. Bg5 Be7 19. Bd2 Na4 20.
R3c2 g6 21. Bh6 Re8 22. Qe3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Leskiewicz,M-Shishkov,A/ch World
cadets (under 1994 (72)}) 13... Qxe7 14. Rfd1 (14. Bb1 Nxc3 15. Rxc3 cxd4 (
15... Rac8 16. Rfc1 g6 17. h3 e5 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Rxc5 Nxc5 20. b4 Na4 21. Nd2
Rc8 {1/2-1/2 Ostenstad,B-Hoi,C/Gausdal zt 1987 (22)}) 16. Nxd4 Rfc8 17. Rfc1 g6
18. Nc6 Rxc6 19. Rxc6 Bxc6 20. Rxc6 Ne5 21. Rc3 Rd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J-San
Segundo,P/Madrid 1995 (43)}) 14... c4 15. Bb1 Ndf6 16. Nd2 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Rfd8
18. f4 Rac8 $132 {0-1 Kashdan-Horowitz/New York ch-USA 1938 (51)}) (12... h6
13. Bh4 Ne4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. dxc5 Ndxc5 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 {1/2-1/2 Uhlmann,W-Csom,
I/Berlin Lasker 1968 (16)}) (12... Rc8 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Bb1 Qb8 15. dxc5 Nxc5
16. b4 Nb3 $1 (16... Na4 17. Nxa4 bxa4 18. Bc2 $14 (18. Nd4 $6 {1/2-1/2
Schmidt,W-Perdek,M/Polanica Zdroj ,EXT 1993 (18)})) 17. Rc2 Na1 18. Rcc1 Nb3
$11) (12... Qb6 13. Rfd1 h6 14. Bh4 Rac8 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Ne5 Rfd8 $11 (16...
b4 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. Rd4 Qb6 19. Rcd1 (19. Ng4 Qc6 20. Qf1 (20. Nd5 $2 exd5 (
20... Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Qc7 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Rdc4 $18 {[%csl Rc5]
[%cal Gc1c8]}) 21. b4 Nxg4 22. Bxe7 Qc7 23. Qxg4 (23. Rxg4 Qxe7 24. bxc5 Rxc5
25. Rxc5 Qxc5 $17) 23... Qxe7 24. Rxc5 Rxc5 25. bxc5 Qxc5 26. Qd1 Rc8 27. h3
Qa3 28. Qd2 Qc1+ 29. Kh2 Qxd2 30. Rxd2 Rc5 $17) (20. f3 Ncd7 21. Rcd1 Rfe8 22.
Rc4 Qb6 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Nxf6+ Nxf6 $11) 20... Ncd7 21. Nd5 Qxc1 22. Nxe7+ Kh8
23. Nxc8 Qxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Rxc8 25. Nxf6 Nxf6 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Rc4 $11) 19... a5
20. Qc2 Rfd8 21. Nc4 Qa6 22. b3 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Rd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sulava,N-Slogar,
D/CRO-chT Makarska ,EXT 1994 (35)})) 13. exd4 Rc8 (13... Nb6 14. Ne5 Nbd5 15.
Rfd1 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Nd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. a4 Bb3 $17 {1/2-1/2
Levitt,J-Straeter,T/Dortmund op 1988 (29)}) 14. Rfe1 (14. Ne5 $11) 14... Re8
15. h4 $6 $15 (15. Ne5 $11) 15... h6 (15... Nf8 16. Red1 (16. Ne5 Qxd4 $17) (
16. Rcd1 Bxa3 17. Nxb5 Bb4 18. Nc3 Bxc3 (18... h6 19. d5 $1 $13) 19. bxc3 Rxc3
$17) 16... h6 17. Be3 $15 (17. Bd2 Qd6 18. Ne5 Qxd4 19. Bxh6 Qxh4 $17)) 16. Bf4
b4 $6 $132 (16... Nf8 $15) 17. axb4 Bxb4 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 (19. dxe5 Nd5
20. Bxh6 Qxh4 (20... gxh6 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Qg4+ Kh7 23. Qxb4 $16) 21. Bd2 Nf4
22. Bxf4 Qxf4 $15) 19... Nd7 20. Bg3 Qa5 21. d5 $5 Bxc3 (21... exd5 22. Qxe8+
Rxe8 23. Rxe8+ Nf8 (23... Bf8 24. Bd6 (24. Rd1 $1 Nf6 (24... Qb4 25. Nxd5 Qa4 (
25... Bxd5 26. Bxd5 Qxb2 27. Bd6 g5 28. Rd8 Qb5 29. Bf3 gxh4 30. Be7 Ne5 31.
Bh5 $18) 26. Ne7+ Kh7 (26... Kh8 27. Rxd7 Qxd7 28. Rxf8+ Kh7 29. Bb1+ $18) 27.
Bb1+ g6 28. Bc2 Qxc2 29. Rxd7 $18) 25. Rb8 Bc6 26. b4 Qa3 27. Nxd5 Qxa2 (27...
Nxd5 28. Bxd5 Qa4 29. Rd3 Bb5 30. Bxf7+ Kxf7 31. Rf3+ Kg6 32. Rb6+ Kh5 33. Rf5+
g5 34. Rxf8 Qxb4 35. Rh8 Kg4 36. Rhxh6 $18) 28. Nxf6+ gxf6 29. Rdd8 Kh7 30.
Rxf8 $16) 24... d4 25. Bxf8 Nxf8 26. Re7 Bxg2 27. Bxf7+ Kh7 28. Kxg2 dxc3 29.
Rxc3 Qb4 30. Re8 h5 31. Bb3 g6 32. Rce3 Kh6 33. R8e4 $14) 24. Bb3 (24. Rb8 Bxc3
25. Rxc3 Qxa2 26. Rxb7 Ne6 27. Ra3 $11) 24... Bxc3 25. Bd6 Kh7 26. Rxf8 Bxb2
27. Bc2+ g6 28. Rb1 $18) 22. dxe6 Rxe6 (22... Qxa2 23. exd7 Rxe2 24. dxc8=Q+
Bxc8 25. Rxe2 Bxb2 26. Rxc8+ Kh7 27. Kh2 Qa3 28. Re3 $11) 23. Bxe6 Bxe1 24. Rd1
$1 (24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Bh3 Bxf2+ 26. Bxf2 Qd8 $17) 24... fxe6 (24... Rd8 25.
Rxd7 (25. Bxd7 Bb4 26. Qg4 Bc5 $11) 25... Rxd7 26. Bxd7 Qd5 27. Qe8+ Kh7 28.
Bh3 $11) 25. Qxe6+ (25. Rxd7 $5 Ba8 $2 (25... Bc6 $1 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Rxg7 (
27. Be5 Bxf2+ 28. Kh2 Bg3+ 29. Kxg3 (29. Bxg3 Bxd7 $19) 29... Qe1+ 30. Kh2
Qxh4+ 31. Kg1 Bxd7 $19) (27. Re7 Bxf2+ 28. Bxf2 Qd8 29. Qg4 Qxe7 30. Qxc8+ Qe8
31. Qxa6 Qe4 $44) 27... Kxg7 28. Be5+ Kf8 29. Bd6+ (29. Qxc8+ Ke7 30. Qxc6 Qxe5
31. Qxh6 $11) 29... Kg7 30. Be5+ $11) 26. Qxe6+ Kh7 27. Qf6 Rg8 28. Be5 Bxf2+
29. Kh2 Bg1+ 30. Kh1 Bxg2+ 31. Kxg1 Qe1+ 32. Kxg2 $18) 25... Kh8 26. Rxd7 Qb5
$4 $18 (26... Bxf2+ 27. Bxf2 Qa1+ 28. Kh2 Qxb2 29. Qg4 Qe5+ 30. Bg3 Qb2 31. Bf2
Qe5+ $11 (31... Ba8 32. Bd4 Qb8+ 33. Kh3 $18)) 27. Be5 Bxf2+ 28. Kh2 Bg1+ 29.
Kxg1 Rc1+ 30. Kh2 Rh1+ 31. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9798 40th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1998.01.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Bellini, Fabio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 a6 8. c5
c6 9. Bd3 e5 10. Bxf6 (10. dxe5 Ne8 (10... Ng4 11. Bf4 Nxc5 12. h3 Nxd3+ 13.
Qxd3 Nh6 14. Bxh6 gxh6 $132) 11. Bf4 (11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qc2 h6 13. Na4 Nxe5 14.
Nxe5 Qxe5 $11) 11... Nxc5 12. Bb1 f5 (12... Bg4 $11) 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Nd4 Ne6
$11 {1-0 ,Goldin A. - Ostenstad B, Trnava 1989}) 10... Bxf6 11. dxe5 (11. Nxe5
Bxe5 (11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 Be7 (12... Bxe5 13. Bxh7+ $16) 13. Na4 Qa5+ 14. Rc3
Be6 15. O-O $16) 12. dxe5 Nxc5 13. Bb1 b6 (13... Qg5 14. O-O Qxe5 (14... Bg4
15. Qc2 g6 16. f4 $16 {1-0 Boyd-Spitzenberger/corr 1978 (24)}) 15. Nxd5 Ne4 16.
Nb6 Rb8 17. Nc4 Qe7 18. f3 Rd8 19. Qc2 Nf6 20. e4 Qc5+ $11) 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qh6
Qe7 $17) 11... Be7 12. Qc2 (12. b4 Qc7 13. O-O Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Qc2 f5
16. Ne2 g6 17. Rfe1 Qg7 18. Qd2 Bf6 19. Bc2 Be6 20. Nd4 Bf7 $11 {1-0 Brinck
Claussen,B-Van Voorthuijsen,P/Lyngby op 1988 (39)} (20... Bd7 $11)) 12... h6 (
12... g6 13. Na4 Qa5+ 14. Ke2 Qc7 15. e6 fxe6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Qxg6+ Kh8 18.
Qh6+ Kg8 19. Qg6+ {1/2-1/2 Schmidt,W-Davidovic,A/Dortmund-B 1988}) 13. e4 (13.
Na4 Qc7 (13... Qa5+ 14. Ke2 Qc7 15. Qc3 Re8 16. Rhe1 Bf8 17. Kf1 Nxe5 18. Nxe5
Rxe5 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. Nxc8 Rxc8 21. Kg1 $11 {0-1 Visier,F-Lombardy,W/Nice ol
1974 (78)}) 14. Qc3 Re8 15. O-O (15. e6 fxe6 16. O-O Bf6 17. Qc2 Rb8 18. b3 {
1/2-1/2 Kharitonov,A-Sokolov,A/URS-ch55 Moscow 1988}) (15. Bb1 Bd8 $1 16. O-O
$132 (16. Qc2 $6 g6 17. h4 $6 h5 18. Nd4 Qxe5 $17 {0-1 Wiedenkeller,
M-Thorsteinsson,T/Saltsjobaden 1988 (35)})) 15... Bf8 16. e4 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 dxe4
18. Bxe4 Qxe5 19. Qxe5 Rxe5 20. Rfe1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Loginov,V-Balashov,Y/URS-FL
Sverdlovsk 1987 (24)}) (13. O-O Nxc5 14. Bh7+ Kh8 15. Bf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Qd7 (
16... Qb6 17. Rc2 Rae8 $15) 17. Nd4 Rae8 18. Rfd1 Qxf5 19. Nxf5 Nd7 20. Nxd5 $5
(20. f4 $132) 20... cxd5 21. Rc7 g6 22. Rxd7 gxf5 23. Rxb7 Bd8 24. Rxd5 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Christiansen,L-Seul,G/BL 1991 (53)}) 13... dxe4 14. Nxe4 (14. Bxe4 Nxc5
$15) 14... Nxc5 $15 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. O-O (16. Qxc5 $2 Qxd3 17. Rd1 (17. Qc4
Rd8 $17) 17... Qe4+ $17) (16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Qxc5 Kxh7 18. O-O Bg4 19. Rfd1 Qc7
$15) 16... Ba7 17. Rcd1 Qe7 18. Qc4 $5 (18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Bf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Rad8
21. h4 $11) 18... Be6 19. Qe4 g6 20. Qf4 (20. h4 Bxa2 $17) 20... Kg7 21. Bc4 (
21. a3 Rad8 $15) 21... Rad8 22. b3 (22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. b3 $132) 22... g5 $6 $11
(22... Bxc4 23. bxc4 Bc5 $15) 23. Qe4 Bxc4 24. Qxc4 (24. bxc4 Bc5 (24... Rfe8
25. h4 $132) 25. Nd4 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 $11) 24... Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Qxd8
27. g4 (27. h4 Qd1+ 28. Qf1 Qc2 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Nxg5 Qxa2 31. e6 fxe6 32.
Nxe6+ Kf6 33. Nf4 Qxb3 34. Qe2 $17) 27... Qd5 28. Qe2 f6 $6 $11 (28... a5 $5
29. h3 (29. h4 a4 30. bxa4 Qe6 $1 31. hxg5 Qxg4+ 32. Kf1 hxg5 $17) 29... b5 $15
) 29. exf6+ Kxf6 30. Nd2 $1 Kg7 $6 (30... Bd4 31. Ne4+ Kg6 32. Ng3 $11) 31. Nc4
(31. Qe7+ Kg6 32. Qe8+ Kg7 33. Qe7+ Qf7 34. Qxf7+ Kxf7 35. Nc4 Bc5 36. Na5 Bb4
37. Nxb7 Ke7 38. Kg2 Kd7 39. Kf3 Kc7 40. a3 Bxa3 41. Na5 Bd6 42. h3 $11) 31...
Bb8 $2 $16 (31... Kf6 $11) 32. h3 $2 $11 (32. Qe7+ Qf7 33. Qxf7+ Kxf7 34. Na5
Ke6 35. Nxb7 Kd5 36. Nd8 $16) 32... Bf4 $2 $16 (32... Kf6 $11) (32... Kf7 $11)
33. Nb2 $2 $11 (33. Qe7+ Qf7 (33... Kg6 34. Qxb7 $16) 34. Qxf7+ Kxf7 35. Na5
$16) 33... b5 (33... Kf6 $11) 34. Nd3 Bd6 35. Ne1 Kf7 36. Ng2 Qe5 37. Qf3+ Qf6
38. Qd1 Qe5 39. Qf3+ Qf6 40. Qd1 Qe5 41. Qf3+ Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Elgoibar 09th"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Georgiev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ubilava, Elizbar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1999.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 a6 9. Bd3 c5 $6 (9... b6 $1 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qe2 (11. e4 c5 12. e5 Nd5 13.
Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Ne4 cxd4 15. Bb1 $44) 11... c5 12. Rfd1 Nd5 13. Ne4 cxd4 14. Bxe7
Qxe7 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. Nc3 $11 {Alekhine,Alexander-Naegeli,Oskar/Bern (13) ;HCL
1932/1/2-1/2 (48)}) 10. O-O (10. Ne5 cxd4 (10... Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd5 (11... Nd7
12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O Rd8 (13... Nxe5 $2 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Qxe5
b6 (16... b5 17. Nd5 Qa7 18. Nc7 Rb8 19. Rxc5 $16) 17. Rfd1 Bb7 18. Rd6 $16)
14. f4 b5 15. Qh5 Nf8 16. Rfd1 Bb7 $132) 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Ne4 b6 $132) 11.
exd4 Nd5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 (12... Nxe7 13. O-O Nf6 14. Ne4 Nfd5 15. Bb1 Nf5 16. Ng3
Nf6 17. Ne2 Bd7 $132 {1-0 Izeta Txabarri,Felix-Gomez Esteban,Juan Mario/
Elgoibar (4) ;CBM 57 ext 1996 (45)}) 13. Nxd5 (13. O-O N7f6 (13... Nxe5 $6 $14
14. dxe5 Rd8 (14... Bd7 15. Nxd5 (15. Qh5 g6 16. Qh6 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Rac8 (17...
Bb5 18. Bxb5 axb5 19. Rh3 f6 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. a3 $14) 18. Rfc1 Rxc3 19. Rxc3
Rc8 $11) 15... exd5 16. f4 $14) 15. Qf3 (15. Ne4 $5 Nf4 16. Nd6 Qg5 17. g3 Qxe5
18. Nxf7 Nh3+ (18... Kxf7 19. gxf4 Qxf4 20. Qh5+ $14) 19. Kg2 Kxf7 20. Kxh3 Rd4
21. Qf3+ $14) 15... Rb8 (15... Nxc3 $2 16. Rxc3 f5 (16... Rb8 17. Bxh7+ $18)
17. Rfc1 $16) 16. Ne4 Bd7 (16... Nb4 17. Bb1 b6 18. Nd6 Bb7 19. Qh3 $14) 17.
Qg3 (17. Nd6 $14) 17... Bc6 $14 {(...) 1-0 Zvjaginsev,Vadim-Kharitonov,Andrei
Y/RUS-chT Kazan (4) ;CBM 51 1995 (26)}) 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Be4 Rd8 16. Qf3 Nf6
17. Rc4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 f6 19. Nf3 b5 20. Rc6 Ra7 21. Qe3 Rc7 $11 {Kutirov,
Rolando-San Segundo,Pablo/EU-chT (Men) (8) ;CBM 57 ext 1997/1/2-1/2 (97)})
13... exd5 14. O-O Nxe5 15. Re1 $14) 10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 $1 $14 (11. exd4 b5
12. a4 bxa4 13. Nxa4 Bb7 14. Re1 Rc8 15. Nc3 h6 16. Bh4 Re8 $11 {Lautier,
Joel-Kamsky,Gata/Amber-blind 5th rapid (3) ;CBM 52 ext 1996/0-1 (58)}) 11...
Ne5 12. Be2 (12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Be4 Rb8 14. Qc2 g6 15. Rfd1 Bd7 16. Qe2 Qb6 17.
f4 Nc6 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Na4 Qb5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Fokin,
Sergey-Kharitonov,Andrei Y/URS-FL Kursk ;EXT 97 1987 (24)}) (12. Bb1 Bd7 13.
Qe2 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Qb6 15. Ne4 Ng6 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Bh6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Schmidt,
Wlodzimierz-Ostrowski,Leszek/POL-chT Krynica (4) ;CBM 61 ext 1997 (18)}) 12...
Ng6 13. Qc2 Qa5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 $6 $16 {Strange move} (14... Bxf6 $142 15. Nb3 $5
(15. Rfd1 Rd8 $1 (15... Bd7 16. Nb3 Qc7 (16... Qd8 17. Nc5 Ne5 18. N3e4 $18)
17. Nd5 Qxc2 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Rxc2 Bc6 20. Na5 Bd5 21. Rc7 $14) 16. Bf3 (16.
Nb3 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Qc7 $11) 16... Ne5 17. Be4 g6 $11) 15... Qe5 16. Rfd1 b6 17.
Bf3 Ra7 18. Nd4 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Ne4 Be7 21. Nc6 $14) 15. Nb3 Qe5 16. Rfd1
Rb8 (16... Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Bf3 Bc7 20. g3 Rb8 21. Bg2 Bb6
22. Qd1 Be8 23. Nf3 $14) 17. Ne4 f5 18. Nec5 b6 (18... Bd6 19. g3 Rd8 (19... b6
20. Nd3 (20. Nxa6 Ra8 21. Nd4 (21. Qc6 Bxa6 22. Bxa6 Rxa6 23. Rxd6 Rxa2 24. Rd2
Rxb2 $11) 21... Bxa6 22. Bxa6 Rxa6 23. Nc6 Qb5 24. Rxd6 Rxa2 $11) 20... Qf6 21.
Nd4 Bb7 22. Qb3 b5 23. Nc6 Rbc8 24. Bf3 Rc7 25. Ne1 Bxc6 26. Rxc6 Rxc6 27. Bxc6
$14) 20. Na5 $16) 19. Nd7 $1 $16 Bxd7 20. Rxd7 {All white pieces placed better
than black ones} b5 21. Nd4 Rb6 22. g3 (22. Nc6 Qf6 23. Qd2 $16 (23. Bf3 $16))
22... Bf6 23. b4 Ne7 24. Bf3 Qb8 (24... Rc8 25. Qxc8+ Nxc8 26. Rxc8+ Kg7 27.
Rcc7 Kg6 28. Rxf7 $16) 25. Nb3 Ng6 26. Bg2 Ne5 27. Rdd1 (27. Nc5 Nxd7 28. Nxd7
Qd8 29. Nxf8 (29. Rd1 Rb8 $11) 29... Qxf8 30. a3 Rd6 $11) 27... Rd6 (27... Rd8
28. Nc5 $16) 28. Nc5 Rfd8 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. e4 $1 {Loosening a position of the
black king} f4 (30... Nc6 31. exf5 (31. Qb3 Nd4 (31... Qb6 32. exf5 Nd4 33. Qd1
Nxf5 34. Qg4+ Kh8 35. Ne4 Rd4 36. Qh5 $18) 32. Qd1 $14) 31... Nd4 (31... Nxb4
32. Qb3 $18) 32. Qd1 Nxf5 33. Qh5 (33. Qg4+ Bg7 34. Be4 Ne7 35. Qh5 Ng6 36. Bb7
$14) 33... Bb2 34. Rc2 Bg7 35. Be4 $16) (30... fxe4 $2 31. Nxe4 $18) 31. gxf4
Nc4 32. e5 Rd2 33. Qb3 (33. Qxd2 Nxd2 34. Nd7 Qd8 35. Nxf6+ Kg7 36. Rc3 $44)
33... Bh4 (33... Bg7 34. Bf1 $16) 34. Ne4 Qd8 35. Nxd2 (35. Bf1 Rxf2 36. Nxf2
Bxf2+ 37. Kh1 $16 (37. Kxf2 $2 Qd2+ 38. Kg1 Qxc1 $15)) 35... Qxd2 36. Rf1 (36.
Qc2 Bxf2+ 37. Kh1 Qxf4 38. Rf1 Nd2 39. Qc1 Qe3 40. Rd1 Nc4 41. Qxe3 Bxe3 42.
Bb7 $16) 36... Qxf4 37. Qd3 Nd2 (37... Qxe5 38. Kh1 $16) 38. Rd1 $1 Bxf2+ 39.
Kh1 Be3 40. Qd8+ Kg7 41. Qf6+ Qxf6 42. exf6+ Kxf6 43. Bb7 Ke5 44. Bxa6 f5 $2
$18 (44... Ne4 {[%cal Ge4f2]} 45. Kg2 Nd6 46. Kf3 $16) 45. Bxb5 f4 {Black f
pawn is not dangerous...} 46. a4 Kd4 47. a5 Kc3 48. a6 e5 (48... Kxb4 49. Bd7
Ne4 50. Ra1 Nf2+ (50... Ba7 51. Ra4+ {[%csl Re4]}) 51. Kg2 Ba7 52. Bxe6 $18)
49. Re1 (49. Bc6 f3 50. b5 e4 51. Ra1 Ba7 52. b6 Bxb6 53. a7 Bxa7 54. Rxa7 f2
55. Bb5 f1=Q+ 56. Bxf1 Nxf1 57. Rxh7 e3 58. Kg2 Nd2 59. h4 $18) 49... Kxb4 50.
Rxe3 fxe3 51. a7 Kxb5 52. a8=Q Kc4 53. Kg2 h6 54. Qh8 Kd4 55. Qxh6 e4 56. Qd6+
Kc3 57. Qa3+ Kd4 58. Qa7+ Kd3 59. Qa6+ Kd4 60. h4 1-0

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kharitonov, Andrei Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 (6... c6 7. Rc1
Nbd7 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. O-O a6 12. a4 Nb6 13. Ba2 cxd4 14.
exd4 Bd7 {This position will occur in this game after 13 moves.} 15. Ne5 Rc8
16. Bb1 Nbd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qd3 f5 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Qb3 Kh7 21. Qxb7 $16 {
1-0 Etcheverry(UY)-Faruy Ali(IN)/ol Warna final C 1962 (39)}) 7. Bh4 Nbd7 8.
Rc1 dxc4 (8... c6 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 a6 11. a4 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. exd4 Nb6
14. Bb3 (14. Ba2 Nbd5 15. Ne5 Nb4 16. Bb1 Bd7 17. Qb3 a5 18. Rfe1 $14 {1/2-1/2
Bronshtejn-Ubilava/Minsk 1983 (39)}) 14... Bd7 {The oly difference - Bb3
instead of Ba2.} (14... Nbd5 15. Ne5 Nb4 16. Re1 Bd7 17. Qe2 Be8 18. Rcd1 $14 {
1-0 Nenashev,A-Ubilava,E/Barnaul 1984 (70)}) 15. Qd3 (15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Qf3 Bc6
17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. Bg3 Qc8 20. Be5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Muhvic,D-Ascic,P/
Porec CRO 1998 (42)}) (15. a5 Nbd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7
19. Qb3 Bb5 20. Rfe1 Qd8 21. Qb4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Babula,V-Ioseliani,N/CZE 1999 
(39)}) 15... Bc6 16. Bc2 (16. Ne5 Nbd5 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Bc2 Qa5 19. Rfe1 Rfd8
20. Nxc6 (20. Re3 Qb4 21. Rd1 Bc5 22. Nxf7 Rxd4 23. Qg6 (23. Nxh6+ Kf8 24. Qg6
Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Be8 $17) 23... Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 Bxe3 $19 {0-1 Kishnev,S-Ubilava,E/
Barnaul URS sf 1984 (29)}) 20... bxc6 21. Ne4 $11) 16... Nbd7 17. Rfe1 Re8 18.
Ne5 (18. Rcd1 Nf8 19. Ne5 Nd5 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Bb3 Nb4 22. Qe3 $11 {1/2-1/2
Gorelov,S-Basin,L/Minsk URS sf(6) 1985 (26)}) 18... Nf8 19. Bb1 Bd5 20. Qg3
N6h7 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Ng4 Kh8 23. Nxd5 Qxd5 24. Ne3 Qd8 (24... Qxd4 25. Nf5
$16) 25. d5 exd5 26. Red1 Rd7 27. Ba2 Nf6 28. Qf3 d4 $15) 9. Bxc4 a6 10. a4 c5
11. O-O cxd4 12. exd4 (12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Be2 Ng6 14. Bg3 Qb6 15. Qb3 Qa5 16. Qc2
Bd7 17. Rfd1 Rac8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Epishin,V-Goldin,A/Vilnius 1988 (41)}) 12... Nb6
13. Ba2 (13. Bb3 Bd7 (13... Nbd5 14. Ne5 Nb4 (14... Qa5 15. Qf3 Qb6 16. Bxd5
exd5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxd5 Qxd4 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Qxf6 Be6 21. Qxh6 Qxe5 22.
Rc3 Bg4 23. Rg3 f5 24. Qg6+ Qg7 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. f3 Rac8 27. fxg4 f4 28. Rgf3
{1-0 San Segundo,P-Zutter,F/Aviles 1992 (28)}) 15. Qd2 a5 16. Rfe1 b6 17. Nb5
Ne4 18. Qf4 Bxh4 19. Qxe4 Rb8 20. g3 Bf6 21. Nxf7 Rxf7 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Nd6
Qc7 $2 (23... Qc6 24. Qxc6 (24. Qxe6 Rbf8 25. Nxf7 Qxe6 26. Bxe6 Rxf7 27. Re4
$14) 24... Nxc6 25. Bxe6 Rbf8 26. Nxf7 Rxf7 27. d5 Nd4 28. Bxf7+ Kxf7 29. Kg2
$16) 24. Nxf7 $18 {1-0 Dreev,A-Epishin,V/Tilburg 1994 (27)}) 14. a5 $1 (14. Ne5
Bc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Ne2 Qd7 17. Qd3 Nbd5 18. Bc4 a5 19. b3 Rfd8 $11 {1/2-1/2
Tukmakov,V-Dokhoian,Y/URS-FL Sverdlovsk 1987 (38)}) (14. Re1 Bc6 15. Ne5 Nbd5
16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bc2 Rc8 18. Qd3 Re8 19. a5 (19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qh7+ Kf8 $132)
19... Bc6 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Ra1 Ra8 $14 {1/2-1/2 Chekhov,V-Ubilava,E/Kharkov
URS sf 1985 (42)}) 14... Nbd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qb3
$14 {1-0 Manor,I-Gofshtein,L/Tel Aviv ASA(7) 1991 (35)}) 13... Bd7 $5 $14 (
13... Nbd5 $142 14. Nxd5 (14. Bxd5 exd5 15. Re1 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Re8
18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nxd5 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Bxd4 21. b4 Qd6 22. Re7 f5 23. Rxb7 Re8
24. g3 Re2 $1 25. Qxe2 Qxg3+ 26. Kf1 Qxh3+ 27. Ke1 Qh1+ 28. Kd2 Qxd5 $132)
14... Nxd5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Qb3 Be6 18. Rc5 $14 {1-0 Rodriguez,
O-Ardiansyah,H/Dubai olm 1986 (47)} (18. Rfe1 $14)) 14. Ne5 (14. Bb1 Bc6 15.
Qd3 Re8 16. Ne5 Nbd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Ng4 Kf8 20. Nxf6 Qxf6 21.
Qh7 Ke7 22. Qd3 Rec8 $15 {1/2-1/2 Shneider,A-Levin,F/UKR-ch Kiev ,EXT 1986 (41)
}) (14. a5 Nc8 (14... Nbd5 15. Bxd5 $14 {as in the game Manor-Gofshtein}) 15.
Ne5 Na7 16. Bb1 (16. d5 $1 exd5 (16... Nxd5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19.
Nxd5 $1 $18 {[%csl Ra8,Rd7][%cal Gd5f6,Gd5b6]}) 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19.
Nxd5 Qd8 20. Nb6 Qxd1 21. Rfxd1 Rad8 22. Nd7 Rfe8 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Bd5 Nc6
25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Kf1 $16) 16... Be8 17. Qd3 g6 18. Rfe1 Rc8 19.
Qe3 Nc6 20. Qxh6 $16 {1-0 Loginov,V-Feoktistov,A/Petrov mem, St Petersburg RUS
1998 (60)}) 14... Be8 (14... Bc6 15. Qd3 (15. Bb1 Nbd5 16. Re1 Nb4 17. Qd2 a5
18. Re3 Rc8 19. Rg3 Kh8 20. Re1 Be8 21. Rh3 Ng8 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11 {0-1
Petursson,M-Kortchnoi,V/Reykjavik World Cup 1988 (46)}) 15... Nbd5 16. Bb1 Nb4
17. Qd2 Nfd5 18. Bg3 Rc8 19. f4 f5 20. Rfe1 Qd6 $11 (20... Bf6 $2 21. Nxd5 Nxd5
(21... Qxd5 22. Rc5 $18 {1-0 Sokolov,I-Bass/Sevilla Op 1987 (24)}) 22. Nxc6
Rxc6 23. Rxc6 bxc6 24. Rxe6 $16)) 15. Bb1 g6 16. Re1 (16. a5 Nbd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5
18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qd2 Kg7 20. Rfe1 Rd8 21. Be4 Bb5 22. Rc5 $14) 16... Nfd5 $5 (
16... Rc8 $14) 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Be4 (18. a5 Nd7 $1 (18... Nbd5 $2 $16 19. Qd2
(19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Rc5 Bb5 21. Qd2 (21. Be4 {[%cal Ge4d5]} Qxa5 22. Bxd5 exd5
23. Rxd5 Rad8 $15) 21... Kg7 22. Be4 Rc8 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Ng4 (24. Bxd5 exd5
25. Rc1 Qd8 26. h3 Re8 27. Qf4 $14) 24... g5 25. h4 Qd8 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Bxd5
exd5 28. Ne3 $16) 19... Qxa5 20. Qxh6 Rc8 21. Ng4 $16) 19. Nc4 (19. Ng4 h5 (
19... f5 20. Nxh6+ $1 Kg7 21. Qd2 Rh8 22. Rxe6 Rxh6 23. Rce1 $18) 20. Ne5 Qxa5
$15) 19... b5 20. axb6 Nxb6 21. Nxb6 Qxb6 22. Qd2 Kg7 $11) 18... Rb8 19. b3 Nd7
20. Qf3 Nxe5 $2 $16 (20... Nc6 $1 {[%cal Gb8b3,Gb7c6]} 21. Bxc6 (21. Nxc6 bxc6
22. Bxc6 Rxb3 23. d5 Nc5 (23... exd5 24. Qxd5 $18) 24. Red1 Qg5 (24... Bxc6 25.
dxc6 Qc7 26. Nd5 exd5 (26... Rxf3 27. Nxc7 Rd3 28. Rxd3 Nxd3 29. Rc3 Rb8 30. g3
Nb4 31. Rc4 Rc8 (31... a5 32. Nb5 $16) (31... Kf8 32. Nxe6+ fxe6 33. c7 Rc8 34.
Rxb4 Rxc7 35. Rb6 $16) 32. Rxb4 (32. a5 Rxc7 33. Rxb4 Rxc6 $11) 32... Rxc7 33.
a5 Rxc6 34. Rb6 Rc2 35. Rxa6 Ra2 $11) 27. Qxd5 Re8 28. Qxc5 $16) 25. d6 Bxc6
26. Qxc6 Nd3 27. Rc2 Nf4 28. g3 $16 (28. d7 Rd8 29. g3 $16)) 21... Nxe5 $1 22.
dxe5 Bxc6 23. Qf4 Qg5 24. Qxg5 hxg5 25. Red1 Rfd8 $11) 21. dxe5 Nc6 22. Qe3
Nxe5 (22... Qg5 23. f4 Qe7 24. Bc2 {[%cal Gc3e4]} f6 25. exf6 Qxf6 26. Qxe6+
Qxe6 27. Rxe6 Rxf4 28. Bxg6 $16) 23. Qxh6 Qf6 24. Qe3 Bc6 25. Bxc6 Nxc6 26. Ne4
Qd4 $6 (26... Qe7 27. Qh6 $18 {[%cal Ge4g5]}) (26... Qg7 $142 27. Nc5 Rfd8 (
27... Rfc8 28. Nd7 Ra8 29. Nb6 $18) 28. Nxb7 Rxb7 29. Rxc6 Qb2 30. Rxa6 Rxb3
31. Qe4 $16 {With the certain chances of a drawn game.}) 27. Qxd4 Nxd4 28. Nf6+
Kg7 29. Nd7 Rbc8 $8 30. Rcd1 $1 {Maybe this move was missed by Black?} (30.
Nxf8 $2 Ne2+ 31. Kf1 Nxc1 32. Nd7 Nxb3 $17) 30... Nc2 $5 (30... Nxb3 31. Nxf8
Kxf8 32. Rb1 Rc3 33. Re3 Rxe3 34. fxe3 Nc5 35. a5 $16) 31. Nxf8 Nxe1 32. Nxe6+
$1 fxe6 33. Rxe1 Kf6 34. h4 e5 (34... Rc3 35. Re3 $16) 35. Re4 b5 $2 $18 (35...
a5 36. f3 b5 37. axb5 Rb8 38. Re3 Rxb5 $16 {[%cal Gb5b4,Ga5a4] With idea to
change Queen side pawns.}) 36. axb5 axb5 37. Kh2 Rc5 38. f3 Rd5 39. Kh3 Kf5 40.
g4+ Kf6 41. Kg2 Rd2+ 42. Kg3 Rd3 43. Rb4 Rd5 44. Kf2 Rc5 45. Ke3 g5 (45... Rc3+
46. Ke4 Rc5 47. f4 exf4 (47... Ke6 48. fxe5 Rxe5+ 49. Kf4 Rd5 50. g5 Kd6 51.
Kg4 Ke5 52. h5 gxh5+ 53. Kxh5 $18 Kf5 54. g6 Kf6+ 55. Kh6 Rf5 56. g7 Rf1 57.
g8=N+ Kf7 58. Kh7 $18) 48. Kxf4 g5+ (48... Rd5 49. g5+ Ke6 50. Kg4 Kf7 51. h5
gxh5+ 52. Kxh5 Kg7 53. Re4 Rd3 54. b4 (54. Re7+ Kf8 55. Rb7 Rxb3 56. Kg6 b4 $11
) 54... Rh3+ 55. Kg4 Rb3 56. Kf5 Rb1 57. Ke6 Kg6 58. Kd6 Kxg5 59. Kc6 Kf5 60.
Rh4 $18) 49. hxg5+ Rxg5 50. Rd4 Rc5 51. Rd6+ Ke7 52. Rb6 Kf7 53. g5 Kg7 (53...
Rd5 54. Kg4) 54. Kg4 $18 {[%cal Gg4h5,Gb6b7]}) 46. h5 Ke6 47. Ke4 Kf6 48. Kd3
Rd5+ 49. Ke2 Rc5 50. Re4 Rc2+ 51. Kd3 Rf2 (51... Rc5 52. Re2 Rd5+ 53. Ke3 Rc5
54. Rd2 Ke6 (54... Rc3+ 55. Rd3 Rc1 56. Rd6+ Kf7 57. Rg6 $18) 55. h6 Rc7 56.
Rh2 $18) 52. Re3 Ke6 53. Ke4 b4 54. Re1 Rh2 55. Ra1 Re2+ 56. Kd3 Rf2 57. Ra6+
Kd5 58. Ra5+ Ke6 59. Ke3 Rb2 60. Rb5 Rxb3+ 61. Ke4 Kf6 62. Rxe5 Rxf3 63. Kxf3
Kxe5 64. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 35th"]
[Site "Varadero"]
[Date "2000.05.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 a6 8. c5
c6 9. b4 (9. Bd3 {-mainline}) 9... a5 $6 $14 {Not best reaction.} (9... Ne4 $6
10. Bf4 g5 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 f5 13. g4 fxg4 14. Ne5 (14. Nd2 Nf6 15. Bd3
Rf7 16. Qe2 $44) 14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qc7 16. Qd4 Rf5 17. Bd3 Qxe5 18. Qxe5 Rxe5
19. Rxh7 Bf6 20. Kd2 $16 {1-0 Alekhine,A-Bogoljubov,E/Hastings Internation
1922/ (52)}) ({Right is} 9... Nh5 $1 {[%mdl 4] This strong and old move
promise to Black good position:} 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 11. Be2 (11. Bd3
Nhf6 12. O-O e5 13. dxe5 (13. e4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxe4 15. Re1 Ndf6 16. f3 Nxc3
17. Rxe7 Nxd1 18. Rxd1 Bd7 $15) 13... Nxe5 14. Nd4 Re8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Tunik,
G-Kharitonov,A/Voskresensk 1993/ (28)}) 11... Nhf6 12. O-O e5 {Now e5-e4 is
not dangerous (Be2 instead os d3)} 13. a4 Ne4 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Qd4 Nxf3+ 16.
Bxf3 Ng5 $132 {1-0 Rabinovich,I-Bogoljubow,E/Baden-Baden 1925/(29)}) (9... b6
$6 {Wrong plan - to play in the side where Opponent is stronger...} 10. a3 a5
11. Ra1 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Rxa6 13. O-O b5 14. Qb1 Nh5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. a4 axb4 17.
Qxb4 Rfa8 18. Ra2 e5 19. axb5 Rxa2 20. Nxa2 Rxa2 21. bxc6 Nf8 22. Qb8 Ra7 23.
Nxe5 $16 {1-0 Tolush,A-Rauzer/URS ch 1935/ (42)}) (9... Re8 $6 10. Bd3 Nf8 (
10... e5 $2 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Bf4 f6 $16 {1/2-1/2 Ghitescu,T-Robatsch,K/
Beverwijk 1967/ (19)}) (10... b6 $6 11. O-O bxc5 12. bxc5 e5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14.
Bf4 Nxc5 15. h3 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Nh6 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. e4 $16 {1-0 Shuklin,
V-Grigoriants,S/Moscow-ch ,EXP 1996/ (27)}) 11. O-O N6d7 12. Bf4 f5 13. Ne5 Bf6
14. Bg3 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bh4 16. Bxh4 Qxh4 17. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Chekhover,
V-Goglidze,V/Leningrad RUS 1936/ (32)}) 10. b5 $1 {better than} (10. a3 axb4 (
10... b6 11. Bf4 axb4 12. axb4 bxc5 13. bxc5 Ra3 14. Qd2 Qa5 15. Nb1 (15. Be2
Nxc5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Ne5 $19 {Janakiev,I-Ziatdinov,R/Sofija 1987/Inf 44/(17)}
(17. Ne5 Rxc3 18. Rxc3 Bb4)) 15... Ne4 16. Qxa5 Rxa5 17. Bd3 $11) (10... b5 11.
Bd3 g6 12. O-O Re8 13. Qe2 Kg7 14. Nxb5 axb4 15. axb4 cxb5 16. Bxb5 $14 {
1-0 Elsness,F-Egeli,P/NOR-ch ,EXT 1995/ (41)}) 11. axb4 b6 12. Bd3 bxc5 13.
bxc5 Ba6 (13... e5 $2 14. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 15. dxe5 Nxe5 (15... Be7 16. O-O Nxc5
17. Nd4 Qe8 18. Bb1 f6 19. Nxc6 $16 {1-0 Panczyk,K-Begovac,F/Graz W-3chJr 1981/
(42)}) 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Qxe5 $14 {1-0 Riester,
G-Huxdorff,E/cr WER/1 1928/ (25)}) 14. O-O Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qa5 $11) 10... e5 {
This is idea of 9...a5. Now Pc5 is not defended by Pb4.} (10... cxb5 11. Bxb5
$14) 11. bxc6 $1 (11. Nd2 $6 Re8 12. Be2 Nf8 13. Qa4 (13. dxe5 N6d7 14. Bxe7
Qxe7 $132 {[%csl Rc5,Re5]}) 13... exd4 14. exd4 Ne6 15. Be3 Bxc5 $1 (15... Bd7
$6 16. b6 $14) 16. bxc6 (16. dxc5 d4 $17) 16... bxc6 17. dxc5 d4 18. Qxc6 Bd7 (
18... dxe3 19. fxe3 Bd7 $44) 19. Qd6 dxe3 20. fxe3 Rc8 $44 {0-1 Halliman,
F-Purdy,C/1st Australia cr C 1937/ (38)}) 11... bxc6 {[%csl Ra5,Rc6]} 12. Qa4 (
{Interesting and well also} 12. dxe5 Ne8 (12... Ng4 13. Bf4 Bxc5 (13... Nxc5
14. h3 Nh6 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Bd3 {-like in the game Shuklin,V-Grigoriants,S})
14. h3 Nh6 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Bd3 $14) 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Na4 {[%csl Rb6,Yc5]
[%cal Gb1b8] We can see the differenca between this position and position in
the game Tunik,G-Kharitonov,A} Nc7 15. Be2 Nxe5 16. O-O Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Bf5 18.
Nb6 Ra7 19. Qa4 $14 {0-1 Gothilf,S-Ragozin/Leningrad Trade Unions 1938/ (49)})
12... exd4 13. exd4 Ne4 $6 (13... Qc7 $5 $14) 14. Be3 $6 $14 ({Strong was} 14.
Bf4 $1 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Gf4c7]} Nxc3 15. Rxc3 Bb7 16. Bd3 Re8 17. O-O $16 {
[%csl Rb7,Rc6]}) (14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 $15) 14... Qc7 (14... Nxc3 15.
Rxc3 Qc7 16. Rb3 {more precisely than} (16. Bd3 $6 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. O-O
Rb8 $1 19. Rb3 Rxb3 20. Qxb3 (20. axb3 Nf6 21. Ra1 Ne4 22. b4 Nc3 23. Qc2 (23.
Qa3 Nb5 24. Qa4 Nc3) 23... Ne4 24. Bd2 Nxd2 25. Nxd2 Bf6 26. Nf3 g6 27. h4 $11)
20... Ra8 21. Rb1 Rb8 22. Qd3 Rxb1+ 23. Qxb1 Nf6 $11) 16... Re8 17. Be2 Ba6 18.
Bxa6 Rxa6 19. O-O $14) 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 f5 17. g3 g5 (17... Nf6 18. Bf4
Qd7 19. Nc4 Qxd4 20. Be3 Qd8 21. Ne5 $14 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gf1c4]}) (17... f4 $2
18. Bxf4 Rxf4 19. gxf4 Qxf4 20. Qxc6 e3 21. Qe6+ $18) 18. Bc4+ Kg7 19. d5 $1 {
[%csl Rg7] Black weakenened K, so to open the game is logical decision. In
other side, f4-f5 was real threat.} cxd5 20. Bxd5 Nb6 (20... Rb8 21. h4 $1 $14)
21. Qc6 Nxd5 22. Qxd5 (22. Qxa8 $4 Bb7 23. Qa7 Ra8 $19) 22... Ra6 (22... Bb7
23. c6 Rad8 24. Qb3 Rc8 25. Bd4+ Bf6 26. Bxf6+ Rxf6 27. Qxb7 Qxb7 (27... Rxc6
28. Qb2+ Kg8 29. Rxc6 Qxc6 30. O-O $18) 28. cxb7 Rxc1+ 29. Ke2 Rxh1 30. b8=Q
$18) 23. c6 {[%csl Yc6,Rc8]} Bf6 (23... Rd8 24. Bd4+ Kg6 25. Qc4 Bb4 26. Be3 h6
27. h4 $14) 24. h4 Rd8 (24... g4 25. Bf4 $14) 25. Qb5 gxh4 $2 {Not necessary
file g opening!} ({Better was} 25... g4 26. Bf4 Qf7 27. O-O (27. Be5 {[%csl
Rg7]} Qe6 (27... Rxd2 28. Bxf6+ Qxf6 29. Kxd2 Qd4+ 30. Ke1 Qb4+ 31. Qxb4 axb4
32. Kd2 $16) 28. Bxf6+ Qxf6 29. Nb1 (29. Nb3 a4 30. Na5 Qd4 31. O-O Rb6 (31...
Rd5 32. Qb8 Raxa5 33. Qxc8 $18) 32. Qc5 Qxc5 33. Rxc5 Rb2 $15) (29. h5 Rd6 30.
c7 Rac6 $15) 29... Rd3 30. O-O Qd6 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Gd3g3]} 31. Kh2 Qc7 32. Rc5
Rd6 33. Rfc1 $14) 27... Qxa2 28. Nc4 a4 29. Nd6 Qb3 30. Nxf5+ Kh8 31. Qc5 $14)
26. Bf4 Qf7 27. gxh4 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gh1g1]} Ra8 $6 $18 ({The besr chance was
} 27... Qxa2 $5 28. Nc4 $16) 28. Rg1+ Kh8 $8 29. c7 $1 (29. Be5 Rg8 30. Bxf6+
Qxf6 31. Rxg8+ Kxg8 32. c7 Ra6 33. Nb3 $16 {[%csl Gc7,Rg8]} (33. Qe8+ Qf8 34.
Qxf8+ Kxf8 $132)) 29... Rf8 30. Nc4 $1 (30. Be5 Ra6 31. Nb3 $16) 30... Be6 (
30... Rg8 31. Rxg8+ Qxg8 32. Nb6 Qg1+ 33. Qf1 Qxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Ba6+ 35. Ke1 $18)
31. Nd6 Qh5 (31... Qe7 32. Be5 $18) 32. Be5 ({Immediately win} 32. Qe5 $1 $18 {
[%csl Re6][%cal Gd6e4]}) 32... Qxh4 (32... Qh6 33. Rg5 $18) 33. c8=Q Raxc8 34.
Rxc8 Rxc8 35. Nxc8 1-0

[Event "ARG-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Pinamar"]
[Date "2002.03.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sorin, Ariel"]
[Black "Spangenberg, Hugo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2002.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Rc1 O-O 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 a6 9. e4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ne4 Bxg5 13. Nexg5 h6 14. Ne4 Nb4
$1 {This move allows Black at least to equalize.} ({Not badly is also} 14...
Nf4 15. O-O f5 {-see detailed commented game 1-0 Gunawan,R-Hoffman,A/Istanbul
2000/EXT 2001[Tsesarsky,I] (40)}) 15. Bb1 Nxa2 16. Qc2 Nb4 $1 (16... Nxc1 17.
Nc5 f5 (17... g6 18. Nxb7 Qc8 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. dxc5 $18 {[%csl Rc1]}) 18. Nxb7
Qc8 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. dxc5 $16 {[%csl Rc1]}) 17. Qxc7 Rc8 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 ({
Worth of attention also} 18... Rxc1+ 19. Ke2 Rc2+ $5 (19... Rxd8 20. Rxc1 Nb6
21. Nd6 Bd5 22. Rc7 f5 23. Nh4 (23. g4 fxg4 24. Nd2 Bg2 $1 $15) 23... Nc4 24.
Ng6 Nxd6 (24... Kh7 25. Nf7 Ra8 26. Nf4 Nxb2 27. g4 $14 {[%csl Rf5,Rh7][%cal
Gb1h7]}) 25. exd6 Rxd6 26. Rc8+ Kh7 (26... Kf7 27. Ne5+ Ke7 28. Rc7+ Kf8 29.
Rc8+ $11) 27. Nf8+ Kg8 28. Ng6+ $11) 20. Bxc2 Rxd8 21. Bb1 Nb6 22. Nd6 (22. Rc1
Nc4 23. b3 Na5 $17 {[%csl Rb3,Rd4][%cal Gb7f3]}) 22... Bxf3+ 23. Kxf3 Nc4 24.
Nxc4 bxc4 25. Ke4 Nc6 26. Rd1 Rd5 (26... Rb8 27. Ba2 Rxb2 28. Bxc4 Rxf2 29. d5
exd5+ 30. Kxd5 Ne7+ 31. Ke4 Rxg2 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Re8 $44) 27. f4 Rb5 28. Ba2
Na5 29. Rd2 $11) 19. Ke2 Bxe4 $5 {Interesting decision! White B is not so
strong...} 20. Bxe4 Nb6 21. Bb7 (21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Ra1 f5 $11) 21... Rxc1 22.
Rxc1 Nc4 23. Be4 Kf8 (23... Nxb2 $4 24. Rb1 $18) 24. b3 Nb6 (24... Na5 25. Ke3
f5 26. exf6 gxf6 27. g4 $11) 25. Ke3 (25. Rc7 Rd7 26. Rxd7 Nxd7 27. Ne1 a5 28.
Kd2 $11) (25. Kd2 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Nxc8 27. Ne1 $11) 25... Rc8 {Position is equal,
but only Black can try to improve his pieces locations and try to win...} (
25... N6d5+ 26. Kd2 $11) 26. Rc5 ({Can be recommended} 26. Rxc8+ Nxc8 27. Ne1
Ke7 28. Kd2 Nb6 29. Nd3 Nxd3 (29... N4d5 30. Nc5 $11) 30. Kxd3 $11) 26... Ke7
27. Ne1 Kd8 28. g3 Rc7 29. f4 g6 30. Bg2 (30. Nc2 Nxc2+ 31. Bxc2 Nd5+ 32. Kd2
Kd7 33. Rxc7+ Kxc7 34. Be4 $11) 30... Kd7 31. Nd3 $2 $17 {Mistake! White loses
patience...} ({It was necessary to play} 31. Kd2 N6d5 32. Bxd5 Rxc5 33. dxc5 (
33. Bxe6+ fxe6 34. dxc5 Kc6 35. Nf3 Kxc5 $132) 33... exd5 34. Kc3 a5 35. Nd3
Nc6 $132) 31... Nc2+ $1 32. Ke4 Nd5 {[%csl Rd4,Re4][%cal Gd5c3]} 33. Rxc7+ $8
Kxc7 34. Nc5 Kb6 $1 {Black K walkes to b4!} (34... a5 $2 35. Bf3 $11) 35. Bf1 (
35. Bf3 Ka5 36. Kd3 Ne1+ 37. Ke2 Nxf3 38. Kxf3 Kb4 $17) 35... Ka5 36. Kd3 Ncb4+
$2 $132 {Black drops his advantage...} ({Right was} 36... Nce3 37. Be2 Kb4 38.
Bf3 a5 39. Bxd5 Nxd5 40. Kc2 a4 41. bxa4 bxa4 42. Kb2 Kc4 $17) 37. Kd2 Nc6 38.
Kd3 Kb6 39. Ke4 Ka5 40. Kd3 Kb4 41. Bg2 a5 42. Bxd5 exd5 43. g4 a4 44. bxa4
bxa4 45. Na6+ Ka5 46. Nc7 Kb4 47. Na6+ Ka5 48. Nc7 a3 49. Kc3 Nxd4 50. Nxd5 Nf3
51. Kb3 Kb5 (51... Nxh2 52. Nf6 $11) 52. e6 Nd4+ 53. Kxa3 Nxe6 54. f5 gxf5 55.
gxf5 Nd4 56. Ne3 Kc5 57. Kb2 Nf3 58. Kc3 Nxh2 59. Kd3 Nf3 60. Ke4 Ng5+ 61. Ke5
Nh7 62. f6 Nxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel SKA"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1996.08.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1996.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Petursson} d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7.
Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 a6 9. c5 e5 10. dxe5 Ne8 11. h4 (11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qc2 h6 13. O-O
(13. e4 Nxe5 (13... Nxc5 14. exd5 $16) 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. O-O Nf6 (15... dxe4
16. Nxe4 $14) 16. exd5 Ng4 (16... Nxd5 17. Rfe1 Qh5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Bc4 $16)
17. g3 Qh5 18. h4 cxd5 (18... g5 $5 19. Ne4 f5 $13) 19. Qe2 Be6 (19... g5 20.
Nxd5 gxh4 21. Qxg4+ Bxg4 22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Nxh5+ Bxh5 24. gxh4 $16) 20. Qf3 Rad8
21. Ne2 Qe5 $6 (21... g5 $5) 22. b4 Qb2 23. Qf4 Ne5 24. Rc2 Nxd3 25. Rxb2 Nxf4
26. Nxf4 Bf5 27. Rd2 d4 28. Re1 $16 {Ftacnik 1-0 Kotronias,V-Goldin,A/Sochi-A ;
CBM 16 1989 (40)}) (13. Ne2 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Qc3 Qc7 16. O-O Nf6 17. Qd4
Bg4 18. f3 Be6 19. Qf4 Qe7 20. Nd4 Rae8 21. Rc3 Bc8 22. Bf5 $14 {1-0 Lerner,
K-Ziatdinov,R/Tashkent Agzamov mem (16) ;EXT 86 1986 (61)}) 13... Nxe5 14. Nxe5
Qxe5 15. Qa4 Nf6 16. Qd4 Ng4 17. Qxe5 Nxe5 18. Rfd1 f5 19. Ne2 Bd7 20. h3 Rae8
21. f4 Nf7 22. Kf2 h5 23. Nd4 g6 24. Be2 Kg7 25. Rg1 Re7 $10 {0-1 Estremera
Panos,S-Spassky,B/Oviedo rapid (03) ;EXT 91 1991 (39)}) (11. Bf4 {Ftacnik})
11... Nxc5 12. Bb1 Ne6 (12... f6 13. Bf4 (13. Qc2 g6 14. Bh6 Ng7 15. h5 Bf5 16.
Qe2 Bxb1 17. Rxb1 Qe8 18. Rh3 fxe5 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Nxe5 Bf6 21. Nf3 Ne4 22.
Nxe4 Qxe4 23. Rd1 Rf7 $132 {1-0 Ageichenko,G-Gavrilov,A/Moscow2 ;EXT 89 1989 
(71)}) (13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Bxf6 Rxf6 15. Nd4 Ne6 16. Qd3 Nf8 17. e4 dxe4 18.
Nxe4 Rh6 19. g3 Rh5 20. O-O Rd5 21. Qb3 Kh8 22. Nf3 Rb5 23. Qc3 Qa5 24. Qc2 Bf5
25. Nd4 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Re5 27. Qf3 Qd5 28. Qxd5 {1/2-1/2 Oll,L-Dreev,A/Vilnius ;
CBM 07 1988}) 13... fxe5 14. Bxe5 Bf5 15. Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Qc2 g6 17. Rd1 Qc8 18.
Rh3 Nf6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd4 Rh5 21. Nce2 Ne4 22. Ng3 Nxg3 23. Rxg3 Qe8 $17 {
1-0 Yuferov,S-Gavrilov,A/Moscow I ;TD 90\02 1990 (44)}) 13. Qc2 (13. Nd4 g6 14.
Bh6 N8g7 15. h5 Bg5 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Nf3 {1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,
V-Agdestein,S/Tilburg (10) ;CBM 15 1989}) 13... Nxg5 $6 (13... f5 $5) 14. Nxg5
g6 $8 15. Nxh7 Kxh7 (15... Bf5 16. e4 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 Kxh7 (17... dxe4 18. Nxf8
$18) 18. h5 dxe4 19. hxg6+ Kg7 (19... Kg8 20. Qxe4 f5 21. Qe3 $1 $18 Bb4+ (
21... Bg5 22. Qb3+ Kg7 (22... Qd5 23. Rh8+ $1 Kg7 24. Qxb7+ $18) 23. Qxb7+ Nc7
24. Rd1 $18) 22. Kf1 Qd2 23. Qb3+ Kg7 24. Rd1 $18) 20. Qxe4 (20. Rh7+ Kg8 21.
Qxe4 Qd5 (21... Qa5+ 22. Rc3 $18) 22. gxf7+ (22. Qf4 fxg6 23. Rh8+ Kxh8 24.
Qh6+ Kg8 25. Qxg6+ Ng7 26. Qh7+ Kf7 27. Qg6+ $10) (22. Rh8+ Kg7 23. Rh7+ $10)
22... Rxf7 23. Qg6+ Rg7 24. Qh5 Bb4+ 25. Ke2 Qd2+ 26. Kf3 Qd5+ 27. Ke2 Qd2+ $10
(27... Qb5+ 28. Bd3 $18)) 20... f5 21. Qe3 Bg5 22. f4 Bh4+ 23. g3 (23. Ke2 Nc7
24. Qh3 Rh8 25. g3 Be7 26. Qxf5 Qd5 $15) 23... Be7 24. Qe2 Qd4 (24... Bb4+ 25.
Kf1 Qd5 26. Qh5 $18) 25. Rh7+ Kg8 26. Kf1 {[%csl Re7][%cal Ge2h2,Ge2h5]} Bc5 (
26... Qd5 27. Qh5 $18) 27. Qh2 $18) 16. h5 Kg7 $2 (16... Kg8 $8 17. hxg6 f5 18.
Qe2 {[%cal Re2h5]} (18. exf6 Bxf6 19. g7 $2 Bxg7 20. Rh8+ (20. Qh7+ Kf7 21. Rh4
Qg5 22. Rf4+ Ke7 $17) (20. Qg6 {[%cal Rh1h8]} Nf6) 20... Kf7 21. Qg6+ (21. Qg6+
Ke7) 21... Ke7 $17 22. Qg5+ Bf6) 18... Ng7 19. Qf3 {[%cal Rh1h8,Rf3h3,Rh3h7]}
f4 $8 20. exf4 $40 (20. exf4 {Petursson} Qd7 21. Qg3 $18)) (16... f5 $1 {
Petursson} 17. exf6 (17. hxg6+ Kxg6 $1 18. Ne2 Ng7 19. g4 Kf7 20. Ng3 Kg8 $17)
17... Rxf6 $1 (17... Nxf6 18. Qxg6+ Kh8 19. g4 d4 20. Rd1 Qb6 21. g5 $18) 18.
hxg6+ Kg8 {Here White just needs to keep the pawn on g6 and bring either his
Queen or the Queens Rook over to the kingside to win. But this is not easy and
Black has reasonable chances to defend.} 19. Qe2 Ng7 20. Rd1) 17. hxg6 f5 18.
Qe2 $3 $18 Bh4 $8 19. g3 Rh8 20. gxh4 Rxh4 21. Qf3 Nc7 (21... Rxh1+ 22. Qxh1
Kxg6 23. Kd2 Ng7 24. Rg1+ Kf7 25. Qh7 $18) 22. Ke2 Ne6 (22... d4 23. Rxh4 Qxh4
24. Rh1 Qg4 25. Qxg4 fxg4 26. Rh7+ Kg8 27. Rxc7 $18) 23. Rxh4 Qxh4 24. Rh1 (24.
Rh1 Qg4 25. Rh7+ Kg8 (25... Kxg6 26. Qxg4+ $18) 26. Qxg4 fxg4 27. Na4 $18) 1-0

[Event "ARG-ch"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1998.04.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Spangenberg, Hugo"]
[Black "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1998.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1
dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 (8... a6 $5 9. a4 (9. e4 $5 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 $1 11. e5 Nd5 12. h4
$5 $132 (12. Bxe7 $10)) 9... b6 $132) 9. O-O a6 10. a4 cxd4 11. exd4 Nb6 12.
Bb3 Bd7 13. a5 (13. Qe2 Bc6 14. Rfd1 Nfd5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5
Nxd5 18. Rc5 Rfd8 19. Rdc1 Rd6 20. g3 Rad8 21. a5 f6 22. Qe4 Qe8 23. Nd2 R6d7
24. R5c4 Re7 25. Nb3 Qg6 26. Qxg6 hxg6 27. Rc8 Rde8 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Nc5 Re7
30. Ne4 Nb4 (30... Nb4 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Nc5 Nc6 33. Nxb7 Na7 34. Rb8 {1/2-1/2
Pekarek,A-Ubilava,E/Tbilisi 1986}) 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Nc5 Nc6 33. Nxb7 Na7 34.
Rb8 {1/2-1/2 Pekarek,A-Ubilava,E/Tbilisi 1986}) (13. Re1 Bc6 14. Ne5 Nbd5 15.
Qd3 (15. Qe2 Qd6 16. Red1 Nb4 17. Bf4 Qd8 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Be5 Ra7 20. Ne4
Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Bf6 22. g3 Rd7 23. h4 Qe7 24. Bc4 Rfd8 25. Be2 h6 26. Kf1 a5 27.
b3 Rd5 28. Bc4 R5d7 29. Be2 Rd5 30. Bc4 R5d7 31. Be2 {1/2-1/2 Spraggett,
K-Ubilava,E/Roses 1992}) 15... g6 16. Qh3 Qd6 17. Qh4 Qd8 18. Qh3 Qd6 19. Qh4
Qd8 20. Qh3 Qd6 {1/2-1/2 Kantsler,B-Goldin,A/Uzhgorod URS ch jr 1987}) (13. Ne5
Bc6 14. f4 (14. Qd3 Nbd5 (14... Nfd5 15. Nxc6 (15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. a5 Nb4 17. Qd2
Nd7 $11) (15. Bd2 $5 $132) 15... bxc6 16. Bc2 g6 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. a5 Nb4 $15 {
0-1 Spangenberg,H-San Segundo,P/Buenos Aires Najdorf 1995 (53)}) 15. Qh3 g6 16.
Rfe1 Qd6 17. Rcd1 Nh5 18. Bxd5 Bxg5 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Ne4 Qd8 21. Nxc6 $16 {
1-0 Naumkin,I-Dokhoian,Y/Vilnius 1988 (40)}) (14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Ne2 Qd7 16. a5
Nbd5 17. Ba4 Rfc8 18. Rc4 Ne4 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Bc2 Nd6 21. Rc3 Nb5 22. Rh3 g6
(22... Ng6 $11) 23. Qd2 Nf5 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Rd3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Portisch,
L-Hoffman,A/Biel op 1992 (41)}) 14... Nfd5 15. Qd2 h6 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. a5 Nbc8
18. d5 $6 (18. Na4 $132) 18... Nxd5 19. f5 Nce7 (19... Qxa5 $2 20. fxe6 Qb6+
21. Kh1 Qxb3 (21... fxe6 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Nxd5 $18) 22. exf7+
Rxf7 23. Rxf7 $16) 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Rxf8+ Qxf8 22. Rf1 Qb8 $15 {1-0 Dokhoian,
Y-Goldin,A/URS-FL Irkutsk 1986 (38)}) 13... Nbd5 14. Nxd5 (14. Bxd5 $6 Nxd5 15.
Nxd5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 17. Nb6 Rad8 18. Rc5 (18. d5 $2 Bb5 $17) 18... Qf6 19.
Re1 Bc6 $17 {0-1 Petursson,M-Sokolov,A/Reykjavik 1988 (41)}) 14... Nxd5 15.
Bxe7 (15. Bxd5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 exd5 17. Qd2 f6 18. Nf3 Bc6 19. Rfe1 Re8 20. Rxe8+
Qxe8 21. h3 Qd7 22. Re1 Re8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Cvitan,O-Ubilava,E/Tbilisi 1986 (41)})
15... Nxe7 (15... Qxe7 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Rc7 $14) 16. Rc5 $2 $17 (16. Qd2 Bc6
17. Ne5 Nf5 18. Rfd1 Bd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Rc5 Qd6 (20... Qe4 21. Nd7 Rfd8 22.
Nb6 Rab8 23. d5 $14) (20... Qb3 21. d5 Rad8 22. Nc4 $14) 21. Nc4 Qe7 $11) 16...
Rc8 $2 $11 (16... Bb5 $1 17. Bc4 (17. Re1 Qxa5 $17) 17... Bxc4 18. Rxc4 Qxa5
$17) 17. Rxc8 $6 $15 (17. Qd2 $2 Rxc5 (17... Bc6 18. Ne5 Nf5 19. Rd1 $11) 18.
dxc5 Bb5 19. Rd1 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Nc6 $17) (17. Qc2 $1 Rxc5 18. Qxc5 Bb5 (18...
Bc6 19. Ne5 Bd5 20. Bc2 Nf5 (20... Nc6 21. Nxc6 (21. b4 Qg5 22. g3 Rc8 23. Qc3
Ne7 24. Qd3 Qh5 $15) 21... Bxc6 22. Re1 $11) 21. Bxf5 exf5 22. b4 $11 (22. Rc1
$5 Qg5 $5 23. g3 $11 (23. f3 $6 Be6 24. b4 Rd8 25. Rd1 Rc8 26. Qd6 Rc2 27. g3
f4 28. Nd3 fxg3 29. Qxg3 Qe3+ 30. Nf2 h6 $17))) 19. Ra1 Nd5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21.
b4 $11) 17... Qxc8 (17... Bxc8 18. Qd2 $11) 18. Qd2 Rd8 19. Ne5 (19. Qg5 Nc6
20. Rc1 (20. d5 Nxa5 21. dxe6 Nxb3 22. exd7 (22. exf7+ Kxf7 23. Re1 Be6 24.
Qh5+ Kg8 (24... Kf8 25. Qxh7 Nd4 26. Ne5 Ne2+ 27. Kh1 Nf4 28. Qh8+ Bg8 29. Qh4
Ne6 30. Ng6+ Kf7 31. Nh8+ Kf8 (31... Ke8 32. Qh5+ Ke7 33. Ng6+ Kf6 34. Nh8 $11)
32. Ng6+ $11) 25. Ng5 Nd4 26. Qxh7+ Kf8 27. Qh8+ Bg8 28. Nh7+ Kf7 29. Ng5+ Kg6
30. Qh4 Nc2 31. Rc1 Ne3 $1 $19) 22... Qxd7 $17) 20... Qc7 21. Rc5 (21. d5 h6
22. Qe3 exd5 23. Bxd5 Qxa5 24. Qb3 Be8 $17) 21... Qd6 22. Qe3 Ne7 23. Ne5 (23.
Bc2 Bc6 24. Be4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 h6 $15) 23... Be8 $15) 19... Be8 $15 20. Rd1 Qc7
(20... Qb8 $15) 21. Qc3 (21. Bc2 Nc6 (21... f6 22. Nf3 Bg6 23. Bxg6 Nxg6 24.
Rc1 Qd6 25. Qe3 Nf4 26. Qe4 $11) 22. Qd3 g6 23. Qc3 Qd6 $15) 21... Nc6 22. Nxc6
Bxc6 23. f3 (23. Bc2 Qf4 $15) 23... Qd6 24. Qc5 (24. Bc2) 24... Qxc5 $6 $11 (
24... Qd7 $15) 25. dxc5 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 {Hecht [#] Features of the position:  A
blocked pawn majority for White on the queenside, thanks to the good 'bad
bishop', which protects its own pawn weaknesses and supports its own majority.
[#] Merkmale: Blockierte weiße Damenflügelmajorität dank des guten "schlechten
Läufers", der die eigenen Bauernschwächen verteidigt und die eigene Mehrheit
unterstützt.} g5 27. Kf2 f5 28. Bc2 (28. g3 Kf7 29. f4 gxf4 30. gxf4 e5 31. Ke3
Ke6 32. b4 $11) 28... Kf7 29. g3 Kf6 30. f4 e5 31. Ke3 h5 32. fxg5+ $4 $19 (32.
h4 $1 exf4+ 33. gxf4 gxh4 34. Kf2 {[#] At first sight, it seems as if the
entrances to White's position can be defended. The king stops the doubled
h-pawns, the pawn on f4 defends e5 and g5 and fixes the f5 pawn as a possible
object of attack; the bishop defends the squares d5 and c6 from b3 and a4. [#]
Auf den ersten Blick scheint es so, als können die Zugänge zur weißen Stellung
verteidigt werden. Der König hält den doppelten h-Bauern auf; der Bf4
verteidigt e5 und g5 und fixiert den Bf5 als mögliches Angriffsobjekt; der
Läufer verteidigt von b3 und a4 aus die Felder d5 und c6} h3 (34... Be4 35. Bd1
(35. Bb3 {[%cal Gf4g5,Gf4e5,Gb3d5,Gb3a4,Ga4c6,Gf2g1,Gg1h2] Hecht Is there a
way for Black to break into the fortress? Gibt es einen Weg für Schwarz, die
weiße Festung zu knacken?}) (35. Bxe4 $2 fxe4 36. b4 h3 37. b5 h2 38. Kg2 e3
39. c6 bxc6 40. bxa6 e2 41. a7 h1=Q+ 42. Kxh1 e1=Q+ $19 {certainly doesn't
work. geht freilich nicht}) 35... Ke6 (35... Kg6 36. b4 h3 37. Kg3 Bg2 38. Be2
h4+ 39. Kh2 $16) 36. Bb3+ Kf6 37. Bd1 Ke6 $11) 35. Kg3 Bg2 36. Bd3 h4+ 37. Kh2
Ke6 38. c6 $1 Bxc6 (38... bxc6 39. Bxa6 $16) 39. Kxh3 $16) 32... Kxg5 33. Bd1 (
33. h4+ Kg4 34. Kf2 f4 35. Bd1+ Kh3 36. gxf4 exf4 37. Bxh5 $11 {Next Variation}
) (33. Kf2 f4 (33... h4 $2 34. gxh4+ Kf6 35. b4 f4 36. Bd1 e4 37. Bg4 e3+ 38.
Ke2 Bb5+ 39. Kf3 Ke5 40. h5 Bc6+ 41. Ke2 Bb5+ 42. Kf3 (42. Ke1 Ke4 (42... Bc6
43. h6 (43. Ke2 Bb5+ $11) 43... Kf6 44. Ke2 Kg6 45. Bf3 Bb5+ 46. Ke1 Kxh6 47.
Bxb7 $16) 43. h6 $18) 42... Bc6+ $11) 34. h4+ (34. b4 h4 35. gxf4+ Kxf4 36. Bd3
e4 37. Bc4 e3+ 38. Ke2 Ke4 39. Be6 Kd4 40. Bc8 Kc4 41. Kxe3 Kxb4 42. Kd4 Kxa5
43. Kc4 Ka4 $17) 34... Kg4 35. Bd1+ Kh3 36. gxf4 exf4 37. Bxh5 Kxh4 38. Bf3 Kg5
(38... Bxf3 $4 39. Kxf3 Kg5 40. b4 Kf5 41. b5 $18) 39. b4 (39. Bxc6 bxc6 40. b4
Kf5 $19) 39... Kf5 40. b5 $1 Bxb5 (40... axb5 41. Bxc6 $18) 41. Bxb7 Ke5 42.
Bf3 $11) 33... h4 34. Bf3 {Hecht: waiting was indicated, by means of b4 or Be2.
Abwarten mittels b4 oder Le2 war angezeigt.} (34. b4 hxg3 $1 (34... f4+ 35.
gxf4+ exf4+ 36. Kd4 f3 37. Ke3 Kg4 38. Kf2 Kf4 (38... Kh3 39. Bxf3 $18) 39. Bc2
Bd5 40. Bd3 $11) 35. hxg3 f4+ 36. gxf4+ exf4+ 37. Kf2 Kf5 38. Be2 (38. Bf3 Bxf3
39. Kxf3 Ke5 40. b5 (40. Kg4 Kd5 41. Kxf4 Kc4 $19) 40... axb5 41. c6 Kd6 $19)
38... Ke5 39. Ke1 Kd4 40. Kd2 f3 (40... Bg2 41. b5 axb5 42. Bxb5 Kxc5 43. Bd3
Kd4 44. a6 bxa6 45. Bxa6 $11) 41. Bd3 f2 42. Bf1 Bd5 43. b5 (43. Ke2 Bc4+ 44.
Kxf2 Bxf1 45. Kxf1 Kc4 $19) 43... axb5 44. Ke2 b4 $19) (34. Bb3 hxg3 35. hxg3
f4+ 36. gxf4+ exf4+ 37. Kf2 Kf5 $19) 34... hxg3 35. hxg3 f4+ 36. gxf4+ exf4+
37. Kf2 Bxf3 38. Kxf3 {Hecht: [#] The distant black passed pawn wins, since
Black's king enters the queenside just in time to foil a breakthrough there. 
[#] Der entfernte schwarze Freibauer gewinnt, da der schwarze König
rechtzeitig zur Durchbruchsvereitelung am Damenflügel eintrifft.} Kf5 39. b4
Ke5 40. b5 axb5 41. c6 Kd6 42. cxb7 (42. c7 Kxc7 43. Kxf4 Kc6 44. Ke4 Kc5 $19)
42... Kc7 (42... Kc7 43. Kxf4 (43. a6 b4 44. Ke4 b3 45. Kd3 f3 $19) 43... Kxb7
44. Ke4 Ka6 45. Kd4 Kxa5 46. Kc3 Ka4 $19 (46... Ka4 {Hecht} 47. Kb2 Kb4 $19 {
Opposition! Opposition!})) 0-1

[Event "Metz op 16th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shchekachev, Andrei"]
[Black "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1998.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
Re8 9. Bd3 (9. Bg3 c6 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. e4 Nh5 14. Rc2
Nxg3 15. fxg3 Nf6 16. e5 Nd5 $132 {1-0 Kluss,K-Krause/Wuerzburg op 1987 (26)})
(9. a3 a6 (9... c6 10. Bd3 a6 11. O-O (11. c5 $5) 11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13.
Ba2 c5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Nd7 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. f4 Bb7 19.
Rd6 c4 20. Rcd1 Nc5 21. Bb1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Georgiev,K-Eingorn,V/Calcutta 1992 
(40)}) 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 (11. Bd3 c6 12. O-O Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Bxe4 (
14. b4 Nd6 15. a4 b5 16. Re1 Nb6 (16... Nc4 17. Qb3 Nf6 18. e4 $14) 17. Ne5 $14
) 14... dxe4 15. Nd2 Nf6 $11 {0-1 Podolski,H-Gabrys,Z/Wroclaw POL ch 1960 (42)}
) 11... c6 12. O-O Nf8 13. Ne5 N6d7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Na4 Rad8
17. Bd3 Ne6 18. Qf3 (18. Qc2 $14) 18... Bc8 19. Nb6 Qc7 20. Nxc8 Rxc8 21. h4
Qe7 22. g3 Rcd8 23. Rc3 Nc7 24. Qf5 {1/2-1/2 Aseev,K-Eingorn,V/URS-ch57
Leningrad 1990}) (9. Qc2 a6 10. c5 (10. a3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Ba2 Bb7 13. O-O
$132 (13. e4 $2 c5 $17 14. e5 Ng4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Bb1 (16. Ne4 $4 cxd4 17.
Nd6 Reb8 $4 (17... Bxf3 18. Nxe8 (18. gxf3 Ndxe5 19. Nxe8 Nxf3+ $19) 18...
Ndxe5 19. gxf3 Nxf3+ 20. Kf1 Rxe8 $19) 18. Nxb7 Rxb7 19. Qe4 $14 {1-0 Pfeiffer,
T-Deiner,A/PF-ch Eisenberg 1993 (39)}) 16... Nf8 17. h3 cxd4 18. hxg4 dxc3 19.
Qxc3 Rec8 20. Qe3 Rxc1+ 21. Qxc1 Rc8 22. Qe3 Qc5 23. O-O Qxe3 24. fxe3 Nd7 $17)
) 10... c6 11. Be2 e5 12. dxe5 Nh7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Bd3 Nhf8 {1/2-1/2 Lukacs,
P-Varga,Z/Budapest FS06 GM 1993}) (9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bxe7 Rxe7 12.
Bd3 Nf6 13. Ne5 Qd6 14. O-O Nd7 15. f4 f6 16. Ng6 Re8 (16... Rxe3 17. Re1 Rxe1+
18. Qxe1 Kf7 19. Rxc7 $1 $16) 17. Qh5 Nf8 18. Rf3 Be6 19. Nxf8 Kxf8 20. Bg6 Re7
21. g4 $132 {Cherepkov,A-Kholmov,R/USSR 1968/1/2-1/2 (46)}) 9... dxc4 (9... a6
10. c5 c6 11. O-O e5 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. Bg3 Bxc5 14. e4 d4 15. Ne2 Ba7 16. e6
Rxe6 17. Nexd4 Re8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Romanishin,O-Lau,R/Polanica Zdroj 1991 (37)})
(9... c6 10. O-O a6 11. a4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd5 13. Bg3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qa5 15. Nd2
b5 16. Be2 e5 17. Bf3 Bb7 18. Qc2 Bf8 19. Ra1 Qb6 20. Rfb1 $14 {1-0 Bischoff,
K-Proehl,H/GER-ch 1994 (48)}) 10. Bxc4 c5 (10... a6 11. O-O (11. a4 Nb6 12. Bd3
c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O Be7 15. Qe2 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Nbd5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxd5
exd5 19. b3 Qb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 El Kreni,N-Allaham,M/Thessaloniki olm 1984 (25)})
11... b5 12. Be2 Bb7 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. a3 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Rfd1 Qb6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Mohr,P-Mueller,M/RLPF-op Hauenstein 1991 (43)}) (10... c6 11. O-O Qa5
12. Bg3 Bb4 13. Qc2 Qh5 14. a3 Bf8 15. Ne2 Nd5 16. e4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Micheel,
A-Bade,H/BLW 1993 (47)}) (10... Nb6 11. Bb3 Bd7 12. O-O Bc6 13. Ne5 Bd5 14.
Nxd5 Nbxd5 (14... exd5 $14) 15. Qf3 c6 16. Rfd1 $14 {1-0 Guimaraes,J-Neves,J/
POR-chT 1993 (41)}) 11. O-O a6 12. a4 cxd4 13. exd4 Nb6 14. Bb3 Bd7 15. a5 (15.
Ne5 Bc6 16. a5 (16. Re1 $5) 16... Nbd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Rc5 Qd6
20. Re1 Bd5 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Qf3 Re7 23. Rec1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Schmidt,W-Stempin,
P/POL-ch Slupsk 1989 (25)}) 15... Nbd5 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxd5 $14
Bb5 $6 (18... Bc6 $1 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Ne5 Rad8 21. Re1 Bd5 22. b4 $14) 19.
Nc7 $1 $16 (19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Re1 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Re8 22. Qc3 Bc6 23. Ne5 Bd5
$14) 19... Bxf1 20. Qxf1 (20. Kxf1 $2 Qd7 21. Nxa8 Rxa8 $44) 20... Bg5 21. Rc4
(21. Nxg5 Qxg5 22. Nxa8 Rxa8 23. Qe1 $16) 21... Bf4 (21... Qe7 22. Nxa8 Rxa8
23. Nxg5 Qxg5 24. Qe1 $16) 22. Nxa8 Qxa8 23. Qd3 (23. g3 b5 $1 24. Rc3 Bd6 $44)
23... Qd8 24. g3 (24. d5 Bd6 25. b4 Qf6 26. g3 Qb2 27. Qf5 Qe2 28. Rd4 Re7 29.
Kg2 $16) 24... Bb8 25. b4 Qd5 26. Rc5 Qa2 27. Qf5 Bd6 28. Rc8 $2 $11 (28. Qd7
Qe6 29. Qxe6 Rxe6 30. Rc4 Re2 31. Kg2 Rb2 32. Ne5 Rxb4 33. Rc8+ Kh7 34. Nc4 Be7
35. d5 Bf6 36. d6 Rb3 37. d7 Rd3 38. Nb6 $16) 28... Rf8 29. Rxf8+ (29. d5 Bxb4
30. Rc7 Bd6 31. Rxb7 Bc5 32. Ne1 Qe2 33. Rb1 Qa2 $11) 29... Bxf8 30. Qe4 (30.
Qc8 Qb1+ 31. Kg2 Qxb4 $11) 30... Bxb4 31. Qxb7 (31. Qe8+ Kh7 32. Qe4+ Kg8 $11)
31... Bxa5 $2 $16 (31... Qxa5 32. Ne5 f6 33. Nc6 (33. Qf7+ Kh7 34. Qg6+ Kg8 $11
) 33... Qa1+ 34. Kg2 Bd6 35. Qc8+ Kh7 36. Qf5+ Kh8 37. Qe6 Qa3 38. h4 Bf8 $11)
32. d5 $2 $11 (32. Qc8+ Kh7 33. Qxa6 Qd5 34. Ne5 Bc7 35. Qc6 Qxc6 36. Nxc6 Kg6
37. Ne7+ Kh5 38. Kg2 $16) (32. Qxa6 Qd5 33. Ne5 Bd8 34. Qc8 Kh7 35. Qf5+ (35.
Qd7 Qxd7 36. Nxd7 Kg6 37. f3 Kf5 38. d5 Bc7 39. Kf2 h5 $14) 35... Kg8 36. Qd7 (
36. h4 Bf6 37. Qc8+ Kh7 38. Nd7 Be7 39. Nf8+ Bxf8 40. Qxf8 Qxd4 41. Qxf7 $14)
36... Qxd7 37. Nxd7 f6 38. Nc5 Bb6 39. Kg2 Kf7 40. Kf3 Ke7 41. Ke4 Kd6 42. g4
$16) 32... Qa1+ 33. Kg2 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "DEN-ch"]
[Site "Aalborg"]
[Date "2000.04.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pedersen, Steffen"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2000.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 a6 8. c5
c6 9. Bd3 e5 10. Bxf6 (10. dxe5 {-another continuation}) 10... Bxf6 11. dxe5 (
11. Nxe5 Bxe5 (11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 Be7 13. Na4 Qa5+ 14. Rc3 Be6 15. O-O $16)
12. dxe5 Nxc5 13. Bb1 $132 {1-0 Boyd-Spitzenberger/cr 1978/[ 5] (25)}) 11...
Be7 (11... Nxe5 $2 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qh5+ Kg8 15. Qxe5 $16) 12.
Qc2 (12. b4 Qc7 13. Qc2 (13. O-O Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Qc2 f5 16. Ne2 g6 $11 {
1-0 Brinck Claussen,B-Van Voorthuijsen,P/Lyngby op 1988/[ 5] (40)}) 13... g6
14. O-O Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Schulien,C-Kogan,
B/Atlanta 1988/[ 5] (33)}) (12. O-O Nxc5 13. Bb1 Bg4 $11) (12. Na4 Qa5+ 13. Ke2
Re8 14. Qc2 h6 15. h4 Bd8 16. e6 Rxe6 17. Nd4 Rf6 $132 {1-0 Fatalibekova,
E-Ovchinikova,J/Moscow RUS 1999/[ 5] (34)}) 12... h6 (12... g6 13. Na4 Qa5+ (
13... Qc7 14. e6 fxe6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qxg6+ Kh8 17. Qh6+ Kg8 18. Qxe6+ Rf7)
14. Ke2 Qc7 15. e6 fxe6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Qxg6+ Kh8 18. Qh6+ Kg8 19. Qg6+ {
1/2-1/2 Schmidt,W-Davidovic,A/Dortmund II 1988/[ 5] (19)}) 13. Na4 $132 ({
Another possibilities didn't promise for White any advantage:} 13. O-O Nxc5 14.
Bh7+ Kh8 15. Bf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Qb6 (16... Qd7 17. Nd4 Rae8 18. Rfd1 Qxf5 19.
Nxf5 Nd7 20. Nxd5 $5 (20. f4 $132) 20... cxd5 21. Rc7 g6 22. Rxd7 gxf5 23. Rxb7
Bd8 24. Rxd5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Christiansen,L-Seul,G/BL 1991/[ 5] (54)}) 17. Rc2
Rae8 18. Rd1 $132) (13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. O-O (16. Bh7+
Kh8 17. Qxc5 Kxh7 18. O-O $11) 16... Ba7 17. Rcd1 Qe7 18. Qc4 $5 $132 {1/2-1/2
Romanishin,O-Bellini,F/Reggio Emilia 1998/CBM 63/(41)} (18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Bf5
Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Rad8 21. h4 $11)) 13... Qa5+ $2 $16 {[%mdl 16384] This move is
bad! See comments to 15 move of Black} ({Right is} 13... Qc7 $1 {[%csl Re5]}
14. Qc3 {[%cal Gc3e5]} (14. Bf5 Nxe5 15. Nb6 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Rad8
18. b4 d4 $15) 14... Re8 15. O-O (15. e6 fxe6 16. O-O Bf6 17. Qc2 Rb8 18. b3 {
1/2-1/2 Kharitonov-Sokolov/Moscu URS ch 1988/[ 5] (18)} (18. e4 Ne5 19. Nxe5
Bxe5 20. g3 $11) (18. b3 e5 19. e4 Nf8 20. Nb6 Be6 21. Rfd1 Kh8 $11)) (15. Bb1
Bd8 $1 16. Qc2 (16. O-O $132) 16... g6 17. O-O $132 (17. Nb6 $6 Nxb6 18. cxb6
Qxb6 $15) (17. h4 $6 h5 18. Nd4 Qxe5 19. Rd1 Qf6 20. Qc3 Ne5 $15 {0-1
Wiedenkeller,M-Thorsteinsson,T/Saltsjobaden 1988/Inf 47/ (35)})) 15... Bf8 16.
e4 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Qxe5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Loginov,V-Balashov,Y/URS-FL
Sverdlovsk 1987/[ 5] (24)}) 14. Ke2 Qc7 15. Bf5 (15. Qc3 Re8 16. Rhe1 Bf8 17.
Kf1 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. Nxc8 Rxc8 $11 {0-1 Visier Segovia,
F-Lombardy,W/Nice 1974/[ 5] (78)}) 15... Rb8 ({Here} 15... Nxe5 {is bad
because after} 16. Nb6 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Nxf3 {without check!} 18. Nxa8 $16 {
Therefore 13...Qa5+ is mistake!}) 16. e6 fxe6 17. Bxe6+ Kh8 18. h3 $2 $44 {
[%mdl 16384] Ununderstandable move without any idea.} ({Why not} 18. h4 $1 $16
{[%csl Rh8][%cal Gf3g5]} b5 (18... Ne5 19. Bxc8 Rbxc8 20. Ng5 (20. Nb6 Rce8 21.
Nxe5 (21. Ng5 $2 Bxg5 22. hxg5 Ng4 23. Rcf1 Qf4 $1 24. Kd1 (24. Kd2 Qxf2+ $1
$17) 24... Nxf2+ $17) 21... Qxe5 22. Nd7 Qh5+ 23. f3 $16 {[%csl Rf8]}) 20...
hxg5 21. hxg5+ Kg8 22. f4 g6 $5 (22... Nc4 23. Qh7+ Kf7 24. Qh5+ g6 25. Qh7+
Ke8 26. Qxg6+ $18) 23. fxe5 Rf5 24. Rh6 Qxe5 25. Nb6 Rd8 26. g4 Rxg5 27. Rxg6+
$16) 19. cxb6 $5 (19. Nb6 $2 Nxb6 20. cxb6 Qd6 21. Bxc8 Rfxc8 22. Ng5 hxg5 23.
hxg5+ Kg8 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. b7 Rd8 26. Qf5+ Kg8 27. Qh7+ $11 (27. g6 Bf6 28. Rh5
Rxb7 29. Rch1 Kf8 $17)) 19... Nxb6 20. Bxc8 Nxa4 21. Qxa4 Rxb2+ 22. Rc2 Rxc2+
23. Qxc2 Rxc8 24. Ng5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Morrison,G-Speelman/Brighton ch-ENG YB/
2-234 1984/[ 5] (36) This game played about 16 years ago, but Hansen didn't
know or maybe forgot this important game.}) 18... Rf6 19. Bg4 $2 $17 {A series
of mistakes is continued} (19. Nd4 $142 $1 Ne5 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21. Nb6 Rcf8 22.
Rhf1 Bd8 23. f3 $44) 19... Ne5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Nb6 (21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22. Rhf1 (
22. Nb6 Rcf8 23. Rhf1 (23. Rcf1 Bxc5 24. Qxc5 Rxf2+ $1 $19 {This tactical
Impact will take place in this game...}) 23... d4 $17) (22. Rcf1 d4 23. b4 Rd8
24. Nb2 Qd5 25. e4 Re6 26. f3 Qxa2 27. Rc1 a5 $17) (22. Qc3 Qe4 23. Nb6 Qxg2
24. Qxf6 Bxf6 25. Nxc8 d4 $17) 22... Rcf8 23. Qb3 Qh5+ 24. Ke1 Qg5 25. Rc2 (25.
g4 Rf3 26. Rc3 Qh4 27. Rc2 Qxh3 $17) (25. g3 Rxf2 $19) 25... Qxg2 26. Qxb7 Rxf2
27. Rcxf2 Bh4 28. Qxa6 Bxf2+ 29. Kd1 Qe4 $17) 21... Bxg4+ 22. hxg4 Rbf8 23.
Rcf1 $2 $19 {[%mdl 8192]} (23. f3 $2 Re6 24. Qb3 Qg3 25. Rhg1 Bg5 $19 {[%csl
Re2,Re3,Rf3]}) (23. Rhf1 $1 d4 24. Nc4 Qxc5 25. Qe4 dxe3 26. f4 Bd8 $17) {
[%tqu "En","?","","","e7c5","",10]} 23... Bxc5 24. Qxc5 (24. Nd7 Rxf2+ $19)
24... Rxf2+ $1 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.04.28"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Doettling, Fabian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Castrop Rauxel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 a6 8. c5
Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nd2 Nf6 (11... f5 12. c6 (12. Qb3 Kh8 13. c6
bxc6 14. Rxc6 e5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Szabo,L-Liptay,L/HUN-ch 1968/MCD (14)}) 12...
bxc6 13. Rxc6 e5 14. Re6 Qb4 15. Qb3 Qxb3 16. Nxb3 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nb6 18. Rc6
$14 {1-0 Vaganian,R-Csom,I/Hastings 1974/EXT 99 (56)}) 12. Nc4 Bd7 13. Be2 (13.
Ne5 {In view of the referenced games, this move is better than the text move
of the game.} Qe8 (13... Bb5 14. Qc2 Qd8 (14... Bxf1 15. Kxf1 Rfd8 16. Kg1 $14)
15. Bc4 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Qd5 17. O-O Nd7 18. Nd2 (18. f3 exf3 19. Rxf3 $14) 18...
Nf6 19. Nc4 Nd7 20. c6 Qxc6 (20... bxc6 21. Rfd1 a5 22. Nd2 Nf6 23. Qxc6 Qxa2
24. b3 $14) 21. Na5 Qxc2 22. Rxc2 b6 23. Rxc7 bxa5 24. Rxd7 Rab8 25. b3 $14 {
1-0 Rogozenko,D-Doettling,F/Bremen GER 2001/The Week in Chess 335 (51)}) 14.
Bc4 Bc6 15. Qc2 Bd5 16. O-O Bxc4 17. Nxc4 Qc6 18. Ne5 Qd5 19. b3 $14 {1-0
Karpov,A-Jakobsen,O/La Valetta 1980/EXT 2000 (56)}) 13... Bc6 ({Black can play
also} 13... Nd5 $5 14. O-O (14. Qc2 f5 15. Ne5 Bb5 16. Bxb5 axb5 17. a3 c6 18.
O-O $11) 14... Bb5 15. Na5 (15. Qc2 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gc2e4]} f5 16. a4 Bxc4 17.
Bxc4 a5 18. Qb3 c6 $11) 15... c6 16. a4 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 e5 18. Rfd1 Nb4 {[%cal
Gb4d3]} 19. Rc3 exd4 20. exd4 Nd5 21. Rb3 Rab8 22. Nc4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Tatai,
S-Bellomo,F/Rome 1991/EXT 2000 (49)}) 14. O-O Bd5 15. Qc2 Bxc4 ({Reliable is} 
15... Nd7 {and Black easily equalised in the next two games:} 16. b4 (16. f4 f5
17. Na5 Nf6 18. Nc4 Rad8 19. Ne5 Nd7 20. Nxd7 Rxd7 21. c6 Bxc6 22. Bxa6 Bd5 $11
{1/2-1/2 Kekelidze,M-Doettling,F/Germany 1999/CBM 74 ext (24)}) 16... f5 17. f3
Nf6 18. Ne5 Nd7 19. Nc4 Nf6 20. Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Anikaev,Y-Novopashin,A/Volgodonsk
1981/MCD (20)}) 16. Bxc4 e5 17. dxe5 (17. Rfd1 $142 exd4 18. Rxd4 Rad8 19. Rcd1
Rxd4 20. Rxd4 $14) 17... Qxe5 18. h3 c6 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. b4 g6 $6 $14 {
Black yields the only open file to White, it wasn't necessary.} (20... Qe7 $11)
21. Rd2 Rxd2 22. Qxd2 Kg7 23. Rd1 {[%cal Gd1d8]} Re8 24. Bb3 Re7 25. Qd8 Re8
26. Qd4 {White can't increase his pressure on the opened d-file controlled by
him.} Qxd4 27. Rxd4 (27. exd4 $11) 27... Kf8 28. Kf1 Re5 29. Rd8+ Re8 30. Rd6
Ke7 31. Rd4 Ra8 $2 $16 {[%csl Re4] Black chooses active counterplay,
sacrificing a Pe4.} (31... g5 $142 32. Ke2 h5 33. Bc2 Kf8 34. a4 $14) 32. Bc2 {
[%csl Re4]} a5 33. Bxe4 $2 $11 ({Right was} 33. a3 $1 axb4 34. axb4 {[%csl Re4]
and in view of Pe4 undefencable weakness White has clear advantage, for
example:} Ra1+ 35. Ke2 Ra2 36. Kd2 (36. Kd1 Nd5 37. Rxe4+ Kf6 38. Kc1) 36...
Nd5 (36... Ke6 37. Kc3 Ke5 38. Kb3 Ra1 39. Bxe4 $1 Nxe4 40. f4+ $16) (36... h5
37. Kc3 $16 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gc3b3]}) 37. Rxe4+ Kf6 38. b5 cxb5 39. Rd4 Nc7 40.
Kc3 Na6 41. Rf4+ $1 (41. Kb3 $2 Ra4 42. Kb2 (42. Rxa4 Nxc5+ 43. Kb4 Nxa4 44.
Kxb5 Nc3+ 45. Kb6 Ke5 46. Kxb7 f5 $44) 42... Rc4 43. Bb3 Rxc5 44. Rf4+ Rf5 45.
Rxf5+ gxf5 $11) 41... Ke5 (41... Ke7 42. Rxf7+ (42. Bb3 {[%csl Ra2,Rf7]} b4+
43. Kd4 Rd2+ 44. Kc4 Rb2 $11 {[%csl Rb3,Rc5]}) 42... Kxf7 43. Bb3+ Kf6 44. Bxa2
Nxc5 45. Bb1 $16) 42. Kb3 Ra4 43. Rxf7 Nxc5+ 44. Kb2 Rb4+ 45. Kc1 $16 {[%csl
Rh7][%cal Gf2f4]}) 33... axb4 34. Rxb4 {[%csl Ra2,Rc5]} Ra7 (34... Rxa2 $2 35.
Rxb7+ $18 {[%csl Rc6]}) 35. a4 Nd7 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gd7c5]} 36. Bc2 (36. Rc4
Ra5 $11 {[%csl Rc5]}) 36... Nxc5 37. Ke2 Ra5 (37... h6 {[%cal Gg6g5]}) 38. f4
b5 {Possible, but not necessary move.} (38... f5 39. g4 Ke6 $11) 39. axb5 Rxb5
40. Rc4 Kd6 (40... h5 $11) 41. g4 h6 42. h4 Ra5 43. g5 hxg5 44. hxg5 Ra2 45.
Kf3 Rb2 46. Rc3 Rb4 (46... Kd5 $11) 47. Ra3 Ke7 (47... Rb2 $11) 48. Bd1 Rb7 (
48... Kd6 49. Ra7 Rb7 50. Ra8 Rb4 $11) 49. Be2 Rc7 $6 $14 {Why Black puts his
R on such passive location?} (49... Kd6 $11) 50. Bc4 Nd7 51. Ra6 Kf8 (51... Nc5
52. Rb6 Nd7 53. Rb4 $14 {[%cal Ge3e4]}) 52. e4 Kg7 53. Ke3 f6 $2 $16 {Black's
desire to wrap out as many material as possible is understandable. But the
move in the text is at least unaccuracy.} (53... Kf8 $142 54. Kd4 Ke7 55. f5 $1
(55. Ra8 Nb6 $11) (55. e5 Nf8 56. Ra8 Ne6+ 57. Bxe6 Kxe6 58. Kc5 Rd7 59. Ra4
Kf5 60. Kxc6 Rd1 $44 {[%csl Rc6]}) 55... gxf5 56. exf5 Kd6 $1 {Maybe the only,
but sufficient defence.} (56... Kf8 57. f6 Rc8 58. Ra7 Rd8 59. Ke4 Re8+ 60. Kf4
Ne5 61. Bb3 Kg8 62. Kf5 Kf8 63. Re7 Rb8 64. Rc7 (64. Ba2 Ra8 65. Rb7 Re8 66.
Rc7 c5 67. Re7 Ra8 68. Bd5 $18) 64... Re8 65. Ba2 $22 $18) 57. Bxf7 Nc5 58. g6
Nxa6 59. g7 Rc8 60. f6 Nc7 61. Ke4 Ne6 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Ge6g7]} 62. g8=Q Rxg8
63. Bxg8 Nf8 $11) 54. Ra5 fxg5 55. Rxg5 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gf4f5] Pg6 became
weak.} Nf8 (55... Nb6 56. Bb3 c5 57. f5 {[%csl Rg6]} Rc6 58. Be6 Kf6 59. Rxg6+
Ke5 60. Rg8 $16) 56. Ra5 (56. Re5 Nh7 57. Re6 Nf6 58. e5 Ng8 59. Rd6 Ne7 60.
Rd8 $16) 56... Kf6 57. Ra8 Ke7 58. e5 Rb7 (58... c5 59. Ra6 Kd8 60. Rf6 Ke8 61.
Ke4 Rb7 62. Rc6 Rb1 63. Rxc5 Re1+ 64. Kf3 $16) 59. Kf3 Rc7 60. Kg4 c5 $2 $18 {
[%csl Rc5][%cal Ga6g6] Decisive weakening of the 6-th horisontal.} 61. Ra6 {
Black at least loses Pc5.} Rd7 (61... Ke8 62. Rf6 (62. Kg5 Ke7 {preventing
Ra6-f6 (Nf8-h7+).}) 62... Rb7 (62... Rc8 63. Rf7 Rb8 64. Rc7 Rb6 65. Bf7+ Kd8
66. Rxc5 $18 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gg4g5]}) 63. Rc6 Rb1 64. Rxc5 (64. Rc8+ Ke7 65.
Rc7+ Kd8 66. Rxc5 $18 (66. Rf7 Ke8 67. Ra7 (67. e6 Rb6 68. Rg7 Rb4 69. Bd5 {
[%cal Gd5c6]} Rb6 70. f5 gxf5+ (70... Rd6 71. Bb3 gxf5+ 72. Kxf5 Nxe6 73. Bxe6
Rd1 74. Kf6 Kd8 $14) 71. Kxf5 Nxe6 72. Bxe6 Rb1 $14) 67... Rb6)) 64... Rg1+ 65.
Kf3 Kd7 66. Ra5 Ne6 67. Ra7+ Nc7 68. Bb5+ Kc8 69. Bd3 Kd8 70. Rb7 Ne6 71. Bc4
$18) 62. Kg5 Rb7 63. Rc6 Rb1 64. Rc7+ Kd8 65. Rf7 Ke8 66. e6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 a6 9. a4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. Ne5 Bc6 14. Re1 ({
The mainline is} 14. Qd3 {With the idea to put Q to h3. - this move will be
done in this game.} Nfd5 (14... Nbd5 $6 {Perhaps, not the best move.} 15. Rcd1
(15. Qh3 g6 16. Rfe1 Qd6 17. Rcd1 Nh5 18. Bxd5 Bxg5 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Ne4 Qd8
21. Nxc6 Qd5 22. Ne5 $16 {1-0 Naumkin,I-Dokhoian,Y/Vilnius 1988/CBM 07 (41)}) (
15. Rfd1 Nb4 16. Qh3 Bd5 (16... Nfd5 17. Bd2 Be8 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Bxb4 Bxb4
20. Qf3 Bc6 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Rxc6 $16 {1-0 Sturua,Z-Kelecevic,N/Biel 1997/CBM
60 ext (83)}) 17. Nxd5 Nfxd5 18. Bd2 Qd6 $1 $14 {and it isn't easy for White
to increase pressure.} (18... Re8 $6 19. Qf3 f6 $6 (19... Rf8) 20. Bxb4 Bxb4
21. Nd3 Bf8 22. Nc5 $16 {1-0 Lerner,K-Botvinnik,I/ISR 2002/EXT 2003 (49)}))
15... Nb4 16. Qh3 Bd5 17. Nxd5 Nfxd5 18. Bd2 Qd6 19. Rfe1 Rad8 $11 {0-1 Aseev,
K-Ubilava,E/Sevastopol 1986/EXT 98 (40)}) (14... Nfd7 15. Bc2 {[%cal Gc2h7]} (
15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Ne4 Nd5 18. Qg3 Nb4 19. a5 Nf6 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6
21. Rc4 Rab8 $11 {0-1 Estremera Panos,S-Ubilava,E/Andorra 1997/CBM 58 ext (64)}
) 15... g6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. a5 Nd5 19. Ba4 Nb8 (19... Nb4 20.
Qf3 {[%csl Rc6]} Nf6 21. Bxc6 Nxc6 22. Qxc6 Qb4 23. Qc5 Rab8 $14) 20. Qc4 $14 {
[%csl Rb8]}) 15. Nxd5 (15. Bc2 g6 16. Bh6 (16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. a5
Nb4 19. Qe2 N6d5 $11) 16... Bg5 17. Bxf8 Bxc1 18. Ba3 Bh6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. g3
a5 $11 {0-1 Garcia Palermo,C-Hoffman,A/Elgoibar 1991/EXT 97 (36)}) (15. Nxc6
bxc6 16. Bc2 g6 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. a5 Nb4 19. Qe2 Nd7 (19... N6d5 $11) 20. Qc4
Rfb8 21. Be4 Ra7 22. Rfe1 Qd8 23. Ra1 Nf6 $11 {0-1 Spangenberg,H-San Segundo
Carrillo,P/Buenos Aires 1995/CBM 49 (53)}) 15... Nxd5 16. Bc2 g6 17. Bh6 Bg5
18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Bxf8 Bxc1 20. Rxc1 Qxf8 21. Bb3 Nb4 22. Qe3 a5 23. g3 Qd6 24.
Rc5 $11 Qd8 $11 (24... Rd8 25. Rxa5 Qxd4 26. Ra8 Qd7 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 $16 {
[%csl Ga4,Gb3] 1-0 Hoi,C-Jakobsen,O/Copenhagen 2002/CBM 88 (49)})) (14. f4 Nfd5
15. Qd2 h6 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. a5 Nbc8 18. d5 (18. Na4 $14) 18... Nxd5 19. f5
Nce7 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Rxf8+ Qxf8 22. Rf1 Qb8 23. Qd4 Qc7 (23... Qa7 24. Qxa7
Rxa7 $44) 24. Ng4 $40 {1-0 Dokhoian,Y-Goldin,A/Irkutsk 1986/TD (39)} (24. Rf7
$14)) (14. Nxc6 {-another mainline.}) 14... Nbd5 15. Qd3 {[%cal Gd3h3]} (15.
Qd2 Qd6 16. Bc2 Rac8 $11 {0-1 Karsa,L-Dokhoian,Y/Budapest 1988/EXT 2003 (28)})
(15. Qe2 Qd6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 {[%csl Gd5]} 17. Bc4 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Nd5 19. Bd2 a5
$11 {0-1 Pinter,J-Rausis,I/France 1997/EXT 99 (36)}) 15... Nb4 16. Qh3 (16. Qd2
Bd5 17. Nxd5 Nbxd5 18. Qd3 {1/2-1/2 Panno,O-Gomez Baillo,J/ARG 1989/EXT 97 (18)
}) 16... Nfd5 17. Bd2 ({Worth of attention} 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Re4 (18. Ne4 $14)
(18. Qg3 $14) 18... Qg5 19. Ne2 Qd2 20. Rh4 Nf6 21. Qe3 Qxe3 22. fxe3 $132 {
0-1 Eriksson,J-Danielian,O/Hallsberg 1993/EXT 97 (58)}) 17... Bg5 18. Bxg5 ({
In case of} 18. Nxd5 {Black equalizes.} Bxd2 (18... Nxd5 19. Bc2 g6 20. Nxc6
bxc6 21. Bxg5 Qxg5 22. Be4 $11) 19. Nxb4 Bxb4 20. Nxc6 bxc6 $11) 18... Qxg5 19.
Ne4 Qe7 20. Qg3 Rfc8 21. f4 {[%cal Gf4f5] Right plan. Pf runs forward,
breaking the K fortress.} Be8 22. Rcd1 ({Interesting is} 22. a5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1
Rd8 (23... Qd8 24. Nc5 Rb8 25. Ng4 Qc7 {[%csl Rf4]} 26. Bc4 $1 $14) 24. Re1 $14
) 22... Qc7 23. Qf3 ({After strong} 23. Rf1 {[%cal Gf4f5] White leaves with
slight advantage:} f6 {[%csl Re6]} (23... Bd7 24. Nc5 Bc6 25. f5 $16) 24. Nxf6+
$5 (24. Nd3 Bg6 25. Nxb4 (25. Nxf6+ gxf6 26. Nxb4 Nxb4 27. Bxe6+ Kh8 28. Bxc8
Rxc8 $44) 25... Bxe4 26. Rfe1 f5 27. Rxe4 fxe4 28. Nxd5 exd5 29. Bxd5+ Kh8 30.
Bxe4 Re8 $44) 24... Nxf6 25. Bxe6+ Kh8 26. Qb3 Qb6 27. Bxc8 Rxc8 28. f5 $14)
23... Kh8 24. f5 exf5 25. Ng5 ({Worth of attention immediate P recapture:} 25.
Qxf5 f6 $8 26. Ng5 {[%csl Rh7]} g6 $8 27. Qf3 {[%csl Rd5]} Bc6 28. Ne6 Qe7 29.
Nxc6 bxc6 30. Nc5 (30. Qg3 Re8 31. Re2 f5 32. Bxd5 Nxd5 33. Rde1 $14) 30... Qg7
31. Re6 f5 32. Bxd5 Nxd5 33. Qf2 f4 34. Rde1 $14) 25... h6 $6 $16 (25... f6 $1
26. Qxf5 {-see above.}) 26. Bxd5 $2 $132 {Strange decision...I even can't
guess what exactly was overlooked by White...} ({After quite simple and strong
} 26. Rc1 $1 {White recieves a big advantage by force:} Qxc1 27. Ngxf7+ Kg8 28.
Rxc1 Rxc1+ 29. Kf2 Bxf7 30. Nxf7 Kxf7 31. Bxd5+ Kf6 32. Bb3 $16) 26... Nxd5 27.
Qxd5 hxg5 28. Nf3 ({Approximately equal position after} 28. Re3 {[%cal Ge3h3]}
g4 $1 (28... g6 $6 29. a5 f6 30. Rc3 (30. Nc4 Bf7 31. Qd6 Kg7 32. b3 Qxd6 33.
Nxd6 Rc7 34. Nxf7 Kxf7 $17) 30... Qe7 31. Nc4 Bf7 32. Qd6 Rc7 33. Qxe7 Rxe7 34.
d5 Rd8 35. Nb6 $16 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Gd5d7]}) 29. a5 f6 30. Nd3 {[%csl Rf5]} (
30. Rc3 $2 Qe7 31. Nd3 (31. Nc4 Qe2 $19 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Ge8c6]}) 31... Rxc3
32. bxc3 Qe2 $17) 30... f4 31. Ree1 f3 32. Qf5 Ba4 33. Rc1 Qd7 34. Qxd7 Bxd7
35. d5 Rxc1 36. Rxc1 Bb5 37. Nc5 $44) 28... Qf4 29. Ne5 ({Equal position after
} 29. Qxb7 g4 $5 (29... Bc6 30. Qxf7 Bxf3 31. Re7 Rg8 32. gxf3 Qxf3 33. Rf1
Qg4+ 34. Kh1 Raf8 35. Qd5 $132) 30. Ne5 f6 31. Nd7 (31. Nf7+ Kg8 32. g3 Qb8 33.
Qxb8 Rcxb8 34. Nd6 Bxa4 35. Rd2 Ra7 36. Nxf5 $11) 31... Bxd7 (31... g3 $2 32.
hxg3 Qxg3 33. Re6 Bxd7 34. Qxd7 Rc2 35. Re8+ $11) 32. Qxd7 Rc2 33. Qd5 $11)
29... Rc2 30. Nd3 Qg4 31. Ne5 Qh4 {Black wants to win!} (31... Qf4 32. Nd3 $11)
32. Qf3 $2 $17 (32. Kh1 $1 $44) 32... Rd2 $1 {[%csl Rd4]} 33. Qe3 Rxd1 34. Rxd1
f6 35. Nc4 $2 $19 ({More stubborn is} 35. Nf3 Qe4 $17) 35... Bxa4 {Whit's
position collapses.} 36. b3 Re8 37. Ne5 Qh5 38. Rf1 ({Or} 38. g4 Rxe5 39. gxh5
Rxe3 40. bxa4 Kg8 $19) 38... Bb5 0-1

[Event "Radulescu Memorial"]
[Site "Calimanesti"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Black "Cioara, Andrei Nestor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1999.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {[%mdl 8304]} e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 Nbd7 7.
Nf3 h6 8. Bh4 Re8 9. Bg3 (9. a3 a6 (9... c6 10. Bd3 a6 11. O-O (11. c5 $5)
11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Ba2 c5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Georgiev,K-Eingorn,V/Calcutta
1992 (41)}) 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 (11. Bd3 c6 12. O-O Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. b4
$14 (14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Nd2 Nf6 $11 {0-1 Podolski,H-Gabrys,Z/Wroclaw POL ch
1960 (42)})) 11... c6 12. O-O Nf8 13. Ne5 N6d7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16.
Na4 Rad8 17. Bd3 Ne6 18. Qc2 $14 (18. Qf3 Bc8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Aseev,K-Eingorn,V/
USSR ch Leningrad 1988 (24)})) (9. Bd3 dxc4 (9... a6 10. c5 c6 11. O-O e5 12.
dxe5 Ng4 13. Bg3 Bxc5 14. e4 d4 15. Ne2 Ba7 16. e6 Rxe6 17. Nexd4 Re8 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Romanishin,O-Lau,R/Polanica Zdroj 1991 (37)}) (9... c6 10. O-O a6 11.
a4 a5 $132 (11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd5 13. Bg3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qa5 15. Nd2 b5 16.
Be2 e5 17. Bf3 Bb7 18. Qc2 Bf8 19. Ra1 Qb6 20. Rfb1 $14 {1-0 Bischoff,K-Proehl,
H/GER-ch 1994 (48)})) 10. Bxc4 a6 (10... c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nb6 13. Bb3
Nbd5 (13... Bd7 14. Qf3 $14) 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 (15... Rxe7 16. e4 Nf6
17. Nc6 $3 $18 {1-0 Lopez,C-Diaz,H/Guiines CUB 1998 (19)}) 16. Qh5 $14) (10...
c6 11. O-O Qa5 12. Bg3 Bb4 13. Qc2 Qh5 14. a3 Bf8 15. Ne2 Nd5 16. e4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Micheel,A-Bade,H/BLW 1993 (47)}) (10... Nb6 11. Bb3 Bd7 12. O-O Bc6 13.
Ne5 Bd5 14. Nxd5 Nbxd5 (14... exd5 $14) 15. Qf3 c6 16. Rfd1 $14 {1-0 Guimaraes,
J-Neves,J/POR-chT 1993 (41)}) 11. a4 (11. O-O b5 12. Be2 Bb7 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. a3
c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Rfd1 Qb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Mohr,P-Mueller,M/RLPF-op Hauenstein
1991 (43)}) 11... c5 (11... Nb6 12. Bd3 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O Be7 15. Qe2
Bd7 16. Rfd1 Nbd5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. b3 Qb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 El Kreni,
N-Allaham,M/Thessaloniki olm 1984 (25)}) 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 (13. exd4 Nb6
14. Ba2 (14. Bb3 Bd7 15. a5 (15. Ne5 Bc6 16. a5 (16. Re1 $5) 16... Nbd5 17.
Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Rc5 Qd6 20. Re1 Bd5 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Qf3 Re7 23.
Rec1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Schmidt,W-Stempin,P/POL-ch Slupsk 1989 (25)}) 15... Nbd5 16.
Bxd5 exd5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxd5 $14 Bb5 $6 (18... Bc6 $1 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20.
Ne5 Rad8 21. Re1 Bd5 22. b4 $14) 19. Nc7 $1 $16 (19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Re1 Rxe1+
21. Qxe1 Re8 22. Qc3 Bc6 23. Ne5 Bd5 $14) 19... Bxf1 20. Qxf1 (20. Kxf1 $2 Qd7
21. Nxa8 Rxa8 $44) 20... Bg5 21. Rc4 (21. Nxg5 Qxg5 22. Nxa8 Rxa8 23. Qe1 $16)
21... Bf4 (21... Qe7 22. Nxa8 Rxa8 23. Nxg5 Qxg5 24. Qe1 $16) 22. Nxa8 Qxa8 23.
Qd3 (23. g3 b5 $1 24. Rc3 Bd6 $44) 23... Qd8 24. g3 (24. d5 Bd6 25. b4 Qf6 26.
g3 Qb2 27. Qf5 Qe2 28. Rd4 Re7 29. Kg2 $16) 24... Bb8 25. b4 Qd5 26. Rc5 Qa2
27. Qf5 Bd6 28. Rc8 $2 $11 (28. Qd7 Qe6 29. Qxe6 Rxe6 30. Rc4 Re2 31. Kg2 Rb2
32. Ne5 Rxb4 33. Rc8+ Kh7 34. Nc4 Be7 35. d5 Bf6 36. d6 Rb3 37. d7 Rd3 38. Nb6
$16) 28... Rf8 29. Rxf8+ (29. d5 Bxb4 30. Rc7 Bd6 31. Rxb7 Bc5 32. Ne1 Qe2 33.
Rb1 Qa2 $11) 29... Bxf8 30. Qe4 (30. Qc8 Qb1+ 31. Kg2 Qxb4 $11) 30... Bxb4 31.
Qxb7 (31. Qe8+ Kh7 32. Qe4+ Kg8 $11) 31... Bxa5 $2 $16 (31... Qxa5 32. Ne5 f6
33. Nc6 (33. Qf7+ Kh7 34. Qg6+ Kg8 $11) 33... Qa1+ 34. Kg2 Bd6 35. Qc8+ Kh7 36.
Qf5+ Kh8 37. Qe6 Qa3 38. h4 Bf8 $11) 32. d5 $2 $11 (32. Qc8+ Kh7 33. Qxa6 Qd5
34. Ne5 Bc7 35. Qc6 Qxc6 36. Nxc6 Kg6 37. Ne7+ Kh5 38. Kg2 $16) (32. Qxa6 Qd5
33. Ne5 Bd8 34. Qc8 Kh7 35. Qf5+ (35. Qd7 Qxd7 36. Nxd7 Kg6 37. f3 Kf5 38. d5
Bc7 39. Kf2 h5 $14) 35... Kg8 36. Qd7 (36. h4 Bf6 37. Qc8+ Kh7 38. Nd7 Be7 39.
Nf8+ Bxf8 40. Qxf8 Qxd4 41. Qxf7 $14) 36... Qxd7 37. Nxd7 f6 38. Nc5 Bb6 39.
Kg2 Kf7 40. Kf3 Ke7 41. Ke4 Kd6 42. g4 $16) 32... Qa1+ 33. Kg2 Qf6 {1/2-1/2
Shchekachev,A-Eingorn,V/Metz 1998/CBM 65/[Tsesarsky] (33)}) 14... Bd7 15. Ne5 (
15. a5 Nbd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Qd2 f6 20. h3 Bb5 21.
Rfe1 Rxe1+ 22. Nxe1 Qd6 {1/2-1/2 Lugovoi,A-Korneev,O/ch-RUS, St Petersburg RUS
1998 (22)}) 15... Bc6 16. Re1 Nbd5 17. Qe2 Nf4 18. Qe3 N6d5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20.
Nxf7 Kxf7 21. Qxe6+ Kf8 22. Qf5+ Bf6 23. Rxe8+ Kxe8 24. Qe6+ Qe7 25. Rxc6 Bxh4
26. Bxd5 Rd8 27. Qg6+ Kf8 28. Qf5+ Bf6 29. Re6 Qd7 30. Bb3 Qxd4 31. g3 Qd3 32.
Rxf6+ {1-0 Dautov,R-Stempin,P/Warsaw ,EXT 1989 (32)}) 13... Ne5 14. Be2 Bd7 15.
Qb3 Qa5 16. Bg3 Ra7 17. Rfd1 Nc6 18. Nf3 (18. e4 $5 Rd8 $11) 18... Qb4 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R-Atalik,S/Elista RUS 1998 (24)}) (9. Qc2 $132 {1/2-1/2
Lukacs,P-Varga,Z/Budapest FS06 GM 1993 (14)}) (9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11.
Bxe7 Rxe7 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. Ne5 Qd6 $11 {Cherepkov,A-Kholmov,R/USSR 1968/1/2-1/2
(46)}) 9... c6 10. a3 (10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. e4 Nh5 14. Rc2
Nxg3 15. fxg3 Nf6 16. e5 Nd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Bb3 Rc8 $11 {1-0 Kluss,K-Krause/
Wuerzburg op 1987/EXT 87op (27)}) 10... Nh5 (10... a6 $5 11. Bd3 $140 (11. c5
Nh5 $11) 11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Ba2 c5 14. O-O Bb7 $11) 11. cxd5 Nxg3 (
11... exd5 $2 12. Nxd5 $1 Nxg3 (12... cxd5 13. Bc7 Bb4+ 14. axb4 Qe7 15. Qb3
$16) (12... Qa5+ 13. Nc3 $16) 13. Nxe7+ $16) (11... cxd5 $2 12. Nxd5 $1 $16)
12. hxg3 exd5 $132 (12... cxd5 13. Nb5 Rb8 14. Bd3 a6 15. Nc3 (15. Nc7 Rf8 16.
Qc2 b5 $15) 15... b6 $14) 13. Bd3 (13. g4 Bf6 14. Bd3 Nb6 $15 {[%csl Rg4]})
13... Bd6 $6 (13... Nf6 14. Ne5 Bd6 15. f4 a6 {[%cal Gc6c5]} (15... c5 16. Nb5
b6 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Qf3 Bb7 19. g4 cxd4 20. exd4 Rac8 21. Rd1 Ne4 22. g5 f6 (
22... hxg5 23. Qh5 $18) 23. gxf6 (23. gxh6 fxe5 24. dxe5 Qg6 25. Rh4 Re7 26.
hxg7 Rxg7 27. g4 $14) 23... Qxf6 (23... Nxf6 24. g4 Ne4 25. g5 $16) 24. g4 $14)
16. Na4 Qe7 $132) 14. g4 Nf6 $6 $14 (14... Be7 $5 {[%csl Rg5]}) 15. g5 Ng4 (
15... hxg5 16. Nxg5 $40) 16. gxh6 g6 $2 $16 (16... Nxh6 17. Qc2 $14) 17. Qd2 (
17. Qb3 Kh7 18. Ne4 f6 (18... Be7 19. Nc5 $16) 19. Nxd6 (19. Nh4 f5 20. Nxd6
Qxd6 21. Nf3 Qf6 $16) 19... Qxd6 20. Qc2 Rg8 21. Nh4 (21. Bxg6+ Rxg6 22. Nh4 f5
23. Nxg6 Qxg6 24. Rh4 Nxh6 25. Kd2 Kg7 26. Rch1 Nf7 27. Qc5 Qf6 (27... Qxg2 28.
Rh7+ Kg8 29. Qe7 $18) 28. Kc1 $16) 21... f5 22. Nf3 Qf6 23. Rh3 Nxh6 24. Ne5
Kg7 25. Ke2 Rh8 26. Rch1 Nf7 27. Rxh8 Nxh8 28. Qc5 $16) 17... f5 18. Kf1 $6 $14
(18. Be2 $1 Kh8 (18... Kh7 19. e4 $3 fxe4 (19... dxe4 20. Ng5+ Kg8 21. Bc4+ $18
) 20. Ng5+ Kg8 21. Ncxe4 $1 Be7 (21... dxe4 22. Bc4+ $18) 22. Rc3 Bf5 23. h7+
Kg7 24. Rch3 dxe4 25. h8=Q+ Rxh8 26. Rh7+ Rxh7 27. Rxh7+ Kg8 28. Bc4+ Kf8 29.
Rh8+ Kg7 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Nf7 e3 32. fxe3 $16) 19. Ng1 $1 $16) 18... Qf6 19.
Ne2 (19. h7+ Kg7 20. g3 Rh8 21. Kg2 Rxh7 22. Rxh7+ Kxh7 23. Rh1+ Kg7 24. b4 $14
) 19... Bd7 (19... Re7 20. Nf4 Rh7 21. b4 $14) 20. Nf4 Re7 21. g3 Rae8 $5 (
21... Rh7 22. Kg2 Nxh6 $14) 22. Nh4 $5 g5 (22... Bxf4 23. gxf4 (23. exf4 $6
Nxh6 24. Nf3 Nf7 25. Ne5 Be6 26. Kg2 $14) 23... Nxh6 24. Nf3 Nf7 25. Rh3 $16)
23. Nh5 Qf7 (23... Qxh6 24. Nxf5 Bxf5 25. Bxf5 $18) 24. Nf3 (24. Ng7 $2 gxh4
25. Nxe8 Bxe8 26. Rxh4 Qg6 27. Qc2 Bd7 $132) 24... Qg6 25. Ng7 (25. Qa5 a6 26.
Ng7 Rc8 27. Qb6 Nxh6 28. Nh5 $14 (28. Rxh6 Qxh6 29. Nxf5 Qh3+ $19) (28. Qxb7
Kxg7 $17)) 25... Rd8 (25... Ra8 26. Kg2 Nxh6 27. Rxh6 Qxh6 28. Nxf5 Bxf5 29.
Bxf5 Qf6 30. g4 $44) 26. Kg2 Nxh6 27. Rxh6 Qxh6 28. Nxf5 Bxf5 29. Bxf5 Qf6 30.
g4 Kg7 31. Rh1 Rh8 32. Rxh8 Kxh8 33. Qa5 (33. b4 $44) 33... b6 (33... a6 34.
Qd8+ Kg7 35. b4 (35. Nxg5 Bc7 36. Ne6+ Qxe6 37. Qxc7 Qxe3 $1 38. Qd6 Qg5 39. b4
(39. f4 Qh4 40. Qg6+ Kf8 41. Qd6 Qe1 42. Qf6+ $11) 39... Qf6 40. Qf4 Re4 41.
Qc7+ Qe7 42. Qh2 Re1 43. Qh7+ Kf8 44. Qh8+ Kf7 45. Qh7+ Kf8 $11) 35... Rf7 36.
Qe8 Qe7 37. Qxe7 Bxe7 $44) 34. Qc3 Bc7 35. b4 Kg7 36. a4 Re8 (36... a6 37. b5
axb5 38. axb5 c5 39. Qa3 cxd4 40. Nxd4 Be5 41. Nc6 $14) 37. Bd7 $2 (37. b5 c5
38. Qc2 c4 $15) (37. Qc2 Rh8 38. b5 c5 39. dxc5 Qa1 40. Qb1 Qxb1 41. Bxb1 bxc5
42. Nxg5 Rh2+ 43. Kf3 Kf6 44. Nh7+ Kg7 45. Ng5 Kf6 $11) 37... Rf8 38. Bf5 Rh8 (
38... Re8 $11) 39. Ne5 Rh6 $4 $18 (39... Qh6 40. Kf3 (40. Qxc6 Qh1+ 41. Kg3
Bxe5+ (41... Rh3#)) 40... Bxe5 41. dxe5 Qh1+ 42. Ke2 Rh3 43. e6+ Kg8 44. Qxc6
Qf3+ 45. Kd3 Qd1+ 46. Kc3 Qc1+ 47. Bc2 Qa3+ 48. Bb3 Qc1+ $11 (48... d4+ 49. Kc4
Qc1+ 50. Kb5 Qxc6+ 51. Kxc6 Kf8 (51... dxe3 52. e7+ $18) 52. exd4 (52. Kd6 dxe3
53. e7+ Ke8 54. Be6 Rh6 55. fxe3 a5 56. b5 Rxe6+ 57. Kxe6 $11) 52... Ke7 (52...
Rxb3 53. Kd7 $18) 53. Bc4 Rc3 54. Kd5 Rc1 55. Bd3 $1 (55. Ba6 Re1 56. Bc8 a5
57. bxa5 bxa5 58. Bd7 Re2 59. f3 Re3 60. Kc5 Rc3+ 61. Kb5 Rxf3 62. d5 Kd6 63.
Kxa5 Rf4 64. Kb6 Rxg4 65. a5 Rb4+ 66. Bb5 g4 67. e7 (67. a6 g3 $19) 67... Re4
68. a6 Rxe7 69. a7 Rxa7 70. Kxa7 g3 71. Bf1 Kxd5 $11) 55... Re1 56. Be4 Kf6 (
56... Re2 57. f3 (57. Ke5 Rxf2 58. d5 Rd2) 57... Ra2 58. Ke5 Rxa4 (58... a5 59.
b5 Rd2 60. d5 $18) 59. d5 Rxb4 60. d6+ $18) 57. f3 $18)) 40. b5 $1 c5 (40...
Bd6 41. Qxc6 (41. bxc6 Bxe5 42. dxe5 Qxc6 43. Qb4 Qc5 44. Qd2 {[%csl Rg5][%cal
Ge3e4]} Kh8 45. e6 a5 46. Qb2+ Kg8 47. Qe5 Qc1 $11) 41... Bxe5 42. Qd7+ $6 (42.
Qb7+ $1 Kf8 (42... Qf7 43. Qxf7+ Kxf7 44. dxe5 Rh8 45. f4 Re8 46. Kf3 Re7 47.
Bd3 Ke6 (47... Rc7 48. fxg5 Rc3 49. g6+ Kg7 50. Ke2 (50. Bf5 d4 $11) 50... Rc7
51. e6 Kf6 52. Bf5 Rc4 53. e4 $1 dxe4 54. Ke3 Rxa4 (54... Rc3+ 55. Kxe4 Rc4+
56. Kd5 Rc5+ 57. Kd6 Rc4 58. Kd7 $18) 55. g5+ $18) (47... gxf4 48. exf4 $18)
48. Ke2 Rc7 49. Bf5+ Kf7 50. fxg5 $18) 43. Qa8+ Kg7 44. Qxa7+ Kg8 45. Qa8+ Kg7
46. Qb7+ Kh8 47. Qc8+ Kg7 48. Qd7+ Kf8 49. dxe5 Qxe5 50. Qd8+ Kf7 51. Qxg5 Qh2+
52. Kf3 $18) 42... Kf8 43. dxe5 Qxe5 44. Qxa7 Qh2+ 45. Kf3 Qd6 46. a5 bxa5 47.
Qxa5 $16) 41. Nd7 $1 Rh2+ (41... Qf7 42. dxc5+ Kg8 43. cxb6 Bxb6 44. a5 $18)
42. Kf1 Qh6 43. dxc5+ Kf7 44. cxb6 Bxb6 (44... Bg3 45. Ne5+ Bxe5 46. Qxe5 $18)
45. Ne5+ Ke7 46. Qb4+ 1-0

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Black "Nikitin, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Rc1 h6 7. Bh4 Nbd7 8. e3
dxc4 (8... c6 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 a6 11. a4 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. exd4 Nb6 14.
Ba2 Nbd5 $1 (14... Bd7 15. a5 $1 $14) 15. Ne5 (15. Bxd5 Nxd5 (15... exd5 16.
Qb3 g5 (16... Be6 17. Qxb7 $16) 17. Bg3 Re8 18. Ne5 $14) 16. Nxd5 Bxh4 (16...
exd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Re1 $14) 17. Nc7 Ra7 (17... Rb8 $132) 18. d5 b6 (18...
Bf6 19. dxe6 $14) 19. d6 (19. dxe6 Rxc7 20. Rxc7 Bxf2+ $1 21. Kh1 Qxc7 22.
exf7+ Qxf7 23. Rxf2 Bb7 $15) 19... Bf6 20. Rc6 $132) 15... Nb4 16. Bb1 Bd7 17.
Re1 (17. Qb3 {The queen here has nothing to do} a5 18. Rfe1 Kh8 $132 {1/2-1/2
Bronshtejn-Ubilava/Minsk 1983 (39)}) 17... Bc6 18. Qd2 Qa5 $132 {Like in this
game}) 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O a6 11. a4 cxd4 12. exd4 Nb6 13. Ba2 Bd7 (13... Nbd5
14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Qb3 Be6 {Position like this is
typical for this variation and White here has clear advantage.} 18. Rc5 Rac8
19. Rfc1 $14 {1-0 Rodriguez,O-Ardiansyah,H/Dubai olm 1986 (47)}) 14. Re1 (14.
Bb1 Bc6 15. Qd3 Re8 (15... g5 16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Re8 18. Qg3 Kh8 $8 19.
Qh4+ Kg8 20. a5 Nbd7 21. Rfe1 $16 {[%cal Ge1e3,Ge3g3,Gd4d5]} (21. d5 exd5 22.
Rfe1 Ne4 $11)) 16. Bxf6 (16. Ne5 Nbd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Ng4 (19.
Qh7+ Kf8 20. Rfe1 (20. Rc3 Rc8 21. Rg3 (21. Re3 $132) 21... Qd6 $132) (20. f4
Bc6 $17) 20... Rc8 $11) 19... Kf8 20. Nxf6 Qxf6 21. Qh7 Ke7 22. Qd3 Rec8 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Shneider,A-Levin,F/UKR-ch Kiev ,EXT 1986 (41)}) 16... Bxf6 17. Qh7+ Kf8
18. Be4 Nxa4 19. Bxc6 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 bxc6 21. Ne5 $14) (14. Ne5 Bc6 (14... Be8
15. Bb1 g6 16. Re1 Nfd5 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Be4 (18. a5 Nbd5 19. Qd2 Kg7 20. Ne4
$14) 18... Rb8 19. b3 Nd7 20. Qf3 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Nc6 22. Qe3 Nxe5 23. Qxh6 $16 {
1-0 Burmakin,V-Kharitonov,A/Koszalin POL 1999 (64)}) 15. Re1 (15. Qd3 Nbd5 16.
Bb1 Nb4 17. Qd2 Qa5 $1 $132 (17... Nfd5 18. Bg3 Rc8 19. f4 f5 20. Rfe1 Bf6 21.
Nxd5 Nxd5 $14 (21... Qxd5 22. Rc5 Qb3 23. Re3 Qxa4 24. Ra3 b6 {1-0 Sokolov,
I-Bass/Sevilla Op 1987 (24)}))) 15... Nbd5 16. Bb3 $14) (14. a5 $1 {this move
seems very strong} {because} Nbd5 {here bring to White clear advantage after} (
14... Nc8 $6 15. Ne5 Na7 16. Bb1 Be8 (16... Nc6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qd3 Re8 (
18... g6 19. Nxg6 $18) 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Rfe1 $16) 17. Qd3 g6 18. Rfe1 Rc8 (
18... Nc6 19. Qe3 Qxa5 20. Qxh6 Nxd4 21. Re3 $16) 19. Qe3 Nc6 20. Qxh6 Qxd4 21.
Ne4 Qxe5 (21... Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Qxb2 23. Rf1 $3 $18) 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Rxe5 $18
{1-0 Loginov,V-Feoktistov,A/Petrov mem, St Petersburg RUS 1998 (60)}) 15. Bxd5
Nxd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Re1 $14 {And white can be pleased with
results of an opening}) 14... Bc6 15. Ne5 Nbd5 16. Bb1 Nb4 $1 $132 {[%csl Rc2,
Rd3] And white can't play Qd3!} 17. Qd2 {In the game I.Sokolov - Bass was same
position without Rf1-e1, but Black didn't play 17... Qa5} Qa5 $5 {Better than}
(17... a5 $6 18. Re3 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ge3h3]} (18. Qe3 Nbd5 19. Qg3 $14)
18... Rc8 19. Rg3 Kh8 $8 20. Re1 Be8 21. Rh3 Ng8 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Qf4 $6 (23.
Ng4 $1 f5 (23... f6 24. Bf5 Bd7 25. d5 Rfd8 (25... e5 26. Nxh6 Nxh6 27. Rxh6+
gxh6 28. Qxh6+ Kg8 29. Re3 $18) 26. dxe6 $16) 24. Ne5 Qf6 25. Rhe3 $14) (23. d5
$6 Rd8) 23... Rd8 24. Rg3 Nc6 $11 {0-1 Petursson,M-Kortchnoi,V/Reykjavik World
Cup 1988 (46)}) 18. Re3 $2 $15 (18. Qe3 $1 Nbd5 (18... Rad8 19. Ng6 fxg6 20.
Qxe6+ Rf7 21. Bxg6 Rdf8 22. Re5 Qd8 23. Bxf7+ Rxf7 24. Rd1 $14) 19. Qd3 Nb4 20.
Qh3 $14 (20. Qe3 Nbd5 $11)) 18... Rfd8 19. Rd1 Rac8 20. Rg3 Kf8 $8 21. Ne2 (21.
Bg6 Be8 $1 $17 (21... fxg6 22. Nxg6+ Kf7 23. Nxe7 g5 (23... Kxe7 24. Rxg7+ $18)
24. Bxg5 hxg5 25. Nxc8 Rxc8 26. Na2 $1 $18)) 21... Be8 $1 {Black prefer to
play against isolated pawn.} (21... Bxa4 $2 22. Ra3 {[%cal Ga3a5]} Bxd1 $1 (
22... Qxe5 23. dxe5 Bxd1 24. Nd4 (24. Rd3 Nxd3 25. exf6 Bxf6 26. Bxf6 Bxe2 27.
Bxd8 Rc1+ 28. Qxc1 Nxc1 $19) 24... Rxd4 (24... Nc6 25. exf6 $18) 25. Qxd4 Rc1
26. h3 Nc6 (26... Nfd5 27. Rc3 Nxc3 28. Bxe7+ Kxe7 29. Qd6+ Ke8 30. Qb8+ Ke7
31. Qxb7+ Kd8 32. Qb8+ Kd7 33. Qd6+ Ke8 34. Qb8+ Kd7 35. bxc3 Nd5 36. Kh2 $16)
27. Qf4 Rxb1 28. exf6 Bc2+ 29. Kh2 Bxa3 30. fxg7+ Kxg7 31. bxa3 $16) 23. Rxa5
Bxe2 24. h3 {[%csl Re2][%cal Gg1h2]} Nbd5 (24... Bb5 25. Bxf6 $18 {[%csl Rb4,
Rh6][%cal Gd2b4,Gd2h6,Ge7f6,Gg7f6]}) (24... g5) 25. Bxf6 (25. Qxe2 Rc1+ 26. Kh2
Rxb1 27. Qc2 Re1 $44) 25... Bxf6 (25... Nxf6 26. Bg6 $1 Bh5 27. Bxh5 Nxh5 28.
Nxf7 Kxf7 29. Rxh5 Bf6 30. d5 $16) 26. Bg6 Bxe5 27. dxe5 Ne7 28. Qxe2 Nxg6 $44)
(21... g5 $2 22. Bxg5 hxg5 23. Qxg5 Ke8 24. Rh3 $16) 22. Ng4 $2 $17 (22. b3
$142 Nc6 $1 $15 {Forcing Queens change and stopping White Attack}) (22. Nf4
Qxe5 $1 $19) 22... Nxg4 $2 $132 (22... g5 $1 {[%cal Ga5g5]} 23. Nxf6 (23. Ne5
Bd6 $1 24. Bxg5 hxg5 25. Qxg5 Bxe5 $19) 23... Bxf6 24. Rf3 Bg7 25. Bg3 Qxa4 $17
) 23. Bxe7+ Kxe7 24. Rxg4 Nc6 25. Qe3 $6 $15 (25. Nc3 $5 Kf8 26. Qe2 Nb4 $132)
(25. Rxg7 $2 Qxd2 26. Rxd2 Nxd4 $19 {[%csl Rc1,Rg1]}) (25. Qxa5 Nxa5 26. Rxg7
Bxa4 27. Re1 $8 Bc2 28. Ba2 Nc6 $17 (28... Bg6 $6 29. Nf4 Kf6 30. Rxg6+ fxg6
31. Rxe6+ Kf7 (31... Kf5 32. Re5+ Kf6 (32... Kxf4 33. g3+ Kf3 34. Re3+ Kg4 35.
Be6+ Kg5 36. Bxc8 Rxc8 37. Re5+ Kf6 38. Rxa5 Rc4 $44) 33. Re6+ $11) 32. Rxg6+
Nc4 33. Rxh6 Rxd4 34. g3 $132)) 25... Kf8 26. Qg3 $6 (26. b3 $15) 26... Qe5 $2
$15 (26... Qxa4 27. Rf1 Nxd4 $1 $17) 27. Qf3 (27. Qd3 $1 {[%cal Gd3h7]} Qf6 28.
Re1 Nb4 29. Qh7 g5 30. b3 Qg7 31. Qxg7+ Kxg7 32. f4 f5 33. Rg3 Bh5 34. Re3 Kf7
$15) 27... f5 28. Rh4 $2 $17 {White pieces have bad interaction.} (28. Rf4 Qd6
(28... Qf6 29. Bxf5 $1 (29. d5 Qxb2 30. Nd4 Nxd4 31. Rfxd4 Rc1 32. Rxc1 Qxc1+
33. Rd1 Qc5 34. dxe6 Rxd1+ 35. Qxd1 Bxa4 36. Qd8+ Be8 $19) 29... g5 30. Bxe6
gxf4 31. Bxc8 Rxc8 32. Nxf4 Bf7 (32... Nxd4 33. Ng6+ Kg7 34. Qxb7+ Kxg6 35.
Qxc8 $18) 33. d5 Nd4 34. Qa3+ Kg8 35. g3 $44) 29. Rh4 Ne7 $15) 28... Qf6 29.
Rh3 $6 $19 (29. Qh3 Nxd4 30. Rhxd4 Rxd4 31. Nxd4 Qxd4 32. Qa3+ Kg8 33. Qb3 Qc4
34. Qxb7 Rd8 35. Qf3 Rxd1+ 36. Qxd1 Bxa4 $17) 29... Nxd4 30. Nxd4 Qxd4 $1 {
Weak first rank!} 31. Re1 (31. Qa3+ Qc5 32. Re1 Qxa3 33. Rxa3 Rd2 $19) 31...
Qd2 $2 $17 ({Why not take the pawn?} 31... Qxb2 $19) 32. Qa3+ Kf7 33. Qe3 Qd5
34. Rf3 Bxa4 35. h4 $2 $19 ({White miss the last possibility of resistance:} 
35. Be4 $5 {[%csl Rb7]} Qd6 (35... Qd7 36. Bxb7 $44) 36. Bxb7 Rb8 37. b3 Rxb7
38. bxa4 Rb2 39. Rf4 Qd5 40. Qa7+ Qb7 41. Qe3 $17) 35... Bc2 36. Bxc2 Rxc2 37.
h5 Rc4 38. Qb6 Rd6 39. Qb3 Rg4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-23"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1978.11.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bronstein, Luis Marcos"]
[Black "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Unzicker,W"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1978.10.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Argentina"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{Inf.26/580} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Rc1 h6 7.
Bh4 c6 8. e3 Nbd7 9. a4 (9. Bd3) 9... Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nxe4
$2 (12. Bd3 $142 $11) 12... dxe4 13. Nd2 c5 $1 $15 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. b4 (15.
Qc2 b6 16. Be2 Bd7 17. a5 Rac8 $15) 15... Nd3+ 16. Bxd3 exd3 17. Rb1 Bf5 (17...
Be6) 18. O-O Rfd8 $17 19. e4 Be6 20. f4 f6 21. Qf3 Rd4 22. a5 Rad8 23. Qe3 $1
b6 24. axb6 axb6 25. b5 Bf7 26. h3 R4d6 27. Rfe1 (27. Rfc1 $142) 27... Qd7 28.
Kh2 Rc8 {[/\ Rc5]} 29. e5 fxe5 30. fxe5 Rg6 31. Rbc1 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 Qxb5 33.
Rc8+ Kh7 34. Qf4 Qd7 35. Rf8 Bd5 36. g4 Qe7 $1 37. Rb8 Rg5 $19 38. Rxb6 Rxe5
0-1

