[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Xu, Jun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[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. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. Bg2 d5 $6 7. Nd2 Nc6 8.
Ngf3 Ne4 $6 (8... O-O 9. O-O a5) 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Ne5 Qxd4 (10... Nxd4 11. Qa4+
Bd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14. O-O-O $18) (10... Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qa5 12.
Qd6 b3+ 13. Kf1 $18) 11. Qxd4 (11. Nxc6 $6 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 bxc6 13. Bxe4 Bb7 $1
$10) 11... Nxd4 12. Bxe4 (12. O-O-O $6 Nxe2+ 13. Kc2 f6 14. Rhe1 (14. Rd2 Nxg3
15. hxg3 fxe5 16. Bxe4 h6 17. Rh5 g5) 14... Nxg3 15. hxg3 fxe5 16. Rxe4 Rf8
$132) 12... f6 (12... Ke7 13. e3 Nf5 14. c5 $16) 13. e3 fxe5 $2 (13... Nf5 $8
14. Bxf5 exf5 15. Nd3 a5 16. Nf4 $16) 14. exd4 exd4 15. O-O-O $18 a5 (15... e5
16. Rhe1 $18) 16. Rxd4 a4 17. Rhd1 Ke7 18. Bxb7 Ra7 19. Bc6 Rf8 20. f4 g6 21.
Bb5 a3 22. b3 $2 {xKc1,a2} (22. R1d3 $1 $18) 22... Rc7 23. Ba4 $5 h6 24. h4 Rc5
25. Bd7 $1 Bb7 26. Re1 Rf6 27. g4 e5 $8 (27... g5 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. f5 e5 30.
Rd3 Rd6 (30... e4 31. Bb5 Rc7 32. Rh3 Kd6 33. Rh5 Rg7 34. Kd2 Ke5 35. Ke3 Rd6
36. c5 Rd5 37. Rh6 Re7 38. Rc1) 31. Rxd6 Kxd6 32. Rd1+ Ke7 33. Be6 Bc6 (33...
Rc7 34. Bd5 $1) 34. Rd3 e4 35. Rh3 Kf6 36. Kd2 Ke5 37. Ke3) 28. fxe5 Rf2 $132
29. Kb1 Rb2+ 30. Ka1 Rf2 31. h5 $1 $18 gxh5 32. gxh5 Bc8 33. Bg4 $3 Bf5 34.
Bxf5 Rxf5 35. Rd5 $18 Rxd5 36. cxd5 Rf2 (36... Rxh5 37. Kb1 Rh2 38. d6+ Ke8 39.
e6 Rd2 40. d7+ Ke7 41. Kc1 Rxa2 42. Re5 $18) 37. d6+ Ke8 38. e6 Rd2 39. d7+ Ke7
40. Kb1 Rb2+ 41. Kc1 Rxa2 42. Re4 $2 (42. Re5 $1 $18 Rg2 43. Ra5 (43. Rc5 $2
Rg1+ 44. Kd2 a2) 43... Rg1+ 44. Kd2 Rg8 45. Ra6 a2 46. Kd3 a1=Q 47. Rxa1 Kxe6
48. Ra7 Rd8 49. Kc4 $18) 42... Rg2 43. Rd4 (43. Rxb4 $6 Rg1+ 44. Kc2 a2 45. Rb8
Rc1+ 46. Kd2 Rd1+) 43... Rg1+ 44. Kc2 Rg2+ 45. Kd3 Rg8 46. Kc4 a2 47. Rd1 Kxe6
48. Kxb4 Ra8 49. Kc3 Ke7 50. Kb2 Kd8 51. b4 Ra4 $10 52. b5 Rb4+ 53. Kxa2 Rxb5
54. Ka3 Rxh5 55. Kb4 Rg5 56. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Portoroz op"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Grosar, Aljosa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Beliavsky,A"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. Bg2 O-O 7. e4 $1 {N!}
d6 (7... d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. e5 Ne8 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. O-O Nc7 12. a3 Bf5 13. axb4
Nxb4 14. Nbc3 a5 15. Nf4 Qd7 16. h3 Rfd8 17. g4 Bc2 18. Qd2 Bb3 19. Nh5 $36) 8.
Ne2 e5 9. O-O Nc6 10. a3 bxa3 11. Nxa3 a5 (11... Qb6 12. Qd2 exd4 13. Nb5 $16)
12. Qd2 b6 13. Rfd1 Ba6 14. b3 Re8 15. Nc2 Qc7 $6 (15... Qe7 $32) 16. Ne3 g6
17. Nf5 $16 Bc8 18. Qg5 (18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Qd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 gxf5 21. Rxf6 $16)
18... Bxf5 19. exf5 Kg7 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Nc3 Nxd4 $2 (21... Nh7 22. Nb5 Qd7
23. Qh4 $16) 22. Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 3rd"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2010.10.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2826"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 {This line is secondary
but known as very solid for Black.} 6. Bg2 c6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. O-O b6 9. Rc1 O-O
10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nc3 Ba6 12. a4 Rc8 (12... Bc4 13. Nb5 Qe7 14. Na3 Ne4 15. Qd1
Ba6 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. axb5 Qb4 18. Qa4 Qxa4 19. Rxa4 Nd6 20. Rc7 Rfd8 21. Raxa7
Rxa7 22. Rxa7 Nxb5 23. Ra1 Kf8 24. e3 Rc8 25. Bf1 Nd6 26. Bd3 {1/2-1/2
Portisch,L (2635)-Spassky,B (2560)/Reykjavik 1988}) 13. Nb5 Ne4 14. Qf4 Qe7 15.
Rc7 Bxb5 16. axb5 Nd6 17. Qc1 Rxc7 18. Qxc7 Rc8 19. Qxa7 Qd8 20. Qa4 h6 21. Qb4
Qf8 {White is up a pawn but it is very hard to improve something. Still, the
next moves seems not to be accurate, giving Black a chance to draw at once.}
22. b3 $6 ({Something like} 22. e3 $5 {followed by Qb3 should be normal,
though we trust Magnus should draw this! Probably Wang Yue was also not
eagering to go desperately for a win, as he suffered a little bit in his last
games.}) 22... Ne4 23. Qxf8+ Kxf8 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. dxe5 Rc5 27.
Ra8+ Ke7 28. Ra7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 3rd"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2010.10.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2826"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. Bg2 c6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8.
O-O b6 9. Rc1 O-O 10. b4 $5 (10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nc3 Ba6 12. a4 Rc8 13. Nb5 Ne4
14. Qf4 Qe7 15. Rc7 Bxb5 16. axb5 Nd6 17. Qc1 Rxc7 18. Qxc7 Rc8 19. Qxa7 Qd8
20. Qa4 h6 21. Qb4 Qf8 22. b3 Ne4 23. Qxf8+ Kxf8 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26.
dxe5 Rc5 27. Ra8+ Ke7 28. Ra7+ Kf8 {1/2-1/2 Wang,Y (2732)-Carlsen,M (2826)/
Nanjing/China 2010}) 10... Bb7 11. Qb2 Rb8 $146 12. Nbd2 Qe7 13. e3 Rfc8 14.
Rc2 c5 15. bxc5 bxc5 16. Qa3 Rc6 17. Rac1 Ra6 18. Qd3 h6 19. Qe2 dxc4 20. Qxc4
cxd4 (20... Rc8 $5 {might be a better try to equalize.}) 21. Nxd4 Rb6 22. Bxb7
R8xb7 {Things have been going fine for Topalov who enjoys a small plus. But
suddenly the situation will change hardly!} 23. Kg2 (23. Qf1 $5 {is given best
by several engines, with ideas line:} Rb2 24. Rc8+ Kh7 $2 25. Qd3+ (25. Nc4
Rxa2 26. Rb1 $1 $18) 25... g6 26. Nc6 $18) (23. N2b3 $5 {would also be quite
logical.}) 23... Ne5 24. Qc5 $2 {The real mistake, although White's avdantage
are more or less disappeared with 23.Kg2. It is clear that Topalov is out of
form and is playing much under his real level.} Qxc5 25. Rxc5 Rb2 {Now Black
is better.} 26. R1c2 Nd3 $1 27. Rc8+ Kh7 28. N4f3 a5 {This pawn is supposed to
bring the victory later, so it's quite logical to push it! Still, this doesn't
look like a real winning plan, while it looks like Black had a much stronger
possibility right now.} (28... Ng4 $1 29. Nb3 Rxc2 (29... Rb8 $5 {is a funny
possibility, probably about equivalent to 29...Rxc2, but I quote it simply
because I love this move!}) 30. Rxc2 Rb4 $5 31. h3 Ngxf2 32. Rxf2 Nxf2 33. Kxf2
Ra4 {is another idea - more direct let's say. This should be winning for Black.
Very often, two knights "alone" are a bad sign for the endgame.}) 29. h3 a4 30.
a3 g5 31. Rxb2 $6 ({After} 31. g4 {I feel like Black should be slightly better,
but all engines insist with a 0.00 evaluation. After playing a match against
Rybka and not winning a single game (no, I'm joking, I didn't play but just
guessed the result), I believe White should be able to draw...}) 31... Rxb2 32.
Rc3 $4 {Woah! An hallucination, I guess.} Nxf2 33. Rc7 (33. Kxf2 Ne4+ $19)
33... N2e4 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} 4. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]
Maybe similarly to yesterday, Anish Giri goes for the creation of a slight
imbalance. 4.Bd2 is played more often.} c5 {[%emt 0:00:45] And Karjakin does
not object. In principle, if one plays these ...Bb4 lines, be they in the
Ragozin, Nimzo-Indian, Bogo-Indian or even something else, one should not
object to giving up this bishop for a knight and then arranging all one's
pawns on dark squares.} (4... d5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Ngf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 {is another
normal way to play this position with Black.}) 5. a3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxd2+ {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. Qxd2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 7. Nf3 {[%emt 0:
00:11]} (7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qd3 O-O 9. Bg2 d5 $11) 7... d5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} (7...
b6 $5 8. Nxd4 Bb7 9. f3 $132 {could lead to some kind of almost Maroczy-like
play}) 8. Bg2 {[%emt 0:01:01]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 9. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:14]}
Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 10. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:08] The
position is now 'more open than closed' and so I would probably slightly
prefer to be White, but very accurate play is needed to make anything of this.}
11. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} (11. Bg5 $5 e5 12. Nb5 Nc6 13. Rd1 $14 {is maybe one
way to go; White will choose soon whether to play with Bxf6, Nd6 etc or with
Be3, h3, Nc3, 0-0 and try and make use of the bishop pair only once the rooks
come off. The Catalan bishop always guarantees at least sufficient
compensation.}) 11... Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 12. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:21]} (12. O-O $5
Nxe3 13. fxe3 e5 $11 {is creative but probably nothing.}) 12... c3 $1 {[%emt 0:
00:26]} (12... Nxe3 13. fxe3 e5 14. Nb5 Nc6 15. Nd6 $14) 13. b3 {[%emt 0:00:05]
} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:03:29]} 14. fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 15. Rxc3
{[%emt 0:02:48]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:07:50]} 16. O-O {[%emt 0:14:21]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:
32]} 17. Rc7 {[%emt 0:11:35]} (17. Nf3 $5 $14 {is a counter-intuitive machine
suggestion that makes a lot of sense once you look at it a few times, but in
any case Black might be able to neutralise the pressure with the standard
bishop-for-knight swap, because the machine overrates bishops. For instance:}
Bd7 18. Ne5 Rac8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 {and Black is getting nice and active, whether
White accepts the unusual swap offer or not.}) 17... Rb8 $1 {[%emt 0:00:05] An
ugly but necessary move, and after a few more similar ones it transpires that
White is not better.} 18. Nb5 {[%emt 0:10:21]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 19. Na7 {
[%emt 0:07:07]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:07:57]} 20. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:09]} (20. Rxb7 $2 Rxb7
21. Bxb7 Rb8 $15) 20... b6 {[%emt 0:09:07] With equality.} 21. Bc6 {[%emt 0:04:
56]} Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 22. Rxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 23.
Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Rd1+ {[%emt 0:01:46]} 24. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:19]} h5 {
[%emt 0:01:33]} 25. Ne5 {[%emt 0:03:34]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:02:25]} (25... Re1 $5 {
might deserve consideration at lower levels, to try and play on based on
White's structure.}) 26. Nxg4 $11 {[%emt 0:01:56] The rook endgame is almost
completely equal, with White's activity counterbalanced by a structural issue.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Graz zt"]
[Site "Graz"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 $6 5. Bxb4 $6 (5. Bg2 Qb6 6. d5 exd5 7.
cxd5 d6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. O-O Re8 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nbd7 $14) 5...
cxb4 6. Bg2 O-O 7. e4 d6 8. Ne2 e5 9. O-O Nc6 10. d5 (10. Nd2 exd4 11. Nb3 Bg4
12. f3 Be6 13. Rc1 d3 14. Ned4 (14. Qxd3 $2 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Ne5) 14... Qb6 15.
Qxd3 Ne5 16. Qe2 Rac8 $17) 10... Nb8 11. a3 (11. h3 Na6 12. f4 Re8 13. Nd2 Nc5
14. Qc2 Bd7 $132) 11... Na6 12. axb4 Nxb4 13. Nbc3 $6 (13. Qd2 Qb6 14. Na3 Bd7
15. Nb5 a5 16. Nec3 $14) 13... Bd7 14. Qd2 a5 15. Ra3 $6 (15. Rfc1 Qc7 16. Nb1
$14) 15... Qc7 16. Rfa1 (16. b3 Qc5 17. Raa1 b5 18. cxb5 Bxb5 {xb3}) 16... Qxc4
17. Rxa5 Rxa5 18. Rxa5 Nd3 19. Nc1 (19. Bf1 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Qxe4 21. Nc3 Qb4) (
19. Ra1 Nc5 20. Qc2 b5 $13) 19... Nxc1 20. Qxc1 b5 21. Qe1 $2 (21. Ra1 Rc8 22.
Qe1 b4 23. Nd1 h6 24. Ne3 Qd4 25. Qe2 {/\ Rd1}) 21... b4 22. Na2 Rb8 23. Qe3 (
23. h3 Qd4 24. Qe2 b3 25. Nc1 (25. Nc3 $2 Qxc3 26. bxc3 b2) 25... Qb4 26. Ra1 (
26. Ra3 Qxa3 $1) 26... Rc8 $17) 23... h6 $2 (23... Qc2 $1 24. Qc1 Qd3 25. Qc7 (
25. h3 h6 26. Qc7 Rc8 27. Qxd6 b3 28. Nc3 Qc2 29. Rc5 Rxc5 30. Qxc5 Qxb2 $17)
25... Rc8 26. Qxd6 b3 27. Nc3 Qc2) 24. b3 Qc2 25. h3 Qd1+ 26. Kh2 Rc8 27. Nxb4
Bxh3 $1 (27... Rc1 28. f3 Rb1 29. Ra2 Rxb3 30. Ra1 $10) 28. Qf3 $8 (28. Kxh3 $2
Qh5#) (28. Bxh3 Rc1 29. Qxc1 Qxc1 30. Ra2 Qe1 31. Nc6 Nxe4 $19) 28... Qxf3 (
28... Qe1 $2 29. Bxh3 Rc1 30. Ra8+ Kh7 31. Bg2 $18) 29. Bxf3 Rc3 30. Kxh3 $2 (
30. Bh1 Rxb3 (30... Bf1 31. Ra1 Rxb3 32. Nc6 Bd3 33. Ne7+ Kh7 34. f3 {xd6}) 31.
Kxh3 Rxb4 32. Ra8+ Kh7 33. Ra6 Nxe4 34. Bxe4+ Rxe4 35. Rxd6) 30... Rxf3 31. Nc6
Rxf2 32. Ne7+ Kh7 33. Ra4 Re2 34. b4 h5 35. b5 Ng4 36. Kh4 Rh2+ 37. Kg5 Nh6 0-1

[Event "OHRA-A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bc3 $5 b6 7. Nh3 {N} (7.
Nf3) 7... Bb7 8. O-O Qc8 (8... O-O 9. Nf4 Nbd7 10. Nd2 $14) 9. cxd5 (9. Nd2
dxc4 10. Nxc4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Qb7+ 12. Kg1 O-O) 9... Bxd5 (9... exd5 10. Nf4 O-O
11. b4 $14) 10. Nf4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 O-O 12. Nd2 Qb7+ 13. f3 $5 (13. Kg1 Nbd7 14.
f3 c5 $10) 13... Ng4 14. Nc4 Qc6 15. h3 $8 (15. b3 $2 b5) 15... Qxc4 16. hxg4
Nd7 17. Rh1 Rfd8 18. d5 (18. Qb1 Nf8) 18... e5 $1 (18... Nf8 19. Rc1 Qxa2 20.
Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 21. Qd4+ Kg8 22. Nh5 f6 23. Rxc7 $40) 19. Qd3 Qxd3 20. Nxd3 Rac8
21. Rac1 (21. e4 c6 $1 22. dxc6 Rxc6 23. Bxe5 Rc2+ 24. Kh3 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Rdd2)
21... c6 22. Bxe5 (22. dxc6 Rxc6 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Re6 25. Nc6 Rxe2+ 26.
Kf1 Rdd2 27. Nxe7+ Kf8 $1 $10) 22... cxd5 23. Bd4 Nc5 24. Nf4 Ne6 $1 25. Rxc8 (
25. Nxd5 Rxc1 26. Nxe7+ Kf8 27. Rxc1 Nxd4 28. Rc7 Re8 $10) 25... Nxf4+ 26. gxf4
Rxc8 27. Rh5 Rd8 28. Kf2 Bc5 $1 29. Bxc5 (29. e3 Bxd4 30. exd4 f6 $10) 29...
bxc5 30. Ke3 h6 31. Rh1 Kf8 32. Rc1 Re8+ 33. Kd2 Rb8 34. b3 Rb5 35. e4 Ke7 $1
36. exd5 Kd6 37. Ke3 Rb4 (37... Kxd5 38. Rd1+ Ke6 39. f5+ Ke7 40. Rd5 $16) 38.
Rd1 (38. Rc4 Kxd5 39. Rxb4 cxb4 40. Kd3 g5 $10) 38... a5 39. Rd3 a4 40. f5 axb3
41. axb3 g6 42. fxg6 fxg6 43. Kf2 h5 44. gxh5 {Ftacnik,L} (44. gxh5 gxh5 45.
Kg3 h4+ 46. Kh3 Rf4 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Bc3 O-O 7. Nd2 c5 $1 8.
Ngf3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 (9. Nxd4 $6 e5 10. N4b3 d4 11. Ba5 Qe8) 9... Nc6 10. cxd5
Nxd5 11. O-O Nxd4 $6 (11... b6 $5 12. Rc1 Bb7) 12. Nxd4 Nf4 13. gxf4 Qxd4 14.
e3 Qxb2 15. Nc4 Qb4 (15... Qc3 16. Rc1 Qb4 17. Qc2) 16. Qc2 Bd7 (16... Rb8 $5
17. Ne5 $36) 17. Rfb1 Qc5 18. Rxb7 Rad8 (18... Bb5 $14) 19. Rc1 $16 Bc8 20.
Rbb1 f6 $2 {x e6} 21. Qe4 Qh5 22. Qf3 Qxf3 23. Bxf3 Ba6 24. Na5 Rd2 25. a4 Ra2
26. Nc6 Bd6 27. Nd4 Rxa4 (27... Bc8 28. Rc6) 28. Nxe6 Rc8 29. Rd1 Bf8 30. Rd7
Bc4 31. Bd5 Bxd5 32. Rxd5 Rac4 (32... Re8 $5) 33. Rb7 Rc1+ 34. Kg2 Re8 $138 {
Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Long Beach"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 cxd4 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Nxd4 Qb6 9. Nb5 O-O 10. Qe3 d5 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. cxd5 Nb4 $1 (12... exd5 13.
Be3 Nb4 14. O-O-O $16) 13. Rb1 Nc2+ 14. Kd1 exd5 15. Bg5 (15. Kxc2 $2 Bf5+) (
15. Nd6 Nd4 16. Be3 Nf5 17. Nxf5 Bxf5 18. Rc1 b5 $13) 15... Ng4 16. f3 Nge3+ (
16... Nxa3 17. bxa3 Nf2+ 18. Ke1 Nxh1 19. Be7 Re8 20. Nc7 Rxe7 21. Nxa8 $18)
17. Kd2 Bf5 18. Nd6 Bg6 19. Bxe3 Nxe3 20. Rc1 d4 21. Bh3 Rad8 22. Nxb7 Rd5 23.
Rc7 h6 24. Bc8 Re8 25. Re1 d3 26. exd3 Rxd3+ $6 (26... Nc4+ 27. Rxc4 (27. Kd1
Nxb2+ 28. Kc2 Rxe1 29. Kxb2 Rxd3 $19) (27. Kc3 Rxd3+ 28. Kxc4 Rxe1 $19) 27...
Rxd3+ 28. Kc2 Rxe1 $19) 27. Kc1 Red8 $4 28. Nxd8 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Black "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Belov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bg2 (5. Bxb4 {Belov} cxb4 6.
Bg2 a5 (6... O-O 7. e4 $1 (7. Nf3 d6 8. O-O Re8 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11.
Rfd1 Bd7 12. Rac1 Na5 13. Qd3 Rac8 14. b3 $10 {Razuvaev,Y-Epishin,V/Reggio
Emilia/1996/1:0/67/}) 7... d6 8. Ne2 e5 9. O-O Nc6 10. a3 bxa3 11. Nxa3 a5 12.
Qd2 b6 13. Rfd1 $14 {Beliavsky,A-Grosar,A/Portoroz/1996/1:0/22/}) 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Nbd2 d6 9. Nf1 Ra7 10. Ne3 b5 11. cxb5 Bd7 12. a4 bxa3 13. Rxa3 {Razuvaev,
Y-Yemelin,V/RUS-ch/1995/0,5/}) 5... Qb6 (5... O-O {Belov} 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Nc6
8. Be3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Ng4 10. Bxc6 Nxe3 11. fxe3 bxc6 12. Nxc6 Qb6 13. Nxb4 Qxb4
14. b3 Bb7 15. Qd2 Qc5 16. Nc3 $16 {Sosonko,G-Silva/Sanchez/1:0/40/}) 6. d5
Bxd2+ (6... exd5 {Belov} 7. cxd5 d6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. O-O Re8 11. h3
Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nbd7 $14 {Ftacnik,L/}) 7. Qxd2 exd5 8. cxd5 O-O 9. Nc3 (9. Nh3 d6
10. Nf4 Bf5 (10... Nbd7 11. O-O Ne5 12. Qc3 Bd7 13. Nd2 Rfe8 14. Nd3 (14. Rfe1
Rac8 15. b3 {1/2-1/2 Krasenkov,M-Makarov,M/URS-chT ;TD 88\11 1988}) 14... Bb5
15. Rfc1 Bxd3 16. exd3 Re7 17. Nb3 g6 18. d4 cxd4 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. Nxd4 Nd3
21. Rc2 Ne1 22. Rd2 Nxg2 23. Kxg2 a6 {1/2-1/2 Nikolic,N-Dizdar,G/JUG-chT/1989 
(27)}) 11. Nc3 Re8 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Nd3 c4 14. Nf4 Nc5 15. Nd1 Qa6 16. Ne3 Be4
17. Rfc1 b5 18. Bxe4 Rxe4 19. Nf5 Re5 20. Nd4 Nxd5 21. Nf3 Ne4 22. Qc2 Nb4 23.
Qb1 Ree8 {0-1 Ellers,H-Schmidt,E/NRW-I 9293/1993 (37)}) 9... d6 10. Nf3 (10.
Nh3 $5) 10... Bg4 (10... Re8 {Belov} 11. O-O h6 $10) 11. Ng5 (11. O-O Nbd7 $13
(11... Bxf3 {Belov} 12. Bxf3 Nbd7 13. Bg2 Rfe8 14. e4 c4 $132)) 11... h6 12.
Nge4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nd7 (13... Na6 {Belov} 14. O-O (14. O-O-O Qa5 15. f4 Bd7 $13
) 14... Rfe8 $14) 14. h3 Bh5 15. f4 f5 (15... Bg6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. e4 $14) (
15... f6 {Belov} 16. Bf5 Rad8 17. g4 Bf7 18. O-O-O $36) 16. Bc2 Rae8 17. O-O-O
{In the positions with opposite castling plays time the crucial role. In
Stellungen mit entgegen gesetzter Rochade spielt Zeit die entscheidende Rolle.}
c4 $2 (17... Qa5 $5 18. Rhg1 b5 19. g4 b4 $132) 18. Rhg1 Qe3 19. g4 Bg6 $6 (
19... fxg4 20. hxg4 Bf7 21. g5 $16) (19... Qxd2+ {Belov} 20. Rxd2 fxg4 (20...
Bg6 21. Nb5 Rf6 22. g5 hxg5 23. fxg5 Rff8 24. Nxd6 Re7 25. Nxc4 $18) 21. hxg4
Bf7 22. Nb5 $18) 20. Nb5 $1 Rf6 (20... Qc5 21. Nd4 Qxd5 22. gxf5 (22. Bxf5 {
Belov} Bxf5 23. Nxf5 Qxd2+ 24. Rxd2 Re6 $16) 22... Bf7 23. e4 Qc5 (23... Rxe4 {
Belov} 24. Qg2 $18) 24. Qg2 $18) 21. gxf5 Bxf5 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. Nxd6 Rxd5 (
23... Qxd2+ 24. Rxd2 Rff8 25. Nxe8 Rxe8 26. Rd4 $18) 24. Rxg7+ $1 (24. Rxg7+ $1
Kxg7 (24... Kf8 25. Qxe3 Rxd1+ 26. Kxd1 Rxe3 27. Rxd7 $18) (24... Kh8 {Belov}
25. Qxe3 Rxd1+ 26. Kxd1 Rxe3 27. Rxd7 $18) 25. Nxe8+ Qxe8 26. Qxd5 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 09th Group1"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2002.05.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2002.05.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novosibirsk Transsib"]
[BlackTeam "Novokuznetsk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Nh3 d6 8.
Nf4 Nc6 9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nd5 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nd2 Qd6 14. Re1 Rfd8
15. Rc1 Rac8 16. Qa4 Nd7 17. Nb3 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. e3 a6 20. a3 bxa3 21. b4
Qf8 22. c5 f5 23. Nb6 Rc7 24. Qxa3 e4 25. Nc4 Rcd7 26. Qb2 Re7 27. Rc2 h6 28.
Rb1 Kh8 29. Rd2 Rxd2 30. Qxd2 Ne5 31. Nxe5 Rxe5 32. Qd4 Re8 33. Bf1 Rd8 34. Qe5
Qf7 35. Rc1 Qd7 36. Qc3 Bf3 37. Bg2 Qa4 38. Qe1 Qa2 39. Ra1 Qb2 40. Rb1 Qa2 41.
Ra1 Qb2 42. Rb1 Qe5 43. Kh2 Kh7 44. Bxf3 exf3 45. Rd1 Rd5 46. Rxd5 Qxd5 47. Qb1
h5 48. Qb2 Kg6 49. Qd4 Qxd4 50. exd4 {[#] Thema: Verbundene Freibauern
unterliegen den entfernten Einzelfreibauern} Kf6 51. d5 Ke5 52. d6 Ke6 53. Kg1
(53. g4 fxg4 54. hxg4 hxg4 55. Kg3 b6 56. cxb6 (56. Kxg4 bxc5 57. bxc5 a5 58.
Kxf3 a4 59. Ke4 a3 $19) 56... Kxd6 57. Kxg4 Kc6 58. Kxf3 Kxb6 59. Kg4 Kb5 60.
Kg5 Kxb4 61. Kg6 a5 62. Kxg7 a4 63. f4 a3 64. f5 a2 65. f6 a1=Q $19) 53... b6
54. Kf1 (54. cxb6 Kxd6 55. Kf1 Kc6 56. Ke1 Kxb6 57. Kd2 Kb5 58. Kc3 g5 $19)
54... bxc5 55. bxc5 a5 56. Ke1 a4 57. Kd2 a3 58. Kc2 g5 59. Kb3 g4 60. h4 (60.
hxg4 fxg4 61. Kxa3 h4 $19) 60... Kd7 $1 (60... f4 61. gxf4 g3 62. f5+ Kd7 63.
f6 gxf2 64. f7 f1=Q 65. f8=Q Qb5+ 66. Kxa3 Qxc5+ {ist nicht der klare Weg}) (
60... Kd7 61. Kxa3 f4 62. gxf4 g3 {und f5 erfolgt nicht mehr mit Schach.}) 0-1

[Event "Hastings 9697"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Jacoby,G"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1996.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. e3 e5 (6... a5 7. Nc3 e5
8. d5 Nb8 9. Nge2 Na6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Nxc3 Nc5 12. O-O a4 13. Nb5 d6 14. Qc2
O-O 15. Bb4 Nb3 $1 16. Rad1 Bd7 17. Nc3 Rfe8 18. Ne2 e4 $1 19. h3 h5 20. Nd4
Nc5 21. Bxc5 dxc5 22. Ne2 h4 23. Qd2 Ra6 $1 24. gxh4 Nh7 $1 {[%cal Ya6g6,Yh7g5,
Yg5f3,Yg5h3]} 25. h5 Qh4 26. Nf4 Ng5 27. Kh2 Rf6 28. Rh1 Rxf4 29. exf4 Nf3+ 30.
Bxf3 exf3 {0-1 Semmler,G-Steckner,J/Hamburg Schachfreunde 1990}) (6... O-O 7.
Ne2 e5 8. d5 Nb8 9. Nbc3 d6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Nxc3 e4 12. Qc2 Re8 13. h3 Nbd7 14.
O-O Nb6 15. b3 a5 16. Nb5 a4 17. b4 h5 18. Bc3 Nh7 19. Qe2 h4 {Hulak,K-Djuric,
S/Bled/Rogaska Slatina 1991/0-1 (55)}) 7. d5 Bxd2+ (7... Nb8 8. Ne2 (8. Nc3
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 d6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Ne2 c6 12. O-O cxd5 13. cxd5 a5 14. Rfc1 b6 15.
a3 Ba6 16. b4 Nbd7 17. Be1 Rfc8 18. Qb2 Bc4 {1/2-1/2 Steckner,J-Dizdar,G/
Hamburg op 1992}) 8... Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 a5 10. d6 Qxd6 11. Qxd6 cxd6 12. Nbc3 Na6
13. O-O Ke7 14. Rfd1 Rb8 15. Nb5 d5 16. Bxd5 d6 17. Nec3 Rd8 18. Rd2 Ne8 19.
Rad1 Bg4 20. f3 Bd7 21. a3 h6 22. Ne4 Bxb5 23. cxb5 Nc5 24. Nc3 Nf6 25. Ba2 {
1/2-1/2 Nikolaidis,I-Loginov,V/Budapest FS06 GM 1994}) 8. Qxd2 Nb8 9. Nc3 (9.
d6 Qxd6 10. Qxd6 cxd6 11. Nc3 Ke7 12. Nge2 Na6 13. O-O Nc7 14. Rac1 a6 15. Na4
Rb8 16. Nb6 Na8 17. Nxa8 Rxa8 18. Nc3 Rb8 19. Nd5+ Nxd5 20. cxd5 b6 21. b4 Bb7
22. Rc7 Rhc8 23. Rfc1 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 Kd8 25. Rc3 b5 26. e4 Ra8 27. Rc1 {1/2-1/2
Dyachkov,S-Razuvaev,Y/RUS-ch Elista 1995}) 9... d6 10. h3 a5 11. Nge2 Na6 12.
g4 Nd7 13. Ng3 Nb6 14. b3 g6 15. O-O-O Nc5 16. f4 a4 17. Kb2 Bd7 18. Nge4 Nxe4
19. Nxe4 f5 20. gxf5 Bxf5 21. Nc3 O-O 22. Rhf1 exf4 23. Rxf4 g5 24. Rf2 Bg6 $17
25. Rdf1 Rxf2 26. Rxf2 Nd7 27. Qd4 Nc5 28. e4 Qg7 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. Kc2 axb3+
31. axb3 Ra3 32. b4 Bxe4+ $1 33. Kd2 Bxg2 34. bxc5 Bxh3 35. cxd6 cxd6 36. Nb5
Ra6 37. Ke3 h5 38. Kd4 g4 $2 (38... Bd7 $19) 39. Nc7 Ra1 40. Ne6+ Kg6 41. Rf8
Rd1+ 42. Ke3 Bf1 43. Nf4+ Kg7 44. Rf5 $5 (44. Ne6+ Kg6 45. Nf4+ Kg5) 44... Bxc4
45. Rxh5 Re1+ 46. Kd4 b5 47. Ne6+ Kf7 48. Rh7+ Ke8 49. Rg7 Rg1 50. Nc7+ Kd8 51.
Kc3 $1 {/\ Kc3-b4-a5-b6} Kc8 $6 (51... g3 $142 52. Ne6+ (52. Kb4 g2 53. Ka5
Ra1+ 54. Kb6 g1=Q+ $19) 52... Kc8 53. Nf4 g2 54. Nxg2 Bxd5 55. Ne3 Bc6 {
Schwarz behält Gewinnchancen, obwohl die Blockade der beiden schwarzen
Freibauern nicht einfach zu brechen ist.  Adams hielt während der Partie diese
Stellung für remis.}) 52. Kb4 g3 53. Ka5 b4 (53... g2 54. Kb6 (54. Nxb5 Bxd5 $1
) 54... b4 55. Rg8+ Kd7 56. Rg7+ $11) 54. Kb6 Bxd5 $2 (54... Rc1 $142 {Ist der
sichere Weg zum remis. Schwarz kämpft nämlich um remis.} 55. Rxg3 Kd8) 55. Nxd5
b3 $4 {Verliert forciert.} (55... Kd8 $142) 56. Nf6 Kd8 57. Rd7+ $2 (57. Kb7
$142 $1 Z0 58. Rd7#) 57... Kc8 58. Rg7 $4 (58. Re7 $142 $1 Z0 59. Re8#) 58...
Kd8 59. Rd7+ $2 (59. Kb7 $142 $1) 59... Kc8 60. Rg7 $4 {Schwarz reklamierte
Remis wegen dreimaliger Stellungswiederholung.} (60. Re7 $142 $1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Women-ch k.o."]
[Site "Antakya"]
[Date "2010.12.07"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Black "Kovanova, Baira"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2010.12.04"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. Bg2 O-O 7. e4 d6 8. Ne2
Nc6 9. O-O a5 $5 $146 {An interesting waiting move. Since White is not
threatening much in the centre, Black consolidates her queenside space
advantage, anticipating a2-a3.} ({The main line goes} 9... e5 {, when after}
10. a3 bxa3 11. Nxa3 {Black experienced some micro problems in Beliavsky,A 
(2615)-Grosar,A (2470)/Portoroz 1996/CBM 051 ext/[Beliavsky] (1-0, 22)}) 10. a3
({Gaining space with} 10. f4 $6 {just weakens the dark squares even more.} e5
11. fxe5 {Dubious, but otherwise the previous move would hardly make any sense.
} dxe5 12. d5 Qb6+ 13. Kh1 Nb8 (13... Ng4 $5 14. dxc6 Ne3 15. Qc1 Nxf1 16. Qxf1
Qxc6 $44) 14. Nc1 Na6 $15) (10. Nd2 Qb6 $5 11. Nb3 (11. Nf3 $2 Nxe4) (11. d5
Nd4 $11) 11... a4 12. Nbc1 Bd7 $132) 10... Qb6 11. axb4 Qxb4 {The queen will
be slightly exposed here.} (11... Nxb4 $5 12. Nbc3 e5 $132) 12. Na3 Bd7 (12...
e5 13. Nb5 Bg4 $2 14. f3 $1 {Usually, such a move favours Black, who gets
additional weaknesses to play against. In this concrete case, however,
clearing the f2-square with gain of time is essential for trapping the queen.}
Bd7 15. Ra4 $1 Qxb2 16. Rf2 $18) 13. Qd3 (13. Nb5 $5 e5 14. Ra4 Qxb2 {is
unclear with the pawn on f2.}) 13... Qb6 14. h3 e5 $132 {Black has a
reasonable position, with relative stability on the dark squares.} 15. Rfd1
Rfc8 $6 (15... Rfe8 $5 {[%csl Ge5]}) 16. Rab1 (16. c5 dxc5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18.
Qc3 Ng6 19. Nc4 $36) 16... a4 17. Kh2 exd4 18. Nxd4 Qc5 19. Kg1 Ra6 20. Nxc6
Bxc6 21. Qxd6 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Qxd6 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Rxd6 Re8 25. g4 Ra5 26. Nc2
f5 27. Nd4 fxg4 28. hxg4 Rc5 29. Rc1 Be4 30. Rc3 Bc6 31. Kf1 Kg8 32. Kg1 Kh7
33. Rc1 Be4 34. Rc3 Bc6 35. Kf1 Kg8 36. f3 Rc8 37. Nxc6 bxc6 38. Kf2 Rb8 39.
Rd2 Rb4 40. Rdc2 Kf7 41. Ke3 Re5+ 42. Kd3 Kf6 43. Rf2 c5 44. Kc2 Re1 45. Rd2
Re5 46. Rf2 Re1 47. Rd2 Re5 48. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lenic, Luka"]
[Black "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Qe7 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. e3 $5 {Catalan
specialists frequently use the opportunity of deviating from the genuine
Bogo-Indian in case of an early check on b4. For instance, after 4...c5
followed by an exchange on b4, there is the system based on 6.e4 followed by
Ne2. After the text move, Black has a choice of typical Bogo-Indian setups and
has to decide which of them would be most effective under the changed
circumstances.} Bxd2+ {Black chooses a simplifying method favoured in the past
by Ulf Andersson. Black will define his later plan dependent on how White
chooses to recapture..} (6... e5 {This hurried central break, without the
support of the d-pawn, leaves White with a space advantage in the centre.} 7.
dxe5 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 Qxe5 9. Nc3 d6 10. Nf3 $14 {Ellers,H (2407)-Schwarz,M (2408)
/Germany 2005/CBM 106 (1/2, 38)}) ({The other way of immediately occupying the
centre,} 6... d5 {is less effective than the similar move from the next
comment, because White has not been forced to define his piece setup on the
queenside.} 7. Ne2 dxc4 8. Qc2 c5 9. Bxb4 cxb4 10. Nd2 $1 (10. Qxc4 {would
expose the queen.} Nc6 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. O-O Rac8 13. Qd3 Rfd8 $132) 10... Nc6
11. Nxc4 Bd7 12. b3 Rac8 13. Qb2 Rc7 14. O-O Rfc8 15. e4 $14 {Narciso Dublan,M
(2467)-Pablo Marin,A (2434)/Mondariz 2002/CBM 091 ext (1-0, 55). White has a
solid space advantage in the centre, while the queenside has been stabilised.})
7. Nxd2 $146 {This way of capturing speeds up the queenside development and
discourages ...d5 by keeping c4 defended, but reduces White's pressure along
the d-file. In this relatively unexplored position, it is a novelty.} ({
The standard reply in such positions is} 7. Qxd2 {. The idea is to keep the
d-file free and develop the queen's knight to c3, maintaining a better control
over the centre.} d5 $1 {This is the best way of taking advantage of the fact
that White has spent a tempo on e2-e3. As usual, White has to consider the
threat of ...dxc4.} ({The plans based on playing on the dark squares justify
White's setup, leaving him with the upper hand in the centre.} 7... a5 8. Ne2
d6 9. O-O e5 10. Nbc3 Nc6 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. f4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Nd7
15. e4 f6 16. Rad1 Re8 17. Rfe1 $14 {Baginskaite,C (2335)-Saljova,S (2235)/
Lazne Bohdanec 1995/EXT 97 (0-1, 36). White has more space and superior
development, which only partially is compensated for by Black's stability on
dark squares.}) ({Or:} 7... d6 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. Nge2 c5 {An interesting setup,
in the spirit of the Hedgehog, which looks flexible but a little passive.} 10.
O-O a6 11. h3 {I am not entirely sure if the plan introduced by this move is
the best, but in the game it will work out well. One important alternative
would be centralising rooks, preparing against Black's planned ...b5.} Rb8 12.
a4 b6 13. g4 Bb7 14. d5 Ne8 15. Ng3 Nc7 16. Rad1 $14 {Marzolo,C (2355)-Vallin,
G (2270)/Meribel 1998/EXT 2000 (1-0, 32). The absence of the dark-squared
bishop reduces Black's chances for counterplay in this typical Benoni
structure.}) 8. cxd5 $1 {The only way of giving meaning to the previous play.}
({Without the pair of moves e3 and ...Qe7, White would play} 8. Qc2 {, but
here this looks questionable in view of} c5 $132) 8... exd5 9. Nc3 c6 10. Nge2
{This is the point. Usually, White does not get much by transposing to the
Carlsbad structure after having developed the bishop to the fianchetto. Here,
he makes use of the move e3 for initiating a flexible plan based on f3 and e4.
The previous exchange of the dark-squared bishops favours him, because Black's
typical ...c5 as an answer to f3. To be compared with a similar line of the 4.
e3 0-0 5.Nge2 Nimzo-Indian, where the bishops are on the board.} Bf5 11. O-O
Nbd7 12. Nf4 Rfe8 13. Rfe1 Nb6 14. b3 Rad8 (14... Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qa5 Bd7
17. Rac1 $14) 15. f3 a5 {This is a generally useful move, but does not
contribute to the fight for the centre.} ({A possible alternative is} 15... h6
$5 {, preserving the bishop in the event of} 16. e4 dxe4 17. fxe4 Bh7 {with
pressure against White's optically impressive centre. For instance:} 18. e5 Ng4
19. Rad1 Qb4 $132) 16. Nd3 {This looks too soft to cause problems.} (16. e4 $14
{should have been tried.}) 16... Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qb4 18. Qc2 g6 {Korzubov,P 
(2460)-Begun,S/Minsk 1985/EXT 1999 (1/2, 40). Since e3-e4 is not easy to carry
out, Black has a satisfactory position.}) 7... d6 {The plan based on ...d6 and
...e5 is not the only available one. Only future practice will tell which is
best.} ({I would consider} 7... c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. dxc5 (9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 d5
$11) 9... Qxc5 10. O-O d6 11. Rc1 Rd8 {With a reasonable Hedgehog.}) 8. Ne2 e5
({Here, too, attacking the centre from the opposite side makes sense:} 8... c5
9. O-O Nc6) 9. O-O Nc6 10. d5 Nb8 {Black has managed to block the centre at
the cost of two tempi. This is not unusual in the Bogo-Indian, but in this
concrete case White's knights are developed in a flexible way, allowing active
operations on either wing.} 11. h3 $5 {An ambitious kingside plan.} ({A
simpler alternative was} 11. Nc3 a5 12. a3 $14 {, preparing the queenside
attack.}) 11... c5 $2 {In a generl sense (and especially if taken together
with the next move), the decisive mistake. Blocking the queenside would make
sense only if the kingside would be safe, which is hardly the case.} ({The
standard reaction is} 11... c6 $5 {, aiming to get some queenside counterplay.}
) ({The more sophisticated} 11... Bf5 {implies a pawn sacrifice, with unclear
compensation:} 12. Qb3 $1 (12. g4 $6 Bd3 $132) (12. e4 Bd7 {deprives White of
the plan from the game. Therefore, he should switch to the queenside, but
Black can hold on.} 13. b4 a5 14. a3 c6) 12... Nbd7 (12... c6 13. g4 $14) (
12... Na6 13. Qxb7 Nc5 14. Qb4 Qd7 15. Kh2 Bd3 16. Rfe1 Rfb8 17. Qa3 $14) 13.
Qxb7 Bd3 14. Rfe1 Rfb8 15. Qxc7 Rxb2 16. Qa5 $14 {In both lines, Black enjoys
certain activity, but White can hope to neutralise the initiative and keep the
extra pawn.}) 12. g4 Bd7 $6 {A clumsy way of preparing the counterplay. Black
simply does not have the time to play such moves.} ({The only way I see to
avoid the disaster from the game is} 12... b5 $5 {, when the least of Black's
worries would be} 13. cxb5 a6 $133) 13. Ng3 b5 14. f4 $16 {With better
development and a crushing kingside attack.} Na6 15. cxb5 Bxb5 (15... exf4 16.
exf4 Bxb5 17. Re1 Qd7 18. g5 Ne8 19. Nde4 $16) 16. Nf5 Qd8 (16... Qd7 17. fxe5
dxe5 18. Nh6+ Kh8 19. Rxf6 gxf6 20. Ne4 Qd8 21. Qf3 $16) 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. d6
Bxf1 19. Qxf1 Nb4 20. a3 (20. Bxa8 $16) 20... Nc2 (20... Nbd5 21. g5 $18) 21.
Rc1 $18 Nxe3 22. Nxe3 Rb8 23. Ndc4 Nd7 24. Nd5 Qh4 25. Qf5 Rbd8 26. Ne7+ Kh8
27. Nc6 g6 28. Qf2 Qg5 29. Qd2 Qxd2 30. Nxd2 Rde8 31. g5 Re6 32. Ne4 h5 33. h4
f5 34. gxf6 Nxf6 35. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 1st"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2008.09.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2008.09.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 {Aronian has had this position
more than once over the past years.} Bb4+ 6. Nd2 {However, this move is new
for his games. It may appear that the knight stands passive on d2, but one may
also think that a tempo is a tempo (since it is obvious that the bishop will
have to retreat in the near future).} ({Previously, Aronian has played} 6. Bd2
Bc5 (6... Be7 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. Bc3 O-O 9. O-O d5 {Aronian,L (2763)-Topalov,V 
(2767)/Sofia 2008/CBM 124/[Marin,M] (0-1, 60)}) 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. Nc3 b6
10. Bf4 Bb7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bd6 (12. e4 {Aronian,L (2744)-Leko,P (2749)/
Morelia/Linares 2007/CBM 117/[Mihail Marin] (1/2-1/2, 41)}) 12... Na5 $6 (12...
Ne8 $5) 13. Nxa5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 bxa5 15. e4 Rc8 16. b3 $14 {Aronian,L (2759)
-Carlsen,M (2693)/Elista 2007/CBM 119 (1-0, 51). Aronian went on to win this
crucial game, the eleventh (!) of a Candidates' match that had started rather
nicely for him, but had become more and more complicated day by day.}) ({
Curiously, he has never played} 6. Nc3 {in this speciffic move order, although
he has had the fianchetto NI with white for a couple of times...}) 6... Nc6 ({
The other way to attack the unprotected knight (a direct consequence of Nd2) is
} 6... Qb6 {Blagojevic,D (2537)-Akopian,V (2678)/Chalkidiki 2002/CBM 092/
[Ribli] (0-1, 39)}) 7. Nc2 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O {This is a good moment to
evaluate the consequences of the apparent loss of tempo cause dby the bishop's
check. If Black had played ...Be7 right away, White would have had his knights
on c3 and d4, which would have largely favoured him. However, even the way it
is, Black still has to find a way to annihilate White's advantage in space as
soon as possible.} Rb8 $5 {A new move.} ({The most natural continuation is} 
9... d5 {, fighting for space in the centre.} 10. cxd5 exd5 (10... Nxd5 11. Nc4
Qc7 12. e4 {This hardly poses any problems.} ({As a "Catalan" player, I would
prefer} 12. N2e3 $5 {with chances to retain the better chances in an almost
symmetrical position.}) 12... Nb6 13. Qe2 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 Bd7 15. Be3 Rfc8 16.
Rfd1 Ne5 17. Qxc7 Rxc7 18. Ne1 Ng4 {1/2-1/2 Remon,A (2395)-Vilela,J (2410)/
Bayamo 1980/EXT 99}) 11. Nb3 Bf5 12. Ncd4 Be4 13. f3 (13. Bh3 $5) 13... Bg6 14.
Nxc6 bxc6 15. Be3 {We can see that White has made very efficient use of the
knights' placement. One has been exchanged to cause a pawn weakness, the other
is ideally placed now to block the weak c5-square.} Re8 16. Rc1 Qd7 17. Qd2
Rab8 18. Nc5 (18. Bc5 Qb7 $5 {[%cal Gg6b1,Gb7b2]}) 18... Bxc5 19. Bxc5 Qe6 20.
Rfe1 $14 {Buhmann,R (2527)-Nikolaidis,I (2502)/Fuerth 2002/CBM 091 (0-1, 47)})
(9... a6 {is a less effective way to prepare ...b5 than in our main game,
because the a8-rook is still exposed to the bishop's pressure.} 10. b3 b5 11.
Nd4 Qb6 12. Nxc6 dxc6 13. Ne4 bxc4 (13... Nxe4 14. Bxe4 $14) 14. bxc4 Rd8 15.
Qc2 Ra7 $6 (15... Rb8 16. c5 $14) 16. Rb1 Qc7 17. c5 {Alburt,L (2535)-Short,N 
(2535)/Foxboro 1985/MCD (1/2-1/2, 33)}) (9... b6 {is not too ambitious and
gives White the time to complete his development and consolidate his advantage
in space.} 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 Qc7 (11... d6 12. e3 Qc7 13. Qe2 a6 14. Rac1 Nb8
15. e4 Nbd7 16. Nd4 Rfe8 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. b4 Qb8 19. f4 $14 {Zhang Zhong 
(2658)-Rott,G (2191)/Dos Hermanas 2004/CBM 099 ext (1-0, 37)}) 12. e4 d6 13.
Ne3 Rad8 14. Qe2 Qb8 15. f4 Qa8 16. Rad1 Nb8 17. f5 $36 {Birnboin-Varasdy/
Athens 1979 (1-0, 35). In both games, White achieved an active form of the
Hedgehog, although the position remains, as always in this structure, double
edged.}) 10. Ne4 {I have my doubts about this move. With his development
incomplete, White does not seem to be prepared to provoke exchanges.} ({
I believe that} 10. Nb3 $5 {offers better chances to stabilize the position.}
b5 (10... d6 11. Bf4 $14 {[%cal Ga1c1]}) 11. c5 a5 (11... Qc7 12. Bf4 e5 13.
Bg5 $16) 12. Ncd4 Qc7 (12... Nxd4 13. Qxd4 $14 a4 14. Bf4 $1) 13. Bd2 (13. a4
bxa4 14. Nxc6 dxc6 15. Rxa4 Rd8 16. Qc2 Rb5 $132) 13... a4 14. Nxc6 dxc6 15.
Na5 Bd7 16. Qc2 e5 17. b4 Rfd8 18. Rad1 Nd5 19. e4 Nf6 20. Bc3 $14 {Although
the knight seems to be out of play on a5, White's pressure in the centre is
quite unpleasant. In order to fight back on equal terms, Black may well have
to leave the b7-square unattended, or, alternatively, to leave the c6-pawn
insufficiently well defended, allowing some tactical tricks.}) 10... b5 {
Now, White's previous move will be justified.} (10... Nxe4 $5 {looks better,
but Carlsen might have wished to avoid the variation} 11. Bxe4 b5 12. cxb5 Rxb5
13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qd3+ Rf5 15. g4 {. However, things are not too clear after}
Ba6 16. Qxa6 ({Or} 16. Qh3+ Kg8 17. gxf5 Bxe2 18. Re1 Ba6 $44) 16... Rf6 $44 {
and the weakened position of the kingside, combined with White's delay in
development offer Black good counterplay.}) 11. cxb5 {Again, Aronian strives
for dynamic play, but this time it may well be a matter of taste.} (11. Bf4 $6
{loses a pawn without clear compensation after} e5 12. Bd2 bxc4) ({However,} 
11. Nxf6+ $5 Bxf6 12. c5 {deserves serious attention. White has the more
pleasant position at no risk.} Qc7 13. Bf4 Ne5 14. Nb4 Bb7 (14... Qxc5 15. Nd3
Nxd3 16. Qxd3 $14 e5 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Rac1 Qa5 19. Bc5 Re8 20. Bd6 Rb6 21. Bc7
$16) 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Nd3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 $14) 11... Rxb5 12. Nd6 {Once the
knight has landed here, it will be Black who will face some problems with the
mobilization of his forces.} Bxd6 (12... Rb8 13. b3 Ba6 14. Ba3 $14) 13. Qxd6
Bb7 14. Na3 (14. b3 Ne7 $11) 14... Rb6 {White has obtained the pair of bishops,
but his blockade on d6 is not too stable. Besides, he still needs time to
complete his development. Aronian decides to cut the Gordian Knott in one move,
but he probably miscalculated some detail.} 15. Be3 $6 {White's compensation
for the sacrificed pawn will only suffice to fight for equality.} ({The more
natural} 15. Nc4 {would have offered better chances to retain the better
chances, for instance} Ra6 16. Bd2 Ne7 17. Qd3 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qa8+ 19. f3 d5 20.
Ne5 $14 {. White's queenside majority will prove more dangerous in the long
term, as Black's centre is not easy to advance.}) 15... Rxb2 16. Bc5 Re8 17.
Rab1 ({Aronian might have missed that} 17. Nc4 {can be answered with} Rxe2 $1 (
{but not} 17... Rb5 18. a4 Rb3 19. Qd1 Rc3 20. Nd6 $16) 18. Qd3 Ba6 19. Qxe2 d5
$44) 17... Rxb1 18. Rxb1 Ba6 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. Rxb5 Qc8 21. a4 h6 {Although
White's position looks active, he has no obvious plan to develop his
initiative. White has a solid position and an extra pawn.} 22. Ba3 Qa6 23. Bb2
Qxa4 24. Bxc6 dxc6 25. Rb4 Qa5 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Rg4+ Kh7 28. Qxc6 Rd8 {
A critical moment. White provokes ...f5, but this move will prove useful a
couple of moves later...} 29. Qc2+ $2 (29. Ra4 {would have probably led to a
draw:} Qe1+ (29... Qb6 30. Qc2+ f5 31. e4 $1 fxe4 32. Rxe4 f5 33. Rc4 $44 {
The weakness of Black's kingside compensates for his extra pawn.}) 30. Kg2 Rd1
31. Qc7 Qh1+ ({With the pawn on f6 still,} 31... Kg6 $4 {is impossible because
of} 32. Rg4+ $1 $18 {mating.}) 32. Kh3 Qf1+ 33. Kh4 Qxf2 34. Qxf7+ Kh8 $11 {
and White has a draw by perpetual, but hardly more, since his king is also
exposed.}) 29... f5 30. Ra4 Qe1+ 31. Kg2 Rd1 32. Qc7 Kg6 $1 $17 {Now, this
move is entirely possible and it is only the white king who is any danger.
Carlsen goes on to confidently convert his initiative into a very promising
endgame, which he then wins quite convincingly.} 33. Kf3 Qh1+ 34. Ke3 Ra1 35.
Qc2 Rxa4 36. Qxa4 Qc1+ 37. Kf3 Qc3+ 38. Kg2 a5 39. g4 Qe5 40. gxf5+ Kxf5 41.
Qe8 Kg6 42. Qf8 a4 43. e3 Qe4+ 44. Kg3 Qd3 45. h4 a3 46. Kh2 Qf5 47. Qxa3 Qxf2+
48. Kh3 Qf3+ 49. Kh2 Kh5 50. Qf8 Qf2+ 51. Kh1 Kg4 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ {If Black intends to play the ...Bxd2+
Bogo-Indian (a specialty of Ulf Andersson, which speaks about the rock-solid
nature of the variation), this is the most restrictive move order.} (3... d5 {
. prematurely defining the structure in the centre,} 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ {
is considered to be less accurate, because it gives White the additional
possibility of} 6. Nxd2 (6. Qxd2 {would transpose to the game.}) 6... O-O 7.
Ngf3 c6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qc2 {, preparing e2-e4.}) 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 {The
most active continuation, retaining the possibility of developing the knight
to c3.} (5. Nxd2 {speeds up the queenside development, but once the control
over the d5-square and the pressure along the d-file have been weakened, Black
can switch to a dark-squared strategy>} d6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Ngf3 c5 $5 {The
favourite continuation of Ulf Andersson.} 8. O-O Nc6 ({Abstractly speaking, I
like this better than Andersson's more recent choice:} 8... cxd4 {, which
releases the tension in the centre too soon to my taste. Maybe he wanted to
play more provocatively, in order to generate some winning chances.} 9. Nxd4
Qb6 10. N2b3 Rd8 $132 {Nyback,T (2563)-Andersson,U (2565)/Germany 2006/CBM (1/
2, 19)}) 9. Nb3 ({It can be felt that this knight does not have favourable
squares.} 9. e3 {is also harmless:} cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. exd4 Qb6 12. Nb3 Bd7
13. Qd2 {1/2 Tukmakov,V (2550)-Andersson,U (2630)/Wijk aan Zee 1984/MCL}) 9...
Qe7 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. Rad1 b6 12. Nc1 Rac8 13. b3 {White has more space, but his
coordination is far from perfect.} e5 $1 {A well-timed start to strategic
counterplay on the dark squares.} 14. d5 Nd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Qd3 Rfe8 17.
Rde1 Ng4 18. h3 {1/2 Nikolic,P (2625)-Andersson,U (2620)/Ter Apel 1994/CBM. I
guess that a more aggressive player would have kept playing, because Black's
position is very active:} Ne5 19. Qc2 (19. Qd2 b5 $15) 19... Qf6 $15 {[%cal
Gb6b5]} (19... b5 20. e4) 20. e4 $2 Nf3+ $1 $19) 5... d5 (5... d6 {is held to
be less adequate here. I am not an expert in this line with Black and have had
this type of position with White several times. However after a brief
examination of what is considered to be the main line I could not find a clear
reason why Black should be worried:} 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. Nc3 e5 9. O-O Bg4
10. d5 Ne7 11. Ne1 Qd7 {A natural developing move, preparing the exchange of
bishops, which would simplify Black's problems of coordination given his
relative lack of space.} (11... c6 {may be premature:} 12. dxc6 $5 bxc6 13. Nd3
Qc7 14. Rac1 Be6 15. b3 Rab8 16. Kh1 Rfe8 17. e4 c5 18. f4 Nc6 19. Nd5 $36 {
Kortschnoj,V (2595)-Larsen,B (2560)/Hastings 1988/CBM (1-0, 44)}) ({Black is
not well prepared for the KI type of counterplay:} 11... Nd7 12. Nd3 f5 13. f3
Bh5 14. e4 Bg6 15. f4 $1 $14 {Belavenets,S-Kaiev,L/Kiev 1938/EXT (1-0, 41)})
12. e4 Bh3 13. Nd3 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 c6 $1 {Now is a good moment to open the
c-file.} 15. f3 cxd5 16. cxd5 Rfc8 17. Rfc1 {1/2 Kharitonov,A (2550)-Loginov,V
(2525)/Kazan 1995/CBM. Black seems to be absolutely fine here.}) 6. Bg2 c6 7.
Nf3 Nbd7 8. O-O b6 {Black usually plays this move only after castling.} (8...
O-O 9. Qc2 (9. Rc1 {may well transpose to our main game.}) 9... b6 10. Nbd2 {
(We can see that White has lost a whole tempo if compared to the line from the
note to 3...Bb4+)} Bb7 11. b4 a5 12. a3 axb4 (12... Qe7 13. c5 {Dautov,R (2617)
-Short,N (2684)/Bled 2002/ EXT 2003/[Dautov] (1/2, 26)}) 13. axb4 dxc4 14. Nxc4
c5 {Van Wely,L (2575) -Andersson,U (2630)/Ter Apel 1995/CBM 047/[Hansen,LB] (1/
2, 37)}) 9. Rc1 {(N) Strictly speaking, this is a novelty, but it may have
transposed later.} (9. a4 O-O 10. Rc1 a5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nc3 Ba6 $11 {
Hammer,J (2633) -Mchedlishvili,M (2628)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2010 (1/2, 31)}) (9. b3
Bb7 10. Nc3 h6 11. Rac1 O-O 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nd6 Qb8 15. Nxb7 (15.
Qb4 {is slightly more consistent:} a5 16. Qa3 Rd8 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Ne8 19.
Nxb7 Qxb7 {White is slightly more active, but Black needs just a couple of
tempi to get his knight into play.}) 15... Qxb7 16. Rc2 Rfc8 17. Rfc1 Ne4 18.
Qd3 a5 $11 {Shen,Y (2452) -Chiburdanidze,M (2514)/Jermuk 2010/CBM 137 Extra (1/
2, 21)}) 9... Bb7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 $146 {(!?) Although the position after White's
previous move has never been seen in practice, we can state that only Black's
last move is a conceptual novelty. I find the exchange on e5 premature,
because it allows White define his plan for the next phase of the game.} (10...
O-O {would transpose to a position that has occured in practice already.} 11.
cxd5 cxd5 12. Nc3 $5 $146 {This looks like the most logical mve to me,
although Black's defensive resources are not to be underestimated.} (12. Nd3
Qe7 13. Rc7 Rfb8 14. Na3 Ne8 15. Rc2 Rc8 $11 {Cornette,M (2543)-Chernuschevich,
A (2497)/Belfort 2010/CBM (1/2, 17)}) (12. Nc6 Bxc6 13. Rxc6 Rc8 14. Rxc8 Qxc8
15. Nc3 Qb8 16. e3 Rc8 17. Rc1 Ne8 18. b3 Nd6 $11 {Atalik,S (2584)-Stojanovic,
D (2473)/Sarajevo 2007/CBM 118 ext (1/2, 55)}) 12... Qe7 (12... Rc8 $6 {
[%csl Ga7]} 13. Nb5 $16) (12... a6 {[%csl Gb6]} 13. Na4 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15.
Qd4 $14) (12... Nxe5 $6 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. f4 a5 15. Nb5 {transposes to the game.
}) 13. Nb5 a6 14. Rc7 Rfb8 $1 {It may seem that White is about to lose his
initiative, but the tactical resources have not been exhausted yet:} 15. Qg5 {
[%cal Gc7d7,Gg5e7]} h6 ({It is important to drive the enemy queen away from
the control of the c1-square:} 15... Qb4 $2 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Rxd7 Qxb2 18. Rc1
$1 $18 {[%cal Gc1c7]}) 16. Qh4 Qb4 {[%cal Gb4b5] The only way to stay alive.} (
16... Qd8 $2 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Qxd8+ Rxd8 19. Nd6 $1 $18 {[%csl Gb7]}) 17. Nxd7
$1 (17. Nd3 $5 {is elegant, but harmless:} Qe7 (17... Qxb5 $2 18. a4 Qb3 19.
Rc3 $16) 18. Na3 (18. Ne5 Qb4 {leads to a repetition.}) 18... Qd8 $11) 17...
Nxd7 18. Rxd7 Qxb2 (18... Qxb5 $2 19. Qe7 $18) (18... Bc6 19. Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 20.
Nc7 $36) 19. Nd6 $3 ({Possibly not the only way.} 19. Re1 Qd2 20. Kf1 Bc6 21.
Rxf7 Kxf7 22. Nc7 Ra7 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Qe5 Kh8 25. Nxe6 $44) 19... Qxa1+ 20.
Bf1 Bc6 $8 21. Rc7 Be8 $8 22. Qf4 {[%cal Gd6e8,Gf4f7,Gf7g7]} Kh8 ({The only
reasonable alternative is} 22... Kh7 {, but the king is safer on h8.}) 23. e3
$1 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Gg1g2]} (23. Nxe8 $2 Rxe8 24. Qxf7 Qxd4 $19) 23... Qe1 24.
Kg2 {[%cal Gf1d3] /\Bd3->} Qd2 25. Nxf7+ Bxf7 26. Rxf7 $36 {In any case, play
would have been double-edged, which will not be the case in the game.}) 11.
dxe5 Nd7 12. f4 O-O {Now and on the next move, Black cannot avoid passive
symmetry.} (12... dxc4 $6 13. Rxc4 $16 {[%cal Gc4d4,Gd4d6,Gb1c3,Ga1d1]}) 13.
cxd5 cxd5 (13... exd5 $6 14. Nc3 {[%cal Ge2e4]} Nc5 (14... f6 15. e6 Nc5 16. f5
$16) (14... f5 15. b4 $16) 15. b4 Ne6 16. b5 c5 17. Rd1 $1 $16 {[%csl Gd5]} (
17. Nxd5 $6 Nd4 18. e4 Nxb5)) 14. Na3 a5 {Aiming to consolidate the knight on
c5, but this will have a temporary character.} (14... Nc5 15. b4 Ne4 16. Bxe4
dxe4 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Nc4 (18. Rc7 Bd5 19. Kf2 a5 $132) 18... Bd5 19. Kf2 $16
{[%cal Gf2e3,Gc4d6]}) 15. Nb5 Nc5 (15... f6 $2 16. Nc7 $18) 16. Rc2 $1 {
White's play in this game is highly instructive. Having achieved a stable
advantage, he improves his position slowly, without forcing the events. I
cannot help thinking that Grischuk may have inspired by the game Kortschnoj,V 
(2617)-Grischuk,A (2669)/Biel 2001/CBM 085/[Tyomkin,D] (1-0, 49), in which
similar domination against the bad bishop was carried out.} f6 17. Qe3 fxe5 18.
Qxe5 Rf5 19. Qd6 {/\Rxc5} Rf6 20. Qe5 Rf5 21. Qe3 Qe7 22. Nd4 Rff8 23. Rac1 {
After a series of more or less forced moves, White finds a good moment to
complete his regrouping.} Qd6 24. b3 $1 {Preparing to dislodge the enemy
knight with a3 and b4.} ({The tempting} 24. Rxc5 {does not bring the desired
effects:} bxc5 25. Qxe6+ Qxe6 26. Nxe6 Rfc8 (26... Rfe8 $2 27. Nc7 $16) (26...
Rf6 27. Nc7 Rd8 28. Rxc5 $14) 27. Rxc5 Rxc5 28. Nxc5 Bc6 $11 {Having exchanged
a rook, Black is out of danger.}) 24... Rfe8 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 25. Qe5 $1 {
An accurate evaluation of the position. White needs to block the centre. Given
the danger of an intrusion along the c-file and the weakness of the e6-pawn,
Black will not be able to attack the relatively weak e5-pawn.} Qxe5 (25... Qe7
26. a3 $16) 26. fxe5 Bc8 $5 {[%csl Ge6] Since this bishop is passive anyway,
Black intends to use it for defensive jobs.} 27. Rc3 $1 {White gets ready for
a rapid transfer of the rooks from the c-file to the f-file.} ({There was
nothing wrong with the alternate move order:} 27. a3 Bd7 ({He may have wished
to avoid} 27... a4 28. b4 Nb3 {, but after} 29. Rd1 $16 {White consolidates
his advantage.}) 28. Rc3) 27... Bd7 28. a3 Rac8 29. Bh3 Kf7 30. b4 {Finally.
Black is helpless against White's strong initiative.} axb4 31. axb4 Na6 32.
Rf1+ Ke7 (32... Kg8 33. Ra3 Nxb4 34. Ra7 Rcd8 35. Rxd7 Rxd7 36. Bxe6+ Rxe6 37.
Nxe6 Rf7 38. Rb1 $16) 33. Rcf3 Rf8 34. Rxf8 Rxf8 35. Rxf8 Kxf8 36. Bxe6 {
White has won a pawn, but Black still has some hopes, because his king is
better centralised than his rival. Grischuk's accurate play in the next phase
of the game proves that Black's counterplay is illusory, though.} Be8 (36...
Ke7 37. Bxd7 Kxd7 38. b5 Nc5 39. Kf2 Ne6 40. Ke3 $18) (36... Bxe6 37. Nxe6+ Kf7
38. b5 Nb4 39. Nd4 $18) 37. Nc2 Nc7 38. Bf5 g6 39. Bd3 Ke7 40. Nd4 Ne6 41. Nf3
Nd8 42. Kf2 Nc6 43. b5 Nd8 44. Ke3 Ne6 45. h4 $5 {White is in no hurry and is
enjoying his advantage.} (45. Nd4 {also is winning.} Bd7 46. Nxe6 Kxe6 47. Kd4
Bc8 48. e3 {[%cal Gd3f1,Gf1g2,Gf1h3]} Bb7 49. h4 $40) 45... h6 (45... Nc7 46.
Nd4 $18) (45... Bd7 46. Nd4 $18) 46. Nh2 (46. Nd4 $18) 46... Nc7 47. Ng4 Nxb5 (
47... h5 48. Nf6 $18 {[%csl Gd5,Gg6,Gh5]}) 48. Nxh6 Ke6 49. Ng4 d4+ 50. Kd2 Na3
51. e3 dxe3+ 52. Kxe3 b5 53. Kd4 b4 54. Nf6 Ba4 55. Nd5 b3 56. Nf4+ Kf7 57. Kc3
Nc2 58. Bxg6+ Kg7 59. Bxc2 bxc2 60. Kd2 1-0

[Event "Metz op 31th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2013.07.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gharamian, Tigran"]
[Black "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2013.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1200+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ (4... Be7) 5. Qxd2 d5 6. Bg2 c6 (
6... O-O 7. Nf3 c6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Rc1 Qe7 10. Qe3 dxc4 11. Rxc4 Nd5 12. Qa3 Re8
13. Qxe7 Rxe7 14. e4 N5b6 15. Rc2 e5 16. Nbd2 a5 17. a3 g6 18. Rac1 exd4 19.
Nxd4 Ne5 20. f4 Rd7 21. Ne2 Ng4 22. Nf1 Rd8 23. h3 Nf6 24. Rd2 Be6 25. Kf2 Na4
26. Rcc2 Nd7 27. Ke3 Bb3 28. Rc1 Ndb6 29. Rd4 c5 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. e5 Nc4+ 32.
Kf3 Naxb2 33. Nc3 Nxa3 34. Ne3 b5 35. Ne4 Nd3 36. Rh1 {Kramnik,V (2803)
-Andreikin,D (2713) Moscow 2013 0-1}) 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. O-O b6 9. Rc1 {La partie
a transposé dans une catalane fermée mais avec Qd2 au lieu de Qc2 ce qui
avantage les Noirs et certains joueurs coté Blanc ont d'ailleurs préféré
perdre un tempo immédiatement avec Qc2} (9. Qc2 $5 {Harikrishna,P (2666)
-Lenderman,A (2548) Chicago op 20th 2011 (5) 1-0}) 9... Bb7 10. cxd5 {66} (10.
Ne5 O-O) 10... cxd5 {86} 11. Qb4 $146 (11. a4 O-O 12. a5 Ne4 13. Qb4 Ba6 14.
Bf1 Rb8 15. Nc3 Nef6 16. Qa3 bxa5 17. Qxa5 Bc4 18. Nd2 Rxb2 19. Nxc4 dxc4 20.
Qxa7 h5 21. Ra2 Qb8 22. e3 Qxa7 23. Rxa7 Rc8 24. Be2 g6 25. Kf1 Nb6 26. Ra5
Nbd5 27. Nd1 Rb4 28. f3 Nd7 29. e4 N5b6 30. Nc3 Nb8 31. Rb5 Rb3 32. Rc5 Rxc5
33. dxc5 N6d7 34. Na4 Ra3 35. Bd1 Ne5 36. f4 Ng4 37. Bxg4 hxg4 38. Rxc4 Nc6 39.
e5 Ra1+ 40. Ke2 Ra2+ {Brunello,S (2586)-Almasi,Z (2713) Istanbul 2012 1/2-1/2})
11... Qe7 12. Qa4 {[%cal Gf3e5]} Qd6 13. Bf1 O-O $11 14. Qa3 Ne4 $1 {[%csl Ra3,
Rb1] Comme les Blancs ont joué très passivement l'ouverture, les Noirs
commencent à s'activer et en forçant la prise Qd6, le Nd6 va protéger le Bb7
} 15. Qxd6 {Les Blancs avaient déjà dépensé près d'une heure, le signe
que le français n'était pas très à l'aise dans cette partie.} Nxd6 {
[%cal Gd6b7] 50} 16. Rc7 Nf6 17. Na3 Rfc8 18. Rac1 Rxc7 19. Rxc7 Rc8 20. Rxc8+
Bxc8 21. e3 Nfe8 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 22. Be2 Nc7 23. Kf1 Kf8 24. Ke1 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "1998.11.15"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.11.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2] This is the second game of my semifinal mini-match of The Israel
Championship against Lev Psakhis.First game was drawn and the winner of this
one would qualify for the final.This fact can explain the caution in actions
of both players.} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
cxd4 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. Qxd4 Nc6 {The key position.White tried almost all
queen retreats,but the advatage is still not found.} 10. Qd3 $146 {[%mdl 8]
This time I decided to try a new continuation and to make a surprise for my
very expirienced opponent.} (10. Qh4) (10. Qf4) (10. Qc3) 10... Ne5 {This move
took about half an hour.} (10... O-O {after} 11. O-O {would lead into
theoretical line which usually had been reached by other moves orders.} d5 (
11... Rc8 12. b4 (12. e4 $6 Na5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Re1 Nc5 15. Qe2 Ncb3 16. Rb1
Rxc4 $17 {0-1 Farago,S-Petrosian,A/Budapest 1991/CBM 27 (60)}) 12... d5 13.
cxd5 Qxd5 14. Qxd5 Nxd5 15. Bb2 Ba6 16. Rfe1 Rfd8 17. Rac1 Bb5 18. e3 Nde7 19.
Red1 f6 {1/2-1/2 Meins,G-Shipov,S/Groningen 1995/CBM 50 ext (19)}) 12. b4 (12.
Bg5 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Na5 14. Qf4 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxf6 $5 (16. b4 Qxf4 17.
gxf4 {1/2-1/2 Cobo Arteaga,E-Rodriguez,J/Havana 1971/MCD (17)}) 16... gxf6 17.
Rac1) 12... e5 (12... dxc4 13. Qxc4 Rc8 14. Qa2 Ne7 15. Bf4 Be4 16. Rac1 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Conquest,S-Sharif,M/New York 1984/MCD (45)}) 13. cxd5 e4 14. Qb3 Qxd5 (
14... exf3 $2 15. dxc6 fxg2 16. Rd1 $1 $16) 15. Qxd5 Nxd5 16. Ng5 Nd4 17. e3
Ne2+ 18. Kh1 Ndc3 19. Bb2 h6 20. Bxc3 {1/2-1/2 Uhlmann,W-Parma,B/Skopje 1968/
MCD (20)}) 11. Qc3 {Now white gets slightly better endgame.} (11. Nxe5 Bxg2 12.
Rg1 Be4 (12... Bb7 $5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ng4 $13) 13. Qd4 h6 $1 (
13... d6 14. Ng4 Nxg4 15. Qxg7 Qf6 16. Qxg4 $16) 14. Ng4 Bb7 $11) 11... Nxf3+
12. Bxf3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Rc8 14. b3 d5 (14... b5 15. cxb5 Qa5+ 16. b4 Qxb5 17.
Bb2 $14) 15. cxd5 (15. Bf4 $6 dxc4 (15... O-O $5) 16. Rd1 Nd7 $1 (16... Qe7 $2
17. Bd6 Qd7 18. Bf8 $1 Nd5 19. Bxg7 Rg8 20. bxc4 Rxc4 21. Qd3 {[%cal Gd3h7]}
Rg4 22. Bb2 $16 {[%cal Ge2e4]}) 17. bxc4 Rxc4 18. O-O Qc8 (18... O-O $4 19. Qd3
$18) 19. Bd6 $13) 15... Qxd5 16. Qxd5 Nxd5 17. Bb2 {[%mdl 4096] Very important
tempo.Now white has time for Kd2.} f6 (17... O-O 18. Kd2 (18. Rc1 $5) 18...
Rfd8 19. Rac1 Nf6+ 20. Ke3 Ng4+ (20... Rxc1 21. Rxc1 (21. Bxc1 $5) 21... Ng4+
22. Kf4 Nxf2 23. Kf3 Nh3 (23... Nd1 24. Bd4 $1) 24. Rc7 $44 (24. Kg4 Nf2+ 25.
Kf3 $11)) 21. Kf3 Rxc1 22. Bxc1 $5 (22. Rxc1 Nxh2+ $13) 22... Ne5+ 23. Kg2 Nc6
24. Be3 Na5 25. Rc1 Nxb3 26. Rc7 Ra8 27. g4 $14) 18. Kd2 $14 {[%csl Gc2]} Ne7
19. Rhc1 (19. Rac1 $142 {[%cal Ge2e4,Gf2f4]} Kf7 20. e4 $14) 19... Kd7 20. Rxc8
(20. e4 $142) 20... Rxc8 21. g4 $2 (21. f4 $1 {It was very important to stop
the advance e6-e5 which limits mobility of white's bishop.}) 21... e5 $1 {
Now white must be careful as black's knight has become a real danger.} 22. Rc1
(22. g5 $5 Ke6 23. gxf6 gxf6 24. Rg1) 22... Rxc1 23. Bxc1 Nc6 24. Bb2 Ke6 25.
Kd3 b5 26. Bc3 $5 (26. e4 $6 {preventing f6-f5.} Kd6 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Gc6d8,
Gd8e6]} (26... Na5 27. Kc3 {[%cal Gc3b4]} Nc6 28. Kd3)) 26... f5 $1 27. f3 (27.
gxf5+ $5 Kxf5 28. f3 $1 {[%cal Ga3a4]}) 27... g6 28. a4 a6 $1 (28... bxa4 $6
29. bxa4 Kd5 30. gxf5 gxf5 31. e4+ fxe4+ 32. fxe4+ Kc5 33. Bd2 $1 $14 {[%csl
Gc4][%cal Gd3c3,Gd2e3,Gc3c4]}) (28... b4 $6 29. gxf5+ gxf5 30. Be1 $1 {[%csl
Gc4][%cal Ge1f2]}) 29. axb5 axb5 30. g5 $1 {It's usually not recommended to
put pawn on the square which has the colour of your bishop.But this time it's
fully justified.I prevent activity on the king side and fix king side pawns.}
Kd5 31. e4+ {Another subsequence that explains 30.g4-g5! Now 31...Kc5 can't be
recommended in view of 32.ef gf 33.h4.} Ke6 (31... Kc5 $6 32. exf5 gxf5 33. h4)
32. Ke3 $5 {[%cal Gf3f4]} (32. Ba1 $5 {simply waiting.}) 32... b4 $1 33. Bd2 $1
(33. Bb2 $4 Na5) 33... f4+ (33... Nd4 34. f4 $1 (34. Bxb4 $4 Nc2+)) 34. Kd3 $1
{[%csl Rb4][%cal Gd3c4]} ({Of course not} 34. Kf2 $4 Kd6 {[%cal Gd6c5,Gc6d4,
Gc6a5]}) 34... Na5 {[%csl Rb3]} (34... Nd4 $5 35. Bxf4 $1 Nxb3 $1 (35... Nxf3
$2 36. Be3 Nxh2 37. Ke2 {[%csl Rh2]} Kd6 $1 38. Bd2 (38. Bg1 $6 Ng4 39. Kf3 $1
(39. Kd3 h6 $1 (39... h5 40. Ke2 $1 $11) 40. gxh6 Nxh6 41. Kc4 Ng4 {[%cal
Gg4f6]} 42. Bc5+ Kc6 $1 (42... Ke6 43. Kd3 $1) 43. Bxb4 Nf2 $1) 39... h5 40.
Kg3 $11) 38... Kc5 39. Be3+ Kd6 40. Bc1 $1 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Ge2f2,Gf2g2]} Kc5
41. Ke3 $1 Ng4+ 42. Kf3 Nh2+ (42... h5 43. gxh6 Nf6 44. Be3+ $1 (44. Bg5 Nh7
45. Be7+ Kd4 46. Bxb4 Ng5+ 47. Kg4 Nh7) 44... Kd6 45. Bg5 Nh7 46. Bd8 $1 Kc5
47. Ke3 $1 $18) 43. Kg3 Kd4 (43... Nf1+ 44. Kg2 {[%csl Rf1]} Kd4 45. Kxf1 $18)
44. Bb2+ (44. Kxh2 Kc3 45. Bf4 $3 $18) 44... Kxe4 45. Kxh2 $18) 36. Be3 Na5 (
36... Na1 {[%cal Gb4b3,Ga1c2]} 37. Kc4 b3 38. Kc3 Nc2 39. Bf2 Nb4 40. Kxb3 Nd3
41. Bg3 $14) 37. Bb6 Nb3 38. Be3 (38. Kc2 Nd4+ 39. Bxd4 exd4 40. f4 Kd6 41. f5
$11) 38... Na5 $11) 35. Kc2 {[%csl Rb4]} Nc6 36. Kd3 Na5 37. Kc2 {Positional
draw.The dreams of qualifying for the final we had to postpone untill the next
day.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2814"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi/Mueller,Kar"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Müller,Karsten} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ {Carlsen stays
faithful to his game against Topalov, in which this line brought him a fine
victory.} 5. Qxd2 d5 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. Nf3 c6 8. O-O b6 9. Rc1 O-O (9... Bb7 10.
Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. f4 O-O 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Na3 a5 15. Nb5 Nc5 16. Rc2
f6 17. Qe3 fxe5 18. Qxe5 Rf5 19. Qd6 $1 $14 {1-0 Grischuk,A (2760)-Eljanov,P 
(2755)/Moscow 2010/CBM 139 (60)}) 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Na3 Bb7 $146 12. Nb5 a6 13.
Nd6 Qb8 (13... Ne4 14. Nxb7 Nxd2 (14... Qb8 $2 15. Qf4 $16) 15. Nxd8 Nxf3+ 16.
Bxf3 Rfxd8 17. Rc7 Nf6 18. Rac1 $14) 14. Qb4 a5 15. Qa3 Ba6 16. Ne5 b5 17. Qxa5
$2 {Probably a miscalculation which turns the tables in Black's favour.} (17.
Rc6 b4 18. Qe3 Bb7 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Nxb7 Qxb7 21. Rac1 Rfc8 22. R6c2 Rxc2 23.
Rxc2 Rc8 $11) 17... Qxd6 18. Rc6 Qb8 19. Rxa6 Rxa6 20. Qxa6 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Qxe5
22. Qxb5 Rb8 23. Qd3 Rxb2 {Since White's 17th move the moves have been more or
less forced.} 24. Qe3 {A good practical choice.} Qxe3 25. fxe3 Rxe2 26. a4 Rc2
27. a5 Rc7 28. a6 Ra7 29. Bf1 Kf8 30. Rb1 Ke7 31. Rb7+ Rxb7 32. axb7 Nd7 33.
Kf2 Kd6 34. Bb5 Nb8 35. Be8 Ke7 36. Bb5 f6 37. Kf3 Kd6 38. Be8 Kc7 39. Bf7 Kxb7
40. Bxe6 Kc6 41. Bg8 h6 {Kramnik has managed to increases his chances in this
ending where he is a pawn down.} 42. Kg4 $6 {But he goes astray now} (42. h4
Nd7 43. Kf4 Ne5 44. h5 {And it is more or less a fortress!}) 42... Nd7 43. Kf5
Ne5 44. h3 $6 {Müller,Karsten: 'In what follows Kramnik places both kingside
pawns on light squares." "Kramnik stellt seine Bauern im folgenden ungünstig
auf."} ({Müller,Karsten: By means of Mittels} 44. h4 $1 Kd6 45. h5 {Kramnik
could have drawn relatively easily. konnte Kramnik recht leicht remisieren.})
44... Kc5 45. g4 $6 {Pawns should not have been placed on white squares.} Kd6
$1 {A nice retreat!} 46. Bh7 Ke7 47. Bg8 g6+ 48. Kf4 Nf7 49. Bh7 g5+ {'!?'
Müller,Karsten.} (49... Nh8 {Müller,Karsten} 50. Bg8 Kd6 51. h4 $11) 50. Kg3 ({
Müller,Karsten: Unfortunately active defence with Unglücklicherweise ist
aktive Verteidigung mittels} 50. Kf5 $4 {'is impossible due to' wegen} Nd6+ 51.
Kg6 Nc4 $19 52. Kxh6 Nxe3 $19 {nicht spielbar.}) 50... Nd6 51. Bg8 Ne4+ {
Just in time!} 52. Kg2 Kd6 {Müller,Karsten: 'Magnus starts his long march.' 
Magnus schickt seinen König auf eine lange Reise.'} 53. Kf3 Kc5 54. Bh7 Nc3 55.
Bd3 Kb4 $17 56. Ba6 Kb3 57. Bb7 {'?' Müller,Karsten: 'Now the king will reach
d2 which seals White's fate.' 'Nun gelangt der König nach d2, was das weiße
Schicksal besiegelt.'} (57. Bd3 {Müller,Karsten:} Kb2 58. Kf2 Kc1 59. Ke1 {
was Kramnik's last chance to fight. It looks as if White can still defend. war
Kramniks letzte Chance. Es sieht so aus, als könne sich Weiß noch halten.})
57... Kc2 58. Ba6 (58. e4 $6 {Müller,Karsten} d4 $19) 58... Kd1 {Müller,
Karsten: 'Magnus' mighty king.  In the duel knight against bishop the knight
usually wants to have control. But even then it is often quite difficult to
win. Magnus Carlsen had to use all his creativity to beat Kramnik. After
looking at my original analysis, which starts at this point, Kramnik remarked:
"I had made two childish blunders and was totally lost already."  Magnus
mächtiger König Im Duell Springer gegen Läufer will die Springerpartei in
aller Regel die Kontrolle erlangen. Doch selbst dann ist der Gewinn oft nicht
leicht. So musste Magnus Carlsen all seine Kreativität und seinen König
einsetzen, um sich durchzusetzen. Nachdem Kramnik meine ursprüngliche Analyse
gesehen hatte, die im diesem Moment einsetzte, bemerkte er:"Ich hatte schon
zwei riesige Böcke geschossen und war bereits völlig verloren".} 59. Bb7 {
'?!' Müller,Karsten.} (59. Bc8 {(Müller,Karsten) was more tenacious as now no
direct zugzwang can be forced. But Black will win in any case: war viel zäher,
weil nun kein direkter Zugzwang hergestellt werden kann. Aber Schwarz kann
dennoch gewinnen:} Kd2 60. Bb7 Kc1 {A triangulation to break this setup. Ein
Dreicksmanöver, um diese Aufstellung zu durchbrechen.} 61. Bc8 Kd1 62. Bf5 (62.
Ba6 Ke1 {Zugzwang} 63. Bd3 Kd2 64. Ba6 Nd1 65. e4 d4 $19) 62... Ke1 63. Be6 Kf1
64. Bg8 Kg1 65. Kg3 Ne4+ 66. Kf3 Kh2 67. Bxd5 Nc3 $1 {Black must win a tempo.
Schwarz muss ein Tempo gewinnen.} ({After Denn nach} 67... Nd6 $2 68. h4 gxh4
69. Kf2) ({or after bzw nach} 67... Nc5 $2 68. Bc4 Kxh3 69. Bf1+ Kh4 70. Be2 h5
71. gxh5 Kxh5 {Black has good drawing chances. hat Schwarz gute Remischancen.})
68. Bc4 Nb1 $3 {The point. The knight will either sacrifice itself on d2 or
return with gain of time. Die Pointe. Der Springer wird sich entweder auf d2
opfern oder mit Tempo zurückkehren.} (68... Kxh3 $2 {is met by wird mit} 69.
Bf1+ Kh4 70. Bd3 {beantwortet..}) 69. Ke2 Kxh3 70. Bd3 (70. Be6 Nc3+ 71. Kf3
Na4 72. Bc4 Kh4 73. Bf1 Nb6 74. Be2 Nd5 75. Bd1 Nc3 76. Bc2 Nb5 77. Ba4 Nd6 78.
Bb3 f5 $19) 70... Nc3+ 71. Kf3 Kh4 72. Bf1 ({If White stays on the b1-h7
diagonal with Wenn Weiß mit} 72. Bc2 {(Knaak) then the following knight
manovers win. Black's king also has to move from time to time to bring White
in zugzwang: auf der Diagonale b1-h7 bleibt, dann gewinnt der folgende
Springertanz, wobei der König sich immer mal wieder einschalten muss, um
Zugzwänge herbeizuführen:} Nb5 73. Bf5 (73. Bh7 Nd6 74. Bg6 Nc4 $19) 73... Nd6
74. Be6 Kh3 75. Bb3 (75. Ba2 Nc8 76. Bc4 Ne7 77. Be6 Nc6 78. Ke4 Ne5 79. Kf5
Nxg4 80. Kg6 Kh4 81. e4 Ne3 $19) 75... Nb7 76. Bd1 Nc5 77. Be2 Kh4 78. Bb5 Nb3
79. Be2 Nd2+ 80. Kf2 Ne4+ 81. Kg2 Nc3 82. Bf3 Na2 83. Be2 Nc1 84. Bd1 Nd3 85.
Kf3 Ne5+ $19) 72... Nb1 73. Bd3 Nd2+ 74. Ke2 Kxg4 75. Kxd2 Kh3 76. Be2 g4 77.
Ke1 h5 78. Kf1 Kh2 $19) 59... Kd2 {'!!' Müller,Karsten: 'Magnus Carlsen puts
Kramnik in zugzwang. Now his king will reach the white kingside pawns.' 
'Magnus Carlsen bringt Kramnik in tödlichen Zugzwang. Nun wird der schwarze
König seinen langen Marsch in Richtung des Bauern h3 fortsetzen können.'} 60.
Bc6 (60. Ba6 $6 {(Müller,Karsten): is refuted by läuft in} Nd1 61. e4 d4 $19)
60... Ke1 61. Bb7 Kf1 62. Ba8 Kg1 63. Kg3 Ne4+ 64. Kf3 Nd2+ 65. Kg3 (65. Ke2 {
Müller,Karsten} Nc4 66. Bxd5 Ne5 67. Be4 Kh2 68. Kf2 Kxh3 69. Bf5 Kh4 $19)
65... Nf1+ 66. Kf3 Nd2+ 67. Kg3 Nc4 68. Bxd5 Nxe3 69. Bb7 Nf1+ 70. Kf3 Kh2 71.
Kf2 (71. h4 {Müller,Karsten} Kh3 72. hxg5 fxg5 73. Bc8 Nh2+ 74. Kf2 Nxg4+ 75.
Kf3 h5 $19) 71... Nd2 72. Bg2 Nc4 73. Bf1 Ne5 74. Ke3 Kg1 75. Be2 (75. Ke2 {
Müller,Karsten} Nd3 76. Kxd3 Kxf1 $19) 75... Kg2 76. Ke4 Kxh3 77. Kf5 Kh4 78.
Bd1 Nc4 {'!' Müller,Karsten.} 79. Ke4 ({After Nach} 79. Kxf6 {Müller,Karsten}
Ne3 80. Be2 Nxg4+ 81. Kg6 h5 82. Bd1 Ne3 83. Bxh5 Ng4 $19 {White is in
zugzwang. A tragicomical picture. ist Weiß in tödlichem Zugzwang.}) 79... Nd6+
80. Kd5 (80. Kf3 {Müller,Karsten} h5 81. gxh5 Kxh5 82. Kg3+ Kg6 $19) 80... f5 {
'!' Müller,Karsten: : 'The final point. A very impressive endgame performance
by Magnus Carlsen!'  'Die letzte Pointe. Ein von Magnus Carlsen sehr
beeindruckend geführtes Endspiel!'} 81. Kxd6 {Müller,Karsten} fxg4 82. Ke5 g3
83. Bf3 Kh3 84. Kf5 g2 85. Bxg2+ Kxg2 $19 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.11.28"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Brueggemann, Joachim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Erfurt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. g3 O-O 8.
Bg2 h6 9. Rd1 Bd7 10. O-O Re8 11. e4 e5 12. d5 Ne7 13. Ne1 Ng6 14. Nd3 Nh7 15.
c5 Qg5 16. b4 Qh5 17. f3 f5 18. exf5 Qxf5 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Ne4 Qf8 21. f4 exf4
22. Nxf4 Nxf4 23. Qxf4 Bb5 24. Qxf8+ Nxf8 25. Rfe1 Rad8 26. Rc1 Bd3 27. Kf2 Ng6
28. Rc7 Ne5 29. Ke3 Bxe4 30. Bxe4 Rd7 31. Rec1 Rde7 32. Rxe7 Rxe7 33. Bf5 Kf8
34. Be6 g6 35. Ke4 Re8 36. h4 Re7 37. Rc3 b6 38. a4 Re8 39. a5 bxa5 40. bxa5
Re7 41. Kd4 Re8 42. a6 Re7 43. Rb3 Kg7 44. Rb8 Nf3+ 45. Kc4 Rc7+ 46. Kb4 Re7
47. Rg8+ Kh7 48. Rd8 Kg7 49. Rxd6 Nd2 50. Rd8 Kf6 51. d6 $2 {zu überhastet.} (
51. Bh3 $18 {gewann leicht.}) 51... Rxe6 52. Rf8+ Ke5 53. d7 Rb6+ 54. Kc3 (54.
Ka4 Nb1 $1 {[%mdl 64] setzt den bekannten Dauerschachmechanismus in Kraft} 55.
Re8+ Kf5 {und Weiß kann nicht gewinnen, denn} 56. Rc8 {wird mit} Nc3+ 57. Rxc3
Rxa6+ 58. Kb5 Rd6 {beantwortet.}) 54... Ne4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.06"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[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 "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Bg5 {Das ist ein seltener Gast in der Großmeisterpraxis,
und man kann diesen Zug gut als die "Überraschungs-Indische" Fortsetzung
bezeichnen. Denn Weiß spielt weder 3.Nf3 (3...b6 - Damenindische Verteidigung)
noch 3.Nc3 (3...Bb4 - Nimzoindische Verteidigung). Aber ich glaube, dass
dieser Zug für Schwarz nicht gefährlich ist. In der Tat macht dieser Zug nur
als Überraschung Sinn.} h6 (3... c5) (3... Bb4+) 4. Bh4 Bb4+ {Der Bh4 steht
weitab vom Damenflügel, daher ist es logisch, dass Schwarz mit Bb4# oder c5
aktiv wird.} (4... c5 $5 5. d5 exd5 6. cxd5 d6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Bg3 Nh5 9. e3 Nxg3
10. hxg3 a6 11. a4 Bf6 $10 {Meister-Obukhov, Kuibishev 1990}) (4... g5 5. Bg3
Bb4+ 6. Nd2 Ne4 7. Ngf3 $14 g4 (7... Nc6 8. a3 Bxd2+ 9. Nxd2 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Nxd4
11. Ne4 $44) 8. a3 Ba5 9. b4) 5. Nd2 (5. Nc3 c5 {Das leitet in die Leningrader
Variante der Nimzoindischen Verteidigung über.}) 5... c5 6. a3 (6. dxc5 Na6 (
6... Bxc5 7. e3 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. Bf3 Nc6 10. h3 O-O 11. Ne2 Rc8 12. Nc3 Be7 13.
O-O a6 {0-1 Pihlajasalo,H-Sammalvuo,T/Tampere 1998/EXT 99 (52)}) (6... Nc6 7.
a3 Bxc5 8. e3 b6 9. Ngf3 Bb7 10. Bd3 Be7 11. O-O d6 12. Qe2 g5 13. Bg3 h5 14.
h4 gxh4 15. Bxh4 Ng4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Ne4 f5 18. Neg5 Rg8 19. Nh3 O-O-O {
0-1 Pihlajasalo,H-Veingold,A/Helsinki 1996/EXT 99 (25)}) 7. Ngf3 Nxc5 8. a3
Bxd2+ 9. Nxd2 d5 10. b4 Ncd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nb3 O-O 13. e3 Ne5 14. Qd4 {
1/2-1/2 Avrukh,B-Pelletier,Y/Biel SUI 2000/The Week in Chess 300 (57)}) 6...
Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 g5 (7... Nc6 8. dxc5 (8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. dxc5 a5 10. Nf3 a4 11. e3
Qe7 12. Qd6 Ra5 $11) 8... g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Qc1 $13) (7... cxd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 $11
) 8. Bg3 Ne4 (8... Nc6 9. O-O-O (9. dxc5 Ne4 10. Qc1 $1 $16) 9... Nxd4 10. Qd3
d6 11. e3 Nf5 12. Be5 Bd7 13. Bc3 d5 14. Nf3 O-O 15. h4 g4 16. Ne5 d4 {0-1
Gliksman,D-Sokolov,V/Kraljevo 1967/EXT 2000 (44)}) 9. Qe3 (9. Qd3 f5 10. dxc5
Nc6 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. f3 Nxc5 13. Qc2 Qa4 14. Qc3 Nb3+ 15. Kb1 O-O 16. Be5 Rf7
17. Qc2 b5 18. e3 bxc4 19. Bxc4 Nca5 20. Bxb3 Qxb3 {1/2-1/2 Jukic,Z-Keglevic,P/
Zagreb 1995/EXT 2000 (20)}) 9... Nxg3 10. hxg3 Qa5+ 11. Kd1 $5 $13 {[%mdl 8]
Der weiße König steht etwas unsicher auf d1, aber Schwarz hat auch seine
Schwächen - sein Königsflügel ist relativ offen.} (11. b4 cxb4 12. Qd2 d5 13.
cxd5 exd5 14. Nf3 Nc6 15. Ne5 bxa3 16. Nxc6 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 bxc6 $15 {1/2-1/2
Seirawan,Y-Andersson,U/Tilburg 1983/MCD (56)}) (11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 cxd4 13.
Nf3 Nc6 14. Nxg5 Na5 {[%cal Ra5b3,Rb3a1,Rb3d2]} 15. Kd3 Nb3 16. Rd1 b6 $15) (
11. Qc3 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 $15 {[%csl Rc3,Rc4]}) 11... d6 12. Nf3 {Nun muss
Schwarz immer mit Nxg5 rechnen.} (12. dxc5 Qxc5 (12... dxc5 13. Nf3 f6 $11) 13.
Qxc5 dxc5 $11) 12... Bd7 (12... Nc6 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nxg5 Nd4 $44) (12... cxd4
$2 13. Qxd4 $16 {[%cal Rd4d6,Rd4h8]}) 13. d5 $1 {Weiß beraubt den Nb8 seines
natürlichen Entwicklungsfeldes.} (13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nxg5 Nc6 $44 (14... Ba4+
15. b3)) 13... Na6 {Schwarz kann den Pg5 nicht verteidigen, mit dem Textzug
strebt er schnelle Entwicklung an.} (13... g4 14. Nd2 $16 {[%cal Gd2e4,Rh1h6]})
14. Nxg5 $14 Nc7 15. Rc1 (15. Qf3 $5 $16) 15... Rg8 16. Ne4 (16. Rxh6 Ba4+ 17.
b3 Rxg5 18. bxa4 Qxa4+ 19. Rc2 Re5 $132) 16... O-O-O {Schwarz möchte im Trüben
fischen. Ich glaube, dass seine Kompensation nicht ausreichend ist.} 17. Nf6 $6
{Der Springer steht - auf den ersten Blick - stark auf f6, aber nach nur zwei
Zügen muss er dieses Feld wieder verlassen.} (17. Nxd6+ $5 Kb8 18. Nxf7 $16
exd5 (18... Ba4+ 19. b3 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Rxd5+ 21. Kc2 $18) 19. Nxd8 Rxd8 $16)
17... Ba4+ 18. b3 Rg6 $132 {[%csl Gg6]} 19. Nh5 Bd7 (19... Be8 20. Nf4 Rf6 21.
Qc3 $16) 20. Nf4 Rf6 21. dxe6 (21. Qc3 Qxc3 22. Rxc3 exd5 $132 23. Nxd5 (23.
cxd5 Nb5) 23... Nxd5 24. cxd5 Rxf2 25. Rf3 Rxf3 26. gxf3 Rh8 27. e4 $14) 21...
fxe6 22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. Rxc3 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Weiß hat einen Bauern mehr, aber
die Verwertung des Vorteils ist nicht leicht, denn Schwarz steht aktiv, und
Weiß hat einige Probleme bei der Entwicklung.} b5 (23... e5 $5 24. Nd3 Bf5) 24.
e3 bxc4 25. bxc4 (25. Bxc4 e5 26. Nh3 (26. Nd3 d5 $17 {[%csl Rc4]}) 26... Bxh3
27. Rxh3 Rxf2 28. Rxh6 Rxg2 29. e4 d5 $11) 25... e5 26. Nd3 Bc6 {[%cal Gc6h1]}
27. Rh2 $1 {Weiß schaltet Motive auf der großen Diagonale aus.} (27. f3 $2 Rxf3
$1 28. gxf3 Bxf3+ $17) 27... Ne6 {[%cal Ge6g5,Gg5e4] Der Springer zielt nach
g5. Schwarz hat positionellen Druck am Königsflügel.} 28. Ke1 Kc7 29. Rb3 Ng5
30. Be2 (30. f3 $2 Rxf3 $1 $15) 30... Rdf8 {[%cal Gf8f2] Schwarz hat starkes
Gegenspiel auf der f-Linie.} 31. f4 (31. f3 e4 32. f4 exd3 33. fxg5 hxg5 34.
Bxd3 d5 $132) 31... Ne4 {[%csl Ge4]} 32. fxe5 dxe5 33. Nxe5 Ba4 $1 (33... Nxg3
34. Bf3 $14) 34. Rb2 {Weiß darf die b-Linie nicht verlassen.} (34. Rd3 Rb8 $36)
34... Re6 {[%cal Ge6e1]} (34... Nxg3 35. Bf3) 35. Nd3 Nxg3 36. Nf4 (36. Nxc5
Rxe3 37. Nxa4 Rf1+ 38. Kd2 Rxe2+ $132) 36... Ra6 37. Nd5+ (37. Bf3 $5 $16)
37... Kc8 38. Bg4+ $6 (38. Bf3 $5) 38... Bd7 39. Bxd7+ Kxd7 {Nach dem
Läufertausch steht der weiße König schlechter - Schwarz hat immer das Motiv
Rf1+.} 40. Rb7+ Kc8 41. Rb3 {Weiß hat einen Mehrbauern - aber seine Bauern
sind alle isoliert.} Rf1+ 42. Kd2 Ra1 $1 $132 {[%cal Rg3f1,Rf1h2,Rf1d2]} (42...
Rf2+ 43. Kd3 h5 $14 (43... Nf1 44. Rh5 Rxg2 45. Rf5 $18 {[%csl Rc8,Gd5][%cal
Gb3b8,Gf5f8]})) 43. Rh4 (43. Kc2 Ra2+ 44. Kb1 R2xa3 45. Rxa3 Rxa3 46. Rxh6 $14)
43... R6xa3 (43... Ra2+ 44. Kd1 R2xa3 (44... Rxg2 45. Rf4 Rg1+ 46. Kc2 Rf1 47.
Rg4 $16) 45. Rxa3 Rxa3 46. Rxh6 $14) 44. Rxa3 Rxa3 45. Rxh6 Ne4+ {Da das
Material reduziert ist und Schwarz aktives Figurenspiel hat, darf er sich
zurecht Hoffnungen auf ein Remis machen.} 46. Ke2 Ra2+ (46... a5) 47. Kf3 (47.
Kd3 $6 Nf2+ 48. Kc3 Ne4+ $11) 47... Nd2+ 48. Kf4 Nxc4 49. g4 {Die Stellung ist
materiell ausgeglichen, aber nun hat Weiß positionellen Vorteil - seine
Figuren sind aktiv und der g-Bauer ist gefährlich.} Kd7 50. Nf6+ Ke7 51. Nd5+
Kd7 (51... Kf7 52. Rc6 Rf2+ 53. Kg5 $14) 52. Nf6+ Ke7 53. Ne4 {Weiß hat etwas
Positionsvorteil, deshalb gibt er sich nicht mit der dreimaligen
Zugwiederholung ( 53.Nd5+) zufrieden.} Re2 54. Nxc5 Rxe3 $11 {Es gibt nur noch
zwei Bauern auf dem Brett. Das Endspiel R+N gegen R ist theoretisch Remis.} 55.
Rh7+ Ke8 56. Ne4 (56. Rxa7 Re7 $11) 56... Re1 57. Kf5 Ra1 $1 {[%cal Ga1a6]
Schwarz verteidigt seinen a-Bauern und - das ist noch wichtiger - er kann
seinen Turm auf der a-Linie aktivieren.} (57... Ne3+ $6 58. Ke6 Kd8 59. Rd7+
Kc8 60. Nd6+ Kb8 61. g5 $16) 58. g5 Ra5+ 59. Kf6 (59. Kf4 Ne5 $11) 59... Ra6+
60. Kg7 Ne3 {[%cal Ge3f5]} 61. Kh8 {Der weiße König hat ein sicheres
Schlupfloch auf h8, aber das ist etwas wenig.} Nf5 62. Rb7 Kf8 63. Nf6 Ne7 64.
Nd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 28th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1998.05.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[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 Mikhalevski,V} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 {Auf diese Weise kann Weiß die
Damenindische Verteidigung (3.Nf3 b6) vermeiden. Ribli.} Bb4+ {Schwarz kann
auch mit 3...d5 in die Katalanische Eröffnung übergehen oder 3...c5 spielen.}
4. Nd2 {Ich bin der Meinung, 4.Bd2 ist besser, denn der Springer steht auf d2
unnatürlich.} c5 (4... d5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Ngf3 dxc4 7. O-O (7. Qc2 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2
Rb8) 7... c3 $5) 5. a3 (5. Ngf3 Nc6 $11) (5. dxc5 Bxc5 $11) 5... Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
cxd4 (6... Nc6 $5 7. dxc5 Ne4 8. Qe3 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Qxc5 11. Rc1 b6
$5 12. Bg2 Bb7 13. Nf3 Nd4 14. b4 Nxf3+ (14... Qd6 $5 15. Kf1 $5 Nf5 $13) 15.
Bxf3 Qc7 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. O-O O-O 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. c5 (19. Qf4 Rac8 20. Rd6
h6 21. Rcd1 Rc7 22. R1d4 Re8 23. Qh4 Qc8 24. Rg4 f5 25. Rgd4 Kh7 {1/2-1/2 Haba,
P-Farago,I/AUT-chT2O 9697 1996}) 19... bxc5 20. Rxc5 $14 {Kaidanov,G-Chow,R/
USA 1992}) 7. Nf3 (7. Qxd4 Nc6 $11 {Schwarz läßt ...d7-d5 folgen und hat keine
Probleme.}) 7... d5 (7... b6 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O Qc8 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qh4 Ne7 12.
Qd4 Nf5 13. Qd3 Be4 14. Qc3 h6 15. Bf4 O-O 16. h3 Bb7 17. Rac1 d6 18. b4 e5 19.
Be3 Ne4 20. Qb3 Qe6 21. Nd2 Nxd2 22. Bxd2 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rac8 24. Qd3 e4 25. Qd5
{Urban,K-Eingorn,V/Swidnica Piatka op 1997/1-0 (49)}) (7... Nc6 8. Nxd4 Na5 9.
Qd3 (9. Qb4 d5 10. Nb5 {[%csl Re8]} Nxc4 11. b3 $14) 9... d5 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11.
Qb5+ Qxb5 12. Nxb5 O-O 13. Bg2 Bd7 14. Nd6 Nb3 15. Rb1 Bc6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17.
Bg5 {1-0 Meins,G-Finkel,A/Koop Tjuchem op 1996 (43)}) (7... O-O 8. Bg2 d5 9.
cxd5 Qxd5 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qxd5 Nxd5 12. Bd2 {1-0 Haba,P-Felix,V/CZE-chT2 9596
1996 (24)} (12. Bd2 {Mikhalevski,V The same kind of position you can find
after 7...d58.cd Q:d5(see below)} b6 13. O-O Ba6 14. Rfe1 Rac8 15. Rac1 Na5 16.
Bxa5 bxa5 17. Nd4 Ne7 18. e3 Bc4 19. Rc3 e5 20. Nf3 Nd5 21. Rxc4 Rxc4 22. Nxe5
Nxe3 23. Rxe3 Rc1+ 24. Bf1 h6 25. Nd3 {1,21-1,10 1-0 Haba,P-Felix,V/CZE-chT2
9596 1996}) (12. O-O Bd7 13. Bd2 Rfd8 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. Rfd1 h6 16. Kf1 $14 {
Huebner,R-Franzoni,G/SWZ-chT 1991/1/2-1/2 (73)})) (7... b5 $5 8. cxb5 (8. c5
Bb7 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qc3 O-O 11. Bg2 Ne4 12. Qc2 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 b4
$11) 8... Bb7 9. Qxd4 (9. Bg2 Qb6 (9... e5 $2 10. Qg5 {[%cal Rg5e5,Rg5g7]} d6
11. Qxg7 Rg8 12. Qh6 $16) 10. O-O Bxf3 (10... Qxb5 11. Nxd4 Qb6) 11. Bxf3 d5
$13) 9... Qa5+ 10. Qb4 Qxb4+ 11. axb4 a6 $11 {[%csl Rb2,Rb4,Rb5]}) 8. cxd5 (8.
Nxd4 {Mikhalevski,V} e5 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 O-O 11. cxd5 Re8 12. Nc4 Na6 13. Bg2
Nc5 14. Qd1 Qxd5 15. Qxd5 Nxd5 16. Nd6 Re7 17. Bg5 f6 18. O-O-O Be6 $13 {
1-0 Snorek,M-Verner,P/CZE-chT1c 9697 1997 (31)}) 8... exd5 {Nach dem Textzug
muß Schwarz mit isoliertem Bauern spielen, aber im weißen Lager sind besonders
die weißen Felder schwach.} (8... Qxd5 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qxd5 Nxd5 $11 11. b4 O-O
12. Bb2 Nb6 13. Rc1 Bd7 14. Bg2 Na4 15. Ne5 Rfd8 16. Nxd7 Rxd7 17. Ba1 Ne7 18.
O-O f6 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. Rxd7 Rxd7 21. f4 {Petrosian,A-Csom,I/Honved 1991/1-0 
(49)}) 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O (10. Qxd4 {Mikhalevski,V} Nc6 11. Qd3 Re8 12. O-O Bg4
13. Re1 Qd7 14. Ng5 Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Haba,P-Nisipeanu,L/MK Cafe Cup 1998}) 10...
Nc6 11. Nxd4 $11 {Die weiße Bauernstruktur ist besser, aber es gibt Probleme
mit der Entwicklung des Damenläufers.} Re8 12. Nxc6 $5 $146 (12. b4 Nxd4 (12...
Ne4 13. Qb2 Ne5 {[%csl Yc4][%cal Ge5c4]} (13... Qb6 14. Be3 $14 (14. Nxc6 Qxc6
(14... bxc6 15. Be3 $14) 15. Be3 $14 {[%cal Ga1c1,Gc1c6]}))) 13. Qxd4 Rxe2 14.
Bg5 Be6 15. Rfc1 h6 16. Bf3 hxg5 17. Bxe2 Qd6 18. Re1 Nd7 19. Bg4 Bxg4 20. Qxg4
Ne5 21. Qe2 f6 22. h3 Qd7 23. Kg2 d4 $44 {Fishbein,A-Browne,W/World op 1990/
Line (48)}) 12... bxc6 {Der d-Bauer ist jetzt nicht mehr isoliert, aber auch
die hängenden Bauern können schwach sein.} 13. Qc2 {[%cal Gc1g5,Gc2c6]} (13. b4
a5 $11) 13... Ba6 {[%csl Re2]} 14. Re1 (14. Qxc6 Bxe2 15. Re1 Rc8 $15) (14. Be3
$5 {[%csl Rc6] Mikhalevski,V} Ng4 (14... d4 $2 15. Rfd1 $5 (15. Rad1 $5 Nd5 16.
Rxd4 Nxe3 17. fxe3 $16) 15... dxe3 (15... Nd5 16. Bxd4 Bxe2 17. Re1 $16) 16.
Rxd8 exf2+ 17. Kxf2 Raxd8 18. Bf3 $16) 15. Bd4 $1 (15. Qxc6 Bxe2 $1 (15... Nxe3
16. fxe3 Bc4 (16... Bxe2 $143 17. Bxd5 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 $16 {[%cal Rd5f7,Rc6a8]})
17. b3 $1 Re6 (17... Rc8 18. Qa4 Bxe2 19. Rf2 Rxe3 20. Qxa7 Re7 21. Qd4 $16) (
17... Bxb3 18. Qb7 $1 {[%cal Rb7b3,Rb7f7]}) 18. Qxa8 $5 Qxa8 19. bxc4 Re7 (
19... Rxe3 20. Bxd5 Qe8 21. Bxf7+ $16) 20. Bxd5 $14 {[%csl Rf7]}) 16. Rfe1 Nxe3
(16... Rc8 17. Qxd5 Qxd5 18. Bxd5 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Rxe3 (19... Rc2 20. Rac1 $1
Rxb2 $140 21. Rc7 $14) 20. Rac1 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 $14) 17. fxe3 (17. Rxe2 Nxg2 18.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Qxe8+ Rxe8 20. Kxg2 $14 {/=})) 15... Bxe2 (15... Rxe2 16. Qxc6
Bc4 17. Rfe1 $1 $14) 16. Rfe1 Bb5 (16... Bc4 $2 17. b3 Bb5 18. a4 $16) 17. a4
Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Qa5 19. Ra1 $1 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gc2c1,Gc1g5,Gc2d1]} Qa6 20. Qc1
$1 {[%cal Ra4b5,Rc1g5]} Be2 $8 21. h3 $1 (21. Qg5 f6) 21... Nf6 (21... Nh6 $2
22. Qg5) 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qh6 $14 {[%csl Rc6,Rd5,Rf6,Rg8]}) 14... Qb6 15. Bf4
{Weiß besitzt das Läuferpaar, aber die schwarzen Figuren sind lebendig. Die
Stellung ist etwa gleich.} (15. Be3 Rxe3 16. fxe3 Ng4 $40 {[%csl Gb6,Re3,Rg1,
Gg4][%cal Rb6g1]}) (15. b4 $5 {Mikhalevski,V}) 15... Bc4 $6 {[%csl Yb3][%cal
Gc4b3]} (15... c5 $11) 16. Rac1 (16. e4 $6 {Mikhalevski,V} Bb3 $1) 16... h6 (
16... Rac8 $5 17. Bh3 {Mikhalevski,V} (17. e4 $6 Bb3) 17... Rcd8 18. b3 $140
Bxb3 19. Qxc6 Bc4 $1) 17. e4 $1 $14 {Mikhalevski: Now17... Bb3 is impossible
in view of 18.Q:c6. Weiß öffnet die Stellung, was seinem Läuferpaar zugute
kommt.} Rac8 {/\Bb3.The right idea in the wrong moment.} (17... Bb3 18. Qxc6
Nxe4 (18... Qxc6 19. Rxc6 Nxe4 (19... dxe4 20. Bxh6 $16 {[%csl Rf6]}) 20. Rec1
$14) 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Rc7 $14) (17... Nxe4 $2 18. Bxe4 Rxe4 19. Rxe4 dxe4 20.
Qxc4 $18) 18. Be3 Qa6 {[%csl Yd3][%cal Ga6d3]} (18... d4 $6 {Mikhalevski,V} 19.
Qxc4 dxe3 20. Rxe3 Qxb2 {[%csl Rc6]}) 19. exd5 (19. Bd4 $143 {Mikhalevski,V}
Bd3 20. Qc3 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. f3 (22. Bxg7 c5 $1) 22... Bf5 23. Bxg7 c5 $1
) 19... Bxd5 (19... cxd5 20. Bd4 $14 {[%csl Gd4,Rd5]} (20. b3 $1 {Mikhalevski,V
} Bd3 21. Qb2 $14 {[%csl Rd5,Ge3,Gg2]} Rxc1 $140 $2 22. Rxc1 Ng4 $2 23. Bd4 Re2
$2 24. Qc3 $18 {[%csl Rd5,Rg4,Rg7]})) 20. Qc5 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Re3a7]} (20. Bd4
$143 {Mikhalevski,V} Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 c5) 20... Bxg2 (20... Rb8 {
Mikhalevski,V} 21. Bxd5 $1 cxd5 22. Bd4 $14 {[%csl Ra7,Rd5]}) 21. Kxg2 Nd5 22.
Bd4 {[%csl Rc6,Gd4] Der weiße Läufer steht auf d4 sehr aktiv, aber die
schwarze Stellung sollte noch verteidigungsfähig sein, denn er hat nur eine
Schwäche.} (22. Qxa7 $4 Nxe3+ $19 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Re3g2]}) 22... Rxe1 23. Rxe1
Qb6 24. Qxd5 $5 {Interesting practical decision.White transfers the game to
the rook endgame where Black has good drawish chances("all rook endings are
drawish!").On the other hand "d5"and "b6"pawns are weak and an extra white's
pawn on the queen side can be dangerous. Weiß beginnt mit Vereinfachungen und
verläßt sich auf einen kleinen Endspielvorteil.} (24. Qc4 $16) (24. b4 $5 {
Mikhalevski,V} Qxc5 25. Bxc5 Ra8 $140 26. Re5 $1) 24... cxd5 25. Bxb6 axb6 26.
Kf3 {[%csl Rb6,Rd5,Gf3] Schwarz hat zwei schwache Bauern (b6 und d5), aber im
Turmendspiel sollten sich ihm reelle Remischancen bieten.} Kf8 (26... Rc2 27.
Re2 $14 (27. Re2 {Mikhalevski,V Black can't change rooks.Pawn ending is
winning for White.For example} Rxe2 $4 28. Kxe2 Kf8 29. Kd3 Ke7 30. Kd4 Kd6 31.
a4 $1 {[%cal Gb2b4,Ga4a5] and White wins.})) 27. Re3 {[%cal Ge3b3,Gb3b6,Ge3d3,
Gd3d5] White must bring his king to "d4".The game move is the best way to do
so.White is planning Rb3 or first Rd3 to meet Rc2 with Rb3,then Rb5 if
necessary and finally to bring king to the centre. Der Turm hat auf der 3.
Reihe viele Möglichkeiten.} ({But not} 27. Rd1 $2 {Mikhalevski,V} {because of}
Rc2) 27... Rc6 {Otherwise White would play 28.Rb3,29.Rb5 andKf3-e3-d4; ><b6,d5}
28. Rd3 {[%csl Rd5]} (28. Rb3 $2 {Mikhalevski,V} Ke7 29. Ke3 Ke6 {and rook
on"c6" remains active(compare with the rook on "d6")}) 28... Rd6 (28... Rc2 {
Mikhalevski,V would be met with} 29. Rb3 $1 Rc6 30. Rb5 $1 Rd6 31. Ke3 Ke7 32.
Kd4 Ke6 33. a4 {[%csl Rb6,Rd5] and Black is hopeless.}) 29. Kf4 {[%csl Gd3,Rd5,
Gf4][%cal Rf4e5,Re5d5] Der weiße König ist aktiv. Es droht 30.Ke5.} (29. Ke3 $5
{Mikhalevski,V}) 29... Re6 {[%cal Re6e2,Re2h2,Re2b2] Black is looking for
counter-chances.} 30. Kf3 {Cool. 29.Kf4 war nur ein Test. Weiß startet jetzt
einen anderen Versuch.} (30. Rxd5 Re2 31. Rb5 Rxf2+ 32. Ke5 Rf6 $11 (32... Rxh2
33. Rxb6 $16 {[%csl Ga3,Gb2]})) 30... Rd6 31. Ke3 {[%csl Yd4][%cal Ge3d4]
White returns to his plan.} Ke7 32. Kd4 {[%csl Gd4] Das ist ein
ausgezeichnetes Feld für den König.} (32. Rb3 $6 {Mikhalevski,V} Rc6) 32... Rf6
33. f3 $1 (33. f4 {[%csl Ye4] Dieser Zug schwächt das Feld e4 und gibt Schwarz
zudem die Möglichkeit, mit ...g7-g5 Bauern zu tauschen.}) (33. f4 $5 {
Mikhalevski,V} Kd6 {[%cal Gg7g5]} 34. Rb3 Kc6 35. Rc3+ Kd6 36. Rc8 $6 (36. Re3
{[%cal Ge3e5]} g5 $1 (36... Re6 $2 37. Re5 $1 Rxe5 38. fxe5+ Kc6 39. a4 $18)
37. Rf3 $1 {[%cal Gf4f5]} (37. fxg5 hxg5 38. Re5 Kc6 $1 39. Rxd5 Rf2 (39... g4
$5) 40. Rxg5 $14) 37... Re6 38. fxg5 hxg5 39. Rxf7 $16) 36... Re6 37. Rd8+ Kc6
38. Rxd5 Re2) (33. Rb3 $5 {Mikhalevski,V was interesting,but could yield
counterplay to the opponent.}) 33... Kd6 34. Re3 g5 35. a4 $5 {[%csl Yb5,Rb6]
Der schwarze Bauer wird auf b6 festgelegt und zugleich mobilisiert der Weiße
seine Bauernmehrheit am Damenflügel.} (35. Re5 $6 Rxf3 36. Rxd5+ Kc6 $11) 35...
Re6 36. b4 (36. Rxe6+ fxe6 $11 {Schwarz steht keineswegs schlechter, er hat
einen gedeckten Freibauern auf d5, was bedeutet, daß er seinen König frei
bewegen kann.} (36... fxe6 {Mikhalevski,V} 37. f4 {[%cal Gb2b4,Ga4a5] could be
not enough.Anyway White shouldn't make such decision in a time-trouble.}))
36... Kc6 (36... Rxe3 37. Kxe3 $16 {[%csl Ga4,Gb4] Der entfernte Freibauer
bietet Weiß sehr gute Chancen im Bauernendspiel.}) 37. Rc3+ (37. Re5 $1 {
Mikhalevski,V} Rf6 (37... Rxe5 38. Kxe5 $18) 38. b5+ Kc7 39. Re7+ $1 Kd8 (39...
Kd6 40. Rb7) 40. Re3 $1 Rf5 41. Rc3 $1 $16 (41. g4 Rf4+ 42. Kxd5 Kd7 $1)) 37...
Kb7 (37... Kd6 {[%cal Gg5g4] Mikhalevski,V} 38. b5 g4 $1 $132 39. Rc6+ Kd7 40.
Rxe6 $1 (40. fxg4 $2 Rxc6 41. bxc6+ Kxc6 42. g5 h5 (42... hxg5 43. h4 gxh4 44.
gxh4 Kd6 45. h5 Ke6 46. h6 Kf6 47. Kxd5 Kg6 48. Kc6 f5 49. Kxb6 f4 50. a5 f3
51. a6 f2 52. a7 f1=Q 53. a8=Q Kxh6 $11) 43. Ke5 Kc5 44. Kf6 d4 45. Kxf7 d3 46.
g6 d2 47. g7 d1=Q 48. g8=Q Qd5+ 49. Kg7 Qxg8+ 50. Kxg8 Kb4 51. h3 Kxa4 52. Kf7
b5 53. g4 hxg4 54. hxg4 b4 55. g5 b3 56. g6 b2 57. g7 b1=Q 58. g8=Q $11) 40...
Kxe6 $1 (40... fxe6 $2 41. fxg4 Kd6 42. h4 $18) 41. fxg4 Kd6 {[%cal Gf7f6]} 42.
g5 $3 {White is creating second pass pawn and wins.} h5 $1 (42... hxg5 $2 43.
h4 gxh4 44. gxh4 Ke6 45. h5 $18) 43. h4 $1 Ke6 44. Ke3 $3 Ke5 $8 45. g4 $1 hxg4
(45... d4+ 46. Kd3 hxg4 {see 45...hg}) 46. h5 d4+ (46... Kf5 47. h6 Kg6 48. a5
$18) 47. Kd3 g3 48. h6 g2 49. h7 g1=Q 50. h8=Q+ Kd5 51. Qd8+ Kc5 52. Qe7+ Kd5
53. Qxf7+ $18) 38. Rc2 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gc2h2]} (38. Kxd5 Re2 39. h4 gxh4 40.
gxh4 Ra2 $11 {[%csl Ga2,Ra4]}) 38... Rf6 39. Rf2 (39. Rc3 $5 {[%csl Rb7]
Mikhalevski,V}) 39... Rf5 {[%csl Rd5,Rf5] Der schwarze Turm steht auf f5
unglücklich.} (39... Kc6 $5 {Mikhalevski,V}) 40. b5 {[%csl Ga4,Gb5,Yc6] Weiß
gewinnt Raum am Damenflügel.} h5 (40... Kc7 41. Rc2+ Kb7 42. Rc3 {[%csl Gc3]
[%cal Gc3c8,Gc3f3]}) 41. Rf1 h4 $6 {Jetzt bekommt Weiß eventuell die
Möglichkeit, g3-g4 zu ziehen, um den schwarzen Turm zu befragen.} (41... Kb8 $5
) (41... Kc7 42. Rc1+ Kb7 43. Rc3 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Gc3c8,Gc3f3]}) 42. Rf2 hxg3
43. hxg3 Kb8 (43... g4 44. f4 $14) (43... Kc7 44. Rc2+ Kb7 45. Rc3) 44. g4 $5 {
Weiß startet konkrete Aktionen.} (44. f4 $5 {[%cal Gd4e3] Mikhalevski,V}) 44...
Rf4+ 45. Kxd5 Rxa4 46. Kc6 {[%csl Rb6,Gb8,Gc6]} Ka7 47. Rc2 {Weiß verteidigt
sich gegen 47...Rc3 und der schwarze Turm muß in der a-Linie bleiben.} Ra3 (
47... f6 {Mikhalevski,V} 48. Rc3) 48. f4 $1 {Kozul spielt dieses Endspiel sehr
stark.} gxf4 (48... f6 49. f5 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Rc6d6,Rd6e6,Re6f6]}) 49. Rc4 {
[%csl Gc4,Gc6][%cal Rc4f4,Rf4f7,Rf7a7]} f3 (49... Rg3 50. Ra4+ Kb8 51. Rxf4 $16
{[%csl Rb6,Rf7]}) (49... Rf3 $2 {Mikhalevski,V} 50. Kc7 Ra3 51. Rxf4) 50. Rf4 {
[%csl Gc6,Gf4][%cal Gf4f3,Rf4f7,Rf7a7] Ein vielseitiger Turmzug. Es hängt f7
und der Freibauer f3 ist unter Kontrolle.} Rc3+ (50... f6 $5 {Mikhalevski,V}) (
50... Re3 $1 {Mikhalevski,V} 51. Rxf7+ Kb8 52. Kxb6 Re6+ 53. Ka5 Rg6 54. Rxf3
Rxg4 $11) 51. Kd6 {/\Kd6-e7:f7} Kb8 52. Ke7 {[%csl Ge7,Gg4] Der König strebt
zum Königsflügel, um jetzt den g-Bauern zu unterstützen.} Kc7 (52... Rc7+ 53.
Kf8 $14 {[%csl Rf3,Gf8]}) 53. g5 {[%csl Ge7,Gg5]} Rc5 {[%cal Rc5g5,Rc5b5]} 54.
Rxf7 f2 $2 (54... Re5+ $5 55. Kf6+ Kd6 $11 56. g6 $2 f2 57. Kg7 Re7 $19) (54...
Rxg5 $4 55. Kf6+ $18 {[%cal Rf7c7,Rf6g5]}) (54... Rxb5 $8 {Mikhalevski,V} 55.
g6 Re5+ 56. Kf8+ Kd6 $1 (56... Kd8 57. Rxf3 Re8+ 58. Kf7 Re7+ 59. Kf6 $18 {
[%cal Gg6g7]})) 55. g6 $16 {Mikhalevski:Very important tempo was lost and now
White wins.} Re5+ ({Now} 55... Rxb5 {Mikhalevski,V doesn't help} 56. g7 f1=Q $8
(56... Rg5 57. Kf6+) (56... Re5+ 57. Kf8+ Kd8 58. Rxf2 $18) 57. Rxf1 Rg5 58.
Kf6 $1 Rxg7 (58... Rg2 59. Rf5) 59. Kxg7 Kc6 (59... b5 60. Rf6 $1) 60. Rf5 $1
b5 61. Kf6 Kb6 (61... b4 62. Ke6 b3 63. Rf3) 62. Rd5 $1 Ka5 63. Ke5 Ka4 64. Kd4
b4 65. Kc4 $18) 56. Kf8+ $1 {[%csl Gf7,Gf8,Gg6][%cal Rf7f2,Rf7c7]} Kd6 57. Rxf2
Rg5 (57... Rxb5 58. g7 Rg5 59. Kf7 $1 Rxg7+ (59... b5 60. Rf6+ Kc5 61. Rg6 $18)
60. Kxg7 Kc5 (60... b5 61. Rf5 {[%cal Gf5a5]} b4 62. Kf6 b3 63. Rf3 b2 64. Rb3
$18) 61. Kf6 b5 62. Ke5 Kc4 63. Rf4+ Kc3 64. Kd5 b4 65. Rf3+ $18) 58. Kf7 $1
Kc5 {[#]} 59. Rf4 {Hecht: Genauer erscheint das sofortige Kf6:} (59. Kf6 $142 {
Mikhalevski,V}) (59. Kf6 {Hecht} Rg1 60. Rf5+ Kd6 (60... Kb4 61. g7 $18 {
[%cal Rf5g5]}) 61. g7 $18 {[%cal Rf5g5]}) 59... Kxb5 60. Kf6 Rxg6+ {Schwarz
muß den Turm geben, sonst verwandelt sich der g-Bauer.} (60... Rg1 61. g7 (61.
Rf5+ $2 Kc4 62. Rg5 Rf1+ $1 (62... Ra1 63. g7 Ra8 64. g8=Q+ Rxg8 65. Rxg8 b5
66. Rc8+ Kd3 67. Rb8 Kc4 68. Ke5 b4 69. Ke4 Kc3 70. Ke3 b3 71. Rc8+) 63. Ke7
Ra1 $1 64. g7 Ra8 65. g8=Q+ Rxg8 66. Rxg8 b5 67. Rc8+ (67. Kd6 b4) 67... Kd5
68. Rb8 Kc4 69. Kd6 b4 70. Kc6 (70. Ke5 b3 71. Ke4 Kc3 $11) 70... b3 $11) 61...
Kc6 (61... Kc5 62. Rf5+ Kc4 63. Rg5 $18) (61... Ka6 62. Rf5 Rxg7 63. Kxg7 b5
64. Kf6 Ka5 65. Ke5 b4 66. Kd4+ $18) (61... Rxg7 {Mikhalevski,V} 62. Kxg7 Kc5
63. Kf6 b5 64. Ke5 b4 65. Ke4 Kc4 66. Ke3+ Kc3 67. Rf8 b3 68. Rc8+ Kb2 69. Kd2
$18) 62. Rf5 Rxg7 63. Kxg7 b5 64. Kf6 b4 65. Kg5 b3 66. Rf3 b2 67. Rb3 $18) 61.
Kxg6 Kc5 {Schwarz gab auf, denn Weiß ist schneller.} (61... Kc5 62. Kf5 b5 63.
Ke4 ({Hecht: Auch die Umgehung des Turms via g4 gewinnt klar:} 63. Kg4 b4 64.
Kf3 b3 65. Ke2 b2 66. Rf1 Kc4 67. Kd2 Kb3 68. Rb1 $18) 63... Kc4 {Das
wichtigste für den Verteidiger in solchen Endspielen ist, den gegnerischen
König nicht heranzulassen.} 64. Ke3+ Kc3 65. Rf8 (65. Ke2 {Mikhalevski,V} b4
66. Kd1 b3 67. Kc1 $18) 65... b4 66. Rc8+ Kb2 67. Kd2 $18 (67. Kd2 {Hecht} b3
68. Rb8 $18)) (61... Ka5 {Hecht} 62. Kf5 b5 63. Ke4 b4 64. Kd3 Ka4 65. Kc2 $18
{ist ganz einfach}) 1-0

[Event "Vidmar Memorial 13th"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1999.06.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 36]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 {Belivsky spielt gern die Katalanische
Eröffnung, die er nach 3...d5 4.Bg2 erreichen würde. Ribli.} Bb4+ {Schwarz
spielt die sogenannte Bogoindische Verteidigung. Er bekommt eine sehr feste
Stellung, aber Weiss erzielt Raumvorteil und eine kleine, aber dauerhafte
Initiative.} 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. e3 e5 7. d5 Bxd2+ (7... Nb8 8. Ne2 (8.
Nc3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 d6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Ne2 c6 12. O-O cxd5 13. cxd5 a5 14. Rfc1 b6
15. a3 Ba6 16. b4 Nbd7 17. Be1 Rfc8 18. Qb2 Bc4 {1/2-1/2 Steckner,J-Dizdar,G/
Hamburg 1992/EXT 97 (18)}) 8... Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 a5 10. d6 Qxd6 11. Qxd6 cxd6 12.
Nbc3 Na6 13. O-O Ke7 14. Rfd1 Rb8 15. Nb5 {1/2-1/2 Nikolaidis,I-Loginov,V/
Budapest 1994/CBM 41 ext (25)}) 8. Qxd2 Nb8 9. Nc3 (9. d6 Qxd6 10. Qxd6 cxd6
11. Nc3 {Weiss hat klare Kompensation und Spiel gegen den Doppelbauern, aber
Schwarz kann seine Stellung halten.} Ke7 12. Nge2 Na6 13. O-O Nc7 14. Rac1 a6 (
14... Rb8 15. Nb5 Nxb5 16. cxb5 b6 17. Rc7 a6 18. Nc3 axb5 19. Nd5+ Nxd5 20.
Bxd5 b4 21. Ra7 b5 22. Rc1 Rd8 23. f3 Rb6 24. Kf2 Ba6 25. Rcc7 Ke8 26. e4 $44 {
1/2-1/2 Urban,K-Ovetchkin,R/Koszalin 1996/EXT 99 (53)}) 15. Na4 Rb8 16. Nb6 Na8
17. Nxa8 Rxa8 18. Nc3 {1/2-1/2 Dyachkov,S-Razuvaev,Y/Elista 1995/CBM 50 (27)})
9... d6 10. Nge2 $5 (10. h3 a5 11. Nge2 Na6 12. g4 Nd7 13. Ng3 Nb6 14. b3 g6
15. O-O-O Nc5 16. f4 a4 17. Kb2 Bd7 18. Nge4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 f5 20. gxf5 Bxf5 21.
Nc3 O-O 22. Rhf1 exf4 23. Rxf4 g5 24. Rf2 Bg6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Flear,G-Adams,M/
Hastings9697 1997 (60)}) (10. e4 $5) 10... O-O (10... a5 11. Nb5 O-O 12. O-O
Ne8 13. f4 Nd7 14. f5 Nc5 15. Nbc3 Bd7 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Qg5 18. Nc3 Nf6
19. Rf2 {0-1 Shneider,A-Zubarev,A/Donetsk 1998/CBM 68_07 (59)}) 11. O-O $5 {
Beliavsky verbessert sein eigenes Spiel. Gegen Gipslis spielte er einen
agressiven Plan mit h3-g4. Die Partiefortsetzung führt zu ruhigem Spiel mit
traditionellem weissen Raumvorteil.} (11. h3 Ne8 $6 (11... c5 12. g4 Na6 {
/\ Nc7, a6}) 12. f4 exf4 $6 13. exf4 a5 14. O-O Na6 15. Nd4 Qd8 16. Rae1 Nf6
17. g4 $16 {1-0 Beliavsky,A-Gipslis,A/Parnu 1997/Inf 71/[Beliavsky,A] (31)})
11... a5 {Das ist eine typischer Zug in dieser Eröffnung. Schwarz bereitet das
Manöver ...Na6-c5 vor.} 12. f4 $14 {Weiss hat Raumvorteil und Initiative am
Königsflügel. Die schwarze Stellung ist zwar fest, aber Chancen auf aktives
Gegenspiel bieten sich dem Nachziehenden wenig.} Na6 13. h3 {[%cal Gg3g4]} h5
$5 {Schwarz hat keine Angst von der Schwächung seines Königsflügels. Meines
Erachtens ist der Partiezug gut und rechtzeitig, sonst kommt Weiss mit 14.g4.}
14. Rae1 {[%cal Ge1e7]} Nc5 {[%csl Gc5]} 15. Nc1 {[%cal Gc1d3,Gd3c5] Weiss
möchte den starken schwarzen c5-Springer tauschen.} (15. f5 Bd7 {Weiss hat
Raumvorteil, aber eine ähnliche Stellung haben wir auch in der Partie.}) 15...
Bd7 (15... e4 $13) 16. Nd3 (16. b3 $5 {Das ist ein anderer möglicher Plan.
Weiss möchte 17.a3, 18.b4 spielen und den c5-Springer vertreiben.}) (16. a3 $6
a4 $11 {[%csl Yb3,Gc5]}) 16... Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Rfe8 (17... e4 18. Qc2 Bf5 $11)
18. Qd1 Rab8 {Schwarz möchte 19...b5 mit Gegenspiel am Damenflügel spielen.} (
18... e4 $11) 19. a4 c5 $1 20. f5 {Der Damenflügel ist geschlossen und Weiss
hat so freie Hand am Königsflügel. Im folgenden plant er g3-g4 mit Raumgewinn
und Angriff am Königsflügel.} (20. dxc6 $6 bxc6 $13 {[%csl Gb8][%cal Rb8b2]
Der schwarze Turm steht ausgezeichnet auf b8.}) 20... g6 21. e4 (21. g4 hxg4
22. hxg4 g5 23. Kf2 Kg7 24. Rh1 Rh8 $11) 21... Kh7 (21... gxf5 $2 22. exf5 $16
{[%csl Rg8][%cal Rg3g4,Rd1d2,Rd2g5]}) 22. Bf3 Rh8 23. Re2 {[%cal Ge2g2]} (23.
g4 $6 Rbg8 $132) 23... Rbg8 (23... gxf5 24. exf5 Rbg8 25. Kh2 Bxf5 26. Be4 Bg6
$13) 24. Kh2 (24. Rg2 gxf5 25. exf5 Bxf5 {[%cal Rf5h3,Rh3f1]} 26. Be4 Bxe4 27.
Nxe4 Nxe4 28. Qd3 $13) 24... g5 $11 {[%cal Gg5g4] Die Stellung ist geschlossen
und Weiss kann trotz seines Raumvorteils nicht durchbrechen.} 25. Bg2 Qd8 {
Eine guter Verteidigungszug. Schwarz verhindert das Manöver Qb3-b6.} (25... g4
26. h4 $11) 26. Qb3 Qc7 27. Nb1 (27. Nb5 Bxb5 28. axb5 b6 $11 {Es ist schwer
vorstellbar, dass einer der Spieler in dieser geschlossenen Stellung noch
Fortschritte erzielen kann.}) 27... Kg7 {[%cal Gg7f8,Gf8e7]} 28. Nd2 Kf8 29.
Ra1 Ke7 {[%csl Ge7] Der schwarze König steht sicher auf e7.} 30. Ra3 g4 (30...
h4 31. g4 $11) 31. h4 Ra8 32. Qc3 Rhb8 33. Nb3 Rh8 (33... b6 $11) 34. Nc1 Ra6
35. Nd3 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Gd3e5]} Ne8 {Das ist ein typischer Manöverkampf. Es
gibt keine konkreten Varianten, beide Spieler verbessern ihre Figurenstellung.}
36. Ra1 f6 {Jetzt ist der Punkt e5 völlig abgesichert.} 37. Bf1 Ra8 38. Rf2 Kf7
39. Be2 {[%cal Ge2g4]} Qd8 40. Qb3 b6 41. Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 13th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.03.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1995.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ (3... Be7 4. Bg2 O-O $6 (4... d5 {-E1}) 5. e4 d6
6. Nc3 e5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. O-O Bg4 9. f3 Bh5 10. Be3 Re8 11. d5 Nb8 12. Qd2 Nbd7
13. h3 Bg6 14. f4 exf4 15. gxf4 h6 16. Rae1 Bf8 17. Ng3 a6 18. b3 $16 {(),
Akesson,R-Garcia,Alv/Groningen op/1994/}) 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O (5... d5 6. Bc3
(6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 {-E11}) 6... O-O 7. Nd2 c5 8. Ngf3 cxd4 9. Bxd4
Nc6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. O-O Nf4 $6 12. gxf4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. e3 Qxb2 15.
Nc4 Qb4 16. Qc2 Bd7 17. Rfb1 Qc5 18. Rxb7 Rad8 19. Rc1 $36 {Seirawan,Y-Browne,
W/Long Beach US-ch/1989/}) 6. Nf3 c5 $5 7. dxc5 (7. O-O Nc6 8. Bc3 $5 (8. dxc5
{-7.dc5}) 8... Ne4 9. d5 Nxc3 10. Nxc3 $14 {()}) 7... Bxc5 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nc3 h6
$6 $146 (9... d5 $142 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bg5 d4 {-D34}) (9... Be7 10. Rc1 d6 11.
e4 Bd7 12. Qc2 Qb8 13. Rfd1 Rd8 14. Bf4 Nh5 15. Be3 Be8 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. Nb3 Nd7
18. f4 Nc5 19. Qf2 Nb4 $5 $132 {Zaltsman,V-Rind,B/Lone Pine/1980/}) 10. Bf4 $14
{><d6} d6 (10... d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ne5 $14) 11. Na4 $1 e5 $8 12. Nxc5 (12.
Bxe5 $6 Bxf2+ 13. Rxf2 dxe5 $10) 12... exf4 13. Nb3 $5 (13. Nd3 fxg3 14. hxg3
d5 15. c5 d4 $132) 13... fxg3 14. hxg3 Be6 15. Rc1 Qd7 (15... d5 16. c5 $16 {
/\Nbd4,><d5}) (15... Rc8 $5 {/\Ne5,Nb4,<=><->c}) 16. Qd2 Bh3 17. Rfd1 Bxg2 18.
Kxg2 Rad8 19. Nbd4 Rfe8 (19... d5 20. c5 Ne4 21. Qf4 $16) 20. Nb5 Ne4 21. Qc2
Qg4 $2 (21... Qe7 $5 $14) (21... a6 22. Nbd4 (22. Nxd6 Nxd6 23. c5 Qe7 $10)
22... Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Qe6 $14) 22. Rh1 Rc8 (22... a6 23. Nc7 $16) 23. Rh4 Qg6 24.
Rxe4 $1 Rxe4 (24... Qxe4 25. Qxe4 Rxe4 26. Nxd6 $16) 25. Nxd6 Qxd6 26. Qxe4 {
+/-/+-} Rd8 27. Rc3 $1 {/\Rd3} Qf6 28. Rb3 Rb8 (28... b6 29. Rb5 {/\Rf5}) (
28... Rd7 $2 29. Qe8+) 29. Rb5 g6 30. e3 {/\Nd4[+]} a6 31. Rb6 Qd8 32. c5 $18 {
><b7,>>} Qf8 33. b4 Re8 34. Qf4 Nd8 (34... Re7 35. Nd4 $18) 35. Nd4 h5 36. Qf6
Re7 37. Rd6 $22 {/\a4,b5,c6} Qe8 (37... Re8 38. Rd7 $18) 38. Nf5 $1 gxf5 $8 39.
Qg5+ Kf8 (39... Kh7 40. Rh6#) 40. Rh6 (40. Rh6 f6 $8 41. Qxf6+ {/\Rh8#}) 1-0

[Event "Bergamo ACP Golden Classic"]
[Site "Bergamo"]
[Date "2014.07.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vocaturo, Daniele"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Sutovsky,E"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{It was pretty curious feeling facing Daniele Vocaturo, a talented Italian
player, whom I had the pleasure to prepare for a tournament in Wijk-aan-zee
few years ago. Daniele managed to win that tournament (it was Wijk "C", but
probably, the strongest "C" tournament ever with many prominent players), and
I was delighted, that our work didn't go in vain. Flash-forward to 2014,
Daniele, native 1.e4-player has switched almost completely to 1.d4, but his
experience with it is still quite limited, hence I decided to opt for a rather
rare line, which I employed in my youth - according to my plan, experience was
supposed to tell...} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Qe7 4. g3 (4. e4 {is tempting,
but after} Nf6 5. e5 (5. Bd3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 d6 7. Nc3 (7. f4 e5) 7... e5 8. Nge2
Nc6 9. d5 Nb4 $11) 5... Ne4 {Black is OK.}) 4... Nf6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. e3 {An
original setup, but not the one which is supposed to create many problems for
Black.} e5 7. d5 Bxd2+ (7... Nb8 {was another option, but after} 8. Nc3 {
Black will have to take on c3 at some point. Not a big deal in this position,
but I preferred not to provide Daniele with the bishop pair.}) 8. Qxd2 Nb8 9.
Nc3 {Now Black is absolutely fine.} ({Computers are excited about} 9. d6 {
but I don't see, what's wrong with Black's position after} cxd6 (9... Qxd6 10.
Qxd6 cxd6 11. Nc3 Na6 {also looks OK to me.}) 10. Nc3 d5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5
(12. Qxd5 Nc6) 12... d6 13. Ne2 Nd7 {Still, it was the better option for White,
compared to the game continuation.}) 9... d6 10. Nge2 Nbd7 11. e4 a5 {I
considered 11...h5 for a while, but I wasn't sure what to do if White opted
for a plan with long castling. The move in the text is as good as 11...h5, but
has the advantage of being more sober - not quite a typical choice for me :)}
12. Na4 O-O 13. Nec3 Nc5 $1 {Not such a great move per se, but here I managed
to foresee how the game would go on, and to evaluate correctly that White's
aggression on the kingside doesn't really get anywhere.} 14. O-O Bd7 15. Nxc5 (
15. Qc2 Nxa4 16. Nxa4 h5 $5 {is just good for Black.}) 15... dxc5 16. Nd1 $6 {
Natural, but not the best. White had to lock the queenside first!} ({After} 16.
a4 $1 Ne8 17. b3 Nd6 18. Rae1 g6 19. f4 f6 {the tension in the centre can't be
released in anyone's favour and the position remains equal}) 16... a4 $1 17.
Ne3 Ne8 18. f4 Nd6 {Here I already felt that my chances are better. Black has
a clear plan on the queenside, whereas it is not clear what White can achieve
on the kingside.} 19. f5 b5 (19... f6 {was another option, but I was a bit
worried that White would regroup and start protecting his queenside, with
something like 20.Qc3... So, I opted for immediate action!}) 20. cxb5 Rfb8 21.
f6 (21. Rfc1 {was a better way to continue. Black is doing well after both 21..
.Rb5 and 21...Nb5, but White is quite solid. However, Daniele, faithful to his
style is looking for blood!}) 21... gxf6 22. Rf2 Rxb5 23. Raf1 Rab8 24. Rxf6 $2
{A really bad mistake. Whie had to choose between} (24. Qc1 f5 25. exf5 f6 {and
}) (24. Qc3 R8b6 $1 {in both cases Black's position is preferable, but of
course, there is a lot of play ahead.}) 24... Rxb2 25. Qc1 {This simply loses.}
({However after} 25. Qc3 Rxa2 26. Qxc5 Qd8 $1 {Black is also winning, as there
is no good defence against ...Rxg2, followed by ...Nxe4}) 25... Rb1 $1 {
White missed it, but frankly speaking, even after the simple 25...Rxa2 he
would have been in big trouble.} 26. Qc2 R8b2 27. Qd3 Qxf6 {A rather premature
end to the game. Black's strategy has prevailed. It all started with the tiny
a5-a4 move. As for White, his play was too direct, and as I've learnt myself,
that can end badly... Well, I am not sure I have learnt it as I still keep
getting these lessons! There is nothing one can do about it - Chess is Life.
And you keep getting life lessons throughout your whole life...} 0-1

[Event "Bermuda op"]
[Site "Paget Parish"]
[Date "2001.02.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Black "Teplitsky, Yan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2001.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Bg5 {Very original variation.} h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. d5 exd5 $5
$146 (5... d6 $5 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bg3 (8. dxe6 Bxe6 9. e3 $11) 8...
exd5 9. cxd5 Nh5 10. e3 Nd7 11. Be2 Re8 12. Nd2 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Bf8 14. Nc4 g6
$11 {0-1 Golod,V-Anastasian,A/Ubeda ESP 2001/The Week in Chess 326 (42)}) 6.
cxd5 d6 7. Nc3 Be7 {The structure is very semilar to Benoni. White has to
watch out for the Nxd5 blow.} 8. Nf3 O-O 9. e3 {Black has got nice position
from the opening- white does not achieve any opening advantage.} Bf5 {Probably,
not the best answer for black.} (9... Bg4 10. Be2 Nbd7 $11) (9... Nbd7 10. Be2
$14) (9... a6 $142 $5 10. Be2 (10. a4 $140 Nxd5 $1) 10... b5 11. O-O Bb7 {xd5})
10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 $14 {/=} Na6 {[%cal Ga6b4,Yb4d5]} 12. a3 (12. O-O Nb4 13.
Qd2 Nbxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Bxh4 16. Nxh4 (16. Rfd1 Bf6 $1 17. Qxb7 Rb8
18. Qxa7 Rxb2 $15) 16... Qxh4 17. Qxb7 (17. Qxd6 b6 $11) 17... Qf6 $1 18. b3 a5
$11) 12... Nc7 (12... Rc8 13. O-O c4 14. Qd4 $14) 13. Bg3 {Preventing the
capture on d5.} Nh5 14. O-O Re8 (14... f5 15. Ne2 $1 $14) 15. Rab1 $1 {/\b4}
Rc8 16. b4 cxb4 17. axb4 Na6 {As my opponent pointed out after the game, the
transfer of the knight to b6 could give black equal play.} (17... Na8 $5 {/\Nb6
} 18. Rfc1 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Nb6 20. Ne2 Qd7 $11) 18. Nd4 (18. Ne4 Qb6 19. Qd4 Qxd4
20. Nxd4 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Bf8 $11) 18... Nxg3 19. hxg3 Bf6 20. Ne4 {Now whie has
recieved some activity.} (20. Ncb5 Qb6 21. Nf5 Red8 $11) 20... Bxd4 21. Qxd4
Qe7 (21... Nc7 22. b5 $1 $14) 22. Nd2 Qe5 23. Qxa7 Qxd5 24. Nf3 {White looks
clearly better here because of better pawn structure, but unfortunately black
has enough resources here to save the game.} Rc4 25. Rfd1 Qb5 26. Nd4 (26. Rxd6
Rxb4 $11) 26... Qd7 27. Qb6 Qc7 28. Qxc7 Nxc7 29. b5 (29. Nf5 Nb5 30. Nxd6 Nxd6
31. Rxd6 Rc2 $1 {/\Ra8-a2, xf2 The defensive plan is to double rooks over 2nd
rank, and then to trade b-pawns.} 32. Rd7 Ra8 33. Rxb7 Raa2 34. Rf1 Rab2 $14)
29... Ra8 $1 {Suddenly black gets a counteplay over the 2nd rank.} 30. Nf5 Ra2
31. Nxd6 Rcc2 32. Rf1 Nd5 {[%cal Rd5e3] /\Nxe3} 33. Rb3 b6 34. Nf5 Rab2 35. Rd3
Nc3 {Here I had less than 1min on my clock, and I even couldn't find any
reasonable move, so the best I found to do is to offer the draw, which was
immediatly accepted.} (35... Rxb5 $2 36. Rxd5) (35... Nc3 36. Nd4 Ne2+ $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "Wang,Hao"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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7,24,3,25,30,36,15,51,37,42,44,69,54,92,99,98,96,94,98,77,-10,10,0,0,13,93,86,
81,75,112,112,148,103,107,104,122,107,98,98,91,100,99,98,101,88,88,79,124,124,
129,135,129,141,134,120,146,123,121,145,154,163,163,170,150,150,152,165,190,
187,180,172,190,136,168,170,165,240,324,355,360,369,369,320,332,341,341,341,
471,341,469,494,603,655,655,588,760,728,881,964,981,895,1359,1506] This game
was played in round 6, with my opponent and me both in the leading pack. It
was clear that Luke was in form, but since he always has dubious opening
preparations, I decided to be solid and hope to get a position which I can
press for a long time.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 {I noticed that my opponent had
started to play 2...e6 recently, instead of his favourite King's Indian, which
I have analyzed a lot of ideas for White.} 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 {In round 1
Luke played this 4...c5 move in the Bogo-Indian line when his opponent Yilmaz
chose 3.Nf3. That game continued with a similar structure, but the knight on
f3 became clumsy when White had to defend the e4 pawn.} 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. Bg2 O-O
7. e4 d6 8. Ne2 Nc6 (8... e5 {is more popular, keeping the possibility for
Black to play ...Na6 in the future.}) 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd3 a5 11. Nd2 e5 12. Rfd1
{White is slowly improving his position with Rac1, Nf1 and Ne3. I think that
Black needs some active ideas to keep the tension which is not easy to do over
the board.} Qb8 {Trying to stop Nf1. But I was actually happy seeing this move,
since Black could try to play ...h5 to disturb White's plan.} ({After} 12...
Re8 13. Nf1 h5 $5 14. h4 (14. h3 h4 15. g4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Ne5 {, and Black has
the idea with Ng6 and Nf4.}) (14. Ne3 h4 {and Black will have better
counterplay chances by weakening White's kingside.}) 14... Rc8 15. Rac1 exd4
16. Nxd4 Ne5 {the position is dynamically balanced, it's difficult to drive
the e5-knight away by playing f4 since White has a weak kingside.}) ({The
immediate} 12... h5 $5 {was also good.}) 13. Rac1 {To prevent Black's b5. With
the support of the c1-took, c4-c5 becomes a good possibility against b5.} (13.
Nf1 $6 {would be met with the clever} b5 $1 {After} 14. cxb5 Nd8 {Black is
totally fine.}) ({It could be a good idea to come with} 13. a4 {, stopping b5,
but I didn't like my isolated pawn on c4 after} bxa3 14. bxa3 Qa7 15. Nf1 (15.
d5 Nb8) 15... exd4 (15... Rac8 16. Ne3 Rfe8 17. Rab1) 16. Nxd4 Ne5 {, though
actually White is slightly better here.}) 13... Qa7 ({If Black tries to weaken
White's kingside with} 13... Bg4 14. f3 Bd7 {, White can try to play} 15. h3 {
followed by f4.}) (13... b5 {is not a good idea here because Black has
problems with the d2-knight jumping to c4:} 14. cxb5 Na7 15. b6 $1 Qxb6 (15...
Nc8 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nd4 $1 Nxb6 18. Nc6 {, and Black has an unpleasant
position.}) 16. Nc4) (13... Re8 {seemed more logical to me. I would have
continued with} 14. h3 {, to see what's the next move by Black.} (14. Nf1 {
doesn't offer much for White after} b5 15. c5 dxc5 16. Rxc5 Qa7 17. Rdc1 Rac8
18. d5 Ne7 19. Rxc8 Nxc8 {and Black has a solid position.})) 14. Nf1 Rac8 15.
h3 Rfd8 16. Ne3 {I have reached my goal of being able to press for a long time
in a slightly better position. Still, Black has a solid position, and it's
difficult to break through.} h6 17. b3 Qb8 $6 {I guess that my opponent
started losing his patience.} (17... Re8 {to keep waiting was probably a
better idea. I would have tried to improve my position slowly and slightly with
} 18. Kh2 (18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Nd5 Nh7 {wouldn't hurt Black much.}) (18. f4 {
is probably too early, after} Rcd8 $1 {Black is going to open the center with
some exchanges and put his bishop on c6. If White continues with ambitious
ideas like} 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. d5 {, after} Nb8 21. g4 Na6 22. Ng3 Nc5 23. Qd2
Rf8 {the position is unclear.}) 18... Rcd8 19. Rd2 {, followed by Rcd1.}) 18.
f4 $1 (18. d5 Ne7 19. a4 {was also playable, White can try ideas to exploit
the space advantage. But during the game I wanted to keep the tension in the
center.}) 18... b5 $5 {My opponent decided to go for counterplay.} (18... Re8
19. Kh2) (18... b6 19. g4) 19. cxb5 Ne7 ({If} 19... Nxd4 {, after} 20. Nxd4
Rxc1 21. Rxc1 exd4 22. Qxd4 Bxb5 23. Kh2 {White has a good positional
advantage.}) 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 {I thought that the complications starting with 18..
.b5 wouldn't work out well for Black, but here I lost my way.} 21. dxe5 $2 (21.
b6 $1 {was the right move. After} exf4 {I missed} 22. e5 $1 {, which would be
very strong.} ({I only considered} 22. Nxf4 {which is also good, but again, I
blundered an important move:} Rc3 23. Qd2 Qxb6 24. Nc4 Qc7 25. e5 Ne8 {Here I
missed.} 26. Ne2 $1 {which would give a big advantage to White.}) {After} 22...
dxe5 23. dxe5 Qxe5 24. Nc4 (24. Nxf4 Bc6 25. Nc4 {is also excellent for White.}
) 24... Qc5+ 25. Qd4 Qxd4+ 26. Rxd4 {my b-pawn will decide the game.}) 21...
dxe5 22. Qd6 $6 (22. b6 {was probably a better choice, after} Qxb6 (22... exf4
23. e5 Qxe5 24. Nc4) 23. fxe5 Nh7 24. Kh2 Be6 {White is slightly better
because of the doubled extra pawn, but Black has enough resources to defend.})
22... Bxb5 23. Qxb8 Rxb8 {Now I have lost all the advantage. Fortunately, I
could still create some idea to confuse my opponent.} 24. fxe5 Nd7 $2 ({
Somehow my opponent didn't like his position after} 24... Bxe2 25. Rd2 (25.
exf6 {looks tempting, but it does not work because of} Bxd1 26. fxe7 Be2 27.
Kf2 $1 (27. Nf5 $2 Re8 $1 {Not allowing Nd6} 28. e5 Bb5 29. Nd6 Rxe7 30. Nxb5
Rxe5 {and only White is playing for a draw here.}) 27... Bd3 (27... Ba6 28. Nf5
Re8 29. e5 Bb5 30. Nd6 Rxe7 31. Nxb5 Rxe5 32. Nd6 {, White is slightly better.}
) 28. Nf5 Re8 29. Ke3 Ba6 30. e5 Bb5 {though White has a nice move to force a
draw here with} 31. Kd4 $1 Bd7 32. Kc5 Bxf5 33. Kd6 g5 (33... f6 34. e6 Bg6 35.
Bc6 Rc8 36. Kd7 Re8 $11) 34. Bc6 Rxe7 35. Kxe7 Kg7 36. Bd5 Bb1 37. Kd6 Bxa2 38.
Kc5 a4 39. Kxb4 axb3 40. Bxb3 Bxb3 41. Kxb3) 25... Nh5 26. Rxe2 Nxg3 27. Rc2 {
, but actually Black is doing fine after} Ng6 28. Kf2 Nh5 29. Rc5 Nhf4 30. Rxa5
Nd3+ (30... Nxe5 $6 31. Bf1 {White has some slight chances because the knight
on f4 stands a bit uncoordinated.}) 31. Kg3 Ndxe5 {.}) 25. e6 {After the game
Luke told me that he simply forgot this reply. Now Black has a passive
position.} fxe6 26. Nd4 Ne5 $2 (26... Nf8 {to defend the e6 pawn was the right
way, although White can try to continue pressing:} 27. Bf1 $1 Bxf1 (27... Bd7
28. Rc1) (27... Be8 28. Bc4) 28. Kxf1 a4 (28... Rc8 29. Nc4 a4 30. Ke2) 29. Ke2
Ra8 30. Nc4 {Black will have to defend a tough endgame.}) 27. Nxe6 Rc8 $6 (
27... Kf7 {was better.}) 28. Nd5 $2 (28. Nf5 $1 {was a stronger idea, to force
Black to exchange the knights and open the diagonal for my bishop. The game
would have been finished much faster.}) 28... N7g6 {I forgot that Black can
avoid the exchange by this simple move.} 29. Nd4 Be8 30. Bf1 (30. Kf2 {was
better. If} Rc1 {, White has} 31. Ke2) 30... Bf7 31. Kf2 Rc5 32. Bg2 {A bit
clumsy.} (32. Ne3 {or}) (32. Nf4 {are better ideas.}) 32... Nf8 33. Ke3 Nfd7
34. Ne2 {I wanted to swap the rooks with Rc1.} (34. Nf3 {was probably a
slightly better idea, to exchange a pair of knights and clear the way for my
king.}) 34... Kf8 $2 {The last mistake made during time pressure, allowing
White to swap the rooks achieving a winning endgame.} (34... Rc2 {was
necessary. After} 35. Rd2 Rc5 {I am not sure how to break Black's defense. For
example:} 36. Nd4 Rc1) 35. Rc1 Bxd5 36. Rxc5 Nxc5 37. exd5 Ke7 38. Nd4 Nb7 39.
Ke4 Nd7 40. Kd3 Ne5+ 41. Ke4 {After getting 50 minutes more on the clock, I
realized that I am going to win this tough game. White is totally winning here,
because of the extra pawn and a weak Pawn structure of Black.} Nd7 42. Nc6+ Kd6
43. Kd4 Kc7 44. Bf3 {Since the two knights are clumsy, my opponent had to
weaken the position by himself.} Kb6 45. Ne5 Nf6 46. Nc4+ Kc7 47. Ke5 Ne8 48.
Ke6 Ned6 49. Nxd6 Nxd6 50. h4 {After exchanging the knights, the invasion of
the white king becomes decisive. Black is going to lose the pawns on his
kingside.} g5 51. h5 Nb5 52. Ke7 Nd6 53. g4 Nb5 54. Be2 Nd6 55. Bd3 Nc8+ 56.
Ke6 Nd6 57. Kf6 Kd8 58. Kg6 Ke7 59. Kxh6 Kf6 60. Kh7 Kf7 61. h6 Nc8 62. Bf5 Nd6
63. Be6+ {Black resigned.} 1-0

