[Event "SRB-chT"]
[Site "Ruma"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Pavlovic, Milos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A72"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.09.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paracin OSK"]
[BlackTeam "Pancevo Gligoric"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 (2... g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6
8. Nf3 $5 h6 9. Be3 exd5 10. cxd5 Bg4 11. Nd2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Re8 13. O-O a6 14.
a4 Nbd7 15. Kh1 {is the line I had chosen in the Averbakh Variation of the KID
against Ivic and Banovic.} ({I had pushed} 15. g4 $5 {later in those games but
why not now?})) 3. Nc3 (3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. e4 a6 8.
a4 Bg4 9. Be2 Bg7 (9... Bxf3 $142 $1 10. Bxf3 Nbd7) 10. O-O O-O 11. Bf4 ({
Reshevsky played} 11. Be3 Nbd7 (11... Bxf3 $142 $1 12. Bxf3) 12. Nd2 Bxe2 13.
Qxe2) 11... Re8 12. Nd2 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nh5 14. Be3 Nd7 {is the main tabya
everything evolves from.} 15. g4 (15. a5 Bd4 $5) 15... Nhf6 16. f3 Qc7 17. Kh1
(17. a5 b5 18. axb6 Nxb6 19. Kh1 Qb7 $132)) 3... c5 {An interesting switch of
openings.} (3... Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Ne4 6. Qd3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qa5 8. Nb3 Nxc3 9.
Bd2 Ne4 {is our game with Misa from Podgorica 1992.}) 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6.
e4 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. a4 (8. Qa4+ Nbd7 $1 {attracted my attention.}) 8... Bg7 9.
Be2 $5 {I do not want to have a claim on the variation like Grivas did back in
time, but I happen to know all the intricacies of the line even if it emerges
from the KID.} (9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Be2 Bxf3 $1 11. Bxf3 Qe7 12. O-O Nbd7 {ends up
in the desired piece exchange for Black.}) 9... O-O 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Nd2 Bxe2
12. Qxe2 Nh5 13. Be3 {The Cuban IM Cobo Arteaga wass the first one to go for
this against the Danish National FM Sejer Holm in 1972 Polanica Zdroj.} Nd7 {
The natural move!} (13... Qf6 14. g3 Nd7 15. O-O Qe7 16. g4 f5 $140 $2 17. exf5
gxf5 18. gxh5 Bxc3 (18... f4 19. Bxf4 $1) 19. bxc3 f4 20. Kh1 $16) (13... Qh4
14. g4 (14. g3 Qh3 15. g4 Nf6 16. f3) 14... Nf6 15. h3) (13... f5 14. exf5 Rxf5
15. Nc4 Nd7 16. Ne4 (16. Nxd6 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Qf6 18. Ne4 Qe5 19. f3 Nhf6 20.
O-O Nxe4 21. fxe4 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Qxe4 23. Qd2 $13) 16... Rxd5 17. Rd1 $5 {
Tukmakov-Malaniuk,Moscow 1983.}) (13... Bd4 $5 14. O-O Nd7 15. Ra3 $5) 14. g4
$5 {A new approach by an old move. I hesitated to contemplate my favourite
thrust in these structures} (14. O-O f5 15. exf5 Rxf5 16. Rae1 $14 {
Atalik-Danailov,Tekirdag 2016.}) 14... Nhf6 ({because of the knee-jerk like
reaction with} 14... f5 $5 15. gxf5 $1 (15. exf5 gxf5 16. gxh5 f4 $40) (15.
gxh5 f4 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. hxg6 $13) 15... gxf5 (15... Qh4 16. Rg1 Ne5 (16...
Nf4 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. fxg6 $40) 17. Nf3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3) 16. Qxh5 f4 17. Bxf4
Rxf4 18. Ne2 Rh4 (18... Nf6 19. Qh3 Rg4 20. f3) 19. Qf5 Ne5 20. Ra3 $40 {
is the main line which I would be forced to find. In a joint analysis with GM
Ljubojevic some days after the game we concluded that White's attacking
prospects may turn out to be better than Black's!}) 15. O-O Qe7 {The way GM
Cebalo reacted with Black. Ne8-c7 is part of the plan and Rf8 should not move
to support f5.} (15... Re8 16. f3 {Portisch-Kasparov, Moscow 1981.}) 16. a5 (
16. Bg5 $5 {was played by the Cuban Interzonalist IM Estevez Morales against
IM Martin Gonzales in 1974.}) (16. f3 Ne8 17. Kh1 Nc7 18. Nc4 b5 $1 (18... Ne5
19. Nb6) 19. Na5 b4 20. Nd1 f5 $40 {Bönsch-Psakhis,Trnava 1988.}) (16. h3 $5
Ne8 17. f4 f5 $132 {is known.}) (16. Rae1 $5 b5 $1 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nxb5 Rfb8
$44) 16... Ne8 17. f4 $1 $146 f5 $6 {I always regard f5 as self destruction in
such positions.} (17... Nc7 18. e5 $1 dxe5 19. f5 e4 20. Bf4 $1 (20. Ndxe4 Nxd5
21. Bg5 Qe5 $13) 20... Bxc3 (20... Nb5 21. d6 Qe8 22. Ndxe4) 21. d6 Bd4+ 22.
Kh1 Qe8 23. dxc7 Nf6 24. Bd6 Qc6 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. Qg2 g5 27. Rfe1 Bxb2 (27...
Re8 $2 28. Nxe4) 28. Rab1 Bc3 29. Nxe4 Bxe1 30. Nxf6+ Qxf6 31. Rxe1 Qd6 32.
Qxb7 $11 {If there is any equality in chess it should be around this position.}
) (17... Bd4 $5) 18. Rae1 $5 (18. exf5 gxf5 19. g5 (19. Nc4 Nc7 20. Rae1 Nb5)
19... b5 20. axb6 Nxb6 {and d5 is weak.}) 18... Nc7 (18... fxg4 19. Qxg4 Nc7
20. e5 dxe5 21. Nde4 $36) 19. exf5 (19. gxf5 gxf5 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5 Bxe5 (
21... Nxe5 $2 22. Bf4 Rae8 23. Nc4 $18) 22. Kh1 Qf7 23. Nf3 $40) 19... gxf5 20.
Qg2 $1 {Black's centre becomes shaky.} Rae8 (20... Qf7 21. gxf5 Kh8 (21... Nf6
22. Nde4 Qd7 23. Ng3 $16) 22. Nde4 $16) (20... Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qg7 22. c4 $1 Qxg4
23. Qxg4+ fxg4 24. f5 Ne5 25. Bf4 $40) 21. gxf5 Kh8 (21... Rxf5 22. Bd4 (22.
Bxc5 $6 Qxe1 23. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 24. Kf2 Ree5 $1 25. Be3 (25. Bxd6 Rxf4+ 26. Nf3 Ne8
$1 27. Bxe5 Nxe5 28. Qg5 Rxf3+ 29. Ke2 {I doubt if White could survive this.})
25... Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Rxd5 27. b4 $36 {The rooks stand clumsily in the middle of
the board.}) 22... Qf7 23. Bxg7 Qxg7 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. Nde4 $18 {wins a pawn.}
) 22. Bf2 Qf7 (22... Qd8 23. Nde4 $16) 23. Nde4 Rg8 $138 {This looks like a
completely winning position and my opponent was in time trouble.} 24. Ng5 $2 {
My idea was to exchange queens and infiltrate through the e-file.} ({I could
not properly calculate the winning line.} 24. Nxd6 Qf8 (24... Qh5 25. Nce4) 25.
Nce4 $1 (25. Nxe8 $2 Bxc3) 25... Bc3 (25... Bf6 26. Bg3) 26. Ng5 Rxg5 27. fxg5
Bxe1 28. Nxe8 Bxf2+ 29. Rxf2 Qxe8 30. d6 Nb5 31. Re2 $18) 24... Qxf5 25. Qh3 $2
{Continuing in exactly the wrong direction.} (25. Nce4 Bf8 (25... Qxd5 $2 26.
Nxd6) (25... Nb5 26. Ng3 Qg6 27. Qh3 $18) 26. Ng3 Qg6 27. Ne6 (27. Rxe8 Nxe8
28. Be1 Bg7) 27... Nxe6 28. f5 Qg4 29. fxe6 Nf6 30. Bxc5 dxc5 31. Rxf6 Qd4+ 32.
Rf2 Bd6 {provides some hopes for Black but} 33. Qf3 $1 Rgf8 34. Qe3 $18) 25...
Rgf8 26. Qxf5 Rxf5 27. Rxe8+ Nxe8 28. Re1 Ndf6 $1 $11 {the It is amazing that
with Rf5 stuck there and the e-file wide open Black holds the game.} 29. Bg3 (
29. Re7 Rxf4 30. Nge4 $1 (30. Bg3 $2 Rb4 31. Nf7+ Kg8 32. Nxd6 Nxd6 33. Bxd6
Bf8 34. Re6 Bxd6 35. Rxd6 Kf7 $17) 30... Kg8 31. Bg3 Rf5 $13) 29... h6 ({
Preventing the infiltration from the e-file leads to a king walk by White.} 
29... Bf8 30. Kg2 (30. Ne6 Kg8) 30... Kg8 31. Kf3 Nc7 32. Nge4 Ncxd5 $6 {
I believe it is risky to pick up the pawn.} (32... Nxe4 $142 33. Kxe4 Rh5 34.
f5 Ne8 $132) 33. Nxd5 Nxd5 34. Kg4 Rf7 35. f5 Re7 36. Kf3 Nb4 37. Rg1 Rg7 38.
Rd1 $16) 30. Nf3 $5 {Trying to squeeze the rook.} (30. Nf7+ Kg8 31. Nd8 Nc7 32.
Nxb7 Bf8 33. Kg2 Nfxd5 34. Nxd5 Rxd5 35. f5 $44) 30... Nc7 31. Nh4 Rh5 32. Re7
Ncxd5 $5 {A tough decision to choose the knight to take on d5.} ({I was more
afraid of} 32... Nfxd5 33. Nxd5 Nxd5 34. Rxb7 Nxf4 (34... c4 $142) 35. Bxf4
Rxh4 36. Bxd6 Rb4 $5 {I was stuck with this line in my calculations so I
started to burn my time too.} (36... c4 $11) 37. Rxb4 cxb4 38. b3 Bc3 39. Kf2
Kg7 40. Ke3 Kf6 41. Kd3 Ke6 42. Bf8 h5 43. Kc4 Kd7 44. Bxb4 Be5 45. h3 Kc6 $11
{An extra pawn does not matter in such positions.}) 33. Rxb7 Nb4 $2 {A bad
mistake in time trouble.} (33... Nxc3 34. bxc3 c4 35. f5 Ne4 36. Ng6+ Kg8 37.
Ne7+ Kf8 38. Ng6+ Kg8 $11) 34. f5 $2 {Stress by finesse!} ({I had to go for
the natural} 34. Ng6+ $1 Kg8 (34... Kh7 35. Nf8+ Kg8 36. Ne6 Bh8 37. Rb8+ Kf7
38. Nc7 Bg7 39. Rb7 Kg8 40. Kg2 $16) 35. Ne7+ Kf8 36. f5 {is the right way of
preventing a further Nd5.}) 34... Kg8 35. Ng6 Nfd5 $1 36. Rb8+ (36. Nxd5 Nxd5
37. Ra7 (37. Rb6 $5) 37... Bxb2 38. Rxa6 Bd4+ 39. Kg2 Rxf5 40. Rxd6 Ne3+ 41.
Kh3 Rf1 42. a6 Ra1 $11) 36... Kf7 37. Rb7+ Kg8 38. Rb8+ Kf7 39. Nh8+ $6 {
Everything to win a single game albeit it is a risky attempt.} Kf6 40. Ne4+
Kxf5 41. Nxd6+ Kg4 $5 (41... Ke6 42. Kg2 Bxb2 43. Ng6 $44) 42. Nc4 $5 {I
wanted to improve on the following variation} ({with b2 protected now whereas} 
42. Rg8 $2 Rg5 43. Nhf7 Bd4+ 44. Kh1 Rxg8 45. Nxh6+ Kf3 46. Nxg8 Bxb2 $19) (42.
Nhf7 Kf3 (42... Kh3 43. Rg8 Bd4+ 44. Bf2 Bxf2+ 45. Kxf2 Kxh2 46. Rg2+ Kh3 47.
Rg3+ Kh4 48. Kf3 $40) 43. Nc4 Bd4+ 44. Kf1 Ne3+ 45. Nxe3 Kxe3 46. Bf2+ Kd3 47.
Bxd4 Kxd4 48. Kg2 Kc4 49. Nd6+ Kb3 50. Ne4 Ka4 $17) 42... Bd4+ ({Even after
the seemingly bad mistake things are not clear.} 42... Rf5 $2 43. Rg8 Rg5 44.
Nf7 Bd4+ 45. Kg2 Nf4+ 46. Kf1 Rxg8 47. Nxh6+ Kf3 48. Nxg8 Nfd3 49. Bd6 Nc2 $13)
43. Kf1 (43. Kg2 $6 Nf4+ 44. Bxf4 Kxf4 45. Nf7 Ke4 $17) 43... Kf3 $2 $138 {
A bad mistake allowing White to consolidate his position.} (43... Rf5+ 44. Ke1
(44. Ke2 Rf6 45. Rg8+ Kh5) 44... Rf6 45. Rg8+ Kh5 46. Kd2 $13) 44. Rf8+ Ke4 45.
Ke2 $1 $40 {All of a sudden White is back on the driver's seat.} Nf6 {Black
had to exchange as many pieces as he could with his king on the danger zone.} (
45... Bxh8 46. Re8+ Kd4 47. Nd2 Nf6 48. Rxh8 Ne4 49. Nxe4 Kxe4 $14) 46. Nf7 $2
({Missing the not so obvious mating net} 46. Ng6 $3 Rg5 (46... Nc6 47. Nd6+ Kd5
48. Nf4+ $18) (46... Kd5 47. b3 Rg5 48. Nf4+ Kc6 49. Ne6 $18) 47. Ne7) 46...
Kd5 (46... Kf5 $5) 47. Nfd6 Ne4 $4 {A bad mistake walking into a selfmate
mechanism.} (47... Rg5 $13) 48. Nb6+ (48. Nb6+ Kc6 (48... Ke6 49. Re8+ $1 (49.
Nxe4 $18)) 49. Rc8#) 1-0

[Event "Berkeley East Bay CC"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2005.04.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Pruess, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A72"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2005.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 ({One day I
will play the Taimanov System against Benoni and beat someone so badly nobody
will touch this opening against me till I die!} 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Nfd7 9. a4
$16) 7... Bg7 8. Bf4 $5 {Consistent.} (8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11.
a4 Ne5 12. Qc2 Nh5 $5 {The move which made Cherepkov upset!} 13. Bxh5 gxh5 14.
Nd1 Qh4 15. Ne3 Ng4 16. Nxg4 hxg4 17. Nc4 g3 $1 18. fxg3 Qxe4 19. Qxe4 Rxe4 20.
Nxd6 Re5 21. Nxf7 Rxd5 22. Nh6+ Kh8 $11 {I and Alex could not really prove any
advantage for white in the historical line.}) 8... O-O 9. Nd2 a6 $6 {The first
unnecessary move.} (9... Ne8 10. Be2 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Bg3 $14 (12. O-O $6
Bc2 13. Qxc2 Rxf4 $13)) (9... Bg4 $2 10. f3 Nh5 11. fxg4 Nxf4 12. g3 f5 13. Qb3
$18) (9... Nh5 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Be2 Ne5 12. O-O Qh4 13. Nf3 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 $14)
10. a4 Re8 $2 (10... Nh5 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Be2 Ne5 13. O-O Qh4 14. Nf3 Nxf3+ 15.
Bxf3 $14) (10... Qe7 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O Ne5 {is called Kapengut Benoni for
some reason. I remember only one game from my childhood in it which
demonstrated the difficulties black might have encountered with it.} 13. h3 h6
14. Bh2 g5 15. f4 gxf4 16. Bxf4 Nh7 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Ng5 19. Qh5 Bd7 20.
Rae1 $16 {Sosonko-Timman,Wijk aan Zee 1975.}) 11. Be2 $16 {White is sitting on
the other end of a bad Benoni now!} Qc7 12. O-O Nbd7 13. h3 $5 Ne5 14. Rc1 $5 {
A typical move when Qc7 is in.} b6 {The start of many bad and ugly looking
moves by black!} (14... h6 $5) 15. Be3 Ra7 16. b4 Ned7 {This is an important
position for this game.} 17. b5 $6 {Slow!} (17. Qb3 $16) (17. a5 $1 {should
have decided the game.} b5 (17... bxa5 18. bxc5 Nxc5 19. Na4 Nfd7 20. Nb3 Rxe4
21. Naxc5 dxc5 22. Nxc5 Rxe3 23. d6 Qc6 24. Nd3 Qxc1 25. Qxc1 Re8 26. Bf3 $18)
18. Bxb5 $1 (18. Nb3 $2 Rb7 $132) 18... axb5 19. Nxb5 Qb8 20. Nxa7 Qxa7 21. Qa4
Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Rxe4 23. Qc6 Qb8 24. bxc5 dxc5 25. a6 $18) 17... Qb8 18. Qc2 $16
axb5 19. Bxb5 Re7 20. Rfe1 $6 (20. Rb1 $142 $16 {I do not know about the other
rook but this one belongs there!}) 20... Ba6 21. Nc4 Ne5 22. Nxe5 Rxe5 23. Bf4
Ree7 24. Qd3 $1 {Finally I have produced a good move!} Bxb5 (24... Nh5 25. Bg5)
25. Nxb5 Rad7 26. g4 $1 {A very important move.I have spent a lot of precious
time on absolutely wrong and stupid sacrifices!} (26. Bxd6 $2 Rxd6 27. e5 Rxd5
$19) (26. Nxd6 $2 Rxd6 27. e5 Rxd5 28. exf6 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Rxd3 30. Bxb8 Bxf6
$19) (26. Qg3 $2 Nxe4 27. Qd3 Qe8 $19) 26... Ne8 27. Rcd1 (27. Rb1 Qa8 28. Qc4
$16) 27... Be5 28. Bd2 Nc7 29. Na3 $1 Ne8 $2 {Black had to sacrifice a pawn!} (
29... f5 30. exf5 gxf5 31. Qxf5 Rf7 (31... Nxd5 $2 32. Bh6 $18) 32. Qe4 Rde7
33. Qc4 (33. Kg2 $2 Qf8 $40) 33... Qe8 (33... Rf3 34. Bg5 Re8 35. Re3 $16) 34.
Kg2 Bd4 35. f3 Qa8 36. Rxe7 Rxe7 37. Bg5 Rg7 38. Bc1 $16 {and black does not
have enough compensation for the pawn!}) 30. Rb1 $1 $18 {White has
significantly improved his position!} Ra7 $2 (30... Rb7 31. Nc4 Bd4 32. Bf4 $18
{looks very bad for black but he could have continued the game.}) 31. a5 f5 $1
{Pruess tries to confuse the issue.} (31... Reb7 32. a6 Re7 33. Ba5 Qa8 (33...
Qc8 34. Rxb6 Nc7 35. Reb1 Nxa6 36. Nc4 $18) 34. Rxb6 Nc7 35. Nb5 Nxb5 36. Qxb5
$18) 32. Rxb6 $5 {There are many wins for white.} (32. exf5 gxf5 33. Rxb6 Rab7
34. Qxf5 Rxb6 35. axb6 Qxb6 36. Nc4 $18) (32. axb6 Ra4 33. exf5 gxf5 (33... Rd4
34. Qc2 gxf5 35. f4 Bf6 36. g5 Rxe1+ 37. Rxe1 Bg7 38. Qxf5 $18)) 32... Qa8 (
32... fxe4 33. Rxe4 Reb7 34. Nc4 Rxb6 35. axb6 Ra1+ 36. Kg2 $18) 33. exf5 (33.
Reb1 fxe4 34. Qb3 Qc8 35. Bg5 $1 $18) 33... gxf5 (33... Bd4 34. Rxe7 Rxe7 35.
fxg6 Qxd5 36. gxh7+ Kh8 37. Be3 $18) 34. Reb1 {White is comfortably winning
now!} Qc8 35. Rb8 Qd7 36. Bg5 {Simple chess!} (36. Nb5 Ra6 37. Nd4 $18) 36...
Rg7 37. Rd8 Qf7 38. h4 $5 (38. Rbb8 Rxg5 39. Rxe8+ Kg7 40. Qd2 Rg6 41. Nb5 $18)
(38. Bh6 $142 Rg6 39. Rbb8 Rxh6 40. Rxe8+ Kg7 41. Rg8+ Qxg8 42. Rxg8+ Kxg8 43.
Qxf5 Rf6 44. Qc8+ Rf8 45. Qe6+ $18) 38... Rxg5 $2 $138 (38... Rd7 39. Ra8 Ra7
40. Rxa7 Qxa7 41. Qxf5 $18 {is easy.}) 39. hxg5 fxg4 40. Rbb8 Re7 41. Qb5 {
One move tactics do not work for black!} Kf8 (41... Bh2+ 42. Kf1 Qh5 43. Rxe8+
$18) 42. Qxe8+ (42. Rxe8+ Rxe8 43. Qxe8+ Qxe8 44. Rxe8+ Kxe8 45. a6 $18 {
is another way to get there.}) 42... Rxe8 43. Rxe8+ Qxe8 44. Rxe8+ Kxe8 45. a6
{White simply queens.} 1-0

[Event "Belgrade"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Sznapik, Aleksander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A72"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bf4 c5 6. d5 d6 7. e4 (7. h3 $5) (
7. e3 Nh5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 $13) 7... e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. cxd5 (9. exd5 $5 Re8
10. O-O Ne4 $10) 9... b5 $5 10. Nd2 (10. Bxb5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxb5
13. Nxd6 Qxb2 14. Qxb2 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Bc3+ $13) (10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. e5 Qb6 12.
exf6 Bxf6 13. O-O Bf5 14. Nd2 a6 $10) 10... a6 (10... b4 $6 11. Nb5 Ba6 12. Rb1
$1 Re8 13. Nxd6 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 $16 {Vukic,M-Planinc,A/JUG/1978/}) 11. O-O Re8
12. Bf3 (12. Qc2 $2 b4 13. Nd1 Nxd5 $17) 12... Ra7 $5 13. a3 $5 Rae7 $10 14.
Rc1 Qb6 15. b4 Nbd7 (15... c4 16. Be3 Qc7 17. a4 $1 $16) 16. Nb3 Ne5 17. Be2
Bg4 18. Na5 (18. f3 $6 c4+ 19. Nd4 (19. Kh1 cxb3 20. fxg4 Nc4 $17) 19... Nd3
$17) (18. bxc5 $6 dxc5 19. Bxe5 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Rxe5 $17) 18... Bxe2 19. Qxe2 c4
$13 20. Be3 Qc7 21. f3 (21. f4 Nd3 22. Nc6 Nxc1 23. Nxe7+ Qxe7 $17) 21... Nh5 (
21... Nd3 22. Rc2 Nh5 23. Nc6 $13) 22. a4 Qd7 23. axb5 axb5 24. g4 (24. f4 $2
Ng4 25. Nc6 Rxe4 26. Nxe4 Rxe4 27. Rf3 Qe8 $19) 24... Nf6 25. Rc2 Nexg4 $5 (
25... h5 26. g5 (26. h3 hxg4 27. hxg4 Nexg4 $1) 26... Nh7 $132) 26. Nc6 (26.
fxg4 Nxe4 27. Nd1 $1 Nf6 28. Nc6 Re4 $13) 26... Nxe3 27. Nxe7+ Rxe7 $44 28.
Qxe3 Nh5 29. Ra2 Bxc3 30. Qxc3 Re5 31. Qe3 (31. Ra8+ Kg7 32. f4 Qg4+ 33. Kh1
Nxf4 $17) 31... g5 32. Rg2 Qe7 33. Ra1 (33. f4 Rxe4 34. Qd2 (34. Rxg5+ $4 Qxg5+
$19) 34... c3 35. Qxc3 Nxf4 $17) 33... Qf6 34. Ra8+ Kg7 35. Ra6 Nf4 36. Rg3 $6
(36. Rd2 $15) 36... Nxd5 $1 37. Qd4 (37. Qd2 Nf4 38. Rxd6 $2 c3 39. Qd1 c2 $19)
37... Nf4 38. Kf1 Ne6 39. Qc3 (39. Qxd6 Rxe4) 39... d5 40. exd5 Rxd5 41. Qxf6+
0-1

[Event "Olympiad-17 Final A"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1966.11.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A72"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1966.11.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "German Dem Rep"]
[BlackTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DDR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

{Inf.2/90} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6
8. Be2 h6 9. Bh4 exd5 10. cxd5 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Nd2 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Nd7 14. Nc4
Qe7 $11 15. O-O (15. g4 $11) 15... Nf6 16. Qc2 Bd7 17. a4 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 Rad8
$15 19. e5 $5 dxe5 20. d6 Qe6 21. Nb5 Nd5 $1 22. Bf3 Nb4 23. Qe2 e4 $1 $17 24.
Bxe4 (24. Qxe4 g4 $19) 24... Bc6 25. Bf3 Qxe2 26. Rxe2 Rxe2 27. Bxe2 a6 28. Nc3
Nc2 29. Rd1 $1 Nd4 30. Bd3 Bf8 (30... b5 $17) 31. Be4 $1 Bxd6 32. Bxc6 bxc6 33.
Nxd6 Rxd6 $11 34. g4 f5 35. gxf5 Nxf5 36. Re1 Nd4 37. Re8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "British CF-70 Championship"]
[Site "Southport/ Merseyside"]
[Date "1983.08.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bradbury, Neil H"]
[Black "Lawton, Geoffrey W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A72"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1983.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg5 Bg7 8. e4
h6 9. Bh4 a6 10. Nd2 b5 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Be2 Nbd7 13. O-O g5 14. Bg3 Qe7 15.
Rae1 Ne5 16. a4 bxa4 (16... b4 17. Nd1 {Ne3-f5}) 17. Bxe5 $1 Qxe5 18. Nc4 Qe7
19. e5 dxe5 20. Bf3 e4 21. d6 Qd8 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Rb8 24. Bd5 Bb7 25.
Rd1 Kh8 26. Rfe1 Bd4 27. Qf5 Bxd5 28. Qxd5 Rb4 29. Ne5 Bxe5 30. Qxe5+ Kg8 31.
d7 Rb7 32. Qe8 Rb8 33. Qe5 Rb7 34. Qd6 c4 35. Qd4 a3 (35... Rc7 36. Re2 {Red2})
36. bxa3 c3 37. Re2 Rb8 38. Qxc3 Qb6 39. g3 Rbd8 40. Red2 Qg6 41. Rd6 1-0

[Event "World U20-ch22"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1983.08.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Trindade, Sandro Heleno"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A72"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "Bulletin/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1983.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bg5 (
8. h3) (8. Be2) 8... h6 (8... O-O 9. Nd2 Re8 10. Be2 a6 11. a4 $14) 9. Bh4 a6 (
9... g5 $143 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Bb5+) 10. Nd2 {[%csl Gh5] Empêche indirectement
la poussée g5 suivi de Nh5} (10. a4 {La poussée naturelle donne des
meilleures chances aux Noirs pour égaliser} g5 11. Bg3 Nh5) 10... O-O (10... b5
) 11. a4 Nbd7 (11... Re8) 12. Be2 Rb8 {[%cal Gb7b5]} (12... Qe7 13. O-O g5 14.
Bg3 Ne5 {Geller,E-Gufeld,E URS-ch26 Tbilisi 1959 (8) 1/2-1/2}) 13. O-O Qc7 14.
Kh1 $146 {[%cal Gf2f4]} (14. f4 Re8 15. Kh1 Nh7 {Foisor,O (2400) -Filipowicz,A
(2395) Rubinstein Memorial 20th 1982 (15) 1-0}) 14... Kh8 15. f4 Ng8 16. Qc2 (
16. e5 $5 dxe5 17. f5 $44 {[%cal Gd2e4] Un thème classique dans ce genre de
structure}) 16... f5 $1 {Les Noirs doivent jouer activer de manière active la
Benoni même au prix d'affaiblissement} 17. exf5 (17. e5 $5 dxe5 18. Nc4 b5 19.
axb5 axb5 20. Na5 $44 {[%cal Ga5c6]}) 17... gxf5 18. Bd3 {[%csl Rf5]} Ndf6 19.
Bxf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 b5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Ra6 b4 24. Nd1 {[%cal
Gd1e3,Ge3c4]} (24. Nce4 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 Rbe8 (25... Bxb2 26. Nc4 {[%csl Gc4]
[%cal Gc4b2,Ga6d6]}) 26. Qf3 Bxb2 27. Nc4 $36 {[%csl Rd6]}) 24... Qb7 25. Rc6
Qb5 26. Nf2 Qe2 $1 $132 27. Qd3 Qxd3 28. Nxd3 Nxd5 {[%csl Gg7]} 29. Rxd6 Ne3
30. Rf3 Rfe8 31. Ne5 Bxe5 32. fxe5 Rxe5 33. Rxh6+ Kg7 34. Rd6 {[%csl Rg7]} Nc4
35. Rd7+ Kg8 36. Rg3+ (36. h4 Nxb2 37. Rg3+ Kh8 (37... Kf8 38. Rgg7) 38. Nf3 {
[%csl Gh4,Rh8][%cal Gf3g5]} Rf5 39. Rgg7 $36) 36... Kf8 37. Nf3 Ra8 38. h4 Re4
39. Rg5 Nxb2 40. h5 $6 (40. Rxc5 $5 {La majorité Noire peut vite devenir
dangereuse et cet échange aurait affaibli le contre-jeu des Noirs}) 40... Re7
41. Ne5 Rxd7 42. Nxd7+ Kf7 43. Nxc5 Nc4 {[%cal Ga8b8,Gb4b1]} 44. Kh2 Ne3 45.
Kg3 Rg8 $1 $11 46. Rxg8 Kxg8 47. Kf3 Nf5 48. Nb3 Ng7 49. Kg4 Kh7 50. Kg5 Ne6+
51. Kf5 Ng7+ 52. Kg5 Ne6+ 53. Kh4 Kg7 54. g3 Kh7 55. Kg4 Kh6 56. Kh4 Ng7 57. g4
{[%cal Gg4g5]} Ne6 58. Kg3 (58. Nd2 Ng5) 58... Ng7 59. Kh4 Ne6 60. Nd2 Ng5 61.
Kg3 Ne6 62. Kf3 Ng7 63. Kg3 Nxh5+ 64. gxh5 Kxh5 65. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch50 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1983.04.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A72"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1983.04.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. Re1 Re8 12. h3 Bxe2 13. Rxe2 Nbd7 14. Nc4 Ne5 15.
Nxe5 Rxe5 16. a4 Re8 17. Bf4 a6 18. Bh2 Qd7 19. f4 Rad8 20. Qb3 b5 21. axb5
axb5 22. Rae1 b4 23. Nb1 Qa7 24. Kh1 c4 25. Qxb4 Qd4 26. Nc3 Rb8 27. Qa4 Rxb2
28. Rxb2 Qxc3 29. Rbb1 Rc8 30. Qa6 Re8 31. Qc6 Qd3 32. e5 dxe5 33. Rbd1 Qf5 34.
fxe5 Rc8 35. Qb7 Qd7 36. Qa6 Nh5 37. e6 fxe6 38. dxe6 $18 {time} 1-0

[Event "October Revolution 50years"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1967.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A72"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1967.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nf3 $6
(8. Qd2 exd5 9. exd5 Re8 10. Nf3 $14) 8... h6 9. Bh4 exd5 10. cxd5 g5 11. Bg3
Nh5 12. Nd2 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Nd7 (13... f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Bg4 Bg6 $132 {
Balashov,Y-Keene,R/Hastings/1965/}) 14. Nc4 (14. Bg4 Ne5 (14... b5 15. Nxb5 Ne5
16. Be2 $14 (16. Bxc8 $2 Nd3+ 17. Ke2 Nxb2 18. Qc2 Qxc8 19. Nxd6 Qa6+ 20. N6c4
$13)) 15. Bxc8 Qxc8 (15... Nd3+ $2 16. Ke2 Nxb2 17. Qc2 $18) 16. O-O f5 $132)
14... Qe7 (14... Nb6 $2 15. Ne3 $16) 15. g4 (15. Ne3 $5 Ne5 16. f4 Ng6 $5 (
16... gxf4 17. gxf4 Ng6 18. g3 Bxc3+ 19. bxc3 Qxe4 20. Kf2 $44) 17. Nf5 Bxf5
18. exf5 Nh8 19. O-O Rfe8 20. Bb5 $132) 15... Ne5 16. Ne3 a6 17. a4 Bd7 $10 18.
a5 b5 19. axb6 Rfb8 20. Na4 (20. Rxa6 $6 Rxa6 21. Bxa6 Rxb6 22. Qe2 Qd8 $40 23.
O-O Qa8 24. Ra1 c4 $19) 20... Bxa4 21. Rxa4 Rxb6 22. Nf5 Qf6 23. b3 a5 24. O-O
Rb4 25. Qa1 Qd8 (25... Rxb3 $6 26. Rxa5 Rxa5 27. Qxa5 Bf8 28. Qa8 $14) 26. Qa2
Rab8 27. Rb1 Rxa4 28. bxa4 Rb4 29. Rxb4 cxb4 30. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Danzhou 6th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2015.07.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A72"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Fischer,J"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2015.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nf3
exd5 9. cxd5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Nd2 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Nd7 14. Nc4 Nf6
15. a4 b6 16. Qc2 Re8 17. O-O a6 18. Rfe1 Rb8 19. Ne3 Qe7 20. Bd3 h5 21. e5 $1
dxe5 ({After} 21... Qxe5 {White plays} 22. Qd2 {e.g.} Qe7 23. Nf5 Qf8 24. Qxg5
{and White regains the pawn with advantage. But the textmove buries the black
bishop on g7 - and this plagues Black till the end of the game.}) 22. Ne4 Ng4
23. Nxg4 Bxg4 24. d6 Qd8 25. Bxa6 f5 26. f3 fxe4 27. fxg4 {A rather curious
pawn structure. However, it is much better for White. The opposite colored
bishops favor him because Black's king is more exposed than White's. And the
bishop on g7 is hampered by its own pawns.} Qxd6 28. Rad1 Qh6 29. gxh5 e3 30.
Qe4 Red8 31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 32. g4 Qf6 33. Rf1 Rd4 34. Qxe3 Rf4 35. b3 Qd8 ({
The attempt to liberate the bishop leads to a lost endgame:} 35... e4 36. Rxf4
Qxf4 37. Bc4+ Kh8 38. Qxf4 gxf4 39. g5 Be5 40. Bd5 e3 41. Kf1 Kg7 42. Ke2 Bd6
43. Be4 {and the white pawns are very dangerous while the black pawns are
blocked.}) 36. Rxf4 gxf4 37. Qd3 Qh4 38. Qd5+ Kf8 39. Qd6+ Kg8 40. Qe6+ Kf8 41.
Qd6+ Kg8 42. Bc4+ Kh8 43. Qb8+ Kh7 44. Bd3+ Kh6 45. Qd6+ Qf6 46. Qxf6+ Bxf6 {
Black managed to get an endgame with opposite colored but he is still lost
because the black bishop is too restricted by its own pawns.} 47. Kf2 Bh4+ 48.
Kf3 Kg5 49. Be2 Be1 50. Ke4 Bc3 51. Bf3 Bb4 52. Kxe5 Bc3+ 53. Kd5 Bd2 54. Kc6
Ba5 55. Bd1 Kh6 56. b4 cxb4 57. Bb3 Kg5 58. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Piatigorsky-Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Santa Monica"]
[Date "1966.07.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A72"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1966.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 (6... h6 7. Be3 c5
8. dxc5 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qxc5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. h3 $16 {Mednis}) 7. d5 (7. dxc5 $6 Qa5
8. cxd6 $2 Nxe4) 7... e6 (7... h6 8. Be3 $1 {Najdorf-Larsen/Santa Monica/1966})
8. Nf3 (8. Qd2 $1 $14 {Polugaevsky}) 8... h6 $10 9. Bh4 exd5 10. cxd5 $14 (10.
Nxd5 Re8 $15 {Mednis}) (10. exd5 $10 {Mednis}) 10... g5 $1 11. Bg3 b5 $6 (11...
Nh5 $1 12. Nd2 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Nd7 14. Nc4 Qe7 $1 $10 {Larsen-Fischer/Santa
Monica/1966}) 12. Nd2 $1 (12. Bxb5 Nxe4 $1 13. Nxe4 Qa5+) 12... a6 (12... b4
13. Nb5 Ne8 14. Nc4 $16) 13. O-O Re8 (13... Qe7 $142 {/\Sbd7}) 14. Qc2 Qe7 (
14... Bg4 $2 15. Bxg4 Nxg4 {Reshevsky-Szabo/Tel Aviv/1958} 16. h3 Ne5 17. a4 b4
18. Nd1 $16 {Mednis}) (14... b4 $2 15. Na4 Nxd5 16. Nc4 $1 {Najdorf} (16. Bf3
$5 {Mednis}) 16... Nf4 17. Bxf4 gxf4 18. Nab6 Bb7 $1 {Mednis}) 15. Rae1 Nbd7
16. a4 $1 b4 17. Nd1 Ne5 (17... Nxe4 18. Bd3) 18. Ne3 Ng6 {/\ 19...Nf4} 19.
Nec4 Nf4 20. Bxf4 $1 (20. Bf3 Nd7 $13) 20... gxf4 21. e5 $1 dxe5 22. Bf3 $16
Qf8 (22... Qa7 $142) 23. Nxe5 Bb7 24. Ndc4 Rad8 (24... Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26.
Nd7 $1 $18 {Najdorf}) 25. Nc6 Rxe1 (25... Rd7 26. Rxe8 Nxe8 27. Nb6 Rc7 28. Rc1
$16) 26. Rxe1 Re8 (26... Bxc6 27. dxc6 {o^+-}) 27. Rd1 Rc8 (27... Bxc6 28. dxc6
{o^+-}) 28. h3 Ne8 (28... Nxd5 29. N6a5 $18) 29. N6a5 Rb8 30. Qf5 Nd6 $2 31.
Nxd6 (31. Nxd6 Qxd6 32. Nxb7 Rxb7 33. Qc8+ $18 {Najdorf}) (31. Qxf4 $16) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-23"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1978.10.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Garcia, Gildardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A72"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Kovacevic,Vl"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1978.10.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Columbia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "COL"]

{Inf.26/132} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3
Bg7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 a6 10. Nd2 (10. a4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 $11) 10... b5 11. Be2
O-O 12. Qc2 (12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 (13. Bg3 Qe7 14. Qc2 c4 15. a4 b4 16. Nd1 Nc5
{(Bronstein-Mageramov/URS 1978)} 17. f3 Nh5 $13) 13... c4 14. f4 Qc7 15. Kh1
Nc5 $132 {Zaid-Mageramov/URS 1978}) 12... Re8 13. O-O Nbd7 14. a4 (14. f4 $2 {
- Inf.23/129}) 14... b4 15. Nd1 Qe7 $5 16. Ne3 $1 {[/\ f4, Bf3]} (16. f4 $2 g5
$1) 16... Nf8 17. Nec4 (17. f3 $5 g5 18. Bf2 Ng6 19. Ndc4 {><f5}) 17... g5 18.
Bg3 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Qxe4 20. Bd3 $6 (20. Qxe4 Rxe4 21. Rae1 $16 {_|_}) 20... Qxd5
21. Rad1 (21. Nb6 $2 Qc6 22. Nxa8 Bb7 23. f3 Bxa8 {/\ Ne6}) (21. Nxd6 Bb7 $1
22. Nxb7 (22. f3 b3 $1 {/\ Red8-/+}) 22... Qxb7 23. Qxc5 $6 Bxb2 24. Rab1 Rac8
$17) 21... Bd4 $1 22. Nxd6 Bb7 23. Nxb7 Qxb7 $15 24. Bc4 Ra7 25. b3 Qb6 26. Kh1
Qg6 27. Bd3 Qf6 28. Rde1 Rae7 29. Rxe7 Rxe7 30. Qc4 a5 (30... Re6 $142 {
/\ h5, h4=/+}) 31. Qb5 h5 32. h3 h4 33. Bh2 Be5 34. Bxe5 (34. Qxa5 $2 Bxh2 35.
Kxh2 Qd6+ $19) 34... Rxe5 35. Bc4 Qd8 36. f4 gxf4 37. Qb7 Ne6 $2 (37... Rf5
$142 38. Qe4 Qg5) 38. Bxe6 Rxe6 39. Rxf4 Re7 40. Qc6 Re1+ 41. Kh2 Qe7 42. Qc8+
Kh7 43. Qg4 Re5 44. Qxh4+ Qxh4 45. Rxh4+ Kg6 46. Rc4 Kf6 $11 47. Kg3 Ke6 48.
Kf4 Kd6 49. h4 Re2 50. h5 (50. Kg3 Rb2 {/\ Rxb3}) 50... Rxg2 51. Kf5 Rh2 52.
Kg5 Rg2+ 53. Kf6 Rh2 54. Kg5 Rg2+ 55. Kf6 Rh2 56. Kg5 Rh3 57. h6 f6+ 58. Kg6
Rg3+ 59. Kf7 Rh3 60. Kg7 Rg3+ 61. Kf7 Rh3 62. Kg6 Rg3+ 63. Kxf6 Rxb3 64. Rh4
Rf3+ 65. Kg7 Rg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Minsk op"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smirnov, Valerij"]
[Black "Totsky, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A72"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Bg5
a6 9. Nd2 b5 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. Qc2 (13. f4 Nbd7 14. Bf3
Rb8 15. Qc2 c4 16. b4 $1 Qc7 (16... cxb3 $5 17. Nxb3 Bb7 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Qd3
$14) 17. Kh1 Nb6 18. Rae1 $16 {Smirnov,V-Schvedchikov,A/Vyborg/1978/}) 13...
Nbd7 (13... b4 $6 14. Nd1 g5 15. Bg3 Nxd5 16. exd5 Rxe2 17. Qd3 Re8 18. Nc4 Nd7
19. Nde3 $1 Ne5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. f4 $16 {Timman,J-Robatsch,K/
NED/1978/1|0/33/}) 14. Rae1 (14. a4 b4 15. Nd1 g5 16. Bg3 Nxd5 17. Nc4 $14 {
Spassky,Bondarevsky}) 14... g5 (14... c4 15. f4 Nc5 16. Kh1 Bd7 17. Rf3 Qc7 18.
Bf1 Rac8 19. h3 Qb8 20. Qb1 a5 $13 {Sigurjonsson,G-Gruenfeld,Y/Lone Pine/1979/}
) 15. Bg3 Ne5 16. a4 b4 17. Nd1 Ng6 18. f4 (18. Ne3 Nf4 19. Bxf4 gxf4 20. Nec4
Qc7 $13) 18... gxf4 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 (19... b3 $5 20. Qd3 Nxf4 21. Rxf4 Rb8 22.
Nc3 (22. Nxb3 $2 c4 23. Qxc4 Qb6+ 24. Nd4 Nxe4 $19) 22... Rb4 $132) 20. Rxf4
Ra7 $6 (20... Nd7 $5 21. Nc4 (21. Bg4 $2 Be5 22. Rff1 Qh4 23. Bh3 Bd4+ 24. Kh1
Ne5 $17) 21... Ne5 22. Nde3 Ng6 23. Rf3 Ra7 $13) 21. Ne3 Rae7 $6 (21... Nd7 22.
Nf5 Ne5 23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. Ref1 $14) 22. Ref1 Nh7 23. Bh5 $1 Rf8 24. Ndc4 $16 f5
25. Nxf5 (25. exf5 Bd4 26. Qd3 Nf6 27. Bf3 Rfe8 28. Rxd4 cxd4 29. Qxd4 $14)
25... Bxf5 26. Rxf5 (26. exf5 Bd4+ 27. Kh1 Nf6 28. Bf3 Rfe8 $44) 26... Rxf5 27.
Rxf5 (27. exf5 $5 Bd4+ 28. Kh1 Nf6 29. Bf3 $16) 27... Bd4+ 28. Kf1 Rg7 29. g3
Qe7 30. Rf4 Nf6 31. Bf3 Rf7 (31... Nd7 $5) 32. Kg2 Kg7 33. Qe2 Nd7 34. Bg4 (34.
Bh5 $5 Rf6 35. Qg4+ Kf8 36. b3 $16) 34... Ne5 35. Be6 $2 (35. Nxe5 $1 Qxe5 36.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 37. b3 $16) 35... Rxf4 36. gxf4 Nxc4 37. Qg4+ (37. Qxc4 Qh4 38. Qf1
c4 $1 $17) 37... Qg5 $1 38. fxg5 Ne3+ 39. Kf3 $2 (39. Kg3 Nxg4 40. Bxg4 Bxb2
41. gxh6+ Kxh6 42. Be2 $10) 39... Nxg4 40. Bxg4 Bxb2 41. gxh6+ Kxh6 42. Ke2 $2
(42. Ke3 $5 b3 (42... c4 43. Be2 c3 44. Bd1 $10) 43. Bd1 Bd4+ 44. Kd3 b2 $17)
42... c4 43. Kd1 b3 $1 $19 44. Be2 c3 45. Bd3 Kg5 46. Bc2 bxc2+ 47. Kxc2 Kf4
0-1

[Event "Villa Gesell"]
[Site "Villa Gesell"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sorin, Ariel"]
[Black "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A72"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 a6 10. Nd2 (10. a4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Nxg3 14. hxg3
Nd7 15. Qc2 Qe7 16. Rae1 Rb8 17. Nd2 Ne5 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Bd7 20. a5 Rbe8
21. Rb1 Qe5 22. Bd3 Qd4 23. Rfe1 c4 24. Bf1 f5 25. Rbd1 Qc5 26. Ra1 f4 27. gxf4
Rxf4 $17 {/Fraser-Mitchell,J-Findlay,J/BCF-ch/1988/}) 10... b5 11. Be2 O-O 12.
Qc2 Re8 13. f4 $5 $146 (13. O-O Qc7 (13... Nbd7 14. Rae1 (14. a4 b4 15. Nd1 Ne5
16. Ne3 g5 17. Bg3 Qe7 18. Rfe1 (18. f4 gxf4 19. Bxf4 Ng6 20. Bd3 Nh5 21. g3
Ngxf4 22. gxf4 Bd4 23. Ndc4 Bh3 24. Kh1 Qh4 25. Ng2 $15 {1/2/Spacek,P-Palkovi,
J/2.BLS 9192/1992/}) 18... Rb8 (18... g4 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Nec4 Qe7 21. e5 Nxd5
22. Nxd6 Rd8 23. Nxc8 Raxc8 24. Bxg4 Rc7 25. Nc4 Nf4 26. g3 Qg5 27. Bf5 Rd4 28.
b3 $16 {Knezevic,M-Petursson,P/Reykjavik op/1984/}) 19. Rac1 b3 20. Qb1 Rb4 21.
a5 Qd8 22. Bd1 Qxa5 23. Bxb3 Nh5 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Nec4 Qc7 26. Nxe5 Rxe5 27.
Bc4 a5 28. Qc2 a4 $132 {Sunye Neto,J-Valiente,C/Buenos Aires Konex/1991/})
14... c4 15. f4 Nc5 16. Kh1 Bd7 17. Rf3 Qc7 18. Bf1 Rac8 19. h3 Qb8 20. Qb1 a5
21. g4 Nh7 22. Bg3 b4 23. Nd1 Nd3 24. Bxd3 cxd3 25. Qxd3 Bb5 26. Qb3 Qc7 27.
Ne3 Qc5 $44 {Sigurjonsson,G-Gruenfeld,Y/Lone Pine/1979/}) (13... Qe7 14. Rae1
g5 15. Bg3 Nbd7 16. a4 b4 17. Nd1 Ne5 18. Ne3 Nfg4 19. Bxg4 Nxg4 20. Nec4 Ne5
21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Nc4 Qf6 24. f4 Qg6 25. Qf2 Bb7 26. fxg5 hxg5
27. Nxd6 Re7 28. Qxc5 Rb8 29. Nf5 {1-0 Minsky,A-Shilovsky,G/Moscow-chop (08)
1995}) (13... b4 14. Na4 Bd7 15. Rae1 Bb5 16. Bc4 (16. f4 Nbd7 17. b3 Qc7 18.
Bc4 Nh7 19. Bg3 g5 20. Kh1 gxf4 21. Bxf4 Nhf8 22. Nf3 Ng6 23. Bg3 Nde5 24. Nb2
Qd8 25. Nd3 Bxc4 26. bxc4 Nxd3 27. Qxd3 a5 $15 {Borges Mateos,J-Pigusov,E/
Santa Clara/1991/}) 16... g5 17. Bg3 Nh5 18. b3 Nxg3 19. fxg3 Nd7 20. Nf3 Qe7
21. Kh1 Ne5 22. Nb2 Nxf3 $6 23. gxf3 Qe5 24. Nd1 f5 25. f4 gxf4 26. gxf4 Qd4
27. e5 Bxc4 28. bxc4 dxe5 29. Ne3 $1 $40 {Volkov,S-Ruban,V/Smolensk/1991/}) 14.
Rae1 Nbd7 15. a4 (15. f4 $5 {-13.f4}) 15... b4 16. Nd1 b3 (16... a5 17. Ne3 b3
18. Qb1 Nb6 19. f4 Nfd7 20. Bb5 Ba6 21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22. Qd3 c4 23. Nexc4 Nc5 24.
Qf3 Ncxa4 25. Qxb3 Rb8 26. Nxb6 Nc5 27. Qe3 Raxb6 28. e5 Qb7 $44 {Miles,
A-Bouaziz,S/Dortmund/1979/}) 17. Qb1 Rb8 18. Ne3 Rb4 19. Nec4 Rxa4 20. Bg3 Bf8
21. f4 Nb6 22. Nxb6 Qxb6 23. Nc4 Qd8 24. Bh4 Be7 25. Bd3 Bb7 $15 {Miles,
J-Cramling,D/Baerum/1980/}) 13... Nbd7 14. O-O Qc7 (14... c4 $5 15. Rae1 Nc5
$13 {-Sigurjonsson,G-Gruenfeld,Y/Lone Pine/1979/ The text is less
flexible-Black's Q could have gone to b6 later.}) 15. Rae1 c4 16. Nd1 $1 Nc5
17. Nf2 Bd7 18. Bf3 (18. b4 $6 cxb3 19. axb3 Qb6 20. Kh1 Rac8 $15) 18... Rac8
19. Re2 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4] [+]} Nh7 (19... a5 $5 20. Rfe1 {[%cal Re4e5] /\e5} Nh7
{[%cal Rg6g5] /\g5<=>}) 20. b4 $6 (20. Bg3 $142 $13) 20... Nd3 (20... cxb3 21.
axb3 Qb6 22. Qb1 a5 $13) (20... Na4 $5 21. Bg3 a5 $15) 21. Nxd3 cxd3 22. Qxd3
g5 23. fxg5 (23. Bg3 $2 g4 $19) 23... hxg5 24. Bh5 $8 gxh4 25. Bxf7+ Kh8 26.
Bxe8 Bxe8 $2 (26... Rxe8 $142 27. Nb3 (27. Rf7 Ng5) (27. Nf3 h3 $36) 27... Nf6
$13 {With the B-pair and good control of the centre Black would have little to
worry about. Now he loses another pawn.}) 27. Qh3 Qd8 (27... Bf6 28. Nf3 $14) (
27... Qc3 28. Nf3 $36) 28. Nf3 Rc3 29. Qg4 $1 (29. Qxh4 $2 Bd4+ $1 30. Kh1 Rxf3
$19) 29... Bd7 (29... Bf6 $142 $5 30. Rfe1 $5 $14 {[%cal Re4e5] /\e5} (30. e5
dxe5 31. Nxe5 Qxd5 32. Ng6+ Bxg6 33. Qxg6 Rc8 $10 {/\} 34. Rxf6 $2 Qd4+ $19))
30. Qxh4 Qxh4 31. Nxh4 Bg4 (31... Rc4 32. Ng6+ Kg8 33. e5 $16) 32. Ng6+ Kg8 33.
Ne7+ Kh8 34. Ree1 {White has already a material advantage and Black's pieces
are uncoordinated.} Bd4+ (34... Bf6 35. Nc6 Kg7 36. e5 dxe5 37. Nxe5 $18) (
34... Nf6 $142 $5 35. e5 dxe5 36. Ng6+ $16) 35. Kh1 Kg7 36. Nc6 Be5 (36... Bf6
37. e5 $18) 37. Nxe5 dxe5 38. Rc1 $18 Rc4 (38... Rxc1 39. Rxc1 Nf6 40. Kg1 $1
Nxe4 41. Re1 Bf5 42. g4 Bg6 43. h4 $18) 39. Rxc4 bxc4 40. Rc1 Be2 41. a4 Nf6
42. b5 axb5 43. axb5 Nd7 (43... Nxe4 44. b6 Nd6 45. Rb1 $1 Nb7 46. Ra1 Kf6 47.
Ra7 $18) 44. Kg1 Kf7 45. Kf2 Bd3 46. Ke3 Ke7 47. Ra1 Nc5 (47... Kd6 48. h4 Kc5
49. Ra7 $18) 48. b6 {[%cal Rb6b7] /\b7!} Kd6 49. Ra8 Nd7 50. Rc8 $1 (50. Rc8
Nxb6 51. Rc6+) 1-0

[Event "Montreal 6th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2005.08.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Black "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A72"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2005.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 {Benoni is a new
opening in Pascal's opening repertoire, and he prepared it especially for the
Montreal international; since this game was in round one, I couldn't know that
and my preparation for this game missed completely;} 7. e4 Bg7 8. Bg5 h6 $1 {
Although the 8.Bg5 line is very rarely seen in tournament practice nowadays,
Pascal knew exactly how to face it!} 9. Bh4 a6 $1 10. Nd2 (10. a4 g5 11. Bg3
Nh5 $11) 10... b5 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Re8 (12... Nbd7 13. Bg3 Qe7 14. Qc2 c4
15. a4 b4 16. Nd1 Nc5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Bronstein,D-Magerramov,E/Daugavpils 1978/
MCD (25)}) 13. f3 $6 {A very pathetic novelty- White can't hope for any
advantage playing this way;} (13. f4 $142 $1 Nbd7 (13... Qc7 14. Bf3 Bb7 15. e5
$1 dxe5 16. d6 $16 {1-0 Vaganian,R-Eolian,L/Kirovakan 1978/EXT 99 (23)}) (13...
b4 14. Ncb1) 14. Bf3 (14. Qc2 Qc7 15. Rae1 Nb6 16. Kh1 Bd7 17. Bf3 b4 18. Ne2
Rac8 19. b3 c4 $11 {0-1 Spassov,L-Hulak,K/Athens 1976/Inf 23 (33)}) 14... c4
15. a4 Rb8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bf2 Nh5 18. Bxh5 $14 {1-0 Mikhalevski,A-Bar,R/Tel
Aviv 2002/CBM 089 ext (55)}) (13. Qc2 g5 (13... b4 14. Na4 Bd7 15. Rae1 Bb5 16.
f4 Nbd7 17. b3 $14 {0-1 Borges Mateos,J-Pigusov,E/Santa Clara 1991/CBM 026 (33)
}) 14. Bg3 Ra7 15. f4 b4 16. fxg5 hxg5 17. Na4 Nxd5 18. Nc4 Nf4 $15 {0-1 Gomez,
F-Gongora Reyes,M/Havana 1999/CBM 070 ext (36)}) 13... Nbd7 14. a4 b4 15. Ncb1
g5 $1 {now white loses the fight for the central squares;} 16. Bf2 Nh5 (16...
Ne5 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Nd7 (18... Nh5 19. Ra2 Nf4 20. Nd2 Qf6 {[%cal Gf6g6]}
) 19. Qc2 Qf6 20. Ra2 Ne5 21. Nd2 Qg6 {[%cal Gf7f5]}) 17. Nc4 Ne5 18. Nbd2 Nf4
(18... Nxc4 19. Nxc4 Nf4 {-transforms to the game;}) 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Nc4 Bg7
21. Re1 f5 (21... Ra7 $5 {[%cal Gd8f6,Ya7e7]} 22. Bf1 f5 23. e5 $1 $14) 22.
exf5 (22. Bf1 fxe4 23. fxe4 Ra7 (23... Ng6 24. Bg3 Ne5 $11) 24. g3 Ng6 25. Qh5
Kh7 $11) 22... Bxf5 23. Qd2 (23. Bf1 Rxe1 24. Qxe1 Qf6 $15 {[%cal Gf4d3]})
23... Rxe2 $6 {This dubious trading operation only helps White to trade some
active black pieces;} (23... Qf6 24. Bf1 Qg6 $15 (24... b3 $5)) 24. Rxe2 Bd3 (
24... Nxe2+ 25. Qxe2 Qf6 26. Re1 $11) 25. Re4 Bxe4 26. fxe4 Qe7 27. Re1 Ng6 $6
{Black could still keep the balance by precise play:} (27... Rf8 28. Qd1 Qf6
29. Be3 Qg6 30. Bf2 Qf6 $11) 28. Bg3 $14 Bd4+ 29. Kh1 Ne5 30. Bxe5 Bxe5 {
[%csl Gc4,Ge5] The white knight dominates the black bishop in this ending, in
addition Black 's pawn structure is vulnerable, and all trades of major pieces
are in White's favour;} 31. Qe2 Bd4 32. Rf1 b3 {An attempt to complicate the
game somehow in a mutual time-trouble;} (32... Rf8 33. Rxf8+ Qxf8 34. b3 Qf4
35. g3 $16 {[%cal Gh1g2] with classical domination of Q+N over Q+B}) 33. Qf3
Rb8 (33... Rf8 34. Qxf8+ Qxf8 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. g4 $16 {then the White king
is transfered to d3 and then White plays Na5 ;} Ke7 37. Kg2 Kf6 38. Kf3 Ke7 39.
Ke2 Bf6 40. Kd3 Bg7 41. Na5 Bxb2 42. Nxb3 {with the same scenario as in the
game;}) 34. Na5 Qf8 $138 (34... Bxb2 35. Nc6 Qb7 36. Nxb8 Qxb8 37. Qf7+ Kh8 38.
Qg6 Bg7 39. e5 $1 $18) (34... Rf8 {would force the game continuation, while 34.
..Qf8 gives white a choice!}) 35. Qxf8+ $138 (35. Qd3 $142 Qg7 36. Qxa6 $18)
35... Rxf8 36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. Nxb3 {The main reason why Pascal went to this
ending is a nice trap in 37.Nc4 line. Unfortunately for Black, I figured it
out easily;} (37. Nc4 Ke7 38. g4 Kf6 39. Kg2 Bxb2 $3 40. Nxb2 Ke5 $19 {and
white is helpless against Black's passers;}) 37... Bxb2 38. Na5 Ke7 39. Nc4 $18
{[%mdl 4096] Black has three big weaknesses- his pawns a6,d6 and h6, in
addition at least four black pawns are on the same color squares as the black
bishop;  White's plan is following: 1) to place his kingside pawns on h3 and
g4; 2) to bring the king to f3; 3) to transfer the knight to c6; 4) to provoke
a6-a5 move by attacking black pawn with a knight; 5) to break through with his
king on the queenside on b5; I managed to lead this plan perfectly in this
ending, only changing the last step a bit;} Bc1 40. g4 Bf4 41. h3 Kf6 {Step no.
1 is completed!} 42. Kg2 Be5 43. Kf3 {White is done with step 2!} Bh2 44. Na5
Be5 45. Ke3 Bc3 46. Nc6 {moving to step 4 now!} a5 (46... c4 47. Nb8 Ke7 48.
Nxa6 Kd7 49. Nb8+ {and the white knight is right in time to escape from the
dangerous zone;}) 47. Kd3 Bb4 48. Kc4 Bd2 49. e5+ {I didn't want to play the
queen's ending, so here I found the other winning plan, which is as good as
the original one;} (49. Kb5 Be1 50. Nxa5 Bxa5 51. Kxa5 Ke5 52. Kb5 Kd4 53. e5
$1 c4 54. exd6 c3 55. d7 c2 56. d8=Q c1=Q 57. a5 $18) 49... dxe5 50. Kxc5 e4
51. Kd4 e3 52. Kd3 Kf7 53. Ne5+ Ke7 (53... Kf6 54. Nc4 Bc1 55. Nxa5 Ke5 56. Nb3
e2 {the most resistant move;} 57. Kxe2 Bf4 58. Kd3 Kxd5 59. Nd4 Bd6 60. Nf5 $18
) 54. Nc4 Bc1 (54... Kf6 55. Nxe3 Bxe3 56. Kxe3 Ke5 57. d6 Kxd6 58. Kd4 $18)
55. Nxa5 Kd6 56. Nc4+ Kxd5 57. Nxe3+ {[%cal Ge3f5]} 1-0

[Event "Stara Zagora zt-B"]
[Site "Stara Zagora"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Inkiov, Ventzislav"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A72"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Wahls,M"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 e6 8. Bf4 $6
{Harmlos wegen 9...b5!} exd5 9. cxd5 b5 $1 10. Bxb5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qa5+ 12. Qd2
(12. Nc3 $2 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qxb5 $17) 12... Qxb5 13. Nxd6 Qxb2 14. Qxb2 Bxb2 15.
Rb1 Bc3+ 16. Bd2 Bxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Rd8 18. Nxc8 Rxd5+ 19. Kc3 Nc6 20. Rhd1 Rxd1
21. Rxd1 Rxc8 22. Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 18th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.02.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A72"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Wang,Hao"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in round 8, usually a critical one, but in this case
probably nothing to do with winning the tournament. :) I had White against
Alireza Firouzja, the prodigy whom I consider one of the most talented players
ever. I was bit of fortunate since my opponent was really tired and lacked
opening improvements, having finished three tournaments in a row (with
fantastic results!) prior to the Aeroflot Open.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7
4. e4 d6 {Alireza has limited opening choices against 1.d4, he mainly goes for
the King’s Indian.} 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 {Actually this was my first time to
play the Averbakh Variation. However, I have a lot of preparations against the
King’s Indian, and I know that this is a dangerous line for Black.} c5 {
One of the main lines in the Averbakh Variation.} ({My opponent used to play
few games with} 6... Na6 {But I believe that after} 7. Qd2 c6 8. Rd1 Nc7 9. Bf3
Be6 10. b3 {(Le Quang Liem-Naiditsch, Danzhou 2017), White has a pleasant
position.}) 7. d5 e6 8. Nf3 (8. Qd2 {is another main line, but I think that my
opponent knows well about the forced line with} exd5 9. exd5 Qb6 10. Nf3 Bf5
11. Nh4 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. f3 h6 {which is fine for Black.}) 8... h6 9. Bh4
{I decided to go for an old-fashioned line.} (9. Be3 {is another option, after}
exd5 10. cxd5 Bg4 11. Nd2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Re8 13. O-O Na6 {Black is fine.}) 9...
exd5 10. cxd5 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Nd2 Nxg3 13. hxg3 {It was clear that my
opponent had not expected my opening choice, here he was thinking for a long
time. Now Black has a good dark-squared bishop on g7, but his light squares
are also weakened. Black needs to be very careful with his moves.} f5 {Very
straightforward. I expected this move during my preparation, because I can see
that Alireza is a very direct player, he doesn’t have enough patience.} (
13... Nd7 {is the main line, after} 14. Nc4 Qe7 (14... Nb6 15. Ne3 f5 16. exf5
Bxf5 17. O-O {with a worse version compared to the one Black chose in the game.
}) (14... Nf6 15. a4) 15. Ne3 Nf6 16. Qc2 (16. f3 a6 17. a4) 16... a6 17. a4
Re8 18. f3 {the position is complicated, and it’s not easy for Black to find
a good plan.}) (13... a6 {is also possible,} 14. a4 Nd7 15. Nc4 Qe7 {with a
complicated position.}) 14. Nc4 Na6 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. O-O Nc7 {Here my
opponent started to make mistakes. I think that he had only considered to put
his queen on the f6 square.} ({Actually} 16... Qd7 {was the right move. After}
17. Ne3 Bd4 $1 {White has some choices but Black can hold his position. For
example:} 18. Bd3 (18. Nxf5 Qxf5 {and Black is doing well.}) (18. g4 Bh7 19.
Bd3 (19. Qd2 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Nc7) 19... Nb4 $1 20. Bxh7+ Qxh7 21. Nf5 Rxf5 $1 22.
gxf5 Qxf5 {and Black has good counterplay.}) 18... Bxd3 {18...Bxd3 (18...Bxe3
19.fxe3 Kg7 (19...Bxd3 20.Qxd3 Qg7 21.Rf3) 20.e4 Bg6 21.Re1, White is better.)
19.Qxd3 Rae8 20.g4 Bxe3 21.fxe3 Qg7, the position is close to equal.} (18...
Bxe3 19. fxe3 Kg7 (19... Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Qg7 21. Rf3) 20. e4 Bg6 21. Re1) 19.
Qxd3 Rae8 20. g4 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Qg7) 17. Ne3 Bg6 {Another inaccurate move.} (
17... Qf6 {was the best move here, and Black can try to retreat his f5-bishop
to d7. For example:} 18. g4 (18. Nxf5 Qxf5) 18... Bd7 19. Bd3 (19. a4) 19... b5
20. Bf5 Rad8 {White can manage to exchange the light-squared bishops, but
Black has some counterplay against the d5 pawn. There’s a lot of work if
White wants to continue the attack.}) 18. Bd3 Qf6 19. Qc2 $6 (19. Ne4 $1 {
was very strong:} Bxe4 (19... Qd4 20. Nxc5) (19... Qxb2 20. Rb1 Qd4 21. Nxc5
Bxd3 22. Nxd3 b6 23. Rb4 Qf6 24. Re4 {with a big advantage for White.}) 20.
Bxe4 Rae8 (20... Qd4 21. Qxd4 Bxd4 22. Nf5) 21. Bc2 Qf7 22. g4 {White has a
big advantage because the powerful light-squared bishop is on the right place,
supported by moves like Qd3 and Nf5, with a strong attack against the black
King.}) 19... Bxd3 20. Qxd3 h5 21. Ne4 Qd4 $2 ({During the game both of us
missed} 21... Qh6 {which would be a good move. White can still try to keep
pressure with} 22. Rad1 {, but after} Rae8 $1 (22... b5 23. Nxc5 $1 dxc5 24. d6
{with a strong attack, for example} c4 25. Qc2 Ne6 26. Nf5 Qf6 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28.
Qe4 {and White has too much compensation for the piece.}) 23. Nc4 Rd8 {White
is better, but things are not clear at all.}) 22. Rad1 b5 23. Qxd4 $2 {I was
spending a long time here since I was trying to be cautious, but actually I
made a weak move blundering a nice defensive move by Black.} (23. Nxd6 {
was much simpler. After} Qxd3 24. Rxd3 Bxb2 25. Ne4 Bd4 ({I somehow didn’t
like} 25... c4 {but the counterplay is just an illusion after} 26. Rdd1) 26.
Nc2 Nxd5 (26... Rae8 27. Re1) 27. Nxd4 cxd4 28. Rxd4 {White is winning.}) 23...
Bxd4 $2 {My opponent also missed his best chance here.} (23... cxd4 {was the
best move here; after} 24. Nc2 {Black has} Rf5 $1 {White still has a big
advantage in the endgame with} 25. Rfe1 (25. Nxd4 Rxd5 26. Nc6 Re8 27. Rxd5
Nxd5 28. f3 Rc8 29. Rd1 Rxc6 30. Rxd5 Be5 31. Rxb5 Kg7 {can't offer White very
much.}) 25... Re8 26. Nxd6 Rxe1+ 27. Nxe1 Rxd5 28. Ne4 {, but far from
decisive.}) 24. Nxd6 {Here I was pretty sure that I would win with such a
fantastic position.} Rad8 $6 (24... Bxb2 {was better, after} 25. Ne4 (25. Ndf5
{is also possible.}) 25... Bd4 26. Nc2 Rae8 27. Nxd4 Rxe4 28. Nc6 {White has a
big advantage, but not a winning one.}) 25. Ndf5 Bxb2 26. d6 Ne8 27. Rd5 {
Now White possesses a dominating advantage, because Black has has passive
pieces and weak pawns, and the latter will be taken soon.} Bd4 28. Nxd4 cxd4
29. Nf5 Nf6 (29... a6 {to protect the b5-pawn, was probably a better choice,
although White is winning after} 30. Rd1 Nf6 31. R5xd4 Kf7 32. f3) 30. Rxb5 d3
$6 ({The most resistant move was} 30... Ne4 $1 {After} 31. Re5 (31. f3 Nxd6 32.
Nxd6 Rxd6 33. Rxg5+ Kf7 34. Rxh5 {wins two pawns, but I am not sure if White
is winning after} Re8 {. For example} 35. Rd1 Re2 36. Rh7+ Kg6 37. Rxa7 d3 38.
Rb7 Rxa2 39. Rb3 d2 40. Kf2 Ra5 {when it's difficult for White to make any
progress.}) 31... Nxd6 32. Ne7+ Kf7 33. Nc6 Rc8 34. Nxd4 Kg6 {White is still
winning, but some technique is needed.}) 31. Rd1 {Now Black can’t drum up
counterplay anymore, it’s an easy win for White.} Ne4 32. Rxd3 Rfe8 33. f3
Nf6 34. Rb7 Re1+ $2 35. Kf2 Ra1 36. Nh6+ {Black resigned. I was happy to at
least win a nice game in this tournament where otherwise I didn't manage to
show an impressive performance.} 1-0

