[Event "HUN-chT 0910"]
[Site "Hungary"]
[Date "2010.01.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aquaprofit"]
[BlackTeam "Honved"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. c3 g6 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 b5 8. Bc2
Bg7 9. d5 Na5 10. Nbd2 d6 11. Rb1 c5 12. b3 c4 13. bxc4 bxc4 14. Nf1 O-O 15.
Be3 Bg4 16. Bb6 Bc3+ 17. N1d2 Qc8 18. O-O Rb8 19. Qc1 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Nb7 21. Qe3
Bg7 22. Ba7 Ra8 23. Rfc1 Re8 24. Ba4 Nxd5 25. Qd2 Nf6 26. Bxe8 Rxa7 27. Bxf7+
Kxf7 28. e5 dxe5 29. Rxc4 Qb8 30. Qc2 1-0

[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.26"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Ne4 Qd5 7. Ng3 Nf6 8. Be2
Ba6 9. e4 Nxe4 10. Bf3 f5 11. N1e2 g6 12. Nf4 Qf7 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Bg4 h5 15.
Be6 Qf6 16. Bh3 c3 17. Ne6 cxb2 18. Bxb2 e3 19. Qf3 g5 20. Nc7+ Kd8 21. Ne6+
Ke8 22. Bf5 Bc8 23. Nc7+ Kd8 24. Nxa8 Qxf5 25. Qxe3 Qd5 26. Rc1 e6 27. Rc5 Bxc5
28. dxc5 Rf8 29. O-O Ba6 30. Qg3 Rf4 31. Bf6+ Kc8 32. Nc7 Kxc7 33. Bxg5 Bxf1
34. Bxf4+ Kb7 35. f3 Bc4 36. Qg7+ Qd7 37. Qh8 Na6 38. Bd6 Nxc5 39. Qb8+ Ka6 40.
Qxb4 Qxd6 41. Qxc4+ Kb7 42. Qb4+ Kc8 43. h4 e5 44. Qe1 Qd4+ 45. Kh1 Qf4 46. Qf2
Nd3 47. Qxa7 Qxh4+ 48. Kg1 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "AUT-chT 1112"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "2012.01.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Black "Ragger, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2012.01.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Maria Saal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Ne4 c5
15. g4 Nxg4 16. Qe2 Qb6 17. Ne5 Ndxe5 18. dxe5 f5 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Rdg1 Nxe4
21. Qxe4 Bf6 22. c3 Qd6 23. Bxh6 Qd5 24. Qg6 Qf5+ 25. Qxf5 exf5 26. Bxg7 Bxg7
27. h6 Rf7 28. Rh5 Re8 29. hxg7 Rxg7 30. Rxg7+ Kxg7 31. Rxf5 b6 32. Rf4 Re2 33.
a4 a6 34. Ka2 Rd2 35. Rf5 Kg6 36. Rf8 Kg7 37. Ra8 a5 38. Rb8 Rd6 39. Kb3 Kf7
40. Kc4 Rf6 41. f3 Rd6 42. Kb5 Rd2 43. Rb7+ Ke8 44. Rxb6 Rxb2+ 45. Kxc5 Rf2 46.
Re6+ Kd7 47. Re3 Ra2 48. Kb5 Rb2+ 49. Kxa5 Kc6 50. f4 1-0

[Event "AUT-chT 1112"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "2012.03.01"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Black "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2012.01.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Jenbach"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. d4 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 d6 11. f4 Nc6 12. Qd3 O-O 13. Nc3 Nb4 14. Qd2 Be6 15.
Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nxb5 Nxc2 17. Qxc2 axb5 18. a5 c5 19. e5 Nd5 20. Qe4 dxe5 21.
Qxe5 Qf6 22. Re1 Qxe5 23. Rxe5 Ra8 24. Rxe6 Nxf4 25. Bxf4 Rxf4 26. Rc6 c4 27.
Rb6 Rf5 28. a6 Ra7 29. Rb8+ Rf8 30. Rxb5 Rf6 31. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "AUT-chT 1213"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "2013.01.20"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2012.11.02"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Jenbach"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Invest"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h6 11. Rd1 Bd7 12. Bf4 Rd8 13. Rd2 Be6 14. Rad1
Rxd2 15. Bxd2 Bc5 16. Be1 h5 17. Ng5 Rh6 18. Nce4 Be7 19. g4 hxg4 20. hxg4 Rg6
21. gxf5 Bxf5 22. Kh2 Bxg5 23. Nxg5 Rxg5 24. Rd2 Rh5+ 25. Kg3 Rh1 26. Re2 Bxc2
27. Kg2 Bd1 28. Kxh1 Bxe2 29. f4 Kd7 30. Kg2 Ke6 31. Kf2 Bd3 32. Ke3 Bb1 33. a3
Kd5 34. Bh4 c5 35. Bd8 c6 36. Be7 Kc4 37. Bf8 g6 38. Kd2 Bf5 39. Bd6 a5 40. Bc7
Kb3 41. Kc1 a4 42. Bb6 c4 43. Bd4 b5 44. Bc3 c5 45. Be1 b4 46. Bf2 c3 47. bxc3
bxa3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.09"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
Be7 9. Nbd2 d6 10. a4 a6 11. Bc4 Nh5 12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. Qxh5 Be6 14. Bxg5 Qxg5
15. Qxg5 hxg5 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17. b4 a5 18. b5 Nb8 19. Nc4 Nd7 20. f3 g6 21. Kf2
Kg7 22. Rh1 f5 23. Ke2 g4 24. fxg4 fxe4 25. dxe4 Nf6 26. Kf3 d5 27. exd5 e4+
28. Kg3 Nxd5 29. Rad1 c6 30. bxc6 bxc6 31. Rhe1 Ra7 32. Ne3 Nxc3 33. Rd4 Na2
34. g5 Nb4 35. h4 Rf7 36. Re2 Nd3 37. Ng4 Nf4 38. Re3 Nh5+ 39. Kh3 Rf4 40. g3
Rf3 41. Rxf3 exf3 42. Rd7+ Kh8 43. Rf7 Re4 44. Rxf3 Rxa4 45. Ne5 Kh7 46. Rd3
Ra1 47. Rd7+ Ng7 48. Ng4 Kg8 49. Rd8+ Kf7 50. Ne5+ Ke7 51. Nxc6+ Ke6 52. Rg8
Kf7 53. Ra8 a4 54. Ne5+ Ke6 55. Nxg6 Nf5 56. Nf4+ Ke5 57. Kg4 Ne3+ 58. Kf3 Ra3
59. Re8+ Kd6 60. Re6+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.11"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Black "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 ({The Berlin endgame after} 4. O-O Nxe4 5.
d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {remains a tough nut to crack,
although lately Caruana has started scoring well against it:} 9. h3 Bd7 (9...
h6 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Bf4 Rd8 13. Ne4 Be7 (13... c5 $142 $5 {[%cal
Yd7c6]}) 14. g4 Nh4 15. Nxh4 Bxh4 16. Kg2 Be6 17. f3 b6 18. b3 c5 $6 {[%csl
Rd5]} (18... Rd7 $142) 19. c4 Rd7 20. Bg3 Be7 21. Rxd7 Bxd7 22. Nc3 Kd8 23. Nd5
Re8 24. Rd1 $16 Kc8 $2 25. Nxc7 $1 $18 {Caruana,F (2783)-Carlsen,M (2881)/
Shamkir/2014/ See more details in the notes to this game by Caruana in CBM 160.
}) ({Once Black's king has to stay on e8, it's probably a better idea to slow
down White's kingside expansion:} 9... Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 ({The most recent
top-flight example went} 10... Ne7 $5 11. Ne4 Ng6 {Removing the knight from
the exposed f5-square also takes the sting out of g4:} 12. Re1 h6 13. Kh2 c5
14. c4 Be6 15. b3 b6 16. g4 $6 h5 17. Kg3 Rd8 18. Neg5 Bc8 19. Bb2 Be7 20. Rad1
Rxd1 21. Rxd1 hxg4 22. hxg4 f6 23. exf6 gxf6 24. Re1 Kf8 25. Ne4 Kf7 26. Bc1
Rg8 27. Rh1 Bb7 28. Re1 Re8 $36 {Nakamura,H (2787)-Topalov,V (2772)/Saint
Louis/2014/}) 11. Rd1 (11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. g3 Rd8 14. Bg5 Nh6 15. Kg2
Bf5 16. Rxd8+ Bxd8 17. Bxd8 Kxd8 18. Rd1+ Ke7 19. Rd2 a5 20. Nd4 Bc8 21. f3 Rd8
22. g4 c5 23. Nb3 Rxd2+ 24. Nxd2 Ke6 25. Nc4 hxg4 26. hxg4 Bd7 27. a4 b6 28.
Kg3 g5 $132 {Naiditsch,A (2705)-Kramnik,V (2777)/Dortmund/2014/}) 11... Be7 12.
Ne2 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. Be3 Be7 15. Rd2 h4 16. Rad1 Rh5 17. Bf4 (17. Bd4 c5
18. Nf4 $2 (18. Bc3 Rf5 $11) 18... Rf5 19. Nd5 cxd4 20. Nxc7+ Kd8 21. Nxa8 Be6
22. Rxd4+ Kc8 23. Rg4 g6 24. Re4 Kb8 25. Nb6 axb6 26. c4 Kc7 27. b3 Kc6 $17 {
Grigoryev,V-Zidu,J/email/2009/}) 17... a6 (17... Rf5 18. Bh2 c5 19. c4 (19. Nc3
Be6 20. Nd5 Bd8 (20... Bxd5 21. Rxd5 c6 22. Rd7 Rd8 $11)) 19... Be6 20. b3 Rd8
$11 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Kf1 a6 23. Nc3 Bg5 24. Ke2 Bf4 25. Bxf4 Rxf4 26. Rd3 Rf5
27. Re3 Bd7 28. Nd5 Bc6 29. Nxc7+ Kd7 30. Nd5 Ke6 31. Nc7+ Kd7 32. Nd5 {
1/2, Busemann,S (2628)-Chytilek,R (2663)/email/2008/}) 18. Nd4 c5 19. Ne2 Be6
20. Nc3 Rd8 21. Nd5 Rd7 22. Nxe7 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Kxe7 $11 {Caruana,F (2783)
-Karjakin,S (2772)/Shamkir/2014/}) 10. Rd1 Be7 11. g4 (11. Nc3 Kc8 12. g4 Nh4
13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. Be3 b6 15. Rd2 c5 16. Nd5 Re8 17. Rad1 Bc6 18. Bf4 h6 19. Kg2
Kb7 20. c4 a5 (20... f6 $132) (20... Bg5 $5) 21. Re1 Rad8 22. Bg3 Bxg3 23. Kxg3
f6 24. f4 Re6 25. Rdd1 fxe5 26. Rxe5 Red6 27. f5 $36 {Caruana,F (2789)-Adams,M
(2743)/Dortmund/2014/ Black's play was too hesitant and White made full use of
his kingside majority.}) 11... Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Nd2 Kc8 14. Nf3 (14. Ne4
b6 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 h6 17. Nxf7 Re8 18. f4 Be6 19. Nxh6 gxh6 20. f5 Bxf5
21. gxf5 Rxe5 22. Rf1 Kd7 23. Rad1+ Ke7 24. Rfe1 Kf6 25. Rxe5 Kxe5 26. Rd7 c5
$11 {Karjakin,S (2771)-Carlsen,M (2881)/Stavanger/2014/ See the notes to this
game by Marin in CBM 161.}) 14... Be7 15. Rd3 c5 $6 ({The real question is
what Fabio had in his mind after} 15... h6 16. Nd4 Re8 17. Bf4 c5 18. Nf5 Bf8
19. c4 a6 20. Ne3 b5 21. b3 g5 22. Bg3 Be6 23. Rad1 Kb7 24. h4 Kc6 $132 {
Caruana,F (2782)-Grischuk,A (2785)/EU-chT Warsaw/2013/}) 16. Bg5 c4 17. Rd4 Bc6
18. Bxe7 Bxf3 19. Kh2 Re8 20. Bh4 c6 21. Re1 Bd5 22. f4 a5 23. c3 b5 24. Rd2 b4
25. Bf2 bxc3 26. bxc3 Rb8 27. f5 a4 28. Bc5 Rb7 29. Kg3 Kd7 30. Ba3 Rb5 31. Kf4
$16 {[%csl Ge5,Gf5,Gg4,Gh3] Caruana,F (2801)-Negi,P (2645)/Tromso olm/2014/
With such an impressive space advantage even the opposite-coloured bishops are
not much help.}) 4... Bc5 5. c3 {White has two main alternatives.} (5. Bxc6
dxc6 6. h3 (6. Nbd2 Bg4 $1 ({Recent experiments with} 6... Be6 {have brought
Black mostly trouble; a good reaction is} 7. Nb3 Bd6 (7... Bb6 $5) 8. Na5 Rb8
9. Qe2 O-O 10. Bd2 c5 11. Nc4 Bxc4 12. dxc4 Nd7 13. h4 a6 14. h5 b5 15. Nh4 Qe8
16. Nf5 Kh8 17. Ba5 $36 {Caruana,F (2791)-Aronian,L (2815)/Dubai rpd/2014/}) 7.
h3 Bh5 {was played in game 7 of the 2013 World Championship match and still in
my eyes remains a convincing way to hold the balance after} 8. Nf1 Nd7 9. Ng3
Bxf3 10. Qxf3 g6 11. c3 (11. Be3 Qe7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Ne2 Rhe8 14. Kb1 b6
15. h4 Kb7 16. h5 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Nc5 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. g3 a5 20. Rh7 Rh8 21.
Rdh1 Rxh7 22. Rxh7 Qf6 23. f4 Rh8 $11 {Anand,V (2775)-Carlsen,M (2870)/WCh
Chennai/2013/}) 11... Qe7 12. O-O Nf8 13. Be3 Ne6 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. Qf6 O-O 16.
Rae1 Qd6 17. Re3 Nf4 18. Qxd6 cxd6 $11 {Baklan,V (2634)-Henrichs,T (2476)/
Bundesliga/2013/}) 6... Nd7 7. Be3 ({A more recent example went} 7. Nbd2 O-O 8.
Nc4 Re8 9. O-O f6 10. Be3 Bxe3 (10... Bf8 $5 $11 {[%cal Yd7c5,Yc5e6]}) 11. Nxe3
Nf8 12. h4 c5 13. h5 Be6 14. Nh4 b6 15. Qf3 h6 16. Nhf5 Qd7 17. g3 Rad8 18. b3
Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Qxf5 20. Nxf5 Ne6 21. Kg2 Nd4 $11 {Mastrovasilis,D (2608)-Zhu,C 
(2461)/Tromso olm/2014/}) 7... Bd6 8. Nc3 c5 9. O-O Nf8 10. Nd2 Ng6 11. Nc4 Be6
12. Ne2 Qd7 13. Nxd6+ cxd6 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 Nxf4 16. Rxf4 {Carlsen,M (2872)
-Caruana,F (2782)/Zuerich/2014/} O-O $11 {For more details about this branch
see the notes to this game in CBM 159.}) (5. O-O Nd4 {retains its good
reputation, Black was fine after} 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Nd2 c6 8. Ba4 O-O ({A more
usual move is} 8... d6 9. c3 Bb6 10. Bb3 O-O 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 g5
14. Bg3 Bg4 15. f3 Be6 16. Re1 (16. Ne3 Nh5 17. Bf2 {Efimenko,Z (2703)-Buhmann,
R (2606)/Bundesliga/2011/} Nf4 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 d5 $13) 16... Nh5 17. Bf2
Nf4 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 d5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Qc2 g4 $132 {Ponomariov,R (2764)
-Kramnik,V (2781)/Dortmund/2011/}) 9. Nf3 d5 $5 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. Bb3 Qd6 12.
Nxd4 exd4 13. Qf3 Be6 14. Bf4 Qc5 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qe2 Rae8 17. Be5 Nd7 18.
Bg3 Qd5 19. Rfe1 e5 20. c4 Qf7 21. b4 Re6 22. Qc2 Qf5 $11 {Felgaer,R (2564)
-Mastrovasilis,D (2608)/Tromso olm/2014/}) 5... O-O 6. O-O Re8 {This move
caught on after it brought Carlsen full success in game 6 of the 2013 World
Championship.} ({The text has recently been played about as often as the more
standard} 6... d6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. Re1 c6 9. Ba4 Ng6 (9... Bb6 10. d4 Ng6 11. h3
exd4 $1 12. cxd4 d5 $1 $132 {Svidler,P (2758)-Anand,V (2770)/Candidates
Khanty-Mansiysk/2014/ Black's impressive solution of the opening problems made
White postpone the d4 advance. For more details see the notes to this game in
CBM 160.}) 10. Nf1 Bb6 (10... d5 $5) 11. Ng3 h6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. h3
Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nh7 16. f4 Qf6 17. f5 Nh4 18. e5 dxe5 19. dxe5 Qd8 20. Re4 Qxd1+
21. Bxd1 Rad8 22. Bb3 Nf3+ 23. Kg2 Nd2 24. Bxd2 Rxd2 25. Re2 Rxe2 26. Nxe2 Re8
27. f4 Kf8 28. Rd1 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8 30. Kf3 $14 {Svidler,P (2753)-Fressinet,
L (2717)/Dubai rpd/2014/}) 7. Bg5 {This sortie is one of the many moves White
has tried in his quest for an opening edge.} (7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4 (8. Bxc6 {
Karjakin,S (2766)-Aronian,L (2830)/Candidates Khanty-Mansiysk/2014/ For more
details see the notes to this game in CBM 160.}) 8... b5 9. Bc2 (9. Bb3 {
Radjabov,T (2793)-Aronian,L (2809)/Candidates London/2013/ is the more usual
retreat, see the notes to this game in CBM 154 by Kr.Szabo.}) 9... d5 10. h3 (
10. exd5 Qxd5 11. Qe2 Bg4 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. dxe4 Qd7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Na5 {
Rozentalis,E (2622)-Lenic,L (2651)/AUT-chT/2014/}) 10... dxe4 (10... h6 11. Re1
Bb6 12. exd5 Qxd5 13. Qe2 Be6 14. Nh4 Qd7 15. Ne4 Qd8 16. Qf3 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 Bd5
18. Bb3 Re6 19. Nf5 Rg6 20. h4 Be6 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Nxh6+ gxh6 23. h5 Rf6 24.
Rg4+ Kh8 25. Qxc6 Bxf2+ 26. Kh2 Qe8 $11 {Onischuk,V (2583)-Stefanova,A (2476)/
EU-ch Yerevan/2014/}) 11. dxe4 h6 12. b4 Bb6 13. a4 Rb8 14. Re1 Nh5 15. Nf1 Nf4
16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Be3 Be6 18. Bxb6 cxb6 19. Ne3 f6 20. h4 {Caruana,F (2791)
-Aronian,L (2815)/Norway blitz/2014/} Ne7 $11) (7. b4 Bb6 8. Bc4 d6 (8... h6 9.
a4 a6 10. a5 Ba7 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. Be3 d6 13. Bxa7 Nxa7 14. Nbd2 Be6 15. Rfe1
Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Qe6 17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Qd7 19. e5 dxe5 20. Nxe5 Qd5 21. Ng4 Qg5
22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Qd5 Nc6 24. Nxc6 Qxc6 25. Qxc6 bxc6 26. Kf1 c5 $132 {
Movsesian,S (2672)-Hammer,J (2628)/Tromso olm/2014/}) 9. a4 a6 (9... a5 10. b5
Ne7 11. Qb3 Rf8 12. Ba3 Ng6 13. Nbd2 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Nh5 16. Kh2 Qf6
17. Qd1 c6 18. g3 Rfd8 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Bc1 h6 21. Ng1 d5 22. exd5 cxd5 23.
Bb5 Bxf2 24. Kg2 Nxg3 25. Rxf2 Nf5 26. Kh2 $14 {Areshchenko,A (2701)-Duda,J 
(2580)/Warsaw/2014/}) 10. Bg5 $146 ({Previously White played} 10. Qb3) 10... h6
11. Bh4 Be6 12. Nbd2 Qe7 13. Bb3 Bxb3 14. Qxb3 a5 15. b5 Nb8 16. Nc4 Nbd7 17.
Nfd2 Qe6 18. Nxb6 Qxb3 19. Nxb3 cxb6 20. f3 Rac8 21. c4 Nh5 22. Bf2 Nf4 23.
Rfd1 Nc5 $11 {Duda,J (2587)-Balogh,C (2648)/Budapest/2014/}) (7. Re1 {Anand,V 
(2775)-Carlsen,M (2870)/WCh Chennai/2013/}) 7... h6 8. Bh4 Be7 {This breaks
the pin immediately, but we will also check the alternatives:} (8... Bf8 9.
Nbd2 d6 10. Re1 (10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bd3 Be7 14. f4 Qb8
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. e5 dxe5 17. Ne4 Qxb2 {Carlsen,M (2826)-Howell,D (2633)/
London/2011/} 18. Qh5 $5 $13) 10... Bd7 11. a4 (11. Ba4 Be7 12. Nf1 Nh7 13.
Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Bb3 Ng6 15. Ng3 Ng5 16. Nf5 Qf6 17. Nxg5 hxg5 18. Qf3 Nf4 19. g3
Ne6 20. Bc2 Nf8 21. Bd1 Bxf5 22. exf5 c6 23. Qg4 d5 24. Bc2 Nd7 $11 {Gruenfeld,
Y (2434)-Roiz,M (2623)/Acre/2013/}) 11... g6 12. Nf1 Bg7 13. Ne3 (13. a5 Qc8
14. a6 b6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qa4 Nb8 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Qc4 Nc6 19. Ne3 Ne7 20.
Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 b5 22. Qb3 c5 23. Nd2 Rab8 24. Qa2 Bg5 $11 {/=/+, Najer,E 
(2653)-Malakhov,V (2694)/Dubai rpd/2014/}) 13... Qc8 14. a5 a6 15. Bc4 Nd8 16.
b4 Ne6 17. Qb3 Bb5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. g3 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Qd7 21. d4 exd4 22. cxd4
{Topalov,V (2772)-Aronian,L (2815)/Stavanger/2014/} c6 $11 {/+/= For more
details about this game see the notes by Kr.Szabo in CBM 161.}) ({Until now
Black has played mostly} 8... a6 9. Ba4 ({Balogh would hardly have repeated} 9.
Bxc6 dxc6 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nc3 Bg4 14. e5 Bg5 15. Ne2
Bxf3 (15... Be7 $15) (15... c5 $5) 16. gxf3 Qd7 17. Kh1 {Balogh,C (2575)-Ionov,
S (2546)/Moscow/2008/} Qf5 $15) 9... b5 10. Bb3 Be7 $5 (10... d6 11. Nbd2 g5
12. Nxg5 $5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 Kg7 14. Qf3 Bd7 15. Rae1 Rh8 16. Re3 $44 Rh7 $2 {
Swiercz,D (2631)-Volokitin,A (2687)/Haguenau/2013/} (16... Rh6 $142) 17. Bd5 $1
$40 {[%cal Rd5c6,Rf3f5]}) 11. a4 (11. Nbd2 d6 12. Bg3 Be6 (12... Na5 $142 $11)
13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Re1 Nd7 15. Nf1 Kh7 16. Rc1 Bf6 17. d4 Ne7 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19.
Nd4 Qd7 20. f4 N5c6 21. Nf3 g6 22. Ne3 Rad8 23. Qc2 $14 {Areshchenko,A (2720)
-Petrosian,T (2660)/WChT Antalya/2013/}) (11. Re1 d6 12. a4 Bd7 13. Nbd2 Na5
14. Bc2 c5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Nf1 Nc6 17. Bb3 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 Na5 19. Bc2 Nc6 20.
Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Ne3 Be6 22. Qa6 Qc7 23. Qxb5 Rb8 24. Qa4 Rxb2 25. Nd5 Qb7 $11 {
Rodshtein,M (2683)-Klein,D (2491)/Groningen/2013/}) 11... Rb8 (11... b4 12.
Nbd2 Rb8 13. h3 d6 14. d4 bxc3 15. bxc3 exd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. Re1 Be6 18. d5
Bd7 19. Bg3 Nd3 20. Re3 Nc5 $132 {Efimenko,Z (2661)-Stern,R (2513)/Bundesliga/
2013/}) 12. axb5 axb5 13. d4 exd4 14. e5 Nh7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. cxd4 d6 17. Qc1
Bb7 18. exd6 Qxd6 19. Rd1 Rbd8 20. Nc3 Qb4 21. Qc2 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Rxd4 23. Rxd4
Qxd4 24. Qf5 Nf6 25. Qxb5 Qe5 $11 {Najer,E (2626)-Ni,H (2646)/CHN-chT/2013/}) (
{Risky, but interesting is the straightforward} 8... g5 $5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. d4
exd4 11. cxd4 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Bb6 13. d5 Ne5 14. d6 c6 15. Nxe5 Rxe5 16. Bc4 Qf6
17. Qh5 Rxe4 18. Nd2 Rd4 19. Rae1 Rxd2 20. Re7 Rxf2 {Jurcik,M (2481)-Manik,M 
(2404)/CZE-chT/2014/} 21. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 22. Kh2 Qg1+ 23. Kh3 Qh1+ 24. Kg4 Qxh5+
25. Kxh5 Bd4 26. Rxf7 b5 27. Bb3 c5 28. Rxd7+ c4 29. Rd8+ Kf7 30. d7 Bxd7 31.
Rxd7+ Kf6 $132) 9. Nbd2 d6 (9... Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Re1 (11. d4 $5) 11... a6
12. Ba4 Nf4 13. Nf1 d6 14. Ne3 Bd7 15. Bc2 Qf6 16. d4 Qg6 17. Kh1 exd4 18. Nxd4
Ne5 19. f3 Nc4 20. g3 Nh3 21. Qe2 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 c5 23. Ne2 d5 $11 {Gopal,G 
(2522)-Gupta,A (2600)/Golden Sands/2013/}) 10. d4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An attempt
to enliven the manoeuvring struggle.} ({Two rounds earlier Balogh played the
more sedate} 10. a4 a6 11. Bc4 Nh5 12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. Qxh5 Be6 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15.
Qxg5 hxg5 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17. b4 a5 18. b5 Nb8 19. Nc4 Nd7 20. f3 g6 21. Kf2 Kg7
22. Rh1 f5 23. Ke2 {Balogh,C (2637)-Sargissian,G (2686)/Tromso olm/2014/} Nc5
$132 {Black equalised from the opening, but subsequently played too
ambitiously and went on to lose.}) (10. Re1 Bd7 11. Nf1 (11. Ba4 Nh5 12. Bxe7
Nxe7 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Qxh5 Qxd3 16. Qe2 Rad8 17. Nc4 Qxe2 18.
Rxe2 f6 $11 {Gopal,G (2550)-Ganguly,S (2619)/Caleta/2014/}) 11... Nh7 (11...
Nh5 $5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 $132) 12. Bg3 (12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Bc4 b5 14. Bb3 Ng6 15. a4
a6 16. d4 Nf6 17. Ng3 c5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. dxc5 dxc5 21. Nh5 Nxh5
22. Qxd7 c4 23. Bc2 Qb8 24. Rd1 Nf6 $11 {Erenburg,S (2633)-Shankland,S (2634)/
USA-ch Saint Louis/2014/}) 12... g6 13. d4 Bf6 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxd7 Nxd7 16.
Qd5 Qb8 17. Rad1 Bg7 18. Qd2 a5 19. Nd4 a4 20. f3 Nhf6 21. Ne3 Nh5 22. Bf2 Kh7
23. Nb5 $14 {Borisek,J (2569)-Berend,F (2380)/Tromso olm/2014/}) 10... exd4 11.
Nxd4 $8 (11. cxd4 $2 Nxe4 $1 12. Bxe7 Rxe7 {just loses a pawn for almost
nothing.}) (11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. cxd4 Bd7 $11 {[%csl Gd7,Gf6] /=/+}) 11... Bd7 (
11... Bg4 $5 12. f3 Bd7 $132) 12. Nxc6 (12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 Nd7 (13... Ne4 $5
14. Bxe7 Rxe7 15. Nxe4 Rxe4 16. Qf3 Qh4 $132) 14. Bg3 Bh4 $11) 12... bxc6 13.
Bd3 Qb8 {Black plays similarly to Carlsen-Howell above. This might not be the
best idea, later on Black's queen will be offside.} (13... Rb8 14. Qc2 Nh5 $11)
14. Qc2 {Simply defends the pawn without any concessions. The difference is
that with Carlsen's extra move f4 (due to Howell's Bf8-e7) White had to reckon
with tactical ideas such as Ng4.} a5 (14... Nxe4 $2 15. Bxe7 Nxd2 16. Rfe1 {
[%csl Rd2]} Be6 17. Bh4 Nc4 18. Rxe6 $16) 15. Rae1 Ng4 $6 {I don't like this
move and the whole plan connected with it - the knight can't gain a foothold
on e5 anyway, as it will be gradually chased away.} (15... Nh5 $5 16. Bxe7 Rxe7
17. f4 Nf6 $132) 16. Bg3 (16. Bxe7 Rxe7 $11 {is nothing, White wants to keep
more tension.}) 16... a4 (16... Bf6 17. h3 Ne5 18. Be2 Qb6 19. Kh2 $14 {
is similar.}) 17. h3 (17. Nc4 d5 $5 (17... Bf6 18. f3 Qa7+ 19. Kh1 Ne5 20. Nxe5
dxe5 $1 (20... Bxe5 21. f4 Bf6 22. e5 $36) 21. Bf2 Qb7 $132) 18. Ne3 Nxe3 19.
Rxe3 Qb6 $13) 17... Ne5 18. Be2 $1 (18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Nc4 Bg5 $11 {White can't
effectively profit from the doubled c-pawns, as Black's pieces are too active.}
) 18... Qb6 (18... Qa7 19. Kh2 Be6 20. f4 Nd7 21. Bf2 Qb7 22. Ra1 Nf6 23. b4 $5
axb3 24. axb3 $14) 19. Kh2 Rab8 20. Rb1 (20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Nc4 Qa7 {/\} 22.
Nxe5 $6 Bd6 23. f4 Bxe5 24. fxe5 Qc5 $15) 20... Qa7 {Displaces the queen even
further.} (20... c5 $142 $5 21. f4 Ng6 22. Nc4 $14) 21. f4 Ng6 22. Bd3 Nf8 23.
Nf3 $5 (23. e5 dxe5 24. fxe5 Be6 $132) (23. Nc4 $14 {is not bad, but compared
to the text it has the drawback that a timely d5 can come with tempo.}) 23...
c5 (23... Ne6 24. e5 $5 Nc5 25. Bh7+ Kh8 26. b4 $5 (26. Bf5 $14) 26... axb3 27.
axb3 $36) 24. e5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 64] The central advance is dangerous and gives
White dangerous attacking chances. His pieces are more actively placed and
thus most tactical sequences work in his favour.} Bc6 (24... d5 25. f5 (25. Qd2
$5 {[%cal Rf4f6,Yd3c2]}) 25... c4 26. Be2 Rb6 27. e6 $5 fxe6 28. Ne5 $36) 25.
f5 Bxf3 (25... Qb7 26. f6 gxf6 27. exd6 Bxd6 28. Bxd6 cxd6 29. Nh4 $40) 26. f6
$1 {An important intermediate move.} (26. Rxf3 $6 dxe5 27. Bxe5 Nd7 28. Bg3 Bd6
$11) 26... Bd5 $6 {This eases White's task.} (26... gxf6 27. Rxf3 $5 (27. exd6
cxd6 28. Rxf3 $16) 27... dxe5 28. Bc4 $40 {[%cal Rg3e5,Yc2f5,Yg3h4,Yb1f1]}) (
26... Bxf6 27. exf6 c4 (27... Bh5 28. fxg7 Kxg7 (28... Ne6 29. Bh4 Nxg7 30. Bf6
$18) 29. Qd2 $40) 28. fxg7 cxd3 (28... Kxg7 29. Bxc4 $18) 29. gxf8=Q+ Rxf8 (
29... Kxf8 30. Qd2 Qe3 $8 31. Qxe3 Rxe3 32. Rxf3 Rxf3 33. gxf3 d2 34. Rd1 Rxb2
35. Bf4 Rxa2 36. Bxh6+ Kg8 37. Rxd2 $18) 30. Qxd3 {[%csl Rf3,Gg3,Rg8]} Bh5 31.
Rf6 $16) ({The most resilient was} 26... c4 $142 $1 27. Bxc4 (27. fxe7 cxd3 28.
exf8=Q+ Rxf8 29. Qxd3 Bh5 30. exd6 Bg6 $14) 27... Bxf6 $5 (27... d5 28. Rxf3
dxc4 {forces White to find the sacrificial} 29. fxg7 $1 (29. fxe7 $6 Rxe7 30.
Rf4 $14 {is too soft}) 29... Nh7 (29... Kxg7 30. Qf5 Kh8 31. Qxf7 Qc5 (31...
Qa8 32. Rf6 $1 Bxf6 33. exf6 Ne6 34. Qg6 $18 {[%cal Rf6f7,Rg3e5,Rg6h6]}) 32. e6
{[%cal Rf3f5]} Bd6 33. Bxd6 Qxd6+ 34. Rg3 $18) (29... Ne6 30. Rxf7 Ng5 31. Qg6
$1 {[%cal Rf7f8]} Nxf7 (31... Qb6 32. Rf8+ Bxf8 33. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 34. Rf1+ Ke7
35. e6 Qxe6 36. Qg7+ Nf7 37. Re1 $18) 32. e6 (32. Rf1 Bf6 33. Rxf6 Ng5 34. h4
$5 $18) 32... Ng5 33. Qxh6 Nh7 34. Qh5 $1 Kxg7 35. Be5+ Bf6 36. Bxf6+ Nxf6 37.
Qf7+ Kh8 38. Qxf6+ Kg8 39. Rf1 c5 40. Qf7+ $18) 30. e6 $1 (30. Rxf7 Qb6 $1 (
30... Ng5 31. Qg6 $1 {- 29...Ne6}) 31. Rbf1 $36 {is less convincing}) 30... f6
(30... fxe6 31. Qg6 Bf6 32. Rxf6 $18 (32. Rbf1 $18)) 31. Qg6 {[%cal Rg6f7]} Ng5
32. Re1 $1 {[%cal Rg6h6,Rh6h8]} Qb6 33. Qxh6 Nxe6 34. Rfe3 Bd6 35. Bxd6 Qxd6+
36. Rg3 Qf4 (36... Qd7 37. Qh8+ Kf7 38. Qh7 Rg8 39. Qg6+ Ke7 40. Rf3 $18) 37.
Qh5 $1 {[%cal Re1e6]} c6 {and now the simplest win is} 38. a3 $1 {with a
zugzwang:} f5 (38... Qd6 39. Re4 {[%cal Rh5h7,Rg7g8]}) 39. Qh8+ Kf7 40. Qh7 $18
) (27... Bh5 28. fxe7 Rxe7 29. exd6 cxd6 30. Bxd6 Bg6 31. Qf2 $18) 28. Rxf3 (
28. exf6 Be4 $13) 28... Rxe5 (28... dxe5 29. Rxf6 gxf6 30. Qf5 Kg7 (30... Re7
31. Bh4 Qc5 (31... Nd7 32. Bxf6 {/\} Nxf6 33. Qg6+ $1 Kf8 34. Qxf6 $18) 32.
Qg4+ Kh7 33. Bxf6 Ng6 34. Bxe7 Qxe7 35. Rf1 $16) 31. Bh4 Qb6 (31... Rb6 32. Rf1
Nh7 33. Bxf7 $18) 32. Rf1 Re6 33. Bxe6 Qxe6 34. Bxf6+ Kg8 35. Qh5 $16) 29. Rxf6
$5 (29. Bxe5 Bxe5+ 30. Kh1 Bf6 31. Rbf1 c6 $5 32. Rxf6 gxf6 33. Rxf6 d5 $14)
29... gxf6 30. Bxe5 dxe5 31. Qf5 $16) 27. c4 $1 {Another intermediate move!} (
27. fxe7 $143 Rxe7 28. exd6 cxd6 29. c4 Bc6 30. Bxd6 Re3 {is unconvincing, as
the rook is taboo.}) 27... Be6 (27... gxf6 28. exf6 $18 {->}) (27... Bc6 28.
fxg7 $1 (28. fxe7 Rxe7 29. exd6 cxd6 {- 27.fxe7}) 28... Kxg7 29. Qf2 $18 {
and the attack crashes through - note the dismal Qa7.}) 28. fxe7 Rxe7 (28...
Ng6 29. Bxg6 fxg6 30. Qxg6 Rxe7 31. exd6 cxd6 32. Bxd6 Bxc4 33. Bxe7 Qxe7 34.
Qg3 $1 $18) (28... Nd7 29. Bh7+ (29. exd6 $143 cxd6 30. Bxd6 Rb6) 29... Kh8 30.
Bf5 $1 Bxf5 (30... Nxe5 31. Bxe5 dxe5 32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. Rf7 $18) (30... Rxe7
31. exd6 $18) 31. Rxf5 Kg8 32. exd6 cxd6 33. Bxd6 Rb6 34. Qd3 $18 {[%csl Ge7]})
29. exd6 cxd6 (29... Rd7 30. dxc7 {also more or less forces Black to give the
exchange.}) 30. Bxd6 Rd7 31. Bxb8 Qxb8+ 32. Kh1 $18 {The complications are
over and White is a healthy exchange ahead. The rest is more or less a matter
of technique.} Rd4 33. b3 axb3 34. axb3 g6 35. Be4 Qe5 36. Rbe1 Qg3 37. Rd1 Nd7
38. Bd5 (38. Rxd4 cxd4 39. Bd5 $18) 38... Bf5 39. Qe2 {[%cal Re2e8]} Nf6 40.
Rxd4 cxd4 41. Bf3 (41. Qe7 $142 $1 Nxd5 42. cxd5 $18 {[%cal Yd5d8]}) 41... d3
42. Qf2 Qe5 43. c5 Qc3 44. Qe3 $5 Qxb3 45. c6 {White has given up a pawn, but
reliably stopped the Pd3, while the Pc6 is very strong.} Qb8 46. Qe7 Kg7 47. c7
Qb2 (47... Qc8 48. Ra1 $18) 48. Qc5 (48. c8=Q Bxc8 49. Bd5 $1 $18 {is a faster
win.}) 48... Bc8 49. Rd1 d2 50. Qd6 Qc1 51. Kh2 $6 (51. Qc6 $1 Qb2 52. Qa8 $18)
51... Ne8 $1 52. Qe5+ Kf8 53. Qh8+ Ke7 54. Qxh6 Qxc7+ 55. Kh1 Qc3 56. Rxd2 Qc1+
57. Kh2 Qc7+ 58. g3 {Even though Black has managed to exchange the passed
pawns, in the long run he is still fighting for a lost cause with his more
exposed king.} Be6 59. Bd5 Bxd5 60. Rxd5 Nf6 61. Qg5 Qc2+ 62. Rd2 Qc3 63. Ra2
Qd4 64. Rc2 Kf8 $2 {Rodshtein is understandably exhausted, this loses quickly.}
(64... Qd6 {prolongs the fight.}) 65. Qh6+ (65. Qh6+ Ke8 (65... Ke7 66. Re2+
Ne4 67. Qh4+) 66. Qh8+ Ke7 (66... Kd7 67. Qc8+ Ke7 68. Re2+ Ne4 69. Qb7+) 67.
Rc7+ Ke6 68. Qc8+ Kd5 69. Qb7+ Ke6 70. Re7+ Kf5 71. Qc8+ Kg5 72. h4+ Kh5 73.
Kh3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1415"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2015.03.15"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim Nord"]
[BlackTeam "Eppingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. Nf3 e4 7. Nd2 d5 8. Qc2
O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. f3 exf3 11. Nxf3 Nbd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nh4 Rfe8
15. g4 Bg6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. e3 Rac8 19. Qb3 Bxc3 20. Bxc3 Qc6 21.
Ba5 Qa6 22. Bb4 Nb6 23. Rac1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Nc4 25. Bf1 Qe6 26. Bxc4 dxc4 27.
Rxc4 Qe4 28. Rc7 Re6 29. Be1 Nd5 30. Rc8+ Kh7 31. Bf2 Qf3 32. Qc2 Nxe3 33. Bxe3
Rxe3 34. Qf2 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "Barcelona 19th"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "2014.11.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Li, Chao B"]
[Black "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 exd4 7. Bxc4 Nc6
8. Nb3 Bg4 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Rd8 12. Nb3 Nf6 13. f3 Bc8 14.
Kf2 Ke7 15. Rad1 h5 16. Nd4 c5 17. Nf5+ Bxf5 18. exf5 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Ne8 20. Rd5
b6 21. h4 Nd6 22. Be2 f6 23. f4 Kd7 24. a4 Kc6 25. Rd1 Kc7 26. Re1 Re8 27. Bd3
Rxe1 28. Kxe1 c4 29. Be2 Nxf5 30. Kf2 Nxh4 31. Bxh5 Kd6 32. Bf7 Kc5 33. g4 g5
34. fxg5 fxg5 35. Ke3 a6 36. Ke4 b5 37. axb5 axb5 38. Be8 b4 39. Bf7 Ng2 40.
Kf5 c3 41. Bb3 cxb2 42. Ba2 Kd4 43. Kxg5 Ne3 44. Kh5 Nxg4 0-1

[Event "WchT 10th"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Nbd2 d4 11. h3 Nd7 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Nf1 Nc5 15.
Ng3 a5 16. Bd2 Ra6 17. Rc1 Re8 18. Bb1 Bf8 19. f4 Na4 20. Kh2 Bb4 21. Rc2 c5
22. a3 Bxd2 23. Rxd2 Qh4 24. Qf3 Rh6 25. Rc1 Bg4 26. Qf1 Bd7 27. Bc2 Nb6 28.
Bd1 c4 29. Be2 Rg6 30. Qf2 Rh6 31. f5 Qg5 32. Rdd1 cxd3 33. Bxd3 Rd6 34. Rc5
Qe3 35. Qf1 Rd8 36. Re1 Qh6 37. e5 Rd5 38. Rc2 Be8 39. e6 Qf6 40. Qf4 Nc4 41.
Nh5 Qe7 42. f6 Qd6 43. e7 Rb8 44. Bxc4 bxc4 45. Rxc4 d3 46. Nxg7 Bd7 47. Qxd6
Rxd6 48. Rce4 Rxf6 49. Nh5 Re6 50. Rxe6 Bxe6 51. Nf6+ Kh8 52. Rd1 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 b6 8.
Be3 Bb7 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. e5 Nd5 11. Ne4 Rc8 12. c3 Bc5 13. Nxc5 bxc5 14. Qd2
O-O 15. Bd3 Qa5 16. Bb1 Bc6 17. Rhg1 Rb8 18. c4 Rb4 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. b3 c4 21.
Kb2 Rfb8 22. Bd4 Rxb3+ 23. axb3 Rxb3+ 24. Kc1 c3 25. Qa2 Qb4 26. Rd3 Be4 27.
Bc2 Rb2 28. Rxc3 Rxa2 29. Rc8+ Qf8 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Bxe4 1-0

