[Event "WchT 12th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.06"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Adhiban,B"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.03.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Iran"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRI"]

{[%evp 0,15,19,38,40,6,20,22,15,-5,48,23,24,22,49,0,19,32]} {Our team got
double White in the first two matches which was lucky for me and I was looking
forward to this game as I liked Parham's uncompromising style.} 1. e4 c5 {
I didn't really prepare for this much and hence decided to bail out with} 2. c3
$5 {One of the boring lines ever to be invented...} e6 {He had played this
once before in the only ever game where he faced Alapin.} 3. Nf3 {I gave one
last chance to Parham to transpose with ...Nf6!} Nc6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 {Again
this was the very last time I was indirectly requesting to transpose back to
Alapin.} exd5 {As Naka would say "It is what it is!"} 6. Bb5 {Now we are in
some French Tarrasch type structures.} Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Nge7 9. Nbd2 O-O
(9... a6 $5 10. Nb3 (10. Be2 O-O 11. Nb3 Bb6 {But now I wasn't sure how to
prepare Be3.}) 10... Bxf2+ 11. Rxf2 axb5 12. Qd3 {with an interesting
middlegame.}) 10. Nb3 Bd6 ({A different tact would be} 10... Bb6 {Here White
can continue with} 11. Re1 {[%cal Rc1e3] followed by Be3 and a top level clash
continued} Bg4 (11... Ng6) 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 Nf5 14. Re1 Nh4 15. Be2 Re8
16. Nxh4 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 Qxh4 18. Rd2 {White was clearly in the drivers seat in
Vitiugov-Rapport Prague CZE 2019, which also sealed the tournament victory.})
11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Re1 h6 ({AFter} 12... Bg4 {I intended to continue with} 13. h3
Bh5 14. Be2 {followed by Nh4 or Nd4 depending on the situation.} ({Another
option was} 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Be2 {playing for light square domination and
pressure against d5-pawn where the d6-bishop would feel out of place...})) 13.
Bh4 Nf5 (13... Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Be2 {followed by Nd4-b5 idea.}
a6 17. Nh4 $1 {and White will be better after the exchange of the bishops.})
14. Bg3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 {A nice transformation and also now Black is clearly
behind in development.} Ne7 (15... Bg4 16. Qxd5 {is just an extra pawn.}) 16.
Nfd4 g6 ({Possibly Black's best bet was} 16... a6 17. Bd3 (17. Be2 Bd7 18. Bf3
Rad8) 17... g6 {with a better version of the game.} (17... Bd7 18. Qh5 $1 {
followed by g4-g5.})) 17. Qd2 Kg7 18. c4 $5 {I was quite happy to play the
manoeuvring game but...at the same time I wanted to exploit my lead in
development hence decided to open up the position!} dxc4 ({Possibly Black's
best chance was} 18... a6 $1 19. c5 (19. Qc3 Kh7 20. c5 Be5 {also looks nice
for Black.}) 19... Be5 {I have to be careful not to be worse.}) 19. Rac1 {
Bring all your pieces to the party!} c3 (19... Qb6 20. Na5 $1 {was my main
point as I felt the knight on b3 was possibly the only inactive piece though
it was doing a reasonable job restricting the d6-B.} Bc5 21. Nxc4 (21. Rxc4 {
was interesting.} Rd8 22. Nab3 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. Qxd4+ Qxd4 25. Nxd4 Nf5
$1 26. Nxf5+ Bxf5 27. Re7 {keeps the pressure.}) 21... Qd8 22. Nb3 Qxd2 23.
Ncxd2 Bb4 24. a3 Bxd2 25. Nxd2 {with the better endgame.} Nd5 26. Nb3) 20. Rxc3
Qb6 21. Rd3 $5 a6 {A huge error missing my next move...} (21... Bf5 $1 {
was my mainline.} 22. Nxf5+ (22. Rxe7 $5 Bxe7 23. Nxf5+ gxf5 24. Nd4 {was
quite tempting but it was quite complex at the same time.} (24. Bd7 Bg5 $1)
24... Bg5 $1 {as my coordination is bit off.}) 22... Nxf5 23. a4 (23. g4 Qxb5
24. gxf5 Bb4 {and I didn't see a good follow-up.}) 23... h5 $1 {[%csl Gf5]
Nice geometry, I felt Black was probably doing fine here.} (23... a6 24. g4 $1
{now works.} axb5 25. gxf5 bxa4 26. f6+ $1 {mating.})) 22. Nc2 $1 Bb8 (22...
Qxb5 23. Rxd6 {is also bad.}) (22... Nf5 23. g4 $16) 23. Rxe7 {At first I
wasn't happy to allow the rook to get back into the game but then saw that the
idea of Ne3-d5 was very strong.} ({An alternative was} 23. Bc4 Nf5 24. g4 Nd6
25. Qc3+ {with attack.}) 23... axb5 24. Ne3 Rxa2 (24... b4 25. Nd5 Qb5 26. Qe3
{[%cal Ge3d4,Ge3e5]}) (24... Ba7 25. Rd6 {would be a funny puzzle rush problem.
}) 25. Nd5 Qc6 26. Rc3 Qd6 27. Qd4+ Kh7 28. Nf6+ Kh8 29. Rxf7 {This looked
cleanest.} (29. Rxc8 {was my other idea.} Qxe7 30. Nd5+ {also winning.} Be5 (
30... Qe5 31. Rxb8 $1 (31. Rxf8+ Kh7)) 31. Nxe7 Bxd4 32. Rxf8+ Kg7 33. Rg8+ Kf6
34. Nxd4) 29... Rxf7 30. Rxc8+ Rf8 31. Nd7+ {Generally a blow at the top is
enough for match victory but it wasn't one of those days...} 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Totsky, Leonid"]
[Black "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nc6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. Re1 Bg4 12. Be2 Rc8 13. Nfd4 Bd7 14. Nb5
Bb8 15. Nc5 Ne5 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Nd4 N7c6 18. Bf4 Rfe8 19. Bg3 Nxd4 20. Qxd4
Nc6 21. Qd2 Bxg3 22. hxg3 Rcd8 23. Bf3 Ne5 24. Rad1 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Qb5 26. b3
h6 27. Kg2 b6 {In this standard position with the isolated d-pawn White has
slightly better chances, for example now he can play 28 Rxe8+ Qxe8 29 Qd4.
However, in the game White chose another way exploit his advantage.} 28. c4
dxc4 29. Qxd8 Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Kh7 31. bxc4 Qxc4 {Obviously, White anticipated
this position and believed that his chances would be better here. Possessing
the two rooks allows White to attack Black's pawns effectively. It's important
that White's king is very safe here. Perhaps White is better here, although on
move 28 I would probably still prefer to exchange the rooks and attack the
d5-pawn.} 32. a3 Qa4 33. Re3 a5 34. Rb8 Qb5 ({After} 34... b5 35. Re5 Qxa3 36.
Rbxb5 a4 37. Re4 {White would liquidate all pawns on the queenside and then
attack the black pawns on the opposite wing. In positions with the play on one
side of the board, two rooks are stronger than a queen.}) 35. Re7 f5 36. Rbb7
Qb2 37. a4 Qd4 38. Red7 Qb2 39. Rd5 f4 40. g4 Qb4 41. Rdd7 Qb2 42. Rd6 Qb4 43.
Rdxb6 Qxa4 44. Ra6 h5 45. gxh5 Qc4 46. Rxa5 Qe6 47. Rg5 1-0

[Event "Pardubice op"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Brodsky, Michail"]
[Black "Shtyrenkov, Veniamen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Brodsky,M"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1993.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. fxe3 O-O $6 (12... Bg4 13.
Qd4 Bxf3 14. Rxf3 O-O 15. e4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 a5 $10) 13. Qd2 (13. Qd4 Nf5 14. Qc5
Qb6 15. Rfe1 Rb8 16. Rab1 Re8 17. Nfd4 Bd7 $10) 13... Qb6 14. Qc3 Rb8 15. Nfd4
(15. Rab1 $5 $14) 15... c5 16. Qxc5 Qxc5 17. Nxc5 Rxb2 18. Rfb1 Rxb1+ 19. Rxb1
g6 (19... Nf5 20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21. Rb7 $14) 20. Kf2 Bf5 21. Rb7 Rc8 22. Nd3 (22.
Rxe7 Rxc5 23. Rxa7 Bxc2 24. a4 Be4 {/\ Rc3-a3-a2<=>}) (22. Na6 $1 Nc6 $1 23.
Nxf5 gxf5 24. Ke2 $14) 22... Kf8 23. Rxa7 (23. Ke2 Be4 $10) 23... Nc6 24. Nxc6
Rxc6 25. Nb4 (25. Rxf7+ Kg8 26. Nb4 Rb6 27. Nxd5 Rd6 28. Rxf5 gxf5 29. Ne7+ Kf7
30. Nxf5 Rd2+ $10) 25... Rc4 26. a3 Bxc2 27. Nxd5 $6 Be4 28. Nb4 Rc3 29. Ra5 $6
f6 30. Ra7 (30. Ra7 h5 31. Rd7 Rxa3 32. Rd2 Ra5 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled 30th Anniversary"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1961.09.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1961.09.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 (5... Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7.
Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. O-O $14) 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8. c4 (8. dxc5 {normal} Bxc5 9.
Nb3) 8... O-O (8... a6 $5 9. cxd5 $6 (9. dxc5 $5) 9... axb5 10. dxc6 c4 $1 $15)
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nb3 Bb6 (10... Bd6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. c5 Bc7 {game}) 11. Bxc6
bxc6 (11... dxc4 $5) 12. c5 Bc7 13. Nfd4 (13. Nbd4 $5 Qd7 (13... Bg4 $5) 14.
Re1 Ng6 15. Bd2 {/\b2-b4;}) 13... Qd7 (13... a5 $1 14. a4 $6 Ng6) 14. Re1 Ng6
15. Bd2 Ne5 $2 (15... a5 $1) 16. Ba5 $16 Bb8 17. Qe2 Qb7 (17... Nc4 18. Qe7
Nxb2 19. Qxd7 Bxd7 20. Re7 $44) 18. Bc3 Qc7 19. g3 Bg4 20. f3 Bd7 21. Nf5 $1 (
21. Na5 $5 {/\b2-b4}) 21... f6 (21... Bxf5 22. Qxe5 Qxe5 23. Bxe5 $16) 22. Nd6
{/\23.Bc3xe5; 23.Ba5} (22. Ba5 Qb7) (22. Nbd4 $1 {/\f3-f4}) 22... a5 23. Bxe5
$2 (23. Bd4 $1) 23... fxe5 24. Qxe5 Ba7 $1 25. Rac1 Rxf3 26. Nc4 Qd8 27. Ncxa5
(27. Ne3 $5 {/\28.Nb3-d4}) 27... Bb8 28. Nxc6 $2 (28. Qe7 Qc7 {/\29...Rf3xg3+}
29. Qg5 {/\30.Re1-e7}) 28... Bxe5 29. Nxd8 Rxb3 $2 (29... Bxb2 $1 30. Rc2 (30.
c6 Rxd8 31. cxd7 Bxc1 32. Re8+ Rf8) 30... Rxb3 $1 31. axb3 Bd4+ 32. Kg2 Rxd8 {
with chances to draw.}) 30. Rxe5 $1 Rxb2 31. c6 Bxc6 $2 (31... Rxd8 {Creates
more problems.} 32. Rxd5 Rg2+ $1 33. Kxg2 (33. Kf1 Rc2 34. Rxc2 Bh3+) (33. Kh1
Rc2 $1 34. Rxc2 Bxc6 35. Rxc6 Rxd5) 33... Bxc6 34. Rxc6 Rxd5) 32. Nxc6 Raxa2
33. Ne7+ $1 Kf7 34. Rf1+ Ke8 35. Nxd5+ Kd7 36. Rh5 h6 37. Ne3 Ke6 38. Ng4 1-0

[Event "Prague"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jansa, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Votava, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1993.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Bxb6 axb6 13. Be2 Qd6 14. c3
Rfd8 15. Nfd4 Bxe2 16. Rxe2 Ng6 17. Nf5 Qf6 18. Nbd4 Nce5 19. g3 Nc4 20. Qc2
Nge5 21. b3 Na3 $6 22. Qd2 Nc6 23. Rae1 Kh8 24. Qd3 g6 25. Nh6 Nxd4 26. cxd4
Qg7 27. Ng4 h5 28. Ne5 Rac8 29. Nf3 Qf6 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Re7 Rc2 (31... Rd6 32.
Rxb7 Rc2 33. Ree7 Rxa2 $13) 32. R1e6 (32. R1e6 Qxe6 33. Rxe6 fxe6 34. Ne5 Kf8
35. Qxg6 $18) (32. Rxb7 Rxa2 33. Ree7 Rf8 34. Ra7 Nc2 35. Rxa2 Nb4 $13) 1-0

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dokhoian, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1989.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5
8. O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Bxb6 (12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3
Ne5 14. Qh5 N7g6 15. Rad1 a6 16. Bf1 Rc8 17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18. Rxe5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5
Rxc2 20. Rd2 Rxd2 21. Nxd2 Qa5 {Psakhis,L-Lputian,S/Erevan/1988/1/2-1/2/54/ ->
CBM 08}) 12... Qxb6 13. Bxc6 Nxc6 14. Qxd5 Nb4 15. Qe4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Rad8 $5 (
16... Qg6+ 17. Qxg6 fxg6 18. Re4 Nxc2 19. Rc1 Rac8 20. Re7) 17. Re2 (17. c3 Nd3
) (17. Rad1) 17... Rd6 $5 18. c3 Re6 19. Qc4 Rg6+ 20. Kh1 Qf6 21. f4 (21. Qe4
Nd3 $1) 21... Qh4 22. Nd2 Nc6 $2 (22... Qh3 $1 23. f3 Nc6) 23. f5 $1 Rg4 24.
Qc5 $1 {/\ 25.Rae1, 26.Qxf8} Rd8 25. Rae1 g6 26. Nf3 $1 Qh3 27. Re8+ Rxe8 28.
Rxe8+ Kg7 29. Qf8+ Kf6 30. Qh8+ (30. Re6+ $1 Kxf5 31. Qxf7#) 30... Kxf5 31.
Re5+ 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 53rd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2010.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2010.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 cxd4 $5 {A
somewhat rare idea, which I had never seen before, although it makes perfect
sense.} ({I only knew something about the main line} 6... Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 {, and here 10.Nbd4 would transpose to the game, but White
has more useful moves such as 10.Bg5 or 10.Re1.}) 7. O-O {Not very critical. I
didn't really understand what was going on.} (7. Nxd4 Bd7 ({I was worried
about something like} 7... Qe7+ $5 {, since the endgame after} 8. Qe2 Qxe2+ 9.
Kxe2 Bd7 10. N2f3 {didn't seem like so much. However, it is probably still
unpleasant for Black. The following game is a nice demonstration of White's
possibilities:} Bd6 11. Re1 Nge7 12. Kf1 a6 13. Bd3 O-O 14. c3 Rfe8 15. h3 Nxd4
16. Nxd4 Nc6 17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Be3 Be5 20. Rd1 g6 21. Be2 $14 {
1-0 Akopian,V (2660)-Lputian,S (2585)/Yerevan 1997/EXT 2010 (54)}) 8. N2f3 Bd6
9. O-O Nge7 {Since Black has played ...Bd7, this is probably a better version
than I had in the game, but it still seems very solid for Black.} 10. Bg5 (10.
Re1 O-O 11. Bd3 {is another possibility.}) 10... O-O 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bh4 {
White is preparing to meet ...Qc7 with Bg3, but there is another problem.} (12.
c3 Qc7 13. Bf1 a6 {remains roughly equal.}) (12. Bd3 $5 {might be the best try
for an advantage. For example,} a6 13. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 14. c4 Qb6 15. Qc2 {
, with a slight advantage.}) 12... Qb6 $1 {Now White is really pinned. Black
should have enough for equality.} 13. Bg3 Bc5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Nb3 Nf5 16.
Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Qd3 f6 18. b3 Kf7 19. Bf4 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Re8 21. Rxe8 Kxe8 22. h3
h5 23. Bd2 Qb5 24. c4 dxc4 25. bxc4 Qa4 26. Qb1 c5 27. Qb8+ Ke7 28. Qc7 Qxc4
29. Qxa7 Qb5 30. Bc3 Kf7 31. Nd2 Kg6 32. Nb3 Be6 33. Nxc5 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Qxa2 35.
Qb8 Qc4 {1/2-1/2 Kobalia,M (2639)-Vaisser,A (2563)/Istanbul 2003/CBM 096}) (7.
Qe2+ {is probably the best try for an advantage. Black can go into the
aforementioned endgame with 7...Qe7, or else play} Be7 8. O-O a6 (8... Nf6 9.
Re1 {looks unpleasant for Black.}) 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Nxd4 (10. Re1 $5 {is an
interesting idea, and perhaps the only try for an advantage.}) 10... c5 11. Nc6
(11. N4b3 Be6 12. Nf3 h6 {, and I don't see any way to take advantage of
Black's lack of development.}) 11... Qd6 12. Nxe7 Nxe7 13. Re1 Ra7 ({There is
no reason to refrain from the natural} 13... Be6 14. b3 O-O 15. Ba3 Ng6) 14. b3
({Extremely interesting was} 14. b4 $5 cxb4 15. Nb3) 14... O-O 15. Ba3 Rc7 16.
Rad1 Qb6 17. Qe5 f6 18. Qf4 Ng6 19. Qg3 Rc6 20. h4 {, and White had an
unpleasant initiative.} Qc7 21. c4 Qxg3 22. fxg3 dxc4 23. Nxc4 Bg4 24. Rd5 Rfc8
25. h5 Ne5 26. Nxe5 fxe5 27. Rexe5 c4 28. bxc4 Be6 29. Rd2 Bxc4 30. Rf2 Re6 31.
Ref5 h6 32. Bb2 Re1+ 33. Kh2 Re2 34. a3 Rxf2 35. Rxf2 Rc5 36. g4 Be6 37. Kg3
Rc4 38. Re2 Bxg4 39. Re7 Bxh5 40. Rxg7+ Kf8 41. Ra7 Rg4+ 42. Kf2 Rg6 {1/2-1/2
Kosashvili,Y (2470)-Vaisser,A (2540)/Tel Aviv 1990/EXT 2004}) 7... Bd6 8. Nb3
Nge7 9. Nbxd4 O-O 10. h3 {Spending an important tempo and weakening the
kingside, but I felt it was important to stop ...Bg4. This move is neither
better nor worse than the alternatives; in any case White has no advantage.
Nigel had been playing very quickly up to this point, but now he started to
think.} Re8 {A somewhat mysterious move. Black had stronger alternatives.} ({
After} 10... Bd7 11. Bd3 {Black should avoid} Nxd4 (11... Ng6 $5 {is an
interesting option.}) 12. Nxd4 Nc6 $2 {because of} 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qxd5 {
, winning a pawn.}) (10... a6 11. Bd3 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc6 13. Nf3 (13. Be3 Ne5 {
is o.k. for Black.}) 13... Qf6 (13... Nb4 {doesn't make much sense:} 14. Be2
Bf5 15. c3 {, since the "logical" continuation of Black's play, 15...Nc2,
probably just loses.}) 14. c3 (14. Re1 Nb4 15. c3 (15. Bf1 Bf5 {now works, and
after} 16. Nd4 Be4 17. c3 Nc6 {, the bishop is very strong on e4.}) 15... Nxd3
16. Qxd3 Qf5 17. Qxf5 Bxf5 {I don't believe White can really be better in this
ending.}) 14... Ne5 15. Be2 (15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. g3 {Black can't take on h3, but
he has other good possibilities, such as} Qe6 17. h4 Qh3) 15... Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3
Qe5 17. g3 Bxh3 18. Re1 Qf6 19. Bxd5 {, and the computer claims White has an
advantage, which may be true, but Black shouldn't have serious problems.}) ({
Often Black has opted to begin attacking with} 10... Bc7 {, but in the
following game White proved an advantage:} 11. Bg5 Qd6 12. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 13.
Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nxc6 Qf6 15. Nb4 Qxb2 16. Nxd5 Bd8 17. Qd3 g6 18. Nd4 Qb7 19. Qf3
Qd7 20. Rfd1 Bb7 21. c4 Rc8 22. Qb3 Rc5 23. Nc2 Qc8 24. Nce3 Ba6 25. Rac1 Re8
26. Ng4 Re6 27. Qb2 {1-0 Tukmakov,V (2565)-Vaganian,R (2510)/Leningrad 1971/
URS-ch}) ({That's why it makes sense to play} 10... Nxd4 11. Nxd4 (11. Qxd4 Bf5
) 11... Bc7 $1 {, which gives Black a reasonable position.} 12. Bd3 Qd6 13. Nf3
(13. g3 $5 Qf6 14. c3 {comes into consideration, but White cannot play for an
advantage in this way.}) 13... Ng6 14. Re1 Bd7 15. Be3 Rae8 {, and White is
under pressure.}) 11. c3 a6 12. Bd3 Nxd4 (12... Qc7 $5 13. Re1 Bd7 {was an
alternative. Black will continue with ...Ng6 next. The position is complex,
although objectively White probably has a small advantage. It's important to
note that} 14. Bxh7+ $2 Kxh7 15. Ng5+ Kg8 16. Qh5 Ng6 {doesn't work for White.}
) 13. Nxd4 Nc6 14. Nf3 {The only way to continue playing. Otherwise ...Ne5
would come.} (14. Be3 Ne5) 14... Bc7 {The logical continuation of Black's play.
} (14... Ne5 $6 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Be3 {gives White a pleasant, albeit small
advantage.}) 15. Bg5 {Nigel seemed surprised by this move, but to me it is the
only logical choice. I need to find some way to neutralise the Bc7-Qd6 battery,
and a bishop on g3 fits the bill perfectly.} Qd6 16. Bh4 Qh6 {Unfortunately,
the bishop seems a little bit strange on h4 now.} 17. Bc2 Be6 18. Bg3 {A key
idea, but premature here.} ({I didn't play} 18. Re1 {, because I was worried
about} d4 ({Now} 18... Qh5 19. Bg3 $1 Bxg3 20. fxg3 {works perfectly well for
White.}) 19. Bg5 ({Possible is} 19. cxd4 Bd5 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Bb3 {, but
even after the simple} Bxb3 22. axb3 {, White's poor coordination should
compensate for the extra pawn.}) 19... Qh5 20. Re4 $1 {I overlooked this
possibility.} ({I saw I could play} 20. cxd4 Bd5 21. Be3 {, but felt that
Black's compensation for the pawn was fully sufficient after} Rad8) 20... Bd5 (
20... f6 21. Rh4 Qf7 22. Bxh7+ Kf8 23. Bc2 $1 {is good for White. After} fxg5
24. Nxg5 {, the attack will be too strong.}) (20... Ne5 21. Nxe5 Qxg5 22. Nf3 {
wins a pawn. Black won't have enough for it.}) 21. Rh4 Bxf3 22. Qd2 $1 (22.
Rxh5 Bxd1 23. Bxh7+ Kf8 24. Rxd1 g6 {leaves the bishop on h7 trapped.}) 22...
Re2 (22... dxc3 23. bxc3 {just makes it worse for Black.}) 23. Rxh5 Rxd2 24.
Bxh7+ Kf8 25. gxf3 Rxb2 {, with a strange endgame, where the computer is
suggesting all sorts of moves, but in the end it always seems to peter out to
a draw. (Although if White wants, he can force a draw at will with 26.Be4 Kg8
27.Bh7) In any case these lines are very difficult to calculate, and 18.Re1
would have been a very serious test for Nigel.}) 18... Bxg3 {Nigel considered
this move for a long time, which made me feel my play at least wasn't
completely absurd!} ({I suppose he was thinking about} 18... Bb6 {, but this
is just what White wants. After} 19. Re1 Rad8 20. Ba4 {, Black is under
pressure.}) 19. fxg3 {White's structure has been damaged, but that isn't the
end of the story. If White can comfortably blockade the d-pawn, he will have
an advantage.} Rad8 (19... Qe3+ 20. Kh2 Rad8 21. Re1 {doesn't make a whole lot
of sense for Black.}) 20. Qd3 {This move took some nerve to play, because I
always had to watch out for ...d4.} ({I saw a very safe alternative in} 20. Nd4
Qe3+ 21. Kh2 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. cxd4 {, but of course this is just to make
a draw.}) ({I was attracted to} 20. Kh2 {, until I saw the annoying} Bg4 $1 {
, and ...d4 will be unstoppable.}) 20... g6 {For some reason I was surprised
by this move, although it is not a bad one.} ({I was expecting the critical
and natural} 20... d4 $5 {, and spent a lot of time calculating all the
consequences.} 21. Nxd4 (21. cxd4 Nb4 {is dangerous for White.}) 21... Ne5 22.
Qe4 Bd5 (22... Bc4 $2 23. Rfe1 {is bad for Black.}) 23. Qf4 ({The computer
shows me an idea I hadn't considered} 23. Qf5 Nc4 24. Rfe1 Ne3 25. Qf2 {
I can't imagine allowing the knight to e3, but in fact it does nothing from
there!}) 23... Qxf4 24. Rxf4 ({I calculated the following variation during the
game:} 24. gxf4 Nc4 25. b3 Ne3 26. Rf2 Nxg2 27. Rxg2 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Rxd4 29.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 30. cxd4 {, and felt it would be a draw. The easiest way is} Re4 31.
Rd1 Rxf4 32. d5 Re4 33. d6 Re8) 24... Nc4 25. b3 (25. Rb1 Ne3 26. Bb3 Nxg2 27.
Rf2 Ne3 $11) 25... Ne3 26. Rf2 ({I missed the strong} 26. Re1 Nxg2 27. Rxe8+
Rxe8 28. Rf1 $1 {, and Black has problems with his offside knight.}) 26... Bxg2
27. Rxg2 Nxg2 28. Kxg2 Rxd4 29. Bxh7+ Kxh7 30. cxd4 {This time the ending is
much more difficult for Black, although he may be able to hold the draw.}) 21.
g4 {I can't allow ...Bf5.} f5 {A big surprise for me, although it is the
computer's recommendation!} ({I was expecting} 21... Qg7 22. Rad1 {, and
looked forward to a comfortable advantage.}) ({Again, Black could have tried} 
21... d4 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 ({After} 22... Ne5 $6 {I now have the important
g3-square at my disposal:} 23. Qg3 $1 {, with advantage.}) 23. cxd4 Bd5 24.
Rae1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Qf4 26. Rf1 Qd6 {, and because the d-pawn is so well
blockaded, White cannot really hope to win. This was a serious alternative for
Black.}) 22. Rae1 ({I rejected the natural} 22. g5 Qf8 {, because I didn't see
a way to continue. Black has a perfectly reasonable position.}) 22... fxg4 23.
hxg4 Bf7 $6 {A little bit passive. But I wasn't surprised when Nigel opted for
this "safe" choice, because he was already low on time. This isn't strictly
much of a mistake, but White does have some slight pressure after (which is
easily neutralised).} (23... Bxg4 $1 {is obviously critical:} 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8
25. Qxd5+ ({In fact, White should play} 25. Bb3 Kh8 26. Bxd5 {, with roughly
equal play.}) 25... Be6 26. Qc5 {I considered my position promising here, but
I missed an incredible defence which the computer immediately points out:} Bxa2
$3 {Grabbing a pawn. It looks like the bishop will just get trapped, but here
it somehow works! In fact, there are almost no lines to calculate; it's just
so simple!} (26... Bf7 $4 27. Ng5 {is awful for Black.}) ({I mainly calculated
} 26... Qf8 27. Qb6 Bc4 28. Bb3 Bxb3 29. Ng5 Qe7 30. Qxb3+ Kh8 31. Nf7+ Kg7 {
, and couldn't find any advantage, but I thought I would find some ideas to
keep the play going if we went this way. (In fact, there's probably nothing
for White!)}) 27. b3 (27. Ng5 Re5) 27... Qe3+ 28. Qxe3 Rxe3 29. Ra1 Rxc3 30.
Rxa2 Nb4 $19) 24. g5 ({I wanted to play} 24. Bb3 {at first, but then I
realized that} Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Qf4 {is annoying.}) 24... Qf8 25. Ba4 {Trying to
provoke ...b5. I wasn't sure if it was really much of a weakness, but it can't
hurt me (and gives him something to think about).} ({After} 25. Bb3 Qc5+ ({Or} 
25... Qd6) 26. Nd4 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Re8 28. Rxe8+ Bxe8 29. Qe3 Bf7 {, Black will
make an easy draw.}) 25... Rxe1 26. Rxe1 b5 ({After} 26... Qc5+ {I was going
to play} 27. Kh1 b5 28. Bb3 {White isn't really better, but it's a bit more
comfortable.}) 27. Bb3 Qd6 28. Nd4 {Up to this point, we had played pretty
consistently and the normal result is a draw. But now things go wild!} Nxd4 $6
{Not a very good move, but it's the idea behind it that's really disastrous.} (
{After the game Nigel mentioned} 28... Ne5 29. Qg3 (29. Qe2 Re8) 29... Nc4 30.
Qxd6 Rxd6 {, and assessed it as equal, but I'm not sure if Black is completely
o.k. after} 31. Re2 {At least, there's no clear way to neutralise the pressure,
and Black will have to suffer for at least a few moves.} (31. Bxc4 dxc4 {
is equal.})) ({I prefer} 28... Re8 $1 {, trading rooks.} 29. Rxe8+ ({Well, I
considered} 29. Rf1 {, but this is somehow too much freedom for Black.} Nxd4
30. Qxd4 Re5) 29... Bxe8 {, and during the game I felt that I would just have
a symbolic advantage. I completely missed} 30. Ne6 $5 {, but lucky for Black
it makes no difference:} Ne7 31. Qe3 Bf7 32. Nd4 Nc6 33. Nxc6 Qxc6 {Of course
White will press in this position, but against a player like Nigel the result
is inevitable: draw.}) 29. Qxd4 Qg3 $4 {This is the real lemon.} (29... Rd7 {
Although I'm not a big fan of Black's 28th, if he had played this no real
damage would have been done.} 30. Re5 (30. Rf1 Re7 31. Rf6 Qg3 32. Bxd5 Re1+
33. Rf1 Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Qxg5 35. Bxf7+ Kxf7 36. Qa7+ Kg8 $11) 30... Rd8 31. a3 (
31. a4 bxa4 32. Bxa4 Rb8 {doesn't change a great deal.}) 31... Rd7 {, and
really, that's it. White has no ideas. A trade of queens would be nice, but
how can White arrange it? Actually, with all that, Black's last move was not
very accurate and allows} (31... a5 {is probably a better choice for Black.})
32. a4 $3 {, with the point that} bxa4 ({However, after the sober} 32... Rd8
33. a5 Rd7 {Black's position is still pretty solid.}) 33. Bxd5 $1 Bxd5 34. Re8+
Kf7 35. Qh8 Qc5+ 36. Kh2 Qd6+ 37. g3 {leads to unstoppable mate!}) 30. Re5 {
Nigel just missed this. Now Black loses a pawn.} a5 $6 {Almost certainly not
the best defence. This just weakens the position, but you can't blame Nigel in
such a difficult position.} (30... Rd7 31. Bxd5 (31. a4 bxa4 32. Bxa4 Rb7 33.
b4 Rc7 $132) 31... Bxd5 32. Rxd5 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Rxd5 34. Qxd5+ Kf8 {With best
defence perhaps Black can hold, but it is a very difficult task.}) 31. a3 {
A weird move. I should mention we were both in time trouble, which might
explain our less-than-ideal play in the following phase.} (31. Bxd5 Bxd5 32.
Rxd5 Qe1+ (32... Re8 33. Rd8 Qe1+ 34. Kh2) 33. Kh2 Rxd5 34. Qxd5+ Kg7 35. Qxb5
$1 {Now White can even take the pawn!} Qh4+ 36. Kg1 Qe1+ 37. Qf1 Qe3+ 38. Qf2
Qc1+ 39. Kh2 Qxg5 40. Qd4+ Kf7 41. a4 {, and next b4, and White's pawns are
too strong.}) 31... b4 32. axb4 axb4 33. Bxd5 bxc3 $5 {Considering this allows
mate, I feel strange not giving it a question mark, but considering the time
situation (I had about a minute), this was a reasonable practical chance.
Nigel played this move almost instantly, so it was clear he had calculated no
more than 2 moves ahead, and was pretty much just bluffing. But this turned
out to be a good bluff!} (33... Bxd5 34. Rxd5 Re8 35. Rd8 Qe1+ 36. Kh2 {
This is a clearly better version of this endgame than we had in the game.
Black is probably just losing here, so 33...bxc3!? was a pretty interesting
decision.}) 34. bxc3 $2 {I spent almost all of my time, calculating 34.Bxf7,
feeling that there should be something, but not being able to work out the
details. By the time I had pretty much worked out the line, I saw I had 10
seconds and couldn't bring myself to play 34.Bxf7, since I felt that I should
be winning anyway.} (34. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 35. Qc4+ Kf8 ({Obviously not} 35... Kg7
$4 36. Qc7+ $18) 36. Qf1+ $1 {The first important point (which I saw).} Kg8 37.
Re7 {A quiet move, but Black has no checks, so it's still forced. I think I
saw this one also, but the details are so blurry I don't even remember.} Rf8
38. Qc4+ Kh8 39. Qd4+ {I don't know, I suppose this is the move I missed?!
Anyway, White mates here. The important thing to realize is that this is not
an easy line to visualize quickly. And if you miss one detail, then White has
nothing; the whole line is forced, without which it is a draw,}) 34... Bxd5 35.
Rxd5 Rxd5 $2 {An unfortunate choice. He must have missed 37.Qd2.} (35... Re8
36. Rd8 Rxd8 37. Qxd8+ Kf7 38. Qf6+ Kg8 {Surprisingly, Black will probably
hold a draw here (only after a long defence of course!). So the bluff worked
perfectly!}) 36. Qxd5+ Kg7 37. Qd2 $1 {Kinda forced, but very strong. I
protect my pawns, defend my king from perpetual, and now the c-pawn is ready
to roll.} Qc7 38. Qd4+ Kg8 39. c4 Qe7 40. c5 {I was a bit afraid sacking a
pawn on the last move of the time control, with only seconds left to reassure
myself, but the c-pawn just looked unstoppable.} Qxg5 41. Qc4+ Kf8 42. c6 Qd8
43. Qf4+ {Not a bad move, but White will be forced to repeat. The idea that I
played this with was really terrible, however.} (43. c7 Qc8 44. Qc5+ Ke8 45.
Qd6 {is just an easy win of course:} g5 46. Kh2 h5 47. Kg1 {In fact everything
wins here, but the following way looks simplest:} g4 (47... h4 48. Qg6+ Kd7 49.
Qxg5 Qxc7 50. Qg7+ Kc8 51. Qxc7+ Kxc7 52. Kh2 Kd6 53. Kh3 $18) 48. g3 Kf7 (
48... Qd7 49. Qe5+ Kf7 50. Qxh5+ $18) 49. Qe5 Kg6 50. Qe7 $18) ({Also
efficient was} 43. Qc3 Ke7 44. Qe5+ Kf7 45. c7 Qc8 (45... Qd7 46. Qc3 Qc8 47.
Qh3 Qxc7 48. Qxh7+ $18) (45... Qd1+ 46. Kh2 Qd7 47. Qf4+ Kg7 48. Qc1 Qc8 49.
Qb2+ Kf7 50. Qb8 $18) 46. Kf2 $1 {I like the march of the king to the aid of
the c-pawn.} h5 47. Ke3 g5 (47... Qb7 48. Qc5 Qc8 49. Qd6 $18) 48. Kd4 $18)
43... Kg8 ({My idea was} 43... Ke8 44. Qe5+ Qe7 45. Qh8+ Kf7 46. Qxh7+ {
, winning a pawn (and the game).}) 44. Kh2 $4 {Now this is just plain stupid.}
(44. Qc4+ {repeats. No harm done.}) (44. c7 $4 {on the other hand....} Qd1+ 45.
Kh2 Qh5+ 46. Kg3 Qc5 {is just a draw!}) 44... Qd5 45. Qf6 {I thought it would
be even easier to win like this, which was a terrible misjudgement.} Qh5+ (
45... Qc4 $5 {may have been a better chance. After} 46. Kh3 (46. Qd8+ Kf7 47.
c7 Qf4+ {is perpetual.}) 46... Qd3+ 47. Kg4 Qc4+ 48. Kg3 Qd3+ 49. Qf3 Qc4 {
it is difficult to make progress.}) 46. Kg3 Qc5 47. Kg4 Qd5 48. Kh3 Qh5+ 49.
Kg3 Qc5 50. Qe6+ {I realized that to avoid perpetual check I would have to
move my king to the queenside.} (50. Qd8+ Kf7 51. c7 Qe3+ $11) ({Unfortunately
} 50. Kf3 Qd5+ 51. Ke3 Qc5+ 52. Kd2 Qd5+ 53. Kc2 Qc4+ 54. Qc3 Qe2+ 55. Kb3 Qb5+
56. Ka3 Qa6+ 57. Kb2 Qe2+ 58. Qc2 Qe5+ 59. Kb3 Qb5+ 60. Ka3 Qa5+ 61. Qa4 Qc5+ {
leads to a draw.}) 50... Kg7 $2 {Losing.} ({The computer tells me that} 50...
Kf8 $1 {is a draw. However, I can't imagine a human finding the line it
suggests.} 51. Kf3 (51. Kf4 Qd4+ 52. Qe4 Qc5 $11) 51... Qd4 $3 (51... Qe7 52.
Qc4 {wins, because of a check on f4 incase of 52...Qc7 or 52...Qf6.}) 52. Ke2 (
52. Qe4 Qc5) (52. g3 $5 {is also possible, and again Black will have to find a
number of accurate moves before he can secure the draw.}) 52... Qd8 $1 {
, and Black will be able to hold the draw.}) 51. Kf3 $1 {Wins! Finally I came
to my senses. Now Black won't be able to make a draw, because he can't stop
the king's migration to the queenside.} Qc3+ 52. Ke4 Qc2+ 53. Kd4 Qxg2 {
This is a useless pawn, but in any case Black couldn't hold, although other
moves could've prolonged the game by a lot.} 54. c7 Qd2+ 55. Kc5 Qa5+ 56. Kd6
Qa3+ 57. Kd7 Qa4+ 58. Ke7 Qa7 59. Qd7 {A really tough and complicated game,
with a lot of errors by both sides, but with many interesting ideas as well.}
1-0

[Event "URS-ch19 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.12.13"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1951.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. O-O cxd4 8.
Nb3 Nge7 9. Bxc6+ Nxc6 (9... bxc6 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. Bf4 $16) 10. Re1+ (10. Nbxd4
O-O 11. Be3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Nd4 {Parma,B-Uhlmann,
W Havana 1969}) 10... Be7 11. Nfxd4 O-O (11... Nxd4 12. Qxd4 O-O 13. Bf4 $16)
12. Bf4 (12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Be3 $14) 12... Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Bf5 14. c3 Qd7 15. Rad1
Rfd8 16. Qd2 {1/4-1/4} Bg4 17. f3 Be6 18. Nd4 Bc5 19. Be3 Bb6 20. Kh1 $14 {
analysis} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.02.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Nb3 Bd6 9. O-O Nge7 10. Bg5 (10. Nbd4 O-O 11. c3 Bg4 12. Qa4 Bh5 13. Bd3 h6 14.
Be3 a6 15. Rfe1 Qc7 16. h3 Na5 $1 {Karpov-Korchnoi (10), Moskow cm 1974}) 10...
O-O 11. Re1 (11. Bh4 Bg4 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. hxg3 Qb6 15. Bd3 $14 {
Balashov-Uhlmann, Moscow 1971}) (11. Qd2 Qc7 12. h3 h6 13. Be3 Bf5 $10 {
Podgayets-Portisch, HUN-ch 1958}) 11... Qc7 $6 (11... Bg4 12. h3 $5 Bh5 13.
Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nbd4 $14 {Keres}) (11... f6 $5 12. Bh4 Qb6 13. Be2 Be6 14. Bg3
Ne5 15. Nfd4 Bd7 $10 {Gipslis-Korchnoi, Amsterdam 1976}) 12. c3 a6 (12... Bg4
13. h3 Bh5 14. Be2 h6 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Nfd4 $14 {Karpov-Korchnoi (18), Moscow
cm 1974}) 13. Be2 Be6 14. Bxe7 (14. Bh4 Nf5) 14... Bxe7 15. Nfd4 Bd6 $1 16. g3
Rfe8 17. Bg4 $5 Bxg4 18. Qxg4 Ne5 19. Qe2 Qd7 20. Kg2 $1 Nc4 21. Qc2 b5 22.
Rad1 (22. Qf5 Qb7) 22... g6 23. Nf3 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Rc8 25. Re2 b4 $1 26. Qd3
bxc3 27. bxc3 Bf8 28. Ne5 (28. Nbd4 {/\29.Re1}) 28... Qb7 29. Nd4 Nd6 30. Ndf3
Bg7 31. Re1 Re8 32. Rb1 Qa8 33. Nd7 (33. Rb6 $5) 33... Ne4 34. Nb6 (34. Rb6 $5)
34... Qa7 35. Qxd5 Nxc3 36. Qc6 Rd8 37. Re1 h6 38. Re8+ Rxe8 39. Qxe8+ Kh7 40.
Nc8 (40. Nd7 Ne4 $1) 40... Qa8 $10 41. Qd7 Qd5 42. Qxd5 Nxd5 43. Nd6 Kg8 44.
Nc4 Nc3 45. a3 Kf8 46. Ne1 Ke7 47. Nd3 Na4 48. Kf3 Ke6 49. Nb4 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1976.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ostojic, Predrag"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1976.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Nb3 Bd6 9. O-O Nge7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Re1 Qc7 12. h3 h6 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. Bc3 Rfe8
15. a3 a6 16. Bf1 b5 17. Nbd4 Na5 18. Bb4 Nec6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Qd3 Nxd4 21.
Nxd4 Nc4 22. Qc3 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 a5 24. Nf3 Be6 25. Qd4 Rc8 26. Rd1 Qc7 27. Bd3
Kf8 28. Ra1 Qd6 29. a4 b4 30. Rd1 Qc5 31. b3 Qxd4 32. Nxd4 Nb2 33. Rd2 Nxd3 34.
Rxd3 Ke7 35. Kf1 Bd7 36. Ke2 Kd6 37. Kd2 Kc5 38. c3 Re8 (38... bxc3+ $1 39.
Kxc3 (39. Rxc3+ Kxd4) 39... Re8 40. Rf3 Re7) 39. Rg3 $2 (39. cxb4+ $142 axb4 (
39... Kxb4 40. Rc3 $16) 40. Ne2) 39... bxc3+ 40. Kxc3 Re4 41. Rd3 g5 42. f3 Re1
$15 43. Rd2 f5 44. Kd3 f4 45. Rc2+ Kd6 46. Nb5+ Ke5 47. Rd2 (47. Kd2) 47...
Bf5+ $17 48. Kc3 Re3+ {Sealed move} 49. Kb2 Bd3 50. Nc3 (50. Rd1 d4 51. Na3
Re2+ 52. Kc1 Ba6 53. Nb5 Bb7 54. Rd2 Rxd2 55. Kxd2 Bd5 $19) (50. b4 Bxb5 51.
axb5 a4 52. Ka2 Rb3 $17) 50... d4 $19 51. Nd1 Re2 52. Kc1 Rxd2 53. Kxd2 Bf1 54.
Nf2 Bxg2 55. Ke2 Kd5 56. h4 gxh4 57. Nd3 h3 58. Nxf4+ Kd6 59. Kf2 Bh1 60. Nxh3
Kc5 61. Kg3 Kb4 62. Nf2 Kxb3 63. Nxh1 Kxa4 64. f4 Kb5 65. f5 Kc6 66. Nf2 a4 67.
Nd3 a3 68. Kf4 Kd6 69. Nb4 h5 70. Kg3 d3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.11.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Renet, Olivier"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "German Dem Rep"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DDR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bd3 h6 12. h3 Nf5 13. c3 Qf6 14. Bc2 Be6
15. Qd3 Rfe8 $1 16. Bd2 (16. Nbd4 Ncxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qh7+ Kf8 19. cxd4 g5
$1 20. Be3 Qg7 $10) (16. g4 $143 $6 Nh4 17. Qh7+ Kf8) 16... g6 17. Qb5 (17.
Rad1 Rac8 18. Bb1 a6 19. Bc1 Bf8 $1 {Timoshchenko-Vladimirov, Moskva 1990})
17... Nh4 18. Nxh4 Qxh4 19. Qf1 $6 (19. Qxb7 $142 Bxh3 $1 $40 20. Re3 (20. Qxc6
Bh2+ 21. Kh1 Bxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Qg4+ $10) 20... Bxg2 (20... Bg4 $5) 21. Kxg2 Qh2+
$10 {Ernst-Vaganian, Kobenhaven 1988}) 19... Ne5 $1 $15 {P 20... f3 21.gf3 h3}
20. Nd4 Nc4 21. Bc1 (21. Nxe6 $2 Nxd2 22. Qd3 Ne4) 21... Bd7 $1 {<->a1} 22. Rd1
(22. Nf3 Qh5 $140 (22... Qf6 $5) 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. g4 $5 Bxg4 25. hxg4 Qxg4+
26. Qg2) 22... Bg4 $1 23. Rd3 (23. Re1 Rxe1 24. Qxe1 Bxh3 $1 25. gxh3 Qxh3 $19
26. Ne2 Re8 $1 27. Qd1 Rxe2 $1) (23. f3 Qg3 $1 24. fxg4 Qh2+ 25. Kf2 Bg3+ 26.
Kf3 Ne5+ 27. Ke2 Nxg4+ 28. Kf3 Bd6 $1 29. Ne2 Rxe2 $1 30. Kxe2 Re8+ 31. Kd2
Bf4+ 32. Kd3 Qg3+ 33. Kd4 Be3+ 34. Bxe3 (34. Kxd5 $143 Qc7 $1) 34... Qxe3+ 35.
Kxd5 Qe5+ 36. Kc4 Ne3+) 23... Re7 24. Rg3 $5 (24. b3 Rae8) 24... Bd7 (24...
Bxg3 $2 25. fxg3 Qxg3 26. Bf4 Qh4 27. hxg4) 25. Rd3 $8 Rae8 $17 26. Nf3 (26.
Rd1 Bg4 $19) 26... Qh5 27. Bb3 (27. g4 Bxg4 28. hxg4 Qxg4+ 29. Kh1 Qh5+ 30. Kg2
Re4 $19) (27. Bd2 $142 Nxd2 28. Nxd2 Bb5 $140 29. c4 $1) 27... Ne5 28. Nxe5
Qxe5 29. f4 Qe1 30. Rd1 (30. Rxd5 Qxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Re1+ 32. Kf2 R8e2+ 33. Kg3 Bc6
34. Rxd6 Rxg2+ 35. Kh4 Kg7 $1 36. Rd3 $8 Rxc1 $3 37. Rxc1 g5+ 38. fxg5 hxg5+
39. Kh5 Be4 40. Bxf7 Bxd3 $19) (30. Bd2 $143 Qxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Bc5+ 32. Kh2 Bb5)
30... Qg3 $1 $19 31. Bd2 Re2 32. Be1 (32. Qf3 Bc5+ 33. Kh1 Qxf3 34. gxf3 Bxh3
35. Bxd5 $2 Bg2+ $19) 32... Qe3+ 33. Bf2 (33. Kh1 Bc6 $1 34. Qf3 d4 $1 35. Qxe3
R8xe3 $19) 33... Qxf4 34. g3 Qf6 35. Bxa7 (35. Bxd5 Bxh3 $1 36. Qxh3 Qxf2+ 37.
Kh1 Bxg3 38. Rf1 Re1 $19) 35... Qg5 36. Qf3 Bxg3 37. Bxd5 Bf5 38. Bd4 Bf2+ 39.
Kh1 Bxd4 40. cxd4 {40... 8e3} 0-1

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Luecke, Norbert"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5
8. O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bd2 {11.Bd3} a6 12. Bd3 (12. Bf1 Bc7 13.
Bc3 Qd6 14. g3 Bg4 $13) 12... Ng6 13. Bc3 (13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Bc3 Bf5 15. Nbd4
Be4 16. Nd2 Re8 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qd4 Be5 $10) 13... Nf4 14. Nbd4
{14.g3} Nxd4 15. Bxd4 (15. Nxd4 Qg5 (15... Nxg2 $2 16. Kxg2 Qh4 17. f4 $16) 16.
g3 Bg4 17. Qd2 Nh3+ 18. Kf1 Qh5 $13) 15... Bg4 16. Bf1 Re8 17. Re3 Re4 18. c4
$2 (18. Rxe4 $1 dxe4 19. Be5 Bxe5 20. Qxd8+ Rxd8 21. Nxe5 $13) 18... Ne6 $1 $19
19. Bc3 Rxe3 20. fxe3 dxc4 21. Bxc4 Bxh2+ 22. Kxh2 Qc7+ 23. Kg1 Qxc4 24. Ne5
Qxc3 0-1

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.04.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Re1 Qc7 12. c3 a6 13. Bd3 (13. Be2 Be6 $6 (
13... Bf5) (13... f6) 14. Bxe7 Bxe7 15. Nfd4 Bd6 16. g3 Rfe8 17. Bg4 $14 {
Balashov,Y-Portisch,L/Bugojno/1978/}) 13... Bg4 14. h3 (14. Bxe7 Bxe7 15. h3
Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Rad8 17. Re2 {Van der Wiel,J-Portisch,L/Reggio/1986/1/2-1/2/})
14... Bh5 15. Be2 Rfe8 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Nfd4 Bg6 18. Bd3 Nc6 19. Bxg6 Rxe1+
20. Qxe1 hxg6 21. Nf3 Rd8 22. Rd1 Ne5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Rd3 Bf6 25. Qd1 Qc4 26.
g3 g5 {><f4: Nf4.} 27. a3 Qb5 28. Rd2 g6 29. Nc1 Kg7 30. Ne2 Re8 31. Kg2 a5 32.
Ng1 (32. a4 $5) 32... Rd8 33. Nf3 Rd6 34. Nh2 (34. a4 $5) 34... Qc6 35. Nf3 b5
36. Nd4 Qb7 (36... Qc4 $2 37. b3 Qxc3 38. Nxb5) 37. b4 $1 {><b5} axb4 38. axb4
Rd8 39. Qe2 Rb8 40. Qd3 Qb6 41. Qf3 Rd8 42. Rd3 Rd6 43. Kh2 Rd8 44. Qe3 Rb8 45.
Qf3 Rd8 46. Kg1 Qb7 47. Kg2 Qb6 48. Nc2 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Niksic International"]
[Site "Niksic"]
[Date "1978.06.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanovic, Bozidar"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1978.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. O-O (7. dxc5
Bxc5 8. O-O) 7... cxd4 8. Nb3 Nge7 9. Nbxd4 $6 (9. Nfxd4 O-O 10. Bg5 Bc7 11.
Bh4 $14) 9... O-O 10. c3 Bg4 11. Qa4 Qd7 12. Be3 Rfe8 13. Rfe1 Bh5 14. Be2 Rad8
15. Qc2 Bg6 16. Bd3 Rc8 $10 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Rad1 Na5 19. Qd3 Nc4 20. Bc1 Red8
21. Kh1 $6 Nc6 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. b3 Nb6 24. c4 $6 (24. a4 $5) 24... dxc4 25.
bxc4 Bc5 26. Qb3 Qc7 27. Ng5 Rxd1 (27... Bxf2 $2 28. Qh3 $16) 28. Rxd1 Rd8 29.
Ne4 Be7 30. c5 $2 (30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 31. Be3 $2 Nxc4 $19) 30... Nd5 31. h3 Rb8 32.
Qc2 Qe5 $17 33. f3 Rb5 34. a4 Rb7 35. Nf2 $2 (35. Kg1) 35... Qc3 36. Qe2 Qxc5
37. Ne4 Qb4 38. Bg5 Qxa4 39. Bxe7 Rxe7 40. Qd2 Qb3 41. Rc1 Rc7 42. Qg5 Qb4 43.
Rc5 Qb8 44. Rc2 a5 45. Rb2 Qa8 46. h4 Re7 47. h5 gxh5 48. g4 Rb7 49. Re2 Rb1+
50. Kg2 Qb8 51. Nd6 Qxd6 0-1

[Event "Novgorod op"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Skomorokhin, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. Bd3 Ng6 $6 (11... Bg4 $2 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7
13. Ng5+ $18) (11... h6 $5) 12. Bg5 Nce7 (12... f6 $2 13. Bxg6 fxg5 (13... hxg6
14. Qxd5+ Kh8 15. Rad1 $16) 14. Qxd5+ Kh8 15. Rad1 $18) (12... Qc7 13. Bxg6
hxg6 14. Qxd5 Bg4 15. h3 $16) (12... Be7 13. Bxe7 Ngxe7 $16) 13. h3 h6 $6 (
13... f6 $5 14. Be3 Be6 (14... Ne5 15. Bc2) 15. Nc5 $14) 14. Be3 Nf4 15. Bxf4
Bxf4 16. Nbd4 Qb6 $6 (16... a6 17. Bc2 Bc7 18. Qd3 $14) 17. Re1 Qf6 18. Qb3 $16
Bd6 19. Re3 b6 (19... Rd8 20. Rae1 a6 21. Bb1 Bd7 22. Ne5 $16) 20. Rae1 Bb7 21.
Ne5 $2 (21. Qa4 $5 a6 22. Rxe7 (22. Qd7 $6 Bc8) 22... Bxe7 23. Qd7 $16) 21...
Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Nc6 $1 23. Nxc6 (23. Rxd5 $2 Rae8 $1 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 $44) 23...
Bxc6 24. Qb4 Rfe8 25. Qd4 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 $14 Rd8 27. Be2 Qd6 (27... Rd6 28. Bg4
$14) 28. Bf3 Kf8 (28... Qc5 29. Qxc5 bxc5 30. c4 $16) 29. Re1 Qc5 30. Qd3 $1
Re8 (30... d4 $2 31. Qh7 $18) 31. Rxe8+ Kxe8 32. Qa6 $1 $18 (32. Qh7 $2 Qf8)
32... b5 (32... Qe7 33. Qc8+) (32... d4 33. Qc8+ $18) 33. Qc8+ Ke7 34. Qc7+ Kf6
(34... Ke8 35. Bg4 Qb6 36. Qe5+ Kf8 37. Qd6+ $18) 35. Bg4 Qc4 36. Qd6+ Kg5 37.
Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Narbonne"]
[Date "1997.08.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1997.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 cxd4 {Die Idee
dieses frühen Abtausch ist einfach. Früher oder später wird Weiß Nb3 nebst Nd4
spielen müssen. So wird mit Zugumstellung die Hauptvariante erreicht (6...Bd6
7.dc5 Bc5 8.Nb3 Bd6, wobei Weiß nicht unbedingt Nd4 sondern auch andere
nützliche Züge spielen kann.} 7. O-O Bd6 8. Nb3 Nge7 9. Nbxd4 O-O 10. Bd3 h6
11. h3 Nxd4 (11... Bc5 12. Be3 $1 Qb6 13. Re1 $1 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Nxd4
Nc6 16. Nb3 Be6 17. Qh5 Rad8 18. Re3 Nb4 19. Rg3 Nxd3 20. cxd3 Kh7 21. Qe5 f6
22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. Nxd4 Bd7 24. Re3 {Weiß hat einen klaren positionellen Vorteil.
Sein Nd4 besitzt ein starkes Feld im Zentrum und dominiert über den Bd7.} Rfe8
25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Rc1 $16 {Milosevic,G-Huss,A/SWZ-chT 1994/EXT 94ch}) 12. Nxd4
Nc6 {Es ist selbstverständlich der Wunsch des Nachziehenden die starke
Blockadefigur zu tauschen.} 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. Bxf5 Qf6 15. Bd3 Rfe8 16. Rb1 Rad8
17. Be3 Qe5 18. g3 Qe6 19. Qg4 Qxg4 20. hxg4 d4 21. Bf4 Bxf4 22. gxf4 Nb4 23.
Kg2 (23. Rfe1 $11 {Scheint mir natürlicher}) 23... Rc8 (23... Nxd3 24. cxd3 Re2
25. Rfc1 Rd7 $15) 24. Rbc1 (24. Kf3 h5 25. gxh5 Nxc2 26. a3) (24. Bf5 Rc7 (
24... Rc4 25. Rh1 Re7 26. Rhe1 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Kf8 $15) 25. Rfd1 g6 26. Bd3 Nxc2
27. Bxc2 Rxc2 28. Rxd4 h5 $15) 24... Nxd3 25. cxd3 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Re2 27. Rc8+
Kh7 28. Rc7 Rxb2 29. Rxf7 a5 30. a4 Rb3 31. f5 Kg8 (31... Rxd3 32. Rxb7 Kg8 (
32... Ra3 33. f6 Kg8 34. Rxg7+ $16) 33. Rb5 $14) 32. Rd7 Rxd3 33. Rxb7 Ra3 34.
Rb8+ Kf7 35. Rb7+ Kf6 36. f4 d3 37. Rb6+ Ke7 38. Kf3 d2+ 39. Ke2 Rxa4 40. Rb7+
Kf8 41. Rb8+ Kf7 42. Rb7+ Kg8 43. Rb8+ Kh7 44. g5 hxg5 45. fxg5 Rd4 46. Kd1 Rd5
47. f6 gxf6 48. gxf6 Kg6 49. Rb2 Kxf6 50. Rxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Serbian-ch 29th"]
[Site "Sabac"]
[Date "1998.04.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Marciano, David"]
[Black "Antic, Dejan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1998.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 {Auf dem Brett steht der berühmte isolierte Bauer d5. 1. Es ist
vorteilhaft für Weiß wenn er den schwarzfeldrigen Läufer abtauscht, dadurch
werden nachher die schwarzen Felder rund um den Isolani abgeschwächt. 2. Das
Schlüsselfeld d4 mit einem Springer von Weiß zu blockieren.  3. Kampf um
Besetzung der einzigen offenen e-Linie. 4. Nachher ist jeder Abtausch für
Schwarz schlecht weil im Endspiel die schwäche des Isolani noch spürbarer wird.
} 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Re1 {Die Idee von diesem Zug ist den Abtausch
des schwarzfeldrigen Läufer mittels Be3 vorzubereiten und falls Schwarz den
Be3 schlägt mit dem Turm zurückzunehmen.} Nf5 12. Bd3 {[%cal Yd1c2,Yc2h7] Es
droht Qc2...} h6 13. Bc2 Qd6 (13... Nh4 14. Nfd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Georgiev,
K-Gurevic,I/New York PCA 1994}) 14. Bxf5 (14. Qd3 Rd8 15. Nbd4 Ncxd4 16. Nxd4
g6 17. Be3 Qf6 18. Rad1 Kg7 19. Bf4 Kh7 20. Qd2 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Bg4 22. f3 Bf5
23. Be5 Qg5 24. Bf4 Qf6 25. Be5 Qg5 26. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 Filipovic,B-Cvitan,O/Biel
1989}) 14... Bxf5 15. Be3 $1 Bxe3 (15... Bg4 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. h3 Bh5 18. Qd3
Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Ra4 (19... Rfd8 20. Red1 Ne5 21. Qg3 $14) 20. Red1 $14) 16. Rxe3
$14 Bg4 $1 {Sonst folgt Nfd4 mit weißen positionellen Vorteil. Mit seinem
letzten Zug will der Nachziehende seinen schlechten Läufer gegen einen
Springer vorbereiten in einem günstigen Moment zu tauschen.} 17. h3 Bh5 18.
Nbd4 Rfe8 19. Qe2 Rxe3 20. Qxe3 Qc5 21. Rd1 ({Mir scheint der natürliche Zug} 
21. Re1 $142 {besser zu sein.} Bxf3 (21... Rd8 22. g4 Bg6 23. Nxc6 Qxe3 24.
Ne7+ $1 Qxe7 25. Rxe7 $16) (21... Qb6 22. Nb3 Qxe3 (22... Bxf3 23. Qxf3 d4 24.
cxd4 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Qxd4 26. Qxb7 $16) 23. Rxe3 Bxf3 24. Rxf3 Re8 25. Kf1 $14)
22. Nxf3 Qxe3 23. Rxe3 $14) 21... Qb6 22. b3 $11 {Jetzt ist der Bauer c3
schwach. Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} (22. Rd2 Bxf3 23. Nxf3 Qxe3 24. fxe3
Rd8 $11) 22... Rc8 23. Nf5 Qxe3 24. fxe3 Rd8 25. g4 Bg6 26. N3h4 Bh7 27. Ng2 (
27. Kf2 $5) 27... g5 28. Nxh6+ Kg7 29. Nf5+ Bxf5 30. gxf5 Kf6 31. h4 gxh4 32.
Nxh4 Kg5 33. Ng2 Kxf5 34. Rf1+ Ke6 35. Kf2 Ke5 36. Ke2 Rd7 (36... Rg8 37. Nf4
f5 $11) 37. Nf4 b6 38. Rh1 $14 Kd6 39. Rh6+ Kc7 40. Rh5 (40. Rf6 $1 {/\Rf5})
40... Ne7 41. Kd3 Rd6 42. Re5 Kd7 43. a4 a5 44. Rh5 Kc6 45. Kd4 Rd8 46. Nd3 Kd6
47. Ne5 Rf8 48. Rh6+ f6 49. e4 Ng8 50. Rg6 Ne7 51. Rh6 Ng8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9798 40th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1998.01.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1997.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 {Auf dem Brett steht der berühmte isolierte Bauer d5. 1.
Es ist vorteilhaft für Weiß wenn er den schwarzfeldrigen Läufer abtauscht,
dadurch werden nachher die schwarzen Felder rund um den Isolani abgeschwächt.
2. Das Schlüsselfeld d4 mit einem Springer von Weiß zu blockieren.  3. Kampf
um Besetzung der einzigen offenen e-Linie. 4. Nachher ist jeder Abtausch für
Schwarz schlecht weil im Endspiel die schwäche des Isolani noch spürbarer wird.
} 10. h3 ({Der Plan mit dem Abtausch des schwarzfeldrigen Läufers ist auch
interessant:} 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Bh4 Qb6 12. Be2 a5 13. a4 Bf5 14. Bg3 $1 Bxg3 15.
hxg3 Be4 16. Bb5 Nf5 17. Re1 $1 Nxg3 (17... Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Nfd4 19. Qe3 $1 Qa7
20. Nxd4 Qxd4 21. Qb3 $16 {/\Rd1}) (17... Rfd8 18. g4 Nd6 19. Nfd4 Nc4 20. Bxc4
dxc4 21. Rxe4 cxb3 22. c3 $14) 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Qd4 Qc7 $1 {Die Idee dieses
Zuges des Nachziehenden ist, die Q nicht auf d4, sondern auf e5 zu tauschen.
Die nachfolgenden Varianten zeigen, daß der weiße N besser auf d4 anstatt auf
e5 stünde.} (19... Qxd4 20. Nfxd4 Nh5 21. f3 Bg6 22. Nxc6 Bxc2 23. Nbxa5 $16 {
/\b4}) 20. Qe5 $1 Qxe5 21. Nxe5 Nh5 22. Nxc6 $16 {und nach Nba5 haben die
weiße Bauern am Damenflügel die Partie entschieden.1-0 Donev,I-Dittmar,P/Pizol
op 1996/[Donev,I] (30)}) 10... O-O 11. Bd3 h6 12. Be3 ({Beachtlich ist auch
folgender Plan:} 12. Re1 Nf5 13. c3 Qf6 14. Bc2 Be6 15. Qd3 $1 {[%cal Yd3h7]
Es droht Nbd4 sowie g2-g4.} g6 16. Qd2 $1 {Es droht Bf5 nebst Qh6} g5 17. Qd3
$1 $14) 12... Bf5 13. c3 Re8 14. Re1 Bg6 15. Bxg6 Nxg6 16. Qd2 Nce5 17. Nxe5
Rxe5 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Nd4 $1 {[%cal Yd4f3] Der schwarze Turm steht ungemütlich
im Zentrum. Er muß gleichzeitig den schwachen d5 Bauer decken und die Qe7 von
dem Röntgenangriff des Re1 schützen. Es ist selbstvertändlich der Wunsch des
weißen Springers den Re5 zu jagen.} Bc5 ({auf der natürliche Zug} 19... Re8 {
folgt} 20. Nf3 $1 $16) 20. Nc2 $1 (20. Nf3 Bxe3 21. Rxe3 Rxe3 22. Qxe3 Qxe3 23.
fxe3 Ne7 $11 {[%csl Rd5,Re3] die beiden Bauern d5 und e3 sind gleich schwach.})
20... Bxe3 21. Nxe3 {nach jedem Figurenabtausch wird das weiße Spiel
angenehmer.} Re8 22. Nc2 Qh4 23. Rxe5 ({Das Damenopfer geht leider nicht:} 23.
Qxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxe8+ Kh7 25. Rxd5 Qa4 {[%cal Ya4c2,Ya4e8]} 26. Re2 Nf4 $17 {
[%cal Yf4e2,Yf4d5]}) 23... Rxe5 24. Qd4 Qg5 25. Ne3 Nf4 26. h4 Qf6 (26... Ne2+
27. Kf1 Nxd4 (27... Ng3+ 28. fxg3 Qxe3 29. Qxe3 Rxe3 30. Rxd5 Rxg3 31. Rd8+ Kh7
32. Rd7 $16) 28. hxg5 Nf5 29. Nxf5 Rxf5 30. gxh6 gxh6 $14) 27. Ng4 $4 ({Mittels
} 27. Rd2 {nebst 28.g3 hätte Weiß die gegnerische Stellung unter Druck halten
können.}) 27... Qf5 $1 {[%cal Yf4e2,Yf5g4] Gewinnt auf der Stelle. Der
Nachziehende droht Qg4, sowie Ne2.} 28. Nxe5 ({da} 28. Qxe5 Qxg4 {[%cal Yg4d1,
Yg4g2] mit einem Doppelangriff auf g2 und d1 verbunden ist.}) 28... Ne2+ 29.
Kf1 Nxd4 30. cxd4 (30. cxd4 Qc2 $1 {fallen die Bauern am Damenflügel.}) 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup3"]
[Site "Omsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Black "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1996.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Re1 Nf5 {Die Idee dieses Zuges ist
einfach. Erstens verhindert er die logische weiße Fortsetzung 12.Be3, weil
nach 12...Nxe3 Weiß gezwungen ist, einen schwachen Bauern (e3) auf der offenen
e- Linie zuzulassen. Zweitens stellt Schwarz eine Falle: Falls Weiß seinen
schwarzfeldrigen Läufer nach f4 oder g5 entwickelt, folgt die für Tarrasch
Variante typische Kombination 12...Bf2! 13.Kf2 Qb6 und Schwarz gewinnt den
geopferten Läufer mit Zinsen zurück.} 12. Bd3 (12. Bg5 Bxf2+ 13. Kxf2 Qb6+ 14.
Nbd4 Ncxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxb5 $15) 12... Bc7 13. Bg5 Qd6 14. g3 {
Bereitet Bf4 vor.} Bb6 {Wichtig Merkregel: In diese Variante ist der Abtausch
der schwarzfeldrigen Läufer fast immer für Weiß günstig. Darum will der
Nachziehende den Abtausch seiner Angriffspitze vermeiden.} 15. Qc2 g6 (15...
Nxg3 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Nbd4 $14) 16. Rad1 $2 {Wie kann man solch einen Fehler
erklären? Einen Zug früher war das Schlagen auf g3 nicht so gut, weil der
Bauen h7 mit Schach geschlagen werden konnte, aber jetzt? Wahrscheinlich hatte
sich im Bewußtsein des Anziehenden die Vorstellung zementiert, daß der Bauern
g3 nicht hängt. Krogius nennt so etwas in seinem Buch Schachpsychologie "träge
Bilder".} (16. Bf4 $1 Qd8 17. Rad1 $16) 16... Nxg3 $17 17. Nbd4 (17. Bh6 Bg4 $1
(17... Rd8 18. Bg5 f6 $17 (18... Rf8 19. Bh6 Rd8 $11)) 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Nbd2
Qf4 $17 {Die schwarze Initiative am Königslügel ist sehr geferlich.}) (17. hxg3
$2 Qxg3+ 18. Kh1 Qxf3+ 19. Kh2 Bxf2 $19) 17... Nh5 {[%csl Rf4] Nicht nur das
Bauernnachteil, sonder auch die abgeschwächte Königsflügel macht die weiße
Stellung sehr schwer.} 18. Nb5 Qd7 19. Bf1 a6 20. Nbd4 Nxd4 21. cxd4 f6 22. Bd2
Qd8 23. Qb3 Kg7 24. Re3 Rf7 25. Rde1 Bd7 26. Bb4 (26. Qxd5 Bc6 27. Qxd8 (27.
Qc4 Nf4 $17) 27... Rxd8 $17) 26... Bc6 27. Bh3 Nf4 28. Be6 Nxe6 29. Rxe6 Ba5
30. Re7 Bxb4 31. Qxb4 Rc8 32. Nh4 Rc7 33. R7e3 Qf8 34. Qa5 Qd6 35. Qb6 Qf4 36.
Ng2 Qf5 37. Qb4 Bb5 38. Rc3 Rxc3 39. Qxc3 Bd3 40. Re3 Bb5 41. a3 h5 42. Qe1 Qg4
43. Qd2 Rc7 44. Re1 g5 45. h4 $1 gxh4 46. Kh2 Kh7 47. Nf4 Rg7 48. Qc1 Qf5 49.
Qe3 Bd7 50. Qd3 Qxd3 51. Nxd3 Bf5 52. Nf4 Be4 53. Rg1 Rg5 54. Ne6 Rg4 55. Nc5
Rf4 $19 56. Nxb7 Rxf2+ 57. Kh3 Rxb2 58. Nc5 a5 59. Kxh4 Kh6 60. Rf1 Rh2+ 61.
Kg3 Rg2+ 62. Kh3 Rg6 (62... Rd2 $19) 63. Nxe4 dxe4 64. d5 Kg7 65. d6 Kf7 66.
Rf4 Ke6 67. Rxe4+ Kxd6 68. Rd4+ Ke6 69. Re4+ Kf7 70. Rc4 Rg5 71. Rc8 Re5 72.
Kh4 Kg6 73. Rg8+ Kf5 74. Ra8 Ke4 75. Ra6 (75. Ra6 Rf5 {Schwarz hat gewonnene
Stellung.}) 0-1

[Event "Copenhagen Aruna"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1997.05.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aagaard, Jacob"]
[Black "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1997.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Nbd4 (11. Re1 Qd6 12. Be3 $1 $14) 11...
Qd6 12. Re1 h6 13. Qa4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Ng6 15. Qd1 Qf6 16. Be3 Ne5 17. Nc2 Ng4
18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Nd4 $14 {[%csl Gd4] Nach dem abtausch die Schwarzfarbige
Läufer hat Weiß klein aber feste Positionelle Vorteil.} Qd6 (19... a6 20. Be2
Nf6 21. Qb3 $16) 20. Nf3 Qb6 21. Nd4 Qd6 22. g3 {Natürlich lennt Weiß den
Remis Variante ab.} (22. Nf3 Qb6 $11) 22... a6 23. Bf1 Bd7 24. Bg2 Nf6 25. Qd3
Rfe8 26. Nc2 Qc5 27. Ne3 Bc6 28. Rad1 Rad8 29. Nf5 h5 30. Qd4 Qxd4 31. Nxd4 Ba4
32. Rc1 Kf8 33. f3 Nd7 34. Kf2 Nc5 35. Bf1 Bd7 36. Rxe8+ Rxe8 37. Rd1 Na4 38.
Rd2 g6 39. Be2 Nb6 40. h4 Re7 41. Bd3 Kg7 42. Nc2 Re8 43. Ne3 Bc6 44. Be2 (44.
Bc2 Rxe3 45. Kxe3 Nc4+ 46. Ke2 Nxd2 47. Kxd2 d4 48. cxd4 Bxf3 49. Ke3 $14)
44... Kf6 45. Rd4 Ke6 46. Bd1 Rd8 47. Bb3 Rd6 48. g4 hxg4 49. fxg4 {Der weiße
Vorteil wird immer größer.Jetzt besitzt der Anziehenden auch eine starke
enfernte Freibauern.} a5 50. Kg3 (50. a3 a4 51. Rb4 $16) 50... a4 51. Bc2 (51.
Rb4 axb3 52. Rxb6 bxa2 $19) 51... a3 52. bxa3 Rd8 53. Bb3 (53. h5 gxh5 54. gxh5
$16) 53... Ra8 54. h5 Rxa3 55. h6 g5 56. Rd1 (56. h7 Ra8 57. Rd2 Rh8 58. Rh2
$16) 56... Ra8 57. Rf1 Rh8 58. Nf5 Bd7 59. Bc2 Ke5 60. Rh1 $2 {Nach diese
Fehler gleicht Schwarz aus.Besser währe:} (60. Re1+ Kf6 61. Ng7 Be6 62. Nh5+
Ke7 63. Rb1 Nd7 64. h7 $16) 60... Bxf5 $1 61. Bxf5 Na4 62. h7 Nxc3 63. Kf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 09th Group7"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1993.10.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Emms, John M"]
[Black "Prandstetter, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1993.10.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Invicta Knights Maidstone"]
[BlackTeam "Prague Bohemians"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Nbd4 O-O 11. c3 Bg4 12. Qa4 Qd7 13. Re1 a6 14. Be2
Nxd4 (14... Rfe8 15. Be3 Rad8 16. h3 Bh5 17. Rad1 $14) 15. Qxd4 Nc6 16. Qd1
Rfe8 17. Be3 Rad8 18. Qc2 h6 (18... Ne5 $5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Rad1 Bxe2 21. Rxe2
Qc7 $10) 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. h3 Bh5 21. Kf1 Bf4 22. Qf5 $1 $14 Bxe3 23. Qxh5 Ba7
24. Bd3 (24. Rxd5 Qb6 $1 25. Nd4 Qxb2 26. Nxc6 bxc6 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Qa5 $13)
24... Qb6 $6 (24... d4 $142 $1 25. cxd4 Nxd4 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Nxd4 Bxd4 $10)
25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Rd2 d4 27. cxd4 $1 (27. Nxd4 Nxd4 28. cxd4 Qb4 $10) 27...
Qc7 28. Rc2 Qf4 29. Qg4 $1 Qxg4 30. hxg4 Nb4 (30... Nxd4 31. Rc7 $1 Rb8 32. Bc4
Ne6 33. Bxe6 fxe6 34. g5 $14) 31. Rd2 g6 (31... Nxa2 $5 32. d5 Nb4 33. d6 Nxd3
34. Rxd3 $14) 32. a3 Nxd3 33. Rxd3 $16 Re4 34. Rc3 (34. d5 Rxg4 $2 (34... Kf8
35. d6 Ke8 36. g5 h5 $14) 35. d6 Bb6 36. d7 Bd8 37. Re3 $18) 34... b5 $6 (34...
Re7 $142) 35. d5 b4 $2 (35... Kg7 $142) 36. Rc7 $16 Bb6 $6 $8 37. Rc6 Bd4 (
37... Bd8 38. Rc8 Re8 39. d6 bxa3 40. bxa3 Kg7 41. d7 Rh8 42. Ne5 $18) 38. Rc4
$18 bxa3 (38... Bxb2 39. Rxe4 bxa3 40. Ra4 $18) 39. bxa3 1-0

[Event "Alushta1"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nadyrhanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1994.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Nbd4 Bg4 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. Be3 (13. Bg5 $5)
13... a6 (13... Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxb5 15. Qxb5 Re8 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 $14
{_|_,><d5,b6,b7}) 14. Nxc6 (14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Ne5 Bc7 16. Nxd7 (16. Ndxc6 $2
Bxe5 17. Nxd8 Bxa4 $19) (16. Nexc6 Nxc6 17. Nxc6 Qf6 $19) 16... Qxd7 17. Rfe1
$14) 14... bxc6 15. Bxb6 (15. Bxa6 $2 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Bc8 $19) 15... Qxb6 $8 16.
Bd3 Bf5 (16... Qxb2 17. Rfc1 {/\Rab1} Qb6 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qh4+ Kg8 20. Qxe7
$14) 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Qf4 (18. Ne5 Qxb2 19. Qxc6 Rac8 $10) 18... g6 19. Rae1
Rae8 (19... Qxb2 20. g4 Ng7 21. Qf6 Ne6 (21... Rac8 22. Re7 $44) 22. Rxe6 fxe6
23. Qxe6+ Kg7 24. Qe5+ Kg8 (24... Kf7 25. Ng5+ Kg8 26. Qe7 $18) 25. Qe6+ Kg7
$10) 20. g4 Ng7 21. Ng5 (21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Ne5 Qb7 $13) 21... Qd8 (21... Qxb2
22. Rxe8 Nxe8 23. Re1 {/\Re8} Ng7 24. Re7 $44) 22. Rxe8 Qxe8 23. Qf6 Qd7 (23...
Qe2 $1 $15) 24. h3 Re8 25. Nf3 Re6 (25... Re2 26. Ne5 Qe8 27. Nd3 h5 28. Kg2
$10) 26. Qf4 (26. Qd4 $142) 26... Re4 27. Qb8+ Re8 28. Qf4 (28. Qb6 h5 $1 $15)
28... Ne6 29. Qf6 Nc5 (29... Qd8 30. Qxd8 Rxd8 31. Ne5 c5 $10) 30. Nd4 Rc8 31.
Re1 $10 Ne4 32. Qf4 Re8 33. f3 Nc5 34. Qd2 Rxe1+ 35. Qxe1 Nd3 36. Qd2 Ne5 37.
Qe2 Qd6 38. b4 Nc4 39. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT 1617 (4NCL)"]
[Site "Reading"]
[Date "2017.02.11"]
[Round "5.54"]
[White "Fitzsimons, David"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2016.11.19"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wood Green"]
[BlackTeam "Guildford"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Re1 {The main and best move. White needs
to play Be3, otherwise Black's position is too dynamic.} (11. Bg5 $6 f6 12. Bf4
Ng6 13. Bg3 f5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Be5 c5 16. Re1 f4 17. h3 Bb7 $15 {1/2-1/2 (42)
Bracker,F (2407)-Rasmussen,A (2495) ESP 2016}) 11... a6 (11... Bg4 12. h3 Bh5
13. Be3 {is too slow:} Bc7 14. Bc5 $14) ({The objectively best solution might
be:} 11... Nf5 12. Bd3 Qd6 13. Bxf5 Bxf5 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 Rfe8 (15... Bg4
16. h3 Bh5 {is also nearly equal.}) 16. Qe2 Rxe3 $146 17. Qxe3 Be4 18. Nfd4 Ne5
$132) 12. Bxc6 $6 (12. Bd3 h6 (12... Bg4 $2 13. Bxh7+ $16) 13. Be3 (13. h3 Nf5
14. Bc2 d4 15. Bxf5 Bxf5 16. Nbxd4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Qd7 $44 {
1/2-1/2 (56) Tiviakov,S (2670)-Vitiugov,N (2681) Ohrid MKD 2009}) 13... Bg4 (
13... Bc7 14. h3 $14) 14. h3 {This position gave birth to a fascinating game
by Karpov.} Bh5 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. Rad1 a5 18. Bb1 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 a4
20. Nd4 Qxb2 21. Nxc6 Nxc6 22. Qf5 g6 23. Qf6 Rd7 24. Bf5 Re7 $2 (24... gxf5 $5
25. Rd3 f4 $1 26. Qxf4 f6 $3 {followed by ...Rg7 looks like a draw!}) 25. Rxe7
Nxe7 26. Bd3 Nf5 $6 (26... Re8 27. h4 $40) 27. Bxf5 gxf5 28. Re1 $16 {1-0 (40)
Karpov,A (2695)-Vaganian,R (2550) Skopje 1976}) 12... bxc6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14.
Rxe3 Nf5 15. Re1 Qb6 $1 {Now Black is completely fine: White is not in time to
make use of the dark squares.} 16. Nbd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 $6 ({The dynamic} 17.
Qxd4 {would give Black no winning chances:} Qxb2 18. Ne5 Qb7 19. Qc5 $11) 17...
Bg4 18. Re3 Rfe8 19. Qb3 Qxb3 20. axb3 $6 (20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. axb3 {would have
been an immediate draw.}) 20... Rxe3 21. fxe3 f6 {Now White's position is a
bit unpleasant.} 22. Rc1 $6 (22. Kf2 $142) 22... Rb8 23. Nd2 Rb6 24. Kf2 h5 25.
Rc3 Kf7 26. g3 $6 Ke7 27. h4 Kd6 28. e4 Rb8 29. exd5 cxd5 30. Nf1 Bf5 31. Kf3
Rb4 32. Ke3 g6 33. Nd2 Rb5 34. Kf4 Ra5 {I wasn't entirely convinced by this
idea, but could not find any other.} ({The engine comes up with a long and
weird, but quite concrete plan that seems to win:} 34... a5 35. Ke3 Rb7 36. Kf4
Re7 37. Re3 Rxe3 38. Kxe3 Kc6 {This ending is winning: during the game I was
unable to figure it out.} 39. Ke2 Kb5 40. Kd1 Kb4 41. Kc1 Bd3 42. Kd1 g5 43.
Ke1 (43. hxg5 fxg5 44. Ke1 Bc2 45. Kf2 Bxb3 46. Ke3 Bc2 47. Kf2 a4 $19 {
followed by ...h4 and later ...a3, ...Kc3 after placing the black bishop
optimally.}) 43... Bc2 44. Ke2 g4 45. Ke3 Bxb3 {Black's idea is simple: at the
moment White seems able to "hold", but he won't be able to hold both sides!}
46. Kf4 Bc2 47. Ke3 a4 48. Kf4 Bd3 49. Ke3 Bb5 50. Kf4 a3 51. bxa3+ Kc3 52. Ke3
f5 $19) 35. b4 Rb5 36. Ra3 Bc8 $2 (36... Rxb4 37. Rxa6+ Ke7 {would give Black
more chances.}) 37. Ra4 Rb6 38. Nb3 Bd7 39. Ra5 Bc6 40. Nc5 Rxb4 41. Ke3 {
The simple move I had forgotten in my earlier calculation, for some reason.}
Rxb2 (41... Bb5 42. b3 $11) 42. Rxa6 g5 43. Ra7 Bb5 44. hxg5 fxg5 45. Rh7 Re2+
46. Kf3 g4+ 47. Kf4 Be8 48. Rh6+ Ke7 {White does not have a concrete way to
draw the game: but it is clear he is too active for Black to win.} 49. Kf5 $2 {
Giving some chances.} ({For example} 49. Rb6 {is a draw:} Rf2+ 50. Kg5 Rf3 51.
Rb7+ Kd6 52. Rb6+ Bc6 53. Kxh5 Rxg3 54. Na6 $11) 49... Re3 50. Kf4 Rf3+ 51. Kg5
Rxg3 52. Re6+ Kf8 53. Rf6+ $2 (53. Re5 {was still a draw:} Rf3 54. Ne6+ Kg8 (
54... Kf7 55. Nd8+ $11) 55. Nf4 $11) 53... Kg8 {Now White is lost.} 54. Rf5 Bf7
55. Nd7 Kg7 56. Nf6 $2 ({After} 56. Ne5 Be8 57. Rf6 {Black would still face
big technical difficulties, e.g.} Ra3 58. Re6 Kf8 59. Rh6 g3 60. Rh8+ Ke7 61.
Rh7+ Kd6 62. Rh6+ Kc7 63. Rh7+ Kb6 64. Kh4 g2 65. Rg7 Ra2 66. Kh3 Kb5 67. Kh2
Kb4 68. Rc7 Rd2 69. Rb7+ Kc3 70. Rc7+ Kb3 71. Nf3 Rf2 72. Ne5 {Black is
definitely winning: but it is not that trivial.}) 56... Rf3 (56... Rh3 57. Nxd5
Bxd5 58. Rxd5 g3 59. Kf4 h4 {also wins.}) 57. Nxh5+ Bxh5 58. Rxd5 Bf7 $1 59.
Re5 g3 60. Kh4 (60. Kg4 $5 Rd3 $19 ({And not} 60... g2 $4 61. Rg5+ Kf6 62. Kxf3
$11)) 60... Kf6 61. Re1 g2 62. Rg1 Be6 0-1

[Event "Match Gligoric-Stahlberg +2-1=9"]
[Site "Split/ Belgrade"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1949.05.20"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 a6 $2 (6... Bd6 7.
O-O Nge7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. fxe3 Bg4 $1 {
Gligoric} (12... O-O $2 $16) 13. Qd4 Bxf3 14. Rxf3 O-O 15. c4 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Ng6
{1/2-1/2 Matanovic-Ivkov/Sousse itz/1967}) 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. O-O Bd6 (8... Be6
9. c4 Nf6 10. Qa4 Qc7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nb3 $16) (8... cxd4 9. Re1+ Be7 10. Nb3
$16) (8... Nf6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Qe1+ Be6 12. Qc3 Rc8 13. Be3 $16)
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nb3 Bd6 (10... Bb6 11. Be3 (11. Qe1+ Ne7 12. Be3 $16) 11...
Bxe3 12. Re1 Ne7 13. Rxe3 {Boleslavsky-Rossetto Helsinki ol 1952}) 11. Qd4 f6 (
11... Nf6 12. Re1+ (12. Bg5 $16) 12... Be6 13. Ng5 (13. Bf4 $1 $16) 13... O-O
$1 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Rxe6 Ne4 $1) 12. Bf4 Ne7 13. Rfe1 O-O 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15.
Qc5 Qxc5 16. Nxc5 {Weak black squares.} Ra7 17. b4 (17. Nd4 $2 Nf5 18. Nxc6 $2
Rc7) 17... Nf5 18. Nb3 Rc7 19. c3 (19. Nbd4 $2 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 c5 $15) 19... Kf7
20. Nfd4 Nd6 (20... Nxd4 21. Nxd4 c5 22. Nb3 cxb4 23. cxb4 {[%cal Yb3c5] /\Sc5}
) 21. Nc5 Re8 22. Rxe8 Kxe8 23. f3 $1 (23. a4 Ne4 $1 24. Re1 Kf7 25. Nxe4 dxe4
26. Rxe4 c5 $1 $132 27. Ne2 (27. bxc5 Rxc5 {><c3, a4}) (27. Nb3 cxb4 {[%cal
Rc7c1] Gligoric}) 27... Bd7 28. a5 cxb4 29. cxb4 Bb5 $10) 23... Kf7 24. Kf2 g5
25. a4 h5 26. a5 Nc4 27. Re1 Ne5 28. g3 Re7 29. Re2 {[%cal Yf3f4]} (29. f4 $2
Ng4+ 30. Kf1 Nxh2+) 29... Rc7 30. f4 gxf4 (30... Ng6 $2 31. fxg5 fxg5 32. Nde6
Bxe6 33. Nxe6 {[%cal Re6g5]}) 31. gxf4 Ng6 32. Kg3 Ne7 33. Re1 Ra7 34. Kf2 (34.
Kh4 Ng6+ 35. Kxh5 Nxf4+ $10) 34... Ra8 (34... Kg6 $142) 35. Na4 {[%cal Ya4b6,
Ya8b8,Ye1e7,Yf7e7,Yd4c6] /\36.Sb6 Tb8 37.Te7 Ke7 38.Sc6} Bh3 36. Re3 Bd7 37.
Nb6 Ra7 38. Re1 (38. Rxe7+ $2 Kxe7 39. Nc8+ Bxc8 40. Nxc6+ Kd6 41. Nxa7 Bd7 $1
42. Ke3 Kc7 43. Kd4 Kb7 44. Kxd5 Kxa7 $19) 38... Nf5 39. Nxf5 (39. Nxd7 Nxd4
40. Nb8 Nf5 41. Nxc6 Rc7 $132 {Gligoric}) 39... Bxf5 40. Na4 Bd3 41. Nc5 Bb5 (
41... Bf5 42. h4 {[%cal Yf2d4] /\Kd4}) 42. f5 Ra8 (42... Rc7 43. Ne6 Rc8 (43...
Bd3) 44. Rg1 $16 {Gligoric}) (42... Re7 43. Ne6 {/\44.Tg1+/-} Bd3 44. Nd8+ Kf8
45. Rxe7 Kxe7 46. Nxc6+ {[%cal Yc6d4] /\47.Sd4+-}) 43. Nb7 $1 Kg7 44. Rg1+ Kf7
45. Re1 Kg7 46. Nd6 h4 47. Kf3 Rd8 48. Re7+ Kg8 49. Re6 Kg7 50. Ke3 (50. Ne8+
Kf7 51. Nxf6 d4 {Gligoric}) (50. Kg4 $2 d4 $1 51. cxd4 Bc4 $1 {Gligoric} 52.
Nxc4 Rxd4+ $10) 50... Ba4 51. Kd4 Rg8 52. Kc5 Kh7 53. Ne8 Rg2 54. Nxf6+ Kg7 55.
Nd7 Rf2 56. f6+ Kg6 57. Ne5+ Kh5 (57... Kf5 58. Kd6 $18) 58. f7 d4 59. Re8 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Long Beach"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[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. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. O-O Nbc6 8.
c3 O-O 9. exd5 exd5 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. Re1 h6 12. h3 Bf5 13. Be3 Re8 14. Nbd4 (14.
Bc5 $5 Qd7 15. Bxf5 Nxf5 16. Qd3 {might have been wiser.} (16. Qxd5 $4 Bh2+))
14... Be4 15. Qc2 Ng6 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 f5 {At this point
Peters thought highly of White's position, since the a2-g8 line is now open
for business.} 19. Qb3+ Kh7 20. Qxb7 {White's greed now gets punished, as the
pawn turns out to be poisoned.} Be5 $1 21. Rad1 Bxd4 22. cxd4 Qg5 $1 {Now it
is clear that White is in real trouble.} 23. Nf1 Nh4 24. Ng3 f4 25. Rxe4 fxg3
26. fxg3 Rab8 27. Qc6 Nf3+ $1 {and here Wolff resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Chekhov} c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5
Bxc5 8. O-O Nge7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Re1 Nf5 (11... Bg4 {Chekhov} 12.
Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 Nf5 14. Re1 Nh4 15. Be2 Re8 16. Nxh4 Qxh4 17. f3 Be6 18. Bb5
$14 {Smagin,S-Ortega,A/Amantea/1994/1|0/37/}) 12. Bd3 (12. Bg5 $2 Bxf2+ 13.
Kxf2 Qb6+ 14. Nbd4 Ncxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxb5 {Strikovic,A-Popovic,P/
YUG/1989/0|1/38/} 17. b3 Qc6 {Strikovic,A-Popovic,P/JUG-ch/1989/}) (12. Qc2 Nh4
13. Nxh4 Qxh4 14. Be3 Bc7 15. g3 Qh5 16. Be2 Bg4 17. Bd4 Rfe8 18. Bxg4 Qxg4 19.
Qd2 Re4 {Kerkhof,P-Vaisser,A/Oostende op (09)/1992/}) (12. Nbd4 $6 {Chekhov}
Nfxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. cxd4 Qh4 15. Be3 Be6 16. Qd2 Rfc8 $15 {Klarenbeek,
M-Van Der Wiel,J/NED/1994/0|1/39/}) 12... Bc7 (12... Qd6 13. Nbd4 (13. Qc2 g6
14. Bg5 f6 15. Bh4 Ne5 16. Bxf5 Bxf5 17. Qd2 Nc4 18. Qc1 Rae8 19. Bg3 Rxe1+ 20.
Qxe1 Qd7 {Markowski,T-Wach,M/Velden op (05)/1994/}) 13... Nfxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4
15. cxd4 Be6 16. Be3 Rac8 17. Rc1 Nb4 18. Qb3 Qb6 19. Bb1 Nc6 20. Qxb6 axb6 21.
Rc3 Na5 {Blauert,J-Kalinichev,S/Dresden op/1993/}) (12... h6 13. Bc2 (13. h3
Qd6 14. Bc2 Bd7 15. Bxf5 Bxf5 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Rfe8 18. Qd2 Be4 19. Rae1
Qg6 {Yanovsky,S-Bashkov,V/URS-chT/1988/}) 13... Qd6 (13... Be6 14. Qd3 Re8 15.
Bf4 Qf6 16. g4 Qg6 17. h3 Nfe7 18. Qxg6 Nxg6 19. Bg3 Bd7 20. Rad1 Rxe1+ 21.
Rxe1 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Bxe8 23. Bd6 {Smagin,S-Strikovic,A/Cacak (08)/1991/1-0 (78)}
) (13... a5 14. Qd3 a4 15. Nbd4 g6 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. Qd1 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Kg7 19.
Bf4 Qf6 20. Qd2 g5 21. Be3 d4 22. Bxd4 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Rfd8 24. Rad1 {Dolmatov,
S-Lobron,E/Dortmund (07)/1993/1-0 (64)}) (13... Bc7 14. Qd3 g6 15. Nbd4 Nfxd4
16. Nxd4 Qh4 17. Nf3 Qh5 18. Bd1 Bd7 19. Qf1 Rfe8 20. Ne5 Qh4 21. g3 Bh3 {
Georgiev,Ki-Gurevich,I/New York PCA-op (03)/1994 (58)}) (13... Qf6 14. Qd3 g6
15. Qxd5 Rd8 16. Qb5 Nh4 17. Nbd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bd7 19. Qf1 Bxd4 20. cxd4 Bc6
21. f3 Rac8 22. Be3 Rd6 {Manca,F-Van der Wiel,J/Lugano op (05)/1989/}) 14. Qd3
Rd8 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 g6 17. e4 {1/2-1/2/Ivanchuk,V-Lobron,E/Dortmund (05)/
1995/}) 13. Bc2 {/N/} (13. Bxf5 Bxf5 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bh4 Bg4 16. Qd3 Bxf3 (16...
a5 $5 {Chekhov}) 17. Qxf3 Ne5 18. Qf5 Re8 19. Rad1 Qd6 20. Bg3 {David,
P-Barbero,G/Lazne Bohdanec (11)/1995/ 1-0 (34)}) (13. Qc2 $2 Nh4 $1 14. Nbd4 (
14. Bxh7+ $2 Kh8 15. Ng5 f6 16. Ne6 Re8 $19) 14... Bg4 (14... Nxd4 $6 {Chekhov}
15. Nxd4 Nxg2 16. Kxg2 Qh4 17. Bxh7+ Qxh7 18. Qxh7+ Kxh7 19. Nb5 Bd8 20. Be3
$14 {Smagin,S-Velimirovic,D/YUG/1992/1|0/60/}) 15. Nxh4 Qxh4 16. g3 Qh5 17.
Nxc6 bxc6 18. Be3 f5 19. f4 $8 Bf3 {Yandemirov,V-Kovalev,A/Minsk (06)/1995/ 
(21)}) (13. Bg5 $1 f6 (13... Qd6 14. g3 $1 {/\Bf4+/-/}) 14. Bd2 Ne5 $13) 13...
g6 14. Bxf5 (14. Bg5 f6 (14... Qd6 15. Bxf5 Bxf5 16. Bh4 $14) 15. Bd2 (15. Bxf5
{Chekhov} Bxf5 16. Bh4 $14)) 14... Bxf5 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Nfd4 {
Inconsequent continuation, since grabbing the pawn was not that dangerous.
White thus remains without the white square B for no compensation and this
will bring his downfall.} (17. Qxd5 $5 Be4 (17... Rd8 18. Qb5 Qd7 (18... Ne5
19. Qxe8+ Rxe8 20. Nbd4 Nxf3+ 21. Nxf3 f6 22. Be3 $16) 19. Re1 a6 20. Qe2 $14)
18. Qd1 (18. Qb5 Bxf3 19. Qxb7 Bxg2 20. Qxc7 Bd5 $132) 18... Rd8 (18... Ne5 19.
Nbd4 Rd8 20. Qe2 Nxf3+ 21. Nxf3 Qc6 $22 22. Nd4 Qd6 $146) (18... a5 $5 $44 {
Chekhov}) 19. Qe2) 17... Qe5 18. g3 (18. Nf3 Qd6) 18... Bb6 19. Bf4 (19. Qd2 {
Chekhov} Re8 20. Nxf5 Qxf5 21. Re1 Re4 $15) (19. Be3 $5 {Chekhov}) 19... Qf6
20. Kg2 (20. Qd2 Be4 $5) 20... Re8 21. Be3 (21. Nxf5 Qxf5 $15) 21... Bd7 (21...
Be4+ {Chekhov} 22. f3 Bf5 23. Qd2 $132) 22. Nc2 $2 {Logical when one sees the
perfect target on d5, but the kingside remains exposed.} (22. Qd2 Bg4 (22...
Ne5 {Chekhov} 23. Re1 Nc4 24. Qc1 $17) 23. Re1 $10) (22. Nxc6 $2 {Chekhov} Bxe3
23. fxe3 Bxc6 $17) (22. Qf3 $6 {Chekhov} Qxf3+ 23. Kxf3 Ne5+ 24. Kg2 Nc4 $19)
22... Ne5 23. Bxb6 Bg4 $1 {White have lost the tactical fight as the enemy
will dominate light squares aroud his king.} (23... Qxb6 24. Ne3 Bc6 25. Qd4
$10) (23... axb6 {Chekhov} 24. Ne3 Qe6 25. Nd4 Qh3+ 26. Kg1 $13) 24. Qd4 Bf3+
25. Kf1 (25. Kg1 Be4 26. Qa4 Nf3+ 27. Kf1 Qe6 28. Be3 Nxh2+ 29. Ke2 Bxc2 $40)
25... Qf5 26. Ne1 (26. Ne3 Qh3+ 27. Ke1 Qxh2 28. Bxa7 Ng4 $19 (28... Qg1+ 29.
Kd2 Qxf2+ 30. Kc1 Qe1+ 31. Nd1 Nc6 32. Qd2 Nxa7 $19)) 26... Nc6 27. Qh4 (27.
Qd2 $2 Qh3+ 28. Kg1 Rxe1+) (27. Qf4 Qh3+ 28. Kg1 Rxe1+ $19) 27... g5 $1 28. Qh6
Re6 {On top of all sorrows white's Q is trapped and the eqivalent is only R
and N.} 29. Qxe6 (29. Qxg5+ Qxg5 30. Nxf3 Qg4 31. Nfd4 axb6 $19) 29... fxe6 30.
Nd4 (30. Be3 g4 $19) 30... Nxd4 31. Bxd4 Bg4 32. Bxa7 d4 $1 33. Kg1 (33. Bxd4
Qb5+ 34. Kg1 Qxb2 $19) 33... Qb5 (33... d3 {Chekhov} 34. Be3) 34. b3 dxc3 35.
Bd4 (35. Rc1 Bh3 36. Nc2 Qd3 37. Be3 h6 $19) 35... Bh3 36. Nc2 (36. Ng2 Qd5 $19
) 36... Qd5 37. f3 Qxf3 38. Ne3 e5 39. Bc5 Qe2 40. Rc1 (40. Kh1 c2 41. Rc1 Qd2
$19) 40... Qd2 41. Rd1 Qxd1+ $1 (41... Qxd1+ 42. Nxd1 c2 $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanov, Victor L"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Re1 Nf5 12. Bd3 Bc7 13. Bc2 (13. Bxf5 Bxf5
14. Bg5 f6 15. Bh4 Bg4 16. Qd3 Bxf3 (16... a5 $5) 17. Qxf3 Ne5 18. Qf5 Re8 19.
Rad1 Qd6 20. Bg3 {David,P-Barbero,G/Lazne Bohdanec (11)/1995/ 1-0 (34)}) (13.
Qc2 Nh4 $1 14. Nbd4 (14. Bxh7+ $2 Kh8 15. Ng5 f6 16. Ne6 Re8 $19) (14. Nxh4 $5
Qxh4 15. g3 $14) 14... Bg4 (14... Nxd4 $6 15. Nxd4 Nxg2 (15... Ng6 16. Nf5 $14)
16. Kxg2 Qh4 17. Bxh7+ (17. Bf5 Qxh2+ 18. Kf1 Qh1+ 19. Ke2 Qh5+ $1 20. Kf1 $11
(20. f3 Re8+ $36)) 17... Qxh7 (17... Kh8 18. Bf5 Qxh2+ 19. Kf1 Qh1+ 20. Ke2
Qh5+ 21. f3 Re8+ 22. Be3 $18) 18. Qxh7+ Kxh7 19. Nb5 Bd8 $13 {Smagin,
S-Velimirovic,D/YUG/1992/1|0/60/ (19)} (19... Bb8 $1)) 15. Nxh4 Qxh4 16. g3 Qh5
17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Be3 f5 19. f4 $8 Bf3 {Yandemirov,V-Kovalev,A/Minsk (06)/1995/
(21)}) 13... g6 14. Bxf5 (14. Bg5 f6 (14... Qd6 15. Bxf5 Bxf5 16. Bh4 $14) 15.
Bd2 (15. Bxf5 Bxf5 16. Bh4 $14)) 14... Bxf5 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Qxd5
{as Ftacnik says and I fully agree with him this is what white must play since
if not black just gets a pair of bishop and big control over the white sqaure,
so if white gives his bishop he must take this pawn} (17. Nfd4 {Ftacnik
Inconsequent continuation, since grabbing the pawn was not that dangerous.
White thus remains without the white square B for no compensation and this
will bring his downfall.} Qe5 18. g3 (18. Nf3 Qd6) 18... Bb6 19. Bf4 (19. Qd2
Re8 20. Nxf5 Qxf5 21. Re1 Re4 $15) (19. Be3 $5) 19... Qf6 $36 {0-1 Kharlov,
A-Rublevsky,S/Novosibirsk 1995/CBM 50/[Ftacnik] (41)}) 17... Be4 (17... Rd8 18.
Qb5 Qd7 (18... Ne5 19. Qxe8+ Rxe8 20. Nbd4 Nxf3+ 21. Nxf3 f6 22. Be3 $16) 19.
Re1 a6 20. Qe2 $14) 18. Qd1 (18. Qb5 Bxf3 19. Qxb7 Bxg2 20. Qxc7 Bd5 $132)
18... Ne5 (18... Rd8 19. Qe2) (18... a5 $5 $44 {Chekhov} 19. Nbd2 Bd3 20. Qa4 {
[%cal Ga1e1,Ga4h4] when white just seems a pawn up to me}) 19. Nfd4 {this is
just a good move black's piece are on the "e" file right now so white can use
it to get control over that important file} Qe7 20. Qe2 f5 (20... Qh4 21. Bg5
Qxg5 22. Qxe4 $16) 21. f3 Bd3 22. Qe3 {well very simple so say now white
simply got a much better position out of the opening it means black find some
more critical things against 17.Qxd5 since if not maybe Nf5 is a bad move?!}
Bc4 23. f4 $6 {well this is not a mistake but well quite a bad move first it
cuts the "h6" bishop out of play here secondly it gives a way the "e4" square
for no reason when I believe white just wanted to exchange Queens but well a
solid move such as Bf4 or Re1 was better with big advantage for white} (23. Bf4
) (23. Re1) 23... Nc6 24. Qxe7 Nxe7 25. Re1 (25. Nd2 {this is the correct move
now with still big advantage for white}) 25... Kf7 26. Nd2 $2 (26. Nf3 Ng8 $1
27. Ng5+ Kf6 28. Nxh7+ Kf7 29. Ng5+ Kf6 {and white has nothing better than a
draw}) (26. g3 $5) 26... Bd5 $2 {well the right was move was to take on "a2"
with simply no fear!!} (26... Bxa2 $1 27. b3 Nd5 {[%csl Rc3]} 28. c4 Bb6 29.
N2f3 Nf6 {[%cal Ga8d8]}) 27. N2f3 $16 {and now again white is much better,
because now Ng8 does not work} Re8 $2 {well after this move black is just
losing} (27... Ng8 28. Ng5+ Kf6 29. Nxh7+ Kf7 30. Ng5+ Kf6 31. Bg7+ {this is
the trick!} Kxg7 32. Nde6+ {and winning}) (27... Bxf3 28. Nxf3 {[%cal Gf3g5]}
Ng8 $4 29. Ng5+ Kf6 30. Re6#) (27... Bd6 $16) 28. Nb5 $1 {[%csl Rd6]} Bb8 (
28... Bb6+ 29. Kh1) 29. Ne5+ Kg8 (29... Bxe5 30. Rxe5 {[%cal Gb5c7,Gb5d6,Gh6g5]
} Rd8 {the only way to keep all the material} 31. Bg5 Be6 32. Nd4 Rd6 33. Nxe6
Rxe6 34. Rxe6 Kxe6 35. Bxe7 Kxe7 {and this is the basic of chess pawns endgame
one pawn up for white is enough}) 30. Nd7 {[%csl Rb8,Rf6]} a6 31. Nf6+ Kf7 32.
Nxe8 axb5 33. Nf6 $1 {[%mdl 8204]} 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS03 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Keitlinghaus, Ludger"]
[Black "Afek, Yochanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Re1 Nf5 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bxf5 Bxf5 14. Be3
Be4 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Nfd4 Rfe8 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Qd4 Qxd4 19. cxd4 Reb8 20.
Re2 Rb4 21. f3 Bf5 22. g4 Be6 23. Rd1 Rab8 24. Rd3 Kf8 25. Rde3 Rc4 26. Nc5 Ke7
27. Kf2 Kd6 28. b3 Rc1 29. Re1 Rxe1 30. Kxe1 g5 31. Kf2 h5 32. h3 hxg4 33. hxg4
Rh8 34. Kg2 Rb8 35. a3 Rf8 36. Re2 Bc8 37. Re1 Rh8 38. Re5 f6 39. Re1 Bd7 40.
Kg3 Bc8 41. Kg2 Bd7 42. Kg3 Bc8 43. Re2 Bd7 44. Rh2 Rxh2 45. Kxh2 {[#] guter
wS bei blockiertem s D-Flügel, taktischer Trick Zug 48 produziert einen
Freibauern; schwarze B-Schwächen} Be8 46. Kg3 Bg6 47. Kf2 f5 48. f4 $1 fxg4 (
48... gxf4 49. g5 Bh5 50. b4 Bd1 51. Nd3 f3 52. Ne5 f4 53. Nxf3 Ke6 54. Ne5 {
[%csl Rc6,Rf4]} Ba4 55. g6 Kf6 56. Kf3 $18 Bb5 57. Kxf4 Ba4 58. Kg4 Bd1+ 59.
Kh4) 49. fxg5 a5 50. Kg3 Bf5 51. Nb7+ Kc7 52. Nxa5 Kb6 53. b4 Kb5 54. Kf4 Be6
55. Nb7 Kc4 56. a4 Kxb4 57. Nc5 1-0

[Event "Azov"]
[Site "Azov"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V"]
[Black "Berelowitsch, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5
8. O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qd4 O-O 12. Bf4 Nf5 13. Qa4 Qb6 14.
Bxd6 Nxd6 15. Ne5 c5 16. Qc6 Qxc6 17. Nxc6 c4 18. Nc5 Re8 19. Rad1 Be6 20. Nb4
Ne4 21. Nca6 Rac8 22. Nxd5 c3 23. Ndc7 cxb2 24. Nxe8 Nc3 25. Nb4 Nxd1 26. Rxd1
Rxe8 27. Rb1 Bf5 28. Kf1 Rb8 29. Nd3 Bxd3+ 30. cxd3 a5 31. Ke2 a4 32. a3 Kf8
33. Kd2 Rb3 34. Kc2 Rxa3 35. Rxb2 $10 {Weiss hält trotz schwieriger K-Stellung
wehgen des d-Freibauern Remis.} Ra1 36. Kc3 (36. Kd2 $142 {Einfacher} a3 37.
Rb8+ Ke7 38. Ra8 $10) 36... a3 37. Rc2 Ke7 38. g3 Ke6 39. Kd4 g5 40. f3 a2 41.
Kc4 h5 42. Kd4 h4 43. gxh4 gxh4 44. h3 Kf5 45. Kc5 Rd1 46. Rxa2 Rxd3 47. Ra4
Rxf3 48. Rxh4 Ke5 49. Kc4 f5 50. Rh8 Ke4 51. h4 Rf1 52. Re8+ Kf3 53. h5 Rd1 54.
h6 Rd7 55. Rf8 f4 56. Rf5 Rd6 57. h7 Rh6 58. Rf7 Rh4 59. Kd3 Rh2 60. Kd4 Rh5
61. Kd3 Rh2 62. Kd4 Rh5 63. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mitropa Cup 19th"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "1999.04.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Black "Lehner, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "1999.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. Bd3 Bf5 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Re1 Ng6 14. Nbd4
Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 h6 17. Be3 Rfe8 18. Qb5 Rad8 19. Qxd7 Rxd7 20. Nf5
a6 21. Bd4 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 f6 23. g3 Kf7 24. Kg2 Nf8 25. Ne3 Bb8 26. Rd1 Ke6 27.
Bc5 Nh7 28. f4 g6 29. Re1 Kf7 30. f5 gxf5 31. Nxf5 h5 32. h4 Be5 33. Kf3 Nf8
34. Bxf8 Kxf8 {[#] T+S vs T+L bei besserer weißer Bauern- und Königsstellung.
Taktik!} 35. g4 hxg4+ 36. Kxg4 b5 37. h5 a5 38. h6 Kg8 39. Nd4 {[#]} b4 {
Der Übergang ins Turmendspiel sieht sehr schlecht aus:} (39... Bxd4 40. cxd4
Kh7 (40... Kf7 41. Kf5 Rd6 42. h7 Kg7 43. Re7+ Kh8 44. Kg6 Rd8 45. Rg7 f5 46.
Rg8+ Rxg8+ 47. hxg8=Q+ Kxg8 48. Kxf5 Kf7 49. Ke5 $18) 41. Kf5 Kxh6 42. Kxf6 $18
{[#]}) 40. Kf5 Kh7 41. Ne6 Rb7 (41... Rf7 $5 {Jetzt erreicht Weiß mit
taktischen Mitteln den Übergang in das Endspiel T vs L, wobei die Läuferpartei
die zwei Extrabauern nicht halten kann.}) 42. Nf8+ Kxh6 (42... Kh8 {Wo ist
hier der überzeugende Gewinn?}) 43. Rh1+ Kg7 44. Rh7+ Kxf8 45. Rxb7 bxc3 46.
bxc3 Bxc3 {[#]} 47. Rc7 d4 48. Kxf6 Ke8 49. Ke6 Kd8 50. Rc4 Bb2 51. a4 Ba1 52.
Rc6 Bb2 53. Rb6 Bc3 54. Rb7 Kc8 55. Rd7 Kb8 56. Kd6 Kc8 (56... d3 57. Kc6 d2
58. Kb6 Kc8 59. Rd5 Bb4 60. Rd3 $22 {[#]}) 57. Kc6 Kb8 58. Kb6 Kc8 59. Rd5 Bd2
60. Kc6 Bc3 61. Rd7 Kb8 62. Rc7 Bb4 63. Kb6 Bc3 64. Rc5 Bd2 65. Rc4 Be1 66. Kb5
Bc3 67. Ka6 $22 {[#]} Bb4 68. Rxd4 Kc7 69. Rc4+ {Der weiße Gewinnplan sieht
das Abdrängen des schwarzen Königs bis auf die g-Linie vor. Danach kehrt der
weiße König zum a-Bauern zurück. Der Turm muß dann den a-Bauern angreifen,
bevor der schwarze König die g-Linie verlassen hat. Nach dem Opfer Turm gegen
Läufer + a-Bauer erreicht der schwarze König nicht mehr rechtzeitig das
rettende Feld c8.} Kd6 (69... Kb8 70. Kb6 Bd2 (70... Be1 71. Re4 Bf2+ 72. Kb5
$18) 71. Rc2 Bb4 (71... Be1 72. Re2 $18) (71... Be3+ 72. Kb5 $18) 72. Rc1 Bd2 (
72... Ba3 73. Rh1 $18) 73. Rd1 Be3+ 74. Kb5 $18) 70. Kb6 Kd5 71. Rc6 Be1 72.
Kb5 Bb4 73. Rg6 Bd2 74. Rg8 Bb4 75. Rd8+ Ke6 76. Kc6 Ke7 77. Rd3 Ke8 78. Kc7
Ke7 79. Re3+ Kf7 80. Kc6 Kf6 81. Kd7 Kf5 82. Re6 Bc3 83. Kd6 Bb4+ 84. Kd5 Bc3 (
84... Kf4 85. Re5 Bc3 86. Re4+ Kf3) 85. Re3 Bb4 86. Rf3+ Kg6 87. Kc6 Kg7 88.
Kb6 Kg6 89. Kb5 Kg7 90. Ka6 Kg6 91. Kb6 Kg5 92. Rf7 Bc3 93. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Candidates qf3"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. c3 a6 (12... Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14.
Be2 h6 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Nfd4 $14 {Karpov,A-Kortschnoj,V Moscow cf (18) 1974})
(12... h6 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Nbd4 a6 15. Bd3 $14 {Huebner,R-Kortschnoj,V South
Africa(4) 1981}) 13. Be2 Bd7 {N} (13... Be6 14. Bxe7 Bxe7 15. Nfd4 Bd6 16. g3
$14 {Balashov,J-Portisch,L Bugojno 1978}) 14. Be3 $5 {/\Bc5} Nd8 $5 (14... Ne5
15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. g3 $14) 15. Qd4 $5 {/\Qb6} Nf5 16. Qxd5 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Bc6 $44
18. Qa5 (18. Qh5 Qe7 19. Nbd4 $14) 18... Qe7 19. Qg5 f6 20. Bc4+ Kh8 21. Qh5 g6
22. Qh3 $1 (22. Qh4 g5 (22... Bxf3 23. gxf3 Nc6 $146) 23. Qf2 Qc7 $1 {/\g4,Bf3}
) 22... Bd7 23. Qh4 g5 24. Qf2 Nc6 25. Rad1 Rad8 26. Bd5 Bb8 (26... f5 27. e4
g4 $5) 27. Nbd4 f5 (27... g4 28. Bxc6 bxc6 29. Nh4 $16) (27... Ne5 28. Bxb7 g4
29. Nh4 g3 30. hxg3 Ng4 31. Qf3 $16) 28. e4 fxe4 (28... g4 29. exf5 Qd6 30.
Nxc6 $16) 29. Nxc6 Bxc6 30. Qd4+ Rf6 (30... Qg7 31. Qxg7+ Kxg7 32. Bxc6 Rxd1
33. Rxd1 bxc6 34. Nxg5 $16) 31. Rxe4 Qg7 32. Rde1 $1 h6 $1 (32... Bxd5 33. Re8+
Rxe8 34. Rxe8+ Bg8 35. Rxb8 $18) 33. c4 Bd6 34. Kh1 Bb4 35. Qb6 $2 (35. R1e2
Rf5 $44) (35. Rd1 $142 Rf5 36. Qxg7+ Kxg7 37. a3 $16 Bc5) 35... Qf8 $1 $17 36.
Qd4 (36. Bxc6 Bxe1 37. Rxe1 bxc6 {/\g4-/+}) 36... Bxe1 37. Rxe1 Bxd5 38. cxd5
Kg8 39. h4 Rxf3 40. gxf3 Qxf3+ 41. Kh2 Rxd5 42. Qc4 Qf2+ 43. Kh3 Qf3+ 44. Kh2
Kg7 $1 45. Re2 (45. Re7+ Kg6 $19) 45... Kg6 $2 (45... Rd3 $1 46. Re7+ Kf8 47.
Rf7+ Qxf7 48. Qxd3 Qf2+ $19) 46. Rg2 $1 Qf5 (46... Rd3 $2 47. Qe6+ Kh5 48. Qe8+
$1 Kxh4 49. Qe1+ $10) (46... b5 47. Qc6+ Kh5 48. Qe8+ $10) 47. hxg5 Qe5+ 48.
Kh3 Qe6+ 49. Kh2 Qe5+ 50. Kh3 Qe6+ 51. Kh2 hxg5 52. Rf2 Kh5 53. Qc2 Qd6+ 54.
Kg2 Qd7 55. Kh2 (55. Qe2+ Qg4+ $17) 55... Rd3 56. Qe2+ Kh6 57. Rf6+ Kg7 58. Re6
Qc7+ (58... Kf7 59. Re7+ Qxe7 60. Qxd3 Qe5+ 61. Kh3 Qxb2 $17) 59. Kh1 Rh3+ 60.
Kg1 Qg3+ $2 (60... Rg3+ 61. Kh1 Kf7 62. Re4 Qc1+ 63. Qe1 Qxe1+ 64. Rxe1 Rd3 $19
) 61. Qg2 Kf7 $2 (61... Kf8 62. Qxg3 (62. Rb6 Qc7 63. Qf1+ Kg8 64. Rg6+ Kh7 65.
Qxh3+ Kxg6 66. Qe6+ Kg7 67. Qe3 $15) 62... Rxg3+ 63. Kf2 Rd3 64. Rb6 Rd7 65. a4
Ke8 66. Rg6 (66. Ke3 Kd8 67. b4 Re7+ $5 $17 (67... Kc7 68. Rg6 Rd5 69. Ke4 Rd1
70. Rxg5 $10)) (66. a5 Kd8 67. b4 Kc7 68. b5 Rd6 69. bxa6 bxa6 $17) 66... Rd5
67. Rb6 Rd7 68. Rg6 Rd2+ 69. Ke3 Rxb2 70. Rxg5 Rb4 71. Ra5 Kd7 72. Kd3 Kc6 73.
Kc3 Rh4 74. Kb3 $10) 62. Rb6 $10 {Sealed move} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ARM"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1996.07.31"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bd3 h6 (11... Ng6 $6 12. Bg5 $1 {N} (12. c3
Bg4) 12... Qd7 (12... f6 $2 13. Bxg6 $16) (12... Qc7 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Qxd5 Nb4
15. Qd2 Nxc2 16. Rec1 Bf5 17. Nbd4 Nxd4 $8 18. Rxc7 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Bxc7 20. Qb4
$1 $16 {Akopian,V}) 13. c3 Nf4 (13... Nge5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bc2 Nc4 16. Qd3
$14) 14. Bf1 (14. Bc2 Nxg2 $1 15. Kxg2 Qh3+ {/\ Bg4->>>}) 14... Qf5 15. Bh4 Qh5
16. Bg3 Bg4 17. Qd2 Qh6 (17... Nxg2 $2 18. Bxd6 Nxe1 19. Nxe1) 18. Nfd4 $16 {
+/- Akopian,V-Vladimirov,E/Moskva (GMA) 49/(324) 1990}) 12. h3 {/\Be3-Bc5} Nf5
(12... Bc7 {-CBM50/Survey/Hansen,Cu}) (12... Nb4 {-CBM50/Survey/Hansen,Cu}) (
12... a6 {-CBM50/Survey/Hansen,Cu}) (12... Bf5 {-CBM50/Survey/Hansen,Cu}) (
12... Re8 {-CBM50/Survey/Hansen,Cu}) (12... Bd7 {-CBM50/Survey/Hansen,Cu}) 13.
c3 Bc7 (13... Qf6 {-CBM50/Survey/Hansen,Cu}) 14. Bc2 Qd6 15. Qd3 g6 16. g4 (16.
Be3 Ne5 $5) (16. Qd2 $5 h5 17. Bxf5 Bxf5 18. Qh6 Be4 (18... Rfe8 19. Be3 Qf8 (
19... f6 20. Nbd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 $16) 20. Qxf8+ Kxf8 21. Rad1 Rad8 (21... Be6
22. Nc5 b6 23. Nxe6+ fxe6 24. c4 $1 $16) 22. Rxd5 $1 Rxd5 23. Bh6+ $14 {
Smagin,S-Lalic,B/Sochi 44/338 (Smagin,S) 1987 (45)}) 19. Nbd2 $1 f5 20. g3 Rf6
21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. Nh4 Ne5 $13 {Tolnai,T-Schmittdiel,E/Dortmund-A 1989 (40)}) (
16. Nbd2 $6 Rd8 $1 17. a3 $6 {/\ 18.Nf1 d4 19.c4!} (17. Nf1 d4 18. g4 dxc3 19.
Qxd6 Nxd6 $15) (17. g4 Nh4 18. Nf1 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Ne5 $15 {><f3}) 17... Nh4 $1
$17 {Luecke,N-Kindermann,S/Biel (op) 52/270 1991 (32) /\ Bf5}) 16... Bb6 (16...
Qf6 17. Bd1 Nh4 18. Bxh6 $16) 17. Kg2 {0,5/Sokolov,A-Vaganjan,R/Leningrad/1987/
} (17. Nfd4 Nfxd4 18. Nxd4 Kg7 $10 (18... Nxd4 19. cxd4 Kg7 20. Re5 Be6 $140
21. Bf4 Rac8 22. Rg5 Qxf4 23. Rxg6+ Kh8 24. Rg8+ $18) (18... Bxd4 19. cxd4 Kg7
20. Qe3 Rh8 21. Qf4 Qxf4 22. Bxf4 $14) 19. Qe3 Rh8 20. Qf4 Qxf4 21. Bxf4 Bd7)
17... Bxf2 18. Kxf2 Qg3+ 19. Ke2 Nh4 $1 (19... Qxh3 20. gxf5 Bxf5 21. Qxf5 gxf5
22. Kf2 $40) (19... d4 $2 20. Rg1 $1 Re8+ 21. Kd1 Qf2 22. Qf1 $1 $18 {+-
Yudasin,L-Moskalenko,V/Norilsk 44/(338) 1987}) (19... Nd6 $5 20. Nh4 Re8+ 21.
Be3 $8 Ne5 22. Qxd5 Qxh3 $44 {Yudasin,L}) 20. Qe3 $2 (20. Nxh4 $142 $1 Re8+ 21.
Be3 Ne5 (21... Qxh4 22. Kd2 Ne5 23. Bd4 Qg5+ 24. Be3 (24. Kd1 Bxg4+ 25. hxg4
Nxd3 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Bxd3 $13)) 22. Qxd5 $13) 20... Bxg4 (20... Bd7) (20...
Nxf3 21. Qxf3 Bxg4 22. hxg4 Rae8+ 23. Be3 Rxe3+ 24. Kxe3 Re8+ 25. Kd2) 21. hxg4
Rae8 22. Nxh4 Qxh4 (22... Rxe3+ 23. Bxe3 Re8 24. Kd2 Ne5 25. Bd3 $13) 23. Kd2
Rxe3 24. Rxe3 Qh2+ (24... Qxg4 $142 25. Bd3 h5 26. Kc2 Rc8 $1 27. a3 Qa4 $19 {
Akopian}) 25. Kd1 Qg1+ 26. Kd2 Rc8 $2 (26... Qxg4 $142) (26... Rd8 $5 27. Bd3
d4 28. Nxd4 Nxd4 29. cxd4 Qxg4 $19) 27. Bd1 d4 28. Nxd4 Rd8 29. Kc2 Nxd4+ 30.
cxd4 Rxd4 31. Bd2 Rd8 $13 (31... Rd8 32. Rc1 Qg2 33. Be2 Qd5 (33... Rxd2+ 34.
Kxd2 Qd5+ $44) 34. Bc3 (34. Rd3 Qe4 35. Re1 $13 Rxd3 36. Bxd3 Qxg4 37. Re8+ Kg7
38. Bc3+ f6) 34... Qxa2 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamburg SKA"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1991.07.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mueller, Karsten"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "252"]
[EventDate "1991.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be2 cxd4 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nb3 Bf6 9. Nbxd4 Nge7 10. c3 O-O 11. Be3 {N} (11. Bf4 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 $10 {
Nijboer-Uhlmann (Amsterdam 1990)}) 11... Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Qd2 (13. Nxc6 Nxc6
$8 14. Qd2 $10) 13... Bg6 (13... h6 $5) 14. Rad1 $14 Re8 15. Rfe1 h6 16. Bd3
Be4 17. Qc2 $5 (17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nxc6 Nxc6 19. Qxd8 Raxd8 20. Rxd8 Bxd8 21.
Nd4 $14) 17... Qa5 $5 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qxe4 Qxa2 20. Nb5 Red8 $5 (20... Ng6
21. Qc2 Re7 22. Nd6 $14 {/\Ne4}) 21. Ra1 $2 (21. Qc2 $142 $14) 21... Qxb2 22.
Reb1 Qe2 23. Nbd4 Nxd4 (23... Qc4 24. Rxb7 Qxc3 $140 $2 25. Rc1 $14) 24. Nxd4
Qc4 25. Qxb7 Qxc3 (25... Nd5 26. Nc6 $13) 26. Rxa7 Rxa7 27. Qxa7 Rxd4 $15 28.
Bxd4 Qxd4 29. Qxd4 Bxd4 30. Rb8+ Kh7 31. Rb7 Bf6 32. Kf1 g6 (32... g5 $5) 33.
Ke2 Kg7 34. Kf3 Nf5 (34... h5 $5) 35. g3 h5 36. h4 Bd4 37. Rd7 Kf6 38. Rd5 Bb6
39. Rd2 Ke5 40. Re2+ Kd5 41. Re8 Nh6 42. Rb8 Bc5 43. Rd8+ Ke6 44. Rc8 Kd6 45.
Kg2 Ng4 46. f4 Kd5 47. Kf3 Nh6 48. Rd8+ Bd6 49. Rd7 Ke6 50. Ra7 Nf5 51. Ra5 Bb4
52. Ra4 Bc5 53. Ra8 Kd5 54. Rd8+ Bd6 55. Rd7 Ke6 56. Ra7 Nd4+ 57. Ke4 Nb3 58.
Ra8 Nd2+ 59. Ke3 Nc4+ 60. Kd4 Nb6 61. Ra5 Nd7 62. Ke3 Bc7 63. Rb5 Nc5 64. Kf3
Kd5 65. Ke3 Kc4 66. Rb2 Ba5 67. f5 $2 (67. Rb8 $10) 67... Bc3 $1 (67... gxf5 $6
68. Rf2 $10) 68. Rg2 $1 gxf5 69. Kf4 Kd5 70. Kxf5 Ne4 71. g4 Nd6+ 72. Kf4 Be5+
73. Kf3 hxg4+ 74. Rxg4 Ke6 75. h5 Nf5 76. Rg1 Kf6 $17 77. Rg8 Nh6 78. Rg1 Kf5
79. Rg2 Bf4 80. Rg1 Bg5 $6 (80... f6 $142 81. Rg7 Bg5 $17) 81. Rg2 (81. Kg3 $1
Be3 82. Rg2 f6 $140 83. Kh4 $17) 81... Bf4 82. Rg1 f6 83. Rg7 Bg5 84. Kg3 (84.
Ra7 Ng4 85. Ra4 Ne5+ 86. Kg3 Bd2 $17) 84... Ng4 85. Rg8 Ne5 86. Rg7 Bh6 87. Rg8
Nd3 88. Kh4 Nf4 89. Rh8 Bg5+ 90. Kg3 Ne6 $1 91. Rg8 Bh6 92. Rg6 (92. Kh4 Ng7
93. Rh8 Kf4 $3 $19) 92... Bf4+ $1 93. Kf2 (93. Kf3 Ng5+ 94. Kf2 Kg4 95. h6 Kf5
$19) 93... Bg5 94. Rg8 Nf4 95. Rh8 Kg4 96. h6 Kh5 97. h7 Kh6 98. Kf3 Ng6 (98...
Kg7 $4 99. Rf8 Kxh7 100. Rxf6 $10) 99. Ra8 Kxh7 100. Kg4 Ne7 101. Kh5 (101. Ra7
Kg6 $19) 101... Kg7 $19 102. Ra5 Bf4 103. Ra6 Be5 104. Rb6 Kf7 105. Ra6 Nc8
106. Rc6 Nd6 107. Ra6 Ne4 108. Kg4 Kg6 109. Rc6 Bd6 110. Ra6 f5+ 111. Kf3 Kf6
112. Ke3 Kg5 113. Kf3 Nd2+ 114. Ke2 Bf4 115. Ra4 Kg4 116. Kf2 Ne4+ 117. Kg2 Bd2
$1 118. Rd4 Bc3 119. Rd8 f4 120. Rd3 Bd2 121. Ra3 Bc3 122. Ra4 f3+ 123. Kf1 Kf4
124. Ra8 Bb4 125. Ra4 Ke3 126. Rxb4 Nd2+ 0-1

[Event "Hamburg SKA"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1991.06.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1991.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qd4 O-O 12. Bf4 Nf5 13. Qa4 a5 14. Rfe1
{N} Be6 15. Rad1 c5 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. c4 d4 (17... Rfb8 $2 18. cxd5 Rb4 19. Qa3
Bxd5 20. Qxa5 $16) 18. Qa3 Rfc8 19. Nfd2 $2 (19. Re5 Nh4 (19... a4 20. Nxc5 Nh4
21. Rde1 Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 Bxc4 $10) 20. Rxc5 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 Rd8 (21... Rxc5 22.
Qxc5 Qf4 23. Qxd4 $16) (21... Qf4 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Nxd4 Bxc4 24. Qe3 $16) 22.
Rxd4 Qe7 23. Rcd5 $16) 19... Qb6 (19... a4 $1 20. Ne4 $6 (20. Nc1 Qb6 21. Nd3
Nd6 22. Rc1 $15) 20... axb3 21. Nxd6 Rxa3 22. bxa3 (22. Nxf5 Bxf5 23. bxa3 b2
$17) (22. Nxc8 Rxa2 23. Nb6 Rxb2 24. Rb1 Rc2 25. Rxb3 h5 $17) 22... Nxd6 23.
axb3 Nf5 $17 {/\Kf8-e7-/+}) 20. Re5 Nd6 21. Rxc5 Nxc4 (21... Bxc4 22. Rc1 (22.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Qxa5 Qxa5 24. Nxa5 Bxa2 (24... Be2 25. Re1 d3 26. Nab3 Rc2 27.
Rb1 {/\f3+/-}) 25. Nf3 $16)) 22. Nxc4 Bxc4 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Nxd4 (24. Rc1 d3
25. Nd2 Qa6 $10) 24... Rd8 (24... Bxa2 25. Nf5) (24... g6 25. b3 $16) 25. Qa4
Bxa2 26. Qxa2 {Yusupov} (26. Re1 $5 Be6 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates qf3"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. Bg5 Bg4 12. Bh4 Re8 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. hxg3
Qb6 15. a4 (15. Bd3 a5 $1 16. Bxh7+ Kf8 17. Bd3 a4 18. Nbd2 Nf5 $44 {Sokolov,
A-Vaganian,R (6) Minsk cq 1986}) 15... h6 {N} (15... Red8 $5 16. Qd2 Bxf3 17.
gxf3 a6 18. Bd3 d4 19. Kg2 h6 20. Re4 Nd5 $14 {Sznapik,A-Schmidt,Wl Poljanica
Zdruj 1985}) 16. Qd2 Bxf3 17. gxf3 $14 Rad8 (17... Nf5 $6 18. Kg2 (18. Qxd5
Nxg3 19. Kg2 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Rd8 21. Qc5 $16) 18... Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Ncd4 $14) 18.
f4 (18. Kg2 $5 $14 {/\Re2,Rae1}) 18... a6 19. Bf1 (19. Bd3 $5 $14) 19... Rd6 $5
20. a5 Qc7 $10 {><a5} 21. Nc5 h5 $5 22. Ra3 h4 (22... d4 $2 23. Ne4 $16) 23. g4
$5 (23. Bg2 $10) 23... Rf6 (23... Red8 24. Rae3 $36) (23... Rg6 24. g5 $13) 24.
Nd3 Nd4 (24... Re6 $5 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. Bg2 (26. Ra1 $2 Nd4 $17) 26... Rf8 $13)
(24... Qc8 $6 25. f5 $36) 25. Ne5 Nec6 $2 (25... Ne6 26. f5 Nc5 $13 (26... Nxf5
27. gxf5 Rxf5 28. Rae3 $16) 27. Rc3 $140 $2 Qxa5 28. Qd4 Ne4 29. Rxe4 dxe4 30.
Nd7 Rc6 $19) 26. Nxc6 $1 Rxe1 27. Nxd4 Re4 (27... Rxf4 28. Qxe1 Rxg4+ 29. Kh1
Rxd4 $16) 28. Nf5 $2 (28. Ne2 $1 Qc8 (28... Rc4 29. Nd4 $16) (28... Rfe6 29.
Re3 $16) 29. Bh3 $16) 28... Rxf4 29. f3 R4xf5 $44 30. gxf5 Rxf5 31. Rc3 Qg3+
32. Qg2 Qe1 33. Kh2 Qe5+ $2 (33... g6 $1 $44) 34. Kh1 Rg5 (34... Qe1 $142) 35.
Qf2 $16 Qf4 36. Rd3 Rg3 37. Rd4 Qg5 38. Rg4 $2 (38. Kh2 $18) 38... Rxg4 39.
fxg4 Qxg4 40. Bd3 g6 $16 41. Qe3 Qa4 $1 42. Qb6 (42. Qc5 $5 Qa1+ 43. Kh2 Qxb2
44. Qxd5 $16) 42... Kg7 $1 43. b4 (43. Qxb7 $5 Qxa5 44. Qxa6 Qe1+ 45. Bf1 Qe4+
46. Bg2 Qxc2 47. Qa1 $16) 43... Qa1+ 44. Kg2 Qe5 45. Qf2 $1 (45. Qxb7 Qg3+ $10
46. Kf1 $140 Qf3+ 47. Ke1 h3 48. Qc7 Qh1+ 49. Bf1 h2) 45... g5 46. Qf3 $1 Qd4
47. Qf5 Qe3 48. Qh7+ $2 (48. Qxd5 $142 $1 h3+ (48... g4 49. Qe4 $16) 49. Kh2 $1
(49. Kf1 h2 50. Qh1 Qd2) 49... g4 50. Qe4 $1 Qf2+ 51. Kh1 g3 (51... f5 52.
Qxb7+ Kf8 53. Qc8+ Kg7 54. Qc7+ Kg8 55. Qd8+ Kf7 (55... Kh7 56. Bxf5+ Qxf5 57.
Qd3 $18) (55... Kg7 56. Qg5+ $18) 56. Bc4+ Kg7 57. Qg5+ Kh7 58. Qxf5+ Qxf5 59.
Bd3 $18) 52. Qg4+ Kf8 53. Qxh3 $16) 48... Kf8 $1 49. Qh6+ Ke7 $10 50. Qh5 (50.
Qb6 $2 Qxb6 51. axb6 Kd6 $17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Brodsky, Michail"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5
8. Nb3 Bb6 9. O-O Nge7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Bxb6 Qxb6 13. Be2 $10 {N} (
13. Bxc6 Nxc6 14. Qxd5 Nb4 15. Qe4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Rad8 $1 17. Re2 Rd6 18. c3 Re6
19. Qc4 Rg6+ 20. Kh1 Qf6 21. f4 Qh4 22. Nd2 {Soweit relativ forciert
Ivanchuk-Dokhoian/Erevan/1989/CBM 14} Qh3 $1 23. f3 Nc6 24. Rg1 Rd8 $13) 13...
Bh5 (13... Rfd8) 14. a4 a6 15. Nfd4 Bg6 16. Nxc6 Nxc6 17. Bd3 Rfd8 18. a5 Qc7
19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Qd2 Rac8 21. Re2 d4 $5 22. Ra4 b5 23. Ra1 $2 (23. axb6 Qxb6
$13) 23... Ne5 $1 24. Nc1 (24. Nxd4 $6 Nc4 25. Qc3 b4 $1 26. Qd3 Nxb2 $17)
24... Re8 $1 25. h3 (25. Qxd4 $2 Rcd8 26. Qb4 Rd1+ 27. Re1 Nf3+ $19) 25... Nc4
26. Qb4 (26. Qxd4 $2 Red8 27. Qc3 Rd1+ 28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Nxb2 $19) 26...
Rxe2 27. Nxe2 Qe5 28. Nc1 Ne3 $5 29. Nd3 (29. fxe3 $2 Qxe3+ 30. Kf1 (30. Kh1
Rxc2 31. Na2 Qf2 32. Rg1 Rxb2 $19) 30... Rc6 31. Ne2 Rf6+ 32. Ke1 Rf2 33. Qd2
Rf1+ 34. Kxf1 Qxd2 $19) 29... Nxc2 $1 30. Qd2 Qc7 31. Rc1 b4 32. Nxb4 (32. Ne1
b3 $17) (32. b3 Qc3 33. Qd1 Qxb3 34. Ne1 d3 35. Nxd3 Rd8 (35... Qa4 36. Nxb4
Qxb4 37. Rxc2 Rxc2 38. Qxc2 Qxa5 $17) 36. Rxc2 Qxd3 37. Qxd3 Rxd3 $17) 32...
Qxa5 33. b3 Rc5 34. Rxc2 Rxc2 35. Qxc2 Qxb4 36. Kf1 $6 (36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Qxa6
Qxb3 38. Qe2 d3 (38... Qb1+ 39. Kh2 Qf5 $15) 39. Qe4 $1 f5 (39... Qd1+ 40. Kh2
f5 41. Qh4+ Qh5 42. Qd4 $10) 40. Qh4+ Kg8 41. Qd8+ Kf7 42. Qd7+ Kf6 43. Qd6+
Kg5 44. Qd8+ Kh5 45. Qh8+ $10) 36... a5 $1 $17 37. Ke2 Qb7 38. g3 Qd5 39. Qd3
f5 40. h4 Kf7 41. Kd2 Qc5 42. Kd1 Qb4 43. Kc2 Kg8 44. Qf3 Kh7 45. Kd1 Qa3 $1
46. h5 Qa1+ 47. Kc2 Qa2+ 48. Kc1 Qa3+ 49. Kd1 Qa1+ 50. Kc2 Qe1 $1 {/\ Qe4-+}
51. hxg6+ Kxg6 52. Qc6+ Kg5 53. f4+ Kg4 54. Qg6+ Kf3 55. Qxf5 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Asrian, Karen"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Giese} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7.
dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bd3 h6 12. h3 Nf5 13. c3 Qf6
14. Bc2 Rd8 15. Qd3 g6 16. Qd2 Bf8 17. Qf4 Bg7 18. Qc7 $2 Nd6 $1 $19 {Mit der
offensichtlichen Drohung 19...Rd7 und Damengewinn.} 19. Nc5 $8 Bxh3 $1 {
[%csl Rf3] ... und das war die zweite Drohung.} 20. gxh3 (20. Nxb7 Rac8 $19)
20... Qxf3 (20... Rac8 $2 {Giese} 21. Nd7 {[%csl Rd6]} Rxc7 (21... Qxf3 22.
Qxd6 Qxh3 23. Nf6+ $16) 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Bxh6 $10) 21. Re3 (21. Nxb7 Rac8 $19
) 21... Qh5 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Ga8c8]} (21... Qxe3 22. Bxe3 Rac8 23. Qxc8 Rxc8
24. Rd1 $15) 22. Nd7 {[%csl Rd6]} Nf5 23. Bxf5 Qxf5 24. Nc5 d4 $1 {-+} 25. cxd4
Nxd4 26. Ne4 Nf3+ 27. Kg2 Nh4+ 28. Kf1 (28. Kh1 Rd1+ 29. Kh2 Be5+ $19) 28...
Qb5+ 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 12th Group1"]
[Site "Kranevo"]
[Date "1996.10.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Georgiev, Krum"]
[Black "Herndl, Harald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1996.10.13"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Heraklion"]
[BlackTeam "Salzburg Inter"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qd4 O-O 12. Bf4 Ng6 $5 (12... Nf5 13.
Qa4 a5 (13... c5 $6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Qa3 $14) 14. Rfe1 Be6 {/\ 15...c5}) 13.
Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Rfe1 Bf5 15. c3 $6 (15. Qc3 $5) 15... Rfb8 $1 {Der Pb2 wird zum
Problem f�r den Wei�en.} 16. Nfd2 Qc7 17. Rac1 Nf4 18. Re5 $2 (18. Re3 Ne6
$1 (18... c5 $2 19. Nxc5 Rxb2 20. Rce1 $16) 19. Qh4 (19. Qe5 Qxe5 20. Rxe5 Nf4
21. Rxf5 Ne2+ 22. Kf1 Nxc1 23. Nxc1 Rxb2 $17) 19... c5 $15) 18... Be4 $1 {
Gewinnt eine Qualit�t.} 19. Re1 Nd3 20. Rg5 f6 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Rxe4 fxg5
23. Qxd3 Rd8 $17 24. Qe2 Qd6 25. Nd4 c5 26. Qc4+ Kh8 27. Nf3 h6 28. h4 gxh4 29.
Ne5 Kh7 30. Nf7 Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Rd5 32. Rxh4 Qd3 33. Qf4 Qf5 34. c4 Qxf4+ 35. Rxf4
Rd2 36. b3 Rxa2 37. Nd6 Rb8 38. Ne4 Rxb3 39. Nxc5 Rc3 40. Ne6 Re2 41. Nd4 Re7
42. Nc6 Rc7 43. Ne5 a5 44. Rf8 Ra7 45. f4 g6 46. Nc6 Ra6 47. Rf7+ Kg8 48. Rc7
a4 49. Ne7+ Kf8 50. Nd5 Rb3 51. c5 a3 52. c6 a2 53. Rc8+ Kf7 54. c7 a1=Q 55.
Rf8+ Kxf8 56. c8=Q+ Kg7 57. Nc7 Qd4 0-1

[Event "Bayamo"]
[Site "Bayamo"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Martin Del Campo C, Roberto"]
[Black "Paneque, Pedro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qd4 O-O 12. Bf4 Bf5 $6 (12... Nf5 13.
Qd2 (13. Qa4 c5 $13) 13... Be6 14. Rfe1 c5 15. c4 d4 $15 {Georgiev,Kr-Gulko,B/
Saint John op-1/1988/0-1}) 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qc3 $14 {>< d4,c5} Rfe8 15. Rfe1
Bd7 16. Qc5 Qf6 17. Qd4 Qh6 18. Nc5 Qd6 19. b4 Nf5 20. Qd3 f6 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22.
Qxd4 Bf5 23. c3 Re7 24. Rxe7 Qxe7 25. Nb3 Qe2 26. h3 Bc2 27. Qc5 Qb5 28. Qd6
Bxb3 29. axb3 Kh8 30. Rxa7 Rg8 31. Rc7 Qe2 32. Rxc6 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Qxf2 34. b5 f5
35. Qg3 Qf1 36. c4 d4 37. b6 d3 38. Rd6 h6 39. Qxd3 Qa1 40. Qd4 Qa6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Alekhine op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bd2 $5 {So gut wie nie gespielt.} Bg4 $146
(11... a6 12. Bd3 Ng6 13. Bc3 Nf4 14. Nbd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bg4 16. Bf1 Re8 17.
Re3 Re4 $13 {Luecke-Lputian/Altensteig/1989}) 12. Bc3 Bc7 $5 13. Be2 Qd6 14.
Nbd4 a6 (14... Nxd4 $2 15. Qxd4 Qg6 16. Nh4 $18) 15. g3 Rfe8 16. Nh4 Bxe2 17.
Qxe2 Qd7 18. Qh5 $1 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 f6 $1 (19... Nc6 $2 20. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 21. Qg5+
Kh8 22. Nf5 $18 f6 23. Qxf6+ Kg8 24. Nh6#) 20. Rad1 Nc6 21. Nf5 (21. Be3 Re5
$13) 21... g6 $1 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 (22... Rxe8 23. Nh6+ Kg7 24. Qg4 (24. Qh4 $2
Nxd4 25. Rxd4 $15) 24... Qxg4 25. Nxg4 Nxd4 26. Rxd4 $14) 23. Nh6+ Kg7 24. Qh4
Nxd4 25. Rxd4 f5 $2 (25... g5 26. Nf5+ Kg6 27. Qg4 (27. Qh6+ $2 Kxf5 28. Qxh7+
Ke5 29. Qxc7+ Kxd4 $19) 27... h5 28. Qf3 $16) (25... Bb6 $1 26. Rf4 (26. Rxd5
$2 Qe1+ 27. Kg2 Qxf2+ 28. Kh3 Qf1+ 29. Kg4 Qc4+ $19) 26... g5 27. Nf5+ Kh8 28.
Qh6 Qg6 29. Rf3 $13) 26. Rxd5 Bd8 27. Qf4 Rc8 28. Nxf5+ $1 gxf5 29. Qxf5 Rc7 (
29... Be7 30. Rd7 $16) 30. Qg4+ Kf8 (30... Kh8 31. Qd4+ $18) 31. Qd4 (31. Qd4
Be7 32. Qh8+ Kf7 33. Rf5+ Ke6 34. Qxe8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Nb3 Bd6 9. O-O Nge7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bd3 h6 12. h3 Bf5 13. c3 (13. Be3 Re8 14.
Bc5 Bxc5 15. Nxc5 Qb6 16. Bxf5 Qxc5 {Sokolov,A-Vaganian,R Rotterdam 1989/1/2-1/
2/}) 13... Be4 14. Nbd4 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 $14 Qd7 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Rad1 Rfe8 18.
Nb3 b6 19. Nbd4 Bb8 20. Re2 Na5 21. Rde1 Ng6 22. Bc1 Rxe2 23. Qxe2 Nc4 24. Qc2
Nd6 $6 (24... Re8 25. Rd1 $14 {Adams}) 25. Qd3 Ne4 26. Qb5 $16 Qxb5 27. Nxb5
Rc8 28. Rd1 Ne7 29. Kf1 a6 30. Nbd4 b5 31. Be3 f6 $2 32. g4 $1 Kf7 (32... Rd8
$142 {Adams}) 33. Nf5 Rd8 34. Nxe7 Kxe7 35. Nd4 Rg8 36. Nc6+ Ke6 37. Nb4 Bd6 (
37... Rd8 38. f3 (38. Nxa6 Bd6) 38... Ng5 39. Kg2 $18) 38. Nxd5 $18 g5 39. f3
Ng3+ 40. Kf2 f5 41. Nb4 f4 42. Bd4 Bxb4 43. cxb4 Rd8 44. Re1+ Kf7 45. Bc3 Rd6
46. Kg2 Re6 47. Rxe6 Kxe6 48. Bg7 h5 49. Bh6 Kf6 50. h4 hxg4 51. fxg4 gxh4 52.
Bxf4 Ne4 53. Be3 Nd6 54. Kh3 Nc4 55. Bd4+ Kg6 56. Kxh4 a5 57. b3 Nd2 58. Be3
1-0

[Event "Rostock GM"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "2002.08.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Baramidze, David"]
[Black "Szelag, Marcin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.08.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 8.
Be2 Nf6 9. O-O O-O (9... h6 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd4 Ne4 12. Be3 Re8 13. Re1 Bg4 14.
Qa4 Qf6 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Nc2 Bc7 $13 {Adianto,U-Vaisser,A/Tilburg 1993/}) 10.
Nfd4 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (10. Bg5 $5 Be6 (10... Re8 11. Re1 $2 (11. Bh4 Bg4 12. c3
Re4 13. Nbd2 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 $14) (11. c3 h6 12. Bh4 Bg4 13. Re1 Re4 14. Bg3 Nh5
$13) 11... Bxf2+ $1 12. Kxf2 Ne4+ 13. Kf1 Nxg5 14. Bd3 Bg4 15. Be2 Qf6 16. c3
Ne5 17. Qd4 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Ngxf3 {0-1 Ludovici,R-Farina,S/Vitinia 1996/}) 11.
Nfd4 Rc8 12. c3 Ne5 13. Re1 h6 14. Bh4 Ng6 15. Bg3 Re8 16. Bd3 Nf8 17. h3 Bd7
18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 Rc6 20. Rxe8 Qxe8 21. Nd4 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 a6 23. Qd2 Qd8
24. Rd1 $16 {Baramidze,D-Loesaus,A/Kiel 2001/}) (10. c3 $5) (10. Nbd4 $5) 10...
Re8 11. Bf3 (11. Be3 Ne5 $11) 11... Ne4 12. Re1 Qf6 13. Be3 Ne5 14. Nb5 $2 (14.
c3 $5) 14... Bg4 $17 15. N3d4 Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 (16. gxf3 Bh5 $17) 16... Qxb2 17.
Rb1 Qf6 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 (18... axb6 $2 19. Nc7 $16) 19. Qd4 Bxf3 20. Qxb6 axb6
21. Nc7 Nd2 22. Nxa8 Rxa8 23. Rxb6 g6 $6 (23... Be4 $142 $5 24. Rxb7 h6 $17)
24. Re7 Bg4 25. Rbxb7 Rxa2 (25... Be6 $142 $5) 26. f3 Bf5 27. Rxf7 Rxc2 (27...
Ra1+ 28. Kf2 h5 29. Rg7+ Kh8 30. Rh7+ Kg8 31. Rbg7+ Kf8 32. Rc7 Kg8 $11) 28.
Rg7+ Kf8 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (28... Kh8 29. Rxh7+ Kg8 30. h4 $14) 29. Rxh7 $6 (29.
Rbf7+ $142 $1 Ke8 30. Rxh7 $18) 29... Kg8 30. Rhg7+ Kf8 $4 (30... Kh8 $8) 31.
Rbf7+ $18 Ke8 32. Rh7 Be6 33. Ra7 (33. Re7+ $142 Kd8 34. Ra7 $18) 33... Kf8 34.
Ra8+ Bc8 35. Rxc8+ $1 {[%mdl 64]} Rxc8 36. Rh8+ Ke7 37. Rxc8 1-0

[Event "Helsingor Jubilee"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "1999.10.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.10.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hansen,SB} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7.
dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bd3 h6 (11... Nf5 $5) 12. h3
Bf5 (12... Nf5 {Hansen,SB Is more common}) 13. Be3 Re8 14. c3 $14 (14. Bc5 {
Hansen,SB} Bxc5 15. Nxc5 Qb6 $1 $11) 14... Bxd3 (14... Be4 15. Bc5 $14) 15.
Qxd3 Qd7 16. Bc5 {A specific of positions with an isolated pawn - with each
exchanged pair of pieces black position looks less and less attractive. Hansen,
SB: 'This exchange is almost always to white's advantage.'} Ng6 {Hansen,SB:
'In this kind of structure the knight is often misplaced here.'} 17. Bxd6 Qxd6
18. Re3 Nce5 {In a struggle to dominate on the e file black voluntarily
exchanges several pieces.} (18... Nf4 19. Qd2 Re6 {had to be preferred.} (19...
Ne5 {Hansen,SB} 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 21. Rf3 $14)) 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Rxe5 (20. Qd4 $5)
20... Qxe5 {'?!' Hansen,SB. Hansen,SB: 'Black should have taken with the
knight to try and get counterplay on the queenside.'} 21. Rd1 Nf4 $6 ({
Certainly} 21... Ne7 {was more solid. But less active...}) 22. Qe3 $1 $16 Qg5 {
'?' Hansen,SB.} (22... Re8 {Hansen,SB} 23. Qxe5 Rxe5 24. g3 Ne6 25. Rd2 $14) (
22... Ne2+ {Hansen,SB} 23. Kf1 Qxe3 24. fxe3 Ng3+ 25. Kf2 Ne4+ 26. Kf3 Nf6 $14)
23. Qf3 Rd8 24. Nd4 {'/\!' Hansen,SB. The knight moves to e3!  Hansen,SB:
'This knight belongs on e3, blacks defense is disorganized so he has no simple
retreat.'} Ne6 (24... Re8 25. Kf1 $1 {with many threats.}) 25. Nf5 {'+/-'
Hansen,SB.} Rd7 {It looks like a waiting move, but black has had nothing
better:} (25... g6 26. Ne3 d4 {loses pawn b7.}) (25... Kh7 {costs pawn f7:} 26.
Ne3 d4 27. cxd4 Nxd4 28. Qe4+ f5 29. Nxf5) 26. h4 Qf4 (26... Qd8 27. Rxd5 Rxd5
28. Qxd5 Qxd5 29. Ne7+) 27. Qxf4 Nxf4 28. g3 {Hansen,SB: 'Winning a pawn.'} Ng6
(28... Ne6 {Hansen,SB} 29. Rxd5) 29. c4 Ne7 30. Nxe7+ Rxe7 31. cxd5 f6 (31...
Kf8 32. d6 Rd7 33. Kg2 f6 34. Kf3 Kf7 35. Kg4 Ke6 (35... g6 36. h5 $18) 36. Kh5
$18) 32. Kg2 Kf7 33. Kf3 Ke8 (33... Re5 34. Rc1) 34. Rd3 {'!' Hansen,SB.} Kd8
35. Re3 Rc7 36. Rc3 {Hansen,SB: 'It's all over now '} (36. d6 {Hansen,SB} Rc2
37. Re7 Rxb2 38. Rxg7 a5 {Is not totally clear.}) 36... Rd7 (36... Re7 37. d6
Re5 38. Rc7 Rb5 39. Rxg7 Rxb2 40. Rh7 $18) 37. Ke4 $18 Re7+ 38. Kf5 Re2 39. Rb3
Rxf2+ 40. Kg6 b6 41. Kxg7 1-0

[Event "Minsk"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Black "Kovalev, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Kovalev,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Re1 Nf5 12. Bd3 Bc7 $5 13. Qc2 $2 (13. Bg5
$1 f6 (13... Qd6 14. g3 $1 {/\Bf4+/-/}) 14. Bd2 Ne5 $13) 13... Nh4 $1 14. Nbd4
(14. Bxh7+ $2 Kh8 15. Ng5 f6 16. Ne6 Re8 $19) 14... Bg4 $36 15. Nxh4 Qxh4 16.
g3 Qh5 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Be3 f5 19. f4 $8 Bf3 {/\Be4,g5/} 20. c4 $5 $132 d4 $1
21. Bxd4 Rad8 $44 22. Bf2 (22. Be5 $2 Rxd3 $1 $17) (22. Bxa7 Bxf4 $1 $36) (22.
Be3 $32) 22... Rf6 $1 {/\Qh2!/} 23. Bf1 Bxf4 $1 24. Bg2 $2 (24. c5 $1) 24...
Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Rd2 26. Qb3 Rxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 28. Kf1 h5 $5 (28... Bxg3 $19
29. c5+ Kf8) 29. Re8+ (29. gxf4 Rg6 $19) 29... Kh7 30. Qf3 Bxg3 31. Rd1 Bd6 32.
Re2 Qh4 33. b3 Rg6 34. Qxf5 $138 (34. Qxf5 Qh1+ 35. Kf2 Bg3+ 36. Ke3 Qxd1 37.
Qxh5+ Rh6 38. Qf5+ Kg8 $1 39. Qc8+ Kf7 40. Qb7+ Kf6 41. Qxc6+ Qd6) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.28"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Lempert,I"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bb5 (6. Be3 $5) 6... Bd6
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Nge7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. Bd3 h6 12. h3 Nf5 13. Re1
Qf6 14. Bc2 Rd8 (14... Be6) 15. Qd3 g6 16. Bd2 (16. Qd2 Bf8 17. Nh2 Qg7 18. Ng4
h5 19. Ne3 Nfe7 $13 {Ivanov,V-Lastin/Moscow/1994/0,5/}) 16... Nh4 17. Nbd4 Nf5
(17... Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19. Nxf3 Kg7 20. Rad1 $14) 18. Bb3 Bc5 19. Be3 (19.
Nb5 Nh4 $5) 19... Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Kg7 $10 21. Rad1 Bb6 22. Qd3 a6 23. Re2 $6 Be6
(23... Ne7 24. Rde1 Nf5 $5 $10) 24. Nxe6+ fxe6 25. Rde1 Rd6 26. Qd2 Rf8 27. Ba4
$1 Nd8 28. Ne5 Nf7 $2 29. Ng4 $2 (29. Nd7 $16) 29... Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-C 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Brandenburg, Daan"]
[Black "Grover, Sahaj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Rxe3 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Be2
Qb6 15. Nfd4 Bxe2 16. Rxe2 Rfe8 17. c3 Rad8 18. Qd2 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Nc6 20. Rae1
Rxe2 21. Nxe2 h6 22. Rd1 Qa5 23. b3 b5 24. Qc2 Qb6 25. Rd3 b4 26. Qd2 bxc3 27.
Nxc3 d4 28. Ne2 Kh8 29. Qf4 Qb5 30. Rd2 Qd5 31. Nc3 Qe6 32. Ne4 Rd5 33. Ng3 Re5
34. Kh2 Kh7 35. Qf3 Qd5 36. Qf4 f6 37. Ne2 Re4 38. Qg3 Qa5 39. Qd3 f5 40. Ng3
Ne5 41. Qc2 d3 42. Qd1 Rf4 43. Qe1 Qd5 44. Qe3 Rh4 45. f3 Kg6 46. Qxa7 Rd4 47.
Qc7 h5 48. Nf1 f4 49. Rd1 Nd7 50. Nd2 Nf6 51. h4 Kh6 52. a4 Qe6 53. Rc1 Qe2 $2
(53... Qe3 54. Nf1 Qf2 $14) 54. Rc4 $18 Nd5 55. Qd6+ (55. Qc6+ Nf6 56. Rxd4)
55... Kh7 $18 56. Rc6 $1 (56. Ne4 $2) 56... Qe8 $2 (56... Ne7 57. Qxd4 Nxc6)
57. Rc4 $4 (57. a5 Ne7 58. Qxd4 $18) 57... Rxc4 $4 (57... Qe1 58. Ne4 Qxh4+ $19
) 58. Nxc4 $2 (58. bxc4 Qe1 59. Qxd5 $18) 58... Qe1 $11 59. Qxd5 Qg3+ 60. Kg1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.19"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Makarichev,S"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Be3 Bg4 (11... Bf5 $1 $132) 12. h3 $1 Bxf3
13. Qxf3 Ne5 14. Qh5 N7g6 15. Rad1 $40 Rc8 (15... a6 $6 16. Bf1 Rc8 17. Bxb6
Qxb6 18. Rxe5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 Rxc2 20. Rd2 $16 {Psakhis,L-Lputian,S/Yerevan/1988/
}) 16. c3 a6 17. Bf1 Re8 18. g3 $1 {/^ g2-d5/} (18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Rxd5 $4 Nf3+
$1) 18... Qf6 19. Bg2 $16 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 Nc4 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Bxd5 Nxb2 23.
Rd4 $16 b5 $8 24. Nd2 $1 Re5 25. Qg4 Qf5 $8 (25... h5 $2 26. Qc8+ Kh7 27. Ne4 (
27. Nf3 $2 Ne7 $1) 27... Qe7 (27... Qf5 28. Qxf5 Rxf5 29. Nd6 $18) 28. h4 $1 {
/\29.Ng5+} f6 (28... Nxh4 29. gxh4 Qxh4 30. Bxf7 $18) 29. Qg8+ Kh6 30. f4 $1
Rf5 (30... Rxd5 31. Qxd5 $18) 31. Be6 $1 $18 Rc5 32. Rd7) (25... Ne7 $2 26. Ne4
$1 Qg6 (26... Qf5 27. Bxf7+ $1 $18 Kxf7 (27... Qxf7 28. Rd8+) 28. Nd6+) 27. Nd6
$1 $18 Qxd6 (27... Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Nxd5 29. Qc8#) 28. Bxf7+) 26. Qxf5 Rxf5 27. f4
$16 Nf8 28. g4 Rf6 29. f5 {xb2/} h6 (29... Na4 $2 30. Ne4 Rb6 31. Ng5 $18) 30.
Ne4 Rb6 31. Bb3 {/\32.Rd8; xf7/} Nc4 $8 32. Bxc4 bxc4 33. Rxc4 Nd7 34. Rc8+ Kh7
35. Rc7 Nf6 36. Nxf6+ Rxf6 37. Kf2 g6 38. Rc5 $1 Rb6 39. Kf3 gxf5 40. gxf5 Rb2
41. a4 Kg7 42. a5 Kf6 43. Ke4 Re2+ 44. Kd4 h5 (44... Rh2 45. Rc6+ Kxf5 46. Rxh6
f6 47. Kc5 Ra2 (47... Ke5 48. c4 f5 49. Rxa6 f4 50. Ra8 Ra2 51. a6 f3 52. a7 f2
53. Re8+ Kf4 54. a8=Q $1 $18) 48. Kb6 Ke5 49. Kxa6 $1 (49. c4 $2 f5 50. c5 f4
51. c6 f3 52. c7 Rb2+ $1 $13) 49... f5 50. Rh8 f4 51. Rf8 Ke4 52. c4 $1 (52. h4
$2 f3 53. h5 Rh2 $13) 52... f3 53. c5 Rc2 54. Kb6 f2 (54... Rb2+ 55. Kc7 Ra2
56. c6 Rxa5 57. Kb6 $18) 55. a6 Ke3 56. a7 Ra2 57. c6 $18) 45. Rc6+ $1 Kxf5 46.
Rxa6 Re4+ 47. Kd5 Re3 48. Kc4 Rxh3 49. Rc6 $1 Rh1 50. a6 Ra1 51. Kb4 Kg4 (51...
h4 52. Rc5+ Kg4 53. Ra5 Rb1+ 54. Kc5 Rb8 55. a7 Ra8 56. Kb6 h3 57. Kb7 h2 58.
Ra1 $18) 52. Rc4+ Kg3 53. Kb5 h4 (53... Rb1+ 54. Rb4) 54. Ra4 Rb1+ 55. Kc5 Rb8
56. a7 Ra8 57. Kb6 h3 58. Kb7 h2 59. Ra1 Rxa7+ 60. Kxa7 f5 61. Kb6 $1 $18 (61.
c4 $4 f4 62. c5 f3 63. c6 Kg2 64. c7 h1=Q 65. Rxh1 Kxh1 66. c8=Q f2 $10) (61.
Kb6 f4 62. Kc5 f3 63. Kd4 f2 64. Ke3 Kg2 65. Ke2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Berga op"]
[Site "Berga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Magem Badals, Jordi"]
[Black "Spassov, Liuben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Re1 Bd7 13. h3 Rc8 14. Be3
Bb8 (14... h6) 15. Ng5 Bf5 $4 (15... g6) 16. Qh5 Bg6 (16... Bxd3 17. Qxf7+ Kh8
18. Ne6) 17. Bxg6 Nxg6 18. Qxh7+ Kf8 19. Bc5+ Nce7 20. Nd4 Rxc5 21. Nde6+ fxe6
22. Nxe6+ Kf7 23. Qxg7# 1-0

[Event "Biel GM 50th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2017.08.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 {This is the
classic move order but it allows White to play against the Isolani without
occuying the d4-square, which offers him some liberty when choosing a plan.
The present game features one of the most unpleasant (for Black) setups.} ({
Two other moves deserve trying, namely} 6... cxd4 7. Nxd4 (7. O-O Bd6 8. Nb3
Nge7 9. Nbxd4 O-O) 7... Qe7+) ({and} 6... Qe7+ {Ponomariov,R (2699)
-Harikrishna,P (2737) Biel 2017 CBM 180 [Marin] (0-1, 58)}) 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O
Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. h3 ({The other move order trying to reach the main setup
is less accurate:} 10. c3 Bg4 $1 (10... O-O 11. Bd3 $1 {preventing ...Bg4 in
view of Bxh7!+} h6 12. h3 {just transposes to the main game.}) 11. Nbd4 O-O 12.
Be2 (12. Qa4 {Karpov,A (2700)-Kortschnoj,V (2670) Moscow 1974 Candidates 
[ChessBase] (1/2-1/2, 51)}) 12... Re8 {Karpov,A (2700)-Kortschnoj,V (2670)
Moscow 1974 Candidates [ChessBase] (1/2-1/2, 45)}) 10... O-O 11. Bd3 {White's
plan is slightly unusual for the play against the Isolani. White intends
weakening the enemy kingside by setting up the battery along the b1-h7
diagonal.} h6 {Black also restricts the c1-bishop, preparing ...Nf5 followed
by ...Qf6 without fearing Bg5. But this plan plays into White's hands as we
will see.} (11... Bf5 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Be3 {[%cal Ge3c5]} b6 14. c3 Rad8 15. Qc2
(15. Bb5 Be4 16. Nfd4 $14) 15... Bg6 (15... Bxd3 16. Qxd3 f6 {[%cal Gc6e5,
Ge5c4]}) 16. Bxg6 Nxg6 17. Rad1 $14 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2703)-Fridman,D (2645)
Warsaw 2010 (1-0, 57)}) (11... Re8 12. Re1 a6 13. c3 Bc7 14. Bc2 (14. Qc2 h6
15. Be3 $14) 14... Bf5 15. Bg5 Bxc2 16. Qxc2 Qd6 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Re2 Ng6 19.
Rae1 Rxe2 20. Qxe2 h6 21. Nbd4 Nf4 22. Qc2 g6 $11 {Bruzon Batista,L (2653)
-Mousavi,S (2424) Bandar e Anzali 2017 (1-0, 34)}) 12. c3 ({Vaganian had faced
} 12. Be3 {before but should have equalised at some point:} Nf5 13. Bc5 Bxc5
14. Nxc5 Qb6 15. Nb3 Rd8 16. Qd2 a5 17. a4 Nb4 $6 (17... Nd6 18. Rfe1 Bd7 $11)
18. Nbd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Qf6 20. Rfd1 Nc6 21. Be2 Qg6 22. Bd3 Qf6 23. Bf1 Qg6 24.
Ra3 $14 {McShane,L (2614)-Vaganian,R (2587) Germany 2007 (1-0, 39)}) 12... Nf5
13. Bc2 Be6 {This natural move is known to run into a more or less forced
variation resulting in a clear advantage for White.} (13... Re8 $5 {may offer
better chances for staying close to equality.} 14. Qd3 g6 15. Rd1 (15. Qd1 {
[%csl Gh6][%cal Gc2f5] Stevic,H (2592)-Timofeev,A (2671) Budva 2009 (1/2-1/2,
31)} Qf6 16. Qxd5 $6 Be6 17. Qd1 Rad8 $36) 15... Be6 16. Nbd4 ({This is more
consistent than pawn grabbing:} 16. Qd2 Bf8 17. Bxf5 Bxf5 18. Qxd5 Qf6 19. Nbd4
Be4 20. Qb5 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 a6 22. Qf1 Rad8 23. Be3 Bd6 $44 {Rublevsky,S (2703)
-Kovalev,A (2515) Ohrid 2009 (½-½, 33); with a "Marshall attack" type of
compensation due to the strong bishops.}) 16... Ncxd4 17. Nxd4 Qf6 $6 (17...
Bc7 $1 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 $11 {This is where the rook proves useful on e8.}) 18.
Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qf3 {[%cal Gg2g4]} Qe5 (19... Rf8 20. Bxf5 gxf5 21. Bf4 $14) (
19... Qg7 20. Bf4 $14) 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21. Qxf5 gxf5 22. Bxh6 $16 {D'Amore,C 
(2481)-Fish,G (2531) Kallithea 2008 (0-1, 87)}) 14. Qd3 ({Probably the
strongest even though} 14. Nbd4 {looks good enough:} Ncxd4 15. Nxd4 Qf6 16. Qd3
g6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bd2 h5 19. Rae1 $14 {Van Foreest,L (2314)-Sprenger,J 
(2510) Netherlands 2016 (1/2-1/2, 66). Black's structure does not look too
inspiring.}) 14... Qf6 (14... g6 15. Re1 Re8 16. Nbd4 $2 {Hard to believe that
this is a decisive blunder.} (16. g4 $16) 16... Nfxd4 17. cxd4 (17. Nxd4 Bf5
18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Qe3 Nxd4 20. Bxf5 Nxf5 $19) 17... Bf5 18. Qd1 Bxc2 19. Qxc2
Nxd4 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Qd1 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Qe5 $19 {Sibarevic,M (2350)
-Ivanovic,B (2470) Kladovo 1992 (1/2-1/2, 112)}) 15. g4 g6 {The spectacular
but ineffective defensive resource Black was counting on.} 16. Re1 (16. gxf5
Bxf5 17. Qxd5 (17. Qd1 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Qxf3 $19) 17... Bxc2 18. Bxh6 Rad8 $5 19.
Bg5 Qh8 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21. Qg5 Qxh3 $44) 16... Rfe8 17. Rxe6 $1 {White, too,
has his tricks. After eliminating the bishop he can safely grab the knight.} (
17. gxf5 Bxf5 18. Qxd5 (18. Qd1 Bxc2 19. Qxc2 Qxf3 $19) 18... Bxc2 19. Bxh6 Bf4
$44) (17. Qd2 Ng3 $2 (17... Ng7 $1 $11) 18. Nfd4 $6 (18. Kg2 Ne4 19. Qxh6 $16)
18... Bxg4 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. fxg3 (20. Qxh6 $2 Ne2+ 21. Nxe2 Bh2+ $1 {0-1
Kummerow,H (2269)-Feldmann,J (2090) Frankfurt 2014}) 20... Bxh3 21. Qf2 Qxf2+
22. Kxf2 Ne5 23. Bf4 Ng4+ 24. Kg1 Bxf4 25. gxf4 Re3 {[%cal Ge3g3,Gg4f2]} 26.
Kh1 $8 Nf2+ (26... Rg3 $2 27. Rg1 $16) 27. Kg1 Ng4 $11) 17... fxe6 18. gxf5
gxf5 19. Bd2 $146 ({This does not change much compared to} 19. Nbd4 Ne7 20. Bd2
Rf8 21. Nb5 Bb8 22. c4 $16 {Altgelt,A (2220)-Von Hartlieb,J (2270) Germany
1994 (1-0, 60). Just curious why Vaganian did not know this game from the
times when he was still an active player.}) 19... Rad8 20. Kh1 $16 {With the
black centre vulnerable and immobile, the minor pieces are stronger than the
rook.} Kf7 21. Nbd4 Rg8 {Far from offering counterplay, this only allows a
winning combination.} 22. Re1 Rde8 23. Nxe6 $1 Rxe6 24. Qxd5 {[%cal Gc2f5,
Gc2b3]} Ne7 25. Qxe6+ (25. Qb3 $5) 25... Qxe6 26. Rxe6 Kxe6 27. Bb3+ Kf6 {
Black cannot defend the a2-g8 diagonal:} (27... Nd5 28. Nd4+ Ke5 29. f4+ Ke4 {
[%csl Gd5]} 30. Bc2# $1) 28. Bxg8 Nxg8 29. Kg2 {White is a pawn up and Black's
f-pawn is weak. These are enough reasons for counting on a win.} a6 30. a4 Bf8
31. c4 Ne7 32. Bc3+ Kf7 33. Ne5+ Ke6 34. Nd3 Ng6 35. Kf3 Bd6 36. Ke3 Ne7 37.
Bg7 Ng8 38. Kd4 b6 39. c5 Bc7 40. Kc4 a5 41. cxb6 Bxb6 42. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Biel GM 50th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2017.08.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2017.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 {This is one of
the lines examined in my article for CBM 164.} Qe7+ ({The other one is} 6...
cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qe7+ {As we see, both are based on an early ...Qe7.}) 7. Qe2 ({
The main alternative is} 7. Be2) 7... Qxe2+ 8. Kxe2 a6 {I did not consider
this move in my article. I thought it would waste an important tempo,
weakening the b6-square at the same time. On the other hand, forcing the
exchange on c6 also has some merits, as in the long run it may strengthen the
centre. The main danger is allowing White a blockade on c5 and d4.} (8... cxd4
9. Nxd4 {(1/2-1/2, 53) Vovk,A (2619)-Marin,M (2580) Mamaia 2015 CBM 169 [Marin,
M]. The game was played after I wrote the article.}) 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Re1 {
A logical move, preparing to evacuate the king from the centre and harass the
enemy one.} (10. Ne5 {has the drawback of not fighting for the essential dark
squares.} f6 $5 (10... Bf5) 11. Nxc6 c4 12. c3 Bf5 $44 {Tomazini,Z (2390)
-Sedlak,N (2558) Graz 2015 (1-0, 61), White's knight has obviously got onto a
passive path.}) (10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nb3 Bd6 {may eventually transpose to the
main game, but play could also take an independent (though similar) course:}
12. Be3 Rb8 (12... Ne7 13. Bc5 Kd7 14. Ng5 Bf4 15. Nxf7 Rf8 16. g3 Rxf7 {
Navara,D (2725)-Fridman,D (2596) Tallinn (blitz) 2016 (1/2-1/2, 37)}) 13. Rab1
{Solozhenkin,E (2464)-Zvjaginsev,V (2660) St Petersburg 2015 (1/2-1/2, 26)} Nf6
{The best square for the knight. This last move explains the point behind the
game move.} 14. Rhe1 O-O $11) 10... f6 {A typical move, clearing the f7-square
for the king and restricting the enemy minor pieces.} 11. dxc5 ({The early
king retreat has the drawback of leaving the f3-knight undefended after a
future ...Bg4:} 11. Kf1+ Kf7 12. dxc5 a5 $6 (12... Bxc5 13. Nb3 Bd6 14. Be3 Bg4
$11) 13. Nb3 a4 14. Nbd4 Bd7 15. b4 axb3 16. Nxb3 $14 {0-1 (44) Chukavin,K 
(2096)-Fridman,D (2594) Tallinn 2017}) (11. c4 {is the type of move which
could create fsome strategic trouble or Black but only if White has enough
development, which is not the case yet:} Kf7 12. dxc5 (12. cxd5 cxd5 13. dxc5
a5 14. Kf1 Bxc5 15. Nb3 Bd6 16. Be3 Bg4 $11) 12... Bxc5 (12... a5 13. Kf1 Bxc5
$11) 13. Nb3 Bb6 (13... Bd6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Be3 Rb8 16. Rac1 Ne7 17. Bc5 Bf4
$11) 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Kxe3 $14 {Stolwijk,C (2226)-Bodicker,R 
(2076) Amsterdam 2017 (1-0, 45)}) 11... Bxc5 12. Nb3 Bd6 13. Be3 (13. Kf1+ Ne7
14. Be3 {Gadimbayli,A (2334)-Yagubi,A (2422) Baku 2016 (1-0, 33)} Bg4 $11) {
White's plan has taken shape already, but the next typical move prevents him
from consolidating his control.} 13... a5 14. Bc5 (14. a4 {weakens the squares
along the b-file.} Ne7 15. Kf1 (15. Bc5 Kd7 $11 {White cannot increase his
domination on the dark squares. In fact he may lose ground soon.}) 15... Bg4
16. Bc5 Bxc5 17. Nxc5 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Kf7 19. Re6 Ra7 20. Rae1 Rb8 $11 {Lu,S 
(2617)-Gurevich,M (2542) Cappelle la Grande 2016 (0-1, 58)}) 14... Kd7 {
[%cal Ga5a4]} 15. Bb6 {Now that the king has been decoyed to the centre White
tries creating concrete threats against it.} (15. Bxd6 Kxd6 {[%cal Ga5a4,Gc6c5]
} 16. c4 {The only way to set up some problems.} dxc4 17. Nbd2 Ba6 18. Ne4+ Kc7
19. Nc5 Ne7 20. Nxa6+ Rxa6 21. Kf1 Nd5 22. Nd2 Rd8 23. Nxc4 Nb6 24. Ne3 Rd2 $11
) 15... Rb8 16. Nc5+ (16. Bxa5 Ba6+ 17. Kd2 c5 $36) 16... Ke8 $1 {Under the
changed circumstances the king returns to its previous square.} (16... Bxc5 $2
{offers White an attack with opposite coloured bishops.} 17. Bxc5 Nh6 18. Nd4
Ba6+ (18... Rxb2 19. Kd2 Re8 20. Rxe8 Kxe8 21. Re1+ Kf7 22. Re7+ Kg6 23. Rc7
Bf5 24. Bf8 $16) 19. Kd2 Rhe8 20. a4 $16 {[%csl Ga5]}) (16... Ke7 $1 {may
simply transpose to the game but it makes sense leaving the e7-square
available for the knight.}) 17. Kd2+ Kf7 18. Na4 $2 {White starts losing the
thread.} (18. Ba7 Rxb2 19. Nd3 Rb7 20. Bc5 Bxc5 21. Nxc5 Rc7 22. Rab1 Ne7 23.
Kc3 $44) 18... Ne7 $6 (18... Bg4 $1 $17 19. Nd4 (19. Ng1 Bf4+ 20. Be3 Bxh2)
19... Rxb6 $1 20. Nxb6 Bc5) 19. b3 (19. Bc5 $5) 19... Bg4 $1 20. Ba7 (20. Bc5
Bxc5 21. Nxc5 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rb5 23. Nd3 Rc8 24. a4 Rbb8 {[%cal Gc6c5]} 25. Nc5
Rb4 $17 {[%cal Ge7f5,Gb4h4]}) 20... Rb7 (20... Rb5 21. Nd4 Nc8 $1 $17) 21. Bc5
Bf4+ {Black wins a pawn.} (21... Bxc5 22. Nxc5 Rb5 $17 {transposes above.}) 22.
Be3 Bxf3 23. Bxf4 (23. gxf3 Bxh2 24. f4 d4 $1 $19) 23... Bxg2 $17 {White has
finally got the unchallenged control over c5 but this does not offer him
compensation for the pawn as his kingside is also weak.} 24. Nc5 Ra7 25. Rg1
Bh3 26. Rg3 Bf5 27. Re1 Rd8 (27... Ng6 28. Be3 Re7 $17) 28. Rc3 g5 29. Bg3 Ng6
$6 {This offers White some unexpected counterplay.} (29... h5 $17) 30. Na4 h5
$5 (30... Rc8 31. Nb6 {[%csl Gc6]}) (30... Bd7 $5 $15 {looks a bit too passive.
}) 31. Rxc6 h4 32. Bd6 Rad7 33. Bc5 Ne5 34. Rxe5 fxe5 35. Nb6 Rb7 36. Be3 Be6 (
36... Rg8 37. Nxd5) 37. Bxg5 Rh8 38. Na4 Rbb8 39. Nc5 Rbe8 40. Nd3 (40. c3 $5
$15) 40... Kg6 41. f4 (41. Bd8 Kf5 42. Bxa5 Rh7 43. a4 $15) 41... exf4 42. Bxf4
Kf5 43. c4 Rhg8 $17 {Black starts a very dangerous attack an exchange up and
with opposite coloured bishops.} 44. cxd5 Bxd5 45. Rc5 Rg2+ 46. Kc3 Ke4 47. Rc7
(47. Rxa5 Rc8+ 48. Kb4 Kxd3 49. Rxd5+ Ke4 $19) 47... Rxa2 48. Bd6 Be6 49. Rh7
Kd5 50. Bc7 Bf5 51. Rxh4 Re3 52. Rd4+ Kc6 53. Bg3 a4 54. Rd6+ Kb7 55. Rd5 Rxd3+
56. Rxd3 Bxd3 57. Kxd3 a3 58. Be5 Rg2 (58... Rg2 59. Kc4 a2 60. b4 {[%cal
Gc4b3]} Rg1) 0-1

[Event "World Women-ch k.o."]
[Site "Antakya"]
[Date "2010.12.08"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Sebag, Marie"]
[Black "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[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. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 (7. O-O
cxd4 $1 {restricts White's possibilities by forcing her to occupy the
d4-square with a knight, something she does not want to do in the initial
phase of the main game.} 8. Nb3 Nge7 9. Nbxd4 O-O 10. c3) 7... Bxc5 8. O-O Nge7
9. Nb3 Bd6 10. c3 O-O 11. Bd3 h6 12. h3 {This is considered to be one of the
best ways of meeting Black's setup.} Bf5 13. Be3 {This rare move has the
drawback of obstructing the e-file, which will allow Black install his bishop
on e4, safely defending the isolani and putting pressure on the white kingside.
} (13. Re1 {is supposed to be the most accurate continuation.} Be4 (13... Qd7
$5 {comes into consideration, with the idea of saving a tempo after} 14. Nbd4
Bxd3 15. Qxd3) 14. Nbd4 (14. Bxe4 $2 dxe4 15. Rxe4 $2 Bh2+ $1 $19) 14... Bxd3
15. Qxd3 $14 {Adams,M (2590)-Vaganian,R (2630)/Manila 1990/CBM 019/[Knaak] 
(1-0, 58)}) 13... Re8 14. Nbd4 $146 (14. Re1 {Godena,M (2515)-Lputian,S (2585)/
Reggio Emilia 1998/CBM 063/[Donev] (0-1, 30)} Be4 $5) 14... Be4 15. Re1 Ng6 16.
Bb5 Qd7 17. Bf1 Rad8 $11 {Black has achieved a perfect regrouping and has no
problems at all. In the next phase, she will even start creating dangerous
kingside threats.} 18. Nd2 Bb8 19. Qb3 Nh4 20. g3 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Qf5 22. Qd1 Bf3
(22... Nf3+ 23. Nxf3 Bxf3 $15) 23. Qb3 Be4 24. f4 $6 Qg6 $36 (24... Re6 $5 $40)
25. Kh2 Nf5 26. Bf2 h5 27. Nf3 h4 28. Nxh4 Nxh4 29. gxh4 Bxf4+ 30. Bg3 Qh6 31.
h5 Bxg3+ 32. Qxg3 Qxh5 33. Re3 Rc8 34. Rae1 Re6 35. Qg4 Qxg4 36. hxg4 Rf6 37.
R3e2 g5 38. Bg2 Bxg2 39. Rxg2 Rc4 40. Re7 Rxd4 41. Rxb7 a5 42. b3 Rh6+ 43. Kg1
a4 44. bxa4 Rh4 45. Rb3 Rxa4 46. Rbg3 Rf4 47. a3 Kg7 48. Ra2 Rhxg4 49. Rxg4
Rxg4+ 50. Kf2 Ra4 51. Ke3 Kg6 52. Kd3 g4 53. Kc3 g3 54. Kb3 Rg4 55. Rg2 Kf5 56.
a4 Kf4 57. a5 Kf3 58. Rg1 g2 59. a6 Rg8 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2003.02.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[Annotator "McShane,L"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2003.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Be3 (11. Bg5 {Kortchnoi}) 11... Bxe3 (11...
Bf5 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Yf5e4]}) (11... Bg4 12. Bxb6 Qxb6 (12... axb6 $143) 13.
Bxc6 {[%csl Re7][%cal Ye1e7]} Nxc6 $8 14. Qxd5 $16) 12. Rxe3 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 (
13... Bxf3 14. Qxf3 $14) 14. Qd2 Bxf3 15. Rxf3 Qb6 16. a4 (16. Bxc6 bxc6 17.
Re1 Ng6 18. Qc3 Rab8 {'!'} 19. Rfe3 (19. Nc5 $2 Qxb2 20. Nd7 Qxc3 21. Rxc3 Rfe8
$1) 19... f6 20. Kh1 Rfd8 21. Re6 Qxf2 22. Rxc6 Ne5 23. Rc7 d4 24. Qa5 Rb5 25.
Qxb5 Qxe1+ 26. Kh2 Nf3+ 27. gxf3 Qf2+ 28. Kh1 Qxf3+ 29. Kh2 Qf4+ 30. Kg2 Qxc7
31. Nc5 Qe5 32. Qc4+ Qd5+ 33. Qxd5+ Rxd5 34. Nd3 g5 35. Kf3 f5 36. Ke2 Kf7 37.
Nb4 Rb5 38. a3 a5 39. Nd3 Ke6 40. a4 Rb8 41. Nc5+ Kd5 {0-1 Breder,D-Casper,T/
Germany 2002/EXT 2003 (41)}) 16... Rad8 $146 (16... Ne5 17. Re3 f6 18. Rae1
Rfd8 19. Nd4 a6 20. Bf1 N7c6 21. Nxc6 Qxc6 22. a5 Qc5 23. b4 Qc7 24. c3 Rd7 25.
Rd1 Rad8 26. Qd4 Nc6 27. Qg4 Re7 28. Rxe7 Qxe7 29. g3 Qe5 30. Bg2 g6 31. Qf4
Qxc3 32. Rxd5 Rf8 33. Rd7 Rf7 34. Bd5 {1-0 Emms,J-Casper,T/Germany 2002/EXT
2003 (34)}) 17. Re1 a6 18. Bd3 Ng6 (18... d4 {is bad in principle but slightly
embarrasses the Rf3, e.g.} 19. Rf4 f5 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Yf5e4]}) 19. Rfe3 Qc7 {
[%csl Gc7,Ge5][%cal Yg6e5,Ye5c4]} (19... d4 20. Re4 {is no problem for me.
Attacking the rook again by} f5 $2 21. Re6 {only weakens Black.}) 20. Bxg6 {
To avoid the irritation of Ng6-e5.} (20. R3e2 Nf4 {[%csl Gf4]}) 20... hxg6 21.
Nc5 (21. Nd4 $2 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Yc6d4]} Nxd4 22. Qxd4 Qxc2) (21. c3 Qb6 $1 22.
Nd4 Nxd4 23. cxd4 $11) 21... Na5 (21... d4 22. Re4 $1 (22. R3e2 $6 $132 d3 $1
$36 {[%csl Rc2,Re1,Re2][%cal Yc6d4,Yd4c2] I had seen})) 22. Qb4 b6 (22... Nc6)
23. Nxa6 Qxc2 (23... Qb7 24. Qb5 $16 {[%cal Ya6b4]}) 24. Rc3 $1 Qd2 (24... Qf5
25. Qxb6 $16 d4 $2 26. Rc5 $18) 25. Rc7 (25. Rcc1) 25... Qxb4 26. Nxb4 d4 27.
Nd3 Rc8 28. Ree7 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Ye7f7]} (28. Rec1 {probably leads to the
same thing.}) 28... Rxc7 29. Rxc7 Nb3 (29... Ra8 30. Nc1 $1 {[%csl Ra5][%cal
Yc1b3,Yc7c4,Yc7b7,Ra5b7,Ra5c6,Ra5c4,Ra5b2,Gb2b4]} Rd8 $140 31. b4 d3 32. Nxd3
Rxd3 33. bxa5 bxa5 34. Rc5 $16 {I am sure to win the a-pawn.}) 30. Rc6 (30. Rb7
Nc5) 30... Rb8 $1 31. Kf1 Nc5 {Here Viktor offered a draw, butI just wanted to
play on a little further without any risk.} (31... Kf8 32. Ke2 Ke7 33. Kd1 Kd7
$6 34. Ne5+ $1 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Ye5c6,Ye5d7]}) 32. Nxc5 bxc5 33. Rxc5 Rxb2 34.
Rc8+ (34. Rd5 Rb4 35. a5 {might at least have had the benefit of not allowing
him to equalise absolutely trivially with 37...d3!} Kf8 36. Ke2 Ke7 37. Kd3 {
[%cal Yd5d4]} Ra4) 34... Kh7 35. Rd8 Rb4 36. a5 Ra4 37. Rd5 d3 $1 (37... Kg8
38. Ke2 Kf8 39. Kd3 Ke7 40. Rb5 {and now I could decide whether my winning
chances were greater than zero.}) 38. Ke1 Ra2 39. Rxd3 Rxa5 40. g3 g5 41. Kf1
Kg6 42. Kg2 f6 43. Rd4 Ra3 44. h4 gxh4 45. Rg4+ Kf7 46. Rxh4 Ra2 47. Rb4 Kg6
48. Rg4+ Kf7 49. Rb4 Kg6 50. Rg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazan FIDE GP (Women) 4th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2012.06.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kosintseva, Nadezhda"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2012.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. Bd3 h6 12. Be3 Nf5 $5 {A new fresh idea
in a classical position. Other possibilities are:} (12... Bg4 13. h3 (13. Be2 {
is weaker:} Re8 14. Nfd4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Ng6 16. Nf5 Bc7 17. Rad1 Re5 18. Qf3 Qd7
19. Ng3 Nh4 20. Qe2 Bb6 21. Rd3 {1/2 Rausis,I (2515)-Gerstner,W (2370)/
Badenweiler 1995}) 13... Bh5 14. Be2 Re8 15. Nfd4 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Ne5 17. Rad1
N7g6 18. Nf5 Bc7 19. Qb5 Qf6 20. Nbd4 Ne7 21. Nxe7+ Rxe7 22. Qxd5 Rae8 23. Rfe1
Qa6 24. Nf5 Rd7 25. Qe4 Red8 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Bd4 f6 28. f4 Ng6 29. Qe8+ Nf8
30. Ne7+ Rxe7 31. Rxe7 Qxa2 32. Rxc7 {1-0 Godena,M (2528)-Pihlajasalo,A (2436)/
ICC INT 2008}) ({Very logical seems to be} 12... Bf5 13. Re1 Re8 14. h3 Qd7 15.
Bc5 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Ng6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Nbd4 Nge5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Qg3 Qf6 21.
Rad1 Rac8 22. Re2 {1/2 Godena,M (2508)-Renet,O (2573)/Switzerland 2004/EXT 2005
}) 13. Bc5 Re8 14. Bxf5 $2 {The technique of choosing the correct exchange is
the problem of even top women players sometimes.} (14. Re1 {was correct.}) ({or
} 14. Qd2 {with chances to fight for a small advantage.}) 14... Bxf5 15. Bxd6 (
{After} 15. Re1 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 Bc7 $1 17. Nfd4 Bd7 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Nd4 Bd7
20. g3 Qf6 {Black would have a very comfortable position.}) 15... Qxd6 16. Nfd4
Bg6 17. Qd2 ({It was better to try not to let the knight come to c4:} 17. Qf3
Ne5 18. Qg3) 17... Ne5 18. Qf4 ({It was necessary to try to fight the powerful
knight on c4:} 18. f4 Nc4 19. Qf2 Be4 20. Nd2) 18... Qb6 19. Rae1 Nc4 {A
strategy like this in this kind of a French was a favourite of Rafael Vaganian.
He won many games with this position where White is forced into complete
passivity.} ({Not so powerful and safe woud be the knight position on d3:} 
19... Nd3 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Qd2 Re7 22. Ne2 a5 23. Nec1) 20. Qc1 ({Activation
did not work:} 20. Nf5 Kh7 21. Ne7 Be4) 20... Rac8 21. f3 a5 22. a4 Bf5 $3 {
A beautiful strategic manoevre - the bishop controls a lot of squares, but
they all are empty. So, it is necessary to find some target and with the help
of the previous move Anna creates a weakness - the pawn on a4!} 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8
24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Bd7 26. Qa1 {A shameful position for the queen, but how
can she defend the a4-pawn?} ({In such positions its better to die like a
warrior, i.e. with} 26. Qe7) 26... Qg6 {And now the black queen is ready to
penetrate White's position.} 27. Kf2 (27. Ne2 {did not offer any encouragement:
} Qc2 28. Ned4 Qxb2 29. Qxb2 Nxb2 30. Nxa5 Bc8 31. Kf2 Nxa4) 27... Qg5 $1 {
Now the queen comes close to the opponent's king - a decisive attack follows.}
28. Nc5 Qd2+ 29. Kg3 Bc8 30. Qf1 b6 31. Nd3 Qg5+ 32. Kf2 Qe3+ 33. Kg3 Nd2 0-1

[Event "Belgrade RAD 30"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1977.01.26"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Matulovic, Milan"]
[Black "Portisch, Ferenc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1977.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. O-O (7. dxc5
Bxc5 8. O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 (9. c3) 9... Bd6 10. Re1) 7... Nge7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nb3
Bd6 10. Nbd4 O-O 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Qd2 Rc8 (12... Qc7 13. h3 Bd7 (13... Bh5 14.
Nh4) 14. Bd3 a6 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. c3 Na5 17. Qc2 h6 18. Re2 Nc4 19. Rae1 Nxe3
20. Rxe3 Nc6 21. Qb3 Rxe3 22. Rxe3 Ne7 23. Qc2 Rd8 24. Qe2 Nc6 25. Bf5 Bf4 26.
Rd3 Re8 27. Qf1 {Matulovic,M (2485)-Raicevic,V (2455) Banja Luka 1987 1-0 (59)}
) 13. Rfe1 (13. c3 a6 14. Bd3 Qc7 15. h3 Bh5 16. Nh4 Bg6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Rfe1
Rfd8 19. Rad1 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Nc6 21. Be3 {1/2-1/2 (20) Jansa,V (2480)-Hort,V 
(2600) Luhacovice 1973}) 13... Bb8 14. Bf4 Qb6 $146 (14... Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxf4
16. Qxf4 Bh5 $2 17. Qe5 Qb6 18. c3 Bg6 19. Qxe7 a6 20. Bd7 Rc7 21. Qxf8+ Kxf8
22. Re8# {1-0 (22) Matulovic,M-Uhlmann,W Herceg Novi 1970}) 15. a4 Bxf3 16.
Nxf3 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 Ng6 18. Qd2 a6 19. Bd3 (19. Bxc6) 19... Qxb2 20. Rab1 Qa3
21. Rxb7 Qxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1999.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. c4 {Fashionable continuation, but, I am sure , doesn,t produce
real troubles for black.} O-O 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. c5 (11. cxd5 Nb4 12. Bg5 a6 13.
Be2 h6 14. Bh4 Nbxd5 15. Nfd4 Qb6 16. Bf3 Ng6 17. Bg3 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Nf6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Kavalek,L-Portisch,L/Wijk aan Zee 1978 (38)}) (11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. c5 Bc7
13. Nbd4 Bg4 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bh4 Be5 16. Qd2 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Qd7 18. Rae1 Ng6 19.
Bg3 Rfe8 $11 {0-1 Rublevsky,S-Vaganian,R/Elista ol 1998 (37)}) 11... Bc7 12.
Bg5 Bg4 {N/ Black hadn,t problems and after} (12... f6 13. Bh4 Bg4 14. Bg3 Be5
15. Rb1 a5 16. Be2 Bf5 17. Bd3 a4 18. Nc1 Bg4 19. Be2 Re8 $11 {1/2-1/2
Kobalija,M-Lputian,S/Elista ol 1998 (39) or}) (12... h6 13. Bh4 Bg4 14. Be2 Re8
15. Qd2 Qd7 16. Rfd1 Nf5 17. Bg3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Rad8 $11 {1/2-1/2
Miethke-Quinque/corr 1989 (30)}) 13. Re1 f6 14. Bh4 Be5 15. Rb1 Nf5 {[%csl Ge5,
Gf5]} (15... Qc7 16. Bg3 Rad8 $2 17. Nxe5 Bxd1 18. Nxc6 $18) 16. Bg3 Re8 17.
Qd2 {Glek don,t care too much about pawn,s weaknesses  on the king side, also
deserves attention} (17. Qd3 $5) 17... Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nfd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 {
Looks that Lputian seizured initiative, but it,s only illusion!} 20. Qd3 $1 (
20. Qxd4 Bxd4 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Bxe8 Rxe8 23. Rd1 Bxb2 24. Rxd5 Kf7 $15) 20...
Nxb5 21. Qxb5 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gf3f4,Gb1d1]} Bxg3 22. hxg3 Re7 {[%cal Gd8d7]}
23. Qd3 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Qd7 25. b4 Rd8 (25... d4 $2 26. Qc4+ Kh8 27. Re6 Qf7 28.
Qd5 $18) (25... a6 26. Re4 $5 {[%cal Ge4d4]}) 26. b5 (26. Qd4 a6 $11) 26... d4
27. Rc1 Qd5 28. a4 (28. c6 $5 bxc6 (28... Rc8 29. Qc4 Qxc4 30. Rxc4 bxc6 31.
Rxc6 $1 Rd8 32. Kf1 d3 33. Ke1 d2+ 34. Kd1) 29. bxc6 Rc8 30. c7 Qd7 31. Rc4)
28... g6 29. Rc4 Rd7 30. Kg2 (30. c6 bxc6 31. bxc6 Rc7 32. Qxd4 Qxd4 33. Rxd4
Rxc6 34. Rd8+ Kg7 (34... Kf7 35. Rd7+ Ke6 36. Rxh7 $14 (36. Rxa7 Rc1+ 37. Kg2
Ra1 $11)) 35. Rd7+ Kh6 36. Rxa7 Rc1+ 37. Kg2 Ra1 $11) 30... Kg7 31. c6 bxc6 32.
bxc6 $6 (32. Rxc6 $142 $14) 32... Rc7 33. Rxd4 Qxc6 34. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.10"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7.
dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Nge7 9. c4 {Rather rare move, was played many times with
success bz russian grandmaster Semen Dvoirys.Usual continuation is} (9. Nb3 Bd6
10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 {or} (11. Bd3)) 9... O-O 10. Nb3 Bd6 (10... Bb6 11. c5 Bc7
12. Bg5 Bg4 13. Re1 f6 14. Bh4 Nf5 15. Bg3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 $14 {1-0 Dvoirys,
S-Vaganian,R/Yerevan 1997}) 11. Bxc6 (11. cxd5 Nb4 12. Bg5 Nbxd5 13. Qd4 Nf5
14. Qd3 Be7 15. Bxe7 Ndxe7 16. Rac1 Qb6 17. Bc4 Nd6 $11 {1-0 Kuzmin,G-Portisch,
F/Budapest 1978 (45)}) 11... bxc6 12. c5 Bc7 13. Nbd4 {Stronger then} (13. Nfd4
{and after} a5 $1 14. a4 Ng6 15. g3 Bh3 16. Re1 Qd7 17. Nd2 Rae8 $17 {0-1
Armitage-Berglund,J/corr 1983 (27) black get better chances.}) 13... Bg4 14.
Bg5 f6 15. Bh4 Be5 $1 {[%csl Ge5,Gg4] N/ New strong move is clear improvement
to the} (15... Ng6 {and after} 16. Bg3 Ne5 17. Qa4 $1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qd7 19. f4
Nd3 20. Qxc6 Qxc6 21. Nxc6 $16 {1-0 Dvoirys,S-Shulman,Y/Nizhnij Novgorod op
1998 (48) White won pawn.}) 16. Qd2 (16. Qa4 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 (17. gxf3 Bxd4 18.
Qxd4 Nf5 $15) 17... Bxb2 18. Rab1 Bc3 (18... Be5 19. Nxe5 fxe5 20. Bxe7 Qxe7
21. Qxc6 $14) 19. Rb7 Re8 20. Rfb1 $44) 16... Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Qd7 {It start to
be clear, that Vaganian equalized game.} 18. Rae1 Ng6 $1 (18... Nf5 $143 19.
Bg3 Nxg3 20. hxg3) 19. Bg3 Rfe8 20. Re2 Re7 21. Rfe1 Rae8 22. Kf1 (22. Nxe5
Nxe5) 22... Qb7 23. Qd3 Qb4 $15 {[%csl Gb4,Rc5,Ge5,Gg6] White posision is
passive, and black,s advantage is not big but obvious. Rublevsky correctly
decided to exchange some pieces.} 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 fxe5 {
Hecht: 'Bessere schwarze Bauernstruktur (zentrale Bauernmasse!); grober Patzer
von Weiß im letzten Zug. Motiv: Fesselung. '} 27. Qc2 e4 28. Qc3 Qa4 ({
Deserves attention} 28... Qxc3 $5 29. bxc3 Rb8 {[%cal Rb8b5]} 30. c4 $1 {
'<=>' Hecht.} Kf7 $1 (30... dxc4 31. Rxe4 c3 32. Rc4 Rb1+ 33. Ke2 Rb2+ 34. Ke3
c2 35. a4 Kf7 36. Rf4+ Ke6 37. Kd2 $11) (30... Rb2 $6 31. cxd5 cxd5 32. Rc1 $14
) 31. cxd5 cxd5 $15 {and White must work hard to make draw.}) 29. b3 Qa6+ (
29... Qxa2 $4 30. Ra1) 30. Re2 Rd8 31. Qd4 (31. Qe5 Qc8 $5 $15) 31... Qb5 32.
Qe5 $1 h6 (32... Qxc5 33. Rxe4 $1 Rf8 34. f3 $13) 33. Qe6+ Kh8 34. Qe7 Rg8 35.
f3 (35. Qxa7 Rf8 {[%cal Re4e3]} 36. Qe7 Ra8 $1 $36) 35... exf3 36. gxf3 a5 $15
37. Qd6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. Kg2 {Hecht}) 37... Re8 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Brodsky, Michail"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1999.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5
8. O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bd3 (11. Bg5 $5 {[%cal Gg5h4,Gh4g3]
20-25 years ago White automatically played this move, transfer lately bishop
on g3 and I can't say that got worse results then after fashinable move in the
text.}) 11... h6 12. h3 Nf5 13. c3 Qf6 {[%cal Gf8d8,Gd5d4]} (13... Bc7 $5) 14.
Bc2 Rd8 15. Qd3 {[%cal Rg2g4]} g6 16. Bd2 (16. Qd2 Bf8 17. Qf4 Bg7 18. Qc7 $4
Nd6 19. Nc5 Bxh3 20. gxh3 Qxf3 21. Re3 Qh5 $19 {0-1 Asrian,K-Lputian,S/ARM-ch
Erevan 1995 (28)}) 16... a5 $1 17. a4 b6 18. Qe2 (18. Be3 Ba6 19. Qd2 Nxe3 20.
Qxe3 Kg7 21. Bd3 Re8 22. Qd2 Bc4 23. Nbd4 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Bc5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Rublevsky,S-Dolmatov,S/RUS-ch St.Peterburg 1998 (48)}) 18... Ba6 19. Bd3 Bxd3
20. Qxd3 d4 {N/ Smbat Lputian has great expierence in this variation, twice he
easily equalized chanses after} (20... Ne5 $5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Rad1 (22. Qf3
d4 23. cxd4 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Bxd4 25. Qxf6 Bxf6 26. Bxh6 Bxb2 27. Rab1 Bc3 28.
Rec1 Bd4 29. Be3 $1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Psakhis,L-Lputian,S/Rostov 1993 (32)}) 22...
d4 23. cxd4 Nxd4 24. Bc3 Nc6 25. Bxe5 Nxe5 26. Qc3 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Rd8 $1 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Gurevich,I-Lputian,S/Philadelphia 1994 (28) but now for some reasons
he choose another move,  and, maybe , not the best one.}) 21. cxd4 Nfxd4 22.
Nfxd4 Nxd4 23. Bc3 Nxb3 $1 24. Bxf6 Bh2+ 25. Kxh2 Rxd3 26. Rad1 {[%csl Rf6]}
Rxd1 27. Rxd1 $14 {White keeps initiative in spite of simplications,  thanks
to power bishop position .} Nc5 28. Rd4 Re8 {[%cal Gc5e4]} 29. f3 Kf8 30. Rc4 {
[%cal Gf6d4]} (30. b4 $2 axb4 31. Rxb4 Ra8 32. Rxb6 Nd7 $11) (30. Kg3 Re6 31.
Rd8+ Re8 32. Bg7+ Ke7 $11) 30... Nd7 31. Bc3 Ke7 32. b4 axb4 33. Bxb4+ Kd8 34.
a5 $1 Ne5 $1 (34... bxa5 $4 35. Bxa5+ Ke7 36. Re4+ Kf8 37. Bb4+ $18) (34... Re6
35. a6) 35. Rh4 (35. Rd4+ Kc7 36. Bd6+ Kc6 37. axb6 Kxb6 38. Re4 f6 39. Bxe5 (
39. f4 $2 Ng4+ $19) 39... Rxe5 40. Rxe5 fxe5 41. Kg3 Kc5 $11) 35... b5 $1 36.
Rxh6 (36. Rd4+ Kc7 37. Rd5 Nd7 $1 38. Kg3 (38. Rxb5 $2 Kc6 {[%csl Rb5]}) 38...
Re6 $11 {[%cal Gc7c6]}) 36... Nc6 37. Rh4 Kc7 $44 38. Bc3 Re3 39. Bd2 Re2 40.
Bc3 Re3 41. Bd2 Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.05.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shovunov, Baatr"]
[Black "Diu, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. c4 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. c5 Bc7 12. Bxc6 (12. Bd3 $5 Ng6 13. Bg5 f6
14. Be3 Nce5 15. Be2 Be6 16. Nbd4 Bf7 17. b3 a6 18. Rc1 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Ne5 20.
Be2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kholmov,R-Lebedev,A/Moscow-ch 2001/CA (42)}) 12... bxc6 13.
Nbd4 h6 ({It is interesting what White had in mind in the case of} 13... Bg4
$142 $5 14. Bg5 (14. Qa4 Qd7 15. Re1) 14... f6 15. Bh4 Be5 $1 16. Qd2 Bxf3 17.
Nxf3 Qd7 18. Rae1 Ng6 $11 {0-1 Rublevsky,S-Vaganian,R/Elista olm 1998/CBM 66
ext/ (37)}) 14. Re1 Bg4 15. Qa4 $146 {[%cal Ga4g4]} (15. h3 Bh5 16. Bd2 Qd7 17.
Qa4 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Ng6 19. Nd4 Rac8 20. Bc3 Be5 21. Re3 Rfe8 22. Rae1 f6 23. Qc2
{1/2-1/2 Gipslis,A-Krogius,N/USSR-ch Tbilisi 1966 (23)}) 15... Bxf3 (15... Qd7
16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. Rxe5 $14 Rfe8 18. Bd2 $36) 16. Nxf3 Qd7 17. Nd4 $14 {[%csl
Rc6] This position is quite challenging for black as white got small advantage
without real counterplay from black.} Rab8 (17... Rfe8 $5) (17... Rac8 $5 {
[%cal Gc7b8]}) 18. b3 Rfc8 19. Bd2 Ng6 (19... Nf5 20. Nxc6 (20. Bc3 $5) 20...
Bxh2+ 21. Kxh2 Rxc6 22. Qf4 Rd8 23. b4 $36 {can't satisfy Black.}) 20. Nf3 Rb5
(20... Bd8 {[%cal Gd8f6]} 21. Bc3 Be7) 21. Rac1 Bd8 22. Bc3 Be7 23. b4 {
[%cal Ga2a4]} Nf4 {[%cal Gd7g4]} (23... a5 $5) 24. Qd1 $5 Bg5 $5 (24... Qg4 25.
g3 Nh3+ 26. Kf1 Rb7 27. Qd4 $1) 25. Rb1 (25. Nxg5 hxg5 26. Qd4 Ne6) 25... Rbb8
$6 {Diu managed to organized counterplay on the king's side, but this move is
too slow.} ({After almost force moves} 25... Qg4 $1 26. g3 Nh3+ {[%csl Gf1]}
27. Kf1 Qc4+ 28. Kg2 Qxc3 29. Rb3 $1 Qf6 30. Kxh3 Qf5+ 31. Kg2 Bf6 {he could
get equality.}) 26. Be5 (26. Nxg5 hxg5 27. Be5 Ra8 28. Bxf4 gxf4 29. Qd4 $14 {
also look nice for white, but text is more ambitios and stronger.}) 26... Ra8 {
What else?} (26... Qg4 27. g3 Nh3+ 28. Kg2 Rb7 29. Nd4 $18) 27. Bd6 {[%csl Gd6]
} Qg4 28. g3 Re8 29. Ne5 $1 Nh3+ (29... Qf5 30. Qf3 $5) 30. Kg2 Nf4+ (30... Qf5
31. Qf3 {[%csl Rh3]}) 31. Kh1 Qh3 (31... Qxd1 32. Rbxd1 Ng6 33. Nxc6 $18) 32.
Qf3 $18 {[%csl Rc6,Gd6,Ge5,Rf7] Game is over, black can't protect key pawn on
c6} (32. gxf4 $2 Bxf4 33. Ng4 Rxe1+ 34. Qxe1 Qf3+ $19) 32... Rxe5 $8 {
Desperation sacrifice!} 33. Rxe5 Ng6 34. Qf5 Qh5 35. Ree1 {[%cal Gf5h5,Rb4b5]}
1-0

[Event "GER-ch 73th"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "2001.12.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Handke, Florian"]
[Black "Mueller, Karsten"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2001.11.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bb6 (9... Bd6 {is more popular and possibly stronger than text}
) 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 (11. Be3 $5) 11... f6 $6 {I don't think that Black can
solve opening problems with this move- White controles e line and can easy
increase preasure on isolated pawn} ({Worth considering} 11... Qd6 $5) ({or} 
11... h6) 12. Be3 Ne5 $146 {This new move doesn't change evaluation of
position - White's advantage maybe not so big but very stable} (12... Qd6 13.
Bxb6 axb6 14. Qd2 Ne5 15. Nbd4 Rd8 16. h3 N7c6 17. c3 Bd7 18. Bf1 Be8 19. a3
$14 {1/2-1/2 Matulovic,M-Sorensen,B/Copenhagen PC 1984 (38)}) (12... Bc7 13.
Bc5 Re8 14. Nfd4 Bd6 15. c4 Bxc5 16. Nxc5 Qd6 17. b4 a6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. cxd5
cxd5 20. Qa4 $14 {Marchini-Cacco,C/Marostica 1997/0-1 (46)}) (12... Bxe3 13.
Rxe3 a6 14. Be2 Ng6 15. Qd2 a5 16. Rd1 a4 17. Nbd4 Qb6 18. c3 Nge5 19. h3 Kh8
20. Bf1 $14 {1-0 Matulovic,M-Janosevic,D/Sarajevo op 1974/EXT 2001 (51)}) 13.
Bxb6 Qxb6 14. Nfd4 N7g6 15. Qd2 a6 16. Bf1 Bd7 17. Ne2 $5 {[%csl Rd5][%cal
Gd2d4,Ge2c3] To win pawn even better than to blockade it!} Be6 18. Qd4 Qc7 (
18... Qxd4 19. Nexd4 $36) 19. Rad1 Rac8 ({I think that brave} 19... Qxc2 $5 20.
Nc5 $1 Nh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4f3] was best chance for Black, after almost force} 21.
Kh1 (21. Qxh4 Qxc5) 21... Nf5 22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. Nxc3 Bf7 24. Nxd5 Rad8 25. Nb6
$14 {black keep good chances for successful defence}) 20. f4 Nc6 21. Qf2 Bg4
22. g3 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gf1g2] Bishop is ready to come to g2 - bad news for
pawn d5!} Nb4 23. h3 Bxe2 (23... Nxc2 24. hxg4 Nxe1 25. Qxe1 $18) 24. Rxe2 Ne7
(24... Nxc2 $4 25. Rc1 {[%cal Rc1c7]}) 25. c3 Nbc6 26. Bg2 $16 {[%csl Gd1,Rd5,
Ge2,Gg2]} Rfd8 27. Red2 Na5 28. Nd4 ({Simple} 28. Bxd5+ $5 {with possible
continuation} Nxd5 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Nxb3 (30... Nc4 31. Rc5 $5) 31. axb3
Re8 $16 {was good alternative to the text}) 28... Rd6 (28... Nc4 29. Ne6 Qb8
30. Nxd8 Nxd2 31. Qxd2 Rxd8 32. c4 $1 d4 $140 33. Bd5+ $1 Nxd5 34. Qxd4 {
[%cal Rd4d8]}) 29. Re2 {[%cal Gd1e1,Ge2e8]} Nac6 30. Rde1 Qd7 31. h4 $5 {
[%cal Gg1h2,Gg2h3] Handke slowly but surely improves position of every piece}
f5 (31... Nf5 32. Nxf5 (32. Bh3 Ncxd4 33. cxd4 Rdc6) (32. Nxc6 $5 bxc6 33. Bh3
$36) 32... Qxf5 33. Qc5) 32. Re3 Rf8 33. Qd2 Rf7 34. Rd3 {[%cal Gd3d7,Gd4f3]}
Rff6 35. Kh2 g6 36. Rd1 Na5 37. b3 $1 Qc7 38. Nc2 $1 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gc3c4,
Gc2e3] Black can't protect d5 pawn anymore and rest  is quite simple} Nac6 (
38... Qd8 39. c4) 39. Ne3 d4 40. cxd4 Qa5 41. d5 $18 Qxd2 42. R3xd2 Nb8 43. Nc4
Rd8 44. Na5 (44. d6 Nec6 45. Ne5 Kf8) 44... Rb6 (44... b5 $5) 45. d6 Nec6 46.
Nc4 Rb5 47. Re1 Rc5 48. Re7 $1 {Final blow} Rxc4 (48... Nxe7 49. dxe7 Re8 50.
Rd8 Kf7 51. Nd6+ $18) (48... b5 49. Ne5 Rxe5 50. fxe5 $5 Nxe7 51. dxe7 Re8 52.
e6 $1 {[%csl Rb8,Gg2]} Rxe7 53. Rd8+ $18) 49. Bd5+ Kf8 (49... Kh8 50. Bxc4 Nxe7
51. dxe7 Rxd2+ 52. Kh3 $18) 50. Rf7+ Ke8 (50... Kg8 51. Rxb7+) 51. Bxc4 {
Good positional game} 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv/Modiin"]
[Date "2000.12.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2000.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. O-O (7. dxc5
$5 Bxc5 8. O-O Nge7 9. Nb3) 7... cxd4 8. Re1+ Nge7 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. N2b3 Qc7 {
Black is very close already to equaliation according to theory.} 11. h3 ({
Worth of consideration is} 11. g3 $5 {[%cal Gb5f1,Gf1g2] with the idea to
bring the bishop to g2} Ne5 12. Bf1 a6 13. Bg2 Bg4 14. f3 Bd7 15. c3 Rfe8 16.
Qc2 Nc4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxe7 Bxe7 19. f4 Bf6 20. Qf2 Qd6 21. Rad1 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1
a5 23. Nc1 b5 $11 {1-0 Zapata,A-Adgestein,S/Thessaloniki ol 1984 (40)}) 11...
Ne5 $146 {[%cal Ge5c4]} (11... a6 12. Bf1 Ng6 13. c3 Nce5 14. Nf3 Be6 15. Nbd4
Rae8 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bf4 Nf3+ 18. Qxf3 Bxf4 19. Rad1 Bd6 20. Qd3 Bc5 {
1/2-1/2 Chukharev,S-Nefedjev,A/RUS-sf Pskov 1998 (31)}) 12. Bd3 Bd7 ({in the
case of} 12... Nxd3 13. Qxd3 {white's advantage is not big but quite stable.})
13. Bf4 N7g6 14. Bxg6 {An unexpectable move. Emil doesn't believe to power of
two bishops and trying to organize preasure on d5 pawn.} hxg6 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16.
Qf3 Qd6 17. Rad1 Rfe8 18. c3 Bc6 {Black's weaknesses on d5 is well covered,
and it is not easy for white to strengthen his position further.} 19. Qd3 Bf6
20. Nb5 Rxe1+ (20... Qf4 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Nxa7) 21. Rxe1 Qf4 22. N5d4 Re8 23.
Rxe8+ Bxe8 $11 24. Qe2 Kf8 25. g3 Qd6 26. h4 Bd8 $1 {[%cal Gd8b6]} 27. Nf3 Bb6
28. Nbd4 Qe7 29. Qd3 (29. Qxe7+ Kxe7 $11) 29... f6 30. Kf1 Kf7 31. h5 gxh5 32.
Qh7 Qe4 33. Qxh5+ Kg8 ({Possibly} 33... Ke7 34. Qh8 g5 $15 {was stronger, but
I had problems with the time and tried to play very safely}) 34. Qh3 Bb5+ $1 {
Finally Black grab the initiative, but fortunately for White he managed to
hold position with accurate play.} 35. Nxb5 Qxf3 36. Nd4 (36. Qe6+ Kh7 37. Qe1
{[%csl Re1]}) 36... Bxd4 37. Qc8+ Kh7 38. cxd4 Qh1+ 39. Ke2 Qe4+ 40. Kf1 b6 (
40... Qxd4 41. Qxb7 Qc4+ 42. Kg2 Qxa2 43. Qd7 $11) 41. Qc3 Qb1+ 42. Kg2 Qxa2
43. Qc2+ Kg8 44. Qc8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch Prelim Gr-A"]
[Site "Besancon"]
[Date "1999.08.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Marciano, David"]
[Black "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1999.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Re1 Bg4 ({I would prefer} 11... Nf5 $5 {
with the idea to prevent very unpleasand for black 12.Be3 , and after for
example} 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bc2 Qd6 14. Bxf5 (14. Qd3 Rd8) 14... Bxf5 15. Be3 Bg4
16. Bxb6 axb6 17. h3 Bh5 18. Qd3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Rfd8 20. Qe3 d4 $1 $11 {1/2-1/2
Tiviakov,S-Lautier,J/Groningen 1995 (29) Black equalized game}) 12. Be3 Bxe3 (
12... Re8 13. h3 Bh5 14. a4 $1 Bc7 15. Bc5 a6 16. Bxc6 Nxc6 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18.
Qxd5 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Rd8 20. Be3 $16 {1-0 Smagin,S-Cvitan,O/Biel (open) 1995/ 
(25)}) 13. Rxe3 Nf5 ({After} 13... Qd6 14. h3 Bh5 15. Be2 Rad8 16. Nfd4 Nxd4
17. Nxd4 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Nc6 19. Rd1 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Qc6 21. Qd2 $14 {[%csl Rd5]
Kharlov-Vilanvicencio, Linares 1997 advantage of white is obvious.}) 14. Re1
Nh4 ({In the case of} 14... Qb6 15. Qxd5 Nce7 {white exchaned queens and
forced black to fight for a draw-} 16. Qc5 $1 Qxc5 17. Nxc5 Bxf3 18. gxf3 b6
19. Nb3 Ng6 20. Bc6 Rad8 21. Rad1 Nfh4 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Nd4 $16 {Marciano,
D-Vaisser,A/Bastia op 1998/1/2-1/2 (40)}) 15. Be2 Ng6 $146 ({After} 15... Re8
16. Nxh4 Qxh4 17. f3 (17. Bxg4 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Qxg4 19. Rd1 Qa4 $11) 17... Be6
18. Bb5 Qd8 19. Bxc6 Qb6+ 20. Qd4 bxc6 21. Qf2 Rab8 22. Re2 Bf5 23. Rae1 Rxe2
24. Rxe2 $14 {1-0 Smagin,S-Ortega,L/Amantea 1994/ (37) white keeps maybe not
great but clear advantage.}) 16. h3 (16. Qd2 $14) 16... Bxf3 (16... Be6 17. Qd2
$14) 17. Bxf3 Nf4 18. Qd2 Qf6 {[%cal Rf4h3]} (18... Qg5 19. Kh2 {[%cal Rg2g3]})
19. Qe3 $5 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Ge3e8,Ga1d1]} Rad8 20. Rad1 Rd6 (20... Rd7 $142 $5
{[%cal Gd7e7]}) 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 $1 {Temporary pawn sacrifise garantees
to white clear advantage in the ending, much weaker} (22. cxd4 Re6 23. Qb3 Rb6
$11 {and black equalized chances}) 22... Nxh3+ 23. Kf1 Nf4 ({Maybe bigger
resistance Black could organized after} 23... Qxd4 $5 24. Rxd4 Ng5 25. Bxd5 {
[%csl Rd5][%cal Ge1e7]} (25. Rxd5 $6 Nxf3 26. Rxd6 Nxe1 27. Kxe1 Re8+ 28. Kd2
Kf8 $1 $11) 25... Ne6 26. Bxe6 Rxe6 27. Rd7 {but any case white advantage is
obvious}) 24. Qxf6 Rxf6 25. g3 Nh3 (25... Ne6 26. Bxd5 b6 27. Bg2 $16 {[%csl
Rf6][%cal Gd1d7]}) 26. Kg2 h6 27. Rd2 ({Deserves attention} 27. Re7 $5 {
[%csl Ra7,Rb7]}) 27... Rd8 28. Re7 b5 29. Rxa7 Ng5 30. Rxd5 Re8 31. Rd3 $18 {
Material and positional advantage garantee to White easy victory and rest of
the game doesn,t need any comments.} Re5 32. Bd1 Re1 33. Rad7 g6 34. R7d6 Kg7
35. Rxf6 Kxf6 36. Rd5 h5 37. Bf3 Ra1 38. a3 Ne6 39. Rxb5 Rc1 40. a4 h4 41. Bg4
Ng5 42. gxh4 Ne4 43. Bf3 Nd6 44. Rb4 Ke5 45. h5 gxh5 46. Bxh5 f5 47. f4+ Kd5
48. Bf3+ Kc5 49. Rd4 Rc2+ 50. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.12.13"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Black "Casper, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Plauen"]
[BlackTeam "Erfurt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 ({I have strong feeling that} 9... Bd6 {is clearly
stronger than text}) 10. Re1 O-O 11. Be3 {White will get small, but clear
advantage after exhange of dark-squared bishops} Bf5 (11... Bg4 12. h3 $5 Bxf3
(12... Bh5 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. Bxc6 $1) 13. Qxf3 Ne5 14. Qh5 $36) 12. c3 Be4 13.
Nfd4 ({White failed to get any advantage after} 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. Bxc6 Nxc6 (
14... bxc6 $5 15. Ng5 f5) 15. Nfd4 a5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qd4 Qb5 $5 $11 (17...
Rfb8 18. Re2 Qxd4 19. cxd4 Bd3 20. Rd2 Bc4 21. Nc5 $14 {Brodsky,M-Itkis,B/
Bucharest CIO 1995/1-0 (64)})) 13... h6 $146 (13... Re8 14. f3 Bf5 15. Bf2 $14)
14. Qh5 $5 $14 Qd6 15. a4 (15. Rad1 $5) 15... Nxd4 (15... a6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17.
Bxb6 axb5 18. Bc5 $16) 16. Bxd4 (16. Nxd4 $5 Nc6 17. Nf5 $14) 16... a6 17. Bf1
Rfe8 (17... Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Nc6 19. Rad1 $14) 18. Re3 (18. a5 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Nc6
20. Qd1 $14) 18... Bxd4 (18... Bc7 $5) 19. Nxd4 {The logical follow-up to the
exchange of the dark-squared bishops: occupation of important square d4.} Nc6
20. Qd1 Bg6 (20... Qf6 $142 {and Black is very close to equalization}) 21. Qd2
({Worth considering} 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. a5 $5 {fixing black's pawns on the Q
side}) 21... Rxe3 (21... Re4 $142 $5) 22. Qxe3 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 $14 {[%csl Rd5]}
Re8 24. g3 {[%csl Rd5] This is a very typical position, which is still hard to
assess precisely. Maybe with correct play Black can hold it, but the defence
is not easy} Re4 25. Qd2 Qe6 26. f3 $6 {[%mdl 16384] White just looks for
troubles! After simple} (26. a5 $1 $14 {Black would be inforced to passive
defense.}) 26... Qb6+ $2 {Casper doesn't believes to his happiness! After} (
26... Re3 $142 $1 27. Kf2 $140 Qb6 $1 $36 {he could take initiative into his
hands}) 27. Qf2 Re6 28. Qxb6 Rxb6 29. b4 d4 $2 {The text move is artificial
and throws Black into serious trouble. After correct} (29... Rc6 30. Ra3 $14 {
Black would have good defensive chances}) 30. a5 $1 Rd6 (30... Rf6 31. cxd4
Rxf3 32. Bg2 {[%csl Ra6,Rb7]}) 31. Rd1 $1 d3 32. Kf2 {[%csl Rd3]} Rc6 (32...
Kf8 33. Ke3 Re6+ 34. Kd2 Rf6 35. f4 Rd6 36. Re1 $18) 33. Bxd3 Rxc3 34. Bxg6
fxg6 35. Rd7 $18 Rb3 36. Rxb7 g5 37. g4 Kh7 38. Rb6 Kg8 39. Ke2 {[%cal Ge2c2]}
Kh7 40. Kd2 Rxf3 41. Rxa6 Rf4 42. Kc3 Rxg4 43. Rd6 Rg2 44. Rd2 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 07th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.11.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Black "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1999.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. c4 O-O 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. c5 Bc7 12. Nbd4 $146 (12. Bg5 f6 (12... Bg4
13. Re1 f6 14. Bh4 Be5 15. Rb1 Nf5 16. Bg3 Re8 17. Qd2 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nfd4 19.
Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Qd3 Nxb5 21. Qxb5 Bxg3 22. hxg3 Re7 {1/2-1/2 Glek,I-Lputian,S/
Wijk aan Zee-B 1999 (34)}) 13. Bh4 Bg4 14. Bg3 Be5 15. Rb1 a5 16. Be2 Bf5 17.
Bd3 a4 18. Nc1 Bg4 19. Be2 Re8 20. Nd3 Nf5 21. Re1 Nxg3 22. hxg3 Bf5 $13 {
Kobalija,M-Lputian,S/Elista (ol) 74/297 1998/ /1/2-1/2 (39)}) 12... Bg4 13. Be2
Qd7 14. Be3 Rad8 15. Re1 Rfe8 16. Qb3 Ng6 $11 {[%cal Ge8e4]} 17. Bf1 Re4 (17...
Ba5 $5) 18. g3 Nge5 19. Bg2 Nxf3+ 20. Nxf3 Rb4 21. Qa3 (21. Qc2 Rc4) 21... Bxf3
$5 22. Bxf3 Be5 (22... Qf5 $5) 23. Rab1 Qf5 24. Bg2 Qf6 (24... Rb5 $5 {[%cal
Gd5d4,Gb5a5]} 25. b4 $140 $6 a5) 25. Qd3 (25. Re2 Bd4) 25... Rxb2 26. Rxb2 Bxb2
27. Rb1 h6 (27... Rd7 28. Bh3) 28. Bxd5 Bd4 $1 29. Qe4 Bxe3 30. fxe3 Qg5 31.
Rd1 Kf8 $1 32. Qf3 Ne5 33. Qf4 Qe7 (33... Qh5 $5 34. Qd4 $8 (34. Rd2 Rxd5 35.
Rxd5 Nf3+ 36. Kf2 Qxd5 37. Qxf3 Qxa2+ $19) 34... Ng4 35. Rd2 (35. h4 Nxe3 $1)
35... Qg5 $5 (35... Nxe3 36. c6 $1 Nxd5 37. cxb7 Kg8 $1 38. Qe4 $1 $36) 36. e4
Ne5 $13) 34. Rd4 f6 $2 (34... Rc8 $1 35. Bxb7 $1 Qxb7 36. Qxe5 Qb1+ 37. Kg2
Qxa2+ 38. Kh3 Qe6+ 39. Qxe6 fxe6 40. Rc4 $11) 35. Bxb7 $1 Rxd4 36. exd4 Qxb7
37. dxe5 Qb1+ {[%mdl 4096]} 38. Qf1 Qc2 (38... Qxf1+ 39. Kxf1 fxe5 40. Ke2 Ke7
41. Kd3 $16) 39. Qf2 $2 (39. exf6 Qxc5+ 40. Qf2 Qxf2+ 41. Kxf2 gxf6 42. g4 $1
$16) 39... Qd1+ 40. Kg2 Qd5+ 41. Kg1 Qd1+ 42. Kg2 Qd5+ 43. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Sea Cup 15th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2000.07.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Emms, John M"]
[Black "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 Bg4 12. Bh4 $5 {[%cal Gh4g3] Good old
plan- White will keep small but stable advantage after exchange of
black-coloured bishops.} (12. Be2 Re8 13. c3 h6 14. Bh4 Qb6 15. Nfd4 Bxe2 16.
Rxe2 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc6 $11 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. Nxh6+ $5 gxh6 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Qg4+
Kh7 22. Qf5+ Kg8 23. Qg4+ {1/2-1/2 Rodriguez,A-Psakhis,L/Capablanca-mem 1983 
(23)}) 12... Re8 13. Bg3 Bxg3 (13... a6 $5 14. Bd3 h6 15. c3 Qd7 16. Re3 Rad8
17. Qe2 d4 18. cxd4 Nd5 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Qd1 Bb4 21. Qf1 Bxf3 22. gxf3 h5
$132 {0-1 Kruppa,Y-Lputian,S/Irkutsk 1986 (53)}) 14. hxg3 Qb6 15. a4 {Best
move according to theory, after} (15. Bd3 a5 $1 {Black easily equalize chances,
for example} 16. Bxh7+ Kf8 17. Qd2 Bxf3 18. gxf3 a4 19. Nc1 Nd4 20. Kg2 Qf6 $36
{1/2-1/2 Georgiev,K-Vaganian,R/RUS-Cup Elista 1998 (55)}) 15... h6 (15... Rad8
16. Qd3 Bf5 17. Qd2 a6 18. Bxc6 Nxc6 19. Nfd4 Bg6 20. a5 Qb4 21. c3 Qc4 22. Qf4
Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Re4 24. Qd2 h6 25. f3 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Qa2 27. Re7 Qxa5 28. Rxb7
Qa1+ 29. Kf2 Re8 30. Nc6 {Vorobiov,E-Akobian,V/Moscow Pripis mem 2000/CA/1-0 
(78)}) (15... h5 16. Qd3 Bf5 17. Qd2 Be4 18. Nfd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Nc6 20. Qxb6
axb6 21. Re2 Kf8 22. Rd1 Bf5 23. Red2 $14 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Vaganian,R/Novgorod
1995 (69)}) 16. Qd2 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Red8 $146 {[%csl Gb5,Ge1] This new move
doesn't changed estimation of position as better for White.} (17... Rad8 18. f4
a6 19. Bf1 Rd6 20. a5 Qc7 21. Nc5 h5 22. Ra3 $14 {Ivanchuk,V-Jussupow,A/
Bruxelles m 1991/Inf 52/[Ivanchuk,V]/1/2-1/2 (50)}) 18. Bd3 Qc7 19. Kg2 Qd6 20.
Re2 Kf8 21. Rae1 $14 {[%csl Ge1,Ge2]} Ng8 ({After} 21... Re8 22. Qe3 $1 {
[%cal Ge3e8] produced many problems for Black}) 22. Bb5 Nce7 ({Unfortunartely 
( for Black!)} 22... Re8 {lose after} 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Rxe8+ Kxe8 25. Qd4 $1
{[%cal Rd4g7,Rd4a7]}) 23. Nd4 a6 24. Bd3 Re8 25. Qc3 Rac8 $2 ({After correct} 
25... Rad8 $1 {White must work hard to convert positional advantage to
something more real}) 26. Nf5 $1 {[%mdl 64] Nice small combination a la
Capablanca} Nxf5 (26... Rxc3 27. Nxd6 $18 {lose as well}) 27. Bxf5 $1 d4 {
What else?} (27... Rcd8 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Rxe8+ Kxe8 30. Qxg7 Nf6 31. Qxh6 $18
) 28. Rxe8+ (28. Qxc8 $143 Rxc8 29. Bxc8 Nf6 30. Bxb7 $16) 28... Rxe8 29. Rxe8+
Kxe8 30. Qc8+ Qd8 31. Qxb7 $18 {[%csl Ra6,Rd4,Re8]} Ne7 32. Bd3 a5 33. b4 $1 g5
(33... axb4 34. a5 Qxa5 $140 35. Bb5+) 34. Qb5+ Kf8 35. bxa5 Nd5 36. a6 1-0

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.10.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yegiazarian, Arsen"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1999.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 (
7... cxd4 $5 8. Nb3 Nge7 {Was the easiest way to equalization.}) 8. c4 O-O 9.
dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. cxd5 {According to theory, this rare move doesn,t
promise advantage to white, but , maybe, it is better, than it,s reputation.} (
11. c5 $5 Bc7 12. Bg5 Bg4 13. Re1 f6 14. Bh4 Be5 15. Rb1 Nf5 16. Bg3 Re8 17.
Qd2 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nfd4 {1/2-1/2 Glek,I-Lputian,S/Wijk aan Zee-B 1999/CBM 69/ 
(34)}) 11... Nb4 12. Bg5 Nbxd5 13. Re1 $5 {Black position doesn,t look too
dangerous, but white,s pieces are very active, and Black must work hard for
equalization.} (13. Qd4 Nf5 14. Qd3 Be7 15. Bxe7 Ndxe7 16. Rac1 Qb6 17. Bc4 Nd6
18. Rfe1 Bf5 19. Qd4 Rfe8 20. Bf1 Rad8 21. Rcd1 Be6 $11 {1-0 Kuzmin,G-Portisch,
F/Budapest 1978 (45)}) 13... Bf5 $146 (13... Nc7 14. Bc4 Ne6 15. Bh4 Qb6 16.
Bg3 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Nf5 18. Ne5 Nd6 19. Bd3 g6 20. Qd2 $14 {Petrik,S-Jablonicky,
F/Trnava 1980/1-0 (38)}) (13... f6 14. Bh4 Kh8 15. Nfd4 Nf5 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17.
Nd4 Bc8 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. Rxe6 Bc5 20. Bg3 Nc7 21. Qxd8 Raxd8 22. Bxc7 {1-0
Richter,R-Raessler,A/corr 1989 (22)}) 14. Nbd4 Bg6 15. Bc4 Nb6 16. Bb3 {
[%csl Gb3,Gd4,Rd8,Gg5]} Qd7 $6 {Serious mistake allows to white increase
preasure} (16... Bb4 $142 $5 17. Re2 (17. Bxe7 $5 Bxe7 18. Ne5) 17... Bh5 $14)
17. Bxe7 $1 Bxe7 18. Ne5 {[%csl Ge5]} Qd6 (18... Qc7 19. Rc1 Bc5 (19... Qd6 20.
Ndc6 $1 bxc6 21. Nxc6 $18) 20. Nb5 Qc8 21. Qf3 $18) 19. Ne6 $1 (19. Qf3 Bf6 20.
Nf5 Bxf5 21. Qxf5 $36) 19... Rfe8 (19... Qxd1 20. Raxd1 Bh5 $5 21. g4 (21. Nxf8
Bxd1 22. Rxd1 Rxf8 $14 23. Nxf7 $140 Rxf7 24. Rc1 Bd6 $1) 21... fxe6 22. gxh5
$16) (19... fxe6 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Rxe6 $1 Qxd1+ 22. Rxd1 $18) 20. Nf4 {
[%csl Rf7]} Qxd1 $8 21. Raxd1 Kf8 (21... Rf8 22. Nexg6 $18) 22. Nfxg6+ fxg6 (
22... hxg6 23. Bxf7) {[%tqu "En","Try to find best move for the white","","",
"d1d7","",10]} 23. Rd7 $1 Rac8 (23... Rab8 24. Re3 $18) 24. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "Petermaennchen GM"]
[Site "Schwerin"]
[Date "1999.08.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zagrebelny, Sergey"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1999.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5
8. O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. h3 O-O 11. Re1 h6 12. c3 Nf5 13. Bd3 Qf6 14. Bc2 (
14. Bd2 Bd7 15. Bf1 Rad8 16. g3 Bc7 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. Nd3 Bb6 19. Kg2 Nd6 $11 {
Kholmov,R-Rasik,V/Brno B 1991/0-1 (61)}) 14... Rd8 (14... Be6 15. Qd3 g6 16. g4
Bd7 17. Qd2 Ng7 18. Qxd5 Nb4 19. cxb4 Bc6 20. g5 $1 hxg5 21. Bxg5 Bxd5 22. Bxf6
Bxf3 23. Nd4 Bd5 24. a3 $16 {Lobjanidze,N-Mkrtchian,L/Erevan op 1996/1-0 (62)})
15. Qd3 Bf8 $6 $146 ({It is very interesting what Zagrebelny had in mind if
Black will play strongest move} 15... g6 $1 {in practice White never could
demonstrated way to real advantage. Game could continue} 16. Bd2 (16. Qd2 Bf8
17. Nh2 Qg7 $1 18. Ng4 h5 19. Ne3 Nfe7 20. Qe2 Qf6 21. Bd2 b6 22. Rad1 Be6 23.
Bc1 {1/2-1/2 Ivanov,V-Lastin,A/Russia 1994/Inf 62 (23)}) 16... a5 17. a4 b6 18.
Be3 (18. Qe2 Ba6 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Qf3 d4 23. cxd4
Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Bxd4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Psakhis,L-Lputian,S/Rostov 1993 (32)}) 18...
Ba6 19. Qd2 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Kg7 21. Bd3 Re8 22. Qd2 Bc4 23. Nbd4 Nxd4 24. Nxd4
Bc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S-Dolmatov,S/RUS-ch St.Peterburg 1998 (48)}) 16. Bf4
{[%csl Gf4][%cal Gf3e5]} g6 17. Bc7 $5 Rd7 18. Bh2 Rd8 19. Rad1 Be6 20. Ne5 {
[%cal Gd3b5,Ge5g4]} Nfe7 21. Ng4 {White keeps better chances and after} (21.
Qb5 $5 {or}) (21. Nc5 Bc8 (21... Bf5 22. Qf3 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Qc6 24. Bxf5 Nxf5
25. Nb3 $14 {[%csl Gd1,Gd4,Rd5,Ge1,Ge5]})) 21... Qh8 {[%csl Rh8] Bad square
for the queen, but} (21... Bxg4 22. hxg4 {[%csl Gc2,Gh2] leads to white,s
favour}) 22. Qf3 Bg7 {[%cal Gd5d4]} 23. Nc5 Bxg4 24. hxg4 (24. Qxg4 $5 b6 $140
25. Nb7) 24... b6 25. Na6 {[%cal Ga6c7,Gc7d5]} ({Deserves attention} 25. Nb7 $5
Rd7 26. Nd6 $36 {[%csl Gd6] with initiative.}) 25... Rac8 26. Bb3 Be5 27. Bxe5
(27. Nb4 $5) 27... Nxe5 28. Qf4 f6 29. Nb4 $18 {[%csl Rd5,Rh8] Black can,t
defend already pawn on d5 and looks that game is over, but Uhlmann continue
resistance and manage even win this game!} g5 30. Qe4 Kg7 31. Nxd5 Nxd5 32.
Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Bxd5 Qh7 34. Qd4 $6 (34. Qxh7+ $5 Kxh7 35. Rd1 $18 {was much easy
}) 34... Re8 35. Be4 $6 (35. Re4 $142 $1) 35... Qg8 36. b3 Rd8 37. Qa4 Qf7 $14
{Finally queen came back to the game and it is not so easy for White to win a
game.} 38. Bb1 {[%cal Ra4e4]} Qb7 $1 39. Bf5 Qc7 40. c4 Rd2 41. a3 a5 $1 {
[%cal Gc7c5] Black has already full compensation for the pawn} 42. Be6 $2 {
[%mdl 8192]} (42. Qb5 Qc5 $5 $44) 42... Qe7 $1 43. Rxe5 $8 (43. Bf5 $2 Nf3+ $19
) (43. Bd5 Nf3+ 44. Bxf3 Qxe1+ 45. Kh2 Qxf2 46. Qe8 Qc5 $19) 43... fxe5 44. Bd5
e4 $1 {[%cal Re4e3]} 45. Qc6 e3 46. fxe3 Qxe3+ 47. Kh2 (47. Kh1 Qe1+ 48. Kh2
Qh4+) 47... Qf4+ 48. Kh3 Rd3+ 49. Bf3 h5 $1 (49... Rxb3 50. Qd7+ Qf7 51. Qd4+
Kh7 52. Qe4+ Kg8) 50. Qb7+ Qf7 (50... Kf6 $1 51. Qc6+ (51. Qxb6+ Rd6 52. Qg1
hxg4+ 53. Bxg4 Rd4 $19) 51... Rd6 $19) 51. Qe4 hxg4+ 52. Kxg4 (52. Qxg4 Qf4 $19
) 52... Qf6 $3 $19 53. Kh5 (53. Kh3 Rxb3 $19) 53... Qh6+ 54. Kg4 Qh4+ 55. Kf5
Qxe4+ 56. Bxe4 Rxb3 57. a4 Rb4 0-1

[Event "EtVas Vantaa GM"]
[Site "Myyrmanni"]
[Date "1999.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Salmensuu, Olli"]
[Black "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 {Very fashionable move in modern practice, mostly
thanks to efforts of Morozevich and Romanishin} 4. c3 (4. Ngf3 $5) 4... c5 5.
dxc5 (5. exd5 Qxd5 6. dxc5 Qxc5 7. Ne4 Qc6 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. Nf3 Ngf6 10. Qe2 Nxe4
11. Bxe4 Qc7 12. O-O O-O 13. a4 Nf6 14. Bc2 b6 15. Bg5 Bb7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Dvoirys,S-Morozevich,A/Samara 1998 (27)}) 5... Bxc5 6. Nb3 Bb6 7. exd5 exd5 8.
Nf3 Nc6 9. Bb5 (9. Bd3 $5) 9... Nge7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Nf5 12. Qc2 {Rather
rare move} (12. Be2 h6 13. Nfd4 Qf6 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. Bf3 Rfe8 16. Bf4 Be4 17.
Be3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Ne5 $15 {0-1 Holzhaeuer,M-Strikovic,A/
Cattolica op 1989 (28)}) (12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Bg5 Qd6 14. Nbd4 f6 15. Nxf5 Bxf5
16. Bh4 c5 17. Qa4 Bd7 $14 {0-1 Thorgersen,T-Dannevig,O/NOR t-ch 1997 (41)}) ({
As usual White tryed} 12. Bd3 $5 {and after , for example} h6 13. Bc2 Qd6 14.
Bxf5 Bxf5 15. Be3 Bg4 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. h3 $14 {White manage to keep very
small, but stable advantage,1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S-Lautier,J/Groningen 1995 (29)})
12... h6 $146 ({And after} 12... Nh4 {Black has nothing to worry about-} 13.
Nxh4 Qxh4 14. Be3 Bc7 15. g3 Qh5 16. Be2 Bg4 17. Bd4 Rfe8 18. Bxg4 Qxg4 $11 {
Kerkhof,P-Vaiser,A/Oostende op 1992/0-1 (48)}) 13. Bf4 Qf6 14. Ne5 $6 {Too
optimistic move} (14. Qd2 $5 g5 15. Be5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Nd6 $132) 14... Nd6 $1 {
[%cal Gd6e4]} 15. Nxc6 (15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Bg3 Bf5 $36) 15... bxc6 16. Be5 (16.
Bxd6 $5 Qxd6 17. Bd3 $11 {[%cal Gd3f5]}) 16... Bf5 $1 17. Qe2 ({Doesn,t look
too promising for white and} 17. Bxf6 Bxc2 18. Bxc6 Rac8 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Bxd5
Rfd8 $15 {[%csl Gb6,Gd6]}) 17... Qg6 18. Bxc6 Ne4 (18... Be4 19. Bg3 Rad8 20.
Nd2) 19. Bxd5 $6 {Greedy move, good or bad, but white must continue} (19. Bxa8
$142 $1 Bxf2+ (19... Nxf2 $2 20. Nd4 $18) (19... Bg4 20. Qxe4 $5 dxe4 21. Bxe4
Qh5 22. h3 $14) 20. Kh1 (20. Kf1 $6 Bh3 $3 21. Qf3 (21. Bg3 Bxg2+ $1 22. Kxg2
Nxg3 $17) 21... Bg4 $1 {[%csl Rf3]} 22. Qd3 Ng3+ 23. Kxf2 Qxd3 24. Bc6 Ne4+ $17
) 20... Bxe1 21. Rxe1 Rxa8 22. Bf4 $5 (22. Nd4 Re8 $36) 22... Re8 23. Be3 $15 {
with just small advantage for black}) 19... Bxf2+ 20. Kf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]
Decisive mistake,} (20. Kh1 {was only move, but any case black,s initiative is
very dangerouse after} Bxe1 (20... Rae8 $6 21. Bxe4 Rxe5 22. Qxf2 Bxe4 23. Nd2
Rf5 $44) 21. Bxa8 (21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Rxe1 Rae8 $5 23. Qxe4 Qxe4 24. Rxe4 f6 $17
) 21... Nf2+ $5 22. Kg1 Nd3 $36) 20... Bxe1 21. Bxa8 Ng3+ $1 $19 {Surely
Salmensuu forgot about this move, when he played 19.Bxd5.} 22. Bxg3 Bd3 23.
Rxe1 Rxa8 24. a4 Re8 25. Nd4 Bxe2+ 26. Nxe2 Qc2 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpB"]
[Site "Port Barcares"]
[Date "2005.05.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.05.04"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bd3 h6 (11... Nf5 $5) (11... Ng6 $6 12. Bg5
$1 {N} (12. c3 Bg4) 12... Qd7 (12... f6 $2 13. Bxg6 $16) (12... Qc7 13. Bxg6
hxg6 14. Qxd5 Nb4 15. Qd2 Nxc2 16. Rec1 Bf5 17. Nbd4 Nxd4 $8 18. Rxc7 Nxf3+ 19.
gxf3 Bxc7 20. Qb4 $1 $16 {Akopian,V}) 13. c3 Nf4 (13... Nge5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15.
Bc2 Nc4 16. Qd3 $14) 14. Bf1 (14. Bc2 Nxg2 $1 15. Kxg2 Qh3+ {/\ Bg4->>>}) 14...
Qf5 15. Bh4 Qh5 16. Bg3 Bg4 17. Qd2 Qh6 (17... Nxg2 $2 18. Bxd6 Nxe1 19. Nxe1)
18. Nfd4 $16 {+/- Akopian,V-Vladimirov,E/Moskva (GMA) 1990}) 12. h3 Nf5 (12...
Bf5 13. Be3 Re8 14. c3 $14 Bxd3 (14... Be4 15. Bc5 $14) 15. Qxd3 Qd7 16. Bc5
Ng6 {In this kind of structure the knight is often misplaced here} 17. Bxd6
Qxd6 18. Re3 Nce5 {In a struggle to dominate on the e file black voluntarily
exchanges several pieces.} (18... Nf4 19. Qd2 Re6 {had to be preferred.}) 19.
Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Rxe5 (20. Qd4 $5) 20... Qxe5 21. Rd1 $36 {1-0 Hansen,C-Andersson,
U/Helsingor Jub 1999/CBM 74/[Kortschnoj] (40)}) 13. c3 Qf6 $5 (13... Bc7 14.
Bc2 Qd6 15. Qd3 g6 16. Qd1 $146 {Interesting novelty in well known position.
Before White tried or sharp} (16. g4 Bb6 $1 (16... Qf6 17. Bd1 Nh4 18. Bxh6 $16
) 17. Kg2 (17. Nfd4 Nfxd4 18. Nxd4 Kg7 $11 (18... Nxd4 19. cxd4 Kg7 20. Re5 Be6
$140 21. Bf4 Rac8 22. Rg5 Qxf4 23. Rxg6+ Kh8 24. Rg8+ $18) (18... Bxd4 19. cxd4
Kg7 20. Qe3 Rh8 21. Qf4 Qxf4 22. Bxf4 $14) 19. Qe3 Rh8 20. Qf4 Qxf4 21. Bxf4
Bd7) 17... Bxf2 18. Kxf2 Qg3+ 19. Ke2 Qxh3 $1 (19... Nh4 $1 20. Qe3 $2 (20.
Nxh4 $142 $1 Re8+ 21. Be3 Ne5 (21... Qxh4 22. Kd2 Ne5 23. Bd4 Qg5+ 24. Be3 (24.
Kd1 Bxg4+ 25. hxg4 Nxd3 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Bxd3 $13)) 22. Qxd5 $13) 20... Bxg4
(20... Bd7) (20... Nxf3 21. Qxf3 Bxg4 22. hxg4 Rae8+ 23. Be3 Rxe3+ 24. Kxe3
Re8+ 25. Kd2) 21. hxg4 Rae8 22. Nxh4 Qxh4 (22... Rxe3+ 23. Bxe3 Re8 24. Kd2 Ne5
25. Bd3 $13) 23. Kd2 {1/2-1/2 Akopian,V-Jussupow,A/Baden-Baden tt (Yusupov)
1996/ChessBase (31)}) (19... d4 $2 20. Rg1 $1 Re8+ 21. Kd1 Qf2 22. Qf1 $1 $18 {
+- Yudasin,L-Moskalenko,V/Norilsk 44/(338) 1987}) (19... Nd6 $5 20. Nh4 Re8+
21. Be3 $8 Ne5 22. Qxd5 Qxh3 $44) 20. gxf5 Bxf5 21. Qxf5 gxf5 22. Rg1+ (22. Kf2
$142) 22... Kh8 23. Bxh6 Rg8 24. Bg5 Rae8+ 25. Kf2 Rxg5 26. Rxg5 Ne5 $17 {
0-1 Kuthan,A-Eingorn,V/Oberwart op 1996 (29)}) ({or} 16. Qd2 $5 h5 17. Bxf5
Bxf5 18. Qh6 Rfe8 (18... Be4 19. Nbd2 $1 f5 20. g3 Rf6 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. Nh4
Ne5 $13 {Tolnai,T-Schmittdiel,E/Dortmund-A 1989 (40)}) 19. Be3 Be4 (19... Qf8
20. Qxf8+ Kxf8 21. Rad1 Rad8 (21... Be6 22. Nc5 b6 23. Nxe6+ fxe6 24. c4 $1 $16
) 22. Rxd5 {'!'} Rxd5 23. Bh6+ Kg8 24. Rxe8+ Kh7 25. Bd2 $16 {Smagin,S-Lalic,B/
Sotchi 1987/ 1-0 (45)}) (19... f6 20. Nbd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 $16) 20. Nbd2 Qf8 21.
Qxf8+ Kxf8 22. Nd4 Bb6 23. Bh6+ Kg8 24. Nxc6 bxc6 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Rad1 Rad8
$11 {1/2-1/2 Sermek,D-Lputian,S/Montecatini Terme op 1999 (40) but in both
cases black equalized chanses.}) (16. Nbd2 $6 Rd8 $1 17. a3 $6 {/\ 18.Nf1 d4
19.c4!} (17. Nf1 d4 18. g4 dxc3 19. Qxd6 Nxd6 $15) (17. g4 Nh4 18. Nf1 Nxf3+
19. Qxf3 Ne5 $15 {><f3}) 17... Nh4 $1 $17 {Luecke,N-Kindermann,S/Biel (op) 52/
270 1991 (32) /\ Bf5}) 16... h5 ({In the case of} 16... Kg7 17. Qd2 $5 {
works much better -} Rh8 18. Rd1 {[%csl Rd5]}) 17. Bg5 Bd7 (17... f6 18. Be3 {
[%csl Gc2,Rg6,Rh5][%cal Re3c5]}) 18. Qd2 Rae8 19. Rad1 Rxe1+ (19... f6 $5 20.
Bxf5 (20. Be3 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Rxe5 (21... Qxe5 22. Qxd5+ Qxd5 23. Rxd5 Bc6 24.
Rxf5 (24. Rd2 Nh4) 24... gxf5 25. Bxf5 $36) 22. Bxf5 Bxf5 23. Nd4 $14) 20...
Bxf5 21. Bh4) 20. Rxe1 f6 21. Bxf5 Bxf5 22. Bh4 $14 {[%cal Gh4g3] 1-0 Motylev,
A-Roghani,A/WchT Yerevan 2001/CBM 86/[Psakhis] (47) If White will manage to
exchange dark coloured bishops his advantage will be obvious.}) 14. Bc2 (14.
Bd2 Bd7 15. Bf1 Rad8 16. g3 Bc7 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. Nd3 Bb6 19. Kg2 Nd6 $11 {
Kholmov,R-Rasik,V/Brno B 1991/0-1 (61)}) 14... Rd8 (14... Be6 15. Qd3 g6 16.
Bd2 (16. g4 $5 Bd7 17. Qd2 Ng7 18. Qxd5 Nb4 19. cxb4 Bc6 20. g5 $1 hxg5 21.
Bxg5 Bxd5 22. Bxf6 Bxf3 23. Nd4 Bd5 24. a3 $16 {Lobjanidze,N-Mkrtchian,L/
Erevan op 1996/1-0 (62)}) 16... Rfe8 17. Re2 Bf8 (17... Rad8 18. Rae1 Bf8 19.
Be3 Nxe3 20. Rxe3 Bf5 21. Qd1 Rxe3 22. Rxe3 Bc8 23. Nbd4 Bc5 24. Bb3 Kg7 25.
Rd3 Bb6 26. Nc2 Be6 {1/2-1/2 Schlosser,P-Fish,G/BL 0405 2004 (51)}) 18. Rae1
Nd6 19. Nbd4 Bd7 20. Bb3 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Rxe2 22. Rxe2 Bc6 23. Be3 a5 24. a4 Rb8
25. Nb5 Nc4 {1/2-1/2 Chernyshov,K-Uhlmann,W/Dresden op 1995/ChessBase (35)})
15. Qd3 g6 (15... Bf8 $6 $146 16. Bf4 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Gf3e5]} g6 17. Bc7 $5
Rd7 18. Bh2 Rd8 19. Rad1 Be6 20. Ne5 {[%cal Gd3b5,Ge5g4]} Nfe7 21. Ng4 {
White keeps better chances and after} (21. Qb5 $5 {or}) (21. Nc5 Bc8 (21... Bf5
22. Qf3 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Qc6 24. Bxf5 Nxf5 25. Nb3 $14 {[%csl Gd1,Gd4,Rd5,Ge1,Ge5]
})) 21... Qh8 {[%csl Rh8] Bad square for the queen, but} (21... Bxg4 22. hxg4 {
[%csl Gc2,Gh2] leads to white,s favour}) 22. Qf3 Bg7 {[%cal Gd5d4]} 23. Nc5
Bxg4 24. hxg4 (24. Qxg4 $5 b6 $140 25. Nb7) 24... b6 25. Na6 {[%cal Ga6c7,
Gc7d5]} ({Deserves attention} 25. Nb7 $5 Rd7 26. Nd6 $36 {[%csl Gd6] with
initiative.}) 25... Rac8 26. Bb3 Be5 {0-1 Zagrebelny,S-Uhlmann,W/Schwerin 1999/
CBM 73/[Psakhis,L] (57)}) 16. Qd2 (16. Bd2 a5 17. a4 b6 18. Qe2 (18. Be3 Ba6
19. Qd2 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Kg7 21. Bd3 Re8 22. Qd2 Bc4 23. Nbd4 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Bc5
$11 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S-Dolmatov,S/RUS-ch St.Peterburg 1998 (48)}) 18... Ba6
19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Qf3 d4 $1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Psakhis,
L-Lputian,S/Rostov 1993 (32)}) 16... Bf8 17. Qf4 (17. Nh2 Qg7 $1 18. Ng4 d4 $1
$146 (18... h5 19. Ne3 Nfe7 20. Qe2 Qf6 21. Bd2 b6 22. Rad1 Be6 23. Bc1 {
1/2-1/2 Ivanov,V-Lastin,A/Russia 1994/Inf 62 (23)}) 19. Qe2 $1 {[]} (19. Bxf5
gxf5 $1 20. Nh2 (20. Nxh6+ Kh7 $19) 20... dxc3 21. Qxc3 (21. Qe2 f4 22. Kh1 Bf5
$15 {|^}) 21... Qxc3 22. bxc3 Bg7 $15 {|^}) 19... h5 (19... g5 20. Qf3 Nh4 21.
Qg3 $13) (19... dxc3 20. bxc3 $13) 20. Bxf5 hxg4 21. Bxg4 dxc3 22. bxc3 Qxc3
23. Bg5 Bxg4 24. Qxg4 (24. hxg4 Rd5 $15) 24... Re8 25. Red1 $13 {<=> Ivanov,
V-Ulko,J/Moscow 1998}) (17. Qe2 Nd6 $1) 17... Bg7 18. Bd2 $146 {This obvious
move is definitely better than the previously played} (18. Qc7 $2 Nd6 19. Nc5
Bxh3 20. gxh3 Qxf3 21. Re3 Qh5 22. Nd7 Nf5 23. Bxf5 Qxf5 24. Nc5 d4 25. cxd4
Nxd4 26. Ne4 Nf3+ 27. Kg2 Nh4+ 28. Kf1 Qb5+ {0-1 Asrian,K-Lputian,S/ARM-ch
Yerevan 1995/ChessBase/[Knaak] (28)}) ({or} 18. h4 Qd6 19. Bd2 Be6 20. Rad1
Qxf4 21. Bxf4 d4 22. Bxf5 Bxb3 23. axb3 gxf5 24. Nxd4 Nxd4 25. cxd4 Bxd4 26.
Bxh6 Bxb2 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Re7 Rd1+ 29. Kh2 Bd4 30. Be3 Bxe3 31. fxe3 Rd3 32.
Rxb7 Rxe3 33. Rxa7 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Lputian,S/ARM-ROW Match Moscow 2004/
ChessBase (33)}) (18. Be3 g5 19. Qa4 Nd6 20. Nbd4 Nc4 21. b3 Nxe3 22. Rxe3 Bd7
23. Nxc6 Qxc6 24. Qxc6 bxc6 25. Ne5 c5 26. Nxd7 Rxd7 27. Rae1 {1/2-1/2 Van
Perlo,G-Ugge,A/corr World-ch 1999/ICCF tele 1/2002 (27)}) 18... g5 (18... Be6
19. Nc5 Bc8 (19... b6 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Nh2 $5 e5 22. Qa4 $14)) 19. Qh2 {
[%csl Rh2]} (19. Qa4 Nd6 {[%cal Gc8h3]}) 19... b6 $6 ({It is strange that
Jussupow did not make natural move} 19... Bf8 $142 $5 $13 {[%cal Gf8d6]}) 20.
Rad1 Ba6 (20... Bf8 $5 21. Ne5 $5 Bd6 22. f4 $36) 21. Bxf5 $1 {[%csl Gd4] The
most ambitious and principal continuation.} Qxf5 22. Be3 {[%cal Gb3d4] White
has a better pawn structure and well-placed pieces, which prevent any possible
counter-play from Black.} Bc4 (22... Rac8 23. Nbd4 Qg6 24. Nxc6 Qxc6 25. Bd4
$16) 23. Nbd4 Bxd4 ({Perhaps Black should have considered} 23... Nxd4 $5 24.
Bxd4 f6 {but white chances will be highrt any case}) 24. Nxd4 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 Re8
(25... Bxa2 26. g4 Qg6 (26... Qf4 27. Qxf4 gxf4 28. Ra1 Bc4 29. Kg2 $16) 27.
Re7 $16) 26. Qc7 $1 {White's advantage can be seen with the naked eye.} Bxa2 $2
{Arthur Jussupov doesn't feel the danger, bishop can not contribute to the
defence from the so remote location.} (26... Be2 $8 27. Rc1 $16) 27. Qc6 $1 $18
{A very strong answer, which was certainly overlooked by Black.} Rf8 (27...
Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Rf8 29. Re8 $1 f6 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Qa8+ $18) 28. Qxh6 f6 (
28... Qh7 29. Qxg5+ Qg6 30. Qh4 Qh7 31. Qf6) 29. Re7 Rf7 30. Rde1 Raf8 $8 31.
Rxf7 Kxf7 32. g4 (32. g4 Qg6 33. Re7+) 1-0

[Event "Skelleftea m"]
[Site "Skelleftea"]
[Date "2001.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2001.04.10"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 Qc7 ({More popular in this position} 
11... Bg4 $5) 12. h3 (12. c3 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Be2 Bg6 15. Nbd4 a6 16. Bd3
Rfe8 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qd3 Qb6 19. Nb3 Qc7 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Nbd4 Ne5 22. Nxe5
Bxe5 23. Nf3 Bf6 24. Re2 $14 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Ljubojevic,L/Amber rapid 1996 (69)
}) 12... h6 ({Worth considering} 12... Bf5 13. Nbd4 Bg6 {for example} 14. Bd3
a6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. c3 Rfe8 17. Qd2 Na5 18. Re2 Nc4 19. Qc2 Nc6 20. Rae1 Qd7
21. Bc1 {1/2-1/2 Tischbierek,R-Jussupow,A/GER-ch Bremen 1998 (21)}) 13. Bxe7 $5
Nxe7 14. Bd3 a6 15. c3 Bd7 16. Nbd4 {[%csl Gd4] I think that White got small,
but real advantage, thanks to active pieces and absolute control on d4 square.}
g6 $146 (16... Rfe8 17. Bc2 Rad8 18. Qd3 g6 19. Bb3 Kg7 20. Re2 Qb6 21. Rae1
$36 {1-0 Short,N-Houston,D/BCF-ch Morecambe 1981 (27)}) 17. Qc2 Rae8 18. Re3
Kg7 19. Rae1 $36 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Ge3e8,Gf3e5]} Qb6 20. Ne5 $1 {Playing quite
naturally White has reached a particularly good position.} Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Nc6
22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. a3 d4 {It's very understandable,that Andersson wants
exchange weak pawn, but open character of the position in combination with
active white's pieces and not too secure position of black's king, strongly
favour white's chances.} (23... Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Re8 25. Qe2) (23... Qc7 $5 24.
Rxe8 (24. Qe2 Qxe5 25. Qxe5+ Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Kf6) 24... Rxe8 25. Rxe8 Bxe8 $14)
24. b4 $1 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 dxc3 (25... Rd8 26. c4 $1) 26. Qxc3 Kg8 27. Bc4 {
[%csl Gc3,Gc4,Ge5,Rg8]} Re8 28. Qg3 {[%cal Rg3g6]} Bb5 {What else} (28... Rxe5
$2 29. Qxg6+ Kh8 30. Qf6+ $18 {lose immediately.}) 29. Bd5 Rxe5 $8 30. Qxe5 {
[%cal Re5e7][%mdl 4096]} Qd8 31. Bxb7 Qd1+ 32. Kh2 Qd2 33. Qe3 {Black's
position is very difficult and even so great master of endings as Ulf
Andersson can't save it.} (33. Qf6 $5) 33... Qd6+ (33... Qxe3 34. fxe3 g5) 34.
g3 g5 35. Bf3 Kg7 36. Kg2 Qf6 37. Kh2 (37. Be2 Bc6+) 37... Bc6 (37... Qd6 $142
$5) 38. Bxc6 Qxc6 39. Qd4+ f6 40. Qd3 h5 41. Qd1 {[%cal Ga3a4]} Kg6 (41... Qc3
$142 $5 42. Qd7+ (42. Qxh5 Qxa3) 42... Kg6 {with some chances for survival.})
42. a4 $1 Kh6 43. Qb3 $18 h4 44. gxh4 gxh4 45. b5 axb5 46. axb5 Qc7+ (46... Qb7
47. b6) 47. Kg2 Qg7+ 48. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vorobiov, Evgeny E"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 Bd6 6. Bb5 exd5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 (9... Bb6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Be3 $14) 10. Bg5 (10. Re1 $5 O-O
11. Bd3 {[%cal Gh2h3]}) 10... O-O 11. Re1 Bg4 12. Bh4 Qc7 (12... Re8 13. Bg3
Bxg3 14. hxg3 Qb6 15. a4 $1 h6 16. Qd2 a6 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Ne5 Qc8 19. Nd4 Be6
20. Ra3 $36 {1-0 Ye Jiangchuan-Sadvakasov,D/Asian t-ch Jodhpur 2003/(35)}) 13.
Bg3 Rad8 14. Bd3 (14. c3 Ng6 15. Bxd6 Rxd6 16. h3 Bc8 17. Qd2 Rf6 18. Nbd4 Nf4
19. Bf1 a6 20. Re3 Ne6 21. Rae1 Nc5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Rechlis,G-Kortchnoi,V/
Beersheva 1987 (31)}) (14. Be2 Nf5 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nh4 18.
c3 Qf6 19. Bg4 d4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Rxd4 22. Qe2 Qc6 23. Qf1 Rd2 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Spasov,V-Vaganian,R/EUR-ch Istanbul 2003/The Week in Chess (41)}) 14...
Ng6 15. Bxd6 Rxd6 16. h3 Bh5 $146 (16... Bxf3 $5 17. Qxf3 Nce5 18. Qg3 Nxd3 19.
cxd3 Qb6 20. Rac1 $14 {Sadykov,R-Mabusela,J/Wch B20 Nakhchivan 2003/The Week
in Chess 451/1-0 (51)}) 17. Bxg6 ({It is very interesting, what Vaganian had
in mind, if white would continue} 17. g4 $5 {and after almost force variation}
Nf4 18. gxh5 Rh6 19. Bf1 Rxh5 20. Re3 $5 {white's chances are clearly better.})
17... Bxg6 {Black has a very solid position, but it's very difficult for him
to get active counterplay.} 18. Nfd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 $14 {[%csl Gd4] An optimal
place for the knight} Qb6 20. Re3 $1 {Black's position is a bit worse - white
knight is clearly stronger than black bishop and pawn d5 is quite weak.} Rc8 (
20... Qxb2 $4 21. Rb3 $18) 21. Qe2 h6 (21... Be4 22. c3 f5 $13) 22. c3 Qa6 23.
Re1 Kh7 (23... Qxa2 $2 24. Re8+ Rxe8 25. Qxe8+ Kh7 26. Qf8 $1 Rb6 27. Re8 Be4
28. Qh8+ Kg6 29. Rg8 $18) 24. a3 (24. Qxa6 $142 $5 Rxa6 25. a3 Rb6 26. R1e2 $36
) ({Another promising possibility was} 24. Qg4 $142 $5 {[%csl Gg4]}) 24... Qc4
25. Re8 $2 {Mistake! A natural development of the initiative can be achieved by
} (25. Qg4 $142 Be4 26. f3 Bg6 27. h4 $36 {with great position for White.})
25... Rxe8 26. Qxe8 Rb6 $1 {[%csl Rb2] Having obtained his chance, Vaganian
skilfully sharpens the position.} 27. Qe2 ({The lesser evil for White was
sharp move} 27. Qb8 $5 Be4 (27... Rxb2 28. Re8 Be4 29. Rh8+ Kg6 30. Qg3+ Kf6
31. Rg8 $1 $18) 28. f3 Rxb2 29. fxe4 Qxc3 30. Rd1 $132) 27... Qa2 $1 28. b3
Qxa3 29. Qe5 Rf6 $5 30. Qg3 (30. Qxd5 Qb2 31. Nf3 Qxc3 $17) 30... Qb2 31. Re7
$6 (31. Qe3 $142 $5) 31... Be4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf6g6] Beggining of the final
attack.} 32. Qe3 ({There wasn't a rescue in} 32. f3 Qxc3 33. Qf2 Qc8) 32... Rg6
33. g4 (33. Nf3 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Qf1 35. g4 Rf6 36. Rxe4 $8 dxe4 37. Qxe4+ g6 $19)
33... Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Qh1+ 35. Kg3 Qg1+ 36. Kf4 Rf6+ 37. Ke5 {[%csl Re5]} Rxf2 38.
Rxf7 $8 Qh2+ 39. Ke6 (39. Rf4 Rf1 {[%cal Rg7g5]}) 39... Rxf7 40. Kxf7 Qd6 41.
h4 $2 {Vorobiov slips up in a lost position.} (41. Nf5 $8 Qd7+ 42. Kf8 Bxf5 43.
gxf5 Qxf5+ $19) (41. h4 Bg6#) 0-1

[Event "Metalska Trgovina CC 90"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "2002.01.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Farago, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2002.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 Bg4 12. Bh4 Re8 13. c3 ({According to
theory, White keeps small, but stable advantage after} 13. Bg3 Bxg3 (13... a6
14. Bd3 h6 15. c3 Qd7 16. Bc2 Rac8 17. Qd3 Bf5 18. Qd2 Bxc2 19. Qxc2 Red8 20.
Rad1 $14 {1-0 Emms,J-Schaller,S/BL 2001 (38)}) 14. hxg3 Qb6 15. a4 $5 {for
example} h6 16. Qd2 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Red8 18. Bd3 Qc7 19. Kg2 Qd6 20. Re2 $14 {
1-0 Emms,J-Hansen,L/Esbjerg North Sea Cup 2000/CBM 78 (36)}) 13... a6 $146 {
Just losing time} ({Worth considering} 13... Qb6 $5 14. Bxe7 Bxe7 15. Be2 (15.
Qxd5 Rad8 16. Qc4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 $13) 15... Rad8 16. Nfd4 Bc8 17. Qc2 Bf6 18.
Rad1 g6 $13 {Klundt,K-Uhlmann,W/AUS-BL 1995/0-1 (55)}) 14. Be2 Qb6 15. Nfd4
Bxe2 16. Qxe2 ({In the case of} 16. Rxe2 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 {Black must play} Ng6 ({
because, after} 17... Nc6 18. Nf5 Bf8 $140 $2 {White wins immediately -} 19.
Nh6+ $1 $18 gxh6 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Qg4+) 18. Bg3 Re4 $13) 16... Nxd4 {Leads to
interesting and unclear complications, but, maybe, modest} (16... h6 $5 {
was stronger}) 17. Nxd4 Ng6 18. Qxe8+ $8 Rxe8 19. Rxe8+ Bf8 {White got two
rooks for the queen, but he can't protect pawn on the Q side and this position
is not so easy to evaluate.} 20. Bg3 Qxb2 21. Rd1 f6 {[%cal Gg8f7]} ({After} 
21... Qxa2 22. Bd6 Qc4 23. Nf5 $36 {Black can't avoid unpleasant pin}) 22. Rb8
Kf7 (22... Qxa2 23. Bd6) 23. h4 $1 Be7 ({Deserves attention, stopping h pawn} 
23... h5 $5) 24. Nf3 (24. h5 Ne5) 24... Nf8 (24... h5 25. Rxd5 Qxa2 26. Rxh5 b5
27. Ra8 $36) 25. a4 Nd7 ({After} 25... Qb3 $5 26. Re1 $5 ({White will not play
} 26. Rd2 Nd7 27. Rc8 (27. Rh8 Nf8 {[%csl Rh8]}) 27... Nc5 28. Rc7 Ne4 29. Re2
Qxa4 30. Bd6 $140 Qd1+ 31. Re1 Qxe1+ 32. Nxe1 Nxd6 $13 {with unclear game, but
will choose}) 26... Bc5 $5) 26. Rc8 Qb3 27. Re1 Qxa4 28. Rc7 {[%cal Rc7f7]
Playing quite naturally White has reached a particularly good positi} Bd8 (
28... b6 29. Nd4 Bc5 30. h5 $5 {[%csl Rf7]}) 29. Rxb7 Qc6 30. Reb1 Ke8 (30...
h5 31. Nd4) 31. Nd4 Qxc3 32. Nf5 $16 {White calmly brings more pieces into
attack, making Black's survival impossible.} Bb6 $6 (32... Qc6 $142 33. Nxg7+
Kf7 34. Nf5 {[%csl Gb7,Gf5,Rf7,Gg3]}) 33. Nxg7+ Kd8 34. Ne6+ (34. R1xb6 Nxb6
35. Rxb6 a5 {[%csl Ra5]}) 34... Ke8 35. Nc7+ Kf8 (35... Bxc7 36. Rxc7 $18) 36.
R1xb6 (36. Nxd5 $1 Qc6 $140 37. Rxd7 Qxd7 38. Nxf6 Qe6 39. Rxb6 $1) 36... Nxb6
37. Rxb6 {White has both positional and material advantage, so the rest is
pretty clear} a5 (37... d4 38. Rxf6+ Kg7 (38... Kg8 39. Ne6) 39. Rf3 d3 40.
Ne6+ Kh6 41. Bf4+ Kg6 42. h5+ $1 Kxh5 43. Rg3 $18) 38. Nxd5 Qc1+ 39. Kh2 a4 40.
Rxf6+ Ke8 41. Re6+ (41. Ra6 Qc4 (41... a3 42. Nc7+ Kd8 43. Nb5) 42. Ra8+ Kf7
43. Nb6 $18) 41... Kf7 42. Re7+ Kg6 43. Be5 a3 44. Ne3 (44. g4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.12"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{This match took place in the crucial penultimate round of the 2016 World
Olympiad. After a few rough matches earlier the Azerbaijan Team 1 iwas now
eager to come back to fight for the top places but of course England is always
a team to be reckoned with, consisting a mix of active young players and
experienced veterans, such as the perennial Nigel Short.} 1. e4 {Ftacnik,L} e6
2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 {This is the most reliable line against the Tarrasch
Variation.} 4. Ngf3 Nc6 $5 {Black wants to steer the game to an IQP middlegame.
} ({The more popular line and perfectly viable way to equalise is} 4... cxd4 5.
Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7) 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 cxd4 {This rare line goes all the way
back to 1941 when Botvinnik used it in a training match against Ragozin!} 7.
O-O Bd6 8. Nxd4 ({The aforementioned game continued} 8. Nb3 Nge7 9. Nbxd4 (9.
Nfxd4 O-O 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. h3 Ng6 (11... a6 $5 12. Be2 (12. Bd3 h6 13. Qh5 (13.
Be3 Ne5 14. c3 Bd7 $11) 13... Ne5 $1) 12... h6 13. Be3 Bd7 14. c3 Ne5 $11) 12.
Qf3 Be6 13. Rae1 Be5 14. c3 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. cxd4 Qb6 17. Qd3 h6 18. Bd2
Bf5 19. Qxf5 Qxb5 20. Bc3 Rfe8 21. g3 Nf8 22. h4 Qd7 23. Qf3 Rac8 24. Kg2 Ne6
25. Re5 Nc7 26. Rfe1 {1/2-1/2 (26) Sjugirov,S (2635)-Gorovets,A (2467) St
Petersburg 2013}) 9... h6 ({these days Black players are simply omitting this
move} 9... O-O 10. h3 (10. Bg5 Qc7 11. Re1 Ng6 12. c3 Bg4 13. h3 Nxd4 14. cxd4
Bf5 15. Qb3 Qb6 16. Ba4 Bb4 17. Re2 Be4 18. Nd2 Bxd2 19. Rxd2 h6 20. Be3 Nh4
21. f3 Bxf3 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. Bc2 Rfe8 24. Re1 {0-1 (24) Ponomariov,T (2297)
-Vysochin,S (2521) Voronezh 2008}) 10... Re8 {leading to a fine IQP position
for Black.} (10... Bc7 $5) (10... a6 $5)) 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qd2 Bg4 12. Be2 Rc8
13. Rad1 Bb8 14. h3 Bh5 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. g4 $2 Bg6 $15 {0-1 (24) Ragozin,
V-Botvinnik,M Moscow 1941}) 8... Nge7 9. Qh5 (9. N2f3 {leads to A) under notes
to 8th move.}) 9... O-O 10. N2f3 f6 {Ftacnik,L: 'Short is very well prepared
and his understanding of the position is very deep. Black is not shy about
playing prophylactic moves on the kingside, as it is the main territory where
White was hoping to succeed.'} 11. Bd3 $6 $146 {technically the novelty of the
game and probably found otb.} (11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Re1 $2 (12. Nxc6 $1 Bxh2+ 13.
Qxh2 Nxc6 14. Be3 Bf5 15. c3 $11) 12... Qc7 $5 (12... Qb6 $1 13. b3 c5 $17) (
12... Rf7 $1 13. Ne6 Qb6 14. b3 Bb4 15. Bd2 Bxd2 16. Nxd2 Ng6 $17) 13. b3 Ng6
14. Nf5 Bb4 15. Re2 Bd7 $17 {0-1 (34) Wehmeier,S (2340)-Lenz,T (2270) Munich
1993}) 11... g6 12. Qh4 Rf7 $1 {Preventing Bh6 and preparing for future g6-g5
possibilities. Ftacnik,L: 'The black pawns are controlling lots of squares and
White's pieces will find it difficult to infiltrate the kingside.'} (12... Ne5
$6 {is too hasty:} 13. Nxe5 fxe5 14. Nb5 $13 Bc5 $6 15. b4 $1 Bb6 16. Bg5 $36)
13. Re1 (13. Bh6 Ne5 (13... Nb4 14. Be2 Nxc2 $5 15. Nxc2 Nf5 16. Qh3 Nd4 17.
Ncxd4 Bxh3 18. gxh3 Re7 $13) 14. Nxe5 fxe5 15. Nb5 Bc5 16. b4 Bb6 17. Be3 Nf5
$1 18. Qxd8+ Bxd8 $15) (13. c3 $5 {Ftacnik,L} Ne5 14. Be2 Bd7 $11) 13... Ne5 {
Ftacnik,L: 'This key knight move to the central stronghold is indirectly
announcing Black's middlegame ambitions.'} 14. h3 Bd7 {Black already has a
more comfortable game as his pieces are better placed than White's. On h4 the
queen is looking more & more misplaced.} (14... Qb6 $5 15. b3 Bd7 $15 16. Bb2
Nxd3 17. cxd3 h5 $1 $17 18. Re2 $140 Raf8 (18... g5 $2 19. Nxg5 fxg5 20. Qxg5+
Rg7 21. Qxh5 Rf8 22. Rae1 $13) 19. Rae1 Rh7 {followed by Rff7 then ...g5
eventually trapping the queen.}) 15. Bd2 {Ftacnik,L: 'Safarli needs to
position the last minor piece on a good square, as the black position seems to
be very harmonious.'} Qb6 16. Bc3 Nxd3 17. cxd3 g5 $6 {Ftacnik,L: 'A great
moment for the comparision of the difference between the human and computer
approaches to chess. Short is playing a natural human move, but the computer
is even more clever. It suggests combining the advance of the g-pawn with the
h-pawn support and shows an advantage for Black after 17...h5!'} (17... h5 $1 {
same idea from the line under the 14th move.} 18. Re2 (18. Nd2 {Ftacnik,L} Raf8
19. N2b3 Rh7 20. f4 g5 21. Qf2 (21. fxg5 Ng6 22. Qf2 fxg5 $17) 21... Bxf4 $17)
18... Raf8 19. Rae1 (19. Ne6 Nf5 $19) 19... Rh7) 18. Qh5 (18. Qh6 {Ftacnik,L}
Ng6 19. g3 Ne5 $15) 18... Ng6 19. Nh2 $2 {A blunder, most probably a result of
overestimation of his position & overlooking a detail in his analysis.} (19. g3
{I coudn't understand why White didn't play g3 when I first saw this game.
Upon a second look and analysis, I still don't see anything wrong with it!})
19... Bc5 $1 {Critically testing White's idea.} 20. Nb3 {Ftacnik,L: 'A
terrible disaster as White has realised that his planned counterplay move 20.
Ng4 loses by force to the unusual tactics after 21...h5!!'} (20. Nhf3 Nf4 21.
Qh6 Bf8 $19) (20. Ng4 {I'm almost sure this was Safarli's original idea when
he played Nf3-h2, which he decided against in the end as he took a while 
(around 20 min) before playing his 20th move.} Bxg4 (20... Bxd4 $2 21. Nh6+ Kg7
22. Nxf7 {works for White.}) 21. Qxg4 h5 $1 {this move is what he most
probably missed} 22. Qxh5 (22. Qf5 Nh4 $19) 22... Nf4 $19) 20... Bxf2+ $19 {
Black now wins a huge amount of material for nothing, and Nigel easily kills
off Safarli's attempts to create threats.} 21. Kh1 Bxe1 (21... d4 $5 22. Ba5
Qb5 23. Rf1 Nf4 24. Qd1 Be3 $19) 22. Rxe1 Qd6 23. Ng4 Bxg4 24. Qxg4 Qd7 25. Qf3
Re8 26. Rf1 f5 27. Qh5 g4 28. Nd4 Re5 29. Nc2 d4 $1 30. Nxd4 (30. Bxd4 Re2 $19)
30... Rd5 31. Ne2 Rxd3 32. hxg4 Rd1 33. Rg1 Rxg1+ 34. Nxg1 fxg4 {...and White
resigns. An impressive win by Nigel making "short" work of the strong Azeri
player, helping the English team win the match in the process.} 0-1

[Event "Andorra op 34th"]
[Site "Escaldes"]
[Date "2016.08.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jerez Perez, Alfonso"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2016.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Qe7+ $5 {This is
becoming a popular weapon among GMs to neutralise the Tarrasch, and it's
interesting how the great Peruvian fighter chooses it against a lower-rated
opponent.} 7. Qe2 Qxe2+ 8. Kxe2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. N2f3 Bd6 11. Be3 ({
The most critical continuation according to Marin's instructive Tarrasch
French articles, which can be found in 2016 Opening Encyclopedia is:} 11. Re1
Nge7 12. Be3 O-O {1/2-1/2 (55) Wei,Y (2634)-Kotsur,P (2558) Tabriz 2014}) (11.
c3 Nge7 ({the natural} 11... Nf6 12. Re1 O-O $11 {is perfectly fine for Black
as also indicated and elaborated on by Marin in his article.}) 12. h3 a6 13.
Bd3 f6 14. Rd1 h5 $5 {1/2-1/2 (33) Ma Qun (2606)-Short,N (2684) Auckland NZL
2016; with good play in this complex ending.}) 11... Nge7 12. Rad1 (12. Rhd1 f6
$5 13. c3 (13. Rd2 Kf7 14. Rad1 a6 15. Ba4 Bb4 $1 16. Rd3 (16. c3 $2 Nxd4+ 17.
Rxd4 Bxa4 $19) 16... Rhd8 {with good play for Black in a complex IQP ending.})
13... Kf7 $11) 12... a6 $5 {Quickly taking action before White brings out the
other rook and consolidates with moves like c3.} (12... f6 {is again also
playable here:} 13. c3 (13. Nxc6 $6 bxc6 14. Ba4 (14. Ba6 Kf7 15. c3 Nf5 $36) (
14. Bd3 c5 $1 15. b3 Kf7 16. Rhe1 g5 $1 17. Kf1 Bc6 $15) 14... c5 $1 {perfect
timing} 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. c3 Rab8 17. Rd2 a5 $15 {[%cal Ga5a4,Gg7g5,Gb8b7,
Gh8b8] Black has plenty of ways to improve his position and put pressure on
White's position.}) 13... Kf7 $11) 13. Ba4 (13. Bd3 Nb4 {is unpleasant to meet}
14. c3 Nxd3 15. Rxd3 f6 16. Re1 (16. Rhd1 Kf7) 16... Kf7 17. Kf1 g5 $1 $36 {
and Black is taking over the game.}) 13... Na5 $5 {A logical follow-up to a6,
and also an interesting way to handle the IQP ending.} ({Even here} 13... f6 {
is also solid but Black was probably concerned with the thematic idea of} 14.
Nxc6 bxc6 15. c4 $5 Rb8 16. Rd2 (16. b3 Bb4) 16... Bb4 17. Rc2 {and it's
easier to play White's position in such structures.}) 14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. Ne1 ({
A more testing move is} 15. Ng5 Ke8 $1 (15... f6 16. Nf7 Rhe8 17. Nxd6 Kxd6 18.
f3 Nac6 19. Kf2 $14 {but Black should be able to hold this ending.}) 16. Rhe1 (
16. c3 f6 17. Nge6 Kf7) (16. b3 f6 17. Nge6 Kf7 18. Bf4 Be5 $1 $11) 16... Nc4
17. Bc1 f6 18. Nge6 Kf7 19. f4 $5 (19. b3 Ne5 $11) 19... Rac8 20. c3 Rhe8 $11 {
[%cal Ge7c6,Gd6b8,Gb8a7]}) 15... Nc4 16. b3 (16. Nd3 Rhe8 17. c3 Nc6 $11 18.
Nf5 (18. Nc2 Rac8) 18... g6 19. Nxd6 Kxd6 20. Rhe1 Re4 $36 {and although it's
objectively equal, Black is developing a slight initiative similar to the main
game.}) 16... Nxe3 17. fxe3 f5 18. Nd3 Rac8 19. h3 h5 20. Rhf1 g6 21. Nf4 b5
22. h4 Rhe8 23. Rd3 Bxf4 24. Rxf4 Ng8 $1 $15 25. Kd1 Nf6 26. Ne2 Re5 27. Rfd4
Rce8 28. Kd2 Ne4+ $1 {Giving White a choice.} 29. Ke1 $6 (29. Kc1 $1 Nf6 (29...
Nc5 30. Rxd5+ Rxd5 31. Rxd5+ Kc6 32. Nf4 $1 Rxe3 33. Rd8 $16) 30. Kd2 (30. Nf4
Rxe3 31. Nxd5 Nxd5 32. Rxd5+ Kc8 33. Rd6 Rxd3 34. cxd3 Re2 $11 {and this rook
ending will most likely end in a draw, providing neither side commits a
blunder.}) 30... Ne4+ $11) (29. Kd1 $4 Nf2+) 29... Kc6 $1 30. c4 $6 {Panic
reaction, but it's already unpleasant to defend White's position.} (30. Nf4 Nc5
31. Rc3 Rxe3+ 32. Rxe3 Rxe3+ 33. Kf2 (33. Kf1 Ne4 $1 34. Nxg6 Kc5 35. Rd1 Rc3
36. Rc1 Rg3 37. Ne5 (37. Nf4 Rg4 38. Nd3+ Kd4 {[%csl Ra2,Rc2,Rh4][%cal Gd4c3]})
37... Kb4 {[%csl Ra2,Rc2][%cal Gb4c3,Gb4a3]}) 33... Rc3 34. Nxd5 Rxc2+ 35. Kf3
a5 $1 $17) 30... Nc5 $1 {The most practical.} ({Also good but requiring
accuracy is the straightforward} 30... dxc4 31. bxc4 b4 32. Rd7 (32. Kf1 Ra5
33. Nc1 Kb6 34. Rd7 Rc8 35. R3d4 Ra3 $17) (32. Nc1 Nc5 $19) 32... R5e7 {
Black is still better of course but Julio Granda sensed that White might get
counterplay with his rooks and a knight move to d4 and saw it as unnecessary
to allow any of this, and I believe he's right to do this e.g.} 33. R7d5 $5 Nc5
34. Nd4+ Kb6 35. Rd6+ Kb7 36. Rd1 Rxe3+ 37. Kf1 {and there's still plenty of
work to be done here} Ra3 (37... Rg3 38. Nc6 $13) 38. Nc2 Rxa2 39. Nxb4 Rb2 40.
Nc6 $132) 31. cxd5+ Kd6 32. Rc3 Rxe3 33. Rxe3 Rxe3 34. Kf2 Re8 (34... Re4 $2
35. Rxe4 Nxe4+ 36. Ke3 Kxd5 37. Nf4+ $11) 35. Nf4 Ne4+ 36. Kf3 g5 $5 (36... Rc8
$142 $1 37. Nxg6 Rc2 38. Kf4 (38. Nf4 Rxa2 39. Nxh5 Ke5 40. Rd3 (40. Rd1 Rb2)
40... Rf2+ 41. Ke3 f4+ 42. Nxf4 Rxf4 43. d6 Rg4 $1 $19) 38... Rf2+ 39. Ke3 Rxg2
40. Nf4 Rg3+ 41. Ke2 Ke5 $19) 37. hxg5 ({A more stubborn try is} 37. Nxh5 $5
Ke5 38. Rd3 Rh8 39. d6 $1 Nxd6 40. Nf6 g4+ 41. Ke3 {and now the only way to
keep winning chances is to use a cute small tactic:} Ne4 42. Nxe4 f4+ $1 43.
Kf2 Kxe4 44. Rd6 Rc8 $1 {and it'll be very difficult for White to defend this
practically.}) 37... Nxg5+ 38. Kf2 Ne4+ 39. Kf3 Rg8 {The activation of the
rook is decisive.} 40. Ne2 Rg4 41. Rd1 h4 42. Nd4 Ke5 43. Nc6+ $2 ({White
could've resisted more with} 43. Ne2 {but White is almost in zugzwang after
Black slowly improves his position} a5 $1 ({or} 43... b4 $1) 44. Rd3 a4 45.
bxa4 bxa4 46. a3 Rg8 $1 $17 {[%csl Gb3,Gc3][%cal Gg8b8,Gb8b3,Gg8c8,Gc8c3,Ge4c3]
}) 43... Kf6 44. d6 Rg3+ 45. Kf4 Nc5 46. Nd4 Nd3+ {White will lose more
material, so he resigned. Instructive play by the strong Peruvian GM on how to
neutralise the Tarrasch French and how to handle a complex ending with an IQP.}
0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. Bd3 h6 12. h3 Nf5 13. Bc2 $5 (13. Re1)
13... Re8 (13... Bc7) (13... Be6) 14. Re1 $5 $146 (14. Qd3 g6 (14... Be6 15.
Be3 Qf6 16. Bc5 Rad8 17. Rfe1 g6 18. Qd2 Nh4 19. Nxh4 Qxh4 20. Bxd6 Rxd6 21.
Nc5 b6 22. Nxe6 Rdxe6 23. Rxe6 Rxe6 24. Bb3 Ne7 25. Rd1 Qg5 26. Qd3 Qe5 27. Rd2
h5 28. c4 Qc7 29. Rd1 dxc4 30. Bxc4 Rc6 31. b3 Nf5 32. Qd7 Nh6 33. Qe8+ Kg7 34.
Rd8 Kf6 35. Rd7 Qf4 36. Rxf7+ Nxf7 37. Qxf7+ Ke5 38. Qd5+ Kf6 39. Qxc6+ {
1-0 Hansen,C-Schaller,S/Germany 1999/EXT 2000 (39)}) (14... Qf6 15. Qxd5 Be6
16. Qd1 Rad8 17. Nbd4 Bc5 18. Bxf5 Bxf5 19. Be3 Be4 20. Qc1 Bxf3 21. Nxf3 Bxe3
22. fxe3 Qe7 23. Re1 Qe4 24. Nd4 Ne5 25. Re2 Nc4 26. Qe1 {1/2-1/2 Touloumis,
A-Dorfanis,I/Kallithea Chalkidiki GRE 2003/The Week in Chess 454 (26)}) 15. Qd1
(15. Qd2 Bf8 16. Bxf5 Bxf5 17. Nbd4 Be4 18. Qd1 Qb6 19. Nb3 a5 20. Be3 Qd8 21.
Nbd4 a4 22. Ne1 g5 23. Nef3 Qf6 24. Nd2 Bg6 25. Qf3 Qxf3 26. N2xf3 a3 27. b3
Rac8 28. Rac1 Be4 29. Nxc6 bxc6 30. Rfd1 Ra8 31. Nd4 Ra6 32. f3 Bxf3 33. gxf3
Rxe3 34. Re1 Rxe1+ 35. Rxe1 Bg7 36. Re8+ Kh7 37. Rc8 Bxd4+ 38. cxd4 Kg6 39. Kf2
h5 40. Ke3 Kf5 41. Rc7 f6 42. Rc8 g4 43. fxg4+ hxg4 44. hxg4+ Kxg4 45. Rg8+ Kf5
46. Rc8 Ra7 47. Rxc6 Rh7 48. Rd6 Rh3+ 49. Kd2 Ke4 50. Rxf6 Kxd4 51. Rf4+ Ke5
52. Rf2 Ke4 53. Re2+ Kd4 54. Kc2 Kc5 55. Rg2 d4 56. Rg8 Rh2+ 57. Kd3 Rxa2 58.
Rc8+ Kb4 59. Rb8+ Kc5 60. Rc8+ Kd5 61. Rd8+ {1/2-1/2 Ravi,T-Rahman,Z/Mumbai
IND 2003/The Week in Chess 442 (61)}) 15... Kh7 (15... Bf8 16. Bf4 $14) 16.
Nbd4 Qf6 17. Nxf5 Bxf5 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Be3 $14 Rad8 20. Re1 Bf8 21. Qb3 Qd7
22. Rad1 Bg7 23. Qc2 b5 24. Bc5 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 a5 26. Qb3 b4 27. a4 bxc3 28.
bxc3 Rb8 29. Qc2 Qb7 30. Nd4 Nxd4 31. cxd4 Qc6 {1/2-1/2 Illescas Cordoba,
M-Smirin,I/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (31)}) 14... Rxe1+ (14... Be6 15. Bxf5 Bxf5
16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Qxd5 Qd7 18. Qc4 $14) 15. Qxe1 Be6 16. Be3 Qf6 (16... Nxe3
17. Qxe3 Qf6 18. Re1 $14 (18. Nc5 $5)) 17. Bc5 (17. Rd1 Ne5 $13 (17... Re8 $5))
17... Ne5 $2 (17... Bf4) (17... Bc7) 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxf5 $1 Bxf5 (19... Qxf5
20. Nd4 Bxd4 (20... Qf4 21. g3 Qf6 22. Be7 $1 Qxe7 23. Qxe5 $14) (20... Qf6 21.
Be7 $1 $16) 21. Bxd4 $14 {^-}) 20. Bd4 Re8 21. Qe3 Kh7 (21... a6) 22. Bxe5 Rxe5
23. Qf4 $1 (23. Qxa7 $6 Qg6 $40 {/\Bh3, Re2}) 23... Re4 24. Qf3 Qe5 25. Nd4 Bg6
26. Qd1 $14 {_|_ [><d5, Bg6]} Qe7 27. Qd2 f6 28. Rd1 a6 29. a3 (29. f3 {/\Kf2})
29... Qe8 30. f3 Re5 (30... Re3 31. Kf2 Rd3 32. Qe2 $16) 31. Kf2 Qe7 32. Ne2 $6
(32. Re1 $142 {/\Re3, Ne2-f4}) 32... Qe6 33. Nd4 (33. Nf4 Qb6+ 34. Kg3 Bf7)
33... Qb6 34. Re1 a5 {[/\a4, ><b2]} 35. a4 Kh8 36. b3 Kh7 37. Re2 Qc5 38. Re3
Qa3 39. Qe2 Qd6 40. Qe1 Rg5 41. Kg1 Re5 42. Qd2 Qe7 43. Kf2 Qc5 44. Nb5 b6 45.
Nd4 (45. Qd4 $6 Bc2) 45... Qd6 46. Ne2 Qc5 47. Nf4 Rxe3 $6 (47... Bf7 48. Qd3+
Kh8 $14) 48. Qxe3 Bc2 (48... Qxe3+ 49. Kxe3 Bc2 50. Nxd5 Bxb3 51. Nxb6 $18) 49.
Qxc5 bxc5 50. Ne6 c4 $2 (50... Bxb3 $142 51. Nxc5 Bc4 $16) 51. b4 $1 $18 axb4
52. cxb4 Bxa4 53. Nd4 Bd7 54. b5 Kg6 55. b6 Bc8 56. Nb5 Ba6 (56... Kg5 $5 57.
Ke3 $5 (57. g3) 57... Kh4 $140 58. Nd6 Ba6 59. Nf5+ Kg5 60. Nxg7 $18) 57. Ke3
Kf5 (57... Kg5 58. g3 $18) 58. f4 $1 {(.)} h5 (58... g5 59. g4+ Kg6 60. f5+ $18
) 59. Nd6+ Ke6 60. b7 Bxb7 61. Nxb7 h4 (61... g5 $142 62. fxg5 fxg5 63. Nd8+ $5
Kf5 64. Nc6 h4 (64... g4 65. h4 $18) 65. Nd4+ Ke5 66. Ne2 Kf5 $140 67. Kd4 g4
68. Kxd5 gxh3 69. gxh3 c3 70. Nxc3 Kf4 71. Ne2+ Kf3 72. Ng1+ Kg2 73. Ke4 Kxg1
74. Kf3 Kf1 75. Kg4 Kf2 76. Kxh4) 62. Na5 $1 Kd6 (62... g5 63. fxg5 fxg5 64.
Nc6 $18) 63. Kd4 g6 64. f5 $1 gxf5 65. Nb7+ Kc6 66. Nc5 Kb5 (66... Kd6 67. Na4
f4 68. Nc3 Ke6 69. Ne2 $18 (69. Nxd5 Kf5 70. Kxc4 Ke5 71. Kc5 $18)) 67. Ne6 Kb4
68. Nf4 Kb3 69. Nxd5 f4 70. Nxf4 c3 71. Ne2 c2 72. Kd3 Kb2 73. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-23"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1978.10.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ornstein, Axel"]
[Black "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Unzicker,W"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1978.10.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{Inf.26/238} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Ngf3 Bd6
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Re1 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Bxc6
bxc6 14. Nbd4 Rc8 15. c4 (15. Qe2 Re8 16. Nf5 $6 Nxf5 17. Bxd8 Rxe2 18. Rxe2
Bxf3 (18... Rxd8 19. g4 $16) 19. Re8+ Bf8 20. gxf3 Nd6 $15) 15... Re8 16. cxd5
cxd5 17. Qd2 $6 (17. Qa4 $14) 17... Qd7 18. Ne5 (18. Bf4 $10) 18... Qb7 19.
Bxe7 Bxe7 20. a3 Bf6 $6 (20... h6) 21. Nec6 $1 h6 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Rc1 (23.
b4 $142 $14) 23... Bg5 $1 24. f4 Bf6 25. Rc5 Bg6 {[/\ Be4]} 26. f5 Bh7 27. b4 (
27. Rxd5 $4 Bxd4+ $19) 27... Qd7 28. Qf2 Re4 $1 $17 29. Rb5 (29. b5 $142) 29...
Qd6 $1 30. Qf3 $4 $138 (30. Rb8+ $4 Qxb8 31. Nxb8 Bxd4 $19) 30... Bxd4+ 31. Kf1
Qxc6 0-1

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Linkoping"]
[Date "2001.07.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Barkhagen, Jonas"]
[Black "Brynell, Stellan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[Annotator "Ziegler,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2001.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. dxc5 {Är inte
speciellt kritiskt, nio av tio väntar med slaget tills löparen har utvecklat
sig till d6.} Bxc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 {Här vill man ställa löparen i första hand.} 8.
Qe2+ Qe7 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 12. fxe3 {[#] Ställningen är
mycket jämn. Spelarna är båda kända för att vara extremt svårslagna. Allt
annat en remi är en sensation.} Nge7 13. Bb5 {Vit hoppas att en förändring av
strukturen kommer att leda till att nya möjligheter dyker upp.} O-O 14. Bxc6
Nxc6 15. O-O-O Bf5 16. Nfd4 (16. Rxd5 Bxc2) 16... Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Be4 {Vit kom
ingen vart den här gången. nu får han försöka hitta på något nytt.} 18. Rd2
Rfe8 19. Nb5 Re7 20. Nc3 Kf7 21. Rhd1 Rd8 22. Rf2 Re5 23. Rd4 Ke6 24. Rb4 Rd7
25. a4 Bg6 26. Kd2 Rc7 27. Rff4 b6 28. Rh4 1/2-1/2

