[Event "Sigeman & Co 03rd"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bb5 c6 (2... Nf6 3. Qe2 Be7 4. Nf3 c6 5. Ba4 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. d3 Bg4
8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. O-O d5 $132 {Cabello,F-Lopez Ramos,A/Candas op (06) ;TD 92\09
1992/0-1 (32)}) (2... Bc5 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nge7 5. Be3 Bb6 6. Nbd2 O-O $10 {
Dmitriev,I-Rodin,M/Moscow op Russian Winter ;TD 91\03 1991/0-1 (60)}) 3. Ba4
Nf6 (3... Bc5 4. f4 d5 5. Qe2 Nf6 6. exd5 O-O 7. Qc4 Qd6 8. dxc6 bxc6 9. Ne2
Ba6 10. Qb3 Bxe2 11. Kxe2 exf4 12. Qf3 Nbd7 13. d3 Qd4 14. Bxc6 Ne5 $40 {
0-1 Francisco,R-Manuel,R/WchJ-U14 Szeged (07) ;TD 94\01 1994 (17)}) (3... b5 4.
Bb3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Bg4 8. c3 Nbd7 9. d4 $13 {1-0 Carvalho,
A-Salvado,L/POR-chW U18 (03) ;TD 93\02 1992 (28)}) (3... Qa5 4. Bb3 Nf6 5. Qe2
d5 6. exd5 Bd6 7. dxc6 Nxc6 $44 {Carvalho,A-Pena Romero,K/WchJW-U18 Szeged (05)
;TD 94\01 1994/1-0 (65)}) 4. Qe2 (4. Nc3 b5 5. Bb3 b4 6. Na4 Nxe4 7. Nf3 d5 8.
d3 Nf6 9. Nxe5 Bd6 10. d4 $14 {Damaso,R-Tisdall,J/Manila olm ;TD 92\02 1992/
0-1 (54)}) 4... Bc5 5. Nf3 d5 $5 (5... O-O 6. O-O d6 7. c3 Re8 8. d3 Nbd7 9.
Nbd2 Nf8 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Nf1 Nh5 12. Ng3 Nhf4 13. Bxf4 Nxf4 14. Qd2 Bg4 15. d4
Bxf3 16. gxf3 $15 {Cabello,FJ-Sokolov,I/Oviedo 45' (01) ;TD 92\09 1992/0-1 (43)
}) 6. exd5 O-O 7. Nxe5 (7. dxc6 e4 8. cxb7 Bxb7 $44) 7... Re8 8. c3 Bxf2+ 9.
Kf1 (9. Qxf2 Rxe5+ 10. Kf1 Qxd5 $40) (9. Kxf2 Rxe5 10. Qd1 Bg4 $40) 9... Bg4
10. Qxf2 Rxe5 11. Kg1 (11. d4 Rf5 12. Bf4 Nxd5 13. g3 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Qd6 $19)
11... Qe7 (11... Qe7 12. h3 Bxh3 {/\Ng4} 13. gxh3 Re1+ 14. Qf1 Qe2 15. Qxe1
Qxe1+ 16. Kg2 Qe2+ 17. Kg1 (17. Kg3 Nh5+ {/\#}) 17... Ne4 18. Rh2 Qe1+ 19. Kg2
Qf2+ 20. Kh1 Qf1#) 0-1

[Event "Katrineholm"]
[Site "Katrineholm"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Black "Ekstroem, Roland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bb5 $6 c6 (2... Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 (3... exd4 4. e5 Bb4+ 5. c3 dxc3 6.
bxc3 Qe7 7. Qe2 O-O 8. cxb4 Re8 9. Nf3 {Carvalho,A-Janevska,A/WchJW-U18 Szeged/
1994/}) (3... c6 4. dxe5 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nc5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4 $14 {
Carvalho,A-Miloradovic,M/WchJW-U18 Szeged/1994/}) 4. Qe2 Nd6 5. Qxe5+ Qe7 $10 {
Francisco,R-Zabailovich,A/WchJ-U14 Szeged/1994/}) (2... Bc5 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3
Nge7 5. Be3 Bb6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Nc4 d6 8. Nxb6 axb6 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 d5 $36 {
Dmitriev,I-Rodin,M/Moscow op;TD 91\03/1991/}) (2... Nc6 3. d3 Nd4 4. Ba4 b5 5.
Bb3 Nxb3 6. axb3 d5 $13 {Ferron,C-Aalbersberg,P/Sitges op (06) ;TD 92\09/1992/}
) 3. Ba4 d5 (3... Qa5 $6 4. Bb3 Nf6 5. Qe2 d5 6. exd5 Bd6 7. dxc6 Nxc6 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. d3 Qc7 11. h3 $14 {Carvalho,A-Pena Romero,K/WchJW-U18
Szeged/1994/}) (3... b5 4. Bb3 Nf6 (4... d5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Qxb5
Nge7 8. Nf3 Rb8 9. Qf1 e4 $44 {Dias,P-Tlhalerce,I/WchJ-U16 Szeged/1994/}) 5.
Qe2 Be7 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Bg4 8. d3 Nbd7 $10 {Carvalho,A-Saraiva,T/POR-chW U18 
(02) ;TD 93\02/1992/}) (3... Bc5 4. f4 d5 5. Qe2 Nf6 6. exd5 O-O 7. Qc4 Qd6 8.
dxc6 bxc6 9. Ne2 Ba6 $19 {Francisco,R-Manuel,R/WchJ-U14 Szeged/1994/}) (3...
Nf6 4. Qe2 Bc5 5. Nf3 d5 6. exd5 O-O $1 7. Nxe5 $2 Re8 8. c3 Bxf2+ $19 9. Kf1
Bg4 10. Qxf2 Rxe5 11. Kg1 Qe7 {0-1 Vescovi,G-Sokolov,I/Malmo (03) ;CBM 48 1995}
) 4. Nc3 Nf6 (4... d4 5. Nce2 {/\d3,f4,Nf3}) 5. exd5 b5 (5... Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Qxd5
7. Qf3 e4 $10) 6. Bb3 b4 7. Na4 cxd5 8. d4 exd4 $6 (8... e4 $142 9. Ne2 Bg4 $15
) 9. Ne2 (9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qd3 $10) 9... Nc6 10. Nxd4 Na5 (10... Nxd4 11. Qxd4
$16) 11. O-O Be7 12. c3 O-O (12... bxc3 13. Nxc3 Nxb3 14. Qxb3 $14) (12... Nxb3
$142 13. Qxb3 $14) 13. Bc2 Bg4 14. Qd3 Bh5 (14... Re8 15. Bg5 $14) 15. f4 $36
bxc3 16. bxc3 Qc8 (16... Re8) 17. h3 Ne4 {/\f5} 18. g4 Bxg4 (18... Bg6 19. f5
$18) 19. hxg4 Qxg4+ 20. Kh2 Rac8 (20... f5 21. Rg1 (21. Bb3 Rad8 $36 (21... Rf6
22. Bxd5+ Kh8 23. Qh3 $8 Rh6 24. Qxh6 gxh6 25. Bxa8 Qg3+ $10)) (21. Rb1 $2 Rf6
$19) 21... Qh4+ 22. Qh3 $16) 21. Rg1 $1 Qh4+ 22. Qh3 Qxh3+ 23. Kxh3 Nxc3 $2 (
23... Bf6 $142 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Ne2 $16) 24. Bb2 $1 Nxa4 (24... Ne4 25. Rxg7+
Kxg7 (25... Kh8 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Nf5 $18) 26. Nf5+ Kg6 27. Nxe7+ $18) (24...
Bb4 25. a3 $1 Nxa4 26. Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. Nf5+ Kg6 28. Rg1+ Kh5 29. Bd1#) 25. Rxg7+
Kxg7 26. Nf5+ (26. Nf5+ Kg6 27. Rg1+ Kh5 28. Bd1#) 1-0

[Event "Match Janowski-Mieses +6-6=2"]
[Site "Paris (Cafe de la Regence)"]
[Date "1895.01.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Janowski, Dawid Markelowicz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C20"]
[Annotator "Le Matin"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1895.01.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Ne2 {Ce nouveau coup est preconise par M.Alapin, fort theoricien
russe. La valeur de ce debut est contestee} ({on prefere generalement la
sortie reguliere} 2. Nf3) 2... Bc5 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 {M.Janowski a
reflechi vingt minutes pour jouer cet excellent coup qui fait gagner forcement
aux Noirs au moins un pion.} 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be3 Re8 7. Bc4 {Tendant un piege un
peu trop visible} (7. Be2 {valait mieux}) 7... Bb4 ({si} 7... Nxe4 8. Nxe4 Rxe4
9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Qh5+ {suivi de D prend F}) 8. f3 {En cherchant a sauver un
pion, les Blancs perdent une piece} ({le meilleur etait} 8. Nf3) 8... d5 9. Bd3
c5 10. O-O cxd4 {Une piece etant gagnee, la fin n'est plus qu'une question de
temps.} 11. Bxd4 dxe4 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. fxe4 Qh6 14. e5 Nc6 15. Nd5 Bc5+ 16.
Kh1 Rxe5 17. Nc7 Rb8 18. Bc4 Bf5 19. Qf3 Bd6 20. Rae1 {Pour terminer tout de
suite une partie qui ne pouvait etre sauvee.} Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Qxh2# {Temps
Blancs: 1h 06 Temps Noirs: 1h Analyse Le Matin 1895-01-22} 0-1

[Event "Minneapolis HB Global op"]
[Site "Minneapolis"]
[Date "2005.05.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 {Nakamura is not a shy guy! In order to avoid the theoretical
discussions he deviates in move two. If an amateur plays this, we only smile...
} Nc6 3. Bc4 g6 4. Qf3 Nf6 (4... f5 $5 {is the brave counterattack like in the
King`s Gambit.} 5. Ne2 (5. exf5 Nd4 6. Qg3 (6. Qe4 d6 $17) 6... d5 $1 (6... Qf6
$5) 7. fxg6 dxc4 8. g7 Bxg7 9. Qxg7 Qf6 10. Qxf6 Nxf6 {Black has the big lead
of development for only one P.} 11. Na3 Bf5 $44 {Sasikiran}) 5... Nf6 6. d3 d6
7. Nbc3 f4 8. h3 g5 $132 {Rios-Whatley, Dallas 2001}) 5. Ne2 d6 (5... Bg7 6.
Nbc3 {The white setup resembles to the Vienna Game, although the Q is still
vulnerable.} d6 7. d3 (7. h3) 7... Bg4 (7... O-O 8. Bg5 h6 $11) 8. Qg3 Qd7 9.
f3 Be6 10. Bg5 Nh5 11. Qh4 h6 12. Be3 Ne7 $5 (12... Na5 13. Bb3 (13. Bxe6 fxe6
14. O-O-O Nc6 15. g4 Nf6 16. g5 hxg5 17. Qxg5 Qf7 18. Qg2 O-O-O 19. Rdg1 Bh6 $1
$11 {Sasikiran}) 13... Nxb3 14. axb3 {(Nakamura-Sasikiran, Copenhagen/Malmoe
2005)} c5 15. O-O {Black has problems with his castles.} a6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17.
exd5 O-O 18. b4 cxb4 19. Qxb4 f5 $14 {Sasikiran}) 13. O-O-O d5 14. exd5 Bxd5 $5
15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bc5 Bf6 17. Qe4 O-O-O 18. Kb1 $5 (18. Bxa7 $6 {doesn`t look
very nice.} Bg5+ 19. f4 (19. Kb1 $2 Nhf6 20. Qxe5 Rhe8) 19... Nhxf4 20. Nxf4 f5
$5 21. Qe1 Bxf4+ 22. Kb1 Qa4 $13) 18... Kb8 $13 (18... Bg5 $5)) 6. h3 {
securing the white Queen`s place.} Bg7 7. d3 Be6 (7... O-O $13) 8. Bb3 h6 (8...
O-O {was again the simplest solution.} 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 (10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3
d5 $13) 10... Bxf6 $11) 9. Be3 Bxb3 (9... d5 $5 {immediately grabbing the |^
in the [+] was also possible.}) 10. axb3 d5 11. O-O O-O {Black has a fine game.
} 12. Na3 Kh7 13. b4 a6 {defending against b4-b5 was not urgent.} (13... Re8 $5
14. b5 Nd4 $36) 14. c3 Qd7 15. Ng3 Rad8 16. Nc2 Qe6 17. Qe2 Rfe8 $13 18. Rad1
Rd7 19. Bc1 Red8 20. Rfe1 Ng8 $5 {Leaving the [+] was not necessary at all.} (
20... dxe4 21. dxe4 Qb3) 21. f4 {Now White comes out of passivity.} exf4 22.
Bxf4 Nf6 (22... d4 $5 23. c4 $14) (22... dxe4 23. Nxe4 $14) 23. e5 Ng8 24. d4
f6 {Black has to attack White`s vanguard.} 25. exf6 Qxe2 26. Rxe2 Nxf6 27. Ne1
$1 {/\ Nd3-c5 improving the passive N`s position.} a5 (27... Re8 28. Rxe8 Nxe8
29. Nd3 g5 (29... Nd6 30. Re1 $14) 30. Be5 {with some pressure in the _|_.})
28. bxa5 Nxa5 29. Nd3 Rf7 30. Rde1 (30. Ne5 {This blocks the e <->, but the N
is excellent.} Re7 31. Ra1 $14) 30... Ng8 31. Nh1 {Improving the other N`s
position, /\ Nhf2.} Nc4 32. Nhf2 Rdf8 33. Bh2 c6 34. Nc5 Ra8 35. Nfd3 {Finally
both knights look excellent, the black B is a bit passive and the e file is in
White`s hands.} Ra2 36. Rb1 (36. Ne6 $14 {deserved attention.}) 36... Nf6 37.
Nb4 Ra8 38. Rbe1 Ng8 39. b3 Nb6 {The black knights had to retreat.} 40. Nbd3
Ra3 41. Rb1 (41. Ne5 Re7 $11) 41... Nc8 $1 {Finally the black knights can
organize a counterattack against >< e4, /\ Nd6, Nf6-e4.} 42. Na4 $2 {This is
an unnecessary retreat.} (42. Be5 $14) 42... Nf6 43. Kh1 (43. Bf4 Ne4 44. Rc2
b5 45. Bc1 bxa4 46. Bxa3 Nxc3 $1 $132) 43... Ne4 $15 {Now Black grabs the |^
in the [+], the white pieces lack the coordination.} 44. Rc2 g5 45. Nac5 Ncd6
46. Ne6 (46. Be5 $15) 46... Nb5 $1 $17 47. Nxg7 Rxg7 {Black got rid of his
passive B.} 48. Be5 Rf7 49. c4 dxc4 50. bxc4 Nxd4 51. Bxd4 Rxd3 52. Be5 {
Now Black is a healthy P up.} Re7 53. Bh2 Kg6 54. Rcb2 Rc3 55. Rxb7 {A draw
agreed, but Black is clearly better in the _|_.} (55. Rxb7 Rxb7 56. Rxb7 Rxc4
57. g4 (57. Be5 Kf5) 57... h5 $17 (57... Rc1+ 58. Kg2 Rc2+ 59. Kf3)) 1/2-1/2

