[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 38th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "2006.08.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2006.08.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 {Exchange Variation is the favorite of
Laznicka in Ruy Lopez.In deed it fits his positional style.} dxc6 5. O-O f6 6.
d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8. Ne2 ({I always find} 8. Nb3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bg4 10. f3 Be6
$5 $14 {is more dangerous for black.}) 8... Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd7 10. Nbc3 O-O-O 11.
Be3 Re8 12. Rd2 Bc6 13. Rad1 b6 14. Nf4 $6 (14. f3 Ne7 15. Nf4 Ng6 16. Nxg6
hxg6 17. Bf4 $11) 14... Nh6 $1 $36 15. Nfd5 Ng4 16. Bf4 Ne5 17. b3 Kb7 ({
I really do not believe in black's compensation for the pawn after} 17... c4 $6
18. Bxe5 fxe5 19. bxc4 Bc5 20. Kf1 $16) 18. Ne3 h5 19. h4 g5 $1 {black takes
over the initiative by simple means} 20. Bg3 (20. hxg5 Ng6 (20... fxg5 $6 21.
Bxg5 Rg8 22. f4 Be7 23. Bxe7 Nf3+ 24. Kf2 Nxd2 25. Rxd2 Rxe7 26. Nf5 Rf7 27.
Nd5 $44) 21. Bh2 fxg5 22. Ned5 Bg7 $40) 20... gxh4 21. Bxh4 Rg8 22. Kf1 (22.
Kh1 Bh6 23. Re2 Bxe3 (23... Ng6 24. Nf5 (24. Bxf6 $2 Rgf8 (24... Ref8 $2 25.
Ned5 $16) 25. e5 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 $17) 24... Nxh4 25. Nxh4 $11) 24. Rxe3 f5
25. f3 fxe4 26. Nxe4 Ng4 27. Re2 Bxe4 28. fxe4 Re6 $17) 22... Bh6 23. Re2 (23.
Ned5 Bxd2 24. Rxd2 Nd7 $17) 23... Bxe3 (23... Ng6 24. Nf5) 24. Rxe3 Ng4 $1 (
24... f5 25. f3 fxe4 26. Nxe4 Ng6 (26... Ng4 27. Nxc5+ bxc5 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29.
fxg4 $14 {makes the difference between 22.Kf1 and 22.Kh1 since now white king
controls e2 square.}) 27. Bf2 h4 $13) 25. Rh3 Bxe4 {I have lost some time to
make the sacrifice work but it does not.} (25... f5 $2 26. exf5 Nxf2 27. Kxf2
Rxg2+ 28. Kf1 Re5 29. Bf2 (29. Nd5 $2 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Bxd5 31. c4 Bc6 32. f6 Rg4
$17) 29... Rxf5 30. Rd2 $16) 26. Nxe4 Rxe4 27. Bg3 f5 $2 {Wrong move.I had to
keep the pawn passively.} (27... Re7 28. Rxh5 Ne3+ 29. fxe3 Rxg3 30. Rf5 Rgxe3
31. Rxf6 $11) (27... Rh8 $1 28. Rd7 Ne5 29. Bxe5 (29. Re7 Rd8) 29... Rxe5 $17)
28. Rxh5 {Draw offer} f4 $138 29. Bh2 Rge8 (29... Rf8 {was safe.}) (29... Nxh2+
30. Rxh2 Rge8 31. Rh4 Re2 32. Rc1 $11 ({or} 32. Rxf4 Rxc2 33. Ra1 $11)) 30. Bg1
Re2 $13 31. Rh4 $2 {He had two better lines than this.} (31. Rf5 Rxc2 32. Rxf4
Nh6 33. g4 Rg8 34. f3 Rxa2 $13) (31. f3 Nf6 32. Rf5 Ng8 $13) 31... Nf6 32. Rxf4
Nd5 $1 {The point behind my play.} 33. Rf3 (33. Rc4 Nb4) 33... Rxc2 34. g4 Kc6
$6 {An unnecessary move.} (34... Nc3 $1 $17) (34... Rd8 $2 35. Re1 $44 (35.
Rdd3 Nf4)) 35. g5 Nc3 $2 (35... Rxa2 36. g6 Rg8 37. Rg3 Rg7 38. Re1 Rd2 $17)
36. Rdd3 Ne4 37. Rfe3 b5 38. g6 c4 (38... Rc1+ $2 39. Kg2 Re6 40. g7 Rg6+ 41.
Rg3 $18) 39. bxc4 $2 {Time trouble has its role in this part of the game.} (39.
Rd4 $1 {wins due to the strenght of g pawn.} Rc1+ 40. Kg2 c3 41. Rdxe4 Rxe4 42.
Rxe4 c2 43. Bh2 Rg1+ 44. Bxg1 c1=Q 45. Rg4 $18) 39... Rxc4 40. f3 $138 {
Here something really stupid happenned.Since I have forgotten to write 30th
moves for both sides and went on the other side of the scoresheet I have
thought that we alhave already made the time control.However after coming back
from the bathroom main arbiter of the tournament IM Andrej Filipowicz informed
me that I have lost on time.} ({I was expecting} 40. f4 $1 Rg8 41. f5 Nd6 42.
Rxd6+ cxd6 $13) ({After the move Viktor played} 40. f3 {I had two choices
either to force a draw or to carry on.} Ng3+ (40... Rc1+ 41. Kg2 Rc2+ 42. Kf1 (
42. Kh3 $2 Rh8+ 43. Kg4 Rg2+ 44. Kf5 Nc5 $19) 42... Rc1+ $11 (42... Ng3+ {
was my idea but seems risky.} 43. Ke1 Re2+ (43... Rxe3+ $2 44. Bxe3 (44. Rxe3
Nh5) 44... Nf5 45. Bg5 Rg2 46. f4 $16) 44. Kd1 R2xe3 45. Rxe3 Rg8 46. Re6+ Kd7
47. Rf6 Nh5 48. Rxa6 Nf4 $11)) 41. Ke1 Rg8 42. Re6+ Kb7 43. f4 Nf5 44. Bf2 Rxf4
45. Rd7 Ra4 $5 $36) 1-0

[Event "SRB-chT Central"]
[Site "Kragujevac"]
[Date "2013.09.17"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Markovic, Zoran S"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2013.09.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Petrovac Sloga"]
[BlackTeam "Kraljevo Sloga Turist"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 {Since the Exchange Spanish has
always been a weight for me to bear I had prepared seriously for this game.} 5.
O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. dxe5 (7. c3 Qe7 $1 $13) 7... Qxd1 8. Rxd1 fxe5 9. Rd3 Bd6
10. Nbd2 b5 $5 {I have a higher opinion for this move than have many people.} (
10... Nf6 11. Nc4 O-O 12. Nfxe5 Be2 13. Re3 Bxc4 14. Nxc4 Ng4 15. Re2 Bxh2+ 16.
Kh1 $5 $11 {I consider this position more or less equal.}) 11. b3 Nf6 $5 {
This is no worse} ({than the regular} 11... Ne7 12. Bb2 Ng6 13. g3 $14) 12. Bb2
Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 (13... Bxf3 $5 14. Nxf3 O-O $14) 14. Nh4 {This allows long
castling.} (14. a4 $142 O-O $8 (14... O-O-O $2 $13 15. axb5 axb5 16. g4 Bg6 17.
Nxe5 $18)) 14... O-O-O 15. Ndf3 (15. Nf5 Nc5 16. Re3 Ne6 17. Nf1 (17. Nxd6+
Rxd6 $5 $36 (17... cxd6 $11)) 17... Bc5 18. Ree1 Rhe8 $13) 15... Rhf8 {I was
relying on the possibilities offered by the activity of my pieces.} 16. Re1 Nc5
17. Rde3 {However I was stuck here.} Rde8 (17... Ne6 $6 18. Bxe5 (18. Nxe5 Bc5)
18... Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Rd2 20. g4 Be8 21. R3e2 $16) 18. Nf5 (18. g4 Bf7 19. Nf5 g6
20. Nh6 Bg8 21. Nxg8 (21. Ng5 Ne6) 21... Rxg8 22. Ng5 h6 23. Nf7 Rgf8 24. Rf3
Ne6 25. Rd1 Bc5 $40 {and Black builds up a nasty initiative.}) 18... Bxf3 19.
Rxf3 g6 20. Nh4 $5 (20. Nxd6+ cxd6 21. Rxf8 Rxf8 22. Ba3 Nb7 $1 $13 (22... Rd8
23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. Kf1 Rd4 25. f3 c4 $11)) 20... Rf4 21. Rxf4 exf4 22. e5 Be7
23. Nf3 Ne6 24. Rd1 {The position which has evolved on the board is much more
complicated than it looks. White has the better structure but the blockader on
e6 and the possibility of pawn pushes mean that Black can at least maintain
the equilibrium.} (24. Nd4 $6 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 Rd8 $17) 24... c5 25. Kf1 Kb7 26.
Ke2 Kc6 27. c4 Rb8 $1 28. Bc3 b4 29. Bb2 a5 $11 {So far this is all I could
get out of the opening.} 30. Kd3 $6 {A little bit of a negative approach by my
opponent who somewhere around these moves offered a draw.} Rd8+ 31. Kc2 Rf8 32.
Kd3 (32. a4 g5 33. Nd2 h5 34. Ne4 $11) 32... g5 33. Ke2 (33. Ke4 a4 $40) 33...
a4 34. Kd3 axb3 {For better or for worse I had to open the a-file.} (34... a3
35. Bc1 h5 36. Ke4 g4 37. hxg4 hxg4 38. Nh2 Ng5+ 39. Kd3 g3 40. fxg3 fxg3 41.
Ng4 Rd8+ 42. Ke2 Rxd1 43. Kxd1 Ne4 44. Kc2 Bg5 (44... Nc3 $2 45. Bxa3) 45. Bxg5
Nxg5 46. Nf6 Nf3 $1 47. Ne4 Ne1+ 48. Kd2 Nxg2 49. Nxg3 Nf4 50. Ke3 Ne6 51. Nf5
Kd7 52. Ke4 c6 $11) 35. axb3 h5 36. Ra1 $2 {This seemingly active move brings
White in dire straits.} (36. Nh2 Rd8+ (36... f3 37. g3 (37. Nxf3 $2 g4 38. hxg4
hxg4 39. Nh2 Rxf2 40. Rd2 Nf4+ 41. Ke3 Rxd2 42. Kxd2 g3 43. Nf1 Bh4 44. Ne3 Kd7
$17) 37... h4 38. Rf1 $5 {contains risks for Black as well.}) (36... Ra8 37.
Ra1 Rd8+ 38. Kc2 $11) 37. Kc2 Rxd1 38. Kxd1 Kd7 39. Ke2 Nd8 40. Kd3 Ke6 41. Ke4
Nc6 42. Nf3 Na5 43. Nd2 Bf8 $11) 36... g4 37. hxg4 hxg4 38. Ne1 (38. Nh2 Rg8)
38... Rh8 $2 {A bad mistake due to miscalculation.} (38... Bh4 39. Ke2 Kd7 $17)
39. Ke4 Rf8 (39... Rh1 $2 40. Nd3 $18) 40. Ra6+ Kd7 41. Kd3 $2 {After this
Black repaired the bad mistake.} (41. Nd3 c6 $1 (41... Ng5+ 42. Kd5 Rf5 43. Bc1
$1 $18) (41... g3 42. f3 c6 43. Ra7+ Ke8 44. Ne1 Ng5+ 45. Kd3 Rh8 46. Ra8+ Bd8
$11) 42. Ra7+ Ke8 43. Ra8+ Bd8 44. Ne1 Ng5+ 45. Kd3 Rh8 46. Bc1 Ne6 47. Ke4 Rf8
$11) (41. Kd5 c6+ 42. Rxc6 Nc7+ 43. Rxc7+ Kxc7 44. Nd3 f3 45. g3 Rd8+ 46. Ke4
Kc6 47. e6 Rd6 48. Be5 Rxe6 49. Kf5 Rh6 50. Kxg4 Rh1 51. Kxf3 Rb1 52. Bb2 $11)
41... Bh4 $1 42. Ke2 Ke7 43. Ra1 Rd8 44. Nd3 f3+ (44... Bg5 45. f3 gxf3+ 46.
gxf3 Rh8 47. Rf1 $15) 45. gxf3 gxf3+ 46. Ke3 Bg5+ 47. Ke4 Bd2 $1 48. Ne1 $2 {
He had to sacrifice the exchange.} (48. Rg1 $1 c6 49. Rg6 Ng5+ 50. Rxg5 Bxg5
51. Nxc5 Bh4 52. Bd4 $4 (52. Nd3 c5 53. Ke3 Ke6 54. Nxc5+ Kf5 55. Ne4 (55. Nd3
Bg5+) 55... Rd1 56. Nc5 $11) (52. Kxf3 Rd2 53. Bc1 Rxf2+ 54. Kg4 Rf1 55. Bd2
Be1 56. Bxe1 Rxe1 57. Nd3 $11) 52... Rxd4+ $19) 48... Bxe1 49. Rxe1 Rd2 50. Bc1
Rxf2 (50... Re2+ $2 51. Rxe2 fxe2 52. Bd2 Nd4 53. Kd3 Nxb3 54. Kxe2 Nd4+ 55.
Ke3 $11) 51. Rh1 Re2+ $1 (51... Nd4 52. Be3 $1 (52. Bg5+ $2 Kd7 53. Be3 Re2 54.
Rh7+ Ke8 $1 $19 (54... Kc6 $2 55. Rf7)) 52... Re2 53. Kd3 Nxb3 54. Rf1 Nd4 55.
Rxf3 Nxf3 56. Kxe2 Nd4+ 57. Kd3 Ke6 58. Ke4 $11 {This was the endgame I was
rightfully not so sure about.}) 52. Kxf3 Rxe5 $2 {This was the worst move} (
52... Nd4+ 53. Kf4 Nxb3 54. Be3 Nd4 55. Rh7+ (55. Bxd4 cxd4 56. c5 b3 $19)
55... Kd8 56. Rh8+ Kd7 57. Rh7+ Kc6 58. Rh6+ Kb7 59. e6 Kc6 60. e7+ Kd7 61. Rh5
Ke8 $1 $19 (61... Kxe7 62. Re5+ Ne6+ 63. Kf5 Kd7 64. Rxe6 b3 $19)) 53. Rh7+ (
53. Be3 Nd4+ 54. Kf4 Re6 55. Rb1 $15) 53... Kd8 $1 (53... Kd6 $2 54. Bf4 Nxf4
55. Kxf4 $11 {gives White a draw too easily.}) 54. Be3 Nd4+ 55. Kf4 Re6 56. Rh5
$2 {This seemingly attacking move loses right away.} (56. Rh1 Nxb3 (56... Kd7
57. Bxd4 (57. Rd1 Rd6 58. Rb1 $15) 57... cxd4 58. Rd1 c5 59. Rd3 $11) 57. Rb1
Nd4 58. Bxd4 cxd4 59. Rxb4 c5 60. Rb5 Rd6 61. Kf3 $1 d3 62. Rb1 $11) 56... Nxb3
$19 57. Bxc5 $2 {The final mistake which make things way too easy.} Nxc5 $1 (
57... Rc6 $2 58. Rd5+ (58. Bxb4 Rxc4+) 58... Kc8 59. Be7 Rxc4+ 60. Ke5 (60. Ke3
c5) 60... c5 61. Rd6 $1 Kc7 62. Rh6 $17 {and all of a sudden things are not
that easy.}) 58. Rxc5 b3 $1 {Dr. Tarrasch's maxim of the rook behind the
passer decides the game at once.} 59. Rh5 b2 60. Rh1 Rb6 61. Rb1 Kd7 62. Ke4
Kc6 63. Kd4 (63. Kd3 Kc5 64. Kc3 Rb8 $22 $19) 63... Rb3 (63... Rb3 64. c5 Kb5 (
64... Rb4+ 65. Kc3 Kxc5 $19) 65. Kd5 c6+ 66. Kd6 Rb4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 33rd"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Beliavsky,A"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1996.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. dxe5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 fxe5 9. Nbd2 $5 Bd6 $6 (9... O-O-O 10. Re1 Bd6 11. h3 Bxf3 (11... Bh5 12.
g4 Bf7 13. Ng5 $16) 12. Nxf3 Nf6 13. Bg5 Rhf8 $10) 10. h3 (10. Nc4 $5) 10...
Bh5 (10... Bxf3 11. gxf3 (11. Nxf3 Nf6 $10) 11... b5 12. Nb3 Ne7 13. Be3 Rf8
14. Kg2 Ng6 $132) 11. Nc4 (11. b3 Nf6 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Re1 Rae8 14. Nh4 g5 15.
Nf5 Bg6 16. g4 Bxf5 17. exf5 {1-0 Maljutin,E-Hiermann,D/Werfen op (04) ;EXT
92op 1992 (34)}) 11... Bxf3 12. gxf3 O-O-O (12... Ke7 13. f4 exf4 14. Nxd6 cxd6
15. Bxf4 $16) 13. Rd3 (13. Bg5 $16) 13... Nf6 14. Be3 (14. Bg5 $1) 14... Rhe8
15. Rad1 Re6 16. Bg5 (16. Bc5 Ne8 $13) 16... Be7 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. f4 $2 (18.
Bh4 $5) (18. Ne3 $5) 18... exf4 19. f3 (19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. e5 h6 $17) 19... Be7
20. Bxf4 Nxe4 $1 $19 21. Re1 Ng5 22. Rxe6 Nxe6 23. Be5 b5 24. Ne3 Bd6 25. Bc3
g6 26. Kf1 Nf4 27. h4 Kd7 28. Ng4 Ke6 29. Bd2 Nd5 30. Nf2 Be7 31. Ne4 Bxh4 32.
Nc5+ Kd6 33. Nxa6 c5 34. a3 (34. b3 b4 35. Ke2 h5 $19) 34... c4 35. Nb4 c5 36.
Na2 (36. Nxd5 Kxd5 37. Bc3 Bg3 38. Kg2 Be5 $19) 36... Bf6 37. b3 cxb3 38. cxb3
h5 39. a4 bxa4 40. bxa4 Kc6 41. Ke2 c4 42. Nb4+ Nxb4 43. Bxb4 h4 44. f4 c3 45.
Kf3 c2 0-1

[Event "URS-ch57"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. c3 (7. dxe5
Qxd1 8. Rxd1 fxe5 9. Rd3 Bd6 10. Nbd2 Nf6 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Rae8 $10 {
Kaidanov,G-Sokolov,I/Groningen/1993/}) 7... exd4 $5 (7... Bd6 8. Nbd2 Nh6 $10)
8. cxd4 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxd4 10. Nc3 $5 (10. Rd1 Qc4 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 cxd6 13.
Rxd6 Nh6 $10) 10... Bd6 11. Bf4 Bxf4 12. Qxf4 Qe5 13. Qg4 Qe7 $10 14. Qh5+ Qf7
15. Qh3 Qd7 $1 (15... Nh6 16. Rad1 O-O 17. Rd7 $16) 16. Qg3 $6 (16. Qh5+ $142
Qf7 17. Qh3 $10) 16... Nh6 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Na4 b6 $1 (18... O-O 19. Qb3+ Nf7
20. Qxb7 $16) (18... b5 19. Qc3 $1 $16) 19. Rc1 c5 20. b4 O-O 21. bxc5 b5 22.
Nc3 c6 $15 23. Rfe1 Nf7 24. Ne2 Rad8 25. Qe3 Qd7 26. Qb3 Rfe8 27. Ng3 (27. Rcd1
Qe7 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 $15) 27... g6 28. f4 $6 Qd2 $17 29. Rf1 Rd3 30. Qc2 Qxc2 31.
Rxc2 h5 $1 32. f5 $8 h4 33. fxg6 hxg3 34. gxf7+ Kxf7 35. hxg3 Rxe4 $17 36. Rcf2
Re6 37. g4 Kg6 38. a4 $6 Rd4 39. axb5 axb5 40. g5 (40. Rf4 Rxf4 41. Rxf4 Re5
$19) 40... Kxg5 41. Rf5+ Kg6 42. Kh2 Rh4+ (42... Rc4 43. Kh3 {/\g4/}) 43. Kg3
Rh5 44. Rxh5 Kxh5 45. Kf4 Kg6 46. Rf3 Re5 47. Rc3 Kf7 $19 48. Rc1 Ke6 49. g4
Kd5 50. Rh1 b4 0-1

[Event "Queenstown op"]
[Site "Queenstown"]
[Date "2012.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Bojkov, Dejan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "Bojkov,D"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2012.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 {Rozentalis is a very technical player,
and the Exchange Ruy Lopez is part of his repertoire.} dxc6 5. O-O f6 {I
decided not to deviate from the main line.} 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8. Nb3 Qxd1
9. Rxd1 Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Bf4 c4 12. Nd4 O-O-O 13. Nc3 Bf7 14. Kf2 Ne7 {
[%csl Ge5][%cal Ge7g6,Gg6e5] The most natural approach. Black is finishing his
development. Other options are:} (14... Bc5 15. Be3 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Ne7 {some
people like to hold such positions, but as Black is playing for the two
results only it is not my cup of tea...}) (14... Bb4 {is more interesting, as
in this case Black can at least spoil the pawn structure of the opponent.} 15.
Nf5 Rxd1 16. Rxd1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 g6 18. Ne3 h5 {[%csl Yf4,Rg4][%cal Rh5g4,Gg6g5,
Gh5h4]} 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 b6 {with approximate equality.}) 15. Be3 (15. a3
g6 16. Rd2 Bg7 17. Rad1 Rd7 18. Be3 Rhd8 19. Nde2 f5 20. Rxd7 Rxd7 21. Rxd7
Kxd7 22. Bd4 Bh6 23. Be3 Bg7 24. Bd4 {1/2 (24) Orlov,A (2519)-Baramidze,D 
(2527) Dortmund 2009}) 15... h5 (15... Ng6 16. Nf5 Re8 17. f4 Be6 18. Nd5 Bxf5
19. exf5 Ne7 20. Nxe7+ Bxe7 21. Kf3 Bd6 $13 {0-1 De la Riva Aguado,O (2460)
-Korneev,O (2565)/Mondariz 1997/EXT 1999 (47)}) 16. Rd2 $146 {A novelty, which
does not change the evaluation of the position as an equal. Previously I had
analysed for ChessBase Magazine:} (16. Nde2 Re8 17. Nf4 Nc6 18. Nfd5 Ne5 19.
Rd2 Be6 20. Rad1 b5 21. a4 b4 22. Ne2 Kb7 23. Ndf4 Bf7 24. Rd8 $2 g5 25. Nh3
Nd3+ $19 {0-1 (37) Howell,D (2487)-Fedorchuk,S (2576) Marseille 2006}) (16. g3
b6 17. f4 {[%csl Re4]} Re8 18. Rd2 Kb7 19. a3 Nc8 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gc8d6]} 20.
Re2 b5 (20... Nd6 21. Bd2 Bg6 22. Rae1) 21. Nf3 Bd6 22. Bd2 Rhf8 {[%cal Rf8f2]
aimed against the possible e4-e5 advance.} 23. Rae1 Rd8 24. Bc1 Ne7 25. Kg2 (
25. e5 fxe5 26. Nxe5 Bg8 27. Ne4 Nf5 $11) 25... Nc6 $11 {1-0 (45) Meijers,V 
(2512)-Korneev,O (2606) Istanbul 2003 CBM 128 [Bojkov]}) 16... Ng6 $11 17. Rad1
Ne5 18. a3 (18. h3 h4) 18... g6 {[%cal Gf8g7]} 19. Nde2 ({Generally speaking,
Black is not afraid of the advance of the f-pawn, as the e4 one becomes
vulnerable:} 19. g3 Bg7 (19... h4 $5) 20. h3 Rhe8 21. f4 Nd7 $132 {[%csl Re4]
[%cal Gd7c5]}) 19... Rxd2 20. Rxd2 Bg7 21. Nf4 Re8 (21... Rd8 22. Nfd5 {
[%csl Rd8][%cal Rd5e7]}) 22. Nfd5 Nd7 ({Another appealing idea is the standard
break} 22... f5 23. exf5 gxf5 {but for the time being I decided to avoid any
weaknesses.}) 23. Bf4 c6 (23... Ne5 $5 $11) 24. Ne3 ({Eduardas spent a lot of
time on the tricky} 24. Nc7 Rd8 25. Na8 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Gc3a4,Ga8b6] but after
} b5 {White has nothing better than} 26. Bc7 Re8 27. Nb6+ Nxb6 28. Bxb6 $11)
24... b5 ({But not} 24... Ne5 {when White can show activity with} 25. Na4 Kc7
26. Nc5 Bf8 $6 27. Bxe5+ fxe5 28. Rd7+) 25. Bd6 (25. Rd6 Re6 $11) 25... Nf8 $1
{[%cal Gf8e6,Gg7h6] The knight is transferred to a better position. My
opponent confessed after the game that he was worried about the situation
already. However, as the rules of the tournament did not allow draws before
the 30th move, he needed to keep on playing.} 26. Bb4 Ne6 27. Ne2 ({White
cannot go for the pawn:} 27. Rd6 Bf8 28. Rxc6+ $2 Kb7 $17 {[%csl Rc6][%cal
Rb7c6]}) 27... Bh6 {I became ambitious in the subsequent time trouble, and
decided to try my chances:} (27... Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Kxd8 $11) 28. g3 Ng5 {[%csl
Yd2,Ye3][%cal Rg5h3] Suddenly, there are direct threats!} 29. Nf4 $1 {The best
move from a practical point of view.} (29. h4 $2 {is bad:} Nh3+ 30. Kg2 Bxe3
31. Rd6 Re6 32. Kxh3 c5 $1 33. Rxe6 Bxe6+ $19 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Re6h3]}) ({
However, the move} 29. Rd6 {might lead to a complete mess:} Nh3+ (29... Re6 $11
{is safer}) 30. Kg2 Bxe3 31. Rxc6+ Kb7 32. Rxf6 {everything is hanging and I
had completely no idea what was going on:} Be6 33. Rxg6 (33. Rxe6 Rxe6 34. Kxh3
$13) 33... Bc8 34. Nc3 {White has three pawns for the piece, and active pieces.
Logic says he should be better.} Nf2 35. g4 (35. Nd5 Bh3+ 36. Kg1 Nd1+ 37. Nxe3
Nxe3 38. Rh6 Nxc2 39. Bc3 Rd8 40. Rxh5 Rd1+ 41. Kf2 Rf1+ 42. Ke2 Bg2 43. f4)
35... hxg4 36. Rg7+ Kc6 37. Nd5 gxf3+ 38. Kxf3 Bg4+ 39. Kxe3 Rxe4+ 40. Kxf2
Kxd5 $14) 29... Ne6 {And not the best reaction for the time trouble. I needed
to complete my idea with:} (29... f5 $1 {after which the position is
completely balanced and the draw is the most likely outcome:} 30. Rd6 (30. Ba5
fxe4 31. Rd6 exf3 32. Rxc6+ Kb8 33. Rxa6 c3 $5 34. bxc3 (34. Bxc3 $6 Kb7 $1 {
[%csl Ra6]} 35. Rf6 (35. Ra5 $2 Ne4+ 36. Kxf3 Nxc3 37. bxc3 Kb6 $19 {[%csl Ra5]
}) 35... Ne4+ 36. Kxf3 Nxf6 $17) 34... Ne4+ 35. Kxf3 Ng5+ 36. Kf2 Nh3+ 37. Kf3
$11 {White is losing after:} (37. Nxh3 Bxe3+ 38. Kg2 Bd5+ 39. Kf1 Bc4+ 40. Kg2
b4 $1 $19)) 30... fxe4 31. Rxc6+ Kb7 32. Rd6 exf3 33. Rd7+ Kc8 (33... Kc6 34.
Rd6+ Kb7 $11 (34... Kc7 35. Ned5+ Kc8 36. Rc6+ Kb7 37. Rc7+ Kb8)) 34. Ra7 Bg7 (
34... h4 $5) 35. c3 (35. Rxa6 Bxb2) 35... Kb8 36. Rxa6 Kb7 37. Ra5 Re5 $11) 30.
Nxe6 Bxe6 31. f4 (31. Rd6 $5 Kc7 32. f4 a5 33. Bc5 Bf8 $140 $2 (33... Bg7 $142)
34. Rxe6 Rxe6 35. Bxf8 Rxe4 36. f5 $1 $16) 31... Rd8 32. Rxd8+ Kxd8 33. c3 {
[%csl Ra6,Rc6][%cal Gb4c5,Ye3c2,Yc2b4] Suddenly, Black has some problems to
solve. White wants to place his bishop on c5 and bring the knight on b4 to
attack the c6- and a6-pawns. The position is still holdable, but further
mistakes in the time trouble had bad consequences...} Kd7 34. Nc2 h4 (34... Bg4
{was a better idea, intending to meet White's plan with} 35. Bc5 a5 36. a4 Bd1
$1) 35. Bc5 a5 36. a4 $1 {[%csl Ya5,Yb5,Yc6][%cal Gc2a3] Rozentalis uses all
his chances. He now wants to break my pawns and make them targets.} hxg3+ 37.
hxg3 Kc7 $6 ({The computer suggests the simple pawn grab. I was however,
frightened by the possible march of the white king towards the a-pawns:} 37...
bxa4 38. Ke2 {[%csl Ya4,Ya5][%cal Ge2d2,Gd2c1,Gc1b1,Gb1a2,Ga2a3,Ga3a4] Still,
there is a solution:} f5 $1 39. e5 Bd5 40. Nd4 (40. Ne3 Ke6 41. Kd2 g5 $1)
40... Be4 $11 {[%csl Rb1][%cal Ye4b1]}) 38. Nd4 Bd7 39. Kf3 f5 $2 {The
intended blockade does not work, and the defended passed pawn now decides the
outcome.} ({It is dubious that Black can survive the endgame after} 39... g5
40. Be7 g4+ 41. Ke3 Bg7 42. Nf5 (42. Bc5 $5) 42... Bxf5 43. exf5 {[%cal Ge3d4,
Gd4c5]} Kd7 44. Bc5 Kc7 45. Kd4) ({However, speculating with the possible
opposite coloured bishop endgames could still save Black, for example:} 39...
Bg7 40. g4 f5 $1 41. gxf5 (41. exf5 Bxd4 42. Bxd4 gxf5 43. g5 Be8 $11 {[%csl
Ga4][%cal Gc7d6,Gd6d5,Gb5a4]}) 41... Bxd4 42. Bxd4 gxf5 43. e5 Be6 $11) 40. e5
Bg7 41. Kg2 $1 $18 {[%csl Yg6][%cal Gg2h3,Gh3h4,Gh4g5,Yg5g6]} Bh6 42. Kh3 Kb7
43. Kh4 Ka6 44. Bd6 Kb7 45. Bc5 Ka6 46. e6 Be8 47. e7 $6 {We both got tired at
the end of he game. This move complicates the win. The pawn on e6 was
controlling important squares.} ({One winning plan is} 47. Nc2 $5 Kb7 48. Bd6
Kc8 49. Ne3 Kd8 50. axb5 cxb5 51. Nd5 {[%cal Rd5f6,Re6e7]}) ({Another good
idea is to bring the knight to f7 instead, which will crack Black's defence.} 
47. Nf3 $1 Kb7 48. Ng5 Bg7 (48... Bxg5+ 49. Kxg5 Kc8 50. Kf6 Kd8 51. Bb6+ Kc8
52. Ke7 $18 {[%csl Ye8][%cal Re7e8]}) 49. Be7 (49. Nf7 Bf6+) 49... Kc7 50. Nf7
$18 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gh4g5,Gg5g6]}) 47... Kb7 48. Nf3 (48. Ne6 $1 {[%csl Rf6]
[%cal Ge6f8,Gf8h7,Gh7f6]} Kc8 49. Nf8 Kc7 50. Nh7 Bg7 (50... Kc8 51. Nf6 {
[%csl Re8,Rf6][%cal Rf6e8]}) 51. Kg5 Kd7 52. Nf8+ Kc8 53. Nxg6) 48... Kc7 49.
Ne5 g5+ {I knew that the position was lost anyway, and played this desperate
move. Alas, the alternatives do not save me either:} (49... Kb7 50. Nf3 Kc8 51.
Nd4 $18 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gd4e6,Ge6f8,Gf8h7,Gh7f6] would lead to the idea from
above.}) (49... Bg7 50. Kg5 Bxe5 51. fxe5 Kd7 52. Kf6 g5 53. e6+ Kc7 54. Kg7
$18 {[%cal Rg7f8]}) ({Probably the most cunning is} 49... Kc8 50. Bb6 Bg7 51.
Kg5 Bxe5 52. fxe5 Kd7 53. Kf6 g5 54. g4 $1 (54. e6+ Kd6 55. Kxf5 g4 $1 {
and it is not certain if White wins at all.}) 54... fxg4 55. Bc5 Bh5 56. e6+
Kc7 57. Kg7 $18) 50. fxg5 Bg7 51. Nf3 Kd7 52. Bd4 $1 {Once the bishop is
exchanged the game is over.} Bxd4 53. Nxd4 Kxe7 54. Nxf5+ Kf8 55. Nd6 Bd7 56.
g6 Ke7 57. g7 Be6 58. Nf5+ Kf6 59. g4 bxa4 60. Kh5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-17 Final A"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1966.11.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1966.11.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

{Inf.2/235} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7.
Nxd4 c5 8. Nb3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd6 (9... Bd7 10. Bf4 $1 O-O-O 11. Nc3 $16) 10. Na5
$1 b5 (10... Bg4 $2 11. f3 O-O-O $4 12. e5 {1-0 Hort-Zheljandinov,Havanna 1967}
) 11. c4 $1 Ne7 (11... b4 $6 12. Nd2 Kf7 13. Ndb3 f5 14. exf5 Nf6 15. Be3 Ng4
16. Bxc5 Bxh2+ 17. Kf1 Be5 18. f3 $16 {Peshina-Romanischin, URS 1968}) 12. Be3
$16 f5 $5 (12... Rb8 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Rac1 Kf7 15. Ndb3 Rhd8 16. cxb5 axb5 17.
Nxc5 $16 {Lukin-Kaminski,URS 1970}) (12... Kf7 13. Nc3 Rb8 14. e5 $1 Bxe5 (
14... fxe5 15. Ne4 $16) 15. Bxc5 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Ng6 17. Nc6 $16 {
Dvoretsky-Ivanov,Moscow 1972}) 13. Nc3 f4 14. e5 $1 Bxe5 $6 (14... fxe3 15.
exd6 exf2+ 16. Kxf2 O-O+ 17. Kg1 cxd6 18. Rxd6 Bf5 19. Re1 $14) 15. Bxc5 Bxc3
16. bxc3 Ng6 17. Nc6 Be6 $6 (17... Bd7) 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Na7 $16 Rb8 20. Rdb1
Kf7 21. Nxb5 Rhd8 22. Rb4 Bxa2 23. Nxc7 Rbc8 (23... Rxb4 24. cxb4 Rd2 25. b5
$18) 24. h4 $1 Rd2 25. Bb6 f3 $6 (25... h5 $5 $16) 26. Be3 $18 Re2 27. Nb5 Ra8
28. h5 Ne5 29. Rf4+ Ke7 30. Rd1 Rc8 31. Re4 Kf6 32. Rd6+ Kf5 33. Rf4+ Kg5 34.
Rxf3+ 1-0

[Event "Vienna m"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "2015.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ragger, Markus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2015.08.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 {Spanische
Abtauschvariante, die Dritte. Mamedyarov sieht in der fünften Partie keinen
Grund abzuweichen, probiert aber an dieser Stelle das dritte Abspiel.} 6. Re1 {
Erneut gibt es keine Großmeisterpartien zu diesem Zug.} c5 7. c3 Ne7 ({
Eine mögliche Zugwiederholgung wäre} 7... Qd3 8. Re3 Qd8 9. Re1 Qd3 10. Re3
Qd8 {Weiß kann kaum mit} 11. d4 {weiterspielen.} cxd4 12. cxd4 exd4 13. Qxd4 (
13. Nxd4 $2 c5 $17) 13... Qxd4 14. Nxd4 {mit schwarzem Läuferpaar ohne
Strukturdefekte.}) 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bg4 10. Nbd2 exd4 (10... Qxd4 11. Nxd4
Bxd1 12. Ne6 Kf7 13. Nxc7 Rc8 14. Rxd1 Rxc7 {mit Ausgleich war möglich.}) 11.
Qb3 b6 $5 {Interessant, aber auch gefährlich. Eine Alternative ist} (11... c5
12. h3 (12. Qxb7 Qb8 13. Qxb8+ Rxb8 14. b3 Kf7 $11) 12... Bxf3 13. Qxf3 {
ist auch ok für Schwarz. Zum Beispiel} Qb6 14. e5 O-O-O 15. Nc4 Qe6) ({
Die Engines schlagen auch} 11... Bc8 {vor, mit ausgeglichener Bewertung.}) 12.
e5 Bxf3 (12... f5) 13. Nxf3 Qd5 14. Qa4+ b5 15. Qa5 (15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. Nxd4
fxe5 17. Rxe5 O-O-O 18. Be3 Nd5 19. Bg5 Nf6 $11) 15... c5 16. a4 b4 17. Bf4 f5
18. e6 Ng6 19. Rac1 $2 {Hier passiert Mamedyarov der erst gröbere Fehler im
Match.} ({Stattdessen sofort} 19. e7 Bxe7 20. Bg5 {führt zu unklaren
Verwicklungen.}) 19... Nxf4 20. e7 $2 {Hier bricht Mamedyarov wüste taktische
Verwicklungen vom Zaun. Aber jetzt kommt dieser Zug zu spät. Notwendig war} (
20. Qc7 Be7 21. Qxf4 O-O $17 {mit schwarzem Vorteil, aber Weiß kann noch
kämpfen.}) 20... Bxe7 21. Rxc5 Qd8 (21... Qd6 {war auch möglich.}) 22. Rxe7+
Qxe7 $1 ({Nach} 22... Kxe7 23. Rc7+ Kf8 24. Qc5+ Kg8 25. Ng5 Nd5 26. Ne6 Qxc7
27. Nxc7 Nxc7 28. Qc4+ Kf8 29. Qxc7 {und es ist schwer für Schwarz seine
Türme zu koordinieren.}) 23. Re5 Ne6 24. Qd5 {Darauf hatte sich Mamedyarov
wohl verlassen. Die weißen Drohungen sehen furchterregend aus, aber Ragger
hat alles richtig berechnet.} O-O 25. Rxe6 Rad8 26. Qb3 Qb7 $1 {Es gibt keine
gefährliches Abzugsschach. Ragger kann je nachdem auf d5 oder f7 die Dame
dazwischen stellen. Mit einer Qualität weniger gibt Mamedyarov auf. Ragger
verkürzt mit seinem ersten Sieg auf 2:3 und hat in der letzten Partie mit
Weiß noch die Chance auszugleichen.} 0-1

[Event "Vienna m"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "2015.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ragger, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.08.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. e5 {In der
dritten Partie folgen beide Spieler bis hierher der ersten Partie. Mamedyarov
weicht als erster ab und spielt einen Zug der auf Großmeisterebene noch nicht
vorkam. In der ersten Partie folgte} (7. Nxd4) 7... Bg4 ({Eine Alternative ist
der Versuch mit} 7... c5 {den Bauern festzuhalten.} 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. Re1+ Be7
10. Qe2 (10. c3 $5) 10... Bg4 11. Bg5 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 O-O 13. Qxb7 h6 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Nd2 Rb8 16. Qxa6 Rxb2 17. Qc4+ Kh8 18. Qxc5 d3 19. Ne4 Rxc2 20. Qa3
Bb2 21. Qb4 d2 {0-1 (21) Sougakis,A (1986)-Skembris,S (2443) Kavala 2003}) ({
Möglich ist auch} 7... fxe5 {mit der möglichen Zugfolge} 8. Re1 Nf6 9. Rxe5+
(9. Nxe5) 9... Be7 10. Qe2 Bg4) 8. Re1 Ne7 (8... Kf7 {ist nicht zu empfehlen.}
9. Ng5+ fxg5 10. Qxg4 {mit klarem Vorteil.} Be7 11. Nd2 Qd5 12. Nf3 Nh6 13.
Nxg5+ Kg6 14. Qe6+ Qxe6 15. Nxe6 Kf7 16. Nxd4 Rhe8 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Rad1 Rad8
19. Kf1 Bc5 20. Nf3 Ke6 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. g3 Rf8 23. Kg2 Rf5 24. Re2 h5 25. Ne1
Bd4 26. Nd3 a5 27. c3 Ba7 28. f4 b5 29. Kf3 c5 30. Ke4 c4 31. Ne1 {1-0 (31)
Brooks,M (2481)-Fernandez,J (2090) Stillwater 2007}) 9. exf6 gxf6 10. Nbd2 Qd5
11. Ne4 O-O-O (11... Bg7 12. Qxd4 (12. Bh6 O-O 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qxd4 Bxf3 15.
Qb4 $13) 12... Bxf3 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Qxf6 O-O-O 15. Qxf3 Qxf3 16. gxf3 Nf5
$11) 12. Nxf6 Bxf3 13. Nxd5 Bxd1 14. Nxe7+ Bxe7 15. Rxe7 Rhe8 (15... Bxc2 16.
Bf4 Rd7 17. Rxd7 Kxd7 18. Be5 {führt zur gleichen Struktur wie in der Partie.}
) 16. Rxe8 Rxe8 17. Be3 {Hier hat Schwarz nun die Qual der Wahl zwischen
verschiedenen Endspielen.} Bxc2 ({Im Turmendspiel nach} 17... dxe3 18. Rxd1
exf2+ (18... e2 19. Re1 Rd8 20. f4 Rd2 21. Kf2 Rxc2 22. Rxe2 $16) 19. Kxf2 {
spielt Weiß praktisch mit einem Mehrbauern, da die schwarze Mehrheit am
Damenflügel entwertet ist. Zudem hat er eine klaren Plan. Erschwerend für
Schwarz ist, dass der König vom Königsflügel abgeschnitten ist. Ein
Brückenbau mit} Re6 {scheint nicht zu funktionieren.} 20. g4 Rd6 21. Rxd6 cxd6
22. Kg3 Kd7 23. Kf4 Ke6 24. Kg5 Kf7 25. Kh6 Kg8 26. g5 d5 27. b4 b6 28. g6 hxg6
29. Kxg6 $18) 18. Bxd4 Rd8 19. Be3 Rd1+ {Ragger entscheidet sich für das
Endspiel mit ungleichen Läufern. Der Ausgang der Partie hängt davon ab ob es
gelingt am Königsflügel die 3:1 Bauernmehrheit von Weiß zu blockieren. In
der Partie gelingt das nicht. Die Alternative war die Türme am Brett zu
lassen. Das sollte am weißen Vorteil nichts ändern, aber vielleicht hat
Schwarz mehr Möglichkeiten auf Gegenspiel.} 20. Rxd1 Bxd1 21. f3 (21. h3 $5
Kd7 22. g4 a5 23. Kg2 a4 24. a3 b5 25. Kg3) 21... Kd7 22. Kf2 a5 (22... h5 {
ist die Alternative.} 23. Kg3 (23. h3 $1 Bc2 24. g4 hxg4 25. hxg4 $1 ({Nach} 
25. fxg4 {gibt es Remisstellungen, wie in der Variante mit 23.Kg3 beispielhaft
ersichtlich ist.}) 25... Ke6 26. f4 Bb1 27. a3 Bc2 28. f5+ Ke5 29. Kg3 c5 (
29... Ke4 30. Bf4 a5 31. Bxc7 a4 32. f6 Bb3 33. Kh4 $18) 30. Bf4+ Ke4 31. Bxc7
Bb3 32. f6 Be6 33. Kh4 Kf3 34. Kg5 $18) 23... Be2 $1 (23... Bc2 $2 {zu passiv.}
24. Kh4 Bg6 25. g4 hxg4 26. fxg4 Bf7 (26... Bb1 27. a3 Ke6 28. Kh5 Kf7 29. Kh6
a5 30. h4 Be4 31. h5 a4 32. g5 b5 33. g6+ Kg8 34. Kg5 $18) 27. Kg5 Ke7 (27...
Bxa2 $2 28. Kf6 $1 $18) 28. a3) 24. Kh4 Bf1 25. g4 hxg4 26. fxg4 {Hier bleiben
Weiß nur der g und h Bauer übrig. Schwarz hat gute Chancen eine theoretisch
bekannt Remisposition zu erreichen.} Be2 27. Kg5 Ke6 28. Bf4 Kf7 29. Bxc7 Kg7
30. h4 c5 31. Bb6 c4 32. Bd4+ Kf7 33. h5 (33. Kf5 b5 34. h5 b4 35. h6 Bd3+)
33... b5 34. Kh4 Bf3 35. g5 Ke6 36. g6 Kf5 $1 {und es geht für Weiß nicht
weiter.}) 23. g4 a4 24. a3 Ke6 25. Kg3 b5 26. h4 $6 ({Nach} 26. Bh6 {mit der
Idee die Variante mit 27.- h5 zu verhindern bekommt Schwarz Gegenspiel am
Damenflügel.} c5 27. f4 b4 28. f5+ Kd5) (26. f4 $1 h5 27. f5+ Ke5 28. Bf4+ (
28. h3 $1 Ke4 (28... hxg4 29. hxg4 Ke4 30. Bg1) 29. Bg1 Ke5 30. Kh4 hxg4 31.
hxg4 Kd6 32. Kg5 {sollte gewinnen.}) 28... Ke4 29. h3 (29. f6 Bb3 30. g5 Bf7 {
mit einer erfolgreichen Blockade.}) 29... hxg4 ({Nach dem verlockenden
Figurengewinn} 29... h4+ 30. Kxh4 Kxf4 31. f6 Bb3 32. Kh5 c5 33. g5 Kf5 34. h4
{sind die weißen Bauern stärker als die schwarze Figur.}) 30. hxg4 c5 31.
Bxc7 b4 32. f6 Bb3 33. Bd6 bxa3 34. bxa3 Be6 35. Kh4 Kf3 36. Bxc5 (36. g5 Bf7
37. Bxc5 Kf4 {nebst Blockade und Remisstellung.}) 36... Bf7 37. Kg5 Be6 38. Kg6
Kxg4 39. f7 Bxf7+ 40. Kxf7 Kf5 {Schwarz rettet sich in das Endspiel Randbauer
und Läufer von der falschen Farbe. Er muss nur in das Eckfeld a8 gelangen.
Das gelingt leicht, das Weiß irgendwann den Bauern a4 schlagen muss, will er
weiterkommen.}) 26... Be2 ({Auch mit} 26... Kd5 {kann Schwarz seine Mehrheit
nicht mobilisieren.} 27. h5 c5 28. Bd2) ({Eine interessante Verteidigung ist
laut Eva Moser} 26... h5 $1 {wonach nicht ersichtlich ist wie Weiß
weiterkommt. Weiß hätte diese Variante allerdings mit 26.f4! umgehen können.
} 27. gxh5 $1 {ist der kritische Zug.} (27. g5 Bc2 $11) (27. Kf4 Kf6 (27...
hxg4 $1 28. fxg4 (28. Kxg4 Bc2 $11) 28... Be2 29. h5 Bd1 30. Kg5 Kf7 31. Kh4
Be2 32. g5 Ke6 33. g6 Kf5 $11) 28. Bd4+ (28. gxh5 $1 Be2 29. Bd4+ Kf7 30. h6
Bd3 (30... Kg6 31. Bg7 Bd1 32. Ke4 Bc2+ 33. Kd4 Bd1 34. f4 Bc2 35. Ke5 Bd3 36.
Bf8 Bc2 37. f5+ Kh7 38. Ke6 $18) 31. Kg5 Bh7 32. f4 Ke7 33. Be3 Kf7 34. f5 Ke7
35. Bf4 Kf7 36. Bxc7 Ke7 37. Bb6 Kf7 38. Bc5 Bg8 39. Kf4 Bh7 40. Ke5 Bg8 41.
Kd6 Bh7 42. Kxc6 Bxf5 43. Kxb5 Bc2) 28... Kg6 29. Be5 Be2 30. Bxc7 Bd1) 27...
Kf5 $1 (27... Kf7 {mit der Idee den Läufer nach h7 zu bringen und passiv
zwischen g8 und h7 zu pendeln funktioniert nicht.} 28. Kg4 Be2 29. h6 Bd3 30.
Kg5 Bh7 31. f4 Bg8 32. f5 Bh7 33. h5 Bg8 34. Bd4 Bh7 35. Be5 Bg8 36. Bxc7 Bh7
37. Bd6 Bg8 38. Kf4 Bh7 39. Ke5 Bg8 40. Bc5 Bh7 41. Bd4 Bg8 42. Kd6 Bh7 43.
Kxc6 Bxf5 44. Kxb5 $18) 28. h6 (28. Bc5 Bc2 29. Bf8 Bb1 30. h6 Kf6 31. Kf4 Kf7)
28... Kg6 29. h5+ Kh7 30. f4 (30. Bg5 c5 31. f4 b4 $11) 30... Kxh6 31. Kh4 Be2
32. f5+ Kg7 33. Kg5 Kh7 34. h6 Bf3 35. Kf6 Bg4 36. Ke5 Bd1 {könnte der
schmale Pfad zum Remis sein.}) 27. h5 $1 {Mamedyarov will den Bauern nach h6
bringen und dann mit g6 durchbrechen.} Bd3 28. f4 Be2 29. f5+ Kf7 ({Das aktive
} 29... Ke5 {löst die schwarzen Probleme auch nicht.} 30. Bf4+ Kd5 (30... Ke4
31. f6 Bc4 32. g5 Kf5 33. g6 hxg6 34. h6) 31. Bxc7 c5 32. Kf4 Kc6 (32... b4 33.
h6 $18) 33. Be5 Kd5 34. Bc3 $18) 30. h6 Kg8 31. Kf4 {Weiß steht bereits auf
Gewinn.} Bd3 32. g5 Kf7 33. Bd4 Kg8 34. Ke5 Kf7 35. Bc5 ({Hübsch gewinnt auch
} 35. g6+ hxg6 36. h7 Kg7 37. f6+ Kxh7 38. f7 Kg7 39. Ke6+ $18) 35... Bc4 36.
g6+ $1 Kg8 37. Kf6 ({Natürlich nicht} 37. g7 {mit schwarzer Festung.}) 37...
Bd3 38. Ke6 hxg6 39. f6 Bc4+ 40. Ke7 g5 41. f7+ Bxf7 42. h7+ ({Nach} 42. h7+
Kxh7 43. Kxf7 g4 44. Ke6 {stürzt sich Weiß einfach auf den schwarzen
Damenflügel und gewinnt leicht.}) 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 9th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2011.02.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2011.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the ninth round. If I won, I would be tied with
Ivanchuk before the final round.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5.
O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. c3 {An interesting choice. I didn't remember much after
this move, but I knew it was the only chance to fight.} (7. dxe5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1
fxe5 9. Rd3 {is very safe for White, but doesn't offer many winning chances. I
actually played this position from the black side against Sergei Karjakin, and
drew, but I was suffering the whole game.} Bd6 10. Nbd2 Nf6 (10... b5 $5 {
is another, more complicated alternative.}) 11. Nc4 O-O 12. Nfxe5 Be2 13. Re3
Bxc4 14. Nxc4 Bc5 15. Re1 Rae8 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Rxe4 18. Rxe4 Nxe4 19. f3
Nd6 20. Ne3 {In this slightly worse position I successfully defended:} a5 21.
Rd1 Re8 22. Kf2 Re5 23. Rd4 Kf7 24. f4 Rh5 25. h3 Ke6 26. Kf3 b5 27. c3 a4 28.
Rd1 Rc5 29. a3 g5 30. g4 gxf4 31. Kxf4 Re5 32. h4 h5 33. gxh5 Rxh5 34. Rh1 c5
35. Rh3 Kf7 36. Kg4 Re5 37. h5 Kg7 38. Kf4 Re4+ 39. Kf3 Re5 40. h6+ Kh7 41. Kf4
Re4+ 42. Kg5 Nf7+ 43. Kf5 Nd6+ 44. Kf6 b4 45. cxb4 {1/2-1/2 Karjakin,S (2720)
-Caruana,F (2675)/Wijk aan Zee 2010/CBM 135}) 7... Qe7 $146 {An extremely rare
move. In fact, I could only find correspondence games where this move was
played! Despite this, it is a reasonable idea, and it's difficult to prove an
advantage.} 8. dxe5 $5 {A reasonable move, but I wasn't able to find the
correct follow-up. Black should be fine after this, but the alternatives don't
offer any advantage.} (8. Be3 {is natural, but offers no advantage:} exd4 9.
Qxd4 Bxf3 (9... Rd8 $6 10. Qa7 {is unpleasant for Black.}) 10. gxf3 Qe6 11. Nd2
Bd6 {, and White's damaged kingside gives Black sufficient counterchances.}) (
8. h3 Bh5 9. Re1 O-O-O 10. Nbd2 {was another variation I considered, but I
didn't see how to continue after a simple move like} Nh6) 8... fxe5 9. Re1 $6 {
Too slow. I wanted to continue Nbd2-f1-g3 in order to trade Black's
light-squared bishop, but it was more important to stop Black from playing ...
Bc5.} ({Strongest is} 9. Be3 $1 Nf6 10. Nbd2 O-O-O (10... Qe6 11. Qb3 {can't
be very promising for Black.}) 11. Qc2 {Now White just wants to attack with b4,
a4, b5. Black has to be very accurate.} h6 12. b4 Qe6 (12... Bh5 13. a4 Ng4 {
, and now I'm impressed with the seemingly very anti-positional} 14. b5 $1 Nxe3
15. fxe3 {, and White's attack is very strong.} Qc5 (15... a5 16. bxc6 b6 17.
Nc4 $16) 16. bxa6 bxa6 17. Rab1 $40 {The e3-pawn doesn't even matter, as Black
is close to getting mated.}) 13. a4 Nd7 {A good move; it is necessary to have
the e-pawn protected. Black is on the defensive here, but his position is
still solid.} 14. Rfb1 (14. b5 a5 {is o.k. for Black.}) 14... g5 {Many other
moves are possible as well.} 15. c4 (15. b5 {is again met by} a5) 15... c5 (
15... Bh5 $2 16. c5 {, with b5 to come, is unpleasant for Black.}) 16. bxc5 (
16. b5 a5 {shores up the queenside.}) 16... Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Bxc5 18. Qb2 Qc6 19.
Bxc5 Nxc5 20. Nxe5 Qxe4 21. Nf7 Nd3 22. Qb3 Rdf8 23. Nxh8 Rxf2 24. Qxb7+ Qxb7
25. Rxb7 Kxb7 26. Rd1 Rf8 {Finally, Black has a better endgame due to the
vulnerability of White's queenside pawns. This variation was hardly forced,
but in any case White seems unable to prove an advantage.}) 9... Nf6 10. Nbd2
O-O-O 11. Qe2 Qe6 {Black prepares ...BNc5. White already is playing for
equality.} 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nf1 Bc5 14. Ng3 Rhf8 {Now White is under pressure.
All of Black's pieces are aiming at the White king!} 15. Be3 {Trying to trade
off some pieces. A good idea; the only problem is that Black will gain control
over the d-file.} Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Rd2 18. Re2 Rfd8 {Here I spent a
lot of time deciding between 19.Qe3 and 19.Nf1. I really could have used the
time later. The funny thing is that both moves have pretty much the same value,
so it was a real waste of time!} 19. Qe3 ({I was worried about} 19. Nf1 Rd1 20.
Rxd1 Rxd1 {, but the computer shows that White is perfectly fine after} 21. Qf5
$1 {The position looks dangerous, but Black can't create threats with his rook
alone.}) 19... R2d3 $1 {Good play. Vassily is keeping the position as
complicated as possible. The queen creates threats from a7, but it is also in
danger of being trapped!} 20. Qa7 (20. Qg5 $6 g6 {, and White is really
suffering because Black dominates the d-file.}) 20... Qc4 $5 {Enterprising. I
had been expecting 20...Nd7, which is also a very challenging move.} (20... Nd7
21. a4 (21. Nf5 g6 22. Ne3 Nb6 23. a4 Rd2 24. Rxd2 Rxd2 25. a5 Nd7 {, and
White's pawns are dropping like flies.}) 21... Qc4 (21... c5 22. Nf5 g6 23. Ne3
c6 24. b4 {, and White has sufficient counterplay.}) (21... Qb3 22. Nf5 Rd1+
23. Re1 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 {is unclear.}) ({Black can consider} 21... g6 $5 22. Nf1
Qc4 {, with some pressure. The idea is to trade queens with ...Qc5, with a
better ending.}) 22. Nf5 Qc5 23. Qa8+ ({The ending after} 23. Qxc5 Nxc5 24.
Nxg7 Rd2 25. Rxd2 Rxd2 {is unpleasant, but White may be able to salvage a draw.
}) 23... Nb8 24. Nxg7 {The computer considers White's position fine, but from
a human point of view it seems very risky to play without a queen! However, I
was unable to prove an advantage for Black.} Rd2 25. Rae1 Rxe2 26. Rxe2 Rd1+
27. Kh2 {, and White will start counterplay with Nf5 and Re3-f3.}) 21. Re3 {
A reasonable move. The alternative 21.Nf5 would have led to unfathomable
complications. In my opinion it would be unnecessarily risky.} (21. Qa8+ $4 {
loses:} Kd7 22. Qxb7 Rxg3 23. Rd2+ Rd3 24. Qb3 Qxb3 25. Rxd3+ Ke7 $19) (21. Nf5
{was also possible. In the ensuing play Black seems to have the upper hand,
but it's highly complex.} g6 ({The greedy} 21... Rxh3 {is well met in a number
of ways. One such way is} 22. Ree1 Rhd3 23. Qa8+ Kd7 24. Qxb7 {, and Black can
only be worse.}) (21... Rd1+ 22. Re1 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Qe2 (23... Qxe4 24. Ng3 {
, with Qa8 to come, winning the b7-pawn.}) 24. Qa8+ Kd7 25. Qxb7 Nxe4 26. f3 $1
{, and Black's attack has been staved off.} (26. Rf1 $2 Rf8 {is, on the other
hand, losing for White.})) (21... Qb5 22. c4 Qb4 23. Nxg7 Rd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rxd1+
25. Kh2 Qxc4 26. Qa8+ Kd7 27. Re3 {, and White is fine.} ({Or} 27. Qf8 {
, which always seems to end in a draw.})) 22. Ne3 Qb5 23. Ree1 {A clever move.
The idea is simply to prepare Rad1. The b2-pawn is obviously taboo due to Rab1.
} Nd7 ({Not} 23... Nxe4 $2 24. Ng4 {, and the tables have turned dramatically!}
) (23... Rd2 24. Rad1 Nxe4 (24... Rxd1 $4 {is of course impossible because of}
25. Qa8+ Kd7 26. Rxd1+ Nd5 27. Qa7 $18) 25. Ng4 (25. Rxd2 Nxd2 26. Ng4 {
is an attempt to play for a win.}) 25... Rxd1 26. Qa8+ Kd7 27. Rxd1+ Nd6 28.
Nf6+ Ke7 29. Ng8+ {, with a draw by perpetual check.}) ({The endgame arising
after} 23... Qb6 24. Qxb6 cxb6 25. Nc4 {is not worse for White.}) 24. a4 {
Black was threatening ...Nb6, so White's hand is forced.} Qb6 (24... Qb3 {
is met by} 25. Ra3 {, which can only help White.} Qxb2 $2 26. Nc4 Qc2 27. Na5
$40) (24... Qc5 25. Qa8+ $5 {The endgame after 25.Qxc5 Nxc5 26.Nc4 is probably
about equal.} Nb8 26. b4 $5 Qxc3 27. b5 {, with complex play.}) 25. Qa8+ (25.
Qxb6 cxb6 26. f3 Kc7 27. Kf2 Nc5 {looks like an uncomfortable ending.}) 25...
Nb8 {, and in this strange position I believe Black is better. The computer
suggests great moves like 26.Rf1!? and evaluates the position as nearly equal,
but with the queen stuck on a8 I would feel very uncomfortable. However, if
White gets b4-b5 in at an opportune moment he might obtain sufficient
counterplay.}) 21... Rxe3 22. Qxe3 g6 $1 {Very impressive, patient play. I had
overlooked this possibility. Black just takes the f5-square away from White's
knight, and White doesn't have a single useful move!} 23. Qa7 ({Perhaps White
should have tried} 23. Qg5 $5 Qe6 (23... Nd7 {met by} 24. Qe7 {, with some
counterplay.}) 24. Re1 Nd7 25. b3 Nc5 26. Nf1 {, and White seems to be holding
on.}) 23... Nd7 24. Qe3 {I have to go back, as otherwise my queen will be
trapped!} (24. Rd1 $6 Rf8 {, and due to the dual threats of ...Nb6 and ...Qxa2
White is in serious trouble.}) 24... Qb5 $1 {Another nice move.} (24... Nc5 $5
25. b3 Qb5 {was also possible.} 26. Qh6 (26. a4 Qb6) ({After a move like} 26.
Rc1 $5 {Black is certainly better, but White should be able to defend.}) 26...
Nd3 27. Qxh7 Qc5 28. Rf1 Nf4 {, and Black has a strong initiative.}) 25. b3 Qc5
{After provoking b3, Black offers a trade of queens.} 26. Qd3 {Avoiding the
trade. Probably a correct decision.} (26. Nf1 Qxe3 27. Nxe3 Nc5 28. f3 Rd3 29.
Nc4 Rxc3 30. Nxe5 Rc2 {I saw this positon during the game, and didn't like it.
Black's pieces are dominating, and next he will play ...Ne6-d4/f4, and then
start with ...c5, ...b5 and ...c4, creating a passed pawn. I didn't see any
way to get counterplay.}) 26... Nf8 {Black sets his eyes on the f4-square.} 27.
Qc2 Ne6 28. Nf1 $4 {The culmination of an unpleasant defence. I was low on
time, got nervous and just played the first move that came to mind.} ({I first
thought about, then saw} 28. Ne2 Qd6 $1 {is very strong. White can't stop ...
Qd2. That's when I realised how useful the knight would be on e3......} (28...
Nd4 29. Nxd4 exd4 30. c4 Qe5 31. Qd3 c5 {is also pretty good for Black.})) (28.
Rc1 $1 Nf4 29. Nf1 {would have been a tough defence. Black is of course
clearly better, but White should hold.}) 28... Nd4 $19 {And that's it. I lose
a pawn and have all the old positional problems to worry about too.} 29. Qd1 (
29. Qb2 Qxc3 30. Qxc3 Ne2+ 31. Kh2 Nxc3 $19) 29... Qxc3 {The rest requires no
comments.} 30. Rb1 h5 31. Ne3 b5 32. Qf1 Qd2 33. a3 Rf8 34. Rd1 Qb2 35. b4 Ne2+
36. Kh2 Nc3 37. Rc1 Rxf2 38. Qe1 Rd2 39. Qf1 Kb7 40. a4 Rf2 41. Qe1 Nxa4 0-1

[Event "Riga zt"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rausis, Igors"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 (
7... Bd6 $5 8. Be3 Ne7 9. Qh5+ Ng6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. Qxf5 Qe7 13.
Rad1 Rad8 $10 {Romero Holmes,A/Razuvaev,Y/Palma de Mallorca/1991/0:1/41/}) 8.
Ne2 $5 (8. Nb3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bg4 10. f3 Bd7 (10... Be6 11. Be3 b6 12. a4 c4 $5 (
12... Ne7 $5) (12... Kf7 $5) 13. Nd4 O-O-O 14. Nc3 Bf7 15. a5 b5 16. Ndxb5 $5 (
16. Kf2 $5) 16... Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 axb5 18. Nxb5 Be7 $8 19. a6 Be8 20. a7 Bc6 21.
Ra1 Ba8 $13 {Malisauskas,V-Yandemirov,V/Katowice/1993/0,5/28/}) 11. Bf4 O-O-O
12. Nc3 c4 13. Na5 (13. Nd4 $5) 13... Bc5+ 14. Kf1 b5 15. Nd5 c6 (15... Ne7 $5)
16. b4 Ba7 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Ne7 $13 {Seirawan,J-Karpov,A/Monaco/1993/})
8... Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bg4 $5 {N/} (9... Bd7 10. Nbc3 O-O-O 11. Be3 b6 (11... Bd6
12. Bf4 Be6 13. Bxd6 Rxd6 $14) 12. Rd2 Re8 13. Rad1 Bc6 14. Nf4 Bd6 (14... Nh6
$5 {/\Nf7-e5=/}) 15. Nfd5 $5 {Glek,I-Kharitonov,A/Moscow/1992/1:0/52/}) 10. f3
Bd7 11. Nbc3 O-O-O 12. Be3 Bd6 (12... b6 $5) 13. Bf4 $1 Bxf4 $6 (13... Be6 $5
14. Bxd6 Rxd6 15. Rxd6 cxd6 $14) 14. Nxf4 Ne7 15. Rd2 Ng6 (15... Rde8 16. Rad1
Bc6 17. Ne6) 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Rad1 Be6 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Kf2 (
20. h4 $1) 20... g5 21. Ke3 Ke7 22. g3 $16 b5 23. a3 Kd6 24. h4 gxh4 25. gxh4
b4 (25... g5 $5 26. hxg5 (26. h5 Ke7 {/\Bf7,Kf8/}) 26... fxg5 {/\b4,a5,c4/})
26. Ne2 Bf7 $6 (26... a5 27. Ng3 g6) 27. f4 Kc6 (27... a5 $5) 28. Ng3 Kb5 $6 (
28... g6 $5) 29. Nf5 g6 30. Nh6 Be8 (30... Be6 31. f5 gxf5 32. exf5 Bd7 33. Kf4
{/\Ng4+-/}) 31. Ng8 $18 bxa3 32. bxa3 f5 33. Nf6 Bf7 34. exf5 gxf5 35. h5 Ka4 (
35... Bxh5 36. Nxh5 Ka4 37. Kd3 Kxa3 38. Kc3 a5 39. Ng7 $18) 36. h6 Bg6 37. Nd7
{/\Nf8/} (37. Nd7 Bh7 38. Nxc5+ Kxa3 39. Nxa6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.04.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. dxe5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 fxe5 (8... Bxf3 9. gxf3 fxe5 10. f4 (10. Be3) 10... Nf6) 9. Rd3 {Fischer}
Bd6 10. Nbd2 Nf6 11. b3 $5 (11. Nc4 {Fischer,R-Spassky,B (16)/Wch Reykjavik/
1972/}) 11... O-O-O 12. Bb2 Bxf3 $2 (12... Rhe8) 13. Nxf3 Nxe4 14. Re3 $1 Nf6
15. Nxe5 Rhe8 16. h3 $2 (16. g3 $142 {/\f4}) 16... Nd5 17. Re4 Re6 18. Rae1
Rde8 19. a3 {><b4: Nd5-b4, Bd6-b4.} Nf6 20. R4e3 Nd5 21. Re4 Nf6 22. R4e3 Nd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "BL2-West 9394"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Seitaj, Ilir"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saarbruecken"]
[BlackTeam "Gelsenkirchen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Ne2 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd7 10. Nbc3 O-O-O 11. Bf4 Ne7 12. Bg3 (12. Rd2 Ng6 13. Bg3
Ne5 14. Bxe5 fxe5 15. Rad1 c4 16. Kf1 Bc5 17. Ng1 {Fischer-Spassky/S.
Stefan-Beograd m/27/1992} Rhf8 $1 {/\Rf7,Rdf8-/+ Balashov}) 12... Nc6 13. Nd5
Ne5 14. b3 Bd6 $1 15. c4 (15. Nb6+ $6 cxb6 16. Rxd6 Bc6 17. Bxe5 fxe5 18. Rxd8+
Rxd8 19. Nc3 Rd2 20. Rc1 b5 $15) 15... Be6 16. Nec3 {N} (16. f3 Rhe8 $6 (16...
c6 17. Nef4 $1 Bf7 18. Ne3 {+/= van der Wiel} g6 $10) (16... Bf7 $5 {Nikolic,Pr
} 17. Nec3 (17. a4 $5 b6 18. Nec3) 17... c6 18. Nb6+ Kc7 19. Nca4 g5 $13) (
16... b5 $5) 17. Nec3 c6 18. Nb6+ Kc7 19. Nca4 g5 20. Rd2 Be7 $1 21. Rad1 Rxd2
22. Rxd2 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Kxd8 24. Kf1 {van der Wiel-Nikolic,Pr/Wijk aan Zee/1988}
Bd6 $1 25. Ke2 Kc7 26. Bf2 Bf7 27. Na8+ Kb8 28. N8b6 Kc7 $10 {van der Wiel})
16... h5 $5 17. h3 (17. h4 $5 c6 18. Nb6+ Kc7 19. Nca4 Bf7 (19... Rhe8 $5 {/\}
20. Rxd6 $2 (20. f4 Nf7 $15) 20... Rxd6 21. f4 Rd3 $1 $17) (19... g5 $2 20.
hxg5 fxg5 21. Rxd6 $1 $16) 20. Rd2 Be7 21. Rad1 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Kxd8
$10) 17... h4 18. Bh2 c6 (18... Bf7 19. a4 $1 Bh5 20. Rdb1 $1 (20. Rd2 c6 21.
Nf4 (21. Nb6+ $2 Kc7 22. a5 Nf3+ $19) 21... Bf7 22. Rad1 Bc7 $10) (20. f3 c6
21. Nb6+ $6 Kc7 22. a5 Bxf3 $1 23. Rxd6 Rxd6 24. Bxe5 fxe5 25. gxf3 Rd3 $17)
20... b6 (20... Nc6 21. Bxd6 Rxd6 22. a5 $36 {/\Na4}) 21. a5 Kb7 22. Ra2 $13)
19. Ne3 $2 (19. Nf4 Bf7 $15) (19. Nb6+ Kc7 20. Nca4 g5 $15 21. Bxe5 $2 (21. Rd2
$2 Nf3+ $19) 21... Bxe5 22. Nxc5 Bf7 $19) (19. f4 $1 Ng6 (19... Nf7 20. f5 $1
Bxd5 21. exd5 Bxh2+ 22. Kxh2 $10) 20. f5 (20. Nb6+ $6 Kc7 21. f5 Ne5 $1 22.
fxe6 Kxb6 $17) 20... cxd5 21. cxd5 (21. fxe6 $6 Bxh2+ 22. Kxh2 dxc4 23. bxc4
Rhe8 $17) (21. Bxd6 Rxd6 22. cxd5 Bxf5 23. exf5 Ne7 24. Ne4 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Nxd5
26. Nxc5 Rh5 $15) 21... Bxf5 (21... Bxh2+ 22. Kxh2 Bxf5 23. exf5 Ne7 24. Na4
$10) (21... Bf7 22. fxg6 Bxg6 23. Bxd6 Rxd6 24. Rf1 $10) 22. exf5 Ne5 (22...
Ne7 23. Na4 $10) 23. Ne4 $10) 19... Bc7 $1 $15 {/\b5,<->d,><d4} (19... Nd3 $6
20. Bxd6 Rxd6 21. Ncd5 $1 cxd5 22. cxd5 $10) 20. Rxd8+ (20. f4 Nd3 21. f5 Bxh2+
22. Kxh2 Bf7 $15) (20. a4 Rd4 21. Nc2 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 $15 {
/\Nd3-c1,b5}) 20... Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rd4 (21... b5 $5 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. cxb5 axb5
$17) 22. Na4 (22. Nc2 Rxd1+ 23. Nxd1 Nd3 $17) (22. a4 Ba5 $17) (22. Bxe5 Bxe5
23. Nc2 Rxd1+ 24. Nxd1 f5 25. f3 fxe4 26. fxe4 b5 $17) 22... Nd7 $17 23. Bxc7
Kxc7 24. f3 b5 25. Nb2 (25. cxb5 axb5 26. Nc3 Kd6 $17) 25... Ne5 26. cxb5 axb5
$1 27. Rc1 (27. Kf2 $142 Rxd1 28. Nexd1 (28. Nbxd1 Nd3+ 29. Kf1 Nc1 $17) 28...
c4 29. bxc4 (29. b4 c5 30. bxc5 b4 $17) 29... Nxc4 30. Nxc4 Bxc4 31. a3 Kd6 $17
) 27... Nd3 $19 28. Nxd3 (28. Rc2 Nb4 29. Rxc5 Kb6 30. Rh5 Nxa2 $19) 28... Rxd3
29. Nd1 $138 Kd6 30. Nc3 Ke5 31. Rc2 (31. Kf2 Rd2+ 32. Ke3 Rxg2 $19) 31... Kd4
32. Ne2+ Ke3 33. Nc1 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 c4 35. a4 Rd2 36. Rxd2 Kxd2 37. a5 Kxc1 0-1

[Event "Alushta Autumn 1st"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.09.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zavgorodniy, Sergiy"]
[Black "Potapov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2002.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 {
Die Idee der Abtauschvariante der Spanischen Partie ist schon lange bekannt.
Weiß versucht die Bauernmehrheit am Königsflügel im Endspiel auszunützen. Als
Kompensation dafür hat der Nachziehende den Vorteil des Läuferpaars. Für diese
Variante ist ein ruhiges positionelles Spiel typisch, das meistens remis
beendet.} c5 8. Nb3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Be3 {[%cal Ye3c5,Yb3c5]} b6
12. Nc3 Bd6 13. a4 c4 {Ich denke, es ist besser den Springer auf b3
eingeschränkt zu lassen und nicht das starke Zentralfeld d4 freizumachen.
Folgende Partie zeigt eine interessante Möglickeit für Schwarz:} (13... a5 $5
14. Nb5 Rd8 15. Rd2 Ne7 16. Rad1 Nc8 17. Nc1 Ke7 18. Ne2 g5 19. b3 Be5 20. c4
Rxd2 21. Rxd2 Nd6 22. Nbc3 Rd8 23. g3 Rg8 24. Kf2 c6 25. f4 gxf4 26. gxf4 Bxc3
27. Nxc3 f5 28. e5 Nf7 29. Kf3 Rd8 30. Rc2 Nh8 31. Bf2 Ng6 32. Ke3 Bf7 33. Rc1
Rd4 34. Bg3 Ke6 35. h3 Rd8 36. Rd1 Rd4 37. Bh2 Be8 {1/2-1/2 Bragin,A-Savon,V/
Orel 1997/EXT 99 (37)}) 14. Nd4 Kf7 $6 $146 {Die Theorie ist zu Ende und der
Nachziehende findet einen neuen Zug. Mir gefällt er aber nicht, weil er dem
Anziehenden erlaubt, den Be6 abzutauschen und auf diese Weise den
Läuferpaarvorteil zu neutralisieren. Besser wäre 14...Bd7:} (14... Bd7 $5 15.
Nde2 Be5 16. Nd5 Ne7 17. Nef4 g5 18. Nh5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Bc6 20. Rdd1 Bxb2 21.
Rab1 Be5 22. a5 b5 23. h4 gxh4 24. f4 Bc3 25. Bd4 Bxd4+ 26. Rxd4 Kf7 27. Rbd1
Kg6 28. g4 Rhe8 29. Rd6 cxd6 30. Rxd6 Rf8 31. Rxc6 Rac8 32. Rxa6 b4 33. e5 b3
34. cxb3 c3 35. Nxf6 c2 36. Nh5+ Kf7 37. e6+ Kg8 {0-1 Holzschuh,P-Matthias,H/
Aachen 1988/EXT 97 (37)}) 15. Kf2 ({Weiß sollte sofort den Be6 abtauschen.} 15.
Nxe6 $5 Kxe6 16. Kf2 {Deckt den Be3 und bereitet den Zug Rd4 vor.} (16. Rd4 $2
Bc5 $17) 16... Ne7 17. Rd4 Rhd8 ({Durch Zugumstellung führt diese Variante
wieder zur Hauptpartie zurück.} 17... Nc6 18. Rxc4 Ne5 19. Rd4 Bc5) 18. Rxc4 c5
19. Rd1 Rab8 {/\b6-b5 und der weiße Turm geht verloren.} 20. Nd5 $14) 15... Ne7
({Die andere Alternative war das Läuferpaar zu behalten.} 15... Bd7 $142 $5)
16. Nxe6 Kxe6 17. Rd4 {[%cal Yd4c4] Der schwache c4-Bauer geht unvermeidlich
verloren.} Nc6 $1 ({Zum Prüfung kommt die Variante:} 17... c5 18. Rxc4 Rhd8 19.
Rd1 Rab8 20. Ke2 {Die schwarze Drohung b6-b5 ist nicht gefährlich, weil der
Anziehende die Qualität opfern kann (Rxc5) mit mehr als genug Kompensation.})
18. Rxc4 Ne5 19. Rd4 Bc5 20. Rd5 (20. Rdd1 $5 Bxe3+ 21. Kxe3 Nc4+ 22. Kd4 Nxb2
23. Rdb1 c5+ (23... Rhd8+ 24. Nd5 $1 $18) 24. Ke3 Nc4+ 25. Kd3 Ne5+ 26. Ke2
Rab8 27. Nd5 Nd7 (27... b5 28. Nc7+ $18) 28. Rb2 $14 {[%csl Yb6] /\Rab1 mit
starkem Druck auf den schwachen b6-Bauern.}) 20... Bxe3+ 21. Kxe3 Nc4+ 22. Ke2
Nxb2 23. Rd4 {Der schwarze Springer ist jetzt in Gefahr. Es droht Rb1...} c5
24. Rd5 Rhd8 (24... Nc4 25. Rad1 Rhe8 26. Rd7 Re7 $11) (24... Rad8 25. Rb1 Nc4
26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Nd5 $14) 25. Rb1 $2 {In der ganzen Partie war das die beste
Möglichkeit für den Anziehenden Vorteil zu bekommen:} (25. Rh5 $1 Nc4 {/\Rd2} (
25... h6 26. Nd5 {[%cal Yd5c7,Yd5b6]} Rab8 27. a5 b5 28. Nc7+ Ke7 29. Nxa6 $18)
(25... Kf7 26. Nd5) 26. Nd5 Kf7 27. Rxh7 $16) 25... Nc4 26. Kd3 Ne5+ 27. Ke2
Nc4 28. Kd3 Ne5+ {Schwarz ist gezwungen mittels Zugwiederholung remis zu
machen, weil sein schwacher b6-Bauer ihm große Probleme bereitet.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2002.09.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alikhanov, Felix"]
[Black "Shomoev, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2002.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. c3 Bd6 8. Be3
Qe7 9. Nbd2 O-O-O 10. dxe5 $146 ({RR} 10. Qc2 exd4 11. Nxd4 h5 12. Nc4 Nh6 13.
h3 Bd7 14. Rfe1 g5 15. Rad1 Rhe8 16. f3 c5 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Bg3 19. Rxd8+
Qxd8 20. Re2 Qd5 21. Bf2 Rxe2 22. Qxe2 Nxf5 23. Qe8+ Qd8 24. Qxd8+ Kxd8 25.
Bxc5 {Shirov,A-Piket,J/Monte Carlo 1997/CBM 57 ext/1/2-1/2 (35)}) 10... fxe5
11. b4 Nf6 12. a4 c5 13. b5 a5 14. h3 Be6 15. Ng5 Bg8 16. Qe2 h6 17. Ngf3 Bh7
18. Ne1 Kb8 ({Der Zentralbauer ist vergiftet:} 18... Bxe4 $2 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20.
Qg4+ $19 {[%cal Yg4c8,Yg4e4]}) 19. f3 Nh5 20. Kh2 Qe6 21. Nc4 b6 22. Rb1 (22.
Nxd6 Rxd6 23. Rd1 Rhd8 24. Rxd6 Qxd6 $11) 22... Kb7 23. Nd3 {Mit diesem Zug
bekommt der Nachziehende die Möglichkeit die Dame für 3 leichte Figuren zu
tauschen (opfern?). Für wen dieser Tausch günstig ist, wird sich bald klären...
} (23. Nc2 {Das war die ruhige Fortsetzung, die zu einer ausgeglichenen
Stellung führte.}) 23... Qxc4 24. Nxc5+ Qxc5 25. Bxc5 Bxc5 {[%mdl 2048]
Plötzlich hat sich die Stellung total geändert. Für die drei schwarzen
Leichtfiguren hat der Anziehende genau eine Dame und einen Bauer. Die Stellung
ist in einem dynamischen Gleichgewicht.} 26. g3 Bg6 ({mir persönlich gefällt:} 
26... Nf6 $5 {um den Zug f3-f4 zu vermeiden.}) 27. Rbd1 Bf7 28. f4 exf4 29.
gxf4 Rxd1 30. Qxd1 Bc4 31. Qxh5 (31. e5 Bxf1 32. Qxf1 {[%cal Yf1f3]} Kb8 33. f5
Rd8 34. Qf3 Rd2+ 35. Kh1 Ng3+ 36. Qxg3 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Rd2+ $11 {mit Dauerschach.}
) 31... Bxf1 {Die weiße Lage ist schwieriger geworden. Jetzt hat der
Nachziehende für die Dame schon 2 "gesunde" Läufer und einen Turm. Die große
Hoffnung des Anziehenden ist der e-Freibauer; den möchte er mit allen Kräften
zur Bewegung in Richtung 8. Reihe bringen.} 32. e5 Bc4 33. Qf3+ Kb8 34. Qe4 Be6
35. f5 Bc8 36. e6 {Das war das Maximum für den weißen e-Bauern. Mehr kann er
sich momentan nicht bewegen, sonst geht er verloren. Außerdem sind die
schwarzen Felder e7+f6 schwach geworden. Der Nachziehende muss den
schwarzfarbigen Läufer auf dem ausgezeichnete Feld f6 überführen - mit großem
positionellen Vorteil.} Rd8 37. Kg3 Bb7 38. Qe2 Be7 39. Kg4 Bf6 40. Kh5 {
Warum Weiß den c-Bauer verschenkt ist unklar?} (40. Qe3 $142) 40... Bxc3 41.
Kg6 Bf6 42. Kf7 Rd5 43. Kg6 Bc8 44. h4 $2 (44. Qe3 $1) 44... Re5 45. Qh2 Re4
46. h5 Bb7 47. Kf7 Bd5 {Die schwarzen Figuren sind sehr gut platziert. Es ist
nur eine Frage der Zeit, wann der Anziehende einen Fehler macht.} 48. Qd2 Rd4 (
48... Re5 49. Qf4 Kc8 $19) 49. Qc2 Be4 50. Qf2 Bd5 $2 (50... Kc8 51. Qf4 (51.
e7 Rd7 $19) 51... Bd5 52. Qg3 Rxa4 $19) 51. Qc2 Kb7 52. Kf8 Re4 53. Ke8 Rc4 54.
Qd3 Rd4 55. Qc2 Be4 (55... Bf3 $19 {ist noch stärker.}) 56. Qb3 $2 (56. Qe2
$142 $5 Bxf5 57. e7 Rxa4 (57... Re4 58. Qf3 g6 59. Kf7 Bxe7 60. hxg6 Be6+ 61.
Kg7 Bd5 62. Qf5 Rd4 63. Kxh6 $15) 58. Kf7 Bxe7 59. Qd1 {[%cal Yd1a4,Yd1d5]} Rg4
60. Kxe7 $17) 56... Kb8 57. e7 Bd5 58. Qc2 Re4 {Nach dem Verlust des
Freibauern e7 - die letzte weiße Hoffnung - kann der Anziehende ruhig aufgeben.
} 59. Kf8 0-1

[Event "Elgoibar 12th"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "2002.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gonzalez de la Torre, Santiago"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2002.12.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Nb3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Bf4 c4 12. Nd4 ({Die andere Möglichkeit
wäre:} 12. Na5 {nach dem folgt:} Bc5+ {nebst Bb6.}) 12... O-O-O $11 {Nach
diesem Zug kann der Nachziehende zufrieden mit der Eröffnung sein.} 13. Nc3 Bf7
14. Nf5 Rxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Ne7 16. Nxe7+ {Gonzalez versucht die Partie in andere
Wege zu leiten als Baron Rodrigez.Vermutlich war ihm klar, dass Korneev
Spezialist in dieser Variante ist.} (16. Nd4 Ng6 17. Be3 h5 18. Kf2 Ne5 19. h3
g6 20. Nd5 Nd7 21. Bf4 c6 22. Nc3 Bc5 23. Be3 Kc7 24. Nde2 Be7 25. f4 b5 26.
Kf3 h4 27. Nd4 b4 28. Na4 c5 29. Ne2 Kc6 30. Kf2 Re8 {Baron Rodriguez,
J-Korneev,O/Malaga 2000/CBM 74 ext/0-1 (45)}) 16... Bxe7 17. Kf2 b5 $146 {
Es ist gar nicht überraschend, dass in dieser Variante die Neuerungen fast im
Endspiel gemacht werden! Der letzte Zug ist ganz logisch. Der Nachziehende
erobert mehr Raum am Damenflügel und lässt mehr Optionen für das schwarze
Läuferpaar.} ({RR} 17... Bc5+ 18. Be3 Bd6 19. Ne2 Rd8 20. Rd2 Re8 21. c3 h5 22.
h4 Be5 23. Bf4 g5 24. hxg5 Bxf4 25. Nxf4 fxg5 26. Nd5 Re5 27. Ke3 Re8 28. Rd4
h4 29. Nf6 Re6 30. Ng4 Rb6 31. Rd2 Be6 32. Nf6 {Braunschlaeger,C-Muehlbach,P/
Bad Wiessee 1999/EXT 2001/1-0 (56)}) 18. Nd5 Bc5+ 19. Ke2 (19. Be3 Bd6 20. c3
Rd8 $11) 19... c6 20. Nc7 (20. Ne3 c3 21. b3 $11) 20... c3 21. b3 (21. Nxa6
Bc4+ 22. Ke1 cxb2 23. Nxc5 Bxa2 $19 {nebst b2-b1Q}) 21... a5 22. Na6 {Der
weiße Springer befindet sich am Rand im Gefahr.Der Anziehende muss Maßnahmen
treffen, sonst wird der Springer bald gefangen sein.} Be7 {Ab diesem Zeitpunkt
hätte der Anziehende 3 Mal die Möglichkeit seinen Springer zu befreien,aber
leider geht er falsche Wege.} 23. Be3 (23. Bd6 $142 {Mittels dieses
Vorschlages zum Läuferabtausch kontrolliert der Anziehende das Rettungsfeld c5
für den Springer.} Bxd6 24. Rxd6 Kb7 25. Nc5+ (25. Rd7+ Kxa6 26. Rxf7 Rd8 $1
$132 {[%cal Yd8d2]}) 25... Kb6 26. Nd3 Kc7 27. Rd4 $14) 23... Re8 24. Bd4 ({
Die nächste Möglichkeit den Springer zu retten war:} 24. Bc5 $142 Bd8 25. Rd6
Re6 (25... Kb7 $2 26. Rd7+ $18) 26. Rxe6 Bxe6 27. Bf8 $13 {nebst Nc5.}) 24...
b4 25. Kf2 $2 {Der entscheidende Fehler, danach kann sich Weiß nicht mehr
retten.} (25. Bc5 $142 Bd8 26. Bd6 {nebst Nc5 und der weiße Springer ist frei.}
) 25... Rd8 {/\c6-c5} 26. Ke2 {[%tqu "De","Wie kann Schwarz am Zug Vorteil
bekommen?","","","d8d4","",10]} Rxd4 $1 27. Rxd4 Be6 {Deckt das Feld d7 und
bereitet den Zug Kb7 vor.} 28. a3 c5 29. Rd1 bxa3 30. Kd3 Kb7 $19 {Die Falle
ist zu. Jetzt ist der Springer gefangen und damit ist die Partie entschieden.
Der Rest ist reine Techniksache.} 31. Nxc5+ Bxc5 32. Kxc3 Kc6 33. f4 Kb5 34.
Rb1 Bd6 35. g3 g5 36. Rd1 Kc6 37. Ra1 gxf4 38. gxf4 Kb5 39. h4 h5 40. Kd4 Kb4
41. e5 Bc5+ 42. Ke4 f5+ 43. Kd3 Ba7 44. c4 Kxb3 45. Rb1+ Ka4 46. Kc3 a2 47. Rf1
Ka3 48. Rd1 Be3 0-1

[Event "Cannes m2"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1999.11.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1999.11.13"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Ne2 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd7 10. Nbc3 O-O-O 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rd2 Bc6 13. Rad1 b6 14. Nf4
{Die kritische Eröffnungstellung. Hier hat der Anziehende mehrere interessante
Fortsetzungen. Für den Leser habe ich eine kleine Auswahl von
Partieausschnitten ausgewählt, von zwei großen Spezialisten dieser Variante -
GM Rosentalis und GM Van der Wiel:} (14. Nd5 Ne7 15. c4 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bd7 17.
Bf4 Bd6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. f3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Rozentalis,E-Milos,G/Tilburg 1992/
CBM 32 (47)}) (14. h4 Ne7 15. h5 f5 16. e5 Bb7 17. Bg5 Nc6 18. Ng3 Nd4 19. Nce2
$11 {1/2-1/2 Van der Wiel,J-Morovic Fernandez,I/Wijk 1994/CBM 40 (47)}) (14.
Bf4 Ne7 15. Bg3 Ng6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Rozentalis,E-Smejkal,J/BL 1993/BL 90 (49)}) (
14. f3 Ne7 15. Nf4 Ng6 16. Ncd5 Ne5 17. b3 c4 18. Nh5 Rg8 19. Kf2 $11 {1/2-1/2
Rozentalis,E-Sokolov,I/Tilburg 1993/CBM 39 (75)}) 14... Nh6 15. f3 (15. Nfd5
Ng4 16. Bf4 Ne5 17. Bg3 (17. b3 Kb7 18. f3 c4 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. bxc4 Bc5+ 21.
Kf1 Rd8 22. Ne2 Be8 23. Nd4 c6 24. Ne3 Bf7 25. c3 Kc7 26. Nb5+ $1 $18 {1-0
Vysochin,S-Yemelin,V/URS-chJ Jurmala 1992/EXP 28 (41)}) 17... Kb7 18. Ne3 g6
19. Bh4 Bg7 20. f4 Nf7 21. Ned5 $14 {1-0 Ivanov,V-Gavrilov,A/Moscow-ch 1992/
EXT 92ch (53)}) 15... Nf7 16. Ncd5 ({Hier gibt es eine interessante Idee, die
dem Anziehenden einen kleinen Vorteil verschaffen kann:} 16. Nfd5 $5 {Auf
diese Weise wird das Feld f4 für den Läufer freigemacht.} Bd6 (16... Ne5 17.
Bf4 $14) 17. Bf4 Be5 (17... Ne5 18. Nxb6+ $1 cxb6 19. Rxd6 $18) 18. Bxe5 Nxe5
19. Ne3 $14) 16... Nd6 {[%cal Yd6c4,Yf6f5] Dieser gute Zug hat zwei Ideen: a)
Nc4 nebst Doppelangriff auf d2 und b2 b) der Vorstoß f6-f5 wird vorbereitet}
17. b3 {Vermeidet Nc4.} f5 $1 {Ein typischer Zug für Schwarz in der
Abtauschvariante der Spanischen Partie. Auf diese Weise versucht der
Nachziehende die Stellung zu öffnen, um dem schwarzen Läuferpaar mehr
Bewegungsfreiheit zu verschaffen.} (17... c4 $5 {Bringt dem Nachziehenden auch
Ausgleich.}) 18. exf5 {Erzwungen.} Nxf5 19. Bf2 $8 Bd6 {Schwarz kann mit
seiner Stellung zufrieden sein.} 20. Nh5 Be5 21. c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 35th"]
[Site "Varadero"]
[Date "2000.05.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Oral, Tomas"]
[Black "Slobodjan, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2000.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Ne2 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd7 10. Be3 O-O-O 11. Nbc3 Re8 12. Rd2 Bc6 ({Offensichtlich
spielt Oral gern die Abtauschvariante der Spanischen Partie. Hier eine
lehrreiche Partie aus seiner Praxis:} 12... f5 13. Rad1 Nf6 14. Bg5 Bd6 15.
Bxf6 gxf6 16. Ng3 Bxg3 17. fxg3 Be6 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Nd5 Bg4 20. Nxf6 Bxd1 21.
Nxe8 Bxc2 22. Rxc2 Rxe8 23. Rxc5 Re2 24. g4 Rxb2 25. Rh5 Rb6 26. Rxh7 c5 27.
Rh5 Rc6 28. g5 Rg6 29. Kf2 c4 30. Ke2 b5 31. h4 Re6+ 32. Kd1 Rd6+ 33. Kc1 Rd4
34. g6 {1-0 Oral,T-Acs,P/Budapest 1998/EXT 99 (34)}) 13. Rad1 {[%mdl 16] Alle
weißen Figuren sind ausgezeichnet im Zentrum platziert. Die schwarzen Figuren
am Königsflügel brauchen ein wenig Zeit. Der Anziehende besitzt praktisch
einen Mehrbauern am Königsflügel, aber dafür hat Schwarz das Läuferpaar. Die
Stellung befindet sich in dynamischem Gleichgewicht.} b6 14. Nf4 Nh6 15. Nfd5
Ng4 {Der schwarze Springer wird mit Tempo ins Zentrum überführt.} 16. Bf4 Ne5
17. b3 ({Interessant ist auch:} 17. Bg3 Kb7 18. Ne3 g6 19. Bh4 Bg7 20. f4 Nf7
21. Ned5 f5 22. Bf6 Rhg8 23. e5 $1 $16 {1-0 Ivanov,V-Gavrilov,A/Moscow 1992/
EXT 97 (53)}) 17... Kb7 18. Ne3 $5 {[%mdl 8] Besser als:} (18. f3 c4 19. Bxe5
Rxe5 20. bxc4 Bc5+ 21. Kf1 Rd8 22. Ne2 Be8 23. Nd4 c6 24. Ne3 Bf7 25. c3 {
In dieser unklaren Stellung machte Schwarz einen groben Fehler:} Kc7 $4 (25...
g6 $142) 26. Nb5+ $1 $18 {1-0 Vysochin,S-Yemelin,V/Jurmala 1992/CBM 28 ext (41)
}) 18... Bd6 19. Ncd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Nf7 21. Bxd6 Nxd6 $14 {Nach dem Abtausch
der schwarzen Läufer steht Weiß besser. Seine Bauernmehrheit am Königsflügel
ist geblieben und der Nachziehende hat kein Gegenspiel.} (21... cxd6 22. f3 Rd8
23. Nf5 $18 {[%cal Yf5d6,Yf5g7]}) 22. f3 Kc6 23. Kf2 Re6 $14 {Es ist nun Zeit
für den Anziehende mehr Raum am Königsflügel zu erobern und später einen
Freibauern zu bilden.} 24. g4 h6 25. h4 $1 b5 26. h5 $1 {[%csl Yf5,Yg6] Jetzt
sind die schwachen Felder g6 und f5 unter weißer Kontrolle. Außerdem ist der
schwache Bauer auf g7 fixiert, den der weiße Springer vom starkem Vorposten f5
angreifen wird.} Rb8 27. Kg3 a5 28. Kf4 Re7 29. Nf5 $1 $16 Rd7 30. e5 fxe5+ 31.
Rxe5 a4 $2 {Nach diesem Fehler gewinnt Weiß einen Bauern mit entscheidendem
Vorteil. Der Rest ist nur Technik.} (31... b4 $142 32. Rdd5 Rb5 $16) 32. Rdd5
$1 $18 c4 33. Rc5+ Kb6 34. Nxd6 cxd6 35. Rxb5+ Kc7 36. Rf5 axb3 37. axb3 cxb3
38. cxb3 Re8 39. Ra5 {/\Ra7} Kb6 40. b4 Rc8 41. Rab5+ Ka6 42. Kg3 Rc4 43. Ra5+
Kb7 44. Rfb5+ Kc6 45. Rb8 Rd4 46. b5+ {Eine sehr lehrreiche Partie für die
Leser, die gern die Abtauschvariante der Spanische Partie lernen möchten.} (46.
b5+ Kc7 (46... Kd5 47. b6+ Kc6 48. Ra7 $18) 47. Ra7+ Kxb8 48. Rxd7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Donner Memorial-A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Wedberg} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. c3
Bd6 8. Be3 Ne7 (8... Qe7 {Wedberg} 9. Nbd2 O-O-O 10. Re1 Nh6 11. dxe5 $6 (11.
Qc2 $32) 11... Bxe5 12. Qc2 Nf7 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. f3 Be6 15. Bd4 c5 16. Bxe5
fxe5 $15 {Hecht-Chandler/BRD/1982}) 9. Nbd2 Qd7 (9... Qc8 10. Nc4 O-O 11. dxe5
fxe5 (11... Bxe5 $142) 12. Qb3 Be6 13. Ng5 $1 $14) 10. dxe5 fxe5 (10... Bxe5 $6
11. Nxe5 $1 fxe5 (11... Bxd1 $2 12. Nxd7 Be2 13. Rfe1 $18) 12. f3 Be6 13. Nb3
Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 b6 $14) 11. h3 Be6 (11... Bxf3 12. Qxf3 O-O-O 13. Qg4 $14) (
11... Bh5 12. Nxe5 $1 $16) 12. Ng5 (12. c4 Ng6 13. c5 Be7 14. Qc2 O-O 15. Qc3 (
15. Rfd1 {Wedberg} Bf6 16. Ng5 $14 {Gerasimov-Savon/URS/1967}) 15... Bf6 (15...
Rad8 $142 $10) 16. Nc4 $14) 12... Bg8 13. Qh5+ Ng6 (13... g6 $2 14. Qf3 $1 (14.
Qh6 $6 Nc8 15. f4 Bf8 (15... exf4 16. Bd4 Bf8 17. Qh4 Bg7 $14) 16. Qh4 exf4 17.
Bd4 Bg7 $14) 14... h6 (14... O-O-O 15. Qf6 $16) 15. Qf6 hxg5 16. Qxh8 O-O-O 17.
Bxg5 $18) 14. Rfd1 O-O-O 15. Nf1 (15. Nb3 $1 $14) 15... Qe8 16. Ng3 h6 17. Nf3
Be6 (17... Nf4 $5 18. Qxe8 Rxe8 19. Rd2 Be6 $10) (17... Bf7 18. Nf5 Rg8 $13 (
18... Nf4 19. Qg4 $16)) 18. Nf5 Qf7 $4 (18... Rd7 19. Rd2 Nf4 $10) 19. Rxd6 $1
$16 cxd6 (19... Rxd6 20. Qxg6 $1 Qxg6 21. Ne7+ Kb8 22. Nxg6 Rhd8 23. Ngxe5 Rd1+
24. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 25. Kh2 Bxa2 $16) 20. Qxg6 Qxg6 21. Ne7+ Kc7 22. Nxg6 Rhe8 23.
a4 Rd7 (23... a5 24. b4 b6 25. Nd2 Bf7 26. Nh4 d5 27. bxa5 bxa5 28. Nf5 $16)
24. a5 Bg8 25. Nd2 Bh7 26. Nh4 d5 27. exd5 (27. Ra4 $5) 27... Rxd5 (27... cxd5
28. Nhf3 Kc6 29. Ra4 Bc2 30. Rb4 $16) 28. Nhf3 $18 Bd3 29. c4 Rd6 30. Re1 Kd7
31. Bc5 Rde6 32. Re3 e4 33. Ne1 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch Final"]
[Site "Besancon"]
[Date "1999.08.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Marciano, David"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1999.08.23"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Nb3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bg4 {Schwarz entwickelt mit Tempo seinen Damenläufer und
provoziert die Schwächung der Diagonale g1-a7. Später wird der schwarzfarbige
Läufer diese Diagonale besetzen.} 10. f3 Bd7 11. Nc3 O-O-O 12. Bf4 c4 13. Na5
b5 ({Natürlich geht} 13... Bb4 {nicht wegen des taktischen Tricks} 14. Bxc7 {
nebst Nd5.}) 14. Nd5 Bc5+ 15. Kf1 Ne7 (15... c6 16. b4 Ba7 17. Nc7 Bb8 18. Ne6
Bxf4 19. Nxf4 Ne7 20. Rd6 Kc7 21. Rad1 Nc8 22. Rxd7+ Rxd7 23. Ne6+ Kb8 24.
Nxc6+ {1-0 Szucs,C-Kevei,P/HUN 1997/EXT 99 (24)}) 16. Bxc7 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Kxc7
18. Rxc5+ Kb6 19. b4 (19. Rd5 Be6 (19... Kxa5 20. Rad1 $16) 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21.
b4 $8 Rd2 22. Rc1 $11) 19... cxb3 20. Nxb3 Be6 {Es genügt einen Blick auf
diese Position zu werfen, um zu sehen, dass Schwarz nicht verlieren sollte.
Aber trotzdem hat er wegen des Bauernminus noch einige praktische
Schwierigkeiten zu überwinden.} 21. Rc3 a5 22. a4 Rc8 $146 {[%mdl 8] Dieser
neue Zug ist einfach und stark. Jetzt hat der Anziehende Probleme mit seinem
schwachen c-Bauern. Der Mehrbauer am Königsflügel spielt momentan keine Rolle.}
(22... b4 $2 23. Rc5 Bxb3 24. Rb5+ Ka6 25. cxb3 Rd3 26. Rc1 Rxb3 27. Rc6+ Ka7
28. Rc7+ Ka6 29. Rcb7 {1-0 Kelleher,W-Adams,M/New York 1996/EXT 99 (29)}) 23.
Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Nd4 (24. axb5 Bxb3 25. cxb3 Rc3 $1 $11) 24... Bc4+ 25. Ke1 b4 $11
1/2-1/2

[Event "Kish 2nd"]
[Site "Kish"]
[Date "2005.02.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Black "Asanov, Bolat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2005.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 {Other popular
theoretical lines are:} (5... Qd6 {---> 1-0 Erenburg,S-Inarkiev,E/Istanbul
2003/CBM 96/[Erenburg] (45)}) (5... Bg4 {---> 1/2-1/2 Erenburg,S-Fressinet,L/
Andorra 2004/CBM 101 ext/[Erenburg] (27)}) 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8. Nb3 (8. Ne2
{is another variation.}) 8... Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd7 {According to nowadays theory,
this continuation isn't precise... Black should have weaken the a7-g1 diagonal
by} (9... Bg4 $1 {---> 1-0 Womacka,M-Golod,V/Bad Wiessee 2002/EXT 2003/[Golod,
V] (59)}) 10. Bf4 {immediately taking control over the h2-b8 diagonal.} O-O-O
11. Nc3 {threatening to attack black's c7 pawn by Nd5.} Re8 {trying to create
a counterplay by pressing white's e4 pawn.} 12. Nd5 Bd6 {Other continuation
don't promise black an equality as well:} (12... Rxe4 13. Bxc7 Ne7 14. Nc3 Rc4
15. Bb6 Nc6 16. Rd2 $16 {1-0 Arizmendi Martinez,J-Franic,M/Olomouc 1999/CBM
071 ext (26)}) (12... Bc6 13. f3 Bd6 14. Bxd6 cxd6 15. Ne3 $16 {[%cal Ye3f5]
1-0 Godena,M-Skembris,S/Turin 1996/EXT 98 (67)}) 13. Bxd6 cxd6 14. Nb6+ $1 {
White is going to change his e4 pawn for black's c5 pawn, thus, leaving black
with isolated "d" pawn.} Kc7 15. Nxd7 Kxd7 16. Nxc5+ Kc7 17. Na4 $146 {White
transfers his knight to a central position d5. It is improvement in comparison
to} (17. Nd3 {, which was played in preceding game.} Rxe4 18. Re1 Rxe1+ 19.
Rxe1 Kd7 20. Nf4 Ne7 $11 {0-1 Barendregt,J-Teschner,R/Berg en Dal 1960/EXT
2001 (31)}) 17... Rxe4 18. Nc3 Re8 (18... Re5 19. f4 (19. Nd5+ Kc6 20. Nb4+ Kd7
21. Rd2 Nh6) 19... Re8 20. Nd5+ Kc6 21. Rd3 $14) 19. Nd5+ Kc6 20. Rd3 Ne7 (
20... Re2 $2 21. Ne3 $18 {[%cal Yg1f1]}) 21. Ne3 $14 {The trade of the knights
plays in black's hands, as white's one is more active and blocks the "e" file
against black's rooks. White's position is slightly better, thanks to better
pawn structure.} Kc7 22. Rad1 Rd8 23. Nc4 {forcing black to move his knight to
more passive position.} Nc8 (23... d5 {loses the pawn.} 24. Ne3 Kc6 25. c4 $16)
24. Rg3 {trying to create some target for an attack on the kingside.} g6 (24...
Rd7 $5 {looks more logical not to move forward the pawns.}) 25. h4 Rhe8 26. h5
$1 {trying to get the f5 stronghold for the knight.} g5 (26... d5 27. Nd2 $14 {
[%cal Yd2b3,Yb3d4]}) 27. Rc3 $1 Kb8 28. Ne3 {White has succeeded to create
some weaknesses of the light squares in the black camp, and now he transfers
the knight to the kingside.} Re6 29. Rcd3 Ne7 30. c4 {fixing black's queenside
pawns. It should be noted, that white has added the resource of attacking
black's d6 pawn by c4-c5.} Kc7 ({The attempt to create some counterplay:} 30...
f5 {is refuted by} 31. c5 $1 Kc7 (31... f4 32. Rxd6 $16) 32. Nd5+ Nxd5 33. Rxd5
Rf6 34. g4 fxg4 35. Rxg5 dxc5 36. Rg7+ (36. Rxc5+ Kb6 $1 $11 (36... Rc6 37.
Rxc6+ bxc6 38. Rxd8 Kxd8 39. Kg2 $18)) 36... Kc8 37. Rxd8+ Kxd8 38. Rxh7 $16)
31. c5 Kc6 32. b4 {creating a strong pawn construction on the queenside.} d5
33. Nc2 $1 {transfering the knight to d4 stronghold.} Re4 34. Nd4+ Kd7 35. a3 {
strengthening the pawn construction on the queenside.} Re8 36. f3 Re5 37. g4 {
fixing a pawn structure on the kingside.} Kc7 ({Black loses a pawn after} 37...
f5 38. Nxf5 Nxf5 39. Rxd5+ Kc6 40. Rxe5 Rxe5 41. gxf5 Rxf5 42. Rd6+ Kc7 43. Kg2
$18) 38. Kf2 Nc6 $1 39. Nf5 $1 Re2+ 40. Kg3 Ra2 {Black has succeded to
activate his pieces, that increases his chances very much.} 41. Re3 $1 {
White has to change one of the black's rooks, in order to parry black's
threats.} (41. Rxd5 Ree2 $132) (41. Ne3 d4 $44 {[%cal Ye8e2]}) 41... Re5 $1 ({
Worse is} 41... Rxe3 42. Nxe3 Ne7 43. Nxd5+ Nxd5 44. Rxd5 Rxa3 45. Rd6 Rb3 46.
Rxf6 Rxb4 47. Rh6 $18) 42. Rxe5 Nxe5 {activating the knight.} (42... fxe5 43.
Rxd5 Rxa3 44. Nd6 (44. Rd6 Nxb4 45. Rh6 Nd3 46. Rxh7+ Kc6 47. h6 Ra2 $11 {
[%cal Yd3f4]}) 44... h6 (44... Nxb4 45. Rxe5) 45. Ne8+ Kb8 46. Nf6 Nxb4 47.
Rxe5 $16) 43. Rxd5 Rxa3 44. Nd4 Kc8 $1 45. Rd6 {[%cal Yd6f6]} Nd7 $2 {missing
an opportunity to equalize the game.} (45... Rd3 $1 46. Kf2 Nc4 47. Rd5 Ne3 48.
Rd6 Nc4 $11) 46. Nf5 a5 $6 ({Probably, stronger was} 46... Kd8 $1 {and it is
not so clear how white can win this position.}) 47. Ne7+ {activating the
knight.} Kd8 48. Nd5 {threatening with Nb6.} Ke8 (48... Kc8 {doesn't change
anything:} 49. bxa5 (49. Re6 Kd8 50. Nxf6 Nxf6 51. Rxf6 axb4 52. Rb6 Kc7 53.
Rxb4 Ra6 $16) (49. b5 $2 Nxc5 50. b6 $4 {[%cal Gd5e7,Yd6d8]} Ne4+ $19) 49...
Rxa5 50. c6 bxc6 51. Rxc6+ Kd8 52. Nxf6 Nf8 53. h6 $18) 49. Nxf6+ Nxf6 50. Rxf6
a4 {This RR endgame is absolutely lost for black:} (50... axb4 51. Rb6 Kd7 52.
Rxb7+ Kc6 53. Rxb4 Kxc5 54. Rb7 h6 55. Rg7 $18 {[%cal Yg7g6]}) (50... a4 51.
Rb6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Wedberg} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7.
Nxd4 c5 8. Nb3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Be3 b6 12. a4 a5 (12... Kf7 13.
Bf4 Rc8 14. Nc3 g5 15. Bg3 h5 $10 {Benjamin,J-Nikolic,Pr/Buenos Aires/1992/}) (
12... Bd6 13. Nc3 Kf7 14. Nd5 (14. a5 {Wedberg} c4 15. Nd4 b5 16. Nxe6 Kxe6 {
= Schmittdiel-Psakhis, Groningen 1990}) 14... Rb8 15. Nd2 Ne7 $10 {Longwitz,
A-Netz,E/CC-BdF-Meisterkl-VorrJ5/1986/}) (12... Ne7 {Wedberg} 13. Bf4 c4 14.
Nd4 O-O-O 15. Nc3 Bd7 {= Matanovic}) 13. Nc3 (13. Na3 Bd6 $6 14. Nb5 Rd8 15.
Rd2 $16 {De la Villa,J-Garcia,G/Salamanca/1989/}) 13... c6 $1 14. Nc1 g6 15.
N1e2 Nh6 16. Bxh6 Bxh6 17. Rd6 Bd7 18. Rad1 (18. Rxf6 Ke7 19. e5 Bg7 20. Rf4
Bxe5 21. Re4 Kf6 $15) 18... Rd8 19. Rxf6 Ke7 20. Rfd6 Be3+ 21. Kf1 Bd4 22.
R6xd4 cxd4 23. Nxd4 $14 Be8 24. Ke2 Rf8 25. Ke3 c5 26. Ndb5 Rxd1 27. Nxd1 Bf7
28. Ndc3 Kd7 29. f4 Be6 30. g3 h5 31. h4 Rd8 32. e5 Kc6 33. Nd6 (33. Ne4 Rd1
$132) 33... Rxd6 $1 34. exd6 Kxd6 35. Ne4+ Kd5 36. Nd2 Bf5 37. c4+ Kc6 38. Ne4
Be6 39. Nd2 Kd6 $10 40. Ne4+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Wedberg} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7.
dxe5 (7. c3 Bd6 $10) 7... Qxd1 8. Rxd1 fxe5 9. Rd3 (9. Nbd2 O-O-O 10. Re1 Bd6
11. h3 Bh5 12. g3 Nf6 13. Kg2 Rhf8 $10 {Blaha,V-Hala,B/TCH-chT/1993/}) (9. h3
Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nf6 11. f4 Bc5 12. Re1 exf4 13. Bxf4 O-O 14. Re2 Rae8 15. Nc3 Bd4
$10 {Poulton,J-Lodhi,M/London LB/1990/}) (9. b3 Ne7 (9... Bd6 $6 10. Nbd2 Nh6
11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 $14 {De la Villa Garcia-Fernandes,An/Andorra zt/1987/})
10. Bb2 Ng6 $10) (9. Nbd2 O-O-O 10. Re1 Bd6 11. h3 {Knoppert,E-Van der Sterren,
P/NLD-ch/1992/} Bxf3 $10) 9... Bd6 10. Nbd2 (10. Bg5 Nf6 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Bxf6
gxf6 13. Nh4 Be6 $15 {Gdanski,J-Anand,V/Baguio WJ/1987/}) 10... Nf6 (10... b5
11. b3 (11. b4 Nf6 12. Bb2 Nd7 13. c4 $14 {Dvorietzky,M-Southam,T/Philadelphia
World op/1991/,Speckner,R-Tamm,U/Dortmunnd op-A/1993/}) 11... Ne7 12. Bb2 Ng6
$13 {Santana,O-Dake,A/New York op/1988/} 13. g3 O-O 14. Kg2 Rf7 (14... Rf6 15.
h3 Bd7 $10 {Seret,JL-Le Bideau,A/Torcy op/1991/}) 15. h3 Bd7 $10 {Pater,
E-Mihalincic,I/Szombathely EUJW-U16/1993/}) 11. b3 (11. Nc4 O-O 12. Ncxe5 (12.
Nfxe5 Be2 13. Rd2 (13. Re3 Bxc4 14. Nxc4 Bc5 15. Re1 Rae8 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3
Rxe4 18. Rxe4 Nxe4 $10 {Dempster,D-Sogaard,O/CCYB4/1990/}) 13... Bxc4 14. Nxc4
Bc5 15. Re2 $14 {Anand-Thipsay/Coimbatore/1987/}) 12... Bh5 13. Be3 Rae8 14.
Nc4 Nxe4 $10 {Shur,M-Berzinsh,R/Naberznye Chelny/1993/}) 11... O-O-O (11... O-O
12. Bb2 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Nxe4 14. Re3 Nf6 {Malisauskas,V-Beliavsky,A/Manila ol/
1992/} 15. Nxe5 $14) 12. Bb2 Rhe8 $1 (12... Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Nxe4 14. Nxe5 (14.
Re3 {Wedberg} Nf6 15. Nxe5 {+/= Ljubojevic-Tal/Montreal 1979}) 14... Rhf8 15.
f3 $14 {Dolmatov,S-Lautier,J/Marseille/1988/}) 13. Nc4 (13. Re1 b5 14. h3 (14.
g3 Bb4 15. Ree3 Bc5 $10 {Brunner,L-Schandorff,L/Manila ol/1992/}) 14... Bh5 15.
Nf1 Bb4 $15 {Brynell,S-Geller,E/Berlin/1991/}) (13. Kf1 $6 b5 14. Ne1 Bh5 15.
f3 Bf7 $15 {Vaatainen,T-Geller,E/Helsinki op/1992/}) 13... Nxe4 14. Nfxe5 Be6 (
14... Bf5 $6 15. Nf7 Rd7 16. Nfxd6+ Nxd6 17. Re3 $14 {Ott,F-Blauert,J/FRG-ch/
1989/}) 15. Rad1 (15. Re1 $5 {Wedberg}) 15... Bc5 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8
18. Ne3 g6 $10 19. Nd1 a5 20. Kf1 Ke7 21. Ke2 a4 22. f3 Nf6 23. Nf2 axb3 24.
axb3 Bxf2 $1 25. Kxf2 Bf5 26. Nd3 Nd5 27. Ne1 h5 28. Ba3+ Kf7 29. c4 Nf4 30.
Ke3 Ne6 31. g3 c5 32. Bb2 Bb1 33. Nd3 Bc2 34. Nc1 Bb1 35. Nd3 Bc2 36. Nc1 Bb1
37. h4 g5 38. hxg5 Nxg5 39. Be5 (39. Be5 Ne6 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.09.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 {It is difficult to
shake off the impression, that Nakamura came to the game without real
ambitions. Form played tricks on him in London, but here he choses a somewhat
controversial method for his moderate goals. The early exchange of the queens
robs him of the chance to use his gift for tactics. What is even worse the
position seriously resembles a pleasant form of the currently very resilient
Berlin Defence.} exd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Nc3 O-O-O 10. Be3 Bd6 11.
Rfd1 {White is able to gather his pieces in the centre, but that cannot really
harm his great opponent.} (11. Rad1 Ne7 12. Nb3 (12. Nde2 Ng6 13. f3 Rhe8 14.
Bf2 Nf4 15. Nxf4 Bxf4 16. Bg3 Be3+ 17. Bf2 Bf4 18. Bg3 {1/2-1/2 Ignatiev,F 
(2415)-Plachetka,J (2470)/Odessa 1976}) 12... Rhe8 13. Nc5 Ng6 14. Nxd7 Rxd7
15. f3 Red8 16. g3 Ne5 17. b3 g5 18. Kg2 h5 19. Ne2 g4 20. fxg4 Nxg4 21. Bc1
Re8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Abbasifar,H (2411)-Novikov,M (2505)/Kimovsk 2011 (37)}) 11...
Re8 12. Rd2 Ne7 13. Nb3 (13. Rad1 Ng6 14. f3 Ne5 $11) 13... Be6 14. Nc5 (14.
Bc5 Rd8 15. Rad1 Bxb3 16. Bxd6 Rxd6 17. axb3 Rhd8 $11) 14... Ng6 {The position
is easy for Ivanchuk as he does not have to cope with any serious threats and
can try to improve his position.} 15. f3 (15. Nxe6 Rxe6 16. Rad1 Ne5 $15) 15...
Bf7 16. Nd3 b6 17. Bf2 Rd8 18. Rad1 Rd7 19. b3 {The American star is
struggling in the position which does not suit his style. Just when Nakamura
has reached the coveted setup he falters and seems a bit lost. It was much
more sensible to exchange the dark-squared bishops with 19.Bg3! keeping equal
chances.} (19. Bg3 $1 Rhd8 20. Bxd6 Rxd6 21. Kf2 $11) 19... Rhd8 20. Nb1 (20.
Be3 Ne5 $15) (20. Bg3 $2 Bb4 $19) 20... Be6 {Ivanchuk was also somewhat out of
form in London, so the situation has found him slightly slow to get out of the
startiong blocks. At his full strength he would probably have guessed that the
radical advance on the queenside would promise the serious advantage of an
efficient bishop pair.} (20... c5 $1 21. c4 Ne5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 $15) 21. c4 f5 (
21... Ne5 $1 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 $15) 22. c5 fxe4 23. cxd6 (23. fxe4 Be7 24. Nb4 Kb7
$17) 23... exd3 24. Rxd3 c5 25. dxc7 Kxc7 (25... Rxd3 26. cxd8=Q+ Rxd8 27.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 28. Bg3 Kd7 29. Nd2 Kc6 30. Kf2 b5 $15) 26. Rxd7+ Rxd7 27. Rxd7+
Kxd7 {The position features bishops of opposite colours, but that does a
slight initiative on the queenside.} 28. Bg3 $6 {It seems that Nakamura did
not appreciate the danger and his fiirst move is imprecise. He had more
chances for the successful elimination of the threats with 28.Nc3!?} (28. Nc3
$5 Kc6 29. Be3 a5 30. Kf2 b5 (30... Ne5 31. Ke2 b5 32. Ne4 c4 33. Bd4 Nf7 $11)
31. Ne4 c4 32. bxc4 Bxc4 33. a3 Ne5 34. Bd2 $11) 28... a5 29. Kf2 b5 30. Nd2 b4
31. Ke2 Kc6 32. Kd1 (32. Kd3 a4 $15) 32... a4 33. Kc2 (33. bxa4 Bxa2 34. Kc2 c4
35. h4 Ne7 36. Bf2 Nd5 37. Bd4 g6 $17) 33... a3 {Even an untrained eye would
be able to realise, that White will have to defend a very unpleasant position.}
34. Nf1 (34. Kd3 Bf5+ 35. Ne4 Kd5 36. h3 Ne7 37. Bf2 Nc6 $17) 34... c4 $1 35.
Ne3 (35. bxc4 $2 Bxc4 36. Nd2 Bxa2 37. Nb3 Ne7 $19) (35. Nd2 Bf5+ 36. Kc1 cxb3
37. Nxb3 Kd5 $17) 35... cxb3+ 36. axb3 Nf8 {IVanchuk needs to improve the
position of his pieces and his opponent will need to be very careful about any
unpleasant threat.} 37. Be5 g6 38. Bg7 (38. h4 Nd7 39. Bd4 Nc5 $19) 38... Nd7
39. Nf1 Nc5 40. Nd2 h5 41. Bf8 Kd5 42. h3 {Nakamura must have suffered from
the fact, that he can not afford to exchange Black's annoying knight.} (42.
Bxc5 Kxc5 43. Ne4+ Kd4 44. Nd2 Bf5+ $19) 42... Bf5+ 43. Kc1 Nd3+ 44. Kb1 Kd4 {
Black has achieved enormous progress and after the break in of his king the
defence will become untenable for White.} 45. g4 (45. Bg7+ Ke3 46. Nc4+ Kf4 47.
g4 Be6 $19) 45... Be6 46. Kc2 (46. Ka2 Bd5 47. gxh5 gxh5 48. Bg7+ Ke3 49. Bh6+
Ke2 50. Nc4 Be6 51. h4 Kxf3 $19) 46... Ne1+ 47. Kb1 (47. Kd1 Ng2 48. Kc2 Ne3+
49. Kb1 Nd5 50. Ne4 hxg4 51. hxg4 Bxg4 52. Bc5+ Ke5 53. Bd6+ Kf5 54. Nd2 Ke6
$17) 47... Nd3 48. Kc2 h4 $1 {At long last Ivanchuk has realised that White
will not be able to take the h4-pawn without grave consequences. After the
fall of the h3-pawn the fate of the game will be sealed.} 49. Bg7+ (49. Be7 a2
50. Bf6+ Ke3 51. Nc4+ (51. Nf1+ Ke2 52. Nd2 Bd5 $19) 51... Bxc4 52. bxc4 Nc5
53. Kb2 b3 54. Bxh4 Na4+ 55. Ka1 Kd2 56. Bf6 Kc2 57. h4 Nc3 58. Bxc3 Kxc3 59.
h5 Kc2 $19) 49... Ke3 50. Bh6+ Ke2 51. Kb1 (51. Bg7 Nf4 52. Bf6 a2 53. Nc4 g5
54. Kb2 Nxh3 55. Kxa2 Kxf3 $19) 51... Nf2 $1 {The Ukrainian chess genius is
handling the pieces in exemplary manner. The knight was assigned the task of
dealing with the h3-pawn.} 52. Nc4 Nxh3 53. Ne5 g5 54. Nc6 (54. Ka2 Nf2 55.
Bxg5 h3 56. Bf4 Nd3 $19) 54... Bd5 (54... Bxb3 55. Nd4+ Kf2 56. Nxb3 Kxf3 $19)
55. Nxb4 Bxb3 56. Nc6 Ke3 57. Ne5 Kf4 58. Ng6+ Kg3 $1 {Ivanchuk has created a
beautiful example of clever conversion of an endgame advantage. Remarkably
even the presence of opposite coloured bishops did not save the day.} (58...
Kxf3 59. Bxg5 Nxg5 60. Nxh4+ $19) (58... Kg3 59. Ka1 Nf4 $19) 0-1

[Event "St Stefan/Belgrade m"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Ne2 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd7 10. Nbc3 Ne7 11. Bf4 O-O-O 12. Rd2 (12. Bg3 Nc6 13. Nd5
Ne5 14. b3 (14. f4 Nf7 15. a4 Bc6 16. Nec3 Nd6 17. f5 Nxe4 $1 18. Nxc7 Rxd1+
19. Rxd1 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Be7 $10 {Ljubojevic,L-Romanishin,O/Riga izt/1979/})
14... Bd6 15. f3 Be6 16. c4 $13 {Van der Wiel,J-Nikolic,Pr/Wijk aan Zee/1988/})
12... Ng6 (12... Bc6 13. Rxd8+ Kxd8 14. Rd1+ Kc8 15. Bg3 f5 $1 $132 {Buchanan,
W-Baker,Ch/Eastbourne ch-GB/1991/}) 13. Bg3 Ne5 (13... Re8 14. Rad1 Bc6 15. Nd5
Ne5 16. Bxe5 fxe5 17. Ng3 c4 18. Nf5 Rg8 19. Nfe3 b5 20. b3 $16 {Prie,E-Alzate,
D/Novi Sad ol/1990/}) 14. Bxe5 (14. Rad1 Nc4 $1) 14... fxe5 15. Rad1 (15. b3
Bd6 16. Rad1 Be6 {P c4}) 15... c4 $1 16. Kf1 (16. Ng3 Bb4) 16... Bc5 17. Ng1 (
17. Ng3 Bg4) 17... Bg4 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Nce2 (20. f3 Be6 21.
Nce2 b5 $13) 20... Ke7 21. Ke1 b5 22. c3 Kf6 23. h3 Bh5 (23... Be6 24. Nf3) 24.
Ng3 Bf7 25. Nf3 g6 $10 26. Nf1 g5 $5 (26... Be6 27. N1h2 h5 28. h4) 27. Ke2 Bg6
28. N3d2 (28. Ng3 h5 $1) 28... h5 29. Ne3 c6 30. Kf3 Bf7 31. Ndf1 a5 32. Ke2
Be6 (32... b4 $2 33. Nd2 $16) 33. Ng3 Kg6 34. a3 Bf7 (34... b4 $2 35. axb4 axb4
36. Ngf1 $16) 35. Ngf5 Be6 36. Kf3 Bd7 37. Kg3 Be6 38. h4 Bd7 (38... g4 39. f3
gxf3 40. Kxf3 Bd7 41. g4 Bxe3 $140 42. gxh5+ $1 Kxh5 43. Kxe3 Kg4 44. Nd6 Kxh4
45. Nf7 $16) 39. hxg5 Kxg5 40. Nh4 Bg4 41. Nxg4 (41. Nhf5 Be2 $1) 41... hxg4
42. Nf5 a4 43. f3 (43. Ng7 Kf6 44. Ne8+ Kf7 45. Nc7 Bxa3 $3 46. bxa3 b4 $19 47.
cxb4 (47. Na6 b3 $1) 47... c3) 43... gxf3 44. Kxf3 Bf8 45. Ne3 Kh5 46. Nf5 Bc5
(46... Bc5 47. Ng7+ Kg6 48. Ne6 Bb6 49. Nf8+ Kf7 50. Nd7 Bc7 51. Nc5 Bd6)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 6th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2002.11.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Womacka, Mathias"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Some fatality pursued me in 8th round.Two years ago I had the same number of
points and also lost the game in 8th round.Maybe this was happened,because
both times I lived in the same hotel''Concordia'' and in the same room #8.} 1.
e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8. Nb3
Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bg4 $1 {It is necessary to make diagonal "g1-a7" more weak.} 10.
f3 Bd7 (10... Be6 $5) 11. Bf4 O-O-O 12. Nc3 c4 13. Na5 Bc5+ 14. Kf1 $5 {
[%mdl 4]} ({After:} 14. Kh1 $5 {White can be switched in better endgame:} b5
15. Nd5 Ne7 16. Bxc7 $1 (16. Nxc7 $4 Bb6 {[%csl Ra5,Rc7]}) 16... Nxd5 17. Bxd8
Ne3 18. Nb7 $1 Nxd1 19. Nxc5 Nf2+ (19... Nxb2 $143 20. Ba5 {+/=/+/-}) 20. Kg1
Nxe4 21. fxe4 $1 Rxd8 22. Rd1 $14 {Fressinet,L-Vajda,L/Bucharest,2001(1/2-1/2)
(37)}) 14... b5 15. a4 $5 {It is absolutely unawares.This move I didn't know.
Most of all I was preparing to:} (15. Nd5 Ne7 16. Bxc7 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Kxc7 18.
Rxc5+ Kb6 19. b4 (19. Rd5 $2 Be6 (19... Kxa5 $2 20. Rad1 $16) 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21.
b4 $8 Rd2 22. Rc1 {=/=/+}) 19... cxb3 20. Nxb3 Be6 21. Rc3 a5 $5 (21... Rd6 $5
{See comments to Shirov,A-Adams,M/Tilburg,1996/CBM 56(1-0)(Shirov,A)(61)}) (
21... b4 $6 22. Re3 Rc8 23. Nd4 Bc4+ 24. Ke1 Rhd8 25. Ne2 Bb5 26. Rc1 $14 {
Benjamin,J-Ivanov,A/USA-ch,1993(1-0)(61)}) (21... Rc8 {Shirov,A} 22. Rxc8 Rxc8
23. Nd4 $14) 22. a4 Rc8 (22... b4 $2 23. Rc5 Bxb3 24. Rb5+ Ka6 25. cxb3 $16 Rd3
$2 26. Rc1 Rxb3 27. Rc6+ Ka7 28. Rc7+ Ka6 29. Rcb7 {1-0 Kelleher,W-Adams,M/New
York,1996(29)}) 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Nd4 (24. axb5 $143 Bxb3 25. cxb3 Rc3 $1 $11)
24... Bc4+ 25. Ke1 b4 $44 26. Kd2 Bf7 27. h4 Kc5 28. Ke3 Kc4 29. Ne2 Rd8 30. g4
{1/2-1/2 Rogers,I-Slobodjan,R/Germany,1998(30)}) 15... Ne7 16. axb5 axb5 ({
Also it was met there:} 16... Bxb5 {[%csl Ra5]} 17. Ke2 (17. Bd2 $5) 17... Rxd1
18. Rxd1 Bb4 19. Nxb5 axb5 20. Bd2 Bd6 $11 {Vajda,L-Pedersen,N/Zagan,1997(1-0)
(42)}) 17. Bg3 $5 $146 {During the game I thought,that white had set up for me
a perfect trap. Besides,hence the bishop can get to fields "e1" or "f2" right
away.} ({It was checked in the previous games:} 17. b3 $5 Bb4 (17... cxb3 $143
18. Nxb3 Bb6 (18... Bb4 $4 19. Ra7 Bd6 20. Rxd6 $1 Ng6 21. Rda6 {[%cal Ga7a8,
Gb3c5] 1-0 Baron Rodriguez,J-Portero Garnica,M/Zaragoza,1999(21)}) 19. Ra8+ Kb7
20. Rxd7 Rxd7 21. Rxh8 Ng6 22. Rxh7 Nxf4 23. Nd5 (23. h4 $142) 23... Nxd5 24.
exd5 $14 {Solomon,S-Zhao Zong Yuan/Melbourne,1999(1-0)(43)}) 18. Ne2 cxb3 19.
Nxb3 $14 {Milu,R-Vajda,L/Bucharest,1997(1/2-1/2)(34)}) 17... Rhe8 ({It appears
that after:} 17... c6 {it didn't win right away:} 18. Nxc4 (18. b3 $5 $14)
18... bxc4 $140 19. Ra5 $1 {in view of:} Bb6 (19... Bb4 $4 20. Ra7 {[%csl Rc8]
[%cal Ga7c7]}) 20. Ra8+ Kb7 21. Rb8+ (21. Rxd7+ $143 Kxa8 22. Rxe7 Rd2 {
[%csl Rc2]}) 21... Rxb8 22. Rxd7+ Kc8 23. Rxe7 Bd8 $13 {[%csl Rb2]}) 18. b3 Bb4
(18... cxb3 19. Nxb3 Bb6 20. Bf2 $14) 19. Be1 $1 ({Again pretty dubiously:} 19.
Nxc4 {because of:} bxc4 (19... Bxc3 $5 20. Ra7 $1 Kb8 21. Rxc7 Be5 $13) 20. Ra7
{[%csl Rc7]} Bd6 21. Rxd6 $1 cxd6 22. Bxd6 {[%cal Ga7c7]} cxb3 23. cxb3 Nf5 24.
Rc7+ Kb8 25. exf5 Bxf5 26. Bg3 Ka8 $13) 19... cxb3 20. Nxb3 Kb8 $6 (20... Kb7
$5 {/\Be6}) 21. Ne2 $14 Bxe1 {(1/2?)} 22. Kxe1 {There is no reason for white
to agree for the the draw.} Be6 $2 (22... c6 $5) 23. Ned4 (23. Rxd8+ $142 Rxd8
$140 24. Nbd4 Bc4 $140 25. Nxb5 $1 {[%csl Rb8]} Bxb5 26. Rb1 c6 27. c4 $16)
23... Bxb3 24. cxb3 f5 $1 {It is best practical chance to make the position
equal.} (24... c6 $143 25. Ne6 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Ge6g7,Gd1d7]})
25. Nxb5 fxe4 26. fxe4 (26. Rxd8+ $6 Rxd8 27. fxe4 Rd3 {[%csl Rb3,Re1,Re4]
[%cal Gd3b3,Gd3e3]}) 26... Nd5 $1 (26... Rxd1+ $143 27. Kxd1 {[%csl Re4][%cal
Yb5c3,Yc3e4]}) 27. Ra4 (27. Rd4 $2 c5 $1 $132) 27... c6 28. Rad4 $1 (28. Na3 $6
Re5 29. Rc1 Kb7 $44) 28... cxb5 29. Kf2 {[%tqu "En","?Can black unleash
somehow his own pieces.","","","e8e4","It is nice tactical resource!",10,
"b8c7","",0]} Rxe4 $1 $138 {It is nice tactical resource!} (29... Kc7 $6 30.
Rc1+) 30. Rxe4 Rf8+ 31. Kg3 $6 (31. Ke1 $142 Nc3 $140 32. Re7 (32. Re5 $143
Nxd1 33. Rxb5+ Kc7 34. Kxd1 Rf1+ (34... Rf2 $6 35. Rc5+ {[%cal Yc5c2]}) 35. Ke2
Rb1 {[%cal Gb1b2]}) 32... Nxd1 33. Kxd1 {+/=/+/-}) 31... Nc3 32. Rdd4 Nxe4+ 33.
Rxe4 Rc8 $2 {Over here I lose important tempo.} (33... Rf7 $142 34. Re5 Rb7 35.
Kf4 Ka7 36. b4 Kb6 37. Re6+ Ka7 {[%cal Gb7c7]}) 34. Kf4 Rc7 35. Re5 Rb7 36. b4
{[%csl Rb5]} Ka7 37. Ke4 Kb6 38. Re6+ Ka7 39. Kd5 Rf7 $2 $138 (39... Rc7 $142)
40. Kc6 $1 $16 Ka6 41. Kc5+ (41. Re8 $2 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Ge8a8]} Rf6+ 42. Kc7
Rf7+) (41. Re1 $2 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Ge1a1]} Rf6+ 42. Kc7 Rf7+) 41... Kb7 42.
Kxb5 Rf5+ 43. Kc4 (43. Ka4 $142 {[%csl Ga4,Yb4][%cal Ga4a5,Yb4b5]}) 43... Rg5 (
43... Rh5 $143 44. h3 Rg5 45. g4 h5 46. Re4) 44. g3 h5 45. Re4 Kb6 46. Kd4 Kc6
47. Ke3 Rf5 48. Re6+ (48. Rc4+ $6 Kb5 49. Rc5+ Rxc5 50. bxc5 Kxc5 51. Kf4 h4 $1
{Also it has to be checked if white are winning in pawns endgame.} (51... Kd6
$2 52. Kg5 Ke7 53. h4 Kf7 54. Kxh5 Kf6 55. Kg4 $18)) 48... Kb5 49. Rg6 Kxb4 (
49... Rf7 $143 50. Rg5+ Kxb4 51. Rxh5 {[%csl Rb4,Yh5][%cal Yh5a5]}) 50. Rxg7
Kc4 51. Ke4 Rf2 52. h4 Rf8 53. Rg5 (53. Rc7+ $5 Kb4 54. Rh7 Rg8 55. Rxh5 Rxg3
56. Rg5 Rh3 57. h5 $18 {[%csl Rb4,Yg5][%cal Yg5a5]}) 53... Rh8 54. Kf5 $2 (54.
Kf4 $1 Kd4 $140 55. g4 hxg4 56. Kxg4 {[%csl Rd4,Yg5,Gh4][%cal Yg5a5,Gh4h5]})
54... Rh6 $4 {I didn't understand what my opponent was thinking over 20
minutes and made decisive mistake.} (54... Kd5 $1 55. Kg6+ $140 $6 (55. g4 $142
hxg4 56. Rxg4 Kd6 {[%cal Yd6e7,Ye7f7] with great chances to draw.}) 55... Ke4
$1 ({I was learning only:} 55... Ke6 $2 56. Kg7 Ra8 57. Rxh5 $18) 56. Kg7 Ra8
57. Rxh5 Ra7+ 58. Kg6 Ra6+ 59. Kf7 (59. Kg5 Kf3 {[%csl Gf3,Rg3][%cal Ga6a5]})
59... Ra7+ 60. Ke8 Ra8+ 61. Kd7 Ra7+ 62. Kc6 Ra6+ 63. Kb5 Rg6 $11) 55. Rg8 $18
{[%csl Rh5,Yh6][%cal Gf5g5,Gg5g6]} Ra6 56. Kg5 Kd5 (56... Ra5+ 57. Kh6 {
[%csl Rh5][%cal Gg8g5]}) 57. Kxh5 Ra3 58. g4 Ke6 59. Rf8 {[%csl Re6,Yf8][%cal
Yf8f1]} 1-0

[Event "St Stefan/Belgrade m"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Nb3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Nc3 (11. Bf4 c4 $1 12. Nd4 (12. Na5 $2 Bc5+
13. Kf1 Bb6 14. Nxb7 Rb8 $19) 12... O-O-O $13) 11... Bd6 12. Be3 b6 13. a4
O-O-O (13... Kf7 14. a5 c4 15. Nd4 b5 16. f4 (16. Nf5 $2 Bxf5 17. exf5 Ne7 18.
g4 h5 $17 {Timman-Kortchnoi/Leeuwarden (m/7)/1976/ (inf 22/296)}) (16. Nce2 Ne7
17. Bf4 Be5 18. Bxe5 (18. Nxe6 Kxe6 19. Nd4+ Kf7 20. Bxe5 fxe5 21. Nf5 Nxf5 22.
exf5 Rad8 $10 {Malishauskas-Psakhis Moscow GMA Open 1989}) 18... fxe5 19. Nxe6
Kxe6 $10 {Rosentalis-Psakhis URS Klaipeda 1988}) 16... Ne7 17. e5 fxe5 18. fxe5
Bxe5 19. Rf1+ Bf6 20. Bg5 Rad8 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Ne4 Rxd4 23. Rxf6+ Kg7 24.
Rxe6 $16 {Sherzer-Littlewood London Lloyds 1987}) (13... a5 14. Nb5 (14. Nd5
Bxd5 15. Rxd5 Ne7 16. Rdd1 Nc6 17. Nd2 Nb4 18. Rdc1 Be5 19. Nc4 Bd4 $10 {
Brinck Claussen-Elseth OL Novi Sad 1990}) 14... O-O-O 15. Nxd6+ cxd6 16. Rd2
Ne7 17. Rad1 d5 $10 {Djurhuus-Kogan EU-chT Haifa 1989}) 14. a5 Kb7 15. e5 (15.
Bf4 Ne7 16. Bxd6 cxd6 17. axb6 Bxb3 18. cxb3 Kxb6 {1/2-1/2 Velimirov-Matanovic
Jugoslavija (ch) (inf. 19/254)}) (15. axb6 cxb6 16. e5 (16. Bf4 Be7 17. Nd5 (
17. Rxd8 Bxd8 18. Rd1 Bc7 19. Bxc7 Kxc7 20. Nd5+ Bxd5 21. exd5 Nh6 22. Re1 {
1/2-1/2 Ligterink-Bellin Wijk aan Zee II 1976 (inf. 21/234)}) 17... Bxd5 18.
Rxd5 Rxd5 19. exd5 c4 20. Nd2 Bc5+ 21. Kf1 Ne7 22. Nxc4 Nxd5 $10 {
Quinteros-Kavalek Manila izt 1976}) 16... Be7 17. Rxd8 Bxd8 18. Ne4 Bxb3 19.
Nd6+ Kc6 20. cxb3 Ne7 21. Rxa6 Bc7 22. exf6 gxf6 23. Ne4 $16 {
Rosentalis-Gurevich,M URS FL Lvov 1987}) (15. Na4 $5 Nh6 $1 16. axb6 cxb6 17.
Bxc5 Bxb3 18. Rxd6 Rxd6 19. Bxd6 Bxc2 $10) 15... Be7 (15... fxe5 16. axb6 cxb6
17. Ne4 Be7 (17... Bxb3 18. Nxd6+ Kc6 19. cxb3 Rxd6 20. Rxd6+ Kxd6 21. Rxa6 Nf6
22. Rxb6+ Kd5 23. Rb7 g6 24. Rc7 $18) 18. Rxd8 Bxd8 19. Nbxc5+ $18) (15... Bxb3
16. exd6 Bxc2 17. Rdc1 Bg6 18. dxc7 $18) 16. Rxd8 Bxd8 17. Ne4 $146 {/\18.
Nbxc5 bxc5 19.Nxc5+ +-} (17. axb6 cxb6 18. Ne4 (18. Bxc5 $5 Nh6 $1 (18... Bxb3
19. Bf8 Ne7 20. Bxg7 Rg8 21. exf6 $16) 19. Bd6 Nf7 20. Ne4 fxe5 $14) 18... Bxb3
19. Nd6+ (19. cxb3 Ne7 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Nxf6 Nf5 22. Nd5 Nxe3 23. Nxe3 Bf6 $44
) 19... Kc6 20. cxb3 Ne7 21. Rxa6 Nd5 {0,5/Adorjan,A-Ivkov,B/Skopje/1976/})
17... Kc6 $2 (17... Bxb3 18. cxb3 Ne7 (18... f5 19. Rd1 Be7 20. Ng3 g6 21. axb6
cxb6 22. Rd7+ Kc6 23. Ra7 a5 24. Ra8 $16) 19. axb6 cxb6 20. Nd6+ (20. exf6 gxf6
21. Rd1 (21. Nxf6 Nf5 22. Nd5 Nxe3 23. Nxe3 Bf6 $44) 21... Nf5 22. Bf2 Kc6 23.
g4 $14) 20... Kc6 21. Rxa6 Nd5 $10) (17... Be7 18. Bxc5 $1 (18. axb6 Bxb3 (
18... cxb6 $2 19. Bxc5 Bxb3 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 (20... Bxc2 $4 21. Bf8 $18) 21. cxb3
fxe5 22. Nd6+ Kb8 23. Rxa6 Rd8 24. Nc4 Nc8 $14) 19. cxb3 cxb6 20. Nd6+ (20. Rd1
Kc6 $13) 20... Bxd6 21. exd6 Nh6 (21... f5 22. b4 $1 cxb4 23. Rc1 $16) 22. Bxh6
gxh6 $13) 18... Bxb3 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 (19... Bxc2 $4 20. Bf8 $18) 20. cxb3 fxe5
21. axb6 cxb6 22. Nd6+ {-> 18.axb6 cxb6?}) (17... Bd5 $5 18. Rd1 Ne7 19. exf6
gxf6 $14) 18. axb6 cxb6 19. Nbxc5 $18 Bc8 20. Nxa6 fxe5 21. Nb4+ (21. Nb4+ Kb5
22. Nd6+ Kxb4 23. Ra3 Nf6 24. c3#) 1-0

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.15"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Egin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Acs, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UZB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. dxe5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 fxe5 9. Rd3 Bd6 10. Nbd2 Nf6 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Rae8 13. Re1 b5 14. g3 Bh3
15. Ng5 Bc8 16. Kg2 h6 17. Ngf3 g5 18. h3 Kh7 19. Nf1 Kg6 20. N3d2 Nd7 21. Rf3
Rxf3 22. Nxf3 Nc5 23. Ne3 h5 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. exf5+ Kxf5 26. Nd4+ Kg6 27. Nxc6
e4 28. a3 h4 29. Nb4 hxg3 30. fxg3 Rf8 31. Re3 Re8 32. Nd5 Nd7 33. Re2 c6 34.
Ne3 Ne5 35. Nd1 Nd7 36. Nf2 e3 37. Ng4 Bc5 38. Bc1 Ne5 39. Nxe3 Nd7 40. Kf1 Nf6
41. Nd1 Rd8 42. Nf2 Rd5 43. Nd3 Bd6 44. Kg2 c5 45. Bb2 c4 46. bxc4 bxc4 47.
Ne5+ Bxe5 48. Bxe5 Nd7 49. Bc3 Kf7 50. Kf3 Nb6 51. Kg4 Na4 52. Bd2 Kf6 53. Be3
Nc3 54. Rf2+ Kg6 55. Rf8 Ne4 56. Rg8+ Kf7 57. Rc8 Nf6+ 58. Kf3 Rf5+ 59. Ke2 Re5
60. Kf3 Rf5+ 61. Kg2 Re5 62. Rc7+ Ke6 63. Bd4 Re2+ 64. Kf3 Rxc2 65. Bxf6 Kxf6
66. Kg4 Rc3 67. Rc6+ Ke5 68. Rxa6 {[#] Freibauern beiderseits mit aktivem
schwarzen Turm vs aktivem weißen König} Rd3 69. Ra8 c3 70. Rc8 Kd5 71. a4 Rd4+
72. Kxg5 Rc4 73. Rd8+ Ke4 74. Rd1 c2 {Wenn Schwarz ein klares Remis haben will,
dann so:} (74... Rxa4 $11 {Der König bleibt a c-Bauer und der Turm beschäftigt
sich mit den weißen Freibauern}) 75. Rc1 Kf3 $2 (75... Kd3 76. h4 Kd2 77. Rxc2+
Kxc2 78. h5 Rxa4 $11 {ist auch noch problemlos}) 76. g4 Kg3 $2 (76... Ke3 77.
h4 Kd2 78. Rxc2+ Kxc2 79. h5 Rxa4 $11 {ginge auch noch}) 77. Kh5 Kxh3 {Ein
letzter, wohl untauglicher Versuch wäre} (77... Kf4 $5 78. g5 Kf5 79. h4 Rc8
80. Kh6 Rh8+ 81. Kg7 Rxh4 82. Rxc2 Rxa4 (82... Kxg5 83. Rc5+ $18) 83. g6 Ra7+
84. Kh6 $18) 78. g5 Rc5 79. Kh6 Kg4 80. g6 Rc6 81. Kh7 Kg5 82. g7 Rh6+ 83. Kg8
Rc6 84. a5 Rc3 85. a6 Kg6 86. Rg1+ Kh6 87. Kh8 Rc8+ 88. g8=Q 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.09"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Ivanchuk,V"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[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 "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%mdl 48]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7.
c3 Qd7 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 O-O-O 10. Rd1 $146 (10. Be3) 10... Ne7 11. Nd2 Ng6 ({
If black take the pawn} 11... exd4 {after} 12. Nb3 Ng6 13. cxd4 {White is
better}) 12. Nf1 $1 {The knight go to f5} Bd6 13. Ne3 Rhe8 14. Nf5 Bf8 15. Be3
exd4 16. Rxd4 ({After} 16. cxd4 Qe6 17. Qg4 Ne7 $1 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 $11 {the
endgame is equal}) 16... Qe6 17. Qh5 Qg8 (17... Rxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxe4 19. Qxh7 $14
) 18. Rad1 Ne5 19. b3 g6 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Qd1+ ({Better was} 
22. Qh4 $5 Nd7 (22... Nf3+ 23. gxf3 gxf5+ 24. Kf1 Qg6 25. Bd4 $14) 23. Nd4 Bd6
24. f4 Qe8 25. f5 Qe7 26. Ne6+ Kc8 $14 {keeping better position}) 22... Kc8 23.
Nd4 c5 24. Nf3 Nc6 25. Nd2 h5 $2 (25... Qe6 {leads to equality}) 26. f4 Qe6 27.
f5 Qe8 (27... gxf5 $2 28. Qxh5 fxe4 29. Qh8 Qe8 30. Bh6 e3 31. Nf3 $18) 28.
fxg6 Qxg6 29. Qf3 Bd6 30. Kf2 Kd8 31. Nc4 b5 32. Nxd6 cxd6 33. Bf4 (33. Qg3 Ne5
34. Qxg6 Nxg6 35. Kf3 Ke7 36. Bf4 Ke6 $11) 33... Ne5 34. Qd1 Kc7 35. Qd5 h4 36.
Kf1 Qh5 37. Ke1 (37. Kg1 Qe2 38. Bxe5 fxe5 39. Qf7+ Kb6 40. Qd7 Qe1+ $11) 37...
Qg6 38. Kf2 Qh5 39. Ke3 Qg6 40. Kf2 Qe8 41. b4 ({Missing last chance} 41. Kg1
$1 Qg6 42. Kh2 Qe8 43. Qd1 Qg6 44. Qe1 Qh5 45. Qe3 Qg6 (45... Qd1 46. Qf2) 46.
Qf2 Qh5 47. Be3 {and the white is control ><f6,><h4}) 41... c4 $1 42. Qd4 Nd3+
43. Ke3 Nxf4 44. Qa7+ Kc6 45. Qxa6+ Kc7 46. Qa7+ (46. Kxf4 $2 Qe5+ 47. Ke3
Qxc3+ $17) 46... Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1992.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Ne2 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd7 10. Nbc3 O-O-O 11. Bf4 Ne7 12. Bg3 g5 $6 $146 (12... Nc6
13. Nd5 Ne5 14. f4 Nf7 $10 {ECO}) 13. f4 $1 Bg7 (13... gxf4 $2 14. Nxf4 $16 {
><c7, f6}) 14. f5 b6 (14... h5 15. h3 h4 16. Bf2 (16. Bh2 b5 17. a3 b4 (17...
Bc6 18. b4) 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Bc6 21. Rc5 Kb7 22. Rc4 $16)
16... b6 $13 17. Rd2 (17. a4) 17... Nc6 $6 18. Nd5) 15. h3 h5 16. Bh2 Rde8 $6 (
16... Bc6 $142 $14) (16... b5 17. a3 $1 b4 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Nd5 $16) 17. a4 $1
Nc6 18. Nd5 Ne5 19. c3 $5 {/\b4|^<<} Rhf8 $1 {/\Rf7,Bf8} 20. b4 c4 21. Nd4 Rf7
22. b5 a5 23. Nf3 Nd3 $1 $8 24. Bxc7 Rxe4 25. Nd2 (25. Bxb6 Bxf5 26. Bd4 $16 (
26. Bxa5 Kb7 $132 (26... g4 27. Nd4 Bd7 28. Nb6+ Kb7 $132)) (26. Nd2 $16))
25... Bxf5 $8 26. Bd6 $2 (26. Bxb6) (26. Bxb6 $16) 26... Kb7 $44 27. Rf1 $1 (
27. Nxe4 Bxe4 28. Ne3 f5 29. Nxc4 Bxc3 30. Ra3 Nb2 $1 {Timman}) 27... Bg6 28.
Nxe4 Bxe4 29. Ne3 f5 30. Nxc4 Rd7 $1 (30... Bxc3 31. Ra3 Bd4+ 32. Kh2 {/\Rd1}
Bd5 $140 $2 33. Rxd3 Bxc4 34. Rxd4 Bxf1 35. Kg1 Be2 36. Kf2 $18) 31. Ba3 Bxc3
32. Nd6+ Ka7 33. Rad1 Bd4+ (33... Bb4 $5 34. Bxb4 axb4 $13 {Timman}) 34. Kh1
Be5 35. Nxe4 $6 (35. Nxf5 $4 Nf2+ $19) (35. Rxd3 $1 Bxd3 36. Rd1 Bc2 37. Nc8+
Kb8 38. Rxd7 Kxc8 $14 {Timman}) 35... fxe4 36. Rd2 g4 $1 $138 37. Re2 (37. hxg4
hxg4 38. g3 $10) 37... g3 38. Bc1 Rd4 39. Be3 $2 (39. Rc2 $10 {/\Rf7}) 39...
Rxa4 40. Rc2 Rb4 $17 41. Rc8 (41. Rf7+ Ka8 42. Rc8+ Bb8 {/\Rb1}) 41... Kb7 42.
Re8 Rxb5 43. Kg1 Rb4 $6 (43... a4 $1 44. Rf7+ Kc6 45. Re6+ Kd5 46. Rxb6 Rxb6
47. Bxb6 a3 48. Ra7 Bb2 $19) 44. Rf7+ Ka6 45. Kf1 a4 46. Rfe7 a3 47. Ra8+ Kb5
48. Re6 $1 (48. Rxa3 Bd6 $19) 48... Bb2 (48... Rb1+ 49. Ke2 Rb2+ 50. Kf1 $10)
49. Rxb6+ (49. Bxb6 $2 Ra4 $17) 49... Kc4 50. Rba6 $13 Kb3 $138 51. Ke2 Rc4 52.
Bd2 Nc1+ 53. Kd1 Nd3 54. Ke2 Nc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch GpB"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Milman, Lev"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Kaidanov,G"]
[PlyCount "198"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. c3 Bd6 8. Be3
Qe7 9. Nbd2 O-O-O 10. Qc2 exd4 11. cxd4 Re8 12. e5 $5 fxe5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14.
Rfe1 Bf6 15. Bd4 (15. Rac1 $5 {since Black has hard time to find a useful move,
this was an interesting try.} Be6 $1 (15... Qd7 16. Qc5) (15... Qf7 16. Qc5
Qxa2 17. Qa7 Ne7 18. Ne4 Bxf3 19. Nc5 $18) (15... Qf8 16. b4 Ne7 (16... Qxb4
17. Bc5 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Qc3 19. Qxc3 Bxc3 20. Re8+ Kd7 21. Rb8 b6 22. Bd4 $16)
17. Qc5 Nd5 18. Qa7 Qxb4 19. Rb1 $16) 16. Ne4 (16. Nd4 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Nf6 $11)
16... Bf5 17. Nd6+ Qxd6 18. Qxf5+ Qd7 19. Qc5 b6 20. Qxc6 Qxc6 21. Rxc6 Ne7 22.
Rc2 Kb7 $11) 15... Qf8 $1 {to stop 16.Qc5} 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Re1 (17. Qc5 b6
18. Qc4 Kb7 {is fine for Black}) 17... Qf8 18. Qc4 Nh6 19. Be3 Bxf3 (19... Bf5
20. Nd4 Bd7 21. N2b3 $36) 20. Nxf3 Qd6 (20... Bxb2 21. Rb1 Bf6 22. Qe6+ Kb8 23.
Qxc6 $18) 21. Bxh6 gxh6 {White didn't get enough play for a pawn and now
forces an exchange, hoping to exploit black's pawn weaknesses.} 22. b3 Qd5 23.
Qf4 Bc3 24. Rc1 Bg7 25. Re1 Rf8 26. Qg4+ Qd7 27. Qh5 b6 28. h3 a5 29. Ne5 Qe6
30. Nf3 Qd7 31. Ne5 Qe6 32. Re3 {I was surprised by this move. I expected 32.
Nf3, in which case I was going to play for a win with 32...Qf7.} Kb7 33. Qe2
Qf5 34. Nf3 Rd8 35. Re7 Bf8 36. Re4 Bc5 {Black made a little progress.} 37. g4
Qf7 38. Re6 Rd6 39. Re5 Rd5 40. Kg2 Bd6 (40... Rxe5 41. Qxe5 (41. Nxe5 Qd5+ 42.
Nf3 b5 43. Qc2 Bb6 44. Qxh7 $4 Qc5 $19) 41... a4 (41... Qd5 42. Qg7 a4 43. Qxh7
axb3 44. axb3 Qxb3 45. Qxh6 Qb2 46. Qd2 (46. Nd2 Qd4) 46... Qxd2 47. Nxd2 Bb4
48. Nb3 c5 49. g5 c4 50. g6 Bc3 51. Nd2 b5 52. h4 Bg7 53. h5 c5 54. Ne4 Kc6 55.
f4 b4 56. f5 c3 57. f6 Bxf6 58. Nxf6 c2 59. g7 c1=Q 60. g8=Q Qb2+ 61. Kh3 Qxf6
62. Qg6 Qxg6 63. hxg6 b3 64. g7 b2 65. g8=Q b1=Q {and it's a draw according to
the tablebases.}) 42. Qc3 Qf4 $15) 41. Re6 h5 42. g5 Bf4 (42... Rf5 $5 43. Rh6
$2 (43. Re4 h6) 43... Bf8 44. Re6 Rxf3 45. Qxf3 Qxe6 46. Qxf8 Qd5+ $19) 43. Qe4
({Believe it or not, I missed} 43. Rf6 $2 {when I played 42...Bf4. Fortunately,
it's bad because of} Rxg5+) 43... Bxg5 44. Rxc6 {I saw this one though:)} Qf5
45. Qxf5 Rxf5 46. Re6 Bf6 47. Re8 Rd5 48. Rf8 Rd6 49. Rf7 h6 50. Kf1 Bc3 51.
Ke2 Kc6 52. a4 $6 {Unnecessarily weakening the position. The simple 52.Ke3 was
better.} Rf6 53. Re7 Kd6 54. Re3 (54. Rh7 c6 55. Z0 Kc5 56. Z0 Kb4) 54... Bb4 (
54... Re6 $5 55. Rxe6+ Kxe6 56. Kd3 Bb4 {Black's advantage is based not only
on the extra pawn, but also on the fact that the bishop is better than the
knight in those situations.} 57. Nd4+ Ke5 58. Nc6+ Kf4 59. Nxb4 (59. Ke2 Bc5
$17) 59... axb4 60. Kc4 {The variation below shows the significance of the
extra double h pawn.} (60. Ke2 h4 $19) 60... c5 (60... Kf3 $4 61. Kb5 Kxf2 62.
Kc6 Kg3 63. Kxc7 Kxh3 64. Kxb6 Kg3 65. a5 h4 66. a6 h3 67. a7 h2 68. a8=Q $18)
61. Kb5 Kf3 62. Kxb6 c4 63. a5 cxb3 64. a6 b2 65. a7 b1=Q 66. a8=Q+ Kxf2 67.
Qf8+ Kg2 68. Qxh6 Qf5 69. h4 Qg4 70. Qd2+ Kh3 71. Qe1 Qc4 {and Black should
win White's h-pawn and then the game.}) 55. Rd3+ Ke6 56. Nd4+ Kf7 57. Nf3 Re6+
58. Kf1 Rd6 59. Ke2 Kf6 (59... Rxd3 60. Kxd3 Ke6 {would lead to the same
situation, which Black could get on move 54. It would promise him good winning
chances.}) 60. Nd4 Bc5 61. Rf3+ Ke5 62. Nc2 Rc6 $2 {Missing the last chance to
trade rooks.} (62... Rf6 $1) (62... Re6 $5) 63. Ne3 Bxe3 64. Rxe3+ Kf4 65. Rf3+
Kg5 66. Rg3+ Kh4 67. Kf1 Rc5 68. Re3 Kg5 69. Ke2 Rc2+ 70. Kf3 Kf5 71. Kg3 h4+
72. Kxh4 Kf4 73. Re7 Rc3 74. Rf7+ Ke4 75. Kg4 Rxb3 76. Rxc7 Rb4 77. Rb7 Kd5+
78. f4 Kc6 79. Rh7 Rxa4 80. Rxh6+ Kc5 81. Rh8 b5 82. Rb8 $2 {It's not clear
yet where the rook belongs to, so it was better to push the pawn.} (82. h4 Ra1
(82... b4 83. Rb8) 83. h5 a4 84. h6 Rh1 85. f5 a3 86. f6 Rg1+ 87. Kh5 a2 88. f7
Rf1 89. Ra8 $11) 82... Rd4 $2 $138 (82... Ra1 $1 83. Ra8 (83. f5 b4 84. f6 Rf1
85. Kg5 a4 86. Kg6 b3 87. f7 Kc4 88. Rc8+ (88. h4 a3 $19) 88... Kd3 89. Rd8+
Kc2 90. Rc8+ Kb2 91. f8=Q Rxf8 92. Rxf8 Ka2 $1 93. h4 b2 94. Rf2 a3 95. h5 Ka1
96. Rf1+ b1=Q+ 97. Rxb1+ Kxb1 98. h6 a2 99. h7 a1=Q $19) (83. Rc8+ Kd4 84. Rd8+
Kc3 85. Rc8+ Kb3 86. f5 Rf1 (86... b4 87. f6 Rf1 88. Rc5 $1 $11) 87. Kg5 a4 88.
h4 a3 89. h5 a2 90. Ra8 a1=Q 91. Rxa1 Rxa1 92. h6 b4 93. h7 Ra8 94. Kg6 Kc4 95.
f6 Kd5 $1 $19 (95... b3 96. Kg7 b2 97. h8=Q Rxh8 98. Kxh8 b1=Q 99. f7 $11)) (
83. h4 a4 84. h5 a3 85. Ra8 {This line shows why it was better to play 82.h4
instead of 82.Rb8. The rook has to move again and this extra tempo proves to
be decisive.} (85. h6 Rg1+ 86. Kf5 a2 $19 87. Ra8) 85... a2 86. h6 Rg1+ $19)
83... b4 84. f5 a4 (84... b3 85. f6 b2 (85... Rf1 86. Rxa5+ Kc4 87. Ra4+ Kc3
88. Ra3 Rxf6 89. h4 $11) 86. f7 Rf1 87. Rb8) 85. f6 b3 $1 (85... a3 86. Kg5 (
86. f7 Rf1 87. f8=Q+ Rxf8 88. Rxf8 a2) 86... Rf1 87. Kg6 Kc4 88. f7 Kb3 89.
f8=Q Rxf8 90. Rxf8 a2 91. Ra8 Kb2 92. h4 b3 93. h5 a1=Q 94. Rxa1 Kxa1 95. h6 b2
96. h7 $11) 86. Rb8 (86. f7 Rf1 (86... Rg1+ $1 87. Kf5 (87. Kh4 Rf1 88. f8=Q+ (
88. Rxa4 b2 89. Ra5+ Kc6 90. Ra6+ Kb7 $19) 88... Rxf8 89. Rxf8 b2 90. Rb8 a3
$19) 87... Rf1+ 88. Ke6 b2 $19) 87. Ra5+ Kc6 88. Rf5 $11) 86... Rf1 87. Kg5 Kc4
$19) 83. Kg5 $11 a4 84. f5 b4 85. f6 Rd7 86. Kg6 b3 (86... a3 $2 87. Ra8 Kc4 $2
88. f7 Rxf7 89. Kxf7 b3 90. Ra4+ $1 $18) 87. f7 Rxf7 88. Kxf7 Kc4 89. Rc8+ Kd3
90. Rb8 Kc3 91. Rc8+ Kb2 92. h4 a3 93. h5 a2 94. Ra8 a1=Q 95. Rxa1 Kxa1 96. h6
b2 97. h7 b1=Q 98. h8=Q+ Qb2 99. Qxb2+ Kxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL2-West 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.03.11"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.10.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muenster"]
[BlackTeam "Heiligenhaus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. dxe5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 fxe5 9. Rd3 Bd6 10. Nbd2 Nf6 11. b3 O-O $1 12. Bb2 Rae8 13. Re1 (13. h3
Bxf3 (13... Bc8 $5 {/\ Nh5-f4} 14. Nc4 (14. Re1 Nh5 15. Nc4 Nf4 16. Rd2 Nxh3+
17. Kh2 Bb4 18. c3 Bc5 $15) (14. Kh2 b5 $11) 14... Nxe4 15. Ncxe5 Bf5 $11) 14.
Rxf3 Bb4 15. Nc4 (15. Bc3 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 Rd8 $11) 15... Nxe4 16. Rxf8+ Kxf8 17.
Nxe5 Bc3 $11) 13... b5 14. g3 {/\ Kg2, h3} Bh3 (14... Nd7 15. Kg2 Nc5 16. Rde3
a5 $11) 15. Ng5 Bc8 16. Kg2 Nd7 17. Rf3 Nf6 18. Rd3 Re7 $1 {/\ Nd7} 19. Re2 $6
{>< Re2} Nd7 20. Rf3 Rfe8 21. Rd3 Nc5 22. Rde3 a5 (22... Nb7 $5 {/\ Bc5, Nd6}
23. Ngf3 Bc5 24. Rd3 (24. Rc3 Bd7) 24... Nd6 {/\ Bb6, a5 ; /\ Bb6, c5} 25. Rc3
Bb4 $15) 23. Ngf3 Nd7 (23... Nb7 $142) 24. Nh4 g6 25. Nhf3 {/\ h4-h5} Nb6 (
25... Rf8 $5 26. h4 $140 Nf6) 26. h4 h6 (26... h5 $5 27. Ng5 a4) 27. h5 g5 28.
Nh2 Be6 {/\ Nd7} (28... g4 29. f3 gxf3+ 30. Rxf3 $11 (30. Ndxf3 Rg7 31. Nh4 Rg5
32. N4f3 $11)) 29. Rf3 $6 (29. f3 Bf7 30. g4 (30. Ng4 Re6 $15) 30... a4 31.
Nhf1 Ra8 $15) 29... Nd7 30. Ndf1 g4 $1 31. Rd3 Nf6 $36 32. Ne3 (32. Bc1 Kh7 33.
Ne3 Rg8 34. Nf5 Bxf5 35. exf5 Nxh5 $15) 32... Rg7 33. Nf5 Bxf5 34. exf5 Rg5 35.
f3 $2 $138 (35. Rde3 Rxf5 36. f4 gxf3+ 37. Rxf3 Rxf3 38. Nxf3 $15) 35... gxf3+
36. Rxf3 $2 (36. Nxf3 Rxf5 37. Rde3 Rxh5 38. Nxe5 Nd5 39. Re4 Rg5 $17) 36... e4
37. Rfe3 Nxh5 $19 38. Rxe4 Rxg3+ 39. Kf2 (39. Kf1 Rxe4 40. Rxe4 Rg5 41. Rh4
Ng3+ 42. Kf2 Nxf5 $19) (39. Kh1 Rxe4 40. Rxe4 Rh3 41. Be5 Nf6 42. Bxf6 Rxh2+
43. Kg1 Rxc2 $19) 39... Bc5+ 40. Ke1 Rg1+ (40... Rg1+ 41. Nf1 (41. Kd2 Rd8+ $19
) 41... Rxe4 42. Rxe4 Rxf1+ $19) 0-1

[Event "POL-ch 65th"]
[Site "Lublin"]
[Date "2008.03.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Miton, Kamil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Macieja,B"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Nb3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bg4 10. f3 Bd7 11. Nc3 O-O-O 12. Bf4 c4 13. Na5 Bc5+ 14. Kf1
b5 15. Nd5 Ne7 16. Bxc7 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Kxc7 18. Rxc5+ Kb6 19. b4 cxb3 20. Nxb3
Be6 21. Rc3 a5 22. a4 Rc8 $1 $146 {An equalising novelty.} (22... b4) 23. Rxc8
Rxc8 24. axb5 ({White is unable to win also after} 24. Nd4 Bc4+ 25. Kf2 b4 $11
{due to the weaknesses c2 and a4.}) 24... Bxb3 $1 {Correct decision.} (24...
Rxc2 {leaves White chances to win.} 25. Nxa5 Kxb5 26. Nb7 $14) 25. cxb3 Rc3 $6
{First inaccuracy.} (25... Kxb5 26. Rd1 (26. Kf2 Rc2+ 27. Kg3 Rb2 28. Ra3 Kb4
29. Ra4+ Kb5 $11) 26... Rc3 27. Rd7 Kb6 $1 {A very important resource here and
in all similar positions.} 28. Rxg7 Rxb3 $11) 26. Rb1 Kxb5 27. Kf2 Kb4 28. f4
Rc5 $4 {This move already loses. The simplest way was to play} (28... Rxb3 29.
Rxb3+ Kxb3 30. e5 fxe5 31. fxe5 a4 32. e6 a3 33. e7 a2 34. e8=Q a1=Q 35. Qg8+
Kb4 36. Qxh7 Qf6+ $11 {with a perpetual check.}) 29. Ke3 Rc3+ (29... Rc2 30. e5
fxe5 31. fxe5 Rxg2 (31... Kc5 32. Re1 $1 $18) 32. Re1 $1 Rc2 33. e6 Rc8 34. e7
Re8 35. Kd4 Kxb3 36. Kd5 a4 37. Ke6 a3 38. Kf7 $18) 30. Kd2 $1 Rc5 (30... Rxb3
31. Rxb3+ Kxb3 32. e5 fxe5 33. fxe5 a4 34. Kc1 $18) 31. h4 Rc3 32. e5 fxe5 33.
fxe5 Rc5 34. Re1 $1 {The rest is simple.} Kxb3 35. e6 Rd5+ (35... Rc8 36. e7
Re8 37. Kd3 $18) 36. Ke3 (36. Ke3 Re5+ 37. Kf2 Rf5+ 38. Kg3 Rf8 39. e7 Re8 40.
Kf4 Kc4 41. Kf5 Kd5 42. Rd1+ Kc6 43. Ke6 $18) 1-0

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 {An early deviation from the Marshall
Attack. Una desviación temprana del Ataque Marshall.} dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4
7. Nxd4 c5 8. Ne2 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd7 10. Nbc3 O-O-O 11. Be3 {We are following
well-known paths. White is better developed, but Black's kingside structure
and his pair of bishops do not allow the rapid activation of White's forces.}
Re8 {A typical method in the Exchange Spanish. Black abandons the d-file,
which is not so important yet, because White cannot infiltrate through it, for
the sake of avoiding simplifications and putting pressure on the e4-pawn.} 12.
Rd2 Bc6 13. Rad1 b6 14. f3 Bd6 {This might have come as a suprise for Aronian,
since it was played on very rare occasions.} ({The main stream of theory
continues} 14... Ne7 15. Nf4 Ng6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Bf4 Be7 18. Nd5 Bd8 {
White has an active position, but it is not easy to find a concrete way for
making progress.} 19. Ne3 $1 {[%csl Gg4] The best way to maintain the
advantage of space.} (19. c4 g5 20. Bg3 g4 $1 21. Re1 gxf3 22. gxf3 g5 $132 {
Socko,B (2621)-Akopian,V (2713)/Port Erin 2006/CBM 114 ext (1/2-1/2, 29)})
19... g5 20. Bg3 g6 21. Bf2 Rh7 22. g4 c4 23. Kg2 b5 24. c3 {Laznicka,V (2608)
-Georgiev,V (2540)/Dresden 2007/CBM 118 (1-0, 42). The evaluation has not
changed much since the 18th move.}) 15. Bf4 {A logical reaction. White is
happy to deprive his opponent of the pair of bishops.} Bxf4 16. Nxf4 Nh6 $1 {
On the other hand, Black has got this additional way of developing his knight,
without fearing Bxh6 anymore.} 17. Kf2 $146 {Both sides have developed in a
harmonious way. White's advantage is more of an optical nature. His domination
along the d-file is rather sterile, while the kingside majority is not easy to
promote, being submitted to strong pressure by the enemy bishop. On the other
wing, Black's structure is rock solid and provides him with outposts for his
pieces (c6, d4). Ambos bandos han completado su desarrollo. La ventaja delas
blancas es más bien de naturaleza, digamos, óptica. La dominación sobre la
columna de d es bastante esterila, mientras que la mayoría de peones del
flanco de rey no es fácil de avanzar, al ser sometida a fuerte presión por el
alfil enemigo. En el otro flanco, la estructura negra es muy sólida y ofrece a
sus figuras casillas estables como c6 y d4.} ({Previously,} 17. Nh5 {was
played in a couple of games. The knight stands actively here, but it will
eventually be driven away with a later ...g6.} Rhg8 {[%cal Yf6f5] The best way
to defend the pawn.} (17... Re7 $6 18. Nd5 Rf7 19. g4 $14 {[%csl Gh6] Rause,O 
(2565)-Cutillas Ripoll,P (2465)/W-Cup6 fin corr 1994/Corr 2002 (1-0, 44).
leads to some congestion of Black's pieces.}) 18. g4 Nf7 {[%csl Gf3][%cal
Yg7e5]} 19. Kf2 Kb7 (19... Ne5 20. b3 a5 21. h3 Kb7 22. Nd5 {and now, in the
game Kasparov,S (2491)-Maiorov,N (2490)/Minsk 2006/CBM 111 ext (1/2-1/2, 57),
White had no special reason to refrain from} a4 $5 $132) 20. b3 a5 21. a4 Ne5
22. h3 c4 {Getting rid of the doubled pawns. For somebody used to the Berlin
Defence, this is just a great position for Black.} 23. f4 {[%csl Ye4]} Nf7 24.
Re2 cxb3 25. cxb3 Re7 26. Re3 Nd6 27. Rde1 Rf8 28. Ng3 g6 $132 {Zapata,A (2556)
-Sasikiran,K (2670)/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (0-1, 67). White has an advantage of
space, but his e4-pawn needs permanent care. Besides, making further progress
looks virtually impossible and in the long run Black has chances to take over
the initiative.}) 17... f5 18. exf5 Nxf5 19. Re1 Rxe1 20. Kxe1 g5 {The
position can be evaluated as roughtly equal, but remains quite interesting.
From the spectator's point of view, the abrupt end is slightly frustrating. La
posición ofrece posibilidades aproximadamente iguales, pero en realidad queda
muy interesante. Desde el punto de vista del espectador, el final abrupto es
bastante frustrante.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Odorheiu Secuiesc zt"]
[Site "Odorheiu Secuiesc"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Wedberg} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. c3
Bd6 8. Be3 Qe7 (8... Ne7 {Wedberg} 9. Nbd2 Qd7 10. dxe5 fxe5 11. h3 Be6 12. Ng5
$14 {Benjamin,J-Sokolov,I/Donner mem-A/1994}) 9. Nbd2 exd4 (9... O-O-O 10. Qc2
(10. Re1 {Wedberg} Nh6 11. Qc2 $32) 10... exd4 11. Nxd4 $14 {Rozentalis,
E-Marin,M Belfort 1995}) (9... Nh6 {Wedberg} 10. h3 Bd7 11. Qb3 b6 12. dxe5
fxe5 13. Nc4 Nf7 14. Rfd1 $16 {Mecking,H-Rocha,A/Mar del Plata/1969}) 10. cxd4
O-O-O 11. Qc2 $6 (11. Rc1 Bb4 $5) (11. a3 $5) (11. h3 $142 {Wedberg}) 11... Re8
{(/\12...Bxf3 13.gxf3=/+) /\Bxf3, ><e4} 12. e5 $5 (12. Nh4 $5 {Wedberg} g5 13.
h3 Bxh3 (13... gxh4 14. hxg4 h5 15. g5 fxg5 16. e5 Bb4 17. Qf5+ $16) (13... Bd7
14. Nhf3 g4 15. hxg4 Bxg4 16. Nh2 $6 (16. Nh4 $13) (16. e5 $5 fxe5 17. dxe5
Bxe5 18. Rae1 Bf6 19. Bf4 Qf8 20. Ne5 $36) 16... h5 $40 17. f4 $2 Bf5 $1) 14.
gxh3 gxh4 15. Qd1 $13) 12... Bb4 $15 (12... fxe5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Rfe1 (14.
Rae1 {Wedberg} Bf6 $8 (14... Bd6 15. Bd4 Be6 16. Ne4 $16) (14... Qf8 15. Qc5 $1
$16) 15. Bf4 (15. Bc5 Qf7 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Re1 Qf7 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Nf6
20. Re7 Qxa2 $17) 15... Qf8 $1 (15... Qd7 16. Qc5 Kb8 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Re1
Qd8 19. Be3 $40) 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Qc5 (17. Re1 Qf8 $15) 17... b6 $15) (14.
Bc5 Qf7 15. Nxe5 Rxe5 16. Bd4 Rd5 $15) 14... Bf6 (14... Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Bf6 16.
Rad1 $36) (14... Qf7 15. Qc5 Bd6 16. Qa7 $16) (14... Bd6 15. Bd4 Qd7 16. Rxe8+
Qxe8 17. Bxg7 $18) 15. Bd4 Qd7 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Nf6 18. Nc4 {~/=/=/+}) 13.
h3 Be6 (13... Bh5 $4 14. Qf5+) 14. Ne4 (14. a3 Bxd2 15. Nxd2 Bd5 $17) 14... Qf7
15. a3 Bb3 16. Qb1 (16. Neg5 fxg5 17. Nxg5 Bxc2 18. Nxf7 Bb3 19. Nxh8 Ba5 $17)
16... Be7 (16... Bf8 $5) (16... Ba5 $1 $17) 17. Nfd2 Bd5 $2 (17... Be6 $1 $17
18. f4 (18. b4 f5 19. Ng5 (19. Nc5 f4 (19... Bxc5 20. dxc5 f4 21. Bd4 Ne7 $17)
20. Nxe6 fxe3 $19) 19... Bxg5 20. Bxg5 h6 21. Bf4 g5 $17) 18... Nh6 19. b4 Nf5
20. Bf2 h5) 18. f4 $1 $14 Bd8 $5 (18... Nh6 19. f5 fxe5 20. dxe5 $1 (20. Bxh6
gxh6 21. dxe5 Rhg8 $132) 20... Nxf5 $2 21. Rxf5 $1 (21. g4 g6 $1 22. gxf5 gxf5
$44) 21... Qxf5 $2 22. Nd6+) (18... f5 19. Nc3 Nh6 20. b4 $16) 19. b4 f5 20.
Nc3 Ne7 21. a4 b6 22. Qd3 Kb7 23. b5 cxb5 (23... a5 $5) 24. axb5 a5 25. Na4 Kb8
26. Nc5 $1 Ba8 $1 (26... bxc5 27. dxc5 {(/\c6,Rxa5)} c6 28. b6 $18) 27. Na6+
Kc8 28. Rfc1 Qg6 29. Qe2 Nd5 30. Nc4 Re6 31. Bd2 (31. Nd6+ Rxd6 32. exd6 Qxd6
$15) 31... Rhe8 (31... Qh6 $5) (31... Qg3 $5 32. Nd6+ (32. Ra3 Nxf4 33. Bxf4
Qxf4 $17) 32... Rxd6 33. exd6 Nxf4 34. Bxf4 Qxf4 35. Nxc7 $18) 32. Kh2 Qh6 $5 (
32... Qf7 33. Qf3 {/\Nc5, /\Nxa5, /\Bxa5}) 33. Qf3 Bb7 $2 (33... g5 $5 34. fxg5
(34. Nc5 g4 $40) (34. Nxa5 g4 $40) 34... Bxg5 35. Bxg5 Qxg5 36. Nxa5 $3 (36.
Nxc7 $2 Kxc7 $1 (36... Nxc7 $2 37. Nxb6+ Rxb6 (37... Kb8 38. Nxa8 Nxa8 39. Rxa5
Nb6 40. Rc6 $40) 38. Qxa8+ Rb8 (38... Kd7 39. Qa7) 39. Qa6+ Rb7 (39... Kd7 40.
Qc6+) 40. Rxc7+ Kxc7 41. Qc6+ $18) 37. Ne3+ Kb8 38. Nxd5 Qd8 $19 39. Rc6 $140
Rxc6 40. bxc6 Bxc6) (36. Nd6+ {Proposed by Almasi during the post-mortem,} Rxd6
37. exd6 Re3 38. Nxc7 (38. Qf2 Nc3 $1 39. Nxc7 Bxg2 40. Qxg2 Re2 41. Qxe2 Nxe2
42. Ne6+ Qxc1 43. Rxc1+ Nxc1 44. d5 a4 45. Nd4 a3 46. Nc2 a2 47. Na1 Kd7 $19)
38... Rxf3 39. Ne6+ Kd7 40. Nxg5 Rf2 41. Rf1 Rb2 42. Rab1 Ra2 43. Rxf5 $6 (43.
Ra1 $10) 43... Ne7 $1 44. Rf3 Bxf3 45. Nxf3 Kxd6 $17) 36... bxa5 37. Nxc7 Nxc7
38. Qxa8+ Kd7 39. Qb7 (39. Rxc7+ Kxc7 40. Qxa5+ Kd7 41. Qa7+ Kd8 42. Qc5 $18)
39... Rc8 40. b6 $18) 34. Nc5 $1 $18 bxc5 35. Nxa5 Ba8 36. Nc6 Nb6 (36... Bxc6
{Wedberg} 37. bxc6 Nb6 38. d5 Rg6 39. Qa3 $18) 37. dxc5 Rxc6 (37... Bxc6 38.
bxc6 Rxc6 39. cxb6 $18) 38. cxb6 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 {I always have considered
that the line played in this game should be regarded as the unchallenged main
line against the exchange variation. I see no problems for Black whatsoever
and even feel that White should be careful in order to avoid getting the worse
position. I have also recommended and analysed it in the book Beating the Open
Games. For some reasons, players of the younger generation frequently resort
to secondary lines, with variable success, but Short belongs to the classic
already...} (5... Be7 $5 {Leko,P (2738)-Aronian,L (2761)/Dortmund 2006/CBM 114/
[Marin,M] (1-0, 63)}) 6. d4 Bg4 (6... exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 {Svidler,P (2735)
-Aronian,L (2750)/Mexico City 2007/CBM 120/[Marin,M] (1/2, 20)}) 7. c3 {
This is the most consistent variation.} ({The early release of the tension in
the centre offers Black comfortable play. Here is a recent game of mine.} 7.
dxe5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 fxe5 9. Rd3 Bd6 10. Nbd2 b5 11. b3 Ne7 12. Bb2 Ng6 13. g3 O-O
14. Kg2 Rf6 15. Ng1 Raf8 16. f4 exf4 $1 {Black gets a nice domination on dark
squares, compensating for the exchange.} 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Ngf3 Kf7 $1 {
[%cal Gf8g8]} 19. a4 Rg8 20. Kf2 {1/2 Milu,R (2430)-Marin,M (2552)/Predeal
2006/EXT 2007} ({Actually, a more elegant way to force a draw would be} 20.
axb5 Bxf3+ 21. Nxf3 fxg3 22. Rxd6 Nf4+ 23. Kf1 g2+ 24. Kf2 Nh3+ 25. Ke3 cxd6
26. bxa6 $11) 20... Bc5+ 21. Kf1 Bh3+ (21... fxg3 22. hxg3 Bd6 $11) 22. Ke2 Bg4
23. Kf1 $11) 7... Bd6 8. Be3 Ne7 9. dxe5 {After weakening the d3-square, this
looks even less recommendable than in the previous comment.} (9. Nbd2 {is the
most consistent continuation.}) 9... fxe5 10. c4 {The plan initiated by this
move usually is carried out after inserting h2-h3 at some point.} (10. h3 Bh5
11. c4 c5 12. b4 b6 13. bxc5 bxc5 14. Nbd2 O-O 15. Qa4 (15. Rb1 Nc6 $15) 15...
Qc8 $1 {[%cal Gh5f3,Gc8h3,Gf8f3] This move takes full advantage of the
weakness induced by the move h3. The threat of an exchange sacrifice on f3 is
entirely real.} 16. Kh2 (16. Nh2 Qe6 17. Rab1 h6 18. f3 Rfd8 19. Rb2 Bf7 20.
Ng4 Ng6 21. g3 h5 22. Nf2 {Baklan,V (2618)-Kallio,H (2502)/Batumi 2002/CBM 090
(1-0, 39)} h4 $15) 16... Ng6 {Black threatens 17...Bxf3 18.Nxf3 Rxf3 19.gxf3
Nh4 with attack.} 17. g4 Bxg4 $1 18. hxg4 Qxg4 19. Qd1 $6 (19. Rg1 Qh5+ 20. Kg3
Nf4 21. Bxf4 Rxf4 22. Kg2 Rxf3 23. Nxf3 Qg4+ 24. Kf1 Qxf3 $44) 19... Rf5 20.
Ng5 Rxg5 21. Qxg4 Rxg4 $17 {Shaw,J (2432)-Ashton,A (2321)/Gibraltar 2006/CBM
110 ext (1/2, 49)}) 10... c5 11. b4 b6 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. Nbd2 O-O ({In
principle, Black would like to install the knight on d4, but} 13... Nc6 {
is premature, because it leads to the undesired queen exchange after} 14. Qa4
Qd7 15. Rfb1 Nd4 16. Qxd7+ Kxd7 17. Ne1 Rhb8 18. f3 Be6 19. Kf2 {White can
hope to get a favourable form of placing the knight on d3 and threaten Bxd4,
when his stability on light squares would become annoying.}) 14. Qa4 (14. Rb1
Nc6 $1) 14... Ng6 $1 {Black adapts his strategy to the minor difference
induced by White's refraining from h2-h3. In the games quoted above, the last
move would lose the bishop to g2-g4.} (14... Qc8 {would be pointless without a
target on h3.} 15. Qa3 $5 {[%csl Gc5]}) 15. Kh1 {Preparing a thematic
regrouping.} ({White cannot free himself from the pressure aginst the
f3-square easily, because} 15. h3 Bd7 16. Qa5 Qe7 {leaves the h3-pawn
vulnerable.}) 15... Qe7 16. Ne1 {With the king on g1 this move would drop an
exchange to Be2. White's play in this phase of the gamelooks logical, being
aimed to maintain the structural flexibility, but his knights will remain
quite passive.} Nf4 17. f3 Bd7 18. Qa5 Rf6 {Even in the absence of the target
on h3, this simple rook lift leads to very dangerous attack.} 19. Rf2 ({
White is not sufficiently well prepared to attack the relatively weak c5-pawn.
} 19. Nb3 Qf7 20. Rc1 Ne2 21. Rc2 Nd4 22. Bxd4 exd4 {White's kingside is in
danger.}) 19... Rh6 20. Nf1 ({Once again,} 20. Nb3 {leaves the kingside
vulnerable.} Qh4 21. g4 Qg3 22. Bxc5 (22. Nxc5 Bxg4 $1 {[%cal Gg3e3]}) 22...
Rf8 $36) 20... g5 {[%cal Gg5g4]} 21. g4 {White tries to consolidate on light
squares, but he will fail to do so.} (21. g3 Ne6 $15 {[%cal Ge6d4,Ga8f8]})
21... Rh3 22. Ng3 h5 $1 23. gxh5 (23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Nxh5 Rf8 $1 {This strong
move completes the mobilisation of forces, maintaining all the threats.} (24...
Bxg4 $6 25. fxg4 Qxe4+ $2 26. Nf3 $18 {[%cal Gh5f6] In this line, we can see
that a rook would be most useful on f8.}) 25. Kg2 Rh4 26. h3 Be8 $36) 23... Rf8
24. Qd2 Qf7 25. Rc1 Be6 $15 {Black is perfectly regrouped for the attack,
while White can do little more than wait. In the game he will force the events
and go down quickly.} 26. Bxf4 $6 exf4 27. Nf5 Bxf5 28. exf5 Qxf5 29. Nd3 g4
$40 30. Qe2 g3 31. Rg2 Qxh5 32. Qe6+ Kg7 33. Rcc2 Re8 34. Qd5 Qxd5 35. cxd5 Re3
36. Nf2 Re1+ 37. Rg1 Rxh2# 0-1

[Event "Sao Paulo zt 2.4"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Melao,H"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2001.06.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{O Zonal 2.4 й o torneio fechado mais importante disputado no Brasil. Com
exceção dos GMs Mequinho e Sunye e dos MIs Eduardo Limp e Cícero Braga,
reuniram-se os melhores jogadores do país e alguns dos melhores do Peru, para
disputar duas vagas para o campeonato mundial da FIDE. Não foi fácil escolher
a melhor partida do evento, porque além das partidas Giovanni-Milos e
Milos-Leitão, foram jogadas muitas outras de nível técnico bastante elevado. A
partida escolhida não apresenta brilhantes séries de sacrifícios, mas Giovanni
e Milos nos oferecem uma interessante aula de estratégia, em que as Brancas
vão progressivamente minando a resistência das Pretas, até chegar num final em
que a atividade das peças Brancas se impõe definifivamente. Vejamos o
desenrolar da história:} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 {em 1908, antes
de iniciar seu match pelo título mundial contra Siegbert Tarrasch, o campeão
mundial Emanuel Lasker comentou com seu amigo Edward Lasker: "Se na primeira
partida eu tiver as Brancas, pretendo jogar a Variante das Trocas das Rui
López" e justificou: "Você pode me dizer de que modo as Brancas poderiam
perder nessa variante?" E, de fato, na primeira partida Lasker teve as Brancas,
jogou a Variante das Trocas e "não perdeu". Em seu match de 1921, contra
Capablanca, Lasker não teve nenhuma oportunidade de usar sua Variante das
Trocas, porque Capablanca jogou sempre 3...Nf6, e o placar final foi 4-0 a
favor de Capablanca (e 10 empates). Lasker tinha suas razões para considerar
essa variante "invencível". Entre 1892 e 1924 ele a empregou em 23
oportunidades, das quais venceu 15, empatou 7 e perdeu apenas 1 (contra
Steinitz). Uma de suas vítimas foi o próprio Capablanca, em São Petersburgo,
1914. Além dessa forte evidência estatística, Lasker considerava 
(acertadamente) que as Pretas estariam perdidas no final puro de Peões, porque
as Brancas sempre conseguem passar um Peão na ala do Rei, mas as Pretas não
conseguem nada na outra ala. Com o passar dos anos a opinião dos teóricos foi
se modificando, e atualmente se considera que o par de Bispos oferece às
Pretas compensação suficiente pela estrutura "defeituosa". Fischer tentou
reabilitar essa variante, e obteve alguns êxitos com ela, mas logo ela voltou
a cair de popularidade. Alguns mestres continuam a usá-la esporadicamente, mas
não conheço nenhum GM de ponta que mantenha a Variante das Trocas como uma das
favoritas em seu repertório. O que fazem й usá-la como elemento surpresa, do
mesmo modo que Vescovi fez nessa partida, e do mesmo modo que Kasparov usou o
Gambito Evans e a Abertura Escocesa contra Anand, Karpov, Piket etc.} dxc6 {
[%mdl 16]} 5. O-O ({a antiga linha apreciada por Lasker era} 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4
Qxd4 7. Nxd4 {no caso da partida com Tarrasch citada anteriormente, seguiu
assim:} c5 8. Ne2 Bd7 9. b3 Bc6 10. f3 Be7 11. Bb2 Bf6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Nd2
O-O-O 14. O-O-O Rd7 15. Nf4 Re8 16. Nc4 b6 17. a4 a5 18. Rxd7 Nxd7 19. Rd1 Ne5
20. Nxe5 Rxe5 21. c4 Re8 22. Nh5 Rg8 23. Rd3 f6 24. Kd2 Be8 25. Ng3 Bd7 26. Ke3
Re8 27. Nh5 Re7 28. g4 c6 29. h4 Kc7 30. g5 f5 31. Ng3 fxe4 32. Nxe4 Bf5 33. h5
Rd7 34. Rc3 Rd1 35. Kf4 Bd7 36. Re3 Rh1 37. Ng3 Rh4+ 38. Ke5 Rh3 39. f4 Kd8 40.
f5 Rh4 41. f6 gxf6+ 42. Kxf6 Be8 43. Nf5 Rf4 44. g6 hxg6 45. hxg6 Rg4 46. Rxe8+
Kxe8 47. g7 Kd7 48. Nh4 Rxg7 49. Kxg7 Ke6 50. Nf3 Kf5 51. Kf7 Ke4 52. Ke6 Kd3
53. Kd6 Kc3 54. Kxc6 Kxb3 55. Kb5 {1-0 Lasker-Tarrasch, Alemanha, 1908}) 5...
f6 ({o lance natural} 5... Bg4 {já foi experimentado inúmeras vezes, e
atualmente acredita-se que deixa as Brancas com pequena vantagem.} 6. h3 h5 7.
d3 Qf6 8. Nbd2 (8. hxg4 $2 hxg4 9. Ng5 Qh6 10. Nh3 Qh4 $17) (8. Be3 Bxf3 9.
Qxf3 Qxf3 10. gxf3 Bd6 $11) 8... Ne7 9. Re1 Ng6 10. d4 Bd6 (10... Nf4 $5 11.
dxe5 Qg6 12. Nh4 Bxd1 13. Nxg6 Nxg6 14. Rxd1 O-O-O 15. Re1 Nxe5 16. Nf3 Nxf3+
17. gxf3 Bb4 18. c3 Bc5 19. Kf1 Rd3 20. Ke2 Rhd8 21. Rg1 g6 22. Bf4 b5 23. Rac1
Kb7 24. Rc2 a5 25. Rf1 $6 ({[Shirov]} 25. c4 $1 b4 (25... Bb6 26. c5 Ba7 27.
Be3 $16) (25... bxc4 26. Rxc4 Bb6 27. Rgc1 $16) 26. Rg5 $1 Kb6 $1 (26... Bb6
27. c5 $16) (26... Bd6 $2 27. Be3) 27. Bxc7+ Kxc7 28. Rxc5 Kb6 29. Re5 $14)
25... a4 26. Rd2 Rxd2+ 27. Bxd2 Be7 28. Be3 Bf6 29. Bc5 Bg5 30. Rd1 Rxd1 31.
Kxd1 Kc8 32. b3 axb3 33. axb3 Kd7 34. Ke2 Ke6 35. Be3 Be7 36. c4 Bd6 37. Kd3 {
1/2-1/2 Shirov-Topalov, Madrid, 1997}) 11. hxg4 hxg4 12. Nh2 Rxh2 13. Qxg4 (13.
Kxh2 $2 Qxf2 $19 14. Re2 exd4+ 15. e5 Bxe5+ 16. Rxe5+ Nxe5 17. Kh1 O-O-O {
0-1 Barendregt,J-Teschner,R/Hamburg 1965/EU-chT}) 13... Qh4 (13... Rh4 14. Qf5
(14. Qg3 $5) 14... Ne7 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. Nf3 $1 Rh5 17. Be3 O-O-O 18. g3 Rdh8
19. dxe5 fxe5 20. Kg2 Kd7 21. Rh1 $16) 14. Qxh4 Rxh4 15. Nf3 Rh5 16. Be3 (16.
dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. c3 $14) 16... O-O-O 17. g3 f5 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Kg2
Rdf8 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Bxe5 22. c3 a5 23. a4 Bd6 24. Bd4 c5 25. Be3 Kd7
26. Rh1 Kc6 27. Rh4 Be7 28. Re4 Bf6 29. Rd1 Rd5 30. Rxd5 Kxd5 31. Rf4 Re8 32.
c4+ Kc6 33. b3 Rd8 34. Rf3 b6 35. g4 Be5 36. Rf5 Kd6 37. f4 Bd4 38. Rd5+ Ke7
39. Rxd8 Bxe3 40. Rg8 Kf7 41. Kf3 {1-0 Magem Badals-Khalifman, New York 1998})
6. d4 exd4 ({No Campeonato Aberto do Brasil de 1997, o MI Everaldo Matsuura me
jogou} 6... Bg4 {ao que seguimos com} 7. c3 exd4 8. cxd4 c5 $6 ({se as Pretas
jogassem} 8... Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxd4 {as Brancas teriam folgada compensação pelo
Peão devido а vantagem no desenvolvimento.}) 9. Qb3 $1 {o Peão passado 'd4'
não terá grande valor, porque terá que ser apoiado pelo Peão 'c', e este não
tem que o defenda... A coluna 'c' semi-aberta torna o PBD preto especialmente
vulnerável. Somando-se a isso o controle das diagonais 'a2-g8' e 'h2-b8', além
de evitar que as Pretas ocupem a coluna 'b' e a possibilidade de instalar um
Cavalo branco em 'c4', pode-se dizer que as Brancas saíram da abertura com
vantagem muito apreciável.} cxd4 10. Qxb7 c5 11. Bf4 {[%csl Yb8,Yc7,Yd6,Ye5]}
Qc8 12. Qb3 {[%csl Yb8,Yc4,Yc7,Yd5,Yd6,Ye5,Ye6,Yf7]} Ne7 13. Nbd2 {[%csl Yc4]}
Ng6 14. Bg3 Be7 15. Rac1 $16 {[%csl Yc4,Rc5] as Brancas controlam praticamente
todo o tabuleiro. Depois da partida Matsuura me disse que se considerava
perdido. Nosso amigo Hélder Câmara também afirma que a posição preta era
perdida. Mas considerando que lutas estratégicas não são meu forte, prefiro
avaliar que estava apenas melhor.} Qe6 16. Nc4 {[%csl Yd6,Ye5]} O-O 17. Nfd2
Be2 18. Rfe1 d3 {isso apenas agrava a situação das Pretas.} 19. Nd6 $4 {
Matsuura entrou nos apuros de tempo. Eu ainda estava com tempo relativamente
folgado, mas em vez de eu jogar com calma e ir lentamente caminhando para a
vitória, apressei-me a fazer esse lance, que põe tudo a perder...} Qxb3 20.
Nxb3 Bxd6 {e não tive outro remédio a não ser abandonar. 0-1 Melao-Matsuura,
Brazilian Open Ch Pouso Alegre, 1997} (20... Bxd6 21. Bxd6 Rfd8 22. Bc7 d2 $19)
) 7. Nxd4 c5 8. Ne2 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd7 10. Nbc3 O-O-O 11. Be3 Re8 {não й fácil
pressionar sobre o Peão 'e4', mas as Pretas não dispõem de muitas opções.} ({
Nessa posição tanto Adams como Korneev jogaram} 11... b6 {e ambos venceram.
Mas da maneira como seguiu, as duas partidas acabaram transpondo para a linha
principal, que й justamente a eleita por Milos.}) 12. Rd2 Bc6 13. Rad1 b6 14.
f3 $1 {provavelmente Milos esperava seguir do mesmo modo que em sua partida
contra Zarnik, e mais adiante devia ter alguma novidade preparada. Porém,
daqui em diante o rumo foi outro.} (14. Nd5 $5 {Zarnicki-Milos, Buenos Aires,
1992}) (14. Bf4 Ne7 15. g4 {na ansiedade de evitar 'f5', as Brancas oferecem
chances de contra-jogo às Pretas.} Ng6 16. Bg3 h5 17. gxh5 Rxh5 18. Nf4 Nxf4
19. Bxf4 c4 20. Bg3 Bc5 21. Nd5 Rxe4 22. Nxc7 Rg4 23. Rd8+ Kb7 24. Nd5 Rgg5 25.
b4 cxb3 26. c4 bxa2 27. Ra1 Bxd5 28. cxd5 Rxd5 29. Rb8+ Ka7 30. Rxa2 a5 31. Re2
Rd7 32. Ree8 Ka6 33. Ra8+ Kb5 34. Re2 Rhd5 35. Rg8 a4 36. Rb2+ Kc4 {0-1
Brunner,L-Adams,M/Biel 1993}) 14... Ne7 {para levar o Cavalo até 'e5',
ameaçando Nc4, que só pode ser convenientemente evitado com 'b3', ao que as
Pretas podem seguir com c4 e consertar a estrutura de Peões da ala-Dama.} 15.
Nf4 Ng6 16. Nh5 {[%mdl 2048]} (16. Nfd5 Ne5 17. Bf4 Kb7 18. Ne3 Bd6 19. Bg3 g6
20. Ncd5 Rhf8 21. f4 Nd7 22. Nc4 Rxe4 23. Nxd6+ cxd6 24. Nc3 Re6 25. Rxd6 Rxd6
26. Rxd6 Re8 27. Rd1 f5 28. Re1 Nf6 29. Rxe8 Nxe8 30. Nd1 Nf6 31. Ne3 Nh5 32.
Kf2 Bd7 33. Nf1 Be6 34. a3 b5 35. h3 a5 36. Bh2 Nf6 37. Nd2 Bd5 38. c3 Kc6 39.
g3 Nd7 40. Ke1 Nb6 41. Kd1 Bg2 42. h4 Bh3 43. Bg1 Bg4+ 44. Kc2 a4 45. c4 bxc4
46. Nb1 Bf3 47. Nc3 Bd5 48. Kd2 Be6 49. Ke2 Bd7 50. Kf3 Kd6 51. Kg2 Bc6+ 52.
Kh3 Be8 53. h5 gxh5 54. Kh4 h6 55. Be3 Na8 56. Kh3 Nc7 57. Kh4 Ne6 58. Ne2 Nc7
59. Nc3 Na6 60. Kh3 Nb4 61. axb4 cxb4 62. Kg2 bxc3 63. bxc3 a3 64. Bc1 a2 65.
Bb2 Kc5 66. Kf2 Kb5 67. Ke3 Ka4 68. Kd2 a1=Q 69. Bxa1 Kb3 {0-1 Volzhin,
A-Korneev,O/Ekaterinburg 1997}) ({não seria bom} 16. Nxg6 {porque depois de}
hxg6 {as Pretas poderiam seguir com g5, g4, Bd6 etc.}) 16... Ne5 17. b3 c4 {
resolvendo o problema da estrutura de Peões, mas permanecendo com o problema
mais grave de estar com dificuldades para desenvolver a ala do Rei.} 18. Nd5 {
[%mdl 32] as Brancas saíram da abertura com vantagem, com domínio da coluna
'd' e os Cavalos bem colocados.} Kb7 19. Kf2 a5 20. g4 {previnindo qualquer
ruptura em 'f5' e ao mesmo tempo preparando algum golpe com 'g5'.} Rg8 {[#]}
21. Rg1 $146 (21. Kg2 Bb4 22. c3 Bxd5 23. cxb4 Bf7 24. bxa5 b5 25. Nf4 cxb3 26.
axb3 Bxb3 27. Rb1 Ba4 28. Ra2 Nc4 29. Bf2 Ka6 30. Nd5 Rc8 31. Nc3 Rb8 32. Rb4
Ne5 33. Nxa4 bxa4 34. Rbxa4 Rb3 35. Bg3 Nxf3 36. Rc4 Kb5 37. Rxc7 Ng5 38. a6
Ra8 39. a7 g6 40. Rb7+ Kc4 41. Rc2+ Kd3 42. Rcc7 Rxb7 43. Rxb7 Nxe4 44. Rxh7
Ke3 45. Bb8 g5 46. Bc7 Rc8 47. Rd7 Ke2 48. Rd8 {1-0 Glek-Yemelin, St
Petersburg, 1998}) 21... Rd8 22. Nhf4 Bd6 23. h4 $1 {a idéia й avançar esse
Peão até 'h6', criando problemas para as Pretas em 'f6'.} Rd7 24. h5 cxb3 25.
cxb3 Nf7 26. Rgd1 $1 Re8 {[#]} (26... Rgd8 27. Ne6 Rg8 {e as Pretas estariam
em posição desesperada.}) (26... h6 {deixaria a ala do Rei esburacada.}) 27. h6
$1 {[%mdl 64] produzindo um final de peças ligeiras em que as Brancas terão
jogo muito mais ativo.} Nxh6 28. Nxb6 $1 cxb6 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. Rxd6 Nf7 31.
Re6 Ne5 32. Rxe8 Bxe8 {[%mdl 4096]} 33. Ne6 g6 34. Nf8 (34. Bd4 $5 {[%cal
Yg4g5] ameaçando 'g5' seria outra possibilidade interessante.}) 34... Nd3+ $5 {
Milos ainda oferece brava resistência, mas a posição não tem salvação...} (
34... h5 35. Nh7) 35. Ke2 Nb4 (35... Bb5 36. Nxh7 $1 $18 {sem medo do
xeque-descoberto, e as Brancas devem vencer sem grandes problemas.}) 36. a3 ({
talvez fosse preferível o imediato} 36. Nxh7 {porque embora o Cavalo preto
possa seguir a2-c3, isso apenas ajudaria na centralização do Rei branco.})
36... Nc2 37. Nxh7 Nxa3 38. Nxf6 Bf7 39. Nd5 Nc2 40. Kd2 Bxd5 {aparentemente
mais lógico, porque й mais difícil defender o Peão avançado branco com o Bispo,
que só corre por casas de uma cor.} ({todavia as Pretas poderiam tentar
resistir com} 40... Nxe3 41. Kxe3 Kc6 42. Kd4 g5 {com alguma pressão sobre o
ponto 'b3' e perspectivas de contra-jogo mediante a criação de um Peão passado
na coluna 'a', mas ainda assim seria improvável salvar a partida. De qualquer
modo, 36.Nxh7 teria evitado isso.}) 41. exd5 Nb4 42. d6 Nd5 43. Bd4 Kc6 44. Be5
b5 45. f4 Nb6 46. f5 $1 gxf5 47. g5 $1 (47. gxf5 $2 Nc8 $1 $11) 47... Kd5 48.
Bd4 $1 {mais um toque de Arte!} Nd7 49. g6 Ke6 50. g7 Kf7 51. Ke3 a4 52. b4 a3
53. Kf4 a2 54. Kxf5 Nb6 55. Ke4 Kg8 56. Ba1 Kf7 57. Kd4 {Ao longo do jogo,
Giovanni foi acumulando pequenas vantagens, bem ao estilo de Karpov ou
Capablanca, e ao final teve seu esmerado trabalho posicional coroado de êxito,
concretizando sua vantagem no ganho de um Peão. Esse não й bem seu estilo.
Giovanni й, por natureza, um sacrificador de peças, mas aqui mostra que também
й capaz de conduzir com notável maestria uma posição essencialmente
estratégica. Logo na primeira rodada foi jogada a partida decisiva do torneio!
Depois dessa vitória, Giovanni se manteve firme na liderança. A vigorosa
resistência de Milos valoriza ainda mais a vitória das Brancas.} 1-0

[Event "Singapore Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Singapore"]
[Date "2005.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SIN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 {Usually Zhang Zhong plays 4.Ba4, but
this time he probably decided to avoid my favourite Open variation of the Ruy
Lopez.} dxc6 5. O-O f6 {I also prepared a surprise. Earlier I played other
setups.} 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8. Ne2 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 {Here I was already out of
theory, but as you can see I still managed to follow it for another eight
moves.} Bd7 {[%cal Ge8c8] This obvious move didn't take much time as I knew
this manoeuvre from the 5...Qd6-line. In fact this is the only way to castle
longside.} 10. Nbc3 O-O-O 11. Be3 {[%cal Gd1d2,Ga1d1] White has been preparing
doubling of rooks along the d-file, so moving my pieces away from the d-file
looked very logical.} Re8 12. Rd2 Bc6 13. Rad1 {Now in order to develop the
knight Black has to start with the bishop, at least that's the way I thought
and played} Bd6 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gg8e7]} ({The main alternative is} 13... b6 {
avoiding an exchange of the dark-squared bishops.} 14. f3 Ne7 15. Nf4 Ng6 16.
Nh5 {[%csl Rg7]} Ne5 {[%cal Ge5c4]} 17. b3 c4 18. Nd5 Kb7 19. Kf2 a5 20. g4 Rg8
21. Rg1 $146 Rd8 22. Nhf4 Bd6 23. h4 Rd7 24. h5 cxb3 25. cxb3 Nf7 26. Rgd1 $14
{Vescovi,G-Milos,G, Sao Paolo zt 2.4(1) 2001/ CBM82 ext[Melao,H].}) ({
Certainly the e4-pawn is poisoned.} 13... Bxe4 $4 14. Nxe4 Rxe4 15. Rd8#) 14.
Bf4 $1 {The most logical. White exchanges one of the bishops and enjoys an
extra pawn on the kingside.} Bxf4 (14... Bxe4 $6 {looks dubious.} 15. Bxd6 cxd6
16. Nxe4 Rxe4 17. Ng3 {[%cal Gg3f5]} Ra4 18. Rxd6 (18. Nf5 $5 Nh6 19. Nxh6 gxh6
20. a3 $14 {[%csl Rd6] and Black remains with a damaged pawn structure.}) 18...
Nh6 19. a3 $14 {and White has both better pieces and a better pawn structure.})
15. Nxf4 Nh6 {[%cal Gf6f5,Gh6f7,Gf7d6,Gd6c4] With the idea of f5.} ({Now} 15...
Ne7 $2 {[%csl Re6] is bad in view of} 16. Ne6 {[%csl Rc5,Rg7]}) 16. Nh5 $1 {
[%csl Rf6,Rg7] Usually this is a good position for a knight when your
opponent's pawns are on g7 and f6 since it's difficult to move them.} Rhg8 17.
f3 {White allows f5 and Black gets some fresh air.} (17. Ng3 $5 {[%csl Rf5]
Preventing f5 deserved serious attention.} Nf7 18. f3 (18. Nd5 Bxd5 $5 {
A concrete approach.} (18... Nd6 $5 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gd6c4]}) 19. Rxd5 Nd6 {
[%csl Re4]} 20. f3 Nc4 {[%csl Rb2,Rd1,Rd5][%cal Gc4e3,Gc4b2]} 21. Rb1 (21. Rxc5
Nxb2 22. Rd4 g6 $1 $11 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Ge8d8]}) 21... b6 22. Kf2 g6 23. Nf1
Re6 (23... Rd8 $5) 24. g4 Rge8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Oral,T-Klovans,J/Czech Rep CZE
2005/The Week in Chess 548 (37). (37)}) 18... Nd6 {[%csl Rb2,Rd2][%cal Gd6c4]}
19. b3 a5 (19... b6 20. Nd5 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gd5b6,Gd5c7]} (20. Kf2 a5 21. Nd5
Bxd5 22. Rxd5 c4 {1/2-1/2 Skripchenko,A-Stefanova,A/Wijk aan Zee 2002/CBM 087 
(22)} {I believe White could continue with} 23. Nf1 $14 {[%cal Gf1e3]}) 20...
Nb5 21. Ne2 $1 {[%csl Rd4]} f5 $6 {[%csl Re2] Looks premature.} 22. c4 $1 (22.
exf5 $2 Bxd5 {[%csl Re2]}) 22... Nd6 23. Nxc7 $1 (23. Nxb6+ Kb7 {[%csl Rb6]
[%cal Gf5e4]}) 23... Kxc7 24. Rxd6 fxe4 25. Nf4 $1 {[%cal Gf4e6,Ge6d8] and
suddenly Black starts to experience serious problems.} exf3 26. Ne6+ Kb7 27.
Nd8+ Rxd8 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rxd8 fxg2 30. Rg8 $18 {1-0 Balogh,C-Pilgaard,K/
Budapest 2002/EXT 2003 (55)}) (19... g6 $5 {[%csl Rg3] Restricting White's
knight deserved attention.}) 20. Nd5 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gd5c7]} Nb5 21. c4 Bxd5 (
21... Nd4 $5) 22. cxd5 Nd6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Baklan,V-Stefanova,A/Andorra 2001/CBM
083 ext (34). (33) and White was slightly better thanks to a better pawn
structure.}) 17... f5 $1 {An obvious novelty. Exchange of a central pawn is in
Black's favour as it gives more room for the bishop. Now Black obtains
counterplay.} ({In the only preceding game Black hasn't succeeded to equalize
after} 17... b6 18. Ng3 Nf7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 $14 {1-0 Deviatkin,A-Payen,A/
St Petersburg RUS 2005/The Week in Chess 559 (40) and White is better thanks
to the better pawn structure.}) 18. Ng3 $1 Rgf8 $1 {Keeping the tension.} ({
I believe White's idea behind 17.f3 was} 18... fxe4 19. Ngxe4 {[%csl Rh7][%cal
Ge4c5,Ge4g5]} b6 20. Ng5 {[%csl Rh7]} Nf5 (20... Rh8 $5) 21. Nxh7 Ne3 {[%csl
Rb2,Rd1,Rd2][%cal Ge3c4]} 22. Rb1 Nc4 23. Rd3 Rd8 $1 24. Ng5 Rxd3 25. cxd3 Ne5
26. Rd1 Rd8 27. Ne6 Rxd3 28. Nxg7 $16 {and White obtains three passed pawns on
the kingside.}) 19. exf5 Nxf5 20. Nxf5 Rxf5 21. Re2 $1 {White has to starts
advancing his kingside pawns, which is easier with only one rook.} Rxe2 22.
Nxe2 b5 $5 {At the same time Black has to create counterplay on the queenside.}
23. Kf2 b4 $5 {[%csl Ra2] Fixing the weakness on a2.} ({During the game I
though tha exchange of rooks by means of} 23... Rd5 24. Rxd5 Bxd5 {is
favourable for White, but now I'm not so sure.}) 24. Ng3 Re5 $1 {[%cal Gc5c4,
Ge5a5] The rook has to stay on the 5th rank in order to attack the a-pawn from
a5.} 25. Re1 (25. c4 $1 {Preventing Black's c4 looks like a better chance,
which prevents counterplay.} bxc3 26. bxc3 c4 {[%cal Ge5a5]} 27. Rd2 $14) 25...
Rd5 $1 26. Ne4 c4 {[%cal Gd5a5] Preparing Ra5.} 27. Ke3 ({In case of} 27. a3
Rb5 $1 {[%cal Gc4c3] looks strong.}) 27... Ra5 {[%csl Ra2]} 28. Ra1 c3 $1 {
Placing pawns on the dark squares.} 29. b3 ({My idea was to meet} 29. bxc3 {
with} Ra3 $1 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gc6e4]} 30. Kd2 Bxe4 31. fxe4 Rxc3 32. Rf1 $1 {
[%cal Gf1f7]} Ra3 {with an approximately equal position.}) 29... Rd5 {I've
decided to play safer. Now Black's idea is to move the rook back along the
d-file, then Bxe4 and eventually Rd2. However White also has its targets.} ({
An interesting position arises after} 29... Bxe4 30. fxe4 (30. Kxe4) 30... Ra3
{Preventing a4. Although it seems that draw is the most likely outcome anyway.}
(30... Kd7 31. a4 $1) 31. Kd3 Kd7 32. Rf1 Ke7 33. Rf5 Rxa2 34. Rc5 Kd6 35. Rd5+
Kc6 36. Rg5 g6 37. h4 $11 {[%cal Gh4h5]}) 30. a3 $1 {White creates a weakness
on b4.} a5 31. axb4 {Here Zhang Zhong offered a draw, which I accepted because
I saw the idea of Nf2-d3 and didn't like it.} (31. axb4 {Here is a possible
follow-up.} axb4 32. g4 Kb7 {[%cal Gb7b6]} (32... Rd8 33. Nc5 $5 ({or} 33. h4
Bxe4 34. Kxe4 Rd2 35. Ra4 c5 36. Ra5 Rxc2 37. Rxc5+ Kd7 38. Kd3 Rf2 39. Kc4
Rxf3 40. Kxb4 Rg3 41. g5 Rh3 42. Rxc3 $11) 33... Rd2 34. Nd3 {[%csl Rb4][%cal
Gd3b4] This is the line I didn't like.}) 33. Nf2 Rd2 34. Nd3 Bb5 35. Nxb4 c5
36. Nd3 Bxd3 37. cxd3 Rxh2 38. Rc1 c2 39. d4 cxd4+ 40. Kxd4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Poznan"]
[Date "2005.04.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Warakomski, Tomasz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2005.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. c3 Ne7 8. Be3
Ng6 9. Nbd2 Bd6 10. h3 Be6 11. dxe5 fxe5 12. Ng5 Bg8 13. Qh5 Qf6 14. Ngf3 Bf7
15. Ng5 Bg8 16. Rfe1 h6 17. Ngf3 O-O-O 18. Qf5+ Be6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. b4 Bf8
21. a4 h5 22. h4 Rd3 23. Rac1 Bh6 24. Bxh6 Rxh6 25. Nf1 Bg4 26. N3h2 Nxh4 27.
Nxg4 hxg4 28. Red1 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rg6 30. Kh2 Rg5 31. Ne3 Ng6 32. Nf5 b6 33. g3
Rxf5 34. exf5 Ne7 35. Rd3 Nxf5 36. f3 Nh6 37. Kg2 gxf3+ 38. Kxf3 Nf7 $6 (38...
f5 $5) 39. Kg4 e4 40. Rd1 Nd6 41. Kf4 f5 42. Ke5 Kb7 43. Kd4 b5 44. a5 Kc8 45.
Rh1 Kb7 46. Rh8 Nc4 47. Re8 {Nun wird die Festung per Zugzwang Mauerabschnitt
um Mauerabschnitt genommen:} Nd6 (47... Ka7 48. Rh8 Kb7 49. Rh5 Nd6 50. Ke3
Nc4+ 51. Kf4 Nd6 52. Rh8 Ka7 53. Rh7 Kb7 54. Re7 Kc8 55. Re5 Kd7 56. Rc5 Kc8
57. Rxc6) 48. Re7 Kc8 (48... f4 49. g4 f3 50. Ke3 Kc8 51. Kf2 Kd8 52. Rh7 $18)
(48... Nc4 49. Re6 Nd6 50. Re5 $18) 49. Re5 Kd7 (49... Kd8 50. Rc5 Kd7 51. Ke3
Nc4+ 52. Ke2 Nd6 53. Kf2 $22 $18) 50. Rc5 $22 Kc8 51. Rxc6 Kb7 52. Rc5 Kb8 53.
Re5 Kb7 54. Kd5 Kc8 55. Kc6 Kd8 56. Re6 Nc4 57. g4 fxg4 58. Rxe4 g3 59. Re2 Nd6
60. Rg2 Ne4 61. Kb7 c5 (61... Kd7 62. Kxa6 Kc6 63. Rg1 $22 $18) 62. Kxa6 1-0

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 18th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2005.12.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Rohl Montes, Juan Armando"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Ne2 ({The previous main line} 8. Nb3 {is completely out of fashion nowadays.})
8... Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd7 10. Nbc3 O-O-O {A standard position for the exchange
variation of the Ruy Lopez. White's pawn majority on the kingside is
compensated by black's pair of bishops.} 11. Bf4 Ne7 12. Rd2 Ng6 13. Bg3 Ne5 {
[%cal Ge5c4]} 14. Bxe5 {This exchange is practically forced.} (14. b3 $6 c4 $15
) 14... fxe5 15. Rad1 c4 $1 {Opening the diagonal for the dark-squared bishop.}
16. Ng3 $146 (16. Kf1 Bc5 17. Ng1 Bg4 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Nce2
Ke7 21. Ke1 b5 22. c3 Kf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Fischer,R (2785)-Spassky,B (2560)/
Belgrade 1992/CBM 031 (46)}) 16... b5 17. Nd5 Bc5 18. b4 $1 {White must play
actively, otherwise, his position will gradually detertiorate.} cxb3 19. cxb3 {
After this pawn exchange white's only positional trump, namely his better pawn
structure is nullified, but black's two bishops remain. On the other hand, the
"c" file has been opened and this gives white some concrete counterplay.} c6 (
19... Be6 20. Rc2 Bd6 21. Rdc1 c5 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 $13) 20. Rc2 Ba7 21.
Nb4 {[%csl Rc6]} Kb7 22. Rdc1 {[%csl Rc6]} Rhf8 {[%csl Rf2]} 23. Nd3 {[%csl
Re5]} Bd4 24. Nc5+ Ka7 25. Nxd7 Rxd7 26. Nf5 Bb6 27. g3 $6 {It looks like it
was possible to take on c6 as the following variation demonstrates.} (27. Rxc6
g6 28. Ne3 Rd2 29. Nd5 (29. Re6 Rdxf2 30. Re7+ Kb8 31. Re8+ Rxe8 32. Kxf2 Rd8
33. Ke2 Rd4 34. Nd5 Ba5 $17 {[%cal Gd4d2,Gd4e4]}) 29... Bxf2+ (29... Rfxf2 30.
Rxb6 Rxg2+ 31. Kf1 Rgf2+ $11) 30. Kh1 Rxa2 (30... Re2 31. Rc7+ Kb8 32. Rxh7 Be1
33. Kg1 $11) 31. Rc7+ Kb8 32. Rxh7 Rc8 33. Rxc8+ Kxc8 34. g4 $11) 27... g6 28.
Ne3 Rdf7 29. Kg2 Bd4 30. b4 h5 $6 {This allows white to equalize.} (30... Kb7
31. Nd1 Rf6 $15) 31. Nd1 {[%csl Rc6]} Kb7 32. Rxc6 Bxf2 33. Nxf2 (33. Rxg6 Bd4
34. Rh6 Rf1 35. Rh7+ Kb8 36. Rxh5 Rg1+ 37. Kh3 Rff1 38. Rh8+ Kb7 39. Rh7+ {
with a perpetual check.}) 33... Rxf2+ 34. Kg1 Rxa2 35. Rxg6 $2 {Surpisingly,
after this obvious capture white does not have a clear way to draw.} (35. Rc7+
Kb8 36. Rg7 Rc8 37. Rxc8+ Kxc8 38. Rxg6 Ra4 39. Kg2 Kb7 40. Rg7+ Kc6 41. Rg6+
Kd7 42. Kf3 $11) 35... Rf7 $1 36. Rg5 (36. Rf1 Rc7 $1) (36. Rcc6 Rd7 37. Rb6+
Ka7 38. Rbd6 Rxd6 39. Rxd6 Ra4 40. Rd7+ Kb6 41. Rd6+ Kc7 42. Re6 Rxb4 43. Rxa6
Rxe4 44. Kf2 b4 $19 {[%csl Gb4]}) 36... Rb2 37. Rxh5 Rxb4 38. Rxe5 a5 {[%csl
Ga5,Gb5] In the forthcoming pawn race black has a couple of extra tempoes.
White's extra pawn has no significance at all.} 39. Re6 Rc7 40. Rxc7+ Kxc7 41.
Ra6 Ra4 42. e5 Kb7 43. Rd6 Re4 44. e6 a4 45. Kf2 a3 46. Rd3 b4 47. e7 a2 (47...
Rxe7 48. Rd4 a2 49. Rxb4+ Ka8 $1 {is just a transposition.}) 48. Rd4 Rxe7 49.
Rxb4+ Ka8 $1 50. Ra4+ Ra7 51. Rxa2 Rxa2+ 52. Kf3 Rxh2 53. g4 Kb7 54. Kf4 Kc7
55. Ke4 0-1

[Event "La Roche sur Yon"]
[Site "La Roche sur Yon"]
[Date "2006.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2006.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 ({Another
theoretical line is} 6... Bg4) 7. Nxd4 c5 8. Ne2 {The knight is heading to the
key d5 square.} (8. Nb3 {was the main line some years ago, but finally the
white players realized that the knight is frequently misplaced on b3.}) 8...
Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd7 10. Nbc3 O-O-O 11. Be3 (11. Bf4 {is quite logical as well,
but Maze wants to keep the f4 square for the knight transfer.}) 11... Re8 12.
Rd2 Bc6 13. Rad1 b6 14. f3 Ne7 15. Nf4 Ng6 16. Nh5 {Preventing the smooth
development of black's queenside pieces.} (16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Bf4 Be7 18. Nd5
Bd8 19. Bg3 g5 20. Ne3 g6 21. Bf2 Rh7 $1 22. g4 Rd7 $11 {0-1 Balogh,C (2527)
-Bacrot,E (2718)/Bastia 2004/EXT 2005 (70)}) (16. Ncd5 Ne5 17. b3 c4 18. Kf2
Kb7 19. g4 a5 20. h4 Ba3 21. Nh5 Rhg8 22. Bd4 Bxd5 23. exd5 Re7 24. Re2 Rge8
25. Bxe5 cxb3 26. axb3 Bc5+ 27. Kf1 fxe5 28. Ng3 $14 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Gg3e4] 1/
2-1/2 Vescovi,G (2615)-Onischuk,A (2647)/Poikovsky 2003/CBM 095 (53)}) 16...
Ne5 {[%cal Ge5c4]} 17. b3 c4 $11 {Black exchanges one of his doubled pawns and
gets an equal game.} 18. Nd5 a5 19. Kf2 (19. a4 Kb7 20. Kf2 cxb3 21. cxb3 Nd7
22. g4 Nc5 23. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 24. Kg2 Bf8 25. h4 Re5 26. Rd3 Rg8 27. Ng3 Bc5 28. h5
Rf8 29. Nf4 Be8 30. Nf5 g6 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Ng3 Bf7 $15 {1-0 Kasimdzhanov,R 
(2652)-Grischuk,A (2719)/Tripoli 2004/CBM 102 (73)}) 19... Kb7 20. g4 Rg8 21.
h3 (21. Nhxf6 $2 gxf6 22. Nxf6 Bb4) (21. Rg1 Rd8 (21... Ba3 $5) 22. Nhf4 Bd6
23. h4 Rd7 24. h5 cxb3 25. cxb3 Nf7 26. Rgd1 Re8 27. h6 $1 {Distracting the
black knight.} Nxh6 28. Nxb6 cxb6 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. Rxd6 Nf7 31. Re6 $16 {
1-0 Vescovi,G (2572)-Milos,G (2608)/Sao Paulo 2001/CBM 082 ext [Melao,H] (57)})
21... Ba3 22. Bf4 ({The following game took place in the same tournament
several rounds later:} 22. Bd4 cxb3 23. axb3 Nd7 24. Bc3 Bc5+ 25. Kg2 Ref8 26.
Nhf4 Rf7 27. Ne6 Bd6 28. Ne3 Re8 29. Rxd6 cxd6 30. Rxd6 $44 {1/2-1/2 Maze,
S-Werle,J/La Roche sur Yon 2006/CBM 112_01 (49)}) 22... cxb3 23. cxb3 Ref8 ({
Comes to consideration:} 23... a4) 24. Be3 Rf7 $1 {Black is intending to
protect the Pf6 by Rg8-f8 followed by g7-g6 driving away the white knight from
it's active position.} 25. Ng3 (25. f4 Nd7 $132 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gd7c5]}) 25...
g6 26. f4 Nd7 27. Rc2 Re8 28. Kf3 Bc5 ({Does not work:} 28... f5 $2 29. gxf5
gxf5 30. Nxf5 Bxd5 (30... Rxf5 31. exf5 Nf6 32. Rxc6 $18) 31. Rxd5 Rxe4 32.
Rcd2 Nf6 33. Re5 $16) 29. Bxc5 Nxc5 30. Re2 Rd8 31. Nc3 Rxd1 32. Nxd1 f5 {
It looks like Sasikiran succeeded to outplay his opponent, but the matters
appeares to be far more complicated.} 33. Nf2 fxg4+ (33... Ne6 34. Ke3 fxe4 35.
f5 gxf5 36. Nxf5 {with good compensation for the pawn.}) (33... fxe4+ 34. Ke3
Ne6 35. f5 gxf5 36. Nxf5 {leads to the identical position as after 33...Ne6.})
34. hxg4 Ne6 35. f5 $1 Nd4+ 36. Kf4 Nxe2+ 37. Nxe2 {White's connected passed
pawns in the centre are potentially very strong and might easily overtake
black's extra exchange. Actually, black is fighting for a draw here.} h5 $1 38.
gxh5 (38. g5 Bxe4 $1 (38... h4 $2 39. f6 Rh7 40. e5 Bd7 41. Ke3 h3 42. Nf4 h2
43. e6 Be8 44. Kf3 $18) 39. Nxe4 Rxf5+ 40. Ke3 a4 41. bxa4 Ra5 42. N2c3 Kc6 $15
) {[%tqu "En","What would you suggest for Black?","","","c6e4","This sacrifice
is actually the only way for black to save the game!",15,"g6h5","",0]} 38...
Bxe4 $3 {This sacrifice is actually the only way for black to save the game!} (
38... gxh5 $2 39. e5 {[%csl Ge5,Gf5]}) 39. hxg6 (39. Kxe4 Rxf5 40. Nf4 Rxh5 41.
Nxh5 gxh5 {This endgame is drawish. Black's "h" pawn distracts one of white's
pieces, while black will exchange all white's remaining pawns.}) 39... Rxf5+
40. Kxe4 Rxf2 41. Nf4 Rf1 42. Kf5 Rg1 {A draw is inevitable here. Even if
white will win the rook for his passed pawn, black will always be able to
exchange all white's remaining pawns.} 43. Ne2 (43. Ne6 Rf1+ 44. Ke5 Re1+ 45.
Kf6 Rf1+ 46. Ke7 Rg1 47. g7 Kc6 48. Kf6 {[%cal Ge6g5]} Rxg7 49. Nxg7 Kc5 50.
Ne6+ Kb4 51. Nxc7 Ka3 $11) 43... Rg2 44. Nf4 Rg3 45. Nh5 Rg1 46. g7 Kc6 47. Kf4
Rg6 48. Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Samba Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Skanderborg"]
[Date "2005.10.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2005.10.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 ({Another solid
theoretical line is} 6... exd4 7. Nxd4 c5) 7. c3 {White supports his centre.} (
{The alternative is:} 7. dxe5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 fxe5 {. According to theory this
endgame is equal.}) 7... Bd6 8. Be3 Ne7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 {Nisipeanu refrains
from the obvious check on b3.} (10. Qb3+ Kh8 11. h3 (11. Qxb7 Be6 $1 {[%csl
Rb7]} 12. c4 Rb8 13. Qxa6 Ra8 14. Qb7 Rb8 $11 {is a known repetition.}) 11...
Bh5 12. dxe5 fxe5 13. c4 $1 {[%cal Gc4c5]} b6 14. Qc3 {[%csl Re5]} Bxf3 {
Black has to part with his bishops pair.} 15. Nxf3 $14 {0-1 Volokitin,A (2671)
-Beliavsky,A (2599)/Igualada 2005/CBM 109_01/[Postny,E] (46)}) (10. Qc2 b6 11.
h3 Bh5 12. Nh4 Kh8 13. Nc4 b5 14. Na5 Qe8 15. a3 Rb8 16. b4 Bf7 17. Rad1 Be6
18. Qe2 Qf7 19. Kh1 Rbe8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Fressinet,L (2501)-Grischuk,A (2581)/
Lausanne 2000/CBM 078 (48)}) 10... Bh5 11. Nc4 $146 {[%csl Re5]} (11. Re1 b6
12. Nf1 Bg6 13. dxe5 fxe5 14. Ng3 Qc8 15. Nh4 Bf7 16. Re2 Qe6 17. Rd2 Rfd8 18.
Nhf5 Nxf5 19. exf5 Qf6 20. Ne4 Qxf5 21. Nxd6 Rxd6 22. Rxd6 cxd6 23. Qxd6 $14 {
1-0 Hecht,H-Oechslein,R/Voelklingen 1970/EXT 2001 (68)}) (11. Qb3+ $6 Bf7 12.
Qxb7 $4 exd4 13. cxd4 Qd7 $19 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Rf8b8]}) 11... h6 $6 {Ignoring
the threat. It wasn't necessary at all to sacrifice the pawn.} (11... b5 12.
Na5 Qe8 {was a playable and preferable alternative.}) 12. dxe5 fxe5 13. Ncxe5
Qe8 {Black has certain compensation for the pawn, but white has various
possibilities of sacrificing it back getting better prospects.} 14. Ng4 (14.
Qb3+ Kh7 15. Qxb7 $2 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Rxf3 17. gxf3 Qg6+ 18. Kh1 Rf8 {with a
devastating attack.}) 14... Ng6 15. Nd4 $1 {[%cal Ce8e4,Gd1h5,Gg4h6]} Kh8 16.
Qc2 (16. Re1 Qxe4 17. Bxh6 Qd5 18. Qd2 Bxg4 19. hxg4 Ne5 20. Nf5 Qxd2 21. Bxd2
Nxg4 22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. f3 Ne5 24. b3 $14) 16... Bxg4 17. hxg4 Qe5 18. g3 Rae8 {
[%csl Re4]} 19. Rae1 Qxe4 20. Qxe4 Rxe4 21. f4 $16 {Black gained the pawn back,
but after the exchange of queens white's advantage becomes very apparent
thanks to the classical pawns majority on the kingside.} Kg8 22. Bf2 Rfe8 23.
Rxe4 Rxe4 24. Kg2 Nf8 25. Rd1 Kf7 26. Kf3 Re7 27. Nf5 Rd7 28. c4 c5 ({It was
possible to exchange rooks by a simple tactical trick:} 28... Bc5 29. Rxd7+
Nxd7 30. Be1 $16 {Probably, this was the least of the evils for black.}) 29.
Be1 $1 Ne6 30. Bc3 Rd8 31. a4 {White is not in a hurry and has time to
strengthen his position to a maximum.} Kf8 32. Rd5 Kf7 33. Ke4 Kf8 34. Be5 Bxe5
35. Rxd8+ Nxd8 36. Kxe5 Nc6+ ({After} 36... Kf7 37. Kd5 Ne6 38. Nh4 $1 Kf6 39.
Nf3 Ke7 40. a5 {white has a winning endgame as well.}) 37. Ke6 Nb4 (37... Na5
38. Ne3 Ke8 39. f5 $18 {[%cal Gf5f6]}) 38. Kd7 Nd3 39. b3 g6 40. Nxh6 c6 41.
Kc7 b5 42. Kxc6 {[%mdl 4096]} (42. Kxc6 bxa4 43. bxa4 Nb2 44. Kxc5 Nxa4+ 45.
Kb4 Nb2 46. c5 Nd3+ 47. Kc4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Sanjin Hotel Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Tiayuan"]
[Date "2005.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Zhao, Xue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 ({More peaceful
line is} 6... exd4 7. Nxd4 c5) 7. c3 (7. dxe5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 fxe5 {is another
version of an endgame.}) 7... Bd6 8. Be3 Ne7 9. h3 {Usually, white does not
hurry with this move and plays 9.Nbd2 first.} (9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Qb3+ Kh8 11. h3
Bh5 12. dxe5 fxe5 13. Ng5 Qc8 14. Qe6 Qe8 15. Ngf3 a5 16. Qb3 a4 17. Qc2 Bf7
$11 {1/2-1/2 Rozentalis,E-Beliavsky,A/Belgrade 1999 (41)}) 9... Be6 10. Nbd2 (
10. dxe5 fxe5 11. Nbd2 Ng6 12. Re1 (12. Ng5 Bg8 13. Qh5 Qf6 14. f4 (14. Rfe1 h6
15. Ngf3 O-O-O 16. Qf5+ Be6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 $11 {1-0 Socko,B-Warakomski,T/Poznan
2005 (60)}) 14... exf4 15. e5 Bxe5 16. Nde4 Qf5 17. g4 Qd7 18. Rad1 Bd5 19. Bf2
Bd6 20. Nxd6+ cxd6 21. Rfe1+ Kf8 22. Rd4 Kg8 23. c4 Bf7 24. Nxf7 Qxf7 25. Rxd6
$44 {0-1 Meijers,V-Berzinsh,R/Latvia 1994 (33)}) 12... h6 13. c4 Qe7 14. Rc1
Bc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Nb3 Qe7 17. Na5 Rb8 18. Qd2 O-O 19. Qc3 Qf6 20. Re3 c5
$15 {0-1 O'Donnell,T-Vucic,M/New York 1994 (40)}) 10... Ng6 {This kind of
position is very typical for the Exchange variation in Ruy Lopez. The chances
are about equal, white's superior pawns structure is compensated by the pair
of bishops.} 11. Qe2 Qe7 12. a4 $6 $146 {I don't see any real point in this
advance.} (12. dxe5 fxe5 13. Nc4 h6 14. Rad1 O-O 15. b3 Rf6 16. Nh2 Nh4 17. Kh1
Raf8 18. Qh5 Bxc4 19. bxc4 Ng6 20. Ng4 Re6 21. Bxh6 gxh6 22. Nxh6+ Kh8 23. Nf7+
Kg8 24. Nh6+ Kh8 25. Nf7+ {1/2-1/2 Lechtynsky,J-Augustin,J/Havirov 1971}) 12...
a5 13. c4 $6 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gc4c5] The main drawback of this move is
weakening of b4 square.} (13. Nc4 $11) 13... Bb4 14. d5 Bf7 15. Ne1 (15. g3 Qd7
{[%csl Rh3]} 16. Kh2 O-O {followed by cxd5 and c7-c6 with a good game for
black.}) 15... Nf4 $1 (15... f5 16. exf5 Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Qg4 Bxd2 19. Nf3
{[%csl Rd2][%cal Gf1e1,Ga1e1,Ge1e8]} O-O 20. Nxd2 cxd5 {with approximate
equality.}) 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. dxc6 bxc6 {Black's inferior pawn structure is
fully compensated by the pair of strong bishops. White should look for an
equality.} 18. Nd3 $6 {The threat on the Pf4 appeares to be imaginary.} ({
Safer would have been} 18. Nc2) 18... O-O $1 19. b3 (19. Nxf4 $2 Rad8 20. Nf3
g5 $1 21. Nd3 Bxc4 $17) 19... Bxd2 20. Qxd2 Qxe4 21. Rfe1 (21. Nxf4 Rad8 22.
Qe3 (22. Qc1 $2 {[%tqu "En","How can Black win a piece?","","","g7g5","",5]} g5
$1 $19 {[%csl Rf4]}) 22... Qxe3 23. fxe3 $15) 21... Qd4 22. Rad1 g5 23. Qe2 Qc3
24. Rc1 Qd4 25. Rcd1 {White is ready to repeat the moves, but black can play
for more...} Rae8 26. Qf3 Rxe1+ $2 {This exchange opens the "d" file for
white's rook.} (26... Qc3 $1 27. Qxc6 Qxb3 28. Nc5 Qxc4 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 $17) 27.
Nxe1 Qb2 28. Qxc6 Qxb3 29. Rd7 $36 Qc3 (29... Qxc4 30. Qxf6 Qf1+ 31. Kxf1 (31.
Kh2 $2 Qxe1 32. Qxg5+ Bg6 33. Qd5+ Rf7 $19) 31... Bc4+ 32. Kg1 Rxf6 33. Rxc7
Re6 34. Nf3 Bd5 35. Nxg5 Rg6 36. h4 h6 37. Rc8+ Kg7 38. Rc5 Bc6 39. Nh3 Rxg2+
40. Kf1 Rh2 41. Nxf4 Bxa4 42. Rxa5 $14) 30. Nf3 Rb8 $2 {The decisive mistake.}
({Necessary was} 30... Be8 31. Qe6+ Bf7 32. Qe7 h5 33. Nd2 g4 34. Ne4 Qe1+ 35.
Kh2 g3+ 36. fxg3 fxg3+ 37. Nxg3 Qxe7 38. Rxe7 Rc8 {[%cal Gg8f8] with
defendable endgame.}) 31. Kh2 $1 {Black has no time to invade with the rook
into white's camp, while black's position is now collapsing.} Re8 32. Nd4 {
[%csl Rf6]} Qxc4 33. Qxf6 {[%csl Rg5]} 1-0

[Event "Igualada"]
[Site "Igualada"]
[Date "2005.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2005.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. c3 {This
continuation leads to a more complicated game, compared to the alternative 7.
dxe5 which swaps the queens.} Bd6 8. Be3 Ne7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Qb3+ Kh8 11. h3 (
11. Qxb7 Be6 $1 {[%csl Rb7]} 12. c4 Rb8 13. Qxa6 Ra8 14. Qb7 Rb8 $11 {is a
known repetition.}) 11... Bh5 12. dxe5 (12. c4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Qd7 14. Rae1 c5
15. Ne2 Nc6 16. f4 Nd4 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. Nc1 b5 $15 {0-1 Hartoch,R-Lengyel,L/
Bad Pyrmont 1970/EXT 2001 (35)}) 12... fxe5 13. c4 $1 $146 {[%cal Gc4c5] A
very logical novelty, which I guess was prepared at home. White's play is
directed against Black's main weakness, the Pe5.} ({The following game was
probably the base for Volokitin's preparation:} 13. Ng5 Qc8 14. Qe6 Qe8 15.
Ngf3 a5 16. Qb3 a4 17. Qc2 Bf7 18. b4 b6 19. Rab1 Ng6 20. c4 c5 21. bxc5 bxc5
22. Rb5 Qe7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Rozentalis,E-Beliavsky,A/Belgrade 1999/CBM 069 (41)})
13... b6 14. Qc3 {[%csl Re5][%mdl 4]} Bxf3 {Black has to part with his bishops
pair.} (14... Ng6 $2 15. g4 $18 {[%csl Rh5]}) 15. Nxf3 $14 Ng6 16. c5 $1 {
Breaking black's pawns structure.} bxc5 17. Nd2 Qe7 18. Rac1 Rfb8 19. Nb3 $6 ({
Both} 19. Rc2) ({and} 19. b3 {seems to secure white's advantage.}) 19... Nf4
20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Rfe1 c4 $1 {Black needs to distract white's queen from the
3rd rank. This move became possible after white's inaccuracy 19.Nb3.} 22. Qxc4
f3 {The point of Black's previous move. Black is getting counterplay against
the white king.} 23. Nd4 (23. e5 $5 Bxe5 24. Qe4 Qg5 25. Qxf3 Rf8 26. Qg4 Qxg4
27. hxg4 Bxb2 28. Rxc6 $14) 23... fxg2 24. e5 {[%tqu "En","How should Black
continue?","","","e7h4","Black's counterthreats against the white king will
compensate the loss of bishop.",10]} Qh4 $1 {Black's counterthreats against
the white king will compensate the loss of bishop.} 25. exd6 Qxh3 26. f3 cxd6
$2 {It's not clear why Beliavsky didn't capture the Pb2.} (26... Rxb2 27. Re2
Qh1+ 28. Kf2 Qh2 29. Rg1 Qh4+ 30. Kxg2 Rxe2+ 31. Qxe2 Qxd4 32. Rd1 Qf6 33. d7
Rf8 34. Qd3 Rd8 $11) 27. Nb3 $2 {Too passive.} (27. Qxc6 $1 Qh1+ 28. Kf2 Qh4+ (
28... Rxb2+ 29. Re2 Rxe2+ 30. Nxe2 Rf8 31. Rg1 $18) 29. Ke3 $1 {It appears
that white's monarch feels quite comfortable in the middle of the board.} Qg5+
30. Kd3 Qg6+ 31. Qe4 $18) 27... a5 $1 28. Qg4 Qxg4 29. fxg4 {Black has several
pawns against White's knight, but objectively he is fighting for a draw.} a4
30. Nd4 c5 31. Nf5 Rxb2 32. a3 Rb3 33. Re7 $2 {Volokitin steps the wrong track.
White is going for an attack, but he simply does not have enough resources to
create any serious threats against the black king.} (33. Kxg2 Rxa3 34. Nxd6 $14
) 33... Rxa3 34. Nxg7 $2 {Consequently continuing the wrong idea.} (34. Rxg7 $2
Rf3 $1) (34. Kxg2 {was still equal.}) 34... Rg3 $1 {[%csl Ga4] Probably
Volokitin overlooked this strong manoeuvre.} 35. Nh5 Rxg4 36. Nf6 Rg7 {The
rook returned back to the defense just in time.} 37. Rce1 Rf8 38. Re8 Rgf7 $19
{All white's threats are parried.} 39. Rxf8+ Rxf8 40. Nd5 Rf1+ $1 {Of course.
After the exchange of rooks White has no chance to deal with all black's pawns.
} 41. Rxf1 gxf1=Q+ 42. Kxf1 a3 43. Nc3 d5 44. Ke2 d4 45. Na2 h5 46. Kf3 Kg7 0-1

[Event "Sautron op 16th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2016.10.22"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Stets, Dmitry"]
[Black "Koziak, Vitali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.10.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:53:04"]
[BlackClock "0:34:40"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:01:09]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:
02:55]} dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:12]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:19] La
grande ligne de la variante d'échange} 6. d4 {[%emt 0:01:15]} exd4 {[%emt 0:
00:13]} 7. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} c5 {[%emt 0:02:37]} 8. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:59]} (
8. Ne2 {L'alternative} Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd7 10. Nbc3 O-O-O 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rd2 Bc6
13. Rad1 b6 14. f3 Ne7 15. Nf4 Ng6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Bf4 g5 $132) 8... Qxd1 {
[%emt 0:01:21]} 9. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 10. Na5 {[%emt 0:
10:01] Après une longue réflexion mais la position reste connue} b5 {[%emt 0:
07:47]} 11. c4 {[%emt 0:02:21]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:13:06]} 12. Be3 {[%emt 0:09:10]} (
12. Nc3 Rb8 13. Be3 Be6 14. Rac1 Kf7 15. b3 Rhd8 16. Nd5 Rd7 17. f4 Rbd8 18.
Nb7 Rb8 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Bxc5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Bg4 22. Re1 Ke8 23. Bb4 Kd8 24.
Rc6 f5 25. h3 Bh5 26. exf5 Rxd5 27. Ba5 Rb7 28. Rxa6 b4 29. Re4 Rdb5 30. Rd4+
Ke8 31. Re6+ Kf8 32. Rd8+ Kf7 33. Rd7+ Kf8 34. Bxc7 h6 35. Bd6+ Kg8 36. Rxb7
Rxb7 37. Re4 Ra7 38. Rxb4 Rxa2 39. Rb8+ Kh7 40. Rb7 Be8 41. Rc7 Rd2 {Guseinov,
G (2634)-Bachmann,A (2593) Berlin 2015 1-0}) 12... f5 {[%emt 0:09:53]} (12...
Rb8) 13. Nc3 {[%emt 0:04:10]} f4 {[%emt 0:03:38]} 14. e5 {[%emt 0:02:59] Une
idée du spécialiste de la variante d'échange jouée aux olympiades de la
Havane} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:07:29]} (14... fxe3 15. exd6 exf2+ 16. Kxf2 O-O+ 17. Kg1
cxd6 18. Rxd6 {Teterev,V (2507)-Novitzkij,D (2373) BLR-ch Minsk 2006 (11) 1/2})
15. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 16. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ng6 {
[%emt 0:01:08]} 17. Nc6 {[%emt 0:06:37]} Bd7 $5 $146 {[%emt 0:09:25] Une
nouveauté sugérée dans l'informateur n°2 mais proablement trouvée devant
l'échiquier car les Noirs ont dépensé près de 10 mns} (17... Be6 18. cxb5
axb5 19. Na7 Rb8 20. Rdb1 Kf7 21. Nxb5 Rhd8 22. Rb4 Bxa2 23. Nxc7 Rbc8 24. h4
Rd2 25. Bb6 f3 26. Be3 Re2 27. Nb5 Ra8 28. h5 Ne5 29. Rf4+ Ke7 30. Rd1 Rc8 31.
Re4 Kf6 32. Rd6+ Kf5 33. Rf4+ Kg5 34. Rxf3+ {1-0 (34) Fischer,R-Portisch,L
Havana 1966}) 18. Re1+ {[%emt 0:01:50]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 19. Ne5+ {[%emt 0:
00:14]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 20. Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rhe8 {[%emt 0:00:30]}
21. Rae1 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 22. Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Re8 {
[%emt 0:02:03]} 23. Rxe8 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Bxe8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 24. f3 {
[%emt 0:00:41]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:01:51] Avec des B de couleurs opposées, le P
gagné a peu de chances d'être valorisé} 25. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} g5 {
[%emt 0:00:33]} 26. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sautron op 13th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2013.10.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov, Sergey"]
[Black "Migot, Tangi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2013.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 4. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} f6 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 6. d4
{[%emt 0:00:05]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 7. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} (7. c3) 7...
Qxd1 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 8. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 9. Nbd2 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:01:57]} 10. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:
00:25]} 11. h3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 12. Nh4 {[%emt 0:00:28]}
Ne7 {[%emt 0:05:54]} 13. Nc4 {[%emt 0:02:24]} (13. Ndf3 Rd7 14. g4 Bf7 15. b3
h5 16. Bb2 hxg4 17. hxg4 c5 18. Kg2 Nc6 19. Rh1 Rf8 20. Nf5 g6 21. Nxd6+ cxd6
22. Ng5 d5 23. Nh7 Rfd8 24. Nf6 Rd6 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 Rxd5 27. Rae1 Rd2
28. Bxe5 Nxe5 29. Rxe5 Rxc2 30. Rh7 Rf8 31. Kg3 Rcxf2 32. Rg7 Kb8 33. Kh4 Rxa2
34. Ree7 b5 35. Kg5 Ra3 36. Rb7+ Ka8 37. Ra7+ Kb8 38. Rgb7+ Kc8 39. Re7 Kb8 40.
Rab7+ Ka8 41. Ra7+ Kb8 42. Reb7+ Kc8 {Rause,O (2720)-Piccardo,V (2574) ICCF
corr 2003 1/2-1/2}) 13... h6 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 14. Nf5 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Nxf5 {
[%emt 0:00:23]} 15. exf5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rhe8 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 16. Nxd6+ {
[%emt 0:00:56]} cxd6 {[%emt 0:09:25]} 17. f4 {[%emt 0:01:10]} exf4 {[%emt 0:21:
02]} 18. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Kd7 $146 {[%emt 0:03:28] La tentative
d'amélioration sur une partie précédente du GMI} (18... Bf7 19. b3 Bd5 20.
c4 Be4 21. g4 b5 22. Rad1 d5 23. cxd5 Bxd5 24. Kf2 Be4 25. Rd2 Bd5 26. Rde2
Rxe2+ 27. Rxe2 Kd7 28. Be5 Rg8 29. b4 Bc4 30. Re3 g6 31. f6 Re8 32. a3 h5 33.
Kg3 hxg4 34. hxg4 g5 35. Kf2 Bd5 36. Kg3 Bc4 37. Kf3 Ke6 38. Bd6+ Kf7 39. Be7
Rh8 40. Re5 Bd5+ 41. Kg3 Kg6 42. f7 Kxf7 43. Bxg5 Rh1 44. Re7+ Kg6 45. Be3 Ra1
46. Bd4 Rd1 47. Be5 Rg1+ 48. Kh4 {Kasparov,S (2504)-Sangma,R (2358)
Bhubaneswar 2010 1/2-1/2}) 19. g4 $1 {[%emt 0:07:03] Gagne de l'espace et les
Blancs ont des petites chances de gain} Bf7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 20. Kf2 {[%emt 0:
00:18]} c5 {[%emt 0:09:43]} 21. a3 {[%emt 0:04:17]} (21. Rad1 Kc6 (21... d5 22.
Be5 {[%csl Rg7]})) 21... Rxe1 {[%emt 0:02:31]} 22. Rxe1 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Re8 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 23. Rd1 {[%emt 0:03:36]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:38] La finale est plus
ou moins égale mais la majorité Blanche de l'aile-roi est peut-être
légèrement plus facile à valoriser} 24. c3 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:05:
01]} 25. Be3 {[%emt 0:15:07]} Bg8 $6 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 26. Kf3 {[%emt 0:03:19]}
b6 {[%emt 0:04:31]} 27. Rg1 $5 {[%emt 0:06:35][%cal Gh3h4,Gg4g5]} Bh7 {[%emt 0:
03:20] un plan passif mais qui empêche la poussée du P"g"} 28. h4 {[%emt 0:
02:31]} a5 {[%emt 0:05:00]} 29. h5 {[%emt 0:02:37][%csl Rg6,Rg7]} a4 {[%emt 0:
05:43]} 30. Rd1 {[%emt 0:05:08]} Bg8 {[%emt 0:04:53]} 31. Bf4 {[%emt 0:01:57]}
Bf7 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 32. Rd3 {[%emt 0:02:27]} Re1 {[%emt 0:05:53]} 33. Re3 $1 {
[%emt 0:02:01] Toutes les finales de B de couleurs opposées ne sont pas nulles
} Rf1+ {[%emt 0:00:27]} (33... Rxe3+ 34. Kxe3 $18 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gf4e5]}) 34.
Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rg1+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 35. Kh3 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Rf1 $2 {
[%emt 0:00:29]} (35... d4 $142 36. cxd4 cxd4 37. Re7) 36. Be5 $40 {[%emt 0:01:
06]} Bxh5 $2 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 37. gxh5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Rxf5 {[%emt 0:00:11]}
38. Kh4 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Rg5 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 39. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} d4 {
[%emt 0:01:09]} 40. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Re6+ {
[%emt 0:06:27]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:09:59]} 42. Rxb6 {[%emt 0:01:13]} d3 {[%emt 0:00:
08]} 43. Bf4 {[%emt 0:04:56]} (43. Ra6 Rxg3 $1 (43... d2 44. Rd6+) 44. Kxg3 d2
45. Ra8 Ke4 46. Rd8 Ke3) 43... Rg2 $4 {[%emt 0:02:12]} 44. Kh3 {[%emt 0:04:01]}
Rc2 {[%emt 0:03:02]} 45. Kg3 {[%emt 0:05:42]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 46. Rb4+ {
[%emt 0:03:46]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:03:29]} 47. Rb7 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:
33]} 48. Rb4+ {[%emt 0:03:09]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 49. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} d2
{[%emt 0:00:59]} 50. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 1st"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2013.09.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2862"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2013.09.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 {Kamsky seemed to have not expected Carlsen to
go for this variation specifically. He thought for a few minutes before
deciding that the best course of action was to go into the quiet waters of the
exchange Spanish.} 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. dxe5 (7. c3 {was
Fischer's favorite, but neither this move nor the move in the game are
considered dangerous for Black nowadays.}) 7... Qxd1 8. Rxd1 fxe5 9. Rd3 {
A common rook lift, the idea being that if White had played instead} (9. Nbd2
O-O-O {it becomes difficult to develop his pieces.}) 9... Bd6 10. Nbd2 Nf6 11.
Nc4 {White's play revolves around the weakened e5-pawn - taking it and playing
with the remaining passed pawn while Black has no chance at creating one
himself on the queenside. However Black's piece activity has been considered
for some time to give him a perfetly good game.} O-O 12. Nfxe5 Be2 13. Re3 Bxc4
14. Nxc4 Ng4 $1 {More accurate than the other move. At least here White has
some chances of going wrong.} (14... Bc5 {is a known draw:} 15. Re1 Rae8 16.
Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Rxe4 18. Rxe4 Nxe4 19. f3 Nd6 {and although White should be
minimally better becaues of the structure, no one has been able to win this
position.}) 15. Re2 Bxh2+ 16. Kf1 $6 {And he starts doing so almost
immediately. The king is safer and better placed on h1.} Rae8 17. Nd2 $6 {
It's going to become incredibly hard to develop because of the self-pin.} (17.
c3 {just passing and allowing some breathing room on the second rank was much
better.}) 17... Rd8 $1 {The World number one shows that he is in a class of
his own. With the rook going back and forth, he has now secured a pin on the
d-file that causes White's development to stall almost completely.} 18. f3 Bg3
19. Kg1 Ne5 20. b3 Ng6 $1 {Magnus moves are all precise, with the goal of not
allowing White easily development.} 21. Nf1 Be5 22. c3 $2 {Panic.} (22. Rb1 Rd1
23. Rd2 Bd4+ 24. Kh2 Rxf1 25. Rxd4 Nf4 26. Rd7 Rf6 27. Bxf4 $1 Rxb1 28. Be5 {
is unpleasant, but White's activity gives him excellent chances to draw.})
22... Bxc3 23. Bb2 Nf4 24. Rc2 Ba5 {The Norwegian wants to keep as many pieces
on the board as possible, especially with the somewhat exposed king, but there
was nothing wrong with simplifying the position and exploiting the material
advantage.} 25. Ng3 g6 26. Rf1 Rd3 27. Kh2 Bb4 28. Ne2 Ne6 29. Nc1 Rd7 30. g3
Rfd8 31. Kg2 Kf7 32. f4 h5 33. Kh3 a5 34. Kg2 Nc5 35. Kf3 Nd3 36. Re2 Be7 $2 {
Allowing White some hope.} (36... Nxb2 37. Rxb2 Ba3 38. Rc2 Rd2 {and it will
be very hard for White to hold this position as a2 will soon fall as well.})
37. Nxd3 Rxd3+ 38. Kg2 Bc5 $6 {The extra pawn still gives Black excellent
chances to win, but the advantage is slipping move by move. The bishop is not
well placed on c5 as it might be forced back to b6 in a defensive position.}
39. Rc1 $6 (39. Be5 $1 {would have at least forced Black to find an active
idea to defend c7.} Bd6 40. Bb2 {and now any move by the bishop will be met
with Be5 again.}) 39... Rd2 40. Rc2 Rxe2+ 41. Rxe2 {Time control has been
reached. Black is still up a pawn, but will have a tough technical job ahead
of him after missing many ways of finishing his opponent off.} Rd3 42. Rc2 Bd6
43. Bc1 Be7 44. Kf2 a4 45. Rd2 Rxd2+ $2 {A strange decision. The bishop
endgame looks less promising than the rook endgame.} (45... Bc5+ $1 46. Kg2 Rc3
47. Bb2 Re3 48. Bd4 Bxd4 49. Rxd4 a3 $1 {gives black great winning chances.})
46. Bxd2 axb3 47. axb3 c5 48. g4 $6 {Not necessarily losing, but why create a
free passed pawn for Black? Much more tenacious was to simply wait and keep
the king on e2-d3, forcing Black to figure out a plan of action.} b5 49. gxh5
gxh5 50. Bc3 $2 {The final blunder.} (50. Kf3 b4 51. Be3 {should still be
somehow winning for Black, but it's much more difficult to figure out.}) 50...
b4 51. Bb2 Bh4+ {Not the most precise but also winning.} 52. Ke2 Bg3 {The
combined action between the passed pawn on h4 and the threats of breaking on
c4 and exchanging bishops gives Carlsen the win. Here he is pushing the f-pawn
forward so he will be able to easily trade bishops later.} 53. f5 h4 54. e5 h3
55. e6+ (55. Kf3 Bh4 56. Ba1 Be1 $19) 55... Ke7 56. Kf3 Bf4 57. Bg7 Bg5 58. Be5
c4 59. bxc4 Bf6 {White has two passed pawns, but they are worth nothing
compared to the outside passed pawns of Black, which will soon promote.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 0304 79th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2003.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Black "Gormally, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "Rowson,J"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2003.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Ne2 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd7 10. Nbc3 O-O-O 11. Be3 b6 $6 {[#] Sometimes it can help
to be unfamiliar with a line. This move has been ventured by Korneev and Adams
but I knew only of Re8 followed by ...b6 so I started to look for the
difference.} (11... Re8 12. Rd2 b6 {is seen more often.}) 12. a4 $5 {A
challenging move. The main point is that after} a5 $6 {I was pleased to see
this move which makes Black's pawns rather rigid. This turned out to be
crucial in the resulting bishop ending.} (12... Re8 13. a5 Kb7 {Black's bishop
on d7 is hanging which means that Black has to be willing to play b5.} (13...
b5 $5 {Now I suspect Black is ok here, but he needs to be ready for something
like} 14. Nf4 {intending Nd3-c5} c4 15. b3 $5 {When the position looks rather
messy and perhaps quite dangerous for Black in view of white's lead in
development.} b4 16. Ncd5 Rxe4 17. f3 Re8 18. bxc4 Bf5 19. Nd3 c6 20. Nb6+ Kc7
21. Kf2 {I prefer White here for example but this example may not indicative
of best play.})) 13. Rd2 Bd6 (13... Ne7 14. Rad1 Ng6 15. Nb5 {is dire for
Black and shows why provoking a5 was worthwhile.}) 14. Rad1 (14. Bf4 {would be
standard here but this allows} Bxf4 15. Nxf4 Nh6 $5 {which has a sophistaced
defensive feel to it, even though it probably doesn't change the fact that
White is much better.}) 14... Bc6 $5 (14... Ne7 15. Bf4 Bxf4 16. Nxf4 Ng6 17.
Nh5 Rhg8 {leaves White clearly better.}) 15. Bf4 Be7 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 (17.
exd5 $6 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Rxd6 (18... cxd6 19. Nf4) 19. Nc3 Nh6 20. Nb5 Rd7 21. d6
c6) 17... Rxd5 18. Rxd5 (18. exd5 Kd7 $1) 18... Bd8 {Now, as often happens,
when a tense position stabilizes, I play a couple of inaccurate moves.} 19. Nc3
$6 {[#] This is an "echo" move. Given that Black can play c6 fairly easily,
the knight does little here. However, part of me hadn't caught up with the
fact that a pair of rooks and minor pieces had been exchanged and still
thought that I should be trying to attack his king. Now, however, the key is
to organise my pieces and advance on the kingside.} (19. f3 $1 $16) 19... Ne7
20. Rd2 {Again sloppy. There is no need to protect c2 and the recurring threat
of a knight landing on c4 with tempo is a pain.} (20. Rd1) 20... Ng6 21. Bg3 h5
$1 {With a bit of help from me, Danny has brought the position back from
clearly worse to slightly worse and now I have a difficult decision to make.}
22. h4 {I didn't want to fix a pawn on a dark square, but the alternative
seems to give Black too much activity} (22. h3 h4 23. Bh2 c6 $1 {When Rd6 is
not dangerous and my pawns are rather stifled.}) 22... Rf8 $5 {At first I
thought this was very strong, but now it looks like Danny was too impatient to
equalise immediately.} (22... c6 $5 23. f3 Bc7 24. Kf2 {Black's drawing
chances are probably higher than White's winning chances.}) 23. Rd5 f5 24. Rxf5
Rxf5 25. exf5 Ne7 (25... Nxh4 26. Bxh4 Bxh4 27. b3 $3 {This is an important
move which I found after analysing the game with John Shaw and Colin McNab.
White wants to play Ne4 and c4 to keep the Black king at bay and then
gradually advance the kingside pawns but this is the only way to ensure that
Black doesn't get serious coumterplay.} (27. Ne4 c4 $1 28. c3 (28. Nd2 c3 $1
29. bxc3 b5 $1 30. axb5 Bf6 {probably causes enough trouble to draw.}) 28...
Kd7 29. Nd2 Kd6 30. Nxc4+ Kd5 {and Black is probably better due to the
relative activity of the kings.})) 26. f6 $1 gxf6 27. Ne2 Ng6 $6 {Black's
position is difficult, but I think Danny should have taken more time here
because he is not forced to play the bishop ending.} (27... Nf5 28. Nf4 Ng7 {
looks very passive but probably gives Black better chances to hold.}) 28. Nf4
$1 Nxf4 29. Bxf4 Kd7 (29... f5 30. Bg5) 30. f3 Ke6 {Obviously Black would like
to play c4 is possible, if only to prevent my position from becoming
dangerously pretty, but time is not on Black's side, and that approach has its
own dangers.} (30... c4 31. g4 Ke6 32. gxh5 c6 33. h6 Kf7 34. Kf2 b5 35. Ke3
Bb6+ 36. Ke4 {and even though Black can threaten mate, White is winning due to
the activity of his king.} Ke6 (36... Kg6 37. h5+ $1) 37. Be3 $1) 31. c4 $1 f5
32. g3 c6 {[#]} 33. Kg2 $6 (33. b3 $5 {might have been more precise because it
probably prevents b5 and thus makes the technical task easier. However, at
this stage I was just trying to reach the time control, and didn't want to
sharpen the position.} b5 34. axb5 cxb5 35. cxb5 Kd5 36. g4 fxg4 37. fxg4 hxg4
38. h5 c4 39. bxc4+ Kxc4 40. h6 Kd5 (40... Kxb5 41. Be5) 41. Bd2 $1) 33... b5
34. b3 $1 {I was tempted to take, because I thought it might be difficult to
win the ending without the b6 pawn being weak, but with the time control
approaching I played it safe, and this was the right decision.} (34. axb5 cxb5
35. cxb5 a4 36. g4 fxg4 37. fxg4 hxg4 38. h5 Kd5 39. b6 Kc6 40. Be5 Bg5 41. Bg7
Kxb6 42. h6 Bxh6 43. Bxh6 a3 44. bxa3 Ka7 $1 {and it's still a joy that Fritz
doesn't know this is a draw.}) 34... bxc4 35. bxc4 Bf6 36. Bd2 Bd8 37. Bc3 Bc7
38. Kh3 Kf7 39. Bd2 Kg6 40. Be3 Bd6 41. Bg5 {You might expect me to tell you
the winning plan that I came up with here, but in my experience plans rarely
come seamlessly to fruition so I prefer to take one thing at a time. In this
respect putting my bishop on d8 and playing g4 didn't seem to harm anything.}
Be5 42. Be7 Bd4 43. Bd8 Bc3 44. Bb6 Bb4 45. g4 {Black would rather not
exchange f-pawns because it gives my king the e4 square but something has to
give and the c5 pawn doesn't seem particularly important.} Bc3 (45... fxg4+ 46.
fxg4 Kh6 47. Kg3 $1 Be1+ 48. Kf3 Bxh4 49. Bxa5 {The problem for Black is that
losing the a-pawn is catastrophic.}) 46. Bxc5 Be1 {Now I needed an idea
because obviously I have to activate my king. I decided to put the bishop on
d8, take on h5, and come with my king to d3. Then Black cannot take on h4 or
prevent Kd4-c5 without losing his a-pawn.} 47. Bd6 Bc3 48. Bc7 fxg4+ 49. fxg4
Be1 50. Bd8 Kh6 51. Be7 Kg6 52. Bg5 {It is pleasant to end the game with
Zugzwang. White keeps the extra pawn and the king now heads to the queenside.}
1-0

[Event "Kerteminde"]
[Site "Kerteminde"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Berg, Klaus"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. dxe5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxf3 (8... fxe5 9. Rd3 Bd6 10. Nbd2) 9. gxf3 fxe5 10. f4 $5 Nf6 11. Nc3
Bd6 12. f3 {Better is 12.fxe5.} exf4 13. e5 Bc5+ 14. Kg2 Nh5 15. Ne4 Be7 16.
Kh3 Rf8 17. Kg4 g6 18. b3 Rd8 19. Re1 Rf5 20. Bb2 Ng7 21. h4 Ne6 $17 22. Re2
Kf7 23. Rh1 h5+ 24. Kh3 Nd4 25. Bxd4 Rxd4 26. Rg1 Rxe5 27. Ng5+ Kf6 28. Rxe5
Kxe5 29. Re1+ Kd6 30. Re6+ Kd7 31. Rxg6 Rd2 32. Rh6 Rxc2 33. Rxh5 Rxa2 34. Rh7
Ra1 35. Kg4 a5 36. Kxf4 b5 $19 37. h5 a4 38. bxa4 bxa4 39. Ne4 a3 40. Nc5+ Kd6
41. Ne4+ Ke6 42. Rh8 Rh1 43. Ra8 Rxh5 44. Ra6 Kd7 45. Ke3 Rh2 46. Kd3 Rh3 47.
Kc4 Rxf3 48. Nc5+ Ke8 49. Nd3 Rf1 50. Ne5 Rc1+ 51. Kd3 Bb4 52. Ke4 Bd6 53. Nd3
Rc2 54. Ke3 Kd7 55. Ne1 Rh2 56. Kd3 Bb4 57. Nf3 Rh3 58. Ke4 c5 59. Ne5+ Kc8 0-1

[Event "Vienna op"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wittmann, Walter"]
[Black "Ciolac, Gheorghe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Ne2 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd7 10. Bf4 {10.Le3 is more common.} O-O-O 11. c4 $5 {
Blocking the Queenside, but exposing c4 for a later attack.} g5 12. Bg3 Ne7 13.
Nbc3 Bg7 14. h4 h6 15. f4 Bg4 16. f5 Nc6 17. Bf2 b6 18. Kf1 Rhe8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8
20. Rd1 Re8 21. b3 Bh5 22. Rd2 Ne5 23. Bg3 Bf7 24. Ng1 Bh5 25. Nge2 Ng4 26. Ng1
Ne3+ 27. Kf2 Ng4+ 28. Kf1 Bf8 29. Nf3 Be7 30. Rd3 Bd8 31. Nd2 Bf7 32. Ke2 Rg8
33. Nf3 Re8 34. Nd2 Bh5 35. Kf1 Rf8 36. Nf3 Be8 37. Nh2 Nxh2+ 38. Bxh2 b5 39.
Nd5 Bf7 40. Bg1 c6 41. Bxc5 Re8 42. Ne3 bxc4 43. Nxc4 Bxc4 44. bxc4 Rxe4 45.
hxg5 hxg5 46. Bd4 Rf4+ 47. Ke2 Rxf5 48. Ra3 Rf4 49. Be3 Rxc4 50. Rxa6 Kd7 51.
a4 Rc2+ 52. Kf3 f5 53. g4 f4 54. Bb6 Bxb6 55. Rxb6 Rc5 56. Rb7+ Ke6 57. Ra7
Rc3+ 58. Kf2 Rc2+ 59. Kf3 Rc3+ 60. Kf2 Rg3 61. a5 Rxg4 62. a6 Rg3 63. Rg7 Kf5
0-1

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Santo Roman, Marc"]
[Black "Hauchard, Arnaud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 (6... exd4 7.
Nxd4 c5 8. Nb3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Bf4 c4 12. Nd4 O-O-O 13. Nc3
Rxd4 $5 14. Rxd4 Bc5 15. Be3 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 $14 {Santo Roman,M-Miralles,G (CBM
27 game 318).}) 7. c3 exd4 8. cxd4 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxd4 10. Rd1 Qc4 11. Bf4 Qf7
12. Na3 $5 {12.Qg3 is considered good for White since Volchok-Krestjanskij,
Soviet Union 1970.} Bc5 13. Rac1 Bb6 14. Nc4 Ne7 15. Qb3 Ng6 16. Bg3 Ne5 17.
Bxe5 fxe5 18. Qxb6 $1 $18 cxb6 19. Nd6+ Ke7 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. Rd7+ Kf6 22. Rxb7
b5 23. Rxc6+ Kg5 24. g3 g6 25. Re7 Rae8 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Rxa6 b4 28. Ra4 Rb8
29. Kg2 Rb7 30. h4+ Kf6 31. Kf3 Ke6 32. Ke3 Rb6 33. Kd3 Rd6+ 34. Kc2 Rd4 35. f3
Rc4+ 36. Kb3 Rd4 37. Rxb4 Rd3+ 38. Kc4 Rxf3 39. Rb3 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.10.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1996.10.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Wedberg: Shirov proves that he is one of the most imaginative chessplayers in
the world right now with this game. The way he handles the R-ending is pure
vintage Shirov. Adams opening novelty (probably a good one) is somewhat
overshadowed by his opponents brilliant play.} 1. e4 {Wedberg} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 {Not exactly a new opening in my repertoire, as I used to play
it from time to time more than ten years ago. But, of course, now I had to
study it all over again.} dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8. Nb3 Qxd1 9.
Rxd1 Bg4 10. f3 Bd7 11. Nc3 O-O-O {All this could be easily expected from
Michael since he plays this line against the exchange variation regularly.
During my preparation I also suspected that he would go for a known ending
where Black obtains an excellent compensation for the pawn. Still I wasn't
sure whether it would be such a draw and I decided that once I should try it.}
12. Bf4 c4 13. Na5 (13. Nd2 $6 {Wedberg} Bc5+ 14. Kh1 Be6 15. Nf1 Ne7 16. Be3
Bd6 17. Ng3 h5 $17 {0-1 Burgos,C-Korneev,O/Badalona op 1995 (34)}) (13. Nd4 {
Wedberg} Ne7 14. Rd2 Ng6 15. Be3 Bd6 16. Rad1 Rhe8 17. Kf2 h5 $15 {Kotronias,
V-Adams,M/Chalkidiki/1993}) 13... Bc5+ 14. Kf1 (14. Kh1 {is a different story
according to Jan Timman's commentaries on his game against Adams (Belgrade
1996, see NIC magazine No.1 of 1996) I should mention that in the same sourse
Timman indicated 21...Rd6! which later on occured in the present game. I
didn't notice this remark in time, maybe because after reading Short's notes
on his game against Timman (No.8 of 1995) I got a feeling that NIC was somehow
more for entertainment rather than for reading chess annotations, even though
Nigel did enrich my vocabulary.}) 14... b5 (14... Bb4 {Wedberg} 15. Bxc7 $1
Kxc7 16. Nd5+ Kb8 17. Nxb4 $16 {1-0 Rausis,I-Zude,A/BL2-SW 1991 (32)}) 15. Nd5
Ne7 $1 (15... c6 16. b4 $1 {was the way Timman brilliantly beat Adams in
above-mentioned game and no wonder that Michael doesn't enter it anymore.} (16.
b4 {Wedberg} Ba7 17. Nc7 Bb8 18. Ne6 Bxf4 19. Nxc6 $1 Re8 20. Na7+ Kb8 21. Nxf4
Re7 22. Nd5 Re8 (22... Re6 23. Nb6 Be8 24. Nbc8 $1 Nh6 25. Rd5 Nf7 26. Rad1 $16
{1-0 Nielsen,P-Dutreeuw,M/32nd ol, Yerevan ARM 1996 (55)}) 23. Nf4 Re7 24. Nd5
Re8 25. Nb6 Be6 26. Nc6+ Kc7 27. Nd4 Kxb6 28. Nxe6 Rxe6 29. Rd8 $36 {1-0
Timman,J-Adams,M/Belgrade Invest 1995 (35)})) 16. Bxc7 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Kxc7 18.
Rxc5+ Kb6 19. b4 cxb3 20. Nxb3 {[#] It is enough to have a look at the
position to see that Black should not lose. However he still faces some small
practical difficulties.} Be6 {The other way would be} (20... a5 21. Rc3 b4 22.
Re3 Bb5+ $44) 21. Rc3 Rd6 $1 $146 {This is the Timman's suggestion. Otherwise
things are not that smoothly for Black, for example Wedberg: Black seems to
have enough for the P in this line. Adams novelty is a step in the right
direction.} (21... a5 22. a4 b4 23. Rc5 Bxb3 24. Rb5+ Ka6 25. cxb3 $16 {
1-0 Kelleher,W-Adams,M/New York Open (1) sp 96/5 1996 (29)}) (21... b4 22. Re3
Rc8 23. Nd4 Bc4+ 24. Ke1 Rhd8 25. Ne2 $14 {1-0 Benjamin,J-Ivanov,AV/USA-ch (08)
;CBM 39 1993 (61)} (25. Ne2 {Wedberg} Bb5 26. Rc1 $14 {Benjamin,J-Ivanov,A/
USA-ch 1993/1-0 (61)})) (21... Rc8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Nd4 $14) 22. a4 {I saw no
other way to get winning chances. With the text I am at least trying to change
my isolated pawn for his good one, hoping that one day the b5 pawn might also
become a kind of weakness.} Bc4+ $1 23. Kf2 (23. Ke1 Rhd8 {promises Black full
compensation.}) 23... Rc8 $1 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rb1 b4 26. Re3 Bxb3 $1 {Forcing
the drawn rook ending. My hope was to meet Wedberg: This looks like a drawing
simplification, but given what happens in the game Black could have played on
with his strong B.  ENDING} (26... Bb5 {with} 27. Na1 $1 $14 {and by attacking
his pawn get some winning chances, for example} Rd2+ 28. Kg3 Rc4 29. Rd3 $1
Rcxc2 30. Nxc2 Bxd3 31. Rxb4+ Kc5 32. Rd4 $16) (26... Ra8 $5 {Wedberg}) 27.
Rexb3 {Capturing it with the pawn leaves White no winning chances as after} (
27. cxb3 Rd2+ 28. Re2 (28. Kg3 $6 Rcc2 29. Rg1 Rc3) 28... Rxe2+ 29. Kxe2 Rc2+
30. Kf1 Rd2 $1 {Black is too active.}) 27... Rxc2+ 28. Ke3 {The position after}
(28. Kg3 Rdd2 29. Rxb4+ Kc7 30. Rb7+ Kc6 {seemed dead draw to me but the text
shouldn't be a great improvement either.}) 28... Rxg2 29. Rxb4+ Kc5 $6 {
Not yet an error, but somehow Black starts losing the right course. More
natural would be Wedberg: White has some pull due to his better K position.
The black K is under attack and in many situations White can attack the black
P:s with his K.} (29... Kc7 $142 30. Rb7+ Kd8 31. h4 Rd7 32. Rb8+ Ke7 $10) 30.
Rb7 {Threatening mate.} Ra6 31. R1b3 g5 $6 {Here I started thinking that I
might get some chances. Of course,} (31... Kd6 {would be an easy draw.}) 32. h4
h6 $2 {And now the chances become real. For my next move I spent more than
half an hour because I realised that I could already pose Black severe
difficulties to make draw. My main concern was whether I should change 'h'
pawns or keep them. Finally I preferred the second option because it seemed to
me that with three pawns on each side there are more winning ideas than with
two.   Instead of the text Black should probably have chosen} (32... g4 $1 {
and to avoid a forced draw White must then continue} 33. Kf4 $1 (33. Rxh7 Rg3
34. Kf4 Rxf3+ 35. Rxf3 gxf3 36. Kxf3 Kd6 37. Kf4 Ke6 $10) 33... gxf3 34. Rxf3 {
although it seems that Black's counterplay after} h5 $1 {is sufficient.}) 33.
Rd3 $1 {The most difficult move in the game with the idea to cut Black king
from his pawns} (33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Rd3 $1 {would yield White some practical
winning chances as well, that's why it was not easy to choose.}) 33... gxh4 $6
{Tempting but wrong as two remaining White pawns will now be a formidable
force.} (33... g4 {was still to be preferred although then White can make
dangerous threats with} 34. Rc7+ Kb4 35. Kf4 gxf3 36. Rxf3 {as Black king is
already cut.}) 34. Rc7+ Kb4 (34... Kb6 35. Rc1 {is very unpleasant for Black,
for example} h3 36. Rd6+ Ka7 37. Rxa6+ Kxa6 38. Rc6+ Kb7 39. Rxf6 h5 40. Rf5 $1
h4 41. Rh5 $18) 35. Rd1 $1 $16 {Now I can already state that White has a large
advantage. However things are not yet so clear.} Kb3 $1 {Black should now
avoid exchanging of one pair of rooks by whatever means, for example} (35... h3
36. Rb1+ Ka3 37. Ra1+ Ra2 38. Rxa2+ Kxa2 39. Rc5 $3 $18) 36. Rh1 f5 37. exf5 {
Here I was already in a light time-pressure and I am not sure whether} (37. e5
$5 {wouldn't be better thing to do. Of course, the text is less risky.}) 37...
Rg5 38. Rb7+ Kc2 $1 {Going to the right square.} (38... Ka2 39. Rh2+ Ka3 40.
Rb5 $1 {is probably winning for White, for instance} Ra4 41. Rhb2 Ra6 (41...
Ra5 42. R2b3+ Ka2 43. Rxa5+ Kxb3 44. Kf4 h3 45. Ra1 h2 46. Rh1 Rg2 47. f6 $18)
42. R5b3+ Ka4 43. Rb1 Rg1 44. Rxg1 Kxb3 45. Rg6 Ra5 46. Rxh6 Rxf5 47. Rxh4 $18)
39. Rh2+ Kc3 $2 {But this is the fatal error. After} (39... Kc1 {the position
is still full of fight although it seems to me that by placing his rooks and
king to the right squares e.g.} 40. Rc7+ (40. Rxh4 {Wedberg} Ra3+ $1 41. Ke2
Ra2+ 42. Kf1 Rxf5 $11) (40. Rh1+ Kc2 41. Rxh4 Ra3+ 42. Ke2 Rxf5 43. Rc4+ Rc3
$11) 40... Kb1 41. Rc5 Ra3+ 42. Ke4 Ra4+ 43. Ke5 Rg1 44. Rd5 $1 $16 {White
should win one day because the difference in king's position will pay off.})
40. Rbb2 {Now the game is over. Black loses his pride - the passed pawn and he
still can not move his king towards the centre. Wedberg: Threatening mate in
one! From this point on its difficult to find a good defence for Black. He
would like very much to get his K down to his backyard around g7, but Shirov
never lets the monarch return from excile.} Kc4 41. Rxh4+ Kc5 (41... Kd5 {
Wedberg} 42. Rd4+ Kc5 43. Rc2+ Kb5 44. Rd8 Kb4 45. Rb8+ Ka3 46. Rc1 Ka2 47. Rc5
$16) (41... Kc3 {Wedberg} 42. Rhh2 Kc4 43. Ke4 Kc5 44. Rh1 $16) 42. Rc2+ Kb5 {
A sad necessity as} (42... Kd5 {loses to} 43. Rd4+ Ke5 44. f4+) 43. Rh1 $6 (43.
Rf4 Rf6 44. Ke4 {would possibly be a better way to win but I missed that with
the text I lose one of my pawns in exchange of his.}) 43... Ra3+ 44. Kf4 Ra4+
45. Ke5 Ra5 $1 46. Rxh6 Kb4+ 47. Ke4 Rgxf5 48. Rb6+ Ka3 {Still the endgame
should be an easy win because White combines trying to exchange rooks, promote
his pawn and mate the enemy king. Too many things too resist. Wedberg: Now
White needs to exchange a pair of R:s to win easily.} 49. Rc3+ Ka2 (49... Ka4
50. f4 $18) 50. f4 Rf8 51. Rcb3 Rc5 $6 {This makes it quicker as now he can
not avoid the rook's exchange.} (51... Raf5 52. Rf3 {was also hopeless but}) (
51... Re8+ 52. Kf3 Re1 {would still require some technical accuracy from White.
I believe that the best way then is} 53. Rb2+ Ka1 54. Re2 Rf1+ 55. Rf2 Rg1 56.
Rb3 $18) 52. Rb2+ Ka3 53. Rb1 Ka2 (53... Rc4+ {Wedberg} 54. Kd3 Rfxf4 55. Ra1#)
54. R6b2+ Ka3 55. Rb5 Re8+ 56. Kd4 Rxb5 57. Rxb5 Ka4 58. Rb1 Rf8 59. Ke5 Re8+
60. Kd6 Rf8 61. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 53rd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2010.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[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 {I had 0 out of 2 head to head against Navara , he is a well prepared
player and very good at calculating. So, when preparing the game, I had one
main idea in mind, " play tight, solid chess".} e5 {Navara plays many
different defences.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 $1 {Especially for this game
I thought that was the right decision.} dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 $5 {Now I had
a difficult psychological choice. Firstly , to exchange queens, play an
extremely safe ending and probably keep the lead in the tournament; or second,
to play the best move c3, and go for an unclear line.} 7. c3 $1 {Making the
best move is normally the best way to play!, but not always!} (7. dxe5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 fxe5 {and Black is doing ok with his pair of bishops.}) 7... Bd6 8. Be3
Ne7 9. Nbd2 O-O {I had checked that line some time ago, and as usually happens
I couldn't remember the details, so I had to start to think about the position
from zero.} 10. Qb3+ $5 (10. h3 $6 Bh5 11. Qb3+ $6 Bf7 $1) 10... Kh8 11. h3 (
11. Qxb7 $5 Be6 $1 $13) 11... Bh5 (11... Bc8 {This is not in the spirit of the
line.} 12. Qc2) 12. Qxb7 Bf7 13. dxe5 fxe5 14. Nb3 $5 {Showing my ambition,
but objectively a crazy move, as Black has a draw anyway, but it ended up
being a provocative move.} (14. c4 $11 {This move forces a draw inmediately,
but as I had made a draw already the day before in a few moves, I felt bad
about going for another quick draw.} Rb8 15. Qa7 Ra8 $11) (14. b4 $5 {The
computer move is an interesting one, but Black will have some compensation for
the pawn thanks to the misplaced queen on b7:} Qd7 {[%cal Gf8b8]} 15. Ba7 Be6
$13 {[%cal Ge6h3]} 16. Rfd1 Ng6 $13 (16... Bxh3 $6 17. gxh3 Qxh3 18. Ne1 $1 $14
)) 14... Bc4 $1 15. Rfd1 (15. Na5 $6 Bxf1 16. Rxf1 Rb8 $36) 15... Rb8 $1 16.
Qa7 Ra8 $1 {Provoking me into play for a win!} 17. Qb7 $1 $11 {Being objective.
There is no point in playing a worse position unless you are completely forced
to try to win the game for external reasons, which didn't apply in this game.}
(17. Qc5 {was my first intention to make a beautiful try for a win, but then i
realised White can only be worse in the ensuing ending.} Be2 $1 18. Nxe5 Bxd1
19. Rxd1 Bxc5 20. Rxd8 Rfxd8 $1 21. Nxc5 Rd1+ 22. Kh2 a5 {With am unclear
ending, but if someone is better, it can only be Black.}) 17... Be2 $2 {
Navara is a great fighter, and he doesn't like draws very much, but somehow
this came as a surprise to me. I thought that did not work!} (17... Qe8 $5 18.
Bg5 $1 {[%cal Gd1d6]} (18. Na5 $6 Be2) (18. Nh4 $6 Qf7 19. Ba7 (19. Nf5 $2 Nxf5
20. exf5 Bd5 $17)) (18. Nbd2 $5 Bb5 $1 (18... Be2 19. Qb3 $1 $44) 19. a4 Rb8
20. Qa7 Be2 (20... Ra8 $11 21. Qxa8 Qxa8 22. c4 $1 $13) 21. Re1 Ra8 22. Qxa8
Qxa8 23. Rxe2 $13) 18... Ng8 $1 (18... Rb8 19. Qa7 Ra8 $2 (19... Ng6 20. Nfd2
Ra8 21. Qe3 Bxb3 22. axb3 h6 23. Bxh6 gxh6 24. Qxh6+ Kg8 25. Nc4 $14) 20. Qe3)
19. Nbd2 Be2 (19... Rb8 20. Qxb8 $5) 20. Re1 Bxf3 21. Nxf3 Qg6 $13) 18. Nxe5 $1
(18. Rd2 $2 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Ng6 $40) 18... Qe8 (18... Rb8 19. Nxc6 Nxc6 20. Qxc6
Bxd1 21. Rxd1 Bh2+ 22. Kxh2 Qxd1 $14 {and only White can be better!}) (18...
Bxd1 19. Rxd1 Bxe5 (19... Qe8 20. Nc4 $16) 20. Rxd8 Rfxd8 21. Bd4 Rdb8 (21...
Bd6 $2 22. Ba7 $1 $18 {The point!}) 22. Qxa8 Rxa8 23. Bxe5 $14) 19. Rxd6 $1 {
Freeing some space for the queen!} cxd6 20. Re1 $1 {Nice precise move to get
rid of the bishop on e2.} dxe5 (20... Bb5 21. Nd7 $1 Rf7 22. e5 $1 {This
precise sequence was pointed out by Navara during the commentaries for the
public after the game. He is probably one of the most difficult chess players
in the world to try to guess afterwards what was the result of his game; his
attitude is the same, win or lose.}) 21. Rxe2 {After all the exchanges, it now
becomes clear that White is much better with 2 pawns and a bishop for the rook.
} Ng6 22. Rd2 $1 {Going out of range of an attack by the g6- knight and
getting the only open file.} Qe6 (22... Rb8 23. Qa7) 23. Nc5 $1 {Giving up a
pawn but achieving better coordination.} Qxa2 24. Kh2 {Prophylaxis . Now
threatening b3! with killing power.} (24. Rd7 {is more logical, but not so
precise.} Rab8 $1 25. Qc7 Rbc8 $1) (24. Qxc6 $16) (24. b3 $5 Qa1+ 25. Kh2)
24... Qc4 (24... Rab8 $5 25. Qd7 $3 (25. Qa7 Ra8 26. Qd7) (25. Qxc6 $6 Rxb2 26.
Rxb2 Qxb2 27. Ne6) 25... Rxb2 26. Rxb2 Qxb2 27. Ne6 Rg8 28. Bh6 $3 gxh6 29. Qf7
$18) 25. Rd7 (25. Qxc6 $16) 25... Rab8 (25... Qb5 $1 {Sad, but probably the
best option, although the position is already very difficult for Black.} 26.
Rxg7 (26. Qc7 Rac8 27. Qd6) 26... Qxb7 27. Rxb7) 26. Qxc6 Rxb2 {Trying to find
some counterplay, but White's king proves to be in a much safer place than its
opposite number.} (26... Rbc8 27. Qxa6 (27. Qd5 $18) 27... Rxc5 28. Qa7 $1 $18)
27. Rxg7 (27. Qd6 $1 $18 {and the computer will soon finish the game, although
this is a difficult move to calculate till the end for a human.} Rbb8 28. Ne6
Rg8 29. Bh6 $1 gxh6 30. Ng5 $1 $18) 27... Rfxf2 (27... Kxg7 $2 28. Ne6+) (27...
Qb5 $2 28. Qc7) (27... Rf7 $2 28. Qe8+ Kxg7 29. Ne6+ $18) 28. Bxf2 Rxf2 29.
Qc8+ $1 {The whole point of the combination, which I saw lots of moves ago;
without this move, things will be very far from clear.} (29. Rxg6 hxg6 30. Qe8+
Kh7 $5 $13 (30... Qg8)) 29... Kxg7 $8 (29... Nf8 $2 30. Qc7) (29... Rf8 $2 30.
Qd7) 30. Ne6+ Qxe6 31. Qxe6 Rxg2+ $1 32. Kh1 Rg3 (32... Rc2 33. Qd7+ $1 Kh6 34.
Qd1 (34. Qd3) 34... Rxc3 $2 35. Qd2+) 33. c4 Rc3 34. Qd7+ Kh8 (34... Kf6 $1 {
and probably White is winning but there is still some work to do.} 35. c5 Ne7
36. Kg2 (36. Qd6+ Kf7 37. Kh2 (37. h4 $2 Rh3+ 38. Kg2 Rxh4 39. Qxe5 Rh6 {
and Black will create a very difficult fortess to break!!}) 37... Rc2+ 38. Kg3
Rc3+ 39. Kg4 h5+ 40. Kxh5 Rxh3+ 41. Kg4 Rh8 42. Qxe5 Rh6 43. Qd4 Rc6 44. Kf4
Ke6) 36... Rc2+ 37. Kf1 Kf7 $1 38. Qc7 Rc3 39. Qxe5 Rxh3 40. Qf4+ Ke8 41. Qd6
Kf7 42. c6 $2 Rf3+) 35. h4 h5 36. Qc8+ Kg7 37. Qd7+ {gaining some time so as
to reach the move 40 time control.} Kh8 38. Qd6 (38. Qd2 $5 $18 Rxc4 (38...
Rh3+ 39. Kg1 (39. Kg2 $2 Nf4+ 40. Kg1 Rg3+ $11)) 39. Qh6+) (38. Qf5 Kg7) 38...
Kg7 (38... Rxc4 $2 {with a stalemate idea...} 39. Qxg6 Rc1+ 40. Kg2 Rg1+ {
Pity, Black still has a pawn on a6.}) 39. c5 Rh3+ {Desperation.} 40. Kg1 Rxh4
41. c6 Rg4+ 42. Kf2 Rf4+ 43. Ke3 Rf6 44. Qd8 Rf7 (44... Rxc6 45. Qd7+) 45. c7
Ne7 46. Qd6 {A nice game, but David deserves credit for taking risks when he
didn't need to.} 1-0

[Event "Vienna m"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "2015.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ragger, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "Wagner,D"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2015.08.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Parallel to the prestigious Vienna Open an interesting match was held betwenn
Austria's best player Markus Ragger and Azerbaijan's number one Shakhriyar
Mamedyarov.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 $5 {The Exchange Spanish is
not so popular at the highest level, but it's not without venom.} dxc6 5. O-O
f6 {Black has many possibilities, but f6 is considered to be the most
principled move. This position turned out to be an important tabiya of the
match, because it also occured in the two other games where Mamedyarov had the
white pieces.} 6. d4 (6. Re1 $5 c5 7. c3 Ne7 8. d4 {0-1 (26) Mamedyarov,S 
(2735)-Ragger,M (2688) Vienna 2015. White managed to create some problems, but
nevertheless lost the game.}) 6... exd4 7. Nxd4 {The absolute mainline. For
the other games of the match Mamedyarov found some interesting, less explored
tries.} (7. e5 {1-0 (42) Mamedyarov,S (2735)-Ragger,M (2688) Vienna 2015. In
the third game Mamedyarov went for this funny move, showed deep preparation
and won an interesting opposite-coloured bishop ending with convincing
technique.}) 7... c5 8. Nb3 (8. Ne2 {is another way of handling the endgame
and featured in a recent and interesting game:} Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd7 10. Be3 O-O-O
11. Nbc3 Re8 12. f3 f5 13. Ng3 Bd6 14. Bf2 f4 15. Nh5 g6 16. Rxd6 $1 {This
strong exchange sac is the main reason for mentioning this game.} cxd6 17. Nxf4
$14 {1-0 (55) Volokitin,A (2654)-Romanishin,O (2475) Warsaw 2015}) 8... Qxd1 9.
Rxd1 Bg4 $1 {In some concrete lines later on, it will be useful to have
provoked f2-f3!} (9... Be6 10. Bf4 c4 11. Na5 b6 12. Nc6 Bd7 13. Nd4 O-O-O 14.
Nc3 Ne7 15. b3 $36) 10. f3 Be6 (10... Bd7 {has been played by Ragger before.}
11. Bf4 O-O-O 12. Nc3 c4 13. Na5 b5 14. Nd5 Bc5+ 15. Kh1 (15. Be3 $1 $14 {
was probably Mamedyarov's improvement on that game.}) 15... Ne7 16. Bxc7 Nxd5
17. Bxd8 Ne3 18. Nb7 Nxd1 19. Nxc5 Nf2+ 20. Kg1 Nxe4 21. fxe4 Rxd8 $11 {
1/2-1/2 (36) Guseinov,G (2603)-Ragger,M (2668) Rhodes 2013}) 11. Nc3 (11. Bf4
c4 12. Nd4 (12. Na5 b6 $1 (12... Bc5+ 13. Kf1 Bb6 14. b4 cxb3 15. axb3 $14) 13.
Nc6 Bc5+ $1 {This check is the main reason for provoking f2-f3!} 14. Nd4 (14.
Kf1 Bd7 15. Nd4 O-O-O $11) 14... O-O-O 15. Be3 Ne7 $11) 12... O-O-O 13. Nc3 Bf7
$11 {is considered to be fine for Black.}) 11... Bd6 12. Be3 b6 13. a4 $1 {
Quite typical; White tries to create some weaknesses on the queenside.} a5 (
13... O-O-O $5 14. a5 Bxb3 15. cxb3 b5 {is not much for White, either.} 16. Nd5
Ne7 17. Rac1 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Be5 19. Rcxc5 {1/2-1/2 (19) Nisipeanu,L (2684)
-Onischuk, A (2664) Foros 2008} (19. Rdxc5 Rd3 20. f4 Bd6 21. Rd5 Rxe3 22. Rxd6
Re8 $1 (22... Rxe4 23. Rdc6 $2 $16) 23. Rxa6 (23. Rdc6 Re7 $1) 23... R8xe4 $11
{Black has enough counterplay to hold easily.})) 14. Nb5 O-O-O 15. Nxd6+ cxd6
16. Nd2 d5 $2 {A bad decision, after which Black's position collapses
surprisingly quickly. It´s premature to open the position, while the kingside
isn't developed.} (16... Ne7 $1 {is more logical and enough for equality.} 17.
c4 (17. Bf2 d5 18. exd5 Bxd5 $11) 17... f5 $1 {Black's setup is harmonious and
he has nothing to fear.} 18. Re1 (18. Bg5 Rd7 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. exf5 Bxf5 21.
Nf1 Bc2 22. Rxd6 Kc7 23. Rd2 Bb3 $11) 18... Ng6 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Nf1 Rhe8 $11)
17. exd5 Bxd5 18. b4 $1 {Energetic and enterprising play by Mamedyarov. The
pawn break more or less decides the game!} (18. b3 Ne7 19. Kf2 Rd7 $11 {
1/2-1/2 (32) Bojkov,D (2512)-Stefanova,A (2549) Sunny Beach 2009. Black was
completely fine.}) 18... axb4 19. a5 bxa5 (19... Ne7 20. axb6 Nc6 21. Bxc5 Kb7
22. Kf2 $16 {White should win in the long run.}) 20. Bxc5 {Black won't survive
for long with his weak king and dropping queenside pawns.} Nh6 21. Rxa5 Rhe8 $6
(21... Bb7 $142 22. Bxb4 Rd5 {offers at least a few defensive chances.} 23. Ra3
$18) 22. Bb6 Rd6 (22... Rd7 23. Nc4 $18) 23. Nc4 $1 Bxc4 24. Rxd6 Re1+ 25. Kf2
Re2+ 26. Kg3 {A crushing victory by Mamedyarov!} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-17 Final A"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1966.11.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[Annotator "Wahls,M"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1966.11.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

{Inf.2/236} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 (4... bxc6 5. d4 exd4 6.
Qxd4 Qf6 7. Qd3 $1 $14 (7. e5 Qg6 8. O-O Bb7 9. e6 $2 fxe6 10. Ne5 Qxg2+ 11.
Kxg2 c5+ $19)) 5. O-O f6 (5... Be7 $2 {von Reshevsky gespielt} 6. Nxe5 $1 Qd4
7. Nf3 Qxe4 8. Re1 (8. d3 $2 Qf5 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. Nd4 Qf6 11. Be3 O-O-O $15 {
Malesic,S-Reshevsky,S/Maribor/1967/0-1/33/}) 8... Qf5 9. b3 Nf6 10. Ba3 (10.
Re5 $1 $16) 10... Be6 11. Nd4 $16) (5... Qf6 $2 {/\ ...Bg4 /
Schallopp-Harmonist/Frankfurt/1887/} 6. d4 exd4 7. Bg5 Qg6 8. Qxd4 $16) (5...
Bd6 $2 6. d4 exd4 (6... f6 $2 7. dxe5 fxe5 8. Nxe5 $1) (6... Bg4 7. dxe5 Bxf3
8. Qxf3 $14 {Schallopp-Blackburne/Frankfurt/1887/}) 7. Qxd4 f6 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9.
Nc4 $14) (5... Qd6 $5 6. d3 (6. Na3 $2 b5 $1 (6... Be6 $2 7. Ng5 $14)) 6... f6
7. Be3 c5 8. Nbd2 Be6 9. Qe2 O-O-O $10 {Der weisse Plan: a3,Tfb1,b4}) (5... Bg4
6. h3 h5 (6... Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Qf6 8. Qg3 Bd6 9. d3 Qg6 10. Be3 Qxg3 11. fxg3 $14
{Hort,V-Kolarov/Polanica Zdroj/1967/1-0/34/}) 7. d3 $1 (7. c3 Qd3 $1 8. hxg4 (
8. Qb3 $2 Bxf3 9. Qxb7 Kd7 10. Qxa8 Bxg2 $1 11. Kxg2 Rh6 $1 12. Rg1 Rg6+ 13.
Kh2 Rxg1 14. Kxg1 Bc5 $19) 8... hxg4 9. Nxe5 Bd6 $1 10. Nxd3 Bh2+ $10) (7. d4
Bxf3 8. Qxf3 exd4 9. c3 $44) 7... Qf6 8. Nbd2 $1 (8. hxg4 $2 hxg4 9. Ng5 Qh6
10. Nh3 Qh4 11. Kh2 g6 12. Nc3 gxh3 13. g3 Qe7 $17 {Analyse Keres}) 8... Ne7 (
8... g5 9. Nc4 $1 (9. Re1 $2 Be6 10. d4 g4 11. Nxe5 gxh3 12. g3 h2+ 13. Kg2 h4
$36) 9... Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxf3 11. gxf3 f6 12. h4 gxh4 13. f4 $44) 9. Re1 (9. Nc4
$1 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxf3 11. gxf3 Ng6 12. Be3 c5 13. a4 $1 {Hort,V-Sliwa,B/
Polanica Zroj/1967/1-0/37/}) 9... Ng6 10. d4 Bd6 11. hxg4 hxg4 12. Nh2 Rxh2 13.
Qxg4 $1 (13. Kxh2 $4 Qxf2 $19 {Barendregt-Teschner,R/Hamburg EU-TCH/1965/0-1/
17/}) 13... Rh4 14. Qf5 $14) 6. d4 Bg4 $1 {'best' (Fischer)} (6... exd4 7. Nxd4
c5 (7... Bd6 $5 8. Qh5+ $1 g6 9. Qf3 Bxh2+ 10. Kxh2 Qxd4 11. Rd1 $1 $14) (7...
Ne7 8. Be3 Ng6 9. Nd2 Bd6 10. Nc4 O-O 11. Qd3 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. f4 Bd6 14.
f5 Qe7 15. Bf4 Bxf4 16. Rxf4 Bd7 17. Re1 Qc5 $2 (17... c5 $1 18. Nb3 (18. Nf3
Bc6 $13) 18... b6 $13) 18. c3 Rae8 19. g4 $16 {Fischer,R-Unzicker,W/Siegen ol/
1970/1-0/42/}) 8. Nb3 Qxd1 (8... Bd6 $2 9. Nxc5 $1) 9. Rxd1 Bd6 (9... b6 $2 10.
Bf4 Ra7 $1 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. a4 $1 {/\ a5} a5 $2 13. Nb5 $1) (9... Bd7 $1 10. a4
$14 {Fischer,R-Anastasopoulos/Athen sim/1968/1-0/28/}) 10. Na5 b5 (10... Bg4 $2
11. f3 O-O-O $2 12. e5 {1-0 Hort-Zelandinov Havanna 1967}) (10... Nh6 11. Bxh6
gxh6 12. Nc4 Be7 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Nd5 $16 {Bagirov-Keres Moskau 1967}) 11. c4
Ne7 12. Be3 f5 13. Nc3 f4 14. e5 Bxe5 15. Bxc5 $16 {Fischer,R-Portisch,L/
Habana ol/1966/1-0/34/}) 7. c3 (7. dxe5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxf3 (8... fxe5 9. Rd3 Bd6
$1 (9... Bxf3 10. Rxf3 Nf6 11. Nc3 Bb4 12. Bg5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 (13. Bxf6 $2 Bxb2
14. Bxg7 $4 Bxa1 15. Bxh8 O-O-O $1) 13... Rf8 14. Bxf6 Rxf6 15. Rxf6 gxf6 16.
Rd1 Ke7 17. Rd3 Rf8 18. Kf1 a5 19. g4 $2 {/\ 20.Th3; Fischer,R-Smyslov,V/Monte
Carlo/1967/1/2-1/2/40/} (19. Ke2 $16 {/\ g3,f4}) 19... Rg8 $1 $10) 10. Nbd2 Nf6
11. Nc4 Nxe4 12. Ncxe5 (12. Nfxe5 Be6 $10 {Hecht,H-Matanovic,A/Berlin/1971/})
12... Bxf3 (12... Bf5 $2 13. g4 $18 {/\ Te3}) 13. Nxf3 O-O $10 14. Be3 b5 $6 (
14... Rae8 $1 $10) 15. c4 $6 (15. Nd2 $1 Nc5 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. Ne4 Bb6 18. Kf1
Rae8 19. Re1 $14 {Kortschnoj}) 15... Rab8 16. Rc1 bxc4 17. Rd4 Rfe8 (17... Nc5
18. Rdxc4 Nd3 19. Rb1 Nxb2 20. Rxc6 a5 $15) 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Rxd2 Re4 $15 {
Fischer,R-Spassky,B (16)/Reykjavik-WCH/1972/1/2-1/2/60/}) 9. gxf3 fxe5 10. f4 (
10. Be3 $1 {/\ Nb1-d2-c4} Bd6 (10... Ne7 11. f4 $1 $16) 11. Nd2 Ne7 12. Nc4
O-O-O 13. Rd3 b5 14. Na5 $16 {Fischer,R-Rubinetti,J/Buenos Aires/1970/1-0/28/})
10... Nf6 11. Nc3 (11. fxe5 $2 Nxe4 12. Be3 Bc5 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Bxc5 O-O-O)
11... Bd6 12. fxe5 Bxe5 13. Na4 $14) 7... exd4 8. cxd4 Qd7 $6 (8... Bxf3 9.
Qxf3 Qxd4 10. Rd1 Qc5 11. Bf4) (8... c5 9. d5 {9.h3 ! siehe Wahls,M-Boudre} Bd6
$10 {Gligoric}) 9. h3 Be6 (9... Bh5 10. Ne5 Bxd1 $1 (10... Qxh3 11. gxh3 Bxd1
12. Rxd1 fxe5 13. dxe5 Bc5 14. Kg2) 11. Nxd7 Kxd7 12. Rxd1 Re8 13. f3 (13. Nc3
$5) 13... Ne7 14. Nc3 Kc8 15. Be3 f5 16. Rac1 fxe4 17. fxe4 g6 $2 (17... Ng6)
18. Bf4 $1 Bg7 19. d5 Rd8 20. Na4 $1 Rhf8 21. g3 g5 $2 (21... Rf7) 22. Bxg5 Rf7
23. Kg2 cxd5 24. exd5 Kb8 25. Re1 Bf8 26. Rf1 Rg7 27. Bf6 Rg8 28. Rce1 Rd7 29.
d6 cxd6 30. Bxe7 Bxe7 31. Rf7 {Fischer,R-Jimenez,E/Habana ol/1966/1-0/31/}) 10.
Nc3 $16 O-O-O 11. Bf4 Ne7 (11... Bd6 $1 12. Bxd6 Qxd6) (11... g5 $5 12. Bg3 h5
13. d5 cxd5 14. Rc1 $1 Bd6 (14... dxe4 15. Na4 $1 Kb8 16. Rxc7 $3 Qxd1 17. Rc8+
$3 Ka7 (17... Kxc8 18. Nb6#) 18. Bb8+ Ka8 19. Nb6#) 15. Na4 $1 Kb8 16. Nc5 Qe7
17. Nxa6+ $1 bxa6 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Qb3+ Ka7 20. Rxc7+ $3 Bxc7 21. Bxc7 Bb5 (
21... Qc5 22. Qe3 $18) 22. Nc6+ Bxc6 23. Qb6+ $18) 12. Rc1 Ng6 13. Bg3 Bd6 14.
Na4 $1 $16 Bxg3 $2 (14... Kb8 15. Nc5 Qe7) 15. fxg3 Kb8 (15... b6 16. d5 $1 Bf7
(16... cxd5 17. Nxb6+) 17. Qe2) 16. Nc5 Qd6 17. Qa4 $1 Ka7 $4 (17... Bc8 18.
Rc3 Nf8 $1 (18... Qxg3 $2 19. Ne5 Qh4 20. Nxc6+ $18)) 18. Nxa6 $18 Bxh3 (18...
bxa6 19. Rxc6) 19. e5 Nxe5 (19... fxe5 20. Nc5+ Kb8 21. Rc3 $1) 20. dxe5 fxe5
21. Nc5+ Kb8 22. gxh3 e4 23. Nxe4 Qe7 24. Rc3 b5 25. Qc2 1-0

[Event "NED-ch52"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1997.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {VanderWiel} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7.
dxe5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 fxe5 9. Rd3 Bd6 10. Nbd2 Nf6 11. b3 O-O-O 12. Bb2 Rhe8 13.
Re1 b5 14. a3 $146 {A logical novelty considering the problems White has had
with the move Bb4 in earlier games.} (14. g3 Bb4 15. Ree3 Bc5 16. Re2 Rxd3 17.
cxd3 Rd8 18. h3 Bxh3 19. Nxe5 Bg4 $36 {1-0 Brunner,L-Schandorff,L/Manila olm
1992/TD 92\02 (36)}) (14. h3 Bh5 15. Nf1 Bb4 16. Red1 Nxe4 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nxe5
Rxd3 19. Rxd3 Bc5 20. Ne3 Rf8 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Bd4 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Nc3 $17 {
Brynell,S-Geller,E/Berliner Sommer 1991/TD 91\04/0-1 (50)}) (14. Bc3 Nd7 15.
Ng5 Nf8 16. Nf1 $14 {1-0 Milligan Scott,H-Ribeiro,R/Thessaloniki olw 1984/BIG
80 (43)}) 14... Nd7 (14... Nh5 $5) 15. Ng5 $1 Nc5 16. Rg3 $16 h5 17. Nf7 Rd7
18. Nxd6+ cxd6 19. h3 Be6 20. Rg5 Rh8 21. Nf1 Bg8 22. Ng3 h4 23. Nf5 Rh7 (23...
Bh7 $5) 24. Rg6 Be6 25. b4 (25. Nxd6+ $1 Rxd6 26. Bxe5 Kd7 (26... Rd2 27. b4
$16) 27. Bxd6 Kxd6 28. f4 $16 (28. f4 {Van der Wiel} Ke7 (28... Kd7 $5) 29. f5
Bd7 {/\ 30...Be8, 31...Kf6} 30. b4 $1 {>< e6} Na4 (30... Nb7 31. Rd1 $1) (30...
Be8 31. bxc5 (31. Rg4 Na4 32. e5)) 31. Kf2)) 25... Bxf5 26. exf5 Na4 27. Ba1 (
27. Bc1 $14) 27... Nb6 28. f4 $6 exf4 29. Re4 Nd5 30. Ree6 Kc7 31. Kf2 (31.
Rxd6 {Van der Wiel} Rxd6 32. Be5 Nf6) 31... Ne3 32. Kf3 Nxf5 (32... Nxc2 $1 33.
Bb2 Ne3 34. Kxf4 Nc4 $15) 33. Kxf4 Ne7 (33... Rf7 $142 {Van der Wiel}) 34. Rg4
Nd5+ 35. Kg5 $14 Rf7 $4 36. Kg6 (36. Kg6 {Van der Wiel} Rf1 $1) 1-0

[Event "Nabereznye Chelny"]
[Site "Nabereznye Chelny"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shur, Mikhail"]
[Black "Berzinsh, Roland"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. dxe5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 fxe5 9. Rd3 Bd6 10. Nbd2 Nf6 11. Nc4 O-O 12. Ncxe5 (12. Nfxe5 Be2 13. Re3
Bxc4 14. Nxc4 Bc5 15. Rf3 Nxe4 $10) 12... Bh5 (12... Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Nxe4 14. Be3
$14) 13. Be3 Rae8 14. Nc4 Nxe4 $10 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. Nd2 d5 17. Nxe4 Rxe4 18.
c3 Rfe8 19. a3 a5 20. Rd4 a4 21. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Beliavsky breeds new life into a line not considered to be very promising for
Black. He demonstrates how Black can neutralise White's K-side play and
eventually start rolling the Q-side P-majority aided by the B-pair.} 1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. dxe5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 fxe5
9. Nbd2 O-O-O 10. Re1 Bd6 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 (12. Nh4 Bf7 13. Nf5 g6 14. Nxd6+
cxd6 15. f4 exf4 (15... Nf6 16. Nf3 Rhe8 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. b3 $14 {Kobalija,
M-Dervishi,E/EU-chJM U18 1996/EXT 96ch2/1-0 (86)}) 16. Nf3 h6 17. Bxf4 d5 18.
Ne5 $14 {1-0 Oral,T-Berzinsh,R/After GP Mladi 1997/CBM 61 (36)}) 12... Bf7 13.
Nf1 Rf8 $5 $146 {Black wants to transfer Bf7 to the diagonal d7-h3 and perhaps
also create some threats along the f-file on the way. The vulnerable square f5
will be protected with g6.} (13... h5 14. Ng5 Bg6 15. Ng3 hxg4 16. hxg4 Nf6 17.
f3 $14 {Knoppert,E-Van der Sterren,P/NLD-ch 1992/CBM 30/1-0 (49)}) (13... h6
14. Ng3 Re8 15. Bd2 g6 16. Kg2 Nf6 17. g5 hxg5 18. Nxg5 Bg8 $13 {Shirov,
A-Topalov,V/Linares14th 1997/CBM 57/1-0 (76)}) (13... Be6 $6 14. Ng5 {and
Black will have to part from his beloved pair of B:s. Since} Bd7 $4 {allows}
15. Nf7 $18) 14. Ng3 (14. Ng5 Be8 15. Ne6 Rf7 16. Ne3 Bd7 17. Ng5 Rf8 18. Nc4
$4 h6 $19 {This line shows another idea behind having the R on f8.}) 14... Be6
15. Kg2 g6 16. Bd2 h5 17. Ng5 Bd7 18. f3 c5 {It's important not to exchange on
g4 since that would give White the h-file.} 19. Rad1 Ne7 20. Be3 Nc6 21. c3 Nd8
22. b3 (22. gxh5 gxh5 23. h4 Nf7 24. Rg1 Be7 $132 {/\Rhg8}) 22... Ne6 23. Nxe6
(23. gxh5 Nxg5 (23... Nf4+ $6 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. hxg6 $16) (23... gxh5 24. Nf5
$11) 24. Bxg5 gxh5 25. h4 Be6 $15) 23... Bxe6 24. Bg5 (24. gxh5 gxh5 25. h4 Be7
$15) 24... Rf7 25. Rf1 b5 26. Rd2 Kb7 27. Rff2 a5 $17 {Now Black has
everything he has been striving for. White´s play disappeared with the N on g5
and Black is well under way on the Q-side.} 28. Nf1 c4 29. bxc4 Bxc4 30. Ne3
Be6 31. Nd5 Rhf8 32. c4 bxc4 33. Bh6 hxg4 $1 34. fxg4 $2 (34. Bxf8 gxh3+ 35.
Kg3 Rxf8 $17) (34. hxg4 Rh8 35. Be3 Rfh7 $17) 34... Bxd5 $1 35. exd5 c3 $1 (
35... c3 36. Rc2 (36. Rxf7 cxd2 $19) 36... Rxf2+ 37. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 38. Kxf2 Ba3
$19) 0-1

[Event "Guillermo Garcia Memorial-A 06th"]
[Site "Santa Clara"]
[Date "1998.05.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "De la Riva Aguado, Oscar"]
[Black "Vazquez Igarza, Renier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Vazquez improvement on move 13 gives Black a nice game. The ensuing attack is
the result of White's greediness.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6
5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. dxe5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 fxe5 9. Nbd2 O-O-O 10. Re1 Bd6 11. h3
Bh5 12. Nh4 (12. g4 Bf7 13. Nf1 Rf8 $5 14. Ng3 Be6 15. Kg2 g6 16. Bd2 h5 17.
Ng5 Bd7 18. f3 c5 {0-1 Timman,J-Beliavsky,A/Groningen 1997/CBM 63/[Wedberg] 
(35)}) 12... Ne7 (12... Bf7 13. Nf5 g6 14. Nxd6+ cxd6 15. f4 exf4 (15... Nf6
16. Nf3 Rhe8 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. b3 Bg8 19. Bb2 Nd7 20. Rad1 $14 {Kobalija,
M-Dervishi,E/EU-chJM U18 1996/EXT 96ch2/1-0 (86)}) 16. Nf3 h6 17. Bxf4 d5 18.
Ne5 Rh7 19. exd5 g5 20. Bh2 Bxd5 21. c4 Bf7 22. Rf1 $14 {1-0 Oral,T-Berzinsh,R/
Olomouc 1997/CBM 61 (36)}) 13. Nf5 Bg6 $146 {This seems to be an important
improvement.} (13... Nxf5 14. exf5 h6 (14... Bf7 15. Nf3 Rde8 16. Ng5 Bd5 17.
b3 Ref8 18. c4 Bg8 19. g4 $14 {1-0 Maljutin,E-Mamadshoev,M/Azov 1991/CBM 25 
(43)}) 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Bd2 Bf7 17. Bc3 Bd6 18. f4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Blehm,P-Blasiak,
M/Bytom 1994/EXT 97 (65)}) 14. g4 $2 (14. Nxd6+ cxd6 $11) (14. Nxe7+ Bxe7 15.
Nf3 Rhe8 $13) (14. Nxg7 $2 Rdg8 15. Nf5 (15. Ne6 Bf7 $19) 15... Nxf5 16. exf5
Bxf5 $36) 14... h5 $132 15. Nf3 hxg4 16. hxg4 Nxf5 17. exf5 Bf7 $40 18. Nxe5 {
White gets a P, but his K is stripped of all defences in the process.} Bd5 19.
f3 Rh3 20. c4 Bxf3 21. Nxf3 Rxf3 22. Re4 Bc5+ 23. Kg2 Rdd3 24. Rf4 Rg3+ 25. Kf1
Rg1+ 26. Ke2 Rdd1 27. b4 Bxb4 28. Rb1 Bd6 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Long Beach"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[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 {Bulletin} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 (
6... Bg4 {Bulletin seems to be popular recently, and White has found it
difficult to obtain an advantage. For example:} 7. dxe5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 fxe5 9.
Rd3 Bd6 10. Nbd2 Nf6 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Bxf3 $5 13. Nxf3 Nxe4 14. Re3 Nf6 15.
Bxe5 Nd5 $10 {, Malishkauskas-Belyavsky, Manila Olympiad 1992.}) 7. Nxd4 c5 (
7... Ne7 {Bulletin was seen in the one of the mysterious games from the World
Open:} 8. Nc3 Ng6 9. Be3 Bd6 10. Qh5 O-O 11. Rad1 Ne5 12. h3 Qe8 13. Qe2 $14 {
Asmundsson-von Neumann, Philadelphia 1993.}) 8. Nb3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bg4 (9... Bd6
{Bulletin} 10. Na5 Bg4 11. f3 O-O-O 12. e5 $1 Bxf3 13. gxf3 fxe5 14. Nc3 {
worked out well for Joel in Benjamin-Henao, St. Martin 1993.}) (9... Bd7 {
Bulletin} 10. Bf4 O-O-O 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Nd5 Rxe4 13. Bxc7 Ne7 14. Nc3 Rc4 15.
Bg3 {was seen in Benjamin-Rowley, World Open 1993.}) 10. f3 Bd7 $6 (10... Be6 {
Bulletin} 11. Be3 b6 12. a4 a5 13. Nc3 c6 {is an alternative, as in
Morovic-Topalov, Leon 1993.}) 11. Bf4 O-O-O 12. Nc3 c4 13. Na5 Bc5+ 14. Kf1 $1
(14. Kh1 b5 15. Nd5 Ne7 16. Bxc7 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Kxc7 18. Rxc5+ Kb6 19. b4 cxb3
20. Nxb3 Be6 21. Rc3 Rc8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 $132) 14... b5 15. Nd5 Ne7 (15... c6 {
Bulletin} 16. b4 Ba7 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Ne7 {was played in a rapid game
Seirawan-Karpov, Monaco 1993.}) 16. Bxc7 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Kxc7 18. Rxc5+ Kb6 19.
b4 (19. Rd5 {Bulletin} Be6 $1 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. b4 cxb3 22. Nxb3 Bxb3 23. cxb3
Rd2) 19... cxb3 20. Nxb3 Be6 21. Rc3 b4 (21... Rc8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Nd4 $16)
22. Re3 Rc8 23. Nd4 Bc4+ 24. Ke1 Rhd8 25. Ne2 Bb5 (25... Bxe2 26. Rxe2 Rc3 27.
Rb1 Kb5 28. Rb3 Rdc8 29. Kd1 a5 30. Kc1 a4 31. Rxc3 Rxc3 32. Kb2 $16) 26. Rc1
a5 27. c3 Rc4 28. cxb4 axb4 29. Rb3 Rxc1+ 30. Nxc1 Kc5 31. a3 bxa3 32. Rxa3 Rd7
33. Ra2 Bc4 34. Rd2 Rxd2 35. Kxd2 $16 Kd4 36. Ne2+ Ke5 37. Ng3 Be6 38. Ke3 g6
39. f4+ Kd6 40. Kd4 Bc8 41. Nf1 g5 42. f5 Ba6 43. Ne3 Ke7 44. e5 fxe5+ 45. Kxe5
Kf7 46. f6 Bb7 47. g3 Bc8 48. Nf5 Bd7 49. Nd6+ Kf8 50. Ne4 h6 51. Nd6 Bg4 52.
h4 gxh4 53. gxh4 Bd7 54. Nf5 h5 55. Nd6 Bg4 56. Kf4 Kg8 57. Kg5 Kf8 58. Nc4 Be6
59. Ne5 Bf7 60. Nxf7 Kxf7 61. Kf5 1-0

[Event "LAT-ch"]
[Site "Latvia"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Meijers, Viesturs"]
[Black "Berzinsh, Roland"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. c3 Ne7 8. Be3
Ng6 9. Nbd2 Bd6 10. h3 Be6 11. dxe5 (11. c4 Qd7 12. d5 cxd5 13. cxd5 Bf7 14.
Qb3 $14 {Velimirovic-Kostro/Bath/1973}) 11... fxe5 12. Ng5 Bg8 13. Qh5 Qf6 (
13... Qd7 $5 {/\ 0-0-0}) 14. f4 $5 exf4 15. e5 Bxe5 16. Nde4 Qf5 17. g4 Qd7 18.
Rad1 Bd5 19. Bf2 (19. Bxf4 $2 Bxf4 20. Rxf4 O-O-O $17) 19... Bd6 (19... O-O-O
$2 20. c4 $16) 20. Nxd6+ cxd6 21. Rfe1+ Kf8 22. Rd4 (22. Nxh7+ $2 Rxh7 23. Qxh7
Kf7 24. Qh5 Rh8 $40) 22... Kg8 23. c4 Bf7 24. Nxf7 Qxf7 25. Rxd6 $44 Rf8 26.
Re4 f3 27. Kf1 Re8 28. Rxe8+ Qxe8 29. Qf5 Nf8 30. Qxf3 $16 h5 31. g5 Qe7 32. g6
$2 (32. Qf4 $16) 32... Rh6 (32... Qxd6 33. Qf7#) 33. Bh4 $4 Qxd6 (33... Qxd6
34. Qf7+ Kh8 $19) 0-1

[Event "Scandic Hotels CC"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Brynell, Stellan"]
[Black "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. dxe5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 fxe5 9. Rd3 Bd6 10. Nbd2 b5 {For some reason this move isn´t popular any
more. As far as I can see it´s just as interesting as the more common} (10...
Nf6) 11. b4 Nf6 {probably best.} (11... Ne7 12. c4 $1 Bxb4 13. Nxe5 Be6 14. Bb2
(14. Ba3 Bxa3 (14... a5 $5) 15. Rxa3 O-O 16. Rc1 Rfd8 17. Ndf3 h6 18. h3 Kf8
19. cxb5 axb5 20. Nd4 $16 {1-0 Kurajica,B-Gligoric,S/Novi Sad 1979/EXT 99 (49)}
) 14... O-O 15. Rc1 Rad8 16. Ndf3 bxc4 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Kf1 $1 $13 {1/2-1/2
Brynell,S-Wedberg,T SWE ch 1999}) 12. Bb2 Nd7 13. c4 Bxb4 {[%mdl 2048]} (13...
Bxf3 $6 {Not very spirited. Black should keep his B:s.} 14. Nxf3 bxc4 15. Rc3
Bxb4 16. Rxc4 Bd6 17. Rxc6 $16 {1-0 Dvorietzky,M-Southam,T/Philadelphia 1991/
TD (35)}) 14. cxb5 (14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Rd8 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. f3 Be6 18.
Bxg7 (18. cxb5 $142) 18... Rg8 19. Bf6+ Ke8 20. Nb3 Kf7 21. Bh4 bxc4 $17 {
1/2-1/2 Speckner,R-Tamm,U/Dortmund 1993/TD (40)}) 14... axb5 $1 {[%cal Yc6c4,
Ya8a1] White can win a P, but Black has excellent compensation.} 15. Nxe5 Nxe5
16. Bxe5 O-O $1 17. f3 (17. Bxc7 Ra7 (17... Rf7 18. Bb6 c5 $36) (17... c5 $5)
18. Bb6 Ra6 19. Bd8 (19. Be3 Rfa8 $17) 19... Be2 20. Rd7 Bc3 $17) (17. Rg3 Bxd2
18. Rxg4 Rf7 $15 {[%cal Yc6c4]}) 17... Be6 18. a3 Ba5 $1 $17 19. f4 (19. Rc1 c5
$17 {[%cal Ya5b6]}) 19... Rfd8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Nf3 c5 22. f5 Bb3 23. f6 c4
24. Rc1 (24. fxg7 c3 25. Bf6 Rd1+ 26. Rxd1 Bxd1 27. Kf2 c2 28. Bg5 Kxg7 $19 {
[%cal Yc7c5,Yb5b4]}) 24... c5 $6 (24... gxf6 $1 25. Bxf6 Rd3 $17) 25. fxg7 $1
b4 26. Nh4 c3 27. Nf5 h5 (27... bxa3 $4 28. Nh6#) 28. axb4 $6 (28. Ne7+ Kh7 29.
Nc6 Ra8 30. axb4 (30. Kf2 Bb6 $17) 30... cxb4 31. Nxa5 (31. Bd6 $2 Bb6+ 32. Kh1
Be3 $19) 31... Rxa5 32. Bxc3 $1 bxc3 33. Rxc3 $15) 28... cxb4 29. Kf2 (29. Ne7+
Kh7 30. Nc6 Bb6+ 31. Kh1 Re8 $19) 29... Re8 $1 30. Bf6 Rxe4 31. Kf3 (31. Ne7+
Kh7 32. Kf3 Rg4 33. h3 Rxg7 34. Bxg7 Kxg7 $17) 31... Re8 $19 32. Kf4 Kh7 33.
Kg5 Bd8 34. Bxd8 Rxd8 35. Ne3 Bg8 36. Kf6 Rd3 37. Nf5 b3 38. g4 hxg4 39. Rg1
$138 (39. Rg1 c2 (39... Rf3 40. Rxg4 Rxf5+ 41. Kxf5 c2 42. Kf6 c1=Q 43. Rh4+
Qh6+ $19) 40. Rxg4 Rh3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Kortschnoj Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4
exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8. Nb3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bg4 10. f3 Bd7 (10... Be6 11. Be3 b6 12. a4
a5 13. Nc3 c6 $13 {Morovic-Topalov/Leon/1993}) 11. Bf4 O-O-O 12. Nc3 c4 (12...
Be6 $5 $14 {Kortschnoj}) 13. Na5 $5 (13. Nd4 Ne7 14. Rd2 Ng6 15. Be3 Bd6 16.
Rad1 Rhe8 17. Kf2 h5 $15 {Kotronias,V-Adams,M/Chalkidiki/1993}) (13. Nd4 {
Ftacnik}) 13... Bc5+ 14. Kf1 (14. Kh1 b5 15. Nd5 Ne7 (15... c6 {Ftacnik} 16. b4
Ba7 17. Nc7 Bb8 18. Ne6 Bxf4 19. Nxc6 $1 {Similar picture to the continuation
in the game, only the white's K is better located on f1.} Bxe6 20. Nxd8 Bd7 21.
Nf7 Ne7 22. Nxh8 Be6 23. a4 Be5 24. axb5 Bxa1 25. bxa6 Be5 26. Rd8+ {Ribli,
Z-Zuidema,C/Wijk aan Zee/1973/1-0}) 16. Bxc7 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Kxc7 18. Rxc5+ Kb6
19. b4 cxb3 20. Nxb3 Be6 21. Rc3 Rc8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 $132) 14... b5 (14... Bb4 {
Ftacnik} 15. Bxc7 $1 Kxc7 16. Nd5+ Kb8 17. Nxb4 Ne7 18. Rd6 c3 19. Rb6 Bc8 20.
Nd3 Ka7 21. Rb4 b6 22. Rc4 Bd7 23. Rc7+ Ka8 24. bxc3 bxa5 25. Rb1 Ng6 26. c4
Bc8 27. Nc5 {Rausis,I-Zude,A/BL2-SW/1991/1-0 (33)}) 15. Nd5 c6 (15... Ne7 16.
Bxc7 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Kxc7 18. Rxc5+ Kb6 19. b4 (19. Rd5 Be6 $1 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21.
b4 cxb3 22. Nxb3 Bxb3 23. cxb3 Rd2) 19... cxb3 20. Nxb3 Be6 21. Rc3 $14 {
Benjamin,Joe-Ivanov,AV/USA-ch/1993} (21. Rc3 {Ftacnik} b4 22. Re3 Rc8 23. Nd4
Bc4+ 24. Ke1 Rhd8 25. Ne2 {Benjamin,J-Ivanov,AV/USA-ch (08)/1993/1-0 (61)}))
16. b4 Ba7 (16... cxb3 $2 {Kortschnoj} 17. cxb3 cxd5 18. Rac1 $18) 17. Nc7 $5 (
17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Ne7 $10 {Seirawan-Karpov/Monaco rapids/1993} (18... Ne7
19. Rd6 Kc7 20. Rad1 Bc8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rxd8 Kxd8 23. Ke2 Kc7 24. Kd2 Kd6
25. Nd1 c5 26. a3 cxb4 27. axb4 f5 28. exf5 Nxf5 {Seirawan,Y-Karpov,An/Monaco
blind (03)/1993/0-1 (36)})) 17... Bb8 (17... Bb6 {Kortschnoj} 18. Nxa6 $16) 18.
Ne6 Bxf4 (18... Bxe6 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Nxc6+ $16) 19. Nxc6 $1 (19. Nxf4 {
Kortschnoj} Ne7 20. Rd6 Kc7 21. Rad1 $14) 19... Re8 (19... Bxe6 20. Nxd8 (20.
Rxd8+ Kc7 21. Nd4 Bc8 22. Rf8 g6 $15) 20... Bd7 (20... Bd5 21. Rxd5 Ne7 22. Ne6
Nxd5 23. exd5 Bxh2 24. Kf2 Be5 25. Rd1 $16) 21. Nf7 $16) (19... Bc7 {Kortschnoj
} 20. Na7+ Kb8 21. Nxd8 $18) 20. Na7+ Kb8 21. Nxf4 (21. Rxd7 $2 Rxe6 22. Rad1
g6 $17) 21... Re7 {Despite all efforts black can bite back since the Na7 has
no escape route.} 22. Nd5 Re8 (22... Rf7 {Ftacnik} 23. Nb6 Be6 24. Nc6+ Kc7 25.
Nd4 $18 (25. Nd8 $18 {Kortschnoj})) (22... Re6 23. Nb6 Be8 24. Nbc8 $1 Ne7 25.
Rd8 $18) 23. Nf4 Re7 24. Nd5 Re8 25. Nb6 $5 (25. Nf4 $10) 25... Be6 (25... Kxa7
{Ftacnik} 26. Nxd7 $18) 26. Nc6+ Kc7 (26... Kb7 {Ftacnik} 27. Rd6 Kxb6 28. Nd4+
Kc7 29. Rxe6 $18) 27. Nd4 Kxb6 (27... Bf7 28. Nd5+ Bxd5 29. exd5 $16) 28. Nxe6
Rxe6 29. Rd8 {Phantastic outcome of a spectacular combination, black pieces
are tied down and white even has better chances.} h5 (29... g6 $1 {Kortschnoj}
30. Rad1 f5 $140 31. exf5 gxf5 32. Rb8+ Kc7 33. Rdd8 Rg6 $13) 30. Rad1 f5 $4
$18 (30... g5 31. Rb8+ Kc7 32. Rdd8 Rd6 33. Rxg8 Rxg8 34. Rxg8 Rd2 $13) (30...
Re7 31. Rb8+ (31. Rf8 g5 32. Rdd8 Rg7 $13) 31... Rb7 32. Ra8 Ra7 33. Rd6+ Kc7
34. Rxa7+ Kxd6 35. Rxa6+ Ke5 36. c3 (36. Ra8 Kd4 $1 37. Rb8 Kc3 38. Rxb5) 36...
Ne7 37. Rb6 Ra8 38. Rxb5+ Kd6 39. Rxh5 Ra3 $36) 31. exf5 Reh6 32. Rb8+ Kc7 33.
Rdd8 Rd6 34. Rbc8+ Kb7 35. Rxg8 Rxg8 36. Rxg8 (36. Rxg8 {Ftacnik} Rd7 37. g4
$18) 1-0

[Event "USA-ch Quads"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2010.05.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2010.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This year's US Championshionsip featured a new system. After the initial
seven rounds of a 24-player Swiss, the top four players would continue with a
small round-robin tournament to determine the champion. The idea was to shift
the games between the best players to the end of the event thus avoiding
somewhat anti-climatic mismatches in the last round or two. The downside was
that the short distance of the qualifying stage called for extreme caution. It
may have caused the best players, Nakamura, Kamsky and Onischuk, to hold their
horses until the final stage.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 {
Alexander Onischuk is always well-prepared theoretically. He can play many
different systems on the black side of the Ruy, so Gata's decision to steer
the game in a different direction is perfectly understandable.} dxc6 5. O-O f6
6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8. Ne2 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd7 10. Nbc3 O-O-O 11. Be3 b6 12. a4
{This move may not be a novelty, but previously White was gving a higher
priority to doubling up on the d-file.} ({It's not like White was getting a
whole lot out of this. Here are a couple of snippets as follows:} 12. Rd2 Re8 (
12... Ne7 13. Rad1 Nc6 14. Bf4 Ne5 15. Bxe5 fxe5 16. Ng3 Be7 17. Nf5 Bg5 {
Draw agreed. Vaulin-Jakovenko, Russian Cup, Tomsk, 1998.}) 13. Rad1 Bc6 14. Nf4
Nh6 15. Nfd5 Ng4 16. Bf4 Ne5 17. Ne3 g6 18. f3 Bg7 19. Kf2 h5 {and Black has
obtained a good game in Ristic-Korneev, Leonardo Di Bona, 2009.}) 12... Re8 ({
It is interesting that Alex ignores the chance to play} 12... a5 {He must have
thought it's unnecessary.}) 13. a5 {Gata wants to soften up the c5-pawn.} b5
14. f3 f5 {Usually Black has to sweat a little to get this one in. On the
other hand, White wants the e4-square for his knights.} 15. Ng3 Nf6 16. Bg5
fxe4 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Ncxe4 Be7 {The shape of the upcoming struggle has been
determined: knights vs. bishops.} 19. Rd5 Be6 20. Rh5 {The first important
junction.} ({Gata disregarded a possibility to sac the exchange,} 20. Rxc5
Bxc5+ ({The alternative,} 20... f5 21. Rxf5 Bxf5 22. Nxf5 Bf8 23. g4 Re5 24.
Kg2 h5 25. h3 {seems inferior, as the knights are really dominating the board.}
) 21. Nxc5 Bf7 22. Nxa6 {The thing is, despite its pretty appearance White's
position isn't entirely safe. Black then would seek activity for his rooks,}
Rd8 $1 23. b4 {seems logical,} ({What else?} 23. Ne4 f5 24. Nec5 {misplaces
the knights and after} Rd2 25. Nb4 Re8 26. a6 Ree2 {Black gets to his target
first;}) ({while} 23. Nc5 Rd2 24. a6 {is answered by} Kb8) 23... Rd2 24. c3
Rhd8 25. Nc5 {and here Black finds a new target:} Rc2) 20... Bf7 21. Rf5 Bg6
22. Rf4 ({Taking a draw after} 22. Rd5 Bf7 {is never an option for a player
who aims for the heights!}) 22... c4 23. c3 ({Opening it up for the black
bishops,} 23. Nxf6 Rhf8 24. Nxe8 Rxf4 25. Ng7 Bxc2 {would be suicidal.}) 23...
Rhf8 24. Nf5 {White's gains are illusory. Note that the seemingly passive Bd8
may soon train its sights on the a5-pawn.} Bd8 25. g4 Re5 26. Kf2 Bxf5 {
As was pointed out by a wise man a long time ago, the advantage of the bishop
pair is that you can exchange one when needed. Here Alex doesn't hesitate to
do so.} 27. gxf5 Rg8 28. Rh4 Rxf5 29. Rd1 $1 {A great concept from GM Kamsky.
White controls the d-file and keeps on eyeing the d6-square to discourage
Black from playing ...c7-c6. Being down a pawn is annoying, but this is the
right play nonetheless.} (29. Rxh7 Rd5 {followed by ...c7-c6 and/or ...f6-f5
wasn't to Gata's liking.}) 29... Rg7 30. Ng3 Rc5 31. Rhd4 Be7 32. f4 Bd6 $6 {
Alex was really going for a win here.} ({Rejecting} 32... b4 33. cxb4 Rb5 34.
Rxc4 Bxb4 {as insufficient (although Black is going to be a pawn up soon) was
a telling sign.}) 33. Kf3 Kb7 34. R1d2 ({It's impossible to tell why Gata
didn't play the obvious} 34. Ne4 Rh5 35. Nxd6+ cxd6 36. Rxd6 {pretty much
assuring himself of a draw.}) 34... f5 $6 35. Rd5 Rf7 36. Rxc5 Bxc5 37. Rd5 Kc6
38. Re5 $2 {More errors induced by time trouble.} (38. Rxf5 Rxf5 39. Nxf5 Kd5
40. h4 {No risk here, and White can try to play this one for a win.}) 38... Rd7
39. Rxf5 Rd3+ 40. Kg4 Bd6 ({Naturally, not} 40... Rd2 $4 41. Rxc5+) 41. Ne4 Re3
42. Nxd6 cxd6 43. Rf7 Re2 (43... b4 44. cxb4 Re2 45. Ra7 Rxb2 46. Rxa6+ Kd7 {
This sharp endgame should boil down to a a draw.}) 44. Ra7 Rxb2 ({Another
option was} 44... Rxh2 45. Rxa6+ Kc5 (45... Kd5 46. Ra8 Rxb2 47. a6 Ra2 48. Kg5
{leads Black into difficulties.}) 46. Ra8 Rxb2 47. a6 Kb6 48. f5 Rf2 49. Kg5 {
and now a typical defensive method of giving checks,} Rg2+ 50. Kf6 Rg3 51. Ke6
Rxc3 52. f6 Re3+ 53. Kxd6 Rf3 {is enough to hold a draw.}) 45. Rxa6+ Kd5 {
Surprisiingly Alex begins to go astray.} ({Instead,} 45... Kc5 46. Ra8 b4 47.
cxb4+ Rxb4 48. a6 Ra4 49. f5 c3+ 50. Kg3 Kd5 51. Rc8 Rxa6 52. Rxc3 Ke5 $11 {
would have been a fair end of the game.}) 46. Rb6 b4 $2 {This is a real error.}
(46... Ke4 $142 47. a6 Rg2+ 48. Kh3 Ra2 (48... Rc2 49. f5 $1) 49. Kg3 d5 $11)
47. cxb4 c3 48. b5 {After the game Onischuk admitted missing that one.} Kc5 ({
The more stubborn} 48... c2 49. Rc6 Rxb5 50. Rxc2 Rxa5 51. Re2 Ra4 52. Kf5 {
is no picnic either.}) 49. Rc6+ Kxb5 50. Rxc3 Rxh2 51. f5 {Just like that, the
ending is won for White, and Alex finds himself eliminated from contention for
the title.} h5+ 52. Kg3 Rh1 53. f6 Rg1+ 54. Kf4 Rg8 55. Ra3 h4 56. a6 Ra8 57.
a7 h3 58. Kg3 Kc6 59. f7 Kb7 1-0

