[Event "Match Rubinstein-Mieses +3-0=0"]
[Site "Lodz"]
[Date "1905.10.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C21"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1905.10.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 Qe7 4. cxd4 Qxe4+ 5. Be3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 d5 $1 7. Nf3 Bf5
$1 8. Qb3 Nc6 9. O-O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 {10.Q:c3? Nb4!} O-O-O 11. Bd3 Qe6 12. Rhe1
Bxd3 13. Rxd3 Nge7 14. Qa4 Kb8 15. Rd2 f6 16. Rb2 Nc8 $1 17. Bf4 (17. Bh6 Qd6
18. Bxg7 Rhg8 {/\ R:g2}) 17... Qd7 18. Qb5 Nb6 $1 19. Nd2 (19. a4 Kc8 $1 (19...
Ka8 $2 20. a5 a6 21. axb6 $1) 20. a5 $2 a6 $1) 19... Rhe8 20. Rd1 Qg4 $1 21.
Bg3 Qe2 $1 22. Qb3 Na5 23. Qa3 Nac4 24. Nxc4 Qxc4 25. Rb4 Qc6 26. Qb3 Re2 27.
Rb5 {/\ 28.Rc5} Rd7 28. Rb4 Nc4 29. Rg1 a5 30. Ra4 Qe6 {30..Rb2? 31.R:c4} 31.
Qd1 Re7 32. Be5 Rxf2 33. Qe1 Qf5 34. Qd1 Rd2 0-1

[Event "URS-ch52 Final + Zonal"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1985.02.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C21"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "1985.01.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 (3. f4 $6 Bc5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bd3 Nf6 $17 6. Nbd2 d6)
3... c5 (3... Bb4+ 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 d6 (5... Bxc3+ $6 6. bxc3 Qe7 7. Bd3 {
/\8.0-0+/-|^}) 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. e5 Qe7 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxe5 10. Nxe5 O-O 11.
Re1 Be6 12. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 13. Bxe6 $18 {Schwan-Karveilger,corr 1894}) (3... Bc5
$142 4. Nxd4 Nf6 $142 (4... Qh4 $5) 5. Nc3 (5. e5 Qe7) (5. Nb3 Nxe4 6. Bd3 Qh4
$1) 5... d5 $1 6. exd5 O-O 7. Be2 (7. Bg5 Qd6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Be2
Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Re8+ 12. Kf1 Nd7 $17 {Klazkin-Alekhine,Moskva 1920}) (7. Bc4 Re8+
8. Be3 (8. Nde2 $5) 8... c6 $36) 7... Nxd5 8. Ne4 $10) (3... d5 4. Qxd4 dxe4 5.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Ng5 $14 Nh6 7. Nxe4 Nf5) 4. c3 (4. Bc4 $14 Nf6 (4... Nc6 $142 5.
c3 dxc3 6. Nxc3 $14) 5. e5 Ng4 $2 (5... d5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nfxd7) 6. Bxf7+
$1 Kxf7 7. Ng5+ Kg8 8. Qxg4 d5 9. Qf3 Qd7 10. e6 Qe7 11. Qf7+ Qxf7 12. exf7# {
1:0 Roganov-Komarov,USSR 1949}) 4... Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. Qe2 f5 7. exf6 d5 8. Nbd2
Bf5 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. f7+ Kxf7 11. Ne5+ Ke8 12. g4 Bd6 13. gxf5 Bxe5 14. Bg2 Nc6
15. Bxe4 Kd7 16. Be3 Qf6 17. O-O-O Kc7 18. cxd4 cxd4 19. Bd2 Rac8 20. Kb1 Kb8
21. Qd3 Qd6 22. Rhg1 Rc7 23. Rg4 Ne7 24. Ba5 Rd7 25. Qb5 Nd5 26. Rh4 Rc8 27.
Bd2 Nf6 28. Bd3 a6 29. Qb3 Qd5 30. Qxd5 Rxd5 31. Re1 Bd6 32. Re6 Bf8 33. Bg5
Nd7 34. Bf4+ Ka8 35. Be4 Ra5 36. Rxh7 Nc5 37. Re5 Bd6 38. Rxc5 Raxc5 39. Bd2
Be5 40. Rh3 Bf6 41. Rg3 Re5 42. f3 Re7 43. Bg5 Rh8 44. h4 Rd8 45. Kc2 Rh8 46.
Bxf6 gxf6 47. Rg4 Reh7 48. Rg6 Rd8 49. Kd3 Rd6 50. b4 Kb8 51. a4 b5 52. axb5
axb5 53. h5 Rxh5 54. Rg7 Kc8 55. Ra7 Rh1 56. Ra5 Rb1 57. Rxb5 Rb3+ 58. Kd2 Kc7
59. Bd5 Re3 60. Be4 Ra6 61. Rc5+ Kb6 62. Bd5 Raa3 63. Rc6+ Kb5 64. Rxf6 Kxb4
65. Rc6 Rad3+ 66. Kc2 Rc3+ 67. Kd2 Rcd3+ 68. Kc2 Rc3+ 69. Kd2 Rxc6 70. Bxc6 Kc5
71. Be4 Kd6 72. Kc2 Ke5 73. Kd2 Ra3 74. Ke2 Ra2+ 75. Kd3 Ra3+ 76. Ke2 Kd6 77.
Kd2 Ra7 78. Kd3 Kc5 79. Kc2 Ra2+ 80. Kd3 Ra3+ 81. Kd2 Rb3 82. Kc2 Rb8 83. Bd3
Rh8 84. Be4 Rh2+ 85. Kb3 Re2 86. f6 Re3+ 87. Kc2 Kd6 88. f7 Ke7 89. Bd5 Re5 90.
Bc4 Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tel Aviv super 1st"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1999.05.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C21"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1999.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 d5 (3... Nc6 {transposes to the Scotch.}) (3... Bb4+
$1 {is perhaps the best reply, if Black wants to accept the P sacrifice.} 4. c3
dxc3 5. Nxc3 (5. bxc3 {is not a real developing move.} Be7 6. Bc4 (6. Qb3 d5 $1
) 6... d5 $1 {Usually the best is to give back the P for development.} 7. exd5
Nf6 8. Bb3 (8. O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Qa4+ Nbd7 12. Bb5 O-O $17 {
Lebermann-Eschenbrenner, Hofheim 1995}) 8... c6 $1 9. c4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qe7+ {
(Sveshnikov-Chekhov, SU 1976)} 11. Qe2 Bxd2+ 12. Nfxd2 Qxe2+ 13. Kxe2 cxd5 14.
cxd5 b6 $1 15. Re1 O-O 16. Nc3 Ba6+ 17. Kf3 Nbd7 $15 {Chekhov}) 5... Nc6 6. Bc4
Nf6 7. O-O d6 {transposing to the Scotch Gambit.}) 4. Qxd4 $1 Nf6 (4... dxe4 5.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Ng5 {Although the queens are off, Black is still in a dangerous
situation.} Nh6 (6... Be6 7. Nxe6+ fxe6 8. Bc4 Kd7 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Bd2 $16 {
Zorman-Petek, Bled op 1992. White has got the ^^, better development and the
black K is in the middle.}) 7. Bc4 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. Bxf7 c6 10. O-O Rf8 11.
Be6 $16 {Hlavacek-Pliva, CZE-chT 1996}) 5. Nc3 $1 (5. exd5 Qxd5 $11) (5. e5 Nc6
6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8. Qxc3 Bd7 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. O-O Be7 11. e6 O-O $11)
5... Nc6 (5... c5 6. Qe5+ Be6 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Bg5 Nc6 9. Bb5 Qc7 10. O-O-O $18
{and White's advantage of development is decisive, Beuton-L.Steiner, Trebitsch
1927.}) 6. Bb5 dxe4 (6... Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. exd5 Bxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Nxd5
Qxd5 11. Bg5 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 Nd5 13. Rfe1 f6 14. c4 $1 $16 {Marshall-Duras,
Hamburg 1910}) 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Ng5 Be6 9. Be3 a6 (9... Bb4 $6 10. O-O-O+ $1
$16) 10. O-O-O+ Ke8 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Ncxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 {Now Black's << P
structure is fallen apart, and he is still struggling with a lack of
development.} Be7 (13... Bd5 $6 14. Nc5 Bxc5 (14... Bxg2 $2 15. Rhe1 $18) 15.
Bxc5 f6 16. Rhe1+ Kf7 17. Re7+ Kg6 18. Rd4 $18) 14. Rhe1 Rd8 (14... Kf8 15. Bc5
) 15. Rxd8+ (15. Bc5 {is also logical in order to eliminate Black's ^^, and
get control over >< c5, after which his N is superior to the B.} Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1
Bd5 (16... f5 $2 17. Bxe7 $1 Kxe7 18. Nc5 $18) 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Nc5 Bxg2 19.
Rg1 $1 (19. Rd7+ Kf6 20. Rxc7 Re8 $1) 19... Bh3 20. Rxg7 Bf5 21. Rg3 $16) 15...
Kxd8 16. Bc5 Bf6 {Black wants to avoid the good N versus bad B _|_.} (16...
Bxc5 $6 17. Nxc5 Bc8 18. b4 $1 {emphasizing the occupation of the dark squares.
} Re8 19. Rd1+ Ke7 20. Rd3 Rd8 (20... Kf8 21. Kd2) 21. Re3+ Kf8 22. Ra3 Rd4 23.
c3 $18) 17. Bd4 {White wants to exchange the dark-squared B!} Be7 (17... Bxd4
18. Rd1 Ke7 19. Rxd4 Bd5 20. Nc5 Bxg2 (20... Kd6 21. Nxa6 c5 22. Rd2 Rc8 (22...
Ra8 23. Nxc7 Kxc7 (23... Rxa2 24. Kb1) 24. Rxd5 $18) 23. b4 $1 $18) 21. Rd7+
Kf6 22. Rxc7 Re8 23. Kd2 $16) 18. Bc5 Bf6 19. Bd4 Be7 20. g3 (20. Bxg7 $6 {
is worse because of} Rg8 21. Be5 Rxg2 22. Bg3 h5 23. h4 Bf5) 20... Rg8 21. Bc5
Bf6 22. Bd4 Be7 23. Bc5 Bf6 {It is easy to understend why Black doesn't want
to exchange his important B.} 24. Bb4 $1 {vacating the c5 square for the N.}
Bd5 (24... Kc8 $2 25. Nc5 $18) (24... Re8 $2 25. Nc5 Bc8 26. Rd1+ $1 $18) 25.
Nxf6 {winning the P and transposing to a R versus R with ^-. With rooks on the
board these _|_ is not drawish at all.} (25. Nc5 Bd4 $1) 25... gxf6 26. Be7+
Kd7 27. Bxf6 Re8 {However White has to exchange the R, so Black's chances for
a draw are higher.} 28. Rxe8 Kxe8 29. Kd2 c5 30. a3 Be4 31. c3 Kd7 32. Ke3 Bc2
33. Kf4 {If White can create a passed P on the <<, he can win.} Ke8 $6 ({
More persistant is} 33... Ke6 34. Be5 (34. Kg5 $4 h6+ $1) (34. Bd8 Kd7) 34...
c6 {and the white K has to find the penetration on the <<, which is not an
easy task.}) 34. Kg5 c4 35. Be5 c6 36. Kf6 a5 37. g4 Kf8 (37... a4 38. Kg7 Bd3
39. f4) 38. Bd6+ Kg8 39. Bf4 a4 $2 {[#]} (39... Kf8) 40. Bh6 $1 $18 {[%mdl
4096] Now the black K is entombed on the >>.} Bd1 41. h3 Bf3 42. g5 Be4 43. f4
Bf3 44. f5 Bd1 45. Ke5 Bc2 46. f6 Bd1 47. Kd4 {Black's pawns are very weak on
the <<.} Bf3 48. Kc5 Be4 49. h4 Bf3 50. Kxc4 Bd5+ 51. Kb4 Bb3 52. Kc5 Bd5 53.
c4 Bf3 54. Kb4 Bd1 55. c5 Bc2 56. Kc3 Bb3 57. Kd3 Kh8 58. Kd2 Kg8 59. h5 Kh8
60. Bg7+ Kg8 61. h6 {playing for Zugzwang.} Bc4 {[#]} 62. b4 $1 {This is the
typical way to create a remote o^ on the other flank.} axb3 (62... Bb5 63. Ke3
Bf1 64. Kd4 Be2 65. Ke5 Bc4 (65... Bf3 66. Kd6 Be4 67. Kc7 Bf3 68. Kb6 Be4 69.
Ka5 Bc2 70. b5 $1 $18) 66. Kd6 Bb5 67. Kc7 $22 $18) 63. Kc3 Be6 64. a4 Bd5 65.
a5 Bc4 66. Kb2 $22 1-0

[Event "Vidmar Memorial 13th"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1999.06.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C21"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1999.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 Bb4+ (3... d5 {see Sutovsky-Alterman, Tel Aviv
super 1st 1999 CBM 71.}) (3... Nc6 {transposes to the Scotch, but Black wants
to make profit from the unusual white move order.}) (3... Nf6 {leads to the
Russian Defence.}) 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 (5. bxc3 {is less logical because
development is the crucial question if White sacrifices a P.} Be7 6. Bc4 (6.
Qb3 d5 $1 {gives back the P immediately for the quick development.}) 6... d5 {
This is the typical counter-sacrifice.} 7. exd5 (7. Bxd5 Nf6) 7... Nf6 8. Bb3 (
8. O-O O-O {/\ Nbd7,Nb6 and White's P weaknesses may become vulnerable.} (8...
Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Qa4+ Nbd7 12. Bb5 O-O $17 {Lebermann-Eschbrenner,
Hofheim 1995})) 8... c6 $5 (8... O-O 9. O-O Bg4 {is safe and good.}) 9. c4 Bb4+
10. Bd2 Qe7+ {(Sveshnikov-Chekhov, SU 1976)} 11. Qe2 Bxd2+ 12. Nfxd2 Qxe2+ 13.
Kxe2 cxd5 14. cxd5 b6 15. Re1 O-O 16. Nc3 Ba6+ 17. Kf3 Nbd7 $15 {and Black has
a somewhat better position according to Chekhov.}) 5... Ne7 $5 (5... Nc6 6. Bc4
Nf6 {transposes to C44}) (5... Bxc3+ $1 {avoids the game continuation, where
White had a strong pressure on the a1-h8 /^.} 6. bxc3 Ne7 {avoiding the
frightening push e4-e5 with a tempo.} (6... d6 7. Bc4 Nc6 (7... Qf6 $2 8. e5 $1
dxe5 9. Bg5 Qd6 10. Qxd6 $1 cxd6 11. O-O-O f6 12. Rxd6 $1 fxg5 13. Nxe5 Nh6 14.
Re1 $18 {and the black K is helpless in the middle, E.Lasker-Safranek, sim.
1900.}) 8. O-O {see C44}) 7. Ba3 (7. Bc4 O-O 8. O-O (8. e5 $5 d5 9. exd6 cxd6)
8... d6 {looks sufficient for Black.}) 7... O-O (7... d6 {runs into} 8. e5 $1
dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Nxe5 Ke8 {The K cannot find a good place in the middle.}
11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. O-O-O Nbc6 14. Nxc6 Nxc6 15. Rhe1 $36 {and even
in the _|_ the black K poses a lot of headaches.}) 8. Bc4 (8. e5 {is met by
the standard counter-sacrifice} d5 $1 9. exd6 cxd6 10. Bxd6 Re8 11. Be2 Nf5 {
leaving White with a corrupted P structure on the <<.}) 8... Nbc6 9. O-O (9. e5
d5 $1 10. exd6 cxd6 11. Bxd6 Bg4) 9... d6) 6. Qd4 $1 $146 {This is an original
novelty. White wants to build up a battery on the long /^.} (6. Bc4 O-O 7. O-O
Bxc3 8. bxc3 Nbc6 9. Ng5 $6 {is an unfounded attempt for a >> assault.} h6 10.
Nh3 d6 11. f4 Na5 12. Bd3 f5 $17 {L.Deak-Jamrich, HUN-chT 1995}) 6... Bxc3+ 7.
Qxc3 O-O 8. b4 $1 {This is the point. White will put his B on b2 and the other
one goes to c4 controlling the important diagonals.} (8. Bc4 {is simply met by
the freeing move} d5 $1 9. exd5 Nxd5) 8... d5 $5 (8... d6 $142 {looks safer,
although White has some long-lasting pressure for the P because of his strong
^^.} 9. Bc4 (9. Bb2 f6 10. Bc4+ Kh8 11. h4 (11. Ng5 d5 $1 12. O-O-O c6) 11...
Nbc6 12. h5 $44 Ne5) 9... Kh8 (9... Nbc6 $4 10. Bb2 $18) 10. Ng5 (10. Bh6 $2 f6
) (10. Bb2 f6 {see 9.Bb2}) 10... Qe8 (10... d5 $2 {here is not good because of}
11. exd5 (11. Bb2 f6 12. exd5 (12. Bd3 d4 $1) 12... Nxd5) 11... Nf5 {Black
wants to build up a blockade instead of opening up the diagonals for the enemy
^^.} (11... Nxd5 $2 12. Qd3 {This double attack is the problem for Black.} Qe7+
13. Kf1 Nf6 14. Bb2 $40) (11... h6 $2 12. Bb2 $16) 12. O-O h6 13. Nf3 Nd7 14.
Bb2 Nf6 $16 15. Rfe1 $16) 11. Bb2 (11. Qb3 d5 $1 {The white K is yet in the
middle!} 12. Bxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 h6 $11) (11. Qg3 d5 $1) 11... f6 12. Ne6 Bxe6
13. Bxe6 Nbc6 14. O-O (14. b5 Nd8 15. Bc4 d5 $1) 14... a6 15. a4 Ng6) 9. Bb2 f6
10. Bd3 (10. exd5 $2 {helps only for Black to activate his pieces.} Nxd5 11.
Qb3 Re8+) 10... Kh8 (10... dxe4 11. Bxe4 c6 {was an other alternative.} (11...
Nbc6 $2 12. b5)) 11. O-O (11. O-O-O $5 {looks even more aggressive.}) 11... Bg4
$5 ({There is nothing wrong with the natural developing move} 11... Nbc6 {
for example:} 12. b5 d4 $1 {This is the point.} 13. Qb3 (13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4
Qxd4 15. Bxd4 Rd8 16. Bc5 Rxd3 17. Bxe7 Bd7 $11) 13... Ne5 14. Nxd4 Nxd3 15.
Qxd3 c5 $1 16. bxc6 Nxc6 $11) 12. Nh4 $1 {leaving the B in the limbo.} (12. Nd4
Nbc6 {leads to unnecessary exchanges.}) 12... Nd7 13. Bc2 {clearing the way
for the Q on the third rank.} (13. h3 Be6) 13... Ne5 14. exd5 Qxd5 (14... Nxd5
15. Qg3 $44) 15. Rae1 Qc6 16. h3 Bh5 17. f4 Qxc3 18. Bxc3 Nd5 {this is an
important zwischenzug.} 19. fxe5 (19. Bd2 Nc4) 19... Nxc3 20. exf6 {and draw
agreed, for example:} (20. exf6 gxf6 ({and not} 20... Rxf6 $2 21. Rxf6 gxf6 22.
Re7 $16 {losing the seventh rank.}) 21. Re7 Rf7 22. Rxf7 Bxf7 23. Rxf6 Bxa2 24.
Rh6 Bg8 25. Nf5 a5 26. bxa5 Rxa5 27. Ne7 $11) 1/2-1/2

