[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates final"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Be3 f5 (11... f6 {Ftacnik} 12.
Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 fxe5 16. Qxe5 Qd7 17. a4 c6 18.
axb5 axb5 19. Bc2 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Bf5 21. Bxf5 Qxf5 22. Qxf5 Rxf5 23. Ra6 Rf6 24.
Kf1 $14 {Berelovich,A-Mikhalevski,V/Groningen op (02)/1993/1-0 (45)}) (11...
Qd7 {Ftacnik} 12. Nbd2 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Qc5 Rae8 16. Nd4 Ne5
17. Bc2 Qf7 18. a4 bxa4 19. Rxa4 Bc8 20. Ra5 c6 21. N2f3 Nxf3+ 22. Nxf3 Re2 23.
Bd3 Rxb2 24. Qxc6 $14 {Prasad,D-Bhave,R/Calcutta (01)/1992/1-0 (34)}) 12. exf6
Qxf6 13. Nbd2 (13. Bc2 {Ftacnik} Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Bf5 15. Nbd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Bxc2
17. Qxc2 Ne5 {Zapata,A-Anand,V/Thessaloniki olm (9)/1988/0.5 (17)}) 13... Bxe3
(13... Ne5 {Ftacnik} 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. cxd4 Qd6 17. Rae1 (17. Rac1
Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Rf6 19. Qc3 Rc8 20. Rfe1 c6 21. Re3 Bd7 22. Re5 Rcf8 23. Rc2 Rf4
24. Rce2 $14 {Tal,M-Langeweg,K/Wijk aan Zee/1968/1-0 (41)}) 17... Nf6 18. Bc2
g6 19. Qg3 Qxg3 20. hxg3 Rae8 21. f3 Bf7 22. Nb3 Nd7 23. g4 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 $14 {
Sigurjonsson,G-Strobel,F/Vraca zt/1975/1-0 (41)}) 14. Qxe3 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 (15.
Nxd2 {Ftacnik} Na5 (15... Rae8 16. Qc5 Ne5 17. Bxd5 Nd3 18. Bxe6+ Rxe6 19. Qxc7
Nxb2 $132) 16. Bc2) 15... Rad8 16. Rfe1 Kh8 (16... Na5 {Ftacnik} 17. Qe3 $14)
17. Re3 (17. Nd4 Bg8 $10) (17. Qe3 {Ftacnik} Bg4 18. Nd4 Na5 19. h3 Bc8 20.
Rad1 c5 21. Ne2 Bb7 22. Qxc5 d4 $132) (17. Re2 {Ftacnik} Bg4 $5 (17... Bg8 {
Ftacnik} 18. Rd1 d4 $5 19. Nxd4 (19. cxd4 {Ftacnik} Bxb3 (19... Nxd4 20. Nxd4
c5 21. Re4) (19... Bd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Re4 Rfd8 22. Rde1 Qf7 23. Qc3 $16) 20.
axb3 Nxd4 (20... Qd6 21. Re4 Qd5 22. Qe3 Nb4 23. Rc1) 21. Nxd4 c5 22. Re4 h6 $1
(22... Rd5 23. b4 cxd4 24. Rxd4 $16) 23. b4 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 cxd4 25. Qxd4 Qxd4
26. Rxd4 Rc8 27. Kf1 Rc2 $10) 19... Nxd4 20. cxd4 c5 21. Re4 (21. d5 $6 c4 22.
Bc2 Rxd5 $15) 21... c4 (21... Bd5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Qe3 $14) (21... Qg6 22.
Rde1 c4 23. Bd1 Bd5 24. Rg4 $14) (21... Bxb3 22. axb3 Qf7 (22... h6 23. Qe3 Qf7
) 23. Qc2 Rd5 $44) 22. Bc2 c3 23. bxc3 Bxa2 $132) 18. Re3 d4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20.
cxd4 Rxd4 21. Qe1 c5 $10) 17... Bg8 18. Rd1 $2 d4 $1 19. Ree1 dxc3 20. Qxc3
Qxc3 21. bxc3 Na5 $6 (21... h6 22. h3 Na5) (21... Bxb3 {Ftacnik} 22. axb3 {xa6}
) 22. Bxg8 Kxg8 23. Ng5 $1 $36 (23. Ne5 {Ftacnik} Rd6 $1) 23... Nc4 24. h4 (24.
Ne6 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Nb2 $1 $10) 24... Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Nd6 (25... Re8 26. Rd7 h6 27.
Nh3 (27. Nf3 Ne5 $10) 27... c5 (27... Re2 28. Rxc7 Rxa2 29. Nf4) (27... c6 $5))
26. Ne6 Rf7 27. f3 (27. Nxc7 {Ftacnik} Rxc7 28. Rxd6 Rxc3 29. Rxa6 b4 30. Kh2
b3 $10) 27... Re7 $6 (27... Nb7 $1 28. Nd8 $10) 28. Nc5 (28. Nxc7 {Ftacnik}
Rxc7 29. Rxd6 Rxc3 30. Rxa6 b4 $10) 28... Re2 $6 (28... Re3 $1 29. Nxa6 Rxc3
30. Nxc7 Rxc7 31. Rxd6 Rc2 $10) (28... a5 {Ftacnik} 29. Kf2) 29. Nxa6 Nf5 30.
Nxc7 (30. Rd8+ {Ftacnik} Kf7 31. Rd7+) 30... Nxh4 31. Rd4 (31. Nxb5 $2 {Ftacnik
} Rxg2+ 32. Kf1 Rxa2) 31... Nf5 (31... Rxg2+ $2 {Ftacnik} 32. Kh1 Rxa2 33. Rxh4
$16) (31... Nxg2 $5 {Ftacnik} 32. a3 (32. Kf1 Rxa2 33. Re4 g5) 32... Ne1 33.
Kf1 Re7 34. Nxb5 Nxf3 $13) 32. Re4 Rxa2 (32... Rxe4 $2 {Ftacnik} 33. fxe4 Ng3
34. Nxb5 Nxe4 35. a4 $16) 33. Nxb5 Rc2 $2 (33... Rb2) 34. Kh2 Rb2 35. Nd4 $6 (
35. c4 $14) (35. c4 {Ftacnik} h5 $14) 35... Nxd4 36. Rxd4 (36. cxd4 {Ftacnik}
Rd2 $14) 36... Rc2 37. Rc4 {Hecht: Der aktive schwarze Rc2 hinter dem
Freibauern sichert das Remis.Der weisse Turm vor dem Freibauern ist nicht so
guenstig postiert.} (37. c4 {Hecht} Kf7 38. Kh3 Kf6 39. Re4 g5 40. g4 Rf2 41.
Kg3 Rc2 $10) 37... Kf7 38. f4 (38. Kh3 h5) (38. Kg3 {Ftacnik} h5 {xg2}) (38.
Rc5 {Ftacnik} h5 $1) 38... Rd2 $1 39. Rc6 Rd3 40. g3 h5 $1 41. Kh3 g6 42. Kg2 (
42. Kh4 Rf3 $1 (42... Re3 $14 {Ftacnik})) 42... Re3 43. Rc8 (43. Kf2 {Ftacnik}
Rd3 {xg3}) 43... Kg7 44. c4 Rc3 45. c5 Rc2+ 46. Kh3 (46. Kf3 {Ftacnik} Rc3+ 47.
Ke4 Rxg3 48. c6 Rc3) 46... Kf7 47. c6 Kg7 48. c7 Kh7 49. Kh4 Kg7 50. g4 (50.
Kg5 {Ftacnik} Rc5+) (50. g4 {Ftacnik} hxg4 51. Kxg4 Rc3 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates final"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3
d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Be3 Bc5 10. Qe2 Qe7 (10... Ne7 {Ftacnik} 11. Nbd2 Bxe3 12.
Qxe3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 c5 14. c3 Qd7 15. Rad1 O-O 16. Ng5 Bf5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18.
Qxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 h6 20. Nf3 Rfc8 21. Rd6 a5 22. a3 Rab8 23. Nh4 Be6 24. f4
$18 {Hracek,Z-Krasenkov,M/Brno (04)/1994/1-0 (40)}) (10... O-O {Ftacnik} 11.
Nbd2 (11. Rd1 Ne7 12. c3 c6 13. Nd4 Bb6 14. Bc2 Qc7 15. f3 Nc5 16. f4 Ne4 17.
Nd2 Nxd2 18. Rxd2 c5 19. Nf3 Rad8 20. a4 Qc6 21. axb5 axb5 22. Bd3 d4 23. cxd4
cxd4 24. Bf2 $13 {Sokolov,A-Korneev,O/Bad Woerishofen op (04)/1992/0-1 (31)})
11... Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Ne7 14. Qc3 (14. c3 c5 15. h3 a5 16. Rad1 b4
17. Ba4 bxc3 18. bxc3 Qc7 19. Rfe1 Rad8 20. Qe2 h6 21. Rd2 Rb8 22. Bc2 Rfd8 23.
Red1 Qc6 24. a4 {Balashov,Y-Korneev,O/Katowice op (08)/1992/0.5 (25)}) 14... a5
15. a4 b4 16. Qc5 Qd7 17. Nd4 c6 18. c3 bxc3 19. bxc3 Qa7 20. Qa3 (20. Qxa7
Rxa7 21. Bc2 c5 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Rab1 Rf4 24. Rb8+ {Lobron,E-Yusupov,A/
Sarajevo/1984/0-1 (33)}) 20... Nf5 21. Nf3 c5 22. Bc2 Rad8 23. Rab1 d4 24. Be4
$10 {Dvoirys,S-Korneev,S/Moscow op/1990/0.5 (51)}) 11. c3 (11. Nbd2 {Ftacnik}
Nxd2 12. Qxd2 d4 (12... Bxe3 13. Qxe3 O-O 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 $13) 13. Nxd4 (13. Bg5
Qd7) 13... Bxd4 14. Bxd4 Rd8 15. c3 Nxd4 16. cxd4 c5 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qa5 cxd4
19. Qxa6 Qd7 20. a4 $14) 11... O-O 12. Rd1 Rad8 13. Bxc5 (13. Nbd2 {Ftacnik}
Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Nxd2 15. Rxd2 Na5 (15... Bg4 16. Bxd5 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nxe5 18. Qe3
$14) 16. Ng5 c5 17. f4 $14) 13... Qxc5 (13... Nxc5 14. Nd4 Bd7) 14. Nd4 (14.
Nbd2 {Ftacnik} Nxd2 15. Rxd2 d4 $10) 14... Qb6 $1 $8 15. f3 $6 (15. Nxc6 Qxc6
16. Nd2 $10 (16. Nd2 {Ftacnik} Nc5 17. Nf3 Bg4 $13)) 15... Nc5 16. Kh1 (16. Bc2
{Ftacnik} Rfe8 17. f4 Bc8 $132) 16... Rfe8 $15 17. Na3 Bc8 (17... Na5 18. Nac2)
18. Nxc6 (18. f4 {Ftacnik} Nxd4 19. cxd4 Nxb3 20. axb3 c5 $132) 18... Qxc6 19.
Nc2 (19. Bc2 {Ftacnik} f6 20. f4 fxe5 21. fxe5 Qe6 22. b4 Nb7 23. Re1 Nd6 $13)
19... Nxb3 20. axb3 f6 21. e6 $1 (21. Nb4 {Ftacnik} Qe6 22. Qf2 fxe5 $17) 21...
Rxe6 (21... Bxe6 {Ftacnik} 22. Nb4 Qd7 23. Rxa6 $14) (21... Qxe6 {Ftacnik} 22.
Qxe6+ Rxe6 23. Nd4 Red6 24. b4) 22. Qf2 Qd6 23. b4 Rde8 24. Rd2 Qe7 $2 25. Kg1
$1 Re5 (25... Re2 {Ftacnik} 26. Rxe2 Qxe2 27. Re1 (27. Nd4 Qd3 28. Re1 Qg6)
27... Qxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Rxe1 29. Nxe1 Kf7 30. Ke3 Ke6 31. Kd4 $44) 26. Nd4 Qd6 (
26... c5 $4 {Ftacnik} 27. Nc6) 27. Nb3 $44 Re3 28. Rad1 c6 29. Qg3 Qe7 (29...
Qxg3 {Ftacnik} 30. hxg3 $44) 30. Qf2 Re5 31. Nd4 Qc7 32. Nb3 (32. Qg3 {Ftacnik}
c5 $1 $15) 32... Re3 33. Nd4 R3e5 (33... c5 $2 {Ftacnik} 34. bxc5 Qxc5 35. Nc2)
34. Nb3 h6 35. Rf1 Re3 36. Nd4 R3e5 37. Nb3 Re3 38. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 7th"]
[Site "Kusadasi"]
[Date "2006.04.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2006.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Two rounds to go both me and Mladen we were hungry for at least a win to play
the barrage matches.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6.
d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Qd3 $1 {This is an obscure line
frequently applied by Andrei Sokolov.} Ne7 $5 {Unable to remember anything I
came up with a serious challenge to his approach.} 11. Be3 (11. Nd4 Bb6 $1 12.
Nd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 O-O (13... c5 $2 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bc2 c4 16. Qf3 Qd7 17. a4
$16) 14. Bc2 Ng6 $13) 11... O-O $5 {Very sharp.} (11... Nf5 12. Bxc5 (12. Nd4
Nxe3 13. Qxe3 Bb6 $11) 12... Nxc5 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Nd4 (14. Bc2 f6) 14... Nxb3
15. axb3 c5 $11 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. Qf4 Bxb1 18. Rfxb1 $14) 12. Nbd2 (12. Nd4 $6
Bb6 13. Bc2 Ng6 $17) 12... Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Nxd2 {I was trying to avoid Nf5 which
turns out to be a bad piece.} (13... Nf5 14. Qe2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 c5 16. Bc2 $16)
14. Nxd2 $1 (14. Qxd2 Bg4 $1) 14... Nf5 15. Qd3 $2 {Mladen decided for this
square for his queen.} (15. Qc5 Qe7 (15... Rb8 16. Bc2 Qe7 17. Nb3 $16 Qxc5 18.
Nxc5 a5 19. Bxf5 Bxf5 $16) 16. Qc6 $1 Rab8 17. Qxa6 c5 $1 (17... Rb6 18. Qa5
$16) 18. Nf3 Rfd8 19. Bc2 Rd7 $44) 15... c5 16. Bc2 c4 $1 {Excellent idea!I
already started to calculate bishop against knight type of positions.} (16...
d4 17. c4) 17. Qh3 $1 (17. Qf3 $6 Qg5) 17... Qd7 18. Nf3 h6 19. Bxf5 Bxf5 20.
Qg3 b4 $1 {My bishop is not worse than his knight everything depends on a
tempo.} 21. Nd4 $6 (21. cxb4 Rfb8 22. a3 a5 23. Nd4 Rb6 $5 $44) 21... a5 22.
Rfe1 Ra6 $1 23. Qf4 Bd3 24. Re3 Qa4 25. a3 Rg6 {Draw offer.I have become
extremely nervous and offered a draw in a better position.In reality I could
not understand who is better who is worse.} 26. h4 $138 bxc3 27. bxc3 Qd7 $1
$138 {Threatening Qb7 and helping the defence at the same time.} 28. h5 Rg5 29.
Qh2 Qg4 $2 {This has destroyed the harmony in my position.} (29... Qb7 $1 30.
f4 Qb2 $1 31. Rf1 (31. Rae1 Rg4) 31... Qxc3 32. fxg5 Qxd4 $19) 30. Rh3 Qe4 31.
Re3 Qg4 32. Rh3 Qe4 33. Kh1 $1 {He rightfully has broken the repetition.} Re8 (
33... Rxe5 $2 34. Re3 $18) (33... Qxe5 $2 34. f4 $18) 34. f3 $4 {A terrible
blunder in time trouble.} (34. Rg1 $8 Qh7 35. Re1 Bf5 36. Rh4 $16) 34... Qh7 $4
{Blind!Fucking blind!} (34... Qxe5 $1 35. f4 Qe1+ 36. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 37. Qg1 Rxg1+
38. Kxg1 Rg4 $19) 35. Re1 $16 {Now white has a huge advantage.} Bf5 36. Rh4 $1
Bd7 37. e6 $2 {Time trouble has its own rules.White courageously takes
incredible amount of risks in other words he bluffs.} (37. f4 Rg4 38. Rxg4 Bxg4
39. Qg3 Bf5 40. Re2 $16) 37... Bxe6 $4 {Suicide.} (37... Qd3 $1 38. exf7+ Kxf7
39. Qf4+ Kg8 40. Rxe8+ Bxe8 $17) (37... fxe6 38. f4 Rf5 $44) 38. f4 Rf5 39. g4
Rf6 40. f5 $5 {The notorius 40th move.} (40. g5 $1 Rf5 41. g6 $1 fxg6 42. hxg6
Qxg6 43. Rg1 Qf7 44. Rxh6 Kf8 45. Nc6 Qd7 46. Rh8+ Bg8 47. Qh7 Qf7 48. Rxg8+
Qxg8 49. Qxf5+ $18) 40... Rf8 41. fxe6 $4 {Mladen could have been criticized
for his choice on the previous move but this one is against the principals of
chess!} (41. Qc7 Bc8 42. Re7 Kh8 43. Rh2 $16) 41... fxe6 {I was quite
optimistic about this endgame.} 42. Qe2 Qd3 $1 {The only move to stay alive.}
43. Qxd3 cxd3 44. Kg2 Rf4 $3 {A very deep move.} (44... Rc8 $2 45. Rhh1 $18)
45. Kg3 Re4 46. Rhh1 d2 $1 47. Rxe4 $1 (47. Re2 Rc8 48. Rxe4 Rxc3+ 49. Kf2 dxe4
$11) 47... dxe4 48. Rd1 e3 49. Nc2 Rc8 50. Nxe3 Rxc3 51. Kf4 Rxa3 52. Rxd2 Kf7
{After a couple of forced moves we arrived at the position black was aiming
with 42...Qd3.} 53. Nc4 $2 ({After the end of the game I have joined Katia who
was watching the game with this asshole Sulypa and they both claimed that I
was lost after} 53. Rd6 $1 {It is true that the move is the best but on the
other hand they were both believing in computer appreciation.} Rc3 $1 {The
rook should try to reach the 5th rank.} (53... Ra1 $2 54. Ke5 Re1 55. Rd7+ Kf8
56. Rd3 Kf7 57. Ra3 g6 58. Ke4 gxh5 59. gxh5 Rg1 60. Rxa5 Kf6 61. Kf4 $18) (
53... Rb3 $5) 54. Ke4 (54. Ra6 Rc5) 54... Rc5 $1 55. Ra6 (55. Rd7+ Kf6 56. Ra7
g6 $1 $11) 55... Rg5 (55... Kf6 $2 56. Nf5) 56. Kf3 Rc5 (56... g6 $2 57. hxg6+
Kxg6 58. Rxe6+ $18) 57. Nd1 g6 $1 {Only after the knight moves away the
equalizer comes.} 58. Ra7+ (58. hxg6+ Kxg6 59. Rxe6+ Kg7 60. Ne3 h5 61. Nf5+
Kf7 $11) 58... Kf6 59. Rh7 a4 60. Rxh6 Rg5 $1 (60... a3 61. Rxg6+ Kf7 62. Rh6
Rc1 63. Rh7+ Kf6 64. Ra7 Rxd1 65. Rxa3 $18) 61. hxg6 Ra5 62. Nc3 a3 63. Rh2
Kxg6 64. Ra2 e5 65. Ne4 Ra4 $11) (53. Rf2 Ke7) 53... Ra4 54. Rd7+ Kf6 55. Rc7
Rb4 $11 {Still for the draw black needs very accurate play.} 56. Kf3 Rb3+ 57.
Ke4 Rc3 58. Kd4 Rf3 $1 59. Nd6 $1 e5+ 60. Kc5 Rc3+ 61. Nc4 a4 62. Rc6+ (62. Kb4
Rg3 63. Rc6+ Kg5 64. Nxe5 Kf4 $11) 62... Kg5 $1 63. Rg6+ Kf4 64. Rxg7 a3 $1 65.
Kb4 a2 66. Ra7 Rc2 67. Kb3 Rh2 $11 68. Rxa2 Rxa2 69. Kxa2 Kxg4 $1 {The end of
a gigantic struggle!} (69... e4 $2 70. Ne3 (70. Kb3 Kxg4 71. Kc3 Kxh5 72. Kd4
$11) 70... Kxe3 71. g5 Kf4 72. gxh6 e3 73. h7 e2 74. h8=Q e1=Q $11 {would be
unnecessary.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle op 19th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2003.02.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fercec, Nenad"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 {Open Spanish.} 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 {This has become somehow the main line.} Nc5 10.
c3 Bg4 ({After} 10... d4 11. Ng5 $1 Qxg5 12. Qf3 O-O-O 13. Bxe6+ fxe6 14. Qxc6
Qxe5 15. b4 Qd5 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. bxc5 dxc3 18. Nb3 d4 19. Ba3 g6 20. Bb4 Bg7
21. a4 bxa4 22. c6 d3 23. Rxa4 d2 24. Rxa6 Kb8 25. Nxd2 cxd2 26. Rd1 Rhe8 27.
Kf1 Re1+ 28. Rxe1 dxe1=Q+ 29. Bxe1 Bd4 $14 {is almost like a draw but who
wants to suffer for a draw?}) 11. Bc2 Be7 {I have analysed some lines in this
opening and decided to play without Qd7.This brings some new aspects to the
game.} 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nb3 $1 ({much more dangerous than} 13. Nf1 Re8) 13...
Ne6 14. Qd3 ({Victor'The Terrible'Kortschnoi has already proved that this is
better for black.} 14. Nbd4 $6 Ncxd4 15. cxd4 g6 $1 $15) 14... g6 15. Bh6 {
A natural move.} (15. Nfd4 Ncxd4 16. cxd4 Bf5 17. Qe2 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 a5 19. a4
Qd7 20. Be3 bxa4 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. dxc5 Qb5 23. Rxa4 Rfb8 $36) 15... Re8 16.
Rad1 {Another common move.} (16. Nfd4 Ncxd4 17. Nxd4 (17. cxd4 Bf5 18. Qe2 Bxc2
19. Qxc2 a5 20. a4 Qd7 {is similar to the previous note.}) 17... Qd7 $5 18. Qg3
Nxd4 19. cxd4 Rac8 20. a4 c5 21. dxc5 Rxc5 $13) 16... Ng5 $1 $146 {Since 1912
nobody played this in this particular position.} ({After} 16... Bf5 $6 17. Qd2
Bxc2 18. Qxc2 $16 {white has the upper hand.}) 17. Bxg5 $8 ({Can anybody fall
for} 17. Nbd2 $4 Bf5 $19) 17... Bxg5 18. Nbd4 $1 {A move which is not hard to
find but still this is the only way for white not to lose initiative.} (18.
Qxd5 $6 Qxd5 19. Rxd5 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Bf4 21. Re4 $1 {White also has to try to
break blacks pawn structure.} Rxe5 $1 (21... g5 22. h4 h6 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. e6
$1 fxe6 25. Rc5 Nd8 (25... Nb8 $6 26. Rxf4 (26. Nd4 Nd7) 26... gxf4 27. Rxc7 a5
28. Nd4 Na6 29. Rc6 Kf7 30. Bb3 $16) 26. Nd4 Kf7 27. a4 (27. Ne2 Nb7 28. Rc6
Bd6) 27... bxa4 28. Bxa4 Re7 $14) 22. Rd7 (22. Rdxe5 Bxe5 23. Re3 f5 24. Nc5
Bd6 25. Bb3+ Kh8 $11) 22... Rg5+ 23. Kh1 Bd6 24. f4 Rg4 25. f5 $140 $2 Ne5 26.
Rxg4 Nxg4 $19) 18... Nxd4 19. cxd4 $14 {Black has to bishops but white has the
better pawn structure.} Be7 ({Keeping an eye on c1 square is not that
convincing.That is why I am for first to prepare c5.} 19... Bh6 20. h3 (20. Qc3
a5 21. a4) 20... Be6 21. Nh2 Bg7 22. Ng4 $14) 20. h3 Be6 21. Qd2 $6 {This is
not bad but in my opinion white has some other line with better prospects.} (
21. Nh2 $142 $1 Qd7 (21... h5 $6 22. Nf3 Rc8 23. Qd2 c5 24. dxc5 Bxc5 25. Bb3
$16) (21... Rc8 22. Ng4 c5 23. dxc5 Rxc5 24. Bb3 $16) 22. Qg3 (22. Qf3 a5 (
22... Rac8 23. Ng4 c5 24. dxc5 Rxc5 25. Bb3 Bxg4 26. hxg4 Rd8 27. Rd3 Qe6 $14)
23. Ng4 Bxg4 24. hxg4 a4 25. Bd3 c5 26. dxc5 Bxc5 $14) 22... a5 23. Ng4 Bxg4
24. hxg4 a4 $14) 21... c5 {The natural move without c5 black would have stayed
passive.} (21... a5 22. Qf4 a4 23. Bd3 Qd7 24. Ng5 (24. Nh2 Rac8 25. Ng4 Bxg4
26. hxg4 c5 27. dxc5 Rxc5 $14) 24... Rac8 25. Qh4 Bxg5 26. Qxg5 c5 27. dxc5
Rxc5 28. b4 axb3 29. axb3 b4 $132) 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Bb3 $1 {White should not
weaken the side.} (23. b4 Bf8 24. Bb3 Qe7 $1) 23... Ra7 $5 {I wanted to keep
Qd8 in her place cause I was thinking thatthis is the way to control things on
the queenside as well.} (23... a5 24. Bxd5 Bb4 25. Qh6 Bf8 $11) (23... Qb6 24.
Re2 (24. Qh6 $2 Bxf2+ 25. Kh1 Bxe1 26. Ng5 Qf2 27. Nxh7 Bd2 28. Rxd2 Qe1+ 29.
Kh2 Qxe5+ 30. g3 Qh8 $19) 24... Rad8 25. Qh6 Bf8 26. Qh4 Bg7) 24. Qh6 Bf8 25.
Qf4 Rd7 26. Re2 a5 $5 {A risky attempt to get counterplay.} (26... Bg7 27. Red2
f6 $5 28. Re2 Bf7 29. Qd4 {miraclously ok for white.} fxe5 (29... Rde7 30. Bxd5
Qxd5 31. Qxd5 Bxd5 32. Rxd5 fxe5 33. Re4 Rc7 $14) 30. Nxe5 g5 31. Rde1 Rde7 32.
g3 Qd6 33. f4 Qh6 34. Qd3 $14) 27. a4 $1 Rb7 ({Actually} 27... b4 {was not my
idea.} 28. Red2 Bg7 29. Qe3 $16) 28. Red2 (28. Nd4 bxa4 $1 (28... b4 $6 29. Nf3
$5 {and I do not fancy this position.}) 29. Bxa4 Bd7 30. Bb3 (30. Bc6 Bxc6 31.
Nxc6 Qd7 32. Rc2 (32. Nxa5 Rb5 (32... Qb5 $2 33. Nxb7 Qxe2 34. Rxd5 Qe1+ 35.
Kh2 Bg7 36. g3 Bxe5 37. Qd2 $16) 33. Ra1 (33. Nc4 $4 Rb4) 33... Bg7 $132))
30... Be6 $11) 28... bxa4 29. Qxa4 $6 {So far Nenad was in the command of a
great game but here he falters and tries to achieve equality.} (29. Bxd5 Bxd5
$1 {black has to seek for equality.} (29... Rb4 $2 {is only deceivingly good
for black!} 30. Bxe6 Rxf4 31. Bxf7+ (31. Rxd8 Rxe6) 31... Kxf7 32. Rxd8 Rxd8
33. Rxd8 Rb4 34. Ng5+ $1 Ke7 35. Ra8 Rxb2 36. Rxa5 Bh6 37. Ra7+ Ke8 38. Ne6 $16
) 30. Rxd5 Qb8 31. Qxa4 Rxb2 32. Qxa5 Qb6 33. Qxb6 Rxb6 34. Rd7 Bg7 35. Rd8 Kf8
$14 {And with the white pawn on e5 black should not lose this.}) 29... Rb4 30.
Qa2 Bh6 $40 {Now I have felt the game in my hands for only a while but Nenad's
exact play provided him with half a point.} 31. Rd4 Qb6 $1 {Still squeezing.} (
31... Rxd4 32. Rxd4 Qc7 33. Bxd5 Qc1+ 34. Kh2 Bf4+ 35. g3 Qf1 36. b4 Bxg3+ (
36... Qxh3+ $6 37. Kg1 Rc8 38. Rd1 axb4 39. Bxe6 fxe6 40. gxf4 Qg4+ 41. Kf1
Qxf3 42. Qxe6+ Kg7 43. Qf6+ Kh6 44. Qg5+ Kg7 45. Rd7+ Kg8 46. Rd8+ Rxd8 47.
Qxd8+ Kg7 48. Qe7+ Kg8 49. Qxb4 Qd1+ 50. Qe1 Qd5 $14 (50... Qxe1+ $4 51. Kxe1
Kf7 52. Ke2 Ke6 53. Kf3 Kf5 54. Kg3 h6 55. Kh4 g5+ (55... h5 56. Kg3 Ke6 57.
Kh3 Kf5 58. Kh4 $18) 56. fxg5 hxg5+ 57. Kh5 $18)) 37. fxg3 (37. Kxg3 Qxh3+ 38.
Kf4 Qh6+ $11) 37... Qxh3+ 38. Kg1 Qxg3+ 39. Qg2 Qxg2+ 40. Kxg2 Bxd5 41. Rxd5
axb4 42. Rb5 f6 $11) 32. Rxb4 axb4 {The best to make something happen.} (32...
Qxb4 $6 33. Bxd5 Rd8 34. Rd4 Rxd5 35. Rxd5 Bxd5 36. Qxd5 Qxb2 37. Qxa5 Qc1+ 38.
Kh2 Qf4+ 39. Kh1 Qc1+ 40. Ng1 Bf8 $14) 33. Bxd5 $1 {This is what I have not
seen in my calculations so no more fat dreams.} Rd8 (33... b3 $2 34. Qa4 Rd8
35. Qxb3 $1) 34. Qb3 $1 {The obvious and the only move.} (34. Rd4 $2 Kg7 35.
Bxe6 Rxd4 36. Nxd4 Qxd4 37. Bxf7 Qd1+ 38. Kh2 Qd2 $1 $19) (34. Qc4 $2 Qa5 35.
Bxe6 Rxd1+ 36. Kh2 Qa7 $1 $17) 34... Rxd5 35. Rxd5 Qc7 $1 {The point.} 36. g3 (
36. Qd1 $6 Bxd5 37. Qxd5 Qc1+ 38. Kh2 Qxb2 39. e6 Qf6 $15 {still contains some
danger for white.}) 36... Bc1 $1 {Blazing my guns,but this does not deliver
much.} 37. Nd4 Bxd5 38. Qxd5 Bxb2 39. e6 $1 {Excellent timing and calculation
by my opponent!  .} Bxd4 40. exf7+ Qxf7 {Nothing makes a difference,the game
peters out to be a draw!} (40... Kf8 {looks like a try but} 41. Qxd4 Qc3 42.
Qd7 $2 {only this makes the draw jeopardized.} (42. Qd5 $11) (42. Qd8+ $11)
42... Qe1+ 43. Kg2 Qe4+ 44. Kg1 b3 $17) 41. Qd8+ $1 $11 {The last accurate
move.} Qf8 42. Qd5+ Kg7 (42... Qf7 43. Qd8+) 43. Qxd4+ Kg8 {A lot of
possibilities for perpetual checks.} (43... Kh6 44. Qh4+ Kg7 45. Qd4+ $11) (
43... Kf7 44. Qf4+ Ke8 45. Qb8+ Kf7 46. Qf4+ $11) 44. Qc4+ Kg7 45. Qd4+ Kg8 46.
Qc4+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.30"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Bg4 (10... Nxb3 11. Nxb3 Be7 12. Be3 $1 $16 (12. Nfd4
Nxd4 13. cxd4 a5)) 11. h3 Bh5 (11... Nxb3 12. Nxb3 (12. axb3 Bh5 13. b4 (13. g4
$6 Bg6 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 h5) 13... Be7 14. Re1 O-O 15. Nb3 $14) 12... Bh5
13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. cxd4 $14) 12. Re1 Be7 (12... Nxb3 $6 13. Nxb3 (13. axb3 Be7
14. b4) 13... Be7 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nbd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 $16) 13. Bc2 Qd7 (13... d4
14. Nb3 $1 (14. Ne4 d3 (14... Bxf3 $2 15. Qxf3 Nxe5 16. Qg3 $18) (14... Nxe5 $2
15. Nxc5) 15. Nxc5 (15. Bb1 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 Bg6 17. Re1) 15... dxc2 16. Qxd8+
Nxd8) 14... d3 15. Bb1 Nxb3 16. axb3 Bg6 17. Be3 O-O 18. Bd4 $36) (13... O-O $5
14. Nf1 (14. Nb3 Ne4 $1) 14... Re8 $5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Ne3 Qd7 $1
18. Qxd5 (18. Nxd5 $6 Rad8 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Qc2 Nd3 21. Bg5 Nxe1 22. Rxe1 f6
23. Qxg6 Qf7 $17) 18... Red8 19. Qxd7 Rxd7 20. Nc2 Nd3 21. Re2 Bc5 $44) 14. Nf1
(14. Nb3 Ne6 $5) 14... Rd8 $5 (14... O-O 15. Ng3 Bg6) 15. Ng3 Bg6 16. Nd4 Nxd4
(16... O-O 17. Bf5 (17. Ngf5 Nxd4 $1) 17... Ne6) 17. cxd4 Ne6 18. Be3 (18. Nf5
c5) (18. Bf5 c5) 18... c5 19. Bf5 cxd4 (19... Qa7 $5 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Qg4 cxd4
22. Bxd4 Qd7 $11) 20. Bxd4 Rc8 $5 (20... Bh4 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Ne2 $13) 21. a4
O-O 22. axb5 Qxb5 (22... axb5 $5 23. Ra7 Rc7) 23. Bc3 (23. Bg4 Rc6 24. Bc3 Rd8
$13) 23... d4 $1 24. Bxd4 Rcd8 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Qg4 (26. Qa4 Rxd4 {transposes}
) 26... Rxd4 $8 27. Qxd4 Bc5 28. Qg4 Bxf2+ 29. Kh2 Bxe1 30. Rxe1 Qd5 $1 $15 31.
Qe2 $1 Qd3 32. Rf1 $1 Rb8 33. Qg4 Qd5 34. Qf4 h6 35. Rf2 Rb5 36. Re2 $2 (36.
Rd2 $1 Qxe5 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. Qf8 Bf5 39. Qg8+ Kg6 40. Qe8+ $11) 36... a5 $2 (
36... Kh7 $1 37. Qf8 $5 (37. h4 Qb7 $1 $17)) 37. Rd2 $1 Qxe5 {Draw offer} 38.
Rd8+ Kh7 39. Qf8 $11 Bf5 40. Qg8+ Kg6 41. Qe8+ Kh7 (41... Kf6 $2 42. Rd7 Rd5
43. Rb7 $5 $40) 42. Qg8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.11.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wang, Zili"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Balashov,Y"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Re1 O-O $5 13. Nf1 Re8 14. Ne3 Nxe5
15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qc2+ Kg8 (16... Ng6 17. Nxg4 $14) 17. Nxe5 Be6 18. Nc6 Qd6
19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 20. b3 Nd7 21. Bb2 $6 (21. a4 $1 $14) 21... Rae8 22. Rad1 (22.
a4 $5) 22... c5 23. f3 Ne5 $1 24. Qf2 $6 (24. Qd2 c4 25. bxc4 (25. Nxd5 $2 Bxd5
26. Qxd5 Qxd5 27. Rxd5 Nxf3+ $19) 25... bxc4 26. Nc2 $10 Nd3 (26... Qb6+ 27.
Nd4 Nd3 28. Re2) 27. Ba3 Qb6+ $145 28. Qe3 (28. Nd4 $6 Nxe1 29. Bxe7 Nxf3+ $1
30. gxf3 Rxe7)) 24... c4 25. Qg3 f6 26. Rd4 Qc5 27. bxc4 $6 (27. b4 Qb6 28. Bc1
$17) 27... dxc4 28. Nc2 $2 (28. Bc1) 28... a5 $1 $19 29. Ba3 b4 30. cxb4 Qa7
31. b5 Rd7 32. Ree4 Bf5 33. Qf2 Bxe4 34. Rxd7 Qxd7 35. fxe4 Qd1+ 36. Ne1 Nd3
0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.04.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1981.04.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[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. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Nc5 10. Bc2 Bg4 11. Re1 Be7 12. Nbd2 Qd7 (12... O-O) 13. Nf1 (13. Nb3
Ne6 14. h3 Bh5 15. Bf5 Ncd8 16. Be3 O-O 17. Qe2 a5 18. Rad1 Bg6 19. g4 a4 20.
Nbd4 c6 $10 {Popovic,P-Marin,M/Manila(izt)/1990/0,5 (25)/}) 13... Rd8 14. Ne3 (
14. Ng3 $5 d4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 d3 17. Bb3 O-O 18. Nf5 $36 {Palecek-Hracek,
Z/CSR/1988/0,5 (33)/}) 14... Bh5 15. b4 (15. Nf5 O-O 16. Nxe7+ Nxe7 17. b4 Ne4
$1 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qxd7 Rxd7 20. Ng5 Bg6 21. e6 Rd3 $1 $10 {Sokolov,
A-Korchnoi,V/Tilburg/1987/0:1 (52)/}) 15... Ne6 16. Nf5 (16. g4 Bg6 17. Nf5 O-O
18. a4 d4 19. axb5 axb5 20. Be4 Rfe8 21. Be3 Bf8 22. Qd2 h5 23. h3 Nxb4 $1 $10
{Palkovi,J-Marin,M/Stara Zagora(zt)/0,5 (33)/}) 16... O-O (16... d4 $6 17. Be4
Bg6 18. g4 h5 19. h3 Kf8 20. a4 hxg4 21. hxg4 Qe8 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ra6 $16 {
Hjartarson,J-Korcnoi,V/Saint John(m/1)/1:0 (44) Inf 45/387/}) 17. a4 Rfe8 (
17... Bg6 18. Be3 d4 19. axb5 axb5 20. N5xd4 Ncxd4 21. Nxd4 Bxb4 $10 {Vazquez,
R-Marin,M/Andorra/1991/0,5 (26)/}) 18. axb5 axb5 19. Qd3 Bg6 20. Rd1 (20. Qxb5
Nxe5 21. Qxd7 Nxd7 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Bxg6 hxg6 $10 {Rodriguez,A-Marin,M/Novi
Sad(ol)/1990/1:0 (73) Inf 50/370/}) 20... Bf8 21. Be3 (21. Qxb5 Nxe5 22. Qxd7
Nxd7 $10) 21... Ra8 (21... d4 $6 22. Qe2 $16) 22. h3 (22. Rab1 $5) 22... Rxa1
23. Rxa1 d4 $10 24. Bxd4 $8 Nexd4 25. N3xd4 (25. cxd4 Nxb4 26. Qe4 Nxc2 $19)
25... Rxe5 26. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.04.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Geller, Efim P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1981.04.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[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. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Bf5 12. Nb3 Bg6 13. a4 $5 (13. e6 f5 $5 14.
Bxe4 $6 fxe4 15. Nxc5 exf3 $15 {Loshakov-Abloukhov/corr/1987/0:1 (27) Inf 44/
410/}) (13. Qe2 Re8 $1 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. Rad1 Ne6 $10
{Ljubojevic,L-Timman,J/Hilversum(m/6)/1987/0:1 (51) Inf 44/411/}) (13. Bf4 Bb6
14. a4 Qd7 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. Nfd4 b4 $10 {Short,N-Timman,J/
Tilburg/1988/0,5 (41) Inf 46/438/} (17... Nd8 $5)) (13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bb6
15. Be3 {Polgar,S-Van der Sterren,P/Wijk aan Zee/1990/1:0 (33) Inf 49/398/} Qd7
$13) (13. Nfd4 $1 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 (15. cxd4 $5) 15... c5 16. Qd1 h6
17. f3 Ng5 18. Be3 Rc8 19. Qd2 $14 {Short,N-Timman,J/San Lorenzo de El
Escorial(m/12)/1993/1:0 (46) Inf 56/369/}) 13... Bb6 14. Nbd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 c5
$2 (15... Qd7 $142 16. Be3 Nc5 17. a5 Ba7 18. f4 Bxc2 19. Nxc2 f6 20. exf6 Rxf6
$10 {Van der Wiel,J-Korchnoi,V/Wijk aan Zee/1983/0:1 (48) Inf 35/426/}) 16. Nc6
$1 Nxc3 (16... Qd7 17. Qxd5 Qxd5 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Nxd5 Bd8 $8 (19... Ba7 20.
Ne7 $18) 20. axb5 $18) 17. Nxd8 (17. bxc3 $6 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Qd7) 17... Nxd1 18.
Bxg6 Raxd8 19. Bf5 Nxf2 $8 20. Kxf2 c4+ 21. Kg3 $16 g6 22. Bg4 Bc7 23. Bf4 Rfe8
$6 (23... b4 $142 $16) 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra7 Bb8 (25... Bxe5 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27.
Rfxf7 $18) 26. Rb7 g5 $6 27. Bxg5 Bxe5+ 28. Kh3 Rb8 29. Rbxf7 $18 Bxb2 (29...
Bg7) 30. Bh6 $1 b4 31. Be6 $1 (31. Be6 $1 Rxe6 32. Rf8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.28"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 (9. c3 $5) 9... Nc5 10. c3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bc2 Qd7 13. Re1 Rd8
14. b4 $5 {N/} (14. Nf1 d4 15. Ng3 Bg6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7
19. cxd4 Nxd4 $1 20. Nxd4 Ne6 21. Nge2 c5 $10 {Martin Del Campo,R-Sagalchik,G/
Linares/1994/0,5/23/}) 14... Ne6 15. Nb3 d4 $1 16. Be4 dxc3 (16... d3 17. Re3
$22 Nxe5 18. g4 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Bg6 20. Bc6 $18) 17. Qxd7+ Kxd7 18. a3 (18. Rd1+
Kc8 19. Be3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Nxe5 $19) 18... Bxf3 19. gxf3 g5 (19... Nxe5 20. f4
Nc4 21. f5 $16) 20. Bxg5 $6 (20. Re3 Bg7 21. Rxc3 Nxe5 22. Bb2 Nc4 23. Rd3+ Kc8
24. Bxg7 Nxg7 25. Nc5 $44) 20... Nxg5 21. Rad1+ Kc8 22. Bxc6 Bh6 23. Kg2 c2 24.
Rc1 Rhg8 $19 25. Kh1 (25. Rxc2 Rd3 $1 26. Re3 Nxf3+ $6 (26... Ne6+ 27. Kf1 Bxe3
28. fxe3 Rxb3 $19) 27. Kxf3 Bxe3 28. fxe3 Rxb3 29. Bd5 Rxa3 30. Bxf7 Rf8 31. e6
Kd8 32. Ke4 $132) 25... Rd3 26. Nc5 Rxf3 27. Rxc2 (27. Bxf3 Nxf3 28. Rf1 Bxc1
29. Rxc1 Rg1+ 30. Rxg1 Nxg1 31. Nd3 Ne2 $19) 27... Rxh3+ 28. Kg2 Rxa3 29. Re3
Ne4+ (29... Ne6+ 30. Rg3 Rgxg3+ 31. fxg3 Nd4 32. Bb7+ Kb8 33. Rb2 Bf8 $19) 30.
Kf3 Bxe3 31. Nxe4 Bh6+ 32. Ke2 Bf4 33. Rc5 Rd8 34. Bd5 Bxe5 0-1

[Event "URS-ch48 Final"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1980.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Chekhov, Valery A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1980.12.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[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. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Nxf2 12. Rxf2 f6 13. exf6 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2
Qxf6 15. Kg1 (15. Nf1 $1 Ne5 16. Be3 Rae8 17. Bc5 Nxf3 18. gxf3 Rf7 19. Ng3 $1
Bg4 20. Kg1 Qxf3 21. Qxf3 {Ivanchuk,V-Yusupov,A/Linares/1990/0,5 (42)} Rxf3 $1
$14) 15... Rae8 16. Nf1 Ne5 17. Be3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Rxf3 20. Bd1
$6 (20. Bf2 $5 Bh3 21. Nd2 Rf6 22. Bd3 h5 $1 23. Re1 Rxe1+ 24. Bxe1 c5 $132 {
Kaminski,M-Chekhov,V/POL/1993/0:1 (56)}) 20... Rf7 21. Bb3 c6 22. Ng3 Bh3 23.
Bd4 g6 $6 (23... h5 $1 24. Nxh5 Re2 25. Ng3 (25. Rb1 Rxb2 $19) 25... Rxb2 $17)
24. Bc2 Re6 25. Bd3 $6 (25. a4 $1 bxa4 (25... h5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Ra8+ Rf8 28.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Bd3 h4 30. Nf1 $132) 26. Bxa4 h5 27. Nh1 {/\Nf2/}) 25... h5 26.
Bf1 (26. Nh1 Bf5 $36) 26... Bxf1 27. Rxf1 (27. Nxf1 Re2 $36) 27... h4 28. Rxf7
Kxf7 29. Nf1 Re2 30. b4 Rxa2 $19 31. h3 Ke6 32. Ne3 a5 33. bxa5 Rxa5 34. Kf2
Kd6 35. Bf6 Ra4 36. Ke2 (36. Ng2 Ke6 37. Bxh4 Rc4 $19) 36... b4 37. cxb4 Rxb4
38. Ng4 Rb3 39. Nf2 c5 40. Bxh4 d4 41. Bg5 c4 42. h4 Ke5 43. Nh3 $2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.30"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Yurtaev, Leonid"]
[Black "Magomedov, Magaram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kyrgyzstan"]
[BlackTeam "Tajikistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KGZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TJK"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Nbd2 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Re1 $5 {N/} (13. a4 Rb8
14. axb5 axb5 15. Ra6 (15. Ng5 Ne5 16. Qg3 Qd6 17. Bc2 Bd7 18. Nb3 Bb6 19. Bf4
Rbe8 20. Nd4 Nh5 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Qh4 g6 24. f4 Rxg5 $1 25. Qxg5
Kxh7 $15 {Sokolov,A-Timman,J/Reykjavik/1988/0|1/48/}) 15... Qd7 16. Ng5 Ne5 (
16... Bf5 17. Nde4 Bb6 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. Qxd5+ Qxd5 20. Bxd5+ Kf8 21. Ne4 $16
{Ivanchuk,V-Kamsky,G/Monaco/1995/0,5/90/}) 17. Qe2 Bd6 18. Nde4 Nxe4 19. Nxe6
Nxc3 20. bxc3 Qxe6 21. Qe4 dxe4 22. Bxe6+ Kh8 23. Be3 b4 $10 {Molnar,B-Sandor,
C/Budapest/1996/0,5/53/}) (13. Ng5 Ne5 14. Qg3 Qd6 15. Bc2 Bd7 16. Nb3 Bb6 $132
) 13... Qd7 14. Nf1 (14. Ng5 $5 Bxf2+ (14... Bf5 15. Nde4 Bxf2+ (15... Nxe4 16.
Qxd5+ Qxd5 17. Bxd5+ Kh8 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 $16) 16. Kxf2 Bxe4 17. Nxe4
Nxe4+ 18. Kg1 Nf6 19. Bg5 Rad8 20. Rad1 Kh8 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Qxd5 Rd6 23. Qg5
$14) (14... Rae8 $5) 15. Kxf2 Ne4+ 16. Kg1 Nxg5 17. Rxe6 Nxe6 18. Qxd5 Qxd5 19.
Bxd5 Kh8 20. Bxc6 Rad8 21. b3 (21. Nf1 $1 Rd1 22. Bf3 Re1 23. Kf2 $16) 21...
Nf4 22. Ba3 Rf6 23. Be7 Rxd2 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Kf1 Nd3 $132) 14... Kh8 15. Be3
Bf5 16. Qd2 Bd6 17. Nd4 Na5 $5 (17... Ne5 18. Nxf5 Qxf5 19. Bxd5 Rad8 20. Ng3
Qg6 21. Bb3 Neg4 22. Bc2 Qf7 23. Qe2 $16) (17... Nxd4 18. Bxd4 c6 19. Ng3 Bg6
20. f3 $14) 18. Nxf5 Qxf5 19. Bc2 Qh5 20. b3 (20. Ng3 $6 Bxg3 21. fxg3 (21.
hxg3 Nc4 22. Qd3 Ng4 $40) 21... Nc4 22. Qd3 Ng4 $19) 20... Nc6 21. f3 $6 (21.
Ng3 $5 Bxg3 22. fxg3 Ng4 23. h3 Nxe3 24. Rxe3 $14) 21... b4 $1 22. a3 $6 (22.
Bd4 $5 bxc3 23. Qxc3 (23. Bxc3 d4 24. Bb2 Bb4 $19) 23... Nxd4 24. Qxd4 c5 $15)
(22. Red1 bxc3 23. Qxc3 d4 24. Qxc6 dxe3 $36) 22... d4 (22... bxa3 23. b4 a5
24. b5 Ne5 $17) 23. cxd4 bxa3 24. Ng3 Qb5 25. Rec1 Bb4 26. Qd3 Rad8 $17 27. Ne2
Rde8 (27... Rfe8 $5) 28. Qxb5 axb5 29. Bd1 (29. Kf2 $4 Ng4+ $19) 29... Rxe3 30.
Rxc6 Nd5 31. Kf2 Rd3 (31... Rfe8 $5) 32. Re6 Rd2 33. Kg3 (33. Re5 Nc3 $19) (33.
Kf1 Nc3 $19) 33... Nc3 (33... Nc3 34. Nxc3 Bxc3 35. Rxa3 Rxd1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.08.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C82"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[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. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 (9... Be7) 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Bb6 {[/\ 13.Nbd4 Nxd4
14.Nxd4 Bxd4 15.cxd4 f4 16.f3 Ng3 17.hxg3 fxg3 18.Qd3 Bf5 19. Qxf5 Rxf5 20.
Bxf5 Qh4 21.Bh3 Qxd4+ 22.Kh1 Qxe5]} (12... Ba7 $5 {>= Szabo}) 13. a4 b4 14. a5
Ba7 15. Nbd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. cxd4 f4 18. f3 Ng3 19. Rf2 Qh4 20. Ra4 Rae8
21. Rxb4 Bc8 22. Bb3 c6 23. Rc2 Bd7 24. Rb7 (24. Qe1 $142 {(/\ 25.Bxf4)} g5 25.
Rb7 Rf7 26. Ba4 $18) 24... Re7 25. Bxf4 Rxf4 26. hxg3 Qxg3 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28.
Rxc6 Rd8 $1 (28... Rh4 $2 29. Rc8+ Kf7 30. e6+ Kxe6 31. Qe2+ $18) 29. e6 Rh4
30. Qe2 Rh2 31. Qf2 $4 (31. e7 Re8 32. Bxd5+ Kh8 33. Rc8 Rxg2+ 34. Qxg2 Qe1+
35. Qf1 $1 (35. Kh2 $2 Rxc8 $1) 35... Qg3+ (35... Qxf1+ $2 36. Kxf1 Rxc8 37.
Bc6 $1) 36. Qg2 $1 Qe1+ {O =}) 31... Rh1+ 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Popovic, Petar"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Nb3 Ne6 14. h3 Bh5 15.
Bf5 Ncd8 16. Be3 O-O $5 (16... Nb7) (16... a5) 17. Qe2 a5 18. Rad1 Bg6 19. g4
a4 20. Nbd4 c6 21. Qc2 $2 (21. Qd3 $142 $14 {Marin,M}) 21... c5 22. Ne2 Qb7 23.
Kg2 Nc6 24. h4 Rad8 25. h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch29 Karpov-Kortschnoj +6-2=10"]
[Site "Merano"]
[Date "1981.10.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1981.10.01"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ausführlicher Kommentar von Robert Hübner im Spiegel-Buch
Schachweltmeisterschaft. S308ff..} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O
Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Bf5 12. Nb3
Bg6 13. Nfd4 Bxd4 14. cxd4 a5 15. Be3 a4 16. Nc1 a3 17. b3 f6 {Der Zug an
dieser Stelle ist neu.} 18. exf6 {Die Aufgabe des zentralen Bauernvorpostens
wirkt überraschend. Weiterer Kom- memtar s. Spiegel-Buch S.309.} Qxf6 19. Ne2
Nb4 20. Bb1 Qe7 $2 21. Qe1 Rfe8 22. Nf4 (22. Qc1 Nxf2 23. Kxf2 Bxb1 {Mit der
Drohung 24...Sd3+.}) 22... Bf7 23. Qc1 $2 {Es ist schwer verständlich, daß
Weiß den Vorstoß 23.f3 unterläßt,nachdem er alles zu seiner Vorbereitung
Nötige ausgeführt hat.} c5 24. dxc5 Qf6 {Der Streit geht jetzt um das Feld d4.}
25. Bxe4 Rxe4 26. Ne2 $2 d4 27. Ng3 Ree8 28. Qd2 Nc6 29. Bg5 Qe5 30. Rac1 {
Den Bauern auf c5 darf Weiß natürlich nicht aufgeben, ohne einen Gegenwert da-
für zu erhalten.} d3 31. Rfd1 $2 Bg6 32. Be3 Re6 33. Bf4 Qf6 $2 34. Re1 Rae8
35. Rxe6 Rxe6 36. Rb1 $2 h5 37. h3 h4 $2 (37... Nd4 38. Be3 Nc2) 38. Bg5 Qd4
39. Be3 Qd5 $2 40. Nf1 $4 Be4 41. Bf4 Bxg2 0-1

[Event "Candidates m2"]
[Site "Saint John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1988.01.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Nf1 Rd8 14. Ne3 Bh5 15.
b4 $1 Ne6 (15... Ne4 $2 16. Nxd5 $18) 16. Nf5 d4 $6 (16... O-O $142 17. a4 (17.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 $1 (17... Nxe7 $2 18. Bxh7+ $1 $16) 18. Qe2 f6 $1 $10) 17... Rfe8
18. axb5 axb5 19. Qd3 Bg6 20. Rd1 Bf8 {Balashov,Y-Portisch,L/Moscow/1981/1/2-1/
2/26/}) 17. Be4 $1 Bg6 (17... d3 $2 18. Re3 Bxf3 (18... Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxd1 20.
Nxd7 Kxd7 21. Rxd3+ Ke8 22. Nxg7+ Nxg7 23. Bh6 $18) 19. Bxf3 $16) (17... g6 $5
18. Nh6 $1 $16) 18. g4 $1 h5 19. h3 Kf8 20. a4 $1 hxg4 21. hxg4 Qe8 22. axb5
axb5 (22... dxc3 23. Bxc6 $18) 23. Ra6 $1 $18 Nb8 (23... dxc3 24. Bxc6 Rxd1 25.
Rxd1 {/\ Ra8+-}) 24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. Nxe7 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 dxc3 27. Ng6+ Kg8 28. Rd4
Rxd4 29. Qxd4 Rh3 30. Ng5 Rh6 31. Nf4 Nc6 $2 32. Qxc3 $18 Qd8 33. Nf3 Nxb4 34.
Bd2 Qa8 35. Kg2 Nc6 36. g5 b4 37. Qc5 Rh7 38. Nxe6 g6 39. Qd5 Kh8 40. Ned4 Qc8
41. e6 Nxd4 42. Nxd4 c5 43. Bf4 Ra7 44. Nc6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch50 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1983.04.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1983.04.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[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. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Bf5 12. Nb3 Bg6 13. Nfd4 Bxd4 14. cxd4 a5
15. Be3 a4 16. Nd2 a3 17. Nxe4 axb2 18. Rb1 Bxe4 19. Rxb2 Qd7 20. Bd3 (20. Bxe4
dxe4 21. Rxb5 Nxd4 22. Rb2 c5 $13) 20... Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Rfb8 22. Rfb1 (22. Rxb5
Rxb5 23. Qxb5 Nxe5 24. Qb7 Qc6 $11 25. Qxc6 Nxc6 26. Rc1 Ra6 $10) (22. f4 f5 (
22... Na5 $2 23. Bc1 Nc4 24. Re2 {/\ f5 +/-}) 23. exf6 gxf6 24. f5 b4 $13)
22... b4 23. h3 (23. a3 bxa3 (23... Rxa3 $2 24. Qxa3 bxa3 25. Rxb8+ Nd8 26. Ra8
$18) 24. Rxb8+ Rxb8 (24... Nxb8 $2 25. Qxa3) 25. Rxb8+ Nxb8 26. Qxa3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 (28) Huebner,R (2620)-Kortschnoj,V (2645) Chicago 1982 MCL [ChessBase]}
) 23... h6 24. Rc1 Rb6 (24... Na5 25. Qb1 Nc4 26. Rxb4 Rxb4 27. Qxb4 $14 Qe8 (
27... Rxa2 $2 28. Qb8+ Kh7 29. Qb1+ $18) 28. Ra1) 25. Qb1 Rab8 (25... Ra7 26.
Rc5 Na5 27. Rxb4 Nc4 28. Rb3 Rab7 29. Kh2 c6 30. Ra5 Qc8 31. Ra4 Qb8 32. Rxb6
Rxb6 33. Qf5 Qb7 34. Bc1 Rb5 35. Qg4 Kh7 36. Ba3 Kg8 37. Bc5 Nd2 38. Ra7 Qb8
39. Qf4 f6 40. Qg4 Rb7 41. Rxb7 Qxb7 42. exf6 Ne4 43. Qxg7+ Qxg7 44. fxg7 {
1-0 (44) Popovic,P (2515)-Timman,J (2610) Sarajevo 1984}) 26. Rc5 $14 {/=} Nd8
27. Rcc2 Nc6 (27... Ne6 28. f4) 28. Qc1 R8b7 (28... Rc8 $11 29. Rc5 Nd8 30. Qd1
Nb7 31. Rc1 Na5 $11) 29. Rc5 $14 {/\Rb2-c2} Ne7 30. Kh2 Nf5 $2 (30... Rc6) (
30... Ra7) 31. Rbc2 $16 Rg6 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33. Rxc7 Qb5 $2 {[#]} (33... Qe6) 34.
g4 Nh4 $2 (34... Nxe3 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. Qxe3 Rc6 37. Rf8 $16) 35. Rc8+ $18 Kh7
36. Qd1 Qa6 37. Rc2 f5 38. Kg3 fxg4 39. Kxh4 gxh3 40. f4 Qe6 41. Qh5 Qe7+ 42.
Kxh3 Qf7 43. Rh2 Qd7+ 44. f5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Daniliuk, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Re1 O-O 14. Nb3 Ne6 15.
Bf5 Qd7 16. Be3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nxe5 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Qxe5 Bf6 21.
Qg3 a5 22. Red1 Rfe8 23. Rac1 c6 24. Rc2 a4 25. Nc1 a3 26. b3 c5 27. Ne2 Qc6
28. Qf3 Rad8 29. Rcd2 Ng5 30. Bxg5 Bxg5 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 b4 33. cxb4 cxb4
34. Re5 Qd7 35. Rxg5 Qd1+ 36. Kh2 Qxe2 37. Qg3 g6 38. f4 Qe3 39. Qh4 Re4 40.
Rg4 Qd2 41. Qf6 Qd4 42. Qxd4 Rxd4 43. f5 Rd6 44. h4 Kh7 45. Rxb4 Rd2 46. Rb7
gxf5 47. Rxf7+ Kg6 48. Ra7 Rxa2 49. Ra6+ Kh5 50. Kg3 Ra1 51. Ra5 Kg6 52. Kh2 a2
53. g3 Kh6 54. b4 Rb1 55. Rxa2 Rxb4 56. Ra6+ Kg7 57. Kg2 Rc4 58. Kf3 Rb4 59.
Rd6 Ra4 60. Rd3 Rb4 61. Re3 Ra4 62. Re2 Rb4 63. Rf2 Kg6 64. Kg2 Ra4 65. Kh3 Rb4
66. Ra2 Rc4 67. Ra6+ Kg7 68. h5 Rg4 69. h6+ Kh7 70. Rf6 Rg6 71. Rxf5 Kxh6 (
71... Kxh6 72. g4 Ra6 73. Kh4 Rb6 74. g5+ Kg7 75. Kh5 Rb7 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chicago International"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1982.04.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1982.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[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. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Bf5 12. Nb3 Bg6 13. Nfd4 Bxd4 14. cxd4 a5
15. Be3 a4 16. Nd2 a3 17. Nxe4 axb2 18. Rb1 Bxe4 19. Rxb2 Qd7 20. Bd3 (20. Bxe4
dxe4 21. Rxb5 Nxd4 22. Rb2 c5 $13) 20... Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Rfb8 22. Rfb1 (22. Rxb5
Rxb5 23. Qxb5 Nxe5 24. Qb7 Qc6 25. Qxc6 Nxc6 26. Rc1 Ra6 $10) (22. f4 f5 (22...
Na5 $2 23. Bc1 Nc4 24. Re2 {/\ f5 +/-}) 23. exf6 gxf6 24. f5 b4 $13) 22... b4
23. a3 bxa3 (23... Rxa3 $2 24. Qxa3 bxa3 25. Rxb8+ Nd8 26. Ra8 $18) 24. Rxb8+
Rxb8 (24... Nxb8 $2 25. Qxa3) 25. Rxb8+ Nxb8 26. Qxa3 $14 Qc6 27. Qe7 (27. g4
h6 28. f4 Nd7 29. f5 Nb6 30. Bf2 $14) 27... Qd7 28. Qa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "October Revolution 50years"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1967.06.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Stein, Leonid"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1967.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[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. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 (9... Be7) 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 (11... Nxf2 12. Rxf2 f6 13.
exf6 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 Qxf6 15. Nf1 Ne5 16. Be3 $14) (11... Bf5) 12. Nb3 Bb6 13.
Nfd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qd7 (14... Bxd4 15. Qxd4 c5 16. Qd1 f4 17. f3 Ng5 18. a4 $16
) 15. f3 Nc5 16. Kh1 Nb7 (16... Rae8 17. b4 Na4 18. Qd3 c5 19. Nxe6 Rxe6 20.
Bxa4 bxa4 21. bxc5 $14 {Kieninger-Bogoljubov/Krakov/1941/}) 17. Be3 (17. a4
Bxd4 18. cxd4 c5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. axb5 Qxb5 21. Be3 $16 {Unzicker,W-Addison/
Maribor/1967/ Inf 4/302/}) 17... c5 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. a4 Na5 (19... Qxe5 20.
Re1 Bc7 21. Bg1 Qd6 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Bxf5 $16) 20. Bf2 (20. Re1
Nc4 $14) 20... Kh8 (20... Qxe5 21. Re1 Qd6 22. axb5 axb5 23. b4 cxb4 24. Bxb6
Qxb6 25. Qxd5+ Kh8 26. cxb4 $18) 21. Re1 Ra7 22. Qe2 b4 23. cxb4 cxb4 24. Bxb6
Qxb6 25. Rad1 $16 Qc5 (25... Qe6 26. Qd2 $18) 26. Bd3 Qb6 27. Bb1 Qc6 28. Qd2
Qxa4 29. Qxd5 $18 Nc6 30. Bxf5 Qb5 (30... Rxf5 $2 31. Qd8+ Nxd8 32. Rxd8+ $18)
31. Qd6 Qb8 32. Qxc6 Rxf5 33. e6 Re7 34. Rd7 Re8 35. Rb7 Qc8 36. Rc7 Qb8 (36...
Qd8 37. e7 Qb8 38. Rc8 Rxc8 39. e8=Q+ Rxe8 40. Rxe8+ $18) 37. Qd7 Rg5 38. f4
Rg6 39. f5 Rg5 40. f6 1-0

[Event "Rishon Le Ziyyon YM"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shmuter, Leonid"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Nxf2 12. Rxf2 f6 13. exf6 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2
Qxf6 15. Nf1 Ne5 16. Be3 Rae8 17. Bc5 Nxf3 18. gxf3 Rf7 {[#]} 19. Kg1 $146 (19.
Kg2) (19. Ng3) 19... Qxf3 20. Qxf3 Rxf3 21. Re1 Kf7 22. Re2 Bh3 23. Rf2 Rf6 24.
Ne3 Re5 25. Rxf6+ gxf6 26. Kf2 $14 {[#]} Rg5 27. a4 Ke6 28. Bd3 c6 29. a5 f5 $2
{>< Bh3} (29... h5 $13) 30. Kf3 $1 {/\ 31.Kf4} Bg4+ 31. Kf4 Rh5 32. Nxg4 fxg4
33. Kxg4 Rxh2 34. Bf5+ Ke5 35. Bd4+ Kd6 36. b4 {[#]} h5+ 37. Kg5 Re2 38. Kh4
Rh2+ 39. Kg5 h4 (39... Re2) 40. Kg4 Rh1 41. Bc8 h3 42. Kg3 $1 (42. Bxa6 Kc7 (
42... h2 43. Kg3) 43. Be5+ Kd7 44. Bb7 h2 45. Kh3 $1 $16) 42... h2 43. Kg2 Re1
44. Kxh2 Re2+ 45. Kg3 Re8 46. Bf5 (46. Bxa6 $5 Kc7 47. Kf4 $16) 46... Re1 47.
Kf4 Re2 48. Bc5+ Kc7 49. Kg5 Re1 50. Kf6 Rc1 51. Bb6+ Kb7 52. Bd4 c5 $4 53.
bxc5 Re1 54. Bd7 Kc7 55. c6 Kd6 56. Bc5+ Kc7 57. Kf5 Re2 58. Kf4 Re4+ 59. Kf3
Rc4 60. Bd4 {/\ 61.Be5} Kd6 61. Ke3 Ke7 62. Kd3 Kd6 63. Be3 Ke7 64. Bd2 Kd6 65.
Be1 Ke7 66. Bg3 b4 67. cxb4 Rxb4 68. Bf5 Rb3+ 69. Kd4 Rb4+ 70. Ke5 Kd8 71. Kd6
Rc4 72. Bd7 1-0

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.08"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Popovic, Petar"]
[Black "Ernst, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Bf5 12. Nb3 Bg6 13. Nfd4 Bxd4 14. Nxd4 Qd7
15. f4 (15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Be3 Rfe8 17. f4 $2 Nxc3 $1 18. bxc3 Qxc3 19. f5 Qxe3+
20. Kh1 Rxe5 21. fxg6 hxg6 $17 {Kortchnoi-Karl, Schweiz 1982.}) (15. a4 $6 Nxe5
16. f4 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. f5 {J.Polgar-Hellers, Wijk aan Zee 1990.} Qc5+ $1
19. Qd4 Bh5 20. Bf4 Qc6 21. Bb3 Rfd8 $17) 15... Nxd4 16. cxd4 f5 $5 $14 (16...
f6 17. Be3 Rad8 18. Qe2 Kh8 19. Rac1 c6 20. Bd3 Rc8 21. Rc2 Bf5 22. Rfc1 $10 {
Klovan-Dorfman, UdSSR 1981.}) 17. Be3 Bf7 18. Rc1 Be6 19. Bd3 c6 20. Rc2 Rac8
21. b4 Ra8 22. Qc1 Rfc8 23. Qa3 Kh8 24. Rfc1 Qb7 25. Qa5 Kg8 26. h3 Kh8 27. Kh2
Kg8 28. Be2 Qd7 29. Bf3 (29. Qb6 Rab8 30. Qxa6 Ra8 31. Qb6 Rab8 $10) 29... Qe8
30. Qa3 Kh8 31. Bd2 Bd7 32. Be1 Qe6 33. Qe3 Rf8 34. g3 Rac8 35. Rg2 Qh6 36. Bd2
g5 $5 37. fxg5 f4 38. gxf4 (38. gxh6 $2 fxe3 39. Bxe3 Rxf3 $19) 38... Qxh3+ 39.
Kg1 Nxd2 40. Rxd2 Qg3+ 41. Rg2 Qxf4 42. Rc3 $1 Qxe3+ 43. Rxe3 Rf4 44. g6 $1 Be6
$5 (44... hxg6 45. Rxg6 Rg8 46. Rxg8+ Kxg8 47. Rd3 Bf5 48. Rc3 Bd7 49. Rd3 $10)
45. gxh7 (45. Rh2 Rc7 46. Ra3 Rg7 47. Rxh7+ Rxh7 48. gxh7 Bg4 49. Bg2 $14 Rxd4
50. Rxa6) 45... Rxd4 46. Bh5 Rxb4 47. Rf3 Rh4 48. Bg6 d4 49. Rf6 Bd5 50. Rg3
Be4 51. Bf7 Rxh7 52. e6 $1 $44 Bd5 53. Bg6 Rh1+ 54. Kf2 Bxe6 55. Rxe6 c5 56.
Kg2 Rh6 57. Rxa6 c4 58. Rd6 d3 59. Rd7 Ra8 60. a3 Rh4 61. Bxd3 cxd3 62. Rgxd3
Rf8 63. R3d5 {Time} 0-1

[Event "Budapest zt-B"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Haba, Petr"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Nf1 $1 Rd8 14. Ne3 Bh5
15. b4 (15. Nf5 Ne6 16. a4 $6 b4 17. a5 Na7 18. Qd3 Nb5 $15 {Woda,J- Hracek,Z,
Poznan 1987}) 15... Ne6 16. g4 (16. Nf5 O-O 17. a4 Rfe8 (17... Bg6 18. axb5
axb5 19. Qe2 Kh8 20. Kh1 Rb8 21. Rd1 $14 {Ernst-Collett, Limhamn 1991.}) 18.
axb5 axb5 19. Qd3 Bg6 20. Qxb5 $1 (20. Rd1 Bf8 21. Be3 Ra8 22. h3 Rxa1 23. Rxa1
d4 $10 {Balashov,Y- Portisch,L, Moskva 1981, 31(390).}) 20... Nxe5 21. Qxd7
Nxd7 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Bxg6 (23. Bb3 $6 Be4 24. Nd4 Nxd4 25. cxd4 Re6 $10 {
Horvath,C- Kuczynski,R, Dresden 1988.}) 23... hxg6 24. Nd4 $1 $14 {Rodriguez,
Am- Marin,M, Novi Sad (ol) 1990, 50/370.}) (16. Nf5 d4 $6 17. Be4 $1 Bg6 18. g4
h5 19. h3 Kf8 20. a4 hxg4 21. hxg4 Qe8 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ra6 $1 $18 {
Hjartarsson,J- Kortchnoi,V, Saint John (m/1) 1988.}) (16. Nf5 Nxb4 $5 17. cxb4
Bxb4 18. Rf1 Bc3 19. Rb1 d4 20. Ba3 d3 21. Rb3 Bg4 22. Nxg7+ $1 Nxg7 23. Bb1
Bd4 24. Rxd3 Ne6 25. Qe1 Bxf3 26. Rxf3 c5 27. Kh1 b4 28. Bc1 $16 {Ivanchuk,V-
Chekhov,V, Frunze 1988.}) 16... Bg6 17. Nf5 O-O 18. a4 d4 $1 (18... Rfe8 19.
axb5 axb5 20. Bd3 Rb8 21. Qe2 Ncd8 22. Ra7 $1 $16 {Zagrebelny,S- Neverov,A,
Barnaul 1988, 46(436).}) 19. axb5 axb5 20. Be4 Rfe8 21. Qd3 Nb8 22. Bd2 (22.
N3xd4 $6 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Bxf5 24. Bxf5 Qxd4 25. cxd4 Rxd4 $17) 22... c5 23. cxd4
Nxd4 24. N3xd4 Bxf5 25. Nxf5 Qxd3 26. Bxd3 Rxd3 27. Nxe7+ Rxe7 28. Ra8 Re8 29.
Bf4 Rd4 30. Bg3 Kf8 31. bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISL-FRA"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Black "Hardarson, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Nxf2 $5 (11... Bf5 12. Nb3 Bg6 $14) 12. Rxf2
f6 13. exf6 Bxf2+ (13... Qxf6 14. Qf1 $1 b4 15. Ba4 bxc3 16. Bxc6 cxd2 17. Bxd2
$16 {Husak,K-Ericson,A,corr-5 WCH 1965}) 14. Kxf2 Qxf6 15. Nf1 Ne5 (15... d4 $2
16. Kg1 Ne5 17. cxd4 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Rad8 19. Be3 c5 20. Qd3 g6 21. Nd2 $16 {
Short,N-Popovic,P,Belgrade 1987}) 16. Be3 Rae8 17. Bd4 (17. Bc5 Nxf3 (17... Rf7
18. N1d2 Bf5 19. Kg1 Nxf3+ 20. Nxf3 Be4 21. Bd3 {Fischer,W-Connors,PA,WTcorr
1991} Bxf3 22. gxf3 Qxf3 23. Qxf3 Rxf3 24. Rd1 $14) 18. gxf3 Rf7 19. Kg2 $1 (
19. Ng3 $10 {Ivanchuk,V-Yusupov,A,Linares 1990}) 19... h5 (19... Qg5+ 20. Kh1
d4 {Grünfeld,Y-Mikhalevsky,V,Israel ch 1991} 21. Bxd4 Bd5 22. Bb3 $14) (19...
Bf5 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21. Ng3 Qg5 22. Qd3 h5 23. h4 $1 $16 {Ilincic,Z-Todorovic,MG,
Jug-ch,1990}) (19... Qh4 20. Ng3 Bh3+ (20... Rf6 21. Qd3 Rh6 22. Rh1 $16 {
Ernst,T-Bjarnasson,S,Limhamn 1991}) 21. Kg1 c6 22. a4 Qf4 23. axb5 axb5 24. Qd3
g6 25. Bd1 $16 {Polster,W-Winkelmann,H,CC-BdF-Meisterkl-Vorr J17 1987,Haese,
G-Pragua,C,CC-BDF 1987}) 20. Qd3 Qg5+ 21. Kh1 Bf5 22. Qxd5 c6 23. Qxc6 Bd7 24.
Qg6 $1 Qxc5 25. Bb3 Ree7 26. Ng3 Bc6 27. Ne4 $14 {Vojna,AV-Eriksen,OP,corr.1987
}) 17... Bg4 (17... Qh4+ 18. Kg1 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Qg5+ 20. Ng3 Bh3 21. a4 Re6 22.
axb5 axb5 $14 {Enders-Chehov,Dresden 1985}) 18. N1d2 Qh4+ (18... Qf4 $1 19. Kg1
Nxf3+ 20. Nxf3 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qxf3 22. Qxf3 Rxf3 23. a4 Re2 24. Bb3 Rf5 $10 {
Berggren,AJ-Steinwender,W,IV EU Ch 1990}) 19. Kg1 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Bh3 21. Nf1
Qg5+ 22. Ng3 g6 23. Kh1 $16 h5 24. Qd3 Re6 25. Rg1 Kh7 26. Bc5 Rf7 27. Ne2 Qf5
28. Qxf5 Bxf5 29. Nd4 Bxc2 30. Nxe6 $18 Rf6 31. Ng5+ Kg8 32. Re1 Rf5 33. Re8+
Kg7 34. Bd4+ Kh6 35. h4 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1994.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Tiviakov Wedberg Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4
6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Ba7
13. Nfd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. cxd4 (15. Qxd4 $142 $1 {This by E:Bogoljubow
introduced move is more popular for White today. White can play in a more easy
way for an advantage. The interesting question is: why did Ivan Sokolov choose
this variation?} c5 16. Qd1 $14 {Short,N-Timman,J/El Escorial/1993}) 15... f4
16. f3 Ng3 17. hxg3 fxg3 18. Qd3 Bf5 19. Qxf5 Rxf5 20. Bxf5 Qh4 21. Bh3 Qxd4+
22. Kh1 Qxe5 {Diese Variante trägt den Namen 'Die lange Peitsche'} 23. Bd2 Qxb2
(23... c5 {Ftacnik} 24. Rae1 Qxb2 25. Bf4 Qf6 26. Bxg3 d4 27. Re6 Qg5 28. Be5
$13 {Teschner,R-Honfi,Kar/Monte Carlo/1969/}) 24. Bf4 d4 (24... c5 $2 {Wedberg,
T} 25. Be6+ Kh8 26. Bxd5 $16 {Smyslov,V-Reshevsky,S/URS-USA/1946}) 25. Bxg3 (
25. Bxc7 d3 26. Be6+ Kh8 27. Bxg3 (27. Rad1 $2 Re8 28. Bd7 Re2 29. Bxg3 d2 30.
f4 h5 $17 {Tseshkovsky,V-Tal,M/USR-ch/1974 0-1(43)/ Inf 19/272}) 27... d2 28.
f4 Rd8 29. Rad1 Rd3 30. Rf2 Qb4 $10 {Baturinsky,V-Estrin,Y/Fernpartie/1946})
25... c5 (25... d3) (25... d3 {Ftacnik} 26. Rad1 d2 27. Be6+ Kf8 28. Bxc7 $13 {
Pelitov,D-Estrin,Y/Albena/1973/}) 26. Be5 $5 (26. Rae1 d3 27. Re7 (27. Be6+ Kh8
28. Bd5 (28. Be5 Qc2 $13) 28... Rf8 29. Bd6 d2 30. Rb1 Qd4 31. Bxf8 Qh4+ $10 {
Haese,G-Kegel,OH/CC/1986}) 27... d2 $1 (27... Qf6 28. Rd7 Rd8 $2 (28... c4 $13)
(28... c4 $1 $13 {Ftacnik}) 29. Be5 $1 $16 {Beliavsky,A-Ornstein,A/Le Havre/
1977/1-0/44/}) 28. Be6+ $142 (28. Be5 $2 Qc1 29. Be6+ Kf8 30. Bd6 Qxf1+ 31. Kh2
Qh1+ $3 (31... d1=Q $2 32. Rf7+ Kg8 33. Rf8#) 32. Kg3 Qe1+ 33. Kh3 Qxe6+ $19)
28... Kh8 29. Rd7 c4 30. Rd1 Qf6 $13 {Maranovic /\ c3} (30... c3 $2 31. Be5 c2
32. Bxb2 cxd1=Q+ 33. Kh2 h5 34. Bxg7+ Kh7 35. Bc3+ $3 Kg6 36. Bf7+ Kf5 37. Rd5+
$18)) 26... Re8 27. f4 (27. Rae1 {Ftacnik} Qxa2) 27... Qe2 (27... c4 28. Rab1 {
>< d4}) 28. Rae1 Qh5 (28... Qxa2 $142 $5 {Ftacnik} 29. Bd6 (29. Bxd4 Rxe1 30.
Rxe1 Qd2 31. Be6+ Kh8 $19) (29. Ra1 Qe2 30. Rfc1 g5 31. Rxc5 g4 32. Bxd4 h6 $17
) 29... Re3 $1 30. Bxc5 Rxh3+ 31. gxh3 Qd5+ 32. Kg1 Qxc5 $17) (28... Qd2 $142
$5) 29. Rc1 $1 d3 (29... c4 $2 30. Bxd4 $16) (29... g5 $2 30. Rxc5 g4 31. Bxd4
$1 $18) 30. Rxc5 Qe2 (30... d2 {Ftacnik} 31. Rd5 Qe2 32. Rg1 $16) 31. Rg1 Rd8
$1 (31... d2 $2 32. Rd5 $1 $16 {/\ 33.Rd7}) 32. Rc7 (32. Rd5 $2 Rxd5 33. Be6+
Kh8 34. Bxd5 Qh5#) 32... Kf8 (32... d2 $2 33. Be6+ Kf8 34. Bxg7+ Ke8 35. Bf7#)
33. Bxg7+ (33. Kh2 $2 d2 34. Be6 Qh5+ 35. Kg3 Qg6+ 36. Bg4 d1=Q 37. Rxd1 Rxd1
38. Rc8+ Ke7 39. Rc7+ Ke8 40. Rc8+ Rd8 $19) (33. Rxg7 $6 d2 34. Bg4 d1=Q 35.
Rxd1 Rxd1+ 36. Kh2 Qd2 37. Bxd1 Qxd1 38. Rxh7 $17) (33. Be6 $2 Qh5+ {Wedberg}
34. Bh3 d2 $19) 33... Ke8 34. Bg4 $2 (34. Bc3 {Ftacnik} d2 35. Bxd2 Rxd2 $17) (
34. Bf6 $142 $1 {Tiviakov} d2 35. Bxd8 d1=Q 36. Bh4 $18 {Tiviakov: 'White is
winning by Kings attack.' But is this judgement correct?} Qd6 {Now it's not
easy to see, how White can win.} 37. Rgc1 Qxf4 38. Rc8+ Kf7 39. R8c7+ (39.
R1c7+ Kg6 40. Rg8+ Kh6 $17) 39... Kg8 40. Rc8+ $10) 34... Qxg4 35. Re1+ Qe2 36.
Rxe2+ $2 (36. Bc3 $1 Qxe1+ 37. Bxe1 d2 38. Bxd2 Rxd2 39. a4 $1 (39. Rxh7 Rxa2
$17) 39... bxa4 40. Rc6 (40. Rc4 {Ftacnik} a3 41. Ra4 a2 42. Kh2 $15) 40... Rd4
41. g3 $10) (36. Rcc1 $142 $1 $10 {Tiviakov} Kf7 37. Rxe2 dxe2 38. Re1 Kxg7 (
38... Rd1 $2 39. Bc3 $18) 39. Rxe2) 36... dxe2 37. Bc3 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Rc1 $1 $19
{This pin wins.} 39. Rc8+ Kd7 40. Rh8 Rxc3 41. Rxh7+ Kd6 42. Rh6+ Kd5 43. Rh5+
Kd4 (43... Kd4 {Wedberg} 44. Re5 Re3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Budapest zt-B"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kuczynski, Robert"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nb3 Ne4 (13... Re8 14.
h3 Nxb3 {Sax,G- Huebner,R, EUCup 1991.} 15. axb3 Bh5 16. b4 Qd7 17. Bb3 $14 {
Kortschnoj.}) (13... Ne6 14. Qd3 (14. h3 Bh5 15. Bf5 Bg6 16. Qd3 Qd7 $10 {
Oll,L- Garcia,G, Ibercaja op 1992.}) 14... g6 15. Nfd4 (15. Bh6 $6 Re8 16. Rad1
Bf5 17. Qd2 $10 {Geller,E- Unzicker,W, Bad Wörishofen 1991, 53/(332).}) 15...
Ncxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 c5 18. Qg3 Qd7 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Bg5 Rfe8 21. Bf6
Rac8 22. Bb3 Bf5 23. Rad1 d4 24. Qf4 $14 {Chandler,M- Wedberg,T, Haninge 1988.}
) (13... Qd7 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. h3 $1 (15. Qd3 g6 16. Bg5 Be7 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18.
Qe3 $14 {Erlandsson,CEM- Mooren,L, 1988 CCYB 02.}) 15... Be6 16. Nd4 Nxd4 $6
17. cxd4 Be7 18. Be3 $16 {Ivanchuk,V- Haba,P, Debrecen 1988.}) 14. Bf4 Re8 (
14... f5 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Qd3 $16 {Aljechin-Nimzowitsch, Petersburg 1914.})
15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Rxe4 Qxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rad8 19. Ree1 g5 20. Bg3
$16 Kg7 21. e6 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 f5 23. Bxc7 Kf6 24. f4 g4 25. Re1 Bf8 26. Nd4 Nxd4
27. cxd4 Rxe6 28. Be5+ Kf7 29. Rc1 Rh6 30. Rc8 (30. d5 Bd6 31. Rc6 $16) 30...
Rh3 31. Ra8 h5 32. Rxa6 Be7 33. Rh6 h4 34. Rh7+ Ke8 35. Rh8+ Kf7 36. Rh7+ Ke8
37. Kf1 Rxh2 38. d5 Rh1+ 39. Ke2 h3 40. d6 Bd8 41. Bc3 Rb1 42. b3 Bb6 43. d7+
Kf8 44. Bg7+ Kg8 45. Bd4 Kxh7 46. Bxb6 h2 47. d8=Q h1=Q 48. Qe7+ Kh6 49. Qg5+
Kh7 50. Qxf5+ Kh6 51. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Vocaturo, Daniele"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Fine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 (9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Nxd2 (11... Nxf2) (11... f5 12. Nb3
Bb6 13. Nfd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. cxd4 f4 16. f3 Ng3 17. hxg3 fxg3 18. Qd3
Bf5 19. Qxf5 Rxf5 20. Bxf5 Qh4 21. Bh3 Qxd4+ 22. Kh1 Qxe5 23. Bd2) 12. Qxd2 $1
Ne7 13. b4 Bb6 14. Ng5 Bf5 15. Bxf5 Nxf5 16. Qd3 g6 17. e6 $36 {Smyslov,
V-Ragozin,V URS-ch13 Moscow 1944 (4) 1-0} (17. Rd1 c6 18. Qh3 h5 (18... h6) 19.
Ne4 dxe4 $1 20. Rxd8 Raxd8 21. Bg5 Rd3 $44 {Ragozin})) (9. Qe2 Nc5 (9... Bc5)
10. Rd1 Nxb3 (10... Be7 11. c4 d4 $132) 11. axb3 Be7 (11... Qc8 12. c4 dxc4 13.
bxc4 Bxc4 14. Qe4 $36 Nb4 15. Bg5 h6 {Petrosian,T-Lilienthal,A Moscow exh 1957
1-0} (15... Bc5 16. Na3 O-O {Smyslov} (16... Bb3 17. Rd2) 17. Nxc4 bxc4 18.
Qxc4) (15... c6 $5 16. Rd8+ Qxd8 17. Bxd8 Rxd8 $44 {Smyslov})) 12. c4 O-O 13.
Nc3 Nb4 14. Be3 c6 15. Rac1 Qb8) 9... Be7 (9... Nc5 10. c3 Bg4 11. Bc2 Ne6 12.
Re1 Bc5 13. Nf1 Bh5 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. Bb3 Ne7 16. h4 h6 (16... h5 17. Nd4 {
[%csl Rh5]}) 17. h5 Bh7 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. cxd4 O-O 20. Qg4 $14 {[%cal Gc1h6]}) (
9... Bc5 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 Nxf2 12. Rxf2 f6 13. exf6 Qxf6 (13... Bxf2+) 14.
Qf1 Bg4 15. Kh1 {Smyslov,V-Botvinnik,M Moscow-ch 23th 1943 1-0} (15. Qd3 Qf5 (
15... Bxf2+ 16. Kxf2 g6 17. Qxd5+ Kh8 18. Be4) 16. Qxf5 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 Bxf2+ 18.
Kxf2 Rxf5 19. Kg1 Re8 20. Nf1 $14 {Fine}) (15. h3 Be6 (15... Bxf2+ 16. Qxf2
Bxf3 17. Qxf3 $16 {Fine}) 16. Nb3 Bxf2+ 17. Qxf2 Ne5 18. Nbd4 c5 $2 (18...
Nxf3+ 19. Nxf3) 19. Bg5 $40 {Fine})) 10. c3 Nc5 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nf1
Re8 14. h3 Bxf3 $5 $146 {Curieusement ce coup naturel est une nouveauté alors
que les Noirs obtiennent assez facilement l'égalité} (14... Bh5 15. Ng3 Bg6 16.
Nf5 Bf8 (16... Ne4) 17. Bf4 Qd7 18. N3h4 Rad8 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21.
cxd4 Ne6 22. Bg3 c5 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Bd3 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P (2723)-Jussupow,A
(2583)/Germany 2004/CBM 100}) 15. Qxf3 Bf6 $1 $11 {La pointe} 16. Bf4 (16. exf6
Rxe1 17. fxg7 Ne4 18. Rb1 {[%cal Gc2b1]} Ne5 $36) 16... Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Rxe5 c6 21. Ng3 Rxe5 22. Qxe5 Qd7 23. Nf5 f6 24.
Qe7 Qxf5 25. Qxc5 Qe6 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Ga8e8]} 26. a4 bxa4 (26... Re8 27. axb5
axb5 28. Ra6 Qe1+ 29. Kh2 Qe5+) 27. Rxa4 Rb8 28. b4 Rb5 29. Qd4 c5 30. bxc5 Qc6
{[%mdl 8]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Franco"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Bf5 12. Nb3 Bg6 13. Nfd4 Bxd4 14. Nxd4 Qd7
15. f4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 f6 17. Be3 fxe5 $6 (17... Rad8 $1) 18. fxe5 (18. dxe5 $1 {
xQd7}) 18... Rxf1+ 19. Qxf1 Rf8 20. Qe2 (20. Qe1 $5) 20... Qe6 21. Rf1 (21. Rc1
$1 c6 22. Bd3 Be8 $10) 21... Rxf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis-01"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1977.09.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1977.09.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[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. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Bf5 12. Nb3 Bg4 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. Re1 Re8
15. Bf4 (15. Be3 Ne6 (15... Ne4 {Geller,E-Cseshkovsky/Moscow/1976/}) 16. Qd3 g6
17. Bh6 {Fischer,R-Larsen,B/Santa Monica/1966/}) 15... Bh5 {Keres} (15... Ne6
16. Qd3 g6 (16... Nxf4 $2 17. Qxh7+ Kf8 18. Qh8+ Ke7 19. Qh4+ {P 20. g4}) 17.
Bh6) 16. Bg3 Ne6 (16... Bg6 $143 17. Nd4 $16) 17. Qd2 $5 Ne7 (17... Bxf3 $2 18.
gxf3 {Pf4~/=>>}) 18. Nh4 $1 (18. Nd4 $143 c5 19. Nxe6 (19. Nf5 Nxf5 20. Bxf5
Bg6 $15) 19... fxe6 $15 {Karpov}) 18... d4 19. Be4 (19. f4 dxc3 20. Qxc3 Qd4+
$15) 19... c6 20. Qc2 (20. Bf3 $16) 20... Bg6 21. Rad1 Qb6 22. f4 d3+ (22...
dxc3+ 23. Bf2 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 $14) 23. Qf2 Qxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Nc5 (
25... Rad8 26. Re3 Nc5 27. b4) 26. Rd4 (26. Re3 Nd5) 26... Rad8 27. Kf3 (27. b4
$143 Rxd4 28. cxd4 Ne4+ 29. Kf3 Nc3 $132) 27... h6 {Pg5} 28. Bf2 $5 Ne6 (28...
Rxd4 29. cxd4 Na4 30. b3 Nc3 31. Rxd3 Nxa2 32. Ke4 $16 {Karpov}) 29. R4xd3 $1
Rxd3+ (29... g5 $2 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Rxd8+ Nxd8 32. Bc5) 30. Rxd3 g5 (30...
Nxf4 $2 31. Kxf4 g5+ 32. Ke4 gxh4 33. Bxh4) 31. f5 Nf4 (31... Nf8 $142 32. f6 (
32. Rd6 gxh4 33. Ke4 Nh7 (33... Nd5 34. Rxc6) 34. Rxh6 $16 {/+-}) 32... Neg6
33. Nxg6 Nxg6 34. Bg3 Nxe5+ 35. Bxe5 Rxe5 36. Rd6 Rc5 $14 {Smyslov}) 32. Rd6
Ned5 33. Bd4 gxh4 34. Rxc6 f6 35. e6 $16 (35. exf6 $142 $16 {/+-}) 35... Nh5
36. Rxa6 Ng7 37. Ke4 Ne7 38. Bxf6 Ngxf5 39. a4 bxa4 40. Rxa4 Rd8 $6 (40... Kh7
41. Ke5 $16) 41. Ra7 $1 Kf8 (41... Nd6+ 42. Kd3 {P 42... b5 43. d7}) 42. Rd7 $2
(42. c4 $142) 42... Rc8 43. b4 $6 (43. b3 {Pc4}) 43... Ke8 44. Ra7 (44. b5 $6
Rc5 45. b6 Rc6 46. b7 Rxe6+ 47. Kf4 Rb6 $17) 44... Nd6+ 45. Kd3 Nd5 46. Be5 Nb5
47. Rh7 Rc6 $1 (47... Nbxc3 $4 48. Rh8+) 48. Rxh6 Nbxc3 49. Rxh4 Na2 50. b5
Rxe6 51. Rh5 (51. Bd4 $142) 51... Rg6 52. Bg3 Rg4 53. Kc2 (53. Re5+ Kf7 54. Kc2
Nab4+ 55. Kb3 Rd4 $132) 53... Nab4+ 54. Kb3 Rd4 55. Bf2 Rd3+ 56. Ka4 (56. Kc4
Rc3+ 57. Kd4 Rc2 $10) 56... Rd1 57. b6 Nc6 58. b7 Kd7 59. Bg3 Nde7 60. Rb5 Rd2
61. Rb3 Rxg2 62. Kb5 Rd2 63. h4 Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates final"]
[Site "El Escorial"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst Knaak} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7.
Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 (11... Bf5 {Knaak}) (11...
Nxf2 {Knaak}) 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. Nfd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 (14... Qd7 {Knaak}) 15.
Qxd4 $1 (15. cxd4 f4 16. f3 Ng3 $1 17. hxg3 fxg3 18. Qd3 Bf5 19. Qxf5 Rxf5 20.
Bxf5 Qh4 21. Bh3 Qxd4+ 22. Kh1 Qxe5 23. Bd2 Qxb2 $13) 15... c5 16. Qd1 h6 (
16... f4 17. f3 Ng5 18. a4 b4 (18... bxa4 19. Rxa4 c4 20. b3 $1 Qb6+ 21. Kh1
Rad8 22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. cxd4 Bd7 24. Rb4 $14 {Haag-Estrin/corr/1979/}) 19. cxb4
c4 (19... cxb4 20. Qd4) 20. b3 $1 (20. Qd4 {Ernst} Bf5 21. Bxf5 Rxf5 22. Rd1
Ne6 23. Qxd5 Qb6+ 24. Kf1 Rd8 25. Qxe6+ Qxe6 26. Rxd8+ Kf7 27. Bd2 Rxe5 28. Bc3
Rd5 29. Rd1 $10 {Kroencke,M- Kegel, OH, CC-BdF-Meisterklasse 1987.}) 20... d4
21. bxc4 Bxc4 22. Bb3 Qd5 23. Bxc4 Qxc4 24. Rb1 Kh8 $2 (24... Ne6 $1 25. Qb3
Rfc8) 25. Qb3 Qe2 26. h4 Nf7 27. Bxf4 {1-0/Rantanen-Ornstein/Reykjavik/1981/})
17. f3 Ng5 18. Be3 Rc8 19. Qd2 (19. b4 $2 {Knaak} cxb4 20. cxb4 d4 $1) 19... a5
20. Rad1 Qe7 21. Bb1 Kh8 22. Rfe1 Rc7 23. Bf2 b4 24. h4 $6 (24. Qd3) (24. Qd3
$14 {Knaak} f4 25. h4) 24... Nh7 25. Qd3 g5 26. Qa6 Rfc8 (26... gxh4 27. Qd6
Qg7 (27... h3 28. Bxc5 Qg7 29. Re2 $16) 28. Bxh4 $1 (28. Qxe6 Ng5 (28... Rg8 {
Ernst} 29. g3 hxg3 30. Be3 $16) 29. Qxd5 $2 Nh3+ 30. Kf1 Nf4) (28. Bxh4 {Knaak}
Rg8 29. Re2 $16)) 27. Re2 (27. Qxa5 bxc3 28. Qxc3 (28. bxc3 {Knaak} gxh4 $13 {
>< Qa5}) 28... gxh4 $132) (27. Qd6 Qf7) 27... Rc6 28. Qd3 (28. Qxa5 gxh4 29. f4
bxc3 30. bxc3 Rg8 $132) 28... gxh4 29. f4 Rg8 (29... Nf8 $5) (29... Nf8 {
Knaak (Timman)}) 30. Qf3 bxc3 31. bxc3 Rb6 (31... Rcc8) (31... Rcc8 {Knaak 
(Timman)}) 32. Bc2 Rg4 33. Kh2 (33. Bb3 {Knaak} Nf8 (33... h3 34. Qxh3 Rxf4 35.
Qxh6 $16) 34. Bxd5 Ng6 35. Bxe6 Qxe6 36. Bxc5 Nxf4 37. Bxb6 Nxe2+ 38. Qxe2
Qxb6+ 39. Kh2 $16 {(Ligterink)}) 33... Rb8 (33... Nf8 {Knaak}) (33... Rb2 $2 {
Ernst} 34. Rxd5 $1 Bxd5 35. Qxd5 Rxf4 36. Bb3 Rxb3 37. axb3 $18) 34. Rxd5 $1 (
34. a3 Rbg8 35. Rg1 Rg3 $1) 34... Bxd5 35. Qxd5 Rxf4 (35... Rd8 {Ernst} 36.
Qxc5 Qxc5 37. Bxc5 Rxf4 38. e6 Re8 39. Bd4+ Kg8 40. e7 Rxd4 41. cxd4 Kf7 42.
Bb3+ $1 Kf6 43. Re6+ Kf7 44. Ra6+ Kg7 45. Rxa5 Rxe7 46. Rxf5 $16) 36. Bxc5 Qg7
(36... Nf6 {Knaak} 37. exf6 Qxe2 38. f7 $16) 37. Bd4 Re8 (37... Rg8 38. e6 Nf6
39. Bxf6 Qxf6 40. e7 Re8 41. Qb5 $1 Rxe7 42. Qb8+ Kg7 43. Rxe7+ Qxe7 44. Qxf4
$18) (37... Rf1 38. e6 Nf6 39. Bxf6 Qxf6 40. e7 Re8 41. Qb5 $18 (41. Ba4 {Knaak
} Qg6 42. Qe5+ Kh7 43. Bxe8 Qxe8 44. Rd2 $18)) (37... Qg3+ {Knaak} 38. Kg1 Ng5
39. e6+ Rxd4 40. Qxd4+ Kg8 41. Qd5 $16) (37... Qb7 $4 {Ernst} 38. e6+ Kg8 39.
Qxb7 Rxb7 40. e7 $18) 38. Qd6 $2 (38. e6 $1 Rxd4 (38... Nf6 39. Bxf6 Qxf6 40.
Qb5 $3 Rg8 (40... Rxe6 {Knaak} 41. Rxe6 Qxe6 42. Qb8+ $18) 41. e7 $18) 39. Qxd4
$16) (38. e6 $10 {Ernst}) 38... Qg3+ $2 (38... Rf1 $1 39. e6 (39. Re3 f4 40.
Rd3 Rg8 41. e6 Nf6 42. Bxf6 (42. Qc6 Qg3+ $1 43. Rxg3 hxg3+ 44. Kh3 Rh1#) 42...
Qxf6 $17) (39. Bf2 h3 $17 (39... Qg4 40. Qd2 Rg8 41. Bg1 Qg3+ 42. Kh1 h3 {
und # laut FRITZ2}) (39... h3 {Ernst} 40. Bh4 hxg2 41. Rxg2 Qxe5+ 42. Qxe5+
Rxe5 43. Bf2 $1 $44)) 39... Nf6 40. e7 $2 (40. Bxf6 {Knaak} Qxf6 $17 (40...
Qxf6 {Ernst} 41. Qe5 Kg7 42. Ba4 Re7 43. Bd7 $15)) (40. g3 $1 f4 $1 41. g4 f3 (
41... Nxg4+ 42. Kg2 Ne3+ $10) 42. Re4 $3 f2 43. Rf4 Nxg4+ 44. Rxg4 Rh1+ 45.
Kxh1 f1=Q+ 46. Rg1 Qf3+ 47. Kh2 Qe2+ 48. Kh3 $3 Qf3+ 49. Kxh4 Qff6+ 50. Bxf6
Qxf6+ 51. Kh3 Qf3+ 52. Qg3 Qh5+ 53. Qh4 Qf3+ 54. Kh2 $18) 40... Ng4+ 41. Kh3
Rh1+) 39. Kg1 h3 (39... Rxd4 $1 {Ernst} 40. Qxd4 Ng5 41. e6+ Kg8 42. Qe3 f4 $14
) 40. Rf2 $1 (40. e6+ $1 {Knaak} Kg8 41. Rf2 Rg4 42. e7 $3 $18 {(FRITZ2)})
40... h2+ $2 (40... Rxd4 $1 41. Qxd4 Ng5 42. Qf4 Qxf4 (42... Qxc3 {Knaak} 43.
Qxf5 Qxe5 $10) 43. Rxf4 Rxe5 $13) 41. Kh1 Rxd4 (41... Rxf2 42. e6+ Kg8 43.
Qxg3+) (41... Qxf2 {Knaak} 42. Bxf2 Rxf2 $16) 42. Qxd4 Nf6 (42... Qxe5 43. Re2
Qxd4 44. Rxe8+) 43. Re2 (43. Rxf5 $2 {Ernst} Qe1+ 44. Kxh2 Rg8 $1 $40) 43...
Nh5 44. e6+ Qg7 (44... Kg8 45. Qd7 $16 (45. Qd7 {Ernst} Qg6 46. Rf2 Kh8 47.
Bxf5 Ng3+ 48. Kxh2 Nxf5 49. Rxf5 $18)) 45. Kxh2 f4 46. Bg6 (46. Bg6 {Knaak} Ng3
47. Bxe8 Nxe2 48. Qxg7+ Kxg7 49. Bb5 {/\ e7+-}) 1-0

[Event "Rostock-10 GM Group"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "1984.08.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Chekhov, Valery A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1984.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[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. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Nxf2 12. Rxf2 f6 13. exf6 Bxf2+ $1 14. Kxf2
Qxf6 15. Nf1 (15. Kg1 Ne5) 15... Ne5 16. Be3 $1 Rae8 $1 17. Bd4 (17. Bc5) 17...
Qh4+ (17... Bg4 18. N1d2 Qh4+ $1 19. Kg1 Nxf3+ 20. Nxf3 Qh5) 18. Kg1 Nxf3+ 19.
gxf3 Qg5+ 20. Ng3 Bh3 21. a4 g6 22. axb5 axb5 23. Bf2 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2002.11.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gofshtein, Leonid D"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2002.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3
d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 {Another variation are:} (9... Bc5 $5 10. Nxe4 dxe4
11. Bxe6 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 fxe6 13. Ng5 O-O 14. Nxe4 Bb6 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Rf5
$1 $10 {Wahls - Haba, BRD 1991}) (9... Be7 $5 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12.
Ng5 Qd5 $6 (12... Bxg5 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qxg5 O-O 15. Qg4 Qd5 16. Bf4 Rad8 $5
$132 {Subit - Am.Rodriguez, Cuba (ch) 1990.}) 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qh6 $1 $40) 10.
c3 Be7 {More populiare 10...d4} (10... d4 $5) (10... d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4
Ncxd4 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Be3 Nf5 15. Qc2 O-O 16. Rad1 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Qc8 18. Nd4 (
18. Ng3 Rd8 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. exd4 c6 21. Nf5 Bf8 $10 {Sax - Hellers, Haninge
1989.}) 18... Nxd4 19. exd4 Qe6 20. Ng3 c6 21. Nf5 Rfe8 $10 {Smirin -
Michalchichin, Klajpeda 1988.}) 11. Bc2 Bg4 (11... d4 $6 12. Ne4 $1 dxc3 13.
Nxc5 Bxc5 14. Be4 $16 {Capablanca - Chajes, New York 1916.}) 12. Re1 O-O {
Other way is:} (12... Qd7 13. Nf1 Rd8 14. Ne3 Bh5 15. b4 $1 Ne6 16. Nf5 d4 $6 (
16... O-O 17. a4 Rfe8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Qd3 Bg6 20. Qxb5 $1 Nxe5 21. Qxd7 Nxd7
22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Nd4 $1 $36 {Am. Rodriguez - Marin, Novi Sad 
(ol) 1990.}) 17. Be4 $1 Bg6 18. g4 h5 19. h3 Kf8 20. a4 $16 {Hjartarson -
Kortchnoi, Saint John (m/1) 1988.}) 13. Nb3 $5 {Umenno etot xod daet belum
shancu na polychenie pereveca.} (13. Nf1 $6 Re8 14. h3 (14. Ne3 Nxe5 15. Bxh7+
Kxh7 16. Qc2+ Kg8 17. Nxe5 Be6 18. Nc6 Qd6 19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 $10 {Wang Zili -
Jusupov, Novi Sad (ol) 1990.}) 14... Bh5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Ne3 Qd7
18. Qxd5 Rad8 $44 {Wahls - Hübner, München 1991.}) 13... Ne6 (13... Ne4 14. Bf4
Re8 (14... f5 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Qd3 $16 {Aljechin-Nimzowitsch, Petersburg 1914.
}) 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Rxe4 Qxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rad8 19. Ree1 g5 20. Bg3
$16 {1/2-1/2 Kuczynski,R-Marin,M/Budapest 1993/CBM 34/[Ernst] (51)}) (13... Re8
14. h3 Nxb3 {Sax,G- Huebner,R, EUCup 1991.} 15. axb3 (15. Qd3 g6 16. Bxb3 Be6
17. Rd1 Qd7 18. Bxd5 Rad8 19. Be4 Qxd3 20. Rxd3 Rxd3 21. Bxd3 Bd5 $44 {1/2-1/2
Sax,G-Huebner,R/Budapest 1991/CBM 26/[Ernst] (38)}) 15... Bh5 16. b4 Qd7 17.
Bb3 $14 {Kortschnoj.}) (13... Qd7 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. h3 $1 (15. Qd3 g6 16. Bg5
Be7 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Qe3 $14 {Erlandsson,CEM- Mooren,L, 1988 CCYB 02.}) 15...
Be6 16. Nd4 Nxd4 $6 17. cxd4 Be7 18. Be3 $16 {Ivanchuk,V- Haba,P, Debrecen
1988.}) (13... Nxb3 14. Bxb3 Be6 15. Qd3 Qd7 16. Ng5 g6 17. Qg3 $36 {1-0
Luther,T-Baumegger,S/Moerbisch AUT 2001/The Week in Chess 366 (31)}) 14. a4 {
[%mdl 8] Pri podgotovke k partii I nametil poitu na ety poziziu.Mne kazaloc,
chto vcledctvie davlenia v chentre po linii d i eventyalnoi clabosti k.flanga
y chernix pozizija belux javno luche.} (14. Qd3 $5 g6 15. Nfd4 $6 (15. Bh6 Re8
16. Rad1 Bf5 17. Qd2 {Geller,E- Unzicker,W, Bad Wörishofen 1991, 53/(332).} (
17. Qd2 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Qd7 19. h4 Red8 20. h5 Bf8 21. Qd2 Ng7 22. hxg6 hxg6 23.
Bg5 $36 {1-0 Emms,J-Rutherford,L/Hastings 1995/CBM 48 ext (27)})) 15... Ncxd4
16. Nxd4 Qd7 $5 (16... Nxd4 17. cxd4 Bf5 (17... c5 $6 18. Qg3 Qd7 19. dxc5 Bxc5
20. Bg5 $36 {1-0 Chandler,M-Wedberg,T/Haninge 1988/CBM 08 (36)}) 18. Qd1 Qd7
$11) 17. Bh6 Rfd8 18. Qg3 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Rac8 20. a4 Bf5 {1/2-1/2 Ramesh,
R-Mikhalevski,V/Biel 2001/CBM 83 ext (20)}) (14. h3 Bh5 15. Bf5 Bg6 16. Qd3 Qd7
$10 {Oll,L- Garcia,G, Ibercaja op 1992.}) 14... Rb8 15. axb5 axb5 16. Qd3 g6
17. Bh6 Re8 18. Rad1 Bf5 19. Qe2 Bxc2 20. Qxc2 Qd7 21. h3 $5 $146 {Takze
zaslyzivaet vnimania 21.h4 kak bulo cugrano v poxozeiu pozizii v
vushepruvedennoi partiu Emmsa} (21. h4 $5) 21... Ncd8 22. Qd2 c6 23. Nh2 f5 24.
exf6 Bxf6 25. Ng4 Bh8 26. Re2 $5 {Belie naxodjat verniu plan planomernogo
ycilenia po linii e} Nf7 27. Rde1 Nd6 28. Bf4 $36 Nxf4 (28... Nc4 29. Nc5 $1
Nxc5 30. Bxb8 $18) (28... Bg7 29. Be5 Nc4 30. Bxg7 Qxg7 31. Qc1 $16 {[%cal
Yg4f6,Yg4h6,Re2e6]}) 29. Qxf4 Rxe2 (29... Ne4 30. f3 Qa7+ 31. Kh1 Rf8 32. Qh2
$16) 30. Rxe2 Rf8 (30... Re8 31. Nc5 Qc8 32. Rxe8+ Nxe8 33. Nh6+ Kg7 34. g4 $18
) 31. Nh6+ Kg7 32. Qd4+ $1 Kxh6 33. Qh4+ Kg7 34. Re7+ $18 {Posle vuigrisha
ferzja,dalneishee delo nexitroi texniki.} Rf7 35. Rxd7 Rxd7 36. Qd4+ Kg8 37.
Qb6 Nc4 38. Qxc6 Rd8 39. Qe6+ Kf8 40. Nc5 Ne5 41. Qb6 Re8 42. Qd6+ Kg8 43.
Qxd5+ Nf7 44. Ne6 h6 45. f4 Rb8 46. Qe4 Kh7 47. h4 Nd6 48. Qc6 Ne8 49. h5 1-0

[Event "Biel GM 51st"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2018.07.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "Golubev,M"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O ({In Carlsen-Mamedyarov (Round
5) White preferred} 5. d3) 5... Nxe4 {The Open Variation (or Open Defence) is
used by a number of the world's best players.} 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 $1 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 ({Another popular move} 9. Nbd2 {had been played in
Navara-Mamedyarov, Round 2.}) 9... Bc5 ({It's normal at the top level to
change lines all the time. The main alternative} 9... Be7 {was used by
Mamedyarov against Carlsen in Stavanger earlier this year.}) 10. Nbd2 O-O 11.
Bc2 {This important theoretical position, known since the end of the 19th
century, seemingly, occurs in the serious practice of both opponents for the
first time.} Nxf2 $5 ({Two other well-known moves are} 11... f5) ({and} 11...
Bf5) 12. Rxf2 f6 13. Nf1 ({White deviates from the main, more principled line} 
13. exf6 Bxf2+ ({but} 13... Qxf6 $6 {is weaker:} 14. Qf1 $1 {Smyslov-Botvinnik,
Moscow 1943}) 14. Kxf2 Qxf6 15. Nf1 ({or} 15. Kg1 Rae8) 15... Ne5 16. Be3 Rae8)
13... Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 fxe5 15. Kg1 {White has B + N for Black's R + 2P; he is
just a bit more active but Black is solid and, on the whole, chances are more
or less equal.} Qd6 $5 {One of the good options.} 16. Ng3 $2 ({After} 16. Ng5
Bf5 $1 17. Bxf5 (17. Bb3 $6 Ne7 18. Ne3 Rad8 $1 {was better for Black in
Darga-Larsen, World U20-ch Copenhagen 1953}) 17... Rxf5 18. Qd3 e4 19. Qh3 Qg6
20. Ng3 Rf6 21. Nh5 {, normally, it's only Black, who, if he so wishes, can
avoid the repetition and try to play for a win.}) ({White can be advised to
play} 16. Be3 $11) ({Or maybe} 16. a4 {(S.Zamora-K.Pecotic, IECG 2004)}) 16...
h6 $2 ({Quite unpleasant for White would have been} 16... Bg4 $1 {with the
idea of} 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 $1 ({naturally, not} 17... Kxh7 $2 18. Ng5+) 18. Bc2 $2
Qc5+ 19. Kh1 Qf2 $1) 17. Qe1 ({White could have played} 17. Be3 $5 {and if} Bg4
18. h3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 e4 $140 $5 20. f4 {but if Vachier-Lagrave decided that
this line looks too risky, it's easy to understand.}) 17... Bg4 $6 ({Engines
suggest} 17... e4 $1 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 c5 $1 20. Be3 c4 $1 {claiming that
Black is better. Still, maybe it's not too dramatic for White after, say,} 21.
Qa5) 18. Nh4 $1 $132 e4 $5 19. h3 $1 Bd7 20. Be3 $1 Qf6 ({The attempt to win a
knight by} 20... g5 $2 {fails to} 21. Nxe4 $1 dxe4 22. Rd1 $16 Qf6 23. Rxd7 {
, etc.}) ({A playable, even if uninspiring, alternative was} 20... Ne7 $5 21.
Rd1 Qc6 {and if} 22. Bb3 Kh7 23. Bc2 Kg8 {repeating.}) 21. Nh5 $1 Qe5 ({After} 
21... Qf7 $5 22. Nf4 {Black has to defend passively by} Ne7 $1 ({if} 22... g5
$2 23. Nxd5 $1 $16)) 22. Nf4 ({A more critical iine was} 22. g4 $1 Rf7 23. Rd1
(23. Bb3 $5) 23... Ne7 {with interesting play. Which is, possibly, more
interesting for White.}) 22... Rxf4 $3 {A pretty combination saves Black.} 23.
Ng6 Rf1+ $1 24. Kxf1 ({If} 24. Qxf1 $2 Qg3 $1 {regaining the piece.}) 24...
Qf5+ 25. Nf4 g5 26. Qg3 $1 Kh7 {And Black will emerge with an extra pawn. But
White's activity will provide enough resources for the first player.} 27. Ke2
$5 gxf4 28. Qxf4 $1 Qxf4 29. Bxf4 Rg8 30. Kf2 ({Or} 30. g4 $5 h5 31. Rh1 $1)
30... Rf8 31. Ke3 $1 Ne7 32. Bxc7 $1 Nf5+ 33. Ke2 b4 34. Bf4 $5 bxc3 35. bxc3
Nh4 36. g3 $1 Ng2 37. c4 $1 Nxf4+ 38. gxf4 Rc8 39. Rd1 Rxc4 40. Bb3 Ba4 41.
Rxd5 Bxb3 42. axb3 Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ubeda"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1997.02.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1997.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Mikhalevski,V} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Bg4 11. Bc2 Ne6 $6 {A seldom played
move} (11... Be7 12. Re1 Qd7 {has been played a lot - however at the moment
whites chances seems to be preferred.} (12... O-O)) 12. Re1 (12. h3 {
Mikhalevski,V} Bh5 13. Re1 Bc5 14. Nb3 Ba7 15. Be3 Bxe3 (15... Nxe5 $6 16. g4
Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Bg6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Bxa7 Rxa7 20. Nc5) 16. Rxe3 Ne7 17. g4 $6
Bg6 18. Nfd4 Bxc2 19. Qxc2 Ng6 $132 20. Rf1 O-O 21. Ne2 c5 22. f4 d4 23. Rg3
Qh4 24. Kg2 d3 25. Qxd3 c4 26. Qe3 cxb3 27. axb3 f5 28. gxf5 Rxf5 29. Qe4 Raf8
30. Qd5 Qf6 31. Nd4 Rxe5 {0-1 Kourtesis,G-Flear,G/Athens Akropolis op 1989})
12... Bc5 13. Nf1 (13. Nb3 {Mikhalevski,V} Ba7 14. Be3 Bxe3 (14... Ne7 15. Bxa7
Rxa7 16. a4 Rb7 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nbd4 $14 Rb6 19. b4 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Nc6 21. e6
fxe6 22. h3 Bxf3 23. Rxe6+ Ne7 24. Rxe7+ Kxe7 25. Qxf3 g6 26. Bb3 Rf8 27. Qe3+
(27. Re1+ Re6 28. Rxe6+ Kxe6 29. Qe4+ Kd7 30. Qxd5+ Kc8 $11) 27... Re6 28. Qg5+
Rff6 29. Bxd5 h6 30. Qg3 Qxd5 31. Qxc7+ Kf8 32. Qh7 Ra6 33. Rc1 Rfc6 34. Re1
Rc8 35. Qxh6+ Kg8 36. f4 Qxd4+ 37. Kh2 Rf8 38. f5 Qd6+ 39. Kh1 Rxf5 {0-1
Angelov,G-Haba,P/Tuzla 1990}) 15. Rxe3 Ne7 16. h3 Bf5 (16... Bh5) 17. Nfd4 Bxc2
18. Qxc2 O-O 19. Rf1 Rc8 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Nc5 Nf5 22. Rd3 Qe7 23. b4 a5 24.
Qe2 $14 g5 (24... Rf7) 25. f4 Ng7 26. Rdf3 axb4 27. cxb4 gxf4 28. Rxf4 Rxf4 29.
Rxf4 Rf8 $2 (29... c6) 30. Rxf8+ Qxf8 31. Qxb5 Qf4 32. Qb8+ {1-0 Wahls,
M-Rhodin,C/Hamburg-ch 1987}) (13. a4 {Mikhalevski,V} Ne7 14. Nb3 Bb6 15. axb5
axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Qd3 $14 c6 18. Nfd4 Qc8 19. Qg3 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21.
cxd4 Ng6 $2 (21... Bf5 $1) 22. e6 $6 (22. Qa3 $16) 22... Bxe6 23. h4 Kd7 $2 (
23... O-O) 24. h5 Ne7 25. Qxg7 Rg8 26. Qf6 Qe8 27. Bg5 h6 28. Bxh6 Rg4 29. Bf4
Qg8 30. g3 Qa8 31. Qe5 Qa5 32. h6 {1:44-1:24 1-0 Rodriguez,A-Sorin,A/
Capablanca mem-B 1993}) 13... Bh5 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. h4 $5 (15. Bb3 Ne7 16. h4 h6
17. h5 Bh7 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. cxd4 O-O 20. Qg4 Kh8 21. Be3 $14 {Kovalev,
A-Kaidanov,G/URS-OT56 Blagoveshchensk 1988 (43)} (21. Be3 {Mikhalevski,V} Qd7
22. Rac1 $14 Rad8 23. Bc2 f5 24. exf6 Rxf6 25. Bxh7 Kxh7 26. Rc2 Nc6 $6 27. Nf5
(27. Ne4) 27... Nb4 (27... Nexd4 28. Bxd4 Nxd4 29. Re7 Qxe7 30. Nxe7 Nxc2 31.
Qe2 Nb4 32. a3 Na2 33. Qc2+ Kh8 34. b4 $18) 28. Rce2 Ng5 (28... Nxd4 $2 29.
Bxd4 Qxf5 30. Qh4 $1 $16) 29. Bxg5 hxg5 30. Re5 Nd3 31. Qxg5 Nxe5 32. Rxe5 Qf7
33. g4 Rd7 34. Qe3 Rc6 35. Ne7 Rcd6 36. Nf5 Rc6 37. b4 Rb6 38. Kg2 Rc6 39. Ne7
Rcd6 40. Nf5 Rc6 41. a3 Rb6 42. Nh4 Rf6 43. g5 Qxh5 44. Qg3 {1-0 Kovalev,
A-Kaidanov,G/URS-OT56 Blagoveshchensk 1988}) (21. a4 $6 {/\Bd2} c5 $5)) 15...
O-O $4 (15... d4 $1 $132) (15... Bxc2 {Mikhalevski,V} 16. Qxc2 O-O $11 (16...
d4 $6 17. cxd4 Ncxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 (18... Qxd4 19. Be3 Qc4 (19... Qb4 20. Rac1
$18) 20. Qxc4 bxc4 21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Rec1 $16) 19. Qc6+ Kf8 $16)) 16. Bb3 $1
$16 {[%cal Rb3d5,Rh4h5]} (16. h5 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 f6 $1) 16... h6 (16... Qe7 17.
h5 (17. Qxd5 Na5 $44) 17... Be4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Rxe4 Rad8 20. Qe2 $16) (16...
Ne7 {Mikhalevski,V} 17. h5 Be4 18. Ng5 $1 Nxg5 19. Bxg5 $16) 17. h5 Bh7 18.
Bxd5 (18. Qxd5 Qe8 $132 {[%cal Ra8d8]}) 18... Qe8 19. Be4 {[%csl Rf5][%cal
Yg3f5]} Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Rd8 21. Qc2 Be7 22. Ng3 {White has a +P and more space
on the kingside. The win should be a matter of technique.} Qd7 23. Nf5 Qd3 24.
Qxd3 Rxd3 25. Be3 Re8 26. Rad1 Rdd8 27. N3d4 $1 {[%cal Yf2f4,Yg2g4]} Nxe5 (
27... Nexd4 {Mikhalevski,V} 28. cxd4 Bb4 (28... Nb4 $16) 29. Rf1 Ne7 30. Nxe7+
Rxe7 31. f4 $16) 28. f4 Nxd4 (28... Ng4 29. Nxe7+ Rxe7 30. Nc6 $18) 29. Bxd4
Nc6 30. Nxg7 Rxd4 31. Nxe8 Rxf4 {[%cal Re7c5,Rc5f2]} 32. Rd5 Bh4 33. Rf1 Rc4
34. Rdf5 Nd8 35. R5f4 $18 Rxf4 36. Rxf4 Bg5 37. Rf5 Ne6 38. Nf6+ Kg7 39. Ne4
Bc1 40. b3 Be3+ 41. Kf1 Kf8 42. Ke2 Bb6 43. g4 b4 44. Kd3 bxc3 45. Kxc3 Ke7 46.
Kc4 c6 47. g5 1-0

[Event "Prerov Friendship GM"]
[Site "Prerov"]
[Date "2001.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gross, David"]
[Black "Simacek, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2001.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Nxf2 12. Rxf2 f6 13. exf6 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2
Qxf6 15. Nf1 Ne5 16. Be3 Rae8 17. Bc5 Nxf3 18. gxf3 Rf7 19. Ng3 Bg4 20. Kg1
Qxf3 21. Qxf3 Rxf3 22. Rf1 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 g6 24. Kf2 Kf7 25. Bd4 Re6 26. Bd3
Ke7 27. Nf1 Kd6 28. Ne3 Bh3 29. b4 Re8 30. Kg3 Be6 31. h4 Rg8 32. Ng4 Bxg4 33.
Kxg4 {[#] Das Läuferpaar blockt und kompensiert in Verbindung mit dem aktiven
König die schwarzen Mehrbauern.} Ke6 34. Kg5 Rf8 35. Be2 Rf5+ 36. Kh6 Rf4 37.
Kxh7 Rxh4+ 38. Kxg6 Rh2 39. Bg4+ Kd6 40. Kf6 Rxa2 41. Be5+ Kc6 42. Bf3 Rd2 {
Vermutlich sind die letzten zwei weißen Züge vertauscht worden und es geschah
in Wirklichkeit erst 41.Lf3 Td2 42.Le5+Kc6. Anderenfalls war Lf3 ein schwerer
Fehler und das Auslassen von Tf2 ebenso!!} ({denn} 42... Rf2 $19) 43. Ke6 Rd3
44. Bg2 Rd2 45. Bf3 Rd3 46. Bg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Bg4 11. Bc2 Be7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nf1 Bh5 14. Ng3 Bg6 15.
Be3 Qd7 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Qc2 Ne6 18. b4 a5 19. a3 Rfb8 20. Rad1 axb4 21. axb4
Ncd8 22. h4 Qc6 23. Qb3 Qc4 24. Qxc4 dxc4 25. Ne4 Kf8 26. g3 Ra3 27. Kg2 Ke8
28. Rh1 Nf8 29. Nd4 Nd7 30. h5 Nxe5 31. Bf4 Nd3 32. hxg6 Nxf4+ 33. gxf4 fxg6
34. Rh8+ Kf7 35. Nf3 Nc6 36. Nfg5+ Bxg5 37. Nxg5+ Ke7 38. Rh3 Rd8 39. Re3+ Kf6
40. Re6+ Kf5 41. Rxd8 Nxd8 42. Re8 Kxf4 43. Nh3+ Kf5 44. Rxd8 {Wegen der
geringen Bauernzahl problematische Endspiel T+S vs T. Weiß gelingt der
Übergang in ein allerdings nicht ganz einfaches Turmendspiel, für das Sie die
ENDSPIEL-CD bemühen sollten.} Rxc3 45. Rd5+ Ke4 46. Rxb5 Rb3 47. Rc5 Rxb4 48.
Rxc7 Ra4 49. Ng5+ Kd3 50. Ne6 Kc2 51. Nc5 Ra3 52. Ne4 c3 53. Kf3 Kd3 54. Rd7+
Kc2 55. Ke2 Kc1 56. Nc5 Ra2+ 57. Ke3 Ra8 58. Nd3+ Kc2 59. Ne1+ Kc1 60. Kd3 Rc8
61. Rxg7 Kd1 62. Nc2 Rd8+ 63. Kxc3 Rc8+ 64. Kd3 Rxc2 65. Rxg6 Rd2+ 66. Ke3 Re2+
67. Kf3 Re8 (67... Ke1 68. Rg1+ {Gewinn in 33 Zügen laut ENDSPIEL-CD} Kd2 69.
Ra1 Re8 70. Ra3 Rg8 71. Re3 Rf8+ 72. Kg2 Rg8+ 73. Kf1 Rh8 74. Ra3 Rh1+ 75. Kg2
Rh8 76. f4 Ke2 77. Ra5 {ausgedacht von der ENDSPIEL-CD. Arbeiten Sie doch auch
damit!}) 68. Kg4 Ke2 69. f4 Kf2 70. f5 Re4+ 71. Kg5 Kf3 72. f6 Re5+ 73. Kh6 1-0

[Event "San Martin"]
[Site "San Martin"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Black "Sorin, Ariel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Bg4 11. Bc2 Qd7 12. Nb3 Rd8 13. Bg5 Nxb3 14. axb3 Be7
15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Re1 Nb8 17. b4 Bh5 18. Qd3 Bg6 19. Qd2 Bxc2 20. Qxc2 O-O 21.
Nd4 Rfe8 22. Re3 c5 23. bxc5 Qxc5 24. e6 g6 25. Rae1 Qc8 26. exf7+ Kxf7 27. Ne6
Rxe6 28. Rxe6 Qxe6 29. Rxe6 Kxe6 {Q-R+N gelockerte schwarze P- und
Figurenstellung, viele Angriffsziele für die Q, Gewinn durch Doppelangriff} 30.
Qd3 Kd6 (30... Rd7 31. Qe3+ Kd6 (31... Kf7 32. Qb6 $18) 32. Qg3+ $18) (30...
Kf7 31. Qf3+ Kg7 32. Qf4 Re8 33. h4 $18) 31. Qh3 Re8 32. Kf1 Re7 33. Qc8 Nc6
34. Qxa6 $18 b4 35. cxb4 Ra7 36. Qb6 Ra1+ 37. Ke2 Kd7 38. b5 Ne7 39. Qc5 Ra2
40. Qc3 Nf5 41. b6 Nd6 42. b7 Nxb7 43. Qb3 Ra7 44. Qb6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.30"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Hjartarson,J"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Bg4 11. Bc2 (11. h3 Bh5 12. Bc2 Qd7 13. Re1 Rd8 14. b4
$2 (14. Nf1) (14. Nb3) 14... Ne6 15. Nb3 $2 (15. a3 d4 16. Bb2 d3 $5 $15) 15...
d4 $1 16. Be4 dxc3 17. Qxd7+ Kxd7 18. a3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 g5 $17 {Nijboer,F
2525-Sulskis,S 2515, Erevan (ol) 1996}) 11... Qd7 12. Re1 Rd8 13. Nf1 (13. b4
Ne6 14. Nf1 Bh5 15. a3 Bg6 $10 {Topalov,V 2750-Torre,E 2535 Erevan (ol) 1996})
(13. Nb3 {-47/(419)}) 13... d4 $5 (13... Bh5 $6 {-47/(419)}) (13... Be7 {-C83})
14. h3 (14. cxd4 $2 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nxd4 16. Qd1 Nxc2 17. Qxc2 Qd3 $15) 14... d3
$5 (14... Bh5 {-62/(374)}) 15. hxg4 dxc2 16. Qxd7+ $146 (16. Qxc2 Qxg4 17. Ng3
Qg6 $10) 16... Rxd7 17. Ne3 (17. Re2 $2 Rd1 18. Rxc2 Nd3 $17) 17... Nd3 18. Re2
Bc5 19. e6 $6 (19. Rxc2 $2 Ncxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 $15) (19. Nxc2 O-O $44 {xPe5} (
19... Nxf2 $5 20. Rxf2 Rd1+ 21. Nfe1 (21. Nce1 $2 Nxe5 $1 22. Kf1 $8 Bxf2 23.
Kxf2 Nxg4+ 24. Ke2 Rd5 $15) 21... Bxf2+ (21... Nxe5 22. Be3 $1 Rxa1 23. Bxc5
Rxa2 24. Re2 f6 25. Nb4 Ra1 26. Nc6 $14) 22. Kxf2 Nxe5 23. Ne3 Rd7 24. a4 O-O
$13)) 19... fxe6 20. Nxc2 O-O $10 21. Be3 $6 (21. b4 Bb6 22. Be3 $10) 21...
Bxe3 22. Rxe3 (22. Nxe3 Nf4 $1 23. Rc2 (23. Rd2 $2 Rxd2 24. Nxd2 Nd3 $17) 23...
Rfd8 $15) 22... Nxb2 23. Rxe6 Rd6 24. Rae1 (24. Rxd6 cxd6 25. Re1 Nc4 26. Ncd4
$10) 24... Na4 25. R6e3 (25. Nb4 $142 Rxe6 26. Rxe6 Nd8 $10) 25... g6 26. Nb4
$2 (26. g5 $10) 26... Nd8 $1 $15 {[/\27...c5]} 27. Ng5 $2 (27. g5 c5 28. Nc2
Nc6 $15) 27... a5 $17 (27... c5 $2 28. Ne4 Re6 29. Nd5 $14 {xf6}) 28. Nc2 (28.
Ne4 axb4 29. Nxd6 cxd6 30. cxb4 Nc6 31. a3 Ne5 $17) 28... Rd2 29. Nd4 b4 $1 (
29... Rfxf2 $2 30. Ndf3 $1 Rxg2+ 31. Kh1 Nc6 32. Re6 $18) 30. Re7 (30. Ndf3
Rxa2 31. cxb4 axb4 32. Re7 b3 $1 33. Nxh7 Rf7 34. Nhg5 Rxe7 35. Rxe7 b2 36. Nd2
Ra1+ 37. Kh2 Rd1 38. Ngf3 c5 $1 39. Re8+ $140 Kg7 40. Rxd8 b1=Q 41. Nxb1 Rxd8
$19) 30... Nxc3 $19 31. Ndf3 (31. Nxh7 Rfxf2 32. Nf3 Rxg2+ 33. Kh1 Rde2 $19)
31... Rxa2 32. Nxh7 Rf7 33. Re8+ (33. Nfg5 Rfxf2 $1 34. Re8+ Kg7 35. Rxd8 Rxg2+
36. Kh1 Rh2+ 37. Kg1 Rag2+ 38. Kf1 Rf2+ 39. Kg1 Ne2+ 40. Rxe2 Rxe2 41. Rd7+ Kh6
42. Ne4 $8 Reg2+ 43. Kf1 Rxg4 44. Nhf6 Rf4+ $1 45. Kg1 (45. Ke1 Rxe4+ 46. Nxe4
b3 $19) 45... Rxf6 46. Kxh2 (46. Nxf6 Rc2 $19) 46... Rc6 $19) 33... Kxh7 34.
Rxd8 Re2 $1 35. Rxe2 Nxe2+ 36. Kf1 Re7 37. Ra8 Nc3 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.01"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Zapolskis, Antanas J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[Annotator "Hracek,Z"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

1. e4 {Mikhalevski,V} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Bg4 11. Bc2 Be7 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Nf1
Rd8 14. Ne3 Bxf3 $2 {Mikhalevski,V: 'A very risky decision. Black wins a pawn,
but his king will stay under the strong attack of all white pieces. This move
can be recommended only for players with strong nerves.'} (14... Bh5 15. b4 $1
Ne6 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nf5 O-O 18. a4 $14) 15. Qxf3 Nxe5 16. Qg3 Ng6 17. Nf5 Ne6
18. h4 Bf6 (18... h5 $2 {Mikhalevski,V is refuted by} 19. Rxe6 $1 {with easy
win after both captures:} Qxe6 (19... fxe6 20. Qxg6+ Kf8 21. Qxg7+) 20. Nxg7+ {
[%cal Rg7e6,Rg7e8]}) 19. Bg5 $1 $16 Ne7 {Mikhalevski,V: 'So far all the moves
were forced and had already been played with no much success in a game you
would be able to see below. Only the last Black's move is an attempt to
strengthen black's play in that game.'} ({In the only preceding game Black
lost in few moves:} 19... Kf8 {Mikhalevski,V} 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. h5 Ngf4 22. Qh4
{[%csl Rf6]} Rg8 23. Qxf6 Rxg2+ $2 (23... Nxh5 $142 24. Qh6+ $36) (23... Nxg2
$5 24. Qh6+ Ke8 25. Qxh7 Kf8 26. Qh6+ Ke8 27. Ng7+ Rxg7 28. Qh8+ $1 (28. Qxg7
Nxe1 29. Rxe1 Qe7) 28... Ke7 29. Qxg7 Nxe1 30. Rxe1 $14) 24. Kh1 $18 {[%cal
Gf6h6,Ge1g1]} Ng7 25. Re7 {1-0 Rajcsanyi,Z-Kovacevic,B/Budapest 1994/EXT 97 
(25)}) 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Qf3 $6 (21. Re3 $142 $1 Rg8 22. Qf3 Ng6 23. Qh5 Ngf4 (
23... Ngf8 24. Rae1 $16) 24. Qxh7 $16) 21... Nxf5 22. Qxf5 Qe7 (22... Ke7 23.
Re3 Rdg8 24. Rae1 $16) 23. Rad1 {Mikhalevski,V: 'Possible continuation,but 23.
a4! seems to be much stronger.'} (23. a4 $1 {Mikhalevski,V was probably the
best way of initiative development.} c6 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra6 Rc8 26. Rea1 Kf8
27. h5 $1 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Gh5h6]} Kg7 $140 28. Ra7 Rc7 29. Ra8 $1 {[%csl Rh7]}
Nd8 30. Qg4+ Kf8 31. h6 Rg8 32. Qf4 {[%csl Rh7] and Black is on the edge of
precipice.}) 23... c6 24. Rd3 Kd7 25. Rf3 h6 26. Kf1 $6 (26. b4 $142) 26...
Rdg8 27. a4 Rb8 $6 (27... b4 28. cxb4 Rb8 $14 (28... Qxb4 29. Qxf6 $16)) 28. b4
Rbg8 29. Bb3 Rd8 30. Ra1 Ra8 31. g3 $1 {Mikhalevski,V: 'Securing the position
of the king and preparing a decisive blow.'} ({Immediate} 31. axb5 $6 {
Mikhalevski,V} axb5 32. Rxa8 Rxa8 33. Bxd5 $2 {loses to intermediate check}
Ra1+ 34. Ke2 cxd5 $19) 31... Kd6 32. Kg2 $22 Kd7 $4 (32... Rhb8 $8 33. Qxf6 (
33. a5 $5 Rh8 34. Re1 Rae8 35. Qxf6 Qxf6 36. Rxf6 Ke7 37. Rf5 $16) 33... Qxf6
34. Rxf6 a5 35. axb5 Rxb5 $1 $132 (35... axb4 36. Rxa8 Rxa8 37. cxb4 cxb5 38.
Rf5 $16)) 33. axb5 $18 axb5 34. Rxa8 Rxa8 35. Bxd5 {'+-' Mikhalevski,V.} Ra3
36. Be4 Kd6 37. Qh5 $1 Kc7 38. Qxh6 Nd8 39. Qf4+ Kb7 40. h5 Ne6 41. Qxf6 {
Mikhalevski,V: 'Dubious strategy in the opening was punished by strong
positional pressure of Hracek.'} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.20"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Philippines"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Bg4 11. Bc2 Qd7 12. Re1 Rd8 13. b4 (13. Nf1 d4 $5 14. h3
(14. cxd4 $6 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nxd4 16. Qd1 Nxc2 17. Qxc2 Qd3 $15) 14... Bh5 (14...
d3 $5) 15. Ng3 Bg6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 (18... Kxe7 $5 19.
Qd2 (19. cxd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Qxd4 21. Qf3 Qxb2 $1 22. e6 Nxe6 23. Qc6 Qd4 24.
Qxc7+ Rd7 25. Qc6 Rb8 $10 {Zagrebelny,S-Kharitonov,A/Tashkent/1985/0,5/25/})
19... Ne6 20. Rad1 dxc3 21. Qc1 Qc8 22. Qxc3 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rc1 $13 {
Klovans,J-Kharitonov,A/Omsk/1985/0,5/24/}) 19. cxd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Ne6 21. Nge2
c5 22. Nc6 Rxd1 23. Nxe7 Rxe1+ $10 {Martin del Campo,R-Sagalchik,G/Linares/
1994/0,5/23/}) (13. Nb3 $5 Ne6 14. h3 Bh5 15. a4) 13... Ne6 14. Nf1 (14. Nb3 $5
) 14... Bh5 (14... Be7 15. Ng3 d4 $22 16. Be4 dxc3 17. Qxd7+ Kxd7 $36) 15. a3
$6 (15. Ng3 $5 Bg6 16. Nf5 Be7 $13) 15... Bg6 16. Ra2 a5 $1 $132 17. Bxg6 hxg6
18. Qe2 Ra8 19. Qxb5 $6 (19. Ng3 $5 Be7 20. Be3 $132) 19... axb4 20. cxb4 Bxb4
21. Rd1 Bc5 22. Qd3 $2 (22. Be3 $5 Nxe5 23. Qxd7+ Nxd7 24. Bxc5 Ndxc5 25. Rxd5
$10) 22... Ncd4 $1 23. Nxd4 Bxd4 24. Kh1 (24. Be3 Ra4 $1 $17) 24... Qa4 $1 25.
f4 Bb6 (25... Bc5 $5) 26. Rb2 (26. Qxd5 $4 Rd8 $19) 26... Bc5 27. Ng3 c6 $17
28. Rf1 (28. f5 $2 Rxh2+ 29. Kxh2 Qh4#) 28... Qd4 $1 29. Qc2 (29. Qxd4 Bxd4 $17
) 29... O-O 30. Rb3 Qa4 31. Qb1 Qc4 32. Qb2 Bd4 33. Qb1 Bc5 34. Qb2 Bd4 35. Qb1
Bc3 36. Be3 d4 37. Ne4 (37. Bg1 Nc5 $17) 37... Nc5 $1 38. Nxc5 (38. Rxc3 dxc3
39. Bxc5 (39. Nxc5 c2 40. Qc1 Rfd8 41. Re1 Rab8 $19) 39... c2 40. Qc1 Rfd8 41.
Re1 Rd1 42. Rxd1 cxd1=Q+ 43. Qxd1 Qxe4 $19) 38... Qxc5 39. Bg1 (39. Bc1 Qc4 $17
) 39... Qc4 $5 (39... Rxa3 $5 $17) 40. Rf3 Rfd8 41. Rd3 c5 42. h3 Qa4 (42...
Qe6 43. Rbxc3 dxc3 44. Rxc3 c4 $17) 43. e6 $5 Qe8 $5 (43... fxe6 44. Rg3 $132)
44. exf7+ Qxf7 45. Rb7 Rd7 46. Rxd7 Qxd7 47. Qb3+ Qf7 (47... Kh7 $6 48. Qc4 $5
(48. Qxc3 $5 dxc3 49. Rxd7 c2 50. Be3 Rxa3 51. Bd2 Ra1+ 52. Kh2 Rd1 53. Rc7 $10
)) 48. Rxc3 dxc3 49. Qxc3 c4 $19 50. Bd4 Rb8 51. Be5 Rb3 52. Qa5 Rd3 53. Kh2
Kh7 54. Qb4 (54. a4 c3 $19) 54... Qa7 $1 55. Qxc4 Qe3 (55... Qe3 56. Qc2 Qg3+
57. Kh1 Re3 58. Bd4 Re1+ 59. Bg1 Qe3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Ubeda"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1997.02.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1997.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Mikhalevski,V Hansen,Cu} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4
6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Re1 (12.
h3 Bh5 13. Re1 O-O 14. Nf1 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Ng3 Bg6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qc2
Ne7 19. Bf4 Qd7 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. Bxe5 Rae8 22. Nf1 Ne4 23. f3 Ng5 24. Qd2 Ne6
25. Ne3 g5 26. Rad1 c6 27. Ng4 Ng6 28. Bd4 Qd6 29. b4 Re7 30. Bf2 Rfe8 31. Re3
Qc7 32. Rde1 Nef4 33. Kf1 Rxe3 34. Bxe3 Qf7 35. g3 Ne6 36. Kg2 Rf8 {Leko,
P-Kortschnoj,V/Koop Tjuchem Groningen 1996/CBM 57/1/2-1/2 (54)}) 12... O-O {
Hansen: Kortschnoj has preferred this move lately. His old favorite line used
to be 12..Qd7 and 13..Rd8.} 13. Nf1 (13. Nb3 $5) (13. b4 Ne6 14. Nb3) 13... Re8
(13... d4 $5 {Wedberg: The thematic push in the open spanish. But the move has
not been played much in this exact position.} 14. h3 Bh5 15. Ng3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3
d3 17. b4 $1 dxc2 18. bxc5 Qd7 (18... Qe8 {Hansen,Cu} 19. Nf5 $40) 19. Nf5 Qe6
$5 {Wedberg: This could well be the best move in the position.} (19... Nxe5 $5
$146 {A surprising novelty. Kortschnoj gives a piece for unclear compensation.}
20. Rxe5 Qd1+ 21. Kh2 Bf6 22. Re3 Rad8 {If Black would get b4 in, things would
look rather rosy.} (22... b4 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Nd5 $16) (22... Rae8 23. Nh6+ Kh8
24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Nxf7+ Kg8 26. Nh6+ Kh8 27. Qf5 $16) 23. a3 a5 24. Qe4 h5 25.
Ne7+ $1 (25. Nd4 $2 Rxd4 $1 26. cxd4 Bxd4 27. Ra2 Qxc1 $1 28. Rxc2 (28. Qxd4
Qb1 29. Ra1 c1=Q 30. Rxb1 Qxb1 31. Qe5 $11) 28... Qb1 29. Ree2 (29. Qxd4 Qxc2
$15) 29... Bf6 30. Rcd2 (30. c6 $1 {Timman}) 30... Qc1 31. Qe3 b4 32. axb4 axb4
33. Rd5 Qc4 34. Qd3 Qxd3 35. Rxd3 Rb8 36. Rb3 Rb5 37. c6 Rb6 38. Re4 Bc3 39.
Rc4 Kf8 40. Rb1 Ke7 41. f4 Ke6 42. Rd1 f5 43. g4 g6 44. Kg3 Ra6 {1/2-1/2
Timman,J-Kortschnoj,V/Koop Tjuchem Groningen 1996/CBM 57/[Wedberg]}) 25... Kh8
(25... Bxe7 26. Qxe7 Qf1 27. Re2 Rd1 28. Rxc2 $16) 26. Nc6 Rd5 27. Nxa5 Rxc5
28. Nb3 Rxc3 29. Rxc3 Bxc3 30. Ra2 $18) 20. Qg4 (20. Qxc6 Qxf5 21. Qxc7 Qe6 $1
$15) 20... Qg6 (20... g6 $5) 21. Qxg6 hxg6 22. Nxe7+ Nxe7 23. Bg5 Nd5 $13) 14.
Ne3 (14. h3 Bh5 15. g4 (15. Ng3 Bg6 16. Be3 Qd7 $11) 15... Bg6 16. Bxg6 hxg6
17. Ne3 Qd7 18. Qxd5 Rad8 $44) (14. Ng3 d4 {Tal}) 14... Nxe5 (14... Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 Nxe5 16. Qf5 Ng6 17. Nxd5 Bd6 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Be3 Ne6 20. Rd1 Rd8 21.
g3 c6 22. Nb4 Bxb4 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. cxb4 Qd5 25. Qxd5 cxd5 26. f4 {Adams,
M-Garcia,G/New York op 1995/EXP 47/1-0 (56)} (26. f4 {Mikhalevski,V} Ne7 27. f5
Nd8 28. Bc5 Ndc6 29. Kf2 f6 30. Bxe7 Nxe7 31. Ke3 Nc6 32. Bb3 Kf8 33. Bxd5 Nxb4
34. Kd4 Ke7 35. a3 Nc2+ 36. Kd3 Kd6 37. Bb7 Kc7 38. Be4 Na1 39. b4 $18 {
Adams,M-Garcia,G/New York op 1995/1-0 (56)})) 15. Bxh7+ (15. Nxg4 Nxg4 16. h3
Nf6 17. Nd4 Bf8 18. Bg5 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Qd6 20. Qd1 Nfe4 21. Be3 g6 22. f3 Nf6
23. Qd2 {Prasad,D-Ramesh,R/Madras zt 1995/EXT 95/1/2-1/2 (61)}) 15... Kxh7 16.
Qc2+ Kg8 (16... Ng6 17. Nxg4 $14) 17. Nxe5 Bh5 $5 $146 (17... Be6 18. Nc6 (18.
Nf5 $6 Bxf5 (18... Bf8 $142 $11) 19. Qxf5 Bf6 20. Bf4 $14 {1-0 Daly,C-Glodeanu,
I/Bucharest2 1993 (35)}) 18... Qd6 19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 20. b3 Nd7 21. Bb2 $6 (21. a4
$1 $14) (21. a4 $1 $14) 21... Rae8 22. Rad1 (22. a4 $5) (22. a4 $5) 22... c5
23. f3 Ne5 $1 24. Qf2 $6 (24. Qd2) (24. Qd2 c4 25. bxc4 bxc4 26. Nc2 $10 Nd3
27. Ba3 Qb6+ $145 28. Qe3) 24... c4 25. Qg3 f6 26. Rd4 Qc5 27. bxc4 $6 (27. b4
Qb6 28. Bc1 $17) 27... dxc4 28. Nc2 $2 (28. Bc1) (28. Bc1) 28... a5 $1 $19 {
0-1 Wang Zili-Jussupow,A/Novi Sad olm 1990/TD 90\06/[Balashov] (36)} (28... a5
$1 $19 {Mikhalevski,V} 29. Ba3 b4 30. cxb4 Qa7 31. b5 Rd7 32. Ree4 Bf5 33. Qf2
Bxe4 34. Rxd7 Qxd7 35. fxe4 Qd1+ 36. Ne1 Nd3 {0-1 Wang Zili-Jussupow,A/Novi
Sad olm 1990})) 18. Qf5 $1 (18. b4 $2 Na4) (18. g4 $6 Bg6) (18. Nc6 $6 {
Mikhalevski,V} Qd7 19. Qf5 $6 (19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 $15) 19... Qxf5 20. Nxf5 Bf6 21.
Nfe7+ Kf8 22. Be3 Nd3 23. Nxd5 Nxe1 24. Rxe1 Re6 25. Bc5+ Kg8 26. Rxe6 fxe6 27.
Nxc7 Rc8 28. Bb6 (28. Bd6 $2 Bd8) 28... Bd8 29. f3 Rxc7 30. Nxd8 Rd7 31. Nxe6
Rd6 32. Nf4 Rxb6 $1 33. Nxh5 Rd6) 18... Bf6 19. Nc6 $2 {Jetzt behält Schwarz
sein Läuferpaar} (19. Qxh5 Rxe5 20. Qd1 $1) (19. Nf3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 $11) 19...
Bg6 {^^} (19... Qd7 $5 {Hansen,Cu} 20. Qxh5 Qxc6 21. Rd1 Re5 22. Qf3 Rae8 $132)
20. Qxg6 fxg6 21. Nxd8 Raxd8 $17 22. Rd1 $6 (22. Kf1 $142) (22. Rb1 $142) (22.
Nc2 {Mikhalevski,V} Rxe1+ 23. Nxe1 d4 (23... Na4) 24. cxd4 Bxd4 25. Kf1 (25.
Nf3 $2 Bf6 26. Bf4 Bxb2 27. Bxc7 Rd7 28. Rb1 Rxc7 29. Rxb2 Nd3 30. Rb1 Rc2)
25... Na4 26. Rb1 c5 27. b3 Nc3 28. Rb2 Ne4 29. Rc2 Nxf2 30. Rxf2 Bxf2 31. Kxf2
Rd1 32. Be3 Ra1 33. Bxc5 Rxa2+ 34. Ke3 a5 35. Bb6 $1 a4 36. bxa4 bxa4 37. Bd4
$11) 22... d4 23. cxd4 Bxd4 $4 (23... Rxd4 $142 {Jetzt erhält Schwarz das Feld
d3 für seinen Springer.} 24. Rxd4 (24. Rf1 $5) 24... Bxd4 {>< d3} 25. Rb1 Nd3
26. Kf1 Rf8 {Mit Bauerngewinn.} 27. f3 $2 Nxc1 28. Rxc1 Bxe3 $19) (23... Rxd4
$5 $15 {[%csl Ra1,Rb2,Rc1][%cal Yf6a1,Yc5d3] Hansen,Cu}) 24. Rb1 Na4 25. Re1
$15 (25. Kf1 {Mikhalevski,V} c5 26. Nc2 $2 (26. h4) 26... Bxb2 $1) 25... c5 26.
b3 Nc3 27. Rb2 Nd5 28. Rbe2 Nb4 29. Bd2 $1 Nd3 (29... Nxa2 $2 30. Ba5 $16) 30.
Rd1 c4 31. bxc4 bxc4 32. Kf1 c3 33. Be1 $11 {Der Bauer c3 bleibt angegriffen.}
(33. Bc1 Nf4 34. Ree1 {Ist spielbar, aber unbequemer für Weiß.}) 33... Bf6 (
33... Bxe3 34. Bxc3 $1 (34. fxe3 Rf8+ 35. Kg1 (35. Bf2 Nb4 36. Rc1 c2 $17)
35... Nf4 $1 $19)) 34. a3 Kf7 35. g3 Re6 36. Rc2 Nxe1 37. Kxe1 Rb8 38. Rd7+ $1
Ke8 39. Rd3 (39. Rc7 $2 Rb2 40. Kd1 Rd6+) (39. Rd5 $11 {Mikhalevski,V}) 39...
Rb3 40. Kf1 $1 (40. Ra2 $2 Rb2) (40. a4 $5 {Mikhalevski,V} Re4 $1 (40... Ra3
41. Kf1)) 40... Kf7 (40... Rxa3 $2 41. Ng4 (41. Nd5 {Hansen,Cu} Rc6 $17 (41...
Rc6 {Mikhalevski,V} 42. f4 Kf7 (42... Rb3 $2 43. Nxf6+ $1 gxf6 44. Re2+ Kf8 45.
Rd8+ $11 Kg7 $4 46. Re7+ Kh6 47. Rh8#) 43. g4 Rb3 $17 44. g5 Rb2 45. Ne3 Rxc2
46. Nxc2 Be7)) 41... Rc6 42. Nxf6+ gxf6 43. Re2+ Kf8 44. Rd8+ Kf7 (44... Kg7
45. Re7+ Kh6 46. f4 g5 (46... Kh5 47. h3) 47. f5 g4 48. Rg8 $18 {Droht matt.})
45. Rd7+ $11) 41. Ng4 $1 Rb1+ (41... Rc6 $5 42. Nxf6 gxf6 43. a4) 42. Kg2 Rb2
43. Rc1 Rd2 (43... Ree2 44. Rf3 c2 45. Nxf6 gxf6 (45... Rb1 46. Ne4+ Kg8 47.
Nc3) 46. Rc3 {/\Kg2-f3-e3}) 44. Rxd2 $1 (44. Rf3 c2 {/\Ree2}) 44... cxd2 45.
Rd1 Bc3 46. Ne3 Ba5 47. Kf3 Ke8 48. Ke2 Kd7 49. Kd3 Rd6+ 50. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.20"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Makarichev,S"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Bf5 12. Nb3 Bg6 13. Nfd4 Bxd4 14. cxd4 a5
15. Be3 a4 16. Nc1 a3 17. b3 f6 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. Ne2 Nb4 20. Bb1 Qe7 21. Re1
$5 (21. Qe1 $6 Rfe8 22. Nf4 Bf7 23. Qc1 c5 $1 24. dxc5 Qf6 $17 {Karpov,
A-Kortchnoi,V/Merano W-ch/1981/}) 21... Nxf2 $1 22. Bxf2 Bxb1 23. Rxb1 (23. Nc3
$2 Qf7 24. Bg3 Bg6 $17 {xc2,d3/} 25. Rf1 Qd7) 23... Rxf2 $3 24. Kxf2 Rf8+ 25.
Nf4 $5 (25. Kg1 Qe3+ 26. Kh1 Nd3 27. Rf1 Rxf1+ (27... Nf2+ $2 28. Rxf2 Rxf2 29.
Ng3 Rxa2 30. Qg4 $16 Rf2 (30... Rb2 31. Rf1 Rf2 32. Qc8+ Kf7 33. Qxc7+ Kg6 34.
Qb6+ $18) 31. Nf5) 28. Qxf1 Nf2+ 29. Kg1 Ng4+ $10) 25... Rxf4+ 26. Kg1 Re4 $44
27. Qd2 (27. Rxe4 $2 Qxe4 $15) 27... Nd3 $1 $8 28. Rf1 (28. Rxe4 $2 Qxe4 29.
Rf1 Qxd4+ 30. Kh1 c5 $15) 28... Rxd4 29. Rf3 Nf4 $1 (29... Qe4 $2 30. Rbf1 h6
31. Qa5 $40) 30. Qf2 (30. Qxd4 $4 Ne2+) 30... g5 31. Re3 (31. Re1 Re4 32. Rxe4
dxe4 33. Rg3 Qe5 $1 $40 34. h4 $140 $2 Ne2+ $1) 31... Re4 32. Rxe4 dxe4 {
/\e4-e3-e2/} 33. Qe3 $8 Nd3 34. Rf1 Qe5 $10 35. Kh1 Kg7 36. h4 $5 gxh4 37. g3
$1 $132 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.31"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Re1 Qd7 13. h3 {Not the most
dangerous move here, but Movsesian had already played this.} Bh5 14. Nf1 Rd8
15. g4 Bg6 16. Ng3 O-O $146 ({This is probably better than} 16... Bxc2 {
played by Ivanchuk against Sergey.}) 17. Be3 (17. Bf5 Bxf5 $5 18. gxf5 Ne4 $1
19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qxd7 Rxd7 21. Rxe4 Rd1+ $44) (17. Nf5 Ne4 $1) 17... Ne4 18.
Bf4 f5 19. g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "1999.04.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1999.04.16"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Nf1 Rd8 14. Ne3 Bh5 15.
Bf5 Ne6 16. g4 Bg6 17. Qc2 $5 {N} (17. a4) 17... O-O 18. Rd1 d4 19. cxd4 Ncxd4
20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Qe4 (21. Bxd7 Nxc2 22. Nxc2 Bxc2 23. Rd2 Be4 $15) 21... c5 $1
22. b3 (22. Bxd7 $2 Bxe4 23. Bf5 Nf3+ $17) (22. Bd2 {/\Ba5} Qc6 23. Qxc6 Nxc6
24. f4 c4 (24... Nd4 $5) 25. Be1 Bc5 26. Bf2 Nb4 $15) (22. b4 Qa7 $1 23. Bb2 (
23. bxc5 $2 Ne2+ 24. Kf1 Nc3 $19) 23... Ne6 $1 24. bxc5 (24. Nd5 $6 cxb4 25.
Nxb4 Ng5 $17) 24... Bxc5 $15) (22. f4 b4 $1 {/\Qb5-e2, -/+}) 22... Bg5 23. Ba3
{[#]} (23. Bb2 Bxe3 24. fxe3 (24. Qxe3 Nxf5) 24... Bxf5 25. gxf5 Qxf5 26. Qxf5
(26. Rxd4 Qg5+ 27. Qg4 Qxe3+) 26... Nxf5 27. Kf2 g6 $5 $17 {/\Ng7-e6}) (23. Kg2
Nxf5 24. gxf5 (24. Rxd7 Nh4+ 25. Kg3 Bxe4 $19) 24... Bxf5 $1 $19) (23. Kh1 Nxf5
24. Rxd7 Ng3+ 25. hxg3 Bxe4+ 26. Kh2 Rxd7 $19) (23. Kf1 Nxf5 24. Rxd7 Ng3+ 25.
hxg3 Bxe4 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. f4 Be7 $17 {/\c5-c4, Rogozenko}) (23. f4 Bxf5 24.
gxf5 Bxf4) 23... b4 $1 (23... Qa7 $6 {><f5}) 24. Bxb4 $138 (24. Bb2 Bxe3 25.
fxe3 Bxf5 26. gxf5 Qxf5) 24... Qb5 $1 (24... cxb4 $2 25. Bxd7) 25. Be1 (25. Bd2
Qe2 26. Kg2 Ne6 $1 $19) (25. Ba3 Ne2+ 26. Kg2 Nc3 $17) 25... Qe2 26. Kg2 $8 {
><f3} Bxf5 (26... Nxf5 $5 27. gxf5 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Bxe3 29. Rd3 ({or} 29. fxg6
Qxd1 30. gxf7+ Rxf7 31. Qxe3) 29... Bxf5 30. Qxf5 Bd4 31. Bc3 g6 $17) 27. gxf5
Bxe3 28. Qxe3 Qg4+ 29. Qg3 Qxf5 30. Bd2 Rfe8 $1 (30... Qe4+ 31. f3 Qe2+ 32. Qf2
Qxe5 $17) 31. Bg5 (31. Bh6 Qe4+ 32. f3 Qe2+ 33. Kh3 Nf5) 31... Rd5 32. Bf6 Qe4+
33. Kh3 (33. f3 Qe2+ 34. Kh3 Nf5 $19) 33... Nf5 34. Qg4 $5 Qxg4+ $6 $17 (34...
Rd3+ $1 35. Rxd3 Qxd3+ 36. f3 Kh8 $1 37. Bg5 (37. Rg1 gxf6 38. exf6 Qe3) 37...
Rxe5 $19 {עh3}) 35. Kxg4 Nd4 (35... Rxd1 36. Rxd1 Nh6+ 37. Kg5 gxf6+ 38. exf6
$16 {Nisipeanu}) 36. Bg5 Rexe5 $138 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Bg4 11. Bc2 Ne6 {This is the start of a harmonious
regrouping, which has the drawback of consuming a lot of time, though. I have
experimented with it over the past years, but am not entirely sure about the
final evaluation yet.} 12. Re1 Bc5 13. Nf1 (13. h3 $5 {It is worth mentioning
the following episode. When reaching this point of the game, my veteran GM
opponent spent a relatively long time before playing the last move. I was
rather surprised, because according to traditional theory White should refrain
from driving the bishop back, closer to the stable g6-square. After the game,
my opponent explained that, while trying to guess what my point might have
been when choosing this line, he discovered the possibility of 16...f5 from
the game Caspi-Vocaturo below. Quite a strong power of anticipation! For the
truth's sake, it should be mentioned that his continuation does not question
the viability of Black's general plan at all.} Bh5 14. Nf1 O-O 15. Ng3 Bg6 16.
Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Ne7 18. Nd4 c5 19. Ndf5 Nxf5 20. Nxf5 d4 $132 {Jansa,V (2470)
-Marin,M (2583)/Benasque 2009/CBM 131 Extra (1/2, 26). Black has a solid
kingside position and has counterplay in the centre.}) 13... Ne7 14. Ng3 ({
Once Black has committed himself to ...Ne7,} 14. h3 {makes more sense, see Ni
Hua (2710)-Marin,M (2556)/Reggio Emilia 2009/CBM 128/[Marin,M] (1-0, 42). In
the notes to this game, I have given an overview of the existing theory in
this line.}) 14... O-O {This relatively new move seems to have become a
specialty of Italian players.} ({I am slightly sceptical about the
over-ambitious} 14... h5 15. h3 h4 16. Nf1 Bh5 {Grischuk,A (2671)-Piket,J 
(2659)/Wijk aan Zee 2002/CBM 087/[Postny] (1-0, 53)}) 15. Qd3 $5 $146 {The
critical test to Black's whole setup. The threat of mate in one forces Black
to worsen his position inone way or another.} ({Black's strategy was entirely
justified in the following game:} 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 f5 $1 {Black takes
advantage of the vulnerability of the f2-square in order to block the kingside
and get a very stable position all over the board.} 17. Nh5 (17. Nxf5 $6 g6) (
17. exf6 $6 Rxf6) 17... Qd7 18. Bd2 ({Now or slightly later, White should have
exchanged the blocking knight with} 18. Nf4) 18... a5 19. Rad1 c6 20. Bb1 Ng6
$1 {Black has completed his regrouping and is in control of the position. The
pawns placed on light squares strongly restrict the c2-bishop, ensuring the
e6-knight absolute stability.} 21. Kh1 Qf7 22. Qe2 f4 $15 {Black already
becomes ambitious. Caspi,I (2402)-Vocaturo,D (2445)/Reykjavik 2009/CBM 129
Extra (0-1, 43) ended in a strategic disaster for White.}) 15... g6 {
Strategically, this looks correct, because the c2-bishop is restricted, but
with queens on board the weakness of the kingside dark squares faces Black
with permanent dangers.} (15... Ng6 {is more solid, but leaves the f5-square
undefended, making a later ...f5 impossible.} 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 {This
position requires further practical testing. White has lost a tempo, but has
made sure that the kingside will be his territory of action. Black needs to
find a constructive plan of becoming active in the centre and on the queenside.
}) 16. h3 Bf5 {Black has to give up his bishop for one of the enemy knights.
He chooses to leave the knight on f3 in order to prevent a rapid attack based
on f4-f5.} ({After} 16... Bxf3 17. Qxf3 {the f6-square is not defended by the
g7-pawn any more, making the desirable ...f6 impossible.}) 17. Nxf5 Nxf5 18.
Nh2 $1 {Forcing the further weakening of the black kingside.} h5 (18... c6 19.
Ng4 Be7 20. Qf3 $16) 19. Qe2 Nfg7 {Apparently, Black's position remains
harmonious, but this would be entirely true only in the absence of queens. The
white queen is more mobile than her rival, keeping both wings under
observation and keeping the enemy king in permanent danger.} 20. Nf3 c6 21. Be3
Qb6 22. Qd2 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 Rfd8 24. Rd1 Ra7 25. Rd3 Rad7 ({Black cannot prevent
the enemy queen's intrusion to h6 for long:} 25... Kh7 26. Nh4 Rad7 27. Rg3 Kg8
(27... c5 28. Nxg6 $1 $18) 28. Qh6 $40) 26. g4 $1 {An important prophylactic
move. The threat of gxh5 is not too realistic, because it would just offer
additional squares to the black knights. The main point behind the last move
is preventing ...Nf5.} (26. Qh6 Nf5 {achieves nothing for White.}) 26... c5 27.
Qh6 c4 {Again, strategical consequence of this has a relative character with
queens on board. Although the bishop is restricted even more, giving up the
control of the d4-square increases the force of White's attack. It is not easy
to find a clear plan for counterplay, though.} (27... b4 $6 28. Ba4 $16) (27...
d4 $5 28. cxd4 Qc6 {Black is best advised to maintain the tension, restricting
White's attacking possibilities.} (28... cxd4 $6 29. Bb3 $16) 29. Re1 b4 {
[%csl Ga3,Gc3]} 30. Kh2 {[%cal Gh2g3] The position remains dangerous for Black,
but White cannot find an attacking continuation easily with the centre under
tension. It also is true that Black cannot release the tension with ...Nxd4
because of Ng5, with ...cxd4 because of Bb3 or with ...c4 because of R3e3
followed by Be4.}) 28. Re3 Qc5 29. Nd4 $40 {Everything is prepared for the
final attack now.} Qf8 30. Rf3 Nxd4 31. cxd4 Ne6 32. Qe3 (32. Qxf8+ Kxf8 33.
gxh5 gxh5 34. Rf6 {also looks promising, but keeping queens on the board is
more ambitious.}) 32... hxg4 33. hxg4 Qe7 34. Rf6 Kg7 35. f4 Qb4 36. f5 Nf8 37.
fxg6 fxg6 38. Bxg6 Qxb2 39. Bf5 Nh7 40. Bxh7 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 51st"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2009.01.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{By defeating Almasi in the penultimate round, Ni Hua obtained a lead of 1.5
points over the runners up: Almasi and me. I had no doubt that, having ensured
the win in the tournament, he would play the last game in an ambitious fashion,
but... so would I!} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {Last year, in the same last
round, at the same hour (10.30 a.m.) he used a strong novelty in the Italian
game to defeat me. Now, he switches to more approved paths.} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5.
O-O Nxe4 {Being tired after 8 very colourful games, I wanted to use the
automatic pilot for as long as possible, which explains my decision. Although
I had written two companion books on the closed RL and used these lines to
defeat some strong opponents, I felt that the weapon of my youth would be more
appropriate for the aforementioned purpose.} 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9.
Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Bg4 $5 11. Bc2 Ne6 12. Re1 Bc5 {A hyper-active variation,
advocated for Black by Ivan Sokolov. I had never played it before and, judging
from his relatively long thought starting with this moment, I understood that
my opponent had never done any special preparation against it.} 13. Nf1 Ne7 $5
({A relatively rare move. The main line goes} 13... Bh5 14. Ng3 Bg6 {, but I
never have been to keen to lose time with that bishop in this way.} {However,
I am slightly bothered by the move} 15. Bb3 $1 {for instance} ({True, after} 
15. h4 d4 {things seem to be OK for Black.} 16. Bg5 {The most logical move,
continuing the development.} (16. Bb3 dxc3 17. bxc3 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 h6 19. h5 Bh7
20. a4 O-O 21. Bd5 $6 Rad8 22. axb5 Ne7 23. Bb3 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 axb5 $15 {
Jakovenko,D (2608)-Sokolov,I (2662)/Warsaw 2005/CBM 108 (1/2, 70) Black has
achieved stable squares for all his minor pieces and has a dangerous queenside
majority.}) (16. Ng5 $6 {pursues the concrete purpose of undermining Black's
best piece, the e6-knight, but allows him complete the development with gain
of time} Bxc2 17. Qxc2 d3 18. Qd1 Qd5 19. Nh5 O-O-O 20. Nf4 Nxf4 21. Bxf4 Rhe8
$17 {Van den Doel,E (2593)-Sokolov,I (2686)/Netherlands 2008 (0-1, 35) As a
consequence of White's repeated losses of time, Black has achieved a crushing
advantage of space and centralization. Later, he switched to a decisive
kingside attack.}) 16... Qd7 17. cxd4 Ncxd4 18. Nxd4 {and now, in the game
Karjakin,S (2527)-Flear,G (2527)/Hastings 2002/CBM 093 (1-0, 109), the most
logical way to capture is} Bxd4 $1 $13) 15... Ne7 16. h4 h6 17. h5 Bh7 18. Nd4
O-O 19. Qg4 Kh8 20. Be3 Bxd4 21. cxd4 Qd7 22. Rac1 Rad8 23. f4 $14 {Timofeev,A
(2622)-Sokolov,I (2662)/Sarajevo 2005 (1/2, 71). It is not easy to improve
over Black's play in this game.}) 14. h3 $5 $146 {Not a bad novelty.} ({
I was mainly prepared for} 14. Ng3 {when two crucial games went} h5 15. h3 h4
16. Nf1 Bh5 17. a4 d4 (17... b4 18. a5 $1 {Adams,M (2715)-Sokolov,I (2637)/
Sarajevo 2000/CBM 077/[Mikhalevski,V] (1-0, 65)}) 18. Be4 {Grischuk,A (2671)
-Piket,J (2659)/Wijk aan Zee 2002/CBM 087/[Postny] (1-0, 53)}) 14... Bh5 ({
In view of the general considerations regarding the opposition of the
light-squared bishops (see below),} 14... Bxf3 15. Qxf3 O-O {comes into
consideration. White has the pair of bishops, but all Black's minor pieces are
well placed.}) 15. Ng3 Bg6 {Usually in such situations, neither side would be
interested in releasing the tension himself. However, after the knight retreat
to e7, things are less clear, at least from Black's point of view. One
important aspect is that after an eventual exchange Bxg6 hxg6 followed by Nd4 
(or Ng5), the reserve knight cannot sustain his colleague with ...Ncxd4 (or ...
Ncd8, respectively). Therefore, the g6 square would remain vulnerable,
offering White chances for a kingside attack. In case of ...Nxg6, it is not
easy to say whether this knight is really well placed. It is ready to defend
his colleague after a move to f4 or f8, but it leaves the f5- and h5-squares
to the mercy of the g3-knight. We will see how this applies in concrete play
slightly later.} 16. b4 ({In fact, even here} 16. Bxg6 {would have faced Black
with a difficult decision, but maybe with his king's rook on h8 still, he
would have had good reasons to play} hxg6 {and look for counterplay along the
h-file.}) 16... Bb6 ({From my part,} 16... Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Bb6 {would have been
a concession because of} 18. Nh5 {We can see that the tension tends to have a
slightly one-sided character.}) 17. a4 {White creates another spot of tension.
However, the consequences of this move are less one-sided.} (17. Be3 Bxe3 18.
Rxe3 a5 $1 19. Bxg6 Nxg6 20. a3 O-O 21. Nd4 Qd7 {looks OK for Black, because
of the possibility of getting the control of the a-file.}) 17... O-O 18. Be3 $6
{This thematic move gives Black the possibility of achieving comfortable
equality. In order to get a complete evaluation of the opening variation, we
have to consider the exchange on b5 or g6 before Be3.} (18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8
Qxa8 20. Be3 {fails to impress.} Bxe3 21. Rxe3 Bxc2 22. Qxc2 Qc6 $1 {A better
way to activate the queen than keeping it along the a-file.} 23. Ne2 Ra8 24.
Ned4 Qc4 {Black is quite stable since} 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Ng5 $2 {fails to} Ra1+
27. Kh2 Qf4+ 28. Rg3 Nf5 $19) ({However,} 18. Bxg6 {may be unpleasant for
Black.} hxg6 (18... Nxg6 19. Nf5 $14) (18... fxg6 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 Nf5 21.
Nxf5 gxf5 22. Nd4 $14 {and the optimal blocking piece is exchanged, leaving
White with a dangerous passed pawn.}) 19. Bg5 $5 (19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 {
can once again be met by} a5 $1 $11 {like suggested below}) 19... Re8 20. Qd2
c5 21. bxc5 ({The impatient} 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. bxc5 Bxc5 23. Red1 {allows
Black regroup with} Rd7 24. Ne2 Qb6 25. Ned4 Bxd4 26. Nxd4 Rc8 $11) 21... Bxc5
22. Red1 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Gg5e7]} Nxg5 {Finally, Black has to give up this
knight, which leaves the kingside slightly exposed.} 23. Nxg5 Nc6 24. Qf4 Nxe5
25. N3e4 $36) 18... Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Bxc2 $1 {A good moment to carry out this
exchange.} ({I took some time examining the immediate} 19... c5 $6 20. Bxg6
hxg6 (20... Nxg6 21. bxc5 {[%csl Rd5] קd5}) 21. bxc5 Qc7 {but understood that
after} 22. Nd4 Qxc5 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Qg4 $36 {my kingside would be in danger.}
) 20. Qxc2 c5 $6 {But this plan is wrong. Black creates himself unnecessary
weaknesses.} (20... a5 $1 {is a better way to take advantage of the temporary
lack of coordination between White's pieces.} 21. axb5 axb4 22. Rxa8 Qxa8 23.
Nd4 (23. cxb4 Rb8 $15) 23... Qa1+ 24. Kh2 bxc3 $13) 21. bxc5 Qc7 22. axb5 axb5
23. Rb1 Qxc5 24. Rb4 $1 $14 {A strong move, which aims to increase the
pressure against Black's weak pawns and keep the possibility of a rapid
kingside attack by a rook transfer along the 4th rank.} d4 $5 {The best chance,
probably, which, I suspect, my opponent had overlooked.} (24... Ra1+ 25. Kh2
Rfa8 {fails to provide efficient counterplay after} 26. Qd3 $14) 25. Ne4 (25.
Nxd4 Nd5 $15) 25... Qxb4 $6 {I wrongly evaluated the endgame as double-edged.
Play will be rather one-sided. Black had two ways of retaining a slightly
worse, but defensible position.} (25... Qc7 26. Nxd4 (26. Re1 $5 {Ni Hua}) (26.
Nfg5 Nf5) (26. Neg5 g6) 26... Qxe5 27. Ng3 $14) (25... Ra1+ 26. Kh2 Qc7 27.
Nxd4 Nxd4 28. Rxd4 Qxe5+ 29. Ng3 $14) 26. cxb4 dxe3 27. fxe3 $14 {Black's
kingside is not easy to defend.} h6 (27... Rfc8 $5) 28. Nd4 $1 Ra3 29. Qf2 Ng6
(29... Nd5 30. Nf5 Rfa8 31. Ned6 $36) 30. Qf5 Nxd4 (30... Ra2 31. Nxe6 Rxg2+
32. Kh1 $1 Ra8 33. Nd4 Rb2 (33... Ra1+ 34. Kxg2 Nh4+ 35. Kg3 Nxf5+ 36. Nxf5 $14
) 34. Qf1 Nxe5 35. Nc3 Rxb4 36. Ncxb5 $14) 31. exd4 Ra2 {/\Rg2} 32. Qg4 $1 Re8
(32... h5 33. Qg5 $16) 33. Nd6 Re6 34. h4 Ra1+ 35. Kh2 Rf1 36. g3 $16 Rb1 $2
$138 (36... Rf2+ 37. Kh3 Nf4+ $5 38. gxf4 Rg6 {Ni Hua} 39. Qd1 $16) (36... Nf8
37. Qe2 Rb1 38. Qxb5 $16) 37. Qf5 Rb2+ 38. Kh3 Re7 39. Nxf7 $1 $18 Nf8 40. Nd8
Rd7 41. e6 Ra7 42. Nc6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.07"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Nf1 Rd8 14. Ne3 Bh5 15.
b4 Ne6 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nf5 O-O 18. a4 Rfe8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bd3 Rb8 21. Qe2
Ncd8 22. Ra5 $1 $146 ({A strong novelty over the normal} 22. Ra7 d4 $1) 22...
d4 $2 ({But now, this move is bad.} 22... c6 $8 23. Be3 (23. Rd1 Nc7) 23... Nc7
24. Rea1 Nde6 25. R1a3 Ra8 26. Qa2 $14) 23. Rd1 $1 c6 (23... dxc3 24. Bxb5 $18)
24. N3xd4 Bg5 ({Initially I thought that black has good comepensation after} 
24... Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Bd6 (25... Bxb4 26. cxb4 Qxd4 27. Bxg6) {but then I
discovered that with} 26. Bf5 $1 $16 {white gets the upper hand.} (26. f4 Bxb4
$1) (26. Bf4 Bxe5 27. Bxe5 Rxe5 28. Qxe5 Qxg4+ $11) (26. Bxg6 hxg6 27. f4 f6
$132)) 25. Nxe6 Nxe6 26. Bc4 Qc7 27. Bxe6 Bxc1 28. Rd7 Qb6 29. Bxf7+ $1 ({
An elegant way to finish the game, taking advantage of the poor coordination
of the black pieces. Black would have had some chances after} 29. Bb3 c5 30.
Ne7+ Rxe7 31. Rxe7 c4) 29... Bxf7 30. Raa7 Ra8 ({This is just a blunder, but} 
30... Bg6 {would have lost as well:} 31. Rxg7+ Kh8 32. e6 Bf4 33. c4 $3 $18 (
33. Qe4)) 31. Rxa8 (31. e6 Qxa7 32. Qe5 $18) 31... Rxa8 32. e6 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS08 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1997.08.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Acs, Peter"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,A"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1997.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Nxf2 12. Rxf2 f6 13. exf6 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2
Qxf6 15. Nf1 Ne5 16. Be3 Rae8 17. Bc5 Nxf3 18. gxf3 Rf7 19. Kg2 d4 $3 {This
idea I found in 1979 already.} (19... Qg5+ {Possible the preventing check.} 20.
Kh1 (20. Ng3 {Alternative.}) 20... d4 $3 21. Qxd4 (21. Bxd4 {See this game.})
21... Rxf3 22. Be4 Rf4 23. Re1 Rxe4 24. Rxe4 Bd5 $19 {Yehuda Gruenfeld -
Viktor Mikhalevski Championship of Israel, 1991}) 20. Bxd4 Qg5+ 21. Kh1 (21.
Ng3 {V.Kupreichik played against me in 1981.} c5 22. Bf2 Rxf3 23. Kxf3 Bg4+ 24.
Kg2 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 $10 {Kupreichik,V. - Mikhalevski,A. Cup Belorussia, 1981})
21... Bd5 22. Bb3 $1 (22. Nd2 Rxf3 $1) 22... c5 23. Be3 (23. Bxd5 $142 Qxd5 24.
Bf2 Qxf3+ 25. Qxf3 Rxf3 26. Bxc5 Re2 $15) 23... Bxb3 24. Bxg5 Bxd1 25. Rxd1
Rxf3 26. Kg2 Rf5 27. h4 (27. Be3 Rxf1 $1 28. Kxf1 Rxe3 29. Rd6 Rf3+ $1 30. Kg2
Rf6) 27... Re2+ 28. Kh3 Rxb2 29. Ne3 Rff2 $1 30. Kg3 (30. Rd8+ Rf8) 30... Rbd2
$1 31. Be7 Rfe2 $1 32. Rxd2 Rxe3+ 33. Kf4 Rxe7 34. Rd6 Rf7+ 35. Kg4 (35. Ke5
Rf6 36. Rxf6 gxf6+ 37. Kxf6 b4 38. cxb4 c4 $1 $18) 35... Rf6 36. Rd8+ Kf7 37.
Rc8 c4 38. a4 Rg6+ 39. Kf5 (39. Kf4 h5 $1 $18) 39... Rf6+ 40. Kg4 Rf1 $1 41.
axb5 (41. Rc7+ Ke6 $1 (41... Kg6 42. Rc6+ Rf6 43. h5+) 42. Rc6+ (42. axb5 axb5
43. Rb7 Kd5 $1 44. Rxb5+ Ke4 $18) 42... Kd5 43. Rxa6 b4 $1 (43... bxa4 $2 44.
Rxa4 Rc1 45. Ra7 Ke4 46. Rd7 $1) 44. Ra5+ Ke4 45. cxb4 c3 46. Rc5 Rg1+ 47. Kh5
Kd3 48. a5 c2 49. a6 c1=Q 50. Rxc1 Rxc1 51. b5 Ra1 $19) 41... axb5 42. Rb8 Rb1
43. Kf5 g6+ 44. Kg5 Rg1+ 45. Kf4 (45. Kh6 Rg4 46. Rb7+ Kf6 47. Rb6+ Kf5 48.
Rxb5+ Ke4 49. Kxh7 Rxh4+ 50. Kxg6 Kd3 $19) 45... h5 46. Rb7+ (46. Ke5 Kg7 $1
$19) 46... Kf6 47. Rb6+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "1998.11.10"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gruenfeld, Yehuda"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1998.11.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 256]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7.
Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nf1 (13.
Nb3 $5) 13... d4 {I tried to surprise my opponent by this rare move,but
unfortunately he was informed better than I had been expecting.} 14. h3 Bh5 15.
Ng3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 d3 17. b4 $1 dxc2 18. bxc5 Nxe5 $2 $146 {[%mdl 72] During
the game I have been remembering only the idea of this sacrifice and had
absolutely forgotten that Kortchnoi played 18...Qd7 first in order to make 21.
Rf5 impossible.} (18... Qd7 $142 {Wedberg} 19. Nf5 Nxe5 $5 $146 {A surprising
novelty. Kortschnoj gives a piece for unclear compensation.} (19... Kh8 $6 {
Wedberg} 20. Qg4 g6 21. Nxe7 Qxg4 22. hxg4 Nxe7 23. Bg5 Nd5 24. Rac1 $14 {
Rodriguez,A-Wedberg,T/New York Open/1988}) (19... Qe6 $5 {Wedberg This could
well be the best move in the position.} 20. Qg4 (20. Qxc6 Qxf5 21. Qxc7 Qe6 $1
$15) 20... Qg6 (20... g6 $5) 21. Qxg6 hxg6 22. Nxe7+ Nxe7 23. Bg5 Nd5 $13) 20.
Rxe5 Qd1+ 21. Kh2 Bf6 22. Re3 (22. Qg3 $5 $146 {Mikhalevski,V} Rfe8 23. f4 Re6
$6 24. Nh6+ Kf8 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. Ng4 {[%cal Gg4f6,Gf4f5]} Be7 27. Qf2 {
[%cal Gf4f5,Gg4e3]} Kg8 (27... Rd8 28. Ne3 {Magomedov,M}) 28. Ne3 Bxc5 $8 29.
Nxd1 $1 $18 {Magomedov,M-Mamahdshoev,Dushanbe 1997;71/(357)}) 22... Rad8 {
If Black would get b4 in, things would look rather rosy.} (22... b4 {Wedberg}
23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Nd5 $16) (22... Rae8 {Wedberg} 23. Nh6+ Kh8 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25.
Nxf7+ Kg8 26. Nh6+ Kh8 27. Qf5 $16) 23. a3 a5 24. Qe4 (24. Ne7+ {Wedberg} Kh8
25. Nc6 Rde8 26. Nxa5 Be5+ 27. g3 f5 28. Kg2 f4 29. gxf4 Re6 $1 $40 {This was
Kortschnojs suggestion after the game.} 30. Qe4 Rg6+ 31. Qxg6 hxg6 32. Rxe5
Rxf4 $15) 24... h5 25. Ne7+ $1 {Wedberg} (25. Nd4 $2 Rxd4 $1 26. cxd4 Bxd4 27.
Ra2 Qxc1 $1 28. Rxc2 (28. Qxd4 {Wedberg} Qb1 29. Ra1 c1=Q 30. Rxb1 Qxb1 31. Qe5
$11) 28... Qb1 29. Ree2 (29. Qxd4 {Wedberg} Qxc2 $15) 29... Bf6 30. Rcd2 (30.
c6 $1 {Wedberg Timman}) 30... Qc1 31. Qe3 b4 32. axb4 axb4 33. Rd5 Qc4 34. Qd3
Qxd3 35. Rxd3 Rb8 36. Rb3 Rb5 37. c6 Rb6 38. Re4 Bc3 39. Rc4 Kf8 40. Rb1 Ke7
41. f4 Ke6 42. Rd1 f5 43. g4 g6 44. Kg3 Ra6 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Kortschnoj,V/
Groningen 1996/CBM 57/[Wedberg] (44)}) 25... Kh8 (25... Bxe7 26. Qxe7 Qf1 27.
Re2 Rd1 28. Rxc2 $16) 26. Nc6 Rd5 27. Nxa5 Rxc5 28. Nb3 Rxc3 29. Rxc3 Bxc3 30.
Ra2 $18) 19. Rxe5 Qd1+ 20. Kh2 Bf6 21. Rf5 $1 $18 {[%cal Gf5f6,Gg3h5] Timman's
recommendation in 68-th Informant.This is the main difference.Now R:f6 and Nh5
are threatening and black has no time for counterplay.} Rfe8 (21... Rae8 {
doesn't save} 22. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 23. Bh6 $1 Qxf3 24. gxf3 Rd8 25. Rc1 Rfe8 26.
Rxc2 $16) (21... Qxf3 $142 22. Rxf3 Rad8 23. Bf4 Rd1 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 Re8
{with some chances.} 26. Nf5 $140 $2 (26. c6 $5) (26. Re3 $5) 26... Re1 27. Re3
Be5+ $1 {[%cal Ge1c1]}) 22. Rxf6 $5 (22. Nh5 $5 Qxf3 (22... Be5+ $2 {is
refuted by} 23. Rxe5 $1 {[%cal Gf3a8]} Qxf3 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. gxf3) (22... Be7
23. Rxf7 Bf8 24. Qf5) 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Rxf3 Rad8 (24... Re1 25. Rg3+ Kh8 26.
c4 $1 {[%cal Gc1b2,Gg3c3]}) 25. Re3 $1 {/\R:e8,Be3(b2),Rc1} (25. Rg3+ Kh8 26.
Bh6 (26. Re3 $5 {/\R:e8,Be3(b2),Rc1}) 26... Rd1 $13)) 22... gxf6 {I took a
deep breath as I thought that 22.Nh5 had been simplier.Unfortunately the text
is not worse.} 23. Qxf6 $2 {[%cal Gg3f5,Gc1h6] This natural move is a mistake.}
(23. Bh6 $1 {is much simplier.} Qxf3 24. gxf3 {[%cal Gg3h5,Ga1c1]} Re5 $140 (
24... Kh8) 25. Ne4 (25. Rg1 Kh8 {[%cal Ga8g8]}) 25... Kh8 26. Nxf6 $1 Rf5 27.
Rg1 $1 Rxf6 28. Bg7+ $18) 23... Re6 $8 {Now I felt that I had chances to
escape.} 24. Qg5+ Rg6 $8 25. Qe5 {[%cal Gg3f5,Gg3h5]} Re6 $1 {[]} 26. Qxc7 (26.
Qf4 $5 {Gruenfeld,Y}) 26... Qe1 $1 {[%cal Ge1c3,Ge1f2] The point of the
previous move.} 27. a4 $1 Rf8 $1 $138 {Black has to keep all the options open
to complicate white's life.} (27... Qxf2 28. axb5 Rae8 (28... Re1 29. Nf5 $1
Rae8 (29... Qxf5 30. Qg3+) 30. Nh6+ Kg7 31. Bf4 $1 {[%cal Gc7f7]} R8e7 $140 32.
Nf5+) 29. Bf4 $1 R6e7 (29... Re1 30. Rxe1 Qxe1 31. Nf5 $18 {[%cal Gf5h6]}) (
29... axb5 30. Rf1 $18) 30. Qd6 Re6 31. Qd4 Qxd4 32. cxd4 axb5 33. Rc1 $18) (
27... Rae8) (27... Qxc3 $6 28. Ra3 Qe1 29. Qf4 $1 {[%cal Gg3f5,Gg3h5,Ga3g3,
Gc1b2]}) 28. axb5 axb5 29. Nf5 $6 {It wasn't necessary to sacrifice a pawn.} (
29. Qf4 $5) 29... Qxf2 30. Nh6+ (30. Qf4 $5 Qxf4+ 31. Bxf4 Re4 {[%cal Ge4c4]}
32. Bd6 Rfe8 33. Rc1) 30... Kg7 31. Ng4 Qf5 $1 32. Qg3 (32. c4 $5 {[%cal Gc1b2]
} h5 $1) 32... Rg6 $8 33. Qe3 {[%cal Ge3d4]} h5 $1 34. Qd4+ (34. Qe5+ $5) 34...
Kh7 35. Ne3 (35. Qe5 $142) 35... Qg5 $1 (35... Qf2 36. Qe5) 36. Qd2 (36. g4) (
36. Ng4 $142) 36... Qg3+ (36... b4 $5 37. Qxc2 Qxc5) 37. Kg1 Re8 $1 (37... Qxh3
38. Qxc2 $16) 38. Qf2 {Finally white changes queens.} (38. Nxc2 $4 Rge6 $1 {
[%cal Ge6e1]}) 38... Qxf2+ 39. Kxf2 {[%mdl 4096]} Rf6+ $1 (39... Rc6) 40. Ke2
Rc6 41. Ra2 (41. Kd3 $142) 41... Rxc5 42. Rxc2 Re6 $3 $14 {Now it's difficult
to make progress.} (42... b4 $2 43. c4 b3 44. Rc3 $1 Rb8 45. Bb2 $18) 43. Kd1 (
43. Bd2 {would let to change queen side pawns.} b4 $1 44. c4 b3 45. Rb2 Rxc4
46. Rxb3 $14) (43. Kf3 $5) 43... Rce5 $5 {This move took about half an hour.I
had to calculate pawn ending and evaluate queen(!) ending.As usual when you
calculate such long lines a mistake comes in the very beginning.After this
miscalculation the game goes into an interesting rook ending.} (43... Kg6 $5) (
43... f5 $5) 44. Rf2 (44. Re2 $5 f5 45. Re1 (45. Rf2 Rxe3 46. Bxe3 Rxe3 47.
Rxf5 Kg6 48. Rf3 (48. Rxb5 Rxc3 $11) (48. Kd2 Rxc3 $1 49. Rxh5 Rg3 $11) 48...
Rxf3 49. gxf3 Kg5 $1 $11 {see 44.Rf2}) 45... Kg6) 44... Rxe3 $1 (44... Kg6 45.
Nc2 {[%cal Gc2d4]}) 45. Bxe3 Rxe3 46. Kd2 $1 {This was a real shock for me.I
have complitely overlooked this intermediate move.Instead of playing queen
ending I had to defend dangerous rook ending. Fortunately I found a strong
idea and managed to save this game.} ({All my attention was concentrated on} 
46. Rxf7+ {with following variations:} Kg6 47. Rf3 (47. Kd2 Rxc3 $1 48. Kxc3
Kxf7 49. Kb4 Ke6 50. Kxb5 Ke5 (50... Kd5) 51. Kc6 (51. g3 Ke4 $11) 51... Kf4 (
51... h4 $4 52. Kd7 Kf4 53. Ke6 Kg3 54. Kf5 Kxg2 55. Kg4 $18) 52. Kd5 Kg3 53.
Ke4 Kxg2 $11) 47... Rxf3 $1 {Pawn ending with an extra pawn is not always
winning!} 48. gxf3 Kg5 49. Ke2 (49. Kc2 Kf4 50. Kb3 Kxf3 51. Kb4 Kg3 52. Kxb5
Kxh3 53. c4 h4 54. c5 Kg3 55. c6 h3 56. c7 h2 57. c8=Q h1=Q $11) 49... Kf4 50.
Kf2 (50. h4 Kg3) 50... h4 51. Ke2 (51. Kg2 Ke3) 51... Kg3 52. Ke3 Kxh3 53. Kf2
Kh2 54. f4 h3 $1 (54... b4 $2 55. cxb4 h3 56. b5 $1 Kh1 57. b6 h2 58. Kg3 Kg1
59. b7 h1=Q 60. b8=Q $16) 55. f5 b4 56. cxb4 (56. f6 bxc3 57. f7 c2 58. f8=Q
c1=Q 59. Qd6+ (59. Qb8+ Kh1 60. Qb7+ Kh2) 59... Kh1 60. Qd5+ Kh2 61. Qe5+ Kh1
62. Qe4+ Kh2 $11) 56... Kh1 57. f6 h2 58. Ke3 $1 Kg2 59. f7 h1=Q 60. f8=Q $14 {
[%csl Gb4] This is the queen ending that I was rushing into.Its evaluation is
not clear for me.The only thing which is clear the game will be deciding in
the time-trouble.}) 46... Re7 $1 (46... Rg3 47. Rxf7+ Kg6 48. Rf2 {[%cal Gd2c2,
Gc2b3,Gb3b4]}) 47. Rf5 Ra7 $3 {The point of the previous move.} 48. Rxh5+ (48.
Ke3 Ra3 $1 49. Kd4 Ra4+ $1 50. Kd3 Kg6 51. Rxb5 Ra2 52. g4 (52. Rb8 Kg7 $1 53.
g4 Rh2 $1 $11) 52... hxg4 53. hxg4 Rg2 54. Rb4 Rg3+ 55. Kc2 Kg5 $11 {[%cal
Gg3g4]}) (48. Kd3 Kg6 {see 48.Ke3}) 48... Kg6 49. g4 (49. Rxb5 Ra2+ 50. Kd3
Rxg2 51. Re5 f5 $14) 49... Ra2+ 50. Kd3 Rb2 $1 {preparing to meet 51.R~5 with
b4! and theoretically drawn position will have been arising as c4 is refuted
by Rb3+.} 51. Rh8 (51. h4 $5) (51. Rf5 b4 $1 52. c4 $140 Rb3+) 51... Kg7 $1 52.
Rb8 (52. Re8 b4 $1) 52... Rh2 53. Rxb5 Rxh3+ 54. Kc2 (54. Kd4 Rg3 55. g5 (55.
Rg5+ Kh6 56. Rg8 Kh7 57. Rg5 Kh6 58. Rh5+ Kg6 $11) 55... Kg6 56. c4 Rg4+ 57.
Kc3 Rxg5 58. Rxg5+ Kxg5 59. c5 Kf6 60. Kc4 Ke7 61. Kb5 Kd7 62. Kb6 Kc8 $11)
54... Rg3 55. Rg5+ $6 (55. g5 Kg6 $11 {[%cal Gg3g5]}) (55. Rb4 $142 Kf6 $1 56.
Rf4+ (56. Re4 Kg5 $11 {[%cal Gg3g4]}) 56... Ke5 57. Rxf7 Rxg4 58. Rd7 Ke6 59.
Rd8 Ke7 60. Rd3 Ke6 61. Kb3 Rg8 $11) 55... Kf8 $1 $11 {[%cal Gf7f6] At this
moment I finally felt a big relief.Second game will be started from the score
0.5-0.5.} 56. Kb3 f6 57. Rf5 Rxg4 58. Rxf6+ Ke7 {[%cal Ge7d7]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 30th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2000.05.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[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. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Bg4 11. Bc2 Ne6 {A rare but possible move.} (11... Be7 {
is the main line}) 12. Re1 Bc5 (12... Qd7 13. Nb3 Rd8 14. a4 Be7 15. axb5 axb5
16. h3 Bh5 17. Bd3 Rb8 18. Bf5 O-O 19. Qd3 Bg6 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Be3 $14 {
1-0 Vasiesiu,D-Raceanu,V/Bucharest 1999/CBM 69 ext (31)}) 13. Nf1 ({Another
plan is} 13. Nb3) 13... Ne7 $5 $146 {An attempt to revive 11... Ne6.} (13...
Bh5 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. h4 $5 (15. Bb3 $5 Ne7 16. h4 h6 17. h5 Bh7 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19.
cxd4 O-O 20. Qg4 Kh8 21. Be3 Qd7 22. Rac1 $14 {Kovalev,A-Kaidanov,G/
Blagoveshchensk 1988/TD/1-0 (44)}) 15... O-O $2 (15... Qd7 $2 16. Bb3 {[%csl
Rd5,Rg6][%cal Gh4h5]} Rd8 17. h5 Be4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qxd7+ Rxd7 20. Rxe4 $16
{1-0 Innala,H-Granthal,R/FIN 1996/EXT 99 (39)}) (15... d4 $5) 16. Bb3 $1 {
[%csl Rd5,Rg6][%cal Gh4h5]} h6 17. h5 Bh7 18. Bxd5 $16 {Almasi,Z-Jussupow,A/
Ubeda 1997/CBM 58/[Hansen,Cu]/1-0 (47)}) 14. Ng3 {[%csl Rg4][%cal Gh2h3]} (14.
h3 Bh5 (14... Bf5) 15. Ng3 Bg6) 14... h5 {[%cal Gh5h4] Black wants to keep the
bishop.} 15. h3 h4 16. Nf1 Bh5 17. a4 (17. b4 $5 Bb6 18. a4) 17... b4 18. a5 $1
{[%csl Ra6] Fixing the weakness on a6.} bxc3 19. bxc3 Qb8 {[%cal Gb8a7] Black
has been preparing exchange of dark-squared bishops by means of Qa7 hoping to
get the f4-square for his knight.} 20. Ra4 $1 {The best square for the rook.It
takes under control the f4-square and attacks the h4-pawn.} Qa7 21. Be3 {
[%cal Ga4h4]} g5 $6 {[%csl Rf6]} ({I think} 21... Bxe3 $5 {would leave more
chances to reach equality.} 22. Nxe3 Bxf3 (22... Rh6 $5 23. Ng4 (23. Rxh4 $2
Bxf3 {[%csl Rd1,Rh4]}) 23... Rh8 24. Nxh4 Qc5 {[%csl Rc3]} 25. Re3 Nc6 $14 {
[%csl Ra5]}) 23. Qxf3 Qc5) 22. N1h2 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gh2g4,Gg4f6]} Bxe3 23.
Rxe3 Nf4 {Otherwise Ng4 is unpleasant} 24. Qd2 {[%csl Rg5]} Rg8 25. Re1 $1 {
[%csl Rf4][%cal Gf3g5] Preparing N:g5.} (25. Nxg5 {[%csl Rf4]} Nxg2 $1) 25...
O-O-O (25... Ne6 26. Ng4 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gg4f6]} Bxg4 27. Rxg4 {[%csl Rg5]}
Qc5 {[%csl Ra5]} 28. Ra1 $16 {[%csl Rg5]}) 26. Nxg5 $1 {Now it works as after
N~ white knight on g5 will be defended from d2.} Ne2+ ({Black could try
sacrificing of two rooks for a queen:} 26... Rxg5 27. Qxf4 Rdg8 28. Ng4 $16
Bxg4 29. hxg4 Rxg4 $5 (29... Qc5 30. Qxf7 $18) 30. Qxg4+ Rxg4 31. Rxg4 Qc5 {
[%csl Ra5,Rc3]} 32. Re3 $16 (32. e6 $5 Qxc3 (32... f5 $5) 33. exf7 $3 Qxe1+ 34.
Kh2 Qe5+ 35. Kh3 Qh8 36. Rg8+ $1 (36. Bh7 $2 Kb7) 36... Qxg8 37. fxg8=Q+ Nxg8
38. Kxh4 $14 {[%csl Gc2]})) 27. Rxe2 ({Even more convincing was} 27. Kf1 $1 d4
$1 (27... Nxc3 28. Rxh4 $1 Ne4 (28... Bg6 29. Qxc3 Bxc2 30. Nxf7 $18) 29. Nxe4
dxe4 30. Qb4 Nd5 31. Qxe4 Bg6 32. Qg4+ $18) 28. Ngf3 $3 (28. Rxe2 dxc3 $1 29.
Qe3 Bxe2+ 30. Qxe2 (30. Kxe2 Rd2+ $19) 30... Rxg5 (30... Rd2 $2 31. Qg4+ Kd8 $8
{[%csl Rc2,Rf2]} 32. Rf4 $1 Rxc2 33. Rd4+ Ke8 34. Qd7+ Kf8 35. Qd8+ Kg7 36.
Ne6+ $1 $18) 31. Nf3 $36) 28... Nxc3 29. Rxd4 $18 {[%csl Rc8]}) 27... Bxe2 28.
Rxh4 (28. Qxe2 $5 Rxg5 29. Bd3 {[%csl Ra6]} Rdg8 30. Bxa6+ Kd8 31. Ng4 $16)
28... Rg7 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gd8g8]} 29. Qxe2 Rxg5 30. Rh7 $5 (30. Bd3 {[%csl
Ra6] was sufficient for a big edge.For instance} Rdg8 31. Ng4 (31. Bxa6+ Kd8
32. Rg4 (32. Ng4 $143 Ng6 33. Rh6 Nxe5 $1) 32... R5g6 $1 {[%csl Ra6]} 33. Bd3
Rxg4 34. Nxg4 Qxa5 35. Nf6 $16) 31... Ng6 32. Rh6 $1 (32. Bxa6+ Kd8 {see 31.B:
a6}) 32... Nxe5 33. Bh7 $1 Re8 (33... Nxg4 34. hxg4 Rd8 35. Qe7 $1 {[%cal
Gh7f5]}) 34. Rxa6 Qb7 (34... Nf3+ 35. gxf3) 35. Rh6 $16 {[%cal Gf2f4]} (35. f4
$2 Rxg4 36. hxg4 Nf3+ 37. Qxf3 Qxa6 38. Bf5+ Kb8 39. Qxd5 Qe2 $132)) 30... Rdg8
31. Ng4 R5g7 32. Rxg7 Rxg7 33. Qf3 $16 {[%cal Gf3f6]} Qc5 $1 {The only chance.}
(33... c6 34. Qf6 Rg8 35. Nh6 $18 {[%cal Gh6f7]}) 34. Qf6 Rg8 35. Nh6 $2 ({
Much simplier was} 35. Qxa6+ Kb8 36. Qf6 $1 {[%csl Re7,Rf7]} Qxc3 37. Bh7 $1
Re8 38. Qxf7 $18 {Preventing any possible counterplay.}) 35... Rg3 $1 {[%cal
Gg3c3]} 36. Nf5 $6 (36. Qxa6+ Kb8 37. Bd3 Rg7) (36. Bd3 $142 $1 Nc6 (36... Rxd3
$2 37. Qxa6+ {[%csl Rc8,Rd3]}) 37. Bxa6+ Kb8 38. Qf5 {[%cal Gf5c8]} Ka7 (38...
Nxa5 39. Bd3 Rg7 40. Nxf7 Qxc3 41. e6 $16 {[%csl Rb8,Rd5,Ge6]}) 39. Bb5 $1 (39.
Bd3 Nxe5 $1) 39... Rxc3 40. Bxc6 Qxc6 41. Nxf7 $16) 36... Nxf5 37. Bxf5+ $6 (
37. Qxf5+ $142 Kb7 {[%cal Gg3c3]} 38. Bd3 $1 Rg8 39. e6 $1 (39. c4 $5) (39.
Qxf7 Rf8 {[%csl Rf2]}) 39... fxe6 40. Qxe6 $1 (40. Bxa6+ Ka7 41. Qxe6 Rf8 {
[%csl Rf2]}) 40... Ra8 41. c4 $1 $16) (37. Qxa6+ $6 Kb8 38. Bxf5 Rxc3) 37...
Kb7 38. Qxf7 Rxc3 $132 {After series of White's time-trouble(?) inaccuracies
Black gets counterplay.} 39. Be6 Ka7 $6 {I think Black should keep the d-pawn.}
(39... d4 40. Bd5+ Ka7 41. Qg8 c6 42. Qf7+ Kb8 43. Qe8+ Kc7) (39... Rd3 $5 $132
) 40. Bxd5 Rc1+ 41. Kh2 Rd1 42. Bf3 Qxe5+ 43. g3 $14 {Now open position of
black king and pass pawns on the king side secure better chances for White.}
Rb1 44. h4 Qxa5 45. h5 Rb2 {[%csl Rf2]} (45... Qc5 46. Kg2 Rb2 {see 45...Rb2})
46. Kg2 Qc5 {[%csl Rf2]} 47. Be4 Rb4 (47... Qe5 48. Qf3 {[%cal Gh5h6]}) 48. f3
{[%cal Gh5h6] Bringing his king to a safe place on h3.} Rb6 49. Qg7 $1 {
[%cal Gh5h6,Gh6h7,Gh7h8]} Qd6 (49... Rd6 $5 50. h6 $140 $4 (50. Qb2 $142 Rb6
51. Qh8 {[%cal Gh8a8]} Rb8 52. Qg7 $1) 50... Rd2+ 51. Kh3 Qh5#) 50. Qc3 $5 {
[%csl Rc7][%cal Gh5h6]} Qd8 51. Qc1 $1 $16 {[%cal Gh5h6]} Kb8 52. h6 Qf6 53. h7
a5 54. Qf4 $2 (54. Qg5 $142 $1 $18 {was winning on the spot} Rb2+ (54... Qb2+
55. Kh3 {[%cal Gg5g8]}) 55. Kh3 Qxg5 56. h8=Q+ Ka7 57. Qa8+ Kb6 58. Qc6+ Ka7
59. Qxc7+ Ka6 60. Bd3+ Rb5 61. Qc6+ Ka7 62. Bxb5 $18) 54... Qb2+ $1 (54... Qxf4
$2 55. h8=Q+ Ka7 56. Qa8#) 55. Kh3 Qg7 56. Qd2 Rd6 57. Qc1 a4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]
Now white queen is coming with decisive effect.} (57... Kc8 $142 $1) 58. Qb1+
Rb6 59. Qa2 {[%cal Ga2g8]} Qh6+ $2 ({More stubborn was} 59... Rh6+ $142 60. Kg2
Qc3) 60. Kg2 Rb3 61. Qa1 $1 {[%cal Gh7h8]} Qd2+ 62. Kf1 $18 Rxf3+ 63. Bxf3 Qd3+
64. Kf2 Qc2+ 65. Kg1 (65. Kg1 Qxh7 (65... Qc5+ 66. Kh1) 66. Qb2+ Kc8 67. Bg4+
Kd8 68. Qb8+ Ke7 69. Qxc7+ {[%csl Rh7]}) 1-0

[Event "Lost Boys 5th"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nb3 Re8 (13... Ne6 14.
Qd3 g6 15. Qe3 Re8 16. Nfd4 Ncxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Be6 19. Bh6 Bg5 20.
Bxg5 Qxg5 21. a4 c6 22. h4 Qe7 23. Qf4 b4 24. Re3 b3 25. Bd3 h5 26. Rg3 Kg7 27.
Rg5 Rg8 28. Re1 {Nielsen,P-Ofstad,P/Gausdal Masters 1995/EXP 45/1-0 (50)}) 14.
Nxc5 $146 (14. h3 Nxb3 (14... Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Bf8 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Bf4 Qd7 18.
Rad1 Ne7 19. h4 Qe6 20. h5 c6 21. Bg5 a5 22. Bf6 Ra7 23. Qg3 g6 24. Qg5 Nf5 25.
g4 Ne7 26. Kf1 {1-0 Milos,G-Garcia,G/Bogota Lat Cup Final 1991/EXT 91}) 15. Qd3
g6 16. Bxb3 Be6 17. Rd1 Qd7 18. Bxd5 Rad8 19. Be4 Qxd3 20. Rxd3 Rxd3 21. Bxd3
Bd5 22. Bf4 Bc5 23. e6 fxe6 24. Bxc7 e5 25. b4 Ba7 26. Ng5 e4 27. Bxe4 Rxe4 28.
Nxe4 Bxe4 {Sax,G-Huebner,R/EUCup Honved-Bayern 1991/CBM 26/[Ernst]/1/2-1/2 (38)
}) (14. Nbd4 Qd7 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Bd6 17. Bf5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 Rxe5 19. Bxd7
Re1# {0-1 Hansen,S-Lyon,P/Hillerod op 1980/MCD-op}) (14. Bf4 Ne6 15. Qd3 g6 16.
Qe3 Nxf4 17. Qxf4 Bxf3 {1/2-1/2 Skrochocka,J-Barashianth,M/EuYouth U14 Girls,
Tallinn EST 1997}) 14... Bxc5 15. Bf4 Qd7 (15... Bh5 16. Bb3 Ne7 (16... d4 17.
e6 $1) 17. e6 $1 $14) 16. h3 Bxf3 (16... Bh5 $6 17. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 18. Ng5+ Kg6
19. Qd3+ Qf5 20. Qg3 $1 Bb6 21. Rac1 $3 {/\e6,Ne6} (21. e6 $2 f6 22. Nf3+ Kh7
23. Nh4 Qc2 $19) (21. Ne6+ $5 Bg4 22. Nd4 $1 Nxd4 23. hxg4 Qc2 24. cxd4 Kh7 $14
) 21... f6 $2 ({Now it's very difficult to find any good answer.For instance} 
21... a5 $2 22. e6 $1 (22. Ne6+ $5 Bg4 23. Nd4 $1) 22... f6 $140 23. Nf3+ $1
Kh7 24. Nh4 $1 $18) 22. Ne6+ Bg4 (22... Kf7 23. Qxg7+ Kxe6 24. exf6+ $18) 23.
Nd4 Nxd4 24. hxg4 {/\25cd+-}) 17. Qxf3 $14 Nd8 18. Rad1 c6 19. h4 $5 (19. Be3
$5 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 {/\f2-f4-f5}) 19... Ne6 20. Bc1 Rf8 {/\f6} 21. Qg4 (21. h5 f5
$1 (21... f6 $2 22. Qf5 $18) 22. Bxf5 $140 $2 Rxf5 $1 23. Qxf5 Rf8 $15) 21...
f5 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Be3 Raf8 (23... Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Raf8) 24. Bxc5 (24. Rd2 $5)
24... Nxc5 25. Qxd7 Nxd7 26. Rd2 Nc5 {/\a5} 27. Rde2 a5 28. g3 {/\f4!} Rf3 $1
29. Rd1 $6 (29. Rd2 $142 $14 {and rook on e-file is free.}) 29... a4 30. a3 $8
Nb7 {/\Nb7-d6-c4} 31. h5 Nd6 $11 32. Bb1 R8f6 33. Kg2 Rf8 34. Rf1 Nc4 35. Rfe1
Nd6 36. Kg1 {Nobody can strengthen his position.Positional draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch G2"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Nxf2 12. Rxf2 f6 13. exf6 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2
Qxf6 15. Nf1 Ne5 16. Be3 Rae8 17. Bc5 Nxf3 18. gxf3 Rf7 19. Kg2 (19. Ng3 Bg4
20. Kg1 Qxf3 21. Qxf3 Bxf3 $2 (21... Rxf3 22. Kg2 h5 23. Bg6 (23. Rf1 $2 {
Wedberg} Rxf1 24. Kxf1 h4 $19) (23. Bd1 $6 {Wedberg} Rd3 24. Bxg4 Rd2+ 25. Kh3
(25. Be2 $2 h4 $19) 25... hxg4+ 26. Kxg4 Rxh2 $17) 23... Re6 24. Bxh5 Rxg3+ 25.
Kxg3 Bxh5 26. a4 Rg6+ 27. Kf2 Rf6+ 28. Kg2 bxa4 29. Rxa4 Bf3+ 30. Kg3 Be4 31.
Bd4 Rg6+ 32. Kf4 Bd3 33. Ra1 Kf7 34. Rg1 $10 Rxg1 35. Bxg1 a5 36. Ke5 Bc4 37.
Bc5 Ke8 38. h4 Kf7 39. Ba3 a4 40. Bc5 Kg6 41. Bf8 Bb3 42. Be7 Bc4 43. Bf8 c6
44. Be7 Kh5 45. Kf4 Bb5 46. Bf8 Kg6 47. Ke5 Be2 48. Be7 Kh5 49. Kf4 Bd1 50. Bf8
g6 51. Be7 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Jussupow,A/Horgen CS 1994}) 22. Rf1 $16 Rf6 23. b4
c6 24. Bf5 $2 (24. Bd4 Rf4 25. Bf5 $18 {Jussupow,A}) 24... Be2 25. Re1 Bh5 26.
Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. Be7 Rh6 28. Bg5 Rd6 $11 29. Be7 Rh6 30. Bc8 Bf7 31. Bc5 Be6 32.
Bxa6 Bd7 33. Bb7 Kf7 34. Ne2 Ke6 35. Nd4+ Ke5 36. Nb3 Ke4 37. Bf2 Bh3 38. Nd4
Rg6+ 39. Bg3 Rf6 40. Bf2 Rg6+ 41. Bg3 Rf6 42. Bf2 Rg6+ {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,
V-Jussupow,A/Linares 1990/CBM 17}) 19... d4 $3 20. Bxd4 Qg5+ 21. Ng3 (21. Kh1
Bd5 22. Bb3 c5 23. Be3 (23. Bxd5 $142 Qxd5 24. Bf2 Qxf3+ 25. Qxf3 Rxf3 26. Bxc5
Re2 $15) 23... Bxb3 24. Bxg5 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 Rxf3 26. Kg2 Rf5 27. h4 (27. Be3
Rxf1 $1 28. Kxf1 Rxe3 29. Rd6 Rf3+ $1 30. Kg2 Rf6) 27... Re2+ 28. Kh3 Rxb2 29.
Ne3 Rff2 30. Kg3 Rbd2 31. Be7 Rfe2 32. Rxd2 Rxe3+ 33. Kf4 Rxe7 34. Rd6 Rf7+ 35.
Kg4 Rf6 36. Rd8+ Kf7 37. Rc8 c4 38. a4 Rg6+ 39. Kf5 Rf6+ 40. Kg4 Rf1 41. axb5
axb5 42. Rb8 Rb1 43. Kf5 g6+ 44. Kg5 Rg1+ 45. Kf4 h5 46. Rb7+ Kf6 47. Rb6+ Kg7
{0-1 Acs,P-Mikhalevski,A/Budapest FS08 GM 1997/EXP 59}) 21... c5 22. Bf2 Rxf3
23. Kxf3 Bg4+ 24. Kg2 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 {Kupreichik,V-Mikhalevski,A Belarus Cup,
1981} g6 26. a4 (26. b4 $5 Re2 (26... c4 27. Rd7 Qc1 28. Be4 Qb2 (28... Qxc3 $6
29. Bd5+ (29. Bd4 Qd2+ 30. Kh3 Re5 $13) 29... Kh8 30. Ne4 (30. Bf7 Re3) 30...
Rxe4 (30... Qe5 31. Bc6 $16) 31. Bxe4 $16) 29. Bd5+ Kh8 30. Ne4 Rf8 $13 (30...
Qe2 31. Nf6 $18) 31. Bf7 Qe2 32. Nf6 Qc2 33. Ng4 h5 34. Ne5 Qe4+ $11) 27. h4
Rxf2+ (27... Qg4 28. Rd8+ (28. Bb3+ $2 c4 29. Rd4 $2 Rxf2+ 30. Kxf2 cxb3 31.
Rxg4 bxa2 $19) 28... Kf7 29. Bd1 Qxh4 $13) 28. Kxf2 Qxh4 29. Kg2 cxb4 30. Rd4
Qf6 31. Ne4 $13) 26... Re2 27. h4 Rxf2+ (27... Qg4 $5 28. Rd8+ Kf7 29. Bd1 Qxh4
30. Rd7+ (30. Bxe2 Qxd8 31. axb5 axb5 32. Bxb5 Qd5+ $17) 30... Re7 31. Rd6 Qg5)
28. Kxf2 Qxh4 29. Kg2 (29. Be4) 29... Qg5 30. axb5 axb5 31. Be4 Qe3 $13 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mondariz zt 1.1"]
[Site "Mondariz"]
[Date "2000.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Emms, John M"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2000.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Bg4 11. Bc2 Be7 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Nf1 Rd8 14. Ne3 Bh5 15.
b4 (15. Nf5 $6 {Doesn't promise much as it allows to meet b4 with Ne4:} O-O 16.
Nxe7+ Nxe7 17. b4 Ne4 $1 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qxd7 Rxd7 20. Ng5 Bg6 21. e6 Rd3 $1
$132 {Sokolov,A-Korchnoi,V/Tilburg/1987/0:1 (52)/}) 15... Ne6 ({Doesn't work} 
15... Ne4 $2 {because of} 16. Nxd5 $1 {and Black is in trouble as} Nxf2 $2 {
is met by} 17. Kxf2 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 Rxd5 19. Be4 {[%csl Rc6,Rd5]} Bxf3 20. Bxf3
$18 {[%csl Rc6,Rd5]}) 16. Nf5 ({Also possible preliminary} 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nf5
O-O 18. a4 {and now Black could play quite} Rfe8 $5 (18... d4 {leads to
unclear position} 19. axb5 axb5 20. Be4 {[%csl Re7][%cal Ge4c6]} Rfe8 21. Be3
Bf8 22. Qd2 h5 23. h3 Nxb4 $1 {Palkovi,J-Marin,M/Stara Zagora(zt)/0,5 (33)/}))
16... O-O (16... d4 {was also tried once,but looks a bit dangerous:} 17. Be4
Bg6 18. g4 h5 19. h3 Kf8 20. a4 hxg4 21. hxg4 Qe8 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ra6 {
Hjartarson,J-Korcnoi,V/Saint John(m/1)/1:0 (44) Inf 45/387/}) 17. a4 {[%csl
Rb5,Rh7][%cal Gd1d3] Creating a threat of double attack.} Rb8 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]
Piket finds a new idea.This move looks most logical.Black simply defends the
b5 pawn avoiding slightly worse endgames which arise after 17...Rfe8.} ({
Black also tried} 17... f6 $2 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ra6 $6 {0-1 Cuartas,J-Pilgaard,
K/Ubeda 1998/CBM 62 ext (28)} (19. Qd3 $142 $1 {[%csl Rb5,Rh7][%cal Gf5h6]} g6
20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Bh6 $16)) (17... Bg6 $5 {Another logical defence against
Qd3.} 18. Be3 d4 (18... Rfe8 $5) 19. axb5 axb5 20. N5xd4 Ncxd4 21. Nxd4 Bxb4
22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Qb3 Nxd4 24. Bxd4 Be7 25. Ra7 Qc6 {Now after} 26. h3 {
draw was agreed in Vazquez,R-Marin,M/Andorra 1991/EXT 97 (26) however after} (
26. e6 $1 {White's position looks very promising})) (17... Rfe8 {was the most
popular reaction on 17.a4,but after} 18. axb5 axb5 19. Qd3 {[%csl Rb5,Rh7]
[%cal Gf5e7,Gf5h6]} Bg6 20. Qxb5 {Probably this capture is sufficient for
getting advantage:} (20. g4 {is also interesting as logical from the first
sight} f6 $2 {is bad in a view of} 21. Ra6 $1 {with very unpleasant pressure.
For instance} fxe5 ({After} 21... Nxe5 $2 {Black lost by force} 22. Rxe5 $1
fxe5 23. Nxe5 Qc8 24. Nxg6 $18 Qxa6 (24... hxg6 25. Nh6+ $1 $18 {[%csl Rg8]
[%cal Gd3g6]}) 25. Ngxe7+ Rxe7 26. Nxe7+ Kf7 27. Nxd5 {1-0 Schlosser,
M-Kwatschewsky,L/AUT-ch 1989/EXT 97 (34)}) 22. Rxc6 $1 (22. Rxe5 Bf6) 22...
Qxc6 23. Nxe5 $40 {with a strong attack}) ({After} 20. Rd1 Bf8 21. Be3 ({
Mikhalevski,V} 21. Qxb5 Nxe5 22. Qxd7 $140 (22. Qe2 Nc4) 22... Nxf3+ 23. gxf3
Rxd7) 21... Ra8 (21... d4 $6 22. Qe2 $16) 22. h3 (22. Rab1 $5) 22... Rxa1 23.
Rxa1 {Portish equalized with the help of typical break in the centre:} d4 24.
Bxd4 $8 Nexd4 25. N3xd4 (25. cxd4 Nxb4 26. Qe4 Nxc2 $19) 25... Rxe5 26. Qf3 {
1/2-1/2 Balashov,Y-Portisch,L/Moscow 1981/MCL/[Belov] (26)}) 20... Nxe5 21.
Qxd7 Nxd7 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 {and now both 23.B:g6 and 23.Bb3 promise better play:}
23. Bxg6 (23. Bb3 Be4 24. Nd4 Nxd4 25. cxd4 $14 {[%csl Gb3,Gc1,Rc7] 1/2-1/2
Horvath,C-Kuczynski,R/Dresden 1988/CBM 10 (41)}) 23... hxg6 24. Nd4 Ree8 $14 {
1-0 Rodriguez,A-Marin,M/Novi Sad 1990/TD (73)} (24... Nxd4 $2 25. Rxe7 Kf8 $140
$2 26. Rxd7 $18)) 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ra6 {[%cal Ga6c6]} (19. Qd3 Bg6 20. Rd1
Rfd8 {Another point of 17...Rfb8.The d8-square becomes availabe,in this case
for another rook.}) 19... Rfe8 $1 {Good defensive move based on the precise
calculation.Black is not afraid of the ideas with B:h7.Now after both 20.N:e7
R:e7 B:h7 and 20.Qd3 Black keeps the position.} (19... Bg6 {was also possible
in order to meet} 20. Rxc6 $6 {with} Bxf5 {,but probably Jeroen didn't want to
take his bishop from the h5-d1-diagonal where it's still useful.}) 20. h3 ({
An attempt to win a pawn doesn't bring fruits:} 20. Nxe7+ Rxe7 $1 (20... Nxe7
$2 21. Bxh7+ $16 Kxh7 $140 22. Ng5+ Nxg5 (22... Kg6 $2 23. g4 $1 $18 (23. Qd3+
$5 Nf5 24. Re3 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Ge3g3]})) 23. Qxh5+ Kg8 24. Bxg5 $16) 21. Bxh7+
Kxh7 22. Ng5+ Nxg5 ({Very dangerous is} 22... Kg6 $2 {because of} 23. Qd3+ f5
24. Qg3 $1 ({But not} 24. exf6+ $6 Kxf6 25. Nh7+ Kf7 26. Qf5+ Kg8 27. Qxh5 {
which also looks good,but here Black suddenly comes with} Nc5 $1 {and White
should have forced the draw by perpetual check.} 28. Rxe7 Qxe7 29. Nf6+ $3 gxf6
30. Qg6+ Kh8 31. Qh6+ $11) 24... f4 $1 25. Bxf4 Nxf4 26. Qxf4 $40 {[%csl Rg6]
with very strong attack}) 23. Qxh5+ Kg8 24. Bxg5 (24. Qxg5 Nxe5 $1 25. Be3 (25.
Rxe5 $4 Rxe5 26. Qxe5 Re8) 25... Nc4 $11) 24... Rxe5 25. Rxe5 Nxe5 $11) (20.
Qd3 Bg6 21. Rd1 Red8 $1 {This move is possible thanks to a tactical trick:} 22.
Rxc6 $2 {[%csl Re7]} Bxf5 23. Qxf5 g6 $1 $17 {[%csl Rc6,Rf5] winning an
exchange} (23... Qxc6 $4 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. Qh8#)) 20... Bf8 21. g4 ({
Interesting is} 21. Qd3 $5 Bg6 22. N3h4 {and now after sudden} Nxb4 (22... Ned8
$5 {[%csl Re5]}) 23. cxb4 Bxb4 {[%csl Ra6,Rd3,Re1][%cal Ge6c5]} 24. Re3 Nc5 {
[%csl Ra6,Rd3] White is still on top with the help of counter blow} 25. Rxg6 $1
hxg6 (25... Nxd3 $6 26. Rxg7+ Kh8 27. Rxd3 $40 {[%csl Rh8]}) 26. Qd4 $1 {
[%csl Rb4]} gxf5 27. Bxf5 $1 Qe7 28. Qxb4 $14) 21... Bg6 22. Be3 Ned8 {[%csl
Re5] This time knight is making use of the d8-square.Now it's not so simple to
make progress so Emms decides to repeat the moves.} 23. Bf4 Ne6 24. Be3 Ned8
25. Bf4 {Despite only 25 moves were made the game is important for the theory
of this line.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal-B 5th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2004.08.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Krnan, Tomas"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2004.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 $5 {I've prepared this very old line
especially for this game. After almost forced play Black will have Q vs R and
BB. These unbalanced positions are very often a "hole" in education of young
players.} 12. Nb3 Bb6 (12... Ba7 {changes nothing after} 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4
Bxd4) 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. cxd4 f4 16. f3 ({In the beginning of
20th century White tested} 16. Re1 {and after} Qh4 {decided to sacrifice an
exchange, but the compensation wasn't sufficient and he eventually lost.} 17.
Rxe4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Rad8 $17 {0-1 Suechting,H-Johner,P/Karlsbad 1911/HCL (30)})
16... Ng3 $1 {A very brave piece sacrifice and the idea behind 11...f5.} 17.
hxg3 ({Also} 17. Re1 Qh4 {was tested in the beginning of 20th century in the
games of well-known players such as Teichmann, Vidmar and Tarrasch.}) ({while} 
17. Rf2 {occuried in the middle of the last century.}) 17... fxg3 {[%cal Gd8h4]
} 18. Qd3 {The main line. White is ready to meet Qh4 with Qxh7 and thus forces
the following play.} (18. Re1 $5 {The position after this move can be reached
also after 17.Re1 if white plays hxg3 later on. One of the famous games in
this line is the game 1-0 Duras,O-Maroczy,G/Ostend 1906/EXT 2000 (50), which
after} Qh4 19. Be3 Bg4 20. Kf1 Qh1+ 21. Ke2 $1 (21. Bg1 $4 Bxf3 $19) 21...
Qxg2+ 22. Kd3 Bxf3 23. Qd2 $13 {led to an unclear position.}) 18... Bf5 19.
Qxf5 Rxf5 20. Bxf5 Qh4 21. Bh3 Qxd4+ 22. Kh1 Qxe5 $13 {In the Mega Database
you can find not less than 14 games which reached this position. Most of the
games were played by GMs while black's position was defended by three World
Champions, such as Euwe, Botvinnik and Tal! Black has queen and three pawns vs
rook and two bishops and everything will depend on how fast white will succeed
to coordinate his pieces. At the same time black has to advance his pawns as
far as possible.} 23. Bd2 {This move was played in all those games. White
sacrifices another pawn to finish development as soon as possible. Now the
tastes of players were divided between} Qxb2 ({and} 23... c5 $5 {For example
this moves order was chosen by Botvinnik. It's interesting that sometimes this
line transposes into 23...Qxb2.} 24. Rae1 Qxb2 25. Bf4 d4 $5 (25... Qf6 $6 {
This move led to a fantastic mating construction.} 26. Bxg3 d4 27. Re6 Qg5 28.
Kh2 (28. Be5 $13 {Teschner,R-Honfi,Kar/Monte Carlo/1969/}) 28... c4 29. f4 {
Black has chosen a wrong square for the queen on move 25.} Qh5 (29... Qc5 $5)
30. f5 d3 31. f6 $1 gxf6 32. Rf5 $1 Qg6 33. Rexf6 Qg7 34. Bf4 $1 {[%cal Gf5g5]}
c3 35. Rg5 $18 Rd8 36. Be6+ Kh8 37. Be5 $3 {[%cal Gf6f8] 1-0 Boleslavsky,
I-Ragozin,V/Moscow 1942/HCL (37) What a fantastic construction! The dream of
every player.}) 26. Bxg3 d3 {see current game.}) 24. Bf4 d4 $1 {Black has to
keep the d-pawn.} ({And here is contribution of another World Champion, this
time as white.} 24... c5 $2 25. Be6+ Kh8 26. Bxd5 $16 {Smyslov,V-Reshevsky,S/
URS-USA/1946.}) 25. Bxg3 {We're still following the main line.} (25. Bxc7 {
0-1 Tseshkovsky,V-Tal,M/Leningrad 1974/URS-ch (43) Inf 19/272. (43) was also
tested a number of times with good results for black. For example see}) (25.
Rae1 d3 26. Re7 $2 Qf6 27. Re4 c5 28. Bxg3 Rd8 $17 {0-1 Jirovsky,P-Pribyl,M/
Prague 1995/EXT 97 (43). (43)}) 25... c5 $1 {The pawns must be advanced
together.} (25... d3 $6 26. Rad1 d2 27. Be6+ Kf8 28. Bxc7 Ke7 $2 29. Bd5 Rf8
30. Ba5 Rf5 31. Rxd2 $18 {1/2-1/2 Pelitov,D-Estrin,Y/Albena 1973/EXT 2001 (39)}
) 26. Rae1 {This idea looks very logical. White brings the rook into play and
threatens to penetrate to the 7th rank.} (26. Be5 $5 {This way White succeeded
to temporary stop advance of the black pawns in the game Tiviakov-Sokolov,I/
Groningen 1994 which black won after mutual mistakes. See the game in CBM45
[Ernst]} Re8 27. f4 (27. Rae1 {Ftacnik} Qxa2) 27... Qe2 (27... c4 28. Rab1 {
>< d4}) 28. Rae1 Qh5 $2 (28... Qxa2 $5 {Ftacnik})) 26... d3 27. Be6+ $6 {
Probably this move is already an inaccuracy.} ({More logical looks natural} 27.
Re7 {[%cal Gg3e5] but} Qf6 $1 (27... d2 $5 {was also tested.}) 28. Rd7 c4 $1 (
28... Rd8 $2 {Ernst.} 29. Be5 $1 {1-0 Beliavsky,A-Ornstein,A/Le Havre 1977/EXT
99 (44). (43)}) 29. Re1 Rd8 {It's interesting that Max Euwe won not less than
two games by this move.}) (27. Be5 $5 {was tested in the following fantastic
game.} Qxa2 28. Bd6 Qb2 29. Be6+ Kh8 30. Be5 Qd2 31. f4 c4 32. f5 Rf8 33. Re4
c3 34. Ref4 Rf6 35. R4f2 Qh6+ 36. Kg1 b4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Boleslavsky,I-Botvinnik,
M/Sverdlovsk 1943/HCL (89)}) 27... Kh8 28. Bd5 Rf8 $1 {I thought it was safer
than 28...Rd8 as after doubling rooks along the e-file it's not necessary to
lose a tempo for defense.} ({It's interesting that earlier this year black
played} 28... Rd8 $5 {and also won.} 29. Re7 Qd4 $1 30. Rfe1 Qxd5 $1 31. Re8+
Rxe8 (31... Qg8 $5) 32. Rxe8+ Qg8 33. Rxg8+ Kxg8 34. Be1 Kf7 35. Kg1 Ke6 36.
Kf2 Kd5 {0-1 Olsar,Z-Motyka,M/Trinec 2004/CBM 98 ext (58). (58) and it's very
difficult for white to deal with Black's pawn chain on the queenside.}) 29. Bd6
Qd4 $1 {It turns out that only this move is new. I believe that after it the
game is almost over.} ({The only preceding game saw} 29... d2 30. Rb1 Qd4 31.
Bxf8 Qh4+ $10 {Haese,G-Kegel,OH/CC/1986}) 30. Bxf8 Qxd5 $17 {Black already has
a clear positional advantage. The pawns supported by queen go forward and
White can hardly do much about it.} 31. Bd6 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Ge1e8] White
brings the bishop back into play.} ({Doesn't help} 31. Re7 Kg8 $1 32. Bxg7 d2
$1 ({During the game I considered} 32... c4 {[%cal Gd5h5,Gd5c5] /\Qh5 which is
also enough for a win.}) 33. Rd1 Qc4 $1 {[%cal Gc4c2,Gc4h4]}) 31... h6 $1 32.
Bf4 ({Or} 32. Re8+ Kh7 33. Rd8 c4) 32... c4 ({There was also nothing wrong
with materialistic} 32... Qxa2 $5) 33. Re8+ (33. Re5 Qd8 $1) 33... Kh7 34. Re5
Qd8 $1 {[%cal Gd8h4,Gd3d2]} 35. g3 c3 $5 (35... d2 $5 {after} 36. Rd1 c3 37.
Kg2 {transposes into 35...c3.}) 36. Ree1 $138 {My opponent was already short
on time.} ({Black also breaks defense after more stubborn} 36. Kg2 {For example
} d2 37. Bxd2 (37. Rd1 Qd3 {[%cal Gd3c2]} 38. Kf2 Qd4+ 39. Kg2 (39. Ke2 Qc4+
40. Ke3 (40. Kf2 c2) 40... g5 $1) 39... Qa4 $19) 37... Qxd2+ $1 38. Rf2 Qd1 $1
{and advance of the b and a-pawns decides the game.}) 36... d2 37. Rd1 Qd3 $1 (
37... g5 $5 38. Bxd2 $140 c2) 38. Bxd2 ({Or} 38. Kg1 Qe2 {[%cal Gg7g5,Gb5b4]}
39. Bxd2 c2) 38... c2 $1 39. Rc1 Qxd2 $19 {The rest is simple as White can
hardly move.} 40. f4 b4 {A slow death.} 41. f5 a5 42. Rce1 a4 43. f6 gxf6 {
[%cal Gb4b3] This game proves once again that it's not easy to coordinate
pieces in this variation.} 0-1

[Event "Cappelle op 15th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "1999.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Suetin, Alexey S"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1999.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Nxf2 12. Rxf2 f6 13. exf6 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2
Qxf6 15. Kg1 (15. Nf1) 15... Rae8 16. Nf1 Ne5 17. Be3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19.
gxf3 Rxf3 20. Bd1 (20. Bf2 Bh3 21. Ng3 (21. Nd2 Rf6 22. Bd3 h5 23. Re1 Rxe1+
24. Bxe1 c5) 21... g6 22. Rd1 (22. Re1) 22... c6 23. Bd3 h5 24. Bxg6 Re5 25.
Bd4 Rg5 26. Bxh5 Rfxg3+ 27. hxg3 Rxh5 28. Re1 Kf7 29. Re5 Rxe5 30. Bxe5) 20...
Rf7 21. Bc5 (21. Bb3 c6 22. Ng3 (22. Bd4 Bh3 23. Ne3 Rf4 24. Re1 Re6 25. Bc2 h5
26. Bd3 h4 27. Bc5 a5 28. Bf1 Bf5 29. Re2 Be4 30. h3 Rf3 31. Rf2 Rxf2 32. Kxf2
Rf6+ 33. Ke1 Rf3 34. Ng4 Bd3 35. Bxd3 Rxd3 36. Be3 (36. Ne3 d4 37. Bxd4 c5 38.
Bxc5) 36... d4 37. cxd4 b4 38. Ke2 b3 39. a4 Rc3 40. Ne5 Rc2+ 41. Kd3 Rxb2 42.
Bd2 Ra2 43. Bxa5 Rh2 44. Bc3 b2) (22. Re1 Bh3 23. Nd2) 22... Bh3 23. Bd4 h5 (
23... g6 24. Bc2 Re6 25. Bd3 (25. a4 bxa4 (25... h5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Ra8+ Rf8
28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Bd3 h4 30. Nf1) 26. Bxa4 h5 27. Nh1) 25... h5 26. Bf1 (26.
Nh1 Bf5) 26... Bxf1 27. Rxf1 (27. Nxf1 Re2) 27... h4 28. Rxf7 Kxf7 29. Nf1 Re2
30. b4 Rxa2 31. h3 Ke6 32. Ne3 a5 33. bxa5 Rxa5 34. Kf2 Kd6 35. Bf6 Ra4 36. Ke2
(36. Ng2 Ke6 37. Bxh4 Rc4) 36... b4 37. cxb4 Rxb4 38. Ng4 Rb3 39. Nf2 c5 40.
Bxh4 d4 41. Bg5 c4 42. h4 Ke5 43. Nh3) 24. Nxh5 Re2 25. Ng3 (25. Rb1 Rxb2)
25... Rxb2) 21... Bh3 22. Bb3 c6 23. Ne3 Re5 24. a4 bxa4 (24... h5 25. axb5
axb5 26. Bc2 Rg5+ 27. Kh1 Rc7 28. Bd6) 25. Bxa4 (25. Rxa4 Rxe3) 25... d4 26.
Bxd4 (26. cxd4) 26... Rg5+ 27. Kh1 c5 28. Bb3 (28. Bxc5 Bc8 29. h4 Bb7+ 30. Kh2
Rf2+ 31. Kh3 Bc8+) 28... cxd4 29. cxd4 (29. Rxa6 Kf8 30. Ra8+ (30. Bxf7 dxe3)
30... Ke7 31. Ra7+ Kd8 32. Ra8+ Kc7 33. Ra7+ Kb6 34. Rxf7 dxe3) 29... Bc8 (
29... a5 30. Bxf7+ (30. Ra3) 30... Kxf7 31. d5 Re5 32. Ra3) 30. h4 (30. Rf1
Bb7+) 30... Rb5 (30... Rg3 31. Rf1) (30... Bb7+ 31. Kh2 Rb5 32. Bxf7+ Kxf7 33.
Rc1 (33. Nc4 Ke6) 33... Rxb2+) 31. Bxf7+ Kxf7 32. Rc1 Bb7+ 33. Kg1 Rxb2 34.
Rc7+ Kf6 35. d5 a5 (35... h5 36. d6 Ke6 37. Rxg7 Rb1+ 38. Kf2 Kxd6 39. Rg5 Rb5
40. Nf5+ Ke5 41. Rxh5 Kf4 42. Ng3) 36. Nc4 (36. d6 a4 (36... Be4 37. Ng4+ Kf5
38. Nf2 Rb1+ (38... Bb1 39. d7 Rd2 40. Rc1 Rxd7) 39. Kh2 Rb2 40. Kg1) (36...
Ke6 37. Rxg7 Rb1+ (37... a4 38. d7 Rd2 39. d8=Q Rxd8 40. Rxb7) 38. Kf2 Kxd6 39.
Nc4+) 37. Ng4+ (37. d7 Ke7 38. Nc4 Rb1+ 39. Kf2 Kd8) (37. Nc4 Rc2 38. d7 (38.
Rxb7 Rxc4) 38... Ke7 39. Rc8 (39. Rxb7 Rxc4) 39... Rg2+ (39... Kxd7 40. Nb6+
Kd6 41. Rxc2) 40. Kf1 Kxd7 41. Rb8 Bc6 (41... Bd5 42. Nb6+) (41... Bf3 42. Ne5+
Kc7 43. Nxf3 Kxb8 44. Kxg2 a3 45. Nd4 a2 46. Nb3) (41... Be4 42. Rb4) 42. Ne5+
Kc7 43. Nxc6 (43. Rb4 a3 44. Nxc6 (44. Rc4 a2 45. Rxc6+ Kb7 46. Rc1 Rb2) 44...
a2 45. Ra4 Rh2 46. Nd4 a1=Q+ 47. Rxa1 Rh1+ 48. Kg2 Rxa1 49. Ne6+ Kd6 50. Nxg7
Ke5) 43... Ra2 44. Rg8 (44. Nb4 Ra1+) 44... Kxc6 45. Rxg7 Rh2) 37... Kf5 (37...
Ke6 38. d7 Ke7 39. Ne5 Kd8 40. Nf7+) 38. d7 (38. Ne3+ Ke6) 38... Rd2 (38...
Rg2+ 39. Kf1 Rd2 40. Ke1 Rd6 (40... Rd4 41. Rxb7 Kxg4 42. Rb4) 41. Ne3+ Ke6 (
41... Ke4 42. Nc4) 42. Rxb7 Rxd7) 39. Ne3+ Kf4 40. Nc4 (40. Nf1 Rg2+ 41. Kh1
Rf2+ 42. Kg1 Rg2+) 40... Rd1+ 41. Kf2 Be4 42. Nb2 Rd2+ 43. Ke1 Rd4 44. Nxa4 Bf3
45. Rc4 Rxc4 46. d8=Q Rc1+ 47. Kf2 (47. Kd2 Rd1+) 47... Rc2+) 36... Rb1+ 37.
Kf2 Bxd5 38. Nxa5 Rb2+ 39. Kg3 (39. Ke3 Rh2) 39... Rg2+ 40. Kh3 (40. Kf4 h5)
40... Rg1 (40... Ra2 41. Nc4 Rc2 42. Nd6 (42. Ne3 Be6+) 42... Rxc7 43. Ne8+)
41. Rc5 Be6+ 42. Kh2 Rg4 43. h5 Rg5 44. Nb7 Bd5 (44... Rxc5 45. Nxc5 Bf5 46. h6
g5) 45. Nd6 (45. h6 Bxb7 46. Rxg5 Kxg5 47. hxg7 Bd5) 45... Rxh5+ 46. Kg3 Re5
47. Rc8 g5 48. Ne8+ Kg6 49. Rd8 h5 50. Nc7 h4+ 51. Kf2 Rf5+ 52. Kg1 Bf7 53.
Rd6+ Kh5 54. Rb6 Rc5 55. Na6 Rc1+ 56. Kf2 Rc2+ 57. Ke3 h3 58. Rb1 h2 59. Nb4
Rb2 60. Rh1 Rxb4 61. Rxh2+ Kg4 62. Rf2 Rb3+ 63. Kd4 Rf3 64. Rg2+ Kf4 0-1

[Event "Bar"]
[Site "Bar"]
[Date "1997.11.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Popovic, Petar"]
[Black "Skembris, Spyridon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1997.11.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Bf5 12. Nb3 Bg6 13. Bf4 (13. a4 $5 {Belov}
Bb6 14. Nbd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 c5 $2 (15... Qd7 $142 {Belov} 16. Be3 Nc5 17. a5 Ba7
18. f4 Bxc2 19. Nxc2 f6 20. exf6 Rxf6 $10 {Van der Wiel,J-Korchnoi,V/Wijk aan
Zee/1983/0:1 (48) Inf 35/426/}) 16. Nc6 $1 Nxc3 (16... Qd7 {Belov} 17. Qxd5
Qxd5 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Nxd5 Bd8 $8 (19... Ba7 20. Ne7 $18) 20. axb5 $18) 17.
Nxd8 (17. bxc3 $6 {Belov} Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Qd7) 17... Nxd1 18. Bxg6 Raxd8 19. Bf5
Nxf2 $8 20. Kxf2 c4+ 21. Kg3 $16 g6 22. Bg4 Bc7 23. Bf4 Rfe8 $6 (23... b4 $142
$16 {Belov}) 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra7 Bb8 (25... Bxe5 {Belov} 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27.
Rfxf7 $18) 26. Rb7 g5 $6 27. Bxg5 Bxe5+ 28. Kh3 Rb8 29. Rbxf7 $18 Bxb2 (29...
Bg7 {Belov}) 30. Bh6 $1 b4 31. Be6 $1 {1-0 Timman,J-Geller,E/Moscow 1981} (31.
Be6 $1 {Belov} Rxe6 32. Rf8+ $18)) (13. e6 {Belov} f5 $5 14. Bxe4 $6 fxe4 15.
Nxc5 exf3 $15 {Loshakov-Abloukhov/corr/1987/0:1 (27) Inf 44/410/}) (13. Qe2 {
Belov} Re8 $1 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. Rad1 Ne6 $10 {
Ljubojevic,L-Timman,J/Hilversum(m/6)/1987/0:1 (51) Inf 44/411/}) (13. Nbd4 {
Belov} Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bb6 (14... Bxd4 {Belov} 15. Qxd4 (15. cxd4 $5) 15... c5
16. Qd1 h6 17. f3 Ng5 18. Be3 Rc8 19. Qd2 $14 {Short,N-Timman,J/San Lorenzo de
El Escorial(m/12)/1993/1:0 (46) Inf 56/369/}) 15. Be3 {Polgar,S-Van der
Sterren,P/Wijk aan Zee/1990/1:0 (33) Inf 49/398/} Qd7 $13) (13. Nfd4 $1) 13...
Bb6 14. Nfd4 (14. a4 Qd7 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. Nfd4 b4 $132 18. Bd3
bxc3 19. Bb5 Nxf2 $1 20. Rxf2 Nxd4 21. Bxd7 Nxb3 22. bxc3 Ra1 $13 23. Qxa1 Nxa1
24. Bc6 Be4 25. c4 Nc2 26. Bd2 Na3 27. Bxd5 Bxd5 28. cxd5 Nc4 29. Bc3 Kf8 30.
g4 Ke8 31. h4 g6 32. Kg2 Bxf2 33. Kxf2 Nb6 34. d6 c6 35. Kf3 Kd7 36. Bd4 Nd5
37. h5 Ke6 38. Ke4 Nb4 39. Bc3 Nd5 40. Bd4 Nb4 41. Bc3 Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Short,
N-Timman,J/Tilburg 1988}) 14... Nxd4 (14... Ne7 $5 15. f3 c5 16. fxe4 (16. Ne2
c4+ 17. Nbd4 Nc5 $15) 16... cxd4 17. cxd4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 $15) 15. cxd4 f6 (
15... Qh4 $5) 16. Rc1 (16. f3 fxe5 17. Bxe5 Qg5 18. Kh1 Nd6 $132) 16... Qe7 17.
Bxe4 $1 Bxe4 18. Nc5 $14 (18. exf6 Rxf6 $1 (18... Qxf6 $2 19. Bxc7) 19. Bg5 Rg6
20. h4 (20. Bxe7 $4 Rxg2+ 21. Kh1 Rxf2+ 22. Kg1 Rg2+ 23. Kh1 Rg3+ $19) 20... h6
(20... Rxg5 21. hxg5 Qxg5 22. f3) 21. Bxe7 Rxg2+ 22. Kh1 Rxf2+ 23. Kg1 Rg2+ $11
) 18... fxe5 19. Bxe5 Rf7 20. Qg4 Bf5 21. Qg3 c6 22. Rfe1 Re8 23. Re3 Bxc5 $6 (
23... Qa7 $142 24. Bd6 Rxe3 25. Qxe3 Qa8 26. Re1 h6 $14 27. Nxa6 Bxd4 28. Qxd4
Qxa6 29. Re8+ Kh7) 24. Rxc5 $16 Qd7 25. Ra3 Qb7 26. Qg5 Qb6 27. Qc1 Bd7 28. Rg3
Re6 29. h3 (29. b3 $5 {/\a4}) 29... a5 30. Kh2 (30. b3 $1 {[%csl Ra5,Rg7,Rg8] /
\a4}) 30... Qd8 31. Rcc3 Qc8 32. Rce3 Qf8 33. f4 Rg6 34. Rxg6 hxg6 35. Rg3 Kh7
36. Qc2 Rf5 37. Qd2 (37. a4 $1) 37... a4 38. Qa5 Qf7 39. Qd8 Rh5 40. Qc7 Kg8
41. Qd6 Kh7 42. Rc3 g5 43. Rg3 g4 44. f5 $2 (44. Kg1 $16) 44... Rh6 $1 45. f6
gxf6 46. Bf4 Rg6 47. Re3 Rg7 48. h4 Qg6 49. Re7 Rxe7 50. Qxe7+ Qg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Kobese, Watu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[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"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Nbd2 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. a4 (13. Ng5) 13... Rb8
(13... Bf7 14. Ng5 Ne5 15. Qg3 Qd6 16. Nxf7 $14) 14. axb5 axb5 15. Ng5 Ne5 16.
Qg3 Qd6 17. Bc2 Bd7 18. Nb3 Bb6 19. Bf4 Rbe8 20. Nd4 Nh5 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22.
Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Qh4 Qh6 $6 (23... g6 {Timman} 24. Rfe1 (24. f4 Rxg5 25. Qxg5 Kxh7
26. Rae1 $2 (26. f5 $1 Rxf5 27. Rxf5 Bxf5 28. g4 Qe5 29. gxf5 Bxd4+ 30. cxd4
Qxd4+ 31. Kh1 Qe4+ $10) 26... Ng7 $1 $19 27. Kh1 Bxd4 28. cxd4 Bf5 29. Re7 Kg8
30. Qh4 Be4 31. h3 Qd8 $1 {/\ Rf7} 32. f5 Bxf5 33. Rc1 Be4 34. Kg1 Rf7 35. Rxe4
g5 36. Qg4 dxe4 37. Qxe4 Rf4 38. Qe5 Qxd4+ 39. Qxd4 Rxd4 40. Rxc7 Rb4 41. Kf2
Rxb2+ 42. Kf3 Rb4 43. Rb7 Kh7 44. g4 Kg6 45. Rb6+ Kf7 46. Rh6 Ne8 47. Ke3 Nf6
48. Rh8 Kg7 {0-1 Sokolov,A-Timman,J/Reykjavik 1988}) (24. Ra8 Rxa8 25. Nf7+
Kxh7 26. Nxd6 cxd6 27. g4 Bd8 $17) 24... Rxg5 (24... Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rf4 $19)
25. Qxg5 Kxh7 26. Qe7+ Kg8 27. Qxd6 cxd6 28. Re7 $16) 24. Ndf3 Ree8 25. Rae1 (
25. Rfe1 Rf4 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. Ra8 Qc6 28. Qxh5 $18) 25... Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Rf4
$2 (26... Nf6 {Sokolov,A} 27. Bc2 (27. Bd3 {>=} Kg8 28. Qxh6 gxh6 29. Ne6 $16)
27... Kg8 28. Re7 $2 (28. Qxh6 gxh6 29. Ne6 $16) 28... Qxh4 29. Nxh4 Bc5 $2 (
29... Ne4 $5 30. Bxe4 Bxf2+ 31. Kh1 dxe4 32. Ng6 Bc5 33. Nxf8 Bxe7 34. Nxd7
Bxg5 $10) 30. Re2 (30. Rxd7 $2 {/\ 30...Nd7?? 31.Bh7 Kh8 32.Ng6#} Ra8 $17)
30... Bg4 31. Nhf3 Ra8 32. h3 Bxf3 33. Nxf3 Ra1+ 34. Kh2 b4 35. Ng5 $6 bxc3 36.
bxc3 Ra3 37. Bg6 Rxc3 38. Rb2 Bd6+ 39. g3 Kf8 40. Ne6+ Ke7 41. Nxg7 Nd7 42. Bb1
Be5 43. Nf5+ Kf7 44. f4 Bf6 45. Rd2 c6 46. g4 Rc1 47. Bc2 Bd8 48. Kg2 Bc7 49.
Nd4 Nf6 50. f5 $18 c5 51. Ne6 {Sokolov,A-Timman,J/Belfort 1988/1-0 (61)}) 27.
g4 $1 (27. Ra1 $1) (27. Qh3 $2 Rxf3 $1) 27... g6 (27... Rxg4+ $2 28. Qxg4 Bxg4
29. Re8#) 28. h3 Bc5 (28... Qg7 29. Ne5 $1 Bxf2+ (29... Be8 30. Nd3 $18) 30.
Qxf2 Rxf2 31. Nxg6+ Qxg6 32. Bxg6 $18) (28... c6 29. Ra1 Kg7 30. Ra6 Bc5 31. b4
Rxf3 32. bxc5 Rxc3 33. Ra7 Rc1+ 34. Kh2 $18) 29. b4 Bd6 30. Ne5 Bxe5 (30... Be8
31. Nxg6+ $1 Bxg6 32. Re6 $18) 31. Rxe5 Qg7 32. Rxd5 Nf6 33. Bxg6+ Kg8 34. Bf7+
1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Adianto, Utut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[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"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nf1 Re8 {This move has
become popular after the game Wang Zili-Yusupov,1990} 14. h3 Bh5 15. Ng3 (15.
g4 Bg6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Ne3 Qd7 18. Qxd5 Rad8 19. Rd1 Qe6 $10 {Wahls,M-Hübner,
R, Munich 1991.}) 15... Bg6 16. Nf5 (16. Bxg6 {1/2-1/2 Topalov-Marin,Budapest
1993}) (16. Be3 Bf8 17. Bd4 Ne6 18. h4 Ncxd4 19. cxd4 c5 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Qd2
Nxd4 22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. Qxd4 Rc8 24. Rac1 Rc4 25. Rxc4 dxc4 26. Qg4 Qd2 27. Qe2
Bb4 28. Qxd2 Bxd2 29. Re2 Bf4 30. Re4 Bc1 31. Re2 Kf8 32. h5 Bf4 33. hxg6 Rxe5
34. Ne4 f5 35. Nc3 b4 36. Rxe5 Bxe5 37. Nd1 Bd4 {0-1 Villavicencio,A-Garcia,G/
Las Palmas op 1989}) 16... Ne4 $5 (16... Bf8 17. Bf4 Ne6 18. Bh2 Na5 19. Ne3 c6
20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Nc4 22. b3 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 c5 $1 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. dxc5
Bxc5 26. Rd3 d4 27. Kh1 Rc8 28. f4 Qd5 $10 29. Bg1 g5 30. Qg4 gxf4 31. Re1 Bb6
32. Qxf4 Rc2 33. Rg3 Re6 34. Rf1 Rec6 35. e6 Qxe6 36. Bxd4 Bxd4 37. Qxd4 f6 38.
Qd8+ Kh7 39. Qd3+ Kg8 40. Qd8+ Kh7 41. Qd3+ Kg8 42. Qd8+ {1/2-1/2 Wahls,
M-Huebner,R/GER-CupT 1991}) 17. Nxe7+ (17. Bxe4 $2 {Mikhalevski,V} dxe4) 17...
Rxe7 18. Bf4 $14 Qd7 (18... Qe8 $5 {Mikhalevski,V /\Rd8} 19. Qxd5 $140 (19. a4
$5) 19... Nxc3 $1 (19... Rd8 20. Qb3 Nc5 21. Qa3 Ne6 $1 22. Bxg6 Nxf4 23. Bc2
Nxe5 24. Kf1 $1 $13) 20. Qd2 Bxc2 21. Qxc2 Nd5 $11) 19. Nh4 $1 Nc5 (19... Nxe5
$4 {Mikhalevski,V} 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Rxe4 $18) 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21.
Be3 (21. Qf3 $1 {Mikhalevski,V} Rae8 22. Red1 $1 (22. Rad1 $2 Nxe5 23. Qxd5
$140 $2 Qxd5 24. Rxd5 Nf3+ $19) 22... d4 $1 (22... Nxe5 23. Qxd5 Qxd5 24. Rxd5
$16) 23. b4 Ne6 24. Bh2 $1 (24. Be4 $2 Nxe5 $1 25. Bxe5 Ng5) 24... Ng5 $140 25.
Qd3 $1 Nxe5 26. Qg3 $1 (26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. Qxd4 $11) 26... Qd5 27. f4 Nef3+ (
27... Ngf3+ 28. Kh1 $1 Nxh2 29. Rxd4 Qc6 30. fxe5 $18) 28. Kh1 $1 Nxh2 (28...
Re3 29. fxg5 Ne1 $140 $2 30. Rxe1 $1 Rxg3 31. Rxe8+) 29. fxg5 $16) 21... Ne6
22. f4 d4 23. Be4 Rd8 (23... dxe3 $4 {Mikhalevski,V} 24. Qxd7 Rxd7 25. Bxc6 $18
) 24. Bf2 $1 $146 (24. Bc1 $2 {Mikhalevski,V} Nc5 (24... d3 {Mikhalevski,V} 25.
Be3 Na5 26. b3 $14) 25. Bf3 $6 (25. Bxc6 {Mikhalevski,V} Qxc6 26. cxd4 Ne6 27.
Be3 Nxd4 28. Bxd4 Qc4 $14 {/=} 29. Re4 $140 c5 30. Rc1 Qd5) 25... Qe6 (25... d3
{Mikhalevski,V} 26. Be3 Ne6 27. Qd2) 26. f5 $2 (26. Bxc6 $142 {Mikhalevski,V}
Qxc6 27. cxd4 {see 25.B:c6}) 26... gxf5 27. Bxc6 (27. Bg5 {Mikhalevski,V} dxc3
28. Qc2 cxb2 29. Rab1 Nxe5 $1 30. Bxe7 (30. Qxc5 Nxf3+ 31. gxf3 Qxe1+ $19)
30... Qxe7 $17) 27... Qxc6 28. Bg5 f6 29. exf6 Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 gxf6 31. Qe7 Re8
32. Qxf6 Qxf6 33. Bxf6 d3 $15 {This position has arised by force and it's
difficult to understand why Van der Doel didn't play 26.B:c6 to get slightly
better position.Now he has to fight for a draw.} 34. Bd4 $4 (34. Rd1 $8 {
Mikhalevski,V} Ne4 35. Bh4 d2 $15) 34... Na4 $2 (34... d2 {Mikhalevski,V} 35.
Bf2 Nd3 36. Rd1 Re2 (36... Re1+ $19) 37. Bg3 Nxb2 38. Kf1 Rxg2 $19) 35. Rd1 (
35. Kf1 {Mikhalevski,V} Nxb2 36. Re1 Re4 $1 37. Rxe4 fxe4 38. Ke1 Nc4 39. Kf2
d2 40. Ke2 e3 {/\Nb2}) 35... c5 36. Bf6 Kf7 $6 (36... Nxb2 $142 {Mikhalevski,V}
37. Rd2 Kf7 38. Bg5 Kg6 39. Bf4 (39. h4 Re2 40. Rxe2 dxe2 41. Kf2 Nd1+ 42. Kxe2
Nxc3+ $19) 39... Re2 40. Kf1 Rxd2 41. Bxd2 $17) 37. Bh4 $6 (37. b3 $142 {
Mikhalevski,V} Kxf6 $5 (37... Nb2 38. Rd2 Kxf6 (38... Re2 39. Bg5 $13) 39. Rxb2
Re1+ 40. Kf2 Rc1 41. Ke3 Rxc3 $17) 38. bxa4 c4 39. axb5 axb5 $17) 37... Nxb2
38. Rd2 Re4 $6 (38... Re2 $142 {Mikhalevski,V} 39. Rxe2 dxe2 40. Kf2 Nd1+ $19)
39. Bg3 Re3 $6 (39... Re2 $142 {Mikhalevski,V} 40. Rxe2 dxe2 41. Kf2 Nd1+ $19)
40. Bf4 Re2 41. Kf1 Rxd2 42. Bxd2 Nc4 {White is hopeless.The queen side pawns
decide the game. 0-1 Van den Doel,E-Timman,J/NLD-ch 1997}) (24. cxd4 $142 {
Mikhalevski,V} Ncxd4 25. Rc1 c5 (25... Nf5 $5 26. Bxf5 gxf5 $13)) 24... Ree8 (
24... Nxf4 25. Qf3 Nd5 26. cxd4 $16) (24... d3 25. Qg4 $16) 25. Qg4 Ne7 26. h4
(26. Rad1 $5 $16) 26... c5 (26... Nd5 27. f5) (26... d3 $5 27. Rad1 (27. Red1
Nd5 $1 (27... Nd4 $2 28. Qxd7 Ne2+ 29. Kh2 $1 Rxd7 30. g3 $18 {[%csl Rd3,Re2]})
28. f5 (28. g3 $2 f5 $1 29. exf6 Nxf6 30. Qxg6 Nxf4) 28... Nef4 $1 $132) (27.
h5 Nd5 $1 28. f5 Nef4 $13) 27... d2 28. Rf1 (28. Re2 $2 Nd4) 28... b4 29. Be3 (
29. cxb4 Qa4 30. a3 c5) 29... Qa4 $13) 27. Rad1 $16 Nd5 28. f5 gxf5 29. Qxf5
Nf8 30. Qf3 Qe6 31. cxd4 cxd4 32. Bxd4 $18 Ne7 33. a3 Rd7 34. Bc3 Red8 35. Rxd7
Rxd7 36. h5 Nh7 37. Qg3 Qb6+ 38. Kh2 Qh6 39. Qg4 Nf8 40. Rf1 Ne6 41. Rf6 $1 Qe3
42. h6 Ng5 (42... Qg5 43. Qxe6 $1 (43. h7+ Kh8 44. Qxe6 $1) 43... Qh4+ 44. Qh3
Qxh3+ 45. Kxh3 gxf6 46. h7+ Kh8 47. e6 $18) 43. e6 fxe6 44. Qxg5 $1 1-0

[Event "Bar"]
[Site "Bar"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Skembris, Spyridon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1997.11.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Nbd2 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. a4 (13. Ng5) 13... Rb8
(13... b4 14. Ng5 Ne5 (14... Qd6 15. Nde4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Ne5 17. Qd1 dxe4 18.
Qxd6 Bxd6 19. Bxe6+ Kh8 20. Bd5 Rab8 21. Bxe4 bxc3 22. bxc3 Rb3 23. a5 Rxc3 24.
Bd2 Rb3 25. Rfb1 Rfb8 26. Be1 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 Rxb1 28. Bxb1 c5 29. Kf1 Bc7 30.
Be4 Nc4 31. Bd5 Nxa5 32. h4 c4 33. Bc3 Nb3 34. Bxc4 Be5 35. Be1 Nc5 36. h5 Ne4
37. Bd5 Nf6 38. Bf7 Ne4 39. f3 Nd6 40. Be6 h6 41. g4 Kh7 42. Bb3 g5 43. Ke2 Kg7
44. Kd3 Kf6 45. Bb4 Kg7 46. Ba5 Kf6 47. Bd8+ Kg7 48. Bd5 Ne8 49. Bb6 Nf6 50.
Be6 Ba1 51. Kc4 Be5 52. Bc8 Ba1 53. Bxa6 Be5 54. Bc8 Ba1 55. Bf5 Be5 56. Bc5
Ba1 57. Bb4 Be5 58. Kc5 Ba1 59. Kd6 Bb2 60. Ke6 Bd4 61. Bd6 Bc3 62. Be5 Bxe5
63. Kxe5 Ng8 64. Ke6 Nf6 65. Bg6 Ng8 66. Be4 {1/2-1/2 Mortensen,E-Nielsen,P/
Copenhagen BSF 1995}) 15. Qg3 Qd6 16. cxb4 (16. Bc2 h6 17. Nb3 Nh5 18. Qh4 Bg4
19. Nxc5 Qxc5 20. Ne6 Bxe6 21. Qxh5 Ng4 22. Be3 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Qxe3+ 24. Kh1
Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Rf8 26. Rg1 Qc5 27. Qe5 Rf6 28. h3 c6 29. Bd3 a5 30. Re1 Qf8 31.
Qc7 Bf5 32. Bxf5 Rxf5 33. Qxa5 Rf1+ 34. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 35. Kh2 Qf4+ 36. Kh1 Qc1+
37. Kh2 {1/2-1/2 Felsberger,A-Foessmeier,U/AUT BL 1989}) 16... Bxb4 17. Re1
Nfg4 18. Rxe5 Nxe5 19. Nde4 $18 dxe4 20. Nxe6 Ng6 21. Nxc7+ Kh8 22. Qxd6 Bxd6
23. Nxa8 Rxa8 24. Bd5 Re8 25. Be3 a5 26. Rd1 Ne5 27. h3 Bb4 28. Bxe4 Nc4 29.
Bc1 g6 30. Bd5 Nb6 31. Bf7 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Piket,J/Monaco Amber blind 1994}) (
13... Bf7 14. Ng5 Ne5 15. Qg3 Qd6 16. Nxf7 (16. Bc2 h6 (16... Bg6 $1 17. Bxg6
Nxg6 $11) 17. Nxf7 Nxf7 18. Nb3 Qxg3 19. hxg3 Bb6 20. Nd4 c5 21. Nf5 Rfe8 22.
axb5 axb5 23. Ne7+ Kf8 24. Ng6+ Kg8 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Be3 d4 27. cxd4 c4 28. b3
Nd6 29. bxc4 Nxc4 30. Rb1 Na3 31. Ra1 b4 32. Bb3+ Kh7 33. Ne7 Re8 34. Nc6 Nb5
35. Bc4 Nc3 36. Nxb4 Ng4 37. Bd3+ Kg8 38. Rc1 Nxe3 39. fxe3 Rxe3 40. Rxc3 Re1+
41. Kh2 {1-0 Sokolov,A-Jussupow,A/Riga csf 1986}) 16... Nxf7 17. Nf3 Qxg3 18.
hxg3 c6 19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. cxd4 $14 Ne4 21. g4 Rfe8 22. Kh2 Nfd6 23. f3 Nf6 24.
Bc2 bxa4 25. Rxa4 Nb5 26. Bf4 Nd7 27. Rfa1 Nb6 28. Rxa6 Nxd4 29. Bd3 Rxa6 30.
Rxa6 Nc4 31. b4 g6 32. Ra7 Ne5 33. Ba6 g5 34. Bc1 Rb8 35. Re7 Nf7 36. Bd2 Kf8
37. Ra7 Nc2 38. b5 {Sokolov,A-Jussupow,A/Tilburg 1987/1/2-1/2 (64)}) 14. axb5
axb5 15. Ng5 (15. Ra6 Bb6 (15... Qd7 $6 16. Ng5 Bf5 $2 (16... Ne5 $1 17. Qe2
Bd6 18. Nde4 (18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Kh1 $14) (18. f4 Bg4) 18... Nxe4 19. Nxe6 Nxc3
20. bxc3 Qxe6 21. Qe4 dxe4 22. Bxe6+ Kh8 23. Be3 b4 24. cxb4 Rxb4 25. Bd2 Rb5
26. Ra4 Nd3 27. Rxe4 Nxf2 28. Re2 Nd3 29. Rxf8+ Bxf8 30. g3 Ne5 31. Bc3 Bd6 32.
Ra2 g6 33. g4 h6 34. h4 Kh7 35. Kg2 Nd3 36. Kf3 Be5 37. Bc4 Rc5 38. Bxd3 Rxc3
39. Ke4 Bf6 40. h5 gxh5 41. gxh5 {Molnar,B-Sandor,C/Budapest FS05 IM 1996/1/
2-1/2 (53)}) 17. Nde4 $1 Bb6 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. Qxd5+ $16 Qxd5 20. Bxd5+ Kf8
21. Ne4 Rg6 22. Be3 Rd8 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 24. Ng3 Bg6 25. h4 Rcd6 26. Bxb6 cxb6 27.
Rfa1 Rd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Kh2 Rd2 30. Rxb6 Rxb2 31. f3 Rc2 32. Rxb5 Rxc3 33.
Ne2 Rc4 34. Rb8+ Ke7 35. Kg3 Bf7 36. Nf4 Rc5 37. Rb6 Ra5 38. Ne2 Ra4 39. Nc3
Ra5 40. Ne4 {Ivanchuk,V-Kamsky,G/Monaco rapid 1995/1/2-1/2 (90)}) (15... Qd6)
16. Ng5 Qd6 $5 (16... Bc8 $2 {van der Wiel,J} 17. Nde4 $1 $40) (16... Ne5 $6 {
van der Wiel,J} 17. Qg3 Qd6 18. Rxb6 $1 (18. Nxe6 $2 Qxe6 19. Rxb6 cxb6 $1 20.
Re1 Rbe8 21. f4 Nh5) 18... Rxb6 (18... cxb6 19. Re1 $18) 19. Nxe6 $1 Qxe6 20.
Re1 $16) (16... Bf7 {van der Wiel,J} 17. Nxf7 Rxf7 $14 {^^}) 17. Nxe6 (17. Nde4
$2 {van der Wiel,J} Nxe4 18. Nxe4 (18. Nxe6 Nxf2 19. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 20. Kh1 Nb4 $1
21. cxb4 Qxa6 $19) 18... Ne5 $1 $17) 17... Qxe6 18. Ne4 $1 Kh8 $1 (18... Ne7 {
van der Wiel,J} 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Be3 $16) 19. Nxf6 Qxf6 20. Bc2 (20. Qxd5 $6
{van der Wiel,J} Nb4 $1 21. Rxb6 $8 Nxd5 22. Rxf6 Nxf6 $17) (20. Be3 {van der
Wiel,J} d4 $15) (20. Kh1 $5 {van der Wiel,J} Ne5 (20... d4) 21. Qxd5 Ng4 22. f3
Nxh2 $1 23. Bg5 Nxf1 24. Bxf6 Rxf6 25. Rxb6 Rfxb6 $13) 20... Qh4 $1 (20... g6 {
van der Wiel,J} 21. Qxd5 Nb4 22. cxb4 Bxf2+ 23. Kh1 Qxa6 24. Bd2 Bh4 25. Bc3+
Bf6 (25... Rf6 26. Qf7) 26. Qe5 $3 Bxe5 (26... Kg7 27. Qxc7+) 27. Bxe5+ Kg8 28.
Bb3+ Rf7 29. Rxf7 $16) 21. g3 (21. Bg5 $6 {van der Wiel,J} Qh5 22. Qxd5 (22. h3
Ne5 23. Qg3 Qe2 $1 $17 24. Bd1 $140 Bxf2+) 22... Rbd8 $1 $44) (21. Qg3 {
van der Wiel,J} Qxg3 22. hxg3 Ne5 $36) 21... Qh3 22. Qxd5 $6 (22. Bf4 $1 $13 {
van der Wiel,J}) (22. Bf4 $1 $13 {van der Wiel,J}) 22... Ne5 $1 $40 (22... Rxf2
$2 {van der Wiel,J} 23. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 25. Qg2 Rf8+ 26. Bf4 $18) (
22... Qxf1+ $2 {van der Wiel,J} 23. Kxf1 Rxf2+ 24. Ke1 Rxc2 (24... Re8+ 25. Be4
$18) 25. Kd1 $18) 23. Bf4 (23. Rxb6 {van der Wiel,J} Ng4 $8 24. Rh6 $5 (24. Qg2
Qxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Rxb6 26. Bf4 Rbf6 27. h3 g5 28. hxg4 gxf4 29. Bf5 $15)) 23...
Rxf4 24. Rxb6 (24. Qxe5 $2 {van der Wiel,J} Bxf2+ $1 {ץc2}) 24... cxb6 (24...
Rbf8 {van der Wiel,J} 25. Qxe5 cxb6 26. gxf4 Qg4+ $10) 25. Qxe5 Rff8 (25...
Rbf8 $10 {van der Wiel,J}) 26. Qxb5 Rf6 27. Qe2 Rbf8 28. Be4 Rh6 29. f3 Rd6 30.
c4 Qe6 31. Re1 Qe5 (31... Re8 {van der Wiel,J}) 32. Bd5 Qd4+ 33. Qf2 Qf6 34.
Qe2 h6 (34... Qd4+ $13 {van der Wiel,J}) 35. Qe5 Qxe5 36. Rxe5 {R 9/o} Rc8 (
36... g5 $5 {van der Wiel,J}) 37. Kf2 Kh7 38. h4 Kg6 39. g4 Rc7 {van der Wiel,J
} 40. f4 (40. h5+ {van der Wiel,J} Kf6 41. Rf5+ Ke7 42. Rf7+ Kd8 43. Rf8+ Ke7
44. Rg8 Kf6 $14) (40. Rf5 $5 {van der Wiel,J} Rf6 41. h5+ Kh7 42. Re5 g5 $1 43.
hxg6+ Kxg6 44. Kg3 $14) 40... Kf6 {/\ g6} 41. Rf5+ (41. g5+ $5 {van der Wiel,J}
hxg5 42. hxg5+ Kg6 43. Kg3 $40 Kh5 $5 (43... Kh7 44. f5 $16) 44. Re2 {/\ Be4})
41... Ke7 42. Rf7+ Kd8 43. Rf8+ Ke7 44. Rg8 g6 $5 (44... Kf6 {van der Wiel,J}
45. Kf3 $16 {/\ g5}) 45. Rh8 b5 $1 46. b3 (46. Rxh6 $6 {van der Wiel,J} bxc4
47. Rh7+ Kd8 48. Rxc7 Kxc7 49. Bxc4 Rd4 50. b3 Rxf4+ $14) 46... g5 $5 (46...
Kf6 $2 {van der Wiel,J} 47. Rxh6 Kg7 48. g5 $18) (46... bxc4 $1 {van der Wiel,J
} 47. bxc4 g5) 47. hxg5 hxg5 48. fxg5 bxc4 49. bxc4 $2 (49. Rh7+ $1 {van der
Wiel,J} Kd8 50. Rxc7 Kxc7 51. bxc4 $1 Kd7 (51... Rg6 $6 52. Ke3 Rxg5 53. Kf4
Rg7 54. g5 Kd6 55. Kf5 $18) 52. Ke3 Ke7 53. Ke4 $16) 49... Rc5 $1 $8 {/\ Rcd5}
50. Rh7+ Kf8 (50... Ke8 $2 {van der Wiel,J} 51. Bf7+ Kf8 52. g6) 51. Rf7+ Kg8
$1 {/\ 52.Rd7 Rcd5!} 52. Rf5+ Kg7 53. Ke3 Rc7 54. Re5 Ra6 55. Re8 Ra1 56. Rg8+
Kh7 57. g6+ $6 $138 (57. Kf4 $1 {van der Wiel,J} Rg1 (57... Rd7 $4 58. g6+ Kh6
59. g5+ Kh5 60. Bf3+ Kh4 61. Rh8+ {#}) 58. Kf5 $1 Rf1+ 59. Ke5 Re1+ $5 (59...
Rg1 60. g6+ Kh6 61. Kd6 $16) 60. Kd6 Ree7 61. g6+ Kh6 62. Be6 $16 Rxe6+ $140
63. Kxc7) 57... Kh6 58. Bf7 Rg1 59. Kf4 $2 (59. Rh8+ {van der Wiel,J} Kg7 60.
Rh7+ Kf6 61. Bd5 $1 $14 (61. g7 $2 Kxf7 62. g8=Q+ Kxg8 63. Rxc7 Rxg4 64. Kd3
Kf8 65. Rd7 Ke8 66. Rd5 Rg7 $1 $10)) 59... Rxc4+ $1 60. Bxc4 Rxg4+ 61. Kxg4 {
1/2-1/2 van der Wiel,J-Mikhalevski,V/Leeuwarden 1995} (61. Kf5 {van der Wiel,J}
Rxc4 $10)) (15. Bc2 Bf7 16. Nb3 Bd6 (16... Bb6 17. Nbd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bg6 19.
Qd1 Bxc2 20. Qxc2 Qd7 21. b4 Bxd4 22. cxd4 Rb6 23. Bf4 Rc6 24. Qd3 Rc4 25. Ra7
Ne4 26. Be5 Nxf2 27. Qb1 Ne4 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Qf1+ Qf7 30. Rxc7 Rxc7 31. Bxc7
Kg8 32. Qxf7+ Kxf7 33. Kf1 Ke6 34. Ke2 Kf5 35. Ke3 g5 36. h3 g4 37. hxg4+ Kxg4
38. Bb8 Ng3 39. Be5 Nf5+ {Garcia,G-Toth,C/Latin Cup Final 1991/0-1 (59)}) 17.
Nbd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 c5 19. Qh4 Ne4 20. Bg5 $11 {Puc-Milic,Yugoslavia1946}) 15...
Qd6 (15... Ne5 16. Qg3 Qd6 17. Bc2 ({Wedberg} 17. Ndf3 {N} Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Bf5
19. Qxd6 (19. Bf4 Qd7 20. Bxc7 Rbc8 21. Be5 h6 22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 24.
fxe4 Rcf8 $40) 19... Bxd6 20. Ne4 b4 (20... Bxe4 21. fxe4 c6 22. Bg5 $14) 21.
Nxf6+ Rxf6 22. Bxd5+ Be6 23. Bxe6+ Rxe6 $10 24. Be3 bxc3 25. bxc3 Rf8 $132 26.
Ra4 Rxf3 27. Kg2 Rf5 28. h3 h5 29. Rd1 $2 Rg6+ 30. Kf1 Rg3 $17 31. Ke2 Rxh3 32.
Re4 Bc5 $2 33. Rd7 $132 Bxe3 34. fxe3 Rh2+ 35. Kd3 h4 36. Rxc7 h3 37. Rh4 Rh1
38. Ke4 Rf2 39. Rg4 $10 Rf7 40. Rc8+ Rf8 41. Rc7 Rf7 42. Rc8+ Rf8 43. Rc7 {
1/2-1/2 Mortensen,E-Ernst,T/Reykjavik zt 1995}) 17... Bd7 (17... Bg4 18. Nb3
Nh5 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Qh4 Bb6 21. Nd4 g6 22. h3 Bd7 23. Nde6 Bxe6 24. Bxg6 Nxg6
25. Qxh5+ Kg7 26. Qh7+ Kf6 27. Nf3 Nf4 28. Qh4+ Kg7 29. Qg5+ Kh8 30. Qh6+ Kg8
31. Qg5+ Kh7 32. Qh5+ Kg8 33. Qg5+ Kh7 34. Qh4+ Kg7 35. Re1 Rbe8 36. Re5 Nxh3+
37. gxh3 Rf6 38. Bf4 Qc6 39. Rh5 Bf5 40. Be5 Bg6 41. Qg3 Kf8 42. Rh8+ {Stolz,
M-Comp Mephisto Vancouver/Muenster op 1991/1-0 (66)}) 18. Nb3 Bb6 19. Bf4 Rbe8
20. Nd4 Nh5 $1 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Qh4 g6 (23... Qh6 $6 24. Ndf3
Ree8 25. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Nf6 27. Bc2 $16 (27. Bd3 {Sokolov,A >=} Kg8 28.
Qxh6 gxh6 29. Ne6 $16) 27... Kg8 28. Re7 $2 (28. Qxh6 {Sokolov,A} gxh6 29. Ne6
$16) 28... Qxh4 29. Nxh4 Bc5 30. Re2 Bg4 31. Nhf3 Ra8 32. h3 Bxf3 33. Nxf3 Ra1+
34. Kh2 b4 35. Ng5 bxc3 36. bxc3 Ra3 37. Bg6 Rxc3 38. Rb2 Bd6+ 39. g3 Kf8 40.
Ne6+ Ke7 41. Nxg7 Nd7 42. Bb1 Be5 43. Nf5+ Kf7 44. f4 Bf6 45. Rd2 c6 46. g4 Rc1
47. Bc2 Bd8 48. Kg2 Bc7 49. Nd4 Nf6 50. f5 c5 51. Ne6 Ba5 52. Re2 c4 53. g5 Nh5
54. Kf3 Rg1 55. Rg2 Rxg2 56. Kxg2 Bc3 57. Bd1 Ng7 58. Nxg7 Kxg7 59. Be2 Be5 60.
Kf3 Kf7 61. h4 Ke7 {1-0 Sokolov,A-Timman,J/Belfort WCup 1988}) 24. f4 (24. Rfe1
{Timman,J} Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rf4 $19) (24. Ra8 {Timman,J} Rxa8 25. Nf7+ Kxh7 26.
Nxd6 cxd6 27. g4 Bd8 $17) 24... Rxg5 (24... Ref5 $5) 25. Qxg5 Kxh7 26. Rae1 $2
(26. f5 $1 {Timman,J} Rxf5 27. Rxf5 Bxf5 28. g4 Qe5 29. gxf5 Bxd4+ 30. cxd4
Qxd4+ 31. Kh1 Qe4+ $10) 26... Ng7 $1 $17 27. Kh1 Bxd4 28. cxd4 Bf5 29. Re7 Kg8
30. Qh4 Be4 31. h3 Qd8 {/\ Rf7} 32. f5 Bxf5 33. Rc1 Be4 34. Kg1 (34. Rcxc7 {
Timman,J} Rf1+ 35. Kh2 Qd6+ 36. Qg3 Qxg3+ 37. Kxg3 Nf5+) 34... Rf7 35. Rxe4 g5
36. Qg4 dxe4 37. Qxe4 Rf4 38. Qe5 Qxd4+ 39. Qxd4 Rxd4 40. Rxc7 Rb4 41. Kf2
Rxb2+ 42. Kf3 Rb4 43. Rb7 Kh7 44. g4 Kg6 45. Rb6+ Kf7 46. Rh6 Ne8 47. Ke3 Nf6
48. Rh8 Kg7 {0-1 Sokolov,A-Timman,J/Reykjavik WCup 1988}) 16. Bc2 g6 17. Nxe6 (
17. b4 Bb6 18. Nxe6 Ng4 (18... Qxe6) 19. Qg3 Qxe6 20. Nf3 Rbe8 21. Bd2 Nge5 (
21... Nce5 22. Nd4 $14) 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Be3 (23. Rae1 Qg4 $11) 23... Bxe3 24.
Qxe3 Qg4 25. h3 Qc4 26. Qg3 (26. Qd2 $6 Rf3 27. Ra3 Rxh3 28. Re1 (28. Rfa1)
28... Rh4 29. Bb3 Qf4 30. Bxd5+ Kg7 $40 31. Qxf4 $4 Nf3+) 26... d4 27. Ra3 Kh8
28. cxd4 Qxd4 29. Re3 $14) 17... Ng4 18. Qg3 Qxe6 19. Nf3 Rbe8 20. Bd2 Bd6 $132
{21Qh3Rf3~~} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2000.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 Bg4 {The course of the game Leko-Khalifman,
Match(6) Budapest 2000 couldn't satisfy Piket and 11...d4 is set aside for a
while.} 12. Re1 Qd7 (12... O-O $5) 13. Nb3 Ne6 14. h3 Bh5 15. Bf5 Bg6 (15...
Ncd8 16. Be3 {is another line occuried in a great number of games.}) 16. Bg4 ({
Two additional options are:} 16. g4 O-O (16... Ncd8 17. Be3 a5 (17... O-O 18.
Qe2 Nb7 19. Rad1 c5 20. Nbd2 c4 21. Ne4 Qc6 22. Ng3 $14 {1-0 Renet,
O-Kharitonov,A/Royan 1988/CBM 09 (43)}) 18. Qe2 a4 19. Nbd4 Rb8 20. Nxe6 Nxe6
21. Nd4 c5 22. Nc2 O-O 23. Rad1 Rfd8 24. Rd2 Bxf5 25. gxf5 Ng5 26. Qg4 h5 $1
27. Qxh5 Qxf5 28. Kg2 Rb6 $40 {[%cal Gb6g6] 0-1 Zielinski,M-Haba,P/Cappelle
1989/TD (32)}) 17. Be3 Rad8 18. Qe2 a5 19. Rad1 Rfe8 20. Kg2 a4 21. Nc1 Na5 22.
Nd3 Nc4 23. b3 Nxe3+ 24. Qxe3 axb3 25. axb3 c5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Bologan,
V-Kotronias,V/Debrecen 1992/EU-chT (34)}) ({and} 16. Nfd4 $5 {Seems the most
dangerous for Black.} O-O (16... Ncxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 Rd8 (18... Bf8
19. f4 g6 20. Ne3 c6 21. f5 $36 {1-0 Bashkov,V-Kreuzer,M/Budapest 1992/CBM 30
ext (36)}) (18... Bc5 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 g6 21. Nh6 Rf8 22. Ng4 O-O-O 23.
Nf6 Qc6 24. Rd3 Kb7 25. Qd2 h5 26. Rd1 $16 {1-0 Zapata,A-Pereira,S/Buenos
Aires 1998/CBM 67 ext (50)}) 19. Qg4 g6 20. Nxe7 h5 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22. Qe2 O-O
23. a4 Rfe8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra5 c6 26. Ra7 $16 {1-0 Popadic,D-Sljukic,M/
JUG-chT2 1994/EXT 97 (38)}) 17. Bg4 Ncxd4 18. cxd4 a5 19. f4 h5 20. Bxh5 Bxh5
21. Qxh5 a4 22. Nc5 Nxc5 23. dxc5 Bxc5+ 24. Be3 Bxe3+ 25. Rxe3 f5 26. e6 Qe7
27. Rae1 Rad8 28. g4 $16 {1-0 Nunn,J-Tal,M/Naestved 1985/MCL (39)}) 16... h5 $5
$146 {An improvent on 16...Ncd8.Black decides the problem of a pin by means of
a simple exchanging of the annoying bishop.As shows the game the temporary
weakness of the c5 and g5 squares is not very essential.} (16... Ncd8 17. Nfd4
h5 18. Bf3 Nb7 19. Nc2 c6 20. Be3 a5 21. a4 bxa4 22. Rxa4 c5 23. Ra1 Nc7 24.
Bf4 c4 25. Nc1 Rd8 26. Ne3 Qb5 27. Qa4 Qxa4 28. Rxa4 O-O 29. e6 Nxe6 30. Nxd5
Bd6 31. Bxd6 Nxd6 32. Ne7+ Kh7 33. Rxa5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Shtyrenkov,V-Kharitonov,A/
Kursk 1987/EXT 97 (56)}) 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Be3 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gb3c5] This
move carries the same idea as below-mentioned 18.Bg5,but Leko realizes it in a
bit different way.} (18. Bg5 $5 {was a possible alternative.The idea behind
the move is very simple.White exchanges Black's black-squared bishop in order
to get control under weak black squares c5 and g5.}) 18... O-O 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20.
Bxc5 Rf4 {The rook should stay on the f-file and it's not difficult to
discover that f4 is the only available square on it.} (20... Rf5 $4 21. Nh4 $18
{[%csl Rf5,Rg6]}) (20... Rf7 $2 21. Nh4 $16 {[%csl Rh5] winning a pawn}) 21.
Nd4 ({Or} 21. Qd2 Re4) 21... Re4 {Attaking the e5-pawn Black is calling out a
serial of exchanges.} 22. Nxc6 (22. Rxe4 {looks more precise in order to
exclude 23...B:e4,but maybe it was a provocation?!}) 22... Qxc6 23. Rxe4 dxe4
$5 (23... Bxe4 {was possible,but Piket probably was worried of his king side.
Anyway he decided to defend actively and frees the d5-square for his queen.})
24. Qd4 Re8 $1 {[%mdl 32] Very important preparatory move.Black is stoping the
e-pawn which could become a serious danger after inaccurate 24...Qd5?!} (24...
Qd5 $6 25. Qxd5 exd5 26. e6 Re8 27. e7 $16 {with the serious chances to win
bringing the king to the centre and opening the f-file by means of f3 putting
first the rook on f1.}) 25. Rd1 Qd5 $1 {After this excange White is still a
little bit better,but his chances to win are not considerable.} 26. Qxd5 ({Or} 
26. b3 Rd8 {and I don't see how White can strengthen his position as Re1 will
be answered with Qa8} (26... e3 $5 {is also interesting.Opening the bishop
Black gets sufficient compensation for a pawn.})) 26... exd5 27. Rxd5 Bf7 28.
e6 (28. Rd7 Rxe5 29. Bd4 Rg5 30. Rxc7 Bxa2 $14 {with good chances to keep the
position,but I suppose it anyway was one of the last White's chances to fight
for a win.}) 28... Rxe6 ({In case of} 28... Bxe6 29. Rxh5 {White would get
certain play attacking a weakness on g7 with the aid of Rg5 and Bd4.}) 29. b3 (
29. Rd8+ $142 Re8 30. Rd7 $14 {was a better option,but Peter probably missed a
strong Black's reaction.} Bxa2 31. Rxc7 Bf7 $14 {[%cal Ge8e6]}) 29... e3 $1 {
[%csl Rd5][%mdl 64] Nice tactical blow.Sacrificing a pawn Piket forces White
to exchange the rooks that secures him an easy draw at the endgame with
bishops of opposite colour.} 30. Rd8+ (30. fxe3 Rxe3 31. Rd8+ $140 Re8 $11)
30... Re8 31. Rxe8+ Bxe8 32. Bxe3 Bg6 {[%cal Gg6b1] It's useful to attack
White's pawns from behind forcing a blockade position on the queen side.} 33.
Kh2 Bb1 34. a3 Kf7 35. Kg3 Ke6 36. Kh4 g6 37. Kg5 c6 38. g4 hxg4 39. hxg4 Bc2
40. f4 Bb1 41. b4 Bd3 42. Kh6 Kf7 {Most precise way.Black takes under control
the g6-square predicting a following break through.} 43. f5 gxf5 44. g5 f4 $1 {
Certainly Black shouldn't be greedy as giving up a pawn he stops the only
White's pass pawn.} 45. Bxf4 Bg6 46. Be5 {White has no a single chance as his
king can't pass through the d4 or e5 squares as Black's one will stop it from
d5 or e6.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linz"]
[Site "Linz"]
[Date "1997.05.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nb3 Ne4 (13... Re8) (
13... Qd7) (13... Ne6) 14. Bf4 f6 (14... Re8 {Mikhalevski,V} 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16.
Rxe4 Qxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rad8 19. Ree1 g5 20. Bg3 $16 {Kuczynski,
R-Marin,M/Budapest zt-B 1993/1/2-1/2 (51)} h5 21. e6) (14... f5 {Mikhalevski,V}
15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Qd3 Ne4 $2 (16... Qd7) 17. Bxc7 $1 Qd7 18. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 19.
Bxe5 $18 {Alekhin,A-Nimzowitsch,A Peterburg 1914}) 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Qd3 Qd7
17. Ne5 $5 (17. Ng5 h6 (17... g6 $2 18. Nxh7 $1 Kxh7 19. Qxg6+ Kh8 20. Re3 $1
Bd6 21. Bxd6 cxd6 22. Rg3 $13 {1/2-1/2 Rodriguez,A-Milos,G/Bogota Lat Cup
Final 1991 (43)} (22. h3 $1 Ne5 23. Qh6+ Nh7 24. hxg4 Nxg4 25. Qh3 $18)) 18.
Nh7 Rf7 19. h3 $2 (19. Nxf6+ Rxf6 20. Qh7+ Kf7 21. Be3 Bf5 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23.
Qxf5 Rxf5 $14) 19... Nh5 20. Qg6 (20. Bh2 Bf5 21. Qe2 Bd6 $1 22. Bxd6 cxd6 23.
Bxf5 Qxf5 $19) 20... Nxf4 21. Qxg4 Qxg4 22. hxg4 g6 23. g3 Nh3+ 24. Kg2 Rxf2+
25. Kxh3 Kxh7 $17 {1/2-1/2 Large,P-Flear,G/BCF-ch Eastbourne 1990 (40)}) 17...
Nxe5 18. Bxe5 g6 19. Qd4 c6 20. f3 Bf5 21. Bxf5 Qxf5 22. Qb6 Qd7 23. a4 Rfc8
24. Qf2 (24. axb5 axb5 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Nd4 Rc8 $14) (24. Qd4 c5 $13) 24...
Rf8 25. Qd4 Qc8 26. Bg3 c5 27. Qe3 (27. Qd2 $5 bxa4 (27... Rf7 28. Bh4 bxa4 29.
Rxe7 $5 (29. Rxa4 $14) 29... Rxe7 30. Bxf6 Rf7 31. Rxa4 Rxf6 32. Qxd5+ Kg7 33.
Nxc5 Qc6 $13) 28. Rxe7 axb3 29. Be5 Qf5 30. Re1 $40) 27... Rf7 $2 (27... bxa4
28. Rxa4 Rf7 $14) 28. axb5 {[%csl Rc5]} d4 (28... c4 29. Nd4 $16) 29. Qe6 $1
axb5 30. Ra7 $1 $18 dxc3 31. bxc3 c4 32. Nd4 Nd5 33. Rea1 1-0

[Event "NED-ch52"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1997.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nf1 Re8 {This move has
become popular after the game Wang Zili-Yusupov,1990} 14. h3 Bh5 15. Ng3 (15.
g4 Bg6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Ne3 Qd7 18. Qxd5 Rad8 19. Rd1 Qe6 $10 {Wahls,M-Hübner,
R, Munich 1991.}) 15... Bg6 16. Nf5 (16. Bxg6 {1/2-1/2 Topalov-Marin,Budapest
1993}) (16. Be3 Bf8 17. Bd4 Ne6 18. h4 Ncxd4 19. cxd4 c5 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Qd2
Nxd4 22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. Qxd4 Rc8 24. Rac1 Rc4 25. Rxc4 dxc4 26. Qg4 Qd2 27. Qe2
Bb4 28. Qxd2 Bxd2 29. Re2 Bf4 30. Re4 Bc1 31. Re2 Kf8 32. h5 Bf4 33. hxg6 Rxe5
34. Ne4 f5 35. Nc3 b4 36. Rxe5 Bxe5 37. Nd1 Bd4 {0-1 Villavicencio,A-Garcia,G/
Las Palmas op 1989}) 16... Ne4 $5 $146 (16... Bf8 17. Bf4 Ne6 18. Bh2 Na5 19.
Ne3 c6 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Nc4 22. b3 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 c5 $1 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25.
dxc5 Bxc5 26. Rd3 d4 27. Kh1 Rc8 28. f4 Qd5 $10 29. Bg1 g5 30. Qg4 gxf4 31. Re1
Bb6 32. Qxf4 Rc2 33. Rg3 Re6 34. Rf1 Rec6 35. e6 Qxe6 36. Bxd4 Bxd4 37. Qxd4 f6
38. Qd8+ Kh7 39. Qd3+ Kg8 40. Qd8+ Kh7 41. Qd3+ Kg8 42. Qd8+ {1/2-1/2 Wahls,
M-Huebner,R/GER-CupT 1991}) 17. Nxe7+ (17. Bxe4 $2 dxe4) 17... Rxe7 18. Bf4 $14
Qd7 (18... Qe8 $5 {/\Rd8} 19. Qxd5 $140 (19. a4 $5) 19... Nxc3 $1 (19... Rd8
20. Qb3 Nc5 21. Qa3 Ne6 $1 22. Bxg6 Nxf4 23. Bc2 Nxe5 24. Kf1 $1 $13) 20. Qd2
Bxc2 21. Qxc2 Nd5 $11) 19. Nh4 $1 Nc5 (19... Nxe5 $4 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Nxg6
hxg6 22. Rxe4 $18) 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Be3 $6 (21. Qf3 $1 Rae8 22. Red1 $1 (22.
Rad1 $2 Nxe5 23. Qxd5 $140 $2 Qxd5 24. Rxd5 Nf3+ $19) 22... d4 $1 (22... Nxe5
23. Qxd5 Qxd5 24. Rxd5 $16) 23. b4 Ne6 24. Bh2 $1 (24. Be4 $2 Nxe5 $1 25. Bxe5
Ng5) 24... Ng5 $140 25. Qd3 $1 Nxe5 26. Qg3 $1 (26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. Qxd4 $11)
26... Qd5 27. f4 Nef3+ (27... Ngf3+ 28. Kh1 $1 Nxh2 29. Rxd4 Qc6 30. fxe5 $18)
28. Kh1 $1 Nxh2 (28... Re3 29. fxg5 Ne1 $140 $2 30. Rxe1 $1 Rxg3 31. Rxe8+) 29.
fxg5 $16) 21... Ne6 22. f4 d4 $1 23. Be4 Rd8 (23... dxe3 $4 24. Qxd7 Rxd7 25.
Bxc6 $18) 24. Bc1 $2 (24. cxd4 $142 Ncxd4 25. Rc1 c5 (25... Nf5 $5 26. Bxf5
gxf5 $13)) 24... Nc5 (24... d3 25. Be3 Na5 26. b3 $14) 25. Bf3 $6 (25. Bxc6
Qxc6 26. cxd4 Ne6 27. Be3 Nxd4 28. Bxd4 Qc4 $14 {/=} 29. Re4 $140 c5 30. Rc1
Qd5) 25... Qe6 (25... d3 26. Be3 Ne6 27. Qd2) 26. f5 $2 (26. Bxc6 $142 Qxc6 27.
cxd4 {see 25.B:c6}) 26... gxf5 27. Bxc6 (27. Bg5 dxc3 28. Qc2 cxb2 29. Rab1
Nxe5 $1 30. Bxe7 (30. Qxc5 Nxf3+ 31. gxf3 Qxe1+ $19) 30... Qxe7 $17) 27... Qxc6
28. Bg5 f6 29. exf6 Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 gxf6 31. Qe7 Re8 32. Qxf6 Qxf6 33. Bxf6 d3
$15 {This position has arised by force and it's difficult to understand why
Van der Doel didn't play 26.B:c6 to get slightly better position.Now he has to
fight for a draw.} 34. Bd4 $4 (34. Rd1 $8 Ne4 35. Bh4 d2 $15) 34... Na4 $2 (
34... d2 35. Bf2 Nd3 36. Rd1 Re2 (36... Re1+ $19) 37. Bg3 Nxb2 38. Kf1 Rxg2 $19
) 35. Rd1 (35. Kf1 Nxb2 36. Re1 Re4 $1 37. Rxe4 fxe4 38. Ke1 Nc4 39. Kf2 d2 40.
Ke2 e3 {/\Nb2}) 35... c5 36. Bf6 Kf7 $6 (36... Nxb2 $142 37. Rd2 Kf7 38. Bg5
Kg6 39. Bf4 (39. h4 Re2 40. Rxe2 dxe2 41. Kf2 Nd1+ 42. Kxe2 Nxc3+ $19) 39...
Re2 40. Kf1 Rxd2 41. Bxd2 $17) 37. Bh4 $6 (37. b3 $142 Kxf6 $5 (37... Nb2 38.
Rd2 Kxf6 (38... Re2 39. Bg5 $13) 39. Rxb2 Re1+ 40. Kf2 Rc1 41. Ke3 Rxc3 $17)
38. bxa4 c4 39. axb5 axb5 $17) 37... Nxb2 38. Rd2 Re4 $6 (38... Re2 $142 39.
Rxe2 dxe2 40. Kf2 Nd1+ $19) 39. Bg3 Re3 $6 (39... Re2 $142 40. Rxe2 dxe2 41.
Kf2 Nd1+ $19) 40. Bf4 Re2 41. Kf1 Rxd2 42. Bxd2 Nc4 {White is hopeless.The
queen side pawns decide the game.} 0-1

[Event "Varsity Oxbridge m"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1998.03.07"]
[Round "?.3"]
[White "Hunt, Harriet"]
[Black "Tonkov, Bojan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.03.07"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 Qd7 12. Re1 Bg4 13. Nf1 Bh5 (13... Rd8) 14.
Ng3 Bg6 15. Be3 ({Usually white plays} 15. h4 O-O (15... Rd8 16. h5 (16. Be3
O-O 17. h5 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Ne6 19. Nf5 Rfe8 20. a4 b4 21. h6 g6 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7
23. a5 Rb8 24. Ra4 Rb5 25. c4 dxc4 26. Qxc4 Nxa5 27. Qa2 b3 28. Qa1 Nc6 29.
Rxa6 Nb4 30. Qa4 Rbb8 31. Ra5 Nc2 32. Rd1 Red8 33. Rad5 Rxd5 34. Rxd5 Nxe3 35.
fxe3 Rb4 36. Qa8+ Qf8 37. Qxf8+ Kxf8 38. Nd4 Nxd4 39. exd4 Ke7 40. Kf1 Rc4 {
Palac,M-Vucic,M/Belgrade GMA 1988/0-1 (71)}) 16... Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Ne6 18. a4 O-O
19. axb5 axb5 20. Nf5 Rfe8 21. Be3 Bf8 22. Rad1 Na5 23. Ng5 Nxg5 24. Bxg5 Rb8
25. h6 g6 26. Ng3 Qg4 27. Bf6 Qe6 28. Qc1 Nc4 29. b3 Nb6 30. Qg5 Nd7 31. Nh5
Nc5 32. Nf4 Qc6 33. Nxd5 Nxb3 34. Be7 Kh8 35. e6 Bxe7 36. Nxe7 Qxc3 37. exf7
Rf8 38. Re3 {1-0 Jansa,V-Wiedenkeller,M/Gausdal Int 1986}) 16. h5 Bxc2 17. Qxc2
f5 (17... h6 18. Be3 f5 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. b4 Be7 21. e6 Qe8 22. Nxf5 Qxh5 23.
Re5 Qe8 24. Rxd5 Rf6 25. Re1 Rd8 26. Qe4 Rxd5 27. Qxd5 Nd8 28. N3d4 Qf8 29. Qd7
{1-0 Howell,J-Copeland,G/BCF-ch 1987}) (17... Ne6 $5 18. Be3 Rfe8 (18... f6 19.
exf6 Rxf6 {1/2-1/2 Lau,R-Brueckner,T/BL9091 1991}) 19. Rad1 h6 20. Nf5 $36 Bg5
$6 (20... Bf8 21. Nh2 $1 {/\ Ng4, Bh6} Ng5 22. Bxg5 hxg5 23. Ng4 $16) 21. Qd2
$1 $16 Bxe3 (21... Rad8 22. Nxg5 $1 $16) 22. Nxe3 {>< d5} Nf4 23. Nxd5 Nxh5 24.
Qc2 Qg4 $8 (24... Qc8 25. Qe4 {/\ Qh4+-}) 25. Nh2 (25. Qe4 Qxe4 26. Rxe4 Rad8 {
/\ Rd7 <-> d}) (25. Re4 $16) 25... Qc8 26. g4 Nxe5 27. gxh5 Nf3+ $1 28. Nxf3
Qg4+ 29. Kh2 Qxf3 30. Re3 $1 Qxh5+ 31. Kg2 c6 32. Rh3 $8 Qe5 33. Ne3 Rad8 34.
Rg3 g6 35. Qb3 $5 {/\ 36.Rg6, 36.Qb4-h4-> >>} Qe4+ $6 36. Rf3 $1 $18 Qe7 $8 37.
Ng4 Kg7 38. Nf6 Rf8 39. Rd4 $1 {/\ Re4, Rdf4} Rd6 $2 40. Rxd6 Qxd6 41. Ne8+ {
1-0 Rodriguez,A-Xu Jun/Subotica izt 1987}) 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Be3 Ne6 20. Rad1
Rad8 21. Ne4 Qf7 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Bc1 Rd6 24. a4 bxa4 25. Qxa4 Qf5 26. Qh4 h6
27. Be3 a5 28. Nd4 Ncxd4 29. Bxd4 Nxd4 30. Qxd4 Qxh5 31. Re5 Rf5 32. Re7 Rg6
33. Rxc7 Rfg5 34. g3 Qh3 35. Rd3 Rh5 {0-1 Mokry,K-Jussupow,A/Dubai olm 1986}) (
15. Nd4 {Very rare continuation,that has been introduced by N.Short.} Nxd4 (
15... Bxc2 16. Qxc2 O-O 17. Ngf5 Rfe8 18. Re3 Bf8 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Nd4 Qd7 21.
b4 Ne6 22. Rh3 g6 23. Be3 c5 24. Nxe6 Rxe6 25. f4 cxb4 26. Bd4 Bg7 27. cxb4 Rc6
28. Bc5 Bf8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Prandstetter,E-Priehoda,V/CSR-ch 1990 (47)}) 16. cxd4
Ne6 17. Be3 c5 18. Nf5 O-O 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21. Rc1 Bxf5 22. Bxf5
Ne6 23. Rc3 $14 {1-0 Short,N-Garcia,G/Dubai olm 1986 (59)}) 15... Ne6 (15...
Rd8 16. h4 Bxc2 (16... O-O {would lead to Palac-Vucic Beograd GMA,1988 by
transposition(15.h4 Rd816.Be3}) 17. Qxc2 Qg4 18. h5 O-O 19. Qf5 Qxf5 20. Nxf5
Ne6 21. N3d4 Nexd4 22. cxd4 Rd7 23. Rec1 $14 {1-0 Fishbein,A-Baquero,L/
Philadelphia opI 1992 (30)}) 16. a4 (16. h4 $5) 16... O-O 17. Nf5 (17. Bxg6
hxg6 18. b4 $5 {[%cal Gd1d3] Fixing queen flank.}) 17... Rfd8 18. Qe2 {[%cal
Ge2b5]} Bf8 19. h3 (19. axb5 {doesn't promise a lot.} axb5 20. Qxb5 (20. Rxa8
Rxa8 21. Qxb5 Rb8 $11 (21... Nxe5 22. Qxd7 Nxd7 $11)) 20... Rab8 (20... Nxe5
21. Qxd7 Nxd7 (21... Rxa1 22. Qxf7+ $1 Bxf7 23. Rxa1 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 $14)) (
20... Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Nxe5 (21... Rb8 $5) 22. Qe2 $1 (22. Qxd7 $5 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3
Rxd7 24. Ra7) 22... Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 $14) 21. Qe2 Rxb2 22. Reb1 Rdb8) 19... b4 {
[%cal Gc6a5,Gb4c3]} 20. Rad1 $2 (20. a5 $142 $1 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gg2g4,Gc2a4] /
\g4 and then Ba4}) 20... Na5 $5 (20... bxc3 $5 21. bxc3 Na5 {[%cal Gc7c5] /\c5
and Black has very comfortable position}) 21. cxb4 $6 (21. N3h4 $142 bxc3 22.
bxc3 c5 $11) 21... Nc4 $1 (21... Bxb4 $5 {[%csl Ra4,Rb2][%cal Gb8b2]} 22. Bd2
$1 Nc6 $1 $15 {[%csl Rb4] ><b4} (22... Rdb8 $4 23. Bxb4 Rxb4 (23... Bxf5 24.
Bxa5) 24. Rxd5 $18) (22... Bxd2 $6 23. Qxd2 Nc4 24. Qc3 {[%cal Rd1d5]} (24. Qc1
Bxf5 (24... Rab8 $4 25. Rxd5 $1) 25. Bxf5 Rab8 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gb8b2]} (25...
Qxa4) (25... Qxa4 $6 26. Qb1 $1 {[%cal Gb2b3,Gb1h7]} Rab8 27. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 28.
Ng5 g6 29. Nxe6 $14) 26. b3 Rxb3 27. Bxh7+ Kh8 $13) 24... c6 $13)) 22. Bc1 (22.
b3 Na3 $1 {[%csl Rb4]} 23. Be4 c6 $15) 22... Bxb4 $15 23. Rf1 c6 (23... a5 $5 {
[%csl Ra4,Rb2][%cal Ga8b8]}) (23... Rab8 $5 24. b3 $140 Na3 25. Bxa3 Bxa3 26.
Qxa6 $4 Nc5 {[%csl Rf5]}) 24. N3h4 Qa7 $2 {[%cal Ga7g1]} (24... a5 $142 $5) 25.
Kh1 $1 {[%cal Gf2f4] Now white creates a strong attack.} (25. b3 Na5 (25... Na3
26. Bd3 {[%csl Ra3]}) (25... Nb6)) 25... Bf8 26. f4 Rab8 27. Bd3 $1 Nb6 $6 (
27... Rb4 $142 28. b3 $3 Nb6 (28... Na5 $2 29. Bd2) (28... Rxb3 29. Bxc4 dxc4
30. Qxc4 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Rb4 32. Qxc6 Bxf5 $140 (32... Nxf4 $140 33. Bxf4 Rxf4
34. Qc8 $1 {[%cal Rc8f8] /\Q:f8!}) (32... Qf2 33. Qe8 $1 $16) 33. Nxf5 Nxf4 34.
Bxf4 Rxf4 35. Qc8 $18 {[%cal Rc8f8] /\Q:f8!})) 28. a5 Na4 {Black knight is out
of play and white's attack becomes very unpleasant} 29. Nxg6 hxg6 30. Nh4 $40 {
[%csl Rg8][%cal Gf4f5] /\f5} Nec5 $2 (30... Nac5 {was probably the last chance
to resist to the white's attack.} 31. f5 (31. Qf2 Qc7 32. f5 $6 Nxd3 33. Rxd3
gxf5 34. Nxf5) 31... Nd4 (31... Nxd3 32. fxe6 $1 $18) 32. Qg4 $1 (32. Qf2 Nxf5
(32... Nxd3 $2 33. Rxd3 {[%cal Gf2a7]}) 33. Nxf5 gxf5 34. Bxf5 $13 (34. Be3 $2
Nxd3)) 32... Nxd3 33. fxg6 $1 (33. Rxd3 Nxf5 34. Nxf5 gxf5 35. Rxf5 Rb4 $1 $15)
33... Nxe5 34. gxf7+ Qxf7 (34... Nxf7 35. Rxd4 $40) 35. Qxd4 Qe6 $13) 31. f5
Nxd3 (31... gxf5 32. Bxf5 {is very dangerous for black.}) 32. Rxd3 gxf5 (32...
Rb4 $2 33. fxg6 $1 Rxh4 34. gxf7+ Kh8 35. Bg5 $18) 33. Nxf5 {[%cal Gd3g3] Now
Black is defenceless} Nc5 34. Rg3 Ne4 35. Rg4 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gf5h6,Gc1h6]}
Rd7 36. Bh6 g6 37. e6 $1 $18 Rdb7 (37... fxe6 38. Rxg6+ Kh8 39. Rxe6 $18) 38.
exf7+ Kh7 (38... Rxf7 39. Rxg6+ Kh8 40. Be3) 39. Bxf8 Rxf8 40. Rh4# 1-0

[Event "San Salvador op 1st"]
[Site "Merliot"]
[Date "2002.12.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zarnicki, Pablo Adrian"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2002.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESA"]
[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. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Nxf2 $5 {This move looks wrong, but usually
Black manages to hold the position somehow.} 12. Rxf2 f6 13. exf6 Bxf2+ 14.
Kxf2 Qxf6 15. Nf1 (15. Kg1 {is the main alternative.}) 15... Ne5 {[%csl Rf3]
[%cal Gf6f2]} 16. Be3 Rae8 17. Bc5 Nxf3 18. gxf3 Rf7 19. Ng3 $5 {Relatively
rare move. However I think it's not worse than two others.} (19. Kg2) (19. Kg1)
19... Bg4 {[%csl Rf3]} 20. Kg1 Qxf3 {Usually it's recommended to trade the
Queens when your opponent has two pieces vs rook. However in this particular
case I'm not sure what should've been preffered because of exposed position of
White's king.} (20... Bxf3 {During the game I thought that this move was just
bad,but in fact the arising position is quite unclear. For example:} 21. Qd3 {
and Black can choose between three possible moves, each of them deserves
attention.} Qh6 $5 (21... Be4 $5 22. Nxe4 dxe4 {[%csl Rg1]}) (21... Qh4 $5 22.
Rf1 Be4 ({Doesn't work} 22... Qh3 $4 23. Rxf3 Re1+ 24. Rf1) 23. Nxe4 Rxf1+ 24.
Kxf1 dxe4 25. Qd7 (25. Qd5+ $5 Kh8 26. Qf7 $13) 25... Qh5 26. Bb3+ Kh8 27. Bf7
Qf3+ $11) 22. Rf1 Be4 23. Nxe4 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 dxe4 25. Qd7 Qc1+ 26. Bd1 $13)
21. Qxf3 Rxf3 $1 {This is better than 21...Bxf3 which allows pin on the f-file.
} (21... Bxf3 22. Rf1 $5 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gc2f5] White creates a threat of 23.
Bf5 and when the bishop moves Bxh7+! winning an exchange.} Rf6 (22... g6 23.
Nf5 $1 {[%csl Rf3,Rf7][%cal Gf5h6]} gxf5 24. Rxf3 {[%csl Rf5]}) 23. b4 $1 $14 {
[%csl Ra6] 1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Jussupow,A/Linares 1990/CBM 17 (42)}) 22. Rf1 $5
{Another move against the rules of endgame. The rule says that when you have
two minor pieces vs rook keep the rook. However it seems that the position is
full of exceptions. Thanks to the move in text White reduces counter chances.}
({Also interesting to open the a-file:} 22. a4 Bh3 (22... Rf6 {1/2-1/2 Sogaard,
O-Wieringen,C/email RCCA 1999/80 telechess (36)}) 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ne2 $5 g6 (
24... c6 $5) (24... Rxe2 $2 {would be a blunder} 25. Ra8+ Kf7 26. Rf8+ Ke6 27.
Rxf3 {[%csl Rh3]} Rg2+ 28. Kh1 Rxc2 29. Rxh3 Rxb2 30. Rxh7 {with good chances
for a win.}) 25. Bb3 Kg7 (25... Re5 $5) 26. Nd4 Rf4 27. Nxb5 c6 28. Nd4 Re5 (
28... Rg4+ $5 29. Kf2 Rg2+ 30. Kf3 Rxb2 31. Ra7+ Kf6 32. Bc2 $14) 29. Kh1 $1
$16 {1-0 Vuckovic,B-Ernst,S/Bermuda BER 2002/(60)}) ({Wedberg} 22. Kg2 $6 h5 $1
23. Bg6 (23. Rf1 $2 Rxf1 24. Kxf1 h4 $19 {This evaluation seems to be too
optimistic. White is just slightly worse.[Mikhalevski,V]}) (23. Bd1 $6 Rd3 24.
Bxg4 Rd2+ 25. Kh3 (25. Be2 $2 h4 $19) 25... hxg4+ 26. Kxg4 Rxh2 $17) 23... Re6
24. Bxh5 Rxg3+ 25. Kxg3 Bxh5 {and White managed to hold the position thanks to
bishops of opposite color. 1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Jussupow,A/Horgen 1994/CBM 43/
[Wedberg] (51)}) 22... Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 {A typical for this variation position
has arised. White has two minor pieces vs rook and two pawns. I think that
despite weakness of the queen side pawns Black can hold with an accurate play.}
a5 $146 {After the game I was really surprised when it's turned out that only
this move is a novelty.The idea was to avoid fixing of the a6-pawn with b4.} (
23... Kf7 24. Bd3 Re6 25. Bd4 Rh6 26. Kg2 Bh3+ 27. Kf2 Bd7 28. Nf1 a5 29. Be2 {
1/2-1/2 Groszpeter,A-Gyimesi,Z/Kecskemet 1994/CBM 45 ext (29)}) (23... g6 24.
Kf2 Kf7 25. Bd4 Re6 26. Bd3 Ke7 27. Nf1 Kd6 28. Ne3 Bh3 29. b4 Re8 30. Kg3 Be6
31. h4 Rg8 32. Ng4 Bxg4 33. Kxg4 {[#] Das Läuferpaar blockt und kompensiert in
Verbindung mit dem aktiven König die schwarzen Mehrbauern.} Ke6 34. Kg5 Rf8 35.
Be2 Rf5+ 36. Kh6 Rf4 37. Kxh7 Rxh4+ 38. Kxg6 Rh2 39. Bg4+ Kd6 40. Kf6 Rxa2 41.
Be5+ Kc6 42. Bf3 Rd2 {Vermutlich sind die letzten zwei weißen Züge vertauscht
worden und es geschah in Wirklichkeit erst 41.Lf3 Td2 42.Le5+Kc6. Anderenfalls
war Lf3 ein schwerer Fehler und das Auslassen von Tf2 ebenso!!} ({denn} 42...
Rf2 $19) 43. Ke6 Rd3 44. Bg2 Rd2 45. Bf3 Rd3 46. Bg2 {1/2-1/2 Gross,D-Simacek,
P/Prerov 2001/CBM 87/[Hecht] (46)}) 24. Bd3 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Gg3f5]} ({Too
early} 24. Nf5 Re2 $1 25. Bd1 Re4 {and black is ok.}) 24... Bd7 $1 ({In case of
} 24... c6 25. Nf5 {[%csl Rc6,Rg4] my bishop would remain out of play on g4
and also the c6-pawn is getting weak.}) 25. h4 $1 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gh4h5]
First of all White improves his position on the king side and creates a
positional threat of h5.} ({Now} 25. Nf5 {is not dangerous.}) 25... g6 26. Kf2
{White is improving the position of his king.} ({Also immediate} 26. h5 $5 {
deserved serious attention and Balck has to make a choice between allowing h6
or exchanging h and g-pawns for White's h-pawn.} gxh5 (26... Kf7 $5) 27. Nxh5
Kf7 28. Bd4 (28. Bxh7 $5 Rh8 $140 29. Nf6 $1 {[%csl Rh8]})) 26... Kf7 27. Ne2 {
[%cal Ge2d4]} a4 28. Nd4 c6 {Now I have only one weakness on the queen side on
c6 which can be defended easily. I just need to trade the king side pawns.} 29.
Nf3 Bf5 $5 {A bit risky, but probably correct decision.} 30. Bf1 {White is
trying to avoid any complications.} (30. Bxf5 $5 {could give some counter play.
} gxf5 31. Nd4 Re4 $132 {[%csl Ra2,Rb2,Rh4]}) 30... Kf6 31. Ng5 {Provoking h6.}
h6 32. Nf3 {[%cal Gc5e3,Gc5d4]} g5 $5 {I decided that it's time to trade the
king side pawns.} 33. hxg5+ hxg5 34. Bd4+ Ke7 35. Nxg5 {A very interesting
from the theoretical point of view position. The question is whether Black can
hold the position on one side. I think he can.} Kd6 36. Nf7+ Ke7 37. Ng5 ({
Another interesting positon could arise after} 37. Ne5 Kd6 38. Nd3 Bxd3 $5 39.
Bxd3) 37... Kd6 38. a3 c5 {I wasn't sure whether this move is good or not, but
couldn't stand the temptation to place one of my pawns on the dark square with
a tempo.} 39. Be3 Kc6 40. Nf3 Bg4 $5 41. Nd2 {White prefers to keep the knight
for a while.} Rb8 {This is just a waiting move.No threats.} 42. Kg3 Bd1 43. Bg2
Rg8+ {Forcing the king to go back.} 44. Kf2 Rf8+ 45. Ke1 Bh5 (45... Re8 $5 {
However I didn't want to allow Nf1.} 46. Nf1) 46. b4 {White forces a draw.} ({
Now after} 46. Nf1 {I have} Bf3) 46... axb3 47. Nxb3 Ra8 $1 {[%csl Ra3] Tricky
move.} 48. Nxc5 ({Bad is natural} 48. Bxc5 $2 {because of} Re8+ $1 {and Black
wins a piece:} 49. Kf1 (49. Kd2 Re2+) 49... Bd1 {[%csl Rb3,Rc5]} (49... Be2+ $5
50. Kf2 Bc4)) 48... Rxa3 ({Even simplier was} 48... Re8 49. Kd2 Rxe3 50. Kxe3
Kxc5 $11) 49. Bd4 Rxc3 $11 {The simplest.} 50. Bxc3 Kxc5 51. Bg7 d4 52. Kd2 Be8
{[%cal Ge8c6]} 53. Bf8+ Kb6 54. Kd3 Bc6 {Black creates a well-known fortress
with the bishop on the long diagonal and the king on a8.} 55. Bh3 b4 56. Bxb4 {
It's interesting that Fritz 8 evaluates this positon as a win for White.} Kb7
57. Kxd4 Ka8 58. Kc5 Be4 59. Kb6 Bf3 60. Bd6 Be4 {This is an important game
for understanding typical positions!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.07.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4456]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7.
Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Re1 {Schussler: A
popular alternative is 12.Qe1 unpinning the N at f3, thus making 13.Nd4
possible - see CBM 24/game 602.} O-O {Hansen: Kortschnoj has preferred this
move lately. His old favorite line used to be 12..Qd7 and 13..Rd8.} 13. Nf1 (
13. Nb3 $5) (13. b4 Ne6 14. Nb3) 13... Re8 {This move has become popular after
the game Wang Zili-Yusupov,1990} (13... d4 $5 {Wedberg: The thematic push in
the open spanish. But the move has not been played much in this exact position
(see Timman-Kortchnoi 1996 in CBM57)}) 14. b4 $146 {Despite a big amount of
games in 13...Re8 line this move wasn't played yet and as the game shows
rightly so.} (14. Ng3 {was tried only once} Bf8 (14... d4 {Tal}) 15. b4 Bxf3
16. gxf3 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Rxe5 18. bxc5 Bxc5 19. Bf4 Re8 20. Qd3 g6 $13 {1/2-1/2
Urday,H-Estremera Panos,S/Osuna 1991/EXT 91op (33)}) (14. Bf4 Bf8 15. Ne3 Bxf3
16. Qxf3 Nxe5 17. Qg3 (17. Qxd5 Ned3) 17... f6 18. Nf5 g6 19. h4 Qd7 {[%cal
Gc5e4]} 20. Rad1 Nf7 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Bxc7 Ne4 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. Ne3 d4 25.
Nc2 Re2 26. Rxd4 {1/2-1/2 Stefansson,H-Hjartarson,J/Akureyri 1997/EXP 59 (26)})
(14. h3 {One of the most critical continuations.} Bh5 15. Ng3 (15. g4 Bg6 16.
Bxg6 hxg6 17. Ne3 Qd7 18. Qxd5 Rad8 19. Rd1 Qe6 $10 {Wahls,M-Hübner,R, Munich
1991.}) 15... Bg6 16. Nf5 (16. Bxg6 {1/2-1/2 Topalov-Marin,Budapest 1993}) (16.
Be3 Bf8 (16... Qd7 $11) 17. Bd4 Ne6 18. h4 Ncxd4 19. cxd4 c5 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21.
Qd2 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. Qxd4 Rc8 24. Rac1 Rc4 25. Rxc4 dxc4 $15 {0-1
Villavicencio,A-Garcia,G/Las Palmas op 1989 (37)}) 16... Bf8 {looks most
logical.} (16... Ne4 $5 $146 {Timman's novelty which he tried against van den
Doel.In the later game Adianto decided to check this move against Svidler,but
the try was unsuccessful...} 17. Nxe7+ (17. Bxe4 $2 dxe4) 17... Rxe7 18. Bf4
$14 Qe8 $5 {/\Rd8} (18... Qd7 19. Nh4 $1 Nc5 (19... Nxe5 $4 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21.
Nxg6 hxg6 22. Rxe4 $18) 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Be3 $5 (21. Qf3 $5) 21... Ne6 22. f4
d4 $1 23. Be4 Rd8 (23... dxe3 $4 24. Qxd7 Rxd7 25. Bxc6 $18) 24. Bf2 $1 $146 {
and Svidler won convincingly. 1-0 Svidler,P-Adianto,U/Groningen 1997/CBM 63/
[Mikhalevski,V] (44)} (24. cxd4 Ncxd4 25. Rc1 c5 (25... Nf5 $5 26. Bxf5 gxf5
$13)) (24. Bc1 $2 Nc5 {0-1 Van den Doel,E-Timman,J/Rotterdam 1997/CBM 60/
[Mikhalevski,V] (42)} (24... d3 25. Be3 Na5 26. b3 $14))) 19. Qxd5 $140 (19. a4
$5) (19. a4 $5) 19... Nxc3 $1 (19... Rd8 20. Qb3 Nc5 21. Qa3 Ne6 $1 22. Bxg6
Nxf4 23. Bc2 Nxe5 24. Kf1 $1 $13) 20. Qd2 Bxc2 21. Qxc2 Nd5 $11) 17. Bf4 Ne6
18. Bh2 Na5 19. Ne3 c6 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Nc4 22. b3 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 c5 $1 24.
Bxg6 hxg6 25. dxc5 Bxc5 26. Rd3 d4 27. Kh1 Rc8 28. f4 Qd5 $10 {1/2-1/2 Wahls,
M-Huebner,R/GER-CupT 1991 (41)}) (14. Ne3 {together with 14.h3 is one of the
most critical continuations.} Nxe5 (14... Bxf3 $6 15. Qxf3 Nxe5 16. Qf5 Ng6 17.
Nxd5 Bd6 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Be3 $14 {Adams,M-Garcia,G/New York op 1995/EXP 47/
1-0 (56)}) 15. Bxh7+ (15. Nxg4 $2 Nxg4 16. h3 Nf6 $17 {Prasad,D-Ramesh,R/
Madras zt 1995/EXT 95/1/2-1/2 (61)}) 15... Kxh7 16. Qc2+ Kg8 (16... Ng6 17.
Nxg4 $14) 17. Nxe5 Bh5 $5 $146 (17... Be6 18. Nc6 (18. Nf5 $6 Bxf5 (18... Bf8
$142 $11) 19. Qxf5 Bf6 20. Bf4 $14 {1-0 Daly,C-Glodeanu,I/Bucharest2 1993 (35)}
) 18... Qd6 19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 20. b3 Nd7 21. Bb2 $6 (21. a4 $1 $14) 21... Rae8 22.
Rad1 (22. a4 $5) 22... c5 23. f3 Ne5 $1 24. Qf2 $6 (24. Qd2 c4 25. bxc4 bxc4
26. Nc2 $10 Nd3 27. Ba3 Qb6+ $145 28. Qe3) 24... c4 25. Qg3 f6 26. Rd4 Qc5 27.
bxc4 $6 (27. b4 Qb6 28. Bc1 $17) 27... dxc4 28. Nc2 $2 (28. Bc1) 28... a5 $1
$19 {0-1 Wang Zili-Jussupow,A/Novi Sad olm 1990/TD 90\06/[Balashov] (36)}) 18.
Qf5 $1 (18. b4 $2 Na4) (18. g4 $6 Bg6) (18. Nc6 $6 Qd7 19. Qf5 $6 (19. Nxe7+
Rxe7 $15) 19... Qxf5 20. Nxf5 Bf6 21. Nfe7+ Kf8 22. Be3 Nd3 23. Nxd5 Nxe1 24.
Rxe1 Re6 25. Bc5+ Kg8 26. Rxe6 fxe6 27. Nxc7 Rc8 28. Bb6 (28. Bd6 $2 Bd8) 28...
Bd8 29. f3 Rxc7 30. Nxd8 Rd7 31. Nxe6 Rd6 32. Nf4 Rxb6 $1 33. Nxh5 Rd6) 18...
Bf6 19. Nf3 (19. Nc6 $2 {Jetzt behält Schwarz sein Läuferpaar} Bg6 {^^} (19...
Qd7 $5 {Hansen,Cu} 20. Qxh5 Qxc6 21. Rd1 Re5 22. Qf3 Rae8 $132) 20. Qxg6 fxg6
21. Nxd8 Raxd8 $17 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Kortschnoj,V/Ubeda 1997/CBM 58/[Kortschnoj]
(50)}) (19. Qxh5 Rxe5 20. Qd1 $1) 19... Bxf3 20. Qxf3 $11 Nd3 $140 $2 21. Rd1
Nxc1 22. Rxd5 Ne2+ $1 23. Kf1 $16 (23. Qxe2 $4 Qxd5) (23. Kh1 $5)) 14... Ne4 $1
(14... Ne6) 15. Ng3 (15. Bxe4 $2 dxe4 16. Qxd8 Bxd8 $1 (16... Raxd8 17. Rxe4
Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rd3) 17. Nd4 $1 (17. Rxe4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nxe5 $15) 17... Nxe5 $15)
15... Nxe5 $1 (15... Nxc3 $2 16. Qd3 g6 (16... Ne4 17. Nxe4 Nxb4 $140 18. Nf6+)
17. Qxc3 Bxb4 18. Qxc6 Bxf3 {[%cal Ge8e6]} 19. Rf1 Re6 20. Qb7 Rb6 21. Qxb6
cxb6 22. gxf3 $16) (15... Bxf3 16. gxf3 $1 (16. Qxf3 Nxe5 17. Qf5 Bf6 $5 (17...
Bh4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Rxe4 (19. Bxe4 $2 g6 {[%cal Ge5d3]}) 19... Qf6 20. Qxf6
Bxf6 $11 {[%csl Rc3]}) 18. Nxe4 (18. Bxe4 g6 19. Qh3 (19. Qf4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Bg7
$1 $15 (20... Nd3 $2 21. Qxf6 Nxe1 22. Bh6 $1 Qxf6 23. Nxf6+ Kh8 24. Nxe8 Rxe8
25. Rd1 $16)) 19... dxe4 (19... Nd3 $5) 20. Nxe4 Nd3 21. Bg5 (21. Qxd3 Qxd3 22.
Nxf6+ Kg7 23. Nxe8+ Rxe8 24. Bh6+ Kxh6 25. Rxe8 Qxc3 $15) 21... Bxg5 22. Nxg5
Qxg5 23. Qxd3 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Rd8 $15) 18... dxe4 19. Rxe4 (19. Bxe4 g6 20. Qh3
Nd3 21. Re3 Bxc3 22. Rxd3 (22. Rb1 Nxc1 23. Rxc1 Bd2 $1 24. Bxa8 Rxe3 25. fxe3
Bxc1 $19) 22... Bxa1 23. Rxd8 Raxd8 $17) 19... g6 20. Qh3 a5 $1 $11) 16... Nxc3
(16... Nxg3 17. hxg3 $14) 17. Qd3 g6 18. Qxc3 Bxb4 19. Qxc6 Bxe1 $14 (19... Re6
$6 20. Qb7 Rb6 (20... Bxe1 21. Bg5 $1) 21. Qxb6 $16)) 16. Nxe4 (16. Bxe4 $6
dxe4 17. Qxd8 Bxd8 $1 (17... Nxf3+ $4 18. gxf3) 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. f3 Be6 20.
Bf4 Rd5 21. Nxe4 a5 $15) 16... Bxf3 (16... dxe4 $2 17. Qxd8 Bxd8 18. Nxe5 Rxe5
19. Bf4 $1 (19. Bxe4 $2 f5 $1) 19... Re6 20. Bxe4 Rb8 21. h3 $16 {[%cal Ge4d5,
Ge4f5]}) 17. gxf3 dxe4 18. fxe4 $6 {Despite pair of bishops Black is better as
White's king is open,pawns on the queen side are weak and the bishop on c1 is
not developed yet.} (18. Bxe4 $142 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Rad8 $11 {keeping an equality.
}) 18... Bf6 (18... Bh4 $1 {[%cal Gd8f6]} 19. Qxd8 (19. Be3 Qf6 20. Rf1 Rad8
21. Qh5 g6 22. Qe2 Qf3 $1 23. Qxf3 Nxf3+ 24. Kg2 Nd2 25. Rfd1 (25. Rfe1 Bf6 $1
$17) 25... Nxe4 $17) (19. Rf1 Qf6 20. f4 (20. Be3 $142) 20... Rad8 21. Qe2 (21.
Qh5 Nd3) 21... Nd3 $1 $17) 19... Raxd8 20. Kg2 (20. Re2 Bf6 $1 {[%csl Rc3]}) (
20. Re3 Bg5 21. Re2 Bf6) 20... Nd3 $1 21. Re2 (21. Rd1 Nxf2 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 $17
23. Bf4 $140 g5 $1) 21... Bf6 $17) 19. Bf4 (19. Qh5 {is dangerous in view of}
Nc4 20. Rd1 (20. e5 $2 g6) 20... Qe7 {[%csl Rc3]} 21. e5 $140 $2 g6 22. exf6
Qe1+) 19... Ng6 {wins a pawn,but thanks to the bishops of different colors
White has good chances to escape.} (19... Qe7 $5 {trying to use an open
position of White's king.}) 20. Qxd8 (20. Bd2 $2 Be5 {with decisive attack.})
20... Raxd8 21. Bxc7 Rc8 (21... Rd2 $5) 22. e5 $1 Nxe5 (22... Bxe5 $2 23. Bxe5
Nxe5 24. Re3) 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 $1 (23... Bxe5 24. Rac1 $1 Bxc3 (24... Rxc3 25.
Bxh7+ (25. Rxe5 $5 Rxe5 26. Bxh7+ Kxh7 27. Rxc3 $11) 25... Kf8 (25... Kxh7 $2
26. Rxc3 Bxh2+ 27. Kf1 $1) 26. Bf5 $1) 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Bxh7+ Kxh7 27. Rxc3
$11) 24. Rxe5 (24. Bb3 Kf8 $5 (24... Rxc3 25. Rxe5 Bxe5 26. Rd1 (26. Re1 Bd6
27. Re8+ Bf8 28. Ra8 Rc6 $15) 26... g6 27. Rd7 Rf3 $15) (24... Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1
Kf8)) 24... Bxe5 25. Bb3 g6 (25... Bxc3 26. Rc1 $11 {[%cal Gg1f1,Gf1e2,Ge2d3]
see the game.}) (25... Rxc3 $142 26. Rd1 (26. Re1 $5 {see 24.Bb3})) 26. Rc1 $1
{[%cal Gc3c4]} Bxc3 (26... Rxc3 27. Rxc3 Bxc3 28. Bd5 $1 $11 (28. a3 {[%cal
Gb3d5,Gd5b7]} Bb2 29. a4 bxa4 $1 30. Bxa4 Bc3 31. b5 a5 $15) 28... Bxb4 29. Bb7
a5 30. Bc6) 27. a4 $1 {White changes queen side pawns and approaches to the
drawish harbour.} Kg7 (27... bxa4 28. Bxa4 Rc4 {[%cal Gc4b4,Gc4g4]} 29. Bd7 $1
Rd4 30. Rxc3 Rxd7 31. Rc6 $11) 28. axb5 axb5 29. Kg2 {White has enough time
for Bb3-d1-e2} (29. Bd1 Rd8 30. Be2 Bxb4 31. Bxb5 Rd5 $15 {[%cal Gd5g5]}) 29...
Rc7 30. Bd1 Kf6 (30... Rd7 $2 31. Rxc3 Rxd1 32. Rc5) 31. Be2 (31. Kf3 $1 $11 {
[%cal Gd1e2] is much simplier as Black has to change rooks.} Ke5 32. Be2 Kd4
33. Rd1+ Ke5 34. Rc1 Kd6 35. Bxb5 Bxb4 36. Rxc7 Kxc7 $11) 31... Re7 32. Bxb5 ({
Now} 32. Rxc3 $2 {is not good in view of} Rxe2 33. Rc5 Re5) 32... Bxb4 {
This endgame should be drawn,but White has to be careful.} 33. Rc4 Ba5 34. h3
Re5 35. Bc6 h5 36. Rf4+ Kg7 37. Rd4 Rg5+ 38. Kf3 Bb6 39. Rd5 Rg1 40. Rb5 Bd4
41. Rd5 Bc3 42. Rd7 {[%cal Gc6d5]} Rg5 43. Rd5 $11 {Now draw is simple as
Black's rook is out of play} f5 44. Ke2 $1 Kf6 (44... Rg1 45. Rd1) 45. Rd6+ Ke7
46. Rd7+ Ke6 47. Rd3 Be5 48. Rd1 h4 49. Bd5+ Kf6 50. Bf3 {[%csl Rg5]} Bh2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.03.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2080]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7.
Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Bg4 (10... d4 11. Ng5 Bd5 12. Nxf7 $1
Kxf7 13. Qf3+ Ke6 14. Qg4+ $1 $146 Ke7 15. e6 Bxe6 16. Re1 Qd7 17. Bxe6 Nxe6
18. Nf3 Re8 19. Ng5 Ncd8 20. Bd2 h6 21. Nf3 Qd5 22. Re5 Qd6 23. cxd4 h5 24. Qe4
Kf7 25. d5 Kg8 26. Qg6 Re7 27. Rae1 Nd4 28. Qxd6 Nxf3+ 29. gxf3 cxd6 30. Rxe7
Bxe7 31. Rxe7 $18 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Anand,V/Dos Hermanas ESP 1999 (69)}) 11.
Bc2 Qd7 ({Last autumn in Tilburg Vishy had tried immediate} 11... d4 {and
equalized.Perhars he wasn't satisfied with the results of the opening or just
decided to check another continuation this time.In my comments on that game
which you can find in EXT99 I didn't find what was wrong there.Maybe someone
will give it another try and we'll know more about 11...d4.} 12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1
Qd5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Qxd3 Qxd3 16. Bxd3 O-O-O 17. Be4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nxe5 19.
a4 b4 20. Bg5 f6 21. cxb4 Bxb4 22. Be3 Nc4 23. Bf4 Bd2 24. b3 Nd6 25. Bxd6 {
1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Anand,V/Tilburg 1998/EXT 99 (25)}) 12. Re1 d4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]
A novelty on the early stage of the game. Strange enough,but nobody tried this
move before... The programme break d5-d4 has been checking out by Anand in the
every possible moment.Starting with 10...d4 against Kasparov in New York in
1993,then came above mentioned 11...d4 against leko in Tilburg 1998 and
finally on the 12-th move in the current game.After this game the circle has
been closing and Anand returns to 10...d4 in Dos Hermanas 1999.See above his
game against Svidler...Maybe 11...d4 next time?} ({In all previous games} 12...
Rd8 {was played in this position automatically.}) 13. Nb3 ({I case of} 13. Ne4
Ne6 $5 (13... dxc3 $5 14. Nxc3 (14. Qxd7+ Nxd7 15. Nxc3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nd4 17.
Be4 O-O-O) 14... Rd8 $1)) 13... dxc3 (13... d3 $2 {doesn't work in view of} 14.
Nxc5 dxc2 (14... Bxc5 15. Qxd3) 15. Qxd7+ Bxd7 16. Nxd7 Kxd7 17. Bf4 $1 {
[%csl Rc2][%cal Ga1c1] and White wins a pawn.}) 14. Qxd7+ $1 {This is better
than immediate 14.bc since Black is forced to retreat with the bishop.} Bxd7 (
14... Nxd7 $2 15. Be4 $1 {[%cal Re4a8]}) (14... Kxd7 {doesn't look to good
either.}) 15. bxc3 Nd8 {[%cal Gd8e6] Knight on c6 doesn't work and Vishy
brings it into play.The only drawback of this plan is the fact it's a little
bit slow.Leko tries to make use of it by fast reaction:} ({After} 15... Na4 16.
Nbd4 $1 {[%cal Ge5e6,Gc2e4] should be taken in consideration as} Nxc3 {is very
dangerous in view of} (16... Nxd4 $142 17. cxd4 $14) 17. e6 $1 fxe6 18. Nxc6
Bxc6 19. Rxe6+ Kd7 20. Bf5 {and Black is in a big danger.}) 16. Ng5 {[%cal
Gg5h7]} h6 ({After careless} 16... Nde6 $2 {White simply takes a pawn and says
thanks as Black has no compensation for it.} 17. Nxh7 $1 Be7 (17... Nxb3 18.
axb3 Be7 19. Rd1 $1 {and knight on h7 fills not too badly.}) 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 (
18... Nxc5 19. Nf6+ $1) 19. Ng5) 17. Ne4 ({For the lovers of special effects} 
17. Nh7 {can be proposed.The problem is that it has no way back.} Nxb3 (17...
Be7 $2 18. Nf6+ $1) 18. axb3 Bc5 19. b4 Bb6 20. Be3 $13) 17... Nxe4 18. Bxe4
Bc6 {The best way to make use of the development advantage is opening the
position.} 19. a4 $1 {The best way to make use of the development advantage is
opening the position.} {Ceratainly it doesn't match to Anand.So} b4 20. Bd2
bxc3 (20... Bxe4 21. Rxe4 bxc3 22. Bxc3 {leads to the same.}) 21. Bxc3 Bxe4 22.
Rxe4 Rb8 23. Nd2 {Now Black's plan is to keep the position by Ne6,h5 and g6,
but he has no time for it.} Ne6 24. f4 $1 g6 ({After} 24... Bc5+ 25. Kf1 {
the c5 square is occupied and knight has to look for another parking place.})
25. g4 h5 26. f5 Nc5 27. Rc4 gxf5 (27... hxg4 $5 28. fxg6 (28. e6 Rh3 29. exf7+
(29. Re1 Bd6 $1) (29. e7 Bxe7 30. Re1 Nd3 31. Re2 Kd7) 29... Kxf7 30. fxg6+
Kxg6 31. Rxg4+ $11) (28. Bd4 Rd8) 28... fxg6 29. Rxg4 Rh6 (29... Rh3 $5 30. Ba5
Rb2 $1 {[%csl Ra5,Rd2][%cal Gc5b7]}) 30. Rf1 $14) 28. gxf5 Rg8+ 29. Kf1 {
On the one hand White reached his goal.He didn't allow to Black's knight to
fortify it's position on e6,but on the other hand pawns on f5 and e5 are
vulnerable.} Rd8 30. Rb1 Rg5 31. f6 {White gives the e6-square up in Black's
hands,but take more space on the king side.The position is still can't be
evaluated synonymously.} ({After} 31. Rf4 Bh6 $1 {is unpleasant}) 31... Ne6 32.
Ne4 Rg4 33. h3 Rf4+ 34. Ke2 h4 35. Rg1 c5 {[%csl Re4][%cal Rd8d4,Re6d4] Very
complicated position has been arised.Both sides have their pluses and minuses.
I would evaluate it as the position of dinamics equality.} 36. Rf1 (36. Ke3 Bh6
37. Rg8+ Kd7 38. Rxd8+ (38. Nxc5+ $2 Nxc5 39. Rxd8+ Kxd8 40. Rxf4 Ne6 $19)
38... Kxd8) (36. Bd2 $1 Rf5 (36... Rd4 37. Rxd4 Nxd4+ 38. Kd3 Rf3+ 39. Kc4 {
[%cal Gg1g8]}) (36... Nd4+ $2 37. Rxd4 Rxd4 38. Bxf4 Rxe4+ 39. Kf3 Rxa4 40. Rg8
$18 {[%cal Gf4h6]}) 37. Be3 $1 Rxe5 38. Rg4 $11) 36... Rxf1 {Black doesn't
take chances.} ({At Anand's disposal was a nice tactical blow which leads into
position with two pieces v rook where White has some compensation thanks to
the strong pawns on f6 and e5.} 36... Rd4 $1 {[%mdl 64]} 37. Bxd4 (37. Rxd4 $2
cxd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4c3,Rf4e4]} 38. Rxf4 Nxf4+ 39. Kf3 dxc3 40. Kxf4 c2 $19) 37...
Rxe4+ 38. Kd3 Rxd4+ 39. Rxd4 cxd4 40. Kc4 $44 {[%csl Gc4,Ge5,Gf6]} (40. Rb1 $5
$44)) 37. Kxf1 Rd3 38. Nf2 Re3 39. Bb2 {[%cal Gc4h4]} Rb3 40. Bc3 Kd7 41. Nd1 {
[%cal Gc4h4]} Nd4 $1 {Black sacrifices a pawn for a while coming with the king
to e6 destroying e5 and f6 pawns.After a serial of exchanges the game comes to
its logical completion.} 42. Bxd4 cxd4 43. Rxd4+ Ke6 44. Rxh4 Kxe5 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beersheba-Peterburg Kings m"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.06.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1999.06.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Nxf2 12. Rxf2 f6 13. exf6 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2
Qxf6 15. Nf1 ({Last year Aseev played} 15. Kg1 {but after} Rae8 16. Nf1 Ne5 17.
Be3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Rxf3 20. Bf2 Bh3 21. Ng3 g6 22. Re1 Rxe1+ 23.
Bxe1 c5 $5 $146 {Black is probably not worse} 24. Bf2 c4 25. a4 (25. Ne2 Rd3 $1
26. Be1 Rf3 $11) 25... bxa4 26. Bxa4 Rf8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Aseev,K-Mikhalevski,V/
Beer-Sheva 1998 (51)}) 15... Ne5 16. Be3 Rae8 17. Bc5 (17. Kg1 {after} Nxf3+
18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Rxf3 {leads to 15.Kg1}) 17... Nxf3 18. gxf3 Rf7 19. Kg1
(19. Kg2 {is another option}) 19... Qxf3 20. Qxf3 Rxf3 21. Re1 {Only now White
leave the last year game.} ({With the aid of} 21. Bf2 Bh3 22. Ng3 g6 23. Re1 {
Aseev still could get his favourite endgame.See 15.Kg1 again.}) 21... Kf7 22.
Nd2 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] This time Konstantin comes with an interesting novelty.}
(22. Ng3 g6 23. a4 (23. Rf1 Rxf1+ 24. Nxf1 d4 25. Bxd4 Bxa2 26. Ne3 Ke6 27. Kf2
Kd6 28. b4 a5 29. bxa5 Ra8 30. Bd3 Rxa5 31. Ng4 c5 32. Be5+ Kd5 $15 {0-1 Hala,
M-Sandor,C/Pardubice 1996/CBM 55 ext (45)}) 23... h5 24. Rf1 Rxf1+ 25. Nxf1 Bf5
26. Bxf5 gxf5 27. axb5 axb5 28. Kf2 Ra8 29. Kg3 Ke6 30. Ne3 Ra2 31. Nd1 Ra1 32.
Nf2 Rg1+ 33. Kf3 h4 34. Bd4 Rc1 35. b4 c5 36. bxc5 b4 {Kalod,R-Mikhalevski,A/
Pardubice 1996/CBM 55 ext/1/2-1/2 (46)}) (22. Re2 $5 Bh3 23. Rf2 Rf6 24. Ne3
Re5 $2 25. Rxf6+ gxf6 26. Kf2 $14 {Shmuter,L-Mikhalevski,V/Rishon le Zion 1995/
CBM 46/[Ernst]/1-0 (72)}) 22... Rf4 $8 23. Bf2 $6 {[%cal Gf2g3]} (23. Be3 $5 {
deserves serious attention.In the following complications White obtain
slightly better play.} Bf5 (23... Bh3 $5 24. Bxf4 Rxe1+ 25. Kf2 Ra1 $13 (25...
Re7 26. Nf3)) (23... Rf6 $2 24. Bg5 {[%csl Rf6]} Bf5 25. Rxe8 Rg6 26. Re5 $1
$18) (23... Bd7 $5) 24. Bxf4 (24. Bb3 c6) 24... Rxe1+ 25. Kf2 Re6 $1 26. Bb3 $1
(26. Bxf5 $5 Rf6 27. Bxc7 (27. Bxh7 Rxf4+ 28. Kg3 Rf6 $1 {[%cal Gg7g6]} (28...
Ra4 $6 {[%cal Ga4a2,Gg7g6]} 29. Bb1 {[%csl Ra4]} d4 $140 (29... b4 30. c4 $1 {
[%csl Ra4]}) 30. Bc2 $1 Ra5 31. b4 Ra3 32. Nb1 $18)) 27... Rxf5+ 28. Ke3 $14)
26... c6 27. Nf3 Kf6 $1 28. Nd4 (28. Bg5+ $5) 28... Re4 29. Bg3 (29. Kf3 g5) (
29. Kg3 g5) (29. Bd6 $5 Bd7 (29... Re8 $5) 30. Bc2 Re8 31. Bxh7 $140 g6 32. Nf3
$1 Kg7 (32... Bg4 $142 $1 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gg4f3]}) 33. Ng5 (33. Bxg6 $2 Kxg6
34. Ne5+ Kf5 35. Nxd7 Ke6 $19) 33... Kh6 34. h4 (34. Bf4 Rh8 35. Ne4+ g5 $1 36.
Nxg5 Rxh7 37. Nxh7+ Kxh7 38. b4 $14) 34... Rh8 35. Kg3 $1 Rxh7 $140 $2 36. Bf8+
Rg7 37. Kf4 $18 {[%cal Gf4e5,Ge5f6]}) 29... Bd7 (29... Bg4 $5) 30. Bc2 Re7 31.
b4 $1 $14 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6][%cal Ga2a4,Ga4a5,Gd4b3,Gb3c5]}) 23... c6 $1 24. Bg3 (
24. Nb3 $5 Bf5 $140 $2 (24... g6 $142 $1 25. Nc5 (25. Bg3 Bh3 $1) 25... Bc8 (
25... Bf5 26. Rxe8 Kxe8 27. Bxf5 (27. Bg3 Rf3 28. Kg2 $2 Rxg3+ $1) 27... Rxf5
28. Nxa6) 26. Rxe8 Kxe8 27. b4 $13) 25. Rxe8 Kxe8 26. Bg3 Rf3 27. Nd4) 24...
Rf6 25. Kg2 {Probably White should already think about clear equality by means
of 25.B:h7 as after serial of exchanges which has occuried in the game Black
gets slightly better position.} (25. Bxh7 $5 g6 26. Re3 $1 (26. Be5 Rf5 {
[%cal Gf5h5]} 27. Bd4 $140 c5 28. Bxc5 Kg7 {[%csl Rh7]}) 26... Rf5 (26... Rh8
$2 27. Nf3 $1) 27. Nf3 Rxf3 28. Rxf3+ Kg7 29. Bxg6 Kxg6 $11) 25... Bf5 $1 {
[%mdl 32] It's very useful to exchange as many pieces as possible since pair
B+N loses part of its strength.} 26. Rxe8 Kxe8 27. Bxf5 Rxf5 $15 {[%mdl 4096]}
28. b4 $1 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6][%cal Gd2b3,Gb3d4,Gb3c5]} d4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 32] Very
important move.It has two main ideas:1) Black's king is threatening to become
very dangerous if he reaches the centre (the d5-square) and 2)the d4-square is
not accessible anymore for White's knight.} 29. cxd4 (29. Ne4 Rd5 $5 (29... Ke7
30. cxd4 {see 29.cd})) 29... Ke7 30. Ne4 (30. Be5 Ke6 31. Ne4 Kd5 {leads to 30.
Ne4}) 30... Ke6 31. Nc3 {A bit passively.} ({After} 31. Be5 $5 Kd5 32. Nc5 $1 {
the position is about equal.} (32. Nd6 Rf8 {[%cal Ga6a5]} 33. Nb7 $1 Rf7 34.
Nc5)) (31. Nc5+ Kd5 32. Be5 $5 (32. Bf2 Rf7 $15 {[%cal Gf7a7,Ga6a5]}) (32. Nxa6
$6 {gives some chances to Black.} Rf7 $1 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Gf7a7]} (32... Kxd4)
33. Bc7 $5 (33. Nc5 Ra7 $15 {[%csl Ra2,Rb4,Rd4]}) 33... Kxd4 34. Nc5 (34. Bb6+
Kc4 35. Bc5 Rd7 $1 36. Nb8 Rd2+ 37. Kg3 Kd5 $15) (34. Ba5 $5) 34... Kc4 35. Ba5
Ra7 $1 {[%cal Ga7a5]} 36. Nb3 {keeping the position})) 31... Rf7 {[%cal Ga6a5,
Gg7g5] preparing a6-a5 and offensive on the king side.} 32. a3 (32. a4 $5 bxa4
33. Nxa4 Kd5 34. Bf2 Rb7 35. Nc5 Rxb4 36. Nxa6 $11) 32... g5 {[%cal Gg5g4,
Gf7f3]} 33. h3 Kf5 $5 {bringing the king to defence of the g5-pawn and
covering Ne4.} (33... h5 34. Ne4 Rf5 (34... Kd5 35. Nxg5 Rf5)) 34. Kf3 ({
Variation like} 34. d5 cxd5 35. Nxd5 Ke4 $1 (35... Rd7 36. Nc7) 36. Nc7 Rf6 $1
{[%csl Ra3,Rb4][%cal Ge4d4,Gd4c4,Gc4b3] show that White still has to play
carefully to keep equality.}) 34... Kg6+ 35. Kg2 {In the severe time-trouble
Aseev decides to stay with the king on the king side.} h5 {[%cal Gg5g4,Gf7f3]
preparing penetration into the White's camp.} 36. Ne4 g4 37. hxg4 hxg4 38. Nd2
$6 {White starts to panic.} (38. Nc5 {is simplier.}) 38... Kf5 39. Nb3 (39. Kf2
$5) 39... Ke4 40. Nc5+ Kxd4 (40... Kd5 $5 41. Nxa6 Rf3) 41. Nxa6 Rf3 42. Nb8 $1
Kd5 43. Nd7 Rxa3 44. Nf6+ Kc4 45. Bd6 $1 {Most simple way to equalize..} (45.
Nxg4 $6 {brings unnecessary troubles.} Ra2+ $1 (45... Kxb4 46. Bd6+ c5 47. Ne5
Ra6 48. Bf8 Rf6 $140 49. Bxc5+ Kxc5 50. Nd7+ Kd4 51. Nxf6 b4 52. Kf3 b3 53. Ne4
b2 54. Nd2 $11) 46. Kf3 Kxb4) 45... Rd3 $5 ({or} 45... g3 46. Bc5 Rb3 47. Ne4
Rxb4 48. Bxb4 Kxb4 49. Kxg3 $11) 46. Bc5 Rb3 {Now White's knight will be
further,but it can't change the evalution.} 47. Nxg4 Rxb4 48. Bxb4 Kxb4 49. Kf3
Kc3 50. Ke2 b4 51. Kd1 Kb2 52. Ne5 b3 53. Nxc6 Ka1 54. Nd4 b2 55. Nb3+ (55.
Nc2+ $4 {It wasn't late to make a decisive mistake.} Ka2 56. Nb4+ Kb3 $19)
55... Ka2 (55... Ka2 56. Nd2 $11 {Working very hard knight is dying on the
place of its birth.} (56. Nc1+ Ka3 57. Kc2 $11)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch48 First League"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1980.10.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Sideif Sade, Fikret Israfil O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "Moiseev,V"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1980.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[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. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Bf5 12. Nb3 Bg6 13. Nfd4 Bxd4 (13... Nxd4
14. cxd4 Bb6 15. f3 Ng5 16. Bxg5 $1 Qxg5 17. f4 $16 {Kostro,J-Pioch,Z/Polska/
1973/1:0/40}) 14. cxd4 a5 15. Bd3 $6 (15. Be3 a4 16. Nc1 a3 17. b3 f6 18. Nd3 {
N} b4 (18... fxe5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. dxe5 $14 {Aseev,K-Korneev,O/
Krumbach/1991/}) 19. Qe1 fxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 $14 {Chekhov,V-Gorelov,S/
Beskidy/1992/0,5/ 46}) 15... Qb8 (15... a4 $2 16. Bxb5 $1) 16. Bf4 Nb4 $6 (
16... a4 $5 17. Bxe4 (17. Nc1 Qb6) 17... dxe4 (17... Bxe4 18. Nc5 $16) 18. Nc5
Rd8 19. d5 Nb4 (19... Qb6 $5 20. Be3 (20. Rc1 Nb4) 20... Nxe5 21. Ne6 Qd6 22.
Nxd8 Rxd8 $44) 20. d6 cxd6 21. exd6 Nd3 $10) (16... Qb6 $1 {Sideif Zade} 17.
Rc1 Nb4 18. Bb1 a4 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Qe6 $15) 17. Nc1 $1 Qb6 18. Bb1 f6 19.
exf6 Qxf6 20. Ne2 $16 (20. Bxc7 $2 Nxf2) 20... a4 $6 (20... c6 $142) 21. a3 Nc6
$6 (21... Na6 22. Ba2 c6 23. Rc1 $16) 22. Ba2 (22. Bxc7 $2 Nxf2 23. Qe1 Bxb1
24. Rxb1 Qe7 $1 $10) 22... Rad8 23. Rc1 $1 $18 Qe6 (23... Rf7 24. f3 $18) (
23... Nxd4 24. Qxd4 Qxd4 25. Nxd4 Rxf4 26. Ne6 $18) 24. Bxc7 Rd7 25. Nf4 Rxf4
26. Bxf4 h6 27. f3 Nf6 28. Re1 Qf5 29. g3 Ne7 30. Bb1 Qh5 31. g4 Qh3 32. Rxe7
Nxg4 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Polgar,J"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Schussler} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7.
Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Bf5 12. Nb3 Bg6 13. Nfd4 Bxd4
14. Nxd4 Qd7 15. a4 $6 {TN} (15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Be3 Rfe8 17. f3 $2 Nxc3 {
Speelman,J-Timman,J/London 1989/ -> CBM 15} (17... Nxc3 $1 {Schussler} 18. Qd2
Bxc2 19. Qxc2 Rxe5 20. Rae1 Ne2+ 21. Rxe2 Qxc2 22. Rxc2 Rxe3 $15 {
Speelman-Timman (m6) 1989.})) 15... Nxe5 16. f4 (16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Rxa8
18. f4 Nc6 (18... c5 19. fxe5 cxd4 20. cxd4 {= / +/=}) 19. Nxb5 {= / +/=})
16... Nc6 (16... c5 17. fxe5 cxd4 18. Qxd4 $2 {>= 18.cxd4 !} Ng3 $1) 17. Nxc6
Qxc6 18. f5 Qb6+ $6 (18... Qc5+ $1 19. Qd4 Bh5 20. Bf4 Qc6) 19. Qd4 (19. Kh1 $2
Nf2+ 20. Rxf2 Qxf2 21. fxg6 Rae8 $19) 19... Qxd4+ 20. cxd4 Bh5 21. Bf4 c6 {
/\ ...Bg4, g6} 22. h3 f6 23. Rfc1 Rfd8 (23... Rfc8 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. axb5 cxb5
26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Rxa6 Rd8 28. Ra7 Rxd4 $2 29. Ra8+ Kf7 30. g4 $18) 24. axb5 (
24. Bb3 Be8) 24... cxb5 (24... axb5 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Rxc6) 25.
Bb3 Bf7 26. Rc7 Nd6 (26... a5 27. Re1 a4 28. Rxe4 axb3 29. Ree7 Rf8 30. Bd6
Rac8 31. Rxf7 $18) 27. Bxd6 Rxd6 28. Rb7 {/\ Rxb5} Rad8 (28... Be8 29. Re1) (
28... Re8 29. Rc1 Re3 30. Rcc7 $18) 29. Ra7 h5 30. R1xa6 Rxa6 31. Rxa6 Re8 (
31... Rc8 32. Rb6 (32. Ra1 $1 {/\ Kf2 +-}) 32... Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Rb1 34. Rxb5 Rxb2
35. Rb8+ Kh7 36. Rb7 Bg8 37. Bxd5 Rd2 38. Bxg8+ Kxg8 39. Rd7 h4 $10) 32. Kf2
Re4 33. Ra8+ Kh7 34. Rf8 Re7 (34... Bg8 $2 35. Rxg8 Rf4+ 36. Kg3 $2 (36. Ke3 $1
Re4+ 37. Kd3 $18) 36... Rxd4) 35. Bc2 Be8 (35... b4 36. Rb8) 36. Bd3 b4 37. g3
b3 38. h4 Bc6 39. Rc8 Bb7 40. Rc3 Rd7 41. Rxb3 Rc7 42. Rc3 (42. Rc3 Rxc3 43.
bxc3 Bc6 44. Kf3 Kg8 45. Ba6 {/\ Ba6-c8-e6-g8-h7}) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polgar, Sofia"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Polgar,S"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Schussler} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7.
Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Bf5 12. Nb3 Bg6 13. Nbd4 $6 {
13.[]fd4} Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bb6 15. Be3 Re8 $6 (15... c5 $2 16. Nc6 Qd7 17. Qxd5
$16) (15... Qd7) (15... Qe8 $5 16. f4 f6) 16. a4 Qd7 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8
Rxa8 19. Bd3 c6 20. f4 Re8 (20... Ba7 21. Kh1 f5 22. exf6 $16) 21. Kh1 f6 $4 (
21... Bxd4 22. Bxd4 Bf5 23. Qe2 $14) (21... f5 $2 22. Nxf5 $18) 22. e6 Rxe6 23.
f5 $1 (23. Nxe6 Bxe3 $44) 23... Bxf5 24. Nxf5 Bxe3 25. Nxe3 Nxc3 26. Qg4 (26.
bxc3 Rxe3 $16) 26... Ne4 27. Bxe4 dxe4 28. Rxf6 Rd6 29. Qxd7 Rxd7 30. Rxc6 Rd3
31. Rc3 Rd2 32. Rc2 Rd3 33. Re2 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cuijpers, Frans Andre"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2002.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Bg4 {More sharp alternative is 10...d4.} 11. Bc2 Qd7 {
Other main line continues with 11...Be7.} 12. Re1 Ne6 (12... d4 {- see the
game Leko,P-Anand,V/Linares 1999/CBM 70 [Mikhalevski,V]}) (12... Rd8 {- is the
main line.}) 13. a4 $146 (13. Nf1 Bh5 14. Ne3 Rd8 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nf5 Bc5 17. a4
O-O (17... b4 $142) 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bd3 Ne7 20. b4 Bb6 21. Qe2 c6 22. Ra6 Rb8
23. Be3 $16 {1-0 Zagrebelny,S-Magomedov,M/Moscow 1983/EXT 2002 (42)}) 13... b4
14. Nb3 $6 {This knight manoeuvre does not seems to me the strongest one.The N
on b3 may become unemployed, because it's not easy to occupy the important d4
square with the N due to an unpleasant pin on the h5-d1 diagonal. 14.Nf1 looks
better preparing to harass black's Bg4 with h2-h3 and Nf1-g3.} bxc3 15. bxc3
Be7 16. h3 Bh5 {Black can be satisfied with the results of the opening.} 17.
Bf5 (17. Bd3 $5 O-O 18. Be2 {[%cal Yb3d4]}) 17... Rb8 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Gh5f3]}
18. g4 $6 {A very risky decision.Unpinning the Nf3 white seriously weakens his
kingside.} ({Logical is} 18. Nbd4 {with approximate equality.}) 18... Bg6 19.
Be3 h5 {Starting to exploit the weakness of the white K.} 20. Qc2 (20. Nbd4
hxg4 21. hxg4 Bxf5 22. Nxf5 g6 23. Nxe7 Nxe7 $15) 20... hxg4 21. hxg4 Bxf5 22.
gxf5 {[%tqu "En","Find the best move for black.","","","d5d4","",20,"e6d8","",
0]} d4 $1 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Gd7d5,Rd5b3,Rd5h1]} ({In case of} 22... Ned8 $6 23.
Nbd4 {white consolidates the position.}) 23. Nbxd4 (23. fxe6 $2 Qxe6 $19 {
[%csl Rb3,Re3,Rg1][%cal Re6g4,Re6b3]}) (23. cxd4 $2 Qd5 $40) 23... Qd5 24. Qd1
$2 {After this move white's position falls apart by force.} (24. Kg2 $1 {
Looks very dangerous for white, but the following variations confirm, that
black's initiative sufficient only for a draw.} Nexd4 (24... Ncxd4 $2 25. cxd4
Rh3 26. Qd1) 25. cxd4 (25. Bxd4 {[%cal Gc2e4]} Nxd4 (25... Rh4 26. Kg3 Rh3+ 27.
Kxh3 Qxf3+ 28. Kh2 Kd7 29. e6+ Kd6 30. Bxg7 Qf4+ 31. Kg2 Qg4+ 32. Kf1 Qh3+ 33.
Ke2 Qg4+ 34. f3 $16) (25... Rh5 26. Qe4 Qxe4 27. Rxe4 Rxf5 $11) 26. cxd4 Rh4
27. Kg3 Rb3 28. Re3 Rxe3 29. fxe3 $16) 25... Rb3 {[%cal Gc6d4]} (25... Rh4 26.
Kg3 Rh3+ 27. Kxh3 Qxf3+ 28. Kh2 Kd7 29. e6+ $1 $18) 26. Red1 Rh4 27. Kg3 Nxd4
28. Rxd4 (28. Nxh4 $2 Qxe5+ $19) 28... Rxd4 29. Nxd4 Qxd4 30. Qc6+ (30. Qxb3
Qxe5+ 31. Kg2 Qxa1 $15) 30... Kd8 31. Rh1 Rxe3+ 32. fxe3 Qxe3+ {with a
perpetual.}) (24. Qa2 $2 Qe4 $19) (24. c4 $2 Ncxd4 25. cxd5 Nxc2 $19) 24...
Nexd4 25. Bxd4 (25. cxd4 Bb4 $19 {[%csl Re1][%cal Rd5e4,Re4g4]}) 25... Nxd4 26.
cxd4 Rb3 $1 27. Re3 (27. Kg2 Rxf3 28. Qxf3 Rh2+ $19) 27... Rxe3 28. fxe3 Qe4 {
After the penetration of black's Q white's K is doomed.} 29. Qf1 Qxf5 (29...
Bg5 $1 {was even more devastating for white.}) 30. Rb1 ({More stubborn was:} 
30. Qg2 Rh6 31. Kf1 Qd3+ 32. Kf2 Qc2+ 33. Kf1 Qc3 34. Re1) 30... Rh3 $1 31.
Rb8+ Bd8 32. Nh2 Rg3+ 33. Kh1 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2002.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Bg4 {The solid line. Other sharp possibility is 10...d4.
} 11. Bc2 Ne6 {A rare continuation in the position.The main lines are: 11...
Be7 and 11...Qd7.} 12. Re1 Bc5 13. Nf1 ({Possible is:} 13. Nb3 Ba7 14. a4 b4
15. Qd3 Bh5 16. Nfd4 Bxd4 17. cxd4 Bg6 18. Qd1 Bxc2 19. Qxc2 Ncxd4 20. Nxd4
Nxd4 21. Qc5 Ne6 22. Qc6+ Ke7 23. Be3 d4 24. Bxd4 Nxd4 25. Qc5+ Ke6 26. Rad1
Qd5 27. Qxd4 Qxd4 28. Rxd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lutz,C-Jussupow,A/Germany 1996/GER-chT
(54)}) 13... Ne7 {[%csl Yd5,Yf5][%cal Ye7d5,Ye7f5]} (13... Bh5 {- see the game
Almasi,Z-Jussupow,A/Ubeda 1997/CBM 58 [Hansen,Cu]}) 14. Ng3 {[%csl Rg4][%cal
Gh2h3]} h5 $1 {The only way to save the bishop out of the exchange.} 15. h3 h4
16. Nf1 Bh5 17. a4 d4 $146 {An attempt to improve this opening variation for
black.} (17... b4 {appeared in the game Adams,M-Sokolov,I/Bosna SuperGM 2000/
CBM 77 [Mikhalevski,V]}) 18. Be4 ({Deserves a closer look} 18. b4 $5 Bb6 19.
Be4 c6 20. Qd3) 18... c6 19. Qc2 {[%csl Rh4]} (19. b4 dxc3 $1 20. bxc5 Qxd1 21.
Rxd1 Nxc5 $13 {[%csl Gb5,Gc3]}) 19... Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Bb6 (20... dxc3 $142 21.
Qxc3 O-O {Black's pieces are well placed, which gives a sufficient
compensation for some pawn weaknesses.}) 21. Nd2 (21. Rd1 $5) 21... O-O 22. Be4
{[%csl Rh4][%cal Yd2f3]} Nc5 $2 {This strange move is the critical mistake as
well.} ({Necessary was} 22... dxc3 23. Qxc3 Rc8 {with reasonable play for
black.}) 23. cxd4 Qxd4 ({After} 23... Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Bxd4 25. Ng5 g6 26. Nf3 {
[%csl Rd4,Rh4][%cal Gc1g5] white has big advantage.}) 24. Nf3 {[%csl Rd4,Rh4]
This is the simple punishment for black's 22...Nc5.} Qc4 (24... Qd7 25. a5 Ba7
26. Bg5 {and white has a winning position.}) 25. Qxc4 bxc4 26. Bg5 ({Less
convincing is} 26. Nxh4 $6 Nd3) 26... Nd5 27. Rac1 c3 (27... Ba5 28. Rxc4 Bxe1
29. Rxc5 Bb4 30. Rxc6 $18) 28. bxc3 Nxa4 $2 ({More stubborn was} 28... Ba5) 29.
c4 {Now there is no matter where black's N goes, white wins material.} Nb4 (
29... Ndc3 30. Bxc6 $18) 30. Be7 {[%csl Rb4,Rf8] White wins the exchange
without any compensation.} Nc5 31. Rb1 a5 32. Bxf8 Rxf8 33. Re2 {Why not 33.
Nh4?} Nxe4 34. Rxe4 Bc5 35. Nd2 ({More precise was} 35. Re2 {preparing Nd2-Ne4.
}) 35... a4 (35... Nd3 {was a bit more stubborn.}) 36. Re2 a3 37. Ne4 Be7 38.
c5 a2 (38... Nd3 39. Ra2 Ra8 40. Rba1 Nxc5 41. Nd6 {and the rest is a matter
of technic for white.}) 39. Ra1 Rd8 40. Nd6 Ra8 41. Rb2 Ra4 42. Kf1 {Black can
not improve his position and can only wait until the Pa2 will be captured.} g6
43. Ke2 Kg7 44. Ne4 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Ge4c3] The Pa2 is doomed.} Nd5 45. f3 Nf4+
46. Kf1 Rc4 47. Rbxa2 Bxc5 48. Ra4 {The RR exchange kills black's last hope.}
Bd4 49. Rxc4 Bxa1 50. Nc3 Nd5 51. Nxd5 cxd5 52. Rxh4 Bxe5 53. Ra4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Erdogdu, Mert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 ({Solid alternative} 9. Be3 {does not yield white much.}) 9... Nc5
10. c3 Be7 ({Dubious is} 10... Nxb3 $6 {--> Leitao,R-Sega,C/Sao Paulo 2002/CBM
88 [Postny,E]}) ({Rare line is} 10... g6 {--> Baramidze,D-Belikov,V/Dortmund
2003/CBM 97 [Postny,E]}) ({Sharp alternative is} 10... d4) 11. Bc2 Bg4 {
Pinning the Nf3 and setting free the e6 square for the Nc5 as well.} (11... d4
{appeared in the game Svidler,P-Kaidanov,G/Moscow 2003/CBM 94 [Postny,E]}) 12.
Re1 Qd7 ({The main line goes with} 12... O-O {, fow example see the annotated
game Polzin,R-Holzke,F/Bundesliga 0304/CBM 100 [Postny,E]}) 13. Nf1 (13. Nb3
Ne6 14. h3 Bh5 15. Bf5 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Piket,J/Wijk aan Zee 2000/CBM 75 
[Mikhalevski,V] (46)}) 13... Rd8 14. Ne3 (14. Ng3 d4 15. h3 d3 16. hxg4 dxc2
17. Qxd7+ Rxd7 18. Nf5 Nd3 19. Re2 O-O 20. N5d4 Nxd4 21. cxd4 c5 22. Rd2 Nxc1
23. Rxc1 cxd4 24. Rcxc2 d3 25. Rc3 Rfd8 26. Rb3 Rd5 27. Kf1 h6 28. Ne1 Rxe5 {
1/2-1/2 Vokarev,S-Golod,V/Ubeda 2001/CBM 80 ext (28)}) 14... Bh5 (14... Bxf3 $2
15. Qxf3 Nxe5 16. Qg3 Ng6 17. Nf5 Ne6 18. h4 $40 {1-0 Hracek,Z-Zapolskis,A/
Batumi 1999/CBM 74 [Mikhalevski,V] (41)}) 15. b4 Ne6 16. g4 {On the one hand
this move weakens white's king position, on the other hand white will not be
bothered anymore by annoying pin along the h5-d1 diagonal and will get f5
stronghold for his pieces.} (16. Nf5 O-O 17. a4 {1/2-1/2 Emms,J-Piket,J/
Mondariz 2000/CBM 79 [Mikhalevski,V] (25)}) 16... Bg6 17. Nf5 O-O 18. a4 Rfe8 (
18... d4 19. axb5 axb5 20. Be4 Rfe8 21. Qd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Haba,P-Marin,M/
Budapest 1993/CBM 34 (31)}) 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bd3 {[%csl Rb5] The Pb5 is a
target for white's pieces.} Rb8 21. Qe2 Ncd8 22. Ra5 $1 {This strong move was
introduced by Khalifman.} (22. Ra7 d4 23. N3xd4 Bxf5 24. gxf5 Nxd4 25. cxd4
Qxd4 26. Rxc7 Bxb4 27. Bb2 Qf4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Zarnicki,P-Sorin,A/Pena City 1996/
CBM 55 ext (47)}) 22... c6 (22... d4 23. Rd1 c6 24. N3xd4 Bg5 25. Nxe6 Nxe6 26.
Bc4 Qc7 27. Bxe6 Bxc1 28. Rd7 Qb6 29. Bxf7+ Bxf7 30. Raa7 $18 {1-0 Khalifman,
A-Marin,M/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (32)}) 23. Be3 Bf8 24. h3 $146 (24. Rea1 Nc7
25. h3 Nde6 26. Qa2 c5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Costantini,R-Naumkin,I/Estensi 2001/CBM
82 ext (39)}) 24... Qc7 $6 {This move is not to the point.} ({Possible is} 
24... Nc7 {/\ Nde6 and c6-c5 like in the above-mentioned game
Costantini-Naumkin.}) 25. Rea1 Rb7 (25... f6 26. exf6 Nf4 27. Bxf4 Qxf4 28.
Ne7+ $1 Bxe7 29. Bxg6 hxg6 30. fxe7 $18) 26. Ra8 f6 $6 {Black is not patient
and trying to get active counterplay at any price, but this move actually
plays in white's hands.} ({Better was to admit the mistake made on 24th move:} 
26... Qd7 {with the idea Ne6-c7 and Nd8-e6 or c6-c5 somewhere.}) 27. exf6 Nf4
28. Qd2 Nde6 $2 {After this move black's position collapses.} ({The least of
the evils for black was} 28... Nxd3 29. Qxd3 gxf6 30. N3h4 $16) 29. Ne7+ $1
Bxe7 30. Bxg6 Nxh3+ 31. Kf1 ({Also winning was} 31. Kg2 Nhf4+ 32. Bxf4 Nxf4+
33. Qxf4 $1 Qxf4 34. f7+ Qxf7 35. Rxe8+ $18) 31... Rxa8 32. Rxa8+ Bd8 33. Bf5
Kf7 34. Bxe6+ Kxe6 35. Kg2 {[%csl Rh3]} g5 36. Kxh3 h5 37. Nxg5+ 1-0

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Black "Sagalchik, Gennadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Bg4 (10... Nxb3 $6 {- see the annotated game Leitao,
R-Sega,C/Sao Paulo 2002/CBM 88 [Postny]}) ({The alternative} 10... d4 {is
sharp and risky.}) 11. Bc2 Be7 {Another popular way of play goes with 11...Qd7
followed by 12...Rd8.} ({Very rare is} 11... d4 {- see the annotated game Leko,
P-Anand,V/Tilburg 1998/EXT 99 [Mikhalevski,V]}) 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nb3 (13. Nf1 {
is a different plan in this position. The choice between 13.Nb3 and 13. Nf1 is
a matter of taste.}) 13... Ne4 {This continuation has very bad statistics for
black.} ({The most popular continuation is} 13... Ne6 {- see the annotated
game Naiditsch,A-Kortschnoj,V/Zurich 2002/CBM 91 [Postny]}) (13... Re8 14. Nxc5
Bxc5 15. Bf4 Qd7 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Sokolov,I/Antwerp
1997/CBM 61 [Mikhalevski,V] (36)}) 14. Bf4 f6 (14... Re8 15. h3 Bh5 16. a4 bxa4
17. Rxa4 Bf8 18. Nbd4 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. g4 Qf6 21. Nc6 Rg5 22. Bxe4 dxe4
23. Nxg5 Qxg5 24. Raxe4 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Krasenkow,M/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (24)}) (
14... f5 15. exf6 {- see 14...f6.}) 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Qd3 Ne4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]
Just a tactical blunder. It's quite strange, that such a mistake happens to GM
Sagalchik, who has big experience in Open Variation of Rui Lopez.} (16... Qd7
17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 g6 19. Qd4 c6 20. f3 Bf5 21. Bxf5 Qxf5 22. Qb6 Qd7 23. a4
$14 {1-0 Almasi,Z-Kortschnoj,V/Linz 1997/CBM 59 [Mikhalevski,V] (33)}) {
[%tqu "En","Black's last move was very careless. How can white punish for it?",
"","","f4c7","",5]} 17. Bxc7 $1 Qd7 (17... Qxc7 18. Qxd5+ $18 {[%csl Re4,Rg8]})
18. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 {White is a pawn up for nothing.} Bh4 20. Bg3 Bxg3 21.
hxg3 {It's unbelievable, but all this already happened in a classic game
Alekhine-Nimzowitsch!} Rxf2 $2 $146 {A novelty and a miscalculation as well
which ends the game immediatly.} (21... Bf5 22. Qe2 Bg4 23. Qd3 Bf5 24. Qd4
Rfd8 25. Rad1 Qc7 26. Nd2 Nxf2 27. Bxf5 Nxd1 28. Rxd1 Qxg3 29. Be6+ Kh8 30.
Bxd5 $18 {1-0 Alekhine,A-Nimzowitsch,A/St Petersburg 1914/EXT 99 (48)}) 22.
Rxe4 Bf5 23. Kxf2 Bxe4 24. Qd2 {An instructive example of an opening
catastrophe.} (24. Qd2 Qf5+ 25. Kg1 Bxc2 26. Nd4 {[%csl Rc2,Rf5] This is the
point. White remains with a piece up.}) 1-0

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Flores, Diego"]
[Black "Sagalchik, Gennadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Bg4 ({The alternatives are:} 10... d4) ({and} 10... Be7)
11. Bc2 Qd7 (11... Be7 {is another main line.}) (11... Ne6 12. Re1 Bc5 {
- see the annotated game Grischuk,A-Piket,J/Wijk aan Zee 2002/CBM 87 [Postny]})
12. Re1 Rd8 (12... Ne6 {- see the annotated game Cuijpers,F-Sokolov,I/Wijk aan
Zee 2002/CBM 87 [Postny]}) 13. Nb3 {Another plan goes with 13.Nf1 or white can
play 13.h3 at first.} (13. h3 Bh5 14. Nf1 Be7 15. g4 Bg6 16. Ng3 Bxc2 17. Qxc2
Ne6 18. a4 O-O 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nf5 Rfe8 21. Be3 Bf8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Movsesian,
S-Ivanchuk,V/Polanica Zdroj 2000/CBM 79 (80)}) (13. Nf1 {- see the annotated
game Ramesh,R-Ledger,D/Torquay 2002/CBM 91 [Postny]}) 13... Ne6 (13... Be7 14.
h3 Bh5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. a4 Ne7 17. axb5 axb5 18. Qe2 (18. b4 Bb6 19. Be3 Bxe3
20. Rxe3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Smirin,I-Sokolov,I/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (39)}) 18...
Bxf3 19. Qxf3 O-O 20. h4 $14 {1-0 Short,N-Mikhalevski,V/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84 (44)}
) 14. a4 ({Another possibility is:} 14. h3 Bh5 15. Bf5 Bg6 16. g4 Be7 17. Nfd4
Ncxd4 18. cxd4 O-O 19. Bd2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Liu Dede-Sokolov,I/Jakarta 1996/CBM 56
(64)}) 14... Bh5 $146 {Interesting novelty, but it does not seem to solve all
black's problems.} (14... b4 15. Qd3 Nb8 16. Nbd4 c5 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. Bg5 $36
{1-0 Hernandez,G-Sagalchik,G/Linares 1994/EXT 97 (40)}) (14... Be7 15. axb5
axb5 16. Qd3 Bh5 (16... Rb8 17. Nfd4 Ncxd4 18. cxd4 c5 19. Qg3 Bh5 20. Nxc5
Bxc5 21. dxc5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Rodriguez Cespedes,A-Kharitonov,A/Bayamo 1989/EXT
97 (50)}) 17. Qxb5 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nxe5 19. Qxd7+ Nxd7 20. f4 Rc8 (20... g6 21.
f5 gxf5 22. Bxf5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ramesh,R-Tu Hoang Thong/Jodhpur 2003 (53)}) 21.
f5 Nd8 22. Bf4 Nc6 23. Na5 Nxa5 24. Rxa5 $16 {1-0 Paschall,W-Sagalchik,G/
Seattle 2002/CBM 87 (53)}) 15. axb5 axb5 16. Bd3 Rb8 17. Qe2 Ne7 (17... b4 $2
18. Bb5 {and black is in trouble.}) 18. Be3 ({Probably stronger is} 18. Nbd4)
18... Ng6 19. Nbd4 Nxd4 (19... Ngf4 20. Bxf4 Nxf4 21. Qe3 $16) 20. cxd4 Nh4 21.
Bg5 Nxf3+ (21... Bxf3 22. gxf3 Be7 23. Bxh4 Bxh4 24. Qc2 g6 $14) 22. gxf3 Bb4 (
22... Bg6 $6 23. Ra7 $16) 23. e6 $1 {Just in time. This breakthrow gives white
the initiative, even without queens.} fxe6 24. Qxe6+ Qxe6 25. Rxe6+ Kf7 (25...
Kd7 $2 26. Bf5 $40) 26. Re5 Bg6 $2 (26... Bxf3 $1 {This capture looks
extremely dangerous, but it seems to work (with help of "Fritz"!):} 27. Rf5+
Kg6 28. Ra6+ Bd6 29. Rxd5+ Kh5 30. Bd8+ $6 (30. Rf5 Bg4 $11) 30... Bxd5 31.
Be2+ Kh6 32. Bxc7 Rbc8 33. Rxd6+ g6 $15) 27. Bf1 $1 {Now black can not avoid
the loss of material in a satisfatory way.} Bd6 (27... c6 28. Ra7+ Kg8 29. Be7
$40) (27... h6 28. Bh4 Rb7 29. Rxd5 (29. Bh3 $1 Re8 30. Bd7 $16) 29... c6 30.
Re5 Bd6 31. Re3 Bf5 $14) 28. Rxd5 Ke6 29. Rxb5 Rxb5 30. Bxb5 Kd5 $6 {Probably
overlooking white's reply.} (30... Rb8 {was relatively better.}) 31. Ra5 $1 Rb8
(31... Kxd4 $2 32. Ba6 $1 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gg5e3]} c5 33. Be3+ Kd5 34. b4 $18)
32. Be2+ Ke6 33. Bc4+ Kd7 34. b3 {White is two pawns up, but the winning
process is far from easy.} Bc2 35. Rb5 Rf8 36. Kg2 Kc6 37. Ra5 Rb8 38. Bd5+ Kd7
39. Be4 Bxb3 (39... Bxe4 40. fxe4 Rxb3 41. e5 $18 {[%csl Gd4,Ge5]}) 40. Bxh7
Bb4 41. Re5 Bd6 42. Re3 Be6 43. Be4 Rb5 44. h4 Bb4 45. Bc6+ $1 {Correct
simplification.} Kxc6 46. Rxe6+ Kd7 47. Rg6 Bf8 48. Kg3 Rd5 49. Be3 Ke7 50. Rg5
Rd7 {White's winning process is still not so easy because of double pawns.} 51.
Kg4 Kf7 52. h5 Be7 53. Rf5+ Kg8 54. d5 Bf6 55. Bf4 Kh7 56. Bg3 Kg8 ({A bit
more stubborn was} 56... Bd4) 57. h6 Kh7 58. Bf4 Kg6 59. Rh5 gxh6 60. Rxh6+ Kg7
61. Kf5 $1 Rxd5+ 62. Ke6 Bg5 (62... Ra5 63. Rxf6 Ra6+ 64. Ke7 Rxf6 65. Be5 $18)
(62... Rd6+ 63. Bxd6 Kxh6 64. Kxf6 cxd6 65. f4 d5 66. Ke5 Kg6 67. f5+ $18) 63.
Kxd5 $4 ({Simply winning was} 63. Rh3 $18 {[%csl Rd5,Rg5][%cal Gh3g3]}) 63...
Bxh6 64. Be3 (64. Bxc7 Kf7 $11) (64. Bxh6+ Kxh6 65. Ke6 c5 $11) 64... Kg6 65.
Ke6 Bg5 $4 {The losing move.} (65... Kh5 $1 66. Kf6 (66. Bxh6 Kxh6 67. f4 Kg7
$1 68. Ke7 Kg6 $11) (66. f4 c5 67. f5 Bxe3 68. fxe3 c4 69. f6 c3 70. f7 c2 71.
f8=Q c1=Q $14) 66... Bf8 67. f4 c5 68. f5 c4 {I do not see a win for white in
this endgame.}) 66. f4 {Now white is winning, since black can neither block
white's pawn, nor to move his "c" pawn forward.} Bh4 67. f5+ Kg7 68. Bd4+ Kh7
69. f6 Bg5 70. f7 Bh6 71. f4 ({Why not} 71. Bc5 {?}) 71... Bf8 72. f5 c5 73.
Bc3 Kh6 74. Kd7 Kg5 75. Ke8 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.03.08"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Polzin, Rainer"]
[Black "Holzke, Frank"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Neukoelln"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Bg4 ({Other theoretical alternatives are:} 10... d4) ({
and} 10... Be7) 11. Bc2 Be7 (11... Ne6 12. Re1 Bc5 {- see the annotated game
Grischuk,A-Piket,J/Wijk aan Zee 2002/CBM 87 [Postny,E]}) ({Another popular
continuation is} 11... Qd7) 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nf1 ({The alternative plan goes
with} 13. Nb3 {. For instanse see the game Naiditsch,A-Kortschnoj,V/Zurich
2002/CBM 91 [Postny,E]}) 13... Re8 ({Leads to a sharp play} 13... d4 {as in
the game Shirov,A-Mikhalevski,V/Bastia 2002/CBM 92 [Postny,E]}) 14. Ne3 {
Objectively speaking, this line does not yield white any advantage.} (14. Bf4 {
appeared in the game Ivanov,S-Yemelin,V/St Petersburg 2002/CBM 89 [Postny,E]})
({Popular alternative is} 14. h3) 14... Nxe5 (14... Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nxe5 {
- see the annotated game Kotsur,P-Sorokin,M/Calcutta 2002/CBM 88 (1/2-1/2, 44)
[Postny,E]}) 15. Bxh7+ (15. Nxg4 Nxg4 16. Bf4 Ne6 17. Rxe6 fxe6 18. Nd4 Bf6 19.
Qxg4 e5 20. Qh5 g6 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Qxg6+ Bg7 23. Bg5 Qd6 24. Qxd6 cxd6 25.
Nf5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Pfrommer,C-Van der Sterren,P/Biel 1991/EXT 2000 (41)}) 15...
Kxh7 16. Qc2+ Kg8 ({After} 16... Ng6 17. Nxg4 {white has slight advantage, due
to vulnerable position of black's king.}) 17. Nxe5 Bh5 (17... Be6 18. Nc6 Qd6
19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 20. b3 Nd7 21. Bb2 Rae8 $11 {0-1 Wang Zili-Jussupow,A/Novi Sad
1990/TD (36)}) 18. Qf5 ({After} 18. g4 $6 Bg6 19. Nxg6 fxg6 20. Qxg6 Bd6 {
[%csl Rg1] black has excellent compensation for the pawn.}) 18... Bf6 19. Nc6
$6 {Kortschnoj evaluates this move as a bad one...} (19. Qxh5 Rxe5 20. Qd1 $1 {
Kortschnoj}) 19... Qd6 $6 $146 ({Black gets a slightly better endgame after} 
19... Bg6 $1 20. Qxg6 fxg6 21. Nxd8 Raxd8 {- Leko,P-Kortschnoj,V/Ubeda 1997/
CBM 58 [Kortschnoj]}) 20. Qxh5 Qxc6 21. Rd1 Rad8 {Black's pieces are well
developed, but his king is slightly vulnerable. The position is approximately
equal.} 22. Ng4 Ne4 $6 (22... Nd3 $6 23. Bg5 Bxg5 24. Rxd3 {[%cal Gd3h3]} Qg6
25. Qxg6 fxg6 26. Kf1 $14 {[%cal Ga2a4]}) (22... g6 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Qh6 Ne6
$11 {This is the best location for the knight.}) 23. Be3 g6 24. Nxf6+ Nxf6 ({
Slightly better was to recapture with the queen:} 24... Qxf6) 25. Qf3 {White
is hoping to make use of the weak dark squares in the opponent's camp.} Qe6 (
25... Re6 $5 26. Bd4 Rde8) 26. Qg3 c5 (26... Rd7 27. Bd4 $36) 27. Qh4 $6 {
It's not clear, why white refrained from capturing the Pc5.} (27. Bxc5 Ne4 28.
Qe3 Nxc5 29. Qxc5 Qe2 30. Rab1 $16) 27... Qf5 ({After} 27... Nd7 28. b4 {
[%csl Gd4] white has a dangerous initiative.}) 28. Bxc5 Re4 29. Qh3 $5 {
White decided to transform the position to an endgame, where he has a small,
but stable advantage.} (29. Qg3 Re2 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gf6e4] with some
compensation.}) 29... Qxh3 30. gxh3 Nh5 (30... Re2 31. Kf1 Rxb2 $2 32. Be7 $18)
31. Be3 Nf4 32. Bxf4 Rxf4 33. Rd3 $14 {White's extra pawn is doubled, so it's
unlikely for him to win this endgame against accurate defense.} b4 $1 {The
defensive side should exchange pawns.} 34. cxb4 Rxb4 35. b3 Re4 $6 ({Stronger
was} 35... a5 {[%cal Ga5a4] continuing the strategy of exchanging pawns.}) 36.
Kf1 Kg7 37. Re1 $1 ({After} 37. Rc1 Rd6 {white does not achieve much.}) 37...
Rxe1+ 38. Kxe1 Kf6 39. Kd2 Ke5 40. Re3+ Kd6 41. Rf3 Ke6 42. Rf4 $1 {White is
intending to transfer his rook to the queenside via 4th rank.} Rh8 ({Black
does not want to go for passive defense after} 42... Rc8 43. Ra4 Rc6) 43. h4 f6
{[%cal Gg6g5]} 44. Ra4 Ke5 45. Ke3 ({After} 45. Rxa6 Rxh4 {black should
maintain the balance thanks to his active pieces.}) 45... g5 46. h3 {Inviting
black to transform to a lost pawns endgame...} Rc8 47. hxg5 fxg5 48. Rg4 $5 {
Interesting decision. White refrains from capturing the Pa6.} (48. Rxa6 {
white is getting two connected passed pawns. On the other hand, it does not
garantie a win for white, for instanse:} Rc3+ 49. Ke2 Rxh3 50. b4 (50. Ra8 $5)
50... Rh4 $1 51. b5 (51. a3 Re4+ 52. Kd3 Rd4+ $132) 51... Rb4 52. b6 Ke4 53.
f3+ Kd4 54. a4 Rb2+ 55. Kd1 Kc3 {and black is not worse.}) 48... Kf5 (48...
Rc3+ 49. Kd2 Rxh3 50. Rxg5+ Ke4 51. Rg6 a5 52. Ra6 $18) 49. Rg3 Rc2 50. a4 Rb2
51. Kd4 Ke6 (51... Rxf2 $2 52. Kxd5 $18 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gd5c5,Gc5b6]}) 52.
Rxg5 Rxb3 53. Re5+ (53. Rg6+ Kd7 54. Rxa6 Rxh3 55. Kxd5 Rf3 $11) 53... Kf6 $2 (
{The right move was} 53... Kf7 $1 54. Kxd5 Rxh3 55. f4 Ra3 56. Re4 a5 $1 57.
Kc6 Rb3 $1 58. Re5 Rb4 59. Rxa5 Rxf4 60. Ra7+ Kg6 {reaching the theoretical
draw, like in the game later:} 61. a5 Rf6+ 62. Kd5 Rf5+ 63. Ke4 Rc5 $11) 54.
Kxd5 Rxh3 55. Re6+ Kf7 56. Rxa6 Rf3 57. a5 $2 {Missing the win.} (57. Re6 $3 {
[%mdl 4096]} Rxf2 58. Re4 Rc2 (58... Ra2 59. Kc5 Kf6 60. Kb5 Kf5 61. Re8 $18)
59. Kd6 $1 Rc1 60. a5 Ra1 61. Re5 $18) 57... Rxf2 58. Ra8 Rf5+ 59. Kc6 Kg7 $1 {
Black reached a theoretically drawn position.} 60. Ra7+ Kg6 61. a6 Rf6+ 62. Kd5
Rf5+ 63. Ke4 Rf6 64. Ra8 Kg7 65. Ke5 Rb6 66. Kd5 Rf6 67. Kc5 Rf5+ 68. Kb4 Rf4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.03.12"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Bg4 ({White got small advantage after} 10... d4 11. Bxe6
({Leads to almost forced draw:} 11. Ng5 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Anand,V/Mainz 2004/
CBM 103 [Postny,E] (42)}) 11... Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. a4 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,
A-Anand,V/Mainz 2004/CBM 103 [Postny,E] (43)}) 11. Bc2 Ne6 {In this line black
is intending to develop his dark-squared bishop to c5.} (11... Qd7 12. Re1 Ne6
13. a4 b4 14. Nb3 bxc3 15. bxc3 Be7 {0-1 Cuijpers,F-Sokolov,I/Wijk aan Zee
2002/CBM 87 [Postny,E] (33)}) (11... Be7 {- The main line.}) 12. Re1 Bc5 13.
Nb3 ({Other typical plan for white goes with} 13. Nf1 {1-0 Grischuk,A-Piket,J/
Wijk aan Zee 2002/CBM 87 [Postny,E] (53)}) 13... Ba7 14. a4 Ne7 $146 {A
logical move. Black is preparing c7-c5 getting control in the centre.} (14...
b4 15. Qd3 (15. Be3 bxc3 16. bxc3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Ne7 18. Nbd4 c5 19. Nxe6 fxe6
20. a5 Nf5 21. Ba4+ Kf7 $13 {1-0 Volokitin,A-Flear,G/Saint Vincent 2002/CBM
086 ext (42)}) 15... Bh5 16. Nfd4 Bxd4 17. cxd4 Bg6 18. Qd1 Bxc2 19. Qxc2 Ncxd4
20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Qc5 Ne6 22. Qc6+ Ke7 23. Be3 d4 24. Bxd4 Nxd4 25. Qc5+ Ke6
26. Rad1 Qd5 27. Qxd4 Qxd4 28. Rxd4 Rhd8 29. Rxb4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lutz,C-Jussupow,
A/Germany 1996/GER-chT (54)}) 15. Be3 $6 {Not the best way to meet black's
novelty.} (15. axb5 axb5 16. Qd3 {[%csl Rb5]} c6 17. Nfd4 Bxd4 18. cxd4 Rxa1
19. Nxa1 Bf5 20. Qc3 Bxc2 21. Nxc2 O-O 22. b3 {[%cal Gc1a3] and white is
slightly better.}) 15... Bxe3 16. Rxe3 c5 {Black seems to be OK now.} 17. Qb1
$6 {White is running away out of the pin along the h5-d1 diagonal and taking
control over the b1-h7 diagonal. However, this move is too much odd-looking to
be good.} (17. h3 {was more natural move.}) 17... b4 $1 {This strong move was
probably underestimated by Efimenko.} (17... d4 18. cxd4 cxd4 19. Rd3 Nf4 20.
Nfxd4 $1 Nxd3 21. Bxd3 $44) 18. Nh4 (18. cxb4 d4 19. Rd3 Nf4 20. bxc5 Nxd3 21.
Bxd3 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Ng6 $17) 18... bxc3 {18...c4 was possible as well, but
Sokolov goes for more tempting play.} (18... c4 19. Nd2 b3 20. Bf5 Nxf5 21.
Nxf5 Bxf5 22. Qxf5 Qg5 $15) 19. bxc3 Rb8 20. Qe1 (20. Rg3 h5 $1 {and white is
in trouble.}) 20... d4 $1 {From the first sight it looks risky for black to
open the centre with the uncastled king. But, in fact this is the right moment
for central breakthrow, as black's pieces are much harmoniously placed than
the white ones.} 21. Rg3 (21. cxd4 $2 Nd5 {[%csl Re3,Rh4]}) 21... h5 22. cxd4 (
22. h3 Nd5 $17 {[%csl Rh4]}) 22... cxd4 23. h3 g5 $1 24. Ng6 $1 (24. hxg4 gxh4
{is bad for white.}) 24... Nxg6 25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. hxg4 hxg4 {Opening the "h"
file for the rook.} (26... d3 $6 27. Qe4 $1 Rxb3 28. Qxg6+ Ke7 29. Qf6+ (29.
Rd1 $6 Rf8 30. Rgxd3 Rxd3 31. Rxd3 Qc8) 29... Kd7 30. Qf5 {and white has
serious compensation for the sacrificed piece, since black's king is wandering
in the centre.}) 27. Qe4 Nf4 28. Rd1 (28. Nxd4 $4 Qxd4 29. Qxd4 Ne2+ $19) (28.
Qc6+ Kf8 29. Qc5+ Kg7 30. Qa7+ Kh6 {and the king escapes, while black's
threats are very dangerous.}) 28... Qc7 (28... Rc8 $6 29. Rxg4 Qd7 30. Rxf4 Qh7
31. Rh4 $1 gxh4 32. Rxd4 {and white is fine.}) 29. Nxd4 Rd8 {Threatening 30...
Rxd4!} 30. Rgd3 $1 {The only move that saves white.} Nxd3 (30... g3 $5 31. fxg3
Nxd3 32. Qxg6+ Qf7 33. Qc6+ Ke7 34. Qc7+ (34. Rxd3 $4 {[%tqu "En","Can you see
the forced mate?","","","h8h1","The point of 30...g3.",4]} Rh1+ $1 {The point
of 30...g3.} 35. Kxh1 Qf1+ 36. Kh2 Rh8+ {mating.}) 34... Ke8 35. Qc6+ $11) 31.
Qxg6+ Qf7 32. Qc6+ Qd7 {Black can not avoid the perpetual check.} (32... Ke7
33. Rxd3 Qh7 34. Qe6+ Kf8 35. Qf6+ Ke8 {leads to perpetual as well.}) 33. Qg6+
Qf7 34. Qc6+ Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Goodricke op 13th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2002.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kotsur, Pavel"]
[Black "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2002.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 {Usually black plays 9...Nc5 first and after 10.c3 Be7 in
order to reduce white's options.} 10. c3 ({Another option, which possible with
this order of moves is:} 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ng5 Qxd1 (12... Bxg5
13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qxg5 O-O 15. Qg4 Qd5 16. Re1 Rf5 17. Bh6 $36 {1-0 Geller,
E-Krasenkow,M/Cappelle la Grande 1992/EXT 97 (26)}) (12... Qd5 13. Qh5+ g6 14.
Qh3 (14. Qg4 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Nxe5 16. Qg3 Nf7 17. Bf6 O-O 18. Rad1 Qf5 19. Be7
Rfc8 20. b4 $36 {1-0 Geller,E-Unzicker,W/Bern 1987/EXT 97 (35)}) 14... Nd4 15.
c3 Nf5 16. Re1 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Qxe5 18. Rad1 $14 {1-0 Almasi,Z-Unzicker,W/
Germany 1997/GER-chT (32)}) 13. Rxd1 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Rf8 15. Bh4 {+/=/= 1/2-1/2
Sax,G-Tarjan,J/Hastings 1977/MCD (42)}) 10... Nc5 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Re1 O-O 13.
Nf1 Re8 14. Ne3 ({The main alternative is} 14. h3) 14... Bxf3 {In my Database
I found only one game, where black continued this way.} (14... Nxe5 {- is more
popular option in the position. For example see the game Leko,P-Kortschnoj,V
Ubeda 1997/CBM 58 [Kortschnoj]}) 15. Qxf3 Nxe5 16. Qf5 Ned3 $5 $146 (16... Ng6
17. Nxd5 Bd6 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Be3 Ne6 20. Rd1 Rd8 21. g3 c6 22. Nb4 Bxb4 23.
Rxd8 Qxd8 24. cxb4 $14 {1-0 Adams,M-Garcia,G/New York 1995/CBM 47 ext (56)})
17. Ng4 ({The main idea of black's last move, is that after} 17. Bxd3 g6 {
[%csl Rd3,Rf5]} 18. Qxd5 Nxd3 $11 {black is far from opening problems.}) ({
An interesting, but incorrect tactical option is} 17. Nxd5 $6 g6 18. Rxe7 Rxe7
(18... gxf5 $2 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Nf6+ Kg7 21. Nxe8+ Rxe8 22. Be3 $16) 19.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Bg5 Qe2 $15) 17... Qc8 $8 (17... g6 $2 18. Nh6+ Kh8 19. Nxf7+
Kg8 (19... Kg7 20. Bh6+ Kg8 21. Qg4 Qd7 22. Qd4 Bf6 23. Qxf6 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1
Qxf7 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26. Rd1 Nxb2 27. Rxd5 $16) 20. Nh6+ Kh8 21. Be3 $1 gxf5 22.
Bd4+ $40) 18. Bxd3 Nxd3 19. Nh6+ $1 gxh6 20. Qxd3 Bd6 21. Bxh6 {White regained
the pawn and has the initiative. Black's K is not safe. However it is hard to
exploit black's K vulnerability, because of lack of attacking pieces.} Re6 22.
Bd2 (22. Be3 Qd7 23. Re2 (23. Qf5 $2 Bxh2+ $17 {[%csl Gd7,Rf5][%cal Re6h6]})
23... c6 (23... Rae8 24. Qf5) 24. Rae1 Rae8 25. Qf5 f6 {[%cal Yd7g7,Yd7f7]
with reasonable position.}) 22... Qd7 23. g3 c6 24. Qf3 Rae8 25. Qg4+ Kh8 26.
Kg2 Bf8 27. a4 Bg7 {Black has successfully regrouped his pieces to better
squares. The Bg7 protects the black K from any possible danger. The position
is about equal.} 28. axb5 axb5 29. Be3 R6e7 $11 30. Qxd7 Rxd7 31. Bd4 (31. Bc5
$5) 31... Rdd8 32. Kf3 b4 33. Re3 bxc3 34. bxc3 Rxe3+ 35. Kxe3 Re8+ {The
forthcoming RR endgame is completely equal. White can not make use his
centralized K.} 36. Kd3 Bxd4 37. cxd4 Kg7 38. Ra7 Re1 39. Rc7 Rd1+ {[%csl Rd4]}
40. Ke3 Re1+ 41. Kd2 Rf1 42. Ke2 Rc1 43. h4 h5 44. Kf3 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.11"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Qd3 {This move is not so popular nowadays, but demands
accurate play from black.} ({The main line goes with} 10. Nbd2) 10... O-O 11.
Nbd2 (11. Be3 {- 1/2-1/2 Kamsky,G-Anand,V/Las Palmas 1995/CBM 46 [Anand] (50)})
11... f5 (11... Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Ne7 13. Nd4 Bb6 14. a4 $14 {1-0 Yurtaev,
L-Thipsay,P/Frunze 1985/MCD (26)}) 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. a4 {This line is
frequently used by A.Sokolov with success.} (13. Ng5 Ne5 14. Qg3 Qd6 15. Bc2
Bd7 16. Nb3 Bb6 17. Nd4 Rae8 18. Bf4 Nh5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Qh4 g6
22. f4 Bxd4+ 23. cxd4 Ref5 24. g3 Kg7 25. Rae1 Nxf4 26. gxf4 Rxf4 27. Rxf4 Rxf4
28. Re7+ Kf8 29. Re8+ Kxe8 30. Bxg6+ Ke7 31. Qh7+ Kf6 32. Qh6 Rg4+ 33. Kh1 Qf4
34. Bh5+ Ke7 35. Qg7+ Kd6 36. Qg6+ Ke7 37. Qg7+ Kd6 38. Qg6+ {1/2-1/2
Khalifman,A-Kaidanov,G/Kujbyshev 1986/MCL (38)}) 13... Rb8 (13... Bf7 14. Ng5
Ne5 15. Qg3 Qd6 16. Nxf7 Nxf7 17. Nf3 Qxg3 18. hxg3 c6 19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. cxd4
$14 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,A-Jussupow,A/Tilburg 1987/CBM 04 (64)}) 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Ra6 (15. Ng5 Ne5 (15... Qd6 16. Bc2 g6 17. Nxe6 Ng4 18. Qg3 Qxe6 19. Nf3 Rbe8
20. Bd2 Bd6 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,A-Skembris,S/Bar 1997/CBM 63 (20)}) 16. Qg3 Qd6
17. Bc2 Bd7 18. Nb3 Bb6 19. Bf4 Rbe8 20. Nd4 Nh5 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Bxh7+ Kh8
23. Qh4 g6 (23... Qh6 $6 24. Ndf3 Ree8 25. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 $14 {1-0
Sokolov,A-Timman,J/Belfort 1988/CBM 08 (61)}) 24. f4 Rxg5 (24... Ref5 25. Bxg6
{1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Flear,G/Athens 1999/EXT 2000 (25)}) 25. Qxg5 Kxh7 26. Rae1 (26.
f5 $1 {Timman}) 26... Ng7 27. Kh1 Bxd4 28. cxd4 Bf5 $17 {0-1 Sokolov,A-Timman,
J/Reykjavik 1988/CBM 10 (48)}) 15... Qd7 16. Ng5 Bb6 (16... Bf5 17. Nde4 Ne7 (
17... Bb6 $2 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. Qxd5+ Qxd5 20. Bxd5+ $16 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,
V-Kamsky,G/Monte Carlo 1995/CBM 46 ext (90)}) 18. Nxc5 Bxd3 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20.
Re1 Nc5 21. Rxe7 Nxb3 22. Be3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Gorokhovsky,B-Wiesinger,J/ICCF 1996/
ICCF Telechess (32)}) 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Ne4 Qxe4 $2 $146 {This move should not
be repeated again. Grandmaster Flear has a lot of experience in Open Spanish,
so it's unlikely that this line is unfamiliar for him. Probably Flear simply
forgot to make the only move 18...Kh8...} (18... Kh8 19. Nxf6 Qxf6 20. Bc2 Qh4
21. g3 Qh3 22. Qxd5 Ne5 23. Bf4 Rxf4 24. Rxb6 cxb6 25. Qxe5 Rff8 26. Qxb5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Van der Wiel,J-Mikhalevski,V/Leeuwarden 1995/EXT 97 (61)}) 19. Qxe4
Nxe4 20. Bxd5+ Kh8 21. Bxe4 $18 {As a result of black's novelty, white is just
a clear pawn up.} Ne5 22. Be3 {This move kills black's counterplay against
white's weak spot f2.} Bxe3 23. fxe3 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Nc4 25. Ke2 Nxb2 (25... Re8
{is threatening nothing because of weakness of black's 8th rank.}) 26. Rc6 g6
27. Rxc7 b4 28. cxb4 Rxb4 29. Bd5 {Despite the reduced material white is
winning easily using his passed pawn and the disharmony of black's pieces. The
black king is also in danger.} Na4 30. e4 Nb6 31. Ke3 g5 (31... Nxd5+ 32. exd5
$18 {[%csl Gd5]}) 32. Be6 h6 33. Kf3 Na4 34. Kg4 1-0

[Event "SUI-GER m"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2002.09.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2002.09.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[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 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Bg4 11. Bc2 Be7 12. Re1 O-O {Another common possibility
is 12...Qd7, following by 13...Rd8.} 13. Nb3 ({The main alternative is} 13. Nf1
) 13... Ne6 (13... Ne4 {- Almasi,Z-Kortschnoj,V/Linz 1997/CBM 59/1-0 (33) 
[Mikhalevski,V]}) (13... Re8 {- Topalov,V-Sokolov,I/Antwerpen 1997/CBM 61/1/
2-1/2 (36) [Mikhalevski,V]}) 14. Nbd4 $2 {[%mdl 16384] After this move white
is already worse! The main and the right move is 14.Qd3.} (14. Qd3 g6 15. Bh6 (
15. Nfd4 Ncxd4 16. Nxd4 Qd7 (16... Nxd4 17. cxd4 c5 18. Qg3 Qd7 19. dxc5 Bxc5
20. Bg5 Rfe8 21. Bf6 $14 {1-0 Chandler,M-Wedberg,T/Haninge 1988/CBM 08 (36)})
17. Bh6 Rfd8 18. Qg3 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Rac8 20. a4 Bf5 {1/2-1/2 Ramesh,
R-Mikhalevski,V/Biel 2001/CBM 83 ext (20)}) 15... Re8 16. Rad1 (16. Qe3 Bf8 17.
Nfd4 Ncxd4 18. cxd4 Bb4 19. Qg3 Bxe1 20. Rxe1 Bh5 21. Bf5 Ng7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23.
Nc5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Milos,G-Garcia,G/Bogota 1992/EXT 97 (33)}) 16... Bf5 17. Qd2
Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Qd7 19. Rd3 Rad8 20. h3 Bf8 21. Qd2 Ne7 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Nfd4
Qc8 24. Qe3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Geller,E-Unzicker,W/Bad Woerishofen 1991 (45)}) 14...
Ncxd4 15. cxd4 g6 $1 $146 {[%csl Rd4,Ge6][%mdl 8] A good prophylactic move,
which greatly restricts white's attacking possibilities on the kingside. On
top of that white has a serious problems with Pd4.} (15... c5 $6 16. Be3 (16.
dxc5 $142) 16... c4 17. b3 Rb8 18. Rb1 Qc7 $15 {0-1 Spencer,E-Silvanus/Bromley
1920/EXT 2002 (30)}) 16. Be3 $6 {This seemingly "natural" move helps black to
increase his advantage.} (16. Bh6 Re8 $1 (16... Bxf3 $6 17. Qxf3 (17. gxf3 $2
Re8 $17) 17... Nxd4 18. Qc3 Nxc2 19. e6 $1 Bf6 20. Qxc2 Re8 21. exf7+ Kxf7 22.
Rxe8 Qxe8 (22... Kxe8 23. Qc6+ Kf7 24. Rd1 $36) 23. Qxc7+ $13) 17. Be3 f5 $15
18. Qd2 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Bf8 {[%cal Yd8h4] Black has an advantage, but less, than
after the move in the text.}) (16. Re3 $5 {Such an awkward move can be
considered, since white's position is inferior in any case.} Ng5 17. Rc3 $15)
16... f5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 32] Using his enormous experience, specifically in this
opening variation, Kortschnoj immediatly spots the weak link in white's plan.}
17. Qd3 $6 (17. Bb3 {[%csl Rd5]} f4 18. Bc1 c6 $17 {[%csl Rd4,Ge6][%cal Rg4f3]}
) (17. h3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 $17 (18. Qxf3 $6 f4 19. Qg4 Qc8 {[%csl Rd4]})) 17... f4
18. Bd2 {[%tqu "En","Find the best move for black.","","","c7c5","After this
move, white's position is collapsing.",8]} c5 $1 {After this move, white's
position is just collapsing.} 19. Bd1 (19. dxc5 Bf5 20. Qc3 b4 $19) 19... c4
20. Qc3 b4 21. Qc1 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Nxd4 {It's clear, that white has been
completely outplayed. It's curious, that this happened in the course of very
few moves.} 23. Bxf4 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Rc8 $19 {Preparing the advance of the "d"
pawn.} 25. e6 d4 {The rest of the game is an agony.} 26. Be5 Rf5 27. Qd2 (27.
Qh6 Bf6 $19) 27... d3 28. Rad1 c3 29. bxc3 Rxe5 30. Rxe5 bxc3 31. Qf4 c2 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.04.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2002.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 {Other main lines here are: 10...Bg4, 10...d4.} 11.
Bc2 Bg4 12. Re1 ({Also playable is} 12. Qe1 {unpinning the Nf3.}) 12... O-O 13.
Nf1 ({Another popular continuation is} 13. Nb3) 13... Re8 {After the game Wang
Zili-Yusupov, 1990 this move gained great popularity. Also regularly appeares
in practice 13...d4, 13...Bh5.} 14. Bf4 {A relatively rare move in this
position. The most popular alternative here is 14.h3. Yemelin as white played
here 14.b4 against Korneev/RUS-ch 1998/CBM . 14.Ne3 - see the game Kotsur,
P-Sorokin,M/Goodricke op 2002/CBM 88 [Postny]} Bf8 (14... Qd7 15. Ne3 Be6 16.
Nd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 $14 {0-1 Saltaev,M-Husari,S/Dubai 1996/EXT 99 (54)}) 15. h3
$146 (15. Ne3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nxe5 17. Qg3 f6 18. Nf5 (18. b4 Ne4 19. Qh3 Ng6 20.
Bxc7 Qxc7 21. Nxd5 Nxf2 22. Kxf2 Qa7+ 23. Kf1 Bd6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Zapata,A-Garcia,
G/Bogota 1991/TD (69)}) 18... g6 19. h4 Qd7 20. Rad1 Nf7 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Bxc7
Ne4 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. Ne3 d4 25. Nc2 Re2 26. Rxd4 {1/2-1/2 Stefansson,
H-Hjartarson,J/Akureyri 1997/CBM 59 ext (26)}) 15... Bh5 16. Ng3 Bg6 17. Nf5 ({
After} 17. Bxg6 $6 fxg6 18. Qd2 Ne6 {black has good play around the Pe5.})
17... Ne7 $6 (17... Ne4 18. N5h4 $14) ({Stronger is} 17... Ne6 $1 18. Bg3 Ne7 {
and black gets reasonable position.}) 18. Bg5 Ne4 19. Bxe7 Bxe7 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7
(20... Rxe7 21. Nh4 $14) 21. Qxd5 Nxc3 22. Qd2 (22. Qc6 Bxc2 23. Qxc3 Bg6 24.
Rac1 Rac8 25. Qa5 $14) 22... Na4 $6 {Quite a risky decision.} ({Safer was} 
22... Bxc2 23. Qxc2 (23. Qxc3 {- see the previous comment.}) 23... Nd5) 23.
Bxa4 ({More aggressive would be} 23. Bxg6 $16 {Now black has a tough choice -
both recaptures have it's own drawbacks.} fxg6 24. Rac1) 23... bxa4 24. Rac1
Rab8 25. Qa5 {[%csl Ra4,Ra6,Rc7] White has attacked 3! black's pawns by one
move.} (25. e6 $5 {[%cal Gf3e5]} Qd6 $1 (25... fxe6 26. Ne5) 26. Qc3 Rxe6 27.
Rxe6 Qxe6 28. Qxc7 $14) 25... Rxb2 26. Rxc7 Qb4 (26... Qa3 $6 27. e6 $1 $40)
27. Qxa6 Rb1 (27... Rxa2 $5 28. e6 $36) 28. Rxb1 $6 ({White could keep his
extra by simple} 28. Rcc1 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Be4 30. Rc8 $16) 28... Qxb1+ 29. Kh2
Qxa2 30. Qc6 $2 {This allows black to reach a draw safely.} (30. Rc8 Qe6 {
[%tqu "En","Please enter a move for white.","","","c8a8","",5]} 31. Ra8 $1 $16
{[%csl Ra4]}) 30... Rf8 31. Rc8 Bf5 $1 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Nd4 Qxf2 34. Qc5+ (
34. Qa8+ Ke7 35. Qa7+ Ke8 $8 36. Qxa4+ Bd7 $11) 34... Kg8 35. Qe7 Qf4+ {
Now it's a perpetual.} 36. Kh1 Qf1+ 37. Kh2 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-14a"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rodriguez Cespedes, Amador"]
[Black "Xu, Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Rodriguez,Am"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1987.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Nf1 Bh5 (13... Rd8) 14.
Ng3 Bg6 15. h4 O-O 16. h5 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Ne6 $5 (17... f5) 18. Be3 Rfe8 19. Rad1
h6 20. Nf5 $36 Bg5 $6 (20... Bf8 21. Nh2 $1 {/\ Ng4, Bh6} Ng5 (21... Nxe5 22.
Bxh6 {/\ f4->}) 22. Bxg5 hxg5 23. Ng4 $16) 21. Qd2 $1 $16 Bxe3 (21... Rad8 22.
Nxg5 $1 $16 (22. Bxg5 Nxg5 $1 $10)) 22. Nxe3 {>< d5} Nf4 23. Nxd5 Nxh5 24. Qc2
Qg4 $8 (24... Qc8 25. Qe4 {/\ Qh4+-}) 25. Nh2 (25. Qe4 Qxe4 26. Rxe4 Rad8 {
/\ Rd7 <-> d}) (25. Re4 $16) 25... Qc8 26. g4 Nxe5 27. gxh5 Nf3+ $1 28. Nxf3
Qg4+ 29. Kh2 Qxf3 30. Re3 $1 Qxh5+ 31. Kg2 c6 32. Rh3 $8 Qe5 33. Ne3 Rad8 34.
Rg3 (34. Rh4 $16) 34... g6 35. Qb3 $5 {/\ 36.Rg6, 36.Qb4-h4-> >>} Qe4+ $6 36.
Rf3 $1 $18 Qe7 $8 37. Ng4 Kg7 (37... Rxd1 38. Nxh6+) 38. Nf6 Rf8 39. Rd4 $1 {
/\ Re4, Rdf4} Rd6 $2 (39... Rxd4 40. cxd4 {/\ 41.Qc3, 41.Qe3+-}) 40. Rxd6 Qxd6
41. Ne8+ 1-0

[Event "Wien Trebitsch Memorial-08 3players"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1916.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[Annotator "Schlechter,C"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1916.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)DSZ 1917, S.5-6. [Schlechter]} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5.
O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Qd3 Ne7 $5 11. Nd4 Bb6 $2
{Das mit diesem Zug eingeleitete Manöver ist geistreich erdacht, aber nicht
völlig korrekt.} (11... Bxd4 12. Qxd4 (12. cxd4 c5 $1) 12... Nf5 13. Qd1 Nc5
$14) 12. Bc2 Nf5 (12... Nc5 13. Qg3 O-O 14. Bg5 $16) 13. Be3 c5 (13... Nc5) (
13... Nxe3 14. Qxe3 O-O 15. f3 Nc5) 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. Rd1 {Deckt die Schwäche
des schwarzen Spiels auf. Ein BAuer geht verloren.} Ng3 (15... d4 $142 {RR} 16.
cxd4 $2 (16. Qe2 Qd5 17. f3 Qe6 18. cxd4 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Rd8 20. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 21.
Kf1 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Nc5 23. Qe3 $14) 16... cxd4 17. Bxd4 Nxf2 $1 $19 18. Qxf5
Nxd1) (15... O-O 16. Qxd5 Qh4 17. Rf1 Nxc3 18. Nxc3 Bxc2 19. Rac1 $14) 16. Qd2
$16 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Ne4 18. Nd2 $16 (18. c4 $145 $18 bxc4 (18... Qe7 19. Rxd5 $18
) 19. f3 Ng5 20. Qa4+ Kf8 21. Bxg5 Qxg5 22. Qc6 $18) 18... f5 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20.
Qd2 d4 {Schwarz wickelt ab und läßt nur die sogenannten !Remisfiguren" am
Brett.} 21. cxd4 cxd4 22. Bxd4 Qxd4 23. Qxd4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 $16 Rc8 25. Rad1 O-O
26. h4 (26. Rxe4 $1 Rc2 27. f4 Rxb2 28. e6) 26... Rc2 27. e6 Re8 28. Rd8 Rc8
29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Rd6 a5 31. Kf1 Kf8 32. Rc6 Rd8 33. Ke2 Ke7 34. Rc5 Rb8 35.
Re5 Rc8 36. Rxb5 Rc2+ 37. Ke3 Kxe6 38. a4 g6 39. g3 h5 40. b3 Kd6 41. Kxe4 Rxf2
42. Rxa5 Kc6 43. b4 Rb2 44. Rc5+ Kd6 45. Rc4 Rb3 46. Kf4 Kd5 47. Rc5+ Kd6 48.
Rb5 Kc6 49. g4 Rh3 50. Kg5 hxg4 51. Kxg4 Ra3 52. Rc5+ Kd6 53. a5 Kd7 54. Rc4
Ke6 55. Rc6+ Kf7 56. a6 Ra1 57. b5 Ra5 58. Rc7+ Kf6 59. a7 g5 60. Rc6+ 1-0

[Event "Vienna op"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Schlosser, Michael"]
[Black "Kolev, Atanas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[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. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Bc5 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 Bf5 12. Nb3 Bg6 13. Nfd4 Bxd4 14. cxd4 a5
15. Be3 a4 16. Nd2 f6 17. Nxe4 (17. f4 fxe5 18. dxe5 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 $13) 17...
dxe4 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. Qd2 Rad8 20. Rad1 Rd5 21. f3 Qe6 22. fxe4 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1
Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Qxe4 25. Qf2 h5 26. b3 Nxd4 27. bxa4 Rf5 28. Qd2 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1
Nf5 30. Bf4 bxa4 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32. Qxc7 Nh4 33. g3 Qg2+ 34. Ke1 Nf3+ 35. Kd1
Qxa2 36. Qc5 Qb1+ 37. Ke2 Ng1+ 38. Kd2 Qb2+ 39. Kd1 Qb1+ 40. Kd2 Nf3+ 41. Ke2
Qe4+ 42. Be3 Ne5 43. Kd1 a3 44. Bd4 Nf3 45. Bc3 a2 0-1

[Event "Linares 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Qd3 $5 Ne7 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 O-O 13. Rd1 h6 14. Nbd2 Bf5
15. a4 c6 16. Nd4 Bg6 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. e6 c5 19. exf7+ Rxf7 20. Ne6 Qc8 21. f3
c4 22. fxe4 Qxe6 23. Bc2 Nf5 24. Qc5 dxe4 25. axb5 Rc8 26. Qd5 Qb6+ 27. Kh1 Ne3
28. Qxe4 Nxc2 29. Qxc2 axb5 30. Rf1 Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Rf8 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. h3
Qc5 34. Qe4 Kf7 35. Qf4+ Kg8 36. Qe4 Kf7 37. Qf3+ Kg8 38. Qa8+ Kf7 39. Qf3+ Kg8
40. Qa8+ Kf7 41. Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Kladovo"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ilincic, Zlatko"]
[Black "Todorovic, Goran M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Nxf2 12. Rxf2 f6 13. exf6 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2
Qxf6 15. Nf1 Ne5 16. Be3 Rae8 17. Bc5 Nxf3 18. gxf3 Rf7 {Besides 19. Bd3 and
19. Kg2, 19. Ng3 is possible. For this move see Ivanchuk- Yusupov (game 376/
disk 17).} 19. Kg2 (19. Bd3 Bh3 20. Ng3 h5 21. Bf1 Bg4 $13 {Short-Jusupov,
Belgrade 1989.}) 19... Bf5 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21. Ng3 Qg5 22. Qd3 h5 23. h4 Qxh4 24.
Rh1 Qc4 25. Qxc4 bxc4 26. Rxh5 Rd7 27. Rh2 Rb8 28. Kh3 Rb5 29. Ba3 Rf7 30. Kg4
Rb6 31. f4 Re6 32. Ne2 Re4 33. Kf3 Re8 34. Rh5 c6 35. Rg5 Rf6 36. Rg2 Kf7 37.
Bc5 Rh8 38. Bd4 Rh3+ 39. Kf2 Rg6 40. Ng3 Rg4 41. Kf3 Rg6 42. Rg1 Rh2 43. Bf2
Rh8 44. Rd1 Rb8 45. Rd2 Rh6 46. Bd4 Re6 47. Bf2 Re7 48. Nf5 Re6 49. a4 Rf6 50.
Ng3 Re6 51. Bc5 Re1 52. Kf2 Ra1 53. Ba3 Rh8 54. Kg2 Re1 55. Nf1 Re4 56. Rf2 Kf6
57. Nd2 Ree8 58. Nf3 Ke6 59. Ne5 Rc8 60. Bc5 Kf6 61. Bd4 Rhe8 62. Nxc4+ Ke6 63.
f5+ 1-0

[Event "Prague Bohemians-A"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Prandstetter, Eduard"]
[Black "Haba, Petr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Bf5 12. Nb3 Bg6 13. Nfd4 Bxd4 14. cxd4 a5
15. Be3 a4 16. Nd2 f6 17. f4 $5 {A new and interesting idea. White intends to
recapture with the d-pawn on e5, thus trying to control both c5 and d4 with
pieces.} (17. Rc1 fxe5 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. d5 Ne7 20. Bg5 Rf7 21. Re1 Qxd5 $15 {
Ernst-Marin, Tallin 1989.}) 17... fxe5 18. dxe5 Nxd2 19. Bxd2 Qd7 20. Bxg6 hxg6
21. Qc2 Qe6 22. Rac1 Ra6 23. Qd3 Rb8 24. Kh1 Rb7 25. Rc5 Ne7 26. Rxb5 Rab6 27.
Rxb6 Qxb6 28. f5 gxf5 29. Bg5 c6 30. Bxe7 Rxe7 31. Qxf5 Qb8 32. e6 Qd6 33. Qf8+
Kh7 34. Qf5+ Kg8 35. Re1 d4 36. Re4 Qd5 37. Qxd5 cxd5 38. Re1 d3 39. Kg1 Rxe6
40. Rd1 Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.05.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1991.05.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[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. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Bg4 11. Re1 Be7 12. Bc2 O-O 13. Nf1 Re8 {Yusupov.} 14.
h3 Bh5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Bxg6 {16.Bf5!?} hxg6 17. Ne3 Qd7 18. Qxd5 Rad8 19. Rd1
Qe6 20. Qxe6 fxe6 {21.Bd2 Nd3} 21. Nd4 Nxe5 22. f4 Nf7 23. Rf1 Bf6 24. Nec2 e5
25. fxe5 Nxe5 $15 26. Nb4 Ned3 27. Nbc6 Bxd4+ 28. cxd4 Rd6 29. dxc5 Rxc6 30.
Rd1 Nxc5 31. Bf4 Re4 $17 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Bg3 Ne6 34. Rd2 g5 35. Kg2 Nf4+ 36.
Bxf4 gxf4 37. Kf2 Re3 38. Rh1 Rg3 39. h4 Rh6 40. h5 Rxg4 $19 41. Rd5 Rf6 42.
Rc5 f3 43. Rxc7 Rg2+ 44. Ke3 Re2+ 45. Kd3 Rxb2 0-1

[Event "Sydney Mercantile"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Solomon, Stephen J"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[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. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Bf5 12. Nb3 Bg6 13. Nfd4 Bxd4 14. cxd4 a5
15. Be3 a4 16. Nc1 a3 17. b3 f6 18. f3 {Usually 18.exf6 is played - and there
is a good reason...} fxe5 $5 {Perhaps stronger and surely more interesting
than 18. - Nc3, analyzed by Tisdall,J and Adams,M.} (18... Nc3 19. Qd2 b4 20.
Bxg6 hxg6 21. e6 Re8 22. Nd3 Rxe6 23. Nf4 {23.Nxb4 Nxb4 24.Qxc3 Rb8} Re8 24.
Nxg6 Ne7 $1 {Tisdall & Adams}) 19. fxe4 Rxf1+ 20. Kxf1 (20. Qxf1 exd4) 20...
exd4 21. Bxd4 dxe4 22. Be3 {Or 22.Ne2 Qf8+ followed by 23. - Rd8 - + .} Qf6+
23. Kg1 Rd8 24. Qg4 Qc3 $1 0-1

[Event "GER CupT"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Re1 {A popular alternative is 12.
Qe1 unpinning the N at f3, thus making 13.Nd4 possible - see CBM 24/game 602.}
O-O 13. Nf1 Re8 14. h3 Bh5 15. Ng3 (15. g4 Bg6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Ne3 Qd7 18.
Qxd5 Rad8 19. Rd1 Qe6 $10 {Wahls,M-Hübner,R, Munich 1991.}) 15... Bg6 16. Nf5
Bf8 17. Bf4 Ne6 18. Bh2 Na5 19. Ne3 c6 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Nc4 22. b3 Nxe3
23. Rxe3 c5 $1 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. dxc5 Bxc5 26. Rd3 d4 27. Kh1 Rc8 28. f4 Qd5
$10 29. Bg1 g5 30. Qg4 gxf4 31. Re1 Bb6 32. Qxf4 Rc2 33. Rg3 Re6 34. Rf1 Rec6
35. e6 Qxe6 36. Bxd4 Bxd4 37. Qxd4 f6 38. Qd8+ Kh7 39. Qd3+ Kg8 40. Qd8+ Kh7
41. Qd3+ Kg8 42. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik Summit"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O a6 5. Ba4 Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Re1 $5 {Strangely enough this natural move has been played very seldom.
Short made 9. Be3 popular and now ha might set a new trend again.} Be7 10. c3
Nc5 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. b4 Ne6 14. a4 Rb8 15. axb5 axb5 16. Ra6 Qd7 17.
Nbd2 O-O 18. Nf1 Ra8 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Bd3 Rb8 21. Ng3 Bg6 22. Nf5 d4 23. Nxe7+
Qxe7 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. cxd4 Rd8 26. d5 Qd7 27. Bg5 Nxg5 28. Nxg5 Qxd5 29. Qxd5
Rxd5 30. Rc1 Nxe5 31. Rxc7 Kf8 32. f4 Nd7 33. Kf2 Ke7 34. Ke3 Kd6 35. Ra7 f6
36. Ne4+ Kc6 37. Nc3 Rh5 38. Kf3 g5 39. Ne2 gxf4 40. Nd4+ Kd6 41. Kxf4 g6 42.
Ra6+ Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hickl, Joerg"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Bc2 O-O 11. Nbd2 Bf5 12. Nb3 Bg6 13. Nfd4 Bxd4 14. cxd4 a5
15. Be3 a4 16. Nc1 a3 17. bxa3 ({Lately the theoretical discussion has
centered around} 17. b3 f6) 17... Rxa3 18. Nd3 Nc3 19. Qd2 Na5 20. Bb3 Nxa2 21.
Nc5 Nxb3 22. Nxb3 Qa8 23. Nc5 Nc3 24. Qb2 b4 25. Bd2 Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1989.11.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Nxf2 12. Rxf2 f6 13. exf6 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2
Qxf6 15. Nf1 Ne5 16. Be3 Rae8 17. Bc5 Nxf3 18. gxf3 Rf7 19. Bd3 {Whith this
new move (19. Kg2 is the old move) White is preparing to meet 19. - Bg4 with
20. Be2. However, Yusupov`s strong answer puts the value of 19. Bd3 in doubt.}
Bh3 $1 20. Ng3 h5 21. Bf1 (21. Nxh5 Qg5 22. Ng3 d4 $1 23. Bxd4 c5 $19 {
(Yusupov)}) 21... Bg4 22. Bg2 h4 23. Nf1 h3 {23. - Re4!?} 24. Bh1 Re4 25. Ng3
Rf4 26. Kg1 {26. Dxd5!} Qc6 27. Be3 Bxf3 28. Qf1 Re4 29. Qd3 Rg4 30. Bd4 Be4
31. Qe2 Qg6 32. Bxe4 dxe4 33. a4 $2 Rf3 34. axb5 axb5 35. b4 Rgxg3+ 36. hxg3
Rxg3+ 37. Kh1 e3 0-1

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Kladovo"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanovic, Bozidar"]
[Black "Todorovic, Goran M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Bc5 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 Bf5 12. Nb3 Bg6 13. a4 $5 (13. Nfd4 Bxd4 14.
cxd4 a5 15. Be3 a4 16. Nc1 a3 17. b3 f6 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. Ne2 Qe7 $1 $10 {
Speelman-Timman, (m4), London 1989.}) 13... Bb6 14. Nbd4 Qd7 15. Be3 Na5 16.
axb5 axb5 17. Nh4 Nc4 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. e6 fxe6 21. Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Sebastian op 22nd"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Spraggett,K"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1999.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nf1 Re8 $6 (13... Bh5 $5
) (13... d4 $5) 14. h3 Bh5 15. Ng3 Bg6 16. Nf5 Bf8 $5 (16... Ne4 $6 {- 71/357})
17. Bf4 $1 $36 (17. g4 $5 $132) 17... Qd7 $5 $146 (17... Ne6 18. Bh2 Na5 19.
N3h4 $5 (19. Ne3) 19... c5 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Nd6) 18. N3h4 $1 (18. g4 $132)
18... Na4 $5 19. Rb1 Nb6 20. Qg4 $1 $36 Qe6 (20... Nc4 $4 21. Nh6+ $18) 21. Qg3
Nc4 22. Kh1 $5 (22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. Nd4 (23. Nh4 $6 N6xe5 24. Bxe5 Nxe5 25. f4
Qb6+ $17) 23... Nxd4 24. cxd4 c5) 22... Kh8 $6 (22... Rad8 $5 {/\ d4}) 23.
Nxg6+ fxg6 (23... Qxg6 24. Qh4 $1) (23... hxg6 24. Nh4 {/\ Nf3-g5}) 24. Nh4 Be7
25. Bg5 $1 $16 Rf8 26. Bxe7 (26. Nf3 $2 Rxf3 $1 27. gxf3 Bxg5 28. Qxg5 Qxh3+
29. Kg1 Qxf3 $17) 26... Nxe7 27. Nf3 $5 (27. f4 $132) 27... Rxf3 $8 28. Qxf3 (
28. gxf3 $6 Rf8 $44) 28... Nd2 29. Qe3 Nxb1 30. Bxb1 Rd8 31. Qc5 $1 Rd7 32. Kg1
h6 33. h4 Kg8 34. g3 Nc6 35. Kg2 Ne7 (35... Na5 $6 36. Bxg6 $1 Qxg6 37. e6 Rd8
38. Qxc7 Re8 39. Qxa5 Rxe6 40. Qd8+ Kh7 41. h5) 36. Bc2 {[/\ a4-a5]} Qb6 $5 37.
Qxb6 cxb6 38. a4 $1 bxa4 39. Bxa4 Rc7 40. Bc2 Kf7 41. Bd3 b5 42. f4 h5 43. Kf3
Rc6 44. g4 hxg4+ 45. Kxg4 Rb6 46. Kg5 Rc6 47. h5 $6 (47. Rh1 $1 $16 {/\ h5})
47... gxh5 48. f5 (48. Kxh5 Rh6+ 49. Kg5 Rh3) 48... Kf8 $1 49. Be2 b4 $1 50.
Bxh5 bxc3 51. bxc3 Rxc3 52. Rb1 d4 53. Bg4 Rc5 $1 54. Rb8+ Rc8 $1 55. Rb7 Rd8
$1 56. f6 gxf6+ 57. exf6 (57. Kxf6 Ng8+ $11) 57... Rd5+ $1 58. Kh6 Rd6 $1 59.
Kg5 Rd5+ 60. Kf4 $5 Ng6+ 61. Ke4 Re5+ $1 (61... Rg5 62. Bf5 $1) 62. Kxd4 Rb5
$11 63. Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg International Preliminary"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.04.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Lasker"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.01.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Tarrasch,S} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 {The Open
Ruy Lopez did very well in St. Petersburg 1914, Lasker only narrowly avoided
defeat with Tarrasch as White and himself used it to draw against Capablanca
in the final. Also in this game Black's loss has little to do with the opening.
} 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 {Tarrasch,S: 'Dies ist die beste Verteidigung
der spanischen Partie. Ihr Wert steht jetzt fest. In diesem Turnier wurde sie
von mir gegen Lasker und Bernstein angewendet, und nur Rubinstein kam gegen
Lasker damit in Nachteil, und zwar nur deshalb, weil er die wilden
Verwicklungen der "Breslauer Variante" fürchtete und ein ruhigeres Spiel
vorzog.'} 9. c3 (9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Qe2 d4 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. cxd4 $6
Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Nb3 Nxb3 16. axb3 O-O 17. Rd1 $2 Rxf2 $1 18. Be3 Rxe2
19. Bxd4 c5 $19 {Bernstein,O-Tarrasch,S/St. Petersburg/1914/ is another
example from the tournament.}) 9... Bc5 {An ambitious move, which still
retains it's fans.} ({Tarrasch,S: 'Besser ist die Entwicklung des Läufers
nach'} 9... Be7 {-C83 was Tarrasch's favourite reply, which still remains the
main line even nowadays. ', aber die führt mit'} 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nd4 Nxe5 $1
12. f3 Bd6 {unweigerlich zu dem Figurenopfer der "Breslauer Variante", auf die
sich Weiß nicht einlassen kann und Schwarz nicht einlassen will.}) ({A more
modern approach is} 9... Nc5 10. Bc2 Bg4 {after} 11. Re1 {Black can transpose
into the ...Be7 lines or play the independent} Qd7 $5 {Currently the most
respected adherent of the Open Ruy Lopez Viktor Kortschnoj has in his practice
tried all 3 moves.}) {Tarrasch,S: 'Nach meiner Ansicht ist der Angriff, den
Schwarz mit dem Opfer erlangt, unwiderstehlich, aber man muß ihn auch richtig
zu führen verstehen. - Der hier von Rubinstein bevorzugte Zug ist auch ganz
gut, führt aber nur zum Ausgleich.'} 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Nxd2 $6 {Black
exchanges his proud [+]N without a fight, this subvariation has fallen into
oblivion nowadays. Tarrasch,S: 'Aber nach diesem Abtausch kommt Schwarz in
Nachteil, da er durch den aktiven Tausch des Springers Tempi verliert.'} (11...
f5 {Tarrasch,S: 'ist der einzig richtige Zug hier. Die von Mackenzie (Wien
1882) herrührende Fortsetzung'} 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. Nfd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 {
was once a topical line, until it has been discovered that} 15. Qxd4 $5 (15.
cxd4 f4 16. f3 Ng3 17. hxg3 (17. Re1) ({oder auch} 17. Rf2 {führt dann zu
ziemlich gleichen Chancen.}) 17... fxg3 18. Qd3 Bf5 19. Qxf5 Rxf5 20. Bxf5 Qh4
21. Bh3 Qxd4+ 22. Kh1 Qxe5 23. Bd2 Qxb2 24. Bf4 d4 $1 $44) 15... c5 16. Qd1 h6
17. f3 Ng5 18. Be3 Rc8 19. Qd2 a5 20. Rad1 Qe7 21. Bb1 Kh8 22. Rfe1 Rc7 23. Bf2
b4 {Short,N-Timman,J/Candidates El Escorial m/1993/} 24. Qd3 $36 {gives White
a comfortable edge.}) ({The complications of} 11... Nxf2 $5 12. Rxf2 f6 13.
exf6 Bxf2+ (13... Qxf6 $143 14. Qf1 $1 $16) 14. Kxf2 Qxf6 15. Nf1 Ne5 16. Be3
Rae8 $44 {remain unresolved, Black usually wins another pawn and keeps the
balance.}) (11... Bf5 12. Nb3 Bg6 $5 13. Nfd4 Bxd4 14. cxd4 a5 15. Be3 a4 $132
{is another line with a better reputation, which has been tested even in World
Championship matches:} 16. Nc1 a3 17. b3 f6 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. Ne2 Nb4 20. Bb1
Qe7 21. Qe1 Rfe8 22. Nf4 Bf7 23. Qc1 c5 24. dxc5 Qf6 25. Bxe4 Rxe4 26. Ne2 d4
27. Ng3 Ree8 28. Qd2 Nc6 $44 {Karpov,A-Kortschnoj,V/WCh Merano/1981/}) 12. Qxd2
$1 {[%cal Gb1h7]} ({Less consistent is} 12. Bxd2 f6 $5 (12... d4 13. Bg5 (13.
Ng5 d3 $36) 13... Qd7 14. Qd3 f5 (14... g6 15. Bf6 $1 $40) 15. exf6 gxf6 16.
Bh6 Rf7 $13) 13. exf6 Qxf6 $132 {/\} 14. Bg5 Qf7 15. Bh4 $6 {ECO} Qh5 16. Bg3
Bg4 $36) 12... f6 {Black must stave off the threats on the b1-h7 diagonal
without weakening his >> too much. Tarrasch,S: 'Es gibt hier andere Züge,
aber keine besseren. Der schwarze Königsflügel ist nach der Freilegung der
Läuferlinie c2-h7 von Mattangriffen bedroht.'} ({The point behind White's
last move shows after} 12... Be7 13. Qd3 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Qd2 (15. Qe3 $5 $16
) 15... f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Rad1 Na5 18. Nd4 $16 {Pillsbury,H-Albin,A/
Nuremberg/1896/}) (12... Qd7 13. Qf4 $40) 13. exf6 (13. Qd3 $5 g6 (13... f5 $2
14. a4 b4 15. a5 Qc8 16. Bb3 Ne7 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. Ba4 Qc8 19. Nd4 {1-0,Simagin,
V-Langeweg,K/Sochi/1967/}) 14. exf6 Bf5 (14... Qxf6 15. Bg5 Ne5 16. Bxf6 Nxd3
17. Bd4 $14 {/+/- gives White a pleasant and permanent edge.}) 15. Qd1 Bxc2 16.
Qxc2 Qxf6 17. Bh6 $36) 13... Rxf6 {Tarrasch,S: 'Trotz aller Bedenken war es
doch viel besser, übrigens auch natürlicher, ...'} ({... mit der Dame zu
schlagen} 13... Qxf6 {, gegenüber der schwachen Stellung der Steine auf der
c-, d- und e-Linie sich auf die raschere Entwicklung zu verlassen und sich
gegen} 14. Qd3 {mit} Qf5 ({, ja selbst mit} 14... h6 {h7-h6 zu verteidigen.}))
14. Nd4 $6 {This technical move is too soft. White should look for an
advantage with the alternatives} (14. Ng5 Bf5 15. a4 Rb8 $5 $14 {or}) (14. b4
Bb6 15. a4 Rb8 16. Qe2 h6 17. h3 $5 $14 (17. Bf4 Bg4 18. Bg3 d4 $1 19. axb5
axb5 20. Qxb5 Bxf3 21. gxf3 dxc3 22. Qc4+ Kh8 23. Rad1 Nd4 24. Be4 c2 25. Bxc2
Rc6 26. Qxc6 Nxc6 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Rb1 Nd4 29. Be4 Ne2+ $11 {Klovans,
J-Shereshevski,M/USSR/1975/})) 14... Nxd4 {Tarrasch,S: 'Das macht den Pc7
dauernd rückständig auf einer offenen Linie und schafft so einen klaren
Stellungsnachteil für Schwarz, der schließlich die Partie kostet.'} ({Mit} 
14... Ne5 {konnte dies vermieden werden.}) 15. cxd4 Bb6 {Tarrasch,S: '?' Here
the B will be out of play practically for the rest of the game. Tarrasch,S:
'Hier wird der Läufer dauernd abgesperrt. Weit wirkungsvoller ...'} ({
Tarrasch,S: '... hätte er auf d6 gestanden:'} 15... Bd6 $142 $1 {'...,
wodurch immer einmal ein Mattangriff auf den Punkt h2 als Kompensation für
die schlechtere Bauernstellung ergeben konnte, ja mußte.'} 16. Qe2 Qd7 17. Bg5
Rff8 18. Rfe1 Rae8 19. Qd2 h6 20. Be3 Bf5 21. Rac1 Bxc2 22. Qxc2 Qf5 23. Qxf5
Rxf5 24. g3 Rff8 25. Bd2 Rxe1+ 26. Bxe1 Kf7 27. Bd2 Ke6 $11 {1/2,Kinnmark,
O-Johansson,I/Halle/1967/}) 16. a4 Rb8 17. axb5 axb5 18. Qc3 Qd6 (18... Z0 {
(Tarrasch,S) droht} 19. Bg5 {.}) 19. Be3 $14 {Lasker has fixed Black's c-pawn
and due to his better pawn structure has some advantage. But it remains
minimal. Tarrasch,S: 'Lasker hat dies sehr fein gespielt und sich eine
positionell gewonnene Partie verschafft: auf dem Königsflügel hat er einen
Bauern mehr, während die gegnerische Übermacht auf dem Damenflügel infolge
der Rückständigkeit des c-Bauern ganz illusorisch ist. Aber wie ganz anders
würde die schwarze Stellung aussehen, wenn der Läufer auf d6 stände.'} Bf5 {
The exchange of the strong Bc2 is logical enough, on the other hand the
"liberating" Tarrasch,S: 'Der Läuferzug ist nicht angebracht, ihn sollte
Schwarz sich vielleicht erhalten, denn mit zwei Läufern kann man viele Punkte
decken.'} ({Tarrasch,S: 'Es lag nahe,'} 19... b4 {'nebst'} 20. Qd2 (20. Z0 c5 {
zu spielen, aber es wäre zum Vorteil des Weißen ausgefallen:}) (20. Qd3 Bf5
21. Qd2 c5 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. Qc2 {mit Doppelangriff auf f5 und c5.}) 20... c5
$2 {only loses a pawn after} 21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 23. Qc2+ $16) (
19... Rc8 {war am Platze, um, wenn irgend möglich, den Vorstoß des c-Bauern
durchzusetzen oder ihn wenigstens gelegentlich zu drohen.}) 20. Rfc1 Bxc2 21.
Rxc2 Re8 {Tarrasch,S: 'Die schwarzen Türme suchen vergebens Angriffslinien,
überall beißen sie auf Granit.'} 22. Rac1 (22. Qd3 Rfe6 $1 $11) ({More
accurate seems} 22. f3 $142 $5 Rfe6 23. Bf2 $11 {/+/= as in the game White
will achieve this setup only some 15 moves later, and that with Black's help.})
22... Rfe6 23. h3 Re4 24. Qd2 R8e6 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Ge6e1][%mdl 32] Black
controls the e<-> and White's forces are tied down to the defence of ><d4-it's
not easy to make any strategic progress. Lasker decides to change the
character of the position.} 25. Rc6 {Tarrasch,S: 'Hier kann ich mich mit
Laskers Spielführung nicht einverstanden erklären. Er spielt mit Recht
darauf, möglichst viele Figuren zu tauschen, denn nur dann können seine
Königsbauern gefahrlos avancieren. Aber der Tausch der Türme gegen die Dame,
den er hier anbietet, hätte ihn doch seiner besten Angriffswaffen beraubt. ...
'} Qd7 $6 {Every exchange diminishes the piece activity, which compensates
Black for his bad pawn strucuture.} ({Strong was Tarrasch,S: '... Und wenn
Schwarz mit'} 25... Qxc6 26. Rxc6 Rxc6 {'darauf eingegangen wäre, wie hätte
Weiß dann gegen die Übermacht der Türme erfolgreich operieren wollen, wenn
Schwarz nur darauf bedacht war, den Pd5 gedeckt zu halten? Der Gewinn des Pb5
nach'} 27. Qb4 {'hätte ihn nicht glücklich gemacht.'} (27. Qd3 Rce6 28. Qxb5
Bxd4 29. Qxd5 Bxe3 30. fxe3 c6 $11) 27... Rce6 $11 {with a probable draw. Or
did Rubinstein still have higher ambitions and wanted to score his first win
in the tournament that badly?} (27... Bxd4 $5 28. Bxd4 Rc4 29. Qxb5 Rcxd4 $11))
{Tarrasch,S: 'Daß Rubinstein sich diese gute Chance entgehen läßt, ist
erstaunlich. Fast scheint es, als ob er die ganze Partie befangen gespielt
hätte.'} 26. Rxe6 Qxe6 27. Qd3 Qe8 28. Qc3 Kf7 $6 {Tarrasch,S: 'Für das zu
erwartende Endspiel. Aber der König steht hier exponiert und dadurch wird
später der Damentausch, den Schwarz vermeiden muß, erleichtert.'} 29. Qd3 Kg8
30. Qc3 Qe6 {Rubinstein realizes it's still too early to centralize his K.
Despite his 25-th move White's edge remains very small.} 31. Ra1 Qe8 32. Kf1 h6
33. Qd3 Kf7 (33... Qc6 34. f3 $14) 34. Rc1 Kg8 35. Qb3 Qf7 $5 (35... Qd7 36. f3
$14) 36. Rd1 $1 {White must still protect d4, but now everything is finally
ready for f3 and Bf2. Tarrasch,S: 'Nach eingem Lavieren kommt Weiß hiermit
wieder einen wichtigen Schritt vorwärts. Deckt Schwarz seinen b-Bauern, so
kann endlich der f-Bauer vorgehen.'} (36. f3 $6 Bxd4 37. Bxd4 Rxd4 38. Qxb5 Qf4
$36) 36... c6 {Tarrasch,S: 'Das ergibt eine bedenliche Lockerung des
Damenflügels..'} ({Tarrasch,S: 'Besser war Qd7'} 36... Qd7 37. f3 Re6 38. Bf2
$14) 37. f3 {Tarrasch,S: 'Damit wird der lästige Angriff auf d4 beseitigt.'}
Qf6 38. Qd3 Re7 39. Bf2 Qd6 {The B belongs to this /^. Rubinstein plays this
part of the game unconvincingly and gets outmanoeuvred. Tarrasch,S: 'Um das
Vordringen des Läufers nach g3 und e5 zu verhindern. Aber hierzu konnte er
besser den Läufer auf c7 verwenden, da die Dame das Eindringen der weißen
nach f5 verhüten sollte.'} (39... Bc7 $142 40. Ra1 $14) 40. Qc2 Kf7 $6 {
Tarrasch,S: 'Wozu aber dieses noch mutwillig provozieren! Er kommt dem Gegner
im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes entgegen!'} 41. Rc1 Re6 42. Qf5+ {Tarrasch,S:
'Nun geht s mit Riesenschritten vorwärts.'} Rf6 {Tarrasch,S: 'Sonst folgt Bg3
nebst Be5.'} 43. Qe5 $1 {Such a Q is a nuisance and Black forces it off the
board, but we already mentioned exchanges favour White. Tarrasch,S: 'Damit
wird der Damentausch erreicht, denn weicht Schwarz aus, so folgt Re1 nebst Bh4
und Weiß beherrscht das Brett.'} Re6 $6 (43... Qd7 $142 44. Re1 Rf5 $14 (44...
Bc7 $14)) 44. Qxd6 Rxd6 {Tarrasch,S: 'Nun ist das Endspiel da, in dem Lasker
in vorbildlicher Weise den Vorteil der kompakteren Bauernstellung zur Geltung
bringt.'} 45. Ke2 $16 {[%mdl 4096] _|_} ({Tarrasch,S: 'Auch'} 45. Bg3 Re6 (
45... Z0 46. Be5 {war gut und brachte das weiße Spiel vorwärts.}) 46. Be5 g5
$5 {and White still can't centralize his K. Therefore Lasker postpones the
activation of his B.}) 45... Ke7 46. Kd3 Rg6 47. g3 $1 ({Tarrasch,S: 'Ja nicht
nach'} 47. g4 $6 {', sonst bliebe der f-Bauer nach'} Rf6 {[%csl Rf3] ><f3} 48.
Bh4 g5 {rückständig.}) 47... Rf6 48. f4 Kd7 49. Re1 Rf8 (49... Re6 50. Ra1 $1
$36 (50. Rxe6 Kxe6 51. g4 g6 $11 {/+/= is not enough to win.})) 50. Ra1 {
Tarrasch,S: 'Die a-Linie darf Weiß dem gegnerischen Turm noch nicht
verstatten.'} h5 {Tarrasch,S: 'Dies Vorgehen des Königsbauern beschleunigt
nur die Entstehung eines weißen Freibauern. Die Bauern müssen sich auf dem
Flügel, wo sie in der Minorität sind, im allgemeinen passiv verhalten.'} 51.
Be3 g6 52. Rf1 $1 {Puts the R behind the future o^. Lasker plays the _|_ in a
model way. Tarrasch,S: 'Die Türme gehören hinter die Freibauern. der weiße
Turm hat die richtige Stellung inne, der schwarze die falsche.'} Kd6 53. g4
hxg4 54. hxg4 c5 $2 {The final mistake, now the R_|_ will be lost. Tarrasch,S:
'Endlich kommt Schwarz dazu, sich diese Gegenchance zu schaffen, aber jetzt
ist es zu spät.'} (54... Rh8 $142 $16 {<=>}) ({Tarrasch,S: 'Besser war'} 54...
Ke6 {', um möglichst lange das Entstehen eines Freibauern zu verhindern. Aber
auf die Dauer war dies doch nicht möglich. Weiß hätte das Spiel mit'} 55.
Rc1 Kd7 {'fortgesetzt, wobei sein Vorteil ebenfalls bald entscheidend geworden
wäre.'} (55... Rc8 56. Rh1 Z0 57. Rh7 (57. Rh6)) 56. Rh1 Bc7 57. Rh7+ Kc8 58.
Rg7 $16) 55. dxc5+ Bxc5 56. Bxc5+ Kxc5 {Tarrasch,S: 'Jetzt hat Schwarz die
bessere Königsstellung, aber sein Turm steht zu schlecht.'} 57. f5 {Tarrasch,
S: 'Man sieht, wie sehr Schwarz die Entstehung eines gegnerischen Freibauern
gefördert hat.'} gxf5 58. gxf5 Rf6 59. Rf4 $18 {With his passive R Black is
lost, as due to Zugzwang his K must give way.} b4 ({Tarrasch,S: 'Näherliegend
und besser wäre'} 59... d4 {'mit der Folge'} 60. Ke4 Rd6 (60... Kd6 61. Rf3 {
, es hätte dem Schwarzen manche Remischancen gelassen, aber nur bei
fehlerhaftem Spiel des Weißen, wie eingehende Analysen ergeben haben}) 61. Rf3
$1 (61. f6 d3 62. f7 d2 63. Rf1 Rd8 64. Ke3 Kc4 65. Ke2 Kb3 $1 66. Kd1 Rf8 $11)
61... Rf6 62. Ke5 Rf8 63. f6 $18) 60. b3 $22 {Tarrasch,S: 'Nun ist eine
Zugzwangstellung entstanden. Die schwarzen Figuren müssen den weißen Raum
geben.'} Rf7 61. f6 Kd6 62. Kd4 Ke6 63. Rf2 $22 Kd6 {Tarrasch,S: 'Beim
Abtausch ist Schwarz natürlich ebenfalls verloren.'} (63... Rxf6 64. Rxf6+
Kxf6 65. Kxd5 $18 {Botvinnik,M-Euwe,M Staunton-Tournament 1946 (9) 1/2 The
P_|_ is lost-this is the crucial difference between our game and the
Botvinnik-Euwe game from Groningen 1948.}) 64. Ra2 $1 Rc7 (64... Rxf6 65. Ra6+
$18) 65. Ra6+ Kd7 66. Rb6 ({Black loses both his P after} 66. Rb6 Rc1 (66...
Rc3 67. Rxb4 Rf3 68. Ke5 {[%cal Rb4f4] /\Rf4}) 67. Kxd5 Rf1 68. Ke5 Re1+ 69.
Kf5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Carlsberg Match Short-Torre +1-1=4"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1988.10.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Torre,E"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1988.10.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Nc5 10. Bc2 Bg4 11. Nbd2 Be7 12. Re1 Bh5 13. b4 Ne6 14. Nf1 O-O 15.
a4 Qd7 16. Bf5 Rad8 17. axb5 axb5 18. g4 Bg6 19. h4 h5 20. Ng3 d4 21. Ra6 hxg4
22. Bxg4 Nb8 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Nxd4 Bf7 25. Bg5 Nc6 $2 (25... Bxb4 $5) (25...
Bxg5) 26. Bxe7 Nxe7 27. Ne4 Ng6 28. Ng5 Rfe8 29. Bh5 Nh8 30. Qc2 g6 31. Ne4 $18
Kg7 32. Nf6 Qc8 33. Nc6 Qa6 34. Nxd8 Rxd8 35. Bf3 Qa7 36. Kg2 c5 37. Qc1 cxb4
38. Ng4 Kf8 39. Qh6+ Ke7 40. Qg5+ Ke8 41. Bc6+ 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup 18th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Hartman, Christer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5
8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Re1 d4 13. Nb3 d3 14. Bb1
Nxb3 15. axb3 Bf5 16. Be3 O-O (16... Qd5 17. Bd4 O-O (17... Be4 $6 18. Bxd3
Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qxb3 20. e6 $1 O-O 21. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 22. Nd2 Qxb2 23. Reb1 $18 {
1-0 Sanakojev-Oim/cr 1981 (35)}) 18. Bxd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qxb3 20. e6 fxe6 21.
Qe4 Qd5 22. Qxe6+ Qxe6 23. Rxe6 Bd6 $10 {0-1 Mrva,M-Sorin,A/Moscow olm (13)
SVK-ARG ;EXP 44 1994 (49)}) 17. Bd4 $5 (17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Bb4 19. Rf1 c5
$10 {Larsen,B/ECO}) 17... Nxd4 $2 (17... Qd5 $142) 18. Nxd4 Bg6 19. Bxd3 $1
Bxd3 20. Nc6 $8 {The move that refutes Blacks 17. - Nxd4.} Qd7 21. Nxe7+ Kh8
22. Re3 Rfd8 23. Nc6 Qxc6 24. Rxd3 Rxd3 25. Qxd3 $16 Qe6 26. Qxb5 Rd8 27. Qe2
Qxb3 28. h3 h6 29. Kh2 Rb8 30. Rxa6 Qxb2 31. Qxb2 Rxb2 {Hecht: aktive weiße
T+K + Raumvorteil + Mehrbauer ==> Gewinn; einfach} 32. f4 Rb8 33. Rc6 $18 Rb7
34. Kg3 Kg8 35. e6 fxe6 36. Rxe6 Kf7 37. Rc6 Ke7 38. Kg4 Kd8 39. Kh5 Rb5+ 40.
Kg6 Rb2 41. g4 Rh2 42. Kxg7 Rxh3 1-0

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1996.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Kortschnoj surprises Timman with a sacrifice that is also an opening novelty.
The move might be a bit dubious in analysis, but for one game it works just
fine.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bb3 d5
8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nf1 (13. Nb3 {
This solid approach gives White a slight plus - without complications.} Ne6 (
13... Re8 14. h3 Nxb3 15. axb3 (15. Qd3 g6 (15... Bf5 $5) 16. Bxb3 Be6 17. Rd1
Qd7 18. Bxd5 Rad8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Huebner,R/EUCup (Honved-Bayern) [1] 1991 
(38)}) 15... Bh5 16. b4 Qd7 17. Bb3 $14 {Kortschnoj}) (13... Qd7 14. Nxc5 Bxc5
15. h3 Be6 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Be7 18. Be3 f5 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Rc1 $14 {
1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Haba,P/Debrecen 1988 (40)}) (13... Ne4 14. Bf4 (14. Bxe4 $2 dxe4
15. Qxd8 Raxd8 16. Rxe4 Rd1+ 17. Ne1 Bf5 18. Re3 Bg5 19. Re2 Bd3 $17) 14... Re8
(14... f5 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Qd3 $16 {Aljechin-Nimzowitsch, Petersburg 1914.})
15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Rxe4 Qxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rad8 19. Ree1 g5 20. Bg3
$16 {Kuczynski,R-Marin,M/Budapest zt-B 1993/1/2-1/2 (51)}) 14. Qd3 g6 15. Bh6 (
15. Nfd4 Ncxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 c5 18. Qg3 Qd7 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Bg5 Rfe8
21. Bf6 Rac8 22. Bb3 Bf5 23. Rad1 $14 {Chandler,M-Wedberg,T/Haninge 1988/1-0 
(35)}) 15... Re8 16. Rad1 Bf5 17. Qd2 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Qd7 19. h4 Red8 20. h5 $16
{1-0 Emms,J-Rutherford,L/Hastings Masters 1995 (26)}) 13... d4 $5 {The
thematic push in the open spanish. But the move has not been played much in
this exact position. The current game is, to my knowledge, the fist time its
been played by anyone but myself.} (13... Re8 {Is more solid}) 14. h3 (14. cxd4
$2 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nxd4 16. Qd1 Nxc2 17. Qxc2 Qd3 $15) 14... Bh5 (14... Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 d3 16. Bb1 Qd7 17. b4 $16) 15. Ng3 (15. g4 d3 16. gxh5 dxc2 17. Qxc2 f6
18. e6 (18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Rd1 Qe8 20. Ng5 Qxh5 $17 {Mortensen,E-Wedberg,T/
Torshavn Nordic-ch 1987/1/2-1/2 (65)}) 18... Qd5 19. Qe2 Qxh5 $13 {Jansa,
V-Wedberg,T/Gijon/1988}) 15... Bxf3 16. Qxf3 d3 17. b4 $1 (17. Qxc6 dxc2 18.
Qf3 (18. Nf5 $6 Nd3 19. Re2 Bg5 20. f4 (20. Ne3 Nxe5 21. Qe4 Re8 22. Qxc2 Nd3
23. Bd2 Nf4 24. Ree1 Qd3 $17 {Sanz-Wedberg/Gijon/1988}) 20... Nxf4 21. Bxf4
Bxf4 22. Rxc2 Qd3 $17 {Brynell,S-Wedberg,T/Swe team cup/1988}) 18... Nd3 19.
Re2 Bg5 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. Rxc2 Nxe5 22. Qe4 Rae8 23. Re2 Re6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Vehi
Bach,V-Wedberg,T/Biel op 1990 (27)}) (17. Bb3 Na5 18. Rd1 Naxb3 19. axb3 Nxb3
20. Rxd3 Qc8 $13) (17. Bb1 $2 d2 18. Bxd2 Qxd2 19. Rd1 Qxb2 20. Qxc6 Qxc3 21.
Qxc7 Bd8 22. Qd6 Bg5 $15) 17... dxc2 18. bxc5 Qd7 (18... Qe8 19. Nf5 $40) 19.
Nf5 Nxe5 $5 $146 {A surprising novelty. Kortschnoj gives a piece for unclear
compensation.} (19... Kh8 $6 20. Qg4 g6 21. Nxe7 Qxg4 22. hxg4 Nxe7 23. Bg5 Nd5
24. Rac1 $14 {Rodriguez,A-Wedberg,T/New York Open/1988}) (19... Qe6 $5 {
This could well be the best move in the position.} 20. Qg4 (20. Qxc6 Qxf5 21.
Qxc7 Qe6 $1 $15) 20... Qg6 (20... g6 $5) 21. Qxg6 hxg6 22. Nxe7+ Nxe7 23. Bg5
Nd5 $13) 20. Rxe5 Qd1+ 21. Kh2 Bf6 22. Re3 Rad8 {If Black would get b4 in,
things would look rather rosy.} (22... b4 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Nd5 $16) (22... Rae8
23. Nh6+ Kh8 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Nxf7+ Kg8 26. Nh6+ Kh8 27. Qf5 $16) 23. a3 a5
24. Qe4 (24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. Nc6 Rde8 26. Nxa5 Be5+ 27. g3 f5 28. Kg2 f4 29. gxf4
Re6 $1 $40 {This was Kortschnojs suggestion after the game.} 30. Qe4 Rg6+ 31.
Qxg6 hxg6 32. Rxe5 Rxf4 $15) 24... h5 25. Nd4 $2 (25. Ne7+ $1 Kh8 (25... Bxe7
26. Qxe7 Qf1 27. Re2 Rd1 28. Rxc2 $16) 26. Nc6 Rd5 27. Nxa5 Rxc5 28. Nb3 Rxc3
29. Rxc3 Bxc3 30. Ra2 $18) 25... Rxd4 $1 26. cxd4 Bxd4 27. Ra2 Qxc1 $1 28. Rxc2
(28. Qxd4 Qb1 29. Ra1 c1=Q 30. Rxb1 Qxb1 31. Qe5 $11) 28... Qb1 29. Ree2 (29.
Qxd4 Qxc2 $15) 29... Bf6 30. Rcd2 (30. c6 $1 {Timman}) 30... Qc1 31. Qe3 b4 32.
axb4 axb4 33. Rd5 Qc4 34. Qd3 Qxd3 35. Rxd3 Rb8 36. Rb3 Rb5 37. c6 Rb6 38. Re4
Bc3 39. Rc4 Kf8 40. Rb1 Ke7 41. f4 Ke6 42. Rd1 f5 43. g4 g6 44. Kg3 Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1997.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Re1 O-O 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nf1 Re8 15.
g4 {Very ambitious. White wins a P, but Black has plenty of counterplay.} (15.
Ng3 Bg6 16. Be3 (16. Nf5 Ne6 17. Nxe7+ Nxe7 18. Bb3 h6 19. Be3 c6 20. Nd4 Qd7
21. f4 Nf5 $6 (21... Nxd4 22. cxd4 Be4 $11) 22. Nxf5 Bxf5 23. g4 Be4 24. f5 $16
{1-0 Tumurhuyag,N-Bayarsayhan,Y/MGL-ch Erdenet 1994 (31)}) 16... Ne6 17. Bxg6
hxg6 18. Qc2 Qd7 19. Rad1 Na5 20. h4 Nc4 21. Bc1 c5 22. h5 (22. b3 Nb6 23. h5
gxh5 24. Nxh5 Nf8 {1/2-1/2 Bossert,C-Kindl,P/Zalaegerszeg 1993}) 22... gxh5 23.
Nxh5 Rad8 24. b3 Nb6 25. Qf5 Qc6 $13 {Sznapik,A-Marin,M/Budapest zt-B 1993/0-1
(59)}) 15... Bg6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Ne3 Qd7 18. b4 {White could have eaten the
d5-pawn fried or boiled, but it wasn't tasty either way. So White tries the
b4-ketchup.} (18. Nxd5 Rad8 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Qc2 Nd3 21. Bg5 Nxe1 22. Rxe1 f6
23. exf6 (23. Qxg6 Qf7 $15) 23... Qf7 $15) (18. Qxd5 Red8 19. Qxd7 Rxd7 20. Nc2
Nd3 21. Re2 Bc5 $44) 18... Na4 19. Nxd5 Rad8 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Qc2 Qd7 $1 22.
Kg2 (22. Bg5 Qd3 $132) 22... Qd3 $36 23. Qxd3 Rxd3 24. e6 (24. Bd2 $142) 24...
fxe6 25. Bd2 $2 (25. Bg5 $142 Nxc3 26. a3 $15) 25... e5 $6 (25... Rf8 $1 {
This is more or less a deciding move.} 26. Be3 (26. Re3 Rxf3 27. Kxf3 Rxd2 28.
Rxe6 Rd3+ 29. Kg2 (29. Re3 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 Nxc3 31. a3 Nd4+ 32. Kg2 g5 $17) 29...
Rxc3 $17) (26. Rxe6 Rdxf3 $19) 26... Nxc3 27. Ng5 (27. a3 Rxf3 28. Kxf3 Nd4+
29. Kg3 Nc2 $17) 27... Nd5 28. Nxe6 Re8 $17) 26. Re3 Red8 27. Rxd3 Rxd3 28. Re1
Nb6 29. Re3 Rd6 30. Re2 Nc4 31. Be1 Rd3 $17 32. Re4 Kf7 33. Ng5+ Ke7 34. f4 Kd6
35. fxe5+ N6xe5 36. Rd4+ Rxd4 37. cxd4 Nd3 38. Bc3 Nc1 39. d5 Ne5 $2 (39...
Nxa2 40. Bxg7 Kxd5 41. Bf8 Ne5 42. Kg3 Nd7 43. Be7 c5 $17) 40. Nf3 Ncd3 (40...
Nxf3 41. Kxf3 Nxa2 42. Bxg7 Kxd5 43. Bf8 $11) 41. Kg3 Nxf3 42. Kxf3 Kxd5 43.
Ke3 Ne5 44. Kf4 Nd3+ 45. Kg5 Nf2 46. Kxg6 Nxh3 47. Bxg7 c5 48. bxc5 Kxc5 49.
Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup 18th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Borge, Nikolaj"]
[Black "Hartman, Christer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 Bg4 (11... d4 12. Ne4 {This is usually
accompanied by an !, but I m not so sure White is better after this.} dxc3 $2 (
12... d3 $1 13. Nxc5 dxc2 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 $5 {This is a novelty as far as I
know.} (14... Nxd8 15. Nxe6 Nxe6 16. Be3 $16) 15. Nxe6 (15. Nxa6 Kd7 $1 $132)
15... fxe6 16. Be3 (16. Bf4 Rf8 17. Bg3 g5 18. h3 Rxf3 19. gxf3 Rd2 $36) 16...
Rd5 17. Rac1 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Rxc2 O-O 20. Rd2 Rd5 $10) 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14.
Be4 Qd7 15. Qc2 Bd5 16. bxc3 Rd8 17. Bg5 $16 {Capablanca-Chajes/New York/1916})
12. Re1 d4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Ne4 $2 {White is confusing the lines. There is one
line where Ne4 is considered to be the right reaction to d5-d4 in the open -
but it s not this one! See the comment to Blacks 11:th.} (14. Nb3 d3 15. Bb1
Nxb3 16. axb3 Bg6 17. Be3 O-O 18. Bd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Bb4 20. Re3 c5 21. Bxd3
cxd4 22. Re2 {Good for White according to the old theory.} Bh5 $5 23. g4 Bg6
24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Re4 (25. Nxd4 $5) 25... Bc5 26. Qd3 Ra7 27. b4 Raf7 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Dimitrov,V-Delchev,A/Elenite-B (01) ;EXP 43 1994 (43)}) 14... d3 $1 15.
Nxc5 (15. Bb1 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 Bg6 17. Re1 O-O $15) 15... dxc2 16. Qxd8+ Rxd8 17.
Nb3 (17. Nxa6 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rd1 19. Bf4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Kd7 $17) 17... Bxf3 18.
gxf3 a5 19. a4 Rd1 20. Be3 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Nxe5 22. Nd4 c5 23. Nxb5 Nxf3+ 24.
Kf1 Nxe1 25. Kxe1 $19 Kd7 26. Kd2 h5 27. Na3 g5 28. f3 f5 29. Nc4 Ke6 30. Kxc2
g4 31. fxg4 hxg4 32. hxg4 fxg4 33. Kd3 g3 34. Ke2 Kd5 35. b3 Bf6 36. Bd2 Rh4
37. Kd3 Bd8 38. Be1 Bc7 39. Ne3+ Ke6 40. Ke2 Rh2+ 41. Kf3 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Beersheba"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shmuter, Leonid"]
[Black "Bykhovsky, Avigdor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bykhovsky,Av} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7.
Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 (9... Bc5 $5 {Bykhovsky,Av}) 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. Bc2
Bg4 12. Re1 (12. Qe1 $6 {Bykhovsky,Av} Ne6 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nh2 Bg6 15. Bxg6 $5
$146 fxg6 16. Nb3 g5 17. Nf3 Qd7 18. Nbd4 Ncxd4 19. Nxd4 O-O $15 {Postny,
A-Bykhovsky,Av/Haifa/1996/}) 12... Qd7 13. Nf1 Bh5 14. Ne3 Rd8 15. b4 {This
move caused a sensation in 1988. Just as Black (read Kortchnoi) had managed to
defuse 15.Sf5, Hjartarsson crushed him with 15.b4. The basic idea is to force
back the knight to e6.} (15. Nf5 O-O 16. Nxe7+ Nxe7 17. Be3 (17. b4 Ne4 (17...
Na4 18. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 19. e6 $1 {1-0/Hübner,R-Kortchnoi,V/Tilburg/1987}) 18.
Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qxd7 Rxd7 20. Ng5 Bg6 21. e6 Rd3 22. exf7+ Bxf7 23. Nxe4 Nd5 24.
a3 (24. f3 Bg6 25. Kf2 Re8 $44 {Sokolov,A-Kortchnoi/Tilburg/1987/0-1/52}) 24...
Nxc3 25. Nxc3 Rxc3 26. Be3 Re8 27. Red1 $14 {Huebner,R-Zak,U/Lugano op (3)
1989/1-0 (85)}) 17... Na4 (17... Ne4 18. Qd3 Ng6 19. Bc1 Rde8 20. Nd4 Nc5 21.
Qg3 Ne4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Rxe4 c5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Mestel,A-Korchnoi,V/Beersheba
1988 (49)}) (17... Ne6 $6 18. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 19. Ng5+ Kg6 20. g4 $40) 18. Qd3
Bg6 (18... Ng6 19. b3 (19. e6 $6 fxe6 20. Ne5 Nxb2 21. Nxd7 Nxd3 22. Nxf8 Nxe1
23. Bxg6 Bxg6 $15 {Marjanovic,S-Kortchnoi,V/Beograd/1987/0-1/47}) (19. Bc1 $5 {
Kortchnoi,V}) 19... Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qh3 21. Bd2 Nc5 22. Qf5 Qxf5 23. Bxf5 Rfe8
24. Be3 Ne6 $10 {1/2-1/2 Van der Wiel,J-Hjartarson,J/Rotterdam WCup 1989 (41)})
19. Qe2 Nf5 20. Bxa4 bxa4 21. Bc5 Rfe8 22. Qxa6 $14 {Spangenberg,H-Sorin,A/San
Martin (02) ;CBM 48 1995/1/2-1/2 (78)}) 15... Ne6 (15... Na4 $4 16. Bf5 {
Trapping the queen.}) 16. g4 (16. Nf5 O-O (16... d4 $6 17. Be4 $1 Bg6 18. g4 h5
19. h3 Kf8 20. a4 hxg4 21. hxg4 Qe8 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ra6 $1 $18 {Hjartarsson,
J- Kortchnoi,V, Saint John (m/1) 1988.}) 17. a4 Rfe8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Qd3 Bg6
20. Qxb5 Nxe5 21. Qxd7 Nxd7 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Bxg6 (23. Bb3 Be4 24. Nd4 Nxd4
25. cxd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Horvath,C-Kuczynski,R/Dresden 1988 (41)}) 23... hxg6 24.
Nd4 $1 $14 {Rodriguez,Am- Marin,M, Novi Sad (ol) 1990, 50/370.}) 16... Bg6 17.
Nf5 O-O 18. a4 Rfe8 (18... d4 $5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Be4 Rfe8 21. Qd3 Nb8 22. Bd2
c5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Haba,P-Marin,M/Budapest zt-B (01) 1993 (31)}) 19. axb5 axb5
20. Bd3 Rb8 21. Qe2 Ncd8 22. Ra7 $14 d4 $5 {This counter is Blacks main weapon,
hitting the weak structure c3-d4.} 23. Rd1 {N/} (23. N3xd4 Nxd4 24. cxd4 Bxb4
25. Rd1 $13) (23. cxd4 {Bykhovsky,Av} Bxb4 24. Rd1 $16 {Shabalov,A-Vukic,M/New
York/1993/1:0/35/}) 23... dxc3 $1 24. Bc4 (24. Nh6+ gxh6 25. Bxg6 Nf4 $1 $19) (
24. Be4 Qc8 $17) 24... Qc6 25. Bd5 c2 $8 (25... Qb6 $4 26. Nxe7+ (26. Be3 $18 {
Bykhovsky,Av}) 26... Rxe7 27. Be3 {+-}) 26. Bxc6 cxd1=Q+ 27. Qxd1 Nxc6 28. Ra1
Bxb4 29. Qd7 (29. Bb2) (29. Qd5 {Bykhovsky,Av} Ne7 $17) 29... Bc3 30. Qxc6 $2 (
30. Rb1 $142 $13) 30... Bxa1 $17 31. Ba3 Red8 32. Be7 Rd1+ (32... Rd3 $32 {
Bykhovsky,Av}) 33. Kg2 Nf4+ 34. Kg3 Rc1 35. Qd7 Ne6 36. Ba3 {T/} (36. Bb4 $32 {
Bykhovsky,Av /\Ne7/}) 36... Rc3 37. Ne7+ Kh8 38. Nxg6+ hxg6 39. Bb4 Rb3 40.
Qxf7 Bxe5+ 41. Kh4 (41. Kg2 {Bykhovsky,Av} Nf4+ 42. Kg3 Rd3 43. Bd2 Bd6 $1 44.
Bxf4 Rf8 45. Qxg6 Rxf4 $19) 41... Bf6+ 42. Kg3 Rxf3+ $19 43. Kg2 Rf4 44. Qxe6
Rxb4 45. h4 Rf8 46. g5 Rf4 47. gxf6 R4xf6 48. Qe4 Rxf2+ 49. Kg1 R2f4 50. Qc6 b4
51. Qxc7 Kh7 52. Qe7 b3 0-1

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.06.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Bf5 12. Nb3 Bg6 13. Nfd4 Bxd4 14. cxd4 a5
15. Be3 a4 16. Nc1 a3 17. b3 f6 18. Nd3 fxe5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxe4 dxe4 {
New. The idea is to open a file to exchange heavy pieces.} (20... Bxe4 21. dxe5
$14 {Aseev-Korneev/Krumbach/1991}) 21. dxe5 Qxd1 22. Rfxd1 Rfd8 23. h3 (23.
Rdc1 $5 Rac8 24. Rc2 Kf7 25. Rac1 Ke6 26. Rc5 Be8 $13) 23... Bf7 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8
25. Rc1 Rc8 26. Bc5 Bd5 27. Kf1 (27. Bxa3 Ra8 $10) 27... c6 $10 28. Ke2 Kf7 29.
Ke3 Ke6 30. Bd6 Ra8 31. Kd4 Ra7 32. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik zt"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Black "Ernst, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[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. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Nbd2 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. a4 Rb8 (13... b4 14.
Ng5 Ne5 15. Qg3 Qd6 16. cxb4 Bxb4 17. Re1 Nfg4 18. Rxe5 Nxe5 19. Nde4 $16 {
Ivanchuk,V-Piket,J/Monaco blind/1994}) 14. axb5 axb5 15. Ng5 Ne5 16. Qg3 Qd6
17. Ndf3 {N} (17. Bc2 Bd7 18. Nb3 Bb6 19. Bf4 Rbe8 20. Nd4 Nh5 21. Bxe5 Rxe5
22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Qh4 g6 24. f4 Rxg5 25. Qxg5 Kxh7 $17 {Sokolov,A-Timman,J/
Reykjavik/1988}) 17... Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Bf5 19. Qxd6 (19. Bf4 Qd7 20. Bxc7 Rbc8
21. Be5 h6 22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 24. fxe4 Rcf8 $40) 19... Bxd6 20. Ne4 b4
(20... Bxe4 21. fxe4 c6 22. Bg5 $14) 21. Nxf6+ Rxf6 22. Bxd5+ Be6 23. Bxe6+
Rxe6 $10 24. Be3 bxc3 25. bxc3 Rf8 $132 26. Ra4 Rxf3 27. Kg2 Rf5 28. h3 h5 29.
Rd1 $2 Rg6+ 30. Kf1 Rg3 $17 31. Ke2 Rxh3 32. Re4 Bc5 $2 33. Rd7 $132 Bxe3 34.
fxe3 Rh2+ 35. Kd3 h4 36. Rxc7 h3 37. Rh4 Rh1 38. Ke4 Rf2 39. Rg4 $10 Rf7 40.
Rc8+ Rf8 41. Rc7 Rf7 42. Rc8+ Rf8 43. Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS03 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Acs, Peter"]
[Black "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Kortschnoj Baburin} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 a6 6. Ba4
b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Nxf2 {The Dilworth is
considered good for White in theory, but in practice its a different picture.
Black gets a lot of play in return for a minimal investment.  Baburin: [#]
This is quite a playable line, although other moves here - 11...Bf5 & 11...f5
are more popular. After the text the character of the game is changed
radically and probably this is one of the main goals of Black in this system.}
12. Rxf2 f6 13. exf6 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 Qxf6 {Baburin: Sometimes the material
correlation "rook + pawn(-s) vs two minor pieces" arises in a game at an early
stage as a direct result of an opening line, and here we have such an example
- 11...Nxf2 in the Open Ruy Lopez. In order to give an overview of this
variation, I just supplied some games, played with this system. My general
comment is that such imbalanced positions require particularly energetic play
- the price of every move is very high!} 15. Nf1 (15. Kg1 Rae8 16. Qf1 (16. Nf1
Ne5 17. Be3 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Qxf3 19. Qxf3 Rxf3 20. Bf2 $14 {Kortchnoi/ECO})
16... g5 $5 (16... Kh8 17. h3 Bf7 18. Nb3 Bh5 19. Bg5 Qd6 20. Qd3 Bg6 21. Qd1
Rxf3 22. Bxg6 Ref8 $19 {Kozlov-Estrin/USSR/1973}) 17. Qd3 Rf7 18. h3 g4 19.
hxg4 Bxg4 20. Qxd5 Ne5 21. Bb3 Kh8 22. Nxe5 Rxe5 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Bxf7 Qe3+
$13 {1/2-1/2 Varga,C-Turzo,A/Budapest Schneider op (04) ;EXP 46 1995 (35)})
15... Ne5 16. Be3 Rae8 17. Bc5 (17. Bd4 Qh4+ (17... Bg4 18. N1d2 Qh4+ (18...
Qf4 19. Kg1 Nxf3+ 20. Nxf3 Bxf3 (20... c6 {Baburin} 21. Bd3 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Qxf3
23. gxf3 Rxf3 24. Rd1 a5 25. Kg2 Rf4 26. Kg3 g5 27. Rf1 Rxf1 28. Bxf1 h5 29.
Bd3 Kf7 30. Kf2 a4 31. Bf5 Re7 32. Bc5 Rb7 33. Bd6 Kf6 34. Bc8 Ra7 35. Bg3 Ra8
36. Bb7 Ra7 37. Bxc6 {Balashov,Y-Tukmakov,V/USSR (ch) 24/281 1977/1/2-1/2 (64)}
) 21. gxf3 Qxf3 22. Qxf3 Rxf3 23. a4 Re2 24. Bb3 c6 $10 {Tukmakov}) 19. Kg1
Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Bh3 21. Nf1 Qg5+ 22. Ng3 g6 23. Kh1 h5 24. Qd3 Re6 25. Rg1 $36 {
1-0 Apicella,M-Hardarson,R/Reykjavik FRA-ISD (6) 1993 (35)}) 18. Kg1 Nxf3+ 19.
gxf3 Qh5 (19... Bf5 20. Bxf5 Rxf5 $44) (19... Qg5+ 20. Ng3 Bh3 21. a4 g6 (21...
Re6 22. axb5 axb5 23. f4 Rxf4 24. Qh5 {+/= Enders,P-Chekhov,V/Dresden 40/(413)
1985}) 22. axb5 axb5 23. Bf2 h5 {1/2-1/2 Cseshkovsky,V-Chekhov,V/Rostock 38/
439 1984}) 20. Ng3 Qxf3 21. Qxf3 Rxf3 22. Kg2 Rf4 23. a4 b4 24. a5 Bg4 $13 {
Renet,O-Kotliar,M/St. Martin op (9) 1993/1/2-1/2 (56)}) (17. Kg1 {Baburin}
Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Qxf3 19. Qxf3 Rxf3 20. Bf2 Bh3 21. Nd2 $5 {N} (21. Ng3 {- 2/257}
) 21... Rf6 22. Bd3 (22. Re1 Rxe1+ 23. Bxe1 h5 $5) 22... h5 $1 23. Re1 $8 Rxe1+
24. Bxe1 c5 25. Bh4 $6 (25. Bg3 $132) 25... Rf4 26. Bg3 Ra4 27. a3 h4 $36 28.
Bd6 Rg4+ 29. Kf2 Rg2+ 30. Ke1 (30. Ke3 $4 d4+ $19) 30... Rg1+ 31. Nf1 c4 32.
Be2 Kf7 33. Bc5 $1 Rh1 34. Bd6 Rg1 35. Bc5 Rh1 36. Bd6 g5 37. Kf2 Ke6 38. Bb8
g4 39. Bc7 $6 Kf5 40. Bd6 $6 Bxf1 $1 41. Bxf1 {Kaminski,M-Chekhov,V/Zubniewice
58/361 1993/0-1 (56)}) 17... Nxf3 (17... Rf7 18. N1d2 Bf5 19. Kg1 Nd3 20. Bd4
Qd6 21. Qb1 Qg6 22. Nh4 Re1+ 23. Qxe1 Nxe1 24. Rxe1 Qh5 25. Re8+ Rf8 26. Rxf8+
Kxf8 27. Nxf5 Qe2 {1-0 Liberzon,V-Rosino,A/Venezia 18/302 1974}) 18. gxf3 Rf7
19. Kg2 (19. Ng3 {N} Bg4 20. Kg1 Qxf3 (20... Bxf3 21. Qd3 Be4 22. Nxe4 Rxe4 23.
Qxd5 Rg4+ 24. Kh1 c6 25. Qd3 $16) 21. Qxf3 Rxf3 {N} (21... Bxf3 $2 {Baburin}
22. Rf1 $1 $16 Rf6 (22... Bg4 $4 23. Bxh7+ $18) (22... Rf4 23. Bd1 Rc4 $16) 23.
b4 $1 c6 24. Bf5 $2 Be2 25. Re1 Bh5 26. Rxe8+ (26. Be7 $2 Rf7 27. Be6 Bg6 $19)
(26. Re7 Bf7 $10) 26... Bxe8 27. Be7 Rh6 $8 28. Bg5 Rd6 $10 29. Be7 Rh6 30. Bc8
$6 Bf7 { d4} 31. Bxa6 Be6 $15 32. Bc5 Bd7 33. Bb7 Kf7 34. Ne2 Ke6 35. Nd4+ Ke5
$138 36. Nb3 $1 $138 Ke4 37. Bf2 Bh3 38. Nd4 Rg6+ $10 39. Bg3 Rf6 40. Bf2 Rg6+
41. Bg3 Rf6 42. Bf2 Rg6+ {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Yusupov,A/Linares 49/397 1990})
22. Rf1 (22. Kg2 h5 23. Bg6 Re6 24. Bxh5 Rxg3+ 25. Kxg3 Bxh5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Leko,
P-Yusupov,A/Horgen CS (02) ;CBM 43 1994 (51)}) 22... Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Kf7 24. Bd3
Re6 25. Bd4 Rh6 26. Kg2 Bh3+ 27. Kf2 Bd7 28. Nf1 a5 29. Be2 {1/2-1/2
Groszpeter,A-Gyimesi,Z/Kecskemet ;EXP 45 1994}) (19. Kg1 Qxf3 (19... Qg5+ 20.
Ng3 g6 $13) 20. Qxf3 Rxf3 21. Re1 Kf7 22. Re2 Bh3 23. Rf2 Rf6 24. Ne3 Re5 25.
Rxf6+ gxf6 26. Kf2 $14 {1-0 Shmuter,L-Mikhalevski,V/Rishon le Zion YM (11) ;
CBM 46 1995 (72)}) (19. Bd3 {Baburin N} Bh3 $1 $36 20. Ng3 h5 $1 21. Bf1 $1 (
21. Nxh5 $2 Qg5 22. Ng3 d4 $1 23. Bxd4 c5 $19) 21... Bg4 $5 22. Bg2 h4 23. Nf1
h3 $6 24. Bh1 Re4 (24... Qg6 25. Ng3) 25. Ng3 (25. Be3 $5 $13) 25... Rf4 26.
Kg1 $6 Qc6 $1 27. Be3 Bxf3 28. Qf1 Re4 (28... R4f6 $1 29. Bxf3 Rxf3 30. Qe2 d4
31. Bxd4 Rf2 32. Qe4 Qxe4 33. Nxe4 Rxb2 $17) 29. Qd3 $6 Rg4 { d4} 30. Bd4 Be4
31. Qe2 Qg6 $15 32. Bxe4 dxe4 33. a4 $6 Rf3 34. axb5 axb5 $17 35. b4 $6 Rgxg3+
$1 $40 36. hxg3 Rxg3+ 37. Kh1 e3 {0-1 Short,N-Yusupov,A/Beograd 48/454 1989})
19... Qg5+ $5 {N} (19... h5 20. Qd3 Qg5+ 21. Kh1 Bf5 22. Qxd5 c6 23. Qxc6 Bd7
24. Qg6 (24. Qd6 Re6 25. Qb8+ Re8 26. Qd6 $10) 24... Qxc5 25. Bb3 $16 {
Kuprejcik-Shereshevskij/URS/1978} (25. Bb3 {Baburin} Ree7 26. Ng3 Bc6 $1 {N}
27. Ne4 $1 (27. Rf1 Kf8 $1 28. Bxf7 Rxf7 29. Kg2 h4 $1 30. Ne4 Bxe4 31. Qxe4
Re7 $1 32. Qxh4 Re2+ 33. Rf2 Rxf2+ 34. Qxf2 Qg5+ $1 35. Qg3 Qd2+ $10) 27... Qe3
$6 28. Rf1 Qe2 29. Qg2 $1 Qxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Kf8 31. Bxf7 Rxf7 32. h4 $1 Re7 33.
Kg3 Ke8 34. Re1 $1 Kd8 35. Kf4 Rf7+ 36. Ke3 Kc7 37. Rg1 $1 {1-0 Vojna,
A-Eriksen/corr 52/337 1987})) 20. Ng3 (20. Kh1 Qh5 (20... d4 $1 {Baburin} 21.
Qxd4 (21. Bxd4 $2 Bd5 22. Nd2 Rxf3 $1 23. Nxf3 Re1+ $1 $19) 21... Rxf3 22. Be4
Rf4 23. Re1 (23. Ng3 Rxe4 24. Nxe4 Bd5 25. Re1 Qf5 $19) 23... Rxe4 $1 24. Rxe4
Bd5 $19 {-/+ Gruenfeld,Y-Mikhalevsky,V/Israel (ch) 53/(332) 1991}) (20... d4 $5
$13 {Kortschnoj}) 21. Nd2 Bh3 $13) 20... g6 (20... h5 {Baburin} 21. Kh1 (21. f4
{Kortschnoj} Rxf4 22. Qxh5 Qxh5 23. Nxh5 $16) 21... h4 22. Qd3 Qh6 23. Be3 Qh8
24. Nf1 Bf5 $17 {Soffer,R}) 21. Qd4 (21. a4 $142) 21... Bd7 22. Rf1 (22. h4 $2
{Kortschnoj} Re2+ $19) 22... Rf4 23. Qd3 (23. Qd2 $2 {Kortschnoj} Bh3+ $1 24.
Kh1 Bxf1 25. Nxf1 Qe5 $15) 23... Rh4 $40 24. Rh1 c6 25. Kf2 Qh6 26. Nf1 (26.
Kg2 $2 Re1 $1 27. Bg1 (27. Rxe1 Rxh2+ 28. Kg1 Qh3 $19) 27... Bh3+ 28. Kf2 Qc1
29. b3 Rf4 $19) 26... Qc1 27. Qd2 (27. Rg1 $2 {Kortschnoj} Qe1+ 28. Kg2 Re2+
29. Kh1 Qxf1 $19) 27... Qxb2 28. Bd3 Qxd2+ 29. Nxd2 a5 {This ending is
different from the standard Dilworth ending, were White has lost the f-pawn
instead of the b-pawn. Black has a material advantage and all white pawns are
weak, but the f-pawn helps in defending the king.} 30. Nb3 (30. a3 $1 $14 {
Kortschnoj}) 30... b4 $2 {Ambitious, but weakening.} 31. cxb4 (31. Bd4 $5 {
Kortschnoj}) 31... axb4 {[%csl Rb4]} 32. Kg3 Rh3+ 33. Kg2 Ra8 (33... Rh4 $142)
34. Ra1 Rh4 35. a3 $2 (35. Be7 $1 Rf4 36. Kg3 Rf7 37. Bxb4 $16) (35. Kg3 {
Kortschnoj} Rh3+ $10) 35... bxa3 36. Rxa3 Rxa3 37. Bxa3 Ra4 $17 38. Bd6 Kf7 39.
Nc5 Ra2+ 40. Kg3 Bc8 41. h4 Ra1 42. Bc2 Ba6 {Black needs to exchange a pair of
minor pieces to crack the white blockade.} 43. h5 Bb5 44. hxg6+ hxg6 45. Kf4
Rc1 46. Bd3 $2 (46. Bb3 {Only chance.}) (46. Bb3 $5 {Kortschnoj} Rc3 47. Bd1)
46... Bxd3 47. Nxd3 Rd1 48. Nc5 Re1 49. Nd3 Rd1 50. Nc5 Rh1 51. Ke5 Rh5+ 52.
Kd4 Kf6 53. f4 Rh2 54. Be5+ Kf5 55. Nb7 Rc2 56. Nd6+ Ke6 57. Ne8 Rc4+ 58. Kd3
Re4 59. Nc7+ Ke7 60. Na6 g5 $19 61. Nc5 Rc4 62. Nb3 gxf4 63. Nd4 c5 64. Ne2 f3
65. Nf4 Ra4 66. Nxd5+ Ke6 67. Nc3 f2 68. Ke2 f1=Q+ 69. Kxf1 Ra1+ 0-1

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Nxf2 12. Rxf2 f6 13. exf6 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2
Qxf6 15. Nf1 (15. Kg1) 15... Ne5 16. Be3 Rae8 17. Bc5 (17. Bd4 Qh4+ 18. Kg1
Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Bf5 20. Bxf5 Rxf5 $44) 17... Nxf3 18. gxf3 Rf7 19. Ng3 $2 (19.
Kg2 h5 20. Qd3 Qg5+ 21. Kh1 Bf5 22. Qxd5 c6 23. Qxc6 Bd7 24. Qg6 Qxc5 25. Bb3
$16 {Kuprejcik-Shereshevskij/URS/1978}) 19... Bg4 $15 20. Kg1 Qxf3 21. Qxf3
Rxf3 22. Kg2 h5 23. Bg6 (23. Rf1 $2 Rxf1 24. Kxf1 h4 $19) (23. Bd1 $6 Rd3 24.
Bxg4 Rd2+ 25. Kh3 (25. Be2 $2 h4 $19) 25... hxg4+ 26. Kxg4 Rxh2 $17) 23... Re6
24. Bxh5 Rxg3+ 25. Kxg3 Bxh5 26. a4 Rg6+ 27. Kf2 Rf6+ 28. Kg2 bxa4 29. Rxa4
Bf3+ 30. Kg3 Be4 31. Bd4 Rg6+ 32. Kf4 Bd3 33. Ra1 Kf7 34. Rg1 $10 Rxg1 35. Bxg1
a5 36. Ke5 Bc4 37. Bc5 Ke8 38. h4 Kf7 39. Ba3 a4 40. Bc5 Kg6 41. Bf8 Bb3 42.
Be7 Bc4 43. Bf8 c6 44. Be7 Kh5 45. Kf4 Bb5 46. Bf8 Kg6 47. Ke5 Be2 48. Be7 Kh5
49. Kf4 Bd1 50. Bf8 g6 51. Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Linkoping"]
[Date "2001.07.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Couso, Luis"]
[Black "Barkhagen, Jonas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[Annotator "Ziegler,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2001.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Re1 d4 $6 {Här brukar man kunna en
sju, åta, nio, tio drag till. Det är förvånande att Jonas gör ett misstag så
tidigt in i huvudvarianten. Jonas spelade med mycket energi de åtta första
partierna. Sedan säkrade han GM-normen med en remi mot Anders Eriksson. Ett
viktigt mål var uppnått. Därefter kom någon form av urladdning mot Agrest.
Efter den förlusten fanns ingen energi kvar. Motivationsfaktorn är intressant.
En del spelare kan spela på samma nivå i evigheter, medans andra hänger med
huvudet vid första lilla motgång. Mitt mål är att utveckla en glädje till
schacket som alltid finns närvarande oavsett omständigheterna.} ({Här har
hundratals partier spelats med:} 12... O-O {eller:}) (12... Qd7) 13. h3 $6 (13.
Nb3 d3 14. Bb1 Nxb3 15. axb3 Bf5 16. Be3 O-O 17. Bd4 {Ger vit fördel.}) 13...
Bh5 14. cxd4 (14. Nb3 $1) 14... Nxd4 15. Bb1 {[#] Svart har lika spel.} Qd5 16.
g4 Bg6 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Nb3 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Na4 ({Ibland konstrar man. Enkelt
var:} 19... Nxb3 20. axb3 Bxb1 21. Rxb1 h5 22. g5 f6 23. gxf6 gxf6 24. exf6
Bxf6 {Vits bönder är svagare än svarts.}) 20. Na5 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Bf5
Bxf5 23. gxf5 Kd7 24. b3 Bb4 $6 {Jonas vill vinna och anstränger sig lite för
hårt.} (24... Nb6) 25. Bd2 Bxa5 26. Bxa5 Nb6 27. Bxb6 cxb6 {[#] Vit har det
lättare spelet. Men det borde bli remi. Jonas kollapsar totalt. Efter partiet
sa han att han var helt slut. Han kom delad etta förra året och hade nog svårt
att kämpa för tredjeplatsen de senaste två ronderna. Det var kul att Luis vann.
Han har kämpat tappert hela turneringen.} 28. Rd1+ Kc7 29. f4 f6 30. Kg2 fxe5
31. fxe5 Rf8 32. Rf1 Kc6 33. Kg3 Kd7 34. Kf4 Ke7 35. Rc1 Kd7 36. e6+ 1-0

