[Event "SRB-chT"]
[Site "Ruma"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Grigoryan, Karen H"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.09.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Elemir Naftagas"]
[BlackTeam "Paracin OSK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

{In the first two rounds we played with IM Daniel Howard Fernandez on the
first board and he became a GM by fulfilling the 2500 requirement. I took over
from the 3rd round on.} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 g6 $5
(5... Nc6 6. Bg2 (6. d4 $6 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Qd5 9. Rg1 Bd7 10. Bg2 Qa5
) 6... g6 {is what Leko is fond of.} (6... Nc7 {is the old line reminiscent of
the Maroczy Bind.})) 6. Bg2 {Karen did not spend much time on his move.} Bg7 7.
O-O O-O 8. d4 $5 Nxc3 (8... Nc6 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Be3) (8... cxd4 9. Nxd5 Qxd5
10. Be3 $1 Qb5 11. Nxd4 Qxb2 {looks risky!}) 9. bxc3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 {An
interesting line which I myself have thought to employ.} (10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Rb1
b6 (11... Be6 12. Rxb7 Bxa2 $132) 12. d5 Bf5 13. Rb5 Na5) 10... Nc6 (10... Qc7
11. Qb3 $13) 11. Nxc6 bxc6 {In this symmetrical position I once beat GM
Dorfman in Hastings PCA (rapid) 1995.} 12. Ba3 Bg4 $1 {I remembered that this
should be the equaliser.} ({Possibly the move is better than} 12... Ba6 13. Qc2
Qc7) 13. Qxd8 (13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Qe4 Be6) 13... Rfxd8 14. Bxe7 Bxe2 15. Rfc1 (15.
Bxc6 Rac8 16. Bxd8 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 Rxd8 $11 {has already been seen in many games.
}) 15... Rd3 $1 $146 {The best place for Black's rook keeping the option of
playing ...Bf3.} (15... Rd2 $6 16. Bxc6 (16. Bg5 $142) 16... Rc8 17. Bg5 Rb2
18. Ba4 Rxc3 19. Bb3 Bf3 $1 $11 {Gufeld-Kirov,Sukhumi 1972.}) 16. Rab1 Bf3 $5 (
16... Rxc3 17. Rxc3 Bxc3 18. Bxc6 Rc8 19. Bd5 Bd4 $11) 17. Bf1 Rd7 (17... Rd2
$5 18. Bc4 Rd7 {is also an idea.}) 18. Bg5 h6 $2 (18... Rd5 19. Be3 Ra5 20. Rb7
Ra4 $1 {I failed to see this good move.} 21. Rcb1 Be5) (18... h5 {is another
move I was considering.} 19. Be3 Re8 20. Bg2 Bd5 21. Rb4 Kh7 $1 {prepares the
exchange of bishops.}) 19. Be3 Re8 20. Bg2 Bd5 21. Rb4 $1 Red8 {I had some
wrong ideas about using the d-file.} 22. Ra4 g5 (22... Be6 23. Bxc6 Rd6 24. Bf3
{protects everything.}) 23. h4 (23. c4 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Rc7 $11 (24... Bd4 $2 25.
Bxd4 Rxd4 26. Rxa7 Rd2 27. Rc3)) 23... gxh4 24. gxh4 (24. Rxh4 $6 Bxa2 25. Bxc6
Rc7 26. Bf3 Rxc3 27. Rxc3 Bxc3 $11) 24... Rd6 $1 25. h5 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Rd5 $1
27. Rxa7 Rxh5 28. a4 $1 {Now the a-passer is the danger itself.} Rd3 29. Kf3 $1
{White prepares to use the g-file as well.} (29. a5 Bxc3 30. a6 Ra5 31. Ra8+ (
31. Bxh6 Bd4) 31... Kh7 32. Rh1 Rd6 33. a7 Bd4 $5 (33... Bd2 34. Bc5 Rxc5 35.
Re8 Rg6+ 36. Kf3 Ra5 37. a8=Q Rxa8 38. Rxa8 Bc3 $11) 34. Rxh6+ Rxh6 35. Bxd4
Rg6+ 36. Kf3 Rg8 37. Rb8 Ra4 38. Ke3 c5 39. Bxc5 Rg5 40. Bd4 Rga5 $11) 29...
Rf5+ (29... Rdd5 30. Rc7) 30. Ke2 Rxc3 (30... Rdd5 31. Bb6 Rfe5+ 32. Kf1 Rh5
$13 {is another defensive idea.}) 31. Rxc3 Bxc3 32. Rc7 $6 (32. Bxh6 $142 Bd4
33. Ra8+ Kh7 34. Be3 Bxe3 35. fxe3 Re5 36. Kd3 Rd5+ 37. Kc4 Re5 $11) 32... h5
33. Rxc6 Ba5 $1 $11 {I had to calculate the exchange of bishops to the bone.}
34. Kd3 (34. Rc5 Rxc5 35. Bxc5 Kg7 36. Be3 Kf6 37. Bd2 Bxd2 38. Kxd2 Ke5 39.
Ke3 Kd5 40. Kf4 Kc4 41. Kg5 Kb4 42. Kxh5 Kxa4 43. Kg5 Kb3 44. Kf6 Kc4 45. Kxf7
Kd3 46. Ke6 Ke4 $11) 34... f6 $1 35. Bd4 h4 36. Rxf6 Rh5 (36... Rxf6 37. Bxf6
h3 38. Be5 Bb6 39. Ke2 Kf7 40. Kf3 Bxf2 $1 $11 {and the black king is in the
square.}) 37. Rg6+ Kf7 38. Rg1 h3 39. Ke4 Bc7 $5 (39... h2 40. Rh1 Bc7 41. f4
Rh4 42. Be5 Bxe5 43. Kxe5 Rh3 $11) 40. Rg7+ Ke6 41. Rxc7 h2 42. Rc6+ Kd7 43.
Rc1 h1=Q+ 44. Rxh1 Rxh1 45. Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kavala op 19th"]
[Site "Kavala"]
[Date "2010.07.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Antic, Dejan"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2010.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 $5 {An interesting way to play
the g3-Gruenfeld. Usually White avoids to play Nc3 too early in this line.} Bg7
(5... Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bg2 {transposes.}) 6. Bg2 Nxc3 (6... Nb6 7. Nf3 Nc6 $1
(7... O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. Qc2 $1 $36 {leads to Romanishin's line.}) 8.
e3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 $1 {is topical these days.} 10. Re1 (10. h3 a5 11. d5 Nb4 12.
e4 c6 13. a3 Na6 14. dxc6 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 bxc6 $13) (10. d5 Na5 11. Nd4 Bd7 12.
e4 c6 13. Bf4 (13. Re1 cxd5 14. exd5 Rc8 15. Rb1 Nac4 16. b3 Nd6 17. Bb2 Na8 $1
18. Nce2 Qb6 19. Qd2 Nc7 $13) 13... Bc8 $5 14. Nde2 cxd5 15. exd5 e5 16. dxe6
Bxe6 $11) 10... a5 {is the most topical line in this variation.} 11. Qe2 (11.
d5 $6 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qxd5 13. Nd4 Qc4 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qd4 Rb8 $1 $17) 11...
Be6 $1 12. Rd1 (12. Nd2 a4 13. Rd1 f5 $1 14. Rb1 Bf7 $132) 12... Bc4 13. Qc2
Nb4 14. Qb1 e5 15. a3 exd4 16. axb4 (16. Nxd4 $2 Bd3 17. Rxd3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 c5
$17) 16... dxc3 17. Rxd8 Raxd8 18. Qc2 axb4 19. Nd2 cxd2 20. Bxd2 Ra8 $44) 7.
bxc3 c5 8. Nf3 (8. e3 Qa5 $5 9. Bd2 (9. Ne2 cxd4 10. exd4 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12.
Qb3 Rd8 13. d5 Ne5 14. Bg5 Re8 15. Nd4 Bd7 $11) 9... O-O 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. O-O
Rd8 $132) 8... cxd4 $5 9. cxd4 {This is what I have never liked but seems
possible to play.} (9. Nxd4 $142 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Be3 (11. Nxc6 bxc6 12.
Bxc6 Bh3 $1 $11 {is a line I have pulled out against Dorfman in Hastings PCA
rapid tournament of the year of 1995.}) 11... Na5 $5 12. Rb1 $40 {and White
has a pressure on b7.}) 9... Nc6 10. Be3 (10. e3 O-O 11. O-O Be6 12. Qe2 Rc8 $1
{is my game with Tosic where Black has already taken the initiative.} 13. Bd2
Qd7 $36 (13... Bc4 $2 14. Qxc4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Bxd4 16. Nxd4 e5 17. Nb3 $16))
10... O-O (10... Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qa3 12. O-O O-O 13. e3 $14) 11. O-O Be6 12. Qa4
Bd5 {Although this is the most common move I might have skipped it.} (12... Qe8
$5 13. Rad1 (13. Rfd1 $2 Nxd4 $1) 13... Bd5 14. Rd2 Rd8 15. Rc1 e6 $13) (12...
Rc8 13. Rab1 Qa5) (12... Qa5 $5 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 $132 {looks very natural and
healthy.}) 13. Rab1 Qd7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 $6 (14... e6 $1 {could be played to
prevent his next.}) 15. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 $2 {An unnecessary mistake.} (15... Qe6 16.
Nxc6 (16. Bxd5 Qxd5 (16... Rxd5 17. Rxb7) 17. Rb5 Qe4 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Rc5 e5
$11) 16... Qxc6 17. Qxc6 bxc6 $11 {should also pose no problems whatsoever.})
16. Qxd7 Rxd7 (16... Nf3+ $6 17. Bxf3 Rxd7 18. Bxd5 Rxd5 19. Rxb7 e5 20. Rc1
exd4 21. Rxa7 $1 $18) 17. dxe5 e6 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Rb5 $1 (19. Bd4 Rc8) 19...
Bxe5 20. Rdxd5 $6 (20. Rbxd5 $142 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 $16 {transposes into the game
avoiding muddy waters.}) 20... Rxd5 $2 ({I have had to go into a defendable
endgame with a pawn down.} 20... a6 $1 21. Rxd7 axb5 22. Rxb7 Rxa2 23. Rxb5 Ba1
24. Bh6 f5 $16) 21. Rxd5 Bf6 22. Rd7 b6 23. g4 $1 {Exact play.} ({Otherwise my
king would have come up in time.} 23. Rb7 Kg7 24. h4 (24. Kg2 g5 25. g4 h6 26.
Kf3 Be5 27. h3 Kf6 28. Ke4 Re8 29. Kd5 Rd8+ 30. Kc4 Bb8 31. Bd4+ Kg6 32. a4 Rf8
$132) 24... h5 25. Kg2 Be5 26. Kf3 Kf6 $132) 23... h5 24. h3 $2 {I did not
like this and I have good reasons for that.} ({White had at least two
different variations to squeeze starting with} 24. gxh5 $1 gxh5 25. Kg2 Kg7 26.
Kg3 Kg6 27. Kf3 Be5 28. h3 $16) (24. g5 Bd8 25. f4 (25. Rb7 a6 26. f4 b5 27.
Bd4 Kf8 $14) 25... a6 26. Bd4 b5 27. Kf2 Kf8 $14) 24... hxg4 25. hxg4 Kg7 26.
g5 Bd8 27. Rb7 a6 28. Bd4+ Kf8 29. Bxb6 (29. Bf6 Bxf6 30. gxf6 b5 31. Rb6 Ke8
$11 32. Kg2 $140 Kd7 33. Kf3 $4 Kc7 $19 {wins the rook.}) 29... Bxg5 30. Bd4
$11 {White was still sitting on the better side of an equality since a6 was
weak.} Rd8 $6 (30... Rc8 $142 31. e3 Rc6 32. Kg2 Bf6 $11) 31. e3 Rd5 32. Ra7
Ra5 $2 {We were both completely unaware of what was happening.} (32... a5 33.
Bb6 Bd8 34. Bxd8 (34. Ra8 Ke7) 34... Rxd8 35. Rxa5 Rd2 $14) 33. f4 $1 Bh4 34.
a3 $4 $138 ({Possibly he has forgotten about what he had seen in his previous
calculations.} 34. Ra8+ Ke7 35. Bb6 Rd5 (35... Rxa2 $4 36. Bd8+) 36. Rxa6 g5
37. Kg2 gxf4 38. exf4 Kd7 39. Kf3 f5 $16 {is not so terrible after all.}) 34...
Ke8 $1 {In this very moment of the game I have thought that I could have won
this game.} 35. Kg2 $1 {Dejan kept his cool.} (35. Ra8+ $2 Kd7 36. Rf8 Ke6 37.
Re8+ Kf5 38. Rf8 Kg4 39. Rxf7 Kf3 $19) 35... Rxa3 36. Kf3 Ra5 37. Ke4 f5+ (
37... Be7 38. Bb6 f5+ 39. Kd4 $11) 38. Kd3 Be7 39. Kc4 g5 {I could have seen
much of winning attempts around here since my king is imprisoned on the last
rank.} ({After} 39... Kf7 40. Rc7 $44 (40. Bb6 Ra4+ 41. Kd5 $44) (40. Rb7 $44))
40. fxg5 Bxg5 41. Bb6 Re5 (41... Ra4+ 42. Kd5 Re4 43. Rxa6 Bxe3 44. Bxe3 Rxe3
45. Rf6 $11) 42. Rxa6 Bxe3 (42... Re6 43. Kd5 $11) 43. Bxe3 Rxe3 {We could
have drawn here.} 44. Ra5 f4 (44... Rf3 45. Ra7 $11) 45. Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. O-O
Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. a4 (10. dxc5 $5 Qa5 11. Be3 Bxc3 12. Rc1 Bg7 13. Qb3 Be6
14. Qxb7 Rfc8 15. Ng5 Rab8 16. Bxc6 Rxb7 17. Bxb7 $14 {Aronin}) 10... Be6 11.
Ba3 (11. e3) 11... cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Bxd4 14. Rb1 Rb8 15. e3 (15.
Rxb7 Rxb7 16. Bxb7 Qb6 $17) (15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16. Rxb7 Bh3 17. Bxe7 (17. Qd3 $1
$10) 17... Qd5 18. e4 Bxf2+ $1 19. Kxf2 (19. Kh1 Qa2 $19) 19... Qa2+) 15... Bf6
16. Qxd8 (16. Rxb7 Rxb7 17. Bxb7 Qb6 18. Bf3 Bb3 (18... a5 $1) 19. Qd7 Rd8 20.
Qb5 $10) (16. Bxb7 Qc7 17. Bg2 Rxb1 18. Qxb1 Rb8 $17) 16... Rfxd8 17. Rxb7 Rxb7
18. Bxb7 a5 19. Rc1 Rd2 20. Bc5 Ra2 21. Bc6 Bb3 22. Bb6 (22. Bd4 $5 Bxd4 (22...
e5 23. Bb6 Bxa4 24. Bxa5) 23. exd4 Bxa4 24. Bxa4 (24. Bd5 $5 Rd2 25. Rc5) 24...
Rxa4 25. Rc7 Rxd4 26. Rxe7 Rd5 27. Ra7 $17) 22... Bxa4 23. Bd5 Rb2 24. Bc7 (24.
Bxa5 $2 Rb5) 24... Bd7 25. Kg2 Rd2 26. Be4 a4 27. Ba5 Rb2 28. Bc3 Bxc3 29. Rxc3
Be6 $19 30. Ra3 Ra2 31. Rd3 a3 32. Bd5 Bxd5+ 33. Rxd5 Rb2 34. g4 a2 35. Ra5 f6
36. h4 Kf7 37. Ra6 Ke8 38. Kg3 Kd7 39. f3 Kc7 40. g5 Kb7 41. Ra3 f5 42. Kf4 Kb6
43. Ke5 Rb5+ 0-1

[Event "Candidates sf Petrosian-Kortschnoj+1-0"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1971.07.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D75"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1971.07.04"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 (6. c3 $5 dxc3 7.
Nxc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 O-O 9. Bxf6 (9. Qb3 $5) 9... Bxf6 10. Qxd5 $10) 6... Nf6 7. c4
(7. Nb3 $14) 7... O-O 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nc3 Nxc3 $10 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Bxc6 (12. Qa4 $6) 12... Bh3 13. Bg2 Bxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Bxc6 Bxc3 14.
Rb1 Bf5 (14... Bh3 15. Bxa8 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 Rxa8 17. Rb7 e6 18. Bh6 a5 19. a4 $10
{Najdorf-Uhlmann, Leipzig 1960}) 15. e4 Rac8 16. Bb7 Bh3 17. Bxc8 Bxf1 18. Kxf1
Rxc8 19. Be3 Rc7 20. Rc1 a6 21. Ke2 Be5 22. Rxc7 Bxc7 23. Kd3 Kf8 24. Kc4 Ke8
25. Kc5 Kd7 26. Bd2 Bd8 27. g4 Bc7 28. h3 Bd8 29. f4 Bc7 30. a4 Bd8 31. f5 Bc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Qb3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Be3 (13. Bf4
e5 14. Be3 Be6 15. c4 $14 {Keres-Mikenas, Hastings 1937-8}) 13... Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch51 Final"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1984.04.21"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1984.04.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Bg2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qa5 12. Qb3 Qa6 13. Rab1 Nxd4 14. cxd4
Qxe2 15. Qa3 Bf6 16. Rfe1 Qh5 17. d5 Bh3 18. Bxh3 Qxh3 19. Rxb7 Rfd8 20. Rxa7
Rac8 21. Rd1 Qg4 22. Rd3 Qe2 23. Qb3 Rc2 24. d6 e6 25. d7 (25. Rc7) 25... h5 {
[#]} 26. Rd6 $2 (26. Kg2 h4 27. h3 hxg3 28. Kxg3 Bg5 29. Rc3 Rxc3 30. Qxc3 Bxe3
31. fxe3 (31. Qxe3 Qd1 $11) 31... f5 $11) 26... Rc3 $19 27. Qb7 (27. Qb6 h4 $19
28. Kg2 h3+ 29. Kxh3 Qf1+ 30. Kg4 Qg2 31. h4 Qe4+ 32. Kh3 Qh1+ 33. Kg4 Be7 34.
Rxe6 Rc4+ $19) 27... h4 $19 28. Qa6 (28. Qg2 Be7 29. Rda6 h3 30. Qxh3 Rxe3 31.
fxe3 Qxe3+ 32. Kh1 Qe1+ 33. Kg2 Qe4+ 34. Kg1 Bc5+ $19) 28... Rxe3 29. fxe3
Qxe3+ 30. Kg2 Qe4+ 31. Kf2 Bd4+ 32. Rxd4 Qxd4+ 33. Kf3 Qd5+ 34. Ke3 hxg3 35.
hxg3 Rxd7 36. Rxd7 Qxd7 37. a4 Kg7 38. Qc4 e5 39. Ke4 Qg4+ 40. Kd5 Qxg3 41. a5
Qg2+ 42. Kd6 e4 43. Qd4+ f6 44. Qa7+ Kh6 45. Qe3+ g5 46. a6 Qf3 47. Qxf3 exf3
48. a7 f2 49. a8=Q f1=Q 50. Qh8+ Kg6 51. Qe8+ Kg7 52. Qd7+ Kh6 53. Ke7 Qf3 54.
Kf7 Kh5 55. Qd6 g4 56. Qh2+ Kg5 57. Qd2+ 0-1

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.09.03"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D75"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 {>=} (8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nc6 {Kashdan-Bogoljubow, Bled 1931}) (8... Nc6 {
Zita-Najdorf, Prague 1946}) 9. Nxd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nd7 $2 (10... Nc6 $1 11. Nxc6
$1 bxc6 12. Be3 (12. Qb3 Qb6 $1) 12... Bxc3 13. Rc1 Qa5 $10 {Capablanca-Petrov,
Buenos Aires (ol) 1939}) 11. Ba3 $5 (11. Qb3 $142 $1 {Saemisch,F-RÉti,R/
Marianske Lazne/1925/}) 11... Re8 12. Rb1 Nb6 13. Nb5 Bd7 $1 14. Bc5 (14. Bxb7
$2 Rb8 15. Bd5 (15. Ba6 Nc4) 15... e6 16. Bg2 Nc4) 14... Qc8 15. Bd4 Bxb5 16.
Rxb5 Rd8 17. Qa1 Bxd4 18. cxd4 Qc4 19. Re5 Rxd4 $36 20. Rxe7 Rad8 21. Rxb7 Qxe2
22. Rxa7 Nc4 23. Qe1 (23. Re1 $2 Rd1 $1 $19) 23... Rd2 24. Qxe2 Rxe2 25. Rc1 (
25. a4 Ra2 26. Re1 Ne5 27. a5 Rdd2 28. Rf1 Ng4 29. a6 Nxf2 30. Rxf2 Rxf2 31.
Bd5 Rab2 32. Rd7 Rfd2 $19 {e.g.} 33. Bxf7+ Kf8 34. Rxd2 Rxd2 35. a7 Rd1+ {
/\ 36...Ra1}) 25... Ne5 26. Bf1 Rb2 27. Re7 Ng4 28. Be2 Nh6 29. Bc4 Rdd2 30.
Rf1 Kf8 31. Ra7 Kg7 32. Bb3 $138 (32. a4 Rd4 33. Bb5 Rdd2 {(/\ 34...Ng4)} 34.
h3 Nf5 35. Bc6 $10) 32... Kf6 33. Rc7 Kg7 34. Ra7 Kf6 35. Rc7 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Wereldschaaktoernooi"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1950.11.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D75"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1950.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. d4 c5 7. O-O O-O 8.
dxc5 Na6 9. Qa4 (9. c6 bxc6 10. Na3 (10. Nbd2 Qc7 (10... Nc5 11. Nc4 Ba6 12.
Nfe5 Qc7 13. Qc2 Ne6 14. Nf3 Rab8 15. a3 Rfd8 16. Rd1 c5 17. e4 Nb6 18. Ne3
Rxd1+ 19. Nxd1 Qd8 20. Bf1 Bxf1 21. Kxf1 Nd4 $17 {Donchenko-Gipslis/Dubna/1976/
0-1/35}) 11. a3 c5 12. Nc4 Bb7 13. Qc2 Rac8 {Botvinnik-Zuidema/Amsterdam/1966/
1-0/56} 14. Qd3) 10... Qc7 11. Nc4 Rd8 12. Qc2 Nab4 13. Qb3 a5 14. Ne3 Ba6 15.
Nxd5 cxd5 16. Bg5 h6 17. Rac1 Qd6 18. a3 hxg5 19. axb4 Qxb4 20. Qxb4 axb4 21.
Rc2 g4 22. Ne1 b3 {0-1 Bergraser,V-Koch,B/corr-2 Wch 1956}) 9... Nxc5 10. Qh4
e6 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Qe7 14. Nbd2 e5 15. e4 Nb6 16. Qe3 Be6 17.
Rfc1 Rfc8 18. Bf1 Ncd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Janjgava, Lasha"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O cxd4 7. Nxd4 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Rb1 $1 Qxa2 $2 (11... Na6 12. Be3 $1 $14
(12. Bxb7 Bxb7 13. Rxb7 Qxc3 14. Bb2 Qc4 $10)) 12. Bg5 $1 Nc6 (12... f6 $2 13.
Nb5 $18) (12... e5 13. Nb5 $16) (12... Nd7 13. Bxe7 Re8 14. Bb4 $16) 13. Nxc6
bxc6 14. Bxe7 Re8 (14... Ba6 15. Bxf8 Bxe2 16. Ra1 Qe6 17. Re1 Bxd1 18. Rxe6
fxe6 19. Bxg7 $18) 15. Bxc6 Bh3 $8 16. Bxa8 Bxf1 17. Qd7 (17. Bf3 Bh3 $8 18.
Rb7 {/\ Bd5+- xf7}) 17... Rxa8 18. Qc6 $1 Rf8 $8 (18... Rd8 19. Rd1 $3 Rf8 20.
Kxf1 $18) 19. Rxf1 Rb8 20. Qc7 (20. e3 $5) 20... Qb2 21. Rd1 Bf8 22. Bxf8 Rxf8
23. e3 a6 24. h4 h5 25. c4 Qc3 26. Rd5 Qc1+ 27. Kg2 Qc2 28. Rd4 Qf5 29. Qb6 a5
30. c5 Rc8 31. c6 Qf6 32. Rc4 Qe6 33. Qa6 Kh7 34. e4 Rb8 35. Rd4 Rb4 36. Rxb4
axb4 37. Qb7 Qxe4+ 38. Kh2 Qf5 39. Qb6 b3 40. c7 Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 14th final"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1999.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1999.01.11"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer-Sheva Chess Club"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 g6 6. d4 Bg7 7. dxc5 O-O 8.
O-O Na6 9. Ng5 e6 10. Ne4 Qc7 (10... Bd7) 11. Nbc3 (11. Qc2 f5 12. Nec3 Qxc5
13. Qb3 Nac7 14. e4 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Qb5 16. Nbc3 Qxb3 17. axb3 Bd7 18. Nc5 Bc6
19. Nxe6 Nxe6 20. Nxd5 {1-0 Smejkal,J-Comp Fritz5/Frankfurt/1997/ (54)}) 11...
Nxc3 12. Nxc3 Nxc5 13. Bf4 (13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 Rd8 15. Qc1 Bd7 16. Bxh6 Rac8
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qe3 Qb6 19. Rab1 Be8 20. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 21. Nxd1 Qa6 22. Qc3+ Kh7
23. b4 Qxa2 24. Rc1 b6 25. Qe3 {1-0 Blagojevic,D-Mitrovic,P/Kladovo/1996/ (25)}
) 13... Qb6 (13... Qa5 14. Rc1 Rd8 15. b4 Rxd1 16. bxa5 Rxf1+ 17. Kxf1 e5 18.
Be3 Bf8 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. Nb5 Bf8 21. a6 {1-0 Mochalov,E-Kis,B/Matra/1993/ (21)
}) (13... e5 14. Be3 Ne6 15. Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Stohl,I-Shirov,A/BL9495/1995/ (15)})
14. Be3 Qa5 {White's bishop pair is very active, black finds it difficult to
complete the development of the queenside.} (14... Qxb2 15. Bxc5 Qxc3 16. Rc1
Qa5 17. Bxf8 {+/-}) (14... Bxc3 15. bxc3 Rd8 16. Qc2 Qc7 17. Rfd1 {+=}) 15. Rb1
Nd7 (15... Bxc3 16. bxc3 Rd8 17. Rb5 $1 Rxd1 18. Rxa5 Rxf1+ 19. Kxf1 {+/-}) (
15... Rd8 16. Qc2 Nd7 17. Rfd1 {+=}) 16. b4 Qa6 (16... Qa3 17. Nb5 (17. Rb3 Qa6
) 17... Qxa2 18. Rc1 $1 {+/-}) 17. Qb3 Ne5 (17... Bxc3 $2 18. Qxc3 Qxe2 19. Bh6
{+-}) 18. Rfc1 Bd7 $6 {Unfortnatelly for black this move doesn't solve the
problems, the pressure was becoming too opressive.} (18... Rd8 19. Rd1 {+/-})
19. b5 Qa5 (19... Qd6 20. Bxb7 {+-}) 20. Bxb7 Rab8 21. Ba6 $1 (21. Bg2 Rfc8 22.
Qb4 Qxb4 23. Rxb4 {+/-}) 21... Rfd8 22. Qa4 (22. Bxa7 Ra8 23. Be3 Ng4 24. Bf4 {
+-}) (22. Qa4 Qxa4 (22... Qc7 23. Ne4 {+-}) 23. Nxa4 Ra8 24. Rc7 {+-}) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.12.12"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Siebrecht, Sebastian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Katernberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 O-O 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. e3 Be6 11. Qa4 cxd4 12. cxd4 a6 (12... Bd5 13. Ba3 (13.
Rb1 Rb8 (13... Be4 14. Rxb7 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxg2 16. Rd7 Bxf1 17. Rxd8 Bh3 18.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 19. f3 {1-0 Yewdokimov,O-Winterstein,W/Zuerich 1993/ (34)}) 14. Rd1
e6 15. Bd2 Qd7 16. Ne1 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 Rfd8 18. Nf4 h6 19. Be1 Kh7 20. f3 Qe7 {
0-1 Nielsen,A-Golombek,H/Leipzig 1960/ (58)}) 13... a6 14. Rfc1 b5 15. Qc2 Rc8
16. Bc5 Re8 17. e4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. exd5 Bxc5 20. Qb3 Qb6 21. Qf3 Red8
22. Rc2 Rd6 {0-1 Doe,R-Siemms,R/Winnipeg 1953/ (34)}) (12... Qd7 13. Rd1 (13.
Rb1 Rab8 14. Ng5 Nxd4 15. Qxd7 Ne2+ 16. Kh1 Bxd7 17. Rxb7 Rxb7 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19.
Bf3 Nxc1 20. Rxc1 h6 21. Ne4 Bh3 22. Bg2 {1/2-1/2 Gudath,R-Gross,R/Germany
1988/ (50)}) (13. Ba3 Rfd8 14. Rfd1 Bd5 15. Ne1 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rac8 17. Nf3 Qd5
18. Qb3 {1/2-1/2 Stajcic,N-Szekely,P/Kecskemet 1990/ (18)}) 13... Rfd8 14. Bb2
Bg4 15. Qb3 Rac8 16. Rac1 Qf5 17. e4 Qh5 18. Rc5 Na5 19. Rxh5 Nxb3 20. Rb5 Nxd4
21. Bxd4 Bxd4 {0-1 Aaron,M-Geller,E/Stockholm 1962/ (24)}) 13. Bd2 {Hansen is
deciding for rather modest location for his bishop, usually he tries to
irritate the opponent from the more active location on a3.} Bd5 14. Rfd1 b5 15.
Qa3 (15. Qc2 Rc8 16. Qb1 Qd7 $15) 15... Qb6 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. Ne1 (17. Rc2 Be4
(17... e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxg2 20. Nxf7 Be4 21. Nxd8 Bxc2 22. Ba5 $14)
18. Rcc1 Rac8 $11) 17... Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qb7 19. Kg1 e5 $1 {The opening of the
position comes at the sensitive moment, white is struggling to keep equality.}
20. dxe5 (20. Nd3 exd4 21. e4 Qd7 $17) 20... Nxe5 21. Bc3 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rc8 23.
Qb3 (23. Qb3 Qe4 $5 (23... Rxc3 $4 24. Rd8+ Bf8 25. Qb4 Nd7 26. Qxc3 $18) 24.
Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Rd7 Qf5 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chebanenco Memorial 1st"]
[Site "Kishinev"]
[Date "1998.02.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Itkis, Boris"]
[Black "Lanka, Zigurds"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1998.02.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MDA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O c5 8.
dxc5 Na6 9. Ng5 Ndb4 10. Nc3 h6 11. Nge4 Qxd1 (11... f5 12. Qb3+ Kh7 13. Nd2
Nc6 14. Qc4 Na5 15. Qb5 Bd7 16. c6 Nxc6 17. Qxb7 Nab4 18. Qb5 Rb8 19. Qa4 Na5
20. Qd1 Be6 21. a3 Na6 22. Rb1 Nb3 23. Nxb3 Qxd1 24. Rxd1 Bxb3 25. Rd7 {
1-0 Wojtkiewicz,A-Hoffmann,U/Bad Zwesten op 1997/ (27)}) 12. Rxd1 f5 13. Nd2
Nc2 (13... Nxc5 14. Nb3 Nc2 15. Rb1 Nxb3 16. Bd5+ Kh7 17. Bxb3 Nd4 18. Bd5 e5
19. Be3 Re8 20. f4 $6 (20. Rd2 $14) 20... Nxe2+ $1 21. Nxe2 exf4 22. Bxf4 Rxe2
23. Re1 {1/2-1/2 Andrianov,N-Bagirov,V/URS-chT 1988/TD 88\11 (27)}) 14. Rb1
Nxc5 15. b4 (15. Nb3) 15... Bxc3 16. bxc5 Rd8 17. Bb2 $1 {Surprising move in
order to untangle own pieces. White plays with a motive c6 in a proper moment.}
(17. c6 bxc6 18. Bxc6 Ba6 19. Bxa8 Bxe2 20. Rb3 Bxd1 (20... Ba5 21. Rf1 Rxa8
22. Rb7 Bb4 $15) 21. Rxc3 Nd4 22. Rc4 Ne2+ 23. Kf1 Nxc1 24. Rxc1 Bg4 $15) 17...
Nd4 (17... Bxd2 18. Bc1 $1 (18. c6 $6 bxc6 19. Bc1 Ba6 20. Rxd2 Nd4 $17) 18...
Ba5 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. c6 Bb6 (20... Nd4 21. cxb7 Rb8 22. bxc8=Q Rxc8 23. Bxh6
Nxe2+ 24. Kf1 Nc3 $11) 21. cxb7 Bxb7 22. Bxb7 Rb8 23. Bd5+ Kh7 24. Kg2 $11) (
17... Rxd2 18. Bxc3 $16) 18. Kf1 (18. e3 $5 Ne2+ 19. Kf1 Bxb2 (19... Rxd2 20.
Rxd2 Nxg3+ 21. hxg3 Bxd2 22. Be5 $14) 20. Kxe2 Ba3 21. Nb3 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Kf7
23. Rd8 a5 $11) 18... Bxb2 19. Rxb2 Nc6 $1 20. Ke1 Kf7 21. Nc4 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1
Kf6 {Black still fights for equality, but his chances are fair. White pawn c5
is also a bit weak and black can hope for counterplay.} (22... Ke6 23. h4 Kd7
24. Ne3 $14) 23. Bd5 (23. f4 Be6 24. Rxb7 Bxc4 25. Bxc6 Rc8 26. Bf3 Bxa2 27. c6
a5 $11) 23... Be6 24. Bxe6 (24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Na5 Bd5 $11) 24... Kxe6 25. Rxb7
Rd8+ 26. Ke1 Rd5 27. Rb5 (27. h4 Rxc5 28. Ne3 $11) 27... Nd4 28. Ra5 Nc6 29.
Rb5 (29. Ra6 Rxc5 30. Na5 Rxa5 31. Rxc6+ Kf7 32. Rc2 $11) 29... Nd4 30. Ra5 Nc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup6"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1997.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. g3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Be3 Qh5 11. dxc5 (11. Qa4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Qg4
14. e4 Bd7 15. Qb4 Bc6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qxe7 Rae8 18. Qa3 a6 19. h3 Qg5 20.
Rfe1 {1-0 Cristobal,R-Lamperti,J/Mar del Plata op (02)/1994 (28)}) 11... Bxb2
12. Rb1 Bg7 (12... Bf6 13. Qa4 (13. h3 Bxh3 14. Rxb7 Rab8 15. Rxb8 Rxb8 16. Qa4
Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qd5 18. Rd1 Qe6 19. Rd3 Rb4 20. Qa6 Kg7 21. Rb3 {0-1 Batuev,
A-Kamyshov,M/URS-ch sf Moscow/1949 (30)}) 13... Rb8 14. Rfd1 (14. Nd4 Bxd4 15.
Bxd4 Bh3 16. Bxh3 Qxh3 17. Be3 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Rd7 19. Rxd7 Qxd7 20. Rd1 Qe8 21.
Qb5 {1-0 Guimard,C-Denker,A/Mar del Plata (09)/1948 (40)}) (14. Bf4 e5 15. Be3
Qg4 16. Qa3 Bf5 17. Rb2 Qc4 18. Nd2 Qe6 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 a6 21. Bxc6 bxc6
22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. Qxa6 {1-0 Vucic,M-Luksza,A/Quebeck op (07)/1994 (45)}) 14...
Bf5 15. Rbc1 Rbd8 16. Qb3 Bc8 17. h3 Qf5 18. Kh2 Be6 19. Qb1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Bc4
21. Rd2 Ba6 {1/2-1/2 Bolbochan,Ju-Booth,Stew/USA-op Los Angeles/1991 (29)}) 13.
Qa4 (13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Rfd1 Bf5 15. Rbc1 Bh3 16. Bh1 h6 17. Bf4 e5 18. Be3 Rfe8
19. Rd6 e4 20. Nd2 Qxe2 21. Nxe4 Nd4 22. Bxd4 Rxe4 {1-0 Vatnikov,J-Arulaid,A/
URS-ch sf Vilnius (15)/1949 (38)}) 13... Rb8 14. Ng5 Ne5 (14... Bg4 15. Nxf7
Bxe2 16. Rfe1 Bf3 17. Bxf3 Qxf3 18. Ng5 Qf5 19. Qc4+ Kh8 20. Qe6 Bd4 21. Qxf5
Rxf5 22. Ne6 Bf6 {1/2-1/2 Fober,J-De Jong,M/Dieren op (03)/1991 (28)}) 15. h3
Bd7 (15... a6 16. c6 $16) 16. Qxa7 Bc6 17. Bxc6 (17. g4 Qh4 18. Qb6 Bxg2 19.
Kxg2 Nxg4 $1) 17... Nxc6 18. Qa4 h6 19. Nf3 Qxh3 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 $6 (20... Ra8
21. Qc4 $13) 21. Rxd8+ Nxd8 (21... Rxd8 22. Rxb7 $16) 22. Qe8+ Bf8 (22... Kh7
23. Qxe7 $16) 23. Ne5 Qf5 (23... Nc6 $2 24. Qxf7+ $18) 24. Nd7 $1 Qxb1+ 25. Kh2
{White conducts attack with lot of phantasy. Weiss bringt ins sein Angriff
viel Fantasie.} Nc6 (25... Ne6 26. Qxb8 Qe1 27. Nxf8 Nxf8 28. Kg2 $16) (25...
Ra8 26. Qxf8+ Kh7 27. Bd4 $18) 26. Nxb8 Ne5 (26... Nxb8 27. Qxb8 Qf1 28. Qxb7
Qxe2 29. a4 $16) 27. Nd7 Ng4+ (27... Nxd7 28. Qxd7 Qxa2 29. Qxb7 Qxe2 30. c6
Qh5+ 31. Kg2 Qd5+ 32. f3 g5 33. Qc8 $16) 28. Kg2 Qe4+ (28... Nxe3+ 29. fxe3
Qe4+ 30. Kh2 $18) 29. Kg1 Qb1+ (29... Nxe3 $2 30. Nf6+ $18) 30. Kg2 Qe4+ 31.
Kg1 Qb1+ 32. Bc1 $3 Qxc1+ 33. Kg2 Qc4 (33... Qe1 34. Qxf8+ Kh7 35. Qxf7+ Kh8
36. Qe8+ Kh7 37. Qxe7+ Kh8 38. Qf8+ Kh7 39. Qf7+ Kh8 40. Nf8 $18) 34. Qxf8+ Kh7
35. Qxe7 h5 (35... Ne3+ 36. Kf3 Nf5 37. Nf6+ Kg7 38. Ne8+ Kg8 39. Qxb7 $16) 36.
f3 Nh6 37. Nf6+ Kg7 (37... Kh8 $2 38. Qf8+) 38. Ne8+ Kg8 39. Nf6+ Kg7 40. Qe5
$1 Kf8 (40... Nf5 41. Nxh5+ Kh7 42. Nf6+ Kg7 43. a3 $18) 41. Nd7+ Kg8 42. Kf2
Qxa2 43. Qb8+ Kh7 (43... Kg7 $2 44. Qf8+ Kh7 45. Nf6#) 44. Qxb7 Qa1 45. Qd5 Qh1
46. Nf6+ Kg7 47. Qe5 Nf5 (47... Kf8 48. c6 $18) 48. Nxh5+ Kf8 (48... Kh6 49.
Qh8+ Kg5 50. f4+ Kg4 51. Nf6#) 49. Nf4 Qc1 (49... Qh2+ 50. Ng2 $18) 50. g4 Ne7
51. Qd6 Ke8 (51... Qc4 52. Qd8+ Kg7 53. Qxe7 Qxf4 54. c6 $18) 52. Nd5 (52. Nd5
Nxd5 53. Qxd5 $18) 1-0

[Event "New York m"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fine, Reuben"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D75"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O c5 8.
dxc5 Na6 9. Qa4 Nxc5 10. Qh4 Qb6 11. Nbd2 Qb4 12. e4 Nf6 13. a3 Qa4 14. b4 Nd3
(14... Ncxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bh6 Nf6 17. Ng5 $146) 15. e5 Ng4 16. Qxe7 Re8
17. Qh4 Ndxe5 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nge4 Qc2 20. h3 Nd3 21. Rb1 Nge5 22. Nd6 Rf8 23.
N2e4 $6 Nxc1 $2 (23... Qxb1 $1 24. Bxh6 Qb2 $1 25. Nf6+ Bxf6 26. Qxf6 Nc6 $19)
24. Rbxc1 Qb2 25. Rc7 Be6 26. Kh1 Rad8 27. f4 Nd3 28. f5 Bd5 29. Nxf7 $1 Bxf7
30. f6 g5 (30... Bh8 $2 31. Qxh6 Qxa3 32. Ng5 $18) 31. Qg4 Ne5 32. Qf5 Bh8 33.
Nxg5 $1 hxg5 (33... Bg6 34. Bd5+ $1 Rxd5 35. f7+ Rxf7 (35... Nxf7 36. Qxg6+ Qg7
37. Qxg7+ Bxg7 38. Ne6 $1 $18) 36. Qc8+ Kg7 37. Ne6+ Kh7 38. Nf8+ $10) 34.
Qxg5+ Bg6 35. f7+ Kg7 (35... Nxf7 36. Qxg6+ Qg7 37. Qxg7+ Kxg7 38. Rxb7 $14)
36. Qf6+ $2 (36. Qxd8 $1 Rxf7 (36... Rxd8 37. f8=Q# $18) 37. Qf6+ $1 (37.
Rfxf7+ Nxf7 38. Rxb7 Qxa3 $13) 37... Kh7 38. Rxf7+ Bxf7 {38...Nxf7, 39 Qe7} 39.
Be4+ Bg6 40. Bxg6+ Nxg6 41. Qxb2 Bxb2 42. Rf7+ Kg8 43. Rxb7 Bxa3 44. b5 $18 {
Horowitz}) 36... Kh7 37. Qh4+ Kg7 38. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Steinitz Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2001.01.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pribyl, Martin"]
[Black "Hausner, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2000.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 a6 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Rab1 Nd7 14. Rfd1 Ne5
15. Bc1 Rb8 16. Bf4 h6 17. h4 Bd7 18. Qd5 Ba4 19. Rdc1 b6 20. Qe4 Bd7 21. Kf1
b5 22. Nf3 Nxf3 23. Bxc7 Nd2+ 24. Ke1 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Rbc8 26. Ba5 Rc4 27. Bd5
Rc5 28. Bb3 Rec8 29. Kd2 h5 30. Bb4 R5c7 31. Ra1 Bh6+ 32. e3 Bg4 33. a4 Rd7+
34. Ke1 Rcd8 35. axb5 axb5 36. Bd1 Bxd1 37. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 38. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 39. Kxd1
{[#]} e5 {Eine vielleicht bessere Verteidigung bestand darin, den König unter
Aufgabe des Be7 schneller zu aktivieren, um den Fall des Bb5 zu verhindern und
auf e6 eine Königsblockade einzurichten.} (39... f5 $5 40. Bxe7 Kf7 41. Bg5 Bg7
42. Kc2 Ke6 43. Kd3 (43. Kb3 Kd5 44. f3 (44. Kb4 Ke4 45. Be7 Kd3) 44... Bf8 45.
Bf4 Be7 46. Bc7 Bf8 {und es geht nicht weiter}) 43... Kd5 44. f3 Bf8 45. e4+
fxe4+ 46. fxe4+ Ke6 47. Bf4 Bc5 48. Kc2 Kd7 49. Kb3 Ke6 50. Bc7 Kd7 {und auch
hier scheint es nicht weiter zu gehen.}) ({Am einfachsten aber ist} 39... Kf8
40. Kc2 Ke8 41. Kb3 (41. Kd3 Bg7) 41... Kd7 42. Bc5 e6 43. Kb4 Kc6 $11) 40. Kc2
f5 41. Kb3 Kf7 42. Bc5 f4 $6 (42... g5 $142 43. hxg5 Bxg5 44. Kb4 e4 45. Kxb5
Ke6 46. Kc6 h4 47. gxh4 Bxh4 48. Bd6 Bxf2 49. Bf4 Be1 50. c4 Bc3 51. c5 Be5 52.
Bh6 f4 53. exf4 Bd4 54. Kb5 Bxc5 55. Kxc5 e3 $11) 43. Kb4 fxg3 44. fxg3 e4 45.
Kxb5 Ke6 46. Kc6 Bg7 47. Bd4 Bf8 48. Bb6 Bd6 49. Bd8 $1 Bxg3 50. c4 Be1 51. c5
Bb4 52. Bg5 Ba3 53. Bf4 Bb4 54. Bg5 Ba3 55. Bh6 $1 {Beginn eines dreizügigen
Manövers, um die Zugpflicht auf Schwarz abzuwälzen.} Bb4 56. Bf4 $1 Ba3 57. Bg5
$22 Bb4 58. Kb5 {gefolgt von c6 und Kb6} 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.09.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Be3 {A fresh attempt to
revive this dull line. Common (and harmless) continuations are:} (12. Bxc6 Bh3
$1 13. Bg2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Bxc3 (14... Qa5 $5 15. Bf4 Bxc3 $11) 15. Rb1 Qa5 16.
Qb3 Rfd8 17. Be3 Bd4 $11 {1/2 (24) Brzozka,S-Witkowski,S Lodz 1959}) (12. Qxd8
Rxd8 13. Bxc6 (13. Be3 Be6 $11) 13... Bxc3 14. Rb1 Bf5 15. e4 Rac8 16. Bb7 Bh3
17. Bxc8 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Rxc8 19. Be3 Rc7 20. Rc1 a6 21. Ke2 Be5 $11 {1/2 (31)
Huebner,R (2595)-Tal,M (2625) Bugojno 1978 MCL [Bulletin]}) 12... Bg4 (12...
Bxc3 {is quite possible:} 13. Rc1 (13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Rad1 $6 {0-1 (42)
Jirovsky,M (2472)-Zhigalko,A (2318) Pardubice 2000} Ba6) 13... Qa5 14. Qb3 Bd2
15. Bxd2 (15. Rxc6 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Bb7 17. Rc5 Qb6 $11) 15... Qxd2 16. Rxc6 Bf5
17. Rc7 Rab8 18. Qa3 Rb2 19. Rxa7 Qxe2 20. Rxe7 Rxa2 21. Rxe2 Rxa3 $11 {
1/2 (30) Capablanca,J-Petrovs,V Buenos Aires 1939}) (12... Qa5 13. Bxc6 Rb8 14.
Qd5 (14. Qa4 Qxa4 15. Bxa4 Be6 16. Bb3 Bxc3 17. Rab1 Bxb3 18. Bxa7 Ra8 19. Rxb3
Rxa7 20. Rxc3 Rxa2 21. Re3 {1/2 (21) Solak,D (2562)-Djukic,N (2523) Vrnjacka
Banja 2006}) 14... Qa6 (14... Qxc3 15. Rac1 Qb2 16. Bxa7 Bh3 {1-0 (53) Carlsen,
M (2851)-Li,C (2755) Stavanger NOR 2016} 17. Rfd1 $14) 15. a4 Bxc3 16. Rac1 Bb2
17. Rc2 Be6 18. Qc5 Bf5 19. Bb5 Qf6 20. Rxb2 Qxb2 21. Qxe7 $44 {1-0 (31)
Kveinys,A (2491)-Mista,A (2576) Polanica Zdroj 2013}) (12... Be6 $5 13. Bd4 Qa5
$5 $11 (13... Bd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ f6 16. Rfd1 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qxd4 18.
cxd4 Rab8 19. Rdc1 Rb2 20. e3 e5 21. Rxc6 exd4 22. exd4 Rd8 23. Re1 Rd7 24. Ra6
f5 $14 {1-0 (42) Gustafsson,J (2639)-Palit,S (2415) Pattaya 2015})) {The text
move is enough for equality, too.} 13. Bd4 (13. Bxc6 Rc8 $5 (13... Qxd1 14.
Raxd1 Bxe2 15. Bxa8 Rxa8 16. Rd7 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 Bxc3 18. Rxa7 Re8 19. a4 $16 {
1/2 (45) Anton,T (2403)-Doncea,V (2424) Bucharest 2012}) 14. Bb7 Rxc3 $11)
13... e5 (13... Rc8 $5) 14. Bc5 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Rfc8 16. Rd2 Bf8 17. Be3 (17.
Bxf8 Kxf8 $11) 17... Rab8 {Black sacrifices a pawn, correctly concluding that
White will not be able to make any progress due to his weak a2 and c3 pawns.} (
17... a5 $5 18. Rb1 a4 {was another good plan} 19. Rb6 $140 Rab8 20. Rxb8 Rxb8
21. Bxc6 a3 $44) 18. Bxa7 Ra8 19. Be3 Ra3 20. c4 (20. Rb2 $5 Be6 $5 (20... Rxc3
21. a4) 21. Bc1 (21. Rb6 c5) 21... Ra6 {[%cal Yc8a8]}) 20... Bb4 21. Rd3 (21.
Rc2 $6 Bf5 22. Rcc1 c5 {[%cal Rb4c3]}) 21... Bxe2 22. Rxa3 Bxa3 23. c5 {
Black doesn't feel danger and gets into trouble.} (23. Bf1 $142 Bxf1 24. Kxf1
Rb8 25. Rd1) 23... Bd3 24. Rd1 e4 25. Bf1 Rd8 26. f3 Rd5 27. fxe4 Bxe4 28. Rxd5
$6 (28. Re1 $5) 28... Bxd5 {[%mdl 4096]} 29. Bg2 Bxg2 (29... Kf8 $142 {, which
would force White to find the right drawing plan:} 30. Bxd5 cxd5 31. Bd4 (31.
c6 Ke7 32. Bf4 f6 {[%cal Ya3b2,Yb2e5]}) 31... Ke7 32. g4 $1 Kd7 (32... f5 33.
gxf5 gxf5 34. Kg2 Kd7 35. Kf3 Kc6 36. Kf4 Bxc5 37. Be5 $11) 33. g5 $1 {(Black
can't capture the c5-pawn now since the pawn endgame can even be lost for him;
without White's g4-g5 it is winning for Black since he will play ...f7-f5 at
some point)} Bc1 34. h4 h6 35. a4 $1 Kc6 (35... hxg5 36. a5 $1 Bf4 37. a6 Bb8
38. hxg5 Kc6 39. Kf2 Kb5 40. Be5 $1 Ba7 41. Ke3 $1 Kxa6 42. Kd4 Kb5 43. Kxd5
Bxc5 $11) 36. a5 Kb5 37. c6 Kxc6 38. gxh6 Bxh6 39. a6 {with a positional draw.}
) 30. Kxg2 f5 31. Kf3 Kf7 32. Kf4 Kf6 33. h4 h6 34. Kf3 g5 35. hxg5+ hxg5 36.
g4 fxg4+ 37. Kxg4 Ke5 38. Bxg5 Kd5 39. Kf3 Bxc5 40. Ke2 Kc4 41. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 17th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2009.10.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 g6 6. d4 Bg7 7. dxc5 O-O 8.
O-O Na6 9. Ng5 e6 10. Ne4 Qc7 $6 (10... Bd7 {is more popular. The text move is
risky as it delays the development of Black's queenside.}) 11. Nbc3 $1 {
Opening up the long diagonal for the g2 "monster".} (11. Qc2 $5 f5 12. Nec3
Qxc5 13. Qb3 Nac7 14. e4 $1 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Qb5 16. Nbc3 Qxb3 17. axb3 $14 {
1-0 Smejkal,J (2505)-Comp Fritz 5/Frankfurt 1997/EXT 1998 (54)}) 11... Nxc3 12.
Nxc3 Nxc5 (12... Qxc5 $6 13. Be3 Qa5 14. a3 Nb8 15. b4 Qe5 16. Rc1 Nc6 17. Bf4
Qf6 18. b5 Nd4 19. Ne4 $18 {1-0 Ilic,Z-Bogdanovic,R/Brezovica 1988/EXT 2009 
(37)}) (12... Rd8 13. Qc2 Qxc5 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Qb3 Nc5 16. Qc4 Na6 17. Qxc7
Nxc7 18. Rfd1 Nd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Rxd5 Be6 21. Rb5 $16 {1-0 Giacchetti,
C-Lichte,M (2305)/ICCF Email 2002/ICCF Telechess CBM 100 (49)}) 13. Be3 (13.
Bg5 Bxc3 $1 (13... h6 $2 14. Be3 Rd8 15. Qc1 Bd7 16. Bxh6 $18 {1-0 Blagojevic,
D (2450)-Mitrovic,P (2365)/Kladovo 1996/EXT 2000 (25)}) 14. bxc3 e5 15. Bf6 Re8
$14 {[%cal Ye8e6,Yc7b6]}) (13. Bf4 {is probably the most energetic move: Black
can hardly complete his development without losses:} Qb6 (13... e5 14. Be3 Ne6
15. Nd5 $16 {1/2 Stohl,I (2530)-Shirov,A (2710)/Germany 1995/GER-chT}) (13...
Qa5 14. Rc1 Rd8 15. b4 $1 Rxd1 16. bxa5 Rxf1+ 17. Kxf1 e5 18. Be3 Bf8 19. Bxc5
Bxc5 20. Nb5 Bf8 21. a6 {1-0 Mochalov,E (2420)-Kis,B (2110)/Matra 1993/EXT 1997
}) 14. Be3 Qa5 (14... Rd8 $5 15. Qc2 Bd4 16. Bxd4 Rxd4 17. Rad1 $16 {[%csl Ra8,
Rc8,Gg2] is the lesser evil}) 15. Rb1 Nd7 16. b4 Qa6 17. Qb3 Ne5 18. Rfc1 $16
Bd7 $6 19. b5 Qa5 20. Bxb7 Rab8 21. Ba6 $1 Rfd8 22. Qa4 {1-0 Huzman,A (2575)
-Svidler,P (2713)/Belgrade 1999/CBM 069/[Ftacnik]}) 13... Rd8 (13... Bxc3 14.
bxc3 Rd8 15. Qc1 $16 {[%csl Rf6,Rh6][%cal Rc1a3,Re3g5]}) 14. Qc2 Bd7 15. Rac1 (
15. Ne4 {was simpler:} Na6 16. Qxc7 Nxc7 17. Bg5 Rdb8 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. Bxf6
$16 {The bishop pair guarantees White a clear pull in the endgame.}) 15... Bc6
16. Ne4 (16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Nd1 {wins a pawn but worsens the position of the
white pieces:} Na6 $1 (17... Na4 $143 18. Qxc6 bxc6 19. b3 Nb6 20. Rxc6) 18.
Qxc6 bxc6 19. Rxc6 Nb4 20. Rc4 Nd5 21. b3 (21. Bg5 Rdc8) 21... Nxe3 22. Nxe3
Rd2 $132) 16... Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Rac8 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Qxc6 Rxc6 20. Rxc6 bxc6 {
[%mdl 4096]} 21. b3 Bd4 $1 {Not only liquidating into the rook endgame but
also improving his pawn structure.} 22. Rd1 c5 $2 {A grave error. Black offers
White a queenside pawn advantage and consequently an outside passed pawn.} (
22... e5 $142 $1 23. Bxd4 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 exd4 {- White should not win this pawn
endgame.}) 23. b4 $6 (23. Bxd4 {was simpler, with a technical, probably
winning position:} cxd4 (23... Rxd4 24. Rxd4 cxd4 25. f4 $1 Kf8 {- or whatever
-} 26. Kf2 Ke7 27. e3 $1 dxe3+ (27... d3 28. e4 Kd6 29. Ke3 Kc5 30. Kxd3 Kb4
31. Kc2 Ka3 32. Kb1 $18) 28. Kxe3 Kd6 29. Kd4 {leads to a typical pawn endgame,
in which White creates an outside passed pawn on the queenside and wins}) (
23... e5 24. e3 $1 {[%cal Yg1f1,Yf1e2]}) 24. e3 e5 (24... d3 25. Kg2 {[%cal
Yg2f3,Ye3e4,Yf3e3]}) 25. exd4 exd4 26. Kf1 {leads to another typical ending,
in which White blockades and eventually captures Black's d-pawn, after which
he makes use of his queenside pawn advantage.} d3 27. Kg2 {[%cal Yg2f3,Yf3e3]})
23... Rd5 $2 {Taking into consideration that the resulting pawn ending was
lost, Black should have continued resistance in the rook endgame a pawn down:}
(23... Rc8 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Rxd4 Rc2 26. a3 Ra2 27. Rd3 a6) 24. bxc5 (24. b5
$2 e5 {[%cal Yc5c4]}) 24... Bxe3 25. Rxd5 exd5 26. fxe3 {Calculating this
endgame when playing 23.b4 was not an easy task. White failed to do that even
when the ending arose on the board! Time pressure?} Kf8 27. Kf2 Ke7 {[%cal
Re7d7,Rd7c6]} (27... f5 28. e4 $1 dxe4 29. Ke3 {doesn't change anything.}) 28.
e4 $8 dxe4 (28... d4 29. e3 d3 30. e5 $1 Kd7 31. e4 Kc6 32. Ke3 Kxc5 33. Kxd3
a6 (33... Kb4 34. Kd4 Ka3 35. Kc5 Kxa2 36. Kd6 $18) (33... a5 34. Kc3 Kb5 35.
Kd4 Kb4 36. Kd5 $18) 34. Kc3 a5 35. a4 h6 36. h3 g5 37. g4 $22 Kb6 38. Kc4 Kc6
39. Kd4 $18) 29. Ke3 f5 30. Kd4 Ke6 31. e3 a5 (31... g5 {is too early:} 32. c6
Kd6 33. c7 Kxc7 34. Ke5 Kc6 35. Kxf5 Kd5 36. Kxg5 $18 {- the white pawns queen
earlier than Black's a-pawn.}) 32. h3 $1 a4 (32... g5 {will now be met by} 33.
g4 $1 $18 {(also on the next move).}) 33. a3 Kd7 34. Kc4 $2 {Why?} (34. Kd5 $1
{leads to quite an easy win:} Kc7 (34... g5 35. g4 $1) 35. h4 $1 ({or} 35. c6
h6 (35... g5 36. g4 f4 37. Kxe4 fxe3 38. Kxe3 Kxc6 39. Kd4 $18) 36. h4 $1)
35... Kd7 36. c6+ Kc7 37. Kc5 h6 38. Kd5 g5 39. h5 $1 {"loading" a future queen
} ({but not} 39. hxg5 $2 hxg5 40. Ke5 Kxc6 41. Kxf5 Kd5 42. g4 Kc4 43. Kxe4 (
43. Kxg5 Kb3 44. Kf5 Kxa3 45. g5 Kb4 46. g6 a3 47. g7 a2 48. g8=Q a1=Q) 43...
Kb3 44. Kd3 (44. Kf5 Kxa3 45. e4 Kb3 46. e5 a3 47. e6 a2 48. e7 a1=Q 49. e8=Q {
- in both bracket variations, theoretically drawn queen endgames arise}) 44...
Kxa3 45. Kc3 Ka2 46. e4 a3 47. Kc2 Ka1 48. e5 a2 $11) 39... f4 (39... Kc8 40.
Ke5 {and the h-pawn eventually queens first}) 40. gxf4 gxf4 41. Kxe4 fxe3 42.
Kxe3 Kxc6 43. Kd4 $1 $18 {- White wins the a4 pawn and the game as his h-pawn
is already on h5 (with the pawns h4 vs. h5 this would be a draw)!}) 34... Kc6 (
34... g5 35. Kd5 $18) 35. Kb4 (35. h4 $5 {(trying to correct his mistake on
the previous move) was not enough:} h6 36. Kd4 g5 $1 (36... Kc7 $4 37. Kd5 Kd7
(37... g5 38. h5 $1) 38. c6+ Kc7 39. Ke5 Kxc6 40. Kf6 Kd5 41. Kxg6 Kc4 42. Kxf5
Kb3 43. g4 Kxa3 44. g5 hxg5 45. h5 $1 $18) 37. h5 (37. Kc4 gxh4 38. gxh4 h5 {
- see game}) 37... Kb5 $1 38. Ke5 $1 (38. Kd5 f4 {is similar to the game})
38... Kxc5 39. Kxf5 Kc4 40. Kxe4 (40. Kg6 Kd3 41. Kxh6 Kxe3 42. Kxg5 Kf3 43. h6
e3 44. h7 e2 45. h8=Q e1=Q $11) 40... Kb3 41. Kf5 (41. Kd3 Kxa3 42. Kc3 Ka2 43.
e4 a3 44. Kc2 g4 45. e5 Ka1 46. e6 a2 $11) 41... Kxa3 42. e4 Kb2 43. e5 a3 44.
e6 a2 45. e7 a1=Q 46. e8=Q Qa6 $1 {- White can't win Black's h6 pawn without
losing his g3 pawn, which leads to a theorectical draw.}) 35... g5 36. Kc4 h6
37. Kd4 h5 $1 38. h4 (38. Kc4 $4 h4 39. gxh4 g4 {even loses.}) (38. Ke5 {
, like in the previous lines, leads to a drawn queen endgame:} Kxc5 39. Kxf5
Kc4 $1 40. Kxe4 (40. Kxg5 Kb3 41. Kxh5 Kxa3 42. g4 Kb4 43. g5 a3 44. g6 a2 45.
g7 a1=Q 46. g8=Q Qf6 $1 $11 {[%cal Yf6f3]}) 40... Kb3 41. Kf5 (41. Kd3 Kxa3 42.
Kc3 Ka2 43. e4 a3 44. Kc2 h4 $1 45. gxh4 gxh4 46. e5 Ka1 47. e6 a2 $11) 41...
Kxa3 42. e4 Kb3 43. e5 a3 44. e6 a2 45. e7 a1=Q 46. e8=Q Qf1+ 47. Kxg5 Qxh3 $11
) 38... gxh4 39. gxh4 Kb5 $1 {The only move! The black king should keep
White's c5-pawn under attack.} (39... Kc7 $4 40. Ke5 $18) 40. Kd5 (40. Ke5 Kxc5
41. Kxf5 Kc4 42. Kxe4 Kb3 43. Kf5 Kxa3 44. e4 Kb2 45. e5 a3 46. e6 a2 47. e7
a1=Q 48. e8=Q {, then winning the h5 pawn, was the last chance for White to
fight on (although this is a theoretical draw, of course).}) 40... f4 $1 41. c6
(41. Kxe4 fxe3 42. Kxe3 Kxc5 43. Kd3 Kd5 $11) (41. exf4 e3 42. c6 Kb6 43. Kd6
e2 44. c7 e1=Q 45. c8=Q Qd2+ 46. Ke5 Qe3+ $11) 41... fxe3 42. c7 e2 43. c8=Q
e1=Q 44. Qe8+ Kb6 45. Qg6+ Kc7 46. Qd6+ (46. Qxe4 Qd1+ $11) 46... Kb7 47. Qc6+
Kb8 48. Qe8+ Kc7 49. Qe5+ Kd7 50. Qd6+ Kc8 51. Qa6+ Kb8 52. Qb5+ Kc7 53. Qc5+
Kb7 54. Qe7+ Kb6 55. Qf6+ Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chicago op 13th"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "2004.05.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pasalic, Mehmed"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2004.05.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. g3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Bg2 Nc6 9. e3 O-O 10. O-O Qa5 11. Bb2 {A rare, but logical continuation.} ({
Immediate} 11. Qb3 {is much more popular.}) 11... Rd8 12. Qb3 $6 {At this
concrete position this move looks wrong in view of some concrete reasons.} ({
White also tested} 12. Nd2 {with the idea Nb3. It's interesting that Alekhine
played with black pieces and had some problems to equalize.} Qc7 13. Qc2 Na5
14. Rac1 Be6 15. Ba3 Nc4 16. Nxc4 Bxc4 17. Rfd1 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rac8 19. Qe4 Rd7
20. Bxe7 $142 $1 (20. d5 b5 21. Bh3 e6 22. dxe6 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 f5 24. e7 Re8
25. Qh4 Bxa2 26. Rd8 Bf7 {0-1 Johner,P-Alekhine,A/Switzerland 1928/EXT 2001 
(33). (33)}) 20... Rxe7 21. Rxc4 $1) ({and} 12. Qe2 Be6 13. Rfd1 Qa4 $5 (13...
cxd4 14. Nxd4 (14. cxd4 $142) 14... Bd7 $11 {0-1 Arnett,D-Yermolinsky,A/New
York 1998/CBM 64 (43)}) 14. Ng5 $140 Bc4) 12... Be6 $1 {The way to meet Qb3.} (
{Also possible to protect the b7-pawn first and only after} 12... Rb8 13. Rfd1
Be6 {with a good position for Black.} 14. Qa3 cxd4 (14... Bd5 $142 $1) 15. Nxd4
Qh5 $13 {0-1 Efthimiou,E-Pandavos,P/Athens 1997/EXT 2004 (25)}) (12... cxd4 {
I think this move is premature and should be made only if it's forced or
allows to win some material.} 13. Nxd4 (13. cxd4 $142) 13... Ne5 (13... Bd7
$142) 14. Ba3 Bf6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Grau,R-Carballo,F/Argentina 1938/HCL (38)}) 13.
Qa3 ({During the game I've mostly concentrated on} 13. Qxb7 Bd5 {[%cal Ga8b8]}
14. c4 (14. Ne5 $2 {loses right away after} Nxe5 15. Bxd5 Rab8 16. Qxe7 Rxd5
17. dxe5 Rxe5 $1 (17... Rxb2 $4 18. e6 $18) 18. Qd7 Rxb2 $19) 14... Rab8 15.
Qxb8 Rxb8 16. cxd5 Nxd4 $1 $17 {After finding this intermediate move I decided
to play Be6.}) (13. Qc2 {would be acknowledg(e)ment of the fact that Qb3 was
wrong.} Rac8 14. Qe2 Qa4 $15 {1-0 Duran Dosrius,F-Garzon Sanchez,J/Barcelona
1996/EXT 2003 (44). (43)}) 13... Qc7 {Preparing Na5 in order to exploit an
unfortunate location of the white queen and setting a trap.} ({Both} 13... Rac8
$5) ({and} 13... Bd5 {deserved serious attention.}) 14. Ng5 $5 {White forces
the matters.} ({Going into the trap with} 14. Qxc5 {would be an interesting
sacrifice of queen.} Rd5 15. Qc4 (15. Qa3 $2 Ra5 {and suddenly the queen is
traped.}) 15... Rxd4 16. Qxe6 fxe6 17. cxd4) 14... Bc4 ({Certainly not} 14...
Bd5 $6 15. Qxc5) 15. Rfd1 Na5 {In according to the plan. The knight goes to c4
via a5.} 16. Ne4 {White's trying to force a favourable for him exchange.} b6 $1
{A typical pawn sacrifice. Black shouldn't be afraid of 17.dxc5.} 17. Nd2 Bd5
$5 {I've taken a positionally risky decision. Of course not the exchnage of
the light-squared bishops which is favourable for Black, but the later lift of
the rook to h5. The main reason for this decision was the fact that 17...Rab8
seemed to be too drawish to me while I wanted to maintain some chances for a
win.} ({Safer would be} 17... Rab8 18. Nxc4 Nxc4 19. Qb3 b5 $5 (19... Na5 20.
Qb5 $1 (20. Qa3 e6)) (19... Nxb2 $11)) 18. Bxd5 Rxd5 19. c4 {White moves his
central pawns ahead and that's why I thought that my decision had been
positionally dangerous.} Rh5 $5 {The rook is misplaced here. So if the attack
doesn't succeed Black will be in trouble.} (19... Rd7 {Certainly it would be
safer to leave the rook on the d-file, but all my idea was to concentrate on
attack.}) 20. d5 Bxb2 21. Qxb2 Qd7 {The point of my previous play. The queen
goes to h3 in order to create some threats to the white king.} 22. Qc3 $1 {
White will need the knight for defense of the h-pawn and so the queen frees it
from the defense of the c4-pawn.} Qh3 23. Nf1 e5 {[%cal Ge5e4,Ga5b7,Gb7d6]
Another very risky decision. Black prevents advance of the e-pawn and creates
a threat of e4. At the same time he prepares a blockade by means of Nb7-d6.
However e5 also has two serious drawbacks. First the rook on h5 is cut off the
play in the centre, and second the d-pawn is getting a defended passer.} ({
An immediate} 23... Nb7 $5 {deserved attention.}) 24. e4 $1 Nb7 {The knight is
ready to occupy the d6-square.} 25. a4 {While White wants to meet Nd6 with a5.}
(25. f3 $5) 25... Rf8 $1 {[%cal Gf7f5] Black prepares opening of the position
with f5 to strengthen an attack.} 26. Re1 $6 {A serious inaacuracy.} (26. f3 {
White had to consolidate his position on the kingside.}) 26... f5 $1 27. exf5 (
27. Qxe5 f4 {[%cal Gf4f3]} 28. Qe6+ $8 {Otherwise f3.} Qxe6 29. dxe6 Re5 {
and Black is fine.}) 27... Rhxf5 28. Ra2 Nd6 {This is the position that Black
intended. The knight is on the best square d6 while the h5-rook is back into
play.} 29. a5 (29. Rxe5 $5 Rxe5 30. Qxe5 Nxc4 31. Qe2 Nd6 32. Qe7 Nc8 $5 {
with approximately equal position.}) 29... b5 {I've decided to make this move,
although I had a feeling that Nf7 is very annoying for White. The main
drawback of b5 is weakening of the pawn structure and in particular of the
c5-pawn.} ({After} 29... Nf7 $1 {[%cal Gf7g5] White has to be very careful to
avoid penetration of the black knight to f3.} 30. axb6 axb6 ({Immediate} 30...
Ng5 {is enough only for a draw.} 31. bxa7 Nf3+ 32. Kh1 (32. Qxf3 Rxf3 33. a8=Q
Rxf2 $1 34. Rxf2 Rxa8 35. Rxe5) 32... Nh4 (32... Rh5 $2 33. Qxf3) (32... Nxe1
33. Qxe1 Ra8 34. Kg1 $1) 33. Ne3 Nf3 34. Nf1) 31. Ne3 Rh5 32. Nf1 Ng5 ({
Black can repeat the position with} 32... Rf5) 33. Re3 Qf5 34. f4 Nh3+ 35. Kh1
Qg4 {with a strong pressure.}) ({I've rejected} 29... e4 {because of} 30. axb6
axb6 31. Ra7 {and White is on top. Black has to keep the a1-h8-diagonal closed.
}) 30. Qe3 $1 {White finds a weak point in the Black's position.} (30. cxb5 {
looks dangerous} Nxb5 31. Qxc5 Nd4 32. Re3 Rf3 $3 ({White doesn't run risks
after} 32... Nf3+ $6 33. Rxf3 Rxf3 34. Qxa7) 33. Re1 R3f7 $1 {Protecting the
a7-pawn Black's ready to meet} 34. Re3 {with} Rc8 $1 {[%cal Gc8c1]} 35. Qa3
Rfc7 $17) 30... Nxc4 (30... Rc8 $5) 31. Qxc5 e4 $5 {Freeing the e5-square for
the knight. This was my idea behind 29...b5.} 32. Rxe4 Ne5 33. Rxe5 {White
gets rid of the dangerous knight.} ({In case of} 33. f4 $2 Nf3+ 34. Kf2 {
I would have to find} Ng5 $3 {which I didn't see during the game.} (34... Nxh2
35. Ne3 $13) 35. Rb4 (35. Rd4 Ne6 $1 (35... Rxf4+ $5)) 35... Rxf4+ $3 36. gxf4
(36. Rxf4 Rxf4+ 37. gxf4 Ne4+) 36... Qf3+ 37. Ke1 Re8+ {and Black wins.}) ({
Another way to sacrifice an exchange is} 33. Re3 $5 Nf3+ 34. Rxf3 Rxf3 35. Qxb5
) 33... Rxe5 34. Qxb5 $13 {White obtained two pawns for an exchange. Now he
only needs to place the knight on e3, but it's Black to move.} Rd8 ({Probably} 
34... Re1 {left more chances for a win.} 35. d6 Rd8 36. Rd2 Rd7) 35. Rd2 (35.
Ne3 {was a dangerous move especially in the time-trouble as White would have
to weaken his king after} Rh5 {with} 36. f4 {although the rook on h5 is again
misplaced and White should be ok.}) 35... Qc8 {This one-move trap is the way
to stop Ne3.} (35... Re1 $5 36. d6 Kg7 {with the idea to consolidate the
position and to prepare Rb8.}) 36. Qb3 ({Of course not} 36. Ne3 $2 Rxe3 37.
fxe3 Qc1+) (36. Kg2 {with the idea Ne3 was a safe move in the time-trouble.})
36... Re1 {Finally I decided to pin the knight, but wasn't sure what am I
going to do in case of simple 37.Kg2} 37. Rd1 $2 {Exchange of the rook favours
Black and he obtains winning chances.} (37. Kg2 $1 $14 {[%cal Gf1e3] was
necessary.}) 37... Rxd1 38. Qxd1 (38. d6+ Kg7 39. Qxd1 Qc5 40. Qa1+ Kh6 $1 41.
Ne3 Qxd6) 38... Qc5 39. Ne3 Qxa5 40. Qd4 $1 Qb6 $1 {Pasalic wasn't sure that
he made 40 moves and quickly played} 41. Qa1 $6 (41. Qe5 {was much better
keeping the queen in the centre. For example} Qd6 42. Qd4 a6 43. Ng4 {with the
idea} h5 44. Nh6+ Kh7 45. Nf7 Qxd5 46. Qf6 $1 {[%cal Gf7g5]}) 41... Rf8 $1 {
[%cal Gb6f6] First of all Black needs to take the a1-h8 diagonal to avoid
counterplay.} 42. Qd1 ({Now I prepared to meet} 42. Ng4 {with} h5 {Compare
with 41.Qe5.}) 42... Qb2 $1 {First part of the plan is completed. Now I have
to try to exchange the queens.} 43. Qe1 Rb8 $1 44. Kg2 (44. Qa5 $5 {allowed}
Qb1+ 45. Kg2 Qe4+ {but after} 46. Kh3 {it's not easy for black to make
progress.}) 44... Qb4 $1 {Offering an exchange of queens Black brings the
queen to e4 with a tempo.} (44... Qb1 45. Qd2 (45. Qa5 $5)) 45. Qc1 (45. Qa1 $5
) 45... Qe4+ 46. Kh3 (46. f3 {doesn't leave a hope in view of} Qd4) 46... Rf8
$1 {Now instead of counterplay White has to think of defense.} 47. Qc6 (47. Qb2
{would be a more stubborn defense.}) 47... Rxf2 $1 48. Qa8+ ({Probably White
missed that after} 48. Ng4 Rf8 $1 49. Nf6+ Rxf6 50. Qxf6 Qf5+ 51. Qxf5 gxf5 $19
{[%csl Ga7] Black wins the arised pawn ending.}) 48... Rf8 49. Qxa7 Re8 $1 $19
{The knight has lost its support (the f2-pawn) and has no good squares for
escape..} 50. Nf1 ({Or} 50. Ng4 Qf5 $1 {Pinning the knight.} 51. Qa4 Rf8 $1 $19
{[%cal Gh7h5] and the threat of h5 is unavoidable.} 52. Kg2 $140 Qf1#) 50...
Qe2 $1 {Poor knight!} 51. Qa1 (51. Qg1 {would allow a nice end.} Qh5+ 52. Kg2
Re2+ 53. Kh1 Qxd5+) 51... Rf8 $1 {Traping the knight Black forces resignation.}
({Even a faster way to the win was} 51... Qh5+ $1 52. Kg2 Re2+ 53. Kg1 Qxd5 {
and in according to Fritz 8 Black mates in 7.}) 0-1

[Event "Rohde op 10th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2010.10.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dziuba, Marcin"]
[Black "Gajewski, Grzegorz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2010.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 {Cet ordre de coups transpose
souvent sur une Gruenfeld} (5. e4 {L'alternative pour jouer une anglaise} Nb4
6. Bc4) 5... Nxc3 (5... cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nxc3 7. Qxc3 Nc6 8. e4 e6 {[%cal Gf8b4]}
9. a3 Bd7 10. Be2 Rc8 11. O-O Na5 12. Qd3 {[%cal Gd3d8]} Ba4 {[%cal Ga5b3]} 13.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. Be3 {[%csl Ra7]} Nb3 15. Bd1 $36 {[%csl Ra4]}) 6. bxc3 g6 7. g3
{Une variante trés solide mais qui donne des chances de gain assez faibles} (7.
e4 {Défense Gruenfeld}) (7. Bg5 Bg7 8. e3 {la ligne proposée par Khalifman})
7... Bg7 8. Bg2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. O-O $5 {Il y a eu quelques parties
récentes а haut niveau depuis quelques années mais intrinséquement, les Noirs
n'ont pas de problèmes en jouant précis.} (10. e3 $143 e5 $1 11. O-O exd4 12.
Ba3 {[%csl Re8]} dxe3 13. Re1 Be6 (13... Bxa1 $4 14. Qxa1 f6 15. Ng5 $18) 14.
Rxe3 Qxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Bf6 16. Bh3 Be7 17. Bxe6 fxe6 $11 {Troitsky,P-Gothilf,S
Trade Union Leningrad 1938 (2) 1/2}) 10... Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Rb1 {[%csl
Rb7] Le problème des Blancs est qu'en fait, l'adversaire peut choisir de
rendre le P gagné en sacrifiant "b7" pour terminer le développement comme dans
la partie Kamsky-Bacrot et la structure symétrique va conduire а une nulle
rapide.} O-O 13. Bg5 $146 (13. Be3 Qc4 (13... Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 $32) 14. Bd5 Qa6
15. Qb3 Qxe2 16. Bc5 Be6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Qxe6 fxe6 19. Rxb7 Rf5 20. Rc7 Be5
21. Rxe7 Bxg3 22. hxg3 Rxc5 23. Rb1 a5 24. Rbb7 Rh5 25. Rxe6 Rd8 26. Ree7 Rc8
27. Ra7 Rd8 28. Kg2 {Aronian,L (2750)-Radjabov,T (2761)/Nice 2009/CBM 129
Extra/1-0 (37)}) (13. Qxd4 Bxd4 14. Bh6 Rd8 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Bxc8 Rdxc8 $11 17.
Rxb8 Rxb8 18. Rd1 Bc5 19. Rd7 Rc8 20. a4 a6 21. Kg2 f6 22. Kf3 Bb4 23. Be3 Rc3
24. Rd3 Rc2 25. a5 Kf7 26. Bb6 Rc3 27. Rxc3 Bxc3 {Kamsky,G (2717)-Bacrot,E 
(2721)/Jermuk 2009/CBM 132/1/2-1/2 (34)}) 13... Rd8 14. Bxe7 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1
Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Bg4 17. Bxb7 Bxe2 {La nulle est quasiment inévitable avec cette
structure symétrique} 18. Re1 Re8 19. Rxe2 Bf8 20. Kg2 Rxe7 21. Rxe7 Bxe7 22.
Bd5 Bc5 23. Bc4 Kg7 24. Bb3 Kf6 25. h4 h5 26. f4 Kg7 27. Kf3 f5 28. a4 a5 29.
Bc4 Bb4 30. Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle op 31st"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2015.03.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2015.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 g6 (5... Nc6 6. Nc3 Nc7 {
Aurait mené à la solide variante Rubinstein de l'anglaise}) 6. d4 (6. O-O)
6... Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. dxc5 $5 (8. e4 Nf6 9. e5 Nd5 10. dxc5 Na6 11. a3 Nxc5
12. b4 Ne6 13. Qb3 $14 {[%cal Gf1d1];Mamedyarov,S (2646)-Nakamura,H (2660)
Lausanne YM 6th 2005 (2.2) 1-0} (13. Bb2)) (8. Nc3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 {
La grande ligne mais c3 reste une faiblesse structurelle}) 8... Nc6 9. a3 (9.
Nbd2 Ndb4 10. a3 Na6 {[%cal Ga6c5] Les Noirs récupèrent le P mais la
manoeuvre est un peu lente} 11. Rb1 $14 {Trifunovic,P-Puc,S YUG-ch Belgrade
1948 (10) 1-0}) 9... Bf5 (9... Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e6 12. Ra2 Qe7 13. b4
a5 14. b5 Nd4 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. a4 Rfe8 17. e3 Ne6 18. Ba3 d4 19. c6 Qc7 20.
cxb7 Qxb7 21. h4 Rad8 22. e4 Qxe4 23. Re2 Qf5 24. Rfe1 Rd7 25. Nd2 Rc8 26. Ne4
d3 27. Rd2 Rcd8 28. Re3 Bh6 29. g4 Qf4 30. g5 Bg7 31. Rexd3 Nd4 32. Nf6+ Bxf6
33. gxf6 Qxh4 34. Bb2 Rd5 35. Bxd4 Rg5+ 36. Rg3 Rxg3+ 37. fxg3 Qxg3+ 38. Rg2
Qf4 39. Qg4 {Foisor,C (2412)-Dzagnidze,N (2518) St Petersburg 2009 1/2-1/2})
10. Nfd2 $146 (10. Nbd2 Nc7 11. Qa4 Ne6 12. g4 Ncd4 13. gxf5 Nxe2+ 14. Kh1 Nxc5
15. Qc4 Nd3 16. Nb3 Rc8 17. Qe4 Nexc1 18. Nxc1 gxf5 19. Qxd3 Rxc1 20. Qxf5 Rc6
21. Rad1 Qb6 22. b4 Rf6 23. Qc5 Qe6 24. Qd5 Qg4 25. Rd4 Qc8 26. Rc4 Qb8 27.
Rfc1 Rd6 28. Qe4 Rfd8 29. Bh3 Rd1+ 30. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 31. Kg2 e6 32. Ng5 Qd8 33.
Nxe6 {1-0 (33) Molnar,L (2173)-Gubics,P (2215) Hungary 2012}) (10. Nh4 Be6 11.
e4 Nf6 12. Nc3 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bg4 (13... Rad8 14. Nd5 (14. Be3 Ng4)) 14. f3)
10... Be6 11. Ne4 $1 {[%cal Ge4c5]} Qa5 12. Ng5 Rad8 $1 {[%cal Gd5f4,Gd8d1]}
13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2e4,Gd2c4]} Qxc5 15. e3 Ne5 {[%csl Rd3]} 16. Qb3
b5 17. a4 b4 18. Ne4 Qc4 19. Qxc4 Nxc4 $36 20. Rb1 h6 21. Nc5 Kf7 22. Re1 Rc8
23. Nb3 Rfd8 $15 {Les Blancs ont du mal à mobiliser la paire de B et les
pièces Noires sont nettement plus actives.} 24. a5 Nf6 25. Ra1 Ng4 26. Nd4 $1
Nge5 (26... Bxd4 27. exd4 Rxd4 28. b3 Nd2 29. Bxd2 Rxd2 30. Bh3 h5 $13) 27. b3
$6 {[%csl Rc3,Rd3]} (27. Be4 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Gb2b3]}) 27... Nd3 $36 28. Rd1
Bxd4 29. exd4 Nxc1 30. Raxc1 Nxa5 {[%csl Rb3]} 31. Rb1 Kf6 (31... Rc3 32. d5
exd5 33. Rd4 {[%cal Gd4b4]}) 32. d5 $8 exd5 33. Bxd5 Rd6 {[%cal Gc8d8]} 34. Bf3
Rc3 35. Rxd6+ exd6 36. Bd5 Rd3 $1 {[%csl Rb3,Rd5] Les Blancs sont proches du
zugzwang} 37. Bg8 Nc6 (37... d5 $142 {[%csl Gd5]} 38. Kf1 Nxb3 39. Bxd5 (39.
Ke2) 39... Nd2+ 40. Ke2 Rxd5 $19) 38. Bc4 Rd2 (38... Rc3 39. Kg2 Rxc4 $5 40.
bxc4 a5 $44 {[%csl Ga5,Gb4]}) 39. Ra1 a5 40. Bb5 Ne5 (40... Rc2 41. Bxc6 Rxc6
42. Rxa5 Rc3 43. Kf1 Rxb3 44. Rb5 Ke6 {[%cal Gd6d5] Malgré le placement des R,
les Noirs ont des chances de gain.}) 41. h3 Nf3+ 42. Kg2 Nd4 43. Ba4 Nc2 44.
Rc1 d5 45. h4 h5 (45... Ne3+ $5 46. Kf3 Nd1 {[%csl Rf2]}) 46. Rb1 Ne3+ $1 47.
Kg1 Nd1 (47... Rd1+ $1 {[%csl Ra4] Le Ba4 est hors-jeu et l'échange des R
semblait plus précis} 48. Rxd1 Nxd1 49. Kg2 Nc3 50. Bc6 a4 $1 {[%csl Gb4] La
pointe!}) 48. Ra1 d4 49. Be8 Nxf2 $2 (49... d3 {"les P passés doivent être
poussés" disait Aaron} 50. Rxa5) 50. Rf1 $1 {[%csl Rf2,Rf6]} Ke7 51. Bxg6 Nh3+
{[%csl Rh3][%cal Gg6f5] le N est enfermé} 52. Kh1 d3 53. Bxh5 {[%csl Gd1]} (
53. Bf5 Rc2 54. Bxh3 d2 {[%cal Gc2c1]}) 53... a4 $1 {Je suis passé devant
l'échiquier à ce moment et je pensais que les Noirs devaient gagner mais ce
n'était pas si clair...} 54. bxa4 b3 55. a5 $1 Ra2 56. Rb1 Kf6 57. Rxb3 Ke5
58. a6 Kd4 (58... d2 59. a7 Nf2+ 60. Kg2 d1=Q 61. Bxd1 Nxd1+ 62. Kf3 Rxa7 63.
Ke2 Ra1 $13 {[%csl Gh4] La finale n'est pas claire mais si le P"h" est une
faiblesse en finale de R, c'est par contre le pire ennemi du N}) 59. a7 Nf2+
60. Kg1 Ne4 61. Bf3 (61. Rb7) 61... d2 62. Rb8 Rxa7 63. Rd8+ Ke3 64. Bxe4 Ra1+
$8 65. Kg2 d1=Q 66. Rxd1 Rxd1 67. Bf5 Rd5 68. Bg6 Rd2+ 69. Kh3 Kf3 70. h5 Rd1 {
[%csl Rh3][%cal Gd1h1]} 71. Kh4 Rh1+ 72. Kg5 Kxg3 73. h6 Rxh6 74. Kxh6 {
Une belle partie!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-ch"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2018.05.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Tomczak, Jacek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2018.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c5 {
GM Tomczak chooses a relatively rare line.} ({Both} 7... Nb6) ({and} 7... Nc6 {
are much more common.}) 8. e4 {This is the most dangerous reply.} (8. dxc5 Na6
9. Ng5 e6 {is proved to be acceptable for Black.}) 8... Nf6 9. e5 Nd5 10. dxc5
Na6 ({In the event of} 10... Nc6 {White has a wide choice of attractive
possibilities. For instance,} 11. Na3 $5 (11. Qa4 Qc7 12. Rd1 Be6 {wasn't
clear in Korobov,A - Sutovsky,E Poikovsky 2016}) 11... Ndb4 {Khurtsidze,N -
Tsikhelashvili,G Tbilisi 2010,} {Now it made sense to play} 12. Qa4 $1 Bg4 13.
Rd1 Qc8 14. Bf4 {putting Black under definite pressure.}) 11. Qd4 $1 {
Definitely the best. The queen is heading to h4 in order to put Black's king
in serious danger.} ({The most popular} 11. a3 {has also been seen in Jacek's
practice:} Nxc5 12. b4 Ne6 13. Qb3 Nb6 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Nc3 Qc4 16. Qb2 Bd7 17.
Be3 Bc6 {Cyborowski,L - Tomczak,J Warsaw 2012. Black didn't have any problems.}
) 11... Ndb4 12. Qh4 Nc2 13. Bg5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] I guess, this novelty was
deeply analysed by GM Wojtaszek during his home preparation.} ({The only
preceding game saw} 13. Nc3 Nxa1 14. Bh6 Nc2 $2 ({The correct way was} 14...
Bxh6 $1 15. Qxh6 f6 16. Nh4 ({Instead,} 16. Rd1 {is harmless:} Qe8 17. exf6
exf6 18. Re1 Be6 19. Nd4 Nxc5 20. Nxe6 Rf7 $1 {, forcing simplifications:} 21.
Bd5 Nc2 22. Re2 Nxe6 23. Bxe6 Nd4 24. Bxf7+ Qxf7 $11) 16... Rf7 17. Rxa1 Nxc5
18. Rd1 Qf8 19. Qe3 $44 {In this interesting position White has full
compensation for the exchange.}) 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. Nd5 {Martinovic,S - Fercec,N
Porec 2010. Black was quickly crushed.}) 13... Qd7 {Possibly, Jacek's decision
is best from a practical point of view.} ({The natural} 13... Re8 {wouldn't
solve the problems:} 14. Nc3 Nxa1 15. Rxa1 (15. Rd1 {seems less convincng:} Qc7
16. Nd5 Qd7 17. Bxe7 Qg4 18. Rxa1 Qxh4 19. gxh4 Nb4 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. Bxf6 Nd5
$14 {White is better, but Black maintains decent chances for a successful
defence.}) 15... Nxc5 16. Rd1 Bd7 17. Nd5 Bf8 18. Bh6 Ne6 19. Bxf8 Nxf8 20. Qh6
$16 {Black's material advantage doesn't have much value - his pieces are
almost paralysed!}) 14. Nc3 {Again, the most challenging - White is completing
development.} ({Radoslaw reasonably deviates from} 14. Bxe7 Re8 15. Bd6 Nxa1
16. Na3 Qg4 17. Rxa1 Qxh4 18. Nxh4 Rxe5 $1 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 $14 {The bishop pair
provides Black some compensation for the pawn, even though White's chances are
preferable.}) 14... Nxa1 15. Rxa1 f6 16. Be3 $6 {Wrongly letting Black
liquidate into the endgame.} (16. Qc4+ $1 {Much stronger was} Kh8 (16... Qe6 {
can be strongly met by} 17. Nd5 Kh8 18. exf6 exf6 19. Be3 $16) 17. Be3 Nc7 18.
Re1 Qe6 19. Qa4 {Black is suffering from lack of harmony in his camp.}) 16...
Qg4 $1 17. Qxg4 $6 {Alas, Radoslaw fails to play precisely, so White's
advantage is gone.} ({The correct move was} 17. Nd5 $1 Qxh4 18. Nxh4 Re8 19. b4
$14 {and then Black would have to solve some problems with development.}) 17...
Bxg4 18. a3 (18. Nd2 {was hardly any better:} Rad8 19. Bxb7 Nxc5 20. Bxc5 Rxd2
21. Bxe7 Rf7 22. Bd5 fxe5 23. Ba3 Bf3 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 {The activity of the
pieces offers Black full compensation for the pawn.}) 18... Rad8 19. h3 Bd7 20.
b4 Nc7 ({Another possibility was} 20... fxe5 $5 21. Ng5 e4 22. Ngxe4 Nc7 {
and Black isn't worse.}) 21. a4 $2 {Another step in the wrong direction. GM
Wojtaszek is losing the sense of danger.} ({A much better try was} 21. Nd2 Bc6
22. Bf1 fxe5 23. Nde4 {, maintaining the balance.}) 21... fxe5 {Now Black's
dark-squared bishop joins the play with great effect.} 22. Nd2 (22. Ra3 Bc6 23.
Nd2 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Rd3 $19) 22... e4 23. Ndxe4 Nd5 $1 24. Nxd5 Bxa1 {White's
pieces are active, but Black's material advantage seems decisive now.} 25.
Nxe7+ Kg7 26. Nd6 Bxa4 27. Bxb7 Rd7 28. Bc6 Bxc6 29. Nxc6 a6 30. Kf1 Kf6 ({
It was also worth considering} 30... Rc7 $5 31. Nd4 Bxd4 32. Bxd4+ Kg8 33. b5
axb5 34. Nxb5 Rb7 35. Nd6 Rb4 36. Be3 Rb2 {and then Black should be able to
slowly convert his material advantage into a full point.}) 31. b5 $1 {
Exchanging the opponent's last q-side pawn is Radoslaw's undenieble
achievement.} axb5 32. Nxb5 Ra8 33. Ncd4 Bxd4 34. Bxd4+ Ke6 {Now White manages
to advance the passer.} ({The correct move was} 34... Ke7 $1 {, and if} 35. c6
{then} Rd5 36. Nc7 Rxd4 37. Nxa8 Kd6 38. c7 Kd7 $19 {and the knight is trapped!
}) 35. c6 Rf7 36. Be3 Rc8 $2 {A wrong decision - the rook is placed passively.}
({There is the much stronger} 36... Ra4 $1 37. c7 Rc4 38. Bb6 Kd5 39. Ke2 Rf6
40. Ba5 Rfc6 41. Kd3 R6c5 42. Nc3+ Ke6 $19) 37. Kg2 Kd5 38. c7 Ke6 39. Bf4 Rxf4
{Now a draw becomes practically unavoidable.} ({It made sense to keep the
tension by means of} 39... Ra8 40. Nc3 Rf5 41. h4 Kd7 {even though making
further progress is going to be a tough task.}) 40. gxf4 Kd5 41. Kf3 Kc5 42.
Nc3 Rxc7 43. h4 $6 ({A much simpler way was} 43. Kg4 Rc8 44. h4 Kd4 45. Ne2+
Kd5 46. Ng3 Rc2 47. h5 gxh5+ 48. Nxh5 Rxf2 49. Nf6+ $11) 43... Rf7 $6 {
Returning the favour.} ({White's defensive task would be much tougher had
Black played:} 43... Ra7 44. Ne4+ Kd5 45. Ng3 h5 46. Nf1 $1 {This is the only
way!} Ke6 47. Ne3 Ra4 48. Kg3 Kf6 49. Kf3 Ra1 50. Kg2 {and Black cannot make
further progress.}) 44. Ne4+ Kd5 45. Ng3 h5 46. Nf1 (46. f5 {was also good
enough:} Ke5 47. Ke3 gxf5 48. f4+ Ke6 49. Nxh5 Rh7 50. Ng3 Rxh4 51. Kf3 $11)
46... Rf8 47. Ne3+ Kd4 48. Nf1 Kd3 49. Ng3 Kd4 50. Ne2+ Kd3 51. Ng3 Rf5 52.
Nxf5 gxf5 53. Kg2 Ke2 54. Kg3 Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match Bogoljubow-Euwe +3-2=5"]
[Site "Amsterdam & Den Haag"]
[Date "1928.04.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D75"]
[Annotator "Spielmann,R"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1928.04.04"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1)Spielmann,Rudolf in WSZ 1928,S.123.} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3
O-O 5. g3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. e3 (10. Be3
$142 Bg4 11. d5 $14) (10. d5) 10... Qa5 11. Qb3 (11. Bd2) 11... Rb8 12. Bd2 Bg4
13. Rad1 (13. Qb2) (13. Qc2) 13... cxd4 14. cxd4 $2 (14. exd4 $142 Qh5 15. Ng5
$11 {Sperrt die Qh5 ein.} Bxd1 16. Rxd1 Na5 17. Qc2 Nc4 $2 (17... Qg4 $11) 18.
Bf3) 14... Qh5 $17 15. Nh4 Bxd1 16. Rxd1 Na5 17. Qb1 Nc4 18. Bb4 Bf6 19. Bf3
Qb5 20. a4 (20. Qb3 Bxh4 21. Be2 Rbc8 22. gxh4 Qd7 $17) 20... Qxa4 $19 21. Bd5
Qb5 22. Bc5 Qxb1 23. Rxb1 b6 24. Bxe7 Bxe7 25. Bxc4 b5 $1 26. Bd5 (26. Rxb5
Rxb5 27. Bxb5 Rb8 28. Be2 Bxh4 29. gxh4 a5 $19) (26. Bxb5 a6 27. Bd3 Rxb1+ 28.
Bxb1 Bxh4 29. gxh4 a5 $19) 26... Bxh4 27. gxh4 b4 28. e4 Rfc8 29. h5 a5 30. Kf1
a4 31. Ke2 b3 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. Kd3 b2 34. Kd2 Rb4 35. Kd3 Rc1 36. Ba2 a3 (
36... a3 37. f3 Rxb1 (37... Rb3+ $1) 38. Bxb1 a2 39. Bxa2 b1=Q+ 40. Bxb1 Rxb1
$19) 0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 17th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2016.07.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 ({Last year against the same opponent, Anton went for
the Anti-Grünfeld} 3. f3 {The game got a King's Indian character after} Nc6 $5
4. d5 Ne5 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. f4 (7. Be2 O-O 8. f4 Ned7 9. Be3 e6 10. dxe6
fxe6 11. Nh3 Qe7 (11... b6 $142 $1) 12. O-O b6 13. Bf3 Rb8 14. Qc2 Bb7 15. Rae1
Kh8 16. Ng5 Bh6 17. Nb5 Bxg5 18. fxg5 Ne8 19. Nxa7 Ne5 20. Be2 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1
Ra8 22. Nb5 Rxa2 23. Na3 $16 {Nakamura,H (2787)-Xiong,J (2618) Saint Louis
2016 For more details see the notes to this game by Ftacnik in CBM 172}) 7...
Ned7 8. Nh3 Nc5 9. Nf2 O-O 10. Be2 e5 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Be3 b6 13. Qc2 e5 $6 (
13... Bb7 $142 14. O-O-O Nfd7 15. Bf3 Bh6 (15... Bxc3 $5 16. Qxc3 e5 $132) 16.
g3 e5 17. Ng4 Bg7 18. h4 Ne6 (18... h5 $142 19. Nf2 Ne6 $13) 19. Ne2 Qe7 20. h5
$1 exf4 21. gxf4 Ng5 22. Bg2 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Nxe4 $2 (23... Qxe4 $1 24. hxg6 hxg6
$132) 24. hxg6 $40 {Wojtaszek,R (2734)-Baron,T (2541) Skopje 2015}) 14. f5 Bb7
15. h4 gxf5 16. exf5 e4 17. O-O-O Nfd7 18. g4 Nd3+ 19. Nxd3 exd3 20. Bxd3 Bxh1
21. Rxh1 Qe8 22. Bd2 Bxc3 23. Bxc3 Qe3+ 24. Bd2 Qg3 25. Be4 $16 {Korobov,A 
(2700)-Sutovsky,E (2635) Poikovsky 2015 For more details see the notes to
Carlsen-Li Chao in CBM 170.}) 3... d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O (6...
Nb6 {is considered more accurate, so that after} 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5 $6 (8. e3 O-O
9. O-O {leads to the standard main line - see below.}) {Black has} 8... Bxc3+
$1 {with check -} 9. bxc3 Qxd5 {is a rather dubious pawn sacrifice. However,
we will soon see Sutovsky has something completely different in mind...}) ({
The immediate} 6... c5 $6 {allows} 7. e4 Nf6 8. d5 $1 Qa5+ (8... Nxe4 $4 9.
Qa4+) 9. Nfd2 $1 (9. Bd2 $143 Qa6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Qc2 e6 12. Bf1 c4 13. d6 Nc6
$15 {Abel,K-Szigetvari,J Gyongyos 1998}) 9... Qa6 (9... O-O 10. O-O e6 11. Nc3
$36) 10. Bf1 Qa5 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Nc4 Qa6 13. e5 Nfd7 14. f4 Nb6 15. Ne3 Qa5 16.
Bd2 $16 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5] Avrukh}) 7. O-O c5 {Emil goes for a minor sideline,
which has a slightly dubious reputation already since Botvinnik's days. He was
possibly counting on the surprise value of his choice, as usually he plays the
main line, mainly with the aforementioned 6...Nb6 move-order. Here after} (7...
Nb6 8. Nc3 Nc6 {White has 2 options:} 9. e3 (9. d5 Na5 10. e4 c6 11. Bf4 {
A slightly more accurate move is} Nac4 $142 (11... cxd5 {allows the interesting
} 12. Nxd5 $5 Nxd5 (12... Nac4 13. Nc7 Rb8 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Nd5 e5 16. Bg5 $14
) (12... Bg4 $5 13. h3 (13. Bc7 Qd7 14. Bxb6 axb6 15. Nxb6 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Ra6
17. Nd5 {Maze,S (2547)-Cheparinov,I (2678) Helsingor 2013} Bxb2 18. Rab1 Nc4
$11) 13... Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nxd5 {Narkun,M (2197)-Kireev,S (2295) email 2009} 15.
exd5 Nc4 16. Rac1 Nd6 17. b3 $11 {/+/=}) 13. exd5 Nc4 (13... Bg4 14. Rc1 e5 15.
dxe6 Bxe6 {Tkachiev,V (2650)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2703) Nimes 2009} 16. Qa4 $1
$36 {[%csl Ra5]}) (13... Bd7 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. b3 b6 16. Ne5 Rxc1 17. Qxc1 Bf5
18. b4 Nb7 19. Nc6 Qd7 20. Re1 $16 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2762)-Kovalev,V (2554)
Dubai blitz 2014}) 14. Qb3 (14. b3 Nb6 15. d6 exd6 16. Nd4 (16. Rc1 Re8 17. Nd4
a6 18. Qd2 Nd7 19. Bxd6 Nf8 20. Nc2 Bf5 21. Ne3 Be4 22. Rfd1 Rc8 23. Rxc8 Qxc8
24. Nd5 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Qe6 26. Bc5 {½, Graf,H (2235)-Tazelaar,H (2399) email
2013}) 16... d5 17. Rc1 Bd7 18. Qd2 Qf6 19. Be3 Qd6 20. a4 Rac8 21. Ne2 Rxc1
22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Nxc8 24. Bxd5 b6 25. Bf4 {Hammer,J (2665)-Grandelius,N 
(2623) Oslo 2015} Qf6 $11) 14... Nd6 15. Rfe1 Bf6 16. Be5 Qa5 17. Bc3 Bxc3 18.
bxc3 Re8 19. c4 $6 (19. Ne5 $36 {Vachier Lagrave}) 19... Bf5 20. Ne5 f6 21. g4
Bc8 22. Nd3 b6 23. g5 $132 Bd7 24. Qb2 fxg5 $6 25. Ne5 Rad8 26. Nxd7 Rxd7 27.
Bh3 Nf5 28. Bxf5 gxf5 29. Re5 $40 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2723)-Rodshtein,M (2609)
Biel 2010 For details see the notes to this game in CBM 138 by Krasenkow.}) 12.
Qe2 {is solid, but not too dangerous:} ({Vachier mentions the unclear and
almost untested} 12. b3 $5 Bxc3 13. bxc4 $44 cxd5 14. cxd5 Bxa1 15. Qxa1 f6 16.
Bh6 Re8 17. e5 $5 Bg4 (17... Qxd5 18. exf6 exf6 19. Qxf6 Qf7 20. Qxf7+ Kxf7 21.
Ng5+ Kg8 22. a4 $36) (17... Nxd5 $5 18. Nd4 $44) 18. d6 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 exd6 20.
exf6 Kf7 21. Bg7 Rc8 22. a4 $36 {1-0 (53) Titan,M (2146)-Perus,D (2255)
Sentjur 2013}) (12. Qb3 e5 (12... cxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 $132) 13. Bg5 f6 14. Nd2
Na5 15. Qb4 fxg5 16. Qxa5 Bd7 (16... g4 $5) 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Nb3 Rf6 19. Nc5
Bg4 20. Rd3 $6 (20. Rc1 $142 $13 {/+/=}) 20... Bf8 21. b4 Nc4 22. Qa4 Nb2 23.
Qb3 Nxd3 24. dxc6+ Qf7 25. cxb7 Qxb3 26. bxa8=Q Qxc3 27. Qd5+ Kg7 28. Nxd3 Be6
$15 {Sundararajan,K (2449)-Kuzubov,Y (2624) New Delhi 2011}) 12... cxd5 13.
exd5 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nd6 16. Rfe1 Re8 17. Rac1 a6 (17... Rc8 $5 18.
Nb5 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Qd7 20. Nxd6 exd6 21. Qd2 Be5 22. h4 Bxf4 23. Qxf4 Re5 $11 {
Lipka,J (2412)-Tuncer,U (2322) Austria 2014}) 18. b3 Rc8 19. Qd2 Nd7 20. Na4 (
20. Ne4 $5 {Matveeva,S (2454)-Huang,Q (2380) Ergun 2006} Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Be5 22.
Bg5 Qb8 23. Nxd6 Bxd6 {[%cal Ye8c8] and Black should gradually equalise}) 20...
Rxc1 21. Qxc1 Bd4 22. Qd2 Bg7 23. h4 h5 24. Nb2 Nb5 25. Re3 Nd4 26. Bg2 e5 27.
dxe6 Nxe6 28. Nc4 Nxf4 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Qxf4 b5 31. Ne3 Qe5 $11 {Carlsen,M 
(2855)-Wei,Y (2696) Bilbao 2016}) 9... Re8 {was the starting position of my
opening survey in CBM 155. The older moves are now 10.Ne1, 10.d5 and more
recently 10.Re1, but in the past 3 years the attention has shifted to other
moves, mentioned in the article only fleetingly, or not at all:} 10. a3 (10.
Nh4 $5 {was not even a topic in early 2013:} e5 (10... Bd7 11. f4 a5 12. Ne4
Nd5 13. Nf2 e6 14. e4 Nb6 15. Nf3 a4 16. e5 Ne7 17. Ne4 Bc6 18. Re1 Ned5 19.
Qe2 Nd7 20. a3 f5 21. exf6 N5xf6 22. Nc3 Nd5 23. Bh3 Nxc3 24. bxc3 Bd5 25. Ng5
$14 {Aronian,L (2801)-Ragger,M (2672) Warsaw 2013}) 11. d5 Nb4 $5 (11... Na5
12. Rb1 $5 (12. Qc2 Nac4 (12... c6 $5 13. b4 Nac4 14. dxc6 e4 $44 {[%csl Rc3,
Rh4]}) 13. e4 Bd7 14. a4 a5 15. b3 Nd6 16. Be3 Rc8 17. Qd2 c5 18. dxc6 Rxc6 19.
Rfd1 Be6 20. Nd5 Nd7 21. Rac1 $14 {Sargissian,G (2676)-Kreisl,R (2410) Warsaw
2013}) 12... e4 $142 (12... h6 13. Qc2 Nac4 (13... Bg4 $2 14. b3 Rc8 {Mareco,S
(2582)-Navara,D (2702) Caleta 2014} 15. Qe4 $1 Bd7 16. Qb4 g5 17. Nf3 $18) 14.
b3 Nd6 15. e4 g5 16. Nf5 (16. Nf3 $5 f5 17. a4 $14) 16... Bxf5 17. exf5 e4 18.
Bb2 Nxf5 19. Nxe4 Nd6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 {Kharitonov,A (2571)-Duzhakov,I (2397)
Voronezh 2016} 21. Qc3+ Kg6 22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. Rbe1 $36) 13. Nxe4 Nxd5 (13... g5
$2 14. Nxg5 Qxg5 15. b3 $1 {[%csl Ra5]} Nd7 16. e4 Qe7 17. Nf5 Qf8 18. Qc2 b6
19. b4 Nb7 20. Qxc7 a5 21. a3 axb4 22. axb4 $16 {Li,C (2711)-Tomczak,J (2560)
Germany 2014}) 14. Qa4 b6 15. Rd1 (15. b4 Nc4 16. b5 (16. Qc6 {Kunte,A (2480)
-Karthikeyan,P (2400) Kottayam 2014} Be6 17. Qxc4 Nxe3 18. Qxe6 Rxe6 19. Bxe3
c6 $13) 16... Be6 17. Qxc4 (17. Rd1 Na5 18. Bb2 Bxb2 19. Rxb2 Qe7 20. Rbd2 Rad8
) 17... Nc3 $2 (17... Nxe3 $132) 18. Qxc3 Bxc3 19. Nxc3 g5 20. Nf3 Qf6 21. Bb2
$18 {Maletin,P (2583)-Sazonova,E (2161) Izhevsk 2014}) 15... Bd7 16. Qc2 Nb4
17. Qe2 Bb5 (17... Qe7 $1 18. Bd2 Bc6 $11) 18. Rxd8 Bxe2 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 {
Pert,N (2562)-Navarro Cia,M (2281) England 2015} 20. Nc3 $1 Rd8 21. Nxe2 Rd1+
22. Bf1 Nxa2 23. b4 $14) 12. a3 (12. e4 c6 13. a3 Na6 14. Re1 cxd5 15. exd5 Nc4
16. Bf1 Nd6 17. Be3 b6 18. Qa4 Nc7 19. Rad1 Bb7 $132 {Raznikov,D (2506)-Troff,
K (2528) Dallas 2016}) 12... Na6 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. e4 c6 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Nf3
Nc5 17. Bg5 Qe6 18. Be3 Nb3 19. Rad1 Ba6 20. Rfe1 Bc4 21. Ng5 Qc8 22. Na4 Qa6
23. Nxb6 axb6 $11 {Wang,H (2737)-Li,C (2693) China 2013}) (10. h3 a5 (10... e5
11. d5 Na5 12. Qc2 (12. e4 c6 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. b3 Nd4 15. Bb2 Bd7 16. Qd3 Bc6
17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Qe2 Qb4 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1
Bf8 23. Nd5 Qd6 $11 {Neiksans,A (2594)-Turov,M (2609) Norway 2015}) 12... c6
13. b4 Nac4 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Nd2 Bf5 17. Nce4 Red8 18. Nxc4 Rxd1+
19. Qxd1 Nxc4 20. a3 Be6 21. Qc2 f5 22. Bf1 Nb6 23. Nc5 e4 24. Bb2 Bd5 25. Rd1
$14 {Pashikian,A (2609)-Ragger,M (2680) Martuni 2013}) 11. d5 (11. Qc2 e5 12.
Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. e4 Qe7 15. Be3 (15. Kh2 Bd7 16. Bh6 Qc5 17. Rac1
Bc6 18. Nd5 Qxc2 19. Rxc2 Bxd5 20. exd5 Bd6 21. Rfc1 Rad8 22. Bg5 Rc8 23. Bf4
Bxf4 24. gxf4 Rcd8 25. Rxc7 Nxd5 26. Rxb7 Nxf4 $11 {1/2-1/2 (36) Giri,A (2727)
-Topalov,V (2771) Zug 2013}) 15... Qb4 16. Rad1 Be6 17. f4 Nc4 18. Bf2 Qxb2 19.
Qxb2 Nxb2 20. fxe5 Nxd1 21. Rxd1 $14 {Yuffa,D (2373)-Kokarev,D (2630) Izhevsk
2013}) 11... Ne5 (11... Nb4 12. e4 c6 13. a3 Na6 14. dxc6 (14. Be3 Nc4 15. Bd4
e5 16. dxe6 Bxe6 $132) 14... bxc6 15. Qc2 Qc7 16. Rd1 e5 17. b3 Nc5 18. Be3
Nbd7 19. Bf1 Rb8 20. Bc4 Ne6 21. Rac1 Qb7 22. Na4 $36 {Mchedlishvili,M (2645)
-Babujian,L (2488) Mumbai 2013}) 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. e4 e6 $5 ({This has replaced
} 13... c6 {Grischuk,A (2764)-Cheparinov,I (2702) Loo 2013} 14. Qe2 $5 $14) 14.
Bh6 exd5 15. exd5 Nc4 (15... Bd7 16. Re1 a4 17. Rc1 Ra5 18. Qd3 Bf5 19. Qd2 Nc4
20. Qe2 Nd6 21. Qd2 {Bacrot,E (2720)-Cheparinov,I (2682) Dubai blitz 2014} Nc4
$11) 16. Re1 Nd6 $1 (16... Bd7 $2 17. Rxe5 Nxe5 18. f4 $16 {Sargissian,G (2671)
-Navara,D (2715) Linares 2013}) 17. Rc1 Bd7 18. Qd2 Nc4 19. Qc2 Nd6 20. b3 Qf6
21. Qd2 Bd4 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 Rxe3 24. Qxe3 b6 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. Qxe4 Rc8
$11 {Dziuba,M (2586)-Grandelius,N (2547) Reykjavik 2013}) {The most usual
reaction is still} 10... e5 (10... a5 11. Ne1 (11. d5 Bxc3 (11... Ne5 12. Nxe5
$142 $5 (12. Nd4 a4 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. Rd1 Qc8 15. e4 c5 $5 (15... Nec4 16. f4 Bg4
17. Rd3 c5 18. dxc6 e5 19. cxb7 Qxb7 20. Nde2 Qa7 21. h3 Be6 22. Kh2 Rac8 $44 {
Prizant,J (2540)-Kovalenko,I (2643) Dombai 2013}) 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Bf4 Nec4
18. Nf3 h6 19. Nd2 Be6 20. h4 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Bb3 $15 {Matlakov,M (2682)-David,A
(2574) St Petersburg 2013}) 12... Bxe5 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. Rd1 Qc8 15. e4 (15. f4
Bg7 16. e4 e6 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Be3 a4 19. Qf2 Bb3 20. Re1 Nc4 21. Bd4 c6 22.
Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Bf1 $14 {Shimanov,A (2664)-Zakhartsov,V (2324) Pardubice rpd 2013
}) 15... e6 (15... c6 16. Qb3 $36) 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. a4 Rd8 18. Bh6 Rxd1+ 19.
Rxd1 Qe8 20. f4 Bg7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nb5 $36 {Edouard,R (2659)-Hunt,A (2437)
Hastings 2015}) 12. dxc6 (12. bxc3 Qxd5 13. Nd4 Qc4 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. e4 Be6
16. Bf4 Rad8 $15 {Jakovenko,D (2713)-Cheparinov,I (2678) Khanty-Mansiysk blitz
2013}) 12... Bg7 13. Nd4 Rb8 $5 (13... bxc6 14. Nxc6 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Kf8 16. Nd4
Rb8 17. Nc6 Ra8 18. Rd2 Be6 19. Nd4 Bd5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Nc6 Ra6 22. Rc2 Nc3
23. Nxa5 Rxa5 24. Bd2 Rb8 25. Bxc3 Bxc3 26. Rxc3 Rxb2 27. Rxc7 Rf5 $11 {
Roiz,M (2623)-Popilski,G (2523) Acre 2013}) 14. Bd2 e5 15. Nb3 Nc4 16. Bxa5
Nxa5 17. Nxa5 b6 18. Nc4 {Kashlinskaya,A (2448)-Balaian,A (2269) Skopje 2015}
e4 $1 $44 {[%cal Yc8a6,Yc8e6]} 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Bxe4) 11... Be6 12. Nd3 Bc4
13. Nc5 Bxf1 14. Qxf1 Qb8 15. Qb5 e5 16. Nxb7 exd4 17. Ne2 Na7 18. Qd3 dxe3 19.
Bxe3 Bxb2 20. Rb1 Bg7 21. Nf4 Qc8 22. Bxb6 cxb6 23. Nd6 Qc3 $11 {Topalov,V 
(2800)-Wei,Y (2675) Caleta 2015}) (10... Bd7 11. Nd2 Qc8 12. Nde4 Bh3 13. Bxh3
Qxh3 14. Nc5 Qc8 15. b4 Nd7 16. Nb3 e6 17. Bd2 Ne7 18. Rc1 c6 19. e4 Qc7 20.
Bg5 Rad8 21. Qe2 Qb8 22. Rfd1 h6 23. Be3 e5 24. d5 cxd5 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5
Nf6 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. f3 $14 {Xiong,J (2633)-Nasuta,G (2442) Bhubaneswar 2016})
(10... Rb8 $5 11. h3 e5 12. d5 e4 13. dxc6 exf3 14. Qxf3 bxc6 15. Rd1 Qe7 16.
Qe2 c5 17. Qc2 Be6 18. e4 Na4 19. Qxa4 Bxc3 20. Qxa7 Bd4 $32 {|^, Shimanov,A 
(2594)-Cheparinov,I (2681) Jerusalem 2015}) 11. d5 Na5 12. Qc2 e4 (12... c6 13.
b4 Nac4 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Nd2 (15. Ne4 Be6 16. Rb1 Bd5 17. Nc3 e4 18. Nd4 Bxd4
19. exd4 f5 20. a4 a5 21. Rd1 Qe7 22. b5 Rac8 23. bxc6 Rxc6 24. Rb5 Bf7 25. d5
Rd6 26. Qb3 Rc8 27. Bf4 Be8 28. Bf1 {Mamedyarov,S (2747)-Sarkar,J (2426)
Reykjavik 2016} e3 $5 $132) 15... Bf5 (15... e4 $5 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Rd1 Qf6
18. Rd4 Be6 19. Bxe4 Rad8 $44) 16. Nce4 Be6 17. Rd1 Bg4 18. Re1 Be6 19. Nc5 e4
20. Rb1 Nxd2 21. Bxd2 f5 22. Nxe6 Rxe6 23. Bc3 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 Qd3 25. Qxd3 exd3
26. b5 $16 {Navara,D (2745)-Puranik,A (2475) Pardubice rpd 2016}) 13. Nd4 Bxd4
14. exd4 Bf5 $5 15. b4 (15. Bh6 $5 {still gives White some chances for an edge:
} Nac4 16. Nxe4 Nxd5 17. Rae1 Nd6 18. f3 $14) 15... Nac4 16. Qb3 $6 (16. Nxe4
$142 $1 $11) 16... e3 $1 $36 17. Qd1 Qd7 18. Qe2 Bg4 19. Qd3 exf2+ 20. Rxf2
Re1+ 21. Rf1 Rae8 22. Ne4 R8xe4 23. Bxe4 Be2 24. Rxe1 Bxd3 25. Bxd3 Kg7 26. Ra2
Nd6 27. Rf2 Nxd5 $15 {/-/+, Shimanov,A (2594)-Navara,D (2735) Jerusalem 2015})
(7... Nc6 8. Nc3 {MVL has lately advocated} Bf5 $5 ({is only a transposition
after} 8... Nb6) ({However, Black has other options:} 8... e5 9. Bg5 (9. Nxd5
e4 10. Ne5 Qxd5 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Be3 Rd8 13. Qc1 Qxc1 14. Raxc1 c6 15. Bxe4
Bxd4 16. Rfd1 Bf6 17. Rxd8+ {½, Leitao,R (2636)-Mekhitarian,K (2558) Praia da
Pipa 2014}) 9... f6 10. Bc1 $5 (10. Bd2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 e4 12. Nd2 f5 13. Qb3+
Kh8 14. e3 Ne7 15. Bb4 Re8 16. Nc4 Be6 17. Qc2 Nd5 18. Bd2 Qe7 19. Na5 c6 20.
a3 Rac8 21. b4 Qf7 22. Rfc1 Nb6 $15 {Michalik,P (2586)-Mekhitarian,K (2568)
Tromso olm 2014}) (10. Nxd5 fxg5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Qb3 Rf7 14.
Rad1 c6 15. f4 gxf4 16. Nxf4 Qe7 17. Rd3 {Grapsa,G (2032)-Dounis,A (2246)
Heraklion 2014} g5 $17 {[%cal Yc8e6]}) 10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 e4 12. Nd2 f5 13.
Rb1 Ne7 14. Ba3 Rf7 15. e3 b6 16. c4 Bb7 17. Qa4 c5 $6 (17... Qe8 18. Qb3 Nc6
$132) 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Rxb7 cxd4 20. exd4 Bxd4 21. Nb3 Nc8 22. Rxf7 Kxf7 23.
c5 $36 {Borovikov,V (2556)-Dounis,A (2254) Malevizi 2016}) 9. Nd2 (9. Re1 Qd7
10. e4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Ba3 Rfe8 13. Rb1 e5 14. d5 Na5 15. Qd3 b6 16. Nd2
c6 17. c4 c5 18. Bb2 Nb7 19. f3 Bh3 20. Bxh3 Qxh3 21. Bc3 Qd7 22. Qc2 Nd6 23.
a4 Rab8 24. Rb2 Bh6 $132 {Wojtaszek,R (2744)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2758) Beijing
blitz 2014}) 9... Ndb4 10. e4 (10. d5 Bc2 11. Qe1 Ne5 12. a3 Na6 13. Nf3 (13.
Nde4 c6 14. Bf4 Bb3 15. dxc6 Nxc6 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Qd2 f5 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Nd2
Bf7 20. Rfd1 Nc5 21. Kf1 Nd4 $15 {½, Grischuk,A (2752)-Vachier Lagrave,M 
(2710) Beijing rpd 2011}) 13... Nc4 (13... Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Nc5 $132) 14. Bf4 c6
15. Qc1 Bb3 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Nd2 Nxd2 {Giri,A (2773)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2723)
Stavanger blitz 2015} 18. Bxd2 Nc5 19. Bh6 $14 {/=}) 10... Bc8 11. d5 Ne5 (
11... Nd4 12. Nb3 e5 13. Ne2 c5 {Rodshtein,M (2638)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2718)
Legnica 2013} 14. Nxc5 Bg4 15. f3 Qb6 16. Nxd4 Qxc5 17. fxg4 exd4 18. Bf4 $14)
12. f4 Ned3 (12... Bg4 13. Nf3 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Bxf3 15. Rxf3 c6 $11) 13. Nf3
Nxc1 14. Rxc1 e6 15. a3 Na6 16. e5 (16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. e5 $14) 16... exd5 17.
Qxd5 c6 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Rfd1 Bf5 {Popilski,G (2493)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2757)
Douglas 2014} 20. Nh4 Bg4 21. Bf3 $11) 8. e4 (8. dxc5 Na6 9. Ng5 e6 10. Ne4 {
is another try to fight for an advantage.} {However, Black is fine after} Bd7
$142 $1 (10... Qc7 11. Nbc3 Nxc3 12. Nxc3 Nxc5 13. Be3 (13. Bf4 e5 14. Be3 Ne6
15. Nd5 $14 {½, Stohl,I (2530)-Shirov,A (2710) Germany 1995}) 13... Rd8 14.
Qc2 Bd7 15. Rac1 Bc6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Rac8 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Qxc6 Rxc6 20.
Rxc6 bxc6 21. b3 Bd4 22. Rd1 c5 23. b4 $36 {Tomashevsky,E (2688)-Mamedyarov,S 
(2721) Novi Sad 2009}) 11. Nbc3 (11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 Bc6 13. Nbc3 f5 {- 11.Nbc3}
) 11... Bc6 12. Bg5 (12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Nd6 Nxc5 14. Bxd5 Ba4 15. Qd2 (15. b3
Bxa1 16. Ba3 Bc6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qxa1 Qxd6 19. Rc1 Rfd8 20. Bxc5 {Rychagov,A
(2552)-Kurnosov,I (2669) St Petersburg 2009} Qe6 $15) 15... Qe7 16. Rb1 Rad8 (
16... Ne6 $5 17. b3 Bc6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Nc4 Nd4 $11) 17. Nxf7 Rxf7 18. Bxf7+
Kxf7 19. Qf4+ Ke8 20. Be3 Bc6 $11 {Blackman,L (1751)-Dihrberg,E (1776) email
2008}) 12... f6 (12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 Nxc5 16. Bf3
Rac8 17. Be7 Rfe8 18. Bxc5 Rxc5 19. Rd7 Bxc3 20. Rb1 Rb8 21. Bxb7 Ba5 22. Rb3
Rc7 $11 {Andersson,U (2582)-Lopez Martinez,J (2589) Barcelona 2009}) 13. Bd2 f5
14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Nc3 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nxc5 17. Be3 (17. Rc1 Rc8 {½, Khalifman,A
(2614)-Safarli,E (2644) Nakhchivan 2013}) 17... Qe7 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. Rc2 b6 20.
Qc1 Qb7+ 21. f3 Nd7 22. Rd1 Nf6 23. Bd4 Rfd8 $11 {Papin,V (2529)-Kurnosov,I 
(2669) Ulan Ude 2009}) 8... Nf6 (8... Nb6 9. d5 e6 (9... Bg4 10. h3 (10. Nc3
Qd7 11. Bf4 Na6 12. e5 Qf5 13. Nh4 Qxf4 14. gxf4 Bxd1 15. Raxd1 Rad8 16. Nb5
Bh6 17. f5 Bf4 $132 {Swiercz,D (2636)-Naiditsch,A (2724) Germany 2013}) 10...
Bxf3 11. Qxf3 N8d7 12. Qe2 c4 13. Nc3 (13. Na3 Rc8 14. Rb1 $14 {Avrukh}) 13...
Nc5 14. Be3 Nd3 15. Rab1 Nd7 (15... e6 $5) 16. f4 Rc8 17. e5 N7c5 18. b4 cxb3
19. axb3 Qa5 20. Ne4 $16 {Smyslov,V-Simagin,V Moscow 1961}) 10. Nc3 Na6 (10...
exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Re1 f6 14. Be3 Na6 15. Nd2 Rac8 {Bocharov,D 
(2605)-Makarov,M (2518) Krasnoyarsk 2007} 16. a4 $1 Nb4 17. Nde4 $16 {Avrukh})
11. Bg5 f6 12. Bf4 (12. Bc1 $5 $14) 12... e5 13. Bc1 Nc4 14. Nd2 Nd6 15. f4 Nb4
16. Nf3 Qb6 17. Kh1 Bd7 18. a3 Na6 19. f5 $5 gxf5 20. Nh4 fxe4 21. Nxe4 f5 22.
Ng5 Rf6 23. Ne6 $44 {Gajewski,G (2622)-Tomczak,J (2549) Warsaw 2012}) 9. e5 Nd5
(9... Nfd7 10. e6 fxe6 11. Ng5 {practically forces Black to sacrifice an
exchange:} Nb6 $5 (11... Qb6 12. Qe2 cxd4 (12... Nc6 13. Qxe6+ Kh8 14. Nf7+
Rxf7 15. Qxf7 cxd4 16. Re1 Nf6 {Borovikov,V (2595)-Gutman,L (2465) Senden 2005}
17. Na3 Bf5 18. Nc4 $16 {Avrukh}) 13. Qxe6+ Qxe6 14. Nxe6 Nc6 15. Nxf8 Kxf8 16.
Nd2 Nde5 (16... Nf6 17. Nb3 e5 18. Bg5 Bf5 19. Nc5 Nb4 {Kantsler,B (2440)
-Zaslavsky,M (2424) Haifa 2010} 20. Rac1 $16) 17. h3 Be6 18. Rd1 Rc8 19. Ne4
Bc4 20. Rd2 Bb5 21. Ng5 Bh6 22. h4 Bxg5 23. hxg5 Nd3 24. b3 Ncb4 25. Bb2 b6 26.
Rad1 $16 {Yloenen,O (1949)-Curado,M (1956) email 2011}) 12. Qe1 cxd4 13. Nxe6
Bxe6 14. Qxe6+ Rf7 15. Nd2 (15. Bxb7 N8d7 16. Bxa8 Qxa8 17. Nd2 Nc5 $14 {/~~})
15... Nc6 16. Ne4 $14) 10. dxc5 Nc6 (10... Nb4 $143 11. Nc3 N8c6 12. a3 (12.
Qe2 Qd3 13. Rd1 Qxe2 14. Nxe2 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Rd2 Nc6 18.
Nf4 Bf5 19. Re1 Bg7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. a3 g5 22. Nd5 Red8 23. Red1 Bg4 24. f3
Be6 25. b4 $14 {Smyslov,V-Szabo,L Hastings 1954}) 12... Nd3 13. Be3 Bg4 14. Qb3
$1 $146 (14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Ndxe5 16. Qe4 Qd3 17. Qa4 Qc4 18. Rad1 Rad8 19.
Bd5 Qxa4 20. Nxa4 e6 21. Ba2 (21. Bg2 $14) 21... Nf3+ 22. Kg2 Nfd4 23. g4 h6
24. Rd2 Kh7 25. f4 f5 26. Nc3 e5 27. fxe5 Bxe5 $132 {Botvinnik,M-Bronstein,D
Moscow WCh 1951}) 14... Ndxe5 (14... Qd7 15. Rfd1 $1 $16 {[%csl Rd3][%cal
Gd1d7]}) 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qxb7 Rb8 17. Qxa7 Rxb2 18. Nd5 Re8 19. Bg5 $1 $36 {
Avrukh}) ({Reviving this line in the modern era could be also connected with
the main move} 10... Na6 {However, Black has to reckon with the interesting
engine recommendation} 11. Qe2 (11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qa5 (12... Qc7 13. c6
Qxc6 14. Ba3 {Komljenovic,D (2450)-Sanikidze,T (2596) Benasque 2012} Qc7 $11) (
12... Nxc5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Ba3 Ne4 15. Bxe7 Re8 $132) 13. Be3 Nxc5 (13... Rd8
$5 $11) 14. Qd5 b6 15. Qxa8 Be6 $6 (15... Bb7 16. Qxf8+ Bxf8 $132) 16. Qc6 Rc8
17. Qxc8+ Bxc8 18. Rad1 Ne6 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Ba6 21. Rfe1 Bc4 22. Rc1 e6
23. Bf1 b5 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. Re2 $16 {Stefansson,H (2585)-Sutovsky,E (2624)
Reykjavik 2006}) (11. a3 Nxc5 12. b4 Ne6 13. Qb3 Nb6 (13... Nec7 14. Rd1 Bg4
15. Nc3 e6 16. Bb2 Qb8 17. Ne4 Rd8 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. exf6 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 $16 {
Mamedyarov,S (2646)-Nakamura,H (2660) Lausanne 2005}) 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Nc3 Qc4
$1 (15... Bd7 16. Be3 Bc6 17. a4 $1 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. a5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Nc8
21. Rd5 Qg7 22. Rad1 Nd6 23. Nb5 $36 {Avrukh; and White wins the pawn back,
retaining an advantage.}) 16. Qb2 (16. Qxc4 Nxc4 17. Nd5 Re8 18. Bf4 Rb8 19.
Rac1 Nxf4 20. gxf4 Nb6 21. Nxb6 axb6 22. Rc7 Ra8 23. Rdc1 Bf5 24. Nd4 Bh6 $11 {
Wojtyra,S (2366)-Pietrzak,J (2355) email 2013}) 16... Bd7 17. Be3 Bc6 {White
has no obvious way to profit from the exposed Qc4 and Black can finish his
development and consolidate his position.} 18. Nd2 Qg4 19. h3 Qf5 20. f4 Bxg2
21. Kxg2 Rfd8 (21... Rad8 22. Nf3 Nc4 {Mchedlishvili,M (2632)-Vakhidov,T (2446)
Dubai 2014} 23. Qe2 Qc2 24. Bf2 $11) (21... f6 $5 $132) 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. Nf3
Rac8 24. Nh4 Qh5 25. Nf3 Qf5 26. Nh4 Qh5 27. Nf3 Qf5 {1/2, Cyborowski,L (2560)
-Tomczak,J (2549) Warsaw 2012}) 11... Nxc5 12. Nd4 $5 $146 {, here White can
fight for an edge:} (12. Rd1 b6 $1 $132 {[%cal Yc8a6]}) 12... Nb4 13. Be3 $1 (
13. Rd1 Ncd3 $1 14. Be3 Nxe5 $44) 13... Nd5 14. Rd1 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 $32) 11. Qa4
$5 $146 {[%mdl 8] A novelty, but possibly not prepared beforehand.} ({Let's
check Avrukh once again; his recommendation is} 11. Na3 Ndb4 12. Qa4 $146 {
Other moves don't promise much; this hasn't been tested in practice yet:} (12.
Bd2 Nd3 13. Bc3 Nxc5 14. Nc4 Bf5 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Na5 Nxa5 17. Bxa5 b6 18.
Bc3 Rac8 19. Rad1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Na4 21. Bd4 Rd8 $36 {Matthiesen,A (2356)
-Djuric,S (2463) Esbjerg 2005}) (12. Qe2 Qd3 13. Re1 Rd8 14. Bd2 Qxe2 15. Rxe2
Nd3 16. Be3 {Khurtsidze,N (2448)-Tsikhelashvili,G (2116) Tbilisi 2010} {
and now the simple} Ndxe5 $5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Nc4 Bf6 {is fine for Black.}) {
Possibly Emil's idea was} 12... Bg4 (12... Nd3 13. Rd1 Nxc5 14. Qc2 Nd7 15. e6
$1 fxe6 16. Ng5 Nd4 17. Qd3 {/\} Nb6 18. Nb5 $1 e5 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Qb3+ e6
21. Nxe6 Bxe6 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 23. Bf4 $16 {[%csl Gf4,Gg2]}) (12... Qa5 13. Qxa5
Nxa5 14. Bf4 Nac6 15. Rfd1 a6 (15... Be6 16. Nb5 $36) 16. Nc4 Be6 17. Bf1 $14
Bg4 18. Be2) 13. Rd1 Qc8 (13... Qe8 14. Nb5 $1 Rd8 15. Rxd8 Qxd8 16. Be3 $14)
14. Nc4 (14. Bf4 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Bxe5 $11) {and now} 14... b5 $5 (14... Qe6 15.
Qb3 Rad8 16. Be3 Qf5 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Nfd2 $14 {and Black has nothing
concrete.}) {Here Black's compensation seems at least sufficient after} 15.
cxb6 (15. Qxb5 Nc2 16. Be3 Rb8 17. Qa4 Nxa1 18. Rxa1 Rb4 19. Qc2 Be6 $15) 15...
axb6 16. Qb3 Qa6 $5 $32 (16... Be6 17. Bd2 b5 $44)) (11. Qe2 Bg4 (11... Qa5 12.
Nbd2 Qxc5 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. Rd1 e6 15. h4 Qc7 16. Re1 b6 17. Bd2 a5 18. Rac1 Qd7
19. a3 Ba6 20. Qe4 Rac8 21. h5 Rfe8 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Bg5 Nce7 24. Nbd4 Rxc1
25. Rxc1 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Qxc8 27. Qh4 Nc6 $2 (27... Qc7 $1 $132 {/\} 28. Bf6 Qc1+
29. Kh2 Qh6) 28. Nxc6 Qxc6 29. Bh6 $16 {[%csl Rg8] Botvinnik,M-Ragozin,V
Moscow 1951}) 12. Qe4 (12. Rd1 Nxe5 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 e6 16.
Nc3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qf6 $11) 12... Bf5 13. Qa4 Qc7 14. Na3 Rfd8 15. Nb5 Qd7 16.
Nbd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Qc7 18. Bd2 a5 19. a3 Nb4 20. Qh4 Nd3 21. e6 f6 22. Be3 Bxe6
23. Nd4 Bf7 {1/2, Dedina,M (2308)-Canibal,J (2324) email 2010} 24. c6 Bd5 $1
25. Bxd5+ Rxd5 26. Qe4 bxc6 27. Qxd3 e5 28. Qc4 exd4 29. Bxd4 $11 {/+/=}) (11.
a3 Bg4 12. Qb3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 e6 14. Rd1 Nxe5 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Rxd5 Qf6 17. Bf4
Nf3+ $1 18. Kg2 Nd4 (18... Ne1+ $1 19. Kg1 Nf3+ $11) 19. Qc4 Qc6 20. Nc3 Rad8
21. Rd1 b5 22. Qa2 a5 {Euwe,M-Toran Albero,R Beverwijk 1953} 23. Bh6 $1 Bxh6
24. R1xd4 Bg7 25. Rd3 $16) 11... Qc7 {The best. Black doesn't commit his Bc8,
unpins the Nd5 and attacks the Pe5.} (11... Nxe5 $4 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Qe4 $18)
(11... Bd7 12. Rd1 (12. Qb3 Ndb4 $132 {[%cal Yd7e6,Ye6f5]}) (12. Qh4 $5 e6 13.
Qe4) 12... Nxe5 13. Qb3 e6 14. Nc3 $5 (14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Nd2 Bc6
17. Nc4 Qf6 $5 $13) 14... Nxc3 15. Qxc3 $14) 12. Rd1 Be6 $5 (12... Rd8 13. Na3
$5 $14) 13. Nc3 {White radically solves the development of his queenside.} (13.
Na3 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Nc4 Qh5 $11 {/=/+ leads nowhere.}) (13. Ng5 {
leads to great complications:} Rad8 $142 $1 {, a plausible sample line is} (
13... Qxe5 $6 14. f4 $1 (14. Qh4 h6 (14... h5 $5) 15. Nxe6 Qe2 $1 16. Rf1 (16.
Rxd5 $2 fxe6 17. Rd2 Qe1+ 18. Bf1 Nd4 $1 $19) 16... Qxe6 (16... fxe6 $5 17. Nc3
$13) 17. Nc3 g5 $11) 14... Qe2 15. Bf3 Bd4+ 16. Kh1 Qa6 $8 (16... Qf2 17. Nd2
$18 {[%cal Rd2e4]}) 17. Qxa6 bxa6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Nc3 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Bxc3 21.
Rb1 $16) 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. f4 Nxe5 $5 (15... g5 {and}) (15... Ncb4 {aren't so
clear either}) 16. fxe5 Qxe5 17. Na3 Nb4 18. c6 Qc5+ 19. Kh1 Nd3 20. Rxd3 Rxd3
21. cxb7 Rf1+ $1 22. Bxf1 Qd5+ 23. Kg1 Bd4+ 24. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 25. Kg2 Qd5+ $11)
13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Rfd8 $2 {Leaving the Pe5 on the board one move too long.} (
{After} 14... Bxe5 $5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Rb1 Rad8 17. Bh6 Rfe8 $11 {Black has
good counterplay}) ({Better than the text move was even} 14... Nxe5 15. Nxe5
Bxe5 16. Rb1 $5 Qxc5 17. Rb5 Qxc3 18. Bd2 Qc7 19. Rxb7 Qc4 20. Rb4 Qxa2 21.
Qxa2 Bxa2 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 $11 {Even if Black should lose a pawn, the resulting
endgame is tenable.}) 15. Bf4 $16 {White has finished his development and for
the time being he is still a pawn up.} (15. Nd4 $2 Bd7 $11) 15... Na5 (15...
Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Bxb7 $16 {[%csl Gc5]}) (15... h6 16. Nd4
$16) 16. Ng5 Qxc5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Rd7 $5 (18. Bh3 Kf7 19. Be3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1
Qxe5 21. Re1 $36 {[%cal Ye3d2]}) 18... Rxd7 19. Qxd7 Kf7 20. Rd1 Bxe5 $6 {
[%mdl 64] Gives White a chance to shine tactically.} (20... Nc4 21. Qxb7 $18) (
{A more resilient try was} 20... Re8 $142 {, although White has a distinct
advantage after} 21. h4 {[%cal Yd1d3,Yd3f3,Yh4h5]} Nc4 (21... Qxc3 22. Bd5 $1
exd5 23. Rc1 $18 {/\} Qb4 24. e6+ Kf8 25. Qxe8+ Kxe8 26. Rc8#) 22. Bh3 (22. Rd3
Qc8 23. Qd4 $16) 22... Qc6 23. Qxc6 bxc6 24. Rd4 Nxe5 25. Re4 $16) 21. Rd5 $1
exd5 22. Bxd5+ Kf8 23. Qe6 $1 {A crucial intermediate move.} ({After} 23. Bxe5
$2 Qc8 {White has only a perpetual with} 24. Bg7+ Kxg7 25. Qxe7+ Kh6 26. Qh4+
$11) 23... Ke8 24. Bxe5 Kd8 (24... Rd8 25. Qg8+ Kd7 26. Be6+ Kc6 27. Qxd8 Qxe5
28. Bd7+ Kd6 29. Bb5+ Ke6 30. Qxa5 $18) 25. c4 $1 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5,Ge6][%cal
Re6g8] Wonderful domination, Black has no reasonable defence against Qg8.} (25.
Qg8+ $6 Kd7 26. Be6+ Kc6 27. Qxa8 Qxe5 $14) 25... Qb4 (25... Qc8 26. Qg8+ Kd7
27. Be6+) (25... Rc8 26. Qg8+ Kd7 27. Be6+) (25... Nxc4 26. Bxc4 $18) 26. Qg8+
({Korobov cashes in, but} 26. Bf4 $1 $18 {was even stronger.}) 26... Kd7 27.
Qxa8 e6 (27... Qe1+ 28. Kg2 Qxe5 29. Qxa7 Qc7 30. Qd4 e5 31. Qh4 $18 {[%csl
Rd7,Rh7]}) 28. Bf6 exd5 29. Qd8+ Ke6 (29... Kc6 30. cxd5+ Kb5 31. Qe8+ Ka6 32.
Qe6+ $18 {[%cal Yd5d8]}) 30. cxd5+ Kf7 31. h4 (31. Bh4 $5 Qe1+ 32. Kg2 Qe4+ 33.
Kh3 b6 34. Qc7+ Kf8 35. Qb8+ $18) 31... Nc4 (31... Qe1+ $142 32. Kg2 Qe8 33.
Qxa5 Kxf6 34. Qb4 $16 {/+-}) 32. Bd4 Qd6 33. Qh8 h5 34. Qg7+ Ke8 35. Qxb7 Qd7
36. Qa8+ Ke7 37. Bc5+ ({White rightly prefers continuing his attack to} 37.
Qxa7 $18) 37... Kf6 (37... Nd6 38. Qh8 $18) 38. Qf8+ (38. Qf8+ Ke5 39. Qf4+
Kxd5 40. Qd4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Wiener Kongress Masters"]
[Site "Vienna (Messepalast)"]
[Date "1922.11.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D75"]
[Annotator "Tartakower,S"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1922.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. g3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. Nb5 Qa5 12. Qb3 Be6 13. c4 Nc6 14. Ba3 Rfd8
15. e3 e4 16. Rad1 f5 17. f3 Ne5 18. Nd6 exf3 19. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 20. Rxf3 Bf8 21.
Rff1 Qc7 22. Qd3 Bxd6 23. Bxd6 Qxc4 24. Qxc4 Bxc4 25. Rf2 Rd7 26. Rd4 b5 27.
Rfd2 Rc8 28. a3 Be6 29. h4 Kf7 30. Kf2 h6 31. a4 bxa4 32. Rxa4 Rc6 33. Rad4 a5
34. Kf3 g5 35. hxg5 hxg5 {[%mdl 4096]} {Tartakower in: Die Hypermoderne
Schachpartie S.139: Nach einem dreiviertelstündigen Nachdenken fand der große
Endspielkünstler Rubinstein folgenden unglaublichen Weg zun Remis} 36. e4 $1
Rc3+ {sieht sehr zwingen aus,} ({vielleicht war aber} 36... Ra6 {nachhaltiger})
37. R2d3 ({Nicht} 37. R4d3 $4 {wegen} Rxd6 $1) 37... Rxd3+ 38. Rxd3 a4 39. Ke3
$3 {bereitet ein wundertief berechnetes Qualitätsopfer vor.} fxe4 40. Kxe4 $3
a3 41. Bxa3 Bf5+ 42. Kxf5 Rxd3 43. Bc1 {[%mdl 4096] Rd3+g5 - Bc1+g3} Rd5+ 44.
Ke4 Ke6 45. g4 $3 {[%csl Rg5] und die studienhafte Partie blieb trotzt aller
Gewinnversuche von Schwarz im 74.Zug remis, was Rubinstein schon bei seinem 36.
Zuge klar erkennen mußte! GJ: Beachte: Es ist wichtiger, den gegnerischen
Bauern mit dem Läufer anzugreifen, als den eigenen Bauern mit dem Läufer
schützen zu können. Eingearbeitet in diese Endspielmaterie war Rubinstein
bereits aufgrund seiner Partie mit Salwe vom Turnier in Prag 1908. Dort stand
der weiße Bauer auf h4 und der schwarze auf h5 (mit dem Läufer auf g5): also
eine für Weiß entscheidend ungünstigere Lage. Diese Stellung ist für Schwarz
verloren.} Re5+ 46. Kf3 Kd5 47. Bb2 Re1 48. Kf2 Re4 49. Kg3 Ke6 50. Bc1 Kf6 51.
Bb2+ Kg6 52. Bc1 Re1 53. Bd2 Rb1 54. Be3 Rb4 55. Kf3 Kf6 56. Bd2 Rb3+ 57. Be3
Ra3 58. Ke4 Ra4+ 59. Kf3 Ra5 60. Bd4+ Ke6 61. Be3 Rd5 62. Bc1 Kd6 63. Be3 Re5
64. Bd2 Kd5 65. Bc3 Re8 66. Bd2 Rf8+ 67. Kg3 Rg8 68. Kf3 Kd4 69. Be3+ Kd3 {
Averbakh: Rook v.Minor Piece Endings. p.55} 70. Bc1 {A basic drawn position,
characteristic ot this ending. Black is tied to the defence of his pawn, and
this prevents him from attacking the oppasing king with both pieces. he would
be able to win, if his king were able to reach h4,} Rg7 ({but this cannot be
achieved, since on} 70... Kc2 {there follows} 71. Bxg5 $1 Rxg5 72. Kf4 Rg8 73.
g5 Kd3 74. Kf5 Kd4 75. g6 Kd5 76. Kf6 Kd6 77. Kf7 $11) ({Another attempt to
play for a win is} 70... Kd4 71. Bd2 Ke5 72. Be3 Kf6 73. Bd4+ Kg6 74. Be3 Rb8 {
For the moment he defends the pawn with his king, and tries to improve the
position of his rook.} 75. Bd2 Rb5 76. Ke4 Kf6 77. Bc3+ Ke6 78. Bd2 Kd6 79. Be3
Kc6 80. Bd2 Kb6 81. Be3+ Ka5 82. Bd2+ Ka4 83. Be3 Kb3 84. Bc1 Kc2 {Black
appears to have made some progress, but now White once again exploits the
remote position of the opposing king, and after} 85. Bxg5 Rxg5 86. Kf4 {
the familiar drawn ending with pawn against rook is reached.}) 71. Kf2 Kc2 72.
Be3 Rg8 73. Kf3 Kd3 74. Bc1 {Black was unable to create any serious threats,
since one of his pieces was 'eternally tied' to the defence of his pawn.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Vaisser,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. g3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2
c5 8. O-O Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. Be3 (10. dxc5) (10. d5) 10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 (11.
cxd4 {Ftacnik} Be6 $10) 11... Na5 12. Rb1 $6 (12. Qc1 $5 Nc4 13. Rd1) 12... Nc4
13. Bc1 e5 $1 (13... Rb8 $2 14. Nc6 Qxd1 15. Rxd1) 14. Nb5 Qe7 15. Qd5 $1 Nb6
$1 (15... Be6 $6 16. Qxb7 Qxb7 17. Bxb7 Rab8 18. Nxa7 $5 Nd6 19. Ba3 Rxb7 20.
Rxb7 Nxb7 21. Bxf8 Bxf8 $44) 16. Qd6 Qxd6 (16... Qe6 {Ftacnik} 17. Ba3 Qxa2 18.
Qd1 Re8 19. Nc7 $16) 17. Nxd6 Be6 $1 (17... Rb8 $2 18. c4 Be6 19. c5 $16) 18.
Ra1 $1 (18. Bxb7 $6 Rab8 19. Bg2 Nc4 $1 20. Rxb8 Rxb8 21. Nxc4 Bxc4 22. Be3 a6
$15) (18. Nxb7 {Ftacnik} Bxa2 19. Ra1 Bd5) 18... Na4 $1 19. Ba3 $1 Nxc3 20.
Nxb7 Rfb8 $1 (20... e4 $5 {Ftacnik} 21. Bxf8 Nxe2+ 22. Kh1 Bxa1 23. Bc5 (23.
Rxa1 Rxf8 24. Nc5 Nc3 25. Nxe4 Nxa2 $15) 23... Bd4 24. Bxe4 Bxa2 25. Bxd4 Nxd4
26. Ra1 Be6 27. Nc5 $10) (20... Nxe2+ 21. Kh1 Rfb8 (21... e4 22. Rae1 Rfb8 23.
Bxe4 (23. Nc5 Bc4 24. Nxe4 Nd4 25. Nd6 Bxf1 26. Rxf1 a6 27. Bxa8 Rxa8 $10)
23... Nc3 24. Nc5 Nxe4 25. Nxe6 Nd2 26. Nc7 Nxf1 27. Rxf1 $14) 22. Nc5 e4 23.
Nxe6 Bxa1 24. Rxa1 fxe6 25. Bxe4 $14) 21. Nc5 Bd5 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Rac1 Bf8 $1
24. Rfd1 Nb6 25. Rd3 Rc8 $6 (25... Rd8 $1 26. Rcd1 $6 (26. Bb2 $5 $10) 26...
Rxd3 27. Rxd3 $2 Nc4 28. Bb4 a5 29. Rc3 axb4 30. Rxc4 Rc8 $19) 26. Ne4 Bxa3 $2
(26... Rxc1+ 27. Bxc1 f5 28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. Nd7 e4 30. Rb3 $1 (30. Bb2+ {Ftacnik}
Kg8 31. Rd1 Nxd7 32. Rxd7 Rb8 $10) 30... Be7 $10) 27. Rxc8+ Rxc8 28. Rxa3 Rc7 (
28... Rc4 {Ftacnik} 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Ne8+ Kf8 31. Nd6 Ra4 32. Rxa4 Nxa4 33. Kg2
$14) 29. Nf6+ $1 Kh8 $8 30. g4 $1 h6 (30... Nd7 $2 31. Ne8 Rb7 32. Nd6) 31. h4
Rb7 32. Ra5 Re7 $2 (32... Nd7 $1 33. Ne8 $1 (33. Nxd7 $2 Rxd7 34. Rxe5 Rd4 $1
$10) 33... Kg8 34. Nd6 Rc7 35. Nb5 Rc2 36. Kf1 $1 (36. Rxa7 Nf6 37. Nd6 Nxg4
38. Nxf7 Rxe2 39. f3 Ne3 40. Nxh6+ Kf8 $10) 36... Nf6 37. f3 e4 $1 $132) 33. g5
hxg5 34. hxg5 Kg7 35. Rc5 e4 (35... Kf8 {Ftacnik} 36. a4 $1) 36. a4 $1 $18 Rb7
(36... Nxa4 $4 37. Rc8 (37. Rc8 $18)) 37. Rb5 $1 (37. a5 Nd7) 37... a6 38. Rb4
a5 39. Rb5 Rb8 40. e3 (40. e3 {Ftacnik} Rb7 (40... Kh8 41. Nxe4 Nd7 42. Rxa5
$18) 41. Nd5 $18) 1-0

