[Event "Hollywood"]
[Site "Hollywood"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kashdan, Isaac"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E66"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[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 c5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 (9. b3 $2 Nxd5 $1) (9. Qd3 a6 10. e4 Rb8 {/\b7-b5} 11. e5 dxe5 12.
Nxe5 Nxd5 $1 $10) 9... a6 10. Qc2 (10. a3 {/\b2-b4} e6 11. b4 Nxd5 12. cxd5
Bxc3 13. Rb1 cxb4 14. axb4 Bxd2 15. Qxd2 Nc4 16. Qc3 Ne5 17. Bh6 Re8 $2 18. f4
$1 $16) 10... e6 (10... b5 $6 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Ba6 13. Nc3 Qc7 14. b3
Rab8 15. Rb1 $16 {Averbakh,Y-Gligoric,S/URS-JUG/1956/}) (10... e5 $5 11. b3 Nh5
12. e4 f5) (10... Rb8 $1 {normal}) 11. e4 $6 (11. b3 exd5 12. cxd5 b5 13. Bb2
Re8 $13) (11. dxe6 $1 Bxe6 (11... fxe6 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Nde4 Nxc4 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6
15. Ne4 d5 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. e4 $14) 12. b3 Qd7 13. Bb2 $14) 11... exd5 12.
cxd5 (12. exd5 Bf5) 12... b5 13. Re1 $6 (13. Rb1 $5 {/\b2-b4}) (13. a4 $5 b4
14. Nd1) 13... Re8 14. Nf1 $6 Ra7 15. f3 Rae7 16. Be3 $2 Nc4 17. Bf2 $2 Nxb2 $1
18. Qxb2 b4 19. Nd1 (19. Rac1 bxc3 20. Qxc3 Nxe4 $19) 19... Nxe4 20. Qc1 Nxf2
21. Rxe7 Qxe7 22. Nxf2 (22. Kxf2 Qe1+ 23. Kg1 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 Re2 $17) 22... Bd4
$1 {/\23...Qe2} 23. Kh1 (23. Nd2 Qe2 24. Nde4 Rxe4 25. fxe4 Qxf2+ 26. Kh1 Bxa1
$19) (23. Qd1 Qe2 24. Qxe2 Rxe2 $19) 23... Bxf2 24. Rb1 Bf5 25. Rb3 Bd4 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.10.03"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E66"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. d4 Nc6 8. d5
Na5 (8... Ne5 9. Nd2 Ned7 10. Qc2 e5 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Nde4 d5 13. cxd5 exd5
14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. Bg5 $14 {Szabo-Fabian Marianska Lazna 1959}) (8... Nb8 9. h3
Nbd7 10. e4 Ne8 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Qd3 Bd7 13. a4 $14 {Bertok-Matov Vinkovci 1968}
) (8... Nb4 9. e4 e5 10. Ne1 Nh5 11. a3 Na6 12. Nd3 Nc7 13. Be3 Bd7 14. b4 $14
{Razuvaev-Kotov URS 1971 12/659}) 9. Qd3 a6 (9... e5 10. dxe6 $6 Bxe6 11. Nd2
a6 (11... Nc6 12. Nde4 Ne8 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Rad1 Ne5 15. Qc2 Rc8 16. Nd5 $14 {
Euwe-Bouwmeester Beverwijk 1958}) 12. b3 $6 (12. Rb1 $5) 12... d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5
$15 {Ljungdahl-Rantanen Gausdal 1973}) (9... Bg4 10. b3 a6 11. Bd2 Rb8 12. Rac1
Bd7 13. e4 Ne8 14. Qe2 f6 15. Ne1 e5 16. dxe6 Bxe6 $14 {Levitina-Gaprindasvili
URS 1984}) 10. Nd2 Rb8 11. b3 (11. a4 e6 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Rd1 $10 {
Gereben-Wade Amsterdam ol 1954}) 11... b5 12. Rb1 bxc4 13. Nxc4 (13. bxc4 Rxb1
14. Qxb1 Nd7 15. Nd1 Nb6 $10 {Benkö-Behrensen Argentina 1965}) 13... Nxc4 14.
Qxc4 Ne8 15. Bb2 Nc7 16. Nd1 Rb4 17. Qc2 Bxb2 18. Nxb2 Bf5 19. e4 Bd7 20. Nd3
Rd4 $15 21. Rfe1 e5 $1 22. dxe6 Nxe6 23. Rbd1 Bb5 24. Nc1 Qa5 25. Bf1 Re8 26.
Bxb5 axb5 27. Ne2 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Ng5 29. Kg2 (29. Rxd6 $2 Qe1+ 30. Kg2 Nxe4 $19)
29... Nxe4 30. f3 Ng5 31. Rxd6 Qa8 32. Rd3 Ne6 33. Qd2 b4 34. Kf2 Qb8 35. Re3
Qa7 36. f4 Rd8 37. Qc2 Qd7 38. Ke1 Qd5 39. Ng1 Qd4 40. Qe2 Qa1+ 41. Kf2 Ra8 42.
Qd3 Rxa2+ 43. Ne2 Qd4 44. Kf3 Qxd3 45. Rxd3 Kf8 46. Re3 Ke7 47. g4 f5 48. gxf5
gxf5 49. Ng3 Kf6 50. Re5 Nd4+ 51. Ke3 Rc2 52. Nh5+ Kg6 53. Ng3 h5 54. h4 Rc3+
55. Kf2 Rf3+ 56. Kg2 Rxf4 57. Rxc5 Rxh4 58. Rc4 Rg4 59. Kh3 Nxb3 60. Rc8 Nd4
61. Rg8+ Kh6 62. Rh8+ Kg5 63. Rg8+ Kf4 64. Nxh5+ Kf3 65. Rb8 Ne6 66. Rb5 Ng5+
67. Kh2 Rh4+ 68. Kg1 Nh3+ 0-1

[Event "Match/Nation YUG-URS 26-38"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1956.06.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E66"]
[Annotator "Petrosian,T"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1956.06.17"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1)Shakhtman:The Games of Tigran Petroian, vol.1. p.216.} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3.
g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 e6 10. Qc2
exd5 11. cxd5 Rb8 12. b3 b5 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Rfe1 Bf5 15. e4 Bd7 16. a4 b4 17.
Nb5 Bxb5 18. axb5 Rxb5 19. Bf1 Rb8 20. Ra4 Nb7 21. Qb1 a5 (21... c4 22. Bxc4
Nc5 23. Rxa7 Bh6 24. Qc2 Qb6 25. Raa1 $16) 22. Qa1 c4 (22... Nh5 $142 23. Bxg7
Nxg7 24. Bb5 Rf8 25. Bc6 $16) 23. Bxc4 Nc5 $2 (23... h5) 24. Rxa5 $18 Nfxe4 25.
Bxg7 Nxd2 {#} 26. Bh6 $4 (26. Rxe8+) 26... Rxe1+ (26... Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1 Nf3+)
0-1

[Event "Bled 30th Anniversary"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1961.09.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E66"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "1961.09.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O c5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 e5 10. e4 Ne8 11. Re1 f5 12. b3 b6 13. b4 Nb7 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Rb1
Bd7 16. Bf1 Nf6 17. Qc2 Ng4 18. h3 Nh6 19. Nf3 Nf7 20. Nh4 Qf6 21. Bg2 Rfc8 22.
b5 Rf8 23. Bd2 Nbd8 24. Rb3 Nh8 25. Nd1 Ng6 26. Nxg6 hxg6 27. f4 Nf7 28. Qc1
Rae8 29. Nf2 exf4 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. gxf4 Qh4 32. Re3 Rf8 33. Rf3 Bd4 34. Bc3
Qf6 35. Qd2 Bxc3 36. Qxc3 Kg7 37. a4 a6 38. Kh2 axb5 39. axb5 Ra8 40. Bf1 Ra1
41. Kg2 Qxc3 42. Rxc3 g5 43. Be2 $1 gxf4 44. Nd3 Kf6 45. h4 $1 (45. Nxf4 Ke5 $1
) 45... f3+ 46. Kxf3 Ne5+ 47. Kg3 Nxd3 48. Rxd3 Rg1+ 49. Kf4 Rh1 50. Kg3 f4+ (
50... Ke5 51. Re3+ Kd4 52. Re7) 51. Kxf4 Rxh4+ 52. Kg3 Re4 (52... Rxc4 $2 53.
Rf3+) 53. Kf2 Ke5 54. Rg3 (54. Re3 Kd4 $1) 54... Bf5 55. Bd3 Rf4+ 56. Ke3 Rd4
57. Be2 Re4+ 58. Kf2 Kd4 59. Ra3 (59. Rd3+ $2 Kxc4 60. Rf3+ Rxe2+ 61. Kxe2 Bg4
$19) 59... Rh4 60. Bf1 (60. Ra6 Rh2+ 61. Ke1 Be4 62. Rxb6 $2 Ke3 63. Bf1 Rb2
$19) 60... Rh6 61. Kg3 (61. Ra6 Bd3 62. Bxd3 Kxd3 63. Rxb6 Kxc4 $17) 61... Be4
62. Kf2 Rf6+ 63. Kg1 Rf8 64. Rh3 Rf6 65. Ra3 Rh6 66. Kf2 Rh2+ 67. Kg3 $4 (67.
Ke1) 67... Rh1 $4 (67... Rd2 $1 68. Ra6 Bd3) 68. Kf2 Rh6 69. Kg1 Bc2 70. Kf2
Rh8 71. Kg1 Rd8 72. Kf2 Rf8+ 73. Kg1 Rf7 74. Rh3 Be4 75. Ra3 Rf8 76. Rh3 Rf3
77. Rh6 Bd3 78. Bxd3 Rxd3 79. Rxd6 Kxc4 80. Rxb6 Rxd5 81. Kf2 $1 (81. Rb8 Kb3
82. b6 c4 83. b7 $2 Rd7 $1 $19) 81... Kd3 (81... Re5 82. Kf3 Kb4 (82... Kb3 83.
Rc6) 83. Kf4 Re8 84. Rb7 c4 85. b6 c3 86. Rc7 Kb3 87. b7 Rb8 88. Ke3 Kb2 89.
Kd3 Rd8+ 90. Ke2 $10) 82. Rc6 $4 (82. Ke1 $1 c4 83. Kd1 Kc3+ (83... c3 84. Rc6)
84. Kc1 Rh5 (84... Kb3 85. Rc6 (85. Rh6 $2 c3 86. b6 Rg5 87. Rh1 Ra5 $19) 85...
c3 86. b6 Ra5 87. Kd1 $1 $10) 85. Rd6 Rxb5 86. Rh6 Rd5 87. Rh2 $10) 82... c4
83. b6 (83. Ke1 Rxb5) 83... c3 84. b7 Rb5 (84... Rb5 85. Rc7 c2 86. Ke1 Rxb7)
0-1

[Event "Piatigorsky-Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Santa Monica"]
[Date "1966.07.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1966.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 bxc4 (12... e5) 13. bxc4 Bh6 14. f4
e5 (14... Ng4 15. Nd1 Rxb2 16. Qxb2 Bg7 17. Qc1 Bxa1 18. Qxa1 $16 {Korchnoi,
V-Bilek/Stockholm izt/1962}) 15. Rae1 exf4 16. gxf4 Nh5 (16... Re8 17. Nd1 (17.
e3 $1) 17... Rb7 $2 (17... Nh5 $1) (17... Bg4 $1) 18. e3 $16 {Botvinnik-Donner/
Wageningen/1958}) 17. e3 Re8 (17... Bg7 $1 {Boleslavsky}) 18. Nce4 $1 $36 Bf5
19. Bc3 $1 Nb7 (19... Bxe4 20. Bxe4 f5 21. Bf3 $16 {Donner-de Rooi/Amsterdam/
1963}) 20. Qa4 a5 21. Rb1 {/\ RxN} Qe7 (21... Bxe4 22. Nxe4 f5 23. Rxb7 $1 Rxb7
24. Nxd6) 22. Rfe1 Bd7 23. Qc2 Bf5 24. Qa4 Kf8 $6 (24... Bd7 25. Qa3 {Petrosian
}) 25. Rb6 Rbd8 (25... Bd7 26. Qb3 $16) 26. Qb3 Bc8 27. Nf1 Rd7 $2 (27... f5
28. Nf2 $1 {/\ Ng3, e4+- Portisch} (28. Neg3 Nxg3 (28... Ng7 $18) (28... Nf6
29. Bxf6 $2 (29. Qb2 $142) 29... Qxf6 30. Rxb7 Bxb7 31. Qxb7 Bxf4) 29. hxg3 {
/\ e4+-})) 28. Nfg3 Nxg3 29. hxg3 (29. Bf6 $2 Nxe4 $1) 29... Bg7 30. Qb2 $1 f5
(30... Bxc3 31. Qxc3 Qd8 32. Reb1 $18) 31. Bxg7+ Qxg7 32. Nf6 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.02.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[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. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 $1 c5 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 bxc4 13. bxc4 Bh6 14. f4 e5 15.
dxe6 Bxe6 (15... fxe6 16. Nce4 Ng4 $2 17. Nb3 $1 Nxb3 18. axb3 Bg7 19. Bxg7
Kxg7 20. Qc3+ Kg8 21. Rfd1 $18 {Portisch-van der Sterren, Wijk aan Zee 1978})
16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Bg7 (17... Ng4 18. Bc3 Ne3 19. Qa4 Rb5 20. Rfb1 Bg7 21.
Bxg7 Rxb1+ 22. Rxb1 Kxg7 23. Qa3 $16 {Csom-Ghitescu, Moscow 1977}) 18. Bc3 Re8
19. e4 Nd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qc3+ Kg8 22. Rab1 Qc7 23. Bh3 Nb7 24. Rbe1 (24. e5
$1 dxe5 25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. Ne4 Qe7 27. fxe5 $18) 24... Nb6 25. f5 c4 26. f6 (26.
fxg6 hxg6 27. Rf4 $5 Qe7) 26... Nc5 $1 27. Qe3 (27. Qf3 $5 Nd3 28. Rb1) 27...
Nxd5 28. Qh6 (28. Qg5 Nxf6 29. Qxf6 Nd3 30. Rb1 c3) 28... Nxf6 29. Rxf6 c3 30.
Nb3 Nxe4 31. Rff1 d5 32. Bg2 a5 33. Bxe4 dxe4 34. Qe3 Rb4 $1 35. Rc1 Rc4 36.
Rc2 Rd8 37. Nc1 h5 38. Ne2 $6 Rd3 39. Qh6 Qb6+ 40. Kg2 e3 41. Rxf7 Kxf7 42.
Qh7+ Kf6 43. Rc1 Rd2 44. Rf1+ Ke5 45. Qg7+ Ke4 46. Rf6 Rxe2+ 47. Kh3 Qxf6 48.
Qxf6 c2 49. Qxg6+ Kd4 50. Qd6+ Kc3 51. Qe5+ Kd3 52. Qf5+ Re4 53. Qb5+ Rc4 54.
Qf5+ Kc3 55. Qe5+ Rd4 56. Qxa5+ Kd3 57. Qa3+ Kd2 58. Qb2 Rd3 59. Qb4+ Kd1 60.
Qa4 Rdd2 0-1

[Event "Dortmund-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1991.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 Bh6 (12... bxc4 13. bxc4 Bh6 14.
Ncb1 $5 $14) 13. f4 bxc4 14. bxc4 e5 15. dxe6 (15. Rae1 $6 exf4 16. gxf4 Nh5
17. e3 Bg7 18. Nd1 Bf5 19. Be4 Bxb2 20. Nxb2 Rxb2 21. Qxb2 Nxc4 22. Nxc4 Bxe4
$36 {Kasparov}) 15... Bxe6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 (16... Rxb2 17. Qxb2 Bg7 18. Qc1 $5 (
18. Qa3 Nxc4 19. Nxc4 Nxd5 20. Rac1 Nb4 $146) 18... Ng4 19. Rb1 Bxd5 20. Bxd5
Ne3 21. Re1 Re8 22. Nf3 Bf6 23. Kh1 Kf8 24. Qa3 $1 Nc2 25. Qd3 Nxe1 26. Nxe1
Qc7 27. Nc2 Rb8 28. Ne3 Rxb1+ 29. Qxb1 Bd4 30. Nf1 Nc6 31. e3 Bf6 32. a3 Qb8
33. Qd3 Nd8 34. Nd2 Bg7 35. Bf3 Ne6 36. Ne4 Ke7 37. g4 h6 38. h4 $16 {C,
Hansen-Ernst,T,Lugano op 1987}) 17. cxd5 Ng4 18. Nb3 $1 (18. Qc3 $2 Rxb2 $15) (
18. Bc3 Ne3 19. Qa4 Rb5 20. Rfb1 Qe8 $1 21. Qe4 $5 $13 (21. Rxb5 axb5 22. Qxa5
Nxg2 23. Kxg2 $6 Qxe2+ 24. Kg1 b4 25. Bxb4 Bg7 $17)) 18... f5 $5 {N} (18... Bg7
$2 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qc3+) (18... Nxb3 19. axb3 Qb6 20. Qc3 c4+ 21. Kh1 f6 22.
Bh3 Nf2+ (22... Ne3 23. Be6+ Kh8 24. Rf3 Qxb3 25. Rxe3 Qxb2 26. Rxa6 Qb1+ 27.
Kg2 Rb3 28. Qd4 $16 {><h6}) 23. Rxf2 Qxf2 24. Be6+ Kh8 25. Qxc4 Qb6 (25... Qe3
$6 26. Bc3 Rb5 27. b4 $18) 26. Bd4 $1 $16 {Browne,W-Timman,J,Wijk 1980}) 19. h3
(19. Qc3 $6 Qf6 20. Qxf6 (20. Qc1 Nxb3 $13) (20. Qd2 Nc4 $10) 20... Nxf6 21.
Bxf6 Nxb3 22. axb3 Rxf6 23. Rxa6 Rxb3 $10) 19... Nf6 $8 (19... Ne3 $2 20. Qc3
Nxf1 21. Qh8+ Kf7 22. Qxh7+ Ke8 23. Qxh6 $1 Ne3 (23... Nxb3 24. axb3 Rxb3 25.
Bg7 $18) 24. Qxg6+ Rf7 25. Bf3 $18) 20. Nd2 $1 {><a5|^[+]} (20. Bc3 Nxb3 21.
axb3 Qb6 $13) 20... Nh5 (20... Re8 21. Bf3 $14 (21. Bc3 $6 Nh5 22. Qa4 Nxg3 23.
Bxa5 Nxe2+ 24. Kh2 Qh4 $40)) 21. Kh2 Re8 22. e4 (22. Bf3 $2 Nxg3 $1 23. Kxg3
Bxf4+ $1 24. Kg2 Bxd2 $19) (22. Rae1 Re3 $132) 22... Rxb2 $2 (22... fxe4 $8 23.
Nxe4 (23. Bxe4 Rxb2 24. Qxb2 Bg7 25. Qc2 Bxa1 26. Rxa1 Qf6 $13) 23... Nc4 (
23... Rxb2 24. Qxb2 Bg7 25. Qc2 Bxa1 26. Rxa1 Nf6 27. Ng5 $16) 24. Qxc4 $5 (24.
Bc1 Bg7 25. Rb1 Rxb1 26. Qxb1 Qa5 27. Qb3 Qb4 $132) 24... Rxb2 25. Rab1 Rxb1 (
25... Qb6 26. Rxb2 Qxb2 27. Nxd6 $1 Re2 28. Rg1 Bg7 29. Qxc5 $1 $16) 26. Rxb1
Nf6 27. Rb8 $1 $14) 23. Qxb2 Bg7 24. Qc2 Bxa1 25. Rxa1 $16 {><a5} Qf6 (25...
fxe4 26. Nxe4 $16) 26. Qa4 $1 (26. e5 $2 dxe5 27. Qa4 Qd8) 26... Re7 (26...
Qxa1 27. Qxe8+ Kg7 28. Qe7+ Kh6 29. Qf8+ Qg7 30. Qxd6 $18) (26... Rb8 27. e5 $1
(27. Rb1 Rxb1 28. Nxb1 Qb2 $132 {><g3}) (27. Rc1 Rb5 $5 {/\} 28. Bf1 Rb2 29.
Qxa5 Qd4 $10) 27... dxe5 28. Qxa5 exf4 29. Re1 fxg3+ (29... Qg5 30. Nf3 $18)
30. Kh1 $18 {/\Qc7,d6}) 27. Qxa5 $1 (27. e5 dxe5 28. Qxa5 $16) 27... Qxa1 28.
Qd8+ Kf7 29. Nc4 Qf6 $8 (29... Rxe4 30. Nxd6+ Kg7 31. Bxe4 fxe4 32. Qe7+ Kh6
33. Nf7+ Kg7 34. Ng5+ $18) 30. Nxd6+ Kg7 31. e5 $1 Qf8 32. Qb6 $18 {[+]} g5
$138 33. Qxc5 {/\Nf5} Kg6 34. Nxf5 $1 (34. Nxf5 Kxf5 (34... Re8 35. Qc6+ $18)
35. Qc2# {[Stohl,I]}) 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "1992.12.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 Bh6 13. f4 bxc4 14. bxc4 e5 15.
dxe6 Bxe6 16. Nd5 Rxb2 17. Qxb2 Bg7 18. Qc1 {-ECO E66/(101)} Bxd5 (18... Nxd5
19. cxd5 Bxa1 20. Qxa1 Bf5 21. e4 $16) (18... Ng4 19. Rb1 (19. h3 $6 Bd4+ (
19... Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Ne3 21. Rb1 Re8 22. Re1 (22. Nf3 $5 Nxf1 23. Kxf1 Qd7 24.
Ng5 $13) 22... g5 $1 $13 23. Nf3 gxf4 24. gxf4 Kf8 $1 $36 {Kirov,N-Zadrima,A
Istambul 1980 -30/703}) 20. Kh1 Ne3 21. Nxe3 Bxe3 22. Qc2 Re8 23. Rad1 Bf5 24.
Qa4 Bd7 $10 {Marosi-Adorjan,A Budapest 1982}) 19... Re8 (19... Bxd5 20. Bxd5
Ne3 21. Re1 Re8 22. Nf3 Bf6 (22... h6 $5 {/\g5}) 23. Kh1 Kf8 24. Qa3 Nc2 25.
Qd3 Nxe1 26. Nxe1 Qc7 27. Nc2 $14 {Hansen,C-Ernst,K Lugano 1987}) (19... Bd4+
20. Kh1 Bxd5 (20... Ne3 21. Nxe3 Bxe3 22. Qc2 (22. Qc3 $5) 22... Bxd2 (22...
Re8 $1 {-Marosi-Adorjan}) 23. Qxd2 Nxc4 24. Qd3 $14 {Anikaev,Y-Gurevich,M USSR
1985}) 21. Bxd5 Ne3 22. Re1 Qd7 23. Nf3 Qh3 24. Nxd4 cxd4 25. Qd2 h5 (25... Ng4
26. e4 dxe3 27. Rxe3 $16) 26. Qxd4 $16 {Anikaev,Y-Shulman,V Riga 1982}) 20. e4
Bd4+ 21. Kh1 Nf2+ 22. Rxf2 Bxf2 23. Nf3 (23. e5 $6 dxe5 24. Ne4 Bxd5 25. cxd5
Bd4 26. f5 gxf5 $17 {Kelecevic,V-Inkov,V Pernik 1981 -31/677}) 23... Bd4 (23...
Nc6 $5) (23... Bxd5 $2 24. cxd5 c4 25. Qd2 Ba7 26. e5 Re7 27. e6 $1 $40 {
Taksryd,V-David corr 1985}) 24. Nxd4 cxd4 25. Qd2 Nxc4 26. Qxd4 Bxd5 $10 {
/\Ne3 Ribli ECO}) 19. cxd5 (19. Bxd5 Ng4 (19... Nxd5 20. cxd5 Bxa1 21. Qxa1 Re8
22. e4 $14) 20. Rb1 Ne3 21. Re1 (21. Qa3 $5) 21... Re8 22. Nf3 h6 23. h3 $14 g5
24. fxg5 hxg5 25. Qd2 g4 26. hxg4 Naxc4 27. Bxc4 Nxc4 28. Qf4 $16 {Danailov,
S-Ornstein,A Pamporovo 1981}) 19... Ng4 20. Rb1 Bd4+ (20... Ne3 21. Re1 (21.
Bf3 $5) (21. Qa3 Re8 $5 22. Rf2 Ng4) 21... Re8 22. Bf3 g5 23. fxg5 Qxg5 24. Qa3
$13 {1/2-1/2 Schlemermeyer,W-Neurohr,S Bl 1989}) 21. Kh1 Ne3 22. Qa3 (22. Re1
g5 (22... Re8 23. Nf3 Bf6) 23. Nf3 gxf4 24. gxf4 Qf6 $13) 22... Re8 {/\Ng2} (
22... Nxf1 23. Bxf1 Re8 (23... c4 24. e3 c3 (24... Bc5 25. Qc3 Re8 26. e4 f5
27. Bg2 $16) 25. exd4 cxd2 26. Qc3 Qe7 27. Rd1 $16) 24. e4 {><a6,a5}) 23. Qd3
$5 (23. Bf3 Nxf1 24. Rxf1 c4) 23... Qa8 $1 (23... Nxf1 24. Nxf1 {><a6} (24.
Bxf1 Re3 25. Qxa6 Ra3 $13)) 24. Bf3 (24. Rf3 $6 Nxg2 25. Kxg2 Qxd5 $17 26. e3
$2 Rxe3) 24... Nxf1 25. Nxf1 Qa7 (25... Rb8 $142 $3 26. Rxb8+ Qxb8 27. Qxa6 Qb1
28. Kg2 c4 $1 (28... Qxa2 $2 29. Qxd6 $16 c4 30. Qb8+ Kg7 31. d6) 29. Qa8+ $1
Kg7 30. Qxa5 c3 31. Qa4 Bc5 $1 (31... c2 $2 32. Qxd4+ Kg8 33. Nd2 $1 Qd1 34. e3
$18) 32. Be4 Qe1 33. e3 Qe2+ 34. Kg1 Bxe3+ 35. Nxe3 Qxe3+ 36. Kf1 f5 $1 $10)
26. Nd2 $14 Re3 27. Qc2 f5 $2 (27... Qd7 $5 28. Ne4 (28. Rb6 Rc3 $132) 28... h6
29. g4 $14) (27... Ra3 28. Ne4 Qe7 $14) 28. Qa4 $5 (28. g4 $5 fxg4 29. Bxg4 Qa8
$132) 28... Qc7 29. g4 $1 fxg4 30. Bxg4 Kg7 (30... c4 31. Nf3 Bf6 32. Be6+ Kg7)
31. Nf3 Bf6 32. Be6 (32. Ng5 Bxg5 33. fxg5 Qe7 $132 (33... Qf7)) 32... c4 (
32... Rxe2 33. f5 $40) 33. f5 $1 Rxe2 (33... c3 34. fxg6 c2 (34... hxg6 35. Rg1
c2 36. Qe8 g5 37. Nxg5 c1=Q 38. Qg8+ Kh6 39. Nf7+ Qxf7 40. Qxf7 $18) 35. Rc1
Rxe2 36. gxh7 $40) 34. Rg1 $40 (34. Qe8 Qe7 35. Qg8+ Kh6 36. fxg6 hxg6 37. Rg1
Qg7 $13) 34... Rf2 $2 $138 (34... Qd8 $142 $1 35. fxg6 h6 $16 {Psakhis}) (34...
Rxe6 35. fxe6 $16 (35. dxe6 $16)) 35. Qe8 $1 $18 {/\Rg6 Yusupov} 1-0

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Georgiev, Krum"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 d6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 a6 10. Qc2 Bd7 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 Rb8 13. Nd1 (13. Rae1 $5 $14 {/\Nd1
}) 13... e6 (13... e5 $5 {>=} 14. Bc3 Nh5 15. e3 f5 16. f4 Nb7 17. Nf2 Qe7 18.
Rfe1 b4 19. Bb2 Rbe8 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. a3 a5 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. axb4 axb4 24.
Ra7 Bc8 25. Nd3 Qe7 26. Bf3 $14 {Udovcic-Pavlov/Hamburg EUchT/1965}) 14. e4
bxc4 15. bxc4 Re8 (15... exd5 16. cxd5 Re8 17. f3 h5 18. Bc3 h4 19. g4 Bh6 20.
h3 Bf4 21. Nf2 Nh7 22. Kh1 Bg3 23. Nd3 Bb5 24. f4 Nc4 25. Nxc4 Bxc4 26. Bd2 Bb5
27. a4 Bd7 28. e5 $16 {->Kolev,At-Georgiev,Kr/Elenite/1993}) 16. Bc3 exd5 17.
exd5 (17. cxd5 $2 Bb5 18. Re1 Nxd5 $17) 17... Ng4 $6 (17... Bf5 $6 18. Qa4 Nb7
19. Ne3 Bd3 20. Rfe1 Ng4 21. Bxg7 Nxe3 22. Rxe3 Rxe3 23. fxe3 Kxg7 24. Qb3 Qf6
(24... Bf5 25. e4 Bd7 26. Qb2+ $16 {/\Rb1}) 25. Re1 Bf5 26. e4 Qd4+ (26... Bd7
27. Nf3 $16 {/\e5}) 27. Qe3 Qxe3+ 28. Rxe3 Bd7 29. Rb3 $16) (17... Nh5 {>=} 18.
Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Ne3 (19. Qc3+ $2 Qf6 $10) 19... f5 $1 {><e4} (19... Qf6 $2 20.
Ne4 Qe5 21. Nxd6 $16) 20. Qc3+ Nf6 21. Rab1 Qc7 22. h4 Kf7 $14) 18. Bxg7 Kxg7
19. h3 $16 Qf6 $2 (19... Ne5 $2 20. f4 Bf5 21. Qc3 $18) (19... Nh6 20. Ne3 f5
21. Qc3+ Kg8 22. Rab1 Qc7 23. h4 Nf7 24. h5 $40) (19... Nf6 20. Qc3 Kg8 21. Ne3
$16) 20. Rc1 Nh6 21. Ne4 Rxe4 (21... Qe5 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Qc3+ Kg8 24. Qxa5
Nf5 25. Nc3 $16) 22. Qxe4 $18 Nf5 23. Qd3 Rb4 (23... Nd4 24. Re1 $1 (24. Ne3 $6
Rb2) (24. Qd2 $2 Bxh3) 24... Rb6 25. Qa3 Nb7 26. Nc3 Nf3+ 27. Bxf3 Qxf3 28. Re3
Qh5 29. h4 $18) 24. a3 Ra4 25. Re1 Nd4 26. Nb2 Nf3+ 27. Qxf3 Qxb2 28. Qf4 Qf6
29. Qxf6+ Kxf6 30. Bf1 (30. Bf1 Rxa3 31. Ra1 Rxa1 32. Rxa1 Nb3 33. Rxa6 Ke7 34.
Ra7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 e5 10. b3 (10. e4 Ng4 11. h3 Nh6) (10. a3 b6 11. b4 Nb7 12. Bb2 Ng4
13. h3 Nh6 14. e3 f5 15. f4 Nf7 $13) 10... Bd7 $146 (10... Ng4 11. e4 f5 12.
exf5 gxf5 13. h3 Nh6 14. Bb2 {/\Ne2,f4}) 11. Bb2 Ng4 12. h3 Nh6 13. e3 $5 f5
14. f4 a6 15. Qc2 (15. Ne2 $5 Re8 (15... e4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qc2 {/\} Qf6 $6
18. g4 $1 $16) (15... exf4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. exf4 Qf6 18. Qc2 Rfe8 19. Rae1 b5
$10) (15... b5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. e4 $14) 16. e4 b5 $13) 15... b5 16. Nd1 Rb8
17. Bc3 (17. e4 $6 bxc4 18. bxc4 Rxb2 $1 19. Nxb2 exf4 20. Rxf4 Be5 21. Rf3 Qg5
$36) (17. fxe5 dxe5 {/\Nb7-d6,Nf7-d6} 18. b4 $6 cxb4 (18... Nxc4 19. Nxc4 bxc4
20. bxc5 $16) (18... Nb7 19. cxb5 Bxb5 20. bxc5 Bxf1 21. Nxf1 $44) 19. c5 Nc4
$1 20. Nxc4 (20. c6 $2 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Bxc6 $19) 20... bxc4 21. Qxc4 (21. c6 c3
22. Bxc3 bxc3 23. cxd7 Qxd7 24. Nxc3 e4 $17) 21... Bb5 22. Qb3 Bxf1 23. d6+ Kh8
24. Bxf1 Qg5 $17) 17... Re8 18. Rb1 {/\Nf2} (18. Nf2 $6 bxc4 19. bxc4 exf4 20.
Bxg7 Kxg7 21. exf4 Re3 22. Kh2 Qf6 $15) 18... Nf7 19. Nf2 exf4 (19... bxc4 20.
bxc4 Rxb1 21. Rxb1 exf4 22. exf4 Re3 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Nf1 $16) 20. exf4 Re3
21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Rfe1 $1 Rxe1+ (22... Rxg3 $2 23. Nf1 $16) 23. Rxe1 Qf6 {
/\ bc4} (23... bxc4 $2 24. Qc3+ Kg8 25. bxc4 $16) 24. cxb5 axb5 25. b4 $1 $10
cxb4 (25... Nb7 26. bxc5 (26. a3 $6 Ra8) 26... Nxc5 27. Nb3 Rc8 28. Nxc5 Rxc5 (
28... dxc5 $2 29. Nd3 Qd4+ 30. Kh2 c4 31. Ne5 $16) 29. Qd2 $10) 26. Qc7 Qd8 $8
27. Qxd8 Rxd8 28. Nd3 Rc8 29. Nxb4 Kf6 30. Kf2 Nd8 31. Bf1 Ndb7 32. Re3 h6 33.
Re1 g5 34. Re3 Rc7 35. Re1 Rc8 36. Re3 Rc7 37. h4 g4 38. Re1 Rc3 39. Re3 Rc1
40. Re1 Rc3 41. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Dautov} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6
8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Rb1 e5 13. cxb5 (13. a3 bxc4 14.
bxc4 Bf5 15. e4 Bd7 {Gomes-Maki,1989}) (13. e4 Bd7 14. Nd1 Ne8 15. Bb2 f5 16.
exf5 gxf5 17. f3 Nf6 18. Bc3 Bh6 19. Qd3 Nh5 20. Nf2 b4 21. Bb2 Qg5 {
Cvitan+Belotti,1992}) 13... axb5 14. b4 cxb4 15. Rxb4 Qc7 (15... Ba6 16. Ba3 (
16. Qb1 Qc7 17. Bb2 Bh6 18. e3 Nc4 19. Nxc4 bxc4 {Pavlovic=Organidzev,1991})
16... Nd7 17. Rfb1 Rc8 18. Bb2 Nb6 19. Qd3 f5 20. Nxb5 Rc5 21. e4 Bh6 22. Nb3
Rc4 23. Bc3 $1 $16 {Bowmeister-Timman,1981}) (15... Bd7 16. Ba3 (16. Qb1 Qc7
17. Bb2 Bh6 18. e3 Nc4 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. Bc1 Rxb4 21. Qxb4 Rb8 22. Qa3 Qb6 $15
{Cvitan-Gunavan,1988} (22... Qb6 {Dautov} 23. h3 Ne8 24. Re1 $13 {/\Re2-b2,
Cvitan-Gunavan/Sarajevo/1988})) (16. Qd3 Nb7 (16... Qe8 17. Qb1 Bf5 18. Qb2 e4
{Bogdan=Susterman,1993}) (16... Ne8 17. Ba3 $2 Nc7 18. Rfb1 f5 19. e4 Ra8 20.
Bc1 Na6 $15 {Veldon-Byrne,1987} (20... Na6 21. Rxb5 Bxb5 22. Qxb5 Qc7 $17 {
Weldon-Byrne/New York op/1987})) 17. Qb1 Nc5 18. Nxb5 Bf5 19. e4 Nxd5 20. exf5
Nxb4 21. Qxb4 Nd3 22. Qc4 Nxc1 23. Rxc1 Qa5 {Vukic=Filipovic,1988}) 16... Ne8 (
16... Rc8 17. Bb2 Qb6 18. Qb1 Bh6 19. e3 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Qxe3+ 21. Rf2 Ng4 22.
Rxg4 Bxg4 23. Qe4 {Volkov+Anapolsky,1992}) 17. Rfb1 Rc8 18. Bb2 Nc7 19. Qd1 f5
20. a4 bxa4 21. Rb6 e4 {Panzalov+Nicevsky,1991}) 16. Qd3 (16. Ba3 Bh6 17. e3
Bf5 18. Qb2 Bd3 19. Rc1 Qa7 (19... Rfc8 $5 20. Bh3 Nd7 $13) 20. Bf1 Bxf1 21.
Rxf1 Nc4 22. Nxc4 bxc4 23. Kg2 Ra8 24. Ra4 Qc7 {Portish+Marin,ol,1992} (24...
Qd7 {Dautov} 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Bb4 Qb7 27. Rd1 $16 {Portisch-Marin/Manila olm/
1992})) 16... Ba6 (16... Bf5 $5) 17. Ba3 Nd7 (17... Rfc8 18. Rc1 Qd7 $14) (
17... Nc4 {Dautov} 18. Nxc4 bxc4 19. Qc2 Rxb4 20. Bxb4 $14) (17... Rb6 {
Dautov >=} 18. Rfb1 Rfb8 {/\Nd7}) 18. Nxb5 Qb6 (18... Bxb5 $2 {Dautov} 19. Rxb5
Rxb5 20. Qxb5 Rb8 21. Bxd6 $18) 19. Rfb1 Nc5 (19... Rfc8 {Dautov} 20. Ne4 Nc5
21. Qe3 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 f5 23. Qh4 Bxb5 24. Rxb5 Qxb5 25. Rxb5 Rxb5 26. Qe7 $16)
20. Qc2 (20. Nxd6 Bxd3 (20... Qxd6 21. Qc2 $1) 21. Rxb6 Bxb1 22. Rxb1 (22. Bxc5
Bxa2) 22... Rxb1+ 23. Nxb1 Rb8 $13) 20... Bxb5 21. Rxb5 Qxb5 22. Rxb5 Rxb5 23.
Ne4 $1 Nab7 (23... Nxe4 {Dautov} 24. Bxe4 Nb7 (24... Rd8 25. Qa4 $16) 25. Bd3
Rxd5 (25... Rb6 $2 26. Qc7 $18) (25... Ra5 26. Bb4 Ra7 27. a4 Rfa8 28. Bb5 $16)
26. Qc6 Ra5 27. Bb4 Ra7 (27... Nd8 28. Qc2 $16) 28. Qb6 Rfa8 29. Be4 $18) 24.
Bxc5 Rxc5 (24... dxc5 25. d6 $16 (25. d6 {Dautov} Rd8 26. Nc3 Rb6 27. Na4 $18))
(24... Nxc5 {Dautov} 25. Nxd6 $16) 25. Nxc5 (25. Qb2 $1 {Dautov >=} Rc7 (25...
f5 26. Nxc5 Nxc5 27. Qb6 $18) 26. Qb6 Rfc8 (26... Rc1+ 27. Bf1 f5 (27... Nc5
28. Nxd6 $16) 28. Nxd6 Nxd6 29. Qxd6 $16) (26... Rd7 27. a4 f5 (27... Ra8 28.
Qc6 Rad8 29. g4 $5 $16) 28. Qc6 Rfd8 29. Ng5 $16) 27. Bh3 Rc1+ (27... f5 28.
Nxd6 Nxd6 29. Qxd6 e4 30. g4 $16) 28. Kg2 R8c7 29. Nxd6 Nxd6 30. Qxd6 $16)
25... Nxc5 26. e4 Ra8 27. Bf1 Ra4 28. Bc4 (28. f3 {Dautov} Bh6 29. Qb2 (29. Bb5
Rd4 30. a4 Bd2 31. Kf2 Ba5 32. Ke2 Kg7 $44) 29... Be3+ 30. Kh1 Bd4 31. Qb8+ Kg7
32. Qxd6 Rxa2 33. h4 Rf2 34. Bg2 Nd3 $40) 28... Bf6 29. Kf1 Kg7 30. Ke2 Bd8 31.
f3 Bg5 (31... Ba5 $5 32. h4 (32. f4 {Dautov} f6 33. h4 $14) 32... h5 33. f4
$140 f6) 32. Qc3 (32. Bb3 Rd4 33. Qc3 $5 Bd8 34. Bc2 $14) (32. h4 {Dautov} Bd8
33. f4 exf4 34. gxf4 Bxh4 35. e5 Be7) (32. Bb5 {Dautov} Rb4 33. a4 Bd8 34. Bc6
Ba5 $10) 32... Bd8 33. Qc2 (33. Bb3 Ba5 34. Qxc5 (34. Qc2 Rd4) 34... Rxa2+ 35.
Bxa2 dxc5 36. d6 c4 $1 $10) 33... Bg5 34. Qc3 Bd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona 9495 5th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1994.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {EndgameCD Hecht} Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. Bg2 d6
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 a6 10. Qc2 e6 11. b3 (11. dxe6 $5 Bxe6 12. b3 Rb8 (
12... Qd7 13. Bb2 Nc6 14. Nce4 $14) 13. Bb2 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Rad1 $14 {ECO}
) 11... exd5 12. cxd5 b5 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Rae1 (14. e4 Bd7 (14... Ra7 15. Nd1
Nh5 16. Ne3 Rae7 17. a4 Bd4 18. axb5 axb5 19. b4 Nb7 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Nd1 f5
22. Qd3 fxe4 23. Qxd4 $16 {Filip,M-Bilek,I/Lugano 1968}) 15. h3 Rc8 16. Kh2 h5
(16... Re5 $5 {/\ Rh5|^>>}) 17. Rae1 Qc7 18. Nd1 h4 19. g4 c4 20. b4 c3 $1 21.
Bxc3 Nc4 $44 {Shirov,A-Cseshkovsky,V/Moskva (GMA) 1989}) 14... Bd7 15. Nce4 $1
Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Nb7 (16... Bf5 $2 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 (17... Bxe4 18. Qb2 $16) 18. Qc3+
f6 19. Nxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxa5 $16) 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qb2+ f6 19. f4 $14 Qe7 {
/\Bf5,><e3} 20. e3 Rac8 21. Nd2 c4 (21... Nd8 $5 22. e4 Nf7 (22... c4 $2 23.
bxc4 bxc4 24. Qc3 $16) 23. Re3 $14 {/\Rfe1,Nf3,e5}) 22. bxc4 Nc5 23. Qd4 bxc4
24. Nxc4 Bb5 25. Rf2 Nd3 (25... Ne6 26. dxe6 Rxc4 $1 (26... Bxc4 27. Rb2 Bxe6 (
27... Qxe6 28. Rb7+ Kg8 (28... Re7 29. Bh3 $18) 29. Qa7 $18) 28. Rb6 Rc2 29. a3
Ra2 30. Bc6 Rc8 31. Rxa6 $16) 27. Qd2 (27. Qb6 Qxe6 28. Rd2 $14) 27... Bc6 28.
Bh3 (28. Bf1 Rc5 29. Bxa6 Qxe6 30. Bf1 $14) 28... Be4 29. Qb2 $14) 26. Qxd3
Rxc4 27. Qd2 $16 Rec8 28. e4 (28. Qb2 Rc3 29. e4 Qa7 30. Kh1 Bd3 $44) (28. Bh3
$5 R8c5 29. Be6 Qc7 30. g4 Rc2 31. Qd4 Rxf2 32. Kxf2 Rc2+ 33. Kg3 $16 {/\g5})
28... Qa7 $1 {/^a7-g1} 29. Kh1 Ba4 30. Bh3 (30. Rfe2 Rc2 31. Qb4 Rxe2 32. Rxe2
Rc1+ 33. Re1 Qe3 34. Rf1 Bb5 $19) (30. Qe3 $1 Qxe3 31. Rxe3 Rc1+ 32. Bf1 Bc2
33. Kg2 Re8 34. Rfe2 $16 (34. Kf3 $2 Bxe4+ 35. Rxe4 Rc3+)) 30... R8c7 31. Qe3
$2 (31. Rfe2 Rc2 32. Qe3 Qxe3 33. Rxe3 Rxa2 $10) 31... Rxe4 $1 32. Qxe4 Qxf2
33. Qe2 (33. Qe6 Bd1 $1 34. Bg2 Bg4 35. Qe4 Rc2 $15) 33... Qxe2 34. Rxe2 Bb5
$17 35. Re1 (35. Rf2 Rc1+ 36. Kg2 Bc4 37. Be6 Ra1 $17) 35... Bc4 36. Kg1 Bxa2
37. Re6 Bxd5 38. Rxd6 Bc4 {/\Ra7} 39. Bf1 Bxf1 40. Kxf1 Ra7 $19 {Die Türme
gehören hinter die Freibauern (Tarrasch).} 41. Rd4 a5 42. Ra4 Kf7 43. Ke2 Ke6
44. Kd3 h5 45. h3 Kd5 46. g4 hxg4 47. hxg4 Kc5 48. Kc3 Kb5 49. Re4 {Nun soll
der Kc3 anstelle des R den schwarzen a-Freibauern blockieren. Jetzt mangelt es
aber den weissen Bauern an Schutz.} a4 50. Kb2 a3+ 51. Ka2 Ra4 52. Re6 Rxf4 53.
g5 fxg5 54. Re5+ (54. Rxg6 {Hecht} g4 55. Kxa3 Kc4 56. Kb2 Kd3 57. Kc1 Ke2 $19)
54... Kb4 55. Rxg5 Rf2+ 56. Kb1 Rf6 57. Rg4+ Kc3 58. Rg3+ (58. Ka2 {Hecht} Ra6
$19) 58... Kd2 59. Rxa3 g5 60. Rg3 Rb6+ 61. Ka2 Rg6 62. Rb3 g4 (62... g4 {
Endgame CD} 63. Rb2+ Ke3 64. Rb3+ Kf2 65. Rb2+ Kg1 66. Rb1+ Kh2 67. Rb2+ Kh3
68. Rb7 g3 69. Rh7+ Kg4 70. Rc7 g2 71. Rc1 Kh3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Baburin} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3
a6 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 c5 {Baburin In this variation White tries to keep the N on
a5 out of play and attack on the Kside, while Black usually employs the N
attacking the c4-pawn.} 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 Bh6 13. f4 bxc4 14. bxc4
e5 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Nd5 Rxb2 17. Qxb2 Bg7 18. Qc1 Bxd5 19. cxd5 (19. Bxd5 Nxd5
(19... Ng4 20. Rb1 Ne3 21. Re1 Re8 22. Nf3 $14) 20. cxd5 Qf6 $1 (20... Bxa1 21.
Qxa1 $14) 21. Rb1 Qd4+ 22. Kg2 Qxd5+ 23. Nf3 Qxa2 24. Qd2 Qxd2 25. Nxd2 Re8 $10
{Izeta,F-Mecking,H/Linares op ;EXP 45 1995}) 19... Ng4 20. Rb1 Bd4+ 21. Kh1
Nf2+ $6 {N} (21... Ne3 {>=} 22. Qa3 $1 Re8 23. Qd3 $1 Qa8 24. Bf3 Nxf1 25. Nxf1
Qa7 (25... Rb8 $142 $1 {Yusupov,A}) 26. Nd2 Re3 27. Qc2 f5 $2 28. Qa4 Qc7 29.
g4 $1 $40 {Jusupov,A-Kindermann,S Baden-Baden 1992}) 22. Rxf2 Bxf2 23. Nf3 {
Baburin Although Black has regained the Exchange, his position is to be worse
due to the bad position of the Na5, which does nothing at the moment (there is
no pawn on c4!). White threatens to advance his eP: e2-e4-e5!} (23. Qb2 $6 Bd4
24. Qb6 Qxb6 25. Rxb6 c4 26. Rxa6 $2 c3 $19) 23... c4 {Baburin Black opens the
diagonal for the Bishop, which might be in trouble otherwise, e.g. after 23...
Qc7 24.Qc3 Rb8? 25.Rf1! On the other hand the cP becomes vulnerable.} (23...
Re8 24. e4 $1 Rxe4 $4 25. Qc2 $18) (23... Qe7 24. Qc3 Nb7 25. e4 $16) 24. e4
Qc7 25. Qc2 $1 (25. Qc3 Rb8 26. Rxb8+ Qxb8 $132) 25... Ba7 26. Qc3 Rb8 27.
Rxb8+ Bxb8 28. h4 $16 {[%csl Ra5,Rc4] ->>>,><c4,Na5} Ba7 (28... h5 29. e5 dxe5
30. fxe5 $16 Ba7 $2 31. e6 fxe6 32. Bh3 $1 exd5 (32... e5 33. Be6+ Kh7 34. Nxe5
Qb6 35. Nf3 $18) 33. Be6+ Kf8 34. Qf6+ Ke8 35. Ne5 $18) 29. h5 Nb7 (29... gxh5
30. Nh4 $1 Qc5 31. Kh2 Kf8 32. Nf5 Ke8 33. Qf6 $18) 30. Kh2 $5 (30. h6 $1 f6 $1
(30... Kf8 31. Qg7+ Ke7 32. Ng5 Nd8 33. Nxh7 $18) (30... f5 31. exf5 gxf5 32.
Nh4 $18) 31. Bf1 $1 $18 (31. Qxf6 $6 c3 (31... Nc5 32. Bh3 $18) 32. Ng5 Nd8 $1
(32... c2 $2 33. Qe6+ Kf8 34. Nxh7+ Qxh7 35. Qc8+ Kf7 36. Qxb7+ Kg8 37. Qa8+
$18) 33. Ne6 (33. Bh3 c2 34. Be6+ Nxe6 35. Qxe6+ Kf8 36. Nxh7+ Qxh7 37. Qc8+
Kf7 $10) 33... Nxe6 34. Qxe6+ Qf7 $1 (34... Kf8 $2 35. Qf6+ Kg8 36. Bh3 $18)
35. Qxd6 c2 36. Qc6 Qf8 37. Bh3 Bc5 $13)) 30... Nc5 31. Qxc4 Qe7 32. Nd4 Qf8
33. Nc6 Bb6 34. Qb4 Bc7 35. e5 Qh6 36. Bf3 $18 gxh5 37. Ne7+ Kf8 38. Nf5 Qg6
39. exd6 Bxd6 40. Qb6 Nb7 41. Be4 1-0

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 b5 $6 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Bb7 (12... Ba6 13. Nc3 Qc7
14. b3 Rab8 15. Rb1 Rb7 16. Re1 Rfb8 17. Ba3 Nd7 18. Nde4 $14 {
Averbakh-Gligoric/URS-JUG/1956}) 13. Nc3 Ra6 14. Rd1 Qa8 15. e4 $5 {N} (15. Nf1
$1 $16 {Bologan,V} Nd7 (15... e6 $6 16. Ne3 $16) (15... Nc4 $5 16. b3 Nb6 (
16... Na3 17. Bxa3 Rxa3 18. Ne3 {/\ Nc4+-}) 17. e4 $16) 16. Rb1 Rb6 $1 17. b3
Rb4 18. Ba3 Rc8 {Horvath,Jo-Bologan,V/Jugoslavija 1994} 19. Na4 Rd4 (19... c4
20. Bxb4 cxb3 21. Qd3 bxa2 22. Ra1 Bxa1 23. Rxa1 $18) 20. Bb2 $16 {Bologan,V})
15... Rb6 16. Rb1 e6 17. b3 Rb4 $2 (17... exd5 18. exd5 Re8 19. Bb2 $16 (19.
Nc4 Nxc4 20. bxc4 Rxb1 21. Qxb1 Ba6 22. Nb5 Bxb5 23. cxb5 $16)) 18. a3 $18 Rd4
(18... Rb6 19. b4 $18) 19. Nb5 exd5 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. b4 (21. Bb2 $5 Rc8 22.
Qd3 Nxe4 23. Bxd4 Ba6 24. Qe3 Nc3 25. Bxc3 Rxc3 26. Qg5 $18) 21... Nc6 (21...
Rc8 22. Qa4 Nc4 23. Qxa8 Rxa8 24. Nxc4 dxc4 25. Rxd4 $18) 22. Bb2 (22. exd5 Ne5
23. Bb2 $1 (23. Qb3 Nxd5 24. Bb2 Nc3 25. Bxb7 Ne2+ 26. Kf1 Qxb7 27. Kxe2 $2 (
27. f3 $1 $16) 27... d3+ 28. Ke3 (28. Ke1 $4 Qh1+ 29. Nf1 Nf3#) 28... Qb6+ $40)
23... Nxd5 (23... Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. Qb3 $18) 24. Bxd4 Nxb4 25. axb4 (25.
Bxb7 $2 Nxc2 26. Bxa8 Nxd4 27. Bg2 Ne2+ 28. Kf1 Nc3 $14) 25... Bxg2 26. Ra1 Qd5
27. Bxe5 Bxe5 28. Nc4 $18) 22... Rc8 23. Qb3 dxe4 24. Nxe4 $2 (24. Nc4 $1 {
/\Nb6,Nxd6} Rd8 25. b5 Ne5 26. Bxd4 $18) 24... Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Ne5 26. Bxb7 Qxb7
$44 {[%cal Ra8h1] /^a8-h1} 27. Rd3 (27. f4 Nf3+ 28. Kf2 Nxh2 29. Bxd4 $2 Qe4
$19) 27... Qe4 28. Rbd1 d5 $1 (28... Nxd3 $2 29. Qxd3 $16) (28... h5 $2 29.
Bxd4 Nxd3 30. Qxd3 $16 (30. Bxg7 $4 Nxf2 $19)) 29. b5 (29. Bxd4 $2 Nxd3 30.
Qxd3 Rc1 $1 $19) (29. f4 Nxd3 30. Qxd3 Qe3+ 31. Kf1 Qe4 32. Kg1 $10) 29... h5
30. b6 $6 (30. f3 $2 Qe2 {/\Rc2}) (30. h4 $5) 30... h4 31. b7 $2 (31. gxh4 Nxd3
32. Qxd3 Qg4+ 33. Kh1 Rb8 34. Bxd4 Bxd4 35. Qxd4 Qf3+ 36. Kg1 Rxb6 37. Qxd5 $14
) 31... Rb8 32. f3 (32. Bxd4 h3 33. f3 Nxf3+ 34. Rxf3 Bxd4+ 35. Rxd4 Qxd4+ 36.
Rf2 $15) 32... Qe2 33. gxh4 $2 (33. Bxd4 Rxb7 $1 (33... h3 34. Bf2 Nxd3 35.
Qxd3 Qxd3 36. Rxd3 Rxb7 $10) 34. Qxb7 Nxf3+ 35. Rxf3 Qxd1+ 36. Kg2 h3+ 37. Kxh3
Qxf3 $10) 33... Nxd3 34. Rxd3 Rxb7 $1 35. Qxb7 Qxd3 36. h5 gxh5 $19 37. Qb4
Qe3+ 38. Kg2 Qe2+ 39. Kg1 Qe3+ 40. Kg2 Qe2+ 41. Kg1 Be5 42. f4 Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "Berga op"]
[Site "Berga"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Movsziszian, Karen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Mowsziszian,K"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 Bh6 13. f4 bxc4 14. bxc4 e5 15.
dxe6 (15. Rae1 $6 {Stohl} exf4 16. gxf4 Nh5 17. e3 Bg7 18. Nd1 Bf5 19. Be4 Bxb2
20. Nxb2 Rxb2 21. Qxb2 Nxc4 22. Nxc4 Bxe4 $36 {Kasparov}) 15... Bxe6 16. Nd5
Bxd5 17. cxd5 Ng4 18. Nb3 (18. Bc3 Ne3 19. Qa4 Rb5 20. Rfb1 Qe8 $1 (20... Bg7
21. Bxg7 Rxb1+ 22. Rxb1 Kxg7 23. Qa3 Re8 24. Be4 Ng4 25. Bf3 Ne3 26. Be4 Ng4
27. h3 Nf6 28. Bf3 Nd7 29. Qc3+ Kg8 30. Ne4 Qc7 31. h4 {1-0 Csom,I-Ghitescu,T/
EU-chT Moscow (02) ;EU-chT 1977 (39)}) 21. Qe4 $5 $13 (21. Rxb5 axb5 22. Qxa5
Nxg2 23. Kxg2 $6 Qxe2+ 24. Kg1 b4 25. Bxb4 Bg7 $17)) (18. Qc3 $2 Rxb2 $15)
18... Nxb3 (18... f5 $5 {Stohl N} 19. h3 (19. Qc3 $6 Qf6 20. Qxf6 (20. Qc1 Nxb3
$13) (20. Qd2 Nc4 $10) 20... Nxf6 21. Bxf6 Nxb3 22. axb3 Rxf6 23. Rxa6 Rxb3 $10
) 19... Nf6 $8 (19... Ne3 $2 20. Qc3 Nxf1 21. Qh8+ Kf7 22. Qxh7+ Ke8 23. Qxh6
$1 Ne3 (23... Nxb3 24. axb3 Rxb3 25. Bg7 $18) 24. Qxg6+ Rf7 25. Bf3 $18) 20.
Nd2 $1 {><a5|^[+]} (20. Bc3 Nxb3 21. axb3 Qb6 $13) 20... Nh5 (20... Re8 21. Bf3
$14 (21. Bc3 $6 Nh5 22. Qa4 Nxg3 23. Bxa5 Nxe2+ 24. Kh2 Qh4 $40)) 21. Kh2 Re8
22. e4 (22. Bf3 $2 Nxg3 $1 23. Kxg3 Bxf4+ $1 24. Kg2 Bxd2 $19) (22. Rae1 Re3
$132) 22... Rxb2 $2 (22... fxe4 $8 23. Nxe4 (23. Bxe4 Rxb2 24. Qxb2 Bg7 25. Qc2
Bxa1 26. Rxa1 Qf6 $13) 23... Nc4 (23... Rxb2 24. Qxb2 Bg7 25. Qc2 Bxa1 26. Rxa1
Nf6 27. Ng5 $16) 24. Qxc4 $5 (24. Bc1 Bg7 25. Rb1 Rxb1 26. Qxb1 Qa5 27. Qb3 Qb4
$132) 24... Rxb2 25. Rab1 Rxb1 (25... Qb6 26. Rxb2 Qxb2 27. Nxd6 $1 Re2 28. Rg1
Bg7 29. Qxc5 $1 $16) 26. Rxb1 Nf6 27. Rb8 $1 $14) 23. Qxb2 Bg7 24. Qc2 Bxa1 25.
Rxa1 $16 {><a5} Qf6 (25... fxe4 26. Nxe4 $16) 26. Qa4 $1 (26. e5 $2 dxe5 27.
Qa4 Qd8) 26... Re7 (26... Qxa1 27. Qxe8+ Kg7 28. Qe7+ Kh6 29. Qf8+ Qg7 30. Qxd6
$18) (26... Rb8 27. e5 $1 (27. Rb1 Rxb1 28. Nxb1 Qb2 $132 {><g3}) (27. Rc1 Rb5
$5 {/\} 28. Bf1 Rb2 29. Qxa5 Qd4 $10) 27... dxe5 28. Qxa5 exf4 29. Re1 fxg3+ (
29... Qg5 30. Nf3 $18) 30. Kh1 $18 {/\Qc7,d6}) 27. Qxa5 $1 (27. e5 dxe5 28.
Qxa5 $16) 27... Qxa1 28. Qd8+ Kf7 29. Nc4 Qf6 $8 (29... Rxe4 30. Nxd6+ Kg7 31.
Bxe4 fxe4 32. Qe7+ Kh6 33. Nf7+ Kg7 34. Ng5+ $18) 30. Nxd6+ Kg7 31. e5 $1 Qf8
32. Qb6 $18 {[+]} g5 $138 33. Qxc5 {/\Nf5} Kg6 34. Nxf5 $1 {1-0 Stohl,
I-Kindermann,S/Dortmund-A (03) ;CBM 23 1991} (34. Nxf5 Kxf5 (34... Re8 35. Qc6+
$18) 35. Qc2# {[Stohl,I]})) (18... Bg7 $2 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qc3+) 19. axb3 Qb6
20. Qc3 c4+ 21. Kh1 f6 22. Bh3 Nf2+ (22... Ne3 23. Be6+ Kh8 24. Rf3 Qxb3 25.
Rxe3 Qxb2 26. Rxa6 Qb1+ 27. Kg2 Rb3 28. Qd4 $16 {><h6}) 23. Rxf2 Qxf2 24. Be6+
Kh8 25. Qxc4 Qe3 $1 (25... Qb6 26. Bd4 Qxb3 27. Qxb3 Rxb3 28. Rxa6 g5 29. fxg5
Bxg5 30. Rxd6 h5 31. Rc6 h4 32. d6 Rb1+ 33. Kg2 Rd1 34. e3 hxg3 35. hxg3 Rxd4
36. exd4 f5 37. Bxf5 Rxf5 38. Rc5 Rxc5 39. dxc5 Kg7 40. c6 {1-0 Browne,
W-Timman,J/Wijk (02) 1980}) 26. Bd4 Qe4+ 27. Kg1 Bg7 $8 28. Bf2 (28. Ba7 f5 $1
29. Qxe4 fxe4 30. Rxa6 (30. Bxb8 Bxa1 (30... Rxb8 31. Rxa6 Bd4+ 32. Kg2 Bc5 33.
g4 Kg7 34. g5 $16) 31. Bxd6 Bd4+ 32. e3 Bxe3+ 33. Kf1 Kg7 34. Bxf8+ Kxf8 35. d6
Bc5 $13) 30... Ra8 $1) 28... f5 29. Rxa6 (29. Qxe4 fxe4 30. Rxa6 Rxb3 31. Rxd6
$2 e3 $1) 29... Qb1+ 30. Kg2 Rxb3 31. Ra7 Rb7 32. Rxb7 Qxb7 33. h4 Qb1 (33...
h5 $1 $17) 34. g4 h5 35. gxh5 $2 (35. g5 $1 Kh7 36. Kh2 Ra8 37. Qc6 $10 Ra1 $6
38. Qc8 Qh1+ 39. Kg3) 35... gxh5 36. Bg3 Ra8 $1 37. Bf2 Kh7 $1 38. e4 Ra1 $1
39. Bxf5+ Kh6 40. Kg3 Qh1 41. Qb4 Bf6 $1 42. Bh3 (42. Qxd6 Ra3+ $1 43. Qxa3
Bxh4#) 42... Ra8 $1 {/\Tg8#} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.26"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ireland"]
[BlackTeam "Brazil"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 {This is the main position of the Yugoslav Variation. Black has
three major approaches available: 1) attack on the c4-pawn by ...a6, ...Rb8 & .
..b5; 2) play in the centre after ...e6; 3) a plan involving closing the
centre by ...e5.} e5 {Black has selected the plan with closing the centre.
Later he might go for ...f5 or ...a6 & ...b5. This system leads to complicated
strategic play.} 10. e4 Ng4 11. b3 {11 h3 would push the knight to h6, but
after the eventual ...f5, and exf Black might recapture on f5 with the knight,
which then could go to d4.} f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Bb2 $6 {The usual 13 h3 Nf6
14 Bb2 would have been more prudent. White provokes ...e4 & Ne5, but the
problem is that it might be good for Black!} e4 14. h3 Ne5 15. Rb1 {Here it's
time to have a look at the a5-knight and start to employ it by 15...a6,
followed by ...Rb8 & ...b5.} Nd3 $6 {Black occupies the weak d3-square, but
the knight is not supported by other black pieces, so its action cannot be
effective.} 16. Ba1 a6 17. Qe2 b5 18. f3 $1 $16 {[#]White seizes the
initiative by attacking Black in the centre. The white pieces are better
mobilized, while a number of black pieces are inactive: the a5-knight and
c8-bishop.} exf3 19. Qxd3 $1 {The white light-squared bishop is not
particularly useful in this system, so White is quite happy to swap it off.}
fxg2 20. Kxg2 Ra7 21. Ne2 Bxa1 22. Rxa1 Rg7 23. Nf4 Qg5 24. Kh2 Nb7 {Black
moves the knight towards the kingside, where it may be needed soon in defence.}
25. Rg1 Bd7 26. Rae1 Nd8 27. Nf3 Qh6 28. Re3 Rff7 29. Rge1 b4 {Black is right
to close the queenside, while White could have prevented it by 29 a3. However,
I felt that it was not necessary.} 30. Qd2 Rf8 (30... a5 $4 31. Re8+ Bxe8 32.
Rxe8+ Rf8 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Ne6+) 31. Re7 Rxe7 32. Rxe7 Rf7 33. Qe2 Qf8 34.
Re3 Qg7 35. h4 h6 36. h5 Qg4 37. Nh4 Qxe2+ 38. Rxe2 a5 39. Nhg6 Nb7 {[#]This
position should be winning for White, as all Black's pieces are badly placed:
the bishop must watch the e8 square, thus the rook cannot get out from f7, the
knight has very little use. First White moves the king to the queenside to
respond to the eventual ...a4 & ...Na5.} 40. Kg2 a4 41. Kf2 Na5 42. Re3 Rf6 43.
Ke1 Rf7 44. Kd2 Rf6 45. Kc2 Rf7 46. Kb2 Rf6 47. Kc2 Rf7 48. Ne6 $1 Nb7 49. Rf3
$1 {The threat of 50 Rxf5 Rxf5 51 Ne7+ is very hard to deal with. Black finds
the best defence, which is not sufficient however.} Rf6 $1 50. Rxf5 $2 {
While Black was thinking over 49...Rf6, I found the winning line with 50 Ne7+
& 51 Nxf5, but later I just forgot this variation...} (50. Ne7+ Kf7 51. Nxf5
Bxe6 52. Nxh6+ Kg7 53. Rxf6 Kxf6 54. dxe6 axb3+ 55. axb3 Kxe6 56. g4 $18) 50...
Kf7 51. Nh8+ Ke7 52. Ng6+ Kf7 53. Rxf6+ Kxf6 54. bxa4 $2 {This mistake should
have led to problems for White.} (54. Ngf8 Bxe6 55. Nxe6 axb3+ 56. axb3 Kf5 $10
) 54... Bxa4+ 55. Kd3 Bd1 56. Ngf4 Na5 57. Nc7 Bg4 58. Ne8+ (58. Ne8+ Ke7 $1
59. Ng7 Kf7 60. Nfe6 Bh3 $1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup10"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "1997.07.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Shinkevich, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1997.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Hecht Huzman} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 c5 7.
O-O Nc6 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 a6 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 bxc4 13. bxc4 Bh6 14.
f4 e5 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Nd5 Rxb2 17. Qxb2 Bg7 18. Qc1 Bxd5 19. cxd5 ({A
crucial moment. It seems the other capture promises White more chances:} 19.
Bxd5 $5 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Qe7 (20... Qf6 21. Qc2 Qd4+ 22. Kg2 Re8 23. e4 f5 24.
Rad1 fxe4 25. Rfe1 e3 26. Nf1 Qc4 27. Qxc4 Nxc4 28. Rc1 Re4 29. Kf3 Rd4 30.
Nxe3 Na3 31. Nc2 Ra4 32. Nxa3 Rxa3+ 33. Re3 Rxa2 34. Rb1 $18 {Izeta Txabarri,
F-Pavlovic,M/Ubeda op/1997/}) (20... Bxa1 21. Qxa1 Re8 22. e4 Qc7 23. e5 dxe5
24. Ne4 Kg7 25. d6 Qc6 26. fxe5 Qxe4 27. e6+ Kh6 28. Qc1+ g5 29. h4 Qe5 30.
Qxg5+ {1-0,Izeta,F-Agnos,D/Paris op/1996/}) 21. Rb1 Qxe2 22. Qd1 Qe3+ 23. Kh1
c4 24. Re1 Qa3 25. Ne4 Rc8 26. Rb6 c3 27. Qd3 Qxa2 28. Qxa6 Rf8 29. Rb5 c2 30.
Rxa5 Qb1 31. Qf1 Rb8 {Stohl,I-Kindermann,S/BL9697/1997/} 32. Ra4 $1 {/\Rc4+-})
19... Ng4 20. e4 $5 $146 {Despite this interesting novelty White is unable to
gain any advantage in the following tactical complications.} (20. Rb1 Bd4+ (
20... Ne3 $5 21. Re1 (21. Rf3 Re8 22. Nf1 Nxg2 23. Kxg2 Rxe2+ 24. Rf2 Qe8 25.
Rxe2 Qxe2+ 26. Kh3 Qh5+ 27. Kg2 Qxd5+ $17 {Unzicker,W-Kindermann,S/BL9697/1996/
}) 21... Re8 22. Bf3 g5 23. fxg5 Qxg5 24. Qa3 Nec4 $44 25. Nxc4 {1/2,Slipak,
S-Tkachiev,V/Villa Martelli/1997/}) 21. Kh1 Ne3 $1 (21... Nf2+ 22. Rxf2 Bxf2
23. e4 (23. Nf3 c4 24. e4 Qc7 25. Qc2 Ba7 26. Qc3 Rb8 27. Rxb8+ Bxb8 28. h4 Ba7
29. h5 $36 {Marin,M-Istratescu,A/Bucharest Ciocaltea/1995/}) 23... Qc7 24. e5
dxe5 25. Ne4 Bd4 26. d6 Qd8 27. fxe5 Kg7 28. Nxc5 Bxe5 29. d7 Qc7 30. Nxa6 Qxd7
31. Qc5 Qd3 32. Qxe5+ f6 33. Qb5 {1-0,Wolter,K-Stoeber,M/NRW-II/1993/}) 22. Qa3
Re8 23. Qd3 Qa8 24. Bf3 Nxf1 25. Nxf1 {Jusupov,A-Kindermann,S/Baden Baden/1992/
} Rb8 $1 $132 (25... Qa7 {Huzman} 26. Nd2 Re3 27. Qc2 f5 28. Qa4 Qc7 29. g4
fxg4 30. Bxg4 Kg7 31. Nf3 Bf6 32. Be6 c4 33. f5 Rxe2 34. Rg1 Rf2 35. Qe8 {
1-0 Jussupow,A-Kindermann,S/Baden Baden 1992/CBM 33/[Jussupow]})) (20. Ne4 Ne3
$1 21. Rf3 Nac4 22. Rb1 Re8 23. Nd2 Nb6 24. Qa3 Bd4 25. Qxa6 Nbxd5 26. Nb3 Bg7
27. a4 c4 $40 {Filippov,V-Fedorov,A/Minsk/1996/}) 20... Bxa1 $5 (20... Ne3 21.
Re1 $14) (20... Bd4+ 21. Kh1 Nf2+ 22. Rxf2 Bxf2 23. Rb1 $36) 21. Qxa1 Qb6 (
21... Ne3 {Huzman} 22. Rb1 Nxg2 23. Kxg2 $16 {[%csl Ra5]}) 22. e5 $6 (22. Rb1
Qa7 23. h3 (23. Qb2 $2 c4+ 24. Qb6 Qxb6+ 25. Rxb6 c3 26. Nb3 Nxb3 27. Rxb3 Rc8
28. Rb1 c2 29. Rc1 Rb8 30. Rxc2 Rb1+ 31. Bf1 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Ne3+ $19) 23... c4+
24. Kh1 Nf2+ 25. Kh2 Qe3 26. Nf1 Qd3 $36 {[%csl Gc4] o^c4} (26... Qd3 $132 {
[%cal Yc4c2] Huzman} 27. Re1 $140 c3 28. Re3 c2 $17)) (22. Qc3 $142 $5 c4+ 23.
Kh1 Nf2+ 24. Rxf2 Qxf2 25. Qxa5 Qe1+ 26. Bf1 Rb8 $1 $44) 22... c4+ 23. Kh1 Nf2+
(23... dxe5 {Huzman} 24. fxe5 Nf2+ 25. Rxf2 Qxf2 26. Ne4 $44) 24. Rxf2 $8 Qxf2
25. Ne4 Qc2 $6 (25... Qe3 $5 26. Nf6+ Kg7 $1 (26... Kh8 27. e6 (27. exd6 c3 28.
Ne4 Nc4 29. Nxc3 Qd4 $1 $15) 27... c3 28. e7 Qxe7 29. Qxc3 $14) 27. e6 c3 28.
Ne4 fxe6 29. dxe6 Re8 30. f5 $5 gxf5 31. Nxd6 Rf8 $15) 26. Nf6+ Kg7 27. e6 c3
$8 (27... fxe6 28. Nh5+ Kf7 29. Qf6+ Ke8 30. Ng7+ Kd7 31. dxe6+ Kc7 32. Qe7+
$18) 28. e7 (28. Be4 {Huzman} Qe2 $1 29. e7 Kxf6 $1 30. exf8=Q Qxe4+ 31. Kg1
Qe3+ 32. Kg2 Qe2+ 33. Kh3 Qh5+ $11) 28... Rb8 29. Be4 $1 (29. e8=Q $2 Rb1+ $1
30. Qe1 Rxa1 31. Qxa1 Kxf6 $19) (29. e8=N+ Kh8 30. Be4 Qb2 31. Qd1 Qd2 $17)
29... Qe2 30. e8=Q Rxe8 31. Nxe8+ Kf8 32. Nf6 (32. Nxd6 Nc4 $1 33. Bxg6 Nd2 $1
{/\Nf3} (33... Nxd6 34. Bxh7 c2 35. Bxc2 $15) 34. Be4 Nxe4 35. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 36.
Kg1 Qd4+ $17) (32. Qxc3 $4 Qf1#) 32... Ke7 33. h4 (33. Ng8+ Kf8 34. Nf6 Ke7 $11
) (33. Bg2 $2 c2 $19) 33... Qe3 $1 (33... Kxf6 34. Qxc3+ Ke7 35. Qc7+ (35. Bxg6
Qf1+ 36. Kh2 Qe2+ $11) 35... Ke8 36. Bg2 Nc4 37. Qc8+ Ke7 38. Qxa6 Qe1+ 39. Kh2
Ne3 40. Qb7+ Kf8 41. Qb8+ $14) 34. Qg1 $1 {The safest} (34. Ng8+ $143 Kf8 35.
Nf6 Qxg3 $5 $44 (35... Qxg3 $1 {Huzman} 36. Nxh7+ Ke7 $36 {[%csl Rf4,Rh4,Rh7]
[%cal Yc3c1,Ya5c4,Yc4e3]}) (35... Ke7 $11)) 34... Qxg1+ 35. Kxg1 Kxf6 {[#]
Hecht: A blocked position, with the knight as the somewhat better minor piece.
Black cannot make much out of the passed pawn, because otherwise White will
fall upon the a-pawn. [#] Hecht: Blockierte Stellung mit dem Springer als der
etwas besseren Leichtfigur. Schwarz kann aus dem Freibauern nichts machen,
weil sich sonst der weiße König auf den a-Bauern stürzt.} 36. Kf2 Nc4 (36...
Nb7 37. Ke3 Nc5 38. Bc2 {[%cal Re3d4,Rd4c3] /\Kd4-c3}) 37. Ke2 h5 (37... Na3
38. g4 $1 (38. Kd3 {Hecht} c2 39. Kd2 Nc4+ 40. Kxc2 Ne3+ 41. Kd3 $2 (41. Kb3 $1
$132) 41... Nf5 42. g4 Nxh4 43. g5+ Kg7 44. Ke3 h6 45. Kf2 hxg5 46. fxg5 f6 $19
) 38... c2 39. g5+ Ke7 40. Kd2 {[%cal Re4c2] /\Bc2=}) (37... Nb2 {Huzman} 38.
g4 $1 {[%cal Gg4g5,Ge2e3,Ge3d4]} (38. Ke3 {[%cal Ge3d4]} h5 39. Kd4 Nd1 40. Bc2
Nf2 41. Ke3 Ng4+ {[%csl Rg3][%cal Yg4h6,Yh6f5]} 42. Kd4 Nh6 43. Kxc3 Nf5 44.
Bd3 Nxg3 45. Bxa6 Kf5 46. Bd3+ Kxf4 47. a4 g5 48. hxg5 h4 49. a5 h3 50. a6 h2
51. a7 h1=Q 52. a8=Q Qc1+ 53. Kb3 Qe3 $17 {[%csl Rg5]}) 38... Ke7 39. Ke3 $11)
38. Kd3 c2 39. Kxc2 Nb6 (39... Ne3+ $5 {Hecht} 40. Kb3 $1 (40. Kd3 $2 Nf5 41.
Bxf5 Kxf5 42. Ke3 Kg4 43. Kf2 a5 44. a4 f6 45. Kg2 Kf5 (45... g5 46. hxg5 fxg5
47. fxg5 Kxg5 48. Kh3 $11) 46. Kf3 g5 47. hxg5 fxg5 48. fxg5 Kxg5 49. Ke3 Kg4
50. Kf2 Kf5 51. Kg2 Ke5 52. Kh3 Kxd5 53. Kh4 Ke4 54. Kxh5 d5 55. g4 d4 56. g5
d3 57. g6 d2 58. g7 d1=Q+ $19) 40... Nf1 41. Kb4 Nxg3 42. Bd3 Nf5 43. Bxa6 $132
{[%cal Ra2a4,Ra4a5]} Ke7 44. Kb5 Nxh4 45. a4 Ng2 46. Kc6 Nxf4 47. a5 h4 48. Bf1
$18) 40. Kc3 a5 $8 {Protects the penatration square b4 and sets up an
impregnable fortress.} 41. Kd4 Kg7 42. f5 Kf6 $1 $11 43. fxg6 fxg6 44. Bf3 Kf5
45. Be2 Kf6 46. Bd3 Kf7 47. Bb5 Ke7 48. Ke4 Kf7 49. Bc6 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Ponferrada"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Illescas Cordoba,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.08.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. b3 {[%cal Yg7a1]} b5 12. Qc2 e6 13. Bb2 Re8 14.
e3 $1 $146 h5 $6 {[%cal Yh5h4]} (14... e5 $142 {[%cal Yf7f5]}) 15. dxe6 $1 {
[%cal Gg2a8]} Bxe6 16. Nd5 Bf5 (16... bxc4 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. bxc4 $16 {[%csl
Ra5,Ra6,Rf6][%cal Gc2a4]}) (16... h4 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Ne4 Qd8)
17. e4 Be6 {[%cal Ya5c6]} 18. Qc3 $1 {[%csl Rf6]} Bxd5 19. cxd5 {[%csl Ra5]} h4
20. Rfe1 hxg3 21. hxg3 Nh5 22. Qc2 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 Qf6 24. Qxf6 (24. Qa3 $6 {
[%csl Ra3]} Nb7 25. Qxa6 Nxg3) 24... Nxf6 25. Rbc1 (25. f4 Nb7 26. Bf3 Re7 27.
Kf2 Rbe8 $14) (25. f3 $16 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Yg2f1,Gf1a6] /\Bf1,Kf2}) 25... Rb7
26. f3 Rbe7 27. Kf2 Nb7 28. Bf1 {[%csl Ra6]} Rb8 29. Rb1 Na5 30. Rec1 (30. a4
$5) 30... g5 {[%cal Yg5g4] /\g4} 31. b4 $6 (31. g4 $16 {[%csl Ra5,Ra6,Rd6]
[%cal Gc1h1,Gh1h6,Yd2f5] /\Be2,Nf1-g3-f5 פa5}) (31. Bd3 g4 $140 32. f4 $16)
31... Nb7 {[%cal Gb7c5]} 32. bxc5 $2 $138 (32. a4 g4 (32... cxb4 33. Rxb4 Nc5
34. axb5 axb5 35. g4 $16) 33. axb5 axb5 34. Bxb5 gxf3 35. Bc6 $1 (35. Kxf3 cxb4
{[%csl Re4][%cal Gb7c5]} 36. Z0 $140 Nc5 $132) 35... Nd8 36. bxc5 Rxb1 37. Rxb1
Nxc6 38. dxc6 Ng4+ 39. Kxf3 Ne5+ 40. Kf4 dxc5 41. Rb6 $16) (32. g4 $142 $1 cxb4
33. Rc6 $36 {[%csl Ra6,Rd6]}) 32... Nxc5 $132 (32... dxc5 $2 33. a4 $16) 33.
Nc4 $6 (33. g4 $142 Nfd7 34. Be2 Ne5 35. Ke3 $14) 33... Nb7 $1 (33... Rd8 34.
Na5 $5 (34. Nxd6 Rxd6 35. Rxc5 Rxe4 36. Rc6 Ree6 $1 37. Rxa6 Rxa6 38. dxe6
Rxa2+ 39. Ke1 fxe6 40. Rxb5 $11) 34... Rc8 35. Nc6 Rec7 36. g4 $14) 34. Ne3 (
34. Nd2 g4 35. Rc6 gxf3 36. Kxf3 Nc5 $15) 34... g4 $1 $132 {[%csl Re4][%cal
Ge7e4,Gf6e4]} 35. Nf5 Re5 $1 36. Rc7 (36. Bxb5 axb5 37. Rxb5 gxf3 38. Nxd6 Nxd6
39. Rxb8+ Kg7 $15) 36... gxf3 $4 $138 (36... Nxd5 $1 $13 37. Nh6+ (37. Rc6 Nf6
$5 (37... gxf3 38. Kxf3 Nf6 39. Rxa6 Nc5 (39... Nxe4 40. Rxb5 Nd2+ 41. Kg2 Nxf1
42. Rxe5 dxe5 43. Kxf1 Nc5 $11) 40. Rc6 Nfxe4 41. Nxd6 $1 Re6 42. Rxb5 (42. Rc1
$11) 42... Rxb5 43. Rc8+ Kg7 44. Nxb5 Rf6+ 45. Kg2 Rf2+ 46. Kg1 Rxa2 47. Bg2
$11) 38. Rb6 $1 (38. Nxd6 Re6 (38... gxf3 $5) 39. e5 $1 gxf3 40. Bh3 $1 (40.
exf6 Nxd6 41. Kxf3 Rxf6+ 42. Kg2 Ne4 43. Rxf6 Nxf6 44. a4 Nd5 45. axb5 Ne3+ $17
) 40... Ne4+ 41. Ke3 Rxe5 42. Nxe4 Rbe8 43. Kxf3 Rxe4 44. Rxa6 Re3+ 45. Kg2 Nc5
$15) 38... gxf3 39. Nxd6 Re6 40. Rxb7 Rxb7 41. Nxb7 Nxe4+ 42. Kg1 Rg6 43. Kh2
Rh6+ 44. Kg1 Rg6 $11) 37... Kg7 38. exd5 Kxh6 39. a4 Rxd5 (39... Nc5 40. axb5
axb5 41. Rxb5 Ra8 42. Rxf7 Ra2+ 43. Kg1 gxf3 44. Rxf3 Rxd5 $11) 40. axb5 axb5
41. Rxf7 $11) 37. Nh6+ $1 $16 Kg7 $8 38. Nxf7 (38. Rxf7+ $2 Kxh6 (38... Kg6 39.
Rxf6+ Kxf6 40. Ng4+ Kg5 41. Nxe5 dxe5 42. Rc1 Nd6 $132) 39. Rxf6+ Kg5 40. Rf4
Rc8 $44) 38... Nxe4+ (38... Ng4+ $142 39. Kxf3 $1 (39. Kg1 Kf6 $1 (39... f2+ $2
40. Kg2 Ne3+ 41. Kf3 Rf8 (41... Nxd5 42. Rxb7 Rxb7 43. Nxe5 Nc3 44. Rb3) 42.
Rxb7 Nxf1 (42... Nc4 43. Bxc4 bxc4 44. Rf1) (42... Nc2 43. Rc1 Nd4+ 44. Ke3
Nf5+ 45. Kd2) 43. Rxf1 Rxf7+ 44. Rxf7+ Kxf7 45. Rxf2 Re8 46. Rc2 Kf6 47. Kf4
$18) 40. Nxe5 Nxe5 $132) 39... Rf8 40. Rxb7 Nh6 41. Bh3 Rxf7+ 42. Rxf7+ Nxf7
43. Kf4 $16 {[%cal Gh3f5]}) (38... Ne8 39. Rd7 Kf6 (39... Nc5 40. Nxe5+ Nxd7
41. Nxd7 Rb7 42. Bh3) 40. Nxe5 Kxe5 41. Bxb5 $18) 39. Ke3 $1 $18 {[%csl Re4]} (
39. Kxf3 $4 Rf8) (39. Ke1 $4 f2+) (39. Kg1 $2 Kf6 (39... f2+ $2 40. Kg2 Kf6 41.
Nxe5 Kxe5 42. Re7+ Kf5 43. Bd3 Nbc5 44. Bxe4+ Nxe4 45. g4+ Kf4 46. Rb4 $18) 40.
Nxe5 dxe5 $132) 39... Rxd5 (39... Kf6 40. Nxe5 Kxe5 41. Re7+) (39... Rc8 40.
Rxb7 Nc5+ (40... Rc3+ 41. Kd4) 41. Nxe5+ Nxb7 42. Nxf3) 40. Nxd6+ Kf8 41. Nxe4
Nd6 42. Nxd6 Rxd6 43. Kxf3 1-0

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Florean, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1998.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Huzman} d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. Nc3 Nc6
8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 a6 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 bxc4 13. bxc4 Bh6 14. f4 e5
15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Nd5 Rxb2 (16... Bxd5 {Huzman} 17. cxd5 Ng4 18. Nb3 f5 $5 19.
h3 Nf6 20. Nd2 $1 $16) 17. Qxb2 Bg7 18. Qc1 {Even if I played this variation
with black in my younger days, I didn't really understand, what is the idea
behind banishing the knight on a5 and then exchanging a lot of (active) pieces.
-ECO E66/(101)} (18. Qc2 {Huzman} Nxd5 19. cxd5 Bxa1 20. Rxa1 Qf6 21. Rd1 Qd4+
22. Kh1 Bf5 $1 23. Be4 $2 Nc4 $1 24. Qd3 Qxd3 25. exd3 Bg4 $17 {Georgiev,
Kir-Piket,Je Amsterdam-2 1985}) (18. Qa3 {Huzman} Nxc4 19. Nxc4 Nxd5 20. Rac1
Nb4 21. Rfd1 d5 22. Kh1 dxc4 $1 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 $44) 18... Nxd5 $6 (18... Bxd5 {
Huzman} 19. Bxd5 (19. cxd5 Ng4 20. Rb1 (20. Ne4 Ne3 21. Rf3 Nac4 22. Rb1 Re8
23. Nd2 Nb6 24. Qa3 Bd4 25. Qxa6 Nbxd5 $44 {0-1 Filippov,V-Fedorov,A/Minsk
1996 (36)}) 20... Ne3 (20... Bd4+ 21. Kh1 Ne3 (21... Nf2+ 22. Rxf2 Bxf2 23. e4
(23. Nf3 $1 $16 {[%cal Ge2e5]}) (23. Qb2 $6 Bd4 24. Qb6 Qxb6 25. Rxb6 c4 $17)
23... Qc7 24. e5 dxe5 25. Ne4 Bd4 26. d6 Qd8 27. fxe5 $16 {1-0 Wolter,
K-Stoeber,M/NRW-II 1993 (32)}) 22. Qa3 Re8 {/\Ng2} (22... Nxf1 23. Bxf1 Re8 24.
e4 {><a6,a5}) 23. Qd3 $5 Qa8 $1 $44 {1-0 Jussupow,A-Kindermann,S/Baden Baden
1992 (34)}) 21. Re1 (21. Rf3 Re8 22. Nf1 Nxg2 23. Kxg2 Rxe2+ 24. Rf2 Qe8 25.
Rxe2 Qxe2+ 26. Kh3 $17 {Unzicker,W-Kindermann,S/BL9697 1996/1/2-1/2 (61)})
21... Re8 22. Bf3 g5 23. fxg5 Qxg5 24. Qa3 {1/2-1/2 Schlemmermeyer,W-Neurohr,S/
BL8990 1990} (24. Qa3 Nec4 25. Nxc4 {1/2-1/2 Slipak,S-Tkachiev,V/Villa
Martelli 1997})) 19... Ng4 (19... Nxd5 20. cxd5 Qf6 (20... Bd4+ 21. Kh1 (21.
Kg2 Qe8 22. e4 Bxa1 23. Qxa1 Nc4 24. Qc3 Nxd2 25. Qxd2 Qxe4+ $19 {0-1 Stohl,
I-Babula,V/Zlin 1995 (32)}) 21... Qa8 22. e4 f5 23. Rb1 fxe4 24. Nxe4 Qxd5 25.
Qc2 Nc4 26. Rfe1 Ne3 27. Qb3 c4 28. Qb7 $16 {1-0 Stohl,I-Babula,V/CZE-chT 9697
1997 (53)}) (20... Bxa1 21. Qxa1 Re8 22. e4 Qc7 {[#]} 23. e5 dxe5 24. Ne4 Kg7
25. d6 Qc6 26. fxe5 Qxe4 27. e6+ Kh6 28. Qc1+ g5 29. h4 Qe5 30. Qxg5+ {1-0
Izeta Txabarri,F-Agnos,D/Paris op 1996}) (20... Qe7 21. Rb1 Qxe2 22. Qd1 Qe3+
23. Kh1 c4 24. Re1 Qa3 25. Ne4 Rc8 26. Rb6 c3 27. Qd3 $16 {Stohl,I-Kindermann,
S/BL9697 1997/1/2-1/2 (60)}) 21. Qc2 (21. Rb1 Qd4+ 22. Kg2 Qxd5+ 23. Nf3 Qxa2
$15 {Izeta,F-Mecking,H/Linares op ;EXP 45 1995 (25)}) 21... Qd4+ 22. Kg2 Re8
23. e4 f5 24. Rad1 fxe4 25. Rfe1 e3 26. Nf1 Qc4 27. Qxc4 Nxc4 28. Rc1 Re4 29.
Kf3 Rd4 30. Nxe3 $16 {1-0 Izeta Txabarri,F-Pavlovic,M/Ubeda op 1997 (43)}) 20.
Rb1 Ne3 21. Re1 Re8 22. Nf3 h6 23. h3 g5 24. fxg5 hxg5 25. Qd2 g4 26. hxg4
Naxc4 27. Bxc4 Nxc4 28. Qf4 $16 {1-0 Ornstein,A-Danailov,S/Pamporovo 1981 (36)}
) (18... Ng4 {Huzman} 19. Rb1 (19. Bf3 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Ne3 21. Re1 Bxa1 22. Qxa1
Nc2 23. Qc3 Nxe1 24. Ne4 Nc2 25. Nf6+ Kh8 26. Nd7+ Nd4 27. Nxf8 f6 {Mena,
A-Cabezas Ayala,I/ESP-chTA 1996/0-1 (61)} (27... Kg8 $17)) 19... Re8 20. e4
Bd4+ 21. Kh1 Nf2+ 22. Rxf2 Bxf2 23. Nf3 Bd4 24. Nxd4 cxd4 25. Qd2 (25. Qc2 Bxd5
26. cxd5 $16) 25... Nxc4 26. Qxd4 Bxd5 $10 {/\Ne3 Ribli ECO}) 19. cxd5 Bxa1 (
19... Bg4 {Huzman} 20. Re1 Re8 21. e3 c4 22. Rb1 c3 23. Nf1 Nc4 24. e4 Bd4+ 25.
Kh1 Qa5 26. h3 Bd7 $44 {1/2-1/2 Wilhelmi,C-Penzold,A/BL2-N9697 1997 (41)}) 20.
Qxa1 Bg4 (20... Bf5 {Huzman} 21. e4 $16) 21. Re1 (21. e4 $143 {[%csl Re4]
Huzman}) 21... f6 22. Qc3 Qc7 23. h3 Bc8 (23... Bd7 24. Ne4 Kg7 25. g4 $18) 24.
Ne4 Qd8 $8 25. Nxd6 {A pawn is a pawn, but it was not easy for me to decide
exchanging this knight for the spectator on a5.} Qxd6 26. Qxa5 g5 $132 27. Qd2
gxf4 28. Qxf4 $6 (28. gxf4 $16 f5 29. Qe3 $1 {Florean}) 28... Qb6 (28... Qxf4 {
Huzman} 29. gxf4 {[%cal Ge2e5]} f5 30. Rc1 $18) 29. Rc1 Bd7 30. Kh2 Rc8 31. Rc4
Re8 32. d6 $6 (32. Re4 $142) 32... Qb2 (32... Rxe2 33. Qxf6 Qc6 34. Qg5+ (34.
Qf1 Rb2 $13 (34... Rxa2 $2 35. Rg4+ Bxg4 36. Qc4+ Kg7 37. Qxa2 Qxd6 38. hxg4
$16)) 34... Kh8 (34... Kf7 35. Rf4+) 35. Qd8+ Kg7 (35... Be8 36. Qf6+ Kg8 37.
Rg4+ Bg6 38. Rxg6+ hxg6 39. Qxg6+ Kf8 40. Qh6+ {and black will soon lose his
rook.}) 36. Qg5+ (36. Qe7+ $2 Rxe7 37. Bxc6 Re2+ 38. Bg2 Bc6)) 33. Bd5+ Kg7 34.
Re4 $18 Rxe4 35. Qxe4 Qe5 $8 36. Qxe5 fxe5 37. g4 Kf6 38. Kg3 Bb5 39. Kf3 c4 (
39... Bd7 {Huzman} 40. Be4 h6 41. Bf5 $18) 40. h4 h6 (40... c3 41. g5+ Kg7 42.
Be4 $18) 41. Ke4 (41. g5+ hxg5 42. hxg5+ Kxg5 43. Bxc4 Bc6+ 44. Ke3 a5 $16 {
It would be not easy to penetrate with the king.}) 41... c3 42. Bb3 Bd7 (42...
Bc6+ 43. Kd3 Bd7 44. Kxc3 Bxg4 45. e4 a5 46. Kc4 $18) 43. g5+ hxg5 44. hxg5+
Kxg5 45. Kxe5 Kg6 46. e4 a5 47. a4 Kg5 48. Kd5 (48. Kd5 Kf6 49. e5+ Kf7 50. Bc2
$22 Be6+ 51. Kc6 Ke8 52. Kc7 Bg4 53. Bg6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Chebanenco Memorial 1st"]
[Site "Kishinev"]
[Date "1998.02.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[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 {Huzman} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O d6
8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 a6 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Rb1 $5 {Rogozenko's pet line.} ({
An interesting alternative to the main move} 12. Bb2 bxc4 13. bxc4 Bh6 14. f4
e5 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Nd5 Rxb2 17. Qxb2 Bg7 18. Qc1 Nxd5 $6 19. cxd5 Bxa1 20.
Qxa1 Bg4 21. Re1 f6 22. Qc3 Qc7 23. h3 Bc8 24. Ne4 Qd8 25. Nxd6 Qxd6 26. Qxa5
g5 27. Qd2 gxf4 28. Qxf4 $16 {Marin,M-Florean,A/Ciocaltea mem/1998/}) 12... h5
$5 {Fedorov's reaction is also untypical.} ({According to theory the best is} 
12... e5 13. cxb5 (13. e4 $5 {This move deserves serious attention, as White's
B is better placed on c1, than on b2 as in lines 12.Bb2 e5 13.e4.} Bd7 (13...
Qc7 14. Nd1 Bd7 15. Bb2 bxc4 16. bxc4 Bh6 17. f4 Nh5 18. Qc3 f6 19. Bf3 Ng7 20.
Be2 Rbe8 21. Ne3 f5 22. Bd3 fxe4 23. Nxe4 Nf5 24. Ng4 Bg7 25. fxe5 dxe5 26. Be2
h5 27. Ngf2 Nd4 28. Rbe1 Nb7 $13 {Lurje,P-Pirrot,D/St.Ingbert op/1995/}) (13...
Nh5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. b4 cxb4 16. Rxb4 Ba6 17. Qb1 Qe8 18. Re1 Bh6 19. Bf1 Bxd2
20. Bxd2 Nc4 21. Bh6 Ng7 22. Qc1 Qd7 23. a4 Rfc8 24. axb5 Bxb5 25. Nxb5 {
1-0,Bernal Moro,L-Garriga Nvalart,J/Benasque op/1995/}) (13... Bh6 14. cxb5
axb5 15. b4 cxb4 16. Rxb4 Ba6 17. Qb1 Nd7 18. Re1 Nc5 19. Bf1 f5 20. exf5 gxf5
21. Nxb5 e4 22. a4 Qf6 23. Bb2 Qg6 24. Qc2 Rb7 25. Bd4 Bxd2 26. Qxd2 Nab3 27.
Qf4 Nxd4 28. Rxd4 $16 {Cvitan,O-David,A/Cannes op/1996/}) (13... bxc4 14. bxc4
Bd7 15. Rxb8 Qxb8 16. Bb2 Bh6 17. Ncb1 Nh5 18. Bc3 Qc7 19. Qb2 Nb7 20. Na3 f5
21. Rb1 Bc8 22. exf5 gxf5 23. Qb6 Qe7 24. Re1 Nd8 25. Rxe5 $1 dxe5 26. Qxh6 $44
{->,Cvitan,O-Dirr,U/Bad Woerishofen op/1994/}) 14. Nd1 Ng4 $1 15. h3 Nh6 16.
Bb2 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Ne4 Qd7 19. Kh2 (19. Ne3 $142 $1 $13) 19... bxc4 20.
bxc4 Rb4 21. Ne3 Qa4 22. Rbc1 Qxa2 23. Bc3 Qxc2 24. Rxc2 Bxe4 25. Bxb4 (25.
Bxe4 Nxc4 $1) 25... Bxc2 26. Bxa5 Bd3 27. Rd1 e4 28. Rd2 Nf5 $19 {Cvitan,
O-Guid,M/Nova Gorica/1996/}) 13... axb5 14. b4 cxb4 15. Rxb4 Ba6 (15... Bf5 16.
e4 Bd7 17. Qb1 Qe8 18. Qd3 Qc8 19. Ba3 Qa6 20. Rfb1 Nb7 21. R4b3 Na5 22. Rb4
Nb7 23. R4b3 Na5 24. R3b2 Nc4 25. Nxc4 bxc4 26. Qc2 Ra8 27. Bb4 $14 {Nikolic,
P-Shirov,A/Monaco bl/1995/}) 16. Ba3 (16. Bb2 Qc7 17. Qb1 (17. Rb1 Bh6 18. e3
Rfc8 19. Qd1 Nc4 20. Ba1 Qa7 21. Kh1 Ng4 22. Qxg4 Nxd2 23. Rd1 Nc4 24. Qh4 Bg7
25. Ne4 $13 {1/2,Sorokin,M-Fiorito,F/Villa Gesell Clarin fin/1997/}) 17... Bh6
18. Nde4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Nc4 20. Bc1 Bg7 21. Nc3 f5 22. Nxb5 Qc5 23. a4 e4 24.
Bf4 Na3 25. Bxd6 Qxd6 26. Nxd6 Nxb1 27. Rfxb1 Rxb4 28. Rxb4 {Tukmakov,V-Shaked,
T/Biel op/1995/} Bxe2 $44) 16... Qc7 (16... Qd7 17. Qb1 Rb7 18. Rc1 Rfb8 19. e3
Nc4 20. Nxc4 bxc4 21. Rxb7 Rxb7 22. Qc2 Ne8 23. e4 Bf6 24. Rb1 Kf8 25. Rxb7
Qxb7 26. Qa4 Bg5 27. Qc6 $16 {Rogozenko,D-Nevednichy,V/Bucharest Ciocaltea/
1995/}) 17. Qd3 Rfc8 (17... Nd7 18. Nxb5 Qb6 19. Rfb1 Nc5 20. Qc2 Bxb5 21. Rxb5
Qxb5 22. Rxb5 Rxb5 23. Ne4 Nab7 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Nxc5 Nxc5 26. e4 Ra8 27. Bf1
Ra4 28. Bc4 Bf6 29. Kf1 Kg7 $44 {Gavrikov,V-Gelfand,B/Horgen CS/1994/}) 18. Rc1
Nb7 19. Nxb5 Qxc1+ 20. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 21. Nf1 Nc5 22. Qd2 Rxb5 23. Rxb5 Rxf1+ 24.
Bxf1 Bxb5 25. Qa5 Bd7 26. Qd8+ Ne8 27. e3 Bf8 28. g4 h6 29. h4 $13 {Rogozenko,
D-Salai,L/Jerevan olm/1996/}) 13. Bb2 {White probably shouldn't ignore the
sally of the Ph5, as on h3 it will cause great problems later on.} (13. h3 $5
e5 (13... Bd7 14. Bb2 Qc8 15. Kh2 bxc4 16. bxc4 h4 17. g4 Bxg4 18. hxg4 Qxg4
19. Bh3 Qf4+ 20. Kh1 Ng4 21. Bxg4 Qxg4 22. Qd3 Be5 23. Nd1 Bf4 24. Rg1 Bg3 25.
Kg2 h3+ 26. Kh1 {1-0,Nicula,M-Nisipeanu,D/ATI-Homorod-C/1993/}) 14. cxb5 (14.
e4 Bd7 15. Bb2 bxc4 16. bxc4 h4 17. f4 Nh5 18. Ne2 Bh6 19. Bc3 Rxb1 20. Qxb1
Nxg3 21. Nxg3 hxg3 22. fxe5 Be3+ 23. Kh1 Bxd2 24. Bxd2 Nxc4 25. Bf4 dxe5 26.
Bxg3 Nd2 27. Qc1 Nxf1 28. Bxe5 Qe7 29. Bf4 g5 30. Bxg5 Ng3+ 31. Kh2 Qe5 {
0-1,Tibensky,R-Balogh,T/SVK-ch/1993/}) 14... axb5 15. b4 cxb4 16. Rxb4 Bd7 17.
Qd3 Qc8 18. Kh2 Qc5 19. a3 Rfc8 20. Nde4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Qc2 22. Nxd6 Rc3 23.
Qxc2 Rxc2 24. Rb2 Rxb2 25. Bxb2 Rb6 26. Bc3 Rxd6 27. Bxa5 Ra6 28. Bb4 Bf8 29.
f4 $16 {Lerner,K-Fedorov,A/Nikolaev zt/1995/}) 13... h4 (13... bxc4 {Huzman}
14. bxc4 h4 15. Nce4 hxg3 16. hxg3 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 Rxb2 19. Qxb2 e5
20. dxe6 Bxe6 21. Bd5 Bxd5 22. cxd5 Qb8 23. Qf6 $16 {1-0 Vescovi,G-Tirard,H/
WchJM U20 1996 (40)}) 14. Nce4 (14. e4 bxc4 15. bxc4 e5 16. Ne2 h3 17. Bh1 Ng4
18. Bc3 Rxb1 19. Rxb1 Bd7 20. Qb2 Bh6 21. f4 exf4 22. Nxf4 Ne5 $13 {Gauglitz,
G-Haba,P/Halle/1987/}) (14. Nd1 e5 (14... bxc4 15. bxc4 h3 16. Bh1 Bd7 17. Ne3
Qc7 18. Bc3 Ng4 19. Nxg4 Bxg4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qc3+ Kg8 22. Bf3 Bd7 23. e4 e5
24. Be2 Rb4 25. a3 $16 {Trifunovic,A-Moss,R/Hastings Challengers/1996/}) 15. e4
Bh6 16. Bc3 bxc4 (16... h3 $142 17. Bh1 Ng4 $132) 17. bxc4 Rxb1 18. Qxb1 hxg3
19. hxg3 Bg4 20. Qd3 Nh5 21. Ne3 Bd7 22. Rb1 {[%csl Ra5]} f5 23. exf5 gxf5 24.
Qe2 Be8 25. Bh3 $16 {Cvitan,O-Giertz,N/Mendrisio op/1988/}) 14... Bf5 $146 (
14... Nxe4 $143 15. Bxe4 Bxb2 (15... e5 $6 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qc3+
Kg8 19. Bd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Re8 21. e4 Nb7 22. Rbe1 hxg3 23. hxg3 Re7 24. f4 Qf8
25. e5 f5 26. exf6 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Re8 28. Ne4 Nd8 29. f7+ {1-0,Morovic
Fernandez,I-Arancibia,E/Santiago zt/1995/}) 16. Rxb2 f5 17. Bd3 e5 18. dxe6
Bxe6 19. cxb5 axb5 20. b4 Nc6 21. bxc5 Nd4 22. Qc1 dxc5 23. Qxc5 Qf6 24. Rb4
Rfd8 25. Qc1 Bxa2 26. Qb2 Bf7 27. Rc1 hxg3 28. hxg3 Qd6 29. e3 Ne6 30. Rh4 Ng7
31. Rd4 Qb6 32. Nf3 $36 {[%csl Re5,Rg8][%cal Ga1h8] ><e5,Kg8,/^a1-h8,Rohde,
U-Rust Lux,K/RLNS/1989/}) (14... h3 $5 15. Nxf6+ exf6 16. Bh1 f5 $13) 15. Nxf6+
Bxf6 16. e4 (16. Be4 $6 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 bxc4 19. Nxc4 Rb4 $15)
16... Bd7 17. cxb5 $2 {A strategic mistake.} (17. Bxf6 $142 exf6 18. f4 $14 {
[%csl Ra5,Gc4,Gd5,Ge4,Gf4] [+],פa5}) (17. f4 {Huzman} Bxb2 18. Rxb2 $36 {
[%cal Ge4e5]}) 17... axb5 (17... Bxb5 {Huzman} 18. Rfe1 $16 {[%csl Ra5][%cal
Ge4e5]}) 18. e5 Bxe5 $8 (18... Bg7 19. f4 $36 (19. e6 $16 {Huzman})) 19. Bxe5
dxe5 20. Qxc5 h3 21. Bh1 (21. Bf3 $5) 21... Bf5 22. Rbc1 f6 $36 {[%csl Rg1,Gh3]
עg1,Ph3 After the dissolution of his pawn center White suddenly has to be
careful about his K.} (22... Qd6 $5 {[%cal Yf8c8] Huzman} 23. Ne4 $140 Bxe4 24.
Bxe4 Nc4 $1 $132 {[%cal Yc4d2,Yc4d6]}) 23. Qb4 Nb7 $1 {The best chance.} (23...
Qd6 $6 24. Qxd6 exd6 25. Be4 Rfc8 26. Bxf5 gxf5 27. f4 $1 $14) 24. Qxb5 Nd6 25.
Qe2 (25. Qc5 {Huzman} Nb5 26. Nf3 Qd7 $132 {[%cal Yf8c8]}) 25... Nb5 $44 26.
Be4 (26. Nc4 $5 {Huzman} Nd4 27. Qd2 {[%cal Gf2f4]} Qc7 $132 28. f4 $140 Qa7 {
[%cal Ya7g1]}) (26. Nf3 {Huzman} Bg4) 26... Nd4 27. Qe3 Qa5 28. Rc4 (28. Bxf5
Nxf5 29. Qd3 Rfd8 $15) (28. Rfd1 {Huzman} Qxa2 (28... Kg7 $5 $44) 29. Ra1 Qb2
30. Rdb1 Qc3 $15) 28... Bxe4 (28... Qxa2 $6 29. Ra4 Qb2 30. d6 $1 $40 (30. Rb1
Qc3 $13)) 29. Nxe4 Qxa2 (29... Qxd5 $5 {[%cal Rf6f5] /\f5}) (29... Qxd5 $1 {
[%cal Yd5g2] Huzman} 30. f3 (30. f4 Ra8 31. fxe5 fxe5 $40) 30... Nf5 31. Qf2
Rfc8 {[%csl Rg1]}) 30. d6 $5 (30. Qh6 Rf7 $36 {[%cal Ra2e2] /\Qe2} (30... Rf7
$1 {Huzman} 31. Rc7 (31. Qxh3 Qxb3 32. Rc8+ Rxc8 33. Qxc8+ Kg7 $17) 31... Qxb3
32. Qxg6+ Kh8 $36) (30... Qe2 31. Qxg6+ Kh8 $11)) 30... exd6 (30... Nf5 $5 {
Huzman} 31. Qd3 exd6 (31... Qxb3 32. Qd5+ Kh8 33. Nc5 $132) 32. Nxd6 Qa8 $36)
31. Qh6 Qa7 $8 32. Qxg6+ (32. Nxd6 $143 Qh7 $17) 32... Qg7 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34.
Nxd6 Rfd8 (34... Rxb3 $36 {Huzman} 35. Rxd4 $1 exd4 36. Nf5+ Kg6 37. Nxd4 {
[%csl Rh3][%cal Gd4e2,Gd4e6,Ge6f4,Ge2f4]} Rb2 38. Ne6 Rh8 39. Nf4+ Kg5 40. f3
$1 $11) 35. Ne4 Rxb3 {Despite the simplification White's defensive task is not
easy, as his K is pinned to h1 and his pieces have no space. Black can try
various methods of strengthening his position.} 36. Nc5 Nf3+ 37. Kh1 Rb6 38.
Ra4 (38. Rc3 {Huzman} Nd2 39. Re1 (39. Rd1 $2 Ne4 $1) 39... e4 $36 {[%csl Rh1]}
) 38... Rd2 39. Ne4 Rdb2 40. Ra3 Rb1 41. Ra1 Rxf1+ {Black can hardly avoid
exchanging a pair of R.} (41... R1b3 $143 42. Rad1 $15 {[%cal Re4d2] /\Nd2})
42. Rxf1 f5 43. Nc3 Rb2 44. Nd1 Rd2 45. Ne3 Kg6 46. Nd1 e4 $2 {This move
shortens black's options unecessarily and weakens the Pf5.} (46... f4 $142 47.
Nc3 Kf5 {[%cal Rd2c2,Rf5d3] /\Rc2,Ke4-d3-/+}) 47. Ne3 Kg5 48. Nd1 Kf6 (48... f4
49. gxf4+ Kxf4 50. Ne3 $15) 49. Ne3 Ke6 50. Nd1 Rc2 51. Ne3 Ra2 52. Nd1 Nd2 (
52... Kd5 53. Ne3+ {[%csl Rf5] <=>><f5}) 53. Rg1 $1 Nc4 {[%cal Re6d3] /
\Kd5-d4-d3} 54. g4 $1 {The defense finally triumphs and White frees himself
from his cage.} Rc2 (54... f4 55. Nc3 $1 Rxf2 56. Nxe4 $11 {[%cal Re4g5,Rg5h3]
/\Ng5-h3}) 55. gxf5+ Kxf5 56. Ne3+ $1 Nxe3 57. fxe3 Re2 58. Rf1+ (58. Rg3 {
Huzman} Re1+ 59. Rg1 Rxe3 $19) 58... Ke5 (58... Kg5 {Huzman} 59. Kg1 Rxe3 60.
Rf8 Re2 (60... Ra3 61. Kf2 $11) 61. Rf2 $1 $11) 59. Kg1 Rxe3 (59... Rg2+ 60.
Kh1 Kd5 61. Rd1+ $11) 60. Rf8 Re2 61. Rf2 $1 $11 {The advanced Ph3 has also
it's disadvantages, as the pawn _|_ is drawn. Therefore Black has to release
White's K.} (61. Rh8 $143 e3 62. Rxh3 Ke4 $36) 61... Re3 (61... Re1+ 62. Rf1
$11) (61... Rxf2 62. Kxf2 Kf4 63. Ke2 e3 64. Ke1 $8 Kf3 65. Kf1 $11) 62. Rf8
Rd3 (62... Kd4 63. Kf2 $11) 63. Kf2 Rd2+ (63... Kd4 64. Ke2 $11 (64. Rd8+ Kc3
65. Re8 $1 $11)) 64. Ke3 Rxh2 65. Re8+ Kf5 66. Rxe4 ({Even more convincing is} 
66. Re5+ $5 Kg6 (66... Kxe5 $11) 67. Rxe4 Ra2 68. Kf3 $11) 66... Ra2 67. Rh4
Kg5 68. Rh8 (68. Rxh3 $4 Ra3+ $19) 68... Kg4 69. Rg8+ Kh4 70. Kf3 (70. Rh8+ Kg3
71. Rg8+ Kh2 72. Kf3 Rg2 73. Rh8 $11) (70. Kf3 $142 h2 71. Rh8+ Kg5 72. Kg3 $11
) 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-ch53"]
[Site "Belgrade "]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Markovic, Miroslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1998.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 a6 11. h3 Bd7 12. b3 b5 13. Bb2 Rb8 14. Nd1 e5 (14...
bxc4 15. bxc4 e5 16. e4 Bh6 17. Ne3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Nh5 19. g4 Ng7 20. Bc3 h5
$132 {Yanofsky,D-Kraidman,Y/Netanya-A 1973/0-1 (78)}) 15. e3 (15. Kh2 Nh5 16.
e3 f5 17. f4 e4 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. Nf2 Qf6 20. g4 h6 (20... bxc4 $5) 21. Rab1
$11 {Wojtkiewicz,A-Cabrilo,G/New York op 1990/1/2-1/2 (58)}) 15... Nh5 $5 16.
g4 Nf6 17. Bc3 Ne8 {[%cal Yf7f5]} 18. f4 f5 19. gxf5 (19. g5 $11) 19... gxf5
20. fxe5 $6 (20. Nf2 e4 $11) 20... dxe5 21. cxb5 (21. Nf3 Qc7 (21... bxc4 22.
Nxe5 cxb3 23. axb3 Nxb3 24. Ra3 $44) 22. cxb5 axb5 (22... Bxb5 23. Rf2 {
[%cal Gf3g5,Gg5e6,Gf3h4,Gh4f5]}) 23. Bxa5 Qxa5 24. Qxc5 e4 25. Nd4 Rc8 26. Qe7
Rf7 27. Qg5 Qa8 $17) 21... axb5 22. Nf2 (22. a3 Nb7 $15) 22... b4 23. Bb2 Bb5
24. Rfe1 (24. Nc4 $2 Bxc4 25. bxc4 Nd6 $19) 24... Rc8 {[%cal Yc5c4]} 25. Nd3 $2
(25. a3 $142 c4 $140 26. bxc4 Nxc4 27. Nxc4 Rxc4 28. Qb3 {[%cal Gb3b5]}) 25...
Bxd3 26. Qxd3 e4 $17 27. Qc2 Qxd5 28. Rad1 Qf7 29. Kh1 Bxb2 (29... c4 $5) 30.
Qxb2 Qf6 31. Qxf6 Rxf6 32. Bf1 Nd6 33. Rc1 {The white try to organize defence.}
Kg7 34. Rc2 {[%cal Ge1c1,Gc1c5]} Re6 {[%cal Ye6e5,Ye5c5,Yc8c5]} 35. Rec1 Re5
36. Be2 Kf6 37. Kh2 Rd5 38. Nf1 Ke5 39. Kg3 Nf7 40. Kf2 Ng5 41. h4 Ne6 42. Nd2
Rcd8 43. Nc4+ (43. Nf1 $5 f4 $140 $6 44. exf4+ Kxf4 45. Ne3 Rd2 $2 46. Rxc5 $1
Nxc5 47. Rxc5 $16) 43... Nxc4 44. Bxc4 Rd2+ 45. Ke1 Rxc2 46. Rxc2 Nd4 $1 (46...
Nf8 47. Bb5 Rc8 $15) 47. exd4+ cxd4 48. Bf1 {[%cal Gc2c5,Gf1h3,Gc5f5,Gh3f5]} d3
49. Rc5+ Rd5 (49... Kf4 50. Bh3) 50. Rc4 (50. Rxd5+ Kxd5 51. Bh3 f4 $19) 50...
Ra5 $2 (50... e3 {[%cal Yf5f3]} 51. Bxd3 (51. Rxb4 f4 52. Rb7 f3) 51... Rxd3 $1
52. Ke2 Rc3 53. Rxb4 f4 54. Kf3 $11) (50... f4 $1 51. Rxb4 e3 $17) 51. Bxd3 $1
exd3 52. Kd2 $11 Rxa2+ 53. Kxd3 Rh2 54. Rxb4 Rh3+ 55. Ke2 f4 56. Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch 70th"]
[Site "Bremen"]
[Date "1998.11.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3
a6 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 {Not very usual nowadays.}
({Rogozenko's pet line} 12. Qc2 e5 13. cxb5 $5 axb5 14. b4 {is a more popular
choice, if White wants to avoid the long main lines with 10.Qc2, 11.b3 and 12.
Bb2.}) 12... e5 13. dxe6 {Although this move is White's usual choice,it can
hardly bring anything tangible.} ({Strategically more interesting is} 13. Ba1
$5 Bh6 (13... Bd7 14. Qc2 Qc7 15. e4 bxc4 16. bxc4 Bh6 17. Rxb8 Rxb8 18. f4
exf4 19. gxf4 Nh5 20. Ne2 Bg4 21. Bf3 Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Re8 23. Qa4 Kf8 24. Bc3 $16
{Danailov,S-Peev,P/Sofia/1985/}) 14. e3 Bf5 15. Rc1 bxc4 16. bxc4 Bd3 17. Ne2
Qd7 18. Rc3 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Qa4 20. Qd3 Qd7 21. Ra3 Qc7 22. f4 Nd7 23. Ne4 f5 24.
Nxd6 Bg7 25. Bc3 Qxd6 26. Rxa5 e4 27. Qc2 Bxc3 28. Qxc3 Rb4 $44 {ץg2,Voiska,
M-Makropoulou,M/Athens/1990/}) (13. e4 Nh5 14. Qc2 Bh6 15. Ne2 Bg4 (15... bxc4
$142 $1 $15) 16. f3 Bd7 17. Bc3 Be3+ 18. Kh1 f5 19. f4 exf4 20. Nxf4 Nxf4 21.
gxf4 b4 22. Ba1 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Bf5 24. Rbe1 $36 {Saleh,N-Gunawan,R/Asia-chT/
1987/}) 13... fxe6 ({A promising alternative is} 13... Bxe6 $142 $5 14. cxb5
axb5 15. Nde4 Ne8 $5 (15... Rb6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Qd2 b4 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5
Nc6 20. Rfd1 Kg7 21. Bg2 Na7 22. a4 bxa3 23. Bxf6+ Qxf6 24. Qa5 Nc8 25. Qxa3
Ne7 26. Rd3 $11 {1/2,Kharitonov,A-David,A/Cappelle la Grande/1996/}) (15... Bf5
$143 $6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Nd5 Be5 18. f4 Bg7 19. e4 Be6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. f5
Bxd5 22. f6+ Kh8 23. Qxd5 Nb7 24. Rf4 Qe8 25. Qg5 Qe5 26. Qh6 Rg8 27. Rh4 {
1-0,Splosnov-Sekanina/Karvina/1998/}) 16. Nd5 Nc6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qd2 (18. e3
$142 Ne7 19. Nec3 Nc7 $11) 18... Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Nd4 20. Rb2 $2 f5 {ףd5} 21. e3
fxe4 22. exd4 Nf6 23. Qg5 cxd4 24. Rd1 d3 25. Rc1 Rc8 26. Rbb1 Qb6 27. Rxc8
Rxc8 28. Bxe4 Qxf2+ $1 {0-1,Kirov,N-Vladimirov,E/Cienfuegos/1986/}) 14. Nde4 $5
$146 {[%mdl 520] An interesting pawn sacrifice, which gives White chances to
fight for the advantage.} ({Innocuous is} 14. cxb5 axb5 (14... d5 $143 15. Na4
Rxb5 16. Rc1 Nb7 17. Ba3 Qa5 18. Qc2 Bd7 19. e4 Rc8 20. Bb2 d4 21. Nc4 Qc7 22.
Rce1 Na5 23. Bh3 Nc6 24. Ba3 Bf8 25. Nab2 Nb4 26. Qb1 Rcb8 27. Nd3 Nc6 28. Bc1
$16 {Hofmann,M-Phildius,B/BL2-S/1991/}) 15. Nde4 Rb6 (15... b4 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6
17. Ne4 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 Nb7 19. Rc2 Qe7 20. Nd2 Bd7 21. Nc4 d5 22. Ne5 Bb5 23.
Bf3 Rbd8 24. Qc1 Qg7 25. Ng4 e5 $13 {1/2,Paust,W-Andersson,B/Stockholm/1987/})
(15... Ne8 $2 16. Nxc5 Qc7 17. Nd3 Bxc3 18. Rc1 b4 19. Nxb4 Rxb4 20. Bxc3 Rb8
21. Qd4 Nf6 22. Qa4 $16 {Matnadze,A-Gara,A/Cannes/1997/}) 16. Qd2 (16. b4 cxb4
17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Ne4 Bxb2 19. Rxb2 d5 20. Nc5 Qd6 21. Nd3 Nc4 22. Rb3 d4 23.
Rxb4 Bb7 $11 {Helmers,K-Byrne,R/Reykjavik/1982/}) 16... Nb7 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18.
e4 Qe7 19. Ne2 Bxb2 20. Rxb2 b4 21. Qe3 Ra6 22. Rd1 Ra3 23. Rc2 Bd7 24. Nc1
Rfa8 $132 {Kiseleva,N-Safranska,A/Romania/1994/}) 14... bxc4 {'?' Ftacnik.} ({
Perhaps Black could have declined the sacrificed pawn by} 14... Rb6 $5 15. Qd2
Bb7 (15... bxc4 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Nd5 $1 Bxb2 18. Qxa5 exd5 19. Bxd5+ Kh8 20.
Rxb2 $14 {׻}) 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Ne4 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Nc6 $132) (
14... b4 $143 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Ne4 $14 (16. Ne4 {Ftacnik} Bxb2 17. Rxb2 Rb6
18. Rd2 Nb7 19. f4 $14)) (14... Nxe4 $1 {Ftacnik} 15. Nxe4 Bxb2 16. Rxb2 bxc4
17. Nxd6 (17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Nxd6 cxb3 19. axb3 Rb6 20. Rd1 Rd8 21. Rbd2 Nxb3
22. Nxc8 Rxc8 $17) 17... Qb6 18. e4 (18. Bh3 cxb3 19. axb3 Rd8 20. Rd2 Nxb3 21.
Nxc8 Rxd2 22. Nxb6 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rxb6 $17) 18... Rd8 19. e5 cxb3 20. axb3 $13)
15. Nxd6 cxb3 16. axb3 Rxb3 (16... Nxb3 $6 17. Ba3 $36 {/\Bc5!,Nc8,Rb3} (17.
Ba3 {Ftacnik} Qd7 (17... Rb6 $2 18. Nxc8 Qxd1 19. Ne7+ Kf7 20. Rfxd1 Kxe7 21.
Na4 $18) 18. Bxc5 Qc7 19. Rxb3 Rxb3 20. Qxb3 Qxc5 21. Nxc8 Qxc8 22. Bb7 $16))
17. Na4 $44 {'!' Ftacnik. Black's pawns make a sorry sight, White has at least
sufficient compensation.} Qc7 $2 {An oversight, after which White gets his
material back and even insreases his positional advanatage.} (17... c4 $142 18.
Nc5 (18. Rc1 {Ftacnik} Bd7 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nc5 Rb4 21. Nxc4 Nxc4 22. Qxd7 $14
) 18... Rb6 (18... Rxb2 19. Rxb2 Ne4 20. Ncxe4 Bxb2 21. Qc2 $14) 19. Bxf6 (19.
Be5 $5 $36) 19... Rxb1 20. Qxb1 Bxf6 21. Nxc8 Qxc8 22. Qb6 Bd4 23. Qxe6+ Kh8
24. Qxc8 Rxc8 25. Nxa6 $14) 18. Rc1 Rd8 {The c5-pawn is indefensible.} (18...
c4 $6 19. Nxc4 $16) (18... Nd7 $2 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nxc5 $1 Nxc5 21. Qd4+ {
/\Rc5+-}) 19. Rxc5 $1 Qxd6 20. Qxd6 Rxd6 21. Rxc8+ {^^,><a6,e6,->ע White has
a technically won position, as Black will be unable to keep the material
balance for long.} Kf7 22. Be5 Rd2 $8 (22... Rd7 23. Nc5 $18) 23. Nc5 Rb5 24.
Rc7+ Kg8 25. Bh3 $1 $18 Rd8 $8 (25... h6 26. Bxe6+ Kh8 27. Rc8+ Kh7 28. Bxf6
Bxf6 29. Ne4 $18) 26. Rxg7+ ({Even simpler was} 26. Nxe6 $1 Rxe5 27. Rxg7+ (27.
Nxd8 $18) 27... Kh8 28. Rf7 $18) 26... Kxg7 27. Nxe6+ Kg8 $8 28. Bxf6 Rdb8 29.
Bc3 $138 (29. Nc7 $142 R5b6 30. Nd5 $18) 29... Nc6 30. Nd4 $6 Nxd4 31. Bxd4 Rb1
32. e3 Kf7 33. Bd7 a5 34. Bc6 Ke6 (34... Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Rb4 36. Bc3 $1 Rb1+ (
36... Rc4 $2 37. Bd5+) 37. Ke2 {/\Ba5+-}) 35. e4 a4 $5 36. Bd5+ (36. Bxa4 $2
Rxf1+ 37. Kxf1 Rb4 $11) 36... Kd6 37. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 38. Kg2 a3 39. Bg7 {Probably
due to time-trouble White slightly spoiled his position, but it still remains
won.} Rb8 $138 (39... Ke7 $142 40. f4 {/\f5-f6} Rd1 41. Bc3 $18) 40. Kf3 Kc5
41. Ke3 $18 Ra8 $4 (41... Ra8 42. Bxa8) 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Iasi"]
[Date "1999.12.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Black "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1999.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 b5 $6 {A highly dubious gambit, and this is not the
first game to show it. Compared to the Volga gambit here Black will still have
his misplaced Na5, which he will at best manage to exchange. (as in the game.)}
({The normal move is} 10... Rb8 {and currently Black experiences little
trouble in this line.}) 11. cxb5 {The gambit can be refuted only by accepting
it.} (11. b3 Bf5 (11... Bg4 12. h3 b4 13. hxg4 bxc3 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Nb7
16. Kg2 Qd7 17. f3 a5 18. a4 Rfb8 19. Rh1 Qe8 20. Rh3 Nd8 21. Be3 Rb4 22. Rb1
Rab8 23. Bf2 $14 {Morris,C-Wong Meng Leong/Thessaloniki olm/1984/}) (11... Nd7
$2 12. Bb2 Rb8 13. Rab1 bxc4 14. bxc4 Ne5 15. Nd1 Bd7 16. f4 Ng4 17. Bxg7 Rxb1
18. Bxf8 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 {1-0, Bukal,V-Cucancic,S/Zadar/1995/}) ({The simplest is
} 11... Rb8 {-10...Rb8.}) 12. e4 Bd7 13. Bb2 Rb8 14. cxb5 axb5 15. h3 Qc8 16.
Kh2 b4 17. Nd1 Bb5 18. Nc4 Bxc4 19. bxc4 b3 20. axb3 Nxb3 21. Rb1 Nd4 22. Bxd4
cxd4 23. Rxb8 Qxb8 24. c5 dxc5 25. Qxc5 h5 $36 {Bernal,E-Wong,M/Thessaloniki
olm/1984/}) 11... axb5 12. Nxb5 Bb7 (12... Ba6 13. Nc3 Qc7 $142 $5 (13... Nc4
14. Nxc4 Bxc4 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. b3 Ba6 17. Rfe1 Rfb8 18. Rab1 Ra7 19. Nd1 Rba8
20. Ne3 h5 21. Bc3 Bb7 22. a4 Ba6 23. h3 Rb8 24. Red1 Rab7 25. Bf1 Ra7 26. Nc4
Bxc4 27. bxc4 Nd7 28. Be1 $1 $16 {[%csl Ga4][%cal Ga4a5] o^a,Reichenbach,
W-Kunsztowicz,U/FRG-ch Menden/1974/}) (13... Ne8 14. Re1 Nc7 15. b3 (15. Rb1
$142 $5 Nb5 16. Nxb5 Bxb5 17. b3 $14) 15... Nb5 16. Bb2 Nd4 17. Qc1 Rc8 18. e3
Bd3 19. Bf1 Bxf1 20. Rxf1 Qd7 21. Qb1 Nb5 22. Nxb5 Qxb5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rc1
h5 25. h4 Rb8 26. Qe4 Rb7 27. Nc4 Ra8 28. Rab1 Nxc4 29. bxc4 Qd7 $14 {
Vulicevic,B-Antic,D/Becici/1994/}) (13... Nd7 14. Re1 Qb6 (14... Ne5 15. Rb1
Rb8 16. h3 Qc7 17. Kh2 Rfc8 18. f4 Nec4 19. Nf3 Qb6 20. e4 Bd4 21. b3 Qb4 22.
bxc4 Qxc3 23. Qxc3 Bxc3 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Re3 Bb4 26. a3 Nxc4 27. Rb3 Na5 28.
Rb2 Nc4 29. Rb1 $16 {Wyss,T-Liardet,F/Baden/1997/}) (14... Qc7 15. b3 Rfb8 16.
Rb1 Qa7 17. Nd1 Ne5 18. Nf3 Qb6 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Ne3 Bc8 21. Bd2 Qa7 22. Be4
Bg7 23. h4 Nb7 24. a4 Na5 25. Bd3 Qd7 26. Bb5 Qh3 27. Qe4 Be5 28. Qg2 Qxg2+ 29.
Kxg2 Bb7 30. f3 $16 {Kelly,B-Mork,K/Hampstead IM-B/1999/}) 15. Rb1 Rfb8 (15...
c4 16. Nf3 Nb7 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Bd4 Ne5 19. Red1 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Nc5 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. h4 f6 23. Kg2 Bc8 24. Rd4 $16 {Klee,M-Chandler,P/OLO 9899/1999/}) 16.
b3 Qb4 17. Nce4 Bc8 18. a3 Qb5 19. b4 cxb4 20. axb4 Nb7 21. Nc4 Qa4 22. Qxa4
Rxa4 23. Bd2 Nd8 24. Na5 $16 {Mastrokoukos,G-Scetinin,A/Cappelle la Grande/
1995/}) (13... Qb6 {-12...Qb6}) 14. b3 Rab8 15. Rb1 Rb7 16. Re1 Rfb8 17. Ba3
Nd7 18. Nde4 Ra7 19. Na4 Nf6 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Bb2 Bxb2 22. Rxb2 Rab7 23. Reb1
Qd8 24. Nc3 Qf8 25. Nd1 Qg7 $14 {/<=>,Averbakh,Y-Gligoric,S/JUG-URS Belgrade/
1956/}) (12... Qb6 13. Nc3 Ba6 14. Rb1 (14. b3 c4 15. Na4 Qb5 16. bxc4 Nxc4 17.
Rb1 Qa5 18. Nxc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Rfc8 20. Qd3 Qxa4 21. Rb7 Nd7 22. Qb3 Nc5 23.
Qxa4 Rxa4 24. Rxe7 Kf8 25. Re3 Rxa2 26. Bf3 Rca8 27. Rd1 R8a4 $17 {[%cal Rg7d4]
/\Bd4,Nunez,A-Fuentes,M/Havana/1999/}) 14... Rfb8 15. b3 Qa7 (15... Ra7 16. Bb2
Rab7 17. Ba1 Qc7 18. a3 Bh6 19. f4 Ng4 20. Nce4 Bg7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qc3+ Kg8
23. Bf3 Nh6 24. Rfc1 Rc8 25. g4 $40 {Tibensky,R-Duriga,S/Trnava-B/1985/}) 16.
h3 Rb7 17. Re1 Rab8 18. a3 Ne8 19. Na2 Rc7 20. Nc3 (20. Bb2 $5) 20... Rcb7 21.
Na2 Rc7 22. Nc3 Rcb7 23. Na2 {1/2,Anhalt,H-Dausch,R/Bundesliga 8384/1984/}) 13.
Nc3 Ra6 14. Rd1 Qa8 15. Nf1 $5 ({Playable and possibly even more accurate is} 
15. e4 $5 Rb6 16. Rb1 e6 17. b3 Rb4 18. a3 Rd4 19. Nb5 (19. b4 $1 {/\} cxb4 20.
Nb5 $18) 19... exd5 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. b4 Nc6 22. Bb2 Rc8 23. Qb3 dxe4 24. Nxe4
(24. Nc4 $1 $16 {Dautov}) 24... Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Ne5 26. Bxb7 Qxb7 27. Rd3 Qe4 28.
Rbd1 d5 $1 $44 {Marin,M-Nisipeanu,L/Bucharest/1995/}) 15... Rb6 $146 (15... Nd7
16. Rb1 Rb6 (16... Nc4 $2 17. Nb5 $18) 17. b3 Rb4 18. Ba3 Rc8 19. Ne4 Rd4 20.
Ne3 Nb6 21. Nc3 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 c4 23. b4 Nb3 24. Bb2 Nd4 25. Qd2 e5 26. dxe6
fxe6 27. Bh3 e5 28. a4 $5 $16 {Horvath,J-Bologan,V/JUG-chT Igalo/1994/}) (15...
Nc4 $142 $5 16. b3 (16. Nb5 $2 Rxa2 17. Nc7 Qa5 $36) 16... Na3 17. Bxa3 Rxa3
18. Ne3 Ba6 $14) 16. Rb1 Rb8 (16... e6 17. Ne3 $16) (16... Nc4 17. Na4 (17. Ne3
Nxe3 18. Bxe3 e6 $132) 17... Rb4 18. b3 Nb6 19. a3 Rb5 20. Nc3 $16) 17. Ne3 Rb4
(17... c4 18. Bd2 {/\Na4+/-}) 18. Bd2 Nc4 19. Nxc4 Rxc4 20. b3 Rb4 21. a4 $16
c4 {The only realistic attempt to get <=>, but now White consolidates his
advantage.} (21... Ba6 $2 22. Nb5) (21... Rb6 22. e4 $16) 22. bxc4 Rxc4 23. Qb3
Rcc8 24. Be1 (24. Qa2 $5) 24... e6 (24... Bxd5 $5 25. Nxd5 (25. Bxd5 Rxb3 26.
Bxa8 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 Rxa8 $11) 25... Rxb3 26. Nxe7+ Kf8 27. Bxa8 Rxb1 28. Rxb1
Rxa8 29. Nc6 Rxa4 30. Rb8+ Ne8 31. Bb4 Ra1+ 32. Kg2 Rd1 33. e4 f6 34. Kf3 $16 {
was a better chance, although Black is very passive the material is equal and
limited to one flank.}) 25. Qa2 exd5 (25... Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. Bxd5 exd5
28. a5 $18 {[%csl Ga5,Rd5,Rd6] o^a,ק}) 26. a5 h5 27. Na4 Qa7 28. Nb6 Re8 (
28... Rc5 29. Bb4 Rb5 30. Bxd6 Rxa5 31. Bxb8 $18) 29. Bc3 Ng4 (29... Ne4 30.
Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Qb2+ Kh6 (31... Kh7 32. Bxe4 dxe4 33. Nd7 $18) 32. Qc1+ Kg7 33.
Bxe4 dxe4 34. Nd7 Rbd8 35. Qc7 $18) 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. h3 Nf6 32. e3 {White
doesn't look for an immediate tactical solution and quietly improves his
position.} Re5 33. Rdc1 Ba6 {Now Black loses a pawn without changing the
course of the game, but} (33... Ba8 34. Qa3 Rd8 35. a6 $18 {doesn't help much.}
) 34. Nxd5 Rxb1 35. Rxb1 Qc5 36. Nxf6 Kxf6 37. Qb2 g5 (37... Ke7 38. Qb8 {/\}
Qxa5 39. Rb6 Kf6 40. Qxd6+ Re6 41. Qd8+ Kg7 42. Qd4+ Kh7 43. Rxe6 fxe6 44. Qa7+
Kg8 45. Bf1 $18) 38. Rc1 Qb5 39. Qxb5 Rxb5 (39... Bxb5 40. Ra1 Ba6 41. Bf1 $18)
40. Ra1 Rc5 41. Bf1 Rc6 42. Bxa6 Rxa6 43. Kf1 $18 {With Black's R passive the
_|_ is trivial. White just centralizes his K and penetrates on one of the
flanks due to Zugzwang.} Ke5 44. Ke2 f5 45. f4+ gxf4 (45... Kf6 46. Kd3 $18)
46. gxf4+ Kd5 47. Kd3 h4 48. Ra3 $22 Kc5 49. Kc3 Kd5 (49... Kb5 50. Kd4 Kb4 51.
Ra1 $18) (49... d5 50. Ra1 $22 $18) 50. Kb4 Ra8 51. a6 Ke4 (51... Kc6 52. a7
Kb7 53. Kc4 $18) 52. Kb5 d5 53. Kb6 d4 54. exd4 Kxf4 (54... Kxd4 55. a7 Ke4 56.
Ra4+ Kf3 57. Kb7 Rxa7+ 58. Kxa7 Kg3 59. Kb6 Kxh3 60. Kc5 Kg3 61. Kd5 h3 62. Ke5
$18) 55. a7 Ke4 56. Kb7 Rxa7+ 57. Rxa7 f4 (57... Kxd4 58. Ra4+ {/\Rh4}) 58. Kc6
(58. Kc6 Kxd4 59. Rh7 f3 60. Rxh4+ Ke3 61. Rh8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Sufe Cup"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2000.03.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2000.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Rb1 h5 $5 {An interesting concept.
Black takes White's central space advantage into account and plays on both
flanks. This flexible move avoids any premature commitment.} ({Black's main
alternative is} 12... e5 {More promising is} 13. dxe6 $5 (13. cxb5 axb5 14. b4
cxb4 15. Rxb4 Bd7 $5 16. Ba3 (16. Qd3 $142) 16... Ne8 17. Rfb1 Rc8 18. e4 Qc7
19. Bb2 Qc5 20. Ba1 f5 21. Qd1 f4 22. Qe2 fxg3 23. hxg3 Bh6 24. Nf1 Nc4 $15 {
Rogozenko,D-Khalifman,A/Bad Wiessee op/1998/}) 13... Bxe6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5
Bg4 16. h3 Bd7 17. Bb2 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Re8 19. Rbe1 c4 20. b4 Nb7 21. Kh2 f6 22.
e4 Qe7 23. f4 Nd8 24. Nf3 Nf7 25. Nd4 Rbc8 26. Qc3 Qd8 27. h4 $16 {Pavlovic,
M-Socko,B/ICC/2000/}) (12... bxc4 13. bxc4 Rxb1 14. Qxb1 Bd7 15. Qc2 Qc7 16.
Bb2 Rb8 17. Rb1 Ng4 18. Nd1 Bxb2 19. Nxb2 e5 20. h3 Nf6 21. Nd3 Rxb1+ 22. Qxb1
Nh5 23. g4 Nf6 24. e3 Ne8 25. f4 f6 26. Qb2 $14 {Rogozenko,D-Iordachescu,V/
Bucharest/ 1998/}) (12... Qc7 13. Bb2 Bf5 14. e4 Bd7 15. h3 bxc4 16. bxc4 e5
17. Ne2 Rb4 18. a3 Ba4 19. Qd3 Rbb8 20. Bc3 Nd7 21. Rxb8 Rxb8 22. Rb1 Rxb1+ 23.
Qxb1 Nb7 24. Nc1 Qb6 25. Ncb3 Bh6 $11 {Georgiev,K-Milov,V/FIDE-WCh Groningen/
1997/}) (12... Bh6 13. f4 e5 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. Nd5 Bg7 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. cxb5
axb5 18. Ne4 Bg7 19. Bb2 Bf5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qc3+ f6 22. Rbd1 Bxe4 23. Bxe4
b4 24. Qd3 Rb6 25. Rd2 Qe7 26. Bf3 Nb7 27. Rfd1 Nd8 28. Bd5 Re8 29. Kf2 Ne6
$132 {Cvitan,O-Polzin,R/Oberwart op/1992/}) 13. Bb2 (13. h3 e5 14. cxb5 (14. e4
h4 $5 15. g4 Bh6 $13) 14... axb5 15. b4 cxb4 16. Rxb4 Bd7 17. Ba3 Qc8 18. Kh2
Qa6 19. Bb2 Rfc8 20. Qd3 Nb7 21. f4 Nc5 22. Qf3 {Sorokin,M-Bologan,V/Calcutta/
1999/} Qa5 23. a3 e4 $11) 13... Bf5 $5 {Morozevich's idea, Black invests a
tempo just to rob White of the e4-square.} ({A couple of times Black has played
} 13... h4 14. Nce4 $5 (14. Nd1 e5 15. e4 Bh6 16. Bc3 h3 (16... bxc4 17. bxc4
Rxb1 18. Qxb1 hxg3 19. hxg3 Bg4 20. Qd3 Nh5 21. Ne3 Bd7 22. Rb1 f5 23. exf5
gxf5 24. Qe2 Be8 25. Bh3 $40 {Cvitan,O-Giertz,N/Mendrisio/1988/}) 17. Bh1 Ng4
$132) (14. e4 bxc4 15. bxc4 e5 16. Ne2 h3 17. Bh1 Ng4 18. Bc3 Rxb1 19. Rxb1 Bd7
20. Qb2 Bh6 21. f4 exf4 22. Nxf4 Ne5 $132 {Gauglitz,G-Haba,P/Halle/1987/})
14... Bf5 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. e4 Bd7 17. Bxf6 (17. cxb5 $6 axb5 18. e5 Bxe5 19.
Bxe5 dxe5 20. Qxc5 h3 21. Bh1 Bf5 22. Rbc1 f6 23. Qb4 Nb7 24. Qxb5 Nd6 25. Qe2
Nb5 $36 {Rogozenko,D-Fedorov,A/Kishinev/1998/}) 17... exf6 18. f4 $14 {[%csl
Gc4,Gd5,Ge4,Gf4] [+]}) 14. e4 Bd7 15. Nd1 bxc4 $146 {I like Morozevich's
original move more, Black can always take on c4 later.} (15... e5 16. dxe6 (16.
f4 exf4 17. gxf4 bxc4 18. bxc4 Rxb2 $5 19. Rxb2 Ng4 $36) (16. Ne3 $11) 16...
Bxe6 17. f4 $2 Nc6 18. a3 Nd4 19. Qd3 bxc4 20. bxc4 h4 21. Nc3 h3 22. Bf3 Ng4
23. Ba1 Qa5 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Ne2 Nxf3+ 26. Nxf3 Bxc4 $1 27. Qxc4 Qxa3 28. Qc1
Qd3 29. Nc3 Bd4+ 30. Kh1 Bxc3 31. Bxc3 Qe2 {0-1,Burmakin,V-Morozevich,A/
Omsk-Perm 1998/}) 16. bxc4 e5 $1 17. Ne3 (17. Bc3 $5 Qc7 (17... Rxb1 18. Qxb1
Bh6 19. f4 $5 $14 (19. Qc2 Qc7 $132) 19... h4 20. fxe5 {/\} Bxd2 $2 21. Bxd2
Nxc4 22. Bg5 $18) 18. Nb2 {[%cal Yb2d3] /\Nd3+/=}) 17... Ng4 $1 18. Nxg4 hxg4
$11 {Due to the changed pawn structure White's >> attacking chances have
vanished, in the blockaded position he will have enough time to improve his
פa5.} 19. Bc3 Qc7 20. Rxb8 Rxb8 21. Rb1 Rxb1+ 22. Qxb1 Bh6 23. Bf1 Bg5 ({
More logical was the immediate} 23... Nb7 24. Qb3 Bg5 25. Qa3 a5 $11) 24. h3 {
White's only chance for active play.} gxh3 25. Kh2 Nb7 (25... Bxd2 26. Bxd2 Nb7
27. f4 $5 $13) 26. Bxh3 (26. Nf3 $142) 26... Bxh3 27. Kxh3 Nd8 (27... Bxd2 $5
28. Bxd2 f6 $11) 28. Kg2 $6 {[%mdl 4096] White had his last chance to keep the
N on the board, without it Black is out of danger and will proceed to outplay
his opponent.} (28. Nf3 $142 Bh6 29. Kg2 {[%cal Yf3e1,Ye1d3,Yf2f4] /\Ne1-d3,
f4=/+/=}) 28... Bxd2 $1 29. Bxd2 f6 $11 30. Qb3 Nf7 31. Kf3 (31. Qa4 $142 Qb6
32. Qb3 $11) 31... Kg7 32. Ke2 $6 Qc8 $1 33. Qd3 Qh3 34. Kd1 Qg2 $36 {Black
has activated his Q and tied White down to the defence of Pe4. As his Pd6 is
well protected, he can gradually start to improve his position on the >>.} (
34... f5 $5 35. exf5 gxf5 $15) 35. Be3 g5 $1 36. Kd2 Qh1 37. Ke2 Kg6 (37... g4
38. Bd2 $11 {Black needs the g4-square in the future for his N or even K,
after g4 his N wouldn't get to h6 without an exchange.}) 38. Bd2 (38. g4 $2 Qg2
$17) 38... Nh6 39. Be1 f5 40. exf5+ Kf6 $1 (40... Nxf5 $2 41. g4 $18) 41. Ba5 (
41. Kd2 Nxf5 42. Qa3 e4 (42... Nd4 43. Qxa6 Nf3+ 44. Ke3 $14) 43. Qxa6 Qf3 $44)
41... e4 42. Qc3+ Kxf5 43. Qg7 (43. Bc7 $5 Nf7 44. Qg7 Qh5+ (44... Qf3+ 45. Kf1
$1 {/\ White must cover g2.} (45. Ke1 Kg4 $1) 45... Kg4 46. Qg6 Kh3 47. Qh7+)
45. Ke1 (45. Kf1 e3 $1) 45... Kg4 (45... e3 46. f3 $1 Qh1+ 47. Ke2 Qg2+ 48.
Kxe3 Qg1+ $11) 46. Qf6 $132) 43... Qf3+ 44. Ke1 e3 $1 45. fxe3 Qxe3+ 46. Kd1 $8
(46. Kf1 Qf3+ {/\Qg3-/+}) 46... Qd4+ $5 (46... Qd3+ $6 47. Bd2 Qf1+ 48. Be1 $11
) 47. Qxd4 cxd4 48. Bb4 $6 ({Despite all the progress Black has made White
still could have held the game with} 48. Bb6 $142 Ke5 (48... Ke4 49. c5 $1 Nf5
50. c6 Ne3+ 51. Ke1 Nxd5 52. Bd8 g4 53. a4 Kd3 54. c7 Nb6 55. a5 $11) 49. Ke2
Ng4 50. Kd3 Nf2+ 51. Ke2 Ne4 52. Kd3 $11) 48... Nf7 49. Kc2 (49. c5 dxc5 50.
Bxc5 Ke5 $17 {/-+}) 49... Ke4 50. Bd2 Ne5 $1 (50... g4 $2 51. Bf4 $22 d3+ 52.
Kc3 $18) 51. Bxg5 $2 (51. Kb3 $142 $1 Kd3 (51... Nf3 52. Bb4 d3 53. Bxd6 Nd2+
54. Kc3 Nb1+ (54... Nxc4 55. Be7 d2 56. Kc2 g4 57. d6 Ke3 58. d7 Ke2 59. d8=Q
Ne3+ 60. Kb3 d1=Q+ 61. Qxd1+ Nxd1 62. Kb4 $11) 55. Kb2 d2 56. Kc2 Ke3 57. Bb4
Na3+ (57... Ke2 58. Bxd2 Nxd2 59. d6 Nf3 60. Kc3 $18) 58. Kd1 Nxc4 59. Bxd2+ $1
$18) (51... g4 52. Bf4 $11) 52. Bxg5 Nxc4 53. Bf4 $15) 51... Nxc4 52. Bd2 (52.
Bf4 Kxd5 53. g4 Ke4 {/\Ne3-+}) 52... Ne5 53. Kb3 Kxd5 $17 54. Bb4 Ng4 55. Kc2
Nf2 56. Be1 Ne4 57. g4 (57. Kd3 Nc5+ 58. Ke2 Ke4 $17) 57... Kc4 58. Bd2 d3+ 59.
Kc1 Kd4 60. g5 Ke5 61. Kd1 (61. Be3 d5 62. Kd1 Kf5 63. Ke1) 61... d5 62. Kc1 $2
{The final mistake, which loses immediately.} (62. Be3 d4 63. Bc1 Kf5 (63...
Nc3+ 64. Kd2 Nxa2 65. Ba3 $11) 64. Bb2 Kxg5 65. Bxd4 Kf4 $17 {/-+}) 62... d4
63. Kd1 Kf5 $22 64. Kc1 Nxg5 $19 65. Bxg5 Kxg5 66. Kd2 Kf5 67. Kxd3 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2000.03.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2000.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 a6 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 Bh6 (12... e5 $5 $11) 13. f4 bxc4
14. bxc4 e5 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Nd5 Rxb2 17. Qxb2 Bg7 18. Qc1 Bxd5 19. cxd5 {
This still remains the crucial position of the long tactical Yugoslav line.
Taking with the pawn locks in the Bg2, but when White exchanges this B his K
is more vulnerable.} (19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Qe7 21. Rb1 Qxe2 22. Qd1 Qe3+ 23.
Kh1 {Stohl,I-Kindermann,S/Bundesliga 9697/1997/} Nc4 $5 $44) 19... Ng4 20. Rb1
({Interesting, but insufficient is} 20. e4 $5 Bxa1 21. Qxa1 Qb6 22. e5 c4+ 23.
Kh1 Nf2+ 24. Rxf2 Qxf2 25. Ne4 Qc2 26. Nf6+ Kg7 27. e6 c3 28. e7 Rb8 29. Be4
Qe2 30. e8=Q Rxe8 31. Nxe8+ Kf8 32. Nf6 Ke7 33. h4 Qe3 $1 $11 {Filippov,
V-Shinkevich,V/Tomsk/1997/}) (20. Ne4 $6 Ne3 21. Rf3 Nac4 22. Rb1 Re8 23. Nd2
Nb6 24. Qa3 Bd4 25. Qxa6 Nbxd5 26. Nb3 Bg7 27. a4 c4 28. Nc1 Qe7 29. Rb7 Qe4
30. Qxd6 Qd4 31. Qd7 Rf8 32. Bf1 Qd2 $19 {Filippov,V-Fedorov,A/Minsk/1996/})
20... Ne3 $5 {Black doesn't commit his B and plays for positional compensation.
} (20... Bd4+ $143 21. Kh1 Ne3 (21... Nf2+ $2 22. Rxf2 Bxf2 23. Nf3 $5 (23. e4
Bd4 (23... Qc7 24. e5 dxe5 25. Ne4 Bd4 26. d6 Qd8 27. fxe5 Kg7 28. Nxc5 Bxe5
29. d7 Qc7 30. Nxa6 Qxd7 31. Qc5 Qd3 32. Qxe5+ f6 33. Qb5 {1-0,Wolter,
K-Stoeber,M/NRW-chT2/1993/}) (23... Be3 24. Qc3 Bd4 25. Qd3 $16) 24. Qf1 $36)
23... c4 (23... Re8 24. e4 $1 {/\} Rxe4 $2 25. Qc2 $18) 24. e4 Qc7 25. Qc2 Ba7
26. Qc3 Rb8 27. Rxb8+ Bxb8 28. h4 Ba7 29. h5 $16 {Marin,M-Istratescu,A/
Bucharest/1995/}) 22. Qa3 $5 (22. Rf3 Re8 23. Bh3 Qa8 24. Qa3 Nac4 25. Nxc4
Nxc4 26. Qd3 Qxd5 27. Bg2 Qe6 28. f5 gxf5 29. Rxf5 Ne5 30. Rg5+ Kh8 31. Qe4 Ng6
32. Qxe6 Rxe6 {Zhang Zhuoya-Sebenik,M/Cannes/1997/} 33. Bf3 $14) 22... Re8 23.
Qd3 Qa8 24. Bf3 Nxf1 25. Nxf1 Qa7 (25... Rb8 26. Rxb8+ Qxb8 27. e3 $1 (27. Qxa6
Qb1 (27... Qc7 $2 28. e3 Bf6 29. Nd2 c4 30. Ne4 Be7 31. Nc3 $16 {Antunes,
A-Izeta Txabarri,F/Tunis/1997/}) 28. Kg2 c4 29. Qa8+ Kg7 30. Qxa5 c3 31. Qa4
Bc5 32. Be4 Qe1 33. e3 Qe2+ 34. Kg1 Bxe3+ 35. Nxe3 Qxe3+ 36. Kf1 f5 $1 $11 {
Yusupov}) 27... Bf6 28. Qxa6 c4 29. Qxa5 Qb1 30. Kg1 c3 31. Qa6 h5 (31... c2
32. Be4 $18) 32. h4 Kg7 33. a4 Bd8 34. a5 f5 35. Qxd6 c2 36. Qd7+ Kf8 37. Qxd8+
Kg7 38. Qc7+ Kf8 39. d6 c1=Q 40. Qe7+ Kg8 41. Bd5+ {1-0, Izeta Txabarri,
F-Andrada Andrada,L/Torrevieja/1997/}) 26. Nd2 Re3 27. Qc2 $14 f5 $6 28. Qa4
Qc7 29. g4 fxg4 30. Bxg4 Kg7 31. Nf3 Bf6 32. Be6 c4 33. f5 Rxe2 34. Rg1 Rf2 35.
Qe8 {1-0,Yusupov,A-Kindermann,S/Baden-Baden/ 1992/}) 21. Re1 (21. Rf3 Re8 22.
Nf1 Nxg2 23. Kxg2 Rxe2+ 24. Rf2 Qe8 25. Rxe2 Qxe2+ 26. Kh3 Qh5+ 27. Kg2 Qxd5+
$17 {Unzicker,W-Kindermann,S/Bundesliga 9697/ 1996/}) 21... Re8 22. Bf3 Bd4
$146 (22... g5 23. fxg5 Qxg5 24. Qa3 Nec4 25. Nxc4 {1/2,Slipak,S-Tkachiev,V/
Villa Martelli/1997/} Nxc4 26. Qa4 Qe3+ (26... Re4 27. e3 $1 $18) 27. Kg2 Nd2
28. Rbd1 Bc3 $44 {~~/+/=}) 23. Kh1 h5 24. Qa3 (24. h4 Nf5 (24... Qd7 25. Kh2
Ng4+ 26. Bxg4 Qxg4 27. e3 $1 Rxe3 28. Rxe3 Bxe3 29. Qe1 $16) 25. Kg2 Be3 $44 {
/\} 26. Qc3 Bd4 27. Qc1 Be3) 24... h4 25. g4 $8 (25. Qd3 hxg3 26. hxg3 Kg7 $40)
25... Nc2 26. Qa4 ({Now with the Pf4 weakened the move from Yusupov-Kindermann
is not ideal anymore-} 26. Qd3 $2 Nxe1 27. Rxe1 Be3 {[%csl Rf4]} 28. f5 Bxd2
29. Qxd2 Nc4 $36) 26... Nxe1 27. Rxe1 Be3 28. Rd1 Bxd2 29. Rxd2 {[%csl Ra5]
Black has the usual problem in this line-the inactive Na5. But here White's >>
is sensitive and Black has a lot of <=>.} Re7 (29... Re3 $142 $5 30. Rd3 Rxd3
31. exd3 Qb6 32. Kg2 Qb2+ 33. Kh3 Qd2 $132 {/\} 34. Be4 Qe3+ 35. Kxh4 Qxf4 36.
Qxa5 Qxh2+ 37. Kg5 Qe5+ $11) (29... c4 30. e4 g5 31. fxg5 Re5 $13) 30. Rb2 Re3
31. g5 $1 Rc3 {[%cal Rc3c4,Ra5c4] /\Rc4,Nc4} 32. Rc2 $8 Rxc2 33. Qxc2 Qb6 34.
f5 Qb4 $2 (34... gxf5 35. Qxf5 Nc4 36. g6 Ne5 37. gxf7+ Nxf7 38. Bh5 $36 {
עg8,+/= exsposes Black's K and gives White some chances. In the game Black
hopes to get his counterattack going, but his K will be just as weak.}) 35.
fxg6 Nc4 (35... h3 $142 36. gxf7+ Kf8 $1 37. Qc1 Kxf7 38. Qf1 $16) 36. gxf7+
Kg7 ({More tricky was} 36... Kf8 $5 37. Qe4 $1 (37. Qg6 Qe1+ 38. Kg2 Ne3+ 39.
Kh3 Qf1+ 40. Kxh4 Qe1+ 41. Kh3 Qf1+ 42. Kg3 Qe1+ 43. Kf4 Qh4+ 44. Bg4 Ng2+ $1
45. Kf3 (45. Kf5 $4 Qf2+ 46. Ke4 Qe3+ 47. Kf5 Qe5#) 45... Ne1+ 46. Ke3 Ng2+ 47.
Kf3 $11 (47. Kd2 $4 Qe1+ 48. Kc2 Ne3+ 49. Kd3 (49. Kb3 Qb4#) 49... Qb1+ $19))
37... Ne5 38. Qh7 Qe1+ (38... Nxf7 39. g6) 39. Kg2 h3+ 40. Qxh3 Nxf3 41. Qxf3
$18) 37. Qh7+ $2 {Now Black has a perpetual.} (37. f8=Q+ $142 Kxf8 38. Qf5+ Kg8
39. Qe6+ Kg7 40. Qe7+ Kg8 41. Bg4 $18) (37. Qc1 Ne5 $5 38. g6 Nxg6 39. Qg5 Qf4
$1 $15) 37... Kxh7 38. f8=Q Qe1+ 39. Kg2 Ne3+ 40. Kh3 Qf1+ 41. Kxh4 Qf2+ 42.
Kh3 Qf1+ 43. Kg3 Qe1+ 44. Kh3 (44. Kf4 Qh4+ $1 45. Bg4 $8 (45. Kxe3 Qd4#) 45...
Qf2+ (45... Qxg4+ $2 46. Kxe3 Qxg5+ 47. Qf4 $16 {/\} Qxd5 48. Qe4+ Qxe4+ 49.
Kxe4 Kg6 50. Kd5 Kg5 51. e4 Kf4 52. h4 (52. a4 $2 c4 53. Kxc4 Kxe4 $11) 52...
Kg4 53. e5 dxe5 54. Kxe5 Kxh4 55. Kd5 Kg5 56. Kxc5 Kf6 57. Kb6 $18) 46. Bf3
Qh4+ $11) 44... Qf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 07th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2000.04.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2000.04.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Nizhny Tagil Politekhnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 a6 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Rb1 Qc7 {This quite a plausible move,
but it's slightly passive.} ({The alternatives} 12... e5) (12... h5 $5) (12...
Bh6 {Filippov,V (2584)-Bologan,V (2589) Sufe Cup Shanghai 2000 (8) 0-1 are
treated in more detail in the CBM 76 in the game}) 13. Bb2 (13. cxb5 $2 axb5
14. b4 cxb4 15. Rxb4 Nxd5 $17) (13. Nd1 $5 e6 14. e4 bxc4 15. bxc4 Rxb1 16.
Nxb1 (16. Qxb1 exd5 17. cxd5 Bd7 18. Qc2 Re8 19. Ne3 Ng4 20. Nxg4 Bxg4 21. Bb2
Rb8 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qc3+ f6 24. h3 Bd7 25. f4 c4 26. e5 $5 $44 {Fend,
J-Schmelzeisen,H/OL 9495/1995/}) 16... exd5 17. cxd5 Bd7 18. Bb2 Rb8 19. Nd2 c4
20. Bc3 Ng4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qc3+ f6 23. h3 Ne5 24. Ne3 $36 {Hulak,K-Basagic,
Z/Pula/1990/}) (13. e4 Bd7 14. Bb2 e5 15. Nd1 bxc4 16. bxc4 Bh6 17. f4 Nh5 18.
fxe5 dxe5 19. Nf3 f6 20. Ra1 Ng7 21. Qd3 Ne8 22. Bc1 Bxc1 23. Rxc1 Nd6 $15 {
Schinzel,W-Szymczak,Z/Poznan/1976/}) (13. h3 e5 14. dxe6 Bxe6 (14... fxe6 $142
$5 $13) 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bd7 17. Bb2 Rbe8 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qc3+ f6 20.
Rfe1 Nb7 21. Rbc1 Qc8 22. Kh2 Qd8 23. e4 Kg8 24. f4 Qe7 25. Nf3 Qg7 26. Re3 Re7
27. Rce1 $14 {/+/-,Goczo,M-Cedikova,K/Ostrava ztW/1999/}) 13... Bd7 (13... bxc4
$142 14. bxc4 Bf5 15. e4 Bd7 16. h3 (16. f4 $5 {/\} Rb4 17. a3 Rxc4 18. Nxc4
Nxc4 19. Bc1 Qa5 20. Qb3 Ng4 21. Qxc4 Bxc3 22. Qe2 $14) 16... e5 17. Ne2 Rb4 (
17... Nh5 $6 18. Bc3 f5 19. Rxb8 Rxb8 20. f4 exf4 21. Bxg7 Nxg7 22. Nxf4 Qb6
23. Nd3 Re8 24. Qc3 Nb7 25. Rb1 Qa5 26. Qxa5 Nxa5 27. Rb6 fxe4 28. Nxe4 $16 {
Rogozenko,D-Florean,A/Eforie Nord/1998/}) 18. a3 Ba4 19. Qd3 Rbb8 20. Bc3 Nd7
21. Rxb8 Rxb8 22. Rb1 Rxb1+ 23. Qxb1 Nb7 24. Nc1 Qb6 25. Ncb3 Bh6 26. Bf1 Bxd2
27. Nxd2 Qxb1 28. Nxb1 Bc2 29. Nd2 Nb6 30. f4 f6 $11 {Georgiev,K-Milov,V/
FIDE-Wch Groningen/1997/}) (13... Bf5 14. e4 Bd7 15. f4 $5 {Seems risky, but
perhaps the best move} (15. Ne2 bxc4 16. bxc4 Rb4 17. Bc3 Ra4 18. Ba1 Rb8 19.
Nf4 Rab4 20. Nd3 Ba4 21. Qc1 Rxb1 22. Nxb1 Ne8 23. Nd2 Bxa1 24. Qxa1 Bc2 25.
Ne1 Ba4 26. Nd3 Bc2 27. Ne1 Ba4 28. Qc1 e5 29. Nd3 f6 30. Qc3 Bd7 31. f4 $14 {
(),[+],Gaprindashvili,V-Jenni,F/WChJ Yerevan/1999/}) (15. Rbe1 bxc4 16. bxc4 e6
17. f4 $6 Ng4 18. Nd1 Rxb2 $1 19. Nxb2 exd5 20. Nd1 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 Nxc4 22. Nxc4
dxc4 23. h3 Nf6 24. Ne3 c3 $17 {Raspor,G-Sebenik,M/Bled op/1999/}) (15. h3 e5 {
-see above}) 15... bxc4 16. bxc4 e5 17. Qd3 exf4 18. gxf4 Ng4 19. Nd1 Rxb2 20.
Rxb2 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 Bxb2 22. Nxb2 Rb8 23. Qc3 Qd8 24. h3 Qh4 25. Nd1 $16 {
Gasparian,N-Tchouroun,P/Murek/1998/}) (13... e5 14. e4 Ng4 15. h3 Nh6 16. Ne2
f5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. f4 Nf7 19. Kh2 b4 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Be4 Bd7 22. fxe5 Nxe5
23. Nf4 Rbe8 24. Rbe1 Qc8 25. Bg2 Bf5 26. Ne4 Nb7 $11 {Hulak,K-Ljubicic,F/Pula/
1992/}) (13... Bh6 $6 14. f4 bxc4 15. bxc4 Rb4 16. a3 Rb7 17. e4 Bd7 18. Ba1
Rfb8 19. Rxb7 Rxb7 20. e5 Bf5 21. Nce4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Ne8 23. Bc3 Rb8 24. Qa4
Nb7 25. Nf3 a5 26. Rb1 Bg7 27. Qc6 {1-0,Cvitan,O-Coenen,N/Cappelle la Grande/
1995/}) 14. h3 (14. Ba1 bxc4 15. bxc4 Rb4 16. a3 Rxb1 17. Rxb1 Rb8 18. Rxb8+
Qxb8 19. Nd1 Qb6 20. Bc3 Nb7 21. h3 Nd8 22. Kh2 Ne8 23. Be4 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 Nf6
25. Bd3 Ne8 26. f4 Qc7 27. Nf3 f5 28. e4 $14 {Casafus,R-Ginting,N/Dubai olm/
1986/}) 14... bxc4 15. bxc4 e5 (15... Rb4 16. Ba3 Rxb1 17. Ncxb1 Rb8 18. Nc3 h6
19. e4 Nh7 20. Kh2 Qc8 21. f4 e5 22. dxe6 Bxe6 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. cxd5 Qd7 25.
Re1 Re8 26. Rb1 $16 {Sandler,L-Wright,I/Suncoast/1999/}) 16. e4 (16. dxe6 fxe6
$5 (16... Bxe6 17. Nd5 $14) 17. Rfd1 Nc6 $132) 16... Nh5 $6 {With the b-file
open Black hardly has realistic chances for a >> attack, the N doesn't belong
here.} (16... Rb4 $142) 17. Ne2 Rb4 (17... f5 18. Bc3 $5 (18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Ne4
Rb4 20. Bc3 Rxb1 21. Rxb1 Nxc4 22. Qa4 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Qf7 $13) 18... fxe4 (18...
f4 19. Rxb8 Rxb8 20. gxf4 $36) 19. Rxb8 Rxb8 20. Qxe4 $14) 18. a3 Ba4 19. Qd3
Rb7 20. Bc3 Rfb8 21. Rxb7 Rxb7 22. f4 $1 $36 {[%csl Ra4,Rh5][%mdl 128] By
deflecting Black's forces to the b-file White himself starts a >> attack. The
Nh5 and Ba4 are misplaced.} Nb3 (22... exf4 23. Bxg7 (23. gxf4 Nb3 24. Nf3 Bxc3
25. Qxc3 Qa5 $132) 23... Nxg7 (23... f3 24. Bxf3 Nxg7 25. e5 $16) 24. gxf4 {
/\e5|^}) 23. fxe5 Bxe5 (23... Nxd2 24. Qxd2 (24. exd6 Qxd6 25. Qxd2 Nxg3 $11)
24... Bxe5 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. g4 Ng7 27. Nc3 {-23...Be5}) (23... dxe5 24. g4 Nf6
25. d6 {/\} Qc6 26. Bxe5 Nxd2 27. Qxd2 Nxe4 28. Qf4 $18) 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. g4
Ng7 (25... Nf4 26. Nxf4 exf4 27. d6 {[%cal Re4e5] /\e5+-}) 26. Nc3 $6 (26. d6
$1 {/\} Qa5 27. Rb1 $18) 26... Nxd2 27. Qxd2 Qa5 $1 $13 (27... Bb3 28. d6 Qd7
29. Nd5 Ne8 30. Ne7+ Kg7 31. Qd5 $18) 28. d6 {[%cal Rd2d5] /\Qd5} Bc6 29. Qe3
Qxa3 (29... Ne8 $1 30. Nd5 (30. Rd1 Qxa3 $17) 30... Nxd6 31. Nf6+ Kg7 32. Qg5
Nxc4 33. Nh5+ Kf8 34. Qh6+ Ke7 35. Qg5+ $11 Kd7 $6 36. Rxf7+ Ke8 37. Rxh7 $1) (
29... Rb3 30. Qf2 Rb7 31. Nd5 (31. Qe3 $11) 31... Bxd5 32. exd5 Qxa3 33. Qf6
Qe3+ 34. Kh2 Rd7 35. Rb1 $44) 30. Qg3 Qb3 $6 (30... Rb3 $142 31. Qf2 $11 (31.
Qxe5 Rxc3 32. Qe7 h6 33. d7 (33. Rxf7 Qa1+ (33... Rc1+ $2 34. Kh2 Qb2 35. d7
Bxd7 36. e5 $1 Ne6 37. Qf6 $16) 34. Kh2 Rc2 {/\} 35. d7 Bxd7 36. e5 Rxg2+ 37.
Kxg2 Bc6+ $19) 33... Bxd7 34. Qxd7 Rc2 $132) 31... f5 $2 32. exf5 Rxc3 33. Bxc6
$16) 31. Qxe5 Qxc4 32. Nd5 $1 Kf8 (32... Bxd5 33. d7 $1 Ne6 (33... Rxd7 34.
Qb8+ $18) 34. exd5 Rxd7 35. dxe6 Qxe6 36. Qxe6 (36. Qxc5 $16) 36... fxe6 37.
Ra1 Rd6 38. Bf1 $18) (32... Qd4+ 33. Qxd4 cxd4 34. Ne7+ Rxe7 35. dxe7 $16) 33.
Nf6 Qd4+ $2 {Now the attack triumphs.} (33... Ne6 $8 34. Nxh7+ Kg8 35. Nf6+ Kf8
36. Rd1 (36. d7 $2 Qd4+ 37. Qxd4 cxd4 38. e5 Bxg2 39. Kxg2 Ke7 $15) 36... Qc2
$132) 34. Qxd4 cxd4 35. Rc1 $18 {Now Black's K is trapped in a mating net.} Ne8
(35... Bd7 36. e5 $18) (35... Ba4 36. Rc8+ Ne8 37. e5 Rb1+ 38. Kh2 Rb2 39. Nxe8
Bd7 40. Rd8 Bc6 41. Nf6+ Kg7 42. Kg3 Rxg2+ 43. Kh4 Kh6 44. g5+ Rxg5 45. Ng8+
$18) 36. Nxe8 Bxe8 37. Rc8 d3 38. Kf2 d2 (38... f6 39. e5 d2 40. Ke2 Rb1 41.
Kxd2 Rb2+ 42. Kc3 Rxg2 43. d7 $18) 39. Ke2 Rd7 (39... Rd7 40. e5 {[%cal Rg2c6]
/\Bc6+-}) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Blehm, Pawel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Rb1 {Black has had some success in Istanbul with the
Yugoslav variation, as the notes below show. Nevertheless Lputian repeats his
game with Khalifman, doubtlessly better prepared this time.} (10. Qc2 Rb8 11.
b3 b5 12. Bb2 h5 $5 13. h3 bxc4 14. bxc4 e5 15. Rab1 Bd7 16. Ba1 Qe7 17. Rxb8
Rxb8 18. Rb1 Qd8 19. Nd1 Rb6 20. Bc3 Nb7 21. Rb2 Bc8 22. Qa4 Bd7 23. Qa3 Rxb2
24. Nxb2 Qb6 25. Na4 Qc7 26. Qb3 Be8 27. e3 Nd7 28. g4 hxg4 29. hxg4 f5 $11 {
Rogozenko,D-Magai,V/Istanbul olm/2000/ Although Black played rather passively
and didn't maintain any pressure against c4, his position remains solid.})
10... Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 Bf5 (12... bxc4 13. bxc4 Bh6 14. Ba1 (14. f4 e5
$132) 14... Bf5 $5 (14... Rxb1 15. Ncxb1 $14) (14... Rb4 $6 15. Rxb4 cxb4 16.
Nce4 $36) 15. e4 $142 (15. Rxb8 Qxb8 16. f4 (16. h3 $2 Qb4 17. e4 Bd7 18. f4
Nxc4 19. Nxc4 Qxc4 20. e5 Ne8 21. Qf3 dxe5 22. fxe5 Qd4+ 23. Kh2 Qxe5 24. Ne4
Qxd5 25. Rd1 Qxa2 26. Nxc5 Bb5 $19 {Lputian,S-Khalifman,A/Istanbul olm/2000/})
16... Qb4 17. e4 Bg4 18. Qa4 Bd7 19. Qxb4 cxb4 20. Ne2 Rc8 21. Rc1 Bg7 22. h3
Ba4 23. Rb1 Nxc4 24. Rxb4 Bb5 25. Nxc4 Rxc4 26. Rxc4 Bxc4 27. Nc1 a5 $11 {
Ornstein,A-Ernst,T/Malmo/1986/}) 15... Bg4 16. f3 Be3+ (16... Bd7 $143 $6 17.
f4 $36) 17. Kh1 Bd7 18. Nb3 $5 Nxb3 19. axb3 Bd4 20. Ne2 Bxa1 21. Rxa1 a5 22.
Nf4 Qb6 23. Ra3 Rb7 24. Rf2 Rfb8 25. Bf1 Qc7 26. Bd3 Rb4 27. Bc2 $14 {Dizdar,
G-Lputian,S/Yerevan olm/1996/ Lputian himself barely scraped a draw in this
game and it's mysterious why he didn't repeat it against Khalifman.}) ({
More flexible is} 12... Bh6 $5 13. Ba1 (13. Nce4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 bxc4 $1 15. Nxc4
$8 Nxc4 16. bxc4 Bh3 $11) 13... Bxd2 14. Qxd2 bxc4 15. bxc4 ({White can force
a draw with} 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 cxb3 17. Qh6 f6 18. Bxg6 $11) 15... Nxc4 16.
Qf4 $44 {This is the only way for White to keep the tension in the position,
but the pawn sacrifice is far from clear.}) 13. e4 Bd7 (13... Bg4 $5 14. f3 Bd7
15. Ba1 (15. Qc2 $142) 15... e5 16. dxe6 $6 fxe6 17. Kh1 Nc6 18. a3 Nd4 19. b4
e5 20. Re1 Be6 21. cxb5 axb5 22. Nf1 h5 23. h4 Bh6 $36 {Matamoros Franco,
C-Babula,V/Istanbul olm/2000/}) 14. Ba1 bxc4 $6 {This exchange is premature,
Black does better to keep the tension with} (14... e5 $13) 15. bxc4 Rb4 (15...
Bh6 {as has already been shown above, misses the point due to} 16. f4 $36 (16.
Rxb8 $143 Qxb8 17. Ncb1 Qc7 18. Bc3 Bg7 19. Qc2 Rb8 20. Na3 Ne8 21. Rb1 Bxc3
$11 {/+/=,1/2,Splosnov,S-Shtyrenkov,V/Karvina op/1998/})) 16. a3 Rxb1 17. Ncxb1
e5 18. Bc3 $14 {[%mdl 4] /+/- Black's activity is over, White proceeds to
improve his position in a typical way.} Bh6 19. Bf3 $1 ({Premature is} 19. f4
$2 exf4 20. gxf4 Nh5 $36) 19... Qb6 20. Be2 {[%cal Yf2f4] White overprotects
c4 and is ready to play f4->>>.} Bh3 21. Qa4 $1 Nb7 (21... Bxf1 $2 22. Bxa5
Qxb1 $8 23. Nxb1 Bxe2 24. Nc3 Bf3 25. Qc6 $18) 22. Re1 Rb8 23. Bd3 (23. f4 $5
Bd7 24. Qc2 $36) 23... Bd7 24. Qd1 Nh5 $1 $14 {This stops f4 for a long time,
so White must look for other fields of activity.} 25. Bc2 Na5 26. Kg2 Ng7 27.
Rf1 Nh5 28. Qe2 Qd8 29. Kh1 Nb7 {Now White can move his N from d2 and
disentangle his pieces.} (29... Qb6 $142 30. f3 $5 $14 {[%cal Yf1f2,Ye2f1,
Yf3f4] /\Rf2,Qf1,f4}) 30. Nb3 a5 31. Qd1 $1 (31. N1d2 a4 32. Nc1 Na5 {/\Bd2,
Nb3-d4<=>}) 31... a4 32. N3d2 Ra8 33. Ba1 $1 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Rb1c3] /\Nc3,><a4
} Na5 34. Bxa4 {White changes the character of the position, but he could
still have waited with} (34. Bc3 $142) 34... Nxc4 (34... Bxd2 35. Bxd7 $16 Nxc4
$2 36. Bb5 $18) 35. Bxd7 Nxd2 $8 36. Nxd2 Qxd7 37. Nc4 {[%csl Rd6] ><d6} Ra6 $6
(37... Qb5 $142 $1 38. Nxd6 $8 (38. Qc2 $2 Ra4 $19) 38... Qa6 39. Nxf7 (39.
Bxe5 f6 40. f4 fxe5 41. fxe5 Rf8 $15) 39... Kxf7 40. Bxe5 Qxa3 41. d6 $44 (41.
f4 $44)) 38. Qb3 $16 {[%cal Gb1b8] <->b} Bf8 39. Rb1 Qg4 (39... Qa4 40. Qd3 $16
) 40. Qd3 Ra4 41. Re1 $1 {White prepares to chase the Q (f3) or R (Qb3) away.}
(41. f3 $2 Nxg3+ 42. hxg3 (42. Kg2 $2 Nh5+ $1 43. fxg4 Nf4+ $19) 42... Qh3+ 43.
Kg1 Qxg3+ 44. Kf1 Rxc4 45. Qxc4 Qxf3+ $11) 41... f5 (41... Ra7 $142 42. f3 $16)
42. Qb3 Ra7 43. Bxe5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] This sacrifice decides practically by
force and although Lputian misses some quicker wins, his advantage is always
sufficient.} dxe5 44. Nxe5 Qg5 $8 (44... Qh3 45. d6+ Kg7 46. d7 Ra8 47. Qf7+
Kh6 48. Qe8 $18) 45. d6+ Kg7 (45... Kh8 46. Qb8 $18) 46. d7 (46. Qb8 $142 $1
Rf7 (46... Rxa3 47. Qc7+ Kf6 48. Qd8+ $18) 47. Nxf7 Kxf7 48. Qb7+ Kg8 49. Qd5+
Kh8 50. e5 $18) 46... Qe7 $8 47. Qd3 Qd8 (47... fxe4 48. Rxe4 Qd8 49. Rg4 $1
$18 {[%cal Re5g6,Rg4g6] /\Rg6,Ng6->}) 48. exf5 (48. Qd5 $142 Nf6 49. Qf7+ Kh8
50. Nc6 $1 $18) 48... Nf6 49. Rd1 Be7 50. Qc4 Nxd7 (50... Qf8 $142 51. fxg6 (
51. Nc6 Qa8 52. Qe6 Bd8 {is less clear.}) 51... Nxd7 $1 $16) 51. Qf7+ Kh6 (
51... Kh8 52. fxg6 Qg8 53. Qxe7 $18) 52. Ng4+ Kg5 53. fxg6 (53. f3 $142 {mates.
}) 53... Qa8+ (53... Kxg4 54. h3+ Kh5 55. Rd5+ Ne5 56. g7+ Kh6 57. Rxe5 $18)
54. f3 Nf6 55. Ne5 ({Simpler was} 55. h4+ Kf5 56. Nh6+ Ke5 57. Re1+ $18) 55...
Bd6 56. h4+ Kf5 57. g4+ Kxe5 58. Re1+ Kf4 (58... Kd4 59. Qxf6+ Kc4 60. Re4+ $18
) 59. Qxf6+ Kg3 60. Qxd6+ Kxf3 (60... Kf2 61. Re4 $18) 61. Kh2 {/\Qg3# Finally
ends the king-hunt.} (61. Kh2 Kxg4 62. Qg3+ Kf5 63. Qg5#) 1-0

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Couso, Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2001.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Bg4 {Nytt för Marin.} (12...
Ba6 13. Nc3 Qc7 14. b3 Rab8 15. Rb1 {Averbach - Gligorich, sovjet -
Jugoslavien 1956.}) (12... Bb7 13. Nc3 Ra6 14. Rd1 Qa8 15. e4 $5 (15. Nf1 Nd7
16. Rb1 Rb6 17. b3 Rb4 18. Ba3 Rc8 19. Ne4 Rd4 20. Ne3 {Horvath,J-Bologan,V,
Igalo 1994}) 15... Rb6 16. Rb1 e6 17. b3 Rb4 $2 (17... exd5 18. exd5 Re8 19.
Bb2 $16 (19. Nc4 Nxc4 20. bxc4 Rxb1 21. Qxb1 Ba6 22. Nb5 Bxb5 23. cxb5 $16))
18. a3 $18 {Marin,M-Nisipeanu,L, Bukarest 1995}) 13. Nc3 Qc8 14. Rd1 Nh5 $6 (
14... Bh3) 15. Rb1 Ra6 16. b3 Bh3 17. Bb2 e5 18. dxe6 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 (19. exf7+
Rxf7 20. Kxg2 Nc6) 19... fxe6 20. Nce4 Qa8 (20... Bxb2 21. Rxb2 Nb7 22. Rc1 Rc6
23. b4 c4 24. b5) 21. Nf3 Nc6 22. Rxd6 Rxa2 23. Qc4 $1 (23. Qxc5 Ne5 24. Bxe5
Qxe4) 23... Bxb2 (23... Nd4 24. Bxd4 Qxe4 25. Rxe6 Qxb1 26. Re8+ Kh8 27. Rxf8#)
24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Rxc6 Ng7 (25... Re8 26. Qd5 Ra6 27. Rxc5 Qxd5 28. Rxd5 Rxe4
29. Rxb2 $18) 26. Qd5 Rf5 (26... Bd4) 27. Qd7 Rf8 28. Rxb2 $1 Rxb2 29. Rc7 Rg8
30. Nd6 h6 (30... h5 31. Ra7 Qb8 32. Nf7+ Kh7 33. N3g5#) 31. Ra7 Qb8 32. Nf7+
Kh7 33. Qh3 Nh5 34. N7g5+ Kh8 35. Rh7# 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2001.01.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nalbandian, Tigran"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Milov,V"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2001.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Nfd2
c5 9. Nc3 e5 10. Rb1 b6 11. b4 Nb7 12. e4 (12. a3 $142) 12... Ng4 13. Nf3 $6
cxb4 14. Rxb4 Nc5 $15 15. h3 Nh6 16. Be3 f5 17. Qd2 f4 (17... fxe4 18. Ng5 Nf5
19. Ngxe4 $11) 18. gxf4 $6 (18. Bxc5 bxc5 (18... dxc5 19. Rb3 Nf7 20. a4 Nd6
21. Qe2 {/\22.Nb5}) 19. Rb3 Nf7 20. g4 h5 21. Nh2 hxg4 22. hxg4 f3 $5 23. Bxf3
Bh6 24. Qd3 Bf4 25. Ne2 Bxh2+ 26. Kxh2 Ng5 $15) 18... exf4 $17 19. Bd4 Nf7 20.
Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qd4+ Qf6 (21... Kg8 $5 22. Kh2 Ne5 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Qd1 Qh4 $17)
22. Qxf6+ Kxf6 23. Nb5 $5 Bd7 (23... Nxe4 24. Nc7 Rb8 25. Re1 Bf5 26. Ne6 Rfe8
27. Nxf4 Neg5 $17) 24. Nxd6 Nxd6 25. e5+ Ke7 26. exd6+ Kxd6 27. Ra1 {/\28.a4}
Rab8 28. Nd4 (28. a4 $2 a5) 28... g5 29. Bf3 Bxh3 $1 (29... Nd3 30. Rb3 Ne5 31.
Be2 Rbc8 32. Rc1 Rc7 $17) 30. Nb5+ Kd7 31. Nxa7 g4 32. Bg2 (32. Bh1 f3) (32.
Be2 f3 (32... g3 33. fxg3 fxg3 34. Nc6 Rbe8 35. Bf1 g2 36. Bxg2 Rg8 37. Rb2 Nd3
$19) 33. Bf1 Bxf1 34. Rxf1 (34. Kxf1 Rf5 35. Nc6 Re8 36. Rxb6 Rh5 37. Kg1 g3 $1
$19) 34... Nd3 35. Rb3 Nf4 $40) 32... Bxg2 33. Kxg2 f3+ 34. Kg1 (34. Kf1 {
-32.Be2}) 34... g3 $1 35. fxg3 Rbe8 $1 (35... f2+ 36. Kg2 Ra8 37. Nc6 Rxa2 38.
Rf1 $13) 36. Rf1 (36. Rxb6 Re2 (36... f2+ $2 37. Kf1 Nd3 38. Re6) 37. Nb5 (37.
Nc6 Kc7) 37... Ne4 $19) 36... Re2 $19 37. Rxb6 (37. Nc6 Rf6 {/\38...Rg2,39...
Rh6#}) 37... Ne4 (37... Rf5 38. Rh6 (38. g4 Ne4 39. Rb7+ Ke8 $19) 38... Ne4 39.
Rxh7+ Kd6 (39... Ke8 40. Rh8+ (40. Rh2 Nxg3 41. Rhf2 Rh5 42. Rxe2+ fxe2 43. Re1
Rh1+ 44. Kf2 Rf1+ 45. Kxg3 Rxe1 46. Kf2 Ra1 47. Kxe2 Rxa2+ $19) 40... Kf7 41.
Rh2 f2+ 42. Kg2 Nd2 43. Rhh1 Nxc4 44. g4 Ne3+ 45. Kg3 Rf6 46. a4 $13) 40. Rh2
Nxg3 41. Nb5+ Kc5 42. Rhf2 Rh5 $19) 38. Rb7+ Kd6 39. Nb5+ (39. c5+ Kxd5 40.
Rd1+ Ke6) (39. Rb6+ Kc7 (39... Kc5) 40. Rc6+ Kd7) 39... Kc5 40. Rc7+ Kb6 41.
Rg7 (41. Rc6+ Ka5) 41... Rf6 42. Rd1 Rg2+ 43. Kf1 Rh6 0-1

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2001.05.25"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.02.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 bxc4 13. bxc4 Bh6 14. Ncb1 Bd7 15.
Bc3 e5 16. Na3 Rb4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} (16... Bg7 17. Rab1 Qc7 18. e4 h5 19. f4 $16
{1-0 Zaid,L-Kasparov,G/USSR 1977 (37)}) 17. Bxb4 cxb4 18. Nab1 Qc7 $1 19. e3
Rc8 $6 (19... Ng4 20. Re1 f5 21. h3 Nf6 22. Nb3 Qxc4 23. Qxc4 Nxc4 24. a3 bxa3
25. Nxa3 Nb6 26. Nc2 Bb5 27. Nb4 e4 {Tischer,G-Carstens,A/Bundesliga 1984/1/
2-1/2 (58)}) (19... Bf5 $1 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Nxe4 $1 (21... Nb7 $2 22. Nd2
Nc5 23. Bg2 Rb8 24. Rfb1 $16 a5 25. a3 e4 26. axb4 axb4 27. Bh3 $1 {1-0 Timman,
J-Kasparov,G/Tilburg 1981 (40)}) 22. Qxe4 f5 23. Qc2 Qxc4 24. Rc1 Qxd5 25. Nd2
f4 26. Nf1 fxe3 27. Nxe3 Qf3 28. Re1 Nc6 29. Ng4 Nd4 30. Nxh6+ Kg7 31. Qd2 Qh5
$132 {1/2-1/2 D'Andrea-Lotti/corr 1985 (37)}) 20. a3 $1 $146 (20. Rc1 Qb6 21.
Qd3 Bg7 (21... Ng4 22. Nf1 e4 23. Bxe4 Bg7 24. Nbd2 Bxa1 25. Rxa1 Ne5 26. Qe2
Naxc4 27. Nxc4 Rxc4 28. Nd2 Rc3 {Jankovic,B-Jakic,I/CRO-chJ Pula 1999/Ajelibre/
0-1 (60)}) 22. Nb3 e4 23. Qd4 Nxd5 24. Qxd5 Nxb3 25. axb3 Bxa1 26. Nd2 Be5 27.
Nxe4 Be6 28. Qd2 Bf5 {1/2-1/2 Jurek,J-Maiwald,J/Ischia op 1994 (28)}) 20... b3
(20... Nxc4 21. axb4 Nxd2 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. Nxd2 $18) 21. Nxb3 $1 Ba4 {[%cal
Ra4c2]} 22. N1d2 Nxb3 23. Nxb3 Rb8 24. Rab1 Qb6 (24... Qb7 $1 25. Na5 $18) 25.
Rb2 $5 (25. Nd4 $2 Bxc2 26. Rxb6 Rxb6 27. Nxc2 Rb2 28. Nb4 Ng4 $1 $36 {[%cal
Gg4f2,Gh6e3]}) (25. c5 $5 Bxb3 (25... dxc5 $2 26. Qxc5 Bxb3 27. Qxb6 Rxb6 28.
Rfc1 $1 Nd7 $8 (28... a5 29. Rc6 $18) 29. Rc6 Rb5 30. Rxa6 Kf8 31. d6 $18) 26.
Qxg6+ $1 (26. cxb6 Bxc2 27. Rb2 Bd3 (27... Be4 28. Rc1 $16) (27... Ba4 28. Rc1
Nd7) 28. Rc1 Nd7 $1) 26... hxg6 27. cxb6 Bxd5 (27... Rxb6 28. Rfc1 $16) 28.
Rfc1 {[%cal Rb6b7]} e4 29. a4) 25... Ng4 $2 (25... Bxb3 $1 26. Rfb1 Bxc2 27.
Rxb6 Ra8 $1 (27... Rd8 28. Rc1 Bd3 29. c5 e4 30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. cxd6 Bf8 32. Rc8
Kg7 33. Rd8 {[%cal Gg2f1]}) (27... Rxb6 28. Rxb6 Bf8 29. c5 $1 Nd7 30. Rb2 $18)
28. Rc1 Ba4 29. Rxd6 Nd7 30. c5 (30. Bh3 Nc5) 30... Bf8 31. Rxd7 Bxd7 32. d6
Rd8 33. c6 Bxc6 34. Rxc6 Rxd6 $11) 26. Qe2 $1 Nxe3 (26... Bxb3 27. Qxg4 $18)
27. fxe3 Bxb3 (27... Qxe3+ 28. Qxe3 Bxe3+ 29. Kh1 Rxb3 30. Rxb3 Bxb3 31. Rf3
$18) 28. Rfb1 Bxe3+ 29. Kh1 Bd4 (29... Bc5 30. Qd3 $18) 30. c5 $1 (30. Rxb3 $2
Qxb3 31. Rxb3 Rxb3 32. a4 (32. c5 Bxc5 33. Qxa6 Rxa3 $16) 32... a5) 30... Bxc5
(30... dxc5 31. Rxb3 Qxb3 32. Rxb3 Rxb3 33. d6 Rb1+ 34. Bf1 Rb6 35. d7 Rd6 36.
Qxa6 $18) 31. Qd3 $1 $18 Bc4 32. Rxb6 Rxb6 33. Qd1 $138 Rxb1 34. Qxb1 Bxa3 $138
35. Qb8+ (35. Qd1 $1 a5 36. Bf1 $18) 35... Kg7 36. Qb7 Bc5 (36... a5 37. Bh3
Kf6 38. Bd7) 37. g4 $1 Bd3 (37... h6 38. h4) 38. g5 a5 39. h4 a4 40. Bh3 $1 Kf8
(40... Be4+ 41. Kh2) (40... Bf5 41. Bxf5 gxf5 42. Qd7 a3 43. Qxf5 a2 44. Qf6+
Kg8 45. Qd8+ Kg7 46. Qa5) 41. Qa8+ (41. Be6 $5 Be4+ $1 42. Kh2 fxe6 43. Qc8+
Ke7 44. Qc7+ Ke8 45. dxe6 $18) 41... Kg7 42. Qxa4 h6 43. Be6 $1 hxg5 44. hxg5 (
44. hxg5 fxe6 45. Qd7+ Kg8 46. dxe6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 5th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2001.10.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Teske,H"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2001.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 e5 13. Qc2 Bf5 14. e4 Bd7 15. Ne2
h5 16. Bc3 h4 17. Qd3 {[#] Nur in einem Punkt ist die schwarze Stellung
deutlich schlechter. Der Sa5 hat sich verlaufen.} b4 18. Bb2 Nb7 19. f4 {
Bevor der Sb7 zurück im Spiel ist, reißt Weiß am Königsflügel an den Ketten.}
hxg3 20. hxg3 Ng4 $1 21. Bf3 ({Nach} 21. f5 {gibt} Qg5 {Schwarz gutes
Gegenspiel.}) 21... exf4 22. Bxg4 Bxg4 23. Rxf4 {Optisch sieht es für Weiß
vielleicht nicht so gut aus. Aber es gibt eine klare Strategie für Weiß: Mit
äußerster Konsequenz den schwachen Sb7 ausnutzen. Also: Mit
Höchstgeschwindigkeit sämtliche anderen gegnerischen Figuren abholzen.} (23.
Nxf4 $5) 23... Qg5 24. Rf2 $2 (24. Nf3) 24... Bxb2 25. Rxb2 Rbe8 26. Nf4 Qe5
27. Rc2 g5 {[#]} 28. Nf3 {Dank dieses Tricks bleibt die Partie völlig offen.} (
28. Ng2 f5 29. exf5 Be2 {könnte die schwarze Idee gewesen sein.}) 28... Bxf3 (
28... Qa1+ 29. Rf1 Qg7 30. Rg2 gxf4 31. gxf4 f5 32. exf5 Re7 33. Rff2 Qa1+ 34.
Rf1 Qg7 $11 {lautet ein Versuch von Fritz 6, die Stellung zu bewerten.}) 29.
Qxf3 Qxe4 (29... gxf4 30. gxf4 Qa1+ 31. Rf1 Qd4+ 32. Kh1 f6 33. Qh5 (33. Rg2+
Kf7 34. Qh5+ Ke7 35. Rg7+ Kd8 36. Qh7 Qxe4+ 37. Qxe4 Rxe4 38. Rxb7 $11 {
ist eine weitere witzige Variante.}) 33... Rf7 $19) 30. Qg4 Re5 31. Rce2 Qf5
32. Qxf5 Rxf5 33. Nh5 Rxf2 34. Kxf2 {Mit ein paar Wacklern hat Weiß sein Ziel
erreicht. Er hat unter Bauernverlust kräftig abgeholzt. Nun hat er gute
Gewinnchancen.} f5 35. Re6 Rf7 36. Kf3 a5 37. g4 fxg4+ 38. Kxg4 Rf2 39. Re8+
Rf8 40. Re7 Rf7 41. Re2 Rf1 42. Ng3 Rf7 43. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Samba Cup 1st"]
[Site "Skanderborg"]
[Date "2003.10.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Rb1 Bf5 (12... h5 13. Bb2 Bf5 (13... h4
$142 $5) 14. e4 Bd7 15. Nd1 {-12...Bf5}) ({Practice has shown the text is
time-consuming, as e4 is quite a useful move for White. Thus it's more logical
to play immediately} 12... e5) 13. e4 Bd7 14. Bb2 {With his next move Black
will close the /^a1-h8 anyway, but the text is nevertheless useful for
White-he needs to connect his R, later after Rbe1 his B can return to the /
^c1-h6.} (14. h3 e5 15. Bb2 Bh6 $6 16. f4 $1 Nh5 17. Ne2 f6 18. Bc3 Nb7 19. Kh2
b4 20. Bb2 exf4 21. Nxf4 Ng7 22. Rf2 g5 23. Nd3 Qe7 24. g4 $16 {Wu Shaobin-Ye
Jiangchuan/Shenyang/1999/}) 14... e5 (14... h5 15. Nd1 (15. Ne2 $5 {[%cal
Yf2f4] /\f4 could transpose to our game.}) 15... e5 16. Bc3 (16. dxe6 $6 Bxe6
17. f4 Nc6 {[%csl Rd4] ><d4} 18. a3 Nd4 19. Qd3 bxc4 20. bxc4 h4 21. Nc3 h3 22.
Bf3 Ng4 23. Ba1 Qa5 $36 {Burmakin,V-Morozevich,A/Omsk Perm/1998/}) 16... h4 17.
Ne3 Bh6 18. Qd3 b4 19. Bb2 Nh5 20. Qe2 f6 21. Nf3 h3 22. Bh1 Qe8 23. Rbe1 Nb7
24. Nh4 Bg5 25. Nf3 Qf7 (25... Bh6 $142 $11) 26. Nxg5 fxg5 27. Ng4 Qe7 28. Bf3
$36 {Mchedlishvili,M-Zulfugarli,M/Tbilisi/2001/}) (14... bxc4 15. bxc4 Qc7 (
15... Bh6 16. f4 $1 e5 17. Ne2 exf4 18. gxf4 Nh5 19. h3 Rb4 20. a3 Rb8 21. Bc3
Rxb1 22. Qxb1 Qc7 23. Qd3 Nb7 24. Qe3 f6 25. Ng3 Ng7 26. Qe2 Qd8 27. e5 $40 {
Nielsen,P-Pedersen,S/DEN-ch Nyborg/2001/}) 16. Nd1 e5 17. Ne3 Bh6 18. Bc3 Rxb1
19. Rxb1 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Ng4 21. Re1 Nb7 22. h3 Nf6 23. Rb1 Nh5 24. Kh2 Bc8 25.
Nf3 Qe7 26. Rb6 a5 27. Qd1 $16 {Aronian,L-Blehm,P/WChJ Yerevan/1999/}) 15. Ne2
{Seemingly White's N belongs to d1 and e3, but the text also has it's
virtues-Black finds it more difficult to prevent the important f4 advance.} (
15. Nd1 Nh5 (15... Ng4 $5 16. f3 Nh6 17. f4 f5 $132) 16. Bf3 Bh3 17. Re1 Nf6
18. Ne3 Bh6 19. Bc3 Qc7 20. Bg2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Nh5 22. Qd1 Ng7 23. Ng4 Bg5 24.
f4 exf4 25. gxf4 Bh4 26. Nf3 $1 Bd8 27. cxb5 axb5 28. Ng5 b4 29. Bb2 c4 $2 30.
Bxg7 {1-0,Govbinder,M-Kondratiev,P/Minsk/1962/}) (15. Rbe1 Nh5 16. Nd1 Bh6 17.
Bc1 f5 18. f3 $6 f4 $1 {()} 19. g4 Nf6 20. Nf2 Bg5 21. Nd3 h5 22. h3 Bh4 23.
Re2 Rf7 24. Bb2 Qe7 25. Rc1 Nb7 $15 {Zakarias,D-Bors,D/HUN-chT 0304/2003/})
15... h5 (15... Ng4 16. h3 Nh6 17. f4 $14) (15... Nh5 16. f4 (16. Bc3 f5 $132)
16... bxc4 17. bxc4 exf4 18. Nxf4 $5 $14 {פa5}) 16. Bc3 h4 17. Qd3 Nb7 {
This is somewhat more flexible than} (17... b4 18. Bb2 Nb7 19. f4 hxg3 20. hxg3
Ng4 21. Bf3 (21. Nf3 Qe7 22. Rbe1 Rbe8 $13) (21. f5 Qg5 $36) 21... exf4 22.
Bxg4 (22. gxf4 $5 Qh4 23. Bxg4 {[%csl Ge4,Gf4] [+]}) 22... Bxg4 23. Rxf4 Qg5
24. Rf2 Bxb2 25. Rxb2 Rbe8 $132 {Akopian,V-Prusikhin,M/Bad Wiessee/2001/}) 18.
f4 h3 $6 {This is strategically wrong. Closing the >> diminishes Black's
chances for active <=> on this part of the board.} (18... hxg3 $142 19. hxg3
Ng4 $13 {/+/= as in the above note was indicated.}) 19. Bf3 Ng4 20. f5 $1 {
[%csl Gf5] ()>>} Nh6 $6 {A mistake in the same sense as move 18, because it
allows White to further squeeze Black on the >>.} (20... gxf5 21. exf5 Qg5 22.
Bxg4 Qxg4 23. Qe4 $1 $14) (20... Qg5 21. Bxg4 Qxg4 22. Rf2 (22. f6 Bh6 $13 {/\}
23. Nf3 $2 Bf5 $1 $17) 22... b4 23. Bb2 Bh6 24. Bc1 {[%cal Rd2f1] /\Nf1+/=}
Bxd2 25. Bxd2 gxf5 26. exf5 e4 27. Qe3 Bxf5 28. Rf4 $36) 21. g4 $36 Qh4 $8 22.
Kh1 Nd8 $2 {[%mdl 16384] Once again Black underestimates White's >> ambitions.}
(22... Nxg4 $142 23. Bxg4 Qxg4 24. Rg1 Qh4 25. Rg3 $36 {was dangerous for
Black, but after the strategically suspect text White keeps his >> intact and
Black gets no <=> whatsoever.}) 23. Rg1 {[%cal Rg4g5] /\g5} f6 (23... Bf6 24.
Rg3 {/\Ng1+/-}) 24. Rg3 Ndf7 25. Rf1 Ng5 26. Ng1 gxf5 $6 {This only eases
White's task.} (26... Nhf7 27. Be2 $16) 27. gxf5 {[%cal Gg1g8] <->g} (27. exf5
{was also not bad, but the text is simpler.}) 27... Be8 28. Be2 Bh5 29. Bxh5
Qxh5 30. Ndf3 $18 {[%csl Rh3] After the ><h3 falls White will triple on the
open g-file and his -> will break through.} Nhf7 31. Nxg5 Nxg5 32. Nxh3 bxc4
33. bxc4 Nh7 (33... Nxh3 34. Rxh3 Qe8 35. Rg1 $18) 34. Rfg1 Rf7 35. Rg4 {
[%csl Rh5] ףh5} Re7 36. Qg3 Rbb7 37. Bd2 Kf8 $2 {This loses on the spot, but
after other moves Black can only wait passively.} (37... Red7 38. Nf2 Nf8 (
38... Kf8 39. Rh4 Qe2 40. Rxh7 Qxd2 41. Qh4 $1 {[%cal Rh7g7] /\Rhg7+-}) 39. Rh4
Qe2 40. Bh6 {[%cal Rh4g4] /\Rg4+-}) 38. Rh4 Qe2 39. Rxh7 Kg8 (39... Qxd2 40.
Rh8+ Bxh8 41. Qg8#) 40. Qh4 {[%cal Rh7h8] /\Rh8} (40. Qh4 Qf3+ 41. Rg2 Rb1+ 42.
Ng1 $18) 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Sanxenxo"]
[Date "2004.11.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2004.11.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 h5 $5 {Instead of the older moves
as} (12... e5 $13 {or the straightforward}) (12... Bh6 $132 {, Black
increasingly often plays the text both after 12.Rb1 and 12.Bb2 as well.}) 13.
Rab1 {This transposes into the 12.Rb1 lines, but even attempts to save a tempo
and do without such prophylaxis give Black <=>:} (13. h3 bxc4 (13... e5 14.
dxe6 Bxe6 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Nce4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 f5 19. Nc3 $14 {
[%csl Rf6,Rg5,Rh6] ׻}) 14. bxc4 e5 15. Rab1 Bd7 (15... h4 $142 $5 16. g4 Nh7 {
/\f5<=> Rogozenko}) 16. Ba1 Qe7 17. Rxb8 Rxb8 18. Rb1 Qd8 19. Nd1 Rb6 20. Bc3
Nb7 21. Rb2 Bc8 22. Qa4 Bd7 23. Qa3 Rxb2 {Rogozenko,D-Magai,V/Istanbul olm/
2000/} 24. Qxb2 $14 {[%csl Gc4,Gd5,Ge4,Gf4][%cal Yf2f4] /\f4,(),[+]}) (13. Rae1
h4 $142 $5 (13... Bf5 14. e4 Bd7 15. Nd1 e5 16. f4 bxc4 17. bxc4 h4 18. fxe5
Ng4 19. exd6 Rxb2 20. Nxb2 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 Nxh2 22. Nf3 Nxf1 23. Bxf1 hxg3 24.
Nxd4 Qh4+ 25. Kg1 g2 26. Nf3 gxf1=R+ 27. Rxf1 $16 {Bocharov,D-Iskusnyh,S/
Novosibirsk/1999/}) (13... bxc4 14. bxc4 e5 15. Nd1 h4 16. Bc3 Bd7 17. e4 Bh6
18. Ne3 Nh5 19. Bf3 hxg3 (19... Ng7 $142) 20. hxg3 Ng7 21. Kg2 f5 22. Rh1 Bxe3
23. Rxe3 f4 24. Ree1 Nb7 25. Qd1 Qg5 26. Rh4 $36 {Bocharov,D-Isanbaev,R/
Novosibirsk/1998/}) 14. Nd1 (14. e4 e5 15. Ne2 (15. Nd1 $5) 15... h3 16. Bh1
Ng4 17. Nc1 (17. Bc3 $142) 17... Bh6 18. f4 bxc4 19. Nxc4 (19. bxc4 exf4 20.
gxf4 Ne5 $1 $36) 19... Nxc4 20. Qxc4 Rb4 21. Qe2 exf4 22. gxf4 f5 $15 {
Navrotescu,C-Ardelean,G/Val Thorens/2001/}) 14... hxg3 15. hxg3 e5 16. Bc3 Ng4
$13 17. f4 $2 b4 18. Bb2 exf4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rxf4 Qg5 21. Ne4 Qh5 22. Qb2+
f6 23. Qd2 Qh2+ 24. Kf1 f5 25. Nef2 Bd7 $40 {Torbin,K-Smirnov,P/Kazan/2001/})
13... Bf5 {Black doesn't want to allow White's pieces top use the e4-square,
but it's difficult to say if this is worth the invested tempo.} (13... h4 14.
Nce4 (14. Nd1) 14... h3 $5 15. Nxf6+ exf6 16. Bh1 f5 $132 {is also playable,
the Ph3 can cause White problems later on.}) 14. e4 Bd7 15. Nd1 (15. Ne2 $5 {
can transpose into another Bologan game after} e5 (15... h4 16. gxh4 $5 bxc4
17. bxc4 Rxb2 $2 18. Rxb2 Nh5 19. Rbb1 e6 20. Nf3 Bh6 21. Ng5 exd5 22. cxd5 Bb5
23. f4 Bg7 24. a4 Bd7 25. Ng3 $18 {1-0 Matveeva,S-Kachiani Gersinska,K/Bled
2002/EXT 2003 (31)}) 16. Bc3 h4 17. Qd3 Nb7 18. f4 h3 (18... hxg3 $142 19. hxg3
Ng4 $6 $132) 19. Bf3 Ng4 20. f5 $1 Nh6 21. g4 Qh4 22. Kh1 Nd8 $6 23. Rg1 f6 24.
Rg3 Ndf7 25. Rf1 Ng5 26. Ng1 gxf5 27. gxf5 Be8 28. Be2 Bh5 29. Bxh5 Qxh5 30.
Ndf3 $18 {Nielsen,P-Bologan,V/Skanderborg/2003/}) 15... e5 $5 ({Premature is} 
15... bxc4 $143 16. bxc4 e5 17. Bc3 $1 (17. Ne3 Ng4 $1 $11) 17... Rxb1 18. Qxb1
Qc7 (18... h4 19. Nb2 hxg3 20. hxg3 Ng4 21. Qe1 Nb7 22. f3 Nh6 23. Nd3 f5 24.
f4 Ng4 25. Bf3 $36 {Huebner,R-Kalka,A/Bundesliga0001/2001/}) 19. Qb2 Nb7 20. f4
Ne8 21. Nf2 exf4 22. Bxg7 Nxg7 23. gxf4 Bc8 {Sorokin,M-Konguvel,P/Raipur/2002/}
24. e5 $40) 16. Bc3 (16. dxe6 $6 Bxe6 17. f4 Nc6 18. a3 Nd4 19. Qd3 bxc4 20.
bxc4 h4 21. Nc3 h3 22. Bf3 Ng4 23. Ba1 Qa5 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 $36 25. Ne2 Nxf3+ 26.
Nxf3 Bxc4 $1 27. Qxc4 Qxa3 28. Qc1 Qd3 29. Nc3 Bd4+ $1 30. Kh1 Bxc3 31. Bxc3
Qe2 {0-1,Burmakin,V-Morozevich,A/Omsk-Perm/1998/}) 16... h4 17. Ne3 Nh5 $146 (
17... Bh6 18. Qd3 b4 19. Bb2 Nh5 20. Qe2 f6 (20... Nb7 $142 $13 {/\ is more
logical.} 21. Bf3 Ng7 22. Ng4 Bg5 $132) 21. Nf3 h3 22. Bh1 Qe8 23. Rbe1 Nb7 24.
Nh4 Bg5 25. Nf3 Qf7 $2 (25... Bh6 $142) 26. Nxg5 fxg5 27. Ng4 Qe7 28. Bf3 Kh7
29. Nxe5 $1 $16 {Mchedlishvili,M-Zulfugarli,M/Tbilisi/2001/}) 18. Bf3 b4 19.
Bb2 hxg3 (19... Nf6 $5 {is more circumspect. By opening the >> Black plays
into White's hands, as his forces are not quite prepared for this.}) 20. hxg3
Qg5 (20... Nf6 21. Kg2 Nh7 22. Bg4 $5 $14) 21. Bxh5 $5 Qxh5 22. f4 $1 {[%mdl
32] The fate of the game depends now on who will manage to bring the reserves
to the >> first. and in the end Marin's strategy proves more farsighted.} Qh3 (
22... Rbe8 $142 23. Rbe1 (23. Rf2 $5) 23... Nb7 24. Rf2 $14) 23. Rf3 Bg4 $2 {
This only helps White.} (23... f5 $5 24. Rbf1 $36 (24. g4 $2 Qh6 $15)) 24. Nxg4
Qxg4 25. Kg2 exf4 (25... f5 26. Rh1 $36) (25... Rbe8 26. f5 $16 (26. Rh1 $5))
26. Rxf4 Qe2+ 27. Rf2 Qe3 28. Nf3 $1 Bxb2 $8 29. Qxb2 f6 (29... Qxe4 $5 30. Re1
Qd3 (30... Qf5 31. Nd2 Qd3 32. Ne4 $16) 31. Qf6 $16) 30. Qc2 {[%cal Re4e5] /
\e5 As in Nielsen-Bologan, Black has allowed himself to be driven back and
left with the sidelined Na5. After the wrong pieces have been exchanged, White
has a clear-cut advantage, moreover he has -> chances as well.} Kg7 (30... Qc3
$142 31. Qe2 $5 {[%cal Rf2f1,Rf1c1] /\Rff1-c1+-} (31. Qxc3 bxc3 32. Rc1 $16)
31... f5 32. e5 $16 (32. Ng5 $5 $40)) 31. Re1 Qh6 (31... Qc3 32. Qd1 $1 {
[%cal Rf2c2] /\Rc2 forces Black to sacrifice his N immediately.}) 32. Rh1 Qe3
33. Re1 Qh6 34. Rh1 Qe3 35. Re2 $1 $18 Qc3 36. Qd1 {[%csl Rc3] ףc3} Rh8 37.
Rhe1 $1 {[%cal Re2c2] /\Rc2} Nxc4 (37... f5 38. e5 $18) 38. bxc4 Qxc4 39. Rc2
Qb5 40. Qa1 Rbe8 (40... Qd3 $142 41. Rf2 Qc3 42. Nd2 $5 $18) 41. Rf2 $1 Qd3 42.
Ng5 Re5 43. Ne6+ Kf7 44. Nxc5 $1 Qb5 (44... dxc5 45. Qxe5 $18) 45. Ne6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.10.21"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Black "Acs, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tegernsee"]
[BlackTeam "Eppingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Rb1 {The more popular line is} (10. Qc2 {now, or one move
later.}) 10... Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 {In this line Black must judge carefully
how (and when) to resolve the << tension and when exactly to move the e-pawn.}
bxc4 {The main and most often played move, but Black has equivalent
alternatives:} (12... Bh6 13. Ba1 Bd7 $5 (13... Bxd2 14. Qxd2 bxc4 15. bxc4 (
15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 cxb3 17. Qh6 f6 18. Bxg6 $11) 15... Nxc4 16. Qf4 $44) 14.
cxb5 axb5 15. b4 cxb4 16. Rxb4 Qc7 17. e3 Bg7 18. Qe2 Ng4 19. h3 Ne5 20. Rfb1
Nac4 21. Nxb5 Bxb5 22. Rxb5 Rxb5 23. Rxb5 Ra8 24. Nxc4 Qxc4 25. Qxc4 Nxc4 26.
Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Rb4 Ne5 28. Rb2 {1/2,Ribli,Z-Khalifman,A/BL 9596/1996/} Nd3 {
/\Nb4=}) (12... e5 13. dxe6 (13. Qc2 {transposes into the aforementioned lines
with 10.Qc2, or 11.Qc2. It's probably a better way to retain the tension.}) (
13. e4 Ng4 $132) 13... Bxe6 (13... fxe6 $143 14. Nde4 $1 bxc4 15. Nxd6 cxb3 16.
axb3 Rxb3 17. Na4 Qc7 18. Rc1 $36 {Jussupow,A-Kindermann,S/GER-ch Bremen/1998/}
) 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Nde4 Rb6 (15... Ne8 16. Nd5 Nc6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nf4 Bf5
19. Qd2 Ne5 20. Rbd1 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Nf6 22. Bg2 Rb6 23. Qb2 b4 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25.
Rxd5 f6 26. Rfd1 Qe7 27. Qd2 Nf7 $11 {Rohde,U-Kindermann,S/GER-ch Altenkirchen/
1999/}) 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Qd2 b4 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Nc6 20. Rfd1 Kg7 21.
Bg2 Na7 22. a4 bxa3 23. Bxf6+ Qxf6 24. Qa5 Nc8 25. Qxa3 Ne7 26. Rd3 {1/2-1/2
Kharitonov,A-David,A/Cappelle la Grande 1996/CBM 051 ext (26)}) (12... Bf5 13.
e4 Bd7 (13... Bg4 $5) 14. Ba1 e5 $5 $13 (14... bxc4 15. bxc4 Rb4 16. a3 Rxb1
17. Ncxb1 e5 18. Bc3 Bh6 19. Bf3 Qb6 20. Be2 Bh3 21. Qa4 Nb7 22. Re1 Rb8 23.
Bd3 Bd7 24. Qd1 Nh5 25. Bc2 Na5 26. Kg2 Ng7 27. Rf1 $14 {Lputian,S-Blehm,P/
FIDE Wch New Delhi/2000/})) 13. bxc4 e5 ({Black more often plays the active} 
13... Bh6 14. Ba1 Bf5 {, but has his problems after} 15. e4 $5 (15. Rxb8 Qxb8
16. h3 Qb4 17. e4 Bd7 18. Qe2 Bxd2 19. Qxd2 Nxc4 20. Qe2 $44 {Aronian,
L-Ponomariov,R/Lausanne/2001/}) 15... Bg4 16. f3 Be3+ 17. Kh1 Bd7 18. Nb3 (18.
h3 $5 Bxd2 19. Qxd2 Nxc4 20. Qe2 Na3 21. Rbd1 Qa5 22. f4 Nb5 23. Qd2 Nh5 24.
Kh2 Nd4 25. g4 Ng7 26. e5 $40 {Matlak,M-Kulczewski/corr/1990/}) 18... Nxb3 19.
axb3 Bd4 20. Ne2 Bxa1 21. Rxa1 a5 22. Nf4 a4 23. bxa4 Rb4 24. Qc1 Qa5 25. e5
dxe5 26. Nd3 Rxa4 27. Rxa4 Qxa4 28. Nxe5 $36 {Dizdar,G-Kuzmin,A/Dubai op/2001/}
) 14. Qc2 $1 {White again prudently returns back to the Qc2 systems.} (14. Ba1
Rxb1 15. Ncxb1 Bd7 16. Bc3 Nh5 17. e4 Bh6 18. Na3 Qc7 {Anastasian,A-Socko,B/
EU-chT Batumi/1999/} 19. Qe2 Ng7 20. Nc2 f5 $13 {Socko}) 14... Bh6 (14... Bf5
15. e4 (15. Nce4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bh3 17. Bg2 Bf5 18. Be4 Bh3 19. Rfc1 Qc7 20. Bc3
f5 21. Bg2 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 e4 23. Bxg7 Qxg7 24. Qa4 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 Qc3 26. Nb3
Nxc4 27. Rc1 Nb2 28. Qa3 Qe5 29. Rc2 c4 30. Na5 Nd3 $1 $36 {Banusz,T-Ballai,Z/
HUN-chT 0304/2004/}) 15... Bd7 16. Ne2 Rb4 17. a3 Ba4 18. Qd3 Rb8 19. Bc3 Qc7
20. f4 Nd7 21. Bh3 $14 {Schmidt,W-Balcerowski,W/POL-ch Piotrkow Trybunalski/
1970/}) 15. e3 Bd7 $146 (15... Nh5 16. Ba1 Rxb1 17. Rxb1 f5 18. Qb2 f4 19. exf4
exf4 20. Nce4 Bg7 21. Qb8 Bxa1 22. Rxa1 Nb7 23. Rb1 Qe7 {Minasian,A-Socko,B/
EU-ch Batumi/2002/} 24. g4 $1 $14) (15... Bf5 16. Nce4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bd7 18.
Bc3 Qc7 {Keres,P-Stein,L,Tallinn/1971/} 19. Rb2 $1 $14 {Keres}) 16. Ba1 Qc7 (
16... Qe7 $5) 17. h3 Rb4 (17... Nh5 18. g4 $36 Ng7 19. Rxb8 Rxb8 20. Nce4 $40)
(17... Bf5 18. e4 Bd7 19. f4 $5 $14) (17... Bg7 $142 $5) 18. a3 Rxb1 19. Rxb1
Rb8 20. f4 $1 $36 {White wants to open the position and Black has problems
with his pieces on the rim (the Na5 and Bh6).} Bf5 $6 {Acs's attempt to
activate his pieces backfires and gets him quickly into trouble.} (20... exf4
21. Rxb8+ Qxb8 22. Nce4 $5 $40) (20... Rxb1+ 21. Ncxb1 Ne8 $5 $14) 21. Rxb8+
Qxb8 22. Qa4 Qb6 23. Nd1 Bd7 24. Qc2 Bf5 25. Qa2 $5 (25. Qc1 $16 {[%csl Re5]
><e5}) 25... Bd7 26. Bc3 {Ribli first improves his pieces and increases the
pressure aganist e5.} (26. fxe5 dxe5 27. Bxe5 Ba4 28. Nc3 Bxe3+ 29. Kh2 $16)
26... Nb7 (26... Ba4 $142 27. Qb2 $1 Qc7 28. Nf2 Nd7 $16 {is dreary, but now
White opens the [+].}) 27. fxe5 dxe5 28. Bxe5 Ba4 29. Nc3 Bxe3+ 30. Kh2 Nd7 (
30... Bd7 31. Nde4 (31. d6 Bd4 32. Bxf6 Bxf6 33. Nd5 Qd8 $1 {/\} 34. Nxf6+ Qxf6
35. Bxb7 Qf2+ $11 36. Bg2 $4 Bc6 $19) (31. Qb3 Qxb3 32. Nxb3 Ne8 $16) 31... Ne8
32. d6 $1 {[%cal Rc3d5] /\Nd5+-}) 31. Nxa4 Qa5 32. Nf1 Qxa4 33. Nxe3 Nxe5 34.
Qb2 $1 {[%cal Rb2b7,Rb2e5] The final double attack nets White a piece.} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.01.28"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{[%mdl 8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O
a6 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 e5 {By blockading the
centre, Black avoids immediate tactical complications, characteristic for the
line} (12... bxc4 13. bxc4 Bh6 14. f4 e5) ({Nowadays he often combines this
idea with the advance of the h-P, as in our game. He would like to keep the
position closed for the time being, until he manages to solve the typical
problem of the offside Na5 by Nb7-d8-f7. Also possible and quite popular is
the immediate} 12... h5 13. Rae1 (13. h3 bxc4 14. bxc4 e5 15. Rab1 Bd7 (15...
h4 $5 16. g4 Nh7 {[%cal Yf7f5] /\f5<=> Rogozenko}) 16. Ba1 Qe7 17. Rxb8 Rxb8
18. Rb1 Qd8 19. Nd1 Rb6 20. Bc3 Nb7 21. Rb2 Bc8 22. Qa4 Bd7 23. Qa3 $14 {
Rogozenko,D-Magai,V/Istanbul olm/2000/}) (13. e4 e5 $1 14. cxb5 $6 (14. Rae1
$142 h4 $132) 14... axb5 15. a3 b4 16. axb4 cxb4 17. Ncb1 Ba6 18. Nc4 Rc8 19.
Nbd2 Bh6 20. f4 Ng4 21. Qd3 Bxc4 22. bxc4 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Ra8 24. Qf3 Qe3 $36 {
Pantsulaia,L-Kovalev,A/EUCup Saint Vincent/2005/}) 13... Bf5 (13... bxc4 $142
14. bxc4 e5 $11) (13... h4 $5 $13) 14. e4 Bd7 15. Nd1 e5 16. f4 bxc4 17. bxc4
h4 18. fxe5 Ng4 19. exd6 (19. e6 $5 $14) 19... Rxb2 20. Nxb2 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 Nxh2
22. Nf3 Nxf1 23. Bxf1 hxg3 24. Nxd4 Qh4+ 25. Kg1 {Bocharov,D-Iskusnyh,S/
Novosibirsk/1999/} cxd4 $13) 13. Rae1 {Leads to a manoeuvring struggle, but
opening the [+] is not clear:} (13. dxe6 fxe6 (13... Bxe6 14. cxb5 axb5 15.
Rad1 $14) 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Nce4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 (16. Bxg7 Nxd2 17. Bxf8 Nxf1 18.
Bh6 Nxh2 19. Qc3 Qe7 $5 (19... e5 20. Kxh2 (20. Bd5+ Kh8 21. Kxh2 Bb7 22. Rd1
Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Nc6 24. Qf3 Qe7 25. e3 Nb4 26. Rd1 e4 27. Qe2 Nd3 $17 {Tregubov,
P-Bologan,V/St Petersburg/1996/}) 20... Bb7 21. Qd2 Qc7 22. Bd5+ Kh8 23. Rd1
Re8 24. Kg1 Bxd5 25. Qxd5 Nb7 {Jobava,B-Motylev,A/Ubeda/2001/} 26. b4 $1 $36 {
Motylev}) 20. Kxh2 (20. Qxa5 Ng4 $15) 20... b4 21. Qe3 Bb7 22. Bh3 Bd5 23. Rd1
Re8 24. Bf4 Nb7 25. Kg1 Qf7 $15 {1/2,Kharitonov,A-Schmidt,W/Lodz/1980/}) 16...
Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Bb7 18. Rfd1 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 d5 {[%csl Gc5,Gd5,Ge6] [+]<=>}) 13...
h5 $5 {The current fashion. Older moves are:} (13... Ng4 14. e4 f5 15. exf5
gxf5 16. Nd1 Rb7 17. f3 Nh6 18. f4 e4 19. Bxg7 Rxg7 20. Qc3 b4 21. Qb2 Nb7 (
21... Nf7 22. Ne3 h5 23. Rf2 h4 24. g4 Nb7 25. g5 Nxg5 26. fxg5 Qxg5 27. Kh1 h3
28. Bxh3 Qh4 {Minaya Molano,J-Sigurjonsson,G/Bogota/1978/} 29. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 30.
Ng2 $16) 22. Ne3 Ng4 23. Nxg4 Rxg4 24. Kf2 Rg7 25. Rg1 Bd7 26. Nf1 Qf6 27. Qxf6
Rxf6 28. Ne3 Kf7 29. Bh3 Ke7 30. Bf1 Kd8 31. Be2 Kc7 32. h4 Nd8 33. Ra1 Bc8 34.
a3 $14 {Spassky,B-Byrne,R/San Juan/1969/}) (13... Ne8 $5 14. e4 f5 15. exf5
gxf5 16. Nd1 Rb7 17. f4 e4 18. Bxg7 Rxg7 19. Qc3 h5 20. Ne3 b4 21. Qa1 Nb7 22.
Rf2 a5 $11 {Smejkal,J-Huebner,R/Leningrad izt/1973/}) 14. Nd1 (14. e4 {[%cal
Yc3e2,Ye2c1,Yc1d3];Nielsen,P (2626)-Bologan,V (2673) Samba Cup 1st 2003 (6)
1-0 is maybe more flexible, White might transfer his N also via e2, possibly
even c1-d3 in the future - see also}) 14... h4 15. e4 hxg3 (15... Nh5 $5 $13)
16. fxg3 $146 {[%mdl 32] This novelty is not too impressive. Although White
opens the <->f, without the option to play a future f4 his position becomes
too static and Black can pursue his strategic goals without having to hurry.} (
16. hxg3 $142 Ng4 17. Bc3 Bh6 $6 (17... b4 18. Bb2 f5 $132) 18. f3 Nf6 19. f4
Ng4 20. Nf2 Bg7 21. Bf3 Nxf2 22. Rxf2 Nb7 23. Rh2 Qe7 24. Kg2 Bd7 25. Reh1 Nd8
26. Nf1 f6 27. Ne3 Nf7 28. Bg4 $40 {Van Wely,L-Anand,V/Monte Carlo/1998/})
16... Ng4 17. Nf2 Nh6 $5 {Black is already ambitious and avoids exchanges, his
position remains solid and flexible.} (17... Nxf2 18. Rxf2 f5 (18... Bh6 $11)
19. Bc1 $13) 18. Bh3 f5 19. Bc3 Rb7 $1 {Svidler first uses this square for his
R, then his N.} 20. Qd3 b4 21. Bb2 Rbf7 22. Qe2 Nb7 23. exf5 (23. Bc1 $142 $5
$13) 23... gxf5 {[%csl Ge5,Gf5] [+]} 24. Qh5 Rf6 $15 {[%cal Yc8d7,Yd7e8,Yh6f7,
Yf6h6] Black already has a more comfortable position with his P[+], he can
proceed to evict the Q from h5 (Bd7-e8, or Nf7,Rh6) and (or) manoevre his Nb7
to the >>. On the other hand, showing a concrete plan for White is more
difficult.} 25. g4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Yusupov lashes out, but this otherwise
strategically sound move is a miscalcualtion.} fxg4 26. Bxg4 {White must give
material to avoid losing his exposed Q.} (26. Nxg4 $2 Nxg4 27. Bxg4 Rh6 28.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 $1 $19 {[%csl Rh5] ףh5}) (26. Bg2 $2 Rf5 27. Qg6 R8f6 $19) 26...
Rxf2 $1 27. Rxf2 Bxg4 28. Rxf8+ Qxf8 $19 {Black has 2 minor pieces for a R and
his position remains impregnable. The rest is more or less a matter of
technique.} 29. Qh4 Qf5 30. Ne4 (30. Qe7 Bh3 $19 {forces the Q back}) 30... Qg6
31. Qg5 (31. Bc1 Nf5 $19) 31... Bf5 32. Qxg6 Bxg6 33. Ng5 Nd8 {There is no
need to hurry...} 34. Bc1 (34. Ne6 Nxe6 35. dxe6 Nf5 $19 {/\Nd4}) 34... Bf6 {
Svidler converts his advantage by gradually activating all his pieces.} 35. Ne4
Bh4 36. Re2 Nf5 37. Rg2 Kg7 38. Bg5 Nf7 39. Bxh4 Nxh4 40. Rg3 Nf5 41. Rg2 N7h6
42. Kf2 Ng8 $1 43. Rg1 Nf6 44. Nxf6 (44. Ng5 Kh6 45. h3 Nd4 $19) 44... Kxf6 45.
Kf3 a5 46. Rf1 Kg5 47. Rg1+ Kh6 48. Kg4 Nd4 49. Rf1 e4 50. Kf4 Nc2 $1 {[%cal
Re4e2] /\e3-e2-+} (50... Nc2 51. Rc1 e3 52. Kf3 Bd3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.02.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c5 ({This move order
presents a series of minor advantages over the more popular} 6... Nc6 7. O-O a6
8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 e5 {. First of all, White's centre is submitted to
less pressure after 6...Nc6, offering White a wider choice of systems on the
8th move. The second aspect will become clear later.}) 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 ({
The main drawback of this variation is that White can retain a tiny edge
without any risk by means of} 8. dxc5 {. However, the critical line against
both 6...Nc6 and 6...c5 remains the advance of the d-pawn.}) 8... Na5 9. Nd2 e5
10. b3 Ng4 {This is Black's additional possibility compared to the 6...Nc6
lines. Black decides to start his kingside play without "wasting time" with ...
a6, ...Rb8 and ...b5. Leaving the a5-knight out of play for such a long time
is a very risky decision, but it seems to suit Morozevich' original and
enterprising style of play.} 11. h3 ({Generally speaking, White should avoid
such weakening moves, unless he has something concrete in mind. A classical
brilliant game went} 11. e4 f5 12. exf5 e4 13. f6 Nxf6 14. Ndxe4 $1 Nxe4 15.
Nxe4 Bxa1 16. Bg5 Bf6 17. Nxf6+ Rxf6 18. Qa1 Kf7 {Now, after the quiet move}
19. Re1 $3 {Black found it difficult to defend against the threats Re3-f3 or
Qc3 and if ...b6 then Re6! in Geller-Velimirovic, Havana 1971.}) 11... Nh6 12.
Nde4 {This novelty is a logical consequence of the previous move. With the
provocative knight jump to the centre, White aims to take advantage of Black's
temporary lack of coordination by energetical means.} f6 ({Black intends to
consolidate with ...Nf7. The generally desirable} 12... f5 {is met by} 13. Ng5
{, taking advantage of the weakness of the light squares in Black's camp.}) 13.
Nxd6 $5 {There was no way back already. If Black was allowed to carry out his
planned regroupment (...Nf7 folowed by ...f5), White's previous play would
simply become pointless.} Qxd6 14. Ne4 Qd8 15. Nxc5 {White's compensation for
the sacrificed piece is out of question. The a5-knight did not improve its
situation any bit, while the white central pawns look threatening.} f5 $5 ({
Morozevich chooses to return the material "with interest", for the sake of
rapidly completing his development.} 15... Nf7 $2 {would have been bad because
of} 16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. dxe6 Nd6 18. e7 Qxe7 19. Qd5+ {with a more advantageous
position for White than in the game. However, 15...Nf5 or 15...Qc7 are worth
investigating.}) ({In case of, say} 15... Qc7 {play would have a less concrete
character than in the game, but the passive position of the a5-knight would
have provided White with excellent compensation.} 16. Ba3 Rd8 {[%cal Gg7f8]}
17. Nd3 f5 18. Qc2 $44 {[%csl Ga5][%cal Ya1d1,Yg1h2,Ye2e4]} (18. Rc1 Nc6 $5 {
[%cal Yd8d1]}) (18. e4 fxe4 {[%csl Gh3]}) 18... e4 19. Nf4 Bxa1 $6 20. Rxa1 $40
{[%csl Ga5][%cal Yb2h8,Ra3b2,Rc2c3]}) 16. d6 ({Actually, even here White could
refrain from winning the piece back, in order to maintain his strong centre of
pawns and keep the a5-knight out of play.} 16. Ba3 e4 17. Rc1 $44) 16... e4 17.
d7 Nf7 18. Rb1 Qe7 19. dxc8=Q Raxc8 20. Na4 Rfd8 21. Qe1 Nc6 {Generally
speaking, Black can be content with the outcome of the opening. He is much
better developed and has considerable advantage of space. Besides, the
g2-bishop will remain passive for a long time. However, White's position has
no weaknesses, which gives him hope to repell the first wave of Black's
initiative and retain the small material advantage. From this point of view,
Carlsen's play in the next phase of the game deserves the highest praise.} 22.
Nc3 Nd4 23. Bb2 ({The hurried activation of the knight with} 23. Nd5 {could
have been met by} Rxd5 $5 24. cxd5 Rc2 $44 {with very active play for Black.})
23... b5 24. Nd5 Qd6 $6 {There are several things to reproach to this move.
The queen fails to increase the pressure against the c4-pawn and to support
the central knight (or bishop after Bxd4, Bxd4) and will be slightly exposed.}
(24... Qc5 $5 25. Bxd4 Bxd4 26. e3 Be5 27. Rc1 bxc4 28. bxc4 Rb8 $44 {Black
cannot be worse here.}) 25. Bxd4 Bxd4 26. Rd1 Be5 27. Qa5 bxc4 28. Ne3 $1 Qc7
29. Qxc7 Bxc7 30. Nxc4 {White has activated his position a lot.} Ne5 31. Rxd8+
Rxd8 32. Rc1 Nxc4 33. Rxc4 {Only a dozen of moves have passed since the
previous diagrammed position and we can see that White has fulfilled all the
programmed tasks. He has provoked mass exchanges and retained the extra-pawn
at the same time. Even so, it is highly questionable whether he has real
winning chances, because of Black's persisting advantage of space and the
presence of the opposite coloured bishops.} Rd1+ 34. Bf1 Bd6 35. e3 a5 36. Kg2
Kf7 37. Rc2 Ke7 38. Be2 Rd5 39. Bc4 Rd1 40. g4 f4 $2 {A blunder just before
the first time control. Morozevich must have overlooked White's 43rd move.} ({
Any neutral move such as} 40... Kf6 {would have maintained Black's drawing
chances intact. His considerable advantage of space would have restricted
White's active possibilities.}) 41. exf4 Bxf4 42. Re2 Rd4 43. Bd3 $3 {With
this unexpected tactical resource, White wins a second pawn.} Kf6 (43... Rxd3
44. Rxe4+ {leads to a hopeless rook ending.}) 44. Bxe4 Rd2 45. Rxd2 Bxd2 46.
Kg3 Be1 47. Kf3 Bb4 48. h4 h6 49. Ke2 Bd6 ({Morozevich' plan is hard to
understand. The best chance for survival was blocking the white pawns on light
squares with} 49... g5 {when White still needs to prove a winning plan. See
the comment on the next move.}) 50. Kd3 Bc5 ({This was the last moment when
Black could play} 50... g5 {It turns out that White is winning, but certain
technical effort is needed still.} 51. h5 $1 {This is a dangerous candidate to
promotion. Black faces severe problems defending both his wings. For instance,
if the king guards the queenside majority (orpassed pawn), allowing the white
king get to g6, the bishopcouldnot defend the h6-pawn for too long. (...Bf8 is
met by Kg8 followed by Kg7). Black has to permanently count with a double pawn
break on the kingside.} Ke5 52. f3 Bb4 53. Kc4 Ba3 (53... Kd6 54. f4 $1 gxf4 (
54... Bd2 55. f5 $18 {is relatively easy. Black cannot fight against two
remote passed pawns.}) 55. g5 hxg5 56. h6 Ba3 57. b4 $1 Bb2 (57... axb4 58. Kb3
$1 $18 {and the h-pawn promotes.}) 58. bxa5 Kc7 {It should be mentioned that
in certain cases, if White would have only one passedpawn on the a-file and
the black king could get to h8, the position would be a draw. Black would just
give up his bishop for the a-pawn when needed.} 59. Bf3 Kb8 60. Kd5 Ka7 61. Ke6
Ka6 62. Kf5 Kxa5 63. Kxg5 Kb4 64. Kg4 (64. Kxf4 $2 Bc1+ 65. Kf5 Bxh6 $11) 64...
Ka3 65. Bd5 Be5 66. h7 Kb4 67. Kf5 Bh8 68. Kxf4 $18) 54. Kb5 Bb4 55. Ka4 Bd2
56. a3 Kd6 57. Kb5 Be1 58. b4 axb4 59. axb4 Bd2 60. Kc4 Bc1 (60... Be1 61. f4
gxf4 62. g5 $18) 61. Bd5 $1 {/\Kd4-e4, קh6. A typical method of restricting
the enemy king.} Bf4 (61... Bb2 62. b5 $18) (61... Be3 62. Kd3 $18 {[%cal
Yd3e4] /\Ke4}) 62. Kd4 Bd2 63. b5 Ba5 64. Ke4 Bb6 65. Bc4 $18 {[%csl Gd6][%cal
Ye4g6,Yg6h6,Rc4g8]}) 51. f4 h5 52. g5+ Kg7 53. Kc4 {This move marks the fiasco
of Black's play in the endgame. Although he has managed to block the enemy
pawns on dark squares and make them vulnerable, the white king has been given
enough time to get activated. Black's counterplay will be too slow.} Bd6 54.
Kb5 Bxf4 55. Kxa5 Bg3 56. Kb5 Bxh4 57. a4 Bxg5 58. a5 Kf6 59. a6 Be3 60. Kc6 g5
61. b4 Ke5 62. b5 Kxe4 63. b6 g4 64. a7 g3 65. a8=Q Kf3 66. b7 Bf4 67. Qf8 Ke4
68. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.05"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[Annotator "Huschenbeth,N"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Merida Linex Magic"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. d5 {
Mein Gegner wählte das Jugoslawische System. Ich denke, Weiß hat nur einen
Vorteil in diesem System, nämlich das der Springer auf a5 langfristig sehr
schlecht steht und ein paar Züge braucht (b7-d8), um wieder ins Spiel zu
finden. Man könnte diese Partie daher glatt als Beispielpartie nehmen, da ich
sie nur aufgrund meines Springers verlor!} (8. h3 {wird auch häufig gespielt.}
Bd7 9. e4 e5 10. Be3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 $13) 8... Na5 9. Nd2 (9. Qd3 c5 10. Rb1
b5 11. cxb5 c4 12. Qd1 (12. Qc2 axb5 13. Nxb5 Bf5 $19) 12... axb5 13. Nxb5 Bf5
14. Ra1 Nb3 15. axb3 Rxa1 16. bxc4 Qc8 $15) 9... c5 10. Rb1 (10. a3 $6 {
[%cal Yb2b4]} Nd7 11. Qc2 Ne5 12. Nd1 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Rb1 b4 15. Re1 Bd7
16. f4 b3 $1 $17) 10... Rb8 11. b3 (11. b4 $6 Ng4 12. Nce4 cxb4 13. Rxb4 Qc7
$15) 11... b5 12. Bb2 e5 13. Qc2 Bf5 {Provoziert e4.} 14. e4 Bd7 {Soweit hatte
ich mich vorbereitet. Der nächste Zug von ihm war mir nicht bekannt, er ist
aber wahrscheinlich stärker als das häufiger gespielte Nd1.} 15. Ne2 $5 (15.
Nd1 Nh5 16. f4 (16. Ne3 f5 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. Rxf4 Qe7 20. Rbf1 Rbe8
$11) (16. Bf3 $5 Bh3 17. Re1 Qg5 18. Qc3 b4 19. Qe3 f6 $1 $11) 16... bxc4 17.
fxe5 (17. bxc4 Rxb2 $1 {Ein häufiges Motiv in diesem Stellungstyp.} 18. Qxb2
exf4 19. Qb6 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Nxg3+ $3 21. hxg3 Qg5 22. Rxf4 Qh6+ 23. Rh4 Qxd2 $17)
(17. Nxc4 Nxc4 18. bxc4 Rxb2 19. Nxb2 exf4 20. Bf3 fxg3 21. Bxh5 gxh2+ 22. Kh1
gxh5 $15) 17... cxb3 18. axb3 dxe5 19. Bc3 Bb5 20. Re1 Nb7 $15) (15. f4 $2 exf4
16. gxf4 bxc4 17. bxc4 Ng4 18. Nd1 Rxb2 $1 19. Nxb2 Nxh2 20. Nf3 Nxf1 $17)
15... Qe7 (15... Nh5 {ist nun nicht mehr so stark.} 16. f4 bxc4 17. bxc4 Rxb2
18. Rxb2 exf4 19. Nxf4 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 $16) (15... h5 $5 16. Bc3 h4 17. Qd3 Nb7
18. f4 {1-0 Nielsen,P-Bologan,V Skanderborg 2003} hxg3 19. hxg3 Ng4 $13) 16.
Rbe1 (16. f4 Ng4 17. Qd3 bxc4 18. bxc4 Rxb2 $5 19. Rxb2 exf4 20. Rb6 fxg3 21.
hxg3 Ne5 22. Qc2 Bg4 23. Nf4 Qa7 $44 24. Rxd6 Nb7) 16... Nh5 17. Bc3 b4 $6 {
Nun wird endgültig klar, dass die Konfrontation am Königsflügel stattfinden
wird. Allerdings hat der Schwarze wegen dem Springer auf a5 eine Figur weniger
im Spiel.} (17... Nb7 18. f4 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Ne4 bxc4 21. bxc4 exf4 22.
Nxf4 Nxf4 23. Rxf4 Be5 24. Rff1 $14) 18. Bb2 f5 (18... g5 $5 19. f4 exf4 20.
gxf4 gxf4 21. Nxf4 Nxf4 22. Rxf4 Be5 23. Rf2 (23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Rf2 Rb6 $11 {
[%cal Ya5b7,Yb7d6,Yb6g6]}) 23... f6 {[%csl Ge5]} 24. Nf3 Kh8 25. Ref1 Qg7 26.
Kh1 Rbe8 $14) 19. f4 exf4 (19... Rbe8 $5 20. Bh3 exf4 21. Nxf4 Nxf4 22. gxf4
fxe4 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. Nxe4 Nb7 25. Kh1 $14 {[%cal Ge4g5,Gg5e6]}) 20. Nxf4 Nxf4
21. gxf4 $1 {Weiß nimmt gerne eine Schwächung der Bauernstruktur für die
Initiative in Kauf.} fxe4 22. Nxe4 Bf5 23. Qd2 Bxb2 24. Qxb2 Bxe4 {Ich denke,
es ist notwendig, den Springer abzutauschen, da er sonst eh auf e6 auftauchen
wird.} 25. Rxe4 Qg7 26. Qxg7+ (26. Qe2 {sieht vielleicht besser aus als es ist.
} Rf7 27. Bh3 Kh8 28. Be6 Rf6 29. Kh1 Rbf8 $132) 26... Kxg7 27. f5 $5 (27. Bh3
Nb7 28. Rfe1 Rf7 29. Kf2 Rbf8 30. Kg3 $14) 27... gxf5 28. Re7+ Rf7 29. Rxf7+
Kxf7 30. Be4 $1 Kg7 31. Rxf5 (31. Bxf5 $2 Rf8 32. Be6 Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Nb7 34.
Bc8 Nd8 35. Bxa6 Nf7 {mindestens Ausgleich.}) 31... Re8 32. Rf4 Re7 $6 (32...
Nb7 $1 33. Rh4 (33. Rg4+ Kf6 34. Kf2 (34. Bxh7 Re1+ 35. Kf2 Ra1 $11) 34... Nd8
35. Bxh7 Rh8 36. Rg6+ Ke7 37. Rg7+ Kf6 38. Ra7 Nf7 39. Be4 Rxh2+ 40. Bg2 Rh8
41. Rxa6 Kf5 42. Ra7 Ne5 $11) 33... h6 34. Rg4+ Kf8 35. Kf2 Nd8 36. Bf5 Nf7 37.
Rg6 Re5 38. Bc8 Rg5 39. Rf6 Kg7 40. Re6 Rf5+ 41. Kg2 Rg5+ $11) 33. Rh4 Kh8 $2 {
Der entscheidende Fehler. Jetzt ist Schwarz zur Passivität verurteilt.} (33...
h5 34. Kf2 Re5 35. Bf3 Kg6 36. Kg3 Nb7 37. Rf4 Nd8 38. Rf8 Nf7 39. Ra8 Ng5 40.
Bg2 $16) (33... h6 $1 34. Rg4+ Kf8 35. Rf4+ (35. Kf2 Nb7 36. Kf3 Nd8 37. Rg6
Nf7 38. Kf4 Ng5 39. Bf5 Re2 40. Bg4 Re4+ 41. Kg3 Re3+ 42. Kh4 Nf7 $13) 35...
Kg7 36. Kf2 Nb7 37. Ke3 Nd8 38. Rg4+ Kf8 39. Rg6 Nf7 40. h4 Re5 41. Kf4 Rh5 {
und Schwarz kann noch kämpfen}) 34. Kf2 Nb7 35. Bd3 Kg8 (35... Nd8 36. Rh6) 36.
Rh6 Rg7 37. Kf3 Kf8 38. Rxh7 Rxh7 39. Bxh7 Nd8 40. Bg6 $1 {[%csl Rd8]} Kg7 41.
Be8 Kf6 42. Kf4 Ke7 43. Bh5 Kf6 44. h4 a5 45. Be8 Ke7 46. Bg6 Kf6 47. h5 Nb7
48. Be8 Ke7 49. h6 Kf6 50. h7 Kg7 51. Kf5 Kxh7 52. Ke6 Kg7 53. Ke7 1-0

[Event "Sautron op 13th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2013.10.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bailet, Pierre"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2013.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} g6 {
[%emt 0:00:21]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:
11]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:39]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:18]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 6. c4 {
[%emt 0:02:08] Rentrant par interversion de coups dans une Est-Indienne et le
GMI sera confronté au système g3 qu'il préconise. BOTVINNIK considérait
qu'il était utile d'avoir un répertoire ne permettant d'avoir ce genre de
situation pour éviter d'indiquer les meilleures lignes mais le Champion du
Monde jouait aussi relativement peu.} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} (6... Nbd7 {La
grande ligne}) 7. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:01:12]} (7... a6) 8. d5 {
[%emt 0:07:57]} (8. h3 a6 9. e4 b5) (8. b3) 8... Na5 {[%emt 0:04:09]} 9. Nd2 {
[%emt 0:00:59]} (9. b3 {[%cal Gg7a1]}) 9... c5 {[%emt 0:12:31]} (9... Nd7 {
[%cal Gg7a1]} 10. Qc2 {[%cal Gb2b3]} Ne5 11. b3 c6 12. Bb2 b5 {Timman,J (2630)
-Nijboer,F (2555) NED-chT f Breda 1997 (2) 0-1}) 10. Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:23]} (10.
Rb1) (10. a3) 10... a6 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 11. b3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:
21] Pierre joue également ce système avec les Noirs comme il l'avait fait
dans une partie de l'open Rhode} 12. Bb2 {[%emt 0:06:07]} (12. Rb1 {Lalic,B 
(2531)-Bailet,P (2306) Rohde op 08th 2008 (2) 1-0}) 12... bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:15]}
(12... e5) (12... Bh6 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gh6d2]}) 13. bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bh6 {
[%emt 0:00:12]} 14. f4 {[%emt 0:01:32]} (14. Ncb1 $5 {[%cal Gb1d2,Gb2c3,Gc3a5]}
Bd7 15. Bc3 Qc7 16. Na3 $14 {Ribli,Z (2505)-Suetin,A (2550) Kecskemet Toth
Memorial 4th 1972 (7) 1/2}) 14... e5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 15. dxe6 {[%emt 0:02:25]}
Bxe6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 16. Nd5 {[%emt 0:04:05]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:01:45] Le thème
de la variante Rb8 et les Noirs ont des bonnes compensations} 17. Qxb2 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:01][%cal Gg7a1]} 18. Qc1 {[%emt 0:08:34]} Bxd5
{[%emt 0:00:23]} 19. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:18:47]} (19. cxd5 {[%cal Gd2c4]} Ng4 20. Rb1
Bd4+ (20... Ne3 $44) 21. Kh1 Ne3 22. Qa3 Re8 $44) 19... Nxd5 {[%emt 0:10:16]}
20. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:07:14]} 21. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qxe2 {
[%emt 0:12:00]} 22. Nf3 $6 $146 {[%emt 0:06:48][%csl Ra2]} (22. Qd1 $142 Qe3+
23. Kh1 c4 24. Re1 Qa3 25. Ne4 Rc8 26. Rb6 c3 27. Qd3 Qxa2 28. Qxa6 Rf8 29. Rb5
c2 30. Rxa5 Qb1 31. Qf1 Rb8 32. Ra8 Rxa8 33. Rxb1 cxb1=Q 34. Qxb1 Ra1 35. Qxa1
Bxa1 36. Nxd6 Kf8 37. Kg2 Ke7 38. Nc4 f5 39. Kf3 Bd4 40. h3 Kf6 41. g4 h6 42.
Ne3 Bc5 43. h4 fxg4+ 44. Nxg4+ Kg7 45. Ne5 Be7 46. Nc6 Bd6 47. Ke4 Kf6 48. Ne5
h5 49. Nd7+ Ke7 50. Nb6 Bc5 51. Nc4 Kf6 {Stohl,I (2580)-Kindermann,S (2540)
Germany 1997 1/2-1/2}) (22. Qe1 Qd3 23. Nf3 Nc4 24. Qd1 Qe4) 22... Qxa2 {
[%emt 0:05:53][%csl Ga6] Les Noirs ont maintenant une meilleure structure et
le P passé soutenu par le Bg7 est trés dangereux} 23. Qd2 {[%emt 0:06:02]}
Qa3 {[%emt 0:05:40]} 24. Qc1 {[%emt 0:08:31]} Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 25. Qd1 {
[%emt 0:01:32]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:05:32] Les Noirs ont encaissé le P sans faire de
concessions et le GMI va pouvoir commencer à mobiliser la majorité à
l'aile-dame} 26. Qc2 {[%emt 0:04:20]} (26. Qd2 Nc4) 26... c4 {[%emt 0:02:01]}
27. Rb6 {[%emt 0:02:11]} c3 $36 {[%emt 0:14:03][%csl Gc3][%cal Ga5c4,Gc4e3]}
28. Qa2 {[%emt 0:03:42]} Qa7 {[%emt 0:12:17][%csl Rb6,Rg1][%cal Ga7g1]} 29. Qf2
{[%emt 0:00:46]} (29. Rfb1 Rb8 {[%csl Rg1]}) 29... c2 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 30. Rxd6
$4 {[%emt 0:05:18] Paradoxalement, les Blancs qui avaient plus de 12 mns à la
pendule contre moins de 2 pour l'adversaire, vont gaffer.} Qxf2+ {[%emt 0:00:
10]} 31. Kxf2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bb2 $17 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 32. Rxa6 {[%emt 0:01:
02]} Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 33. Rb6 {[%emt 0:03:05]} c1=Q {[%emt 0:00:06]} 34.
Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nxc1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 35. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Ba3 {
[%emt 0:01:28]} 36. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 37. Rb5 {[%emt 0:
00:23]} Na2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 38. Kd3 {[%emt 0:02:33]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 39.
Kd4 0-1

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.11.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Rb8 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 a6 11. a4 {This continuation, considered second-rate for
many years, has recently gained some popularity.} e6 (11... Bd7 {[%cal Yb7b5]}
12. b3 b5 {now opens up the a-file, which is favourable for White:} 13. axb5
axb5 14. cxb5 Bxb5 15. Ra3 Qb6 (15... Bd7 16. Qa2 Ra8 17. Bb2 $14) 16. Qa2 Nb7
17. Nc4 Bxc4 18. bxc4 Nd7 19. Nb5 $16 {1-0 (35) Pejko,O (2240)-Kalata,P (2235)
Slovakia 2008}) (11... e5 {deserves attention as White has no more possibility
to play on the queenside by means of a2-a3 and b2-b4. Here is a recent example
where Black outplayed his opponent:} 12. b3 h5 13. e4 (13. Nde4 $5 Nh7 14. h4
f5 15. Ng5) 13... h4 14. Bb2 Bh6 15. Nf3 hxg3 16. hxg3 Ng4 17. Nh2 Nxh2 18.
Kxh2 Qg5 19. Bc1 Qh5+ 20. Kg1 Bxc1 21. Raxc1 Kg7 22. Rb1 Rh8 23. f3 Qh2+ 24.
Kf2 Bh3 25. Rg1 f5 26. Qd2 Rbf8 $40 {0-1 (38) L'Ami,E (2623)-Rapport,R (2540)
Aix-les-Bains 2011}) 12. b3 (12. Rb1 exd5 13. cxd5 c4 14. b4 cxb3 15. Nxb3 Bd7
$13 {0-1 (43) McDonald,N (2449)-Haydon,D (2218) London 2010}) 12... exd5 (12...
Re8 13. Bb2 exd5 14. cxd5 Bf5 15. e4 Bd7 16. Rfe1 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. h3 (18.
Ne2 b4 19. e5 $6 dxe5 20. Qxc5 Rb5 21. Qa7 Nxd5 $17 {0-1 (34) Kantorik,M (2368)
-Bezold,M (2521) Austria 2008}) 18... Qb6 19. Kh2 Nh5 20. Nd1 Bd4 21. Ne3 Nb7
22. Nf3 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 Qd8 24. e5 $16 {1/2 (51) Van der Sterren,P (2470)-Hebden,
M (2400) Marbella 1982}) (12... b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. Nxb5 d5 {
1/2 (51) Werle,J (2459)-Afek,Y (2369) Groningen 2001} 16. Bb2 dxc4 17. bxc4
Nxc4 18. Nxc4 Rxb5 19. Be5 $14) 13. cxd5 Ng4 {Planning ...f7-f5.} ({It makes
no sense for Black to provoke e2-e4:} 13... Bf5 14. e4 Bd7 15. Bb2 b5 16. axb5
axb5 17. Nd1 ({or} 17. h3 Re8 18. Rfc1 Ra8 19. Nd1 Qb6 20. Ne3 Ra6 21. Bc3 Rea8
22. Bf1 $14 {1-0 (69) Onischuk,A (2580)-Rogers,I (2600) Germany 1997}) 17... b4
18. Ne3 Bb5 19. Rfe1 Nd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. f4 Ra8 22. e5 $1 dxe5 23. fxe5 Nxe5
24. Qxc5 Rb8 25. d6 $16 {1-0 (28) Van Oosterom,C (2413)-Ris,R (2423) Haarlem
2010}) (13... b5 {is very natural but I don't see full equality for Black:} 14.
axb5 axb5 15. Bb2 Re8 16. e4 Ba6 17. Rfe1 Qb6 18. h3 $1 $14 {and then,
depending on the situation, Ra1-a2 or Nc3-d1-e3} (18. Ra2 $143 {1-0 (45)
Zegarac,B (2269)-Benderac,S (2365) Jahorina 2001} b4 $1 19. Nd1 $140 $2 c4) (
18. Nd1 {is a bit premature due to} Nxd5 $1 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qb2+ Kg8 21. Qa2
Nc6 22. Qxa6 Qxa6 23. Rxa6 Ndb4 $13)) 14. h3 Nh6 15. Bb2 f5 {However, this
move weakens Black's kingside.} 16. e3 Nf7 17. Ne2 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Ne5 19. Qc3
Qb6 20. Rfc1 Bd7 21. f4 Nf7 22. Rab1 {[%cal Rb3b4]} Rfc8 (22... Qb4 23. Qxb4
cxb4 24. Rc7 Rfd8 25. Nd4 $16) 23. g4 {All Black's pieces are on the queenside
so this action is very timely.} Qb4 24. gxf5 (24. Qb2 $6 Re8 {[%cal Re8e3,
Rf5g4]}) (24. Qxb4 cxb4 25. Bf3 {was also good; the e2 knight can go to d4 at
an appropriate moment.}) 24... Qxc3 (24... gxf5 25. Qb2 {[%cal Yg1f2,Yc1g1]})
25. Nxc3 gxf5 (25... Bxf5 26. e4 Bd7 27. Re1 Re8 28. e5 $1 dxe5 29. Nce4 Kg7
30. Nxc5 Bf5 31. Rbc1 $16 {[%cal Rb3b4]}) 26. Nc4 $1 b6 (26... Nxc4 27. bxc4
$16 {[%cal Gb1b7]}) 27. Nxa5 bxa5 28. Bf1 {[%csl Ra6]} Re8 29. Kf2 Bc8 30. Bc4
$16 {[%mdl 32] This bishop strengthens White's queenside, and he can start
preparing a break in the centre, where he has an extra pawn.} Nh6 31. Rg1+ Kh8
32. Rbe1 Rf8 33. e4 $6 (33. Kg3 {[%cal Yg3h2,Ye3e4] was more solid.}) 33...
fxe4 34. Nxe4 $1 Rb6 (34... Rxf4+ 35. Kg3 Rf8 36. Nxd6) (34... Nf5 35. Ng5) 35.
Kf3 $6 (35. Ng5 $1 Rxf4+ 36. Ke3 Rf8 (36... Rf5 37. Kd2) 37. Ne6 Re8 38. Kd2
$16) 35... Nf5 36. Ng5 Nd4+ {Black has suddenly got strong counterplay.} 37.
Kg3 Rb7 38. Ne6 Bxe6 39. dxe6 Rg7+ $6 (39... Re7 $5 {Black is by no means
worse, and} 40. Re4 $2 Rg8+ 41. Kf2 Rxg1 42. Kxg1 Kg7 {is clearly in his
favour.}) 40. Kf2 Rxf4+ (40... Re7 41. Re4 Rf6 (41... Rf5 42. Rg5) 42. Rg5 $36
Nxe6 $2 43. Rg3 {[%cal Rg3e3]}) 41. Ke3 {At the cost of a pawn, White's king
has reached the centre.} Rf3+ (41... Rf8 42. Ke4 Rxg1 43. Rxg1 Re8 44. h4 $1
Nxe6 (44... Re7 45. h5 Re8 46. h6) 45. Kd5 Nd4 46. Kxd6 $16) 42. Ke4 Rf5 43.
Rgf1 $1 Re5+ (43... Rgg5 44. e7 $18) (43... Rxf1 44. Rxf1 Rg5 45. Rf8+ Kg7 46.
Rg8+ $1 Kxg8 47. e7+ Kg7 48. e8=Q Re5+ 49. Qxe5+ dxe5 50. Kxe5 $18) 44. Kd3 Rf5
45. Rxf5 Nxf5 {[%mdl 4096]} 46. Ke4 {White now easily wins due to his "extra
king".} Ne7 47. Rd1 $1 d5+ 48. Bxd5 Rg3 49. Bc4 Kg7 50. Rf1 $1 Kh6 51. Rf7 Ng6
52. e7 Rg1 53. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Porto Mannu op 10th"]
[Site "Porto Mannu"]
[Date "2018.06.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 ({When I mentioned my possible deviation on move 7 with
Ivan, he said that his usual move order is} 2... g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O
c5 6. c4 Nc6 {With his second game move he might have wished to avoid 3.Bg5, a
system I had played occasionally and have written a few articles for CBM about.
}) 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c5 7. Nc3 ({A long time ago I
successfully experimented with} 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Ne5 {, which I used to
consider the most effective symmetrical move order. But nowadays I rarely
refrain from reaching positions with a black knight on a5.}) 7... Nc6 8. d5 Na5
9. Nd2 e5 ({It is interesting to compare our game with:} 9... a6 10. Qc2 Rb8
11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 h5 13. Rab1 Bf5 14. e4 Bd7 15. Nd1 e5 16. Bc3 h4 17. Ne3 Nh5
({Actually} 17... Bh6 18. Rbe1 {would lead to an exact transposition to our
main game.}) 18. Bf3 $16 {Marin,M (2511)-Bologan,V (2669) Sanxenxo 2004 CBM
105 [Stohl,I] (1-0, 45)}) 10. e4 $6 {Right after playing this move I realised
it was inaccurate, exposing the c1-h6 diagonal too early. I played it just by
reflex, remembering that this is how Geller reacted in one of my favourite
games, quoted below.} ({The best move order is} 10. b3 a6 ({If} 10... Ng4 {
White can transpose to Geller's game with} 11. e4) 11. Bb2 Rb8 12. Qc2 b5 13.
Rae1 {with possible transposition to the game, as after} Bh6 {White has} 14. e3
{and if} Bf5 15. e4 Bd7 16. Ncb1 {neutralising Black's pressure on c4.}) 10...
Bd7 {It is curious how many many inaccuracies we made during the initial phase
of the game. We were probably both focused on reaching the type of position
after move 14 below.} (10... a6 11. b3 Rb8 12. Bb2 ({Maybe White should
already deviate from the usual move order with} 12. Qc2 b5 13. Nd1 {planning
Bb2 and if} Bh6 14. Nf3 $5 Bxc1 15. Rxc1 $14 {The exchange of bishops has
improved White's coordination and weakened Black's kingside, without solving
the a5-knight's problems in any way.}) 12... b5 13. Qc2 Bh6 (13... bxc4 14.
bxc4 Bh6 {is inaccurate due to} 15. Ncb1 {followed by Bc3, when White can try
playing against the a5-knight already.}) 14. Nd1 bxc4 (14... Bxd2 $2 15. Qxd2
bxc4 16. Bc3 $18) 15. Nxc4 Nxc4 16. bxc4 Nh5 $11 {Rustemov,A (2607)-Paehtz,T 
(2451) Germany 2001 (½-½, 46)}) ({The aforementioned classical game went} 
10... Ng4 11. b3 f5 12. exf5 e4 13. f6 Nxf6 14. Ndxe4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxa1 16.
Bg5 Bf6 17. Nxf6+ Rxf6 18. Qa1 Kf7 19. Re1 $3 {Geller,E-Velimirovic,D Havana
1971 (1-0, 52) with huge initiative for the sacrioficed rook.}) 11. b3 a6 12.
Qc2 b5 13. Bb2 Rb8 ({It was not too late for} 13... Bh6 14. f4 ({With the rook
on a1 still and the b-file unavailable,} 14. Ncb1 {would leave White passive.})
14... bxc4 15. bxc4 Rb8 $132) 14. Rae1 h5 {Optically, this looks quite
promising, as White has no adequate way of preventing ...h5-h4. But ecperience
has taught me that with a passive knight on a5 Black takes big risks when
starting active kingside play. The point is that for practical reasons White
is simply a piece up on that wing!} (14... Bh6 {can be met with the familiar}
15. Ncb1 {already, even though White's regrouping would be less harmonious
than that in the game after Nd1-e3.}) 15. Nd1 {Finally I could breathe with
relief as I got to my favourite regrouping in this structure.} h4 16. Bc3 Bh6
17. Ne3 Nh5 {Later that evening, a mutual friend told me that, while praising
my play, Ivan mainly put the blame for his defeat on this move. Indeed, it
allows White a surprisingly effective regrouping.} ({But things remain shaky
for Black after Ivan's suggestion} 17... Nh7 18. f4 ({The more serious} 18. Qd1
{[%cal Ge3g4] planning Ng4 and delaying f2-f4 is also interesting.}) 18... exf4
(18... h3 {may be more restrictive, with a forced transposition to the main
sub-line.}) 19. gxf4 (19. Rxf4 $5) 19... h3 20. Bf3 (20. Bh1 $2 Bxf4 $1) 20...
Bxf4 21. Kh1 {Black has won a pawn but White is ready to attack the relatively
weakly defended black castled position with all his pieces. Inserting the
queen into the attack/defence with} b4 22. Bb2 Qh4 {does not change much:} 23.
Rg1 Rbe8 24. Bd1 {the same regrouping as in the game, planning Nf3, Nf5 with a
very strong attack.}) 18. Bf3 Ng7 ({Against} 18... Bh3 {I had prepared} 19.
Bxh5 Bxe3 (19... Bxf1 20. Ndxf1 gxh5 21. Nf5 $18) 20. Rxe3 Bxf1 21. Bd1 Bh3 22.
g4 $18 {trapping the bishop.}) 19. Bd1 ({I would have preferred transferring
my bishop to d3, but unfortunately} 19. Be2 $2 {allows} Bxe3 20. fxe3 $15 {
and yet, the bishop stands on d1 much better than I even thought initially.})
19... Bh3 {Black tries including as many pieces as possible in the attack.} ({
White's task is simpler from a practical point of view after} 19... f5 20. f4
exf4 21. gxf4 fxe4 ({The combination} 21... b4 22. Bb2 Bxf4 {fails to} 23. Rxf4
Qg5+ 24. Ng2 h3 25. Nf3 $18) 22. Qxe4 b4 23. Bb2 Qe8 24. Qg2 Bxf4 25. Ng4 $18 {
and once again the black king is helpless against White's massive attack.}) 20.
Ng2 f5 ({It is always a good question whether to open the h-file or not. Due
to White's better mobilisation it is more likely he would be the one to make
use of the open file after} 20... hxg3 21. hxg3 {Moreover, he can also use the
h2-square after} f5 22. Kh2 $16) 21. f4 ({Ivan told me that he was worried
about} 21. Nxh4 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 {and this had been my first candidate, too. I
was afraid that Black could keep his position together, but this is not very
likely as I see it now:} Kh7 ({I was also wondering whether I can make
progress after} 22... f4 23. Nxg6 Rf7 24. Nh4 $16 {Apparently I can:} Nb7 25.
Ndf3 {[%cal Gg3g4,Gh4f5] Preparing g3-g4 followed by Nf5.} Qd7 26. Bxe5 $5 dxe5
27. Nxe5 Qe8 28. Ng4 $5 {Trying to make the best out of it, but the immediate
capture on f7 should also win.} Bg5 29. Nf3 Bd8 30. Nh6+ Kh8 31. Nxf7+ Qxf7 32.
Ne5 Qe8 33. Nc6 Rc8 34. e5 $18) 23. exf5 gxf5 (23... Nxf5 24. Nxf5 gxf5 25. f4
$16) 24. f4 $16) 21... b4 {Black needs to free the queen from the task of
defending the knight, in order to include it in the attack. But strategically
this is a concession, as White is absolved of any queenside worries now.} ({
Launching the attack with the knight hanging does not work:} 21... Bxg2 22.
Kxg2 exf4 23. gxf4 Bxf4 (23... b4 24. Bxg7 Bxg7 25. Kh1 $5 $18) 24. Bxa5 Qg5+
25. Kh1 b4 26. Nf3 Qh6 27. e5 $18) 22. Bb2 Bxg2 (22... exf4 {would have been
more restrictive:} 23. gxf4 ({During the game I planned} 23. Nxf4 Bxf1 24. Bxg7
Bxg7 25. Ne6 Qf6 26. Nxf8 Rxf8 27. Rxf1 {but apparently Black has good play
here after, say,} hxg3 {The point is that after the exchanges White's pressure
needs refuelling, giving Black the time to redeploy his knight with ...
Nb7-d8-f7.}) 23... Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Bxf4 25. Kh1 $1 $18 {A familiar situation.
Black has won a pawn but his kingside is very weak and exposed to the combined
attack of all White's pieces.}) 23. Kxg2 exf4 24. e5 $5 {Black's slightly
premature exchange on g2 has offered White a wide choice of promising
continuations.} ({I rejected} 24. exf5 {due to} Nxf5 25. g4 h3+ 26. Kh1 Nh4 {
, thinking this would lead to some counterplay, failing to notice that} 27. Nf3
$18 {wins on the spot.}) (24. gxf4 {would transpose to the line indicated
above.}) 24... fxg3 ({I was slightly worried about} 24... dxe5 25. Bxe5 fxg3
26. hxg3 Nb7 (26... Nc6 {allows White to simplify to a won ending with} 27.
dxc6 Qxd2+ 28. Qxd2 Bxd2 29. Bxb8 Bxe1 30. Rxe1 Rxb8 31. Re7 Kf8 32. Rd7 $18)
27. Nf3 {If White manages to open the h-file he would be winning easily, but I
was unsure about} g5 28. Bxb8 Qxb8 29. gxh4 g4 {Engines give White a huge plus
after} 30. Ne5 $18 {and probably rightly so. White has an extra exchange and
can invade at his leisure and Black's pawns cannot advance due to the pressure
of White's pieces.}) 25. e6 $16 {[%csl Ga5] The advance of the e-pawn has
forever cut off the a5-knight from real life. Even though I had lost two pawns
in the process, I assumed I would repel the attack rather soon, and then start
my own, decisive, one. Ivan confessed he had hopes that attacking with a
reduced number of pieces would be succesful due to the exposure of my king. He
obviously underestimated White's perfect coordination.} Qg5 26. Nf3 h3+ $5 27.
Kxh3 ({I also examined} 27. Kg1 {which should be winning, too, but then
decided the game continuation is simpler to handle over the board.} Qe3+ (27...
Qg4 28. hxg3 Nh5 29. Ne5 Qxg3+ 30. Kh1 dxe5 31. Bxh5 Qg2+ 32. Qxg2 hxg2+ 33.
Kxg2 gxh5 34. Bxe5 Rbe8 35. Kf3 Nc6 36. Rg1+ Kh7 37. dxc6 Rxe6 38. Bh2 Rxe1 39.
Rxe1 $18) 28. Rxe3 Bxe3+ 29. Rf2 Bxf2+ 30. Kf1 $18 {Black's material advantage
persists, but so do the knight's isolation and the king's vulnerability.})
27... Qg4+ 28. Kg2 Nh5 ({I planned meeting} 28... gxh2+ 29. Kh1 Nh5 {with} 30.
Nxh2 {However, I did not notice that after} Ng3+ 31. Kg2 Qg5 {I would still
need to find a good move to win:} 32. Rg1 $3 {[%cal Gg2h3] Threatening the
slightly unusual Kh3} Ne4+ 33. Kh1 Ng3+ 34. Rxg3 Qxg3 35. Rg1 Qh4 (35... Qh3
36. Rxg6+ Kh7 37. Bg4 $1) 36. Rxg6+ Kh7 37. Rg4 $18 Qh3 38. Be2 $5 {[%cal
Ge2d3]}) 29. Ne5 $2 {Inaccurate but not spoiling the whole advantage yet.} (29.
Kh1 $1 Nf4 30. hxg3 Qh3+ (30... Qxg3 31. Rf2 $18 {[%cal Ge1g1]}) 31. Qh2 $18)
29... Qg5 $2 (29... Qh4 $1 {would have forced White into offering a repetition
with} 30. Nf3 ({I relied on} 30. Nf7 Qxh2+ 31. Kf3 {but Black has the shocking}
Bd2 $19 {with decisive mating threats!}) 30... Nf4+ {The only way of avoiding
a direct transposition to the winning line above.} 31. Kh1 Qh3 32. Rg1 $3 g2+
33. Rxg2 Nxg2 34. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Bg7 36. Bc1 Bf6 37. h4 $16 {with
excellent winning chances despite the missing exchange.}) 30. Nf7 {Finally,
White's win is a matter of elementary accuracy.} Qd2+ ({During the game I
calculated the following lines:} 30... Rxf7 31. exf7+ Kxf7 32. Bxh5 gxh2+ 33.
Kh1 Qxh5 34. Qe4 $18) ({and} 30... Nf4+ 31. Rxf4 Qxf4 32. Nxh6+ Qxh6 33. hxg3
Qg5 34. Rh1 Rf6 35. Qc1 f4 (35... Qxc1 36. Bxc1 Re8 37. Bb2 Kg7 38. g4 $18) 36.
Qxf4 $1) 31. Re2 $1 Qxc2 (31... Nf4+ 32. Rxf4 Qxf4 33. hxg3 $18 {[%csl Gh6]})
32. Rxc2 ({For some reason I thought this to be simpler than} 32. Nxh6+ Kh7 33.
Bxc2 Kxh6 34. hxg3 $18) ({But} 32. Rxc2 {was "convincing" enough:} Bg7 33. Bxh5
Bxb2 34. Rxb2 gxh5 35. Rxf5 $18 {with a decisive attack.}) 1-0

