[Event "London Phillips&Drew Knights"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Johansen, Darryl Keith"]
[Black "Cox, John J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A95"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1984.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 c6 7. d4 d5 8. b3 Bd7
9. Bb2 Be8 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nd3 g5 12. e3 Ne4 13. Ne2 Bh5 14. Qc2 b5 15. cxd5
cxd5 16. f3 Rc8 17. Qd1 Nef6 18. Qd2 g4 19. fxg4 Nxg4 20. Nef4 Bf7 21. Rac1 Qb6
22. h3 Ngf6 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. dxc5 Rxc5 25. Bd4 Rfc8 26. Rxc5 Bxc5 27. Rc1 e5
28. Kh2 exd4 (28... exf4 29. exf4 a5 30. a3 b4 (30... Rc7 31. Rxc5 Rxc5 32. Qe3
Ng4+ $1 (32... Nd7 33. b4 $16) 33. hxg4 Qh6+ 34. Kg1 Rc8 35. Qe5 $10) 31. axb4
axb4 32. Qc2 Nd7 33. Qxf5 Qe6 $13) 29. exd4 Rc7 30. dxc5 Rxc5 31. Rd1 Ne4 32.
Qe3 Qc6 33. Ne2 Qc7 34. Rf1 Bg6 35. Qd4 Rc2 36. Qxd5+ Qf7 37. Qxb5 Qc7 38. Qd5+
Kg7 39. Nf4 Qc3 40. Nd3 Qd2 41. Qe5+ Kh6 42. Nf4 Qe3 43. Nd5 Qd2 44. Nf4 Qe3
45. Nd5 Qd2 46. Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.08.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Steiner, Herman"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A95"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O (6... d5 $5) 7.
Qc2 d5 8. Nf3 c6 9. O-O {Now we have a Dutch Stonewall.} Qe8 10. Bf4 (10. Bg5
Qh5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. cxd5 exd5 {Chekhover-Rumin/Leningrad/1936/} (12... cxd5
$10) 13. e3 Nd7 14. b4 $16) 10... Qh5 11. Rae1 {/\ Nd2, f3, e4} (11. c5 Nbd7
12. b4 Ne4 13. b5 $13) 11... Nbd7 12. Nd2 $2 (12. b3 Ne4 13. Ne5 g5 $6 14. Nxd7
Bxd7 15. Be5 Nd6 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Nxd5 $1 exd5 18. Qc7 Qe8 19. Bxd6 Rc8 20.
Bxd5+ Rf7 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Qxb7 Bxd6 23. Rc1 $14) 12... g5 $1 13. Bc7 Ne8 14.
Be5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 f4 $1 $15 {/\ f4xg3, g5-g4, Qh5xe5} 16. gxf4 (16. f3 $2 Bc5+
17. Kh1 fxg3 $19) (16. Nf3 $2 g4) (16. e4 f3 $1) 16... gxf4 17. Nf3 (17. e3
Qxe5 (17... f3 18. Qd1 $1)) (17. e4 d4 $1 18. Ne2 Qxe5 (18... f3 19. Ng3 $1)
19. Nf3 Qh5 20. Nexd4 e5 $17) 17... Kh8 18. Kh1 (18. e3 $2 Rg8 {/\Qh3} 19. Kh1
Rxg2 20. Kxg2 Qg4+ $19) 18... Ng7 19. Qc1 (19. e4 fxe3 20. fxe3 Nf5 21. Qf2 Rg8
22. Ne2 Qh6 $19) 19... Bd7 20. a3 Rf7 21. b4 Rg8 22. Rg1 Nf5 23. Nd1 (23. Qxf4
Ng3+ $19) 23... Rfg7 $1 24. Qxf4 Rg4 25. Qd2 Nh4 26. Ne3 (26. Nxh4 Rxh4 27. h3
Rxh3+ 28. Bxh3 Qxh3#) 26... Nxf3 27. exf3 (27. Bxf3 Qxh2+ 28. Kxh2 Rh4#) 27...
Rh4 28. Nf1 Bg5 (28... Bg5 29. Qb2 Bf4 30. cxd5 Rxh2+ 31. Nxh2 Qxh2#) 0-1

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.08.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A95"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 (5. Nc3 {/\ 5...0-0 6.Qb3, to
avoid d7-d5; but simply 5...d5 leads with another move order to the game
continuation.}) 5... O-O 6. O-O d5 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qb3 Qe8 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nd3 Kh8
11. Bf4 b6 12. Qa4 Bb7 13. Rac1 a6 14. Qb3 Rc8 15. c5 b5 $8 16. Rce1 (16. a4
$142 $1) 16... a5 $1 17. a3 (17. a4 b4) 17... Nh5 18. e3 $2 (18. Bc1 $8) 18...
Ba6 $1 19. Rd1 g5 20. Be5+ Nxe5 21. dxe5 (21. Nxe5 $142 {even it costs the
exchange after} b4) 21... Rb8 22. Rfe1 b4 $1 23. axb4 Bxd3 24. Rxd3 Bxc5 $1 25.
Na2 axb4 26. Nc1 Be7 27. Qa4 Ra8 28. Qd1 c5 $19 29. g4 fxg4 30. Qxg4 Qf7 31.
Rd2 Ng7 32. Nb3 Ra2 33. Nc1 Ra7 34. e4 d4 35. Qe2 Nh5 36. Bf1 Nf4 37. Qg4 Ng6
38. Bg2 Nxe5 39. Qh3 c4 $1 40. Rf1 (40. Rxd4 $2 Qxf2+) 40... g4 41. Qg3 Bd6 42.
Kh1 (42. Rxd4 Nf3+ $19) 42... d3 {/\43...Qh5,Nf7; 43...Bb8} 43. Qe3 Nf3 44.
Bxf3 Qh5 $1 (44... gxf3 45. Qd4+ Qg7 46. Qxg7+ Rxg7 47. b3 $13) (44... Qxf3+
45. Qxf3 gxf3 46. b3 $13) 45. Qd4+ Be5 0-1

[Event "Gausdal m"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A95"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. Nc3 c6 8. Bf4
Nh5 9. e3 Nd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rb1 Nhf6 12. b4 Ne4 13. Qc2 g5 14. Be5 g4 15.
Nd2 Nxe5 16. dxe5 a6 17. f3 gxf3 $6 (17... Nxd2 18. Qxd2 gxf3 19. Bxf3 Be6 $15
{Wessman.}) 18. Nxf3 Qe8 19. Ne2 Bg5 20. Nf4 Bh6 21. a4 Bd7 22. Rfd1 Bg7 23.
Qb2 Nd6 24. Rbc1 $6 {24.Lf1} b5 $2 (24... Nc4 $1 25. Rxc4 dxc4 26. Qd4 Rd8 $1
27. Qxc4+ Be6 $3 $17 {Wessman.}) 25. axb5 axb5 26. Bf1 Nf7 27. Nd3 Nd6 28. Nf4
Nf7 29. Nd3 Nd6 30. Ra1 $1 {Wie immer spielt Shirov auf Gewinn!} Nc4 31. Qd4
Qe7 32. Kf2 Rfc8 33. Rxa8 Rxa8 34. Ra1 Qe8 35. Be2 Nd6 36. Rxa8 Qxa8 37. Qb6 $1
Ne4+ 38. Kg2 Be8 39. Nd4 Qc8 40. Qa7 Kh8 41. e6 $1 $18 Bxd4 42. Qxd4+ Kg8 43.
Qe5 Qd8 44. Qxf5 Qf6 45. Qxf6 Nxf6 46. Nc5 Kf8 47. g4 Ke7 48. Kf3 Bg6 49. Kf4
Kd6 50. h4 Bc2 51. g5 Ng8 52. h5 Ne7 53. Bg4 Bb1 54. g6 hxg6 55. h6 g5+ 56.
Kxg5 Ng8 57. e4 Nxh6 58. Kxh6 Bxe4 59. Nxe4+ dxe4 60. Kg5 Ke7 61. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2016.01.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Li, Chao B"]
[Black "Bellin, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A95"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d5 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qc2
Ne4 9. Bf4 Nd7 10. Rad1 g5 $6 {Black doesn't have many options for active play
but I don't like this impetuous advance as it causes a permanent weakness in
the black kingside.} (10... Qa5 $1 {threatening to weaken White's queenside
pawn structure looks like a sounder idea.} 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. c5 Qd8
14. Nc4 Nd5 15. Be5 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. f3 $14) 11. Bc1 $14 Nd6 (11... g4 12.
Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qa5 14. Bh6 Nxc3 $6 15. Bxf8 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 Bxf8 17. h3 (17.
a3 $14) 17... gxh3 18. Bxh3 Bd7 19. g4 f4 20. Rd4 Bh6 21. g5 Bxg5 22. Kh1 $2 (
22. Qh5 $1 Kh8 23. Qf7 Qc5 24. Rfd1 Qe7 25. Rxf4 $14) 22... Kh8 $11 23. Qh5 Rg8
24. Qf7 Qc5 25. Rfd1 Rg7 $1 {As opposed to the line beginning 22.Qh5, Black
can now use his rook for the defence, an important difference!} 26. Qh5 Qe7 $15
{0-1 (43) Schulz,R-Bednarski,J (2375) Berlin West 1988}) 12. cxd5 (12. b3 h5
13. Ne5 $14 Kg7 14. Ba3 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nf7 16. Bb2 Qc7 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Qd3 Kg8
19. f4 Rd8 20. e3 Bd7 21. Rc1 Qa5 $11 22. Nxd5 $2 exd5 23. e6 Bxe6 24. Qd4 Kf8
25. fxg5 Bxg5 26. Bh3 Rac8 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Qd3 $2 (28. Bxf5 $11) 28... d4 $19
{0-1 (40) Popov,R (2321)-Kirillov,A (2417) Novosibirsk 2001}) 12... cxd5 (12...
exd5) 13. Ne5 $6 ({A more quiet line begins} 13. Qd2 Nf7 14. b3) 13... Nb6 $2 {
As a rule a knight on b6 is badly placed and this is no exception, especially
since it returns to d7 a few moves later.} (13... Nxe5 $2 14. dxe5 Nf7 15. e4
fxe4 16. Bxe4 $16) (13... Qc7 $1 14. Rd2 Qb6 $11) 14. g4 $1 {Now White seizes
the initiative.} Ne4 15. Nxe4 fxe4 (15... dxe4) 16. f3 exf3 17. exf3 Nd7 {
Returning to the post the knight left at move 13. Unfortunately, there is a
tactical inconvenience.} (17... Bd7 $1 18. Qe2 (18. Ng6 $2 hxg6 19. Qxg6+ Kh8
20. Qh6+ Kg8 21. f4 $2 (21. Qg6+ $11) 21... Rf7 $19) 18... Rc8 19. Rfe1 $14)
18. Ng6 $1 hxg6 19. Qxg6+ Kh8 20. f4 $16 Qe8 21. Qh6+ Kg8 22. f5 $6 {This
allows Black a fighting chance, but Bellin misses the opportunity.} (22. Qxe6+
$1 Qf7 23. Bxd5 Qxe6 24. Bxe6+ Kg7 25. fxg5 Nb6 26. Bf5 Nc4 27. h4 Nd6 28. Bxc8
Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Rxc8 30. Re1 Kf8 31. h5 $16) 22... Rf6 $4 {This loses instantly.
} (22... Bf6 $1 {was the best way to prolong the game even though White keeps
the better chances.} 23. Bxg5 $1 (23. fxe6 Qxe6 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Qh6+ $11) (23.
Rfe1 Bg7 24. Qxg5 Nf6 $15) 23... Bg7 24. Qh4 Nf6 25. Rde1 $1 Qa4 26. Rf4 Nh7
27. Be7 Bd7 28. b3 Qa5 29. g5 Nxg5 $18) 23. Qxg5+ $18 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.12"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Rombaldoni, Axel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A95"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. Qc2 Ne4 8. Nc3
c6 9. Rb1 Nd7 10. Rd1 (10. b4 a6 11. a4 Bf6 12. Rd1 Nd6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. a5
Kh8 15. Na4 Nc4 16. Nd2 b5 17. axb6 Ndxb6 18. Nxc4 Nxc4 19. Nc5 Bd7 20. Ra1 Qc8
21. Bf4 Bb5 22. Qc1 Bd8 23. h4 Kg8 24. h5 h6 25. Bf3 Ra7 26. g4 Raf7 27. g5
hxg5 28. Bxg5 f4 29. Bxd8 Rxd8 30. Kg2 e5 31. dxe5 Nxe5 32. Nd3 Nxf3 33. Qxc8
Nh4+ 34. Kh3 Rxc8 35. Kxh4 Rc2 36. Ne5 Rf5 37. Rxd5 Rxe2 38. Rd8+ Rf8 39. Rxf8+
Kxf8 {Danielian,E (2490)-Sadler,M (2660) Wijk aan Zee 2012 1/2-1/2}) 10... Nxc3
$146 {It's illogical to exchange this perfectly positioned knight just like
that.} (10... a6 11. Ne1 b5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. f3 Bb7 15. fxe4 Rc8
16. Qb3 dxe4 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 18. Bf4 Nf6 19. Rbc1 Rxc1 20. Bxc1 Bb4 21. Nc2 Ba5
22. Bf4 Nd5 23. Be5 Nf6 24. Ne3 Re8 25. Qd6 Qxd6 26. Bxd6 Rc8 27. Bh3 Rd8 28.
Be7 Re8 29. Bc5 Nd5 30. Nf5 Bc7 31. Nd6 Bxd6 32. Bxd6 Bc8 33. Bg2 Ne3 34. Rc1
Nxg2 35. Kxg2 Be6 36. Rc7 Rc8 37. Re7 Bxa2 38. Be5 Kg8 39. Kf2 Rc2 40. Ke3 {
Pajkovic,V (2421)-Ivanovic,B (2420) Cetinje 2012 1/2-1/2}) 11. Qxc3 b5 12. b3
a5 13. Be3 {What a strange move...} (13. Bf4) (13. cxb5) 13... b4 14. Qc2 Ba6
15. Rbc1 Bf6 16. Bf4 Qe7 17. Qd2 Rac8 ({A more active move is} 17... dxc4 18.
bxc4 Nb6 19. c5 Nc4 {and Black has a fine game.}) 18. cxd5 exd5 (18... cxd5 19.
Bc7 $16) 19. Rc2 Bb5 20. Rdc1 {White has obtained no advantage whatsoever and
is waiting for Black to weaken his position.} Ra8 $2 (20... Rfe8) 21. h4 (21.
Rxc6 {is an interesting exchange sacrifice:} Bxc6 22. Rxc6 Rac8 23. Ng5 $1 Rxc6
24. Bxd5+ Kh8 25. Bxc6 h6 26. Nf3 g5 27. Be3 $16) 21... Rfe8 ({It's better to
prevent the exchange of the good black-squared bishop by} 21... h6) 22. e3 Ra6
23. Bg5 Bxg5 24. hxg5 a4 $6 {This seemingly active move weakens the pawn
structure on the queenside and carries the seeds of defeat.} (24... Rb8 25. Bf1
Bxf1 26. Kxf1 Rbb6 {gives equality.}) 25. Bf1 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 axb3 27. axb3 Qe4
28. Qd1 Re6 29. Kg1 Qg4 ({I assume Black was afraid of} 29... h6 30. Qe2 Ra3
31. Nd2 Qg4 32. Qxg4 fxg4 33. gxh6 Rxh6 34. Rxc6 Rxc6 35. Rxc6 {losing a pawn
but after} Ra2 36. Nf1 Rb2 37. Rc8+ Kf7 (37... Kh7 38. e4 dxe4 39. Rc4 Rxb3 40.
d5 Nf6 41. d6 Rd3 42. Rxb4 Rxd6 43. Ne3) 38. Rc7 Ke6 39. Nh2 Rxb3 40. Nxg4 Kd6
41. Ra7 Ra3 42. Rb7 Ra4 43. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 44. dxe5+ Kxe5 45. Rxg7 Ke4 $1 {
he has the better ending.}) 30. Kg2 h6 31. Qd3 Rb6 32. Nh4 Qe4+ 33. Qxe4 fxe4
34. gxh6 Rxh6 ({After} 34... gxh6 35. Ra2 Rb7 36. Ra6 Rc7 37. Kf1 Kf7 38. Ra4
Rb7 39. Ng2 {White has a durable advantage on account of his better pawn
structure but after the text move the game is simply over.}) 35. Nf5 $18 {
If only Black's king had been on f8 or f7...} Rf6 36. Ne7+ Kf7 37. Nxc6 Ke8 38.
Ne5 $1 Nxe5 39. dxe5 Rfe6 40. Rc7 Rxe5 (40... Re7 {looks better but after} 41.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 42. Rc7+ Kf8 43. Rc5 {it's over as well.}) 41. Rxg7 Re7 42. Rg5 Rb5
43. Rd1 Rd7 44. Rd4 1-0

[Event "Biel GM 48th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2015.07.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A95"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2015.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 {The opening repertoire of Richard is
basically quite aggressive, but this time he goes for a solid Stonewall.} 5.
Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Ne4 9. Bf4 {The main idea behind this move
is getting full control over the key e5-spot.} ({Another logical way of
handling this position is:} 9. Rb1 Nd7 10. Rd1 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 b5 12. b3 a5 13.
Be3 b4 14. Qc2 Ba6 15. Rbc1 $14 {1-0 Tomashevsky,E (2722)-Rombaldoni,A (2530)/
Warsaw 2013/CBM 158/[Meulders,R] (44)}) 9... Nd7 10. Rad1 g5 {A risky, but
principled response - Black develops some k-side activity, but the king is
getting exposed.} ({In the following recent game Black was unable to solve all
the problems and eventually lost after} 10... Bf6 11. Ne5 Qe7 (11... Nxe5 12.
dxe5 Bg5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Na4 $14) 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. c5 e5 15.
dxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Bxe4 Bh3 18. Bg2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 $14 {1-0 Li Chao2 
(2728)-Ulibin,M (2502)/Cappelle la Grande FRA 2015 (37)}) 11. Be3 $146 {
This novelty doesn't change the usual evaluation of Stonewall positions -
White has a stable advantage, but Black is very solid.} ({Another natural
retreat is:} 11. Bc1 Bf6 (11... Nd6 12. b3 h5 13. Ne5 Kg7 14. Ba3 Nxe5 15. dxe5
Nf7 16. Bb2 $16 {0-1 Popov,R (2321)-Kirillov,A (2417)/Novosibirsk 2001}) 12. b3
Qe7 13. Ne1 $14 {with a long game, where White's space advantage is an
important factor.}) 11... Nd6 ({Possibly, the most logical response} 11... Bf6
{was rejected by Richard in view of:} 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bxe5
15. Bxe4 $14 {and Black suffers from k-side weaknesses.}) 12. b3 {GM Pavel
Eljanov reasonably prefers not to clarify the pawn structure.} ({Another
possible move was} 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ne5 f4 14. Bc1 $14 {, but then Black's
light-squared bishop gets more activity.}) 12... Bf6 ({Grabbing the pawn would
yield White clear superiority in the centre:} 12... dxc4 13. Bc1 cxb3 14. axb3
Nf7 15. e4 $36) 13. Bc1 {Pavel finds a decent way to activate the bishop and
free a way for his e-pawn.} Rf7 $6 (13... g4 {was safer:} 14. Ne1 Re8 15. Ba3
Nf8 $14 {and Black is controlling the e5-spot for a while.}) 14. Ba3 Ne4 {
Black is forced to pull the knight back, but it leads to dangerous
consequences.} 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Ne5 {The most aggressive choice.} ({However,
the quiet} 16. Ne1 {might be even stronger:} Bg7 17. f3 exf3 18. Rxf3 Rxf3 19.
Bxf3 $36 {[%cal Ge2e4] White would develop a powerful initiative by means of
e2-e4.}) 16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 Be7 {A human move.} ({However, the lesser evil
would be:} 17... Bxe5 18. Bxe4 Bd7 19. Bg2 Rc8 $14) 18. Bd6 $1 {Black can
hardly do with such a bishop on d6 now.} Bxd6 19. exd6 Bd7 $6 {Inviting more
troubles - the Pd6 is very annoying.} (19... Qxd6 {was better:} 20. Qxe4 Bd7
21. Qe3 Qe7 $14) 20. f3 exf3 {Now White has a pleasant choice.} 21. Bxf3 {
GM Eljanov prefers to keep more attacking potetnial on the board.} ({Also good
enough was} 21. Rxf3 Rxf3 22. Bxf3 Qf8 23. Qd2 Qg7 24. Bg4 Qe5 25. c5 $16)
21... Qa5 22. c5 {Supporting the passed Pd6 is the most logical decision now.}
({However, it was also worth paying serious attention to} 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Bh5
$1 {with a strong attack. For instance,} Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Qb6+ 25. Kg2 d4 $8 (
25... Qxd6 26. Rf7 $18) 26. Qd2 Qc5 27. Bf3 Bc6 28. Rc1 Bxf3+ 29. exf3 Qxd6 30.
Qxg5+ Kh8 31. Qf6+ Kg8 32. Re1 $16) 22... b6 {Breaking White's q-side pawn
chain is the only reasonable idea, but now Black's queen remains out of play
for a while...} 23. Bh5 $1 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Qxc5+ 25. Qxc5 bxc5 26. Rf7 {Black
is a pawn up at the moment, but White's pieces are dominating all over the
board.} Rd8 ({Avoiding a simple threat:} 26... Be8 $2 27. Rc7 Bxh5 28. d7 $18)
27. Re7 e5 ({Possibly,} 27... c4 $5 {would offer Black more drawing chances:}
28. bxc4 dxc4 29. Kf2 c5 30. Ke3 c3 31. Kd3 Bb5+ 32. Kxc3 Rxd6 33. Rxa7 Rd4 $14
) 28. g4 {The activity of Black's B is seriously reduced now.} e4 $6 {A loss
of time.} ({Once again, pushing the c-pawn was called for:} 28... c4 29. bxc4
dxc4 30. Kf2 c3 31. Ke3 Kf8 32. Rxe5 Bc8 $14) 29. Kf2 a5 30. h3 a4 $2 {An
over-optimistic move, which could lead to a quick loss - Black shouldn't allow
White to create a second passer.} (30... Kf8 $142 31. Ke3 h6 $16) 31. bxa4 $1
c4 32. a5 c3 33. Ke1 {The c-passer can be easily stopped.} c5 34. a6 e3 {
A desperate attempt to complicate matters.} 35. Rxe3 $1 ({Correctly rejecting
the tempting} 35. Bf7+ $6 Kf8 36. Kd1 Ba4+ 37. Kc1 Rxd6 38. a7 Bc6 39. Rc7 Ba8
$1 {and White has nothing special.}) 35... d4 36. Re7 Bc6 {Black manages to
liquidate the strong d-passer, but White's second passer should still decide
the game.} 37. a7 Rxd6 38. Re8+ $2 {The first step in the wrong direction.
Alas, Pavel is in a rush with winning a piece.} ({A much stronger move was:} 
38. Rc7 Bg2 39. Bf7+ Kf8 40. Bc4 Rd8 41. Rxh7 $18) ({Or} 38. Re5 Bg2 39. Rxg5+
Kf8 40. Rf5+ Kg7 41. Rxc5 Ra6 42. Rc7+ Kf6 43. Bf7 $18) 38... Kg7 39. a8=Q $2 {
One more mistake, which completely spoils his advantage.} ({At the same time,
it was still possible to put Black under strong pressure by means of:} 39. Re7+
Kf6 40. Rf7+ Ke6 41. Rc7 Ba8 42. Bf7+ Kf6 43. Bb3 Ra6 44. Rxh7 $16) 39... Bxa8
40. Rxa8 d3 {Now Black is out of danger.} 41. Ra7+ Kh6 42. exd3 Rxd3 43. Ra6+ {
White must accept a draw by perpetual.} Kg7 44. Ra7+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "2000.05.05"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Zoler, Dan"]
[Black "Shachar, Ehud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A95"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2000.01.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tel Aviv Univ"]
[BlackTeam "Kfar Saba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. b3 Bd7
9. Bb2 {Actually white knight take a wrong placw on c3, and in the following
game white transfered the knight to the usual place d3, but by very unusual
monouevre:} (9. Na4 $5 Na6 10. Nb2 Nc7 11. Nd3 a5 12. Nfe5 Bc8 $6 13. Bb2 $14 {
1-0 Kovacevic,B-Steiner,D/Pula CRO 1999 (41)}) 9... Be8 10. Qc2 (10. Ne5 Nbd7
11. Nd3 Ng4 12. e3 Bd6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Qd2 Qe7 15. Rfe1 Qg5 16. f4 {1/2-1/2
Gallego,V-Rivera,D/Barcelona 1994/EXT 98 (16)}) 10... Bh5 11. Ne5 Nbd7 (11...
dxc4 $6 12. bxc4 Qxd4 $140 13. Nd5 {[%cal Gd5c7]}) 12. Nd3 Bd6 13. a4 Qe7 (
13... a5 14. Ba3 Bxa3 15. Rxa3 $14) 14. a5 a6 15. Bc1 {[%cal Gc1f4]} Ne4 16.
Ra2 $1 {[%cal Ya2e2]} Nxc3 17. Qxc3 $14 {White has got a space advantage on
the queenside, and intends to change dark square bishops. Black didn't reach
any counterplay.} g5 18. e3 Rad8 (18... Nf6 19. Qa1 Ne4 20. f3 (20. Ba3 $2 Bxa3
21. Rxa3 Be2) 20... Nf6 21. Ba3 $16) 19. Re1 {[%cal Gc3a1,Yc1a3] White has to
protect e2 square for the following monouevre Qa1 and Ba3.} Nf6 20. Qa1 {
[%cal Gc1a3]} Qg7 21. Ba3 Bxa3 22. Rxa3 Bg6 {[%cal Gf5f4]} 23. f4 $1 $16 h6 24.
Qc3 Qe7 25. Ra4 Nd7 26. Qb4 Qxb4 27. Rxb4 Rb8 (27... b6 $2 28. axb6 (28. Ra1
$16) 28... a5 29. Ra4 Nxb6 30. Rxa5 dxc4 31. Ne5 $18 {[%csl Rg6]}) 28. Rc1 Kf7
29. cxd5 exd5 30. Ne5+ Nxe5 31. dxe5 {[%cal Gc1c5,Yg1f2,Yf2e2,Ye2d3,Yd3d4] Now
the plan is to block pawn c6 and then to bring the king to d4, or even to c5
and b6. Black doesn' t have a counterplay and his position is very difficult.}
Ke6 32. Rc5 Rfc8 33. Kf2 Rc7 $2 {Just a blunder in a time-trouble.} {[%tqu
"En","White has a way to win some material.","","","g2d5","",5]} 34. Bxd5+ Ke7
35. Bf3 Rd8 36. Rd4 Rcd7 37. Rxd7+ Rxd7 38. Ke2 {Covering all entries on
d-file.} Bf7 39. Rc3 (39. g4 $5 $18) 39... Be6 40. b4 Rd8 41. Rc2 {[%cal Yc2d2]
} Rh8 42. Rd2 g4 43. Bg2 h5 44. e4 {[%cal Ge2e3,Ye4f5,Yg2e4]} h4 45. exf5 Bxf5
46. Ke3 hxg3 47. hxg3 Rh2 48. Bf1 Rh1 49. Bd3 Bxd3 (49... Ke6 $142 {It loses
anyway, but it could create white more problems.} 50. Bxf5+ Kxf5 51. Rd6 Re1+
52. Kd4 (52. Kf2 Rb1 53. Rd2 Rxb4 54. Re2 Rd4 {[%cal Gd4d8]}) 52... Rd1+ 53.
Kc5 Re1 54. Rf6+ Ke4 55. e6 Kf3 56. Kd6 Rd1+ 57. Kc7 Re1 58. Kd7 Rd1+ 59. Ke8
Kxg3 60. e7 $18) 50. Rxd3 Rb1 51. f5 $1 {[%csl Ye5,Yf5] Two connected passed
pawns are deciding the game.} Rxb4 52. Rd4 Rb5 {Pawn ending is easily winning
for white:} (52... Rxd4 53. Kxd4 Ke8 (53... Kd7 54. Kc5 Ke7 55. e6 $18) 54. Kc5
Kd7 55. e6+ Ke7 56. Kd4 Kd6 57. Kc4 Ke7 58. Kc5 $18 {[%cal Gc5d6]}) 53. Kf4
Rxa5 54. f6+ Ke8 (54... Ke6 55. Rd6+ Kf7 56. Kf5 {[%cal Gd6d7,Yf5e6]}) 55. Kf5
Rb5 56. Ke6 {[%cal Rf6f7]} 1-0

[Event "Cappelle op 31st"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2015.03.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Li, Chao B"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A95"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "Vajda,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2015.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. Bf4
Nbd7 9. Qc2 Ne4 10. Rad1 Bf6 11. Ne5 Qe7 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. c5 e5
15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Bxe4 Bh3 18. Bg2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rae8 20. Rd2 Rf6
21. e3 g5 22. Rd4 h5 23. h3 Kg7 24. b4 a6 25. a4 Re7 26. b5 axb5 27. axb5 Ref7
28. Rb4 Kh6 29. Qd3 Qe7 30. bxc6 bxc6 31. Rb8 Kg7 32. Qd4 Kh7 33. f4 $1 {
The rook on f6 is pinned and White optimally uses the power of all the pieces
to create a direct attack. Due to his own defensive needs Black is unable to
exploit the weaknesses created by the advance f2-f4. Another advantage of 33.
f4 is that White has released his rook from protecting the f2-pawn and is
ready to play Rfb1. Der Turm auf f6 ist gefesselt, und Weiß nutzt optimal die
Kraft aller Figuren, um einen direkten Angriff zu inszenieren. Aufgrund seiner
eigenen Defensivanforderungen ist Schwarz nicht in der Lage, die durch den
Vortoß f2-f4 geschaffenen Schwächen auszunutzen. Ein weitere Vorteil von 33.f4
besteht darin, dass Weiß seinen Turm von der Deckung des f2-Bauern entbunden
hat und bereit ist, Rfb1 zu spielen.} gxf4 (33... g4 34. hxg4 hxg4 35. Rh1+ Kg7
(35... Kg6 36. Rh4 $18) 36. Rhh8 $18) ({The best defence was Die beste
Verteidigung war} 33... Rf8 {after which White still keeps his large advantage
with wonach Weiß trotzdem seinen großen Vorteil behauptet, und zwar mit} 34.
Rfb1 $16 {/+-. /+-.}) 34. Rxf4 $18 Kg6 (34... Rxf4 35. Qh8+ Kg6 36. Rg8+ Rg7
37. Rxg7+ Qxg7 38. Qxg7+ Kxg7 39. gxf4 $18) 35. Rh8 {White's attack quickly
decides the game. Der weiße Angriff entscheidet die Partie schnell.} Qe6 (35...
Kg7 36. Rxh5 $18) 36. Qd3+ Rf5 37. g4 1-0

[Event "Nottingham International Masters"]
[Site "Nottingham"]
[Date "1936.08.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A95"]
[Annotator "Van Reek,J"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d5 7. Nc3 c6 8. Rb1
Qe8 9. c5 Qh5 10. b4 Ne4 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. b5 Bf6 13. Bf4 Qe8 $6 ({More natural
is} 13... Re8 $1 14. Rfd1 e5) 14. Bc7 Rf7 15. Ba5 e5 16. e3 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 e4
18. Nd2 Nf8 19. f3 $1 cxb5 20. fxe4 $1 dxe4 $5 ({Black accepts the pawn
sacrifice and avoids} 20... fxe4 21. Qb3 {(Alekhine).}) 21. d5 $1 Bxc3 22. Qxc3
Bd7 23. Nb3 $6 (23. g4 $1 {continues the attack.}) 23... Rc8 24. g4 g6 25. Qd4
Qe7 26. Rbc1 Be8 27. Rf4 Rd8 28. Rcf1 Qd7 $6 (28... Bc6 $1 29. Bxe4 $1 Ne6 $1
30. dxe6 Rg7 $1 31. Qe5 Bxe4 {defends ingeniously.}) 29. gxf5 gxf5 30. Bh3 Qxd5
31. Rxf5 $6 ({Better is} 31. Bxf5 {(Reshevsky).}) 31... Qxd4 32. Nxd4 Rg7+ 33.
Kh1 Bd7 34. Rh5 Bxh3 35. Rxh3 Rg5 36. Nf5 Rd7 37. Rh4 Rc7 $1 38. Nh6+ Kg7 39.
Nf5+ Kg8 40. Nh6+ (40. Rxe4 Rxc5 41. Ne7+ Kg7 42. Ref4 Ng6 {brings no
advantage (Reshevsky).}) 40... Kg7 41. Nf5+ {The sealed e leads to perpetual
check. Botvinnik, Capablanca and Euwe share the first place with 8/11.} 1/2-1/2

