[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sergeev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Zawadzka, Jolanta"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nh3 e6 7. Be3 Nge7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O Nd4 10. Bh6 Rb8 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Nd1 b5 13. c3 Ndc6 14. a3 a5 15.
Ne3 e5 16. f4 f6 17. g4 Bd7 18. Rf3 b4 19. axb4 cxb4 20. Kh1 bxc3 21. bxc3 a4
22. Rff1 (22. d4 {was to be preferred.}) 22... Na5 23. Ra2 Qc8 24. f5 g5 25.
Nf2 Rb3 26. Rc1 Qb7 27. Nd5 Bc6 28. c4 Rb1 29. h4 h6 30. Rxb1 (30. Nc3 {
was more cautious.}) 30... Qxb1+ 31. Kh2 Nb3 32. Qb2 Qxb2 33. Rxb2 Kf7 34. Nc3
Ra8 35. Bf3 Bd7 36. Bd1 Nc5 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Nb1 Nc6 39. Na3 Nd4 40. Kg1 Ke7
41. Kf1 Kd8 42. Ke1 Kc7 43. Kd2 Rh8 44. Kc3 Rh2 45. Nb1 Bc6 46. Na3 Rg2 47. Rd2
Kb6 48. Nc2 Ndb3 49. Ne3 Rg3 50. Re2 Ka5 51. Bxb3 axb3 52. Re1 Rf3 53. Nfd1 Rh3
54. Nb2 Rh2 55. Ra1+ Kb6 56. Re1 $4 ({The final mistake. After} 56. Nbd1 {
Black still had to solve many technical problems.}) {[%tqu "En","White's last
move was a big mistake. How would you prove it?","Watch out for geometrical
motifs!","Use your rook for the decisive blow.","h2b2","This is a nice touch!",
3]} 56... Rxb2 $1 {[%csl Gb2,Rc3,Gc5,Rd3,Re1][%cal Gc5d3,Gd3e1,Gd3b2] Winning
a piece and the game.} 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.02.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Babula,V"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 {A clever
move order. White waits with the deployment of his Bc1.} ({After} 6. Be3 {
is quite popular} e5) 6... e6 ({Not so good as in the line above is here} 6...
e5 {White postpones the development of his dark squared bishop again with idea
to gain a tempo then, for example} 7. Nh3 Nge7 8. O-O Nd4 (8... O-O 9. f5 $1)
9. Rf2 (9. f5)) 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. Be3 {[%cal Yd3d4] White prepares immediately
the d3-d4 advance.} ({Usually he does it after the castling} 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3
{and after} Nd4 {to parry this threat} ({playable for Black is also} 9... b6 {
, for example} 10. d4 Ba6 11. Re1 Qc7) {it arises the critical position of
this line. Main White's continuation is} 10. e5 {[%csl Rc5,Rd6][%cal Yc3e4]
with idea to open the h1-a8 diagonal for White's Bg2, to close the a1-h8
diagonal for Black's Bg7 and to weaken Black's control under the d4 and c5
squares.} ({Other possibilities are:} 10. Bf2 Nec6 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 (11... cxd4
12. Ne2 {[%cal Yc2c3]} f5 $13) 12. e5 {with the transposition to the main line
10.e5}) (10. Rb1 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Yc3e2]} Rb8 11. Ne2 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 b6 $11) ({
After} 10. Qd2 {[%cal Yc3d1] , what happened in our game, Black has two main
moves} Rb8 ({or} 10... Nec6)) 10... Nef5 ({Interesting is also} 10... Bd7 $5 {
[%cal Yd7c6] , for example} 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 $11) ({But weaker is} 
10... Qb6 $6 11. Rb1 Nef5 12. Bf2 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 dxe5 14. fxe5 Bxe5 15. Ne4 $36
) 11. Bf2 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 {And now Black has two options:} Nd4 ({or} 12... Bd7
13. Qxb7 Rb8 14. Qxa7 Rxb2 15. Rac1 $13) 13. Qd1 dxe5 14. fxe5 Bxe5 15. Ne4 {
and now Black equalises} f5 (15... Qc7 $6 16. c3 $14 {[%csl Rc5]}) 16. Nxc5 Qd6
17. b4 Nc6 18. Rb1 Bd4 $11) 8... Nd4 9. Qd2 (9. O-O O-O {leads to the main
position examined above.}) 9... Nec6 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne1 $6 {White moves his
knight away to avoid its exchange. Then he wants to retreat his Nc3 and play
c2-c3 to get rid of Nd4.} ({Better implementation of the same idea is} 11. Nd1
{, but Black can simply prevent it by the immediate exchange of his Nd4, for
example} Nxf3+ (11... Rb8 $143 $6 12. Ne1 {[%cal Yc2c3]}) 12. Bxf3 Rb8 13. c3
b6 $11 {1/2 Arapovic,V (2370)-Cebalo,M (2510)/Mendrisio 1988/EXT 97 (29)})
11... Qa5 $1 $15 {The correct answer refuting White's idea.} 12. g4 $6 {
This pseudoactive move only weakens White's position.} ({But after} 12. Nd1 $6
{Black has strong} Qa6 $1 {and it doesn't work} 13. c3 $2 {due to} Nb3) ({
Perhaps the best is} 12. Nf3 $142) 12... f5 {The typical reaction.} 13. gxf5
gxf5 14. Kh1 Bd7 15. Nd1 Qxd2 16. Bxd2 fxe4 17. dxe4 Bh6 $15 {Black starts the
siege of White's hanging pawn pair e4, f4.} 18. Rf2 {[%csl Ge2][%cal Yc2c3]} (
18. c3 $2 Ne2 {[%csl Rf4]}) 18... Ne7 19. c3 Ndc6 20. Bh3 $6 (20. b3 $142 {
[%cal Yd1b2,Yb2d3]}) 20... Rad8 {[%csl Gd7]} 21. Ng2 $2 (21. Be3 $142) 21... d5
$17 22. exd5 (22. e5 $2 Nxe5) 22... exd5 23. Bxd7 Rxd7 24. Nde3 Ne5 $1 {
White's defence starts to collapse.} 25. Re2 Nd3 26. Ng4 Bg7 27. Ne5 Bxe5 28.
fxe5 Nf2+ 29. Kg1 Nh3+ 30. Kh1 Nf2+ 31. Kg1 Nh3+ 32. Kh1 Ng6 33. Be3 $6 (33. e6
$142 Re7 $17) 33... Rdf7 $19 {[%cal Yf7f1]} 34. Ree1 (34. Ne1 Nh4 $1 {[%csl
Gg2]}) 34... Nxe5 35. Bxc5 Nd3 $1 36. Nf4 (36. Bxf8 Ndf2#) 36... Ndf2+ 37. Kg2
Nxf4+ 0-1

[Event "ARM-ch 66th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2006.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Babula,V"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2006.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 (2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nge2) 2... Nc6 3.
Nbc3 g6 4. g3 {White opts for the Closed Sicilian.} (4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 {
leads to the Dragon Sicilian}) 4... Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 {Usually this position
arises in the move order shown in the line to move 2.} e6 {[%cal Yg8e7]} ({
Other ways of Black's further deployment are} 6... e5) ({or} 6... Nf6) 7. O-O (
7. Be3 Nd4 8. O-O Ne7 {is only a transposition of moves which leads to the
line examined below.}) 7... Nge7 8. Bg5 $5 {This move is more ambitious than} (
8. Be3 {, the critical position arises after} Nd4 (8... O-O 9. d4 $5) 9. Qd2
O-O {White's most common plan is to realize the c2-c3 and d3-d4 advance, for
it he needs to move his Nc3. There are more implementations of this plan:} 10.
Rae1 {(White brings his Ra1 to the play at first)} ({A drawback of the direct
attempt} 10. Nd1 {is the immediate exchange} Nxe2+ $1 11. Qxe2 {, as Black has
then no worries with his Nd4} b6 12. h4 Bb7 13. h5 Qd7 $11 {1/2 Adams,M (2742)
-Timman,J (2605)/Wijk aan Zee 2002/CBM 087 (39)}) ({Therefore White tries} 10.
Nc1 {to avoid the exchange on e2} Rb8 11. Nd1 b5 12. c3 Ndc6 13. d4 c4 $6 14.
Bh6 e5 $2 15. d5 $16 {1-0 McShane,L (2656)-Karjakin,S (2580)/playchess.com INT
2004/CBM 099 ext (38)}) 10... Nec6 $5 (10... Rb8 11. Nd1 b6 12. Nc1 d5 13. c3
Ndc6 14. Bh6 dxe4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Bxe4 Bb7 17. Ne3 Qc7 18. f4 Rbd8 $11 {
1/2 Short,N (2683)-Leko,P (2725)/Wijk aan Zee 2000/CBM 075 (41)}) 11. Nd1 (11.
Nc1 $6 Nb4 $5 12. Bxd4 cxd4 13. N3e2 Nc6 14. c4 dxc3 15. bxc3 b5 $15 {0-1
Knoppert,E (2375)-Atalik,S (2535)/Tilburg 1993/CBM 039 (29)}) 11... Qa5 $5 12.
Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Bd2 Nc6 15. f4 Bd7 $11 {0-1 Pokojowczyk,J (2335)
-Polugaevsky,L (2635)/Sochi 1976/MCD (40)}) 8... h6 {This move weakens Black's
kingside.} ({More frequent is} 8... O-O {By} 9. Qd2 {White prepares Bg5-h6 to
exchange the dark squared bishops and then to play f2-f4. There are some
examples:} Nd4 (9... Rb8 10. Bh6 b5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. f4 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14.
Ne2 e5 15. c3 dxc3 16. bxc3 f6 17. Kh1 a5 18. Ng1 Be6 19. Nf3 Qc7 20. Rac1 Rbc8
$11 {1/2 Spassky,B (2610)-Karpov,A (2700)/Bugojno 1986/MCL (23)}) (9... Re8 10.
Bh6 Bh8 11. Rae1 Nd4 12. Nc1 {1/2 Milu,R (2425)-Istratescu,A (2545)/Bucharest
1997/CBM 060}) (9... e5 $6 10. Nd5 f6 11. Nxe7+ Nxe7 12. Be3 $1 b6 {[%cal
Yd6d5]} 13. c4 Rb8 14. b4 $14 {Spassky,B (2605)-Fedorowicz,J (2535)/Cannes 1987
}) 10. Nxd4 {An advantage of the position of White is dark squared bishop on
g5, with bishop on e3 this exchange wouldn't be possible.} cxd4 11. Ne2 e5 12.
c3 f6 13. Bh6 dxc3 14. bxc3 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Be6 16. c4 Qd7 17. a4 f5 $11 {
1/2 Spassky,B (2560)-Andersson,U (2625)/Reykjavik 1988/CBM 010 (21)}) 9. Be3
Nd4 (9... O-O {allows White to make d3-d4} 10. d4 $5 (10. Qd2 Kh7 11. d4)) 10.
Qd2 {[%csl Rh6] Prevents Black to castle.} Nec6 {Black is forced to stay with
his king in the centre so he improves the position of other pieces and he is
prepared to castle later.} ({Other options are:} 10... Bd7 {[%cal Yd7c6]} 11.
Nd1 d5 12. c3 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 d4 14. Bd2 O-O $11 {1/2 Smyslov,V-Boleslavsky,I/
Parnu 1947/MCL (42)}) (10... Rb8 {[%cal Yb7b6,Yc8b7]}) ({or even} 10... Qa5 $5)
11. Rab1 {[%cal Ya2a3,Yb2b4]} ({Other plan is} 11. Nd1 {[%cal Yc2c3,Yd3d4]})
11... Rb8 12. a3 a5 {[%csl Gb4] A natural move, but anyway a novelty. Blacks
prevents the b2-b4 advance} ({Already played moves are weaker:} 12... b5 $6 13.
b4 $14 {1/2 Hug,W (2430)-Cifuentes Parada,R (2325)/Thessaloniki 1984/EXT 97-B 
(20)}) (12... Qc7 $6 13. b4 cxb4 (13... b6 14. b5 $14) 14. axb4 $14 {1/2 Eyo
Castro Rial,A (2134)-Soto Gutierrez,A/Ferrol 2002/CBM 089 ext (68)}) 13. a4 {
[%csl Gb5] White gives up the b2-b4 advance and fixates the b5 weakness.} ({
Very interesting alternative is} 13. f4 $5 {, Black is almost forced to answer}
f5 $13 {with a complicated play} (13... O-O $2 14. f5 $1) (13... b6 $2 14. f5
$1) (13... Bd7 $2 14. e5 $1 {[%cal Yc3e4]} dxe5 $140 15. Ne4)) 13... Nb4 $6 {
An inaccuracy, Black underestimates White's answer.} ({After correct} 13... Bd7
$142 $13 {looks promising for White} 14. f4 f5 15. e5 $5) 14. Bxd4 $1 cxd4 15.
Nb5 {[%cal Yc2c3]} Nc6 16. c3 dxc3 $2 ({Necessary is} 16... e5 $142 $14) 17.
bxc3 O-O 18. d4 $16 {White has a great positional advantage, his pieces
dominate.} e5 19. Rfd1 Qe7 20. Qa2 exd4 21. Nexd4 Ne5 $6 (21... Bg4 $142 $5 $16
) 22. h3 {[%csl Gg4]} Rd8 23. f4 Nd7 24. Na7 $18 Kh7 25. Kh2 Qf6 (25... Nc5 26.
Nac6 bxc6 27. Rxb8 $18) 26. Nxc8 Rbxc8 27. Rxb7 h5 28. Nf3 Kg8 29. e5 dxe5 30.
Rdxd7 Rxd7 31. Rxd7 exf4 32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 Rf8 34. Qc4 Bh6 35. Rc7 Qd8 36.
Rc6 Kh7 37. Rc5 Qe7 38. Re5 Qd7 39. g5 Bg7 40. Re4 Rc8 41. Qe2 Qg4 42. Qe1 Rc5
43. c4 Rxg5 44. Nxg5+ Qxg5 45. Qf2 f5 46. Re1 Bd4 47. Qf3 Kg7 48. Qh3 Bf2 49.
Rd1 Bg3+ 50. Kh1 Qe7 51. Bf3 Qc7 52. Qf1 Qe7 53. Kg2 Qa3 54. Qe2 Kh6 55. Rh1+
Kg5 56. Rh7 Kf6 57. Qd2 Qf8 58. Qd4+ Kg5 59. Qg7 Qxg7 60. Rxg7 Kf6 61. c5 Kxg7
62. c6 g5 63. c7 g4 64. c8=Q 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.01.28"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "Babula,V"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[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 "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Katernberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 ({Other main continuation is} 3... d5 4. Nd2 Nf6
5. Bg2) (3... g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O) 4. f4 g6 5. Bg2 d6
6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O {A known position, but we reached it after a strange
move order. Usually it arises after one shown in the line to move 3.} 8. Nc3 {
White stops for the time being the advance of Black's b pawn. Later he plans
to transfer his knight to the kingside via the e2 square.} ({Other main
alternative is} 8. c3 Rb8 9. h3 b5 10. g4 b4 11. c4 $6 e6 12. Nbd2 Nd7 $1 $15 {
0-1 Podinic,V (2415)-Delchev,A (2669)/Bijelo Polje 2005/CBM 110/[Babula,V] (38)
}) ({After} 8. h3 {Black can play immediately} b5 $5 9. g4 ({Black's idea is
to sacrifice an exchange after} 9. e5 dxe5 $5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxa8 (11. fxe5
Nd5 12. c4 Nc7 13. Bxa8 Nxa8 $15) 11... Bxh3 12. Bg2 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nc6 $44 {
In both lines White misses seriously his light-squared bishop.}) 9... a5 10. f5
b4 11. Qe1 $6 Ba6 12. Qh4 $2 {White totally ignores the development of his
queenside} c4 $1 $17 {0-1 Fedorov,A (2575)-Kasparov,G (2845)/Wijk aan Zee 2001/
CBM 081/[McShane] (25)}) 8... Rb8 {[%cal Yb7b5] The plans of both sides are
apparent. White will strive to organize an attack on the kingside, whereas
Black will strive to get counterplay on the queenside.} ({The alternative is} 
8... Bg4 $5 {Black wants to exchange his bishop for the knight to strengthen
the control on the long diagonal a1-h8.}) 9. h3 {[%cal Yg3g4]} (9. a4 a6 10. h3
b5 11. axb5 axb5 {leads to the game}) 9... b5 10. a3 {White wants to exchange
the a pawns, but after this exchange Black can penetrate via the open a file.}
({White can of course do without it, for example:} 10. g4 b4 11. Ne2 a5 (11...
c4 12. Be3 Ba6 13. Rf2 Qa5 14. f5 cxd3 15. cxd3 Nd7 16. Nf4 Nc5 $11 {0-1
Kolesnik,E (2393)-Khasin,A (2511)/Koszalin 1999/EXT 2000 (39)}) 12. Be3 Nd7 13.
Rb1 a4 14. b3 axb3 15. axb3 Bb7 16. Qe1 e6 $11 {1/2 Al Modiahki,M (2553)
-Ponomariov,R (2616)/Las Vegas 1999/CBM 072/[Gershon] (38)}) 10... a5 11. Be3
b4 ({Interesting is} 11... Nd7 12. Rb1 Nd4 $5 (12... b4 13. axb4 axb4 14. Ne2 {
is similar to the game}) {, for example} 13. Ne2 e5 14. f5 d5 15. g4 dxe4 16.
dxe4 b4 17. Ng3 Nb6 $13 {0-1 McShane,L (2625)-Zhang Pengxiang (2616)/Tiayuan
2005/CBM 108 (44)}) 12. axb4 axb4 13. Ne2 Nd7 {[%csl Rb2]} (13... Bb7 {is
usually only a transposition}) 14. Qc1 $6 {The queen is here too passive.} ({
The most frequent} 14. Rb1 $142 {is perhaps better, there are examples from
the high level practice:} Ra8 (14... Qb6 15. g4 Ra8 16. Qe1 Nd4 17. Nexd4 cxd4
18. Bf2 e5 19. f5 Ra2 20. g5 Re8 21. Nd2 Qc5 22. Qd1 Qc7 $13 {1-0 Fedorov,
A-Gelashvili,T/Dubai 2002/CBM 087 ext (54)}) (14... Bb7 15. g4 Ra8 16. c4 e6
17. g5 Re8 18. h4 d5 19. e5 Ne7 20. Ng3 Qc7 21. Bf2 Nf5 $13 {1/2 Short,N (2676)
-Kasparov,G (2827)/Zuerich 2001/CBM 083 (41)}) 15. b3 Ra2 16. Nc1 Ra5 17. Qe1
Bb7 18. g4 e6 19. g5 f5 20. gxf6 Nxf6 21. Ne2 Nh5 22. Ng5 Qe7 $13 {1/2-1/2
Rodriguez,A-Milos,G/Sao Paulo 2002/CBM 090 ext (38)}) 14... Bb7 {Technically a
novelty. Black prepares to invade via the a file.} (14... Qb6 15. f5 Ba6 16.
Nf4 Qb7 17. Rf2 Nde5 18. fxg6 $6 hxg6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Riazuelo,G-Shoker,S/France
2003/EXT 2005 (44)}) 15. g4 Ra8 16. Rb1 {White keeps his rook to defend his
queenside.} Ra2 17. Kh1 (17. f5 $5) 17... Ba6 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Yb4b3]} 18. Rd1
{White continues in his idea started with 14.Qc1 and prevents the b4-b3 break
that way, which doesn't spoil his pawn structure. Nevertheless it looks
strange as White moves his forces to the side opposite to that he wants to
attack on. Black takes up the initiative and has an edge.} ({Usually White
prevent the b4-b3 break by playing b2-b3} 18. b3) 18... Qb6 {[%cal Yc6d4]} ({
Looks well} 18... e6 $5 $15 {to prevent f4-f5.}) 19. f5 {[%cal Ye2f4,Yf4d5]}
Nd4 $15 (19... e6 $6 20. Bh6 $1) 20. Nf4 Nxf3 {Black exchanges his knight,} ({
deserves attention to keep it} 20... Bb7 $5) 21. Bxf3 ({Direct} 21. Nd5 $6 {
is premature and doesn't give White anything} Qd8 22. Bxf3 Bb7 (22... e6 $6 23.
Bg5 $1)) 21... Ne5 {This move closes the a1-h8 diagonal and thus frees White's
queen from defend of the b2 pawn.} ({Interesting is} 21... Bb7 $5 22. Rf1 Rfa8)
22. Bg2 Bb7 23. Rf1 Rfa8 ({After} 23... b3 {White answers} 24. c3 {and now
isn't good} g5 $2 {[%csl Rd3] due to} 25. Nh5 Nxd3 26. Qd2 $40) 24. Qd2 Bc6 {
[%cal Yb6b7,Gb7e4]} 25. Qf2 {White transfers his queen to the queenside, but
weakens the d3 pawn.} Qb7 $6 {Black misses the suitable moment for the b4-b3
break.} ({After} 25... b3 $142 $1 26. c3 $140 {is namely very strong} g5 $1 {
and} 27. Nh5 {isn't dangerous for Black anymore due to} Nxd3 28. Qd2 Nxb2 $1 {
, for example} 29. Rxb2 Rxb2 30. Qxb2 Ra2 31. Qb1 Bxc3) 26. Qh4 $13 {Now the
chances are about equal and position is very complicated.} b3 27. cxb3 $1 ({
Bad is} 27. c3 $2 {because of} Nxd3 $1 $17 {, for example} 28. fxg6 hxg6 29.
Nxd3 Bxe4 30. Qf2 Bxg2+ 31. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Bxc3) 27... Re8 $6 {[%csl Ge7]
It is passive and allows White the following strong transfer of his bishop.} (
27... Qxb3 $142 $5 28. Qxe7 Bf8 $13 (28... Nxd3 $6 29. Qxd6 $14) 29. Qf6 $140
Re8 {[%cal Yf8e7]}) 28. Bd2 $1 {[%cal Yd2c3]} Qxb3 29. Bc3 $14 {The tables
have turned, White's position is already slightly better. His dark-squared
bishop is placed here ideally, it covers the b2 weakness and also points to
the Black's kingside. For Black it is very difficult to get counterplay,
whereas White can further improve his position on the kingside.} e6 $6 {
This phase of the game was surely influenced by time-trouble, there are many
errors and inaccuracies.} 30. f6 (30. Nxe6 $5 fxe6 31. f6 {[%cal Yc3e5,Yf6f7]}
Ra7 32. fxg7 Rxg7 $14) 30... Bf8 31. Qg3 $14 {[%cal Yh3h4,Yh4h5] White
prepares the march of his h pawn to open the h file.} Bb5 32. Rfd1 $6 {White's
rook leaves the f file for nothing.} (32. Rbd1 $142) (32. h4 $142) 32... Qa4 $2
{Black wastes precious time.} ({He can fulfil his idea immediately} 32... c4
$142 $6 33. d4 Nd3 $14 34. Nxd3 cxd3 35. Bf1) ({But even better is} 32... Nc6
$142 $5 $13 {[%cal Yc6d4] , for example} 33. g5 Nd4 34. h4 Bc6 35. h5 e5) 33.
h4 $16 c4 ({Now is not enough} 33... Nc6 34. g5 Nd4 35. h5 {and White's attack
comes in first.}) 34. d4 Nd3 35. Bf3 $2 {In respect of the threat Nd3-b2 White
covers his Rd1, but it is not necessary.} ({Correct is} 35. h5 $142 $1 g5 (
35... Nxb2 $4 {doesn't work namely due to} 36. Rd2 $1 {[%csl Rb2,Rb5]}) 36.
Nxd3 cxd3 37. Bf1 $16) 35... e5 $2 (35... Qb3 $142 $14) (35... Nxf4 $142 36.
Qxf4 $14) 36. Nd5 $2 ({Correct is} 36. Nxd3 cxd3 ({after} 36... exd4 {White
has namely very strong} 37. b3 $3 {and he keeps his extra piece}) 37. d5 $16 {
[%csl Rf8] and Black is practically a piece down.}) 36... exd4 $6 (36... Bc6 $5
$15) 37. Bxd4 {[%cal Yd5c3]} Qb3 38. Rd2 Bc6 39. Ne7+ $6 (39. Bg2 $142 $13)
39... Bxe7 40. fxe7 Ne5 ({Isn't better} 40... Nc5 41. Kh2 Nxe4 (41... Bxe4 $6
42. Rf1 {[%cal Gc3h8]}) 42. Bxe4 Qxg3+ 43. Kxg3 Bxe4 44. Rc1 $15) 41. Bc3 Qb7 (
{Very promising looks} 41... Qxc3 $6 42. bxc3 Rxd2 {, but in fact the position
is unclear, for example} 43. Bg2 $13 Rxe7 44. Qf4 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Yh4h5,Yh5h6,
Yf4f6]}) 42. Bg2 $2 {The last mistake decides the game.} (42. Bxe5 $142 dxe5 (
42... Bxe4 $6 43. Bc3 Bxf3+ 44. Kh2 $44 {[%cal Gc3h8]}) 43. Qxe5 $15 Raa8 44.
Rbd1) 42... Bxe4 $19 {The rest is simple.} 43. Rf1 (43. Rxd6 Bxg2+ 44. Qxg2
Qxe7) 43... Bxg2+ 44. Rxg2 Rxe7 45. Kh2 Ra8 46. h5 Rae8 47. Qf4 Qd5 48. Rg3 f6
$1 49. Rf2 Rf7 50. hxg6 hxg6 51. Rh3 g5 52. Qg3 Qe4 53. Rg2 Rh7 54. Rxh7 Qxh7+
55. Qh3 Nf3+ 56. Kg3 Nh4 0-1

[Event "HUN-ch15 playoff"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1960.02.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[Annotator "Barcza,G"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1960.02.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nc6 5. e4 d6 6. d3 e5 7. Nc3 Nge7 8. Nh4
O-O 9. f4 f5 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. Be3 Be6 12. Nf3 (12. exf5 $1 gxf5 (12... Nxf5 13.
Nxf5 Bxf5 14. Nd5) 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. Kh1 $14) 12... Nd4 13. Ng5 $2 Bd7 14. Ne2
$2 h6 15. Nf3 fxe4 $1 16. dxe4 Bb5 17. Nfxd4 cxd4 18. Bf2 (18. Bd2 Qb6 19. Kh1
d3 20. cxd3 Bxd3 $17) 18... Qa5 19. c3 Qa6 20. Re1 d3 21. Nc1 exf4 22. gxf4
Rxf4 23. Qd2 $2 (23. Be3 $1 Rff8 (23... Rh4 24. Bf2 Rh5 25. Bf3 $13) 24. Qd2
Kh7 25. a4 $1 Bc4 26. b3 Qa5 27. Na2 $1 Ba6 28. c4 $1 Qxd2 29. Bxd2 Nc6 $2 30.
b4 $1) 23... Rbf8 24. Be3 Rh4 $1 25. a4 (25. Bf2 Rh5 $17) 25... Bc4 26. b3 Qa5
$1 27. Nxd3 (27. Na2 Qe5 $1 28. h3 Be6 $19) 27... Bxc3 $4 (27... Bxd3 $1 28.
Qxd3 Qe5 29. h3 Qg3 $19) 28. Qa2 $3 Be5 (28... Bxd3 29. b4+) (28... Bxe1 29.
bxc4 Bc3 30. c5+ $44) 29. h3 Be6 30. Rf1 $1 Bg3 (30... Bxh3 $4 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8
32. Qf2+) 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Qb2 $6 (32. Qe2 $1 Qh5 $1 33. Bf3 Qa5 34. Bg4 $36)
32... Bxh3 $1 (32... Kg8 33. Qf6 Bxh3 34. Rf1 $18) (32... Ke8 33. Qh8+ Kd7 (
33... Ng8 34. Qg7 $16) 34. Nc5+ dxc5 35. Rd1+ Bd6 36. e5 $18) 33. Qh8+ Kf7 34.
Rf1+ Ke6 35. Nc5+ $1 dxc5 36. Qf6+ Kd7 37. Rd1+ Ke8 38. Bxh3 Rxh3 39. Qh8+ Kf7
40. Rf1+ Ke6 41. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund-C"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Padevsky, Nikola Bochev"]
[Black "Mainka, Romuald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1991.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nh3 (7. Nf3 Nge7
8. O-O O-O $13) 7... Nge7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 b6 10. Rb1 $6 Bb7 11. Nf2 $2 (11.
Kh1 $5 d5 12. Bg1 $13) 11... d5 $1 12. Bd2 Qd7 $15 13. e5 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15.
Bh3 Rae8 16. Ne2 Nf5 17. c3 Bg7 18. g4 $6 Nh4 $17 {/^a8-h1} 19. Ng3 Qc7 20. Qe2
g5 $1 {><e5} 21. fxg5 Ne5 22. Bg2 Nef3+ 23. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 24. Kh1 Be5 25. Rg1 d4
26. Nfe4 c4 $1 27. Rg2 cxd3 28. Qxd3 Qc6 $19 29. Re2 Nxd2 30. Qxd2 dxc3 31.
bxc3 Bxg3 32. hxg3 Qxe4+ $1 (32... Qxe4+ 33. Rxe4 Bxe4+ 34. Kg1 Bxb1 {/\ Bg6})
0-1

[Event "GER-ch"]
[Site "Bad Neuenahr"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Buecker, Stefan"]
[Black "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1991.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 (6... f5 7. Nf3 Nf6
8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 Kh8 10. Be3 Be6 11. Bg1 Qd7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. d4 $14) (6...
Nf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Rb8 9. h3 b5 10. a3 (10. g4 b4 11. Ne2 c4 $1 {Keene})
10... a5 11. Be3 b4 12. axb4 axb4 13. Ne2 {/\Pg3-g4,Pf4-f5,Qd1-e1-h4->>>}) 7.
Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O O-O (8... Rb8 $6 9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Nxe5 11. Bf4 $16 {
Bronstein}) (8... Nd4 9. Bd2 Bd7 10. Rb1 Rc8 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nh3 b5 13. Ne2 e5
14. Nf2 O-O 15. g4 f5 16. Ng3 Kh7 17. c3 $14 {Bangiev-Bannik, USSR 1978}) (8...
Bd7 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Rb1 Rc8 11. Bf2 Nec6 12. Ne2 Qa5 13. Nexd4 Nxd4 14. c3 Nxf3+
15. Qxf3 $14 {Spassky-Hort, Germany 1981}) 9. Be3 (9. Ne2 d5 $13) (9. Bd2 b6
10. Rb1 (10. g4 f5 11. gxf5 gxf5 12. Kh1 a6 $1 13. Rg1 Ra7 14. Qe1 Ng6 $15)
10... Bb7 11. Ne2 Qd7 12. g4 f5 13. gxf5 exf5 14. c4 Nd8 15. Nc3 Ne6 $10 {
Spassky-Portisch, Mexico (cm-1) 1980}) 9... Nd4 (9... b6 10. d4 Ba6 11. Re1 e5
12. fxe5 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bxe5 15. Qa4 $14 {Evans-Lombardy, USA 1973
}) 10. Qd2 (10. e5 Nef5 11. Bf2 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Bd7 13. Qxb7 (13. exd6 Bc6 14.
Ne4 Nxd6 15. Bxc5 Nxe4 16. dxe4 Bd4+ 17. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 18. Kh1 Qxb2 $15) 13... Rb8
14. Qxa7 Rxb2 15. Rac1 dxe5 16. fxe5 Bxe5 17. Ne4 Bc6 $13 {Kindermann-Spasov,
Novi Sad (ol) 1990 --> ChessBase: Ftacnik: Novi Sad (ol)}) (10. Bf2 b6 (10...
Nec6 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Rb1 Bd7 13. Ne2 Qa5 14. c3 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Qxa2 16. e5
Qb3 17. exd6 Rfc8 $13) 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Ne2 e5 13. c3 dxc3 14. Nxc3 exf4 15.
gxf4 Be6 16. Bh4 f6 17. d4 d5 {Abramovic-Gurevich,V, Oberwart 1990} 18. Qf3 $10
) 10... Rb8 (10... d5 {--> Hickl-Kunze CBM24} 11. Nh4 Nxc2 12. Qxc2 d4 13. Bf2
dxc3 14. bxc3 Qc7 15. Rac1 b6 16. d4 $14 {Zaitsev,I-Wittmann, Graz 1979}) (
10... b6 {--> Buecker-Volke CBM24} 11. Bxd4 cxd4 12. Nb5 Nc6 13. e5 dxe5 14.
Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxa8 Bd7 16. Be4 Bxb5 17. fxe5 Bxe5 $14 {Medina-Andersson, Las
Palmas 1974}) (10... Nec6 11. Nd1 Bd7 12. Kh1 Nxf3 13. Bxf3 b5 {+/=/=}) 11.
Rae1 (11. Nh4 b5 12. Nd1 f5 13. c3 Ndc6 14. Nf3 b4 15. c4 Nd4 $13 {
Campora-Greenberg, Buenos Aires 1978}) (11. g4 f5 $1 12. gxf5 exf5 13. Rae1 Kh8
14. Kh1 Nxf3 15. Bxf3 b6 16. Bf2 Bb7 {=/=/+ Medina-Smyslov, Siegen (ol) 1970})
11... b5 12. e5 Nef5 13. Bf2 Qc7 14. Ng5 Bb7 15. Nce4 h6 16. Nh3 dxe5 17. c3
exf4 18. cxd4 fxg3 19. hxg3 cxd4 20. g4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Ng3 22. Bxg3 Qxg3 23. Rf3
Qd6 24. g5 h5 25. Re2 b4 26. Nf2 Rfc8 27. Ne4 Qc7 28. Rf1 b3 29. axb3 Rxb3 30.
Ref2 Rf8 31. Rc1 Qe7 32. Rc5 Kh8 33. Qc2 Rb7 34. Qc1 a6 35. Bf3 Rb5 36. Rxb5
axb5 37. Qd1 Rc8 38. Qf1 Kg8 39. Kg2 Rc7 40. Qh1 Be5 41. Bd1 Rc1 42. Qe1 Bb8
43. Qd2 Qc7 44. Kf1 Ra1 45. Nf6+ Kh8 46. Ne4 Kg7 47. Kg1 h4 48. Rf1 h3 49. Qf2
Kf8 50. Be2 Rc1 51. b4 Rxf1+ 52. Bxf1 Qc1 53. Qf3 h2+ 54. Kh1 Bf4 55. Qh3 Ke7
56. Qg2 Qe3 57. Qg4 Qc1 58. Qg2 Qe1 59. Nc5 Kf8 60. Ne4 Ke7 61. Qf3 Qh4 62. Qg2
Qe1 63. Qf3 Qh4 64. Qg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rabinovich, Arkady"]
[Black "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1991.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. f4 d6 6. d3 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Ne2 (9. g4 f5 10. gxf5 gxf5 11. Kh1 fxe4 12. dxe4 d5 13. e5 Nf5 $11 {
Knezevic, =/+ Blatny}) 9... b6 10. g4 (10. c3 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. d4 Bb7 13.
Ng5 Qd7 14. dxc5 bxc5 $13 {Gabriel-Wirthensohn,Altensteig 1990}) 10... f5 11.
h3 Qd7 12. c3 Ba6 13. Ng3 Rac8 14. Re1 Kh8 15. Be3 $5 d5 $1 16. gxf5 exf5 17.
e5 {/\d4} d4 18. cxd4 cxd4 19. Bd2 Bxd3 20. Qb3 Ba6 21. Ng5 Na5 22. Bxa5 Bc4
23. Qa3 bxa5 24. Rad1 $1 (24. Qxa5 h6) 24... d3 25. Qd6 $1 Qd8 26. b3 h6 27.
Nf3 Bb5 28. a4 Bc6 29. Rxd3 Qb6+ 30. Qd4 Nd5 31. Qxb6 axb6 32. Ne2 Kh7 33. Nfd4
Nb4 34. Rc3 $2 (34. Rg3 Bxg2 35. Rxg2 Rfd8 $15) 34... Bxg2 35. Kxg2 Rxc3 36.
Nxc3 Nd3 37. Rf1 Nxf4+ $1 38. Rxf4 Bxe5 39. Nde2 Bxf4 40. Nxf4 Rd8 41. Nfd5 Rd6
42. Kf3 g5 43. Ke3 h5 44. Kd4 Re6 45. Ne3 Kg6 46. Ng2 f4 47. h4 f3 48. Ne3 gxh4
49. Ne4 h3 50. Nf1 Kf5 51. Ne3+ Kg6 52. Nf1 h4 53. Kd3 Kf5 54. Ne3+ Kf4 55.
Nd5+ Ke5 56. Ne3 h2 57. Nf2 Kf4 58. Nf1 h1=Q (58... h1=Q 59. Nxh1 Re1 $19) 0-1

[Event "URS-sf Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Kiselev, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bönsch} c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 d6 7. f4 Nge7
8. Nf3 Nd4 9. O-O O-O 10. e5 Qb6 (10... Nef5 11. Bf2 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Nd4 {
Balashov,Y-Arnason,J Reykjavik 1989 - CBM13 Hug,M-Ballmann,M Zug 1989} (12...
Rb8 {Thorhallsson,T-Petursson,M Reykjavik 1989 - CBM13})) 11. Rb1 Nef5 12. Bf2
Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 (13. Bxf3 dxe5 14. fxe5 Bxe5 15. Na4 Qc7 16. Bxc5 Bd7 17. Bxf8
Rxf8 18. Nc3 Ne3 $15) 13... dxe5 14. fxe5 Bxe5 15. Ne4 $1 Bd7 $2 (15... Qc7 16.
Bxc5 Bd4+ $2 (16... Rd8 $14) 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Nf6+ Kh8 (18... Kg7 19. Nh5+ $1
gxh5 20. Qf6+ Kg8 21. Qxd4 $16) 19. Qe3 Nf5 20. Rxf5 $1 exf5 21. Qh6 Qb6+ 22.
Kh1 Qxf6 23. Qxf8#) 16. Bxc5 Bd4+ 17. Kh1 Qc7 (17... Bxc5 18. Nf6+ Kg7 19. Nxd7
$16) 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. c3 Bg7 20. d4 h5 21. Nc5 Bc6 22. Qf2 b6 23. Nd3 Bb5 24.
Rbd1 Bc4 25. a3 Bb3 26. Rde1 Bc4 27. Qf3 Rd8 28. Rf2 Bf6 29. Ne5 Bd5 30. Qe2
Kg7 31. Bxd5 Rxd5 32. Nd3 Rd8 33. Qf3 Rd6 34. h3 $6 {Genauer: Sf4-g2-e3 +-} Bg5
35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 Nh6 37. Ref1 Rd8 38. Rh2 Rh8 39. Nf2 Be7 40. Kg2 Bd6 41.
Rh3 Bf4 42. Ne4 g5 43. Ng3 f5 44. Nh5+ Kf7 45. Nxf4 fxg4 46. Nd5+ $1 gxf3+ 47.
Rfxf3+ Qf4 48. Nxf4 g4 49. Rh5 gxf3+ 50. Kxf3 Kf6 51. Nd3 Kg7 52. Ke4 Re8 53.
Nf4 Nf7 54. c4 $1 $18 Kf6 55. c5 Rg8 56. Ne2 Rg4+ 57. Kf3 Rg5 58. Rxg5 Nxg5+
59. Kf4 bxc5 60. dxc5 e5+ 61. Ke3 Ke6 62. Nc3 Kd7 63. Ne4 Ne6 64. Kd3 Kc6 65.
Kc4 a5 66. b4 axb4 67. axb4 Nf4 68. b5+ Kc7 69. Nf6 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 {Bönsch} g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. e4 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7
8. Be3 Nd4 9. O-O O-O 10. e5 Nef5 (10... Qb6 11. Rb1 Nef5 12. Bf2 Nxf3+ 13.
Qxf3 (13. Bxf3 dxe5 14. fxe5 Bxe5 15. Ne4 Bd4 16. Qe2 Bxf2+ 17. Qxf2 c4 18.
dxc4 Qxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Rd8 20. c5 $14 {Balaschov-Stohl, Albena 1989 - Inf.48/223})
13... dxe5 14. fxe5 Bxe5 15. Ne4 Bd7 $2 16. Bxc5 Bd4+ 17. Kh1 $18 {
Balaschov-Kiselev, Moskau 1989 - Inf.48/223}) 11. Bf2 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Nd4 13.
Qd1 dxe5 (13... f5 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. c3 Nc6 17. Qd2 $14 {
Balaschov-Arnason, Reykjavik 1989 - CBM13 S.35}) 14. fxe5 Bxe5 15. Ne4 f5 16.
Nxc5 Qd6 17. Nb3 (17. Nxb7 $2 Bxb7 18. Bxb7 Rab8 19. Bg2 Rxb2 $15) 17... Nxb3
18. axb3 Bxb2 19. Ra5 Bc3 (19... Bd4 $5) 20. Ra4 b5 (20... Bd7 21. Rc4 Rac8 22.
Bxb7 Rc7 $10) 21. Rxa7 Rxa7 22. Bxa7 e5 23. Qf3 Be6 24. Kh1 b4 25. Be3 Rd8 26.
Bg5 Bd5 27. Qxd5+ Qxd5 28. Bxd5+ Rxd5 29. Kg2 Ra5 $2 (29... Kf7 30. g4 Ke6 $15)
30. g4 $1 Kf7 (30... fxg4 $2 31. Bh6 Ra8 32. Kg3) 31. gxf5 Ra2 32. fxg6+ Kxg6
33. Be3 Rxc2+ 34. Rf2 Rxf2+ $10 35. Bxf2 Kf5 36. Kf3 Bd2 37. Bc5 Bc3 38. Be3
Be1 39. Bh6 Kg6 40. Bf8 Kf5 41. Bc5 h5 42. h3 Bc3 43. Ke3 Kg5 44. Be7+ Kf5 45.
Bh4 Bd4+ 46. Kf3 Bc3 47. Bf2 Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow International-01"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1925.11.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Ilyin Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[Annotator "Bogoljubow/Capablanca"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1925.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bogoljubow: Moskau 1925. S.64} c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nge2
d6 6. d3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 a6 (8... Rb8) 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Re8 (10... b5)
11. Nd1 (11. Bh6 Bh8) 11... Rc8 12. c3 Qa5 13. g4 Red8 14. f4 Be8 15. g5 Nd7
16. f5 {Weiß spielt scharf auf Angriff} b5 {ES bleibt Schwarz nichts anders
übrig als auf dem äußersten Damenflügel anzugreifen.} 17. Nf4 b4 18. f6 $1
{Bogoljubow} Bf8 (18... exf6 $1 19. Nd5 bxc3 20. bxc3 fxg5 21. Bxg5 c4 22. d4
Nxd4 23. cxd4 Qxd2 24. Bxd2 Bxd4+ 25. N1e3 c3 26. Be1 c2 27. Rc1 Nb6 28. Bf2
Nxd5 29. Nxd5 Bb2 $11) 19. Nf2 $2 {Bogoljubow: Dadurch verliert Weiß zwei
Tempi, es ict aber nicht leicht anzugeben, wie der Angriff weiter geführt
werden soll.} (19. fxe7 Nxe7 20. a3 $14) (19. h4 Nde5) 19... bxc3 20. bxc3 e6
21. h4 Rb8 22. h5 Rb6 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Nd1 {Bogoljubow: Weiß muß den
Rückzug antreten.} Nde5 25. Qf2 ({Bogoljubow: Wie Capablanca angibt, mußte
hier} 25. Bh3 {geschehen. Es ist aber auch dan zweifelhaft, ob der weiße
Angriff noch zurechtkommt, um die Katastrophe auf dem Damenflügel abzuwenden}
{wenn Schawrz einfach} Rdb8 {zieht.}) 25... Ng4 26. Qh4 Nce5 27. d4 {
Bogoljubow:Aus Verzweiflung versucht eiß, ob nicht etwa ein Turm sich auf der
h-Linie postieren läßt.} Nxe3 28. Nxe3 Qxc3 29. dxe5 Qxe3+ 30. Kh1 ({
Bogoljubow: Capablnaca hab hier nachträglich} 30. Kh2 $11 {als richtig an,
aber auch dann glaube ich nicht an eine Gewinn für Weiß. z:B.} Rb2 $1 {
verhindert Rf3} 31. Rae1 Qc3 $11 {Und wie soll Weiß jetzt den Angriff
fortsetzen?}) 30... dxe5 31. Rf3 $2 $19 (31. Nxg6 $142 $11 fxg6 32. Rf3 Qe2 33.
Raf1 Rd1 34. f7+ Bxf7 35. Rxf7 Rxf1+ 36. Bxf1 Qh5 37. Qxh5 gxh5 38. g6 Rb1 39.
Kh2 Rb4 40. Rc7 $11) 31... exf4 $1 $19 (31... Qxf4 $19) 32. Rxe3 fxe3 33. Qe1
Rb2 34. Qxe3 Rdd2 35. Bf3 c4 36. a3 Bd6 37. Qa7 c3 0-1

[Event "Paris-ch op"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dubois, Jean Marie"]
[Black "Bernard, Christophe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1993.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. f4 Bg7 3. d3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Ne2 b6 10. c3 Qd7 11. Be3 d5 12. e5 Ba6 13. Bf2 Rac8 14. Re1 d4 15. cxd4
Nb4 16. dxc5 Nxd3 17. cxb6 Nd5 18. Bd4 $2 (18. bxa7 Nxf2 19. Kxf2 Qxa7+ 20. Qd4
$14) 18... Nxe1 19. Qxe1 (19. Nxe1 Bxe2 $1 20. Qxe2 Nxf4 $1 21. gxf4 Qxd4+ $19)
19... axb6 (19... Rc2 20. Nc3 axb6 21. Qd1 Nxc3 $1 22. bxc3 (22. Qxc2 Ne2+ 23.
Kh1 Nxd4 $19) 22... Rb2) 20. a3 Rfd8 21. Nc3 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Qc7 23. Ng5 (23. Rb1
b5 24. a4 bxa4 25. Bb6) 23... Bf8 24. g4 Be7 25. Ne4 Bd3 26. Nd6 Rxd6 27. exd6
Bxd6 28. Qh4 Bxf4 29. Qf6 e5 30. Bxb6 Qxc3 31. Rd1 Qc2 32. Re1 Qd2 33. Qh4 Rc1
34. Ba5 Qxa5 0-1

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.02.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e5 7. Nh3 Nge7 (7...
exf4 8. Bxf4 Nge7 9. O-O h6 10. Rb1 O-O 11. a3 Be6 12. Be3 Ne5 13. Nf4 Bd7 {
Spassky-Portisch cm (13) Genf 1977}) 8. O-O Nd4 9. f5 gxf5 10. Qh5 (10. Bg5 f6
$1 11. Qh5+ Kd7 12. exf5 Nxc2 13. Rac1 Nd4 14. Ne4 Qf8 $15 {Trapl-Pribyl, CSSR
1972}) 10... h6 11. Rf2 Be6 12. Be3 Qd7 (12... fxe4 13. Raf1 Rf8 14. Bxh6 $14)
13. Raf1 O-O-O 14. Nd5 fxe4 (14... Bxd5 15. exd5 Rhf8 16. Kh1 {/\Ng1,Bh3}) 15.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. Rxf7 $1 Qe8 18. Bxe4 Rf8 19. Bf5 $1 Qxf7 (19...
Kb8 $1) 20. Qxf7 Rxf7 21. Bxe6+ Rfd7 22. Rf7 Kc7 23. Bxd7 Rxd7 24. Rxd7+ Kxd7
25. Kg2 Ke6 26. Kf3 d5 $2 (26... Kf6 27. g4 Ke6 $14) 27. Kg4 Kf6 28. Kh5 Bf8
29. Ng1 b5 30. Ne2 a5 31. g4 a4 32. h4 b4 33. b3 a3 34. Ng3 e4 35. g5+ hxg5 36.
hxg5+ Ke5 37. Kg4 Bg7 $2 (37... e3 38. Ne2 Bc5 39. g6 $18) 38. Nh5 Bf8 39. g6
e3 40. Kf3 Kf5 41. g7 1-0

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Marjanovic, Slavoljub"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1989.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. f4 Nge7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O (
8. Be3 d5 9. Bxc5 d4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne2 Qb4+) 8... d6 9. Bd2 {9.Be3} b5 $5
10. a3 (10. Nxb5 Rb8 11. Nc3 Rxb2) 10... Rb8 11. Rb1 c4 $5 (11... Qc7 12. Kh1
f5 $1 13. Re1 h6 14. b4 c4 15. dxc4 bxc4 16. b5 Nd8 17. e5 Nf7 18. exd6 Qxd6
19. Qe2 $16 {Spassky,B-Van der Wiel,J/Tilburg/1983/}) 12. h3 $6 (12. dxc4 bxc4
13. Qe1 d5 14. e5 Nf5 $15) (12. Be3 d5 (12... cxd3 13. Qxd3 b4 14. axb4 Nxb4
15. Qd2 Qc7) 13. dxc4 bxc4 14. Nd4 (14. exd5 exd5 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4+
17. Qxd4 Nf5) 14... Nxd4 15. Bxd4 dxe4 16. Bxg7 Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 Kxg7 18. Nxe4
Bb7 $10) 12... b4 $1 13. axb4 (13. Ne2 bxa3 14. bxa3 Ba6 $15) 13... cxd3 14.
cxd3 Qb6+ 15. Kh2 Nxb4 16. Be1 (16. Ne1 Ba6 17. Rf3 d5 18. e5 Nf5) 16... Ba6
17. Bf2 Qc7 18. Ne1 Rfc8 (18... Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qxc3 20. Rc1) (18... e5 $1 {
/\ 19...d5} 19. Be3 d5 20. exd5 Nf5 $17) 19. Rc1 Qd7 20. Qd2 Nec6 (20... e5 21.
h4 $1) 21. Ra1 Nd4 22. Ra3 Rc7 23. Be3 Nb5 24. Rb3 Nc6 25. Nxb5 Bxb5 26. Nf3 $6
(26. Nc2 Rcb7 27. Na3 Nd4) 26... Rcb7 27. Ra1 a5 28. Ra2 Qc7 (28... Ba6 29.
Rxb7 Qxb7 30. e5 dxe5 31. Nxe5 Bxe5 32. fxe5 Qb3 $17) 29. e5 dxe5 30. Nxe5 Nxe5
$1 31. fxe5 (31. Bxb7 Qxb7 32. fxe5 Qd5 33. Rba3 Bxe5 $17) 31... Bxe5 32. Bxb7
Bxg3+ 33. Kg1 Qxb7 34. Rxa5 Qd5 35. Rc3 Qd8 $6 (35... Bd6 36. Qc1 Qf3 37. Rc8+
Rxc8 38. Qxc8+ Kg7 39. Bd4+ e5 $17) 36. Ba7 $2 (36. Rb3 $1 Qd5 37. Rc3) 36...
Rb7 37. Qg2 (37. Ra1 Be5 38. d4 Rxa7 $1) (37. Rb3 Qd5 38. Qb4 Qf3 39. Rxb5 Rxa7
) 37... Qxa5 38. Qxb7 Qa1+ 39. Kg2 Qxb2+ 40. Kxg3 Qxc3 41. Qb8+ Kg7 42. Be3
Bxd3 43. Qd6 e5 44. Bc5 Bc4+ 45. Kf2 Qc2+ 46. Kg1 Qc1+ 47. Kh2 Qf4+ 48. Kg2 h5
0-1

[Event "World U20-ch22"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1983.08.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "D'Amore, Carlo"]
[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Bulletin/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1983.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. d3 Nc6 5. O-O e5 6. e4 {Transpose sur une
sicilienne fermée} Nge7 7. Nc3 (7. c3 {Gardait l'option de jouer une attaque
sicilienne}) 7... O-O 8. Nd2 (8. Be3 d6 9. Qd2 Nd4 $11 {Czerniak,M-Botvinnik,M
Moscow ol (Men) fin-A 1956 (2) 1/2}) 8... d6 9. Nc4 Be6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 $6 $146 {
[%cal Gf7f5]} (10... b5 $142 {Bilek,I (2500)-Parma,B (2510) Capablanca
Memorial 1971 (11) 1/2}) (10... Qd7 $142 11. c3 f5 {Bilek,I-Andersson,U Palma
de Mallorca 1972 1/2}) 11. exd5 Nb4 {C'est l'inconvénient de la nouveauté}
12. Ne3 f5 {[%csl Re6]} 13. c3 $14 Na6 {[%csl Ra6]} 14. f4 exf4 15. Rxf4 Nc7 {
[%csl Rc7,Re7] Les deux N Noirs sont trés mal placés} 16. a4 Qd7 17. Rf1 Rae8
$32 18. Bd2 h5 19. Qb3 b6 (19... Kh7 $142 {[%cal Gg7h6]} 20. Qxb7 Rb8 21. Qxa7
Bh6 $44) 20. Rae1 Bh6 (20... Kh7) 21. Nc4 Bxd2 22. Nxd2 Nc8 $5 {[%csl Rc8] Les
Noirs veulent échanger les R en espèrant que le P"d5" va gêner le Bg2 dans
la finale} 23. Qc4 Qf7 24. d4 (24. Ne4 $1 {[%cal Gf1f7]} Nxd5 $2 25. Ng5) 24...
Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Kf2 Qf7 28. dxc5 dxc5 29. Qh4 $1 Nd6 (
29... Nxd5 30. Qd8+) 30. Qd8+ Nce8 31. Bf3 Qf6 32. Qd7 Qf7 33. Qd8 Kg7 34. a5
Qc7 35. Qxc7+ Nxc7 36. axb6 axb6 37. h4 Kf6 {[%cal Gf6e5,Gc7d5]} 38. Ke3 Ke5 $1
$132 {[%csl Rd5,Rf3] Force la poussée c4 et le B n'est pas très bon} 39. c4
Na6 40. Bd1 Nb4 41. Nf3+ Kf6 42. Nd2 f4+ $1 43. Kxf4 (43. gxf4 Nf5+ {[%cal
Gf5e3,Gf5d4,Gf5h4]}) 43... Nd3+ 44. Ke3 Nxb2 $132 45. Be2 Kf5 46. Bd3+ Nxd3 47.
Kxd3 Kg4 48. Ke3 Nf7 (48... Kxg3 $4 49. Ne4+ {[%cal Gd5d8]}) 49. Kf2 Nh6 50.
Ne4 Nf7 51. Nf6+ Kf5 52. Nd7 g5 53. hxg5 Kxg5 54. Nxb6 {[%cal Gb6d7]} Nd6 $1
$44 {[%csl Rb6,Rc4,Gd6] Bloque non seulement le P"passé mais l'attaque du
P"c4" va empêcher le Nb6 de bouger et les Blancs peuvent difficilement
valoriser le P supplémentaire} 55. Kf3 Kf5 56. Na4 Nxc4 57. Nxc5 Ke5 58. Nd3+
Kxd5 59. Nf4+ Ke5 60. Nxh5 Kf5 61. Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. f4 Rb8 7. Nf3 b5 8. a3 e6
9. Be3 Nge7 (9... Nd4 {is more usual in such positions, preventing the advance
d3-d4.}) 10. d4 b4 11. axb4 Rxb4 12. dxc5 d5 $6 (12... Rxb2 {looks a better
try, with a murky position after} 13. e5) 13. exd5 exd5 14. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 15.
fxe5 d4 {If he does not takethe piece, Black is clearly worse, so Sasikiran
decides that he may as well have some material to suffer for. However, the
position proves to be very bad for Black.} 16. Bg5 $1 dxc3 17. Qxd8+ Kxd8 18.
bxc3 Rg4 19. O-O-O+ Ke8 20. Bf6 $1 Bxf6 ({The text loses simply, but after} 
20... Rg8 21. Rd6 {Black is tied hand and foot. Against the threat of Rhd1,
the only attempt to defend is} Ra4 22. Kb2 Ra6 {but then simply} 23. Rxa6 Bxa6
24. Ra1 {is overwhelming.}) 21. exf6 Ra4 22. c6 $1 {Better than taking back
the piece on e7, wince the latter is not going anywhere.} Bg4 (22... Nf5 23.
Rhe1+ Be6 24. c7 {mates.}) 23. Rd2 h5 24. c7 Bd7 25. Bc6 $1 ({An extremely
elegant final blow.} 25. Bc6 Nxc6 26. Re1+ Kf8 27. Rxd7 {forces mate in 15, as
Fritz 11 politely points out.}) 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Quinteros, Miguel Angel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1980.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Nc6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 (9. Bd2 $5) 9... Nd4 10. Rb1 Nec6 $5 (10... Bd7 $5 11. Ne2 Nxf3+ 12.
Bxf3 Qc7 13. Qd2 Rad8 14. c4 b6 15. g4 f5 16. gxf5 exf5 17. Nc3 Rfe8 18. Rbe1
Qb8 $13 {Christiansen,L-Andersson,U/Mar del Plata/1981/}) 11. Ne2 Nxf3+ 12.
Bxf3 b6 (12... Nd4 13. Bg2 Qa5 14. Nc1 Qa4 15. c3 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Nc6 17. Ne2 e5
18. h3 Be6 {Balashov,Y-Rashkovsky,N/URS/1981/}) 13. c3 (13. e5 $6 Bb7 14. d4
cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxb7 Nf5 $1) (13. d4 $5 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Qc7
16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. e5 d5 $14) 13... Bb7 14. Qd2 d5 $6 (14... f5 15. exf5 exf5)
15. e5 a5 (15... d4 $2 16. cxd4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 $18) 16. d4 Qe7 17. Bf2 Ba6 18.
Rfe1 $6 (18. a3 $1) 18... h5 $6 (18... cxd4 19. Nxd4 (19. cxd4 $2 Nb4 $17)
19... Rfc8 20. h4 h5 $13) 19. h3 Rac8 (19... cxd4 $5 20. Nxd4 Rfc8) 20. Kg2 f5
(20... cxd4 21. Nxd4 {/\g4/}) 21. Qe3 Rf7 (21... cxd4 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Qxd4
Rc6) 22. a3 $1 (22. dxc5 $2 bxc5 23. Qxc5 Qxc5 24. Bxc5 Nxe5 $13) 22... a4 23.
g4 cxd4 24. cxd4 $1 hxg4 25. hxg4 Na5 26. gxf5 $16 {->/} Rxf5 (26... gxf5 $6
27. Bh5 {/\Bg6,Qh3/}) (26... Nc4 27. Qd3 $16) 27. Bg4 Rff8 28. Rh1 Kf7 29. Rh7
Rh8 30. Rbh1 Nc4 (30... Rxh7 31. Rxh7 Rh8 32. Qh3 Rxh7 33. Qxh7 Qe8 34. f5 $1
exf5 35. Nf4 fxg4 36. e6+ Kf6 37. Bh4+ $18) 31. Qg3 $1 (31. Qh3 $5 Rxh7 32.
Qxh7 Rh8 33. Qxh8 Bxh8 34. Rxh8 Kg7 35. Bh4 Ne3+ 36. Kh3 Nxg4 37. Bxe7 Kxh8 38.
Nc3 $16) 31... Nxb2 32. f5 $1 $18 Rxh7 (32... exf5 33. Bxf5 $18) 33. fxg6+ Kg8
(33... Kxg6 34. Bxe6+ Qg5 35. Nf4#) 34. gxh7+ Kh8 35. Nf4 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Arnason, Jon Loftur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1989.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Nd4 10. e5 $5 {-> CBM 9/S.41} Nef5 $6 (10... Qb6 $1 11. Ne4 Nef5 12.
Bf2 Qxb2 {Spassky,B-Horvath,J/Rotterdam EU-Cup f/1988/24/1/2-1/2/}) 11. Bf2
Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Nd4 (12... Rb8 $5 13. Ne4 b6 14. g4 Bb7 15. Qh3 $1 Bxe4 16. dxe4
Nd4 17. Bh4 f6 $13 (17... Ne2+ $2 18. Kh1 Nxf4 $1 19. Bxd8 Nxh3 20. Be7 Bxe5
21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Bxh3 $18 {Petursson,M-Thorhallsson,T/Reykjavik/1989/1-0/ ->
CBM 13})) 13. Qd1 f5 $6 {N} (13... dxe5 14. fxe5 Bxe5 15. Ne4 $14 {-> CBM 9/S.
41}) 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. c3 Nc6 17. Qd2 e5 18. Rae1 Bf5 19. fxe5 Nxe5
20. d4 $1 cxd4 21. Bxd4 Kh8 22. Ng5 a6 23. Bd5 h6 24. Nf3 g5 25. Qe3 Bh3 26.
Rf2 Nxf3+ 27. Bxf3 Qxe3 28. Bxe3 Rab8 29. Bb6 Rfe8 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Re2 Rxe2
32. Bxe2 Be6 33. Bf3 Bxa2 34. Bxb7 Bc4 35. Kf2 Be5 36. Ke3 Kg7 37. Bd4 Kf6 38.
b4 h5 39. Ke4 Ke6 40. Bc8+ Kf6 41. h4 d5+ 42. Ke3 gxh4 43. gxh4 Bf1 44. Kd2 Bb5
45. Bh3 Be8 46. Ke3 Bc6 47. Bf1 Bb5 48. Bg2 Ke6 49. Bxe5 Kxe5 50. Bf3 Be8 51.
Be2 Bg6 52. Bxa6 Be8 53. Be2 Bf7 54. b5 Be8 55. b6 Kd6 56. Kf4 Bf7 57. Bb5 Bg6
58. Kg5 Bf7 59. Kf6 Bg8 60. Kg6 Be6 61. Kxh5 1-0

[Event "Counties CA-15 Masters"]
[Site "Hereford"]
[Date "1885.08.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph Henry"]
[Black "Bird, Henry Edward"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1885.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)The Times Aug 13 1885, Bird by Rolette Results: 1.Blackburbe 8,0/10 2,
.3, Bird and Schallopp 7,5/10 4,Mackenzie 7/10 5.-6.Gunsberg and Mason 5,5/10.}
c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nd5 Bg7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8. Ne2 h5
9. h4 Bg4 10. f3 Bd7 11. c3 Qb6 12. Qc2 Bg7 13. Be3 Qa6 14. f4 Bg4 15. Bh3
O-O-O 16. Bxg4+ hxg4 17. Nc1 e5 18. a4 c4 19. Qe2 exf4 20. Bxf4 f5 21. O-O Rhe8
22. Qd1 cxd3 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Qxd3 Qb6+ 25. Kh1 Re4 26. Qb5 Ne5 27. Qxb6 axb6
28. Nb3 Nf3 29. Rf2 Be5 30. Nd2 Nxd2 31. Bxd2 Bxg3 32. Rxf5 Bxh4 33. Bg5 Bxg5
34. Rxg5 Kc7 35. Rf1 Rxa4 36. Kg2 Re8 37. Rf2 Re7 38. Rd2 Rae4 39. Kf2 Kc6 40.
Rg6 R7e6 41. Rxe6 Rxe6 42. Rd4 {[%mdl 4096] R <-> R} Rg6 43. Kg3 Kc5 44. Rb4 d5
45. Rd4 b5 46. Rf4 Kd6 47. Rb4 Kc6 48. Rd4 Kc5 49. Rf4 Rg8 50. Rf7 Rd8 $17 (
50... d4 $142 {Bird} 51. cxd4+ Kxd4 52. Rf4+ Kd5 $17) 51. Kxg4 d4 52. cxd4+
Rxd4+ 53. Kf3 Rb4 54. Ke2 Rxb2+ 55. Kd1 b6 56. Kc1 Rb4 57. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hradec Kralove op"]
[Site "Hradec Kralove"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kucera, Petr"]
[Black "Slezka, Vojtech"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 b6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ba6 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Ndb5 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 $1
15. Nxd5 Bxb5 16. Nc3 Bc4 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. a3 h5 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Rad1 Rcd6
21. Rxd6 Rxd6 22. Rd1 $6 (22. Kf2) 22... Rxd1+ 23. Nxd1 Kf8 24. c3 Be2 25. Nf2
Ke7 26. Ne4 Bd3 27. Ng5 f6 28. Nf3 Kd6 29. a4 Kd5 30. Nd2 e5 31. fxe5 fxe5 32.
Kf2 Bf8 33. a5 bxa5 34. Bxa7 a4 35. Ke3 Bc2 36. Ke2 Bg7 37. Be3 Bf6 38. Nf1 e4
39. Nd2 Be5 40. Bg5 Ke6 41. Be3 h4 42. Kf2 Kf5 $2 (42... Bd3 $19) 43. Nc4 Bc7
44. Bc5 hxg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Yugoslavia"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Abramovic, Bosko"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1989.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. f4 Nge7 7. Nf3 d6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 b6 (9... Nd4 $5 10. e5 Qb6) 10. d4 Ba6 11. Rf2 Qc7 12. a4 Rad8 13.
Nb5 Bxb5 14. axb5 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Bxd4 e5 17. Bc3 d5 {N} (17... exf4 18.
gxf4 Bxc3 19. bxc3 d5 $15 {Kovacevic-Paunovic,D/JUG-sf/1989/}) 18. exd5 exf4
19. Bxg7 fxg3 20. hxg3 Kxg7 21. Qd4+ Kg8 22. g4 $1 $13 Nc8 23. c4 Nd6 24. b3
Qe7 25. b4 Rc8 26. Rc2 $2 {>= 26.Bf1} Nxb5 27. Qd2 Qf6 $1 28. Rac1 (28. Rf1
Qd4+ $1) 28... Nd4 29. Qc3 Rce8 30. c5 Qf4 31. Rd2 Ne2+ 32. Rxe2 Rxe2 33. Rf1
Qxg4 34. Rf2 Rxf2 35. Kxf2 Re8 0-1

[Event "Match/Nation ENG-URS"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1947.09.21"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1947.09.20"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nge2 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Bd2
{P c1, h6} (8. Be3 Nd4 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. Bh6 $4 Bxh6 11. Qxh6 Nxc2) 8... Bd7 9.
Qc1 Nd4 $6 (9... h5 $142 10. h3 Rb8 {P 11... b5}) 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Ne2 {
P 12. h6} h5 12. c4 $2 (12. h3 h4 13. g4 {P f4 or,depending on Blacks play, c3}
) 12... h4 13. f4 hxg3 14. Nxg3 (14. hxg3 $6 Ng8 {P h6-g4}) 14... Nc6 {P h4}
15. Rf3 g5 $1 $17 16. Nf1 $2 (16. fxg5 $5 Ne5 17. Qd1 Qe7 $1 18. Qe2 Nxf3+ 19.
Qxf3 Be5 {P 20... h4} 20. Nh5 O-O-O 21. Rf1 f6 $1 22. gxf6 Qf7 23. Ng3 Rdg8 $40
) (16. fxg5 Ne5 17. Rf1 Nxd3 18. Qc2 Ne5 $19) 16... gxf4 17. Bxf4 Ne5 18. Rg3
Bf6 19. Qd2 Qe7 20. Qb4 Bc6 21. Rc1 b6 22. Nd2 (22. a4 Bh4 23. Rh3 (23. Bxe5
dxe5 24. Qxe7+ Kxe7 $19 {<-> a4}) 23... Qf6 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 $17) 22... O-O-O 23.
Rf1 Rhg8 24. Qa3 Ng4 {P 25... e3} 25. Rgf3 Be5 $1 26. Bxe5 Nxe5 $19 27. Rf6 (
27. Rg3 Rxg3 28. hxg3 Qg5 29. Nf3 Qe3+ $19) 27... Rg7 28. Kh1 Rdg8 29. R6f2 Ng4
30. Re2 Ne3 31. Rff2 Nxg2 32. Rxg2 Rxg2 33. Rxg2 Rxg2 34. Kxg2 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Yugoslavia"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Abramovic, Bosko"]
[Black "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1989.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Nd4 10. e5 $5 Qb6 $1 11. Rb1 $2 (11. Ne4 $1 Nef5 12. Bf2 Qxb2 13.
Nxd4 cxd4 14. g4 Ne3 $10 {Spassky,B-Horvath,J/Rotterdam EU-Cup f/1988/1/2-1/2/
24/}) 11... Nef5 12. Bf2 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 (13. Qxf3 dxe5 14. Na4 Qc7 15. fxe5
Bxe5 16. Bxc5 Bd7 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. Nc3 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Ne3 20. Qe4 Qb6 $19 {
Bastian,H-Mueller,O/BL 88\89/0-1/26/}) 13... dxe5 14. fxe5 Bxe5 15. Na4 Qc7 16.
Bxc5 $2 (16. Nxc5 Nd4 $17) 16... Bd7 $1 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. Nc3 Ne3 $17 19. Qd2
Nxf1 20. Kxf1 Rc8 21. Bd1 Qa5 22. d4 Bg7 23. a3 Rc4 24. d5 exd5 25. Qxd5 Bh3+
26. Ke1 Bxc3+ 0-1

[Event "Nikolaev zt"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Brodsky, Michail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 (5... e5 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. Be3 d6
8. Qd2 Nd4 $10) 6. O-O e5 7. Nc3 Nge7 8. Nd2 O-O 9. Nc4 Be6 10. a4 Qd7 11. Bd2
f5 12. Nd5 Kh8 (12... h6 $5 13. c3 g5 14. f4 gxf4 15. gxf4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Ng6
$132) (12... Nd8 13. Ncb6 $6 axb6 14. Nxb6 Qc6 15. Nxa8 Nf7 16. exf5 Bd5 17.
Bxd5 Nxd5) 13. c3 Bg8 14. f4 Rae8 $2 (14... Nxd5 $32 15. exd5 Ne7 16. fxe5 dxe5
17. Re1 Bxd5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Nc6 21. Rxc5 Qxd3 $10) 15. a5
$1 Nxd5 16. exd5 Ne7 17. Qa4 Qxa4 18. Rxa4 Rd8 $2 (18... Nxd5 $5 19. Nxd6 Re7
20. c4 Rd8 $1) 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Be3 Bxd5 (20... Nxd5 21. Bxc5 Rf7 22. Bxa7 $16
) 21. Bxc5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Bf6 23. Nxe5 $16 Rd5 24. Bxe7 (24. d4 $2 Rxc5 25. dxc5
Bxe5) 24... Bxe7 25. d4 $16 Bd6 26. Nf3 Rb5 27. b4 Rc8 28. Ra3 b6 29. a6 f4 30.
g4 (30. Re1 $6 fxg3 31. hxg3 Rf5 32. Re3 $14) 30... h5 31. h3 hxg4 32. hxg4 Kg7
(32... Re8 33. Re1 $16) 33. Re1 Kf7 34. Nd2 Rh8 35. Ne4 Be7 36. Raa1 Rh4 37.
Rh1 Rd5 (37... Rxg4+ $2 38. Kf3 Rh4 39. Rxh4 Bxh4 40. Nd6+ $18) 38. Rxh4 Bxh4
39. Rh1 g5 40. Rd1 b5 41. Ra1 1-0

[Event "Moscow-4teams"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.02.27"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Suetin, Alexey S"]
[Black "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1981.02.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union Seniors"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union U26"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. d3 O-O 8. f4
e6 $6 (8... Rb8 9. h3 Bd7 10. g4 b5 $132) 9. h3 d5 $6 10. e5 Nd7 11. d4 b6 $2 (
11... f6 $5 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Be3 $2 d4) 12. a4 $14 Ba6 (12... f6
$2 13. Nxd5 $16) 13. Nb5 Rc8 (13... f6 14. c3 $16) 14. c3 f5 15. Be3 $16 c4 $6
(15... cxd4 $1 16. cxd4 Bxb5 17. axb5 Na5 18. b3 Qc7 $16) 16. Nd6 Rb8 17. g4
Na5 (17... Ne7 18. Ng3 Nc8 $16) 18. gxf5 gxf5 19. Ng3 Bb7 $6 (19... Nb7 $1 20.
Ngxf5 exf5 21. Bxd5+ Kh8 22. Nf7+ Rxf7 23. Bxf7 Qe7 24. Bd5 $16 (24. Qh5 $2 Nf6
)) 20. Nh5 Ba8 21. Qe1 $18 Nb7 22. Qg3 Qe7 23. Nb5 a5 24. Kh2 Kh8 (24... Rf7 $5
) 25. Qxg7+ Qxg7 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27. Rg1 Kh8 28. Bf3 Rg8 29. Bh5 1-0

[Event "Dresden zt 1.2"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1998.05.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Baumegger, Siegfried"]
[Black "Rogulj, Branko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1998.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Hecht} Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 c5 6. e4 Nc6 7. Nc3 d6
8. Re1 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Rb8 11. a4 a6 12. Bg2 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Nd5
b4 15. Ra6 Nd4 16. Bg5 $1 $14 {Weiß muß zufrieden mit der Eröffnung sein.
Seine Figuren sind harmonisch und aggressiv entwickelt.} Ne6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18.
Nxf6+ exf6 {Jetzt sind der Bauer d6 und das Feld d5 schwach.} 19. Qd2 Ra8 20.
Rea1 Rxa6 21. Rxa6 Qc7 22. c3 Rb8 23. h4 bxc3 $6 (23... Rb6 $142 24. Ra8+ Rb8
$11) 24. bxc3 h5 25. Bh3 Ng7 26. Qa2 $1 {[%cal Ya2f7,Ya2a6] Hier steht die
weiße Dame perfekt. Sie kontrolliert gleichzeitig die Diagonale a2-g8, als
auch die a-Linie. Außerdem vermeidet sie das eindringen des schwarze Turmes im
weißem Lager.} Rb6 27. Ra8+ Rb8 28. Bd7 $1 {[%cal Yd7c6,Yc6d5,Yd5f7] Weiß will
seinen Läufer auf dem ausgezeichnete d5 Feld aktivieren um den Druck gegen den
schwachen f7 Bauern zu üben.} (28. d4 $5) 28... Qb7 29. Rxb8+ ({Ich denke ,
daß es für Weiß günstiger ist, die Damen anstatt der Türme zu tauschen. So
wird der weiße Vorteil noch größer.} 29. Ra7 $1 Qb1+ 30. Qxb1 Rxb1+ 31. Kg2 $16
) 29... Qxb8 30. Bc6 f5 31. Bd5 Qe8 32. Qa6 Qe7 33. Qc8+ Kh7 34. Qb7 (34. Kg2
fxe4 35. dxe4 $14) 34... Qxb7 35. Bxb7 fxe4 36. dxe4 Ne8 37. Kf1 Kg7 38. Ke2
Kf6 39. Kd3 Ke7 40. f3 (40. Kc4 Nf6 41. f3 Kd7 42. Bd5 Ke7 43. Kb5 {/\Kc6})
40... Nf6 41. Bc8 (41. Kc4 Nd7 42. f4 $14) 41... d5 $1 42. exd5 Nxd5 43. Bb7
Kd6 44. c4 Ne7 45. Be4 (45. Ke4 Nf5 46. Kf4 Nd4 47. g4 $14) 45... Ke5 46. Ke3
$2 {Hecht} (46. f4+ $142 Ke6 47. Ke3 Nf5+ 48. Kf3 (48. Bxf5+ {Hecht} Kxf5 49.
Kf3 f6 50. Ke3 Kg4 51. Kf2 Kh3 52. Kf3 f5 53. Kf2 Kh2 54. Kf3 Kg1 $19 {
Encirclement! Umgehung!}) (48. Kf2 Nd6 49. Bd3 $11 (49. Bd5+ Kf6 50. Ke3 $14)))
46... Nf5+ $1 {[%cal Yf5e3,Yf5g3]} 47. Bxf5 (47. Kf2 Nd6 48. Bd5 Kd4 $17) 47...
Kxf5 48. Kd3 f6 49. Ke3 g5 $1 $19 50. Ke2 (50. hxg5 fxg5 $19 {[%cal Yh5h4]
Wegen dem entfernten Freibauer muß Schwarz locker gewinnen.} (50... fxg5 {
[%csl Rc4][%cal Rh5h4] Hecht Outside passed pawn. entfernter Freibauer} 51. Kf2
Ke5 52. Ke3 h4 53. f4+ gxf4+ 54. gxf4+ Kf5 55. Kf3 h3 56. Kg3 h2 $19) (50...
Kxg5 51. Ke4)) 50... gxh4 51. gxh4 Kf4 52. Kf2 f5 53. Ke2 Kg3 {Eine lehrreiche
Partie. Fast die ganze Zeit stand Weiß besser. Nur im Endspiel hat der
Anziehende einen Fehler gemacht , der die ganze Partie kostet!} 0-1

[Event "Chalapathi GM"]
[Site "Guntur"]
[Date "2000.04.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Saravanan, Venkat"]
[Black "Thipsay, Praveen Mahadeo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.04.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e5 7. Nh3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O ({Ich glaube, dass der Nachziehende hier den weißen Vorstoß f4-f5
vermeiden muss.  Ein unbekanntes Beispiel aus meiner eigenen Praxis:} 8... exf4
$142 9. Bxf4 O-O 10. Qd2 Ne5 11. Bh6 Rb8 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Nf4 b5 14. a3 a5 15.
a4 b4 16. Ncd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 f6 18. b3 Be6 19. Nf4 Qe7 20. h3 Rbe8 21. Rf2 Bg8
22. Raf1 {1/2-1/2 Donev,I-Danner,G/Feldkirch (op) 1995/[Donev,I] (43)}) 9. f5
$1 f6 ({Wie die Praxis gezeigt hat, bekommt der Anziehende nach 9... gxf5 sehr
starken Angriff.} 9... gxf5 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. Rxf5 Nxf5 12. Be4 Nh6 13. Qh5 d5
14. Nxd5 f5 15. Bxh6 fxe4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Ng5 Qxd5 18. Qxh7+ Kf6 19. h4 Nd4
20. Rf1+ Nf3+ 21. Kg2 Rh8 22. Nxe4+ Ke6 23. Qg6+ Ke7 24. Rxf3 Rhf8 25. Qg5+ Ke6
26. c4 {1-0 Krapivin,V-Morozov,D/Pskov 1998/EXT 2000 (26)}) 10. g4 Nd4 11. Be3
({Hier noch ein unbekanntes Beispiel aus meiner eigenen Praxis:} 11. fxg6 Nxg6
$6 12. Nd5 Be6 13. c3 Nc6 14. Ne3 Bh6 15. Nf5 Bxc1 16. Qxc1 Qd7 17. Qh6 Kh8 18.
Rf3 Rg8 19. g5 fxg5 20. Nxg5 $16 {1-0 Donev,I-Zahariev,Z/Kovachevci (Bulgarien)
1983 (57)}) 11... Bd7 (11... Rb8 12. Qd2 b6 13. Rf2 Bb7 14. Raf1 d5 15. Bxd4
cxd4 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 g5 18. Re2 Rf7 19. Qb4 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Qb3
Qxb3 22. axb3 Rc8 23. Nf2 $16 {1-0 Hug,W-Birnboim,N/Caracas 1976/EXT 2000 (67)}
) 12. Nf2 Bc6 (12... Rc8 13. Nb1 Rf7 14. c3 Nb5 15. Nd2 gxf5 16. gxf5 d5 17.
Ng4 d4 18. cxd4 Nxd4 19. Nc4 Rc6 20. Nh6+ Bxh6 21. Bxh6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sale,
S-Ljubicic,F/Makarska 1994/EXT 97 (67)}) 13. Ne2 d5 {Der Nachziehende versucht
das Zentrum zu öffnen. Auf der anderen Seite will der Weiße das Zentrum
geschlossen zu halten, um einen Angriff am Königsflügel zu organisieren.} 14.
Ng3 b6 15. h4 dxe4 16. Nfxe4 {Im Zentrum ist der weiße Springer ausgezeichnet
platziert!} gxf5 17. gxf5 Nd5 18. Bd2 {Weiß droht c3, sowie Nh5 nebst Qg4. Mit
folgendem Bauernopfer versucht der Nachziehende die Lage seines schlecht
stehenden Bg7 zu verbessern.} Nf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Rxf4 Bh6 21. Rg4+ Kh8 22.
c3 Nb5 (22... Ne6 23. fxe6 f5 24. Nxf5 Rxf5 25. Qe2 $18) 23. Qe2 Qe7 24. Nf2 {
[%cal Ye2e7,Yg2c6] Für Weiß ist jeder Figurabtausch günstig, weil der
Bauernvorteil im Endspiel entscheidend wird.} Qxe2 25. Nxe2 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Rad8
27. Ng3 Be3 {Es droht Bf2 nebst Rd3.} 28. Rd1 Nd6 (28... Bxf2 $142 29. Kxf2
Rfe8 $16) 29. Ra4 a5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Nach diesem Fehler wird der Nachziehende
seinen Läufer verlieren.} (29... Rg8 $142 30. Kf3 ({Selbstverständlich geht} 
30. Rxa7 {nicht wegen} Bf4 $19) 30... Bxf2 31. Kxf2 Rd7 $16) 30. Ng4 $1 Rde8
31. Kf3 {Jetzt ist alles entschieden. Der schwarze Läufer ist im Zentrum
gefangen!} Nf7 (31... Rg8 32. Nxf6 Rxg3+ 33. Kxg3 Nxf5+) 32. Nxe3 Ne5+ 33. Kf2
Rg8 34. Re4 1-0

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Novitzkij, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Kalugin, Sergey V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Rb8 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. Be3
d6 9. O-O Nd4 10. e5 Nef5 11. Bf2 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 dxe5 13. Bxc5 $1 {[%cal Yc5f8]
Dieser Zug ist besser als 13.fxe5, weil jetzt der schwarze Monarch im Zentrum
bleiben muss.} b6 {Ein Versuch die schwarze Spiel zu verbessern. Jetzt ist mit
Tempo die große Diagonale a8-h1 für den schwarze Damenläufer geräumt.} (13...
exf4 14. Qxf4 Bd4+ 15. Kh1 Bxc5 16. Qxb8 h5 17. Ne4 $18 {1-0 Golubovic,
B-Trojacek,O/Hradec Kralove 1992/EXT 97 (52)}) 14. Ba3 exf4 15. Ne4 Be5 16. c3
(16. gxf4 Bd4+ 17. Kh1 Bb7 18. c3 $11) 16... Bb7 17. Rae1 $6 (17. gxf4 $142 Bg7
$11) 17... fxg3 18. hxg3 h5 $1 {Vermeidet g3-g4.} 19. Qd1 a6 20. d4 Bxe4 21.
Bxe4 Bd6 22. Bxf5 gxf5 23. Rxf5 Bxg3 24. Re3 $2 (24. Re4 $142 {/\Rh5}) 24...
Qh4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Hier konnte Schwarz sofort gewinnen:} 24... Bf4 $1 {
[%cal Yf4e3,Yd8h4]} 25. Re4 (25. Rxf4 Qg5+ 26. Kh1 Qxf4 $19) 25... Qh4 $19 {
/\Rg8. Der schwarze Angriff ist entscheiden.} 26. Qf3 Rg8+ 27. Kf1 Qh2) 25. Qf3
$1 $16 Rg8 26. Kf1 Bh2 27. Ke2 Rg1 $2 (27... Qg4 $142 28. Rxf7 Qxf3+ 29. Rexf3
$18 {/\Rh7}) 28. Rxe6+ $1 {[%mdl 192]} fxe6 29. Qc6+ {nebst Rf8#} 1-0

[Event "Dornbirn op"]
[Site "Dornbirn"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Donev, Ivo Hristov"]
[Black "Gschnitzer, Oswald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Nd4 10. e5 Qb6 11. Rb1 Nef5 12. Bf2 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 dxe5 14. fxe5
Bxe5 15. Na4 $6 (15. Ne4 $1 Bd4 16. Qe2 Bxf2+ 17. Qxf2 c4 18. dxc4 Qxf2+ 19.
Rxf2 Rd8 20. c5 h5 21. Nd6 $1 Nxd6 22. Rd1 Rb8 23. Rfd2 Kf8 24. b4 Bd7 25. Rxd6
$16 {Balashov-Stohl Albena 1989}) 15... Qc7 16. Nxc5 Nd4 $1 $15 17. b4 Rb8 18.
Bg2 b6 19. Nb3 Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 07th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.11.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stjazhkina, Olga"]
[Black "Polovodin, Igor A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2343"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1999.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Nd4 10. e5 $1 {[%cal Yc3e4,Yg2b7] Im Jahre 1989 habe ich zum ersten
Mal diese Fortsetzung gegen Loginov benützt. Damals war das eine ganz neue
Idee. In den letzten 10 Jahren ist die Fortsetzung 10.e5 zur Hauptvariante
geworden. Die Idee des letzten weißen Zuges ist logisch: Zum einen wird der
Bg7 vorläufig gesperrt, zum anderen wird der eigene Läufer g2 geöffnet und das
Feld e4 für den Nc3 freigemacht.} Nef5 11. Bf2 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Nd4 13. Qd1 dxe5
14. fxe5 Bxe5 15. Ne4 f5 16. Nxc5 Qc7 17. b4 f4 18. c3 $5 ({Der Hauptvariante
hier ist:} 18. gxf4 Rxf4 $11) 18... Nf5 {[%mdl 8] Bis jetzt war alles nackte
Theorie. Jetzt versucht der Nachziehende das schwarze Spiel zu verstärken.} ({
In den anderen zwei Fortsetzungen bekommt der Anziehende Vorteil:} 18... Nb5
19. d4 fxg3 20. hxg3 Bg7 21. Qd3 Nd6 22. Rae1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Novitzkij,
D-Korzubov,P/Minsk 1998/CBM 64 ext (61)}) (18... f3 $6 19. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 20. cxd4
fxg2 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Qf3+ Kg8 23. Qxg2 a5 24. b5 Ra7 25. Qe4 Qd6 26. b6 Qxb6
27. Qe5 Qd8 28. Ne4 b6 29. Nf6+ Kh8 30. Rf1 Rg7 31. d5 Ba6 32. Nd7 {1-0
Biehler,T-Koch,J/Groningen 1986/EXT 97 (32)}) 19. g4 f3 (19... Ne3 20. Bxe3
fxe3 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Qf3+ Kg8 23. Rf1 $16) 20. Bxf3 Bxh2+ 21. Kg2 Ng7 22.
Rh1 Bf4 23. d4 Bd7 24. Nxd7 (24. Bxb7 Bc6+ 25. Bxc6 Qxc6+ 26. Kg1 $16 {Der
Nachziehende hat nicht genug Kompensation für den Bauernnachteil.}) 24... Qxd7
25. Qd3 e5 $2 {Schwarz versucht sich von dem schwachen e6-Bauern zu befreien.
Dieser Zug hat aber ein Nachteil - die Schwächung der Diagonale a2-g8.} (25...
Rf7 $142 26. Rh3 Raf8 27. Rah1 Ne8 $14 {/\Nf6 oder Nd6}) 26. Qc4+ $1 $16 Ne6
27. dxe5 Bxe5 28. Bd5 Kg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Nach diesem Fehler ist die schwarze
Stellung kaum zu retten.} (28... Rae8 $142 {War notwendig!}) 29. Bxe6 Rxf2+ 30.
Kxf2 Qd2+ 31. Qe2 Rf8+ 32. Bf5 $1 $18 Qxc3 33. Rae1 Qg3+ (33... Bg3+ 34. Kg2
Bxe1 35. Qe7+ Rf7 36. Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 37. Qxf7+ Qg7 (37... Kh8 38. Be6 $1 Qg7 39.
Qf4 $18 {[%cal Yf4h2,Yf4b8]}) 38. Bxg6+ Kh8 39. Qe8+ Qg8 40. Qxe1 Qxg6 41. Qe5+
$18) 34. Kf1 Bd6 35. Qe4 (35. Qe4 gxf5 36. Qxb7+ Bc7 37. Re7+ Kg6 (37... Rf7
38. Rxf7+ Kxf7 39. Qxc7+ $1 Qxc7 40. Rxh7+ $18) 38. Qc6+ Bd6 39. Re6+ Rf6 40.
Rxf6+ Kxf6 41. Rh6+ Kg7 42. Rxd6) 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Filipenko, Alexander V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 g6 6. f4 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O
Rb8 9. h3 b5 10. a3 Ne8 11. g4 a5 12. f5 b4 13. axb4 axb4 14. Ne2 {Hier
kontrolliert der Ne2 den wichtigen zentralen Punkt d4 und in einigen Varianten
kann er am Königsflügel den weißen Königsangriff verstärken. Ich habe selber
diese Stellung in meiner Praxis gegen den Österreichischen IM Markus Wach
gehabt, wo er in Zeitnot nicht genau spielte und schließlich in einem
tödlichen Königsangriff verloren hat.} Nc7 (14... e6 15. Bg5 Qb6 16. fxe6 fxe6
17. Qc1 Ba6 18. Be3 b3 19. c4 Nb4 20. Qd2 Nc2 21. Rab1 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Nc7 23. e5
d5 24. Rbc1 Qb4 25. Nd2 d4 26. Qg5 h6 27. Qxg6 Qxd2 28. Be4 Qe3+ 29. Kh1 Rf2 $2
30. Rxf2 Qxf2 31. Ng3 $1 $18 Bb7 (31... Qxg3 32. Qh7+ Kf7 33. Rf1+ {nebst
baldigem Matt.}) 32. Qh7+ Kf7 33. Rf1 Bxe4+ 34. Qxe4 Qxf1+ 35. Nxf1 Ra8 36. Qb7
Bxe5 37. Kg2 Ra1 38. Nd2 Re1 39. Nf3 Re2+ 40. Kf1 Rxb2 41. Nxe5+ Kf6 42. Qxc7
Rc2 43. Qd8+ Kxe5 44. Qb8+ Kf6 45. Qxb3 Rh2 46. Qb8 {1-0 Donev,I-Wach,M/
AUT-chT 1994/TD (46)}) 15. Qe1 Nb5 16. Qh4 Nbd4 17. Nexd4 Nxd4 18. Bh6 $5 $146
{Ich denke, dass dieser Zug ganz logisch ist. Der Läufer wird mit Tempo auf
den Königsflügel geführt, um den einzigen Verteidiger des schwarzen Königs
abzutauschen.} (18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. b3 Qc7 20. Ra2 Re8 21. Bg5 Rb5 22. Qf2 e6 23.
Qg3 Rc5 24. Rf2 Bd7 25. h4 Rc8 26. h5 Be5 27. Qh4 exf5 28. gxf5 gxf5 29. Bh3 f4
30. Bxd7 Qxd7 31. Rg2 f5 32. Bxf4+ Kf8 33. Bxe5 dxe5 34. Ra6 R5c6 35. Rxc6 Rxc6
36. Qg5 Kf7 37. exf5 Qe7 38. Qg8+ Kf6 39. Qh8+ Kxf5 40. Rf2+ Kg4 41. Qg8+ {
1-0 Van Mil,J-Tjiam,D/BEL 1997/EXT 98 (41)}) 18... Nxf3+ 19. Rxf3 Bxb2 20. Raf1
f6 {Schwarz ist gezwungen die Qualität zu opfern, weil er sonst eine sehr
schlechte Stellung bekommen würde.} (20... Bg7 21. g5 $1 {Der Anziehende hat
einen sehr starken Königsangriff. Die Drohung Lg7 nebst f6 ist ohne
Materialverluste. kaum zu neutralisieren.}) (20... Re8 21. fxg6 fxg6 (21...
hxg6 22. Rxf7 Bf6 23. R1xf6 $1 exf6 24. Rg7+ Kh8 25. Rxg6 $18) 22. Rf8+ Rxf8
23. Rxf8+ Qxf8 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. Qxh7 $16) 21. fxg6 hxg6 22. Bxf8 Qxf8 23. g5
$1 $14 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 Kg7 25. Qh6+ Kf7 26. Qxf8+ Kxf8 27. gxf6 exf6 (27... exf6
28. Rxf6+ Bxf6 29. Rxf6+ Ke7 30. Rxg6 b3 $1 31. cxb3 Rxb3 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal 3rd"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2002.07.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hebert, Jean"]
[Black "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2002.07.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Rb8 5. f4 Bg7 6. Nf3 b5 7. O-O b4
8. Nd5 d6 $146 9. Ne3 e6 10. d3 Nge7 11. Kh1 {'?!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'This
schematic move is losing a tempo and also enables black to benefit from
counterplay along a8-h1 diagonal with much stronger impact. There are many
examples of plans more forceful and promising for white, the opening line
contains lot of life. '} O-O 12. g4 {Weiß hat sich entschieden am Königsflügel
anzugreifen.} f5 $1 {Ftacnik: 'The key move of black's concept, Hebert must
become worried about the fate of his f4 pawn.' Das ist eine sehr wichtige
Verteidigungsmethode, die sehr oft im Geschlossenen Sizilianisch vorkommt. Mit
diesem Gegenschlag neutralisiert Schwarz die weiße Initiative am Königsflügel.}
13. gxf5 exf5 14. Nc4 (14. Qe1 {Ftacnik} fxe4 15. dxe4 Rxf4 16. Nf5 Rxf5 17.
exf5 Bxf5 $15) 14... Ba6 {Es doht 15...fxe4} (14... fxe4 $5 15. dxe4 d5 16.
exd5 Ba6 $15) 15. Ng5 {[%cal Yg5e6]} Qd7 16. exf5 (16. Ne3 h6 17. Nh3 fxe4 $1
$19 {[%cal Yd7h3,Ya6f1]}) 16... Nxf5 $15 {Schwarz steht schon besser.} 17. Bd5+
Kh8 18. Be6 (18. Ne6 Qf7 $1 (18... Rfe8 {Ftacnik} 19. Nxg7 Kxg7 20. c3 bxc3 21.
bxc3 Bb7 $17) 19. Qf3 Nce7 20. Nxc5 Nxd5 21. Nxa6 Rbe8 $17 {/\Nd4}) 18... Qc7
19. Bxf5 Rxf5 20. Ne3 {[%tqu "De","Wie soll Schwarz fortsetzen?","","","f5g5",
"",7]} Rxg5 $1 {Ftacnik: 'Excellent (even though forced) positional exchange
sacrifice. Hebert will be able to withstand the pressure along the white
diagonal a8-h1 only with greatest effort.  '} (20... Nd4 {Ftacnik} 21. Nxf5
Bb7+ 22. Kg1 (22. Nf3 {Ftacnik} gxf5 $19) 22... Nxf5 23. Re1 Bd4+ 24. Kf1 Qc6
25. Ne4 c4 $36) 21. fxg5 Bb7 $44 {[%cal Yb7h1] Schwarz hat mehr als genug
Kompensation für die geopferte Qualität. Jetzt ist der Läufer auf b7 so stark,
dass bald der weiße Monarch in eine schwere Lage gerät. Außerdem sind die
weißen Figuren am Damenflügel noch nicht entwickelt. Alles spricht dafür, dass
bald der Nachziehende entscheidenden Vorteil bekommt.} 22. Ng2 (22. Kg1 {
Ftacnik} Bd4 23. Qg4 Ne5 24. Qg3 Re8 $15) 22... Nd4 {Der Plan des
Nachziehenden ist einfach - Druck auf die geschwächte große Diagonale h1-a8
mittels Qc6, Nf5-Nh4 ...} 23. Rf2 (23. a3 {Ftacnik} Nf5 24. Qg4 Re8 25. c4 Qe7
$1 $17) 23... Nf5 {[%cal Yf5h4,Yh4g2]} 24. Qg4 {Vermeidet Nh4.} Re8 {[%cal
Ye8e1] Ftacnik: 'White has no squares for his pieces and the queenside is
still undeveloped.'} 25. Re2 (25. Bd2 Bxb2 26. Re1 Rxe1+ 27. Bxe1 Qf7 $17)
25... Rxe2 26. Qxe2 Qc6 27. Qe4 (27. Bd2 Nh4 28. Rg1 Nxg2 29. Rxg2 Bxb2 $19) {
[%tqu "De","Wie bekommt der Nachziehende entscheidenden Vorteil?","","","f5h4",
"",10]} 27... Nh4 $1 {[%mdl 64] Ftacnik: 'Small combination in the end;
Charbonneau very wittily proves to his opponent, that he will not be able to
withstand the pressure after all. ' Jetzt ist alles klar. Der schwarze Druck
auf der Diagonale h1-a8 hat sich rentiert. Der Anziehende verliert Material.}
28. Nxh4 (28. Qxc6 Bxc6 29. Kg1 Nxg2 $19) (28. Kg1 Nxg2 29. Kxg2 Qd7 $19) 28...
Qd7 $19 {Hier könnte der Anziehende ruhig aufgeben, weil der Rest nur eine
Formalität ist.} 29. Qxb7 Qxb7+ 30. Ng2 Qf3 {[%cal Yf3f1,Yf3d1]} 31. Bf4 Bxb2
32. Re1 Bc3 33. Re8+ Kg7 34. Kg1 Bd4+ (34... Bd4+ 35. Be3 (35. Kh1 Qf1#) 35...
Kf7 36. Re4 d5 37. Rf4+ Qxf4 38. Nxf4 Bxe3+ 39. Kg2 Bxf4) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.09"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Rb8 6. f4 d6 7. Nf3 e5 8. O-O
Nge7 9. f5 $1 {Einer für den Geschlossenen Sizilianer typischer
Bauerndurchbruch mit dem der Anziehende die Initiative am Königsflügel erobern
will.} gxf5 10. Nh4 $146 (10. Ng5 Nd4 11. Qh5 Rf8 12. Nxh7 Rh8 13. Bg5 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Lehti,J-Issakainen,A/FIN 1999/EXT 2000 (68)}) 10... Nd4 $6 (10... f4
$142 11. gxf4 Ng6 {und hier muss Weiss zwischen Nf3 oder Nf5 wählen.}) 11. exf5
f6 $2 {Nach diesem Fehler bekommt Weiß starken positionellen Druck. Natürlich
ist der f5-Bauer vergiftet, aber es war 11...Bf6 notwendig.} (11... Nexf5 12.
Qh5 {[%cal Yh5f7,Yf1f7,Yh5f5]} Be6 13. Nxf5 $18) (11... Bxf5 12. Nxf5 Nexf5 13.
Qh5 $18) (11... Bf6 $142 $5 {Dieser Zug war notwendig.}) 12. Nd5 $1 $16 {
[%mdl 32] Warum steht Weiss klar besser? Weil sein Springer ausgezeichnet im
Zentrum (starker Punkt d5) steht. Beide weißen Läufer kontrollieren die
wichtigen Diagonalen h1-a8 und c1-h6, im Vergleich dazu sind die schwarzen
Läufer eingeschränkt und schlecht. Dazu kommt auch der schlecht im Zentrum
stehende schwarze König. Also, es ist logisch der Plan c2-c3 nebst d3-d4, um
das Zentrum zu öffnen. Es ist musterhaft wie GM Short seinen jungen Gegner
überspielt.} Nxd5 (12... O-O 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Bd5+ Kh8 15. Qh5 $18 {[%cal
Yh4g6]}) (12... Qd7 13. Nxe7 Qxe7 14. Bd5 {Führt mit Zugumstellung zur
gleichen Stellung wie in der Partie.}) 13. Bxd5 Qe7 14. a4 Bd7 15. c3 Nc6 16.
Be3 Nd8 17. d4 $1 {Eine sehr gute Idee. Short versucht die Stellung zu öffnen,
um die schlechte Lage des schwarzen Monarchen auszunützen.} Nf7 (17... exd4 18.
Bf4 $1 {/\Re1} Nf7 {[%cal Yf7e5]} 19. cxd4 O-O (19... cxd4 20. Bxf7+ Qxf7 (
20... Kxf7 21. Re1 $18) 21. Re1+ Kd8 22. Qxd4 $18) 20. Re1 $18) 18. dxc5 dxc5
19. Qb3 b6 20. Rad1 Rd8 21. Rd2 Kf8 22. a5 Bh6 {Endlich konnte sich der
Nachziehende von seinem schlechtstehenden Läufer befreien. Zu spät. Zu seinen
positionellen Vorteilen fügt der Anziehende noch einen Bauern hinzu.} 23. Bxh6+
Nxh6 24. axb6 axb6 25. Qxb6 $18 {Der Rest ist reine Technik. Es ist sehr
lehrreich wie Short seinen Vorteil in einen ganzen Punkt umwandelt.} Kg7 26.
Qa7 Kf8 27. Be4 Nf7 28. Rfd1 Be8 29. Qxe7+ Kxe7 30. Rxd8 Nxd8 31. Ng2 {[%cal
Yg2e3,Ye3d5] Der Springer strebt nach d5.} Ba4 32. Rd2 Nf7 33. Ne3 Nd6 34. Nd5+
Kf7 35. Nxf6 Nc4 36. Bd5+ Kxf6 37. Bxc4 Kxf5 38. Kf2 h5 39. b3 Bc6 40. Rd6 Bh1
41. h3 Rf8 42. Ke3 Kg5 43. h4+ Kg4 44. Rg6+ Kh3 45. Be2 Rb8 46. Bd1 Bd5 47. c4
Bf7 48. Rg5 {[%cal Yg5h5,Yg5e5,Yd1h5]} Rb4 49. Ke4 Be6 50. Rxh5 (50. Kxe5 Bg4
51. Bxg4+ hxg4 52. h5 $18 {Gewinnt auch locker.}) 50... Kxg3 51. Kxe5 Bxc4 52.
Rg5+ ({Die letzte Hoffnung des Nachziehenden:} 52. bxc4 $2 Rxc4 $11) 52... Kh3
(52... Kxh4 53. Rg4+ Kh3 54. Rxc4 $18) 53. bxc4 Rxc4 54. h5 Kh4 55. Rg1 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup-B"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nh3 e5 7. f4 Nge7
8. O-O h6 ({Es ist bekannt, dass Weiß nach} 8... O-O 9. f5 $1 {einen sehr
starken Angriff bekommt.}) 9. Be3 exf4 10. Nxf4 {[%cal Yf4d5] Der schlecht
stehende Nh3 kommt mit Tempo ins Zentrum.} O-O 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. Rae1 {Ftacnik:
'White makes no secrets about his intentions, all of his pieces are
concentrated in the center and the kingside.'} (12. Rf2 $5 Rb8 13. Raf1 $14)
12... Rb8 13. Ncd5 Nxd5 (13... Bxb2 $6 14. c3 {[%cal Yd2b2]} Ba3 15. Nf6+ Kh8 (
15... Kg7 16. N4h5+ gxh5 17. Bxh6+ Kh8 18. Qg5 $18 {[%cal Yg5g7,Yg5h5]}) 16.
N4d5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Ne5 18. Bxh6 $18) 14. exd5 (14. Nxd5 Be6 (14... Bxb2 15. c3
Ba3 16. Bxh6 $18) 15. c3 $13 {'+/=' Ftacnik.}) 14... Ne7 15. Bf2 (15. d4 {
Ftacnik} b6 16. c3 Nf5 $11) 15... Nf5 16. Be4 (16. c3 {Ftacnik} b5 $132) 16...
b5 (16... Bxb2 $5 {Ftacnik} 17. c3 Ba3 18. Ng2 b5 $13) 17. g4 (17. c3 {Ftacnik}
b4) 17... Qg5 $1 (17... Nd4 18. c3 {[%cal Yc3d4] Der Nd4 ist in der Mitte des
Brettes gefangen.} f5 19. Bg2 $18) 18. Kh1 $1 (18. Bxf5 {Ftacnik} gxf5 $15)
18... Be5 $1 {Jetzt erzwingt der Nachziehende den Übergang in ein besseres
Endspiel.} (18... Qxg4 19. Rg1 $18) 19. gxf5 (19. Bxc5 $5 Ng3+ (19... dxc5 20.
gxf5 gxf5 21. Bg2 Bxb2 {'=/+' Ftacnik.} 22. c3 Ba3 23. Rf3 $13 {[%cal Yf3g3]})
20. hxg3 dxc5 21. Qa5 Bxg4 (21... Qxg4 22. Bxg6+ fxg6 23. Rxe5) 22. Qxa7 $13 (
22. Qxa7 {Ftacnik} Ra8 23. Qxc5 Rfc8 $13)) 19... Bxf4 20. Be3 $6 {Hier konnte
Short besser spielen:} (20. fxg6+ fxg6 21. Qa5 Qh5 22. Qc7+ (22. Bg1 {Ftacnik}
Rb7 $15) 22... Kg8 23. Bg3 Bxg3 (23... Rb7 24. Rxf4 Rxc7 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26.
Bxd6+ Kf7 27. Bxc7 $44) 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Qd8+ Kf7 26. Bxg6+ $1 Kxg6 27. Qe8+
Kg5 28. Qe7+ Kg4 29. Qe4+ $11) 20... Bxe3 21. Qxe3 gxf5 22. Bg2 ({Im Falle von
} 22. Qxg5 hxg5 23. Bxf5+ Bxf5 24. Rxf5 Kg6 25. Ref1 f6 {'=/+' Ftacnik. nebst
Rbe8 hätte Schwarz sehr gut gestanden.}) 22... Rg8 23. Bh3 (23. Qxg5 {Ftacnik}
Rxg5 24. Re7 Kg6 $13) 23... Qxe3 24. Rxe3 Rg5 25. Re7 Kg6 26. Rxa7 b4 27. Rc7 (
27. a4 {Ftacnik} bxa3 28. bxa3 Rb2 $13) 27... Kf6 28. d4 {'?' Ftacnik.} (28. a4
$1 {Ftacnik} Bb7 29. Bg2 Rbg8 30. Bf3 Bc8 (30... Ba8 31. a5 f4 32. a6 Rxd5 33.
Ra7 Bc6 34. c4 bxc3 35. bxc3 c4 36. d4 $16) 31. Re1 f4 32. a5 $14) 28... cxd4
29. Rd1 Ba6 {'!' Ftacnik.} 30. Bg2 (30. Rxd4 Rbg8 31. Rd1 Be2 {'-+' Ftacnik.
hätte wegen der Möglichkeit ...Bf3+ sofort verloren.}) (30. Bf1 {Ftacnik} Bxf1
31. Rxf1 Rb5 32. Rc4 Ke5 33. Rd1 Rg4 $19) 30... Be2 31. Rd2 Re8 32. h4 (32. Rd7
Bf3 33. Rxd6+ Ke5 $1 $19 {[%cal Ye5d6,Yg5g2,Ye8g8] hätte Weiß die Qualität
eingebüsst.} (33... Ke5 {Ftacnik} 34. Bxf3 Kxd6 $19)) 32... Rg4 33. Rc6 f4 {
Ftacnik: 'The bishop on g2 is doomed, black is winning material in direct
attack.'} 34. Rxd6+ (34. Rxd4 {Ftacnik} Reg8 35. Bh3 Rxh4 $19) 34... Kg7 35.
Rxd4 h5 36. Rb6 (36. Rxb4 {Ftacnik} f3 37. Rxg4+ hxg4 38. a4 (38. Kh2 fxg2 39.
Kxg2 f5 40. h5 f4 41. h6+ Kh7 $17) 38... g3 $1 39. h5 Bd1 $19) 36... f3 37.
Rxg4+ hxg4 38. Rxb4 f5 $1 {Ftacnik: 'One black pawn will have to get to the
basic rank so Ye is bringing in the reserves.' Es wird eine Zeit lang dauern,
bis sich der Chinese auf g2 bedient...} (38... fxg2+ {Ftacnik} 39. Kxg2 f5 40.
Kg3 $13) 39. d6 Rd8 40. Rd4 Kf6 41. c3 Ke5 42. h5 f4 43. d7 fxg2+ 44. Kxg2 Bf3+
45. Kg1 g3 46. h6 Be4 47. Ra4 0-1

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.10.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1996.10.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 e6 7. O-O Nge7
8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Bf2 Nec6 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Rb1 Bd7 13. Ne2 {Der
größte Spezialist für diese Variante, GM Spassky, hat diese Stellung zweimal
in seiner Praxis auf dem Brett gehabt. In seinen Partien versuchte er, den
starken schwarzen Springer zu neutralisieren.} Ba4 $146 {Mit der Idee, die
Diagonale h8-a1abzuschwächen.} (13... Qa5 14. c3 (14. Nc1 Ba4 15. b3 Bc6 16.
Be1 Qa3 17. c3 Nb5 18. Ne2 f5 19. Qc2 Rae8 20. Rd1 Rf7 {1/2-1/2 Spassky,
B-Adorjan,A/Gjovik 1983}) 14... Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Qxa2 16. e5 Qb3 17. exd6 Rfc8
18. f5 gxf5 19. g4 Bc6 20. Bh4 fxg4 21. Qxg4 f5 22. Qg3 Kh8 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24.
Qf3 Rg8 25. Kh1 Raf8 26. Be7 Re8 27. Rg1 Qb7 28. Rxg7 Rxg7 29. Bf6 Rf8 30. Be5
Rff7 31. Re1 Qd7 32. Qe3 Kg8 33. Bxg7 Rxg7 34. Qxe6+ Qxe6 35. Rxe6 Rd7 36. Rf6
Rf7 37. Re6 Rd7 38. Kg2 {Spassky,B-Miles,A/Gjovik 1983/1/2-1/2 (60)}) 14. b3
Bc6 15. c4 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 Qd7 (16... Qe7 $142) 17. Rbd1 Qe7 18. Qd2 (18. d4 $5
Rad8 19. Rd2 {/\Rfd1Mit weißem Raumvorteil.}) 18... f5 19. Rfe1 e5 20. exf5
Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rxf5 22. d4 $1 cxd4 23. Qxd4 $1 $14 Qf7 24. Qxd6 Bf8 25. Qd7 exf4
26. g4 f3+ 27. Kf1 {Mit den letzten Zügen hat Weiß seinen Vorteil vergrößert.
Der Bauern f3 ist abgeschniten. GM Adams zeigt meisterhaft, wie der schwache
Bauer f3 erobert werden kann. Der Plan ist nicht kompliziert. Zuerst die Damen
und den Läufer tauschen. Dann mit dem König den Bauern blockieren und
schließlich mit den Türmen angreifen.} Rf6 28. h3 h6 29. Re4 a5 30. Qxf7+ Rxf7
31. a4 Ra6 32. Rd8 Kh7 33. Bd4 Bg7 34. Kf2 $1 Bxd4+ 35. Rdxd4 {Man sieht den
Unterschied zwieschen den beiden Königen. Zudem stehen die weißen Türme auf
den offenen Linien aktiver.} Rb6 36. Re3 Rbf6 37. Rdd3 $16 Kg7 38. Rxf3 Rxf3+
39. Rxf3 Rd7 {In dem Moment, da der zweite Turm getauscht würde, entstünde ein
verlorenes Bauernendspiel.} 40. Ke2 Rd6 41. Ke3 b6 42. Ke4 h5 43. gxh5 $2 (43.
g5 $1 Rd1 44. Rd3 Rg1 45. Rd7+ Kf8 46. h4 (46. Rd6 $16) 46... Rg4+ 47. Ke5 Rxh4
48. Kf6 $18) 43... gxh5 44. Rf5 Kg6 {[#]} 45. h4 $4 {Es ist unglaublich, aber
dieser logische Zug ist ein grober Fehler, nach dem die Partie sofort Remis
ist. Weiß könnte mit folgender Variante leicht gewinnen:} (45. Rb5 $1 Re6+ 46.
Kd5 Rf6 47. c5 $18) 45... Re6+ $1 46. Re5 (46. Kf4 Rf6 $1 47. Rxf6+ Kxf6 $11)
46... Kf6 $1 {Der Nachziehende geht selber in ein Endspiel mit einem
Minusbauern, aber dafür bekommt er die Opposition. Am Damenflügel stoppen
außerdem zwei schwarze Bauern drei weiße Bauern.} 47. Rxe6+ Kxe6 {[%csl Ye4,
Ye6] Nahopposition. [#]_|_ Hecht Remisstellung nach Lolli, woran auch das
P-Pärchen auf der h-Linie nichts ändert.} 48. Kd3 Kd7 {[%csl Yd3,Yd7]
Fernopposition. Fernopposition!} (48... Kf5 {Hecht} 49. c5 bxc5 50. Kc4 Kg4 51.
Kxc5 Kxh4 52. b4 axb4 53. Kxb4 Kg3 54. a5 h4 55. a6 h3 56. a7 h2 57. a8=Q Kf2
58. Qh1 $18) (48... Kd6 {Hecht} 49. Kd4 Kc6 50. c5 bxc5+ 51. Kc4 $18) 49. Kc3
Kc7 {[%csl Yc3,Yc7]} 50. b4 axb4+ 51. Kxb4 Kc6 {<Lolli>} 52. Kb3 Kd6 53. Kc2
Kc6 54. Kd3 Kd6 55. Kc3 Kc5 56. Kb3 Kd6 57. Kb4 Kc6 58. c5 bxc5+ 59. Kc4 Kb6
60. Kd5 Ka5 61. Kxc5 Kxa4 62. Kc4 {Eine sehr lehrreiches Endspiel!!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?.5"]
[White "Donev, Ivo Hristov"]
[Black "Maiwald, Jens Uwe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1996.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eppingen"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 d6 7. f4 Nge7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. Rae1 d5 12. exd5 exd5 13. Bf2 (13. d4 Nf5 $17)
13... d4 14. Ne4 h6 15. g4 $6 (15. Qd1 f5 16. Ned2 {/\Nc4,Ne5} b5 17. Ne5 $11)
15... f5 $1 16. gxf5 Nxf5 17. Ng3 Nce7 18. Nxf5 Nxf5 $15 19. Re6 Kh7 20. Rfe1
Bd5 21. R6e2 Qd6 22. c4 (22. Ne5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qd5+ 24. Kg1 Rae8) (22. Nh4 Ne3
$1 $17 (22... Bxg2 23. Nxg2) (22... Nxh4 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. Bxh4 Qxa2 25. b3 $44
{/\Re7})) 22... dxc3 23. bxc3 Rad8 $17 24. Rd1 Rfe8 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. d4 cxd4
27. cxd4 Rd8 28. Ne5 $1 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Qd5+ 30. Kg1 Rc8 31. Qe2 Rd8 32. Qg4 Rd6
33. Qe2 b5 34. Qc2 Bxe5 $2 (34... a5 35. Qb3 b4 36. Qxd5 Rxd5 $17) 35. fxe5 $10
Rc6 36. Qb3 Rc4 37. Qa3 (37. a4 bxa4 38. Qb8 a5 $17) 37... h5 38. Qxa7+ Kh6 39.
Qa3 (39. Qb8 Qf3 (39... Kg5 40. Qf8) (39... Rc6 40. h4 $16) 40. Qh8+ Kg5 41.
Qf6+ Kh6 $10 (41... Kf4 42. Bg3+ Ke4 43. Re1+ $16)) 39... Rc2 40. Re1 (40. Qb3
Qe4 41. Re1 (41. h3 Qe2 42. Rf1 Rxa2 $13) 41... Qg4+ 42. Kf1 Rxf2+ 43. Kxf2
Qh4+ 44. Kf1 Qxh2 45. Re3 Nxd4 46. Qf7 Nf5 47. Qf8+ Kh7 (47... Kg5 48. Qf6+ Kf4
49. Rb3) 48. Qf7+ Kh6 $10) (40. Rc1) 40... Rxa2 41. Qf8+ Kh7 {Die Zeitnotphase
war schon vorbei. Nach langem Überlegen habe ich gesehen, daß ich mit 42.e6
Remis erzwingen kann. In diesem Moment (1.BL Mannschaftskampf) führte Dresden
gegen uns (Eppingen) leider mit 4:3. So war ich gezwungen, auf Sieg zu spielen,
um noch das 4:4 zu erreichen.} 42. Rc1 $6 (42. e6 $1 Qf3 (42... Rxf2 43. Qf7+
Kh6 44. Kxf2 Qxd4+ 45. Kf1 $10) 43. Qf7+ Kh6 44. Be3+ g5 45. Qf6+ $10) 42...
Ng7 $1 43. Qf4 $4 (43. h4 Qe4 44. Qf7) (43. h3 $1 Qe4 44. Qf7 $14) 43... b4 $19
44. Qg5 b3 45. Be3 (45. Qg2 b2 $1 46. Rb1 Ra1 47. Qxd5 Rxb1+ 48. Kg2 Ra1 $19)
45... Qd7 46. e6 (46. Qh6+ Kg8 47. Qxg6 b2 48. Rb1 Ra1 $19 49. Kf2 Rxb1 50.
Qxb1 Qf5+) 46... Qxe6 47. Rc7 Qg4+ 48. Qxg4 hxg4 49. Bc1 b2 50. Bxb2 Rxb2 51.
d5 Rd2 52. Rc4 Rxd5 53. Rxg4 Rd2 54. Rh4+ Nh5 55. Ra4 Kh6 56. Ra5 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Guillermo Garcia Memorial-A 08th"]
[Site "Santa Clara"]
[Date "2000.06.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gonzalez Acosta, Bernal Manuel"]
[Black "Gongora Reyes, Maikel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2000.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e5 7. Nh3 Nge7 8. O-O
Nd4 9. Be3 ({In dieser Stellung gefällt mir die Idee vom Exweltmeister und
großen Kenner des Geschlossenen Sizilianischs Boris Spassky.} 9. f5 $5 gxf5 10.
Qh5 $36 {/\Ng5}) 9... h5 {Bereitet h5-h4 vor und verschafft gleichzeitig das
Feld g4 für den schwarzen Damenläufer.} (9... O-O 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. Qd2 exf4 12.
Nxf4 Bd7 13. Ncd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Be6 15. Nf4 Bxa2 16. Ra1 Be6 17. Rxa7 Qb6 18.
Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rxf8+ Rxf8 20. Ra2 Nf3+ 21. Bxf3 Rxf3 22. Kg2 Rf8 23. c3 Qc6 24.
Kg1 {1/2-1/2 Bastian,H-Eppinger,G/Germany 1983/GER-chT (24)}) (9... exf4 10.
Nxf4 O-O 11. Nfd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Be6 13. Nf4 Bd7 14. Qd2 Ne6 15. Nd5 Nc7 16. Nf4
Bc6 17. c3 Re8 18. Rae1 b6 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bd7 21. Bf4 Qc7 22. Qf2 Bf5
23. Be4 Bh3 24. Bg2 Bf5 25. Be4 Bh3 26. Bg2 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Qd7 28. Qf3 Bf8 29.
Re4 Rxe4 30. dxe4 Re8 31. Rf2 h5 32. h3 b5 33. g4 hxg4 34. hxg4 b4 35. cxb4
cxb4 36. Bg3 a5 37. Kh3 Qa7 38. g5 a4 39. Kg2 b3 40. axb3 axb3 41. Re2 Qd4 42.
Bf2 Qc4 43. Bg3 Qd4 44. Bf2 Qc4 {1/2-1/2 Pliester,L-Ree,H/Amsterdam 1985/MCD 
(44)}) 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Nd5 (11. Qd2 h4 $5 {/\ Be6, Qd7, 0-0-0 |^>><->h} 12.
Qf2 f6 $15) 11... Nxd5 12. exd5 Bg4 (12... h4 13. g4 $1 Bd7 14. c3 Nb5 (14...
Qc8 15. cxd4 Bxg4 16. Qa4+ Bd7 17. Qc4 Bxh3 18. Bxh3 Qxh3 19. Qb5+ Kf8 20. Qxb7
$1 $18 {[%cal Yb7a8,Yb7f7]}) 15. Qf3 $16) 13. Qd2 (13. Qe1 Bxh3 14. Bxd4 cxd4
15. Bxh3 Qxd5 $17) 13... Ne2+ 14. Kh1 h4 {Die kritische Stellung! Bis jetzt
war alles bekannt. Der nächste weiße Zug ist ein erfolgloser Versuch die weiße
Stellung zu verbessern. Wie der Partieverlauf gezeigt hat, ist nach Nf2 der
schwarze Angriff am Königsflügel kaum zu stoppen.} 15. Nf2 $2 $146 ({a)} 15.
gxh4 Qxh4 16. Bxc5 Ng3+ (16... b6 17. Be3 Ng3+ 18. hxg3 Qxg3 19. Qf2 Qxf2 20.
Bxf2 (20. Rxf2 Bxh3 21. Raf1 f5) 20... Bxh3 21. Bxh3 Rxh3+ 22. Kg2 Rh5 $11) (
16... Rc8 $1 17. Be3 Qh5 18. Rae1 Bxh3 19. Qxe2 Bg4 20. Bf3 Bxf3+ 21. Rxf3 Rxc2
$1 22. Qxc2 Qxf3+ 23. Qg2 Qxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Kd7 25. Bxa7 Kd6 $15 (25... Ra8 26.
Bc5 Rxa2 27. Ba3 b5 28. Re2 $15)) 17. hxg3 Qxg3 18. Qf2 Qxf2 19. Rxf2 Bxh3 20.
Bxh3 Rxh3+ 21. Kg2 $11) ({b)} 15. Bg5 $142 $5 f6 16. Bxh4 Bxh3 (16... g5 17.
Nf2 Qd7 18. Nxg4 Qxg4 19. Bf3 Nxg3+ 20. Bxg3 Qxg3 21. Qg2 $11) 17. Bxh3 Nd4 18.
c3 Nb5 19. d4 cxd4 20. Qd3 Qxd5+ 21. Bg2 Qd7 22. Qxg6+ Qf7 23. Qd3 Nd6 24. cxd4
e4 25. Qa3 Qe6 26. Qa4+ b5 27. Qb3 Kf7 28. d5 Qe5 29. Rac1 Kg6 30. Rc6 Rad8 31.
Qb4 Rxh4 32. gxh4 f5 33. Bh3 f4 34. Rg1+ Kh6 35. Rg5 Qe7 36. Qc5 Bf6 37. Rg1 e3
38. Rc7 $4 ({Donev} 38. Qc2 $1 $18) 38... Qe4+ 39. Bg2 f3 40. Qxa7 fxg2+ 41.
Rxg2 Re8 42. Rcc2 Qf3 43. Rc1 Rg8 {0-1 Leveille,F-Agnos,D/Paris 1996/EXT 97 
(43)}) 15... Nxg3+ $1 {[%mdl 128] Mittels dieses vorübergehenden Figurenopfers
öffnet der Nachziehende die Festung des weissen Monarchen. Der nächste Teil
des schwarzen Plans ist die lange Rochade und das Eindringen der schwarzen
Schwerfiguren über die offene h-Linie.} 16. hxg3 hxg3+ 17. Kg1 gxf2+ 18. Qxf2
$8 (18. Bxf2 Qd6 $19) 18... f5 19. Bxc5 b6 20. Bb4 Qg5 21. Rae1 O-O-O $19 22.
c4 $2 {Verliert sofort.} (22. d6 $142 Qh5 $19) 22... Qh5 {[%cal Yh5h2]} 23. Qe3
f4 24. Qe4 Bf5 25. Qf3 (25. Qe2 Qh2+ 26. Kf2 e4 $1 $19) 25... Qh2+ 26. Kf2 Rh3
0-1

[Event "Linares zt"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Berend, Fred"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Nd4 10. e5 $1 {Eine Schlüsselidee im geschlossenen Sizilianer. a)
Räumt das Feld e4 für den Nc3, um c2-c3 vorzubereiten. b) Befreit die lange
Diagonale n1-a8 für den Bg2. c) Sperrt den gegnerischen Läufer g7 ein.} Nef5
11. Bf2 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Nd4 13. Qd1 dxe5 14. fxe5 Bxe5 15. Ne4 f5 16. Nxc5 Qd6
17. Na4 {Eine verzweifelte Neuerung. Mir scheint es besser, den Springer auf
c5 mit b4 zu unterstützen von wo er einen unangenehmen Druck auf die schwarzen
schwachen Bauern b7 und e6 ausübt, statt freiwillig an den Rand zu gehen!
Bisher sind zwei folgende logische Fortsetzungen bekannt:} (17. b4 {Das Beste!}
) (17. Nb3 {Führt zu einer Stellung in der Weiß für den geopferten Bauer genug
Kompensation erhielt.} Nxb3 18. axb3 Bxb2 19. Ra4 $44) 17... Rd8 $2 {Erlaubt
dem Anziehenden, die schwarzen Leichtfiguren mit Tempo anzugreifen und Raum im
Zentrum zu besetzen. Es ist besser für den Nachziehenden eine Initiative am
Königsflügel zu entwickeln. z.B:} (17... f4 $142 $1 18. c3 (18. gxf4 Bxf4 19.
h3 Bd7 $15) 18... f3 19. cxd4 (19. Bh3 Ne2+ 20. Kh1 b6 $15) 19... fxg2 20. Kxg2
Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Rxf1 22. Qxf1 Qxd4 23. Nc3 Bd7 $15 {/\Bc6}) 18. c3 Nc6 19. d4 Bg7
20. b4 $14 {Man merkt den Nachteil vom 17-ten schwarzen Turmzug. Weiß hat
bequemes Spiel im Zentrum und am Damenflügel bekommen.} Ne7 (20... e5 $6 21. b5
Ne7 22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. Qe2 $16 {/\Rad1}) 21. Qb3 Rb8 {Der schwache Bauer b7 ist
gedeckt um Bc8 zu befreien.} 22. Rae1 b6 23. Nb2 (23. Be3 $1 {[%csl Re5,Rg5]
[%cal Ye3f4,Yf4b8,Yf4g5] Es ist gut den schlechten Läufer (im Vergleich mit
Bg2) zu aktivieren, statt die undankbare Arbeit den eigenen Bauern d4 zu
decken dadurch bekommt er die bessere Perspektive auf den abgeschwächten
schwarzen Feldern.} Nd5 24. Bg5 Rd7 (24... Rf8 25. Bxd5 (25. Nb2 Nxc3 $1 $17)
25... Qxd5 26. Qxd5 exd5 27. Be7 Re8 28. Bd6 $14) 25. Nb2 Bb7 (25... Nxc3 26.
Rxe6 $18) 26. Nc4 $16) 23... h6 24. Re2 {Warum nicht der Springer mit Tempo
ins Zentrum zu bringen?} (24. Nc4 $1 Qc7 25. Ne5 $16 {[%csl Ge5]} b5 $5) 24...
Kh7 25. Nd3 (25. Nc4 $142 $1 {/\Ne5}) 25... g5 26. Rfe1 Ng6 27. g4 (27. Ne5 {
zu spät.} Nxe5 28. dxe5 Qe7 $15 {/\Bb7}) 27... Rf8 28. Rxe6 $5 Bxe6 29. Rxe6 {
Das Läuferpaar und der Mehrbauer sind genügend Kompensation für das
Qualitätssopfer.} Qd7 30. Bc6 Qf7 31. h3 $2 {Schade. Nach dem richtigen Zug
gf5 könnte Weiß seine Vorteil behalten.} (31. gxf5 $1 {Öffnet die Diagonale
b1-h7.} Ne7 (31... Nf4 32. Nxf4 gxf4 33. Be4 $16) (31... Qxf5 32. Be4 Qg4+ 33.
Bg3 Rf6 34. Bxg6+ Rxg6 35. Rxg6 Kxg6 36. Nf2 $16 {Und der Turm b8 geht
verloren.}) 32. Be4 Nxf5 33. Ne5 Bxe5 34. Rxe5) 31... Ne7 32. Bg2 Rbc8 $15
1/2-1/2

[Event "Akureyri"]
[Site "Akureyri"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Berg, Klaus"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. f4 e5 7. Nh3 Nge7 (7... Nh6
$6 8. f5 $1 gxf5 9. Bg5 Ne7 (9... f6 $2 10. Bxh6 Bxh6 11. Qh5+ $18) 10. Qh5 (
10. Nd5 Nhg8 11. O-O $16) 10... Nhg8 11. O-O h6 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd5 Qd8 14.
exf5 Nf6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bd5 Qe7 17. Rae1 (17. Nf2 $5) 17... Rb8 18. Nf2 (
18. c3 $1 Bd7 19. d4 Bc6 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Nf4 $16) (18. Nf4 $5) 18... Bd7 19.
Ne4 Rh7 (19... Bc6 $2 20. Bxf7+ $1 Kf8 21. Be6 $18) 20. g4 (20. c3 $1 Bc6 21.
Bxc6+ bxc6 22. d4 $1 cxd4 23. cxd4 Rxb2 24. dxe5 dxe5 25. Rb1 Rxb1 26. Rxb1 $18
) (20. c4 Bc6 21. Nc3 {/\Re4}) 20... Bc6 21. g5 $16 {Donev,I-Tolnai,T/
Liechtenstein op/1993/}) 8. O-O Nd4 9. f5 gxf5 10. Qh5 h6 11. Rf2 Be6 12. Be3
Qd7 (12... Ng8 $5 13. exf5 $2 (13. Bxd4 $1 $10) 13... Nf6 14. Qd1 Nxf5 $17) 13.
Raf1 O-O-O 14. Nd5 f6 $5 $146 (14... fxe4 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. Rxf7
$1 $16 {Spassky,B-Hort,V Bugojno 1978}) 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. exf5 Bf7 17. Qd1 d5
18. c3 (18. b4 cxb4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Qg4 Rhg8 (20... h5 $2 21. Qxg7 Rdg8 22.
Re2 $3 Qxe2 23. Qxf7 $16) 21. Qxd4 $16) 18... Nc6 19. Qa4 Kb8 (19... d4 $5 20.
cxd4 (20. Bxc6 $2 dxe3 $19) 20... cxd4 21. Bd2 Bd5 $10 {/\h6,Bh6}) 20. b4 cxb4
(20... d4 21. cxd4 cxd4 22. Bd2 Qd7 $14 {/\Bd5}) 21. Rb1 $36 Qd7 22. Rxb4 (22.
cxb4 d4 23. Bc1 Bd5 $13) 22... Qc7 (22... Nxb4 23. Qxa7+ Kc8 24. Qa8+ Kc7 25.
Qa5+ Kc8 (25... Kc6 $4 26. Qb6#) 26. Qa8+ Kc7 27. Qa5+) 23. Rfb2 Nxb4 24. Qxa7+
Kc8 25. Rxb4 $44 Rd6 {/\Ra6} 26. Bb6 $1 (26. Qa8+ Qb8 $17) 26... Qb8 27. Qa5
Bf8 28. c4 (28. Rb5 $5) 28... dxc4 29. Nf2 Rh7 (29... cxd3 30. Ba7 $1 Qa8 (
30... Ra6 31. Qxa6 Bxb4 32. Qxf6 $16) 31. Bxb7+ Qxb7 32. Rxb7 Kxb7 33. Bc5 $1
$18) 30. Ba7 $16 (30. Qc5+ Kd7 31. Ba7 $16) 30... Ra6 31. Qxa6 (31. Rxb7 Rxa5
32. Rxb8+ Kc7 33. Rb7+ Kc8 34. Rb8+ Kc7 $10) 31... Bxb4 32. Qb6 Qd6 $2 (32...
Qa8 $1) 33. Qxb7+ $18 Kd8 34. Ne4 $1 Qd7 35. Qb8+ Qc8 36. Bb6+ Kd7 37. Nxf6+
Ke7 1-0

[Event "Olomouc AZ Sanace Cup"]
[Site "Olomouc"]
[Date "1998.08.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Betko, Lubomir"]
[Black "Kalod, Radek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "1998.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nh3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. f3
Rb8 9. Be3 b5 10. Qd2 b4 11. Ne2 d5 {Weiß hat die Eröffnung ohne große
Ambitionen gespielt, und nach diesem Zug steht der Nachziehende angenehmer.}
12. Nf2 (12. Bxc5 dxe4 13. fxe4 Bxh3 14. Bxh3 Nxe4 {[%cal Ye4d2,Ye4c5]} 15. Qe3
$8 Nxc5 16. Qxc5 Nd4 $1 $17) 12... d4 {Ein sehr verantwortlicher Zug.
Vielleicht währe es besser das Zentrum nicht zuzumachen, sondern die Spannung
aufrecht zu behalten:} (12... Qd6 $142 $1) 13. Bg5 a5 14. f4 Rb6 15. h3 h6 16.
Bh4 Nh7 17. g4 Ba6 18. b3 $1 $14 {[%mdl 32] Das frühe zusperren des Zentrums
war für Weiß ein gefallen, so hat der Anziehende bessere Chancen auf einen
Angriff am Königsflügel. Außerdem ist es für Schwarz sehr schwer Gegenspiel am
Damenflügel zu bekommen.} Bb7 19. a4 $1 bxa3 20. Rxa3 Ra6 21. Nd1 {[%csl Gc4]
[%cal Yd1b2,Yb2c4] Es ist immer gut wenn man eine schlecht stehende Figur auf
ein starkes Feld überführen kann.} Nb4 22. Nb2 Qc7 23. Nc4 Rfa8 24. Rfa1 {
[%csl Ra5,Rc5] Der weiße Vorteil wir immer größer. Es ist klar das die weiße
Bauernstruktur besser ist. Am Damenflügel hat der Anziehende nur einen
schwachen Bauer c2, Schwarz hat hingegen zwei Schwächen - die Bauern c5 und
ganz besonders a5.} Nf6 25. f5 Ne8 26. Bg3 Qd8 27. fxg6 fxg6 28. Nf4 Nd6 29.
Nxd6 Rxd6 30. e5 $1 {[%cal Re5d6,Rg2b7]} Rb6 31. Bxb7 Rxb7 32. Nxg6 $16 Ra6 33.
Nh4 $6 (33. e6 $142 $1 {[%cal Yg3b8] Nach diesem starken Zug könnte Weiß
seinen Vorteil behauten.} Qd5 (33... Rxe6 34. Rxa5 {/\Ra8} Re3 35. Kh2 Qd5 36.
Ra8+ $18) 34. Rxa5 Rxa5 35. Rxa5 Qxe6 36. Nf4 $16) 33... e6 34. Rf1 (34. Ng2
Qc7 35. Bf4 Kh7 36. Qe2 $16) 34... Qg5 35. Qg2 Rc7 36. Raa1 Nd5 37. Nf5 $1 Rd7
38. Nxg7 $6 {Vor dem Abtausch sollte Weiß seine Läufer aktivieren.} (38. Bh4
$142 $1 Qg6 39. Nxg7 Rxg7 40. Qf3 $16 h5 (40... Ra8 41. Kh2) 41. Qf8+ Kh7 42.
Rf6 Nxf6 43. Bxf6 $16) 38... Rxg7 39. Qf3 Ra8 (39... Qe3+ 40. Kh2 Qxf3 41. Rxf3
a4 42. bxa4 Rga7 {/\Ra4}) 40. Kh2 Kh8 41. Bf4 Qh4 42. Qg3 Qxg3+ 43. Kxg3 Kh7
44. Bd2 Rga7 45. Ra4 Kg6 46. Rfa1 Rf7 47. Rxa5 Raf8 48. Rxc5 $2 {Nach diesem
Fehler ist es aus mit dem weißen Vorteil. Viel stärker war:} (48. Ra6 $142 $1
Rf3+ (48... Nc7 49. Rc6 Rf2 50. Be1 R8f3+ 51. Kh4 Rh2 52. Bg3 $18) 49. Kh4 Re8
(49... Kf7 50. Ra7+ Kg8 (50... Kg6 51. R1a6 $18) 51. Bxh6 $18) (49... Rf2 50.
Be1 $18) 50. Rc6 $18) 48... Rf2 $1 49. Ra6 R8f3+ (49... Rxd2 50. Rxd5 $18) 50.
Kh4 Rh2 {[%cal Yh2h3,Yh2d2]} 51. Rxe6+ Kf7 {[%cal Yf7e6,Yh2h3] Schwarz droht
einerseits Kxe6 und andererseits Rh3 Matt.} 52. Rxh6 Rfxh3+ 53. Kg5 Rxh6 54.
Rxd5 Rg6+ 55. Kf5 Rxd2 56. Rd7+ Ke8 57. e6 $6 (57. Rxd4 $142 Rc6 58. c4 {
Weiß hat Remischancen.}) 57... Rh6 $17 58. g5 Rf2+ 59. Ke5 Re2+ 60. Kxd4 Rhxe6
61. Rc7 Rd6+ 62. Kc3 Kd8 63. Rc5 Kd7 {Wenn Schwarz einen Turm tauscht ist die
Stellung leichter zu gewinnen. Es droht Rc6.} 64. Kb4 Rb6+ 65. Ka3 Rc6 66. Rd5+
Ke6 67. c4 Rd6 $1 $19 {Jetzt ist es vorbei, die weiße Stellung ist nicht mehr
zu retten.} 68. Rxd6+ Kxd6 69. Kb4 Rg2 70. Kb5 Rxg5+ 71. Kb6 Rg3 72. b4 Rxd3
73. c5+ Kd7 74. b5 Rc3 75. c6+ Kc8 76. Ka7 Kc7 77. b6+ Kxc6 78. b7 Ra3+ 79. Kb8
Kb6 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Orlov, Andrey"]
[Black "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 e5 7. Qd2 Nge7 8. f4
O-O 9. Nf3 Nd4 10. O-O Bg4 11. Nh4 Qd7 12. Rf2 f6 13. fxe5 (13. Raf1 $142)
13... dxe5 14. Nb1 b6 15. c4 {Ein sehr verpflichtender Zug. Der Nachteil: Weiß
gibt für immer das Feld d4 auf. Der Vorteil: er kontrolliert das Feld d5 wohin
der weiße Damenspringer strebt. Trotzdem kann Schwarz mit der Eröffnung
zufrieden sein. Er hat einen sehr starken Springer im Zentrum und seine
Figuren sind besser plaziert.} (15. Na3 Rad8 16. Raf1 g5 17. Nf3 Nec6 $15)
15... Rad8 {[%cal Yd8d3]} 16. Nc3 g5 $1 {Der schwarze Vorteil wird größer.} 17.
Nf3 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Qxd3 20. Qxd3 Rxd3 21. g4 $1 {Einzige kleine
Kompensation für den weißen Minusbauern ist der gute Läufer auf e3. Sein
Kollege auf g7 ist sehr passiv.} Nc8 22. Kf2 Nd6 {[%cal Yd6c4,Yd6e4]} 23. Ke2
Rxc3 $1 24. bxc3 Nxe4 25. Bg1 Rd8 $17 {Schwarz hat klaren Vorteil: Springer
und zwei Bauern für den Turm, bessere Bauernstruktur - zwei Bauerninseln gegen
drei weiße Bauerninseln mit schwachem Doppelbauern. Der Anziehende kann nicht
mit den Türmen auf der einzigen offenen d-Linie eindringen.} 26. Rd3 Rxd3 27.
Kxd3 Nd6 28. a4 h5 29. h3 (29. gxh5 f5 $17) 29... hxg4 30. hxg4 Kf7 31. a5 e4+
32. Kc2 (32. Ke3 f5 $1 33. gxf5 Bxc3 $19) 32... Nxc4 33. a6 $6 (33. axb6 $142
axb6 34. Ra4 b5 (34... Ne5 35. Rxe4 f5 36. gxf5 Kf6 37. Re2 $15) 35. Ra7+ Kg6
36. Bxc5 Ne5 37. Re7 $15) 33... Bf8 $6 (33... Ke6 $5 34. Rd1 Ne5 $17) 34. Re1
Bd6 (34... Nd6 35. Bh2 Ke6 36. Bxd6 Bxd6 37. Rxe4+ Be5 38. c4 $1 f5 39. gxf5+
Kxf5 40. Kd3) 35. Rxe4 Na3+ 36. Kd3 $11 Nb5 37. Re2 Nc7 38. Bh2 Bxh2 39. Rxh2
Nxa6 40. Rh7+ Ke6 41. Rxa7 Nb8 42. Ke4 Nd7 43. Ra6 Kd6 44. Ra1 Ke6 45. Rb1 Kd6
46. Kf5 Ke7 47. Re1+ Kd6 48. Re4 b5 49. Re2 Ne5 50. Rg2 $11 (50. Kxf6 Nxg4+ 51.
Kf5 Nh6+ 52. Kxg5 Ng8 53. Rd2+ Kc6 54. Kf5 $11) 50... Ke7 (50... Kd5 51. Kxf6
$16) 51. Rb2 Nc4 52. Re2+ Ne5 53. Ra2 b4 54. cxb4 cxb4 55. Rb2 $14 (55. Ra6 Nd7
56. Ra7 Kd6 57. Rb7 Kc6 58. Rxb4 Kd5 59. Rb2 $16) 55... Nc6 56. Rb1 Kf7 57. Ra1
b3 58. Rb1 Nd4+ 59. Ke4 Ne6 60. Kd5 Nf4+ {Eine interessante Partie in der
Schwarz die Eröffnung und das Mittelspiel sehr gut gespielt und das Endspiel
sehr gut verteidigt hat.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch Final stage"]
[Site "Besancon"]
[Date "1999.08.24"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Koch, Jean Rene"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1999.08.23"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Nd4 10. e5 Nef5 11. Bf2 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Nd4 13. Qd1 dxe5 14. fxe5
Bxe5 15. Ne4 f5 (15... Qc7 16. c3 Nf5 17. Bxc5 Rd8 18. Qf3 Nd6 19. Bxd6 Bxd6
20. d4 Rf8 (20... Bf8 21. Ng5 (21. Nf6+ Kh8 22. Ng4) 21... Rd7 22. Nxe6) 21.
Nf6+ Kg7 22. Rae1 Be7 (22... Rb8 23. Re4 b6 24. Rh4 Rh8 (24... h6 25. Qe3 g5 (
25... Rh8 26. Ne8+) 26. Qxg5+ hxg5 27. Rh7+ Kg6 28. Be4#) 25. Rxh7+) 23. Ne8+)
16. Nxc5 f4 17. c3 (17. gxf4 Bxf4 18. Ne4 Nf5 19. Bc5 e5 20. Qe1 Rf7 21. Nc3
Rc7 22. Rxf4 Rxc5 23. Rf2 Be6 24. b4 Rc7 25. Qxe5 Bf7 26. Nd5 Rc6 27. Rxf5)
17... f3 18. cxd4 (18. Bh3 Ne2+ 19. Kh1 Qg5 20. Qa4 Qh6 21. Qh4 Qxh4 22. gxh4
Nf4 23. Bg4 b6 24. d4 bxc5 25. dxe5 Bb7 26. Rfd1 h5 27. Rd7 Be4 28. Re1 hxg4
29. Rxe4 Nh3) 18... fxg2 19. Kxg2 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 (20. Qb3 Rxf2+ 21. Rxf2 Bxc5)
20... Rxf1 21. Qxf1 Qxd4 22. Qf2 Qxf2+ (22... e5 23. Qxd4 exd4 24. Nb3 Bf5) 23.
Kxf2 b6 24. Ne4 Ba6 25. Ke3 Rc8 26. Nc3 Rd8 27. d4 Kg7 28. Rc1 Rc8 29. Rc2 Kf7
30. Rf2+ Ke7 31. h4 Bb7 32. a3 Rd8 33. Ne2 e5 34. dxe5 Rd5 35. Nc3 Rxe5+ 36.
Kd4 Re6 37. Re2 Rxe2 38. Nxe2 Ke6 39. Nf4+ Kf5 40. Ke3 h6 41. Ne2 g5 42. hxg5
hxg5 43. Nc3 Bc6 44. Nd1 Kg4 45. Kf2 Kf5 46. Ke3 Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.02.02"]
[Round "?.5"]
[White "Donev, Ivo Hristov"]
[Black "Michaelsen, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "207"]
[EventDate "1996.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eppingen"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 Rb8 7. Nf3 b5 8. O-O b4
9. Nd5 e6 10. Ne3 Nge7 11. a3 {[%cal Ya1a7] Wie wir später sehen werden, wird
Weiß in vielen Varianten den Ra1 für die offene a-Linie brauchen.} a5 12. axb4
axb4 13. f5 $5 exf5 14. exf5 Nxf5 {[%cal Yg2c6,Yf1f5] Die Idee von diesem
Bauernopfer ist, das Spiel zu öffnen (die Diagonalen c1-h6 , h1-a8 und die
Vertikalen e1-e8, f1-f8) um den weißen Entwicklungsvorsprung zu nützen.} 15.
Nxf5 Bxf5 16. Re1+ $1 $146 {Mir scheint dieser natürliche Zug logischer als
die bisher bekannte Fortsetzung 16. Ng5.} (16. Ng5 Ne5 17. g4 $5 (17. Bd5 Qd7
18. c3 bxc3 19. bxc3 O-O $17 {0-1 Roos,D-Miles,A/Amsterdam 1978}) 17... Bd7 $1
18. Bd5 O-O 19. Ra7 Qe8 20. Qe1 $6 Bc6 $1 21. Qe4 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Qc6 $1 23. Qxc6
Nxc6 24. Raxf7 Nd4 $15 {Bastian-Miles,Baden Baden 1981}) 16... Be6 (16... Ne7
17. Ra7 Bd7 18. Bf4 Rb6 19. Qe2 $14) (16... Ne5 17. d4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Bd7 19.
Nc6 Bxc6 (19... Qb6+ 20. Be3 $18) 20. Bxc6+ Kf8 21. Bd5 $14) 17. Ng5 Ne5 18.
Nxe6 fxe6 {Auf den ersten Blick hat der Nachziehende einen gesunden Mehrbauern
und einen super Springer im Zentrum. Er braucht nur noch die kurze Rochade,
und der schwarze Vorteil ist gesichert. Gefühlsmäßig denke ich, daß der
Anziehende mehr als genug Kompensation für den geopferten Bauern hat - das
starke Läuferpaar, die besser plazierten Ra1 und Re1 und die bessere
Königsstellung.} 19. Rxe5 $3 {Nach zwanzigminütiger Überlegung spielte ich
diesen Zug. Nach dem Textzug wird der schwarze Monarch Schwierigkeiten
bekommen.} (19. Rf1 Rf8 20. Ra7 $1 $11) (19. Bh3 Qe7 20. Rf1 Bf6 $17) 19...
dxe5 $2 {Diesen Zug spielte mein Gegner nach zwanzigminütiger Überlegung.
Natürlicher wäre 19... Be5, wonach der schwarze Monarch auf g8 festgenagelt
wird:} (19... Bxe5 $142 20. Bc6+ Kf8 (20... Kf7 21. Ra7+ Kg8 22. Qf3 Qf6 23.
Bh6 Qxf3 24. Bxf3 Bxb2 25. Re7 d5 26. Bg4 (26. Rxe6 Rd8 27. Re7) 26... Rb6) (
20... Ke7 $2 21. Bg5+ Bf6 22. Bxf6+ Kxf6 23. Qf1+ $1 Kg7 24. Ra7+ Kh6 25. Qh3+
Kg5 26. Qh4+ Kf5 27. Qf4#) 21. Bh6+ Kg8 (21... Bg7 22. Qf1+ Kg8 23. Bxg7 Kxg7
24. Ra7+ Kh6 25. Qh3+ $18) 22. Ra7 (22. Qf3 Qf6 23. Ra7 Qxf3 24. Bxf3) 22...
Qb6 23. Bd7 Qxa7 24. Bxe6+ Qf7 $13) 20. Bc6+ Kf8 21. Qf3+ Qf6 ({Eine
interresante taktische Möglichkeit könnte sich in folgender Variante ergeben:} 
21... Kg8 22. Ra7 Qf6 {[#]} 23. Bh6 $3 $18) 22. Qe4 (22. Be3 Qxf3 23. Bxc5+ Kg8
24. Bxf3 e4 $1 {Und der Bg7 lebt.}) 22... Kg8 23. Be3 Qe7 (23... Bf8 24. Ra7)
24. Ra5 h5 25. Bxc5 (25. Qxg6 Qf6 (25... Qc7 26. Qxe6+ Qf7 27. Qd6 $18) 26. Qe4
Rf8 27. Ra1 $16) 25... Qd8 26. Ra7 Kh7 27. Qxe5 Rg8 28. Be4 ({Die logische
Fortsetzung des weißen Angriffs wäre:} 28. Bd4 $1 Qf8 29. Be4 Kh8 30. Bxg6 $1
$18) 28... Kh8 29. Bxg6 Qd5 30. Qxd5 (30. Rxg7 Rxg7 31. Qxb8+ Rg8 32. Qxb4 Rxg6
$16) (30. Qxh5+ Qxh5 31. Bxh5 Bxb2 $16) 30... exd5 31. Kg2 (31. Bxh5 Bxb2 32.
Bf3 $16) 31... h4 32. Bd4 (32. g4 $5 $16) (32. gxh4 $5 $16) 32... Rbc8 33. c3
bxc3 34. bxc3 hxg3 35. hxg3 {Die Idee Kh3-Kh4-Kh5 nebst Rg7! und Kh6 ist nur
ein Traum.} (35. h4 $3 Rb8 (35... Rc6 36. h5 Re6 37. Kxg3 $18) 36. h5 Rb2+ 37.
Kxg3 Rd2 38. h6 $18) 35... Rc6 36. Bf5 (36. Bf7 Bxd4 $11) 36... Rh6 37. Be3 Rh5
38. Bg6 (38. g4 $2 Bxc3 $13) 38... Re5 39. Bf4 Re2+ 40. Kf3 Rc2 41. Rd7 Rf8 42.
Rxd5 Bxc3 {[#]} (42... Rxc3 $142) 43. d4 $1 {Schneidet den schwarzen Läufer
vom eigenen König ab. Außerdem bekommt Bf4 einen wunderschönen Stützpunkt auf
e5.} Rh2 44. Ke4 (44. Kg4 Rxf4+ 45. Kxf4 (45. gxf4 Rd2 $11) 45... Rd2 46. Ke4 (
46. Rd8+ Kg7 $11) 46... Rg2 47. Rg5 Rd2 48. d5 $16 Rd4+) 44... Kg7 45. Bf5 Rf7
46. Be5+ Kf8 47. g4 $18 Rh1 48. Rd8+ Ke7 49. Rb8 Ra1 50. Kd3 Ba5 51. Kc2 (51.
d5 Rd1+ 52. Kc4 Rc1+ 53. Kb5 Bc7 54. Rc8 Rxf5 $1 55. Rxc7+ Rxc7 56. gxf5 Rc2
$11) 51... Rf1 52. Rb5 Bd8 53. Bg3 Rh1 54. Bf4 Rg1 {Hier sind beide Gegner
wieder in Zeitnot!} 55. Bg5+ ({Leicht gewinnt:} 55. Rb7+ $142 $1 Kf8 (55... Kf6
56. Be5+ $18) 56. Bh6+ Ke8 57. Bg6 Rgf1 58. Bxf7+ Rxf7 59. Rxf7 Kxf7 60. Kd3
$18) 55... Ke8 56. Bg6 (56. Re5+ $142 $1 Be7 (56... Re7 57. Bxe7 Bxe7 58. Kd3)
57. Bg6 Kf8 (57... Rxg4 58. Rxe7+ $18) 58. Bxf7 Bxg5 59. Rxg5 Kxf7 60. Kd3 $18)
(56. Rb8 Rxf5 57. Rxd8+ Kf7 58. gxf5 Rxg5 59. Rd5 $16) 56... Rxg4 57. Bxf7+
Kxf7 58. Bxd8 Rxd4 {[#] Ich wußte, daß diese Stellung theoretisch Remis ist,
aber nach so vielen verpaßten Möglichkeiten war es meine Pflicht, wenigstens
den Versuch zu unternehmen, die Partie noch zu gewinnen.} 59. Bb6 Rd7 60. Kc3
Ke6 61. Bd4 Rd5 62. Rb8 Rh5 63. Rb6+ Kf5 64. Kd3 Rh3+ 65. Be3 Rh4 66. Rb5+ Ke6
67. Bd4 Rh1 68. Kc4 Rc1+ 69. Bc3 Rd1 70. Re5+ Kd6 71. Re4 Rc1 72. Re2 {Die
Idee: Der Turm deckt das Feld c2 ab und falls er mit dem schwarzen Turm zieht,
kommt Bb4.} Kd7 73. Kd4 Rd1+ 74. Kc5 Rc1 75. Re3 Rh1 76. Kd5 Rh5+ 77. Be5 Rh1
78. Ra3 Rd1+ 79. Bd4 Rc1 80. Ra2 Rd1 (80... Rc6 81. Bc5 Rc8 82. Rh2 {Und
wieder wird der schwarze Monarch auf die 8 Reihe abgedrängt.}) 81. Ra7+ Ke8 82.
Ke5 {Endlich ist der schwarze König auf die 8 Reihe abgedrängt. Noch eine
Kleinigkeit ist anzumerken: Weiß hat bis zum Partieende nur noch 5 Minuten -
Schwarz nur noch 3 Minuten!} Re1+ 83. Kf6 Kd8 84. Be5 {Der sogenante
Brückenbau. Der weiße König will nach e6.} Rc1 85. Ke6 {Die weißen Steine
stehen optimal.} Kc8 86. Bd6 Rc2 87. Kd5 Kd8 $8 88. Be5 Kc8 89. Bf4 Rc3 90. Bd6
Rc2 $2 $18 (90... Kd8 $8) 91. Bc5 $8 Kd8 92. Kc6 $8 Ke8 93. Re7+ $8 Kd8 94. Rf7
$2 $11 {Hier begann wieder das Zeitnotspiel. Beide Kontrahenten haben weniger
als 4 Minuten bis zum Ende der Partie. Leider habe ich zu spät gesehen, daß
jeder Turmabzug auf die e-Linie (außer Re8 und Re2) leicht gewinnen konnte.} (
94. Re1 $1 {Nach jedem schwarzen Turmzug auf der 2.Reihe gewinnt Bb6+.} Rc3 (
94... Rc4 95. Ra1 $18) 95. Rf1 $18) 94... Re2 $8 95. Rf1 Re6+ 96. Bd6 Re2 97.
Rf8+ Re8 98. Rf7 Re2 99. Bb4 Re6+ 100. Bd6 Re2 101. Rf1 Re3 102. Ra1 {Die
beiden Fallkläppchen sind schon oben! Weiß hat 2 Min. - Schwarz nurmehr 1Min.
bis zum Partieende.} Rc3+ $2 $18 {Es ist selbsverständlich, in starker Zeitnot
solch ein Schach zu geben.} (102... Ke8 103. Rf1 Kd8 $11) 103. Bc5 $8 Ke8 104.
Rf1 {Das Endspiel R + B gegen R habe ich mit der Endpiel-CD analysiert und die
jeweils besten Züge herausgefunden.} 1-0

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Donev, Ivo Hristov"]
[Black "Domont, Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Rb8 6. f4 d6 7. Nf3 Nh6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Kh8 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Qd2 (11. Nh4 f5 12. Qd2 Bd7 13. Rae1 Bc6 14. Nd1
$14 {/\c3}) 11... Nxf3 12. Rxf3 f5 13. Re1 (13. e5 Ng4 14. exd6 exd6 15. Bg1
Bd7 16. Re1 Bc6 17. Rff1 $10) 13... b6 (13... Bd7 14. e5 Bc6 15. Rff1 Qd7 16.
e6 Qc7 17. Nd5 $13 (17. d4 $5)) 14. d4 cxd4 (14... Bb7 15. d5 fxe4 16. Nxe4
Bxb2 17. c3 Ba3 18. Ng5 $44) (14... e6 15. Bg1) 15. Bxd4 e5 16. Bg1 (16. fxe5
dxe5 17. Be3 Qxd2 18. Bxd2 Bb7 $10) 16... exf4 17. Rxf4 Bb7 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19.
Qxd4+ Qf6 20. Qxf6+ (20. exf5 Bxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Nxf5 $14) 20... Rxf6
21. exf5 Bxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Nxf5 23. Re7 Nxe7 (23... Rbf8 24. Rxa7 Ne3+ 25. Kf3
Rxf4+ 26. gxf4 Nxc2 27. Ke4 $14) (23... g5 $1 24. Rf2 Rbf8 25. Ne4 $14) 24.
Rxf6 Rd8 25. Rf7 Re8 26. Ne4 Ng8 (26... Nf5 27. Rxh7+ Kxh7 28. Nf6+ Kg7 (28...
Kh6 29. Nxe8 Ne3+ 30. Kf3 Nxc2 31. Nxd6 $16) 29. Nxe8+ Kf8 30. g4 $14) 27. Nxd6
$16 Re2+ 28. Rf2 Re6 29. Nb5 Re7 30. c4 Kg7 31. Nc3 Nf6 32. Rxf6 Kxf6 33. Nd5+
Ke6 34. Nxe7 Kxe7 35. Kf3 Kd6 36. Ke4 Kc5 37. Kd3 Kb4 38. Kd4 a5 39. g4 g5 40.
Kd5 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup4"]
[Site "Perm"]
[Date "1997.02.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Krapivin, Vladislav"]
[Black "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1997.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e5 6. f4 Nge7 7. Nh3 O-O 8. O-O
d6 9. f5 $1 gxf5 10. exf5 f6 ({In einer Partie hatte ich die Moeglichkeit, mit
dieser Variante schnell zu gewinnen.} 10... Bxf5 11. Rxf5 $1 Nxf5 12. Be4 Nfd4
$2 13. Qh5 f5 14. Bd5+ Kh8 15. Ng5 {1-0 Donev I. - Tiberkov,I Bulgarien (ch)
1978 , Mein Gegner hat aufgegeben weil er verliert nach:} h6 16. Qg6 hxg5 17.
Qh5+ {nebst Matt.}) 11. g4 d5 12. Ne2 Kh8 13. Ng3 Ng8 14. Be3 b6 15. Qc1 (15.
c4 $5 $14 Nce7 (15... Nge7 16. Nh5 Bb7 17. Nxg7 Kxg7 18. Qd2 Kf7 $14) (15...
Nce7 16. Qe2 Bb7 17. g5 fxg5 18. Nxg5 Qe8 19. Ne6 $14)) 15... Bb7 16. Nf2 (16.
g5) 16... Rc8 17. h4 Qd7 18. Qd1 Nge7 19. Bh3 Qc7 20. Nh5 Rg8 21. Qd2 Rcf8 22.
Bg2 (22. Nxg7 Rxg7 23. Bh6 Nxf5 24. Bxg7+ Qxg7 {Der Nachziehende hat mehr als
genug Kompensation für die geopferte Qualität.}) 22... Rf7 23. Nh3 Nd4 24. c3
Nb5 25. Qe2 Nd6 26. Rf2 Ba6 27. Qd1 {In dieser Partie ist merkwürdig, dass die
weisse Dame nach mehreren erfolglosen Versuchen wieder auf dem Ausgangsfeld
landete. Im Gegensatz hierzu ist die schwarze Kollegin bequem hinter dem
starken schwarzen Bauernzentrum platziert und wartet auf einen günstigen
Moment, in dem Sie gegen den abgeschwächten weissen Monarchen den
entscheidenden Angriff einleiten kann.} d4 28. cxd4 cxd4 29. Bc1 Qd7 30. a4
Ndxf5 {Der Nachziehende opfert nicht nur eine Figur für zwei Bauern, sondern
öffnet sogleich auch den Königsflügel (die g-Linie und die c8-h3 Diagonale)
für einen starken Figurenangriff.} 31. gxf5 Nxf5 {[%cal Yg8g1,Yd7h3]} 32. Kh2
$2 (32. Qg4 $142 Ne3 (32... Bc8 33. Qe4) (32... Bxd3 33. Qf3 Ne3 34. Bxe3 dxe3
35. Qxe3 $16) 33. Qxd7 Rxd7 34. Bxe3 dxe3 35. Rxf6 $1 Bxf6 36. Nxf6 Rxg2+ $1
37. Kxg2 Bb7+ 38. Kg3 Rg7+ 39. Ng4 (39. Ng5 h6 $11) 39... h5 40. Ng5 $1 hxg4
$14) (32. a5 Nxh4 33. axb6 Nxg2 34. Rxa6 (34. Rxg2 Bb7 $1 $15) 34... Ne3 35.
Qf3 $13 (35. Bxe3 $2 dxe3 36. Rh2 Bf8+ $19)) 32... Nxh4 $17 33. Be4 f5 34. Ng5
Rff8 35. Nxg7 Qxg7 36. Qh5 fxe4 $19 37. Rxf8 Rxf8 38. Qxh4 e3 39. b3 Rf2+ 40.
Kg3 Bb7 41. Bxe3 dxe3 42. Rg1 h6 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e5 6. f4 d6 7. Nf3 {Der
englische Großmeister ist ein Spieler der 1.e4 bevorzugt. Wenn man seine
weißen Partien in der letzten Zeit anschaut, dann sieht man, dass er meistens
gegen Sizilianisch kämpfen muss. Darum hat er sich sein Eröffnungs-Repertoire
neben dem offenen Sizilianisch um den Geschlossenen Sizilianer erweitert. Ich
persönlich ziehe die aggressive Variante Sh3 vor, um nach 0-0 den Schlüsselzug
f4-f5 vorzubereiten.  Hier eine unbekannte eigene Partie gegen die
österreichische Schachlegende Georg Danner.} (7. Nh3 Nge7 8. O-O exf4 9. Bxf4
O-O 10. Qd2 Ne5 11. Bh6 Rb8 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Nf4 b5 14. a3 a5 15. a4 b4 16.
Ncd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 f6 18. b3 Be6 19. Nf4 Qe7 20. h3 Rbe8 21. Rf2 Bg8 22. Raf1
Nc6 23. h4 Qe5 24. Kh2 Nd4 25. Bh3 Re7 26. Ng2 d5 27. exd5 Bxd5 28. Nf4 Ba8 29.
Bg2 Bxg2 30. Nxg2 Qd6 31. h5 Nf5 32. Rxf5 $1 gxf5 33. Nh4 Re5 34. Nxf5+ Rxf5
35. Rxf5 Re8 36. h6+ Kg6 37. Rf4 $2 (37. Qd1 $1 $16 Kxf5 (37... Kf7 38. Qh5+ (
38. Qg4 Ke7 39. Rf2 Kd8 40. Qf3 Kc7 41. Qf5 Kb8 42. Qxf6 $18) 38... Kf8 39.
Rxc5 Qd4 40. Qf3 Qd8 41. Rd5 Re2+ 42. Qxe2 $18) 38. Qh5+ Ke6 39. Qxe8+ Qe7 40.
Qxe7+ $16) 37... Re5 38. Rg4+ Rg5 39. Qe2 Kxh6 40. Qe4 Kg7 41. Qb7+ Kg6 42.
Qe4+ Kg7 43. Qb7+ {1/2 Donev,I-Danner,G 1995 Feldkirch op (30`)}) 7... Nge7 8.
O-O O-O {Bei der Schacholympiade in Istanbul hat Short in der gleichen
Variante gegen den selben Gegner die Partie gewonnen. Damals hat Nataf in der
Eröffnung durch 5...Tb8 seine Entwicklung verlangsamt und Short durch 9.f5 die
Initiative erobert. Jetzt verbessert der französische Großmeister sein Spiel
und erreicht eine ausgeglichene Stellung.} (8... Rb8 9. f5 $1 gxf5 10. Nh4 $36
{führt mit Zugumstellung zu Short-Nataf Istanbul ol 2000}) 9. Be3 ({
Interessant ist hier der typische Bauernvorstoß im Geschlossenen Sizilianisch:
Für den Leser ein wenig Hausanalyse:} 9. f5 $5 gxf5 {Die kritische
Mittelspielstellung. Für den geopferten Bauern hat der Anziehende starke
Initiative am Königsflügel!} 10. Nh4 fxe4 (10... Nd4 11. exf5 Nexf5 12. Nxf5
Nxf5 13. Nd5 $44 {/\Qh5,Be4,Bg5... mit Angriff}) 11. dxe4 {[%csl Yd5,Yf5]} f5 (
11... Nd4 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 f5 14. Bg5 $1 $44) 12. exf5 Nxf5 13. Bd5+ Kh8 14.
Qh5 Nxh4 15. Bg5 $36) 9... Nd4 10. Qd2 Bg4 11. Rf2 Qd7 12. Raf1 exf4 13. Bxf4 (
13. gxf4 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 f5 15. Bg2 Rae8 $11) 13... Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Bxf3 {Es ist
selbstverständlich, dass der Elo schwächere französische Grossmeister mit den
schwarzen Steinen versucht, die Stellung zu vereinfachen und auf diese Weise
ein Remis zu erreichen.} 15. Rxf3 b5 (15... d5 16. Bg5 d4 17. Ne2 Nc6 18. Bf6
Ne5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Nf4 $11) 16. Bh6 b4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nd1 (18. Ne2 Qe6 (
18... d5 19. Qg5 $14) 19. c4 bxc3 (19... Qe5 20. Nf4 $14) 20. Qxc3+ Qe5 21. Qc4
$14 {[%cal Yc4f7,Yf3f7]}) 18... f6 19. Ne3 Qe6 20. a3 a5 (20... bxa3 21. bxa3
$14 {/\Qc3 oder Qa5} (21. b3 a5 22. Ra1 a4 23. Rxa3 axb3 24. Rxb3 $11)) 21. Rf4
Rf7 22. Qg2 Raf8 23. g4 {[%cal Ye4f5,Yg4f5,Yf4f6,Yf1f4] Weiß versucht Spiel
gegen den rückständigen f6-Bauern zu organisieren, aber ohne Erfolg. Das
Material ist zu gering und die schwarzen Steine sind schon gut koordiniert.}
Kh8 24. Kh1 Nc6 25. Nd5 {[%cal Yd5f6,Yf4f6,Yf1f4] Steigert den Druck auf den
Bauern f6.} Ne7 26. Ne3 Nc6 {Natürlich ist Schwarz mit Remis zufrieden und
bittet um Zugwiederholung.} 27. Nc4 Ne5 28. Nxa5 bxa3 29. bxa3 Ra8 {Jetzt ist
der Remisausgang unvermeidlich.} 30. Nb3 Rxa3 31. d4 cxd4 32. Nxd4 Qc4 33. Rd1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Reutlingen op"]
[Site "Reutlingen"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Donev, Ivo Hristov"]
[Black "Zeller, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 b6 10. Bf2 Bb7 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. Rae1 Qd7 13. g4 {Im Geschlossenen
Sizilianer lautet der Plan des Anziehenden entweder "Angriff am Königsflügel"
oder "Spiel im Zentrum".} (13. Nd1 d5 14. e5 d4 15. g4 $14 {/\Bg3 oder Bh4
nebst Nf2}) 13... f5 $1 {Das ist der typische Gegenschlag gegen den weißen
Bauernsturm.} 14. h3 Nd4 (14... fxe4 $5 15. dxe4 (15. Rxe4 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxe4 (
16... cxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxe4 18. dxe4 $44) 17. dxe4 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4+ (18... e5
19. Bxe5 $14) 19. Qxd4 $44) 15... Ba6 16. Ne2 Bxb2 17. c3 Ba3 $17) 15. Bh4 Nec6
16. Nd1 Rce8 {Dieser Zug hat gezeigt, daß der Damenturm nicht richtig
platziert war.} 17. c3 ({/\c3} 17. Nh2 e5 18. c3 Ne6 19. exf5 Nxf4 20. Rxf4
exf4 21. Bd5+ Kh8 22. Be6) 17... Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Bh6 19. exf5 gxf5 20. g5 (20.
gxf5 Rxf5 21. Bg4 $13) 20... Bg7 21. Qg2 $1 {[%cal Yg2c6] Die weißen Q+B üben
starken Druck auf der großen Diagonale aus.} Nd8 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Qxb7 Nxb7
24. Re2 $1 {[%csl Re6] Es ist versteht sich von selbst, gegen den schwachen
Pe6 die Türme zu verdoppeln.} b5 25. Rfe1 Kf7 {Jetzt muß die Lage der weißen
Leichtfiguren verbessert werden!} 26. Ne3 Na5 (26... a5 27. Nxf5 exf5 28. g6+
hxg6 29. Re7+ Rxe7 30. Rxe7+ Kg8 31. Rxb7 $14) (26... d5 27. Nxd5 $1 exd5 28.
g6+ hxg6 29. Re7+ Rxe7 30. Rxe7+ Kg8 31. Rxb7 $16) 27. Bf2 {Weiß bezitzt einen
leichten aber dauerhaften positionellen Vorteil und einen klaren Plan: Zuerst
wird die Bauernmehrheit am Königsflügel mittels h3-h4-h5 organisiert, dann
folgt der König Kg2-Kf3. Mein Gegner sollte in dieser Zeit Gegenspiel am
Damenflügel entwickeln.} Nc6 28. h4 h5 $2 {Die Idee dieses Zuges ist klar:
Nc6-Ne7-Ng6. Aber von anderen Seite - wegen der Schwächung des Feldes g6 - ist
das ein taktischer Fehler, nach dem die schwarze Stellung zusammenbricht.} (
28... Rb8 $142 29. h5 $1 Rfe8 30. Ng2 $14 b4 31. g6+ hxg6 32. hxg6+ Kf8 (32...
Kf6 33. Rxe6+ $1 Rxe6 34. Bh4+ Kxg6 35. Rxe6+ Kf7 36. Rxd6 $18) 33. Rxe6 bxc3 (
33... Rxe6 $6 34. Rxe6 bxc3 35. bxc3 Bxc3 36. Rxd6 Bd4 37. Ne3 $16) 34. bxc3
Bxc3 35. Rxd6 (35. Rxe8+ Rxe8 36. Rxe8+ Kxe8 $15) 35... Bxe1 36. Bxc5 $1 Nb4
37. Rd7+ Kg8 38. Bd4 $11) (28... b4 $1 {[%csl Rc4] Schwächt das Feld c4.} 29.
Nc4 Rd8 30. Rxe6 $18) 29. Nxf5 $1 $18 Rd8 (29... exf5 30. g6+ {Ablenkung.} Kxg6
31. Rxe8 Kf7 32. Rxf8+ Bxf8 $18) 30. Rxe6 Be5 (30... Ne5 31. Re7+ Kg6 32. Rxg7+
Kxf5 33. fxe5 $18) 31. R1xe5 Nxe5 (31... dxe5 32. Rxc6 $18) 32. Rf6+ {nebst 33.
fe5 und der Rest ist Technik.} 1-0

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Eforie Nord"]
[Date "2000.12.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Slovineanu, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2000.12.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bucharest Electrica"]
[BlackTeam "Bucharest RAT"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 e6 7. d3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 b6 10. d4 Ba6 11. Re1 ({Ich persönlich bevorzuge der Turmmanöver
auf der d-Linie. Hier ein unveröffentlichtes Beispiel aus der eigenen Praxis.} 
11. Rf2 {[%cal Yf2d2,Yd2d8]} Rc8 12. Rd2 Qc7 13. Bf1 Bxf1 14. Qxf1 cxd4 15.
Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 e5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Be3 $11 {Donev,Ivo-Georgiev,Kiril
Hohenems 1995}) 11... Rc8 12. a4 d5 $146 ({Bis jetzt war nur bekannt:} 12...
cxd4 13. Nxd4 Na5 14. Bf2 Qd7 15. Qf3 {Kupreichik,V-Yakovich,Y GMA Baleares
Open 1989}) 13. exd5 exd5 14. Bf2 Nf5 15. dxc5 d4 16. Ne4 Nb4 17. Qd2 bxc5 18.
Nxc5 {Die kritische Mittelspielstellung. Schade dass der Nachziehende nach
seinem guten Eröffnungsspiel jetzt einen ungenauen Zug spielt.} Qb6 $6 (18...
Rxc5 $142 19. Qxb4 Rxc2 20. Ne5 (20. Rac1 d3 21. Rxc2 dxc2 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23.
fxe5 Qd1 $19) 20... Qc7 (20... d3 21. Be4 $15) 21. Bd5 $15) 19. c3 (19. Nd7
$142 $1 Qd6 20. Nxf8 Rxc2 (20... Nxc2 21. Nxh7 Kxh7 22. Rad1 Nxe1 23. Rxe1 $16)
21. Nxg6 Rxd2 22. Re8+ Bf8 23. Rxf8+ Kg7 24. Nxd2 hxg6 25. Ra8 $14) 19... Qxc5
20. cxb4 Qc2 21. b5 (21. Rad1 Qb3 22. b5 Bb7 23. Nxd4 Bxd4 24. Bxb7 $14) 21...
Bb7 22. Re2 Qb3 23. Ra3 {Jetzt hat die schwarze Dame Schwierigkeiten.} Qc4 24.
Ne5 $1 {[%cal Ye5c4,Yg2b7]} Bxe5 (24... Qc1+ 25. Qe1 Bxg2 26. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 27.
Kxg2 $16) 25. Bxb7 {[%cal Yb7c8,Yf4e5] Der Nachziehende kann nicht vermeiden
die Qualität zu verlieren.} Bd6 (25... Rc7 26. Rxe5 Rxb7 27. b4 Rd7 28. Rd3 $16
) 26. Bxc8 Rxc8 $18 (26... Bxa3 27. Bxf5 Bb4 28. Bd3 $1 $18) 27. Rd3 Qxa4 28.
g4 Bb4 29. Qd1 Qxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Ne3 31. Bxe3 dxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Das Endspiel muss
gewonnen sein für Weiß.} 32. Ra1 Rc7 33. Kg2 Bd2 34. Ra3 Rb7 35. Rb3 Kf8 (35...
f5) 36. Kf3 Ke7 {Die letzten Züge für beide Seiten sind logisch und einfach
gewesen. Jetzt verpasst der Anziehende eine starke Fortsetzung, die seinen
entscheidenden Vorteil hätte befestigen können.} 37. Ke4 $2 ({Es war notwendig
der schwarze König von dem Damenflügel abzuschneiden.} 37. Rd3 $142 {[%cal
Yd3d2,Ye2e7]} Kf6 38. Rd5 h6 39. h4 $18) 37... Kd6 38. Kd4 f5 39. gxf5 gxf5 40.
h3 $6 {Und wieder spielt der Nachziehende ungenau. Er könnte so auf Sieg
kämpfen:} (40. Rg2 $142 Re7 41. Ra3 {[%cal Ya3a6]} Re4+ 42. Kd3 Rxf4 43. Rxa7
Rb4 44. Rxh7 $16) 40... Re7 41. Rbxe3 $2 {Der letzte Fehler nach dem für Weiß
die Gewinnchancen schon minimal sind. Warum soll man die Qualität freiwillig
zurückgeben und in einem ausgeglichenen Bauernendspiel auf Sieg kämpfen?} (41.
Ra3 $142) 41... Bxe3+ 42. Rxe3 Rxe3 43. Kxe3 Kd5 44. Kd3 h5 (44... Kc5 45. h4
h5 46. b3 Kxb5 $1 (46... Kb4 47. Kd4 Kxb3 48. Ke5 Kc4 49. Kxf5 Kxb5 50. Kg6 a5
51. f5 a4 52. f6 a3 53. f7 a2 54. f8=Q a1=Q $16) 47. Kd4 Kb4 48. Ke5 Kxb3 49.
Kxf5 a5 50. Kg6 a4 51. f5 a3 52. f6 a2 53. f7 a1=Q 54. f8=Q $14) 45. h4 (45. b3
Kc5 46. h4 Kxb5 47. Kd4 Kb4 48. Ke5 Kxb3 49. Kxf5 a5 50. Kg6 a4 51. f5 a3 52.
f6 a2 53. f7 a1=Q 54. f8=Q $14) 45... Kc5 46. Kc3 Kd5 $1 ({Schwarz darf den
b5-Bauern nicht nehmen weil, der andere b-Bauer noch zu weit ist.} 46... Kxb5
47. Kd4 Kb4 48. Ke5 a5 49. Kxf5 Kb3 50. Kg6 Kxb2 51. f5 a4 52. f6 a3 53. f7 a2
54. f8=Q a1=Q 55. Qh8+ Ka2 56. Qxa1+ Kxa1 57. Kxh5 $18) 47. Kb4 Ke4 48. Ka5
Kxf4 49. Ka6 Kg4 50. Kxa7 f4 51. b6 f3 52. b7 f2 53. b8=Q f1=Q 54. Qb4+ Kg3 55.
Qd4 Qf7+ 56. Ka6 Qe6+ 57. Ka5 Qb3 $1 {Weiß kann nicht seine Stellung
verstärken.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 d6 7. f4 Nge7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. e5 $6 $146 (10. Qd2 $5) 10... b6 (10... dxe5 11. fxe5 Nxe5
12. Bxc5 $10) 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. Rae1 (13. Ne4 Qd7 14. c3 Rbd8 15.
Rad1 Ba6 16. Nf2 Nf5 17. Rfe1 $13) 13... Nd4 (13... Rbd8 $5) 14. Ne5 $1 Nef5 (
14... Bxg2 15. Qxg2 Nef5 16. Bc1 $14) 15. Ne4 Qc7 (15... Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe3 17.
Rxe3 Rbd8 $10) 16. Bf2 Nd6 17. Bxd4 (17. c3 $5 Bxe5 18. fxe5 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 (19.
dxe4 $6 Nc6 20. Qd6 Rbc8 (20... Qxd6 21. exd6 Ba6 22. e5 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Nd8 24.
Be3 f6 $17) 21. Be3 Nxe5 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. Bf4 f6 24. Rd1 Ba6 25. Bxe5 fxe5 26.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 $15) 19... Bxe4 20. cxd4 Bb7 21. dxc5 Qc6 22. Re4 $132 bxc5 23. Qh6)
17... cxd4 18. g4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 (19. dxe4 Bxe5 20. fxe5 Nc4 21. Qxd4 Nxe5 $17 {
starker Springer (e5) - schwacher Läufer(g2)!}) 19... f6 20. Nc4 $8 (20. Nf3 $2
f5 $1 21. gxf5 gxf5 $19) 20... Nxe4 (20... Nxc4 21. dxc4 Qxc4 22. Bd3 Qxa2 23.
b3 e5 24. Ra1 Qb2 25. Rxa7 $15) 21. Rxe4 b5 22. Na5 e5 23. f5 Rbc8 $15 {פa5}
24. Rf2 Qf7 25. Nb3 Rc7 {><c2} 26. a3 Rfc8 27. Na1 {פa1!} Qa2 28. Qc1 Qf7 29.
h4 Rc6 30. Kh2 (30. fxg6 Qxg6 31. h5 Bh6 $1 $17) 30... Kh8 31. Qd2 Qa2 32. Qc1
a5 $40 33. fxg6 hxg6 34. h5 Qf7 $1 (34... gxh5 35. gxh5 f5 $6 36. Rxf5 Bh6 $13)
35. hxg6 Qxg6 36. Rf5 Bh6 37. Qd1 Bg5 $17 38. Re1 Kg7 39. Kg3 a4 $1 {Der weiße
Springer ist eingesperrt!} 40. Rh1 Bf4+ (40... Rh8 $1 41. Rxh8 Kxh8 42. Qh1+ (
42. Rxg5 $2 fxg5 $19) 42... Qh6 43. Qxc6 $2 (43. Qxh6+ $142 Bxh6 $17) 43...
Qh4+ 44. Kg2 (44. Kf3 $4 Qh1+ $19) 44... Qxg4+ 45. Kh2 Qxf5 46. Qe8+ Kg7 47.
Qe7+ Kh6 48. Qf8+ Kh5 $19) 41. Kf3 Bg5 42. Qe1 Rh8 43. Rxh8 Kxh8 44. Qa5 Rc8
45. Qa6 (45. Qxb5 Qh6 $1 $36) 45... Rg8 46. Qe6 Qe8 {/\Qa8!} (46... Bc1 47.
Rxf6 Qg5 $17) 47. Qxe8 Rxe8 48. Ke4 {Ke4 ist aktiv, aber Na1 ist nur ein
Zuschauer!} Kg7 (48... Bc1 $5 49. c4 bxc4 50. dxc4 Bxb2 51. Nc2 Rg8 $17) 49.
Rf1 Kg6 50. Kd5 Rc8 51. Kd6 Be3 52. Kd7 Rb8 53. Kc7 Rf8 54. Kc6 Kg5 55. Kxb5
Kxg4 56. c4 f5 57. c5 f4 58. c6 f3 59. c7 f2 60. Nc2 {Endlich lebt der
Springer!} Kf3 61. Nb4 Ke2 62. Rh1 f1=Q 63. Rxf1 Kxf1 64. Ka6 e4 $1 $19 65.
dxe4 Bf4 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Rechlis, Gad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Nd4 10. e5 Nef5 11. Bf2 Bd7 12. Ne4 Bc6 13. c3 ({Hier ein bis jetzt
unbekanntes Beispiel aus meiner eigenen Praxis:} 13. exd6 b6 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. c3
Nb5 (15... Nc6 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. Nxc6 $16) 16. Nf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Ba6 (
18. Bc6 Nbxd6 19. Nd7 Rc8 20. Qa4 $18) 18... Nbxd6 19. Nc6 $18 Qc7 20. Nxb8
Rxb8 21. Bc4 Nxc4 22. dxc4 h5 23. Qf3 e5 24. fxe5 Bxe5 25. Rad1 h4 26. Kg2 hxg3
27. hxg3 Re8 28. Rfe1 Re7 29. Qa8+ Kg7 30. Rh1 Kf6 31. g4 {1-0 Donev,I-Klundt,
K/Partenen op 1998/[Donev,I] (31)}) 13... Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 {Ich denke, dass das
Schlagen mit dem Läufer auf f3 besser als Qxf3 ist.} dxe5 15. fxe5 {[%cal
Yf2c5,Ye4c5] Das ist die kritische Eröffnungsstellung. Weiß hat harmonisch
alle seine Figuren entwickelt und droht jetzt den Bauern auf c5 zu kassieren.
Dafür wird er den Bauern e5 verlieren, aber trotzdem hat der Anziehende
leichten Vorteil im Zentrum. Mit anderen Worten: mir wäre es angenehmer diese
Stellung mit Weiß zu spielen.} Bxe4 $2 {Ein verzweifelter Versuch von dem
bekannten theoretischen Weg mit Bxe5 abzuweichen. Jetzt bekommt der Anziehende
forciert Vorteil, den der englische Großmeister meisterhaft in einen ganzen
Punkt umwandelt.} (15... Bxe5 $142 $5 16. Nxc5 (16. Bxc5 Re8 17. Qe2 $14) 16...
Qc7 17. d4 Bg7 18. g4 Nd6 $13 {...e6-e5}) (15... Rc8 16. Nxc5 (16. Bxc5 Bxe4
17. dxe4 $1 Rxc5 18. exf5 exf5 $11 (18... Qb6 $5)) 16... b6 17. Bxc6 Rxc6 18.
Ne4 Bxe5 19. Qf3 Ne7 20. d4 $14) 16. dxe4 $1 Ne7 17. Bxc5 {[%cal Yd1d8,Yc5e7]
Jetzt ist die Drohung Qxd8 nebst Bxe7 aufgetaucht.} Nc6 $6 {Schwarz opfert mit
Absicht die Qualität in der Hoffnung, einen starken Springer auf e5 zu
bekommen. Doch wie der Partieverlauf zeigt reicht das nicht, um die Stellung
auszugleichen.} (17... Re8 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Bxa7 Nc6 20. Be3 Nxe5 21. Be2 $16
) (17... Qc7 $142 $5 18. Bd6 Qb6+ 19. Qd4 Rfe8 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Bc7 $16) 18.
Bxf8 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Bxf8 20. Qb3 $16 Qc7 21. Bg4 Re8 22. Be2 Nxe5 {Der Springer
auf e5 ist sehr stark, aber ich denke, das ist nicht genug für den
Qualitätsnachteil.} 23. Qa4 Ra8 24. Rad1 h5 25. Qd4 Be7 26. b4 Kg7 27. a3 b6
28. c4 $18 {Der Anziehende hat alle seine Figuren optimal platziert und
systematisch seinen Vorteil vergrößert. Der Rest ist reine Technik, die GM
Short natürlich sehr gut beherrscht.} a5 29. Rb1 axb4 30. axb4 Ra2 31. Rb2 Ra3
32. Rbb1 Ra2 33. Rf2 h4 34. Bf1 Ra3 35. gxh4 Bxh4 36. Rc2 Bf6 37. c5 {Der
c-Freibauer wird früher oder später die Partie entscheiden.} bxc5 38. bxc5 Nc6
39. Qd6 Ra7 40. Qxc7 Rxc7 41. Ba6 Nd4 42. Rc4 Be5 43. Rb7 Rxb7 44. Bxb7 Nb5 45.
Bc6 Nc7 46. Kg2 Kh6 47. Rc1 Bd4 48. Ba4 Kg7 49. Kf3 Kf6 50. Rc2 Be5 51. h3 Kg5
52. Ke3 Kh4 53. Rf2 f6 54. Rf3 g5 55. Bd1 Bf4+ 56. Kd3 Be5 57. Be2 Bf4 58. c6
Ne8 59. Kc4 Nd6+ 60. Kd4 Ne8 61. Kc5 Bg3 62. Bf1 g4 63. hxg4 Kxg4 64. Be2 Bd6+
65. Kb6 Kg5 66. Bc4 f5 67. exf5 exf5 68. Bf7 Nc7 69. Rd3 Be5 70. Rd7 Kf6 71.
Rxc7 1-0

[Event "Clarin GP final"]
[Site "Villa Gesell"]
[Date "1997.03.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ginzburg, Maximiliano"]
[Black "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. g4 $6 {Von den zahlreichen Mustpartien des ehemalige Weltmeister Boris
Spassky mit diesr Stellung ist bekannt, daß der Bauernsturm g3-g4 gut für Weiß
ist, wenn den Nachziehende keine Möglichkeit für den Gegenschlag f7-f5 hat.} f5
$1 10. gxf5 exf5 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nd4 13. c3 Nxf3+ 14. Rxf3 Bd7 15. Be3 b5
16. d4 c4 17. Bf2 Rb8 (17... Re8 $142 $15) 18. Re3 g5 $6 {Gibt es den
Anzihenden spiel am Königsflügel.Besser währe die Schwerfiguren auf den
e-Linie versuhen zu tauschen um später im Endspiel den Bauernmehrheit am
Königsflügel zu benützen.} (18... Re8 19. Rxe8+ Bxe8 20. Qd2 Bf7 $15 {nebst
Qd7, Re8, Qb7}) 19. Qh5 gxf4 $2 (19... g4 20. Rae1 Be8 21. Qh4 (21. Rxe8 Rxe8
22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Qxf5 Qg6 24. Qe6+ Qxe6 25. dxe6 Bf6 $11) 21... Qxh4 22. Bxh4
Bh6 $13) 20. Rh3 h6 21. Qf3 Qg5 22. Bh4 Qg4 (22... Qg6 23. Qxf4 Qg4 24. Qxd6 f4
25. Be7 $16) 23. Be7 Rbe8 (23... Rfe8 24. Bxd6 $16) 24. Bxd6 (24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25.
Kf2 $14) 24... Re2 25. Kh1 $2 {Es war höhste Zeit die Qualität zu nehmen.} (25.
Bxf8 $142 $16) 25... Rfe8 $15 26. Rg1 R8e3 27. Qxf4 Rxh3 28. Bxh3 Qxh3 $17 29.
Be5 Rxe5 $1 30. dxe5 Qd3 $19 31. Qd4 Qf3+ 32. Rg2 f4 33. Kg1 Bh3 34. Rf2 Qg4+
35. Kh1 Bxe5 $1 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup6"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "1997.03.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Petrushin, Alexander I"]
[Black "Shariyazdanov, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e6 6. Nh3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3
d6 9. Qd2 Nd4 10. Bh6 Bxh6 11. Qxh6 f6 12. Qd2 e5 13. f4 Bg4 14. Nf2 Be6 (14...
Nf3+ $2 15. Bxf3 Bxf3 16. Qe3 Bh5 17. g4 $18) (14... Bf3 15. Nfd1 {[%csl Gd5]
[%cal Yd1e3,Ye3d5]} Bxg2 16. Kxg2 exf4 (16... Qb6 17. Ne3 $14) 17. gxf4 d5 18.
Ne3 dxe4 19. dxe4 $11) 15. Nd5 Qd7 (15... Bxd5 $142 $1 16. exd5 exf4 17. gxf4
Ndf5 $15 {[%csl Gf5]}) 16. c3 Ndc6 17. Nd1 $1 {Der Königsspringer strebt das
Feld e3 an um seinen starken Bruder auf d5 zu unterstützen!} Kg7 18. N1e3 Bg8
19. Rf2 Nxd5 20. exd5 $1 (20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Ne7 22. Raf1 exf4 23. Rxf4
Rae8 $15 {nebst f5 und der weiße Läufer ist perspektivlos.}) 20... Ne7 21. Raf1
b5 22. h4 f5 $2 {Schwächt die große Diagonale a1-h8. Wie wir später sehen
werden, wird diese Abschwächung von Weiß Musterhaft ausgenützt!} (22... h6 $142
) 23. c4 $1 b4 24. b3 {Mit seinen letzten zwei Zügen hat der Anziehende die
Diagonale a1-h8 von den Bauern geräumt und die Felder für die weiße Dame
freigemacht. Jetzt folgt die nächste Phase: Umwandlung des weißen
positionellen Vorteiles in materiellen Vorteil.} Rae8 25. Qb2 {[%cal Rb2g7]}
Nc8 26. g4 $1 (26. fxe5 $1 {Nach diesem Zug bekommt Weiß forciert auch sehr
großen Vorteil.} dxe5 (26... Rxe5 27. Ng4 $1 $18) 27. g4 $1 Nd6 (27... f4 28.
Rxf4 $18) 28. gxf5 gxf5 {[%csl Re5,Rf5]} 29. Bh3 $16) 26... Qe7 (26... fxg4 27.
fxe5 Rxf2 28. Qxf2 Rxe5 29. Qf6+ Kh6 30. Be4 $1 $18) 27. gxf5 gxf5 28. fxe5
Qxe5 29. Qxe5+ Rxe5 30. Nxf5+ $18 {Der Anziehende hat schon entscheidenden
Vorteil nicht nur wegen dem Mehrbauer, sondern auch weil die weißen
Leichtfiguren viel besser als seine armen Kollegen (Nc8, Bg8) stehen.} Kh8 31.
Bh3 Rf6 32. Kh2 a5 33. Ng3 Rxf2+ 34. Rxf2 Ne7 35. Ne4 Ng6 36. Kg3 Kg7 37. Nxd6
Re3+ 38. Rf3 Re2 39. Nf5+ Kh8 40. Rf2 Re1 41. d4 cxd4 42. Nxd4 Rd1 43. Nc6 Rd3+
44. Rf3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1978/79 West"]
[Site "Germany West"]
[Date "1979.02.11"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ostermeyer, Peter"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Eising,J"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1978.10.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e5 $6 7. Nh3 $1 Nge7 8.
O-O O-O $2 (8... Nd4 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 O-O 11. Nf2 {/\a4,g4,c3 -> N-gew.}) (
8... exf4 9. gxf4 $14) 9. f5 $1 f6 10. g4 Nd4 11. Ne2 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 d5 13. c3
d4 (13... Bd7 14. exd5) (13... b6 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Qe4 Bb7 16. fxg6) (13...
dxe4 14. Bxe4 (14. dxe4 {/\Qc4+} b6 15. Qc4+ Kh8 16. g5 $40)) 14. c4 $16 Rb8
15. Nf2 Rf7 16. h4 Qf8 17. Nh1 Bh6 18. g5 Bg7 19. Ng3 Kh8 (19... fxg5 $2 20.
Bxg5 gxf5 21. exf5 Nxf5 (21... Bxf5 $2 22. Bxe7) 22. Nxf5 Rxf5 23. Qh5 {/\Be4}
h6 24. Be4 hxg5 25. Bd5+) 20. h5 $1 {/\21.h6 21.hxg6 hxg6 22.fxg6 Nxg6 23.Qh5+}
gxf5 (20... fxg5 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. fxg6 (22. Bxg5 {/\fxg6} gxf5 23. Qh5+ Kg8
24. exf5 $16 Nxf5 (24... Bxf5 25. Nxf5 Rxf5 26. Be4) 25. Bd5 $1) 22... Rxf1+
23. Bxf1 Bh6 24. Qh5 Kg7 25. Bxg5) 21. g6 $1 (21. h6 $2 Bxh6 22. gxh6 f4 {
/\Qxh6}) 21... f4 (21... hxg6 22. hxg6 Nxg6 23. Qh5+) 22. gxf7 fxg3 23. h6 $1
Bxh6 24. Rxf6 Bg7 25. Bg5 b5 26. Qh5 Rb6 27. Raf1 Ng6 28. Rxb6 axb6 29. Bh3
Bxh3 30. Qxh3 bxc4 31. dxc4 h6 32. Qh5 Kh7 33. Bxh6 $1 Bxh6 34. Rf6 Qg7 (34...
Nf4 35. Rxh6+ Kg7 36. Qg5+ Kxf7 37. Rf6+) 35. Rxg6 $1 (35. Rxg6 Qxg6 36. f8=N+)
1-0

[Event "Wrexham"]
[Site "Wrexham"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Martinovsky, Eugene Simeon"]
[Black "Engqvist, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Engqvist"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 (3. Nd2 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e6 6. Nh3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O
8. Re1 e5 $1 $13 {Suttles-Geller, Palma de Mallorca (izt) 1970 - 11/263}) 3...
g6 (3... d5 {The logical continuation since White has omitted to develop the
knight to c3.} 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 Nd4 6. Bg2 Bh3 (6... Qe6+)) 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. f4
d6 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Nc3 {By transposition we now have a normal closed
Sicilian.} (8. c3 $5) 8... O-O 9. Be3 Nd4 10. e5 dxe5 $1 11. Nxe5 (11. fxe5 $5
Nef5 12. Bf2 Rb8 $5 13. Ne4 b6 14. Nf6+ (14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. g4 Nh4 16. Bxh4 Qxh4
17. Nf6+ Bxf6 18. Rxf6 Bb7 $132 {Stohl}) 14... Bxf6 15. exf6 Qxf6 16. Nxd4 (16.
g4 Nd6 17. Nxd4 cxd4 {- 16.Nd4}) 16... cxd4 17. g4 Nd6 18. Bg3 Qe7 19. Be5 f6
$1 20. Bxd4 e5 21. Bc3 Bb7 $10 {Stohl} (21... Nb5 $13)) 11... Rb8 12. Ne4 b6
13. a4 $146 {White wants to safeguard an outpost for his knight at c4 if black
eventually plays ...f6. Another idea with the move is the possibility of
a5-ab6 and Ra7.} (13. c3 Ndf5 14. Bf2 Qc7 15. g4 Nd5 $5 (15... Nd6 $13) 16.
gxf5 exf5 {/\ Nf4~/= Stohl}) (13. Bf2 $5) 13... Qc7 (13... Bb7) 14. Nc4 Nd5 $5
{There is no hurry with this natural move. One disadvantage with the move is
that when white plays c3 the knight at d5 will be in the way for a rook at d8
which wants to put pressure on the weakened d3-pawn.} (14... Bb7) 15. Bf2 Bb7 (
15... Rd8 {is more logical.}) 16. Ned6 $1 Bc6 17. c3 Nf5 18. Nxf5 exf5 $1 (
18... gxf5 $13) 19. Re1 Rfe8 20. Qd2 Nf6 21. Be3 Rbd8 $15 {Blacks rooks are
beautifully posted in the centre.} 22. Ne5 Bxg2 23. Qxg2 $6 (23. Kxg2) 23...
Nd5 $17 {Unexpectedly there is no way to parry the loss of a pawn.} 24. Bf2
Bxe5 25. fxe5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Qxe5 27. d4 Qe2 $1 28. dxc5 Ne3 $1 (28... Qxb2 $2
29. Rd1 Qxc3 (29... Qb3 30. Qf3) 30. cxb6 axb6 31. Bxb6 (31. Rxd5 $4 Qc1+ $19))
29. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 30. Qf2 Qxc5 31. Qxc5 bxc5 32. b4 (32. Re1 $5) 32... cxb4 33.
cxb4 Rd4 $19 34. Rb1 (34. b5 Rb4 35. Kf2 Kf8 36. Ke3 Ke7 37. Kd3 Kd6 38. Kc3
Kc5 39. Re1 Rxa4 40. Re7 Ra2 41. Rxf7 Rxh2 42. Rxa7 Rh3 $19) 34... h5 35. a5 a6
36. b5 axb5 37. Rxb5 Rd1+ 38. Kg2 (38. Kf2 Rd2+ 39. Ke3 Rxh2 $19) 38... Rd2+
39. Kg1 Ra2 40. Rb8+ Kg7 41. Ra8 Kf6 42. h4 f4 43. gxf4 Kf5 44. Rb8 (44. Rf8
Kxf4 45. Rxf7+ Kg3 46. Rf6 Ra1+ 47. Rf1 Rxa5 $19) 44... Kxf4 45. Rb3 Kg4 46.
Rb7 Kxh4 47. Rxf7 Rxa5 48. Rb7 g5 49. Rb2 g4 50. Rh2+ Kg5 51. Rb2 h4 52. Rb8
Ra1+ (52... h3 $1) 53. Kf2 Ra2+ 54. Ke3 g3 (54... h3 $1) 55. Rg8+ Kf5 (55...
Kh5 $1) 56. Kf3 Rf2+ 57. Ke3 Rb2 58. Kf3 Rb3+ 59. Kg2 Rb2+ 60. Kf3 Rb6 61. Rg7
Rg6 62. Ra7 Rg8 (62... g2 $4 63. Ra5+ Kf6 64. Ra6+ Kg7 65. Rxg6+ Kxg6 66. Kxg2
$10) 63. Ra5+ Ke6 64. Ra6+ Kd5 65. Ra5+ Kc4 66. Kg2 h3+ 67. Kg1 Rb8 68. Ra1 Kc3
69. Kf1 (69. Ra3+ Rb3 70. Ra1 Kc2 $19) 69... Kc2 70. Ke2 Rb1 (70... h2 $19) 71.
Ra8 Rg1 $1 (71... h2 $6 72. Rc8+ Kb3 73. Rb8+ Kc4 74. Rxb1 g2 75. Kf2 h1=Q 76.
Rg1 $1) 72. Rc8+ Kb3 0-1

[Event "Bled op 13th"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rogulj, Branko"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Nd4 10. e5 Nef5 11. Bf2 Bd7 $5 {Ein neuer Zug. Schwarz vermeidet
die Variante mit dem Bauernopfer auf b7.} (11... Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Bd7 $1 13. Qxb7
Rb8 14. Qxa7 Rxb2 15. Rac1 $1 dxe5 16. fxe5 Bxe5 17. Ne4 $1 Bc6 $1 $13 {
Kindermann - V.Spasov, Novi Sad (ol) 1990.}) 12. Ne4 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Bc6 14. c3
{(1.10/1.03)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Varna-15"]
[Site "Varna"]
[Date "1976.05.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Espig, Lutz"]
[Black "Inkiov, Ventzislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Espig,L"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1976.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH 7/1976 Seite 309} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 a6 5. g3 Nc6 6.
Bg2 g6 7. d3 Bg7 8. O-O Nge7 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Rae1 Rb8 12. Nh4 b6 13.
Nd1 f5 14. c3 Ndc6 15. h3 Bb7 16. Bf2 Qd7 17. exf5 exf5 18. d4 Rbd8 19. Re2
Rfe8 20. Rfe1 Na5 21. d5 Nc4 22. Qd3 b5 23. b3 Nb6 24. c4 Na8 25. g4 Nc7 26.
Bf3 Bc8 27. Ne3 Kh8 28. Nf1 Ng8 29. gxf5 Rxe2 30. Rxe2 Bf6 ({Auf} 30... gxf5 {
folgt} 31. Ng3 Nh6 32. Nh5 {mit großem Vorteil.}) 31. Ne3 Rf8 32. fxg6 Qd8 33.
Neg2 Bxh3 34. gxh7 Ne7 {[#]} 35. Rxe7 $1 Bxe7 36. Ng6+ Kg7 37. Nxf8 Qxf8 38.
Be4 Bxg2 39. Qg3+ Kh8 40. Kxg2 Ne8 41. Kf3 Nf6 42. Qg6 Qg7 43. Qxg7+ Kxg7 44.
a3 {Die Abbruchstellung.} bxc4 45. bxc4 Nxh7 ({Etwas längeren Widerstand
leistete} 45... Bd8) 46. Bxh7 Kxh7 47. Kg4 Kg6 48. f5+ Kf7 49. Bh4 Bf8 50. f6
$1 {Schwarz gerät nun in einen tödlichen Zugzwang.} Bh6 51. Bg5 Bxg5 52. Kxg5
a5 53. a4 Kf8 54. f7 $1 Kxf7 55. Kf5 Ke7 56. Kg6 Ke8 57. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Beersheba 16th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1997.02.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Finkel, Alexander"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1997.02.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
Rb8 (8... Bg4 $5 {/\ Bf3}) 9. h3 b5 10. g4 b4 (10... Nd7 {N} 11. Ne2 Nd4 (11...
e6 12. c3 $14) 12. c3 (12. Nexd4 cxd4 13. Qe1 Bb7 14. Qf2 $5 Qb6 15. Qh4 $14 {
|^}) 12... Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 b4 14. c4 e6 {/\ Nb6, d5} 15. Ng3 {/\ Qe2, Be3} Qh4 (
15... Nb6 16. Qe2 d5 17. Be3 dxc4 18. dxc4 $16 {/\ e5 ><c5}) 16. Kg2 Bb7 17.
Qe2 Rbd8 18. Be3 Bd4 19. Rae1 Qf6 20. Bc1 (20. g5 $142 $1 Qg7 21. Bc1 {/\
h4-h5+/-}) 20... Qh4 21. Be3 (21. e5 $6 Bxf3+ 22. Qxf3 dxe5 23. f5 exf5 24.
gxf5 e4 $1 25. Rxe4 Qf6) 21... a5 (21... Qf6 $6 22. g5 $16) 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23.
e5 Bxf3+ 24. Rxf3 dxe5 25. fxe5 Kg7 (25... Nc5 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. Qxe4 $14 {><d4}
) 26. Qe4 (26. Qf2 {/\ Nf5} Qe7 $8 27. Qxd4 Nc5 {><d3}) 26... Nc5 27. Qf4 (27.
Qc6 Rc8 28. Qb6 Qd8) 27... f5 (27... Rd7 28. Qf6+ Qxf6 29. exf6+ Kg8 30. Re5
Rc8 31. h4 $16 {|^ בh}) 28. exf6+ Qxf6 29. Qxf6+ {1/2-1/2 Giorgadze
Giorgi-Vaganian Rafael A/It 1994} (29. Qxf6+ Rxf6 30. Ne4 $1 {Yudasin,L} Nxe4
$8 31. Rxe4 {/\ Re5+/-} Rxf3 32. Kxf3 Kf6 33. Rf4+ $1 $16 {_|_} Ke7 34. Ke4) (
29. Qc7+ Rf7 $1 $8 30. Nf5+ exf5 31. Qxc5 {/\ Qe5~~})) 11. Ne2 c4 (11... Ne8
12. f5 Rb6 (12... Nc7 13. Qe1 Nb5 14. Qh4 Nbd4 15. Nexd4 Nxd4 16. Bh6 (16. Nxd4
Bxd4+ 17. Kh1 Bb7 18. Rb1 a5 19. Bh6 Qc7 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. Qe1 Rd8 22. Qd2 Bg7
23. g5 Be5 24. Qf2 Bd4 25. Qf3 Rf8 26. h4 f6 27. Qg4 Qd7 28. Bh3 d5 29. Bg2
dxe4 30. Bxe4 fxg5 31. Qxg5 Kh8 32. Qg2 Bxe4 33. dxe4 Rg8 34. fxg6 Rxg6 35.
Rf8+ Kg7 36. Qf3 Bf6 37. Ra8 Qd2 38. e5 Qd4 39. exf6+ Kh6 40. Kh2 Rxf6 41. Qg3
Qd2+ 42. Kh3 Qd7+ 43. Kh2 Qd2+ 44. Kh3 {1/2-1/2 Davies,N-Ivanov,I/London
Lloyds 1992}) 16... f6 17. g5 Ne2+ 18. Kf2 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Nf4 20. gxf6 e5 {
1-0 Buchal,S-Kersten,U/Hessen-ch Doernigheim 1994}) (12... a5 13. Rb1 a4 14.
Be3 Nc7 15. c4 bxc3 16. bxc3 Ba6 17. Qd2 Re8 18. h4 e6 19. Rxb8 Qxb8 20. Bh6
Bh8 21. h5 Qd8 22. Bg5 Qd7 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Nf4 exf5 25. gxf5 gxf5 26. Bh3 Qf7
27. Bxf5 Bc8 28. Nh4 Bf6 29. Bxf6 Qxf6 30. Nh5 Qe5 31. Qh6 Bxf5 32. Rxf5 Qe7
33. Rg5+ {1-0 Petrienko,V-Pribyl,M/Pardubice op 1992}) 13. Qe1 d5 14. exd5 Qxd5
15. Ng5 Qe5 16. Qh4 h6 17. fxg6 fxg6 18. Rxf8+ Bxf8 19. Ne4 g5 20. Qf2 Bg7 21.
Be3 Nd4 22. N2g3 Nf6 23. Rf1 Be6 24. c3 bxc3 25. bxc3 Nxe4 26. Nxe4 Nb5 27.
Bxc5 Nxc3 28. Nxc3 Qxc3 29. Bxb6 axb6 30. Qe2 Qc5+ 31. Kh1 Bf7 32. Qf2 Qxf2 33.
Rxf2 Bd4 34. Rc2 Kg7 35. Be4 h5 36. gxh5 {Schoeneberg,M-Balashov,Y/EU-chT
Kapfenberg 1970/1/2-1/2 (68)}) (11... Qb6 12. Be3 Bxg4 13. hxg4 Nxg4 14. Qc1
Bxb2 15. Qxb2 Nxe3 16. Rfe1 c4 17. Kh1 b3 18. axb3 cxd3 19. cxd3 Nb4 20. Reb1 {
1/2-1/2 Becx,C-Archer,P/Guernsey op 1989}) (11... Ba6 12. Ng3 (12. f5 Nd7 13.
fxg6 fxg6 14. Nf4 Nd4 15. Ng5 Qe8 16. Nge6 Nxe6 17. Nxe6 Rxf1+ 18. Qxf1 Qf7 19.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 20. Nxg7 {1/2-1/2 Weiss,U-Fischdick,G/Graz ztW 1991}) 12... c4 13.
Re1 cxd3 14. cxd3 Nd7 15. d4 e5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. d5 Nd4 18. Be3 Qf6 19. Kh2
Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Qxf3 21. Bxf3 Rfc8 22. Rec1 Bf8 23. Bxa7 Ra8 24. Be3 Rxc1 25.
Rxc1 Bb5 26. Ra1 Bc4 27. Be2 Rxa2 28. Rxa2 Bxa2 29. Nf1 Bc5 30. Bxc5 Nxc5 31.
Nd2 Bb3 32. g5 Bc2 33. d6 Kf8 34. Bf3 Ke8 35. Nc4 Bxe4 36. Bg4 {Blatny,
P-Kuczynski,R/Stara Zagora zt-A 1990/0-1 (49)}) (11... Nd7 12. f5 (12. Qe1 a5
13. f5 Nde5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bg5 a4 16. Rd1 Bd7 17. Qf2 Nc6 18. b3 Ne5 19. Qh4
Re8 20. Rf2 axb3 21. axb3 Ra8 22. Rdf1 Ra2 23. Nc1 Ra1 24. Be3 Bb5 25. g5 Nc6
26. Ne2 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 e6 28. f6 Bf8 29. Qf2 Qa5 30. Nf4 Ne5 31. h4 Ng4 32. Qg3
Nxe3 33. Qxe3 Qa2 34. h5 gxh5 35. g6 hxg6 36. Nxg6 fxg6 37. f7+ Kg7 38. fxe8=Q
Bxe8 39. Qg5 Qb2 40. Qd8 Qd4+ 41. Kh1 {1-0 Giorgadze-Xu/32nd Chess Olympiad,
Yerevan 1996}) (12. g5 Nb6 13. Nh2 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 15. Kh1 f5 16. gxf6 Bxf6
17. Ng4 Bg7 18. f5 Kh8 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Rg1 Be6 21. Nh2 Bd4 22. Rf1 Rxf1+ 23.
Qxf1 Qg8 24. Nf3 Rf8 25. Qe1 Bf6 26. Ng5 Bxg5 27. Bxg5 Qh7 28. Qg3 Nd7 29. a3
a5 30. axb4 axb4 31. Ra7 Rf7 32. Ra8+ Rf8 33. Rxf8+ Nxf8 34. Qh4 Qxh4 35. Bxh4
g5 36. Bxg5 Ng6 {Benko,P-Aaron,M/Stockholm izt 1962/1-0 (51)}) 12... Nde5 13.
Qe1 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 16. Kh1 e6 17. Bg2 Re8 18. f6 Bxf6 19.
Qf2 Bg7 20. g5 Be5 21. Qxf7+ Kh8 22. Qxa7 Rb7 23. Qa4 Rf8 24. Be3 Bxb2 25.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 26. Rf1 Rf7 27. Rxf7 Qxf7 28. Qa5 Qd7 29. Qb6 e5 30. Kg1 Kg7 31. Kh2
Kf7 32. Kh1 Ke7 33. Bxc5 dxc5 34. Qf6+ Ke8 35. Qh8+ Ke7 {1/2-1/2 Prasad,
D-Handoko,E/Bangalore 1981}) (11... a5 {N} 12. Qe1 (12. f5 $5 c4 $5 (12... d5
$5 13. e5 Nd7 14. e6 fxe6 15. fxe6 Nde5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Nf4 Bb7 $13) 13. Be3
cxd3 (13... Ba6 $6 14. d4 c3 15. d5 cxb2 16. Rb1 Ne5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Rxb2 $14
) 14. cxd3 Ba6 15. Ned4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Rc8 17. Nf3 (17. a3 bxa3 $5 18. Rxa3 Nd7
19. fxg6 hxg6 20. b4 Ne5 21. bxa5 Rc5 $44) 17... Nd7 18. Rf2 d5 $1 $36 19. a3
$8 Nc5 (19... Bb7 20. axb4 axb4 21. Ra7 $1 Rc7 22. Qd2 dxe4 23. dxe4 Bxe4 24.
Qxb4 $13) 20. Bxc5 dxe4 21. axb4 exf3 22. Qxf3 (22. Rxa5 Rxc5 23. Rxa6 Rc7 24.
Rxf3 Bxb2 $40 {^-}) 22... axb4 23. d4 Bc4 24. Rd1 {/\ b3} b3 $1 25. g5 $1 $40
gxf5 (25... Re8 $5 {/\ Qd7, e6}) 26. Qxf5 e6 27. Qg4 (27. Qf3 $6 Qxg5 28. Bxf8
Rxf8 $44) 27... f5 28. gxf6 Rxf6 29. Rxf6 Qxf6 30. Rc1 $2 (30. Be4 $1 Kh8 31.
Kh1 Rg8 32. Rg1 Qf7 $10) 30... Bd3 31. Qg3 Qg6 32. Qxg6 hxg6 33. Re1 Bf5 34.
Kh2 $6 e5 35. Bb7 Rc7 36. Bd5+ Kh7 37. Bxb3 exd4 38. Ba3 d3 39. Kg3 d2 $6 40.
Rd1 Bh6 41. Kf2 $1 $8 Bxh3 $6 42. Rh1 Bg4 43. Bb4 Bh5 44. Bc3 Rd7 45. Bd1 Rf7+
46. Kg2 Bxd1 $2 47. Rxd1 Kg8 48. Kg3 Rf5 49. Kg4 Be3 50. Kg3 Rf2 51. Kg4 Kf7
52. Kg3 Ke6 53. Bxd2 $1 $10 Rxd2 54. Re1 Kf5 55. Rxe3 Rxb2 {1/2-1/2 Morovic
Fernandez,I-van Wely,L/Wijk aan Zee 1994}) (12. Be3) 12... Ba6 13. Qh4 c4 14.
Rd1 cxd3 15. cxd3 Nxe4 16. Be3 Nf6 17. Ng5 Rc8 18. Rac1 d5 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20.
Bxd4 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 h6 22. Nf3 Bxd3 23. g5 hxg5 24. Nxg5 Nh5 25. Qf2 e5 26. Bb6
Qf6 {0-1 Schischke,R-Schneider,B/NWL-II 1993}) (11... Nd4 $1 {N} 12. Be3 $6 (
12. c3 bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 h5 15. Ng3 hxg4 16. hxg4 Nxg4 $1 17. Bxg4
Bxc3 18. Bxc8 Qxc8 $1 19. Be3 Qh3 20. Qf3 Rb2 21. Bf2 Bd4 $5 {/\ Rf2} 22. Rae1
Rxa2 $44 {Szuhanek,R}) 12... Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 Nd7 14. Bc1 (14. Rab1 Qa5) 14... a5
15. Rb1 a4 16. b3 Ra8 17. e5 axb3 18. axb3 Ra2 19. e6 fxe6 20. Ng5 (20. Qxe6+
Kh8 21. Ng5 Qe8 $1 {/\ Ne5-/+}) 20... Nb6 21. Nxe6 Bxe6 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 23. Qe2
Bd4+ $1 (23... e6 $6 24. Be3) 24. Kh1 e6 25. Qd1 Qh4 $17 {~/= Ibragimov,
B-Szuhanek,R/Canakkale 1994}) (11... a5 {- 59/179}) 12. Be3 {[#]} (12. f5 Qb6+
13. Kh1 b3 14. axb3 cxb3 15. cxb3 a5 16. Nf4 Nb4 17. Bd2 e5 18. fxe6 fxe6 19.
Ng5 Re8 20. Bc3 Qb5 21. Nf3 e5 22. g5 Nd7 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Nc5 25. Rxa5
Qxd3 26. Qxd3 Nxd3 27. Nd2 Nf4 28. Ne4 Rd8 29. Ra7 Bb7 30. Rxf4 exf4 31. Bxg7
Kxg7 32. Nf6 h6 33. h4 hxg5 34. hxg5 Kf8 35. Be4 Bc8 36. Nh7+ Kg8 37. Nf6+ Kf8
38. Nh7+ Kg8 39. Nf6+ {1/2-1/2 Lobron,E-Keene,R/Bochum 1981}) 12... Bxg4 $6 (
12... Ba6 13. Rf2 (13. Ng3 $6 Nd7 14. Rb1 Qa5 15. d4 c3 16. Re1 cxb2 $15) 13...
Bb7 14. Ng3 c3 (14... d5 15. e5 d4 16. Bc1 Nd5 17. dxc4 Ne3 18. Bxe3 dxe3 19.
Re2 Qb6 20. Qd3 $16) 15. b3 d5 16. g5 d4 17. Bc1 Nd7 18. h4 $14) (12... a5 13.
Ng3 {[%cal Gd3d4]} (13. Ned4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 cxd3 15. cxd3 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17.
Rc1 Bb7 18. Qe1 Qb6+ $13) 13... cxd3 14. cxd3 Bxg4 15. hxg4 Nxg4 16. Bc1 Qb6+
17. d4 Nxd4 18. Kh1 Ne6 19. Qe2 $14) 13. hxg4 Nxg4 14. Bc1 $1 (14. Bf2 cxd3 15.
cxd3 Nxf2 16. Rxf2 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Bg7 18. d4 $14) 14... cxd3 15. cxd3 Qb6+ 16. d4
e5 17. Bh3 $1 h5 $2 (17... Nf6 $1 18. Ng3 Rfe8 (18... exd4 19. Qd3 Rfe8 20. Rd1
$1 $16) 19. Re1 $1 (19. Qd3 d5 $3 20. fxe5 (20. exd5 Nxd4 21. Kh1 $5 Nxf3 22.
Qxf3 e4 23. Qe2 Rbd8 $44) 20... dxe4 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Nxe5 23. Kh1 Nxf3
24. Qxf3 f5 $44) 19... exd4 20. Qd3 Re7 21. Bd2 Rbe8 22. Rad1 $16) 18. Bxg4
hxg4 19. Ng5 $1 $16 exd4 $6 (19... exf4 20. Bxf4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 22. Kh1
Bxb2 23. Rb1 Be5 24. Qxg4 $16) 20. Ng3 $18 d3+ 21. Kg2 Qd4 22. Rf2 $1 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2004.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2004.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 d6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
Rb8 9. Be3 b5 10. Qd2 b4 11. Nd1 Ba6 (11... e5 12. Bh6 Nh5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14.
Nh4 Nf4 15. Nf5+ gxf5 16. gxf4 exf4 17. Qxf4 Nd4 18. Kh1 Nxc2 19. Rc1 Nd4 20.
Rxc5 Be6 {1/2-1/2 Ristoja,T-Maeder,K/Haifa 1970/ (24)}) (11... c4 12. Nd4 Nxd4
13. Bxd4 cxd3 14. Qxd3 Bd7 15. Re1 a5 16. c3 Bb5 17. Qd2 e5 18. Be3 Bc6 19.
cxb4 axb4 20. Bg5 Qd7 21. a3 bxa3 22. bxa3 Rfc8 {1/2-1/2 Thorsen,F-Rosell,K/
Randers 1973/ (30)}) (11... Re8 12. Bh6 Bh8 13. Ne3 a5 14. Nc4 Nd7 15. Ng5 Nb6
16. f4 Nxc4 17. dxc4 Bxb2 18. f5 Bxa1 19. fxg6 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 fxg6 21. Rf7 Bf6
22. Rxf6 exf6 23. Qd5+ Be6 24. Nxe6 Ne7 {0-1 Robertson,I-Plaskett,J/Edinburgh
1999/ (29)}) 12. Bh6 {Morozevich does not avoid very modest openings, he
relays on his enormous playing strength in the middlegame.} (12. Ne1 c4 13. f4
Qc8 14. Qf2 b3 15. axb3 cxd3 16. cxd3 Nb4 17. Qd2 Nd7 18. Ra3 Nc5 19. Nf2 {
1-0 Polster,W-Sandmeier,T/Germany 1989/ (65)}) 12... c4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. dxc4
(14. Re1 Qa5 15. dxc4 Bxc4 16. a3 Be6 $11) 14... Bxc4 15. Re1 Qa5 16. Ne3 Be6
17. Ng5 (17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Rfc8 19. Red1 Qc5 20. f4 $11) 17... Qe5 (17...
Qc5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Ne5 $11) (17... Qxg5 $2 18. Nf5+ $18) 18. f4 Qc5 (
18... Qxb2 $2 19. e5 dxe5 20. Nxe6+ fxe6 21. Bxc6 $16) 19. Qf2 Rb5 (19... Qb5
20. Red1 h6 21. Nxe6+ fxe6 22. Qd2 e5 $11) 20. Rac1 Bd7 (20... Bxa2 $5 21. b3 (
21. Ra1 Be6 22. e5 dxe5 23. Nxe6+ fxe6 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Rxa7 Ne4 $17) 21... h6
22. e5 dxe5 23. fxe5 Nxe5 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 f5 $15) 21. Nd1 (21. Nd5 Nh5 $1
22. Qxc5 Rxc5 23. Kh2 e6 $11) 21... Rc8 22. Nf3 (22. c4 Ra5 23. Qxc5 dxc5 24.
e5 Nh5 25. e6 fxe6 26. Kf2 Nd4 $15) 22... e5 $1 {McShane has made a great
progress in the last two years. Now he very correctly fixes white pawns on the
colour of the bishops.} 23. c4 (23. Bf1 Ra5 24. Qxc5 Rxc5 25. Nf2 $11) 23...
Ra5 24. Qxc5 dxc5 (24... Rxc5 25. Nf2 Ra5 26. Ra1 Nh5 $15) 25. fxe5 Nh5 26. Nf2
(26. g4 Nf4 27. Ra1 Nd4 $15) (26. Kf2 Rxa2 27. Rc2 Be6 28. Ne3 Nd4 29. Rd2 $11)
26... Nxg3 (26... Be6 27. Nd3 Rd8 28. Re3 Nxg3 29. Nf4 Rxa2 30. Ng5 Nd4 31.
Rxg3 Rxb2 $13) 27. Nd3 Rd8 (27... Be6 28. Kf2 Nh5 29. Ke3 Rxa2 $15) 28. Kf2 Nh5
(28... Bxh3 $1 29. Bxh3 (29. Nxc5 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Rxc5 31. Kxg3 Rd3 $17) 29...
Rxd3 30. Kxg3 Rxa2 31. e6 Rxb2 $17) 29. Ke3 Be6 (29... Rxa2 30. Ra1 Ra5 31. b3
Be6 32. Rxa5 Rxd3+ 33. Kxd3 Nf4+ 34. Kc2 Nxa5 35. Bf1 $11) 30. Rc2 Rxa2 $2 {
Black has achieved positionally excellent prospects, his worry was the
maangement of the tactics.} (30... Rxd3+ $5 31. Kxd3 Rxa2 32. Bf1 a5 33. Rd2 a4
$17) 31. Nxc5 b3 (31... h6 32. Nb7 Rd7 33. Nd6 g5 34. c5 $13) 32. Rf2 (32. Nxb3
Nb4 33. Rd2 Rxd2 34. Kxd2 Rxb2+ 35. Kc3 Rxg2 36. Kxb4 Nf4 $15) 32... Nb4 $2 {
[%mdl 2048] Probably the decisive mistake. Black pieces are loosing
coordination, most of them sit at the edge of the board.} (32... Bxc4 33. Rc1
Na5 (33... Bb5 34. Bf1 (34. Ng5 Nxe5 35. Nge6+ fxe6 36. Nxe6+ Kh6 37. Nxd8 Nd3
$17) 34... Bxf1 35. Rcxf1 $11) 34. Nd4 (34. e6 f6 35. Nd2 Bb5 36. e7 Re8 37.
Ndxb3 Nxb3 38. Nxb3 Rxe7 39. Nd4 a6 $15) 34... Re8 35. e6 fxe6 36. Nb7 Nxb7 37.
Rxc4 Na5 $15) 33. Nxe6+ fxe6 34. Nd4 Ra6 (34... Rxd4 35. Kxd4 Nc2+ 36. Rxc2
bxc2 37. Kc3 Nf4 38. Bf1 Ra5 39. Kxc2 Rxe5 40. b4 $16) (34... Nf4 35. Rxf4 Rxd4
36. Kxd4 Nc2+ 37. Kc3 Nxe1 38. Bf1 Ra5 39. Kxb3 Rxe5 40. Kc3 $16) 35. Rc1 $1 g5
36. Bf1 Nf4 37. c5 {White makes no secrets of his plan to advance the c passed
pawn, the opponent has no effective defense to it.} Ra4 (37... Ra5 38. Nxb3
Nbd3 39. Nxa5 Nxc1 40. c6 $18) 38. Bb5 Ra5 39. c6 Rxd4 (39... Nc2+ 40. Rfxc2
bxc2 41. c7 Rc8 42. Rxc2 $18) 40. Kxd4 Nc2+ (40... Rxb5 41. c7 Nc2+ 42. Rfxc2
bxc2 43. Rxc2 $18) 41. Rfxc2 bxc2 42. c7 1-0

[Event "WchT 7th"]
[Site "Bursa"]
[Date "2010.01.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2010.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 e6 7. Nh3 {Nakamura is
extremely strong practical player, but he can hardly compete with his
colleagues in theoretical positions. The knight on h3 occupies an odd square.}
Nge7 8. Be3 b6 9. O-O O-O 10. Kh1 {White has no efficient plan of playing for
the advantage. The retreat of the king to the corner is a slightly stereotyped
solution.} (10. Bf2 Bb7 11. Qd2 Qd7 12. Rae1 Rae8 13. g4 f5 14. gxf5 exf5 15.
Ng5 Nd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 17. Kh1 h6 18. Nf3 Bg7 19. Nh4 {1/2-1/2 Zvjaginsev,V 
(2659)-Moiseenko,A (2630)/Sochi 2007}) (10. Rb1 $6 Bb7 11. Nf2 $2 (11. Kh1 $5
d5 12. Bg1 $13) 11... d5 $1 12. Bd2 Qd7 $15 13. e5 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Bh3
Rae8 16. Ne2 Nf5 17. c3 Bg7 18. g4 $6 Nh4 $17 {0-1 Padevsky,N (2425)-Mainka,R 
(2430)/Dortmund 1991/ (32)}) (10. g4 d5 11. Bf2 d4 12. Ne2 f5 13. gxf5 exf5 14.
Bh4 fxe4 15. dxe4 Bg4 16. Qd3 Qd7 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nf3 Rae8 19. a3 Kh8 20. Rae1
Rf7 $15 {0-1 Cristobal,R (2342)-Felgaer,R (2471)/Mar del Plata 2001 (46)})
10... Qd7 11. Bg1 Bb7 12. Qd2 Rae8 13. Rae1 f5 $1 {Sasikiran has all his
pieces in play and this is the moment when the player should start some action.
} 14. Ng5 Nd4 15. Nf3 {The relocation of the knight to f3-square is a silent
admission, that the experiment with 7.Nh3 was not especially successful.} Nec6
(15... Nxf3 16. Bxf3 d5 $1 17. exd5 (17. e5 d4 18. Ne2 Bxf3+ 19. Rxf3 Qc6 20.
Kg2 g5 $17) 17... Nxd5 18. Qg2 Nxc3 19. Bxb7 Nd5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. c3 $15) 16.
Nxd4 (16. exf5 Rxf5 17. a3 d5 $15) 16... cxd4 (16... Nxd4 17. Be3 b5 18. a3 Bf6
$15) 17. Ne2 e5 18. c3 (18. exf5 Rxf5 19. c3 Ne7 $15) 18... exf4 $6 {The real
transition into the middlegame has found players in a situation, that is far
too complex even for very strong players. Some of the moves deserve open
criticism.} (18... dxc3 19. bxc3 fxe4 20. dxe4 Na5 $15) 19. gxf4 $2 (19. Nxf4
$1 dxc3 20. bxc3 fxe4 21. Bxe4 Ne7 $11) 19... dxc3 20. bxc3 Rc8 21. Ng3 $6 {
The knight is leaving the centre at the wrong moment as the c3-pawn will
remain quite vulnerable.} (21. Be3 Rf7 22. Kg1 Re8 $15) 21... Ne7 (21... fxe4
22. dxe4 (22. Nxe4 Ne7 23. Bd4 Bxd4 24. cxd4 Nf5 $17) 22... Na5 23. Ne2 Rce8
24. Nd4 Bh6 $17) 22. Bd4 $6 {Consequent, but positionally a rather
compromising solution. The retreat of the knight must be an objectively
stronger solution.} (22. Ne2 Qc7 23. Nd4 Qxc3 24. Qxc3 Rxc3 25. Ne6 Rxd3 26.
Nxf8 Kxf8 27. exf5 Bxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Nxf5 29. Rc1 Ra3 $15) 22... Bxd4 23. cxd4 Qa4
24. Qe3 Rc2 25. Rc1 Rfc8 {Black must have felt very positive about his chances.
Quite possibly the subtle control of the centre from the e8-square would have
been a stronger solution.} (25... Re8 $5 26. Rxc2 Qxc2 27. a3 Kf8 $17) 26. d5
fxe4 (26... Qxa2 27. Ra1 Qb3 28. Rfb1 Rb2 29. Rxb2 Qxb2 30. Rxa7 Rc7 $15) (
26... Rxa2 $2 27. exf5 $18) 27. dxe4 Ba6 (27... Rxa2 28. f5 Ba6 29. f6 Bxf1 30.
Rxf1 Qc2 31. f7+ Kg7 32. Qd4+ Kh6 33. Qe3+ Kg7 $11) 28. Rxc2 Rxc2 29. Rg1 Qxa2
(29... Rxa2 30. Qc3 Bc8 31. Qf6 Rxg2 32. Kxg2 Qc2+ 33. Kf3 Qd3+ 34. Kf2 Qc2+
35. Ne2 Qxe4 36. Rg3 $11) 30. Qd4 {White is fighting for survival as he is
down by a pawn and his pieces must politely sit at the corner. Sasikiran
should not forget about his exposed king on g8.} Qb2 (30... Qa3 31. Qf6 Rc1 32.
Qxe7 Rxg1+ 33. Kxg1 Qc5+ 34. Kh1 Qc1+ 35. Nf1 Bxf1 36. Qe8+ Kg7 37. Qe7+ $11)
31. Qa4 (31. Qxb2 Rxb2 32. e5 Kf8 33. exd6 Ng8 34. Rc1 Nf6 35. Ne4 Nxd5 36. d7
Ke7 37. Rd1 Kd8 38. Nd6 Kxd7 39. Bxd5 Kxd6 40. Bb7+ Kc7 41. Bxa6 b5 42. Kg1 b4
$11) 31... Bb5 32. Qxa7 Nc8 33. Qb7 {The material balance has been restored
and Black had to start defending his weaknesses.} Qg7 (33... Be8 34. e5 dxe5
35. f5 Bf7 (35... e4 36. d6 Nxd6 37. Qe7 Rxg2 38. Rxg2 Qc1+ 39. Rg1 Qc6 40. Rf1
e3+ 41. Kg1 Qc5 42. Ne2 $14) 36. Qd7 Qb4 37. Ne4 Qe7 $11) 34. Qa8 Qc3 35. Qa1
Bd3 {The second player must have still felt that his position is fine. The
immediate swap of the queens would slightly favour Nakamura.} (35... Qxa1 36.
Rxa1 Kg7 37. Kg1 h5 38. e5 Bc4 39. h4 $14) 36. Qd1 Ne7 (36... b5 37. Qg4 Rc1
38. Qe6+ Kf8 39. Bh3 Ne7 40. f5 Qc5 $11) 37. f5 Rd2 (37... Kf8 38. Qf3 Bc4 39.
Qf4 Qf6 $11) 38. Qa4 b5 $2 {The b-pawn correctly dreams about advancing to the
b1-square, but the move opens one important diagonal.} (38... Kf7 39. Qa7 Rb2
40. Qd7 Qe5 $11) 39. Qa7 Kf8 $6 (39... Kf7 40. Qe3 Rc2 41. Qf3 (41. f6 Kxf6 42.
Qf4+ Kg7 43. Qxd6 $14) 41... Ke8 (41... gxf5 42. exf5) 42. f6 Nc8 43. e5 dxe5
44. d6 Nxd6 45. Qd5 Qc5 46. Qxd3 $16) 40. Qe3 $1 {[%mdl 128] White's queen has
demonstrated a level of mobility, that is rarely seen in chess games. Black's
king feels vulnerable.} b4 (40... Ra2 41. fxg6 hxg6 42. Qf4+ Ke8 43. Qxd6 $14)
41. Qf4 Ke8 (41... gxf5 42. Nxf5 Nxf5 43. Qxf5+ Ke7 44. Qxh7+ Kd8 45. Bf1 $18)
42. f6 $1 (42. Qxd6 Rxg2 43. Kxg2 Qd2+ 44. Kf3 gxf5 45. exf5 Bc2 46. Qe5 $16)
42... Nc8 43. Bh3 {Nakamura's pieces are springing to life with devastating
effect.} Ba6 (43... Rc2 44. Bxc8 Qxc8 45. Nf5 gxf5 46. Rg8+ Kf7 47. Rxc8 Bxe4+
48. Qxe4 fxe4 49. Rxc2 Kxf6 50. Rc4 Ke5 51. Rxb4 Kxd5 52. Kg2 $18) 44. Bxc8
Bxc8 (44... Qxc8 45. f7+ Ke7 46. Nf5+ gxf5 47. Qg5+ Kd7 48. Qg7 $18) 45. f7+
Kf8 46. Rf1 {The triumph of the practical approach to chess, White played the
final phase of the game with enviable fantasy.} 1-0

[Event "Malmo"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nh3 $5 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
Be3 b6 9. Qd2 h6 10. Rae1 (10. Nf4 $5) 10... Bb7 11. f4 f5 $1 (11... Qd7 12. f5
$1 gxf5 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Rxf5 $1 exf5 15. Bxh6+ $40 {Suttles,D-Kavalek,L/
Sousse izt/1967/}) 12. e5 $2 (12. Nf2) 12... dxe5 13. fxe5 g5 $1 (13... Bxe5
14. Bxc5 Bxc3 $2 15. Qxc3 $16) 14. Nb5 $6 Bxe5 15. Bf2 (15. Bxg5 hxg5 16. Rxe5
Nxe5 17. Bxb7 Rb8 $1 $19) 15... Ng6 16. Qd1 O-O 17. c3 a6 18. Na3 Qe7 19. Nc4
g4 $1 (19... Bc7 20. Bd5) 20. Nf4 Bxf4 21. gxf4 b5 22. Nb6 Rad8 23. Qd2 Na5 24.
Bxb7 (24. c4 Nxc4 $1) 24... Nxb7 25. b4 Qd6 26. Qe3 (26. bxc5 Nxc5 27. Bxc5
Qxc5+ 28. Qe3 Qxe3+ 29. Rxe3 Rd6 $19) 26... Qxb6 27. bxc5 Qc6 28. Qxe6+ (28.
Qxe6+ Qxe6 29. Rxe6 Nxf4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Leipzig SGL-16"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1977.11.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Casper, Thomas"]
[Black "Tompa, Janos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Fuchs,R"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1977.10.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH 1/1978 Seiten 6-7} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6.
h4 h6 7. Nh3 e5 8. O-O Be6 9. Nd5 Qd7 10. Kh2 Nce7 $1 11. c4 g5 $5 12. f4 exf4
13. gxf4 Bxd5 14. cxd5 g4 15. Nf2 h5 16. Be3 Bf6 17. d4 Bxh4 18. Nh1 f5 19. e5
{Schwarz blockiert jetzt das Zentrum, doch ist es fraglich} ({ob hier mit} 19.
dxc5 fxe4 {wonach die schwarzen Springer nach f5 und f6 gelangen könnten, mehr
zu erreichen war.}) 19... c4 20. b3 cxb3 21. Qxb3 Nh6 22. Rab1 $6 ({
Aussichtsreicher erscheint hier} 22. e6 Qc7 23. Qb5+ Kf8 24. Rfc1) 22... b6 23.
Rbc1 Rc8 24. Qa3 O-O 25. e6 Qb5 $1 {[#]Von hier aus rüstet die Dame zum
Einfall in die gelockerte weiße Stellung.} 26. Qxa7 $2 ({Wenn jetzt} 26. Qxd6
Rcd8 27. Qa3 Nxd5 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 {drohend 29... De2+. Da die weißen
Zentrumsbauern blockiert werden können, dürfte Schwarz auch hier besser stehen.
Dennoch musste Weiß so spielen, denn sein nächster Zug mündet rasch in eine
Sackgasse.}) 26... Qe2 27. Bf2 Bxf2 28. Qxe7 g3+ $1 29. Nxg3 Bxg3+ 30. Kh1 $6 (
{Weiß verzichtet auf} 30. Kxg3 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 {wegen} Qe3+ {Natürlich ist auch
der Königszug chancenlos, weil Weiß sofort anschließend die Damen tauschen
muss.}) 30... Qg4 31. Qg5+ Qxg5 32. fxg5 Rxc1 33. Rxc1 Bf4 34. Rc6 Ng4 35. Bf1
Ne3 36. Bb5 Nxd5 37. g6 Kg7 38. Bc4 Ne7 39. Rc7 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.05.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1994.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. f4 Bg7 6. Nf3 e6 7. Ne2 Nge7 8. O-O (
8. d4 cxd4 9. Nexd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O $10) 8... O-O 9. c3 f5 10. d3 b6 11. Be3
(11. exf5 $5 gxf5 12. d4 Bb7 13. Ng5 Qd7 {Gabriel-Wirthenson/1990/}) 11... Qd7
(11... Kh8 {Liljedahl-Popov,1974,17\344}) 12. h3 Bb7 13. a3 (13. g4 $5) 13...
Rae8 14. Qa4 $6 Ne5 15. Qxd7 (15. Qc2 Nxf3+ (15... Nxd3 16. exf5) 16. Bxf3 $10)
15... Nxd7 16. Ng5 $6 (16. Nd2 Ba6 17. Nc1 $15 {\=}) 16... Nc8 17. Rfe1 (17.
exf5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 exf5 (18... gxf5 19. g4) 19. Kf2 $15 {\=}) (17. h4 $5) 17...
h6 18. Nf3 c4 $1 (18... Ba6 19. Nh4 $1 (19. Rad1 $6 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 fxe4)) (18...
fxe4 19. Nh4) 19. dxc4 $6 (19. exf5 exf5 (19... cxd3 20. fxe6 dxe2 21. exd7 $18
) 20. Nh4 (20. Nc1 $1 $10) 20... Bxg2 (20... Ba6 $5) 21. Nxg2 cxd3 22. Nd4 (22.
Nc1 Nc5 23. Rd1) 22... Nc5 23. Red1 $17) 19... Bxe4 20. Nfd4 (20. Nd2 Bxg2 21.
Kxg2 e5 $17) 20... Nc5 21. Bxe4 Nxe4 $17 22. a4 Rf7 23. Kg2 (23. a5 e5 24. Nb5
a6) 23... e5 24. Nc2 Rc7 25. b3 (25. Na3 Rce7 $17) 25... Rce7 (25... d5 $5 26.
Na3 dxc4 27. Nxc4 exf4 28. Nxf4 (28. Bxf4 Rce7 $19) 28... Bxc3 29. Nd5 Rxc4 30.
bxc4 Bxe1 31. Rxe1 $17) 26. h4 (26. Rad1 Kh7 $17) 26... Nc5 (26... Kh7 $5) (
26... exf4 27. Nxf4 Bxc3 28. Nd5 Bxe1 29. Nxe7+ Nxe7 (29... Rxe7 30. Rxe1 $17)
30. Nxe1 $1) 27. Rab1 (27. Bxc5 dxc5 28. Rad1 exf4 $19) 27... Kh7 28. Kf3 Ne4
29. fxe5 (29. Rbd1 exf4) 29... dxe5 30. Rbd1 Ncd6 31. Bc1 Nb7 32. Ba3 Rf7 33.
Rd5 Nbc5 34. Rb1 Nf6 35. Rdd1 Nd3 36. Ne3 e4+ (36... Ng4 $1 37. Nxg4 (37. Nd5
e4+ 38. Kg2 g5 $17 {\-+}) 37... fxg4+ 38. Ke3 Rf3+ 39. Kd2 e4 $19) (36... f4 $1
37. gxf4 exf4 38. Rxd3 (38. Nd5 Ne5+) 38... fxe3 39. Kg2 Ng4 40. Rf1 Nf2 $19)
37. Kg2 Nd7 (37... Ng4 $1 38. Nxg4 fxg4 39. Rf1 $17) 38. Rf1 N7e5 $2 (38... h5
$17) 39. h5 Nf3 40. hxg6+ Kxg6 41. Rbd1 Kh7 42. Nd5 Re6 (42... Be5 $2 43. Rxf3
exf3+ 44. Kxf3 Nc5 45. Bxc5 bxc5 46. b4 $44) (42... Bh8 $1 {/\Re8-g8. There is
no counterplay for White (Ivanchuk).}) (42... h5 $5) 43. Nef4 Nxf4+ 44. Nxf4
Rc6 45. Ne2 Be5 46. Bc1 Rg6 47. Bf4 (47. Rxf3 $5 exf3+ 48. Kxf3 $44) 47... Bxf4
(47... Rfg7 $3 {Ivanchuk} 48. Bxe5 Nxe5 49. Rd8 (49. Rxf5 $2 Ng4 $17) 49... Ng4
) (47... Bxf4) 48. Nxf4 Rg5 49. Rh1 $1 Ne5 50. Rd6 Ng4 51. Kf1 $14 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.07.31"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Al Modiahki, Mohamad"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
Rb8 9. h3 b5 10. g4 ({Worse is:} 10. a3 a5 11. g4 (11. Be3 b4 12. axb4 axb4 13.
Ne2 Bb7 14. g4 Ra8 15. Rc1 Ra2 16. b3 Qc7 17. Qe1 Rfa8 18. f5 Rb2 19. Nf4 Raa2
20. Qf2 Nd4 21. Bxd4 cxd4 22. Nxd4 g5 23. Nfe2 Nd7 24. Kh1 Qc5 $17 {0-1
Reinderman,D-Van der Weide,K/Rotterdam 1998/CBM 66 (39)}) 11... b4 12. axb4
axb4 13. Ne2 c4 14. Be3 Bb7 15. Ng3 cxd3 16. cxd3 Ra8 17. Qd2 Qc7 18. Nd4 Nxg4
19. Nb5 Qd7 20. hxg4 Ba6 21. Na7 Rxa7 22. Bxa7 Qxa7+ $44 {0-1 Aponte,A-Van den
Doel,E/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (40)}) 10... b4 11. Ne2 a5 (11... c4 12. Be3 Ba6
13. Rf2 Qa5 14. f5 cxd3 15. cxd3 Nd7 16. Nf4 Nc5 17. Bf1 Rfe8 18. Rc1 Rbc8 19.
b3 e6 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Rfc2 Bc3 22. Rf2 Bb7 23. Ng5 Qd8 24. h4 Bd4 $15 {
0-1 Kolesnik,E-Khasin,A/Koszalin POL 1999 (39)}) (11... Nd7 12. Qe1 a5 13. f5
Nde5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bg5 a4 16. Rd1 Bd7 17. Qf2 Nc6 18. b3 Ne5 19. Qh4 Re8
20. Rf2 axb3 21. axb3 Ra8 22. Rdf1 Ra2 23. Nc1 Ra1 24. Be3 Bb5 25. g5 $36 {
1-0 Giorgadze,G-Xu Jun/Erevan 1996/EXT 97 (41)}) 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Rb1 a4 14. b3
(14. Qe1 $5 b3 15. axb3 axb3 16. c3 Ba6) 14... axb3 15. axb3 {After the
opening of the 'a' file white has nothing to put against black rooks' invasion
and has to concentrate on a king side play which is by no means an easy task:
black only waits till white plays f4-f5 and then he has nothing to e worried
about with such a beautiful blockade along the a1-h8 /^} Bb7 16. Qe1 (16. e5
dxe5 17. f5 Nd4 $17) (16. f5 Nde5) (16. Qd2 $5 {[%cal Gf4f5,Ge3h6] Trying to
remove the best defender.}) 16... e6 17. f5 $6 (17. Qg3 $142 f5 18. gxf5 exf5
19. Ng5 Qe7 20. exf5 $13) 17... exf5 18. gxf5 Nce5 (18... Ra8 19. Qg3 (19. d4
$2 Re8 {[%csl Ge4]} (19... cxd4 20. Nexd4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 $132) 20. fxg6 fxg6 $17
{[%csl Gd4,Ge4]}) 19... Nce5 20. Rf2 Ra2 21. Nc1 Ra3 22. Ng5 $15) 19. Nxe5 (19.
Nf4 $143 Ra8 20. Qg3 Ra2 21. Nxe5 (21. Rf2 Nxf3+ 22. Bxf3 Ne5 {[%csl Ge5][%cal
Gg7f6,Gf6h4]}) 21... dxe5 (21... Nxe5 22. fxg6 (22. Nh5 Rxc2 (22... Bh8) 23. f6
(23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. Bh6+ (24. f6+ Kh8) 24... Kxh6 25. f6 g5 26. Rf5 Rg8 27. h4
Rxg2+ $19) 23... Bh8 24. Bh6 Re8 25. Ng7 Bxg7 26. Bxg7 Nxd3 $1 $19) 22... hxg6
23. Rbc1 Qd7 $11) 22. Nd5 Rxc2 $17) (19. Qf2 $5 {[%cal Gf2f6]}) 19... Nxe5 20.
Qf2 Re8 (20... Bf6 $2 21. Bh6 Bh4 22. Qf4 Re8 23. f6) (20... Nd7 21. Bf4 Qb6 (
21... Ne5 22. Bg3 $13 (22. Be3 $11)) 22. Qg3 $11) 21. f6 Bh8 22. Qh4 Ra8 (22...
Nd7 23. Bg5 Ra8 $17) 23. Rf2 Ra2 24. Ng3 Qa8 $2 {[%cal Ga2a1]} (24... Nd7 $142
25. Rbf1 (25. Nh5 Re5 $19) 25... d5 $17 {When all white pieces are tied up
defending the 'f6' pawn a blow in the center is leathal.}) 25. Qg5 {[%cal
Gg3f5,Gf5e7]} (25. Nf5 $1 gxf5 26. exf5 Bxg2 (26... Rc8 27. Bh6 Ra1 28. Rxa1
Qxa1+ 29. Rf1 Qd4+ 30. Qxd4 cxd4 31. Bxb7 Rxc2 32. Ra1 $18) 27. Rxg2+ Ng6 28.
fxg6 hxg6 29. Rf1 {[%cal Gg2g6]} Ra7 30. Bc1 $16 {[%csl Gg8,Gh8]}) 25... Re6 (
25... Ra1 26. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 27. Rf1 Qb2 28. Nf5) 26. Rbf1 Ra1 (26... Nd7 27. Nf5
Bxf6 28. Qg3 Ra1 $17) 27. Bc1 Nd7 28. Nf5 (28. Bb2 Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Qa2 $19)
28... Bxf6 29. Qg3 Ne5 $6 (29... Qa6 $17) 30. Bb2 Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Qd8 $2 {
The final mistake.} (31... Qa2 32. Nxd6 (32. Nh6+ Kg7 33. Nf5+ Kh8 34. Nxd6
Qxb2 35. Nxb7 Qc3 $17) 32... Qxb2 33. Nxb7 Qc3 $17 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Gf6e7]})
32. Nxd6 $1 Ba6 (32... Qxd6 33. Rxf6 $1 Rxf6 34. Bxe5 Qe6 35. Bxf6 Qxf6 36.
Qb8+ {Maybe this was the move black missed while playing Qd8}) (32... Rxd6 33.
Bxe5 Bxe5 34. Qxe5 $13) 33. Nf5 Kf8 34. Ne3 Bh4 35. Qf4 Bg5 36. Qg3 (36. Qf2
Bh4 37. Qe2 (37. Qf4) 37... Nxd3 38. cxd3 Bxd3 39. Qd2 Bxf1 40. Qxd8+ Bxd8 41.
Nxf1 Rd6 $17 {[%csl Gb3]}) 36... Bh4 37. Qf4 Bg5 38. Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9394"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1993.12.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Casper, Thomas"]
[Black "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Glek,I"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1993.11.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Erfurt"]
[BlackTeam "Bochum"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Rb1 d5 $1 $146 (10... Bd7) (10... Nec6) (10... b6) 11. Ne2 (
11. exd5 exd5 $15) 11... Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 d4 13. Bf2 (13. Bd2 $5 e5 $15 (13... b5
$15)) 13... e5 $1 14. a3 $6 (14. b4 $5 b6 $15) (14. fxe5 Nc6 $15) 14... Bh3 $1
15. Re1 (15. Bg2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 f5 $1 $36) 15... Qd7 $17 16. fxe5 (16. c4 $5)
16... Nc6 17. Nf4 Nxe5 18. Nxh3 Qxh3 19. Bg2 Qd7 20. Qe2 Rac8 21. Rbd1 b5 22.
Rf1 Bh6 23. h3 Rc6 24. g4 Rfc8 25. Bg3 Qe7 26. Kh1 (26. Bf2 c4 27. Bxd4 cxd3
28. cxd3 Rc2 29. Qe1 Rd8 $17) 26... c4 27. dxc4 Rxc4 28. b3 $8 Rxc2 29. Qxb5
R2c5 30. Qa6 (30. Qa4 Be3 $17) 30... R5c6 31. Qa4 $138 (31. Qb5 Bg7 $1 $17 {
/\ 32...Rb6, 33...Rc3} 32. Rxd4 Nxg4 $17) 31... Be3 $1 $19 32. Bxe5 Qxe5 33.
Qxa7 R8c7 34. Qb8+ Kg7 {/\ Rc2} 35. Rf3 Rc1 36. Rdf1 Rxf1+ 37. Rxf1 d3 38. b4
$138 (38. Qd8 d2 39. Qd3 Rc1 40. Qe2 Qa1 $19) 38... d2 39. b5 Qg3 $1 40. Qd8 (
40. b6 Bf4 $19) 40... Bf4 41. Kg1 Qe3+ 42. Kh1 Rc1 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bachin, Vitaly"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vladivostok Debiut-DVGU"]
[BlackTeam "Sverdlovsk Ural region"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e5 (6... e6 {is another
popular line.}) 7. Nf3 (7. Nh3 {After that black played an early e7-e5 white
can choose this plan which is also quite popular, here is one example of how
the game may continue:} Nge7 8. O-O O-O 9. f5 gxf5 10. exf5 f6 (10... Bxf5 11.
Rxf5 Nxf5 12. Be4 Nfd4 13. Qh5 f5 14. Bd5+ Kh8 15. Ng5 h6 16. Qg6 $18) 11. g4
d5 12. Ne2 Kh8 13. Ng3 Ng8 14. Be3 b6 {0-1 Krapivin,V-Filippov,V/Perm 1997/CBM
58/ with an unclear position.}) 7... Nge7 8. Be3 (8. O-O {is the main line,
Black seems to be fine.} O-O 9. f5 $1 {This ambitious move seems to offer
white some initiative, Black has to be quite carefull} (9. Be3 Nd4 10. Qd2 exf4
{A typical exchange in the centre in this variation, Black opens up his
dark-squared bishop and prevents any counterplay connected with f4-f5.} (10...
Bg4 {the idea of this move is to exchange a few pieces and to reduce White's
pressure on the kingside} 11. Nh4 {White tries to avoid the simplification.} (
11. Rf2 Qd7 12. Raf1 exf4 13. Bxf4 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Bxf3 15. Rxf3 b5 16. Bh6 b4
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nd1 f6 19. Ne3 Qe6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Nataf,I/New Delhi/
Teheran 2000/CBM 81/[Donev] (33)}) 11... exf4 12. Bxf4 b5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3
Qd7 15. Nd1 Rae8 16. c3 Ndc6 17. Nf2 Be6 {1/2-1/2 Brodsky,M-Neverov,V/Donetsk
1998/CBM 68 (49)}) (10... Rb8 11. Rf2 b5 12. Raf1 b4 13. Nd1 Nxf3+ 14. Rxf3 Bg4
15. R3f2 exf4 16. gxf4 f5 {0-1 Slovineanu,V-Istratescu,A/Bucharest 2001/CBM 82
ext (33) was also fine for black.}) 11. Bxf4 Nxf3+ 12. Rxf3 Qb6 {[%mdl 8]} 13.
Rb1 Be6 14. Bh6 Rae8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Kh1 f6 $1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Kramnik,
V/Las Vegas 1999/CBM 72/[Donev] (78)}) 9... gxf5 10. Nh4 Nd4 (10... fxe4 {
Black can stick to his extra pawn but White has a fine compensation by
controlling the white squares and a weakened black king} 11. dxe4 f6 12. Nf5
Bxf5 13. exf5 Kh8 14. Nd5 Qd7 (14... Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Qb6 16. c4 Ne7 17. Be6 {
1-0 Markowski,T-Smirin,I/Saint Vincent 2000/CBM 78 (28)}) 15. c3 {0-1 Bujisho,
B-Bacrot,E/Evry FRA 2004/The Week in Chess 482 (51)}) 11. Rf2 (11. Nd5 Nxd5 12.
exd5 f4 13. c3 f3 14. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Bd7 {1/2-1/2 Marzolo,C-Cosma,I/
Chambery 2002/CBM 89 ext (20)}) 11... f4 12. Qh5 Ng6 13. Nf5 Nxf5 14. exf5 Ne7
15. gxf4 Bxf5 16. fxe5 Bg6 17. Qh3 dxe5 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Bg2 f5 {0-1
Libiszewski,F-Jobava,B/Oropesa del Mar 2001/EXT 2002 (41) and Black came out
fine out of the complications.}) 8... Nd4 9. h3 {White plays rather slowly,
awaiting with a castling.} b5 {Black also saves time on the castling and
starts an immediate counterplay.} 10. O-O (10. Bxd4 $2 {The pawn is
untouchable of course} cxd4 11. Nxb5 $4 Qa5+ $19) 10... b4 11. Nd5 (11. Ne2 $2
Nxf3+ 12. Rxf3 exf4 13. gxf4 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Bg7 {and black has a healthy extra
pawn.}) 11... Nxd5 12. exd5 Nxf3+ (12... O-O $6 {If black doesn't exchange the
knights} 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. c3 {White can try to exploit the weakness of the
pawn on c5, which assures White an advantage.}) 13. Qxf3 O-O 14. Rab1 $6 {
a passive move} (14. fxe5 {is interesting} Bxe5 15. Bh6 Bxb2 $1 {sacrificing
an exchange is the right choice} (15... Bg7 {holding on to material with this
move, doesn't bring to equality, as after} 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. a3 {White is
clearly better, for example} bxa3 18. Rxa3 Bd7 19. Qf4 {and the position is
very unpleasent for Black, as he has many weaknesses.}) 16. Bxf8 Qxf8 17. Rae1
Be5 {Black has a fine compensation for the sacrificed exchange, White's rooks
are not useful in this position and the position remains about equal.}) 14...
f5 {Black camen out fine out of the opening and he is ready to launch his own
counterplay.} 15. a4 $5 {An interesting idea, White gets rid of the weak pawn
on a2, by exploting the fact that exchanging on a3 favours white.} exf4 (15...
e4 $1 {was a surprising idea, leading to an interesting strugle which favours
Black.} 16. dxe4 fxe4 17. Qd1 (17. Qe2 Qa5 18. Qb5 Qxb5 19. axb5 Rb8 20. Rfe1
Rxb5 21. Bc1 Re8 22. Kh2 Rb7 {Black has a serious advantage as it's not easy
for White to win the pawn back.}) (17. Qxe4 $4 Re8 18. Qf3 Rxe3 $1 {is the
pointe}) 17... Qd7 18. b3 Ba6 19. Rf2 Rae8 {and black is better.}) 16. Bxf4 g5
17. Bd2 Bd7 18. b3 Qf6 19. Rbe1 {the position is slightly better for Black.}
Rae8 20. Qd1 (20. Rxe8 {White should probably initiate some simplifications.}
Rxe8 21. Re1 Rxe1+ 22. Bxe1 Qb2 23. Qe2 {and Black has a slight edge.}) 20...
Qg6 {Black prepares Bg7-e5.} 21. Bf3 {The bishop heads to h5.} g4 22. Bh1 Rxe1
23. Qxe1 Re8 24. Qd1 h5 (24... gxh3 25. Kh2 Be5 26. Bf4 {and White still holds
on.}) 25. Bf4 Bc3 26. Kh2 Qf6 27. h4 {The position has stabilized, Black is a
little better as he controls the e-file and has more space, but White has a
solid position and it's not easy for Black to find a way to break through.} Bc8
28. Bg2 Kh7 29. Bd2 Qe5 30. Bf4 (30. Bxc3 $2 Qxc3 (30... bxc3 {is also strong})
31. Qc1 {trying to bring the queen to g5 and to draw with perpetual check is
not working} Re2 32. Qg5 Qd2 $1 {an elegant solution} (32... Qxc2 {is also
possible} 33. Qxh5+ Kg7 34. Qg5+ Kf7 35. Rxf5+ Bxf5 36. Qxf5+ Ke7 37. Qg5+ Kd7
38. Qxg4+ Kc7 {and Black escapes the checks}) 33. Qxh5+ Kg7 34. Rg1 Re5 {
restricting the white queen.} 35. Qg5+ Qxg5 36. hxg5 Re2 37. Rc1 Kg6 {with
great advantage.}) 30... Qf6 31. Bd2 Qe5 32. Bf4 Qe7 {Obviously, black avoids
the repetition.} 33. Qc1 a5 34. Bd2 $2 {White should have avoided the exchange
of bishops, but even in that case black is clearly better.} Bxd2 35. Qxd2 Qe3
36. Qd1 (36. Qxe3 Rxe3 37. Rf2 Kg6 {White doesn't have any moves} 38. Bh1 Bb7
39. Bg2 Re5 {winning}) 36... Kg6 37. Qa1 Qd2 {Black penetrates in the white
camp, the game is close to the finish.} 38. Rd1 Qe3 (38... Qxc2 $6 {Black
decided not to take the pawn as white can complicate matters after} 39. Re1 $1
Rxe1 40. Qxe1 Kf7 41. Qe3) 39. Rf1 Re5 {Black has a total domination.} 40. c3 {
A desperation, other moves lose as well.} (40. Qc1 Qxc1 41. Rxc1 Bb7 $19) 40...
Qxd3 41. cxb4 axb4 42. Qc1 (42. a5 Qxb3 43. a6 Re2) 42... Qe3 $2 {Probably
around here Black felt too sure in his victory and starts to play uncarefully.}
(42... Re3 {finishes the game at once.}) 43. Qc4 Qd2 $2 (43... Bb7 {still
leading to a comfortable win} 44. Qb5 Bxd5 45. Qb8 Bxb3 46. Qxd6+ Re6 47. Qd8
Rf6 {and so on.}) 44. Qb5 Re2 {Now white had a miracle chance to save himself.}
45. Rg1 $2 (45. Rf2 $3 {and after the forced} Rxf2 46. Qe8+ Kf6 47. Qf8+ {
the perpetual is inevitable.}) 45... f4 {Now the game is really over.} 46. Qb8
f3 47. Qxd6+ Be6 48. Kh1 Qxd5 49. Qf8 Rxg2 50. Rxg2 fxg2+ 51. Kh2 Qd4 52. Qe8+
Bf7 53. Qc6+ Kg7 54. Qxg2 Bxb3 55. a5 Bd5 56. Qe2 Qe4 57. Qf1 Qf3 0-1

[Event "SCG-ch 1st"]
[Site "Kopaonik"]
[Date "2005.04.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kovacevic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Nadj Hedjesi, Balind"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. g3 {There is also another way to
treat this position - 5.Bc4. Black gets a fine counterplay - see the game
below.} (5. Bc4 Nc6 6. d3 e6 7. a3 Nge7 8. Ba2 d5 9. Bd2 b6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe1
Nd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Nd1 dxe4 14. dxe4 Ba6 $132 {0-1 Macieja,B-Gelfand,B/
Bermuda 2004/CBM 099 (33)}) 5... Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 {6...e5 deserves attention
transposing to a Botvinnik system in the closed sicilian variation, which is
deservedly has a good reputation} (6... e5 $5 7. O-O Nge7 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 Nd4
10. Qd2 {Donev: Weiß hat seine Kräfte im Zentrum sehr harmonisch entwickelt.
Jetzt kann er die Türme auf der f-Linie verdoppeln (Rf2, Raf1) und allmählich
den Angriff am Königsflügel vorbereiten.} exf4 11. Bxf4 Nxf3+ 12. Rxf3 Qb6 $1 {
Die schwarze Dame übt einen unangenehmen Druck auf den schwachen b2-Bauern aus.
Dadurch wird der weiße Turm für lange Zeit an b1 gebunden um den Bauern b2 zu
decken.} 13. Rb1 Be6 14. Bh6 {Jetzt ist es höchste Zeit den schwarzfeldrigen
Läufer abzutauschen. Auf diese Weise wird nicht nur eine starke schwarze Figur
abgetauscht, die einen starken Druck auf der großen Diagonale (a1-h8) ausübt,
sondern auch die schwarzen Felder um den König abschwächt.} Rae8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7
16. Kh1 f6 $1 {Ein typischer Zug für eine solche Stellungsart. Nach dem
Abtausch des schwarzfarbigen Fianchettoläufers stellt der Nachziehende seine
Bauern am Königsflügel am besten auf schwarzfarbige Felder.} 17. a3 d5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Kramnik,V/Las Vegas 1999/CBM 072/[Donev] (78)}) 7. O-O O-O 8.
d3 {Donev: In den letzten Jahren hat der englische Großmeister die
geschlossene Variante der Sizilianischen Partie fest in sein
Eröffnungsrepertoire integriert.} Bd7 {8...Rb8 deserves attention, preparing
b7-b5 in order to gain space on the queenside.} (8... Rb8 $5 {[%cal Yb7b5]} 9.
Nh4 (9. h3 b5 10. a3 (10. g4 {Die kritische Eröffnungsstellung. Typisch für
die geschlossene Variante der Sizilianischen Partie ist der weiße Angriff am
Königsflügel. Hier hat Weiß Raumvorteil und kann sich leicht zur Attacke
umgruppieren. Ein möglicher Plan wäre f4-f5, Qe1-h4 nebst Bc1-h6 und Nf3-g5
und die Lage des schwarzen Monarchen wird allmählich gefärdet.} b4 11. Ne2 c4
12. Be3 Ba6 13. Ned4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qc7 $14 {1-0 Smyslov,V-Taimanov,M/Moscow
1959/MCD (27)}) 10... a5 11. Be3 b4 12. axb4 axb4 13. Ne2 Ne8 $5 14. Rb1 Nc7
15. f5 Nb5 16. Qd2 Nbd4 17. Nh4 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Ne5 19. Nf3 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Bb7
$132 {1/2-1/2 Reshevsky,S-Kortschnoj,V/Amsterdam 1968/Candidates (40)}) 9...
Nd4 10. f5 b5 11. Bg5 b4 12. Nb1 Nd7 13. Nd2 Ne5 $132 {1-0 Spassky,B-Geller,E/
Sukhumi 1968/Candidates (37)}) 9. h3 Qc8 (9... Rb8 $5 {[%cal Rb7b5]}) 10. Kh2
Nd4 $6 {A dubious move, as a result of an exchange in the centre, Black gets a
weakness on d4.} (10... Ne8 11. Be3 Nc7 12. g4 Ne6 13. f5 Ned4 14. Qd2 Nxf3+
$132 {1-0 Heimerdinger,J-Werner,R/Hermannen 1997/EXT 2001 (61)}) (10... Rb8 11.
Be3 b5 12. e5 Ne8 13. exd6 exd6 14. d4 $14 {1-0 Artz,F-Schindzielorz,S/
Hassloch 1997/EXT 2001 (67)}) (10... e5 11. Be3 Rb8 12. Qd2 b5 13. fxe5 Nxe5
$16 {1-0 Koponen,J-Levomaki,R/Finland 1990/EXT 97 (42)}) 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Ne2
e5 13. c3 $5 {White tries to bring to the game his passive knight.} dxc3 14.
Nxc3 Bc6 {Black finds it very difficult to prevent the advance f4-f5.} (14...
Be6 15. Qf3 {[%cal Gf4f5]}) 15. f5 {White immediately starts an attack on the
kingside. It was also worth considering to finish the development at first
with 15.Be3 and 16.Qd2 and then starting the activity on the kingside.} (15.
Be3 $5 Qe6 16. Qd2 d5 17. fxe5 Qxe5 18. d4 Qe6 19. e5 $16) 15... Qd7 16. g4 h6
{Black prevents a further expansion of the white pawns on the kingside.} 17. g5
hxg5 18. Bxg5 Nh7 $5 {This way Black throws back White's active bishop.} 19.
Be3 g5 $2 {A positional error. 19...Nf6 deserved attention, keeping the
pressure and preparing counterplay in the centre with d6-d5.} (19... Nf6 $5)
20. h4 $6 {White hurries. 20.Qf3 looks better, with a further Rad1, and
finishing the development.} (20. Qf3 $16) 20... f6 $6 {Too passive. 20...gxh4
was essential with chances for a stubborn defense.} (20... gxh4 $5 21. Qg4 Qe7
22. Bf2 Qg5 $132) 21. Bf3 $1 {[%cal Gf3h5,Yh5g6] White transfers the bishop to
an active position.} Kf7 {Black tries to escape with the king from the danger
area.} 22. Qb3+ Ke7 23. h5 $16 Bh6 24. Bg4 {White blocks the g-pawn and keeps
the black knight and bishop out of play.} Rfd8 25. d4 $18 {White strengthens
his pressure. The black king finds it difficult to a find a safe place.} b6 26.
Rac1 Qb7 27. Be2 {[%cal Re2b5] White transfers the bishop to an active
diagonal f1-a6.} exd4 28. Bxd4 Kf8 29. Nd5 $18 Re8 30. Rxc6 $1 Qxc6 31. Bb5 Qc8
32. Bxe8 Qxe8 33. Qf3 Rc8 34. Bc3 Rc4 35. Re1 {White is totally dominating
without aloowing Black any activity.} Bg7 36. Kg2 Qa4 37. h6 $1 Bh8 (37... Bxh6
38. Qh5 Bg7 39. Qxh7) 38. Qd3 Rc6 39. Nb4 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2003.02.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Murey, Jacob"]
[Black "Gofshtein, Leonid D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2003.01.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 68]} c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nge2 Rb8 {Main
strategical idea of black in this line is to capture space over the queenside;}
(5... d6) 6. O-O b5 7. a3 {White prevents b5-b4 moves of black; 7.f4 is
another possible continuation, while in that case black achieves good
counterplay as it's proved in games below;} (7. f4 b4 8. Nd5 e6 (8... d6 $6 9.
f5 $1 $40) 9. Ne3 f5 10. d3 (10. g4 $6 fxe4 11. f5 exf5 12. gxf5 d5 13. Nf4
Nce7 $1 $17) 10... Nge7 11. a3 $5 (11. g4 O-O 12. Ng3 Nd4 $15) (11. e5 {
/\ Nc4 ><d6} d5 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Be3 Na5 $1) 11... d5 $1 (11... a5
$6 12. axb4 axb4 13. e5 $1 d5 14. exd6 Qxd6 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Be3 Nd4 17. Nxd4
cxd4 18. Bf2 $16 {<->a ><e5, e6}) 12. axb4 Rxb4 (12... cxb4 $5 {/\} 13. exd5
exd5 14. c4 bxc3 15. bxc3 d4 $1 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Rxa7 O-O $44) 13. exd5 exd5
14. Ra2 O-O 15. b3 Rb8 $15 {0-1 Murey,Y-Ye,J/Helsinki 1992 (29)} (15... Rb7 $5)
) (7. Nd5) 7... d6 {7...a5 deserves serious attention, as it has been played
in the other game of same players! But, unfortunately, during current game I
totaly forgot about the other one!} (7... e6 8. d3 (8. b4 a5 (8... d6) 9. Rb1
axb4 10. axb4 cxb4 11. Na2 Qa5 12. Bb2 e5 13. Nac1 Qb6 14. Nb3 Nge7 15. d4 d6
16. Qd2 $44 {1-0 Lautier,J-Ljubojevic,L/Monte Carlo 1996/CBM 52 ext (33)}) (8.
Rb1 a5 9. a4 bxa4 (9... b4 10. Nb5 Ba6 11. c4 $14 bxc3 12. bxc3 d6 13. d4 cxd4
14. cxd4 Nge7 15. Ba3 O-O 16. f4 f5 (16... d5 17. e5 $14) 17. e5 d5 18. Qd3 $14
) 10. Nxa4 d6 11. d3 (11. b3 Nge7 12. f4 O-O 13. Bb2 $11) 11... Nge7 {0-1
Murey,J-Tsesarsky,I/Israel 1997/CBM 58/[Tsesarsky] (36)}) (8. f4 Nge7 9. h3 d5
10. d3 f5 11. e5 Qb6 {0-1 Avgousti,P-Makropoulos,G/Budva 1981/MCD (31)}) 8...
Nge7 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Qd2 (10. b4 d6 11. Rb1 O-O 12. Na2 a5 (12... f5 $132) 13.
bxc5 dxc5 14. c3 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Qd6 {0-1 Murey,J-Kupreichik,V/Velden 1996/EXT
97 (33)}) 10... d6 11. Rae1 a5 12. Nd1 b4 13. axb4 axb4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Bh6
O-O {0-1 Armengol Navarro,S-Vall de Vilaramo,J/Catalunya 1996/EXT 99 (45)}) (
7... a5 $5 8. d3 b4 9. axb4 axb4 10. Nd5 e6 11. Ne3 Nge7 12. c3 O-O 13. d4 cxd4
14. cxd4 d6 15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 Ne5 17. Nd4 Qb6 18. Nc6 N7xc6 19. dxc6 Nxc6
20. Qxd6 {1/2-1/2 Murey,J-Gofshtein,L/Saint Quentin 1998/EXT 2000 (20)}) 8. d3
Nf6 9. f4 Bd7 {Defending against 10.e5 threat;} 10. h3 a5 11. Be3 b4 {Black
continues the advance over the queenside;} 12. axb4 axb4 13. Na4 {White knight
is placed badly there; 13.Nb1 looks more natural move;} O-O 14. c4 bxc3 (14...
Qc8 15. Kh2 Ne8 $132) 15. bxc3 Na5 {Looking for active play over the queenside;
} 16. Ra3 $6 {Intending c4 move, and drawing the rook away from a1-h8 diagonal;
} (16. Ra2 $5) 16... Qc7 {Black sets a trap, and Murey falls in it;} (16... c4
$5 17. d4 Nb3) 17. c4 (17. e5 Ne8 18. Ra2 $11) 17... Rb3 $1 18. Ra2 $2 {
Cool 18.Bc1 would hold the position, while black intercepts the intiative now;}
(18. Rxb3 Bxa4 $17) (18. Bc1 $5 Rfb8) 18... Nxc4 $1 19. Bf2 (19. Bc1 Na5 20. e5
Ne8) (19. Qxb3 Nxe3 $36) 19... Ra3 $5 (19... Na5 20. e5 $132) 20. Rxa3 Nxa3 21.
e5 $5 {White looks for complications trying to get some compensation for a
pawn;} Ne8 {21...dxe4 was probably easier, staying extra pawn, and black pawn
chain is fixed in that case;} (21... dxe5 $5 22. Nxc5 (22. fxe5 Qxe5 23. Nxc5
Rb8 $15) 22... exf4 23. Nxf4 $15) 22. Nec3 Nb5 23. Nd5 Qd8 24. Nxc5 $2 {
White forces crisis; 24.Nab6 was necessary;} (24. Nab6) 24... dxe5 $2 {Hard to
explain this move; 24...dxc6 leads to winning position;} (24... dxc5 $5 25.
Bxc5 e6 26. Ne3 Nec7 27. Bxf8 Bxf8 $17) 25. Nb7 Qb8 26. Nxe7+ Kh8 27. Nc5 Qd8
28. Nxd7 Qxd7 29. Nd5 exf4 30. Nxf4 {After many simplifications, the position
is just equal;} Nec7 31. Qa4 Bd4 $5 {Black trades dark-square B's depriving
white of pair of B's advantage;} 32. Qc4 Qd6 33. Kh2 Bxf2 34. Rxf2 Nd4 {
capturing d4 central outpost;} 35. Nd5 Nce6 36. Qc3 Qe5 $5 {Neutralizyja
davlenie belix po dlagonali a1-h8 Neutralizing pressure of white over a1-h8
diagonal;} 37. Rf1 Rd8 38. Re1 Nf3+ 39. Bxf3 Qxc3 40. Nxc3 Rxd3 41. Bg4 Rxc3
42. Bxe6 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1997.02.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Har Zvi, Ronen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. f4 Bg7 6. d3 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Qd2 Nec6 {the main line is 10...Rb8,another possible move
is 10...b6,I could find only 2 deserve games in my database which I can show
here as some theory,all other games where played by players less than 2400,it
means this is not a very played variation} 11. h3 (11. Nd1 Nxf3+ (11... Bd7 12.
Kh1 Nxf3 13. Bxf3 b5 14. Bg2 Rc8 15. c3 b4 16. Qe2 Qa5 17. Bd2 bxc3 18. bxc3 f5
$15 {Qi Jingxuan-Cseshkhovsky,V Bled 1979}) 12. Bxf3 Rb8 13. c3 b6 14. h4 Bb7
15. Qg2 Re8 16. h5 d5 17. hxg6 hxg6 $13 {Arapovic,V-Cebalo,M Mendrisio op 1988}
) 11... f5 12. Kh2 Bd7 13. Rab1 Rb8 14. a3 b5 15. b4 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 cxb4 17.
axb4 a5 $1 {white got nothing out of the opening,black has a solid position
with no weaknesses,very soon white finds him-self in a worse position} 18. exf5
gxf5 (18... axb4 $6 19. Na2 gxf5 20. Nxb4 $14 {[%csl Rb5]}) 19. Na2 $6 {
white idea is bxa5 with Nb4 but he will not be able to play it} (19. bxa5 Qxa5
20. Ne2 (20. d4 b4 21. Ne2 Ne7 $1 {[%csl Rc2,Rc3,Gc4,Gd5][%cal Gd7c6]}) 20...
b4 $13) 19... a4 $15 {of course,the natural move,now black is I think at least
slightly better,he has a pass a pawn,a very long diagonal,plus more pawns in
the center which one day may go ahead} 20. Qf2 Qf6 {the key square now is d4,
black must "keep touch" with this square so at the right moment or ata
possiblr moment he would eb able to play Nd4} 21. c3 Kh8 22. Rg1 Rbc8 23. Rg2
$6 {white is thinking about some play on the king's side,but of how? since
after g4 the "f" file is open for black} Qf7 $5 {black's idea is to play e5
followed by Be6,putting pressure on the a2 knight and the c3 pawn} 24. c4 $2 (
24. g4 $2 fxg4 25. hxg4 Ne5 26. Be4 (26. Be2 $2 Ng6 27. Rf1 e5 {[%csl Ra2,Rf4]
[%cal Gf7a2]}) 26... d5 $17) {[%tqu "En","find black's move","","","f7f6","",5]
} 24... Qf6 $1 $17 {for this move I am very proud,playing Qf7 and just one
move later coming back to f6,but as I wrote to nlack 20...move the key square
is d4 and black must "keep touch" with this square,now white's position
becomes very critical and not easy at all,in a few moves white got a
completely losing position} 25. g4 $2 {white which understand that
strategicaly his position is bad tries to complicate things as quick as
possible,but this normally makes the end closer! as it sjould have been in
this game} (25. cxb5 Nd4 26. Bxd4 (26. b6 Nxf3+ 27. Qxf3 Bc6) 26... Qxd4 27.
Qxd4 Bxd4 28. Bb7 Rc7 29. Ba6 Rb8 $17) (25. c5 $5) 25... Nd4 $6 (25... fxg4
$142 $1 26. Bxg4 $8 (26. Rxg4 e5 $19) (26. hxg4 bxc4 27. dxc4 Ne5 $1 $19 28.
fxe5 Qxf3 29. exd6 Be5+ 30. Kg1 Qe4 31. Qe1 Bc6) 26... Ne7 $1 {[%cal Ge7g6,
Gb5c4]} 27. Rbg1 (27. c5 Nd5 $1 $17 {/-+}) 27... bxc4 28. dxc4 Ng6 $36 (28...
Rxc4 29. Be2 Rc2 30. Rxg7 Rxa2 31. Rxh7+ Kxh7 32. Bd3+ $13)) 26. Bd1 $2 (26.
Bxd4 Qxd4 27. Qxd4 Bxd4 $17) (26. g5 Nxf3+ 27. Qxf3 Qf7 {[%cal Gb5c4,Gd7c6]}
28. cxb5 Bxb5 $17) (26. Bb7 $1 {white's best and only move in the position} Rc7
27. g5 Qe7 28. Bxd4 Rxb7 $15 {/~~ this is the maximum white can get from his
position,but here things are not so clear,that's why black should have played
25...fxg4}) 26... e5 $5 (26... fxg4 27. hxg4 (27. Rxg4 e5 $19) (27. cxb5 Bxb5
28. Rxg4 Bxd3 29. Rxg7 Nf5 $19) 27... e5 28. f5 bxc4 29. Nc3 cxd3 30. Ne4 $132
{which is more than white should get}) 27. g5 Qf7 28. h4 $2 {after this move
white position is losing} (28. Bxd4 exd4 $17) 28... Ne6 $1 $19 (28... bxc4 $5
29. h5 (29. dxc4 Rxc4 30. h5 Rfc8) 29... c3 $140 30. h6 $2 (30. Bxd4 $8 c2 31.
Bxc2 Qxh5+ 32. Kg1 exd4 $17) 30... c2 $19) 29. h5 (29. fxe5 Bxe5+ 30. Kg1 (30.
Kh1 f4 31. Bd2 f3 $19 {[%cal Gf7f5]}) 30... f4 31. Bd2 (31. d4 Bg7) 31... f3
32. Rg4 Qf5 $1 $19) 29... exf4 30. Bb6 Bc6 {black wants just mate,this approch
cost him this game,after the simple 30...bxc4 taking another pawn when white
has no compensation for the material} 31. g6 Qe7 32. Rg1 f3 $1 {opening the
b8-h2 diagonal} 33. Bxf3 Be5+ 34. Kg2 (34. Kh1 Bxf3+ 35. Qxf3 Qh4+ 36. Kg2 Qh2+
37. Kf1 Qxa2 $19) 34... Nf4+ (34... Qb7 $5 35. Bxc6 (35. Be3 f4 36. Bd2 bxc4
$140 $1 37. dxc4 $2 Ng5 {and the game is over}) 35... Rxc6 36. Be3 f4 37. Bc1
bxc4 $19 {this was one simple winning line which I saw during the game,but
both players had about 3 minutes and in such complicated position that's just
not enough}) 35. Kf1 Nxd3 $2 (35... Nh3 36. Qg2 Bxf3 37. Qxh3 Bg4 {next move
bxc4 when white is hopeless}) 36. Qe3 Bxf3 $4 {from all the moves black had
and still has somehow he choose the worst one!} (36... Be4 $1 37. Bd4 Rg8 $19)
(36... Qh4 $5) 37. g7+ Bxg7 $4 {black was stunned by white 35.g7 and lost his
immediately,after Qxg7 of course black is much worse but can still continue
and play,now the game is over} (37... Qxg7 38. Rxg7 Kxg7 39. Qxf3 bxc4 $16) 38.
Qxe7 Be5 39. Nc1 $18 Be4 40. Nxd3 Bxd3+ 41. Kf2 Bxb1 42. Qxd6 $1 1-0

[Event "Rishon Le Ziyyon YM"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kogan, Artur"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bg5 Nge7 8. Qd2
h6 9. Be3 Nd4 10. O-O Nec6 11. Nd1 Qa5 12. Qxa5 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Nxa5 14. c3 Nc6
15. a4 Bd7 16. Bd2 O-O 17. Ne3 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Be8 19. Bg2 Rac8 20. f4 Na5 21.
Be1 h5 22. h3 Bh6 23. Ra3 b6 24. b4 cxb4 25. cxb4 Nc6 26. d4 e5 27. Nd5 Bf8 28.
dxe5 dxe5 29. Rad3 Kh8 30. b5 Nd4 31. fxe5 Ne6 32. Bf2 Kg7 33. Nf6 Rxd3 34.
Rxd3 Nc5 35. Rd4 Be7 36. Nd5 Bf8 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 Bd7 39. Ne3 Be6 40. Bh4
Nd7 41. Rd1 Nxe5 42. g5 Bc5 43. Bf2 Bb3 44. Rb1 Bxa4 45. Nd5 Ng4 46. Bxc5 Rxc5
47. Bf1 Bc2 48. Rb4 Ne5 49. Kf2 Bxe4 50. Rxe4 Rxd5 51. Ke3 Nd7 52. Ra4 Rxg5 53.
Rxa7 Rd5 54. Bg2 Rd6 55. Rb7 Kf6 56. Kf4 g5+ 57. Kg3 Rd3+ 58. Kh2 Ke6 59. Bc6
f5 60. Bxd7+ Rxd7 61. Rxb6+ Ke5 62. Rc6 $19 {Die verbundenen Freibauern
gewinnen leicht gegen den Einzelfreibauer durch einfaches Vorlaufen, das mit
Mattdrohungen verbunden ist.} Rd2+ 63. Kg3 Rd3+ 64. Kf2 Rb3 65. b6 g4 66. Rg6
Kf4 67. Rc6 g3+ 68. Kg2 Rb2+ 69. Kg1 Kf3 70. Rc3+ Kg4 71. Rc6 f4 72. Kf1 f3 73.
Rc4+ Kh3 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Val d'Isere"]
[Date "2002.08.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bricard, Emmanuel"]
[Black "Marcelin, Cyril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2002.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nge2 Rb8 7. a3 b5 8. Rb1 a5
9. a4 b4 10. Nb5 Nd4 11. c4 Bg4 12. Nbxd4 cxd4 13. h3 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Qc7 15. b3
Nf6 16. Rb2 Nd7 17. f4 e6 18. h4 h5 19. O-O Kf8 20. f5 Kg8 21. Bh3 Re8 22. Qf2
Ne5 23. f6 Bh6 24. Bxh6 Rxh6 25. Qxd4 Qc5 26. Qf2 Nxd3 27. Qxc5 Nxc5 28. Rd1
Nxe4 29. Bg2 Nxf6 30. Rxd6 Rc8 31. Rb6 Nd7 32. Rb5 Nc5 33. Rxa5 g5 34. Rb5 gxh4
35. gxh4 Rg6 36. a5 Rg3 37. Kh2 Rc3 38. Rxb4 Nd3 39. Bb7 Rd8 40. Rg2+ Kf8 41.
Rd2 Rd4 42. Rb5 Rxh4+ 43. Kg1 Rg4+ 44. Kf1 Rc1+ 45. Ke2 Nf4+ 46. Ke3 e5 47. Rf2
Rc3+ 48. Kd2 Rgg3 49. Be4 Rxb3 50. Bc2 Rxb5 51. cxb5 {Thema: Freibauern,
Technik} Ra3 52. a6 Ne6 $6 {Auf f4 beherrschte der Springer besser die weißen
Figuren. Deshalb} (52... h4 $142) ({oder} 52... Ke7) 53. Bd3 Nc5 54. Bc4 Ne4+
55. Ke2 Nc3+ (55... Nxf2 56. b6 $1 $18) (55... Nd6 56. b6 Nxc4 57. b7 $18) 56.
Kf1 Nxb5 57. Bxb5 Ke7 {Nicht ganz banale Technik ist gefragt. Ziel des Weißen:
Ba6-a7 gedeckt vom Turm auf der 7.Reihe und dann den Läufer auf die Diagonale
h1-a8.} 58. Rd2 (58. Rf5 $5 Ke6 59. Rxh5 f5 60. Bc4+ Kf6 61. Rh7 e4 62. a7 Ke5
63. Rd7 $18 {[%cal Rc4d5]}) 58... Ra5 59. Rd7+ Ke6 60. a7 Ra1+ 61. Ke2 e4 62.
Rb7 {[%cal Rb7b6,Rb6a6]} Kd5 63. Rxf7 Kc5 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Rc5b6]} 64. Rb7 h4
65. Bd7 {[%csl Gh3]} Ra3 66. Bf5 Kd4 67. Rd7+ Ke5 68. Bh3 Ra2+ (68... Kf4 69.
Be6 $18 {[%cal Re6d5]}) (68... Kf6 69. Kf2 {[%cal Gh3f1,Gf1c4,Gc4d5,Gf1b5,
Gb5c6]}) 69. Ke3 Ra3+ 70. Kd2 e3+ 71. Ke2 Kf4 72. Rf7+ Kg3 73. Be6 h3 74. Bd5
1-0

[Event "Budapest FS08 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Black "Appleberry, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Nd4 10. e5 Bd7 (10... Qb6 $5) (10... Nef5 {Sizilianisch
Nebenvarianten 1}) 11. Ne4 Nef5 12. Bf2 dxe5 $2 (12... Nxf3+ $142 13. Qxf3 Bc6
$13 14. c3 Rc8 $1 15. exd6 Nxd6 16. Qe2 b6 $10 {Lane-Sadler/Lloyds Bank/1992})
13. Nxe5 $16 b6 14. g4 $1 Ne7 (14... Nh6 15. c3 Nc6 16. g5 Nf5 17. Nf6+ Bxf6
18. gxf6 Rc8 19. Qg4 $16) 15. Bh4 $1 f6 {[#]} 16. Bxf6 $18 Bxf6 17. Nxf6+ Rxf6
18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Bxa8 h5 20. c3 Nb5 21. Be4 1-0

[Event "Gleisdorf op"]
[Site "Gleisdorf"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rogulj, Branko"]
[Black "Groszpeter, Attila"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 b6 {9...-Rb8 ist die zweite Abweichung von der Hauptvariante 9...
-Nd4,sieh Spassky-Polgar,J /CBM/48} 10. d4 d5 11. exd5 Nf5 $1 (11... exd5 $6
12. Bf2 Bg4 13. dxc5 d4 14. Ne4 Qd5 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Qf5 17. cxb6 $14 {
Rogulj-Cebalo/Zagreb/1993}) 12. Bf2 Ncxd4 13. Ne5 (13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Nd2 (14.
Nxd4 $6 Nxd4 15. Bxa8 Qxa8 16. Be3 Bh3 17. Rf2 Rd8 {und gegen 18...-Nf5 19.Qe2/
19.Rd2-Rd2 20.Qd2-Ne3/...-Ne3 20.Qe3-Bd4 hat Weiß keine Verteidigung.}) 14...
Rc8 15. a4 Nc6 16. Nde4 Nfd4 $15 {Zelic-Belamaric/Kroatia/1995}) 13... exd5 14.
Nxd5 Be6 15. Nc3 (15. c4 Rc8 $5 (15... b5 16. b3 bxc4 17. bxc4 Qa5 $13 {
Rogulj-Cvitan/Kroatia/1995}) 16. a4 Nc6 $1 {Kampf um zentralischen Feldern} 17.
Re1 Nfd4 18. g4 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Nc6 20. Bg3 Qg5 $6 {Unnötiges Opfer für das
Publikum.Einfach und besser für Schwarz war 20...-Re8 21.Ra3-Ne5! 22.Be5-Bd5
23.Bg7/23.Bd5-Be5 24.Rae3?-Bd4-+/...-Bg2} 21. Re4 Rfe8 $2 (21... Rcd8 22. h4
Bxd5 23. hxg5 (23. cxd5 Qe7) 23... Bxe4 24. Qe1 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Rfe8 {Schwarz
steht noch immer gut.}) 22. Nf6+ $1 Bxf6 23. h4 Qxh4 24. Bxh4 Bxh4 25. Qd2 {
Die Stellung ist noch immer nicht klar,aber wenig besser ist schon für Weiß.
Rogulj-Horvath,T/Gleisdorf/1996}) 15... Rc8 16. Ne4 f6 $1 17. Nf3 Nxf3+ 18.
Qxf3 Nd4 19. Qd1 f5 20. Nd2 Bd5 21. Bxd5+ $6 (21. c3 $142 Ne6 22. Nf3 $10)
21... Qxd5 22. c3 Ne6 23. Re1 Rfd8 24. Nf3 Qxd1 25. Raxd1 Kf7 26. Kf1 Bf6 27.
Ke2 Nc7 28. Rd2 $6 (28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rd1 $10) 28... Nb5 29. Red1 Rxd2+ 30.
Rxd2 Ke6 31. Kd1 Nd6 32. Re2+ Ne4 33. Nd2 Rd8 $15 34. Be1 Kf7 35. Kc2 Nxd2 36.
Bxd2 c4 37. Be1 a6 38. Bf2 b5 39. Bc5 Rd5 40. Bb6 Rd6 41. Bc5 Rd3 42. Rd2 $2
Rxd2+ 43. Kxd2 Ke6 44. Ke3 Kd5 45. Bf8 a5 46. a3 g5 47. h3 g4 48. hxg4 fxg4 49.
Bh6 Be7 50. f5 (50. Bg7 Bc5+ 51. Ke2 Ke4 52. Bf6 Be3 $19) 50... Ke5 51. Bf4+
Kxf5 52. Kd4 h5 53. Bc7 Bf6+ 54. Kd5 Bg5 55. Kc5 Bf4 $3 (55... h4 $2 56. gxh4
Bf4 57. Bxa5 g3 58. Kxb5 g2 (58... Be3 59. Bc7 Bf4 60. Bb6 $10) 59. Bb6 Ke4 60.
Bg1 Be3 61. Bh2 Kf3 $2 (61... Bf4 $10) 62. h5 Kg4 $2 (62... Bf4 $10) 63. Kxc4
Kh3 64. h6 Bxh6 (64... Kxh2 65. h7 g1=Q 66. h8=Q+ Kg2 67. Qg8+ $18) 65. Bg1 Kg3
66. a4 Kf3 67. Kd3 $18) 56. Bxf4 h4 57. Be3 h3 58. Bg1 Ke4 59. a4 bxa4 60. Kxc4
Kf3 61. Kd3 Kg2 0-1

[Event "Women-Veterans"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 (9. Bd2 Rb8 10. Rb1 b5 11. a3 Qd7 $1 (11... a5 12. a4 b4 13. Nb5 d5
14. c4 $1 $14 {Marjanovic-Damjanovic/Beograd/1976}) 12. Kh1 a5 13. a4 b4 14.
Nb5 Na7 $10 {Spassky-Polgar,J/Monaco/1994}) 9... Rb8 10. Rb1 (10. d4 cxd4 11.
Nxd4 Qb6 12. Na4 Bxd4 $1 13. Nxb6 Bxe3+ 14. Kh1 Bxb6 $15) 10... b5 11. a3 Qb6 (
11... Nd4 12. Bf2 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 e5 14. fxe5 Bxe5 15. Bg2 $10 {Spassky-Polgar,
Zs/Monaco/1994}) 12. Bf2 Bb7 13. Qd2 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. Ne2
Rbc8 17. Kh1 (17. f5 exf5 18. exf5 Nxf5 19. Rxf5 gxf5 20. Qg5+ Kh8 21. Qf6+ $10
) 17... d5 18. g4 dxe4 19. dxe4 Rcd8 20. f5 f6 $1 21. Nf4 exf5 22. gxf5 gxf5
23. Rbe1 Kh8 $1 (23... fxe4 24. Bxe4 Bxe4+ 25. Rxe4 Nd5 26. Qg2+ Kh8 (26... Kf7
27. Ne6 Ne3 28. Nxd8+ Qxd8 29. Qh3 $18) 27. Nxd5 Rxd5 28. Re7 Rg5 29. Qxg5 $1
$18) 24. Nd5 $6 Bxd5 25. exd5 Nxd5 26. Bxd5 Rxd5 27. Qh6 Qd8 $19 28. Rg1 Rf7
29. Qf4 Rg7 30. Rxg7 Kxg7 31. Qg3+ Kh8 32. Rg1 Qf8 33. h3 Re5 34. Qf3 Qe8 35.
Qg2 Qf7 36. Qa8+ Re8 37. Qc6 a6 38. Rg2 Qe6 39. Qb7 Rg8 40. Rxg8+ Kxg8 0-1

[Event "Linares-03"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1981.01.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1981.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 (6. f4 e5 7. Nh3 $5
exf4 8. Bxf4 Nge7 9. O-O h6 10. Rb1 O-O 11. a3 Be6 12. Be3 Ne5 $13 {Spassky,
B-Portish,L/Geneve(m/13)/1977/1:0 (40)/}) (6. Nh3 $5 h5 7. f4 Bg4 8. Qd2 Nd4 9.
Ng1 Qd7 (9... Qa5 $142) 10. h3 Be6 11. Nce2 $1 h4 12. g4 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14.
g5 $14 {Smyslov,V-Romanishin,O/URS(ch)/1976/1:0 (38)/}) 6... e6 (6... e5 $5) 7.
Nh3 $5 Nge7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qd2 b6 $5 (9... Nd4 10. Bh6 e5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. f4
f6 13. Nd1 $14) (9... Re8 $5 10. Bh6 Bh8 11. f4 $13) 10. Bh6 (10. f4 $6 Bb7 11.
g4 f5 $1 $17) 10... d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Nf4 d4 14. Ne4 (14. Ncd5
Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qd6 (15... Bb7 16. Qf4 $14) 16. Rfe1 Bb7 $10) 14... h6 15. Rae1
$5 (15. Qd1 Bb7 $10) 15... f5 16. Nc3 $1 (16. Nxc5 $2 bxc5 17. Rxe7+ Qxe7 18.
Bxc6 Rb8 $17) 16... dxc3 17. Qxc3+ Kh7 18. Rxe7+ Qxe7 19. Bxc6 Rb8 (19... Bb7
20. Nd5 Qf7 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Nf6+ $16) 20. Re1 $44 Qg7 21. Re5 $1 Bd7 22. Bxd7
(22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Re6 Rg8 (23... g5 24. Qe5 Rbe8 25. Ng6 $1 Rg8 26. Qxf5 $1) (
23... Rbe8 24. Rxg6 Qf7 25. h4) 24. Qf6 Rbe8 $8 25. h4 $1 Rxe6 (25... Qg7 $6
26. Qxg7+ Kxg7 27. Rxg6+ $16) 26. Nxe6 Qe8 27. h5 gxh5 28. Qxf5+ Kh8 29. Qf6+
$10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 43rd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2010.07.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 d6 7. O-O Rb8 8. h3
b5 9. a3 O-O 10. Rb1 Bd7 11. Bg5 {Bis hier ist nicht viel passiert, aber man
hat bereits das Gefühl, dass die Aufstellung mit Ne2 im Geschlossenen
Sizilianer recht unflexibel ist.} a5 $1 12. a4 bxa4 $1 {Nicht sehr naheliegend,
denn Weiß hat eine intakte Bauernstruktur und keine Schwächen. Doch Caruana
hat erkannt, dass der Raumvorteil und die halboffene b-Linie in Verbindung mit
dem starken Bg7 gute Spielmöglichkeiten offerieren.} 13. Nxa4 Ne5 14. Nec3 Bc6
15. b3 Re8 16. Qd2 {Weiß ist offenbar planlos. Vielleicht wäre 16.Bd2 - der
Läufer leistet auf g5 nichts - nebst Ra1, Ra2 eine Möglichkeit, dann könnte
auch endlich der Nc3 auf bessere Felder gebracht werden.} Qc7 17. Nd5 $2 {
Vielleicht hatte Negi ...e6 befürchtet, wonach irgendwann auch ...d5
durchgedrückt wird. Oder aber in Ermangelung von guten Zügen erfolgte eben
dieser Fehler.} Nxd5 18. exd5 Bxa4 19. bxa4 {Man muss nur mal sehen, wie
schwach die übrig gebliebenen weißen Leichtfiguren sind.} Rb4 $1 {Das ist so
einfach wie forciert.} 20. Ra1 $6 {Wie die Zeiten sich geändert haben -
Computer würden nicht so passiv spielen und den Bauern lieber opfern. Aber
kaum eine der Varianten kann wirklich befriedigen.} ({Auf} 20. Rxb4 {besitzt
Schwarz sogar zwei Möglichkeiten, mit} axb4 {wird der Bauern a5 ganz schwach,
nach 20...cxb4 kann der Bauer c2 belagert werden.}) 20... Reb8 {Schwarz hat
nun alle Trümpfe in der Hand.} 21. Rfe1 c4 $1 22. Ra3 cxd3 23. cxd3 Rb2 24. Qe3
Rc2 $1 {Damit wird die Verdoppelung der Türme auf der 2. Reihe vorbereitet.}
25. Raa1 h6 26. Bxh6 (26. Bf4 $142) 26... Bxh6 27. Qxh6 Rbb2 28. Rab1 {Das
erlaubt ein nettes Finale.} ({Oder} 28. Qe3 Rxf2 29. Qxf2 Rxf2 30. Kxf2 Nxd3+
31. Kg1 Nxe1 32. Rxe1 Qc3 {und Schwarz gewinnt leicht.}) 28... Qb6 $1 {
Doppelangriff auf b1 und f2, Weiß gibt daher auf.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Lenderman,A"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 $5 {Steering the games into less explored areas has worked
incredibly well for Adhiban in this tournament. In the last 4 games Adhiban
scored an amazing, all with not the most mainstream lines.} Nc6 3. g3 (3. f4 {
is also possible}) 3... g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 Nge7 7. Nf3 Nd4 8. O-O Bg4
9. Be3 c5 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Nh4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Qd7 (12... b5 $5 13. Rf2 b4 14. Nd1
Bxd1 15. Rxd1 Ne6 16. Bh6 Bxb2 $5 17. Bxf8 Qxf8 $44 {deserved attention
perhaps. Black has a pawn and a very strong bishop for the exchange and has
full control of the dark squares, and also probably won't have to ever worry
about an attack.}) 13. Rf2 Rae8 $6 (13... f6 {Perhaps this was a better
defence. It's basically prophylaxis against Bh6.} 14. Bh6 $6 (14. Be3 b5 {
is probably roughly equal}) 14... Bxh6 15. Qxh6 g5 {This is the main point.
Now White is in an awkward spot.} 16. Nf3 (16. Rxf6 Rxf6 17. Qxg5+ Rg6 18. Nxg6
Nxg6 19. Nd5 Kh8 {and White probably doesn't have enough compensation.}) (16.
h3 gxh4 17. hxg4 hxg3 18. Rxf6 Rxf6 19. Qxf6 Rf8 20. Qh4 Ng6 21. Qxg3 Ne5 $40 {
Black has very good pieces here.}) (16. e5 gxh4 17. exf6 (17. Ne4 fxe5 18. Raf1
Nef5 19. Nf6+ Rxf6 20. Qxf6 Qf7 $1 $17 {and again White's initiative falls
short.}) 17... Ng6) 16... Nef5 $1 {That's the point!} 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Ne5
dxe5 $19) 14. Bh6 $1 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 {Here White already has a dangerous
practical initiative if not already an objective advantage.} b5 16. h3 Be6 17.
Raf1 Qd8 $6 {This move is already a serious mistake in a difficult position.} (
17... Nec6 18. Nf5 $1 f6 19. Ne3 Qg7 20. Qxg7+ Kxg7 21. Ncd5 $14 {White might
be slightly better but the game is still defensible for Black.}) 18. Nb1 $6 {
Objectively not the most precise execution, though it worked very well for
White in the game.} (18. Nd1 $1 {From here it goes to e3 and really develops
lots of initiative.} d5 {Probably White played Nb1 with the idea to discourage
...d5, but it turns out even here ...d5 isn't so effective for Black.} 19. Ne3
dxe4 20. dxe4 f5 $1 {This seems like the only move.} (20... Nec6 21. Nhf5 $1 {
It turns out that this threat is too powerful.}) (20... Bc4 21. e5 $3 Bxf1 22.
Ng4 $1 f5 23. Nf6+ Rxf6 (23... Kf7 24. Bxf1 {and White has a decisive attack.})
24. exf6 Ne6 25. Bxf1 $18) 21. c3 fxe4 $1 {And again an only move.} 22. Bxe4 (
22. cxd4 cxd4 {is suddenly very good compensation for Black.}) 22... Rxf2 23.
Rxf2 Ndf5 (23... Ndc6 $2 24. Nxg6 $18) 24. Nhxf5 Bxf5 25. Nxf5 Nxf5 26. Bxf5
gxf5 27. Rxf5 $16 {and after all that White gets an endgame with good winning
chances but certainly Black is still in the game.}) 18... d5 $2 {This is
definitely a mistake, which maximizes the value of the b1-knight and makes it
a monster.} (18... Kh8 $14 {Black should just stand tight and keep his
position together. I don't see a clear way White is breaking through here.})
19. Nd2 $1 {Now White has a decisive advantage, and from here on White played
flawlessly.} dxe4 20. Nxe4 Nef5 21. Rxf5 $3 {Perhaps this is what Black missed
when he played 18... d5? Without this move Black is fine.} (21. Nxf5 $2 Nxf5 {
isn't even better for White.} 22. Rxf5 $6 (22. Qf4 $11) 22... Bxf5 23. Rxf5
Rxe4 $1 {and suddenly the tables turn.}) 21... Nxf5 22. Rxf5 $1 {The point.
Now the rook can't be taken.} (22. Nxf5 $2 Bxf5 23. Rxf5 Rxe4) 22... Qd4+ (
22... gxf5 23. Nf6+ $18) (22... Bxf5 23. Nxf5 gxf5 24. Nf6+ $18) 23. Rf2 f5 24.
Ng5 (24. Nxg6 $5 {might have been slightly more precise and flashier but
certainly White's move is more than enough to win.} hxg6 25. Qxg6+ Qg7 26. Nf6+
Rxf6 27. Qxe8+ $18) 24... Qg7 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Bc6 $18 {The rest is a matter
of technique. Adhiban showed very good technique in this game and he capped it
off with some very precise calculation.} h6 27. Nxe6+ Rxe6 28. Bxb5 Rb8 29. a4
a6 30. Bc4 Re1+ 31. Kg2 Rxb2 32. Bxa6 Rc1 33. Bc4 Rcxc2 34. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 35. Kf3
Kf6 36. a5 g5 37. a6 $1 Rc1 (37... gxh4 38. a7 $18) 38. Ng2 Ke5 39. Ne3 h5 $5 {
Loses right away but a good practical try, especially right before move 40.} (
39... Ra1 {would still be losing in the long run but would be a little bit
more resilient.} 40. g4 f4 41. Nf5 h5 42. Nh6 $18 {Will win eventually though.}
) 40. Nc2 $1 {It is very nice to find such a move, especially on move 40.} g4+
{Best practical chance} (40... Rxc2 41. a7 $18 {The pawn just queens since the
a2-square is protected.}) 41. Ke3 $1 {Precise calculation} (41. hxg4 $6 fxg4+
42. Ke3 Rf1 {would still be winning for White but would allow the game to drag
on a bit.}) 41... gxh3 42. a7 h2 43. a8=Q h1=Q 44. Qb8+ $1 {The only move that
mates by force. Adhiban probably had to see this move in advance when he
played 41.Ke3!} (44. Qe8+ $6 Kd6 45. Qd8+ Kc6 46. Kf4 $18 {still wins but Kf4
would now be the only move that wins by force, and it is far from easy to find.
}) 44... Kf6 45. Qf8+ Kg6 46. Bf7+ 1-0

[Event "ARM-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2012.01.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Simonian, Hrair"]
[Black "Grigoryan, Karen H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2012.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nge2 Bg7 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Rb8 6. O-O b5 7. f4 d6 8. d3
Bd7 9. f5 Nf6 10. Nf4 Ne5 11. Ncd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bc6 13. Bg5 Bxd5 14. exd5 b4
15. Qe2 h6 16. Be3 g5 17. Be4 Nd7 18. Rab1 Nf6 19. a4 bxa3 20. bxa3 O-O 21. Bd2
Qd7 22. h4 gxh4 23. gxh4 Qa4 24. c4 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 Qxa3 $6 (25... Nxe4 26. dxe4
Qxa3 $19) 26. Rb7 a5 27. Rxe7 Qa1+ 28. Kh2 Qb2 29. Ra7 Nxe4 30. dxe4 Kh8 31.
Qe3 a4 $2 (31... Rb8 32. Kg2 Rb3 $19) 32. Rxa4 $11 Rb8 33. f6 $2 (33. Ra3 Re8
34. Kg2 $11) 33... Qxf6 $19 34. Kh3 Qf1+ 35. Kg3 Rg8 0-1

[Event "Malakoff op 09th"]
[Site "Malakoff"]
[Date "2009.04.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Panbukchian, Valentin"]
[Black "Okhotnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "Malakoff/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2009.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Le bulgare revient à une ouverture plus sérieuse que 1.f4 qu'il a
pratiqué dans le tournoi} g6 2. Nc3 (2. d4) 2... Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3
(5. d4 {la grande ligne}) 5... O-O 6. h3 (6. f4 $142 c5 7. Nf3 Nc6) 6... e5 $11
7. Nge2 c5 $5 {la position va retomber dans les lignes de la sicilienne fermée}
8. O-O Nc6 9. f4 exf4 10. Nxf4 Rb8 11. Be3 b5 12. Qd2 b4 13. Nd1 $146 ({RR} 13.
Nce2 Bb7 14. g4 a5 15. c4 bxc3 16. bxc3 a4 17. Rab1 Qa5 18. g5 Nd7 19. Nd5 Nce5
20. Nf6+ Nxf6 21. gxf6 Bh8 22. Bh6 Rfe8 23. Nf4 Bc6 24. Rbc1 a3 25. Qf2 Rb2 26.
Qg3 Qd8 27. d4 Nd7 {Kachko,A (2419)-Fedorov,A (2607)/Moscow 2008/CBM 122 Extra/
1/2-1/2 (39)}) 13... a5 14. Kh1 Be6 $132 15. Ne2 $6 Qc8 16. Kh2 Nd7 17. Bh6 $6
{les noirs controlent bien les cases noires au centre et l'échange du B ne
pose pas de problème} Nde5 $15 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Ne3 {[%csl Gd5]} f6 20. c3
bxc3 21. bxc3 Bg8 22. Nf4 a4 {[%cal Ga4a3,Gb8b2]} 23. Nfd5 a3 24. Rab1 Bxd5 $6
(24... Qa6 $5 {[%csl Rd3]} 25. c4 {[%csl Rd4]}) 25. Nxd5 Rf7 26. d4 $14 Nd7 27.
h4 {[%csl Rc8,Rd7,Re6][%cal Gg2h3]} Nf8 28. Bh3 $1 $36 Rxb1 29. Rxb1 (29. Bxc8
Rb2) 29... Qe8 30. Qe3 Ne6 {[%csl Rd4]} 31. h5 $1 cxd4 32. cxd4 Nexd4 33. h6+
$44 Kg8 {Suite illisible ( comme d'habitude avec OKHOTNIK!) et gain blanc au
40ème coup.} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.04"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "D'Amore, Carlo"]
[Black "Karttunen, Mika"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]

1. Nf3 ({Another popular move order to reach the game position is} 1. e4 c5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e5 6. O-O Nge7) 1... c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6
4. O-O Bg7 5. e4 e5 6. d3 Nge7 {Black's central setup certainly looks solid,
but has just one drawback: the weakness of the d5-square. In order to avoid
ending up in a passive position, White will transfer his knights to c4 and d5,
but this plan is rather time consuming.} 7. Nfd2 ({The alternate plan is} 7. c3
O-O 8. Nbd2 d6 9. a3) 7... O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. Nc4 Be6 10. Nd5 Qd7 {A critical
position for this variation. White certainly enjoys stability in the centre
but he is far behind in development. These two aspects make determine the
sharp (in a strategic sense) character of the position. My feeling is that
Black should place his queen's rook on d8, in order to over-defend the
d6-square and thus enable the strategical desirable ...Bh3. This would not
only weaken the enemy king's position but also leave the central knight less
stable and more exposed to exchanging. Another element of the position is the
way both sides will handle the pawn tension that will arise after f4 and ...f5.
} 11. f4 $146 {Although thematical, this move has not been previously played
at this stage of the game.} (11. c3 Rad8 $1 (11... f5 12. a4 Kh8 13. a5 Rab8
14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Ne5 16. Nxe7 Qxe7 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Be3 Rbd8 19. Qe2 Rd7
20. exf5 gxf5 21. Rae1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bilek,I-Andersson,U/Palma de Mallorca 1972/
EXT 98 (25)}) 12. Qb3 Kh8 13. a4 f5 14. f4 Bg8 15. Bd2 exf4 16. Bxf4 (16. gxf4
fxe4 17. dxe4 Nxd5 18. exd5 Ne7 {[%cal Ye7f5]}) 16... Nxd5 17. exd5 Ne5 18. Qb5
(18. Nxe5 $2 dxe5 19. Bg5 Bxd5 $1 $17) 18... Nxc4 19. Qxd7 Rxd7 20. dxc4 {
Black's king side extra-pawn is compensated by White's superior activity.} Re8
21. Rae1 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Bf7 23. g4 $5 fxg4 24. h3 h5 25. hxg4 hxg4 26. Kf2 Bf6
27. Kg3 g5 28. Bd2 Re7 29. Rxe7 Bxe7 30. Kxg4 Bg6 {1/2-1/2 Bilek,I (2500)
-Hecht,H (2505)/Bath 1973/EU-chT} {. After} 31. Bxg5 Bxg5 32. Kxg5 Kg7 $11 {
White has no way to make progress.}) (11. a4 Rad8 $1 (11... f5 12. f4 Rae8 $6 (
12... Kh8 $6 13. c3 Bg8 {looks too slow:} 14. Re1 Rad8 15. a5 fxe4 16. dxe4
exf4 17. Bxf4 $1 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5+ dxe5 20. Qe2 $16 {1-0 Gelman,A 
(2390)-Iskusnyh,S (2460)/Moscow 1996/EXT 98 (55)}) (12... Rad8 $1) 13. c3 exf4
14. gxf4 $6 (14. Bxf4 Ne5 15. Qd2 $14 fxe4 16. Bxe5 $1 dxe5 17. dxe4 {We can
see here that the rook would have been more useful on d8.}) 14... Kh8 15. a5
fxe4 16. dxe4 Bg4 17. Qd3 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Rd8 {(Admitting the previous mistake)}
19. Qd3 Ne7 {1/2-1/2 Fedorov,A (2495)-Marin,M (2540)/Calarasi 1995/EXT 99}) 12.
c3 $6 (12. f4 $1 Bh3 $5) 12... Bh3 $1 13. f4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nxd5 15. exd5 Ne7
16. Qf3 b6 17. Re1 Qb7 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Qxd5 20. Bf4 Qxf3+ 21. Nxf3 Nc6 {
This game illustrates Black's optimal scenario. It is White who should think
about equality now.} 22. Rad1 Rd7 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 {1/2-1/2 Zwaig,A-Minic,
D/Halle 1967/EXT 2000} Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Rfd8 26. Re3 f5 $15 {[%cal Yg8f7] /=})
11... Bg4 $5 (11... Rad8 12. a4 {transposes above.} (12. c3 b5 13. Nce3 f5 $32)
) 12. Qd2 {As we shall see, White's discoordination is of temporary nature.}
exf4 13. Nxf4 Rae8 14. c3 Qd8 15. Qc2 Kh8 16. Bd2 Bc8 17. Rae1 {Black has
failed to find a consequent plan and has lost his advance in development
without slving the problem of the d5-square.} f5 18. Ne3 (18. exf5 $1 $14 {
[%csl Gd5,Rd6,Ge6][%cal Yg2b7,Ye1e6]}) 18... fxe4 19. dxe4 Ne5 20. Bc1 Qa5 21.
a3 c4 $6 {[%csl Gd4]} 22. Rd1 Rd8 23. Kh1 Ng8 24. h3 Rfe8 25. Rd5 Qa6 26. Rd4
$14 {White's position looks more comfortable. The weakness of the e4-pawn is
less significant than that of the d6-pawn. Besides, White has two stable
squares for his pieces (d5 and d4) compared with only one for Black (e5).} Bd7
27. Qe2 b5 28. Qd1 Bc8 29. Ned5 Qb7 30. Be3 Qb8 31. Rd2 Bb7 32. Bd4 Bc6 33. Qe2
Qb7 34. Qf2 Ra8 35. g4 Nh6 36. Qh4 Bxd5 37. exd5 Qe7 38. Qg3 Qg5 39. Kh2 Kg8
40. Re2 Qe7 41. Ne6 Nhf7 42. Ref2 Nd8 43. Nxg7 Qxg7 44. g5 Qe7 45. h4 Nd3 46.
Rf6 Nb7 47. h5 1-0

[Event "Cupa Dinamo"]
[Site "Brasov"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Sofronie, Iulian"]
[Black "Moldovan, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1998.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O e5 7. d3 Nge7 8. Nh4
O-O 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 h6 11. Be3 Ne5 12. h3 Be6 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. Ne2 Qd7 15.
Kh2 Rac8 16. c4 b5 17. b3 g5 18. Nf5 Nxf5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. d4 (20. Rxf5 Qxf5
21. Be4 Qxe4 22. dxe4 Nf3+) 20... cxd4 21. Nxd4 Bd3 22. Nxb5 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 Rcd8
24. Bxa7 Ng6 25. Bb6 Rb8 26. Bd4 f5 27. Bxg7 Qxg7 28. Nxd6 f4 29. gxf4 Nxf4 30.
Be4+ Kh8 31. Rd1 Ne6 32. Qd5 Qb2+ 33. Kh1 Rf2 34. Nf7+ Kg7 35. Qe5+ Qxe5 36.
Nxe5 Nc5 37. Bb1 Rb2 38. Nc6 Re8 39. b4 Na4 40. Bd3 Nc3 41. Ra1 Re3 42. Bf1 Ne4
43. a4 g4 44. hxg4 Nf2+ (44... Nf2+ 45. Kg1 (45. Kg2 Nxg4+ 46. Kh1 Rh2+ 47. Kg1
Rg3+) 45... Nxg4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.12.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 {A flexible move order, retaining the
possibility to switch back to the open lines with d2-d4 or alternatively keep
the game within the Closed Sicilian territory.} Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d3 {This is
by far not the most aggressive Closed Sicilian setup. In the main lines, White
plays either f2-f4 followed by Nf3 or Be3 followed by Qd2 and, if allowed, Bh6.
} Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. O-O Rb8 9. f4 Nd7 10. a4 a6 11. f5 {Clearing the f4-square
for the e2-knight, while the e3-square is reserved for its colleague.} ({
The plan involving Ne2-g3 is less threatening.} 11. g4 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Ng3
(13. f5 {would transpose back to the main game.}) (13. e5 {does not lead to
anything constructive after} Nd4) 13... b4 (13... c4 $5 14. dxc4 bxc4 15. Kh2
Nd4 16. Ra2 Nb5 17. Bd2 Nc5 18. Nxb5 Rxb5 19. Bc3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Ra5 21. Qa1
Rxa2 22. Qxa2 Bb7 23. Rd1 $13 {Suetin,A (2420)-Siegel,G (2475)/Biel 1996/EXT
1998 (1-0, 68)}) 14. Nce2 Bb7 (14... Qb6 15. Kh1 Ba6 16. f5 Ra8 17. Nf4 c4 $36
{Serrano Salvador,E (2251)-Llanes Hurtado,M (2299)/Lorca 2004/EXT 2005 (0-1,
30)}) 15. f5 Ra8 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. c3 bxc3 18. bxc3 Qa2 $36 {Molinari,G-Werle,
J (2223)/Leiden 1999/EXT 2000 (0-1, 61). In all these lines, the knight is not
doing much on g3.}) 11... b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. g4 b4 {The most natural.} ({
The over-ambitious} 13... e6 {, aiming to restrict the c3-knight, has the
drawback of weakening the f6-square too soon and allows White to get a huge
space advantage:} 14. g5 $1 Be5 15. f6 Qb6 ({Black probably feared that} 15...
b4 16. Nb1 {[%cal Gb1d2,Gd2f3] would help White to improve his queen knight's
position.}) 16. Kh1 Bb7 17. Nf4 Nd4 18. Nce2 Nxe2 19. Qxe2 Ra8 20. Rb1 c4 21.
h4 cxd3 22. cxd3 Bxf4 $6 {Giving up the bishop pair is an important positional
concession. Since White has not make any major commitment yet, he will be able
to switch back from attacking to positional play.} (22... Rfc8 23. h5 $40 {
is way too dangerous for Black.}) (22... h5 $2 23. Nxh5 $1 $16) ({The most
flexible move was} 22... h6 $5 {, but Black would have to be aware of tactical
threats at every step.}) 23. Bxf4 h5 24. gxh6 Kh7 25. Be3 Qa6 26. d4 $14 {
Jobava,B (2730)-Wojtaszek,R (2717)/Poznan 2012/CBM 150 (1-0, 49)}) 14. Nd5 e6
$146 ({Exchanging one pair of knights with} 14... Nb6 15. Nef4 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 {
helps White, whose coordination was far from perfect a few moves ago.} Bd4+ (
16... e6 {Andreikin,D (2687)-Le Quang,L (2687)/Havana 2011/CBM 143 (1/2, 39)}
17. f6 $5 Bh8 18. Bh6 exd5 19. exd5 Nd4 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. g5 {With his bishop
locked on h8 forever, Black is in trouble despite his material advantage.}) 17.
Kh1 e6 18. Ne3 Bf6 19. Nc4 $14 {Andreikin,D (2689)-Sjugirov,S (2626)/Moscow
2011/CBM 141 (1/2, 28)}) 15. Ne3 Nd4 16. Nf4 Nb6 {I am not sure that this was
really necessary. The knight stands well on d7, keeping the f6- and e5-squares
under control.} ({The following developing sequence deserves attention:} 16...
Qe7 17. Bd2 Nb5 18. Nc4 ({If White plays in the same way as in the game,
Black's queenside attack develops much faster:} 18. Ra2 $6 Bb7 19. Qf3 Ra8)
18... Nb6 {Now, this knight move iis justified.} 19. Nxb6 Rxb6 20. Ra2 Ra6 $132
{[%csl Gb2]}) 17. Bd2 {[%cal Gc2c3]} Nb5 18. Ra2 Re8 $5 {A subtle move, but
Black will not spot its real merits.} ({If} 18... Ra8 19. Rxa8 Nxa8 20. Bc1 {
defends the queenside, retaining strong kingside pressure.}) 19. Qf3 d5 $6 {
Weakening the light squares so much plays into White's hands. Black rightly
decides that he should open the play somehow, in order to put a stop to
White's attack, but does not find the best way to do it.} (19... Nd4 {is
natural and good.} 20. Qf2 (20. Qd1 {is not an attempt to play for a win.})
20... exf5 $1 21. gxf5 Bf6 22. Be1 {Apparently, White has managed to maintain
his pressure, but now the hidden force of the e8-rook comes to tell:} Nxf5 $1
23. exf5 (23. Nxf5 Bxf5 $1 {[%csl Rf2,Rg1]}) 23... Rxe3 $1) 20. exd5 $5 {
This offers some pressure, but the evaluation remains uncertain.} ({The pawn
chain has to be undermined as close as possible to its base:} 20. Nxe6 $1 Bxe6
(20... dxe4 21. Qf4 Bxe6 22. fxe6 f6 23. Bxe4 $14) (20... fxe6 21. f6 $14) 21.
fxe6 fxe6 22. exd5 Rf8 23. Qg3 exd5 24. Rxf8+ Bxf8 25. g5 $5 $36 {[%cal Ge3g4]}
) 20... exf5 21. gxf5 Nd4 22. Qf2 Nxf5 23. Nxf5 Bxf5 24. c3 bxc3 25. bxc3 {
The strong d5-pawn causes Black some problems with his coordination, but I
doubt that this is enough to claim an advantage.} Nd7 26. Nh5 Be5 27. d4 {
An obvious way to gain space, but now any simplifications would bring the game
closer to a worse ending.} cxd4 28. cxd4 Bd6 29. Ra7 {White has reached almost
a maximum of activity, but the position remains static mainly.} Nb6 $2 {
Overlooking the hidden threats.} (29... Kh8 30. Bh6 Rg8 {would avoid immediate
problems and entitled Black to hope for the best in the long run.}) 30. Bh6 $1
$16 {[%cal Gh5g7] /\Ng7. Suddenly, Black is in trouble.} Bf8 $2 31. Bf4 $6 (31.
Bxf8 $1 Rxf8 32. Qg3 $18) 31... Rc8 (31... Bd6 $16) 32. Qg3 $18 {/\Bc7} Be7 33.
Rxe7 $1 Qxe7 (33... Rxe7 34. Nf6+ Kh8 (34... Kg7 35. Qg5 $18) 35. Qh4 h5 36.
Qg5 Qf8 37. Bd6 $18) 34. Bg5 Qe2 35. Nf6+ Kg7 36. Nxe8+ Rxe8 37. Rxf5 (37. Rxf5
gxf5 38. Be7+ $1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.05"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2877"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 {For a moment, this move made me curious: will we see a fierce
theoretical dispute in the Najdorf?!} c5 2. Nc3 {Not really! Just some complex
positional struggle with mobile pawn chains and all pieces on the board. In
the '60s, the Closed Sicilian used to be a deadly weapon in Spassky's hands.
Players like Geller and Larsen (the latter also with reversed colours, 1.c4 e5)
were crushed during Spassky's campaigns for the world title.} d6 ({The man who
did find an antidote to Spassky's treatment of the Sicilian was Viktor
Korchnoi. During their 1968 Candidates final he twice answered} 2... e6 {
followed by ...d7-d5. Black had some light pressure in both games but they
ended in draws. In order to win the match, Spassky found no other solution
than... winning with Black and switching to 1. d4 when playing with White. It
remains an open question what would Carlsen do against 2...e6. True, he twice
faced this move, but this happened in 2002 when he was rated 2171...}) 3. g3
Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Be3 ({Spassky almost always played} 6. f4 {The
aforementioned games went} e5 7. Nh3 exf4 (7... Nge7 8. O-O Nd4 9. f5 gxf5 10.
Qh5 $44 h6 11. Rf2 Be6 12. Be3 Qd7 13. Raf1 O-O-O 14. Nd5 fxe4 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7
16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. Rxf7 Qe8 18. Bxe4 Rf8 19. Bf5 Qxf7 20. Qxf7 Rxf7 21. Bxe6+
Rfd7 22. Rf7 Kc7 23. Bxd7 Rxd7 24. Rxd7+ Kxd7 25. Kg2 {The complications
petered out in an ending which is more pleasant for White. Hort did not defend
the best way and lost in Spassky,B (2630)-Hort,V (2620) Bugojno 1978 MCL 
[Bulletin] (1-0, 41)}) 8. Bxf4 Nge7 9. O-O h6 10. Rb1 O-O 11. a3 Be6 12. Be3
Ne5 13. Nf4 Bd7 14. Kh1 Rc8 15. Qd2 Kh7 16. h3 {It is interesting to compare
Spassky's regrouping starting from this moment with Carlsen's.} Bc6 17. g4 Qd7
18. Rf2 b6 19. Rbf1 Bb7 20. Qe2 Rce8 21. Bc1 Kg8 22. Qe3 b5 23. Qg3 b4 24. axb4
cxb4 25. Nd1 {[%cal Gd1e3] Black's play surely was more harmonious than
Wojtaszek's, but this did not prevent White from including practically all his
pieces in the inevitable attack. In principle, the position is unclear yet,
but White's attacking potential eventually prevailed in Spassky,B (2610)
-Portisch,L (2625) Geneve 1977 (1-0, 40)}) 6... e5 {Black adopts Botvinnik's
English triangle with reversed colours, a system I had recommended in my
English Opening books. I have to add a small correction: the system is good
unless you are facing Carlsen. But does this not apply for any other opening?!}
7. Nh3 {This way of developing the knight was also one of Spassky's favourites.
I must confess that when following Carlsen's play I have every time the
temptation to compare him with another World Champion from the past: now
Fischer, later Lasker, but today we surely have Boris Vassilievich in the
background. On more concrete terms, what could be the great idea behind the
last move? Shouldn't the knight (after f2-f4) go to f3, controlling the
important central d4- and e5-squares? Actually, it would be of little use to
put pressure on such well defended squares, so it is a good idea to be heading
for the only weakness in Black's setup, the d5-square. After the planned f2-f4,
the prospect of a knight jump to f4-d5 somwehat restricts Black's options.} ({
The vast majority of the games continue with} 7. Qd2 {for instance} Nge7 8. f4
Nd4 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O exf4 11. Bxf4 Nxf3+ 12. Rxf3 Qb6 {Adams,M (2708)
-Kramnik,V (2760) Las Vegas 1999 CBM 072 [Donev] (1/2-1/2, 78)}) 7... Nge7 8.
f4 Nd4 {Since the knight will be forced to retreat after only four moves, this
looks like a mere loss of time.} ({But Black must have feared that after the
natural} 8... O-O {White would carry out the thematic attack} 9. f5 gxf5 10.
Qh5 Nd4 11. O-O-O {(which, under slightly difficult circumstances occurred in
one of Spassky's games, above!) Black is under no immediate threats, but the
weakness of the light squares and of his king's position may accumulate into a
promising positional white attack.}) 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 Bd7 {This move may be
all right, but instinctively I would feel that it does not keep Black's
harmony.} (10... Rb8 {getting ready for either ...B6 and ...Bb7 or ...B5-b4,
looks more flexible.} 11. Rf2 f6 $1 {A typical method of restricting White's
kingside activity. It occurs in the English triangle quite often, too (in its
mirrored version f2-f3, of course).} 12. Raf1 (12. fxe5 dxe5 $15 {[%cal Gc8e6]}
13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bxh3 15. Bxh3 Qxd5) 12... Be6 13. Nd5 (13. Kh1 Qd7 14.
Ng1 b5 {Lutovac,M (2200)-Ciocaltea,V (2465) Bar 1977 (0-1, 65)}) 13... Bxd5 14.
exd5 Nef5 15. g4 Nxe3 (15... Nh6 $1) 16. Qxe3 {Shaw,J (2280)-Sher,M (2510)
Hastings 1995 (0-1, 52)} f5 $15) ({The immediate} 10... f6 $5 {is also
interesting, but has never been tested between strong players.}) 11. Nd1 $5 {
A multi-purpose move. White prepares to expell the d4-knight and to
consolidate his h3-knight at the same time.} Qc8 $6 $146 {Another
disharmonious move.} (11... exf4 $6 12. Nxf4 Ne6 13. c3 Nxf4 14. Bxf4 Be6 15.
Bh6 (15. d4 $5) 15... d5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qf4 Rc8 18. Ne3 $36 {Jurkovic,H 
(2270)-Hulak,K (2530) Pula 1994 (1/2-1/2, 44)}) (11... b6 $5 $146 {(See also
my next comment)} 12. c3 Ndc6 13. Ndf2 Qc7 14. Rae1 Rad8) 12. Ndf2 Ndc6 13. c3
b5 $2 ({One rule I knew as a kid is that if there is some tension in the
centre Black should consolidate his c5-pawn with} 13... b6 {In this concrete
position, the idea would be meeting} 14. fxe5 {with} dxe5 {, preventing the
radical activation of the h3-knight.}) 14. fxe5 $1 Nxe5 15. Bh6 $14 {The most
precise move order. Such a positive move as Nh3-f4 should not obstruct the
bishop. Besides, exchanging the g7-bishop will weaken the kingside and turn
Black's queenside counter-attack into something similar to an infantry assault
without the support of the artilery.} N7c6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nf4 Qd8 {After
the bishop exchange, it looks natural to return with the queen to the dark
squares, for both defensive and offensive purposes. But I cannot help
comparing the two rival Majesties, suggesting an advantage for the white queen.
From d2, it also controls dark squares on both wings, but it does not prevent
the connection of the rooks! Ironically, Black will manage to connect rooks
only on move 29, but that will be just a speeding up of the defeat!} 18. Rad1
Rc8 19. Qe2 {Controlling the g4-square and taking the queen out of the
e5-knight's range (d3-d4, ...Nc4) in order to prepare the central expansion.}
h5 $6 {The final phase of the game induces the thought that Black should have
abstained from this weakening of the kingside. But the sad thing is that Black
has no active plan available and has to live with the positional threat of
d3-d4.} 20. d4 cxd4 21. cxd4 Ng4 22. h3 Nxf2 23. Qxf2 {White's progress over
the past moves is obvious, while for Black it remains difficult to formulate a
coherent plan.} Ne7 {Black's worries regarding the d5-square are justified,
but the knight stands awfully on e7.} 24. Rd3 $1 {With the centre firmly in
White's hands, such rook lifts tend to be rather annoying. But, ironically,
this move would not have been possible had Black not occupied the b5-square
with the pawn!} b4 {The threat ...Bb5 arrives too late. Things will start
happening on the kingside.} 25. Rf3 Qe8 $2 {Black surely did not know what to
do with his queen in this game. It looks as if the strongest piece is
searching on purpose for the most passive squares.} ({Black spent a tempo on
over-defending f7, since} 25... Bb5 $2 {would allow the decisive blow} 26.
Nxh5+ $1) ({A safer way to parry the sacrifice on h5 was} 25... Kg8 26. g4 $1 {
This is slightly less strong than in the game, but quite annoying anyway.} (26.
d5 Bb5 27. Re1 Qc7 $14 {[%csl Re7]}) (26. Nxh5 $6 gxh5 27. Rxf7 Ng6 28. e5 Qg5
$132) 26... hxg4 27. hxg4 Bxg4 28. Rg3 Qd7 29. d5 a5 30. Qd4 {[%cal Gg2h3,
Gg4h3,Rg3h3,Rh3h8]} f6 {[%csl Ge6]} 31. Bh3 Bxh3 32. Nxh3 Rf7 33. Nf4 $16) 26.
g4 {With the black pawn on h7, this would have just been a way to increase the
positional domination by blocking the enemy structure with g4-g5. But the way
it is, the open file will be opened, with fatal consequences for Black.} ({
White's positon was so good already that there was another, much simpler, win:
} 26. d5 {[%csl Ga7,Gg7][%cal Gf2d4,Gd4b4]} a5 27. Qd4+ Kg8 (27... f6 28. Ne6+
Bxe6 29. Rxf6 $18) 28. Qf6 {[%cal Gf6d6] Black's lack of coordination is
pathetic.}) 26... hxg4 27. hxg4 Bb5 (27... Bxg4 {would just open another file
for White's attack:} 28. Rg3 Qd7 29. Bh3 $1 {Attacking the main defender of
the g-file.} f5 (29... Bxh3 30. Nh5+ {is curtains.}) 30. d5 {with such threats
as Qd4+ and Ne6+.}) 28. Re1 Qd8 {This queen surely has moved a lot. And it did
it with short steps, as if it was the least mobile piece on board, the king.}
29. g5 Qb6 $6 {The first relatively long queen move loses by force, but it is
hard to give an advice for Black. Apart from the game manoeuvre he threatens
Rh3 with combined threats along the h-file and on f6. White would win with
simple moves even if Black had restricted himself to a status quo policy.} (
29... a5 30. d5 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Gf2d4,Gf3h3,Rd8b6]} Rh8 31. Bh3 $18 {[%cal
Gh3c8]} Rc7 32. Ne6+ fxe6 33. Rf7+ Kg8 34. Rg7+ Kxg7 35. Qf6+ Kg8 36. Bxe6+ Kh7
37. Qf7#) (29... Bd7 30. Rf1 {[%csl Gf7]}) (29... Rb8 30. Rh3 a5 31. Rh6 a4 (
31... Rh8 32. Ne6+ $1) 32. Nh5+ gxh5 33. Qf6+ Kg8 34. Qh8#) 30. Bh3 Rcd8 31.
Be6 {Quite a nasty visit!} Be8 32. Nd5 (32. Rh3 {with the threat Nh5+ followed
by Qf6+ and Rxh5 is more spectacular. Had Black retreated his rook to b8
rather than d8, this might have been Carlsen's choice. But with the d8-square
unavailable to the black queen, his solution is simple and effective.}) 32...
Nxd5 33. Bxd5 {Black resigned... in what looks a "normal" position. It would
be so with the h-file closed. Under the given circumstances, the threat Rh3
followed by Qf6+ is decisive.} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 17th"]
[Site "Gjakova"]
[Date "2016.05.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KOS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 {The liberties of the Dragon player. Black can handle the
Closed Sicilian optimally.} 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. f4 Nf6 7. Nf3 Bg4
{A rare, but somewhat typical approach, although it is more common to similar
positions from the White side of the English opening. Black gives up his B for
the N to achieve dark-square control. Another point to note is that this has
received a stamp of approval from Caruana in 2011.} 8. h3 (8. O-O Nd4 $36) 8...
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 {[%csl Ra8][%cal Gb7b5,Gg2a8] Standard plan in
the Closed Sicilian.} (10... Nd4 11. Qf2 Nd7 12. Nd1 Rc8 13. c3 $14 {1-0
Hebden,M (2495)-Gurevich,D (2510)/Hastings 1983/MCD (34)}) (10... Rc8 11. Nd1
b5 12. a3 $5 c4 13. c3 cxd3 14. Qxd3 a6 15. Be3 (15. a4 $5) 15... Na5 16. Bf2
Nb3 $132 {½-½ Pridorozhni,A (2550)-Caruana,F (2711)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2011/CBM
145 (71)}) 11. Nd1 (11. g4 Nd4 12. Qf2 b5 13. Nd1 b4 $132 {[%csl Gb4,Gc5,Gd4,
Gd6,Ge7,Gf6,Gg7] 1/2-1/2 Movsziszian,K (2457)-Cebalo,M (2397)/Bratto ITA 2015 
(43)}) (11. Qf2 Nd7 12. g4 e6 13. Ne2 $2 Nb4 $17 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Gg7d4,Gb4c2]
0-1 Klenburg,M (2280)-Eingorn,V (2605)/Vienna 1998/EXT 2000 (43)}) 11... b5 12.
c3 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Ge4e5]} (12. e5 $6 Nd4 $15) 12... Nd7 ({It was worth
considering} 12... e6 13. Ne3 (13. e5 Nd5 {is fine for Black}) ({and so is} 13.
f5 b4 $36) 13... Nd7 14. Bd2 a5 $132) 13. Ne3 ({Black's previous move did
nothing about White's threat of} 13. e5 {and that is what White should have
gone for.} Rc8 (13... Na5 14. exd6 exd6 15. Bd2 $14 {[%csl Gd2,Gg2][%cal Gg2a8]
}) 14. exd6 exd6 $14 {[%csl Gc1,Gg2] ^^} ({Here Black could not have played
like in the game with} 14... e6 {since} 15. Be3 {[%csl Rc5] makes it tough to
get back the P easily.})) 13... b4 14. e5 Rc8 15. exd6 e6 $1 {A typical idea
seen often in the Closed and Alapin Sicilians. Black will take back the pawn
favorably, keeping the d<-> semi-open and the d3-P as a target.} 16. Bd2 Nb6
17. Nc4 {White tries his best to get rid of the d3 problem, but he weakens his
P structure all the same.} (17. Rfd1 Na4 $15) 17... bxc3 18. bxc3 Nxc4 19. dxc4
Qxd6 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gc6a5,Gd6a6] Although White has the ^^ Black seems to be
holding the cards as he will begin to target the weaknesses soon.} 20. Rad1 $6
{The question of 'Which rook' was probably answered by White keeping his
attacking ambitions in mind.} ({Otherwise it would be natural to go for} 20.
Rfd1 $142 Na5 21. Be1 Qa6 22. Bf1 $13 {and try to hold the line, since Black
cannot capture on c4 -} Nxc4 $2 23. Qe2 $18) 20... Na5 21. g4 Nxc4 {The truth
is that White does not have enough attacking resources in the position.} 22.
Bc1 Qa6 23. f5 Ne5 24. Qg3 (24. Qb7 {does not correspond to the ambition with
which the P was sacrificed but it may have been slightly better than the game
continuation.} Qxb7 (24... Qa4 25. Bg5) 25. Bxb7 Rb8 26. Be4 exf5 27. gxf5 $15)
24... exf5 25. gxf5 c4 $1 $17 {[%csl Gd3]} 26. Rd5 Nd3 27. Be3 Rcd8 $4 {
Probably, the time situation could explain this serious mistake, as well as
the ones that follow.} (27... Bxc3 $142 $17) 28. fxg6 $1 fxg6 $8 (28... hxg6 $2
29. Rxf7 $3 Kxf7 (29... Rxd5 30. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 31. Bxd5 $18 {[%cal Ge3d4,Gg3g5]
}) 30. Qc7+ {[%csl Rd8]} Kg8 (30... Ke6 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Qxd8 $18 {[%csl Re6]
[%cal Gd8e8,Gg2d5]}) 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Qxd8+ Kh7 33. Qh4+ Kg8 34. Bd5+ $18) 29.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. Rd7 Qb5 $2 (30... Qc8 $142 31. Rxa7 Qe6 $14) 31. Rb7 $2 (31.
Rxg7+ $142 Kxg7 32. Bd4+ Kf7 33. Qd6 $18 {[%cal Gg2d5]}) 31... Qa5 $2 (31...
Qe8 $142 32. Bd5+ (32. Rxa7 Qe6 $14) 32... Kh8 33. Rxg7 Kxg7 34. Bd4+ Rf6 35.
Bxc4 Qe1+ 36. Qxe1 Nxe1 37. Bxf6+ Kxf6 38. Kf2 $14) 32. Qc7 $2 {It is White
who makes the last mistake.} (32. Qd6 $16 {[%cal Gg2d5]}) (32. Qh4 $5 {[%cal
Gh4c4,Gb7g7]} Qxc3 33. Rxg7+ Qxg7 (33... Kxg7 34. Bd4+ $18) 34. Qxc4+ Rf7 35.
Qxd3 $16) 32... Qxc3 33. Rb1 Bd4 34. Bd5+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "Serbian-ch 29th"]
[Site "Sabac"]
[Date "1998.04.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kogan, Artur"]
[Black "Arsovic, Goran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Petursson,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
Rb8 9. a4 b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Nh4 e5 12. Qd2 Nd4 13. Bg5 Ne6 14. Bh6 d5 15. Bxg7
Nxg7 16. Qh6 d4 17. Nb5 a6 18. Na3 Kh8 19. Nc4 Ng8 20. Qd2 f6 21. b4 b5 22.
axb5 axb5 23. Na5 c4 24. f4 exf4 25. Nxb7 Rxb7 26. gxf4 f5 27. e5 Rb8 28. Qf2
Ne6 29. Ra7 Ne7 30. Qg3 Nc8 $4 (30... Re8 $14) {[%tqu "En","How do you punish
Black for his blunder?","Black has weak white squares on the kingside.",
"Consider a rook sacrifice!","a7h7","",12]} 31. Rxh7+ $1 $18 Kxh7 32. Qxg6+ Kh8
33. Qh6+ $1 Kg8 34. Qxe6+ Kh7 35. Qg6+ Kh8 36. Nxf5 Qd7 37. Qh6+ Kg8 38. Bd5+
1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 02nd semifinal"]
[Site "Solingen "]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Burevestnik"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen SG"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 {L'ancien Champion du Monde était un spécialiste de
la sicilienne fermée} g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nh3 (6. Be3) (6. f4) 6... e6 7.
Bg5 Nge7 8. Qd2 Nd4 $146 (8... h6 {Hulak,K-Antonov,V Varna Juniors 2th 1970 (6)
1-0}) 9. O-O O-O 10. Bh6 {Après le oo des Blancs, cette attaque est moins
efficace} Bxh6 $1 11. Qxh6 f6 $132 {[%csl Rh3]} 12. Qd2 e5 {[%csl Gc8]} 13. f4
Be6 (13... Qa5 $5) 14. Nd5 Qd7 $1 {[%cal Ge6h3]} 15. Nxe7+ $6 {Elimine la
seule pièce active des Blancs} Qxe7 16. c3 Nc6 17. Kh1 Qd7 18. Nf2 Kg7 19. a3
a5 20. Rae1 Rad8 {[%cal Gd6d5] Les pièces noires deviennent trés actives} 21.
Qe3 b6 22. h3 d5 $1 23. fxe5 Nxe5 24. d4 cxd4 25. cxd4 Nc4 $17 26. Qe2 dxe4 27.
Nxe4 Bd5 {[%csl Rd4,Gd5]} 28. Qf2 Nd6 29. Nxd6 Qxh3+ $1 (29... Qxd6) 30. Kg1
Bxg2 31. Re7+ Kg8 32. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Rxd6 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gd6d4,Gd6b6]}
34. Rh1 Rf7 $1 35. Rxf7 Kxf7 36. Rxh7+ Ke6 37. Rb7 Kd5 $40 {[%csl Gd5,Rg2]} 38.
b4 $6 axb4 39. axb4 Kc6 40. Rg7 g5 41. Rf7 Kb5 42. Kf3 Kc4 43. Ke4 (43. Ke3
Re6+ 44. Kf3 Kxd4 45. Kg4) 43... Rxd4+ 44. Kf5 Rd5+ 45. Kxf6 Kxb4 46. Ke6 Rd3
47. Rb7 b5 48. g4 Rd4 49. Kf5 Rd5+ 50. Ke4 Kc4 $19 {[%cal Gd5c5,Gb5b4]} 51. Rb8
Rc5 52. Ke3 Kc3 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch 55th"]
[Site "Puteaux"]
[Date "1980.08.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Roos, Daniel"]
[Black "Leski, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1980.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. d3 Nc6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Qd2 (10. e5 Bd7 11. Ne4 Nef5 12. Bf2) 10... Qa5 (10... Rb8 {
[%cal Gb7b5,Gb5b4]} 11. Nd1) 11. Nd5 Nec6 12. Qxa5 (12. Ne7+ Kh8 13. Nxc8 Raxc8
14. c3) 12... Nxa5 13. Bxd4 cxd4 {[%csl Rc2]} 14. Nc7 Rb8 15. Nb5 Rd8 (15... e5
16. Nxa7 Bd7 17. a4) 16. Nbxd4 Nc6 17. c3 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4+ $6 19. cxd4 Bd7
20. Rac1 Rbc8 21. Kf2 Bc6 22. Ke3 $16 {[%csl Ge3,Rg8][%cal Gc1c3,Gf1c1,Gd4d5]}
Kf8 23. Kd2 (23. Rc3 Ke7 24. Rfc1 d5 25. h4 h5 26. Rc5 {[%cal Gb2b4,Gb4b5]})
23... Ke7 24. Rc3 b6 25. Rfc1 Bb7 26. Bh3 Rxc3 27. bxc3 d5 28. Bg2 (28. Ke3)
28... h6 29. Ke3 Kd6 30. c4 Rc8 31. Kd2 Rc7 32. Bf3 Rc8 33. c5+ Kd7 34. Rb1 Ba8
35. exd5 exd5 36. Rc1 Rc7 37. Bg4+ Kd8 38. Rb1 Ke7 39. Bd1 Bc6 40. a4 Rb7 41.
Kc3 Kf6 42. Rb2 Ke7 43. h4 Kf6 44. Re2 Re7 45. Re5 Rc7 46. Bb3 Rd7 47. g4 Kg7
48. Re8 Kf6 49. Rc8 Bb7 50. Rb8 Rc7 51. Kb4 $40 g5 52. cxb6 axb6 53. hxg5+ hxg5
54. f5 {[%cal Gb4b5]} Kg7 55. Bd1 (55. Kb5 Rc3 56. Bd1 Rxd3 57. Bc2 Rc3 58.
Rxb7 Rxc2 59. Rxb6 Rg2 60. a5 $18) 55... Ba6 56. Rxb6 Bxd3 57. Bb3 Rd7 58. a5
$18 Be2 59. a6 Bxg4 60. Rb7 Rd8 61. a7 1-0

[Event "St Maxime-01"]
[Site "St Maxime"]
[Date "1981.10.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Roos, Louis"]
[Black "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1981.10.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. Qf2 Nxf3+ $146 (11... Nec6 12. Nd1 Nxf3+ 13.
Bxf3 f5 14. c3 Rc8 15. Qd2 Qa5 16. Nf2 Rc7 17. a3 Ne7 18. e5 dxe5 19. b4 Qa6
20. Bxc5 Bc6 21. Bxc6 Qxc6 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Rae1 Bf6 24. Qa2 Kf7 25. Nh3 Re8
26. Bd4 Qd5 27. Qd2 Bxd4+ 28. cxd4 Qxd4+ 29. Rf2 Nd5 30. Qh6 Nf6 31. Ng5+ Kg8
32. Nxe6 Rxe6 33. Rxe6 Qxf2+ {0-1 (33) Zinn,L (2435)-Garcia Gonzales,G (2470)
Leipzig 1973}) 12. Bxf3 Bc6 13. d4 b6 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Qg2 $6 {[%csl Rg2]} f5
$1 16. Bf2 Rad8 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. e5 (18. d5) 18... cxd4 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Bxd4
Qxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Nc6 22. Nb5 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 dxe5 24. fxe5 Rxd4 25. Nxd4 Kf7 26.
Nf3 Rd8 27. Kf2 h6 28. h4 Rd5 {[%csl Re5]} 29. Re3 (29. c4) 29... Rc5 {[%csl
Re5] Les Noirs ont une bonne finale} 30. c3 Ke7 31. Ke2 (31. b4 Rc4 32. Ke2 Kd7
33. Kd3 $132) 31... g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. b4 Rd5 34. Nd4 Kd7 35. g4 Rxe5 36.
Rxe5 Bxe5 37. gxf5 Bxd4 38. fxe6+ Kxe6 39. cxd4 Kd5 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "Quintiliano,R"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 {The Closed Sicilian is a very rare choice at the top level...}
d6 3. Nge2 {But ok, Caruana is going to open with d4, just a different move
order...} Nf6 4. g3 {And there is! Definitely, a Closed Sicilian.} g6 5. Bg2
Nc6 6. d3 Bg7 7. h3 Rb8 {The plans for both sides are easy to understand:
White can play in the centre or on the kingside, while Black should push his
queenside pawns in order to gain space and give more power to the Bg7.} 8. a4 {
This move is not so useful for White, because he can't avoid b5 anyway, and,
as the game shows, Black is the side who can activate his rook using the
a-file in such positions.} (8. Be3 {or}) (8. f4 {are more common options, for
example} Bd7 9. Be3 b5 10. Qd2 b4 11. Nd1 O-O 12. O-O {and compared to te game,
Black doesn't have the idea of Ra8, instead, he should try something like} a5 {
[%cal Ya5a4,Yf6e8,Ya4a3] leading to interesting positions.}) 8... a6 9. f4 Bd7
({Of course, not} 9... b5 $4 10. e5) 10. Be3 b5 11. axb5 axb5 12. Qd2 {Another
necessary move in these variations, freeing the d1-square for the knight in
case of ...b4.} b4 13. Nd1 O-O 14. O-O Qc7 {[%cal Yb8a8]} 15. g4 Ra8 16. Rb1 {
It's better to avoid this exchange, as on b1 the rook protects b2 and the
first rank.} (16. Rxa8 Rxa8 {is usually better for Black, as the rook can
enter any time on the 7th or 8th rank with the initiative on the queenside.})
16... Ra2 17. f5 {White should play this move in order to try to open the
kingside and to play Bh6 trading the strong g7-bishop, but now Black gains a
nice central post for his knight, As far as i know about these positions, this
is enough to keep a solid position.} Ne5 18. Bh6 Qa7 $1 19. Kh1 Bb5 {Black is
preparing to put some pressure on White's queenside.} 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nf4 {
After a calm and natural opening with both sides making their plans, the game
is about to become funny.} (21. g5 {would be inaccurate as after} Nh5 $1 {
this knight does a good job stopping White's initiative on the kingside.})
21... c4 22. g5 $1 (22. dxc4 Bxc4 23. Rg1 Qb7 {and Black is ok.}) (22. Qxb4 {
looks risky} cxd3 $1 23. Nxd3 (23. cxd3 Bxd3 24. Nxd3 Nxd3 25. Qd2 Ne5 {
is pretty solid for Black}) 23... Ra4 $1 {a nice tactical point} 24. Qb3 (24.
Qxb5 Rb8 $19 {[%csl Rb5]}) 24... Bxd3 25. cxd3 Rb8 26. Qc3 Rab4 $17 {Black has
strong domination on the dark-squares.}) 22... Nfd7 23. Ne3 $6 {This allows
Black to achieve a slightly better position.} (23. Qxb4 $1 {now looks better
than before} cxd3 (23... Rb8 $2 24. Qd2 cxd3 25. cxd3 Qd4 26. Nc3 Ra6 27. Nce2
Qa7 28. d4 $16) 24. cxd3 Bxd3 25. f6+ $1 {this possibility for White makes the
difference} exf6 26. Nxd3 Nxd3 27. gxf6+ Kh8 (27... Nxf6 28. Qxd6 $18 {[%csl
Rd3,Rf6]}) 28. Qd2 (28. Qxd6 N3e5 29. Qd2 Ra6 {[%csl Gf6]}) 28... N3c5 29. Nc3
(29. Qxd6 Ra6 30. Qd4 Re8 $44 {[%cal Yc5e4] Black has good activity in return
for the pawn}) 29... Ra6 30. b4 Ne6 31. b5 Ra3 32. Nd5 $14 {[%csl Gb5,Gf6]
it's going to be a difficult defence for Black, as White has pawns on both
sides that are pretty annoying.}) 23... b3 $2 {Black rushes to increase the
tension on the queenside, but actually this is bad.} (23... cxd3 {looks
interesting, but there are some very complicated lines after} 24. cxd3 (24.
Nxd3 b3 $1 25. c4 Bxc4 26. Nxc4 Nxc4 27. Qc3+ Nde5 $15 28. Qxb3 $2 Nd2) 24...
Nc5 {[%csl Yd3] the pressure on d3 forces White to look for active options} 25.
Ned5 $1 {now Black should find the right way} (25. Qf2 {is good also, but not
so dangerous for Black} Ncxd3 26. Qh4 Nxf4 27. Qh6+ $1 Kg8 28. Rxf4 {[%cal
Yf4h4]} f6 $8 29. fxg6 (29. Rh4 Rf7) 29... Nxg6 30. gxf6 $1 Rxf6 31. Rxf6 exf6
32. Nf5 Ra1 $1 33. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 34. Kh2 Qa7 35. Nxd6 Bd7 $13) 25... Nexd3 $1 (
25... Ncxd3 $2 26. f6+ Kh8 (26... exf6 $2 {it is wrong because now the queen
gains access to h6} 27. gxf6+ Kh8 28. Nxd3 Nxd3 29. Qh6 Rg8 30. Ne7 $18) 27.
Nxd3 Bxd3 28. fxe7 Re8 29. Qxb4 Bxb1 (29... Bxf1 30. Bxf1 {[%cal Yf1b5]}) 30.
Qxd6 $1 Qb8 31. Qf6+ Kg8 32. Rxb1 {and Black is losing, but in a very
difficult line to calculate} Rxb2 33. Rxb2 Qxb2 34. Qd6 {[%cal Rd5f6]} Kg7 35.
Bf1 $3 (35. Nf6 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Qf4+ $11) 35... Qa1 36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. Qa6 $1 Qxa6
38. Bxa6 $18 {[%cal Ya6b5,Yd5f6]}) (25... Bxd3 $5 26. Nxd3 Ncxd3 27. f6+ Kh8
28. fxe7 Re8 29. Rf6 Qd4 $1 30. Qe2 $14) 26. Nxe7 $1 {in this almost
irrational position, it is impossible to calculate exactly, but the best move
is} (26. f6+ $6 exf6 27. gxf6+ Kh8 28. Nxd3 $2 Bxd3 29. Qh6 Rg8 30. Ne7 Ne6 $1
31. Nxg8 Bxf1 32. Rxf1 Kxg8 $19) 26... Bc4 $1 {[%csl Gd5] keeping d5 more or
less under control} 27. Ned5 (27. Nfd5 Nd7) 27... Nb3 28. Qc2 Ne5 $13 {with a
very complicated and double-edged position.}) 24. d4 $1 bxc2 25. Nxc2 Nd3 {
Black's position looks good, but White has a nice manoeuvre to create some
problems.} 26. Nd5 $1 e5 27. Nc3 Qa5 $8 (27... Ra5 $2 28. b4 $1 cxb3 29. Nxb5
Rxb5 30. Qxd3 $18) 28. dxe5 N7xe5 (28... dxe5 {looks bad after} 29. Ne3 N7c5 (
29... Rb8 30. Rfd1 {[%csl Ra2]}) 30. Qd1 $1 {[%csl Ra2]} Rxb2 31. Rxb2 Nxb2 32.
Qd6 $1 {now White has a deadly attack} Nd7 (32... Nbd3 33. Qf6+ Kg8 34. Ng4 $18
) 33. fxg6 hxg6 (33... fxg6 34. Qe7+ Kg8 35. Rxf8+ Nxf8 36. Ng4 $18) 34. Nf5+
$1 Kh7 (34... gxf5 35. Qh6+ Kg8 36. exf5 {[%cal Gf5f6]}) 35. Ne7 $1 Kg7 (35...
Qxc3 36. Rxf7+ $1) 36. Nxg6 $1 fxg6 37. Qe7+ Kg8 38. Rxf8+ Nxf8 39. Nd5 Nh7 40.
Nf6+ Nxf6 41. gxf6 $18 {[%cal Re7g7]}) 29. Nd4 $6 {But now Black can reach a
solid position by sacrificing an exchange.} ({A better move was} 29. Qe3 $1 {
[%csl Ra2]} Rxb2 30. Rxb2 Qxc3 (30... Nxb2 31. Rb1 {[%csl Rb2,Rb5]} Ned3 32.
Qd4+ Kg8 33. Nd5 $18) 31. Rxb5 Qxc2 32. Rd5 $1 {Black's compensation here
looks greater than it actually is, for example} Qb2 (32... Rd8 33. Qb6) (32...
c3 33. Rxd6 Qd2 34. Qd4 $1 c2 $2 35. Qxe5+ $1 Kg8 36. fxg6 hxg6 37. Rxg6+ $1
fxg6 38. Qe6+ {with mates}) 33. Rxd6 Qb8 34. Qd4 $16) 29... Bd7 30. Rfd1 Qc5 $1
31. Nxa2 Qxd4 $44 {Now Black has a nice position, good posts for his pieces,
and White is unable to create any dangerous ideas .} 32. Rf1 Bc6 33. Nc3 Rb8
34. Qe2 Rb3 35. Nd1 Nc5 36. Nc3 Ncd3 37. Nd1 Nc5 {After mobilising all his
pieces, Nepomniachtchi doesn't see a clear way to improve his position and
goes for a repetition.} (37... gxf5 $5 {was a worthy try, but White is able to
keep the equilibrium} 38. Rxf5 (38. exf5 $2 Nf4 $19) 38... Nc5 39. Nc3 Nxe4 $1
40. Bxe4 $1 (40. Nxe4 $2 Bxe4 41. Bxe4 Rxh3+ 42. Kg2 Re3 $19) 40... Rxc3 41.
Bxc6 (41. bxc3 $2 Qxe4+ 42. Qxe4 Bxe4+ $19 {[%csl Rb1,Rf5]}) 41... Rxh3+ 42.
Kg2 Qh4 {but Black does not have any advantage after} 43. Rxe5 $1 Rh2+ 44. Kf1
(44. Kg1 Rxe2 45. Rxe2 Qg4+ 46. Rg2 Qf5 $1 {is the same}) 44... Rxe2 45. Rxe2
Qh3+ 46. Kg1 (46. Bg2 $2 Qf5+ {[%csl Rb1]}) 46... Qg4+ 47. Rg2 Qf5 $1 {[%csl
Yb1][%cal Yf5c5]} 48. Rf1 Qc5+ 49. Rgf2 Qxc6 50. Rxf7+ Kg6 51. R1f6+ Kxg5 52.
Rf5+ Kg4 53. Rf2 $1) 38. Nc3 {A very interesting game, full of tense moments
and difficult positions to calculate and evaluate.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sautron op 15th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2015.10.24"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Lejarre, Ludovic"]
[Black "Navrotescu, Catalin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2015.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:14:20"]
[BlackClock "0:16:49"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:
00:12] Un ordre de coups qui évite l'attaque grand-prix jouée par le rennais}
(2... Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 {Lejarre,L (2216)-Bollengier,T (2168)
FRA-chT2W 0203 2002 (6) 1-0}) 3. g3 {[%emt 0:02:24]} (3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 e6 5.
Bc4 Nc6 (5... Ne7 {[%cal Gd7d5]}) 6. O-O Nge7) 3... Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 4. Bg2
{[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:31]
} (5... e6 {L'alternative}) 6. f4 {[%emt 0:01:35]} d6 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 7. Nh3 {
[%emt 0:08:41]} (7. Nf3 {La grande ligne}) 7... Nge7 {[%emt 0:09:43]} (7...
exf4) (7... h5 $5) 8. O-O {[%emt 0:01:17]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 9. Be3 {
[%emt 0:13:41]} (9. f5 $5 gxf5 10. Qh5) 9... O-O {[%emt 0:11:48]} 10. Qd2 {
[%emt 0:13:47]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:22:20]} (10... Bd7 11. Nd1 Qc8 12. Ndf2 Ndc6 13.
c3 b5 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. Bh6 N7c6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nf4 Qd8 18. Rad1 Rc8 19. Qe2
h5 20. d4 cxd4 21. cxd4 Ng4 22. h3 Nxf2 23. Qxf2 Ne7 24. Rd3 b4 25. Rf3 Qe8 26.
g4 hxg4 27. hxg4 Bb5 28. Re1 Qd8 29. g5 Qb6 30. Bh3 Rcd8 31. Be6 Be8 32. Nd5
Nxd5 33. Bxd5 {1-0 (33) Carlsen,M (2877)-Wojtaszek,R (2735) Tromso 2014}) (
10... Rb8 11. Rae1 $32 (11. Rf2 f6 {[%csl Gg5,Rh3]})) 11. Ng5 {[%emt 0:06:23]}
(11. Kh1 Qd7 12. Ng1) 11... f6 {[%emt 0:02:24]} 12. Nf3 {[%emt 0:06:45]} Qd7
$11 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 13. Rf2 {[%emt 0:01:49]} b5 {[%emt 0:03:41] Il est plus
facile pour les Noirs de progresser à l'aile-dame alors que l'attaque blanche
à l'aile-roi est bloquée} 14. Raf1 {[%emt 0:06:58]} b4 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 15.
Nd1 {[%emt 0:03:06]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:03:11]} (15... a5) 16. c3 {[%emt 0:03:52]}
Nxf3+ {[%emt 0:08:26]} 17. Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 18. c4 {
[%emt 0:10:13]} exf4 {[%emt 0:01:33]} (18... Nc6 {[%cal Gc6d4]}) 19. Bxf4 {
[%emt 0:01:10]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 20. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Nd4 $15 {[%emt 0:
00:34]} 21. h4 {[%emt 0:01:44]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:05:19]} 22. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:55]}
Rbf8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 23. Nd5 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:06:23]} 24. cxd5 {
[%emt 0:01:04]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 25. Bh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch 85th"]
[Site "Verden/Aller"]
[Date "2014.11.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bastian, Herbert"]
[Black "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2014.11.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 $5 ({Üblich sind} 6.
Be3) ({oder} 6. f4) 6... Rb8 ({Eine alte Vorgängerpartie verlief so:} 6... h6
7. Be3 h5 8. h3 Bd7 9. Qd2 Nd4 10. Nd1 e5 11. c3 Nc6 12. Ne2 f5 13. d4 Qe7 14.
Bg5 Bf6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Ne3 O-O-O 18. d5 Nb8 19. Qc2 Qh7 20.
O-O-O Rhg8 21. Rdg1 Na6 22. Bf1 Nc7 23. c4 Rg7 24. h4 Na6 25. a3 Rdg8 26. Bh3
Ng4 27. Nd1 Qh6+ 28. Qd2 Qxd2+ 29. Kxd2 Nf6 30. Ne3 Ng4 31. Nd1 Kc7 32. b3 b5
33. cxb5 Bxb5 34. Nec3 Bd7 35. Bf1 Kb6 36. Rg2 Nf6 37. Ne3 Nb8 38. Rhg1 Kc7 39.
Bd3 e4 40. Bb5 Ng4 41. Bxd7 Nxe3 42. fxe3 Kxd7 43. Rf1 Rxg3 44. Rxg3 Rxg3 45.
Rxf5 Rg2+ 46. Ne2 Ke7 47. Rxh5 Nd7 48. Rh7+ Kd8 49. Rh6 Kc7 50. h5 Ne5 51. Rh7+
Kb6 52. h6 Rh2 53. Rh8 Nf7 54. Rb8+ Kc7 55. Re8 Ng5 56. Re7+ Kd8 57. Rxa7 Nf3+
58. Kd1 Rxh6 59. Nf4 Rh1+ 60. Kc2 Re1 {1/2-1/2 (59) Lasker,E-Bird,H Liverpool
1890}) 7. Nf3 ({Hier wurde zumeist} 7. Nge2 {gespielt.}) 7... b5 8. a3 ({
In der einzigen Vorgängerpartie mit dieser Variante geschah:} 8. Qc1 b4 9. Nd1
Bg4 10. h3 Be6 11. Be3 Qc8 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. f4 O-O 14. Nf3 Ne8 15. g4 Nc7 16. f5
Bd7 17. Bh6 Bh8 18. h4 Ne5 19. Nf2 Nb5 20. h5 c4 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. Bxf8 Qxf8
23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. dxc4 Nd4 25. c3 bxc3 26. bxc3 Nc6 27. Rh3 Qg7 28. Bf1 e6 29.
Nd1 gxf5 30. exf5 exf5 31. Qh6 Bg3+ 32. Ke2 Re8+ 33. Kd3 Qxh6 34. Rxh6 fxg4 35.
Ne3 Bf4 36. Rf6 Rxe3+ {0-1 (36) Komarov,A-Omelchenko,L Ozery 1997}) 8... Nf6 9.
O-O h6 10. Bd2 Bg4 11. h3 Bd7 12. Be3 Qc8 {Lockt den König nach h2.} 13. Kh2
e5 14. Qd2 Nd4 15. Ng1 ({Natürlicher sieht} 15. Ne1 {aus.}) 15... a5 16. f4 b4
17. axb4 axb4 18. Nce2 $2 {Danach stehen sich die weißen Springer im Weg.} ({
Nach} 18. Nd5 {kann Weiß die Balance noch halten.}) 18... h5 19. fxe5 (19. Nf3
{hilft nicht mehr:} Ng4+ 20. hxg4 (20. Kg1 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Nxc2 $19) 20... Nxf3+
21. Bxf3 hxg4+ $17) 19... Ng4+ 20. hxg4 (20. Kh1 Nxc2 $19) 20... hxg4+ 21. Bh3
Nf3+ (21... dxe5 $17) 22. Nxf3 gxf3 23. Kg1 (23. Rxf3 Bxh3 (23... Rxh3+ $2 24.
Kg2 Bxe5 $11) 24. Kg1 Bxe5 {und Schwarz steht überlegen, z.B.:} 25. c3 Bg4 26.
Rff1 bxc3 27. bxc3 Bxe2 28. Qxe2 Bxg3 $19) 23... Rxh3 (23... fxe2 24. Bxd7+
Qxd7 25. Qxe2 Bxe5 $17) 24. Nf4 $2 ({Nicht toll, aber besser war noch} 24. Rxf3
Bg4 25. Rf2 Bxe2 26. Qxe2 Rxg3+ 27. Rg2 Rxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Bxe5 $17) 24... Rxg3+
25. Kh2 Rg4 26. Rxf3 Bxe5 27. Kh1 Rh4+ (27... Bc6 {mit der Idee} 28. Z0 f5 $19)
28. Kg1 Bg4 29. Rf2 Bxb2 30. Raf1 Bc3 31. Qc1 Bh3 32. Ng2 Bxg2 33. Rxg2 Ra8 34.
Qd1 Ra1 (34... Ra1 35. Qe2 Rxf1+ 36. Qxf1 Rh1+ 37. Kxh1 Qh3+ 38. Kg1 Qxe3+ 39.
Rf2 Be1 $19) 0-1

[Event "CSR-chT"]
[Site "Czechoslovakia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Langner, Ladislav"]
[Black "Stohl, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. g3 (5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O Bg7 7. d3 a6 8.
Bxc6 Bxc6 9. a4 b6 10. Qe1 Qd7 11. h3 f5 12. Bd2 Nf6 13. e5 Nh5 $1 14. exd6
Qxd6 15. Ne5 Bb7 16. Kh2 O-O 17. Qe2 $13 {Jansa,V-Stohl,I,Prague Chip 1992-CBM
27}) 5... Bg7 6. Bg2 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 Nd4 10. e5 dxe5 $5 {N} (
10... Qb6 $6 11. Rb1 Nef5 12. Bf2 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 dxe5 14. fxe5 Bxe5 15. Ne4 $1
Bd4 16. Qe2 Bxf2+ 17. Qxf2 c4 18. dxc4 Qxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Rd8 20. c5 $16 {_|_ץc8,
Balashov,Y-Stohl,I,Albena 1989}) (10... Bd7 {Adorjan} 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Bxd4
Bc6 13. Ne4 $1 dxe5 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. fxe5 Qd4+ 16. Kh1 $14) 11. Nxe5 (11. fxe5
$5 Nef5 12. Bf2 Rb8 $5 13. Ne4 b6 14. Nf6+ (14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. g4 Nh4 16. Bxh4
Qxh4 17. Nf6+ Bxf6 18. Rxf6 Bb7 $132) 14... Bxf6 15. exf6 Qxf6 16. Nxd4 (16. g4
Nd6 17. Nxd4 {-16.Nxd4}) 16... cxd4 $8 17. g4 Nd6 18. Bg3 Qe7 19. Be5 f6 $1 20.
Bxd4 e5 21. Bc3 Bb7 $10 (21... Nb5 $5 $13)) 11... Rb8 $8 12. Ne4 b6 13. c3 Ndf5
14. Bf2 Bb7 $6 (14... Qc7 $142 15. g4 Nd6 $132 (15... Nd5 $5 16. gxf5 exf5 $146
{/\Nf4})) 15. Nc4 $6 (15. Qa4 $142 $1 Nd5 $13 {/\Nde3} (15... Qc7 $6 16. g4 Nd6
17. Qd7 $1 $16) (15... f6 16. Nd7 $1 b5 (16... Bc6 17. Nexf6+ Bxf6 18. Bxc6 $16
) (16... Qe8 17. Nexf6+ $1 Bxf6 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. Qxe8+ Rxe8 20. Bxb7 $16) 17.
Qxa7 (17. Qxb5 $6 Bxe4 $15) 17... Nc6 $8 (17... Qxd7 $2 18. Nxc5 $16) 18.
Nexf6+ $1 $8 Bxf6 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Nxb8 Qxb8 21. Qxb8 Rxb8 22. Bxc5 $14) (
15... Kh8 $5 {/\} 16. g4 f6 17. gxf5 exf5 $13)) 15... Nd5 16. Qe1 Qc7 17. Rd1
Rbd8 $15 18. Kh1 (18. g4 $2 Nxf4 19. gxf5 Nxg2 20. Kxg2 exf5 $19) 18... Rfe8
19. Bg1 h6 {/\Nfe7,f5} 20. Qf2 $2 (20. Qe2 $15) 20... b5 $1 (20... Ba8 21. g4
Nfe7 $15) 21. g4 (21. Nxc5 Ba8 $17 {/\Nde3}) (21. Qxc5 bxc4 22. dxc4 Qxc5 23.
Nxc5 Nde3 $1 $19) 21... bxc4 22. gxf5 exf5 23. Nxc5 (23. dxc4 $142 Nxf4 $1 (
23... fxe4 24. cxd5 e3 25. Qe2 Ba6 26. Qxa6 e2 27. d6 $146) 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 (
24... Qxd8 25. Nf6+ $1 Bxf6 26. Bxb7 $15) 25. Qxf4 Qxf4 26. Rxf4 fxe4 27. Bxc5
(27. Bxe4 g5 28. Rg4 h5 $19) 27... f5 $17 {/\Be5,f4}) 23... Ba8 24. Na6 (24.
dxc4 Ne3 $17) (24. Qg3 Re2 $1 $17) (24. Qd2 Bf8 $1 25. d4 Bxc5 26. dxc5 Nxf4
$19) 24... Qc6 25. Qxa7 (25. Nb4 Nxb4 26. cxb4 Rxd3 $19) 25... Nxc3 $1 26. Qxa8
$8 (26. Bxc6 $4 Bxc6+ $19) (26. Rd2 Ne4 $1 $19) 26... Qxa8 27. Bxa8 Nxd1 28.
Nc7 (28. Bc6 Re6 $19) (28. Rxd1 Rxd3 $1 (28... Rxa8 $2 29. Nc7 $132) 29. Rxd3
$8 cxd3 30. Bf3 Re1 31. Kg2 $8 Bxb2 32. Nb4 d2 33. Nd3 d1=Q 34. Bxd1 Rxd1 35.
Nxb2 Rd2+ $19) 28... Nxb2 29. Nxe8 Rxe8 30. Bc6 Rc8 (30... Rc8 31. Bd7 Rd8 $19
{[Stohl]}) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-23"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1978.11.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Timman,J"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1978.10.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

{Inf.26/329} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e5 7. Nh3
Nge7 8. O-O Nd4 9. Rf2 $5 h6 $2 (9... O-O 10. f5 gxf5 11. Qh5 f6 12. exf5 d5
13. g4 Qd6 14. Be3 Bd7 15. Raf1 Rac8 16. g5 {Lorenz-Glienke, Germany 1989}) (
9... exf4) 10. Be3 exf4 (10... Be6 11. g4 $1 exf4 12. Nxf4 Qd7 13. h3 $16) 11.
Nxf4 O-O 12. Qd2 f5 13. Raf1 Kh7 14. Ncd5 fxe4 (14... Nxd5 15. exd5 $16) 15.
Bxe4 (15. Nxe7 $5 Qxe7 16. Nxg6 Kxg6 17. Rxf8 Bxf8 18. Bxe4+ Bf5 19. Bxd4 Bxe4
20. Bf6 Qe6 21. dxe4 $16) 15... Bf5 16. c3 Ndc6 17. Bxf5 (17. Nxe7 $2 Qxe7 $2 (
17... Bxe4 $1 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Ne6 Rxf2 20. Rxf2 Qg8 21. Nxg7 Qd5 $1 22. Kf1
Kxg7 23. Bxh6+ Kh7 $44) 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 19. Nxg6 $1 $18) 17... Rxf5 18. Nxe7 Nxe7
19. g4 $1 Rf6 20. d4 $1 $16 {[/\ d5, c4+/- ><e6]} Qc8 21. h3 b5 22. Qd3 Qc6 (
22... c4 23. Qe4 $1 $18) 23. d5 Qb7 24. b3 Rxf4 $8 25. Bxf4 Nxd5 26. Bxd6 $5 (
26. Bd2 $16) 26... Qc6 27. Bf8 Bf6 $8 28. c4 $2 $138 (28. Rxf6 $1 Nxf6 29. Be7
Qe4 (29... Nd5 30. Rf7+ Kg8 31. Rf6 $1 $18) 30. Qf3 $1 Qxf3 31. Rxf3 Ne4 32.
Re3 $18) (28. c4 bxc4 29. bxc4 Bd4 30. Kh2 (30. Qf3 Qf6 $1 $11) 30... Be5+ 31.
Kg1 Bd4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares Anibal op 06th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.01.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 {[Closed Sicilian is a common
choice by Artashes, since it fits very well into his style. The arising
positions are not so easy to understand, each side has a vast number of plans
and possibilities. The creative player such as Minasian gets an extra
advantage here because the better knowledge of the opening by his opponent
can't be used. The variation is rare and even the author of these lines has
played only a few games against it.]} 6. Nge2 e5 7. Nd5 Nge7 8. c3 {[An
extremely rare move with only 1 game played here before - 45 years ago. Other
moves in the position are} (8. Bg5) (8. Nec3) (8. Ne3 {and}) (8. c4 {.}) 8...
O-O $6 {[Being not familiar with the variation, A.Kharlov fails to make the
move, not only solving all opening problems, but even giving Black the better
prospects. The source game Smyslov,Vassily-Botvinnik,Mikhail/Ch World (match),
Moscow (Russia) (15) 1954 continued:} (8... Nxd5 $1 9. exd5 Ne7 10. O-O O-O 11.
f4 Bd7 12. h3 Qc7 13. Be3 Rae8 14. Qd2 Nf5 15. Bf2 h5 $17 {with advantage for
Black, easily converted into a point, several moves later.} 16. Rae1 Qd8 17.
Kh2 Bh6 18. h4 Qf6 19. Be4 exf4 20. Nxf4 Nxh4 21. Be3 Nf5 $19 {.}) 9. h4 h5 (
9... Nxd5 10. exd5 Ne7 11. h5 Bg4 {could have also been chosen.}) 10. Ne3 Be6
11. c4 Qd7 (11... a6 {, preparing b7-b5, deserves attention.}) 12. Nd5 Nd4 $2 {
[A serious mistake, allowing White to spoil the Black's pawns' structure and
get a long-lasting advantage. Black must try to organise the counter-play on
the queen's side. 12...Rab8 looks tempting, but after 13.a4 a6 14.a5 he is not
able to make any further progress on this side of the board. 13...b6, followed
14...a6 and 15...b5 is stronger and worth trying, but I believe the direct} (
12... b5 {, sacrificing the pawn, must yield Black sufficient compensation. E.g
} 13. cxb5 {(13...Bxd5 14.exd5 Nd4 (14...Nb4 15.Nc3) 15.Nxd4 exd4 16.a4 seems
not to be enough.)} Nd4 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Nxd4 exd4 {, followed by 16...Rfb8
and 17...a6.}) 13. Nxd4 cxd4 (13... exd4 $5 {should have been considered
seriously, since the text resigns Black to the very passive position, although
still after 13...exd4 White has the upper hand.}) 14. a4 $1 {[Preventing
possible b7-b5.]} Qd8 $6 {[Black doesn't feel the dangers of the position and
decides to stick to the passive defence, although he needs to do something
radical to change the course of the game.} (14... f5 $5 {deserved the most
serious attention, trying to create the counter-play on the king's side and in
the centre.}) 15. Qb3 Rb8 16. Qa3 a5 {[The powerful advance of the White pawns
on the queen's side is now stopped, but it doesn't make Black's life easier,
since the b-file becomes open, making it the base for the penetration of the
White pieces into the enemy's camp.]} 17. b4 axb4 18. Qxb4 Nc6 19. Qb5 Kh7 20.
Ba3 f6 21. Qb6 $1 {[Exchanging the queens, White steps into the technical
stage of the realisation of his advantage. With 2 weak pawns (b7 and d6) in
his camp, Black position becomes hopeless.]} Rf7 22. Qxd8 Rxd8 23. Ke2 Bf8 {
[With no counter-chances at all Black has only to wait and see how he is being
finished off.]} 24. Nb6 Nb8 25. Rab1 Na6 26. Rb5 Nc5 {[The knight c6 has been
transferred to the better place, but now the square a7 remains uncovered.]} 27.
Rhb1 Kg7 28. Ra5 Rb8 29. Ra7 Rd8 {[Black is in zugzwang and has no useful
moves at his disposal.]} 30. a5 Na6 31. Nd5 Rdd7 32. Rb6 Bxd5 33. exd5 Nc5 34.
Bxc5 dxc5 35. d6 {[The pawn b7 finally falls.]} Bxd6 36. Bd5 Rfe7 37. a6 Re8 (
37... bxa6 38. Raxa6 Bc7 39. Rxf6 {also loses.}) 38. Rbxb7 Rxb7 39. Rxb7+ {
[Very nice positional play by Minasian!]} 1-0

[Event "Montilla-Moriles"]
[Site "Montilla"]
[Date "1972.08.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Medina Garcia, Antonio Angel"]
[Black "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Toran"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1972.08.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 ({La variante cerrada, línea por la que Medina siente especial
predilección. La alternativa principal es} 2. Nf3 {, para seguir con 3.d4, que
conduce a posiciones abiertas.}) 2... Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Rb8 ({La
continuación normal es} 4... Bg7 {, pero dado el carácter cerrado de la
posición, precipitar la puesta en marcha del contrajuego temático sobre el
flanco de Dama no tiene mayores inconvenientes. En la vairante cerrada las
blancas obtienen buenas posibilidades de ataque sobre el enroque; de ahí que
Kurajica ensaye la nueva idea de acelerar la reacción característica de las
negras sobre el otro flanco.}) 5. d3 Bg7 6. Be3 b5 7. Qd2 ({Inferior sería} 7.
Bxc5 {a causa de} b4 {, toda vez que no valdría} 8. Na4 {--para proteger el
peón b2-- debido a} Qa5 $1) 7... b4 8. Nd1 d6 9. f4 {[Idea popularizada por el
ex campeón mundial Spassky y con la cual las blancas pueden desarrollar su
caballo del flanco rey a f3, sin obstruir el agresivo avance del peón de la
columna f. Después de Cf3 esta pieza es mucho más eficaz en las maniobras de
ataque típicas contra el enroque enemigo.]} e6 10. Nf3 Nge7 11. O-O O-O 12. g4
$1 {[Con decisión, Medina inicia inmediatamente el ataque sobre el enroque,
preparando la ruptura con Peón f5, que las negras impiden en su próxima jugada.
]} f5 13. gxf5 exf5 14. a3 $1 {[Con esta ruptura, Medina busca un nuevo punto
de fricción en el ala de Dama, con la finalidad de abrir la columna "a" y, con
ello, incrementar su presión. ]} fxe4 15. dxe4 Na5 ({No servía} 15... bxa3 16.
Rxa3 Bxb2 17. Nxb2 Rxb2 {, porque después de} 18. Rd3 $1 {las negras, además
de haber perdido al mejor defensor de su enroque (el Alfil del flanco rey) se
encontrarían ante las cada vez más fuertes amenazas 19.Txd6 y 19.Axc5.}) 16.
axb4 $1 {[Medina permite el cambio de su Alfil del flanco dama para proseguir
su acción sobre este sector. ]} Nc4 17. Qd3 Nxe3 18. Nxe3 Rxb4 19. Rxa7 c4 20.
Qa3 $1 {[Ataca la Torre y amenaza seguir con 21.c3, consolidando el Peón de
ventaja, lo que provoca la reacción de las negras. ]} Nc6 21. Rxg7+ $1 {
[Fortísimo sacrificio de calidad, con el cual se elimina al mejor defensor del
enroque; el ataque blanco se tornará rápidamente muy violento. De cualquier
forma, esta entrega de material tiene un aspecto curioso, porque en realidad
las piezas blancas no parecen estar bien sitadas para iniciar un asalto al
enroque; de ahí la profundidad del sacrificio iniciado por Medina, que supo
ver las posibilidades que le brindaba el debilitado estado del enroque negro. ]
} Kxg7 22. Qc3+ Kg8 ({Naturalmente, no servía} 22... Qf6 {por} 23. e5 $1 {
, fuerte réplica con la que se forzaría la apertura de la columna Alfil Rey
para el ataque.}) ({En cuanto a} 22... Rf6 {sería refutada mediante} 23. Nd5 {
, recuperando la calidad con ventaja abrumadora.}) 23. Nd5 $1 Ra4 {[Para
mantener protegido el Peón "c". ]} 24. b3 $1 {[Especulando con la clavada del
Peón "c" protector del Caballo negro. Medina puede así intensificiar la
presión y obtener un segundo Peón, con lo que la calidad queda suficientemente
compensada, a la vez que continúa el fuerte ataque sobre el enroque. ]} Ra5 25.
Qxc4 Rc5 {[Prácticamente forzada ante la doble amenaza 26.Dxc6 y 27.Ce7+ ]} 26.
Qd3 Qa5 27. Ng5 {[Paulatinamente las piezas blancas van irrumpiendo en el
campo enemigo, tomando casillas vitales; por ejemplo, ahora las negras deben
rechazar este Caballo, aún a costa de crear nuevas debilidades en su enroque. ]
} h6 28. b4 $1 {[Bella jugada basada en el tema combinativo de la desviación.
Con su doble ataque a la Dama y la Torre las negras tienen que capturar el
Peón, de este modo el Caballo dejará indefensa la casilla e7, por la que
penetrará con fuerza decisiva el Caballo enemigo. ]} Nxb4 29. Ne7+ Kg7 30. Qd4+
Re5 ({Único modo de mantener la resistencia. Después de} 30... Rf6 {seguiría}
31. Ng8 $1 Kxg8 32. Qxf6 {, y no valdría} hxg5 {a causa de} 33. Qxg6+ Kh8 ({Si
} 33... Kf8 34. fxg5+ {y gana rápidamente.}) 34. fxg5 Qd8 {--ante Tf8#--} 35.
Rf7 {y las negras quedarían indefensas ante la mortal amenaza Dh7, toda vez
que si} Qg8 36. Qh6+ {decidiría.}) 31. fxe5 Rxf1+ 32. Bxf1 dxe5 ({Naturalmente,
si} 32... hxg5 33. exd6+ {, seguido de 34.Cxc8 ganaría fácilmente.}) 33. Qd6 $1
hxg5 34. Nxc8 ({También se ganaría con} 34. Qxe5+ Kf8 35. Qf6+ $1 Ke8 36. Nxc8
{, puesto que si} Qc5+ 37. Kh1 Qxc8 {, sería decisiva} 38. Bb5+ {. Pero Medina,
apurado de reloj, escoge la línea más cómoda que le deja un final sencillo con
pieza de ventaja.}) 34... Nxc2 {[Especulando con los apuros de tiempo de su
rival, ante la jugada 40 en la que está fijado el control. De cualquier modo
la abrumadora ventaja de las blancas permite a Medina rematar la lucha sin
dificultades. ]} 35. Qe7+ Kh6 36. Qf8+ Kh7 ({Si} 36... Kh5 37. Nd6 {gana.}) 37.
Ne7 Qa7+ 38. Kh1 Qa2 39. Nd5 (39. Nd5 {y las negras abandonaron ante la mortal
amenaza 40.Cf6+. Una interesante partida de ataque posicional, con sutiles
maniobras combinativas en su remate.}) 1-0

[Event "Cappelle op 28th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2012.03.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rzayev, Bahruz Iqbal Oglu"]
[Black "Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "Zakhartsov,Vi"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2012.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nh3 e5 7. O-O Nge7 8. f4
Nd4 9. Nf2 {A rare continuation.} ({The most frequent here is} 9. f5 gxf5 10.
Qh5 h6 11. Rf2 Be6 12. Be3 Ng8 $1 13. Bxd4 Nf6 14. Qe2 cxd4 15. exf5 Bd7 {
with double-edged play.}) 9... Rb8 10. Be3 Be6 11. Ne2 {An interesting,
although rather dubious pawn sac.} ({But anyway Black is fine after, for
instance} 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Ndf5 13. Bc1 exf4) 11... Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 exf4
13. Bxf4 Bxb2 14. e5 d5 {The first dubious decision. Now the black bishop is
cutted off from the kingside.} ({The best would be} 14... Bxa1 15. exd6 Bd4 16.
dxe7 Kxe7 $1) 15. Rab1 Bd4 16. Kh1 Qc7 $2 {Miscalculation.} ({Necessary was to
take control over g4 by} 16... Qd7 17. Nd1 c4 18. dxc4 dxc4) ({or} 16... h5)
17. Ng4 h5 (17... Bxg4 18. Qxg4 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Qa4+ {(this check I had
overlooked)} Kf8 21. Qd7 Nf5 22. Bh3 Qe6 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Rxb7 Rxb7 25. Qxb7 {
with White's initiative.}) (17... O-O 18. Nf6+ Kg7) 18. Nf6+ Kf8 19. Qe1 c4 20.
c3 Bb6 21. d4 Qc6 22. h3 Kg7 23. Bg5 Bd8 24. Kg1 b5 25. g4 hxg4 26. hxg4 Ng8 {
Otherwise White would play Kf2, Rh1, and mate is coming soon.} 27. Qe3 a5 $6 (
27... Nxf6 28. exf6+ Kf8 {and the king runs to d7.}) 28. Nh5+ Kf8 (28... gxh5
$2 29. Bxd8 hxg4 (29... Rxd8 $2 30. Qg5+) 30. Qg5+ Kf8 31. Bxa5) (28... Kh7 29.
Bxd8 Rxd8) 29. Bxd8 Rxd8 30. Qg5 Ke8 $4 (30... Ne7 {(I have not even
considered this move)} 31. Qf6 Rg8 32. Nf4 Ke8 {and Black holds.}) 31. Ng7+ Kd7
32. a4 $6 (32. Nxe6 {would win easily:} fxe6 33. Rf7+ Kc8 34. Ra7 a4 35. Ra5)
32... b4 33. Nxe6 (33. cxb4 Qb6 34. Qd2 Rb8) 33... fxe6 34. Rf7+ Kc8 35. cxb4
Qb6 36. Qd2 Nh6 37. Rff1 Nxg4 38. bxa5 Qa7 39. Qf4 Nh6 40. Rb6 Nf5 41. Qd2 Rd7
$2 (41... Qh7 {have forced a draw:} 42. Rxf5 (42. Qb2 $2 Qh2+ 43. Kf2 Qh4+)
42... gxf5 43. Qb2 Qh2+ 44. Kf1 Qf4+ {with perpetual.}) 42. Rfb1 Rc7 43. Qb4
Kd7 44. Rd6+ {We both were sure that this is the natural move and repeating of
moves is the logical outcome, whereas the computer find an amazing win:} (44.
Bxd5 $1 exd5 45. e6+ Kd8 46. e7+ Kd7 (46... Ke8 47. Rb8+ Kd7 (47... Kf7 48.
Rf8+ Kg7 49. e8=N+ {!} Kh7 50. Rxh8+ Kxh8 51. Qf8+ Kh7 52. Nf6#) 48. e8=Q+ Rxe8
49. Qb5+ Kd6 50. Rb6+ $18) 47. Re1 $1 Re8 48. Qb5+ $18) 44... Kc8 (44... Nxd6 {
loses to} 45. Qxd6+ Kc8 46. Qxe6+ Rd7 47. Qc6+ Rc7 (47... Kd8 48. Qf6+ $18) 48.
Bh3+) 45. Rb6 Kd7 46. Rd6+ (46. Bxd5 $1) 46... Kc8 47. Rb6 1/2-1/2

