[Event "Asia Chess Cup"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2016.04.01"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Adhiban,B"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2016.03.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 ({Bu exclusively goes for} 4. Qc2) ({Or} 4.
Qb3) 4... dxc4 5. a4 e6 {A very solid system perfectly suitable for team
events!} 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Bd7 $5 {A funny
idea, trying to ignore the pressure on the d-file.} 11. b3 cxd4 12. exd4 (12.
Nxd4 Ne5 $1 (12... Na5 {the knight looked misplaced.} 13. Bb5) 13. Bb5 Qa5 14.
Bd2 Bb4 15. Rac1 Rac8 $11) 12... Bb4 $5 {An interesting resource which has
been made possible by White's last move.} (12... Nb4 {is the normal plan to
gain control of d5 but my opponent's move was specifically aimed against this.}
13. d5 $1 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nbxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 {[%cal Gc1b2] and the
bishop will come to b2 with nasty intentions.}) 13. Bb2 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Nd5 15.
Bd2 Rc8 16. Rac1 Nce7 {I was very happy with my position, about the best I
could hope for from this system.} 17. Ne5 Bc6 18. Bd3 $5 {Aimed against ...Ng6
which was my idea.} Qd6 19. Rc5 $5 Ng6 $1 {After some calculation I felt I had
to go for this.} 20. Rdc1 Nde7 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Bb4 Rfd8 $1 {The key point. I
think my opponent underestimated this resource.} (22... Qxd4 23. R5c4 Qd8 24.
Rd1 Qe8 {White seemed to have good compensation.} 25. Rd3 $16) 23. Re1 $6 (23.
Rxc6 Qxb4 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rxc8+ Nxc8 $15 {with a very nice endgame for Black.
}) (23. Nxc6 Nxc6 24. Rxc6 Rxc6) (23. d5 exd5 $1) 23... Qxd4 {Quite
straightforward, I wonder what my opponent missed.} 24. Ba3 (24. Nxf7 Qxb4 25.
Nxd8 (25. Rc4 Qxe1+ $1 26. Qxe1 Kxf7 27. Rf4+ Nf5 28. g4 g5 29. gxf5 gxf4 $19)
(25. Qxe6 Qxe1+ 26. Qxe1 Kxf7 {with too many pieces for the queen.}) 25... Qxc5
26. Qxe6+ Kh7 27. Nf7 Qd5 $19) 24... Qd2 {Getting rid of the only compensation
White had in the form of some attacking chances.} 25. f3 (25. Qf1 {would be
nicely met by} Bxg2 $1 26. Kxg2 Rxc5 27. Bxc5 Qd5+ $19) 25... Nf5 26. b4 {
I don't have any comments for this move, but I will quote my favourite one
from Chess.com  "Bu Xiangzhi won the gold medal on board one, but lost this
important game as White to Baskaran Adhiban. It's hard to believe that he just
blundered away his d-pawn and then his a-pawn, isn't it"? I will leave the
readers to draw their own conclusions!} Qxe2 27. Rxe2 Bxa4 28. Rd2 g5 {
Mobilising the forces!} 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Bc1 f6 31. Ng4 Rd4 {[%csl Rb4]} 32.
Ne3 Rxb4 (32... Nxe3 33. Bxe3 Rxb4 34. Rc8+ Kf7 35. Bxa7 Bc6 {is also another
way to play.}) 33. Nxf5 exf5 34. Rxf5 b6 35. Rd5 Rb1 36. Rd8+ Kf7 37. Rc8 Bd7
38. Rc7 Ke6 39. Kf2 Kd6 (39... a5 $5 {was the strongest, wasting no time!} 40.
Rc2 (40. Ba3 b5 41. Bf8 Rb2+ 42. Kf1 b4 $19) 40... b5 $19) 40. Rc2 Ra1 {
Controlling the bishop.} 41. Be3 Be6 42. Ke2 Rb1 {I was trying to prolong the
inevitable rook exchange since I wanted to get a favourable version.} 43. Rd2+
(43. Bc1 b5 {[%cal Gb5b4]}) 43... Bd5 44. Rd1 Rxd1 45. Kxd1 g4 $1 {Due to this
nice trick I am able to get rid of one of my pawns fixed on the dark squares.}
46. Ke2 ({A more resilient try was} 46. fxg4 Bxg2 {though, should also be
winning.}) 46... gxf3+ 47. gxf3 Kc6 48. f4 a5 49. Bd2 Kb5 50. Be3 Bc4+ $1 {
An important intermediate check forcing the white king to go away from its
pawns or my pawns!} 51. Kd1 (51. Kd2 Kc6 $1 {Since Bd2 is not possible, the
black pawns start rolling.}) 51... Kc6 52. Bd2 Kd5 53. Kc2 Ke4 54. Kb2 Kd3 55.
Kc1 Be6 56. Be1 Ke2 57. Bc3 Ke3 58. Bd2+ Kf3 59. Kb2 Kg2 {Winning one more
pawn.} 60. Be3 b5 61. Bb6 a4 62. Bc7 Bf5 63. Kc3 (63. Bd6 Kxh2 64. Bf8 g5)
63... Kxh2 64. Kb4 Bd7 65. Bd6 Kh3 66. Bf8 g5 {With this win and Vidit's win
on Board 3 against Wei Yi and Sasi's draw on Board 4, we were able to give win
the match which eventually became the title match of the event! A victory
shared by my amazing team Sethuraman, Vidit, Sasikiran, Deep Sengupta and our
coach RB. Ramesh after a long hiatus of 7 years!} 0-1

[Event "Paracin Summer op-A 11th"]
[Site "Paracin"]
[Date "2018.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Kathmale, Sameer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 {Possibly the move order chosen by Sameer} (1... d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5
cxd5 4. Bg5 {prevents this new line.}) 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 a5
$5 (5... Na6 6. e4 Bg4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Qd3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 $40) 6. e4
Bg4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. O-O (8. Be3 Bb4 9. Qc2) 8... Bb4 9. Qd3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nbd7
11. Kh1 $146 (11. f4) 11... Qe7 {During the game I thought that it was a
mistake but...} (11... e5 12. Be3 Nh5 13. Rg1 Qf6 14. Bg5 Qd6 15. d5) 12. Na2 (
12. Rg1 $142) 12... e5 13. Nxb4 axb4 14. Be3 $2 {White has at least two better
continuations.} (14. Rg1 Nh5 (14... b5 15. Bb3 exd4 16. Rxg7 Nc5 17. Qd1) 15.
d5) (14. f4 Rd8 15. Qf3 exd4 16. e5 Nd5) 14... O-O 15. d5 cxd5 16. Bxd5 Rfd8 $2
({He should have taken on d5 immediately.} 16... Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Rfd8 18. Rg1 Nf8
19. Qc5 Qf6 20. Rg3 Ne6 21. Qxb4 h5 22. Qxb7 h4 23. Rh3 Nd4 24. Bxd4 exd4 25.
Qb5 g6 (25... d3 26. Qh5 d2 27. Rd1 g6 28. Qxh4 Qxh4 29. Rxh4 Rxa4 $44) 26. Qd3
Qf4 $44) (16... Nc5 $6 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Bxb7) 17. Rfd1 $2 ({Missing that} 17.
Bxb7 $1 Nc5 (17... Nf8 18. Bd5 Nxd5 (18... Qd6 19. Rfd1 Ra5 20. Bxf7+) 19. exd5
Qd7 20. a5 (20. Bb6 Qxd5 21. Qxd5 Rxd5 22. Rad1) 20... Qh3 (20... Ne6 21. a6)
21. Qd1 (21. Qe2 Rxd5 22. a6) 21... Ne6 22. Rg1 Nd4 23. Rg3 Qf5 24. Bxd4 Rxd5
25. Qg1 exd4 26. Rxg7+ Kh8 27. Qg3 $16) 18. Bxc5 Qxb7 19. Qb5 Qc8 20. Rg1 Qh3
21. Rg3 Qe6 22. Be3 $1 $16) 17... Nxd5 18. exd5 Nf6 19. d6 Qe6 20. Bg5 e4 $1
$11 (20... Ra6 $6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 (21... Raxd6 22. Bxd8 Rxd3 23. Rxd3) (21...
Rdxd6 22. Qb5 gxf6 23. Qxb7) 22. d7 $16) 21. Qe3 (21. Qd4 Qh3) 21... Rxd6 22.
Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Rxd6 Qxd6 24. Qxe4 g6 25. Qxb7 (25. Rc1 Kg7) (25. a5 Qc5 26. Qxb7
Rxa5 27. Rxa5 Qxa5 28. b3 $11 {is a safer way to reach the game's conclusion.})
25... Rxa4 (25... Ra5 $142 26. Rc1 Re5 (26... Rh5 27. Qc7) 27. h4 Qd4 28. Kg1
Re2 29. Qc8+ Kg7 30. Qc5 Qxb2 31. Kg2 b3 (31... Rxf2+ 32. Qxf2 Qxc1 33. Qd4+) (
31... h5 32. Rc4) 32. Qc3+ Qxc3 33. Rxc3 b2 34. Rb3 $11) 26. Rxa4 Qd1+ 27. Kg2
Qxa4 28. Qb8+ Kg7 29. Qe5+ Kg8 30. Qb8+ Kg7 31. Qe5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Konya"]
[Date "2011.06.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Citak, Selim"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2011.06.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "BJK"]
[BlackTeam "Isek Aquamatch"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 {Back in Alapin's Slav!} 5. a4 e6 $5 {
Is this a real mistake? Well we all know that Bogoljubow committed this
against the great Alekhine. However there were some new twists around.
Whatever the judgement will be upon this move, Black tries to play a QGA with
White weakening his b4-square too early with a4.} (5... Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4
Nb6 8. Ne5 a5 {This has become a Chinese line.} 9. e3 $5 (9. Bg5 g6 10. e3 Bg7
11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Nfd5 $132) (9. g3 e6 10. Bg2 Bb4 11. O-O O-O 12. e3 h6 13.
Qe2 Bh7 14. Rd1 Nfd7 15. Nd3 (15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. e4 Qe7 17. Be3 Rfd8 18. d5 (18.
Rac1 Nf6 19. f3 Nd7 20. Na2 Bd6 $13) 18... Bc5 $132) 15... Qe7 16. e4 Rfd8 17.
Bf4 Bd6 18. Be3 Nc4 19. Bc1 e5 20. d5 Ncb6 $13) (9. f3 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 (10. e4
Nxe5 11. dxe5 (11. exf5 Ned7 12. d5 g6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Qd4 Rg8 15. Qe4 (15.
fxg6 Rxg6 $1 16. Qf2 Ne5 $36) 15... gxf5 16. Qxf5 Rg6 17. Bg5 Ne5 $1 $132)
11... Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 Be6 13. Kc2 g6 $5 14. Rb1 Bg7 15. f4 f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17.
Be3 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. e5 Bg7 20. b4 Be6 $13) 10... Nxd7 11. e4 Bg6 12. Be2
e6 13. O-O Bb4 14. Be3 O-O 15. Qb3 Qb6 16. Bf2 Bc5 17. Qd1 (17. Qc4 Bd6) 17...
Bd6 $11 18. e5 $140 $2 Qxb2 $132) 9... Nbd7 10. Qb3 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. e4 (
12. Qxb7 Nxe5 13. e4 Rb8 14. Qa7 Be6 15. Bf4 f6 $13) 12... Be6 13. Qxb7 Rb8 14.
Qa7 Nxe5 15. f4 Nd7 16. f5 Bb3 17. Bf4 Ra8 18. Qb7 e5 19. fxe6 Bxe6 20. Rd1 Bc5
21. Bc7 Qc8 22. Qxc6 Ra7 23. Nb5 Bb4+ 24. Kf2 Rb7 25. Rc1 O-O 26. Bd6 Qxc6 27.
Rxc6 Bxd6 28. Rxd6 Nc5 29. Rd4 Bd7 $11 {and Black is fine.}) 6. e3 (6. e4 $142
$1 {This is a scary line for Black these days.} Bb4 7. e5 (7. Bg5 $5 Bxc3+ (
7... h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bxc4 c5 10. e5 Qd8 11. O-O cxd4 12. Ne4 O-O $13) (7...
Qa5 8. Bd2 c5 9. Bxc4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O (10... Qc5 11. Bb5+) 11. Nc2 Qc7 12.
Qe2 Be7 13. e5 Nfd7 14. f4 Nc6 15. O-O $16) 8. bxc3 Qa5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Bd2 Nxd2
11. Qxd2 c5 12. Bxc4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Ke7 15. Rhc1 Nc6 16. Rab1 Rb8
17. Ke3 Rd8 18. Bd3 Bd7 $132) 7... Nd5 8. Bd2 b5 9. axb5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 cxb5 11.
Ng5 {looks critical for Black to hold.} Nc6 (11... Qe7 $5) (11... h6 12. Qh5
O-O (12... g6 $6 13. Qh3 f5 14. exf6 e5 15. g4 Qxf6 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. dxe5 Qxe5
18. Bg2 $16) 13. Ne4 Nc6 14. h4 f5 15. Nd6 Qd7 16. g4 fxg4 17. Rg1 Nce7 18.
Rxg4 Nf5 19. Bxh6 Bb7 20. Bg2 $40) (11... Bb7 12. Qh5 Qe7 13. Be2 Nd7 14. Bf3 (
14. Bg4 $6 h6 15. Ne4 Nf4) 14... h6 15. Ne4 O-O 16. Nd6 Bc6 17. Ra6 Nb8 18. Ra5
f6 $132) 12. Qh5 Qe7 13. h4 b4 14. Bxc4 bxc3 15. Bc1 Nxd4 16. O-O h6 17. Bxd5
$1 (17. Ba3 Nf4 18. Qg4 hxg5 $3 19. Bxe7 Rxh4 20. Qd1 c2 21. Qd2 Nh3+ 22. Kh2
Nf4+ 23. Kg1 $11) 17... exd5 18. Ba3 Qc7 19. e6 Bxe6 20. Nxe6 Nxe6 21. Qxd5 Rd8
22. Qb3 $44) 6... c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. d5 $6 {This seems
to release the pressure way too early but things are not simple.} (10. Qe2 O-O
11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. Bg5 (13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nbxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16.
Rxd5 Bg4 17. Qc4 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 Rad8 19. Qb3 Rd1+ 20. Qxd1 Bxd1 $15 {is the
famous line.}) 13... Re8 $13 {resulting in a typical isolated queens pawn game.
}) 10... exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Qxd5 (12... Be6 13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. Bxe6
fxe6 15. Be3 $14) 13. Bxd5 O-O 14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 Bf5 $146 (15... h6 16. Ne4
Nb4 17. Bb3 Bf5 18. Nd6 Bg6 {was seen before.}) 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Rfd1 h6 18.
Ne4 Nb4 $5 19. Rxc8 $6 (19. Bxb7 Rxc1 (19... Rb8 $2 20. Rc7 $16) 20. Rxc1 Nd3
21. Rc2 Rb8 22. Nd6 Be6 23. h3 (23. a5 Rd8) 23... a5 $11) 19... Bxc8 (19...
Rxc8 20. Nd6 Rc7 21. Nxf5 Nxd5 $11) 20. Bb3 b6 21. f3 Bf5 22. Nd6 Bg6 23. f4 $5
{Another risky move but it may work.} Rd8 24. f5 Bh5 25. Rd2 Kf8 26. h3 Ke7 (
26... f6 27. Be6 Be8 28. b3 Bc6 29. Rd4 a5 30. Kf2 $11) 27. f6+ $8 {Now things
are getting forced.} Kxf6 28. g4 Bg6 29. Rf2+ Ke7 30. Nxf7 Rd3 31. Re2+ (31.
Ne5 Rxb3 32. Nxg6+ Kd6 33. Rf7 Rxh3 34. Kg2 Rb3 35. Rxa7 Nd5 36. Rxg7 Ne3+ 37.
Kg1 Rxb2 38. Nh4 $11) 31... Kf8 (31... Kf6 $5 {is possible.} 32. Bc4 (32. Re6+
Kxf7) 32... Rd4 33. Rf2+ Ke7 34. Ne5 Be4 35. Be2 Kd6 36. Nc4+ Ke6 37. Rf8 $132)
32. Ne5 Rxb3 33. Nxg6+ Kf7 34. Ne5+ Kf6 35. Kg2 Nd3 $1 $138 (35... Nd5 36. Nd7+
Kf7 37. Ne5+ Kg8 38. Ng6 $132) 36. Nxd3 Rxd3 {I was very happy to get rid of
the knights.} 37. Rc2 (37. Rf2+ Ke6) 37... Rb3 38. a5 $1 bxa5 39. Rc6+ Ke5 40.
Rc5+ Kd4 41. Rxa5 Rxb2+ 42. Kg3 Rb7 43. g5 hxg5 44. Kg4 Kc4 45. Ra1 Kb5 46.
Rb1+ Kc6 47. Rc1+ Kb6 48. Rb1+ Kc7 49. Ra1 Kb8 50. Kxg5 Rb3 51. Kg6 $2 ({
He should not have exchanged the pawns. These positions are always tricky.} 51.
h4 $1 Kb7 52. Kg6 Rg3+ 53. Kf5 a6 54. h5 Kb6 55. Rb1+ Ka7 56. Ra1 Rg2 57. Kf4
$11 {offers Black only practical chances.}) 51... Rg3+ $4 (51... Rxh3 52. Kxg7
Rh5 $19 {would have won like in the game!}) 52. Kf7 Rxh3 53. Kxg7 $4 {He
misses his chance.} (53. Rb1+ $1 Kc7 (53... Ka8 54. Kxg7 Rh5 55. Kg6 Rc5 56.
Kf7 a5 57. Ke6 Ka7 58. Kd6 Rh5 59. Kc6 Ka6 60. Rb8 $11) 54. Ra1 $11 {and Black
can not make any further progress.}) 53... Rh5 $1 $19 {This wins by a tempo.}
54. Kf6 a5 55. Ke6 (55. Re1 a4 $1 (55... Kc7 $2 56. Re5 Rh6+ 57. Kf5 Ra6 58.
Ke4 a4 59. Kd3 $11) 56. Ra1 Rh4 57. Ke5 Kb7 58. Kd5 Kb6 $19) 55... Kc7 56. Rc1+
Kb6 57. Rb1+ Kc5 58. Rc1+ Kb4 59. Rb1+ Kc3 60. Ra1 Kb2 61. Rg1 a4 {Once the
pawn has progressed that is it!} 62. Rg2+ Kb3 63. Rg3+ Kb4 64. Rg4+ Kb5 65. Rg3
Kc5 66. Rf3 Rh6+ $1 (66... Rh6+ $1 67. Ke5 Ra6 $19) 0-1

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogoveen"]
[Date "2005.10.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Brodsky, Michail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 {Bogoljubow's longtime
forgotten line.Recently this got resurrected in Leko-Kramnik match.} 6. e3 (6.
e4 Bb4 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bd2 b5 9. Be2 $5 Be7 10. Qb1 $1 $44 {is how Alex won
against Riumin's lost grandchild in Aeroflot 2005.}) 6... c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 (8... Be7 9. Qe2 (9. dxc5 $5) 9... cxd4 10. Rd1 O-O 11. exd4 $13) 9. Nxd4
$6 (9. Nb5 $5 {was more interesting then my limp choice.}) (9. exd4 $142 Be7
10. Bg5 O-O 11. Qd2 $5 $13 {leads to a normal isolani game.}) 9... Bd7 10. Bb5
Nxd4 11. Qxd4 a6 $11 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 {Draw offer.} 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 (13... Nxd7
14. Ne4) 14. Bd2 $6 (14. Rd1+ Bd6 15. e4 Ke7 16. Be3 $11) 14... Bd6 15. a5 {
After having played this I came with the draw offer.} ({Misha thought that he
might have had the better of it in my opinion it is still close to be equal.} 
15. a5 Rac8 16. Ra4 Rhd8 (16... Rc5 $15) 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 f5 19. Rh4 h6
20. Bc3 e5 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Maalot Tarshiha"]
[Site "Maalot Tarshiha"]
[Date "2008.01.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Kogan, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2008.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 6. e4 Bg4 7. Bxc4 Bxf3 8.
gxf3 Nb4 {Already a new move for me. I was only familiar with the following
example:} (8... e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Rg1 g6 12. f4 Qa5 13. Qf3 $14 {
1-0 Rogozenko,D-Shirov,A/Germany 2001/CBM 082 ext (46)}) 9. O-O e6 10. Kh1 {
This seems to me the most flexible move here.} (10. a5 {- another popular
alternative, when Black has to castle short, but later on it's much easier for
Black to get his counterplay on the Q-side.}) 10... Qa5 $5 {A relatively new
interpretation of this old line, suddenly Black is going to castle long, which
would lead to very interesting play.} ({White has very promising play after} 
10... Be7 11. Rg1 O-O 12. Bh6 Ne8 13. Qd2 (13. a5) 13... Kh8 14. Be3 a5 15. Rg3
Qd7 16. Rag1 $14 {1-0 Van der Stricht,G-Mohandesi,S/Namur 2006/CBM 113 ext (34)
}) 11. Rg1 $5 $146 (11. Be3 {has been played before.}) 11... h6 {[%csl Gg5]
Anticipating Rg5.} ({Black could have played} 11... O-O-O 12. Be3 {and it
seems to me Black has to play 12...h6 anyway, since} ({It's too early for} 12.
Rg5 c5 $1 (12... Qc7 13. Be3 (13. a5 h6 14. Rg1 e5 15. d5 cxd5 16. Bxd5 Nfxd5
17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qc6 $13)) 13. d5 (13. Bf4 h6) 13... g6 $13) 12... g6 13.
Rg5 c5 14. Nb5 $1 {looks pretty dangerous} h6 15. Rg1 a6 16. Qb3 $40) 12. Be3
O-O-O 13. Qb3 Kb8 14. Be2 $1 {In my opinion White's best setup. The B is
perfectly placed on e2, defending the f3-pawn in case of Qh5, while my N is
heading to c4 .} Ne8 {This seems to me very slow, I would prefer to play the
more active.} (14... g5 $5 {following by Nh5-f4.}) 15. Rgc1 Rd7 $1 {A very
good defensive resource.} ({After} 15... g5 16. Nb5 {White's attack looks very
unpleasant} Bg7 $140 17. d5 exd5 18. Bc5 $1 Na6 19. Nxa7 $1 $18) 16. Nb5 $1 {
Very energetic and strong.} ({Much worse would have been} 16. Nb1 Bd6 17. Nd2
Qh5 $132) 16... Qd8 ({If Black accepts the sacrifice} 16... cxb5 17. axb5 Qd8 {
I would have a pleasant choice: either} 18. Bf4+ (18. d5 b6) ({or} 18. Qa4 b6
19. Bf4+ Ka8 20. Bd2 Nf6 21. Rc4 Nbd5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Rc6 $1 (23. f4 Bd6 24.
Bf3 Qh4 $1 $132) 23... Be7 (23... Bd6 $140 $2 24. Rxd6 $1 $18 {[%csl Ga7]}) 24.
f4 {[%cal Cd8b8,Ge2f3]}) 18... Bd6 (18... Ka8 19. Qc4 $18 {[%cal Gc4c8]}) 19.
Bxd6+ Rxd6 20. Qxb4 Rxd4 21. Qc5 b6 22. Qa3 Rd7 23. e5 $16 {[%csl Gb8,Ge8] in
both cases with a clear advantage.}) (16... Nc7 17. Nxc7 (17. Na3 Qh5 18. Nc4
f6 19. a5 Nba6) 17... Qxc7 (17... Rxc7 18. Rc4 Na6 19. Bf4) 18. a5 $16 {
[%cal Ga1a4]}) 17. Na3 {[%cal Ga3c4]} ({I wasn't sure about} 17. d5 cxb5 (17...
exd5 $6 18. Bxa7+ Ka8 19. Qe3 $1 $40) 18. Bxa7+ Kxa7 19. axb5+ Na6 20. bxa6 b6
{with a complicated game.}) 17... Nc7 $2 {This is already the decisive error.
Black should have stopped a4-a5 at any cost.} (17... a5 $142 18. Nc4 g5 19. Ne5
(19. d5 exd5) 19... Rc7 20. Rc3 $14 {and White is better, but Black is quite
solid.}) 18. a5 $1 $16 {Now White's attack plays itself.} Be7 19. Nc4 {[%cal
Gc4e5]} ({My computer likes} 19. Rc4 $5 Nca6 20. Nc2 $40 {but the move in the
game is pretty strong as well.}) 19... Rxd4 ({After} 19... f6 {White decides
the game with} 20. a6 $1 b6 (20... Ncxa6 21. Na5 Nc7 22. Rc4 Qf8 23. Bd2 $18)
21. Nxb6 $1 axb6 22. Rxc6 Ka8 23. Rc4 {with a winning position.}) 20. Ne5 Rf8
21. a6 $1 $18 {Now White is developing a crushing attack.} b6 22. Qc3 {There
were two more winning continuations:} (22. Rxc6 f6 23. Rxb6+ $1 (23. Bxd4 Qxd4
24. Rxc7 Kxc7 25. Ng6 $18) 23... axb6 24. Nc6+ Nxc6 25. Qxb6+ Kc8 26. Qxc6 {
[%csl Gc8]}) (22. Ra4 c5 23. Bxd4 Qxd4 24. Rxb4 Qxe5 25. Rxb6+ axb6 26. Qxb6+
Kc8 27. Rd1 $18) 22... c5 23. Bxd4 $6 ({The immediate} 23. Ra4 $1 {[%cal Ga4b4]
would have won, threatening 24 Rb4} Kc8 24. Bxd4 Qxd4 25. Nc6 $1 $18) 23...
Qxd4 24. Qxd4 cxd4 25. Rc4 $6 (25. Nd7+ {should objectively be better:} Kc8 26.
Nxf8 Bxf8 27. Rd1 $18) 25... Kc8 26. Rd1 Bc5 27. Rxb4 $1 Bxb4 28. Nc6 Bd6 (
28... Bc5 $2 29. b4 Bd6 30. e5 $18) 29. Rxd4 (29. e5 $2 Bc5 30. b4 Kd7 31. Nxa7
Bxb4 32. Rxd4+ Nd5 33. Bb5+ Kc7 $11) 29... Kd7 (29... Bc5 30. Nxa7+ Kb8 31.
Nc6+ Kc8 32. Rd1 Bxf2 33. Kg2 Be3 34. Rd3 Bf4 35. Ne7+ Kb8 36. Rb3 $18) 30.
Nxa7 e5 31. Rd1 Ra8 32. Nb5 Nxb5 33. Bxb5+ Kc7 34. f4 $1 {This position has
arisen almost by force after my 25th move; despite the opposite coloured
bishops White's position remains winning.} f6 $6 $138 (34... exf4 35. e5 Bxe5
36. Rd7+ Kb8 37. Rb7+ Kc8 38. Rxf7 Kb8 39. Rb7+ Kc8 40. Bd7+ Kd8 41. a7 $18) ({
More stubborn was} 34... Ra7 {but White should be winning after} 35. fxe5 (35.
Rc1+ Kb8 36. Rc6 Bc5 37. fxe5 Re7 (37... Bxf2 38. e6 fxe6 39. Rxe6 $18) 38. f4
Be3 39. f5 Rxe5 40. Bd3 Ra5 41. Bc4 $16) 35... Bxe5 36. b4 Bd6 37. Rd4 Be5 38.
Rd7+ Kb8 39. Rd8+ Kc7 40. Rf8 f6 41. Rg8 g5 42. Re8 Kd6 43. Rc8 $18) 35. fxe5
fxe5 36. f4 $1 $18 exf4 (36... Ra7 37. Rc1+ (37. f5 $5 $18 {[%csl Gg7]}) 37...
Kb8 38. Rc6 Bc5 39. fxe5 $18) 37. e5 Bxe5 38. Rd7+ Kc8 (38... Kb8 39. Rb7+ Kc8
40. Bd7+ Kd8 41. a7 $18) 39. Rf7 Kb8 ({After} 39... Bc7 40. Rxg7 $18 (40. Bd7+
Kb8 41. Bc6 Rxa6 42. Rf8+ Bd8 43. Rxd8+ Kc7 44. Ra8 $18)) 40. Rb7+ Kc8 41. Bd7+
Kd8 42. a7 Bc7 43. Bc6 Rc8 44. Kg2 $138 {And here Black lost on time, although
his position is completely hopeless.} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0708"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2008.04.05"]
[Round "12.6"]
[White "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Loeffler, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[Annotator "Babula/Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2007.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 {Diese "angetäuschte", wenig
attraktive Slawisch-Version (anstelle des üblichen Bf5) galt lange Zeit gar
als fehlerhaft, doch heutzutage, insbesondere nach gelegentlichen Experimenten
von Topleuten wie Kramnik und Svidler, gibt es immer mehr Nachahmer.} 6. e3 ({
Die aggressive, etwas riskante Alternative lautet} 6. e4 {, wie seinerzeit
schon von Aljechin gegen Bogoljubow (mit Erfolg) praktiziert. Unser Partiezug
ist ruhiger und sicherer, er führt gleich zu einer für Weiß angenehmen
Isolanistellung, nahezu identisch mit einer aus dem Angenommenen Damengambit.})
6... c5 {Das zweimalige Ziehen seines c-Bauern möchte Schwarz damit
rechtfertigen, daß Weiß das eher unnütze, den Punkt b4 schwächende a2-a4
eingeschoben hat, aber dieses Konzept hat doch einen Nachteil, wie gleich
gezeigt wird.} 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O {Im Vergleich zur entsprechenden Variante
des Angenommen Damengambits (D27) nach 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.
Bxc4 c5 6.0-0 a6 7.a4 Nc6 8.Nc3, wo der schwarze a-Bauer bereits auf a6 steht 
(und das Feld b5 schützt), hat Schwarz bei unserer Zugfolge ein glattes
Minustempo, doch diesem Umstand scheinen die Protagonisten keine Bedeutung
beizumessen.} cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 {The main drawback of White's position is the
weak b4 square.} 10. Qe2 ({Eine andere, interessante Aufstellung ist} 10. Bg5
O-O 11. Re1 {, z.B.} Nd5 (11... Bd7 12. Qe2 h6 13. Bf4 $1 Nb4 14. Ne5 $14 {
Babula,V (2596)-Mainka,R (2496)/BL 0708 SC Remagen - Werder Bremen, 2008}) 12.
Bxe7 Ncxe7 13. Ne5 b6 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Nc6 (15. a5 $142) 15... Qd6 16. Bxd5
exd5 17. Rc1 $14 {/=, Timofeev,A-Ni,H, Dagomys 2008}) 10... O-O (10... Nxd4 $2
{scheitert an} 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Nb5 $1 {(} Qd8 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Nc7 {). Die
Anfälligkeit der Felder b5/b4 macht sich auch im Folgenden bemerkbar.}) 11. Rd1
Bd7 $6 ({I) Recently in the Austrian league I met with Vermutlich der erste
Zug "Marke Eigenbau". Bessere Alternativen:} 11... Nb4 12. Bg5 (12. Ne5 Bd7 13.
d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nbxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Bg4 17. Qd3 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 Rad8
19. Qb3 Rd1+ 20. Qxd1 Bxd1 21. Be3 Rd8 22. Bxa7 {1/2-1/2 Braun,A (2541)-Ruck,R
(2561)/BL 0708 SC Eppingen - SK Zehlendorf, 2008}) 12... h6 $5 ({I knew only} 
12... Bd7 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nbxd5 (14... Nfxd5 $2 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Ne5 $16)
15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 h6 18. Rad1 hxg5 19. Rxd7 $14) (12... Re8
13. Bh4 (13. Ne5 Bd7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Bb5 Nc6 17. d5 exd5 18.
Nxd5 Qd6 19. Nxf6+ {1/2-1/2 Nielsen,P (2649)-Tkachiev,V (2652)/Lugo 2007/CBM
119}) 13... Bd7 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. Qf3 Bc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Rac1 Qa5 18. b3 {
1/2-1/2 Gyimesi,Z (2605)-Avrukh,B (2628)/Maalot-Tarshiha 2008/CBM 122}) {
but after} 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne5 Qc7 15. Ng4 Be7 {I didn't get anything from
the opening:} 16. d5 (16. Ne3 Bg5 17. Bb3 Bd7 18. d5 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 exd5 20.
Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Bc6 22. Rac1 Rfe8 23. Qc3 {1/2-1/2 Bindrich,F (2512)
-Malakhatko,V (2596)/BL 0708, 2008}) 16... exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxg4 {
1/2-1/2 Babula, V - Balogh,Cs, Graz 2008}) ({II)} 11... Nd5 12. Bd2 Ncb4 13.
Ne4 (13. Rac1) 13... b6 14. h4 Bb7 15. h5 Rc8 (15... h6) 16. Rac1 (16. h6)
16... Rc7 17. Ne5 Nc6 18. Nf3 h6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Appel,R (2529)-Mainka,R (2496)/
BL 0708, 2008 (37)}) 12. Bg5 $6 ({Weiß sollte den passiven Partiezug, der die
Blockade des Isolanis außer Acht läßt, unverzüglich nutzen und mittels} 12. d5
$1 {das Zentrum öffnen:} exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 {mit Vorteil} (14. Rxd5
Qc8 (14... Qc7 $2 15. Bf4) 15. Bf4 Be6) {, z.B.} 14... Bf6 (14... Rc8 15. Bf4
Bf6 {- 14...Bf6}) 15. Bf4 ({oder auch} 15. Be3 Rc8 (15... Qc7 16. Rac1) (15...
Qa5 16. Qb5) (15... Qe8 16. Qb5 b6 17. Bg5 $1) 16. Bxc6 (16. Bc5 Re8 17. Qc4
Ne5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. f4 (19. Bxf7+ $6 Kh8 20. Qd3 Rcxc5 21. Qxd7 Re1+ 22. Rxe1
Qxd7 23. Re8+ Qxe8 24. Bxe8 Rc2 $11) 19... Rf5 20. g4 Rxd5 21. Qxd5 Bxg4 22.
Qxd8+ Bxd8 23. Rdc1 $14) 16... Rxc6 17. Bxa7 Re8 18. Qd2 Bg4 19. Qxd8 Bxd8 20.
Bd4 $14) 15... Rc8 16. Be4 Re8 17. Ra3 $5 (17. Qd3 Bg4 $5) 17... g6 18. Re3 $14
) 12... Nd5 (12... Nb4 13. d5 {- 11...Nb4}) 13. Bxd5 $6 ({Gehaltvoller wirkt
der Rückzug} 13. Bd2 $5 {, z.B.} Ncb4 (13... Nb6 14. d5 $1 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nxc4
16. Qxc4 Be6 17. Bc3 $14) 14. Ne5 Rc8 (14... Nc2 $2 15. Rac1 Nxd4 $2 16. Qg4
Nf5 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Bc3 $18) 15. Rac1 $14) 13... Bxg5 $6 ({
Better was} 13... exd5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qxe7 Nxe7 16. Ne5 $14 {/= and in this
ending White has just a minimal edge.}) 14. Be4 $1 $16 Bh6 $2 ({Similar to the
game is} 14... Bf6 $2 15. d5 $1 exd5 16. Rxd5) ({Also} 14... h6 $2 {is bad due
to} 15. d5 $1 {, e.g.} exd5 16. Rxd5 Qe7 17. Nxg5 hxg5 18. Re1 $1 (18. Bh7+) (
18. Qd2) 18... Rfd8 19. Qd1 Be6 20. Qh5 f6 21. Re3) ({Vielleicht war} 14... f5
{das geringere Übel, wenngleich nach} 15. Bxc6 bxc6 {Schwarz aufgrund seiner
miserablen Bauernstruktur eine schwere Verteidigung ins Haus steht, z.B.} 16.
Nxg5 Qxg5 17. Qe5 Qd8 (17... Rab8 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. Nc5) (17... Qf6 18. a5 Rfd8
19. Na4 Be8 20. Nc5 Qxe5 21. dxe5 Rd5 22. Rxd5 exd5 23. Ra3 $1 Rb8 24. Rb3 Rxb3
25. Nxb3) 18. a5 Rb8 19. Na4 Rb5 20. Nc5 {. Nun nach dem Partiezug, der
weiterhin die Kontrolle von d5 vernachlässigt, ereilt Schwarz das Schicksal ...
}) 15. d5 $1 exd5 16. Rxd5 {In view of the threat Be4xh7+ followed by Qe2-d3+
White gains a pawn.} f5 $2 {Now Black dares this ugly move which only weakens
his kingside, instead he should have tried to fish in troubled waters by} (
16... Qc8 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Bb1 g6 $16) 17. Rad1 fxe4 18. Rxd7 Qb6 ({Oder:} 
18... Qxd7 19. Rxd7 exf3 20. gxf3 $18) (18... Qe8 19. Qc4+ Kh8 20. Qxe4 Qxe4
21. Nxe4 $18) 19. Nxe4 $18 Rae8 {This allows White a pretty nice finale.} (
19... Rad8 20. Qc4+ (20. Neg5) 20... Kh8 21. Qc2) (19... Qb3 20. Nd6 (20. Qb5
Qxb5 21. axb5 Nd8 22. h3) 20... Rab8 21. Re1 Qd5 22. h4 Bf4 23. Qb5) 20. Qc4+
Kh8 21. Nd6 Ne5 22. Nxe5 $1 Qxf2+ 23. Kh1 Rxe5 24. Nf7+ Rxf7 25. Rxf7 (25. Rxf7
Re1+ 26. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 27. Rf1) 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.04.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1981.04.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 6. e4 Bg4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. Be3
Be7 (8... Bb4 9. Qd3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Qa5 11. Ke2 Be7 12. Rhg1 g6 13. Rg5 Qb4 14.
b3 $14 {Cebalo,M-Ivkov,B/YUG(ch)/1981/1:0 (43) Inf 31/418/}) 9. O-O O-O (9...
Nb4) 10. Qe2 (10. Be2 Nb4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Ne5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nd7 14. Nc4 Qc7 15.
Rac1 $14 {Razuvaev,Y-Plachetka,J/Keszthely/1981/1:0 (33) Inf 31/417/}) 10...
Nb4 11. Rac1 Bh5 (11... a5 $5) (11... Qa5) 12. Rfd1 Qa5 13. h3 $5 Bg6 (13...
Rad8 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nd2 h5 16. f3 Rfe8 17. Bb3 Qc7 18. Nc4 $14 {Razuvaev,
Y-Vasiukov,E/Moscow(ch)/1981/}) 14. Bf4 Rad8 15. Ne5 $14 a6 16. Bb3 {/\ Nc4/}
Qb6 $6 17. Qe3 $1 $16 (17. Nc4 Qa7 18. Qe3 c5) 17... Nd3 $6 (17... c5 18. d5
exd5 19. exd5 Rfe8 20. Qf3 $16) (17... a5 18. Nc4 Qa6 19. Bc7 $16) 18. Qxd3
Qxb3 19. Nd5 $1 Qxd1+ $8 (19... Qxd3 20. Nxe7+ Kh8 21. N7xg6+ hxg6 22. Rxd3 $18
) 20. Qxd1 exd5 21. Qb3 $1 (21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Bg3 f6 23. Nxg6 hxg6 $14) 21...
dxe4 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. Qxb7 $18 Nd5 24. Be5 a5 25. Rxc6 f6 26. Bg3 Rf7 27. Qb3
(27. Rc8 $5) 27... Bb4 28. Bd6 $1 Rxd6 (28... Bxd6 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. Qb8+ $18)
29. Rxd6 Bxd6 30. Qxd5 Bb4 31. Qxe4 g5 32. Qe6 Kf8 33. Qc8+ Ke7 34. d5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0708"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2008.02.10"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Bindrich, Falko"]
[Black "Malakhatko, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Bindrich,F"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2007.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bindlach"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 {This line is mostly used by
Kramnik and his second Svidler.} 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Be7
10. Qe2 {Most probably Re1 is the most ambitious try.} (10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 (
11. Bf4 Nb4 12. Ne5 Nfd5 13. Bg3 Bd7 14. Qb3 Bc6 15. a5 Rc8 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17.
Na4 $14 {0-1 Bocharov,D-Rublevsky,S/Sochi 2007/CBM 118 (61)}) 11... Bd7 (11...
h6 12. Bf4 Nb4 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. Bxh6 Rc8 15. Bb3 gxh6 16. Qxh6 Nh7 17. Re5 f5
18. Rxe6 Bxe6 19. Bxe6+ Kh8 20. Bxc8 Rf6 21. Qh5 Qxc8 22. Re1 Bf8 23. Ne5 Kg8
24. Qd1 Ng5 25. Qb3+ Kg7 26. h4 Nf7 27. Ne2 Nxe5 28. dxe5 Rc6 29. Nf4 Be7 30.
Qg3+ Kh7 31. Qf3 Qe8 32. g3 Qf7 33. e6 Qf6 34. Qh5+ Kg8 35. Qe8+ Qf8 36. Qg6+
Qg7 37. Qxf5 Rc5 38. Qe4 Nc6 39. Nd5 Qxb2 40. Qf5 Rc1 41. Nxe7+ {1-0 Radjabov,
T-Svidler,P/Morelia/Linares 2006/CBM 112/[Huebner,R]}) 12. Qd2 Nb4 13. Rad1 Rc8
14. d5 (14. Bb3 Bc6 15. Qe2 Nfd5 16. Bd2 a5 17. Ne5 Bg5 18. Ne4 Bxd2 19. Qxd2
b6 20. g3 Bb7 21. h4 h6 22. f4 Nf6 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Kh2 Rcd8 25. f5 Qxf5 26.
Rf1 Qe4 27. Rf4 Qh7 28. Qf2 Bd5 29. Bxd5 Nxd5 30. Rxf7 Nf6 31. Rxf8+ Rxf8 32.
Qe2 Qf5 33. Kg2 Nd5 34. Rd3 Rc8 35. Rf3 Rc2 36. Rxf5 Rxe2+ 37. Rf2 Ne3+ 38. Kf3
Nd1 39. Kxe2 Nxb2 40. Nc6 {0-1 Ponomariov,R-Rublevsky,S/Moscow 2007/EXT 2008})
14... exd5 15. Bxd5 Bc6 16. Bxc6 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Nxc6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd5 Rfd8
20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. g3 Rxd2 22. Nxd2 Ne5 23. Kg2 Kg7 24. Nf3 Rc4 {1/2-1/2
Nielsen,P-Svidler,P/Monte Carlo 2006/CBM 111 ext}) (10. Be3 O-O 11. Ne5 Nb4 12.
a5 Bd7 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nbxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Bc8 17. Rfd1 Qxd5 18.
Rxd5 Be6 19. Rb5 Bf6 20. Nf3 b6 21. axb6 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Kramnik,V/Brissago
2004/CBM 103}) 10... O-O 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Bg5 (12. Ne5 Bd7 13. Bg5 Bc6 14. a5
Bd5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ra4 Nc6 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. a6 Bxe5 19. dxe5 d4 20. axb7
Rb8 21. Rc4 Qb6 22. Qe4 dxc3 23. Rxc6 Qxb2 24. Rc7 c2 25. Re1 Qb6 26. Rxc2 Qxb7
27. f4 Qxe4 28. Rxe4 a5 29. Rc5 Rfc8 30. Rxa5 Rb2 31. Rc4 Rd8 32. h3 g6 33. e6
Rdd2 34. exf7+ Kxf7 35. Rg5 Rdc2 36. Rxc2 Rxc2 37. Kh2 Kf6 38. Ra5 h5 39. Kg3
Rb2 40. Ra3 Rc2 41. Kf3 Rb2 42. Ra6+ Kf7 43. Ra3 Kf6 44. Rd3 Ra2 45. Rd6+ Kg7
46. Re6 Ra3+ 47. Re3 Ra2 48. Kg3 Kf6 49. Rb3 Rc2 50. Rb6+ Kf5 51. Rb5+ Kf6 52.
Rg5 Rc4 53. h4 Rc3+ 54. Kh2 Rc4 55. g3 Rc2+ 56. Kh3 Rf2 57. Ra5 Kg7 58. Rb5 {
1/2-1/2 Berkes,F-Horvath,C/Budapest 2004/CBM 103}) 12... h6 $146 {Maybe an
important novelty, as it is hard to find any advantage for White.} (12... Bd7
13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nbxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 h6 18. Rad1
hxg5 19. Rxd7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Svidler,P/Monte Carlo 2006/CBM 111 ext 
(46)}) (12... Re8 13. Ne5 Bd7 (13... Nfd5 14. Be3 b6 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bb5 Rf8
17. Rac1 Bb7 18. Bc6 Bxc6 19. Nxc6 Qd7 20. Rc4 Bd6 21. Rdc1 Qb7 22. Bd2 h6 23.
Qg4 Kh8 24. Qh4 Kh7 25. Qe4+ Kh8 26. Qh4 Kh7 27. Qe4+ Kg8 28. Qg4 Kh7 {1/2-1/2
Nielsen,P-Drozdovskij,Y/Mainz 2007/CBM 119 ext}) 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxd7 Qxd7
16. Bb5 Nc6 17. d5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Qd6 19. Nxf6+ {1/2-1/2 Nielsen,P-Tkachiev,V/
Lugo 2007/CBM 119}) 13. Bxf6 (13. Bh4 Bd7 14. d5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nbxd5 16. Bxd5
Nxd5 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Ne5 Nc6 $1 19. Nxd7 Re8 20. Qb5 Qc7 $11) 13... Bxf6 14.
Ne5 (14. d5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bd7) 14... Qc7 15. Ng4 $5 (15. Qe4 Rb8
(15... Bd7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. d5 $14) (15... Rd8 16. Rac1 Bd7 17. Nb5 Qb8 $11)
16. Rac1 b6 $11) 15... Be7 16. Ne3 (16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bg5 $1 (
18... Bxg4 19. Qxg4 $14) 19. Ra3 $5 Bd7 $11) 16... Bg5 17. Bb3 Bd7 (17... b6
18. d5 $14) (17... Rd8 18. d5 Qe5 $13) 18. d5 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 exd5 20. Nxd5 (20.
Qe7 $5 {This amazing move was overlooked both by my opponent and by me, but it
offers at least a pleasant game for White.} Nc6 21. Nxd5 Nxe7 22. Nxc7 Rad8 23.
Nb5 Nc8 24. h3 Bxb5 25. axb5 $14) 20... Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Bc6 22. Rac1 Rfe8 23. Qc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1975.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1975.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 6. e4 Bg4 7. e5 $6 Nd7 8.
Bxc4 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. h3 Bh5 11. a5 $6 (11. Ne4) 11... Nb4 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Bf4
Nd5 14. Bh2 Bb4 15. a6 b5 $15 16. Bd3 Be7 17. Nc3 N7b6 18. Be4 Rc8 19. Qb1 Nxc3
20. bxc3 Bg6 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Nd2 (22. Bf4 $1) 22... b4 23. cxb4 Qxd4 24. Ne4
Qxb4 25. Nd6 Qxb1 26. Raxb1 Bxd6 27. exd6 Rfd8 28. Rfd1 Rd7 29. Be5 c5 30. Bc3
Rc6 $6 (30... Nd5 31. Rb7) 31. Ba5 Nd5 32. Rb8+ Kh7 33. Rb7 Rdxd6 (33... Rcxd6
$6 34. Rdb1) 34. Rxf7 Rxa6 35. Bc7 Nxc7 36. Rxd6 Rxd6 37. Rxc7 a5 38. Rxc5 Ra6
39. Rc3 a4 40. Ra3 g5 41. Kf1 Kg6 42. Ke2 Kf5 43. Kd3 e5 44. Kc2 e4 45. f3 Rc6+
46. Kd2 Rd6+ 47. Ke2 Ra6 (47... Rd4) 48. Ke3 exf3 49. Kxf3 Ra5 50. g4+ Ke5 51.
Ke3 g6 52. Ke2 Ke4 53. Ke1 Ra7 54. Ke2 Kd4 55. Kd2 Ra5 56. Kd1 Ra8 57. Kd2 Ra5
58. Kd1 Kc5 59. Kc2 Kc4 60. Kc1 Rc5 61. Kb2 Kb4 62. Re3 Rc4 63. Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nanjing FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2009.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Black "Shen, Yang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2009.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. g3 c5 {Shen Yang has
played this before so Dzagnidze should have been reasonably prepared} 7. Bg2
Nc6 8. dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. Be3 (10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 Bb4 12. Bd2 Bxd2
13. Nxd2 Na5 14. Ne3 c3 15. bxc3 Bd7 16. Nec4 Nxc4 17. Nxc4 Rab8 18. Rfb1 Rfc8
19. Nd6 Rxc3 20. Nxb7 g5 21. a5 Rc2 22. Re1 Bc6 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 {0-1
Mchedlishvili,M (2631)-Tkachiev,V (2661)/Ajaccio FRA 2007 (33)}) 10... Bb4+ 11.
Bd2 Nd5 $11 12. Bxb4 Ndxb4 13. O-O Na5 14. Ne3 Bd7 15. Nd2 Rc8 {black is
slightly better. White will have to work to get the pawn back and in the
meantime black will improve their position} 16. Rfc1 Ke7 17. Nexc4 Nxc4 18.
Nxc4 (18. Rxc4 Rxc4 19. Nxc4 Rc8 20. b3 Rc7 $15) 18... b6 $6 (18... Rc7) 19. a5
b5 20. Na3 $6 (20. Ne3) (20. Ne5 {were both better}) 20... a6 21. Rc3 (21. Bb7
Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Rb8 23. Bf3 Rc8 $15) 21... Bc6 22. Rb3 Nd5 23. Bxd5 $2 $17 (23.
Nc2) 23... Bxd5 24. Rb4 f5 (24... Rhd8) 25. f3 e5 {Rybka was getting itchy
here and suggests} 26. Kf2 (26. Nxb5 axb5 (26... Rb8 $4 27. Nc7 $16) 27. Rxb5
Ke6 28. a6 Rb8 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. a7 $15 Ra8 31. b4) 26... Rc5 27. Rd1 Ke6 28.
Nb1 Rhc8 29. Nc3 Bb7 $15 {black is better but somehow I feel that white should
hold this} 30. f4 Rc4 31. Rxc4 Rxc4 32. fxe5 b4 33. Na4 $6 (33. Na2 $1 $11 Bd5
34. Nc1 Rc2 35. Nd3 Bc4 36. b3 $11) 33... Bc6 $17 34. Nb6 Rc2 35. Ke3 Kxe5 (
35... g5 $1 $17) 36. Rd4 $2 {basic mistake} (36. Rd2 $15) 36... Rxe2+ 37. Kd3
Rd2+ 38. Kxd2 Kxd4 $19 39. Nc8 Bb5 40. Nd6 Bd7 41. Nf7 h6 42. Nd8 Kc4 $1 43.
Kc2 b3+ (43... Kb5 $1 $19 44. Kb3 Kxa5) 44. Kd2 Kd4 45. Ke2 Bb5+ (45... Ke4 46.
Nb7 Kd5 {gives black a tempo to close in the knight}) 46. Kd2 g5 47. Nf7 Bd7 $1
{excellent play} 48. Nxh6 Be6 49. h3 Ke5 {the rest is easy now} 50. Kd3 Kf6 51.
Kd4 Kg6 52. Nxf5 Kxf5 53. h4 gxh4 54. gxh4 Kg4 55. Kc5 Kxh4 56. Kb6 Bc4 57. Kc5
Be2 0-1

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 {A variation that is
supposed to be bad for Black. This game does not change that evaluation.} 6.
Ne5 Bh5 7. f3 Nfd7 8. Nxc4 e5 9. g3 Bb4 10. dxe5 O-O 11. Bh3 Qe7 12. f4 f6 13.
e6 Nc5 14. f5 Nba6 15. O-O Rfd8 16. Qc2 Rd4 17. Rf4 Rad8 18. Be3 Rxf4 19. Bxf4
Bxc3 20. bxc3 Nxe6 21. fxe6 Qc5+ 22. Ne3 g5 23. Kf2 $1 gxf4 24. gxf4 Nc7 25.
Rg1+ Kh8 26. c4 (26. Qe4 $1) 26... Rd4 27. Qf5 $1 Qxf5 28. Nxf5 Rxc4 $2 (28...
Rxf4+ 29. Ke3 Nxe6 30. Ng7 $16) 29. Nh6 $4 (29. Ne7 h6 (29... Bg6 30. f5 $18)
30. Rg8+ Kh7 31. Bf5+) 29... Rxf4+ 30. Ke1 Bg6 31. Nf7+ Kg7 32. Nd6 Rxa4 33.
Kf2 {Even though the position looks dangerous because of the passed pawn on
the e-file, Black can esaily deal with it and keep his extra material.} (33.
Kf2 Rf4+ $1 {An important check as the king is worse no matter where it goes.}
34. Kg2 (34. Kg3 Rb4 35. e7 f5 $1 {preparing Kf6.} 36. Bxf5 Bxf5 37. Nxf5+ Kf6
$19) (34. Ke3 Nd5+ 35. Kd2 Kf8 $19) (34. Ke1 Rb4 35. e7 Rb1+ 36. Kf2 Rxg1 37.
Kxg1 a5 $19 {the e-pawn is of no importance as even winning a piece leaves
White in a lost position.} 38. Bd7 a4 39. e8=Q Bxe8 40. Bxe8 a3 $19) 34... Rb4
{Protecting the b-pawn with tempo if the king goes back to f2.} 35. e7 Nd5 36.
e8=Q Bxe8 37. Nxe8+ Kf8 38. Nd6 Nf4+ $19 39. Kg3 Nxe2+) 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-chT 51st"]
[Site "Lubniewice"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chekhov, Valery A"]
[Black "Sapis, Witalis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.09.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zabrze Gornik"]
[BlackTeam "Legnica Miedz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. g3 (7. f3 $5)
7... e6 8. Bg2 Bb4 9. O-O Nd5 10. Na2 (10. Qc2 Be7 11. Nxc4 O-O 12. e4 Nb4 13.
Qd2 N8a6 14. b3 Qc7 15. Bb2 Rad8 16. Rab1 Nc5 17. Ba1 Bg6 18. Rfd1 Bf6 19. Ne2
a5 20. Qf4 $1 $16 {Van Wely,L-Danielsen,H/Akureyri/1994/1|0/25/}) (10. Nxc4 $6
Na6 (10... Bxc3 $5 11. bxc3 Nxc3 $17) 11. Qb3 Nb6 12. Nxb6 Qxb6 13. Qc4 Rd8 14.
Be3 Qa5 15. Na2 O-O 16. Nxb4 Qxb4 17. Qc2 $14 {Kanstler,B-Imanaliev,T/Bishkek/
1993/0|1/38/}) (10. Bd2 $5 O-O 11. g4 Bg6 (11... f6 $5) 12. e4 Nb6 13. a5 Nc8
14. Qa4 Na6 15. Be3 Nd6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. e5 Nc8 18. Rfc1 $16) 10... Be7 11.
Nxc4 a5 12. Qd2 $6 {/N/} (12. h3 $5 Nb6 13. Qb3 N8d7 14. Nc3 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Qb6
16. b3 Rd8 17. e4 Qb4 18. g4 Bg6 19. f4 f6 20. Ba3 Qxc4 21. bxc4 Bxa3 22. Rxa3
$14 {Majorovas,V-Valiunas/Klaipeda/1981/1|0/38/}) 12... O-O 13. e4 Nb4 14. Nc3
Nd7 15. f4 f6 16. b3 Qc7 $6 (16... Nb6 $1 17. Bb2 Bf7 18. Rad1 (18. e5 $5 N6d5
19. Ne4) 18... e5 $15) 17. Bh3 $1 Bf7 18. Qe2 Nb6 19. Be3 $14 Nxc4 20. bxc4 e5
$8 21. fxe5 fxe5 22. d5 Na6 (22... cxd5 $5 23. Nxd5 (23. exd5 $5 $14) 23...
Bxd5 24. cxd5 Qc2 $132) 23. Rf3 Bg6 (23... Nc5 $5 24. Raf1 Bg6 25. Bf5 $14) 24.
Be6+ Kh8 25. Raf1 h6 $6 (25... Rxf3 $5 26. Qxf3 Nc5 27. Bf5 Rf8 28. Qg4 Bxf5
29. exf5 $36) 26. Bf5 Bh7 (26... Bxf5 27. exf5 $16) 27. Bxh7 $6 (27. R3f2 $5
Nc5 28. Qh5 $40) 27... Kxh7 28. Rf7 Rxf7 29. Rxf7 Rf8 30. Qh5 Rxf7 (30... Qd8
$4 31. Qxh6+ $18) 31. Qxf7 Bc5 $1 32. Qf5+ g6 33. Qf2 Bxe3 34. Qxe3 cxd5 35.
exd5 Qc5 $1 $10 36. Kf2 Kg7 37. Kf3 Qxe3+ 38. Kxe3 Nc5 39. h4 h5 40. Kf3 b6 41.
Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-chT"]
[Site "Tivat"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. f3 Nfd7 8.
Nxc4 e5 9. Ne4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qe7 11. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 exd4 14.
Ned6+ Ke7 15. Nf5+ (15. Nxb7 Na6 $1 (15... c5 $6 16. g4 Bg6 17. Bg2 $16) 16. e3
(16. Ra3 Ndc5 17. Nba5 Rac8 18. e3 Rhd8 19. exd4 Rxd4+ 20. Kc3 Rf4 $132 {
Spassov,L-Kolev,A/Albena/1986/0,5/56/}) 16... Ndc5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Na5 dxe3+
19. Kxe3 Rhe8 20. Bc4 Rad8 $10 {Adorjan,A-Flear,G/Szirak/1986/0|1/38/}) 15...
Kf6 16. Nxd4 Rd8 17. e4 (17. Kc3 $5 Nb6 18. e4 Na6 19. e5+ Ke7 20. Nxb6 axb6
21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22. Nf5+ Kf8 23. Rhd1 $14 {Yuferov,S-Nedochetov,M/Minsk/1994/1|0/
29/}) 17... Nc5 18. Ke3 Rxd4 19. Kxd4 Nb3+ 20. Kc3 Nxa1 21. Be2 Ke7 (21... Nd7
22. Rxa1 Nc5 23. e5+ Ke7 24. g4 Bg6 25. f4 Be4 26. b4 Ne6 27. Rf1 c5 28. Nd6
cxb4+ 29. Kxb4 $14 {Polugaevsky,L-Huebner,R/Tilburg/1985/0,5/31/}) 22. Rxa1 Nd7
23. Rd1 $5 {N/} (23. b4 $5 f6 24. Rd1 Nb6 25. Na5 Nxa4+ 26. Kb3 Nb6 27. Nxb7
Bf7+ 28. Kc3 Rb8 29. Ba6 $14 {Kramnik,V-Damljanovic,B/Moscow/1994/1|0/39/})
23... Nc5 24. Kb4 (24. a5 $5 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Kxd8 26. b4 Ne6 27. Kd2 Kc7 28. Ke3
f6 29. g4 Bf7 30. f4 b6 31. h4 $14) 24... Ne6 25. Nd6 c5+ $1 (25... b6 26. Nf5+
Kf8 27. Rd7 $14) 26. Kc4 Nd4 27. Nf5+ Nxf5 28. exf5 f6 29. Kxc5 Rc8+ 30. Kb4
Rc2 31. Re1 Rxb2+ 32. Kc3 Rb6 33. Bb5+ (33. a5 $5 Rc6+ (33... Rd6 $2 34. Ba6+
Kf8 35. Bxb7 $16) 34. Kb4 Kf8 35. Bc4 (35. Bb5 Rc2 $15) 35... Bf7 $10) 33...
Kf8 34. Rd1 a6 35. Rd8+ Ke7 36. Rd7+ Kf8 (36... Kf8 37. Bc4 (37. Rd8+ $10)
37... Be8 38. a5 Bxd7 39. axb6 Bc6 (39... Bxf5 40. Bxa6 Bc8 41. Bd3 h6 42. Kd4
Ke7 43. Kc5 $14) 40. Kd4 Ke7 41. Kc5 a5 42. Bb5 Bxb5 43. Kxb5 Kd6 44. Kxa5 Kc5
$19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-chT 51st"]
[Site "Lubniewice"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Sapis, Witalis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1995.09.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gorzow Welkopolski"]
[BlackTeam "Legnica Miedz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. f3 $1 Nfd7 8.
Nxc4 e5 9. Be3 Bb4 (9... exd4 10. Qxd4 Qf6 11. O-O-O Bg6 12. Qxf6 Nxf6 13. Bf4
Nbd7 14. e4 O-O-O 15. g3 Nc5 16. Bh3+ Ne6 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 18. Rd1+ Kc8 19. Be3
$16 {Granda Zuniga,J-Gonzalez,L/Ganary/1989/1|0/24/}) (9... Bg6 10. h4 Be7 11.
h5 Bf5 12. dxe5 O-O 13. h6 Na6 14. hxg7 Re8 15. g4 Bg6 16. f4 Nb4 17. Rc1 Nd5
18. Bg2 Nxe3 19. Nxe3 Bh4+ 20. Kf1 Bg3 21. f5 Qb6 22. Qd2 $18 {Sokolov,
I-Hellsten,J/Malme/1995/1|0/24/}) 10. g4 (10. Qb3 $5 Na6 (10... Qe7 11. O-O-O
Bg6 12. dxe5 O-O 13. h4 Nc5 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. e4 h5 16. Nd6 Nd7 17. Nxf7 $1 $18
{Tsiolakidis,T-Nachev,E/Primorsko/1989/1|0/22/}) 11. dxe5 O-O 12. g3 Qe7 13. f4
Ndc5 14. Qc2 Bg4 15. Bg2 Qe6 16. Nd2 f6 17. Nce4 Nb3 18. Rd1 Bf5 19. O-O Nxd2
20. Bxd2 fxe5 21. Bxb4 Nxb4 22. Qc5 Na6 23. Qxe5 $16 {Kratochwil,L-Markwald,J/
GER/1991/1|0/57/}) 10... Bg6 11. dxe5 O-O $5 {/N/} (11... Qe7 12. f4 Qh4+ 13.
Bf2 Qxg4 14. Qb3 Na6 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. Qxb7 Nb4 17. Qxa8+ Bb8 18. Bc5 Qxf4 19.
Bh3 f5 20. Rf1 Nc2+ 21. Kd1 Ne3+ 22. Bxe3 Qxe3 23. Bxf5 $18 {Granda Zuniga,
J-Nikolic,P/Biel/1993/1|0/31/}) 12. h4 h6 13. h5 (13. Qb3 Na6 14. Bg2 Qe7 15.
f4 Ndc5 16. Qa2 Be4 $146) 13... Bh7 14. g5 $1 hxg5 15. h6 g6 (15... Qe7 16.
hxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd4 Bc5 18. Qg4 $40) (15... gxh6 16. Rxh6 Qe7 17. Qd2 $16) 16.
Rg1 (16. Qd2 $5 Nc5 (16... Qc7 $5) 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Bxg5 Re8 19. Kf2 Nbd7 20.
Bf4 $16) 16... Qe7 (16... Qc7 17. Rxg5 b5 18. Nd6 $6 (18. e6 $1 fxe6 19. axb5
$6 (19. Qd4 e5 (19... Nf6 20. Ne5 c5 21. Qd3 c4 22. Qc2 $40) 20. Nxe5 Bc5 21.
Qe4 Bxe3 22. Rxg6+ Kh8 23. Rg8+ $3 $18) 19... cxb5 20. Qd4 Nf6 21. Rxb5 Nc6 $13
) 18... Nxe5 19. Nde4 Nbd7 20. f4 Nc4 21. Qxd7 Qxd7 22. Nf6+ Kh8 23. Nxd7 Nxe3
24. Nxf8 Nc2+ 25. Kf2 Nxa1 26. Nxh7 Kxh7 27. axb5 f6 (27... cxb5 28. Rxb5 $16)
28. Rg1 Bc5+ (28... cxb5 29. Bg2 $18) 29. e3 Nc2 30. Nd1 cxb5 $132) 17. Rxg5
Rd8 18. Qc2 b5 $6 (18... Qe6 $5 19. Qe4 Na6 $44 20. Qh4 b5) 19. axb5 cxb5 20.
Qe4 bxc4 21. Qxa8 Nxe5 22. Qxa7 $18 Nbd7 23. Qd4 f6 (23... Bc5 $2 24. Rxe5 $1
$18) 24. Rg3 Nc5 (24... Bc5 25. Qd5+ Kh8 26. Bxc5 Nxc5 27. Ra8 Ned3+ 28. Kd1 $1
$18) 25. Ra8 $1 Rxa8 26. Qd5+ Ne6 27. Qxa8+ Nf8 28. Kf2 Bd6 29. Ne4 Bb4 30. Bd4
Kh8 31. f4 Ned7 32. Re3 Qf7 33. Ng5 Qg8 34. Re8 1-0

[Event "SWE-FIN"]
[Site "Nykoping"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Valkesalmi, Kimmo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 6. e4 Bg4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. Be3
Bb4 9. Qd3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nc7 11. Rg1 g6 {11... 0-0!?, 11... Nh5 12.0-0-0!?} 12.
O-O-O {12.f4!? /\ f5} Rc8 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Bg5 Be7 15. f4 b5 16. axb5 Nxb5 17.
Nxb5 cxb5 18. Bb3 (18. Bxb5 Qa5 19. d5 Rfd8 $13) 18... Kh8 (18... a5 19. f5 a4
20. fxg6 axb3 (20... hxg6 $2 21. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 22. e5 Nh7 23. Qxg6+ Kh8 24. Bh6
$1 $18) 21. gxh7+ Kh8 22. Bh6 Nh5 23. Qxb3 Qa5 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Qh3 Ra8 26.
Rg8+ $1 $18) 19. Bh6 Rg8 20. f5 gxf5 21. exf5 Qd6 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Qh3 Rxg1 (
23... Nd5 24. Bc2 Nf6 25. Bg5 $16) 24. Rxg1 Rg8 25. Rxg8+ Nxg8 26. Be3 Nf6 27.
Qxe6 Qxe6 28. Bxe6 Bd6 29. h3 Kg7 30. Kc2 Nh5 31. Bd7 Nf4 (31... a6 {31... b4
32.Kb3} 32. Bc8 a5 33. Bd7 b4 34. Kb3 Nf4 35. Ka4 $18) 32. Bxf4 Bxf4 33. Bxb5
Kf6 34. Kd3 Bc1 35. b3 Bb2 (35... Kf5 $2 36. Kc2 Bf4 37. Bd3+ $18) 36. Ke4 h6
37. Bd7 Ke7 38. Bg4 Kd6 39. f4 Bc1 40. Bf3 Bd2 41. Kf5 Be3 42. Ke4 Bd2 43. Be2
Be1 44. Bc4 Bd2 45. Bg8 Be1 46. Kf5 Bd2 47. Kg4 Be3 48. d5 Bd2 49. Be6 Ke7 50.
f5 Kf6 51. d6 1-0

[Event "YUG-ch36 Final"]
[Site "Borovo"]
[Date "1981.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Black "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1981.02.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 6. e4 Bg4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. Be3
Bb4 9. Qd3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Qa5 11. Ke2 Be7 12. Rhg1 g6 13. Rg5 Qb4 14. b3 Nd7 15.
Rgg1 Rd8 16. Qc2 Qa5 17. Na2 Qc7 18. Bxa6 bxa6 19. Rac1 Nb8 20. Qc3 O-O 21. Bh6
Bf6 22. e5 Bg7 23. Be3 Rc8 24. Nb4 a5 25. Nd3 Na6 26. Rc2 Qd8 27. Rgc1 Re8 28.
Qc4 Qb6 29. f4 Bf8 {[#]} 30. f5 Qb7 (30... gxf5 31. Rg1+ Kh8 32. d5 exd5 33.
Qh4 c5 $1 $15 34. Qg3 $2 Qg6 $17 (34... Bh6 $17)) 31. fxe6 fxe6 32. h4 Nb4 33.
Nxb4 Bxb4 34. h5 Qf7 35. Qd3 Rf8 36. Qe4 Be7 37. hxg6 Qxg6 38. Qxg6+ hxg6 39.
Rxc6 Rxc6 40. Rxc6 Rb8 41. Rxe6 Kf7 42. Ra6 Rxb3 43. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1994.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hertneck,G} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7.
f3 Nfd7 8. Nxc4 e5 9. g3 f6 $5 $146 (9... Bb4 10. dxe5 O-O 11. Bh3 $1 $16 {
Rogers} (11. Qd4 {Hertneck,G} Na6 12. Bf4 Ndc5 13. Qxd8 Raxd8 $44 {Kuzmin,
G-Taimanov,M/Leningrad/1973})) (9... Qe7 10. Bh3 $1 Bg6 {Khalifman-Rogers/Biel
izt/1993} 11. dxe5 (11. O-O {Hertneck,G} exd4 12. Qxd4 Nc5 $13 {Khalifman,
A-Rogers,I/Biel izt/1993}) 11... Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Bf4 Qe7 14. Qb3 Na6 15.
Rd1 Nc5 16. Qc4 $14 {Rogers}) 10. dxe5 Nxe5 (10... fxe5 {Hertneck,G} 11. Ne4 (
11. Nd6+) 11... Bb4+ 12. Kf2 $5 (12. Bd2 Qe7 $13)) 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Nxe5 fxe5
13. Bg5+ {+/- Rogers} Kc7 (13... Be7 $6 14. O-O-O+ Nd7 15. h4 $16 {/\Bh3}) 14.
O-O-O Nd7 15. Bh3 Be8 (15... Nc5 $2 16. b4 Nb3+ 17. Kb2 Nd4 18. e3 Bxf3 (18...
h6 {Hertneck,G} 19. exd4 hxg5 20. dxe5 Bxf3 21. Rd7+ Kc8 22. Rf7+ g4 23. Rf1 $1
Bxb4 24. R1xf3 gxh3 25. Rxg7 $18) 19. exd4 exd4 $2 (19... Bxh1 20. dxe5 $16)
20. Rxd4 Bxh1 21. Rd7+ Kb6 22. a5+ Ka6 23. Bf1+ b5 24. axb6+ Kxb6 25. Na4#) (
15... Nf6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rd7+ Kb6 18. Rhd1 $5 $14) 16. Be3 $1 $14 {/\f4} (
16. f4 h6 17. Bh4 Nc5 {/\g5} 18. f5 a5 $13) 16... Nc5 (16... Nb6 17. Be6 Bb4 (
17... a5 $6 18. f4 $16) 18. Bb3 $1 Bg6 19. f4 Bd6 20. Be6 exf4 21. Bxf4 Bxf4+
22. gxf4 $16 {/\a5,/\f5}) (16... Bc5 17. Rd3 $1 (17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. b4 Bd7 $1
19. bxc5 Bxh3 $10) 17... Bxe3+ 18. Rxe3 $16) 17. f4 (17. b4 $6 Na6 18. b5 Nc5
$13) 17... Bd7 (17... Nb3+ $6 18. Kc2 Na5 19. Be6 $16) 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. f5 (
19. Ne4 $1 {>=} Re8 (19... exf4 $2 20. Bxf4+ Kc8 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. Rxd6 $16) (
19... Be7 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. Bd4 $1 Bf6 22. Nxf6 gxf6 23. Rhf1 $16) 20. f5 $14)
19... Be7 (19... Nf6 $5 20. Bg5 h6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Ne4 Be7 $14) 20. g4 h6 $5
(20... Nf6 $5 21. Bg5 (21. h3 h6 $14 {/\Bb4}) 21... h6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 $5 23. Ne4
Be7 $14) 21. Ne4 $14 Nf6 $6 (21... Nb6 $1 22. Nc5 (22. Bxb6+ axb6 23. b3 b5 $1
24. axb5 Ra2 $132) (22. Bc5 Rhe8 23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. Nc5 Nd5 $14) 22... Bxc5 23.
Bxc5 Rad8 $14) 22. Nxf6 $16 Bxf6 (22... gxf6 23. h4 Rag8 24. Rhg1 Rg7 25. Rg3
$16 {><h6}) 23. h4 Be7 24. Bf2 (24. Kc2 $5 Raf8 {/\h5} 25. Rdf1 Rd8 26. g5 hxg5
27. hxg5 Rdf8 $132) 24... Rad8 25. Bg3 Bf6 26. Kc2 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Rg8 $2 (27...
Re8 {>=} 28. Rg1 b6 29. Be1 $16) 28. g5 $1 hxg5 29. hxg5 Bxg5 30. Bxe5+ Kc8 31.
Rg1 Re8 32. Bxg7 Rxe2+ 33. Kd3 Rd2+ 34. Kc3 $2 {(+)} (34. Ke4 $1 Bd8 (34...
Re2+ $2 35. Kf3 Re3+ 36. Kf2 Bf4 37. Rg4 Re4 38. Kf3 $18) (34... Be7 35. Bc3
Rf2 36. Bd4 Rd2 37. Ke3 $18) 35. Bc3 Rh2 36. Rg8 $18) 34... Be3 35. Rg3 Bf4 $2
(35... Rd7 $1 36. Be5 (36. Rxe3 Rxg7 37. f6 $2 Rf7 38. Rf3 Kd7 $10) 36... Bd2+
$1 (36... Bc5 $2 37. Rg8+ Rd8 38. Rxd8+ Kxd8 39. Bd4 $18) 37. Kc2 Bb4 $14) 36.
Rf3 Rg2 (36... Bg5 $2 37. f6 $18) 37. Rxf4 Rxg7 38. f6 Rg8 $1 (38... Rf7 39.
Kd4 Kd7 40. Ke5 $18) 39. Kd4 Kd7 40. Ke5 Re8+ 41. Kf5 $18 Re2 42. b4 $2 (42.
Rd4+ Ke8 43. Re4+ Rxe4 44. Kxe4 Kf7 45. Ke5 a5 (45... c5 46. Kd6 Kxf6 47. Kc7
$18) 46. Kd6 Kxf6 47. Kc7 b5 48. axb5 $1 cxb5 49. Kb6 $18) 42... Ke8 $6 (42...
b6 $1 43. Kg6 Ke8 44. Rc4 Rg2+ 45. Kf5 Rf2+ 46. Ke6 Re2+ 47. Kd6 c5 48. bxc5
bxc5 49. Rxc5 Kf7 $10) 43. Rh4 Rf2+ 44. Ke6 Re2+ 45. Kd6 a5 $1 46. bxa5 Kf7 $2
(46... Rb2 $1 $8 47. Rf4 (47. Rh7 Rb1 48. a6 bxa6 49. a5 Rf1 $10) 47... Kf7 48.
Kc7 Rb1 (48... c5 $2 49. Rc4 Kxf6 50. Rxc5 Ke6 51. Rb5 $18) 49. Kb8 Rb2 50. Ka7
Rb1 51. a6 bxa6 52. Kxa6 c5 53. a5 Rb2 $5 54. Rc4 (54. Ka7 Rb4 55. Rf5 c4 56.
Rf4 Rb5 57. a6 c3 58. Rc4 Rb3 $10) 54... Kxf6 55. Rxc5 Ke6 56. Rb5 Rc2 57. Kb7
Kd7 58. a6 Rc7+ $10) 47. Rh7+ Kxf6 48. Rxb7 $18 Re4 49. Kxc6 (49. a6 Rxa4 50.
Rb6 $18) 49... Rxa4 50. Rb5 (50. Rb5 Ke6 51. Kb7 Kd7 52. a6 Rc4 53. a7 Rc7+ 54.
Ka6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 3rd"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2010.10.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
$5 {This move has been played only three times!} (8. exd4 {is main, of course.}
) 8... Qxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. e4 Bc5 (10... Bb4 {was another possibility (though .
..Bc5 seems more logical) and}) (10... Bd7 $146 {is given by the engine at
huge depth.}) 11. Nb3 Bb4 12. f3 Nc6 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Kf2 Rc8 15. Be2 Na5 16.
Nxa5 Bxa5 17. g4 $14 Bc6 {Here I like two other ideas for White.} 18. Rhd1 (18.
Na2 $1 {followed by b4, b5, with some undiscussable advantage, as} Bxa4 $2 {
loses to} 19. Nc1 $18 {and}) (18. g5 $5 Nd7 19. Nb5 axb5 20. axb5 Bxe4 21. Rxa5
Bd5 22. Ra3 $14) 18... Bc7 $1 19. h4 Be5 20. Rac1 O-O 21. b3 Rfd8 22. Rxd8+
Rxd8 23. Nb1 (23. Na2 $5) 23... Be8 24. Rc2 Nd7 25. Nd2 Bd6 26. f4 e5 27. f5
Kf8 28. g5 f6 29. h5 fxg5 30. Bxg5 Be7 31. Bxe7+ Kxe7 32. Ke3 h6 33. Rc7 Rb8 {
Strangely, it is not easy at all to break Black's defense.} 34. a5 Kd8 35. Rc1
Ke7 36. Rg1 (36. b4 Nf6 {is not so easy either.}) 36... Kf8 37. Nc4 Bf7 38. b4
Rc8 39. Nd6 Rc7 40. Nxf7 (40. Rb1 $5 {could just win one tempo, thought I
didn't manage to refute clearly 40...Bg8. I believe there must be a win for
White in the next lines, which I couldn't find shortly enough:} Bg8 41. b5 axb5
42. Rxb5 Nc5 43. Rb6 Bb3 (43... Ke7 $2 44. f6+ $1 gxf6 45. Nf5+ $18) (43... Bf7
44. Nxf7 Kxf7 45. Bc4+ Ke7 46. Bd5 $18) 44. Rb4 $5 (44. Nxb7 $2 Nxb7 $8 45.
Rxb3 Nxa5 46. Rb5 Rc3+ 47. Bd3 Ra3 {is much less precise.}) 44... Ke7 (44...
Bg8 45. Bc4 $18) 45. Nxb7 (45. Nc4 $5 Bxc4 46. Bxc4 Kf6 $8 47. Rb6+ (47. Bd5
Kg5 {maintains some chances.}) 47... Kg5 48. Be2 Kh4 49. Rb1 Nd7 50. Rh1+ Kg5
51. Rg1+ Kf6 52. Bb5 Nf8 53. Kd3 Rc5 54. Rb1 Nh7 {is not easy.}) 45... Nxb7 $8
(45... Rxb7 46. Rxb7+ Nxb7 47. a6 $18) 46. Rxb3 Nxa5 47. Rb5 Rc3+ (47... Nc6
48. Rc5 Kd6 49. Rd5+ Ke7 50. Bb5 $18) 48. Bd3 Nc6 49. Rb7+ Kf8 $8 (49... Kf6
50. Rc7 Rc5 51. Bb1 $1 {followed by Ba2+-.}) 50. Rc7 Rc5 51. Bb1 $1 (51. Kd2
Nd4 52. Rxc5 Nb3+ 53. Kc3 Nxc5 54. Kc4 Nd7 55. Kd5 Ke7 56. Bb5 Nf6+ 57. Kxe5
Nxh5 $11) 51... Rc3+ 52. Kd2 Rb3 53. Rc8+ (53. Bc2 Rb6 54. Bd3 Nb4 55. Bc4 Rc6
56. Rf7+ Ke8 57. Be6 Rc2+ 58. Ke3 Rc3+ 59. Ke2 Rc2+ 60. Kf3 Rc3+ {with the
idea of} 61. Kg4 Nd3 $1 $11) 53... Ke7 54. Rxc6 Rxb1 55. Re6+ Kf7 56. Rxe5 Rb3
{and Black should get a draw.}) 40... Kxf7 41. Rb1 Ke7 42. Rg1 Kf7 43. Rd1 Rc3+
44. Rd3 Rxd3+ 45. Kxd3 Ke7 46. Kc4 Kd6 47. b5 axb5+ 48. Kxb5 Kc7 49. Bf3 Kd6 {
Now, Black holds.} 50. Bd1 Kc7 51. Bc2 Kd6 52. Bb1 Kc7 53. Bc2 Kd6 54. Bb1 Kc7
55. Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 15th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2014.03.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2014.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. f3 Nfd7 8.
Nxc4 e5 9. e4 Qh4+ {Jobava is one of the rare players with a real affinity for
original positions. In his case the courage is married with great knowledge,
but also with a lowered threshold of pain in respect of the opponent's threats.
} (9... exd4 10. Qxd4 Qh4+ 11. g3 Qf6 12. Qxf6 Nxf6 13. Be2 Bc5 14. Bf4 O-O 15.
O-O-O $16 {Bocharov-Fontaine/ACP Christmas Blitz 2006/}) (9... Bb4 10. dxe5 O-O
11. Bf4 $14) (9... f6 10. Be3 Bb4 $14) 10. g3 Qf6 11. dxe5 Qxf3 (11... Nxe5 $2
12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. g4 Bg6 14. f4 Qe7 15. f5 Qh4+ 16. Kd2 Nd7 17. Kc2 (17. fxg6
O-O-O 18. Kc2 hxg6 19. Bf4 Qf6 20. Be3 Ne5 21. Qe2 Bb4 22. g5 Qe7 23. Bxa7 $18
{Shimanov-Ipatov/Kirishi/2009/}) 17... O-O-O 18. Qe2 Ne5 19. Bf4 $18 {
Leitao-Cubas/Santos/2010/}) 12. Nd6+ Ke7 {The move of the king towards the
centre of the board at such an early stage is not an everyday picture.
Standard chess retreats into the background and opens space for fantasy and
original solutions.} (12... Bxd6 13. Qxd6 Qxh1 $4 (13... Na6 $142 14. Rg1 $14)
14. Bg5 f6 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Qe6+ Kf8 18. Qxf6+ Kg8 19. Qd8+ Kf7
20. Qxh8 $18 {Nikolaidis,I-Fontaine/Cannes/2005/}) (12... Kd8 13. Qxf3 Bxf3 14.
Nxf7+ Ke8 15. e6 Nc5 16. Rg1 $5 $14 (16. Bc4 Bxh1 17. Nxh8 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4
19. Bg5 h6 20. Bf4 Bd5 21. Bxd5 cxd5 22. O-O-O Nc6 23. Rxd5 Rd8 24. Rb5 b6 25.
Ng6 Rc8 $11 {˝-˝ (29) Sherbakov-Rublevsky/Elista/1994/})) 13. Qb3 (13. Bf4 h6
14. h4 $6 Na6 (14... g5 $142 $1) 15. Rh2 Qxd1+ 16. Nxd1 Nac5 17. Ne3 Ne6 18.
Be2 Bg6 19. Rd1 Ndc5 $6 20. Bf3 (20. Nef5+ Bxf5 21. exf5 Nxf4 22. gxf4 $18)
20... a5 $2 {Szabo,B-Kersic/Pula/2012/}) (13. Bg5+ f6 14. exf6+ gxf6 15. Bf4
Qxd1+ 16. Nxd1 Ne5 17. Nf5+ Kd8 18. Be2 $14) 13... Nxe5 $2 {At a fairytale
like crossroads with three choices Black had a fair chance of getting it wrong
as two of the roads were rotten. The correct choice was to take the rook on h1
as it directly prompts White to look for compensation.} (13... Qxh1 $1 14. Qxb7
Ke6 15. Qb3+ (15. Bf4 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bxd6 17. Bxd6 Kxd6 18. Qxa8 Qxh2 19. Qxa7
Qxg3+ 20. Qf2 Qxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Nd7 22. b4 $11) 15... Ke7 16. Qb7 Ke6 17. Qb3+ $11
) (13... Nc5 $2 14. Qc4 Nbd7 (14... Qxh1 $2 15. Qxc5 Qxh2 16. Bg5+ Kd7 17. Bh4
Be7 18. Bxe7 Qxg3+ 19. Kd2 Qh2+ 20. Kc1 $18) 15. Rg1 Kd8 16. Bg5+ Kc7 17. Bf4
g5 18. Bxg5 Ne6 19. Be2 $16) 14. Qxb7+ Kf6 (14... Kxd6 $2 15. Rg1 Ke6 16. Be2
Nd3+ 17. Kd2 Qf2 18. Kxd3 Bxe2+ 19. Nxe2 $16) 15. Rg1 Bxd6 16. Be2 {Black is
now forced to part with his strongest piece and search the best compensation
for it. The unusual position is not easy even for White, but in the end
material advantage plays a significant role.} Nbd7 17. Bxf3 Nc5 $2 (17... Bxf3
18. Qb3 Nc5 19. Qc2 Ncd3+ (19... Rhd8 20. Kf1 Ke7 21. Rg2 Bxg2+ 22. Kxg2 $16)
20. Kf1 Bc5 21. Bf4 Rhd8 22. Na2 $16) 18. Nd5+ $1 {[%mdl 1024] Original motifs
in our game are far from over. If anybody worries about chess falling again
under the threat of death by draws he should take a better look at the
achievement of these two fearless warriors.} cxd5 (18... Ke6 19. Nf4+ Kf6 20.
Nxh5+ Kg6 21. Nf4+ Kf6 22. Nd5+ Ke6 23. Bg4+ Nxg4 24. Nf4+ Bxf4 (24... Kf6 25.
Qxc6) 25. Qxc6+ Bd6 26. Qd5+ Ke7 27. Bf4 $18) 19. Qxd5 Nxf3+ 20. Kf1 Be5 (20...
Bg4 21. Qxd6+ Ne6 22. e5+ Nxe5 23. Bg5+ $18) 21. Qxc5 Rac8 22. Qf2 $6 {People
are still very different from computers when it comes to the choice of moves
and the evaluation of positions. The unusual position was complicating the
search for the best line.} (22. Qe3 $1 Bg4 23. Rg2 Rhd8 24. Bd2 Kg6 25. Bc3 $18
) 22... Bd4 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Nxh2+ 25. Kg2 $6 {Dancing away from the
pesky black pieces was anything but easy for the white king. The solution of
Shimanov is very risky, it was much better to keep his king on the first rank.}
(25. Ke1 $142 $1 Nf3+ 26. Kf2 Rc2+ 27. Kf1 Nh2+ 28. Ke1 Kg6 (28... Re2+ 29.
Qxe2 Bxe2 30. Kxe2 Rb8 31. Ra2 $16) 29. g4 (29. Rc1 $5) 29... Bxg4 30. e5 $16)
25... Rc2+ 26. Kh3 Bg4+ 27. Kh4 h5 $1 {Many chessplayers would nearly die from
fear and only a few could keep a cool head.} (27... h6 $2 28. Raf1+ Kg6 29. Qd3
Kh7 30. Rxf7 $16) 28. Qg5+ Ke6 29. Qd5+ Ke7 30. Qb7+ Kf8 $6 {Jobava was
probably content with the pressure he had achieved against the enemy king and
thus found it difficlut to guess which continuation was the most promising.
The second crossroads with three choices has failed him again..} (30... Bd7
$142 $1 31. Kg5 (31. Qb4+ $4 Kf6 32. Rgf1+ Kg6 33. g4 hxg4+ 34. Kg3 Nxf1+ 35.
Rxf1 Rh3+ 36. Kf4 f6 $19) 31... Rh6 32. Ra3 f6+ 33. Kf4 Re2 34. Qb4+ Ke8 35.
Qb8+ $11) (30... Kf6 $142 $1 31. Rgf1+ Kg6 32. Qxf7+ Kh6 33. Rf6+ (33. Qf4+ Kh7
34. Rac1 Nf3+ 35. Rxf3 g5+ 36. Kxg5 Rg8+ 37. Kf6 Rf8+ 38. Kg5 Rxf4 39. Rxf4
Rxc1 40. Rf7+ Kg8 41. Rxa7 $11) 33... gxf6 34. Qxf6+ Kh7 35. Qf7+ $11) 31. Kg5
f6+ $2 (31... Nf3+ $1 32. Kf4 Kg8 33. Ke3 Nxg1 34. Rxg1 Kh7 35. Re1 $14) 32.
Kf4 Re2 33. Qb4+ Kg8 (33... Kf7 34. Qc4+ Ke7 35. Qxe2 Bxe2 36. Rg2 g5+ 37. Ke3
Ng4+ 38. Kxe2 Rb8 39. Kd3 $14) 34. Qc4+ Kh7 35. Qxe2 $1 Bxe2 36. Rg2 {The
small combination has again pushed the game closer to the sort of chess which
the majority of population can understand. White will enjoy a spare exchange
so Black needs to look for counterplay.} g5+ 37. Ke3 Ng4+ (37... Bg4 38. Rxh2
Rb8 39. Rc1 $18) 38. Kxe2 Rb8 39. Kd3 a5 {The slowing down of White's pawns
makes a logical impression. Unfortunately for the defender he was not able to
be consequent because of the time trouble.} (39... Rb4 40. Kc3 Rxe4 (40... a5
41. Re2 Kg6 42. b3 h4 43. gxh4 gxh4 44. Rf1 h3 45. Rf4 Kh5 46. Rf5+ Kh4 47. Rb5
f5 48. Rxb4 axb4+ 49. Kd2 f4 50. a5 f3 51. Re1) 41. b4 Kg6 42. b5 Re3+ 43. Kd4
Re7 44. a5 Ne3 45. Rb2 $16) 40. Kc3 Kg6 (40... Rc8+ $142 $1 41. Kd4 Ne5 $14)
41. b3 $1 Rc8+ 42. Kb2 Re8 43. Re1 Ne5 44. Rd1 Nf3 45. Rd5 {Shimanov very
correctly rushes with the creation of the passed pawn, since the enemy knight
is suffering due to the restrictions of its nature. It can take part in the
attack or the defence, but unlike long range pieces it surely can't do both.}
Rxe4 (45... Ra8 46. b4 axb4 47. Kb3 Ne5 48. a5 Nc6 49. Ra2 Ra6 50. Ka4 $18) 46.
Rxa5 h4 (46... Rg4 47. Rd5 h4 48. a5 h3 (48... Rxg3 49. Rxg3 hxg3 50. a6 g2 51.
Rd1 $18) 49. Re2 h2 50. Rxh2 Nxh2 51. a6 Re4 52. a7 Re8 53. b4 $18) 47. gxh4
Nxh4 48. Rc2 g4 (48... Re7 49. Ra8 Rg7 50. Rh8 Nf3 51. b4 g4 52. a5 Kf5 53. a6
g3 54. Rg2 Ne1 55. Rg1 Nf3 56. Rxg3 Rxg3 57. a7 Rg2+ 58. Kc3 Ra2 59. a8=Q $18)
49. Ra8 Kf5 50. a5 g3 51. Rg8 {The pawn has been stopped and the location of
the knight on h4 is exceedingly modest.} Re5 (51... Rg4 52. Rxg4 Kxg4 53. a6
$18) 52. b4 g2 (52... Re4 53. Rc5+ Kf4 54. a6 Rxb4+ 55. Kc3 Rb1 56. a7 Ra1 57.
a8=Q Rxa8 58. Rxa8 g2 59. Rg8 Kf3 60. Rh5 $18) 53. a6 (53. a6 Re7 54. Rf2+ $18)
1-0

[Event "Candidates (Women) final"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ioseliani, Nana"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 c6 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. g3 e6 8. Bg2
Bb4 9. Nxc4 Nd5 (9... a5 10. O-O Na6 11. Qb3 Qxd4 12. Be3 Qd8 13. Bb6 Qe7 $13)
10. Qb3 Na6 $5 $146 (10... O-O 11. Bd2 $1 $14 (11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Bxe2 13.
Re1 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 $44) (11. e4 $2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qxd4 $3 13. Bd2 Qd3)) (10... a5
11. Bd2 Nb6 12. e3) 11. O-O (11. Bd2 O-O 12. e4 Nb6 13. Be3 c5 $5 $132) 11...
O-O (11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 Bxe2 13. Ba3 $3 (13. Re1 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 O-O 15. Rb1 Rb8
16. Ba3 Re8 $13) (13. Qxb7 $5 O-O $1 (13... Bxc4 14. Qxc6+) 14. Qxa6 Nb6 15.
Re1 Bxc4 16. Qb7 Bd5 17. Ba3 Re8 18. Bc5 Qd7 $13) 13... Bxf1 14. Nd6+ Kd7 15.
Bxf1 $40) 12. e4 Ndc7 (12... Nb6 $6 13. Be3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Be2 15. Nxb6 Qxb6 16.
Qxb6 axb6 17. Rfb1 $1 b5 18. Bf1 $1 $16) (12... Nf6 13. Na2 c5 14. Nxb4 cxb4 (
14... Nxb4 15. dxc5 a5 16. f3 Nd7 17. Be3 $16) 15. Be3 Ng4 16. f3 Nxe3 17. Qxe3
$16) 13. Bf4 $5 Rc8 (13... Qxd4 $2 14. Bxc7 Nxc7 15. Qxb4 $18) (13... Bxc3 14.
bxc3 Be2 15. Rfb1 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Rb8 17. Rb2 Qd7 18. Rab1 b6 $16) 14. Na2 $1 Be7
(14... Qe7 15. Nxb4 Qxb4 16. Qxb4 Nxb4 17. Bd6 $18) (14... c5 15. Nd6 $1 Rb8
16. Nb5 Be2 17. Rfc1 $16) 15. Qxb7 Qxd4 16. Na5 (16. Rfc1 Nc5) 16... Rb8 17.
Qxc6 (17. Nxc6 Rxb7 18. Nxd4 Rxb2 $13) 17... Rxb2 (17... Rfc8 18. Qc3 $1 Qxc3 (
18... Qxa4 19. Nc6 Bf6 20. e5 Nd5 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. exf6 Rxc6 23. Qe5 Bg6 24.
Nc3 $18) 19. bxc3 Rb2 20. Rfb1 $5) 18. Qc1 $1 (18. Bxc7 $6 Be2 $1 (18... Rxa2
19. Rxa2 Nb4 20. Qb5 $18) 19. Nc3 (19. Rfb1 Bb5 20. Rxb2 Bxc6) (19. Qc3 Qxc3
20. Nxc3 Bxf1 21. Bxf1 Nxc7 $17) 19... Bxf1 20. Rxf1 Nxc7 21. Qxc7 Rxf2 $1 22.
Rxf2 Bc5 23. Qf4 Qxc3 $17) 18... Ba3 19. Qc4 (19. Be3 Qxa4 20. Nc4 Rc2 21. Qxa3
Qxc4) (19. Nc3 Ra2 20. Qb1 Rxa1 21. Qxa1 Bb4 22. Nb5 Qxa1 23. Rxa1 Bxa5 $19)
19... Qb6 $6 (19... Bc5 $1 20. Be3 Qxc4 21. Nxc4 Rc2 $13) 20. Qc3 $1 Rxa2 (
20... Bc5 $5 21. Nc4 Bxf2+ 22. Kh1 Bd4 23. Qd3 $5 Rb3 24. Qc2 Qb8 25. Rab1 Rxb1
26. Rxb1 Qd8 27. Na5 Bb6 28. Nc6 $44) 21. Nc4 $1 (21. Rxa2 Bb4) 21... Qb4 22.
Qxb4 Nxb4 23. Rxa2 Nxa2 24. Nxa3 Na6 25. Nb5 Rc8 (25... Nc5 26. Bd6 Rc8 27.
Nxa7 $18) 26. Nxa7 Rc4 27. a5 Rc5 28. Bd2 f6 $6 (28... Be2 $5 $16) 29. Rb1 $6 (
29. f3 {/\ Rb1, Bf1+/-}) 29... Rc2 $1 30. Be3 (30. Bf1 Rxd2 $1 31. Bxa6 Nc3 32.
Ra1 Nxe4 $132) 30... Nc3 31. Ra1 $6 (31. Rb6 $1 Nc5 32. g4 $1 (32. Bxc5 $4 Ne2+
33. Kh1 Rc1+ 34. Bf1 Bf3#) 32... Bxg4 33. f3 $18) 31... Be2 32. Rc1 Rxc1+ 33.
Bxc1 Bd3 34. Be3 Nxe4 35. Bf1 Bxf1 36. Kxf1 Kf7 37. Ke2 Ke8 38. Kd3 Nd6 39. Nc6
Kd7 40. Nd4 e5 41. Nc2 Kc6 42. f4 Kd5 (42... Kb5 43. Bb6 $1) 43. fxe5 fxe5 44.
Bb6 Kc6 45. Kc3 Nc8 $6 46. Bd8 Kc5 (46... Nc5 47. Nb4+ Kb5 48. Nd3) (46... Nd6
47. Nb4+ Nxb4 48. Kxb4 $16) 47. Ne1 Kd5 48. Nd3 Na7 $2 (48... e4 49. Nf4+ (49.
Nb4+ Nxb4 50. Kxb4 e3 51. Kc3 Ke4 $132) 49... Ke5 50. Bb6 Nxb6 51. axb6 Nc5 52.
Kc4 Nb7 $13) 49. Bb6 Nc6 $2 (49... Nb5+ 50. Kb3 e4 51. Nf4+ Ke5 52. Kc4 Na3+
53. Kc3 Nb5+ $13) 50. Kb3 g5 $5 (50... Ke4 51. Kc4 $1 Kf3 52. Kb5 e4 53. Ne1+
Ke2 54. Nc2 $16) 51. Kc3 h5 52. Ne1 h4 $2 (52... e4 $1 $13 53. Nc2 h4 54. Ne3+
Ke5 55. Ng2 hxg3 56. hxg3 Kf5 57. Ne3+ Ke5 58. Kc4) (52... Ke4 53. Kc4 h4 54.
Kb5 $16) 53. gxh4 gxh4 54. Nf3 h3 55. Ng5 Nd4 56. Kd3 Nb4+ 57. Ke3 Nbc2+ 58.
Kd2 Nb4 59. Bxd4 $1 exd4 (59... Kxd4 60. Nxh3 e4 61. Ng5 Na6 62. h4 Ke5 63. h5
Kf5 64. h6 Kg6 65. h7 Kg7 66. Ke3 Nc5 67. Kf4 $1 $18) 60. Nxh3 Ke4 61. Nf2+ Kf5
(61... Kf3 62. h4 Kxf2 (62... Kf4 63. Nd3+ Nxd3 64. Kxd3 $18) 63. h5 $18) 62.
Nd3 Na6 63. Kc2 Ke4 64. h4 Kf5 65. Kb3 Kg4 66. Kc4 Kxh4 67. Kb5 Nb8 68. Kb6 (
68. Kb6 Kg4 69. Kc7 Na6+ 70. Kb7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 3rd"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2010.10.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. Rd1 O-O 11. exd4 Nd5 {The defence with the knight move to
the blockading square is preventing the advance of the d4-pawn.} (11... Nb4 12.
Bg5 Bd7 13. Ne5 Bc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. a5 Nfd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Na4 Nf6 18. Nc5
Rab8 19. a6 Rb6 20. Na4 Rbb8 21. Nc5 Rb6 22. b3 {1/2-1/2 Zhou Jianchao (2650)
-Nguyen Huynh Minh,H (2469)/Olongapo City 2010 (28)}) 12. Bb3 (12. Qe4 Nf6 13.
Qh4 Nb4 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bd2 b6 (15... Bd7 16. Ne5 Bc6 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qxh6 Nh7
19. Bd3 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Bg5 21. Qh5 Qf6 22. Rg3 $18 {1/2-1/2 Kulaots,K (2592)
-Jakovenko,D (2726)/Khanty Mansiysk 2010 (60)}) 16. Ne5 Bb7 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18.
Qxh6 Nh7 19. Bd3 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Bg5 21. Qh5 Qf6 22. Rh3 Qg7 23. Rg3 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A (2756)-Karjakin,S (2725)/Nice 2010 (30)}) 12... Na5 (12...
Ncb4 13. Ne5 Bd7 14. Qg4 (14. Qf3 Bc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. a5 Rb8 17. Bd2 Qc8 18.
Ne4 Qa6 19. Bg5 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Nf6 21. Rdc1 Rfd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Krush,I (2475)
-Hera,I (2544)/Lubbock 2007 (61)}) 14... Nf6 15. Qg3 Bc6 16. Bh6 Ne8 17. Rac1
Kh8 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Bf4 Nd6 20. Be5 Nf5 21. Qh3 Qb6 22. Ne4 $16 {1-0
Kasimdzhanov,R (2702)-Perez Garcia,R (2426)/Lugo 2009 (54)}) 13. Ba2 (13. Bc2
Nb4 14. Bf4 Nxc2 15. Qxc2 Nc6 16. Rac1 $14) 13... Nb4 $2 {[%mdl 4] Both
knights have moved to the edge of the board in the interest of the fight
against the light-squared bishop. Shirov somehow managed to forget, that after
the last move White can open the centre.} (13... Nc6 14. h3 Ncb4 15. Bc4 b6 16.
Ne5 Bb7 $13) 14. d5 $1 Nxa2 (14... exd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Qe8 17. Re1 Qd7
18. Qe4 Bf6 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 $16) 15. Rxa2 Bf6 {The sharp struggle is
beginning at a moment when Black is ill prepared for the combat. The real
solution is a pipedream; the various defences are different only in the level
of damage.} (15... Bd6 16. b4 Bxb4 17. dxe6 Qe8 18. Nd5 Bxe6 19. Nxb4 Bxa2 20.
Qxa2 $16) (15... exd5 16. Rxd5 Qc7 17. Rxa5 Qxa5 18. Qxe7 $18) 16. dxe6 (16. d6
e5 17. Ne4 Nc6 18. b3 Bf5 19. Ba3 Re8 20. d7 Bxd7 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Rad2 Nd4
23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Qf3 $16) 16... Qe7 $2 {Not quite sufficient, but still the
best continuation was hidden in the retreat of the queen to the e8-square.} (
16... Qe8 $1 17. exf7+ Qxf7 18. Nd5 Bg4 19. Ra3 Rad8 20. Rad3 $16) 17. Nd5 $1
Qxe6 18. b4 Nc6 (18... Nb3 $2 19. Be3 $1 Qe4 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Bh6 $18) 19. b5
Ne5 {The problems of the defence have been magnified, since Kramnik created
the additional possibility of developing the bishop to the a3-square.} (19...
Ne7 20. Nxf6+ $1 (20. Nc7 Qxe2 21. Rxe2 Rb8 22. Ba3 Be6 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Rxe6
$16) 20... gxf6 21. Qd2 Re8 22. Ra3 $16) 20. Nc7 (20. Ra3 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 Bd8
22. Re3 Qg6 23. Qe2 Bg4 24. f3 Be6 25. Nf4 $16) 20... Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 Qxe2 22.
Rxe2 Be6 {Shirov will not be able even to pretend to have some compensation
for the missing exchange.} (22... Rb8 23. Ba3 Bf5 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. Rde1 $16) (
22... Bh3 23. Nxa8 Rxa8 24. Bb2 Bg5 25. Rc2 $16) 23. Nxa8 Rxa8 24. Bb2 Rc8 {
Black is desperatelly trying to complete his development in order to try
building some resistance.} (24... Bg5 25. Rxe6 $5 fxe6 26. Rd7 Bf6 27. Bxf6
gxf6 28. Rxb7 $18) 25. Rc1 (25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Ree1 Rc4 27. Rd8+ Kg7 28. Re4 $16
) 25... Rd8 (25... Rxc1+ 26. Bxc1 h6 27. Bb2 Bg5 28. Bd4 $18) 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27.
Kg2 {The white king had no desire to become locked after the possible Bh3 move.
} a6 28. bxa6 (28. Rc7 axb5 29. axb5 Rd5 30. Rxb7 Rg5+ 31. Kh1 Bc4 32. Rb2 Bd5
33. Rb8+ Kg7 34. h4 Bxf3+ 35. Kh2 Rg2+ 36. Kh3 f5 37. b6 $18) 28... bxa6 29.
Rc6 Kg7 (29... Rd5 30. h4 Ra5 31. Re4 $18) 30. Re4 f5 31. Rh4 {The rook move
makes a strange impression, but the h4-square is a safe retreat for the rook
along the 4th rank. Improving the pieces will not be any problem for Kramnik.}
(31. Re5 Kf6 32. Ra5 $18) 31... Ra8 32. a5 Kg6 33. Kg3 Kg5 34. Rd4 h5 35. h4+
Kf6 36. Kf4 Rb8 (36... Ra7 37. Rdd6 $18) 37. Rxa6 Rb2 38. Ra4 Rxf2 39. Rxe6+ $1
{The shortening of the enemy's suffering can be seen as a humanitarian act of
mercy...} fxe6 40. a6 Re2 41. a7 (41. a7 e5+ 42. Kg3 f4+ 43. Kh3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Interpolis-03"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1979.11.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1979.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 6. e4 Bg4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. Be3
Bb4 9. Qd3 $5 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Qa5 (10... O-O 11. Bxa6 bxa6 12. Qxa6) 11. Rg1 O-O
12. e5 $1 $14 Ne8 (12... Nd7 $2 13. Bh6 $18) (12... Nh5 $2 13. Rg5 g6 14. Rxh5
{/\De4, Ke2}) 13. Ke2 {/\Se4} Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qd8 $1 (14... Qxc3 15. bxc3 $16)
15. Qb3 $1 (15. Bxa6 bxa6 16. Qxc6 Rb8 $44) 15... Rb8 16. Rg4 Nac7 17. Rag1 b5
(17... Kh8 18. Qa3 $1 $16) 18. axb5 cxb5 19. Bd3 {/\20.Lh6} f5 (19... Kh8 20.
Bg5 {/\21.Th4}) 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Be4 Nd5 (21... Kh8 $2 22. Bg5 Qf7 23. Rh4)
22. Bg5 Qf7 23. Bh6 Kh8 24. Rxg7 Nxg7 25. Rxg7 Qxg7 (25... Nf4+ $5 26. Bxf4 (
26. Ke3 $14) 26... Kxg7 27. Be5+ Kg8 28. f4 Rfd8 $13) 26. Bxg7+ Kxg7 27. Bxd5
exd5 28. Qxd5 $14 Rbe8+ $2 (28... a5 $142) (28... Rb6 $142) 29. Kf1 b4 30. Qd7+
Kh8 31. Qxa7 Rxf3 32. d5 $138 {+/-} Kg8 33. Qd4 Rf7 34. Qxb4 Rd8 35. Qg4+ Kf8
36. Qd4 Rd6 37. b4 h6 38. Qc5 Rfd7 39. b5 Kf7 $2 40. b6 $18 Rxd5 41. Qc8 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hertneck} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. f3
Nfd7 8. Nxc4 e5 9. Be3 Bb4 (9... exd4 10. Qxd4 Qf6 11. O-O-O Bg6 12. Qxf6 Nxf6
13. Bf4 Nbd7 14. e4 O-O-O 15. g3 Nc5 16. Bh3+ Ne6 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 18. Rd1+ Kc8
19. Be3 Bb4 20. Bxa7 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Ne5 Ng5 24. Bb6+ {
1-0/Granda Zuniga,J-Gonzalez,L/Peru/1989/}) (9... Bg6 10. g3 Bb4 11. Bg2 exd4
12. Bxd4 O-O 13. O-O Qe7 14. e4 Rd8 15. Qe2 Nc5 16. Be3 Nba6 17. Qc2 f5 18.
exf5 Bf7 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. fxe4 Bc5 21. Kh1 Nb4 22. Qe2 Rd3 23. f6 gxf6 24. Rf5
$13 {Grigorian,K-Vasyukov,E/Leningrad ch-SU (02)/1974/}) 10. g4 (10. Bf2 O-O
11. dxe5 Qe7 12. Bg3 Rd8 13. Qc2 Na6 14. f4 Nac5 15. Nd6 f6 16. e3 fxe5 17.
Bc4+ Kh8 18. Nf5 Bg6 19. O-O-O Qf8 20. e4 Nxe4 21. Nh4 Nxc3 22. Nxg6+ hxg6 23.
bxc3 Ba3+ 24. Kb1 $17 {Berciano,E-Gonzalez,L/Mesa op/1992/}) 10... Bg6 11. dxe5
Qe7 12. f4 (12. Bf4 O-O 13. e4 Rd8 14. Qc2 b5 15. axb5 cxb5 16. Nd6 Nxe5 $132)
(12. Nd6+ $1 {Hertneck} Bxd6 13. Qxd6 $14) 12... Qh4+ (12... Be4 13. Nd6+ Bxd6
14. exd6 Qe6 15. Rg1 $16) 13. Bf2 Qxg4 14. Qb3 Na6 (14... Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Qxf4 (
15... b6 16. Nd6+ Kf8 17. f5 Bh5 18. e6 $16) 16. Bg3 Qg4 17. Nd6+ Kf8 18. Qxb7
$18) (14... a5 15. Nd6+ Kf8 16. f5 Nxe5 17. fxg6 Bxd6 18. Qxb7 Ra6 19. O-O-O
Qf4+ 20. e3 Qxf2 21. Rxd6 $18) 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 (15... Kf8 16. f5 Nac5 17. Qc2 Bh5
18. Bg3 $13) 16. Qxb7 Nb4 (16... Rb8 17. Qxa6 Be7 18. Qxc6 (18. Rd1 Qxf4 19. e6
fxe6 20. Qxc6 O-O 21. Bg3 Bh4 22. Rxd7 Bxg3+ 23. hxg3 Qxg3+ 24. Kd1 $16) 18...
Bh4 19. Nd5 Bxf2+ 20. Kxf2 O-O 21. Rd1 Rfe8 22. Bg2 $16) 17. Qxa8+ (17. exd6 $2
{Hertneck} Rb8 $19) 17... Bb8 18. Bc5 (18. Rc1 Qxf4 19. e3 Qxe5 $44) (18. Qb7
Nc2+ 19. Kd1 O-O $17) (18. O-O-O {Hertneck} Qxf4+ 19. Rd2 Na2+ $1 (19... Qxf2
20. Qb7 O-O $36) 20. Nxa2 Qe4 21. Nc3 Qxh1 $17) 18... Qxf4 $6 (18... Nc2+ 19.
Kd1 Nxa1 20. Qxc6 Kd8 $1 (20... Qh4 21. e4 Nb3 22. Bf2 Qe7 (22... Qxf2 $2 23.
Qc8+ Ke7 24. Nd5+ Ke6 25. Qc6+ Bd6 26. Qxd6#) 23. Bb5 $40) 21. Be3 (21. Rg1
Bc2+ 22. Ke1 Qh4+ 23. Rg3 Nb3 24. Be3 Qh6) 21... Nc2 (21... Qf5 22. Bg2 Qc2+
23. Ke1 Qxb2 24. Bh3 $40) 22. Bd2 $13) 19. Bh3 $1 (19. Qb7 Qh4+ (19... Nc2+ 20.
Kd1 Nxc5 21. Qxb8+ Ke7 22. Qd6+ Ke8 23. Qxc6+ $16) (19... Nxc5 20. Qxb8+ Ke7
21. Qd6+ Ke8 22. Qxc5 Nc2+ 23. Kd1 Ne3+ 24. Kd2 Nxf1+ 25. Ke1 Ne3 26. Qxc6+ $18
) 20. Kd2 Qd8 (20... Nxc5 {Hertneck} 21. Qxb8+ Qd8+ 22. Qxd8+ Kxd8 23. Rd1 $14)
21. Bd6 Nc2 $132) 19... f5 (19... Nc2+ 20. Kd1 Nxa1 21. Qxc6 Bc2+ 22. Ke1 Qh4+
23. Bf2 Qxh3 24. Qc8+ Ke7 25. Nd5+ $1 (25. Bc5+ $6 Ke6 26. Qc6+ Kxe5 27. Bd4+
$1 Kf4 (27... Kxd4 $2 28. Qd5+ Ke3 29. Qd2#) 28. Nd5+ (28. Rg1 Ne5 29. Nd5+ Ke4
30. Nf6+ Kf5 31. Bxe5 Qh4+ $19) 28... Kg5 (28... Ke4 29. Nf6+ Kf4 30. Nxd7 $18)
29. Rg1+ Kh4 (29... Kh5 $2 30. Bxg7 Bg6 31. Qb5 Nc2+ 32. Kd1 Bf5 33. Bxh8 $16)
30. Bxg7 Qe6 31. Qxe6 fxe6 32. Bxh8 exd5 33. Kd2 Nc5 $19) 25... Ke6 26. Qc6+
Kxe5 27. Bg3+ Kd4 (27... Ke4 28. Nf4+ $18) 28. e3+ Kd3 (28... Ke4 29. Nf4+ Kxe3
30. Nxh3 $18) 29. Qb5+ Ke4 30. Nc3+ Kxe3 31. Qe2+ Kd4 32. Bf2+ $18) (19... Qh4+
{Hertneck} 20. Kd2 Qh6+ $1 21. e3 Qxh3 22. Bxb4 Qg2+ 23. Ne2 Bh5 24. Rhe1 Bxe2
25. Rxe2 Qd5+ $10) 20. Rf1 (20. exf6 $4 {Hertneck} Nxc5 $19) (20. Qb7 $1 {
Hertneck} Qh4+ 21. Kd2 Nxc5 22. Qxb8+ Qd8+ 23. Qxd8+ Kxd8 24. Raf1 $16) 20...
Nc2+ (20... Qh4+ 21. Kd2 (21. Rf2 Nc2+ 22. Kd1 Nxa1 23. Qxc6 (23. e6 Nxc5 $17)
23... Kd8 $17) 21... Qh6+ 22. e3 (22. Be3 Qxh3 23. e6 (23. Qb7 $13 {Hertneck})
23... O-O 24. exd7 f4 25. Bg1 Qxd7+ 26. Kc1 f3 $19) 22... Qxh3 23. Bxb4 Qxh2+
24. Ne2 Qxe5 25. Ba3 $13) 21. Kd1 Ne3+ (21... Qxe5 22. Qxc6 Qxc5 23. Qxc5 Nxc5
24. Kxc2 f4+ 25. Kd1 $14) 22. Bxe3 Qxe3 23. Bxf5 Qb6 (23... O-O $5 24. Be6+ Kh8
25. Rxf8+ (25. Ke1 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Qf4+ 27. Kg2 Qg5+ $10) 25... Nxf8 26. Qxb8 (
26. Bc4 Qd4+ (26... Qxe5 27. Rc1 Qxh2 $132) 27. Bd3 Bxd3 28. exd3 Qxd3+ 29. Ke1
Qe3+ 30. Ne2 Qxe5 31. Rc1 $16) 26... Qd4+ 27. Ke1 Qg1+ 28. Kd2 Qd4+ $10) (23...
Bxf5 {Hertneck} 24. Rxf5 Qg1+ 25. Kc2 Qxa1 26. e6 $18) 24. a5 Qb3+ (24... Qxb2
25. Rb1 (25. Qxc6 {Hertneck} Qxa1+ 26. Kd2 Qb2+ 27. Ke3 (27. Kd3 Bxf5+ 28. Rxf5
Qb7 $3 $17) 27... Bxf5 28. Rxf5 Qc1+ 29. Kd3 (29. Kf2 Qh6 $13) 29... Qa3 30. e6
Qd6+ 31. Qxd6 Bxd6 32. exd7+ $14) 25... Qxc3 26. Bxg6+ (26. Rxb8+ Ke7 27. Rxh8
Qa1+ 28. Kd2 (28. Kc2 Qa2+ 29. Kc3 Qxa5+ 30. Kc2 Qa2+ $10)) 26... hxg6 27.
Rxb8+ Nxb8 28. Qxb8+ Ke7 29. Qxa7+ Kd8 30. Qb8+ Kd7 31. Qxh8 $18) 25. Kc1 O-O
26. Ra3 Qf7 $2 (26... Qc4 27. Ra4 Qb3 28. Raf4 Nxe5 $5 (28... Bxe5 29. Be6+ $18
) (28... Bxf5 29. Rxf5 $16 (29. Rxf5 {Hertneck} Rxf5 30. Rxf5 $18)) 29. Bxg6 (
29. Be6+ Nf7 $1 $8 30. Bxb3 Bxf4+ 31. Rxf4 Rxa8 32. Ne4 $16) 29... Rxf4 (29...
Nd3+ 30. Bxd3 Bxf4+ 31. Rxf4 Rxa8 32. Bc4+ $18) 30. Rxf4 Nxg6 31. Rd4 $16) 27.
Bh3 (27. e6 {Hertneck} Qe7 28. exd7 $140 $2 Bf4+ $17) 27... Qxf1+ (27... Qe8
28. Qxc6 Rxf1+ 29. Bxf1 Bxe5 30. Bh3 $18 (30. Nd5 $18 {Hertneck})) 28. Bxf1
Rxf1+ 29. Nd1 Rf8 30. Rb3 Nc5 (30... Bxe5 31. Qxc6 $18) 31. Qxb8 $1 (31. Rxb8
$2 Nb3+ 32. Rxb3 Rxa8 $14) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. g3 e6 8. Bg2
Bb4 9. O-O Nd5 10. Qc2 O-O (10... Be7 11. Nxc4 Nb4 12. Qb3 O-O 13. a5 N8a6 14.
Rd1 Kh8 15. Bf4 f6 16. Rd2 g5 17. Be3 b5 18. axb6 axb6 $13 {Yusupov,A-Nikolic,
Pr/Hastings/1989/ ->TD89_14}) 11. Nxc4 $6 (11. Rd1 $5 {Shirov,A}) 11... Nb6 12.
Nxb6 axb6 13. Be3 Na6 14. f4 f6 15. Bf2 Kh8 16. e4 $6 (16. Rad1 $5) 16... e5 $1
17. dxe5 fxe5 18. fxe5 Rxf2 $1 19. Rxf2 (19. Kxf2 Bc5+ 20. Ke1 Nb4 $19) 19...
Bc5 20. Kh1 Nb4 21. Qb3 (21. Qd2 Bxf2 22. Qxf2 Nd3 23. Qf5 Bg6 $17) 21... Bxf2
22. Qxb4 Bc5 (22... Qg8 $5 {/\ Bc5}) 23. Qc4 Qg8 (23... Qd2 $22 24. b4 Bd4) 24.
Qxg8+ Kxg8 25. Rf1 Bg4 26. h3 Be6 27. Rd1 Kf8 28. Bf3 Ke7 29. Kg2 Rf8 30. h4 (
30. Bg4 Bxg4 31. hxg4 Ke6 $17) 30... Bb3 $6 (30... Bh3+ $5 31. Kxh3 Rxf3 32.
Rd2 Ke6 $17) 31. Rd2 Ke6 32. Ne2 Kxe5 33. Nf4 g6 34. Rd7 (34. Nd3+ Kf6 35. Nxc5
bxc5 36. a5 Ke7 $17) 34... Rf7 35. Nd3+ Kf6 36. e5+ Kg7 37. Nxc5 bxc5 38. Rxf7+
Kxf7 39. a5 Bd5 40. Kf2 Ke6 (40... Bxf3 41. Kxf3 Ke6 42. Ke4) 41. Bg4+ Kxe5 42.
Bc8 h6 43. Bxb7 Kd6 44. Ke3 g5 45. Ba6 Ke7 46. Be2 Kd6 47. Kd3 Bg2 48. Kc3 Bh3
49. a6 Kc7 50. a7 Kb7 51. Kc4 gxh4 52. gxh4 Kxa7 53. Kxc5 Bg2 54. h5 (54. Kd6
Kb6 55. Ke5 Kc5 56. Kf6 Kb4 57. Bd1 Kc4 58. Kg6 Kd3 $10) 54... Bd5 55. Bd1 Ka6
56. Bg4 Kb7 57. Kd6 Kb6 58. Be2 Bb3 59. Ke5 Kc5 60. Kf6 Kd4 61. Kg6 c5 62. Bg4
Bd5 63. Kxh6 Bf7 64. Bf5 Bxh5 65. Kxh5 c4 {Ftacnik,L} (65... c4 66. Kg4 Ke3 67.
Be6 Kd3 68. Bf5+ Kd2 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. h3 Na6 8. g4
Bg6 9. Bg2 Nb4 10. O-O Bc2 11. Qd2 Bb3 12. a5 $5 {N} (12. Ne4) (12. Qf4 Nc2 13.
g5 Nxa1 14. gxf6 exf6 15. Nxc6 Qd6 16. Qe4+ Be7 17. Bf4 Qxc6 18. Nd5 $16) 12...
a6 (12... Nc2 13. a6 $1 Nxa1 14. axb7 Nd5 15. Nxc6 $18) (12... e6 13. a6 Nxa6
14. Rxa6 bxa6 15. Bxc6+ Ke7 16. g5 $40) (12... Rc8 $5 {(Nikolic,Pr)}) 13. Na4
e6 (13... Qxa5 14. Nc5 $1 (14. g5 Nfd5 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Nc5 Qb6 (16... Qb5 17.
Qf4 f6) 17. Ncd7 Qd6 $1) 14... Qb5 $1 (14... Qxa1 15. Qxb4 $18) (14... Qb6 15.
g5 Nfd5 16. e4 Nc7 17. Qf4 f6 18. Ned7 $18) 15. Qf4 (15. g5 Nfd5 16. e4 Nb6 $1
(16... Nc7 $6 17. Qf4 f6 18. gxf6 exf6 19. Ned7 Rc8 20. Qf5 $40) 17. Nxb7 (17.
Qf4 f6 18. Nf3 Nc2 $13) 17... Na4 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. dxc5 Rd8) 15... h6 $8 (15...
Nc2 16. Ra5 $3 Qb6 17. g5 $18) 16. Bd2 Nbd5 (16... Nc2 17. Nxb7 $1 Rc8 18. Na5
Nxa1 19. Rxa1 $40) (16... e6 17. Bxb4 Qxb4 18. Nxb7 $1) 17. Qf3 (17. Bxd5 cxd5
18. Ncd7 c3 (18... b6 $5 $13) 19. Bxc3 Nxd7 20. Ra5 Qb6 21. Qxf7+ Kd8 22. Rxd5
$1 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Qb5 24. Ba5+ Kc8 25. Rc1+ $18) 17... e6 18. e4 Nc7 19. Ncd7 {
/\ Ra5}) (13... Nc2 14. Nc5 Qxd4 (14... Nxa1 15. Nxb7 $18) (14... Rb8 15. Nxb7
$1 Rxb7 16. Bxc6+ Nd7 17. Bxb7 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qc7 19. Qd5 $18) 15. Nxb7 Nd5 (
15... Rc8 16. Bxc6+ Rxc6 17. Nxc6 Qxd2 18. Bxd2 Nxa1 19. Rxa1 $16) (15... Qxd2
16. Bxc6+ $1 Qd7 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Rd1 e6 19. Rxd7 $18) 16. Qg5 $5 (16. Nxc6
Qxd2 17. Bxd2 Nxa1 18. Bxd5 e6) 16... f6 (16... Nxa1 17. Qf5 $18) 17. Nxc6 fxg5
(17... Qxf2+ 18. Rxf2 fxg5 19. Bxd5 e6 20. Bxe6 Nxa1 21. Ne5 $1 Ke7 22. Bd7 c3
23. Bxg5#) 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 (18... Nxa1 19. Bxd5 Rc8 20. Be3 Nc2 21. Nxc2 Bxc2 22.
Rc1 Bb3 (22... Ba4 23. Bxc4 $16) 23. Be6 {/\ Nc5+/-}) 19. Bxd5 e6 (19... Nxe2+
20. Kg2 e6 21. Bxe6 Nxc1 22. Raxc1 Rb8 23. Bd5 $36) (19... Rc8 20. Bxg5 e6 21.
Bg2 Nxe2+ 22. Kh1 c3 $14) 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21. Bxa8 Nxe2+ 22. Kg2 Nxc1 23. Rfxc1
Be5 $44) 14. g5 Nd7 (14... Nfd5 15. e4 Nc7 (15... Nc2 16. exd5 Nxa1 (16... cxd5
17. Nb6 Nxa1 18. Qf4 f6 19. gxf6 gxf6 20. Ng4 $40) 17. dxe6 $1 fxe6 18. Nb6 $40
) 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Qf4 Qe7 18. Be3 $16) (14... Nc2 $5 15. Nb6 (15. gxf6 gxf6 16.
Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bxc6+ Ke7 18. Nb6 Rc8 $1 $132) 15... Nd5 $1 (15... Nxa1 16. gxf6
gxf6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bxc6+ Ke7 19. Qb4+ Qd6 20. Qxd6+ Kxd6 21. Bxa8 $16) 16.
Bxd5 (16. Nxa8 $2 Bb4 $1) 16... cxd5 17. Qf4 (17. Rb1 Bb4 18. Qf4 O-O $13)
17... f6 18. gxf6 gxf6 19. Ned7 $40) 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 (15... Nc2 16. Ne5 $1 (16.
Nxf8 Rxf8 17. Nb6 Rb8 {x d4}) 16... Bb4 (16... Nxa1 17. Nxc6 Qd6 18. Nb6 $16)
17. Qf4 f6 (17... O-O 18. Bd2 $18) 18. gxf6 gxf6 19. Ng4 Nxa1 20. Nxf6+ Ke7 21.
Nb6 $40) 16. Nb6 Qd8 17. Nxa8 Qxa8 $2 (17... Nc2 $1 18. Rb1 Qxa8 (18... Bb4 19.
Qf4 Qxa8 20. Bd2 $16) 19. e3 (19. Be4 Bb4 20. Qf4 Nxd4 21. Qe5 Nxe2+ 22. Kh1
O-O 23. Be3 Qd8 24. Rbe1 Bd6 25. Bxh7+ Kxh7 26. Qe4+ Kg8 27. Rxe2 c3 $1) 19...
Bb4 20. Qe2 Qd8 21. Bd2 Qxg5 $44) 18. Be4 Qd8 19. f4 Be7 (19... Nd5 20. Qe1 Bb4
21. Bd2 Nxf4 (21... Ne3 22. Bxb4 Qxd4 23. Bf3 $18) 22. Bxb4 Qxd4+ 23. e3 Nxh3+
24. Kh2 Qxe4 25. Kxh3 h6 26. g6 $18) 20. e3 O-O 21. Qe2 c5 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23.
Bd2 (23. Bxb7 Nc2 24. Rb1 Qxa5) 23... Nd5 (23... Nc2 24. Bxc2 Bxc2 25. Qxc4
Qxd2 (25... Bd3 26. Qxc5 Bxf1 27. Bb4 $18) 26. Qxc5 Be4 27. Rf2 $16) (23... Qd7
$5 {/\ Rd8}) 24. Kh1 Qd7 (24... b5 25. axb6 Qxb6 26. Rf3 $16) 25. Rac1 $1 Qa4 (
25... Rd8 26. Bc2 $1 $8 Nxf4 $2 27. exf4 Qd5+ 28. Rf3 $18) 26. Qf3 c3 (26...
Rd8 27. f5 $40) 27. bxc3 Qxa5 28. f5 Bc4 (28... Nc7 29. Bxb7 $16) 29. fxe6 $1
Ne7 (29... fxe6 30. Bxh7+ (30. Qh5 g6 $5 (30... Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Bxf1 32. Qe8+
Bf8 33. Qxe6+ Kh8 34. Bxd5 $18)) 30... Kxh7 31. Qe4+ Kg8 32. Qxc4 $18) (29...
Bxf1 30. exf7+ Kh8 31. Rxf1 $18) 30. Bxh7+ Kxh7 31. Qe4+ Ng6 32. Qxc4 fxe6 33.
Qg4 Rxf1+ 34. Rxf1 Qb5 35. c4 Qc6+ 36. Kg1 Kg8 37. Qf3 Qd7 38. Rf2 a5 39. Qe4
Ne7 40. Bxa5 Nf5 41. Bd2 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Sao Paulo m"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mecking, Henrique"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. g3 e6 8. Bg2
Bb4 9. O-O Nd5 10. Qc2 Be7 11. Nxc4 O-O (11... Nb4 12. Qb3 O-O 13. a5 N8a6 14.
Rd1 Kh8 15. Bf4 f6 16. Rd2 g5 17. Be3 b5 18. axb6 axb6 19. Qd1 Nd5 $10 {
Yusupov,A-Nikolic,Pr/Hastings/1989/ ->CBM 14}) 12. Rd1 Na6 13. h3 Nab4 14. Qb3
f6 15. a5 (15. g4 Bf7 16. e4 Nb6 $10) 15... b5 16. axb6 axb6 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18.
g4 Bf7 19. e4 b5 $1 20. Na3 (20. Ne3 Nf4 21. Bf1 g6 $15) 20... Nb6 21. e5 fxe5
22. dxe5 N4d5 23. Nc2 Nc4 24. Nxd5 cxd5 $1 (24... exd5 25. f4 $13) 25. Qxb5 Qa7
$1 26. Be3 Nxe3 27. Nxe3 Bh4 $1 28. Rd2 Bxf2+ $1 29. Rxf2 (29. Kxf2 Be8+ $19)
29... Qxe3 30. Qe2 Qd4 31. Kh1 Re8 32. Bf3 Bg6 33. Kg2 h6 34. Qa6 (34. b3 Rc8)
34... Qxe5 35. Qa3 Kh7 36. Re2 Qf6 37. Kg3 d4 38. Qd6 Rf8 (38... e5 $19) 39.
Bg2 d3 $5 40. Rxe6 Qf2+ 41. Kh2 Rf4 42. Re7 $6 (42. Rxg6 Rd4 43. Rxh6+ gxh6 44.
Qe7+ Kg6 $19) 42... Re4 $1 43. Rd7 Re2 44. Qg3 Be4 {Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "Varna-03"]
[Site "Varna"]
[Date "1964.09.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[Annotator "Fuchs,R"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1964.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH 11/1964 Seite 328} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 {
Eine Idee von Smyslov, die sich auch hier bewährt.} 6. e3 Bg4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe2 Nb4 11. Rd1 O-O 12. e4 Bxf3 $5 13. Qxf3 $1 Nc2 14. e5 $1
Nxa1 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Qd3 Qxd4 $1 17. Qxd4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Rfd8 $1 19. Rg4 Kh8
20. b4 Nc2 21. Bb2 Rd4 $1 22. Ne4 {[#]} f5 $1 {Dies führt im Endeffekt wieder
zu materiellem Gleichstand.} 23. Bxd4 Nxd4 24. Rh4 fxe4 25. Rxe4 Rd8 26. Bxe6
g6 27. Bf7 Rd7 28. Be6 {Hier können beide Spieler nichts Rechtes mehr
unternehmen.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.04"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Gagarin,V"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Serbia & Montenegro"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 c6 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. f3
Nfd7 8. Nxc4 e5 9. Ne4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qe7 11. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2
exd4 14. Ned6+ Ke7 15. Nf5+ (15. Nxb7 Na6 {Ftacnik} 16. e3 (16. Nca5 Nb4 17.
Rc1 Nb6 18. Nc5 f6 19. Nd3 Nxd3 20. exd3 $10 {Bareev,E-Dimitrov,V/Gausdal/1986/
}) (16. Re1 Ndc5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. e3 Rhd8 19. exd4+ Kf8 20. Re5 Rxd4+ 21. Kc3
Rd5 22. a5 f6 23. Rxd5 cxd5 24. Nd6 {Magerramov,E-Pomes,J/Andorra op (8)/1993/
0.5 (40)}) 16... Ndc5 (16... dxe3+ 17. Kxe3 Nac5 18. Nba5 Rhc8 19. Be2 Rab8 20.
Rhc1 Nb3 21. Nxb3 Rxb3+ 22. Kf2 Nb6 23. Rc2 Bg6 24. Rd2 {Hansen,SuB-Jauernig,U/
Budapest Festival (2)/1991/1-0 (32)}) 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Na5 dxe3+ 19. Kxe3 Rhe8
20. Bc4 Rad8 21. Kf4 Rd4+ 22. Kg3 Kf6 23. Rhe1 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 $14 {Adorjan,
A-Flear,G/Szirak/1986/}) 15... Kf6 (15... Kd8) 16. Nxd4 Rd8 (16... Nc5 17. Kc3
Rd8 18. e4 $1 {-16...Rd8/}) 17. e4 $1 Nc5 18. Kc3 Rxd4 (18... Nbd7 {Ftacnik}
19. g4 Bg6 20. Be2 $16) 19. Kxd4 Nb3+ 20. Kc3 Nxa1 21. Be2 Ke7 (21... b5 $6 22.
Ne3 $16) (21... Nd7 22. Rxa1 Nc5 {Polugaevsky,L-Huebner,R/Tilburg/1985/0,5/31/}
23. g4 $1 (23. e5+ {Ftacnik} Ke7 24. g4 {Polugaevsky,L-Huebner,R/Tilburg/1985/
0.5 (31)}) 23... Bg6 24. h4 h6 (24... h5 25. g5+ Ke7 26. b4 Ne6 27. Na5 Rb8 28.
Ba6 $1 $16) 25. b4 Ne6 26. Na5 $16 {Polugaevsky/}) 22. Rxa1 $16 {>< Bh5/} Nd7
23. b4 $1 {/\ Na5 ><b7,c6/} f6 24. Rd1 $1 (24. Na5 Rb8 $14 {/\ Kd8-c7/} (24...
Rb8 {Ftacnik} 25. Rd1 Kd8 26. Ba6 $5 bxa6 27. Nxc6+ Kc7 28. Nxb8 Nxb8 $14))
24... Nb6 25. Na5 $1 {>< b7,c6/} Nxa4+ (25... Rb8 26. Kb3 $5 (26. Ba6 $5 Nxa4+
27. Kc2 (27. Kb3 $6 Nc5+ $1 28. bxc5 bxa6+ 29. Kc3 Be8 $17) 27... c5 28. Bxb7
Be8 29. Nc6+ Bxc6 30. Bxc6 Rxb4 31. Rd7+ Kf8 32. Rxa7 Nb6 $14) 26... Bf7+ 27.
Ka3 $16 {/\ Ba6!/}) 26. Kb3 Nb6 27. Nxb7 Bf7+ 28. Kc3 Rb8 29. Ba6 $1 (29. Nc5
$6 Rc8 30. Ra1 Rc7 $14) (29. Na5 {Ftacnik} Rc8 30. Ra1 Rc7 $14) 29... Be8 (
29... Na4+ $5 30. Kc2 Be6 $16) 30. Ra1 Nd7 (30... h6 31. Nc5 Nd7 32. Nb3 Nb6
33. Bc4 $1 Ra8 34. Nd4 Bd7 $16) 31. h4 $1 Nb6 32. Nc5 Nd7 33. Nb3 g6 34. Nd4
Nb6 35. Bc4 $1 Rb7 {/\ c5/} (35... Nxc4 36. Kxc4 $16 {>< a7,c6/} (36. Rxa7+ {
Ftacnik})) 36. Bb3 $1 (36. f4 {Ftacnik} c5 $1 37. bxc5 Na4+) 36... Bd7 37. Ra5
$1 {>< c5/} Na8 38. Ba4 Rc7 39. Rc5 $18 Nb6 (39... Nb6 40. Bxc6 $18 (40. Bxc6 {
Ftacnik} Bxc6 41. Rxc6 $18)) 1-0

[Event "Bishkek zt"]
[Site "Bishkek"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nesterov, Yakov"]
[Black "Imanaliev, Taalaibek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Glatman,V"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "KGZ"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. f3 Nfd7 8.
Nxc4 e5 9. e4 $5 Qh4+ 10. Ke2 $5 $146 (10. g3 Qf6 11. dxe5 Nxe5 $5 (11... Qxf3
12. Nd6+ Bxd6 $2 (12... Ke7 13. Bf4 $1 Qxd1+ 14. Nxd1 Bf3 15. Rg1 h6 16. Ne3
Bh5 17. Nef5+ Kd8 18. g4 Bg6 19. Bc4 $16 {Kremenetsky-Yanovsky/Moscow/1988/}) (
12... Kd8 13. Qxf3 Bxf3 14. Nxf7+ Ke8 15. Nxh8 Bxh1 16. e6 Nc5 17. Be3 Bf3 18.
Nf7 $14 {Sokolov,I-Lautier,J/Beograd/1991/ Inf 53/361)}) 13. Qxd6 Qxh1 14. Bg5
f6 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Qe6+ Kd8 17. Bxf6+ Nxf6 18. Qxf6+ Kc7 19. Qe5+ $18) 12.
Nxe5 Qxe5) 10... exd4 (10... Bb4 11. dxe5 O-O 12. Be3 Qe7 13. Qc2 Nxe5 $6 {
>=13...f6; 13...f5!?} 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. g4 $1 Bxc3 (15... Bg6 16. f4) 16. Qxc3
Qxc3 17. bxc3 $16 {Meister-Sideif Sade/Ostrava/1992/}) 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Nd6+ (
12. Qxg7 $2 Qf2+ 13. Kd1 Rf8 {/\14...Bf3-/+}) 12... Kf8 $6 (12... Bxd6 13. Qxd6
Na6 14. Bf4 Qe7 $16 (14... O-O-O $2 15. Nb5 $1 cxb5 16. Rc1+ Ndc5 17. Rxc5+
Nxc5 18. Qc7#)) 13. Qxg7+ $1 Kxg7 14. Nf5+ Kf6 15. Nxh4 $16 Na6 16. Bh6 (16. g4
Bg6 17. f4 h5 18. g5+ $16) 16... Ne5 17. g4 Nxg4 $8 (17... Bg6 18. g5+ Ke7 (
18... Ke6 19. Bh3+ Kd6 20. Bg7 $18) 19. Bg7 $18) 18. fxg4 Bxg4+ 19. Kd2 Rad8+ (
19... Nb4 20. Bc4 Rad8+ 21. Kc1 $18) 20. Kc2 Nb4+ 21. Kb3 Be6+ 22. Bc4 Bxc4+
23. Kxc4 Rd4+ $2 (23... b6 24. Nf5 Rhg8 25. Rad1 $18) 24. Kxc5 Nc2 25. Bg7+ $1
(25. Bg7+ Kxg7 26. Nf5+ Kf6 27. Nxd4 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gabrielian, Artur"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Grivas,E/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 b6 12. d5 {This offers nothing to White.
For more info look at Shirov,A-Svidler,P Foros 2008.} Nxd5 ({Black should avoid
} 12... exd5 $6 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 $16 {.}) 13. Bxd5 exd5 14.
Nd4 ({The older} 14. Qxd5 {is good only for equality (surely White had to go
for it!):} Qxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxg5 (15... Bc5 16. Be3 Bg4 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. Ne5 $1 (
18. Rac1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nd4 20. Kg2 Ne6 21. Re4 Rab8 22. Nf4 Nxf4+ {1/2-1/2
Gelfand,B-Grischuk,A Moscow 2008}) 18... Nxe5 19. Rxe5 $14) 16. Nxg5 h6 17. Ne4
Rd8 18. Rad1 Bf5 $11 {Pelletier,Y-Grischuk,A Dresden 2008.}) 14... Bxg5 15.
Nxc6 Qd6 16. Qxd5 Qxd5 17. Nxd5 {[%csl Gc6,Gc8,Gd5,Gg5] White's knights look
well placed, but the black bishop pair is strong as well.} Bd7 18. Nce7+ Bxe7 (
{Black could think of} 18... Kh8 19. f4 Bh6 {.}) 19. Nxe7+ Kh8 20. f4 ({
I would prefer something like} 20. a5 bxa5 21. Rxa5 Rfb8 22. Re2 $11 {.}) 20...
g6 21. b4 Kg7 22. b5 {[%csl Ga4]} Rfd8 23. Rac1 Be6 24. Nc6 Rd2 25. Rcd1 Ra2
26. Rd4 $2 (26. Ra1 Rb2 27. Rab1 $11 {.}) 26... Kf6 $2 (26... a6 $1 27. Re5 h6
$17 {[%csl Ga4,Gb5] .}) 27. Kf1 $2 (27. Nb4 $1 Rb2 28. h3 $11 {.}) 27... Bb3 $1
{[%csl Ga4]} 28. Ree4 h5 29. h4 a5 30. Rd6+ Kg7 {A premature resignation,
although White's position is critical, due to the weakness on a4.} 31. Nd4 {
[%cal Gd4b3,Gf4f5] La suite non saisie par la FFE} Bxa4 (31... Bc4+ {[%cal
Ga2a4]}) 32. f5 gxf5 (32... Bc2 {[%cal Gc2f5]}) 33. Re7 Bc2 {Suite illisible
et gain Noir au 40ème coup avec les coups suivants: 38. Nd6 a3 39.Nf7 a2 40.
Nh6 Kf8 et abandon} 0-1

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 c6 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. h3 Nbd7 8.
Nxc4 e6 9. g4 Bg6 10. Bg2 h5 $6 {N} (10... Bb4 11. O-O a5 (11... Nb6 12. Ne5 a5
13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. f4 Qb6 $13 {Khenkin-Huzman 1986}) 12. e4 (12. Bf4 Nb6 13. Ne5
Nfd5 14. Bd2 f6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. e4 Ne7 17. Be3 Nc4 $10 {Shashin-Silakov 1976}
) 12... O-O 13. Qe2 Nb6 14. Nxb6 Qxb6 15. f4 h6 16. f5 exf5 17. gxf5 Bh5 18.
Qf2 $16 {Novikov-Sapis 1988}) 11. g5 Nd5 12. e4 N5b6 13. Ne3 Qxg5 (13... a5 14.
f4 {/\f4-f5}) 14. a5 Nc4 15. O-O Nxe3 16. Bxe3 Qd8 17. f4 $16 Be7 18. f5 exf5
19. exf5 Bh7 20. a6 bxa6 21. Bxc6 Rc8 22. Rxa6 O-O 23. Bg2 {ץh7} Bg5 24. Bxg5
Qxg5 25. Ne4 Qe3+ 26. Kh2 Rb8 27. b3 Rb6 28. Rxa7 Nf6 29. Re7 Qh6 30. Nxf6+
Qxf6 31. Re5 Rd6 32. Qxh5 Rxd4 33. Qe2 Qd6 34. Kh1 Rd2 35. Qe4 Rd4 36. Rd5 Rxe4
37. Rxd6 Rb4 38. Bd5 Rh4 39. Kg2 Rh5 40. Be4 Re8 41. Rf4 Kf8 42. Kg3 Rg5+ 43.
Kf3 Rg1 44. Kf2 Rc1 45. Rd7 Rcc8 46. b4 $2 (46. Bd3 $16) 46... Rxe4 $10 47.
Rxe4 {Hansen,C} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.01.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. f3 Nfd7 8.
Nxc4 e5 9. e4 $5 (9. Ne4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qe7 $13) 9... Qh4+ (9... Bb4 10. Be3 exd4
11. Bxd4 O-O $13 {/\ Na6, Qe7 Barbero,G-Gonzalez,E, Thessaloniki ol 1984}) 10.
g3 Qf6 11. dxe5 Qxf3 $8 (11... Nxe5 $2 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. g4 $16) 12. Nd6+ Kd8 (
12... Bxd6 $2 13. Qxd6 Qxh1 14. Bg5 f6 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Qe6+ Kd8 17. Bxf6+
Nxf6 18. Qxf6+ Kc7 19. Qe5+ $1 $18 {Sokolov,I}) (12... Ke7 13. Bf4 Qxd1+ 14.
Nxd1 Bf3 15. Rg1 h6 $6 16. Ne3 $16 {Kremenetsky,A-Yanovsky,S, Moscow 1988}) 13.
Qxf3 Bxf3 14. Nxf7+ Ke8 15. e6 $146 (15. Nxh8 Bxh1 16. e6 Nc5 17. Be3 Bf3 18.
Nf7 Bg4 $13 {Sokolov,I-Lautier,J, Belgrade 1991 53/361}) 15... Nc5 (15... Bxh1
$2 16. exd7+ Nxd7 17. Nxh8 $18) 16. Bc4 Bxh1 17. Nxh8 Bxe4 (17... Nxe4 $5) 18.
Bg5 Bf5 $5 (18... h6 $6 19. Be3) (18... Nba6 19. O-O-O Nb4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4) 19.
O-O-O Be7 20. Bxe7 Kxe7 21. Rf1 $1 g6 (21... Bxe6 22. Bxe6 Kxe6 23. Rf8 $13)
22. g4 Bxe6 23. Bxe6 Kxe6 24. Rf8 a5 $1 $13 {white can't exploit his lead in
development} 25. h4 b6 26. Kc2 Nca6 27. Ne4 Ra7 28. Ng5+ Kd5 29. Nhf7 Re7 30.
Rh8 Nd7 31. Rxh7 Ne5 32. Nxe5 Rxh7 33. Nxh7 Kxe5 34. Nf8 Kf4 35. Nxg6+ Kxg4 36.
Ne5+ Kxh4 37. Nxc6 Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. f3
Nfd7 8. Nxc4 e5 9. Ne4 (9. dxe5 $4 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qxc4 $19) (9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5
Nd7 $1 11. f4 Bb4 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. e4 g5 $1 14. Be2 gxf4 $1 {Timman,J-Petrosian,
T, Las Palmas izt 1982, i34/455}) 9... Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qe7 11. dxe5 O-O 12. Rc1
Na6 $1 (12... Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Rc5 $1 $18) 13. Bxb4 Nxb4
$1 (13... Qxb4+ 14. Qd2 Bg6 15. Ned6 Qxa4 16. Nxb7 Ndc5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Qa5
$1 {+/- _|_}) 14. Qd6 Rfe8 15. f4 $2 (15. Qxe7 Rxe7 16. Ned6 (16. f4 {Ftacnik}
f6 17. Ng3 fxe5 18. Nxh5 g6 $1 $15 {Hasin, Ruban}) 16... Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18.
e4 $13) 15... f6 16. Ng3 Bg6 $1 (16... fxe5 $5 17. Nxh5 g6 $13 {cf. ECO D16/7
n.41} (17... g6 {Ftacnik} 18. Qxd7 $1 $18)) 17. f5 Nxe5 18. Qxe7 (18. fxg6 {
Ftacnik} Ned3+ 19. Kd2 Nxc1 20. Qxe7 Rxe7 21. gxh7+ Kxh7 22. Kxc1 Rd8 $17)
18... Rxe7 19. Nxe5 (19. fxg6 Ned3+ 20. Kd2 Nf2 $1 21. gxh7+ Kxh7 22. Rg1 $6
Rd8+ 23. Kc3 Na2+ 24. Kc2 Nxc1 25. Kxc1 Rd1+ 26. Kc2 b5 $44) 19... Rxe5 20.
fxg6 Nd3+ 21. Kd2 Nxc1 22. gxh7+ Kxh7 23. Kxc1 Rc5+ (23... Rd8 {/\ Rc5}) 24.
Kb1 Rd8 25. e3 Rd1+ 26. Ka2 Rc2 $17 {>< b2, e3, >< Rh1} 27. Kb3 (27. h4 $5 {
Ftacnik}) 27... Rcc1 28. a5 Kh6 29. h4 Re1 30. Rh3 Rxe3+ 31. Ka2 Rxg3 32. Rxg3
Rxf1 33. Rb3 Rf5 34. Rxb7 Rxa5+ 35. Kb3 g6 (35... Rb5+ {Ftacnik} 36. Rxb5 cxb5
37. Kb4 Kh5 38. Kxb5 Kxh4 39. Ka6 Kg3 40. Kxa7 Kxg2 41. b4 f5 42. b5 f4 43. b6
f3 44. b7 f2 45. b8=Q f1=Q 46. Qb7+ $10) 36. Rf7 f5 37. Rf6 Rb5+ 38. Kc3 Rb6
39. Rd6 Kh5 40. Rd4 a5 41. Rc4 (41. g3 $5 {Ftacnik}) 41... Rb4 42. Rxb4 (42.
Rxc6 {Ftacnik} Rxh4 43. Rc5 Rg4 $19) 42... axb4+ 43. Kxb4 Kxh4 44. Kc5 Kg3 45.
Kxc6 Kxg2 46. b4 f4 47. b5 f3 48. b6 f2 49. b7 f1=Q 50. b8=Q Qc4+ 51. Kd7 Qf7+
52. Kc6 Qc4+ 53. Kd7 Qf7+ 54. Kc6 g5 55. Qe5 g4 56. Qe2+ Kh3 57. Kb5 g3 58. Qe3
Qd5+ 59. Ka6 Kg4 60. Qe2+ Kf4 61. Qf1+ Ke3 62. Qe1+ Kf4 63. Qf1+ Kg5 64. Qe2 g2
65. Qe3+ Kf5 66. Qf2+ Ke6 67. Ka7 Kd7 68. Kb6 Qg5 69. Qd4+ Ke6 70. Qc4+ Kf6 71.
Qd4+ Kf7 72. Qg1 Kg6 73. Ka7 Qa5+ 74. Kb8 Qb5+ 75. Ka7 Qb2 76. Ka8 Kf7 77. Ka7
Kg8 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Ftacnik} d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 c6 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. f3
Nfd7 8. Nxc4 e5 9. e4 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qf6 11. dxe5 Qxf3 12. Nd6+ Kd8 (12... Bxd6 {
Ftacnik} 13. Qxd6 Qxh1 14. Bg5 f6 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Qe6+ Kf8 18.
Qxf6+ Kg8 19. Qg5+ Bg6 20. O-O-O Qf3 21. Bc4+ Kg7 22. Rf1 $18) (12... Ke7 {
Ftacnik} 13. Bf4 $1 Qxd1+ (13... Qxh1 14. Qxh5) 14. Nxd1 Nc5 15. Ne3 $16) 13.
Qxf3 Bxf3 14. Nxf7+ Ke8 15. e6 Nc5 16. Bc4 (16. Rg1 {Ftacnik} Nb3 17. Nxh8 Bc5
$1 18. Bc4 Nxa1 19. Rf1 Nc2+ 20. Kd2 Nd4 21. Nf7 Bg4 22. Ne5 Bxe6 $10) 16...
Bxh1 17. Nxh8 Nxe4 $146 (17... Bxe4 18. Bg5 Bf5 19. O-O-O Be7 20. Bxe7 Kxe7 21.
Rf1 $14 {Shirov,A-Nikolic,P/Wijk/1993}) 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bg5 (19. Nf7 Bd5 20.
b3 Na6 $13) 19... h6 (19... Bb4+ 20. Ke2 h6 21. Be3 $14) 20. Bf4 Bd5 21. Bxd5 (
21. b3 $5) 21... cxd5 22. O-O-O Nc6 23. Rxd5 Rd8 24. Rb5 $2 (24. Rf5 $1 Nd4 (
24... Rc8 25. Kb1 Nd4 26. Rf7 $16) 25. Rf7 Nxe6 26. Rxb7 Nxf4 27. gxf4 Bd6 28.
Ng6 $16) (24. Rxd8+ {Ftacnik} Nxd8 $10) 24... b6 25. Ng6 (25. Nf7 Rc8 26. Kd1 (
26. Kb1 {Ftacnik} Nd4 27. Re5 Rc6 $10) 26... Nd4 27. Re5 Rc6 $10) (25. Rf5 $5)
25... Rc8 26. Kb1 (26. Nxf8 $2 {Ftacnik} Nd4+ $19) 26... Bc5 $1 (26... Nd4 27.
Re5 Be7 28. Re4 $16) 27. Rb3 Nd4 28. Re3 Nxe6 $1 29. Rxe6+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel SKA"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. h3 Na6 8. g4
Bg6 9. e3 {TN} (9. Bg2 Nb4 10. O-O Bc2 $1 11. Qd2 Bb3 $1 {unclear at the time
being}) 9... Nb4 10. Bxc4 Nd7 (10... Nc2+ $4 11. Qxc2 Bxc2 12. Bxf7# $18) (
10... e6 $13) 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qf3 $6 (12. a5 {/\ Bd2, Qb3}) 12... e6 13. Kf1
a5 14. Kg2 Be7 15. Ne4 g5 16. Bd2 Nf8 $1 {/\ Ng6-h4 =} 17. Bxb4 axb4 18. Nd2
Ng6 19. Qe4 Nh4+ 20. Kf1 Rh6 21. Ke2 Qc7 22. Qc2 e5 23. d5 Kf8 24. dxc6 Qxc6
25. Bd3 Rd8 26. Qxc6 Rxc6 27. Be4 Rc7 28. Rac1 Rdc8 29. Nb3 b6 30. Rxc7 Rxc7
31. Rc1 Rxc1 32. Nxc1 g6 33. Kd3 f5 34. Bh1 e4+ 35. Kc4 Ke8 36. b3 Kd8 37. Kb5
Kc7 38. Na2 Bd6 39. Nxb4 Bh2 40. Nd5+ Kb7 41. Nc3 Bg1 42. Nd1 Bh2 43. b4 Bg1
44. Kc4 Kc6 45. a5 bxa5 46. bxa5 Bh2 47. Nc3 Bg1 48. Bxe4+ fxe4 49. Nxe4 Nf3
50. a6 Bh2 51. a7 Kb7 52. Kd5 Kxa7 53. Ke6 Kb6 54. Kf6 Bc7 55. Kxg6 Bd8 56. Nd6
Kc6 57. Nf7 Be7 58. Kf5 Kd5 59. e4+ Kd4 60. Ke6 Bc5 61. e5 Ke4 62. Kf6 Bxf2 63.
e6 Bd4+ 64. Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kortschnoj} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7.
f3 Nfd7 8. Nxc4 e5 9. e4 $1 (9. Ne4 {Kortschnoj}) 9... Qh4+ (9... exd4 {
Kortschnoj} 10. Qxd4 {/\ Nd6+/-}) (9... Bb4 $5 {Kortschnoj} 10. dxe5 O-O $44)
10. g3 Qf6 11. dxe5 Qxf3 $8 (11... Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. g4 Bg6 14. f4 Qe7 15.
f5 Qh4+ 16. Kd2 Na6 17. Kc2 $18) 12. Nd6+ Kd8 {TN} (12... Bxd6 13. Qxd6 $1 Qxh1
14. Bg5 f6 15. exf6 gxf6 (15... Nxf6 {Kortschnoj} 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qe6+ Kf8
18. Qxf6+ Kg8 19. Qg5+ Bg6 20. O-O-O $18) 16. Qe6+ Kd8 17. Bxf6+ $18) (12...
Ke7 13. Bf4 (13. Bg5+ $2 {Kortschnoj} f6 $17) (13. Qb3 $44) 13... Qxd1+ 14.
Nxd1 Bf3 15. Rg1 h6 16. Ne3 Bh5 17. Nef5+ Kd8 18. g4 Bg6 19. Bc4 {+/-
Kremenetsky-Yannovsky, Moscow 1988}) 13. Qxf3 $6 (13. Bf4 $5 Qxd1+ (13... Qxh1
$2 14. Qxh5 $40) 14. Nxd1 Bxd6 15. exd6 Bf3 16. Rg1 Bxe4 17. Nc3 $16) 13...
Bxf3 14. Nxf7+ Ke8 15. Nxh8 Bxh1 16. e6 Nc5 17. Be3 Bf3 (17... Nxe6 $2 18. Kf2
(18. Bc4 {Kortschnoj} Nc5 (18... Bc5 19. Bxe6 Bxe3 20. Ke2 $18) 19. O-O-O $18)
18... Nc5 19. Re1 $1 $18) (17... Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Nf7 $13) (17... Nxe4 $5
{Kortschnoj}) 18. Nf7 Bg4 19. Bf4 Nba6 (19... Nxe6 {Kortschnoj} 20. Nd6+ Bxd6
21. Bxd6 Nd7 $14) 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21. Bxd6 Rd8 (21... Nb4 $5 {Kortschnoj}) 22. e5
Nb4 $2 {[#]} (22... Bxe6 $14) (22... Bxe6 {Kortschnoj}) 23. Nb5 Ncd3+ (23...
Nc2+ 24. Kd2 Nxa1 $4 25. Nc7#) (23... Bxe6 {Kortschnoj} 24. Nc7+ Kf7 25. Nxe6
Kxe6 26. O-O-O $16) 24. Kd2 cxb5 25. Bxd3 Nxd3 26. Kxd3 Bxe6 (26... bxa4 27. e7
$18) 27. axb5 Ra8 28. Kd4 Kd7 (28... b6 {Kortschnoj} 29. Bc7 {/\ Bb6 +/-}) 29.
b6 a6 30. Rf1 Rc8 31. Bc7 Kc6 32. Rd1 Kd7 33. Kc5+ Ke7 34. Rd4 Bf5 35. g4 Be6
36. h4 Rg8 37. Bd6+ Ke8 38. g5 Rh8 39. Rf4 Kd7 40. Bf8 Rg8 41. Rd4+ Ke8 42. Kd6
$1 Bh3 43. Be7 Kf7 44. e6+ Kg6 45. Kd7 h5 46. Bd6 1-0

[Event "Bishkek zt"]
[Site "Bishkek"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kantsler, Boris"]
[Black "Imanaliev, Taalaibek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "KGZ"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. g3 e6 8. Bg2
Bb4 9. O-O Nd5 10. Nxc4 $146 (10. Qc2 Be7 11. Nxc4 Nb4 12. Qb3 O-O 13. a5 N8a6
$13 {Yusupov,A-Nikolic,P/Hastings/1989}) 10... Na6 (10... Bxc3 $5 11. bxc3 Nxc3
12. Qb3 Nxe2+ 13. Kh1 O-O (13... b6 14. Ba3 Nxd4 15. Qc3 $40) 14. Qxb7 Nd7 (
14... Qxd4 $2 15. Be3 Qxc4 16. Qxa8 $16) 15. Ba3 Qc8 16. Rfb1 $1 $13) (10...
Nxc3 $6 11. bxc3 Bxc3 12. Ba3 Bxa1 13. Nd6+ Kd7 14. Qxa1 $40) 11. Qb3 Nb6 12.
Nxb6 Qxb6 $13 (12... axb6 $13) 13. Qc4 Rd8 14. Be3 Qa5 15. Na2 O-O 16. Nxb4
Qxb4 17. Qc2 Qe7 18. Rfe1 Nb4 19. Qc4 a5 20. Rac1 (20. Bf4) 20... Bg6 21. Bf4
Rd7 22. Bf3 Rfd8 23. Red1 f6 24. e4 Bf7 25. e5 g5 26. Be3 fxe5 27. Qc5 $2 (27.
dxe5 Nd3 28. Bb6 Nxe5 29. Bxd8 Nxf3+ 30. Kg2 Qxd8 31. Rxd7 Qxd7 32. Kxf3 e5 $13
) 27... Qf6 28. Kg2 Nd5 $17 29. dxe5 Qf5 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32. Qe7
Qxe5 33. Bc5 Kg7 34. Rc3 g4 35. Qf8+ Kg6 36. Re3 Qh5 37. h4 Rxc5 38. Re4 Qd5
0-1

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. f3 Nfd7 8.
Nxc4 e5 9. g3 $5 Qe7 $1 (9... Bb4 10. dxe5 O-O $44 (10... O-O 11. Bh3 $16 (11.
Qd4))) (9... exd4 10. Qxd4 $16 {><d6}) (9... f6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8
12. Nxe5 fxe5 13. Bg5+ $16) 10. Bh3 $1 (10. Ne4 $2 Qb4+ $17) (10. dxe5 $6 Nxe5
11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. g4 Bg6 13. f4 Qe7 14. f5 Qh4+ 15. Kd2 Na6 $17) (10. Qb3 $6
exd4 11. Qxb7 Nb6 $15) (10. d5 $5 Qb4 $13) 10... Bg6 (10... Na6 $2 11. dxe5 $18
) (10... exd4 $6 11. Qxd4 Bxf3 $2 12. Rf1 (12. O-O $2 Qc5 $1) 12... Bh5 13. Ne4
$18) (10... f6 11. b3 $5 (11. d5 $14) 11... Qb4 12. Bd2 $16) 11. O-O (11. dxe5
$5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Bf4 (13. Bc8 $6 Qc7 $10) 13... Qe7 $8 (13... Qa5 $4
14. Bxb8 $18) 14. Qb3 (14. O-O $14) 14... Na6 15. Rd1 (15. Nd5 Nc5 $1) 15...
Nc5 16. Qc4 $14) (11. d5 $14) 11... exd4 12. Qxd4 Nc5 (12... Qc5 13. Be3 $14)
13. Qd1 $6 (13. Ra3 Ne6) (13. Rd1 Nb3 14. Qf4 Qf6 $8 (14... Qc5+ 15. Be3 $18) (
14... Qb4 15. Qe5+ $18) (14... Nxa1 15. Nd6+ $18) 15. Qxf6 (15. Qc7 Bc5+ 16.
Kg2 O-O 17. Qxb7 Nxa1 18. Qxa8 Qe7 $13) 15... gxf6 16. Bc8 $5 $14 {Rogers,I})
13... Nba6 14. e4 (14. Bf4 Rd8 15. Qe1 Ne6 $15) 14... Rd8 15. Qe2 Nb3 16. Rb1
Qc5+ $1 $132 (16... Nd4 17. Qf2 Qc5 18. Ne3 Nb4 19. Rd1 Be7 $15) 17. Be3 Nd4
18. Bxd4 Rxd4 19. Ne3 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Gretarsson, Helgi Ass"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 6. e3 Bg4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. h3
Bh5 9. O-O (9. g4 $5 Bg6 10. Bxa6 bxa6 11. Ne5 Bd6 {(=Cernin)} 12. Nxg6 hxg6
13. Qf3 $14 {; siehe des weiteren Z. Ribli, D 16-19, Slovenska odbrana, unter
D 16/5, Fußnote 27.}) 9... Be7 (9... Nb4 {ist sicher genauer.}) 10. Be2 (10. g4
Bg6 11. Bxa6 bxa6 12. Ne5 {scheint mir mehr zu versprechen; der Textzug sieht
etwas schlapp aus.}) (10. Qe2 Nb4 11. Rd1 {führt zu der von Z. Ribli im oben
zitierten Werk unter D 16/5 angegebenen Hauptvariante; Weiß hat leichten
Vorteil.}) 10... Nb4 11. a5 (11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 O-O 13. Rd1 {lenkt in die
Partie Gheorghiu-Ivkov, Badeb-Baden 1981, über; nach} c5 14. dxc5 Qc7 {hatte
Schwarz nichts zu befürchten. Der Textzug verspricht indessen auch keinen
Vorteil.}) 11... O-O 12. Bd2 c5 13. Qb3 cxd4 14. exd4 Qb8 {Dieser Zug soll
wohl dazu dienen, den Bauern auf b7 zu decken; er sieht aber sehr gekünstelt
aus. Ich gebe einige andere Ideen an:} (14... Rc8 15. Ra4 Nc6 16. Qxb7 Rc7 (
16... Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nxd4 18. Be3 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 $14) 17. Qa6 Bxf3 (17... Nb4
18. Qb5 a6 19. Qe5 Bd6 20. Qe3 {bringt dem Schwarzen nichts.}) 18. Bxf3 Nxd4
19. Bd1 e5 {mit unklarer Lage.}) (14... Bg6 15. Rfc1 Nd3 16. Bxd3 Bxd3 17. Qxb7
a6 $13) 15. Bg5 Nc6 16. Rfd1 Rd8 17. Bxf6 (17. Qa4 $5) 17... Bxf6 18. d5 Bxf3
19. Bxf3 Nd4 20. Rxd4 Bxd4 21. dxe6 fxe6 22. Qxe6+ (22. Bxb7 Kh8 23. a6 Qf4 24.
Bxa8 Qxf2+ 25. Kh1 Rxa8 $15) 22... Kh8 23. a6 bxa6 24. Bxa8 Qxb2 25. Rf1 Qxc3
$10 26. Bf3 Qc8 27. Re1 Qxe6 28. Rxe6 a5 29. Bc6 Kg8 30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Bxe8 Kf8
32. Ba4 Ke7 33. Kf1 Kd6 34. Ke2 Kc5 35. f4 Kb4 36. Be8 Kc3 37. Bd7 h6 38. Be8
Bc5 39. Bd7 Bb6 40. Be8 Bc5 41. Bd7 Bd4 42. Be8 Bf6 43. Bd7 Kb3 44. Be6+ Kc3
45. Bd7 Kb3 46. Be6+ Ka3 47. Kd3 a4 48. Kc2 Bh4 49. Bf7 Bg3 50. f5 Be5 51. Be6
Bf6 52. Bf7 a5 53. Bg8 Kb4 54. Kd3 h5 55. Bf7 h4 56. Bg8 a3 57. Ba2 a4 58. Kc2
Be5 59. Kd3 Bc7 60. Kc2 Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 6. e4 Bg4 7. Bxc4 Bxf3 8.
gxf3 e6 9. Be3 Nb4 10. a5 Be7 11. Qb3 b5 12. axb6 axb6 13. O-O O-O 14. Rxa8
Qxa8 15. Rd1 Rd8 16. Bf1 Qa5 17. Ne2 c5 18. dxc5 Rxd1 19. Qxd1 bxc5 20. Nc3 h6
21. f4 Qc7 22. Bg2 Nd7 23. e5 Nf8 24. Nb5 Qb6 25. Nd6 Qc7 26. Be4 f5 27. Bf3
Kh7 28. Be2 Qa5 29. Bc4 Nc6 30. Nxf5 $2 {Das Opfer ist inkorrekt; Weiß hatte
offenbar eine Halluzination. Nach einem neutralen Zuge dürfte er nichts zu
befürchten haben.} exf5 31. Qd5 Nd8 (31... Qc7 $4 32. Qg8+ Kg6 33. Bf7#) 32.
Bd3 g6 33. Bc4 Nde6 34. Qc6 Qc7 35. Qe8 Kg7 36. h4 h5 37. Bd5 Qd8 38. Qc6 Kf7
39. Bxc5 Qd7 40. Be3 Qxc6 41. Bxc6 Nc7 42. Kg2 Ke6 43. Kg3 Nd7 44. Kh3 Bb4 45.
Kg3 Nc5 46. Kf3 Nd3 47. Ba4 Nxb2 48. Bb3+ Ke7 49. Ke2 Ne6 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 07th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.11.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zakharevich, Igor"]
[Black "Ignatiev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[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. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. h3 Na6 8. g4
Bg6 9. Bg2 Nb4 10. O-O Bc2 11. Qd2 e6 12. a5 (12. Nxc4 Bb3 13. Ne5 Nc2 14. Rb1
Qc7 $13 {0-1 Van den Berg,D-Bierenbroodspot,P/Haarlem 1994/EXT 99 (37)}) 12...
Bb3 (12... Nd7 $5 {sieht solider aus.}) 13. a6 Qc7 14. axb7 Qxb7 15. Ne4 Nxe4
16. Bxe4 Nd5 17. Qg5 Rc8 18. Bd2 h6 19. Qh4 Be7 20. Qg3 Bf6 21. Rac1 Qb8 $6 (
21... c5 {ist eine plausible Fortsetzung.}) 22. f4 Qb6 (22... c5 23. g5 hxg5
24. fxg5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 g6 $13) 23. e3 Rc7 24. Qf3 Qb7 25. Rf2 g5 26. f5 Bxe5
27. dxe5 Re7 28. Bc3 Kd7 29. Bd4 Kc8 30. Ra1 a6 31. Ra5 Rd8 32. Rf1 Red7 33.
Rfa1 Nb4 34. Rxa6 Qxa6 $2 ({Nach} 34... Rxd4 35. Rxc6+ Nxc6 36. exd4 Qb6 37.
Bxc6 Rxd4 {ist die Lage durchaus nicht klar.}) 35. Rxa6 $18 Nxa6 36. Bxc6 Rc7
37. Bb6 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Rd2+ 39. Kg3 Rxb2 40. Bxc7 Kxc7 41. Be8 Nb8 42. fxe6 fxe6
43. Qf7+ Kd8 44. Qf8 Nd7 45. Bxd7+ Kxd7 46. Qd6+ Kc8 47. Qxe6+ Kb7 48. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 54th"]
[Site "Sopot"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Sapis, Witalis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1997.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Krasenkow} c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. f3
Nfd7 8. Nxc4 e5 9. Be3 Bg6 {Häufiger wurde 9...Bb4 versucht:} (9... Bb4 10. g4
Bg6 11. dxe5 Qe7 12. f4 Qh4+ 13. Bf2 Qxg4 14. Qb3 Na6 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. Qxb7
Nb4 17. Qxa8+ Bb8 $13 {Granda Zuniga,J-Nikolic,P, Biel izt 1992, CBM 37. Ich
wage in der Hast nicht, zu einem Urteil über den Wert der einzelnen Abspiele
zu gelangen; mehr Anwendung in der Praxis mag die Klarheit fördern.}) 10. h4 {
In der Partie Grigorian,K-Vasiukov,E, URS ch 42, Leningrad 1974, geschah:} (10.
g3 Bb4 11. Bg2 exd4 12. Bxd4 O-O 13. O-O Qe7 14. e4 Rd8 15. Qe2 Nc5 {In
Betracht kommt 14...Bc5. In Betracht kommt 14...Bc5.} 16. Be3 Nba6 17. Qc2 {
mit etwa gleichen Aussichten für beide Seiten.}) 10... f6 {Dies ist, soweit
ich sehe, bisher noch nicht gespielt worden. Wahrscheinlich wird die Methode
nicht viele Nachahmer finden; das Endspiel, das in der Partie entsteht, sieht
nicht angenehm für Schwarz aus. Ich zitiere eine Partie, in der Schwarz eine
andere Lösung versuchte:} (10... Be7 $6 11. h5 Bf5 12. dxe5 O-O 13. h6 Na6 {
Dies erscheint mir zu frivol. Nötig war ein Zug mit dem gP Dies erscheint mir
zu frivol. Nötig war ein Zug mit dem gP} (13... g6 {Auf} 14. Nd6 {folgt folgt}
Be6 15. f4 f6 {mit undeutlicher Lage; oder sogar}) (13... g5 {um die Deckung
des eP durch f3-f4 zu erschweren.}) (13... g5 {um die Deckung des eP durch
f3-f4 zu erschweren.}) 14. hxg7 Re8 15. g4 Bg6 (15... Be6 16. Qd3 $18) 16. f4
$18 Nb4 17. Rc1 Nd5 18. Bg2 Nxe3 19. Nxe3 Bh4+ 20. Kf1 Bg3 21. f5 Qb6 22. fxg6
hxg6 23. Qd2 Bxe5 24. Ned5 {1-0 Sokolov,I-Hellsten,J/Malmo 1995}) (10... exd4
$6 {gefällt mir nicht:} 11. Bxd4 f6 12. e4 $16) (10... Bb4 $5 {sieht aktiver
und besser aus als 10...Le7; das Feld e7 bleibt der schwarzen Q zugänglich.
Nach} 11. dxe5 O-O {ist die Stellung unklar. Nicht ohne Risiko für Weiß ist
die Folge} 12. h5 Bf5 13. Nd6 Be6 14. Nxb7 Qc7 15. Nd6 Nxe5 {etc.}) 11. dxe5
Nxe5 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Nxe5 fxe5 14. h5 Bc2 15. h6 Nd7 16. hxg7 (16. a5 $5 $14
{Krasenkow}) 16... Bxg7 17. a5 {Dies gefällt mir nicht; die Entwicklung des
Weißen ist nicht fortsgeschritten genug, um auf beiden Flügeln zu spielen.} (
17. Bh6 {ist meines Erachtens stärker:} Bxh6 (17... Bf6 18. e4 a5 (18... Nc5 {
scheitert an} 19. b4) 19. Be3 {hat Weiß die besseren Aussichten.}) 18. Rxh6 Bg6
19. e3 Ke7 20. Rd1 Nf6 (20... Nc5 21. b4 {mit Vorteil für Weiß;}) (20... a5 21.
Bd3 {ist ebenfalls unangenehm für Schwarz.}) 21. Bd3 {Die Aufgabe des
Nachziehenden ist nicht leicht.}) 17... Nf8 {/\Ne6-d4} 18. Bh6 Bf6 (18... Bxh6
{Krasenkow} 19. Rxh6 Bg6 $14) 19. Bxf8 {So gewinnt Weiß einen Bauern, aber
Schwarz erhält ausreichendes Gegenspiel durch den Besitz der schwarzen Felder.}
Rxf8 20. e4 {/\21.Bc4+-} Bb3 ({Nach} 20... Rf7 $2 21. Bc4 {würde Schwarz den
Läufer auf c2 einbüßen.}) 21. Rxh7 Rf7 22. Rh6 Ke7 {<=>^^} 23. Ra3 Be6 24. Ra4
(24. Na4 $16 {Krasenkow}) 24... Rg7 {/\Bg5-e3-d4} 25. Rb4 Rb8 26. Kf2 Bg5 27.
Rh1 b5 28. axb6 Rxb6 (28... a5 $1 {Krasenkow} 29. Ra4 Rxb6 30. Rxa5 (30. Bc4
Rxb2+ 31. Ne2 $17) 30... Rxb2+ 31. Be2 Rc2 $17) 29. Rxb6 axb6 30. Rh8 (30. Be2
{Krasenkow}) 30... Bc1 31. Nd1 Kd6 (31... Bb3 $2 {Krasenkow} 32. Ne3) 32. g4
Rf7 (32... Ra7 $44 {Krasenkow}) 33. Bh3 b5 34. Ne3 Bxb2 35. g5 (35. Rh6 {
Krasenkow} Kd7 $1 (35... Bd4 $2 36. g5 Re7 37. Bxe6 Rxe6 38. g6 $18) (35... Ke7
36. Nf5+ Bxf5 37. exf5 Rf6 38. Rh5 $16) 36. g5 (36. Nf5 Bc1 37. Rh5 b4) 36...
Bxh3 37. Rxh3 Rg7 38. Rg3 Rg6 {/\39...Bc1}) (35. Nf5+ {Krasenkow} Bxf5 36. exf5
e4 37. Rh6+ (37. Re8 Bd4+ {/\38...exf3, 39...b4<=>}) 37... Rf6 38. Rxf6+ Bxf6
39. fxe4 Ke5 40. Ke3 c5 $11) 35... Bxh3 36. Rxh3 Bd4 37. Ke2 Bxe3 38. Kxe3 Rg7
39. Rh6+ (39. f4 {Krasenkow} exf4+ 40. Kxf4 Rf7+ 41. Kg4 Ke5 $11) 39... Kc5 40.
f4 exf4+ 41. Kxf4 b4 42. g6 b3 43. Kf5 b2 44. Rh1 Rb7 45. Rb1 Kd4 46. e5 c5 47.
e6 c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch55"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "2000.05.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "De Vreugt, Dennis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2000.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 6. e4 Bg4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. Be3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 Nb4 (12... c5 13. Bxa6 bxa6 14.
dxc5 Qc7 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Rc1 Rfc8 17. b4 a5 $11 {Tajmanov-Smyslov,
Meisterschaft der UdSSR 1969, vgl. Z. Ribli, Slawisch D16-19 
(Informatormonographie), D 16/6, Fußnote 41.}) 13. Qe2 Qa5 $6 (13... c5 14.
dxc5 Qc7 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Rac1 a6 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Kg2 Bxc5 {1/2-1/2
Speelman,J-Hartston,W/Morecambe 1981/EXT 99 (18)}) 14. g5 Ne8 $2 (14... Nh5 {
bietet viel besseren Widerstand.}) 15. Bb3 (15. Nd7 {scheint mir gut genug zu
sein; Schwarz erhält keine nennenswerte Kompensation für das verlorene
Material. Der Textzug ist jedoch kaum schwächer.}) 15... Nd6 16. Qg4 Na6 17. h4
(17. Bxe6 $5) 17... c5 18. h5 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Nf5 {Statt dessen könnte Schwarz
auch aufgeben;} (19... Qb4 20. hxg6 Qxb3 (20... hxg6 21. Nxg6 {ist
hoffnungslos für Schwarz.}) 21. gxh7+ Kh8 22. Qh5 {führt aber ebenfalls zu
einer hoffnungslosen Lage.}) 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Qg3 Rad8 (21... Qb4 22. Bc4) 22.
Nb5 Qb4 23. Qc3 f6 24. Nf3 fxg5 25. Qxb4 Nxb4 26. Bxa7 Nc6 27. Nfd4 Be4 28.
Nxe6 Rd3 29. Bc4 1-0

[Event "Albert m"]
[Site "Albert"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1996.09.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {King} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 6. e3 ({Aktiver ist} 
6. e4) 6... Bg4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2 Nb4 10. Rd1 O-O 11. h3 Bh5 12. a5
Rc8 {An dieser Stelle wurden bisher Damenzüge versucht:} ({I} 12... Qc7 13. e4
(13. b3 b5 {bringt dem Weißen nichts ein.}) (13. g4 Bg6 14. Ne5 {scheint mir
die wichtigste Fortsetzung zu sein:} c5 (14... Rad8 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. e4 $14) (
14... Be4 15. Nxe4 (15. g5 Bc2 $13) 15... Nxe4 16. Bd2 $14) 15. Nb5 Qc8 16.
Nxg6 hxg6 17. dxc5 $14) 13... c5 14. g4 (14. d5 $6 exd5 15. exd5 (15. Nb5 Qc6
16. exd5 Nfxd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Qxd5 19. Qxe7 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rae8 $19)
15... a6 {Meines Erachtens steht Schwarz besser: Krogius-Saidy, Polanica Zdroj
1969, Inf. 8/508; Z. Ribli, Slawisch D16-19 (1996), D16/5, Fußnote 32.}) 14...
Bg6 15. b3 (15. Ne5 cxd4 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Rxd4 Bc5 $19 {denn wenn sich der
Turm des Weißen zurückzieht, folgt 18...Dg3+.}) 15... cxd4 16. Nxd4 {mit etwa
ausgeglichener Stellung.}) ({II} 12... Qc8 13. g4 (13. b3 b5 (13... c5 14. dxc5
$14 {Boleslavskij, siehe Z. Ribli, Slawisch D16-19 (1996), D16/5, Fußnote 32.})
14. axb6 axb6 $11) 13... Bg6 14. e4 (14. Ne5 $14) 14... c5 15. Bf4 $14) ({III} 
12... Rc8 {, der Textzug, hat gegenüber den Damenzügen zwei Nachteile: erstens
bleibt die Dame in der Wirkungslinie des gegnerischen Königsturmes, und
zweitens ermangelt gelegentlich der Bauer auf a7 des Schutzes (nach c6-c5,
Sc3-b5). Er ist keine Verstärkung.}) 13. Bb3 ({Weiß vermeidet zu recht die
Folge} 13. b3 b5 {mit Ausgleich.}) ({Stärker war jedoch meines Erachtens} 13.
g4 Bg6 14. Ne5 (14. e4 c5 15. Bf4 {gibt dem Weißen ebenfalls eine vorzügliche
Stellung}) {denn} 14... Be4 {scheitert jetzt an} 15. g5 Bc2 16. gxf6 gxf6 (
16... Bxd1 17. fxe7) 17. Ng4 $16) 13... c5 {Dies ist die einzige Möglichkeit
für Schwarz, etwas Aktives zu unternehmen.} ({Sonst kam nur} 13... Qc7 {
in Betracht, zum Beispiel} 14. g4 Bg6 15. Ne5 (15. e4 c5 {verspricht dem
Weißen nicht mehr.}) 15... c5 16. Nb5 Qb8 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Bd2 a6 19. dxc5
Bxc5 20. Nd4 {mit leichtem Vorteil für Weiß.}) 14. Nb5 (14. g4 Bg6 15. Ne5 {
kam noch stets in Betracht.}) 14... Bxf3 15. gxf3 ({Nach} 15. Qxf3 {wird Weiß
mit} c4 {gestört:} 16. Ba4 Qd5 {mit gutem Spiel für Schwarz.}) 15... a6 16.
dxc5 Nbd5 (16... Nfd5 $5 17. Nd6 (17. e4 axb5 18. exd5 exd5 (18... Nxd5 19.
Bxd5 exd5 20. b4 {sieht für Schwarz riskant aus.}) 19. Qxb5 Bxc5 20. Be3 {
Auf andere Züge folgt 20...Dh4.} Bxe3 {Schwarz hat nichts zu befürchten.})
17... Bxd6 18. cxd6 Qxd6 {Der einzige Unterschied zur Partiefolge besteht
darin, daß ein schwarzer Springer auf b4 steht statt auf f6; ihm winkt, falls
nötig, ein schönes Rückzugsfeld auf c6. Anscheinend war 16...Sfd5 genauer als
16...Sbd5.}) 17. Nd6 ({Mehr versprach jetzt meines Erachtens die Fortsetzung} 
17. e4 axb5 18. exd5 exd5 (18... Nxd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. b4 {führt zur oben
unter 16...Sfd5: unter A, erste Klammer, angegebenen Variante; Weiß steht
besser.}) 19. Qxb5 Bxc5 20. Bf4 (20. Bg5 Qd6 21. Kg2 Bxf2 {ist nicht besser.})
20... Re8 {Weiß hat die Initiative.} 21. Rac1) 17... Bxd6 18. cxd6 Qxd6 19. Ra4
(19. e4 Qe5 (19... Nf4 20. Qe3 Qb4 {genügt auch.}) 20. Qd2 Ne7 21. Qg5 Ng6 {
bereitet dem Schwarzen keine Schwierigkeiten; aber auch nach dem Textzug ist
die Stellung meines Erachtens ausgeglichen.}) 19... Rc5 20. f4 {King: The
knights become dominated in classic fashion, and the f-pawns, giving greater
control of the centre, play their part.} Qc6 (20... Rfc8 21. Bd2 b5 22. axb6 (
22. Rd4 e5 $13) 22... Qxb6 $11) 21. Bd2 Qb5 {Prinzipiell begeistert mich beim
vorliegenden Stellungstypus die Idee nicht, die Damen zu tauschen. Vielleicht
gibt es jetzt aber schon nichts Besseres, denn nach} (21... b5 22. Rd4 {
steht Weiß besser.}) 22. Qxb5 Rxb5 23. Ra3 Ne4 (23... Rc8 $5 {sieht wie eine
plausible Fortsetzung aus.}) (23... h6 $5 {mit der Absicht, zum rechten
Zeitpunkt g7-g5 zu spielen, ist ebenfalls eine Standardidee bei einer
derartigen Konstellation. Die von Schwarz durchgeführte Überführung des
Springers von d5 nach e4 überzeugt mich nicht.}) 24. Be1 Ndf6 (24... Rc8 $5) (
24... h6 $5) 25. Rc1 {Weiß hat die wichtige c-Linie mit dem Turm besetzen
können.} Rd8 26. f3 Nd6 (26... Nc5 27. Bc4 Rxb2 28. Bc3 $16) (26... Rc5 27.
Raa1 {ist keine Verbesserung für Schwarz.}) 27. Rd1 Nfe8 $2 (27... Nd5 {
war stärker; ich sehe keine Möglichkeit für Weiß, die Konstellation auf der
d-Linie zu seinem Vorteil auszubeuten. Deckt er den Bauern auf e3, so kann
Schwarz mit f7-f5 fortfahren.}) 28. Ba4 Rd5 29. Rxd5 exd5 30. Rd3 Nc7 (30...
Nf6 31. Bc3 {ist hoffnungslos für Schwarz.} (31. Bh4 Nc4 {ist weniger klar.}))
(30... Nc4 31. Bc3 Nc7 32. b3 b5 33. bxc4 bxa4 34. Be5 {sieht ebenfalls nicht
vertrauenerweckend für Schwarz aus.}) 31. Bb4 Ndb5 $2 ({Schwarz mußte unbedingt
} 31... Nc4 {versuchen. Nach dem Textzug wird seine Lage hoffnungslos.}) 32.
Bc5 f5 33. Bb6 Rd6 34. e4 (34. Bxc7 Nxc7 35. Rb3 {führte auch zum Sieg.}) 34...
Kf7 (34... Ne6 35. Bxb5 (35. e5 Rd7 $13) 35... axb5 36. Rxd5 Rxd5 37. exd5 Nf8
38. Kf2 Kf7 39. Ke3 Nd7 40. Kd4 Ke7 41. Bc7 $18 {nebst Königsmarsch nach b4 
(eventuell vorbereitet durch Lc7-e5) ist hoffnungslos für Schwarz.}) 35. e5 Rc6
36. Bxc7 Rc1+ 37. Kf2 Nxc7 38. Rb3 Ne6 39. Rxb7+ Kf8 40. Rb8+ Ke7 41. Rb7+ Rc7
42. Rxc7+ Nxc7 43. Bc6 d4 44. b4 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 12th final"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.11.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1996.11.21"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Osijek Forina-Mursa"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg University"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 6. e4 Bg4 7. Bxc4 Bxf3 {
Dies ist weniger oft gespielt worden als 7...e6; die Monographie von Z. Ribli,
Slawisch D16-19 (D16/6, Fu�note 37), verzeichnet kein Partiebeispiel. Die
Datenbank enth�lt einige Vorbilder f�r diese Fortsetzung; sie ist sicher
konsequent und plausibel.} 8. gxf3 e6 (8... Nb4 {kommt in Betracht, um dem
Wei�en keine M�glichkeit zu Lc4xa6 zu geben. Jetzt mu� die Fortsetzung}
9. d5 {beachtet werden, doch ist die Lage nach} e6 {nicht deutlich:} 10. dxe6
Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 fxe6 {(Eberlein,W-Melcher,W, Oberliga W�rttemberg 1987, GER
01)} 12. Bxe6 Rd8+ 13. Bd2 Nd3 14. Ke2 Nh5 {und Schwarz hat gute Kompensation
f�r den geopferten Bauern.}) 9. Rg1 (9. Bxa6 bxa6 10. Be3 (10. Qd3 a5 11. Qc4
Rc8 12. Be3 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Kh1 $14 {Nikolic,P-Ivancuk,V, Monaco rapid
1996, EXP 52.}) (10. Qe2 a5 11. Qc4 Rc8 12. Rg1 g6 13. Kf1 Bg7 14. Qc5 Qb6 $10
{Ivancuk, V-Smyslov,V, Tallinn rapid 1996, EXP 50.}) 10... Be7 11. O-O O-O 12.
Rc1 $14 {Shipov,S-Shvednikov,A, Yalta op 1996, EXT 96op2.}) 9... g6 (9... Nb4
$5) 10. a5 Nc7 $5 (10... Nb4 $5 {Der Textzug scheint unn�tig passiv, doch
ist die Stellung des Schwarzen solide und gesund, ohne Schw�chen aufzuweisen;
der Punkt e6 wird �berdeckt.}) 11. Qb3 Rb8 12. Be3 (12. Bf4 $5) 12... Be7 13.
f4 O-O (13... b5 $5 {kam in Betracht:} 14. axb6 ({Auf} 14. Bd3 {folgt} Na6 $13
{mit der Absicht, Sa6-b4 folgen zu lassen.}) 14... axb6 15. Ra7 (15. f5 b5 $13)
15... b5 16. Bd3 Ra8 $10) 14. Rd1 Kg7 (14... b5 {war auch jetzt eine
befriedigende Fortsetzung.}) 15. f5 $6 (15. d5 cxd5 16. Bxa7 Ra8 (16... dxc4 {
scheitert nat�rlich an} 17. Rxd8 cxb3 18. Rxb8) 17. Bb6 (17. Qxb7 Qc8 $19)
17... Qb8 18. exd5 Ncxd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Qxd5 Qxf4 {bringt dem
Wei�en nichts ein.}) ({Aber auch der Textzug ist zu st�rmisch.Nach} 15. Be2
{nebst Le2-f3 zur Vorbereitung der Durchbr�che f4-f5 und d4-d5 beh�lt
Wei� einigen Druck.}) 15... exf5 16. d5 (16. exf5 Ncd5 {�berl��t dem
Nachziehenden die bequemere Stellung, aber auch das Bauernopfer ist
zweifelhaft.}) 16... cxd5 17. exd5 b6 18. axb6 axb6 19. Nb5 Nxb5 20. Bxb5 Ne4
$6 {Hier gibt es nat�rlich viele M�glichkeiten. Ich denke, da� Schwarz
auf Gewinn steht. Attraktiv sieht} (20... Bc5 {aus.}) (20... Qd6 {mit der
Absicht, den K�nigsturm zu aktivieren, kam ebenfalls sehr in Betracht.}) 21.
f3 Nd6 22. Bc6 {Jetzt hat Schwarz M�he, seine Figuren, insbesondere seine
T�rme, herauszubringen.} Nc8 $6 (22... Bf6 {sieht nat�rlicher aus.}) 23.
Rg2 Bd6 24. Kf1 Be5 25. Qc2 Nd6 26. Re2 Qh4 27. Kg1 Qh5 {Hier steht die Dame
v�llig au�er Spiel.} (27... Rfc8 {mit der Idee, den Turm durch Tc8-c7-e7
(a7) zu aktivieren, sieht plausibler aus.}) 28. Qd3 Qh4 29. b3 f6 30. Qd2 Rf7
31. f4 $2 {Die Aufgabe des Feldes e4 ist positioneller Selbstmord.} Ne4 32. Qe1
Qxe1+ 33. Rdxe1 Bd6 34. Ra2 Bb4 {Dies ist sinnlos.} (34... g5 $5) 35. Rea1 Bc3
36. Rc1 g5 $4 37. Kg2 $4 (37. fxg5 {, und falls} fxg5 {, so} 38. Rxc3 Nxc3 39.
Bd4+) 37... Bb4 38. Rca1 Bd6 39. fxg5 fxg5 40. Bd4+ Kh6 (40... Kg6 41. Ra7 Rxa7
42. Rxa7 Bc5 $17) 41. Ra7 Rbf8 $6 (41... Rxa7 42. Rxa7 g4) 42. Rxf7 Rxf7 43.
Bxb6 f4 44. Kf3 Re7 (44... Nd2+ 45. Kg4 Nxb3 46. Re1 Re7 $10) 45. Ra2 Kh5 46.
h3 Ng3 $6 (46... Bb4 $5) 47. Ra7 Re1 $2 (47... Rxa7 48. Bxa7 Nf1 $10) 48. Rxh7+
Kg6 49. Rh8 Rf1+ $6 50. Kg4 Nf5 {Einzig} (50... Ne4 {bot Aussicht auf
Widerstand.}) 51. Rg8+ Kf6 52. Rxg5 Ne3+ 53. Kh5 Rh1 54. Bd4+ Kf7 55. Bd7 Rd1
56. Be6+ Ke7 57. Rg7+ ({Nach} 57. Bb6 {mu� Wei� auf die Dauer gewinnen,
denn Schwarz kann den gegnerischen b-Bauern nicht erobern:} Rd3 58. h4 Rxb3 (
58... f3 59. Rg7+ {ist ebenso fatal f�r Schwarz.}) 59. Rg7+ Ke8 60. Rg8+ Bf8
61. Bc5 $18) 57... Ke8 58. Rg8+ (58. Bf6 Nxd5 59. Bg5 Ne7 60. Rh7 Kd8 61. Rf7
Rf1 62. h4 {sollte noch stets zum Gewinn gen�gen.}) 58... Ke7 59. Rg7+ Ke8
60. Rg8+ $2 Ke7 61. Rg7+ {Jetzt ist es schwierig geworden, noch einen Gewinn
zu finden.} Ke8 {dreimalige Stellungswiederholung} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lausanne YM"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "2000.06.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "De Vreugt, Dennis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2000.05.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 6. e3 {Dieser zahme Aufbau
verspricht kaum Eröffnungsvorteil.} (6. e4 {ist üblich.}) 6... Bg4 7. Bxc4 e6
8. O-O Be7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe2 Nb4 11. Rd1 O-O 12. g4 Bg6 13. Ne5 Qa5 $6 {
Der Textzug bewirkt nichts, und meines Erachtens steht die Dame hier nicht
besonders günstig. Konsequent ist die Fortsetzung} (13... c5 {Mit} 14. h4 (14.
dxc5 Qc7 {führt zu einer ausgeglichenen Stellung.}) 14... cxd4 15. exd4 Nfd5
16. h5 (16. Bxd5 exd5 17. h5 Bc2 $11) 16... Bc2 17. Rd2 Nf4 18. Qf3 Bg5 19. Na2
Nxa2 20. Rxa2 Bb1 21. Ra1 f6 22. Rxb1 fxe5 23. dxe5 Nh3+ 24. Qxh3 Bxd2 {
erreicht Weiß keinen Vorteil.}) ({Nach} 13... Nd7 14. Nxg6 hxg6 {erhält
Schwarz eine etwas passive, aber sehr solide Stellung.}) 14. h4 Rad8 15. Bb3 (
15. h5 {kommt ebenfalls in Betracht:} Bc2 16. Rd2 b5 {Ich sehe keine andere
sinnvolle Fortsetzung; Schwarz muß energisch auftreten.} 17. Ba2 (17. Rxc2 Nxc2
18. Qxc2 bxc4 19. Nxc6 Qc7 20. Nxd8 Nxg4 21. f3 Qg3+ 22. Qg2 Qe1+ 23. Qf1 Qg3+
{führt zum Unentschieden.}) 17... Bxa4 18. Bb1 Qc7 19. Nxa4 bxa4 {mit unklarer
Lage. Der Textzug dürfte mehr versprechen.}) 15... Qa6 {Gegen die Drohung 16.
h5 gibt es keine bessere Verteidigung.} 16. Qxa6 bxa6 17. Rd2 $6 ({Nach} 17. h5
Bc2 18. Bxc2 Nxc2 19. Rb1 Nb4 20. Bd2 {hat Weiß einen geringfügigen Vorteil.})
(17. f4 Bc2 18. Bxc2 Nxc2 19. Rb1 Nb4 20. g5 Nh5 21. Bd2 f6 {führt zu etwa
gleichem Ergebnis.}) ({Weiß möchte nicht seinen weißfeldrigen Läufer, sondern
den Springer gegen den Damenläufer des Schwarzen abtauschen. Diese Idee
scheint mir die richtige zu sein. Weiß führt sie jedoch in der falschen Form
aus. Viel stärker ist} 17. g5 Nd7 (17... Nfd5 18. e4 {ist noch ungünstiger für
Schwarz.}) 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. e4 {mit Vorteil für Weiß; seine Figuren stehen
einander nicht im Wege, wie es nach der Partiefortsetzung der Fall ist.}) 17...
Nd7 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. g5 c5 20. Rd1 cxd4 21. exd4 Nb6 22. Be3 Rd7 23. Rac1 (23.
Ne4 N6d5 24. Nc5 Rc7 {führt zu einer ausgeglichenen Stellung.}) 23... Rb8 24.
a5 {Dieser Bauer kann auf a5 angegriffen werden. Solider ist} (24. Ne4 {
mit Ausgleich.}) 24... N6d5 25. Ba4 {Der Läufer steht hier nicht wirkungsvoll,
aber nach} (25. Bc4 {kann} Bd8 {geschehen. Das Gleichgewicht der Stellung ist
übrigens in keinem Fall gestört, obwohl sie für Schwarz vielleicht etwas
angenehmer zu spielen ist.}) 25... Rdd8 26. Kg2 Bd6 ({Nach} 26... Nxe3+ 27.
fxe3 Nd5 28. Nxd5 Rxb2+ 29. Rc2 Rxc2+ 30. Bxc2 Rxd5 31. Ra1 {dürfte Weiß das
Endspiel ohne größere Mühe remis halten können.}) 27. Kf3 $6 (27. Nxd5 Nxd5 28.
b3 Bb4 29. Bd2 {wahrt den Ausgleich, denn der Turm des Weißen hat einen
schönen Stützpunkt auf c4.}) 27... Bc7 28. Nxd5 Nxd5 29. Rc6 $2 (29. b3 {
bot meines Erachtens bessere Rettungsaussichten, denn nach wie vor können die
Türme des Schwarzen nicht aktiv werden.}) 29... Rxb2 30. Rxa6 Ra2 31. Bb3 Rxa5
32. Rxa5 Bxa5 33. Rc1 Bb6 {Diese Stellung dürfte hoffnungslos für Weiß sein.
Er hat einen Bauern verloren, und d4 und h4 sind schwach.} 34. Ke4 Ne7 35. Rc3
Kf8 36. Rc4 Nf5 37. Ra4 Rd7 38. d5 exd5+ 39. Bxd5 Re7+ 40. Kf4 Nxe3 41. fxe3
Rxe3 42. Ra2 Rd3 43. Bc6 Rc3 44. Bd5 f5 45. gxf6 gxf6 46. h5 gxh5 47. Kf5 Ke7
48. Kg6 h4 49. Be4 h3 50. Bf5 Rg3+ 51. Kh6 Bg1 52. Re2+ Re3 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "2000.06.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2000.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. f3 e6 $6 {
Stärker ist} (7... Nfd7 8. Nxc4 e5) 8. g4 Nfd7 $2 {Danach verliert Schwarz
Material. Ungünstig für ihn ist auch} (8... Bg6 9. h4 h6 10. Nxg6 fxg6 11. e3
$16 {aber nach}) (8... Nd5 9. e4 (9. h4 f6 10. Nxc4 Bf7 {führt zum Ausgleich.})
9... Qh4+ 10. Ke2 Nxc3+ 11. bxc3 Bg6 {ist die Lage unklar.}) 9. Nxd7 Qh4+ 10.
Kd2 Nxd7 11. gxh5 Nc5 {Dies ist die beste Möglichkeit für Schwarz; der
springer gelangt nach b3, und so gewinnt Schwarz noch eine Qualität. Zum
Ausgleich langt dies indessen nicht.} 12. Kc2 Nb3 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. e3 e5 15.
Bxc4 Nxa1 16. Bxf7 Qf6 17. Ba2 exd4 18. exd4 Bc5 19. Ne4 Qf5 20. Qd3 Qxh5 21.
d5 Bb4 22. Kxa1 Kb8 23. Ng3 Qf7 24. Qe4 Qe7 25. dxc6 Qxe4 26. Nxe4 bxc6 27.
Bf4+ Kb7 28. Be5 Rhf8 29. Ng5 Rd2 30. Bxg7 Rf5 31. h4 Be7 32. Re1 Bxg5 33. hxg5
Rxg5 34. Bc3 (34. Bh6 {war stark.}) 34... Rdg2 35. Re7+ Kb6 36. Bb1 c5 37. Be4
a5 38. Rb7+ Ka6 39. Rxh7 Rg1+ 40. Ka2 c4 41. Rc7 Kb6 42. Rc6+ Ka7 43. Rxc4 Rd1
44. Rc7+ Kb8 45. Rb7+ Kc8 46. Rb5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 6. e3 Bg4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. h3
Bh5 9. Qe2 Nb4 10. O-O Be7 11. g4 (11. Rd1 {war der bisher übliche Zug, vgl. Z.
Ribli, Slawisch D16-19, D16/5; Landa,K-Gretarsson,H, Velden op 1996, EXT 96
op2, und viele andere Partien auf der Datenbank. Der Textzug, mit dem Weiß zur
sofortigen Besitzergreifung des Zentrums schreitet, gefällt mir besser.}) 11...
Bg6 12. e4 Nd7 {Diesen Zug ist vermutlich gegen Sf3-e5 gerichtet; aber Schwarz
gibt mit ihm den Druck gegen e4 und d4 gleichzeitig auf. Es wird ihm
schwerfallen, c6-c5 oder e6-e5 unter befriedigenden Bedingungen durchzusetzen.}
({I} 12... Qc7 13. Ne5 {sieht sehr unerfreulich für Schwarz aus, aber}) ({II} 
12... O-O {war natürlicher:} 13. Bf4 (13. Rd1 c5 {kommt ungefähr auf das
Gleiche hinaus.}) 13... c5 14. Rfd1 {mit leichtem Vorteil für Weiß.}) 13. Bf4
O-O 14. Rad1 Re8 {Schwarz kann keinen wirksamen Plan finden. Er beschränkt
sich daher klug auf geschickte prophylaktische Verteidigungsmaßnahmen.} (14...
c5 15. d5 {wäre äußerst unerfreulich für ihn.}) 15. Bg3 h6 16. Ne1 Bh7 17. f4 (
17. Bb3 {ist wohl nicht wirksamer; Schwarz antwortet} Qb6) 17... Nb6 18. Bb3 c5
19. dxc5 Bxc5+ 20. Kh2 Qe7 21. f5 ({Auch ruhigere Fortsetzungen kamen in
Betracht: I} 21. a5 Nd7 22. e5 {mit der Absicht, Sc3-e4 folgen zu lassen.}) ({
II} 21. Nf3 {. In allen Fällen hat Weiß das bequemere Spiel.}) 21... Nc6 (21...
exf5 22. gxf5 Nd7 23. Nf3 Rac8 (23... Kh8 24. Qc4 {ist ebenfalls ungemütlich
für Schwarz.}) 24. Bh4 Bd6+ 25. Kh1 Nf6 26. Qg2 {führt zu gewaltigem Vorteil
für Weiß.}) (21... Rad8 {versprach vielleicht auch Entlastung. Der Textzug ist
jedoch plausibel; Schwarz kämpft um das Feld d4.}) 22. fxe6 (22. f6 gxf6 23.
Qd2 {verdient Erwägung.}) 22... fxe6 23. Nb5 {Jetzt hat Schwarz Mühe, die
Drohungen Sb5-c7 und Sb5-d6 zu parieren. Jetzt muß Schwarz sich mit den
Möglichkeiten Sb5-c7 und Sb5-d6 auseinandersetzen.} Kh8 {Andere Züge sind
nicht besser:} ({I} 23... Rac8 24. Bd6 (24. Nd6 Nd4 (24... Bxd6 25. Rxd6 $16)
25. Nxc8 Rxc8 26. Qd3 Nxb3 27. Qxb3 Bxe4 $44) (24. Nf3 Red8 25. Rxd8+ Nxd8 (
25... Rxd8 26. Nc7 $16) 26. Nxa7 Ra8 27. Nb5 Nxa4 $14) 24... Qg5 25. Nf3 Qe3
26. Qxe3 Bxe3 27. Rde1 Bg5 28. Nxg5 hxg5 29. Nc7 {und Weiß gewinnt.}) ({II} 
23... Rf8 24. Nd3 Rxf1 25. Rxf1 Nd4 26. Nxd4 Bxd4 27. Nf4 {mit erklecklichem
Vorteil für Weiß.}) ({III} 23... Rad8 24. Nc7 Nd4 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 (25... Bxd4 26.
a5 Na8 27. Nxe6 {ist nicht angenehmer für Schwarz.}) 26. Nxe6 Kh8 (26... Qxe6
27. Bxe6+ Rxe6 28. e5 {genügt nicht.}) 27. Nxd4 Bxd4 28. e5 {ist unerfreulich
für Schwarz.}) 24. Nc7 (24. Nf3 Rad8 25. Nc7 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rd8 {führt zum
Ausgleich.}) 24... Nd4 25. Rxd4 ({Nicht besser ist} 25. Qd3 Nxb3 26. Qxb3 Bxe4
$44 {mit gutem Gegenspiel für Schwarz.}) 25... Bxd4 26. Nxa8 ({Mit} 26. a5 Nd7
27. Nf3 Bc5 (27... e5 28. Nxd4 exd4 29. Rf7 Qb4 30. Nxa8 Qxb3 31. Rxd7 Rxa8 32.
Be5 $16) 28. Bxe6 Bd6 {erreicht Weiß nicht mehr.}) 26... Nxa8 27. Nf3 e5 28.
Rd1 (28. Bd5 Nb6 29. Nxd4 exd4 (29... Nxd5 30. exd5 exd4 31. Qxe7 Rxe7 32. d6
Rd7 33. Rf8+ Bg8 34. Kg2 {ist ungemütlich für Schwarz.}) 30. Rf7 Qb4 $44) 28...
Qb4 29. Qb5 (29. Bf7 Rf8 (29... Re7 30. Bxe5 $16) 30. Bd5 {kam in Betracht.})
29... Qxb5 30. axb5 Bxb2 31. Bd5 a6 $2 {Dies führt zu großen Schwierigkeiten..
Ebenfalls ungenügend ist} ({I} 31... Nc7 32. Bxb7 Nxb5 33. Bc6 (33. Rb1 Rb8 $11
) 33... Nc3 (33... Rb8 34. Nxe5 Nc3 35. Rd7 (35. Rd2 Bc1 $11) 35... Kg8 36. Nd3
Rb6 37. Be5 $18) 34. Rd2 Re6 35. Nxe5 Nxe4 36. Bxe4 Bxe5 37. Rd8+ Bg8 38. Bd5
$18) ({Versucht werden mußte II} 31... Re7 $5 {, zum Beispiel:} 32. Rd2 (32.
Bxb7 Rxb7 33. Rd8+ Bg8 34. Rxa8 Rxb5 $11) 32... Bc1 33. Rc2 Rc7 34. Ra2 Nb6 35.
Nxe5 (35. Bxe5 Nxd5 36. exd5 Rc5 37. Rxa7 (37. d6 Be4 $17) 37... Be4 $17) 35...
Nxd5 36. exd5 Rc2+ 37. Rxc2 Bxc2 38. d6 Kg8 $15) 32. Bxb7 axb5 33. Rb1 Bd4 $2 (
33... Ba3 34. Rxb5 Nc7 35. Rxe5 Rxe5 {bot bessere Aussichten auf Widerstand.})
34. Rxb5 Nc7 {Jetzt verliert Schwarz Material, aber auf andere Weise ist der
Springer nicht aus seiner Ecke zu befreien.} (34... Bg8 35. Bc6 Rf8 (35... Nc7
36. Rb7 Re7 37. Nxd4 $18) 36. Nxe5 $18) 35. Nxd4 $18 Nxb5 36. Nxb5 Re6 37. Bd5
Rb6 38. Nc3 Rb2+ 39. Kg1 Bg6 40. Bxe5 Be8 41. Bf4 Rc2 42. Nd1 Bb5 43. Ne3 Rc3
44. Kf2 Kh7 45. h4 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 12th final"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.11.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1996.11.21"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer-Sheva Chess Club"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 6. e4 Bg4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. Bxa6
bxa6 9. Qd3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 a5 11. Qc4 Qc8 {In der Partie Ivancuk,V-Smyslov,V,
Tallinn rapid 1996, geschah} (11... Rc8 {, und die schwarze Dame fand ein
gutes Feld auf b6. Mit dem Textzuge beabsichtigt Schwarz, seinen Turm auf der
b-Linie einzusetzen; aber Wei� kann diese Absicht verhindern. Deshalb
gef�llt mir 11...Tc8 besser als 11...Dc8.}) 12. Rg1 (12. Bf4 $5 {sicherte
dem Wei�en Vorteil.}) 12... Rb8 ({Auf} 12... h6 {kann Wei� wieder
vorteilhaft} 13. Bf4 {spielen.}) 13. Rg5 Rb4 14. Qe2 Rxd4 (14... Qc7 $5 15. Be3
h6 16. Rg2 g6 {kam in Betracht.}) 15. Rxa5 Qc7 16. Be3 Qxa5 17. Bxd4 Be7 18.
Qc4 O-O ({I} 18... c5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qb5+ Qxb5 21. axb5 $16 {ist nicht
empfehlenswert f�r Schwarz.}) ({II} 18... Qc7 {war m�glich;} 19. Nb5 Qa5+
20. Bc3 Qb6 21. Nd4 c5 22. Qb5+ Qxb5 (22... Nd7 23. Nc6 Bf6 24. Rd1 {ist nicht
empfehlenswert f�r Schwarz.}) 23. Nxb5 a6 {braucht der Nachziehende nicht zu
f�rchten, denn} 24. Nc7+ {scheitert an} Kd7 25. Nxa6 Ra8) ({III} 18... O-O {
Das Bauernopfer, das Schwarz mit dem Textzug bringt, scheint mir auch korrekt
zu sein, doch h�tte Schwarz energischer fortfahren m�ssen.}) 19. Qxc6 Rb8
$2 (19... Qh5 {war richtig:} 20. O-O-O (20. Qc7 Qxf3 21. Rd1 Bb4 $17) (20. e5
Nd5 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Qxd5 Qxh2 23. Rd1 (23. O-O-O Qf4+ 24. Kb1 Rd8 25. Qe4
Qxe4+ 26. fxe4 Bc5 $19) (23. Ke2 Rd8 24. Qe4 Qh6 $40) 23... Rc8 {Die
K�nigsstellung des Wei�en gibt zu Unbehagen Anla�; Schwarz hat meines
Erachtens mindestens gleiches Spiel.}) 20... Qxf3 21. Qc7 Re8 (21... Bb4 $6 22.
Na2) 22. Qg3 Qxg3 23. hxg3 a5 {mit etwa gleichen Aussichten.}) 20. O-O-O {
Jetzt hat Schwarz keine Kompensation f�r den aufgegebenen Bauern. Ich sehe
in den folgenden Z�gen keine M�glichkeit f�r ihn, sein Spiel wesentlich
zu verbessern.} h6 (20... e5 21. Be3 h6 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. exd5 {sieht auch
nicht attraktiv f�r Schwarz aus.}) 21. f4 Qb4 22. Rd2 a5 23. f3 Qb3 24. Be5
Rb4 25. Qc7 Bf8 {#} 26. Rd8 $4 {Unverst�ndlich. Nach} ({I} 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27.
Qd8 (27. Qxa5 $18) 27... Qc4 {kann Schwarz noch Widerstand leisten;}) ({II} 26.
Qxa5 $18 {war daher am einfachsten.}) 26... Qxb2+ 27. Kd1 Qa1+ 28. Ke2 Rb2+ 29.
Rd2 Rxd2+ 30. Kxd2 Bb4 (30... Qh1 $5 31. Qxa5 Qxf3 32. Qa8 Qg2+ 33. Kd3 Nd7 34.
Bd6 Qh3+ {h�tte dem Schwarzen erlaubt, auf Gewinn zu spielen.}) 31. Qd8+ Kh7
32. Bxf6 gxf6 33. Qxf6 Bxc3+ 34. Qxc3 Qxa4 35. Ke3 Kg8 36. Qf6 Qb3+ 37. Kf2 a4
38. Qxh6 Qb2+ 39. Ke3 a3 40. Qg5+ Kf8 41. Qd8+ Kg7 42. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.03"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Tikkanen, Hans"]
[Black "Claesen, Pieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[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 "Sweden III"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 6. e3 {Dies ist ein
ziemlich zahmes Vorgehen, das dem Weißen keinen großen Vorteil verspricht.
Üblich ist} (6. e4) 6... Bg4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. O-O Nb4 9. a5 Be7 10. Qb3 Bxf3 11.
gxf3 b5 12. axb6 axb6 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Ne2 (14. Ne4 Nbd5 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Rxa8
Qxa8 17. e4 b5 {1/2-1/2 Bjerring,K-Grabow,S/Lyngby 1975/EXT 2000 (17).}) 14...
Nbd5 $6 {Danach kann Weiß einen Bauern gewinnen.} (14... c5 {ist gut genug für
Ausgleich.}) 15. e4 b5 16. Bd3 Nb6 17. Qc2 Rc8 {Dies ist wohl die beste Art,
den Bauern abzugeben: Schwarz strebt Gegenspiel mit c6-c5 an.} (17... Nfd7 18.
Qxc6 Ne5 19. dxe5 Qxd3 20. Qxb6 Qxe2 21. Qe3 {überläßt dem Weißen
Gewinnaussichten, ohne daß Schwarz Gegenspiel behält.}) 18. e5 Nfd7 19. Bxh7+
Kh8 20. Bd3 b4 $5 ({Die Fortsetzung} 20... c5 21. f4 ({Die Folge} 21. Bxb5 cxd4
22. Qe4 Nxe5 {braucht Schwarz nicht zu fürchten.}) 21... cxd4 (21... c4 22. Be4
f5 23. Bg2 b4 24. Ra5 Qe8 25. Rfa1 {ist auch unerfreulich für Schwarz.}) 22.
Qd1 {verursacht dem Schwarzen Ungelegenheiten.}) 21. Ba6 {Dieser Seitensprung
mutet seltsam an. Konsequenter sieht} (21. f4 {zur Deckung von e5 aus. Nach} g6
22. Qb3 c5 23. Rfc1 Kg7 24. Be3 {behält Weiß Druck.}) 21... Rc7 22. Rfc1 g6 23.
Be3 (23. Nf4 Kg7 24. Kh1 Rh8 25. Rg1 Nf8 26. Be3 {sieht konsequenter aus.})
23... Kg7 24. Qe4 $6 ({Immer noch scheint mir} 24. Nf4 Rh8 25. Kh1 {das
angewiesene Verfahren zu sein.}) 24... Nd5 25. Kh1 Rh8 26. Rg1 c5 $6 (26... Rh4
{führt zu ganz befriedigendem Spiel für Schwarz, denn nach} 27. f4 (27. Rg4 {
scheitert an} Rxg4 28. fxg4 Ra7 {mit Figurengewinn.}) 27... c5 {hat Schwarz
alles erreicht, was er anstrebt.}) 27. Bd3 cxd4 $2 {Gegen die Drohung 28.Tg6:+
gibt es mehrere Verteidigungsmöglichkeiten; mir scheint am besten zu sein} (
27... Rh4 28. Rg4 (28. Rxg6+ fxg6 29. Qxg6+ Kh8 30. Bh6 Qg8 31. Qxg8+ Kxg8 32.
Rg1+ Kf7 33. Bg6+ Kg8 34. Bd3+ Kh8 35. Bg7+ Kg8 36. Bh6+ {führt zum Remis.})
28... c4 {mit durchaus unklarer Lage.}) 28. Rxg6+ $18 Kf8 {Dies ist
hoffnungslos.} ({Auf} 28... fxg6 {folgt jedoch} 29. Qxg6+ Kf8 30. Bh6+ Rxh6 31.
Qxh6+ {nebst matt.}) 29. Rh6 (29. Bh6+ Ke8 30. Nxd4 {ist mindestens ebenso
wirksam.}) 29... Rxh6 (29... Rg8 30. Rg1 f5 31. exf6 Rxg1+ 32. Kxg1 Bxf6 {
leistet auch keinen wesentlichen Widerstand.} 33. Nxd4 {usw.}) 30. Bxh6+ Ke8
31. Nxd4 Bh4 ({Auch nach} 31... Qb8 32. Qh7 Bf8 33. Qh8 {dringt der Angriff
des Weißen rasch durch.}) 32. Nxe6 fxe6 33. Qg6+ Ke7 34. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.27"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Naumann, Alexander"]
[Black "Asmundsson, Ingvar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hohenems"]
[BlackTeam "Reykjavik Hellir"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 c5 {Dies ist nicht oft versucht
worden, ist aber möglicherweise recht gut spielbar.} 6. e4 Bg4 {Dies ist
anscheinend neu. Üblich war bisher:} (6... cxd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 e5 ({
Offenbar hat folgendes Beispiel dazu geführt, daß es lange niemanden verlockte,
dieses Abspiel zu versuchen:} 8... e6 9. Ndb5 Na6 10. Bxc4 Bc5 11. Bf4 Ke7 12.
O-O Bd7 13. e5 Nh5 14. Be3 Rhc8 15. Be2 g6 16. Ne4 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Rc2 18. Nbd6
Rf8 19. Bxa6 bxa6 20. g4 Ng7 21. Nf6 Bc6 22. Rfc1 {1-0 Boleslavsky,I-Smyslov,V/
Budapest 1950/Candidates (22).}) 9. Ndb5 Na6 10. Bxc4 Bb4 (10... Bc5 11. Bg5
Be6 12. Bxe6 {1/2-1/2 Nosenko,A-Duncan,C/Monmouth 2001/EXT 2002 (12).}) 11. O-O
O-O 12. Be3 b6 13. Rfd1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Sasikiran,K-Majella,Y/Jakarta 2001/CBM 83
(57). (56)}) 7. d5 e6 8. Bxc4 exd5 9. Nxd5 Nc6 10. O-O Bd6 $6 (10... Be7 {
sieht verständiger aus.}) 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Qc1 $6 {Dies ergibt keinen Vorteil.
Plausibler ist die Fortsetzung} (12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. h3 Bxf3 (13... Be6 $6 14.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Qxd6 {mit Bauerngewinn;}) (13... Bh5 14. g4 {mit Mehrläufer für
Weiß.}) 14. Qxf3 Be5 15. Rad1 $16) 12... Bxf3 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qh6 Be5 15.
gxf3 Kh8 16. Kh1 Rg8 17. Rg1 Rg6 18. Qh5 Qf8 19. f4 Bd6 $2 {Den Schutz des
Bauern auf f6 darf Schwarz natürlich nicht aufgeben. Ich sehe nicht, was an} (
19... Bxb2 {falsch ist;} 20. Rab1 Bd4 21. Rxb7 $2 Rxg1+ 22. Kxg1 Qg7+ 23. Kf1
Rg8 24. Ke2 Qg1 {kann sich Weiß natürlich nicht erlauben.}) (19... Bd4 {
ist ebenfalls besser als der Textzug.}) 20. Rg3 Qg7 21. Rag1 Nd4 $2 (21... Rg8
{ist nötig.}) 22. e5 $18 fxe5 23. f5 Rh6 24. Rxg7 Rxh5 25. Nf6 Rxh2+ 26. Kxh2
Nf3+ 27. Kh3 (27. Kh1 {führt zum Matt, aber der Textzug tut es natürlich auch.}
) 27... Nxg1+ 28. Rxg1 1-0

[Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"]
[Site "Pulvermuehle"]
[Date "2000.01.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Black "Zhu, Chen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2000.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 6. e4 Bg4 7. Be3 $6 {
Es gibt keinen Grund, mit dem in jedem Falle nötigen} (7. Bxc4 {zu warten.})
7... Qa5 8. Qd2 $6 (8. Qb1 {ist immerhin besser. Dafür gibt es ein Vorbild:}
Bxf3 9. gxf3 e5 10. dxe5 Qxe5 11. Bxc4 Bc5 12. Qa2 O-O 13. O-O-O Bxe3+ 14. fxe3
Qc5 15. Rhe1 Nb4 16. Qb3 b5 17. axb5 cxb5 18. Nxb5 Rab8 19. Na3 Rfc8 20. Kb1
Nc6 21. Qc3 Kf8 22. Rg1 Ne5 23. Rg5 Re8 24. Rf5 Qe7 25. Bb5 Rbc8 26. Nc4 Nxc4
27. Bxc4 Rc5 28. Rxc5 Qxc5 29. Qd4 Rc8 30. b3 a5 31. e5 Ne8 32. Qxc5+ Rxc5 33.
Rd7 Rc7 34. Rxc7 Nxc7 35. Kc2 {1-0 Lipinsky,F-Forchert,M/Germany 1998/EXT 99 
(35). Natürlich zwingt auch in dieser Partie der Aufbau, den Weiß wählte, kein
ehrfürchtiges Staunen ab.}) 8... Bxf3 9. gxf3 e5 10. dxe5 $2 (10. Bxc4 Rd8 11.
Rd1 exd4 12. Bxd4 Nb4 13. O-O {bot meines Erachtens bessere Aussichten,
ungeschunden davonzukommen.}) 10... Rd8 11. Qc1 Nd7 12. f4 Ndc5 ({Noch
überzeugender war vielleicht die Fortsetzung} 12... Nac5 13. Bxc4 Qb4 14. Be2
Nb3 15. Qb1 Nxa1 16. Qxa1 Bc5 {, aber anscheinend genügt der Textzug zum
Gewinn.}) 13. Bxc4 Qb4 14. Bxa6 Nb3 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Qb1 Nxa1 17. Qxa1 Qa6 {
Der König des Weißen findet nun keinen Schlupfwinkel.} 18. Rg1 Bb4 19. Rxg7 Qd3
20. Bxa7 {Weiß hat keine konstruktiven Züge; er muß daher zu destruktiven
greifen.} Qxe4+ 21. Kf1 Bxc3 22. bxc3 c5 23. Bb6 Rd2 24. Qe1 Qh1+ 25. Rg1 Qd5
0-1

[Event "Copenhagen KS"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Parker, Jonathan"]
[Black "Hellsten, Johan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1996.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kanstler} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. f3
Nfd7 8. Nxc4 e5 9. g3 Bb4 (9... f6 {Kanstler} 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12.
Nxe5 fxe5 13. Bg5+ Kc7 14. O-O-O Nd7 15. Bh3 Be8 16. Be3 $1 $14 {Dautov,
R-Nikolic,P/Ter Apel/1994/1:0/50/}) 10. dxe5 O-O 11. Bh3 Qe7 12. Bf4 (12. f4 $5
Rd8 13. Qc2 f6 14. e6 $14 {Epishin-Pomes, Manresa 1995, Inf. 64/350; Z. Ribli,
Slawisch D16-19, S.53.} (14. e6 {Kanstler} Nc5 15. Ne3 $1 Nxe6 16. Nf5 Qd7 $2 (
16... Qe8 17. Qe4 Na6 18. Nh6+ gxh6 19. Bxe6+ Bf7 20. f5 h5 21. O-O $14 {
Epishin/}) 17. Be3 $2 (17. Qe4 $1 Bxc3+ 18. bxc3 Re8 19. Qc2 $1 {/\0-0,e4+/-/})
17... Na6 18. O-O Bf7 $10 {Epishin,V-Pomez,J/Manreza/1995/1:0/37/})) 12... Rd8
13. Qc2 (13. Qb3 $5 {Kanstler} Nc5 14. Qa2 Nbd7 15. O-O $14) 13... Bg6 14. Bf5
Nb6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. h4 (17. O-O $6 {Kanstler} g5 18. Be3 Bc5
$10) 17... Re8 (17... Nd7 18. Bg5 Qxe5 19. Bxd8 (19. f4 Qe3 $17) 19... Qxg3+
20. Kf1 Rxd8 21. Rd1 $16) 18. O-O (18. h5 $5 {Kanstler} g5 (18... gxh5 $6 19.
Rxh5 g6 20. Rh4 Nd7 21. Kf2 $1 {/\Rah1|^/}) 19. h6 $1 g6 (19... gxf4 $4 20.
hxg7 $18) (19... Bxc3+ $6 20. bxc3 g6 21. Be3 $1 $14) 20. Bd2 Qxe5 21. O-O-O
$13) 18... Qc5+ 19. Kg2 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 (20. bxc3 $6 Nd7 {Das Feld c4 ist
schwach.}) 20... Qxc3 21. bxc3 Nd7 22. Rfb1 Ra6 23. a5 Rea8 (23... bxa5 $5 24.
Rxb7 Nc5 $13 (24... Nxe5 {Kanstler} 25. Ra4 $14)) (23... Rxa5 {Kanstler} 24.
Rxa5 bxa5 25. Rxb7 Nxe5 26. Rc7 Re6 27. Kf2 Nc4 28. Rc8+ Kh7 29. Rd8 $14) 24.
Rd1 Nf8 25. Rab1 b5 26. c4 bxc4 27. Rxb7 Rxa5 28. Rb4 Rd5 29. Rc1 Nd7 30. Rbxc4
Nxe5 31. Bxe5 (31. Rc5 {Kanstler} Ra5 (31... Re8 $6 32. Rxd5 cxd5 33. Kf2 $14)
32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. e4 Rb5 34. Bxe5 Rxe5 35. Rxc6 $14) 31... Rxe5 32. e4 Ra2+ 33.
Kh3 f5 34. Rxc6 fxe4 35. fxe4 Rxe4 36. Rxg6 Kh7 37. Rg5 Re7 38. Rh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 33rd"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2003.05.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Dizdarevic, Emir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2003.05.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Qa5 6. Bd2 Qf5 {Diese
gekünstelte Spielweise flößt mir kein Vertrauen ein; aber vielleicht bin ich
altmodisch.} 7. e3 Be6 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O h6 {Weiß hat sich einfach und solide
aufgebaut und in kluger Weise keinen Versuch gemacht, die Spielweise des
Schwarzen sofort zu widerlegen. Schwarz macht einen weiteren gekünstelten Zug;
offenbar gefällt ihm die Stellung nicht, die nach} (9... a5 10. Nh4 Qg5 11. g3
Bg4 12. f3 Bh3 13. e4 Qh5 14. Ng2 {entsteht. Indessen war dies vielleicht doch
das kleinere Übel.}) 10. a5 Rc8 $6 {Es war schon höchste Zeit, sich um die
Entwicklung des Königsflügels zu kümmern.} (10... Bd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. b3 {
führt zum Vorteil für Weiß.}) (10... g5 11. Qa4 Bg7 {paßt am besten zur
bisherigen Spielweise des Schwarzen; es ist für Weiß noch nicht einfach,
größeren Vorteil nachzuweisen.}) 11. Qa4 Bd5 $2 (11... g5 {scheint mir noch
stets die angewiesene Fortsetzung zu sein.}) 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 $6 {Dies kommt der
positionellen Kapitulation gleich. Nach} (12... cxd5 {behält Weiß indessen
auch großen Vorteil:} 13. Ne5 g6 14. b3 Qc2 (14... c3 15. Rac1 Bg7 16. Nxd7
Nxd7 17. Bxc3 O-O 18. Qb4 {mit Bauerngewinn.}) (14... Bg7 15. bxc4 dxc4 16.
Bxc4 O-O 17. f4 {mit gewaltigem Druck.}) 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. bxc4 Qxa4 17. Rxa4 {
usw.}) 13. Bxc4 g5 14. Rfe1 b5 15. axb6 N5xb6 ({Die Folge} 15... N7xb6 16. Qa6
Nxc4 17. e4 Qd7 18. Qxc4 {hinterläßt den Schwarzen ebenfalls mit einer Ruine.})
16. Qa6 g4 {Schwarz läßt es nicht an Konsequenz fehlen.} 17. e4 Qh5 18. Ne5
Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bg7 20. e6 Be5 (20... f5 21. Qxa7 $18) 21. exf7+ Kf8 22. g3 Rd8
23. Rad1 Kg7 24. Ba2 Bd4 25. Qe2 Qg6 26. Bf4 Kh7 27. e5 e6 28. Bb1 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gausel, Einar"]
[Black "Blehm, Pawel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 6. e3 {Diese Fortsetzung
ist bescheiden und verspricht keinen großen Vorteil. Agressiver ist} (6. e4)
6... Bg4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. O-O Nb4 9. a5 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. h3 Bh5 12. Rd1 (12. g4
Bg6 13. Ne5 c5 14. dxc5 Qc7 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. b3 Qxc5 {mit etwa ausgeglichener
Stellung : 1/2-1/2 Jelling,E-Kroll,O/DEN 1989/EXT 2000 (40). (40)}) 12... b5
13. Bb3 Nd7 14. e4 Qc7 15. Be3 a6 16. Rac1 Qxa5 17. g4 Bg6 18. h4 h6 ({In
Betracht kommt auch} 18... h5 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Rfd8 21. gxh5 Bh7 {Mir ist
nicht klar, wie die Lage einzuschätzen ist.}) 19. h5 Bh7 20. g5 Kh8 $6 ({
Mehr Vertrauen habe ich in die Fortsetzung} 20... hxg5 21. Nxg5 Qd8 {Schwarz
hat meines Erachtens genügend Verteidigungspotential.}) 21. Kh1 hxg5 22. Nxg5
Bxg5 $6 {Dieser Abtausch schafft beträchtliche Schwächen auf den schwarzen
Feldern.} (22... Qd8 23. Rg1 {bringt Schwarz jetzt nicht mehr weiter, aber}) (
22... Nf6 {bietet Widerstandsmöglichkeiten.}) 23. Bxg5 Rae8 $6 {`Schwarz
sollte sich um sofortiges Gegenspiel kümmern. Nach} (23... c5 24. Be7 Rfe8 25.
Bxc5 Nxc5 26. dxc5 Nc6 {ist der Kampf noch nicht entschieden.}) 24. Rg1 c5 $2 (
24... Rg8 {mußte versucht werden.}) 25. dxc5 Nxc5 26. Qe3 {Die Drohung 27.Lf6 
(27...Tg8 28.Dh6) in Verbindung mit der Drohung 27.Dxc5 hat entscheidende
Wirkung.} f6 $6 {Danach ist Schwarz sofort verloren, doch helfen andere Züge
nicht, stellen dem Weißen aber eine schwerere Aufgabe:} (26... Ncd3 {wird mit}
27. h6 (27. Bf6 {scheitert an} gxf6 28. Qh6 Nxf2+ 29. Kh2 Qc7+) 27... Bg6 (
27... g6 {wird mit} 28. Qd4+ e5 29. Qd6 {widerlegt}) 28. hxg7+ (28. e5 {
ist nicht besser:} Rg8 29. Ra1 Qc7 30. hxg7+ Rxg7 31. Bf6 Kg8 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 {
mit unklarer Lage.}) 28... Kxg7 29. Bh6+ Kh7 30. Bxf8 Rxf8 31. Rcd1 {
beantwortet; Weiß steht auf Gewinn, denn} Nxb2 {wird mit} 32. Rxg6 {widerlegt.}
) (26... Nbd3 27. h6 (27. Bc2 f6 (27... Nxc1 28. Bf6 $18) 28. h6 Rf7 29. hxg7+
Kg8 30. Bxd3 Nxd3 31. Qxd3 fxg5 32. Rxg5 Qd8 {ist nicht überzeugend.}) 27...
Bg6 28. Bc2 Nxc1 29. hxg7+ Kxg7 30. Bh6+ Kg8 31. Qxc5 Qd8 32. Qh5 Kh7 33. Qh2
Rh8 34. Bg5+ Kg7 35. Bxd8 Rxd8 36. Rxc1 {, und Weiß gewinnt.}) 27. h6 $18 Rf7 (
27... g6 {wird mit} 28. Qxc5 fxg5 29. Qe5+ {beantwortet.}) 28. hxg7+ Kg8 29.
Qxc5 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch"]
[Site "Slavonski Brod"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sulava, Nenad"]
[Black "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. h3 Nbd7 8.
Nxc4 e6 9. g4 Bg6 10. Bg2 Bb4 11. O-O Nb6 12. Qb3 {Das Bauernopfer dürfte von
zweifelhaftem Wert sein. Bisher wurde 12.Ne5 vorgezogen.} Qxd4 13. Qxb4 Qxc4
14. Qd6 Nbd5 (14... Rd8 15. Qc7 Qa6 {verdient Erwägung.}) 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Rd1
Rd8 {Natürlich scheitert 16...Qb4? an 17.Rd5.} 17. Qa3 f6 (17... Qxe2 18. Bg5
f6 19. Re1 (19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Re1 Qa6 {bringt nichts ein.}) 19... Qd3 20. Rxe6+
Kd7 {kam in Betracht.} (20... Kf7 21. Bxd5 Qxa3 22. Rxf6+ {ist verfehlt.})) 18.
Be3 a5 19. Rac1 Qa6 (19... Qb4 $5) (19... Qxe2 20. Rd2 (20. Bf1 Qf3 21. Bg2 $10
) 20... Qa6 21. Bf1 Qa8 $13) 20. Bd2 Qb6 21. e4 Nb4 22. Be3 Qc7 23. Bc5 Rxd1+ {
Schwarz hat keinen Vorteil mehr. Sicherer war 23...Kf7.} 24. Rxd1 Na6 25. Bd6
Qb6 26. h4 h5 (26... h6 27. h5 Bh7 28. e5 {ist auch nicht sonderlich attraktiv
für Schwarz, aber vielleicht besser als die textfolge.}) 27. g5 Kf7 28. Qf3 Rd8
(28... Qxb2 29. Ba3 $18) 29. gxf6 gxf6 30. e5 (30. Kh2 $5 {mit der Drohung 31.
Be5 war sehr gefährlich für Schwarz:} Qxb2 31. e5 f5 32. Qe3 $18) 30... f5 31.
Qf4 Rg8 32. Ba3 {Genauer war 32.Kh2.} Nb4 33. Qg5 $2 (33. Bxb4 axb4 (33... Qxb4
34. Qxb4 axb4 35. Rd7+ Ke8 36. Rxb7 $18) 34. Rd7+ Ke8 35. Qd2 {Die Drohung 36.
Qd6 ist tödlich.}) 33... Ke8 34. Rd6 Bf7 35. Qf6 Qc7 36. Bxb4 axb4 37. a5 Qe7
38. a6 bxa6 39. Kh2 Qxf6 40. Bxc6+ $2 (40. exf6 Kf8 (40... Bg6 41. Rxe6+ Kf7
42. Rxc6 $16) 41. Bxc6 Be8 42. Rxe6 Bxc6 43. Rxc6 Kf7 $10) 40... Ke7 41. Rd7+
Kf8 42. exf6 Be8 43. Rd8 (43. Rd6 Bxc6 44. Rxc6 Kf7 45. Rxa6 Rg4 46. Kh3 Rd4
47. Rb6 Rd2 $19) 43... Kf7 44. Bf3 Kxf6 45. Bxh5 (45. Ra8 Bf7 46. Rxa6 Rd8 $19)
45... Bf7 46. Rxg8 Bxg8 47. f4 a5 48. Bd1 Bf7 49. Kg3 Be8 50. b3 Bc6 51. Kf2
Bd5 52. Ke3 a4 53. bxa4 b3 (53... b3 54. a5 (54. Kd2 b2 55. Kc2 Bb3+ $19) 54...
b2 55. Bc2 Be4 56. Kd2 b1=Q) 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 c5 6. d5 {Dies ist
nicht die übliche Antwort.} (6. e4 {ist eine solide Fortsetzung, die dem
Weißen gutes Spiel verspricht.} cxd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 e6 (8... a6 $6 {
ist nicht besser:} 9. e5 Ng4 10. Nd5 $16) 9. Ndb5 Na6 10. Bxc4 Bc5 11. Bf4 Ke7
12. O-O Bd7 13. e5 Nh5 14. Be3 {geschah in der Partie Boleslavskij-Smyslov,
Kandidatenturnier Budapest 1950; Weiß hat beachtlichen Vorteil (Vgl. Z. Ribli,
Slav Defence D16-19, [Informatormonographie] D16, Fußnote 1).}) 6... Bf5 7. e3
e6 8. Bxc4 exd5 9. Nxd5 Nc6 {Dieser Zug sieht natürlicher aus als} (9... Be4
10. Nc3 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Bxf3+ (11... Bg6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Nc6 14. Bxc6+
bxc6 15. Ne5 Be4 16. f3 f6 17. Nc4 Bd3 18. b3 O-O-O 19. Bd2 $14 {1-0 Vulfson,
V-Alatortsev,V/Kuibyshev 1942/HCL (41). (41)}) 12. gxf3 Nc6 13. Ke2 $11 {
1-0 Rustemov,A-Ilinsky,V/Moscow 1995/EXT 97 (83). (82)}) 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. Nxf6+
(11. O-O {("Schachwoche" 3/2001, S.6) kommt in Betracht. Nach} Nxd5 (11...
O-O-O 12. Nxf6 gxf6 13. Bxf7 {sieht gut für Weiß aus.. Es droht 14.e4, und nach
} Kb8 14. Bd2 Bg4 15. Bc3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qh3 17. Qe6 {behält Weiß Vorteil. Im
Unterschied zur Partiefortsetzung kommt der Königsturm des Schwarzen nicht auf
die g-Linie.}) (11... Ne4 12. Rd1 Bd6 13. Bd2 (13. Bd3 h6 {führt zu nichts.})
13... O-O 14. Bc3 {Der Springer auf d5 bleibt ein lästiger Gast.}) 12. Bxd5 Nb4
13. Bc4 Bd6 (13... Bd3 14. Ne5 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 {ist ungemütlich für Schwarz.})
14. e4 {hat Weiß die Initiative.}) 11... gxf6 12. Bd2 Rg8 13. Bc3 (13. O-O-O {
("Schachwoche" 3/2001, S.6) ist plausibel. Nach} Be6 ({Nach} 13... Rxg2 14. Nh4
Rg5 (14... Rxf2 15. Be1 Rc2+ 16. Qxc2 Bxc2 17. Rxd7 Be4 18. Rxb7 Bxh1 19. Bxf7+
Kd8 20. Be6 {ist äußerst ungünstig für Schwarz.}) 15. f4 Rh5 16. Bc3 Qe7 17.
Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Nxf5 {hat die Drohung 19.Db7: entscheidende Kraft.}) 14. Bc3 Bxc4
15. Qxc4 Qe6 16. Qxe6+ (16. Qb5 Rxg2 {bringt dem Weißen nichts ein.}) 16...
fxe6 {entsteht eine ungefähr ausgeglichene Stellung.}) 13... O-O-O 14. Bxf7 $6
(14. Bxf6 Be7 15. Bxe7 ({Nach} 15. Bxf7 Rxg2 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 {ist das
Stellungsgebäude des Weißen einsturzreif.}) 15... Qxe7 {mit den Drohungen 16...
Sa5 und 16...Tg2: ist ebenfalls ungünstig für Weiß.}) ({Auf} 14. O-O {folgt}
Be4 15. Ne1 Qh3 16. g3 Rg6 17. f3 Bd6 18. Rf2 Bxg3 19. hxg3 Rxg3+ 20. Ng2 Rdg8
21. Bf1 Rxf3 {, und Schwarz setzt matt}) (14. Rd1 {mußte laut L. van Wely 
("Schach" 3/2001, S.29) gespielt werden. Nach} Qxd1+ 15. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 16. Kxd1
Rxg2 17. Ke2 Be6 18. Bxe6+ fxe6 19. Bxf6 {hat Weiß in der Tat ein haltbares
Endspiel.}) 14... Rxg2 15. Nh4 {Meines Erachtens ist erst diese optimistische
Fortsetzung ein ernster Fehler. Nach} (15. Bc4 {ist noch nichts verloren, zum
Beispiel} Ne5 (15... Kb8 16. Nh4) 16. Bxe5 fxe5 17. e4 {nebst Lc4-d5.}) 15...
Ne5 16. Nxf5 ({Die Fortsetzung} 16. Bc4 Rg4 17. Nxf5 Nxc4 18. Ng3 Ne5 {bot
vielleicht bessere Überlebensaussichten.}) 16... Nd3+ 17. Kf1 Rxf2+ 18. Kg1 Kb8
19. Qe6 $2 {Dies kommt der sofortigen Aufagbe gleich.} (19. e4 {ist nicht
besser:} c4 20. Qxc4 Bc5 {, und Schwarz gewinnt.}) (19. Ng3 {mußte versucht
werden. Nach} Bh6 20. Qe6 ({Nach} 20. Re1 Rf3 21. Kg2 Nxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Rxe3 {
steht der König des Weißen zu luftig.}) 20... Qxe6 21. Bxe6 Bxe3 22. Be1 Rxb2+
23. Kf1 Nxe1 24. Rxe1 Rf2+ 25. Kg1 Bd4 26. Re4 {muß Schwarz noch hart arbeiten,
um den Sieg zu erringen.}) 19... Rxf5 20. h4 (20. Qxd7 Rxd7 21. Be6 {scheitert
an} Rg7#) 20... Bd6 21. Rf1 Rg8+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup06"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "1998.07.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Black "Kuporosov, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1998.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 6. e4 Bg4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Be3 Nb4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. Rfd1 (12. Qe2 c5 13. d5 exd5 14.
exd5 a6 15. Rad1 Bd6 16. Rd2 Qc7 17. Re1 Rad8 18. Bg5 Rde8 19. Qd1 Nd7 $13 {
1-0 Cvitan,O-Velikov,P/Graz op 1987 (31)}) 12... Qa5 13. Rac1 Rad8 14. Bb3 Rd7
15. g4 Rfd8 16. g5 Ne8 17. h4 Nc7 18. Qg4 (18. Bc4 $5 $14) 18... Qa6 19. Ne2 c5
20. dxc5 Nd3 21. Bc4 Qxa4 22. Bxd3 Rxd3 23. Rxd3 Rxd3 24. Nc3 Qd7 $2 {Nach} (
24... Qb4 25. Qe2 Rd8 {steht Schwarz besser.}) 25. Qe2 a6 26. Nd5 Rb3 (26...
Rxd5 27. exd5 Nxd5 {bot Remisaussichten.}) 27. Qd1 exd5 28. Qxb3 Qg4+ 29. Kf1
Qh3+ (29... d4 30. Bxd4 Qxh4 31. Be3 Qxe4 32. c6 $16) 30. Ke2 Qg4+ 31. Kd2 Qxe4
{Auch nach} (31... d4 32. Bxd4 Qxe4 33. Be3 Ne6 34. Qc4 {dürfte Weiß
entscheidenden Vorteil behalten.entscheidenden Vorteil behalten.}) 32. Qxb7 Nb5
33. Qb8+ Bf8 34. Qf4 Qe6 35. Bd4 Qc6 36. b4 Nc7 37. Qe3 Ne6 38. Qd3 g6 39. Bf6
d4 40. Bxd4 h6 41. Bf6 Qg2 42. Kc3 Qxf2 43. Rf1 Qxh4 44. gxh6 Bxh6 45. Bxh4 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Gretarsson, Helgi Ass"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Jussupow} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. h3
(7. g3 {Jussupow} e6 8. Bg2 Bb4 9. Nxc4 (9. O-O Nd5) 9... Nd5 $11) 7... Na6 8.
g4 Bg6 9. Bg2 Nb4 10. O-O Bc2 (10... Nd7 11. Nxc4 f6 $6 (11... e6 12. e4 Be7
13. Ne3 $16 {Gelfand, Kapengut}) 12. d5 Bf7 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Rc1 $16 {1-0
Gelfand,B-Huzman,A/Uzhgorod 1987/EXT 87 (47)}) 11. Qd2 Bb3 12. Ne4 (12. a5 {
Jussupow} e6 $1 (12... a6 13. Na4 e6 (13... Qxa5 14. Nc5 $1 $36) (13... Nc2 {
Ftacnik} 14. Nc5 Qxd4 (14... Rb8 15. Nxb7 $1 Rxb7 16. Bxc6+ Nd7 17. Bxb7 Nxe5
18. dxe5 Qc7 19. Qd5 $18) 15. Nxb7 Nd5 (15... Rc8 16. Bxc6+ Rxc6 17. Nxc6 Qxd2
18. Bxd2 Nxa1 19. Rxa1 $16) (15... Qxd2 16. Bxc6+ $1 Qd7 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Rd1
e6 19. Rxd7 $18) 16. Qg5 $5 $36) 14. g5 Nd7 (14... Nfd5 {Ftacnik} 15. e4 Nc7 (
15... Nc2 16. exd5 Nxa1 (16... cxd5 17. Nb6 Nxa1 18. Qf4 f6 19. gxf6 gxf6 20.
Ng4 $40) 17. dxe6 $1 fxe6 18. Nb6 $40) 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Qf4 Qe7 18. Be3 $16) (
14... Nc2 $5 {Ftacnik}) 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 (15... Nc2 {Ftacnik}) 16. Nb6 Qd8 $13 {
Ftacnik,L 1-0 Gelfand,B-Nikolic,P/Manila izt 1990/CBM 19/[Ftacnik] (40)}) 13.
a6 (13. g5 $5 Nfd5 14. e4 Nc7 15. Qf4 f6 16. Nf3 $15 {Rogers}) 13... Qc7 14.
axb7 Qxb7 15. Na4 Rd8 16. Qg5 h6 17. Qh4 Be7 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Nd7 20. Nf3
$44 {1/2-1/2 Cebalo,M-Beliavsky,A/Graz op 1996/EXT 97 (25)}) (12. Qf4 h6 13.
Be3 Nbd5 $5 {Dolgov,I N} (13... e6 14. Ne4 Nbd5 15. Qf3 Bd6 16. Nxd6+ $44 {
1/2-1/2 Levitt,J-Flear,G/BCF-ch 1989/CBM 15 (29)}) 14. Nxd5 $6 (14. Qf3 {
Dolgov,I}) 14... cxd5 15. h4 e6 $1 16. Qf3 $15 {0-1 Smachkov-Dolgov,I/corr
1991/Inf 55/[Dolgov,I] (29)} (16. g5 {Dolgov,I} hxg5 17. hxg5 Bd6 18. gxf6 gxf6
$15)) 12... Nc2 (12... Nxe4 $2 13. Qxb4 Nd6 14. Qxb7 $1 {Gelfand, Kapengut})
13. Nc5 (13. Nxc6 Qb6 $1 {Gelfand, Kapengut}) 13... Nd5 ({Die Fortsetzung} 
13... Qxd4 14. Nxb7 Nd5 (14... Qxd2 $6 15. Bxc6+ Qd7 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Rd1 f5
18. Rxd7 Nxa1 19. Rd8+ Kf7 20. Rxa8 $16 {1-0 Khenkin,I-Sapis,W/Leningrad2 1989/
CBM 15 (30)}) 15. Qg5 {mit unklarem Spiel wird als Hauptvariante geführt (Z.
Ribli, Slawisch D16-19 (Informatormonographie) D16/17.} (15. Qg5 $1 $36 {
Jussupow Zviagintsev,V} e6 (15... f6 {Zviagintsev,V} 16. Qh5+ g6 17. Nxg6 hxg6
18. Qxh8 g5 19. h4 $5 $36) (15... Qb6 $5 {Zviagintsev,V} 16. Qf5 Qxb7 17. Qxf7+
Kd8 18. Rd1 $36 (18. e4 $5 $36)) 16. Be3 $3 $16 Qxb2 17. Bc5 Bxc5 (17... Nxa1 {
Zviagintsev,V} 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Nd6+ $18) (17... h6 {Zviagintsev,V} 18. Qf4 $1
f6 19. Qe4 Qxe5 20. Qg6+ Kd7 21. Qf7+ Kc8 22. Na5 Rb8 23. Bxf8 $18) 18. Qxg7
Rf8 19. Nxc5 O-O-O $8 (19... Nxa1 {Zviagintsev,V} 20. Nxe6 $1 Qa3 21. Bxd5 cxd5
22. Nc7+ $1 Kd8 (22... Ke7 23. Qg5+ $1 $18) 23. Qf6+ Kc8 24. Qc6 $18) 20. Rab1
$16 {1-0 Zviagintsev,V-Nachev/USSR 1990/Inf 50/[Zviagintsev,V] (24)}) (15. Nxc6
Qxd2 16. Bxd2 e6 $11 {Gelfand, Kapengut})) 14. Rb1 {Dies ist ein neuer Zug,
soweit ich sehe.} (14. e4 {wurde in der unten zitierten Partie gespielt; es
scheint mir schwächer zu sein als 14.Tb1.} Ndb4 (14... Nxa1 15. exd5 cxd5 16.
Nxb7 Qc7 17. Bxd5 c3 18. Qe2 (18. Bxb3 Nxb3 {ist hoffnungslos für Weiß.}) 18...
Bxd5 19. Qb5+ Bc6 20. Nxc6 (20. Qxc6+ Qxc6 21. Nxc6 c2 {sieht nicht
vertrauenerweckend für Weiß aus.}) 20... a6 21. Nd6+ Qxd6 22. Qb7 Rd8 23. Nxd8
{gibt dem Schwarzen keinen Vorteil.}) 15. Nxb7 Qc7 16. Nc5 e6 17. Qc3 (17. Nxb3
cxb3 18. Rb1 Rd8 {führt zu einer für Schwarz angenehmen Stellung.}) 17... Rd8
18. Bg5 Rxd4 19. Nxb3 cxb3 20. Bf4 Bd6 21. Nf3 Bxf4 22. Nxd4 Be5 23. Nxe6 $6 (
23. Rad1 O-O 24. Qxb3 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Nxd4 26. Qxb4 Ne2+ $17) 23... fxe6 24. Qxb3
Qd6 25. Rad1 Nd4 26. Qc4 O-O $19 {0-1 Bellon Lopez,J-Pomes,J/Platja d'Aro
Barcino 1994 (34)}) 14... e6 $2 {Nach diesem Zug finde ich keine Rettung mehr
für Schwarz.} (14... Ndb4 {ist die kritische Fortsetzung:} 15. Nxb7 Qb6 16. Na5
(16. d5 c5 17. a5 Qc7 18. Qf4 f6 19. d6 exd6 (19... fxe5 20. Qxe5 {ist
hoffnungslos für Schwarz.}) 20. Nxc4 Nd4 21. Nbxd6+ Kd7 {Das Abspiel entbehrt
der für Weiß wünschenswerten Klarheit.}) 16... Qxa5 17. Nxc6 Qxa4 18. Nxb4 Rc8
19. Nd5 Qd7 {Beide Seiten stehen schlecht.}) 15. Nxc4 Bxc4 (15... Bxc5 $142 {
Jussupow} 16. dxc5 O-O 17. Nd6 $1 (17. Na5 Ba2 $1) 17... Ndb4 $140 18. Qc3 Ba2
19. Ra1 $1 Nxa1 20. Qxb4 $16 {[%csl Ra1,Ra2]}) 16. Qxc2 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Ba6 18.
b4 {/\b5} b5 (18... Qd7 19. Qb2 {ist ebenfalls ganz hoffnungslos für Schwarz.})
19. cxb6 (19. e4 {Jussupow} Ne7 20. Bf4 $5 $36 (20. Rd1 $16)) 19... Qxb6 20. b5
(20. Bxd5 {Jussupow} cxd5 21. b5 Bb7 22. Ba3 Rc8 (22... f6 23. Rfc1 $16) 23.
Qb2 f6 24. Qb4 Qd8 $16) 20... cxb5 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Ba3 h5 (22... Rc8 $142 $16
{Jussupow} 23. Qd2 (23. Qb2 f6 24. axb5 Bb7 25. Qb4 $40) (23. Qf5 Qe6 24. Qg5
$36) 23... Qe6 (23... d4 24. Qg5 Qf6 25. Qxf6 gxf6 26. axb5 $16) 24. axb5 Bb7
25. Qd4 $16 {[%cal Rd4g7,Rd4a7]}) 23. Rb3 Rh6 (23... hxg4 {Jussupow} 24. Re3+
Kd8 25. Be7+ Kd7 26. Qf5+ $18) (23... Rc8 {Jussupow} 24. Qf5 Rh6 25. axb5 Bb7
26. Qe5+ $18 {[%cal Re5e8,Re5g7]}) 24. Re3+ Re6 25. a5 Qb7 (25... Qd4 {Jussupow
} 26. Qc6+ $18) 26. Qc5 (26. Qc5 {Jussupow} b4 27. Bxb4 Rxe3 28. fxe3 f6 29.
Qf8+ Kd7 30. Qxg7+ Kc6 31. Qxf6+ Kb5 32. Be7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9798 40th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Komarov, Dimitri"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1997.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. a4 Na6 6. e4 Bg4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. Be3
Nb4 9. O-O Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. a5 Qc7 12. Qb3 Rfd8 13. Ra4 (13. Rfc1 b6 $2 14.
a6 Rac8 15. Ra4 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Nb5 Qb8 18. Nxa7 $18 {1-0 Laschet,
E-Goeselbauer,H/Graz op-B 1996 (33)}) 13... Na6 {Es ist klar, daß die
Eröffnungsstrategie des Nachziehenden mißglückt ist.} 14. Rc1 Bh5 15. h3 Rac8
16. Bg5 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 h6 18. Be3 Qd7 19. Rc4 Ne8 20. e5 Rb8 21. Ne4 Nac7 22.
Nc5 Bxc5 23. Rxc5 a6 24. Be4 Nd5 25. Bd2 Ne7 26. R5c4 Nf5 27. Bxf5 exf5 28. Bb4
Qe6 (28... Nc7 29. Bd6 {ist nicht erfreulicher für Schwarz.}) 29. Bc5 Nc7 30.
Ba7 Ra8 31. Qxb7 $18 Nb5 32. Bb6 Rab8 1-0

[Event "Riga zt"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Zapolskis, Antanas J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 6. e3 {6.e4 bietet meines
Erachtens bessere Aussichten auf Initiative.} Bg4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. h3 Bxf3 $146 {
Natürlich behält Weiß mit dem Läuferpaar und dem größeren Einfluß im Zentrum
das bequemere Spiel. 8...Lh5 bietet bessere Ausgleichsmöglichkeiten.} 9. Qxf3
Nb4 10. O-O Be7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. a5 {Damit erreicht Weiß nichts. 12.De2 zur
Vorbereitung von 13.e4 gefällt mir besser.} b5 13. Bb3 a6 14. e4 Nd7 15. Qg3
Kh8 16. Bf4 Bh4 17. Qh2 Rc8 18. Bd6 Be7 19. d5 exd5 20. exd5 Bxd6 21. Qxd6 c5
22. Na2 Nxa2 23. Bxa2 Nb8 24. Qb6 Kg8 25. Rac1 Qxb6 26. axb6 Nd7 27. b7 Rb8 28.
Re1 Rxb7 29. Re7 c4 30. d6 Nc5 31. Rd1 Rd8 32. Rd5 Nd7 33. b3 cxb3 34. Bxb3 Kf8
35. g4 Nf6 36. Rde5 g5 37. Rxg5 Rxe7 38. dxe7+ Kxe7 39. Rg7 Rf8 40. g5 Ne4 41.
f4 a5 42. Rxh7 a4 43. Bxf7 Rxf7 44. g6 Nd6 45. g7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alushta"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1999.03.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nosenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Zubov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1999.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. Nxc4 e6 8. Qb3
Na6 {Dieses Abspiel bietet dem Weißen keine Aussichten auf Initiative.} 9. Be3
Nb4 10. g3 a5 11. Bg2 Be7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. h3 Nfd5 14. Bd2 Bf6 15. Nxd5 exd5 16.
Nxa5 Qxa5 17. Qxb4 Qxb4 18. Bxb4 Rfe8 19. g4 Bg6 $6 (19... Rxa4 {bot bessere
Gewinnaussichten.}) 20. b3 Bxd4 21. Bf3 Ra6 22. Bc3 Bxc3+ 23. Rxc3 Rb6 24. O-O
d4 25. Rc4 d3 26. b4 Ra6 27. a5 dxe2 28. Re1 Bd3 29. Rc3 Bb5 30. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Army"]
[Site "Russia"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Legky, Nikolay A"]
[Black "Mukhametov, Eldar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. f3 Nfd7 8. g4
{Dies ist eine Spezialwaffe von N.Legky.} Nxe5 (8... Bg6 9. Nxc4 f6 10. e4 e5
11. d5 (11. Be3 $5) 11... Bc5 12. dxc6 bxc6 (12... Nxc6 $5 13. Nd6+ $140 Bxd6
14. Qxd6 Nd4 $13) 13. Nd6+ Ke7 14. Nf5+ Bxf5 15. gxf5 Nb6 16. Qc2 a5 17. Nd5+
cxd5 18. Qxc5+ Qd6 $13 19. Qxd6+ Kxd6 {geschah in der Partie Legky-Huzman,
UdSSR 1986, s. ECO D (2.Auflage) 16/7, Fußnote 34.}) 9. dxe5 (9. gxh5 $5 Ned7
10. e4) 9... Qxd1+ 10. Nxd1 Bg6 11. Ne3 (11. e4 Nd7 (11... e6 12. Nf2 (12. Bxc4
Nd7 13. Bf4 Bc5 14. Nf2 $14 Bd4 15. Nd3 h5 16. g5 a5 $15) 12... h5 13. Bxc4 Nd7
14. Bf4 $13) 12. e6 {(12.Bf4 e6 führt zu A)} Nc5 13. Bxc4 Nxe6 14. Bxe6 fxe6
15. Ne3 O-O-O 16. Nc4 Be8 17. b3 $13) 11... e6 12. Nxc4 Nd7 13. e4 f6 14. exf6
gxf6 15. Be3 Bb4+ 16. Kf2 Ke7 17. Be2 Rhd8 18. e5 Bc5 19. exf6+ Kxf6 20. Rhd1 {
Hier weicht die Partie von dem Vorgänger (Legky,N-Kutirov,R, Anzio 1994, CBM
44) ab. Dort geschah 20.Na5, und Weiß gewann nach 56 Zügen. Der Textzug wurde
von N. Legky in seinen Kommentaren in CBM 44 als Verbesserung empfohlen.} Bxe3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch GpA"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fernandez, Daniel"]
[Black "Gonzalez, Renier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. f3 Nfd7 8.
Nxc4 e5 9. Be3 Bb4 (9... exd4 10. Qxd4 Qf6 11. O-O-O Bg6 12. Qxf6 Nxf6 13. Bf4
Nbd7 14. e4 O-O-O 15. g3 Nc5 16. Bh3+ Ne6 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 18. Rd1+ Kc8 19. Be3
$16 {Granda Zuniga,J-Gonzalez,L/Ganary/1989/1|0/24/}) (9... Bg6 10. h4 Be7 11.
h5 Bf5 12. dxe5 O-O 13. h6 Na6 14. hxg7 Re8 15. g4 Bg6 16. f4 Nb4 17. Rc1 Nd5
18. Bg2 Nxe3 19. Nxe3 Bh4+ 20. Kf1 Bg3 21. f5 Qb6 22. Qd2 $18 {Sokolov,
I-Hellsten,J/Malme/1995/1|0/24/}) 10. g4 (10. Qb3 $5 Na6 (10... Qe7 11. O-O-O
Bg6 12. dxe5 O-O 13. h4 Nc5 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. e4 h5 16. Nd6 Nd7 17. Nxf7 $1 $18
{Tsiolakidis,T-Nachev,E/Primorsko/1989/1|0/22/}) 11. dxe5 O-O 12. g3 Qe7 13. f4
Ndc5 14. Qc2 Bg4 15. Bg2 Qe6 16. Nd2 f6 17. Nce4 Nb3 18. Rd1 Bf5 19. O-O Nxd2
20. Bxd2 fxe5 21. Bxb4 Nxb4 22. Qc5 Na6 23. Qxe5 $16 {Kratochwil,L-Markwald,J/
GER/1991/1|0/57/}) 10... Bg6 11. dxe5 O-O (11... Qe7 12. f4 Qh4+ 13. Bf2 Qxg4
14. Qb3 Na6 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. Qxb7 Nb4 17. Qxa8+ Bb8 18. Bc5 Qxf4 19. Bh3 f5
20. Rf1 Nc2+ 21. Kd1 Ne3+ 22. Bxe3 Qxe3 23. Bxf5 $18 {Granda Zuniga,J-Nikolic,
P/Biel/1993/1|0/31/}) 12. h4 h6 (12... h5 13. gxh5 Bxh5 14. Qd4 b5 15. Nd6 Qa5
16. Rg1 Bc5 17. Qf4 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 g6 19. Qh6 b4 20. Ncb5 b3+ 21. Kf2 Qb6+ 22.
e3 Qc5 23. Qxh5 Nxe5 24. Ne4 Qc2+ 25. Be2 Nd3+ 26. Kf1 Qxb2 27. Rd1 Nc1 28. Nd4
Nd7 29. Bc4 {1-0 Izeta Txabarri,F-Cruz Lopez Claret,C/Subijana 1998/EXT 2003 
(29).}) 13. g5 (13. h5 Bh7 14. g5 hxg5 15. h6 g6 (15... Qe7 16. hxg7 Kxg7 17.
Qd4 Bc5 18. Qg4 $40) (15... gxh6 16. Rxh6 Qe7 17. Qd2 $16) 16. Rg1 (16. Qd2 $5
Nc5 (16... Qc7 $5) 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Bxg5 Re8 19. Kf2 Nbd7 20. Bf4 $16) 16...
Qe7 (16... Qc7 17. Rxg5 b5 18. Nd6 $6 (18. e6 $1 fxe6 19. axb5 $6 (19. Qd4 e5 (
19... Nf6 20. Ne5 c5 21. Qd3 c4 22. Qc2 $40) 20. Nxe5 Bc5 21. Qe4 Bxe3 22.
Rxg6+ Kh8 23. Rg8+ $3 $18) 19... cxb5 20. Qd4 Nf6 21. Rxb5 Nc6 $13) 18... Nxe5
19. Nde4 Nbd7 20. f4 Nc4 21. Qxd7 Qxd7 22. Nf6+ Kh8 23. Nxd7 Nxe3 24. Nxf8 Nc2+
25. Kf2 Nxa1 26. Nxh7 Kxh7 27. axb5 f6 (27... cxb5 28. Rxb5 $16) 28. Rg1 Bc5+ (
28... cxb5 29. Bg2 $18) 29. e3 Nc2 30. Nd1 cxb5 $132) 17. Rxg5 Rd8 18. Qc2 b5 (
18... Qe6 $5 19. Qe4 Na6 $44 20. Qh4 b5) 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Qe4 bxc4 21. Qxa8
Nxe5 22. Qxa7 Nbd7 23. Qd4 f6 (23... Bc5 $2 24. Rxe5 $1 $18) 24. Rg3 Nc5 (24...
Bc5 25. Qd5+ Kh8 26. Bxc5 Nxc5 27. Ra8 Ned3+ 28. Kd1 $1 $18) 25. Ra8 Rxa8 26.
Qd5+ Ne6 27. Qxa8+ Nf8 28. Kf2 Bd6 29. Ne4 Bb4 30. Bd4 Kh8 31. f4 Ned7 32. Re3
Qf7 33. Ng5 Qg8 34. Re8 {1-0 Krasenkow,M-Sapis,W/Lubniewice 1995/EXT 97/
[Chekhov] (34).}) (13. Qb3 Na6 14. Bg2 Qe7 15. f4 Ndc5 16. Qa2 Be4 $146) 13...
h5 {Dies ist ein neuer Zug. Der Verlauf der Vorgängerpartie sieht wenig
überzeugend aus; vermutlich ist die Stellung in jedem Fall von zweifelhaftem
Charakter für Schwarz:} (13... Qe7 14. gxh6 (14. f4 $5) 14... b5 15. axb5 cxb5
16. h5 Bh7 17. Bg2 Rd8 18. f4 bxc4 19. Qd5 Nb6 20. Qb5 N8d7 21. Bxa8 Nxa8 22.
Rg1 Bc5 23. Rxg7+ Kh8 24. Bxc5 Nxc5 25. Qxc4 Ne6 26. Rxh7+ Kxh7 27. Qe4+ Kxh6
28. f5 Qg5 29. Kf2 Rd4 30. Qxa8 Qh4+ 31. Kg1 Rg4+ 32. Qg2 Rxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Qg4+
34. Kf2 Qxf5+ 35. Ke1 Qg4 36. Kd2 Qd4+ 37. Kc2 Qc5 38. Rf1 Qc4 39. Kb1 Ng5 40.
Kc2 Kxh5 {0-1 Novikov,I-Gonzalez,R/San Diego 2004/CBM 105 (40).}) 14. Bh3 Qe7
15. f4 Rd8 16. Qc1 Nc5 $2 {Jetzt wird der Damenläufer des Schwarzen
eingemauert, der Nachziehende kann nciht überleben.} (16... Be4 17. O-O Bd5 {
sollte versucht werden.}) 17. f5 Nb3 18. Qb1 Nxa1 {Danach erhält Weiß
entscheidenden Angriff, insbesondere, weil seiner Dame das starke Feld g6 zur
Verfügung stehen wird.} (18... Bh7 19. Ra2 Nd7 20. Qe4 {ist indessen ebenfalls
höchst unbequem für Schwarz.}) 19. fxg6 Nb3 20. O-O Rf8 21. Rf6 $1 Bc5 (21...
gxf6 {ist hoffnungslos:} 22. gxf6 Qc7 23. g7 Nd7 24. Bf5 Nxf6 25. exf6 Qg3+ 26.
Kf1) (21... Nc5 {zur Deckung des Feldes e6 bringt auch keine Rettung:} 22.
gxf7+ Rxf7 23. Qg6 Nbd7 24. Na2 {usw.}) 22. gxf7+ Rxf7 23. Qg6 Na6 (23... Bxe3+
{Auf} 24. Nxe3 Nd4 {folgt} 25. Bf5 Kf8 26. Rxf7+ Qxf7 27. Qd6+ {, und Weiß
gewinnt.}) 24. Rxf7 Qxf7 25. Be6 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4
Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Re1 h6 $6 {Das hat bisher noch
keiner gewagt; die Schwächung des Königsflügels ist ernsthaft. Es folgen
einige Beispiele mit anderen Zügen:} (11... Bd7 12. Qe2 (12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Ba2
Nb4 14. Bb1 Bc6 15. Ne5 g6 16. h4 Nbd5 17. Qd2 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Qd5 19. Rg3 Rfd8
20. Rf3 Be8 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Rxf6 Qxd4 23. Qg5 Qd2 24. Qxd2 Rxd2 25. b3 Rcd8
26. Rf3 Kg7 27. Rfe3 R2d4 28. g3 Rb4 29. Rc3 Rd5 30. Bc2 Kf6 31. f4 Rd2 32. Nf3
Rd6 33. Be4 a5 34. Kf2 b5 35. axb5 Rxb5 36. Ra1 Rb4 37. Bc2 Rd5 38. Ke3 h6 39.
Be4 Rdb5 40. Nd4 Rb8 41. Rxa5 Rd8 42. Rc4 {1-0 Van Wely,L-Kramnik,V/Monte
Carlo 2005/CBM 105 ext (42).}) 12... Re8 13. Rad1 Nd5 14. Bxd5 exd5 15. Bxe7
Rxe7 16. Ne5 Nb4 17. Qd2 {1/2-1/2 Ehlvest,J-Morovic Fernandez,I/Mallorca 2004/
CBM 104 (17).}) (11... Nb4 12. a5 Bd7 13. Ne5 Bc6 14. Qb3 Nfd5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7
16. a6 Nb6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. d5 cxd5 19. Bxd5 N6xd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Qxd5 $11
{1/2-1/2 Tao,T-Nguyen Thu Giang/The Kaf 2001/EXT 2004 (59). (58)}) 12. Bf4 Nb4
$6 ({In Betracht kommt} 12... Nd5 13. Bxd5 (13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bd3 Bg4 15. Bb1
Nb4 {sieht befriedigend für Schwarz aus.}) 13... exd5 14. Qb3 Bb4 {. Dann geht
Schwarz jedenfalls nicht matt.}) 13. Qd2 {Jetzt kann Schwarz den Einschlag auf
h6 schon nicht mehr auf vernünftige Weise verhindern.} Bd7 (13... Re8 14. Ne5 {
(T. Radjabov, "Schach" 4/2006, S.24) läßt den Punkt f7 schutzbedürftig, und
außerdem muß Schwarz mit Lc4-b5 rechnen. Dennoch hätte ich dies wahrscheinlich
versucht.}) 14. Bxh6 Rc8 {Dieser Zug gewinnt auf jeden Fall ein Tempo gegenüber
} (14... gxh6 15. Qxh6 Re8 (15... Nh7 16. Re5 f5 17. Bxe6+ Kh8 18. Rae1 $16)
16. Re5 Ng4 17. Qh5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rf8 19. Re1 {"mit durchschlagendem Angriff" 
(T. Radjabov, "Schach" 4/2006, S.24).}) 15. Bb3 gxh6 16. Qxh6 Nh7 $2 {Dies
führt zu einer Verluststellung. Als andere Möglichkeit gibt T. Radjabov nur 16.
..Re8 an; Weiß gewinnt analog der beim vorigen Zug angegebenen Varainte.} (
16... Nd3 {ist offenbar ungesund, weil der Zug dem Königsläufer des Weißen das
Feld c2 einräumt:} 17. Ng5 {ist von entscheidender Kraft.}) (16... Ng4 {
verdient dagegen ernsthaft Erwägung:} 17. Qf4 (17. Qh5 Nf6 {bringt den Weißen
nicht weiter.}) 17... f5 (17... Nxf2 {ist nicht besser.} 18. Qg3+ Kh8 (18...
Kh7 19. Qxf2 {führt zu einer hoffnungslosen Stellung für Schwarz.}) 19. Re5 f5
20. Kxf2 Nd3+ 21. Kf1 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Rf6 23. d5 {Der Angriff des Weißen hat
große Kraft.}) 18. Rxe6 Kg7 19. Re2 {Weiß hat Vorteil, aber Schwarz verfügt
über bessere Rettungsaussichten als in der Partie.}) 17. Re5 f5 18. Rxe6 Bxe6
19. Bxe6+ Kh8 20. Bxc8 (20. Ne5 Rf6 21. Bxc8 (21. Ng6+ Rxg6 22. Qxg6 Rc6 23. d5
{ist ebenfalls stark.}) 21... Rxh6 22. Nf7+ Kg7 23. Nxd8 Bxd8 24. Bxf5 {
dürfte zu einem gewonnenen Endspiel führen. Der Textzug kommt aber auf
dasselbe hinaus.}) 20... Rf6 (20... Qxc8 21. Ne5 {ist nicht angenehmer für
Schwarz.}) 21. Qh5 (21. Ng5 Rxh6 22. Nf7+ Kg7 23. Nxd8 Bxd8 24. Bxf5 {ist
wahrscheinlich besser.}) 21... Qxc8 22. Re1 Bf8 23. Ne5 Kg8 24. Qd1 (24. Qf3 $5
$16) 24... Ng5 $2 (24... Kh8 {bietet Aussichten auf Widerstand.}) 25. Qb3+ $2 (
25. Qc1 {gewinnt die Qualität und die Partie:} Nh7 26. Nd5 {usw.}) 25... Kg7 (
25... Kh7 {ist besser.}) 26. h4 (26. Nb5 {gewinnt noch einen Bauern, denn es
droht 27.Dg3 und 27.Sa7:.}) 26... Nf7 27. Ne2 Nxe5 28. dxe5 Rc6 (28... Rh6 {
bietet hier ausgezeichnete Rettungsaussichten.}) 29. Nf4 Be7 (29... Rc1 30.
Qg3+ Kh7 31. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 32. Kh2 Qc6 33. e6 {ist hoffnungslos für Schwarz.} Qe8
34. Qg5 {usw.}) 30. Qg3+ Kh7 31. Qf3 Qe8 32. g3 Qf7 $2 (32... Kg8 {bietet
Aussichten auf zähen Widerstand:} 33. e6 Nc2 34. Rd1 Nb4) (32... Nc2 33. Rd1
Nb4 {ist ähnlich, doch hängen f5 und manchmal auch b7 mit Schach.}) 33. e6 Qf6
(33... Qe8 34. Re5 Rc5 35. Rxc5 Bxc5 36. Qxb7+ {führt auf die Dauer auch zum
Verlust.}) 34. Qh5+ Kg8 (34... Kg7 35. Qe8 Qf8 36. Qd7 {ist ebenfalls
hoffnungslos.}) 35. Qe8+ Qf8 36. Qg6+ Qg7 ({Auf} 36... Kh8 {folgt am
einfachsten} 37. Qf7 Qxf7 38. exf7 Bf8 39. Ne6 Rc8 40. Re5 {, und Weiß gewinnt.
}) 37. Qxf5 Rc5 38. Qe4 Nc6 39. Nd5 Qxb2 40. Qf5 Rc1 41. Nxe7+ 1-0

[Event "IND-ch"]
[Site "Mumbai"]
[Date "2003.01.28"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ravi, Lanka"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2003.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bc8 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Ne5
Bh5 9. h3 Nbd7 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nxg6 $6 ({Solider ist} 11. Nxc4 e6 12. Bg2 Bb4
13. O-O $11) 11... hxg6 12. e3 e6 $6 ({Mit der Fortsetzung} 12... e5 13. Bxc4
Qe7 14. Be2 (14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Be2 Rd8 {ist ungemütlich für Weiß, denn auf} 16.
Qc2 {folgt} Nfxg4) 14... O-O-O {konnte Schwarz um Vorteil kämpfen; die
Schwächung des Königsflügels macht sich bei Weiß bemerkbar.}) 13. Bxc4 Bb4 14.
Bf1 Qa5 15. Bd2 Nb6 16. Bg2 Nc4 17. O-O Nxd2 18. Qxd2 O-O 19. Qc2 Rfd8 20. Ne4
Nd5 21. g5 $6 {Der Sinn dieser Maßnahme ist mir völlig verborgen; Weiß
schwächt lediglich seine Bauernstruktur am Königsflügel. Nach} (21. Rfc1 {
ist die Stellung völlig ausgeglichen.}) 21... Rac8 22. h4 $6 {Besser war es,
den Vorstoß c6-c5 zu verhindern:} (22. Rfc1 {führt noch stets zum Ausgleich.})
22... c5 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Qe2 {Vielleicht sollte Weiß den schwarzfeldrigen
Läufer des Gegners eliminieren:} (24. Nxc5 Rxc5 25. Qb3 {und es dürfte nicht
viel los sein.}) 24... Be7 25. Bf3 $6 {Auch den Sinn dieses Zuges zu ermitteln
ist für mich schwierig. Nach} (25. Qb5 Qc7 26. Rfd1 {bleibt der Vorteil des
Schwarzen gering.}) 25... Qb4 (25... a6 $5 {zur Vorbereitung von Da5-b4 kommt
in Betracht.}) 26. Qb5 Rc4 27. Rfc1 $2 (27. Qxb4 Rxb4 28. Rfb1 f5 29. gxf6 gxf6
30. Nc3 {ist ungmütlich für Weiß, aber nicht hoffnungslos.}) 27... Rxe4 $19 28.
Bxe4 Qxe4 29. Rc4 Qe5 30. Qxb7 Bd6 31. Kf1 Kh7 32. h5 Qf5 33. e4 Qh3+ ({
Einfacher ist} 33... Ne3+ 34. Ke2 (34. Ke1 Qf3) 34... Qg4+) 34. Ke1 Qh1+ 35.
Kd2 Qxa1 36. exd5 Rb8 37. Qxf7 Rxb2+ 38. Rc2 Bb4+ 39. Ke3 Rb3+ 40. Ke2 Qe1# 0-1

[Event "ARG-ch"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1998.04.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Szmetan, Jorge"]
[Black "Soppe, Guillermo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1998.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. h3 Na6 8. g4
Bg6 9. Bg2 Nb4 10. O-O Bc2 11. Qd2 Bb3 12. a5 {Weiß möchte mit Hilfe des Zuges
a5-a6 den Punkt c6 erstürmen. Er erreicht damit, daß Schwarz von dem Versuch,
mit Sb4-c2 Material zu gewinnen, Abstand nehmen muß; aber im übrigen ist
dieses Verfahren recht langsam. Außer dem Textzug ist in dieser Stellung meist
12.Se4 versucht worden; dies gefällt mir besser.} (12. Ne4 Nc2 13. Nc5 Nd5 14.
Rb1 {Dies ist ein neuer Zug, soweit ich sehe.} (14. e4 {wurde in der unten
zitierten Partie gespielt; es scheint mir schwächer zu sein als 14.Tb1.} Ndb4 (
14... Nxa1 15. exd5 cxd5 16. Nxb7 Qc7 17. Bxd5 c3 18. Qe2 (18. Bxb3 Nxb3 {
ist hoffnungslos für Weiß.}) 18... Bxd5 19. Qb5+ Bc6 20. Nxc6 (20. Qxc6+ Qxc6
21. Nxc6 c2 {sieht nicht vertrauenerweckend für Weiß aus.}) 20... a6 21. Nd6+
Qxd6 22. Qb7 Rd8 23. Nxd8 {gibt dem Schwarzen keinen Vorteil.}) 15. Nxb7 Qc7
16. Nc5 e6 17. Qc3 (17. Nxb3 cxb3 18. Rb1 Rd8 {führt zu einer für Schwarz
angenehmen Stellung.}) 17... Rd8 18. Bg5 Rxd4 19. Nxb3 cxb3 20. Bf4 Bd6 21. Nf3
Bxf4 22. Nxd4 Be5 23. Nxe6 $6 (23. Rad1 O-O 24. Qxb3 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Nxd4 26.
Qxb4 Ne2+ $17) 23... fxe6 24. Qxb3 Qd6 25. Rad1 Nd4 26. Qc4 O-O $19 {0-1
Bellon Lopez,J-Pomes,J/Platja d'Aro Barcino 1994 (34)}) 14... e6 $2 {Nach
diesem Zug finde ich keine Rettung mehr für Schwarz.} (14... Ndb4 {ist die
kritische Fortsetzung:} 15. Nxb7 Qb6 16. Na5 (16. d5 c5 17. a5 Qc7 18. Qf4 f6
19. d6 exd6 (19... fxe5 20. Qxe5 {ist hoffnungslos für Schwarz.}) 20. Nxc4 Nd4
21. Nbxd6+ Kd7 {Das Abspiel entbehrt der für Weiß wünschenswerten Klarheit.})
16... Qxa5 17. Nxc6 Qxa4 18. Nxb4 Rc8 19. Nd5 Qd7 {Beide Seiten stehen
schlecht.}) 15. Nxc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc2 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Ba6 18. b4 b5 (18... Qd7 19.
Qb2 {ist ebenfalls ganz hoffnungslos für Schwarz.}) 19. cxb6 Qxb6 20. b5 cxb5
21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Ba3 h5 23. Rb3 Rh6 24. Re3+ Re6 25. a5 Qb7 26. Qc5 {1-0
Jussupow,A-Gretarsson,H/FIDE-Wch k.o. 1997}) 12... e6 {Dies ist ein solider
Entwicklungszug, an dem es nichts auszusetzen gibt. Versucht wurde hier
ebenfalls mit befriedigenden Ergebnissen 12...a6 und 12...Tc8; hierzu sehe man
Z. Ribli, Slawisch D16-19 (Informatormonographie), D 16/16, Fußnote 101.} 13.
a6 Qc7 14. axb7 Qxb7 15. Na4 Rc8 $6 {Schwarz erneuert die Drohung Sb4-c2. Es
scheint mir jedoch vorzuziehen, die Fortsetzung Sa4-c5 zunächst auszuschalten
und Druck auf der d-Linie auszuüben:} (15... Rd8 16. Qg5 h6 17. Qh4 Be7 18. Nc5
Bxc5 $6 ({Die Aufgabe des schwarzfeldrigen Läufers gefällt mir nicht. Zu
prüfen ist} 18... Qc7 {mit der Drohung 19...Lc5:.}) 19. dxc5 Nd7 20. Nf3 (20.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 21. Nxf7+ Ke7 22. Nxh8 $44 {verdient Beachtung.}) 20... Nf8 21. Qg3
Ng6 22. h4 Nc2 23. Ra5 O-O 24. h5 Ne7 25. Bf4 f6 {1/2-1/2 Cebalo,M-Beliavsky,A/
Graz op 1996}) 16. g5 $2 {Der Textzug schwächt den Königsflügel und treibt den
gegenerischen Springer auf bessere Felder.} (16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 {führt zu
einer unklaren Stellung mit Aussichten für beide Seiten.}) 16... Nfd5 (16...
Nc2 17. gxf6 (17. Rb1 Nd7 {ist hoffnungslos für Weiß.}) 17... Nxa1 18. fxg7
Bxg7 19. Nc5 {überläßt dem Weißen allzu gefährliches Spiel für die geopferte
Qualität.}) (16... Nd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 {führt ebenfalls zu
recht befriedigendem Spiel für Weiß.}) 17. e4 $2 (17. Nc5 {war noch stets
nötig. Nach} Bxc5 18. dxc5 f6 $17 {ist die Stellung des Weißen allerdings
schon sehr unbequem.}) 17... Nc2 $19 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Nc5 (19. Ra2 Bxa2 20.
Qxc2 Bb3 {hilft nichts.}) 19... Bxc5 20. dxc5 Nxa1 21. c6 Qc7 22. Qc3 O-O 23.
Bf4 Nc2 24. Ng6 Qd8 25. c7 Rxc7 26. Bxc7 Qxc7 27. Nxf8 Kxf8 28. f4 (28. Rc1 d4
$19) 28... Qb6+ 29. Kh2 Ne3 30. Rf3 Nxg2 31. Kxg2 d4 32. Qc1 c3 33. bxc3 Bd5
34. Qa3+ Ke8 35. cxd4 Qb7 0-1

[Event "Moscow5"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kiselev, Sergey"]
[Black "Guliev, Sarhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. g3 e6 8. Bg2
Bb4 9. O-O {Natürlich ist auch die plausible Fortsetzung} (9. Nxc4 {öfters
angewandt worden. Schwarz antwortet am besten} Nd5 10. Qd3 (10. Bd2 Nb6 {
führt zum Ausgleich.}) (10. Qb3 O-O (10... Na6 $6 11. O-O O-O (11... Bxc3 12.
bxc3 Bxe2 13. Ba3 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 Ne7 {kommt vielleicht in Betracht.}) 12. e4
Ndc7 13. Bf4 $16 {Ioseliani,N-Polgar,Zsu, Wettkampf Monte Carlo 1993, CBM 34,
ist offensichtlich ungünstiger für Schwarz als Abspiel B2c2; Weiß hat ein
Tempo gewonnen, weil er den Zug Lc1-d2 eingespart hat.}) 11. Bd2 (11. e4 Nxc3
12. Qxb4 (12. bxc3 Qxd4 13. cxb4 (13. Bd2 Qd3 $18) 13... Qxa1 14. O-O Qf6 15.
Bb2 Qe7 $17) 12... Qxd4 (12... Ne2 {Lukacs, ECO D (2.Auflage) 16/4, Fußnote 21}
13. Qc5 Nxd4 14. Qxh5 Nc2+ 15. Ke2 Nxa1 16. Rd1 $13) 13. Be3 Qd3 14. Bf1 Qxe4
15. bxc3 Qxh1 16. Qxb7 Nd7 17. Qxd7 Rfd8 $17) (11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Bxe2 13.
Re1 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 Nd7 $44 {Lukacs,P-Utasi,T, Ungarische Meisterschaft 1984;
MCL 02; ECO D (2.Auflage) 16/4, Fußnote 21; Inf. 37/409.}) 11... Na6 (11... c5
12. Nxd5 (12. e4 Nb6 (12... cxd4 13. exd5 dxc3 14. bxc3 exd5 15. Ne3 {sieht
ungünstig für Schwarz aus.} (15. Qxb4 dxc4 16. Qxb7 Qd3 $19)) 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14.
Be3 Nxc4 15. Bxc5 Qd2+ 16. Kf1 Qd3+ (16... Qc1+ 17. Rxc1 Nd2+ 18. Kg1 Nxb3 19.
Bxf8 Nxc1 20. Ba3 $14) 17. Kg1 Rc8 $17) (12. dxc5 Nc6 13. Nd6 {(Besser ist 13.
Sd5: mit Übergang in die folgende Variante.)} Nd4 14. Qd1 Bxc3 15. bxc3 (15.
Bxc3 Nxe2 16. Qd2 Nexc3 17. bxc3 Qc7 18. c4 Qxc5 $17) 15... Nxe2 (15... Bxe2
16. Qb1 Bf3 17. O-O Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nc6 $13 {Ftacnik,L-Ree,H, Wijk aan Zee 1985;
MCL 02; Inf. 39/459}) 16. Qb3 Qf6 17. Ne4 Qg6 $17 {Ftacnik, ECO D (2.Auflage)
16/4, Fußnote 21; Inf. 39/459}) 12... exd5 13. dxc5 Nc6 14. Bxb4 dxc4 15. Qxc4
Re8 16. f3 Qd4 (16... Ne5 17. Qc3 Nd3+ 18. Kf1 Nxb4 19. Qxb4 $16) 17. Qxd4 Nxd4
{(ECO D [2.Auflage] 16/4, Fußnote 21)} 18. O-O-O $14) 12. e3 (12. e4 Nb6 13.
Be3 c5 {sieht auch nicht übel für Schwarz aus.}) 12... c5 13. O-O $13 {
Ostenstad,B-Ingbrandt,J, Oslo 1986, MCL 03, ist vielleicht eine solide
Fortsetzung für Schwarz.}) 10... Be7 11. O-O Nb4 (11... O-O 12. e4 (12. a5 Na6
13. Ne5 Nab4 14. Qd2 (14. Qc4 Nc2 15. Ra4 b5 16. axb6 Nxb6 17. Nxc6 Nxc4 18.
Nxd8 Raxd8 19. Rxc4 Nxd4 $10 {Vajser, ECO D (2.Auflage) 16/4, Fußnote 23.})
14... Qc7 $10 {Vajser, ECO D (2.Auflage) 16/4, Fußnote 23.} (14... c5 $6 15.
Nxd5 $14 {Vajser-Huzman, UdSSR 1986, Inf. 42/472, ECO D (2.Auflage) 16/4,
Fußnote 23.})) 12... Nb4 13. Qd2 Nd7 (13... N8a6 14. b3 Qc7 15. Ne2 Rad8 16.
Nf4 Bg6 17. h4 $14 {Tukmakov,V-Oll,L, Rostov 1993, CBM 36.}) 14. b3 Qc7 15. Ba3
Nb6 16. Nd1 c5 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 Nxc4 19. bxc4 Bf6 $10 {Kiselev,S-Rublevsky,
S, Cheliabinsk 1993, EXP 38.}) 12. Qd2 O-O 13. b3 N8a6 14. Bb2 Qc7 15. Rad1
Rad8 16. Qc1 $10 {Mihal`cisin-Huzman, UdSSR 1986.}) 9... Nbd7 {Empfohlen wird
auch hier} (9... Nd5 10. Qc2 (10. Bd2 O-O 11. g4 Bg6 12. e4 (12. Nxc4 Nb6 $10)
12... Nb6 13. a5 Nc8 14. Qa4 Na6 15. Be3 Nd6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 $13 {Miralles,
G-Flear,G, Paris 1986, TD 86/01.}) (10. Na2 Be7 11. Nxc4 O-O 12. h3 (12. a5 $5)
12... Nb6 13. Ne3 a5 $10 {Kjeldsen,J-Husted,P, Dänemark ch-B 1991, TD 91/06.})
(10. Nxc4 Na6 (10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxc3 12. Qb3 Nxe2+ 13. Kh1 O-O 14. Qxb7 Nd7
15. Ba3 Qc8 16. Rfb1 {Hertneck,G in CBM 35.}) 11. Qb3 Nb6 {(Kanstler,
B-Imanaliev,T, Bishkek zt 1993, CBM 35)} 12. e3 $14) 10... a5 (10... Be7 $5 {
mit der Absicht, Sd5-b4 folgen zu lassen, kommt in Betracht.}) 11. Nxc4 Nb6 12.
Nxb6 Qxb6 13. Be3 Bg6 14. Be4 Qd8 (14... Qa6 $5) 15. Rac1 Nd7 16. Bxg6 hxg6 $10
{Hjartarson-Yrjölä, Gjövik 1985, ECO D (2.Auflage) 16/3, Fußnote 16.}) 10. Nxc4
O-O {Schwarz sollte das folgende Manöver des Weißen verhindern. Stärker war} (
10... a5 11. Na2 Nb6 12. b3 Be7 $5 $10 (12... Nbd5 13. Nxb4 Nxb4 (13... Nc3 14.
Nxc6 $18) (13... axb4 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Qe1 $16 {Babula,V-Vanek,P, Tschechische
Meisterschaft 1993, TD 93/10}) 14. Ba3 $16)) 11. Na2 Be7 12. b4 $14 Nd5 {
Schwarz konnte auch} (12... Nb6 {versuchen. Nach} 13. Na5 Qd7 14. Bb2 Nfd5 {
sind die Figuren des Weißen überlastet und können nicht mehr ohne weiteres
alle Bauern decken. Nach anderen Zügen verschafft er sich einige Erleichterung.
}) 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. e4 (14. a5 f5) 14... N5b6 15. Nb2 Rad8 16. Qc2 (16. a5 Nc8
17. f4 c5 $13 {Die Stellung des Schwarzen ist solider als man vermuten möchte.}
) 16... e5 $6 {Die Öffnung der Stellung sieht für Schwarz gefährlich aus.} (
16... f6 $5 {mit der Absicht, Lh5-f7 zu spielen und erst später e6-e5 folgen
zu lassen, verdient Erwägung.}) 17. dxe5 Qxe5 (17... Nxe5 18. f4 $16) 18. a5
Nc8 19. Be3 Bf6 $2 {Hier steht der Läufer schlecht; die Lage des Schwarzen ist
allerdings schon kritisch.} 20. Rab1 Qb5 21. f4 Rfe8 22. Rfe1 Bg4 23. e5 $18
Be7 24. Nc4 Nf8 25. Bf1 Qd5 26. h3 Bf3 27. Qf2 Bh5 28. g4 Ng6 29. Red1 Bh4 30.
Qe2 Qe4 31. Nc3 Nxf4 32. Nxe4 Nxe2+ 33. Bxe2 Bg6 34. Bf3 f5 35. gxf5 Bxf5 36.
Kg2 Rd5 37. Rbc1 Re6 38. Ned6 Rg6+ 39. Kh2 Rxd1 40. Rxd1 Bxh3 41. Be4 Nxd6 42.
exd6 Re6 43. Bf3 Rf6 44. Bg2 Bg4 45. Rd4 h5 46. Ne5 Re6 47. Nxg4 hxg4 48. Rd3
Kf7 1-0

[Event "Vikings GM 2nd"]
[Site "York"]
[Date "2000.12.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Barsov, Alexei"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 6. e3 {Mehr Aussichten auf
Eröffnungsvorteil dürfte} (6. e4 {bieten.}) 6... Bg4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. a5 Nb4 9.
O-O Be7 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Kg2 O-O 15. f4 b5
16. axb6 axb6 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. e4 b5 19. Be2 Rd8 20. Qb3 c5 21. dxc5 Nd3 (
21... Nc6 $5) 22. c6 Nxc1 23. Rxc1 Qxc6 24. Qxb5 Qd6 $6 (24... Qc7 {führt zu
einer ausgeglichenen Stellung; für seinen Minusbauern hat Schwarz genügend
Kompensation in den schwarzfeldrigen Schwächen der weißen Struktur.}) 25. Rd1
Qxf4 $2 ({Nach} 25... Qc7 {braucht Schwarz nicht viel zu fürchten.}) 26. Rxd7
Rxd7 27. Qxd7 Bh4 (27... Bd6 {rettet den Schwarzen auch nicht:} 28. Qd8+ Kh7
29. Qh4+ Kg8 30. Qf2 {usw.}) 28. Qc6 $4 (28. Kh1 Qf2 (28... Qg3 29. Qd3 Qe1+
30. Bf1 {und Weiß gewinnt.}) 29. Qd1 Bg3 30. Qg1 {mit Gewinn.}) (28. Qc6 $4
Qg3+ 29. Kh1 Qe1+ 30. Kg2 Qf2+ 31. Kh1 Bg3 {nebst matt; mit der Annahme des
Remisangebotes beging Schwarz einen groben Fehler. Es ist natürlich keineswegs
sicher, daß der letzte Zug des Weißen korrekt eingegeben ist.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis-03"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1979.11.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1979.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 6. e4 Bg4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. Be3
Bb4 9. Qc2 (9. Qd3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nc7 11. Rg1 Nh5 12. Ke2 g6 13. d5 Bd6 14. dxc6
bxc6 15. Qd4 O-O 16. Rgd1 Bxh2 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Bxa7 $10 {
Polugajevsky-Larsen/Riga itz/1979}) 9... Bxf3 10. gxf3 O-O 11. O-O $6 (11. Rd1
$6 c5 12. Bxa6 (12. d5 exd5 13. Bxd5 Nxd5 14. Rxd5 Qe7 $15) 12... bxa6 13. dxc5
Qa5 14. Rg1 Rfc8 $10) (11. Rg1 $5 c5 12. Bh6 Ne8 13. d5 Nac7 14. O-O-O $16)
11... c5 12. d5 (12. Bxa6 cxd4 $1 (12... bxa6 13. dxc5 {/\Sa2}) 13. Bxb7 Rb8
14. Rfd1 (14. Ba6 dxe3 15. fxe3 Qb6 16. Qe2 Bc5 17. Nd1 Rfd8 $15) 14... Rxb7
15. Rxd4 Qa5 $10) 12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 exd5 14. Rfd1 Qc8 $2 (14... Nc7 15. Bxc5
Re8 16. Be3 (16. Qa2 $2 Nd7 17. Bxd5 Qg5+) 16... Re5 17. Bf4 Rh5 18. Bg3 $13)
15. exd5 $16 Qh3 $6 (15... Rd8 $5) 16. Rab1 Qxf3 (16... Ng4 17. Bf4 Qxf3 18.
Bg3 {/\19.Le2, 19.Tb7}) 17. Be2 Qh3 (17... Qe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe4 19. Rdc1 Nc7 (
19... Nd6 20. Bf4 (20. Bxa6 bxa6 21. Bxc5 {Gligoric}) 20... Rfd8 21. Bxd6 Rxd6
22. Rxb7 $18) 20. c4 b6 21. a5 $16) 18. Rxb7 c4 (18... Ng4 19. Bf4) (18... Rfe8
19. Bf4 (19. Bxa6 Re4 20. Be2 Rh4 $13) 19... c4 20. Bg3 $16) 19. Bf1 (19. Bxc4
$4 Qg4+) 19... Qh5 $2 (19... Qg4+ 20. Bg2 {/\Td4}) (19... Qc8 $5 20. Rb5 Nc7
21. Rc5 Qg4+ 22. Bg2 Rac8 23. Rd4 Qd7 24. Qd1 $16) 20. Qe2 $18 Qg6+ (20... Qf5
21. Qxc4 Rfc8 22. Qf4) (20... Qxe2 21. Bxe2 Rfc8 22. d6) 21. Bg2 Rac8 22. d6
Nc5 (22... Rfd8 23. Rxa7 Nb8 24. Rc7) 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. d7 Rd5 25. Rxd5 Nxd5
26. Qe4 $2 (26. Rb8 $1) 26... Nxc3 27. Qxg6 hxg6 28. Rc7 Ne2+ 29. Kf1 Nf4 {
/\Se6} 30. Bd5 $1 1-0

[Event "Biel Credit Suisse"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1997.07.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Lautier} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 6. e4 Bg4 7. Bxc4
Bxf3 8. gxf3 e6 9. Be3 Nb4 10. f4 $6 {Meines Erachtens wird durch diesen
Vorstoß die Bauernstruktur des Weißen kompromittiert. Nach} (10. a5 Be7 (10...
b5 {Lautier} 11. axb6 axb6 $11) 11. O-O $14 {steht Weiß ein wenig bequemer.}) (
10. O-O {Lautier} Be7 (10... Qa5 11. Kh1 Be7 12. Rg1 $14) 11. Kh1 O-O 12. Rg1
$14) 10... Qa5 11. O-O O-O-O {Auf lange Sicht hat Schwarz Angriffsaussichten,
da die Bauernstruktur des Weißen am Königsflügel geschwächt ist.} (11... Be7 {
Lautier} 12. Kh1 O-O 13. Rg1 Rad8 (13... Qh5 14. f3 $14 Nc2 $4 15. Qxc2 Qxf3+
16. Qg2 $18) 14. Rg5 Qc7 15. Qe2 $14) 12. Qe2 (12. Kh1 $2 {Lautier} c5 {>< d4})
12... Be7 {Schwarz strebt eine solide Aufstellung an.} (12... h6 13. Kh1 g5 14.
Rad1 {gefolgt von Tf1-g1 sieht zu stürmisch aus.}) 13. Kh1 g6 {Schwarz strebt
danach, den Vorstoß f4-f5 dauerhaft zu unterbinden.} 14. Rac1 {Weiß deckt das
Feld c2, um De2-f3 zur Hand zu haben.} (14. Rg1 $6 {Lautier /\ Rg5} Qh5 $11 15.
f3 $6 Nc2 $1) 14... Kb8 15. Rg1 Nh5 (15... Qh5 {Lautier} 16. f3 $14) 16. Qf3 {
/\ f5} Ng7 17. Rgd1 {/\ d5} Qh5 $6 (17... f5 {verdient Beachtung; die
Bauernstruktur des Weißen im Zentrum wird zerstört.}) (17... f5 $2 {Lautier}
18. d5 exd5 (18... fxe4 $2 19. Qxe4 cxd5 20. Qe5+ Qc7 (20... Bd6 21. Qxg7 dxc4
22. Rxd6 $18) 21. Bxa7+ Kc8 22. Nxd5 $18) 19. exd5 {/\ Bd4} c5 20. Nb5 Ne8 21.
Bb3 $16) (17... Ka8 $14 {Lautier}) 18. Qg2 Qa5 19. d5 {Jetzt kann Weiß die
Stellung für sein Läuferpaar öffnen; Schwarz sollte sich aber ausreichend
verteidigen können.} (19. Be2 {Lautier /\ Bf3} f5 $11) (19. Bb3 $1 {Lautier /\
d5} Ka8 $140 $6 20. d5 exd5 21. exd5 c5 22. Ne4 $16 {>< c5}) 19... exd5 20.
exd5 c5 ({Auch die Fortsetzung} 20... cxd5 21. Nxd5 (21. Bxd5 $1 {Lautier} Nxd5
(21... Rd7 $2 22. Nb5 a6 23. Ba7+ Ka8 24. Bxb7+ Rxb7 25. Rd7 $18) 22. Nxd5 $16)
21... Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Rd7 {scheint dem Schwarzen ausreichende
Verteidigungsmöglichkeiten zu gewähren. Der Textzug ist besser; Schwarz hat
Aussichten, von den strukturellen Schwächen der Bauernstellung des Gegners zu
profitieren.} (22... Rd7 23. Bxf7 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rd8 (24... Qxa4 25. b3 Qb5 26.
Bc4 $16) 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 (25... Qxd8 26. Bd5 Nf5 $14) 26. Qe4 Nf5 $14)) 21. Ne4
Nf5 22. d6 (22. Ng5 Nd6 {bringt den Weißen nicht weiter.}) ({Eine ruhigere
Fortsetzung wie} 22. Bb3 {gefällt mir aber besser.}) (22. b3 $11 {Lautier})
22... Bxd6 23. Ng5 Be7 (23... Bc7 $5 24. Nxf7 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Re8 {gab dem
Schwarzen vielleicht noch mehr Spiel.}) 24. Nxf7 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rc8 26. b3 (26.
Be6 $5) 26... Nc6 27. Be6 Rc7 28. Qe4 ({Die Fortsetzung} 28. Bxf5 gxf5 29. Qg8+
Rc8 30. Qxh7 Qc3 31. Qxf5 Qxb3 {führt zu einer Stellung, die ich nicht
einzuschätzen vermag.}) 28... Qc3 (28... Ncd4 $5) 29. Rc1 (29. Ne5 $5) 29...
Qf6 30. Bd5 Ncd4 (30... Nb4 {kam in Betracht; nach dem Textzug muß Schwarz
stets mit b3-b4 Rechnung halten.}) 31. Ne5 Qa6 {Dieser Zug ist natürlich nicht
notwendig, aber auch kein Fehler.} 32. Bc4 Qd6 (32... Qf6 $11 {Lautier}) 33.
Rd1 a6 (33... Qb6 $11 {Lautier}) 34. b4 Qb6 35. bxc5 Bxc5 36. Qd5 {/\ Nd7} (36.
Bf1 {sieht solider aus.}) (36. Rb1 {Lautier} Qd6 $14 (36... Qa5 $6 37. Qd5 $36)
) 36... Nxe3 37. fxe3 Nf5 38. Qd8+ (38. Nd7+ Rxd7 39. Qxd7 Nxe3 {ist nicht
erfreulich für Weiß.}) (38. e4 Ne3 39. Qd8+ Ka7 {ist ebenfalls unbequem für
ihn.}) 38... Ka7 39. a5 (39. Nd7 $142 {Lautier} Qc6+ 40. Rd5 Rc8 41. Ne5 Qc7 (
41... Qe6 $2 42. Rxc5 Qxc4 43. Nc6+ $1 Rxc6 44. Rxc4 Rxc4 45. Qd3 Rxa4 46. e4
$14) 42. Qxc7 Rxc7 43. e4 Ne3 $15) 39... Qxa5 40. Rb1 Bd6 $4 {Nach äußerst
schwierigem Gewurstele auf beiden Seiten begeht Schwarz (offenbar in äußerster
Zeitnot) einen schrecklichen Bock. Wenn er ihn vermeidet, steht er klar besser,
zum Beispiel:} (40... Bb6 41. Nd7 Rxd7 42. Qxd7 Nxe3 $17) (40... Ne7 $17) (
40... Ne7 $5 $15 {Lautier}) 41. Nc6+ $18 Rxc6 (41... bxc6 {Lautier} 42. Qb8#)
42. Qxa5 1-0

[Event "Saintly Cup"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1999.01.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Johansen, Darryl Keith"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1999.01.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. g3 e6 8. Bg2
Bb4 9. O-O Nd5 10. Qc2 O-O 11. e4 $6 ({Auf} 11. Nxc4 {folgt} Nb6 {mit gutem
Spiel für Schwarz. Deshalb ist}) (11. Rd1 {üblich (Z. Ribli, Slawische
Verteidigung D16-19 [Informatormonographie], D16/23).}) 11... Nb6 {Dies ist
viel besser als} (11... Nf6 12. Be3 a5 13. h3 Na6 14. Nxc4 Nc7 15. f4 h6 16.
Ne5 Bg6 17. Nxg6 $16 {1-0 Bogdanov,V-Rezonja,S/Bled 1998/EXT 99 (46)}) 12. Be3
(12. a5 Qxd4 13. axb6 Qxe5 14. Rxa7 Rxa7 15. bxa7 Nd7 {gibt dem Weißen nicht
genügend Spiel; der Bauer auf a7 ist nicht zu halten. Nach dem Textzug behält
Schwarz einen gesunden Mehrbauern; Dies zeigt, daß der Zug 11.e4 von
zweifelhaftem Wert ist.}) 12... f6 13. Nf3 a5 14. Na2 Na6 15. Nxb4 Nxb4 16. Qc3
Bxf3 17. Bxf3 f5 18. b3 fxe4 19. Bxe4 cxb3 20. Qxb3 N6d5 21. Bd2 Qb6 22. Be3
Kh8 23. Rad1 h6 24. Bc1 Rf6 25. Rd2 Rd8 26. Re1 Qa6 27. Rde2 b5 28. Bb2 bxa4
29. Qxa4 Qb5 30. Qa1 Rdf8 31. Ba3 Qc4 32. Bb2 Nd3 33. Bxd3 Qxd3 34. Qxa5 Nf4
35. Re3 (35. Rd2 {scheitert an} Qf3 36. gxf4 Rg6+ 37. Kf1 Rxf4 $19 {und
Schwarz gewinnt.}) 35... Nh3+ 36. Kg2 Rxf2+ 37. Kxh3 Qc2 38. Rh1 Qxb2 $2 (38...
Qg6 {mit der entscheidenden Drohung 39...h5 führte zum sofortigen Gewinn:} 39.
Qe5 (39. Rg1 R8f5 40. Qd8+ Kh7 41. g4 Rh5+ 42. gxh5 ({oder} 42. Kg3 Qf7 43. Qb8
Rfxh2 {nebst matt}) 42... Qxg1 43. Qb8 Qg2+ 44. Kh4 Qg5+ 45. Kh3 Qxh5+ {usw.})
39... R8f5 40. Qb8+ Kh7 41. g4 R5f3+ 42. Rxf3 Rxf3+ 43. Kg2 Qxg4+ {usw.}) 39.
Qe5 R8f6 ({Die Fortsetzung} 39... R8f5 40. Qxe6 Qxd4 41. Qe8+ Kh7 42. Qe4 {
gibt dem Weißen ebenfalls die Möglichkeit, Widerstand zu leisten.}) 40. Qe4 Qb5
41. Qe5 Qb7 42. Rg1 Qf7 43. Re2 R2f5 $2 ({Mit der Folge} 43... Rxe2 44. Qxe2
Qd7 45. Qe5 (45. Qg4 h5 {bietet ebensowenig Auskunft.}) 45... Rf5 46. Qe4 Rh5+
({Ungenau ist} 46... Rd5 {, weil Weiß} 47. Ra1 {antworten kann.}) 47. Kg2 e5
48. g4 Rg5 49. h3 exd4 {konnte Schwarz einen zweiten Bauern gewinnen und
entscheidenden Vorteil erlangen. Der Textzug gibt dem König des Weißen das
Feld das Feld g2 frei und kommt deshalb dem Weißen entgegen; es ist fraglich,
ob der Vorteil des Schwarzen jetzt noch zum Gewinn ausreicht.}) 44. Qe4 Rf2 45.
Rxf2 Rxf2 46. Qg4 Rf1 (46... Rd2 {bot immer noch gute Gewinnaussichten, zum
Beispiel} 47. Ra1 (47. Re1 {scheitert an} Qf2) 47... g5 48. Re1 Qf5 {usw.}) 47.
Rg2 h5 48. Qe4 Ra1 49. Rb2 Ra8 50. Rb1 ({Falsch wäre} 50. Rc2 {Nach} Qf1+ 51.
Kh4 g5+ {wird Weiß matt.}) 50... Rd8 51. Re1 Rd6 52. Ra1 Rd8 53. Re1 Qf2 54.
Qxe6 Qxd4 55. Qxc6 Qg4+ 56. Kg2 h4 57. Re8+ Rxe8 58. Qxe8+ Kh7 59. Qe5 hxg3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 07th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.11.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tunik, Gennady"]
[Black "Kashtanov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. f3 e6 8. h4 (
8. g4 Bg6 9. h4 h6 10. Nxg6 fxg6 11. e4 c5 12. dxc5 Qxd1+ 13. Kxd1 Nc6 14. Bxc4
Rd8+ 15. Ke2 Nd4+ 16. Kf2 Bxc5 17. Be3 O-O 18. Kg2 $14 {1-0 Sosonko,G-Timman,J/
Tilburg 1983/MCD (38)}) 8... Be7 (8... Nd5 9. g4 f6 10. Nxc4 Bf7 11. e4 Nb4 12.
Be3 a5 (12... Be7 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Rd1 O-O 15. Qh2 Nb6 $13 {0-1 Damljanovic,
B-Kristensen,B/Saint John 1988/CBM 06 (40)}) 13. f4 Be7 14. f5 O-O 15. Rg1 $13
{0-1 Hansen,C-Kristensen,B/Esbjerg 1981/EXT 99 (40)}) 9. g3 (9. g4 {ist nicht
empfehlenswert:} Nxg4 10. fxg4 (10. Nxg4 Bxg4 11. fxg4 Bxh4+ 12. Kd2 Qxd4+ 13.
Kc2 Qxg4 {ist nicht besser.}) 10... Bxh4+ 11. Kd2 Qxd4+ 12. Kc2 Qxe5 13. gxh5
Qxh5 {, und Schwarz steht auf Gewinn.}) 9... Nfd7 (9... c5 {ist nicht besser:}
10. dxc5 (10. e3 cxd4 11. exd4 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bxc4 O-O {führt zu
ausgezeichnetem Spiel für Schwarz, denn die Fortsetzung} 14. g4 Nxg4 15. fxg4
Bxh4+ 16. Kd2 Qxd4+ 17. Kc2 Qxc4 18. gxh5 Rab8 {ist ungünstig für Weiß.}) 10...
Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Nbd7 12. Nxd7 ({Schwächer ist} 12. Nxc4 Nxc5 13. g4 O-O-O+ ({
Nach} 13... Rd8+ 14. Nd2 (14. Bd2 Nb3 15. Ra2 Nd7 16. gxh5 Nb6 {mit Vorteil
für Schwarz.}) (14. Kc2 Bg6+ 15. e4 h5 16. g5 Nd5 17. Ne5 Bh7 18. Bb5+ Kf8 {
, und Weiß ist in einer prekären Lage.}) 14... Nb3 15. Ra2 Bb4 16. gxh5 Nd5 17.
Nxd5 Rxd5 18. e4 Nxc1 19. exd5 Nxa2 20. Bc4 Bxd2 21. Kxd2 Nb4 22. Re1 {hat
Weiß das bessere Endspiel.}) 14. Kc2 (14. Bd2 Nb3 15. Ra2 Bg6 16. h5 Bxh5 17.
gxh5 Rxd2+ 18. Nxd2 Rd8 19. Ncb1 Bb4 20. Kc2 Nxd2 {mit etwa gleichem Spiel.}) (
14. Nd2 Nb3 15. Ra2 Rd7 16. Kc2 Nd4+ 17. Kb1 Bg6+ 18. e4 h5 19. g5 Nd5 {
ist ungünstig für Weiß.}) 14... Bg6+ 15. e4 h5 16. g5 Nd5 17. Ne5 Nb4+ 18. Kb1
Nb3 19. Ra3 Nxc1 20. Kxc1 Bd6 21. Nxg6 fxg6 {ist befriedigend für Schwarz.})
12... O-O-O 13. g4 Rxd7+ 14. Ke1 Bg6 15. e4 {mit Vorteil für Weiß.}) (9... O-O
10. e4 Nfd7 11. Nxc4 {ist keine Verbesserung.}) 10. Nxc4 Nb6 11. e4 O-O 12. a5
Nxc4 13. Bxc4 Kh8 $6 (13... e5 14. d5 (14. g4 Bxh4+ 15. Kf1 exd4 {sieht
schlecht für Weiß aus.}) 14... h6 {führt zu etwa gleichem Spiel.}) 14. Be3 e5
15. g4 Bxh4+ 16. Ke2 Bg6 (16... exd4 17. Qxd4 Bg6 18. f4 {führt ebenfalls zu
einer sehr schlechten Stellung für Schwarz.}) 17. dxe5 {Jetzt gibt es kein
befriedigendes Mittel gegen die Drohung f3-f4-f5.} Nd7 18. f4 (18. Rxh4 Qxh4
19. Qxd7 Rfd8 20. Qxb7 Rab8 {ist nicht empfehlenswert für Weiß.}) 18... Be7 19.
f5 $18 Nxe5 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21. Bb3 Nxg4 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Rag1 Nh6 24. Na4 Bf6
25. Nc5 b6 26. Ne6 Rd7 27. axb6 axb6 28. Ra1 Re8 29. Rhd1 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Bxb2
31. Bxb6 Bf6 32. Bc7 Ng4 33. Rc1 h5 34. Rxc6 Kh7 35. Bd5 Ra8 36. Bf4 Re8 37.
Kf3 Ra8 38. Kg2 Re8 39. Rc7 Ne5 40. Bxe5 Bxe5 41. Ng5+ Kh6 42. Nf7+ Kh7 43.
Nxe5 Rxe5 44. Kf3 g5 45. Ke3 Re8 46. Bf7 1-0

[Event "Asker 75th"]
[Site "Asker"]
[Date "1997.11.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Hellsten, Johan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. f3 Nfd7 8.
Nxc4 e5 9. g3 Bb4 10. dxe5 O-O 11. Bh3 Qe7 12. f4 f6 13. e6 Nc5 14. Ne3 Rd8 15.
Qc2 Kh8 (15... Nxe6 16. Nf5 Qd7 17. Qe4 (17. Be3 Na6 18. O-O Bf7 19. Ne4 Kh8
20. Rad1 Qc7 21. b3 Bf8 22. Qb2 Nec5 23. Nxf6 Bxb3 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Ng4 Bd5
26. Nd4 Nxa4 27. Qa1 b5 28. f5 Bb4 29. Ne6 Bxe6 30. fxe6 Bc3 31. Qb1 Qe7 32.
Nh6 Rf8 33. Nf7+ Kg8 34. Bf5 Rxf7 35. Bxh7+ Kh8 36. Rxf7 Qe8 37. Qf5 {1-0
Epishin,V-Pomes,J/Manresa 1995/CBM 49/[Huebner,R]}) 17... Bxc3+ 18. bxc3 Re8
19. O-O Kh8 20. Qc4 b5 21. axb5 cxb5 22. Qd3 Nc5 23. Qxd7 Nbxd7 24. g4 Bg6 25.
Nd6 Rxe2 26. f5 Be8 27. Bg2 Rb8 28. Rxa7 Ne5 29. h3 Ncd3 30. Ba3 {Baragar,
F-Leveille,F/CAN-ch 1996/EXT 97/1/2-1/2 (49)}) 16. f5 {Auf lange Sicht ist der
Bauer auf e6 natürlich stets ein gewaltiger Trumpf für Weiß.} Nba6 17. O-O Ba5
18. Na2 Rac8 19. Nc4 Bc7 20. b4 Nxa4 $2 ({Nach} 20... b5 21. axb5 (21. bxc5
bxc4 22. Qxc4 Qxc5+ 23. Qxc5 Nxc5 {ist nicht überzeugender für Weiß.}) 21...
cxb5 22. bxc5 bxc4 23. Qxc4 Nxc5 24. Ba3 Bb6 {kann Schwarz weiterkämpfen.}) 21.
g4 $18 Be8 22. Qxa4 c5 23. b5 Nb4 24. Nxb4 cxb4 25. Be3 a6 26. Qb3 axb5 27. Nd2
Bc6 (27... Bxh2+ 28. Kxh2 Rc3 29. Qb2 Rxe3 30. Nf3 {dürfte Schwarz keine
Rettung bringen.}) 28. Rad1 Bb8 29. Nf3 h5 30. gxh5 Bxf3 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8 32.
Rxf3 Rc3 33. Qxb4 Qd1+ 34. Bf1 Rxe3 35. Rxe3 Ba7 36. Qe4 Qc1 37. e7 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 03rd"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Hellsten, Johan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. f3 Nfd7 8.
Nxc4 e5 9. Be3 Bg6 {Häufiger wurde 9...Bb4 versucht:} (9... Bb4 10. g4 (10. Bf2
$6 O-O 11. dxe5 Qe7 12. Bg3 (12. e4 $5) 12... Rd8 13. Qc2 Na6 14. f4 Nac5 $13 {
Berciano,E-Gonzales,L, Mesa op 1992, TD 92/09.}) (10. Qb3 Na6 (10... a5 11.
dxe5 O-O 12. g4 (12. e6 fxe6 13. g3 $5) 12... Bg6 13. h4 h5 14. gxh5 Bxh5 15.
O-O-O $13 {Link,A-Bender,E, VLN Baden 1992.}) 11. dxe5 O-O 12. g3 (12. Bf2 Qe7
13. e4 Nac5 14. Qc2 Nxe5 $10 {Müller,A-Brandes,S, OLNW 1991. Natürlich kommt
auch hier 12.g4 Bg6 13.h4 in Betracht, obwohl ich die lange Rochade als
zweifelhaft für Weiß betrachte.}) 12... Qe7 13. f4 Ndc5 {Möglicherweise ist 12.
..Nac5 stärker.} 14. Qc2 Bg4 (14... f6 $5) 15. Bg2 Qe6 16. Nd2 f6 $6 (16... Bf5
$5) 17. Nce4 Nb3 18. Rd1 Bf5 19. O-O $16 {Kratochwil,L-Markwald,J, BL2-W qual
1991, TD 91/01.}) 10... Bg6 11. dxe5 Qe7 (11... O-O $5 12. h4 h5 $13 {vgl. die
Partie Link-Bender unter B1.} (12... f5 {wird mit} 13. Qb3 {beantwortet.})) 12.
f4 Qh4+ (12... Be4 $2 13. Nd6+ $16) 13. Bf2 Qxg4 14. Qb3 Na6 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16.
Qxb7 Nb4 17. Qxa8+ Bb8 $13 {Granda Zuniga,J-Nikolic,P, Biel izt 1992, CBM 37.
Ich wage in der Hast nicht, zu einem Urteil über den Wert der einzelnen
Abspiele zu gelangen; mehr Anwendung in der Praxis mag die Klarheit fördern.})
10. h4 {Soweit ich sehe, ist dies ein neuer Zug. In der Partie Grigorian,
K-Vasiukov,E, URS ch 42, Leningrad 1974, geschah:} (10. g3 Bb4 11. Bg2 exd4 12.
Bxd4 O-O 13. O-O Qe7 14. e4 Rd8 15. Qe2 Nc5 {In Betracht kommt 14...Bc5.} 16.
Be3 Nba6 17. Qc2 {mit etwa gleichen Aussichten für beide Seiten.}) 10... Be7 $6
(10... exd4 $6 11. Bxd4 f6 12. e4 $16) (10... Bb4 $5 {sieht aktiver und besser
aus; das Feld e7 bleibt der schwarzen Q zugänglich. Nach} 11. dxe5 O-O {
ist die Stellung nicht sehr verschieden von den oben unter B1 und C1
besprochenen. Nicht ohne Risiko für Weiß ist die Folge} 12. h5 Bf5 13. Nd6 Be6
14. Nxb7 Qc7 15. Nd6 Nxe5 {etc.}) 11. h5 Bf5 12. dxe5 O-O 13. h6 Na6 {Dies
erscheint mir zu frivol. Nötig war ein Zug mit dem gP} (13... g6 {Auf} 14. Nd6
{folgt} Be6 15. f4 f6 {mit undeutlicher Lage; oder sogar}) (13... g5 {um die
Deckung des eP durch f3-f4 zu erschweren.}) 14. hxg7 Re8 15. g4 Bg6 (15... Be6
16. Qd3 $18) 16. f4 $18 Nb4 17. Rc1 Nd5 18. Bg2 Nxe3 19. Nxe3 Bh4+ 20. Kf1 Bg3
21. f5 Qb6 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Qd2 Bxe5 24. Ned5 1-0

[Event "Manresa"]
[Site "Manresa"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Pomes Marcet, Juan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1995.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. f3 Nfd7 8.
Nxc4 e5 9. g3 Bb4 {Das Bauernopfer dürfte nicht ausreichend sein. Versucht
wurde statt dessen:} (9... f6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Nxe5 fxe5 13.
Bh3 (13. Bg5+ Kc7 14. Bh3 Na6 $5 (14... Nd7 15. O-O-O Be8 16. Be3 $14 {Dautov,
R-Nikolic,P, Ter Apel 1994, CBM 40.}) 15. O-O-O Bg6 $13) 13... Kc7 14. Be3 $16
{Tisdall,J-Johannessen,S, NOR-ch 1994, TD 94/03. Das Abspiel sieht für Schwarz
nicht attraktiv aus.}) (9... Qe7 10. Bh3 Bg6 {wurde in der Partie Khalifman,
A-Rogers,I, Biel (izt) 1993, CBM 37, gespielt. Jetzt hätte Weiß mit der
einfachen Fortsetzung} 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Bf4 {(G. Hertneck) in
Vorteil kommen können. Der Zug 9.g3 scheint für Schwarz sehr unangenehm zu
sein.}) 10. dxe5 O-O 11. Bh3 (11. Qd4 Na6 12. Bf4 Ndc5 13. Qxd8 Raxd8 14. Nd2
Rfe8 {mit unklarer Stellung geschah in der Partie Kuz`min,G-Tajmanov,M,
Leningrad (itz) 1973, doch wurde der Textzug schon von verschiedenen
Kommentatoren vorgeschlagen.}) 11... Qe7 12. f4 Rd8 13. Qc2 f6 (13... Nc5 {
mit der Absicht, f7-f6 folgen zu lassen, sieht etwas besser aus, doch ist die
Lage des Schwarzen nach} 14. Be3 {nicht beneidenswert.}) 14. e6 Nc5 15. Ne3 {
Was hindert an} (15. f5 {? Meines Erachtens steht Weiß auf Gewinn:} Rd4 16. Nd2
{usw.}) 15... Nxe6 16. Nf5 Qd7 (16... Qe8 17. Qb3 Bxc3+ 18. bxc3 Kh8 (18... Bf7
19. Qxb7 $18) 19. Be3 $16) 17. Be3 (17. Qb3 Bxc3+ 18. bxc3 Bf7 $13) 17... Na6
18. O-O Bf7 (18... Bc5 19. Bxc5 Naxc5 20. Rad1 (20. b4 Nd4 $13 21. Qa2+ Bf7)
20... Qe8 21. b4 $16) (18... Kh8 $5 19. Rad1 (19. Ne4 Nac7 $13) 19... Qe8 20.
Ne4 $14) 19. Ne4 Kh8 20. Rad1 Qc7 21. b3 Bf8 22. Qb2 Nec5 (22... Rxd1 23. Rxd1
Rd8 $14) (22... Nb4 $5 $13 23. Nxf6 gxf6 24. Qxf6+ Ng7) 23. Nxf6 Bxb3 (23...
gxf6 24. Qxf6+ Kg8 25. Bd4 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 $16 Bxb3 (26... Nxb3 27. Rd7 $18) 27.
Rf3 Qf7 (27... Re8 28. Rxb3 Nxb3 29. Rd7 $18) (27... Bg7 28. Nxg7 Qxg7 29. Rd8+
Rxd8 30. Qxd8+ Qf8 31. Qd2 $16 (31. Qg5+ Qg7 32. Rxb3 Qxg5 33. fxg5 Nxb3 34.
Be6+ Kg7 35. Bxb3 Nc5 36. Bc2 b5 $13)) 28. Qg5+ Kh8 (28... Qg6 29. Ne7+ Bxe7
30. Qxe7 Re8 31. Rd8) 29. Re3) 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Ng4 Bd5 26. Nd4 Nxa4 $6 (26...
Ne4 $13 27. f5 Nac5) 27. Qa1 b5 (27... N4c5 $5 28. f5 Ne4) 28. f5 Bb4 (28...
N6c5) 29. Ne6 Bxe6 30. fxe6 Bc3 (30... Rf8 $5) 31. Qb1 Qe7 32. Nh6 $18 {
Ein unnötiger Zusammenbruch von Schwarz.} Rf8 33. Nf7+ Kg8 34. Bf5 Rxf7 35.
Bxh7+ Kh8 36. Rxf7 Qe8 37. Qf5 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen KS"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Black "Hellsten, Johan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Kantsler,B"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1996.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Huebner} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. f3
Nfd7 8. Nxc4 e5 9. Ne4 (9. g3 $5) 9... Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qe7 11. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 12. Qd2
Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 exd4 14. Ned6+ Kd8 $5 (14... Ke7 15. Nf5+ Kf6 16. Nxd4 Rd8 17.
e4 Nc5 18. Kc3 Rxd4 19. Kxd4 Nb3+ 20. Kc3 Nxa1 21. Be2 Ke7 22. Rxa1 Nd7 23. Rd1
$6 (23. b4 f6 24. Rd1 Nb6 (24... Rb8 25. Na5 Kd8 26. Nb3 Kc7 27. Bc4 $14 {
Shneider,A-Rublevsky,S/YUG(tch)/1995/}) 25. Na5 $1 Nxa4+ 26. Kb3 Nb6 27. Nxb7
Bf7+ 28. Kc3 $14 {Kramnik,V-Damljanovic,B/Moscow(olm)/1994/}) 23... Nc5 24. Kb4
Ne6 25. Nd6 c5+ 26. Kc4 Nd4 $5 $10 {Beliavsky,A-Rublevsky,S/YUG(tch)/1995/})
15. Nxb7+ (15. Nf5 $5 c5 16. e3 $44) 15... Kc7 16. Nba5 Na6 17. e4 (17. Nb3
Ndc5 $1 (17... c5 $6 18. e3 $13) 18. Ra3 (18. Nxd4 $2 Rhd8 19. Kc3 Rxd4 20.
Kxd4 Nb3+ 21. Kc3 Nxa1 $17) 18... Nxb3+ 19. Rxb3 Rab8 $15) 17... dxe3+ $1 18.
Nxe3 (18. Kxe3 $5 Rhe8+ 19. Kf2 $13) 18... Nb4 19. Kc3 $6 (19. Bc4 $5 {Huebner}
Ne5 20. Kc3 Rab8 21. Rhe1 Rhd8 $10 {Kishnev,S-Scho,C, Münster op 1993, EXT
93op.}) 19... Rhe8 $1 20. Nac4 $6 (20. Re1 Rxe3+ 21. Rxe3 Nd5+ 22. Kd2 Nxe3 23.
Kxe3 Rb8 24. b3 Nc5 25. Bc4 Kb6 (25... Rb4 26. Rc1 Kb6 27. Bf1 $1 f6 (27...
Nxb3 $4 28. Rxc6+ $1 Kxa5 29. Ra6#) 28. Nc4+ Kc7 29. Na5 $10) 26. b4 $8 Nxa4
27. Rc1 c5 28. Bb3 Re8+ $5 (28... cxb4 $2 29. Nc4+ Kb5 30. Nd6+ Ka5 31. Ra1 $16
) (28... Nb2 29. Rxc5 $10) (28... Kb5 29. Bc4+ Kb6 30. Bb3 $10) 29. Kd2 (29.
Kf2 $2 Nb2 $17) 29... Rd8+ 30. Ke3 cxb4 31. Nc4+ Kb5 32. Ra1 Nc5 (32... Re8+
33. Kd4 Rd8+ 34. Ke3) 33. Ra5+ Kc6 34. Ne5+ Kd6 35. Nc4+ $10) (20. Nf5 $5 {
Huebner}) 20... Rab8 $1 21. Bd3 (21. Be2 Nd5+ $19) 21... Nxd3 22. Kxd3 Nc5+ 23.
Ke2 (23. Kc2 Bg6+ $17) (23. Kc3 Rb3+ 24. Kd2 Rd3+ 25. Ke2 f5 $17) 23... f5 24.
Kf1 f4 25. Nd1 Nb3 (25... Nb3 26. Rb1 Bg6 $19) (25... Nb3 26. Ra3 Bg6 $19) 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup 18th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Hellsten, Johan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. Nxc4 e6 8. Qb3
Na6 9. e4 Bb4 (9... Nb4 10. Be3 $14 (10. Bf4 $5)) 10. f3 Nxe4 $5 $146 (10...
Qxd4 11. Bf4 $44) 11. fxe4 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qxe4+ 13. Kf2 Qxd4+ 14. Be3 Qf6+ 15. Kg1
Bf3 16. Bg2 Bd5 17. Na2 $6 (17. Nd6+ $1 Bxd6 18. Qxb7 Nc7 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Nb5
O-O 21. Nxd6 $16) 17... Qe7 18. Nxb4 Nxb4 19. Qc3 O-O 20. Bd2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Nd5
$14 22. Qc2 f6 23. Rhe1 e5 24. Re4 Qe6 25. Rae1 Rf7 26. Kg1 Rd8 27. R1e2 Rfd7
28. Be1 Ne7 29. g4 Ng6 30. Bg3 Rd4 31. h3 Rd3 32. R4e3 R3d4 33. b3 Qd5 34. Nb2
Nf4 (34... Rd2 35. Rxd2 Qxd2 36. Re2 Qxc2 37. Rxc2 $14) 35. Bxf4 Rxf4 36. Nd3
Rd4 37. Nf2 Qa5 $2 (37... Rd2 $14) 38. g5 $1 $18 Rd2 39. Qc4+ Kh8 40. gxf6 gxf6
41. Qf7 Rg8+ 42. Kh2 Rd6 43. Ne4 Qb4 44. Rf3 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 15th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2014.05.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2014.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 {This recently popular
system often transforms the Slav Defence into a "strange" Queen's Gambit
Accepted (with White's pawn on a4 instead of a2).} 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Rd1 Nd5 (11... Nb4 {is played more often.})
12. Qe4 {A typical position with an isolated central pawn. Besides the text
move, White has a lot of alternatives.} (12. Bd2) (12. Be3) (12. Bb3) (12. Bd3)
(12. Ne5) 12... Nf6 13. Qh4 (13. Qe2 Nd5 14. Qe4 {etc. - this way to fix a
draw by repetition has been seen in practice, too.}) 13... Nd5 $146 (13... Nb4
{, preventing Bc4-d3, is quite logical. Here are practical examples:} 14. Bg5 (
14. Qg3 $5 Kh8 15. Bg5 {, although Black confidently held on in the following
game:} Nfd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Rac1 Nf6 18. Qe5 Nc6 19. Qf4 Nb4 20. Ne4 Nfd5 21.
Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Qd6 Qxd6 23. Nxd6 Kg8 24. Rd2 Rd8 25. Rdc2 Rxd6 26. Rxc8+ Rd8 $11
{1/2 (41) Ding,L (2680)-Jakovenko,D (2736) St Petersburg 2012}) 14... b6 $5 {
is probably more solid. Black obtained an excellent position after} (14... h6
15. Bd2 (15. Ne4 $5) 15... b6 $1 (15... Bd7 $2 16. Ne5 Bc6 17. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 18.
Qxh6 Nh7 19. Bd3 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Bg5 {1/2 (60) Kulaots,K (2592)-Jakovenko,D 
(2726) Khanty-Mansiysk 2010} 21. Rg3 $1 Kh8 22. Qh5 Qf6 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Ne4
$18) 16. Ne5 Bb7 17. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 18. Qxh6 Nh7 19. Bd3 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Bg5 21.
Qh5 (21. Rg3 Kh8 22. Qh5 Qf6 $13) 21... Qf6 22. Rh3 Qg7 23. Rg3 Rad8 $1 (23...
Rfd8 {1/2 (30) Grischuk,A (2756)-Karjakin,S (2725) Nice 2010} 24. h4 $1 Rxd4
25. Nf3 Bxf3 26. Qxf3 $16 {[%cal Rf3a8,Rh4g5]}) 24. Rd1 (24. h4 Rxd4) 24...
Rxd4 25. Rxd4 Qxe5 $13) 15. Bd3 $6 Nxd3 16. Rxd3 Ba6 17. Rd2 Bb7 18. d5 Bxd5
19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Nd4 Qd7 21. Rd3 Rfe8 22. Rh3 h5 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Qxh5 g6 25.
Qh7+ Kf8 {1/2 (65) Anand,V (2811)-Howell,D (2633) London 2011}) {The text move
is more straightforward. Black asks White's queen to reveal its intentions.}
14. Qg3 Bd6 15. Qg4 {The queen tries to evade attacks by Black's pieces.} Re8 (
15... e5 {looks quite logical but White continues} 16. Qh5 $1 Nf6 (16... Nxc3
$2 17. Ng5) 17. Qh4 {, and Black has problems as the position opens up, and he
is behind in development, e.g.} Bg4 (17... exd4 18. Nxd4 {[%cal Gd1d8]}) 18.
dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 $1 Bxd1 20. Nxf7 Rxf7 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Qc4+ Kf8 (22... Kg6
23. Qd3+) 23. Nxd1 Bxh2+ 24. Kxh2 Qxd1 25. Be3 $1 Qd5 (25... Qxa1 $4 26. Bc5+
Ke8 27. Qe6+ Kd8 28. Be7+ Kc7 29. Qd6+ Kc8 30. Qd8#) 26. Rc1 {- in this
position White's bishop is much stronger than Black's knight.}) {However,
after the accurate text move Black's position remains very solid.} 16. Bg5 Be7
(16... f6 $5 {was a simpler way to solve Black's problems:} 17. Bh6 (17. Nxd5
$2 Bxh2+ 18. Nxh2 exd5) (17. Bh4 Ncb4) 17... Re7 {, and again White can't take
the pawn as after} 18. Nxd5 $2 exd5 19. Bxd5+ Kh8 {he loses a piece.}) 17. h4
Bd7 (17... f6 {again was better:} 18. Bh6 Bf8 {with a good defence.}) 18. Bd3
Ncb4 (18... g6 19. h5 $36) 19. Ne5 {[%mdl 128] White now gets attacking
chances.} Nxd3 (19... f5 {[%csl Ge5]}) 20. Rxd3 Bc6 21. Bh6 (21. Rg3 $142 g6
22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Qf4 $40 {[%cal Yh4h5]}) 21... g6 $2 {Black
should have avoided this weakening move as long as possible:} (21... Bf8 $1 22.
Rg3 Qf6 23. Bg5 $140 Qf5) 22. h5 $40 {White's attack becomes formidable.} Nf6
23. Qh3 (23. Qf4 $5 {[%cal Yd3g3]}) 23... Qd6 (23... Nxh5 24. Qxh5 $1 gxh5 25.
Rg3+ Bg5 26. Bxg5 $18) 24. Re1 $6 (24. Bf4 $142 $1 Qb4 (24... Nd5 25. hxg6 fxg6
26. Bh2) (24... Nxh5 25. Qxh5 gxh5 26. Rg3+ Bg5 27. Rxg5+ Kf8 28. Ng6+ hxg6 29.
Bxd6+ $18) 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Nxc6 bxc6 27. Be5 $18 {[%cal Rd3f3]}) 24... Bf8
25. hxg6 ({To} 25. Bf4 Nxh5 {is already possible.}) 25... fxg6 (25... hxg6 $142
26. Bxf8 $140 Qxf8) 26. Rg3 $6 (26. Bxf8 $142 $1 Qxf8 (26... Kxf8 27. Qh6+ Kg8
28. Nxg6) 27. Nxc6 bxc6 28. Rxe6 {, just winning a pawn.}) 26... Bxh6 27. Qxh6
Qf8 28. Qh3 (28. Qh4 $1 {[%cal Re5g6]} Qg7 29. Nxc6 bxc6 30. Rge3 Qe7 31. Qh3 {
, and the e6-pawn falls after all.}) 28... Rac8 {Black consolidates his
position.} 29. Nxc6 (29. Nxg6 $2 hxg6 30. Rxg6+ Kf7) 29... Rxc6 30. Rge3 Qd6
31. Nb5 Qd7 32. Nxa7 Ra6 33. Nb5 Rxa4 34. Rxe6 {White wins the e6-pawn but now
it is just temporary.} Rxe6 35. Rxe6 $6 (35. Qxe6+ $142 Qxe6 36. Rxe6 Ng4 37.
Kf1 Rb4 38. Nc3 Rxd4 39. f3 Nh6 40. Rb6 {keeping a positional advantage in the
endgame but, fortunately for Black, not material:} Rd7 41. Ne4 Rc7 $1 42. Nd6
$6 (42. g4 $142 $14) 42... Rc6 $1 43. Rxc6 bxc6 {with a probable draw.}) 35...
Kg7 {It is now White who must consolidate his hanging and pinned pieces.} 36.
Rb6 (36. Na3 $142 Rxd4 37. Qc3 Rd1+ 38. Re1 $11) 36... Ng4 37. Na3 Rxd4 (37...
Qc8 $1 {would have forced White to find the only defence:} 38. Kf1 $1 (38. g3
$2 Rxd4 $19) 38... Rxd4 (38... Qc1+ 39. Ke2) 39. Qc3 $1 Qxc3 40. Rxb7+ Kf6 41.
bxc3 Rd2 $11) 38. Qc3 Kh6 39. Qc1+ Kg7 40. Qc3 Kh6 41. Qc1+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hertneck} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. h3
Na6 8. g4 Bg6 9. e3 Nb4 10. Bxc4 Nd7 (10... e6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f4
$14) 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. a5 $5 $146 (12. Qf3 e6 13. Kf1 a5 14. Kg2 Be7 $10 {
Bareev-Lautier, Biel 1991}) (12. Qf3 {Hertneck}) 12... e6 13. Bd2 Be7 14. Kf1
$5 (14. Qb3 b5 $1 15. axb6 axb6 $10) 14... g5 $6 (14... O-O 15. h4 (15. Kg2 c5
$10) 15... b5 $1 (15... Bxh4 $6 16. Ne4 $1 Be7 (16... Nd5 17. g5 $1 Bxg5 18.
Nxg5 Qxg5 19. e4 Nf4 20. Qf3 e5 21. Bb3 $1 {followed by de5.}) 17. g5 {with a
powerful attack.}) (15... c5 $6 16. g5 $1 (16. h5 g5 $10) 16... cxd4 17. exd4
Rc8 18. Bb3 Re8 19. h5 Nf8 (19... Bxg5 $2 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Qg4 $18) 20. hxg6
Nxg6 (20... fxg6 21. Qg4 Bd6 22. Ne4) 21. Qh5 Bd6 (21... Qxd4 $2 22. Qxg6 $1
$18) 22. Ne4) 16. axb6 (16. Bb3 c5 $132) 16... Nxb6 17. Bb3 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5
$10) 15. Ne2 $6 (15. Qb3 $1 b5 (15... Ne5 $6 16. Be2 Ng6 (16... c5 17. dxe5
Qxd2 18. Rd1 Qc2 19. Bb5+ Kf8 20. Qxc2 Nxc2 21. Rd7 $16) 17. Ne4 $16) (15... c5
16. Ne4 $1 $14 (16. d5 Ne5 $1 $10)) 16. axb6 axb6 17. Kg2 $14) 15... b5 $1 16.
axb6 Nxb6 $1 (16... axb6 {Hertneck} 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. e4 $14) 17. Bb3 (17. b3
O-O 18. Ng3 c5 $10) 17... a5 (17... c5 $6 18. Rc1 $1 cxd4 (18... Nd3 $6 19. Rc3
Nxb2 20. Qc2 c4 21. Ba2 $1 N2a4 22. Rxc4 $1 $16) 19. Nxd4 $14) 18. Ng3 (18. Kg2
{Hertneck}) 18... c5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Bc3 O-O 21. Ne4 (21. Kg2 Qe7 $5 {Lutz})
21... Be7 22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. Bxd4 Rfb8 24. Ke2 {/\ Rhc1+/=} (24. Be5 Rb7 25. Nd6
$2 Bxd6 26. Bxd6 Nd3 $1 $17 {/\ Nc8}) 24... Nc6 $1 25. Bc3 Nd5 26. Bxd5 exd5
27. Nd2 Bb4 28. Rhc1 Ra6 29. Bxb4 Rxb4 30. b3 Rb5 31. Ra4 (31. Ra4 f6 32. Rc3 {
with the plan Nf3-d4} Rab6 $1 $10 {followed by Kf7-e6}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Anzio op"]
[Site "Anzio"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Legky, Nikolay A"]
[Black "Kutirov, Rolando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Legky,N"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. f3 Nfd7 8. g4
$5 (8. Nxc4 $5) 8... Nxe5 9. dxe5 (9. gxh5 Ned7 10. e4 $13) 9... Qxd1+ 10. Nxd1
Bg6 11. Ne3 (11. e4 $32 e6 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. Bf4 Bc5 14. Nf2 $14) 11... e6 12.
Nxc4 Nd7 13. e4 f6 $1 $10 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Be3 Bb4+ 16. Kf2 Ke7 17. Be2 Rhd8
$6 18. e5 $1 Bc5 19. exf6+ Kxf6 $14 20. Na5 $2 (20. Rhd1 $14) 20... Bxe3+ 21.
Kxe3 Nb6 $1 22. Nxb7 $6 Nd5+ 23. Kf2 Rdb8 24. Na5 Rxb2 25. Nc4 Rab8 $1 26. Nxb2
Rxb2 27. Ra3 Nf4 28. Re3 Nd5 $2 (28... Bd3 $1 29. Rxd3 Rxe2+ $1 30. Kf1 Rc2 $17
) 29. Rc1 Nxe3 30. Kxe3 $14 Bc2 31. a5 Ba4 32. f4 Bb5 33. g5+ Kf7 $6 (33... Kg6
$5) 34. Bh5+ Ke7 35. h4 Ra2 36. Bf3 Ra3+ 37. Kf2 Rxa5 38. Bxc6 Ra2+ $2 (38...
Bxc6 39. Rxc6 Kd7 $14) 39. Kf3 Ra3+ 40. Ke4 Bd3+ 41. Kd4 Bg6 42. Bb5 Kd8 $6 (
42... Rf3 $1 43. Rc7+ Kd8 44. Rd7+ Kc8 45. Rxa7 Rxf4+ $16) 43. Rh1 $6 Rf3 $1
44. Rf1 $1 Rh3 $6 (44... Rxf1 45. Bxf1 a5 $1 $16) 45. Ra1 Rf3 46. Ke5 Kc7 47.
Ra4 Kb6 48. Bd7 Re3+ 49. Kf6 Bf5 50. h5 $18 a5 51. g6 hxg6 52. hxg6 Rg3 53. g7
Kc7 54. Be8 Kb6 55. Bf7 Bc2 56. Ra3 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 41st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2013.07.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2013.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 ({When I saw Kramnik's 9th move, I remembered the following
classical game:} 2... dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Nc6
8. Nc3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 $5 (9. exd4 {is the normal move.}) 9... Nxd4 (9... Bd7 $1)
10. exd4 Be7 11. d5 {Tartakower must have underestimated the significance of
White's advance in development after this move.} exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5
O-O 14. Qf3 Bd6 15. Re1 Qh4 16. h3 Qb4 17. Rd1 Rb8 18. b3 {Black has no
acceptable way to complete his development.} Be6 19. Bxe6 (19. Ba3 Qb6 20. a5
Qc7 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Bxb7 Qc5 23. Bxa6 $18) 19... fxe6 20. Qe2 $16 {
Rubinstein,A-Tartakower,S/Marienbad 1925/HCL (1-0, 48)}) 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4
5. a4 e6 {This has been played occasionally in older times, but in recent
tournament practice it became popular after Kramnik used it in his match
against Leko in 2004.} 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 $5 (9. exd4 {
is the main line, with possible transposition to Kramnik's other game with
this line from this same tournament, against Wang Hao.}) 9... Bd7 (9... Nxd4
10. exd4 Be7 (10... Bd6 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Qf3 {Sandipan,C (2588)-Ernst,S (2581)/
Vlissingen 2008/CBM 125 Extra (1-0, 28)}) 11. Be3 O-O 12. Qf3 Qc7 13. b3 Bd7
14. Rac1 Ba3 15. Rcd1 Bc6 16. d5 $36 {Gupta,A (2612)-Dubov,D (2614)/Moscow
2013/CBM 152 Extra (1/2, 40)}) 10. e4 Bb4 (10... Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc6 12. Qe3 Qb8
13. e5 Nd7 14. Qg3 $14 {Gyimesi,Z (2584)-Lipka,J (2409)/Jenbach 2009/ (1-0, 34)
}) (10... Be7 11. Be3 (11. Nf3 $5 {[%cal Ge4e5]}) 11... O-O 12. Nb3 Na5 13. Be2
Bc6 14. Qxd8 Bxd8 $11 {L'Ami,E (2628)-Giri,A (2686)/Wijk aan Zee 2011/CBM 141 
(1/2, 58)}) 11. Bf4 $146 {A normal developing move, which may not be the best.}
(11. Nf3 Qa5 12. Qe2 O-O 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 $36 {Berkes,F (2651)-Zatonskih,A 
(2462)/Gibraltar 2009/CBM 128 Extra (1-0, 36)}) 11... O-O (11... Nxd4 12. Qxd4
Bc6 $6 (12... O-O 13. e5 {transposes to the game.}) 13. Bd5 $1 a5 (13... exd5
14. Qxb4 dxe4 15. Rad1 Qb6 16. Qd6 Qd8 17. Qe5+ Qe7 18. Qd4 $16 {[%cal Gf4d6]})
14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Rfd1 $14) 12. e5 $6 {Something must have gone wrong with
Kramnik's preparation, unless it had all been over the board inspiration. He
should have maintained the tension in some way or another.} (12. Ndb5 $5) (12.
Nf3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxe4 14. Qc2 $44) 12... Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Bc6 $1 {An elegant
solution to Black's concrete problems, based on the hanging position of the
white bishops.} 14. Qxd8 {Going all the way to a somewhat unpleasant ending.} (
14. Be3 $5) 14... Rfxd8 15. exf6 Rd4 16. Be5 (16. Bxe6 Rxf4 (16... fxe6 17. Be5
Bxc3 18. bxc3 Re4 19. Rfe1 $11) 17. Bb3 Rxf6 18. Rad1 {[%cal Gb3d5] may lead
closer to equality than the game continuation.}) 16... Rxc4 17. fxg7 Be7 $15 {
The g7-pawn does not count, the white queenside is weak and the c6-bishop is
very strong.} 18. Rfd1 f6 $6 {This allows White to exchange all the minor
pieces, with an easy draw.} (18... Rb4 $5 $15) 19. Bd6 Re8 20. Nb5 Bxb5 21.
axb5 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 $11 {There is not much to be played for now, but the game
lasted for quite a while still.} Re7 23. g3 Rb4 24. Rxa7 Rxb5 25. Ra4 f5 26.
Rd2 Kxg7 27. Rc4 e5 28. b4 e4 29. Rd6 f4 30. gxf4 Rf5 31. Rcd4 Rxf4 32. Rd7
Rff7 33. Rxe7 Rxe7 34. Kf1 e3 35. f3 e2+ 36. Ke1 Re3 37. Rd7+ Kg6 38. Rxb7 Rxf3
39. Rb6+ Kg5 40. Rb5+ Kg4 41. Rb7 Rh3 42. Rg7+ Kf5 43. b5 Rxh2 44. b6 Rh1+ 45.
Kxe2 Rb1 46. Rb7 Ke5 47. Rxh7 Rxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 11th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2017.06.26"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Li, Chao B"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

{And we got to the last round! China plays Poland in a decisive match. We will
analyse this very nice game played in the 4th board.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3
Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 {Black wants to play a Queen's Gambit Accepted
position, with an additional a4 for White (which is a free move, but also a
weakening one). I found two notable examples of this variation in the past,
and by past I mean almost a hundred years ago!} 6. e3 (6. e4 $5 {A more
energetic way to fight this variation.} Bb4 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bd2 b5 {is the move
nowadays} (8... Bxc3 $6 9. bxc3 b5 10. Ng5 $1 {Now there is no reason to take
on b5} f6 $6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Be2 $16 {with a nice positional advantage, the
great Alekhine went on to win this game, in the 1929 World-Ch match against
Bogoljubow} a6 13. Bf3 h6 14. Bh5+ Nxh5 15. Qxh5+ Kd7 16. Nf7 Qe8 17. Qg6 Rg8
18. Bf4 Bb7 19. Bg3 Ke7 20. Bd6+ Kd7 21. O-O c5 22. dxc5 Bd5 23. axb5 axb5 24.
Rxa8 Bxa8 25. Ra1 Nc6 26. Ne5+ {1-0 (26) Alekhine,A-Bogoljubow,E GER/NLD 1929})
9. axb5 Bxc3 {Black only takes here when it is necessary} 10. bxc3 cxb5 11. Ng5
{a recent example from 2017:} Bb7 12. Qh5 Qe7 13. Be2 Nd7 14. O-O a5 15. Rfb1
Bc6 $13 {with a complex position: 1/2-1/2 (24) Wang,H (2683)-Fressinet,L (2662)
Sharjah 2017}) 6... c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 $5 {this has become a
fashionable move lately. White wants to isolate the pawn only after the knight
exchange. We will see why this makes sense} (9. exd4 {is the common move, with
many examples from top games - the most recent from the USA-Ch} Be7 10. Qe2 (
10. d5 {doesn't do much} exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 O-O 13. Be3 $11 {and
Black is perfectly fine}) 10... O-O 11. Rd1 Nb4 {the current fashion} (11...
Nd5 {Alatortsev, a very important name from Soviet chess in the 1930s, played
5...e6!? exactly as they play today, with a quick c5, followed by Nc6. It is
amazing to see that exactly 75 years ago, some players already knew plans and
ideas that remain consistent with today's modern play.} 12. Be3 b6 $13 {
1/2-1/2 (68) Sokolsky,A-Alatortsev,V Kuibyshev 1942}) 12. a5 Bd7 13. Ne5 Be8
14. Bg5 Nfd5 15. Bd2 $13 {with a typical isolated pawn setup: 1/2-1/2 (51)
Nakamura,H (2793) -Shankland,S (2666) Saint Louis 2017}) 9... Bd7 (9... Nxd4 $6
{Now this is not precise. White achieves d5! and there is a big difference
with the knights exchanged} 10. exd4 Be7 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 {
comparing with 9. exd4 and 10.d5, the bishop on d5 is much stronger (b7 is a
real problem now)} O-O 14. Be3 Bg5 15. Qb3 $16 {1-0 (53) Banikas,H (2618)
-Postny,E (2648) Kavala 2015}) 10. e4 (10. Nf3 {seen in last year's Candidates
tournament} a6 11. e4 Qc7 12. h3 Bd6 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Bd3 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16.
f4 Bd4+ 17. Be3 Bxe3+ 18. Qxe3 e5 19. Rac1 exf4 20. Qxf4 Qxf4 21. Rxf4 Be6 $11
{and Black equalized without problems: 1/2-1/2 (30) Karjakin,S (2760)-Svidler,
P (2757) Moscow 2016}) 10... Nxd4 (10... Qb8 {This whole variation clearly has
been in the Chinese labs for some time - we can find many examples from them,
like this one from the Chinese league:} 11. Re1 (11. Be3 $1 {preparing f4,
thus avoiding the annoying Bd6}) 11... Bd6 $1 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Nd5 Nd7 $1 14.
Bg5 $13 {Ding Liren got over-ambitious, and soon found himself in a lost
position, though he escaped with a draw: 1/2-1/2 (28) Ding,L (2777)-Yu,R (2516)
China 2016}) 11. Qxd4 Bc6 12. Qe3 $1 {White wants to keep the queens because
of the better development, and attacking prospects on the king-side} Be7 (12...
Qb6 {another Chinese player as Black} 13. Qe2 (13. Qg3 $5 $36 {keeping an eye
on g7}) 13... Be7 14. Bg5 Qc5 15. Be3 Qa5 16. Bb5 O-O 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. h3 Rab8
$11 {with a fine position, the b2 weakness compensates the c6 one. ½-½ (83)
Gupta,A (2607)-Xu, X (2503) Dubai 2017}) 13. e5 Nd7 (13... Nd5 $6 14. Bxd5 Bxd5
15. Qg3 $16) 14. Qg3 g6 15. Re1 $1 {I like Li Chao's move} (15. Rd1 {played in
the same match and round! That probably shows the strong team work made by
China, where the players study together. I remember a match from many years
ago in the Olympiad, between China and Georgia, where boards 1 and 3 where
playing the same position, as well as boards 2 and 4! :-)} a6 16. Bh6 Qa5 17.
Bf1 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. f4 Qb6+ 20. Qf2 Qxf2+ 21. Kxf2 {Unlike Li Chao, Yu
wasn't able to achieve an advantage, and soon a draw was agreed. ½-½ (30) Yu,
Y (2749)-Duda, J (2697) Khanty-Mansiysk 2017}) (15. Bh6 {similar to Yu's game,
Black would probably go for a6, followed by Bf8 at some point}) 15... O-O 16.
Bh6 Re8 17. Rad1 {with natural moves, White achieves a very active position,
with prospects on the king-side. Naturally, he has to control some counterplay
in the center, because the position is very open, and the e5-pawn for example
may become a weakness. This looks like the Alapín variation from the Sicilian
defense.} Qc7 18. h4 $1 Rad8 19. Rc1 $5 {avoiding exchanges and especially
trying to stop Nc5} Qb6 (19... Nc5 $2 20. b4 $1 Nxa4 21. b5 Nxc3 22. Rxc3 $18)
20. h5 Nf8 $2 (20... Nc5 $1 $132 {looked much more appealing than Nf8. It's
understandable the desire to control the g6-square with another piece, but
there must be central counterplay, otherwise White just cruises, as happened
in the game. And here it is not easy to bring the forces over to the king-side
with this annoying knight on c5}) 21. b3 a6 22. Ne2 (22. Ne4 $5 {was another
way to play the position, looking for a positional advantage on the queen-side}
Bxe4 23. Rxe4 $16 {But Li Chao wanted Bartel's king, and he went for it!})
22... Bd5 $2 {it is hard to give good advice for Black here, but this ends the
resistance. If Black does nothing, White will continue to pile in forces on
the king-side, but it was still better to try something in the center, maybe
22...Rd7} (22... Rd7 $5 {a very difficult move when your opponent is going all
in against your king} 23. Nf4 Rd4 {somehow the computer doesn't show a
clear-cut way to win sacrificing on g6, but from the human point of view,
allowing Nf4 looks suicidal.} 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Nxg6+ fxg6 27.
Qxg6 Bh4 $1 28. g3 Qc7 29. gxh4 Qg7 30. Qxg7+ Kxg7 $14 {and after taking on h4,
Black has good chances to hold}) 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 (23... exd5 {there is no time
to estabilish a knight on e6} 24. Nf4 $1 $16 {and Black is in big trouble}) 24.
Nc3 $1 Rd7 25. Ne4 $18 {now the simple threat of Qf4 and/or Bg5, and later
invading the f6-square, decides. Black is lost} Qd8 26. Qf3 {the computers
already point out more than 4 points advantage for White! (in a 40-ply depth
analysis). Apparently, the plan is to go for Re3-Qf4-Rf3} Rd3 27. Re3 Rd4 (
27... Rxe3 28. fxe3 $18 {Rf1 is simply destroying}) 28. Qf4 g5 {forced, now
everything falls apart} 29. Qg3 Rd1+ 30. Re1 Rd3 31. f3 f6 32. exf6 Bxf6 33.
Bxg5 Bxg5 34. Nxg5 Qd4+ 35. Kh2 Qg7 36. Rc7 Rd7 37. Rxd7 Nxd7 38. Rxe6 {
A very important victory, securing the World Team Championship title for
China!! Let's all remember they also won the 2014 Olympiad. The question
remains - who will stop them?} 1-0

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 {This transposition
from the Slav to the QGA was a favourite weapon of Kramnik and Svidler.} 7.
Bxc4 cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 ({A more aggressive set up seems to be
} 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nd5 12. Bb3 Ncb4 13. Ne5 Bd7 14. Qg4 Nf6 15. Qg3 Be8 16.
h4 Kh8 17. Bg5 Bc6 18. Rac1 Nh5 19. Qe3 f6 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Bf4 Nxf4 22. Qxf4
{Ivanchuk,V (2764)-Delchev,A (2622)/Belfort 2012/ White keeps better play
because of the weak pawn on e6.}) 10... O-O 11. h4 $2 {Absolute novelty!
Typical all or nothing approach by Jobava.} ({More logical ways are} 11. Bg5
Bd7 12. Qe2 (12. Qd2 {This is probably White's optimal setup: Bg5, Qd2 and
rooks on e1 and d1.} Nb4 (12... Rc8 13. Rad1 Nb4 14. Ne5 Nbd5 (14... Bc6 15.
Nxf7 $5 Rxf7 16. Bxe6 $36) 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. d5 $14 {1-0 Shirov,A (2740)
-Svidler,P (2746)/Foros 2008 (43)}) 13. Ne5 Bc6 14. Nxf7 $5 $146 (14. Nxc6 bxc6
15. Rad1 a5 {1/2-1/2 Kozak,L (2319)-Itkis,B (2453)/Illichevsk 2006}) 14... Rxf7
(14... Kxf7 $2 15. Rxe6 Kg6 (15... Ke8 16. Rae1 Rf7 17. R6e5 $18) (15... Nbd5
16. Re5 Bb4 17. Qc2 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Kg8 19. Qa2 $18) 16. Qe3 {[%csl Re7][%cal
Ge3g3]} Bd6 17. Bh4 {[%cal Ge3g5]} h6 18. d5 Be8 19. Qe4+ Kf7 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21.
Qh7#) 15. Bxe6 (15. Rxe6 $2 Nfd5 $19) 15... Nbd5 16. Re5 Nc7 ({Now in the
event of} 16... Kf8 {White can keep the initiative with} 17. Bxf7 (17. Rae1 $5)
17... Kxf7 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 (18... Nxd5 $2 19. Rxe7+ Nxe7 20. Re1 $18) 19. Rae1
Bf8 20. Qf4 Kg8 21. Rf5 $14) 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. d5 {A typical positional pawn
sacrifice in order to open the d-file for the rook.} (18. Rae1 $5 Bd6 19. Rf5
$13) 18... Ncxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Rd1 Nf6 21. Qc2 {Sargissian,G (2642)-Najer,
E (2682)/Kallithea 2008 White has good compensation, but the fate of the game
is still unclear.}) 12... Nb4 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. h4 Be8 15. Rad1 Nbd5 16. Rd3 Bc6
17. Rg3 Kh8 18. Bd3 Be8 19. Bb1 Qa5 20. Qd3 g6 21. Rf3 Ng8 22. Bxe7 Ndxe7 23.
h5 {Jakovenko,D (2718)-Danin,A (2543)/Olginka 2011 with an attack.}) (11. Bb3
Nb4 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. Re3 Bc6 14. Rg3 Re8 15. h4 Qd6 16. Bf4 Bd5 17. Ng6 Qd8 18.
Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. Bg5 {Jankovic,A (2564)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2640)/Cappelle la Grande
2011/ with a very unpleasant pin.}) 11... Bd7 12. h5 $6 ({White has in such
situations an easy way to draw, but this is never Jobava's choice.} 12. d5 exd5
13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Be6 15. Qe4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Qc8 (16... Rc8 17. Be3 Bf6 18.
Qb5)) 12... h6 13. Ne5 ({Now this break led to a slightly better endgame for
Black:} 13. d5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Qxd5 Be6 16. Qxd8 Raxd8 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18.
Rxe6 Rf5) 13... Be8 ({Jakovenko wants to keep his bishop, but a very promising
way was} 13... Rc8 14. Bb3 Bb4) 14. Be3 Qa5 ({Another good choice was} 14...
Qc7) 15. Qf3 ({If White developed his queen to the other flank, then Black
would make the transition into a slightly better endgame:} 15. Qb3 Qb4 16. Qxb4
Nxb4 17. Rad1 Rd8) 15... Rd8 16. Qg3 $2 ({Some weakness of the kingside would
be the result of the forced line} 16. Bb5 a6 (16... Nxd4 17. Qxb7) 17. Bxc6
Bxc6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Qxc6 Qxh5 {but it was better than in the game.}) 16...
Nxd4 17. Bd3 (17. Bxh6 {loses immediately:} Nf5) 17... Nc6 ({Black could win a
second pawn by} 17... Nxh5 18. Qh2 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Bb5 Nf6) 18. Bxh6 Nxh5
19. Qh2 Rxd3 $1 {The decisive move - now Jobava is completely lost.} 20. Qxh5 (
{Or} 20. Bxg7 Nxg7 21. Nxd3 Qh5) 20... Bf6 (20... Rd4 {was very strong.}) 21.
f4 Nxe5 22. fxe5 gxh6 {Terrible play by White!} 0-1

[Event "Dieren op"]
[Site "Dieren"]
[Date "1999.07.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Rabinovich, Arkady"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 $5 {Not very popular,but
interesting continuation.} 6. e4 Bg4 7. Bxc4 Bxf3 8. gxf3 e6 9. Be3 Nb4 10. O-O
$5 (10. f4 {can be found in Informant 70/350}) 10... Be7 11. Kh1 O-O 12. Rg1 {
Lautier's recommendation.} Kh8 $146 ({In the only previous game immediate} 
12... c5 $5 {was played.} 13. dxc5 Qc8 14. Nb5 Rd8 15. Qb3 Bxc5 16. Rac1 Bxe3
17. Qxe3 Qd7 18. Rxg7+ Kxg7 19. Qg5+ Kf8 20. Qxf6 Rac8 21. Qh6+ Ke7 22. Qh4+
Ke8 23. e5 Qe7 24. Qf4 Nd3 25. Bxd3 Rxc1+ 26. Qxc1 Rxd3 27. Nd6+ Rxd6 28. exd6
{Christiansen,L-Teske,H/Germany 1997/GER-chT/1/2-1/2 (41)}) 13. f4 {[%cal
Gd1f3,Ga1d1]} c5 $1 {Just in time. Black is preventing White's regrouping.} 14.
dxc5 Qc8 (14... Qc7 $5) (14... Rc8 {[%csl Rc5] is also interesting.} 15. e5
Nfd5 (15... Nd7 $6 16. Qg4 g6 17. Rad1 $16 {[%cal Gd1d8]}) 16. Bxd5 (16. Qg4 $5
{[%cal Gc3e4]}) 16... exd5 (16... Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5+ 18. Qxd5 exd5 19. b4 $16
{[%cal Ga4a5] /\a5}) 17. Qb3 (17. f5 $5 Bxc5 $140 $4 18. Bxc5 Rxc5 19. Qg4 {
[%cal Rg4g7,Rg4b4]} Rg8 20. Qxb4 $18) 17... d4 18. Rad1 Nc6 19. Ne4 $14 (19.
Qc4 $5 Qe8 $1 20. Bxd4 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Bxc5 22. Qe4 Bxf2 23. Rg2 Bb6 24. Qxb7 $14
)) (14... Qxd1 $6 15. Raxd1 Rac8 (15... Nc2 16. e5 Ne8 17. Ne4 (17. b4 $5)
17... Rc8 {-15...Rac8}) 16. e5 Ne8 17. Ne4 Nc2 18. Bd2 $16 (18. Rc1 $5 $16)
18... Bxc5 $140 $2 19. Bd3 $1 {[%csl Rc2]} Be7 20. Rc1 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Gc1c8]}
) 15. e5 Nd7 $6 {Inaccuracy.} (15... Qc6+ 16. Rg2 Rad8 17. Qe2 Nfd5 18. Bb5 Qc7
19. Ne4 $14) ({Better was} 15... Nfd5 $5 16. Nxd5 exd5 (16... Nxd5 $2 17. Bxd5
Rd8 $140 (17... exd5 18. Qxd5) 18. Qg4 $18 {[%csl Rg7]}) 17. Bb3 (17. Qb3)
17... Bxc5 18. Rc1 b6 19. Qf3 $14) 16. Ne4 b6 {[%cal Gc8b7]} (16... Nxc5 17.
Nd6 $1 (17. Qg4 g6 (17... Rg8 $2 18. Bxc5 Bxc5 19. Ng5 $18) 18. Bxc5 Bxc5 19.
Nf6 Be7 $1) 17... Qc6+ 18. Rg2 Bxd6 19. exd6 $36 {/\Qd4}) (16... Qc6 $5 {
deserved serious attention.} 17. Qf3 $1 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 Bxc5 19. Bb5 Qb6 20. Qg2
$14) 17. Qh5 $1 {[%mdl 128] In order to meet Qb7 with f3 while queen occupy
good attacking position.} Qb7 (17... Nxc5 18. Bxc5 bxc5 (18... Bxc5 $4 19. Rxg7
$1 Kxg7 20. Qg5+ Kh8 21. Qf6+ Kg8 22. Rg1#) 19. Rg3 $1 $40 {[%cal Ga1g1,Gg3h3]}
) (17... g6 18. Qh6 Qb7 19. f3 {see 17...Qb718.f3 g6}) 18. f3 Nc2 $2 {[%mdl
8192] Decisive tactical blunder.After it Black loses at once.} (18... g6 $8 {
was the only chance to survive:} 19. Qh6 Nc2 20. Rg3 $1 {[%cal Gg3h3]} (20.
Rad1 $5 Nxe3 21. c6 $1 Qxc6 22. Bb5 Qc2 $1 (22... Qxb5 $2 23. axb5 Nxd1 24.
Rxd1 Rad8 (24... Rfd8 25. Ng5 $1 Bxg5 26. Qxg5 $18) 25. Rxd7 $1 Rxd7 26. Nf6
$18) (22... Qc8 $5 23. Rxd7 Nf5 24. Qh3 {[%cal Gd7e7] /\R:e7} Rg8 $1 (24... Qc2
$2 25. Bd3 $1 Qxb2 26. Rxe7 $1 $18) 25. Nd6 (25. Ng3 Rd8 $1) (25. Rxe7 Nxe7 26.
Nd6 Qf8 27. Qh4 Nf5 28. Qf6+ Rg7) 25... Bxd6 26. Rxf7 Rg7 27. Rxg7 Kxg7 28.
exd6 Nxd6 $11) 23. Rxd7 (23. Rd2 $5) 23... Nf5 24. Qh3 {[%cal Gb5d3,Gd7e7] /
\Bd3!,R:e7} Kg7 $3 (24... Rfd8 $2 25. Rxe7 $1 Nxe7 26. Ng5 $1 h5 27. Nxf7+ $18)
(24... Qxb2 $2 25. Rxe7 Nxe7 26. Nf6 h5 27. Nxh5 Rg8 28. Be8 $3 Raxe8 $140 29.
Nf6+ Kg7 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Nd7#) (24... a6 $2 25. Bd3 $1 Qxa4 26. Rxe7 $1 Nxe7
27. Nf6 h5 28. Nxh5 $1 Rg8 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Qh6+ Rg7 32. Nh5 $1
$18) (24... Rad8 $2 25. Rxa7 Qxb2 $140 $2 26. Rxe7 $1 Nxe7 27. Nf6 h5 28. Nxh5
Rg8 29. Be8 $3 $18) 25. Ng3 Nxg3+ 26. hxg3 $14) (20. c6 $5 Qxc6 21. Bb5 Qb7 22.
Rad1 Rfd8 $1 (22... Rad8 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Ng5 $1 $18) 23. Bf2 Nc5 $1 $13)
20... Rg8 $8 21. c6 $1 Qxc6 22. Bb5 Qd5 23. Bxd7 $1 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Ge4f6,
Gg3h3] ><f6} (23. Rh3 Nf8) 23... Bf8 $1 {[]} (23... Nxe3 $2 24. Rh3 Rg7 25. Nf6
$18) (23... Nxa1 $2 24. Rh3 Rg7 25. Nf6 Bxf6 26. exf6 Qd1+ 27. Bg1 $18) 24. Qh4
$1 (24. Qxh7+ $2 Kxh7 25. Nf6+ Kg7 26. Nxd5 (26. Rh3 Rh8) 26... exd5 $1 27. f5
Nxe3 $19) (24. Qh3 Be7 (24... Rg7 25. Nf6 Qd3 $8 (25... Qb3 26. Rg4 $1 $18) 26.
f5 $3 {/\Bh6} Qxe3 (26... Qxf5 $2 27. Bh6 $1) 27. fxg6 $1 Nxa1 28. Nxh7 Qe1+
29. Rg1 Qxg1+ 30. Kxg1 Rxg6+ 31. Ng5+ Bh6 32. f4 $16 {><a1,h8}) 25. Nf6 Bxf6
26. exf6 Nxa1 27. Bc6 $1 Qf5 $8 (27... Qd1+ 28. Bg1 $18) 28. Qh6 Rad8 $1 (28...
Qxf6 $2 29. Rh3 Rg7 (29... Qg7 30. Bd4 $1) 30. Bxa8) 29. Rh3 Rd1+ 30. Kg2 (30.
Bg1 $2 Qh5 $3 31. Rxh5 gxh5 32. h4 Rdxg1+ 33. Kh2 R8g2+ 34. Kh3 Rg6 $1 35. Qf8+
Rg8 $19) 30... g5 $1 31. Be4 $1 (31. fxg5 {[%cal Gc6e4] /\Be4} Nc2 (31... Qc2+
$2 32. Kg3) 32. Qxh7+ Qxh7 33. Rxh7+ Kxh7 34. Be4+ Kh8 35. Bxc2 Re1 36. Kf2
Rxe3 $1 37. Kxe3 Rxg5 $17) 31... gxf4+ 32. Rg3 $1 fxg3 33. hxg3 $1 $13) 24...
Nxa1 25. Nf6 Qd1+ 26. Bg1 $1 (26. Kg2 $2 Rg7 27. Rh3 (27. Qh6 Qe2+ 28. Bf2 Nc2
29. Rh3 Ne3+ $19) 27... h5 28. Qg5 Rh7 $1) 26... h6 $8 27. Bxe6 $1 (27. Be8
Rxe8 28. Nxe8 Qxa4 29. Nf6 $14) (27. Nxg8 Kxg8 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. Qf6 $1 {
-27.B:e6}) 27... fxe6 28. Nxg8 Kxg8 29. Qf6 $1 Qd7 (29... Bg7 30. Qxg6 Qd7 {
-29...Qd7}) 30. Qxg6+ Bg7 31. f5 $3 $18 {[%csl Rg7,Rg8][%cal Gf5f6] /\f6} exf5
32. e6 Qe7 33. Bd4 {[%csl Rg7]}) (18... Nxc5 $2 {loses the similar way as 18...
Nc2?} 19. Bxc5 bxc5 (19... g6 20. Bxe7 $1 gxh5 $140 21. Bf6#) 20. Rxg7 $3 {
[%mdl 512]} (20. Nd6 g6 (20... Bxd6 21. Rxg7 $1 Kxg7 22. Qg5+ Kh8 23. Qf6+ Kg8
24. Rg1#) 21. Nxb7 gxh5 22. Rad1 $16) 20... Kxg7 21. Nd6 $3 {This is the point
of 20.R:g7.After check on g1 following by Qh6 Black will have to defend the
g7-square and then N:f7 mate will follow.By the way knight on d6 is
untouchable in view of immediate mate.} Qc6 22. Rg1+ Kh8 23. Be2 $3 $18 {
[%csl Rg7,Rh8][%cal Gh5h6] This beautiful quiet move decides the game.White is
a rook down,but Black can't defend against Qh6.} (23. Qg4 Bg5 $1 {[]} 24. fxg5
$36 Qxa4 $140 25. Bd3 $1 $40) 23... Bxd6 $140 24. Qh6 Rg8 25. Qf6+) 19. Rxg7 $3
$18 {[%mdl 512] White is cleaning up the d3-h7 diagonal to prevent possible
pawn defending moves like g6 or f5.} Kxg7 20. Nf6 $1 {The same idea.The
f7-pawn is blocked and Black is defenceless against Bd3 with mate.} Nxf6 (20...
Bxf6 {doesn't change a lot:} 21. Rg1+ Kh8 22. Bd3 Qxf3+ $8 23. Qxf3 Nxe3 24.
Bxh7 $1 {[%cal Gf3h5] /\Qh5 Golod,V}) 21. exf6+ Bxf6 22. Rg1+ Kh8 23. Bd3 {
That's it.Black can prevent mate only by giving up his queen,but he prefers to
resign.} (23. Bd3 Qxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Nxe3 25. Bxh7 $1 {with quick mate.Here and on
the previous move this idea was demonstrated by Golod V.}) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 {An idea popularised by
Smyslov. Black keeps the options open for the B on c8 and at the same time
makes a developing move, with the square b4 in mind for the N on a6.
Artemiev's intention seems to be to avoid discussions on mainstream theory
against Anand's second.} ({The most solid variation is naturally the most
popular} 5... Bf5 {[%cal Gf5e4,Gf6e4] fighting for the control of the centre.})
6. e4 Bg4 7. Bxc4 Bxf3 (7... e6 {is a common alternative.}) 8. gxf3 {Spoiling
the pawn structure but bolstering the centre.} ({White has an interesting and
relatively unexplored gambit in} 8. Qxf3 Qxd4 9. Bxa6 bxa6 10. O-O $44 {
but since 8.gxf3 is quite pleasant for White, this has not found many takers
as of yet.}) 8... Nb4 9. Be3 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. a5 ({An alternative and
popular approach is} 11. Kh1 O-O 12. Rg1 {[%csl Gc4,Gd4,Ge3,Ge4,Gf4][%cal
Gg1g8,Gf3f4] with a pleasant position and dynamic prospects.}) 11... O-O 12.
Qb3 b6 ({After} 12... b5 {White can either transpose to the game with} 13. axb6
({or choose} 13. Be2)) 13. axb6 ({The game Uhlmann vs Spiridonov, 1980 went} 
13. Be2 bxa5 14. Qa4 Qb8 $1 15. Rfc1 {when Black had an interesting
possibility to create play with} Nh5 ({In the game Black played} 15... Bd8 $5 {
but White found a way to to get rid of Black's main defender of the weak <<
pawn structure with} 16. Na2 $1 Bc7 17. Nxb4 axb4 {Now Uhlmann found another
subtle idea} 18. Kg2 $1 {and after} Bf4 (18... Bxh2 $2 19. e5 $18) 19. Rxc6 $16
{went on to win the game in 39 moves. 1-0 Uhlmann-Spiridonov, 1980.}) 16. Qxa5
Nf4 $132) 13... axb6 14. Be2 c5 $146 (14... Qc7 15. Ra4 (15. f4 c5 16. d5 exd5
17. e5 $6 c4 18. Qd1 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 Ne4 $17 {0-1 Storland,K (2195)-Johansen,T 
(2240)/Stavanger 1997/EXT 2001 (35)}) 15... Rxa4 16. Nxa4 Ra8 17. Bd2 Qa7 (
17... c5 $142) 18. Ra1 Qa5 $2 19. Ra3 $1 Qh5 20. Nxb6 $16 {1-0 Blocker,C (2395)
-Stauffer,C (2174)/King's Island 2001/EXT 2002 (48)}) 15. Nb5 Rxa1 ({White
maintains a very slight but pleasant advantage after} 15... Nc6 16. Rxa8 Qxa8
17. Rc1 (17. d5 $6 exd5 18. Nc7 Qb7 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Rd8 $15) 17... cxd4
18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 $14 {[%csl Rb6]}) ({The story is the same after} 15...
cxd4 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Nxd4 $14 (17. Bxd4 $14)) 16. Rxa1 Nc6 17. Rd1 cxd4 $2 {
This just loses a pawn.} (17... Qa8 18. d5 $36) (17... Qb8 $142 18. d5 (18.
dxc5 $5 bxc5 $132 {[%cal Gb8e5,Gf8c8]}) 18... exd5 19. exd5 {Now Black has a
typical manoueuvre to blockade the d5-pawn with} Na5 20. Qa4 Nb7 $14 {with a
complex position that seems to give White dynamic prospects.}) 18. Nxd4 Nxd4
19. Bxd4 $16 {[%csl Rb6] The rest is a matter of technique and Wojtaszek shows
that he has the flair for it.} Qc8 20. Qxb6 Qc2 21. Kf1 Rd8 22. Ke1 $5 Qc8 23.
Be3 Rf8 ({Black could have provided more resistance with} 23... Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1
h6 $16 {although it would still be hoping against hope.}) 24. Rc1 Qa8 25. Qc7
Bd8 26. Qa7 Ba5+ 27. Kf1 Qxa7 28. Bxa7 h6 29. Rc4 Ra8 30. Bd4 Rb8 31. Be5 Rb7
32. Rc8+ Kh7 33. Rc5 Bd8 34. Rb5 Ra7 35. b4 g5 36. Bd4 Rc7 37. Rc5 Rd7 38. Rc4
Rb7 39. Rc8 Be7 40. b5 Nh5 41. b6 Rd7 42. Be5 Rb7 43. Rc7 Rxb6 44. Rxe7 Kg6 45.
Bd3 Rb3 46. Rd7 Ra3 47. Ke2 Ra4 48. Ke3 f6 49. Bd6 e5 50. Bb5 {Wojtaszek won
this (first) game and drew the second to advance to the 3rd round of the World
Cup.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. exd4 O-O 11. Rd1 Nd5 12. Bb3 Re8 13. h4 Na5 14. Bc2 Nb4 15.
Bg5 h6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qe4 f5 18. Qe2 b6 19. Re1 Ba6 20. Qd1 Nxc2 21. Qxc2
Bc4 22. d5 Bb3 23. Qe2 Rad8 24. dxe6 Qxe6 25. Qb5 Bc4 26. Rxe6 Bxb5 27. Nd4 Bd7
28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Rd1 Nc4 30. b3 Ne5 31. Ncb5 Bxb5 32. Nxb5 Re7 33. f3 Kf7 {
Auf die Initiative kommt es an In Endspielen mit Turm und Springer gegen Turm
und Springer ist oft schon eine leichte Initiative sehr lästig, weil beide
Figuren passive Verteidigung nicht mögen.} 34. Rd5 $5 Kg6 $2 ({Mittels} 34...
a6 $1 {ließ sich die weiße Initiative ausbremsen, z.B.} 35. Nd4 f4 36. a5 Rd7
37. Rxe5 Rxd4 38. axb6 Rb4 39. Re4 Rxb3 40. Rxf4+ Ke7 41. Rg4 Kf7 $11) 35. Kf2
a6 36. Nd4 ({Das Zwischenschach} 36. Rd6+ $5 {war noch einen Tick genauer, z.B.
} Kh5 37. Nd4 Nd3+ 38. Kg3 f4+ 39. Kh3 $16 {denn} Re1 $2 40. g4+ fxg3 41. Nf5
$18 {verliert sofort.}) 36... Nd3+ 37. Kg3 f4+ 38. Kg4 h5+ 39. Kh3 (39. Rxh5 $2
Nf2+ 40. Kxf4 Kxh5 $19) 39... Re1 40. Kh2 Rb1 $2 {Dies läuft in einen
taktischen Trick. Allerdings war guter Rat bereits teuer.} ({So steht Schwarz
auch nach} 40... Kf6 41. Rxh5 Re5 42. Rh8 Rd5 43. Ne2 $16 {mit dem Rücken zur
Wand.}) 41. Ne2 $1 Rb2 (41... Rxb3 $2 42. Rxd3 Rxd3 43. Nxf4+ $18) 42. Rxd3
Rxe2 43. Rd6+ Kf5 44. Rxb6 Re6 ({Nach} 44... a5 45. Rb5+ Re5 46. b4 $5 {
hat Schwarz nichts Besseres als} axb4 47. Rxb4 Re1 48. Rb5+ {und Weiß gewinnt
analog zur Partie.}) 45. a5 $1 ({Nicht jedoch} 45. Rxe6 $2 Kxe6 {denn bei
Abwicklungen ins Bauernendspiel muss man immer sehr auf der Hut sein. Die
Faustregel, dass die materiell überlegene Seite Figuren tauschen soll, ist
ohnehin mit sehr großer Vorsicht zu genießen. Im vorligenden Fall könnte sich
Schwarz nun retten, z.B.} 46. g3 (46. b4 Kd5 47. b5 axb5 48. axb5 Kc5 49. g3
Kxb5 50. gxf4 Kc5 51. Kg3 Kd4 52. Kf2 Kd3 53. f5 Kd4 $11) (46. g4 g6 $11) 46...
Kd5 47. gxf4 a5 48. Kg3 Kd4 49. f5 Ke5 50. Kf2 Kd4 51. b4 axb4 52. Ke2 Kc3 53.
a5 b3 54. a6 b2 55. a7 b1=Q 56. a8=Q Qd3+ $11) 45... Re3 ({Nun wäre das
Bauernendspiel nach} 45... Ke5 46. Rxe6+ Kxe6 47. g3 {verloren:} Kd5 48. gxf4
Kc5 49. Kg3 Kb4 50. f5 Kxa5 51. Kf4 Kb4 52. Kg5 Kxb3 53. Kg6 a5 54. Kxg7 a4 55.
f6 a3 56. f7 a2 57. f8=Q a1=Q+ 58. Kg6 $18) 46. b4 Rb3 47. Rxa6 Rxb4 48. Rb6
Ra4 49. Rb5+ Kg6 50. Rg5+ Kh6 51. Kg1 Ra1+ 52. Kf2 g6 53. Ke2 Rh1 54. Kd2 Rxh4
55. Re5 Rh2 56. Re2 h4 57. a6 h3 58. a7 hxg2 59. a8=Q g1=Q {Shirov hat es zwar
geschafft, das Brett noch einmal in Flammen zu setzen, aber sein Feuer wird
schon bald ausgehen:} 60. Qh8+ Kg5 61. Qxh2 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 {A common line nowadays.} 6.
e3 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. exd4 {The same position may arise from the Queen's
Gambit Accepted with White's pawn on a2. This "extra" tempo might favour Black
as he can use the b4-square for his knight to establish control over the key
d5-point.} Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 ({White's other logical continuation is} 10.
Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 {I have opposed this myself in numerous games as Black with
satisfactory results.}) 10... O-O 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Bg5 Bd7 {I don't know what's
wrong with 12...h6 13.Bh4 Bd7, which was previously considered as the most
precise order of moves for Black, but Gashimov has another idea in mind.} (
12... h6 13. Bh4 (13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne5) 13... Bd7 14. Ne5 (14. d5 $6 Nbxd5 15.
Nxd5 exd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Bxh4 18. Nxh4 $11) 14... Bc6 15. Bg3 Nbd5 16.
a5 Rc8 17. Bb3 a6 18. Rdc1 Bb4 19. Bh4 Qd6 20. Qd1 Bb5 21. Nxb5 axb5 22. Rxc8
Rxc8 23. Qf3 Qc7 24. h3 Ra8 25. Qd1 Bd6 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V (2748)-Tkachiev,V 
(2639)/France 2010/CBM 135 Extra}) 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nbxd5 (14... Nfxd5 $2
15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Ne5 Ned5 17. Bxd5 Qe8 18. Bxb7 Rd8 19. Qe4 {and White is a
healthy pawn up.}) 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 {An engine already
gives here a big advantage for White, but theory is still being written.} h6
18. Qd2 {I am quite sure that Gashimov has figured out a way to equality also
after 18.Rad1, but, for the moment it seems to me that White can pose some
problems to the second player.} (18. Rad1 hxg5 (18... Re8 19. Qd2 (19. Ne4 $6
Qe7 20. Rxd7 Qxe4 21. Qxe4 Rxe4 22. Rxb7 Rxa4 $11) 19... hxg5 20. Rxd7 Qf6 21.
Rxb7 Rab8 $6 (21... a5 $14) 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 {Compare this position to the
position that arises in our game after the 21st move. Here White has an extra
move Rd1, and it is very apparent.} 23. b4 $16) 19. Rxd7 Qb6 20. g3 Qc6 21. b3
$14 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V (2729)-Svidler,P (2765)/Monte Carlo 2006/CBM 111 ext 
(46)}) 18... hxg5 19. Rxd7 Qf6 20. Rxb7 Rab8 $146 (20... Rfd8 21. Qa5 (21. Qe3
Re8 22. Qb3 (22. Rxa7 Qxb2 23. Rf1 Rxe3 24. Rxa8+ Kh7 25. fxe3 Qb3 26. a5 Qxe3+
27. Kh1 Qd3 {White can't connect his rooks without losing the Pa5, so it will
be a draw.}) 22... Rad8 23. Rf1 a5 24. Rb6 Qd4 25. Rb5 Qd2 $44 {0-1 Zhou
Jianchao (2636)-Korobov,A (2671)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2011/CBM 145 (38)}) 21... a6
22. h3 Rd6 23. Qb4 Rad8 24. Rb8 Rxb8 25. Qxb8+ Kh7 26. Rb1 Rd2 $11 {1/2-1/2
Rodshtein,M (2645)-Hansen,S (2566)/Porto Carras 2011/EXT 2012 (29)}) 21. Rxb8
Rxb8 22. Rb1 Qe6 $1 23. Qxg5 (23. b4 Qe4 24. Rb2 Qe8 $1 (24... g4 25. g3 a5 26.
bxa5 Rxb2 27. Qxb2 Qe1+ 28. Kg2 Qe4+ 29. Kf1 Qh1+ 30. Ke2 Qe4+ 31. Kd2 Qd5+ 32.
Kc1 Qh1+ 33. Kc2 Qe4+ 34. Kb3 Qd5+ 35. Ka3 Qc5+ 36. Ka2 Qd5+ 37. Qb3 Qxa5 {
This endgame should end in a draw as well, but, at least White enjoys a passed
pawn.}) 25. b5 Rd8 26. Qc1 Qe4 27. a5 Qa4 28. Rb1 Qxa5 29. Qxg5 a6 30. h4 Rb8
31. b6 Qxg5 32. hxg5 a5 {The a- and b-pawns will be exchanged and the rook
endgame with three pawns vs two on one side is drawish.}) 23... Qa2 24. Rd1 (
24. Rc1 Qxa4 25. Qe5 Rd8 26. h3 Rd1+ 27. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 28. Kh2 Qb3 {basically
leads to the same endgame where White's extra pawn is not enough for winning
purposes.}) 24... Qxa4 25. Rd8+ Rxd8 26. Qxd8+ Kh7 27. Qd3+ g6 28. b3 Qa1+ 29.
Qf1 Qd4 {It seems that Vugar has prepared the whole line until around this
point. Black is a pawn down, but can hold the endgame fairly easily. This is a
part of modern opening preparation. Sometimes, when playing Black, it's
acceptable and even recommended to go a pawn down straight from the opening,
if you know how to make a draw then.} 30. g3 Qd5 31. Qb1 a5 32. h4 Kg8 33. Qc2
Kh7 34. Kh2 Qf3 35. Kg1 Qd5 36. Kf1 Kg8 37. Ke2 Qe5+ 38. Kf3 Qd5+ 39. Ke3 Qe5+
{Preventing from the white king from marching towards the Pa5.} 40. Qe4 Qc3+
41. Qd3 Qe5+ 42. Kf3 Qf6+ 43. Kg2 a4 $1 {Every pawn exchange make Black's
defensive task easier.} 44. bxa4 Qc6+ 45. f3 Qxa4 46. Qe4 Qa2+ 47. Kh3 Qa1 48.
Qc4 Kg7 49. Qd5 Qh1+ 50. Kg4 Qa1 51. Qd6 Qc3 52. Qd5 Qc8+ 53. Kf4 Qc1+ 54. Ke5
Qe1+ 55. Kf4 Qc1+ {A theoretically important game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 41st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2013.07.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2013.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 (6. e4 Bb4 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Bd2 {leads to a sharper battle where White doesn't get back the Pc4, but plays
for a long term initiative. Alexander Morozevich recently won a couple of nice
games as White.}) 6... c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. O-O {An almost identical
position may arise also from the Queen's Gambit Accepted, with the only
difference being that Black's pawn is on a6.} Be7 10. Qe2 (10. Bg5 O-O 11. Re1
{is another setup. This position has been analysed and tested in depth,
including in my own games.}) 10... O-O 11. Rd1 Nb4 {The main fight in this
position is around the d5-square.} 12. Bg5 Bd7 $5 {A few years ago this move
used to be considered a serious mistake, but further analysis has proved that
it's playable.} (12... h6 13. Bxf6 $1 (13. Bh4 Bd7 {is an improved version of
the position that arose in our game Kramnik-Wang Hao. Now the central
breakthrough is not recommended:} 14. d5 $6 Nbxd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5
17. Rxd5 Bxh4 18. Nxh4 Qc8 {and already White is the one that has to look for
equality.}) 13... Bxf6 14. Ne4 b6 15. Ne5 Bb7 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Nd7 Qg6 18. d5
exd5 19. Nxf8 Rxf8 20. Bd3 $16 {0-1 (45) Edouard,R (2686)-Ernst,S (2556) Wijk
aan Zee 2013}) 13. d5 $1 {It's now or never. If Black gets his bishop on c6,
he will be absolutely fine.} (13. Ne5 Bc6 14. a5 Nfd5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nxc6
bxc6 $11) 13... exd5 {The play is now forced for a while.} 14. Nxd5 Nbxd5 15.
Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 h6 18. Qd2 hxg5 19. Rxd7 Qf6 20. Rd1 $146 {
Objectively, not an improvement, but it's remarkable that even in such a "dry"
position Kramnik manages to introduce something new. In previous games White
automatically captured the Pb7.} (20. Rxb7 Rfd8 (20... Rab8 21. Rxb8 Rxb8 22.
Rb1 Qe6 23. Qxg5 Qa2 24. Rd1 Qxa4 25. Rd8+ Rxd8 26. Qxd8+ Kh7 27. Qd3+ g6 $14 {
1/2-1/2 (55) Topalov,V (2770)-Gashimov,V (2761) Wijk aan Zee 2012}) 21. Qe3 (
21. Qa5 a6 22. h3 Rd6 23. Qb4 Rad8 24. Rb8 Rxb8 25. Qxb8+ Kh7 $11 {1/2-1/2 (29)
Rodshtein,M (2645)-Hansen,S (2566) Porto Carras 2011}) 21... Re8 22. Qb3 Rad8
23. Rf1 a5 24. Rb6 Qd4 25. Rb5 Qd2 26. Rb7 Re6 27. g3 $14 {0-1 (38) Zhou
Jianchao (2636)-Korobov,A (2671) Khanty-Mansiysk 2011}) 20... Rfe8 ({Perhaps
Black could keep the pawn by} 20... b6 21. Rd6 Qf5 22. Rd5 Qe4 $14) 21. Rxb7 {
Now it's very similar to the above-mentioned games.} Rad8 22. Rd7 Rxd7 23. Qxd7
Rb8 24. Qxa7 Rxb2 {White would be happy to swap rooks. A queen endgame with
the passed a-pawn would be winning. However, while the rooks are on the board,
Black's chances for a draw are much higher than White's for a win. Still, I
don't think it was very wise for the Chinese grandmaster to go for such a
position straight from the opening against such an excellent technical player
as Kramnik. In the current game, however, he wasn't even required to
demonstrate his technique...} 25. h3 Ra2 $4 {Yes, even top players may blunder
away pieces. Major pieces.} ({After} 25... Kh7 26. Qc5 ({The rooks ending after
} 26. Qd4 Qxd4 27. Rxd4 Ra2 {will be a draw if Black is accurate enough.})
26... Ra2 27. a5 Qf4 {Black has excellent chances for a draw. His pieces are
active enough and the a-pawn going nowhere.}) 26. Qb8+ (26. Qb8+ Kh7 27. Qb1+
$18) 1-0

[Event "Foros Aerosvit 3rd"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2008.06.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 {This variation has gained
popularity recently. I have played this line myself as well, and can't
complain about the results so far.} 6. e3 ({Another option is a typical
sacrifice of the Pc4 pawn:} 6. e4 Bb4 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bd2 b5 {White often gets a
long-term compensation for the pawn.}) 6... c5 {In fact, the position
transposes to the Queen's Gambit Accepted where Black has lost a tempo by
playing c7-c6 and then c6-c5. White's extra tempo is the move a2-a4. On the
one hand it helps White to seize space on the queenside. On the other hand, it
weakens the b4 square and this is what Black is counting on. In future, this
square might be used for a knight transfer Nb8-c6-b4 to a key blockading d5
square.} 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 (8... Be7 9. Qe2 (9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 {
leads to an equal endgame.}) 9... cxd4 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nxd4 Qc7 12. Nxc6 bxc6
13. a5 e5 14. e4 Rb8 15. h3 Bc5 16. Na4 Bd4 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Qxa5 19. Nc5
Qc7 20. Qa3 a6 21. Qc3 Nd7 22. b4 Re8 23. Nxd7 Bxd7 24. Rxa6 $14 {1-0
Gustafsson,J (2603)-Kharitonov,A (2526)/Plovdiv BUL 2008/The Week in Chess 704
(55)}) 9. exd4 Be7 10. Bg5 (10. Be3 {is toothless. The bishop is passive on e3.
} O-O 11. Ne5 Nb4 12. a5 Bd7 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nbxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5
Bc8 $1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P (2741)-Kramnik,V (2770)/Brissago 2004}) (10. Qe2 O-O
(10... Nxd4 $2 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Nb5 Qd8 13. Bf4 $18) 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Bg5 h6 $1
(12... Bd7 13. d5 $1 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nbxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5
h6 18. Rad1 hxg5 19. Rxd7 Qb6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V (2729)-Svidler,P (2765)/
Monte Carlo 2006 (46)}) 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne5 Qc7 15. Ng4 Be7 16. d5 exd5 17.
Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxg4 {1/2-1/2 Babula,V (2594)-Balogh,C (2575)/Graz AUT 2008/
The Week in Chess 698}) 10... O-O 11. Re1 Bd7 (11... h6 $6 {is very risky in
view of} 12. Bf4 Nb4 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. Bxh6 $1 Rc8 15. Bb3 gxh6 16. Qxh6 $40 {
1-0 Radjabov,T (2700)-Svidler,P (2765)/Linares 2006 (41)}) 12. Qd2 {It is
always a question for White where to put his queen. An alternative option is
12.Qe2 trying to press along the e-file and specifically on Pe6.} (12. Qe2 Nb4
13. Ne5 Kh8 (13... Bc6 $2 14. Nxf7 $1 {reveals the point of 12.Qe2.}) 14. Rad1
Bc6 15. h4 Nfd5 16. Qh5 {In this double-edged position a draw was agreed. 1/
2-1/2 Halkias,S (2580)-Postny,E (2598)/Zlatibor 2007/CBM 120 ext}) 12... Rc8
13. Rad1 (13. d5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 exd5 16. Bxd5 Bf5 17. Rad1 Qf6 18.
Qf4 Bc2 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Rd2 Bxa4 $6 (20... Nb4 $1 $11) 21. Ne4 Kg7 22. Nc5
Bb5 23. Nxb7 $14 {1-0 Bekker Jensen,S (2393)-Rasmussen,K (2449)/Aalborg 2006/
CBM 111 ext (48)}) 13... Nb4 14. Ne5 {A novelty which was probably prepared by
Shirov before the game, as Svidler had already played this position as Black.
Instead, the breakthrough d4-d5 leads to massive simplifications and equality
in this case.} (14. d5 exd5 15. Bxd5 Bc6 16. Bxc6 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Nxc6 18. Bxf6
Bxf6 19. Nd5 Rfd8 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. g3 Rxd2 22. Nxd2 Ne5 23. Kg2 Kg7 24. Nf3
Rc4 {1/2-1/2 Nielsen,P (2644)-Svidler,P (2765)/Monte Carlo 2006/CBM 111 ext})
14... Nbd5 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 (15... Bxf6 $6 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Bxd5 Bxa4 18. Bxb7
Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Rc2 20. Qb4 Rxb2 21. Qxb2 Bxd1 22. Be4 $14) 16. d5 {This
thematic breakthrough is White's main weapon in these kind of positions with
an isolated pawn. However, Black can survive it.} Bb4 $1 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Qc2
(18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qe2 Qe8 20. Nc4 Nd5 21. Nxd5 Bxe1 22. Nd6 Bxf2+ 23. Kh1 Qd7
24. Nxc8 exd5 25. Ne7+ Kh8 {can be dangerous only for White.}) 18... Qb6 19.
Bxe6 fxe6 {The Pe6 is obviously weak but, after the following exchange on c3
white's queenside pawns will become vulnerable as well. The position is equal.}
(19... Qxe6 $2 {loses an exchange in view of} 20. Nd7) 20. Nd3 (20. Rd3 Rfd8
21. Rde3 Bc5 22. R3e2 Bd4 23. Nf3 Rc6 $11) 20... Bxc3 21. bxc3 Nd5 22. c4 Nb4
23. Nxb4 Qxb4 $11 24. Re4 b5 $2 {This move actually blunders a pawn and can be
considered as a decisive mistake.} ({A simple move like} 24... Rcd8 {would
keep the position equal.}) 25. Rh4 {[%csl Rh7]} h6 (25... g6 26. axb5 Qxb5 27.
Qxg6+ hxg6 28. cxb5 {leads to a bad endgame for Black.}) 26. axb5 Qxb5 27. Rxh6
$1 {This is the refutation of 24...b5. Probably this punch was overlooked by
Svidler. Black loses a pawn without any compensation.} Qf5 (27... gxh6 $4 28.
Qg6+ $18 {[%csl Rb5]}) 28. Qxf5 exf5 (28... Rxf5 $2 29. Rxe6 Rxc4 {should be
lost for Black as White has three pawns against one on the kingside.}) 29. Rh4
{It is not so easy to state a clear verdict on this endgame but, it seems to
me that it is lost for Black.} f4 30. Rd4 Rb8 {Trying to activate the rook.
Another attempt was to push the a-pawn as quickly as possible.} (30... a5 31.
Rhxf4 Rxf4 32. Rxf4 a4 33. Rf3 Rxc4 (33... Ra8 34. Ra3 Kf7 35. Kf1 Ke6 36. Ke2
Kd6 37. Kd3 Kc5 38. Kc3 $18) 34. g3 Rb4 35. Rf5 {transfering the rook to a5.
After that White's pawn majority will decide the outcome.}) 31. h3 f3 (31... a5
32. Rhxf4 Rxf4 33. Rxf4 a4 34. c5 Ra8 35. Rc4 a3 36. Rc1 a2 37. Ra1 Kf7 38. Kf1
Ke6 39. Ke2 Kd5 40. Kd3 Kxc5 41. Kc3 Ra6 42. Kb3 Rg6 (42... Kd4 43. Rxa2 Rxa2
44. Kxa2 Kd3 45. h4 Ke2 46. h5 Kxf2 47. g4 $18) 43. g3 Rb6+ 44. Kxa2 Ra6+ 45.
Kb2 Rxa1 46. Kxa1 Kd4 47. h4 Ke4 48. Kb2 Kf3 49. h5 $1 Kg4 50. Kc3 Kxh5 51. Kd4
$18) 32. g4 Rb1+ ({Again,} 32... a5 {does not help} 33. Rh5 a4 34. Rd3 Rb1+ 35.
Kh2 Rf1 36. Rd2 Ra8 37. Kg3 a3 38. Ra2 $18 {[%csl Ra3,Rf3][%cal Gh5e5,Ge5e3]})
33. Kh2 Rf1 34. Rd2 Re8 {The last practical chance is to go for the Pf2.} 35.
Kg3 Re2 36. Rd8+ Kf7 37. Rd7+ $1 Kg6 ({After} 37... Ke6 38. Rxg7 Rexf2 39. Kf4
Kd6 40. Rh5 $1 {Black's king can't escape.}) 38. Rh8 Rexf2 {Black got the pawn
but, now his king left unprotected. White can build a mating net meanwhile,
his king will get a shelter on f4.} 39. Rg8 Rg2+ 40. Kf4 f2 41. Rgxg7+ Kf6 42.
Rh7 Ke6 43. Kg5 $1 {The threat 44.Rhe7 mate is unanswerable. Black resigned.}
1-0

[Event "World-ch Kramnik-Leko +2-2=10"]
[Site "Brissago"]
[Date "2004.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Prie,E"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2004.09.25"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 {Un pion en d5 de nouveau mais ce sera une Slave ! le
premier amour de Kramnik.... Après tout, Leko ne peut pas s'être "improvisé"
complet joueur de 1.d4 du jour au lendemain !} 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 e6
{Une vieille variante qui, au vu des parties dans ma base, avec un score très
flatteur en faveur des Noirs, mériterait bien le nom de "défense vietnamienne".
..ou d'un de leurs entraîneurs, probablement d'origine soviétique !} 6. e3 c5 {
Une séquence qui m'évoque fortement deux lignes de la Slave "Caméléon" : 4...
a6 5.a4 e6 6.e3 (6.Fg5 est plus courant mais 6...a5 ! Bacrot) c5! 7.Cc3 Cc6
sans cette fois prendre en c4 (ou d4) où les Blancs accepteraient volontiers
de rendre leur temps d'avance а condition de pouvoir remettre leur pion a sur
sa case de départ ! Et encore 4...a6 5.g3 dxc4 6.a4 e6 7.Fg2 c5!} 7. Bxc4 {
Ici les Noirs ont un temps de moins par rapport а un Gambit Dame accepté : le
coup a2-a4 des Blancs, obligatoire dans la Slave classique pour reprendre le
pion c4 mais cédant la case b4. Ce qui pourrait se justifier si les Noirs
avaient joué eux-mêmes a7-a6 par l'espoir de profiter du "trou" en b6, en
poussant a4-a5, mais, précisément, ce n'est pas le cas...et peut а nouveau
imaginer, ici, que "les Blancs accepteraient volontiers de rendre leur temps
d'avance а condition de pouvoir remettre leur pion a sur sa case de départ !"}
Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Ne5 Nb4 12. a5 Bd7 $1 13. d5 exd5
14. Nxd5 Nbxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Bc8 $1 17. Rfd1 Qxd5 18. Rxd5 Be6 19. Rb5
Bf6 20. Nf3 b6 $1 {Et enfin révélée la profondeur de la compréhension et de la
préparation de Kramnik.} 21. axb6 (21. axb6 axb6 22. Re1 (22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. h3
Bd8 24. Bxb6 $2 Rb8) 22... Rfb8 23. Rxb6 Rxb6 24. Bxb6 Bxb2 {est archi-Nulle})
1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Prie,E/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katowice Szopienice"]
[BlackTeam "Gorzow Wielkopolski"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 (5... Bf5 {La grande ligne})
6. e3 (6. Bg5 Bb4 7. e4) (6. e4 Bb4 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bd2 b5) 6... c5 {Le levier
naturel dans ce genre de structure} 7. Bxc4 Nc6 (7... cxd4) 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4
{(E.Prié)Ici les Noirs ont un temps de moins par rapport а un Gambit Dame
accepté : le coup a2-a4 des Blancs, obligatoire dans la Slave classique pour
reprendre le pion c4 mais cédant la case b4. Ce qui pourrait se justifier si
les Noirs avaient joué eux-mêmes a7-a6 par l'espoir de profiter du "trou" en
b6, en poussant a4-a5, mais, précisément, ce n'est pas le cas...et peut а
nouveau imaginer, ici, que "les Blancs accepteraient volontiers de rendre leur
temps d'avance а condition de pouvoir remettre leur pion a sur sa case de
départ !"} Be7 10. Be3 (10. Qe2 {[%cal Gf1d1]} O-O (10... Nxd4 $2 11. Nxd4 Qxd4
12. Nb5 Qd8 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Nc7 Rb8 15. Rfd1 Bd7 16. Nxe6 $1 {Kunin,V (2535)
-Pfrommer,C (2326) Karl Mala Memorial op 13th 2010 (7) 1-0}) 11. Rd1) 10... O-O
11. Ne5 Nb4 {[%csl Gd5] Profitant de l'affaiblissement de la case "b4" pour
surcontroler la case sensible "d5"} 12. a5 $5 {[%csl Rb7]} (12. Qf3 $5 Nfd5 13.
Rac1 (13. Rad1)) 12... Bd7 13. d5 {Reprenant une idée d'une partie du
Championnat du Monde 2004} (13. Qb3 a6 14. d5 exd5 15. Bb6 Qc8 16. Nxd5 Nfxd5
17. Bxd5 Be6 $1 {Kovalenko,I (2486)-Popov,I (2617) Moscow op-A 2010 (7) 1-0})
13... exd5 14. Nxd5 Nbxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Bc8 $1 {Les Blancs n'ont pas
obtenu grand-chose de l'ouverture} 17. Rfd1 Qxd5 18. Rxd5 Be6 19. Rb5 Bf6 20.
Nf3 b6 21. axb6 axb6 22. Re1 Rfb8 23. Rxb6 Rxb6 24. Bxb6 Bxb2 {Est archi nulle
(E.Prié)} 25. Bd4 Bxd4 26. Nxd4 Kf8 27. Nxe6+ fxe6 28. f4 $11 Kf7 29. Kf2 Kf6
30. Kf3 Ra3+ 31. Re3 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rohde op 10th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2010.10.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gajewski, Grzegorz"]
[Black "Berczes, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2010.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 (5. e4 {le gambit Geller qui
retombe par interversion de coups dans la partie} b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. Ng5 (7. a4 e6
)) 5... e6 {Cette ligne secondaire a longtemps eu une réputation théorique
assez douteuse après une partie fameuse du Championnat du Monde 1929 mais elle
a fait l'objet de tentatives récentes de réhabilitation а haut niveau.} (5...
Bf5 {la grande ligne}) (5... Bg4) (5... Na6) 6. e3 (6. e4 $5 {Retombe par
interversion de coups sur le gambit slave} Bb4 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bd2 {Akopian,V 
(2712)-Eljanov,P (2716) Jermuk FIDE GP 2009 (6) 1/2}) 6... c5 {[%cal Gb8c6] La
perte de temps n'est pas importante} 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 (8... Be7 $5 {
Retombe sur un gambit dame-accepté} 9. Qe2 {[%cal Gf1d1]} cxd4 10. exd4 (10.
Rd1) 10... O-O 11. Rd1 {Grischuk,A (2756)-Karjakin,S (2725) Amber-rapid 19th
2010 (8) 1/2}) 9. exd4 (9. Nxd4 $143 Bd7 $11 {Berkes,F (2651)-Zatonskih,A 
(2462) Gibraltar Masters 7th 2009 (5) 1-0}) 9... Be7 (9... Bb4 $6 10. d5 $1 {
[%csl Re8]}) 10. Re1 {[%cal Gd4d5,Ge1e3,Ge3g3,Gc1g5,Gf3e5] Les Blancs ont
l'avantage d'espace et un meilleur développement mais avec un P isolé, ils
doivent jouer de manière dynamique car sinon, les Noirs vont finir par bloquer
la case sensible "d5" et terminer le développement pour obtenir des meilleures
perspectives а long terme.} (10. Qe2 {L'alternative} O-O 11. Rd1 Nb4 {[%csl
Gd5]} (11... Nd5 {Carlsen,M (2775)-Grischuk,A (2728) Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz
2008 (1) 0-1})) 10... O-O 11. Bg5 {Continuant la lutte pour le contrôle de la
case "d5"} ({RR} 11. Bf4 Bd7 12. Bb3 Nb4 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. d5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nbxd5
16. Bxd5 Bg4 17. Bf3 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V (2746)-Grischuk,A (2748)/Dagomys 2009/
CBM 130}) 11... Bd7 ({RR} 11... Nb4 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Rad1 Nbd5 15.
Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bxg5 17. Bxb7 Bxa4 18. Ra1 Rc7 19. Be4 Be8 20. Qd3 {1/2-1/2
Volodin,V (2223)-Dimitrijeski,B (2233)/Marianske Lazne 2011/Mega2011 Update 06}
) (11... b6 12. d5 $5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 {[%csl Ra8,Rc6]} exd5 14. Qxd5 (14. Nd4 $5
Bxg5 15. Nxc6 Qd7 16. Qxd5 Qxd5 17. Nxd5 Bb7 18. Nde7+ Kh8 19. b4 {[%cal Gb4b5]
} Rfe8 20. b5 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Ga1d1,Gd1d7,Gg1f1]}) 14... Qxd5 $11 {Gelfand,B 
(2720)-Grischuk,A (2728) Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz 2008 (5) 1/2}) 12. Rc1 {
Quelques semaines plus tard, le polonais a préféré jouer la ligne principale
Qd2 et il n'était peut-être pas satisfait du jeu obtenu dans cette partie.} ({
RR} 12. Qd2 Nb4 13. Ne5 Bc6 14. a5 Nfd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Na4 Bxa4 17. Rxa4
Nbc6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Bd3 Rb8 20. Rc4 Qd6 21. Rec1 Rfd8 22. Be4 g6 23. Qe2 Rb4
24. g3 Rxc4 25. Rxc4 Rb8 26. Qc2 Rb4 {Gajewski,G (2555)-Inarkiev,E (2667)/
Warsaw 2010/Mega2011 Update 01}) (12. Qe2 {L'alternative mais après Qe2, la R
serait mieux placée en d1}) 12... Nb4 $5 $146 {[%csl Gd5]} ({RR} 12... Rc8 13.
Ba2 Nb4 14. Bb1 Bc6 15. Ne5 Nbd5 ({RR} 15... g6 16. h4 Nbd5 17. Qd2 Nxc3 18.
Rxc3 Qd5 19. Rg3 Rfd8 20. Rf3 Be8 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Rxf6 Qxd4 23. Qg5 Qd2 24.
Qxd2 Rxd2 25. b3 Rcd8 26. Rf3 Kg7 27. Rfe3 R2d4 28. g3 Rb4 29. Rc3 Rd5 30. Bc2
{Van Wely,L (2679)-Kramnik,V (2754)/Monte Carlo 2005/CBM 105 ext/1-0 (42)}) 16.
Qd3 g6 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Qh3 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Bxa4 20. Nxf7 Qd5 21. Ne5 Bf8 22. Bxf8
Rxf8 23. Re3 Kg7 24. Rce1 a5 25. Nd3 Bd7 26. Nf4 Qb3 27. Qg3 {Baryshpolets,A 
(2426)-Artemchuk,T (2234)/Kiev 2009/CBM 131 Extra/1-0}) 13. Qb3 (13. Ne5 $5 {
[%cal Ge5d7,Ge5f7] Un coup candidat naturel avec cette structure centrale} Rc8
(13... Nbd5 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. d5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 {[%csl Rb7,Rd7]}
Bc6 18. Nxc6 $40) 14. Qb3 $14 {[%csl Rb7]}) 13... Nc6 14. Bd3 (14. Ne5 $5 Rc8 (
14... Nxd4 15. Qxb7 Rb8 16. Qxa7 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Red1 $36 {[%csl Rd8]})
15. Qxb7 Na5 $44 {[%cal Ga5b7,Ga5c4]}) 14... Qb6 15. Qd1 (15. Qxb6 $143 axb6
16. d5 Nb4 $11 {[%cal Gb4d3,Gb4d5]}) 15... Nb4 16. Bb1 (16. Ne5 {[%cal Gg5f6,
Ge5d7]} Nxd3 $11 (16... Rfd8 $2 17. Bxh7+ $1 {[%csl Re7,Rf7]} Kxh7 18. Bxf6
Bxf6 19. Qh5+)) 16... Bc6 $11 {[%csl Gd5]} 17. Ne5 Rad8 (17... Rfd8 $2 18.
Bxh7+ $1 {[%csl Re7,Rf7][%cal Gg5f6,Gd1h5]}) 18. Be3 Nbd5 $132 {[%csl Gd5] Les
Blancs n'ont rien obtenu de l'ouverture et les Noirs commencent а avoir des
meilleures perspectives en bloquant la case sensible "d5"} 19. Qe2 {[%cal
Ge2b2]} Nxe3 {Une décision discutable car le Be3 n'était pas trés bon et les
Noirs échangent le bloqueur} (19... Rfe8) (19... h6 $5 {Evite le thème
tactique Bh7 et les Blancs peuvent difficilement profiter du léger
affaiblissement de l'aile-roi}) 20. fxe3 Be8 {[%csl Rf8] assez passif} (20...
Nd5 $142 21. Qd3 g6 {les Blancs n'ont plus de B de cases noires pour profiter
de cet affaiblissement}) 21. Rf1 $5 {[%cal Gf1f3,Gf3h3]} Nd7 22. Nc4 Qc7 23.
Be4 {[%csl Rb7]} (23. Rf3 $5 {[%cal Gf3h3]}) 23... Nf6 24. Bd3 Qb8 25. Rf3 (25.
Qf3 $5 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gf3h3] Plus économique car Ng4 n'est plus possible})
25... Ng4 $1 {[%csl Rh2]} 26. Rf4 (26. Rh3 f5 $1 $132 {[%csl Rd3]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wroclaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Gorzow Wielkopolski"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 (8... Be7) 9. exd4 Be7 10. Qe2 {La partie a transposé d'une Slave vers
un gambit dame accepté} (10. Re1 O-O 11. h4 Bd7 12. h5 h6 13. Ne5 Be8 14. Be3
Qa5 15. Qf3 Rd8 16. Qg3 Nxd4 17. Bd3 Nc6 18. Bxh6 Nxh5 19. Qh2 Rxd3 20. Qxh5
Bf6 21. f4 Nxe5 22. fxe5 gxh6 {0-1 (22) Jobava,B (2696)-Jakovenko,D (2733)
Tbilisi 2015}) 10... O-O 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Bg5 (12. Ne5) (12. a5 Bd7 13. Ne5)
12... h6 13. Bh4 Bd7 14. Ne5 Rc8 (14... Bc6 15. Rac1 Bd5 16. Nxd5 Nfxd5 17. Bg3
Bg5 18. Rb1 Rc8 19. Bb3 Qe7 20. Re1 Rfd8 21. Rbd1 Bf4 22. Qe4 Qf6 23. Rf1 Rc7
24. h4 a5 25. Kh1 h5 26. Nc4 Rdc8 27. Ne3 Bxg3 28. fxg3 Qd8 29. Nxd5 Nxd5 30.
Qe5 Nf6 31. Qxa5 Qd6 32. Qe1 Qb6 33. Rf3 Rd8 34. Qe5 Rcd7 35. Rdf1 Qxd4 36. Qg5
Qg4 37. Rf4 Qxg5 38. hxg5 Nd5 39. Bxd5 exd5 40. Rd4 {1/2-1/2 (40) Urkedal,F 
(2524)-Johannessen,L (2527) Fagernes 2015}) 15. Rac1 Nfd5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Qg4
{[%csl Re6,Rf7]} Be8 18. Bb3 Rc7 19. h4 Ned5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 $11 21. Qe4 Bc6 22.
Nxc6 bxc6 23. Rc5 Rb7 24. Bc2 Nf6 25. Qe2 Qd6 26. b3 Rfb8 27. Qf3 Rc7 28. g3
Rb4 29. Qc3 Nd5 30. Qd3 Nf6 31. Qc3 Nd5 32. Qd3 Nf6 33. Kg2 Kf8 34. Qc3 Nd5 35.
Qd3 Nf6 36. Qc3 Nd5 37. Qd2 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.23"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nd5 {A move that has been tried more and
more recently. The more common move is 11...Nb4.} 12. Bd2 Ncb4 13. a5 {A
novelty that shouldn't change the character of the position, but one that
certainly puts some pressure on Black's queenside. Normally in these positions
Black is very solid but he lacks space and an active plan. It's White's task
however on how to proceed from here.} Bd7 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Ne5 Be8 16. Qf3 f6
{Not something that Black wants to do, after all f6 is a considerable
weakening of the e6-square, but Black could simply not live with White's
knight on e5 for too much longer.} 17. Nd3 Bf7 18. Qg4 Kh8 19. Nc5 $1 {White
exploits the weakness on e6 to transform his advantages. He will now be able
to enjoy the superior pawn structure and the pair of bishops.} Bxc5 20. dxc5
Qc7 21. a6 $1 {Powerful play, this forces a weakness in Black's camp and makes
the c-pawn a passed pawn.} bxa6 $6 (21... b6 {seemed like the lesser of two
evils} 22. cxb6 Qxb6 23. b4 $5 {but possibly Korobov didn't want to live with
the permanently weak a7-pawn.}) 22. b4 Rfd8 23. Rxa6 h5 24. Qf3 Rab8 25. Be1 $1
Nxb4 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Rxa7 {White's passed pawn is very powerful. It will be
difficult for Black to stop it.} Kg8 28. c6 Nd5 29. Rb7 $2 {A bad move that
gives Black just enough time to mount strong pressure on c6.} (29. Rd7 Qe8 30.
Bd3 $1 {Controlling b1 seemed like a good human way of continuing.}) (29. Qa3
$1 Rb1 30. Kf1 {is the computer continuation, who thinks White is simply
winning. However allowing ...Rb1 is hardly human.}) 29... Rc8 30. Bb5 Qd6 31.
Qe4 Qc5 {Suddenly White's c-pawn is not only not going anywhere, it is also in
danger of simply falling.} 32. h3 g6 $2 (32... Ne7 $1 {Black had to take this
time and eliminate the c-pawn while hte could. There is no longer any way of
defending c6 but with a few seconds left on his clock Korobov must have
believed that Kramnik had some sort of tactical refutation to this obvious
move.}) 33. Bd2 {And now Black's position will be almost impossible to hold.}
Rxc6 $6 {This desperation attempt simply does not work. Black's king is too
weak to set up any kind of fortress.} 34. Bxc6 Qxc6 35. Qb1 g5 36. h4 $1 {
Opening diagonals and routes to the Black king is what is going to give White
the full point.} gxh4 (36... Nf4 37. Bxf4 gxf4 38. Qb3 {is probably more
troublesome for White, but at the end Black's king is too weak and White
should win without problems.}) 37. Bh6 Nc7 38. Ra7 $6 (38. Qb4 $1 {was
immediately finishing the game, but Korobov was not the only one in time
trouble by this point.}) 38... Nb5 39. Qb4 {Back on track, but now Black's
knight saves him from immediate resignation.} Nd6 40. Qb8+ Ne8 41. Re7 e5 42.
Kh2 h3 43. gxh3 Kh7 44. Be3 Kg8 45. Qb1 Qd6 46. Qg1+ Kf8 47. Ra7 {The last few
moves have not been the most exact from White, but they are sufficient to give
him a winning advantage.} Nc7 48. Qc1 Ne6 49. Qc8+ Kg7 50. Qe8 Nc7 51. Qb8 {
Finally Black is forced to lose more material and he therefore resigns.
Kramnik let his opponent off the hook slightly, but when his opponent didn't
capitalize on this mistake he was given no second chance.} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 {This move started to appear
on modern high level practice after Kramnik implemented it in the match versus
Leko. Svidler was Kramnik's second and it is not surprising that he included
it in his repertoire. However, 5...e6 suits better as a one-time surprise
weapon rather than a constant part of one's opening repertoire.} 6. e3 {
The safe continuation, which secures a typical middlegame initiative in a
position with an isolated pawn.} ({Another test for Black's set-up is the more
aggressive} 6. e4) 6... c5 {In order to complete development Black must go for
a QGA type of position. His justification for the two-steps advance of the
pawn to c5 is that White's extra-tempo a2-a4 is not very useful.} 7. Bxc4 Nc6
8. O-O {We have a well-known variation of the Queen's Gambit Accepted, where
Black has the pawn on a6: 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 a6 6.a4
c5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.Nc3. As we'll see, in opposite to QGA, here Black's pawn on a7
instead of a6 reduces Black's possibilities, which basically means that
Black's entire opening concept has obvious drawbacks.} cxd4 ({Although less
attractive than in QGA, where it represents the most solid continuation, here
8...Be7 could be the best option as well:} 8... Be7 9. dxc5 $5 ({In the
variation} 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. Rd1 {Black must play} O-O ({Not} 10... e5 {which
equalizes with the pawn on a6, since after} 11. exd4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 {
White has a nasty check on b5:} 13. Bb5+ Kf8 14. Qe5 $36) 11. exd4 Nb4 {
White's chances are slightly preferable here, but Black at least avoided
opponent's plan from the game (Bg5 and Re1).}) 9... Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 {
The pawn would certainly be more useful for Black on a6 than on a7. In QGA
with the pawn on a6 Black is able to equalize such an endgame. Here having
square b5 at his disposal White has more possibilities to fight for advantage.}
) 9. exd4 (9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Bb5 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 a6 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7
14. Bd2 Bd6 15. a5 {1/2-1/2 Atalik,S (2620)-Brodsky,M (2564)/Hoogeveen 2005})
9... Be7 10. Bg5 {One of the most dangerous plans for Black} (10. Be3 O-O 11.
Ne5 Nb4 12. a5 Bd7 {implemented the standard breakthrough} 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5
Nbxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Bc8 $1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P (2741)-Kramnik,V (2770)
/Brissago 2004}) (10. Qe2 O-O (10... Nxd4 $2 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Nb5 $18 {
here we see another drawback of not having the pawn on a6.}) 11. Rd1 Nb4 (11...
Nd5 {is another critical continuation}) 12. Bg5 (12. Ne5 Bd7 $1 (12... b6 13.
Qf3 $1 Rb8 14. Qg3 $36 {1-0 Iordachescu,V (2583)-Jaracz,P (2492)/Stockholm
2005 (50)}) 13. Bg5 Bc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 {is perfectly playable for Black}) 12...
Bd7 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nbxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 h6 18. Rad1
hxg5 19. Rxd7 Qb6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V (2729)-Svidler,P (2765)/Monte Carlo
2006 (46)}) 10... O-O 11. Re1 Bd7 {Before playing ...h6, Svidler waits until
his opponent's queen goes to e2.} (11... h6 12. Bf4 Nb4 13. Qd2 $1 Bd7 {
run into} 14. Bxh6 $1 Rc8 15. Bb3 gxh6 16. Qxh6 Nh7 (16... Ng4 17. Qh3 $1 Nf6
$2 18. Re5 $18) (16... Re8 17. Qg5+ (17. Rxe6 Bf8 $1) 17... Kh7 (17... Kf8 18.
Ne5 $18) 18. Re5 $5 $40) 17. Re5 f5 18. Rxe6 Bxe6 19. Bxe6+ $16 {1-0 Radjabov,
T (2700)-Svidler,P (2765)/Linares 2006 (41)}) ({In case of} 11... Nb4 {the
absence of the pawn on a6 can be seen for instance in the variation} 12. Qe2 (
12. Ne5 $14) 12... b6 13. Rad1 $16 {and with the pawn on a6 Black's best
continuation would be 13...Ra7. Alas, such a move is impossible here...} Bb7
$140 14. d5 $18) 12. Qe2 {White arranges the rooks on the best squares for
such positions: e1 and d1.} (12. Rc1 Rc8 (12... Nb4 $5) 13. Ba2 Nb4 14. Bb1 Bc6
15. Ne5 $13 {1-0 Van Wely,L (2679)-Kramnik,V (2754)/Monte Carlo 2005 (42)}) (
12. Qd2 Nb4 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. d5 exd5 15. Bxd5 Bc6 16. Bxc6 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Nxc6
18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd5 Rfd8 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 {with an equal ending, Nielsen -
Svidler, Monte Carlo 2006 (rapid)} 21. g3 Rxd2 22. Nxd2 Ne5 23. Kg2 Kg7 24. Nf3
Rc4 {1/2-1/2 Nielsen,P (2644)-Svidler,P (2765)/Monte Carlo MNC 2006/D-TWIC
477-603}) 12... h6 $146 {Before the present game the position was met in
practice only twice. Svidler's novelty is designed to either exchange White's
bishop (in case of the answer 13.Bh4), or after 13.Bf4 to implement the main
plan with ...Nb4 and ...Bc6. Certainly Black would be better off without
weakening his kingside pawn chain, but with the bishop on g5 exerting pressure
on Black's position, it is more difficult to establish control over square d5
by means of ...Nb4 and ...Bc6 (see 12....Nb4).} (12... Rc8 13. Rad1 Nb4 (13...
Nd5 $6 14. Bxd5 Bxg5 15. Be4 $16 {[%cal Gd4d5]}) 14. Ne5 $36) (12... Nb4 13.
Ne5 Bc6 {and here White has} 14. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 (14... Rxf7 $2 15. Qxe6 Qf8 (
15... Bd5 16. Nxd5 Nbxd5 17. Bxf6 $18) 16. Qxe7 $18) 15. Qxe6+ Kg6 16. Ne2 $5 {
(probably there are other perspective possibilities as well)} Bd6 (16... Kxg5
17. Qe3+ $18) 17. Bf4 Bc7 18. Qh3 {with a strong attack. For instance:} Nfd5 (
18... Nbd5 19. Qg3+ Kf7 20. Bxc7 $18) 19. Qg3+ Kf6 20. Bg5+ Kf7 21. Qf3+ Kg8
22. Bxd8 Rxf3 23. Bxc7 Rf7 24. Bd6 Nc2 25. Nc3 $16) (12... Re8 13. Rad1 (13.
Ne5 Nxd4) 13... Nd5 14. Bxd5 {This brings White nothing.} (14. Bc1 $5) (14. h4
$5) (14. Bd2 Bf6 $140 15. Ne4 $1 $36) 14... exd5 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 16. Ne5 Nb4 17.
Qd2 {1/2-1/2 Ehlvest,J (2631)-Morovic Fernandez,I (2564)/Mallorca 2004}) (12...
Nh5 $6 13. Be3 $36 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Ga1d1]}) 13. Bf4 $1 ({With almost finished
development and good control over square d5 the second player has little to
worry about after the exchange of dark-squared bishops:} 13. Bh4 Nh5 14. Bxe7
Nxe7 15. Ne5 Nf6 {allows Black to equalize.}) 13... Nb4 14. Ne5 Bc6 {Black
implemented his idea and Svidler must have calculated very precisely the
consequences of the sacrifice on f7. However, White simply improves the
position and because of the weakened kingside pawn-structure by the pawn on h6,
Black still finds himself under pressure.} 15. Rad1 ({With the bishop on f4
the knight sacrifice is less clear:} 15. Nxf7 Rxf7 (15... Kxf7 $2 16. Qxe6+ Kg6
17. Qxe7 $18) 16. Bxe6 (16. Qxe6 Nbd5 $13) 16... Nbd5 17. Be5 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bd5
19. Bxf7+ Bxf7 20. c4 Rc8 $13) 15... Nbd5 (15... Bd5 16. Nxd5 Nbxd5 (16... exd5
17. Bb3 $14) (16... Nfxd5 17. Bd2 $14) 17. Bd2 $14 (17. Bc1 Bb4)) 16. Bc1 Bb4 (
16... Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bxa4 {is very risky. White can simply play} 18. Rd3 $44 {
with a potentially very strong attack.} ({The immediate} 18. Nxf7 {allows
Black to hold the balance:} Bxd1 (18... Rxf7 19. Qxe6 Qf8 20. Qxe7 Bxd1 21.
Qxf8+ Raxf8 22. Rxd1 $16) 19. Qxe6 Qc8 (19... Qb6 $2 20. Nxh6+ Kh8 21. Qh3 $1
gxh6 22. Qxh6+ Nh7 23. Rxe7 Qxh6 24. Bxh6 Rg8 25. Bf4 $18) 20. Ne5+ (20. Nxh6+
Kh7 21. Bd3+ Kh8 22. Nf7+ (22. Qxe7 $2 {fails to} Re8) 22... Kg8 23. Nh6+ $11)
20... Qxe6 21. Bxe6+ Kh7 22. Bf5+ Kg8 23. Ng6 Bh5 24. Nxe7+ Kh8 $13)) 17. Rd3
$1 {This position is much easier to play with White, who has plenty of
attacking ideas. The problem for Black is that he does not have counterplay
yet, while his opponent arranged optimally the pieces and can play actively
both in the center and on the kingside.} Ne7 ({After} 17... Rc8 {White can
start a direct assault:} 18. Rg3 Kh8 19. Rh3 (19. Bxh6 $2 gxh6 20. Qd2 Ng8) (
19. Bd2 $14) 19... Ne7 (19... Nb6 20. Bd3 Qxd4 21. Bxh6 gxh6 22. Qd2 $18) (
19... Kg8 20. Bxh6 gxh6 21. Qd2 $18) 20. Bd3 (20. Bg5 $14) 20... Nf5 (20...
Qxd4 $2 21. Bxh6 gxh6 22. Qd2 Nf5 23. Rxh6+ Nxh6 24. Qxh6+ Kg8 25. Qg5+ Kh8 26.
Qxf6+ Kg8 27. Qg5+ Kh8 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Qh7#) (20... Neg8 21. Be3 $16) 21. Bxf5
exf5 22. Bxh6 gxh6 23. Qe3 Ng8 24. Rxh6+ Kg7 25. Rh5 $18 {[%cal Ge3g3]}) 18.
Bd2 $1 {[%csl Rb4]} (18. Rg3 $6 Nf5) (18. Nxf7 $6 Rxf7 19. Bxe6 Qf8 {is okay
for Black}) 18... Rc8 {This allows White to use elegantly the fact that bishop
on b4 is not protected.} ({After} 18... Qa5 {there is nothing forced for White,
but he keeps a strong initiative.} 19. Bb3 $5 {[%cal Gb3c2]}) 19. d5 $1 exd5 $8
(19... Nexd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd2 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Qxd2 $18) 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 $2 ({
Black could put up resistance with} 20... Nexd5 $8 21. Bxb4 Re8 (21... Nf4 $2
22. Bxf7+ Kh7 23. Qe3 Nxd3 24. Bg6+ Kg8 25. Nxd3 $16) 22. Bd2 ({After} 22. Qd2
{Black has} Qc7 23. Bc3 Nxc3 $1 24. Bxf7+ Kh8 25. Bxe8 Nce4 $1 $132) 22... Qc7
23. f4 $14) 21. Bxb4 Re8 (21... Bxc4 22. Nxc4 Ned5 23. Bxf8 $18) 22. Qd2 $1 Qb6
(22... Qc7 23. Bxd5 Nexd5 24. Rxd5 Nxd5 25. Qxd5 Rcd8 26. Qe4 f6 27. Qc4+ Qxc4
28. Nxc4 Rxe1+ 29. Bxe1 $18) 23. Bxe7 Bxc4 24. Rd6 ({White could win by force
with} 24. Rde3 $1 Be6 (24... Nh7 25. Nxc4 Rxc4 26. Bc5 $1 $18) (24... Bb3 25.
Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Nd7 $18) 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Rg3+ Kh7 27. Re4 $1 {and there is no
defense against 28.Qxh6 followed by the mate on h4.}) 24... Qc7 25. Bxf6 gxf6
26. Rd7 Rcd8 $2 (26... Qb8 {would have kept real chances to escape:} 27. Nf3 (
27. Ng4 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Qf4 {Black may be only slightly inferior} 29. Ne3 Be6
30. Rxb7 Qxa4 31. h3 $14) 27... Rxe1+ 28. Nxe1 Be6 29. Rd4 $14) 27. Rd1 $1 Rxd7
28. Nxd7 $16 Kg7 (28... Qc6 29. h3 $16) 29. Qc3 ({The computer finds an
amazing line:} 29. Nxf6 Kxf6 30. Qxh6+ Ke7 (30... Kf5 31. h3 $18) 31. Rc1 $1 {
and White regains the piece, with a winning position. Of course Navara played
much more "humanely".}) 29... Qf4 $2 {A blunder in a difficult position.} (
29... Qc6 30. h3 $16) 30. g3 $18 Qg4 31. Qxf6+ Kg8 32. Qd6 Re6 33. Qf8+ Kh7 34.
Qxf7+ {Two extra pawns and the continuing attack makes it completely winning
for White.} Kh8 35. Qf8+ Kh7 36. Rc1 ({Again the computer shows a quicker win:
} 36. f3 Qg7 37. Qf4 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gd7f8]}) 36... Qd4 37. Qc5 Re4 38. Qf5+
Kg7 39. Nf6 Re2 40. Rxc4 (40. Rxc4 Qxc4 41. Nh5+ Kg8 42. Qg6+ Kf8 43. Qg7+ Ke8
44. Nf6+ Kd8 45. Qd7#) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Erevan MIKA"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. exd4
Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 Bd7 12. Qd2 {This is probably White's most
optimal set-up: Bg5, Qd2 and rooks on e1 and d1.} Nb4 (12... Rc8 13. Rad1 Nb4
14. Ne5 Nbd5 (14... Bc6 15. Nxf7 $5 Rxf7 16. Bxe6 $36) 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. d5 $14
{1-0 Shirov,A (2740)-Svidler,P (2746)/Foros 2008 (43)}) 13. Ne5 Bc6 14. Nxf7 $5
$146 {Usually such moves don't give White a clear advantage (unless there is
no immediate win, of course): in the middlegame Black's two minor pieces are
worth no less than a rook and two pawns. But White will have the initiative
and the character of the position changes dramatically: the price for each
possible mistake becomes much higher.} (14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Rad1 a5 {1/2-1/2
Kozak,L (2319)-Itkis,B (2453)/Illichevsk 2006}) 14... Rxf7 (14... Kxf7 $2 15.
Rxe6 Kg6 (15... Ke8 16. Rae1 Rf7 17. R6e5 $18) (15... Nfd5 16. Rxe7+ $18) (
15... Nbd5 16. Re5 Bb4 17. Qc2 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Kg8 19. Qa2 $18) 16. Qe3 {[%csl
Re7][%cal Ge3g3]} Bd6 17. Bh4 {[%cal Ge3g5]} h6 18. d5 Be8 19. Qe4+ Kf7 20.
Bxf6 gxf6 21. Qh7#) 15. Bxe6 (15. Rxe6 $2 Nfd5 $19) 15... Nbd5 ({Although} 
15... Kf8 {doesn't free the rook on f7, it still remains a critical option.}
16. Rad1 ({For instance after} 16. Re5 $2 {it already becomes important that
Rf7 is not pinned anymore:} Nd7 17. Bxf7 Nxe5 $17) 16... Nbd5 $13) 16. Re5 Nc7
({Now in the event of} 16... Kf8 {White can keep the initiative with} 17. Bxf7
(17. Rae1 $5) 17... Kxf7 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 (18... Nxd5 $2 19. Rxe7+ Nxe7 20. Re1
$18) 19. Rae1 Bf8 20. Qf4 Kg8 21. Rf5 $14) 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. d5 {A typical
positional pawn sacrifice in order to open the d-file for the rook.} (18. Rae1
$5 Bd6 19. Rf5 $13) 18... Ncxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Rd1 Nf6 21. Qc2 Qg8 $2 {
This is apparently designed to protect the h7-pawn. Much more important was to
activate the pieces.} (21... Qc7 22. Rde1 ({After} 22. Bf4 Rd8 $1 {Black takes
over the initiative.}) (22. Bxf6 Bxf6 $17) 22... Bd6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qxh7+
Kf8 25. Qh8+ Kf7 26. Qh5+ Kg8 (26... Kg7 27. Qg4+ Kf7 28. Re6 $18) 27. Re6 Qg7
28. g3 Rd8 $13) 22. b4 $1 {Now Black loses the stability of his key piece and
suddenly there is no escape anymore.} h6 (22... Bxb4 $2 23. Qb3+ $18) (22...
Rc8 23. b5 Bxb5 24. Qb3+ Bc4 25. Qxb7 Re8 26. Rde1 Qf8 27. Qc6 $18) (22... a6
23. b5 axb5 24. axb5 Be8 25. Rde1 Bd6 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Qc4+ $18) (22... Rd8
23. b5 Bd7 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Qc4+ Kf8 26. Qxg8+ Kxg8 27. Red5 $18) 23. b5 (23.
Bh4 $2 g5 24. Bg3 Rd8 25. b5 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Bd7 $13) 23... hxg5 24. bxc6 bxc6
25. Rde1 Re8 (25... Bd6 26. Qc4+ Kf8 (26... Kg6 27. Qd3+ $18) 27. Qxc6 $18) 26.
Qxc6 Kf8 27. Qb7 Qf7 28. Qxa7 g4 {Black is completely tied up, as every
exchange favours White. Trying to keep queens doesn't work due to the quick
advance of the a-pawn.} ({A longer resistance would have been offered by} 28...
Bd6 29. Qxf7+ Kxf7 30. Rxe8 Nxe8 31. a5 Nc7 32. Kf1 {although White should be
winning: his king will come to help the a-pawn.}) 29. a5 Ng8 30. a6 Qb3 31. Qc7
Qb8 32. Qxb8 Rxb8 33. a7 Ra8 34. Ra5 Bd8 35. Rb1 Bc7 36. Rb7 (36. Rb7 Bd6 37.
Rd5 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ural Sverdlovskaya"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim Nord"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 {A popular modern
setup: Black started with the Slav and now transposes into a Queen's Gambit
Accepted (QGA) type of positions with a tempo down. He considers that this
tempo is not so important and that he can manage without the move ...a6 (in a
similar position of the QGA the black pawn is already on a6 instead of a7,
since here Black lost a tempo by playing first ...c5 in two steps).} 7. Bxc4
Nc6 8. O-O Be7 ({After} 8... cxd4 9. exd4 (9. Nxd4 Bd7 $11 10. Qe2) 9... Be7 {
a popular plan for White (also successfully played by Shirov) is} 10. Bg5 {
followed by Qd2, Rad1, Rfe1. By postponing the exchange on d4 Black prevents
this plan.}) 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nxd4 {White is trying to take
advantage of the late ...cxd4. The Nc6 is an important piece for Black - it
covers the c-file and controls important squares on the queenside, therefore
it often makes sense to exchange it. As an additional advantage White frees
the f3-square for the queen.} ({In the event of} 11. exd4 {Black's move order
would have paid off - he avoided White's plan mentioned above. Now Black
continues} Nb4 {which increases the control over square d5. In this variation
the chances are approximately equal in a double-edged, sharp position.}) 11...
Qc7 {Possibly this is not such a bad move, but somehow it doesn't fit into
Black's general concept of this opening system: with the queen on c7 it is
useful for Black to have the pawn on a6 instead of a7.} (11... Nxd4 12. exd4
Nd5 (12... Qc7 13. Bg5 $14) 13. Qe4 ({Winning a pawn with} 13. Nxd5 exd5 14.
Bxd5 Qxd5 15. Qxe7 {doesn't bring much, since the endgame is drawish} Be6 16.
Be3 Rfe8 17. Qc5 Rec8 18. Qxd5 {1/2-1/2 Peralta,F (2563)-Postny,E (2622)/
Andorra 2007}) 13... Nf6 14. Qf3 Qc7 15. b3 Bd7 16. Bf4 Qc8 (16... Bd6 17. Bxd6
Qxd6 18. Qxb7 Bc6 19. Qa6 Ng4 20. g3 e5 21. d5 Qh6 22. h4 Bd7 23. Qxh6 Nxh6 24.
Re1 f6 25. Ne4 $16 {1-0 Dorfman,J (2584)-Vaisser,A (2544)/Aix-les-Bains 2007 
(34)}) 17. Be5 Bc6 18. Qg3 $14 {/= 1/2-1/2 Zhao Xue (2522)-Shen Yang (2445)/
Nalchik 2008 (40)}) 12. b3 $146 (12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. a5 e5 14. e4 Rb8 15. h3 Bc5
16. Na4 Bd4 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Qxa5 19. Nc5 Qc7 20. Qa3 a6 21. Qc3 $44 {
1-0 Gustafsson,J (2603)-Kharitonov,A (2526)/Plovdiv 2008 (55)}) 12... Ne5 {
An over-optimistic move. First of all Black had to think about finishing
development.} (12... Bd7) (12... Nxd4 $5 13. exd4 Bd7 14. d5 exd5 (14... Bd6
$13) 15. Qxe7 (15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bf6 17. Bb2 Rfe8 $11) 15... dxc4 16. Nb5
$44) 13. Ncb5 Qb8 {Another questionable decision.} (13... Qa5 14. Ba3 (14. Bd2
Bb4 15. Bxb4 (15. Nd6 Rd8) 15... Qxb4 16. a5 (16. Rac1 Bd7) 16... Bd7 $14 {/~~}
) 14... Bxa3 15. Nxa3 Bd7 16. Qb2 Qb4 17. Be2 $13 {/+/=}) 14. Ba3 $1 {[%csl
Rd6]} Bxa3 15. Nxa3 b6 (15... a6 16. h3 Bd7 17. Qb2 $14) (15... Nxc4 16. Nxc4
Bd7 17. Rac1 {[%csl Rb8]} Qc7 18. e4 $16) (15... Bd7 $142 $14) 16. Rac1 Bb7 (
16... Nxc4 17. Nxc4 Bb7 18. f3 Rc8 19. e4 $14) 17. Ba6 $1 {[%csl Rc6]
Similarly to 14.Ba3 Shirov exchanges the bishop that controls important
squares.} Rc8 (17... Neg4 18. g3 Bxa6 19. Qxa6 Qe5 20. Qb5 $5 Nd5 (20... Qxb5
21. Naxb5 a6 22. Nd6 $16) 21. Qe2 Qh5 22. h4 $14) 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. f4 Ned7 $2
{This is a serious mistake. It was necessary to exchange a pair of rooks.} ({
After} 19... Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Ned7 21. Nc4 (21. Qc2 Nd5 {[%csl Gc7,Re3]}) 21...
Nc5 22. b4 Nce4 23. Ne5 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ ({or} 24. Ndc6 Nd5 25. Qd3 f5 26. g4 g6
$14) 24... Qxc8 25. Ndc6 Qb7 {it would have been much easier for Black to
defend.}) 20. Nc4 $16 {Now Black must make only moves in order to avoid an
immediate disaster.} Qa6 $2 ({Necessary was} 20... Qb8 {(keeping the d6-square
under control)} 21. Qf3 Nc5 22. Ne5 ({After} 22. Nc6 Qc7 23. Nd6 Rf8 (23...
Qxc6 24. Nxc8 $18 {[%cal Gb3b4]}) 24. b4 {Black can still hold thanks to the
move} Nd5 $1 {which attacks both his opponent's knights. Then} 25. Ne5 Nxb4 (
25... Qxd6 26. bxc5 Qe7 (26... bxc5 27. e4 $18) 27. e4 $16) 26. Ndxf7 Qb7 $1 {
with good chances to survive.}) 22... a5 $16) 21. Qf3 $1 $18 {[%csl Ra6] Now
the queen is out of play and the white knights invade on the squares c6 and d6.
} Nc5 (21... Nd5 22. f5 $18) (21... Rf8 22. Nd6 Qa5 23. Nc6 Qh5 24. Qxh5 Nxh5
25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Nxf7+ Rxf7 27. Rxd7 $18 Nf6 $140 28. Rxa7) 22. Nd6 Rf8 23. b4
Ncd7 24. b5 Qxa4 25. Ra1 ({Black resigned, not willing to allow the nice
finish:} 25. Ra1 Qb4 26. Nc6 Qb3 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. Qxa8 Qxe3+ 29. Kh1 Rxa8 30.
Nxf7#) 1-0

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2004.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Black "Akesson, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.01.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 6. e4 Bg4 7. Bxc4 e6 (7...
Bxf3 8. gxf3 $14) 8. O-O Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Be2 $14 (10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12.
Ne5 {is another possibility. It's a matter of style or maybe mood which plan
to choose.}) 10... Qc7 $6 (10... Nb4 11. a5 $14) (10... c5 11. dxc5 (11. Rc1 $5
) 11... Nxc5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Rc1 $14 {1-0 Cebalo,M-Kovacevic,V/
Novi Sad 1984 (24)}) 11. h3 Bh5 (11... Bxf3 12. Bxf3 $14) 12. Ne5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2
Rad8 14. Rfc1 Nb4 (14... Qb8 $2 15. Nxc6 $18) 15. a5 Qb8 16. Ra4 Nd7 17. Bf4
Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Qc8 19. Qc4 Na6 20. b4 Qd7 $6 21. b5 cxb5 22. Qxb5 Bg5 23. Rb1 {
Black's position is more difficult than it might seem at the beginning. The
knight on a6, plus the weakness of pawn b7 are not compensated by anything.
The pawn on d4 is well protected and does not represent a real target.} Bd2 24.
Qxd7 Rxd7 25. Nb5 f6 26. Bg3 $16 e5 $6 27. dxe5 fxe5 28. Bxe5 Nc5 29. Rc4 Nd3
30. Bd6 Rxf2 31. Rc8+ Kf7 32. Rf8+ Kg6 (32... Ke6 33. Rxf2 Nxf2 34. Kxf2 a6 35.
e5 ({My opponent feared} 35. Nd4+ $2 Kxd6 36. Rd1 {but in fact Black is doing
fine in the arising pawn endgame:} Bh6 37. Nf5+ Ke6 38. Rxd7 Kxd7 39. Nxh6 gxh6
{[%cal Gd7c6,Gb7b5]}) 35... axb5 36. Rxb5 $16 {/+-}) 33. Rxf2 Nxf2 34. Kxf2 a6
35. Rd1 (35. e5 {This is not bad either, but the game wins at once.}) 35... Bb4
36. Ke2 Bxa5 37. Na3 b5 38. e5 Kf5 39. Nc2 Bb6 40. Ne3+ 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Nakamura invites Svidler to play his favourite Grünfeld.} d5 {No thank
you! I will stick to the Slav. Svidler plays the same line that he played
against Karjakin in round 1.} 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 {
Svidler shows that the opening that he essayed in the first round against
Karjakin was not just a onetrick pony. He was serious about his opening and
had prepared it in depth.} 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 {This is
definitely much more challenging than Nxd4 which was played by Sergey Karjakin
in the first round.} Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nb4 {Preventing the d4-d5 break.}
12. Bg5 {Interestingly Svidler reached this position twice in his games, once
against Ivanchuk and once against Kazhgalayev. However, on both occasions he
chose a different move. h6 is the modern treatment of this line making White
decide where he would like to keep his bishop.} h6 (12... Bd7 13. d5 exd5 14.
Nxd5 Nbxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 h6 18. Rad1 hxg5 19. Rxd7 $16 {
1/2-1/2 (46) Ivanchuk,V (2729)-Svidler,P (2765) Monte Carlo 2006}) (12... Re8
13. Ne5 Bd7 14. Bb3 Rc8 15. a5 a6 16. Na4 Nfd5 17. Nc5 $6 Bxg5 18. Nexd7 Be7
$15 {1-0 (56) Kazhgaleyev,M (2626)-Svidler,P (2726) Le Port Marly 2009}) 13.
Bxf6 {This is a highly concrete move. The idea is not related with the
d5-break but to get the knights to menacing locations in the centre - on the
e4- and e5-squares.} (13. Bh4 Bd7 14. Ne5 Bc6 {is the other critical position
of the opening, and if Svidler tries this Slav line again the chances of this
position arising can be quite good.}) 13... Bxf6 14. Ne4 (14. d5 {doesn't
really look too threatening as after} exd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Qe8 $11 {
Black has solved most of his opening problems because the b2-pawn is as weak
as the b7-pawn.}) 14... b6 (14... Be7 {Trying to preserve the bishop is met
with} 15. Ne5 b6 16. Ra3 Bb7 17. Qg4 {[%cal Ga3g3] White has good attacking
chances.}) 15. Ne5 {We are still following five games, but we have reached a
stage where you can no longer find games played by amateurs. All the games
have taken place in the practice of 2600+ players.} Bh4 $5 {This has already
been played by two players Mchedlishvili against Tomashevsky and van Foreest
against Ikonnikov. The idea is to provoke g3 so that the a1-rook cannot use
the entire third rank when it comes to a3.} (15... Bb7 $2 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 (16...
gxf6 17. Ng4 Kg7 18. Qd2 $18) 17. Nd7 Qg5 18. f4 Qxf4 19. Nxf8 Rxf8 {when
Black has compensation for the exchange but it is not enough} 20. a5 $14) 16.
g3 $146 (16. Ra3 {was played in both the games but after} Bb7 17. Rh3 {it
looks scary but after} Nd5 $11 {according to the computer this looks
completely fine for Black.} (17... Bd5 18. Nc3 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Be7 20. Qe2 Rc8
21. Qg4 Kh7 22. Rg3 Bf6 23. Ne4 {1-0 (34) Tomashevsky,E (2743)-Mchedlishvili,M
(2618) Reykjavik 2015. White had good attacking chances and for a player like
Tomashevsky this is a position that he would love.}) 18. Qg4 Bg5 19. Nxg5 (19.
Bxd5 Bxd5 $15) 19... Qxg5 20. Qxg5 hxg5 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 $15 {1/2-1/2 (77)
Ikonnikov,V (2527)-Van Foreest,J (2514) Dieren 2015. When Black was already
slightly better.}) 16... Be7 17. Nc3 Bf6 {Svidler has got this covered. Even
though White played a novelty, the Russian player is well prepared. After the
game Svidler said that even though 16.g3 is technically a novelty, it is a
natural move to consider when you are preparing this line in depth.} (17... Bb7
$6 {looks the most natural but fails to} 18. Nxf7 $5 Rxf7 19. Qxe6 Qe8 20. Re1
$40 {with a most probably decisive attack for White.}) 18. d5 {Nakamura also
plays concrete chess in this position.} Qc7 $5 (18... exd5 {looks like the
most natural move but it fails to} 19. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 $18 {when the
threats of Bxf7 and Bxa8 give White a winning position.}) 19. d6 Qc5 {Svidler
was really proud that he had found this Qc7-c5 idea at home. It is not often
that you allow the pawn to go all the way down to d6. But here concretely
Black is doing fine. He has to be very well prepared for all of White's myriad
possibilities in this position but it can be supposed that Svidler had done
his homework.} 20. Ng4 Bxc3 {Once again a dangerous move but it works in this
specific situation.} 21. bxc3 Nc6 22. Rab1 (22. d7 Bb7) 22... a6 {Preventing
Rb5. It is simply amazing that this is all a part of Svidler's preparation.} (
22... Bd7 23. Rb5 Qa3 24. Qd2 Qxa4 25. Rh5 $1 Qxc4 26. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 27. Qxh6
$18) 23. d7 {It seems like Nakamura missed something here. He couldn't
remember his preparation and played the most obvious move, pushing his pawn to
d7. However, he could have just played Bd3 directly which is what he thought
was the move he had prepared.} ({Here's an illustrative line} 23. Bd3 f5 $5 24.
Ne3 (24. Nxh6+ $5 gxh6 25. Bc4 Ne5 26. d7 Bxd7 27. Rxd7 Nxd7 28. Qxe6+ Kg7 29.
Qxd7+ Kg6 30. Be2 $44) 24... Bd7 (24... Qxd6 $6 25. Nc4 $18) 25. Bxa6 f4 26.
Ng4 h5 27. Rb5 Qxc3 28. Rxh5 Rxa6 29. Qxa6 Qf3 30. Qd3 Qxg4 31. Rh4 Qf5 32.
Rxf4 Qc5 $13) 23... Bb7 24. Bd3 Rfd8 25. Qe4 Kf8 $1 {At this point Peter had
one hour forty five minutes, five minutes more than the start of the game!
Completely mind boggling! It just showed that Svidler had come well prepared
to his event. Nakamura was under grave pressure and he was already looking for
ways to bail out.} 26. Qh7 {This position looks really scary if you are
unprepared. However, if you know the intricacies this might well be enjoyable
to play, like the current position where Black has only one good move but
Peter plays it! As Svidler said after the game he had considered only two
moves in this position Be2 and Bc2. So Qh7 was a new move for him, and he
found himself in a common situation where you know that the move made by your
opponent is not the best, but you don't know why.} (26. Be2 {was the main line
of Svidler's preparation, with some crazy lines like} Rab8 27. Qh7 Ne7 28. Nxh6
gxh6 29. Rxb6 Qxb6 30. Bh5 Ng6 31. Qxh6+ Kg8 32. Bxg6 fxg6 33. Qxg6+ Kf8 34.
Qf6+ Kg8 35. Qg6+ $11) 26... h5 $1 (26... Qg5 $2 27. Ne3 Ne5 28. Be4 Bxe4 29.
Qxe4 $18 {The d7-pawn is untouchable and the queen is completely misplaced on
g5.}) (26... Ne5 $5 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Qxg7 Qd5 29. Qf6+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ {is a draw.
}) (26... Qh5 $2 27. Be2 $18) 27. Ne3 (27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Qxg7 hxg4 29. Qxg4 Rh8
$19) 27... Ne5 $1 $15 {Black's king looks safe, and the pawn on d7 doesn't
look threatening. The light-squared holes on the kingside might cost White
dearly.} 28. Be4 {Before things went completely wrong Nakamura exchanges the
powerful b7-bishop.} Bxe4 29. Qxe4 Ra7 $1 {Svidler also made this move
relatively quickly. I am not sure whether he was still in his preparation but
he must have seen similar ideas when he was working on this opening.} 30. Nd5
$5 {Nakamura is in damage control mode now. He sees that the position has
spiralled out of control. Hence he tries to simplify, even ready to go into a
pawn down or an inferior rook ending.} Ng4 (30... Raxd7 {looks pretty natural,
but after} 31. Qxe5 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 (32... Qxd5 33. Qxd5 Rxd5 34. Rxb6 $11)
33. Qb8+ Ke7 34. Rxb6 (34. Qxb6 $2 Rd1+ 35. Kg2 Qd5+ 36. f3 (36. Kh3 Qf5+ $19 {
[%cal Gf5b1]}) 36... Rd2+ 37. Kg1 Qa2 $19) 34... Rd1+ 35. Kg2 Qd5+ 36. Kh3 {
and there is no real finishing shot available for Black at this point. This
might be the reason why Svidler steered clear of this variation.}) 31. Ne3 Nf6
(31... Nxe3 32. Qxe3 Raxd7 33. Rxd7 Rxd7 34. Qxc5+ bxc5 35. Rb6 $15 {We would
most probably reach a three vs four rook endgame which would end in a draw.})
32. Qb4 Qxb4 (32... Raxd7 33. Rxd7 Nxd7 (33... Rxd7 34. Qxb6 $11) 34. Qxc5+
Nxc5 (34... bxc5 35. Rb7 Ne5 36. Rc7 Nd3 37. Kf1 $15 {is not much as White is
very active.}) 35. Rxb6 Nxa4 36. Rxa6 Nxc3 $17 {would also lead to something
similar to what we will see in the main game.}) 33. Rxb4 (33. cxb4 Rdxd7 {
is just a pawn down position.}) 33... Nxd7 $5 {Such a move can be made by only
very strong player.} (33... Raxd7 34. Rdb1 (34. Rxd7 Nxd7 35. Nc4 Rb8 {is very
favourable for Black who is not only a pawn up but also has everything under
control.}) 34... Rd2 35. Rxb6 Ne4 36. Nc4 Ra2 (36... Rxf2 37. Nd6 $1 Re2 38.
Nxe4 Rxe4 39. Rxa6 $11) 37. Rxa6 Nxc3 38. Rb2 Rxa4 39. Rxa4 Nxa4 $17 {Once
again we reach this endgame with one side having an extra pawn and all pawns
on the same side.}) 34. Rxb6 Nxb6 35. Rxd8+ Ke7 36. Rd4 a5 $1 {Svidler,
instead of winning a pawn, wanted to reach this endgame, which shows his
excellent feel for the game. He thought that here with his pieces co-ordinated,
he had much better chances of converting the position.} 37. Nc4 $1 {This move
was not really given importance by Peter. If Black could have played his rook
to c7 before Nc4 then he would have great winning chances. But here after Nc4
we will end in a position with 4 vs 3 on the same side.} Nd5 (37... Nxa4 38.
Ne5 Kf6 39. Nd7+ Kg5 40. h4+ Kh6 41. Rxa4 Rxd7 42. Rxa5 $11) 38. Rd3 Rc7 39.
Nxa5 Nxc3 40. Kg2 (40. Rd4 Ne2+ $19) 40... Nxa4 41. Ra3 Nc3 42. Nb3 g5 {
Black has an extra pawn and more space on the kingside. With just the rooks it
would have been drawn, but with the knights things look pretty good for Black.
In any case Nakamura has a very tough defensive task ahead of him.} 43. Nd2 f5
44. h3 Kf6 45. g4 $5 {As always it is a decision of whether to do something in
the position or just sit tight. Nakamura felt that he had to do something
against the slow advance of Black's forces and hence goes for this move. It
might well be that the position is lost after this but at least White also has
some targets to attack.} Nd5 46. gxf5 Kxf5 47. Nf1 $1 {Nakamura sees that e3
will be the best spot for his knight.} Nf4+ 48. Kg3 Rc1 (48... h4+ 49. Kh2 (49.
Kf3 Nxh3) 49... Rd7 50. Ne3+ Kf6 51. Ng4+ Kg7 52. Ra5 Rd5 53. Ra7+ Kg6 54. Ra3
Rd2 55. Ra6 {It is not so easy to make progress once you give up the g4-square
to the white knight.}) 49. Ne3+ Kg6 50. Kh2 Rb1 51. Ng2 Rb2 (51... Ne2 {
keeping the knights would have increased Svidler's chances of success:} 52. Re3
Nd4 53. Re4 Rb4 $17) 52. Nxf4+ gxf4 {This endgame looks much more drawish than
with the knights on the board. Let's look and see if that is the case.} 53. Kg1
(53. Kg2 {looked as if it was not accurate because White would like to meet e5
with f3. But maybe that is not very important as after} e5 (53... Kf5 54. Ra8
e5 55. Rh8 Kg5 56. Rg8+ Kh4 57. Re8 Re2 58. Rf8 $11) 54. Ra6+ Kf5 55. Rh6 $1
Kg5 56. Re6 $11 {and it is very difficult to make progress.}) 53... e5 54. Ra5
(54. f3 h4 {Nakamura and Svidler thought this was a winning position for Black,
but it turns out that this will also be a draw.} 55. Ra5 Kf5 56. Ra6 $1 {
Cutting the king off from e6 and preventing its entry.} (56. Rc5 Ke6 57. Rc6+
Kd5 58. Rh6 Kd4 59. Rh5 e4 60. fxe4 Ke3 $19)) 54... Re2 55. h4 f3 56. Kh2 $1
Rxf2+ 57. Kg3 Re2 58. Kxf3 {With excellent play Nakamura finally could heave a
sigh of relief. He had successfully made it to a draw.} Re1 59. Ra8 Rh1 60. Ke4
Rxh4+ 61. Kxe5 Rb4 62. Rg8+ Kh7 63. Rg1 Kh6 64. Kf5 {A great game by Svidler
who had Nakamura under pressure throughout the game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Sergey usually begins with 1.e4 but every now and then you see him
opening with his king's knight. So it didn't come as such a huge surprise for
Svidler.} d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 {Svidler is known all over the chess world for
his Grünfeld. But there was a brief period betwee 2007 to 2009 where he played
the Slav Defence. In the Candidates 2016 this became the main weapon of Peter
who had excellent results with it. Draws against Karjakin and Nakamura and a
win against Aronian.} 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 $5 {This is considered a tad
passive as Black transposes the game into Queen Gambit Accepted territory.
Especially because the move c5 will come with a loss of of tempo (c7-c6-c5).
But Black would like to say that the way White has made use of his extra tempo
is not particularly the best by playing a2-a4.} (5... Bf5 {is certainly the
main line when the theory runs into pages.}) 6. e3 (6. e4 Bb4 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bd2
b5 9. axb5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 cxb5 11. Ng5 {is the sharp tactical line which
Svidler looked at great depth before the game.}) 6... c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. Nxd4 $5 {As Svidler said after the round, "Sergey is used to doing
this everytime against me. I prepare all the lines against him and he comes up
with a move that I haven't looked at in the morning prior to the game!"
Although this move might not be as popular as 9.exd4 it is not without venom.
Basically if Black would take on d4 then after exd4 White gets a nice
initiative after exd4 threatening the d5 break. On the other hand, if you
don't take on d4 then you are not able to fully unwind.} (9. exd4 {is the main
line.}) 9... Bd7 {Peter made this move quickly. Even though he hadn't revised
this line before the game, he remembered that Bd7 was the main move. That was
where his theoretical knowledge ended, but it was important for him to bluff
to his opponent that he was well prepared. You can see how over the board
psychology plays an important role in the games of these top players.} (9...
Nxd4 10. exd4 {If Black was able to get in Bd7-c6 here he would be completely
fine. But that is a long way off and White has shown that he is better in this
line.} Be7 11. d5 $1 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 O-O 14. Be3 $14 {and this
symmetrical structured position is simply torture for Black. There is simply
no easy way to neutralise White's forces.}) 10. Nf3 $5 {A nice piece of
prophylactic thinking. Black wanted to take on d4 and follow it up with Bc6,
so White simply retreats his knight.} a6 {Although this wastes time it secures
the excellent c7-square for the black queen.} 11. e4 (11. b3 Bb4 12. Bb2 O-O {
and Black has no real problems.}) 11... Qc7 {Ng4 followed by Ne5 is one of the
common ideas in this position, so Karjakin prevents it with his next move.} 12.
h3 Bd6 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Bd3 (14. Bg5 {is another option for White but after} Ne5
15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Bb3 Rfd8 $15 {followed by Rac8, the doubled pawns on the
kingside don't really affect Black whereas the bishop pair might become an
extrmely potent force.}) 14... Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 {Black's next idea is to put
his bishop on c6. Overall his position is quite harmonious.} 16. f4 Bd4+ (16...
Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qxc3 {is liked by the engines but Svidler didn't even consider
this move for a second. After} 18. Bb2 $44 {White has bucket loads of
compensation for the pawn in the form of an extremely strong dark-squared
bishop.}) 17. Be3 (17. Kh1 e5 $11) 17... Bxe3+ 18. Qxe3 {This might be a good
positional exercise for anyone who might want to learn about good bishops and
bad bishops and prophylactic thinking. Currently the bishop on d3 is not so
great. It is desperate for the e-pawn to move ahead and open up the b1-h7
diagonal. However, Svidler willhave none of that. He just shuts off everything
with this next fine move.} e5 $1 (18... Bc6 {is not bad but it is not in the
spirit of the position.} 19. e5 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 $11 {Black is not worse but
White is also doing fine.}) 19. Rac1 (19. fxe5 Qxe5 $15 {The e-pawn is
isolated and the bishop is coming next to c6, this is quite a depressing and
one-sided position in Black's favour.}) (19. f5 Bc6 20. b4 Rfd8 21. b5 Bxb5 $1
22. Nxb5 axb5 23. Bxb5 Rd4 $17) 19... exf4 20. Qxf4 Qxf4 {Although Black had
an option to stay in the middlegame with Qc5+, once Svidler saw that he could
transpose the game into a slightly favourable endgame he didn't hesitate.} (
20... Qc5+ {was an option, but once Svidler saw that he could go into a
slightly better endgame with nothing to worry about, he immediately exchanged
the queens.}) 21. Rxf4 Be6 22. Kf2 {This thematic move, which could have been
a text-book example of activating your king in the late middlegame/ early
endgame, is double edged. The king can be well placed on e3 or it may become a
target for some small tactical tricks.} Rac8 23. Ke3 Nd7 {Svidler's play is
natural and there might not be such a great point in going into the details of
whether Rfd8 was more accurate before Nd7 or Rfe8 before the knight move. As
things stand Black has the slightly better game but Sergey has things under
control.} (23... Rfd8 24. Ne2 $1 {exchanging a pair of rooks eases White's
defensive task.}) (23... Rfe8 {tries to take advantage of the white king.} 24.
Be2 Nd7 25. Rd1 Ne5 26. Rff1 Rc6 $15 {And Black definitely has pressure.}) 24.
Rff1 Rfe8 25. Be2 Nb6 $6 {This idea of Nc4+ exchanges a pair of minor pieces
and reduces White's difficulties.} (25... Rc6 {Followed by doubling of the
rooks on the c-file, and ...Nc5, puts more pressure on White.} 26. Rfd1 Nc5 27.
Bf3 Nb3 28. Rc2 Na5 $36) 26. Rcd1 Nc4+ 27. Bxc4 Rxc4 28. Rf2 $11 {Now it is
just equal.} Kf8 29. Rd4 Rxd4 30. Kxd4 Rc8 {After a subsequent Nd5 the
position will peter out and the players agreed to a draw. It can be said that
the game was a success for Svidler as with the black pieces he was able to put
substantial pressure on his compatriot.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.22"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 {Even in such a solid
opening as the Classical Slav, one can count on Jobava to come up with
something unusual. However, he has already played the text move in the past
more than once, so it came as no surprise to Aronian.} ({The standard
continuation is definitely} 5... Bf5 {and now:} 6. e3 ({In the sharp line} 6.
Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5 12. Ne3 gxf4
13. Nxf5 O-O-O 14. Qc2 Nc5 15. O-O fxg3 16. hxg3 a5 17. Rfd1 h5 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8
19. Rd1 Qf6 20. Bh3 Kb8 21. Qd2 {White has perhaps a slight edge, but the
position remains volatile and fully containing Black's counterplay is very
difficult after} Be7 22. Qe3 Ng6 23. Rd4 $5 (23. Nxe7 Qxe7 24. Qxe7 Nxe7 25.
Rd6 h4 26. g4 Ne6 27. Ne4 Nf4 28. Kh2 Ned5 29. Rd7 Re8 30. f3 {Gelfand,B (2723)
-Akopian,V (2673) Yerevan rpd 2008} f6 $132) 23... Ne6 24. Ne4 Qe5 25. Rd7 Rd8
26. Qd3 Rxd7 27. Qxd7 Qxe4 28. Nxe7 Nxe7 29. Qxe7 Qxe2 30. Qxf7 Qd1+ 31. Bf1 (
31. Kg2 Qd5+ 32. Kh2 Nc5 $5 $13 {/+/=}) 31... Nd4 32. Qf8+ Kc7 33. Qe7+ Kc8 {
1/2, So,W (2788)-Mamedyarov,S (2756) Shamkir 2015}) 6... e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. h3 O-O (11... Qa5 $5 12. Na2 Bd6 13. b4 Qg5
14. f4 Qh4 15. Qf3 g5 16. fxg5 Qxg5 17. b5 O-O 18. Nc3 Qh4 19. Bd3 Rac8 20. Bd2
c5 21. Ne4 {½-½ (48) Kramnik,V (2781)-Le,Q (2715) Dortmund 2011} Nxe4 22.
Bxe4 cxd4 23. exd4 Rc7 24. Ba5 b6 25. Be1 Qg5 $132 {For more details about
this line see the survey in CBM 150 with notes to this game.}) 12. Qb3 Qe7 (
12... Qb6 $142 13. Rd1 a5 {is played more often and seems more to the point -
Black retains a solid position.}) 13. a5 b5 14. axb6 Nxb6 15. Be2 (15. Ba6 Rab8
16. Bd2 c5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Qc2 Nbd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Rfc1 Bd6 21. b3 Nb4 22.
Bxb4 Bxb4 $11 {Semcesen,D (2431)-Hector,J (2524) Vaxjo 2013}) 15... c5 16. Bf3
Rab8 17. Na2 a5 18. Nxb4 axb4 19. Bd2 Rfd8 20. Rfc1 Nbd7 21. Ra7 Qd6 22. Rc4
Nd5 23. Qc2 cxd4 {Korobov,A (2709)-Bartel,M (2624) EU-chT Reykjavik 2015} 24.
Rxd4 $14 {[%csl Gd2,Gf3] ^^}) ({In the} 5... e6 {line Black faces some
problems after the simple} 6. e3 ({Sharper, but more double-edged is} 6. e4 Bb4
7. e5 Nd5 8. Bd2 $44) 6... c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O
11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Bg5 h6 (12... Bd7 13. d5 $36) 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne4 b6 15. Ne5
Bh4 (15... Bb7 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Nd7 Qg6 18. d5 Rfe8 19. Ne5 Qg5 {Bacrot,E 
(2711)-Kempinski,R (2625) EU-ch Jerusalem 2015} 20. Nf3 Qg6 21. dxe6 $36) 16.
Ra3 Bb7 17. Rh3 Bd5 18. Nc3 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Be7 20. Qe2 Rc8 21. Qg4 Kh7 22. Rg3
Bf6 23. Ne4 Rc7 24. h4 Qe7 25. Kh2 Nd5 26. Nxf6+ Qxf6 27. Rdd3 Ne7 28. Rgf3 Nf5
29. g3 Kg8 30. Qf4 Rd8 31. d5 $16 {Tomashevsky,E (2743)-Mchedlishvili,M (2618)
EU-chT Reykjavik 2015}) 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. f3 {The main and most principled
reaction, White wants to occupy the centre.} ({Baadur's most recent experience
with this line went} 7. g3 Na6 (7... e6 8. Bg2 Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Nxc4 a5 $11 {
/+/= is similar and very typical for the Slav - while Black's setup is solid,
it's also rather passive.}) 8. Bg2 Nb4 9. O-O a5 10. Nxc4 e6 11. h3 Nd7 $5 $146
(11... Be7 12. g4 Bg6 13. e4 Nd7 14. Be3 f6 15. Qe2 O-O 16. Rad1 f5 $2 17. d5
cxd5 18. exf5 $16 Rc8 19. fxg6 dxc4 20. gxh7+ Kh8 21. Bxb7 Rb8 22. Be4 Qc8 23.
Ba7 Rb7 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Qxe6 Nf6 26. Bd4 Nd3 27. Ne2 Nd5 28. Qe4 Bb4 29. b3
N3f4 30. Nxf4 Rxf4 31. Qg2 c3 32. Bxc3 {1-0 (32) Gavrikov,V (2470)-Bronstein,D
(2490) Minsk 1983}) 12. Bf4 (12. f4 f5 $5) (12. Ne4 $5 $14 {/\} Nb6 $2 13. Bg5)
12... Nb6 13. Ne5 f6 14. Nf3 Be7 15. Rc1 O-O 16. Ne4 Bf7 17. g4 Kh8 18. Bg3 Bg8
19. e3 Na2 20. Ra1 Nb4 {and White already found nothing better than} 21. Rc1 {
½, Timofeev,A (2553)-Jobava,B (2699) RUS-chT Sochi 2015}) 7... Nfd7 {
Challenging the Ne5 is standard in the Slav and was long considered the only
plausible continuation.} ({However, even the rare and risky} 7... e6 {has
appeared recently:} {The most principled alternative is} 8. g4 (8. e4 Bb4 9.
Be2 (9. Bxc4 $2 Nxe4 $1) (9. g4 Bg6 10. h4 Nbd7 11. h5 Bxe4 12. fxe4 Nxe4 $44)
9... b5 10. Be3 Nfd7 11. g4 Bg6 $142 (11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qxd1+ 13. Kxd1 Bxc3 (
13... Bg6 14. axb5 {/\} Bxc3 15. b6 $1 $18) 14. bxc3 Bg6 15. Kc2 Nd7 16. axb5
cxb5 17. Rhb1 h5 18. g5 Nxe5 19. Bd4 f6 20. gxf6 gxf6 21. Rxb5 $16 {Morozevich,
A (2711)-Heberla,B (2567) Jurmala 2015 White will soon start harvesting
Black's weak pawns.}) 12. h4 (12. axb5 cxb5 13. Kf2 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. Nxb5
O-O $132) 12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 h5 (13... Qxd1+ 14. Kxd1 Bxc3 15. bxc3 h5 16. g5
$44) 14. Qxd8+ Kxd8 15. g5 Nd7 16. axb5 cxb5 17. Bd2 Nc5 18. Nxb5 Bxd2+ 19.
Kxd2 Nb3+ 20. Kc3 Nxa1 21. Rxa1 a5 {1/2-1/2 (38) Aronian,L (2724)-Bu,X (2637)
Beersheba 2005} 22. Bxc4 Ke7 23. Nc7 Rac8 24. Nb5 $44 {/=}) (8. h4 Nd5 $5 (8...
Be7 9. g3 $5 Nfd7 10. Nxc4 Nb6 11. e4 O-O 12. a5 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 Kh8 $2 14. Be3
e5 15. g4 Bxh4+ 16. Ke2 Bg6 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. f4 Be7 19. f5 Nxe5 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8
21. Bb3 Nxg4 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Rag1 $16 {Tunik,G (2447)-Kashtanov,R (2341) St
Petersburg 1999}) 9. e4 Nb4 10. g4 f6 $13) {After} 8... Bg6 (8... Nd5 9. e4 $5
(9. h4 Bb4 10. Bd2 Be7 11. e4 Bxh4+ 12. Ke2 Bg6 13. exd5 cxd5 14. f4 Nc6 15.
Be3 $14 {Gustafsson,J (2607)-Tischbierek,R (2487) Bad Woerishofen 2008}) 9...
Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qh4+ 11. Ke2 f6 12. Nxc4 Bf7 13. Bf4 $1 e5 14. Bg3 Qh6 15. Kf2
$36) 9. h4 {Black has the tactical} c5 10. h5 Bd3 $5 {and now:} 11. dxc5 $1 {
seems more testing, a sample line is} (11. exd3 cxd4 12. dxc4 (12. Ne4 Nxe4 13.
dxe4 Qa5+ {[%csl Re5]}) 12... Qd6 13. Qe2 (13. Bf4 dxc3 14. bxc3 Nc6 15. Qe2
$13) 13... dxc3 14. Bg2 Nfd7 (14... Nbd7 $5) 15. Nd3 Nc5 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 (16...
Qg3+ 17. Kf1 Bxc5) 17. f4 Nc6 18. bxc3 Qa5 19. Rb1 O-O-O $132 {Khismatullin,D 
(2570)-Chuprikov,D (2394) Voronezh 2007}) (11. d5 $5 {or}) 11... Qd4 12. f4
Bxc5 13. Rh2 Nbd7 $5 (13... Be4 14. Qxd4 Bxd4 15. g5 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Nd5 17.
Nxc4 $16 {[%csl Rd6,Re8]}) 14. Nf3 Qd6 15. exd3 Nxg4 16. Nb5 Bb4+ 17. Bd2 Qxf4
18. Bxb4 Nxh2 19. Nxh2 Qg3+ 20. Kd2 Qxh2+ 21. Qe2 $36) 8. Nxc4 e5 {The pawn
sacrifice is consistent with the previous move.} ({Black is not interested in
the passive} 8... e6 $143 9. e4 a5 10. Be3 Na6 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O Nb4 13. Na2
O-O 14. Nxb4 Bxb4 15. Qb3 Qb8 16. Rfd1 Re8 17. Kh1 f6 18. Bd2 Bxd2 19. Rxd2 $16
{(), Khalifman,A (2655)-Gretarsson,H (2475) Aaland-Stockholm 1997}) 9. Be3 $5 {
[%mdl 36] A rather rare move. Already early on Aronian targets Black's
queenside, where the game will be decided later on.} ({Directly accepting the
offered pawn has long been known to be inferior:} 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11.
f4 (11. Bf4 $5 Qa5 12. Qb3 Bb4 13. Kf2 Bg6 $44) 11... Bb4 12. Qc2 (12. g3 Bg4
13. Bg2 Qb6 14. Bd2 a5 15. Ne4 f5 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Bxb4 Qxb4+
19. Qd2 Qxd2+ 20. Kxd2 O-O-O+ 21. Kc1 Bxe2 22. Ra3 Rhe8 $32 {Osnos,V-Bronstein,
D Leningrad 1963}) 12... Qe7 13. e4 g5 $1 14. Be2 gxf4 15. e6 Qh4+ 16. Kf1
Bxe2+ 17. Qxe2 fxe6 18. Qf2 Qe7 19. e5 Nxe5 20. Bxf4 Rf8 21. Rd1 Bc5 {0-1,
Timman,J (2600)-Petrosian,T (2605) Las Palmas 1982}) ({Also the most played
continuation} 9. Ne4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qe7 {doesn't seem to promise White an edge:}
11. Bxb4 (11. dxe5 O-O 12. Rc1 (12. f4 Na6 13. Qb3 Bg6 14. Ned6 Ndc5 15. Qh3 b5
16. axb5 cxb5 17. Bxb4 Nxb4 18. Na3 Rad8 19. Rd1 Ne4 20. f5 Qxe5 21. fxg6 hxg6
22. Qe3 Qxb2 23. Qxe4 Qxa3 $44 24. g3 $2 (24. Kf2 $142) 24... Qa5 25. Bg2 Rxd6
$19 {Knaak,R (2530)-Tischbierek,R (2460) Potsdam 1985}) 12... Bg6 (12... Na6
13. Bxb4 Nxb4 14. Qd6 Rfe8 15. Qxe7 (15. f4 f6 16. Ng3 Bg6 17. f5 Nxe5 18. Qxe7
Rxe7 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. fxg6 Nd3+ 21. Kd2 Nxc1 22. gxh7+ Kxh7 23. Kxc1 Rc5+ 24.
Kb1 Rd8 25. e3 Rd1+ 26. Ka2 Rc2 $17 {Malaniuk,V (2500)-Huzman,A (2475)
Vrnjacka Banja 1991}) 15... Rxe7 16. Ned6 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. e4 $14) 13.
Bxb4 Qxb4+ 14. Qd2 Qxa4 15. Ned6 b5 16. Qa5 Qxa5+ 17. Nxa5 Nxe5 18. f4 Nc4 19.
Naxc4 bxc4 20. e4 Bxe4 21. Nxe4 Re8 22. Rxc4 f5 23. Kf2 Rxe4 24. Rxe4 fxe4 25.
Bc4+ Kf8 26. Rd1 Ke7 27. Rd4 Nd7 28. Rxe4+ Kd6 29. Re6+ Kc5 30. Re7 Nf6 31. Be2
g6 32. Rf7 Nd5 $132 {[%cal Ya8b8] Rogemont,A (2331)-Mayer,R (2456) email 2007
The resulting endgame is just about tenable for Black.}) 11... Qxb4+ 12. Qd2
Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 exd4 14. Ned6+ Kd8 $5 (14... Ke7 15. Nf5+ (15. Nxb7 $5 Na6 16.
e3 $14) 15... Kf6 16. Nxd4 Rd8 17. e4 Nc5 18. Ke3 Rxd4 19. Kxd4 Nb3+ 20. Kc3
Nxa1 21. Be2 Ke7 22. Rxa1 Nd7 23. b4 f6 24. Rd1 Nb6 25. Na5 Nxa4+ 26. Kb3 Nb6
27. Nxb7 Bf7+ 28. Kc3 Rb8 29. Ba6 $36 {Kramnik,V (2725)-Damljanovic,B (2505)
Moscow olm 1994}) 15. Nxb7+ Kc7 16. Nba5 Na6 17. e4 dxe3+ 18. Nxe3 Nb4 19. Bc4
Rhe8 20. Rhe1 Bg6 21. Kc3 Rab8 22. Nb3 Ne5 23. Nc5 a5 24. Na6+ Nxa6 25. Bxa6
Nd7 26. Bc4 f6 27. Nc2 Bxc2 28. Kxc2 Nb6 $11 {Shipov,S (2576)-Korotylev,A 
(2609) Moscow blitz 2006}) ({White's attention has shifted to other moves,
which have been causing the defence more problems. Jobava faced} 9. g3 {
and now:} {It's difficult to say where Baadur wanted to improve Black's play;
our game indicates that maybe he intended to deviate earlier with} f6 (9... Bb4
10. dxe5 O-O 11. Bh3 $1 ({An old game went} 11. Qd4 $143 Na6 12. Bf4 Ndc5 13.
Qxd8 Raxd8 14. Nd2 Rfe8 15. O-O-O Nc7 16. Bg5 Ra8 17. e4 Rxe5 18. Bf4 Re7 19.
g4 Bg6 20. Ndb1 Nd5 $1 21. Rxd5 cxd5 22. Nxd5 Nb3+ 23. Kc2 Nd4+ 24. Kd3 Nxf3
25. Nxe7+ Bxe7 26. Nc3 Rd8+ 27. Ke3 Ng5 28. b4 {Kuzmin,G (2565)-Taimanov,M 
(2595) Leningrad izt 1973} Bf6 29. e5 Be7 $36) 11... Qe7 12. f4 Rd8 (12... f6
13. e6 Nc5 14. f5 Nba6 15. O-O Rfd8 16. Qc2 Rd4 17. Rf4 Rad8 18. Be3 Rxf4 19.
Bxf4 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Nxe6 21. fxe6 Qc5+ 22. Ne3 g5 23. Kf2 gxf4 24. gxf4 Nc7 25.
Rg1+ Kh8 26. c4 Rd4 27. Qf5 Qxf5 28. Nxf5 Rxc4 {Kasimdzhanov,R (2705)-Jobava,B
(2696) Tbilisi 2015} 29. Ne7 $18) 13. Qc2 Bg6 (13... f6 14. e6 Nc5 15. f5 Rd4
16. Nd2 Nba6 17. O-O Ba5 18. Bg2 Nb4 19. Qb1 Rad8 20. Nf3 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Nb3 22.
Ra3 Nxc1 23. Rxc1 Qc5 24. Kg2 Qe5 25. Rb3 Bb6 26. Rd1 Kf8 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 28. Kh1
Qc5 29. Kg2 a5 30. Nd1 Rd2 31. Ne3 Qd4 32. Kh3 $16 {Ward,A (1979)-Voracek,M
email 2008}) 14. f5 Bh5 15. Bf4 {Perhaps Black should try some previously
untested idea like} Na6 $5 (15... g5 16. fxg6 Bxg6 17. Bf5 $5 $14) (15... Nb6
16. Nxb6 axb6 17. O-O Nd7 18. Ne4 Nxe5 19. f6 $16) {, but even this doesn't
seem like equality after} 16. Rd1 (16. O-O-O $5) {, for example} 16... b5 17.
axb5 cxb5 18. Ne3 Nxe5 19. Ned5 Qc5 20. Be3 $36) 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8
12. Nxe5 fxe5 13. Be3 (13. Bg5+ Kc7 14. O-O-O Nd7 15. Bh3 Be8 16. Be3 Nf6 17.
f4 exf4 18. gxf4 (18. Bxf4+ Kb6 19. e4 $14) 18... c5 19. Rhg1 Bc6 20. Nb5+ Bxb5
21. axb5 Re8 22. Rd3 Kb8 23. b3 g6 24. Kb1 Bd6 25. Bc1 Bc7 26. Bb2 Rhf8 $132 {
Schmidt,T (2538)-Mayer,R (2456) email 2007}) 13... Nd7 (13... Na6 {transposes
into our game}) 14. Bh3 Nf6 15. Kf2 Bb4 16. a5 Ke7 {Mihajlovic,V (2370)-Tadic,
B (2486) Tivat 2011} 17. Rhc1 Bf7 18. Na4 $36) ({Another promising alternative
is} 9. e4 Qh4+ (9... Bb4 10. dxe5 O-O 11. h4 h6 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. Qc2 Nb6 14.
O-O-O N8d7 15. Na2 a5 16. Nxb6 Nxb6 17. Be3 Nd7 18. Kb1 Rfd8 19. Be2 Nxe5 20.
Nxb4 axb4 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Qc5 f6 23. Qxb4 Bf7 24. f4 $16 {Van Unen,H (2530)
-Dolgov,I (2506) email 2007}) (9... f6 10. Be3 Bf7 11. Be2 Nb6 12. d5 N8d7 13.
O-O Nxc4 14. Bxc4 Bc5 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. a5 O-O 17. b4 cxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19.
exd5 Qd6 20. Rb1 Na6 21. Ne4 Qd7 22. d6 Rac8 23. Qb3+ Qf7 24. Qe3 {Orsolic,M 
(2127)-Nemec,Z (2004) Lechenicher SchachServer 2010}) 10. g3 Qf6 11. dxe5 Qxf3
12. Nd6+ Ke7 {Mail games show} 13. Bf4 $5 {to be more dangerous:} (13. Qb3 Nxe5
(13... Qxh1 $1 14. Qxb7 Ke6 15. Qb3+ (15. Bf4 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bxd6 17. Bxd6 Kxd6
18. Qxa8 Qxh2 19. Qxa7 Qxg3+ 20. Qf2 Qxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Nd7 22. b4 $11) 15... Ke7
16. Qb7 Ke6 17. Qb3+ $11) 14. Qxb7+ Kf6 15. Rg1 Bxd6 16. Be2 Nbd7 17. Bxf3 Nc5
18. Nd5+ cxd5 19. Qxd5 Nxf3+ 20. Kf1 Be5 21. Qxc5 Rac8 22. Qf2 (22. Qe3 $1 $18)
22... Bd4 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Nxh2+ 25. Kg2 Rc2+ 26. Kh3 Bg4+ 27. Kh4 h5 $1
$132 {Shimanov,A (2649)-Jobava,B (2716) EU-ch Yerevan 2014/ For more details
about this exciting game see the notes by Ftacnik in CBM 160.}) 13... h6 (13...
Qxd1+ 14. Nxd1 Nc5 15. Ne3 Kd8 16. Nec4 Bxd6 17. Nxd6 Ne6 18. Bh3 Kc7 19. Bd2
Nd7 20. O-O Rhf8 21. Bc3 a5 22. b4 axb4 23. Bxb4 c5 24. Bc3 $36 {Goebert,F 
(2392)-Ketelhoehn,B (2346) email 2007}) 14. Qb3 Nc5 15. Qc4 Qxh1 16. Qxc5 Nd7
17. Qf2 (17. Qb4 Rb8 18. Qd4 Rh7 19. h3 Bf3 20. Ne2 Bxe2 21. Kxe2 g5 22. Rd1
Rd8 23. Be3 Qh2+ 24. Bf2 $18 {Lehnhoff,H-Mayer,R email 2008}) 17... Kd8 18. g4
Bxd6 19. gxh5 Bc5 20. Qd2 Qg1 21. O-O-O Qg4 22. e6 Qxe6 23. Qd3 Ke8 24. Bh3 Ne5
25. Qg3 Qf6 26. Kb1 Bd6 27. Rxd6 Qxd6 28. Bxe5 $40 {Geissler,W (2314)-Arreaga
Orozco,A (2348) email 2009}) 9... Na6 (9... exd4 $143 $6 10. Qxd4 Qf6 11. O-O-O
Bg6 12. Qxf6 Nxf6 13. Bf4 Nbd7 14. e4 O-O-O 15. g3 Nc5 16. Bh3+ Ne6 17. Rxd8+
Kxd8 18. Rd1+ Kc8 19. Be3 Bb4 20. Bxa7 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Ne5
Ng5 24. Bb6+ {1-0 (24) Granda Zuniga,J (2500)-Gonzalez,L Gran Canaria 1989}) (
9... Bb4 10. g4 (10. Qb3 $5) 10... Bg6 11. dxe5 O-O 12. h4 h6 13. g5 h5 14. Bh3
Qe7 15. f4 Rd8 16. Qc1 Nc5 17. f5 Nb3 18. Qb1 Nxa1 19. fxg6 Nb3 20. O-O Rf8 21.
Rf6 Bc5 22. gxf7+ Rxf7 23. Qg6 Na6 24. Rxf7 Qxf7 25. Be6 {1-0,Fernandez,D 
(2423)-Gonzalez,R (2470) San Diego 2006/ For more details about this
subvariation see the notes to this game by Hübner in CBM 112.}) 10. g3 (10. g4
exd4 11. Qxd4 Bg6 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. Qxd6 Qe7 14. Qxe7+ Kxe7 15. f4 Nb4 16.
O-O-O Bc2 17. Rd4 a5 18. Rd2 Bb3 19. Bd4 Rhd8 20. Bxg7 Nd5 21. Nxd5+ Bxd5 22.
e4 Bxe4 23. Bg2 Nc5 24. Bxe4 Rxd2 25. Kxd2 Nxe4+ 26. Ke3 Nc5 27. Bd4 Nb3 28.
Re1 Nxd4 29. Kxd4+ Kf6 $14 {/<=>,Aleksandrov,V (2490)-Mayer,R (2456) email 2007
}) 10... f6 $146 {This is a novelty, but a natural one.} ({After} 10... exd4 {
Aronian would have certainly improved with} 11. Qxd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4e4,Gd4g7,
Yf1h3]} (11. Bxd4 f6 12. Bg2 Bb4 13. O-O Bf7 14. Qd3 O-O 15. Ne4 Ndc5 16. Bxc5
Qxd3 17. exd3 Nxc5 $17 {Edes,Z (1882)-Milcova,Z (1766) Trencin 2009}) 11... Qf6
12. Qxf6 Nxf6 13. Rd1 (13. O-O-O $5) 13... Nb4 14. Kf2 $36) 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 {[%csl Ra7]} 13. Nxe5 fxe5 14. Bh3 Kc7 (14... Ke8 15. Rd1 $16) 15.
Rc1 (15. Rd1 $5 {seems even more energetic:} Bd6 16. Ne4 Bb4+ 17. Kf2 $36)
15... b6 {Frees the Ra8 and prepares B(N)c5.} 16. Bf5 Bf7 (16... Bc5 17. Bxc5
Nxc5 18. b4 Nb3 19. Nb5+ Kb7 20. Rc3 cxb5 21. Be4+ Ka6 22. Bxa8 bxa4 23. Bc6 $5
Be8 24. Bd5 Kb5 25. Rc7 $14) 17. Kf2 g6 $2 {If I had to pinpoint the main
reason for Black's loss, it would be this move. Chasing the bishop to a good
square is definitely not ideal, now White's pressure will grow rapidly.} (17...
Be7 $142 18. a5 (18. Nb5+ Kb7 19. a5 Bd5 20. Nc3 Bb3 $132) 18... Bb3 19. Bc2 (
19. Ne4 g6 20. Bh3 Rad8 $132) 19... Bxc2 20. Rxc2 Nb4 21. Rcc1 $14 {is only
slightly worse for Black - the final result still remains open.}) 18. Be4 {
[%cal Rc3b5]} Kb7 (18... Nc5 19. Nb5+ Kb7 (19... cxb5 20. b4 $5 $18 {->} (20.
Bxa8 bxa4 21. Rhd1 Bb3 $16)) 20. Bxc5 bxc5 (20... Bxc5+ $2 21. Rxc5 bxc5 22.
Nd6+ $18) 21. Rhd1 Kb6 22. b4 Bb3 23. Rd7 $40) (18... Bc5 19. Nb5+ cxb5 20.
axb5 Nb4 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Rxc5+ Kd6 24. Rhc1 Be8 25. Rc8 Rxc8
26. Rxc8 Bxb5 27. Rh8 $16) 19. Rhd1 Nc5 20. Bc2 Rc8 21. Ne4 {Regains the
e4-square for the bishop. Other tempting moves to retain the initiative were} (
21. b4 Ne6 22. Bb3 Nd8 23. Bxf7 Nxf7 24. a5 $36) ({and} 21. a5 $5 $16) 21...
Nxe4+ (21... a5 22. Nxc5+ Bxc5 23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. Rd7+ Rc7 25. Rd3 $14 {/+/-})
22. Bxe4 $32 Be6 {[%cal Yf8b4]} 23. a5 $1 {[%csl Rc6,Rf8,Rh8] Given time to
consolidate his position with Bb4, Black could hope to survive. Therefore
Levon must act energetically.} bxa5 $8 (23... Bb4 24. a6+ Kb8 (24... Kxa6 25.
Bxc6 Rhf8 26. Ra1+ Ba5 27. Rd6 $18 {[%cal Rd6e6,Rb2b4]}) 25. Rxc6 $16) 24. Bc5
$5 (24. Bg5 Bb4 25. Bf6 Rhe8 26. Bxe5 Bd5 27. Bxd5 Rxe5 28. Bc4 {also favours
White, but the opposite-coloured bishops give the defence some hope.}) 24...
Bf5 (24... a4 25. Bxf8 (25. Ba3 Bf5 $14 (25... Bxa3 26. bxa3 Bd5 27. Rb1+ Bb3
28. Rd7+ $16 {/\} Rc7 29. Rxc7+ Kxc7 30. Rc1)) 25... Rhxf8 26. Rc5 Bd5 27. Bxd5
Rfd8 $5 (27... cxd5 28. Rcxd5 $16 (28. Rb5+ $5)) 28. Ke3 (28. Rxc6 Rxd5 29.
Rxd5 Rxc6 (29... Kxc6 $2 30. Ra5 $16) 30. Rxe5 Ka6 $1 $132 {[%csl Rb2][%cal
Yc6c2,Yc6b6]}) 28... Rxd5 29. Rcxd5 cxd5 30. Rxd5 Rc2 31. Rd2 $14 {/+/-}) 25.
Bxf5 gxf5 26. Rd3 Rc7 (26... e4 27. Ra3 exf3 28. Kxf3 $16 {[%csl Ra5,Ra7,Rc6,
Rf5,Rh7] The rook endgame is dreary, Black's isolated pawns will soon start
falling.}) 27. Ra3 $16 Bh6 $6 (27... Bxc5+ 28. Rxc5 Re8 29. Rcxa5 Kb8 $16 {
was more resilient. Now White's bishop stays alive and takes part in the
attack, while Bh6 won't help much.}) 28. Rc2 Rd8 29. Rxa5 a6 ({The pawn will
be even weaker now, but} 29... Kb8 30. Rc4 $40 {[%cal Yc4a4,Yc4b4,Yc4h4] is
not a major improvement.}) 30. Ra3 $1 {[%csl Ra6,Rb6][%cal Ya3b3,Yb3b6]} e4 (
30... Rd2 31. Rxd2 Bxd2 32. Bd6 $18 {[%csl Re5]}) 31. Rb3+ Ka8 (31... Kc8 32.
Bb6 $18) 32. Rb6 $18 Rd5 (32... exf3 33. Kxf3 $18 (33. e3 $5 Rd1 34. Bd4 $18))
33. b4 $1 {[%cal Rc2a2] White is in no hurry to win material.} Bd2 (33... Rd2
34. Rxa6+ Kb7 35. Rb6+ (35. Ra7+ Kc8 36. Rxc7+ Kxc7 37. Rxd2 Bxd2 38. fxe4 fxe4
39. g4 Bf4 {simplifies the position, but makes White's task more difficult.})
35... Kc8 36. Rc4 $5 exf3 37. Kxf3 Rd5 38. Rh4 Bg5 39. Rh5 $18) 34. Ra2 {
Now White has a mating attack, the rest requires no comment.} Rb7 35. Rxc6 Rbd7
36. Raxa6+ Kb7 37. Rab6+ Ka8 38. Rb5 {[%cal Rc6c8,Rc6a6]} e3+ 39. Kg2 (39. Kg2
{and the only move to avert immediate mate is the totally hopeless} Rxc5 $18)
1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qe2 ({The main line is} 11. Ne5 Bd7 {Probably
the strongest continuation. White has nothing after 12.Nxd7 so let's look at
12.Qf3 and 12.Qe2:} (11... Nb4 12. Qf3 Nfd5 13. Rac1 Bf6 (13... Rb8 $6 {
This is a bad square for Black's rook.} 14. Rfd1 $6 (14. Qg3 $1 Bd7 15. Bh6 Bf6
16. Ne4 Bxa4 (16... Bc6 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Bf4 $18) 17. Rc3 $3
Nxc3 (17... Bxe5 18. dxe5 g6 19. Bg5 $18) 18. bxc3 Rc8 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Bg5
Qf5 21. cxb4 $18) 14... Bd7 15. Nxd5 (15. Bd2 $14) 15... Nxd5 16. Bxd5 exd5 17.
Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Bf4 Rbc8 19. Qb3 a6 20. h3 $11 {Lalic,B (2495)-Postny,E (2651)1/
2 (41) Sibenik 2009}) 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Nc3 Bf6 16. Bb3 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 (17. fxe3
Bd7 18. Qxb7 $6 Bxe5 19. Qxb4 Qh4 $40) 17... Qb6 18. Rfd1 Bxe5 $6 (18... Nc6
19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Ne4 Be7 $132) 19. Qxe5 Bd7 20. a5 Qa6 21. Ra1 Rac8 22. d5 $14
{Postny,E (2651)-Sedlak,N (2556) 1-0 (49) Achaea 2012}) (11... Nd5 {I don't
like this move, because it leads to passive positions where White has a small
advantage.} 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bd3 g6 14. a5 (14. Bb5 $5 Bd7 15. Qb3 a6 16. Bxc6
Bxc6 17. Rfc1 Rb8 18. Bf4 Bg5 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Rc5 $16 {Ulibin,M (2516)
-Bruzon Batista,L (2641)1-0 (34) La Laguna 2010}) (14. Rc1 $5 Nb4 15. Bb1)
14... Bf6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Qc1 Bd7 17. Qc3 Qb8 18. g3 Be7 19. Bf4 Bb4 20. Bxb8
Bxc3 21. Bxa7 Bxb2 22. Bc5 Bxa1 23. Rxa1 $44 {1/2 (42) Aronian,L (2737)-Anand,
V (2798) Bilbao 2008; the position is rather drawish.}) 12. Nxd7 (12. Qf3 Rc8
13. Bb3 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bc6 15. Qg3 (15. Qe2 $5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Rfd1 $14)
15... Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Bxa7 $6 b6 $17 {Postny,E (2658)
-Rublevsky,S (2702) 0-1 (44) World Blitz Championship Berlin GER 2015}) (12.
Qe2 Nb4 13. Rad1 Bc6 {see the game Aronian,L-Ponomariov,R}) 12... Qxd7 13. d5
exd5 14. Nxd5 Rad8 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Qxd7 Rxd7 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Rxd7 Rxd7 19.
Bb5 (19. b4 Nxb4 20. Bb5 Rd8 21. Bxa7 Bd4 $11 {Corrales Jimenez, F (2496)
-Perez Garcia,R (2385)1/2 (52) Havana 2006}) 19... a6 {1/2 (19) Vitiugov,N 
(2608)-Kobalia,M (2634) Krasnoyarsk 2007}) 11... Nb4 (11... b6 12. Rad1 Nb4 13.
Ne5 Bb7 (13... Nfd5 14. Bc1 $6 {I don't understand this move. Black doesn't
want to take on e3} (14. Qg4 $5 Nxe3 $2 (14... Nf6 15. Qf3 Rb8 16. Qg3 Nh5 17.
Qh3 Nf6 18. Bb3 Bb7 19. f4 Nbd5 20. Bc1 $14) 15. fxe3 Bf6 (15... Bb7 $2 16.
Nxf7 $18) 16. Ne4 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qc7 18. Nf6+ Kh8 19. Qh4 h6 20. Qe4 g6 21. Qf4
Kg7 22. Ng4 $18) 14... Bb7 15. f4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Nd5 17. Rf3 Rc8 18. Rh3 g6 19.
Bxd5 (19. Bd2 Bf6 20. Bb3 $13) 19... Qxd5 20. c4 Qd8 $6 (20... Qd6 21. Ba3 Qc7
$11) 21. d5 (21. Bb2 $5 f6 22. Ng4 $40) 21... exd5 22. cxd5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qxd5
$44 {Jankovic,A (2553)-Kobalia,M (2666)0-1 (54) Plovdiv 2012}) 14. f4 Bd5 15.
Nxd5 exd5 16. Bb3 Ne4 17. Qh5 Rc8 18. Rc1 Bf6 19. Qh3 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Bxe5 (20...
Re8 $5) 21. fxe5 f5 22. Rf1 $14 {Ponomariov,R (2744)-Shirov,A (2722) 1/2 (71)
Wijk aan Zee 2011}) 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. Rad1 Nbd5 $146 {In other games Black
played 13...Bc6 with the idea to face f4 with ...Bd5.} (13... Bc6 14. f4 Bd5
15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bb3 Rc8 17. Rf3 (17. Bd2 Re8 18. Bc3 Qb6 19. Kh1 Nc6 20. Qc2
Na5 21. Ba2 Nc4 22. Rf3 Bd6 23. Rh3 h6 24. Rf1 Bxe5 (24... Rc7 $5 25. g4 Bxe5
26. fxe5 Ne4) 25. fxe5 Ne4 26. Qe2 $14 {Aronian,L (2786)-Ponomariov,R (2739) 1/
2 (74)Moscow 2009}) 17... Rc7 18. Rh3 Qc8 19. Bd2 Re8 20. Rf1 Nc6 21. Bxd5 Nxd5
22. Qh5 Bf6 (22... Bh4 $8 23. Qxh4 Qf5 $44) 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. Qe4 Bxe5 25. fxe5
$16 {Debashis,D (2504)-Balogh,C (2656)1/2 (66) Dubai 2014}) 14. Bc1 $5 Bc6 {
Peter didn't dare to take on a4 but in any case his position remains dangerous.
I think that objectievely Black should have gained a pawn.} (14... Nxc3 15.
bxc3 Bxa4 16. Rd3 b5 17. Ba2 ({White can't play} 17. Nc6 $2 {due to} bxc4 $1
18. Nxd8 cxd3 19. Qa2 Bc2 20. Nc6 Bd6 $17 {d3-pawn is too strong.}) 17... b4
18. c4 a5 {The position which has arisen is reminiscent of the Noteboom
Variation.} 19. Bb1 {Here Black has many options and I hope that my brief
analysis will help you to wade through the innumerable details.} g6 {I believe
it is the strongest move for Black. Black is ready to play ...Nd7.} (19... Rc8
$6 20. Rh3 Qxd4 (20... g6 21. Qe3 Re8 22. Re1 $1 {After this move Black is in
danger.} (22. Nxg6 {This looks dangerous but it isn't the strongest move.} fxg6
23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Bxg6 Bf8 25. Bxe8 Bxe8 26. Bg5 Bg7 27. Rf3 Rc6 28. Qe5 a4 29.
d5 Ra6 30. Rd1 b3 31. d6 Nd7 $8 32. Qe3 Qc8 33. Bh6 Bxh6 34. Qxh6 Bg6 35. c5 b2
36. Qd2 a3 (36... b1=Q 37. Rxb1 Bxb1 38. Qd4+ Kg8 39. Re3 $18) 37. Qd4+ Kg8 38.
Qc4+ Kg7 39. Qd4+ $11) 22... Rc7 (22... Bf8 23. Qf3 Bg7 24. Bg5 $18) 23. Nxf7
Kxf7 24. Qxe6+ Kg7 25. Bxg6 $1 Rf8 26. Bxh7 $1 $18) 21. Bb2 Qc5 22. g4 $1 (22.
Nd7 $4 Bxd7 23. Bxf6 g6 $1 $19) (22. Nd3 Qxc4 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Ne5 Qxe2 25.
Bxh7+ Kh8 26. Bg6+ $11) 22... g6 23. g5 Nd7 24. Nxg6 fxg6 25. Qxe6+ Rf7 26.
Rxh7 Qxg5+ 27. Kh1 Kxh7 28. Qxf7+ Kh6 29. Qg7+ Kh5 30. Qh7+ Kg4 31. Rg1+ $18) (
19... Ra6 {As you can see, in numerous lines White can sacrifice the knight or
bishop on f7 or g6, so Black protects the e6-pawn. Another idea of 19...Ra6 is
to play ...Rd6 and strengthen the pressure on d4.} 20. Bb2 Rd6 (20... g6 21.
Rh3 h5 22. Bxg6 fxg6 23. Nxg6 Be8 24. Nxf8 Bxf8 25. Rg3+ Bg7 26. d5 $40) 21.
Re1 Be8 22. Rh3 h5 {This computer move is the only way to survive.} (22... g6
$2 23. Qe3 a4 24. Qh6 a3 25. Ng4 $18) 23. Qd2 $1 (23. Qe3 Ng4 24. Nxg4 hxg4 25.
Bh7+ Kh8 26. Bd3+ Kg8 $11) 23... Ng4 24. d5 f5 25. Nxg4 hxg4 26. Rh8+ Kf7 $8 (
26... Kxh8 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Qxg7#) 27. Qd4 (27. Bxg7 Rxh8 28. Bxh8 Bf6 29. Qh6
Bxh8 30. Qxh8 Qf6 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Qc7 Qd8 33. Qh7 Qf6 $11) 27... Bf6 28. Qa7+
Qd7 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Qc5 $1 Bf7 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Qxa5 b3 33. Qb4 $14) (19...
Be8 $6 {trying to push pawns. It's too slow.} 20. Rh3 g6 (20... a4 $4 21. Bxh7+
Nxh7 22. Qh5 $18) 21. Qe3 h5 (21... Kh8 22. Bb2 a4 23. Qh6 Rg8 $8 24. d5 Rg7
25. dxe6 fxe6 26. Bxg6 $18) 22. Qh6 Bd6 23. Bg5 $2 (23. f3 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Qd4+
25. Be3 (25. Rf2 Qd1+ 26. Rf1 Qd4+ 27. Rf2 $11) 25... Qxe5 26. Rd1 Qc7 27. g4
Rd8 28. Rxd8 Qxd8 29. Kg2 $1 Qd1 30. Bc5 Qe2+ 31. Kg1 Qe1+ $11) (23. Bxg6 $1
fxg6 (23... Bxe5 24. Bh7+ Nxh7 25. Rxh5 $18) 24. Nxg6 Nh7 25. Nxf8 Nxf8 26. c5
Bb8 27. d5 $1 Be5 28. Rg3+ Bxg3 29. fxg3 $18) 23... Bxe5 24. dxe5 Ng4 $17) 20.
Bh6 (20. Qe3 $6 Ra6 21. Re1 Rd6 22. Bb2 Nh5 23. g3 Bf6 $17) (20. Re1 $6 Nd7 21.
Bh6 Nxe5 22. Qxe5 Bf6 23. Qf4 Bh8 $5 (23... Bg7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rh3 h5 26.
Rxh5 gxh5 27. Qg3+ Kf6 $8 28. Qh4+ Kg7 29. Qg3+ $11) 24. Bxf8 Qxf8 25. h4 Bd7
26. h5 Bg7 $44) 20... Be8 21. h4 a4 22. h5 Nxh5 23. Qxh5 (23. d5 exd5 24. Rxd5
Qc7 25. Nd7 Bxd7 26. Qxe7 Rfe8 27. Qxd7 Qxd7 28. Rxd7 b3 29. Rb7 a3 $11) 23...
gxh5 24. Rg3+ Bg5 $8 25. Bxg5 Kh8 $1 26. Bxd8 Rxd8 $13) 15. Rd3 Nxc3 {Usualy
Black doesn't want to take on c3 but other continuations are dangerous.} (15...
Rc8 16. Rg3 g6 (16... Kh8 17. Rh3 Kg8 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bd3 g6 20. Qe3 $16) 17.
Bh6 Re8 18. h4 Bf8 19. Bg5 Qd6 20. Bxd5 $1 Nxd5 21. Qf3 f5 (21... Rc7 22. Ne4
Qb4 23. h5 $16) 22. Qe2 Bg7 23. h5 $40) (15... Nd7 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Rh3 g6 18.
Qe3 $16) (15... Qb6 16. Rg3 Kh8 17. Rd1 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bxa4 19. Re1 Rac8 20. Rh3
$16 {White's attack is very dangerous.}) 16. bxc3 Bd5 17. Rg3 Bxc4 ({Another
way is} 17... Ne4 $5 {aiming to trade minor pieces.} 18. Rh3 Bxc4 (18... Ng5
19. Bxg5 Bxg5 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 (20... exd5 $2 21. f4 Bf6 22. Qh5 h6 23. Ng4 Qd6
24. Rg3 Kh8 25. Nxf6 Qxf6 26. Qxd5 $16) 21. Rh5 Qd8 22. Qb5 (22. Qg4 $5 h6 23.
f4 Bf6 24. Rxh6 Rc8 25. Rxf6 Qxf6 26. Nd7 Qe7 27. Nxf8 Kxf8 $44) 22... f6 23.
Nf3 Rc8 24. Qxb7 Qe8 25. Rh3 Bh6 26. Qxa7 Rxc3 {Black has good chances to make
a draw.}) 19. Nxc4 Qd5 20. Ne5 f5 21. Re1 Rf6 22. Rd3 $16) 18. Nxc4 g6 {
Peter doesn't want to include Bh6 Re8. Now if White plays Ne5 Black can reply .
..Nd7 and if White plays Bh6 he will meet it with ...Re8, Bf8.} ({The other
option is} 18... Qd5 $5 19. Bh6 (19. Ne5 Rac8 20. Bh6 Ne8 21. Rd1 $1 (21. Re1
Rc7 22. Qe3 Qb3 23. Bf4 (23. Bxg7 $2 Nxg7 24. Qh6 Bg5 $8 25. Qxg5 f6 $17) 23...
Bd6 $11) 21... Qb3 (21... Rc7 22. c4 Qd8 23. Bf4 Bd6 24. Rb3 b6 25. a5 $16) 22.
Nd7 Qxa4 23. Nxf8 Bxf8 24. Bd2 $14) 19... Ne8 20. Ne5 Bf6 $6 (20... Rc8 {
see the line Ne5}) 21. f4 Kh8 22. Bg5 Bxe5 23. fxe5 $16) 19. Ne5 Nd7 20. Bh6
Re8 21. f4 $1 {The forthcoming f5 is really unpleasant for Black so his next
moves are forced.} Bf8 22. Bg5 Be7 23. Ng4 h5 $5 {Other options aren't very
exciting for Black.} (23... Rc8 24. Nh6+ Kg7 25. f5 $3 Bxg5 (25... exf5 26.
Bxe7 Rxe7 27. Nxf5+ $18) 26. fxg6 f5 $8 (26... Kxh6 27. Rh3+ Bh4 28. gxf7 Rf8
29. Qg4 $18) 27. Nf7 Qe7 28. Nxg5 hxg6 29. Nh3 Rc6 30. Qb5 $16) (23... Bxg5 $2
24. fxg5 Qxg5 25. Ne5 Qd8 26. Nxf7 Qb6 27. Qg4 $18) 24. Bxe7 $6 {Despite the
fact, that his position remains better, Levon missed his chance.} (24. Nh6+ Kg7
25. h4 $1 ({White doesn't have much after} 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. Qxh5 Rh8 27. Qg5
Nf6 28. Ng4 Rh5 29. Qxf6+ Qxf6 30. Nxf6 Kxf6 $44 {Black has good chances to
draw}) 25... Qc7 26. Re3 Qd8 (26... Nf6 27. f5 $1 exf5 (27... gxf5 {leads to
the same consequence after} 28. Rxf5 $1) 28. Rxf5 gxf5 29. Nxf5+ Kf8 30. Bh6+
Kg8 31. Nxe7+ Kh7 32. Qf1 Qb6 33. a5 Qa6 34. Qf5+ Kxh6 35. Qg5+ Kh7 36. Nf5 $18
) 27. Nxf7 Kxf7 28. Rxe6 Bf6 29. f5 gxf5 30. Qxh5+ Kxe6 31. Re1+ Ne5 $8 (31...
Kd6 32. Bf4+ Kc6 33. Qf3+ Re4 34. Rxe4 fxe4 35. Qxe4+ Kb6 36. Qb1+ Kc6 37. Qb5#
) 32. Rxe5+ Bxe5 33. Bxd8 Raxd8 34. dxe5 $16) 24... Qxe7 25. Ne5 Kh7 26. Qc2
Rg8 $1 {Black shouldn't trade knights on e5} (26... Nxe5 $6 27. fxe5 Rac8 28.
Rf6 $16) 27. Rg5 Kh8 28. Rf3 $6 {Carelessness. Now Black can take on e5 and
White is not able to play fxe5.} (28. Qd2 $1 {Keeping control over the
g5-square.} Rg7 (28... Kh7 29. f5 exf5 30. Rfxf5 Nf6 31. Rf4 Rg7 32. h4 $16) (
28... Rac8 $2 29. f5 exf5 30. Rxh5+) 29. Rg3 Rc8 30. a5 $14) 28... Nxe5 $1 29.
Rxe5 Qd6 $11 {Now Black can exert pressure on White's weaknesses.} 30. Qd2 Kg7
31. Rg3 Rh8 32. Qb2 ({White could have tried} 32. d5 exd5 33. Rxd5 Qb6+ 34.
Qd4+ Qxd4+ 35. Rxd4 {with a slightly worse but drawish endgame}) 32... Rac8 $1
({Peter avoids} 32... b6 $6 33. c4 $1 Rac8 34. c5 Qc6 35. Rxh5 (35. a5 $5)
35... Qe4 (35... Qxa4 $2 36. d5+ f6 37. Qb1 $1 $16) 36. Re5 Qxf4 $11) 33. Qxb7
Rb8 ({Black shouldn't play} 33... Qa3 $2 {due to} 34. Rxe6 Qc1+ 35. Kf2 Qxf4+ (
35... Qd2+ 36. Re2 Qxf4+ 37. Rf3 Rc7 38. Rxf4 Rxb7 39. d5 $18) 36. Rf3 Rc7 $8
37. Rxf4 Rxb7 38. Rc6 $16) 34. Qe4 (34. Qxa7 $2 {is too greedy due to} Rb1+ 35.
Kf2 Rb2+ 36. Kf1 Rhb8 $17) 34... Rhc8 $6 {An inaccuracy which may lead to
problems.} (34... Qa3 $1 35. Qe1 Qxa4 36. Rxe6 fxe6 37. Rxg6+ Kxg6 38. Qxe6+
Kg7 39. Qe7+ Kg8 40. Qe6+ Kf8 41. Qf6+ $11) 35. Rb5 $6 (35. Rxg6+ {leads to a
draw due to} fxg6 36. Rxe6 Rb1+ 37. Kf2 Rb2+ 38. Kg1 $11) ({However White
could have prepared Rxg6 by means of} 35. h3 $1 Qc6 (35... Rb3 $2 36. Rxg6+
fxg6 37. Rxe6 Rb1+ 38. Kh2 $1 $18) (35... Kf8 $2 36. Rxg6 fxg6 37. Qxg6 Ke7 38.
d5 $18) (35... Rb6 $6 36. a5 Rbc6 37. Reg5 Rxc3 38. Rxg6+ Kf8 $8 39. Rg8+ Ke7)
36. d5 exd5 37. Rxd5 Qf6 38. Rxh5 Rxc3 39. Rxc3 Qxc3 40. Qe5+ Qxe5 41. Rxe5 Rb4
42. Ra5 Rxf4 43. Rxa7 $14 {The endgame which has arisen is drawish.}) 35...
Rxb5 36. axb5 Qa3 $44 {White must now play precisely.} 37. Qc2 $6 (37. Rxg6+ {
leads to a draw:} fxg6 38. Qb7+ Kh6 39. Qxc8 Qc1+ 40. Kf2 Qxf4+ 41. Ke2 Qe4+
$11) 37... Rb8 38. Qe2 $2 {Now White is in trouble.} Qc1+ 39. Kf2 (39. Qf1 Qb2
40. f5 exf5 41. Qxf5 Rxb5 42. Qf1 Rb7 43. Rf3 a5 {Black is slightly better but
the most likely result of the game is a draw}) 39... Qxf4+ 40. Kg1 Qc1+ 41. Kf2
Qf4+ 42. Kg1 Kg8 $1 $17 {Certainly Svidler wants to continue the game.} 43. Qb2
$6 (43. Rf3 $1 Qc1+ 44. Qf1 Qxf1+ 45. Rxf1 (45. Kxf1 Rxb5 46. c4 Rf5 $19) 45...
Rxb5 46. Ra1 Rb7 47. c4 Rd7 48. Rd1 $17 {White retains chances to draw.}) 43...
a6 $1 44. c4 $6 (44. b6 Qd6 45. b7 Qc6 $19 {gaining the b7-pawn.}) (44. Rf3 $1
Qc7 45. Qa1 Rxb5 46. Qxa6 Rb1+ 47. Rf1 (47. Kf2 Qxh2 $19) 47... Rxf1+ 48. Kxf1
Qxc3 49. Qa8+ Kg7 50. Qe4 $17 {with some chances to make a draw.}) 44... axb5
$19 45. c5 (45. cxb5 Rc8 $1 46. Rf3 Rc1+ 47. Kf2 Qh4+ 48. Rg3 Rd1 49. b6 (49.
Qc3 Qxh2 50. Ke2 Qg1 $19) 49... Qxh2 50. b7 Qg1+ 51. Kf3 Qf1+ 52. Qf2 Qd3+ 53.
Kf4 Qf5+ 54. Ke3 Rd3+ 55. Ke2 Rd2+ 56. Kxd2 Qxf2+ 57. Kc1 Qxg3 $19) 45... Qe4
46. Qd2 {Now the game is over. 46.Rf3 is more stubborn but it can't help
either.} (46. Rf3 b4 47. Rf1 b3 48. h3 Rb4 49. Rd1 Qe3+ 50. Kh2 Ra4 51. Qd2 Qe4
52. Qd3 Qf4+ 53. Qg3 Rxd4 $19) 46... Qb1+ 47. Kf2 Ra8 48. Qe1 Qb2+ 0-1

[Event "Gagra Training Tournament"]
[Site "Gagra"]
[Date "1953.05.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[Annotator "Taimanov,M"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1953.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. a4 Nd5 $6 6. e4 $5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 b5
8. Ba3 $5 $146 (8. Be2 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Rd1 $44) 8... Bg4 $6 (8...
g6 $142 {/\ 9...Bg7}) 9. Be2 (9. axb5 $5 cxb5 10. Qb1 $36) 9... a6 10. O-O Nd7
(10... e6 $142 11. Bxf8 Kxf8) 11. d5 $5 cxd5 12. exd5 Nf6 13. h3 (13. axb5 $142
axb5 14. Nd4 $5 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 $16) 13... Bf5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Nd4 Be4 $5 16.
d6 $6 (16. Nxb5 $5 Bxd5 17. Qd4 e6 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. Bxc4 $16) 16... exd6 17.
Nxb5 d5 18. Bxf8 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 Kxf8 20. Qa7 (20. Rd1 $5 $44) 20... g6 21. Qd4 (
21. Nd4 $5 Qe7 22. Ra1 $44) 21... Kg7 22. Ra1 Re8 23. Ra6 Bf5 (23... Re6 $142
24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. Bxc4 Qe7 $10) 24. Rd6 Qe7 25. g4 Bd3 $1 $8 (25... Qxe2 26.
Qxf6+ Kg8 27. gxf5 $18) 26. g5 (26. Bxd3 cxd3 27. g5 $2 (27. Qxd3 $142) 27...
Qe1+ 28. Kh2 d2 29. gxf6+ Kg8 30. Rxd5 d1=Q $1 31. Qxd1 Qxf2+ 32. Kh1 Re1+ $19)
26... Qxe2 27. Qxf6+ Kg8 28. Rd8 $44 Qe1+ 29. Kh2 Bf5 $5 (29... Rxd8 $2 30.
Qxd8+ Kg7 31. Qf6+ Kg8 32. Nd6 $18) 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Nd4 Qd7 (31... Qe1 $10)
32. h4 Be6 $6 (32... Qc7+ 33. Kg2 Qf4 $10) 33. Kg3 $16 Qe8 34. Qe5 $5 {/\ 35.
f4, 36.f5 +-} Kf8 35. f4 Qc8 36. h5 $5 Ke8 (36... gxh5 37. Qh8+ Ke7 38. Qxh7
$18) 37. f5 $1 gxf5 38. g6 $1 f4+ (38... hxg6 39. h6 $1 $18) 39. Kxf4 fxg6 (
39... hxg6 40. h6 $18) 40. Nxe6 $18 gxh5 41. Qxh5+ Ke7 42. Qxh7+ Kd6 (42...
Kxe6 43. Qh3+) 43. Nd4 Qf8+ 44. Nf5+ Kc6 45. Qe7 Qb8+ 46. Qe5 Qd8 47. Nd4+ Kb7
48. Ke3 Ka8 49. Kd2 Qg8 50. Kc1 Qg2 51. Qe8+ Kb7 52. Qc6+ Kb8 53. Nb5 Qg5+ 54.
Kb1 Qg1+ 55. Ka2 Qf2+ 56. Ka3 Qg1 57. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "Oakham GM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "2001.03.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gormally, Daniel"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2001.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 c5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. Rd1 O-O 11. exd4 Nd5 12. Bd3 Ncb4 13. Bb1 b6 14. Qe4 g6 15.
Bh6 Re8 16. Ne5 Bb7 17. Qf3 f5 18. Qh3 Rc8 {Black has got very pleasant QGA
position from the opening- all black pieces are perfectly developed. That's
why white has tried to develop immediate action on the kingside.} 19. Ra3 $6 {
'The idea is to move the rook to the attack through th3 3rd rank, but black
has a simple refutation of this idea.'} Nc6 20. Nxd5 {'Sacrificing material,
white is hoping to create an attack on the black king.'} Bxa3 21. Nxg6 {
'No way back!'} hxg6 22. Qg3 Kh7 23. Nf4 {'That was the idea.White is
attacking g6, as well as Bg5 is a threat. But everything was counted by Irina.'
} Ne5 $1 {'Protecting g6 point for the beginning.'} 24. Bg5 Qxd4 $1 {'And one
more tactical blow, which is deciding the game at once.'} 25. Rf1 Bxb2 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.27"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Vitiugov,N"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{It was my second World Cup. In 2007 I lost against Sakaev in the first round
in the "sudden death" game. After two years, I had a good chance to take my
revenge.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 {I was playing
this variation for the first time, so I hoped, my opponent would be surprised
by that fact.} 6. e3 ({The sharper way is} 6. e4 Bb4 7. Bg5 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Qa5
9. e5 Ne4 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. Nd2 $5 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Nb6 13. Qg4 Bd7 14. Qxg7 O-O-O
15. Qxf7 Rdf8 16. Qe7 Qd5 17. f3 Nxa4 18. Be2 c5 19. Be3 Bc6 $13 {1/2
Wojtaszek,R (2640)-Eljanov,P (2717)/Bremen GER 2009/The Week in Chess 784 (48)}
) 6... c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Qd2
Nb4 13. Ne5 Bc6 {I was satisfied with this position in my preparation.} 14.
Nxf7 {Quite principled, but White gets nothing.} Rxf7 15. Bxe6 Qf8 $1 {An
important move, which Evgeniy Najer had recommended to me.} ({In his game he
played the weaker} 15... Nbd5 16. Re5 Nc7 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. d5 Ncxd5 19. Nxd5
Nxd5 20. Rd1 Nf6 21. Qc2 Qg8 22. b4 h6 23. b5 hxg5 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Rde1 Re8
26. Qxc6 $36 {1-0 Sargissian,G (2642)-Najer,E (2682)/Kallithea 2008/CBM 127/
[Rogozenco] (36)}) 16. Re5 (16. d5 $6 Rd8 (16... Nbxd5 $5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18.
Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Bxg5 20. Qxg5 Rxf2 $11) 17. Re5 Nbxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5
Kh8 {etc.}) 16... Kh8 17. d5 (17. Bxf7 {was objectively better, but White had
not sacrificed the piece in order to get such a position.} Qxf7 18. Rae1 Bf8
$15) 17... Nfxd5 $5 ({The alternative is} 17... Bd6 {, but I thought, White
had good compensation after} 18. Rf5 $5) 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxf7 (19. Rxd5 Bb4
$1 20. Qd3 Rxf2 $19) ({The only way for equality was the very dangerous} 19.
Bxd5 Rd8 20. Qa5 Bxg5 21. Bxc6 (21. Bxf7 Bd2 22. Qc7 Bf4 23. Bh5 Qf6 24. Rae1
Rf8 {And it's hard to believe, that White can hold this position.}) 21... Bf6
22. Bd5 b6 23. Qe1 Bxe5 24. Bxf7 Bxb2 25. Rb1 Qxf7 26. Rxb2 Qf4 $15) 19... Bxg5
(19... Qxf7 $2 20. Rxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxe7 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qxe7 $11) 20. Qxg5 Qxf7 $17
21. f3 {Konstantin offered a draw here. But for sure, I wanted to play on.} h6
22. Qg4 Rd8 23. Rd1 Rd6 {It's difficult to play such an unpleasant position,
especially in time trouble. I think, only Rybka can holdWhite's position in
such conditions.} 24. Rf5 Qe7 25. Qd4 Re6 26. h3 $2 ({But who can find the
only move} 26. Rd2 {?}) 26... Ne3 $19 27. Qd8+ Kh7 {A quick, but very
important victory due to which I won this match.} 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 15th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "Wagner,D"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{After my draw against Bu Xiangzhi in round 2 I faced another strong Chinese
player in Round 4. I was looking forward to crossing swords with one of the
most succesful prodigies in the world. After preparing the whole day against
his 1. e4 I was confronted with a surprise as early as move one!} 1. d4 $5 d5
$1 {It was clear that Wei Yi's preparation was aimed against my Grünfeld
Defence in which he is also an expert, but why make it so easy for the
opponent? After a few minutes of thought I went for the Slav Defence.} 2. c4 c6
3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 $5 {This line is quite solid and I guess it
will gain more popularity after Peter Svidler's successful opening duels at
the Candidates....} 6. e3 (6. e4 {is the sharper alternative.}) 6... c5 7. Bxc4
Nc6 8. O-O Be7 (8... cxd4 $1 {is the move order used by Svidler.} 9. exd4 (9.
Nxd4 Bd7 $1 10. Nf3 a6 11. e4 Qc7 12. h3 Bd6 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Bd3 Ne5 15. Nxe5
Bxe5 16. f4 Bd4+ 17. Be3 Bxe3+ 18. Qxe3 e5 19. Rac1 exf4 20. Qxf4 Qxf4 21. Rxf4
Be6 22. Kf2 Rac8 23. Ke3 Nd7 24. Rff1 Rfe8 25. Be2 Nb6 26. Rcd1 Nc4+ 27. Bxc4
Rxc4 28. Rf2 Kf8 29. Rd4 Rxd4 30. Kxd4 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 (30) Karjakin,S (2760)
-Svidler,P (2757) Moscow RUS 2016}) 9... Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 {will
transpose.}) 9. Qe2 (9. dxc5 {against my move order White can also play} Qxd1
10. Rxd1 Bxc5 {though in this ending he probably has nothing particular.}) 9...
cxd4 10. exd4 (10. Rd1 $5 {is a serious alternative though, made possible by
my move order.} O-O 11. Nxd4 Qc7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e4 {White could claim a
very slight edge here.}) 10... O-O 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Bg5 {Neither of us could
remember all the details of the line, but nevertheless we followed the most
critical path.} h6 (12... Bd7 13. d5 $1 $14) 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne4 b6 15. Ne5
Be7 $5 {Surpringly this logical retreat is already a novelty. I have to admit
that White's initiative on the kingside looks threatening, but with precise
play Black should be able to neutralise it.} (15... Bb7 {was played in some
games, but runs into a strong counter.} 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Nd7 Qg6 18. d5 $1
$14) (15... Bh4 $5 {was discussed in the Candidates a few days later.} 16. g3
Be7 17. Nc3 Bf6 18. d5 Qc7 19. d6 Qc5 20. Ng4 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Nc6 22. Rab1 a6 23.
d7 Bb7 24. Bd3 Rfd8 25. Qe4 Kf8 26. Qh7 h5 27. Ne3 Ne5 28. Be4 Bxe4 29. Qxe4
Ra7 30. Nd5 Ng4 31. Ne3 Nf6 32. Qb4 Qxb4 33. Rxb4 Nxd7 34. Rxb6 Nxb6 35. Rxd8+
Ke7 36. Rd4 a5 37. Nc4 Nd5 38. Rd3 Rc7 39. Nxa5 Nxc3 40. Kg2 Nxa4 41. Ra3 Nc3
42. Nb3 g5 43. Nd2 f5 44. h3 Kf6 45. g4 Nd5 46. gxf5 Kxf5 47. Nf1 Nf4+ 48. Kg3
Rc1 49. Ne3+ Kg6 50. Kh2 Rb1 51. Ng2 Rb2 52. Nxf4+ gxf4 53. Kg1 e5 54. Ra5 Re2
55. h4 f3 56. Kh2 Rxf2+ 57. Kg3 Re2 58. Kxf3 Re1 59. Ra8 Rh1 60. Ke4 Rxh4+ 61.
Kxe5 Rb4 62. Rg8+ Kh7 63. Rg1 Kh6 64. Kf5 {1/2-1/2 (64) Nakamura,H (2790)
-Svidler,P (2757) Moscow RUS 2016}) 16. Ra3 Bb7 {Here my opponent spent about
40 minutes, trying to figure out the right way to carry out the attack.} 17.
Qg4 (17. Rg3 {was the main alternative, where I intended to go for} Bh4 $1 18.
Rh3 (18. Rg4 Nd5 $11) 18... Nd5 19. Qg4 Bg5 $1 $11) 17... Nd5 $1 {I took some
time in order to calculate all the important lines, but came to the conclusion
that this cool defensive moves keeps everything under control. The white
bishop is blocked and furthermore the knight also adds defensive resources to
the kingside.} 18. Rg3 Bg5 {Thia important idea is the point of Black's
strategy.} 19. Bxd5 {After hesitating for a moment, my ambitious opponent goes
for the most ambitious sequence of moves.} ({It was also possible to play more
safely with} 19. Nxg5 Qxg5 20. Qf3 (20. Qe4 Qf4 $1 21. Bxd5 $6 Qxe4 22. Bxe4
Bxe4 23. Nd7 Bc2 $1 $17 {is good for Black.}) 20... Qf5 $1 21. Qxf5 exf5 22.
Rf3 g6 $11 {with an equal ending.}) 19... Bxd5 20. Nxg5 Qxg5 21. Qh3 Qf4 22.
Rg4 Qf5 23. Qg3 {After a forced sequence of moves White has managed to
coordinate an attack against the pawn on g7...} g5 $1 {This one is the only
good move, trapping the rook, which provokes futher complications, but White
is the one trying to survive now.} (23... g6 $2 24. h4 $1 {gives White a huge
initiative.} Rac8 25. Re1 Kg7 26. Qe3 $16) 24. h4 f6 (24... Qc2 $2 25. Rf1 $1)
25. hxg5 (25. Nd3 $5 {is less aggressive, but possible as well.} Rad8 (25...
Rac8 26. hxg5 fxg5 $1 (26... hxg5 27. f4 Rc2 28. Ne1 $1 $16) 27. Rf4 Qg6 28.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 $11) (25... Rf7 $5 26. hxg5 Rg7 $1 {an amazing resource.} (26...
hxg5 27. f4) 27. f4 (27. Rf4 Qxg5 28. Qxg5 Rxg5 29. g3 Rh5 30. f3 Rf8 $11)
27... Rc8) 26. hxg5 (26. Re1 Rc8 $1 27. hxg5 hxg5 28. f4 Rc2 $15) 26... hxg5
27. f4 Bb3 $1 28. Re1 Rxd4 29. Nf2 $1 Qd5 30. fxg5 Rxg4 31. Nxg4 fxg5 32. Re5
Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Kf7 $3 {the only move.} 34. Nf2 Rh8+ 35. Nh3 g4 36. Re3 Bxa4 37.
Qf4+ Ke7 38. Qg5+ Kf7 $11) 25... fxe5 (25... hxg5 26. f4 $1) 26. gxh6+ Kh8 27.
dxe5 $2 (27. h7 $1 {was the move I was more afraid of, since the annoying pawn
on h7 can never be taken and pins my rooks to the 8th rank because of the
potential Rg8+ threat.} Rac8 28. Re1 $1 {White should just resist taking the
pawn on e5, as his own pawn seriously hinders his initiative.} (28. dxe5 $2 Qh5
$17) 28... e4 (28... Qh5 29. Rh4 Qf5 30. Rg4 $11) 29. Rg5 Qf6 30. Rg6 Qf5 31.
Rg5 $11) 27... Rac8 (27... Rf7 $1 {might be even stronger, introducing the
plan mentioned below with ...Raf8 and ...Qc2-c7 against Rg7.} 28. Rg7 Qc2 29.
Rf1 Raf8 $19) 28. Rg7 (28. h7 Qh5 $17) 28... Qc2 $5 {This seems like a good
practical move, trying to deflect the d1-rook, which could otherwise have
joined the battle via d4, but objectively it's not the best, because it allows
a strong combination, leading to a forced draw.} 29. Re1 (29. Rd4 $2 Qxf2+ $1 {
was the whole point.} (29... Qc1+ $5 $19)) (29. Kh2 $3 Rxf2 30. Rxd5 $1 exd5
31. h7 $1 {[%cal Gg7g8]} Rxg2+ $8 32. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 33. Rxg2 Kxh7 $11 {a funny
line...}) (29. Rd2 $2 Qb1+ 30. Kh2 Rc1 $19) 29... Rg8 $2 {This logical move
throws away the win!} (29... Rc7 $1 {was much stronger, with the strong idea
of ...Rcf7 followed by ...Qc7! which I had missed. Now Black would most
probably win the game.} 30. f3 Rcf7 31. Qg5 Qc7 32. Rc1 Rxg7 33. hxg7+ Qxg7 34.
Qh5+ Qh7 35. Qg5 {There still remains a difficult technical job, but Black
should win.} a6 36. Kf2 b5 37. a5 b4 38. Rc5 Rb8 $19) 30. Qg5 $1 {Now the
queen is transferred to the stronger square e7, from where new ideas like Rh7+
followed by Qf6+ are introduced.} Rcf8 (30... Qf5 31. Qe7 Rge8 (31... Rce8 32.
Rh7+ Qxh7 33. Qf6+ Rg7 34. Re3 Kg8 35. hxg7 Qf5 36. Rh3 Qxf6 37. exf6 $14) 32.
Qd7 a5 33. f3 $11 {It's impossible for Black to chase away the attacking white
pieces.}) 31. Rxg8+ $1 (31. f3 Qc7 $1 {would be bad for White.}) 31... Rxg8 32.
Qf6+ {I really like this game, since the both of us played very principled
chess starting from the opening and the draw is a good result, though I
definitely had chances for more...} 1/2-1/2

